The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1899, Page 15

f 5 ! i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1899 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. TG, "SouD S MY NOT B FOUND SOLID OURED ACID ; (N A SLEEPING | HUSBAND'S EYES Result of a | | Family |Ordinances Expected Quarrel. on Monday Night. JEALOUS OF A SINGER | BIG INCOME DEMANDED MONTGOMERY FOUND WITH POLITICS ALREADY FIGURES MISS KATIE KUCKS. | IN THE DEAL His Wife, in a Fit of Rage, Visits His | Memories Revived of the Time When Chamber ana Deliberately the Two Companies Were Destroys His Eye- | Fighting Each sight. ‘ Other. | | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 908 Broadw: Feb. 18. On Monday evening the y Council in bed early this morning ® ‘came in i e Beliberately | will meet, and it is expected that an or- Seéntencs s part of “tory tonq | Qlnance—or perhaps two—fixing water Montgomery as he turmed 1 | FAtes Will be Introduced. One is expected Receiving Hospital to.day. | from the “solid six,” another one from live on Telegaapn | the Temaining five. e . ihercgrabh | The ordinance will have to deal with a wewre BaVe | new condition, inasmuch as It can no has been fen | longer be argued that there are two water - of Montgom. | companies and that the value of one plant jused the jealomsy | Should serve as a basis for fixing its rev- S afternoon: Mang, | enue. 1t is not believed that Mr. Dingee in res. | Wil appear before the Council to give . Montgomery | 21V evidence this year, as it is understood the scene and a | B IS now out of the water busines Two years ago the most oft-printed plece of news was the statement of Presi- dent Dingee that he would never sell out of the Contra Costa Water Company, and how the breaking of th promi will affect water rates is now interesting the people of Oakland. gomery d some Mont two retired, child original capital of the Contra Costa Water Company an income must now be raised that will pay dividends on eight millions of dollars, in addition to paying operating was Showa by expenses, and tear of plant and sup- e Snty ecret fund” found to be nec- poured’ acld: u‘l’]’m‘,“ur ary in the past. Should an attempt be Pl right 1T vou pu; | made to pay 6 per cent on the investment t”" Montgomery was | it Will be necessary to raise luding ing Hospital, and wil] | ORrating expenses, an income of $555,000. Bl 1| “That this capitalization is fictitious can t of one eye and be proved by looking at the data published two years ago while the companies were cutting eac other's throats. Dingee showed that $650,000 was all the Contra | Costa plant was worth; the Contra C company showed that Dingee's plant w ny to go to J would as 't wan! Montmamt | Worth about $70,00. Both concerns stated with Katie | that the books kept in their ly rs re- | weke destroyed, and consequently reliable been | data could be obtained only from ensi- neers employed by the respective com panies. While fighting, all these fa were brought out, and now the public has not forgotten them rine Kucks says that her| Some years ago an unpurchasable Coun- Montgomery la ening fter much examination, added large- accidental, and that g ed two mil o was ter compa , and now seek to have rates fixed on a value many times in éxcess of the orig- inal figures There is_a possibility that a “solid s may not be found this vear, and aft the experience of last February the pub- lic has little hope of any change. It is common talk that the water compan! have an active political manager at wor. “Montgomer #haracter ¥l 3 and that he is busy on the a\fillphl:lDfl;n- - oer; i e C ! il n- THEY-SEEK TO DEPOSE s I a big rate at this time. jate value must be placed upon the inflated stock, or else the confidence of speculators will be broken. If the pres- ent City Council can be “induced’ to make the new stock Fa,\’ dividends 1or the ear and a half it may be unloaded HIGHLAND PARK RAILWAY PEOPLE UP IN ARMS. % 3 next harges That Hi to advantage at something near par, and ges That He Has Abandoned 1o S43anisee § lce®and Hayward, who Valuablé Property While Acting Secretary for Another Company. hold many thousande.of shares, are anx- i to unload cannot be doubted. There seeme to be little doubt that the Council to be elected mnext month and which will fix rates in February, 1900, will make a schedule that will pay a ver | small dividend on the inflated capitalizs tion of eight millions. Consequently, the haste to dispose of the stock. 