The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1901, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1901. ADULTS AND CHILDREN WILL ENJOY MRS. F. M. SMITH’S Society Women and Children Will Gather on the Beautiful Grounds Saturday Afternoon to Amuse and Be Amused, All in the Name of Sweet Charity-—An Elaborate MAYDAY FETE Programme Arranged -+ AXLAND, May 2.—On Saturday { afternoon, from 1 o'clock until 7, v will do homage to the t Arbor Villa, the beau- hillside home of Mr. and | Smith in Bast Oakland. The | n will be there, but so will society, for Mrs. Smith’s May fete is for the s as well as for the little ones. It is great event where the big people little people and the little peo- amuse their elders, and where every- contributes to the pleasure of every- y else. It is right that it should be so, for they all contribute to two charities, one he young and one for the old— al Free Kindergarten and the Home. become an annual festival for , and society has come to watch few outdoor events And no place in Oakland could be more appropriate for it than Arbor Villa. e marvelous juggler will do.spooky stunts on the front lawn. Last of all will come the battle of the flowers, an engagement offeritg the charming advantage that everybody comes off first best after keep- ing the air thick with rose petal missiles and boutonnieres for half an hour. Loads of flowers have been pledged for this event, which turns the old English fes- tivity into a festival of the Golden State. The following named committees will be ably assisted by many unofficial recruits in making the fete an unqualified suc- cess: Lower gate—Mrs. F. 'E. McElrath, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Mrs. E. B. Beck, Mrs. Q. A. Chase, Miss Bernard. Upper gate—Mrs. George C. Edwards, Miss . €. Radford, Mrs. R. W. Gorrill, Mrs. A. A. | e K DRERFLS STORY 0F MARTHRDCN Autobiographic History of His Career Goés: to Print. Describes the - Sufferings He Underwent During His Degradation. e Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 2—“Five Years of My Life—1894 to 1899, the English trans- lation of Captain Dreyfus’ autobiograbhic history of the famous affair with™ which his name is forever linked, is published to-day In England and America, simul- taneously with.the appearance of the original in France. Captain Dreyfus describes from first to last the inner workings of the great event with which he was associated. Ev- ery incident is set forth in detail. The story of his degradation acquires new and vivid interest when told by the sufferer himself. This took place on January 5, 18%. The following are ex- tracts from his diary: “I suffered agonizingly, but held my- self erect with all my strength. To-sus- tain me I called upon the memory of my wife and children. As soon as sentence had been read, 1 cried aloud, addressing myself to the troops: ‘Soldiers, they are degrading an innocent man! Soldiers, they are dishonoring an innocent man! Vive la France, vive I'Armee! “A sergeant of the republican guard came up to me. He tore off rapidly but- tons, trousers stripes, signs of my rank it by SOME OF THE LITTLE ONES WHO WILL BE AT THE MAYDAY FETE. A Delightful Spot. With acres of ground in the most per- fect condition, filled with the most de- | lightful spo where booths for refresh- ments can be hidden away, where May- pole dances can be held and the tots can amuse their elders and themselves, where the little ones n enjoy donkey rides and the big enes ¢ ¥ the wonderful gar- 1 | | | | | go— be some event about every hour. The en- tire proceeds of the ticket sales and the few tea and candy booths and the donk des will g0 to the Central Free Kinder- garten and the Old Ladies’ Home, this annual fete furnishing one of the largest items of income for these charities. Features of the Programme. The Maypole dance will be more elabor- ate this year than ever. Four dozen lit- tle tots carefully drilled in the intricate movements will weave the gay streamers in motley design about the staff planted in the tennis court. A new feature will be the sunflower dance in costume.- From each animated blossom will nod and smile a childish face, the draperies, big green sunflower leaves, waving in time to the music as the “‘sun- flowers"” thread the mazy movements of the ballet. Then a chorus of university boys will n Arbor Villa is the place in all Oak- iG ' for such a fete. And for five vears Mrs. F. M. Smith has turned her grounds over to old and young this fete. It has grown each year in importance and events for amusement un- 1 fhe present year, when a most elab- orate programme has been prepared for the occasion. A few suggestions have been offered for benefit of those who attend. Carriages uld drive up Seventh avenue to the at the head of that street. ~Those g0 by car can transfer from any car Hne in Oakland to the Fifth- e dine in Bast Oakland and from to the Eighth-avenue branch, and be taken directly to the Eighth-ave- gate of Mrs. Smith’s grounds. The re will be from 1 o'clock in the after- 1 until 7 in the evening, and there will sing some of their rollicking glees. A Havens, Mr. Bell and W. F. Kelley. © e e i st @ TEAMSTERS ESTABLISH { INCENDIARY FIRE IS NEW WAGE SCHEDULE UNDER INVESTIGATION Union Rates Show Slight Advance. | Special Agents Find That the Burned Butchers Demand Shorter Heurs. | Furniture Had Been Liberally Boss Draymen Organize. | | Insured. OAKLAND, May 2—A new schedule of| OAKLAND, May 2.