The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRAiN'GlSCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1901 OLDEST RIVER BOAT MASTER ON PACIFIC COAST IS DEAD Captain Farris, Who for Many Years Navigated State’s Inte a rior Waters, Passes Away. - ATE JOHN RICHARD FARRIS, PROMINENT PIONEER STEAM- BOAT MAN, WHO DI IN ALAMEDA YESTERDAY HE MADE MONEY RUNNING A STEAMER TO RED BLUFF. enr SPEAKS AGMNST | OLEOMARGARINE: { relary Wilson Before the| Senate Committee on i Agriculture. | SEEEFSEC S DE( CLATMS SIGNATURES TO CONTRACT ARE FORGED Serious Allegations iing of Arling- reet. the contr ment wi eration and * t | e ee— | POSTUM CEREAL. NAILED THE CHAP. hear Her Father in the Same Mind. | *] mever thought for one moment that coffee was of my worn out feel- and energy all ing and dul gone, until T begs notice that my bad | feelings came On every morning after | B Seeniieht . no matter 3p. arinking coffee how well 1 felt when I ] began to think the subject over and | decided 1o try Postum Food Coffee of common coffee and see if it Ar-| 2€ coffee that had been hurting me. the change I discovered, to | that the headache and worn feeling @id mot come on after break- ery thorough trial I am fully | hat coffee was the cause of and that leaving it off and tum Food Coffee has restored i who has had very poor veral years, quit coffee some | gan using Postum in place | uld surprise anyone to see as improved. | Postum twenty minutes immediately while it is hot, h cream, I think it far ex.' Please do not print my name. This lady lMves in Prairie City, Jowa. Her name can be given by the Postum Cereal Co.. Lad.. of Battle Creek, Mich. | much trouble, but please forgive me. | ch TELLER APPEALS FOR INSURGENTS Presents Petitions Asking for Liberty for the Filipinos. e umstances leading struggle of the Filipi- pendence. It paid a high trib- k of Aguinaldo and eavor to ob- e for the peo- Philippin Reference to some of the principal presént revolution against wo merican authority, the petition urging American troops had falled to mpression upon the revolu- Tt pointed out that Aguin- » had declared he might lose the hope but he would not lose the lib- It independence of his people. ¥ ts out that the revolution has the support of practically all the people of the Philippines, and declares that though olutionists ba destroyed, 1000 will Up to support the fight for independ- All of the islands in the archipel- the memorial, are supporting will not yield Yhnfllasl of the Filipino blood has pino nation, the memorial con- bearing in mind the history of America and its humanitarian doctrines, asks the Government of the United States to cease its “nersecution of men strug- gling to be free—struggling against great- er odds and greater wrong than those which inspired the fathers of the repub- This they ask “in Washington, of Jefferson, n name of justice and in @ name of declares that an autonomy d by Canada or not be practicable for the re full liberty and in- and they urge the Govern- ment of the 1 ndence. - an order for the print- = Filipino petition as a Senate document protest against the paper being print- Senate document,” sajid Hawl attack upon the Ur ity peal to the Filipinos to continue > kill our men. If Jefferson Davis had ght forward a simflar paper after the of ¢ sburg and requested to printed as a Senate docu- ed States, tt A an went over until to-morrow. GRIPMAN SPELLER USES GAS TO END HIS LIFE Leaves a Note to Landlady Directing Disposition of His Effects. W. R. Speller was found asphyxiated in | 704 Baker street, at 6 o'clock | his room yesterday morning. The gas key on the fixture was turned on, the keyhole had | been stuffed with bits of cloth and the | | door casing had been made air tight with | the same material by the suleide. Speller was being “broken In” as & gripman on the McAllister-street line and had placed | the usual deposit of $25 with the com- pany. left two notes. Qe to his landlady read as follows: Janua; 9. Dear Landlady—1 am sorry to give you 8o Mise Breen, who lives at 122 Turk street, will take e of everything beionging to me. And about the rent, please keep what you think is Tight and give her the balance. The other was addressed to Miss Breen, | 122 Turk street, and was an order’on the Market Street Rallway Company to pay to her the 325 advanced as a deposit by | Speller. No reason for Speller's suicide is known. ——— REALTY OF MACDONOUGH ESTATE CHANGES OWNERS Sixty Thousand Dollars Is Considera- tion for Lot and Improvements on Fourth Street. The Macdonough estate property on the northwest corner of Fourth and Howard streets was sold yesterday