The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 5, 1901, Page 11

Y THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1901. HAS NEW THEORY |HERWILL FILED IS TO EAPLOSION | WITH HUSBANDS Cordes’ Life of Experimenis He Persisted In. | the Penalty i Wife Bequeaths Estate She Possessed but Nine Days. PSS SN W. B. Josselyn Positive Old Man i Mrs. E. B. Mastick of Alameda Leaves Was Working on High Explo- Property of Late Lawyer to Their - | sive When Death Over- ? Children Share and took Him. | Share Alike. —— | A, D h 4—A new theory as | Oakla Francisco Call, which ended | iway, March 4. s last| oo the same prop- selyn | orty. 1t B. Mastick and of Sar ¥ former | or his wife M. W. Mastick, M w Go by Default. CALIFORNIA CLUB TO GIVE | ANOTHER ART EXHIBITION | Work of Almost Every 1 Description. | second b f Van Dye re- These exhibit to | the quality of the ndeed marvels of th Notle knight and gen- the exquisite aristocrac jc of all painters, . in the midst of their | bravery. Next to | elves, a Braun | nearly the same | interesting pic- | Theodore Wores | nolulu. Thers | Japanese sub- | . | ¢ Australian pafut- | ‘fornia after a visit | Francis McCo hes ret the A er —_—————— British Beef Trade. are now available showing the | of beef into Great Britain | year 190 and the average at market. The importations e from the United States were against 144,82 from all other coun- total weight of Australian, Plata (frozen) | I'nited States and Canadian (chilled) | ¢ and Continental (fresh killed) beef into Great Britain during 1900 is , Weddel & Co.’s review of the Statist tmportations w Zealan ta a 238 . 45,084 ntinent ... 79,368 Total 128,310 A growing shortage In the number of heef cattle both in Great Britain and the United States and the unusual demand ! Woort | sue for army supplies in the l’hlygpinu and South Africa have contributed to main tain prices throughout the year. Not- ithstanding these conditions the price r English home grown beef has ranged from 11 to 13% cents per pound. The aver. age price obtained for American beef (nind quarters) has been about 11 cents per pound. Frozen Australian beef aver- aj about 7 cents per pound.—St. Louis Repubiic. e filed for probate tick, on the death of herited all his property. 1 possession of it for and dying on the 17th her own demise oc- f the same month. astick estate is esti- .000. By the terms of 11l it is left in trust to Reuben W. Mastick and themselves the other dwin B., Seabury L., Mastick, Lucretia L. and Lilllan M. a M M. Hyde left to Mary L. Mastick, 1 Mr. k's exte law library to his son and ., George H. tick. Aside from these bequest: is to be converted into m id to children, share and he portion of a deceased ter to go_to his or her is Social Democrats’ Ticket. A March 4.—The Social party has naminated the fol- nicipal ticket. Trustees, R. W. Powell; School Directors, A. J. Howe: City Clerk t; Treasurer, J. R. Blake; W. Townsend; Recorder, W or Library Funeral of a Clergyman. 4—The eral of a retired Methodist an of the civil war from the ( Among the par- H. Alexander . Rev. James Rev. > ticipa were nts of V A. T. SIEEEE P S Becomes Insane in Jail. Ibert J. Ward OAKLAND, March 4.— a i fireman, livi Pine Street, while ¢ in the City Pris on a petty larceny charge, became v insane. He was examined by t Lunacy Commissioners at the Recefvi Hospital this afterncon and recommended for mmitment to Ukia womaseiie . Loas SRy Completes Its Ticket. ALAMEDA, March 4—The “City snvention completed its munic No nominations were made for | ter- | FOR SAN WOMAN WINS THE LONG FIGHT LEANDRO POSTOFFICE Mrs. F. P. Church Calls Upon Her Old Friend, President “McKinley, in Washington and Secures the Coveted Plum in Spite of StrongPolitical Influence Opposed to Her SRS I A with a _good following where Federal influence prevail. But there e a deadlock. It appeared that Mariante had a strong yearning to succeed himself. Then Mrs. urch appeared on the scene. She had resided quietly at n Leandro for sev- eral years since her retirement from the superintendency of {ne Beulah Home. Her work among the sick at the county in- firmary kept her busiiy employed. She remembered her old associations with the President, and on the eve of his second inauguration Mrs. Church arrived in Washington prepared Lo make her appli- cation for the office for which the men were contesting. In her brief dispatch she simply announces her victory. Her friends are -awaiting the succe: woman's return to hear the story. Floyd was in San Leandro to-day, w he secured the fixturcs and other details for San Leandro's postmistress as