The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1901, Page 9

HARVARD STYLE 5 NOT POPULAR Professor Wendell Too Harshly Criticizes Pupil’'s Work. His Methods Create a Stirin Summer School at Berkeley. ¥ how any July 2—*T can't under- woman could make such 1 one piece of paper.” fessor Barrett Wendell his class in English at the University of School. The language cizing the composition iber of his class in sking for a state- at prompted his course. A number their answer that 1 the Harvard methed 1 composition, as Pro- nsidered 'a great the subject. scourse Professor really don’t know that rd methods, but if >se this is the way.” | roduction he read some running comment the obvious faults | more or less geod- | papers. ‘“Themes | a teacher of com- be treated with just as much f they were in print,” said 3 or his severe of his of out he some _the | nonsensical™ selected a | dent, which | example of | losed the dis-i | | he statement, d criticize the illustrated in| as this morning erable comment 8mong | hom are school | I e work of one of his fe- But Professor Wendell himse by announcing at the he would use the Harvard | He has created a eley with this considered the star at Berkeley. He 1 attraction and has { and his_work. fused to discuss ing. He said: I p my class work property. I must ym saying anything of the Col- ons was ten- sor Charles M. e downtown res- | evening last. the professor and | Recitations and | pass a most en- Among those present were: F Mrs. Charies M. Tropp- n orge Duering, Miss Mabel | Emily Duering and Carl | B. Crawley, Will negri, Lawrence Mc- P J. R. Lewis, George | C. Harper, P. E. Squire, | n, H. T. Eckhardt and surprise party was given ner on Tuesday evening owing were present: W. | K. H Nelson, Swanson, L. Lickel, | and Mrs. H. W.| Reinhard, Mrs. Rein- | Mrs. Lane, Mr. | S. Nelson, Mrs, C. Christén and | ntner, antner, Clayburgh announce their daughter BEmil y at ('amg Taylor. [ hag returned to the | month at Sanger- | tos, Santa (‘ruz; spend the summer eighteen miles | el and daughters, Rose and | Los Angeles to spend nd daughter Almee | Heineman at 1709 | left on the st for Fair- | she will remain a couple rated Clubs. Improvement sen’s Hall on Rhode ight. The business ied character, There - - of Mission Fede was SC sion relative to the Islais Creek A committee | wes appointed to confer with the Liquor | Dealers’ Association with the objeet of | t bod nizati ines Image that the federation, | not antagonistic to | e committee con- | W Coles and Dubois hnee offered a resolution com- | action of Commissioner A. f the Board of Public Works 1 in C ‘Jf\'l? from (hl-“‘ r the im- | -mbers were placed in | offices of the feder- | H. Roundy: vice | G presidents, Peter Stolberg and Gustav | Schnee; secretary, W. E Dubois; corre- | sponding secretary, C. E. Talmage. The - I be held at the next regular | [ e —— Mrs. Wood's Allowance. the account of Mrs. Abbie | Martha W. Wood as ex the will of the late Joseph Judge Troutt vesterday morn. ed items amounting to $5643 Troutt held that Mrs. Wood's al- to herself as the widow of the t be allowed, inasmuch that her marriage to Nevada within twelve months date of her divorce from her usband was fllegal. An appeal | Judge Troutt's former decision is | under conrideration by the Supreme | Cuts Off Wood BT RS R Husband Against Wife. e unusual spectacie of a husband ask- | on to testify against his wife's | was witnessed in Judge Cun-‘w vesterday. Nita Paullet, an | charged with stealing a gold | jued at $8 from John Van Brunt, | street, with whom shé had been | n The woman'’s busband was | nd told the Judge that when the | iried he wanted to testify as to | < bad character and would bring sther witnesses to testify to the same ef- 1 The Judge continued the case till an's court e Painter Falls to His Death. Edward Maloney, a painter, lost his balance and fell from a. porch yesterday while painting the side of a house on Lie- zie street and was fatally injured. He was removed at once to his home, 81 Man- chester street, where he died shortly after midnight | up Peter Jackson, the Austr SCAND | continued to-day at the o ANSWERS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, AN OLD-TIME BONIFACE THE LAST CALL Joseph P. Dieves, Who for Over Thirty Years Conducted a Sporting Resort on the San Leandro Road, Dies From Attack of Dropsy PROPRIETOR OF ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN IN ALAMEDA COUNTY DIES AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SIX WEEKS AT HIS HOME ON SAN LEANDRO ROAD. PLEASURE RESORTS * e = AKLAND, July 2 — Joseph P.)on the