—Investigation has gone into effect for teamsters, | uncovered many peculiar circumstances ving been fixed by the Team |surrounding the incendiary attempt to w rates represent | burn the residence at 1661 Grove street, cents a day for | occupied by William 8. Linn. The furni- The fruit team- | ture which had been set on fire in vari- te of $12 a week, an | 0us parts of the house after being sat- iner ior light delivery wagons, | Urated with coal oil was insured in sep- and $14 for for one to two and a half ton | rate companies by two $500 policies, and wagons. Parsel delivery teamsters re- | Was covered by a chattel mortgage for ceive $10 weekly. The hours of work were | $200. Sxed at fra o - | Linn was cross-questioned at much e 22 Lo Vo s m to$p. m. The Driv-|, T35 By the ‘insurance agents Fire a making a total of 540, Chief Ball and Chief of Police Hodgkins, B E B e fhe Amalga- | Dut he declared he could not solve the mystery surrounding the attempt to de- stroy his household goods. Linn had taken out an insurance policy in one company which forbade additional insurance on the risk. In spite of this condition he bought a second policy in another company. A few days before the fire Linn had been given notice to vacate the premises, be- cause he was three months behind with his _rent. The police are waiting for a report from the insurance adjusters before taking further steps. —_ e 0ld Man Sent to Prison. OAKLAND, May 2.—The plea of Her- man Boenig, wno was up for sentence to- day in Judge Melvin's court for burglar- izing the house of his employer, Mrs. An- L + all shops | Mie M. Spiars, that his employer had fur- N e " batween the | nished the liquor on which he became in- o'clock p. m. on Baturday and 7| toxicated, did not avail to save him from on Monday are unfair shops | the penitentiary. ated as such. | *I was drunk, your Honor, when T did o ‘*“"\‘0"‘”; That %’” ";‘ | it and it was their fault that 1 was drunk. go into effect on Thursday, | mhoy gave me the liquor. I have a son in g < my, and 1 don't want him to find of Oakland have applied | her in prison when he is mustered n Federation of Musicians eat Cutters and Butcher Work- | adopted_a_new scale of hours | and a new pay schedule, to go into effect | . The resolutions covering the de- | s are as follows: | Resolution No. 1—Resolved, That the hours | of labor be from 7 o'clock a. m. until § o'clock | m., one hour for lunch, on all work days Saturdays and days preceding the follow named holidays: New Year's day, Labor July 4, nkeglving day and Christmas when the hours of labor shall be from Jock a. m. to 9 o'clock p. m., with one | for lunch and one hour for dinmer. pro- 2 sald holidays do mot fall on a Monday urday_ when all shops will close at noon on eeid . Resolution of this umion but | | % 2—Resolved, That members | shall work by the week or | mo and be paid by the week or month, t extra men shall work by the day and be dey, and wages not be reduced or_extra_men. to the Americ for a charter. The boss tcamsters have organized un- | Ger the name of the Express and Dray- Association of Alameda County. A | of rates is under discussion | ring all the items in handling mer- chandise. The- officers are: President, James Henneberry: first vice president, | 04 catnat Snow Outlawed. o] Lyon; secon vice presi o aim! roux. treasurer. Albert Barlow; financial | OAKLAND, May 2.—The Supreme Court secretary, E"‘”,.M.»] F{;“y“‘&;‘;flf}“‘:‘(‘z"‘:' } decision for which Judge Hall has beein retary, C. E. Gailagher: v - | waiting before making a ruling in the mittee, W, H. Parish, ¥. Jepson, H. L. | 050 of the city against ex-Mayor R. W. e | Snow has been rendered and will outlaw Builds Fire in His Cell. | about SG‘miolt lhe;lc]idty'u fi:“m ot $6908 72. CLAN ¢ 2.