The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1901, Page 9

’ TOUNTIES MAY | BE ABOLISHED STRANDED THEM e { International Sugar Con- | ference Does Impor- tant Work. ‘ Attitude of the United States Puzzles the Dele- gates. ] i S, T.—A communication the press announces that the interna- | sugar conference, at its meeting to- discussed the effects of highgcustoms | axes on sugar., The indications are who represent all the e excegt Russia, favor | k on of sugar bounties in itries represented. The delegates | dged themselves to abstain from any communication to the press, much was given out in connection | ay’s sitting. { point of to-day’'s debate was of countervailing duties cussion of the effect which the 1 of such duties by the United have in diverting the export ugar to fresh markets, and ¥ upsetting the general s ving duties. onference i1s doubiful of the efli- | ¥ of any action which it may take, >w of the fact that the United States ia are not bound by the dictum e conference. The result may be to | noth T conference, to include the s which aré not at present repre- | { 1 p: CLAIMS HIS ARREST IS CAUSED BY SPITE M. F. Alexander Charged With Las- | ceny by Man to Whom He | Sold Ranch. M. F. Alexander, one of the pioneer cit- | izens of this city, was arrested last night | at his home, 3% Pixley avenue, on a charge of grand larceny. He was taken ito custo@y on a warrant issued in Con- ra Costa County. who has always borne a ood reputation, is believed to be the vic- m of peity spite, and the circumstances ounding the case seem to bear out belief. Some months ago Alexander sold a | Tanch near Mount Diablo to a man named | , the latter ing $3000 on the prop- v and giving Alexander a mortgage on e ranch for $2000. The purchaser and wife moved to the place during the onth of September and lived there with Alexander and his wife until recently, | when Alexander moved to this | 1 packing up two old jumpers, a few | wels and several other minor personal ects became mixed with Alexander's belongings, and for taking these away | Abell swore to a complaint charging Alex- er with grand larceny. everal of the attaches of the prison, uding Turnkey Coogan and Prison- per Dick Bidwell, know Alexander's ation for honesty, ted themselves in his behalf. rk T. I. Fitgpatrick took the responsi- | ty of releasing Alexander on $100 cash | Alexander claims that Abell is t £ to get him into trouble so he can get out of paying the mortgage on the ranch. MANY PEOPLE IN DANGER H FROM LIVE ELECTRIC WIRE | Trolley Line Parts on Eddy Street, | Near Powell, Causing Several | Slight Accidents. | An accident that fortunately was not | nded with loss of life occurred on| near Powell a troll 00 feet of live wire fell into the street. As the line fell the City Transfer wagons driven Somersett was crossing the car The wire struck between Somer- | and his team, cutting the lines from ¢ hands and burning into the wagon tongue. The driver was thrown back- ward by the force of the shock and the hors: d d ddy street, overturn- nd smashing three other vehicles | burned t were in their way. William Good- w who was driving one of the buggles which the runaway team overturned, was | rown to the pavement, but escaped with | vere sprain of the hand and arm. nwhile the trouble continued where | e had broken. The wire hung just | cve the heads of a stream of people t was turning from Market street into Powell. The women nearest the accldent, | eing the writhing wire and the streaks flame where it touched the car tracks, | ned away screaming and struggled to | back on Market street. The people | d them, seeing and hearing the tur- | and noise, rushed forward and forced rightened ones back toward the wire, creating almost a panic. It was se time before the wire lost its appar- | force —e—————— Repairs to Schoolhouses. i he building bureau of the Board oz{ Works is completing extensive to the public schools. Four addi- rooms in the Buena Vista school | ady for occupancy January 1, | o two_laboratories in_the | High school. The Fremont school | \ be enlarged from eight to twelve Besides these additions four have been repaired inside and and new sanitary appilances in- . Three_schools have been painted tinted and the roofs of two build- ngs, including the Mission High, have been made safe. Plans for a new school- house in Noe Valley to contain sixteen