The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1901, Page 9

ROO HE future of the City Prison in the new Hall of Justios s only a matter of oconjecture. When Chief of Police Bulllvan and na- ture realize their plans It may have evolved into a roof garden, but there are etill a few who dare to hope that its identity as a place of punishment for offenders against the law will not be et The flora of the prison was a thing ndreamed of until the present day of reform and advancement. It was not | enough that the floors be polished, the walls tinted and the chandeliers be of | spotless brass, but the interior must don | vivan appearance, probably to invite | s of the “jail” variety. So gardeners k up the work where the carpenters | i1 painters rested, and the stranger, when the elevator stops with a jar at the | fourth story, finds himself in a wonder- | F GARDEN TURNS CITY PRISON - | INTO WONDERLAND OF RARE FLORA Chief Sullivan Has Corners and Tops of Low Walls Adorned With Palms, Ferns and Grasses, Until Weary Willies No Longer Yearn for the Shaded L the Chief at the park. They were trans- planted In the prison, some of them in corners, while more surmount the walls that do not touch the ceiling. The deska were made more to resemble a section of a hothouse than the bar at which prison- ers tell the sergeant how it all happened. And thie is said to be only the first cons Elgnment. Grase may replace the hard concrete and qu;u&le- may be ralsed for kitchen use. Trees will not be plant- ed less than four feet apart, as there would be d“nf" of pflngger! straying away and getting lost. The Veterans of the Flowing Bow! have found a haven of peace. No more nights in chilly parks for them with such en- Vironments at the City Prison. It is said that the department band will play there every Sunday afternoon, and from behind bars twined with ivy they can study na- ture and pick flowers. They may occupy rustic seats, but the old rule of keeping off the grass still holds. But with the sweet comes bitterness and in the midst of his dreams of the garden SAE L AGA M GUESS SEE awns of Public Parks o | THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901. ALL RiIGHT T'Loox AT BuT HULLY G TAKE WA TER CHIEF OF POLICE SULLIVAN'S ROOF GARDEN AT THE CITY PRISON, WHICH, IT IS EXPECTED, WILL PROVE ATTRACTIVE TO BIRDS OF THE “JAIL” VARIETY AND RECOMPENSE WEARY WILLIES FOR ENFORCED RATION FROM PUBLIC PARKS, BEF when he expected to peep into a | nd gloomy dungeon. | ¥y a wagonload of ferns, grasses, et T forfofoeforfoforfecfosfecies . WNES CNES P HIS PLACE Delinquent Tax Collector Is Succeeded by Abe Ruef. | | ik V. Haynes, who has been special | of delinquent taxes, has resigned | Abe Ruef has been ap- ), x Collector Scott to suc- The resignation of Haynes and onsequent appointment of Ruef, who litical adviser, occurred two 0, but the fact was| yesterday. ed among City Hall offi- ' resignation was a as Scott had become dissat- Haynes' dilatory tactics in certain cases against the Pa- hone and Telegraph Com- recovery of unpaid license telephone machines. This ly denied by Scott, who as- resigned voluntarily | unfavorable criticism to | ibjected in collecting | inting to a paltry Scott, however, | lissatisfied with the | of deputy delinquent | x t acting payment of de- | t 9 men had often act- r toward those who ir personal property | had taken Haynes to | f his subordinates. ably put out over pted by € him to account for | suits against the tele- for delinquent licenses. | _ was adopted about a Scott immediately pressed | together with Peter F. sel to prosecute the About same time Haynes | up his downtown office as Delin- Tax Collector and discharged his Ruef’s appointment to suc- | » followed says that Haynes' accounts are nd all d ent tax collections for. The position ade public ynes 1'e POSTUM CEREAL. TIME WAS UP. It Was Quit Coffee or Dic. When a woman is brought to the edxel of the grave by poisoning from the drink- | ing of ordinary coffee day by day, and is | then made a well woman by leaving it off, her experience is worth something to | others that are poisoned in various ways from the same habit. Mrs. Jeannette B. Brown, 100 Minor | street, New