The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1901, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 13 1901. C 11 . INDERGRADUNTES HONOR FACULTY Embryo Medicos Dine in State With Their Professors. —_—— njoyable Affair Got Up by the Students of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. "he members of the undergraduate body e College of Physicians and Surgeons faculty and friends of the Palace Hotel last night. It al affair of its kind. % guesis were present tastefully decorated for and the guests all wore crim- ribbons, the college colors. nes which followed the repast tastically applauded and a able time was afforded to all J £ penter, Dr. Willlams and I Payr made f informal es commendatory of the work of Charles Dx Rosen- Dr. B. nter rrangements was s f 1901, chairman; Charle H ker, Wi M.’ Mar. and B Griggs Jr.. E the Divorce Court. orn yesterday on the Mre. Osborn testified r ago her husband, »w York, sent for her nforming her that they g0 to the is Exposition. She w to New York, she testified, and fe t he had gone to Corvallis, Or.. which § he wrote to her asking s rw to him all the money & say he wanted to buy t k she only 0 g a ger in New York, Mr decided to keep her mone Ost en wrote her that he e then, Mrs. not seen mnor unable to ex- ation to desert 3 _yesterday by nest Goffke Smith against sertion, Peter ndt for deser- de d Colored Troops. e arms L, lor ht but Ninth d). on None of on and will residio to- Route to Manila. of §t. Louis arrived here been appointed a Judge En the Philippine Islands the transport Logan vears of age. He is a Coll of Law. WOULD LOCATE PLACER DIGGINGS DOWNTOWN Woman Prospector Claims She Has Found a Bonanza on a City Lot. April Mrs. Annie Glud street believes that she ne from the ground un- mises of Miss Mary Kelly at : streets. Mrs. Glud ne of the supposed a which gathered to t with the elec- attempting las their poles in he pile of dirt own up in le there were the sun. Mr: perien: could safely do so she f the dirt and took it the dirt and clajims necessary arrangements Glud savs she hopes to n Miss Kelly's property iness of taking out Household Economy. We have never asked you to buy COTTOLE 2 because it is We want you to buy it because it is the best ortening and frying medium produced. It the makes most elaborate banquet in Maple | delicious and | | against | O from a | their arms | l in_prospecting | dust and small nug- | wholesome biscuits, crusts, muf-| fins, cakes, etc.,-that ever de- ighted hungry man. Nevertheless, there is economy using it, as you require only two-thirds as much Cottolene for shortening as you do of lard, but- ter other cooking fat. Then isn't it wasteful not to use White Cottolene The N Fairbank Chicago—Sole Manufacturers. FREEV Our dainty booklet, e, “‘A Public Secret,” malled free to any address. For two 2c stamps we will ::r.i free our 12%5-page recij P. S.—NoHog Fatin COTTOLENE | Musay | long @ | largel 0L MEN AGhEE 10 JOIN HANDS Committee Is Appointed to Frame Plan for Strong Organization. Large Representation of Producers st Conference Considered More Im- portant Than Any Yet Held, — Thé most important meeting of the oil producers of California ever held took place last evening at the Palace Hotel. Every large producing company north of Tehachapi with the exception of the Reed Crude Ofl Company and the Peerless Oil Company was represented and the absent ones sent regrets. Steps to form a strong organization to | include all the producing companies were taken and a committee was appointed to meet this morning at Henry Ach’s office in the Mills building to frame a plan of permanent organization. This committee consists of one representative of each of | the following Producers, Kern Oil, Kern River, San Joaquin, Monte Cristo. Peerless, Rerd Crude, Globe, Ster- | ling, Alma, Petroleum Development, Cali- fornia Standard, Four Oil and Revenue. Henry Ach_ president of the Monte Cristo Company, who sent out the invita- tions for the meeting, presided, Charles the secretary. There was a ussion in which Henry Ach said the opinion that the competition of the oil producers against one another was prin- cipally responsible “or the low price of oil was general. Ach said the production was overstated and this led to a wrong n concerning the amount of fuel le. There was no opposition, he to the formation of -a strong and permanent organizaltion. The meeting of the committee to-day will be of great importance. After the plan of organization has been agreed upon there will be another meeting of the com- s, all of which have offices in this y. It is"hoped 1o steady the price of ofl and to regulate the market so the price shall be more satisfactory than it has been lately. is