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

THE BSA / FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1900. C 9 UPRISING WAS UIBMHEEKEB’OakIand Prepares to Usher in Day of Re Jealousy of Samoan Chiefs| Nearly Caused an Outbreak, i Prompt Action on the Part of Lieu tenant Commander Dorn Prevent- ed the Braves From Using Their Clubs. | —_———— | l | s Epecial Correspondence of the Asso TUTUILA, Samoa, Dee F. Tilley has gone to New the Abarenda to get st to have the shiy 3 left on | November 26 last Apia en route, and from there he departed on the 28th of November for Aue Commander E J ated Press ernor R,‘ and with | coal and | eigners and nat g smoothly Previous to New Zealand a) visits to all anks were una e to Governer States Govern afforded they now they can cultivating their their towns n and wanton opponents. f=fectori have the gre raising of revenues by taxing the | of the custom of f fine mats and cople indulged making an act vernor, and these | feastings, dancing and ¥ between the peo- and this made g the wisit of Fo! rd is st chief It vE a general review of M the g r a Manua “the Tu left the Tutuila e review and in- >rinate Manua ad of being in his ers were then | moans do not en the rest of ¥ eard of it they wers | xpressed a wish to resort | ) of paying a visit a few of the in-| ommander Dorn atening to pun- cites others to used by the ites between the local ne of which is the essary to enact a ttlement of disputes, and ce is now in force. arrived on De- d a little over sapoointment come fiom all g steamer arriving does not seem to re- sovernment has government of that the United ufla. He has writ- hiefs of Tutuila, in- 1 a gathering of the government at his Upolu and to bring be construed as trib- chiefs have strongly re- Government i collecting & prior to the hoisting of r the guns surrendered by Mataafa factions is in ans are awaiting pay- disputes as to The German t o do th whole 1 but there are under America’s pro- ® to receive a considerable SHOTS FROM REGULATION PISTOL HAVE NO EFFECT Three Bullets From a Policeman’s Weapon Fail to Penetrate a ® Horse’s Skull. which was attached to a de-| n and left unhitched near the Powell and California street down the steep grade of oroughfare at about 1 o'clock afternoon. On reaching the | crossing of Kearny street the now thor- oughly frightened animal, by a miracle, escaped knocking down several people. In fornia Market he collided runaway was thrown, but was soon feet again, apparently none the for its exciting experience. ! other horse did not fare so well. Though it managed to hold its feet, an examinatic owed that the poor beast’s | was broken. A large crowd had eol- d and Policeman Reade was called | to kill the horse to end its misery, flicer was equipped with a 32-cali- r of the pattern which was re- upon as the regulation pis- ice Department. The officer n and fired, but the erip- | The sled beast remained standing. Again ;{r-a",‘ puil e trigger, aiming at a spot in the center of the skull, but with no better success. After a third shot had been fired a man in the crowd found the bullet on the rim of his hat and handed it to the officer. Reade then called Officer Geo: lass, who with one shot from hik 41-cal ber pistol killed the still suffering ani meal. The horse belonged to Joseph J. !‘s:p‘n‘ the stableman, and was valued at §160. GUNBOAT COMMANDER | egaard, a Norwegian, has discovered named after himself an hitherto un- wn istand in the Pacific Ocean, l)‘ing\ de 2 degrees 4 minutes north an: - 135 degrees 30 minutes east, be- 1e Philippine and Caroline groups. tated that an American gunboat nder has annexed the islan: i which comma: £e be richly wooded very Enocked Down by & Wagon. Mrs. Kate Gillick, residing at 224 Taylor street, was knocked down by & wagon while crossing Market street at its )un:; tion with Sixth yesterday and sustain injuries which were treated at the Re- ceiving Hospital by Dr. Putnam -for a e R e e il o the head and Tace: @river of the wagon, was arrested and charged with battery. { months, | to provide a sy | volves the collection of duties on goods im- | vice president of the Brownell Improve- #iss Delia West Adoration From the Throats of Little Ones. L = AKLAND, Dec. 24.