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

WHISKY MAKES HIM HOMICIDAL Emanuel Crupe Drives Out Lodgers With Revolver. Attacks Arresting Officers With a Murderous Dirk Knife. E. Crupe, residing at 933 Howard street, While in & drunken frenzy last night, drove Mr. and Mrs. Guers, who also live in the house, out Into the street at the point of a revolver, and when placed un. T twice tried to kill the officers who had him in charge. Word was sent to the Southern station | about 9 o'clock last night that there was le at the place named, ana Police- men Bd ¥. Ward and H. G. Clancy were semhwr investigate. When they arrived &t the house the Guers e, w cere | welting on the sidewalk. toid thom Torg | Crupe was in the house threatening mur. | e officers went in and Ward, \\'ho‘ encountered Crupe, followed him | m and questioned him. S prompted Ward to at- 1 him, and as he stepped » Crupe drew a li-inch k sleeve and tried to us Ward grappled with the man, and g the assistance of Clancy, who came fo his rescue, got the weapon from him und placed him under arrest. On the way to the pris. Crupe suddenly reached into his pocket drawing a revolver, tried to shoot er Clancy. The officer, after a struggle, wrested the weapon from his prisoner and forced him into submission. Two charges sault with a deadly weapon ‘w entered against Crupe. He conducts & barber shop at 433 Pine street. e GUAM’'S NAVAL GOVERNOR ’ DISINCLINED TO TALK | Commander Schroeder, Accused of | Despotic Rule, Will Not Dis- | cuss Charges of Secretary. | nander S. Schroeder, the alleged n sterday on the { ace. Whether e been recent William B are or are mot weil officer refuses to say. night Comman- > say anything on | € through the he had turned as.eep. der § der relieved Comman- s Governor of Guam, that lit- ssion of Uncle Sam’s which £ the 1 from his ne has been of criti- called be termed o had *“no the treat- those under n e offense or | her. Mr. declaring were so flagr: be the bject of a Congressional investigation, | at which he will be pre; —_———— EINGING SOCIETY HARMONIE TO HAVE EXTENDED OUTING Three Days’ Festival in the Santa Cruz Mountains by German Vocalists. ging society, Harmonle, | 2 in the Union | is city, will have a | and festival at Ben Cruz Mountain: th and Sth inst and its friends expect a | following pro- ued by the | composed of Lorentz, | g to th ert by the Wil reach | hours | is on Recep- | o | pagne & nies Harmonie's will be uncovered ed con- | cart with voeal os and choruses, under of Professor Riegger Eeneral rest Monaay m.. champagne eve-opener: morning breakfast; gen- ® eral pastime, then prize swimming: 12:43. fare- well dinners: 2:13. good-by song, ‘“The Parting | Pain'; 2 singing, “'Oh’ Was 80 | all aboard, Beautiful Gives But It t GRAPE-NUTS, [ i HEALTHY SCHOOLMA’AM. [ | | Found Out How to Feed Herself. at the end of | teachers, | feel thoroughly ex- their year's work, hausted and worn out, physically and | mentally. The demand upon the nerves | end brain of a teacher is unusual and un- | less they are well fed and fed upon prop- erly selected food it is natural that they €hould run down. A little woman teacher at Gobleville, Mich., who has been teaching regularly for & number of year, has always found hercelf thoroughly exbausted at the end of the session, until within the last year ¢he has made use of Grape-Nuts Food, with the result that she closed the year &< a robust, healthy, strong, vigorous woman, having gained in weight from 9 pornds to 126; her nerves strong, ‘ace bright and cheery, and really a won, der to all her friends, who ~constantly c.mment on her color and strength. She knows exactly to what the change is at- ributed, for in the years past, living on rdinary food, she has almost broken down before the gschool year closed, whereas since using Grape-Nuts this chcrge has been brought about: evidence rrima facie of the value of Grape-Nuts Food for rebuilding the brain and nerve coters. “he name of the teacher can be given by the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Many school THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1901. OAKLAND YOUNG LADY WELL-KNOWN PHYSICIAN PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY Dr. Gustavus Schiff, Who Attained Distinction During Civil War and at the Time of demic, Succumbs to an Attack of Bright's Disease the Tennessee Cholera Epi- | SCHIFF >~ — t WELL-KNOWN PHYSICIAN AND EX-ARMY SURGEON WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY EARLY YESTER- DAY MORNING AT AN ADVANCED AGE. — P R. GUSTAVUS SCHIFF, a well- known ph: an ex-army rgeon, died sud- denly from an attack of Bright's disease at his residence, 1820 Pine street, early vesterday morning. came wholly unexpected during the night which followed the celebration of the thirty-seventh anniversary of his mar- riage. Dr. Schiff was 78 vears of age. born in Lippe-Detwold, German: 20, 1833, and received his profes cation in that country and in After some practice in the hospitals at Prague and Vienna he came to America in 1857 and located in Chicago. Finding He was the climate in that city did not agree Wl}h | n him he removed to Nashville, Tenn., 1859 and remained there until 1878. During the Civil War he held an a sistant surgeon’s commission and was as- signed for duty to Nashville. He left the service with a particularly creditable rec- ord in 1865 and resumed his old practice. | During the cholera epidemics of 1866 and WILL CONFIRM SINTY. CONVICTS Archbishop Riordan to Hold Services in San Quentin. ——em Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 2—A class of more than sixty convicts will be confirm- ed in San Quentin prison next Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. The services will be conducted by Archbishop Riordan. as- sisted by the Rev. Fathers John Eagan and Robert Sesnon, both of whom for the last two months have been giving the applicants instructions in the teach- ings and doctrines of the church. To Father Sesnon, “the convicts’ friend,”” is mainly due the pleasure of leading the wayward men into the church. For more than a year he has devoted his time and energy to the con- viets, or, as he calls them, “my boys. The success that has greeted his efforts has done much for the men and not a little for the prison management by way of making the convicts better prisoners. In the class to be confirmed next Sun- day there are men of all classes, serv- ing sentences for all grades of crime. Some have never seen the inside of a church. others years ago have wandered from its door. The class will be the largest of its kind ever seen in San Quentin. An interesting feature of the affair, cal- culated to show the devoutness of the men, is found in the fact that several times a week they meet to receive in- structions. For several months the half hour usually given to recreation has been surrendered by them for the study of the class room. TWO CANINE DEPUTIES FOR SONOMA’S SHERIVF Eloodhounds Imp;)}ted From XKen- tucky to Assist in the Tracking of Criminals. SANTA ROSA, Sept. 2—Two standard bred bloodhound pups have been im- ported from the Rockwood Kennels at Lexington, Ky. The bloodhounds are to be Sheriff Grace's canine deputies. Fourteen months ago Sheriff Grace placed an order for the pups with Colonel Roger D. Williams of the Second Ken- tucky Infantry, the owner of the kennels, and ‘on August 2 they were shipped to Santa Rosa. The pups are ten months old. The fe- male was sired by Champion Jack Shep- ard, No. 18,364, champlon class. Cham- pion Jack is the winner of more first class prizes than any other bloodhound In America. It is said of all his progeny that “they take to man-trailing like a duck takes to water.” The male hound was sired by Senator, out of Queen of Ken- tucky, by Champion Jack Shepard. Sheriff Grace purchased the hounds at considerable cost and with their acquisi- tion his department will be strictly up to date. ——— Sham Battle at Esquimalt. VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 2.—A sham bat- tle was held here to-day. The Sixth Rifles of Vancouver, under Colonel Worsnop, and assisted by the Royal Engineers, un- der Lieutenant Elliott, defended the rea hill fortifications at the entrance to Esqui- malt against an attack by the royal navy, under Captain Casement of his Majesty’s ship Amphion, who landed several miles below the fort from the torpedo-boat de- stroyer Virago. The defenders were driven back some miles, but the attacking part; failed to penetrate their screen ufi m‘ the fort. To-night the torpedo boats are making an attempt to enter Esquimalt in the darkness. e forts are manned to foil the attempt. ician of this city and | Death | . August | 1873 he achieved considerable distinction through the heroism and self-sacrifice with which he labored in behalf of the sufferers. During the administration of President Arthur Dr. Schiff was appointed a member of the board of pension exam- iners and retained this office until