The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1899, Page 11

-THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 TOOK CARBOLIC ACID AT THE TORTONI CAFE Desperate Act of Mrs. Rodgers. QUARRELED WITH HUSBAND WHEN HE LEFT SHE DELIBER- ATELY SOUGHT DEATH. —_——— Would-Be Suicide Taken to Receiving Hospital, Where Antidotes Were Administered. RS whose name was given as | Rodgers visited Torton!'s night in company d a party of friends the morning Mrs A 1 with her husband, scAme S0 4ngry that he left he woman was ex- as prepared for sui- ated by the fact that e of her husband she le and ents in the presence | siclan was called Mrs. Rodg- elving Hospital will recover. by Willlam ?t Mrs, John DESPONDENT DISHWASHER SEVERS HIS WINDPIPE was o the City re he died at WAS SUSTAINED. Board Stands by Almshouse Superintendent. REDDY alth He removing Dr. 1 of assistapt Hospital for Leper Hos- was no fuel or patient, John on that sc- r. Heintz read report as to his reas for discharg’ F. C. Allen, head eward of the Rec Hospital, for ak ies of patients’ | his defense, and was not custom- at it AT trivial article found. A slon was postponed —————————— GRANT BELL, SUICIDE Frank Parker Was Not the Name of the Sutro Forest Suicide. name of the t back of day, as al- iman Fon- arrest him 1, a who_showed tremens. The man | ame as Frank Par- > mistajge about the ether the nger was his real fication by a man who had dead man for rday, when J ate those ke MOULDER MEMORIAL FUND. Dime Contributions Coming In From School Teachers and Pupils. Dime contributions are rapidly coming the School Depart- the sum of 335 of the s Hos- tain & bed ng the next Over 350 has been turned in to the of the fund and there are yet ecretar ahou wenty schools to be heard from As soon as the money is all collected it will be ad to $250 bank to the credit of the fund tention to acquire a sufficient hat the yearly interest mny be applied to intenance of the bed and in that away with further collections. ection it is noteworthy that the Columbia Grammar ) now in the savings It is the sum_ ®0 partially Y supports institution, school teachers attended the re- glven last night by the civic sec- California Club in the Y. M. Many ception tion of C. A. bullding. The purpose of the recep- | Reception to Teachers. l | the exhibit some specimens of wall decoration for she public schools, | which the section has donated to these institutions. The pictures will be first placed in the Rincon Primary School and particular attention will be paid to xhe‘ Yalpe the children place in them. Mrs. Dorothea Moore of the South Park set- | tiement outlined in detail the object of the club in wanting to have the walls of | the schools #o decorated that they would be & help in the education of the children. | Miss Fliza Kelth referred to the present | condition of the school and said that al- | though she had no Intention of doing any | politics she could not help saying a rew‘ words in favor of the bonds { President Fairclough of Stanford made | a short address on Greek art —— e — Hugh Penny's Winnings. William E. Applegate has been given judgment by Judge Murasky against B. J. Weller for the return of the stake win- ning horse Hugh Penny and $172 25, the sum won by the horse during the period he was in the possession of the defendant. | A Barn Party. Oriental Lodge ¢f the Rebekahs gave a | barn party in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows' building last night and it was at- | tended by a large number of friends of the | membershl, ‘he hall had been changed 20 a8 to appear like an ‘old-fashioned | country barn and the floor covered with | ton was to T | settings and costume | hearsed straw. The dancers rather en;l?yed the | novelty of dancing on straw. The com- mittee that evolved this novelty was com- osed of Mrs, F. W. Derby, Miss Amy E. Webb, Mrs. Alile Parker, Mrs. Sarah Price and Mrs. Isabel Ewing. —_————— TRAIN STOPPED IN TIMB. Narrow Escape of a Woman From a Frightful Death. | An accident which might have termin- ated fatally were it not for the quick ac- tion of James Stanley, an engineer on the Southern Pacific local train, happened at the Park street crossing at Alameda Mon- day afternoon and resulted in the serfous injury of Mrs. Kline, wife of S. L. Kline, | a merchant of Portland, Oregon. | Mrs. Kline had been to see her daughter, | who attends Mills' College, and was on her way home. When crossing