—The jingle of bells mingling with peals of mer- ry laughter re-echoing through the darkness in Oakland's resi- dence districts will usher in the v dedicated to peace and good will. Anon the faint strains of Christmas carols will float out on the midnight air. Long before dawn to-morrow the bands of carolers will be astir, ready to sally out through the streets of the sleeping city as bands of carolets have done in ages gone, breaking the holy calm of Christmas morning with thelr sweet songs. ‘clock Miss May Coogan and her band of waits will have started from the Coogan home on FHbert street. They will DESTROVER 5 LAUKCHED Macdonough Is Given to Her Element at Braintree. EAST BRAINTRE Mass., Dee, 24— The torpedo boat destroyer, Macdonough | was launched at the works of the Fore River Iron Company to-day, amid the ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles. M Luey Charlotte Macdon- ough Reade.of Philadelphia christened the vessel with champagne The new boat was taken down the river to the Quincy works of the compan very few of the long list of who remained over from ess the launching to-day Lieutenant Gustave Kaemmerling, engl neer of the Olympia during Dewey’'s bat- tle of Manila Bay, was present. { The Macdonough, which has been in the course of construction during the past six has aroused great interest among naval men because It 18 of a new type, and is to be one of a fleet of fitty craft of the same kind. The length of the boat is 242 feet, while the entire breadth of beam is only 22 feet. The ves- sel is fourteem feet deep from deck to | keel and has a displacement of 470 tons. She draws six feet eight inches of water. No part of the Macdonough is armored save the forward conning towers, which are covered with three-quarter-inch nickel | steel | The engines are protected only by the | coal bunkers, which extend for 100 feet amidships on either side, and which have | a capacity for 15 tons of coal, sufficient ed Of fourteen knots #m | is of half-inch There were nvited guests urday to wit i 7 hour for 4000 mi steel | The outer I plates. This shell would be plerced if struck by a projectile. The vessel, how- ever, is built with twelve separate water- | tight compartments. There are two con- | ning towers. Accommodations are 'pro- vided for a crew of eighty officers and men. The ship presents the innovation of having the officers’ quarters forward, and those of the crew aft. Underneath the living deck and forward of the boiler | is a er-tignt deck. The engines will give the Macdonough a speed of thirty knots. | The armament of the Macdonough will | consist of four fourteen-pounder, three inch rapid-fire guns and three six-pound- | ers. The fourtcen-pounders will be placed | one on top of the forward tower and three | on the center line of the vessel. One six- | pounder will be located on each side of the fcrward tower and the other will be on the after bridge. The two eighteen- inch torpedo tubes are located in the stern. The cost is $251.000. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. PORT AU PRINCE, Havti, Dec. 24 —There | was & strong earthquake shock here to-day, but ro damage was done. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—After handin down & number of opinions to-gay, the Unite States Supreme Court adjourned until Jan- vary 7 CARACAE, Venezuela, Dec. 24.—The Arch- bishop of Caracas has been excluded from re- ligious functions owing to lliness and mental trouble WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The monthly state- ment of the collection of internal revenues ws that during November, 1900, the total were $§25,344,285, an increase as com- svember last year of $586,85L. AN, Mich., Dec. 24.—John Hawes, amypbell and Ernest Marquette, em- McCarthy’s lumber camp, while loyes Proneing the ice on Mullet Lake, twelve miles from here, Sunday afternoon broke through the ice and were drowned. NEW ULM, Minn. sttached 10 a Minneapolis and wae burned last night near Se seven miles | from here. The car was heavily loaded with | Christmas goods and most of its contents were | destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. | CLETELAND, Ohio, Dec. 24.—A source of | railway information in this city, hitherto re- lisble, is authority for the statement that the stock of the Cloverleaf is being purc) by the heavy holders of Canadian Pacific inter- ests, and that the Canadian Pacific will soon have possession of the road. SONORA , Dec. 24.—An unsuccessful at- t was made to-day to rob the Bonora De- | posit Bank. The would-be robbers were evi- | Bemtly frightened away before they succeeded | {n forcing an entrance to the safe. They left all their tools lying near the vault. The bank officials were unable to open the vaults this morning and business was suspended for the dey. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The United States Supreme Court to-day advanced two more cases involving the question of the relationship be- tween the United States and their insular pos- sessions to be heard on the 7th of January. ( Here mre now eight of these cases set for that date. One of the cases advanced to-day inf- Dec. 24.—An express car 8t. Louis train ported from Hawail. Brownell Bankrupt. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Ralph E, Brownell, petition in bank- es $163.000, Jompany, ment Company ‘ew York In.llpgui.l tey to-day. 2 biliti o000, Mrs. Hetty Green of $15,000. is one of the creditors. p st Lord Beresford Improving. LONDON, Dee. 24—It §s announced that Tord Willlam Beresford’'s condition this evening showed continuing improvement. Improved Delivery Service. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—Free delivery was established to-day by the postal depart- ment for Golden Gate and Alden. Five carriers will be put on &t once. Cows in Beigium wear earrings. This is in accordance with the law, which de- crees that every animal of the bovine spe- cies, when it has attained the age of three months, mist have in its ears a ring, to which {6 attached a metal tag bearing a exact record of the number of animals raised each year. Sefesforfonfoefeoffoniocfot | he never returned to redeem the pledge, be chaperoned by Mrs. Charles Beck and will sing at the Goodfellow residence in East Oakland, at the homes of Franklin Bangs, J. A. Flllmore, Miss Mollfe Con- ners, M. W, Kales, Charles Holt, A. Schil- ling, John D. Isaacs and Senator Strat- ten, whence they will proceed again to the Coogan residence, where the Christ- mas breakfast will be served. They will be accompanied by two violins, two man- dolins and a flute, and will sing “The First Christmas Song,” ‘“Angels’ Sweet Refrain,” “Birthday of the King,” “Hall, Glad Christmas Time.” Besides Miss Coo- gan there will be in the company the Misses Marian Goodfellow, Irene Bangs, Bessie Fillmore, Ada and Isabella Kenna, Jean Donney, Bessie Reed, Edith Beck, THREE MILLIONS FOR 1SS HILL vHalf—Sister of Charles W. Fullerton to Inherit His Estate. CHICAGO, Dee. 24.—All claims in inter- est in the estate of the late Charles . W. Fullerton have been concentrated in Miss Mattie Hill, half-sister of the decedent, the daughter of his father’s second wife. The concentration was effected by means of a number of deeds filed for rec- ord to-day, in which the heirs at law of the estate transfer their interests to Miss Hill. These deeds, however, it Is under- stood, do not relieve the heirs at law of the hecessity of proving their several claims to the estate, and do not in any | degree interfere with the legal process commenced in the probate court to-day, | when the heirs at law made application (o Judge Cutt to nave the Merchants' Ioan and Trust Company appointed ad- ministrators for the estate. It is understood the grantors in the sev- eral deeds filed will have to establish In the probate court their titles to the prop- erty and the Interests they have so trans- ferred. As these heirs are non-residents, it Is expected some nice legal points will be raised in the courts before their right to name an administrator is established. The Merchants' Loan and Trust Com- pany and the Public Administrator are rivals for the handling of the large estate of the late Charles W. Fullerton. The es- tate has been placed at a valuation of $3,- 000,000, but the petition of the trust com- pany for letters of administration sched- ules property as follow: Real estate, $150.000; personal property, $00,000. Total, 50,000 T — Coburn Case Submitted on Briefs. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The case of Will- jam Coburn vs. Thomas Lottridge, in which the jockey sues the horseman to | have an alleged lllegal contract annulled, will be submitted on briefs. Lottridge's attorneys appeared in court this morning | and argued the motion for a dissolution of the injunction forbidding their client from preventing Coburn from riding other mounts than nis own. The court denied the motion. Coburn's attorney was in- structed to amend his complaint so as to indicate the fact that the jockey's father is not living, and also to make out the complaint in'the name of Mrs, Coburn. e Wide Difference in Bids. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The bids for the new concrate culvert over San Leandro Creek at the town of Leandro wers opened at the meeting of the board this morning and showed a wide variation in figures. They were as follows: Cotton Brothers, $32,000; G. L. Nusbaumer, $36, 150; D. Elwell, 000; J. G. McMillan, $25,15; W. F. Boardman, $24,800; J. B. Mc- Math, $17,000;" J. W. Miller, four struc- tures, one for §12,240, one for $900, one for §870 and one " for 3%6N; G. F.Allaray, HIS ONLY DIAMOND PIN. How Lincoln Came to Wear the Jewel and How He Disposed of It. Colonel W. N. Cave of Barnewell, 8. C., who is now in Atlanta 6n business, is in possession of a unique relic in the shape of a diamond pin which was at one time the property of Abraham Lincoln, and which is the only piece of jewelry of the kind that President Lincoin ever wore. The pin is of the old-fashioned style of cluster brooches, with a clasp at the back for the e‘)umosa of. securing it to the frilled_shirt frofts worn by gentlemen fifty years ago. The center diamond is a large, particularly white one, and it is surrounded