ms have been prepared and a lot pur- chased for the same. —_———— Work of Consolidation Completed. The consolidation of the firms of George W. Gibbs & Co. and Miller, Sloss & Scott, to be known henceforth as the Pacific Hardware and Steel Company, is now an assured fact. The articles of incorpora- tion are speeding across the continent to | filed in the State of New.Jersey. The so in a po jon to announce the f the following officers of the ardware and Steel Company: Miller, president; H. J. Morton, | president; A. L. Scott, second | dent; A. W. Milligan, third vice | ent; Joseph Sloss, treasurer, and D. Kane, secretary. The company is cap- italized at $10,000,00 —_—————— i California Conservatory Recital. ! very interesting programme WBH‘ | | A en last night st Sherman & Clay Hall by plano pupils of the California Conserv- tory under the direction of Otto Bendix. he work of the students was marked | . , strong intelligence and sin- | as by a considerable tech- | t and good L e. Those | king part were: Miss Amy Peterson, | Reinstein, Miss Josie Coonan, Aviwin, Miss Jansen, Miss Alice Toklas and Miss | Woolf, all pupils of Otto Bendix, be congratulated on thelr good Ay ¥ whe m work. ADVERTISEMENTS. ain‘ty a:chots will be honored in over 130 sto n the United States | | | ! Sales room: 200 postst ;[ WM.Smith ”.l* l | Dr. GLAIM CARMEN Passengers Bring Suits to Enforce Transfer Privilege. Say They Were Left in the Suburbs to Face Mud and Storm. —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 1T. To enforce the right of street car pas: sengers to be carried to the destination for which a transfer coupon might be is- | sued is the purpose of two suits which were filed to-day in Justice Quinn’s court by Attorney George Edgar Jackson, who | | | represents Henry Spencer, the famous Jjockey who rode for the Prince of Wal and Al W. White, a former Deputy Sher- about town. The suits are lodged against the Oak- Jand Transit Company and the complaint is based upon the alleged refusal of a car crew to carry White and Spencer from Golden Gate to West Berkeley one stormy night last December. The complainants declare that they were given the alterna- tive of plowing their way two miles through mud and rain or of stopping at a hotel in Golden Gate at their own ex- pense. The carmen, say White and Spen- cer, refused to recognize their right to fod | ridé the remainder of the way, although they had transfers from the San Pablo ;l‘;\‘.;me electric line. The reason assigned his last trip for the night. “But,” expostulated White, were issued to us, and here they are. want to go to West Berkeley."” “Can’t help it,” was the reply. car is going to turn in for the night. “‘Guess we are stranded,” commented Spencer. And they were, for the car did turn in. The formal recital of the complaints is that White and Spencer boarded a San Pablo avenue car at Twelfth street and Broadway at 11 p. nr. December 18, 1300. We “This They reached Golden Gate twenty min- | utes later, where transfers to the West Berkeley extension were issued. After waiting twenty minutes the car from West Berkeley rolled into the terminus. | Instead of making another trip out, 1t continued downtown, after the two belated passengers had their unfruitful colloquy with the carmen. Spencer and White ask judgment for $200 damages. CHOIR OF ST. DOMINIC’S WILL PRODUCE AN OPERA hemian Girl” for Benefit of Sunday-School. | Iff of this county and a weil known man | the conductor was that he had made | “transfers | Young Ladies Will Be Heard in “Bo- | The annual entertainment for the bene- | of St. Dominic’s Sunday school and Christmas-tree festival will be given to- morrow evening at Franklin Hall by the St. Dominic’s Junior . Choir and Choral Union. The young ladies have been busy for weeks preparing for a grand produc- tion of the lyric and romantic opera, Balfe’s “‘Bohemian Girl,” under the direc- tion of Rev. Father Jones. The scenery has been specially painted, and the cha acters will be correctly costumed. The scenes will show the interior of the Hall of Justice at Presburg, a room in the castle of the Count Arnheim, streets in Presburg and a grand fair in the pub- lic place. The cast of characters fo lows: Count Arpheim, Governor of Presburg, Miss Margaret_Olsen; Thaddeus, a proscribed Pole, Miss Kathryn Barry; Florestein, nephew of the Count, Miss Kathleen Roche; Deviishoof, chief of the gypsies, Miss Dolly Roche; captain of the guard, Miss Frances Crowe: officer of the guard, Miss Birdle McKeon; Arlin daughter of the Count, Miss Edna Wals queen of the gypsies, Miss May Bird; Fay Sprite, Miss Albertina Meyerhoffer. Chorus, gypsies, ladies of the court. peas- antry, efc.