The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1901, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901. SCALE OF WAGES 10 BE AEVSED Iron,Steel and Tin Work- ers Decide on De- mands. TR Mills Will Be Closed Unless Employers Make Set- tlement. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 7.—The com- mittee of the Amalgamated Association ron, Steel and Tin Workers adjourned die to-night, after selecting the fol- wing officers: President, T. J. Schaet- | secretary-treasurer, John | burg; manager of Amal- rnal, Ben I Davis, Pitts- 3 H. Morgan, Cambridge, Jenkins, Youngstown, Ohio; or, Pittsburg. important work of the con- cor to have been the | d continuous scale not a continuous scale, but a continuation of the present method | of annual wage settlement, with some | amendments. The most important of these | provides for the continuous operation of | scale is being consid- and an extension of h an agreement must | vention is udoption of the so- plan. It is really erer the time within wh! be arrived at ance f s may be satisfac- sociation and the com- time of the annual wage ad- her is there any provision g back y increase in wages. | No reférence is made to compulsory arbi- | T but * conciliator” s provided | of annual wage set- | the convention is as | by convention will be held in € scale will be re- | e given to | The period | shall _expire reached by I be called into cide contested 1l not be final | at is reached | tion mills are to | lement in force is f no agreement is The There is no provision for | )m year to year of such | AT THE HOME Relatives of Contract AKLAND, June 7.—The marriage of Miss LNlian Estelle Gemmell and Oscar I Runnels was sol- emnized this evening at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Louis A. Mitchell, at 542 Knox place. The bride is the youngest child of the late Alexander Gemmell, a well-known Oakland merchant. She is a graduate of the Oakland High School. The groom is a young business man of this city, hav- ing been manager of the Shasta Water Company for Alameda County for several years. Mr. Runnels is a graduate of Princeton College. The decorations at the Mitchell home were very artistic, pink carnations and LABOR COUNCIL DECIDES TO APPEAL FOR MONEY | Ironworkers Appoint Committee to | Seek Financial Assistance From | Men Now at Work. ssistance for ough the me- Labor Coun- at the State will meet on throughout oppositon | manifested | eting of the cil, but wt ned the nee was fina s o e not got g m t Iy assessment of few weeks ago ) men now out ranches of the being | on to r labor of es Council . and after a e it was de- prompt re- matcd that be required to | rom suffering | eyvmen Butch- re was likely | the siaughter- eged infrac- ime in ac- - adopted a few i rs employed be held to- | iall to discuss the | >n_mer hood of Sta-, been organ- ( meet on street to pon the II's court. not in conse- 64, Interna- trical En- shows sements receipts of $1216 35. W u s were admitted dur- quart | D NEW SUITS TO BE FILED. { United States Attorney Woodworth | to Prosecute Union Iron Works. | the recent decision of United | ict Judge de Haven sustaining | r of the Union Iron \\'orkrs‘ brought by Labor Secretary nberg to recover $1000 pen- ting a coppersmith from States Attorney Wood- | the sanction of the labor or- | has consented to the dis- | t and seven other similar against the Union Iron Works. The al was ordered yesterday “without | E odworth will_file ainst the Union Iron the same coppersmiths nd Scotland as the artisans plation, as alleged, of the! The new suits will be e nd on behalf of, d States, penalty of $1000 | ase will be demanded to be paid ) the treasury of tne United States. he original suits were brought on be- f of Secretary Rosenberg and the com- }ia'nts asked that the penalties should be d to him. It for that reason that ge de Haven sustained the demurrer, holding that while the law provided that any person might bring suit in such ses, such suits should be on behalf of e Unite tates and all penalties should d into the treasury of the United Owing tc R r impc e Burnett Grammar School. The graduating exercises of the gram- mar pupils of the Burnett School were A Thursday efternoon at Rubold Hall, Francisco. There was a large and the following programme rendered: Class song, *‘Fairies’ Dano recitation, ‘How He Saved St. Michael's,” E. Hyde; dia- ogue, *“Mrs. Willis' Wil ; ng Song”: violin solo, anning; vocal solo, ““Where the Four-Leaved Clover Grows,” Rubje ; class song, ‘‘Wandering”; reci- 1ation, Ruble Davis; dialogue, class song, ~0ld Flag Forever.” Denman medals were awarded to Jean- nette Lafourguette, Maude Spenker and Gertie Ommert. The four pupfls who re- ceived honorary distinction were Emma Krahn, Ethel Hyde, Marie Cabanot and Ruble ' Davis. The following recelved diplomas from the grammar grade: Mannir& Annic Lagiave, Leona Pierre Salles, Elmer Leary, George en and Edna Stumme. jhe eus, tch- PRETTY WEDDING SOLEMNIZED Miss Lillian Estelle Gemmell and Oscar I. Runnels Are Married by Rev. Ernest E. Baker, Only OF BRIDE'S SISTER ing Parties Being Presen 3 3 MISS LILLIAN E. GEMMELL, DAY BECAME THE BRIDE OF YOUNG BUSINESS MAN. THE OAKLAND BELLE, WHO YESTER- OSCAR L. RUNNELS, A POPULAR | roses being combined effectively with graceful vines and palms. The Rev. Ernest E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiated. The bride wore an elegant gown of sap- phire-blue and white foulard, _richly trimmed with heav: B. £he carried a bouquet of bride” he wedding was a very simple affair. given a reception by Mr. and Mrs, the bride and groom being unattended Mitchell. 3 @it R I e e e e S S RSO OR WANT UNION'S GARD REMOVED The Wholesale Butchers Send Polite Request to Retailers. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 111$ Brosdway, June 7. The wholesalec butchers have recom- mended to every retail dealer in meat in Alameda County that they shall dispense with the union card which has been dis- played since the recent schedule of the Journeymen Butchers’ Union was en- forced. The wholesalers’ organization has not accompanieC Its request with any threats of discontinuance of trade rela- tions with the retailer who fails to ac- cede, but they feel confident that the re- quest will be heeded in every instance. The action of the wholesalers was taken at a conference in San Francisco three days ago. They voted unanimously to send out tius request, as it is dirlo- matically te i by the officials of the wholesale organization. The recommen- dation was embedied in the form of a per- sonal leticr from each wholesale house on both sides of the bay to each of its | customers where the union shop card tad The retailers were re- quested to dispense with the cards, which signifie] an official recognition of the Jourreymen Butchers' Union. That union recently enforced a new _schedvle of hours and of wages, which has been adopted by the butcher shops in Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley with hardly a sin- gle exception. The requests from the wholesalers have been circulated very quietly. In fact there has been no desire on the part of been display any of the interested wholesale or retail | dealers to make any unnecessary ado about the macter. The wholesalers ex- pect a practically unanimous recognition of their request. They claim that there will be that result as soon as the entire retail trade has been notified concerning the attitude of the supply houses. “There has elready been considerable attention given to our request,” said Irv- ing C. Lewis of Grayson, Owen & Co., the wholesale butchers, to-night. “We have made no threats nor have we at- tempted any intimidation. After the wholesalers learned of certain threats which the journeymen’s union had made, and had ascertained that retailers were being stood up too hard by the union, we =imply decided that we would formulate our recommendation that the official recognition of the union by the display of the card be dispensed with, and that our customers might know the sentiment existing we sent each one of them a polite rote to cover the situation. “The wholesalers are a unit on this proposition. We do not know what the unions will do in the premises, or wheth- er they will make any move at all. Of course, the withdrawal of the union card leaves the proprietor free to accept the union scale, just as Becker in this city has done and as many other butchers might do. “So the unions may or may not take ac- tion. All I can say is that we are pre- pared to back our request concerning the cards. 