by a number of smaller bril- liants. The pin has a strange history. Some years before the war and prior to the time that Abraham Lincoln was begin- ning to loom up as a Presidential possi- bility, while practicing law in Illinois he met a young dandy from Ncw York State whose sporting proclivities had caused him to run short of funds. The youn fellow went to Lincoln for assistance, an Jeft with him as security for a loan a handsome diamond pin. T some reason as W and from that day Linceln did not again see him. Lincoln was naturally a man of quiet taste in matters of dress and seldom wore jewelry of any kind. However, his acci- dental poss on of a fine ornament roved a temporary temptation to adorn Bimselt. One day James Moyers, a stock dealer of Kentucky and a close personal friend of Mr. Lincoln, who had known him intimately. from childhood, went to Springfield on a visit. As soon as he saw Lincoln the pin attracted his attentfon. “Well, who'd 'a thought that Abe Lin- coln would be strutting around the streets with a diamond pin In his shirt front!” exclaimed Moyers in mock surprise. Tincoin looked vaguely —abashed and tried to explain. The explanation ended by his taking the pin from his shirt and pinning it on Moyers, insisting as he did s0 that he did not want it and was only too anxious to get rid of It. Moyers kept he Grnament for some time .and fAnally gave it to a friend, James mmond. Drummond was captured during the war by the Federals and died at Fort Monroe. 1In 1866 a sale of his property and personal effects took place at Barnewell, 8. C. ‘Among the latter was the pin that had he- lon; to Llfilcoln. (iglo:;&} Ca.’vt: {:‘ouch: it for a small sum. He stos and prizes the relic highly.—Atlanta Gon. stitution. e & T A ) Joseph Jefferson savs that when an actor is young fallure doesn't affect him much, but when he reaches the time of life that Mr. Jefferson has attained fail- ure would be more than unbearable. This is the Jefferson reason for producing no new plays. B, T e, B Pt novelis o Rie hard work. He writes nearly all the day and far into the night. 2iss Albright Leader . =3 SOME OF THE LITTLE CAROL- ERS AND THE LADIES WHO TAUGHT THEM. L SCARES AWAY RIS THO BODYGUARDS Crazed Mariner Drives Off Men He Hired for His Protection. ——— Ozkland Office S8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 24 Captain William 8. Thaxter, at one time a prominent mariner and pilot of San Francisco, was returned to-day from this city to the State hospital at Agnews, from which institution he was released on parole several weeks ago. Captain Thax- ter became mentally unsound last March and was committed to the hospital from San Francisco, His tendencies were to violence. His relatives were anxious to care for him outside if his condition permitted, and friends have been very sollcitous for the afflicted marter’'s condition. Captain Taylor of 220 Durant street has given spe- clal attention to Captain Thaxter, but on Saturday was compelled to make a re- quest upon the authorities to again take charge of the captain because he had be- come unmanageable. Mrs. Thaxter, who resides at 1625 Seventh avenue, was ‘lso compelled to join in the request, fearing her demented husband would either injure himself or those who were trying to care for him. Captain Thaxter by some unknown way learned of his friends’ movements. He hired a couple of bodyguards and went to San Francisco, declaring that he was the vietim of a plot to railroad him to a mad- house. During his stay there the patient became violent and his hired guards fled. Thaxter wrote a long letter to Chief of Police Hodgkins bewaliling his fate and reiterating his delusions about “railroad- xtler a forty-eight hours’ search Thax- ter was found in a Washington-street lodging house. He made no resistance to the officers, who took him to the deten- tion ward at the Receiving Hospital. The mental disturbance has also been accom- panied by a serious physical crippling from rheumatism. Captain Thaxter has considerable prop- erty. He is being given the best of care at Agnews. WILL HOLD SPECIAL SERVICES CHRISTMAS Episcopal and Catholic Churches to Celebrate the Holy Day With Communion and Masses. BERKELEY, Dec. 24—Christmas ser- vices will be held to-morrow at St. Mark’'s Episcopal Church on Bancroft way -and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Addison street. Both houses of God have been beautifully decorated for wor- ship on the holy day. Special music will be sung at each church. Nine masses will be celebrated at St. Joseph’'s at the following morning hours: ), 6, 6:30, 7:15, 8, 9:15, 9:45 and 10:46. o'clock children’s mass w.ll be held. The service will be sung in Latin by the pupils of St. Joseph's School. High mass will be celebrated at 10:43 o'elock. The Rev. Father O'Riordan and he Rev. Father Cantwell will conduct the services. Holy communion will be cele- brated at St. Mark's at 6 a. m., 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. The 6 o’clock service will be with music and the 8 o’clock service with- cut music. At the 11 .o'clock service the following quintet will assist the regular e oholr of men and boys: Mrs. T 8. Parsons, -o&rlnu; Mrs. H. G. Van Sant, contralto; Whitney Palache, first tenor; Charles Marton, second tenor; J. C. Wilder, bass. This ‘evening &t 7:30 o'clock Christmus carols were sung by the children of the church. —_———— Davoust Wins a Point. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—Marshall Davoust will not be compelled to await the action of the Alameda Board of Trustees on his claim for damages for the accidental elec- trocution of his wife before bringing suit in_the Superior Court. Judge Ogden decided to-day that the board could not by delaying action on Davoust's claim force him to let his suit be outlawed by the statute of limita- tions. The case will come up before Judge Greene after the holidays. ———— e s New Grand Army Officers. KLAN Post No. 8 LAND, Dec. 24—Lyon G.ofl_ R., will install the Kauowmg named new officers on New Year's night: John H. Smith, post commander; H. H. ‘Woodruff, senior commander; Joseph Simon, Junior vice post commander; J. A, Col- ames uhoun, quarts v - Curry, ), lain; John A. w.D 1;!:’!“ Mmryf}hdu;ounm Slorian, C. g Winkie i administration. ’ Girl Frightens Burglar, BERKELEY, Dec. 24—A burglar at- idence t hme‘t’ed to break into the H. W. Reddan, 1836 te street, this morning at 3 o'clock. Miss Louise Red- dan was awakened by the sound olktago prowler's *mmy working at the wind w fiulnl- She arose and ran to the win- ow ‘fld frightened the thief away. Be- £ fld arouse other g". {he family the burglar had disappeared. Badly Hurt in Saloon Row. Lraw Jast nfint in an“mervilie sataon Malone, a horseshoer at the race- track, was knocl down and badly In- {urfll by Willi Harmen, also a race- Jl-:- empm,. ’“.lo::‘vu beaten on tained a fractured skull. ’fifi Condition ~ iss May Coogan Lillle Isaacs and Cordie Bishop; Messrs. ‘Walter Bakewell, Arthur Kales, Parker Holt, Jim Kenna, Rudolph Schilling, Ned Beck, Seymour Holt, Seymour Phelan, George Davis, Day Baxter, Howard Bax- ter and Harold Baxter. The Fruitvile children composing Miss Violet Albright's well-trained group will take their big coach-and-six at the Al- bright residence, East Oakland, where they rendezvous. They will serenade many residences in Fruitvale and will be tendered an early breakfast at Arbor Villa, the palatial Smith residence, at 4 o'clock. The villa has been elaborately decorated in readiness for the children’s reception. From Arbor Villa the carolers will be driven to the Albright home, where TRUSTEES WRDTH AT ALLEGED TRICK Passage of Saloon License Ordinance Delayed * Through Error. BERKELEY, Dec. 24.—Four Town Trus- tees were ready to-night to put to final passage the ordinance to permit licensing of saloons. of the ordinance in the town officlal paper prevented them from enacting the law, | and they hurled charges of deliberate job- bery at B. F. Arnold, manager of the pa- per, and declared he had willfully caused the mistake, which compels a republica- tion and delays the final passage of the | license ordinance until Friday night. A special meeting for called for that time. The official paper is the dally Gazette, ‘which has fought the new ordinance bit- terly. Manager Arnold was not present at to-night's meeting, and was therefore unable to explain the situation which en- raged the Trustees. The first publication of the ordinance last Friday was correct. It occupied more than two columns, In Saturday’s issue an advertisement had that Purposs was been insertéd at the bottom of the first | column and the section of the ordinance occupying that space had been placed at the bottom of the second column instead of at the top. No one had noticed the change until Trustee E. O. Turner arrived at the meetglyx and informed his fellow Trustees. ‘own Attorney B. A. Hayne said: ‘“The ordinance as it stands now is cer- tainly {llegal and ecannot be taken up until printed twice correctly as required by aw,' “There is no doubt in my mind,” said Trustee R. C. Staats, “that the change was made by some one who knew what he was doin, President vinced that ular. “1 belleve that this change has been made on purpose,” declared Trustee C. Hoff. “I have no proof of it, but there can be no excuse for such a mistake.” The temperance people see nothing hopeful in this unexpected delay, as the majority of the Trustees have declared they would enact the ordinance, happen what may. MRS. STENDEL IDENTIFIES THE SLOOP OF MYSTERY Declares Her Belief That Her Hus- band Was Knocked Over- board by the Boom. POINT RICHMOND; Dec. 24.