by Baldwin & Howell to O. D. Baldwin for $80,00), The dimensions of the lot are 48:6 feet on Fourth street by 8 feet on Howard street. | The improvements consist of a three- story and basement frame building oc- cupied by stores and lodging-houses, covering the lot proj Y was bought by Josepl jonou and was owned by him years. ed States to give them | and its_troops, and a pas- | it would have been a mild crime in with this.” | int of the objection of Hawley | On the table in nis room he had | ATTORNEY G[NEBAf N EXPLANATION |Says His Views on Arm- strong Case Were Not Fully Understood. —_— WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Solicltor Gen- eral Richards resumed his argument in the Porto Rican cases when the Supreme Court convened to-day. Before taking up e line of his argument he made reply ion by Justice White as to the : of the words, “the territories,” as used by Chief Justice Marshall in the Loughborough case. He sald in that connection that the power of Congress over territory does not cease when it i organized and brought under the United States, but that he did recognize that there 18 a distinction in the control un- der the differing circumstances. Discussing the constitutional provision of uniformity in the matter of taxation, Mr. Richards said that provision was In- | serted to remedy the divers and conflict- ing claims of the various States compris- ing the Union in the matter of revenues and was never meant to apply to a condl- tlon like that which now confronts the country in connection with its ins possessions. Grinme When Mr. Richards concluded Attorney | General Griggs addressed the court. He meth | water underlying the region about San { bowels of the earth?’ he demanded. | case and ruled that the witness was quall said his remarks were Intended t. supplemental to those submitted 1:1) l;}:‘ cases involving similar questions which have heretofore beer argued. Bef: - r.«.tdlng with his argument the A&r'em?“r:y General took up what he characterized as the misapprehension concerning his po- sition on these. He said there were nu. mMEerous erroneous statements in the brief of the appellants in the Armstrong case, and he quoted some of them, giving his Interpretation of his own remarks made in the previous presentation of the sub- Ject Taking up the question of taxes the Attorney General contended that 3 A the con- | stitution does not provide for absolute uniformity of dutles under ail elreum siances and that the uniformity’ clause of the constitution re to the 8 and not o the Territorica, 2 R he power to gov territory, Grigegs said, Is expressly conferrod my the constitution. This power was fli\‘f’i’\ without limitation and there was no res- grvation of Jower in the people of the erritories, though there is i eople | of the States. s veed Then he drew the inference that the power to govern territory, which is ab- | solutely conferred upon Congress, includes | | th> power to tax except indirect methods. This right was absolute, but not despotic, and Mr. Griggs contended that it included the constitutional right to levy dutles on merchandise imported into the United States from its insular possessions, and that such a proceedin; does not violate the uniformity clanse - ““The laws, the administration and the | revenue of the territories are sub; | the absolute control of (‘nngrrns?eCtM‘ru. Griggs declated. “Congress may repeal the whole form of government existing in & territory; may destroy the Legislature, vacate all ‘the offices and take over ail the public funds and absorb them into the common treasury; it may appropriate out of the Federal treasury all the money necessary to carry on a territorial gov- ernment, omitting all local taxation.” Referring to the acquisition of Porta Rico and the Philippines, Mr. Griggs said: “The islands are territory belonging to the United States, not a part of the United States. The islands were the things acquired by the treaty: the United States was the party that aequired them and to whom they belong. The owner and the thing owned are not the same.” Mr. Griggs said that many instances of legislation show that Congress has al- | ways considered something more than the term “United States” to be necessary when it designed a statute to extend to territory. He cited authority to show that | internal revenue laws have not been uni- versal in application in the history of the country, and concluded that “while Con. greu has provided throughout the United tates and Territories for the enumera- | tion upon which direct taxes have been apportioned, it never seems to have been supposed that such