Haven, Conn., says: “Four | years ago my life hung on a very slender | with liver, kidney and heart trou- | n very severe form of rheuma- | bile tism 1w s confined to bed with hands, | wrists, feet ani ankles so badly nrol]en\‘ that ¢ bore no resemblance to parts of body. I had frequent sinking spells from heart weakness, when I was the hun thought be dying and some times thought to be dead. My doctor, one of the directors of the State Hospital, a very successful man in his profession, told me 1o stop drinking coffee and use Postum ¥ood Coffce, ss he said coffee was the primary cause of my trouble. “I took advice at once and discon- tinued medicines. Slowly the swelling dis- appeared and t rheumatism left me, the sinking s became less frequent, end I got out of bed and around the Fouse. 1 was completely cured, but it re- quired some time. “‘For the past three years T have been & perfectly strong, heaithy woman, sleep | well, with good appetite, good color, active and energetic. “It is & great pleasure to testify to Postum that has made me a well woman egain. I have many friends here and in other parts of the State who are using Postum Food Coffee regularly, and I know to their very great benefit.” | charge follo of Paradise, Weary Willle must the law’s exaction. pays not exceeding 15 per cent of the amount recovered. Haynes ascribes as a reason for his resignation that he had been criticized so harshly for the enforce- ment of an obnoxious law imposing ex- orbitant penalties for delinquent taxes that he feared his political chances would be jeopardized. INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL BE FITTINGLY OBSERVED Young Men’s Institute Is to Hold Monster Reunion at Niles Can- yon on July 4. The board of management of the Young Men's Institute has already commenced active preparations for the celebration of Independence day by the combined insti- tutes of this city and the surrounding counties in a_monster reunion at Fern- brook Parks, Niles Canyon, on July 4. The committee of arrangements having the af- fair in charge consists of Robert Tobin, president; W. Chester Keogh, vice presi- dent; D. E. Hayden, secretar . Comyns, treasurer; E. B. Thomas, P. J. 1. J. Commorton, E. J. O'Rourke, Hagan, G. A. Sullivan, Denis Barry, C. D. de Andries, W. Reilly, J. A. Dunlea’ A J. Sullivap, W. A. Breslin, A. J. Donovan, Luke Carroll, G. E. Devine, Thomas F. Ryan, Harry Pinkham, James A. Strain Jr., John Doyle, M. T. Cresalia, R. A. Ca- haian and T. J. Kinney. A programme of patriotic exercises is being prepared and will consist of an ora- tion, an original poem and singing of pat- riotic airs. The orator and poet are yet o Le selected. A number of fine prizes will be glven and a special train wiil leave this city at 1 o'clock in the afternoon for the pleasure grounds. The committee on grounds is composed of J. F. Comyns, chairman; A. J. Donovan, R. A. Cahalan, . B. Thomas and Harry Pinkham. It is expected that fully 8000 institute members | and their friends will gather at the cele- bration. The &nnual outing of Cathedral Council, No. 59, ¥. M. L, will take place at Sunset Park, Santa Cruz Mountains, on May 1. The committees having the picnic in Music—John D. Mahoney, Willlam A. Kelly Grounds—Fred E. Farmer, Albert H. Juat- man, Thomas F. Ryan, Frank Farren, Wil- Ham A. Kelly and Chester Keogh, Arrangements—Louls A. Kelly, chairman; Joseph A. McCusker, Fred E. Farmer, John Mahoney, Willlam A. Kelly, Frank Far- ren, Thomas F. Ryan, Albert’ H. Juatman and W. Chester Keogh. | and Louis A, Kelly. ——.——— CITY CAUSES VIOLATION OF ITS OWN CHARTER Fire Commission Petitions for Funds to Put Municipal Wires Un- derground. Rolla V. Watt, president of the Board of Fire Commissioners, appeared before the Supervisors' Finance Committee yester- day to urge an appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of placing the city’s wires un- der ground. Watt explained that the city | itself was preventing the enforcement of its own ordinance requiring wires to be placed underground in the downtown dis- tricts within a certain specified time. ‘When the ordinance was passed some three years ago the Board ofpSuper\'lsor! pledged itself