The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1901, Page 9

BOY GRIMINALS AT WORK AGAIN Dipple and Werner Hold Up and Rob Another Lad. Commence as Safe-Crackers and Now Have Turned Highwaymen. hur Dipple and Paul Werner, two of tender years, afe-crackers last Febru- again taken into custody ve e police. Dipple and Werner were rrested last night by Detectives Bd ren and George McMahon and brought e Hall of Justice to explain their con- ip that occurred at and Greenwich streets last afternoon. On account of were soon liberated, the awving been returned to highway- The detec- the culprits watch. ur stores on Mont- night of February blow open the safes. cy broke off the 3 fired the prem- erw MRS. PFAFF'S HEARING ON MURDER CHARGE Florence Granville Testifles t> Mrs the Fighting in Mrs. Marvin's of amp at Mrs. Mary isom street, on the night ng_her death from before Judge Corporal Rus- tment exhibited a home, showing the night in ques- they went to Mrs. hey got to the door rit of fun tied some of Mrs. Marvin's door. gry when she opened g the things on the knob, Mrs, Pfaff started to fight. them and said if they hemselves she would ake of peace Mrs. Gran- Mrs. Pfaff’s boy who tied e door, and Mrs. Marvin e name. They witness left the eame, and on_re- Mrs. Marvin and Mrs. thing on fire. ne evidence for the day ase w be resumed this morn- GRAND COMMANDERY OF EKNIGHETS TEMPLAR Gfficers Are Elected for the Ensuing Term—The RBed Cross Degree Conferred. annual conclave of the Knights Templar. Temple y ay grand officers and the several com- resent. The fore- the presentation of rts of the n the afternoon the fol- were elected: George B, K Jose, grand commander 1 F. Pierce of Oakland, deputy nmander; William D. Knights of to, grand neralis z simo: George f Los Angeles, grand captain B. de tt_of Colusa. warden Flint_of San and junior warden; Edward n Francisco, grand treas- n A. Davies of San Fran- der. ~m R g Golden Gate Command- ave an exemplification of Red Cross before nd Commandery. PR e T FLCOD OBTAINS PERMIT TO ERECT HIGH BUILDING Supervisors’ Fire Committee Favors Improvement of Old Bald- win Hotel Lot. Fire Committee yes- favor of the petition permission to erect a 180 feet in height on the Powell and Ellis streets. ken Green and H. to build a fireproof h on the northwest and Powell streets. also recommended o rs the age of crude oils and nd. giving additional powers e F Marshal in connection there- protest* against anders to maintain connection with hment on Morris claimed that property was with_the ty Hospital and Pest- the petition was de- ADVERTISEMENTS. LAZY LIVE Are you real certain your liver is ir »d working condition ? 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LA S S S N RS who began a crim- | amir Mrs. | charge of murder for | work of the | regarding the | - e regulating and | 5 per cent in a district | Southern Pa- | FIGHTING OVER - M0ODY ESTATE Children Do Not Want | the Stepdaughters { to Inherit. | | Some Obstacles Bar the Way i to Settlement of the | Quarrel. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 13. he prospective battle between the late Volney D. Moody's children, their step- mother and her daughters over the distri- buticn of the dead man'’s fortune has given rise to many gossipy stories about the strained relationship which existed be- tween the family factions during the life- time of the pioneer banker. But the prime cause of dissatisfaction above all of the property interests themselves is the ob- jection the three children, W. C. Moody, Mrs. Jessle L. Appleton and Mrs. Wil- m F. Blood, make to the way their father arranged for the distribution of their stepmother's two-fifths portion of the estate. According to the will, Mrs. Mary S. Gray and Mrs. Robinson; Moody's step- daughters, will come in for that bulky t of the property their mother Is to receive. Special provision was made in the will that in the event Mrs. Moody No. 2 aled before her husband all he intended | to give her should go to her daughters. after she dies, in the event the two ers survive, her share will go to ording to the children’s point of |V therefore, two strangers with no | claim of blood relationship whatever are | to ehare in a fortune that they, the off- | spring, believe should be their- portion. Th one of the chief bones of con- tention in the disturbance that has caused so much friction in the Moody families. It is doubly a source of complaint in the eyes of the children because they are con- vinced that the share of the estate de- vised