socn as she shall arrive with her commission. The office pays a salary of $1200 a year. in the quarters is supposed (o To Install a New Pastor. OAKLAND, March 4—Rev. Willlam H. Scudder will be installed Thursday even- ing as pastor. of Park Con<regational Church, at Lorin. The instaliation ser- vices will be_conducted by the following clergymen: Rev. B. F. Sargent, Rev. R. C. Brooks, Rev. W. W. Scudder Jr., Rev. . K. McLean, Rev. George B. Hatch, Rev. George C. Adams, Rev. J. K. Harri- son and Rev. F. B. Cherington. The music is in charge of A. T. Sutherland. —_— sonal visit to the Exec Man- sion at Washington and a confer- ence with her intimate friends, the President and Mrs. MeKinley, P. Church s2nds word that s contest for the suburban town's new postmistress. The announcement ends a struggle which has been prolonged for a vear. It has been carried on at home and in Wash- ington, and both county and Federal offi- clals ‘have been drawn into the battle for the plum which has been plucked by this up-to-date, twentieth century woman. ~night by nominating the ol | af San Leandro. A year ago the term of the in- I ion to e Ak It was a fight between woman and the cumbent, Willlam M. Mariante, expired Trustee: P. W. Barton, George H. Mas- | politiclans, and the woman won. To-day DUt the postmaster had influence that, o * tick, A. 0. Gott, H. M. Whoolley and J. | the news came over the telegraph wires .fm_orhv) t e‘mmemsd(-h other candidates ¢ B Vosutgh. 'There ‘wers twenty-oms | oo stn. CHcrl to Ohaster Tord, Hor Dipioer pasttlon, helo HIBSILIIREL o 554 NS B L CHEROLY AFPQUNES Sk ora." | intimate friend, who ot once began ar- succeed Mariante. These were John W. ED AS POSTMISTRESS AT SAN | rangements for the installation of the Haas and O. J. Lynch, both Republicans | LEANDRO. MANY TEACHERS GET 2 ' % Jl. NEW CERTIFICATES * VOTE TO REOPEN INGLES Recommendations to the Board of Education. At its meeting yesterday the city Board | recom- | of School Examiners ms mendations for teachers’ certificates to the Board of Education. Among them were: mmar certificates to Miss H. L. i Mrs. L. K. Goold, their and the same to the following for a period of otta Bean, Miss M -3 e many Harrigan, Bailey, Miss Margaret I Coyle, Miss Cora H Claiborne, Miss Rose Bou- L. Roberts, Miss L. B. ¢ grade certificates were recom- be renewed for a period of two fiss K. Laird, Miss . G gin, Miss A. F. Hurley and Miss M. K. Gavig and educational diplomas for the grammar grade were recommended for the following: Miss Louise H. Koch, Miss Louise C. Nep- ertrude J. Cohen, Miss May H. < Martha H_ Ritchie, Miss Julia Miss H. ‘E. McLane, - diplomas for the grammar grade asked for Miss JKate R. Paxton, Calvert, Miss Mary G. Coyle Cohen. INDORSE APPOINTMENT OF CONSUL W. A. RUBLEE Commercial Bodies Also Again Urge Legislature to Ratify Lease of China Basin. g of the trustees and di- us commercial bodies rectors of t of San Fra ng a candidate for the po- 1 of Consul General at Hongkong, was held yesterday morning at the Cham- ber of Commerce. President Newhall stated the purpose of the meeting, but, as information had been r i that the Senate had in the ar confirmed the appointment of William A. Rublee of Milwaukee for the position, an expression of opinion was asked On motion of President Sbarboro of the Msanufacturers’ and Producers’ Association it was resolved that the meeting heartily concurs in the action of President Mec- Kinley in appointing Mr. Rublee a committee be appointed to wel - ssful idaté upon his arrival in this cily, to assure him of the good-will of the commercial bodies of this city and to_tender him a banquet The meeting also adopted the following resolution in regard to the lease of China Basin, an@ copies will be sent to each member of the State Legislature: That we agam remind the members of the Legislature of the fact that if the lease to the Santa Fe Railway Company is not firmed it will prolong indefinitely the improv ment of our harbor, besides being a hardship 10 our shipping interests and deprive thousands of laborers from obtaining employment. —————————— Bridging the Bosphorus. A new bridge is about to be built across the Bosphorus, bearing the name of the Sultan, Abdul Hamid. It will be con- structed of granite and metal by the Bos- phorus Railway Company, which desires a junction between the railways of Bu- rope, and the trans-Asiatic railway of Bagdad, now being bulit by the Germanaz, The narrowest dividing line of sea hasz been chosen for the voint of connection. A military bridge erected by a Corinthian long before the Chrisiian era once spanned these 600 yards of water at the same spot and over it, in 513 B C, marched King Da- rius and his 800,000 Persian braves dur- ing his campaign against the Scythians. Lord Byron, impatient of bridges, as of many things, swam the flood. The new bridge is to be erected on lasting lines, Massive firn.n(te pillars are to be bullt and these will support the steel cables on which the bridge depends.