The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1899 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. | | on the estate of Joseph Emile Marque, | the French urnalist who died at £im- HIS WIFE MADE HIMTAKE B CLOTHES MD 60 Mueller Divorce Suit Was Sensational. hurst on the 5th {nst. The estate consists of deceased's gold watch, a lady’s gold watch, several scarfpins and a few trinkets, the whole worth hardly $100. WHO FALLS FARTHEST —The distance to the injur 1s whereby to specu likely to be sustain Cohen, a painter, slding ‘on Alcatra; | roof of a h | reason_of a pai | when he was pi years, and re- , fell fre Iroad avenue k slipping, < s consisted of wound on t . R $¢ “You are no man at all; you s¢ are a dog. If a man was to re- 45y ¢ ceive such talk from a woman fell fr s S g at Thirty-eighth s ¢t as I have been giving you he He fell but t $¢ would butt her in the eye.” i red collarbone, = to for him at —_ ee———— CHARLES SLICER ALSO ALLEGES CONSPIRACY independent rposes about Cora B. Slicer e Hugh Slicer, divorce was im- la adam:z- any, Piedmont ing Com- Rock Compa C. D. Bates hn R. Tregloan, A. dissolve , and that compelled to BELLS TO RING WHEN CALIFORNIA BOYS COME As soon as the California tact will uni- d . Aug. Sherman LAST OF THE RECENT PRIZE-FIGHT CASES HIS WILL EXEMPLIFIES HIS TRUE SIMPLICITY West Martin Lesves All to His Widow and Asks No Admin- stration Be Had. I A ‘The will c the d for probate Arlington’s Day for Sentence. OAKLAND, Aug. 22—Arthur Arling: man of many aliases, whose true n Brown, Wwho was con me d M. Mr. turday of bunkoing Mrs. M. £ $214—grand larceny—will ap- s f all the prop- e Judge Hall for sentence to- € In view of two prior convic- re that there Arlington in - than ten year of th court case purt, For Assault to Murder. —Edward Rock} Court to-day aulting ird and his pre- held " to- n to have to her m sition shail lusive < cha sworn to by Mrs. L that she threatened th butcher knife. that the hu stabbed h she further declare shot her husband it was W that wh accidental. L e Reception to Helen Wilder Craft. ND, Aug. 22.—Mrs. Helen Wilder esident of the Society for the of Cruelty to mals at Hon- vaii, was t a hearty re- Alameda Coun ms in the Blake-Moffitt t gave an elaborate and of the humane work SHE OBJECTS TO THE NICHOLSES’ COLD STARE nteresting revie - 3 1 2. s: n < OAKLAND, f\':f-'-f{-; 3“»1,“-; andsfl, at Honolulu and incidentally related som ntiff in 50 reach- | of her experiences that proved most in- damage suit against John etructive to the many who thronged the aged millionaire, will have to | rooms of the local society to-night. next Saturday, no L S S am of defendant (fl); Students Elect Officers. w in| ALAMEDA, Aug. Associated eay | St ; of the School h Testitn ed the following officers: President or, “because witness' chair vice president, Milo Hicko . the north star, or because Miss d o rong time of the¢ month and illiam M roy % had ot reached the proper Dwight Scovel, Ralph Weymouth, Geor T Burkhardt and Zona Leonard. The o Hodge started to give her | cers elected middle class are: : ay she objected to | President. E 1 resident, e from her attor- Matilda Sh etary, Gordon Stew- , because rela- | art. millionaire she claims ner till her cheeks burned, .- Attorney Mhoon, on behalf sted that the relatives end on the occasion, when ienly and blushingly ter- e Canadian-Mexican Wedding. OAKLAND, Aug, native of Canada, a Jacinto Bailly, 2 in 0, aged ition by hurrying from | 31 years, were jc iage at a late It was decided to submit the ' hour last night the resldence of the to Judge Ogden, who now rules bride, 1502 Eighth street, Justice of the » presence of the relatives is not Peace Smith solemnizing the unfon. The bridesmaid was Miss Abba Bottsina, and Willlam G. Thomas performed the func- tions of best man. e s t Convicted of Simple Assault. MRS. H. D. BACON DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS| OAKLAND. Aug. 22—The jury in the | case of M. Koehne, charged with assault- 5 i | ing Chris Eiferle with & deadly weapon OAKLAND, Aug. 22.—Mrs. H. D. Bacon | in his saloon on the county road last May aied ¢ at her home on Oak | Drousht in a verdict to-night finding de. H fendant guilty of a simple assault. will appear before Judge Hall to-morrow | morning for sentence. For several years Mrs. Bacon has been | s Blind Asylum to Open. an invalid and has been confined to her | home, but prior to that time she was an| pppEELEY, Au = | k 5. 22.—The State Ins important factor in the philanthropic and | (BEREELEE, Aus Borthe Fiate Inst! { will open to-morrow for the regular fall soctal life of Oakland. She was the widow of the late H. D. Bacon, a promi- | yorm ™ Many applications for admissian have already been filed. It Is expected nent capitalist of this city, who died about_seven years.ago. that the attendance will be larger this daughter of the | vear than at any time previous. Mrs. Bacon was the THE FERRY SUICIDE. late Mr. Page of St. Louls, who was the first Mayor of that city. She was born in Some light was thrown on the identity of the young man who committed suiclde ha€ resided over thirty it City ago. Her children a_Bacon-Soule, Miss *. J. Bacon nk P. Bacon. Former Editor Sued for Divorce. | < > g 2! ferry-boat Oakland. Charles Umland, OAKLAND, Aug 22 Mrs, DF JIHe | emploved by Chatles Creyer. butchor at erior