one of the lead- ing Incentives to concerted action. WEDS FORMER ACTRESS OF THE BOSTONIANS { e Manager Zippf of the Alaska Com- s granted a divorce | mercial Company Marries Miss Walsh in Say Jose. SAN JOSE, April 12—A. F. Zippf, man- ager of the Alaska Commercial Company, and Miss Sadie Walsh, formerly of the Bostonian Opera Compa were quietly married in this city yesterd: They came to San Jo: from San Francisco on the 1:30 train, and after securing a license started in search of a magistrate to per- firm the ceremony.. Here it was not mooth sailing, for Justices Wallace and Richardson could not be found, and Jus- tice Rosenthal was engaged in hearing a case, which he declined to postpone long enough to marry the couple. Persistent entreaties on_the part of the prospective groom induced the magistrate to change his mind, and he adjourned court and w to the rooms of the Con- tinental Building Association and tied the nuptial knot. Walter G. Lean and A. C. Geldert were witnesses to the ceremony. A dinner followed the wedding, after v wedded couple took a ain for San Francisco, whence they will t on their honeymoon in an automo- NO CHINESE IN SAN JOSE’S McKINLEY PARADE Federated Trades Receive Assurance That the Celestials Will Be Barred. SAN JOSE. April 12—The laboring men of the county have put their veto upon any Chinese representation in the grea* rade of the carnival of roses. To-night a committee from the Federated Tradcs waited upon the carnival executive com- mittee and asked that it be given assur- ance that Ch se would be excluded from t on in honor of President Mc The threat was made that if this were not given, union laboring men would be called from work on a'l floats and the Musicians’ Union would not allow bands in the parade. C. A. Bell, chairman of the working- r=en’s committee, explained that the rea- son for the request was a fear that the ” seeing the Chinese in their ndor in the parade, might be- statements concerning Chinese its degrading influence on the lieve ! labor and coast were exaggerated and there conse- quently would be a great Injry done to labor. The committee was assured by Director General Greeninger that the Chinese would not be given a place in the proces- sion and that the executive committee had never considered them in making its plans for the celebration. emigsiyene 574 MURDERED WOMAN’S WILL PLACED ON FILE Document Gives Evidence That Mrs. Woodman Expected Trouble With Her Husband. SUISUN, April 12—The preliminary ex- amination of John A. Woodman for the murder of his wife near Davisville about two weeks ago will take place in Dixon to-morrow. A large number of witnesses have been subpenaed. The will of Mrs. Woodman was filed in the Superior Court here to-day by Driver & Sims. attorneys for the estate. The will is holographic and the value of the estate | is not given. The document apparently | indicates that Mrs. Woodman had antici- | | pated troubl It was dated “Davisville, June 16, 189 and is as follows: This day I will my property. both real and personal, to my children. KEthel 1 wish to have the ring for the time when I was happy. | It wiil be an emblem of -her mother's faith, God protect her and keep her. The earring I wish for Lancee to be made in a ring he will always wear and remember his mother. Gregs should have the ring that wedded me to his father. God bless vyou all; goodby, Sweetest bearts. If I could live for you. S GEORGIA B. WOODMAN. Ira M. Jones, of the trage recover. vho was shot on the night is out of danger and will SR PLANS FOR THE COMING OF THE GRAND PARLOR Santa Barbara Arranging to Give the Native Sons a Good Time. SANTA BARBARA. April 12—The com- mittee in charge of the celebration of, th Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the | Golden West, to be lield here beginning April 22, has completed the programme | for the week. On Monday morning the Grand Parlor will be called together for business and organizalion perfected. _In the afterno6n delegates and visiting Na- tive Sons will be driven about the city in tally-hos and in the evening a reception will be held at the opera-house. The delegates will attend the polo game on Tuesday afternoon between Riverside and a local team and a ball will be given at the Arlington Hotel in the evening. A barbecue will take place on Wednes- day, three miles northwest of Naples, on the Coast Rallroad. The delegates and the local lodge will parade in the morning in uniform. It is estimated fhat 1500 Na- tive Sons will be present. On Thursday afternoon there will be an- other polo game between the same teams and the session will close with a ball at 1he Arlington. Horsewhips Her Husband. PHOENIX, Ariz., April 12—Robert Su- kow, a patent medicine