The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1899, Page 11

' THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 1899 1 DIANS OF THE THE AUDITOR ALASKAN CONST SCORES THE O THE WARPATH DOLLAR LIMIT Schooner Kate and|g Anna Attacked. | aysB:al):]l;zgsggould ——e T f cotides REPULSED BY THE CREW|pPHELAN HELD RESPONSIBLE GOOD, HARD FIGHTING FOR | popcgp s};;z;éons ALY Af’fjfi”‘m‘ ANTE-ELECTION PLEDGE. Ha Not Been for the Captain’s S B nce of Mind Everybody Aboard Would Have Been Killed. Having Sufficient Funds to Run the Municipal Gov- ernment. ———— oyt vn sealing schooner Kate | Auditor Wells expressed himself yester- 1 $10.000 catch in | day as alarmed at the prospect of nel during the | having money to run the city government 'son, reached port | in the immediate future, and is fearful after a most ex};i‘!- that the tax levy, as already fixed by the ska. The w that there as only entire voyage that | wered. In consequence, | taken and only one r‘eni or and “‘armed | als and topsalls of and Anna bear witness to the | e that the natives poured into her it not been for the presence of | iderson there might | ner “‘posted sald Ci . “After doing so rt of the ¢ ide sure that Dame Fortune w: ! « d, but the jade turned us down. | worst kind of luck. For tim, 1ever saw a seal glimpse of them | a boat. despair and 3 ancisco. We Kodiak, on t mainland, down the coa Just be- ley Cape the ve: 1 was T noticed a fire he next day a ans in it came out irded the schoor tribe and 1g feathers :d to the ver his Yakutat fight i g n s belt and another 3 ymew now if we were tter | INTO 'TO RUN BETWEEN NEW YORK, He Is Alarmed at the Prospect of Not | Small Steamer to Arrive From Val- | | L A O O UNCLE SAM WILL SHIP LUMBER T0 THE PHILIPPINES Barkentine Willie R. Hume Chartered. e NEW LINE OF BIG STEAMERS SRy HONOLULU AND HERE. Sos paraiso for Repairs—Chinese in Pickle on the Bark J. D. | Peters. S e now engaging sailing ves- | v lumber to Manila. The cam- | is to be inaugurated as soon | as the troops reach Manila will result In| some permanent improvements and lum- L e Sl o | Westphall. | charge: i cell, Corpelius T dence, 724 Bush street. He was the part- ner of Captain Haquette in the saloon business, but retired from active particl pation some time ago. The deceased wa ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. 64 years old and a native of Hanove Germany. He rose from the ranks to the position of captain in the Civil War and e settled in this city after the close of hos tilities, He leaves a widow and a daugt ter, the daughter being married to Dr Mr, Hageman was a member of George H. Thomas Post, Grand Arm; 'I'fl DENY ‘[HA'I’ | bl of the Republic. nion | —_————— REUNION AND PICNIC. St. Rose's Parish and Sunday-School to Hold Their Annual Outing To-Day. St. Rose's parish parochi schools will hold their an r and picnic to-day at Shell Mound Park Miss Hattie Isaacs Is Berkel A good time is promised | all who attend. An excellent band will 3 | Qlscourse dance music, there will | be Sure He Did. games of every kind for g and old and valuable gate prizes. Over one hun- s i dred valuable prizes have been collected Oakiand Office San Francisco Call, | by the various committees. and these will 98 Broadway, September 8. be awarded to the winners in the vorious | Rudolph Permien will have to stand a contests and those holding lucky num in the Superior Court for break- | . "kh'; “N‘“'ll“m 1"u\~l‘ the city q:‘x the | ing his promises to Miss Hattie Isaacs. ojdlogk boat.s B0a s ancetraing will He weuld not take the stand in his own | every our directly to the park. The | x S gy it Yo e park. The | hehalt and swear that he had never vrom- | following committees have the picnic i sed to marry utor. liss Isaa his prose made a very good witness | Arrangements—A. J. Reavey McBride. | , e pan, ohn T Sunivenc hae: | for herself, and testified that Permien had | Riley, David Kenney, The McNamara, C. | very positively promised to make her h B. Rode, Henry Liebehb: H_ Hammer, D | on several occasions, Many Desmond, Willlam Maher, | were produced by the def John C, Byrne, James succeeded in showing that Mi A Mc conduct was such on vario that there might easily be a m to who had promised to marry her dently during the past twelve month prosecuting witness has enjoyed life. Hancock, P. Michael Dolan the She was a frequent attendant at dances and L et o olom Sl o occasion essayed a part kewalk. In spite of all and much more incidental Hattie could not be shaken in her statement that she would never have rprosecuted Permien had he not made a distinet promise to marry her. The defense did not put Rudolph Per- mien on the stand. Had he not been so gallant as not to desire to contradict the balls, and on on in an amateur this testimon, thereto, Mis: lady’s testimony his troubles might now have been ended. His witnesses did suc- ceed