The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1901, Page 9

y THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901. REACHES GAISIS N HIS ILLNESS John J. Valentine’s Con- dition Is Gravely Alarming. Patient Suffers a Critical Relapse After Months of Sickness. ey Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 18 Br Dec. 18. J pre of Wells, 0 & Co.’s Express, street, for critical condition, se on Sunday from has not recovered. serious is thessituation that the only. member of the family, entine been summoned home. The the result of long vears of a_stomach disorder which 3 have been rarily relieve. « has been confined for mon During much s been unable to leave as been intermit- Jus aspect is_con- patient would e questio d shall come. end ten vears he rem: has been a sufferer, dies throughout the world. Ith he went East, then ent, and for a time was the critical pe- has now arrived. dent Vajentine early one oufside of the 1 and members of the ermitted to see him. Dr. £ been in charge of the FALLS FROM WINDOW TO DEATH ON PAVEMENT Mint House Lodger, Whose Identity Is Not Established, Victim of Fatal Accident. Mis- street late last night and was in-| ly killed by striking head first on e stone ment. When he tumbled om the window he was clad only in a overshirt. The room from the win- f which he fell is rented.by 1 r 2 of the half world. The t the death was purely veral of the lodgers in stated that they had se in_the room such as would i had the man met with foul r sald that she was not in ien the man met his death, to her room in an intoxi- n, she said, aud she had him to go out and make some pur- She claims that she does not me nor anything about him. that he told her that he was recently of Arizona. The police ing in the pockets of the dead dentity could Special Train for Mexico Crowded. A special train run to enable visitors to spend the Christmas holidays in Mexico c 1 evening over the coast ty pass xpected that when th Los Angeles the par! by about eighty more hose who left here Louis Stevenson and artist —_— Benevolent Society Elects Officers. Montenegrin Benevolent 1 its annual meeting last night i new officers for the ensuing follows: President, The as , Samie ich, John Doklestich, Misevich. A Medicine for O1d People. Rey. Geo. Gay, Greenwich, Kas, is past 83 years of age, yet he says: °1 am en)joying excellent health for a man of my age, due entirely to the rejuven- ating infivences of Dr. Miles’ Nervine. 1t brings sieep and rest when nc:l?af else will, and gives strength and vif ity even to one of my old age.” “] am an oid soldier,” writes Mr. Gen. ‘Watson, of Newton, Ia, “axd I have been 2 great sufferer from pervonsness, vertigo and spinal trouble. Have spent ble f dicine and but with little bepefit. 1 was mind showee signs of weak- Lking D7, Miles’ Nervine, aved rv life.” and I know Dr. e Nervine Saved me from the insane asy- " Mrs. A. M. Heifper, of Jerico 1 s, “I was so merv- id scarcely control my- leep nor rest, would even 1es of my owh children at ~ommenced using Dr. Miles’ it helped me from first, and now I am perfectly well.” Sold by ail Druggisis on Guarantee. s Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogues Pries Lists Mailed on WArppli’cia!,'ion. COAL, COKE AN P17 IRON. 1 CWILSON &CO., fiesbens Saain i Telephone Main 1864 and ALT MEATS. Shipping Butchers, 104 oILs, OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS, Phone Maln 1713, LUBRICATING 418 Front st., 8. F. PRINTI E C. EUGHES. PRINTERS, BODKBINDERS. THE HICKS-3UDD CO., & First street. San Francisco. PRINTER, 611 Sznsome st. S. F. who has been se- | Thirteenth | Edward | of a short time | these trips only served | : vice president, P. Seten- | Clay. Tel. Main 129 NCTS THE HERD N DOUBLE ROLE | Sixteen-Year-Old Youth | Twice Rescues H_is Brother. | Pitches Burning Boy Into Water and Then Plunges in After Him., . Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1115 Broadway, Deec. 18. Presence of mind on the part of Job Smok, aged 16 vears, Albert B. Smok, aged § years, from death by burning and by drowning as well this afternoon. An explosion fire to the little fellow’s clothing and his companions were frant ly trying to | crush out the flam when his brother the child into a slough. to rescue the boy from drowning, the older lad jumped into the water and drag- ged the youngster ashore. With a number of other boys John and Alfred Smok went to pass the afternoon on the marsh on the Alameda side of the | Webster-street bridge. { with a quantity o they exploded at intervals. While Albel was attempting to set fire to some DOW. der that had been given to him it sud- denly went off in his face. In a moment