colored fighter, but that went when 4 Dieves, who for thirty years con- | Peter lost his hold on the game, for = Dieves backed Jackson to tie end. ducted one of the famous resorts on the San Leandro road, passed away at 3 o'clock this morning at his residence near the Three-Mile House, his once popular. hostelry. The old-time boniface had been seriously ill for six weeks from dropsy. “Joe” Dieves, as his familiars knew him, was one of the characters in the early history of the county. He shared with Tony Oaks of Haywards a wide rep- utation as an entertainer. Before the days of electric railways and rapid transit Dieves' place out San Leandro way was the center of attraction for the men who enjoyed a guiet bput with chickens or dogs. He catered to the sporting frater- nity, and not a few of the high-hat pat- rons of the game were numbered among Dieves' guests. In those days there was plenty of life at Dieves’, and the reputa- tion of the place was more than State- wide. Patrons of the fistic game found Dieves great backer of his choices. He took lian negro, when the antipodean was at his best. Jackson made Dieves' his headguarters during his ring campaigns, and mine host was eredited with winning much money Dieves came to California from Germany with his parents when he was 8 years oid. The senior was one of the original proprie- tors of the Oakland Brewery when it was at Ninth street and Broadway. The father died many years ago, leav- ing “Young Joe,” as the man who passed away to-day was known, a moderate for- tune, which he invested in the San Lean- | dro "property which made his name fa- | mous among the sports. “Young Joe” married Miss Rosa Siegrist, one of a fam- lily of moted acrobats in the early 60's. | They conducted Siebrist's Gardens, 2 pop- | ular amusement place on Broadway. Un- til after her death he carried on business |at the San Leandro resort. Dieves mar- | rled the youngest daughter of J. D. Plitts | of Plittsville Park some time after his | first wife's death, and then retired from active business. Besides the wife, Mrs. Lillian Dieves, four children survive. They are Joseph A. Dieves, Charles I. Dieves, Willlam Dieves and Mrs. J. Parsons. There is also a sister, Mrs. Isaac Surryhne. Dieves was 54 vears old. He was affil- iated with the Odd Fellows and the Work- men. as well as with Edeh Lodge No. |113. ¥."and A. M., of San Leandro, which will have charge of the funeral services, |to take place Friday afternoon at % | o’clock from Masonic Temple in this city. L T T e e e e a2 o 1L STIRS PYTHIAN LODGES e High Officials to Investi- gate Alleged Cor- ruption. o ——a——— INDIANAPOLIS, July 2—At the special meeting of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in Chicago next week it is | understood a report will be made exposing persons alleged to have been implicated | in & deal by which a former Illinois Insur- | anee Commissioner received from a man- ager of the Knights of Pythias endow ment ramk $300 for a ‘‘clearance card” and a letter of recommendation for the rank. nien B. Hunt, Secretary of State, who is a supreme representative of the order, will attend the meeting of the Supreme | Todge and will favor an investigation and indictment of the offenders if there is evi- dence to warrant such action. r The story is that the $3500 bought a re- port showing that an investigation had been made and that the endowment rank’s affairs had been found satisfac- tory. Later the Tllinois and Connecticut insurance authorities began an investiga- | tion of the rank. This is not vet finished. F. §. Neal of Lebanon, manager of the rank, sanctioned the present investigation and has been assisting in carrying it there. The Commissioners making it unearthed the $3500 story. Hunt does not know who were implicated in the fransaction, but says Neal is not mixed up In it in any way, except to give it a thorough investigation. The latter is re- ported to have made an affidavit in Chi- cago last Saturday _touching the alleged payment and the afidavit is said to be in The hands of the IMinois Insurance De- partment. —_— HOTEL GUESTS HURRY FROM FURIOUS FLAMES Men and Womefiave Narrow Es- cape From Death in West Virginia Town. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., July 2.