1t is not improbable that an attempt to employ the court to enforce a schedule that will pay dividends on eight millions may lead to a positive step on the part of the public toward municipal owner- ship. THis is rendered more probable in View of the fact that the platforms of nearly all the political parties contain a municipal ownership plank. MRS. BRADY DISCHARGED. The Gold Twent’i;;%ewed in Her Hip Pads Were Savings of Twenty ©Qakland Office San Court this arney removed 1d Park & Fruit- on the ground been managing the ers and be s charge Rec grossest kind of n 1-derelicti eiver gligence, duty, wh ti allege that Barne time past, refused to overate Years. street railroad running on | GAKLAND, Feb. 18.—Mrs. Mary Brad ommerce i‘“:' t, between | o .%o 3 woman who had over a thousan ewed up in her hip pads. wnsldis- arged from the Recelving Hospital to- Gharg, Fnacy Commissioners deciding ommend her commitment to an lum. Her husband arrived late dollar ne as her to her home again. v In charge her 10 ho ¥ Sewed up in the hip pads was nth-street v ’ inted at the hospital, and there was Siong Tieuenin viye 03 gola pieces, which Mr. Brady a brid wve his wife had saved out of his earn- oS the past twenty years. But he Te- Company | fused to handle the gold, preferring that interest In | it be turned over to some friend for safe haii | formerly | keeping. This money has been handed to na & Pied- | John Nichols in trust. —r—————— Company G Will Reorganize. ALAMEDA, Feb, 18.—At a_meeting of the members of Company G held last ‘ning it was decided to perpetuate tlie Owing to the uncertainty ndicate, is assistant and petitioners charge orzanization. permitted the abandon- | the passage of a bill now before the n-street road from gisiature bearing on the National shington and al- ard no definite arrangements could be removel Tt was decided to open a roll for t Company. | ciopatures of those desiring to join the . proposed | SEAR0 e it is decided by the Legisla t a company does not already o abandon | th {4T%t here. Captain M. W. Simpson was tlected chatrman of the meeting, and Sidney Marshall etary. The follow= ing committee W ]s cted to make ar- the Eighth Regiment rangements for et rt to be given In this cify: H. t R--\rr"i’\)"cr”Y:')]r- = IS Harvey, Lieuten- art ol > High- = 3 ~Donel . B. O Dy ftorted ifi’”iv E. 8. McDc {:\I,S. eant R. E. Hopps feet i 3 to be id -~ for | ® 3 e SRR Strte; county and 4 et un- redecmed; and that he h A is Alameda News Notes. tain of the Highland Park & ¥ ALAMEDA, Feb. 18.—The old executive ¥ lway to be Withdrawn from that | . mmittee of the Harmonié Hall party elivered to the Oakland Transit | Gi1 meet Monday night to wind up its “airs and turn over the machinery of {he organization to the committee to be 1ppointed by the party’s nominees, *Miss Jane Bancroft, professor Eni— lterature in Albion College, Michi- speak Ct}:»m%rm\qmmmi?hlg t}t i 5 irst M. E. Church. Miss Bancroft Morris Scharman,a | {he TS 30 56 one of the most eloquent v died | 15 PPN orators on the American plat- X w Death was form. .d Mrs. J. H. Cousins gave a fancy all has cited Receiver Barney to T in court on Fer y and show why he should not be removed. Sudden Death. 25 M. Scharman’s J: ND, 18, the due to fatty heart. Dec ed was 2 v, 53 s party last evening at their home olz, Hungary ,;j,‘;',“,,““?vv’v, DUW Street. The affair was in A e lonves a | honor of the eleventh anniversary of thelr aree children, Herman, | School baseball and-Jessie Scharm e Berkeley High School 1 ore 0! to land News Items. 18.—~Mary A. O'Leary proceedings to-day ary. She charges ox- | and asks for alimony for herself and two minor o e | Green Held for Bigamy. . Feb. 18,—John Green, late ttery B, Heavy Attillery, was held to answer before the Superios Court to-day by Police Judge Smith on he charge of bigamy. The bonds were ite of Maria I Martin has been | fxeq in the sum of $2000, in’ default of at $117,224, con.izting of Oak- rich Green went to the County Jail. : o realty and stocks e Collided With a Dredger. OAKLAND, Feb. 18—The big dredger at work in the creek sustalned a severe Jjolt this afternoon, a steam schooner col- liding with ft. The dredger- sustained some damage, but the schooner was soon on its way. ate of Helen Fletcher 5o been appraised at Cconsisting of reaity in Alameda, +and Santa Barbara Counties. Mary Clark to-day filed suit for a legal separation .frgm James Clark, aileg- ing_desertion as the ground for her cause of actfon. With three million dollars added to the | 1 | the scene of a sanguinary battle. upon which to | night from Dutch Flat and will take | JAILED FOR BEATING HIS ~ WIFES LOVER Pretty Mrs. Enos Is Anxious for Gayety. SAN LORENZO TOO SLOW | {OVERTAXKEN BEFORE SHE HAD | GONE FAR. i iThe Husband Thrashed His Sus-| pected Rival and Will | Have to Stand Trial. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Feb. 18. | Love of dress and a desire to lead a iga)‘er life than {s possible with a hard- | working rancher has caused Mrs. Rose Enos to leave her home and seek pleasure | in other company than that of her hus- | band. Mrs. Enos, although only married three vears, has often threatened to elope, and her husband has moved several times in | the hope of inducing his wife to be con- | tented with her surroundings. He has | not succeeded. |, Last Thursday Mr. Enos spent a few | hours in the calaboose at Pleasanton, and | his offense consisted in inflicting punish- | ment on the man whom he blamed for | his wife's frailty. Three vears ago the were married at San _Leandro. couple They settled down to domestic life inf the | quiet town of San Lorenzo. But this was together too quiet for the young wife, who desired to live somewhere where the | sun did not regulate the beginning and end of existence each day. Anxious to please Mrs. Enos her h band bought a prett; at Haywards, and ife | was contented. But lately a friend from | | Watsonville visited the Bnos home, and | after his departure the little wife was | again discontented. Mr. Enos, still anxious to please and be | induigent, ‘permitted his wife to visit ‘fr)vn s at Watsonville, and since then his | home has not known happiness. Last | Thursday a friend called on Mrs. Enos | hard-working husband was in | while he | the fleid. and induced her to take a bugey | ride” to’ Pieasanton. Bnos heard of it just In time to catch the train and nip | the elopement in the bud. He found his | man, and a minute later Plea -:\mnanas Snos | won, but his competitor had him arrested S | for battery. was later released and | returned to his desolate home, and now | | declares that he will make no more over- | tures to content Mrs. Enos. Cross the bay, to Broadway Station, new and elegant Palm Garden, 905 to 909 | Washington street. Mr. Felix Wirbser, the genial proprietor, announces a grand opening Tuesday_ evening, February 2ist (evening before Washington's birthday). All lovers of music and good cheer on | both_sides of the bay cordially invited. Handsome family apartments, Mr. Wirb- ser was 14 years caterer of Harmonia | Hall, Alameda. . | MUNICIPAL LEAGUE NAMES ITS TICKET take broad-gauge cars Oakland, visit the |ALAMEDA POLITICIANS HAVE| | AN EXCITING DAY. | | Harmonie Hall Attempts ta Control | | the League Convention, but Its | | Plans Miscarry. T | ALAMEDA, Feb. 18.—Alameda has been | | absorbed in politics all day. All the poli- | ticlans have been looking forward with | some anxiety to the Municipal League Convention, which was held to-day. The | polls were open at 3 o'clock and closed at | 9. From the start the voting was brisk. | The League people threw every safeguard around their ballot boxes to prevent stuf- fing and frustrate the designing. There has been a well defined rumor floating around tor some time that Har- monie Hall people had jolned the League | in sufficient numbers to control to-day's convention. Their plans might have been | carried out had it not been for the treach- {ery of one of their own number, who | placed a copy of the Harmonte Hall club roll in the possession of the managers of | the Municipal League. The latter chal- lenged the Harmonie people as fast as they came up to vote, and the word was soon passed along the line that the game was up. To-night the Harmonie contin- | gent is hunting for the man who betrayed them. The hottest fights of the day were be- tween N. J. Manson and E. K. Taylor for City Attorney, A. T. Burns and E. Minor | Smith for Assessor, and John Conrad and | George MacRae for City Marshal. Sen- | ator Taylor came down from Sacramento to give personal attention to the contest, in which he was interested, 2 | “The result of the vote follows: City | Trustees (three to be nominated), Albert Arents, 264; Joseph F. Fordere > | Frank 'W. Hopps, 184; George R. Miller, 233, Board of Education (no opposition), . M. Keys, Frank Otis, J. R. Sloan. “ity Clerk, Benjamin F. Lamborn, 200; C. S.“Lan](';stor. 935. Assessor, A. G. Burns, 147: E. Minor Smith, 22 Treasurer, El- mer B. Johnson. City Attorney, N. Manson, 139; E. K. Taylor, 246 Recorder, A F. St. Sure’ (no opposition). Marshal, John Conrad. 14 eorge MacRea, 245 T.ibrary Trustees (three to be nominated), W. M. Bow Percy H. Evans, 198; W. B. Kolimyer, E. W. Maslin, 291 D. D. Stark, 9. —_—————— LOST HIS TOES. w. J. Gorhnm'_Be‘riously Injured by the Premature Discharge of a Shotgun. ALAMEDA, Feb. 18.