Court this afternoon for divorce | 1718 Howard street, went over to the Oak- erior 8 ; et T s et e 2 m William A, Nash. In her complaint | (S04, JUOTERS JEUTOAR 10m the bay bew that for more than a year past d has failed to provide for her e couple were marriéd in 1891, and the endant s a well-known Alameda County newspaper man, being at one time part owner and editor of the Berkelcy Gazette. Recently he returned from a trip to the gold flelds of the frozen north. e ——— A Journalist's Small Estate. OAKLAND, Aug. 22—Public Adminis- lrator Hawes was granted letters to-day | | longed to his brother, Andrew Umland, | who disappeared from his home Sunday evening. harles Umland knew nothing of the woman who was supposed to be with his brother just before the suicide jumped overboard. He says that his rother was weak of mind and not re | sponsible for his _actions. To Charles | Creyer, by whom Charles Umland is em- | ployed, the latter sald he could not posi- tively declare that the hat was the prop- erty ot his brother, e alleges husban early Monday evening by jumping off the | IMPLORES HIS ~ SECOND WIrE < 10 BE LENIENT | s morning John 'Charles Wolf’s First Spouse Rejoices. — Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Aug. 22. Charles L. Wolt's cup of despair ran over to-day as he sat in his cell and heard that his first wife had written to tne Dis- all the evidence necessary to convict her husband of bigamy. Mrs. Wolf No. 1 of Delaware cannot testify against her hus- | band, but she sends marriage records; and | as Wolf has no divorce Mrs. Wolf No. 2 will do the rest. Mrs. Wolf No. 2 received a letter this morning from her predecessor in.Wolf's affections. The writer expresses the greatest satisfaction that the man who deserted her and three children is In prison, and says that she will forward the necessary evidence as soon as possible to prove that she is still Wolf's wife. evidence of his second marriage is al- ady before the court. Miss Mattie Tyrce, the woman with whom Wolf eloped to Tesla, h: was taken from the cabin at Tesla by a constable. Wolf has made an earnest ap- peal to his second wife not to have him sent to jail, but she has declined to inter- fere with the course of the law. Wolf has asked her to call on him at the jail, !lmx ! he has also declined to accede to this equest W thoroughly realizes that he can do but little, now that he is pursued by two scorned, deserted wives, and his sole anx- iety is regarding the length of sentence generally given in such cases. “I do not see what business it is of any s if have twenty wives,” sald “My wives are my own business, and 1 do not want peoplé to interfere in my affairs.” ABDUCTION OF A CHINESE GIRL There were some unlooked-for develop- ments in Judge Treadwell's court yester- ternoon in the case of Wong Suey, arged with Kic ng Ah Moy, alias Choy Long, on June 12 last from a restau- Paclfic street and taking her in to Holy Cemetery, where two otaer Chi- ppeare hackman to the cemetery, and arrested early t ning from the ceme- weeks ago the case dismi: Lcalled yesterday sister of 'Ah Moy, testified had been invited to a ban- Chuck on the night of June the last seen of her. . Who reprt 1 who At bout two un, h Moy A nd_ that was married to Wong Chuck posed to be Ah Chuck, Justicé of the Peace that the mar- ave Ah Chuck tor kidnap- oncurred In hackman, as a witness for the en placed on the stand u were S0 con- Fu red him into Ah Moy Into 1ge ¢ red termined to make ation into the case. e kept in hiding in Santa County after her abduction, and the allege that Fung Fat, her previous « r, finally offered a reward of $10 for her return, and that is the reason why she was able to be produced in court yes- terday. The question is, who got the 310507 e ACKNOWLEDGED AS HIS SON. Witnesses Testify That Captain Hall Assumed That Relation Toward Rulofson. case of Alfred C. Rulofson, insti- to recover the fortune left by the late Captain Winslow G. Hall, gains strength 4 v. Mr. Rulofson alleges that he dopted son of the de- ceased capitalist is daily presenting his proofs before Judge Belcher. The | cross-examination of H. E. Willlams was mpleted yesterday, but story re- mained as told on original examination. Edward Bryans, who was employed by the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Com- pany with Rulofson during the yvears 159 entered the em- and su ploy aker Har on with Mr. Ru- lofson, testified that from 1871 to 1897 Cap- tain Hall constantly called the store and took Rulofson to dinner with him. witness said that ','u‘pluln Hall's in- terest ulofson exceeded that of the fathers of the other employes and he al- ways understood that the relation of father and son existed between them. W. Rulofson, the claimant’s natural er called, he said, and Captain 1 his duties as the claimant’'s adopted parent. Samuel Platt, who was also connected with the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company, testified that Captain Hall dally visited Rulofson and it was well known that the relation of father and son existed between them. David Rodrick testified that Hall and Rulofson often came to his barber-shop together, and In answer to a question Captain Hall said that Rulofson was his adopted son. Cruz sald that while Miss Mr. Mrs. E. B. Spencer of Santa Abbott, now Rulofson’s wife, was staying with stain Hall