The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1901, Page 5

b LEINED PAPERS T logists Gather heir Third Annual Session. at ue of Shasta County’s Copper Production Is Noted. ! Fellows of the Geological So- | America b their third an- | n yeste t the Academy of s bull e society is now in m in Roc N. ¥. Al Fellows | he society he privilege of pre- | ng pape holding of office ® Corail ction is restricted to ellows west of the 104th =4 g sesst the re ding of B¢ paper read yesterday was by W. 4rner, who speaking of the | fabili: in & rock magma referred to > grenite ar, Tuo. fnne Centy t the rock 43 per cent trated by later pegmatic its con- quartz- rer increased audience by | he fact that of _amphibole- rtaining The mass wa d open the f vertebrae ssic lime- | shasta- , from six were sea ani- tail bent n. The hers in he backbone two. | affected at the g short g in a Mer. owing cop- The er which his own type of n - whic! of Sierra Nevada. y Turner was t tertiary ele- shown by the neocene The grade 8 feet to the present river grade was end- ss than that with these he amount me w! Origin D. Louder- ¥ C. Calk- [ Alexander taken deep of field re- committee ns of re- rs Le Conte a DMMISSIONERS DECIDE AGAINST SHORTER WATCHES Wittman Advises Postpone- of Ordinance Limiting Work. Policeman” Police was de- | enforce- to the matier commis- as being argued city was ters, it for in- | while the me the board € horter da ) postpone the He said to en- e it being held liabie property which t the Presidio. r asked protection ferred o his opinion as to take for the interests. ce with the Su- | wa reinstated on was sergeant. ——t—————— New Year's Concert and Ball. Singing Soclety has com- | grand annual | 1 which is to | 2 Verein Hall, | excellent programme | has been arranged | assured to ali New Year's entertain. hitherto been given by | have proved its EBreaks Expensive Window. Golden, whose fonduness for | < Jed to his arrest several times of his relatives, appeared rday on a charge chief for breaking a win- at $100 in the Shanahan Flor- store, 107 Powell stroet. | tinued till to-da has an interest in a valuable cs ow in the Probate Court. —_—e———— Athletic Entertainment. | athletic entertainment and assault | rms will be given in Hoover's Hall, | cet street, next ¥riday evening fi:r\lwnn‘;n of Major Reed, an expert | ordsman. Olympic Club athletes will | ke part in the exhibition. ———————— Pictures and Frames. .ve recelved during December over satterns of entirely new !hi:g;‘ in moldings, which we have not had time T . il mow. The Beauty, Original- | 26 Moderate Price of these mold- plense every one having Plctures me. On sale after this date. San- Vail & Co., 741 Market street. P We W 1 [ i \ \ ings wil 1 1 | phrey Wa: i Corporation Attorneys Have Not De- | SERVE MISS SELIGMAN HAPPILY “A Lady of Quality,”” Who Is Interesting Theater-Goers at the Grand Opera-House, Is an Impossible Sort of Person If Taken Seriously—New Year Will Be Ushered In With Piays of Merit he best of his sex | other usual characteristics of the melo- drink and hunt with may not be the prettiest spectacle, but s drama are all present; but, as is unusual, has happened. Also, having sown they add to rather than detract from the wild oats like a gentleman she has fr proper rendering of the play. Some of quently repented | the scenes are laughable in the extreme But I doubt me much if she has ever|anq the players carry the thing forward | pinked a rejected love fter attaining | with so much vim that interest never lags to British matronhood—stuffed him un- der the couch and held a pink tea over Also it not for a moment. Hallett Thompson, Stanley Ros his unlamented remain is Corrigan, Annette Marshall, = Agnes the habit of Dukes of the common OF Ranken and Margaret Marshail all ap- garden variety to tell the lady, when she | pear at their best and are excellently sup- ually informs them of little cir- | ported by the remaind of the ¢ cumstance, that they love her just the The Girl with the Naughty, Naught same. Which is all wk better not nk,” sung by Georgie Cooper, assisted to take “A Lady of Q too seri- | by Mae Keene, Zora Irwin, Minnie Chap- ously ! and Helen Day, received an amount s Seligmap has the name role and eds in lifting the part to conviction Herschel Mayall plays the applause that has seldom been equaled the Central. occasionally. villain with a pretty accent and \\;p})lvnu California. is us i illiam his usual Al o o ord Hum. | Black Patti and her troubadours are H does a sturdy | giving a good show to good houses, and Bye D. bit of work as ist r Croweil | while no cartloads of flowers are being and Fred J sufficient unto the | hoisted over the footlights there are | needs of his pa r Geoftrey Wildalrs. | trainloads «f applause. While Ernest Ho- Gilbert lc-?rd;.'