in attacking somewhat the reput tion of the young lady, but the defen adduced no “direct contradiction of the | lvsumnn%' regarding the promise. | Judge Smith briefly summed up the sit | uation and said that the testimony before | | the court alleging a prom to marry | was uncontradicted, and that therefore the defendant mus{ answer to the Su- perior Court for his beh POET’S TORRID WORDS TO WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS OAKLAND, Sept. 8—Mary Lambert, the author of several clever poems and books, has undertaken the task of repl who have been publicly admiration for the gen- erally accepted theorfes of woman suf- frage. Miss Lambert, who is as well | known as any lady in Alameda County | in semi-public life, evidently has no p: tience and much le ympathy with w | man suffrage, so-called. In her pubi statement she says that woman the place s 1s competent fitted to fill just as surely as ma Miss Lambert's vitrioli¢c philippic is di- | rected against recently published | tatement Mr: M. L. W. Curtis, a ate the vior. of leader of and it is the most_ forceful e: subject ever printed in Alameda suffrage movement, | Y on the | 1 told him s ke we were pt t d 1 “When woman has progressed the sphere she is in,”” says Miss I “a broader one will come. Le where she is needed and ce: > to fritter . Supervisors, will not b oner and ” 5 gnaled ) get thefr rifles. | St that the Supervisors themselves < hold Mayor Phelan responsible for the E of affairs now existing owing to lack of f They argue that from i every platform where Mr. Phelan in the last political camy claimed t on the city the dollar 1 saving their toward ht of the city’s neec accept T the t of Mr. Phelan and pledged es accordingly. apeont ent month,” last day on w ca. altered. 1 hear of the part of the Supervisor: b their estimate made on August and my last hope that they would &0 is now gone, by the fac! who was wav, th of th pre “being the 1 t departed on a to the Easte > Supervisors argue that - S return | political campaign they wer exper ‘ Cactiring IS in the needs of the city gove scatterine sl m ut that it was_proclaimed fror Y A T parave | every platform where Mr. Phelan spe G e 2t | that the city government could i for a should be run on a dollar limit Acceni ing the judgment of the Mayor, W ed over 2 red over 20 | xperiericed in the city gov r I don’t know n't know | il not hesitate to pie hemselv sent after | ype Jgollar limit. Rhiratorel thedooy s Al ‘Dollar limit though the heavens should the fall; and this notwithstanding the higher obligation of their oath of office to ‘faith- to freshen and ¢, Fal e duties orne e o wy from the canoes nd for the City and County ce I don’t know d : Indians or in this stand, T think ow it \chment pro- ur 1 ceedings would not ch 1 hunters on the Kate | for tre Board of d with being | county must on the t >t into & seal's eye at | tember fix the rate of 3 It therefore seems ¢ anticipate results under able that some of those | the present tax levy I will call attention t ast hit. However, no- | one department—the School Departme: e ner will admit that | The School Fund is restricted to $91 ndian, So the matter rests | per month. Under the Teach: ¢ run d the coast was un- | 1% I am required to set aside that and the Kate and | tcachers' salaries e month, lea ie up for the winter. $%260 per month for other purposes. n Anderson s the othervves- this amount 4 held up following catch and August in addition otter: Rattler, 6; Pearl, 13; Hun- | doliz in J Lydia, 3; Lettitia and St. | year, with mon¢ It 1s not probublc st very ORGANIZED LABOR DOINGS. | 1_[“("-"5":'; “‘};“‘]‘;:-\l ‘ 'l"‘ylr-”w ‘_,r»((‘(.;';;‘: pany will cut off s ce, nobody will fur- Dakland Hod-Carriers Strike Because 1 supplies, .and even 3oard of T i - tion wili ot continue to <e them- Non-Union Lathers Are Em ves personally liable by ordering things ployed. | With no money to pay for them | ™I pave suggested that the Mavor and L the. Finance Committee of the Board of == e Superyisors come to ms office, where we Fovs. 18 = ave the data in compact form of each Repprts from varlgUE, Jabor """?”’.”"gepunmem running back for several tions were recelved by the Building| years and by the aid of this to revise the rades Council at its meeting Thursday | estimate, suited to present conditio; the principal item of importance being a | But {rom this suggestion I hear nothing, rike in Oakland by the hodcarriers, this { &x- makes me fear that nothing will e done. on having declined to carry material v ' d. He | pores line is on her w | the busin on bufldings where non-union lathers were | = at work. A complaint was cetved MECHANICS’ FAIR. IO e Bullatng Trades Councll regard-|‘Battle of Gettysburg” Rendered ing Contractors Campbell & Pettu 0 With Military Accompaniment. t work on Goat Tsi- Baby Show. | ave advertised broadeast| A large crowd