—Beca | " The decision holds that delinquencies A s e s e Maurrs | of public officlals are, under the $tatute Keating, a bieycle thief, who would have | of limitations, not recoverable after three been discharged Monday, will have to an- | years. A\lnt:i 2 :t thebe!:es 1?1" cllty swer ‘to‘an accusation of maliclous mis- | taxes ciaimed {0, have n illegally chief in the Police Court as soon as his | taken by Sno b g y Alsessor‘were term shall expire. Keating was warming | collected more 3 three }'ean priar to eoffec over the blaze he had kindled when | the beginning o e suit to recover the sailer discovered it. them. {: i out. The prisoner stated that he was 49 years of age and had a good record previous to iction in the present instance. “Well, 1 think you are old enough to know better,” said his Honor, and com- | mitted him to San Quentin for two years. . Moore, Tea and lilac cottage—Mrs. J. N, Knowles, Mrs. Prentlss Selby. Cake committee—Miss Jessie Campbell, Mrs. James Treadwell. B. C. h committee—Mrs. Williams, G. Matthews, Mrs. Spencer Brown, C. Edwards, Mrs. Henry Wadsworth, B. Richardson, Mrs. Edward M. Walsh. snade booth—) Rawlings, Mrs Liliencrantz. oda fountain—Mrs. Willlam H, Taylor, Mrs. | Peter E. Bowles, Mrs. Harry East Milier. In charge of the ponies and donkeys—Mi Miner, Mrs. W. D. Gelette, Mrs. A. M. Sim) son, Mrs. W Hale. Ice cream booth—Mrs, Willlam E. Van Dyke, . A. Lillencrants, Mrs. Thomas Crellin, Miss T. Wright, Meek, Mrs. W. 8. Goodfello . Warren Olney Jr., Mr: William Letts Oliver. de Fremery, Miss Sue de Alice Knowles, Miss Ruth Egbert_Stone. Mrs, H. F. Gordon, Mrs, Al- Miss Cornelia Stratton, Miss Anita Thomson. % iy Ethel Moore. Watch tower— booth—Mrs. Charles Minor Goodall, Mrs. R. G. Brown, Mrs. Lilllan Everts, Miss Florinne Brown. | At the upper gate there will also be Frank Mrs. Miss STUDENT CANDIDATES FOR DOCTOR’S DEGREES Two Young Men of Exceptional Promise to Be Examined by Faculty Committees. BERKELEY, May 2—R. T. Crawford and F. E. Ross, two graduate students at the University. of California, are candi- dates this term for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Their examinations will be held next Friday afternoon in room 1 of the philosophy building. Ross will be examined at 2 o'clock by a committee composed of the following | named: Professor Irving Stringham, | Professor A. O. Leuschner, Professor Frederick Slate, Dr. E. J. Wilezynski, Di- rector W. W. Campbell and Professor M. W. Haskell. At 4 o'clock Crawford will | be questioned by the following named committee: Professor A. O. Leuschner, Director W. W. Campbell, Professor Iry. ing Stringham, Astronomer R. H. Tucker, Professor Frederick Slate and r i e Professor oth examinat ms will be oral 5 lic. The candidates have wrme:ntdhgsuez about which they will be questioned to test the adequacy of their preparation for }he highest degree the university can con. er. Ross entered the State University from the San Rafael High School in 1891, pe. celving his bachelor of science degree in 1896. He has been fellow in mathematics at California, fellow in astronomy at Mount Hamilton and assistant professor in mathematics at the University of New | vada. For the past three years he has been taking graduate work here. Crawford received his B. S. degree from California in 1897, having entered the uni. versity from the Lowell High School. He was assistant in the students’ observatory and later fellow in astronomy at Mount Hamlilton. Like Ross, he has published several scientific papers. Both young men are of exceptional bril- liancy and promi: —————— Divorce Court Notes. OAKLAND. May 2-—Judge Ellsworth to-day granted decrees of divorce to Martna A. Mueller from Emil F. Muel- ler and to Minnie Kirkman from William H. Kirkman for desertion, the cases hav- ing peen previously referred to the Court Commissioner for investigation. Mrs, Kirkman was given the cystods of her miner child and $10 monthly for its sup- port. Alice Beem has begun suit for J). vorce from Lewis C. Beem on the ground of cruelty. e Ladies’” Relief Annual Ball ALAMEDA, May 2.—The annual bail of the German Ladies’ Relief Society will be given in Harmonie Hall this coming Sat- urday evening. The committee in charge is composed of Mrs. C. A. Wilhelmi, Mrs. from cap and sleéves and then broke my sword across his knee. I saw all these material emblems of my honor fall at my feet. Then, my whole being racked by | fearful paroxysm, but with body erect and head high, I shouted again and { again, ‘I am {nnocent.’ s | “The parade continued. I was com- pelied to make the whole round of the | square. I heard the howls of the deluded | mob., I felt the thrill which I knew must ! be running through those people, since they believed that before them was a { convicted traitor to France, and I strug- | gled to transmit to their hearts another ! thrill—belief in my innocence.” “How 1 can feel between every line the grief and frightful agony of those | dear ones. Letters arrived here at the |end of March and must certainly have been sent back to France. So it takes more than three months for mail to reach | me. T reproach myself for having written | distressing letters to my wife when I first | arrived here. I should have known how to bear my. cross alone rather than to inflict a share of my sufferings upon those who have cruel burdens of their own. “I learned of a long series of misdeeds | and disgraceful crimes cnnsmutin§ the indictment against my innocence. I was told of the herolsm and the great efforts of noble men, the unflinching struggle undertaken by that handful of men of lofty character, opposing their own cour- age and honesty to the cabals of false- hood and iniquity. I had never doubted that justice would be done. My illusions with regard to some of my former chiefs were gradually dissipated and my soul was filled with anguish. I was seized | with an overpowering pity and sorrow for | that army of France, which I loved. | INVITE EBELL SOCIETY TO HELP RAISE FUNDS Committeemen on High School Deficit Solicit Co-operation of the Club Women. OAKLAND, May 2.