The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1900, Page 9

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900. 1 ut late at night, Mrs. Julia Rich- | ath says she was driven from home. Her | OLD LOVE SHE SOUGH DEATH | of cruelt No contest was made, and b Hall granted her application to- | Ty | Attempted Suicide of| Nettie Thurston. —————— Y OF ELEVEN FLEE FROM FLAMES | FAMIL | George Schulz’s House Burned, it Is Supposed by Some Fire Bug. D, Feb. 1.—The residence of | ilz, on Fairview, near Oakland burned to the ground to- OAKI night, and the family narrowly escaped with their lives, Every circumstance suz ding the fire points to a case of in- " Feb. 1 and officers have been set 1o v Feb.. 1. t theory. € for twelve T a disap- family, consisting of his | s dethroned Miss Net- idren, retired at 8:45. An t d prompted her ulz was aroused by the | to at e son and drown- rning wood. He found the | full of smoke, and barely had thae | ing T e 1 a pair of trousers when the flames | Ehe w P e room. His wife and the | pit family were compelled to flee A t clothes. | ity B 1d be secured from the fire exar N s the house was outside of or t mits and Schulz was compelled | r & recomm dly by while his property was | the None of the furniture could | we The fire started in the front wa e basement, where stovewood | - 1. There had been no member amily in that part of the prem- | ng the evening. | ht a barn across the alley from rating e assigned for the deeds of Mr. hulz is a man without es. The hnli theory he can advance | t the incendiary s crazy. The damage is about $6000 and the in- | FUNERAL OF LATE | JOSEPH THOMPSON OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—The funeral of the 1 h Thompson, tant division tendent_of the Western division ot acific Raflroad, w C regational Rev. Charles he remains were followed to | ew Cemetery by a large num- Willlam Norton, C. Wilder, chief MELROSE BONDED FOR ; W. C. Hubbard, A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE A T conda RS Griffin, engin George B. conductor; A. A Houghton, ster- at Melrose ye avor honorary pallbearers were: Julius ttschnitt, genel PRERARAN SN ER AP0 James division; D. Robertson, | ance; C. J. master me- | n. RACCONI TO MEET WOODS ONCE MORE i o neat rallied and is now ool onioar SRIEREES Left Him for Another. OAKLAND, Fel 1.—Because his wi Alfred Smith flle perior Court for a mith. The complaint | | | | | League of the Cross Musta-. The % "adets held on Wednes et armory. | ‘ompanies B, turned out men out | - e @ per cent of the roll | Secured a Divorce. ion e T oot g U VLK o g : % . _enjoyed by veral hund: ), A Be ests. The Third Battallon will have a uster next Wednesday night at the same ce, and on Wednesday, February 14, t Battalion will turn out R Y L R b e R TR S R T NI S‘#S&O’i#fi'fi*’ ReNeNIR N NN N e%e %, AKLAND, Jan. 3L—Mrs. F. C. Lynn of this city bears the dis- tinction of being the mother of the first native white sons of Dawson and Nome cities. Both are boys, and both are with their mother in Oakland. The little Dawsonite is two years old and the boy from Nome is a baby in arms. They are rugged, intelligent young Argonauts, and are going back to Nome in the spring, where they will use golden nuggets for playthings, and will spend their baby- hood days romping in the golden sands on the famous beach. The elder of the pair resided among the Indians until the parents returned to Oakland, and speaks the age of the Indians very fairly for such a tot. His sole infantile com- panions while in the North were papooses, for there were mno other white children of his age in Dawson. The little fellow is very precocious, but exceedingly shy and reticent in the presence of strangers. Seldom, if ever, does he cry. “He is just learning to speak Eng- lish,” said the mother at her home on Olive street, near Oakland avenue, this morning, “and he does not seem to like the language at all. You see, while my husband was at work up there in Alaska the only companions I had for a long while were the squaws. 