—W. J. Gorham of 1351 Versallles avenue, manager of the Gorham Rubber Company of San Francis- co, was serlously injured this afternoon y remature discharge of a shotgun . e Phandling., The charge lodged in hie Jeft foot, making the amputation of two of his toes necessary. Gorham left the broadgauge mole ahout 2 g'clock with a party of friends or the jaunch Leonore, bound for the Alvarado marshes on a hunting expedition. They had been out about half an, hour whei Gorham, who was lying on one of the geats in the launch, picked up his shot- n, and resting the end of the barrel on js ‘foot inserted a couple of shells. In closing . the breech both shells were dis- charged, tearing away the shoe and shat- tering the foot. The injured man was taken to the Lane Hospital in 8an Fran- cigco, where his toes were amputated, The gentleman has had many misfor- tunes. A few months ago he.lost an eye by the bursting of an emery wheel, and this morning before he departed on his trip some miscreant poisoned his valuable hunting doj —————————— Berkeley News Notes. BERKELEY, Feb. 18.—0. W. Peterson, William Girvin and Beverly Hathway were the successful competitors in a pre- liminary debate held last night for the purpose of selecting representatives for e "Berkeley High School to debate against the Oakland High School. The subject for discussion will be: *Resolved, that the United States should hold thé Phili @s permanently.’ R. ‘l’z?“x‘iuafi of North Berkeley died last night at_his residence, 1806 Milvia street. Deceased came to California in the eariy fifties and settled in Colusa Caunty, mov- ing to Berkeley nine years ago. He leaves bQ‘llnd besides a widow one son, Beverly Rush, and two daughters, Gertrude and Beverly. | and horses, excepting what are killed | Reichstag, where it is certain to lead | to stormy debates. CROWDED CARS ARE GROUND TO PIECES Railroad Horror Which and (100 at Foret, near this city. 8:45. at the platform. sents a terrible picture. When the express locomotive. appalling. o0000000000C00000000D00 0000000000000 000000C000000000000 BRUSSELS, Feb. 18.—An express train from Calais, having pas- sengers from London on board, collided to-day with a stationary train The train left Tournay at 5:22 this morning and reached Foret at Immediately afterward the Mons express dashed at full speed into the station and ran into the Tournay train, which was standing It is said that, owing to the fog, the engineer of the express train did not see the signals. The collision was appalling. The express locomotive piled on the last carriages of the Tournay train, which were fllled with passengers, and these cars were smashed to pieces. Twenty-one persons were killed and 100 injured. Americans or English among the victims. leaped on to the roof of the rearmost carriages of the train from Tournay it crashed through them and ground the carriages and their occupants into an almost inextricable mass of splintered wood, broken and twisted ironwork and mangled humanity. bodies of the victims were found intertwined The terrible disfigurement of the passengers was in Belgium in 21 Persons Are Killed Injured. There were no The scene of the wreck pre- locomotive of the express train Six of the in the wheels of the COCOC00000000C0CO000000 GERMANY'S MEAT INSPECTION BILL To Be No Discrimination Against Imports. TREATED AS DOMESTIC FOOD AMENDMENT TO SEND EXPERTS TO THIS COUNTRY. Press of the Fatherland Speaks in a More Friendly Mood of In- creasing Trade With the United States. Copyrighted, 1899, by the Associated Press. BERLIN, Feb. 18.—The meat inspec- tion bill passed by the Bundesrdth on February 16 provides for an expert in- spection inland before and after slaughtering cattle, hogs, sheep, guus; | for domestic consumption. This is re- garded as only an Agrarian compro- mise. The bill contains many details of home inspection. It not only ex- cludes diseased meat, but meat of in- sufficient nutritive value. Foreign meats are subject to a single inspection, but this does not forbid an additional inspection by the separate states for special reasons, such as suspicion that the meat has deteriorated since the date of its first inspection. In any case, however, foreign meats must be treated the same as domestic meats. The importation of foreign meats is re- stricted to certain ports in order to facilitate inspection, the result of which must be made known in each case in a uniform manner. R The bill is considered to provide the minimum meat inspection required throughout the empire, leaving to the separate states the question of adding other features besides what are con- tained in the imperial bill. The measure has now gone to the The Center, being the dominant factor, will propose an amendment to the effect that Germany appoint a corps of its own meat in- spectors to go to Chicago and other meat exporting centers, these inspect- ors to examine all meat destined for Germany and issue certificates which will be aecepted as conclusive by the home government. Regarding this proposition the Cen- trist organ, the Cologne Volks