—A fire raged in the heart of this city from 11 o'clock this morning until 5 o'clock this afternoon, resulting in a loss of $200,000. The flames started in the Adelphi Hotel E endowment from an electric wire on the fifth floor and had gained great headway before be- ing discovered. The hotel was crowded with guests, many of whom were women. Of these a number fainted when the alarm of fire rang through the halls, and it was with great difficulty that they were removed from the building. There was not a gallon of water in the city reservolrs when the fire hroke out, and all the fire engines in the city were out of repair. Rapidly the flames spread and soon half a dozen residences were ablaze. The brick annex to the Adelphi Hotel, on the opposite side of the square, aleo caught fire and was destroved. A livery stable and a number of private of- fices, fruit stores, barber shops and dozens of smaller structures were burned. ks Railroad Officials in Conference. OMAHA, July 2.—The conference of rai way suditors connected with the Harri- man intcrests, which began yesterday, ce of Erastus Young, general auditor of the Union Pa- cific system. The entire auditing staff of the Southern Pacific road is Here and to- Eathpr with similar officials of the Union aeific is making an exhaustive study of all the auditing departments. The ticket, freight and disbursement offices are being taken up separately and the systems of auditing the accounts of both roads are to be made uniform, {n order that the big systems may work more in harmony. e Schooner C. T, Hill in Danger. The schooner C. T. Hill, which sailed from this port yesterday, while beating about in the prevailing northwest wind got too close to the shore and in conse- quence had to cast anchor on the west side of Bakers Beach. She sent a re- quest 1o the life-saving station for assist- ance and a boat was dispatched to the seen he is but a ship's length from the shore, and it is feared that she be washed upon the rocks. et Il POSE PLAN Hawaiian Lawmakers Declare Against the Proposition. HONOLULU, H. T., June 2.—The House of Representatives yesterday adopted and sent to the Senate a concur- rent resolution opposing the annexation of Hawaii to Calffornia. The resolution was of the advisability of joining the islands to California, President David Starr Jor- dan of Stanford University having de- clared himself in favor of so doing. The resolution declared such action to be ‘“‘contrary to the rights of the citizens of Hawaii. 1t was stated by some of the representa- tives that Circuit Judge Humphreys, who is now in California, had gone there to | Rulers were te worked up over the proposition. They all voted in faver of the resolution opposing such annexation. The resolution, it is stated, will pass in the Senate. Acting Governor Cooper has received a letter from Governor Dole, who i on the island of Hawa tating that he is much improved in health as a result of his | outing. The Governor will be away from Honolulu for about a month more, after which he is expected fo return and re- ume his office. Some of the Honolulu and Hilo papers continue to hold to the Eep?r} that he has resigned, in spite pf his ental. United States Judge Estee this morning intimated that he would not admit to citi- zenship in the United States a native of the island of Guam. The applicant was a man named Coomanche, who has been |a resident of Hawail for many vears. | Judge Estee had several other cases be- | fore him and did not decide the matter, but he intimated that it was his opinion that the court could not grant citizenship in such a case. the only Polynesians ad- mitted to citizenship being the Hawaiians, admitted by act of Congress. - The ITwilei stockade has been closed by order of Acting Governor Cooper. He decided that the place, which had been running by consent of and under the pro- tection of the authorities, was conducted in violation of the Edmunds act, and he ordered the police to close it. Governor Dole had allowed the place to remain as it | was for many months, in spite of a vig- orous fight against it. There is strong op- position: to ~ Coover's action, and 1t 15 thought by many that the breaking up of the establishment will have a bag ei‘;ert morailly. Members of the Legislature are signing 2 protest against the action' of the Acting Governor. * Treasurer Wright is preparing to en- force the new income tax law, which goes into effect on the ist of next month. It impaoses a tax of 2 per cent on all incomes over 31000 the sum of $1000 Deing exempt. The law is claimed by some to be uncan- stitutienal. and it will probably soon be tested in the courts. The Oceanic steamship Zealandia, which left here for San Francisco on the 22d. returned to port on the 23d, having been unable to eontinue her journey on account of leaks in her boilers. ——————— Army Men to Be Examined. WASHINGTON, July 2.