—Pittsburg Press. —_——— ‘The sky is most cheerful wh uest; but it 1s aifferent with men. Pinent; Miss Sophis | Jude a Varied Collection of | School Emaminers Announce Their | | | kotter, Cole | ing when he IDE TRACK WHILE ACTION LIMITING SEASON AT TANFORAN COURSE IS RESCINDED 00D CITY, March 4—By a vote 2 the San Mateo County Board of ors this afternoon repealed ord'- ance No. 168, which limited racing in this county to thirty-five days in each year. When the board convened the petition asking for the repeal of the ordinange was resurrected. This petition had been received and placed on file at the last meeting upon motion of Supervisor Eiker- enkotter. Eikerenkotter did not intend that his motion should have this effect believing that his motion meant that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. o rectified hs mistake to-day by moving that the petition be recalled. was adopted by a bare majority vote. erenkotter then presented an ord. 0. 168, passed 21 last, whe:h to thirty-five tion E nance repealing ordinance by the board on January limited the racing season days in each year, the mence on February 5. The roll was called on this ordinance, Supervisors Eikeren- man and _Debenedetti ge, and Supervisors McEvoy mick voting against it. No Limit on Racing. The effect of the ordinance is that there is now no limit to the racing season; that the San Francisco Jockey Club may now continue its races 3 ys in the year without fear of molestation. The attitude of the Supervisors was made clear before a vote on the ordinance was taken. Their action on the petition dispelled all doubt. Bupervisors McEvoy ana McCormick stood by their former ac- tion: Supervisors Efkerenkotter and Cole- man adhered to theirs; Supervisor De- benedetti, on whom th nance depended, and who voted on Janu- ary £1 for a limited season, voted for the oratnance, and the victory was won by the Tanforan people. n:flx-]udgv B.pl-'. Fitzpatrick appeared be- fore the board this afternoon and precipi- tated the discussion by asking that defin jte action be taken upon the petition filad at thg last meeting. He asserted that it was @nfair to the petitioners to kill the Detition by merely ordering it filed with- but either granting or denying the prayer thereof, and contended that the 600 reprc- gentative men whose names were attached to the petition were entitled to some con- sideration at the hands of the board. Supervisor Debenedetti. agreed with Mr. Fitzpatrick. He said he did not believe | Mr. Eikerenkotter knew what he was do- made the motion to recelve and file the petition. He deemed it the duty of the board to recall it and act definitely upon it. Pleads for Continuous Racing. Mr. Fitzpatrick then made a plea for an open.session, saying that the previous action of the board was taken from a moral standpoint. As the board, by pass- ing the ordinance, had legalized and legit- imatized horse racing, he could not see why the board should 'so limit the season as to make it unprofitable to the racing association. He asserted that the Tan- foran peopie had been given no notice of the contemplated action of the board, but that the board, when it first granted them a license under an ordinance permitting unlimited racing, invited them to come to this county and make valuable and per- manent improvements. To now reduce the pumber of racing days to thirty-five in each year, he said, would be nothing more than a confiscation of the assoclation's property. The speaker then dwelt more fully upon the petition before the board, saying that it would be impossible to pro- cure 600 more representative men than had n!*ned the present petition. He called the attention of the board to the report of the recent Grand Jury, which favored the Tanforan people on account of the money they would spend in the county in the way of labor, supplies and taxes, Rev. J. J. Martin replied to Mr. Fitz- patrick. He said he was opposed to horse season to com- | voting | fate of the ord!