The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1899, Page 11

NEWS nfi'f?fi; OARLAND. .. LOCAL TRAIN WRECKED AND TRAVEL TIED 0P Switch -on the Mole Fails to Work. — ENGINEER STICKS TO HIS CAB N AMBROSE'S ACTION PREVENTS SERIOUS DAMAGE. e His Prompt Move Saves Oars From Being Demolished and Possible Injury to the Passengers on the Train. s Oakland Office San Francisco Call, S I way, Dec. DAMAGE SUIT RESULTS FROM A CAT CONCERT were next- prose- in her | musical | HIS NOCTURNAL ABSENCE LED T0 A DIVORCE SuIT 'Judge Ogden’s Rule Not Followed. MUNRO STAYED OUT NIGHTS i DISCOVERIES MADE BY HIS IN- QUISITIVE WIFE. Lol She Found He Made Appointments With Laura E. Gray and Also Received Letters From An- “ other Young Woman. | TR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Dec. 2L « " dec! from on the grour M n bef had g now getting views Oakland Though a work that me. nior has come to the 1 that his vote Mrs, Spi M aracter. pital, Mrs. ishand ‘was with the ¢ 1 W maintained three years GRAND JURY INDICTS SERVERRA FOR PERJURY | 2L.—John Universal escaped convic liquors without indicted by the r 7 falsely te 1 not on October v intoxi- stood =ix to six, who is License 1 the result led to-day nd arrested be ¢ that tn Later De ty Sheriff Holla He will proba ab re Putnam Griswold to Go to London. OAKLAND, Dec. 2L.—Putnam G who has been one of the r musical world of Oakland ves short after London to take a ristmas for rse in th city. 4 PRETT{Q‘LJLETIDE WEDDING AKLAND pretty wedding at the Dalziel evening at § o'clock, when Miss Daiziel, daughter e firm of Dalzlel & bride of Harry G. v bert Coyle of the erian Church officlated. home was beautifully d for the event with holly and een, presenting a holiday picture de a delightful background for party. Dec. 2k—A very was celebrated residence this et ettt ie et e e white organdie over wh bridesmaid, Miss Florenc pink silk and carried brid Dalgiel, a brother of the bride ettt e et Later the will take up th frien of their lives here. ber of the firm of Davie & Willlams, dealers, mento. Qernenaner MSTe By BosHrNELL who s one of Oakland’s prettiest young ladies, was gowned in Ite silk and carried roses. Smith of Sacramento, maid's roses. ter the ceremony and congratulations a wedding supper was served. bride and groom left for a short wedding trip. On their return they r residence at 464 Twe! Mr. and Mrs. Willlams are very popular young people and have a host of They are both natives of California and have spent the major part The groom is a well known young business man, a mem- He is a son of E. H. Willlams, who was long a resident of Sacra- S Lttt e e e tie i e tiotio tietie i tis lie ie tie tietie e intio i o ettt 0t 0 0% % e a0l 0tiele She wore a vell. Her wore pink organdie over The groom was attended by A. nty-third street. wholesale and retail coal and grain @ 2Retietietietietiet et rding to the ' e ettt et et et etie e i tietie et e ke eNeNe O R R Rt A A A R A A R S R AR AR AR AR RS tions | | | when he comes back to California he | the brightest hue. WAS ROBBERY OR UNREQUITED LOVE THE CAUSE OF ASSAULT? Lost Memory, a Wounded Head and a Torn Dress Are the Only Clews to the Attack Upon Miss Lennie Green. +%5e%+ O % PIAGRAM SHOWING YWOUND ON | scaLp.. her brother on Monday evening. WHERE AND HOW THE GIRL WAS FOUND. Miss Lennle Green posed for a Call artist with the same hat and dress worn upon the night of the attack upon her, showing how she was found by Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec. 21 HE mystery of the assault upon Miss Lennle Green at the corner of Eighteenth and Linden streets on Monday evening is to-day more a mystery than ever. The police are completely at fault. The young lady's memory s still uncertain owing to the seevre blow she received on the head, and there is nothing but theories as to her assailant. The police still hold to the filted lover theory, and the members of the family are very indignant over this. They are inclined to the robbery the- ory. Some suggest that the young lady might have fainted and struck her P A A A A R P AR R P E AR AR AR AR DL AD AR AR AR AR A A A hd * * 3 % head on the sidewalk, but the charac- : ter of the wound disposed of this possl- & Dbility. Everything points to an assault ¢ by some mysterious person, but as to 4 who that person s there is not the 4 slightest clew. “It is ridiculous that any one should % say that there was any jilted lover % about this attack,” sald Miss Green g this afternoon. “In the first place % nothing has occurred that would make §® such a thing possible. I know but few ; SNt LA e e e e et e N et e ie e e e it S e i e i e ie e B tis e i e i e tia i e @ JEFFRIES’ TRAINER | BACK FROM THE EAST BILLY DELANEY TALKS OF THE CHAMPION’S PROSPECTS. Will Use His Influence to Have the Coming Big Fight Pulled Off in San Francisco. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Billy Delaney, who | trained Jim Jeffries for his victory over Sharkey, arrived at his Oakland home to- ay from New York. He was accompa- nied by his wife and they were met at the | Sixteenth-street station by Eugene Van | Court and Charles Koerner of Oakland. Delaney looks better than at the time he left here with Jeffries some months ago. He expects to remain here at least a month, though he Intimated that matters Lie has on hand in the may call him back sooner than he expects al present. speaking of his nt difficulties with ies, Mr. Delaney sald: | “The rumpus between Jeffries and my- | self was all over a new system of train- | ig that I didn't approve of. It is not| necessary for me to go into details, but I will simply say that his system of diet and violent working did not agree with wy ideas. It was merely a disagreement over his training, which he carried out | contrary to my wishes. There's no bitter only we stand now just as we vhen 1 picked him up a few years when he was in his intancy in puglil- | effries’ prospects, 1 can predict, are of | fie has youth, health and " everything - in " his - fovof. "Na- ture bas been kinder to him than any other individual Who graces the ring, and knowing as I do the care he is taking of himself at present 1 will venture to say that there is nobody in my estimation. who can stop his progress. Jeffries is popular. He Is not getting the swelled head be- cause of his recently won laurels, and, as e told me shortly before I lott lim, find supreme pleasure in acknowledging | the kindnesses shown him in his infancy | at the Reliance Club, where he made his | maiden effort. “As to the prospects of another meeting between Jeffries and Sharkey, the chances are very remote. You must remember Jeft is now matched to meet Corbett, and | it is not professional to run Sharkey in at this time. As to the Jeffries-Corbett mill, | 1 would merely say that Brady is the manager and am in the dark, but on | general principles I think Jeffries ought to and will win. I believe also that the fight | will draw as big a crowd In San Fran- | cisco as auy place on the globe, and I | shall exert every effort to secure the | match for this coast. | “f have not given the future much | thought, but notwithstanding the reports | of the differences between Jeffries and myself these matters have been harmon- ized and I propose to let the future de- | velop what will be the future.” | Left Money in Eastern Bank. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—J. J. Connolly to- day petitioned the Superior Court for let- ters of administration on the estate of his brother-in-] gentlemen, and I have never accepted attentions from any one. I have never been out with one gentleman more than two or three times, and have never given any one occasion to be Jealous, “‘As to having fallen upon the side- walk and etruck my head, I don’t think that is possible. I am not given to fainting spel and don't think I ever fainted in my life. In the second place, I had my hair up in a knot on the back of my head that day, and had I fallen my hair and my hat would have prevented injury to my head. Dr. Pratt had to take three stitches in a cut in my scalp, and every hairpin in the back of my head was broken. You know that 1 wear rubber hair- pins. I first thought that the cut might have been caused by the hair- pins cutting into my head, but the doc- tor does not think that rubber hair- pins would have made such a cut as he found. “I can't talk much about how I got hurt, for I don’t remember. I have no recollection of even being struck. ‘When I recovered consciousness and found the doctor here I asked what he died intestate here on the 15th instant, leaving $2200 on deposit in a bank in Penn- sylvania. The heirs are a sister, Mary Connolly, John Flynn, a brother, and Patrick Gannon, a nephew. shoetledddlily L Ltk Their Graduating Party. ALAMEDA, Dec. 21.—The graduating party of the December '% class of the Ala- meda High School took place at Armory Hall this evening. The hall was taste- {ull,\'bd-cnrm 1 with greens and bunting or “the ocea There wa tendance including School. ager. f the younger set of the city, wany of the Alumni of the High Laurence Rank was floor man- —_————— Testing Roberts’ Wells. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—The plans for the testing of Roberts’ wells at San Lorenzo In the Interest of the ci There are four wells. pumped for twenty-four hours by ftself and then the four wells are to be pumped together for the same period of time. ‘a large and fashionable at- ! The water pumved i to be measured and | they should yleld 3800 gallons per min- ute in order to come up to the standard set. ———— Christmas Festival. BERKELEY, Dec. 21.—The children of St. Joseph's Church Sund chool on Ad- dison street gave a very successful Christ- mas tree to-night in St. Joseph's Hall, The room tastefully decorated and | as everything done to insure the children a | sol! ur the | case, which can be set on a bir evening Rev. Father Riordan delivered | burns like a candle when lighted. good time. During the course of | J DIAGRAM SHOWING was doing and was told that he had come to attend me. That surprised me, for I did not know that I had been hurt. 1 have had no feeling except a headache from the blow.” The way In which Miss Green was found by her brother Walter is most important in considering the way in which the assault might have been made When found she was leaning against the stone coping that sur- rounds the vacant lot. This coping is about three feet high—sufficiently high to have supported her were she to have leaned against it. She was erect at the time when found, and though she spoke to her brother and called him by name she has no recollection of having seen him. Her recognition of her brother under these circum- stances 18 the more remarkable fromn the fact that Walter Green says that it was so dark that he did not recog- nize his sister until she spoke to him. The assault must have occurred within a very few moments before she was found, for Mrs. Green says that her daughter was only three or four minutes late in getting home. There was a great tear found in the front of Miss Green's dress when she got home. The police tried to explain this tear by saying that the young lady fainted, and that in trying to get up she put her knee or foot on her dress and tore it. This is not likely, for the dress Is torn from the outside, while the lining on the inside is whole. This torn dress gives some evidence of a struggle, but if any there was It followed the blow upon the head that destroyed Miss Green's memory, for she says that she is sure that thera was no assault before she lost con- sciousness from the blow. Dr. A. H. Fratt, who attended the young lady, says that the blow was delivered by some blunt Instrument, and not by a knife or an ax. The hair is not cut, but the scalp is, and had a sharp Instrument been used the hair would have been severed. The Green family bears the highest reputation for honesty and integrity, The father died some time ago, and all the children who are old enough work at the Pacific Press. This alone is a guarantee of their character, for it I1s a church Institution whose mem- bers are all Adventists, and most strict upon character and morals. an address. ettt et e e e e e et R e e et e e el N eNeN oo N e N Neti et e e e Nt ot e et et oottt et e et tie e e NNt etietieNetie @ * b . The affair was under the charge of a committee composed of Miss Alfce Cain, Martin A ntner. CANNOT REGISTER IN Mrs. Tena McClellan and Dr. TIME FOR ELECTIONS OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Alameda is going to have trouble with its frecholder elec- tion and Oakland with its bond election should one be called very soon owing to the changes in the election laws which 0 into effect on January date the Smith reg effect and the ver L On that tration law goes into first_provision of the law is that all existing registers shall at | once be canceled by operation of law. will be almost impossible to the voters of Alameda It reregister in time for the freeholders’ election unless a force of 200 deputies are put at work, and this force County Clerk Jordan has not at his dise osal. “I shall begin reregisterin, { the yenr.'ps.uld County 51 “but it will be on the first erk Jordan, impossible to get the | Alameda city register ready in time for the freeholdars’ election, and unless they can vote on the old register 1 do not see how we can get ready for them. take 200 deputies to' prepare register in time for that election.” —_—— Wheelwomen on tour, who wish to present as neat an d alechol. Tt comes ut It would the new raturally appearance ronllble. will welcome the invention of in a tin and 0000000000 000000000 005555500¢ B e | ARMY BUTTON CAUSES A FIRM'S DISSOLUTION AKLAND, Dec. 21.