—Mrs. Her- man Stendel, wife of the missing owner of the sloop Luluy,‘visited the boat of mys- to-day in company with B. K. Loomis. The distracted woman identifled the lit- tle craft and recognized many familiar articles aboard, including the dresses which she sald were her own. The most thorough search, however, falled to un- cover anything that would lead to the whereabouts of her husband. Mrs. Sten- del said: “I am fully satisfled that my husband, was accidentally drowned. He was due at home in San Francisco on Saturday. I belleve he might have been knocked over- board by a_swinging boom, or he might have slipped and fell from ‘the deck. He had no companions on his trips and I know of nothing about him or his affairs ston was likewise con- matter &8 very irreg- that could have prompted anyone fo m:rder him. Now I?cnn only walit for the bay to body." give o his 3 Mrs, Stendel will be given possession of the boat as soon as she can arranga to have it moved. The laborers who found it will be amply recompensed. —_———————— Plaintiff Must Pay Alimony. LAND, Dec. 24.—Victorine Martin, wger‘g{ husband Joseph is suing her for dlvor:e.tr‘ul been granted alimony pend- 5 ‘Igemll:l& was brought about by the showing of the defendant that immedi- ately prior to the filing of the suit her husba had brutally ten her. She will file a cross-complaint. -——— Remarried 'Within Four Days. OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—Richard Hutchin- ased from one marriage last Sat- ok ¥ again to-morrow. Huteh- rday, will wed fimmy' escape from matrimonial obliga- tions does not rnk as a divorce, the court Reviog aeverel s bone o5 b sgend T*%ta 1ast wife. To-morrow he wi marry Miss Teresa NI Red Cross Watch Meeting Off. i""“:m(u on Newspaper Man to Wed. OA) D, Dec. 24.—Herbert S. McFar- 1lin, & _pewspaper man of this city. and iss Elsie oward will be at “"m"#fl:'.'t"fx'““"f % n Valdez str Rev. ?’g“ 5 ulgrwtl'll officiate. Alice Nielsen in Oakland. OAKLAND, Dec. 24—Alice Nellsen ap- t in “The Fortune Teller pany at the Mac- she Then. the quartet made the | discovery that an error in the publication | Miss Irene b;ulga their Christmas tree has been made ready. In this party will be Helen Plaw. Arthur Dawson, Emelle Harrold, Liloyd | Albright, Susie Harrold, Taylor Albright, | Louise Boyd, Warren Harrold, Ilmia Jones, Boyd Harrold, Gilbert Jones, Alice Albright, Georgie Marwedel, Letcher Al- bright, Walter Hush, Valentine Hush, Fannie Plaw, Madlin Clay, Lottie Tomis, | Cecil Harrold, Minnie Corria Catherine Hanson, Freddle Hanson, Charles King, Alice Glen, Jessie Glen, Pearl King, Charles Higgins and Will Higgins. These are the carolers who were for- merly under the care of Miss Jean Hush | and during the time she drilled them they | warned a wide reputation for themselves and their leader. They have caroled on Christmas eve and Christmas morning for several seasons. MEXICAN CROESUS FOOLS OAKLANDERS Drops Into Town With Mil-i lions in His Mind and Drops Out. Oakland Office San Franecisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, Dec. 24. | Colonel John Powers, alleged millionaire from Mexico, is among the missing, and half a dozen prominent dealers in Oak- | land realty wonder whether all of their | drives, dinners, theater parties, small “bots” and small loans have been wasted. | Colonel Powers came to town a week | ago, made quick connections with leading | firms, passed-the word along that he had 3,000,000, made in the southern republic mines, and was going to invest $1,000,000 in | Oakland. Colonel Powers. likewise told | some rare stories of the days when he | fought under Colonel Jack Hays in the Texas Rangers, and how he drove ths“ Mexicans across the Rio Grande. | The story runs that Frank J. Wood- | ward, W. H. Mackinnon, Arthur Hol»i land and Colonel Robert MeKillican all knew the dapper colonel to their sorrow. | ‘Woodward sald: ‘‘He did not beat me, but you ask the others. Mackinnon put | up $20. Arthur Holland was infatuated, | and, if Colonel McKillican did not part with.a double eagle, he was lucky.” Mackinnon said: “The Colonel didn't| reach me, but you see Woodward. He was | willing to bet & month’s commissions the | Colonel was OK." Mrs. Ada_R. Harris, at whose lodging- house, 566 Eleventh street, Colonel Pow- ers had a room, said: } “It seemed very odd that so wealthy a | man should have a little coffee pot in his | room and iive on coffee and doughnuts, | but he said he couldn’t stand restaurant fare. He sald he was going to send for a | foster-daughter, whom he had found in the wilds of Mexico, and who now re- ceived $1000 a month from him. The Col- onel paid his room rent of $2 and disap- | peared after telling me he had bought a | $75,000 lot.”” | Teachers’ Certificates Granted. OAKLAND, Dec. 24.