The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1900. ' THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY'S WILD RIDE ON AN ENGINE Climbs Aboard a Locomotive and Holds the Throttle Wide Open Until the Steam Gives Out. Jan. 24.—The three-year-old son of W Joh or line, about noon to-day anding in the yard and opened the throttle. gine was going at a rate of twenty miles per hour. h arted in pursult as soon as he B. E climbed into an In a short The rd the engine moving pe was too great for him to overhaw it. He telephoned tc ead, but when Portsmouth, the next station, was reached, no the attempt to board it 2 thundered past. When with- ie steam died down and a speed. A motorman on a by telephone, jumped on t of the terminus. The boy it all disconcerted over his vards of the end of the red which slack who had bee t e with ottie all the way, eng e e e S Y ] ieieieieieieieteieiebeie ieie et isietebeieieteieg SCORES McKINLEY OR SULU TREATY - | w on the strength of an opin- rday by Attorney General barber After trial he was » hanged on March 3, 1889, A to the date set for his showed unmistakable E. Hale, then d the Superior y summon a jury 1 condition. The jury e and the prisoner a 1897 - to I et Pettigrew Talks of the“ Slavery Clause. f & 2 be im. Mr. Ford stated in reply should be sent to one of the ™ i il his ty was en he would be sent back to 1 the Governor notified. The T chief executive then would a warrant for his execution. named Joseph | WOMEN VICTINS OF SWINDLERS Robbed by Two Clever Rogues. sibpa el CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Government officers to-day arrested Harry J. King and James Prince, managers of the Chicago Em- broidery Exchange, on the charge of hav- ing swindled a number of women in all parts of the country by advertising ex- | tensively that women were wanted to sew at home at a salary of $8 a week. | The correspondents were required make a deposit of $2 for supplies, when they sent this money they were iven a small lot of material to em- | Broider. This work having been done and returned to Chicago, word was sent that | everything was satisfactory, and that h;rr’i\oor supplies would be sent on receipt |o ; Many of the alleged victims became suspiclous at this point and complaints began to pour in on the postal officials. The inspectors say the mail of King and | Prince contained about 1000 letters a week. to and Augustine Is Bloodthirsty. Mrs. Leavenworth = Nicolaza Augustine, cook at 1218 street, secured & warrant sterday for the arrest of her husband »n the charge of threats to kill been supporting him for several ves d because she refused to give him any more money he choked her and sent a letter in which he threatened to kill her | and all her friends. ———————— Thieves in the Western Addition. | A number of petty thefts {n the West- ern Addition have recently been reported to Captain_Bohen, presumably committed | by boys. Yesterday the captain detalled | eix d tives to patrol the locality and apture the thieves, ————— Resume Work on Postoffice. Whatever little difference that had ex isted between the Cement Workers' Un- jon and the carpenters on the new post- office has been adjusted, and all hands buried the ax yesterda and went to | work. \ sin asked Pettigrew 1 esident respor s in the Sulu m the | read fro SAFE CRACKER FROM ARIZONA ARRESTED MAN TAYLOR IN THE TANKS. ‘Wanted for Blowing Open a Safe and Carrying Away Its Contents. A ram and and lodged tore of Vie- Ariz., was n by decided to watch the gen- 0 went to was John he was a miner from later jdentified by two Sherif t. | MURDERER KNOTT’S CASE. the State prison at 5 send Murderer the State asylums GRAPE-NUTS. HELPS ELECTRICITY. [ | Grape-Nuts Build the Brain That| Does the Planning. | | wer, Foote, | 00 horsepower lies Battle | that her two littie daughters had become \ich oar | InCOTTigible, S0 she had them taken into alichigan | custody. She complained that they stay | ywn that | out late of nights and run about. In- 2 | eidentally, the he arinf of Mrs. Lerri’s pe- ity tion before Judge Ogden revealed a bitter to noon | family feud between Mrs. Lerri, on_one s | side, her twsg half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Slat- | tery ana 3 Lulu Phillips, and her ¥ conversation, said: | mother-in-daw, Mrs. John Mlliér, on the © Goubt Jeit m my mind of | ~All of the other women were opposed I have tried all sorts of | 10 seeing the girls go to a reformatory, of the re 1| reserve when I | ts, notwiths g my uires long nued and | 1 WOrk. | s ko ant in Grape-Nuts. Noth. | of good food thar | prepared for immed assimi n imto blood and especially brain tissue. | Brain workers can get sure and| understandable results by using Grape Nuts, l