The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1901, Page 9

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1901. (o] BISCUIT JOKE IS THE ONLY OLD FRIEND IN THE “STAR BOARDER” Fashionable Audience Will Greet Mrs. Fiske and Curiosity|gis and Is Rife as to Her Powers in Becky Sharp Role. collection of There - <y INCI one and - lament- night. Mr. | ble for the new | | clever coon from start which e seat - | | asonably | | ; g € for 11 .:_v_ b 5 - - ."‘- | ? e - s & stiong at- | ESMERALDA SISTERS, MABEL AND EDNA, WHO GIVE *“TERPSI- ! | - h to open the CHOREAN EVOLUTIONS” QUITE WORTHY OF THE NAME IN || and De “THE STA BOARDER,” NOW ROLLICKING AT THE ALHAMBRA. — — + | up to-night at the ( Theater. “In Concert-house this week are the Shirleys, Darkest R le, and art good the IN AND ABOUT SAN Review of the Prevalent Conditions During the Past th of W | from George | Shreve and Jerome W. v hwest corner of Vallejo s 137:6, for $4000. . ) be erected on the | v avenue, just south street, by H. H. Baneroft and g be seven stories high. ’ i ment. The cost ¥ ton Day is the a Conklin to west corner , the 1ot being as $15.000. Rank has purchased from Ellen in property on the f b street, S feet south feet, for ST500. in the build f bringing this » by the erection of rick bullding on the west " now erecting a large six-| iing on the south side | d as a storehouse by a | - nity actory. The architect is | - . Kohlberg. The structure will be of pressed brick front, having a front- 3 age of %x60 feet. On the opposite side of | = p inother six-story building, of : built by J. V. Miller for | 3 1. This structure will be also | . . a wareho for a furniture firm. | « « tion of these two buildings h portion of the avenue between nd Stockton street has as- Appearance. n Krotos: ne of Sut et 63:9 west ideration being $23.000. arf h 1 conveyed to the W. | property on the | y strect, 30x165 feet, the | property being £ feet north from Twenty- | first street, for $10,000. 1 : « ts have been recorded for the | vy construction f a four-storyv-and-base- | s ment brick building for the Emporijum and | e Bazaar, to cost, exclusive of | 2 0. to stand on the north of Mission street, 275 feet north. Fifti. Albert Pissis is the ar- improve- 107:6 west Dufficy, for the | The properties belonging to the estate | s A. Porter which are involved | f distribution, to be divided ¢ east of Larkin, | equally between Susan Hayward and Nel- | Pulger, for $%00. | lje Perry, ie lots on Army, Fountain, E E. ( Mrs. Clementine | Howard nd Frederick streets and | > four- and base- | properties in San Mateo County. | T r L The Woman's Home Missionary Society | - of the Methodist kpiscopal Church has | contracted for alterations and additions | to the building at 912 Washington street, | to_cost $63%. The realty market in Los Angeles is de- ribed this week by the Los Angeles | Times as dull and featureless. The Times | says that the of! business has captured a large number of investors and speculators who were wont to dabble in real estate. The market has also been made dull by the tendency to invest in lands in Mexico and the Philippines, The new high school building for Berke- ley wiil be bullt by Robert Greig under contract. The cost will be $58.490. By recent ruling the Los Angeles su- thorities set forth that before the Sup- | eriptendent of Buildings will issue a per- | mit the applicants must have the lot, block and tract verified by the City As- sessor. | ., The officers of the Pacific Loan Associa- tion have made their sixteenth annual re- have con- estment ot on and Per- treet and west 100, block lot on_north and India avenue, north- st 150, block 33, Exc t on east line of county feet south of Brazil ave- st 200, block 3, Excelsior northeast corner of Brazil avenue, north | port, showing that its assets amount to k 2 Excelsior Home- | 165,067 . There are 136 shares in force, st line o <4 | of which 5% are vledged with mort- | gagees. The mortgages amount to $117,100. lay will be $7500. ) | {Isaac Liebes will improve his residence west 83:6, block 3, E on the north line of Pacific avenue, west lot on southwest cor- | from Franklin street, at a cost of about avenue and W street, | $10.000. north 2%, east 62:6 | Eight flats will be bullt by the Meyer t_on west line of | Estate Company on the south side of Post south of W suem.j street, 12) feet east from Filimore, at a ast of Brazil avenue, £3:6, northeast 1 hwest 200, northwest 