to the stepmother is very much greater than the fractional two-fifths | nominated in the will. This is due, claim the tric of praperty which , were made to Mrs. McoGy by deed before her husband’s | deatk and then by confirmation in the will. It is practically settled that there will | be a strong effort made to adjust matters out of court. The hearing of he execu- tors' petition for letters testamentary is sct_for Monday, but a continuance will undoubted be requested in order that he attorneys may meet together. William F. Blood, the son-in-law, who resides in Oakland, expects that there will e a conference on Saturday between the lawyers and that the situation will then be reviewed. | is to reach a settlement out of court and to avoid the litigation which must open a long campaign, the existing ill feeling be- tween the branches of the capitalist's family is an acknowledged obstacle to the | acccmplishment of that end. i BRIEF LCCAL NEWS. | ROUTSTEIN'S LEG BROKEN.—Wolff Rout- stein of 623 California street fell from the roof | of & building at Ninth and Harrison streets | yesterday and broke his leg. | DISCHARGED SOLDIER ARRESTED.— | | Charles A. Rosk, a discharged soldfer, was | arrested at 1659 Market street by Police Officers | J. H. Clancy and J. H. Nolte yesterday on | the charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon in | | 2 rude and boisterous manner. ROW IN RESTAURANT.—John Linsl arrested by Officers Clancy and Cassidy and booked at the City Hall for an as. with a deadly weapon. He had a row ¥ oman named O Brien In a restaurant at Mission street and struck him on the head | plece of gas pipe. NDERS' UNION.—The = Bartenders’ | jon of San Franeisco will meet in Pythian | | » organize. They will apply for a charter from | the Bartenders' League of the United States and will also apply for membership in the Fed- erated Trades of this cit: EDWARDS CASE DI | of assauit to murder against Les bartender in the Chicago saloon, . for shooting fdward Barry on sed by Judge Cabaniss e showed that Ed- —The charge s Edwards, | e wards acted in self-defeus GIRL TELLS STRANGE TALE.—The police stigating the case of Lilllan M. How- ho was found sleeping in a vacant house at 47 Gilbert street last night by the policeman on duty on that street. She was formerly an inmate of the Glen Ellen Home for Feeble- minded Children. She claims she was ill treated by a family with whom she was liv- | 1na. | "HANCOCK FILES ANSWER.—Robert J. | Hancock filed answer yesterday to the com- | plaint for maintenance made by his wife, Ella Waood Hancock. In the answer Hancock denies that he deserted his wife or refused to main- tain her, but avers that she refused to accept bis offer of $150 a!month. The sum named all he can afford to pay, Hancock avers, his in- come being only $562 a month. WANT THE STREETS CLEARED.—G. Roundey and others have flled a petition for 2 writ of mandate ‘o compel the Board of Public Works to direct owners of property in the district bounded by Salamis avenue and Thirty-fifth avenue south, Dwight street and | Barneveld avenue to tear down fences and re- move other obstructions which, it is alleged, now render the streets of the district impas- sable. FINED FOR CONTEMPT.—A. E. Buckman was fined $20 for contempt of court yesterday by Judge Kerrigan for failing to obey the mandate of a subpena directing him to ap- pear last week and testify in the case insti- tuted against him by the Union Collection Com- pany. Buckman explained that he was in Eu- reka on the day the subpena called for his presence in court, but Judge Kerrigan was of | opinfon that he had willfully disregarded the summons, S CHECK.—A war- rant issued yesterday by Judge Cabanies | for the arrest of ““Joln Doe” on a charge of | obtaining money by fuise pretenses. Tuesday he celled at the office of the William Cluft | Comyany, 20 Front strect, and represented that | he was Henry Meyer of 3 Eddy street. asked as a favor if the firm would cash a check for him for $65 on the Wells-Fargo Bank, ! eigned by “G. F. Krueger.” He got the money, | | but the check was fouLd to be worthless. JUDGE_ VAN F T TESTIFIES.