The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1899, CHILD KIDNAPED BY L | A MAN OF MYSTERY its Grandmother Ran Four Miles and Rescued It. 4 5 ucky Mrs. Wittho!l’s Thrilling Story of tler Struggle for Life in an Alameda Shanty—The Abductor Arrested. /g tol/lowea him for four miles. auring which time the abductor with a large knife. markable story, and two officers arrested. The woman 1s positive that the abductor was erther drunk There 1s now a belief that the man who stole the chrio 1s the same who attacked H. K. Belden with an ax at or crazy. midnight two weeks ago. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, )8 Broadway, June 2L ion a ‘ to-d to | . M. Witt- | McGuire, th street. he iies told could > of a madman chicken: met A Wo the »d streets they y the arm, place t drove off. | aged that T did 1 said Mrs. Wittholl, what | 1 the baby far behind and | door. I met | 1 when he saw He atened to ce. He | t was some : was outside the and ran from | 1 could run goL away d , that we cr 1 said she could easily iden. | she was in the hou He is avout broad-shoui- 5 feet 6 Inches tal on of Mr. and Mr: me here from St. r of the Hos- cated at_the ) lives with Mrs. | W 15t is their only | gh the detectives are convinced Mrs. Wittholl's story, there @ features to it. Mrs. sllowed the DUEE; . which | S5t Oak- 1a, near ice of 1l was e bUggy )1d, and aw it or W der her man to re a at the woman buggy across a Mrs. Wittholl to thought e fact 2 1 bridge that cc Alameda nd Oakland. When just across the bridge Mrs, aw a shanty partly hidden v trees, and she at once informed the that it was the place where en heid a prigoner for fully an ir by the man who had abducted the 1. "Mrs. Wittholl was very positiv described the Interior of the place great After the detectives GRAPE-NUTS. MORTAR ONCE USED gcannot Bind Brick and Stone a Sccond Time. In a r article by Dr. David H. Reeder, Professor of Hygiene and Dietetics of the College of Medicine and | states: “A chemist | 1l in a quantity of | pure water so that a portion of the lim will be diss the water. Let th water be ta the stomach of the | person to whom we desire to supply | bone material. Wil this lime now | dergo a change such as will convert t into bone? 0 more than will tar.” This a good tration of the eason for the f * to obtain results | rebuilding the by administering | in minerals from the drug shop. Once the principles have been made | into lime, potash, etc., th cannot be | rearranged to the readlly, but th are needed in v rebuilding human economy | ® elements or minerals | ery delicate particles tur“ | the of certain structure in the human body We should obtain them from the grains, for in that way Nature presents them with the mole- | so delicately divided that th man system takes them up. This is true of Grape-Nuts, the fa- s food, made with the special intent | rebuilding the brain, solar plexus | d nerve c s of the human body, | ffering the phosphate of potash in | §f natural way, which combines with | yumen and does ti.e work intended. Grape-Nuts are delicious to the tast made up in the form of small granule: glistening with grape sugar, and forn an ideal breakfast dish. Sold by all grocers at 15 cents per package. KLAKD, the Hatchery of the Unexpecied, furnished another mystery yesterday. A woman told the Chief of Police a story of the abduction of a two-year-old boy that was more romantic than the ordinary fairy tale. the abductor drove off, and the woman, though 50 years old, The chase ended near the tidal canal bridge, and when the abductor and his captive went into a sec/luded shanty the grandmother followed. locked and she and the baby were kept prisoners for an hour, Watching her opportunity, she rushed out withgthe child and made her escape. night the police had proved the truth of the grandmother's re- ing for the abductor's return. At 2 o'clock this morning he was GO0 C0000000000000000000 ! woman | satd ; and Holland, taking | § | home at 11 o | means | is supposed to be a gardener, but the de- After grabbing the child The door wos frequently threatened to kill her Up to a late hour last were on guard all night watch- entered they found everything just as the had described.” The knife with which the man threatened to attack her {o the cvent of her crying out was also n the s peculiar story,” sald Detec. i} 2 to-night, ut although there much that seem rious al lined to think that the ctu abducted. The wo- story has be veritled in ey where verification is po s no doubt that w ar the tidal canal bri tl where she sat n {s no motive of which they concelve that would cause any one wish to abduct their litt boy. T woman no difficulty in finding the e fellow who k s lived there tools evide Xpect h : wh will i uestioned Chief of Po- | ce regarding her long run after the buggy, and the fact that she did not ask any one to help her during the pursuit of several r irs. Wittholl gave very reasonable “I have alw woman, used t been a hard working & my strength,” s thought entered my he lark kidnaping affair in New n as I saw the man lift t : buggy. s seemed to give ‘rhuman strer 1 and served me ¥ the chase. I was afraid to stop and tell any one about the affair, for ¢ was so nearly out of breath and talked poor English