the nar- | row gauge track her foot caught in a frog and she fell. The local train, which was due at the time, was but a short distance | a ily bearing down on the prostrate woman. Luckily, the engineer | saw the accident and hurriedly applied | the brakes, but none too soon, as the en- | gine was almost upon Mrs. Kline when it | came to a full stop. The releasing of | Mrs. Kline's foot from the trap was a no lttle work and it required strength of two men to extra- position. The train and ac- r, reached this - bay, where she was placed in hack after much painful maneuvering and removed to her home at 1630 Hayes street. The physiclans who are attend- ing Mrs. Kline have not yet determined how serfously she has been injured, though it is known that her spine is ba wrenched, as s also her wrist and ankle. ————————— THE GRACE OF A CONTORTIONIST e HERE !s a new star at the Or-| pheum this week, a female star who twinkles with her legs, and whose on the chart of theatrical s La Sylphe. We are being ¢ confronted with novelties in | ring, which seems to be an In- ble art. La Sylphe certainly does nd wonderful things with her imbs, but, what most re- | makes contortionism posi- There is poetry In her e of her hythm of graceful. nt waist t may &h kicking a seem unreasonable A n be achlev e of grace, with ter ity than any Jecessors, and does them ch as a suggestion of awk- e plays astounding tricks h incredible facility, of her light, L ich puts & new interest ewhat time-worn type of gym tertainment nastic € s the second divis- the laugh house as long s a clever jug- new tricks, but e f v of humor d his make-up as ieem to make his very goc 1 better. The Roy o made, erly acted, par- ter Roy whose . rle himself fits he assumes for the very good ade for him. f!n«l ine. no means ecli as much year he is THE ARRIVAL OF DE PACHMANN| | dilatory tactics employed by T LADIMIR DE PACHMANN, the | \ / Russian planist, who is to give| \/ tbree recitals here next week, ar-| rived here last night on the South- | ern Overland from Chicago. It Is elght | years since De Pachmann visited San Francisco, and his reputation, which was | kreat at that time, particularly as an in- terpreter of Chopin, has been growing steadily, until to-day he is recognized as one of that small group of the truly great virtuosi. It_will be remembered by many how De Pachmann gave & series of Chopin re- citals, and, while he created a deep im- pression, he laid himself open to the charge that he knew his woakness as well us his strength, and therefore did not essdy the work of other composers. It was s a consequence of those innuendoes that De Pachmann announced an addi- | tional concert at which he rendered selec- tions' from Schumann, Beethoven Liszt, and with such & masterful style might as to effectually put an end to the assertion that he was merely a Chopin_specialist Mr. de Pachmann went to the Palace Hotel on his arrival. He will remain here for ten days, when he proceeds to Los Angeles, returning again to San Francisco and going finally to Portland, Or. MID-WEEK NOTES i AT THE THEATERS To-night and again on Sunday night| Frederick Warde will present ““The Lion's Mouth” at the Columbia. On Friday night | “Romeo and Juliet”; Saturday matines, | The Merchant of Venice,” and Saturday night, “Virginius.” On Christmas night Hall Caine’s drama, “The Christian,” will be given for the first time in San Fran- | cisco and the production promises to be @ noteworthy one. The sale of seats for “The Christian” will open at the Colum- bia this morning. “The Hottest Coon in Dixie” continues to draw at the California, and will be superceded on Sunday night by the Fraw PO TS TS TSI O T A A A A LA A A A AT <A A A A A AT @ ley Company In Frankiin _Fyles' pla: “Cumberiand, '61.” The Frawleys have devoted & week of careful rehearsal to this play, which is new to San Francisco and should prove an attraction for the holida. At the Alcazar “Dr. Bill” will finish the week. The first performance of “‘Chimmie | Fadden” will take place at the Christmas matinee. ! The holiday attraction at the Grand Opera-house s to be David Henderson's | “Sinbad.” “Die Fledermaus™ for the rest | of the week To-morrow night closes the run of “Tar and Tartar’ at the Tivoll. On Saturday night the Christmas spectacle, “Little Bo- Peep,” will be produced with elaborate Golden, La Sylphe and the Royles are features at the Orpheum this week. The | engagement of