kLis clothing was in flames. | After the child had been rescued, W. C. Chamberlain of Alameda, who was cros ing the marsh in a buggy, took him to the Receiving Hospital, where his burns were dressed. Dr. R. B. Willlams, who treated They were armed | on the chest, legs and one hand. After | the surgeons had done with him the | twice rescued youngster was sent to his | home at 224 Second street. EXCITING SCENES IN A PRIVATE SANITARIUM Witnesses Testify Against Mrs. | Reeves Atkinson, Charged With | Maintaining a Nuisance., | The trial of Mrs. Reeves Atkinson, charged with maintaining a nuisance in the shape of a private sanitarium, at 1815 | Fritz yesterday afternoon. Six witnesses were examined. They were Jules Cerf, | attorney; Mrs. Pauline Coblentz, | Lena Jonas, H. E. Tresselt, Mrs. Ma | O’Brien and Mrs. Emma Rosenblum. The; all testified to hearing unearthly nois coming at night from the sanitarium, and | | Cerf and Mrs. Coblentz had seen women in their back yards who had escaped from the sanitarium. Mrs. Coblentz had found it necessary to put up a barbed wire fence. rs. O'Brien was the star witness. She liv at 1710A Post street, in the rear of | the sanitarium, and testified that one night she heard a man screaming ‘‘Ame- | lia, Amelia!” He kept it up all night. She | raised her voice in court to show just how the man yelled. She thought at first it | was one of the neighbors who had come home “full” and was velling for his wife | to open the front door. Another man had | for nights shouted “Oh, my!” and another “One, two!” as if he were marching. She | had heard women shouting, ‘“‘Murder, | help?” and other women kept dancing and singing all night. The case will be resumed next Monday afternoon. —_———— MASTER MARINERS MAY LOSE THEIR COMMISSIONS Association of Masters and Pilots to File Charges Against Several Local Skippers. The American Association of and Pilots has decided to file against several master mariners who are known to have used frauddlent means to secure commissions. William Wescott, a member of the association, has the mat- { ter in charge. It is alleged that several | master mariners were not citizens of the United States when they secured their papers from the Government, and that in obtaining their commissions they made use of false witnesses. The charges are to be filed with the United States District Attorney. The As- sociation of Masters and Pilots does not object to aliens receiving their commis sions as master mariners from the Gov ernment after they have become natural- ized. The assoclation is observing great secrecy in the matter as it is desired Masters | names of the master mariners are made public. | B Point Lobos Club Elects Officers. Lobos Improvement Club was held last Fourth avenues, Richmond. The meeting was well attended by the residents of the valley, all of whom haye taken an active | interest in_the welfare of the Richmond | district. This club stands as the ban- | ner improvement club of the city and has | the honoz of having for its president | George R. Fletcher for a period of fifteen years, during which time great improve- ments have been made for the comfort of the residents. At the election last night the following officers were elected | for the ensuing six months: President, O. K. Cushing: first vice president, H. U. Jaudin; second vice president, V. E. Win: chell; recording secretary, goonis; financial and corresponding sec- black powder, which | the youthful patient, found blisters and burns | Sutter street, was resumed before Judge | Miss | charges | { that the charges shall be filed before the | The semi-annual meeting of the Point | | | | night at the club rooms on Clement and ! i ' saved his brother, | of powder set | | put an end to the struggle by throwing Then, in order | | | | | dismissed, which was done. George Ma- | retary, John J. Cassidy; treasurer, P. J. | Ward; executive committee, Fletcher, Captain John McFarland, James M. Wilkins, Dr. H. A. Nie- meyer, William A. Deane, G. A. Blank and W. C. Billington. The ex- ecutive committee comprises also Presi- dent O. K. Cushing, Firet Vice President H. U. Jaudin, Second Vice President V. E. ‘Winchell and Financial Secretary John J. Cassidy V. E. Winchell, chairman of a commit- tee of seven appointed to investigate the water question in the district, rendered a lengthy report viewing the whole mat- ter. On motion the report was referred to the committee for revision and final George R. report. A committee was appointed to ap- | pear before the Board of Public Works and advocate paving Fulton street. i —_——— Verdict in Oppenheim Inquest. Frank C. Watson was the new witness yesterday in the inquest on the