The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1900, Page 11

RY. 24, 1900. NEWS OF THE BAY CITIES JOAQUIN ESLABA MUST HANG FOR HIS AWFUL DEED Supreme Court Will Not Interfere. AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE MURDERER OF CHARLES GATES MUST PAY THE PENALTY. e Death Watch Placed on the Con- demned Man, Who Has Aban- doned Himself to Despair. SRR Francisco Call £ w er was ared he bece MASONS WILL HONOR GRAND MASTER CASWELL OAKI AN ALLEGED VOID CONTRACT. The Webster-Street Bridge Matter | Brought Into the Federal Courts. AN R mpany that ter n for street Jakland. | Cotton | other in at the i e pri | made; whi apeting bidders to | nts of their | Brothers 1t that amount g order was fis- set for hearing | ight is an attor- ederal courts have | he is a subject of | | e Married by a Justice. | OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Dugald McNichol | end Emma Johnson, both residents of | & were married to-day by ce § JEALOUS AN AGED SHE GOES T0 AN ASYLUM Mrs. Eugenia Deppe Is Declared Insane. I Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Jan. 23 Eugenia Deppe, who, prompted by sy, tried to commit suicide at her n Fruftvale last Sunday by drini potations of ether and turpentine, mitted to-day to the insane asylum at Judge Ogden. on of her attempted suicide s revived at the Receiving w and then int with he charged the wife with in- of dist her husband, rbing his peace. Mrs. Deppe wa. mined by the Li Comm mers t. ay, when the husb who is twenty-five years her junior, testi- 1 that she had veen unduly jealous for . accusing him of intima women and irls, enraged if he sp: The couple were married Deppe asserted before the Commis roung husband road her to t D £ Tt AUGUST SCHILLING BUYS THE SHAFTER PLACE OAKLAND, Jan August Schilling fter homes » street and will In- ) his home. The old er place consists of several acres of Merritt im- Schilling’s me ad- proposed to K bordering Lake mediately in the rear of Mr. and will make a very ha his antages number of citize clated them of formi: of th gether for the pury rati r the law State to blish and maintain a library; 0 sell or exchange such real or per- property may be red for the =6 or ben of the corporation ceive gifts of property real to borrow ¥ therefor & of the co articles ¢ m tion w: with Co « Jan by the Free P ibrary. There is no stock nor shares of stock, and the f the o med as South- re- not resume rrick. He is now in uthern Pacific Com- dge Ogden granted _Alphonse itter a divorce from Emma L. Sutt bf desert for the ———— Witnesses Searched for Arms. OAKLAND, Ja All of the wit- nesses and ested in the ex of Charles Goodwin, charge . were searched by order c to-day for fear that fi = hidden in ourt rted by Attorney Thomas arrity ed that brother of the comy 1ess Schaffer be exc room ¢ searche.J Justice Quinn extended the order to all Witnesses. Ready for Confirmation. y Jacobs, M ND, Jan. 23.—8i m of Mr. and Mn nfirmed on Saturda between Fourth and Fifth be a reception at the Jacobs home on Saturday and Sunday. e e L Hoeman Hysteria. OAKLAND, Jan. 23—8. H. Wheelan iver his lecture on “The Hoeman Hysteria” before the Oakland Club to- morrow afternoon at 3 p. m. This is the 3 lecture that w delivered in San o before the Chit Chat Club. —e————— Reception by President Wheeler. BERKELEY, Jan. 23.—-The first recep- tion given by President and Mrs. Wheeler will be tendered to the gradvate stydents in the university next I'riday evening at the president’s home in Eushnell place. placed in the County | ~ongregation of Beth Jacob, on | THEIR HONEYMOON SPENT BY TELEPHONE Secretly Married for Two Years, and Then Told the Story When Her Young THEY LIVED AS SON AND MOTHER BUT FELL OUT Now Widow Wants Deeds Null fied. Husband Flirted. e K3 Oakland Office San Francisco, Call, to housekeeping and their future in- o %8 Broadway, Jan. 23. tentions. And Mr. Robins has always - HE secret marriage of Lulu continued to make his home at the [ "Noye, stepdaughter of Craigie residence of his widowed mother, Sharp, secretary of the Oak- Mrs. F. T. Robins, 50 Sycamore % | land Board of Trade, and street. Communication between bride % | Leigh H. Kob a_young and groom has been chiefly by tele- bookkeeper employed at J. H. McDon- ald’s real estate office, leaked out to- night. The news will be received as a great