The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1899, Page 9

TBE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7, 1899%. 9 ALAME DA COUNTY NEWS. | morning Mrs. the usual hour Laferme did not arise at Inquiry at her room re- | sulted in her declaration that she was very ill. By noon her condition became ! alarming. and her friends thronged about fter summoning Dr. Herrick, who Immediately gave the patient a hy- podermic injection of morphine to relieve her agony and pain from which she ap- | peared to be suffering. An hour later she | made the exclamation noted, and throw- | ing back her head of luxuriant black halr | breathed her last. her couch a HAVE BROKEN MY HEART!" | “Mrs. Laferme gave us no inkling that | she intended to commit suicide,” said C. SRS A. Tyrrell, at whose home 'the dead| | woman roomed. “She complained of he-} | ing sick this morntng, and 1 could see she iri was really sick, not in spirit at all, but Last Despalrlng Cry |m body. "1 believe she has had a great and worried considerably, deal of trouble doubts that she took her | but 1 have my of Mrs. Laferme. own life. Why, she expected to go to the great exposition in Paris in 1900. She was — 3 most lovable little woman, and had been with us hardly a month. We have | = 2 conducted a_tharough inspection through- | 3 but have been unable to | HER MYSTERIOUS DEATH poison, and the Herrick also is at a_loss apparently termine the cause of death, and an be held to-morrow, when cause will be revealed. mined Mrs. Laferme, she was suf- ation of hysteria > morphine to ease her, —— QL DOCTOR WILL NOT SAY IT WAS A CASE OF SUICIDE. bit her ‘condition did not seem to im- | rove., I cannot say that the symptoms The Unfortunate Woman, Who Was | were those of I‘“‘i n, and am yet at a Separated From Her Husband, i to_say w hether the woman com- ed was a_petite brunette, aged years, and so far as known had tives in’ this city. | 'ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS BREVITIES OAKLAND, June 6.—The will of Wm. Patton, who died in Alameda a few days was filed for probate this afternoon The estate is valued at about $35,000, and to two sons, share and share alike. F. M. Amerman, the bequeathed $500 cash and $50 per month. Had Been Sick and Was Despondent. “Jack, you h have killed me T The remains of the late James de [ e e o o ol e ok o e i o o e o e ol i e i o ® . 2 . § . M UK ! YOU'VE @ 1 BROKEN My ¢ . MERART, YOU'VE § 9 KILED | A | - mE § » * * b @ Rl . ® L3 * * > @ ¢ 3 > ® | . 4| * * © * + @ . . . . i . € . L & | * * | . + @ | . MRS TILUE v S LAFERME . | A A B e n had taken poison | Fremery, who died a few days ago while | P G the worr htent, although Dr. L. F.|en route from New York to Oakiand, are | een summonediover | expected to g ne time this w and the fun s announced to take place next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock ¢ the f residence, 1305 Adeline stre ise of sulclde or | Judge ene to-day granted a divorcs ¢ = 5 to Mary Clark from James P. Clark on handled the | the ground of willful neglect and leser s orant of the ¢ P! iff is given custody of the i the woman's e y, one who have three miror children. oraisement of the e r was filed to-d te af Chris- showing including 334 tate at Durant { piece al estate a total reet and | :d Wilkie, the till lies dan- | ill at his home on Telegraph a ) one but his w nd boy are ai- | i iy ) see him. Dr. S. H. Buteau is in | {0ttt and two professional nurses are in anstant the attend ince di 5 t of Jessie Quinan gainst Carlos Martyn default of offices this afternoon and woma Court Commis Defendant w nvicted of felony embezzlement on No. ng words were, it to_her husband A fow days ago Mrs. Laferme received Vember 5. 18%. and is now serving a telegram from Montreal announcing her | t€ in 8an Quentin, T ad new John Thomas was convicted to-day of | battering John Doyle, Town Trustee of | Emeryville, and was sentenced to pay a | POSTUM CEREAL. | fine of 210 or take the alternative of | ~ | twenty days in the County Jail WOULDN’T BE PUT OFF. | L i NEW TEACHERS ELECTED | FOR BERKELEY SCHOOLS 8. D. Waterman Chosen Superintend-; ent at a Salary of 82200—New Pri Went to the Kitchen and Made It Herself. Husband said to me one morning, “It seems to me, my dear, that it will s you to make a trial and wheth- er it may not be true, as your physi- that the cause of your per- of High School. | June 6.