The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1900, Page 4

THE SAN. F RANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DE 19UV, BREAK 'TOWNE WILL SUCCEED LATE SENATOR DAVIS Governor Lind Tenders the Silver Repub- Accepts. QUEEN TO BREVITY RECORD —_— Speech to Parliament Will Be the Shortest From the Throne. 3 RSt | | | Great Britain's Lawmakers to ‘Be i Merely Told That They Are Sum- [ | oned to Provide Army | Supplies 1] | b | | A | N | | % | [ | | | i i Canadian T | Duk vd Lons- il | Czar Is Cc —— FORMER CONGRESSMAN CHARLES A. TOWNE. WHO HAS BEEN | APPOINTED UNITED STATES SENATOR TO S eD THE LATE || . SHMAN K. DAVIS i | 'H, Minn.. Dec. 5—Charles practiced law in Duluth. Mr. Towne was | whe to-night confirmed the | z mber of Congress (1895-97) and was St. Pet report that Governor Lind has | notable as an orator and advocate of free | wdered him the Senatorship to silver. He left the Republican National succeed the late Senator ¢is. | Convention of 1896 because of gold stand- | . sald he had accepted. He will A plank in the platform. He has been | chington to-MOTTOw hational chairman of _the Silver Re- | SaRIEE) 9 e publi Tty since 1897. He was voted for b \esota Legislature (1899) as fu- | tte Towne was born sion ¢ ite for United States Senate. Michigan, » ember 21 Towne was nominated by the Silver Re- | aw and was admitted to | pt s for tlie Presidency, but later | settled in Minnesota d | withdrew in favor of Bryan 0N [MARCONI SYSTEM PROVES SUCCESS e LIONAIRES SHERIFF'S JURY Morgan and Rockefeller Hear| Messages Exchanged Bs- Dispute of Two Scrub- tween Shores of England Women. and Belgium. — . — Netherlands and MIL { { influence Fremdenblatt S appears foreign- - P rights Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Consul Roose- | Ne v 1t, touch- — : veit Brussels reports to the State De- | 2 * s t, asks if President | NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—J. Pierpont MOr- | partment that a station has been estab- | K show same solicitude for | . " 4 ywijllam Rockefeller, both 8uD- | Jjched at La Panne, Belglum, for the ex- | tee to have some experience in matters | change of wireless telegraphic messages | of finance. sat as Sheriff's jurors Monday | between Belglum and England. last to assess the amount of damages | La Panne was selected on account of its which Mary E. Dowd, scrub woman, had | being the point of Belglum nearest the | received at the hands, or rather tongue, of glish coast. A mast of the Marconi Bridget White, also & scrub woman. Mrs. tem, thirty feet high, was erected Doted The Dover-Ostend mail boat Prin- in her complaint charges Mrs. | there. White with having vilified and slandered | cess Clementine was fitted up with tem- her, with having taken her good name | pora: aratus for use in experimental away from her. as she herself put it, in a | trials. An additional mast was affixed to public place, and she demanded damages | the foremast of this vessel, increasing I the sum of $2000. its original height about sixty feet. From The case was tried before Under Sheriff | that extremity the teiegraphic waves are Mulroney and the Morgan-Rockefeller | Projected” toward each coast. A special jury in one of the Supreme Court rooms s been fitted up on thé steamer the Tweed courthouse. Able counsel nd from that room Benjamin F. > the top of the ex- Spellman represented the _plaintiff and It is confidently expected former Senator Eccles appeared for the defendant. Full details of the unfortunate differences between Mrs. Dowd and Mrs. White were brought out before Mr. Mor- gan, Mr. Rockefeller and their fellow | the urymen under the skillful questioning of | With earned counsel. When the testimony | ACTo: r s were completed the jury | reph nd Mr. Morgan and Mr. ler lent their financial acumen to n represented both parties. the cable is tended