- | | racing on principle and was in favor of | abolishing the sport altogether as it was (-nnduc!eg. but if it could not be stopped ertirely, it should at least be regulated in the manner in which ordinance No. 168 regulated it. Mr. Martin made a bitter attack upon the report of the Grand Jury, declaring that the Grand Jury had usurp- ed functions which did not belong to that bedy when it brought in such a report. The Grand Jury’s jurisdiction, he said, was confined to an examination of the af- fairs of the public officials of the county and to the finding of indictments against persons violating the laws. and not to the | encouragement of gambling and other | forms of crime which followed in the wake | of a racetrack. | Debenedetti Explains. J. Martin, R. H. Thornton and ex- Supervisor H. Q. Tilton spoke in favor of | a repeal of the ordinance. Supervisor De- | benedetti said that he had been “pestered to death” ever since the passage of the | ordinance by his constituents and other representative men of the county. He thought the great majority of the peopla of the county favored a repeal of the pres- ent law, and that as he was only the rep- resentative of the people, he should be guided {n his actions by the popular wish. He desired it to be understood, however, that he was opposed to an unlimited sea- son, but he believed the length of the sea- son could be considered hereafter. 1he hoard had taken action too hastily and without due consideration, and he would, therefore, vote to grant the prayer of the petition and to repeal the ordinance. Chairman McEvoy said that the Tan- foran people had been given every oppor- tunity to be present at the meetings of the board and protest agalnst the ordl- nance, and had had ample opportunity to Erssent data for the consideration of the oard before the ordinance was acted upon. If he had to do it over again, the | chairman declared, he would not allow the | racing association a singie day. ILike De- benedetti, he had been beset by friends of the Tanforan geople. but he considered he had done right when he voted for a thirty-five day limit, and would not now recede from his position. Supervisor McCormick, on roll call, voted no on the repeal, and expressed himself as unalterably opposed to unlim- ited racing. As it now stands, the ordinarice passed to-day will not go into effect until the 19th of this month, and the racing season un- der the thirty-five day ordinance will end on March 12." If races be run at Tanforan after the 12th and before the 19th it will be in violation of the law. CRICKETERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION Sacramento Lovers of British Game Wish for Matches With Players of This City. The annual meeting and election of offi- cers of the California Cricket Assoclation was held at the Occidental Hotel last night. The following officers were elected: 2 . president; Captain J. E carter R B Hoiun, W B MeGavin, . V. Keeling and J. F, Coope, vice presidents; Ar- thur Inkersley, secretary and treasurer. A communication was read from tho crei of the Sacramento Cricket Club. asking that the committee appointed to prepare a schedule of matches for 1901 reserve -dates for games ‘ween the cricketers of San Francisco and those of the capital city. It was decided that the committee to prepare the schedule of mtehg for the comiug season consist of H. C. Casidy of the Pacific Cricket Club and a delegate of the Alameda Cricket Club, go be appointed by President Ed- ward Brown. A committee was appointed to audit the accounts of the treasurer fo. the last year. The next meeting of the on will be held on Monday even- ing, March 18. : <58 | nullify its_provistons. The ordinance permitting horse racing to be carried on for a period of thirty-six days in each year and making it lawful to gamble thereon within the track in- closure was finally passed by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. The vote on the measure was the same as when it was passed to print 2t last Monday's meeting, with the exception that Reed's absence reducéd the number agalnst it from seven to six. Just before the voting Tobin, the author of the bill, made the statement that he desired to assume all the responsibility for the adoption of the ordinance which legalizes the terrible vice of gambling within the precincts of a race track. He further stated that he did rot ‘ntend ever to shirk the responsibility for .ne opening of Ingleside. In other words, Tobin takes upon himself the shouldering of all blame in the matter of suicides, murders, defal- cations, robberfes and the long train of other evils incident to the operations of the.race track gambling interests. Tobin's shoulders may be broad, but it Is a fear- ful responsibility for one man to assume, and no one wiil care (o share it with him. The ordinance