1 apprehend that a majority of the retailers will send back the cards as soon as they hear from the wholesalers.” The Journeymen Butcners’ Union to- night took action on the wholesalers’ de- mands by declaring a strike at noon to- morrow in all shops where the union card is not displayed and the union agreement on hours has not been signed. The butchers’ union claims that it has been forced to this action by the demands from the wholesale butchers that the cards ve pulled down. There are eight shops out of 220 that have not signed the agreement and a number have already withdrawn the union card. The union meeting to- night was attended by 300 members, and the vote to strike unless the union condi- tions are met was ous. This ac- — and only relatives being present. After the ceremony the bridal party and guests | W were driven to the Hotel Metropole, where an elaborate supper was served, the decorations there being also in pink and green, r.'and Mrs. Runnels will take a hon- | oon trip and on their_return will be | TEAM IN PRISON - FOR WARBUATON Jury Finds Him Guilty' of Second-Degree { Murder. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, June 7.—W. F. Warbur- ton will have to serve a term in the peni- | tentiary for the killing of Matthew Reilly | in this city last January. The case went to the jury at 6 o'clock this evening. An hour and a half later the twelve men filed into the courtroom and announced that they had arrived at a verdict. It was | that the defendant was guilty of murder in the second degree. Sentence will be pronounced upon the prisoner on Monday. Warburton received the announcement of the jury foreman with a sneer. Throughout the trial his bearing has becn cool and contemptuous. Apparently he | was but little affected by the outcome of | the trial. | Warburton's plea was self-defense, he claiming that Reilly had threatened his | life and that he shot simply to save himi. | self. | AGUINALDO’S LOST INFLUENCE. | General Grant Talks of the Captured Filipino Chief. NEW YORK, June 7.—General Fred- erick D. Grant was given a reception to- night by the U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. In a brief address General Grant said: Aguinaldo was not as much of a capture in | the Philippines as he seems to have been here. | To tell the truth he had lost about all his in- fluence. We do mot treat him as if we con- sidered him of some importance. We cannot | kill him, of course, but we want to make him feel that he stands on the same footing with any other Fillpino. If we should fine him $10 and send him to jail for thirty days and set him to breaking rocks it would be better for him and for ourselves. If, when he comes over here, we treat him with contempt, he will be treated with contempt by the natives when he goes home. But if over there they get the Idea that we have a high idea of Aguinaldo's im- portance when he gets back he will have a fol- lowing which may make us trouble. General Grant said that the friars were much hated and were very corrupt. The Philippine Commission, he said, desired to treat the friars the same as any other persons, with no more considcration, and with no less. . TWO DUELS IN WHICH JOURNALISTS FIGURE PARIS, June 7.—A duel with swords within the Parc des Princes occurred this morning between Max Regis, the anti- Semite Mayor of Algiers, and an Algerian journalist named Laboidesque. After nineteen rounds, lasting two hours and a half, with no result, the encounter wags adjourned until to-morrow. Regis challenged Laboidesque in conse- iquence of an article which the latter wrote in La Petite Republique. There was a second duel, simultaneously, in another ggu-t of the park between a writer.” on emps and another newspaper man. It resulted in the former being slightly wounded in the thigh by a pistol shot. L e e e e ) tion covers all meat cutters, slaughterere, teamsters and all other men employed in the butchering trade, General Organizer Plerce of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor said to-night that the butchers’ union of San Francisco would support any action taken in Oak- land, and that a strike would undoubtedly | designated by be called across the bay unless the whole- salers’ demands were withdrawn. The employes assert that the wholesalers have threatened to stop the sale of meat to all retailers who refuse to pull down the union cards. L0SES GASE TALK OF PEAG Kitchener and Botha Are Conferring at Standerton. O R British War Secretary Re- fuses to Discuss Future of Conquered States. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. DURBAN, Natal, June 7.