The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1900, Page 4

4 AMENDMENTS 10 CONSTITUTION 0 T0 PRINTER Six Hundred Thousand Copies to Be Strock OfF and Sent to Yoters. PR S COURTS MUST SOLYE A PROBLEM. e s Secretary of State Curry Leaves a (uestion as to Oue Amendment to the Judiciary’s Decision. which should INTERESTS THE COAST. Postoffice Appointments and List of Pensions Granted. ¥ urth-class inted to-day as fol- War- , viee Jane Arnoid, n, Montaloo liam J. No- s of the San Francisco were $81.645, receipts of the for the same st $15,429 for July —_——— SLAYS A BRUTE. Killing of a San Emidio Vaquero Who Attacked a Girl. to The Call D, Aug. 8—Frank 4 a Mexican quero at miles southwest of the killing heriff by telephone of nformed the Sher- ad tried to attack 1 Coffe s and the latter pi and attacked Coffe, when pulied his pistol and shot the ead. No witnesses were pres- informed the Sheriff that he ield in the morn- sttempt was made of the affair, but Mexica fork pitch: ttorney Dorsey left for killing to-night. Frank ndent of District A of h. He is an ex- n of a peaceable, upright citizen. His y of the cause of the killing is be- here by his many friends. — - TROOP C BOKEW;RD BOUND. One of the State Cavalry Companies Leaves Santa Cruz. to The Call. E Aug. 8.—~Troop C of Sa. linas broke camp this morning after a r days’ stay. The troop presented a appearance as it rode through the streets. It will be at Capitola to-day and ight, Thursday night at Watsonville will arrive at Salinas Friday, B of Sacramento is enjoying the imate. They often don their bath- s, mount their horses and ride into is morning the troop took & trip to State military camp at De Laveaga ghts. On their return they had com- y drill. Adjutant Seaman and Adjutant Bang- ham, who have been at camp, returned to-day to Sacramento, A game of ball is to be played between a nine selected from Troop B and the Santa Cruz nine on Friday afternoon. becmesali-an- Cowboy Suspects Released. HUGO, Colo., Aug. 8.—Fred Merrick and Mart V. Sides, cowboys, arrested on sus- mfi’m being the l'n|o|‘: Pacific hold-ups erers, were released this after- Be== for lack of evidence. y ipecial Dispatch NTA CRUZ the H Coroner Buckreus and As- | »f the Kern Coun- | attle interests on | te soldier and bears the reputa- |4 B0V NURDERER TELLS THE SORY OF FIS CRDEE Fred Himes, Who Poisoned His Father at Fresno, Testifies at the Inquest. A e IT IS A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE {To-Day the Three Little Boys Impli- cated Will Be Formally Charged With Murder. Special Dispatch to The Cail. THREE FRESNO TOTS WILL % BE ACCUSED OF MURDER. i % 2 o % i FREDERICK HIMES, AGED 13. FRANX HIMES, HIS BROTEER, AGED 7. ELMER MARTIN, THEIR COUSIN, AGED 10. They will be accused of causing the death of W. H. % Himes, their father and uncle, :2_' by administering poison. - Aug. 8.—“Take the stand, said Deputy District Attorney h to-night. r's inquest that had to sit in the case of W. 1 died to-day, as the re- nistered to him by one erick Himes, aided and red their necks as the valked briskly up aratory to telling kable stories ever r-old mur 1 took the cath, pre one of the most answering few a Fred stated that his father was quarter of an hour preliminary to eat supper. himself, his Be- his father and two e present. He said he put the hile it was cooking before supper. At and younger brothers d fixing the wagon. The had told his cousin Elmer morning. He = was = conversation he had 11 with “Well, I told him I was going to do it, and he said he thought it would be a good plan. He asked me what I was going to do with the horses and wagon. I told him I wanted to keep the wagon. He asked me when I was going to give father the poison, and I told him that evening. Then we went down town and bought the ‘Rough on Rats’ and waited.” Fred said his brother Frankie gave him 10 cents on Friday to help buy the poison. He was asked why he administered the dose Saturday evening, and he said was because he knew his father would not | work on Sunday. Plan a Division of Himes’ Assets. The lad next explained how he, brother Frankie and his cousin Elmer »ing to do ranch work with the horses and wagon. Elmer was to buy a half interest in the outfit, paying $25 for f the