The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 4, 1900, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO ’IN HIS s AKLAND, Deec. 3.—E. C. Thomas, who is going to take the univer- sity students’ play, “James Wob- berts, Freshman,” on the road if he can get any one to go along, is trying to exp! why he did not keep a dinner and an opera engagement in San Francisco during the closing dave of the Grau season last week. Mr. Thomas say: 1 it was the fault of his taflor, but the r says that it was all owing to th ty of Mr. Thomas. »mas is a very correct young He has shone and scintiliated in university circles for a number of years, end has been a leader in everything from hops to football. He knows football pad- from the latest thing in , and that is why he got in- Mr. Thomas had an arrangement with some friends an Francisco to attend 8 dinner and then the opera. He ordered 2 brand-rew from his taflor was of the ut and fash- ton. and Mr. Thomas arranged go that he d rush from home to the talior's, get s sult, take it to Sar e* a hotel and connect theater party Ev £uit packed in a dress-st rived at his hot he prepar isco, change dinner and He had the and ar- e. There t belonged to some one else and not a of a dress & e telphone 3 the Oakiand worked violen tched a m with the real arrived, but Mr. ad to be canceled was HURRY IMPRESARIO THOMAS SEIZES THE WRONG DRESS-SUIT CASE Correct Young Man of Oakland, Manager of World-Renowned “James Wobberts” Theatrical Combination, Misses His Grand Opera Engagement. FEBERA ST WM Gorng Te Tug oreRa T =5 A gy WANT My pRESS SUiT & onsemer, | | SHOT SHE FIRED Police Holding Mrs Susie Conway Until Surgeons Shall Report, PSR Wounded Man Refuses to Allow Woman Who Shot Him to Nurse Him Back to Health. Sl \OUST HAVE TWO Hours To DRESS Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Deec. 3. | Awaiting the final result of the wound | of Edward Conway, the woman who shot t him last night, in defense of her life, is | held at"the City Priso There I no | doubt in the minds of the Receiving Hos- pital surgeons that the wounded man will | recover. The bullet is supposed to be | lodged In his liver, but until the patient has regained his strength no attempt will be madé to remove the missile. A day since the shooting has developed nothing to contradict Mrs. Susie Con- way’s explanation of the reasons she fired | | the shot at the man she insists is her | husband. But she will add hothing more now to the story of the domestic troubles | which caused the affair. She is anxious to gain her freedom, and to-day efforts ! were made to induce Conway to have her come to his bedside as a nurse. But the wounded man refused to listen to the proposition. “I shall have nothing more to do with her,” he said this morning. While Conway has not specifically de- clared himeelf upon the subject, the gen- eral impression around police headquar- ters is that, unless he shall succumb to the injury, there will be no prosecution j of Mrs. The woman was in- formed had denied her claims of marriage to him and she re- lied vigorously that she would compel , him to publicly retract his statement on that score. Lines have not fallen in pleasant places FasT maLe Traws THoMAs AcreSS e mn UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRANGES TO BE A M A PARTY, AND FINDS | FRANCISCO THAT HE IS SARTORIALLY DISQUALIFIED, | NER AND OPE for the attractive young woman since the iroubles several vears ago that caused a separation between herself and yvoung Thomas Fitch Jr. As the girl bride of the | scion of the silver-tongued orator, she was a belle among the young people of | East Oakland. In those days she was MBER OF A DIN- | UPON REACHING SAN HEW PROPOSALS | BEGARDING CHINK ASolution of the Oriental| Problem May Be Near | at Hand. l gratincation the part of all 10 moderate ¥ the Min- be certain be executed, be has not Once the punish- nerai Ludington re- o »-day from I rmaster at 'l raying the Califc November 3) with the remains of our soidiers - s Tientsin, Pie- lies of the de- to receive the most of them | »m thelr Governmen nt note to the Chinese and a meeting will be yrrow. The envoys are not com- but enough is known with | objections of differe to make it seem doubtf: hing and 11 Hu they are & nds of the powers. peace at any price commen- he dignity of an independent | they point out that so lohg as ign army occupies the province the problem will be hard to missionarjes and others who went ugh the siege protest bitterly against suggestion of lenfency. They urge riy that those who were high in e and_were responsible for the out- o= to foreigners should be executed 4 they insist also that a sufficient ce should be kept in China to guaran- yrder and to keep foreigners independ- nt of the Chinese, declaring that if this not done a repetition of the troubles is nevitable. LONDON, Dec. 4—“Placards are again | cing posted.’ savs the Tientsin .corre- | yndent of the Standard, wiring Sunday, nnouncing a renewal of the anti-foreign sthreaks as imminent.” The Shanghal correspondent of the Morning Post says the Hankow Viceroy )4 Admiral Seymour during the latter’s recent visit that the court would never return to Peking. but, as the correspend- ent learns, the Nankin Viceroy holds just contrary opinion. FORTUNE TO CONTINUE SALOON IN DECOTOC Supervisors Vote in Favor of Saloon Man Against Whom Residents Enter Protest. OAKLAND, Dec. 3—Supervisors Church, Wells and Talcott voted to-day in favor of H. Fortune of Decoto, against whom e people of Decoto flled a protest for ing his saloon In a boisterous and un- manner. Supervisor Talcott said e did not care to sit as judge in the r. but would leave it in the hands Bupervisorial representative of the When Wells voted against the of the distriet petitioners Church voted with him. An 2dditional protest was filed against For- tune this morning by the residents of De- coto, but it had no weight with the Su- pervisors. —_————————— TELEPHONE LINEMEN REFUSE TO GO OUT Assure Manager Ellis That They Are Batisfied With Wages and Hours of Labor. OAKLAND, Dec. 3.—Delegates from the linemen’s organization of San Francisco came over this morning and tried to in- duce the local employes of the Sunset elephone Company to give up their jobs. ne men refus They assured Manager is of the company that they were well satisfied with their $2 50 for nine hours’ work and would not go out. 8ix of the ten men of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company were persuadea to quit. They first made a demand for $2 for eight hours’ work, which was refused PROGRESS IN THE LAND OF THE CZAR Evidences of a Forward Movement on Every Hand. o s LONDO Dec. 3.—A . Petersburg special The population of Russia was estimated at about 75,000,000 in 1881, the year of the emancipation of the serfs. It is now calculated to be over 136,600,000, ed by This estimate is > calculated a 1 deaths, which 1s cer- tainly 2,000,000 to the total of 129,000,000 n by the census of January 25, 1 ch was 126400000 without the Grand chy of F d, or 129000000 including nic population is 73 per Russtans alone num- bering 86,000,000, or 66 per cent, and the Poles 900000, or 7 per cent. The total Finnish population is over 6,000,000 and the Lithunians almost reach the same figure, numbering 5.60,000. Various Turkish peo- pies of the Volga, the Crimea, the Cauca- sus ana Siberia number 11,000,000, or about 8 per cent of the whole. There are 4,000, 0% Heorews and about a million persons of German descent or birth. it has so long been the fashion to de- excess births ov scribe the land of the Czar as ‘“darkest Russia,”” or “starving Russia,” that most people have difficulty In alizing that there has been any progress in the em- pire during the last forty vears except in population. An observer who is not preju- diced readily finds proot of the contrary. One who s open eves is fairly over- whelmed with evid of a forward movement along a The present period is usually described abroad as one of industrial The word cr! foreign reviews of Russian 55 What are the facts? The production of pig iron, regarded as the barome- | ter of commerce and industry, has been thus far during 1900 more than 12,000,000 poods greater than curing the corre- sponding period of 18%. The Russian iron producers, however, complain of dull e increase this ‘year has rs. The increase of pig iron the northern district this year was 20 000 poods, or 19.6 per cent; in he district of the Kurils 8800000 poods, or over 10 per cent, and_in the southern district 5,900,000 poods. or 7 per cent The Ministry of Public Instruction has ordered the establishment of new meteor- ological stations at all important rallway stations in Siberia and upon the shores of Lazke Bafkal. The Ministry of Raflroads and Commun- | ications has appropriated for the coming year 5,000,000 rubles for new chauszes, principally in the Caucasus. The same authority has ordered 1000 passenger cars for the purpose of extending fourth-class service. The movement of workingmen upon the Russian rallways last year amounted to 3,000,000 persons. The great sanitarfum for leprosy situ- ated at Tukkum, near Riga, has just been enlarged so that it is now able to accom- ate 465 persons. SUPPLIES FOR THE SOLDIERS Transport to Take an Enormous Cargo to the Philippines. SEATTLE, Dec: 3.