—The RBoard of Education met this evening in the Town cian says, | sistent dyspepsia and head trouble and and devoted its time to the election | palpitation of the heart is coffee.” of teachers for the ensuing year, The| He s Suppose we stop coffee and ]";’;‘* e on of Superintendent F. E. Per- | try this Postum Food Coffee!” I vote n(“"h::‘"&';'{”"‘_ ?,;":” was tendered a | agreed to it, and 30 & Dackage ‘Was!iion of a new superintentiors The elec- L resulted in gent up that day. the choice of S. D. Waterman, for several | in the morning we had the new food rs principal of the High School. The | coffee, and after filling my husband’s ixed the superintendent's salary at | cup 1 filled my own. I sipped a few annum and that of the principal | of the high school at $1760. M. C. James was elected new prineips | v eves filled, too. I could mot | J40 RO (EE BT ?lei-txnn‘lrsd;:su‘;:‘ig' arink it as follows: | Husband suggested that inasmuch| High school—Principal, M. C. James: | as this was the first trial the cook had | physics and chemistry, Miss Lillic Bridg- ok nans Tt | man: German and mathematics, Miss 4. | I took the coffee pot to the kitchen, | Codic histor L Hnle . Mo=d poured it out and examined the pack- | Greek, Miss Mar: g0 s age carefully, then followed directions | Miss Mary L. Brehm; _ actly (an_ casy thing 0500, by the |Luare; IHEHaL, e rence Bartling; | way) and after 1 had got the coffee sful, and I am ashamed to say spoon that | mathematics, W. B. Clark. Rose-street _school—Miss Mis J Lida Coddington, Mra ¢ | pot to bolling T left it in the cook’s | Hartley, chargs, saying that T would send out | OPot¥il: | aree e would Seng o ‘Whittier School—Miss Helen M. Gom- | for it in fifteen minutes perts, Miss Jeanette Barrows, Miss Mary When it came in and I poured out | A. Sampson, Miss Alice Keeper, Miss 8arah T. French Pancroft way school—Mrs. C. L. Hutton, | Miss Annie Woodall, Mrs. C. T. Eiliott, M B BetsSl o 1 ey 2 Diwight way school—W. H. Debell Mary Huddart, Miss Eleanor H, mith | | Moa¥ ¢, H. Partridge, Miss Lydia Atter. | | bury, Miss May Wilson, L. R. Rush, L. L, | Shaw. H Lorin school—M. J. Congdon, Mrs. N. M. | little cream. turned it to that perfect | Norman, Miss Annie J. Hopkins, Miss | color that an epicure delights fn. | Otive Hx:’rpe'r. FnM;ssM]::mSg};aii; orse, | This was several months ago, and 1| poos Mies Selina Burstc . Eller- | some fresh cups for husband and my- | self, what a revelation! 1 could not have believed it possible that there was such a difference between an ar- ticle poorly prepared and properly pre- pared. Here it was, a black brown, clear and deliclous. The addition of a horst, Miss Selina Burston. attribute my gain in flesh and my per- nspvvmh sg‘eet school—Miss Louise Mc- - 208 , L. J. Shaw. fect health to the use of Postum, as it Kg‘emL e i has served me as an ideal food. My friends frequently say something like: weill. W i “Miss Ldllie J. Hamlin: Mis Jyerohine Roller, Mrs. Bmma S. Wilkes, | Miss Ellen Wilson, | “I never saw you looking so 0 Columbug school—E. E. Nichols, Mis: What are you taking?’ [ reply: “I|gusie McClure, Miss Mary McCleave, Miss | am taking no medicine, but I am | Delphine C. Larson, Miss Marietta . drinking hard just now, drinking Pos- | "EE S, o yenool—izs Jullet H. Lum- | tum Food Coffee,” and the results are | kard, Miss Etta Ellher%onl, l‘fl. Susan very real indeed to husband and my- | M. Hall Miss Saral oxX, ss Elma sel. Mrs. Jennie Knight, Washing- af:&“dwyrlt'fi. FEmily Riggs, Miss L. J. r~n.C ‘Alston way school—Arthur J. Elston, housekeeper, | % FOLIOLAOLN LIOLISCROLE & Lt L0k SRS 9 FOLOLE L2 M. EckLes - ERKELEY, June 6.—The little Methodist Episcopal church of Covina, Los Angeles County, will be made the scene to-mor- row of the marriage ceremony of two Berkeley students—Carl Melvin Warner of the class of '99 and ® Miss Clara M. Eckles of the class of °g7. Both bride and groom are resl- dents of Covina, and both are prom- fnent members of the society of the town. Carl Warner was a member of the class which graduated from the Unri- versity of California last M His career n college brought him distinc- tion as a student and debater of rec- ognized ability. Last February he gained a place upon the team which represented Berkeley in the last Car- not debate against Stanford Univer- sity. The judges were unanimous in declaring him Carnot medalist for the year, and his debate brought the beautiful gold trophy to the blue and LGOI OLIED & CF e ToTHIOPO SRS @OV RIUITOTN & POTOLOTOROOOL 4100 Miss Helena Curtiss, Miss Rosemary Dob- ss Margaret Webb. in the department were fllled L. Bartlett, Miss Mamie Cameron and incie = election_of M ant, Mis 'CLERK LAMBORN DEFIES THE CITY FATHERS |OBJECTS STRENUOUSLY TO A PRESS CENSORSHIP. The City Clerk Grilled for Three Hours for Giving Information to Reporters. ALAMEDA, June 6.