surprise by Oakland society. The fact of their marriage has been guarded with the most remarkable and strict- est secrecy for over two years, not even the parents of the young couple having ever had the slightest inkling until to-day, when the bride gently phone. The elder Mrs. Robins was loth to discuss the affair when seen this even- ing. Craigle Sharp had called on her to-day, exhibiting the marriage cer- tificate of his stepdaughter, and Mrs. Robins was astounded beyond all con- ception. “I was never so surpried In all my life,” she declared. “I knew nothing of this affair and bad no idea they broke the news to her mother. were even going together, for Leigh The couple have never lived to- has never to my recollection men- gether as man and wife, and but for tioned Miss Noye's name in my pres- act that the young platonic hus- d of late been posing in the swellest of local soclety as a single man—a pose that apparently aroused the ire of the neglected bride—the de- tails of the elopement would have continued in its cloak of secrecy for- ever and anon. The elopement was arranged by telephone. The truth of Lulu Noye's story as told by her to her mother to-day is clearly borne out by the marriage rec- ords of Santa Clara County. The rec- ords there show that on August 21, 1897, at San Jose, a license was issued y Dy ¢ County Clerk J. M. Shilue to Leigh H. Robins, a native of Vir- ginia, resident of San Francisco, age 21 years, and Lulu Noe, native of Cal- ifornia, resident of San Francisco, aged 18 years. . It will be seen that the true ¥ of residence (Oakiand) was not given, nor was the bride's name cor- rectly spelled. The marriage solemnized at San Jose on the same day by L. Delos Mansfield, minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church there, the witnesses being Elizabeth M. and Jennette Mansfleld, wife and daughter-in-law respectively of the officlating pastor. Two days later the marriage was recorded. After the ceremony the young bride and groom hurried back to their re- spective homes in this city and a vow was taken never to divuige their se- cret. Since then Mr. Robins has oc- castonally called on his wife at the home of her parents, 718 Sycamore street, but he claims that he has been too busy with other and more impor- tant affairs to find time to discuss with his bride the fact of their mar- riage, the prospect of settling down gt %06%’&0&0&050&0503808308‘5088 *RBe NI NI R e Ry the I do not know what it all band 1 ence. means.” Young Mr. Robins, the retiring groom, llkewise was loth to express himself affirmatively or negatively until pressed, and then he whispered “Yes, we sneaked down to San Jose at the time you mention and got mar- ried. You see, it was this way: We were young and liked each other very well and thought it might be nicely romantic to go off and get married that way. “I baven't given the subject any further thought since then,” continued Robins, ““for I've been too busy with business affairs. I don’t know really whether we will ever live together, for 1 don’t know how her folks feel about ft. Most of our conversation on that subject has been over the telephone. But then I don't care to discuss it. ‘The young bride could not be seen to-da; nor her mother, who is re- puted to be wealthy. Mr. Sharp, how- ever, expressed his surprise over his stepdaughter’s marriage. ‘1 absolutely did not know anything about it until Lulu told her mother about it to-day. To say I was sur- prised and provoked is putting it mildly. Of course the proposition is here. Mr. Robins will probably have to provide for his wife now. He'll have to do something or his young bride will certainly be doing some- thing. He has not provided for her. If it comes to a showdown she has grounds for a divorce.” It is not improbable that young Robins, who is decidedly popular in goclety circles, may find himself a candidate for defendant in a divorce suit almost as soon as his friends have realized that he is a benedict. | | | | et e 0% e 20 N AN PN A a e AN AN NN e 00 020 e e NN et e AN R e NN NN NN 0NN Nt 4NN ININERNIL N NN LI RI NI NN U 4RGN NP ,ozz‘s Gene | +tie@ PROAIBITIONISTS HAVE CALLED } CONVENTION Will Meet in Chicagof to Select Nominees. | Sheld relieved Stmon Pleff of a purse con- taining $40 and was arrested on the charge named, but denied that he had taken the money and pointed to his po erty in proof. A $20 piece was found in his shoe, however, and his fnability to account for its presence there resulted | in his conviction. e ,——————— CONCESSION TO CHINESE. Immigrants Denied a Landing May Pass Through the Country. Port Collector Jackson has been noti- fied by the Secretary of the Treasury that in all cases where Chinese are de- nied a landing at this port and ordered deported, they may go in transit through the country to any other country. The | applicant so denied and wishing to go in | transit must file a bond in the sum of - 23.