—The United States transport Kintuck is preparing to take an enormous general cargo, including live- stock. from Puget Sound to Manila for the use of the army in the Philippine Isl- ands. The Kintuck reached Seattle on Sunday in excellent condition after her voyage from Manila. She was in charge of Captain L. 8. Poik of the Forty-third Volunteer Infantry. The Kintuck will be overhauled here and in all probability placed on the drydock to have her huil scraped and painted. She will load one of the biggest cargoes ever sent from this port by the quartermaster's department. The Kintuck has a larger animal carry- ing capacity than any transport with headquarters in San Francisco. She will carry 82) head of horses and mules, 1500 tons dead weight of hay and grain, fifty army wagons and a quantity of general army stores. Captain K. G. Hampton, quartermaster of volunteers, will go in chagge of the Kintuck. He is here wait- ing Yor her to =all. ok ar o PO S Ex-Convict Has Short Liberty. Lawrence J. Edwards, a Folsom convict, who was reléased three days ago, was ar- rested last night and held at the City Prison pending an investigation. Ed- wards has spent considerable money for hack rides and wine since gaining his freedom and last evening tried to cash a check in a Post-street saloon. The bar- keeper questioned the genuineness of the Wer and reported the facts to the police. W ards’ term in prison was for forgery. e Sutro’s Realty to Be Sold. Judge Coffey has granted the petition of Dr. Emma L. Merritt, executrix, and W. . H. Adamson, executor of the will of the late Adolph Sutro, for leave to sell all of the realt{l of decedent’s estate. It is understood that only sufficlent of the real- ty will be sold to pay the estate debts, which aggregate about $600,000. —————————— Mrs. Thompson Disc Mrs. Mary Thompson, 923 Minna street, who was arrested Saturday on a warrant charging her with disturbing the peace, was discharged yesterday by Judge Ca- baniss. The Judge severely reprimanded Mrs. sen, the complaining witness. of the east side. They resided then at Tubbs' Hotel, a soclety center, and there was born the first child. the son of young | Thomas Fit After the separation Mrs. | Fitch went and little was heard of her. There were stories that she had gone on the stage. Some two vears ago she met Conway, and they had been to- | gether until the episode of last night. | They recently came here from Sa to. Conway has had regular em; at his trade of tailor's cutter, remembered as Miss Susie Shaw, the daughter of one of the prominent famiiles | i I q and Thomas L. Merrill Expires | &onway aniher i) »7omecs for ars e ads T ALLEGED SWINDLING | OF SOLDIERS REPORTED | Petty Merchants, Aided by Army Clerks, Said to Be Fleecing Invalid Veterans. Unscrupulous petty merchants, aided by army clerks, are reported to be fleecing invalided soldiers who have money due them. Several concerns are mentjoned as having employ2d solicitors to get informa- tion and to prey upon the soldlers. The basis of the operation is the official record of each man, which, being pro- cured, gives information concerning the cofn the Government will pay him on a certain day. WIith this knowledge those who expect to realize from the unsophisti- cated soldiers know how much they can While Working at His Desk. St Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 3. While working at the desk he had occu- | | pied for twenty years Thomas L. Merrll, | eceiving teller of the Contra Costa Water Company, dropped dead this afternoon,! presumably from heart disease. He had | returned from lunch and had gone to his | @esk only a minute before the summons | | came so suddeni; | Mr, Merrill was working over his a counts when he suddenly