—Nellie Crowe, Charlotte McKeon, Christine _Classen, Lizzie _Meagles, ~ May Meagles, Ella Olsen, Hattie O'Neill, Valentine Hastings, Mary Eagan, Margarite O'Connor, Gracle O'Connor, Genevieve White, Irene White, Loretta Gavin, Charlotte McMahon. —_—————————— Jubilee Concert Loring Club. The Loring Club’s second concert of the twenty-fifth season, its silver jubilee con- cert, was given at Native Sons’ Hall last | night before the usual large audience at- tracted by the club affairs. An unusually interesting programme was offered by the club. It included the following: Max Bruch’s ““Roman Song of Triumph, which was given with spirit and freedom. Gade's “‘Gondola Song'; “‘King Olaf's Christ- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1901 CELEBRATED BATTLE OF ELMHURST FORMS SUBJECT FOR INVESTIGATION First of the Seventeen Cases Growing Out of Disturbance Is Tried and Re- sults in Acquittal of Edward Hansen of Battery Charge---Mrs. Susan Gray Gives Details on Witness Stand of the Sunday Clash of Neighbors MRS DIERL WHO THINKS MULDOONS PleNic™ WASNT IN U THE STAR . PERFORMER FoRCED A SMILE OV oF THE JUK) WITH A LITTLE VAT, ED HANSE| - muo ugm His OWN 13 ARSUMENT, ALLARAN. - — SOME OF THE SEVENTEEN OR MORE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WITNEESED OR PARTICIPATED IN THE MEMORABLE NEIGHBORHOOD BATTLE FOUGHT AT ELMBURST ON SEL AND A FEW MEMBERS OF THE JURY. AKLAND, Dec. 17.—The famous battle of Elmhurst, fought on the afternoon of Sunday, December 1, has ended in smoke. What will probably be the last chapter but one of the history of the war was closed this afternoon in Justice Larue's court, when a jury of seven good men and truc acquitted Edward Hansen of the charge of battery. There are fifteen other com- plaints that receive their origin from this neighborhood meeting, but, as the | result of to-day’s trial, Judge Larue will mas” by Buck, repeated by request, and one | of the Lorin Club’s best efforts; the “Pil- | grim's Chorus” of Wagner; ““The Rockaby Lad: by »d; the cadehy ‘‘Rose and Bird’ of Schindmeyer, and ‘‘Oedipus at Colonos,” by Mendelssohn. The chorus was in unusually good form, and its efforts were generously applauded by the audience. Mrs. J. E. Bermingham, contralto, as- sisted the club and gave the following numbers: “Kennst Du das Land,” “Es_Liegt,” “A Folk Song’” of Kremser; “The Water Lily,” by Aldrich; L 'Heure Exquise,” Hahn, and a Strauss serenade. Miss Ruth Loring accompanied with her customary discretion, and the accompani- ments were further strengthened by a quintet of strings, a flute and an organ. —_———————————— Stole Nine Pairs of Shoes. Louis Cruazarati and Emanuel Rios were arrested last night and taken to the North End Station on a charge of bur- glary. They were accused of having | Broken into a shok store at 217 Broadway and stolen nine pairs of shoes. The shoes were found in their possession when they were arrested by Officer Skans. They ef- fected an entrance to the store through a window in the front of the building. —_———————— Election of Hungarian Aid Society. The First Hungarian Mutual Aid So- ciety elected the following-named officers at a recent meeting: Anton Erdely, president; Gus Cline, vice president; S. Szegedy, treasurer; W. Rosen- berg, recording secretary; 8. Grossman, finan- cial . secretary; John ~Hizdos, librarian; J. ¥ried, M. Propper and L. Gutter, direcfors Dr. J. Soboslay, physician, i ar CUSTOMS INSPECTOR ACCUSED.—Cus- toms Inspector H. C. Curtis has been missing from his post for several days and his Japse from duty has been laid before Collector Strat- ton. MORSE REPORTS DAMAGES. — United States Commissioner George E. Morse filed .- terday in the United States District Court his report #s referee in the case of Prentout Le- blond ve. George W. McNear and reports the damages to be awarded to the plaintiff to be $0851 92, PETITIONERS IN INSOLVENCY.