—The following call | Prohibition convention | CHICAGO ention of the Prohtbition | ates for President and | el States and to | ss _as may properly | lled to meet at| < at 10| as follows: titied 1o four dele- Seoc also entitled to twice number of members Congress to which it &5 many | —Each State may send one additional | e for every one thousand votes or major | or. thereo? cast for Joshi Fresident in 159 Fourth—Each Territory =~ The District of Columbia s entitied delegates Bach Ftate or Territory s entitied to &liternates as its number of delegates. he time and manner of selecting these dele- gates and alternates will be determined by the Probibitionists of the various States and Ter- ritories. subject only to this provision: That in every State where the party has an organ- ized Siate committee the delegates must be choven by such Congressional or State conven- te Central Committee may call ua Levering for | is entitied to two | for that purpose, or by the State committee in such manner as it may determine. OLIVER W. STEWART, Chairman. WILLIA WARDWPELL, Secretary. e George Sheid Convicted. hGQOI'?’ flh’fld..' a soldier, was convicted Y & jury in Judge Dunne's court yes- terday on a charge of grand luczny. | Phelan and Sheriff Lackmann, $300 that he will not remain in this coun- try, and the bondsmen may be released upon_the certificate of the Collector of the Port at the point of exit. —_———— Public Works Matters. At the meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday Commissioner Mahoney reported that, in he had visited Branch County Jafls 2 and 3 and found them to be in urgent need of repairs. He recommended the purchase of 100 Yale locks for the cells, for which bids were immediately opened. The lowest bid was $1 473 for each lock. The contract will be awarded this morning. A petition from the Mutual Electric Light Company for permission to repair conduits and open up streets in the viein- ity of Market and East streets was re- ferred to the Bureau of Streets. sttt g Dragged by the Heel. James Scott, a colored teamster having his stand at Larkin and Ellis streets, was driving down Polk street yesterday afternoon when his horse slipped nenr Turk street. Scott in putting on the brake fell forward and his heel got ht in the b e. He was dr: ed :l-oun.; for some distance, his head l:fl’lp- ing against the cobblestones, until he was rescued by Policeman Howard, who happened t0 be passing along the street. Scott was taken to the Receiving Hos- ital, where a wound In his scalp was ressed by Dr. Dray. ————— Peru's university was founded by Pi- Zarro. company with Mayor | of his grouplng, but it does not occur where it should not, and there is plenty of the proper kind of movement that does Lot suggest a checker-board stage and a drillmaster in the wings, ‘When there is a certain amount of seri- ous dramatic action in a comic opera the chcrus and supes should be handled In a manner that does not utterly destroy the fllusion. They should act with somethin; like a proper sense of the situation ang not make things ridiculous by evoluting in_revolving stars and dissolving squares, Mr. Jones, who is undoubtedly a man of ldeas, might take a leaf from the book of “QUEEN’S LACE HANDKE&CHIEF” The Comic Opera Situation. Something of Mr. Jones’ Stage Management. After a very pretentious but not too successful production of “The Black Hus- sar” the Southwell Opera Company made [1ts first hit in San Francisco & year ago | somethies dobeing of the asers and do | with “The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief.” |due the handiihg of the Roman mab in And now that operetta is revived at the | Grand, with the same principals, an al- | tered orchestra, a new chorus and a dif- | ferent management. Comparison is inevi- table. The performance s not so good. | The reason for this is the next thing to | be considered. Is it due to the principals, ; who are the same, the orchestra, which is { altered, the chorus, which is new, or the management, which is different? »ir. Wolff is the same; Mr. Persse per- haps better than he was; Edith Mason’s the Amerjcan opera company's produc- tion of “Nero.” 