that 1 we 1 that and th: the ( of time so used would be the man get out of at would be the last morning we went to the poli ontinued, “and I told them that th. > was just b at th r, with a cornfield adjoining without nce around it. I told of the interior of : house, of the tools, old bed and bad- nail that fastened the door >t of stale beer on the floor that he attempted to glve the child to darin “For hours we drove around this morn- ing. When we crossed the Liighth street bridge 1 saw noth and so told the ers. Then -~ they tried another (Alice street), but that was not the | one.” They drove all around and point.d out many cornfie but they all had fences around them. They seemed to doubt my story, but just before giving uy the officers said, ‘I'll try the canal He drove onto that one, and in stant I recognized the old house, anc pointing to it said, “That is the place rove up to it they found avery- st as I described it.” The door w: fastened by a nail and Inside was evors. lhlh}l‘{ 1‘ vas yesterday X to this place was found a horse and b gy just like the one the man drove. it to some colored people, who de. t no cne had used it so far as 2y Knew. “While in the house the man said he tock a liking to the boy and wanted him. | He wan me to stay and promised t treat me I. T tried to plan to ¢ a offering to come back as Soon as T s and told my daughters, but every rose he pushed me back into the . threatening to kill me If I did not He afterward attempted to assault 3 ave no idea how T ever reached home last night. 1 walked all of the o asking occas Iy for Sixteenth street. ave ne n v from the house thing of the city. As to the sure he w zy. There is no motive for such u deed except that if he is captured, as he surely will be, he should be locked up to other children. Every parent will fe unsafe while such a brute is at large. Mr. Maguire, a son-in-law of Mrs. W holl, could not belicve the old lady's story until it was verified to-day. “I knew she "had been through a hard trip,” he said, “when I saw her last night. T exhaustion She looked ten vears older than she did in the morning. She per- spired till after midnight. Her clothes were mud-bespattered and torn. not want to ever experience another day like this. The man should be given taert, cears when caught, unless it {s shown un. mistakably that he is insane. Children won't be safe on the streets while he I8 at large. There is no possible motive that we can imagine. HIs father came over often to visit his family and was expected last night, but did not come. never any' trouble in the family of any kind." X - THE DESERTED SHANTY. We do Officers Watching for the Re- turn of the Abductor. ALAMEDA, June 21.—The place where | the old man has been living is a tumble- down shed near the tidal canal bridge. The interior is sparsely furnished, con- taining only a bunk, a broken stove, table nd a bench. The old mun has lived there about three months. The neigh- bors look upon him as a man of mystery. No one in the vicinity has been able to make his acquaintance, and his name or of llvelihood are not known. He tectives have been unable to locate any place where he has worked.. e THE ABDUCTOR ARRESTED, At 2 o'clock this morning the ahductor | returned to his home and was at once ar- rested. He gave the name of Henry Chase and is 68 years of ag, An Heiress in Court. Miss Henrletta Redmond. who claims' to be entitled to a share of the estate of the te James Redmond, 333 Eddy street, lued at $50,000, appeared before Judge readwell yesterday to answer a charge | of obtaining goods to the value of $40 70 from the City of Paris dry goods store on false pretenscs. The girl was the Redmonds when she was eighteen months old, and the adoption papers wera produced in court. Mrs. Redmond was dissatisfied with the way the girl was yond a bridge near the | In a barn next | either drunk or | I came | ock and I never saw such | There was | dopted by | living, and about a month ago refused to be responsible for any debts contracted by her without her authority. She pressed her willingness to take her back if she consented to behave herseif, and | the Judge continued the case for a ‘week | to see if the bill was paid and the diffi-| culty settled between the girl and her | adepted mother. —_————— A BRILLIANT SUCCESS. Waterman Sisters’ Testimonial Con- ! cert Delights the A :dience. | The testimonial benefit give to the | ters Waterman at the Odd Fellows' Hail | last night was a brilliant success, both so- cially and financially. The Monteford Club Minstrels, under the management of IHer- | | ? bert Kref ly assisted by J. F. Suili- | | van, opered the evening's pleasure. Al- bert C. Helfenstein was interlocutor and | Bert P. Van Cleve, Thomas Mahoney, El- | ton Lambert and Ed Kreiss end iuen, | After the opening chorus Elton Lambeit sang “Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My | | < B and was heartily encored. ‘“The | Rag-ma-la” was done by Ed Kreiss, who | acted like an old-time professional. Ri Hunt rendered a tenor solo well, g C. Helfens followed with ‘‘H at 1 Love So Well.” Bert P. received th ked out banjo, and showe ster of the tle Clai s well I fin veral sel stions ol heney s his pl himself 0 be | nt. | her ure of d many peat