to pass an appropriation sufficient to remove the city’s wires from the poles of the telephone and telegraph corporations, but no money had ever been s0 appropriated. The corporations were unable to comply with the law because no money was available to take down tie city’s wires. The committee took the mat- ter under advisement as well as the Fire Commissioners’ request that the fire alarm and police telegraph central station be es- tablished in the main court of the City Hall —_————— COLONEL H. I. KOWALSKY WANTS HIS MONEY BACK Sues to Recover Coin Paid by Him to Nat Raphael for Jewelry. The trial of the suit of Colonel H. I Kowalsky against Nat Raphael to recover $299 99 was on trial before Justice of the Peace Dunn yesterday. The testimony showed that Kowalsky executed six notes for the future rayment of a bill of jewelry bought from Raphael. One of the notes, for , was turned over to the Caliernia Jewelry Company by Raphael, who was credited with cash to that amount, and the company in turn gave the note to “Jake” Rauer for collection. Rauer re- covered judgment by default for $265, prin- cipal, and $115 interest, and levied on money in bank belonging to Kowalsky. In the meantime Kowalsky had compromised on a settlement of the six notes, as he thought, by paying $300 to Raphael, but he afterward discovered that the judg- ment on the sixth note had been satisfied. He accordingly sued to recover the money paid to Raphael less 1 cent, to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Justice’'s Court. The case went over till Friday for argument. suffer | | plete when hi sk T SRS R ete when his eyes feast upon the kegs | ‘pose of anything stronger than the prod- d evergreens were secured by | and faucets that lend a beer garden ap- | uct of Spring Valley. 2 3o et e e @ K eardance, but the Commissioners have re- used to grant the Chief a license to dis- THREATENS T0 KILL NEIGHBORS Mrs.Marie Dillman Taken | Into Custody for Insanity. ALAMEDA, April 23.—Mrs. Marie Dill- man of 2811 Clement avenue was arrested this afternoon on a charge of insanity, preferred by W. A. Aram, her neighbor. The woman has made frequent threats to kill her neighbors, claiming that they are | trying to poison her and her chickens. Detective Brown took her to the Receiv- ing Hospltal in Oakland, where she will be examined to-morrow for insanity. Mrs. Dillman bears a particular grudge against Harry Hintz, a boy of 14, whose home adjoins hers. She threatened to kill him the first time she got a chance. Two | weeks ago she followed him several blocks on Park street with a pistol concealed be- neath her shawl, which she exhibited to people, and sald she would use if she could catch up to her intended victim. Hintz has never annoyed the woman, though she labors under the delusion that he has, It has been next to impossible for the neighbors to sleep lately on account of | Mrs. Dillman’s desire to make noise. She | yells “fire” and “murder” at all hours of the night and fires off her pistol at imag- | inary enemies. Mrs. Dillman is the woman who, when she lived in Bast Oakland about three years ago, had ler neignbor, a Mrs. John- son, arrested for sticking needles through the eyes of her pigeons and chickens, It turned out that Mrs. Dillman herself was the one who committed the deed. She seemed to take delight in torturing the birds. She was allowed to go unpunished Spuaccoum of her uncertain mental con- ition. —————— Emanu-El Sisterhood Meeting. A call has been issued for a special meeting of the Emanu-El Sisterhood to be held in its rooms, 272 and 274 Ninth | street, to-morrow, at 3 p. m. A full at- tendance is desired, as special business of importance will be considered. HOTEL ARRIVALS. PALACE HOTEL. F C Chinn & w, Sacto |F A Bell, Seatle Mrs C J Thompson,Ky|E A Gregory, Chiego R H Bercaube, Mex |W N Carter, Cincin € Hayden, Colo |3 H Halsead C E Hellier & w, Mass W L Bull & w, N Y E Eilsner, Boston Miss Fanshane, N Y J M Haford Jr, Cal |J Cook, Wash E M Lion, San'Jose |A F Sutherland, N Y A J Hart, San Jose |Mrs T Flint, Cal § Schiff, Los Ang b M T. McMahon, N Y |8 J Cook, Minm Mrs M N Cochrane, Pa, W A Pinkerton, Il Mis H T Nevin, Pa |B C Ball, Portland