1 soon 3 © ot et TS 1 G NN SRR BB B NS U H RN KRB 5+ 5 e S UGN HOKO STRIKE OF CL?AKHAKEB& Locked-Out Men Tendered the Sup- port of Many Firms. The retail cloak dealers have been in- ©ed by the Cloakmakers’ Union and the Labor ( ainst the firms of Siminoff, Davidson i Meyer Brothers These three firms locked out thirty cloakmakers a short time ago because they were union men. The Cloakmakers have received numer- ous expressions of sympathy from various firms. Hale Brothers declared they have al- w conceded the right of working men to organize and will place no more orders properly adjusted. Ir,\l‘l"“l\'t‘]l_\', the manager of the cloak de- partment of the Emporium, said he want- neil to help them in their fight | with the firms involved until the trouble s | learned to speak thelr language quite fluently, and my first born naturally picked it up as quick as he commenced to talk. He doesn’'t like Oakland at all, and is always asking me in Si- wash to take him back to Maggie. She was a squaw who made great friends with him, and he is pining to see her. “The elder baby, which was born in Dawson, Is named Leo, and the other one. whose birth occurred in Nome, ed nothing better than that working men should be well paid and would willingly refrain from patronizing any enemy of organized lak Rafael Weill received the delegation that | visited him pleasantly and assured them | that the union had his entire sympathy | and support. | | Mr. Kelly of the firm of Kelly & Liebes | | says he cannot sell any cloaks to Chinese | | or Japanese and does not purpose to take | | & hand in ruining a business in which be | | has so far made a success. i R. D. Davis’ manager assured the com- | mittee that It the principle of their business that they never knowingly dealt with the products of underpaid or non- | union labor. i Armand Callleau assured the committee of his good wishes and hoped for their success. Mr. Rainey, manager of the City of Paris store, suggested that the locked-out | men start in business for themselves. He | [ | | 2EANIBINI NN R+ RNIRIRNERIR +RIU+ R+ Be R+ UI RO RONINE RO +ReRe RN NeRoRe R RoR 0!80320882 FIRST CHILD AT DAWSON AND THE FIRST AT NOME is christened after the place where he was born. Many of my friends ‘wanted me to call Leo by the name of his birthplace, too, but my remem- brance of Dawson is so disagreeable that I wouldn't think of it. When he was born, Dawson contained 175,000 hustling, jostling people. There were accommeodations for about one-tenth of that number, and as a result, my ex- perience was terrible. The climate ‘was bad also. Nome is a better place in every way.” The father of the boys Is an elec- triclan by profession, and before her marriage the mother was a school teacher in Kern County. RPN H RN RN NN B+ 200 23+ e IUININININ e R0+ 0+ N eRR R YIRINHUS LANIUS RN LINN Prnmlsed to place his orders with the men f they would take that course Mr. Samuels of the Friedman store ex- ptessed his Intention to assist the men in every possible way. If necessary he | agreed to enlarge the workshop on the | premises and give no more work out. | —_————— Pays Dearly for His Curiosity. ‘Willlam H. Reld, 1516 Benton street, Al- ameda, was in the American Bicycle Com- pany's store, 52 First street, yesterday and looked over the gate at thé elevator | shaft to see how the machine worked. The elevator struck him on the back of the head, driving his chin so hard against the top 'of the gate that his jaw was | fractured and the gate wus broken. He | was taken to the Receiving Hospital, | where his injuries were attended to. ———— Some Yeonle say a great deal, but talk very little. run from near-by ) people jammed an The box r T owns and fully | pushed through eipts amounted McGOVERN | KNOCKS OUT ED SANTRY Proves His Right to Title of » building. er $1 nd jabbing and fast foot- d on for Ed Denfass of | over Billy Stift of Chicago | of six rounds of the semi-final % h weighed over pounds Stift w itclassed from the start, and e to reach the Philadelphian. { s floored in every round and in | md s X ved down for a count of in the last two rounds - 1 i clinches .o save himseif. | Feather-Weight Champion oaker, D dat Known. axi fhis | “Tipton Slasher.” ~knocked - out Aleck Burke of Milwauke 2o touted a be a ck a ge Burke came to Chi- | . but_he proved | for Yeager and | knocked gut | jaw_in the third 115 pounds. | of the World. 