'He should not wait until he is forced to break away from tradition, as he was in Stewart and Robertson's ‘‘His Majesty,” and the success that the clever management of the chorus in that ogera won should encourage him to adopt the freer and infinitely more artistic tac- tics displayed therein. PORTER GARNETT. —_———— Harvard has a rifle club and a brass band. %n rding the two -— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Jan. 22 At the trial of a suit before Judge Ells- worth to-day, brought to nullify a deed, it developed that at one time the plaintiff, Christina Schobel, aged 71 years, acted as mother over the defendant, August Welke, aged 31 years. But the aged German woman claims that she “found Welke out” and Immediately Lroke off her pro- fessed maternal relations. 1t appears that back in 1892 Mrs. Schobel was employed as a domestic by the par- ents of W. B. Wegener in San Francisco. She had some money left her by her hus- band, and with this she took a mortgage ! on several lots in Lonn, eventually ac- quiring title by forecloSure. About four years ago Weike, who had also been in | the employ of the Wegener family, be- came acquainted with the widow Schobel. Presently the two went to Sonoma County to reside and engaged in chicken ranch- ing. Mrs. Schobel had no relatives Ii ing and grew very fond of her partner, whom she called “son,” and who in a fectionate response called her “mother. But one evil day, according to Mrs. Schobel's complaint, Welke induced her to deed to him her lots in Lorin, valued at about $2000, and then she found out, so ghe claims, that he has been trying to sell the property. Therefore she seeks to set aside the gift On the witness stand Mrs. Schobel tes- tifled that Welke had explained to her that should she die the deed conveyance could be promptly recorded and he be saved the expensa of probating her estate. Welke, on the other hand, claims that the deed was a gift pure and simple as could pass between a fond mother and a loving son, and he declares that he will fight the case to a bitter termination. He asserts that the woman's assumed rela- tions as mother have waned and that she therefore changed her mind and now wants her property restored to her. The trial was not concluded this after- noon, but was continued. BEQUEATHED CARE OF SONS TO DAUGHTERS OAKLAND, Jan. 22.—The will of Eliza Teubert, who died at San Lorenzo on the 16th instant, was filed for probate to- day. The estate is valued at several thou- sand dollars and by the terms of the will, dated just a week prior to her death, is left in its entirety to the two daughters, | Frederiea A. and aged respectively Rebecca A. Teubert, 33 and 31 years. Re. sons, Charl H. and homas A. Teubert. the instrument, wit- essed by Jemima Branin and N. Al M Conaghy, ‘contains the following pro- visfon: My failure to mention or be- queath anything herein to my two sons, Charles Herman and Thomas Armstron Teubert, is intentional, as I belleve sal sons will be properly cared for by my two daughters named herein.” The daughters are named as without bonds and they appiy for letters of administration. IMPROVEMENT CLUBS FORWARD PETITIONS Fire Protection, School Buildings and Other Betterments Sought. With the expectation of getting im- provements for their several localities the varfous improvement clubs of the Mission are active In the petition field to the new city authorities. At the Nuevo Potrero Club last night, John Bardhun in the chalr, the final report of the committee on better railroad service was presented by the secretary. Attorney C. F. Kim- ball, who engineered to success the ad- ditional service of an electric line from Twenty-fourth street to Rhode Island, stated that the Market-street compan cheerfully granted what the club desired, and as a result within thirty days from the time the request was made the rails had been put down over four blocks. Thi report was hailed