he ertainm re the : d {n vocal se- ¥ who ren- Henry Larsen per- nd Jess and ntortion act. The with negro melodies by rent were loudly | lections, as was W derec humorous solo. formec i | Cunningh: HJoth of th fa- of handsome the audience and re- wonded to many hearty encores. The en- tertainment concluded with a dance. The ion_committee <ted of- | . H Sullivan, George Krelss was floor Harry B. Sullivan, James Cof- froth harles Durham and | Georga Kreiss int floor managers. | —_— | FIRED TWICE TO STOP | | A FLEEING MAN | | OFFICER SCOTT'S CHASE AFTER A COLORED SOLDIER. An Exciting Pursuit Near the Pre- sidio That Nearly Had a Fatal Ending. ulliv: ager ¢ | il r of the Twenty-fourth Infan- S oned at the Presidio, thank- ful that his b is not perforated with er of Officer Scott n. On Tuesday n fired*twice at the sol- king frantic effarts to he succeeded In g over the Presidio fence than remony, the tened by the uncomfort- n missile aimed at avoid arrest, | doing by climt with greate force the m not killed is due to | good fortunc 1 not ack of oti Officer § who is > of the before shed up to th e an for protection. She breat) informed him t colored man had insulted her w} she W walkir ng the street, and when she remonstrated with him he picked up ick and struck her 4n the face, inflict- ing a severe wound. Her ment was atteste by the blood ooz out of a deep gash on her the officer, quickly - learning her assail nt went, hurried B he un- known soldier, seeing the policeman, hroke ir run, and Scoit started after m. After_repeate calling to_him to arrender, Scott pulled out his revolver and shot in the air to_frighten his ma but the report only had a tendency tc crease his speed oursued and pur- suer w close to_ th e ' 1o gate, but this only redoubled re to cap- | | ture his man and he fired again with a deliber for th ceeded intention of winging him. But darkness he might have suc- g the negro went peli- | | mell over the fence Into the arms of the sentry, who was aroused by the shooting. tt. finding himself defeated, hurried | ¢k to the spot where he left the n. but was disappointed, as she had He filed a report with Chief of Po- te | lice Lees last night in which he narrated the above facts. The woman who w as saulted by the soldier visited headqua st night and gave her version of th the clerk in charge. She e pressed a desire that her name be no mentioned in the affair, as she dislikec notoriet A formal charge will | lodged with the militar day with a view of ving the soldier yunished for his action. It Is understood e was intoxicated at the time he did it | ana is ready to make amends for it. | — ee——— WOULD BE UP TO DATE. | Invitation Committee Wishes to Do | the Grand on the Fourth. The first signs of 4t sion are showing themselves In the Fourth of July Commit- tee. The invitation committee has taken what' it is pleased to a and"” on the t d be uthorities to- tter of invitat and its members | threaten resignations and other horrible things if they are not allowed to have th own wa ‘They want to issue en- invitations, and Lhe willing to be sat graved and embosse general committee i fed with ecommon printed ones. En- graved invitations will cost $12 a hun- {red; printed ones will cost about a sixth as much. but still the invitation commit- tee Is détermined to be up to date,'and the question has come to a head on that | point. It will be fought out before the meeting of the executive committee this | eve Eustace Cullinane, man of this city, has been selected write the poem for the celebration. win Markham, the author of the “Man | With a Hoe," volunteered to write the poem for the day, but as pressing East- | érn engagements would prevent him de erirg it in person, he bas decided to write | a memortal to the heroes of the late war. | | © “The Old Flag Foraver,” an epic written by Mrs. Lellah France McDermott, will be | ‘ played by the orch 2 at the literary ex- grand chorus will sing the s stirring melody. The arrival of the Philadelphia assures | | a large contingent of men-of-warsmen in [ the parade. An invitation to participate | has been extended to Admiral Kautz and | | a young newspaper to ) | his men, and it is expected the blue- | jackets who made themselves famous at | Simon & few weeks ago will be out In | force. | °Biitel Norcross, the ploneer grand mar- | | shal, who was in charge of the parade in | | This city in 1849, has accepted the Invita- tion of the grand marshal to act fn an | official capacity in the coming celebration. e MEDALS FOR SOLDIERS. 