100, 240:5, north 43:10, | cost of about $20,000. , cast 120; lot on west line{ The Mercantile Trust Company will | | | and Some of the Big Salesl | | | Kinley is convalescing rapidly from his . Waterman sisters, little Alma Hal Conlett and Ahern and George, Queri \d the Mo pia this week. Vincent, Mabel are at the Olym- The new bill which opens at the Chutes v inclndes the Alcedos in a laugh- ketch entitled, ““On Parade”; Wil lette Charters, : Oro, Bernard and Bartc balance act, and'r ATE FRANCISCO Week. build a three-story basement and attic building on the northwest corner of Cali- fornia and Leavenworth streets. lay will be Boardm: adopted by Boardman, Hooper & Co.. Ed- ward J. Hooper having withirawn to en- gage in the making of loans and to deal in oil lands. Mr. Hooper will retain an | interest in the firm i A. M. Speck is back from a trip to Ari- | zona and Southern California. ! Easton, Kldridge & Co. will auction real estate next Tuesday { The out- 500 & Co. is the name Mrs. M. Estes. formerly with David Stern & Son. and recently with G. H | Umbsen & Co., has returned from Sacra- | mento and is with the firm of A. J. Rica & Co., re she will nave complete important department of the | Eight flats will be built by Charles T. Rodolph on the north side of Eddy street, | 100 feet east from Fillmore. | The larger mortgages of the week placed on record were as follows: Levy and Reuben H. Lloyd to the avings and Loan Soclety. $13,000 on on the south line of Union Square § feet west from Grant avenue, 45:5x Danfel F. Walker to Isnac Kohn, $35,000 on avenue, 0 the heast corner of Montgomery and Clay streets, 59:6; Henry und Lena Wahmuth to | the Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety for 3 . the northeast corner of Grove and Polk streets and the southeast line of Park avenue, 100 feet northeast from City Hall avenue, 2x 100: Julius Abrams and Carrle Harls to Nathan Dusenbery, for §25,000, southeast corner of Sutter ard Larkin streets: a deed of trust has been executed for $10,000 by the W. W. Chase Company to the Home Mutual Buflding and Loan Assoclation, of property 30x165 on the west line of Misslon street, 8 feet north from Twenty-first. - Some of the most important releases of the week have been recorded as follows: Hibernia Savings and Loan Socfety to Asa R. Wells and Monson Russell, for $19,000, north- west line of Mission street. 275 feet northeast from Fifth, 37:6x160; Adolph Meyer to Adolph and Carrie Harris and Julius and Augusta Abrams, for §25,000, €outheast corner of Sutter and Larkin streets, 70x137:6; Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to Joseph A. Oliver, for $58,000. undivided one-half of ‘the southwest corner of Mission and Eighth streets, 275x27 German Savings and Loan Soclety to Willja: McCafferty, for $20,00), property on the west line of Mission street, %5 feet north from Trwenty-first, 30x165; Empire Bullding and Loan Assocfation to Setta F. and F. A. Haber, for 16,200, west line of Buchanan street, outh from C 31x107:8. SHOOTS AN ATTORNEY. Husband Enraged Because His Wife Sought to Sue for a Divorce. LA PORTE, Ind, Jan. 20.—Ellsworth . ‘Weir, a prominent attorney of this city, was shot and probably fatally injured t.- night by Joseph W. Brill of Cleveland. Brill, who had become estranged from his wife, who is well known here, had been advised that Mrs. Brill had consuited the lawyer with reference to bringing an action for divorce. He came to La Porte and secured an interview with Attorney Wefr, during which Brill became angered and shot the lawyer, the bullet passing through the y above the heart. Mrs. Brill and her two children reside in Cleve- land. President Much Better. WASHINGTON, Jan, 20.—President Mc- recent attack of the grip. To-day was his best day for several weeks. To-morrow the President will spend a short time in his office, and gradually will increase the perfod of actual work. oty o Present From a King. BERLIN, Jan, 2.—The correspondent of the Associated Press here learns from Vienna that Emperor Francis Joseph has presented to James A Bailey. the Ameri- can circus proprietor, a gold cigar case set with dlamonds, rubies and sapphires, accompanied by an autograph letter. ooy Canadians Leave Cape Town. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 20.