1.—Terry McGovern ght prove g & block beating on’ the hey met at Boxing at Watsonville. WATSONVILLE, Feb. 1.—The Wateon- lle Athletic C! 8 been incorporated t boxing exhibition | Charles Selna of base- me and James Clark will be the 1 competitors, meéeting In a 20- round bout for a purse of —_— el ELIZA J. STARR'S WILL. Bequeaths a Valuable Estate to Her Relatives and Friends. The will of the late Mrs. Eliza J. Starr | of Oakland, who died In Boston January 2, leaving an estate valued at $150,000, was | led for probate vesterday. The bulk of | ent’s estate is devised in trust to her three eldest sons and Frank H. Winslow | e second round rong and in of the children of the deceased. Each of the sons will receive $50 a month until he | shall become 2 vears of age, when he is to receive $10,000 as his share of the estate. bother - Mc was un At the time of the distribution decedent’s moth he ble r will receive the income of $40,000 ch_ with any effect maintenance and support. The t at long range, b Bequests follow: Frederck W, in headlong and tool rr of Brooklyn, $5000; to each of his | bs -on . the nose in his 1 o Mr: R. Robinson of this | a_knock-out. In th McMullin of Portland, an even Kk of it, | $3000: 10 Walter McMullin, a nephew, $1000: | ibbing, and Terry was | to Frank H. Winslow, in trust for his ows | Close enolgh to uSe his | use, $10.00. The residue of the estate is that have made him fa- | devised to Frank H. Winslow, George E., | t Sidney L. M. and Everett G. Starr. | h round Terry commenced | —————— | he jaw and after a flerce | Hupdreds of American t swing to the jaw H Paof Americans are at work in | to ine Hoor for the | Russinan factories. | s weakened Santry a0 @e44444444 4444444443440 he clinched to save him- HOME STl}DY COURSE. uk Terry started playing Santry s time he was able (o time 10 the end of ; grew weaker | ori-arm jolts. Santry ralijed IL—-TWENTY LESSONS IN FRENCH CONVERSA- TION. s face, but the | | Taind the blow and for Santry and a right to the | | in the firth, | with abreath- | Sentry, see- - m McGovern, niddie of the ring. | when suddeni- | @444+ 444444444044 44444 on the jaw. | 4 sr_the smallest |4 The Paris Exposition is sure to MeGovern attract thousands of Americans, e jaw. e In -anticipation of this, The Call 1ght swing | 4 pae arranged a course of *twen- Published Tuesdays in The Ban Francisco Call. Begin- ning Tuesday, February 20, 1800. wr ach. | FEEEE I I ee | } “¢¢0¢§6§¢OQQOQQMtdt#‘H.‘OQOQOQO‘O‘O&# of Port Townsend, Wash., for the benefit | | NE DAY'S COURSING AT INGLESIDE Stake Is Reduced Owing to Continued Scarcity of Hares. R S searcity of hares the stake at Ingleside Coursing Park this week has been reduced to fifty-six dogs. It will be run off entirely on Sunday, the first brace of dogs going to-the slips at 10:30 a. m. The prizes are: To the winner, $100; run: ner-up, 35; two at $37.% each, three at 22 50, n at $15 and fourteen at $7 50. The draw resulted as follow Owing to the J. 1 O'Brien’s Statesman vs. H. F. Ander- con’s Crawford Braes; J. O'Shea’s Golden Gate vs. H. A. Deckelman's Prince George; Russell, Allen & Wilson's Rosle Clair vs. F. Moran's False Flatterer; A. Johnson's Mountain Beauty ve. J. O'Shea's Young Firenzl: Connell Bros.’ Bt. Helen vs. J. Cardinall's Thornhill Comet; Kay Bros.’ Sir Rothwell - HE: Controller; F. C. Mack's Della’ M vs. honey's Chief of the Hill; -J.