taxes must be levied beyond the States or apportioned to the Terr:éones unless Congress saw fit 8o to provide.” Referring to the President’s right to ex- | ercise the legislative function, he said: ““When, as commander in chlef, he exer- cises government over conquered terri- tory, he has by the undoubted law of na- | tions the right not only to govern but to | make laws.for the territory so ordered, The legislative functions thus exercised | are merely incidents upder the public law of belligerent right, vésted by the consti- tution in the President as commander in chief of the army and navy."” Sneak Thief Makes a Rich Haul. Dr. J. Herbert Reeve is the latest vie- tim of sneak thieves. Tuesday afternoon the cector's office and residence at 2615 Kearny street was entered during his ab- sence and a valise containing bank notes and mining documents valued at $300 and his medical dipioma stolen. The police | were notified and recovered the valise in Dorman’s pawn ship on Third street. Dorman gave a good description of the thief and the police are now looking for | i \ [ | | dismiss the case and continued it till this | why the case should be dismissed. CITYS WELLS AR |ALL FEMALE STUDENTS WILL NOT DISCREDITEL Roberts’ Testimony of Am- ple Flow Unshaken by Cross-Questions. —— i Witness Against Water Company Subjected to Minute Queries in Effort to Break Down His Statements. Liaiyiicaia Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 10. The testimony of G. A. Roberts, the city's second witness in the water rate suit, showing the size of the flow of water from the Roberts wells under; pressure, remained practically unshaken through- out three hours of the severest cross- examination to-day by the water com- pany’s attorney Roberts brought with him the engineers’ tables which he used in computing the flow of the wells, and which were called into question by Attorney McCutchen yesterday. The authenticity of the tables Wwas apparent as soon as they were sub- mitted in evidence and the opposition di- rected its efforts toward attacking the manner in which Roberts had used them. The method of his computations was can- vassed minutely and repeatedly. The contents of a cubic foot, the number of the faces of a cube, the cubic inches In a gallon and the gallons in a cubic foot were a few of the subjects of the volleys of questions by which it was attempted to confuse the witness and invoive him in contradictions, Paradoxical problems in | hydrostatics were _propounded, which were a little bevond the witness' depth, | but on these points he was careful not to commit himself otherwise than to say that | he had relied on the tables. | “Now see here,”” said McCutchen, | “what right have you to assume that the volume of water flowing through a weir fifteen inches wide is fifteen times that flowing through a weir one inch wide? Don't you know that the momentum of a body of water of the one size is greater t that of the other fow long, how long?' groaned Judge But it appeared that the cro examination was finally at an end. n Hayne arose and with bewildering grav- ity began a burlesque of his opppnent’s | ods of cross-questioning. | w, Mr, Roberts,” he said, “you have | testified under oath about some blue mud. | How do vou know that it was blue? Wasn't It, as a matter of fact, red mud? What is blue?” 'hy—blue,” the witness stammered. —just blue.” | It seems you don’t know. Now | what is two times two?" | . | Mightn't it be five? How do | that the arithmetics haven't lied to know you?" By this time court and spectators were grinning broadly, but the mock examina- tion continued for ten minutes, after | which the witness was excused. Roberts' testimony established the fact the wells had been pumped at the of from 350,600 to 625,000 gallons each r day for from three to eight days at a time with no diminution in their flow. The evidence thus put on record will be supported by expert testimony. The next witness for the city was Pro- . Lawson, head of the depart- | v and mineralogy in the ifornia. n was asked to state his xpert, on the bodles of ent of geolo niversity of Ci Professor Law opinion, as an 1 Lorenzo. The water company's attorneys, undis- mayed, at once attacked the learned gen- | tleman’s competency to _testify. Moore | discoursed of strata and formations and | wanted to know why the professor didn’t show any evidences of having peered be- | neath the surface of the ground and found some of the gold presumably concealed there. “Does the court for a moment suppose that human eyes, however skilled, can be- | come microscopic and penetrate to the | The court apparently