horses and $40 for his share of idn’t our father?” vou know you would have to was aski bury ¥ N ““We didn't think about that,” answered | the boy. “Of course, 1 knew he would | have to be buried, but I didn’t say any- | thing about it." “When did you first think of kill- ing your father?” “I talked with Frankie about it four or five days before I did it,” was the answer. ‘“‘He agreed that it was 2 good plan, so we just sat down and figured it out. Father was at work. He had whipped me that day.” Fred said his father was the only one that dra coffee. - On_cross-examination the lad te tified that after his father had been eating a few minutes he got up and went out, sa ter X ng something was the mat- with his heart. Elmer Martin sus- ed that the poison had made him hed the dishes and went to bed, sleepl all night, He got up once and gave his father a drink of water. His Excuse for the Crime. boy’s only excuse for the crime was w | tha fat was mean to him and drank a good deal. ¥ o ““L never thought of killing him before, aid he but when we lved at Santa uz 1 often wondered how he did not k his neck coming home full over the grade. He never got so full but what he could stand up, though.” | He was fina sked if he had ever read | poison stories, and Geclared that he did not care much for novels. He read school | books mostly. d | one called the “Bag of Diamonds, | there was nothing apout poison in it. The inquest was conducted by Deputy District Attorney Church and only three witnes were examined. Two of these were physicians, who testified as to_the )i death. The third was Fred who administered the poison. estimony agreed every detail « br and w E time of his arrest. His tact in answering questions and his memory of conversa- ! tions between himself and his accomplices | were marvelous. The three boys will be ! “The Coroner's inquest on the remains of the dead man was concluded at 10 o'clock | to-night. The jury brought in a verdict | of ~“death from inflammation of the bowels | caused by arsenicai poisoning, the same having been administered by Fred Himes, son of the deceased.” Affecting Deathbed Scene. W. M. Himes died at the County Hospi- tal at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. Preced- ing his death the father was visited by his little daughter Béssie and an affecting scene took place. The girl threw her arms around the dying man's neck and kept crying “Papa, papa” until the hospital at- tendants led her away. Himes believed until the last that he would recover. ‘A deputy sheriff communicated the news to Fred Himes, the youthful parricide. “It's pretty tough,” said the youngster without the least sign of emotion. The.public prosecutor is satisfied that of the boys Fred Himes at least is fully ac- countable for his crime under subdivision |1 of section 26 of the Penal Code. His | carefully laid plans and the statements made by him show that he clearly under- | stood the wrongfulness of 3 e | other boys will be %erommed as any other | murderers would be, and the matter of punishment will be left to the discretion of the court. at Bear Harl Special Dispatch to The Call. COVELO, Aug. 8-—Information from Bear Harbor reports the death of Davia French, ‘the victm of Sundsy night's led by his rival, Benjamin Smith, with his sweet- heart’s pistol. Smith is in a critical con- dition from wounds inflicted before the shooting with a bar of iron in the of French. Miss Mattle Jensen, mommms‘ ltehs'msn ware. mlv.g-.hhu n in a s of collapse since the hour of the tragedy, Result of the Sunday Night Tragedy ‘bor. er brother and cousin. | “rankie and Ed, and his cousin, | his | but Fred said he did not think so. | The last novel he read was | The | ih the. statement made by him at the | formally charged with murder to-morrow. | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. .SMMWWM ATSA SASAS A SR@ §N0M£ BENCH CLAIMS "~ TEEMING WITH GOLD. ; Latest Reports Tell of Rich Pay Dirt on Dexter and Anvil Creeks. D K AR Rk (; Special Dispatch to The Call 0 EATTLE, Wash., Aug. 8.—Advices from Cape Nome to July 51 report * that the discoverfes of rich pay dirt in the benches on Dexter and An- 0 vil creeks have stimulated prospectors to action. Reports of new " strikes were coming in daily, and it is predicted that when the rainy | season permits work on other claims many creeks will pay as well as O Anvil and Dexter. It is now assured that winter work can be extensively * carried on. . 