.; In ¢ )‘:;;“Y]“‘:" ".:1,§hr'fi "AP7 | san, the best colored minstrel on the lain, nd dater o i Duke. Jooking the par: | Stage, is misced from the troupe this sea- to satisfactio Zlsa von Braham is son, his pl satisfactorily filled by graceful Lad Saroline Francis | John Rucl the Alabama Blossom.” Cooke pleases nne Wildair: Rucker is funny by nature and refined by They have mounted the piece well at|art, and by all odds the best number the Grand Opera-house and it should in the show. The Watts come next—a serve an evening’s turn. Next week clever pair of singers and dancers. The the last week of Miss Seligman’s engag B alk is very funny—funnier than one ment and for the farewell programme expect, g as it does the will be given a grand double bill, Gilbert's “Comedy and Tragedy” and a dramatiza- tion of alleria Rusti two extremes of grace and grotesquenes: an operatic T mmatus,” from Ro! “Stabat being especially sung, followed by a_selection third act of “Martha. D Chutes. A large audience enjoyed the new bill at the Chutes last night, which included five acts direct from the Orpheum. The well from the Orpheum. e e hit | Macomber and | To the audience at the Orpheum Thea- Fmgleton. travesty artists, are also very | ter last night Joe Welch's Yiddish study clever in their line, Werden and Shepard, | was not the whole show. Enthusiastic- in illustrated songs, repeated their Dig | ally received as his new stories were, success of the Orpheum. Hines and Kim- | there were other turns which attracted ball are clever acrot Other £00d | ;o much attention and as much applause. pumbers are Deaves' Manikins, Gole- | 29Myich Sttenton ans as much applanse man’s trained dogs and cats and a Ties of new moving pictures, Minstrels sketch, were the prime laugh- ter provokers. For twenty minutes they kept t}w house good natured. Then there James | Ly | | | | | | | | | | t ! 1 Ik : | By Guisard. ‘\\’Pok at the Alcazar. Judging from the | | | JUST dropped in,“in a friendly sort of | CTOWded audience of last evening it Is | v to see an act of “Carmen” |Sure of a good run. All the characters - 4 =t Grand | Were well sustained and Frank Bacom, as Jasl Sonday might 2t 4 U-w] Grafi | Charley’s Aunt, excelled himself. Opera-house, and found an auc- M. L. Alsop, who took the part of Jack as a Calve house el-| Chesney, made an ideal lover, while Hen- | b n's conception of theé | ry Shumer, as Charley Wykeham, was | s house looked the typical college undergraduate. Both | last night comparison, though ihe | helped in a great measure to make the | e moralities of the _strenucus, ¢ the success it is, while Paul Gerson, | Clorinda in “A Lady of Quality” serve Colonel Sir Francis Chesney, Bart., Miss Seligman with 1 felicity. Marie Howe, as Donna Lucia On the whole it was a neat and well-| G’'Alvadorez, were excellent in their parts. balanced performance that was given by | Miss Orza Waldrop, who played the in- the house company znd the reigning | genue, made a hit in her little speeche: i luminary t night. 1t wanted the soft | As Ela Delahay she was simple and nat- | pedal badly in places, d sagged here and | yral and carried the audience with her. | there, but in the Tump w rll_h n-rcrli' apl‘]‘, —_— | and enjoyable, and was well applauded | Central. = by the house. _ Bl ¢ % “The Two Sis 5 s initial 3 — /ORAND. OPERA Yeady of Quality,” Clorinda Wildairs, e Two Sisters” at its initial per- HoUsE is an Impossible sort of person when she | formance at the Central Theater last sl ALl is “considered 1t is therefore | night scored a pronounced hit. The play | ¥ the part of v\'”'d{jn']x to g}ii ihe!';lxl]rg‘:‘\{ s the best that the company has pro- TWO THEATRICAL STARS at all—lightly. She is 3 A g § 4 3 o B I Diatwiie sor thiby swmn fee} ARG Sepera) guentlis anc e most g WHO ARE PLEASING SAN e o the acts. but the | cessful run is assured it the enthuslasm of FRANCISCO AUDIENCES | thyead ‘of the lMkely gets pretty well|last night's audience is any criterfon. | <4 - r. A bonny tomboy brought| The villain, the hero, the