mast. to maintain communication between ship and shore for at least thirty miles, which is about half-way across. With stations at La Panne and Dover those on board the vessel will be able to keep in touch the land duriug the entire trip Recent experiments showed* that ved with the same regularit as ordinary telegrams. When miles from Ostend the cap- American 5 se COMMISSARY GENERAL EGAN MAY BE RETIRED . tain was able to telegraph th cssment of the damages Mrs. p! he station 2 2 Jowd had sustained. This they fixed at | master at Ostend the probable hour of Amendment to the Root Army Bill | DO™8, hoq, et N NP owi haa | his arrival, Various telegrams swere sent Would T i ed for, but enough to ca the costs, | ifrom the vessel to Ostend, Brussels, Do- ould Permit !l‘sl; President E i ':h;‘u{“'np\::h x) frll;.\'mm" Mrs. | ver and London, and the reception of each rs g In addition to this case Mr. Mor- | message was acknowledged promptly. e PON tj " nd Mr. Rockefeller sat the same day | _Subsequently, the Consul adds, a mes- N sage was 8 : from the vessel to the sta- tion at Dover Court, ex, a distance of nearly ninety miles, including many miles of cliffs and sea. other Sheriff's jury cases e case nf Mrs. Dowd against Mrs. | White neither Mr. Rockefeller nor Mr. Morgan got a cent for his services, for it was what {8 known as a pauper case, The complainant had no money to pay the fees and as the county will not pay them the | e circumstances are out n- rank of although the rmy holds ral in the DISGUISED AS A WOMAN HE VIEWS THE SHOW Successful Ruse of a Young Man to Gain Entry to Theatricals of Bryn Mawr Girls. President retired list the full pay active list, o Sultan Agrees to Pay. BERLIN, Dec. dispatch received here from Tangiers says the demands of LTIMC E ) Vi rted to-day it Baron von Mentzingen, the German Min- :‘m’l’r"‘; RE, Dec. 6-—Bryn Mawr s to provide for | ister to Moroceo, for the payment of ;“A ol, the fashionable woman's semin- adier Genera three claims of injured Germans and the | 'V, gave a theatrical performance to- 3rig; — punishment of the offenders have been day for the benefit of the, Bryn Mawr ed 1o by the Sultan. | School scholarship. The only persons ad- mitted were female friends and parents | of the girls in the performance. i b i@ | Two or ihree days ago the rumor was g gasr 4 & started that all of the brothers of the WILL PLACE ON SALE THIS DAY 8 brothers came, but were not admitted. One young man, who was anxious to see the pl decided to attire himself in wo- man's costume. Thus disguised. he suc- ceeded in getting in and managed to re- main until the middle of the third and last act, when a malden, 14 vears of age, thought it her duty to inform the princi- pal, Miss Hamilton, of the man’s ence. s Hamilton informed the jani- tor and requested him to remove the man and have him locked in her office until the performance was over. This was | done, but through the kindness of the el e e e 3 teacher the man was released after hav- = ing been detained in the principal's room - | an hour. X | T - . . - . | VISCOUNT HALIFAX TO 1: - . | EMBRACE CATHOLICISM T NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—A Journal special - 4 from London s Viscount Halifax, g | president of the English Church Union, X ° has turned Roman Catholic and will join 4 the church in a few days. Lord Halifax L v T | has for many vears been a leader in the ¥ | ritualist_movement in England. Ritual- 100 LADIES’ GOLF CAPES, 25 inches long; value for $6 50. Sale price this day....... | ism has received so many official setbacks recently that no ome is surprised that Lord Halifax has sought Kflce in Rome, | and his move will likely followed by many other eminent men. s Thompson Is Sinking. % 100 LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, 7 flare, in light and Ox- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 5.