1 A Call for Pm’posals‘ fins Been Made | by the Committee. The California volunteer soldier medal | fund has reached praportions to warrant | | the committee in calling for designs for | the ornaments that are to decorate the brave fellows who entered the army in | the service of their country. In order | that an appropriate design may be select- | ed the committee has issued a call for | proposals for furnishing the medals, which reads as follows: | The committee on medals, to be pre- | gented to all soldiers and sailors who | volurteered in the State of California for the late war with Spain, hereby callg for proposals for furnishing the medals, including the making of die and bar attachment in accordance with design adopted by the committee, Medals are to be of bronze and of size of a silver dollar. I‘rnrnsals must be submitted for the furnishing of 5000, 7000 and 10,000 medals. Full specifica- | tions must accompany proposals. Pro- posals must be submitted to chairman of committee, W. D, Shea, 26 Mont- gomery street, not later than Wednes- day, June 28, 1899. Any further inform- ation can be had by addressing com- mittea—W. D. Shea, Lewis F. Bying- ton, Edward F. Taaffe, ——————— ‘Water and Gas Bills Paid. | Treasurer Truman yesterday paid the | | bills of the Spring Valley Water Company and the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. The former called for $63,084 74 | and the latter for $143.38% 60. The claims of the gas company have now been liquid- ated on the basis of the compromise up to June 1 of this year. | the | w | at Sixth and Minna streets. | the other tough, | nose and inflicted a scalp wound. The of- ficer was taken to the Recelving Hospital. The toughs originally arrested escaped. | LAID ASIDE THEIR CONDUCTORS ENJOYED A MUCH- NEEDED OUTING. An Ideal Day and a Picked Crowd Made Their Initial Picnic a Bril- liant Success—Who Were Present. There was a dearth of railway conduc- tors on the various divisions of this State yvesterday. Every ticket puncher who | could get away from his duties without danger of tying up his line gathered his family and capacious lunch basket to- gether and hied himself to Sunset Park to attend the initial outing of the mem- et o e e | legal steps to secure their claims. It is 1 generally conceded that the deficiency will amount to nearly $100,000, and the salaries of the statutory officers may be held up to obtain necessary funds to satisfy the city’s creditors. It is understood that the | | Auditor will propose as a solution of ll’!e1 aifficulty that the one-twelfth act be sus- }penddvd and the claims paid. be immediately —_——— | | STOLEN GOODS FOR LIQUOR. | | A Saloon-keeper Arrested Who Did a Brisk Trade With Soldiers From the Presidio. i Antone Meyers, a saloon-keeper at | Lombard and Baker streets, was arrested yesterday by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea | on @ charge of receiving stolen property belonging to the Government. Meyers had been in the habit of supplying liquor | to soldiers from the Presidio and took as | payment articles of underwear and others | bers of his calling given under the aus- | in”povment which had been stolen by pices of Bl Capitan Division No. 115. The | them " i 7 ! Knights of the Punch sat back in up-| The police were notified of the fact on | h it is their | holstered , through wh! wont to pass in the collection of paste- | boards, and calmly handed their printed | slips to one of their tribe, and half pitied | the latter for being compelled to work | on such an auspicious day. | 1f there was ever a success achleved | by an organization on Its first venture | in the picnic line, the raflroad conductors are entitled to their share of the laurels. Their picnic proved one of the most de- lightful heid in Sunset Park, or, in fact, | any other park, in some moons. A per- fect day, a select crowd and not a hitch in the arrangements made the outing a memorable one. Representati from the surrounding bay cities were there in numbers, garbed | in their coolest apparel, laden with the | good things that make a picnic pleasant and without a care but to have a good | time. And they had it, too, if a crowded | dance hall is a criterion and if beaming | faces and mes ughter in other por- | tions of the beautiful park are signifl cant. | Fourteen cars carried the conductors, thelr families and their numerous friends to the mountains, A start was made at 8:45 a. m., and the heavily loaded train stopped at varfous points along the route | to take on more. Near Mount Eden the cylinder blew out of the locomotive and | caused a trifling delay. With a series of jerks and jolts the engine was startec and hurried on to San Jose without fur- ther mishap, but there gave way to an undamaged_locomotive. e picnickers | arrived at Sunset Park shortly after noon | and immediately spread themselves about grounds and feasted on the good | things stored fn thefr ¢ ous hampers. | After, Juncheon dancing was inaugurated and {mtil 5 o'clock Richardson's - lito band discoursed popular music for the graceful ones. Strolls down by the | babbling brook that courses through the grounds were taken by numerous parties | the porch M. Monday, and Detectives Ryan and O'Dea | were detailed on the case. Under their | instruc out a ions, Captain D. B. Devore swore | rch warrant yesterday and, ac- companied by the two detectives, went to | Meyer’s saloon. Meyers denled having any of the property and asked them to search his premises. ~ They procceded to do so and when they had reached a closet on vers got scared and fled, but was_quickly overtaken by Ryan and held | ‘nding an investigation of the closet. In the closet was found a miscellaneous collection of stolen articles, all bearing the Government mark and comprising & blankets, 22 dark blue shirts, 8 cotton un- dershirts, 1 Red Cross band, 6 pairs white trousers,’6 white coats, 4 pairs drawers, | 1 undershirt, 17 woolen undershirts, 38 canton flannel drawers and 2 pairs cavalry