Fougere will begin on Sunday night. Her tame and ability make her coming an event of importance. The Black Patti Troubadours are play: ing a successful engagement at the Al hambra and will continue next week. “Pinafore Minstrels” Is the latest at the Chutes. The De Pachmann recitals are to take place at the California Theater on the afternoons of the 26th, 25th and 20th. The | sale of seats has been beyond expecta- tions. It has been announced that a series of | five symphony concerts, under the direc: torship of Henry Holmes, will begin o January 18 at the Grand Opera-house. The orchestra of sixty-six muslcians is to be carefully selected and thoroughly re- The prices for the season wil range from $ for the best seats to §1, | at which ridiculously low figure one may | hear the series of five concerts. | The holidays are fairly on at the Steep- | lechase. Large crowds have been the rule throughout the week. Coney Island in all | its varieties is as fascinating as ever to | amusement lovers, while every race| brings a merry load of jockeys to the wooden steeds. e Death From Malpractice. A telephone message was recelved at the Coroner’s office late last night from 8t. Luke's Hospital, announcing the death in that {nstitution of a young woman from mng:ncuce The patient was regis- tered at the hospital as Miss B. Howland, 306 Munich street, aged 22, and was admit- ted at the request of Dr. E. N. Torello. Dr. Torello had been called to attend the case after the operation had been per- formed, and on learning the nature refus- ed his services and ad the woman's removal to the hospital JAMES FERGUSON ~USES HIS FISTS ON A COLLECTOR P. Mulligan Thrashed by a Horseman. FIGHT AT THE PALACE HOTEL. S TR DIRE RESULT OF TRYING TO COLLECT A BILL. e Collectars are not popular with race- track people. Some time ago one of the Quinn boys met a representative of Col- lector Rauer on a ferry-boat and present- ed him with a “bunch of flves” that ne will remember as long as he lives, and last night in the court of the Palace Ho- tel J. B. Ferguson, starter at the track, handed a similar package to Pat Mulli- gan, who collects on commission. His fa- vorite plan s to wait until he catches nis man In the company of ladies and then to request him to pay his debts, relying on the man pungling up to cover his em- barrassment. Some time ago Mr. Ferguson contracted a debt of $21 50 for some jewelry pur- chased of the firm of Schumacher & Co., who do business under the Palace Hotel. Schumacher assigned the debt to Mulli- gan, who started to collect it by his usual methods. About a week ago he met Fer- guson in the hotel elevator. The horse- man was accompanied by some ladles and the collector took advantage of the meeting to offensively request Ferguson to settle. Some warm words passed, but in consideration of the presence of the ladies the matter was passed over by Fer- guson. The horseman @id not forgive the epi- sode and waited for an opportunity which | would find him free to act without belng | hampered. The opportunity came last evening. Mr. Ferguson was standing with some friends In the court of the hotel when Mulligan approached and, in an of- fensive manner, requested the starter to settle his indebtedness. Ferguson did not answer but his strong right arm shot out and, catching the bill collector on the left optic, raised a lump | the size of a hen's egg. Before the sur- prised usurer could escape he received a | stinging left hook that cut his cheek in the vicinity of the ear. He had gathered himself together and, striking ineffective- | iy at his assailant, beat a hurried | treat, but not before the athletic starter had landed a couple of more stiff jabs on his already badly damaged frontisplece. Schumacher says he had nothing to do with the He assigned the blll to Sequent events were that man’s affair. Mulli- he could have “wiped the floor erguson with one hand.” A war- rant for Ferguson's arrest for assault and battery will probably be the outcome of the difficulty. CITY TO FINISH THE HALL. Irritated at Bateman Brothers’ Per- sistent Demands for Delay. The Public Building Committee of the | Board of Supervisors yesterday consid- ered the proposition of taking away the contract for finishing the Hall of Justice from Bateman Brothers, as outlined in Wednesday's Call, and decided to refer the matter to the City and County Attor- ney for his opinion as to the powers of the board to turn