did not suppose that tnat had any direct bearing on the fled to testify as an expert bearing areas. The professor will give his testimony at to-morrow’s hearing. on water- JUDGES DEAL WITH TRANSGRESSORS OF LAW Knife-Wielders, Forgers and Thieves 1 of Various Degree Are Haled | Before the Courts. ‘William Tiernan, 218 Dorland street, who | stabbed his brother, Henry, in the Cabin | saloon, 147 Third street, early yesterday | morning during a row over a woman, was | arrested about an hour after the stahblngi by Sergeant Griffiths and Policeman Tyr- rell and booked at the City Prison on two charges of assault to murder. Besides | stabbing his brother, he is also acused of | attempting to stab Mrs. Annie Fitzger- | ald, 29 Minna street, who was with Hen- Ty at the time. The cases were called in Judge Mogan's court vesterday and were continued till January 15, pending the re- sult of Henry's injuries. J. C. Sala, instrument manufacturer, 429 | Montgomery street, secured a warrant vesterday for the arrest of C. Ogllvie Kempner the felony charge of ob-| taining goods hy false pretenses. Kemp- ner, who represented himself as a mining | expert, was introduced to Sala by Assay- | er Price and he purchased two tripods valued at $500. He gave Sala a check | on the London and San Francisco Bank | 0 in part payment and the check was dishonored. Sala reported the case to Captain Seymour and Detective Cody, who was detailed on the case, found that the tripods had been pawned. “Major” Edwin Lewis was booked at the City Prison yesterday on a charge of forgery, based on his connection with a | fraudulent deed to property on the south- west corner of Jackson and Laurel streets | valued at $30, Lewis had made elab- | orate preparations for doing a wholesale | business in the same way. W. A. Nevllls, the millionaire mine owner, had a look at Lewis in the City Prison yesterday, as he thought he might be one of the men im- plicated in a deal concerning some of his property now pending in court, but he could not_identify him. George Smith, alias Bertram Hamilton, accused of petty larceny for stealing books from the news stand at the Palace Hotel, appeared before Judge Mogan yes- terday. It was intimated there would be no prosecution, but the Judge refused to morning so that reasons could be given e CARPENTERS OBJECT TO BOSS AND GO ON STRIKE Police Asked to Protect the Property on Which the Men Were Working. The carpenters employed on the flats being bullt on Missourl street, between Eighteenth and Twentleth, struck yester- day afternoon for the reason that the Real Estate Development Company, by which they were employed, persisted in using mill work from non-union mills and because the contractor in charge em- gl?ed a non-union man. They went in a ody to the office of the company in the bullding and asked for thelr pay, which . was refused them. Fred Clark, president, and Henry Whit- ley, secretary of the company, communi- cated with the police, asking that a guard be placed around their property, as they feared it would be damaged by the strik- ers. Killed by Falling Chimney. Frederick Mondfroun. a carpenter re- siding at 70 Shipley street, was instantly killed yesterday morning by the fall of a chimney which he was engaged in tear- ing down. Mondfroum was employed by M. Connolly, a contractor, with several others to tear down the building at 24) Minna street. The top story had been razed and the workmen were engaged in leveling the first while the chimnéy was S Etanding. While Mondfroum was directly under it the :-urportu gave way and the mass of brick fell fortunate carpenter, uu-hlni‘hl. skuil and killing him instantly. ondfroum was unmarried, a native of Germany and 40 years old. ! quarters | izations. | in the office,” upen the un- | FRATERNIZE IN HEARST HALL Entire Building, Including a Gymnasium, to Be Given Over to University Co-Eds. ERKELEY, Jan. 10.—Hearst Hall will become the center of ‘“‘co-ed"” life at the State University this year. The buwiding is now in its permanent location and when the university opens it will become the head- for all the female students with- out regard to fraternities or other organ- The entire building will be given over to them. Not only will the gymnasium be a fea- ture but the lower floor will be devoted to sitting and soclal rooms. There has been a room in East Hall far the women stu- spent. All of the furnishings of this room | have been transferred to the lower floor of Hearst Hall and this will be the head- quarters of the ‘“co-eds.” This will be | kngwn as “Ladies’ Room” and will be | supplied with comfortable furniture, ljter- ature