boots, all of which were seized and taken | to_the City Prison. { Meyerswas released lastnight at the re- | of the commanding officer of the | dio. who stated that as the soldiers | were about to depart for Manila they would not be able to appear against the | defendant, hence he did not wish to push the charge. ni 5 g E g Z g E Tanks Should Not Be Tapped After | Dark When Lamplight Was Necessarily Obliged to Be Used. An Inquest was held yesterday morn- and along its banks were chiiren and|ing Ly Coroner Hill on the body of | ] hil : 3 ydy of frown people dangling thelr “Trilbles” | Charles Holbrook, who came to his death | Among the familjar faces in and around s morning from injuries re- | the e hall during the day's festivities Vv an explosion of coal oil in the were genial Sam Davis, one of the nar-| works of the Union Oil Company. The row gauge's oldest conductors; - | jury, composec ines: N, censures N SalESROIC e T Site 7. (. | Jury, composed of business men, censured B A ey D W’ b | the oil company and also the draying Hartley, A, R. Holbrook H. Bng- company for which Holbrook had heen wicht, of the Southern Pacific Company; | working | W. J.Hunter and J. K. Smith of the Call- | The testimony on behalf of the ofl com- otnla and Northwestern. clent floor | PARY Was that Holbrook' called at the manager and the other members of the | Works for a load of oil after dark, and Sainlttee ots wements. consisting of | that the man in charge of the works ut Thomas Billingsiea Charlec D. Phelps, J. | that hour had his good clothes on, and B DR S Ceoias Colegrove and | mentioned that fact to Holbrook, who | ¢ R b S e ervice | Yolunteered to fill the package himself. | in making the affa s. | He was given a lantern, which he set by AN ETR anes ot the side of the tank. Some of the oil| which the Alaheh: conatet bubbled and sputtered upon the lantern, outing was shown on the journey, when it was learned by telegraph that twenty-three picnickers were left on the grounds. through no fault of the com- mittee, but due to the twenty-three being in the canyon when the signal was glven to depart. Without a minute's hesitation the committee ordered a special engina and car to the park and the belated pic- nickers were whirled he courtesy won furt for the conductor to a jolly outin, —_— e ——— ASSESSOR DODGE RESTRAINED. | Allegation That He Illegmily As-| sessed the San Francisco | National Bank. The San Francisco National Bank filed a bill of injunction against Assessor Dodge yesterday in the United Circuit Court to restrain the Assessor | from seizing and selling the personal | property of the bank for $8430 15 ta al- leged to be due on its personal property, stock, ete. The'alle style. tion s made that the tax levy has been illegally made, and that the as- | sessment to the bank of the shares of capital stock is in violation of section | of the revised statutes of the United es in that the said taxation is at a | greater rate than sed upon other | moneyed capital in_the hands of indi- vidual citizens of the State of Califor- nia. The bank furthermore declares that it has no means of knowing the names of its shareholders, for these may have changed since they were first recorded, | and the further point is raised that the Assessor has not deducted from the as- sessed valuation of the shares, debts un- secured by trust deed, mortgage or other liens owing by the shareholders to hona fide residents of the State of California. | Judge Morrow granted a temporary re- | straining order and fixed June 25 as the date for showing cause E. S. Pilisbury. The bank’s solicitor is T. 1. Bergin, W. S. Wood and Alfred Su- | tro are of counsel. —_——————— FOR LINCOLN MONUMENT. The League Rapidly Shaping Plans Which Will Lead to Its sirection. The Lincoln Monument League, organ- ized for the purpose of securing the erec- tion in San Francisco of a statue of Abra- ham Lincoln, met last night in the offices | Plain bitterly of the way in which it was | of Judge Coomey. W. W. Stone presideq | 4one- They'say thelr speaker was pulled Sl e B P et down from the stand with unnecessary an e B S GLeC e o ¢ | brutality and that language unfit for tary. The committee appointed for the | repetition was used. The speaker was purpose of enlisting the co-operation of | Arthur McGinty; he was taken to the patriotic women's societies reported that the Seven Pines Circle No. 3, Ladfes of the G. A. R., and the Meade Relief Corps had been visited and that the members of each organization had promised their | hearty support. A committee consisting of Sol Kahn, C. B. Perkins, A. J. Vining, M. Cooney, S. M. rr, A. E. Levitt and Seldon Sturges as ‘appointed to interview the improve- ment clubs of the city, and will meet Sat- urday afternoon to complete arrange- ments. It has been proposed to place the monument at the entrance to the park panhandle; also to ask_the Board of Su- | pervisors {o set aside $0,00 for the pro- | posed bond issue for the purchase of the | statue. The Call was extended a vote of | thanks for its active efforts in the patri- | otic cause. The league will meet again on | next Wednesday evenin, —_———— AFTERMATH OF A DANCE. A Gang of Toughs Handle Police | Officers Roughly. Shortly before midnight Officer Riordan