10 Between Nikkila Gulch on the Anvil side and Grouse Creek on the Dexter X side fifty shafts are being sunk, and many 50-cent pans have been taken X out. The Loring bench claim is extremely rich and as high as $1100 has been rocked out in one day. Sixty thousand dollars was refused for this & claim. Other claims on. Anvil and Dexter are promising. Bedrock is struck | () at a depth of about forty feet, the ground being frozen for about nine feet. ‘,-( On Erickson bench as high as $150 to the pan has been'uncovered. On a: | T bench at the head of Grouse Creek five feet of pay dirt has been struck at a {( depth of fifty-tw It averages 10 cents and 15 cents to the pan. This (/| % bench will be ensively worked this winter. 0 se unexpected deposits of gold on the benches are accounted for by | {{ the theory that an old river bed runs along the water shed now separating | ¥ the Nome and Snake rivers. This whole section is being thoroughly pros- pected. There is much talk of railroad operations at Nome. At present but one line is running—a five-mile narrow gauge—from tidewater to Discovery clatm on Anvil Creek, ing operated by S. G. Simpson and C. D. Lane. A line Is now projected from Port Clarence to Golovin Bay, to tap the rich inland country back of Nome. 3 Jafet Lindberg, known in Nome as the “Lucky Swede, pecting party to Norton Sound. Their cxaflhdcsllnntlun is secret, berg says the new claims will prove very rich. "y Ei'hr district is settling down to business and there is less dissatisfaction expressed than earlier in the season. A cut rate on second-class ltalme‘r tickets to the south bids fair to entirely remove the disgruntled ones. Small- pox K died out there is little sickness. Such as exists is largely pneu- monia and kindred il Typhoid is practically unknown. / F A AT A AT A TA A SRS A *@*Qt@*fit@*%’ g [ TAYLOR CLINGS {NAVAL WEDDING : TG KING’S TRAIL AT MARE ISLAND Marin County’s Sheriff IsEMarriage of Miss Macrae and Lieutenant Hall the Season’s Event. ' has sent ‘a pros- but Lind- e S R N e e e N e e e Rt e ons SN LA TSN T TN T T | Grimly Determined to Run | Down the Murderer. 3 Special Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call. s COVELO, Aug. 8.—Deputy Sheriff Red- VALLEJO, Aug. 8.—One of the prettiest | wine returned to-night from the chase of K of naval weddings, which was the soclal | Murderer King, having left Sheriff Tay- event of the season, took place to-day at | Jor ana posse trailing the fugitives in the | the Mare Island Chapel. The bride was! direction of Paskenta on Tuesday. Dep~| Miss Cornelia Lee Macrae, formerly of uty Redwine's retirement from the posse Virginia, and the groom Lieutenant D. P. | was due to the hardships and uncertainty | Hall, U. §. M. C. of the chase. Redwine states Taylor | At o'clock the wedding party entered shows no signs of discouragement and des and to the strains of the Lohengrin clares he will his man before returning. | (e qaing march . rendered by the naval | "It is belleved King and the half-breed | prdling MATCh renCered Py rhe ushers, Indian pilot have eluded the vigilance of | PRO0 BIDCEeqer (8 the Brar o Salladay, the pursuing officers and are now Working Guptain Davis, U. 8. M. C., and Construc- back into the interior of the county. It| o ""Bueret led the bridal procession, was learned to-night that Deputy Sheriff | Next eame the charming little mald of Grubbs of Laytonville proposes organiz- | honor “Miss Elcanor Phelps, dalighter of ing another posse and will institute an- Lieutena O e L 1ps. v other and more determined pursuit. Dep- B ar ;ln’ll.( fr'gflflev il uty Redwine has been expecting tele-| pink silk. Then came the bride, unattend- graphlc advices from Taylor's posse to-|eq, preceding her brother, Mr. Collins L. day. Sheriff Taylor promised to touch at | Paskenta or Weaverville and wire Red- | The bridal party was met at the altar by | his_best man, i wine a programme of the pursuit, but|the groom, attended b: | nothing has been heard up to this hour.- | Iieutonant Mobonaid, U 8 N. The mad: ty bride's b 1ful 14 hite ‘.”