—Ex- Justice of the Supreme Court van Fleet was 2 witness vesterday in the case of Horace W. Philbrook against Van R. Paterson. Judge could throw no light on Philbrook’s Van Fleet conspiracy theory. Philbrook sought to prove | that the fact that Judge Van Fleet had mar- irn-d a cousin of Charles F. Crocker demon- strated his connection with the railroad, but | Judge Van Fleet said that all he knew of raiiroad affairs he gathered from public rumor. | The case’will o on again to-day. | i A e Kahn Talks of Potrero’s Needs. as the principal | Congressman Kahn w. | speaker at an enthusiastic meeting.held last night under the auspices of the Nuevo | Potrero Improvement Club in Rasmus- n's Hall on Rhode Isiand street. Mr. Kahn spoke of the needs of the district | and stated that he wou'd advocate at the | next sion of Congress a bill to appro- priate a sum for the irvestigation by the United States engineers of Islals Creek to determine whether it can be used for ha bor purposes. He also spoke of the oppo- sition manifested in Hawaii against the | deportation to the islands of the lepers | now in this country. He wii, suggest that the lepers be moved to sore island on the coast where they can be kept in seclusfon, Peter Stalberg presided at the meeting, which was also addressed by Supervisor Dwyer, Max Popper and M. Rounde: »tion of Mission Im. president of the Fede: provement Clubs. ——————— Killed by a Fall. An unknown man, evidently about 50 | years of age, was found unconscious yes- | terday afternoon on Geary street, near | Brook, and sent to the Recelving Hos- | pital, where he was treated for a wound | on the head. He died at the hospital late jast night. It was learned that he had fallen down the steps leading to the sa- | Joom at 25 Geary street, but had risen after falling and walked away. : —_——————————— Youthful Strikers Make Demands. Juvenile laborers employed by the Tubbs Cordage Company, ‘at the Potrero, emu- lating the efforts of their elders, are out on strike. The youthful strikers demand | 1 per cent. to the many specific allotments | Although the purpose | Third and | H. | He | ase of pay varying from 10 to % | s wma | arly hour this morning. The 105 is $1500. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APEIL 19, 1901, Captain J. W. Meyers of ficer of the Order, Is | | | | | NATIONAL UNION GIVES BANQUET IN HONOR OF SENATE SECRETARY of San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose Toledo, a Prominent Of- Entertained by Councils EMBERS of the local councils of the National Union of this city, Berkzley and San Jose tendered a banquet in the California Hotel last night to Captain J. W. Meyers, secretary of the senate of the order, a position equal to supreme secre- tary of like orders. There were present about _eighty, who enjoyed an excellent menu. J. E. Field, acting as toastmaster, spoke of the good work that the guest of honor has done for the order since the organiza- tion of the senate, and then called on him for Sew remarks.” He was fol- lowed by F. H. Hastings, W, A. S. Nich- olson, president of California Council; a musical interlude by the California Hay- seed Band, F. W. Burchard of San Jose Council, specialties by Billy Hynes, Past President Norman R. Arter of Golden Gate Council, J. W. Culberth of El Dora- do Council, vocal solo by J. Fowden of | Berkeley Council, remarks by Deputy J. N. Pounting, J. E. Field, C. H. Blinn and A. Farless, after which all bid the guest bood-by, as he will leave for his home in Toledo, Ohio, to-day. The fol- lowing were at the banquet: H, Sheppard, C. R. Ford, J. Thompson, J. B. Field, J. B. Carmany, R. T. Onyon, K. Wheelock, H. D. Corbett, W. A. Smit 3. H. Baker, M. Elliot. D. E. Bescher, COLLEGE CANDIDATES BEGIN THE CAMPAIGN Men at Stanford University Nomin- | ated for Various Positions in the Student Body. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 18— | The nominations of student body officers for the ensuing college year were held to- | day. With the exception of the office of | treasurer, which is the most important, g | full quota of candidates presented them- selves. The election will take place next Wednesday. The nominations follow;: For student body Cowden, Schwartzkop. | “For vice president of student body—C. DeW. | Scott, K. Cooper. president—McCormick, Secretary of_student body—A. B. SilI, L. S. | Loofborough, W. R. Hamilton, Treasurer—John T. Nourse, Executive committee: C of 1902—E. V¥ Rice, E. M. Chadbourne, Miller, F. Foster, L. H. Roseberry, F. Slaker. Class of 1908—R. L. Brooke, Frank Hess, Paul Par- | ker. Class of 1904—A. S. Henley, R. McFad- den, W. B. Chandler, O. C. Spenser. | " Athletic_ committee—Whipple Hall, V. D. | Lousley, H. Hamilton, N. Dole, W. B. Barn- | hisel, C. B. Riatt, Misner, R. B. Ball, L. Dunn, B. Adams, A. Preston. Editor of Paily Palo Alto—Frank Hinman. | 3.