—Mrs. Kate Bulke- ley, president of the Ebell Soclety, has been invited to secure the assistance of that organization to raise funds toward meeting the high school deficit. The committee has appointed the fol- lowing additional canvassers: Bakers—Hugh Hamilton. Barbers—H. )J{U"r‘h!lsh 5 les—E. J. ebault. Bher%%au bottlers and brewers—Hansen & chester & Fowe. E. Lehnhardt. Candles and contectionery—] Dentists—Dr. 0. ean. Express companies—S. W. Chubbock. Florists—H. M. Sanborn. Furniture, carpets and wall paper—E. C. Lyon and James Breck. Hotels—R. M. Briare. Jewelers and opticians—Italo Beretta. Piano dealers—F. R. Girard. Planing-mills—C. L. Ingler and J. F. Towle. Undertakers—Albert Brown. — e ———— | FIRES AT BURGLARS SURPRISED IN STORE East Oakland Grocer Shoots at Thieves but His Aim Was Not Good Exnlough. OAKLAND, May 2.—Burglars were the target for a couple of shots from A. Sar- ment’s Dpistol this morning at 2 o'clock, when he surprised the intruders trying to break into his grocery store at 808 Kast Feurteenth street. The prowlers escaped without being hit, the grocer being too badly excited to make his aim deliberate. Sarment was working at the rear of his store when he heard a suspicious sound at the front door. The grocer yelled “Who's there!” and then, grabbing his revolver, rushed out after the burzlars, firing as he ran. Before Sarment zot to the deor the thieves were running at top speeed toward East Oakland. He sent a shot after the rapidly disappearing forms and returned to double bar his doors against further intrusion. —_———————— EXPECTS SOME LIVELY BIDDING FOR REALTY Laymance Real Estate Company Will Offer Many Homes at First Auction Sale. ; OAKLAND, May 2—The Laymance Real Bstate Company has arranged to hold the first auction sale of realty on Saturday, May 4, at 2 o'clock, at the of- fices of the company, 460 Elghth street. The property offered consists of lots and residences in Oakland, Berkeley, Ala- meda and the suburban districts. The of- ferings are nearly all bank holdings, sold to clear mortgage liens. The Laymance Company will sell these on the partial payment plan and expects large transac- tions from the opening of the bidding. A special feature of the residences to be auctioned is that most of them are newly finished houses. They are scattered over all sections of the cities named. ————e———— Holds Burglar for Trial. OAKLAND, May 2—Charles Wright, one of three men arrested after a hard battle by Policemen Andrews and Cocker- ton, was held for trial on a charge of burglary by Police Judge Smith to-day. W. 1. TLong and John McDonald, Wright's companions, will be discharged unless the Police can find more evidence than is now at hand to connect them with the recent burglaries, in which the gang is belleved to have had a hand. Their cases were continued until Monday. . Expensive Documents., OAKLAND, May 2—The complete transeript of the evidence in,the wat rate case was sent to Judge Hart at Sac- ramento from the County Clerk's office to-dav. The volumes inciude 8149 pages and represent an expenditure of $9504 80. gt ‘Wants Money for Sswers. The Supervisors’ Street Committee de- cided yesterday to request the Finance Committee to set aside $73.000 for better sewerage in the Sunset district and to pre- vent the Almshouse drainage from con- taminating the water in that vicinity. The petition of the taxpayers asking for the removal of a fence maintained by the Southern Pacific Company across St. Attorney for his opinion as to the cor- poration's rights in the premises. —— Steamship Managers Organize. A meeting of steamship owners and agents was held yesterday afternoon at 391 Market strect. By-laws were adopted for the Steamship Managers' Association of San Francisco and five directors wcre elected. The organization of the associa- Kaehler, Mrs. L. Warnke and Mrs. J. Ansel tion will be perfected by the election of 1. | officers, which will take place to-day. Mary's avenue was referred to the City |HORTICULTURE BOARD SECRETARY A SUICIDE Pistol Ball Ends Life of B. M. Lelong, a| Prominent State Morning Hour in Special Dispatch to The Call. ACRAMENTO, May 3.