—The British steamship Lake Erie sailed for Canada to- day, carrying 400 of Strathcona’s Horse. - | arrested | ton first attracted suspicion to Sheridan. | and representatives of the various poli- | | it is thought, might injure ..ie chances of | STABBED INBACK | TRANS-OCEANIC TELEPHONE SECRET ENRICHES INVENTOR Half Million Dollars the Price Professor Pupin Receives From the Bell Company for His Patent. BY UNKNOWN MAN Her Escort Victims of a Vicious Assault at North Beach. Sensational Scene at Receiving Hos- pital When Alleged Brother of the Girl Threatens Revenge With a Knife, A stabbing affray in which the identity of the assailant is a mystery occurred about midnight at Pacific and Jones streets. Miss Carrle Ruggles and John, Cart were the victims, the former receiv- | ing a slight cut in the wrist, the latter ' belng severely stabbed in the back and | chest with a dirk. Cart, who lives at 1314 Mason street, was escorting Miss Ruggles to her home at 1215A Broadway when the stabbing oc- | curred. They had reached Pacific and | Jones streets, when a man whom neither | :);":hem ha;imnmlc;d until that minute | € up swiftly and without a word be- gan to plunge his dagger into Can‘asr%ody. The girl screamed for ald and the fellow | fled, not, however, until he had stabbed | Cart so seriously that death may result, When assistance came Cart was found to be bleeding profusely and a call for the ambulance was sent in. At tne Receiving HosPlan his wounds were treated, and while they may prove fatal h is enter- tained for his life, e A sensational incident occurred in this connection at the hospital while the in- juries were being attended to. A man brandishing an immense stock knife made his appearance and wildly crying out that he was the brother of Miss Ru demanded to see her. He was asked to relinquish the knife. but refused abso- lutely to do so. After a prolonged strug- gle the knife was wrenched from his grasp and he was sent to jail pending the result of the police investigation. Detectives were detailed on the case, but up to an early hour no clew had been found which might lead to the apprehen- sion of the midnight assailant. HAVANA POSTAL CLERK CONFESSES TO THEFT John Sheridan, HTnd of the Money Ordsr Department, Steals $1300. HAVANA, Jan. 20.—John Sheridan, who has been in charge of the money order department of the Havana Postoffice, was to-day and formally charged with the theft of $1200 sent from the post- master at Guantanamo December 6, $1235 in cash and $65 in checks. He has cor fessed his gullt and admits having de- stroved the check. Sheridan was appointed from the Boston office o n the organization of the service a ic was made postmaster at | About a_ vear ago he was | the head of the money order department at Havana with a salary of $1000. He seemed to be a trustworthy man and the authorities considered the expe- dlency of appointing him postmaster at | the time former Postmaster Thomas was removed. An_investment of $1800 in stocks in Bos- He now offers to refund what he has ta- ken. . A mass meeting of planters, merchants | ical parties held in Havana to-day adopt- ed resolutions asking the United States | to lower its duty on Cuban products and | dvocating the suppression of the export ax on tobacco. One member of each of | bodies participating in the meeting | appointed as a delegate to go to | ington to lay before Congress argu- was Wash ments in favor of the tariff reductions. | RENEWED ATTEMPT TO CONSOLIDATE SHIPYARDS| Charles R. Flint of the Flint Line of Steamers Said to B~ Interested ! in the Project. | NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—It was reported | that a renewed attempt was belng made | to bring about the consolidation of a num- | ber of shipbuilding yards throughout the country for the purpose of bringing them | under the same management and dividing | the work in such a manner that cach yard shall have a distinct class of work. Cap- | tal amounting to about $60,000,..., it is | said, will be invested in the enterprise. While the Cramp Shipbuliding Company of Philadeiphia will be regarded as the principal competitor, it is expected that | negotiations will be concluded which will | result in that concern and the proposed combination working in_harmony. | ‘harles R. Flint, of Flint, Dearborn & chief owners of the American Steam.- | ship Company. which operates a line of vessels between New York and San Fran- ciseo and Honolulu, is said to be largely | interested in the negotiations that are pending. Mr. Flint sald last night that he could say nothing about the subject at this time. Undue publicity at present, the passage of the ship subsidy bill. Tt is understood that a firm of well known lawyers is engaged in arranging the leg.l preliminaries. a PAPER TO ASSIST IN RENEWING A TREATY | Editor Brucker Going to Germany to Combat Opposition to the Re- | newal of Trade Relations. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Joseoh Brucker, managing editor of the Illinois Staats | Zeltung, Is to establish a commerclal em- bassy In Berlin and pubiish a weekly pa- er to be known as Columbia, which shail ave for its object the promotion of friendly relations between Europe and America and their trade interests. As the commercial treaty between the United States and Germany must be renewed in | 1903, and as the German Parliament will | consider the question at its fall session, | | When the Agrarians are expected strong- Iv to oppose clauses now favorable o American Interests, it is Brucker's inten- tion to begin his work at the earliest pos- sible moment with the object of counter- acting_such epvosition. Mr. Brucker's supporters in the project are manufacturers and merchants inter ested in the export trade. GUNBOAT SCORPION NOW AT LA GUAYARA Commander of the Vessel Reports That Everything Is Quiet at Port of Caracas. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Aside from a brief dispatch from the commander of the ‘gunboat Scorplon, which is now at La Guayara, Venezpela, there was no news of importance received here to-day of the asphalt concessions in that country. This dispatch came to Secretary Long and re- rted that the latest news from Caracas indicated that all was qulet there. The Scorpion. her commander sald. would pro- ceed to Curacao for coal. Affer this it is expected the vessel will return to La Guayara, where she will await the de- partment’s orders. 21.—The town of forty miles north of this city, is burning. The fire started at i1 p. m. and is now beyond control. The Peoria department was asked for assistance and at 2 a. m. sent one steamer and two hose wagons on a speclal train. Will Go to China. MONTEREY, Jan. 20.—F. A. Botsch of this city, a member of the Board of City Trustees and secretary of the Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Rallro_,% Com- iy Joazes S Yooy o Shueadey xt for entsin, na, to e a i~ Hon as cashier for a large American oon- cern in that cit; picA ST R Burton Leaves the Hospital. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Congressman Burton, who m:;ee;- ll‘l.‘ et uvnz:; Is‘y"; with , was e to to-day. essman Neville % thou‘é stghtly improved, is still very ill. | the unorganized men. l | 8 i $ ¥ oy - PROFESSOR MICHAEL I PUPIN, FOR WHOSE INVENTION OF TRANS-OCEAN TELEPHONY THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY | HAS JUST PAID A COOL HALF-MILLION DOLLARS. 3 = % IVE hundred thousand dollars is the price Professor Michael I. \Pupin has received for his inven- tion for telephoning across the ocean. The Bell Telephone Com- pany was the purchaser of his secret, and NSION SCHEME 5 LSO DRUPPED Railroad Employes Refuse to Sign Application Blanks. PE Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 20. The Southern Pacific Company has prac- tically decided not to enforce its new pen- sion scheme, which was but the old in- urance scheme in disguise. About a month ago the vpension scheme was evolved and an effort made to interest the unorganized men in the West Oakland vards. The Insurance scheme having been absolutely repudiated by the organiza- tions, the company turned its attention to Clrculars were is- sued and notices posted all through the yards explaining the arrangement. and blanks were given out upon which the men might make application for member- hip. But the effort was unproductive of re- sult. scheme and so few applications were re- ceived that the plan has been dropped. The men feared for a time that partici- pation in the pension and’ insurance &chemes would be made obligatory upon the new employes, thus getting around the possibility of offending the organized railroad men. But the rallroad seems to have abandoned all intention of forcing matters. Whether anything will be at- tempted in the future is a question, but nothing has been done for nearly a month, and as the men have put the stamp of their disapproval upon all phases of the | insurance plan the whole project may be dropped. S JOCKEY’S SILVER CUP IS WON BY SPENCER Trophy for the Most Popular Rider Is Presented After the Ball. The presentation