°C. McCaughern, P.” Bausboch, W. H. Manager of Daily Palo Alto—C. A. Cantwell. Editor of Sequoia—C. A. Whitmore, J. Bonnell. Manager of Sequola—C. J. Crary, C. Grider. AP et | TEAR MANAGER'S FUR COATS | WHEN DENIED A HOLIDAY St. Petershurg Operatives Enraged at Being Refused Demand De- stroy Company’s Property. LONDON, April 18.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that although the students remain quiescent the authorities | are disturbed by the attitude of the work- ing people and isolated troubles are con- sidered unavoidable on May 1. The work- ing people are attempting to introduce | Labor day observances. Practically the | whole of the operatives of the St. Peters- burg Steel Company, an immense con- | cern which, among other things, manu- | | factures ordnance. recently demanded a | half holiday on full pay. When the de- | mands were refused they broke into the | | manager’'s office, forced the company's | officials to flee for their lives, tore their | fur coats into shreds and burned valuable | books and papers. Police and mounted gendarmes chased and routed the rioters. | SLOAN SAILS FOR ENGLAND. Accompanied by 7Nnte Hill, His | Double, Little Jockey Leaves [ on Deutschland. NEW YORK, April 18.—James Tod- hunter Sloan and Nate Hill, his double, { sailed on- the Deutschland to-day. The | former goes to England to apply for a | license to ride. Nate Hill is en route to | Austria_to fill an engagement with C. Weinberg to pilot his horses this summer for $5000. Sloan said he fears no trouble in ob- | taining a new license from the English | Jockey Club stewards. He felt sure that | When' the stewards hear his side of the | story the necessary permission to ride | will 'be accorded him. In the event of his quest being successful he will stay in En- gland all summer. If he is refused per- mission to resume his vocation he will return in three weeks. — - Stockton’s Democratic Ticket. STOCKTON, April 18.—The Democratic City Convention to-night nominated the following ticket to be voted at the city election May 21 next: For Mayor, George E. Catts; Superintendent of Streets, James Gianelli; City Engineer, H. T. Compton; Assessor, W. E. O’Connor; Councilmen- H. A. Wright, J. J. Quinn, C. W. Yolland, George Leiginger, Jacob Klemp: School Directors—Mrs. L. Clare Davis, B. W. S. Woods and J. M. Kile. st g Tl Fire Destroys Oil Drill. SUISUN, April 18.—The drilling rig of the Rochester Oil Company, which was organized by local residents to bore for oil on the Dickson place, about eight miles northeast of Suisun, was burned at an T 2 e ) e * l THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN- ATE OF THE NATIONAL UN- | ION. * + J. Scovilie, J. W. Cuthbert, J. N. Bunting, H. ‘W.. Maas, dgar Rust, E. L, T, 8 Rumpf, . Forris, Willlam Wallace, J. R. Schuldt, G. . Grav Blewett, ford. H. Baum, H Helduska, E. C Coleman, D.” W A Wilson, L. Vincent, A. S. Nicholson, E. Dreyfuss, Norman R. Arter, M. Todd, M. E. Stanford, Julius Calman, A.' Hockwald, A. Farless, Emile E. Kahn, W. C. Anderson, W. R. Davis, M. W. Levy. M. Gerst, T. Moss, Leo Blumenthal, W. B. Thomas, William Wal- lace, M. A. Fraser, F. G. Wilson, M. Gold, Charles D. Wheeler,” A.'Sichel, F. Nowden, C. H. Blinn, C. H. Van Orden, A. J. Sparrow, M. Burris, George H. Bahrs. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO MURDER NEIGHBOR James McCue of Corte Madera Causes Arrest of Charles Wilson Be- cause of Shooting. SAN RAFAEL, April 18—A warrant was {o-day issued by Judge Belrude of Sausalito for the arrest of Charles R. Wil- son’ upon a charge of assault to commit murder. The ccmplainant was James §. MecCue. To-day’s action is based upon the action of Wilson in firing three shots into the Scouler home in Corte Madera at 9 o'clock last Tuesday night. To-day the Scoulers refused to prosecute Wilson. They be- lieve that he meant to do them no harm. James R. McCue, however, who lives on adjoining property, does not intend to| drop the matter so easily. He contends, | as do the officers who have investigated the case, that Wilson made a mistake in the houses and that the McCue home was | the one he intended to riddle. Wilson ad- mits the shooting, but protests that the bullets were fired at a skunk. MRS. CHAPMAN WILL STAY IN FIGHT TO THE LAST ‘Woman Member of the Library Board Expresses Opinion on Contro- versy Over Appointments. ALAMEDA, April 18—"Those men can resign of they want to, but I'm going to stay in this fight to the last ditch. If} they think so much of Mr. Bowers and deem him indisvensable to the Board of Library Trustees, why don't one of the | four of them withdraw