w considerable jc by the club members, and a vote o thanks was extended to Mr. Kimball for his succes President Bardhun drew the attention of the members to the necessity of having better fire protection in this portion of the Mission. Acting on the suggestion, A. D. Pratt made a motion that a committee of three be appointed to wait on the Super- visors and request the erection of a bulld- ing for the purpose. The motion was adopted and_the chair appointed A. D. Pratt, John Kidney and Charles Meirnet to_walit on the members of the board. The next imporiant matter looking to the welfare of the " ctio: the erec- tion of an eight-class school building. It was stated that there are over 500 familles located on the side east of Potrero avenue and west of De Haro street, with over 200 children, for whom there are no school facilities. To obtain the necessary requi- site In this respect President Bardhun ap- ointed A. D. Pratt, Attorney ¢, F. Kim- all and Peter Stolberg to wait on the Board of Education and present a petition setting forth the requirements of the resi- dents. Eureka Valley and Park Lane Tract Club_also wanfs an engine company lo- cated in its locality, and will wait on the Supervisors with request for the same. This club also laced in and about Liberty Heights, with tter police protection. Holly Park Club will request from the Supervisors or the Park Commissioners the fixing up of Holly Park as a spot of beauty on the northern slope of Bernal Heights. A petition will be presented to the Supervisors for the openinz of Rich- land avenue and Eastlake <treet. besides other improvements deemed i be neces- sary in this portion of the ¢ —_—— Custom-House Appointments. t Port Collector Jackson yesterday ap- pointed E. M. Seaman as customs in- spector, vice Arthur S. Lee igned. Mr. Seaman's name was taken from the eligible list. He is a veteran of the Civil War. Inspector Lee fs a brother-in-law of Senator Stratton of Alameda. He re- signed once before to follow the profes- sion of dentistry. but teeth were so good and times so bad that after two months’ voice has suffered an Impairment, and Miss Ladd has in every way deteriorated. The orchestra is decidedly capable, though its value I8 lessened by the loss of Mi. Simonson, who was an important factor in all the Southwell productions. The | chorus is still so good that no serious | fault may be found with it. It is therefore “up to" the management to account for the falling off of the cur- rent performance. It has simply kept the singers too long in the harness and al- lowed some of them to sing their voices away utterly. The loss of Simonson, too, was a mistake, !hough perhaps unavoid- able. It is now perhaps too late in the |day to mend matters and the company must perforce remain as it is, weary and unrelieved, until the end of its season, which is not far distant. Had, however, some new material been introduced in the high places the public's interest in the productions at the Grand would be revivified to the advantage of all con- cerned. “The Queen's Lace Handkerchief” is a pleasing opera in any circumstances, and the present rerl’onnlnce of it is enjoy- able, decidedly so. The music mfgfl's and catchy, and some of it, the ensembles in particular, is belni sung with good ef- fect. The finale of the second act is ad- mirable and simply compels the applause that calls for its Tepetition. The stage management is as clever as {s all of Mr._Jones’ work and more rationall conducted than it was in “Don Caesar.”: There is of course the inevitable formality FOR . Hunyadi Janos Natural Laxative Water Has Merit : q{epwafim: * Superiority. executrices | wants additional lights | VOTE BONDS T0 IMPROVE | THEIR CITY More School Facilities for Alameda. -— ALAMEDA, Jan. 23.—The city of Ala- meda will have a chance to vote bonds to the amount of $100,000 for improvements. The bond election will be held March 26, two days after the freehoiders’ election. 