dealer, was horse- whipped last night in a crowded business district by his wife, who claims that he tried to ruin her good name and has squandered all her money. Spectators who witnessed the assault and encour- aged the woman had to finally force her to stop to prevent serious injury to her spouse. —_——————— e Chinese possess Mauser rifles and Th Nordenfeldt, Hotchkiss and Maxim guns. BOYS Prizes for Addresses Awarded L. Kennedy, but No Decision Rendered. ERKELEY, April 12—The wom- an’s suffrage question was de- bated by pupils of the Berkeley High Echool this evening at the Berkeley Opera-house. The affair was arranged by the ladies of the Po- L B e FORTUNE TELLERS PERSECUTE HER Oakland Woman Traces Slander to the Effect of Their Uncanny Oracles. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April®g2. Mrs. Lizzie Treest, who as Miss Lizzie Donovan was Jrawn into the family trou- bles of the McKetchnies, believes that she is the victim of fortune tellers. It is al-| leged in a suit for divorce just filed by Captain McKetchnie that the charges against her are false. Mrs. Treest has lived for many years in the neighborhood where she now resides, and feels keenly the publicity which has been given Mrs. McKetchnie's charges. She said: “I can only explain Mrs. McKetchnie’s malicious attacks upon me on the theory that her constant association with for- tune tellers has driven her insane. Ever since one of these fakers told her, about three years ago, as I am credibly in- formed, ‘Beware of the light complex- joned girl in the white house’ she has followed me with the vilest slanders. T have heretofore paid little heed to lLer, as in the neighborhood here she and I are both too well known to allow her words against me to have any weight, “On one occasion, when she went go far as to strike me on the public street, I had her arrested for battery and she was con- victed. Lately I have found out that she carries a hatchet under her shawl when- ever she goes cut, so that I have hecome very much afraid of her. “The woman has been consorting with these uncanny fortune tellers, and she has just gone crazy. I am satisfied that | they have put her up to her attacks upon me, as she has never had the slightest show of proof of any wrong on my part. 1 suppose that the reason I was selected as a mark for their plots was the fact that T used to go back and forth across the bay morning and night, often travel- ing on Captain McKetchnie's boat. “The neighbors tell me that one of these fortune tellers visits Mrs. McKetchnie continually. They tell me that he is a smooth-looking young man, and he seems to lhave her completely under his con- trol.” Montana Miners Discontented. BUTTE, April 12—The difficulty over the eight-hour law proposition in the mines continues to cause trouble and it is not improbable that a strike may soon be ordered. Within six weeks seven bi copper mines have been closed down an hindreds of men are out of employment. It is alleged that there is an attempt belng made to evade the law, and em- ployes assert that unless it ceases a gen- eral tie-up may result. - Negro “Lost” by a Mob. SYLVANTA, Ga., April 12—Kennedy Gordon, a negro who, it is alleged, on Monday attempted to assault the daugh- ter of Davii Cowart near Portal, is be- lieved to have been lynched last night. A crowd of men who started with Gor- don toward Portal came back later and -tion has been made. reported that the negro had been “lost.” Tliss — AND GIRLS DISCUSS WOrIAN’'S SUFFRAGE QUESTION 4 MNaud Hagué and -+ between the best boy and the best girl speaker. Mrs. Willlam Keith, president of the Political Equality Society, was chairman | of the evtmng She_opened the meeting by a short address dealing with the pur- pose of the organization and the subject under discussion. S. D. Waterman, Public MISS,. JESSIE- MUNRO o3 THE THREE YOUNG LADIES WHO DEBATED ON WOMAN'S SUF- FRAGE LAST NIGHT. -t litical Equality Soclety of this city better to acquaint the pupils with the subject which it advocates and to add to the school library fund. Three young. ladies and three young men took part. A prize of $15 was divided CENSURE MAY AWAIT LOOMIS Venezuelan Minister Will Have to Explain Some Statements. —— VASHINGTON, April 12.