SUPPOSED TO BE E. J. |, ’ money I loaned to my son Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, Jan on the night, d last were found to aying cards and The boys gave mes as Charles Moore, Steve de . Richard Howard and Robert Hol- and claimed that they had run away from different homes in the neighborhood Prison of San Jose in order to make fortunes in the Cape Nome country. They ranged in age from 12 to 15 years, and the arrest sed by the fact that the boys got into a qu 1 over a dollar and attracted the attent oliceman Powers 'm upon general principles, Moore claimed to be the son of San Jose Fire Depart- g ment. In preparing for their Alaskan voyage cartridges rck of pla and a new pocketknife witih a long blade. The pistol dropped behind a table in E taurant on lower Broad- , where they were arrested, but the r articles were found In their posses- Later the pistol was recovered. a bright little chap, rather for his age, but he was easily the He told rather a etic story to the police, but he rmed fully able to take care of himself wherever he might be placed. “I lived with my mother and sister at San Jose,” he said, “and about two years sion De Costa small leader of the quintet. 1 | ago I found I would have to do some- | thing to assist them. As I could sing and dance, I went to San Francisco and did |a turn at the Chutes. Then I went to | Seattle, where I worked as a vaudeville | artist for several months. Hearing there was a chance for a boy in my line in Alaska, 1 went to Skaguay and clearea up $400. Then I came home, gave the money to my mother and in a few months made another trip to Alaska with similar success. In one night on the steamer be- tween Seattle and Skaguay I made $70 singing and dancing. I left home this last time with my mother's consent, but I suppose the other boys ran away from home. I intend to continue on my jour- ney as soon as 1 am released.” Chief Hodgkins has notified the author- itles at San Jose, and it is probable that all except De Costa will be returned to their parents, BITTER FAMILY FUD OVER THE LERRI SISTERS Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Jan. 24. I never want to go back to my mother. Bhe called me a dirty black thing and said she would throw me into the street.” These word: uttered by Cerenia Lerri, aged 16 years, were virtually the cause of dereating her mother’s petition to have two daughters, Cerenia and Ho- nora, aged years, committed to Whit- tier Reform hool. Mrs. Honora Lerri is the widow of the late Deputy Sheriff J. Lerri, who was killed in the M powder explosion Melros: about eighteen mont She alleged Mre. Miller, mother of the late J. J. Lerri, being particularly bitter. “I did not won- der the children are going wrong, for they are stmply following their mother's exam- ple,” she exclaimed once during her tes- timony. *1 believe that when my son went out to the powder works he did not intend ever to come back. He wanted to get rid of his life and miserable surround- ings. If Mrs. Lerri will ga;' me what efore he was killed I will gladly furnish a home for is.” Nirs Terrt admitted that shé had been ieft $5000 by her late husband. She owns a grocery and carpet-beating works and has $1000 in bank, but sald she did not feel able to pay anything toward the sup- port of her children in any institutio which they might be sent. e Judge Ogden stated that the county owed something to the father of the girls for his brave act at the Melrose explo- sion and it would not be right to tax the widow for their support in a reforma. to; At the conclusion of the hearing Mrs, Slattery agreed to take care of the younger girl and Mrs. Phillips agreed to pay for the support of the other If the grandmother would provide a home. To ((]h]qd.!udge Ogden consented and so or- ered. DE GASTELLANE AGAIN ATTACKED BY FIGARO Editor Says That the Count Is Prov- ing by His Actions the Truth | of the Charges. PARITS, Jan. 2%.—The Figaro publishes this morning a fresh cablegram from Count Boni de Castellane to M. de Rodays, its editor, to which it appends the following: “Spurning with our feet the insults, we | ind but one thing in this document—that De Castellane energetically refuses any intervention of the Inspector of Finances in his adventure. We are now enlight- | ened respecting his desire for light. “He seems, moreover, to reproach us for the outlay of the 200 franes which his dispatch cost him. This is already the commencement of a confession. “There cannot fail to be surprise that Gould’s _son-in-law should become so careful in money matters. It needs but fittle to induce him to demand that we reimburse to him his 200 francs. Decid- edly he cannot have grown richer jrst reca-mp'." The Figaro also prints a cartoon by Her- man Poul, entitled “The Arrival at New York.” This represents a _customs official searching @ passenger. The official says: “What s in your satchel, M. le Comte?"