arrested two toughs who were fighting | He started for a call box, when he was assaulted by John Barry. Releasing the two fighters he started after his assailant and cap- tured him. Officer Minnehan, who came | to Riordan's istance, caught one of the | men released by him, but was attacked by who broke Minnehan' Barry was charged with having used vul- | gar language, battery and resisting an of- ficer. Another of the gang, Joseph Mur- hy, was also arrested and booked with Eaving used vulgar langur:fie. The pugilis- tic crowd had been attending a dance in the vicinity. ——————— CITY CREDITCRS ANXIOUS. Debts Incurred in Violation of the One-Twelfth Act in Jeopardy. The Auditor will hold a conference with the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors in a few days in regard to the payment of certain claims that have been incurred in violation of | the one-twelfth act. The former board left bills unpaid to the amount of $20,773 04, including street | labor claims for the month of December last, which have been ignored on the ground that they were not incurred by the present administration. Since Janu- ary 1 bills amounting to $122,300 have been incurred and remain unpaid. If these are not liquidated before the 30th inst., un- der the 'provmons of the law they be- come void. | Several business firms having claims | and county of o, came to death at the City Hospital in said city and county on the 20th day of June, 189 from following burns; and we do further | States | J . Libby, 219 ‘ramento street; E. M Batchelder, 228 Front street; George New- | bauer, 226 Front street; W. N. Mack, 213 | hout a physician's prese i i phine iont a phyeg prescription. | . % ne marked () run to San Quentin, | FROM MILL VALLEY | lopy, treasurer, and B. sr-ixmh fire to Holbrook and the tank. | The agents of the company contended | that it was no part of Hnl duty to decant the oil, and tuat one was to blame, he having volun- teered his services. It appeared, that the oil company did not employ s watchman. The jury returned a verdict as follows: That the said Charles Holbrook, aged 47, nativity Massachusetts, occupation’ teameter, residence 3343 Twenty-fourth street, in the city | | | | find the Unfon Oil Company criminally negli- | gent in so far as to allow oil to be taken from | its premises at a time when lamplight had | ) be used. And we further find the Bocarde yage Company negligent in allowing its teamster to perform the duty that caused his eath. he following named composed the . H. Coward, 217 Sacramento street; liam Richards, 206 Sacramento street; W. Barton, 212 Sacramento street; J. Front street; G. A, Faesy street, and L. reet. —_— e FELL FROM A WINDOW. Mrs. Schneider’s ’Lott’ery Ticket May | Cost Her Her Life. | ¥, 34 Sacramento | Cohn, " 310 Sacramento | Mrs. Louisa Schneider, a widow living | at 425 Bush street, fell from a second- story window last nighi and sustained in- | juries from which she ruay net recover. | Mrs. Schneider held a winning ticket in the lottery and cashed it in yesterday | morning. “She then siarted out to have a good time with the money, and night found her in a condition bordering on in- toxication. At about 6 o'clock she went to | the window to attend to some flowers on a shelf, jost her balance and fell to the hard | pavement of the alloyway below. She picked unconscious was and | up taken to the Harhor Receiving Hospital, where it sustained was ertained that.she had | of the right thigh, | al injurie: f with probably ————— | Socialists Complain of the Police. | The meeting of the Socialist Labor party on the corner of Sixth and Market streets was broken up last evening by the police and the members of the party com- Central Station and locked of obstructing the sidew: organizer of the part ford, produced $20 bail, amount in such cases, he was told the | bail was $100. He was not told who fixed | it at that amount, but, as he says, he was hustled out of the prison and McGinty was locked up. e — Lumbermen Organize. A mass-meeting of lumbermen was held in the hall of the Coast Seamen’s Union at East and Mission streets last night for the purpose of considering the advisabil- ity of forming a unlon. About three hun- dred men were present and they listened with interest to addresses on organization by A. R. Andre and Andrew Furuseth, or- ganizing committee of the San Francisco Labor Council. A temporary organiza- tion was formed and Mose Kuehn elected treasurer and Frank Butler secretary. I. Donelly was appointed to act with the two officers as a committee of managers until the next meeting, which will be held to-morrow night. The majority of those present signed the roll. ———— Arrested for Selling Morphine. Charles Feldbush, a druggist at Kearny up on a charge 1k. When tne Thomas Beres- The customary and Sacramento streets, was arrested yes- | and terday on a charge of having sold mor- Some time a leading physician ~om- plained to Chief Lees that the drugaist | had been violating the drug law, and esterday Officer M. Murphy, disguised as a “dope” flend, visited the place and | called for a quantity of morphine. He | was accompanied by another officer, who served as a witness. After some parleying the officer secured che drug and then ob- | tained a