attended the Mechanics' State for, bricklayers and | pair yesterday. During the day the Ever- I the A e ¥%ns | ett, Columbia and Burnett Grammar | the” mmen who | Schools were represented. In the even- ed $. and out | ing the children of the Franklin Gram- | cted for board. | mar School were present, and sang the Who were sup-| national anthem. ~The 'feature of the @ duy. only $2 30 was paid | evening was the rendering of “The Battle . deduction for board. of Gettysburg’ by the band, under the this Jine of deccit, the | direction of George W. Bennett. ~Com- \¢ Tradcs Councll clatm, the clty | pany C_cf the North Dakota Regiment S e fooded with non-union mechan- | added realism to_the musical description B e o o brousht here by false | of the battle by firlng blank cartridges ns of the contractors. | There will be a |‘a|;31~“~x;’nw» this f,”: - | e ) in r vas | noon. ght prizes w. e distributed, O e A Ponong which | four for girls and four for b The o/ ,. amo whic ouncll, among B FNkical programme In the afternoon and t the delegates from ol Cbe seated at | evening will be as follo he paperhangers re AFTERNOON. he organizing commit-| overtare, _“Lugovic” (Herrold); 7 Soderman); rganizing their unjon. | wedding ence was ordered sent | “Mikado” _ (Sullivan); ~waltz, | “On the | A. H, Gibons of the! Beautiful Rhine (Keler Bela); ':l'lor tion, was killed yester- | ‘“Lombardl . intermission: Baby Polka, et strects. . The | “Sounds from Home™ (Puerner): solo for A et e new | met, Miss Alice ~Raymond; selection. o being € eleW | hemtan Girl" (Balfe); “Awakening of the | el was heing accepted | rion (De Kontskl); sketch, Sesks o7 O itk of the Lakor Councliinste DsskaIEIH DR, ion was received from | L ENENING : e ‘Bullding | _Overture, “Roman Curnival” (Berlioz); attention of | Titania, “Air du Ballet” (Sired); selection, ittention O )T Cavalieria” Rusticana’” (Muscagni). (@) “Toli e P Bar (Gillet). () to" Polk King, 4 (¢ quss), “Hunt in the K (Voelken), *scab” | “gynopsis—Dawn of day. ;‘hlmh in the ,;llu- o are P Sssembly. Start for the Black For- Quite a discussion was had regarding the | o The smith. Drinking song. The return. E &1 & est. The nours of labor which men are compelled | They scent game. chase. Finale. to observe in the Union Iron Works, | Parsphrase, -‘Loreley” (Nesvadba): solo for 1 done. The Na- | cornet, s’ Alice Raymond; ‘‘Reminiscences | tiv o sentie ronst far | of All Nations” (Godfrey); selection, “Clor- | | fnay” (Marion); sailors’ chorus from 'Flying Dutchman’’ (Wagner). 1g non-union mu- st night. The | to celebrate | ib day, fol- r attitude in enga for their hich the astical lowing on Labor Ivy Chapter. Next Tuesday evening Ivy Chapter of p: » Council declined to amena - 4 b S e D Teats n i he (e Ordor of he Eastern Star will give an ceive ne c olitics ¥ | entertainm cashmonin 19, from, political parties | {fal. This chapter has always been a wolding 2 e Council. lender in the social function of the order, and on this occasion it promises an even- Keith's” for hats.*' ing of much erjoyment. | | ing of heart disease, of which he had been | street, the r | sical and literary entertainment will ber will be required in the work. In con. sequence the four-masted barkentine A\ ie R. Hume, wh has just returned m the canneries, will go to Port Gam- bie and there load lumber for the Philip n, owner of the Levi G erer, C. B. Kenney and . had ‘the contract to supply | f and not having a suitable craf; I »d_the barkentine Brother It is understood other sailing vessels will to Manila. The little eighty-one. of the Compana Sud from | that | carry | on steamer Maule | Americana de Va- v here from Val- paraiso for an overhauling. M. Miardl, one of the directors of the company,.is | now in San Francisco awaiting the al of the Maule and at the same time ving to purchase one or two other ves- concern owns over twenty ome of them being fine the Ma g the s e The company's ste s | between Valparaiso and Central Ameri- | can_ ports, connecting with the Pacific Mail at Panama, but it is stood that induc willing 1ts to run_steames ric J. D. Peters, whic Port Clarence, via Chignik landed her Chine During _the e th died and their sted upon their bodies being ) San’ Francisco in order that bones of the departed might be sent | to China. A very strong plckle was made, Then each body was placed in a cask and the pickle poured over it. The cask was ther headed up and the corpse was ‘pre- | served until port was reached. lo the Pet s in Port Clarence | m whaler Thrasher left for the . The Grampus and Baelena port and the Narwhal had one from Thursday night ers of vesterda 3 steamers for the New York- Honoluln-San Francisco trade are to be ready in M next. The Californian is building at Union Iron Works and the American and Hawalian at Roach’s | ds, on the Delaware. They will be | 415 feet long, 51 feet beam and 31 feet 