C Marsden, Los Ang |1 B McClintock, L A T E Fisher, Denver |Mis F H Barrows, Mass Miss K Fisher, Denver |J Abbott, Mas € M Anderson w, S H Fields, Utah Ohio, | R M_Mein, Oakland § G Cook, Kaneas | B Haskih & w, NY Miss Cook, Kansas | Miss Mabel Haskin,NY G B Patrick, N Y |Miss Edith Haskin NY b Mis Edna Haskin, NY Mrs J Croze, Cal Mrs E R Boese, N Y Mrs M Mulloughan,Or| H H Wilcoxson & w, A L Maas, Mich Missouri 8 Dr R J Maas, Mich |J Wilcoxson, Mo H L Chalmers, Bayton| Mis V_Rea, Mo W Col, |R J Walker & w, Pa ., Colo |Mrs S Brown, Phila H P Hynds & W, Wyo |W H Zeelers, Phila J H Cravens & w, Cal |D Robson, Grs Valley Mrs E B Braden & d,/J M Barney, Cal Wash Mis M H Bresman NY E A Pike, N D |Miss L Bresman, N ¥ GRAND HOTEL. Miss M Frick, lIowa |L Poundstone, Cal Miss A Frick, Iowa |E Witmer, Placerville Mr Schwab & W, Chic|E Whipple, Decoto C H Revine, Ind J Ball, Ben Lomond A C Smith, Ohio Miss Ball, B Lomond W Young, Wis F January & w, N Mx J Murphy, U S A J Mikkers, Las Vegas Capt Wilcoxson, U § A P Belgon, Las Vi W P Stevens, U S A aar W Wadlefgh & w, T Stillman, St Louls |J Lineman, Ogden Mrs Kolp, L Ang AV Greene, P Vian & w, Mexico |H V Keeilng, Cal C A Krapo, Cal M S Sa; yre, W P _Smith, Chico THIEVES DEAD OR IN PRION Police Shatter Story of Their Announced Advance, Piotures and Records Dug Up From Old Files of The Detective. —— But little eoncern 18 felt by the Pollce Department for that bunch of “thieves headed for this city, their eyes intent on plunder.”” Nothing is feared from the dep- redations of the ‘“army of eriminals,” which the Examiner alleges 'is on its way to gather epoil among erowds coming to welcome the President.” Perhaps the most unfortunate compli- cation is that many of the leaders of this most mysterious army are efther dead or in jail. Police officlals are not losing any sleep over thelr expected coming and are | not disposed to treat seriously the notl- fication received from railroad detectives of their method of doing business. Crooks of all classes and degrees do not usually make public the announcement of their route. Their press agents gener- |ally get on the scene after the deed is done.” If they are dead romantic tales 4nd previous records surround them with a certain glamour. If in jail, it is gener- ally hard for them to get back to ‘“the old world” their intentions as to future movements, for the benefit of the gullible. Some swallow the bait, especially when a railroad detective is at the reel end of the line. So when Detective C. C. Crowley of the Southern Pacific Company announced that this army was approaching San Francisco, he hied himself to his ancient archives, dug up copies of The Detective, a weekly paper devoted to police news, published in the East, got the records of these crooks and his name into print at the same time. One point was overlooked by Crowley and his Examiner amanuen- | sis and that was keepinhg the record up to_date. If Crowley had simply announced that Ali Baba and his forty thieves were com- ing to San Francisco his joké might have been taken seriously. But he did not. In- stead, he placed in the latter day class photographs and pictures of the dead and the imprisoned. Death cannot be avoided and escape from penitentiaries is usually difficult. Take, for instance, the case of Richard Preston, alias ‘“Windy Dick.” He is said to be looked upon as a dangerous pick- pocket. Unfortunately for “Windy Dick" he is in Joliet Penitentlary, in Dlinois, | and will not be given a parole in order to enable him to visit San Francisco. Crook and Wife Both Dead. “Daniel Nugent, who has grown gray | picking pockets, and his alleged wife, Min- nie May, alias Daly, are easily at the top of the criminal ladder.” says the Exam- ner. Unfortunate, perhaps, it is for the two that they cannot come with that army. Perhaps both will .turn uneasily in their graves if they should know that “Danny is a 200-pounder and what is commonly known as a ‘stull’” as says the Exam- iner. Perhaps, if the Examiner could communicate through Nikola Tesla with Mars, or some other suburban_ resort, Danny and May might be here. But they are in their graves. Unfortunately again for the Examiner and its