—The City Trustees attempted last night to establish a strict press censorship on all municipal matt that pass through the office of City CI Lamborn. That their plans miscarried is | due to no fault of theirs. The City Clerk was grilled by the Trus- | tees for three hours because he had not | hidden from the newspaper reporters every official document that had been filed in his office since the new Board of Trus- tees took office. This board has been making a record for star chamber me: ings, but a little bird has reported al their secret sessions and the public has been informed of the procecedings through the papers as promptly as pos- sible. Not being able to close the leak the members undertook last night to make to an order forbidding the City Clerk Open any official letters or allow tha porters to inspeet any. officlal documents | lntil the board had looked them over in | xecutive session and decided whether or not they were proper matters for the t s to know. he resignation of J. O. Messer, gineer of the electric light worl nted in the papers while the T were giving out the statement that employes of the city light plant wer | happy as turtie doves and that of Messer's r ation was a That was one of the Incidents that pre- cipitated the row last night. After Chafrman Brick had warmed up | to the situation he glared down upon the City Clerk and in the angriest tones at kis command said: 'Sir, I want to know by what authority you gave out to the newspapers tha Messer had resigned, and I want’ to know how they got a co before 1 knew it w rt of thing must stop right no the chairman upset a pitcher of ‘water as he pounded on his desk to emphasize h remarks “Hereafter I alone will open letters addressed to this board, and nothing must be given out to the news- papers from your office in connection with our business until we have first considered it in executive sessiol Do you hear, sir? These are my orders. Trustee Alexander Mackie was also against publicity in the management of public_affairs, for he agreed with Chair- man Brick. He wanted communications addressed to the city dropped into a sealed box, to be opened only In executive sessions. Mr. gay and gracefully admitted that the City Clerk would be a pretty good fellow i he would not talk to the newspaper reporters. Ar. Lamborn was not crushed by the grilling, and when he was given an op- portunity to be heard he did not waste words. He said: “1 want it understood that the City Clerk of Alameda has a mind of his own, and is not afraid to speak it out. I have dene nothing with the idea of satisfying personal ends. Regarding my treatment of the newspaper reporters, 1 insist that every document that comes into my office becomes public property as soon as it is filed, and as such it is open to Inspection, and will continue to be. There has been so much tomfoolery around this board that I am naturally suspicious of everything that is done. I want you to understand that 1 am a free-born American citizen, and always hope to enjoy the privilege of free speech, and will not be muzzl Y The Trustees scolded until they grew sleepy, when they adjourned and went home. To-day mtfi Attorney Taylor advised the City Clerk that his course with regard to public documents was correct ———————————— Escaped From an Asylum. OAKLAND, June 6.—Edward A. Schaef- *| fer, who was arrested vesterday while he was kneeling, praying and singing in the street, turns out to be an escaped lunatic from the Stockton Asylum, word to that effect having been received by the warden in charge of the Recel\'!m% Hospital to- day. Arrangements Lave been made to refurn the man to Stockton. Shaeffer was formerly a merchant in San Fran- cieco and was committed to the asylum last month. He had been there only six days when he effected his escape. LOOTED TELEPHONE BOXES. Samuel D, Sutton, a young man of re- spectable family, who has earned the name of the “telephone-box flend,” was vesterday held to answer before the Su- perior Court by Judge Mogan on a charge of burglary in $2000 bonds. About six months ago Sutton was ar- rested, and it was conceded that he had robbed forty-three telephons boxes. Two charges were preferred against him and he was convicted on each by Judge Mo- gan, The Judge sentenced him to six months on each charge, but owing to the plea of the telephone company and the young man's parents to be merciful the Judge suspended sentence and allowed him to go on probation for six months. A situation was procured for the young man in a_real estate office, but he was discharged about six weeks ago. Almost immediately afterward reports were re- ceived by the telephone company of boxes ' Brick cooled off after he had his | ]also added to her despondency, and this | @GLIUELIOLGLON O HIOMOVHUOLS DO L SYOTOLOVSLIOL & LOLO LIS DO CARNOT MEDALIST CAPTU RES A BRIDE @ $ VPGSOV T ST OLIOLI ST & L S-S zold for the fourth time. In April gain he tried for a place upon the intercollegiate team which argued the question of the retentlon of the Phil- ippines against the cardinal, and his work the second time was not less successful. Aside from debating he has always taken a leading part In the work of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association. His bride is the daughter of James Eckles of Covina. LSO DTIT S O STV ILIOTTSLE LT © OOV Q being broken open and robbed, and it was ind Sutton was caught red-handed. c roke away from hi s arrested by Spe the telephone company and booked on a charge of burglary. If successful in de- feating the charge of burglary he will have fo serve the two sentences of six r\rl\:\;}:‘I’l‘S each imposed upon him by Judge THE NEW PIA ‘WITHOUT A TITLE captors but later By Ashton Stevens. Mr. Kelcey and Mr. Shannon are ad- vertising for a title where really they should be advertising for a play. The | best title in the world will not carry this new and as yet un . med comedy by Eva Foster Riggs. i Its intention is daring and clever, but Mrs. Riggs lacks the crafts- | manship to carry out her jdea. Mrs. Ri, !'1."