—B. M. Le- long, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, committed suicide at 12:30 c’clock this morning in Capitol Park. When found he was drawing his last breath, and expired without uttering a word. Officer John Campbell and Dr. Powell, a local dentist, were walking up N street at the hour mentioned, when they heard a pistol shot. Campbell remarked that the shot was not on his beat and he supposed it amounted to nothing, but the two men started off in the direction whence it came. They were joined by Detective John Fitzgerald, who was on his way home. 3 The three men walked along the path in Capitol Park to approximately Twelfth and N streets, When they came across the body of Lelong lying on the stone pave- ment in the glare of an electric light. A revolver was clenched in his right hand and a bullet hole which had torn through the roof of his mouth told the story of suicide. Coroner McMullen was immediately sent for, the gasping of the prostrate man for breath and the terrible wound which re- vealed {tself to the gaze of the officers showing that death was at hand. Lelong expired a few seconds after the discovery by the officers. Detective Fitzgerald hurried to the res- idence of Mrs. Lelong at Fifteenth and N streets and informed her of the deed. She was overcome by the sad intelligence and could give no explanation why her hus- band should be led to such an act. She sald that he arrived home late to-night and lay on the bed for a while without removing his clothes. He then got up and left the house, presumably for his office in the Capitol to transact some busi- ness which he had neglected. Mrs. Lelong said that her husband had appeared despondent for several weeks and complained of not being able to sleep. The weapon Lelong used to take his life was a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson. Lelong was a prominent member of the Order of Elks and a sealed letter ad- dressed to the president of the local lodge was found on his person. Coroner Mc- Mullen was unwilling to open this to- night, desiring that the president of the lodge, Dr. W. J. Taylor, should have that PLAN THAT IS INTENDED TO PUT AN END TO STRIKES National Civic Federation Back of & Movement of Great Signifi- cance. INDIANAPOLIS, May 2—President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers is on his way to New York to attend a meeting of an especially appointed com- mittee of the National Civic Federation to devise means of promoting t¥ade agree- ments between employers and their em- ployes. There are fourteen members of the committee, but a sub-committee con- sisting of Mr. Mitchell, Herman Justi, commissioner of the Coal Operators’ As- soclation of Illinois, and Vice President E. D. Kenna of the Atchison, Topeka and to draw up an agreement to submit at a meeting that will be held on Tuesday. This movement, which was proposed some time ago, i entirely new, and Mr. Mitchell says that it is of great signifi- cance. The Nationa! Civic Federation, which is a representative body, hopes to bring it to a successful issue, although it is realized that it is a difficult proposition, The object is to perfect some agreement between labor and capitai that will pre- vent strikes and lockouts, which are so costly to both. It has been suggested that in ali branches of labor the employers and their employes cnter into a yearly con- tract by signing a Scale, as the miners, tinplate, glassworkers and other trades do now. Mr. Mitchell ig of the opinion that if this plan wera followed it will mean a closer organization of both labor and cap- ital and that there would be fewer strikes and less trouble in settling differences. On the way to New York Mr. Mitchell will visit the anthracite fields in Pennsylva- nia. i e JAPAN TAUGHT LESSON BY FINANCIAL TROUBLE Secretary of Legation at Washing- ton Says That Depredion Is Only Transient. WASHINGTON, May 2.—Midori Ko- matz, secretary of the Japanese legation at Washington, in an interview to-day with an Associated Press reporter, made an interesting statement on the financial situation in Japan. He said: “I do not deny that our financial situa- tion to-day is anything but satisfactory. It is true that the Government has de- ferred all such undertakings as would in- Volve new loans. It is tsue that a few local banks have been compelled to sus- end payment and stringency is prevailing n the money market. But the foundation for the financial arrangement is too firmly established to be affected by any tran- sient depression any more than the bat- tom of a river is apt to be shaken by the feeble waves caused by a passing wind. ““There is no danfer, in my opinion, that the present situation will result in any serious crisis. On the contrary, it will produge, I am quite cenfident, a benefi- cial effect upon the national progress by affording the people a lesson that no good times should be abused by luxury or ex- travagance in any form.” FEARS OF A GENERAL RISING. Nankin Viceroy Asks That Troops Be Held in Readiness. LONDON, May 3.—‘“The reports of a secret combination of disaffected elements in the Yangtse province for the purpose of organizing' general risings are receiv- ing some confirmation,” says the Shang- hal correspondent of the Morning Post. «“The British Consul at Nankin telegraphs to Mr. Brennan, the British Consul in Shanghai, that the Nankin Viceroy is very anxious about the Yangtse move- ment and he asked Mr. Brennan to assist the Taotal to preserve order by holding troops in readiness. “It is announced from a German source that the French have withdrawn their troops from Hwailu to Paoting-fu, thus leaving the Germans in sole possession of all the passes into Shansi.” Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Peking Wednesday, says: “The indem- nity committee favors a loan raised on the guarantee of all the powers. Its pro- posal to increase the maritime customs to 5 per cent ad valorem applies to import duties only and not export. All the Min- isters of the powers, except the British, g.merlcnn and Japanese, favor an imme- iate increase to 10 per cent. The report. which is based on somewhat imperfectly understood data, has been referred to the home governments. ST S Columbia College Strong Men. CAMBRIDGE, Mase., May 2.—The first fifty Harvard men in the strength contest competitions have Dbeen chosen. They made 54,089 points or 1182 less than Colum- bia; the figures given out last night by Dr. Savage of Columbia for her fifty men being fi.l*l‘.il points, breaking all previous records. = L — Santa Fe Railroad, will meet on Monday | (o} 11 Official, at an Early a Park at Sacramento L = 3 LATE SECRETARY B. M. LE- LONG OF THE STATE BOARD | OF HORTICULTURE. | N Friends of Lelong say that he has not | been quite himself for some months. He ‘was well liked in Sacramento during his | official residence of several years and was | one of the most enthusiastic of local | sportsmen. He was in close touch with the horticultural interests of the State and was regarded as a first-class author- ity on the subject of fruit pests and their remedies. At 2:15 o'clock this morning, at the re- quest of members of the Elks, Coroner McMullen opened the letter found on the body of Lelong. It was freshly written in ink upon a letterhead of the State Board of Horticulture, dated May 2, 1901, and appeared from the freshnmess ‘of the ink to have been written to-night, prob- ably after Lelong left his house and a few minutes before his body was found | in the park of the Capitol, in which build- ing his office.is located. The letter read | as follows: | “To the Elks and Knights of Pythias of Sacramento: If you are charitable take care of my body and help my wife and child a little. I commit this rather than bring further disgrace upon my wife and + child. I am nct responsible, but others privilege. are. (Signed) B. M. LELONG.” © fefedrdmfdedeiestefefefe el el @ HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY ELECTS ITS OFFICERS Dr. Boericke of This City Named as President at Session on Catalina | Island. AVALON, Catalina Island, May 2.—The California State Homeopathic Medical | Soctety held its opening session at the Metropole yesterday afternoon and elected the following officers for the coming year: President, William Boericke, M. D., of San Francisco; first vice president, Dr. . C. Manning of Los Angeles; second vice president, Dr. Pliny R. W:..cs of Sac- ramento; secretary, Dr. Eleanor F. Mar- tin of San Francisco, The same board of censors as last year was chosen with one exception. Dr. Guy 'C. Manning of Los Angeles was voted to . take the place of W. J. Hawkes, M. D., of Los Angeles. The members of the ! board are: Pliny R. Watts, M. D., Sacra- ( mento; Francis B. Kellogg, M. D., Los | Angeles: W. E. Waddell, M. D., Los An- | geles; Henry L. Stambach, M. D.. Santa Barbara. Board of directors—J. M. Sel- fridge, M. D., Oakland; Willlam Boericke, M. D.. 8an Frarcisco; Charles Lewis Tis- ! dale, M. D., Alameda; A. C. Peterson, M. D., San Francisco; Sidney Worth, M. D. San Francisco. According to the specifications of the new law creating a board of medical examiners, two members were elected by this so- | c'ety, as fellowa: Dr. Charles L. Tisdale of Alameda and Dr. E. C. Buell of Los An- geles. Dr. Guy C. Manning of San Fran- cisco was chosen alternate. — TROUBLE IN JAMAICAN | LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Re- | quests Withdrawal of Four Extra | Government Members. | KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 2.—A speclal | dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from | London says that the Colonial Secretary, | Joseph Chamberlain, has decided to re- | quest the Jamaican deputation to with- | draw four of the extra Government mem- | bers of the Legislature. Great disappoint- ment is felt here ai this announcement | and it is expected that the elected mem- | bers of the Legislative Council will again withdraw from that body unless the Gov- ernor_of Jamaica, Sir Augustus Beming, exercises his discretion in ordering certain | ! Government members of the Legislature | to absent themselves except upon special | occasions. i LR Philippine Revenues Nearly Doubled. WASHINGTON, May 2—The customs revenues in the Philippine Islands for the month of January, 1901, as compared witl: | the same month of 159 and 1900, were as | follow: January, 191, $708.685; January, | | 1899, $321,581; January, 1900, $390,277. Death of Mother Ascension. CHICAGO, May 2.