—Secretary Root expects to have all the candidates for first and second lieutenants in the regular army ordered for examination before the President leaves for Canton. Lightning Kills Former Lawmaker. SAGINAW, Mich., July 2.-—Colonel George Davenport, a former State Sen- ator and one of the most prominent men in this section of the State, was Kill lightning to-dav. killed by Incident to the Fourth. Last night Robert Kiernan, 426% Tenth street, shot himself in the hand with a charge of powder from a toy pistol and was treated at the Receiving Hospital. Charles Giller of 501% Birch avenue was ‘burned by a roman candle and also re- ceived treatment. ~ OF ANNEXATION a result of recent newspaper discussions | |act in favor of the plan, and the Home | WEDNESDAY THE MAGDONOUG MAY BE GLOSED Dispute Over Amount of Rental of the Theater. PatronsiAre Also Dissatisfled ‘With the Management of the House. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 2. The Macdonough Theater will probably be closed after the middle of this month and the residents of Oakland will be de- prived of even the small amount of the- atrical amusement that has been doled out to them at the will of a San Fran- cisco management. There is a disagree- ment between the Macdanough estate managers and the Gottlob-Marx Com- pany, which now holds the lease, as to the amount of the rental, and between the two sides the people of Oakland are get- ting no theatrical attractions for the $10,- 000 bonus subscribed by the city toward the building of the theater. The theater at present pays an annual rental of $4200. The lessees want it re- duced and the managers of the estate want the rental increased to $5000 a year. Each side refuses to modify its demands and the San Francisco Theatrical Com- { pany has ordered {ts resident agent to vrepare to move. The managers of the estate figure that a theater in Oakland is essential to the San Francisco syndicate and the San Francisco syndicate figures that it con- trols all of the theatrical attractions that come to this coast and the Macdonough Thetater cannot be run without its con- sent. The management of the Macdonough Theater for the last two years has been far from satisfactory to the people ofd Oakland, who feel that they paid to have a theater built and that they are entitled to at least have it kept open. The pres- ent management has done little for Oak- land, in some instances even billing the town that attractions would not play in this city. Oakland is a city that will not contribute to a cheap road show of the farce comedy type, but is a liberal pa- tron of the legitimate.in drama. This is proved by the door receipts of such at- tractions as Sousa, Henry Miller, John Drew and Robson's Oliver Goldsmith. These attractions have played to as bl houses in Oakland as in any city in whie! they appeared. But Oakland has been surfeited with one night stand shows. The town has in consequence acquired a poor name in the theatrical world and the theater has acauired a poorer name in return. There has been little effort upon the part of the management to cultivate Oakland, and the condition into which this very charming Ilittle theater has fallen is the cause of much comment. YACHT COMET SAVES CHINAMAN FROM DEATH A party aboard the yacht Comet saved a Chinaman from death by drowning in the upper bay on Sunday afternoon. The vacht, which was in charge of Captain Frank Raymond, one of its owners, was sailling along the Marin shore. When about midway between San Quentin and El Campo the Chinaman, who was in 4 small skiff, passed along frantically cry- ing for help. The bay was very choppy and he was unable to make shore. The small boat was rapidly filling with water and in imminent danger of sinking. Raymond put his yacht about and suc- ceeded in getting a line to the Chinaman and he was soon on board, where he was ‘“dried out.” His boat was in a water- logged condition, but it was towed along { by the yacht and finally beached on El Campo shore. | The Chinaman was exhausted with his efforts {o beat against the tide and heavy gale which prevailed, but he soon recov- ered. He said that two yachts passed him while he was in a helpless condition. Had he not been rescued by the Comet he would have sunk with his boat. He said lie came from one of the Chinese camps off Point Richmond. He was so grateful for his rescue that he pressed his rescuers to accept a battered purse containing 9 cents. This was refused and the grate- ful Celestial was left at El Campo. Among the pleasure-seekers on the Comet who were instrumental in saving a life were Frank Raymond, Frank Clin- ton, Mr. and Mrs. A, Raymond, Miss Net- tie ‘Burfon and John