~lzl gem of a subject in the girl mistakes the man who loves C her’ 1ong 108t father, put she 1o B0t bom. petent (o handle it. 'She exhausts hersel and the plot in the first act. After tha there is no invention, no enterprise—only a series of obvious sequences. ' Condensed to the proportions of vaudeville, I can imagine this piece a unique success, but in its present form I can predict nothing less than df ter for its producers. Mrs. Riggs’ play, while avowedly one of atmosphere rather than of action, deals in a subject that requires action. A great deal of pretty deportment and sentiment underlles her writing, but nevertheloss her whole scheme is farce; and farce re- quires. the deed to fit the word, She has, with some sentimental embellishments, treated the subject from a purely farcleal standpoint. The only rIng standpoint: for a seriou realistic working out of a father would be nothing short of Ibse | his hoaviest. Mrs. Riggs is not AR nor even an Tbsenite, so far as one ; | judge by this plece, and she nas written In the purest spirit of farea, relying on the long arm of coincidence and a trust- ful publ nd she has overdone the trustful part of it. There are. no sur- prises, no suspense, after the frst act. The piece is carried along—and then only after a fashion—by the oxcelle I is lavished on it. petgsting 1dom e 1 seen a bad play acted. That the atmosphere of the South—the play 1s Southern in its lo- cale—is not more poignant, s no fault of the actors. They do mueh more than their author has done for them. Effie hannon is simply deliclous as the South- ern heroine. On her shoulders falls the most of the burden, and she carries it with delightful buoyancy and ingenuous- ness. Mr. Kelcey is not so well fitted in the role of the lover who by circum- stances is compelled to posa as a parent but what any actor could do with the part he does. In fact (lie entire cast is to be praised, and the scening is admira- ble—but the play! that is another story. it Miss Cotte’s Success. Miss Julia Cotte, the talented daughter of San Francisco, appeared last night for the first time before an audience in her native city as a professional singer. The Grand Opera-house was well filled when the curtain went up on the first act of “The Pirates of Penzance,” in which charming operetta the management of the Srvunl'\vpll company had chosen to pre- | sent its new prima donna. B Cotte made her entrance it wne»fnxrnealrfi“fg be seen that half the house was made u. of friends, mostly members of the Frene colony, in which her parents have long been pfominent figures. She had not been ive minutes on the scene captured her heare Fhenaats ay e tuneful melodies that f of the lovelorn Mabel 1n= tha t%fis:eg?nt perfectly fitted the volce of the debuts ante, who, thanks to careful training and a previous experlence with an Edstern company, betrayed none of the methods of the novice. = Her petite figure and pleasing face were as though made for the part, and the gracefulness of carriage of the one and the mobility of the other did almost as much as the voice for the unqualified success of the young San e ettty (of th ; ne quality of the voice, howevi what tells in opera, and this Mise Cotis possesses in a high'degree. It is a clear soprano of great range, musical and well rounded, if not as robust as it might be. 1t was first heard to_excellent advantage in the solo, “Poor Wandering One,” at the conclusion of which she was encored again and again, after which the tenor was overweighted with floral offerings for the debutante. Encores for Miss Cotte were frequent throughout the two acts, and while her friends and ‘acquain- tances were active in the applause, the entire audlence was heartily with tham e tribute to the voice and not the possessor. Miss Cotte's success has led the man- agement to announce her appearance In the “Pirates” again on Thursday night, Saturday matinee and Sunday evening, e s The Five Days’ Excursion. Great interest is being manifested in the five days’ excursion to be run under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association to Hotel del Monte,’ Monterey and