—It is reported here that General Kitchener and Com- mandant General Botha are conferring at Standerton. The meeting 1s said to have been arranged at the suggestion of the Boer commander, whose recent losses have inclined him more favorably in the direction of peace. LONDON, June 7.—Mr. Brodrick, the War Secretary, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day regarding the probability of an early conclusion of peace in South Africa, reaffirmed he would not consent to discuss the future independence of the conquered states with the Boers. VIENNA, June 7.—Count Golu the Austro-Hungarian Mintster ot Waa elgn Affairs, informed an Austrian depu- tation to-day that the Government could not entertain a suggestion of mediation between Great Britain and the Boers be- cause “no serious Government would care to undertake mediation after the British Government declared that it would rot accept mediation and that an offer to me- diate would be regarded by Great Britain as an unfriendly act.” GERMANS WILL HONOR COUNT VON WALDERSEE Emperor William Directs That the Field Marshal Be Received With Great Eclat, BERLIN, June 7.—Emperor Willlam, it it understood, has given orders that Count von Waldersee shall be recelved on his return from China with unusual cere- mony. The military and naval attaches of the various embassies and legations, including ‘the American, intend to join officially” in the reception if their gov- ernments authorize them to do so. Countess von Waldersee has received a telegram from her husband telling her to expect him about the end of July. This indicates his intention to return by the shortest route. Other dispatches say that he wishes to drink the waters of Hom- burg before arriving home. BERLIN, June 7.—It is semi-officially anncunced that it has been decided that the selection of Count von Waldersee's successor as commander of the interna- tional forces shall be left to the com- manders of the international forces in China. QUESTION OF RATES DISTURBS THE HARMONY Policy of Co-operation of the West- ern Railroad Managers Con- sidered a Failure. NEW YORK, June 7.—The Commercial Advertiser says: The postponement of the conference of Western railroad presi- dents in this city from June 5 to Septem- ber 5 has been interpreted in some parts of the West to mean that the policy of co-operation and harmony outlined by the Vestern railroad managers has proved a failure. This belief is true in a measure. Under existing conditions it was found impossi- ble to secure a complete coneert in-action in rate matters. Important changes of railroad ownership are now in various stages of negotiation, and until the exact status of each Western road is fixed, it s deemed inexpedient to hold any more presidents’ meetings. Sy e WEW FORTS DESIGNATED : FOR COAST ARTILLERY War Department Announces the Places Where Heavy Ordnance ‘Will Be Placed. WASHINGTON, June 7.—An order has been issued by the War Department cre- | ating districts for the coast artillery and igning commanders. Each district con- s of a certain number of forts and is the principal city which those forts surround or to which they are in proximity. Among the districts are the following: San Diego—Fort Rosecrans; Major W. Hodges. San Francisco—Forts in San Francisco harbor; Colonel J. B. Rawles. District of Puget Sound—Forts Casey, Flagler and Worden; Captain J. B. C. Hoskins. _ District of Columbia—Forts Stevens, Columbia and Canby; Major H. C. Humphrey: District of Honolulu— Captain S. Dav Smallpox Stamped Out. STOCKTON, June 7.—Drs. Ruggles and Winslow Anderson of the State Board of Health on Thursday inspected the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Berkeley. Their report shows they found there have been | sixty-nine cases of variola and varioloid in the institution since the epidemic broke out on May 6. On Thursday there were in quarantine sixty-two cases, the last of which suffered the disease sixteen days ago. Two of the women attendants and one inmate escaped during the quaran- tine. In cther respects the disease has been skillfully managed, and both Dr. Hamlin, the regular physician, and Health Officer Rowell are commended for their faithful attention. The visiting physi- cians consider the disease stamped out, | and with fumigation and burning of per- | sonal effects of patients all danger will be over. ki LY, Two Millions in the Company. BEAUMONT, Texas, June 7.