the bulxdmi over to the architects for completion. It is under- stood that the board at its meeting next Tuesday will vote to take the latter course, as the members are tired of the the con- tractors. Mayor Phelan was present and cate- chised Mr. Bateman as to his intentions regarding the lell-locklnfi and unlocking device for the jail, but he could get no satisfactory information. Architect Shea stated that conslderable work remained yet to be done in addition to that on the all floor, and steps should be taken im- mediately to protect the bullding. The request for an extension of fifty days asked by the Batemans was not recom- mended for sage. T. 1. Be: president of the Hastings Law Coliege, appeared before the com.mR< tee regarding the petition of that institu- tion for suitable quarters In the City Hall where lectures could be given, the build- ing near the Affiliated Colleges bel; far away for the convenience of st and professors. The committee decided to recommend that quarters be furnished the college as soon as certaln offices which will be transferred to the Hall of Justice are vacated. The requests of Sheriff-slect Lackmann and District Attorney-elect Byington for better quarters recelved favorable con- sideration. The representative of the Fuller Desk Company addressed the committee re- garding the statement of the Bullding Trades Council that the firm was not rlwfln% furniture of home manufacture n the H; n 40404040 404040404040404040404040404040404040404040 +04040404040404040404040404040+04040404040+040+40+0 40404Q040+0+@ ng too | udents | all of Justice bullding. He stated | gave her three months. 1899. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE ASSAULT UPON MISS LENNIE GREEY. Found Standing Near Her Home With a Great Cut on Her Head and Her Conilicting Theories of Friends and the Police. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Dec. 20. OBBERY, unreturned love or at- tempted murder caused a mys- terious assault upon Miss Len- nie Green at the corner of Eighteenth and Linden streets on Monday evening. The family of the young lady say that it was either rob- bery or murder that prompted the as- sault, but the police, hiding behind themselves, say that it was the work of some jilted lover and that it has no relation to the many other mysterious and murderous assaults that have been committed in Oakland of late. But no matter what the cause, it s a case of mystery as deep and impen- etrable as any that ever came before the police, and though the attack oc- curred on Monday evening the police have discovered no trace of the assail- ant of the young woman. The remarkable feature of all {s that the blow upon the head of Miss Green has destroyed all recollection of what happened immediately prior to the at- tack and every trace of memory of what happened afterward until she awoke under the e of Dr. A. H. Pratt. She is unable even now to tell what happened or how she was found by her brother a few moments after the assault. Miss Lennie Green is employed at the Paclfic Press Publishing House and re- sides with her mother at 1438 Linden street. 8he, with her two brothers, who also work at the Pacific Press, support the family of smaller children since the death of their father, about a year ago. She Is a bright, happy g!irl of 18 and a general favorite at the institution where she works. Shortly after 6 o'clock on Monday evening Miss Green left the Pacific Press Publishing House on the corner of Castro and Twelfth streets. At fit- teen minutes before 7 o'clock she was found leaning against the stone coping that surrounds the. high lot on the northeast corner of Eighteenth and Linden streets. There was a great gash in the back of her head and blood had matted her halr and was flowing down the back of her dress. “Is that you, Walter?" she asked of her brother. ‘Walter Green had not recognized his VWHERE Tas ATTACK own sister, it was so dark, until she spoke, and taking her tenderly charge he escorted her home. Dr. Pratt was called and he took several stitches In a large cut in the back of her head, which he said had probably been Inflicted by some blunt weapon. Even now Miss Green does not re- member anything that happened at the time she was struck, and it was not until this afternoon that she had any recollection of the past at all. Up to late this afternoon her memory had been completely destroyed. She did not remember having been at the