Pacific Grove next week, Thursday morning, June 15, the special train leay- ing San Francisco at 7 a. m.; the excur- slon train returning leaves Pacific Grove the same day at 4:25 p, m. For the ac- commodation of those who desire to re- turn the same day this arrangement gives four hours at the grove; or, the tickets will be good to return on n,nx regular train up to and including Monday, June 19. Rates greatly reduced; children under 12 years half price. There will be speclal exercises at the grove on Bunker Hill dayy better onceded that an expert w: Ve e s at work A few days ago the buzzer on the | elephone in Gobey's saloon sounded an 1 Officer Reilly of | theme whicli revolves on the somet] | more than fillal affection for the ,hn“.‘g whom the woman has believed to be her | GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKERS PASS THE LIE e An Exciting Scene at Sixth and Mission. . TROUBLE NARROWLY AVERTED e SABER RHEINHARDT GRILLED BY WILLIAM SEARS. Lol The Former Said to Be Responsible for the Failure of the Under- taking Expedition to Manila. The expedition which left here for Ma- nila several months ago fully equipped to exhume the bodies of the brave soldiers who fell on the battlefields in the Philip- pines resulted in a dismal failure, and the several undertakers who were sent there by the Government are back again in the city. The failure of the expedition was due, 80 the men claim, to mismanage- ment on the part of Saber Rheinhardt, a local undertaker who was placed in charge by Major Long. Two members of | the expedition, William Sears and W. C.| Pratt, returned recently heartily dis- gusted and sorely grieved over the man- | ner in which they are alleged to have | been treated by Rheinhardt. They have | decided to put in a claim against the | Government for several hundred dollars aplece which they claim is due them for back wages and transportation fees to and from Manila. When the men left here it was understood that they were to | recelve $100 per month and expenses for their services. On arriving at Manila General Otis decided to delay the work | of exhuming the hodies and the men were | forced to take quarters in the beleaguered | city and support themselyes. As they had | not received a cent of money from the | Government this worked quite a hardship on them. To make matters worse, Rhein- | hardt, who had been very friendly with | the men previous to his being placed in charge of the expedition, attempted to | display his authority in a way that made | | matters extremely unpleasant, and rather | | than submit to his unbearable demeanor foward them they packed thelr bag and baggage and came home. After they left Manila_Rheinhardt communicated with | Major Long in this city and charged Sears and Pratt with insubordination. Rhein- hardt returned home on the Zealandia, which arrived last week, and vesterda afternoon he met his associa Pratt | and Sears, at the corner of Sixth and Mission streets, and had it not been for | the timely interference of friends serious © quences might have resulted. he charge which you made in your letter to Major Long is wantonly false | and T'll shove the words down vour throat, vou swell head,” exclaimed Sears angrily “It was not,”” returned Rheinhardt. “You're a liar,” retorted Sears, and the | éxasperated undertaker moved ihreaten- | Seve ingly toward his accuser. men who were attracted to the scene by the Joud talking and animated gestures of the men -rushed between them to prevent a r seen by a Call reporter Sears said: “I have no desire to say anything in connection with this matter. Mr. Rheinhardt did all he could to make mat- | ters disagreeable down at Manila. He was_afflicted with an aggravated case of swoll-head and he did not treat us boy: right. Not satisfied with that, he mis- represented facts to Major Long. If he | had acted properly everything would have | gone along smoothly POLICE CONFISCATING DEADLY TOY PISTOLS Twenty-Six Weapons Captured at) the Different City | | Schools. | So many accidents have occurred from | the careless use of toy pistols in the hand of schoolboys during the past week that | the police have at last determined to step | in and put a stop to them so far as pc sible. Last Sunday two boys were jured and yesterday afternoon Flynn, a little fellow living at 420 Union street, burned the leg of a playmate, Chesri Tanoggl, with one of the toys. Lieutenant Esola instructed his men on both watches to confiscate any and all pistols in the hands of children and ar- | rest the men who sold them. The officers visited the schools on their beats ves day afternoon and the result is that twen- jx pistols are now in the hands of th police. All are of the same pattern, The are made of cast iron, with a_brilliantiy { polished barrel. and retall at the popular | price of 15 cents. Although the pistols are only