Zeitung, says: “The American packers cannot object to such an arrangement, for such hygienio legalization will only be a copy of their present legalization ot German exports to the United States by the Amerlcan Consuls here.” The statements of Baron von Bulow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Count Posadowsky-Wehner, the Min-~ ister of the Interior, regarding the commercial and political relations be- tween the United States and Germany and the debate in the Reichstag on the subject have occupied the attention of the press throughout the week and gave rise to many notable utterances. The Cologne Volks Zeitung further says: “In spite of the clear and un- equivocal declarations of the German Government we suppose that the Ger- man baiting by the American and Eng- lish press will not cease at once. We believe, however, that the frank and honest remarks of the officials of the Government will prevent this poisonous seed from continuing to affect the views of the thinking and influential classes in the United States.” The Deutsche Zeitung publishes a long editorial article, in the course of which it says: “German-American re- lations are difficult to handle. Ameri- can agriculture and German industry must export, and American industry and German agriculture need tariff pro- tection. Thus arise most important economie differences. The American desire for expansion and the German need of expansion produce new fric- tions, yet neithey an economic nor a political rupture will be in the interest of elther nation.” £ The Frankfort Zeitung, reviewing the proceedings In the eichstag says: “It must be admitted that opinion in the United States has unfortunately had many reasons to doubt Germany's neutrality. We pointed out on a former occasion the neediessness of sending four German men-of-war to Manila to protect German interests. Other in- terested powers deemed one vessel enough. And then the larger part of the press, the semi-official newspapers included, gave expression to their sym- pathy for the ‘brave and severely tried people,’ which was necessarily offen- sive to the Americans.” The discord within the German and Prussian Cabinets has grown more acute: There is no longer any doubt that the three outspoken Agrarian members of the Prussian Cabinet, Baron von Hammerstein-Lexten, the Minister of Agriculture; Baron von der Recke von der Horst, the Prussian Minister of the Interior, and Count von Posadowsky-Wehner, the Secretary of State for the Interior, are openly at war with the rest of their colleagues. During the past fortnight they have given ample evidence thereof in public speeches, in some cases flatly contra- dlctlgl previous statements of Baron von low, Baron von Thielman, Sec- | eum. retary of the Imperial Treasury, and Dr. Bosse, Minister of Instruction, and other Migisters. It is not yet known how it will all end, with the retirement of one faction, or with a fresh compro- mise. Some of the newspapers predict the retirement of the three Agrarians. Baron von Bulow, it is understood, continues to enjoy the full confidence of the Emperor, who holds that foreign office interests must be allowed to pre- dominate, at any rate for the time be- ing, in view of the important and deli- cate negotiations which are proceeding with several of the powers, especially with the United States. The officials of the American Embassy here have made representations to the German Government in behalf of American pe- troleum interests. About a year ago the German Government announced that there was grave danger of an American monopoly in Germany, and that the Government therefore would facilitate the import of Russian petrol- 1 Since then the Prussian state railroads have begun to use exclusive- ly Russian petroleum. However, by a recent administrative measure, the| flash test has been raised in Prussia and other German states which amounts to a virtual discrimination against American oil. The American Embassy took exception to these mea- sures, but it was fruitless. The Ger- man newspapers now assert that the Standard Oil Company and the Russian companies have come to an agreement | and that the Government will shortly be interpellated regarding the steps to be taken to counteract the threatened revival of the monopoly. Emperor Willlam has_ pardoned Henry Tiedemann of New York, a Ger- man-American who deserted from the Prussian army in 1850 and went to the United States, where he became nat- uralized and built up a prosperous business in New York. Recently he was arrested while on a visit to his relatives in Germany and was court- martialed and sentenced .to several years’ imprisonment, although the of- fense was committed before he went to America, and he therefore