- Moobey Treasure vs. Sterl & Knowles' Rusty Gold; T. J. Harrington's Southérner vs. "D. Toland's Twilight Jr.: Russell, Allen & Wilson's, Master Clair vs. Lowe & Thompson's Flora McDonald; M. Kellogg’'s Lady Gilmore vs. T. J. Me- ; P. Heran's Martha Wash- Keliogg's Hummer; Lowe & A. Johnson's King's Borderer ve. J. H. Perigo’s Pretty Girl vs. Con- nell Bros.” Dunmore; T. J. Cronin's Vixen vs. T. Gaffney's Sir John Arnott; E. D. Fallon's Lily of the West vs. Lowe & Thompeon's Lit- tle” Fullerton; E. Geary's Palo Alto vs. J B R Edmonds’ Morning Glory; T. J. Cronin's 'Wild Tralee vs. T. Nevin's Nelly N; T. J. Cronin's Vandal ve. Russell, Allen & -Wllson's Miss Penman; E. M. Keliogs's Ben's Babe vs. Lar- key & Rock's Liberty Bell; J. I O'Brien's Wandering Tom . ve. Connell Bros.’ Hap, Thought; H. A. Deckelman's Rocker vs. Pring’s Thunderbolt; T. Murphy's Tea vs. Connell Bros.” Benorita; J. J. Edmond Go On ve J. H. Perigo's Lady Davenport: lowe & Thompson's Prince Hal vs. Connell Bros.” Mammy Pleasant; J. Seggerson's Gold Hill ve. Kay Bros.' Connell - Bros." Log Boy ve. J. C. O Dora B; T. J. McHugh's Mad of the D. Toland's Pleasant Girl. Mill —_———— Coursing at Ingleside. J. H. Perigo's Lady Davenport won the midweek stake at Ingleside Coursing Park yesterday, with Terrona as runner-up. A good crowd was in attendance. The day's results follow Midweek stake—T. J. Cronin's' Mald of Bail beat George Smart’s Silkwood, 12—4; T. A. Gaffney’s Sir_John Arnott beat’ James Dean's Peggy, 6—0; R. Attridge’s Masterpiece beat T. Steele’s Dewey, H. Herschel beat Lo G. Nichol's' May & Thompson's Little Ful- lerton, 3—%; George Buehn's Aloha beat Dr. McLaughlin's Phillppine, 223 .- Austin's Firm Foe beat J. J. Bdmonds' Whisky Hill, §-0; Samuel Handy's Lady - Hugo beat. P, Heran's Martha Washington, 5—; Samuel Handy's Free and Easy beat F. X. Foley's Alarue, 3 Seggerson's Gold Hill beat Captath C. Anderson’'s Deflance, 6—2: Sterl & Knowles' O'Hara beat E. M. Kellogg's Lady Gilmore, 7—0; George Buehn's Monogram beat Kelly & Hanley's Baby King, 11—9; W. J. Arnott, 14-0; Firm Foe beat Gold Hill, i—:| | O'Hara beat Mountain Belle, 28-0; Lady Davenport beat Twin City Girl, 8—3; Terrona beat - Morning Glory, 5—8; Mialmo beat Log | | Boy, 5—1. |. T tle—May Herschel beat Firm Foe, | 11-8; Lady Davenport beat O'Hara, 7—; Ter- Mialmo, | Fourth tie—Lady Davenport beat May Her- | | schel, 7—0; Terrona a bye. Final-Lady Davenport beat Terrona, 7—0. ESCAPING GAS MADE rona’ beat MISS REILLY’S DEATH AN ACCI- DENT. AT | ght Was Extinguished at the Meter and Turned on Again Without Her Knowledge. B | Miss Maggie Reilly, a servant employved |in the family of J. N, Landsberger, was found asphyxiated in bed yesterday morn- | |ing under pecullar circumstances. She | went to work for the Landsbergers on the Sth of last month and gave satisfaction to her employers, she being of a cheerful, willing - disposition. Yesterday morning Mr, Landsberger missed her from the kitchen, and at 7:45 o'clock he went to the | room. " The room being in darkness he | struck a match, at the same time turn- ing the stopcock of the gas fixture and | placing the flame of the match over the jet. To his surprise the gas did not ig- nite, and then he discovered that the gas had been turned on and that he had turned it off. Turning it on again, he lit | the gas and saw the dead body of Miss | Reilly lying In bed. On a small table by the bedside were several novels which the | deceased had been reading. She had evi- dently fallen asleep while engaged in read. ing and the gas had been extinguished through diminution of the pressure, or the gas had been turned off at the meter some time during the night and then turned oa again. A physician was at once summoned, but he could do nothing, the unfortunate girl having been dead for some hours. he body was taken to the Morgue and an in- quest will be held. Miss Kirsch, a nurse attending Mrs. Landsberger, said she detected the odor of gas in the hallway and thought it came from the electric button apparatus used to light the gas there. She turned the dbumm and went to her room and re- tired. Late in the afternoon a woman repre- senting herself to be a cousin of the dead glrl called at the Morgue and said Mrs. tormer. of 310 Jessie street had told her that it was the habit of the Landsbergers to turn off the gas at the meter every