—The well-known law firm of McElroy & McElrath will shortly dissolve, and all on account of a G. A. R. button that for years ha colonel late unpleasantness,” local Justinians North: filled a buttonhole on' Colonel was an officer In the Grand Army of the Republic during “the and Major McElrath was likewise officially prom- Inent in the Confederate army, and the firm was familiarly known amon as “the blue and the gray.” Occasionally the two att would swap reminiscences, and it Is understood that during the explof of one of these recently the major of the South sald to the colonel McElroy's coat lapel. The the ot the “If I were you I'd not wear that button in my coat lapel on all occa- sions.” The colonel registered a vigorous exception, and, hearing no sustaining voice, vows now that he will no longer fight in the legal arena with the South- ern major as his ally. *The major is 2 good attorney,” said Colonel kicked on my G. A. R. button, and it's all off. more kicking about that button that I hold McElroy to-day, *“but he I don't propose to stand any 80 dearly as a reminder of the up- holding of the Union. Yes, I propose that the firm be dissoived. The big 1i- brary is mine, and, though I am well along in years, T will get on very well without a partner.” So. too, does Major McElrath gay: ““The colonel Is a good lawyer, but we were really never partners. We simply worked together on certain cases. Oh, there’s been no trouble, and we are as good friends as ever clasped hands between South.” the North ana % . Patrick Flynn, who FFRRRRNRNRGRNN M"WWWWMMVWWW | i 11 NEWS OF THE BAYUITIES JOAQUIN ESLABE MUST NOW HANG FOR HIS CRIME Death Sentence Has Been Sustained. SUPREME COURT SO RULED S e L THE ATROCIOUS MURDER OF CHARLES GATES RECALLED. e st Condemned Man Declares Now He Did Not Have a Fair Trial and Threatens Suicide to Cheat the Gallows. . Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Dec 2L Joaquin Eslabe must now explate the atrocious murder of Charles E. Gates, committed on March %, 1568, and for which he was convicted on June 13 of the me year by a jury in Judge Ogden's court. The Supreme Court to-day sus- talned the judgment and sentence of death passed upon him by Judge Ogden, and the condemned man was this after- noon removed to a cell which he will oc- cupy until he is transferred to the scene of execution. A guard has also been placed over him, for he has repeatediy vowed that he would commit suicide when all hope of escape from the gallows should leave him. Thomas Downing, a “trusty” serving six months for assault with a deadly weapon, will guard him during the day, and Tim Holland will keep watch during the night. The atroclous murder of Gates was com- mitted on a Sunday night in the latter's tamale parlors, then located at the corner of Thirteenth street and Broadway. The object was robbery, t f. show. ing that Eslabe took e dead e, and th ve: man's purse, a cl till. Gates was a crippl weapon Eslabe Lad tamale man, to used was a plece of gaspipe. been befriended by the whom he owed a small loan. He waited until late at night, when he found Gates alone, and tying a cord about his neck to stifle any outery he smashed his vic- tim's skull with the plece of pipe. The next morning Eslabe was arrested at the Oakland mole while he was abonut to board the first boat from this side. His trial resulted In a_ verdict of gullty of murder in the first degree, and in Novem- ber of last year the case s appealed to the Supreme Court. Eslabe's attorneys were ex-Judge A. k. Frick and Willlam White. “My lawyers didn’'t represent my case as they should have,” sdid Eslabe this afternoon, “‘and that's why I | now engaged T. J. Crowley, whi that T get just I have not had a trial. When I was half drunk I w; by Deputy District Attorney o confess the murder. I said, ‘1 did it if you say 0. Melvin went on the and so testified to the confession. My Iaw- yers let the confession go before the | Jury.” Esiabe fs 33 years of age. He has a | wife and a daughter, who since the mur- der have disclaimed him. —_—————— CATHOLICS STUDENTS ORGANIZE A CLUB BERKELEY, Dec. 21.—-With the open- ing of the next semester of the University of California in January there will be in existence a soclety composed of the Catholic students in college. The object of the organization Is to bring all the Catholic _students in the university to- gether. The club will be named the Ne man Club, after the late Cardinal Ne Officers have been elected as fo President, Dr. Martin A. Ci first vice president, Miss Mary Gallaghe second vice president, Miss Lunny; sec- retary. John Morlarily; treasurer, Miss Nagle. IS TREMBLING ON THE BRINK. Imperial Disaster Confronts Eng- land, Says Rev. William Rader. God of our fathers, known of old— Lord of our far-flung battle line— Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lect we forget—lest we forget! “England is trembling on the brink of imperial disaster,” said Rev, Willlam Ra- der