* The passenger replies: “This is money RHISING.NORAL SCHOOL STANDARD Thirty-Six, Pupils Dis- missed by Faculty. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 24.—Thirty-six pupils were yesterday dismissed from the State Normal School here by the faculty, each being told they were not fitted for teach- ers and that they had not qualified in their studies. This is the first time in three years that such a cleaning out has occurred, and it is evidently the first step taken to raise the standard of students, as decided on by the Board of Trustees at the last meeting. Twenty-five of these belonged to the first-year class and had completed twenty weeks at the school. The other eleven belonged to the second- year class. This wholesale dismissal of | embryo teachers has caused a flurry among the remaining 600 students, many of whom f the exodus will not stop | where it is. The last similar action of this | kind occurred four years ago, when less thun a dozen were dismissed. The action was taken by the faculty upon recommendation of the teachers of the general classes. | Coming as it docs upon two charges of | favoritism that have been preferred against Mrs. Place, head of the tralning | school, by Mrs. M. P. Kelly and H, A. Miller, the action of turning away these three dozen pupils will have a bad effect | upon the school. Some of these puplls | children, heirs and others rels NEGROES ARMING FOR VENGEANCE Race War Imminent in Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 2.—News has just reached this city of a riot be- tween negroes and white miners at Coal- berg, a small stailon twelve miles out. A negro was found dead in one of the mines yesterday. The negroes believe he ‘was shot by a white man and are arming themselves for vengeance. The white miners have been hunting for them all Xl‘f t. 'he operator at the station lef| office, fearing that he would be kifted, " INHIBITIONS REMOVED. Disabilities Against Ex-Confederates Taken Away. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The House Committee on Pensions to-day ordered a favorable report on the bill making ser- vice in the Spanish-American war suf- ficlent to remove the disabilities against those who alded or abetted the Southern troops during the war of the rebellion in the matter of drawing pensions. At present the inhibition applies '(v‘ wid;nc ted to tho serving or assistin, particularly designed to apply to parents serving in the war with Spain. e Sty likewise complain of unjust criticism of | their examinations. | The annual graduation of the spring | will be held at the Normal Friday | ng. At that time thirty young la- | dles and one young gentleman will be | given diplomas.” George C. Pardee of Oak- | nd will_deliver an address to the class, | The graduates are as follows: J. Dora C. Andreason, Cora Belk Dam, Eliza May | Drury, Mary B. Drury, Lofs M. Esta- brook,” Hugh L. Frazer, Cora Belle Fry, | Ara Lulu Gass, Laura F. Hathaway, J. Alice Helwig, 1da P. Jac Esther T | c morni on, Lewls, ‘Mattie Livingstone, Ida A. Nohr- den, ‘Nellie May . Margaret Q. O'Connell, Mary Parlier, Edith R. Plumb, Lucy M. Porter, Georgia H. K. Rattan, M. Hel Ransom, L. Minnie Rathbon Martha A. Stewart, Sallle H. | Storrie, ry E U apher, Maggle E. | Welnert, , Mary B. Duff dyth 7 and Clara Rodgers. Liquor-Dealers Organize. REDDING, Jan. 26.—The liquor dealers of this county have held a meeting, elect- ed officers and are prepared to fight the provisions of the new license ordinance that are objectionable to them. The ordi- nance goes Into effect February 1. At that time the liquor men will address the I am taking to my brothers-in-law.” NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Count de Cas- tellane to-day sent another lonF and abu- Sive dispatch to M. de Rodays in response to a shorter dispatch recelved by him from the editor earlier in the day. —_—— . Tt is probably the excessive liabilities that make marriage a failure, Supervisors In an_endeavor to have the ordinance modified. The portion of the ordinance that the liquor dealers most object to is that which provides for the revocation of license and the forfeiture of a $1000 bond upon their allowing any money paying nickel-in-the-siot machines to operate in their places of business. MIDWEEK NOTES AT THE THEATERS The James-Kidder-Hanford combina- tion will present “The Winter's Tale” to- night and again on Friday, “Hamlet” for | Saturday matinee, “Macbeth” for Satur- | day night and “Othello” for Sunday night. “The Rivals' will begin the third and last week of the engagement