—Petitions in insolvency were flled in the United States District Court yesterday as follows: Ehen F. Larrabee, farmer. Yuba County, liabilities $5200, no assets; Mfs. Minnie E. Flick, lodging San Francisco, liabilities $618, no sets: Long, San Francisco, lia- bilities $3 07 31, no assets; and 8. E. Long, housewife, San Francisco, llabilities §5900, no ansets. ANDERED HORSE SHOT.— Chief Sani- tary Inspector Hassler vesterday ordered Officer Cottle to shoot a_horse afflicted with glanders, Hassler, in his report to the Board of Health, states that a man named Doyle of Sixth street, had attempted to ghip the horse Petaluma, but shipment was refused. Doyle | then tried to make Sam Habler, the owner, take the horse back, and Habler in turn endeavored 10 force M. Stein of the A B C Stables to take the animal, claiming that Stein had knowledge that It was discased when he sold it. * —_———————— CANTON, O., Dec. 17.—Two sisters of the late President, Mrs. A. J. Duncan and Miss Helen McKinléy of Cleveland, are here to vigit Mre. McKinley. Mrs. McKinley does not re- quire medical attention, although Drs. Phillips and Portmann see her once or twice a week, —_—————— BERLIXN, Dec. 17.—The correspondent in St, Petersburg of the Cologne Gazette telegraphs that a number of experts representing big American firms have arrived at Vladivostok ©en route for Siberia. where they will build fac- tories and exploit the agricultural and mineral wealth of the country. to-morrow wipe clean his calendar by dis- missing the remaining cases. Hansen was acquitted but judlg(e, jury and counsel are yet in the dark as to what took place. Deputy District At- torney George Samuels !s dazed and re- plies to all queries with: “Who struck Billy Patterson?” Judge Larue says he is glad he does not live within the firing line. The jurors shake their heads and mut- ter In chorus: ‘“‘Them women!" The trouble occurred about the time of day when, in most rural districts, the cows come home. Cows are different in Eimhurst. They are brought home. Everybody was out after his or her cow and that is how it happened that every- body was on hand for the tangle that Judge Larue has vainly trled- to straighten out. There were sevenieen witnesses in the Hansen case. They all testified and tho story of the mixup as told from seven- teen points of view was too strenuous a problem for human assimilation.” Hit Giandma in the Glasses. Mrs. Susan Gray was one of the seven- teen. She told the story substantially as follows: 1 saw Mrs. Alvin catch Mrs. Deihl by the arm and glap her in the face. Mrs. Deihl said, “Slap me again and I'll tear every spear of hair out of your head.” Then Mr. Alvin took Mrs. Deihl by the throat and choked her. Mr. | Hangen came up and said to Mr, Alvin: “No fighting with the ladies!”” Mr, Alvin then hit Mr. Hansen and Mr. Hansen knocked him down. Did it twice. ~Mr. Alvin then went home, washed away the blood and mud_and returned. Then Mr. Meyers struck Mrs. Han- | sen and Mr. Alvin hit Mrs. Hansen's grand- mother right in the spectacles. After this Mrs. Alvin, Mrs. Nicholson and another lady were standing all bunched up, calling each other liars. I belleve, Judge, that I'm the blackest liar in Elmhurst. “Who said that?” asked Deputy District Attorney Samuels. Mrs. Gray answered: “Mrs. Meyers did. She said it after the fight, when we was all telling each other who was liars and who wasn’t.”” In the course of her testimony Mrs. Gray referred to the unpleasantness as “a regular Muldoon’s picnic.” Asked by Attorney Samuels for an ex- planation of the simile she said: I was once at a theater where they had a play by that name and in It was a character DECEMBER .1. e THE JUDGE, COUN: yery like somebody 1 know, only her hair was red. The story told by Mrs. Hansen, wife of thf.dderendant. was also interesting. She said: I saw Mr. Deihl cutting milkweed for his son's rabbits. Mr. Alvin came up and said: “‘Get off that grass.”” Mr. Deihl sald, *‘Show me your written right to order me and T'll go.” Then Mrs. Meyers came wp to me and said I bettér not hit her like I hit her aunt last Friday. Mr. Meyers walked up, put his flst in my face dnd said he would hit me if I hit his wife. Then he hit at me. ucked, but felt the wind of the blow. I got a switch and hit him. Then Mrs. Meyers and Mrs. Alvin tore laths from grandma’s chicken coop and chased me into grandma’s back yard, where Mr. Meyers joined them. Grandma said: “‘Mr. Meyers!" Mr. Meyers then hit grandma on the glasses. I told him he was no man to hit an old lady, and