called, and knowing that lofson and Miss Abbott were to be aid that he objected to the cere- g performed at that time, as son was not vet of age. that his interest in Rulofson was that of a father, as he had assumed that relation, | and henceforth it was understood that Hall was Rulofson’s adopted father. Mrs. Spencer’s testimony was included in a deposition, and after it had been read the | case went over. | e WORKED FOR BOTH SIDES. Peculiar Conduct of an Officer of the Eureka Society for the Preven- | tion of Cruelty to Children. John F. Curran, a stevedore, appeared before Judge Treadwell yesterday on a | charge of failure to provide for his chil- | dren. During the hearing a peculiar state | of affairs was disclosed. The complaint was sworn to last April by E. L. Wadham, then secretary and now special officer of the Eureka Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The case had been continued from time to time, as Curran had agreed to pav a certain sum for the support of his wife and children. When the case was called sterday Wadham appeared in suppert | of the husband, much to the surprise of the court. | Curran wore patent leather shoes and ad a diamond ring on his finger and a diamend stud in his shirt front. Mrs, Curran was in rags, and her 12-year-old | bov was in a similar condition. Wadham thought that $250 per week was encugh to support the wife and children, and when the Judge asked him why he ut | first appeared as prosecutor against the | husband and now defended him he re- | plied that he thought the wife had been | getting enough money from Curran. The | Judge denounced Wadham for his pecu- liar conduct and asked Curran why he | did not pawn his diamonds to support his | family. Curran laughed and the Judge | ?rdé(r&’d him into custody, fixing his bonds | "ikiter in the a ¥ ay a writ of habeas corpus was applied for in the Superior Courrgpm obtain Curran’s release. | E. L. Wadham says that the warrant in | the case was served by the California So- | clety for the Prevention of Cruelty to | Children. —_—— Accused of Stealing Palms. E. L. Foster, the janitor at Bushnell's photographic gallery, who was arrested Monday night for stealing palms from S trict Attorney and had offered to supply | The | not assisted him since he | He said | the sidewalk, appeared in Judge Gra- ham's court .yesterday. It was stated | that a private decorator had been en- gaged by Bushnell to decorate his - lery, and Foster imagined that the palms belonged to the decorator and was stor- ing them in the cellar when arrested. The Judge gave him the benefit of the doubt and dismissed the case. The cases against Geotge Murphy and E. J. Ford, who were arrested on_a similar charge, were dis- missed by Judge Conlan, as they had | simply picked up a palm after the deco- rators had finished their work. —————————— AGNEWS INVESTIGATION. The trustees of the Agnews Insane Asylum and the Lunacy Commission will meet in the Palace Hotel to-day at 10 o’clock to recontinue the investigation | of the Chaffers case. Some surprise® of | a political nature will be sprung, and to offset the possible displacement of seve- ral of the employes at Agnews, H, V. Morenouse has been engaged to defend them. Dr. Sponogle will be on hand. | In case of removal of Morehouse's | clients the matter will be fought in the | | courts. | —_———————— | | COURT NOTES. | | Mrs. Annie Farron swore to a complaint | | in Judge Graham’s court yesterday for | i the arrest of her husband, John Farron, | who has a hog ranch on Railroad avenue, | | South San Fran t tery. August 17 he severely veat her, and | Monday night he drove her out of lhei | i house. James Sullivan of 1036 Brannan stree | swore to a complaint in Judge Graham’'s ¢ for the arrest of James arge of battery, Saturday night Sullivan came home from Port “osta, where he had been working, and met by Taggart, who struck .um on the mouth, knocking out two of his teeth, because Sullivan out eighteen months ago took a shot at Taggart's friend, Bar- ney Wa then financlal secretary of tho | Marine Firemen's Union. John O'Connor was yesterday held to answer before tue Superior Court by Judge Graham on a charge of grand la in $2000 bonds. He met William Mi. of Petaluma, who came to the ci to see a dentist, and took him to China- town, where he robbed him of his watch | and chain and purse. He was caught in | the act. ! Six Chi nese gin > v_Jail for three months each e Mogan on a charge of vagrancy. Their names are: Fannie McKenzie, ames Holuhan, John Cuneo, John Hall, Carl Anderson and John Mahoney | Harry Schroeder, a_machinist employed | 0 the foundry of W. T. Garratt & Co., 138 | { F ont street, had a charge of hu{iglary{ | t him dismissed by Judge Mogan vesterday. He was accused of stealing { brass and copper from the foundry, but the firm did not h to prosecute the | case, and the evidence vas insufficlent to | convict. | Joseph Foran. a hackdriver and ex-| convict, was yvesterday sentenced to six months each on charges of petty larceny and impersonating an officer. The charge court yesterds Taggart on a ¢ was was originally robb: He went into the | barber-shon of V Tristrano, on Golden e avenue and Hyde street, and | | compelled him to give up the contents of | his till. T. Takahashi, who assaulted Peter Johnson with a steel in the Fafrmount Hotel some time ago and who