intended to shoot blank cartridg: they will also carry a 22 ball. If the boy who is wielding them is desirous of f lowing in the footsteps of Diamond Di = Z ] Jr.. Jesse James or Nick Carter he can ut a wad of paper or a few nalils in | ront of the cartridge and the “‘toy” then becomes a deadly weapon. If used at short range without these accessories it | will inflict & painful, if not serious, burn, and the police have determined to sup- press ft. An ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors In 1887 making it a mis- demeanor to sell one of these weapons to any bay under 19 yvears of age. On the strength of the testimony given by beys whnqupismls had_been confiscated Wil- | liam or, a clerk in the employ of Shreve & Barker, 537 Kearny street. was arrested last night by Sergeant Chri tiansen and Officer Hutchings and charged with violation of the ordinance. He was afterward bailed out by one of his employers, and the police are looking for other vendors of the “toys’” The penalty for the offense is a fine of 31000 or six months' imprisonment or both, and Lieutenant Esola is determined to prose- cute the cases fully before somebody is killed or maimed for life. e MORE SMALLPOX PATIENTS. Two Young Womén 7Nurses at the Maclean Hospital Contract the Disease. Two new cases of smallpox developed at the Maclean Hospital yesterday. The patients are Miss Zerelda Pitzer and Miss Katle Levis, both nurses employed at the hospital during the time Roy Winchester, the young man who died from the effects of the disease a few days ago, occupied one of the sick wards. The young wo- men were removed to the cottage in the rear of the hospital, where the two male nurses who were stricken with the dis- ease Monday are isolated. Health Officer O'Brien and City Physi- cian Hereford visited the institution ves- terday and after a consultation with the hospital authorities decided to place the entire hospital in quarantine until the dis- ease has been stamped out. Accordingly vellow flags and placards were placed on the building and no one will be permitted to enter or leave the place until all dan- er from infection has passed. Deputy genlth inspectors and special policemen will be on watch at all times of the day and night to enforce these regulations. ———————————— MIRED IN THE BOG. Dozens of Fine'igaef Cattle Starving to Death. In Monday's Call was an account of a lot of cattle that had been mired in the bog about ten miles below Stockton and are starving to death. While it is out of the district of the Boclety for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, Secretary Holbrook made an inquiry as to who is to blame and offered to assist in any way ossible. From N. 8. Johnson, mate of he river boat Dauntless, he learned that the cattle were landed from a barge on the island. The San Juaquin Grand Jury is Investigating the matter to find the re- sponsible partfes. A number of men are | Opera Hall | the order, which is | furnishing o ried; a proposition to fee at $2 instead of $1 W ; the offl of supreme organist W elect { and amendment : d_fixin the status of the executive board. amendment that none but past presiden of subordinate lodges. elected as delegate | elected for the | G. Lachmann, auditors, | the E | but of violent temper, | and not infreque WARNER’S SAFE CURE has saved more people from untime- ly deaths and is keeping more people in perfect health to-day, than any other discovery ever known in the entire history of the world. Of it one of the most noted physicians of the day has said: «I gratefully recognize its precious value and if I founc myself the victim of kidney trouble, I should at once use WARNER’S SAFE CURE.” engaged in the rescue of the poor beasts and sufficient hay has been provided. | Mate Johnson deseribes the scene as the most_shocking and pitiful he ever wit- nessed. Dozens of fine cattle are mired | in the bog, many so deep that only their | heads are to be seen above the soft| ground. From the deck of the river boat | many can be seen in this condition, and | though the men are working with a will only a few have been rescued so far by the use of horses and tackle. The ground | {s so treacherous that even the horses | employed are at a disadvantage. —_————————— FRIENDS OF THE FOREST MEET IN CONVENTION The Work of the Session and Names of the Supreme Officers Elected. The first session of the Supreme Lodge | of the Friends.of the Forest was opened in the hall of Mizpah Lodge in Mission sterday morning. Mrs. E. M. McLane, the supreme president, pre slded, and there were present all the su- preme presidents, all the delegates and number of membe: of the order. The reports of the officers showed that now in its third vear, has during past vear increased in membership and finances. During the afternoon the laws presented a number of the committee on amendments