in his favor? There’s nothing to stop them. And even if they do all withdraw, why I guess there are enough people in this town to fill their piaces. All this talk seems to me a little | bit inconsistent. “As for the statement that our appoint- ments were illegally made, just because | Chairman Forderer did not make them | personaliy, 1_think that is drawing things | pretty fine. Wasn't Mr. Forderer present | when the appointments were made and didn’t he acquiesce in everything that was done? Well, then, that ought to be suffi- cient. It was just as if the president of the board had done it personally. The law was strictly obeyed. These technicalities have been brought to light simply because a mistake was made and they want to get me out.” These are the sentiments of Mrs. I. N. Chapman on the Library Board question which is agitating the Alameda common- wealth. Mrs. Chapman is what is known as a “spunky littie woman.” ~She is one of the kind that stand by their guns to the last, else she wouldn't be, probably, a contender for universal suffrage. She will not be pushed off the Library Board with- out a struggle, as can be inferred from her remarks about four men. City Attorney M. W. Simpson has given it as his opinion that the action of the City Trustees Monday night when each made an appointment of a Library Trus- tee is not according to the provisions of the new library law. Former City Attor- ney Taylor concurs with him. The four male members of the Library Board have said all they are going to say for a while. ———————— FEARS HIS SON MAY HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED QAKLAND, April 18.—Leo Block, a sehoolboy, 11 years of age, has been. re- ported to the police as missing from his home at 727 Magnolia street, where for six months he has been living with his father, who came here from Los Angeles. The boy's parents separated four .years ago, the mother retaining the custody of a daughter. The father does not know where his wife is now residing. He says the boy disappeared about 7 o'clock Mon- day morning under circumstances which lead him to fear that his son has been “Mrs. Mary Rupert, my mnext door neighbor, told me that she had observed a strange woman hanging around the place for several days befote the boy dis- appeared,” sald Block. “She was in the j said, that he would kill her if she did neighborhood the morning the boy d\‘ngped out of sight. I have no idea as to her identity.” FOLLOWS WIFE AND KILLS HER Planter Keeps a Threat and Then Shoots Himself. Double Tragedy the Result of Quarrels and Sep- aration. g CHICAGO, April 18.—Charles H. Swee- ney, a wealthy cotfon planter of Green- ville, Ky., early to-day shot and killed his wife and then blew out his brains at the Dubuque flats, in Rush street. The tragedy was the result of domestic difficulties. A month ago Sweeney and his wife separated, and she came to Chicago after notifying - her husband that she would obtain 5 divorce. He replied. it is s0. Mrs. Sweeney arrived here a few days ago, taking up her residence with her sis- aer; Mrs. W. I. Phillips, in the Dubuque ats. Soon after breakfast Mrs. Phillips went downtown to do some shopping. A little later Sweeney, who it is presumed arrived in the city last night. called at the apart- ments and was adgm(ued by Mrs. Phillips’ 6-year-old son. He asked for his wife, and hearing a volce, she appeared. Seeing her he drew a revolver and told the boy to run. Before the terrified woman could scream Sweeney sent a bullet through her brgin, killing her instantly. Placin; the weapon to his own head he fired nng dropped dead beside the body of his wife. Mrs. Sweeney was a daughter of Thom- as P. Morgan, an_extensive planter in Greenville, Ky. W. I. Phillips, at whosa home the tragedy occurred, is a local to- bacco merchant. SCOTTISH RITE MASONS FEAST AMID SPLENDOR Consistory Jubilee Culminates in a Great Banquet to the Order’s Delegates. WICHITA, Kans., April 18.