9| inches deep. They will st m 102 knots | will have a bunker capacity of | . and will carry 8250 tons dead | Williams, Dimond & Co. will be | neisco agents of the line. | will be closed on the water- )t veight. front The only ships that will | work the transports and repair | work only will be done on them. | The transport Columbia sailed for Ma- | nila last night on_her maiden trip. She | about 700 men and expects to run down in twenty-eight days. took awa make th HALF-INTEREST SWINDLERS. John Dyer Parts With His Money for a Share in Land in Arkansas. :r, 246 Third street, swore to a ¢ in Judge Conlan’s court yester- day for the arrest of John Kelliher, Mary Kelliher and Henry Weiner on the charge of obtaining mo by false pretenses. Kelliher and Weiner were arrested yester- day afternoon. Dyer met Weiner about a year ago and was introduced to Kelliher and his wife. They represented that they owned § acres of land in Lawrence County, Ar- ansas, which brought in an annual in- come of $200, and on that representation Dyer paid them $220, and handed over to them a gold watch worth $75 for an in- terest in the lands. Dyer has discovered that neither the Keliihers nor Welner had any interest whatever in the lands, and that he had been swindled. Weiner is an old hand at e e Sudden Death of Dr. Aborn. Edward S. Aborn, an advertising sian of considerable note, expired | in his office yesterday morn- Dr. phys suddenly complaining for some time. The case was | reported to the Coroner, and Corcner Hill, through professional courtesy, al- | lowed the body to remain at &4 Sutter dence of the deceased. —_———— Young Ladies’ Institute. On the evening of the 28th inst. a mu- be | giv Metropolitan Hall under the aus pices the branches of this city and of Oakland of the Young Ladies' Institute. The committee has secured some of the best talent obtainable, and it promises a first-class programme 'in every respect. ——————— McKenna Died of His Injuries. HEugene McKenna, the coal dealer at 1024 Clay street, who attempted suicide last | Thursday morning by hanging hlmself.| died_at 6 o'clock yesterday morning in St. Mary's Hospital from the effects of his injuries. He was a native of Ireland, | 38 years old and leaves a widow and six | children. ———— Death of George Hageman. George Hageman, an old citizen, died suddenly yesterday morning at his resi- | I e ey e Aian, | by hls ipoinkYl mtis moE maiculonakforin Hanlon, Jo Griffith, ltam Hunt, Charles | man to do a woman's work, nor woman [ 3.3, Doyle, T S8 peraTe® | & man's, when such is necessary. Man proves himself fit to be the governing Thomas Kane, M. H. Lawler, Hugh | power because he does his own work well | Frank Moran, W. Al Tally, James | and because of the added burden that | | Auditor Wells Will Employ Them to P her time aw on things that need her not. Is she needed in politi I think not. Wiil she better politic I beileve Burke, P. J. Keegan, F. J.|not. Dear Mrs. Curtis, why don’t yo Broder, Willlam R. Walsh, D. | married women who know all abcut hand N. Fitzgerald, T. | ling just coax and wheedl precious gift from the dear fellows, j as you coax your sealskins, new bonnets | and jewe But what of the matel | men th: Minehan, Thomas rrigun, Peter Kelly, Charles Palmer, “oleman, 3 femal Why don’t you suffragists take Peter O'Brien, W. P. Gallagher, M. | woman's incompetency and negligence B. Kavanaugh. | e e R T L e e e | v A. Munroe, E. J. Cleary, E. G John 3. Cunningham, Fell Fifteen Feet on His Head. | . “Hoey, » < o GeotaeiGlatreys OAKLAND. Sept. 8.—John Callahan, a | e e e o laborer, residing at 722 Second street, | T 5 LT while employed _at the coal bunkers of | Dancing—M. M. O'Connor, P. Smith, \ S ancing. nnor, mith, M. W S J. P. Ta at the foot of Franklin 1’ | MeKes F. ¥ ol = . E N o oy ot e E Mo | tivcet to-duy, feil from: a ship==beam Kelly, D, re Danieél ( | head foremost into the hold, his head mings, b Danovm { landing upon a_lump of coal. He had | Timothy Quinn, 3. C.| fallen about fifteen feet, and was ren- | Coaper, | dered unconscious. He was carried to the | Receiving Hospital, and it was thought that his skull was fractured and his neck | broken, but Dr. Dukes found his injuries to consist of several deep and ugly gashes | on the scalp, for which he was treated. | He was later taken to his home. i JUBILEE SERVICES OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH { it had LEFT BIG ESTATE TO WIDOEN AND CHILDREN Will of Late J. :;flchbs Filed for Probate—Other Alameda County Probate Matters. OAKLAND, Sept. §.