Behan and family. | Severe weather was encountered by the | vachts of the Corinthian Club which | sailed to McNears Landing on a cruise. The Surprise sprang a leak and the pumps were set to work. After hundreds.of gal- lons of water had been pumped out it was | necessary for the whole crew to set to | “bailing"” to save the yacht from sinking. | The Harpoon with a party of ladies aboard got the full force of the wind, | which blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and the pleasure-seekers were drenched with the salt water. All the | vachts were under close reef, and the | wonder is that serious accldents were | avoided. i —_—————— . | Mechanics® Institute Trustees Meer. The hoard of trustees of the Mechanies’ | Institute held its regular meeting last | night. President Jrving in the chair. There was little businelis of interest transacted. | The report of tje librarian showed that | during the mont| of June there had been a marked increa\e in the number of vol- umes taken fromp the library. The in-| crease was upon an average 200 volumes | per day greater ihan had been taken out | during January {f this year. The largest | number of book| taken out in one day | during the montu was 1007, an unprece- | derited figure. There has been a large in- crease in circulating volume outside of works of fiction. The librarian also touched upon the monthly bulletin service lately begun. In this connection it was | stated that the July bulletin would con- | tain a most elaborate series of clippings | upon the subject of petroleum and its product, concerning which great interest | has been shown by members of the insti- ute. —————— . Accused Policemen Acquitted. Charges against three police officers | heard by the Board of Police Commission. ers last night, were dismissed and the ac- cused men went on their way rejoicing. | Officer Patrick Butler, accused by Lieu- tenant Mooney and Sergeant Mahoney of having reported off duty in an intoxicated condition, was honorably acquitted. In spite of Mooney's and Mahoney's state- ments, many officers and citizens testified | as tc the man's sobriety and he was al- lowed to go. even before his witnesses had | all appeared. i Officer James Hayden, charged by one “ipdignant’ citizen of having made an un- just detention for drunkenness, was found to have acted with discretion and within the bounds of his duty. Charges against Officer Lord, who re- ported late for duty, were dismissed on account of his excellent record and upon the presentation of a good cause. conlasi et i il Weinhold’s Bonds Raised. The case of G. O. Weinhold, ex-saloon- keeper, Lyon and Lombard streets, charged with selling liquor without a 1i- cense, was called in_Judge Conlan's court vesterday. At first Weinhold said he was not ready to proceed, but finally con- sented to go on. While the first witness for the prosecution was testifying Wein- hold demanded a trial by jury and the Judge deemed his manner “so offensive | that he increased his bonds from $§100 to $500 and ordered him into custody. He Wwas soon released on the increased bond. Weinhold was convicted about two weeks ago by Judge Cabaniss, but on his promise not to violate the law again ‘he was let off with the light fine of $30. — e B Denman Wants His Fee. ‘William Denman, son of Schaol Director | Denman, who was employed by the Board ' of Education to defend it in a suit brought by Deputy School Superintendent Kingsbury, notified Auditor Wells yes- terday to hold out $500 In the school fund to pay his fee. The demand Is now in the hands of Superintendent Webster, who s inquiring whether Denman's employ- ment was legal. The attorney intends to bring suit for the recovery of the fee. i , JULY 3, { the Dominican Sisters. 1901, HIBERNIANS TO Annual Will Be Held at Schuetzen Park To-Mor- row, With the Usual Games and Dancing Reunion and Picnic of the Order OBSERVE NATAL DAY OF REPUBLIC PICNIC AT SCHUETZEN PARK. [BERNTANS will celebrate the liberty day of the land of their adoption at Schuetzen Park to- morrow. The celebration will be the annual reunion and picnic of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the intention of those in charge is to make | it excel any yet given by the order. The prc amme of games includes run- ning, jun g, weight putting, tug of war and Gael’ -ootball. Cash prizes mare than usu generous and numerous will be distribu ed to the successful contest- ants. Over 500 gate prizes have been provided, the first being $100. A special platform has been constructed for the ever popular Irish jig and reel dancing and on this some of the most ex- pert