of the big silver cup | to the most popular rider at the jockeys’ 1 fa much | ! ball on Saturday took place amid MUCH | cointh sald he was too tired to talk much, but stated he was on a visit to the | merriment In Odd Fellows' Hall at the close of the festivities. The trophy fell to Spencer, who received 2264 votes. Jen- | kins was second with 2210. The presenta- tion was made by James Tierney. The winner gallantly filled the cup with wine three times and his friends quaffed heartily to his heaith. The other jockeys in the congest received votes as follow: Coburn , Piggott 1800, Burns 700, Bu- chanan Bullman 609, Dominick 400, Jones 200, Mounce 18, Walsh 3, Bergen 1. i it Student Injured by Train. BERKELEY. Jan. 20.—Hart Greensfeld- er, a freshman at the State University, was injured Saturday night while at- tempting to board the 10 o’clock train for San Francisco at Berkeley Station. The train had attained considerable speed when Greensfelder jumped for the steps. He missed his footing and was thrown | heavily to the ground, one of the steps fng him In the face and cutting a ;lnrll: :gove and below the right eye. His scalp_was also cut open. A Wolfskill, Greensfelder's classmate, who was with him at the time of the acci- dent, assisted In moving the injured stu- dent to his boarding place, 2130 Oxford street, where Dr. H. N. Rowell was sum- moned. Greensfelder's parents reside in San Francisco at 2123 Pine street. B — New Teachers’ Certificates. OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—The County Board of Education has announced the following new teachers' certificates: High School—Miss Funice Hodgson, Edith V. Henricl. Thomas S. Elston. Thomas D. Mansfield and Mary W. Tyr- rell. ar grades—Kenneth F. Reynolds. Grnmms“" op, Hallle B. Porter and . 11 ery. Qms.n.fl:&'fi.?uwm ana Gertrude | ‘Treanor. commended to State board for gram- mlll: grade lllg'dl lo‘ln; E. L. Shearer. : I3 Thrown From Her Horse. BERKELEY, Jan. 20.—Mrs. Spencer, the wife of Henry Spencer, the jockey, was badly injured by being thrown from her horse, :'n’lu fldfiw along San Pablo ave- nue to-day noon. She was picked up un- nscion remo: to home in gmu‘l"-‘r{d * Her face was cut and she was badly bruised. “The accident was caused by Mrs. Spen- éer’s horse taking the bit inbih ueu?p:fl running away. k ’ The men did not take kindly to the | its officers belleve they have captured the most important inventlon since that of the telephone itself. They expect it to revolu- tionize the entire telephone business. Engineers are busily at work on plans for the utilization of Professor Pupin's 10 BE APPOINTED Will Be Made Marshal for Nome District by the President. — . Advices from Washington that Captain G. B. Baldwin will be ap- pointed United States Marshal for the Nome district of Alaska. The California President to appoint him. Senator Bard recently accompanied Captain Baldwin to the White House and presented the applicant for the Alaskan Marshalship to the President. Captain Baldwin has also secured the indorsement ['of Senator Stewart of Nevada and has been commended by influential members Stat for volunteers ‘o serve in the ‘War, Captaln Baldwin, who was then well known as a capable drill officer of the San Francisco police force, tendered his services to Governor Budd. He was subsequently commissioned Compeny Bl. Eighth California Infantry, Regiment of Volunteers, and rendered | faithful service in that command. In the fire which destroved the Bald- win Hotel early in the morning of Novem - | ber 24, 1898, Captain Baldwin distinguisned himself in successful efforts to save human life. With singular coolness he went about the hotel giving warning of | the danger and his calm demeanor seemed | to quell the fears of frantic gues's. | BLIND CAPITALIST OF | PHILADELPHIA IS HERE | M. B. Corinth, Who Once Offered Large Sum for Relief, Visits the Coast. M. B. Corinth, the blind Philadeiphia | capitalist whose sensational offer of a affiiction, is in the city and is staying at the Palace. When seen last night Mr. | coast for pleasure, and after a brief stay here would take a trip to Southern’ Cali- fornia. The blind capitalist is of venerable ap- pearance and those unacquainted with his infirmity would bardly realize his mis- fortur. Mr. Corinth greatly regrets the publicity his offer gave him. He only made it, he said, as a last resort. Last | night he stated that he was now recon- { ciled to his lot, though his