—The variouvs interviews ascribed to Minister Loomis.at San Juan have attracted much attention | here and the Minister probably will be invited to explain some of his utterances if he is not able to enter a broad denial of the accuracy of the interviews. Reflections upon the personal character of the President of Venezilela are not re- garded as proper according to official eti- quette and it is hoped that the Minisier will be able to repudiate these. Other- wise it will be manifestly impossible for him to return to Venezuela, even in the event that the issues which led to his departure were satisfactorily closed. Tho prevalent idea is that no matter how thess personal questions are settled, it will be | a long time before a United States Minis ! ter resumes the post at Caracas. It is learned that there will be no official appointment to the post at Caracas, which is vacated by Minister Loomis. The State Department expects to assign to that post some one of the United States Ministers serving in another capital. It cannot be ascertained whether the selec- ODD FELLOWS SELECT THE ALUM ROCK SITE SAN JOSE, April 12—Past Grand Mas- ter P. F. Gosbey, at an 0dd Fellows’ bar- quet to-night, said that he was in receipt of a telegram saying the Grand Lodge committee would recommend but one site for the proposed new home for aged and infirm Odd Fellows, and that would be the White farm. adjoining Alum Rock Park, near this city. This comprises 100 acres and has been bonded at $20,000 by the Odd Fellows of this county, who tender it as a free gift to the Grand Lodge. - The Odd Fellows of San Jose to-night celebrated the ninety-third birthday of C. W. Pomeroy with a jubilee and banquet, which the old gentleman journeyed from Los Angeles to attend. He has been an | 0aa Fellow fifty-five vears and forty-nine years ago named and helped to found Garden City Lodge of this city, unde: ! whose auspices to-night’s function was given. He is still_a hearty and jovial man. He is the father of E. H. and Pomeroy of Los Angeles and Ed- Geor; gar Fomeroy of this city. e T — Engagement of Miss Lohse. OAKLAND, April 12—The engagemeni of Miss Pauline Lohse, oldest daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lonse, to Montell Tay- | lor, son of the late James Taylor, resid- | ing at 1368 Webster street, was announced | to-day. Miss Lohse has been prominent | in social affairs and is one of the leaders | of the vounger set. Mr. Taylcr is a brother | of Clty Treasurer Feiton Taylor and | Churchill Taylor. The wedding will take place during the early s-mmer months at the residence of the bride-elect on Web- ster street. e ba School Superintendent, also delivered an address. He awarded ihe prizes to the successful debaters. The individual winners were L. Kennedy of the boys and Miss Maud Hogue of the girls. Mrs, William Keith announced that the judges would not give their preference as to the winning team. The subject under discussion was: “Resolved, that suffrage should be ex- tended to women.” The debaters spoke in the following or- der: Affirmative—Harry Sully, Miss i‘lnr— garet Primm and L. C. Hawley; negative —Miss Jessie Munro, Lawrence Kennedy and Miss Maude Hogue. Two tasks were given to the judges. One was to select the best individual speakers and the other to render a decision upon the debate as a whole. The judges were Mrs. C. R. Hunt, Phil Owens and A. W. Atherton. Besides the debate the following pro- gramme was rendered by local musicians: Vocal solo, Miss Lucille Boettiger; inst mental _trio, Rudolph Buckley violin, Mis Grace Smith plano, Paul M. Henry ‘cello; violin solo, Rudolph BucKley, Miss Grace Smith accompanist. The debate was under the direct charge of Mrs. Keith. She was assisted by the la- dies of the club and a committee from the High School. This committee consisted of Owen Adams (chairman), president of the Associated Students; Miss Lizzie Nelson, Miss Julia Dexter, Willlam Cavallier ‘and Eugene Parker. SLAYS HORDES FOR A KNGO Ibu Rashid Slaughters the Troops of Mabaronk in Arabia. : BOMRBAY, April 12.—Ibu Rashid has re- covered the kingdom of Nejd, Central Arabia, after defeating Mabaronk, Sheik of Koweyt, who recentiy seized the city | of Nejd and deposed lbu Rashid, after a | pitched battle. The army -of Mabaronk was lured into | . a narrow gorge, where the hordes of Ibu | Rashid swooped down from the mountains | and overwhelmed their enemies. The fugitives who have reached gulf por - clare that 5000 men were kllfid. Pl‘h;!fgfe of Mabaronk is not known. It was announced in a dispatch from Bombay, March 8, that Mabaronk, the | Sheik of Koweyt, was then master Central Arabia, according to dmpatchg: received by the Times of India, Mabaronk having followed up his previous victory over the army of ibu Rashid by driving the defeated troops’clear dcross Central Arabia, seizing the city of Nejd and de- | posing ‘1bu Rashid. The latter appealed | to the Sultan of [lurkey to send troops from Bassorah, a frontler city of Asiati Turkey, to his assistince, threatening to | stop the overland pilgrimages to Mecca if he was not helped by Turkey. o e ke At Sued for Divorce. OAKLAND, April 12.