wronged girl, | - L5 up by her fox- ng papa lo SWwear,|a promiscuous u of firearms and the | i3 :ccmedians, ‘W. C. Fields, the juggler, andi | the acrobats. On T | a special matinee. | on at the Tivoli Opera night the place was crowded with a de- lighted audience. | himself and people ne “When Mr. Shakespeare Comes to nd “I'm Tired.” made a hit _in the song “My Ebony to repeat it. | Belle, hursday there will be Tivoli. “Little Red Riding Hood" goes merrily and had House, and last s Hartman excels er get tired of his er Annie Myers Edward | Webb, Arthur Cunningham, Harry Cash- man, ecute Goos | ing. dies in Bo: Florence | and 'Barnetta | things moving. The Scrensen | welcome in right, the specialties of Maude being par ticularly clever. Professor A. J. Topping, the D ence amazed at his feats of mindreading and card work, balancer, the most extraordinaj kind ever seen here. | 10cal soprano, made her vaudeville debut and received has a promising future. Cha Mulls The and the tra Nursery Rhyme Olive Ulrica help keep pman, er also A little girl sings a coon gitty very cleverly, and the audience was | so charmed with it’tha | it three times. d she had to repeat ballets are finely ex- “‘Mother interest- nsformation are Fischer’s Concert-House. The new bill at Fische is the strongest seen in many months. children received “Fun i chic_wonder, an, with thre encore s s Concert-house a warm n an Agency” last had the large audi- d Valkyra, hand | e assistants, put up v_exhibition of jts Ethel Culbreth, a a after encore. She | The Paloma La- Quartet in new songs, Billy Johnson his humorous creation, “The " School and Coleman and Mexis, the won- derful sharpshoote gramme. to-morrow. ert Drouet, Charles Ch A special Colu erry, Mr: Alcazar. was Elizabeth Murray, whose negro dia— “Charley’s Aunt” is now in its second |lect is without a flaw, the Liliputian | the cast. ] e e e e o the ground that the complaint did not state sufficient cause for action. ————————— Steamship Emma Libeled. W. E. Dean filed a libel vesterday in the United States District Court against | the steamship Emma for $17515, supplies and labor furnished. $omsad aadires PP SR RETURNS SHOW WEALTH OF GREAT CORPORATIONS Census Statistics Embracing One Hundred and Eighty-Three Concerns. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3).—Census statis- tics made public to-day on industrial combinations, show a total authorized capitalization on May 31, 1900, for the 183 corporations reported, of $3,607,539,200, and case. | the capital stock issued, $3,085,200,868. Of The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific | this total the authorized capital includes Company attorneys have not yet decided | $270,127,250 in bonds, $1,259,540,900 in pre- whether they will again fight the case or.| ferred stock and $2,077,871,05) in common RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS | EXTEND TIME TO SANTA ¥E | cided Whether They Will Reopen 0il Case. The Railroad Commissioners at a meet- ing yesterday granted the Santa Fe Rail- | way an extension of time in reference to filing papers, should they wish to reopen the oil rate case from Bakersfield to this When the Commissioners recently hand- ed down their deeision the Santa Fe Rail- | way officials were served with a_copy of | the order several days before the Southern | Pacific officers. The Santa Fe had until January 2 to decide whether it was satis- fied with the decision. It was granted extension of time until Januar: the same as the Southern Pacific whether it wishes to reopen to 1 not. | stock. The capital stock issued comprises R SR 7 S B |5216,412,759 in bonds, $1,066,525,963 in pre- Practice Without License. { ferred stock and $1,802,262,1% common | stock. John T. Bohannon an: .