to the neral ws of the order. One to Sbpoint special deputies 1o organize new fodges was lost; one to fix the charter fee at $35 instead of §25, conditional upon the f certain s, was car- to_the Supre gible for th office of )] or supreme vice president The per capl at 30 cent and there wi in the recogn tion sign to members. | The “following supreme officers were current year: Mrs. I. F. aymond, pre ; Mrs. Jennie Schnell, Ry resident; Mrs. M. Margnett, chap- in: Mrs. Lena Scholten. secretary: Mr: A. Boehm, tre Miss O. Hoffman, rshal; Mrs. L. warden; Mrs. E. | Barduhn, gun erick L. Griffith, sentinel;” Mrs. Reed, William J. Miller, trustees; R. Bertha McReth ‘and and Mrs. B. M. Haacke and Mr; N. McLennan, Mrs. organist. : The officers will be installed to-night, atter which there will be a banquet. — ce——— | TAKEN FROM THEIR FATHER. | Two Girls Saved by a Law Rarely Resorted To. | It is not often that the Supreme Court is called upon to decide sueh a case as | handed down by the Justices yes- Helen E. Hutchinson and her ster Catherine brought an action | ¢ their father, Joseph W. Hutchin- | the code for the | which provides: s the | agal ! son, under a section of protection of children, : “The abuse of parental authority ls the cubject of judicial cognizance in a civil| subject Srought by the child ® ¢ and| fhen the abuse is established the child Wiy be freed from the dominion of the ‘ent and the duty of support and edu- ation enforced.” The girls were action we un, fathe! 16 years of age when the | and it w shown the rd working mechanic, | and that he ofter Ohed the girls with undue severity. | P ccustomed to beat and kick them tly he used frying pans, clubs, etc., to beat them. In con- the girls ran away several times back by the police. | aced under the care who found them to bes: pokers, sequence and were brought Finally_they were pl st a Mrs. Burnett, B gentle and mild mannered and easy to | control. usion of the case In the | udgment was that the girls ;\l:ufrgggnfrjumgtho parental domain of | Deeir father, who was to pay their guard- | 1om §25a month for their support and edu- | R tion, From this the father appealed. Hhe Supreme Court found no error in | the course pursued in the lower court. and that jt was unwise to disturb the jude- | ment. TUpon the conc —_——————— TIRED OF LIF Business Reverses Caused J. C. Bon- cell to Plan His Own Destruction. J. C. Bonsell, a man about 50 years of | age, attempted suicide in a room at %8| Harrison street last evening. He was| taken to the Receiving Hospital by Of- ficer O'Conner, and after his stomach had | Dbeen relieved of a copious draught of mor- phine was pronounced out of danger. Bonsell's brother-in-law, named Starke, | failed in business at the corner of Fifth | and Harrison streets last week, and a| large amount of money invested by the old man vanished. This reverse is sup-| posed to have caused his rash act. About 11 o'clock last evening the landlady heard him moaning in his room and called a Colice officer, who in turn rung up an am- ulance. In the man's room were found a Joaded pistol and bottles of laudanum d morphine. AN Meft letters to the landlady, Coroner, his swife and several other persons. In a letter to “Millie,’ whom he addresses as his wife, but with whom he is not living, he states that should this attempt at self- destruction prove futile he would try again. The letter to the Coroner is as follows: £a Hill, Coroner of San Francisco: I am about shuffing off this mortal coil and It's Pobody's d— business but my own. At an early hour this morning he was resting easlly. He is believed to have acted while mentally deranged. —————— Gave Him “Knock Out” Drops. Frank Lane, an ex-convict, was yester- day held by Judge Graham to answer be- fore the Superior Court on a charge of grand larceny in $2000 bonds. About ten Says ago Grace Wise and Lane enticed | William Bronsted, a laborer from the country, to the girl's room, and after ‘Qoping” some beer they made him drink he was robbed of $120." Lane absconded With the money to Stockton, but was ar- rested and brought back. 3 R g Because He “Enocked” Him. Willlam Newton, 116 Sixth street, swore to a complaint in Judge Treadwell's court yesterday for the arrest of George Me- Rea on a charge of battery. Newton said that at the last election in Alameda Mc- | ¥ | for incendiar | a_hanging bee will follow. Rea was a candidate for Chief of Police and Newton did all he could to ‘knock’ him and was successful. On Monday afternoon they met in front of 32 Cali- fornia street, and McRea at once at- tacked him, knocked him down and kicked him into unconsciousnes SrEmt e s Gentlemen’s Sodality. Ten new members were admitted into full membership in the Gentlemen's So- dality of St. Ignatius Church at the ser- vices held in their chapel last Sunc morning. The membership of the sodal- ity now