and facllities for juncheons and the making of hot dishes and tea and coffee The gymansium on the second floor could be put into readiness for use Mon- day, but as the baths will not be complet- ed for about two months it will not he occupied until that time. Mrs. Genevra E. Magee, assistant in physical culture will have charge of the gymnasium work and will look after the bodily welfare of - S GYMNASIUM IN HEARST HALL TO BE USED BY THE FEMALE STUDENTS. IT WILL BE OPENED WHEN THE BATHS ARE FINISHED IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, AND ATHLETIC WORK WILL BE COMPULSORY FROM THAT TIME. » Ing the classes will be s lectures by Professor Wal head of the physical culture depart of the university. Dr. Mary B. Ritter, medical examiner of women, will act as adviser regarding the voung la health. She will also conduct a se in hyglene of women With_this e after the ph the desirabl * muscles will be nasium work fo Although a »ung ladies have ed credit in phy: jority of them have dents where leisure and lunch hours were | the women students. Her work of direct- | and dumbb L o o e e e e e e e e e e e e A e e HEW IPPOINTEES THKE PESITIONS Deposed Eugene Lynch Gets a Consolation Priza at Sacramento. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 10. The appointees of the new Board of Su- pervisors took their respective positions to-day. In the Hall of Records Colonel E. B. Bullock, County Expert, ylelded his office adjoining the Supervisors’ room to his successor, John M. Sabin. Bert Swan laid down his pen as a copyist in the County Clerk's office to take up the gar- dening implements laid down by James T. Carey, and the familiar figure of Eu- gene Lynch, janitor in the hall, was re- placed by that of the new incumbent, H. T. Hempstead. Mr. Sabin very quietly assumed the du- ties of his position. He occupied the day in familiarizing himself with the routine of the office and with the system inaug- urated by Colonel Bullock for the filing of papers and keeping the accounts of the office. “f find everything in the best of order | sald Mr. Sabin. “The sys- tem and general arrangements are in the finest kind of condition. I could expect nothing better in the handling of the in- tricate accounts than the methods of my predecessor.” Mr. Sabin was for many yvears cashier and general accountant at San Franclisco of the Northwestern Life Insurance Com- pany when Supervisor H. Rowe was manager of the San Francisco depart- ment. Eugene Lynch, who retired after many years of service In the Hall of Records, as been consoled temporarily with an ap- ointment at the State Capitol during the egislative session. His successor is a Republican County Committeeman from the Forty-eighth Assembly District,as is also James Glover, who succeeds in_the County Clerk’s office. Dr. R. B. Williams téok charge of the night work at the Receiving Hospital. Dr. C. L. Truesdale was installed as physician at the County Jail. A. 8. McDougall, who succeeded W. S. Dunleavy as Game Warden, is a cyclery proprietor of Pleasanton. H. W: Martin, who was appointed to the newly created | position of storekeeper and bookkeeper at the County Infirmary. has recently been a deputy in City Treasurer Z. T. Gilpin's office and was nlso a deputy undet County ‘Assessor Dalton. All of the other minor appointees of the new hoard took their positions to-day. — REUNION AND BANQUET - OF COLLEGE GRADUATES Professor Jordan Addresses the Alumni of the California Busi- ness College on Japan. The annual reunion of the Alumni Asso- clation of the California Business College was held last night In the assembly hall of the college. Professor A. W. Atherton of the department of business education at Berkeley and C. L. Smith of the Cali- fornia Business College spoke briefly on the benefits accruing to those who receive a business education. Professor David Starr Jordan of Stan- ford University Yfl\'e an entertaining ad- dress on Japan, illustrated with stereopti- con views by Kanzee. The musical numbers of the programme were rendered by Joe Roseborough, Mrs. Ross Campbell, Mollie M. Dewing, Miss Jennie Fraser and Miss Helen Davis. At the conclusion of the literary programme the members of the Alumni_ Association met at the banauet board. Professor R. L. Durham, president of the college, acted as toastmast Bowers Litigation Ended. By stipulation of all the parties to the suits, United States Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday dismissed all the cases pending in which A. B. Bowers was plaintiff and the Oakland Iron Works, W. H. Concan- non, Fulton Engineering and Shipbullding Works, Pacific Improvement Company, Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company ’;nd e the city of Oakland the defendant: h sults were brought [or injunctions, ac- countings anl damages for all in- nts of Bowers' patent for hy- e dredging machinery. There aye two or three contempt cases pending in the same suits and these Judge Morrow declined to dismiss. —_————————— Tarbox-Atkins Wedding. ALAMEDA, Jan. 10.