was not amenable to the treaty provisions. The American Embassy, however, made representations with happy re- sults. The Emperor this week ordered from Begast, the sculptor, a heroic statue of Witliam I, with Prince Bismarck and Marshal von Moltke on either side of him, to complete the collection of the Hohenzollern monarchs in the Siege- Salle, near the Reichstag. Prince Adelbert, his Majesty’s third son, is to enter the German navy in the spring. He will go on board the train- ing ship Charlotte, which will under- take a cruise along the North African coast. Hoyt Sherman and his daughter, Mrs. Wyborg, have been spending the win- ter in Berlin. Mrs. Wyborg has a standing invitation to visit the Em- press, who showed her much attention last year. THIS MAN MAY BE GEORGE LAYMANCE Slayer of J. N. Kartell Believed to Have Been Seen Near Woodland. WOODLAND, Feb. 18—About two weeks ago Samuel Scarlett of Yolo called at the Sheriff's office and reported that he had seen a man in the forest near Cache Creek, whose actions indicated that he was of unsound mind or else was trying to escape identification. When the man was spoken to he kept his eyes closely riveted on the ground and declined to look his questioner In the face. Scar- lett noticed that the man had a scar on one side of his face. The Sherift's office has since received a letter from Sheriff Grace of Sonoma County, in which it is stated that George ‘W. Laymance is wanted in that county for the murder of J. N. Kartell of Healds- burg. The assault was made on Decem- ber 23, 1888, but Kartell did not die until February 4, 1809. The déseriptio ven by Sheriff Grace tallies with that given by Scarlett of the man he ‘met near Cache Creek. The Sheriff makes particular mention of the scar on the face and of Laymance’s habit of looking at the ground while engaged In conversation. POSTAL APPROPRIATIONS. Cullom’s Amendment to Extend the Pneumatic Tube System Tabled. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The Senate spent most of the day on the postoffice appropriation bill, but fafled to complete it. After an animated discussion of the pneumatic tube system, Cullom’'s amend- ment, increasing the appropriation for this purpose and designed to extend the sys- em to Chicago, was tabled. An echo of the oid star route develop- ments was heard, when several Senators criticized the methods by which a com- bination of speculators secured the star route contracts. A number of bills of minor importance were passed early in the day. At 4 o'clock tributes to the memory of the late Representative Simpkins of Maseachusetts were prondunced. e PRICE OF A LIFE. Mrs. Gillifan Sues Her Husband's Slayer for Damages. CARTHAGE, Mo. Feb. 18—Mrs. Cora Gillifan, widow of W. J. Gillifan, to-day filed suit in the Circuit Court asking for $7500 damages against J. D. McCrillis, for the killing of her husband last December. The McCrillis- murder case will probably be tried at the March term of the Circuit Court and the damage suit will come up at the same term. McCrillie killed Gillifan as a resul:‘nf intimacy between the latter and Mrs. McCrillis. Both are well known in Los Angeles. gt oo Order of the Eastern Star. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 18.—The members of the Order of the Eastern Star held a school of instruction at the Masonic Tem- ple to-day. 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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Chairman Burton of the River and Harbor Com- mittee stated to-day that he feared the river and harbor bill would fail to be- come a law, as the result of the action of the Senate Commerce Committee in adding the Nicaragua canal amend- | ment. “I am neot opposed to the Nicaragua canal,” sald Burton,.“but it is a vast| project, to be approached with due de- liberation and net carried along as a ‘rider’ with perhaps only a few min- utes’ consideration. Every item of the | original bill was carefully scrutinized | by the committee, but it will be im- | possible if this amendment comes back | to give it the like scrutiny in the few remaining days of Congress or to recon- cile it with the original character of the bill. Viewed from a practical stand- point the amendment creates a com- bination of opposing elements, the op- position to any river aad harbor bill, the opposition to any Nicaragua canal, the opposition to this form of dealing with the Nicaragua canal, the opposi- tion of such men as Cannon to heavy expenditures, and the opposition of the | Senate to increase the river and harbor | items. Altogether 1 am seriously ap- prehensive that these combined ele- ments of opposition will defeat the river and harbor bill and the Nicara- | guan canal amendment as