numbers over 700 and the so- clety is in a very flourishing condition. Next Sunday morning the sts will march In full regalia from their chapel to St. Ignatius Church, where they will as- sist at mi and receive holy communion in a bod — e e——— Precita Valley to Have a Park. Precita Valley is to have a public park. The Pre: alley Improvement Club, the object of which is to improve that sec- tion of suburban San Francisco, has let @ contract for the park to t City Im- provement Company. _ This is the happy fruition of years of effort on the part o the residents of the valley to provide an open-air place for recreation within reach of their homes. —_— e ee— Convicts Sentenced. C. L. Meldrum, convicted on a charge of cond degree, wa impris burglary in the tenced to two ye som by Judge Di y La Plom, convicted of grz % given eighteen months in San Quentin the crime. Joseph E. Gilliga gullty to a charge of petty larceny ye ter nd was sentenced to_six months in the County Jail by Judge Cook. B Tore Of His Scalp. rs! B YW Hill, about 30 years of age and a waiter in a German hotel at 53 Howard street, fell dow irs late last night_and ained injuries which will probably prove fatal. The entire sealp L almost torn from the unfortur and he was intern: injured. He but ery. the Harbor Hosp ained for his T —e————— The Medal Fund, Willard B. Harrington of the committee on address to the clergy has on behaif of the flnance committee of the Native Sons of the Golden West's California vol- unteers’ medal fund committee made an appeal to the clergy to make known to the congregations that there is a demand for funds to procure medal CHANGES TO BE MADE BY WARDEN AGUIRRE Two Officials at San Quentin Peniten- tiary Are Slated for De- capitafion. SAN RAFAEL, June 6.—Martin Aguirre, the new Warden of San Quenti came to this city last ev guest of Prison Director J kins and did not return to until this morning. Thé two offic cussed questions of prison policy at but the ost was taken to little hope is ente kins approve “Mr. Aguirre informs me,” said the di- rector, “‘that he i ds to make no radi- cal changes in official positions, but will bring his brother and ex-Under Sheriff McClure of Los Angeles to San Quentin with him, he wishes to have a few friends with whom he can su n con- fidential relations. Ex-Supervisor Ed Smith is trying to obtain the position of v, but it cannot be learned whether or not he has been successful. fcClure will take the position of either gar or Birlem.” Director _Wilkins said emphatically there would be no changes at present in the personnel of the guards. —_—————————— MATCH APPLIED TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS lDastardly Work of an Incendiary Arouses the Residents of Carson City. CITY, Ne June 6.—An at- made last night to burn the CARSON tempt w opal church. The structure was saved from destruction by the prompt ac- tion of the fire company. The shed back of the church was burned and nsidera. ble damage was done to the main build- { ing. That the fire was the work of an incendiary sa certain, coal ofl w found about the pla During an_investigation to-day the fact developed that attempts had been mads to burn the public school building and the Catholic chur There is talk of forming a vigilance committee, apd should some culprit be found hanging to a tele- graph pole it would surprise no one. Twelve years ago a man was hanged sm, and should the fire] at present operating in Carson be caught Rewards ars apture of the culprit. offered for the AUCTION SALES. PLANING MILL MACHINERY FOR SALE AT AUCTION ON THE PREMISES THURSDAY, June 29, at 10 O'clock A. M., One steam engine, 16xi?, recent make, Union Iron Works, with pumps, valves, heater, steam and feed pipes. ~One Band w. 5 feet wheels, 6-inch blade, will saw 35-inch stuft § inches on one side of the blade and 10 inches on the other. One Gray & Wood planer. WilL plane 24 by 2iginches and will raise to 30 inches. One #)-ffich and one 24-inch surfacers, and one $-inch buzz planer. Five stickers or molding machines with knives and tools. One heavy swing cut-off saw. Two strong rip saws with counter shafts and belting. One stave crozer and one tank bottom champering ma- chine. Two boring machines, three One wood turning shop complete, hes cut-off and rip saws, band and jig saws, shaper, shafting, belting, tools, etc. One bolt-cuttin machine with full seta of right and left han taps and dles. One Blacksmith shop outfit. Large amount of shafting and belting. Large stock of moldings, etc. WELLS, RUSSETT & CO., Mechanles’ Mills, S, F. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 {or the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debllity or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Diseases. 'I'he doctor cures othersfall. Try him. cnm..'lfli‘f Caresguaranieed. Callorw, O, Tox 1957, Saa Frandue