—The Ex- port Oil and Pipe Line Company, of which | Former Senater C. A. Towne will be man- ager. will have a capitalization of $2,000,- 000. Governor Benton McMillan of Tennes- see will be a director. The company holds land near Beaumont and Sour Lake, Texas, and in Calcasiu Parish. e Conger Carries Madison County. DES MOINES, Towa, June 7.—The Re- publican primaries in Madison County re- sulted in a victory for Minister to China E. H. Conger over A. B. Cummins. This is thé first county carried by Conger. Swiss Fear the Watch Trust. LONDON, June 8.—A. general boycott of American goods will be started in Switzerland, says the correspondent of the Daily Mail, if the threatened watch trust is formed. PURSUES INSANE MAN FOR MILES - THROUGH THE PIEDMONT HILLS John Nystrom, a Striking Machinist, Suddenly Be- reft of Reason, Escapes From His Home and * Gives His Captors a Hard Fight When Caught | AKLAND, June 7.—After a pur- suit of several miles through the Piedmont hills this morning, Dep- uty Sheriff Charles Hitchcock cap- tured an insane man who had for several hours terrorized the residents of that locality. The maniac was John Nystrom, a machinist who three weeks ago went out on the strike at the Union Iron Works. Before he was finally land- ed in the detention ward of the Receiving Hospital Nystrom overturned a buggy with himself and Hitchcock and fought every inch of the way. The attendants at the hospital had an equally hard time and Nystrom was only quieted after a desperate struggle. The unfortunate man fled early this morning half naked from the residence of John Hendricksen, where he had been stopping since the strike. Nystrom car- ried a blanket on his arm, and ran howl- ing and yelling through the hills, kicking and beating upon’ doors and windows, awakening the occupants and spreading alarm over the country. Hitchcock got on his trail and started in pursuit on horseback. Nystrom outstripped his pursuer by crossing lots and back yards until he reached Perry street, south of Linda Vista Terrace. There William Wehr, a newspaper carrier, joined in the chase and Nystrom was captured and overpowered. He gave the men a fight as they placed him in Wehr's team, and th: buggy was overturned. In the mix- up Nystrom escaped, but was soon re- captured. Hichcock and his prisoner then started for town. By the time the hos- pital was reached the big deputy sheriff was nearly exhausted from his struggles with his violent companion. Warden Page L OFFICIALS HAVE BATTLE WITH JOHN NYSTROM, AN INSANE MACHINIST. * P and Steward Borchert took charge of the patient, but had hardly placed him i a ward before he made a leap at Page's throat. The attendants had a hard strug- gle to overpower him. There was no rest at the hospital until Nystrom had been put under the restraint of heavy leather straps and muffs. Nystrom, according to Hgndricksen, had been acting strangely for several days. He aroused his host by his vells this morning and then rushedl from bed and out of the house before Hendricksen had an opportunity to give chase. Nystrom, the authorities believe, is the man who has been frightening women pe- destrians at Piedmont recently. He was ¢ommitted to the State hospital at Stock- on. L T e e e o e B R . ] BOES T0 RESGUE -~ OF THBOR'S WIDOW Wealthy Coloradan Helps Her to Regain the Match- less Mine. ‘Special Dispatch to The Call. . 8. Stratton, a wealthy mine owner of Colorado, has come to the rescue of the widow of the late Senator H. A. W. Tabor. Mrs. Tabor has exhausted every plan to regain pos- session of the Matchless mine, which made Tabor many times a millionaire. She is living almost in poverty. Now the claims against the mine have been set- tled by an attorney who is said to repre- sent Stratton, and the mine will be oper- ated for the benefit of Mrs. Tabor. Engineer Accidentally Shot. OAKLAND, June 7.—While cleaning a pistol to-night, George Gardiner, an en- gineer, employed by Hobbs, Wall & Co., San Francisco, accidentally discharged the weapon. The bullet shattered several bones in passing directly through his left hand. Haywards School Election. HAYWARDS, June 7.—The most ex- citing school district election ever held here was ended Friday with the casting of 352 votes, as followIs): AFO; Brustees_ bermuller, 209; Dr. A. J. Dean, 207; 12n0 B Strawbridge, M. C. Petersen, 1i4; BE. K. 148. 