—The will of J. P. McCabe. the Contra - Costa County rancher, who died in this eity on the 1s instant, was filed fc -day D | the son. Roy L. Me( amed as { executor. The estat cres of land in Co ty, known the “1 at $20.000: an- othe I un- der known \ at $7000 section also Oa realty mortgages, 18,000 person p- erty about $4000; {otal about $118.000. The will is dated August I, 39, and by its terms one-half of the goes o the widow. aret J. Mo r half to b the three childr and Desmond MeCabe The will of Annie Sweeney, who died this City on August 30 1ast, wae alen niey this afternoon by Attor B. McFadden who is named as execu By the terms of the will, dated Aug bequeathed to Re tor of the Secred 4 f this t wa holie church ty; to a Gabrielle 2 Ellen, a s her wearing i: to Edward M \ son, d to another son, John J. Sweeney il the residue of the ate, valued at about $6 Marie Rc i d Lascomb h,. petitioned for letters on the estate of hushand Eugene Lascomb, who died August 17 ving real estate valued at $10.000, by the terms of the will, dated July 18, I8 ing widow. ————— EVANGELIST JEFFRIES HAD TO “MCVE ALING” OAKLAND, fries’ fathe seven evangel . is bequeathed to the petition- Jet- ghter a band the an_agains arm of the law in Oak'ani last when Jeffries attempted o e within the fire limit led the It, when Jeffries ue had from_ the Mayor. Its exhil manded. but Jeffries di bout been misiaid, and so he “move on.” Jeffries rem d, a tet moved beyond the fire limit did not_wish for any trouble t of the fighting for this and 1 am a man of pe: fends, let us move. ———— Took Her Clothes and Went. fumbling pocke OAKLAND, Sept. 8—The domestic troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner reached a c vesterday when the wife packed her goods and the home who is a ific 7 provided for her on Per Fifth. Mr. Turner, in the Souther is determined tc learned that his wif and went thither himself lat E noon in search for her. Friends fearing that tk e husband might do his wife violenc fied the police authorities in San Francisco. Sl s Vote of Thanks to Carnegie. OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—At the me the Golden Gate Improvement ( night a vote of thanks was extended Andrew Carnegie for hi for a library building. i as - improve- The City Council will be re- d to put San Pablo avenue in bet- ter condition. - ——e— Unitarian Church Meeting. OAKLAND, Sept. 8 —Next Sunday afternoon there will be a meeting of the members of the Unitarian Church to take action on the resi of’ Rev. J. L. Sunderiand. There is no doubt that the resignation will be accepted. Provision will_be made for the pulpit temporar and an effort will be made to have Rev. B..Fay Mills preach for a few months. ——————— Boat Capsized in the Lake. OAKLAND arty composed of Miss Josi Albert K S while row day eveni capsized and the ladies were rescued by their escorts, who proved themselves heroes. No one was injured and the mat- ter had been kept a secret until to-day, when it leaked out. MINHIE SMITH WOH VICTORY 1N DIVORCE COURT |Arlington’s Nemesis 1 Is Now Free. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | %08 Broadway, Sept. 8. Justice has once more smiled upon Mrs. Minnie M. Smith. the woman who dared to prosecute to successful conviction the ch bunkoer and notist, Arthur Ar- lington. To-day Superior Judge Ellsworth granted Mrs. Smith a divorce from Nor- an H. Smith, and the custody of the minor child, over whom a most bitter contest had been promised, was also awarded to the plaintiff. The divorce suit was filed several months ago, shortly after Mrs. Smith had been robbed by Arlington, and at the time a picture was published showing the woman seated in Arlington’s lap. The husband became apprised of this rather compromising incident and hastened West from his home in Wisconsin to wage a bitter legal battle over the divorce and custody of the child. His threat was backed by his sudden appearance in Oak- land one night. and he tarried several Gays, during which Arlington’s trial on a charge of robbing the wife was in prog- ress. No sooner had Arlington been con- victed than Smith quietly returned East and offered no further contest in the di- rce suit, which was vrought on the | grouna of me cruel al before Judge The case : sworth m the testimony Smith ister, Mrs. Alice Seibert, the defendant husband was made out a prince of home tyranis. e married in Duluth, Minn., in Mrs. Smith on the withess for a year or so got along 1 enough to wear and food some money when I mar- \ Smith. Later we moved to vis. My baby was six months and the house for ved there had no roof and no win- in it. I had to beg water from a lace a mile away. Then we got a cow nd chickens, but my husband would il the milk so we couldn’t use it, and h the ezgs he would bombard the use. He would cut_holes in my cloth- ing so I had but one dress, and finally he drew a revolver, threatening to kill me and the child. T fled to a neighbor’s housc a mile away and tried to get a warrant for , but was persuaded to re- tu n to him. Later I went to live with my cister at Los Angeles. Soon he followed me ther and on the day before Christmas, 1805 we had no food in the house nor a nickel to buy any d dinner was sent by his mother in, and my husband poured coal oil over the chicken, so we couldn’t eat i Then followed similar acts of cruelt Sherman, near Santa Monica. and fur- T threats of taking her lite. and finall the ed woman ame to Oakland, where she filed her sui Mrs. Seibert, plaintiff's sister, corrobo- rated her testimony in many particulars, and said that Smith would teach his childa the mother was trying to to say its prayers. to swe 1 teach the bab: Used His Fist With Effect OAK ND, Sept. 8.