at the Congregational Club banquet last evening, “and it will topple into the brink beyond unless the spirit of John Milton, of Cromwell or of Gladstone rises to again fill the hearts of the people with righteousness—with the spirit of Puritan- fsm.” A banquet in commemoration of our forefathers. a feast in memory of those who laid the path for religlous freedom, held in the California Hotel, called to- | gether over eighty of the most prominent nfembers of the church to discuss and hear discussed the results of the labor of the Puritans in behalf of their religion and the good that has resulted from the spirit of righteousness and freedom they implanted In the hearts of the American people. Rev. Willlam Rader, president of the club, officlated at the banquet, Rev. S. D. Hutsinplilar of the Central Meth- odist Church being the guest of honor. The members of the club and guests were seated at the banquet board &t 6 o'clock and it was late in the even- ing before the responses to the varfous toasts were made. In_the absence of Howard M. Ticknor of Boston, Rev. F. B. Cherington responded to the toast “The Puritan S;Irl( in New England Let- ters.” Senator Frederick S. Stratton, who was to give his views of the “Puritan Spirit in Civic Life and John P. Irish, who was to address the gathering on the “Puritan Spirit and Conquest of the World" were absent. Mrs. Susie Hert- Mark rendered a voeal solo and was fol- lowed by Rev. S. D. Hutsinpillar, who re- gponded to_the toast, “The Pllgrim and Vesleyan—Their Mutual Obligations.” After classifying Puritanism as ‘“repr senting the progress of the spirit of re- sistance to tyranny,” Rev. Mr. Hutsin- pillar continued for some minutes, con- cluding his address with a blessing upon the assembled guests. At the conclusion of this toast Dr. Rader called upon Rev. C. R. Brown of Oakland to lead the gathering in prayer, after which the guests returned to thelr homes, hngp)’ after the prayers and de- votion to the memory of the Puritan fore- fathers. STREETCAR BLOWN UP BY STRIKERS Third Offense of the Sort Committed in Springfield Since the Pres- ent Trouble, SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 21.—For the third time since the strike was declared against the Springfleld Consolidated Railway, No- vember 10, a streetcar was dynamited at 11:30 o'clock to-night. The car was blown off the track and completely wrecked. No passengers were aboard and the motor- man and conductor were not injured. The explosion happened in the heart of the cllg at hlsmh street and Capitol avenue and caused great excitement. claims have been assigned, and the own- —_—— Retired Officer Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Surgeon Gen- eral Sternberg received a telegram to-day raying that Lieutenant Colonel Davis L. Huntingdon, a retired officer of the medi- cal department, dled at Rome yesterday. thelr | stand | jon the | hesitate to serve his c BRAVE HOWARD AVERY ILL FROM NERVOUS SHOCK News of His Mother’s Death the Cause. HIS FRIENDS DECEIVED HIM e m— DID NOT KENOW SHE WAS DAN- GEROUSLY SICK. ——— y Sad Condition of a Brilliant Berkeley Graduate Who Won Promotion and Distinction in the Philippines —— OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Lieutenant How- ard Avery, the University of California student who went to the Philippines as an enlisted private in the Fourteenth United States regulars and came back as & tenant in the regular service, with - ommendation to Congress from his com- manders that he be given a dal for u usual bravery, is critically ill at his home in Sausalito, caused by the shock of his mother’'s death Mrs. Avery was stricken with apoplexy on Baturday last, and L. it Avery, who was up in the mining tricts, was summoned by telegraph to return home The telegram said only that she was very sick and did not give him the idea that her iliness was very serious. He resp: ed at once and was on his way hom Tuesday when his mother dled. He nothing of her death until he got on the boat to Sausalito, when a friend aj proached to extend to the young soldler his sympathy at the death of his m. The shock was so great that it br on an attack of nervous paralysls and he was taken home In a very bad condition This attack of nervous paralysis was largely due to the bad physical condition of the young soldier, who had been wounded in the Philippines and was home on sick leave. He was shot in the famous charge at Zapota bridge, when General Lawton made his attack upon the Insur- gents south of Manlla. Lieutenant Avery was hit in the thigh, and malarial fever set in, making his condition so bad that he secured a leave of absence and re turned to his