well.” It is expected that a test will be made on the bill if the Senate retains the Nicaragua canal paragraph, when it reaches the House. The usual pro- cedure would be to disagree to the Sen- ate amendments as a whole and ask for a conference. But in this case friends of the Nicaragua canal say there will be a motion either to concur with the canal amendment or else to instruct the House conferees to substitute the Hep- burn canal bill. Chairman Hepburn and other mem- bers of the Commerce Committee do not approve the form of the Senate canal amendment, and it is said to recognize private concessions. They therefore will endeavor to preserve the Nicarfgua feature in the .river and harbor bill and yet substitute strict overnment control as embodied in the Elepburn bill. The precedents are be- | ing examined, and under these it is said the motion to concur with an amend- ment substituting the House proposi- tion for that of the Senate would take precedence over a motion to non-con- cur. The most recent ruling was by Payne, who, while in the chalr, held that a motion to concur with an amend- ment took precedence over a strict mo- tion to concur and the latter over a motion to non-concur. MAJOR OTERO HAS AN HEIR. Managers of the Hotel in Which the Babe Was Born Are Jubilant. CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Mrs. R. B. Otero, wife of Major R. B. Otero, first New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, and sister-in- law of Governor Otero of New Mexico, gave birth to a son at Wellington Hotel in this city yesterday. As it is the first occurrence of the kind in the famous old hotel the management {s more enthusias- tic, if that were possible, over the ar- rival of the youthful guest than are those more immediately interested in-his wel- fare, and promises to do somethlng hand- some for him if he is christened “Welling- ton.” oA CORETE KILLED BY HIS PARTNER. George Avery, & Reno Mining Man, Shot Near Wadsworth. RENO, Feb. 18.—George Avery, a well known Reno mining man, was shot and killed by his partner, named Reed, this morning at the Olinghouse mines, about ten miles from Wadsworth. Reed claims the killing was the result of the acelden- tal discharge of his rifle. He has sur- rendered to the Wadsworth authorities, the Reno Sheriff has gone after him. ——————— Death of Achille Steffanoni. OAKLAND, Feb. 18.—Achille Steffanoni, the well-known jeweler, died at 11 o'clock to-night at his home on Hamilton place after a sickness of nearly five months. Deceased was a native of Milan, Italy, aged 57 years and 6 months. He came to this city in 1574 and was A member of Live Oak Lodge, F and A. M., and the Oakland Druids. He leaves a widow. —————————— Advances made on furniture end planos, with or without removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1023 on. —e—————— Some people can berate if they can’t be President. \ MEASLES PREVENT A MEDICO’S MARRIAGE A NEW TROUBLE CONFRONTS DR. ALFRED SANDER. His Intended Bride Stricken With the Disease on the Eve of the Wedding. ALAMEDA, Feb. 18.—Dr. Aifred San- der, the hero of a hundred romances, thinks the fates are against him when they have anything to do with his love affairs. Last week he went on the war- path in search of reporters because the particulars of one of his affairs had found their way into print. The story was an old one, known to nearly every Alame- dan. The doctor did not so much object | to the yarn in itseif as he did to its ap- pearance on the eve of his wedding to Miss Ruth Martha Gruenberg. He found solace for his wounded feelings by threat- ening to shoot every member of the Ala- meda newspaper fraternity. Dr. Sander’s wedding is set for to-mor« row. The feast has been prepared, the floral marriage bell and other accessories to a function of the kind are in readiness, but they will not be used. A misfortune far worse than a newspaper story has intervened to mar the doctor's happiness. The wedding arrangements have been dis- organized by a well developed case of measles that made its appearance during the night. It was with sad demeanor that Dr. San- der notified the Health Department that his intended bride had fallen a victim to the epidemic that is now prevalent in Alameda. For fear that some new trouble may present itself, the man of medicine as determined that the wedding cere- mony will be performed to-morrow, even lhaufih the feast and festivities arranged for the occasion must be dispensed with. Miss Gruenberg is very siek to-night and although her iliness is by no mean: serious it is possible that it may be suf- ficiently severe to make a postponement of the wedding Imperative. ———— REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Rosa and Moses Blum