will not become a law until the Mayor has aflixed his signature to it. When asked yesterday what his course would be his Honor replied that he would consider the matter in tha or- dinary routine of his official business within the next ten days. That Tobin was sure of the necessary votes was ap- parent when he asked for a postponement on the measure two wecks ago. On that occasion Hotaling and Sanderson were ab- sent, which would have defeated the or- dinance, as it would nave received only nine votes. For awhile yesterday it looked as though flnal passage would be deferred for another week, as For:aua and D'Ancona, who voted In its favor, did not come in until the meeting was ‘weil advanced. ‘When the bill came up for a vote Comte moved to strike out the enacting ciause, the effect of which would have been to The motion was seconded by Cunnor, but was lost— Booth, Connor, Comte, Curti§, Dwyer and Wilsori_voting’_in favor Boxton Brandenstein, Braunhart, D’Ancona, Fon- tana, Hotaling, Jennings, McCarthy, San- derson, Stafford and Tobin against. H. A. Fisk, superintendent of the Peo- ple’s Palace Mission, and a member of the committee of the Law and Order League which was in attendance at the meeting, asked the privilege of being heard, and Tobin generously agreed to grant him five minutes. “I am here to protest against the pas- sage of this ordinance,” said Mr. I-g: b “In_the interest of the moral and law- abiding interests. Every principle of morals and good government is opposed to its ng . It 1s the entering wedge which will throw wide o&nn the selling of pools. It has been said that there are already two race tracks and one more will do no harm. Because two mad dogs are preying upon the inhabitants is no reason why a third should be let loose. I desire to urge that this Is class legis- lation in the interest of certain moneyed men, and a privilege denied to others who have an equal right to it. It is oppos to the express 1 of the reo%le at the last election. It is op 0 the ‘“refer- endum” provided in the charter. An ai Ka-llhu n made on ' of the jorseshoers and haymen and I appeal on behalf of the mothers and sons of the horsesh d en and in their It 1s not in e names on the peti- tion to open Ingleside, byt I learn that three prominent men whose names are on the tion did not sign it. One man has active In the committee in tryl: to defeat the bill. men as the presi. dent the m of Com: and the ident of tg:“ r::‘w .‘Y‘olrx I'Jéo '111{'; s ‘ompany last test I make Is taat it is a moral \ THRONS HIMSELS N FRONT OF CAA Unidentified Man Attempts to End His Lifs on the Street. At Detention Hospital the Unknown Pati-nt Resists All Attempts to Induce Eim to Speak. Kb SRR Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 4. In the detention ward of the Recelving Hospital is confined a man of 35 years who this merning tried to commit suicide by throwing himseif in front of a moving Haywards e! ric cac at Eighth and Washington streets. The stranger, for no one has identified Iim, was saved by the prompt action of the motorman frora being ground to death. The car was stopped so quickly that the desperate man was only slightly brulsed. He was ar- rested and sent to the hospital to be held for examination as to his sanity To the attendants all visitors who sought information the patie dumb. Eftorts to induce him tp speak were un- availing. He acted as one who did not know what had occ! 1 or what was tak- ing place around The ha al at taches were baffled . th search [ some means of identitication, as there was nothing on the man’s person to a trace In that direction. The patient if he were in a stupor, but could find nor evidence of any kind that aken any drug or poison. Aft close watch for several hours they de cided that their unkncwn guest was de- mented. Clad in ordinary garb, the vatlent ap- tion of the silent occupant o The doctors are hopeful that before twen- ty-four hours have passed their strang- patient will be able to talk. Tt was known that he has not lost the power of speech. | because he sald a few incoherent words on the way to the hospital. The Lunac Commissioners will examine the case to- morrow. ATTACKS YOUNG GIRL AND WIELDS KNIFE Arrests for Drunkenness Lead to the | Disclosure of an Alleged Assault. OAKLAND, March 4—The police have under investigation Edmund Burke, Mar- tin Rider and John Hagan, arrested Sat- urday night for drunkenness but accused by Henry H. Henderson, residing at 2 Broadway, of much more serious offen ‘According to Henderson's statement to Prosecuting Attorney Leach in the Police Court, one of the