The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1901, Page 12

* X8 COUAT DEEIES CHARGES FALSE Partridge Is Scored for Allegations in Com- plaint. R PR Vulcan Company’s Officers Have Done Well for Stockholders. B ge Thomas F. Graham has rendered a decision in the Superior Court in which 1 the allegations made in a sensational :plaint by Allan R. Partridge against Frank W. Page, George W. Baker, Harry L. Baker, the Vulcan Smelting and Refin- ing Company, William #5. O'Bryan, J. D. Heard and sixty-two other defandant stockholders of the smelting and refining company are found to be wholly untrue and unsupported by any proof submitted by Partridge. Judge Graham also sald that it was apparent to the court that the ction of F. W. Page, George W. Baker and all other directors and officers of the company has been fair and honest and for the best interest of all the stockholders and that every allegation made by Part- ridge to the contrary was upfounded and inspired by malice. The temporary in- nction agajnst the company which was granted on Partridge’s motion has been dissolved and the complaint dismissed with costs to the defendant. Makes Charges Indiscriminately. Partridge’s complaipt was filed last Febroary, In it Pregident F. W. Page, Vice President George W. Baker and Scc- retary Harry L. Baker were charged with flagrant violation of duty and all sorts of fraud and conspiracy against Partridge, who was a director and large stockholder in the company. The court was asked to remove them from office and to cancel their stock. The averments, made under oath, were so circumstantial that extracts were published in The Call as a matter of news. The case was originally assigned to Judge Seawall for trial. Partridge dis- missed the bill on the day set for the aring. He immediately filed a new com- P alm,dm which the old charges were re- iterated, 2 additional specifications were made and fifty other defendants, the ockholders of the company, were in- ed. The new action was assigned for | 1 to Judge Graham. Judge Scores Partridge. of Judge Graham's decree e entitled action, the court being the premises and the whole ¥ advised said defendants and aid plaintiff for their - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, GOLDEN GATE DRILL CORPS HONORED BY THE MOST EMINENT GRAND MASTER Magnificent Beauseant Is Presented by the Highest Official of the Order to Sir Knights of the Commandery Who Have Shown Such Marked Ability in Executing the Difficult Evolutions Practiced by Tem plars g OR the first time in the history of the XKnights Templar in the United States the drill corps of a commandery has been presented with a token of appreciation by the head of the order. This interesting ceremony took place last evening in the Asylum of Golden Gate Commandery No. 16, when Colonel Frank W. Sumner, past right eminent commander, on behalf of Reuben H. Lloyd, the most eminent grand master, who was unable to be present on of the allegations of the audulent or any con- f said defendants or id plaintiff are wholly by any proof sub- complaint, and | be of such a t interests of all that every alle- in said complaint is | inspired by maliclous { the complainant | ining order here- court in favor of said aid defendants and every aissolved hereunto set my 1 have caused rior’ Court of the city isco to be afflxed‘ THOMAS F. GRAHAM, | ge of the Superior Court. | | published with a_ matter of | nd Refining Com- WOMAN NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATE IN COLLISION Miss Charlotte Thompson’s Carriage Is Upset by a Market-Street | Cable Car. | Miss Charlotte Thompson, the well- known writer of plays, had a narrow es- cape from de: sterday. Miss Thomp- riven to the Palace by C. the Pacific Carriage Com- the vehicle was crossing ersection of New streets a Haight- ith it. The carriage | the driver thrown managed to escape She declined to give er Ross and claimed she The vehicle was sadly or and a set of wheels to repair the damage. e Cross-Country Tramp. pic Club will hold a cross- next Sunday. It will be in | “aptain George James. The will take the 9 o'clock boat for and on ariving at the latter go to Leona Heights by way of bot. Luncheon will be rved the club’s expense. A large number of 1 tes will ta the journey. 1 e arriage. to Offic red Eric Kobbe in Court. | ric Kobbe, the 14-year-old son of Gen- Kobbe, appeared before Judge Mogan erday on the charge of assault with | eapon for shooting_ Paul Wis- | a boat off Fort Mason Fri- boy was accompanied by Cap- Le from Fort Mason. He his rights and itil July 2. Young Wis- | to be improving at St. Luke's | | account of sickness, presented ‘to the dril | ever the corps goes the flag will go with ; the lower half white—black to typify ter- T2 Wi "':, J¥or ) = — or on a fixed pivot, wheeling in marching or on a movable pivot, the formation of sections from columns of three on the march, the formation of columns of three from sections on the march, formation of double sections from columns of sections on the march, the closing of ranks from extended orders on the march, forming of the passion or single cross, formation of the Greek cross from threes, the forma- tion of the patriarchal or double cross and of circles around a pivot. The move- ments are many, intricate and require PuoTos By [RVE B il k MAGNIFICENT BE'lAUSEA.