he sald, “It is good for her.”” The case was submitted without argu- ment and in about five minutes the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. Hansen was defended by Attorney Clin- ton Dodge. Attorney Samuels, for the people, was assisted by Attorney Fred E. ‘Whitney. The witnesses were: A. Nicholson, Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. George Deribfus, D. Al- vin, Annie Alvin, H. Meyers, Annie Mey- ers, Mrs. Casey, Peter Deihl, John Ham- ilton, Delia Deihl, William Allison, Wil- liam Olsen, Grace Hansen, Mrs. S. P. Kelly and Susan Gray. I ad D o 0 e e 2 e e e s o] EATH RESULTS FROM WOUND Mrs. Racine Passes Away at Receiving Hospital. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 17. Maud Racine, who shot Mrs. . Bertha 1 herself in the presence of her husband last night while in a fit of jealous anger, died this morning at the Receiving Hos- ital. The doctors discovered that the bul- l’u had penetrated the brain tissues, which made the wound necessarily fatal. When they Frulyed for the bullet they found it at the base of the skull in a po- gition where it could not he extracted. Coroner Mehrmann held an inquest to- night, when Joseph J. Racine, the hus- band, was the principal witness. He testi- fied that with his wife he dined at a down- town restaurant Monday cvening, and then went home to prepare for initiation in the Knights of Pythias. She objected, and he agreed to remain at home with her. Later he went out to keep a busi- ness engagement, returning about 10:15 o'clock. The guarrel was renewed as soon as he got intg the house. . “Suddenly she went into the bedroom,’” said Racine, “and in a moment came back with a pistol In her hand. I sald, ‘My God, Maud, what are you going to do? She said, ‘']l not bother you any more,” and pointing the pistol at her head fired. She fell at my feet and I thought she was dead. She expressed her sorrow.at the Recelving Hospital.” Mrs. Harrlett Clark. wife of Pollce Of- ficer Clerk, testified that she found thc pistol within a few inches of Mrs. Ra- cine's left hand, while she lay face down- ward on the floor. The jury rendered a verdict that de- ceased had committed suicide while tem- porarily insane. e S Postage on Christmas Edition. The great Christmas edition of The Cail, issued December 15, 1901, con- tains 70 pages and will weigh 17 onnces. The rates of postage on this edition will be as follows: Domestic........ Foreign.......... BID3 FAREWELL T0 JAIL LIFE Dudley C. Dubose Takes Leave of Officials and Prison. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 17. Dudley C. Dubose, who was successful in invoking the law of credits so that his six months’ term in the County Jail was reduced by thirty days, bade farewell to jail life at 11 o'clock this morning. By that time the promised letter from United States District Attorney Marshall B. Woodworth authorizing the Nome attor- ney's release had arrived and it was but a few minutes afterward when Dubose was walking the streets once more a free man. The cnmmum(‘a!(fn thai gave him liberty contained the following message: Oscar L. Rodgers, Sheriff, Alameda County— Dear Bir: I have been advised officlally by the Honorable Attorney General that he con- siders persons imprifoned in the County Jail in contempt of court entitled to credits al- lowed by the commutation law. Respectfully, MARSHALL B. WOODWORTH, United States District Attornéy Dubose’'s leave taking was quite in- formal. His trunks and the comforts with which he surrounded himeelf while a pris- oner he ordered expressed to the’ Palace Hotel in San Francisco, where he proposes to remain for two or three weeks. ‘When he has concluded certain business transactions in San Francisco he will re- turn to his old home in Helena, Montana, to remain until the weather moderates so that he can return to Nome to resume his law practice. He calls Helena his home because he lived there many vears though he is unmarried and all his relatives live in the South.' SPRINGFIELD, O., Dec. 17.—Miss Eleanor Ludlow. niece of ex-Governor Bushnell, said to- day: ‘‘There is positively no truth in the re- port of the engagement of Captain Richmortd P. Hobson and myself. You will do me a favo, to deny it and you cannot make the statemer® too emphatic.” —— e CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—The sensation of the day In the trial of Alexander Sullivan for al- leged conspiracy and jury-bribing was the af- firmation of W. A. ch, brother of ex-Bailiff James J. Lynch, the prosecuting witness and confessed jury-briber, that he “would not be- Neve his brother on vath.” THEIR ROMANGE ABAUPTLY ENDS Pratts Separate After Six Months of Married Life. ALAMEDA, Dec. 17.