body of Adolph Oppenheim, keeper of a shoot- ing gallery at 416 Dupont street, who was found dead there December 12 with a 22- caliber rifie bullet in his back. Watson testified that at about the time the re- port of the shot was heard he saw three men run from the direction of the gal- lery and turn into Bush street. The men wore caps without visors, such as are worn by seafaring men. The jury returned a verdict to the ef- fect that death resulted from a gunshot | wound inflicted by some person or persons | unknown to the Jury. e Lot S SO Kershow Case Closed. | The Kershow will contest case will be argued next Monday. The taking of tes- { timony was completed vesterday, the wit- | nesses heard being George McComb, a | deputy Justice’s clerk; A. F. Benard, At- | tornes Solomon and L. Hirsch, Sam Newman, Justice's Clerks E. D. Williams | and J. J. Ryan, deputy clerk of the Board | of Bupervisors, all of whom testified that | they knew Jules Gamage and A. J. Mead- | ows and were satisfied that Meadows and | Gamage were men of good character. | ——————— | \ Pictures and Frames. ‘We have everything that is new in good, moderate priced Pictures and Frames, uitable for Christmas presents. Call and see them at Sanborn, Vail & Co.’s, 741 | Market street. . o s CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.— Clarence Van Burem, formiesly an employe of R. J. Lathrop, a coal dealer at 133 Turk street, was taken into custody yesterday by Officer J. J Barry on a warrani charging him with | embezziement. It ix claimed that while Van | Buren was cmployed in Lathrop’s coal yard | be coliected bille from customers and kept the mone~ | | | | money, but without success. COLUMBIA TREASURER ENGAGED T0 WED CHARMING YOUNG LADY Sol Pincus and Miss Annie Kal'mann Announce Intention to Enter the Bonds of Matrimony---A Home Reception to Be Held in the Near Future . HE parties are prominently known in this city, where they have resided for many year: Miss Kallmann is the daughter of Mrs. C. Kallman of 2030% Stefner street. The young lady is tulent_ed and an accomplished musician. Mr. Pin- cus has been connected with the leadinz theaters of this city for the last ten years. At present he is treasurer of the Colum- bia. A reception will be held at the Kall- mann residence on January 5. The date of the wedding has not yet been fixed. ® ® ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH SOCIETIES’ FUNDS Phillip Shanzer Arrested and a Warrant Is Out for M. J. Dolan. : Philip Shanzer, treasurer of the Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union, was arrested yes- terday afternoon on a warrant charging him with felony embezzlement. He was released on $500 bonds. The complaining witness is Joseph O’'Day, a member of the union, who alleges that Shanzler is short in his accounts to the amount of $16¢ and a demand had been made upon him for the Michael Murphy, vice-president and trustee of the Sixth Division, Ancient Or- | of Hibernians, swore to a complaint in gfl‘x:lge Conlan’s court yesterday, charging M. J. Dolan, ex-secretary of the division, with felony embezzlement. Dolan is ac- cused of being short in his accounts to the amount of $57 50. ———————— Colonel C. H. Murphy’s Surprise. The Day Commercial School gave a dance last night at Golden Gate Hall, and during the evening Colonel Charles H. Murphy presented diplomas to sixty-five graduates. There was plenty of scholas- tic enthusiasm, and as each graduate was presented with the hard-won credential of efficlency the hall fairly rang with cheers. Colonel Murphy had arranged a clever surprise for his pupils, when, dur- ing one of the waltzes, the electric lights, covered with crimson bunting, were sud- denly lowered, giving a novel and exceed- ingly pretty effect. his dance was called ““I'he Twilight,” but not one of the pupils or friends had been made acquainted with the colonel’s plan. — e Pardee Is at Liberty. §. C. Pardee is again a free man. Jesse Colman, Eugene Korn, Michel Defret and C. H. Rehnstrom, who had sworn to com- plaints against him for passing fictitious checks upon them, all testified in Judge Mogan's court yesterday that he had pald the amounts and asked that the cases be When Pardee zot cutside the courtroom he was again arrestea_on_instructions from Monterey and Santa Cruz, but when the complain- ants therc were communicated with by telephone they replied that they did not want him and he was released. —_—————————— Special Permits Are Unlawful. City Attorney Lane handed down an opinion vesterday that there is no power in the Board of Supervisors to make.laws denying a privilege to the people at large and granting to one or more special indi- viduals