Cleve- land was elected. He was reappointed as | secretary of the board by President Har»i rison, but retired on account of ill health. | In 1878 he removed to Dallas, Tex., | where he established a lucrative practice. | He visited California in 1890 and was so | pleased with the country that he came here to live five vears later. His widow, who was a Miss Rosenberg, is a native 'of Westphalia and came to | this country to marry Dr. Schiff in 1860. | Six children were born to them, four of whom are still living. A daughter, Geor- gie, is the wife of B. D. Pike, a prominent wholesale liquor dealer of this city. Three | sons, Benjamin, Edward and Max, are | also residents of San Francisco. The funeral will take place from the Pine street residence at 10 o'clock Weds | nesday morning, after which, in accord- ance with an often expressed wish of the | deceased, the remains will be cremated. | ON A FERRY-BOAT Mrs. Nation Attempts to Wreck the Bar With Her Hatchet. NEW YORK, Sept. 2—Mrs. Nation spoke this afternoon in the auditorium of the Steeplechase, a Coney Island resort | where only “soft” drinks are sold. | “I'm in favor of organizing an army on Coney Island,” she declared. “I'll be here for a week, so we have plenty of time. Oh, how blessed it would be if every woman on Coney Island would come to me and bring a hatchet with her! Don’t let’s delay the matter. Let's band together and do something.” Mrs. Nation reached Coney Island after an eventful trip on the steamer Pegasus. The captain several times had to beg the “Kansas Smasher” to remain in the cen- ter of the boat, as the crowd otherwise would endanger the lives of the passen- gers by surging to the side on which Mrs. Nation took up her position. So most of the time she remained on | the lower deck near the bow, with the crowd packed in close about her. She was mounted on a camp-stool exhorting the crowd to stop drinking ‘‘hell’s broth” and “devil's soup,” when a woman, who | afterward said her name was Deverg, forced her way through the crowd bran- dishing a hatchet which she had found. This she handed to Mrs. Nation, who seized it exultingly and made a dash for the bar, which was near by. But just as every one expected to see the bar | smashed into kindling wood Andrew Mon- son. the first mate, rushed in and grap- pled with her. It was only after a strug- gle that tested his strength that he was able to tear the hatchet away fram her grasp. Pessing forward to the extreme bow she found a man lying on a bench |- asieep, with_a half-consumed cigar in his mouth. Reaching over she extracted it from ijts resting place. Dashing the cigar upon the deck, she stamped upon it, I expected this. Coney Island is just full of two-legged devils!” she sald, “but it's been so everywhere ever since the world was born. As soon as Eve was created there was a two-legged devil after her.” Relumlni‘ to the Victoria Hotel, she rested an hour before having luncheon, after which she made a visit to the cafe of the hotel. “Dreadful pletures!” she cried, “How I wish T had my matchet! I'd like to plant it in the middle of this one!” bran- dishing her umbrella at a picture of sev- eral maids in scant attire. “‘Go dress those people up!" she shouted LARGE PILES OF WRECKAGE MARK PATH OF THE FLOOD Many Dilapidated Homes Have Sunk Deep in the Mire and Have Been Abandoned. CLEVELAND, Sept. 2.—Instead of a great sea of muddy water the citizens of a large share of the east side of the city ;:::3( tn-dag upon tumbled piles of age and rulns and lon, fiith and dirt piled on streets,‘ala‘ézsall‘:: and in doorways. On every hand the 32'1'55»2152;3- _ terrible, destructive flood mass of almost indescribab] nov; “esdp‘flfd in vn{lous places bel'ln?n; '3\'3 east end homes that w flost;ded tli:‘!"%(!!-d ere within the nce the flood has subsid of J. W. Smith and Norsto:d!‘}l:‘baleh?l‘:!:: fallen deeper down Into the mire and are l'loAv{l !;gpelutu vn‘;eck.s. lea_of rebuilding has been ab: doned and the dilapidated b be hauled away an o for new houses. an- will the ground prepared | Yeager. | played to-day, CREATES SCENE CLAIMS BOERS SHOT AT WOMEN A British Correspondent Describes Blowing Up of Train. Alleges That One of Assail- ants Deliberately Wound- ed a Nurse. LONDON, Sept. 3.