—Bert A. Pratt, of 1721 Railroad_ avenue, whose romantic marriage to Miss Myrtle Upton at Elk Grove on the 13th day of last June sur- prised his friends here, has given them a second topic for gossip by publishing a notice in which he says he will no longer be responsible for debts contracted by his bride of six months, as they have separated. After the wedding Pratt and his wife made their home at 1805 agle avenue in a cottage owned by him. Last night Pratt called on Chief of Police John Conrad and requested the officer to go to the cottage and prevent Mrs. David Upton, Pratt’s mother-in-law, from pack- ing up and hauling away some of the house furnishings, which Pratt claims as his personal property. Conrad went to the cottage but took no action and made no arrests. 3 Pratt asserts that his mother-in-law has destroyed his marital bliss and that he will begin legal proceedings to oust her and recover possession of his prem- ises. He further states that he will sue for a divorce. Pratt first met Miss Upton while tak- ing a stroll in Pacifie Grove one moon- jight night last June. She was accom- anied by a mutual friend, and aithough g’ratt could not distinguish her features in the gloaming. he was smitten by her conversatlonal accomplishments. He se- cured permission to correspond with her and in record-breaking time the engage- ment of the couple was announced. The wedding took place a few days later. Pratt has been engaged in_the grocery business with his father, J. M. Pratt, at Grand street station. To-day father and son dissolved partnership, the young man retiring from the business. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—~Licenses to marry were issued to-day to Thomas H. Cum- ming, aged 38 vears, Stockton, and Mary F. Kearney. 31, Los Angeles; Charles I.. Paige, 21, Shasta, and Annie W. Fox, 18, Oakland. ey e L Many an old bachelor proposes—to re- main single. WILL CONFER WITH BRIGANDS Officials Start to Meet the Captors of Miss Stone. All Available Ransom Money to Be Offered to . Outlaws. lished a dispatch from Constantinople which says: “The first dragoman of the United States legation and the secretary of the Missionary Socfety will leave here to-night with full powers to negotiate with the brigands for the release of Miss Ellen M. Stone, on the payment of £14,000 ransom. The meeting will occur in Turk- ish territory.” CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 17.—W. W. Peet, treasurer of the Turkish mission in Constantinople, accompanied by Gargiu- olo, dragoman of the United States lega- tion here, started to-night to meet the brigands who hold Miss Stone captive. In accordance with instructions received from Washington they will attempt to se: cure the release of the prisoner in ‘ex- Cg?“ge for the ransom money now avail- able. It is reported that Mme. Tsilka's baby is still alive and well. GAMBLERS DEFENDANTS IN PECULIAR LAWSUITS Firms Robbed by Employes Demand Return of Money From Gam- ing Houses. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 17.—A series of peculiar jawsuits arising out of the conduct of gambling games has been be- gun in Vancouver. Company, the largest concern of its kind in the province, has entered suit against the proprietors of the Balmoral and Mint gambling-houses for the return of $2000. This is money alleged to have been stolen by clerks in_the employ cf the Hinton of this amount was embezzled by the late local manager, George F. Cutler, who is now not make good his shortage. The gambling-houses claim that Cutler, instead of being a loser, frequently won large sums at roulette and blackjack. They have refused to pay the claim of his former employers, and the cases will now be taken into the courts. Sir Hibbert Tupper has been retained as counsel for the plaintiff. ST HERRERA BROTHERS WIN RING BATTLES Aurelia Gets Decision From George Baker and Mauro Knocks Out Billy Crawford. - FRESNO, Dec. 17.