é\ddi? Epps, The total value of all the products of Turk street, were arrested yesterday on |{he combinations reported is $1,951,206,284, a warrant chajging them with practicirs | and subtracting the value of the products medicine withe it a license. Their prelim- | of the hand trades, or the mechanical and inary examingdon before Judge Mogan | neighborhood industries, which amount on the charg. of obtaining money by | to $1,216,165,160, the products of the fndus= false pretenses from Michacl Mulvey of | trial combinations in 1900 is found equiv: Portland, Or., has not yet been concluded. | alent to more than 20 per cent of the to- ——————— tal gross products of the manufacturh Labor Case Submitted. :;l‘dlu’;;:’rlfls of the country as they existed The demurre - to the suit of Willlam De. The 183 corporations reported employed Janey against e Aubertine, secreta an average of 399,192 wage earners, re- 12| of the executive committee of the Union | celving $194,549,715 in wages. Emj ‘ent Labor party, jwas argued and submitied | was given to 24585 salaried 2l before Judge Murasky yvesterday. Auber- | clerks, etc.. recelving a total of $32,58,% tine’s at ly demurred to the suit on 628 in salaries. | ) Hall; feld; Choat M. The four local Arcanum joined last night Hall in giving a Christmas week enter- tainment for the pleasure of their wives, The ‘Totlowing - Program me w: the early part of the evenln;s: LA Plano_solo, song and dance, e; s, completed the pro- matinee will be given mbia. Mary Mannering, in her production of “Janice Meredith,” bia Theater. On Tuesday afternoon Miss | Mannering will appear as Camille, H. 8. Northrup, Carl Ahrendt. is still at the Colum- Rob- s. E. A. Eberle, Amy Ricard and Agnes Rankin will also be in 3 e e e e e o ) ROYAL ARCANUMITES ENTERTAIN THE TOTS Programme by Juvenile Performers Followed by Stereopticon Views and Christmas Candies. Ethel selectio solo, % sprano At the term G. H. Straub; song and dance, Little Baby plano Wonder a cakewalk, Hazel anson; German flower song, Helen Nellsen; fancy ‘dance, Maud Banks: fons and ance, yrile Triplett: en Nell: sen and Lilllan Choate, ~ Conc" Helen Neil After the programme there was an ad- journment to the bapquet hall, where an | exhibit of stereopticon pictures selected especially to please the young folks was ven. e Rocco, personating Santa Claus, ap- peared and presented to. each one pres- ent a generous package of candy, nuts nr_ll(_lhlruirtl. e affair was under the directios ¥ dE.HDean\ccl), G red Head, Argonaut Council; H. g‘“k"’"‘é"?"i G. W. utt, Golden West Council; J. Charles Weber, A. C. Greenfield and W. V., N. Bay, Buena Vista Council; A. H. Merrill, Harry R. Stone and G. H. 0 Francisco Council. George W. councils of the Royal in Ploneer In the upper hall reading, Evylyn Hirsch- Tay- Barnum; Lillian Amy n, Miss Little Ethel Alice Why, Bennett and ination of this, M. S. Dixon and Bartlett and H. D, Terry, San ————— Children’s Children Wanted for Carnival, The Carnival Committee want twenty more talented children. Call to-da; nue, i3 and Thursda; to 12 4. m. y, 318 Van Ness ave- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1901. RAGTIME MORALITIES OF CLORINDA COLONEL EVANG Decl: oY NOTHING ines to Affirm or Deny Story of His Promotion. Wells, Fargo & Co. Directors to Elect President Thursday. The exclpsive publication by The Call of the announcement that Colonel Dudley Evans would be elected as the successor of John J. Valentine to the presidency of Wells, leading circles Fargo & Co.’s Express was the topic of conversation in business yesterday. confidently expected that the honor would fall to a San Francisco man the news that Valentine's mantle of office would be thrust upon the shoulders of a New York official of the company was a revelation to many connected with the big* corpora- tion. The disclosure was the subject of more than one conference among the directors during the day. These gentlemen affected to know nothing of the matter when que: tioned, was premature and therefore worthy. the statement that Colonel and all declared that the story untrust- They did not deny the truth of Bvang was the coming man, but none could be found who was willing to confirm the report | that the Huntington influence in Evans’ interest had asserted itself and that his selection for the responsible post was a certainty. It is well known that the Southern Fa- cific holds heavy interests in Wells, Fargo & Co., made a and that H. E. Huntington was director of the express company in order_that those interests might not suffer. director the Southern Pacific has changed | hands, gulding Since Huntington’s election as and E. H. Harriman is now 1ts spirit. It happens that Harri- man and Evans are quite friendly, and when Valentine's illness reached the fatal | stage the question of selecting his suc- cessor was at once taken up. Colonel Evans was sent to this city at once to look aft: letters signed by Huntington to several | directors requesting their indorsement of | Evans for the position. er affairs, and following him came It was a