pub- Ushing house at all on Monday; she did not remember when she came home, and she does not now remember being struck or meeting her brother. “I don't know anything about what happened to me on Monday evening,” sald Miss Green this afternwon. “And it was not until a little while ago that I remembered anything that I did on Monday. I now remember being at the Pacific Press and leaving there at twenty-five minutes after 6, and start- ing for home. I don't remember whether I came up West street or Market to Eighteenth, but I know that I came to Eighteenth street and then walked down Eighteenth toward home. It has come back to be now that as I reached the corner of Linden street I met a man walking toward me. I have not the slightest idea what he looked like, for I never look at any one when I meet them late In the evening. He passed me a short distance from the corner and I turned up Linden street Memory Gone. toward home. “That is all that I remember. I have no recollection of having been' hit, have no recollection of meeting my brother or of being taken home; and it was not until to-day that I had any recollection of what I did at the Pacific Press that day. “I don’t know whom to suspect, and have no enemles that I know of. It might have been robbery, for we are paid on Monday. I brought my money home at noon time, so my mother says, and I had my watch when I got home. There Is no one with whom I have quarreled or with whom I have been keeping steady company, so that I do not know whom to suspect.” Mrs. Green and Walter Green fur- nish some additional facts that make the case one of the most complete mystery. “1 left the Pacific Press a few min- utes after 6 o'clock,” sald Mrs. Green. “My daughter left at twenty-five min- utes past,and myson Walter left about ten or fifteen minutes later. I reached home and was preparing dinner when Walter brov home. There was a gre the back of her head and ered with blood. She did not ow anything, though she was able to walk and talk, yet her conversation was without meaning. Walter wac on his w; home when he saw a woman leaning against the cop- ing that s rrounds the lot on the cor- ner. He walked up to her to see what mjght be the matter, when she spoke t> him and said, ‘Is that you, Walter?' Walter says that It was then so dark that he could not recognize his sister untll she spoke, and she now says that she has not the slightest recollection of having met him. Walter brought her home and they got iInto the house at exactly twelve minutes before 7. “We sent for Dr. Pratt and Lennie began to talk. She answered our ques- tions, and then when we would repeat the question a moment later she would say that she did not know. She did not know that she had been hurt until late yesterday, when she asked what the doctor had been to the house for. At first her memory was completely gone, but it has been slowly returning to her. Dr. Pratt says that the brain and the skull have not been injured. ‘We think that robbery was the cause, for we understand that there is a gang of men at work In Oakland that would shoot a man for 10 cents, and Lennie got pald on Monday, but brought her money home at noon time." The police discredit the robbery theory and say that it was the work of some jilted lover who wanted to be revenged. * @40404040404040404040404040404040404040404060404604040404 O40404040404040404040+9 that his firm was buying all it could in the local market, but was forced to go East for certain patented articles. Con- sideration was ronponed to give the coun- cil a chance to be heard. —_—— Jail Her Only Refuge. Mary 8mith, a decrepit old woman, begged Judge Graham yesterday to send her to jall for three months as she had been starving. She is unable to work owing to rheumatism, and although she had been helped by charitable organiz: tlons she had not received enough keep the pangs of hunger from her. She bad been previousiv sent to jall, and the Judge complied with her request and 'OLDEST MARRIED COUPLE WILL ATTEND THE JUBILEE LAMEDA, Dec. 20.— Among those of Alameda who will at- tend the Golden Jubilee cele- bration held at San Jose this week are Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith, who reside on Rallroad avenue, near Chestnut street. Though nearly ninety years of age. this happy couple never miss a patriotic celebration of any sort when It is within reasonable bounds of their place of residence. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are each 8 years old and bear the distinction of being the oldest married couple In Cali- fornia, having celebrated thelr sixty- sixth wedding anniversary on the 20th of last August. During these sixty- #ix years they have been separated from each other but a few months. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Cali- fornia in the early part of '49. They were here when the inauguration of the State government took place, and Mr. Smith is determined to be on hand during the jubilee celabration, A son, a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Smith reside In Alameda. Mr. Smith was formerly postmaster at Grayson. DD DD, Dy A DDA KD AN A A A A KA A o A A S I DA AD A AN @ 9 [ Wm@%m. | POLICE WILL PARADE [ IN ALL THEIR GLORY |FOUR HUNDRED OFFICERS TO | MARCH ON FRIDAY. Commissioners Dismiss the Charges | Against D. G. Bell and M. J. Filben and Discuss Pensions. It was definitely decided last night by the Board of Police Commissioners to hold the annual parade of the department to- morrow morning issued to the captains of the various di- visions to have the men In readiness to march and be reviewed by the three Com- missioners. Four hundred men, armed with the new repeating rifle, will be in line and two bands will discourse music during the march. The police will leave Market and Mont- gomery streets promptly at 10 o'clock and will march down Montgomery street to California, up that thorough ny and thence to Market and out the main street to Van N venue, where they will be reviewed ssrs. Alvord, Tobin | and Gunst, who » the board, This will be the iast rde under the present Commissioners. missed the charg against Officers D. G. the death of one Silvey | was belng arrested. The Commissioners were session for nearly two hours. while the latter n executive It is under- stood that the board discussed the ad- visabllity of retiring policemen who, by reason of thelr age and disabllity, are unable to do police duty. Nothing was | done, however, at this time, but it is | definitely settled that the board will meet | as a pension commission on January 2, a | week before thelr successors are ap- pointed. ———— IN CALIFORNIA’'S INTERESTS. Manufacturers’ Association Takes Ac- tion in Important Matters. At a meeting of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association yesterday the di- rectors took up and discussed several matters of more than passing moment. One was that the decision of the Treasury Department, which {s that all shipments of merchandise in bLond intended for transshipment by rall through the United States and thence by steamer from Pacific Coast porte to forelgn countrics. must be subjected ‘o examination by United States customs officials. The directors are of the opinton that such restriction will re- sult as a restraint of trade of the Parific Coast ports and enforce the transfer of all the business from United States railronds and steamship lines to those of Canala. A resolutjon_was passed that the Secre- tary of tfle Treasusy be requested to re- consider the matter and give & more bh- eral construction to the laws governing export matters. nother resolution was passcd that tne Secretary of War be requested to opea to commerce those ports in the Philippines from which the world obtains its main supply of hemp. The present conditicns ply. Another matter considercd was the recent order of the Treasury Depariment which compels samples of all tea com- ing from foreign ports to be forwnrided to the tea examiner in New York. The d rectors considep that this {s a discrimina- tion nst this port and that the order is entirely unwarranted. The Secretary will be requested to reconsider the order and restore to the Importers of San Fran- cisco the facilities of trade to which they are justly entitled. Manager Goodwin was instructed ecommunicate with the Secretrry of 1ae Navy and Chief of the Burcau of Docks and ‘Yards urging that the dock at sare Island be constructed of stone and cement lustead of wood as contemplated. The Orders were therefore | © The Board of Police Corimissioners_dis- | Bell and M. J. IFilben. The former was before the board for unofficerlike con- duct. Bell was accused of having caused | have seriously decreased the world's sup- | following new members have been addad to the association: Langley & Michaels Company, Anglo- American Crockery Company | Co.; Miller, Sloss & Scott, C. recently