night, and that this was done on Wednes- day ‘night. Some time after that Mrs. Landsberger awoke and sent the nurse to the basement to turn on. the gas fl%flh‘l. she needing the nurse to get something and requiring the gas to be lighted. Miss ‘Reuly s cousin sald last night that Maggle was a very Jon¥l girl and that there is no possibility of her having: dcne anything toward taking her own life. laggie came here last night,” she said, “to borrow the books that were found in her room. The affair was the result of an accident. —_—————— Quarantine Service Demands Denied. Edgar B. Carroll, secretary of the Board of Health, yesterday sent six salary war- rants for the employes of the quarantine service to the Auditor for his signature. The demands include those for I. E. Cohn, State quarantine officer; for $150; Peter McGowan, captain of the Governor Pe kins, for $120; R. Cousins, engineer, $ Peter Hammond, deckhand, ; John 8. ‘Wilkins, messenger, $50, and_ for supplies by Thomas Morton, $18. The demands were signed ,PJ Drs. Barbat and_Coffey, but Auditor Wells will not sign them, as the charter does not provide for a quar- antine servi the contention being that such under the Sta control. Added Duty on Sugar. Collector Jackson was notified by the Secretary of the Treasury vesterday that s he was | > -t ing's Mountain Belle beat Dave Byrnes” oA s : ty lessons in_ French conversa- Moie Hogan, 10-5: .. C. Mack's Black. battl count. of | tion, prepared - specially = for beat - A. Hagemann's. Lily H, 7—6; Samuel tried to :: Americans who have no knowl- Handy T'll'lwlnht'ug_z}lr.l, b:;z ,;mlme.u 11,“,3 and o Happy ought, H 5 . Perigo’'s Jnd_the | L “el5e of:the language, by Profés- Duvenport beat P. M. Clarkson's Blackhawk, McGovern. San- | 4 sor Benno Kirschbaum, a dis- S qhC). McHugh's. Moss Rose beat A..John- the ring for fully. {4 ynoyujshed Frénch scholar and son’s Bald Eagle, 5—1: F. Moran's False Flat- hneg] ‘m“:\f‘km n“\;:lmmfs. | # teacher. All readers of The Call 5 S M'u‘flfi‘l‘v’x‘("kql'or(yndw‘n}:orzf a’l‘)—‘in"' have 01 a g 4 who wish to make a beginning in W. 'C, Glasson's’ Terrona. beat “fore the fight was 2'to 1|+ French conversation will find it Chiet of the Hill, 8—8; Connell that uld be knocked out before |+ to their advantage to follow these ros.” Master Morse beat. W. Perry’s Cam- e o g e |4 studies.. The ability. to use.ten o e i o e Mo “‘ E ¢ pur R | help to make “touring” easier, 8—4; Connell Bros. al s C. ck's Henry M ooked after McGovern. " 4 ‘ronin's Rose of T There w spute about the rules be- | 3 and = Yooy oF i Dat'Do A Twilight Jr., 4—3. e fore the entered the ring owing to | 4 hund words will surely cover First tie—Sir John Arnott beat Maid of Bail, the fact Santry had never fought $imes muititude of embarrass- 537 May Herschel | bea aterplece. -0 under hitting in the clinches. j ments. Professor Kirschbaum has trm Foe 2 2 s “The ms was finally settled by Me- | L conducted European parties and is Imty g S e e o s By, m'":"“" \ciog that if Bantry would |4 thoroughly famillar with the in- Twin City Girl beat Biack Patti, 5—: Lady fight straie arquis of Queensberry | & 1101\ o po noeds of an Amer- Dave t Moss 4—2; Morning Glory rules and was on his feet at the end of beat False Flatterer, 4¢-0; Terrona beat Master the contest it should be declared & draw. : ican in Paris. Morse, 6-1; Mialmo beat McGregor, 3-0; Log t was the greatest boxing show ever Boy beat Hose of Tralee, .. brought off i Chicago. Special trains | @+++++++ 4444444444 Second tie—May Herschel beat Bir John where a bounty is pald by a forelgn Gov- ernment on the weight of su exported to the United States, and such sugar loses in wel!ht from natural causes on the vo{» age of importation, the additional du under section 5 of the act of July 24, 1897, | is to be assessed on the weight of the sugar at the time of importation. The | decision_was glven in the matter of tha | appeal of the Franklin Sugar Refining | Company of Philadelphia from the decis- | lan'o! the Collector of Customs at that port. MORE INQUIRIES