pictures, James Jordan and at Deer Lodge, Mont. Chief of Police Sui- livan has not as yet telegraphed there to know if they have got away, but is satis- fied that they v:ill stay there until the bal- ance of their iong term is served. As a companion to these two, Bob Sherwood, alias the “Gorilla,” is also enjoying the hospitality of the State of Montana with the balance of a long sentence hanging over him. There are others, too, in the Examiner's list who are also in a state of innocuous desuetude. “Crowley must have just been filling the Examiner reporter with hot air, or trying to make a flying machine out of him,"” re- marked Captain Seymour _yesterday. “Why, half of these alleged ~notorious crooks are dead, and the balance in jail. They give us but little concern, especially the dead and the jailed. From The Detec- tive one can get any old kind of a picture, and the older the picture is the better it is. Crowley just gave the Examiner man a large gold brick. If he is a detective, he ought to know better than scare people into the same condition as these dead and jailed convicts.” Seymour Not Apprehensive. Captain Seymour adds that the crowd that will attend the President’s reception will probably be no larger than some oth- ers the Police Department has handled, and that the people need not go around with their “hands on their pocketbooks.”” The harvest that is likely to be reaped will be of such small quantity that it will be hardly worth considering. Through the medium of the Examiner it is also announced that Henry Johnson, Ed Williams and somebody’s pal have ar- rived in town. Maybe they have; more likely they have not, for at last accounts all except the unknown pal were in East- ern penitentiaries. It is well for people to lock their windows and keep their hands ontheir pockets while this army of crooks is landed in this city, but the greatest care should be ebserved regarding those who are dead or in the penitentlary, for, according to their published records, they are the most dangerous of the lot. Two Eastern crooks were apprehended in this city at the Orpheum a few nights ago. One who gave his name as Jo Green is known in the East as Harry A. Hud- son, but his right name is Hudnall. He came out to visit relatives in Oakland, came over to the city, imbibed too freely, and was caught. He had been shadowed from the time cf his arrival until his cap- ture. His companion, H. Merrill, is practically unknown, but has an Eastern record that will be produced against him on his trial. GENEROUS HACKMEN HELP LAW’S STRICKEN FAMILY Aid Extended to Widow and Children of Unfortunate Machinist Who Killed Himself. The tragic suicide on Monday of F. Law, the machinist, who, lacking work, could not bear the spectacle of his starving family, has aroused sympathy for his heartbroken widow and bereaved children. Last night the members of the Hack- men’s Union and the Hotel Runners held an informal meeting and decided to ex- tend some help to the widow and her lit- tle ones. A collection was taken up and $10 was raised in a few minutes. To the desolate home of Mrs. Law at 25 Clara street a delegation of the hackmen and hotel runners brought a ray of light amid the gloom. Mrs. Law was overcome with emotion when told of the generosity of her benefactors and piteously moaned, ““Oh, that my husband were here to thank ou."” The hackmen and hotel runners who tendered help to Mrs. Law and her little ones are J. J. O'Connor, J. Villon, T, Sulli- van, J. Martin, G. Klopper, M. Milalen, J. Manion, T. Mathews, J. Manning, E. Casey, J. Bauer, T. Tarr, W. H. Amant, I Mcoiiten, C.'B. Welgus and L. La- Tobe. The body of Law is still at the Morgue and unless aid is forthcoming the remains will be buried in the potter's field. The hackmen and hotel runners have relieved the immediate wants of the stricken fam- ily, but substantial assistance is needed for the unfortunate beings who have, through misforture, lost their bread win- ner. ————— ‘Wants Deed Set Aside. J. 8. Mitchell, as administrator of the e el G estate of the late John C. Mitchell, has ¥ Stmpson, L Ang |F Spenker, Modests. |Sued George M. Mitchell to set aside con- Doan, Bakersfield G Shirley. Vailejo. Veyances to property on Grove street, near Lueders, Ohio L Trailer, L Gatos ‘Webster, and lands in Sar. Mateo County, J Murphy & w, U8 A E Woods, Stockton which, it is a.llesed, the defendant pro- M Osborne, Chico E Hennessey, Napa | cured from the deceased through undue A G Alken, Oakland |J Glenn, Stockton influence. F mith, T 5 ose T E Clark, Visalla |F H Moon, S Jose Be § and Attend 3 G Carsen & w. S Jose| R Cowles & w, The great Assignee Sale of Clothing to- Mrs Hodgman, Minn |G French, Boston morrow. 