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Telegrams were sent to Bryan to- day telling him of the charge and asking for an explanation. - His friends fear he will not be able to deny it. McLaurin had a record: showing Bryan's vote, and he quoted from an interview with Henry ‘Watterson, who declared that Bryan had admitted he could not vote for Crisp be- cause Nebraskans would turn him down if he did. McLaurin's charges of Bryan being a Populist and Socialist have fallen on deaf cars, but this has caused agita- lon. Commutation for Ford’s Slayer. DENVER, June 7—The State Board. of Pardons to-night commuted to eighteen years the life sentence of E. O'Kelly, the man who killed Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James. - The Kkilllng occurred at Creede, Colo., and O'Kelly was sentenced on July 12, 1892, so that with allowance for good behavior he has but about four vears to serve. e e S ST + THE DAY’S DEAD. DE444343444444444494 Major Lewis S. Tesson. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7.—Major Lewis S. Tesson, medical director of the Department of the Columbia and post sur- geon at Vancouwer Barracks, died to-day from apoplexy. Tfe had been sick about one month. The remains will probably be taken to St. Louis, his former home, for burjal. Deceased was 59 years old, He was born in Missouri and joined the medical department of the Urut;d States twenty-six years 0 in St. Louis. He had served at all the important army posts in the United States. 1 e Benjamin C. Nichols. SANTA CRUZ, June 7.—Benjamin C. Nichols died here this evening. He came to this county in 1854 and served several terms as Justice of the Peace at Aptos. He was a native of New York and 71 years old. . ——— — William R. Nicholson. PHILADELPHIA, June 7.—Bishop Wil- Rufus Nicholson of the Reformed isco] Church died at his home in city to-night, aged 79 years. 11 SHOTS FIRED AT WATCHMAN Bullets Shatter Lantern Carried by Vigilant Employe. Guard at the California Car ‘Works Exchanges Volleys ‘With Miscreants, S ——— J. C. Davis, employed at the Cahfornia Car Works, at Second and Townsend strests, as night watchman, was shot at twice last night by parties unknown. The first chot did no harm, but the second shattered the :antern he held in his hand. Davis then emptied his revolver in the direction from which the shots came. Be- ing in the dark his aim was uncertain, and as a result he missed the miscreants. Davis tells a straight story of the oc- currence. He said last night: “The shooting occurred about 9:30. I was making my rounds and I was near the King-street entrance to the works when suddenly I heard a shot. It sounded pretty close and I fumped to one side, at the same time pulling my_revolver from my pocket. Hardly had I succeeded in getting my revolver out when a second shot was fired, and the lantern I held in my hand was struck by the bullet. It was shattered to atoms and, of course, I was left in the dark. ‘There is a big hole under the gate o King street, and I suspected th: ‘who- ever did the shcoting fired through the aperture, I located it as well as I could in the darkness and fired six shots in that direction. I don't think I hit any one. I procured another lantern and searched all about the premises, but could find no trace of the scoundrel except that the dust near the gate had the appear- ance of being disturbed.” Had Davis been holding the lantern near his person he would have received the bullet, a8 it went clean through the oil can. BLAMED RUIN OF HIS HOME TO CIGARETTES Divorce Granted to Charles W. Kohl, Who Objected to His Wife's Addiction to Tobacco. OAKLAND, June 7.—Charles W. Kohl was to-day awarded a decree of divorce from Florence F. Kohl in a suit accusing his wife, who had a suit for maintenance pending, of extreme cruelty exhibited in abusive language and excessive cigarette smoking. Mrs. Kohl was allowed alimony amount- ing to $15 a month. . X‘;ohl laid the blame for the maritai un- happiness of the pair to his wife’s use of cigarettes. He said that he had tried to induce her to abandon the habit, but that she had clung to it in spite of the quar- rels it provoked and to the ruin of her health. Judge Hall in his decision sald he re- retted that he was compeiled to give the usband a decree, as both sides were blameworthy. Kchl had controlled his temper better than his wife, according to the court. ———————— CHANGES IN ALAMEDA SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Board of Education Makes Its Annual Revision of the Force of Teachers. ALAMEDA, June 7.