dancers in the State will compete for the prizes. Staphen V. Costello will _deliver the programme will be oration. A short given in the pavilion, after which the pavilion will be devoted to dancing. T e e DEATH'S BOLT IN LIGKTNING Three Men Instantly Killed During a Furi- ous Storm. ST. LOUIS, July 2—A bolt of lightning | instantly killed three men, fatally mjuredfl a boy and seriously injured a man and a | boy, members of a St. Louis fishing party, | who had sought refuge from the flerce storm of this afternoon beneath the shel- | ter of a_massive sycamore tree on the | bank of Dead Creek at Cahokia, Iil. The | cad are: | de\“‘/‘}LLlA]\l INGHAUSER, 32 vears old. | JOHN J. GRAFF, 18 years old. LOUIS STERN, 26 years old. A The fatally injured boyv is Benny Eglin 15 years old. The seriously injured ar Joseph Bglin. 24 years old; Albert Le yard, 14 years old. The meén and bovs gathered around a tall sycamore tree a hundred feet from where they had been fishing. Snddenly | the tree was wrapped with a brilliant light. The crash which followed was heard for miles. When the citizens of C'ahokia discovered the party they found three of them dead and had much diffi- culty in resuscitating the others. None of the bodles was badly marked. the light- ning showing its effect only on the feet of each member of the party. The point of contact was at the waist line of each individual, traversing the legs in each instance and escaping into the earth. | WILL GIVE TESTIMONIAL TO DOMINICAN SISTERS Parish and the graduates of St. Dominic’s Convent will give a magnificent testi- monial to-night at Native Sons’ Hall to A well prepared rogramme of musical and literary selec- ions will be rendered. The committees who have charge of the testimonial have worked with commendable diligence and were aided in their efforts by the peaple of the parish and the Sisters’ friends throughout the city. The very best of tal- ent has gratuitously volunteereq its ser- vices. The members of Company D, League of the Cross Cadets. in uniform will act as ushers. They will be ably assisted by the yvoung lady graduates of the convent, at- tired in evening dress. A large crowd is expected and everything pessible will be done to contribute to its comfort and amusement. —_ Stumbaugh Waives Examination. Hugene Stumbaugh, wanted in Wilbur- ton, Indian Territory, for the murder of Mike Marshall, April 6 of this year, waived examination yesterday and was held for trial. He will be taken to Indian Territory in a few days by a Deputy United States Marshal Stumbaugh and two friends got into a shooting affray with another gang, and when the smoke of their revolvers cleared away Marshall was found on the floor of the saloon dead. dadsi ke St Jir Mooser Appointed City Architect. The Board of Public Works yesterday appointed William Mooser to be City Ar- chitect at a_salary of $250 per month. Mooser has heretofore been architect of the board at a salary of $100 per month, but did not devote all his time to the duties of the office. With the increased salary he will bave his office hours frem 8:30 a. m. until 5 p. m., as the charter provides. Colored Man Dies Suddenly. An unknown colored man about 65 years old was found unconscious last night on the cerner of Stockion and Wash!nfilnn streets and sent to the Emergen 0S- pital. He died at 10:45 and his body was sent to the Morgue. Papers were found on his person, but nothing to make his identity known. THE ORATOR OF THE DAY AND A MEMBER OF THE FLOOR COMMIT- TEE FOR THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS' REUNION AND i h— Following is the committee on arrange- ments: Division No. 2—John_ Kenny, James Gibney, John McFadden: No. 3—James Burns, M. H. McCafferty, J. S. McCormick, M. J. MecDer- mott; No. 4—F. S. Drady, T. P. O'Dowd, P. Lynch, M. Leonard; No. 6—M. R Healey, J. Keohane, James Clark: E J. Moran, J. H. McGinnis, W. R. Manlgy, D. Sheerin, J. W. Shinkwin; No. 8—J. C. Ryan, M. Harnedy, J. C. Ryan Jr., James Wall; No. 10—John Coughlan, George Low, C. B. Flani- gan, John Creedon: No. 11—D. Fitzpatrick, E. | D. Sullivan, Jerome Deasy, D. E. Collins: 'No. 12-J. P. Dignan, Charles Hurley, J. J. Gildea, N. Morrissy; No. 14—J. P. Henry, Dr. C. J. MeCarthy, D. E. Collins, Frank Kelly; No. 17—P. B. Mahoney, William Maher, R. J. Mc- Cormick, Joseph Fanning, J. Cullinan; No. 20 . B. Hagerty, S. V. Costello, W. D. Flynn, William O’Shaughnessy. T. P. 0'Dowd is chairman of the games committee, J. P. Dignan of the floor com- mittee, J. J. Donahue of the committee on prizes, the Rev. D. O. Crowley of the committee on orator and poet and Wil- liam O’Shaughnessy of the committee on general supervision. MOB WRECKS THE CHURCHES Serious Riots Take Place in the City of | Megxico. : CITY OF MEXICO, July 2.