clutched at his | heart, gave a moan of pain and sank to | the floor. He was borne 1 | th . He quickly to the | safely trust each one. There is a story president’s office and Dr. Chamberlain, | that they pay a regular price for x;"e | who was driving by, was summoned. But | facts. This is naturally added when the soldier makes a purchase to the amount charged agalnst him, The places thus aileged to be workin the aged clerk was dead could be given to him. As s00n as the Coroner had been notified | before any reliet | i and the fact made known that deceased had long been suffering from heart trou- ble permission was given for the removal of the body to the Merrill residence, at 1215 Brush street. Vice President Dingee of the water company had relatives noti- fled and word was conveyed to the aged widow, who had only a few minutes before bade her husband good-b An inquest will be necessary to deter- mine the cause of death, although there is every evidence that heart disease was the cause. Mr. Merrill had resided In California for many years, a score of which he had | handied all of the receipts of the office from water rate payers during that time. Deceased was 64 years of age, a natl | of Maine. Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Dr. Charles T. Rodolph |and Mrs. D. 8. Mathes. The funeral ar- | rangements will be made to-morrow. b e SIMPLE FUNERAL OF THE LATE FRANK R. STEELE Western Union Telegraph Company Employes Pay Last Tribute to the Deceased Manager. OAKLAND, Dec. 3.—The funeral of the late Frank R. Steele, manager of the Westérn Unfon Telegraph Company at San Francisco, was held this morning from the late residence of the deceased, 2431 Piedmont avenue. In accordance with the desire of Mrs. Steele, the servi were of the simplest character. Rey. W liam H. Scudder, pastor of the Market. street Congregational Church, conducted the services, which consisted of a prayer and a short address of comfort and con- solation for the bereaved wife, children and friends. A large number of the department heads | and other employes of the telegraph com. | pany came from San Francisco to attend the funeral. Edwin R. Folger, manager ! of the Oakland office of the compan | among the representatives present. | The pallbearers were J. rintendent of telegraph of the Southern Pactfic Company: T 1. Reynolds, cashier | of the San Francisco office; D. R. Davies. | superintendent of construction of th Western Union Telegraph Company; H. 8. Converse, chief operator of ‘the 'San Francisco office; W. J. Higgins, delivery clerk at the San Francisco office, and G. .. Davie, a personal friend of the Steele family. The body was incinerated at Odd Fel- lows' Cemeterys San Francisco. —————— MRS. COMSTOCK FILES SUIT IN INTERVENTION Charges That Business of Equity Building and Loan Association Has Been Mismanaged. OAKLAND, Dec. 3.—Mrs. Louisa Com- $3800 against the Equity Loan Association, filed a sult in interven- day. The suit is simjlar to the one re. cently brought by Attorney General Ford to enjoin the building and loan associa- tion from continuing its business and ask- ing that a receiver be appointed to take charge of the assets and liabilities, Mrs. Comstock’s complaint recites that the corporation has been seriously mis- managed: that it has not had a treasurer for a vear past; that there was favorit- ism toward several creditors, and that the directors have loaned money from the association’s funds to themselves upon se- c;n;l!y insufficient to insure the recovery of it. ———— PICKED UP NUGGET ON HIS LIVERMORE FARM H. M. Christensen Discovers Threa Quartz Ledges That May Yield Gold When Developed. LIVERMORE, Dec. 3.—H. M. Christen- sen, while walking about his farmyard several days ago, picked up a nugget of old. He took it to town and ascertained ts value to be $3. Christensen has since examined his land and discovered three ledges of quartz, which he belleves con- tain gpld. The Christensen farm is three miles from town in the foothills. Livermore’s vicinity is developing lands that contain valuable deposits. Recently oll was discovered, and coal has been a product for several years, iy ‘sant in the water company's employ. He" was | . Donner, su- | stock, who failed In an action to recover | Building and | tlon against the defunct corporation to- | against the welfare of the soldiers, an | no less agalnst the welfare of the city, are ar out on Kearny street and near the Presidio. Men are induced to buy on cred- it, and their pay is all pledged before they recelve it. Reputable business houses are prnleltlng must be done to prevent the outrages and | to preserve the good name of the city, | e e | DESPONDENT MRS. HAPPY i DRINKS CARBOLIO ACID | OAKLAND, De —Mrs. Mary Happy, whose home is at the corner of Sixteenth | and Cypress streets, is reported to have tried to commit sulcide last night about 11 | o'clock by swallowing a dose of carbolic acid. People In the same house with Mrs, Happy heard her cries and summoned & | physician to attend her. Destitution is the cause of the woman's attempt upon her own life. The attention of Supervisor | Mitchell was called to the case and he | will have her removed to the County In- | firmary. —_————— | Tilness of Rev. Andrew Mitchell, | OAKLAND, Dec. 3—Rev. Andrew Mit- chell, whose son, John Mitchell, is ona | of the Supervisors, is seriously {ll at hig { home on Myrtle street. His advanced | ake, 77 years, makes his relatives appre- | hensive 'as to the outcome of the illness. Rev. Mr. Mitchell was taken sick soon after_attending a Baptist convention In | San Francisco. GRAND HOTEL. | A Pennington, Ukiah |W W Goodwin, Alaska | M Arenat, Angels | W K Johnsto Seattle J F Forsyth, Ohlo F J Herthel v, | C Ruine, Cliyton ln‘ T Herthe S aluns J S Smith, Vallejo | _ Boston 2 S Wallbridge, L Ang |Mrs E Gerber, Chgo linn, Willows | W A Semple, Or | AG D C Jones, Btanford | J B Hess, Austin C A Sutheriand, Cal | T W Willlams, Salinas N L Ashe, Salinas Kaseburg, Rosedale v J Hanna, Sacto E Serton, Kingstown A Woelffel, Alblon |E Dinkelspiel, Sufsun | F Lemon, Boston M H Durst, Wheatland | 4 D Biddie, Hanford |F_L, Beramma & w, Androus, Pomona | Redding & Philbin, 'L Ang |Mrs D O Hunt, S Hina | Mrs B Gardiner, Ohlo! W M Lowell, Sacto | M H Bangs, Ohio A B C Dowdell, § Hina | 3 McCudden, Vallefo |H B Muir, Ukiah | Miss McCudden, Valijo| W F Wiler, Cal C A Ruggles, Stockton Miss Twomey, Stktn J W Love, Fresno L L Bradford, Mo R D Stephens & w, Sac L R Cody & w, Chgo | Mrs "J D Stimpson. Mrs T R Haves, Mich | _Los Anzeles | W Jerestaw,” Brentwd B E Salisbury,. N Y |W Etteen, Denver D Horn, Hornbrook 'C W Eastin, Modesto W F Rowell, Fresno |1 Brunn. Chicago | Mrs W B Gester, Ncstl|G B Maires, Pa | 3 M Francis, Auburn |J T Bogue & w, Mrysv | W H Berry & w, Selma| & M Hall, Marysvilla T R Stockett&w,Seattl R W Skinner & . | H E White, Nome | Marysville : | W H Pring & w, Cal PALACE HOTEL. L T Wright, Shasta |Mrs S O Sullivan, | Mrs A S Gllbert, Or |Mrs C W Piker. & ¥ © Miss K Gilbert, Or |H J Small, Sacto A Sutherland, N Y [C P Borne, N vy M Sutheriand, N Y |M Allen, San Jose | R Hoogland, Chicago |G Moore, Illinofs J C Gamage, St Louis (Miss O Harvey, Galt Dr T Powell, Los Ang|E S Barney, Dayton | W I McKee, Chicago F A Newton, Boston F J Lowry, Honolulu [Mrs Newton, Boston Mrs Lowry, Honolulu (W Campbell, Boston J J White, Cincinnati/Mrs K W Skiler, Wash Mgs T Flint, San Juan Miss Terrable, § L. 0 E 'W_Roberts, Cal |C Dunphy, Milbrae Mre Roberts, 'Cal W J Wiley, Palo Alto J H Estee, Vermont |Mrs J L Carson, Cal N E de Yoe, Modesto .|J W Navy, wf, N v Mrs de Yoe, Modesto |Miss § Navy, N Y D H Daily, N J L Mrs Daily, N J A Bettens, Byron Dlab-iat-] A F Grant, Chicago J Brown, Los A G F Simonds, Mass |S§ H Well, wf, N R L Fuiton, Reno Mrs W G Page, Idaho Raymond-Whitcomb Party. J P Bodge and wife Mrs M _V Shepard § C Bodge A A Wilkinson M Eger and wife Miss Titus W M Hart and wife NEW WESTERN HOTEL. H ElPhlck Arizona |E Honeyman, Nevada J Smith, N Y W_§ Humphreys & w, J W Church, Salinas | Winters W J Seth, Doggett M Y Collins, Sacto H Mersich, Martinez |J F Connolly, Mass A Johnson, Oakland |J R Madison, L Sowers, Denver L Hollenbeck, Cal R Y, Gates, ot J G Bode, W E Murphy, Vailejo J A Bundy, Nel J Tintinger, B C G Wagner & w, Cal G Nelson, Sacramento D A Hartons, Mo R B Dowe, bo and declaring that something | ‘| clded to-day that W. B. Greenbaum'’s ap- | JALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1900. (o} 11 AWAIT RESULT OF |NUMEROUS ENTRIES ARE BEING MADE OF FOWLS, CATS AND BELGIAN HARES Exhibit of Swell Felines Promises to Be a Feature of Oakland Show, and Among the Offerings Are Some Long-Ha ired Varieties. i) NEGRO YOUTH THE’ BRUTAL MURDERER OF LOUISE FROST! Sheriff 15 Determined to Take the Lincoln County. risoner, to n ching Wil Promptly Qgcur. s e e i1 i iy 1 | I b | i il } ; il i W I Hi i —_—— BRITISH ARE ¥ICT IN MINOR It | i i f {RItH THE EXPOSITION. | AKLAND, Dec. 3.