\'T, OR “BATTLE FLAG,” OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, PRESENTED TO THE GOLD- EN GATE DRILL CORPS LAST NIGHT ON BEHALF OF REUBEN H. LLOYD, MOST EMINENT GRAND MAS- TER OF THE ORDER, AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMANDERY. B : s corps of that commandery a magnificent beauseant in token of his appreciation of its perfect rendition of the Templar drill. Colonel Frank W. Sumner accompanied the presentation with a speech express- ing the sentiments of the donor. The beauseant was accepted for the corps by Colerel Edwards, the commandant, Who promised that the battle flag shall ever be cherished by the corps and that wher- it. It was then placed in the keeping of the coler guard, Sir Knights J. R. Aitkin, George L. Darling and M. Ryan, after which followed the impressive ceremony of consecrating the beauseant by the prelate and past eminent commander. After the close of the session of the commandery there was an adjournment to the banquet hail, where an excellent sup- per was partaken of by nearly two hun- drei Sir Knights. Speeches appropriate to the occasion were made by Right Emi- nent Grand Commander of California George B. McKee, Colonel F. W. Sumner, . R., E. G. C., Past Commander J. C. Campbell, Past Commander Robert Mc- Milian and J. R. Aitkin. The beauseant is the original vexillum battle flag of the Knights Templar, » was adopted in 1167. It became eir sacred insignia, whereby they were distinguished when in battle, and was carried in every engagement with the Saracens. It was of woolen stuff, the up- per half of the banner being biack and ror to the foe and white that the Knights valked in_the inmocence and purity of hrist. ‘“‘Beauseant” was also the war cry of the Templdrs. Originally the beau- seant was one-third in breadth of what it was in depth, but now it is almost square. The one that was presented last night is of heavy black and white silk, vellow fringed, in the center of which within a large circle is a view of the Golden Gate in colored silks, while above and below, worked in gold, is the title of the drill corps and commandery. It is MIDSUMM say that no such low pri \ LAD merly $5.00 and $6.00. Kid Slippers. To close them Reduced to 75 Broken lots of Misses' an Black Kid, Button, Sho Reduced to 35 RosENTHAL'S PECIAL Many times a show window will display unusual offers in footwear, but ive venture to the same grade of shoes as we are offering dur- ing our Special Sale. For example: Small sizes of Ladies’ Finest French Kid Button. For- | Reduced to SlI. | Broken lots of Ladies” Fancy Colored Satin and Glace MISSES AND CHILDREN. Reduced to SI. Infants’ and Children’s broken lots of Tan and Black mainly narrow widths; ER SALE ices were ever made on IES: CO. out they are C. d Children’s Tan Goat and CO0. es 5 to 8. C. mounted on a handsome staff and is a banner of which the corps feels justly proud. ‘Will Be Taken to Louisville. This beauseant will be taken by the commandery and corps to Louisville, Ky., where the triennial conclave will open on the fourth Tuesday in August. For the first time since the conclave in San Fran- cisco in 1883 there will be a competitive drill, and in that Golden Gate Drill Corps will take part. The exhibition by this corgs a short time since in Mechanies’ Pavilion, in the presence of more than 4000 ladies and gentlemen on the occasion of the review tendered the Grand Com- mandery of California, fully sustained the reputation of the crack drill corps of the State for efficiency and dramatic effect, a reputation it has enjoyed for a number of years. The corps, under the instructions of Col- onel William Edwards, the commandant, has_for a number of months been pe:- fecting itself for the grand contest in Louisville, and if alignments, shoulder to shoulder movements, formations and a careful car: g out of each command as laid down in the Templar drill manual count for points there is a strong proba- bility that the Asylum of Golden Gate close attention to the commands that no mistake be made. Under the instructions of Colonel Edwards, who is an old-time National Guardsman and a first class drillmaster, the corps has been brought up to a standard that it is difficult to sur- pass. History of the Corps. The corps was._organized on the 23d of May, 1883, for the purpose of imparting military and Templar. knowledge. The work dcne by the corps