the right to disobey the general law, It is within the power of the Board of Supervisors-to amend the fire ordi- | nance so as to permit broader privileges than those therein granted, but such amendment must be made applicable to all in the same situation and subject to the same conditions. —_———————— Closing of Bacon Place. Chief of Police Wittman and Assistant District Attorney Charles L. Weller asked Judge Morrow yesterday to dissolve the temporary injunction issued in January, 1900, restraining Chief of Police Biggy | from blockading Bacon place. Judge Morrow remarked that the court had been imposed upon, the temporary re- straining order having been issued on the understanding that the subject matter would be brought to the attention of the court at a subsequent date in the term. The order was therefore dissolved. ————— Paid for the Plume. ‘When the case of Mrs. Mary veaga, charged with petty de La- larceny for forcibly taking a plume from the hat | worn by Miss Maria Cassasa, milliner, 1727 Stockton street, was called in Judge { Mogan’s court vesterday Mrs. de Laveaga said she was willing to pay $4 for the plume, as she liked it, Miss Cassasa said she was willing to aécept the amount to end the trouble. The money was produced and the Judge dismissed the case, ——————— ) Postage on Christmas Edition. The great Christmas edition of The Call, issued December 15, 1901, con- tains 70 pages and will weigh 17 ounces. The rates of postage on this edition will be as follows Domestic... Foréign... 4 p ————— Must Go Back to Russia. Judge Morrow rendered an opinion yes- terday to the effect that Simeon Ivanow Grin should be extradited to Russia. | Simeon_was a clerk in the town of Khov on the Don, and is accused of having em- bezzled 25,000 rubles from his employers. e engagement of Miss Annie Kallmann to Sol Pincus was an- nounced a few days ago. Both | B SoL PINCUS wen VERIY ML Puome L THEATRICAL MAN AND THE YOUNG LADY HE WILL SOON i ‘WED. -L 1 PUGILIST TRIES HIS HAND AS A FOOTPAD Louis Wade, Otherwise Xnown as/ “Young Sharkey,” Caught While | Committing Robbery. Louis Wade, otherwise known as| “Young Sharkey,” a pugilist of indiffer- | ent ability, and John Case were arrested vesterday morning on a charge of at-| tempted robbery. They were caught in, the act of rifling the pockets of a man by | the name of Charles Lynch by Officers H. Pearl and J. Tuite. The attempt was made on Ellis street. At the time Lynch was considerably under the influ- ence of liguor. { “Young Sharkey” is known to many cf ! the local sports. He has frequently ap-| peared in local bouts, but had never, suc~ ceeded in acquiring much of a record with his fists. Because of his bulldog tac- tics he was dubbed *‘Young Sharkey.” | . | Strother Spencer Not Poisoned. | A Coroner’s jury yesterday rendered a verdict in the inquest on the body of Strother Spencer, the young drug clerk who was found unconscious December 2 in the basement of the Owl drug store and who died shortly afterward. A small quantity of hydrocyanic acid was found | in the stomach of the dead man, but the | city chemist testified that there was not enough to have caused death by poison- | ing. It was shown by the evidence that | Spencer had been taking a patent medi- | cine_which contained the acid, and that he died of heart disease, alleged to have been aggravated by the use of the medi- cine. — s Ex-Soldier Steals Jewelry. Albert Brown, an ex-soldier, was arrest- ed last night by ‘Detective Tom Gibson for a robbery he committed in Sacramen- to. He was employed by Mrs. Willlam Borchers of 2311 H street, Sacramento, and during the absence of the lady Brown gathered up all the jewelry he could find and departed for this city. He was point- ed out to Detective Gibson and was taken into custody. Brown will be taken back to Sacramento to-day. e Yanger Defeats Bernstein. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Benny Yanger was given the decision over Joe Bernstein of New York after six rounds of fighting to- night. The contest, which was held in the armory of the Second Infantry, was witnessed by a crowd of 3000 people. The first three rounds were in favor of Bern- stein, who did most of the leading and landed the greater number of clean blows, During the last three rounds, however, Yanger came up strong and gained the upper hand so rapidly that he had a clear margin at the close. He scored a knock- down in the fourth and put Bernstein to his knees in the fifth. B Victory for Rural Saloon Men. SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 18.