—A spe- lal to the Bentinel from Crawfordsville,, ) ford grays; walue for $5 0o. Sale price this 50 | } | nd., says: The condition of Maurice 2 { Thompson has been growing steadily | worse until the hopes for his recovery ’ Bl E now seem to be slight. Mr. Thompson 1126 Market Street. som ‘of Tour nights 1a Dearer realieed £eason o 33,50 ARy div. Lon e Tei i e es il BN | has been working hard recently and only a few months ago finished his most suc- cessful novel, “Alice of Old Vincennes.” - Grau Company at Denver. DENVER, Dec. 5.—The Grau special, the largest passenger train which ever crossed the continent, arrived here from San Francisco at 10:45 a. m. ay. The a T i | in some unknown manner, and, at the | Young farmer. The bride-to-be is the | risk of his life, Chief Engineer Windlar a;'r'n“]"‘g‘»’“lsflmlfih"rl LS R e hut off the power from each of the 730- | ° . She is a beauliful and accom- | : horsepower dynamos, of which there | s— were eix in the building. The building | | | ried last night in this city in _the Church YOLO SUPERVISOR-ELECT TO BECOME A BENEDICK \George Henry Hoppin and Miss Nellie Gil- FIRE CHIEFS ACT OF BRAVERY Engineer Windlar Risks His Life in Shutting Off Big Uynamos. rpRa Blaze in the Power-House of Brook- lyn - Transit Company Causes Heavy Damage and Ties Up Car Lines. e NEW YORK, Dec. & as the l Special Dispatch to The Call. OODLAND, Dec. 5.—George Henry Hoppin and Miss Nel- lie Gilman Smith will be mar- ried at the residence of the parents of the bride-to-be in this city to-morrow. The event is of more than ordinary importance and isf anticipated with a great deal of interest on account of the soctal and political prominence of the two familles. Mr. Hoppin is the member-clect of the Board of Supervisors from the Fifth Dis- trict and is a popular and enterprising ‘What iz known the Ridgewood power-house, owned by Brooklyn Rapid Transit CGempany, was totally destroyed by fire last night, causing a loss of $150,000. The fire gtarted WS 00N @ mase of flames and the fire- men beht most of their energy toward the saving of adjacent property. Imme- diately after the fire broke out all the variogd -eMr lneés receiving power from this source were brought to a standstill and remained so for over two hours, | To Lead Columbia Kickers. W. R. Morley, the sturdy captain of lumbia’s 1900 football team, has been unanimously chosen to lead the white and blue éleven next season. Captain Mor- tey Is one of the s.cudiest players and | surest ground-galners that has ever GEORGE H. HOPPIN AND MISS l’»?li;'d at ('fl|llmblfa. He wag elected NELLIE GILMAN, WHO WILL BE | {0 the captalney of the 190 team eariy | 3 ; last October to succeed Captain “Tom™ MARRIED TO-DAY. Simons, who was forced to resign because of an injured knee, which kept him out | of the game, and proved throughout the | past season the right man for the place. I'he confidence of the entire squad was bis and his example of courage and deter- mination on the fleld did much to clevate the morale of his team. Morley s one of the most experienced men on the team. He has piayed halfback on the | Columbia varsity for two vears and had susly learned the game at the Penn- will go to San Francisco south for a honeymoon three weeks Santa Cruz Wedding Bells. SANTA CRUZ Dec. 5—A pretty home wedding occurred at 10:30 o' ‘morning, when Robert C. Jen: svivania Military Academy and the Uni- | alupe was married to Mi 1 versity of Michigan. He is 24 years of | wards. ‘The wedding was at the home of age, a senior in the School of Mines and s the bride’s mother on Lincoin street. Miss hails from Datil, N. M. He returns to Edwards is a graduate of the Humbx the university next vear for post grad- uate work E3 4 County High School and is an accom- ’, plished musician The groom for eleven Hoffman’s Ashes Scattered. | plished