—The Pretoria corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph, In a dis- patch describing the blowing up of a | train between Waterval and Hammons- | kraal on Saturday by the Boers, when Lieutenant Colonel Vandeleur of the Irish Guards was killed, says: ‘“The train carried several passengers, among them two ladies with babes and a nurse. As it tolled, through a cut, a negro was seen to raise his hand. Instant- ly a Boer discharged twWo mines, derailing the train, while a body of Boers poured in a heavy rifle fire. ‘“Lieutenant Colonel Vandeleur got the women to lie down under the seats and ordered his men to return the fire. As he was proceeding along the corridor a Boer burst into the carriage and fired, killing him, after. it is supposed, he re- fused to surrender. Another Boer de- liberately fired upon and wounded the nurse. Bullets were flying in all direc- tions, although the Boers were aware that women and children were there.” EASTERN BALL GAMES. NATIONAL LEAGUE. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—The New Yorks and Chicagos broke even to-day. In the first game the New Yorks, by making their hits .with the errors of Doyle, Dexter and Harbel, won | easily. In the second game the locals were unable to hit the pitching of Eason. Attend- ance 9800, Score: First game— R. H E. Chicago .. 17 80T New York 6841 Batteries—Hughes and Kahoe, Taylor and Bowerman. Umpire—Emslie. Second game. R H. E. Chicago .. g el New York 155501 Batteries—Eason and Kling, Hickman and Warner. Umpire—Emslie. PHILADBLPHIA, Sept, 2.—Morning game— Cincinnat{ tied the' score in’ the eighth, when two singles and a sacrafice scored the win- ning run. Attendance 2763. Score: R. H B Cincinnati ... 3 il | Philadelphia 451058 Batterfes—Stimmel and Bergen; Orth and Jacklitsch. Umpire—Brown, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2.—Philadelphia won the afternoon game by opportune . hit- ting. With the exception of the third inning, when Phillips was touched up for five hits, both pltchers did good work. Attendance 933. Score: Cineinnati .. Philadelphia . Batteries—Phillips_ and Peltz, White and Mc- Farland, Umpire—Brown. BOSTON, Sept. 2.—Pittsburg won the morn- ing game by bunching hits in the third and fourth innings. Inability to bat when men were on bases caused the defeat of Boston. Attendance 4500. Score: R. H.: E. Boston . 3 6 2 Pittsburg 5 10 1 Batterfes—Nichols and Kittridge; Chesbro | and O'Connor. Umpire—Dwyer. BOSTON, Sept. 2.—Pittsburg won by timely hitting in the afternoon game. Doheny was an enigma for Boston, striking out ten of the local batsmen and holding the team down to three scattered hits. Fred Clarke of the vis- itors ‘made one of the finest catches ever seen on the local grounds. In the ninth inning De- mont hit a low fly fo short left, Clarke, after a twenty-yard sprint, diving forward and roli- ing over and coming up with the ball. Attend- ance, §000. Score: BB Boston 3 1 Pittsburg . 9 1 Batterles—Willis and Kittredge; Doheny and Umpire—Dwyer. BROOKLYN, Sept. 2.—Only one game was the morning event being de- clared off because the St. Louls Club was de- laved en route by a wakhout at Cleveland. The afternoon game was a hotly fought, hard- hitting contest, which was won by Daly. who made a three-bagger with the bases full in the seventh and scored himself on a long fly. Nash was roughly used by Madden because of a close decision at second, but the police were not needed. Two games will be played to- morrow. Attendance, 9000. Score: R R "B St. Louls 5 8 3 Brooklyn . e 1 0 Batteries—Sudhoff and Ryan; Hughes and Farrell. Umpire—Nash. AMERICAN LEAGUE. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—The visitors were blanked in a pitchers’ battle in the morning game. single, a steal and Morley’s double scored the first run. Two errors, a sacrifice and a long fly to center brought in the other. Attendance, 2800: Score: First game— R. H. E. Chicago ... 5 2 Philadelphia i Batterles—Patterson and Sullivan; Bernard and Steelman. The visitors won the second game on Burke's errors in the seventh and ninth innings, each misplay allowing four runs to score. Hart- man’s flelding was the feature. Attendance, 9800, Score: Second game— BOCHm Chicago - 27013 3 Philadelph| 0 3 Batteries — Platt, Emerson and Sullivan; Wiltse, Fraser and Powers. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2.—The home team won the morning game in the eighth inning on a wild throw and good stick work by Conroy and Anderson. - Attendance, 450. Score: H B | Milwaukee s o Baltimcre . 1 7 Batterles—Reldy and Maloney; Foreman and Robinson. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2—The home team this afternoon duplicated Its performance of the forenoon and_again beat Baltlmore by a score of 2 to 1. Garvin pitched a great game, allowing the visitors but two hits. Attendance 6200, Score: R. H B Milwaukee 2 [ 2 Baltimore 2 2 Batteries— Howell. and Robinson. CLEVELAND, Sept. 2.—Morning game—Bos- ton won the morning game easily. Cleveland's only runs were secured on three wild throws. Score: R.: H.' E. Cleveland 4 3 2 Boston . 12 [ Batterles—Dowling and Connor, Winters and Schrock. Umpire—Connelly. CLEVELAND, Sept. 2.—The afternoon game was a pitchers' battle between Young and Bracken, in which the veteran won out by rea- son of recelving better support, as the young- ster pitched a strong game. Cleveland narrow- ly escaped a shut-out. Score: R. H E. Cleveland 1 ¥ e Boston - T 1 Batteries—Bracken and Livingston, Young and Criger, DETROIT, Sept. 2.—Morning game—Detroft won the game in the first two Innings, with four hits and two_bases on bails, one run be. ing forced in by Patten. Score: ‘Washington 8 Sy Detrolt ... ! Batterfes—Patten and Clark, Cronin and Shaw. DETROIT, Sept. 2.—Magnificent fielding be- hind Miller won this afternoon's game from Washington. The work of the Detroit infield, Elberfield in particular, was sensational, sev- eral . double plays being made. Attendance 83 Score: R. H g Washington T Detroit ... Joc 1 Batterfes—Gear and Clarge, Miller and Mec. Allister. HILTON TROPHY IS WON BY THE WASHINGTON TEAM NEW YORK, Sept. —'ghe team of the istrict of Columbia, made up of twelve: gen, won the Hilton trophy match at Sea- girt ranges to-day from eleven teams of twelve men each, who shot for this prize, The contest was so keen that the resulf as in doubt until the last bullet flasheq rough the target. The scores of the Hilton match follow: District of Columbia, 1098; New York, 1093; Canada, 1077; Pennsylvania, 1055; New Jersey, 1037; United States Marines, 1014; Massachusetts, 99; Maine, 994; Maryland, 968; Rhode Island, s64. Al | | | fectively. WEDS SAN FRANCISCAN Miss Emma Hopken, Daughter of Late Merchant of That Name, Becomes Bride of Rudolph Rex, a Business Man of the Metropolis, Bridal Party Standing Beneath Arch of Vines + AKLAND, Sept. 2.—Miss Emma Hopken became the bride of Ru- dolph Rex, Sunday afternoon. The ceremony took place at 2:30 at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Marie Hopken, on Center street, and was witnessed by relatives and intimate friends pnly. The Rev. J. N. Andersen of St. Paul's English Lutheran Church officiated. The decoration of the Hopken home was artistic and elaborate, great quantities of potted plants and ferns being used ef- Pink and green were the pre- vailing colors. During the ceremony the bridal party stood beneath a wedding arch made of vines and leaves and fes- tooned with pink and green tulle. The bride wore a gown of palest gray silk, trimmed with mousseline de sole and real lace. Orange blossoms adorned her hair and formed the bridal bouquet. Miss Eda Fredericks of San Francisco was bridesmald and was gowned in gray organdie. She carried bridesmaid roses. After a short honeymoon trip the young couple will reside in San Francisco, where the groom is engaged in business. The bride is a daughter of the late Al- bert Hopken, a well known merchant of ‘West Oakland, is accomplished and pos- sesses many charming traits of character. s e e The Unity Club will begin its year's programme Wednesday evening with a reception and banquet in the parlors of the Dnitarian church. Extensive prepara. tlons are being made to render the affair an enjoyable one and a large attendance is expected. The Unity Club’s plans for this season show many interesting and original features, one being a short story contest for the members. George S. Evans will be toast master at the com- ing banquet. Mrs, George S. Meredith, Mrs. J. Ammerman and Jesse L. Dibert constitute the committee of ar- nts. rangemer Ak J. Robinson, director of the First Meth- odist CHurch choir, entertained his sing- | ers at a reception this evening at the Pledmont Clubhouse. Every year Mr, Robingon plans some pleasant way of bringing together the members of his cholr, socially, and as he generally has some surprise in store for his guests his “at homes" are looked forward to with great pleasure. This evening a char- tered car carried the party to the club- house, where a dainty supper was served and a few hours passed right merrily. The members of the choir who were en- AN OAKLAND YOUNG LADY WHOSE HAND WAS WON BY A SAN FRANCISCAN.