on Monday night | and it will be repeated on Friday of next | week. There is to be a special matinee next Wednesday at which “The Winter's | Tale” will be presented. *The School for | Scandal” Is announced for next Wednes- day night and for the farewell matinee on Saturday. There will be performances of “The Winter's Tale” on next Thursday and Saturday nights. “Othello” is an- nounced for Tuesday and “Macbeth” for the closing Sunday night. “In Paradise’ as presented by the Frawleys has met with such success that | it will be continued for another week. The California Theater is being crowded :rx! every performance of this lively French arce. “Lord Chumley” has only three more performances to run at the Alcazar—to- night, to-morrow matinee and evening. “Peaceful Valley” will be revived to fol low. Ernest Hastings will play his orig- inal character of Hosea Howe. Although the Tivoli made arrangements to produce “Manila Bound” this month, the success of “The ldol's Eye” has been so great that no change will be made in the bill for some time to come. “The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief” con- tinues to attract at the Grand. It will give way on Monday to a revival of Srppe' (ile\‘er and popular comic opera, “Boccacclo.” Next week at the Orpheum the new- comers will be Bruet and Reviere, the Holloways, Sohlke's Pickaninnies and | Irene Franklin. The advance sale for ‘‘His Better Half"" opens at the New Alhambra this morning. The opening performance of this farce- comedy will be given Sunday afternoon. Mlle.” Trebelll will give her second con- cert recital at Sherman, Clay & Co.’'s Hall this evening. There will be another re- cital on Saturday afternoon next. The first of the popular fortnightly con- certs of the Holmes string quartet wiil be given at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s Hall next Monday evening. The sale of seats will begin this morning at Sherman, Clay | & Co.'s. The second of the series of aI-m hony concerts under the direction of enry Holmes will be given at the Grand Opera- house next Thursday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock. The orchestra for this occasion will number seventy musiclans. The sale of seats will begin at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s on Saturday morning. The Constantinople Minstrels, that oc- casioned so much hilarity at the Chutes Theater last Thursday evening, will be the feature of the amateur performance again to-night. STRONG BILL AT ORPHEUM It 18 the old story at the Orpheum. There are all kinds of & good show there this week, and not an item on the bitl that does not catch the house for a hearty round of applause. Bdna Bassett Mar- shall has a novel act, or rather her com- pany of juvenile dancers have it, for they do most of the work and deserve most of the credit. The clever trio of youngsters give what 1S supposed to be a curbstone frolic, and do some very lively acrobatics and dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy. The name of the girl in the group does not appear on the pro- gramme, but, judging from her vivacity and her clever variations on the time- honored cakewalk, she will certainly achleve prominence in the course of {ima. Mille. Emmy has as good a company in her trained fox-terriers as one could wish to see and makes them do all manner of wonderful things. Another worthy fea ure is the humorous songs of Joseph New- man. They are ahsolu!elr new and far funnier than any similar cluster of ditties that we have lately been asked to listen to, moreover he sings them with a clever- ness that cannot fail to make a hit. James O. Barrows and company con- tribute a comedy entitled “Tactics,’” in which incidents of the civil war are re- cited by a veteran of the Confederacy and an ex-Federal. There 1s a love story woven into the plot and the strate, of the 'young people, who make use of the enmity that exists between their respec- tive parents to further their own ends, is adroitly handled and results in cementing in friendship the warlike representatives of the North and South. The description of the battle of Gettysburg, as {llustrated by the two old soldiers, is full of humor and the moral that lies in the skit seems to make a genuine apreal to the audience. ‘Papinta _cannot fail to glve pleasure with her luminous dancing. The effects produced by the aid of many-hued lights and the background of mirrors are as beautiful as they are varied. I can im- agine nothing more astounding to the un- sophisticated in Papinta’s art than the s}:ectule of this marvelous combination of light and color. 1t is worth any one's time to see her performance and it bears seeing a second time better than most of tl’ll‘? flfiu tlhal 80 :o ;:Ogol)ge!:ntltilfll remul.rkl“i able development 0 mes c: vaudeville. PORTER GARNETT. ‘Will Mine a River Bed. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 24—R. H Campbell of San Francisco is on his way to California from Cariboo to purchase machinery for a unique mining opera- tion. Campbell and his associates believe that when they reach the center of the bed of a certain ancient or dead river in old Cariboo by sinking a shaft millions will be In their grasp. They have already spent half a million more before throwing up the sponge. ROBBER HID the Confederacy, and | the removal of this inhibition is more | $112,000 and are prepared to spend | REFUSED A DOCTOR Care of the Boy L.OS ANGELES, Jan. 24 from her home in St. Louis to San Di the agonies of death on the overland offers of medical assistance. “The I« sald when the railway doctor offerec child died at Barstow at 3 o'clock thi |'$ ings were threatened. Deputy Sheri brought. the train at St. Louis with her three-y the road the child developed a viole and offered suggestions and a steady remedies. Mrs. wley gave them tc faith on a higher power than hot must R e RS R SR Y ] ‘Mrs. Luey Crawley, a young woman the same Pullman pleaded with her, but all to no avs in her particular brand of fanaticlsm was absolute and unwavert There was much indignation among the passengers and crimina boarded the train at Barstow and took the names of the train officials passengers, who expressed a willingness to give testimony if charges we Mrs. Crawley, who 1s an attractive woman o women on the traln took great interest FOR HER DYING CHILD Mrs. Crawley Said the Lord Would Take and Snubbed a Physician. Special Dispatch to The Call. tra child struggli g and firmly of the ch Passengers traveli L. The woma ego, saw her litt d train this morr srd will take d his services s morning. it of Los Werdin Angele: f about 30 years ear-old son, bound to San I flow of ) under: ard appli R R e R S RS Y ] | ® the train got to Needles last night !t was plain ¢ 5 % much worse, and two women—Mrs. C. F. Ao o~ | $ Mrs. T. F. Simpson of Inglewood—could moiy 3 ) ook the law into their own hands and o >5 . 4 rallroad physician. The medical man w : g ¢ drew the curtains and refused to allow him to After 3 drew out the child's sufferings became worse, and > ¢ ‘sasping in the agonies of death caused the porter to look fo : $ train. None could be found. Finally as the train r rerannd * ]‘ came. The mother resented Deputy Sheriff Werdin's ques - ) © fold him her name—Mrs. Lucy Crawley—and that her home is - : The body of the child was taken f the train ir geles and fn new ¥ % in charge of an undertaker. 3 & ’ [ R o s IN AN ABANDONED TUNNEL Man Giving the Name of Joe Bush Smoked Out of a Filthy Den Near San Andreas. the entrance. SAN ANDREAS, Jan. 24.—Yesterday afternoon George A. Stewart John Sefford of this place discovered a trail leading into an old abandoned tunnel at Yacquie Camp, about two miles from here, and further examina disclosed the den of a human being at the bottom of a chute 100 feet from The tunnel is all caved in and ingress in many places can only be gained by crawling on the hands and knees. and In the darkness a man could B R I O I R FREEMAN DOES NOTTHINK MUCH - OF THE COUATS i | | Refuses to Pungle Up ! Alimony. Oakland Office Sa 8 Br. Thomas B. Freeman ref divorced wife alimony, and, ac an affidavit filed in the this afternoon, boasts of his Superi succe be seen lying on a bed of rough boards. By the time a light was secured the man got out and retreated to a drift in the further end of the tunnel. By th bed was found clothes, coal ofl lamps, plenty of provisions and giant powder and caps. The place was damp, the air foul and the odor from drying table refuse nauseating. At first it was believed to be occupied by an insane man, as it seemed impossible for any human to exist there, or possibly by a des perate criminal, as a number of miners’ cabins in the neighborhood had been robbed of late. The man would not come out and made no reply to questions. No one dared go in after him. His bedding was set on fire, glant powder exploded in the tunnel, a fire built at the entrance to smoke him out and a guard placed at the opening. This morning, unable to stand the smoke longer, he came out and was captured by Joe Marshall and turned over to Constable Oneto. } z months. He is believed to be face from everybody. sion. : He gave the name of Joe Bush, and said he had lived in that hole for three anted for a serious crime, Evidence of many burglaries was found in his posses- as he hides his reieieereieiet et ebeieiei 0@ @ sedeieteiede B e e e S e e e e e ] MEMORIAL IN FAVOR OF THE CANAL BILL | OAKLAND, Jan. 24—The Oakland Board of Trade