—Aurelia Herrera of Bakersfield was given the decision at the conglusion of the twentieth round of his fight with George Baker, of San Jose, to- night. The contest in many respects re- sembled a foot race, Baker doing his ut- most to avoid Herrera's blows. Notwith- standing Baker’s clever ducking and run- ning, he was knocked dewn several times, remaining on the floor, almost the limit of the count. showed a lack of ring science. Decides Against Dow Heirs. REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 17.—Judge Buck of the Superior Court to-day handed down a decision which affects property in the | center of the city of San Mateo valued at Chamberlain to a portion of this propert. istrator,and JamesJ. Dow and Aifred W. Dow, the latter two being son and grand- son, respectively, of Willlam Dow, de- ceased. The decision affects fourteen oth- ers to whose lands the Dows laid claim. S s Two Men Are Missing. REDWOOD - CITY, Deec. 17.—Coroner Crowe will hold an inquest to-morrow to determine the cause of the death of Louie Decrouix, the young man whose body was As yet no clew has been received as to the ~whereabouts of Decrouix’s brother, It is now known that a man named Meyer accompanied “thé Decrouix brothers on their clamming expedition, and it is feared that he, too, is lost. —_———— Chiidren’: Room Fund Grows. OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—The Ebell Society has secured $3024 75 of the $5000 which will be necessary to furnish the children’s room in the new public library building, according to the plans that have been adopted. - -x- THE DAY’S DEAD + LONDON, Dec. 17.—The death is an- nounced of Major General (retired) Sir Francis de Winton. He was born in 1835. ¥ 3 Fred Mason. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 17.—Fred Mason, a well known merchant and proprietor, of Mason's Laundry, died here this after- noon. He had recently been operated up- on in San Francisco for internal trouble. He leaves a wife. Domingo Zanone. EUREKA, Dec. 17.—Domingo Zanone, one of the wealthiest citizens of this county, died last night in_this city. He was a native of Italy and T3 years of age. His estate, it is believed, will aggregate §1,000,000 in value. Colonel Rockwell M. Thompson. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—Injuries sus- tained by falling off an electric car on the evening of November 30, resulted in the death to-day in this city of Colonel Rock- well M. Thompson, a veteran of the Civil War, well known in several States. B F S Thomas Kelly. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 17.—Thomas Kelly, well known from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean in stage route days, is dead at Ldberty, Mo., aged §7 vears. In 1837, with General Thomas L. Price, he established stage lines covering long routes in Missourl and Arkansas. In 1843 the firm of Price & Kelly secured a contract from the Government for a weekly mail dellvewtween Independ- ence, Mo., and Salt e City, and a line of stages was put on. This firm also owned and operated the great Santa Fe stage line between Independence and Santa Fe, N. M. The civil war ruined the stage business and Kelly went to Cali- fornia and engaged in staging until_the railroads came, when he returned to Mis- souri. Several of his children live in Cali- fornia. ————— HOTEL ARRIVALS. RUSS HOUSE. ‘W_§ Perry Phoenix J H Thomas & w, Cal L D Dewey, Pine Flat T P Ryan, St Louls Mrs S A Woodcock, Cal J T Wilkinson, Cal R Scott, St Louis ] Mrs A McGhe, Gilroy |E S Twede, Cal E B Ketchner, S L Ob|F G Hamliiton, Hollistr R E Daniels & w, MogNNe R PARIS, Dec. 17.—The Temps to-day pub- | The Hinton Electric | Company and by them gambled away in | the houses mentioned. The largest part | in Portland. Cutler spent miuch | money and left the city when he could | Mauro Herrgra, a brother of Aurelia, knocked out Billy Crawford of Madera | in the third round. Both contestants $100,000. By the decision the title of P. P. | is quieted as againstJames Crowe, admin- | found in a boat at Millorae last Friday. | but it is supposed that he was drowned. | TWO COUPLES DIE TOGETHER Quadruple Suicide Oc- curs in a Columbus Boarding-House. Four Young People, Three of Whom Were Cooks, End Life by Chloroform. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 17.