- e — X tertained by Mr. Robinson were: Mrs. M. M. Dewing, Miss Mapel Gray, W. W. Davis, Mrs. B. Bangle, Miss Grace Wyths Miss Alice Wythe, Miss Sadie MeCutcheon. Miss Nevada Harlan, Misses Mabel and Helen Haven, Miss Pheanie Andrews, Miss Frances Burt, Miss Beth Clift, Miss Esther Chapplain, Miss Theresa Dahler, Miss Grace Edwards, Miss Anna Engvick, Mrs. Mark Everson, Miss Gertrude Hutchinson, Misses Clara and_Laura Norman, Miss Emma Busby, Mrs. F. W. Lauffer, Mrs. Clyde Schrader, Miss Sadie Smith, Mrs. Mersfelder, Miss Deil Jewell, Miss Ellen Fearn, Miss Mabel McCutcheon, Miss Eva Fulton, Miss Ida Bradley, Miss Mayv St. James. Miss Mabel Vaughan, Mrs. Pfeiffer. Miss Tina Fowler, Miss Addie Goodrich, M Goghmann, Miss Margaret Harford, Miss Cla; Hoagland, Miss Josle Lemon, Miss Margaret Wythe, Miss Walton, Mr. and _Mrs. Albert Liddell, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Wastell, Car- los White, Wilson Wythe. Dr. J. B. Burns, Edgar Thompson, M. M. Baker, A. B. Foster, Dr. E. W. Leslle, F. R. Ketchem, A. B. Ben- nett, Jesse McCargar, Willlam Reynolds, W. H. Beers, J. G. Brown, Edwin Enbury, B, Fredericks. R. B. Heath, Walter Keene, Wal ter Maddrill. ‘James Maddrill, Eugene O’Con- nell, Wendail Roop, Dr. C. T. Schulthels, Ralph Sauer and J. R,. Thompson. . . The Ladies’ Aid and Christian Endeavor socleties of the First English Lutheran Church begin their rummage sale Wed- nesday at 1154 Broadway, near Thirteenth street. They have an attractive window display and have on sale an excellent as. sortment of goods. R Lyon Relief Corps will give a tea to- morrow afternoon in Loring Hall. An interesting feature of the programme is a tatk on ‘“Clara Barton and Other II- lustrious Women,”” by Mrs. Frances Wil- liamson. * s . Miss Frances Hillam is home after a two weeks’ visit in Sonoma County. L e e Y ) KEARNEY THREATENS THE RAISIN GROWERS Will Take Radical Measures to Com- pel Them to Sign the New Leases. FRESNO, Sept. 2.—President Kearney of the Ralsin-growers’ Association has decided upon a radical move to make the growers see their folly in not signing the new leases. In a telegram from New York to the Republican, addressed to the growers, after condemning their slow- ness in coming forward to sign the lease, he says; I have Informed the trade to-day, through trade journals that are read all over the TUnited States, of the present situation, and that if the mrowers fail to support the ass ciation by all signing the lease the directo will enforce the association’s rights to the co trol of the crop under the old contracts and will fix a price of 2 cents a pound in the sweatbox for this season's crop. No dealer Will now be so foolish as to buy any raisins, inside or outside, at any higher price untii this matter is settled. This Interrustion and delay In the' sale of the new crop at the opening of the season may deprive us of a market for half of the crop at anvthing above distillery prices, but better that than to See the association wrecked. The longer the delay now fn signing the leases. the greater 2 loss on the coming crop. e e motified that & mass meetifig Is called for the 1ith. What good can that meeting d0? If these leases are not sizned before the Jith much of the damage will aiready have been dome. There is still time to save the sltuation and get 5 cents a pound, if you will stop all other work and get the leases signed. f you do mot. you will suffer losses .in this and in coming years that will cripple you financially for a long time to come. —— CROSSED THE PLAINS WITH DONNER PARTY W. A. Begole, a Pioneer of the Golden West, Passes Away in San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2—W. A. Begole, one of the oldest residents of San Diego and a ploneer of California, died last evening of neuralgia of the heart. He came to this coast in 1849 as a member of the Donner party. He spent several years in the central part of the State and came to San Diego thirty-three years ago. He was for years the leading hardware merchant and’ plumber of the city, but retired decade ago. a‘fi:"fl:gole was prominent in Masonic circles and was master of fan Diego Lodge No. 35 from 1871 to 1875 and again in 18, He left no family and no relatives except a brother, ex-Governor Begole of Michigan. The funeral to-morrow forenoon will be in charge of the Masons and will call to- gether the largest gathering of the order that has been seen in San Diego in years. Mrs. P. Elias. MODESTO, Sept. 2—Mrs. P. Elias dled suddenly to-day