warrant for the arrest of the | druggist. | —_———— Division 11, A. 0. H. | At a meeting of Division 11 of the An- cient Order of Hibernians, held last night, the following officers were elected | for the ensuing term: D. Fitzpatrick resident; J. Brennan, vice president; Nolan, financial secretary; E. D, Sulli van, recording secretary; illiam Cal- McCarthy, ser- geant at arms. —_———————— Roche’s Judgment Confirmed. The Supreme Court yesterday handed down a decision affirming the judgment of the lower court in the case of Thomas | Roche against W. P. Redington et al. | Roche was run over and severely injured | by a horse and cart belonging to defend- | ant and brought suit for damages. He | was awarded and Redington took an | appeal to the Supreme Court. | | | | sights of Chinatown last Tuesday night | doctor who made this | at a trifling expense can cure themselves. | do is to send his name and address to L. ‘Santa F_e Route | a._m.; 12:30, 2:15, 3:40, 4:35, SWEDISH NATIONAL DAY TO BE CELEBRATED PATRIOTIC LEAGUE TO GATHER | AT SEELL MOUND. Charles A. Sumner Will Deliver an Oration—Grand Display of Fire- works, Ending With Carnival. Swedish National day will be celebrated next Saturday, under the auspices of the Swedish-American ‘Patriotic League of California at Shell Mound Park. An excellent musical and literary pro- gramme bas been prepared, consisting of peeches, songs by the singing society and the glee club, under the leadership of Hjalmar Brunell; national airs by the or- chestra, dancing around the maypole, nu- merous games and races, tug of war, elc., for which a large number of prizes will be given. There will also be a grand display of fireworks and a carnival in which ever body will participate, the festivities cor nuing till 11 p. m. There are 30,000 Swedish people in Cali- fornia, and it is expected that over 5000 from far and near will attend the cele- bration. Hon. Charles A. Sumner will deliver the oration, and there will he an address by Andrew Olson, president of the league. Following are the committees of the Committee of Arrangements—A. Olson, Alex- ander Olsson, Joseph Okerblad, N. G. gren, G. Petterson, Mrs. andahl, Mrs. G. R. Lindberg. Reception Committee—F. A. Svenson, A. Wallin, Mrs, A. Olson, G. S. Nelson, D. Mo- lander, Mrs. 'A. Johnson, Mrs. G. Petterson. Master of Ceremonies—Joseph Okerblad. o. Floor Manager— Ryden. Floor Committee—O. L. Gruggel, Emil Nil- son, N. G. Lindgreny E. Svenson. Committee of Programme and Races—Andrew Olson, judge; Joseph Okerblad, starter; L. Gis- slow, Alexander Olsson ———————— BUNEKO MAN CAUGHT. He Fleeced a Colorado Man With the Lock Game. T. G. Dobyns came from Colorado a few days ago and fell in with a brace of lock game workers, They took him to see the and got him to bet $4 that he could open a lock after they had shown him how to do it. He lost his money, for they had changed the lock for one that a black- smith could not open with a sledgeham- mer. Yesterday, seeing one ot the men, Joseph Brown, on California_street, he had him arrested. The two locks were found on Brown. | —_——— Shamus O’Lrien Postponed. The orchestration of “Shamus O'Brien," on the way from London, has been detain- ed in the New York custom-house since | Monday, and in consequence that opera, with Denis O'Sullivan in the title role cannot be produced at the Tivoli untii Thursday evening, June 2. Manager W. H. 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Cures. arnntee Call orwrite, Dr.d. F. cIBBON, Box 105 . Francisco RAILROAD TRAVEL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) Trains leave nnd are duo to nrrive nt SAN FRANCISCO. (Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) LmavE Fros June 1, 16%. 7:004 Benicia, Suisun and Saoramento. 7:69A Marysville, Orovilleand Redding via 7:004 Elmira, Vacavilis and Rumsey. , San Ramon, Vallejo, Napa, snd Santa Rosa. ARRIVE 5:43p 3:43p 8:452 Calis! 8:004 Atlautio Lixpress, Ogden and ¥:804 San Jose, Livermore, _Stockton, Tone, Sacramento, Placerville, Marysville. Chico, Lted Bluff 8:80. *Miiton, Oakdal- and Sonora. Se 9:00A Haywards. Niles and Way Stations. 11:454 9:004 Martinez, Tracy, Lathrop, Stockton, Merced 2nd FIosno...eevesseesee.. 120030 9:004 Fresuo, Bakersfield, Sauta Barbara, Loe Angeles, Deming, El Paso, New Orleans and East. 6:45p 10:004 Valicjo, Martinez and Way Stations 7:40r 11:004 Haywards, Niles and Way Stations. 2:432 12:00x Niles, Livermore, Btockton, Sacra- ‘mento, Mendota, Hanford, Visalia, Porterville . . 4:107 :00p Sacramento River Steamers. *8:00P 00P Niles and Way St Diddp Vallejo, 0r Martinez, Napa, 4:00r Benicia, Wood.and, _ Kuights Marysville, Oroville. San Itamon, 91104 434 4:307 Niles, San Jose and Stookis 158 P Yoseinito Sleeping Car for Raymond 12:18 00r Tho Onl Tracy eld, Sa TLos Angeles. 9:454 B5:30P Stockton, Mer 12:159 5:30r Mastiner, Tregy, Mojave and L.os Augeles. ta Fo llouto, Atlantie Ogden and San Joso, 01 Vallejo. 71001 Oregon 1 i . Redding, Bound and ) COAST DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). L. W. KNAPP, M. D. 