bitter pill for some of them to swallow, but as one director said yesterday: “The influ- ence of wealth and power is not to be overcome.” This means that the influ- ence of the Southern Pacific in the inter- nal affai irs of Wells, Fargo & Co. will not be ignored when the matter of selecting Valentine's successor finally comes up for action at the forthcoming meeting of the board. Directors Meet on Thursday. Although efforts were Fargo Wells, made by the & Co. officials to conceal the fact, it was learned from authorita- tive sources that the directors would meet next presiden intended to stances Thursday cancy on the board as well as in at which time the va- the cy will be filled. It was at first meet to-day, but circum- arose which rendered a postpone- ment imperative. While many employes of the express Inasmuch as it was | | TUB TRUTHS. DROP of ink will color a whole glass of water. It is an inch of yeast which makes a pan of bread rise, and a single cake of soap containing unabsorbed alkali can ruin a hundred times its cost in laces and fine embroidery. After all, is it wise to take such risks with common soap? Of course you can get along without Ivory Soap. wagon without axle grease—but it goes hard. COPYRIGHT 1838 BY THE PRGCTER & GAMBLE CO. CINGINKATI Socana MARY MORAGHAN ETS DIVORGE Judge Seawell Separates the Oyster Man and His Wife. company concede that Evans will be the | next president, they scout the allegation | that the main offic be remc thi pany centered advance of the comp: will They ‘claim oved to New York. its heaviest interests ar in the West. The argument is d that the company recently went to the expense of erecting a large office building_and that the removal of the action wouid disorganize the com- | in that main offices would be bad business pol- | icy. investm not permit. will ha now at certain Should this action building must inevitably be taken prove a losing ent, something the directors will What effect these arguments ve upon the Eastern influences work remains to be seen. It is that the contemplated removal will meet with opposition, even though it be advo The e presidency tage to cated by the incoming president. lection of Colonel Evans to may prove to be of advan- the company’s interests, but to those in the line of advancement, had the honor fallen upon either Colonel Gray or | Homer ket on that on capture in the b 8. King, it will be as a wet blan- a frosty morning. The possibility e of the gentlemen named would the prize had given birth to hopes reasts of many departmental man- the | the | agers that they would be #dvanced a step | with the coming of the new year. The latest developments, however, have sent these h opes aglimmering and the faces | cf many employes are as somber as the sable decorations *s building. pan onel staff i thes grave concern cerned. Colone compan; to a Cal which adorn the c That the election of ans means changes in the official | regarded as a certainty. What «changes may be is now a matter of to all the employes con- Officials Are Reticent. sl Gray, first vice president of the y, made the following statement Il representative yesterda The announcement that Colonel Evans would succeed the late John J. Valentine to the presi- of 1 denc ture. currency. authorizes call for a meeting of the board has been by me. Wells, Fargo & Co. was quite prema- do not know how the report gained I know that the directors have not d an announcement of the kind. No ued I will admit Colonel Evans is a very influcntial man on the board of directors, and influence in all human affairs counts for much That is all 1 have to say concerning the mat- ter. Homer S. named presidency s the matter of Evans' selection cn discu: King, who was prominently the probable successor to the of the company, declined to the ground that he knew nothing abou: it. He said the directors would probably settle the matter at their next meeting, but he was unable to say when the meet. ing wou Id be held. The subject of the re- ported removal of the main office of the corporation to the East he refused to talk of for public: Colonel Evans was seeen at the Palace | tion. Hotel last night and asked to give his views concerning his impending elevation to the could n of any He decl report published by The Call. he presidenc ot discu: action the directors might take. ined either to affirm or deny the In reply He replied that to the question as to the