—The County Board of Bducation has granted certificates to teach to the following named applicants: Grammar grade—J. Hal Cope, Pleasanton; Miss M. Fay Snow, Oakland; Mrs. Josie C. Hearsey, Fruitvale; Miss Lucy Agar, Oakland. Primary grade—Mrs. Dicey A. Maloon, Fast Oakland. Daylight Burglary. | OAKLAND, Dec. 24—Mrs. W. J. Warren, | of 1014 Fightéenth street, reported to th | police to-day the burglary of a watch and | several smaller pieces of jewelry, The thieves entered the house some tim last | Saturday. | NOT THE STRENUOUS LIFE. The Unbroken Serenity of Men Who Sit in Front of Livery Stables. “I have always envied those men who sit in front of livery stables,” said a citi- | zen who admits that he is constitutionally lang, » at seems to me a beautiful life. It | must be one long, sweet song, as the poet | gnts it. I have never known any of| hem personally,” he continued, sighing, | “but have watcbed them all my life, and they fill me with a yearning to be & livery stable man. When I was a boy I| had to pass a la stable on my | ‘way to school. It had an immense double door, which was never closed, and inside waa a cool, dim vista of stalls and es | in rows. Four men were always seated at the threshold, tilted back in cane-bot- tomed chairs. They were large, well-fed, comemed-lnop:igf men, and what im- pressed me cularly was their alr of placid abstraction. They never said any- 1hing to one another, but sat there calmly gazing into space and chewlnl! straws., I remember distinctly that s sight of them always fllled me with r lion egainst work and made my school tasks | seem all the more abhorrent. I had an | almost frresistible inclination to chuck | my books into the gutter, seize a cane- | bottomed chair and a straw and become a livery stable man myself. “T have mever got rid of that feelin, the lazy citizen went on, lighting his pipe, “‘and the strange ge.rt about it is this: In all the years that have gone by that smuz at the big door has never changed, it isn’t to any on stable. It is common to them all. Go | will, whenever you encounter lubi:.xou will invariably find four I -fed, contented-looking men tilted back in cane-bottcmed chairs t the entrance, chewing etraws and gaz- nfi‘lnm £ They always look exactly alike never get any older or any younger. It is my private belief that they ere a livery e ations hecause T don't want to. van the | juestions ause - e of shattering a beauttrul 1dea). Whas i3 it that Bret says San mmuaummn “That describes them exactly, and I am certain the poem must have been insp! by 2 B S ifonnia livery stable. Wars -':: rage and thrones may decay, and Mao annex the Filipinos or tell them to go to thunder—but n will ever dis- turb serenity that the t door. I think it very fate that I sl have made & superb t for one of e cane-bottomed _chairs.” Democrat. That Senate customs shown by the two old. boxes in that chamber. are as care- fully filled to-day R in the %wm it was the fashion to “snuff.” of the e e mem] will go up, take a “pinch, ulnm'ut The ssse > | land yards. | tion the president and CHILD VOICES WILL RING OUT IN JOYOUS PRAISE MAKES KIOWNITS deemer’s Birth With Peal of Bells and Tuneful INSURKNCE PLS Southern Pacific Cuts Out Compulsory Clause in Scheme. Hopes to Overcome Objections of the Brotherhoods by a Revised Bene- fit and Pension Organ- ization. . Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1113 Broadway, Dec. 24. The Southern Pacific Company has made public its plan to force life insur- ance upon its employes in the face of the promise made by the late President Hunt- ington that the scheme, which proved ob- Jectionable to the brotherhoods, would be abandoned. The Call, two weeks ago, told the story of the company's new move and again on December 21 showed that by a system of petitions the insur- ance department proposed to have the scheme brought to a head ard introduced upon the Southern Pacific system. The petition proposition 1is _being handled by A. F. Hess and a number of ubordinate employes of the compaay, who have been doing missionary work among the unorganized departments of labor on the system. These petitions have been freely circulated. Hundreds of them are now among the men at West Oak- They will be expected to sign them and then become members of & benefit and pension department to be stablished In accordance with a careful- prepared plan, the detalls of which are also being as actively circulated as the petitions. The latter read: We, the undersigned employes of the lfl:’ Pacific Company, do hereby respectfully P of directors to ap- prove the accompanying rules and | for government of a benefit and pension de- partment, and if approved the same, and we hereby certify our 0 be- come contributors to one or more of the features &s provided for therein. The rules elimipate the compulsory clause which caused the storm of protest against