BEING MADE FOR HENRY LUHR AN ACCUSER FROM PALO ALTO AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS. He Said Luhr Passed a Bad Check on Him, and He Was Referred to the Police. Two men called at army headquarters vesterday and began to ask questions about Henry Luhr. One of them was a Deputy Sheriff from Palo Alto and the other was a man who said Luhr had passed a check upon him which he found afterward to be bogus. He said the check | was signed by A. D. Strong and was in- | dorsed by “Lieutenant Henry Luhr.” It | was drawn on an Oakland bank and when it was sent there for collection the bank sent word that it had no depositor named A. D. Strong. The man from Palo Alto ‘wanted to know who Luhr was and what his standing in the army amounted to. He sald he was the man who telephoned to the Presidio last Wednesday. He was given the only reply possible at the local headquarters—that no one knew anything about the man; that he was not on any of the army lists and was not known as an officer of the army. The two men from Palo Alto were advised to con- sult the Chlef of Police and secure a war- rant for Luhr's arrest and when they left the headquarters they said they would go out to the police station and get a war- rant. Inquiry was made at the Presidio less than two weeks ago by a young lady who wished to see the army lists or anything else that would contain information of a “‘certain person,” an army officer. She would not give the name of the man she was looking up, but sald it was a purely personal matter. She finally had to let sufficient be known, however, to make it evident she was looking up the history of Henry Luhr. She found nuthlng concern- ing him in any of the lists and departed in a very unsatisfled frame of mind. It is belfeved she is the young lady to whom Luhr says he is engaged. ————— Individualism and Socialism. Cameron H. King Jr. occupied the plat- form at the weekly meeting of the Social- ist Labor party, held last night in Acad- emy of Scienice Hall, and delivered an en- tertaining talk on “individualism and So- clalism.” The hall was filled with mem- bers_and_interested people and through- out Mr. King’'s address he was accorded close ‘attention. At the conclusion of his remarks he answered a number of ques- tions on points brought out in his lecture. —————— Thrashed His Employer. John Biggerstaff, a glassblower at the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works, was arrested yelther%:y on a warraat charging him_ wit! ttery. The cem- lun':' 5-. sworn to by '3 T. Whitten, oreman of the works. Wednesday Big- gerstaff was chided by James H. Davis, resident of the company, for carelessness fn his work, and he attacked him and beat him so severely that he is now coa- fined to his bed. THE BROOKLYN | charter. { tees, a city cler! SELF-GOVERNED PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS First Experiment on the Pacific Coast. ALAMEDA, Feb. 1.—Success has crowned the efforts of Principal Suzzallo to introduce seif-government in the disci- pline of the children of the Longfellow School. This experiment is the first tha* has been made on the Pacific Coast. It has been tried with good results in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louls and Omaha and has met with the commenda- tion of educators generally. The idea of self-government is kept pre- dominant before the children at the Long- fellow School, some set form of govern- ment, such as municipal, State or Fed- eral, being used. The government of the city of Alameda is now being followed as nearly as possi- ble. - Other forms of government will be initiated when the present municipal study is thoroughly understood by the pupiis. The experiment was begun December 11. A mass- meeting was called for the pur- pose of establishing a municipal govern- ment. A chairman and secretary were elected and a petition was drafted ask- ing permission of the principal teachers for self-government under a charter. Twenty freeholders were nominated and on December 15 a freeholders’ election