—The combined | poultry, dog, pigeon, cat gian hare show which will open | | Wednesday at the Exposition has attracted such widespread atten- | tion from fanciers that the entrles In | many of the departments already far ex- | ceed expectations. The display in tha poultry department is particularly large. There are in coops 1238 fowis, which are now being judged, preparatory to the opening of the show. These include all varieties of fowls, Including ducks, geese | and turkeys in abundance. This is the largest poultry exhibit ever made on the | Pacific Coast. Many of the awards wlIIJ and Bel- | ; | dent, | Mrs.'I. Eichwald; tre: THE DE* Uncle*Sam Wil | Settler FR T e Head i PRICE FIVE CENTS RE ARRESTED . FOR SMUGGLING FAMOUS JEWELS |Two Mexicans Captured in New York With Yaluable Diamonds Wom by Empress Carlotta. i iy i i i;” Hi i *iz 1 h it i i I i i i t i {x il i: 1 ss i i Hi il i} 5 it i} it il i i i | il .!3 i f st i | i ! it il g. l I i HH I i | i'l! i it l ! il TWO OF OAKLAND’S FINEST CATS, OF WHICH MRS. C. C. TAYLOR I8 THE PROUD OWNER AND WHICH TO BE FEATURES OF THE COMBINED POULTRY, DOG, PIGEON, CAT AND BELGIAN HARE SHOW AT be ready for announcement Wednesday. The poultry judges are Henry Berrar., 'TI}*V Rowsell, J. R. € v and R. J. V e cat A - Venn xhibit promises to be one of the interesting features. More than u hundred magnificently bred felines have been entered. Among them are some rare specimens of long haired varietics and exhibits of notable house pets owned by well know fanciers in this city and San Francisco. The display wil in charge of the California Cat Club, which has the following named officers: Presi- Mrs. R. B. Beson: vice president, rer, Mrs. Rowlin- C. Taylor; man- son; secretary, Mrs. C. ager, C. C. Taylor. he exhibition of the American Runt Pigeon Club, Dr. C. M. Selfridge presi- | e —N dent, will be the first display ever made In this city of that spacies. Tte standarl for the runt must be: Girth, fifteen hes or over; length of feather; tip of beak to end of tail twenty-two inches or over, and tip to tip of wings forty inches or over. There are several large lofts in Oakland which will be represented with a large number of magnificent birds. Estimates are now that fully 30 dogs will be entered to represent the prominent kennels of Oakland, as well as- many !hro‘thflul the coast. The diversity of exhibits in all of the departments is only equaled by the wide range ot the local ities represented by fanciers. The com- mittees are much gratified with the gen- eral interest which has been manifestedl in the show. Eva Powell, president; Miss Annle Holmes rorrespnndinf secretar Miss Mary_Ratcliff, recording secretary, and Miss Mary Powell, treasurer. ———e————— ALAMEDA PHYSICIAN KICKED BY A HORSE ALAMEDA, Dec. 3—Dr. J. M. Young was kicked in the face this morning by a fractious horse and sustained injuries that will disfigure him for life. His left | jaw was fractured and the cheek cut in a painful manner. The iron-shod hoof of the vicious brute barely missec the phy- sician’s temple. Dr. Young was rendered unconscious by the blow and was discov- ered in that condition by his wife. The horse was tethered in a lot adjoin- ing Dr. Young's place at the south end of Walnut street. Its master was in the act of unt¥ing the animal from an lIron stake, preparatory to hitching it up, when it reared and let drive with its hind feet. | Dr. J. A. Riley is attending the injured man and he says it will be some time before he recovers from his wounds. e ——————— GUARDIAN GREENBAUM'S APPOINTMENT SET ASIDE OAKLAND, Dec. 3—Judge Greene de- | pointment as guardian of Lady Mary Leilah Kirkham Blair Yarde-Buller was not legally made, the ground being that the notice and citation at the time of the ment, August 21 of this year, had not been properly served on the alleged incompetent. The matter will come up again on December 17, when Lady Yarde- | $iller's abilify to manage her property rights will be inquired into. The legality | ofs Greenbaum’'s appointment was ques- tioned by Attorney M. C. Chapman, who | has been appointed by Lady Yarde-Buller to look after her interests. appoint | 1 — —e———— For Municipal Election. KELEY, Dec. 3—The berkeley Re- pxg)li:l.cRsn Central Committee has com- P ced the campaign fot the coming mu- Mleipal election to be held in April. Chair- Than B, C. Marliane has appointed the following executive committee to have charge of the work: Paolo Sallsbury, G. e enuster, E. M. Batchelder, H. C. Bar- Tow, Hugh Forgle, W. C. Moran, J. L. Sykes and P. Remond. Christian Scientists Incorporate. ND, Dec. 3.