California home. This sick leave had almost expired, and he was meaking efforts to have it rencwed when this attack came. Howard Avery was one of the most pop- ular students in the State University When the war with Spain broke out he enlisted in the Fourteenth United Sta regulars as a private, and before reached Manila he was made a Though a university graduate, h untry soldier. In Manila he displayed the great- est bravery. He was one of the small party that, under Captain Miles, ¢ ured Block House 14 in & charge that will £o down in history. The party was nearly all killed, but “Avery reached the block house with a few others. For this he was recommended for promotion to a Ii - ancy. While in the trenches and firing line he studied for his exami and was finally passed and secured commission. Before his departure for the Philippine Islands Lieutenant Avery became engaged to Miss Caroline Coft ‘of Oakland. No date has been set for the wedding, but i might have occurred before his return to the Philippines had it not been for this unusual and unhappy turn that events have taken. IN OFFICE FOR A YEAR. Public Installation of the Chosen Ones of King Solomon’s Chapter. In the beautifully decorated chag room of King Solomon Chapter, Order the Eastern Star, in Franklin Hall, Fillmore street, last night, there many the installation of the elected and ap- pointed officers of the chapter for the cur- rent year. The Installing officer was Grand Patron George Louls Darling, who was assisted by Mrs. Sarah Isabelle Hub- bard, ex-grand treasurer, who was acting grand marshal. The elected officers who were placed In thelr several stations with the very dmpressive ceremonies of the or- Martha Elizabeth Blade, worthy matron; Arthur Macdonald Blade, worthy patron; N. Annette Wood, assoclate m ron; Alma Elizabeth Bottomley, tary; Loulse Metzler, treasurer; of on were members of the order to witness re- Anea Lincoln Baehr, conductress; Sophle Ath- earn, assoclate conductress. The appointed officers are: Harry I!.lchr, ir- - L chaplain; Jane Dawson, marshal inia Isabelle Bottomley, warder thrltl Denison, sentinel; Marths Wrenn, Adah; Charlotte (H.’nl; Villa Abrahams, . Mart L Franklin, Electa; Anna Estelle Hute =on, organist. The work of the grand patron was, as usual, grand, and won much pralse and many ¢ T ‘ tlons for the perfectness of her portion of the ceremony was the acting grand mar- A feature of the ceremonles was Mrs. George L. Durling God Leads Me” and “G . Boysen rendered “Hills “The Postilion™; Miss Florence Perkins sang ‘“Noel”: Mrs. Henry Ow ave “A Dream of Paradlse” and ord Remember Me,” and Master Blade of 8t. Luke's cholr, son warthy matron and patron, . uu;‘ w! effect “Home Blessed,” after his had been conducted to his station. At the conclusion of the installation there wern short addresses by the grand patror Grand Secretary Mrs. Willats, Florin | Jones, John H. Gray and others, after which there was a general reception to the new officers. pacscsamio B P Assignments of Army Officers. Captain Aifred Bjornstad, Forty-second Infantry, reported for duty at the ¥re- sidio yesterday. He was assigred to the casual detachment pending his ass:gn- ment to Manlla. The contract of Acting Assistant Sur- geon Gilbert L. Pray has been annuled and he has been ordered to proceed to home, Webster City, lowa. Acting Assistant Surgeon F_A. Titus has been assigned to duty at the general hospital at the Presidio.” He will ¢ ually be aesigned to duty at Marnila. Ac(lnf Assistant Surgeon Pearl, who was with the detachment of the Third Artillery at Sequola Park, has been as- signed to temporary duty at the general hospital. s Fire at San Jose. SAN JOSE, Dec. 2L.—The residence of T. W. Barstow, the well-known horseman, slameda, near race stree was destroyed by fire this evening. The loss I3 000, with 82500 Insurance. There was no one at home at the time of the fire, and the blaze is believed to have been set by some jubllee celebrator. The place was formerly the home of Senator Shortridge. General Lewis Passes Away. 8T. LOUIS, Dec. 21.—General James Lew!s, a well-known attorney, ex-vice president of the Board of Police Com- missioners and former Adjutant General of the State of Missouri, died at his home in this city to-night of peritonitis, aged 41 years. neral Lewis had been {ll only a few days. Lineman Killed. SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—Theodore Meyers, a lineman in the employ of the Grant-street Electric Rallway Company, met death this afternoon from the combined effects n electric shock and a twenty-foot fail from a pole, the fall being caused by tho shock. He was formerly a resident of Los Angeles.