—John Schneider, a contractor in this city, has brought suit against his wife, Annie Schneider, for di- vorce on statutory grounds. —— Curtain_lectures {requently pave_the way for divorce court oratory. | and Secretary FIRE DESTROYS A BIG CANNERY Two Acres of Buildings at Haywards Are Burned ‘ to the Ground. Hunt Brothers’ Plant Destroyed With Heavy Loss—Many Poor Fam- ilies Suffer by the Dis- astrous Blaze. —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 12. Hunt Bros.” big fruit canning plant at | Haywards was wiped out by fire this| morning, which swept the two acres of | wooden buildings to tpe ground. Besides | the- immense cannery proper a new can- making factory was destroyed, with all of | its valuable machinery and $70,000 worth of tinplate sto-ed for the opening of work on May 1. Eighty-five small three-room cottages owned by the company were burned, ten of which were already occu- pigd by families awaiting the beginning of'the canning season. Six Southern Pa- | cific boxcars on a siding near the works were consumed. The Southern Pacific de- pot was scorched, as were Stone’s grocery and C. K. Nissen's box factory, across the tracks from the burned cannery. The| loss is $140,000 and insurance $20,000 less. | The cannery cannot be rebuilt in time to | handle much if any of this year's {ruit in Eden Township. The destructijon of the works throws the orchardists into a bad plight, for they have during the past six years sold te bulk of their product to Hunt Bros. J. H. Hunt, the surviving owner of the cannery, is now in the East. His resident superintendent, Charles C. Van Eaton, “larence Cook say they are unable at this time to tell what will be done about rebuilding. ) The cause of the fire is unexplained. At | 9 o’clock last night two mechanics who | had been working in the rew can-making | building_left the place and locked all the doors. Four hours later fire broke out in | the east end of the structure, which was in the center of a group of large wooden buildings. The cannery site is along the | Southern Pacific tracks, a mile distant from the town proper. There was not a drop of water available. A six-inch main | had been laid from the town water works | to the cannery, but no connections had | been made. Theé volunteer firemen hauled their apparatus to the scene as soon as the alarm had been given, but all they could do was to save the little furniture in the cottages c¢n the grounds. The flames had full swing, and hundreds of townspeople were compelled to stand helplessly about the fire unable to turn a hand toward saving the big plant, because some one had been tardy in providing pro- tection. The nearest hydrant was 3000 feet away, and- there was no water in the use- less main. Big Plant in Ruins. The big plant was in ruins by 5 o'clock this morning, and at daylight all that was | left was a mas of blackened corrugated | iron roofing, tin and machinery. The smol- deringdembers were smoking all day, evi- dence only of the complete destruction of the works. The disaster was particularly severe in that the company had everything in read- iness for a big year and had made large and expensive additlons to its already ex- tensive property in anticipation of a heavy season’s output. Two days ago the big consignment_of tinplate was put in the works, and $50,000 worth of machinery for can-making had just been installed. The Hunt Bros." concern had not been in the cannery syndicate and had prepared to make its own cans this year.” There were also about 70,000 empty cans, which were destroyed. There was $10,000 worth of canned fruit in the warehouses. The re- mainder of the loss is in the burning of the many other buildings—the cooking, syrup and fruit cutting departments, the box z\ctory an1 storage rooms, the board- ing-houses and the cottages. The latter were small and were of little value. Among those who occupied the cottages within and without.the works were H. W. Klee, Mrs. Lummis, T. Tichner, Peter Connor, C. Zerner, William Arnold, Mrs. Jose, M. Daken, Joseph Silva, M. Garcia, . Figuera, A. Silveria, M. Cottle, W. Walker, O. Owens, James Smith, Archie McCartney and W. Ross. The occupants had plenty of time to get out of danger and to save some of their gmall possessions. Those who were' ren- | dered homeless were taken in hand by the townspeople and will receive care and at- tention. The cry of incendiarism was raised as | an explanation for the fire, but Superin- tendent Van Eaton was not ready to clear the mystery in that way. He was particu- larly bitter because of the lack of water. For several years Mr. Hunt had tried to induce the Town Trustees to compel the San Lorenzo Water Company to run its mains out to the cannery. Recently the company started to comply with ihe re- quest, and