to-day forwarded to Con- gressman Victor H. Metcalf the followin, memorial relative to the Nicaragua canal bill: At a recent meeting ot the Oakland Board of Trade the following resolutions were opted : B eeas, There fs mow pending before Congress & bill providing for the construc- tion and control by our Government of the Nicaragua canal: and Whereas, The completion of this Inter- national waterway wiil greatly add to the effictency of our navy, increase coastwise frade between domestic ports and the ports of sister republics, promote commerce be- tween America and the world at large, open up to us Orfental markets and solve the question of cheap transportation for Pacific Coast products; be it therefore Hesolved, That the Oakland Board of Trade urges our Senators and Representa- tives In Congress assembled to use every en- deavor to secure the early passage of the Dbill in question. Yours truly, OAKLAND BOARD' OF TRADE. E. W. MARSTON, President. CRAIGIE SHARP, Secretary. —e——————— INVITED TO COMPETE. One Hundred Dollars Offered for the Ablest Student Discussion of Educational Problem. BERKELEY, Jan. 24.—The University of California has been notified that its students are entitled to compete for a prize of $100 offered by the Cosmopolitan Magazine for the best discussion of the question, ‘“Does Modern Education Edu- cate In the Broadest and Most Liberal Sense of the Term?’ The same offer has been made to the students of Yale, Har- vard, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Princeton, Brown, Pennsylvania, Chi- cago, Cornell, Columbia, New Ygrk. Stan- ford, Notre Dame, Virginta and George. town universities. ' The winners of these contests will then meet at Harvard in May and compete for a further prize of The judges of the several home con- tests are to be the president of the in- stitution, a professor of English, a profes- sor of the classics, a professor of science and five representative business men. The judges of the flnal contest will be Prestdent Benjamin Harrison, Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Hon. Theodore Roose- velt and Willlam J. Bryan. The debate at Berkeley will take place in March. ——————— RABBI'S WIFE TESTIFIES. Denies That She Referred to Rapken as a Gay Old Bird. All the testimony in the case of Mrs. D. Jacobson against Rabbi Isadore Myers for the refund of moneys expended for trans- portation was finally submitted yesterday in Justice Groezinger's court. Mrs. My- ers. the wife of the rabbl, was put on the stand with the intention of disproving Mr. Rapken'’s testimony to the effect that the Jacobsons had lived on charity while in Australia. Letters written by Mrs. My ers referring to “R" as a “gay, old bird” were read, but Mrs. Myers swore positive- 1y that the “R’ did not refer to Rapken. Mrs. Jacobson, her daughter Regina and her son Isidore, testified that they had never asked for or received any aid from the Melbourne Philanthropic Society. Attorney Wise offered to send at his own expense a commission to Australla to prove that the Jacobsons had come to America_on money collected for them by Charitable people. Mrs. Jacobson became hysterial when Attorney Crowley told how Rabbl Myers had come home after preaching in the synagogue one Sabbath morning and cast out two women, one 70 years old and the other 20. After Attorney ‘Wise has submitted a brief Justice Groezinger will render his deciston. Semichy Loses to Baker. SALINAS, Jan. 24—George Baker of San Francisco to-night was given the de- er Matt Semichy of San Jose in f:lselo&lgl’eenth round before the Monterey letic Club. Several thou: ple ‘A':};: poreuent. Semichy claimed re- celved a foul blow in the abdomen. The referee asserted It was from Baker's knee. CHRISTIAN DAILY IS Much Interest Taken Throughout Kansas in the Special Church Edition of the Capital. TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 24—The immedi- ate and extraordinary response of the public to the announcement in the As- rclated Press Monday morning of the heldon edition of the Topeka Capital is indicated by the fact that Mr. Sheldon and the Dally Capital have been deluged with telegrams and letters from all parts of the country asking for information re- | garding the proposed plans for a Christian aily newspaper. Among the dispatches received to-day was one from New York containing an | order for 10,000 of each issue during the week. Another order by telegraph asked | for 5000 lines of advertising space. The first subscription order, which came | within twelve hours of the announcement of the plan, was from Nebraska, for 100 copies of each issue. equests have come to the Capital from over a hundred newspapers in Kansas for cuts of Mr. Sheldon to be used in their