—Mother Ascension, | the last of the early pioneers at Notre | Dame, Ind., is dead at St. Mary's Acad- | emy. 2 i Stole Brass to Buy Food. Henry Wilson of 8% Sherwood place, a | laborer at the Union Tron Works, 4ppeared before Judge Fritz yesterday on a charge of petty larceny. He stole about 25 cents’ | worth of brass and told the Judge he was | compelled to do it, as there was no money | in his house with which to buy food for his wife and children and his payday was a long way off. His wife was in court ' with a babe in her arms and testified that her husband never drank nor smoked and | she supposed he had taken the brass so | that he could get money to buy food. The | Judge allowed Wilson to go on his own | recognizance for a month to seée how he | would behave himself. | —_———— i Dr. Bunker in Court. Dr.‘R. E. Bunker, who is charged with | murder in connection with the death of Jane Bouillaguet on April 25 from blood peisoning, appeared in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday. He was represented by | Attorneys John A. Hosmer and Frank | Kelly. By consent the case was contin- | ued for a week to give time for the tesii- | mony taken at the Coroner’s inquest to | be transcribed. | ———— Harry Walters Convicted. Harry Walters, who is looked uvon as the head of the bunko men in the city. was convicted on a charge of vagrancy by Judge Cabaniss yesterday and will a; pear for sentence this morning. hut it wiil {robnbly be postponed t.. next week, us the city for a few days. The case wiil be appealed. Burglar Sent to Folsom. Luke A, Kuykendall pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary before Judge Cook feltel’dly and was sentenced to flve years n Folsom penitentlary.. He broke into the rooms of and ments and Dr. Rice, on Stockton street, abou worth of ins! other articles. ! | circular read as follows: : doors of our | versity in the high school, ! now finish their gourse and must be turned out | locations as may he defendant’s attorney is going out of ! 05K FOR RELP IN GIRCULARS Appeals for Money to Kegp Schools Open Are Made. Ten Dollars for Each Pupil Attending Will Be Necessary. - Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 2 The active canvass for money to be used for paying the salaries of the teachers of the high schools of Oakland has be- gun. Two sets of circulars were issued to-day setting forth the condition of the school funds and asking for subscriptions. One circular was issued by School Super- intendent McClymonds and sent to the parents of the scholars, stating that $10 a head contributed by each scholar would keep the schools open, but that the Darents could contribute more or less or noting at all, as they felt able. The other circular was by the general committee and was addressed to the people of Oakland gen- erally, asking contributions without re- gard to amount. The school circular is the most impor- tant and the essential portion reads: In order to pay the salaries of the teachers for the remainder of the term a little more than $10,000 is needed. There are, in the varlous schools affected by this deficlency, about 1100 pupils. This gives an average of abeut $10 per pupil. It will be difficult for some of the parents to pay this amount, while others can and will pay more. The Board of Ed cation therefore solicits from you such a co tribution as you feel that you can contribute, to the end that the schools may remain open until the close of the year. The funds are entirely exhausted and this Is the last reso: of the rd of Education to maintain the schools and afford the pupils the educational eprertunities that are their due. No published list of these pledges is to be made. Each pat- Ton is to feel at liberty to contribute amount that In his judgment his circumstances will permit and the importance of the cause demands. - Accompanying each circular is a pled"‘ slip, which is to be returned by the pupils on Friday, the pledges to be coliected M?-% 22. i 'The general circular sets forth the facts of the deficit and the classes affected and then passes the cause of the deficit un to the last Council, ending with an_appeal for funds, to be sent to Fred L. Bunar. 