was held, twelve being selected to form a The charter, which was very simple, was posted in conspicuous places for the perusal of electors. On December 21 the charter election was held. The charter was adopted by a vote of 77 to 6. Nominations for officers to govern the school were made at a mass-meeting held January 10. The election was held a week later, the Australian ballot system being used. The officers elected were five trus- . a recorder, a marshal, a superintendent of a health officer, streets. The deportment of Longfellow School | pupils has improved perceptibly since the administration of discipline by their asso- clates. Teachers formerly were annoyed by the conduct of children on the local trains, but under the new system no more trouble has been experienced. Princ¢ipal Suzzallo pronounces the results of the ex- periment remarkable. He thinks the idea of self-government should be tried in all the schools of the State. ROBERTS’ CLAIM FOR MILEAGE IS REJECTED House Committee Refuses to Audit a Demand for $1038 80 Presented by the Polygamist. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—The House | Committee on Mileage to-day rejected the claim of Brigham H. Roberts of Utah for mileage in connection with his contest for a seat in the House. Mr. Roberts put in a claim for mileage from Salt Lake City to Washington—297 miles—and re- turn at the usual rate of 20 cents a mile each way, making a total of $1038 80. Mr. Roberts was not present to-day and it was understood that he had gone to Chi- cago. Cooper of Texas moved that Roberts was entitled to mileage, but on a tle vote—2 to 2—this motion failed. Chairman Barham will report this ac- tion, which he says is equivalent to a re- jection of the claim by the committee. As a_result of suggestions in the committee Mr. Barham will confer with the Speaker concerning the recognition of any member who may seek to secure for Mr. Roberts the $2000 usually pald in contested cases. This, however, is not the committes ac- tlon, but is due to an effort to afford op- [Hmrlunlty to bring the matter before the ouse. ———— Larsen’s Fatal Fall. Gus Larsen, a laborer, employed at the shipyard of the Unfon Iron Works, met with a fatal accident yesterday morning while employved on the steamer Califor- nla, now in course of construction. He fell from a scaffold a distance of about forty feet. He was taken to the Recelving Hospital In an ambulance and died on the operating table. The body was re- moved to the Morgue. Deceased was un- married and lived at 151 Perry street. —_—— Big Customs Receipts. The Custom House receipts for the month of January this year were $763,- 358 84, the largest single month's collec- tion since March, 1882. In that month the receipts aggregated $171,154 9. Of the Jan- uvary receipts the sum of $137,450 85 was contributed by Chinese Importers. — e iia Study of Children. The San Francisco - Child Study Club will meet at the Occidental Hotel this afternoon to conclude its serles of talks on the emotions of children. The subject for the afternoon will be “The-Self-love, Love of Admiration and Senge of Shame in Children.” HOUSE IR 31 BURGLIRS A Family Narrowly Es- capes Cremation. SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST SPNEOL e PRICE RESIDENCE AT REDWOOD CITY LOOTED. e i Special Dispatch to The Call. .REDWOOD CITY, Feb. 1.—Last night about 12:30 o'clock the residence of H. H. Price was entered by burglars and looted and a dastardly attempt made to commit wholesale murder. The family had retited for the night, there being in the house at the time Mr. Price, his wife, their two small children and Mr. Price's brother- in-law. The latter was awakened soon after midnight by some one moving In the house. He pald no attention to this as he thought it was Mr. Price, who had got up to look after the children. The next thing to attract his attention and that of the rest of the family was the smell of smoke coming from the kitchen. Thoroughly alarmed the family hastfly repaired there and discovered wome clothes, which