a main was laid to within 100 feet of the works. But ng hydrant con- nections were put in. leaving the uncon- nected main as useless as if not an inch of pipe were laid. The superintendent claims that had there been the ordinary pressure of water in the pipes the fire could have been checked at the brick fire- wall, which separated the can-making plant from the cannery building. He declares he requested the water com- pany to turn in a stream and let it run into the open trenches, so that a bucket brigade could have made an attempt to check the fire. Many People Affected. The glare of the flames aroused people at San Leandro, six miles distant, and an alarm was given there which called out the firemen. The company had expected to employ from 1500 to 1800 people this season. There. is a bare possiUility that the cannery can be sufficiently rebuilt to handle cherrfes, the season for which will open about June ‘But until President Hunt, who is now icago, shall return a definite state- concérning the future will not be é me: iven cut. The Eden Township fruit growers will have to rely on the San Leandro cannery and en San Jose canneries and driers to handle their product unless the works can be rebuilt in_time to take part of this vear’s crop. The hundreds of poor families Who depend for employment during the season at the cannery will suffer serious- 1y through the destruction of the plant. COAST BREVITIES. SANTA CRUZ Aoril 12.—The members of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps are planning to attend the Grand Army convention at Pacific Grove in a hody and camp there. It will be held during President McKinley's visit. LOS ANGELES, April 12.—General Fitzhugh Lee arrived here this afternoon with his daughter. His wife, who has been sojourning at ¥ort Huachuca, Ariz., is expected to join the general next Monday and the party will remain in this vicinity for about a week. WOODLAND, April 12—The new city officials will_be Inaugurated next Monday. The Boards of City Trustees and Education will be Demo- cratic by four to one. A Republican City At- torney and a_Republican Treasurer will be succeeded by Demotrats. you susceptible to contagious diseases. complaints as Prescribed by the Medical tite. LOOK Biecaici. iliousness and Torpid Liver Caused by overioading the stomach, leaves your system In a condition that makes condition you will alwass enjoy good health. talned such a world-wide reputation or been indorsed by so many famous and well- known physiclans for the positive cure of Stomach troubles, Biliousness and Liver AVERAGE DOSE: One-half tumblerful taken balf hour before breakfast will cleanse your system, leave your stomach in a healthy condition and create an appe- AS| SRIRIRSREEY s It your stomach and liver are in good No medicine in the world bas at- Profession for 30 Years. for the Full Name, ““Hunyadi-Janos” | noen to-day, | out expensive burners. | by | @434 IFIIFFSEESES BEFRIERDS MW WHO LEFT HER Aged Texan Finds Refuge in His Former Wife's Home When Dying. AR Husband Who Divorced the Woman When He Was Rich Receives Her Shelter Before Death. —— Spectal Dispatch to The Call DENVER, April 12—When he knew that he had only a few weeks to live, W. W. CooRe, penniless, friendless and 74 years old, turned toward the home of the wife who was divorced from him twelve years ago and there found refuge. It was just four weeks ago this morning that he staggered into her home, 152 Race street, and told her that he was serfously ill. She took him in. She sent for a doctor and a trained nurse, although she. too, is poor, and gave her days and nights to watching by his bedside until when Cooke died Cocke was a Texan, served in_the Con- federate army during the Civil War with a band of Missouri guerrillas and was at one time the leading criminal lawyer of Denver. He amassed a fortune and at the height of his wealth divorced the wife who proved faithful to the last when all others had deserted him. He lost his for- tune in the panic of 1393 and was too old then to build up another. EURNING CRUDE OIL IN THE COOKSTOVES Cheap Fuel That Has Been in Use for Months in San Joaquin Valley. HANFORD, April 12,—0il in crude form has been used on the West Side for fuel since last fall and is proving a great suc- cess. The cook stoves are entirely with- All that is re- quired is a plate over the lower grate to prevent the ofl running through. A quar- ter-inch pipe is used as a conductor of the oil to the stove. This runs into the fire- box over the place where the fire s want- ed. The end of the pipe is flattened out to distribute the oil more evenly, and a stopcock is used to turn on and shut off the oil cupply. . As soon as it is necessary to light the stove