*”9"90*"*’9*”’21sznllnl.- en traine, siashed at the bottom |and filled in with white chiffon puffings Macrae, and Mr. Wingfield Scott Jones. + i 4 | and ruchings, the skirt being made over |3 PRESIDENT 3 |2 white taffeta sitk underskire. ‘The waist 3 | was cut high, with a lace collar, the front | SAVES THE draped. e sleeves were puffed and ‘1 CONDEMNED : :hlrred.d 'l'ih;;l vell was of rare old lace | | fastened with orange blossoms and pearl + | pins. The bride wore as ornament o dta- ¥ PHOENIX, Aris A R ePrads + | "The Thapel was beautitully decorated : & A R e + |'with flowers and_potted plants, and the | 4 dent McKinley to-day granted a 4 | cdifice was crowded. The wedding cerc- | 4+ reprieve to the Halderman broth- 4 |mony, according to the Episcopal ritual, | 3 ers. The following message was 4 |was performed by Chaplain.A. A, McAl: | 4 recelved here this evenin + “fi:rv e‘:fl Sl IN' Xk G . ¥ mediately after the ceremon: e bri- 4 CANTON, Ohio, Aug. §.—To Nathan 4 | dal party was driven to the. homye of Na- + of Arizona: epriev - J. 8. N., whei eception was held. 4 day, October 5, the brothers Halder- 4 M’l‘he uests were met by Mrs. Hibbs and man, senténced 1o be hanged at Toinb- rs. Macrae, mother of the bride. In the | ¥ ctone, August 10. Please fssue instruc- 4 | SPacious parlor of the Hibbs residence, + flons io the proper ocials and ac. ¥ |under a wedding bell of white sweet peas | % knowledge and repeat and notify At- z‘:;g T bawer cetnat; LA + = = | . receiving e best wishes o |4 tormey General of the exchange. Formal [ | their friends. The band plaved most en- ¥ by you to-day. T |¢hantng music during the reception. ILLIAM McKINLEY.. Light refreshments were served at small | % The aispatch was sent to the + | tables by the following voung ladles: Miss |4+ Governor at Ash Fork, who tele. ¥ | K€llogg of 8an Rafael, Miss Miller of (4 o i horttr White wnics 44 Mare Island, deughter of Admiral Miller, {3 ®eapled ih ; vovhite L and Miss Thompson of San Franeisco. notified the prisoners to-night. first cousin of the bride and daughter of | # They received the news calmly, + | Howard Thompson of the Bank of Cali- | % stating they had never given up + | fO{_r}r‘!a. # ik The reception ended at 4:30 and at 5 the hope of justice. : | o%clock the naval tug Unadilla conveyed [ @++++++++ 44444444+ 44@ | Dp bride and groom. accompanied by a | large number cf friends, to the railroad depot at South Vallejo, where the happy MILITIA WILL FURNISH couple took the train’ for Napa Soda ) Epn:nr:,ss' where the honeymoon will be FUNDS FOR THEIR CAMP Companies C and D, Fifth Regiment, N. G. C., Will Not Be Balked by the Governor. ¢ | Gpecial Dispateh to The Call. | PETALUMA, Aug. 8.—Company C of Petaluma and Company D of San Rafael will establish a joint camp at Bolinas on | the 18th of August. The camp will last | for four days and the two companies will | COAST NEWS IN BRIEF. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 8.—A campalgn chorus and glee club has been organized by the Re- publicans of this clty. BUTTE, Mont., Aus. 8—The plant of the Parrott Mining Company was burned this ;‘gwmn. The loss is” $100,000; insyrance, SANTA CRUZ, Aug. f.—, journey to it entirely by foot. The ex- | wife murderer, is to be uer:flanefikl'l"iua: penses of the camp, since Governor Gage | Craghill's court to-morrow morningd at 10 has refused to allow any of the State | o'clock. | funds for such purposes, will be appor- | tioned among the soldiers of each com- | pany. SANTA ANA, Aug. 8.—Domenico Laurito was to-day bound over to the Superior Court In the sum of §2000 to answer to the charge arson. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 8.—The $10,000 hond elec- tion in the Ross Valley Sanitary District was carried to-day without a dissenting vote. The money will be used for improvements. LOS ANGELES, Aug. §.—The continuation of the hearing of the case of Capitalist Maines against Mr. and Mrs. Slovineki. on the charge of blackmalling, went over unfil to-morrow. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 5.—Marin County citi- zens are making grand preparations for the opening of the Marin-Sonoma Counties District Fair, which will be held In Santa Rosa during IN NATTY UNIFORMS. Santa Cruz Natives Will Shine at the Celebration. | Special Dispatch to The Call. 9 | SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 8.—Santa Cruz | Parlor No. %, Native Sons of the Golden ‘West, expect to be well represented at the jubilee celebration in San Francisco. BRIDECROONS HOME I EANDS OF CREDITORS Scott McKeown, the Million- aire’s Son, in Trouble at Los Angeles. MERCHANTS ATTACH HIS NEW HOUSE e An Eastern Representative of the Fam- ily of the, Young Man Will Try to Aid Him. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8—Scott Me- Keown, though barely over 22 years of age and reputed to have spent $400,000 in the past two years, is to-day in trouble over a trifle of $35000. He built a new house, No. 2316 Figueroa street, and fur- nished It with all the luxurious appoint- ments suitable to his wealth and statfon. To-cay Contractor C. J. Kubach attach- | ed the house for an unpaid bill and then other creditors turned up with claims for turniture, carpets, dry goods, chinaware and many other things needed for a well equipped house in Figueroa street. The young man since his recent mar- | riage to Miss Dorothy Studebaker in San Francisco has been traveling over the tate. He returned to the city vester- day and was to-day served with papers in “attachment. A meeting of the cred- itors was called for this afternoon in the |law office of Miller & Brown, who are at- torneys for Mr. McKeown. Among the creditors are Barker Bros.,, H. F. Vol- mer and most of the big dry goods houses in_the city. It is said that Mr. McKeown has $50,000 or $60,000 assets of his own, but they are temporarily tied up, so as to be out of reach of the creditors, who are all, except the contractor, unsecured. It Is said that an Eastern representative of the Mec- Keown family has arrived to tide over the young man in his difficulty. Monterey Farmers’ Institute. PACIFIC GROVE, Aug. 8.—The annual Monterey County Farmers' Institute was opened In this city to-day. Edward Ber- wick, a frult grower of Carmel Valley, acted as chairman of the institute and opened the morning session with an ad- dress on the present prosperous condition of the county and State. The subject discussed to-day was ‘“Mod- ern Farming in America and England, Es- pecially With Reference to the Growing and Marketing of Fruit."” Professor Jaffa of the University of Cailfornia gave some examples of farming in Denmark, from which American farmers n\l{h!, he sald, learn valuable and profitable lessons. Pa- g‘ers were read b, fessor Douglass T. owler of the University of California and by Thomas William Cowan of Lon- don, chalrman of the British Bee-Keepers’ Association. The institute is being held under the auspices of the University of California. | | POWER FROM THE HILLS OF FRESNO Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Aug. 5.—A blg project 1s 'on foot here to generat ‘water electric power in this county to fur- nish electricity to San Francisco and intermediate points. A com- pany has been organized for that purpose and men are now engaged making the surveys for the system. The company is known as the Fort Miller Power Company and is capl- talized for $1,000,000, which is fully subscribed. The directorate con- sists of five trustees as follow: Walton Saunders, jAlfred J. Mor- ganstein, Thomas' O. Carter and Chris Dunker, all of San Francisco, and Fulton G. Berry of this city. The power-house will be located back of Millerton and a line will be run on as straight a line as possible to the bay, following prob- ably the line of the Southern Pa- cific and furnishing power to way towns. oo oo oo ofe ok ofe o oheofe oo e ool cfe e sl oo ofe e ool oo oo b sfefeniufiofecforiiving B 20 20 U 0 2 20 | Population of Los Angeles, Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8—The mer- chants of Los Angeles who have dreamed the census would show 150,000 residents in this city will have a_rude awakening when_the figures are officially made pub- lic. The supplementary canvass made by tk?e Chlmbe‘l"p:f Commerce has been com- pleted and, according to the figures, Los Angeles has a population of between 101,- 000 and 102,000. —_— Killed by a Trolley Car. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.—While carrlage riding to-night with a party of friends Mrs. J. N. Willard, 60 yéars of age, was killed, an_electric car crashing into the vehicle, throwing the occupants to the ground. Mrs. Willard struck on her head and was almost instantly led. = The other four occupants of the carriage were severely injures WILL GATHER. TO MOURN DEMISE OF MONARCH | The committee in charge is B. K. Knight, | M. Besse and R. H. Pringle. A neat uni- form has been selected for the celebration. The uniform will consist of a blue double- breasted coat with double rows of brass Eureka buttons, a white felt hat, white duck trousers and an elaborate badge. ° Watsonville parlor will join with the Santa Cruz parlors. The Watsonviile band has been engaged to ncoox:rn.ny the Sons to the celebration. The headquarters will be at The Eugene, on O'Farrell street. Killed in a Railway Accident. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 8.—In a head- | on collision between the Spokane Falls and Northern northbound passenger train and a Great Northern engine last night October. STOCKTON, Aug. 8. who shot and killeq. Condueror Witliam Martin late last Wednesday night, was held to-day, without ball, 10 answer to the charge o mur- er. PRESCOTT, Ariz.. Aug. 8.—The Prescot Council has secured water rights in the Valley amounting to over 500,000 gallons dail and will at once lay a pipe line through whicl to pump the water for the city's supply. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 8. fo-day: commenced again quite plentiful In the bay as are barracuda. W. R. Welch, the Game Warden of this county, Is to stock Kelly Lake with black bass. SANTA ROSA, ge t Ci Chin Aug g. 8.—A youth nam nry Simmonds pleaded 7 o gullty to a charge Fireman F. N. Hall was killed and Engi- | 5, Wirelary In Judge Burnett's court to-day. neer Quill, Engineer Vetter, a brother of | tic Admitted that he and a boy nymed O'Brien Mr. Hall and a baggage-master were Seri- | Simmonds will be sentenced Monday. ously injured, A number of passengers | ~'g Uin® OV : were slightly injured. Bor kg 03 eloc'tedA . ”:.—Jnh&:omm ] A|'d ST, Mrs. Frank rst vice president, Mrs. 3 Menefee; fij Martha Wilson; second vice president, Mrs. W. E. Miller; ‘secretary, Mrs. Louisa Dren- nan; treasurer, Mrs. H. N. Blackburn; direct- ors, Mesdames M. E. Fagen, G. P. Lund, G. W. Kirby, A. Bedell. ‘Wine Makers and Growers Disagree. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Aug. 8.—The winemakers ::: ;:?ecr&van Mnéo:k.d horns ce of grapes. uyers refuse to buy and tl ent-rovurl I:fun to sell. The latter formed a combine several weeks ago, upeefi%.the former to bid for their product. ‘winemakers have now formed a counter combine, not to bid against each other. Unless th is 'fir :r lpeocty compromise both sides Ben Lomond Democratic Club. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 8—~The first Bryan and Stevenson Club in the county has been organized at Ben Lomond. The of- ficers are: President, A. D. Duffey; vice esident, D. S. Jones: secret: N 8. ’Inleéy campaign Commnlee:genjlmln Lioyd, Joseph Ball and W. G. Johnston. —— Rains Extinguish Forest Fires. MAMMOTH HOT SFRINGS, Wyo,, Aug. 8.—Reports received to-day from the vieinity of Yellowstone Lake are fires raging in Yellowstone Park ha been extinguished by a heavy rain, -| everything shows that the loss is not ous and that travel has not been incon- vepienced. PR Train Strikes Two Japanese. _SAN JOSE, Aug. 8—A buggy In which were two Japanese, names unknown, was gtruck by the southbound train ot ihe this e ‘The occupants were knock- :l-‘ in opposite directions about m ‘was smashed into MVO(‘.. and over Italian Citizens to Hold Services in © Memory of the Late King Humbert. Memorial services in respect to the memory of King Humbert I of Italy will be held at Metropolitan Temple this after- noon, commencing at 1 o'clock. The committee having the affair in ch; has received a telegram from Gen- hafter statis that on account of flil‘\‘ell he would l:‘unlblc to attend the ceremony and expressing his regret. He will be represented by his staff officers. 'l‘h:ed following programme has been ar- ranged: 1 March™ , ‘Spadina’s Band; English oration, Hon. Samuel M. Shortridg e end ey (BellinD,. Sighora. Vit < ni), - o= to, soprano; ‘‘Ave Marla' (Taagan), Signor tenor or from “simon ’ Bignor ;m g tiemenban o~ The Absent-Minded Man. . 4 are told of the absent- late Dr. CHEAP BRICKS FROM THE NAPA ASYLDH KILNS Managers of Arnews Find a Way to Save the Money of the State. DISPLEASE SAN JOSE BKICHHKERSI Efforts Will Be Made by Garden City Dealers to Prevent Competition by Insane Wards. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN. JOSE, Aug. 8.—In future all brick used at Agnews Insane Asylum will be mage at the Napa Asylum, thus saving the State thousands of dollars. A new cottage is to be erected at Ag- news Asylum and several more have besn planned. When bids for bricks were in- vited local dealers wanted between 38 and 39 per 1000 for their brick. The managers | thought the price exorbitant and Manager | Hale was appointed a committee to see if brick could not be obtained from the yard at the Napa instituticn. At the meetng to-day he lfilpufled “hat General Superin- tendent F. W. Hatch had notified him that Napa Asylum would furnish the brick | at that place. The railrcad rate from there | here 1s $3 per 1000, making a total cost per | the n1ures submitted by the Brickmakers’ Assoclation and Agnews Asylum will save neariy $1000 on the one cattage alone. The work of brickmaking at Napa is mostly done by patients and the profit to the asylum. at the figures quoted, is 4 cents per 1004 use of the asylum product in competition and influence will be used to check it. ent to-day. Medical Director Crane re- ported that there were 94 patients in Lhe asylum, of whom 416 were females. He | recommended the erection of a brick cot- tage for women patients. The contingent fund amounts to over $18,000 and the in- stitute is in position to meet all liabilities as they fall due. The following changes in employes were announced: Resigned—W. B. Terrell, assistant attendant; O. H. Terrell, ‘vegetable gardener; M. E. Han- Allen, assistant attend- sistant attendant; W. H. g ant: B. C. Fuller, assistant attendant; O. Phelps, assist- ant painter. Appointed—J. Mrs. T. E. Gil - from assistant to head attendant; W. Belton, ed—G. W. O'Brien, as: Higgins, assistan t_attendant; bert, waltress: G. T. Johnson, assistant attendant; G. H. attendant: C. J. Weisbach, as N. P. Heéndricksen, farm hand: J. Standley, assistant painter: N. V. Robinson, vegetable sardener; June Quimby, waltre: SENSATIONAL WILL CASE. | Relatives of Baille of Bolinas to Make a Contest. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. S.—Attorney James W. Cochrane to-day filed a suit to con- test the estate of Robert D. Baille of Bo- linas, who died a short time ago. In the complaint he charges fraud and undue in- fluence; that when Baille was alive he possessed property valued at $30,000, and that after his death the will was filed by a neighbor, who set forth In the applica- tion for letters of administration that tha estate was worth only $700. The deeds to Whert the. case was called M when the case was cal onday It wi found that A. §. McCurdy had signed his | father’s name as witness. Thi: ds Will Invalidsand the relaiives o deceasod will contest the estate, of which Public | Administrator Eden will have charge. i A i | LOSES HIS WIFE. | Los Angeles Fireman Fears His | assistant needed for $3 89 per 1000 on board the cars | 1000 of $6 80. This is $2 2 per 1000 less than | ceal dealers do mot take kindly to the | The full Board of Managers was pres- put on record, and | | iCX HEADAGHE £ositively cared by these Little Pills, They also relieve Distress from Dyspepaia, | Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A pere | fiect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsk | ness, Bad Tastetn the Mouth, Coated Tongue | Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowelss Purely Vegetable. F Senall Pill. Small Dose, Small Price./ TO THE FPUBLIC! NOLE, JUNE 23, 18%9.—1 TAKE THIS eans of expressing my thas 2 Him, 11 F.. fo { { i P | me of B ! trouble ard cancer of stomach. I was a great ! sufferer for 13 years, and found no permanent re- ! lef until I tried Dr Wong Hin i months’ | wels of long stan appy to make this Il troubled E al | way. n M. J. SHINE, J. San Fi Wong_Him, F fit of others e Hear! nounced incurable and his wonderful herb treatment. F after treating six m strong. _Your respect M BARLOW, ~ NOTICE Redemption : Bonds Holders of bonds of the OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY | Are hereby notified that there s now in the hands of the undersigned trustee, under the mortgage or _deed of trust by which the pay- ment of sald bonds is secured, the sum of one | kundred thousand dollars in gold, which under the terms of sald mortgage is applicable to the i redemption or purchase of said bonds, and that { the undersigned will receive sealed bids at its office, situated at 2 MONTGOMERY STREET, —IN THE— CITY AND COUNTY —or— SAN FRANCISCO, For the surrender of said bonds, until 2 M. ON THURSDAY, —THE— 9th DAY OF AUGUST, 1900, | at which time proposals will be opened.. No bid will be considered exceeding 10 per cent above the face value of bonds. Proposals to be tr.a “‘Proposals for the Surrender of P Mortgage Bonds Oceanic Steamship Company.™ UNION TRUST COMPANY of San Francisco, Trustee. Dated August 2, 1500 | | | Spouse May Be Dead. | Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. $.—Melvin Young, | one of the firemen of the Seventh-street | engine house, reported to the police this morning that his wife, Mrs. Gert E el Young. had left her home at 3 Vorst | Seventh street Monday evening and has not since been heard from. 'fhe couple | have been married eleven months. Young | fears his wife may have drowned hersel in the lake at the park. Mrs. Young s about 21 years old, five feet high, with golden hair and round, red cheeks. 'When she left home Mrs. Youni was clad in a pink skirt and a white shirt waist. She wore no cloak and had no money or jew- | elry about her perso: Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8~“The Demo- cratic candidate for Congress from this district will be either former United | States Senator Stephen M. White or Gen- | eral John R. Matthews, who was up to a few months ago Postmaster of Los An-| geles. All other aspirants for the nomina- tion might just as weil save campaign ex- penses by retiring from the contest.”” | This was a statement made by a lead- | ing Democrat to-day. Neither Senator | White nor General Matthews desires the nomination, but the nomination will be thrust upon one of them at the conven- tion to be held next month in San Jose. wife i, E‘ggi’ga EEEE g | Gross premiums on fire ri; UNITED STATES BRANCH. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— TRANSATLANTIC FiRE INSURANCE COMPANY F HAMBURG, GERMANY. ON THE nST day of December, A. D. 189, and for the r ending on that day, as made to the in- ance Commissioner of the State of Callfor nia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner: ASSETS. Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. 627,346 25 Cash in company's office . 3.384 10 Cash In BADKS -..v.e.... . eo382 21 and accrued on all stocks of deposit in hands of of coliactio: Due from other companies for reims oo surance on losses already pald... RN Total assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid.. Losses In process of adjustment or in . including expenses.... Gross premiums on fire risks running one vear or less. $425,214 52; refn- surance 3 per cent more than one year $25 surance pro rata Commissions and to become due INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire premiums . h Recelved for interest and dividends o1 0 n bonds, stocks, loans, and from all other sources Received from home office Total tncome ..... EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses (in- cluding $6,99 54, losses of previous years) " charges for officers, clerks, ate.... Paid for State, national and locai T % tAXES ..ovovieen 10518 62 All of payments and ex; 31,36 13 Total expenditures ~3637.354 30 Losses incurred during the yvear, fire..$433, 651 81 Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.|Premiums, | Net amount of risks| written during the year| $72,273,157 | $791,228 & Net amount of expired during the) year .| en7essss | essom s Net amodnt 1n cember 31, 1899, 60,293,192 | 75,346 13 ADOT.PH LOEB, U. §. Subscribed and sworn to bef this day of February, 1900, o e e lea NARK A. FOOTE, Notary Public. V. CARUS DRIFFIELD, PACIFIC DEPARTMENT: 213 SANSOME STREET SAN FRANCISCO. THE WEEKLY CALL. - $1 per Yecar.