men, supposed .to be Hogan, called at the Henderson residence Saturday evening and grabbed Miss Jes- sie Henderson, 14 years old, when she re- sponded to the doorbell call. The girl's screams attracted her father, who kicked The visitor re- y turned upon The weapon- the assallant downstalr: treated and then sudd Henderson with 2 k wielder was disarmed police arrived. Burke and Rider appeared on the scene to ascertain what had become of their 1f and companion. They were also arrested. TUpon this report Police Judge Smith raised the bail of the men, who had pleaded gullty to the minor charge, and continued the cases until to-morrow for sentence. Meanwhile the police will have made their investigations for decisfon as to further prosecution. L3 ~ wioag, and in the words of Daniel O'Con- nell: “ “Whatever is morally wrong is politi- cally wrong and can never be made politi- cally right.’ " y: “The protest against the opening of Inglesias presented last Monday," said Rev. Dr. F. Doane, “contained nearly 4000 names. Mothers and sisters signed that petition. I believe that ‘the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.’ It is the object of good gov- ernment fo make it as easy as possible to do right and as hard as possible to do wrong. The seven Supervisors who have voted against the bill have a constituency as well as the eleven who voted for it. My plea is for the. motherhood of our community. God grant that the vice of gambling may be blotted out by keeping Tngleside closed forever.” “If this bill added one minute to the racing season in San Francisco,” sald Tobin, “I would vote against it. It does not afford any additional facility to that now enjoved by the racing public, That is a complete answer to all that his been advanced against the bill tire responsibility for it and 1 shall not shirk it now or hereafter. I alone am re- gponsible for the introduction of the bill and nobody was aware that I was going to introduce it.” CAMPS AT THE PRESIDIO PRESENT LIVELY ASPECT Two Regiments Awaiting Muster and Preparations Being Made for Reception of Others. The Presidio- presented quite a lively aspect since the return of the volunteers commenced. Occupying the upper portion of the Model Camp are the men of the Eleventh Cavalry and Thirty-sixth In- fantry, while the lower part is given up to the men of the Twenty-eighth Infan- try, who are being drilled assiduously every day to put them in trim to take the places of the returning volunteers. Al- though the First Battalion of the Twenty- eighth has been organized but a short while, the recruits composing the com- mand have shown a remarkable improve- ment under the tutelage of Lieutenants Rethers and Wolfe. During the next six weeks the following infantry regiments are expected to arrive here for muster out: Twenty-seventh, Thirtieth, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth already en route, and the Twenty-sixth, ‘Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty- second and Thirty-fifth, which are due to leave Manila as the transports become available. The regiments are so depleted in numbers that the army transportd can, without difficulty, carry two regiments at a trip. Thgmu ‘W. Shields, corporal of ths Twenty-seventh Coast Artillery, dled yes- terday at the Genmeral Hospital. ——————————— ORDERS REINSTATEMENT OF MARY M. MORRISSEY Judge Murasky Holds That Her Re- tirement by Board of Education Was Illegal. A writ of mandate was issued by Judge Murasky yesterday directing the Board of Education to reinstate Mrs. Mary Mead Morrissey as a principal in the School Depdrtment. At the time of the consolidation of classes in the John Swett Evening School an order was made by the Board of Education retiring Mrs. Mor- rissey. She forthwith filed a petition for a writ of mandate, asserting that she had not been legally removed and that le cause for her removal did not exist. its answer the of Education, among other points of defense, contended that, Mrs. Morrissey been married dur- her Incumban?. she had violated the es of the doard, and for this reason, if no_other, her retirement. was valid. In his opinion Judge Murasky sustains the position heretofore taken by other Judges of the Superior Court, holding u:?l; t‘ h::u‘!lng has a lon; right to! ane such marriage does not fu “LE ISk Mazrian rois] bt Jraety the a teacher. The court also holds that no other I ground for Mrs. M 'S retirement, exists, and hence orders the writ of mandate to issue as prayed for. as rul no | held until the | 1 assume en- | TRIES T0 LEAP FAOM A BAIDGE Joseph Burns Saves Ysung Girl Bent Upon Her Own Destruetion. Pleads to Be Allowed to Die After Expressman Has Dragged Her Back to Safety. ALAMEDA. March 4.