Co., (;enrif» H. Tay Company rralitos Paper Mill Com E.” Waitney & | Co.; Payot, Upham & Co.; Nathan, I mann & Co.. Blake, Moffitt & Pacific Metal Bedstead Company, Western Expanded Metal and Fire Proofing Com- any, Captain Charles Nelson, San Fran- cisco’ and San Joaquin Coal Company, Field Mercantile Compan: F. A. Robbins Press Works, Deming-Palmer Milling Company, Pacific Sheet Metal Works, 3 Willlam Davis & Son, Remillard Brick Company, Miller & Lux, Louis Taussig & Compony, Adolph Hro- lifcrnia Door Company, Amerl- ait Company, Oriental Gas Spreckels & B . J. Fontana, Edw. F. } F. 8. Moo Compan haus & Co., TROUBLE IN SAMOA. Depredations Upon the Property of Expelled Chiefs. BERLIN, Dec. —Advices received | here to-day from Apta, Samoa, say a | slight disturbance has occurred at ti.» | village of Laiatvanu owing to depredations upon the property of three chiefs, who were expalled for refusing to pay the oll tax imposed by the Consuls of the reibund. he Consuls have demanded that the gullty persons be sent to Apia for punishment, which has been promised. - VON DIEDRICHS ;BOMOTED. BERLIN, Admiral von Dfed- richs, whose actions at Manfla immedi- ately before and after the capture of that ity caused widespread comment, has been appointed chief of staff of the navy, No Relief for Alaskan Natives. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The Secre- tary of the Treasury has notified the In relating to Alaska under the control of the (ru-aurfr are so specific that they can- | not be appli kan natives on Kodiak Island, who are reported to be in destitute condition. —_———— German Actor Dead. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Carl Helmerding, the actor, is dead. 04040404 040404040404 0404040404 04040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040404040+0+8@ Appointed Chief of Staff of the Ger- | terlor Department that the appropriations | ed for the relief of the Alas- | ABJOHN PASSED MVAY, ALDNE I CTY HOSPITAL Death of a Familiar Character. S OAKLAND, Dec. 20—William Abjohn died at the Receiving Wospital early this evening with only t » hospital attendants at his bedside. Death was nia, with pleurisy and « 18 of inflammatory rheumatism, it of belng compelled to sieep in an old shed | at the rear of his home on Broadway 'n | Alameda, where for years he had been & familiar character. He had compl to the Alameda police of his wife and, although he owned prope at several thousand dollars, mitted to the Recelving Hospital for trea ment on permission of Supervisor Mit ell |, Yesterday Mrs. Abjohn called at the hospital to request that when her husban | died he should be burfed in St. Mary | Cemetery. She announced. too, that sh ihml requested a priest to administer the last rites and engaged an undertaker, but she did not care to see her husband. Abjohn was a native of County Kerry, | Ireland, aged about 62 years, and d re- sided In Alameda for over 25 years, work- ing for the rallroad SULLIVAN MAY BE GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 98 Broadway, Dec C. C. Sullivan, the convicted burg whose pal, Bert Willmore, was shot ! Alameda on the night of the burglary A. O. Gott's jewelry store in that November § last, may spend his remalining ¥s in the penitentiary Sullivan appeared before Superior Ju. Hall to-day for sentence, when his att asked that the mat be continued for two weeks on the ground that he Is preparing a motion for a new trial. Attorney Crowley as much as timated that he did not anticipate a n h trial would be granted, but asserted it was his intention to appeal the c the Supreme Court, laying particu stress on the fact that at the | of Sullivan's trial he was limited t | ten peremptory challenges of jurors, | claiming he should have been allowed tk | twenty challenges requested at the tim | Judge Hall remarked from the bench | that he thought counsel should be entitied to a contiguance, Inasmuch as the casa was one wherein life sentence . | imposed. From this it is inferr the lenlency recommended by th | will be relegated to oblivion in view | fact of Sullivan's prior conviction 1 charge of murde QUEER FINANCIER WHO IS BEING LOOKED FOR of OAKLAND, Dec. 20.