young woman. Her father has years has been in the employ of the In the presence of a number of his life- | held-many positions of trust in this coun- Southern Pacific Milling Company. long friends, the ashes of the late Justice | v and is the present County Assessor. is a prominent M Odd Fellow Albert Hoffman of Hoboken re eemic | "After the ceremony the young couple They left for sco tered to the winds. The body was in- | rlnelr:alwdl at Fresh Pond, L. I. When the [ work had been done the ashes were taken | STE arge of and thrown into the air. was in accordance with the wishes of the former Judge. He had expr ed a wish to be cremated and said he did not want his ashes taken home to be knocked apout. He wanted them to return to mother earth. Bev. Mr. Jones Takes a Bride. The Rev. Robert S. Jones, president of Hobart College, Geneva, Y., and Miss | Lottie +ll,. daughter of the late Charles T. Gill 'of St. Louis, were mar- ST. BRIEUC, F: e, Dec. 5.—The Eng- | | lish steamer Rossgull has been lost off the coast of Jersty. She was engaged in the service between England and the Chan- nel islands and St. Brieuc. She foundered in a gale at 11 o’clock Jast night. Accord- of the Holy Communion by the Rev. Dr. | Ing to the report which has reached here Willlam R. Huntington. The bride was | only eleven persons out of the forty peo- given away by her uncle, C. W. Brega, of | ple on board of her have been saved Shiago. LONDON. Dec. 5.—Storms have been Californians in New York. | sweeping over the British coasts and the _The following Californians are in New | ships in the channel have had rough ex- York: From San Francisco—Rev. | periences. Several minor wrecks have | e T 1 M P been reported. The steamer Rossgull of Long, at Astor; C. &. Maydwall at Broaq. | Plymouth foundered off the island of Jer- itt, at { sey. Her passengers were saved, but a way Central; F. L. Orcutt, at Savoy; W. L. Saalburg, at Hoffman; boat containing nine of her crew is miss- n others more or less injured through ion and loss of gear The usual amount of damage occurred on land, buildings being blown down, tel- egraph 'wires prostrated and some delay caused on railroads in the northern por- tion by heavy snow. WILL CONTEST THE WILL OF PLALW'RIGHT HOYT Relatives of the Deceased Man En- gage a Lawyer to Commence an Action. CONCORD, N. H Dec. Branch of Manchester hi Oliver E been retained 8t Dana MR O Hohe aomo, | T oy demmt n.‘,\n(lpv.[].xl\);'rl‘;}‘altl o b Lpion: G. Montgomery. at St. Denls: J.| BOSTON, Dec. 5.—Another southern|igun ' These heirs are Mrs. Willlam R A;‘sfles‘fr-fl-} .\fi‘){::{:fl.ii :r?iulagoo‘s(‘mléfi storm has swept over New England and | Green of Concord. Joseph B. Hovt of ton, at Imperial; L. R. Kirby, San Diego, | 80n€ the way of all such disturbances,| Nachya and Miss Kate Hale of Boston. | at imperia) S straight off to the northeast and, like|The will will be offered for probate in | s —_— hundreds of its energetic —predece: New York on February 6, but that will Funds for India. | left death and destruction in its wake. | oy no difference with proceedings that | | Yesterday's gale is to-night threshing the waters off Nova Scotia and Newfound- land, preparatory to making a stirring descent upon the European steamer track so_that its.destructive history is not vet NEW YORK, Dec. 6—It is estimated that more than $1,000,000 has been sent to Indla from the United States for the heip of the sufferers. The New York commit- tee, which disbanded to-day, raised $272,- will be had ir this State. The contestants, it is said, will seek to compel a probating of the wiil in the Sul- livan County Court under the law which 88, fully complete. Just what Is accomplishcd | $5tablishes the home of testator where | Sy in this line in New England and particu- | 1i$ domicile or real estate is located. I Another Case of Smallpox. Jarly along the cogst north of Boston can | Wil be asserted that Mr. Hoyt : NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—One new case of | be summed up as follows: Five Glouces- | Wa$ in Charlestown. Another smallpox was reporied to-day, making|ter fishermen drowned, six coasting | contest will be the ged forty-five that have so far appeared in|schooners completely wrecked, nine ves- | of Mr. Hoyt when & the Borough of Manhattan. sels sunk, eight schooners ashore and | will. ! G0OD NEWS FOR THE LADIES! 