—Miss Clara Louise kins, a prominent soprano singer, and fi:nh 1o PO arhox were . married to- d: ‘n‘ noon- at the home of the h:l’{is': parents on Buena Vista avi- nue, The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. 8. h, pastor of the First Pre terian rck. in the presence of urck. in Tel uvye- and intimate friends. The couple will reside,in San Francisco. Swan | JURORS TESTIFY | ON DALTON CASE Body Which Indicted As- sessor Examined as to Grounds of Charge Oakland Office San Franelsco Call, | 1113 Broadway, Jan. 10. | At to-day's session of the Grand Jury all the members of the last jury were in attendance to testify concerning the | grounds upon which County Assessor | Henry P. Dalton was indicted. Dr. George | C. Pardee was also a witness. The members of the former investigat- | ing body to be examined this morning | were T. L. Barker, John Dixon, William | | Day, A. L. Fish, E. A, Brangs, Edgar | Bishop, G. B. M. Gray, Minor Hillyard, Franklin Bangs, Samuel Heywood, Louis Hohmeyer, Ira M. Wentworth, A. J. Nor, J. B. Gfeenleaf, George Burbeck, R. M. | Turner, James Moffitt, C. P. Hoag and Hugo Abrahamson. The former jurymen were admitted one by one to the closely guarded room where the present investigation is in progress and questioned on the evidence upon which the accusation and indictment against the County Assessor were based. | They were examined with particular min- uteness as to whether they had been ap- proached by any one seeking to influence their action in any way, especially in a political manner. Instead of contenting themselves, as usual, with the services of one of the dep- | uties from the District Attorney's office, the jury summoned District Attorney Al- len himself to their room and he remained | in close consultation with them through- out the gession. To-day’'s hearing lasted from 10 until 1 o'clock. At the latter hour the Grand Jury adjourned to meet at 10 a. m. t0-MOITOW, | when, it is said, the examination of the Oakland Enquirer staff on the authorship | of the charges of political control of the | last Grand Jury will begin. This is the | information “which the jury attempted, without success, to obtain from Manager G. B. Daniels of that paper, last Tuesday. | EUISEN S S ankal Seemte | NOTED JUDGE OF FIELD | TRIALS ARRIVES HERE | ! | Thomas John;o’nr Comes From Win- | nipeg to Render Decisions | the Coronado Contests. Thomas Johnson, one of the greatest of | field trial judges in the gvorld, arrived | | here last night from Winnipeg to judge | the field trials which will be held at Coro- nado. | Johnson is known to lovers of high bred dogs the world over as a keen sportsmen | well versed In everything relating to his chosen work. As a judge he has gained a | great réputation for absolute fairness and | perception. | He gained some distinction in Winni- | peg by driving a team of elks hitched to | & buggy. This is his second visit to the coast. He was out here before to act as | judge at the Bakersfield fleld trials. | —_————— | Election of Officers. At a meeting of the board of directors of | the California Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, held yesterday In | the rooms of the organization in the Par- rott building, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, | Charles Sonntag; secretary, M. J. White; | treasurer, George A. Newhall; office as- | sistant, P. Shannon; counsel, Charles L. | Patton; attorney, Purcell Rowe. | n Francisco Branch No. §, United Na- | tional Association of Postoffice Clerks, has elected the following officers to serve for | the ensuing year: H. J. Caveney, president; G. W. Michael, second Vi first vice gresdent: W. ice president; D. Zirkle, third vice president; A. S. . W B financial tee—H. J. Caveney, A. Donohue, Warren King, B. e Their Canvass Stopped. Chief Sullivan was surprised yesterday morning when he learned that two “spiel- ers” for an Eastern weekly had been holding up the men reporting on and off duty at the Central station and getting them to subseribe for the paper on the | promise that they would have thrown in | a copy of & book on ‘“Useful Knowledge. The officers imagined that the “spielers” had received official sanction and the two did a rattling business. The Chief at once gave orders to the outside stations that if the “splelers” appeared there they should not be allowed to importune the | men, and all those who subscribed at the Central station under a false impression were asked to report to Captain Wittman 80 that the contracts might be canceled. ‘cnwr himself lns as ‘‘the only Senat o bl EE indsay of Xemm.