was placed | before Judge Lawlor for an as-| ith a deadly weapon, was found nple assault by the jury. enced on Saturday. g MRS. McSWEENEY’'S CLAIM. Seeks to Cancel a Deed Conveying i Property to Her Son. Catherine McSweeney, a widow, 60 years of age, filed suit vesterday against her son, Peter J. McSweeney, to cancel a deed | made by her on April 30, 1597, conveying property on Capp street. The lot has a frontage of twenty feet and with im- provements is valued at $3000. She alleges that when she was ill and not compre- hending the import of her act, at the so- licitation of her son she signed a deed. When she recovered she demanded a re omveyance, which was refused. Henc th _—————————— Ingersoll Memorial. | Dr. J. L. York delivered an impressive | eulogy on Robert G. Ingersoll at Scottish | Hall Monday night before a large audience. ! In the course of his remarks he scored the churches for what he considered unjust | | criticism and comment on _the personal | | character and name of the dead agnostic, | | and said that the verdict of the world had | been recorded In his favor as a brave soul faithful and true to his convictions o | right and truth. and a man whose forty | | vears of public life had done more to help | the world than many of those who now | criticise him. Other features of the pro- gramme were addresses by Hart Bouton and C. S. Shaw of Texas, songs by Miss | Rosni and a_poem entitled ““The Declara- | tion of the Free,” by Mrs. Clara S. Foltz. — ee———— Large Importation of Opium. | The Doric’s cargo of opium, amounting | to 52 cases, weighing 21565 pounds and | valued at $345,056, was passed through the Custom-house yesterday. The duty amounted to $126,396. FISHERMEN NOT TO BE PROSECUTED | Alleged Canadian Poachers in Amer- | ican Waters Will Not Be Pro- | | ceeded Against. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Assistant | | Secretary Vanderlip to-day instructed the Collector of Customs at Port Townsend not to institute proceedings against the several Canadian fishing vessels seized last month near Port Roberts for fishing, as alleged, in American waters. The {n- structions were based on a careful inves- tigation by the United States District At- torney, who reported that in this instance | he was satisfied the fishermen were not poachers in American waters. | "The British Embassy also presented evidence in support of this view of the | case. The instructions are not to be con- sidered a precedent, however, and cus- toms officers will be expected to enforce { the provision which forfeits a forelgn ves- | | sel caught fishing in American waters. | Mr. Vanderlip has also taken measures with a view, if feasible, of having the limits of American waters in the Gulf of Georgia more clearly indicated by buoys | and beacons. S FACTORY HORROR. | Explosion of a Boiler Kills Three Men, Injuring Eight. APPLETON, Wis., Aug. 22—A boiler in the sash, door and blind factory of E. H. Wieckert & Co. exploded to-day, killing | three men and seriously injuring eight | others. The killed: ROBERT PASCH. NATHANIEL PATTINS engineer. WILLIAM BOLDUAN. The injured: Joseph Wettinghill, frac- tured arm and internally injured; John Toster, arm fractured; Willlam Hoffman, | head cut; Edward Koletzki, head and arm | cut; Paul Hoepner, head cut; Herman | Miller, head cut; August Rhelfdt, face and head cut; Willlam Weaver, head in- | Jjured. | All of the other men in the building | were more or less hurt. The explosion | carried down the entire main bullding | nority, and they made a desperate at- tempt to turn the conventlon into a farce, but without success. peE e Held on Six Charges. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 22.—Willlam Le- mastes was arrested Saturday and In three days has had six criminal charges against him—five misdemeanor charges and one felony charge. In Judge Crag- hill’s court he is char with maliclous mischief, disturbing the peace and house- breaking; in Judge Stanley’s court with disturbing the peace, malfclous mischief and robbery. Veteran Printer Dead. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 22.—Orren P. Hoddy, a veteran printer and newspaper man, dled to-day at the County Hospital after a brief illness. ased was well known in gflml offices throughout the State, and formerly conducted newspapers in Cloverdale, Calistoga and other cities. So far as known he had no relatives in this State. Slot Machines Prohibited. STOCKTON, Aug. 22.—The City Counecil this evening passed to print an ordinance prohibiting the use of nickel-in-the-slot machines in this city. The ordinance is copled from one latei; rpnt into effect at Los A"fif”’" It prohibits the use of ma- chines that pay winnings in merchandise, | and ary house in addition to the engine- | | room. "Eighteen men were burled in the | | ruins. Fire started n the debris and for | a time threatened to burn the imprisoned | men alive, but it was checked until everybody had been removed, when it got beyond control and completely destroyed the plant. The financial loss is $20,000, partially insured — A Poor Celebration. HONOLULU, Aug. 15.