99 Broadway. Oakland. Portions of this These classes were all organized and teach- ers elected in June, 1000, as required by las and an estimate of the cost for the year end- ing June 30, 191, was submitted to the Clty Council In September last. and as the said | Council refused to allow sufficlent money in the tax levy of 1900-1901 for their support for | the entire year, and unless $10,000 can be had from some source all said classes must be dis- missed and the 1100 pupils in those classes must be sent to their hemes. While it will be a_disgrace to our beautiful city of Oakland to be compelled to close the hoolhouses for want of $10,600, just when we are to receive a visit from our honored President, it will be a great wrong and injury to the:pupils of those classes, who, after spending menths and years in study. preparing themselves either for business in the central school, or for the normal or the umi- that they cannot of school a few weeks before the day of gradu- ation. Such a result would be especially unfortunate to those pupils who are o nearly prepared to enter the university that six weeks would give them entry there without the examina- tions which will be requirad if their course of study is not completed in the high school. | COMPANY MUST PAY FOR ERECTION OF NEW LIGHTS Inspector Tupper Inserts Clause ca Subject in New Specifi- cations. Light and Water Inspector Tupper yes- terday submitted plans and specifications to the Supervisors’ Committee on Artifi- cial Lights for the lighting of streets and public buildings during the next fiscal vear. The specifications differ in one es- sential point from those in force during the present fiscal year, which do not defi- nitely provide that the company receiving the contract must erect new lights when ordered by the Board of PubHe Works. As a consequence _considerable trouble W s experienced with the Sam Francisco Gas and Electric Company when lights were deemed necessary in the outlying districte. The clause on the subject reads as fellows: All arc lights necessary to be erected at such be determined by the Board of Public Works shall be furnished by success- ful bidder when required during the first three months of the contract (that is, previously to October 1, 1901) at their own expense, and the city shall pay for their maintenance only. but if ordered erected after October 1, 1901, then the city shall pay the actual cost of labor involved In erecting such lights, but in no case shall more lights be maintained than can be paid for out of the street lighting fund. e SEA CAPTAIN ATTACKED BY TWO OF HIS CREW John Downey and John Erickson Plead Guilty to a Charge of Battery. The ship Dowan Hill arrived in port Wednesday from England and tpat mgnt two of the sailors—John Downey _and John Erickson—met Captain George Pux- jey on Market street, opposite the Phe- lan building. They had a grievance ainst the skipper and at once attacked him. He ran and the two sailors chascd him and kept up a running fight till Po- liceman Beach appeared on the scene and arrested Downey and Erickson on a charge of battery. The sailors appeared beforé Judge Mo- | gan yesterday morning and the explana- tion they gave was that the captain, dwr- ing the voyage, emptied a bparrelful of rainwater because they had taken the barrel without first asking his permission. Another grievarice was that ‘he captain had refused to allow an extra <upply of sugar for a sick sailor. They pleaded gullty and when Downey was asked if he wanted to cross-examine the captain he replied contemptuously: -No: he ain't it to talk to.” They will be sentenced this morning. —_————————— Trouble Over a Building. The Supervisors' Fire Committee yester- day heard the complaint of ~Maria Sjoholm, who is building a house on the northwest torner of Sutter and Powell | streets, against A. B. McCreary, who peti- tioned that the lady be compelled to tear down the to% story of her bullding, as it endangered his property. Mrs. Sjoholm alleges that McCreary was making all the trouble because she had refused to sell him the lot. There appeared to be a dif- ference of opinion between City Architect Mauser and Attorney Haight. r sent- ing McCreary, as to whether the building fronted on Sutter or Powell street, but the discussion was cut short by the commit- tee, which recommende: that * Mrs. Sjoholm’s petition to be allowed to erect the building to a height of fifty-five feet be granted. The Finance Committee was requested to set aside funds for the removal and placing underground of the fire alarm and police telegraph wires. rareiraonin ettt 0’Connell Wins His Point. The action instituted by Martin O'Con- nell against Thomas P. Henneberry for an accotinting of the profits of the Phoenix Foundry of Oakland. which has been on trial before Judge Murasky on and off for several months, has been abruptly con- cluded. R. M. Fitzgerald, Henneberry's attorney, arose in court and offered to give the accounting prayed for by O'Con- nell and to rermit Judgment to be entered in O'Connmell's faver for one-half the profits in event the accounting showed that the foundry had netted a profit. O’Connell’s attorneys immediately accept- ed the offer and a settlement will hence be effected. Henneberry had denied that O’Connell was his partner in the foundry business. The settlement reached seems to have- settled this point. however, in favor of O'Connell. —_—————— A Treat for Caledonians. ‘Members-of the Caledonian Club will be entertained at the meeting of the club to- ight by Y. C. Lawson. who will speak on Trip Through Scotland.” Mr. wson is a well-informed man and a most inter- esting talker.