offer still held | good to specialists of the rid. ———— 0ld Friends to Greet McKinley. At a meeting last might of the board of directors of the Oid Friends it was de- cided that the present officers of the so- clety should hold for another term. A committee was appointed consisting of Captain J. W. Howell, Governor E. S. Sal- omon, Robert Ferral. Senator W. . Grady, Dr. F. F. Lotd, J. M. Wilkens, Dr. €. C. O'Donnell and Charles Kauf. mann, with Melville Hermann and J. E. Slinkey, president and secretary, ex- officio, to represent the Old Friends in the matter of the reception of President McKinley in May next. the President be- ing an honorary member of the soclety. To attend the launching of the Ohio the Old Friends will run an excursion boat around the bay. b NS e, Young Men’s Institute. “Portola Council of the Young Men's In- stitute has elected the following namel as its officers for the current term: E. Fitzgerald, president; W. H. Cusick, first vice president; Frank P. Scully, second vice president: James J. Cantlan, finan- clal secretary; Daniel T. Powers, record- ing secretary: Jerome J. Sullivan, corre- sponding secretary; John G. Stumle, treasurer; . Lawlor, marshal;: John J. Riley, inside sentinel; John J. Connell, outside sentinel: George Mayerie. Thomas J. Kennedy and Robert A. Cahalan, trus- tees; Dr. B. F. Fleming, medical exam- iner. —_———— Daughters of Liberty. The cards are out for the masquerade ball that is to be given on the night of the 24th inst. by the members of Cal.- fornia Council of the Daughters of Lib- 'fl in the Laurel Hall of the Shiels building. The committee in charge whil rd a prize for the hg;- l‘nll costume and one for ‘most original. ——— The artist is pro(r::lun( finely when he most orig- gentleman's is able to draw a sal Immediately after the President called | Spanish | | represent | | sconding clerk of the jute mill at | delegation in Congress has requested the | of Congress from New York and other | captain of | | large sum to any man who could cure his | invention in a telephone line to Europe. They are preparing estimates and maps, and as soon as their work is finished the Bell Company will be prepared to make a definite announcement regarding the inevitable trans-Atlantic telephone line. That ocean telephony can be success- fully accomplished by Professor Pupin's invention has already been demonstrated. Tests covering almost a year were made before the American Telephone Company, the parent Bell Company, agreed to pur- chase the invention. Professor Pupin is professor of electrical engineering at Columbia College and lives at Yonkers. He is about 35 years old, ath- letlc of figure, with dark complexion, black mustache and hair and humerous black eyes. He is a friend of Professor Tesla and Is regarded by the latter as one of the most promising men {n the scientific world. “I have been at work on the invention for five years,” sald Professor Pupin ! an interview in the New York World. conducted all the experiments in this building and the boys here helped mie. They deserve a great deal of the credit. The invention not only makes an ocean telephone possible, but it will save a for- tune in the construction of long-distance land lines. Just to give you an idea: My process will effect a saving of $120,000 on each land circuit between New York and Chicago. The saving on every 1000 miles of land circuit will be in equal proportion to_that between Chicago and New York.” e problem which Professor Pupin has solved is that of maintaining electrical energy in transmission. The invention is simple. merely being a plan for renew- ing the electrical waves by inserting every elghth of a mile on the cable a coil of wire known as the Inductance coil. These coils mply as relays, giving the electrical aves fresh impetus. “Sending a cable is a slow matter, you know,” sald he. “for the cable has to be charged at each click of the key. Bach click exhausts the cur-ent. This has been attributed to what electricians call the ‘capacity’ of the cable. To illustrate whac is meant by ‘capacity : Blow in a rubber bag which has a hole at the other end. The wind will begin to escape through that hole only when the bag is filled. In the same way the cabie has to be charged at the sending end to its capacity before the current is felt at the receiving end. Any hastening mixes things. ““The problem I had to solve was to re- duce the ‘capacity’ so that a message could be transmitted clearly and rapidiy. I discovered at the outset that the slow- ness of transmission was due to loss of energy by conversion into heat and other- wise. The puzale was to preserve this energy. By mathematical caleulation I demonstrated that this could be done by means of a ‘choke’ coil placed at regular Intervals along the line. These ‘choke” cofls are of wire around a core of metal. On a cable line they should be at intervals of an eighth of a mile; on land lines at in- tervals of a mile.” a2 + B e B BT B T o e e CAPTAIN BALDWIN |POLICE BELIEVE JLOEK IS NEA Prison Officials Are Slow in Beginning Search for Missing Man. Present indications point strongly to the conclusion that C. J. Walden, the ab- San Quentin, alded and abetted in all his crooked transactions by confederates inside as well as outside the prison walls. It is also believed that the peculations were going on while Walden was yet a convict, and that he held the information he then acquired as a club over the heads of certain officials, forcing them to assist him in securing a pardon and the soft berth he held for so many years. When Warden Aguirre came to the conclusion that Walden was a thief and had stolen from the prison property val- ued at thousands of dollars, he took no steps to arrest the man, and Mrs. Walden was allowed to leave San Quentin, move to San Francisco and then disappear as mysteriously as her husband without a watch being put on her movements for a moment. That Mrs. Walden was in com- munication with her husband after his disappearance is believed by everybody conversant with the case. She evidently at his bidding made the necessary ar- rangements for her departure, and later joired her fugitive spouse. Mrs. Walden is a sister of a member of the firm of Lundberg & Lee, jewelers, at 202 Post street. Lundberg resides at 1323 Pine street, and it is conjectured by the police that when Walden left the prison he came to this city and went to the Lundberg residence, where he later met his wife. “aptain Seymour, after a long delay, was consulted by Prison Directoy Fitz- gerald and requested to do his vest to Jand Walden behind the bars. But Sey- mour is badly handicapped, as it was only in the past few days that he was asked (o make the desired arrest, and in that short space of time Walden, who ' conceded to be a clever crook, has hal ample time to get into a safe hiding place. The police are of the opinion. however, that Walden is not far away, and that if he is being hidden by his relatives in this city he is somewhere In the vicinity of San Francisco and his arrest is ex- pected at any time. Edward Lichtenberg, who has the con- tract to supply the San Quentin Prison with jute for the mill, was seen yester- day at his residence at 2520 Green street. [ knew very little of Walden,” he saild. “I saw the man seldom, and never had anythmf to do with him in a bus- iness way. always transacted my bus- iness with the directors. FOOLHARDY MAN IS DROWNED AT NTAGARA With a Companion Tries to Cross in a Small Boat, but Is Swept Over the Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Jan. 20.—John Wiser and John Marsh of this city at- tempted to cross Nilagara River above the falls to-day. They lost control bf their boat and were carried into the rap- ids. Wiser, who was unable to swim, wi swept over tF.: falls and drowned. Marsh, after a desperate struggle in the i~ water, was rescued by persons along the_shore. The men were nearly half way across the river when their boat was caught in powerhouse both men got out om the werhouse both men got out onto the oating ice. The two men floated down the river. side by side. Marsh was 0 feet from the shore and Wiser was at least twenty feet further away. At Wil- low Island several men formed a line and with the aid ot a long pole succeeded in getting near enouxh to Marsh to res- cue him. Wiser clune to the ice untfl he was tosses off into the water and drifted over the brink. iy Jeff Goes to Cincinnati. NEW YORK. Jan. 20.—Jim Jeffries, his brother Jack and Trainer Delaney started for Cincinnati this afternoon. The cham- gleon hopes that the Saengerfest Club will able to pull off his fight with Ruhlin there on February 15. As yet the cham- n has practically done no training, but e is in good condition and says he could go into the ring moment’s notice. In Jaj lished tween Yoko! engineers, n the telegraph was first estab- n 1869, when a line was built be- English hama and Toklo by