—The first anni- versary of the raising of the flag in Hono- Julu was but tamely observed as a gene- ral holiday. The Government ’uildings, the banks and the leading business estab- lishments were closed, but there were no ! fireworks, and not even a band concert, | as the boys were tired with playing at the dance on Friday evening. This was a state function given in the Hall of Repre- sentatives (the throne room). The Pres{- dent was absent and SO Was two of the Ministers, leaving _the Minister of Forelgn Affairs and the Minister of Finance with their ladies to act as the receiving hosts. Paralytic Commits Suicide. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 22.—William ‘Wagot, a native of Germany, 47 years old. ,| committed suicide this morning at the ranch of his brother, August Wagot, about two and a_half miles from 1t and just over the Sacramento county line in San Joaquin County. | 100. | tem .C»Fz that the bein formerly a saloonkeeper in Woodland and Sacramento. He used a revolver, shoot- ing himself through the temple. He had been paralyzed and despondency is as- signed as the cause. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE ~ OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes in San Francisco Postoffice Plans and List of Patents and Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The Super- vising Architect of the Treasury to-day notified the contractors engaged in erect- ing the foundation of the San Francisco Postoffice butlding that they may substitute Kyune, Utah, sandstone for | facings instead of the stone originally contracted for. It has been substantiated to the satisfaction of the department by the contractors that the stone they originally contemplated using in this work cannot be obtained, owing to the exhaustion of the quarry from which it was procured. It has therefore been de- termined to use Utah sandstone, but the change will cost the contractors 5. This change will in no way mar the foundation of the building, and the de- partment thinks it for the best. The annual report of the Auditor of the Interior Department was made publie to- day. The report shows that at the San Francisco pension agency $3,521.501 were disbursed and that the expenses of the office were $16,233. The Navy Department to-day opened bids for general supplies for Mare Island Navy-yard. Following were the bidders: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, $11 Crocker-Wheeler Company, Ampere, New Jersey, $13,141. Berhorn Granger, New York, §7 Theasher Electric Com- any, Dayton, Ohlo, $3,488. New Jersey ‘oundry and Machine Company. New York, 21. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. $10710. Henshaw, Bulkley & Co., San Francisco, $11,235. Pacific Coast patents were granted to- day as follows: California—Joseph A. Anker, Los Angeles, Metallurgical fur- nace; Robert Cousins, San Francisco, cor- set; E. M. Fraser, San Francisco, ele- vafor; John Jorgenson, San Francisco, nut locking device; Edward Kelly, San Francisco, braiding and polishing roil; | B. A. Samman, San Francisco, draft har- for dogs: H. B. Schindler, Oakland, four-wheeled wagon trucks: Karl Staahl- gren, Salinas, mineral extracting ma- chine; George W. Waitt, San Francisco, tappet for stamping mills; Robert G. Williams, Stockton, shake regulator for grain cleaners. Hiram B. Gillette, Rose- burg, Or., supplemental barrel for guns. William Gleason, Unga, Alaska, rock drilling machine, Army orders: By direction of the assist. ant Secretary of War the following named enlisted men now at the stations desig- nated after their respective names will be discharged from the service of the United States by their respective com- manding officers: Sergeant Daniel N. Huffer, Battery A, Sixth Artillery, Hawa- ifan Islands; Private George T. Stice, Company L, Twelfth Infantry. Phfllgpine Islands; Private George N. Preston, Four- teenth Infantry, and Private Carlton Bradley, Second Battalion, casual de- tachment, Presidio, San Francisco; Pri- vate Eugene G. Reese, Company C, Twentieth Infantry, Philippine Islands. Pensions: California—Original—Theo- dore C. Fitch, Fair Oaks, $6; George Mc- Clure, Soldiers’ Home, Los_Angeles, 36. Renewal—William Spanyer, Roseville, $6. Increase—Edward Streiler, Veterans’ ne. Home, Napa, $6 to $10. | Oregon: Original—Willlam H. Taylor, Weston, $6. e s NEW ARMY SYSTEM. Innovation in the Forming of Depot Battalions Introduced. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—The order for bringing to the United States five bat- talions of soldiers serving in Cuba, pub- lished at the War Department to-d establishes a depot of battalions, a s that has not been known in the | United States army heretofore. The der ‘also provides that troops. batteries and companies will hereafter be formed into battalions in alphabetical order, ex- light and siege bat g mounted, will not be placed in any battalion. 2 The troops ordered from Cuba are known as depot battallons and are to be stationed as follows: Battalion F, Firsf | Infantry, at Fort Leavenworth, Second Infantry at Fort THoma | tucky: Fg!h Infantry at Fort Sheridan, Tllinols; Eighth Infantry at Fort Snell- ing. Minpesota; Tenth Infantry at Fort Crook. Nebraska. 2 While these are known as depot hat- { talions those remaining in Cuba will te | known as active battalions. DOCKING OF SHAMROCK. This Will Be Delayed Until Just Be- fore She Is Measured. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The yacht Shamrock lies alongside Erie basin pler to-nigint, completely stripped of all her seagoing spars and rigging, and witn everything taken out from below. She now fleats fully eighteen inches higher than she did upon her arrival last Friday morning. During the afternoon a number of bags of sand were passed up from the Sham- rock’s hold and put on board the tender Nonomantuck® It is said they were used in the bilges and other parts of the yaeht as ballast. The Shamrock is not to be drydocked until the arrival of Sir Thomas Lipton, and perhaps not then, for her captain says It is not necessary to haul her out Luntil the time set for measuring her just before the races. The Shamrock is to receive her racing rig at once. i LOSSES AT VICTOR. Aftermath of the Big Fire That De- stroyed the City. VICTOR, Colo., Aug. 22—The total number of buildings destroyed by the fire which broke out at 1:30 yesterday after- noon, is estimated at 800. Nine-tenths of those* were wooden, and the fire spread with eat rapidity. Fourteen blocks, comprising almost the entire business section of the town, are in ashes. The total loss is variousiy estimated at from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 “and _the insurance from_ $400.000 to $800,000. The most valu- able buildings destroyed were the Gold Coln mine shafthouses, the loss on which is $100,000. All the newspapers were burned’ out, but they have already ar- ranged to continue publication. Victor is the metropolis of the southern end of the Cripple Creek district, having a popula- tion of 12,000, and will be quickly rebuilt in a more substantial manner than before. STATE TICKET NAMED. Nominations Made by the Union Re- form Party of Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 22.—The Union Reform party to-day nominated the fol- lowing State ticket: Governor, Seth A. Ellis of Warren County; Lieutenant Gov- ernor, G. W. Seelye of Wayne; Auditor, Frank S. Montgomery of Franklin; Judge of the Supreme Court, A, R. McIntyre of | Knox; Attorney General, Thomas Bar- tham of Hamilton; Board of Public Works, A. A. Weaver of Putnam. There were about 400 delegates, repre- senting all but three or four of the eighty- eight counties in the State. It became evi- dent very soon after the opening of the convention that the faction who favored the indorsement of Mayor Jones of To- ! ledo for Governor were in a hopeless mi- Deceased was | checks or money, and makes the violation of the ordinance a misdemeanor. The cigar dealers and saloon men of the city. with a few exceptions, fought the passage of the ordinance. One cigar merchant who keeps a nickel-in-the-slot machine on his counter appeared before the Council and spoke in favor of prohibiting the use of the machines. The vote passing the ordi- nance was unanimous. RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. Mrs. Perot, Charged With Abduction, Given Her Freedom. LONDON, Aug. 22.—Mrs. William Y. Perot, charged with having abducted her daughter Gladys from Baltimore and for whom extradition papers were sent from the United States, was formally relcased from custody in the Bow-street Po Court to-day and the case was thud ended. The proceedings, which were confined to formal proof of the withdrawal of tho extradition proceedings, were about ac- complished by mutual = agreement after Mrs. Perot had promised to hand her daughter over to the care of William IL Perot, her grandfather. Mrs. Perot drove away from the court smiling, accompanied 'by her sister and Gladys. Mr. Perot and the child will sail as soon as possible for the United States. i . EQUALIZERS DO NOTHING. Only One Day Left to Cite the Counties. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 22—The State Board of Equalization must act to-mor- row if any counties are to be cited to show cause why their assessment rolls should not be raised. The Equalizers sat and looked at one | another to-day, each waiting for some one else to start the thing by moving that some county be cited, but the ice was not broken. There has been an idea that Butte, Colusa, San Diego, Sacramento, Alameda and possibly some other counties | would be cited, and perhaps the board may do something to-morrow. it b it Dead on the Beach. SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 22—H. A. Hol- lister, while riding along the beach ne: Point Concepcion, yesterday morning dlis- covered a man lying on his side, with the waves gently rolling over him. By his side | lay a half-empty whisky bottle. He ap- | peared to have been dead some time, and no signs of foul play were evident. He belonged to one of the railroad construc- | tion camps near by, and was taken there and identified. It was thought that in a| drunken condition he fell in the sand and | sleep overtook him and as the tide begin to rise and cover him he was drowned. -— Strikers Confident. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.—There has| been no change in the plumbers’ strike | during the past few days. The men are taking things easily, and quietly waiting for the work in the two shops that are holding out. The journevmen believe that these shops will ‘accumulate work to such an extent that the employers will | be compelled to take the old employes back or at least have union men at the regular _scale of 33 3 per day. The strik- ers and thelr former emplovers are on the best of termsy and so far there has not been the slightest tropble. gt | Los Angeles Bond Issue. | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.