—Nearly 700 Scottish Rite Masons banqueted here to- day, the feast being the culmination of a consistory jubilee, during which 170 candi- dates were given from the fourth to the thirty-second degrees. To-night's function was very elaborate in every respect, the adornment in Masonic symbols being espe- cially artistic. Judge Henry C. Sluss of this city, member of the Court of Private Land Claims, was toastmaster. Congress- man Jamec D. Richardson of Tennessee responded to the toast “The Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction”; Henry L. Palmer of Milwaukee, “The Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction”; Freder- ick Weber of Washington, D. C., “The Centennial of Our _Supreme Council” Martin Collins of St. Louis. “The Scottish | Rite at the Dawn of the Twentieth Cen- Senator Henry M. Teller of Colo- ‘Free Masonry and Our Country’; Thomas W. Harrison of Topeka, Rite in Kansas”: Henry Wallenstein of Wichita, ‘‘Albert Pike,” and J. Giles Smith of Wichita, “The Rite in Wichita.” All of the speakers were thirty-third de- gree Masons. The receipts of the local consistory from initiation fees were $20,400. The banquet cost $7000. LAKE TOWBOAT FIREMEN AND LINEMEN STRIKE Refusal to Grmfi?‘lvnnce in Wages Causes Them to Take Step. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 18.—A strike of all the firemen and linemen emploved on harbor tugs controiled by the Great Lakes Towing Company at Cleveland, Erle, Conneaut, Fairport, Lorain. Huroa and Ashtabula has been authorized to take effect immediately. The Great Lakes Towing Company owns practically all the tugs at the ports named. The strike was decided upon as a resu't .of the refusal of the company to grant an dvance in wages of $5 per month. Th2 en now get $50 a month. As few tugs have thus far gone! nto commission not more than 200 men are affected. Evidence of Crime Lacking. SUISUN, April 18.—George Gibson and Bd Dichs, who were arrested two weeks ago for the murder of Albert Anderson near Winters, had their preliminary ex- amination before Justice of the Peace R. H. Brown in Dixon to-day. They were atsmissed on the motion of District At- torney Frank R. Devlin, as he did not consider the evidence against them was gufficient to warrant holding them for trial before the Superior Court. No testi- mony was offered connecting them with C 0 NO WITHDRAWAL OF TRANGPORTS Department Says Pacific Service Is Here to Stay. kel News of the Californians’ Committee Prompts the Action. i CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 18.—The de-| partment people say that the Pacific| transport service is a fixture that will be maintained permanently. This declara- | tion is brought out by the news that a committee of prominent Californians, re- | ag}ectlvely representing the San Francisco | Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco ! Board of Trade and the San Francisco | Produce Exchange, Is on the way to | Washington for the purpose of having freights now carried on the transports diverted from the private steamship lines | for the purpose of helping to establish a | direct steamer line between San Fran- cisco and the Philippine Islands for com- mercial purposes. Just what the committee will ask for is not known here. It is not supposed that their requests will be for more than the | diversion of a portion of the freights now | carried in chartered vessels not owned by the Government. It is understood here that the committee has proceeded with all possible secrecy that no opposi- | tion might be developed prior to its arri val at the capital. ere is a direct line | from the Northwest to Manila, and trade | rivalry between the Pacific Coast sections | may be made manifest in the proceedings. — FERKINS FAVORS MORGAN'S | OFFER FOR BURLINGTON | Director of the Road Issues First| Authoritative Announcement | of the Situation. BOSTON, Abril 18.—The first authorita- tive announcement concerning the nesc- tiations for a purchase of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Com- pany by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroad companies was given out to-night from the ofice of the Bos- ton News Bureau in the form of a state ment from Director and _ex-President Charles E. Perkins of the Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy, as follows. Mr. Perkins says it was practically settled this afternoon that a formal offer of per share willl be made in the | course of a week or two, payable in the joint 4 per cent bonds of the Great North- | ern and Northern Pacific companles, se cured by a deposit of Chicago, Burling- | ton and Quincy stock in trust, and that J. P. Morgan & Co., in behalf of the syn- dicate, will offer to buy $50,000,000 of the bonds at par. Mr. Perkins says that per- sonally he is in favor of accepting the proposition. IMPORTANT NAVAL CHANGES ON THE ASTATIC STATION Commanders of the Vessels of the Squadron Are Transferred by Department. WASHINGTON, April 18.