—The public mind is much excited and the clergy are filled with indignation over the results of the students’ anti-clerical demonstra- tion yesterday. The students, to the num- | mer of 200, held a public meeting near the statue of Columbus, on El Paso and Shive | driveway. Stirring speeches were made, | showing the intense feeling of the young | rier and denouncing the recent immorali- ties of the few priests, swho, it was| claimed, haye been shielded and not pun- ished. A charge was made that former Archbishop Labastida was a traitor to his covntry, while the present Archbishop | Alarief ‘showed no dispesition to punish recreant priests with that measure of se- | verity demanded by the nature of their cffenses. A company of mounted gendarmes pre- served order. and the demonstration was witnessed by Governor Coral of the fed-| eral district and by Chief of Police Ville- gas. The studen accompanied by a great number f people of different classes, marched up San Francisco street and on the way the police arrested three men for insulting women while going to mass. By this time the crowd numbered fully | 3000 people and made its way toward the Church of Santo Domingo. where the | Dominican fathers officiate. Part of the | crowd entered while the church was filled with worshipers, mostly women. Shouts were raised of “Death to the priests! “Down with the clergy!" and the priesis left the altar and sought refuge in the sacristy, with many of the worshipers. ‘Women cried and shrieked and the dis- turbance went no farther. Another part of the crowd entered the Church of Santa Carija, arriving during 12 o'clock mass. Windows were broken and images hurled down. The priests were dispersed and the students made speeches denouncing the clergy. There were heard shouts for Father Icaza, who is accused of many misdeeds. The women present were terrified and the police made several arrests, but| many of the prisoners were afterward re- leased. The leaders among the students had counseled moderation and against making a disturbance, but the mob was | apparently bent on showing its feeling to- ward the clergy. In the afternoon peo- ple assembled for prayer in the Cathedral | and other churches. and to-day the | Catholic people are offering prayer for the enemies of religion. Precautions have been taken to prevent further trouble, but it is believed that if | several priests who are publicly de- nouncerl in the press are not punished, the young men may make an attempt to invade the temples. Public opinion is di- vided as regards the demonstration made by the students, but the liberals and non- Catholics consider that the clergy will not be compelled to demand the expulsion of priests who have been causing public indignation to reach fever heat. Extreme Destitution. One of the most extreme cases of desti- tution which has ever come to the notice of the public is that of Mrs. Ellen Far- | rell, a widow residing at 214l Washington street. the death o er husband, Michael Farrell, a Icngshoreman, two months ago, she was left penniless with four yt:i\m{I children to support. Sinee his death she has been forced to depend upon the charity of her neighbors for her sus- tenance. The woman is a worthy object for charitable. aid. THE OPIUM TRADE.—Customs Collector Stratton reports that the total importations to San Franeisco of oplum pre; for smoking aggregated 1,804,548 pounds from January 1, 1850, to June ¥, 1Mi. The Goverumg“ ool Tect: 180 ‘duty on this oplum. n e 8 Mo Tork Gy restmet LY 815 pounds of crude opium for chemical and medical purposes and Philadelphla received 139,180 pounds. l SIFE-GHIGHERS WRECK STATION Use .Too Heavy Charge of Nitro-Glycerine on Strong Box. Secure Small Sum of Money From the San Leandro Railway Depot. OAKLAND, July 2—Cracksmen used nitro-glycerine so effectively on the safe in the Southern Pacific Company’s rail- way station in San Leandro this morning that the massive door was blown a dis- tance of ten feet. The robbers got $40 ‘or their few minutes’ work, but were forced to leave behind them about $400 that was locked up in a burglar-proof compartment of the safe. They left little evidence be- hind them and the officers hardly hope to effect their capture. The blast that shattered the safe was set off at 1:10 o’clock this morning, the concussion being so heavy that it stopped the station clock at that hour. Several people were awakened by the explosion, but none of them connected