had been hung on a llne to dry, on fire. After extinguishing the flames Mr. Price made an examination of the prem- ises and discovered that a screen to one of the back windows had been cut and the window pried open, showing that t burglars had entered in that manner. They left through the kitchen door. Just how long they had been In the house Is not known, but they found time to go through the clothes of Mr. Price, taking therefrom about $20 in change and a goid chain. The chain was subsequently found in the street near the place, the thieves evidently knowing that it would be strong evidence against them if caught with it in_their possession. The officers were immediately notifled of the crime and a search was instituted, re- suiting in the capture of two men, a negro and a white man, in the town of Palo Alto, five miles south of here. The men were brought here by Constable Chatham and Deputy Constable Stafford and are being held on suspicion. They had upon their persons about the amount of money taken from the Price residence. It is thought they are the men wanted as they were seen hanging around this neighborhood yesterday evening about 7 o'clock. They tell the officers that they went to San Francisco last night and slept there, coming back to Palo Alto this morning, but no credence is given to their story. Had not the fire been discovered when it was the whole family might have been cremated. Should the men be provea gullty it will go hard with them. MUST OBEY THE LAW. Acting Chief Biggy has issued a warne ing to the holders of nickel-in-the- machines who have not taken out lice; in accordance with sub-division 48 of £ sec- tion 10, order 1589 of the Board of Super- visors that they are violating the law, and unless they take out the necessary license within the next few days he will see that the law is enforced. The section referred to reads as follows: For each proprietor of any machine or appa- ratus in which on deposit of a S-cent plece, or any plece of money, or articles representing money, Within or in connection with sald ma- chine, wherein certain cards are exposed. ¢ by means of certain or a combination of certain figures, tickets, checks, numbers, names or marks are exposed or efected from chines, whereby the player or person the machine or any other person is e receive cigars, clgarsties or liquor, ¢ number of drinks of liquor, shall pay a Ii of three dollars (§) per quarter for ea chine so used. “Complaints have been made to sald the Acting Chief yesterday, “by hold- ers of licenses that an mius““ s being done them in not compelling those who have not licenses to obey the law. I am credibly informed that there are about 2500 of these machines in use in the city and less than half are licensed. 1 ] see why the city shoutd lose a r of $3750 per quarter, more funds are none too plentiful. I want to warn those who are violating the law that I intend to see that it is en- forced.”™ _—e—————— Court of Appeals. The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals for the Ninth Circuft will mect in the Appraiser’s building Monday next for the purpose of hearing and disposing of pending cases. The court has jurisdiction throughout the States of California, Ofre- gon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and Montana and the Territories of Alaska and Arizona. This Immense jurisdiction Will be increased even further upon the of the blll now pending before g ate and House relative to the Government of Hawail, as the bill as- signs the islands in_matters of appeal to this court. Judges Gilbert, Ross, Morrow and Hawley are in attendance as regular members of the court. The calendar is extensive and many important opinions will be handed down. SALOON. Mgiarase only. GEO, W. WEAVER, PROPRIETOR. 620 East 12th St., Near 13th Ave, What to Do When the Nurse Says ‘“it’s a Boy.” By ROBERT J. BURDETTE. How | Danc d the Buck and Wing W.ile President McKinley Patted ‘‘Juba.”” By QUERITA VINCENT. The Story of California’s Oddest Tourist. The Padrone System in San Francisco.