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DINING ROOMS ARE MANAGED BY MR. | FRED HARVEY, AND ARE PERFECT IN EVERY DETAIL, SERVING MEALS AT | REGULAR HOURS AND REAEONABLE | RATES. ! — | NO OTHER LINE OFFERS 80 MANY IN- | DUCEMENTS AS THE SANTA FE ROUTE. SAN FRANCISCO TICKET OFFICE, MARKET ST. TELEPHONE, Main 163L OAKLAND OFFICE, 1118. Broadway. EACRAMENTO OFFICE, 201 J street. BAN JOSE OFFICE, 7 W. Santa Clara street. KORTH PAGIFIC COAST RAILROAD. Commencing April 23, 1899, FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VARLEY AND SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS—7: *8:00, $:30, 11:00 & m.; *1:45, 3:20, 4:00, 5:15, *6:00, 6:30 p. ‘m. | EXTRA TRIPS—For_Mill lley and San Rafael, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 and 11:30 p. m, SUNDAYS—8:00, #9:00, *10:00, 11:00, 11:30 o L 10, 145 G230, 400, 330, 648 p. m 11:00 a. m. does not run to San Raf'l Sundays, 5:30 p. m. does not run to Mill Val'y Sundays. Trains marked (%) run to San Quentin, FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—5:25, ‘!:ID‘ 157.'56. 8:40, *10:20 <15 p. m. TRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesda; e T BUNDAYS—1:00, *8:00, %: 5, s o T R0, 220, o330, "o, 5600, 100, oy TO SAN FRANCISCO, WEEK_DAYS—5:45, 6 7:55, 8:55, 10:35 & m.; 12:35, 2:45, :55, 5:20 p. m. EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 7:00, SUNDAYS—$. 00, 108 m: 1 E 0 & m.; o 1 a0 1030 0. m e 00, %—Qnflnro and way sta'ns. (Saturdays exceptedy— way stations. Sundays—Cazadero and way sta'ns. p. m. Sundays—Pt. Reyes and way sta'ns. THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIR VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. From Jan. 35, 1509, trains will run as follown B e ];" x (Foob of Market Street.) 17:40A Banta Oruz_Excursion for_Santa Cruz and Principal Way Stations 18:059 83154 Newark, Centerville, 5an Jose, Felton, Boulder Oreek, Santa Oruzand Way Btatlons.. 21157 Newark, Cont Almaden, Felton, Boulder Creek, Banta Cruz and Principal We Simep Stations. . 304 4:15r San Joso, b4:15r F 1“':“ s el Uonn‘ . ]flx"’ CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAK FRANOISC0—Fost of Market Street (Slip 8)— :16 9:00 11:00. 11:00 *2:00 $3:00 4:00 $5:00 From OAKLAND—Poot of Brosdway.—*6:00 8:00 10:00, 11200 “1:00 32:.00 *3:00 $4:00 *5:00r. COAST DIVISION (Broad Gauge). (Third and Townsend Sts.) 04 Ocean View, South San Francisco.. *0:80F A Ban Joso and VWay Stations (New Almaden Wedvesdays only) 17:804 Bunday Excursion for San Banta Cruz, Pucific Grove Principal Way Stations. d ' Grir, io Grove, Paso’ Robles, San Obispo, (inadalupe, Surt and Principal Way Stations 10:404 San Jose and Way Station A San Joso and Way Stati 451 Ban Mateo, Redwood, Menlo Palo Alto, Santa Clara, San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister, Santa Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacifio Grove *8:30p San.Jose +4:151 San Jose and Principal Wa *3:00% San Josoand Principal Way Stations :30r 6:307 San Jose aud Way Stati 7:308 3 San Jos d Way Statior 7:305 r Morning. P for Afternoon. *Bunday excepted. § Sunday only. t Saturday only, bSaturday and Sunday /Sunday and Monday. 004 s‘l"l Jose, Tres Pinos, Sunt 10:362 *9:004 9:454 6:354 Jose and Principal Way Stations *8:334 CALIFORNIA NORTHWESTERN RY. CQ. LESSHH BAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIG RAILWAY COMPANY. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Market St. EAN FRANCISCO TO SAN RAFAEL. WEEK DAYS—T7:30, ’:w'i' 11:00 a m.; 12:3% 3:80, 5:10, 6:30 p. m. Thurgdays—Extra at 11:30 p. m. Saturdays—Extra trips at 1. ana 11 Pp. m. BUNDAYS—8:00, $:30, 11:00 a m.; 1:30, 3:38, £:00, 6:20 p. m. SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS—$:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 a, m.; 13 Saturdays—Extra trips 1 . . BUN DAY S 816, §:40, 11:10 & m.; 1:40, 8:40, 5:08 :25 p. m. 3 .B:lv:‘sn San Francisco and Schuetzen Pari pame schedule s above. Geysecville, Gloverdale, Btages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Bprings and White Bulphur Springs; at Lytton for Lytton Springs; at Geyserville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Hope land for Duncan Springs, Highland Springs, Kelseyville, Carisbad Springs, Soda Bay, Lakes ort and Bartlett Springs; at Uklah for Vichy prings, Saratoga Springs, Blue Lakes, Laure} Dell Lake, Witter Springs, Upper Lake, Pomo, otter Vailey, John Day’s, Riverside, Lierley's, Do erelis, Sanhedrin Heights, = Hullvilley Booneville, Philo, Christine, Soda Springs, Navarro, Whitesboro, Alblon, Little River, Orr's Hot Springs, Mendocino City, Fort Bragg, Westport, Usal, ' Willitts, Laytonville, Cume | ming's, Bells Springs, Harrls, Olsen's, Dyer, fa and Eureka. | B tirday to Monday round trip tickets af uced rates. | T aChndays round trip tickets to all polnts beyond San Rafael at half rates. ket Offices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bldg, HTlé WHITING, R. X. RYAN, General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent, MUOUNT TAMALPALIS SCENIC RAILWAY E855E5 R ° B Leave San Francisco, via Sausalito Ferry, Commencing SUNDAY, April 23, 1399, i WEEK DAYS, 9:30 a. m. and 1:45 p. m.. Extra trip on Monday, Wednesday and Sature day at 5:15 p. m., Returning Same Kvea- Arriving In 8, F. at 11:20 p. m. lmf!’s, 8, 9, aul‘d 11 s, m. and 1:45, 3:3¢ and 4 p. m. Fare, 8. F. to Summit and Return, $§140, . THOS. COOK & SON. Agets.. 621 Market at. Weekly Call, $1.00 per Year