—Justice Ord of Soquel to-day decided that the liquor ordi- nance adopted by the Supervisors, prohib- iting saloons outside of incorporated lim- its, is unconstitutional, and instructed the jury to acquit 8. H. Alkire, charged with violating the ordinance. San ran@an Takes a Bride. SEA' E, Dec. 18.—Wallace S. Rosen- blatt of San Francisco was married here to-night to Miss Caroline Frauenthal, well known in local social circles. Her father is wealthy. The young couple will spend their honeymoon in Southern California. e — Licenses to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 18.—Licenses to mar were issued to-day to Wesley B. F‘isherry. aged 38 years, and Evelyn I. Bunker, i7, both of Oakland: Herman H. Hafl, 24 Merced, and Mabél de Witt, 19, Merced, —_————— Toilet Sets and Albums In satin lined leather and celluloid cases. Not much cheap stuff, but great quanti- ties of good things at moderate prices. ‘We cordially invite visitors to inspect this department. Sanborn, Vail & Co., Tl Market street. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Navy Depart. ment has announced the final acceptance of tne battleship Wisconsin. $ WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Representaf Wood of Callfornia to-day introduced s i 1o establish a Department of Mines and Mining. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 —Senator McComas introduced In the Benate to-day the bill for Ad- miral Schley's benefit which was published this | morning. | poisoning, | consolidation to the copper of wrecked | gatherers of these parts. | DECLARE VENEZUELA | dais, to which a number of granite steps DIGAPPEARANCE OF THE MUSSEL Ma.hy Gatherers of the Bivalve Thrown Out of Employment. Experts Unable to Account for Scarcity of the Sea Food. —_— Sadness fills the hearts of Baciccia and Martini, the mussel gatherers of South San Francisco, and the reason of it all is the suddén disappearance of the mussel without known cause or good and’ sum—i cient reason. Restaurant-keepers of the city have endeavored to allay the grum- | blings of the mussel lover, but the only | explanation forthcoming is that there are no musseis to be had, that there is some- thing wrong somewhere, but whert still remains a deep sea mystery. For thirty years or more there has been an ample supply, and even the veteran fishmonger Achile” Paladini, and others in the rish trade are unable to solve that mystery That the loss of the mu: , which is hoped to be temporary, is a matter of great importance to those engaged in the | industry is shown at Baciccia and Mar- i tini’s fishing quarters, ~where many “gatherers” are out of employment, *cleaners” being idle, wagon drivers | without occupation and boatmen are seen lazily sitting beside their bleached boat Even officials, those of the State Fis Commission, are not quite prepared to ac- count for it all. ‘W. H. Cook, the attorney to the com- mission, takes'a legal view of the situa- tion and;smilingly declares that a writ of prohibition must have been issued, but gives the sound opinion that in view of a scarcity of the sea food the State Leg- | islature would have the right to enact a | law to protect the mussel with the same | legal guard as given the oyster or the | female crab or the lobster. J. H. Davis, a deputy of the State| Board of Fish Commissioners, has only | known trouble to come to the mussel dur- | ing an extremely raily winter, when the fresh waters from the Sacramento River came along and killed them to such an | extent that the Contra Costa shores were strewn with the dead. There has, in his opinion, not been sufficient n this win- | ter to have interfered with them, and he | cannot give a scientific or natural reason | to account for the mussel's msupnear-l | | ance. Some fishermen attribute it to probable as they cling in remarkable vessels. So much is this recognized that | the gatherers avoid taking them from any parts in the vicinity of the Golden Gate. There have been no storms to d lodge them from their once favored rocks, or the wharves or piles on the Oakland side of the bay, which doubly increases | the mystery. The fact remains that such | a condition has never before been known even to the oldest fishermen and mussel EQUAL TO GERMANY Castro’s Official Organs Breathe De- fiance and Threaten Terrible Reprisals. WILLEMSTAR, Island of Curacao, Dec. | 18.