22 VALUABLE ARTICLES GIVEN AWAY. ASK YOUR GENTLEMEN FRIENDS FOR FONTELLA CIGAR BANDS. SEND THEM TO WELLMAN, PECK & CO.* BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1900, Giving Full Name and Address of Sender, With Number of Bands. | ’ u . v | 01 MARKET STREET. San Francisco, Cal. PRESENTS WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF BANDS SENT IN NO. 1. of FONTELLA CIGAR NO.s. | For greatest number | To the mnext six serding greatest number of ! Bands, LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUIT, VAL- FONTELLA CIGAR Bands, ONE PAIR SORO- UE $6000. Made to order by S. KRAMER, 220 SIS SHOES TO EACH, VALUE $130 PAIR. Powell Street. From TH/E ROYAL SHOE STORE, 30 Third St NO. 6. To the next twelve sendin FONTELLA CIGAR Bands, TEMERI $1.50 PAIR. Post Street. NO. 2. Second greatest number of FONTELLA CIGAR Bands, COAT OR CAPE, VALU $40.00. From R. D. DAVIS & CO,, cor, Geary and Grant Avenue. NO. 3. Third greatest number of FONTELLA CIGAR Bands, PATTERN HAT, VALUE $2500. From ALMA KEITH, 88 Market street. | | gflg\(epgtcg number of NE AIR N- KID GLOVES TO EACH. \'ACLEL.?\F From P. CENTEMERI & CO.. 220 H THESE ELEGANT GIFTS MAY BE SEEN NO. 4 AT THE STORES MENTIONED: THEY ARE Fourth greatest number of FONTELLA CIGAR | WELL WORTH AN EFFORT. Bands, OPERA GLASSES, VALUE S$io.00. DEALERS IN CIGARS WILL NOT PAR. From HENRY KAHN & Co., i42 Market Street. TICIPATE IN THIS OFFER. Parties sending FONTELLA CIGAR Bands must reside in State of California, south of Oregon Line and north of Santa Barbara Kern and San Bernardino Counties, or in State of Nevada. G | sion of ¢ 'E C. HUGHES. s MANY MINERS MEET DEVTH ne Cases of Dynamite Explode in a Mexican Powder House. — Ni | Bodies of Twenty-Six Dead and Fif- teen Injured Alr:ady Recov- ered From the Shaft. CITY OF ME of San wounded n wer vices miles around subs SIGK HEADAGHE cured by these Little Pills. fndigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsh | ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coatea Tongue Pain in ¢he Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Pusely Vegetable. Small Pill, Small Dose. Smaf! Price PILES CURED ne § ) WEIDNER Des Moines, lowa . 226. Wilson b ENltngton irth and “1978 Fifth St VERUS PILE CURE CO. the old and r Agen zeles, DR, MEYERS & CO. Specialists. 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Phone Main 1719. PAINTS. Cylinder & Lubrteating Oils. Schuelder’s Mining Candles. C. G. CLINCH & €O.. 3 Front. 8. F PRINTING. PRINTER. 1! Sansome st., 8. P. PRINTERS. BOOK BINDERS. THE HICKS-JUDD CO., 23 First st.. San Francisco. STATIONER AND PRINTER: PARTRIDGE > street. ria ~ WHITE ASH STEAM COAL, X:1X%50.58 DIAMOND COAL MINING CO.. at its GREEN RIVER COLLIERIES, is the Hest Coal in the market. Office and Yards—4i0 Main street. ED BY ! g DR, HALL’S REINVIGORATORSETPS Five hundred reward for any case we remedy stops cures Emisslor cocele, Gonor Strictures, Lost ) wasting el excesses bottles, $5; dress "HALI Broadway. Market st S F Send for' tree b % cured S Pig & is_s non-poisonous remedy_ for Gonorzhaes, Cleet, Spermaterrhaa, Whites, unnatural dio- chargt . or any inflamma- ritation or, ulcera- ent guara " slar sent on req Weak Hén and Womexi HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican remedy: gives health and strength o sexual orgams. Depot, 333 Market