—By the timely n- terference of Joseph Burr expr mar. in the employ of t ple's Express Company, an unknow bent on sui- cide, was prevented fror ying out her intention Saturday evening last. Just as the girl was about to leap from the Web- ster-street bridge Into the waters of the Oakland estuary Burns . grabbed and pulled her back to safety “As I was driving across the bridge on ¥ to Alameda about 6 o'clock Satur- sman Burns 1 walking along P ahead of me & little boy. I them what I'm going e fellow, nd where I've done | “I kept my eye couple and lald | my whip dow < suspicion that | he m; t with herself. Pretiy soon, quick the boy and foot fence. her. ., I saw the girl leave 1 climb up the fou-- art t I lest no time in running to She had almost succeeded in getting | over when I reached her. Catching her | by the skirt, I dragged her back to tie | bridge again. She pleaded with me to | let her go. et me die, let me die; I don't want to live,” st s | " “After I haa -ded girl 1 turne: cver | who had ¢ while we were talking. r. He said he woull | take care of her and that was the last [ saw of her." Burns describes the girl as of Portu- guese extraction and very pretty. She ave been 18 o yéars of age. The sted of a white 20 PROFESSOR LE CONTE RETURNS FROM EAST Committee From Student Body Pre- sents Him With Tokens of Esteem and Love. BERKELEY, March 4—Professor and Mrs. Joseph Le Conte arrived at their home .on Bushnell place yesterday noon after a_six months' Eastern trip. They passed practieally all of their time while East with their daughter in Georgia. Both returned In excellent health after their long journey | Two beautiful pictures, after Rem- brandt, were presented to Professor Le | Conte last evening by a committee from the students. The pictures were the gifts of the student body as a whole and were d for him as birthday presents. As Professor Le Conte was on the anni sary of his birthda sresentation was delayed until his re- | originaily pure A turn. The student committee In charge of the gifts consisted of Ralph Gibbs, chairman; Miss Muriel Eastman, Miss Una Fowler, Sinsheimer and H. M. Leete. r and Mrs. Le Conte originally contemplated a European trip, but their plans were changed. Professor Le Conte v make the journey this summer, but he is not fully decided. —_—ee————— Oakland Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, March 4.—Marriage li- were issued to-day at the County Clerk’s office ‘o the following person John J. McCarthy, Oakland. aged 21, an | Ellen Drennan. Oakland, aged 13; Pasqual Ysunza, Berkeley, aged 34, and Mary Gloria, Oakland, aged 2§; James S. Smith | San Francisco, aged 29, and Ora L. A kins, San Francisco, aged 24; Hen Stellpflug, San Francisco, aged 31. an Mollie Siivera, San Francisco, aged 32; James Hulse, San Francisco, aged 43. and | Emma Schling. San Francisco, aged 34: | Loutse M. King. Oakland, aged 23, and Otto Wemmes, Oakland, aged 24 —_—ee————— Sudden Death of a Child. BERKELEY, March 4—Flora Mae- Lean, the 13-year-old daughter of John MacLean, a carpenter residing on San Pablo avenue near Grayson street, died suddenly vesterday noon. The case was | reported to Deputy Coroner Streightif to- | day and an inquest will be hefd to-mor- Dr. H. Rowell performed an autopsy this morning -and found death due to natural causes. Sues for Maintenance. OAKLAND, March 4—Mrs. Stella Rose has begun an action for _maintenance against_her husband. Manuel Rose, a sea- man. - She petitioned for an order re- straining her husband from (urnlnF her out of their home and directing him to pay her costs and H\'in? during the trial of the case. Judge Hall issued an order allowing the wife $120 cash down and 33 each month pending litigation. Water Rate Case Continued. OAKLAND, March 4—The hearing of the water rafe case in the Superior Court was not resumed to-day as expected. Last Tuesday the water company's at- torneys asked for an adjournment of two days to prepare their rebuttal. Judge Hart gave them until to-day, but they were still unready to proceed and the case went over until Thursday. Proposed Alliance With England. 1¢ the United States and England should form ar alliance, the combined strength would be so great that there would be little chance for enemies to overcome us. In a like manner when men and women keep up their bodily strength with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, there is lttle chance of attacks from disease. 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