—Several im- portant naval changes were announced at the Navy Department to-day. Command- er P. R. Ingersoll has been ordered to the command of the Bennington, relieving Commander C. H. Arnold. Commander | William Smith has assumed command of | the Concord as the relief of Commander | Colby. Ccmmander E. H- Green has been | datached from command of the Marietta | and ordered to the command of the Bru- tus. Commander J. K. Cogswell has been detached from the Cavite station and or- dered to the command of the Marietta. All the vessels named are on the Asiatic station. et FOUNDER 6; CHILD STUDY DEPRIVED OF HIS CHAIR Dr. Chrisman, Author of Sensational Lecture, Alleged Victim of Regents’ Prejudice. EMPORIA, Kans., April 18.—Dr. Oscar | Chrisman, the founder of the science of child study, who over a year ago created a sensation before the National Mothers" Congress by the assertion in a lecture; that women alone were capable of love | and men were incapable. has lost his | chair in the Kansas State Normal School. His relations with the president and fac- ulty have been strained ever since his notable lecture, and it is thought influ- ences were brought to bear on the re- gents against him. i | 7:30 o’clock to-night all POINTS HARRIS 0UT K5 BRIBER Ex-Controller of Tennes- see Accused in the Senate. SRS Senator Eldridge Claims He Was Offered Money for Vote. SEEIPEEE NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 18.—Senator W. B. Eldridge of Memphis, in open ses- sion of the Sepate to-day, accused ex- Controller James A. Harris of an at- tempt to bribe. ' He charged that Harris came to him at his seat in the Senate chamber this morning and offered him $500 and promised him to have withdrawn a sult pending against him on the condi- tion that he would vote for the terminal bill when it came up on a motion to re- consider. The terminal bill, which provides an amendment to the charter of the Louis- ville and Nashville Terminal Company foreing it to allow the use of the terminali facllitles by any rallroad which may de- mand it, and which was advocated as a means to let the Tennessee Central into the terminal station here, was defeated in the Senate Tuesday, but a motion to reconsider was pending. In accordance with the Senator's re- | quest, a committee of thres was appoint- ed to investigate the alleged bribery. Har- ris declined to make a statement further than to declare Senator Eldridge’s charges untrue. STRIKE FOR DINNER HOUR. McKeesport Connecting Railroad Hands Demand More Time for Midday Meal. McKEESPORT, Pa., April 18—After safely passing through one labor trouble, McKeesport has just entered another. At the hands em- ployed on the McKeesport Connecting Rallroad struck for a longer dinner hour. The men at present have to return to work immediately after they are through eating' their midday meal, and they now demand forty-five minutes. The strikers include the enzineers, firemen and brake- men in the yards of the National Tube Works’ rolling mills, the Monongahela blast furnaces and the Monongahela Steel Works of the National Tube Company, numbering about fifty men. The men are all members of the Brotherhood of Train- men, and that organization is expected to back the men in their demands. A com- | mitteeman who was appointed to confer with the officials was dismissed when he had stated the demands of the men. The action of the railroad hands will cause the suspension of the entire plant, and this will cause 10,000 men to be thrown out of employment. Up to 9 o'clock to- night the plants were all running, but it is thought work will be suspended befors morning. —e De Oro Wins. WASHINGTON, April 13.—The three days’ pool tournament between De Oro and Frank Sherman for the world's cham- pionship ended to-night in a victory for De Oro, who made a total of 600 points against 498 for his opponent. Mining Contracior Killed. TELLURIDE, Colo., April B.—H. J. Oakland, contractor for the Smuggler Union mines, was instantly killed to-day by a cave of loose ground. He was about 40 years old. .&0006#446‘““664‘#! + THE DAY’S DEAD. } DE+++444444 4440444000 George Abram Smith. SANTA ANA, April 18—A telegram was i received here to-day announcing the death of George Abram Smith, the well-known singer. Mr. Smith and family left hers a short time ago for Mobile, Alabama, ‘or a visit to Mrs. Smith’'s people. Deceaded was a brother of Congressman Smith of Michigan and was well known in musical circles in Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco. R A K Charles O. Allibone. WASHINGTON, April 18.—News has been received at the Navy Department of the death of Commander Charles O. 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