—The Board of Edu- cation to-night held its annual election of teachers in the School Department. The following teachers were dropped: High School—Eugene Pitcher, instructor in Latin; grammar grades—T. D. Conger, Mary E. Manson, Mrs. J. Clement, Hannah C. Stew- A ppointments—High School, A. H. Cogsweli, vice Pitcher; Arthur M. Ellis, instructor in his. tory, vice Roswell S. Wheeler; W. B. Greeley, assistant in history; grammar and primary grades—Lillian M. Durkee, Elizabeth McMii- lan, Susan L. Dyer, Agnes Frisius, Mollie Stark. Elizabeth Lorentzen, Elsma M. Guthrie, | Ella M. Shaw, Ada E. Conrad, Queen Montgom- ery, Blanche Blacow. All of the principals ‘were re-elect | e Were Wedded Secretly. OAKLAND, June 7.—Roy Gillam, son of John Gillam of East Oakland, and Miss Alice F. Ward, daughter of William W. Ward of the United States transport ser- vice, were married May 8 by the Rev. Ernest E. Baker. The wedding was not announced until to-day, the young couple intending to keep it a secret even from Mrs. Gillam’s relatives until after her de- arture next month for Guam, where her Pisband has gone on a surveying expedi- tion for the Government. The young groom left on a transport the day follow- | ing the wedding. Heavy Wagon Crushes Boy. HAYWARDS, June 7.—Homer Fish. 9 years old, the son of Edwin Fish, was crushed by the wheels of a heavy rock wagon passing over his chest this after- hoan. Fhe boy was playing on the team, which was a “trailer’” behind another loaded wagon. The accident was unob- served, the injured boy lyln%tor a couple of hours in the road before he was found and taken home. Dr. Browning attended the lad, whose chances for recovery are fair. Testimony in Brandes Case. OQAKLAND, June 7.—Dr. George F. Whitworth of Berkeley testified in the Brandes murder trial to-day that the autopsy on- the body of Lilllan Brandes revealed the fact that her death was the result of blows on the head instead of by strangulation or poison, as claimed by Brandes. The testimony was practically the same as that given at the first trial, except that the doctor illustrated his statements with life-size photographs. g Sy s oorafk 55 kot Author-Preacher to Discourse. OAKLAND, June 7.—The Rev. Charles Ferguson, author of “The Religion of Democracy,” will deliver an address Sun- |day morning_ at the First Unitarian Church, his subject to be the topic of his | book, which has attracted wide attention. | The author possesses attractive oratorical power. The services will commence at 11 o'clock. —_————— Retail Butchers Organize. OAKLAND, June 7.—The boss butchers | of Oakland and Berkeley have organized by electing Thomas Hann president; M. li Shick, vice-president; George Rotha- mel, secretary; H. W. Garner, financial secretary and treasurer. An effort will be made to induce the Alameda retail butch- ers to join the organization. : ———————— Plunged Into a Gulch. OAKLAND, June 7.—A horse driven by Milton Levy, a peddler, became unman- ageable yesterday on the Fish Ranch road and plunged off the grade into a gulch. Levy was found unconscious and taken to the Fabiola Hospital, where he recovered. He was only slightly bruised and stunned. The horse was killed. LOCAL BREVITIES. CARPENTER FALLS FROM STAGING— Christian Miller, while at work on a build- ing on San Bruno avenue, fell from & ing and recelved severe internal injurfes. & des at 418 ay. CHINESE SERVANT INJURED.—Christian ‘Wing, emploved as a servant. fell from a win- dow at 3001 Jackson street vesterday and re- ceived fractures of the wrist and ribs, and a possible fracture of the skull. He was taken to the Recelving Hospital. COOK STABS A WAITER.—Charles Bush. a cook, stabbed a waiter named A. Heldt in the thigh yesterday in the restaurant at 213 Third street. Heldt was taken to the Receiv- ing Hosoital and ‘was arrested and charged with assault to commit murder. INJURED BY A FALL—David Hanlon, of 355 an employe of the Western Sugar Refinery, fell down the hold of the steamer yesterday. Sonoma were broken and he injured. He was removed to the Receiving Hospital and may die. —_—————————— Tn spite of the freight charges of 2 to 22% shillings per_ton, American coal can be delivered at Marseilles for about the lish, or even a little