1200 men’'s fine worsted suits J B Gore, Boston Dr_Hurst, Salt Lake 5 for only $4.65: ¥ H Saxton, S Henery, Stockton that cost $15 to §20 for ly .5‘-‘! also 500 T Doyle, Ohlo G Hyatt & w, Stocktn | OVercoats, worth §15, for $4.65 at the Cloth- £ _Summerfield & W, Mrs Merrill, i %eno % et rs ‘Toledo l Dr Cross, Stockton ing Assignee Sale of the Boston, 773 Mar- ket street, near Fourth. P. C. K assignee. el FATE OF MISSING MERCHANT SNOOK IS VEILED IN MYSTERY Large Force of Detectives Is at Work on the Case, but So Far No Clew Has Been Obtained---Notice Sent to Police Elsewhere AGED MERCHANT WHOSE MYSTE- (o) + RIOUS DISAPPEARANCE STILL BAFFLES POLICE AND FAMILY. VERY resource at the command of a large force of detectives has thus far been vainly exerted in an attempt to get some tidings of George A. Snook, who disap- peared so mysterfously from his home, 1941 Broadway, more than ten days ago. A corps of searchers under the direction Charles A. Willis are at the penitentiary | of former Chief of Police Leea {s scouring the city, but no clew has been obtained iof the missing merchant's whereabouts, and his family 1s thoroughly alarmed. The police of various cities have been | notified and asked to aid in the effort to | locate the venerable wanderer. No_one has yet been found who saw Mr. Snook after he left his residence April 12. It is known that the old gentleman had very little money in his possession at the time he wandered away, and for that reason it is though improbable that he could have gone very far from the |all hope of ever again seeing him alive. @ Tl HAVE DUNHAM OR HI3 DOUBLE Alabama Officials Hold Man Resembling the Murderer. /SAN JOSE, April 28.—James C. Dun- ham, the sextuple murderer of the Mc- Glincy family at Campbell, is believed to be in jail at Talledaga, Ala. This is the opinion of Sheriff W. D. Mayo of Clay County, Alabama, and, after viewing a photograph of the suspect sent by Mayo, the officlals of the Sheriff’s office here believe the same. The resemblance is so striking that a man probably will be sent from_ here to identify him. A few weeks ago Sheriff Langford re- celved a letter from Sheriff Mayo saying he had a Dunham suspect under surveil- lance and asking for detailed information and photographs. These were sent and two more letters were received from Mayo, one arriving to-day containing a photograph of the Dunham suspect, Sheriff Mayo evidently became con- vinced to-day that he has Dunham under arrest, for late to-night this message was received from him: “Am confident I have Dunham in jail; wire instructions.” Sheriff Langford instructed him to_hold the man at any cost and procure photo- graphs in all the positions possible. . The photongh received this_afternoon is an excellent likeness of murderer Dun- am, or of his likenesses sent broadcast by the thousands. The suspect had been farming in a sparsely settled section of Clay County, Alabama, for several years, having made his appearance there a few months after the horrible crime at Camp- bell. He acted strangely and made no friends. Lately he became communicative and spoke of having lived in_California and the Santa Clara Valley. His appear- ance tallied with the description of Dun- ham, and closer investigation by his neighbors led to the conclusion that he was the murderer. On the information they gave to the Sheriff, he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge for the purpose of holding him. On January 26, 1896, Dunham killed the McGlincy family, consisting of his wife, her father and mother, and brother, and two hired men, at Campbell, this county. He escaped, and, although $10,000 reward was oftered for his arrest, the capture