the oil is turned on for an instant, and a small plece of paper serves as a starter. The oil begins to burn imme- diately, and as soon as the stove is some- what heated the oil burns with a clear blaze, .leaving little or no residue, and making no smoke. As to its cheapness, C. C. Spinks, who is using the ofl in the bunk and cook houses at the Caribou wells, says that a barrel of oil is yet to be consumed in the bunk house, where a fire has been used every night for months for heating pur- poses. Eighty cents per barrel is about the retail price of the crude product, which makes it by far the cheapest, han iest and probably best of fuel for domestic use. MOURN AT THE GRAVE OF JOHN F. KIDDER Railway Men Send a Floral Offering Representing = Loco- motive. GRASS VALLEY, April 12.—The funeral of the late John F. Kidder to-day was one of the largest in she history of Nevada County. The public schools of Grass Valley and all business houses were elosed during the afternoon while the funeral was In progress. Masonic Cemetery was thronged with people, many of them from a distance. An _able address of eulogy was delivered Senator E. M. Preston, past gran master_of the Masonic Lodge of Califor- nia. “The Vacant Chair” was sung at the grave. A floral offering by the rail- road employes and assoclates of Mr. Kid- derrepresented a locomotive, the wheels of red carnations, the boiler and tender white. the cab and, smokestack of violets and the base of fern leaves: s s v Sacramento Velodrome Races. SACRAMENTO, April 12.—At the open~ ing of the Velodrome bicycle track here to-night fully 5000 persons were In at- tendance. Results: One mile, amateur handicap. i, S first heat— George Gorman, C 30 vards, won: W. Winn, O. W. vards. second; J. Hirsch, C. C.'W., scratch, third; W. Penry, C. C. W., 3¢ yards, fourth. Time, 2:20. Second heat—G. Annereau, O. P. W., 50 yards. won: Gil Eldred, C. C. W.. 30 vards, : A Fuchs, 6 yards third. Time, PRty Final-Hirsch _won, Gorman second, An- rereau third. Time, 2:13 4-5. John Lake of New York won two straight heats of the five-mile motor- vaced race. defeating Arthur Stone of Denver. The first five miles were ridden in 8:52 4-5.and the second heat in $:08 2-5. Stone had a fall in the second mile, but was not infured, and Hirsch. Penry and Markham fell in the first heat >f the amateur event, but escaped serious in- Jury. Clem Turville has challenged Lake and will race him ten miles next Tuesday. To Repair a Racetrack. WOODLAND, Aprii 12—The business men of Woodland, with the assurance that half a dozen or more of horsemen who have large strings to put in training for the big circuit will come to Woodland. are subseribing to a fund to put the race- track and all_the accommodations into first-class condition + THE DAY’S DEAD. } BE+++4444540534444440 Colonel Otto Klemm. DILLON, Mont., April 12.—Colonel Otto Klemm, a ploneer banker and one of the funders of Dillon, died last night. He was 65 years of age, a native of Germany and had been in America since he was 13 ve: d. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having seen service in the artillery" branch. He was cashier and director of the First National Bank of this city and well known in banking circles throughout the State. He leaves a iarge estate. General Thomas H. Taylor. LOUISVILLE, April 12 — Genéral Thomas H. Taylor, who fought in the Mexican and Civil wars and who had held the office of Chief of Police of Loulsville longer than any other man, died here to- day of typhoid pneumonia, aged 75 years. William Anthony. NTA CRUZ. April 12—Willlam An- thony, an old soldisr, died to-day at his home at Soquel. H= was 64 years of age and a native of England. OAKLAND, April 12.—A burglar entered the residence of Dr. L. R. Webster, 1229 Franklin street, during his absence this evening and stole $250 or $300 from a safe in his office. The strong-box door had been left open and the thief had only to smash 4 small wooden box to get the gold. He got ‘nto the house by an open window off a front porch. Dr. Webster's daughter was upstairs and heard the bur- glar at work, but paid no attention, sup- posing her father had returned home. The theft occurred about 9 o'clock. —_———————— Clarke Pomeroy Resigns. OAKLAND, April 12—Clarke E. Pome- roy, secretary of the Oakland Young Men's Christian Association, has resigned, having accepted a position as superintend- ent of junior work at the Hartford, Conn., Y. M. C. A. under Noe. H. Jacks, whom Mr. Pomeroy succeeded as secretary in this city. The resignat'on will taks effect May 15. Reno Hutchinson. graduate man- ager of athletics at the University of Cali- fornia and prominent in the assoclation work. has been cffered the vacated secre- Ltaryship.