—Public atten- tlon is centered on the election to be held | to-morrow on the issue of $2,09,000 worth of honds for the purchase of the plant of | the Los Angeles City Water Company, ac- cording to the award made by the arbitra- | tion board. The water company, which is | dissatisfied with the award and claims it} is illegal because made by two instead of | the three arbitrators, as the contract | made with the city specifies, is fighting the bonds. A large vote is promised, with | chances favoring the bonds. g e To Locate a Big Telescope. KINGSTON, Aug. 22—Professor Edward | Charles Pickering of the Harvard Observ- | atory is here seeking a suitable location | for the largest telescope in the world, which is being constructed at Cambridze especially for observing the new planet which is due to pass very close to th earth eighteen months hence. He is f: vorably impressed with Jamaica's adva: tages. Professor Pickering established | the Misti Observatory of Peru. | e Died From His Injuries. SAN JOSE, Aug. 22.—Frederick Alt- mann, a’pioneer resident of this county, who for many vears conducted a large foundry here, died last night from injuries received from a kick of a horse on Sunday last. He was a native of Germany and 56 vears of age. A widow survives him. He was closely identified with the inter- | ests of the community, and furnished the | material for the construction of the big | electric tower in this city. . e Under Martial Law. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 22—Martial law has been proclaimed at Hilversum, fif- teen miles from here. Troops to-day are occupying the town. A mob yesterday evening, indignant at the surgression of a local fair, overpowered the {.‘ paraaed the strects, destroyed nd at- rop thekad the burgomaster's house. On ac- count of the general feeling of unrest the disturbances are regarded as serious. — e Hoitt's School Opened. MENLO PARK, Aug. 22.—Hoitt's school, at Fair Oaks, near Menlo Park, opened its fall term to-day. About forty students | and the staff of seven instructors were in attendance. The new gymnasium, which is to replace the old one burned this spring, 1s completed, while the new dor- mitory and school building. which is now being erected, will be completed by the last of September. Re-Enters Parliament. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 22 —The steamer Empress of Japan sailed for Hongkong and Yokohama this evening. | ‘Among her 175 passengers were a_large number of missionaries for China, Korea, Japan, India and Siam. Hon. A. Hender- son, Attorney General of British Colum- bia, was to-day re-elected by acclamation as member of Parliament for New West- minster. e New Mining Company. FRESNO, Aug. 22.—The 8. P. Placer Mining Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $200,000. The di- rectors are as follows: Richard Stuart Bodman, Wing Hamilton, Fillmore and John Milton Coburn of Los Angeles; James S. Carroll, Harry Russell, Wilson Fletcher, Edward Fletcher of Fresno and iiohél Massie and George Fillgore of Oak- nd. 5 ———— Drowned in the Yukon. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 22.—News has reached here of the drowning of Frauk Ricard at_Five Finger Rapids, on the Yukon. Ricard belonged to the tel aph construction party. Early repor fi;d it that it was J. C. Tache, an engi- neer of the Department of Public Works, who was drowned, but the report proved incorrect. —_— Dahlia Exhibit. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2.—The dahlla ex- hibit for the benefit bf the town eclock fund, which Is being held under the auspices of the Floral Society, is a grand success. Splendid_exhibits are made by I. Thompson, E. Leedham, Peter Thrift and Mrs. H. F. Krohn. Drying-House Burned. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 22.—To-day the drying house on the hop ranch of A. Menke, a few miles east of the city, was burnad together with 8000 gounds of hops that were being dried. The hop harvest is now at its height, and the burning of the dryer will be a serfous loss to the pro- prietor. e To Improve the City. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Aug. 22.—The City Council has ordered an election for Sep- tember 12 to vote on a proposition to bo; the city for $80,000 for a water system a:g $36,000 for sewer: —— Grain Destroyed. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Aug. 22.—Fire broke out in Corral de Pledra grai; to-day, burning about S000 sacks, T ac The Chutes Benefit. The benefit for the returning volunteers at the Chutes last night was a success. Fully 2500 people passed through the turn- stiles and crowded into the theater, whera they applauded the juvenile company of phyers to their hearts' content. The children played to perfection. Congressman Jullus Kahn, representing the finance committee, attended the bene- fit with his family and assisted the man- :g‘;x:n:nt in its task of counting the re- (INDERGARTENS ARE REGPENED School War Goes Merrily On in San Jose. ety Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Aug. 23.