columns. Mr. Sheldon sald@ to-day that while he would receive no compensation for his services, it had been stipulated in the original understanding with the Capi- tal Publishing Company that should the receipts exceed the expenses of his edi- tion a large part of the proceeds would be devoted to missionary and philan-| thropic work. FAILED TO SECURE ' CONVICTION OF HARRIS DRUMMER IS PROMPTLY AC- QUITTED BY A JURY. ‘ Was Arrested Because He Protested Against Not Being Allowed to | Carry Parcels Across the Bay. After nearly nine months’ delay the case of Henry Harris, a drummer for Gold-| stone & ., 109 Battery street, charged with disturbing the peace at the ferry depot, was tried before a jury in Judge | court yesterday afternoon, and after three minutes’ deliberation the jury acquitted the defendant. Harris lives in East Oakland, and on the evening of June 9 went to the ferry cdrrylng two parcels under his arm, which he was to deliver to customers of the firm, The gatekeeper, C. P. Stod- dard, refused to allow him to pass, as | the company has a rule that no packages of merchandise can be carried by a pas- senger on the ferries. Harris protested and Stoddard called Policeman Callinan disturbing the peace. The case was prosecuted by Attorney Kelly for the Southern Pacific and Attor- ney Davis represented Harris. Stoddard testified that Harrls had created a dis- | turbance and Policeman Callinan testi- fied that Harris was speaking in an angry tone of voice, but not sufficient to cause a disturbance. | Harris and four witnesses—E. Lee, W. | Dameron, H. Moore and J. Rovi—all test! fied that he did not make any disturb. ance, but conducted himseif in a gentle- maniy manner, and the jury believed them. The jury was composed of J. Hardiman, L. O. Adams, G. B. Levagst, | E. Ryan, C. K. Howe, F. Hanak, C. Wadsworth, Louis Argner, H. Brune, A. Marshali, L. M. Boukofsky and T. B. | Crosby. _———e—————— Mayhood Is Safe. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Jan. 24.—The Governor has re- fused to issue extradition papers to Sher- iff Duniap of this county In the case of George F. Mayhood, who is wanted here e orBcharge of abduction. Maylood has been in custody of the police at Seattle for a week past. Sheriff Dunlap went to Sacramento Monday and laid the evi- dence in the case before the chief execu- tive, but the request was denied. Dis- ther seps to bring Mayhood back for o be taken, and that the charge smissed trial wouls against the defendant would be di in the Justice Court, ASSURED OF SUCCESS . | Dam and Cheesemite were the only w | ond, Cathedral third. Time, 1 and instructed him to arrest Harris for | defying the authority of the cov In January, 1568, Sarah Fre granted a divorce by Judge G Thomas B. Freeman on the fidelity. The def pay 320 on the first of eac and after for his wife’'s m: suppor:, and there is now due 4 back alimon;. On the strength of Mrs. Freer davit Superior Judge Ellswor eitation di the recalc mony debtor to appear before him February 5 and show cause wi ould not be punished for contempt co . Freeman's affida e has been il her bed for the she has no m > medicine 4 She avers 1I amounts, pl do_her justice and have her deep affifetion. and to cc her anything he might feel a 80 that she might recover her ! obtain um{riuym--n(. but defendan to the volice of duty, and sne majesty of the law; ' that he openly maliclously defies the court to for his refusal to obey its orders Golden himself with spends money flagrantly, and contemptuously refuses t obey the' court's order, boasting of success in defying the court's authority. 2 P amusement and TWO-YEAR-OLDS START. Yuba Dam and Cheesemite the Only Favorites to Win at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24—The two- year-olds were given an outing to-day in the Premier stakes at three furlongs. Buda, Choice and Quiz were the only ones who had ever faced the starter, and Quiz, which won the last time out, was a strong favorite at § to 5. Sad Sam made all the running and won by a nose ! hard drive. The track was fast. Yuba ning favorites. Results Selling, one mile, Yuba Dam won, Barateria second, Free Lady third. Time, 1:4; Seven furlongs, Misericordia won, Turney second, Dr. Hannfe third. Time, 1:2% Handicap_steeplechase, short course, Cheese- mite won, Brakeman second, Van Brunt third. Time, 3:20 Premier stakes, two-year-ol 4 Sam won, Buda second, 3814, Handicap, one mile, Miss Mae Da Middleton second, Compensation L Selling, one mile, Rodd won , three furlongs, olce third. won, x Elderim sec- —_— is to have an astro- Maine’'s universit, nomical observatory. The latest and best preparation of Na- ture’s most nourish- Ing food product. 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