1t wiil then be left to the voters to de- cide whether four departments of the city government shall be bettered. They will be asked to give their approbation authorizing the issuance of 335,000 in | bonds for school improvements, of $25,000 for a library building, of 320,000 for put- ting the Webster-street roadway Iinto condition for the accommodation of travel, and $20,000 for additions to the electric light plant k. decision to hold the bond_election arrived at last night by the Board of Trustees. They met in conference with he Board of Education, Library Trus- tees and a Municipal League committee. Plans were submitted by the depart- mental representatives. In each case the T}’Uf!f"fl agreed to give what was asked of them. The Board of Education members made a strong plea to have the election held as soon as possible. They urged that school impre ents may be made dt ing the summer vacation if the election date be fixed the earliest. Their con- vineing arguments moved the Trustees to appoint the date named. The Library Trustees will have $35,000 to spend on a library building—$25,000 to be raised by bonds and $10.000 as a gift from Andrew Carnegie. The Free Li- brary already owns a lot at the corner of Santa Clara avenue and Oak street But it 18 not considered big enough. The Trustees have been urged to purchase fifty feet more frontage on Santa Clara avenue for $4500. They have not con- cluded what they will do. They do not know definitely the style of building they will put up, but It will probably be a two-story brick-and-stone affair.” Plans will be ready in two weeks. The School Department will spend its $35000 on additions to several school etructures in the city. An elaborate plan has_been devised. Additional rooms will be built on to the Porter, Haight, En- cinal and Wilson schools. These schools are so planned that wings can be put on them when needed. The Porter will be used as a High School in the future in- stead of the Haight. The design is to secure the readjustment of pupils placing them in (istricts where the properly belong. Concentration is almed at in the larger schools. The congestion now existing in some of the schools will be relieved. Of the $20.000 to be raised for the im- provement of the Webster-street road- 000 will be used at once for ne- y repairs. The $10,000 remaining in the treasury will be expended later, when title is acquired, in filling In the sioughs and preparin the street, widened to eighty feet. | The 320,000 for the electric light plant will be available to make extensions and additions and to purchase meters for new consumers. The nroposed all night ser- vice cannot be had until these improve- ments are made. trial he resigned as entered the Philip Dus has been apy George Coon a dentist and re- ustom house service. bury, opener and packer, inted messenger in place of erred. ——— City Electrical Department. The joint Fire and Police commissions having charge of the rical depart- ment of the city government, which in- { cludes the fire alarm and police telegraph nd telephone systems, held their second ‘ting in the Poli Commissioners’ room yesterday afternoon, | ! Rolla * vatt in the chair. ¥ business transacted was the appointment | of a chief electrician at a salary of $240 | per annum. W. R. Hewitt got the plum. | Under the old regime he held practically the same position. e e | PRAYERS FOR POLITICIANS. Frankfort Clergymen Observe a Day of Humiliation. FRANKFORT n of “Humiliation ast Sunday by the minist | of the local churches, s observe | day by the Ky., committee X e time for tak- ing evidence, giving each side two more days for that purpose. i Davis’ Acts Not Official. WASHINGTON, Jan. —~The newspa- er gossip about the of Webster | Assistant Secretary of the Interior, | to points in South Africa was briefl touched upon in the Cabinet session. Sec- Hitchcock explained that Mr. Davis was away from his post on sick jeave; that his visit to any place was per- sonal and unofficial and that no one had any right to attach any official or political significance to his movements. i g Will Give No Bonus. PETALUMA, Jan. 23.—To-day the City Trustees met and discussed the proposi- tion of C. L. Torr, who desires a cash bonus of $30.000 and site for the erection of new woolen mills. It was decided to decline the proposition as too high, and so the matter rests. At a meeting of the Board of Education of this city to-day | it was decided hereafter that no tuition be lcharged puplls living outside the city mits. —-—— Smallpox in Oklahoma. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Postoffice in- spectors have reported to the department that on account of the prevalence of smallpox in Oklahoma the offices at Re- mus and Avoca should be closed and the mail from certain points be fumigated. The department has acquiesced and the offices will be closed for thirty days. The mail west of Weatherford will be fumi- gated. o i .Funeral of Walter Newman. | SANTA CRUZ Jan. 23.—The funeral of | Walter Newman, auditor of the Postal | Department of the Philippines, who re- cently died in Washington, D. C., took place this afternoon. Many floral pleces, | including those from the High School class of '84, of which deceased was a member, covered the casket. Rev. Alex- ander Eaken of the Presbyterian Church officiated. - Pioneer Woman Dies. PETALUMA. Jan. 23.—Mrs. Virginia | Charles, wife of E. R. Charles, died at | her home in this city to-day. Mrs. Charles ! was a native of Sonoma, aged 53 years, and was the first child of white parentage born in California north of San Fran- cisco Bay. She was a member of the fa- mous Rolewt family which came from Virginia in 1844. o S8 R | | Conveyed to Agnews. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 23.—Shenft Ivins leaves to-morrow morning to con- vey Alols Alder to Agnews Insane Asy- | lum, and will return with convict Bert Constipation and Hemorrhoids IT IS UNEXCELLED. Beware of Substitutes! Ross, who will be_tried for the murder of | Deputy Sheriff Will J. Ward of Sen Diego. e Assigned to Regiments. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Officers re- regiments as follows: Colonel Charles W. Miner, to the Sixth Infantry; Colonel | cently promoted ‘have been assigned to | | James M.'J. Sanno. to the Eighteenth In- fantry; Lleutenant Colonel Charles L. Davis, to the Sixth Infantry, and Lieu- tenant Colonel Frank D. Baldwin to the Fourth Infantry. | her suit against the Manhattan Life | He was seen aboard the steamer for the final completion of | for Port Harford. TRIUMPH OF AN OAKLAND BOY IN ART CIRCLES Gained Third Prize in Paris Exhibit. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %08 Broadway, Jan. 22. Blendon Reed Campbell, the talented young Oakland artist, has returned home after a stay of three years abroad. He has been very successful and h galned several medals for the work which he has dome. tures were on exhibition at the second annual exhibit of the American Art Association in Paris during the fore part of the present yvear and one of them re- ceived the third prize. He will remain here for will paint several picinres Three of his pic- me time and le at home. TRYING TO ESTABLISH HIRAM ROGERS’ DEATH HIS STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE IS RECALLED. Insurance Company Now Contesting His Widow’s Suit Institutea to Recover on a Policy Held by Him. Mrs. Marfa T. Rogers appeared in Judga Hunt's court yesterday morning to pr s surance Company $5000 on a policy upon her husband's life, who mysteriously disappeared while on a voyage from this city to Port Harford aboard the steamer Santa Rosa. Hiram K. Rogers is the name of the alleged de- cedent. He left this city on June 9, 1597 he night of the 9th, and was very despond- ent. The following morning his stat room door was found open, a coat hat were on the deck where, it is sup- posed, he left them, and a note dressed to the captain told of I tention to throw himseif overboard. His death by drowning was report by the captain of the vessel on arriv in port and the news was telegraphed Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Rogers employed a local detective agemcy to clear up the mystery, and after searching for the ing man for several months wi ess notices were posted througho the country containing his description and the facts relating to his disappear brought to r s in- 1 ance. In the eircular it was ted Rogers left his home June 9, 187, and took passage on the steamer Santa Rosa On the arrival of > steamer at Port Harford Rogers as missed. “Any Information regarding his whereabouts,” the circular continued, “would relieve the terrible strain from the minds of his distressed family.” No news of his whereabouts was re- ceived and a few mont ago was filed to recover on the policy A surance company filed answer in which was denied that Rogers was dead, an the case went to trial yesterday. Mrs Rogers was first called to the stand ar told her story regarding her par g wit her husband and her anguish at T that he was drowned. down