—William D. Phelps, an employe of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, created a scene in_front of his home, 976 street, last night, by O’Brien and a deputy con- named Young. It appears that O'Brien’s milk wagon had _brushed against Phelps’ two-year-old child and | the dairyman had stepped off his wagon, | picking up the child to ascertain if she was injured. Phelps rushed out of his home and delivered to O'Brien several stunning blows before he had time to ex- piain. Then the deputy constable inter- fered to prevent further trouble when Phelps sailed into him, giving him a | sound trouncing. Young proved no match | for Phelps and was unable to arrest him, | but he will now swear out a warrant. | SR e | May Get Wealth and Title. | OAKLAND, Sept. 8—George H. Vi Jr., a member of Company F. N. G. C., has received a eablegram announcing that he has been left an English estate valued at $480,000, and possibly a title, by the death in England of an earl who was a blood relation. The cablegram read that the bequest is payable within seven years. e has written for more specific ‘x\nd is now anxiously awaiting a on. i verifi The First Baptist Church of this ecity was fifty years old on July 6 of this year. Owing to the absence of many members from the city at that time, the celebra- tion of this event was postponed to Sep- tember 10 and 17. To-morrow both the morning and evening services will be HIGH DIVER HARMON ! RETURNS TO HIS HOMEE Harry Harmon, the wnrld-renowned‘ high diver, is once more on his native | commemorative of the sem-centennial an- niversary of the church. On Friday i Vhile he | Ing, the I5th, there will be a Sost jijicahiend Eractis o e s union in_the church parlors. The pro. | Da8 been away from ho ciosE s fame to his name as being the most dar- ing swimmer of the world. High bridges have been ‘“peaches and cream” to Har- gramme for to-morrow is as follows: FORENOON. Organ prelude, doxology ro- ights cations nnthem. chotr Teshontive \oYe” | mon. He has dived from thelr heights ing and Gloria; prayer; response by | turning somersaults and risking his neck choir; announcements; offertory 'cello | for the edification of onlookers or for | solo, Mr. M. ack: hymn No, | monetary rewards. : 418; ‘addr . 0. C. Wheeler and | A week ago he startled the residents of His Work,” Dr. S. H. Willey; tenor | St. Louis by jumping from the Eads solo, Mr, 'Williams. with 'cello obli- | bridge, a distance of ninety feet, without | gato; letters from former pastors Aivesting himself of his clothes. His dive | anthem, choi address, ' | on that occasion was witnessed by a car- load of passengers, many of whom were not_aware of Harmon's intention. Ac- cording to accounts the daring Californian | IN THE EV NING. Organ prelude, orchestra; selections, | avolded the bridge watchman and also a | reallng Scripture, Dr. Hess, pre olice officer who was detailed to watch | C. E. Soclety: anthem, choir; prayer; | Harmon and prevent him from endanger- | s choir; offertory, orches- |ing his life. Another feat accomplished page “History of the by Harmon was to dive off a bridge at | Sunday-school " . 'B. Thompson; ad- ‘ A a, Minn., a distance of 128 feet from | Arehe Dbt A M e i vinona. Ne water. This is the world's | 36; “History of the C.'E. Soci- | record for high diving. and Harmon con-| Miss Marion E. Smith; letter | fidently believes that it will never be | equated by any one. He has also jumped from twelve bridges in two weeks' time, all of them not less than ninety feet from | k. president United So- ciety of Christian Endeavor; address, Prof. J. A. Wiles, president State C. K. Society; hymn, page 17: address, Presi- | the water. dent T. G. Brownson, D. D., California In making these dives Mr, Harmon uses College; hymn, page 33; benediction. what he calls the “layout” somersault. ————— Fie poises for a moment on his dizzy height, with his back to the water, and, | EXTRA CLERKS. falling off, makes a dead drop, and ‘while | in midair makes a complete ‘revolution, striking the water feet first. He has been engaged in the dangerous business for the past fiftecn years without accident. Compute Taxes. Auditor Wells will employ one hundred | Harmon is accompanied, to_the city by additional clerks, commencing from the | . Forest Seabury. anothtr famous high 19th of this month, to compute the taxes | diver. Both men are to give exhibitions > es, and as thelr work is of a :(Enslx\xlorsz‘\‘lnrlvaracmr they should be great drawing cards. —_——e———— The Surplus Funds. “What shall the citizens’ committee do with the surplus funds left in its hands?” is the last pertinent question anent the | of the last fiscal year on the a ment | roll. Several wecks ago Mr. Wells pre- pared a list of clerks whom he desired to empluy. Before they were appointed, how- | ever, they had to pass an examination In arithmetic and penmanship, and in this way cnly competent people have been em- ployed. Seventy-five members of the force will | be men and the rest women. They will | reception of the California Volunteers. be given three wee! emplu_vmom at $4 33| The committee will have nearly $40.000 a The assessment roll fund will | aeter it has settled every bill, and what | a problem more | probably be sufficient for the amount of It| work to be done, and the Auditor states that should the fund become exhausted he will immediately stop all work unless to do with this money 1S a serious than appears at first glance. has been contributed by everybod its expenditure must please every more money is provided by the Supervi- | ¢ ije problem grows as the necessity for | sors. ftx 'solution becomes more apparent. There s not enough office room in the | 15, Solutipn DEQRITE (00 ral Sugsestions, Auditor’s quarters to accommodate the army of clerks who will begin their du ties on the 19th of this month. _nless | the Supervisors provide room in the City | . all where the work can be done, M. Wells intends to rent quarters on the out- side. but they have not so far exceeded the | dignity of suggestions. ~“The teachers have use for it,” comes from one side, | and “the lights on the City Hall tower | and on the ferry building tower should be kept up’ comes from another. There are afsn a few who have viewed the r fent ocelebration with tear-dimmed eves: mothers who might have had sons in the | lines of blue and brown: wives who might have had busbands; children who might have had fathers, if only the bullets had | not sped so truly. They might have some | — ee—— Nettie R. Craven's Claim. A demurrer to the petition filed by Mrs. Nettie R. Craven asking that the decrea of partial distribution heretofore made of | properties of the estate of the late James | Suggestions as to _what A% alr be set aside and vacated, was | 5U io i S ol | | might be done | t is claimed by counsel for Mrs. Craven | that the decree of partial distribution should not have been made until the filing and settlement of the final account of tha executors of the will, and that Mrs. Cra- ven may now come in by virtue of her pe- titlon and establish heirship to the wid- ow's porticn of the estate. On 'the other hand it is claimed that | section 1664 of the Code of Civil Procedure | has been erroneously invoked by the claimant; that this section simply pro- | vides the remedy for the establishment of the status of -heirs, and under its provi- sion action cannot be brought to deter- mine heirship. Further argument will be heard on the 1Sth inst. i will be done about the matter until it is | evident the right thing has been decided | upon. ——ee————— Hibernians to Picnic. Division No. 2, A. 0. H., will glve its thirty-first annual picnic to-day at Har- bor View Park in honor of Admission day ~ Extensive preparations have been made by the committee of arrangements tu make this the most elaborate event of the kind in the history of the order on this coast. A larger number of gate and ame prizes will be giyen out than ever gefore. all of which are valuable. | del Fontaine was 26 years old. A WILD RUNAWAY CAUSED A STAMPEDE A horse attached to a covered wagon | belonging to John F. Snow & Co. dashed down Market street rday afternoon and caused a great deal of excitement nd some damage. Len Wiggins, the driver, left the horse standing outside a store on Market street, near Powell. The horse became frightened and n down the main thoroughfare, gaining speed at every bound. Pedestrians and drivers of vehicles were watned by the shouts of people on the sidewalk and managed to steer clear of the runaway. At Fourth and Market streets Officer Mc mara made a valiant attempt to catch the frightened anima but it swerved and continued down the street. When oppo- site the Phelan building the swayl i hicle collided with a cart, breaking and spring. The colli the runaway, but turned it to show windows of Nolan’s shoestore. Ths sidewalk was crowded at the time and women and men ran screaming for p of safety. Fortunately for the owners the shoestore the wheels of the vehicle struck a heavy post at the curb, which stopped its course. The post was torn from its fastening by the impact. But for its presence the horse would have crashed into ‘the heavy plateglass windows and done great da age and probably killed itself. A hors attached to a