date of the forthcoming meeting he said he did not know the precise time. | Thursda Thursda It might be next ay and it might be some other With this the interview came to a close. The n extende terday. umerous friends of Colonel Evans d him their congratulations yes- | As he made no denial of the question at issue to any of these, the in- ference underst. fusal to discuss the same for publication, | is plain that he thoroughl ands the ¥, situation, and his 're- therefore, is based on grounds of delicacy and expediency. HOLIDAY STAKE TO BE RUN OFF AT UNION PARK | Special Coursing Event Will Be Held on New Year’s Day—List of Entries. A special holiday. stake will be run off at Union Coursing Park.to-morrow. - Last | night's Master Rocket vs. Tralee Boy; vs. Merrimac; Cottage Lass vs. ford Lass vs. Miss Brummel; Diablo v: drawing resulted as follow Veto; Craw- Black Bart; Master Whalen vs. Alameda Lad; Golden Garter vs. Loyal Lad Vv Wedding Bells; Real Article vs, Sweet Locus Boy; Prompto Best Bargain vs. light Jr. Fannie Hughes vs. Sacramento Boy; Tom Hu My lick vs. America Non- oS Pasha: Europa Vixen; Rosie Freedom vs St Chicago Ives; Flery Face vs. vs. Liberator; Jingle Bells vs. Vulca) America; Rich Argosy v: Sir Lawrence vs, Thelma; Cruiger v Naughty Girl; Tw Lovina ve. Strayaw! Petronius vs. Oljta; ¥ L ———e——— Union Machinist Threatened. Hiefield, a non-unlon machinist, S!h’c(lo‘;l Va. Master Boy; living at 237 Texas street, securel a war- rant from Judge Fritz yesterday for t! arrest of George Gilmore, Robert Donal ! son, rank West, Walter ‘Brown Thomas Culligan, who, he says, are strik- ing machinists, on the charge of disturh- ing the Sunday him with violence if he wei peace. They called at his hcuse evening, he says, and threatened 0 work ar the Uhlon Iron Works the 1ext morning. Fireworks at Midnight. From will be Chutes. at 1 a. 11 to 12 o'clock this evening there a grand fireworks display at Last car will leave the Chutes the matter in advance | White Hat | | tiff claims that Huff repres | | | Dressed in the very latest make of | tailor-made gowns, topped off by a brand- | new sealskin jacket and the latest model at, Mrs. Mary B. Moraghan, who is su-| ing James B. Moraghan for divorce on the | ground of neglect, looked everything but | a reglected wife yesterday when she ap- | peared in Judge Seawell's court to tell her tale of woe. She was accompanied by her father, ex-Policeman Fay, who testified in her behalf. Moraghan, the alleged ne- glectful husband, did not put in an ap- pearance during the proceedings, but poked his head in the doorway of the court m after the trial and asked the hat had been done to him. Clerk informed him that Judge Seawell g eed that his wife should get a divorce ‘and $30 per month alimony and that he was to have the custody of the minor child. Mr. Moraghan, evidently greatly pleased, said “Thank you’ and Withdrew his head from the court room. This settles the marital differences of the oyster man and his spouse. Twice be- fore Mrs. Moraghan brought suit against her husband, once for maintenance and once for divorce, but on each occasion they settled their differences out of court. | Maud Nevill, or Maud Cheyney as she claims she should be called, has secured another attorney to prosecute her suit for fiaintenance against Samuel W. Cheyney, in the person of Henry C. McPike. When Miss Nevill first commenced proceedings she was represented by Attorney George D. Collins, but the latter withdrew from the case because his client accused him of being derelict in his duties. Miss Nevill appeared before Judge Sloss yesterday morning with her new attorney and se- cured a continuance of the trial of her suit until next Monday. Miss May Blanche Goldstein is suing to annul her marriage to Walter R. Huft, a commercial traveler, on the ground that Huff has another wife living. The plain- nted to her that he had been divorced from his first wife six years ago. Maggie E. Mason is suing her husband, F. M. Mason, a prosperous hardware mer- chant of Ukiah, for divorce oh the ground of cruelty. The married life of the Masons has been a stormy one. They were married in lowa in 1876, and have three children, two of whom are of age. Mrs. Mason her husband treated her cruelly. Mrs. Mason asks the court to award her all the community property, which amounts to about $5000. Divorces were granted yesterday to El- len Burns from Frank Burns for