has been most advantageous to the commandery. The various drills given have always been complimented in the highest terms. On the 2d of May, 1885, the corps won the famous Yosemite plaque at the competi- tive drill of commanderies of the State of California. The, following named are the general of- ficers’ of the commandery, the officers of the drill corps and the members thereof: celdnd, commander;~R. B. Moore, no; Robert W. Campbell, captain ; Colonel William Edwards, command- ant; R. B. Moore, senjor, and E. S. Bean, junior warden of the:drill corps; Sir Knights A..C. Soule, R. B. Hale, William_Glinderman, A. Hemelmann, S. J. Hendy. Waterson, J. Biller, T. G Carothers, . Simzson, Robert Ash, Dr. A. W. Mc gt < . R. Phillips, O. J. Sent, F. Ger- Commandery will be adorned with an- |y, g M. Moores, George L. Darling, W. §. other magnificent trophy. The drill of | wig, A. B. Wood, G. R. Armstrong, Dr. E. the Templars is in formation of threes. | m. Fryant, George Thompson, L. A. Arzner, It includes marching, oblique marches, Maderson, Ed Stephson, R. McMillan, H. formation into line, wheeling from a halt Hutchins and Theo. Frolich. L e e e e e e e e e o ] WELL-KNOWN SPORT SUCCUMBS TO DEATH James H. Carroll Found Dead in His Rooms on Post Street. James H. Carroll, one of the best known and most popular of the old time sports of this city and State, was found dead in his bed at his rooms, 206 Post street, yes- terday afternoon. The deceased was born in Wisconsin, but migrated westward in the early 60's. For a number of years he occupied the humble position of stage driver and drove out from Winnemucca, in the State of Nevada. He will probably be longest and most favorably remembered in connection with the faro bank conducted by the firm of Ross, Webber & Carroll at 21 Masun street. This bank, existing while gam- bling, with all its worst characteristics, was at full swing In this city, maintained a record of unsullied fairness and honesty. Through it Carroll won his reputation as a square sport, who scorned to take the sligntest advantage of any one. Ross, Webber & Carroll went out of business in 1865, but while they continued in partner- ship_their faro bank was patronized. by the higher element of sportdom. Although at one time Carroll amassed a considerable fortune, he lost it through unfortunate speculation. For the past few years he maintained several horses and patronized to some extent the race course. Last spring he made a trip to Nome, but northern life did not agree v»i{xh him and he(soon returned to this city. Charitable to a fault, while he had money he was always ready to assist his friend. He was never known to have an enemy. The common mendicant of the streets knew him as their friend. Al- though a gambler, he was respected by business men in every walk of life. He was about 50 years of age. Some twelve years ago he married, but as his domestic life did not prove happy a divorce soon followed. 9 e One beauty about Jesse Moore Whiskey is you can always depend on its purity. . —— Grain Fire Near Grayson. MODESTO, July 22.—Six thousand acres of land was burned over near -Grayson vesterday, causing a loss of $10,000. The fire started by a spark from a railroad engine. _The land burned over belongs to L. A. Richards and wife, J. M. Ham- mond, 8. W. Howard, S. W. Broyles and George Laughead. The heaviest loser was Laughead, who lost 500 acres of extra good wheat. Hammond lost 800 sacks of wheat already harvested and fifty acres of standing wheat. On Mrs. Richards’ place a small house, a granary and a barn filled with hay were destroyed. Richards lost 300 tons of hay. All of the burned property was insured. WORTHINGTON APPOINTED DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT Receives Promotion at the Hands of Manager Herbert of the South- ern Pacific. B. A. Worthington of this city has been appointed by Manager Herbert to be di- vision superintendent of the Southern Pa- cific with hgadguarters at Tucson, Ariz., and will leave for that city to assume his new duties in a few days. Mr. Worthington entered the service of the Central Pacific Railroad Company July 1, 1874, as a messenger boy in the Sacramento office., He wags afterward tel- egraph operator at Chico, Red Bluff and Sacramento and was transferred to the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company at the time the railroad wires were leased to that company, and was chief operator for the Western Union at Los Angeles in 1850. In April, 1881, he was transferreg to the railroad serviceé as pri- vate secretary to the late A. J. Stevens, general .master mechanic of the motive power and machinery department, with headquarters at Sacramento, and served in this position until Mr. Stévens’ death, in April, 1888, when the late A. N. Towne, vice president and general manager of the Southern Pacific, brought him