-ll describes Senator Caffrey of Louisiana Democrats remaining in the | the ground of | dent, KILLED WHILE ON HIS WAY T0 WORK Jesse W. Noble Is Fatally Crushed at the West Oakland Yards. ———.— Oakland Office San Franciseo Call, 118 Broadway, Jan. 10. Jesse W. Noble, one of the oldest em- ployes of the Southern Pacific Compa was struck by a switch engine at 7 o’clo this morning at the West Oakland ra road yards and instantly killed. Mr. N ble was going to work at the Peralta- street section and stepped out from be- hind a freight train onto a track upon which a switch engine was moving. He seemed to become confused, and before the aged man could get out of harm's Way the locomotive had struck him. The accident occurred near the car re- pair shop., No sooner had Noble been struck than the engine was stopped. As- sistance was quickly at hand, but it was seen at once that the accident had been fatal. The Coroner took charge of the case, removing the body to the Morgue. The deceased ratlroad man had been one of the first employes of the company. He was' in former Superintendent W. B. Lud- low’s car repair department for many years. Recently he had been a caboose inspector, having been given the work be- cause of infirmities caused from injurtes he sustalned in an acecident a year and a half ago, when hi i usly bait s spine was seriously Among the raiiroad men at West O !Iund Mr. Noble was known as one ‘nf ?P‘x‘s ‘old guard.” He was a native of Kansas City, Mo., 68 years of age. He came across thé plains in 187 and settied 1n this city. eceased @as a member of Oakland Lodge No. IS8 of Masons and was also affiliated with the Knights of Honor. His wife, Mrs. T. E. Noble, re- siding at 1059 Sixty-second street; a daughter, Mrs. §. Tate, and a son, George A. Noble, survive him, . —_————— MINER HULL WANTS ALL OF HIS MONEY BACK OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—G. R. Hull, the Arizona mining man, whose matrimonial difficulties are being exploited in the courts, began suit to-day to deprive his former wife of the right to draw upor $5000_of community Fea ‘oy money deposited him In the Oakland Bank of Savings. = Hull alleges that the deposit was made under the supposition that the woman | was his legal wife and submits that since the courts have dissofved the marriage on the woman's fraud the | money should be adjudged to belong solely to_him. MPHO]I:Itt’)l the N;‘nulmenl of the marriage rs. Hull was given permission to dra: $100 monthly from the deposit. o —_———— ACCUSED OF PASSING {xierinlovs CHECKS F. H. Hammerton, who claims to be an attorrey of Willows, was arrested y. terday by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea for attempting to pass two bogus checks— one for $35 and the other for $40—on the IXL store and the Plaza loan office. In both places he bougkt clothing and jewelry and presented the checks in pay- ment. Inquiry at the banks upon which | they were drawn showed that they were worthless. Hammerton says in his own defense that he belleved that the checks were genuins ——————————— Grocery Clerks Elect Officers. At the meeting of the Retail Grocery Clerks’ Protective Union last night at Sar- 'lm':d Hall the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing term: President, Chris Hartmann; vice presi- Ben Henrickson: secretary, Ed Hagemann: treasurer. Jacob Foge: board of directors—Louis Volk, Cord Meyer, Pe- ter Bork, George Schouse and Geor%e, Ot- png. sergeant at arms, William Wurz- It was decided to make temporary downtown headquarters at the office of the Retall Grocers’ Protective Union, 2i4 California street. William Welby was ap- pointed canvasser and collector. —————— Plan Reception to President. The preliminary steps toward a partie- ipation by the Native Sons of the Golden West in entertaining President McKinley and his party when they arrive here in May next were taken by Bay City Parlor No. 104 last evening, when it appointed a_committee of three, consisting of Thomas R. Hamilton, Henry G. W. Din- kelspiel and Harry M. Nordman, to com- fer with simllar committees which the o!heresulon of this city have been re- quested to appoint ) Friday Svening: Jan: t ay ev A - Loty B 000L at M. 8. G. W. Hall for the purpose of devising ways and means.