extreme cruelty, Helene Johnson from Peter Vic- tor Johnson for extreme cruelty, Harrison from James Harrison for ex- treme cruelty, Katherine Frances Mahnke from Charles S. Mahnke for extreme cruelty and Mabel Annie Lawrence from Willis Lawrence for d rtion. James W. Cook filed it for divorce vesterday against Mary Cook for deser- tion. Clearing-House Committee Meets. At a meeting of the Clearing-house A sociation held yesterday it was decided to exchange the daily checks at 11:45 a. m. excepting on_ Saturdays, when the ex- change will be made at 11 a. m. The Clearing-house committee was given the power to change the hour of exchange at its.own discretion. Lillie | | CLAIMS KANE BUSES TRUST Mrs. Williams Charges Secretary With Neg- lect of Duty. Mrs. L. P. Williams, president of the board which has control of the “Oriental House,” a place of refuge for abandoned and homeless Chinese children, filed a pe- tition yesterday for letters of guardian- ship over the person of Chan Ah Ying, a little Chinese girl who is now the ward of Frank J. Kane, secretary of the Pacific Soclety for the Suppression of Vice, § which she makes all sorts of charge against the secretary. V The Chinese maiden is a resident at the Home, but Kane is desirous of taking ha~ from there and placing her in charge o. Miss Seton, a teacher in the public schools. Kane's request for the custody of the child was refused by Mrs. Kate B. Lake and_ Miss Marguerite Lake, superin- tendents of the home. Kane then\ | sought to obtain possession of the child on a writ of habeas corpus. Mrs. Lake promptly filed an objection to the sSur- render of the child and the matter was heard before Judge Troutt, who continued the hearing until Mrs. Lake's return from her vacation. Mrs. Williams has now taken the matter in nand and in her petition she charges Kane with having been derelict in the performance of his duties as guardian. She alleges that Kane has abused his trust, that he has interests adverse to the faithful performance of his duties as a guardian and that he is in no pesition to perform such duties. She further alleges that that he intended placing th tFe care of Miss Seton is wit] tion. Mrs. Willlams further says that the ciety of which Kane is secretary is abs lutely under his control and that upon his failure to secure the child a systematic effort to injure the home was made in Chinatown by means of placards in which the orders of the court were grossly mis- represented. Mrs. Willlams further alleges that Kane wrote a letter to her in which he stated that he was being importuned by the Chinese Consul and others to take another ward of his from the home and place her in another home. Mrs. Willlams also charges Kane with requesting her to allow Chan Ah Ying @ be seen by her mother in the presence of a Miss Flynn, whom, alleges Mrs. Wil- liams, Kane had frequently told her was unfit to come in contact with any of the children of the home. ane’s claim child under ut founda- Porter Kills a Large Bear. D. H. Porter of the Porter Bros. Com- pany, who is at present spending his va- tion. in Mendocino County, has come into prominence as a hunter of big game. Near Willits last Friday he killed a brown bear welghing 28 pounds. The bear was shipped to_this city and sold for 20 cents per pound —————— Kelly Lost His Watch. L. Kelly, 522 Pine street, reported to the police yesterday that during a fight there about 1 o'clock yvesterday morning some one stole his gold watch and chain from his_coat pocket. He placed their value at $40. An effort will be made to find the thief. 1 happiness for the rest of your lif . me,” State," of dissipation. from these ailments. BE A MAN Arouse Yourself. Feel the Spark of Life in Your Nerves. Power You Have Lost. _Would you not like to have friends point to you as they used to do and say, “There goes a strong man”? Do you not wish your eye bright, your step form will admire you and remark at manl thoughts uppermost in the modern perfection, strength and manly power. s . . ~ Who does not like to be strong, to feel that he is equal in strength to any man of his age? . will obey the appeal here made to you. have been tried and have failed. You know that; but Dr lectric Belt cannot fail; it is Electricit It gives you the oil with which to n motion, and a few months’ use of it will assure you health “and says a recent letter. 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