to San Francisco as private secretary. On the death of Mr. Towne, in July, 1895, he was appointed private secretary to H. E. Huntington, then assistant to the pres- ident, and remained with him until April, 1899, when he was appointed to take ! charge of the tonnage rating of locomo- tives on the Pacific system lines west of El Paso. —_——————— Verus cures piles or $50 reward. All up- to-date druggists sell and ruarantee It * — ee———— In the Divorce Court. Decrees of divorce were granted yester- day to Minnie Schultze from Ernest Schultze for willful neglect, John C. Beck from Elizabeth C. Beck for desertion and H. Stella Mallory from Frank E. Mallory for crueltys Suits for divorce have been filed by Bertha P. Roop against Frank A. Roop for cruelty, C. A. Spurrier against W. W. Spurrier for desertion, Corinne Killen against Walter Killen for failure to pro- vide, Belle Apple against John C. Apple ! for failure to provide and Bartie Matillane against Lena P. Matiliané for cruelty. —_— e Airship Is Attached. Two attachments were levied by the Sheriff yesterday against the California Aerial Navigation Company in the suit brought by Charles Stanley, inventor of the airship, to recover $277875 alleged to be due for labor. The airship and plant TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1901 of the corporation at Baker and Hayes streets and the balloon factory at 2523 Howard street were both levied upon. OFFERS A WATER SUPPLY-TO GITY Visitacion Company De- sires to Sell Its Rights. Board Refuses to Reconsider Denial of Special Privilege. FeRio The Board of Supervisors recelved a communication yesterday from the Visi- taclon Water Company submitting an of- fer to sell to the city its Bay View prop- erty and the water rights of the Glant Gap Supply Company for the sum of $2,600,00¢. The inventory of the properties owned by the company accompanies the communication and includes the follow- ing: Pumping works building and wells at the corner of Twenty-fourth avenue and K street; the water rights of the Glant Gap Water Com- pany to the water of the north fork of the American_River at Euchre Bar, in Placer County; the right of way of a canal line from Euchre Bar to & point above Auburn; 70,000 acres of watershed lands, including the site of the Lake Valley or Towle reservolr, near Emigrant Gap, having a_ storage capacity of 2 000 gallons; the ditch and canal line known as the Cedar Creek or Towle Ditch, about sixteen miles ifi length, besides other property specifically enumerated. The offer was referred to the Publie Utilities Committee. Braunhart introduced a resolution re- questing the City Attorney to inform the board as to its powers in the event of proof being made that the provision of the charter that eight hours shall be the maximum hours of labor on any calendar day and the minimum wages of laborers employed shall be $2 per day for any con- tract with the city is being violated by Gray Bres., who have obtained the mu- nicipal contract for street sweeping. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The resolution directing the Board of Works to cause immediately the removal of the railroad tracks from Tehama street, between Third and Fourth, was referred to the Judiclary Committee. The resolution recites that the Omnibus Rail- road Company was granted a franchise for fifty years and the Market-street Rail- way Company, the successors in interest, has abandoned the tracks, which are a source of annoyance to pedestrians. ‘Wilson objected to postponing action on reconsideration of an ordinance granting Maria Sjoholm a special permit to add a superstructure on her building at Powell and Sutter streets, and the motion to re- consider the bill was lost. A. B. McCreery filed a protest against its passage. He claimed that the building ordinance has been violated in allowing the superstruc- ture to be already built under the super- vision of the Board of Works. Braunhart’s resolution that the Board of Education be requested to take neces- sary steps to establish a playground south of Market street for physical cul- L ture, for which $12,000 was appropriated in the budget, was adopted. The following bills were fipally passed: Authorizing the Tax Collector to accept the sum of $3900 as taxes on the franchise of the ‘Alaska Packers’ Association for the year 1900; providing for the repair of unaccepted streets and sidewalks; requiring, the recording in the Recorder’s office of all existing franchises for operating steam and steel rallroads and all franchises hereafter granted accepting the Andrew Carnegle gift of $750,000 for public iibrary purposes; authorizing the payment of an expenditure of $2316 10 for the Fourth of July celebration; providing that the appropri- ation of $12.000 for the investigation of public utilities shall not be limited by monthly allow- ances. The board adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late ex-Mayor Ellert, and Supervisors Booth, Boxton and Wil- son were appointed a committee to draft resolutions of respect to his memory. WOMEN IN THE MISSION SCARED BY A “PEEPER” Arthur Sanchiez, Accused of At- tempted Burglary, Suspected of Being the Man. Arthur Sanchiez, who was shot in the wrist Saturday night by Policeman M. J. Griffin while trying to escape from the officer after attempting to break into his house at 2625 Howard street, appeared be- fore Judge Mogan yesterday on the charge of attempted burglary. Thé case was continued till August 1 and the prosecu- tion asked that the defendant’s bonds of $500 be increased, which was strongly opposed by his attorney. ‘Assistant District Attorney Harrls said there was almost a reign of terror in the Mission among women, owing to the ac- tions of a man who was known as ‘“Pecep- ing Tom.” One woman, while in bed, had been chloroformed by the man. He made it a practice to peep into women’s bed- rooms while they were retiring. He had no .proof that Sanchiez was the ‘“‘peeper,” but there was a strong suspicion against him from the fact that he had been arrested more than once for assaulting little girls, and from his actions when discovered by Mrs. Griffin. Policeman Griffin said that Sanchniez had his hands on the window of his wife's bedroom and was looking in when s observec him. He nearly scared the wits out of her. The Judge said the bonds were too low and increased them to $1000. Southern Pacific Excursion Rates From San Francisco All Over the State. On sale for Epworth Leaguers and | friends, July 12 to August 15, fare and | third round trip. Stop-overs everywhere. ‘Watch announcements, special excursions, special days. Literature and rates, In- formation Bureaus and ticket offices, 613 Market street, and Mechanics' Pavilion. —————— ST. PATRICK’'S PARISH TO HOLD AN OUTING Big Reunion and Picnic to Be Held at Shell Mound Park on Thursday. St. Patrick’s parish picnic, which will he held at Shell Mound Park next Thurs- day, promises to be the most successful of its kind given this season. Many new and interesting contests have been ar- ranged, and the winners will be reward- ed with valuable and useful trophies. The following committees have the outing in and: General committee—Maurice Corridan, chalr- man; Eugene F. Lacey, vice chalrman; Wil- llam F. Fitzgerald, secretary; Rev. P. J. Cum- mins, treasurer. Committee of _arrangements—William T. Fiynn, James Lamey, David Barry, Willlam Conveily, Martin Tierney, James McBrearty, Daniel Ahern, Al Rudolphus, James O'Brien, John McCloskey, Matt Marloe, Thomas J. O'Brien, Thomas Conlin, James McGlade, Thomas Cleary, John Cronin, Richard King- ston, John Gray, John Coffey, James Galvin, John Keefe, J. J. Sweeney. Games committee—Daniel Ahern (chairman), Willlam T. Flynn, John Cronan, John Coffey, William_Fitzgerald, John McCloskey, Thomas Doran, R. Kingston, John O'Brien, Thomas Conlan, James McBrearty. Floor manager, Eugene F. Lacey: assistant floor manager, James Galvin. Floor committee — James Lamey, David Barry, James O'Brien, George Dougherty, M. Tlerney, William A. Breslin, Matt Marlow A. Rudolphus, Misses Ella Cronan. May Lyn Lillie Byrnes. Mary Nealon, Ella _Cannin; Rose Kelly, Hannah Griffin, Nonie Sullivan. —_———————— Any Epworth Leaguer and friends can go_to Santa ruz and Del Monte for five dollars, Tickets good fifteen days. In- quire Southern Pacific, 613 Market street, and Meehanics’ Pavilion. —————— Passed Fictitious Checks. Joseph Lester, an ex-soldier, after serv- ing a sentence of three months for pass- ing 2 fictitious check on the Sterling Fur- niture Company, was arrested as he was jeaving the County Jail vesterday morn- ing by Detectives Dinan and Wren on a warrant issued last May from Oakland, charging him with a similar offense. He passed a fictitious check on E. R. Hand- fey there. He was taken to Oakland in the afternoon. R e The Crystal Hot Sea Baths. Tubs and swimming. Best tonic for nervous and bodily exhaustion. Bay st., near Powell. A SUIT OF WHITE. JN every cake of Ivory Soap there are 100 complete suits of rich, creamy lather. Before dressing, put on a sutt of Ivory Soap. Cover the entire body lather. Take the suit off from head to foot with with tepid water and you will remove with it all the impurities of the body which have been carried to the surface through the pores. Use a pure soap for this. IVORY SOAP—99436s PER CENT. PURE. }y CoPYRIGNT 189 BY TwE PROCT! aanaLe co. cnCIvNATY FRANKS DENIES TALE OF FRAUD Declares Telegram From Portland Is Not Truthful. In Sunday’s Examiner a special dis- patch dated Portland was published in which United States Marshal J. C. Franks was, as he avers, greatly ma- ligned. Marshal Franks was virtually charged with making a false return to a process of court, and in reply thereto he has sent the following explaratory com- munication to The Call: To the Editor of The Call—Sir: In the issue of the Examiner of Sunday, July ?1, my atten- tion was called to a “‘special dispatch’ from Portland, Or., in which_my name is used in an unlicensed, vindictive ahd libelous manner. It is stated that I, as United States Marshal, ‘was ordered to remove Mr. Carr's fences in Modoc County; that I went armed with the process of the court to the scene and returned to court and reported that the fences had been removed. There is not one word of truth in this whole statement, nor is there the slightest foundation or excuse for the author of this dispatch for making such a statement. It is viciously and malignantly false, The case in California courts mentfoned in this dispatch and pending while I was United States Marshal never went to judgment, and no order or process of court was ever issu or placed in my hands to execute, and the whole statement is libelously and maliciously false and without any foundation in fact. I cannot conceive where the inspiration found birth, save as hereinafter stated, nor can I imagine who could be so base as to manufacture out of whole cloth a story so devold of truth. Source of Charges. The effect of the statement in this publication is that I made a false return for reward and that I am now reaping the fruits of my iniquity by acting as superintendent of this property. 1 went out of office in 1890, and 1 mever had anything to do with this property until within the last three years, and then I bought some stock in the Jesse D. Carr Land and Live Stock Company and was elected Its vice president, since which time I have at times for the corpo- ration visited the property, inspected it and a vised with the superintendent about its manage- ment, but without any compensation whatever other than to be reimbursed for my actual ex- penses, I-know of my own personal knowledge who the witnesses are that were subpoenaed for the Government in the case at Portland, Or., but I do not know what they or either of them testified to upon the trial of the case; but I am confident that none or them presumed to make any such statements as would ivany way sustain the charges made in the dispatch men- tioned. I therefore believe these charges emanated from others and were inspired by one who has large herds of stock, three head to one owned by our gompany, who ranges his stock on the public domain for a distance of sixty miles, and at times rodeos them and drives them thirty %o forty miles to encroach upon the.lands in our inclosure, and who has not been enterpris- ing enough even to build corrals within which to handle his stock, but has used our corrals. He has with his vast herds ex":ztusted the natu- ral grasses of miles and mile: of country and ‘about the Butte Creek and Yokohama se tioris, where there are a Sreat many poor se tlers with small herds of stock ¢nd whom he has attempted to drive out of the country by forcibly holding and controlling the waters of this section. As to how this man became pos- ossed of such vast herds of stock the widows and orphans of the gommunity up there have been heard to complain and some have even gone so far as to Institute suit to determine. True, he owns some land and some he has made partial payments on, but making default for years in the payment of the accruing inter- est due the State and getting the benefit of the us of them in the meantime without further outlay. He is practically a forager on the pub- fic domain and on his neighbors, and was re- cently indicted by the United States Grand Jury of the Northern District of California for having unlawtfully inclosed large tracts of the public domain. Largest Taxpayer in County. It is charged in this dispatch that ‘‘the cattlemen and ranchers within 260 miles of Carr, it is claimed, have suffered from his encroachments. Fights and blood-spllling were the rule between Carr's men and others.”” Mr. Carr, the original owner of the property of our company, has expended over a cuarter of a million dollars in irap:oving that country, which gave employment to and maintained a great many poor people, and, while It Is ad- mitted that he inclosed a large ares. of pub- lic land in with his private holdings, he at the same time has purciased from and paid to the State and Governm:nt fer about 24,000 acres of lands upon which he pays taxes, and, I belleve, he is the largest taxpayer in Modoc County. Instead of our neighbors, cattlemen, complaining of our ‘‘encroachmen as it is Styled in this dispatch, most of them common their stock upon our lands with our cattle and our men are instructed not to interfere with them. ° It fs not true that Mr. Carr or any one con- nected with or in the employment of our com- pany ever interfered with any onme entering upon the public land within our inclosure. On the contrary, gates and open ways are main- tained at convenient points in the fence to ac- commodate the neighboring settlements and no one was ever denied ingress or egress to these | fands. In justification of Mr. Carr, let it be | known that he constructed these fences before there was any statute prohibiting it to be done | and at a time when the State laws recognized | and taxed possessory clalms and authorized the fencing of them. Tt is absolutely untrue that there were fights and Dbloodshed between Mr. Carr's raen and others. On the contrary, Mr. Carr has always been esteemed by his neighbors up there and admired for his enterprise, his neighborly kind- St and generosity. The fact of having pub- io Jands inclosed with his own Mr. Carr never Henled, but the other charges made in this dls. patch ‘against Mr. Carr are wholly without ard for tru es with Qereg imosity wholly unpardoashie e C. FRANKS. San Francisco, July 21, 1901 UNEKNOWN MAN TAKES . A VIAL OF POISON A man of unknown antecedents, who signed his name “Meyers,”” committed sulcide last Saturday night in the Seattla House, 1231 Market streef, by swallowing | the contents of a vial of carbolic actd. He was found yesterday afterncon dead in his bed. The empty vial and a nots written in pencil on the wrapper of the bottle told the story. The note was as follows: This is the wrapper of the bottle. It is de- liberate on my part. Blame no one. Yours truly, MEYERS. The man engaged the room at the Se- attle House last Saturday. In the after- noon the landlady had a conversation with him about the Epworth League conven- tion and religion generally, in the course of which the suicide remarked lightly. ““Well, I guess the place down below is as g0od as any other.” Deputy Coroner Brown found among the dead man's effects a note dated in 1897 and addressed to E. P. Vining of the Market- street Railway Company, explaining the reason .for the Writer's unfriendly feeling toward a man named Kaighn. This was signed “Tim Murphy.” A letter unsigned indorsing the bearer for the position of locomotive engineer, was found also. The address of S. A. Jones, 2722 Folsom street, was found in the pocketbook of the dead man. The body was taken to the Morgue yes- terday afternoon. ADVERTISEMENTS. TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE Equitable Gas Light COMPANY. ¢ 1 Ty It having come to the knowledge of tha Equitable Gas Light Company that the Pacific Gas Improvement Company is offering to sup- ply gas to the customers of the Equitable Gas Light Company, only, at One Dollar (S 00) per thousand cubic feet, and is representing to such customers as an inducement to them to make the change that the control of the Equitabls Gas Light Company is about to pass to the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. which last named company will thereupon raise the rates from One Dollar, the present price charged by the Equitable Gas Light Com- pany, to $140 per thousand cubic feet, and, Wwhereas, sald statement that this company is about to sell out to sald San Francisco Gas and Electric Company is false, the Equitable Gas Light Company deems it due to its pa- trons and to the gemeral public to announce that an arrangement has been made With a syndicate composed of Eastern capitalists to transter to such syndicate the majority of the stock of this corporation, and such additional shares as may be offered by the holders thera- of. upon the understanding that such syndicate shall extend the mains of the Equitable Gas Light Company as rapldly as possible, and thereby increase the company's facilities for supplying gas to consumers in general. The announcement is further made by this company that this syndicate 1s in nowise con- nected with any of the competing gas or elec- tric companies In this city. The Equitable Gas Light Company is pre- pared to enter Into contracts within the dis- trict in ‘which it is now supplying gas, and also to enter into contracts with all consumers of gas In San Francisco within whose dis- tricts its mains will be shortly laid, at the price of One Dollar per thousand cuble feet, and for a perlod of one year or more, with the express agreement that if during the life of sald contract any competing gas company shall establish a less rate than One Dollar per thousand cublo feet, the Equitable Gas Light Company will meet such reduction, It is the purpose of the Equitable Gas Light Company to continue to merit public favor by giving the best service at a less rate per thousand cublc feet for gas than®any of the competing companies, and it hopes by this policy to enjoy a continuance of public patron- age. By order of Board of Directors. EQUITABLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY, S. H. TACY, Secretary. “VAN YROOM” (001 MARKET, Cor. 6th. visit DR. 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