—The kindergar- tens of this city have been re-estab- lished by the City Board of Education. For the past year they have been closed and reopened several times, and great dissatisfaction has arisen over this spasmodic work of the School Trustees. The juggling of the city schools has done irreparable injury to the city and at the same time muicted the taxpay- ers to the tune of several thousand dol- lars. Most of the acts of the Trustees have proved boomerangs and they have been obliged to swallow a bitter dose in many instances. Miss Fannie Stockton, who was dis- missed from the schools a year ago, after four months of idieness, succeeded in being reinstated when she threatened suit, and a month ago the Board of Education secretly allowed her over $200 salary for the time she was out of the schools. She had performed no labor at all for this money, but there was no compunction on the part of the Trustees in giving her the taxpayers’ money. Miss Kittie McGinley is another teacher who has won out on the Board of Education. She was dismissed from the kindergarten without cause. Miss McGinley took the matter to the Su- perior Court and obtained a judgment for three months’ salary. The matter has been appealed to the Supreme Court, but she will probably get a judgment. Last night the Trustees re- instated Miss McGinley. * Mrs. A. B. Clement about the only unfortunate one. Rea had her removed from the office of Assistant Superin- tendent of City Schools. She obtained a place in the ormal, but the gang, through McNaughton, had her dis- missed. Trustees Wemple and O'Neil tried last night to reinstate her as As- sistant City Superintendent, but did not succeed. Ten kindergarten classes have been established—two in each ward and two in Cottage Grove. Farmerly there were sixteen, with Miss Belle Mackenzie as supervisor. The teachers cted for the kindergartens are: Eva Mackenzie, Kate Sinnott, Almedia McMillan, Alice Bassler, Mrs. Ella Graham, Agnes Hal- sey, Hattie Hoffman, Annie Cavallaro, n | Annie Stockton and Kit*le McGinley. Miss Susie Gallimore has been elect- ed Assistant City Superintendent of Schools. H. McKenna was appointed teacher in the night school. Joseph P. | Hancock was elected principal of the Horace Mann School and E. E. Brow- nell of Mountain View a teacher in the High School. These Jast two appoint- ments were at Rea’s Hirection. Misses Annie Carroll and Carrie Wil- liams have been elected regular teach- ers. E. K. Robinson, Kate O'Neill, Mrs. Mary McDonald, Annie Leddy and Mrs. Taylor wiil preside as janitors in the kindergartens. Wednesday night the classification committee, which is the teachers’ bug- aboo, reports. Until then the various eachers will be hard at work with their influences.” ASSAULTED A CHILD. Human Fiend Is Nearly Lynched by an Enraged Crowd. FALLS CITY, Nebr.,, Aug. 22.—A man known as “Shorty” Wilson, a compara- tive stranger, committed an assault this evening on the seven-vear-old daughter of A. W. Burchard, a prominent merchant of this city. The assailant gagged his vietim with a corncob. The child gave the alarm and Wilson was found in a sa- loon, where he was arrested. On the way to the jail a crowd, headed by the child's father, got after Wilson with a rope, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the Sheriff got his man behind the bars. The crowd Is still hanging around the jail and a lynching is not improbable. DEATHS AT HAVANA. List of Soldiers Who Have Passed Away Cabled by General Brooke. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—General Brooke cables from Havana the following deaths: “‘Santa Clara—James Mulien, dis- charged, Company H, Second Cayalry, died 6th, acute alcoholism. Santiago— James J. Flannigan, Company B, Fifth Infantry, tvphoid; Josep H. Cleave, Company F, Fifth Infantry, internal in- juries from fall.” S e New Cable to Be Laid. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, Aug. 2.— The Government has given authority ard awarded the contract for the laying of a cable from the port of Altata, State of Sinaloa, to Lapaz, Lower California, a distance of 114 miles. The work mus: be completed within six months. DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues and Price Lists Mailed on Applieation. PLEASE MENTION "‘THE CALL BELTING. L P 'Efim Manufacturer of Beltingand & s Lace Leather. 105-107 Mis. sion St., cor. Spear. Telephone Main 562. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANT, 342 to 350 Geary Street, above Powell. PERIODICALS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY. COAL. COKE AND PIG IRON. C. WILSON & cCoO., 900 BATTERY STREET. Telephone M: 1884, COPPERSMITH. JOSEPH FOX, Supt. H. BLYTH, Msr. C. W. Smith, Ship Plumbing, Steamboat ‘and Ship Work a Specialty, 16 and 18 Washington St. Telephone Main 5641 FRESH AND SALT MEATS. JAS. BOYES & C0., Snipping Butd J. ers, 104 ‘el. Maln 1284, ¥ 5 IRON FOUNDERS. estern Foundry, Morton & Hedley, Pro; 234 Fremontgm Cr-slllln of En Be- scription Made to Order. | _PAPER DEALERS. WILLAMETTE 952 A0 aners S Montgomery Strest, PRINTING, E. C. HUGHES, . THE HICKS-JUDD CO.. ,Erinters; o, 220 + binders, 23 First st. STATIONER PRINTER, Sansome ~ St. AND PRINTER. g PARTRIDGE 2,520 WHITE ASH STEAM COAL, Mined by the BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING CO., at its GREEN RIVER COLLIERIES, Is the Best Coal In the Markst. ‘ards—4s0 Office and Y 50 Main street. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, (lmg“ EA ST. Established In 1 1&’3%}:‘3&" of Private or wearing on bodyand mindand cureswhen Skin Diseases. T'he doctor others fall. Try him. . Cares teed. Callorwrite, Box 1937, San Francisce.