the original ycheme. In its stead tne following is found in the new scheme: The membership is to be voluntary for all employes, and members may withdarw at the end of any month by giving notice by the 5ta day of such month, and it le cl forth that the standing of affected member or by withdrawing from memi The new scheme also -uw the re- quirement that employ?. mm&: sickpess and accident Mflm kind of insurance to be ‘taked opl al with the applicant. Life insuyance s pro- vided for at the rate of %00 for forty-five cents a month preml Employes who leave the service receive no mtl. but can continue the insurance at figure. The disability section divides the em- ployes in a hdphazardous class composed of trainmen, engineeps, m train baggagemen and conductol will i ] and one-bal cent of ther nonthly. wages and in case of sickness or accident or Injury to receive sixteen cent of their monthly pay each week for forty weeks and eight ?or cent a week until cured. .’flu lgc class, non-haz- ardous, composed of shopmen, clerks. etc., receive the same beneiits upon ment of one per cent & month of their " Upon £ stxty cents th Upon payment of stxty a month, employes will recetve g for loss of & hand or a foot and 31500 for loss of both hands or both feet or a hand and & foot. A pension scheme 1s also attached, as follows, and applies only to loyes who have been in the compan: employ twenty years or over: The monthly payment of §1 for fifteen years would entitle an employe to $500 cash and $10 monthly during life; $1 50 monthly, to $900 casn and #15 a month; 2. to 1200 cash and 320 a month; §2 5, to §1500 and $25 a month; 8, to $1300 cash and $39 a month during life. In case an employe leaves the service of the com- pany his pension payments are refunded to him, and in case of death his bemefictaries would re- ceive the payments he b made with 2 per cent interest per annum. The pension money eould not be drawn until the policy holder had reached the age of 6 years and retired. The company by omitting the compul- sory clause undoubtedly hopes to over- come the opposition which the organized brotherhoods have asserted aainst in- surance by the company. They feared and openly declared that the schemo \was an entering wedge for the disruption of those organizations, one of their prin- cipal elements of strength the in- surance of members against accident or death in the service. Spell on the Spellbinder. Many spellbinders have false teeth, and un!essythfllales fit well there 18 llable to be trouble when they soar into the realms of enthusiastic oratory. An snnmn‘,l‘o: amusing, incident occurred the other day to J. Leslle Gossin while addressi an audlence on the Bowery. Mr. n is an actor, a teacher of elocution and a fine speaker. Conversing with a friend, he complained that he suffered a good deal of trouble because his fals tlw!e ltre \l:enlly fell when he was s ng oudly. “That's easily remedied,” replied his "!F,’,‘d' - “Get some gum and sprinkle s few plate and put it in position e gum was pre but Mr, Gossin made the mistake o i e it to the plate that before he had been speaking ten minutes the gum had scat- tered out his mouth so that his lips, except in one small spot, were almost sealed. Mr. Gossin had to stop speaking.— New York Times. s i i A Great Wedding Breakfast. The pomp and splendor with which wed- dings are Invested by German peasants have recently been illustrated in the vil- lage of Mehmke, on the occasion of the of a rich farmer and the daugh- ter of a nelghboring lund owner. Six hun- dred guests were invited to the wedding breakfast, to provida which four oxen, four pigs, eight calves and many domens of fnvfl' were slanghtered. A thousand large cakes were eaten and six toms of beer and some hundreds of bottles of wine were emptied. The feasting contin- ued for two days. Hvery guest, it re- membered, brought. according to custom, his or_her own knifs and fork and servi- ette.—London Mall In opposition to the determined vegeta- rians, who condemn all animal food, there is a growing number of physiologists in Germany who insist that abstention from meat, if continued for ages and genera- tions, is responsible for the feebleness and low intellect of certain races. erian opora, 16 That o Sppeals ta ai o and the other appeals to ths The United States Government spends more than $10,000,000 a year in maintaining the Indians. Fire a Shot 20 Miles. The Unitad States will fire & thousand-pound shot twenty miles, which will be a record- breaker for the distance. The gun from which it 18 to be fired will be & model of American ingenuity and workmanship. Amother marvel of American ingenuity is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. For ffty years it has been the only medicine '?s cure consti) GOMPANY'S EXTRACT Makes Meat Co Further Makes Soup Taste Richer