—The Second Church ntoér!frk% has incorporated with the fol- Jowing named directors: Sarah C. Hatch, Zebuline H. Schafer, Gertrude M. Sha: Flizabeth H. Jacobs, Edgar M. Dean, Resco Augsburg, Herbert W. Beck, Charles E. Hatch and Ellza Whitworth. The purpose of the incorporation s to conduet a church for worship, instruction and Christian healing. ————————— Death of George Baxter. HAYWARDS, Dec. 3—George Baxter, for manyAyears a resident of Haywards, dled suddenly this morning in Riverside, where he had gone two weeks ago with his son-in-law. His only relative is his daughter, Mrs. B. K. Strowbridge. e e ———— Licensed to Marry. KLAND, Dec. 3.—A license to marry thbeenAllsned to John Antrim Stoneu, 25, and Hattle Maxfield, 24, Oakland. . —_— ee————— Death of Jacob Sharer. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 3.—Jacob Sharer, one of Marin County’s oldest and wealth- fest citizens, died at his home in this city to-day. He was unmarried and leaves an estate of more than $100,000. He was over 76 years of age and a native of New York Stat —_——-——— Judge Angellotti IIL SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 3.—Judge F. M. An- gellott! is quite {ll. He was unable to pre- side on the Superior bench to-day. il ol Republican Ticket Defeated. SALEM, Or., Dec. 3.—In the city election to-day the Citizens' ticket was successful, defeating the Republican ticket. S. P. Bishop was aleeteg Mayor. | ments carried to avoid this trouble in the | sea, DISCORD 1S DUE T0 THE CHARTER So Says Councilman Frank | K. Mott in a State- ment. PR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 3. City Councilman Frank K. Mott has| leaped into the ring of municipal turmoll. Mr. Mott says flatly that the time of the Mayor, the City Attorney and the City Engineer should not be taken up with place hunters, but with their legitimate duties, and he wants the charter amend- future. Mr. Mott says: The present city charter method of constitu- ting the Board of Public Works has proven to be unsatisfactory after nearly six years of trial, and I desire to call attention to some specific detalls relating to the situation in muriicipal _affalrs, which may have general observation or not have been closely ed swd understood by our citizens. First let me repeat, however, that proposed amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, to be voted upon at the special election next Saturday, are de- signed to divorce from the present duties of the Mayor, City Attorney and City Engineer their control of the patronage departments of the city government; I. e., the Police and Fire departments, and to ong other things) es- tablish a commission, dietinct and separate from all others, which shall in future wholly direct those two departments. Also to re- habilitate the Board of Public Works as purely | as the executive arm of the City Council, thus restoring to the board the functions designed for it by the freeholders’ who formulated our charter, with this exception: That the of Pubile Works shall no longer be hampered in its duties by having to constantly wrestle with the subject of “‘patronage’” or “spoils.” Let me ask the voters of Oakland: Do they desire a Mayor who shall have time to attend to the many dutles of the chief executive of the city, as provided in the charter originally, or do they desire a Mayor harassed by the increasing cries of the spollsmen—his time oc- cupled in listening perhaps to the complaints of rival cliques in this or that department; his duties as executive officer necessarily neglected, and his energies spent in fruitless attempts to smooth the path to preferment of some clamorous, petty place-seeker? Is it not about time our city charter should provide In terms that the Mayor should be the city’s chief executive, originally designed by the charter, and only that? And are the citizens of Oakland