—La Republica, the Venezuelan official organ at Caracas, published an editorial | vesterday ending as follows: | “If the German Government is informed | that the presence of a few warships will suffice to effect an arrangement of her | outstanding claims it has been deceived. Venezuela is conscious that she is an in- dependent nation, the equal of the other | powers, and she is determined to defend ! that independence and equality. She is | desirous of peace, but if necessary she can | cause hurt to her enemies and exercise | terrible reprisals. General Castro is de- termined on this. He will in no case suf- fer Venezuela to be humiliated or allow her rights to be despised.” Other Venezuelan papers comment upon the situation in a similar strain. i There is excitement at Caracas over the military scandals involving Generals Da- vila and Sanchez. After his appointment | as commandant at Caracas Davila insult- ed the War Minister. He has now been deprived of his command. McKINLEY MEMORIAL DESIGN IS SELECTED San Jose Sub-Committee Chooses the Model Submitted by Rupert Schmid. SAN JOSE, Dec. 18.—The plan of Rupert Schmid for a memorial monument to President McKinley in this city has been | accepted. This choice was made this afternoon by the subcommittee having | charge of the selection and it will report to the full memorial committee on Satur- | day. Only two designs were considered seriously—those of Schmid and Robert I. Alitken—and the former was selected by a vote of 10 to b. The design chosen shows a bronze figure of the President in a lifelike attitude on a | I | | lead. The figure represents McKinley in an overcoat, hat in hand, stepping Tfor- ward with his right hand extended to give | a welcome. At his feet is a horn of plenty | and about the dals are symbols and say- ings of the martyr. The cost is to be $13, CHILE IS ANXIOUS TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE Conferences and Discussions Are in, Prospect, but War May Be Averted. BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 18.—Dr. Aliman- cio Alcorta, the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, has had a telegraphic | communication from Senor Portela, Min- | ister of Argentina to Chile, who is now at Santiago de Chile. Dr. Alcorta called upon | the President of Argentina, General Julio Roca, three times to-day. | Tt is asserted here that Chile will not re- ject the modifications to the original! Chilean note suggested by Argentina, but | that she will make certain objections thereto which will render necessary fur- ther conferences and discussions. It is conceded, however, that even these objec- tions from Chile set forth that country’s sincere desire to effect a peaceful settle- ment of the trouble. SKIRMISHES IN BATANGAS. MANILA, Dec. 18,—There were six skirmishes in various parts of Batangas province yesterdhy. = The insurgents did not make a single stand. Several Filipinos were killed. The Americans had only a few men wounded. Additional troops have been sent to General Bell, who is carrying on an aggressive campaign in Batangas, Tayabas and Laguna provinces. General Smith has recommended Ser- geant Heinz of the medical department of the army for a medal of honor as a re- ward for heroism at the battle of Ganda River, Island of Samar. Heinz fought as jong as he was able, while shot through both arms and with a bad bolo slash m the back. After recovering from a faint- ing spell, with both arms in slings, Heinz directed the work of carrying the wound- ed until they arrived at Calbayog. Sur- geon Calhoun recommended Heinz for a certificate of merit, which was approved, but General Smith thinks the man’s hero- ism is worthy of a medal. Berkeley Eleven to Go South. BERKELEY, Dec. 18.—The University of California football eleven will leave for Los Angeles Monday evening to meet two Southern California football teams. The first game will be played on Christmas day in Los Angeles with the All-Southern California. team and the second at Pasa- dena on the Saturday following with the eleven from the Perris Indian School. The ‘men will be captained by “Wreck” Wom- ble of this year’s varsity and will be ac- companied by Trainer Walter Christie. "'nose who will take the trip are Gen- dottl, center; Overall and Stroud, guards: Albertson and Hansen, tackles; Starr and Hudson, ends; More, quarter; Duden, fullback; Womble and Mini, halfbacks; | Angeles team next yvear and will sign a contract with Manager Morley to-morrow | ‘Hendricks, Whipple and Williams, substi- tutes. | At your grocers to-day. (o} \FTER MARRIAGE HE DISIPPEARS Member of a California Mining Firm Lost at Chicago. Detectives Search for the Groom, Who Carried Much Wealth. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 13—The disappearance | in' Chicago a few days subsequent to his marriage of James Nolan, said to be a member of the firm of Nolan, Hayes & Co., mining brokers at Pasadena, Cal.: president of the King Solomon Mining | Company of California, interested in min- ing affairs at Spokane and reputed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars, is puzzling the police. i For three - days Detective Sergeants Thompson and Gallagher have been seek- ing the man. They traced him to the ! Palmer House and other large hotels, but alw arrived too late to find him. he search was brought about at the request of the bride of the missing man, who. prior to her marriage, was M Helen Koch. She is now living at 229 Twent eighth street. { Nolan came to Chicago three weeks ago. | Here he met Miss Koch and December 6 they went to the marriage license office, secured a license and five minutes later were husband and wife. The wedding was performed by Justice J. C. Murphy. On the Thursday following the marriage No- lan received a telegram calling him to Mil- waukee. He has since returned, it has been learned, but all efforts on the part of his wife to find any trace of him have been unsuccessful. ‘The marriage, it is said, followed a short acquaintance, and as far as the police can ascertain Nolan did not know his wife un- til he met her upon his visit here. After the marriage the couple went to live at the Lakota Hotel. The man, it is said, had considerable money and stocks and bonds valued at $15,000 on his person when ke disappeared. WORK ON WARSHIPS MAY NOW BE RESUMED WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Navy De- partment has been Informed by the Union Iron Works Shipbuilding Company at San Francisco that the strike which has pre- vailed at their yard for over half a year past has been declared off in a number of classes of workmen. This information is gratifying to the department, inasmuch as the warships let to that company have been practically untouched since last May. Tt is expected that the classes who still hold out will soon return to work, and that operations on the warships at San Francisco will be resumed with alacrity. Among the big vessels building at th! yard are the battleship Ohio, the armored crufsers Callfornia and South Dakota, on which work has not yet begun, the pro- tected cruisers Tacoma and Milwaukee and the monitor Wyoming. Irving M. Scott of the Union Iron Works stated last evening that he had no knowl- edge of any information being furnished the Navy Department, as mentloned in the above dispatch. He stated that his brother, Henry T. Scott, Is in Washington and that the message might be based on what he had stated as to the situation in the shipbuilding' yards. ““We are not doing any work on the Gov- ernment ships at present,” said Irving M. Scott, “but we have a large number of men at work on other ships, and the ex- perience will fit them to complete the war- ships. The strike situation is the same as it was. the warships will be resumed.”” WESTERN RAILROADS REACH NO AGREEMENT CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—No agreement has vet been reached between the Western roads as regards the proposed reorganiza- tion of the military rate pool. The spe- cial committee appointed to prepare a plan of action that would obviate the ob- Jections of the Southern Pacific to the old agreement was not ready to report to the general meeting to-day, and it was in- structed to report to-morrow. erally understood that the existing diffi culties will be overcome and the military rate pool be given a new lease of life. The colonist rate question was up for consideration all day, but no definite con- clvsion had been reached at the time of adjournment. It is found absolutely nec- essary to make a material reduction in I cannot state when the work on It is Sen-‘ GERMANY'S SAY ABOUT WATERWAY May Try to Block Work on the Nicaraguan Canal. Berlin Government Interested by Reason of Concession to Subsidized Company. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—It has just come to light that the, German empire expects to have something to say about the Nicaraguan canal because of a Ger- man corporation in a concession that will be interfered with and possibly destroyed by the construction of the canal. This in- terest has been obtained through the pur- chase by the Hamburg-American Steam- ship Company of the Atlas Steamship Company. The former is a German cor- poration, and the latter is British. The Hamburg-American Company is subsi- d by the German government, and its an be called upon for auxillary < of the German navy in time o2 is the same line that recently to get from the Colombian government a coaling station near Car- -tagena, which it was believed by the United States Consul there would if granted, become the first foothold of the German navy on the Western continent. Under the concession from Nie a which the Hamburg-American line s acquired, it is claimed by Foreign diplo- mats here, the exclusi ive navigation rights of the San Juan River and of