bugsy belonging to Mr. Nolan was struck by the wagon as it swung toward the sidewalk and brought to its knees. ard the —————————— ANNUAL RETREAT OF THE LADIES’ SODALITY The annual retreat of the Ladies’ Sodal- ity will begin to-morrow at 2:30 p. m. in the students’ chapel of St Ig ius Church (entrance on Hayes street) and close on Sunday morning, September 1 It will be conducted by Rev Father alzia, 8. J. The order of exer will be as follow: Morning exerci in the Gentl men's Sodality Chapel—6 o’clock, mas: . meditation. srcises, in the Students’ o'clock, Rosary, Litany of Heart; 7:45 o'clock, instruc- o'clock, hymn to the Ho! meditation; $:30 o'clock, bene- lessed sacrament. Father Culligan will preach to- morrow at the 10:30 mass, and Rev. Father Sasia will deliver the sermon in the even- ing after vespers. s — Alleged Illegal Practitioner. Mrs. R. del Fontaine, a married woman residing at 1321 Natema street, died v illness ander terday mcrning after a bri the care of Mrs. Achard, a midwife, angd the case was reported to the Corone It ttated that the midwife repre- sented ¥erself a physician 2ad pre. scribed mediane for the patic Mrs, Coroner Hill hax reported the mattor 1o ihe poe Lice. it belig an offcnse against a » for a pers n ot a physician to repr himseif as such. —_— FOROXOADAOROUOHOHOROROROXOXO ac tion; § Ghost; diction of the Rev. @ L W NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL, & 54 The Largest Winery in ¢ ) 5 3 America. e 4 & OHOXOROKOROXOXOXOXNOXOHOARORTH |DEVOTION TO A on did not impede | MOTHER i CAUSES A GIRL’S DEATH | | OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—Two weeks of work in a cannery in her efforts to help support her mother has resulted in the untimely death of Mary Silva, the 14-year- old daughteg of Mrs. M. Silva, residing at the corner "of Second and Alice streets. Just two weeks ago the girl, while peeling fruit at a local cannery, cut one of her fingers. It was not attended to promptly, and although Dr. Stratton did e\'Pr_\'iEfln;: in his power to save her lockjaw set in to-day and the girl passed away this evening. e | SMASHED, ALL RECORDS. Sensational Pacing by Giles Noyes, ‘Who Makes New State Mark. ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 8.—All Minne- gota pacing records were smashed to-day at the S r grounds races by Giles Noyes, who won the 2:07 pace for a purse of $1000. He established a track record and he went further and paced the three fastest consecutive heats ever paced over a State track. The track and State pac ing record was held by Directly, who last yeur at the State Fair paced a mile in 2:07, after which he went East and low- ered the world's pacing record, The time to-day by quarters was :32,1:04%, 136%. The last quarter was made in :29, a 1: clip, and the last half was made in the sensational time of 1:01. Results: :07 pace, best three in five; purse $1000, iich 3300 went to the winner—Giles N in_straight heats Time, 2:08%, 9:03lg, Sally Toler second, Tom Ogden third. as fourth. No others. A purse $1000, of -Josephine Dixon h Time, 2:11%, 2:13%. second, Aggie Medium third. and Thomas C also started. . best three in five; purse $1000, of 0" went to the winner (unfinished)— Dan Patchen won second and fourth heats. Time, 2131, %. TIna King won first and third" b Thue, 2:12%, 2:12%. Tom Dono- van, W o0 Maid, Mollie O, Dunton Ohso, Beiti kes, Naheol, Ella Range and Cox n also started running race was a mile dash, in which six hgrses were entered. Melody won, Sun- | burst zecond. Frisco Ben third. Time, 1:47%. s Services at Holy Cross Church. | There will be forty hours of devotion at Holy Cross Church to-morrow, commenc- | ing at 10:30 o'clock. Gounod's ‘“Messe Solenelle” will be sung by a double quar- tet and chorus of forty voices. At the offertory Miss Ella V. McClosky and Miss Lillie Roeder will render Riga's “O Cor a Moris.” In the evening Stein's musical vespers will be rendered by the choir, which_is composed of the following sing- Sopranos—Miss Gertrude Frost, Miss £w % i oeder, Miss Marie Vinchiarutte end M Wand. Altos—Miss_Ella V. McClosky, Madame Steffani, Miss Lillie Wilson and Miss Lilian Sullivan. Tenors— Robert Mor Fista Boranda, Bert | Mullin and Walter Hay. Bassos—Mr. | Schwertfeger. Harry Smith and Bert Georges. Organist and director, Harry Wood Brown e ee————— Illustrated Lecture. To-night at § o'clock Dr. David Starr | Jordan will give his lecture on “The En- | thanted Mesa of Acoma” at the Young Men's Christian A jation, Mason and Eliis streets. This will close the series of popular Saturday night entertainments at the association: Many of the views to be shown this evening are beautifully colored, and as Dr. Jordan has person- | ally visited that place, which is not a | trip often made. his lecture is sure to be | especially interesting and enjovable, Open | to the public at a small admission fee.