desirous of having the city's grave legal interests and dif- ficulties, present and prospective, copstantly increasing in importance as they are, attended to by the man they elect City Attorney, or do they desire him to be handicapped eighteen hours out of the twenty-four adjusting the relative merits of two or more applicants for a hosecart-driver’s job or sitting in conference night and day to_dectde whether some patrol- man was asleep ‘‘on watch” or not? Is it not about time that Oakland should be entitled to the legal services of whoever may be her re{‘umrly elected City Attorney, and not that she should require or permit him to turn his attention from such needful legal services? We have a large area now within. our city's | limits, requiring the most earmest, constant and careful consideration from an engineering and sanitary standpoint. Do_the people hoj for betterments in sanitation? Are not prol lems of sewering paramount to the crles of & place-hunters? Have we not miles and miles of ungraded streets, unlaid sidewalks, gutters and curbs? Is it not about time that the city of Oakland's engineer should have his whole time and attention for the study of these im- portant sanitary questions and the kindred ineering duties appertaining rightfully to that office? the adoption of amendments the voters of Oakland then shoulders of the three offici: burden, which sets like an "' weighing 1, 2 3and 4. Let remove from the s this patronage “old man of the energles, so that down their the city’s progress halted and ¢ ‘harmony of municipal affairs turned fnto jangling dis. cord. Until this change is made no municipal administration, howaver blithe and promising ‘.!hl;nly ltmbuut. can hope to prosper or ichiev y betterment of to the people of this city. e —————— ARTHUR TAPPAN’S DEATH DUE TO AN ACCIDENT Little Charles Swan Tells His to Jury Amid Sobs of Grief. ALAMEDA, Dec. 3.—Coroner H. B. Mehrmann held an Inquest this evening at § o’clock In the case of 13-year-old Arthur Tappan, who was accidentally killed yes- terday afternoon by a playmate, Charles Swan, while the boys were hunting on th, marsh at the West End. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict stating the cause of death to be a gunshot wound in the thoracie cavity inflicted by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of Charles Swan. In addition to the verdict the followln; wag drawn up and signed by all the ]urorg and concurred in by Coroner Mehrmann: The jurors in the Inquest of Master Charles Tappan’'s death recommend that a city ordi- nance be passed prohibiting the using or carry- ing of firearms by youths under 13 years of age Those whose signatures were affixed to the foregoing, as well as to the verdiet, are: Henry Schneider, W. H. Walter, Geo: N. Gray, Louis Durein, H. C. Gray. Charles Bueck and W. A Conneau. Young Charles Swan appeared at the branch morgue accompanied by his moth- er. Between sobs he related minutely the incidents prior to the discharge o{ the n {n hi ands that ended the life of his ittle companion. To-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral of the unfortunate youth will be held from the home of his mother, Mrs. Charles Tappan, Fifth street and Buena Vista avenue. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. —_—— ARNOLD CONFESSES TO HOLD-UP IN COURTROOM OAKLAND, Dec. 3.—Frank 8. Arnold, who in company with William Hunter was engaged in the hold-ups last week of Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Fritzinger in East Oak- land, confessed his gullt in Police Judge Smith’s courtroom when he was arrafgned this morning. When told to stand up to 1 to the reading of the complaint against him, Arnold said In reply to the question as o his plea: “TI'm ity, sure enough.”™ Judge Smith warned Armold that his confession might be used flnlu-t him, and he said fhothing further. e examination of the young robbers for holding up Mrs. Curtis was set for December 11, and in the Fri case for December 13. Commission Men May Move. OAKLAND, 8—The commission men of Oakland, now located on Eleventh sireet, between Washington and Frank- lin, have under consideration a proposi- tion to move their places of business to Adams’ wharf. It is proposed to bufld a large shed thers so that produce can be unloaded directly from cars and boats, thereby saving several handling: