The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1901, Page 9

FIGRT T0 GLOSE THE FERRY BARG Anti-Saloon League Ap- peals to Churches for Aid. Asks Supporters to Stand Behind the Railroad Orders. e Oakland ©ffice San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. The State Anti-Saloon League of Cali- northern district, has through sident, the Rev. E. E. Baker, pas- of the First Presbyterian Church, menced a campaign_to abolish the y-boat bars, the time for closing ch was extended by President Hays tember 1 first move on the part of the league to give public expression to its sentiment i purpose has been to send out to all f the clergymen of this city a letter h! is to be s hereabout as soon as the ons have been received. is signed by Dr. Baker in his president of a b ich of the league. It Oakland, Cal., Aug. 3, 1501 My Dear Brother: You are doubtiess aware of the ef ng_made to abc the hars on The liquor men are rallying all the influence of their o accomplish the defeat of in behalf of righteousness and order. e circulated a petition and _secured signatures asking that 'the bars be main. Unless some action is taken people In this vicinity the that the public favors his evil. and _righteousness to introduce this much-needed end that the Christian people the opportunity we reguest that v you presel and secure rm. To th be afforded your regular this an n them by Hays My rthrow this influence dear brother, do mot lay this matter or men win in this lent. May the voice for the overthrow of "RNEST E. BAKER, the First Methodist, the and the First Pres- have given formal ex- support of the league UNHAPPY WIVES TELL OF HUSBANDS' CRUELTY .— DM Lillian A. ult for a divorce from leging desertion, failure de, extreme cruelty and infidelity. a jeweler in New Whatcom, leged that he is worth about Nelson asks that 2 month alimony. couple were married in this city on 18, 1883, and later moved to New com. About a year ago they quar- on sent his wife to this city she alleges, he has Th April Wh: then. Nelson has repeat- and threatened to this afternoon granted y a divorce from Rob- letter carrier, Greene i R. ich a_Berkeley rried September 12, ut six months later. that in December roke down the door of awi pistol threatened 3 mother, Mrs. rang between her daugh- nd, preventing further s commenced suit for a has commenced suit has been granted a di- ise Banchg on the ground Adams has been granted a John W. Adams, an agent in the Santa Fe mpany, on of desertion. s been granted a di- m A. Reuter on the cruelty and habitual The custody of the five fldren is awarded to the mother. 1 » ag Marriage Licenses. Aug. Marriage licenses terday by the homas of Santa Kosa, aud Evelina Clarke of So Aloysius Sweeney, aged 24, tte, aged 21, both of San ymond Paterson, aged 5. aged 2), both of by of Brookline, 1 Tdolene Snow Hooper Emmet Clark of presented to all of the | the Northern | this important question, | id those in authority who | to express | matter to | expression | pholding President | oon League of North- | ce with the request the con- | she be | ude Bristow on the | n. The couple were Or., in 189. | LAMEDA, Aug. b5.—Society is greatly interested in two wed- dings that are to be solemnized to-morrow—the first weddings of the month of August—when Miss | Taaline Hooper will become the bride of Sumner Crosby of Boston and Miss Ivy Mae McGlauflin will be united in marriage to Dr. J. M. Clark of this city. The first | will be a quiet afternoon affair, while the | other will take place in the evening in the | prestnce of a large number of friends of | the contracting parties. | Preparations for the Hooper-Crosby | wedding have been going on for some time. It will take place in the new Hooper residerce overlooking the bay at the southerly end of Hawthorne street. The | ceremony will be performed at the fa | ionable hour of 2 o'clock. Rev Dr. Ma kenzie of the First Presbyterian Church of 8Ban Francisco, an old friend of the | family, will be the officiating clergyman. | The Wedding will be a simple affair. | Neither bride nor groom will be attended. With the exception of a few intimate friends the only witnesses of the marriage will be the relatives of the young people. | Afterward they will go on a wedding trip ihat will have for its termination Boston, where they are to live in the future. | There is a little touch of romance in the story of the voung couples’ love affair. While Miss Hooper was at finishing school | in Boston she met Mr. Crosby, and in the course of events they discovered that | their fathers had been school friends many years ago. Before Miss Hooper re- turned to her home she was an engaged | &ir! { M Hooper is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hooper, her father | being the millionaire Jumber merchant. She is an accomplished musician and Is a great favorite in soclety on both sides of | the bay. Two years ago Mr. Crosby was gradu- ated with the class of '89 at Harvard Uni- versity. His father is very wealthy, and the family is one of the oldest in Boston. | The McGlauflin-Clark wedding will take place at the McGlauflin residence, 2250 San | CLAINS BIGHTS * 0F LD COMPARY | The First Obstruction to | Building of the Tun- | nel Road. i —— | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. The Board of Supervisors has struck an ! obstacle to the construction of the tunnel the shape of a claim from | of way and privileges of the original Oak- {1and and Contra Costa Road and Tunnel | | Company. A letter was sent to the Board | | of Supervisors this morning by Renton, TWO LOVING COUPLES WILL BE MADE HAPPY Miss Idafine Hooper Will Marry Sumner Cros- by of Boston and Miss Ivy Mae McGlauf- lin Wil Wed Dr. J. M. Clark To-Day ety ?7 Mizs 1daltne Hooper B = | TWO YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE TO BE MARRIED TO- DAY. * - Antonio avenue, the scene of many soclety affairs. The house has undersone a com- plete transformation at the hands of the girl friends of the bride-elect, who have decorated with deft taste the large draw- ing rooms. Sprays of asparagus ferns, white carnations and white roses in pro- | fusion scheme. overhangs the spot in the north drawing room, where the ceremony will be per- formed. The ceremony _is announced for 8:30 o'clock, and the Rev. E. P. Dennett, pas- tor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate. Miss Helen Marion Anderson, a cousin of the bride-elect, will act as the maid of honor, are employed in the decorative will attend as the best man. will wear a dress of white chiffon over white taffeta and carry bride roses. The maid of honor will be similarly attired. More than one hundred friends of the young people have been invited to be present. Miss McGlaufiin is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. McGlauflin. She Is prominent socially and talented as a mu- sician. Dr. Clark was graduated with the class of 01 of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and has entered upon the practice of medicine in_this_city. He comes from the East, where his parents reside. il @ ENTIRE FAN TIKEN BY DEAT Mrs. Ella Steedman Dies Soon After Husband and Child. —_— BERKELEY, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Ella Haskell Steedman of this city died to-day in an Oakland sanitarium, following closely the deaths of her husband and child. The case is a particularly sad one and has caused widespread grief among the | friends of the family here. . > " | those who allege that they hold the rights | e family here. John P. Steed man, the husband, died on June 13 and on the same day his child was born. The in- fant’s death preceded that of its mother three weeks. Mrs. Steedman's maiden name was Ella Haskell. She was a sister of Robert K. A canopy of green and white ! while Spencer Clark of | Haywards, a nephew of the groom-elect, | The bride | | Holmes & Co. of San Francisco, in which | | that firm claims it holds all the rights of | | it will be Haskell, the famous football player, who | nia in 1898. Mrs. Steedman hi graduated from the University of Califor- | nd Tvy May Me- | the original company and ged 25. Death of Jesse Haney. YORK, Aug. 5.—Jesse Haney, of of the earliest comic his home in this city to- He came to New York and allied himself with the group tinge, Walt Whitman He first started the “icayune, a comic paper. This succecded by the Irving Magazine, later by the comic monthly paper, several died papers, and that included Bellew the elder and Frank Beard on its stafl. Excursionists Go to Big Basin. N JOSE, Aug. 5.—The Sempervirens ing at 10:30 o'clock by special car. bout fifty San Joseans and San Francis- d the party. The party lder by train, and from there ge it into the basin. Tents have cted near what is known as Wat- e camp, in the center of the for- e encampment will last till Au- » —_— - United States Transports Sold. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—The United States tr orts Terry and McPherson were auction in Brook: n to-day. The was bought by Miles Berry, of Chi- 9 and E. H. Parsons of Bal ught the McPherson for $18,700. der b Non-Union Men Protected by Polics. Bl Aug. 5—Under police pro- g of between thirty and forty rs were put to work at the dock this morning loading 2 and Juanita. no attempt to interfere, & A Negro Electrocuted. ING. N. Y., Aug. 5.—Benjamin negro, who murdered John Tie- a waliter in a restaurant in Brook- on August 23 last, was put to death electric chair in Three shocks were administered he was pronounced dead. 0 more A The Zoological Congress. LIN, Aug. 5.—The programme ar- g for the forthcoming zoological ngress in Berlin includes 130 addresses. Professor Samuel Schenck of the Unives will discuss before the col thod of predetermining sex. — - Railroad Needs Vallejo Land. VALLEJO, Aug. 5.—The City Trustees are informed that they will receive a re- quest from the railroad company for a portion of Vallejo street to increase the size of the present holding to accommo- date @ new depot and freight houses. | pleased to sell the same to the county of erself was a student at Berkeley in the class of 1899, | Three years ago the ma; Alameda. The letter is as follows: rriage took place | To the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors | of_Alameda County, Oakland, Cal. | "Dear Sir: Having noticed recently in the | Oaklana papers that steps are again to be | taken o carry out the tunnel project between | Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and that and she and her husband lived happil together in this city. The huabandp&ng employed as a railway mail clerk. His illness came on suddenly, but lasted for some time prior to death.” Mrs. Steedman never recovered from the shock caused by the loss of her husband, and at her the tunnel is to be extended and'the Work | child's death she sank rapidly. T, carried on as originally undertaken by the Oak- | = - pidly, living the |land and Contre Costa Tunnel Company, we | 1St days without hope or wish of recov- ery. Both she and her young. She was born in this State twenty- five years ago and her husband was but a few months her senior. now beg leave to call your atteation to the | husband were fact that we acquired all the righte, privileges and rights of way heretofore held by the Oak- |1and and Contra Costa Tunnel Company. We b expedition in the Big Basin left this | The strikers have | Sing Sing prison | were forced into taking over its property rights | through furnishing materials to the original company which they failed to pay for. We will be pleased to dispose of our rights in this business to your Board of Supervisors on most | reasonable terms. and we will be pleased to treat with you to that end. We remain. re- lspectfully yours, RENTON, HOLMES & CO. | The original tunnel road scheme was started some twenty vears ago by L. W. Kennedy, who organized a tollroad com- pany under the name of the Oakland and | Contra Costa Road and Tunnel Company. | There was very little money put up, but | in spite of this Kennedy managed to get | the road graded to the summit of the | ridge, built several bridges and bored a | few hundred feet of tunnel, until a sudden flow of water washed things out. Then the road was attached for hoth material | and wages and was sold out by the Sher- iff. Those who bousht the rights did not attempt to carry on the work, and it has | remained without attention until an act was secured from the last Legislature per- | mitting counties to build tunnels on inter- county roads. This claim of Renton, Holmes & Co. will necessitate an ¢xamination into the ques- tion of rights. The owners of the pro()- erty through which the road was built | claim that they did not agree to surrender any right of way to the old company until the road should have been completed, and they stand ready to give a right of way to Alameda County. | "The matter has been referred to Dis- trict Attorney Allen and the Road and Bridge Committee to cetermine where the county stands in the matter. Meanwhile there will be a meeting be- tween County Surveyor Brown of Contra Costa County and Acting Surveyor Prath- er of Alameda County next Tuesday to run the level for the tunnel. Supervisor Stowe of Contra Costa County has se- cured deeds from Mr. Buckley for the right of way on his side of the hills and | already has men at work on the old Ken- | nedy grade clearing it up and putting it in shape. The Alameda County viewers expect o report to the Supervisors in two weeks. Plague of Grasshoppers. NAPLES, N. Y., Aug. 5—The grass- hopper plague has visiied Naples and is assuming serious aspects. Farmers are cutting their grain ‘maturely to save something. Over half the town is over- run by the pest. The funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the parlors of a local undertaker. Th. will be sent to Redlands, the furme: }P::gg Mrs. Steedman, and where her now reside, for interment. g TELL OF MARRIAGE THREE MONTHS AFTER Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brandt Keep the Secret of Their Wedding and Surprise Friends. ALAMEDA, Aug. 5—That they were married three months ago was not di- vulged by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brandt until to-day, when they decided to break the news to_their relatives and friends, Miss Nettie Painter was the name of {he bride. She and young Brandt had been keeping company for some time, but no one suspected that they were even ¢n- gaged, much less married. They remained at their respective, homes, the young lady with her parents and the young man with his. ~As the wedding ‘occurred three months ‘ago to-day the young people thought the time was ripe to let {he randt, a conductor on the San Jose branch of the electric road, says that the principal reason for keeping things quiet was the recent death of his father. He refuses to tell, however, where and by whom the ceremony was performed. — e Colored Preacher Hit With Rock. George W. Smith, employed with the San Francisco Optical Company, and re- siding at 1125 Pacific street, was treated at the Emergency Hospital last night for a severe laceration of the scalp. The wound was a deep one, and the doctors at the hospital ordered him held for ob- servation. The injured man, who is a colored preacher connected with a Powell- street church, says he was struck on the head with a ‘rock last night about 10 o'clock just after he had left his home to cross the street to purchase a cigar, —— . New Bank Incorporated. The Board of Bank Commissioners re- ports that the State Bank of San Bernar- dino has been incorporated in that city. ;rsse capitalization of the institution is FARMERS LOSE BY THE STRIKE Canners Put Protective Clause in All Con- tracts. R Rl Undelivered Fruit Returned and the Shipper Pays the Freight. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. b. No class of men feel the strike more than the fruit growers and farmers of Alameda County. The great bulk of the acreage of this county Is set out in fruits and vegetables for canning and preserv- ing, and when the strike came the farmers found that it was impossible to get their goods to the canneries. ‘This loss falls entirely upon the farm- ers, for when the cannerles, particularly those in the cannery combine, made their contracts with the' farmers for fruit and vegetables they inserted a strike clause which makes the goods returnable to the | shipper in case of a strike, and the ship- per not only loses the value of his goods but is obliged to pay the freight. Several carloads of fruit have been returned to shippers in Alameda County. The remarkable fact is that nearly all of the fruit growers of Alameda County made contracts for their goods with can- ners outside of Alameda County. This necessitates the delivery of fruit by rail, and while they can get the goods to some railroad station they cannot get them de- livered to the canneries. “The growers feel utterly helpless,” sald Daniel McCarthy of San Leandro, who is much interested in plans for enlarging the market for Alameda County fruits and produce. “If the goods are shipped they | are likely to come back to the shipper only to spoil and he pays the freight. The strike means thousands of dollars of loss to the agricultural interests of Alameda County.” Many of the growers are turning to the driers for relief. A great deal of fruit is being dried at Haywards and Niles in the ‘hope of saving it in that way. Driers are working full time and plants are be- ing enlarged for the emergency. Courtney Is Appointed. OAKLAND, Aug. 5—The City Council to-night appointed Joseph Courtney as superintendent of street sprinkling at a | salary of $100 a month. A resolution was | adopted to construct a storm water box sewer on Adeline street, commencing at | Sixty-first and emptying into Temescal Creek. Councilman Courtney gave notice of reconsideration. The Women’s Chris- tian Temperance Union filed a protest against the Cafe Bohemia and the Palm | Garden. saloons on Twelfth street. be- | tween Broadway and Washington street, which were the subject of sharp criticism by Councilman Fitzgerald at the last meeting of the City Council. The protest | was referred to the license committee. | —_——e—————— Physician Commits Suicide. ALAMEDA, Aug. 5—Dr. C. H. Field was found dead in his rooms in the water | works building with every indication pointing toward_ suicide. His body was lving on the bed, a rubber tube running | from the gas jet to the mouth. The win- | dows of the room were open and the dead | man’s partners claim he merely tried to ake the gas in the hope of causing sleep, as he had been drinking and was in a highly nervous condition. Field had been a physiclan and surgeon in high | standing in both the English and Ameri- | can armies, but he was given to drinking. | In Alameda he had allied himself with a | medical company. He had a wife in Wyoming from whom he is separated. —_———————— Smuggled Goods Seized. Customs searchers, while overhauling the Clilean steamer Aconcagua yesterday morning, discovered a large quantity of men and women's underwear, laces and pieces of silk concealed in the forepeak. | They also found similar articles on a sailor, a cook and the second storekeeper. The goods were ordered confiscated amnd will be sold at auction for the benefit of the Government. It is believed that the goods are loot from the cargo of a French steamer that was plundered by Guate- malan insurgents. —_——— Schoolboy Breaks Arm. OAKLAND. Aug. 5—Harry Forest, an eight-year-old schoolboy residing at San Pablo avenue and Thirty-seventh street, broke both bones of hig right arm above the wrist to-day by falling off a box. He was treated at the Receiving Hospital. KING'S DECLARATION BILL WILL NOT BE PASSED LONDON, Aug. 5.—Although no division was challenged at the third reading of the king's declaration bill this evening in the House of Lords, it is generally belleved that no further attempt will be made to pass it, either this session or the next. Lord Salisbury, the Premier, referring to the statement of Catholic peers, said the Government now realized that the Catho- lics did mot wish the offensive words of the original declaration to be withdrawn unless the Government at the same time withdrew the declaration regarding the security of the Protestant succession. Tha Government never had the slightest in- tentlon of withdrawing that. The Cath- olics regretted that they must be pre- pared to see the declaration stand in its present form. No Complainant, No Prosecution. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5—Z. Willlams, who was convicted of assaulting a child named Norma Tomlinson and sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment, has been set free. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Superior Court and or- dered a new trial. This morning Assist- ant District Attorney Jones announced that the complaining witness had re- moyved to St. Louis and refused to return to Los Angeles to prosecute the case. It was therefore ordered that Williams be released. The principal ground for the Supreme Court’s action was the fact that notwithstanding much testimony concern- ing the affair the people failed to prove the particular day and hour the alleged crime was committed. Exploring Party Leaves for Montana. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—A hotanical and ge- ology expedition of research, in charge of Henry C. Cowles of the University of Chi- cago, left Chicago to-day over the Chi- cago, 8t. Paul and Milwaukee Railroad for exploration and research in the moun- tains of Montana and Washington. In tho party are Professor O. Grover, Oberlin College; J. M. Westgate, Kansas Agricul- tural College; Professor I. B. Meyers, Chi- cago Institute; W. B. McCallum, Armour Institute; R. N. Whitford, University of glhlcngm and others, including several la- es. At by Donnelly Loses in the Third Round. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 5.—Jack Wade of Salt Lake defeated Jack Donnelly of St. Leuis in the third round of what was to have been a twenty-round go at the sau- cer bieycle track to-night. Old ring fol- lowers say it was the fastest fight they ever saw. From the sound of the gong the men went at it hammer and tongs.’ In the preliminaries “Kid” Lavelle of Butte and Jerry McCarthy of Denver went seven flerce rounds before the ref- eree stopped them and gave the decision to McCarthy. Lavelle was badly used up. e L Must Hang at San Quentin. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 5.—Thomas P. Owens, who murdered Edward Hale at Lytton Springs April 18, 1900, was again sentenced to be hanged this morning. The execution will take place at San Quentin October 25, 1901. On June 19, 1900, Owensg was sentenced to be hanged October 2, 1900, but an appeal was filed with (he State Supreme Court by his attorney, R. W. Miller, asking for a new trial, % was denled and the judgment of the low: court was affirmed. fl i Builder Moore a Bankrupt. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Horton Moore, a builder, filed a petition in bankruptcy to- day. The total liabilities are $743,449, of whlcth $300,000 is secured. There are no | assets. s T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1901. DR. ARCHIBALD R. WARD ARRIVES Expert Comes From Newly Created Science at the University of California ‘AT BERKELEY Cornell to Fill the Chair of Veterinary EASTERN VETERINARY SCIENTIST WHO COMES FROM CORNELL COLLEGE TO FILL A NEWLY CREATED POSITION ON THE FACUL- TY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. ERKELEY, Aug. 5—Dr. Archi- bald R. Ward has arrived in this city trom Ithaca, N. Y., under appointment as veterinarian of the agricultural college of the University of California, a new position recently created by the Board of Regents. For ten years the faculty of the agricul- tural department has asked for the es- tablishment of a chair of veterinary sci- ence here, but it was only at one of the closing meetings of the Regents' last term that the request was granted. The vet- erinarlan’s work will be closely associated with that of Leroy Anderson, head of the dairy school, buildings for which are now in_the course of construction. Dr. Ward will spend the principal part of the coming term in farmers’ institute work and in ‘raveling over the State to become acquainted with the people and conditions. He will lecture at the insti- tutes 02 milk hygiene and veterinary sci- ence, with particular reference to the methods of prevention and control of dis- eases of farm animals. He will also give courses at the university in dairy bacte- riology and veterinary science. When the L e e e e e e RIDER PERISHES - WITH A HORGE Former San Franciscan Sinks to Death in Arizona. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 5.—James Ever- sole, an old, wealthy and eccentric mining man, whose home was formerly in San Francisco, met a horrible death in the quicksand of Salt River near Tempe yes- terday. Eversole was en route to Phoenix on horseback and tried to cross the river. Being unfamillar with the stream he rode into the quicksand and the horse sank. Eversole tried to wade ashore, but made no progress and he went down rapidly. His screams attracted the attention of passers-by and Lew Collins, the driver of a stage coach, hurried to the rescue. Ie, too, was caught in the sands, but a lariat of a cowboy saved him, while Ever- sole sank from sight. A number of cowboys made heroic ef- forts at rescue and had almost reached Eversole on a bridge of debris and tim- ber, hastily constructed, when the sands engulfed him. ¢ 2 e O X3 dairy school opens his regular work as Veterinarian will commence. Dr. Ward received his early education in the public schools of Ithaca. He en- tered Cornell and graduated with the de- gree of Bachelor of the Science of Agri- culture. Three years later, during which time he was instructor at Cornell, he re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He retired from the faculty of his alma mater to accept the position at Berkeley. The college from which Dr. Ward Te- | ceived his D. V. M. degree is the New York State Veterinary College, a depart- ment of Cornell. It is one of the leading | colleges of its sort in this country and i3 graduating men who by their broadness of training are more than ordlnar{l{ fitted for their chosen work. Its two leading professors, Dr. James Law and Dr. V. A. Moore, under whom Dr. Ward studied, have world-wide reputations in the sci- ence they teach. Dr. Ward, although still a young man, has had many changes of fortune. He was at one time a steamboat captain, and holds at present a Government license to ravigate on the Hudson River. At Cor- nell he was captain of the launch which paced the university crew. MUST CONTINUE WORK. 0N CARAL Joint’Telegra.m Sent by Congressman and Senator. —— Oakland Harbor Improve- ment Plans Should Not Be Changed. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. United States Senator George C. Per- kins and Congressman Victor H. Metcalf have united in demanding the completion of the tidal canal and the immediate ap- proval of the contract that has been held up in Washington. This contract was ap- proved by the United States engineers in San Francisco, and believing that ap- proval would certainly be indorsed at Washington the contractors have much of their material on the sround. This leaves things in a very peculiar and embarrassing condition. The South- ern Pacific Company has contracted for all of the earth that is to be removed from the tidal canal and has laid an elab- orate series of tracks to convey it from the point of excavation to a fill that is be- ing made at West Oakland for the estabe lishment of new roundhouses. The de- mand wired to Washington to-day is as follow: General Gillesple, Chief of En- gineers, U Washington, D. C.—We earnestly urge immediate approval of contract for Oakland harbor tidal canal. The work was authorized by Congress, money appropri- ated therefor, bridges have all been bullt, the railroad company paid fifty thousand dollars for its right of way, Sausal Creek diverted, and some of the excavating done. Work was commenced on Oakland harbor in 1574, and we feel that there should be no further delay. especially as your department promised us dur- ing the last session of Congress that the worlk should be immediately prosecuted to a final completion. GEORGE C. PERKINS. VICTOR H. METCALF. ALAMEDA, Aug. 5—The City Trustees to-night adopted a serfes of resolutions requesting Secretary of War Root not to hold up the tidal ‘canal contracts, and ordered them telegraphed to the secretary at once. The city of Aldmeda is vit-llr Georze L. interested in the completion of this eanal for the half finished work is a menace ta the health of the city. FRANCE TO SUSPEND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Fmbassador Constans Will Be Recall~ ed From Turkey Owing to Squab- ble Over the Quays Company. PARIS, Aug. 5.—The Foreign Office hers refuses either to confirm or deny the ad- vices from Constantinople saying the French Embassador there, M. Co: , has handed over the question of the right of a French company, known as the Quays Company, to enjoy rights clalmed under a convention to his Government, at the same time recommending his ewn recall and _that the passports of the Turkish Embassador at Paris, Sallh Mun- cie Bey, be delivered to him. The Temps says there Is reason to believe the For- ei~n Office is considering the recall of M. Constans and giving the Turkish Embas- sador his passports. The Francais thinks that instead of breaking diplomatic relations with Tur- key the French Foreign Office will sus- pend them by giving M. Constans unlim- ited leave of absence. An immediate de- cision is_improbable, as M. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister, and other foreign officials are absent on their hol day vacations. alYa TREATIES OUGHT TO PASS Senator Cullom in Favor of New Reciprocity Legislation. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—After a visit to President McKinley at Canton, Senator Cullom says there is not likely to be any general tariff legislation next winter, but that some of the pending commercial treaties ought to pass the Senate. Asked as to the story that Senator Hanna had gone to Canton to get aid from the President in settling the steel strike, Senator Cullom said: “I know there is nothing in that re- port. Senator Hanna, President McKin- ley and myself talked of the strike as we did of other matters of public interest, but there was no suggestion from Senator Hanna at any time that he was mixing up in the matter at all.” Speaking of the action likely to be taken by Congress at the next session, Senator Cullom said: “We shall have to enact some legisla- tion regarding the' Philippines, but not much, I think. Porto Rico is now all dis- RESERVES LINDS " FOR TOWNSITES Interior Department Out~ lines New Districts in Oklahoma. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—The townsites for the El Reno and Lawton land dis- tricts, into which all the newly opened land in Oklahoma is divided, were an- nounced at the Interior Department to- day. Commissioner Herrman has tele- graphed to the respective registers and receivers the approval of Secretary Hiteh. cock of the reservation of these land: ‘“and no others,” for townsite purpese: and directing the land officers to reserw them from homestead entry. They com- prise all the townsites, and lots in them will be sold to-morrow. The new town- sites are described as follows: 1 Reno district—The east half, section 10, township 10 north, range 12 west. The northeast quarter of section 5, northwest quarter of section 4, both in township 1 north, range 1! west. The south g section of township 6 north, range 19 west. The southwest quarter of section 18, town- ship 11 north, range 10 west. The north half of section 34, township 5 north, range 16 west. Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the south half of the northeast quarter and the posed of and there is nothing to do for Delegates Talk of Reforms. PACIFIC GROVE, Aug. 5—The con- ference of soclal, economie and moral forms which opened here vesterday un the auspices of the California Woman's Christlan Temperance Union was organ- ized for business this morning with meec- ings of three of the departments through which temperance work is conducted, e evangelistic, labor and press departmen.s. The_two questions considered under (be head of labor were the school savings bank system as a method of teaching it. As far as Cuba is concerned, it has accepted the American proposals, and we have nothing more to do than to let it alone and allow it to work out its_own salvation. From all the information I can get, the feeling is growing stronger in Cuba every day in favor of final annexa- tion to " this country. It will grow stronger and stronger as the Cubans find their neighbors in Porto Rico enjoying the | benefits of free trade with this country, which they are debarred from."” “What prospect is there of tariff legis- south half of the northwest quarter, sec- tion 4, township 12 north, range 13 west, and the north half of section 21, town- ship 5 north, range 11 west. Lawton district—The southwest quarter of section 24, township 22 south, range 11 west. The north half of section 8, town- ship 3 north, range 9 west. The southeast quarter of section 26 and northeast quar- ter of section %, township 3 north, range west. ————— Interior Braces Were Bent. lation by Congress next winter?” was asked of the Senator. “I do not think there will be any, at least in the form of a general revision of the tariff. Of course I am not in a posi- tion to speak authoritatively for the Pres- | ident, but I feel I am representing his ideas when I say that. “There are, however, some things we ought to do whiech will amount to a par- tial revision of the tariff. There are at present pending before the Senate some ten commercial treaties. ' These treaties are all of a reciprocity character and if they are ratified will amount to a change in the tariff with the countries with which they are made. It seems to me as if it wopld be wise to ratify at least some of them. A feeling has grown abroad that the United States is disposed to act in what may be called a hoggish manner in its trade relations, and if these reciproc- ity treaties can be drawn so as to be for the mutual advantage of both countries entering into them, T think it would be beneficial all around.” Alleged Journalist Arrested. BERLIN, Aug. 5—A dispatch from Dantzig to the Lokal Anzeiger reports the arrest there of a man who gives his name as Baumann and asserts that he is an American journalist from San Francisco and was awaiting to see the maneuvers, The arrest was made on the basis of an alleged identification of Baumann as a merchant who fled from Cologne twenty~ three years ago to avoid proceedings for fraudulent bankruptey. ' b Election for a Bond Issue. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5—The City Council late this afternoon passed the reliminary ordinance declaring its inten- Hangs Himself in a Barn. Pon to call a special clection’ 1o oaens SANTA ROSA, Aug. 5.—W. P. Paulson, | ypon the jssue of honds to th. I a well-known resident of Windsor, com-'| $2.000,000 for the acquisition nten.n'an xunul}‘ntic‘;-l mitted sulcide at his home near that | pal water plant. The ordinance calling place Su‘:\dzy morgln by]hflnlgllntg him- sm- medelf‘c‘tlonl wg‘ll be passedbe next Mon- arn. Paulson left letters for | day and the election mas he B hia wite. and TMOher in which he | Hoeks from: that dater Y 214 three tated that life was not worth living. ;)omeltlc and financial troubles are sup- Carter’s Property Attached. SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 5.—Marion Er- posed to be reasons for the deed. win, assistant attorney of United Stat. State Revenue Law Invalid. courts, secured an attachment against PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 5.—Judge Dick-|loan and securities, in Savanpah, held by son t:—dlanvw e:e:dvm.imtlh%t vtih‘ new shmza ;gnptaln M. Oberlin M. Carter, U. S. A. venue n , having never = feyenus law I8 invalid, having nev een‘ They amount to many thousands of dol and self-restraint and industrial Gonditions as exhibited in factories and sweat shops. A warm discussion occurred in the press meeting regarding the atti- tude of the dally press of the counlry upon the various temperance questions « the day. The use of the press as a means of keeping the temperance question con- stantly before the public in order to edu- cate peggle to belief m it was strongly advocated. Posses Hunt Her Assailant. TACOMA, Aug. b5.—Sheriff Hogan of Wahkiakum County, Washington, and a posse of fifteen men are searching around Cathlamet for Frank Hoffman, and the instructions given the posse are to bring the man back dead or alive. Thursday last Hoffman entered the home of seven- ty-five-year-old Mrs. Johns, near Cathla- met, and beat her on the head and body with a_club until he thought she was dead. The woman was alone in the house at the time, but the next morning was found in an unconscious condition. Later she revived sufficiently to tell who had assaulted her. 0 M2 IR Federal Judge Denies Writ. PORTLAND, Aug. 5.—James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle appeared before United States Circuit Judge Gilbert in chambers to-day to ask for a writ of habeas corpus for Charles W. Nordstrom, convicted of murder in King County.' Washingtcn, Judge Gilbert denied the writ. Afterward Lewis asked for an order summoning the Sheriff of King County to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not jesue and this also was denied by Judge Gilbert. AT L LR NEWPORT, Aug. 5.—On board the In- dependence it was said to-day that the vacht would probably not go out. for a day or two. It appears that in the con- test with the Columbia on Saturday sev- eral of her Interior braces were bent through the terrific strain. The new plating, however, held remarkably well, so that the yacht leaked scarcely any despite the severe pounding. Plans for future racing for the Independence are still uncertain, although there is some prospect of a contest with the Herreshoff vachts in Long Island Sound. Decides in Favor of the Witnesses. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 5.—District Judge McClernan to-day rendered a decision to the effect that a notary has no right to commit a witness to_jail for contempt in refusing to testify. The case was that of District Judge Harney, Mrs. Ada 3 Brackett and Clerk Heimerdinger of Judge Harney’s court, who were to testify in the proceedings for a new trial for the Minnie Healey mine case, recently passed on by Harney. Stk Caioe British Capture a Boer Convoy. BLOEMFONTEIN, Orange River Col- ony, Aug. 4—Commandant Froneman, son of the Commandant Froneman who, it is alleged, shot a_peace envoy named Mor- gendaehl, has been killed near Wimburg after an exciting chase. Most important papers were found in his prgkets. ‘The British have captured a Boer con- voy of seventy wagons near Boshof, Or- ange River Colory. Steamer Eureka Breaks Down. VALPARAISO, Aug. 5.—The American steamer Eureka put into this port with her machinery out of order. The vessel is bound to San Francisco from Norm% whence she sailed May 7. The Eureka last from Concepcion, where she put in to repair her rudder on July 12. A Fortune to Be Given Away. A noted philanthropist has decided to give away bis fortune to charities and no doubt much gecod will be accomplished. There ig another agency that has also accomplished much good, namely, Hostetter's Stomach Bit- ters, the medicine with fifty years of cures It promotes appetite, insures di- gestion, cures dyspepsia, regulates the liver and the bowels regular, also prevents belching, heartburn or flatulency. Den't fail to try if, but be sure you get the genuine.