Lake Niear- agi k. a are secured to the German company. rig government takes the position that the German company and the German government can do nothing in the way of interfering with_the building of the canal, and that the United States will not be drawn into the controversy. It the concession as a matter between the holders and the republic of Nicaragua, and will look to Nicaragua to te the concession and reimburse the holders | when the line is interrupted by the com- struction of the canal. One fact that is admitted is that the | transfer of the concession at least estab- lishes another point of friction in eon- nection with German designs on the New World. PRO-BOER UTTERANCES CAUSE A LIVELY RIOT Mobs Charge and Wreck the Hall Where David Lloyd George, M. P., Is Speaking. LONDON, Dec. 18.—David Lioyd- George, M. P., in speaking in Birming- ham Town Hall to-night, precipitated a cene unprecedented in that city since the Aston Park riots. The majority of the audience were hos- tile to the speaker, and were enraged by his pro-Boer and anti-Chamberlain utter- ance They rushed the police cordon guarding the platform. In the meanwhile the building was be- sieged from the outside by a mob of sev- eral thousand people, who smashed win- dows and tried to force the doors, which had been barricaded. They fusilladed the audience with stones through the win~ dows. The police reserves were turned out and succeeded in dispersing the mob after re- peated charges. A number of persons were injured and the Town Hall was com~ pletely wrecked. Not a single window was left whole. Chicago Must Pay Thousands. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 18.—By a de- ion of the Supreme Court handed down | to-day John McKechney and John Me- Kechney Jr., surviving partners of the firm of Weir, McKechney & Co., will re- ceive approximately $700.000 from the city of Chicago. Weir, McKechney & Co. did work on a tunnel to bring water from the lake to pumping stations. Unexpected rock was struck and the firm sued for ex- tra compes tion for removing it. By to- ‘s ruling the claim is allowed. ci da ADVERTISEMENTS. ! Pears’ the colonist rates from Chicago on ac- | count of the low rates just put into effect from St. Paul by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific roads. The question un- der consideration by the Western roads 1s | what should be added from Chicago and St. Paul in connection with the rates. sAdiibn eyt Yy PASSES A CENTURY BEFORE DEATH CALLS LUDINGTON, Mich., Dec. Rock, the oldest man in Michigan, here to-day, aged 107 years. Rock was reputed to be the first white man to enter the Yosemite Valley. This was in the spring of 1844, when he was in charge of a hunting party, all of whom were Kkilled by Indians, he alone escaping. Later he made his way back to Canada and then removed to Ludington, worked in the lumber camps up to a few years ago. MORLEY BELIEVES HE HAS CAPTURED WADDELL LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18—Rube Wad- dell, the gretatest left-handed pitcher in America, has agreed to play with the Los 18.—Louis morning. Waddell told Morley in the talk that preceded the agreement that he would rather play in California on ac- count of the climate, salary and other conditiomrs befhg equal. Morley promptly met his terms. Neither will give out the exact figures. It is an open secret that Morley expects to sign McPartlin by Christmas day. REDDING, Dec. 18.—George Farrout, aged | 62 years, committed sulcide by shooting him- | self in the head with a rifle at Stillwell Place, nine miles from Ono. REDDING, Dee. 18.—W. A. Scott, whose home is in Dunsmuir, was this afternoon ac- quitted by a jury of the charge of dynamiting trout in Sacramento River, SAN JOSE, Dec. 18.—Two of the largest livery stables in this city, the Lick and Dash- away, have combined, and hereafter the livery business of the city will practically be in a trust. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The House Com- mittee on Agricuiture to-day fixed January 18 for taking up the anti-oleomargarine question, at which time the various interests will be as- signed dates for hearing. SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—The steamer g Smith of the Laconner Trading and Trans- ortation Company ran on a snag in the Skagit River Tuesday night and sank in elght feet of water. There was no loss of life. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 18.—The Kentucky Court of Appeals to-day ruled that a telegraph company, #s a common carrier, cannot be in- Qicted for or restrained from furnishing infor- mation concerning races to pool rooms. 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