to Edward Pollitz, Iot on W line of Franklin street, 133 8 of Broadway, S 30 by W 120; §10. Bartolomeo Oneto to Giulla M. Oneto, undi- vided one-quarter interest in lot on N'W corner of Qetavia strest and Cedar svemue, N 22 By Margaret B, and G. F. Van de Mark 1o Caroline L. and Charles W. Haufe, lot on NW pomes of Bush and Lyon streets, W 25 by N 75; $10. Estate’ Luigi Lavagnino, by Lorenzo Costa (administrator), to Mary C. Williams (wife of Charles H.), lot on SW line of Ninth street, 35 SE of Folsom, SE 25 by SW 100; $3500. Willlam and Mary Schehr to Richard King- ston, lot on NW curved line of Howard streat, 130:11% NE of Twelfth, NE 25 by NW 0; $10, Willlam F., Victor F., Arthur G., H. T. and Louise H. Hoelscher to Elise Hoelscher, lot on E line of Pearl street, 240 N of Ridley, N 25 by E $0; $10. Lawrence Laffin to Ann Laffin, lot on SE corner of Natoma and Fourteenth streets, E 2 by S 74; gitt. Annle and Martin Fennell to Annle A. Fen- nell, lot on § line ot Fifteenth street, 75 B of Church, E 25 by S 100; gift. Elizabeth Tracy to Horace H. Carpenter, lot on W line of Sanchez street, 19 N of Sixteenth, W 63, NE to Sanchez, § 50:3%; . Henry G. and Carrie A. Wilson to James A. Sorenson, lot on NW. corner of Twent and Harrison streets, N 22 by W 112:6; Hibernla Savings and Loan Society to John Murray, lot on S line of Seventeenth street, 75 E of Diamond, E 25 by § 3 D. J. Buckley to same, same, quitclaim deed; 5. Jane M. Bowen to Amy G. and Daisy M. Bowen, ot on S line of California street, §7:6 E of Larkin, E 50 by 8 110:6; $10 Estates of John and Mary Riordan or Rear- don_(by John Reardon or Riordan Jr., trustee) to Maria Cavanagh, Amelia Daly, Jjohn Jr. Michael J. and Willlam J. Riordan, lot on NW line of Howard street, 225°SW of Kirst, SW %5 by NW #; $10. John Jr., Michael and William J. Riordan, Amelia and John E. Daly and Maria and Will- iam A. Cavanagh to Calvin B. Knickerbocker, same; $10. Benjamin Healey to same, same: $L Nicholas and Mary Holland to Thomas W.and Christina C. Rivers, lot on SE line of Shipley (Louisa) stieet, 2216 NE of Fourth, NE 20 by SE §9: $10. James A. Taggard to Homer E. Osborn, that portion of PN block 307, commencing NE cor- Ter of Mississippi and Santa Clara stréets, N to patent lands of Pueblo, SE to Pinkham claim, SW to Santa:Clara,. W_to beginning; also that portion of PN block 278, commencing NW corner of Santa Clara and Mississipm streets, W to Plnkham Tract, NE to Mississ- ippl, § to_beginning, quitclaim deed; $10. Olive L. Wright (Taggard) to same, same; $10. Ellen M. Scotchler (Taggard) to same, same, quitclaim deed; $10. Homer E. and Flora F. Osborn to John Dougherty. same; $10. Henry Jacobs to Soe Jacobs, lot on E line of Ninth avenue. 150 N of K street, N 2% by E 120; also lot on W_line of Seventh avenue, 215 § street, § 2 by W 120; $10. e Fmgar, lots 31 Chester S. Smith to B. W and 32, block H, Stiver Terrace: $10. Alameda County. J. H. Moffett (by commissioner) to Oakland Bank of Savihgs, lot on NE line of Adeline and Thirty-gecond streets, N 25 by E 90, block §76, Watts Tract, Oakland; $1045. Charles H. and Tillie R. Spear and Mary A. an to The Raman Catholic Archbishop Landre of San Francisco (religious corporation), Iot on NW corner of Landregan and San Pablo ave- nues, W 200 by N 107, being lots 1, 2, 7 and s, block 12, Landregan Tract, Oakland Annex; $2000. James R. and Mary Fleming and Matthew Kurtovich to_William Corbin, lot on § line of Bay street, 318.50 E of San Pablo ayenue, B 50 by S 135.27, being 1ot 13, block C, Rooney Tract, Berkeley; §10. (sdministrator estate Mary E. ¥ ot on Grand street, of Alameda avenue, 56 by 138, block F, Oak Park, Alameda: §1740. E. ane A. Cannon to Samuel J. Bruce, Iot on W line of Filbert street, 130 N of Twenty-elghth, N 50 by W 125, being lot 18, block A, Golden Gate Homestead, Oakland (subject to a mortgage for $700); $10. F. W. Welyhe to William J. Donaughey, lot on SW corner of Epst Seventeenth street 'and Eleventh_avenue, § 150 by W 150, block 7, Clinton. East Oakland; $10. B. Smith Hammer to C. Gribble, lot 15, block D, Thermal Hill, formerly the Howe Tract, Oakland Annex; also lot on N line of Amet] treet, 35 B of Broadway. N W7.35 E 1. 149.83, W 14.73 to beginning, block H, Weston Tract, same; 3 Mrs. Jot 16, $10. s C. F. Kirk to Glennie Dav block D, map of property of Berkeley Home- s{sld Aauoch!lon‘wgerk!l!y (quitclaim deed); Mrs. C. F. Kirk and Glennie Davis to Murphy. Grant & Co. (a corporation), all inter- est in lot 16, bleck D, Berkeley Homest As- sogiation, Berkeley (quitclaim deed); $10. Claudia R. and George W. O'Brien .to Mary 4A: Flint, lot on N line of Virginla serest. & W of Edith, W 40 by N 100, being lot 7, hiock C, Edith Tract, Berkeley; $10. ®