of paralysis of the heart. She was a native of New York Citv and 52 years of age., The funeral will take place in San Francisco on Wednesday mornlng and the interment will be at the Hills of Eternity Cemetery. A husband and six ci¥ildren survive her. Among the children are Attorney 8. P. Elfas and Mrs. L. Harris of San Francisco. PRESIDIO GOLFERS UP AGAINST BOGEY Byrne and Edwards, With Handicaps, Come Out All Square With the Gallant Colonel. The fine weather yesterday attracted a large number of golfers to the Presidio links, the event being a handicap tourna- ment over eighteen holes against bogey. Robert Johnstone, the club professional, handicapped the players, doing his work so well that J. W. Byrne and L. B. Ed- wards tled for first place, both being all square with bogey, while S. L. Abbot Jr., Andrew Carrigan and H. A. Black- man were next, each 2 down. The tie be- tween J. W. Byrne and . will_be played off ‘on’a co%vgiegw;artdes the winner taking first prize and the loses second prize. - Despite the lateness of the season the Presidio course and greens are in fair condition, the heavy fogs lately prevalent having served to ieep the turf moist. The full details of th are given below: e Handicap bogey tournament, Labor day, 1901: PLAYERS. [Handie'p| Net. J. W. Byrne. 4 hol L. B Edwards 12 holes S. L. Abbot Jr. 4 holes Andrew Carrigan 12 holes AL 10 holes J. Dutton 12 holes C. P Eells. 10 holes ChuIr)l!sAdane 6 holes . lamson. 2 holes | 4 do H. C. Golcher. 4 holes | § down John Lawson 2 holes | 5 down J. R. Stanton 12 holes | 5 down Worthington £ holes | § down Leonard Chenery. 8 holes | 7 down Captain D. J. 6 holes | 8 down o B 6 holes | § down 4 holes | 9 down 6 holes | 9 down 4 holes | = After the tournament Robert John- stone, John Lawson and B. D. . played a threesome, S. L. AbthA‘.iT:.‘n;gl(; Captain D. J. Rumbaugh played a match and other players went around the course. For the handicap the first eigh- teen holes played during the day counted. —_—————— YOUNG GIRL IS THROWN FROM TRAIN AT NILES Miss Gertrude Johnson, an I18-year-old girl residing at Niles, was brought across the bay last night in an am- bulance and ‘taken to a sanitarium on Central avenue suffering from a broken arm and a possible fracture of the skull. The girl's injuries were caused by her being thrown from the rear platform of a rallroad car near the Niles station. The accident was due to the carelessness of the railroad company in failing to have a brakeman or a switch tender at a point where repairs to the track were being made. A switch was left open and the train on which Miss Johnson was traval- ing ran on to a spur track and crashed into a pile of rallroad_ties piled there. The collision threw Miss Johnson to the ground and rendered her unconscious. ‘The railroad officials, on being notified of the accident, sent a special train to the : . bfl;} had Miss Johnson conveyed to —_— FIRES AT TARGET AND HIT3 FRIEND Rifle in Young Lady’s Hands Does Deadly Work. Calaveras County Man Steps Into Range and Stops a Bullet. —ear Special Dispatch to The Cail. ANGELS CAMP, Sept. 2—Leo Cordes, & resident of Carsog, near here, was the vietim of a pecul shooting accident on Sunday that may cost him his life. Cordes was calling at the ranch home of Mrs. John Airola and her sister, Miss Alice Yokum. During the afternoon the three indulged in some target practice with a rifle. While Miss Yokum was shooting Cordes walked up to the target to see what score she had made. The young lady, not noticing his movement, fired again just as he reached the target. The bullet struck Cordes under the right shoulder and penetrated his spinal column, causing total paralysis. _The wounded man was taken to San Fran- cisco for surgical treatment to-day, It is not believed that he will recover. aLeo Cordes dled last night in the Ger- man Hospital in this city. CONTRA COSTA PREPARES FOR THE DISTRICT FAIR Management Seeks to Make It Most Attractive in History of the County. MARTINEZ, Sept. 2.—Contra Costa is preparing for the district fair, which will be held at the Concord track during the last week of this month. The man- agement is seeking to make it the most attractive that has taken place in the his- tory of the county. Some good races will be 'held on_the track. both trotting and running. There will be large displays of livestock, cereals and fruits. The races will be restricted to animals owned by people of Contra Costa County, with one or two exceptions. Prizes wiil be offered for the fastest horses in the towns, races being set apart for the horses of Martinez, Crockett, Danville and Walnut Creek. A children’s day will be given on Friday, September 27, when all boys and girls will be admitted free to the grounds. They will be amused with games and other at- tractions. AL LAWSON GIVES HIS YACHT FINAL SAIL BOSTON, Sept. 2.