—Two voung women and two young men were found dead in rooms in a boarding-house at 52 | East Russell street and evidence points to a quadruple suicide, deliberately planned. The dead are: PEARL WARNER, aged 28, second cook at the Manhattan restaurant. LOU KLINE, aged 18, third cook zt the same restaurant. | SHERMAN LOTHOUSE, a cab driver. | _ JOHN JACOBS, chief cook at the Man- hattan. | _The four persons went to the boarding- | house Sunday and secured adjoining rooms. To-day nothing was seen of them, and though the rooms remained locked and no response could be secured to re- | peated calls suspicion was not aroused | until to-night. Finally the doors to the rooms were forced and the occupants were discovered lying on the beds, The keyholes and cracks around the doors had been closed with rags and the fumes of chloroform filled the rooms. disclosing the cause of death. It was evident that both couples had planned suicide, but the motive is not known. i PEASANTS BESIEGE A COUNT’S CASTLE | s | Building and a Valuable Collection of Painting Destroyed | by a Mob. LONDON, Dec. 17.—A dispatch from St. | Petersburg says that a remarkable revolt, | alleged to be due to harsh treatment of | the peasantry, has taken place on the es- tate of Count Palen, near Mitau, twenty- five miles from Riga. | The peasantry rose in a body, besieged the castle, set fire to it and danced around the blazing building. The police | were powerless against the mob and troops were summoned. The latter, how- | ever, were too late to be of any service. Everything was destroyed, inelu the valuable gallery of paintings. Count | is a member of the Council of the - | pire. ——— Former Administrator Arrested. SANTA ROSA, Dec. 17.—Thomas G. Young, former Coroner and Public Ad- ministrator, was arrested at his home in Healdsburg to-day upon a charge of em- bemslement and brought to this city. It is thought that he will have no trouble in giving bail. Youns, as administrator 8¢ the estate of the late James Porter. was récanily {0uniato i short $2000 in his ae- counts. UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OAKLAND, Dec. 17. rick Slate, presiding instructor in physies at the University of California, became a citizen of the United States to-day. He successfully passed the examination to which he was subjected by Jlldg Hall and took the oath of allegiance. Profes- sor William Cary Jones, instructor in the department of physics, and Professcr Pe- ter Lewis, instructor in the department of mechanics, were his sponsors. Professor Slate has been an instructor at the State University for nearly twenty- | five years and succeeded to the head of his department upon the death of the late Professor Joseph.Le Conte. He is a na=~ tive of England. il ittt | Leaves Entire Estate to His Wife. | OAKLAND, Dec. 17.—The will of the | late Edward T. Henshaw, a brother of Supreme Justice Frederick W. Henshaw | and of William G. Henshaw, president of the Union Savings Bank, was flled for probate this afterncon. It is olographic., bearing the date of May 9, 1901, and reads as follows: “I hereby give, will and bequeath to my beloved wife, May R. Henshaw, all the property, both real and personal, of which I may die possessed. “EDWARD T. HENSHAW." | The petition of the widow, who files the | will, states that the estate will exceed | $10,000 in value. This is mostly reprasemt- ed by 150 shares of the capital stock of the Henshaw-Bulkeley Company of San | Francisco. There are two minor children. John Cory Henshaw, aged 18 years, and Thomas Dale Henshaw, aged 10 years. —_—e—————— LONDON, Dec. 17.—The demand for the ex- tradition of H. St. John Dix, charged with lar- ceny committed In the Utited States and who is accused of wrecking the Scandinavian- Amerlean Bank at Whatcom, Wash, was granted at the Bow-street Police Court to-day. —————————— } NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Announcement was made to-day that further hearing in the case of Albert T. Patrick, who is under indictment for the alleged murder of Willlam Marsh Rice, has been adjourned until January 3. ——e————————— KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dee. 17.—Lowslj Spence, a Pinkerton detective, to-day positively jdentified the man under arrest here as Harvey' Logan, one of the alleged Great Northern ex- press robbers. e CHICAGO, Western Association The notice of withdrawal of the Southern cific military traffic was discussed in an en- deavor to reach some settlement. 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