on the stand and when she went over the ain search for her hus s i neys next to left by Ro ing th to throw self overboard, I i for the defense objected on the grount that it in no way established the death of the policy holder. Ju Hunt _dis- missed the jury and o | argued on the admisstbility of the note e hour of adjournment. Judge Hu give his opinion on th when case is again morning. —_——— Promotion cf Pupils. An opinion was rendered yesterday by Attorney General Tirey L. Ford on a sub- | Ject of interest to Boards of Education in every county in the State. It was in re- sponse to an inquiry by Thomas J. Kirk, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Ford says that county Boards of Edv tion may officially examine and pass the examination papers of a pupil in th public schools seeking promotion from grade to grade, as distinguished from graduation, as well as the examination papers of those seeking to graduate from the grammar ools. —_———————— County Officials Complimented. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 2.—The Grand Jury filed its report this afternoon. No indict- ments were returned. The expert's report showed the books of the county officlals correct, not an error of any kind being found. The jury highly complimented the officials on their ability, courtesy and cor- rectness of accounts. According to the expert's report it ts the county 123 cents per meal for each prisoner in the County Jall — e —— HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. W K Cole & w, Martz|T James, Auburn G J Weil. N ¥ F Mattison. § Cruz J A Migliavacca, Napa J W Dewitt, Ant J ‘Broushton, Bi Mrs J A - Oakind G H Gamble, Grass V F P Jackson & w,Re A C Morvison, Placrvl/A M Harrts & w,ldho W Marshall, Lafayerte Mrs A M Grant, § Lika pon K D Kerche Crtid R J Prince. Boston T B Hall, Sacto G Morris, Stanford J L Middleton & w, W Emery, w & o, Cal Ogden Dr C Ruggles. Stocktn J Peterson, Astuia T N Campbell. L Ang G E Caldwell & w,Npa C E Losler, Newark R Kachler, Merced |C A Phillips, Sacto H J Edwards, S Jose R Scott, N ¥ Mrs A M Eames & fm, T Landry, N Y Los Angeles € J Gray'& w. 8 Paul 7 B Lamkin, 8 Jose T Grabam. San Jose J A Edwards, S Jose Mrs J C Wilson, § Jse Mrs G Chandler, Chigo J C Wiison, San Jose G R Webb, N Y Mrs Cohen, Suisun C J Fitastmuons, Ta_| M Barton, Lafayette Mrs Darmody, Green V| H G Raaf, Pleasanton H Darmody, Green Val W Allen & w, Chicago B F Campbell & w,So- T W Henshaw, Oakind e C Moody, Napa P Bernheim, Vallefo | Capt Gray, Merced € W Joy aguay | W P Matthews, Sac J W Bowen, Los Ang | GMatSesal. V Iowa Dr C Thompso Ito Miss Thompso F Inzalls & w, J H Carruthers, R! C H Cobb, Los An; ‘W Noble, Cin J A Nell, Sacto D 4 H A Fleming, Goose L M Deterell & w. N ¥ B H Wilsin & w, S J3 G C Prentice, W C D Elder, Tacoma | C S Peck, Mokimne H Gertle Powers, Woodld| PALACE HOTEL. F F Sharpless, Madera| A Staab. Santa Fe Mrs Sharpless. Madera Mrs L Baer. Albuquerg € Dillman, Milwaukee |Louls Jefeld N M C E Lilly, Santa Cruz |Mrs Jefeld, N M A € Kennedy, N Y | E W Clayton, San Jose 3 McCormack, Vacavil G H Wiegsri, Detroit FA Spencer, Portland Mrs Wiegert, Detroft Mrs Spencer. Portiand ‘H F Logs, Minn I M Stitt, MD, Vacavil Mrs Logg. Minn Mrs Stitt, Vacaville Mrs W Heifrich, Miss J E McAiptne, Dawson B Lederer, Berlin C F Johnson, Napa E P Greston, Portola C B Johnson, Napa |F F Kellv, Seattle F W Keisel, Sacto Mrs Kelly Seattle G W Peltier, Sacto H O Collins, Los Ang Misses Pug! M Plerce, St Louls | W M Sim: Mrs Plerce, St Louis | Rev L F Garber, C Livingston, St Paul |J Welssbein. Grass Val Mrs Livingston, StPaul Mrs Weissbein, Grass\ Miss Livingston,StPaul A Frazer, Kansas City G Livingston, St Paul Mrs Frazer, Kansas O R C Rawlings, St Lou/ B L Smyth, Boston W B Weeks, N Y € D McPhes, Denver C H O/Brien, Chicago |J J Tucker, Gr Rapi‘s G W Meacham, Seattle Mrs Tucker. Grand R Mrs Meacham. Seattle Maude Tucker, Gr Rap Mrs Paine, Gr Rapids NEW WESTERN HOTEL. D McLane, Jowa Mrs Smith, Fresno ewart, Prince E 1 J J Higgins, Wash McCord & w,Bost|J Sutton, Fresno Sullivan, Stckton W G Sener, Bakersfid Murtha, Seattle | E Gerisch, Stockton Moore & w, Coalinga C Miller, Stoc Thomson, Coalng Miss O Geriseh, Stktn Moulton, Chicao Miss M Skindt, Stkin Tyberg & w, Mass © Finbere, Africa Martin & w, Ukiah L B Macquarrie, Bsta Mrs Pugh, England England