it with rob- bers or safes. T. P. Knightly, assistant agent at the station, heard the noise frem his home in the neighborhood, but went to sleep again when he was satisfled that the world was not coming to an end. Mrs. C. W. McLaughlin, the station agent's wife, was awakened out of a sound slumber by the noise, but was not much alarmed. That cracksmen had been around was not discovered until 6:30 o’clock this morn- ing when Agent C. W. McLaughlin en- tered the station. As soon as he opened the door he saw that the place was a wreck. The door of the safe, weighing in the neighberhood of 250 pounds, was lying across the office floor, at least ten feet away from the strong box. It was rest- ing party against the remtains of a chair that had been smashed to pleces. The contents of all the small drawers of the safe, tickets, checks, books and papers. were strewn about in all directions. Tha money till, under the counter near th. ticket window, had been forced open an: thrown on the floer. It contalned no money at the closing time last night. An examination of the safe showed that the robbers had drilled a quarter-inch hole through the top of it into which had been inserted a quantity of nitro-glycer- ine. The explosive tore through the ce- ment filling and found the paint of easiest resistance to be the cast-iron flanges into which the bolts of the outer door fitted. The brittle cast-iron broke easily, freed the bolts and allowed the door to be thrown a distance. The absence of the door left the rob- bers free to rifle the drawers of the in- terior.” In one of these they found $40 in silver that had been left out for chang: in the morning. A lot of checks s thousands of tickets were left untouched. though they were mutilated by the cx- plosion. No attempt was made upon the steel box inside the safe, which contained $400. All the robbers left behind them was an old brace they had used to do the dri ing with and a small quantity of black powder in a bottle. A fish plate used by them as a lever to press upon the braces was among the debris. Agent McLaughlin at once notified Division Superintendent Agler of the oc- currence and Detective Maloney was gent to San Leandro to make an investigation. He said that it was undoubtedly the work of men experienced in safe-cracking. Ha thinks he has a slender clew to the rob- bers in the brace and vial of powder ha carried away with him. Fourth at the Veterans’ Home. The Fourth of July will be celebrated in good and patriotie style at the Vet- erans’ Home, Napa County, Cal. Hon. H. C. Gesford of Napa, one of the gifted orators of the State, 'will address the audience. Miss Grace I. Davis of San | Francisco, a singer of rare accomplish- “The Star Spangled Banner.” e literary exercises will take place in the afternoon. In the evening there will be a brilllant display of fireworks to entertain the veterans and other residents of that section of the Napa Valley. — —————— Salfield Files His Suit. Dr. A. C. Saifield yesterday flled his long threatened suit to enjoin the Beard of Public Works from proceeding with the contemplated improvements to the Dudley Stone School. In his complaint Dr. Salfield avers that if the proposed new story is placed upon the building it will exceed the height limit allowed by law and endamger the lives of the pupils The case has been assigned to Judgs Murasky for trial. ments, will _sing \ Grand Opera-House Company. The Grand Opera-house Company was incorporated yesterday with a capitaliza- | tion of §150,000, of which $i0 has been sub- The directors are M. Meyerfeld Edward C. scribed. Jr.. Charles L. Ackerman, Brown, J. Howell and T. J. Crais. The company has purchased the Grand Opera-house lease and other rights from ‘Walter Morosco, the facts relating to the sale being published in yesterday’s Call. Charged With Stealing a Watch. William Doyle was arrested last night by Officer Tom Murphy and charged with grand larceny. The complaining witnesses were Peter Moore and J. J. Sweeney. They informed the officer that they saw Dovle extract a watch from the pocket of a man named Starkey. Doyle was found in a saloon on Mission street and when he was taken into custody the watch was in :is possession. e Big License Collections. The license office broke the record yes- terday in the collection of licenses which aggregated the sum of $11,194 50. Of this amount $1010 was for dog licenses, $1730 for slot machines. $210 30 for vehicles and | street cars. $7991 50 for saloons and other licenses. On the same day last year but $3397 was collscted. 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