has not been made, unless this suspect should prove the right one. PORTEOUS CLUB GIVES ENJOYABLE CONCERT Well-Known Artists Sing and Play for the Benefit of Deserving Young Women. The concert given last evening in Sher- man, Clay & Co.’s Hall for the benefit of the Porteous Club was a financial and artistic success. There was a large out- pouring of music lovers and friends of the organization, and the efforts of the artists who took part in the programme were highly appreciated. The concert was given under the auspices of the de- partment of social science of the Califor- nia Club. Many of the members of the club were present and saw to it that there was no hitch in the D me. Owing to illness neither Miss Bud Friedlander nor Bertin A. Weyl appeared and their absence was greatly regretted. The playing of Cecil Cowles, the child ianist, was a feature of the concert. Rhis little miss played with the skill and expression of a professional and well merited the flowers and applause that were literally showered upon her. Miss Ma Helen Heath s, Cecil er Cox and Miss Lulu Feldhéim also to_the enjoyment of the audience. ~Miss I nez Strauch and Arthur Finkensher presided | §old by druggists on guarantea at the piano during the entertainment. — city witheut leaving some trace of his| route behind him. | As 2 last resort the family will have | distributed a number of photographs of | Mr. Snock. These pictures should do a | great deal to identify him if he is wan- dering aimlessly about the rural districts | of the State or has been detained in any out of the way quarter of the city. Mr. Snook is a man of impressive ap- pearance. His long, flowing, white beard and benign countenance were well known | to thousands of citizens of San Francisco, as he has been a prominent member of | the business community of this city the | greater portion of his life. The fact of his large acquaintance lends intensity to | the mystery surrounding his disappear- ance. Mr. Snook’s daughters will continue the | search for their father with redoubled en- | of his relatives have already abandoned | THI3 GITY WILL BE MADE BASE - Marine Corps to Re-| ceive Supplies From San Francisco. —_— | | The Navy Department, appreciating the | importance of San Francisco as a base of | supplies, will at once establish a com- | missary and pay department in this city | for the United States marine corps. | Major George Richards, an assistant | paymaster in the United States marine | corps, will arrive in this city to-day and is ordered to at once take steps to estab- lish the commissary and pay department. | The station will be used as a base of sup- | plies for the United States marine service | on the entire Pacific Coast, including Puget Sound points. | The only station of the marine corps at | present located in this city is a_recruitin rendezvous at 40 Ellis street. This head- quarters is looked after by a sergeant and one orderly, Under the new order of things the recruiting office will be located in the same building as the pay and quar- | termaster headquarters. Major Richards | will, immediately on his arrival in this city, select a suitable site for the new de- | partment. — i Metal Polishers’ Union. 1 The officials of the Metal Polishers’ | Union contradict the statement published f in one of the local papers yesterday | morning that Frank Law, who committed | suicide on Monday, was a member of the | unjfon and had been thrown out of em- | ployment on account of the present strike. | According to one of the officials Mr. Law was not a2 member of the union nor was it in any way responsible for his los- | ing his position. ————e——— SMUGGLED _ CIGARS ~ SEIZED—Customs searchers vesterday_selzed 800 % smugg] M: nila cigars on the Dorlc. The ‘‘smokes’” will be sold for the duty. SHIP BUILDING fARDS GOMBINE pas VSN A Four Big Plants Are at Last Ready to Pool Interests, Constructor , Bowles May Leave the Navy to Become the Executive Head. —— On November 11, 1899, The Call published an exclusive account of steps then being taken to form a com- bination of the leading ship-building yards in the Union. After nearly two years of deliberation and negotiation plans for the combining of the inter. ests of four great plants have been completed. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 2.—Plans are prac- tically perfected for the pooling of the Business of the four American shipyards. Those most directly concerned in the deal expected that an agreement would be signed to-day. There has been delay, which, however, Is of little consequence, as the principals are all in full accord. In the deal are the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Me., the Newport News Ship- building and_Drydock Company of New- port News, Va., and the Crescent Ship- yards of Elizabethport, N. J. Unfounded Tumors were afloat yesterday to the effect that not fewer than a doZen shipyards are to be brought into theeombination with the object of stifling competition. This, however, those interested in the amalga- mation assert, is absolutely without foun- dation. Competition will be courted rather than evaded, and the men who have the enterprise in charge will refuse —and indeed have refused—to widen its scope. This combination will bring together Lewis Nixon of the Crescent Shipyards: Edward W. Hyde, president of the Bath Iron Works; Calvin B. Orcutt, president of the Newport News Ship-building and Drydock Company, and Irving M. Scott, resident of the Union Iron Works. Th Huntington estate will be largely Inte ested in the deal. Limited to the four tioned, the combination will probably form a working agreement with the Cramps of Philadelpbia, which will add greatly to its strength and enable it to carry out the purposes for which it is being brought into existence. A rumor that is as yet unverifled, though generally belleved, has it that Naval Constructor Bowles will resign his position with the Navy Department in ‘Washington to become the executive head of the shipyard combination. Bowles has had the position under consideration for a week. Foreign competition s responsible for the new move of the American ship- builders, and, in fact, English methods of business are being followed. There is to be no ship-building trust. Community of interest of the four concerns is what Is to be established. To Lewlis Nixon, who owns the Crescent Shipyards at Elizabethport, N. J., be- longs the credit of bringing about the combination which is now being matured. shipyards men- His Wife Says He Was Abusive. Moraghans Will Again Try to Live Together. William A. Hewitt, manager of the Compressed Air Machinery Company, has |ergy for an indefinite time, but several | been sued for divorce by Bertha E. Hew- itt, who alleges cruelty as cause of ac- tion. Mrs. Hewitt alleges that her, hus- band’s cruelty did not consist of acts of violence, but of taunts, nagging and gen- eral abuse by means of words. In addition to a decree of divoree Mrs. Hewitt demands judgment setting aside all property acquired by her since her marriage and half the community prop- erty, which she says is worth about 40,000, Young James B. Moraghan and his wife, Mary G. Moraghan; have again de- cided to adjust their differences and live together as man and wife. In view of this decision, the third or fourth of the kind, the action for divorce recently in- stituted by Mrs. Mcraghan was dismissed yesterday. The action for divorce brought by Mrs. Lottie A. Carey against Peter A. Carey is now on trial before Judge Graham. Decrees of divorce were granted yester- day to Harriet H. Sharp from W. T. Sharp for failure to provide, Clarence E. Seaver from Elizabeth E. Seaver for de- sertion, Emma M. Stone from L. A, Stone for_desertion, Minnie Raap from Alfred C. Kaap for cruelty, Arey A. Dudley from Edna H. Dudley for desertion, Catherine Jacobs from Jacob Jacobs for cruelty and Lucy R. Nunez from Francisco Nunez for desertion. Suits for divorce were filed yesterday by Rosa Greenberg against Leopold Green- berg for desertion, Margaret Hoppe against Edward Hoppe for crueity, J. Beg- ley against Mary A. Begley for desertion and Samuel Hertz against Minnie Hertz for desertion. —_— YOUNG WOMAN TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Crossed in Love, E;tl;er Hobbs At- tempts to End Her Existence ‘With Carbolic Aecid. 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