—The yacht Independ- ence, bullt at great cost—some saf of a quarter of a million dollars—for W. A. Lawson, who hoped to use her as a can- didate for America’s cup honors, and which purpose failed, went out to-day for what was to be her last sall. As the breeze failed she will have a try to-mor- row. Mr. Lawson kept his promise that the people of Boston should see her under sail and in racing trim before she went out of commissfon. She never looked finer than to-day. In the afternoon, when there were no prospects of a breeze, the Independenca was towed back to her anchorage to take her last sail with the fishermen in their races for the Lawson prizes. Funeral of the Rudolphs. SAN JOSE, Sept. 2—The bodles of thur Carl Rudolph and his wife, Senadia Rudolph, victims of Friday’s double trag- edy in San Francisco, wers burled here to-day, side by side, in the Rudolph fam- ily plat in Oak Hill Cemetery. Services were held in Woodrow’s undertaking establishment. There were a number of floral pieces. The dead man’s brother and mother live here. They decided to let the wife, whose Jealousy had led to mur- der and her own destruction, be lald be- side her husband. —_——— Murdered Without Cause. TACOMA, Sept. 2.—Charles F. Frank- lin, an inoffensive farmer, was killed at Eatonville to-day by Alexander Vance, a blacksmith. Eye-witnesses say the mur- der was unprovoked. After Franklin the murderer was disarmed by spectators and brought to Tacoma. There were many threats of Iynchlnf, but cool- er counsel prevailed. Franklin was a prominent Democrat. He. is survived by a widow and thirteen children. He came from Texas. . ——e Engineer Frustrates Robbers. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 2—An at- tempt to hold up passenger train No. 405 on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe at Dead Valley. near Guthrie, O. T., last night, was frustrated by the daring of the engineer. A pile of ties was placed across the track, but the engineer, in- stead of stopping, opened the throttle and cleared the track of the obstruction. IR George A. Nickerson. DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 2.—George A. Nickerson, director of the Atchison, To- eka and Santa Fe Rallroad, died at his Eome here to-day. ———————— ONE DIVORCE CASE FOR EVERY THREE MARRIAGES OAKLAND, Sept. 2—The records in the County Clerk's office for the month of August show that there has been one di- vorce suit filed for every three marriage licenses issued. The number of diverce suits filed was twenty-nine, which is an average of nearly one a day. The num- ber of suits of all kinds filed was eighty- seven, which shows the divorce suits to be one-third of the total. Marriage licenses were issued to 109 couples. But many of these licenses were issued to people living outside of the coun- ty, while divorces dre begun by only peo- ple residing within the county. —_————— INDUCTS HIS SON INTO THE MASONIC ORDER OAKLAND, Sept. 2—The induction of his son into the Masonic order by the worshipful master of a lodge was the unusual scene witnessed Saturday night in the assembly-room of Oakland Lodge No. 188, F. and A. M. The candidate was Van Leer Britton and the worshipful master John A. Britton, president and manager of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company. A large representation of the Masonic fraternity from both sides of the bay was attracted by the event. The third degree was conferred upon the young man in the most impressive man- ner. At the banquet which followed the ceremony. addresses were made by Wor- shipful Master Britton and Distriet In- spector - . lart. A vocal quartet rendered several songs. —— . Professor Putman Lectures. Professor F. W. Putnam of Harvard University and also of the American Mu- seum of Natural History of New York, delivered an Interesting lecture last ewen- ing in the Academy of Sciences Hall on “American Archaeology.” The hall was crowded and the lecturer was ilst- ened to with great interest. ADVERTISEMENTS. We pay your grocer to sell you Fels-Naptha your money if you don’t like it. soap, and return Fels & Co., makers, Philadelphia.