—The police ars looking for a man giving the name C. Carpenter, who claimed Spokane Fa1 as his home and who declared he sirous of purchasing a livery stable busi- | ness in this city. The stranger, who is about 85 years of age, deposited with 1ho | Union Savings Bank claims amounting $15,000 for collection from Chicago pa | ties, and he wanted 35000 sent on f N Chicago at once by telegraph. Late | called at the Columbla Cloak and | House and purchased a $104 bill of g ying for them with checks o ‘nion Savings Bank. Mr. Harrls, the | prietor, however, refused to allow take the goods before a | whether the checks were goo: The checks were later presented s bank, but payment on them was refu It develop afterward that Carper also ordered goods at a local | store to the amount of 329, but instance also he was not permitte have the goods unt!l his checks had bee investigated. Since then the stran whom the police are now looking iur, has not been seen. —_—— | Charges to Be Heard. | ALAMEDA Dec. 20.—The charges conduct unbecoming an officer pref | against George Smith, a regular of by l'lli’ Mar:hal Conrad will be Inve ¥ | gated the: Police and Fire Committ of the City Trustees next Tuesday night at § clock. W Huffman has filed charges w the Board of Education against Th Mitchell, gardener at the Wilson § Huffman charges Mitchell with 1 profane lankuage in the presenc school children. The charges have referred to the Committee on Bulld and Grounds for investigation. e - Will Teach in Honelulu. | BERKELEY, Dec. 20.—Loye Miller raduate of the University of Californ has just received an appointment as pr fessor of chemistry and natural scienca ahu College, Honolulu, Hawalian I« s. For two years Mr. Miller has | an assistant In the department of zoole and has pursued graduate studies me Shlie. " o will commence his work. | Honclulu before the end of next Januar —_———— | Death Comes Suddenly. FARGO, N. D., Dec. 20.—President H. . Simmons of Fargo College to-night, while standing in_a bookstore, suddenly fell to | the floor. Death was Instantaneous and {s supposed to have been due to heart fallure, The deceased has been a prom nent figure In Congregational work in the Northwest. L5 Want Athletic Soldiers. BERLIN, Dec. 2.—The German Turner the socleties will address a petition to Reichstag asking an amendment of law so as to compel the one-year v teers, before their admission to | to produce proofs of reasanab clency in athletics. —_— Thomas Convicted. NEVADA CITY, Dec. 20.—W! Thomas of Grass Valley was to-day quitted of criminal assault. The jury was | out fourteen hours. — | Cold Wave in Germany. 1 BERLIN, Dec. 20.—The weather is again intensely cold throughout Germany, vary- | ing from 10 to 15 degrees below zero | MOTORMAN GRAVES IS G his first wife. cent divorce. Now the divorced wife predicted, the man whom Graves sall husband and has gone to that western Gretna Green and married, as was This leaves the family relations of the party a little tangled. present wife Is the stepdaughter of his first wife, and Graves has becomg the ex-husband and the stepson-in-law of his first wife, while the woman who suc- ceeded the first Mrs. Graves and became Mrs. Graves No stepdaughter of the woman whom she supplanted. On the other hand, Graves becomes the son-in-law of the man who stole the affections of his first wife, and his first wife becomes his mother-in- law. Whether she will be able to take advantage of the traditional mother- in-law tactics and make it unpleasant for her son-In-iaw and former husband remains to be seen. As stepmother of the girl who married her former hus- band Mrs. Rainler, formerly Graves, might be expected to have something to say about the family of her former husband, but it is quite likely that the revised couples will settle down in Elmhurst and be satisfled that Judge Og. den, who thinks that a husband could stay out nigh granted them the divorce that enabled this new matrimonial tangle. > 2 | @+ 04040+040 4+ 04040 + O+0+040 +0 + 040404040+ 0404040 + NOW REALLY STEPSON-IN-LAW OF HIS FORMER WIFE EORGE GRAVES of Elmhurst is now stepfather to his own wife, and his former wife has become his mother-in-law, for the final move in Elmhurst matrimonial tangle occurred to-day when the di Graves married Willlam Rainler at Reno, Nev ago when Graves was divorced from his wife and married Lilllan Rainier, the daughter of the man whom he accused of taking from him the affections of This wedding took place In Reno, Nev., because of Grave In the yreed Mrs It was only a week " re- has followed the example of her former bad taken her affections. Graves' 2 Is now the iIf he s0 wished, + 04040404040+ 0+ 0+0+ 04040400 :