The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO C. 9 > SUPREME COURT ENDS DISPUTE Mayor Legally Appoints City’s Board of Health, Justices Are Unanimous Upholding the New Cbharter. in the Mayor of San the Governor of Call- ¢ 10 appoint the mu- th, The contest, which al board of he: h has been in the courts since M. Williamson and the rt decided unanimous- ed by Dr. William M. Lawior | om the position of | the authority grant- rter, is thus brought to ther members of the municipat health | ave igation are occupancy of the contested office. held by Lawlor that were usurping the func- n Francisco Board of he provision for thelr ap- e charter was unconstitu- board consisted of the the latter be- Governor. The the rancisco was elected by its mem- appoint & quarantine ibe his duties and the of vessels entering the 1 make vaccination com- Y svide hospitals. The mem- re board were held to be State ns in regard to the public in the city, charter are e management and , municipal hospitals, all matters pertain- promotion and pro h of the inhab- and it may de- racter of Duisances ment. It shall have the municipal in- 7, including bulldings: of the disposi- othér offensive sub- ies Strictly Municipal. r the comparison of the on board, makes each ament ie powers conferred upon red 4 is board are character. All that peculiarly for the and not directly for eise. As to some of d, a charter, which r them, directiy th legislative would be serted that il thet is as: t in its for & municipal- tained within any mean- e phrase ‘‘municipal that an “affalr’ al- laws of the State iy, including the in- t be made a munic- not seem to me to merit r supersedes all laws I do not wish to in- entire valldity of this subject, but for some of its provisions are not with the code pro- is enything which the char- ¥ do the city may main- sin Considered. Lawlor contend Former Board Not ‘ ys 1 thus prevents the g the public health. is 1o recelve from infectious ce of danger ion of the State. In int the court says: re, if these provisions creating the charter law the people have in their judgment people of the State Nor is the charter a be amended. It was t the , what powers The charter nly has some of the powers which nfess upon it, and if to any ex- ons creating the former t with the valid grant of charter to that extent y the charter. v and Justice Hen- with Justice Tem- d with great power pertaining to tne but denies unicipal af- city can take ac- g with the general concurs, is a * n of Usurpation. whom Justice also writes a says in part as The HANDY HUSBAND. Enew How to Get Part of the Break- fast Anyhow. “*I know one dish I can prepare for breakfa: as well as any cook on earth,’ =aid my husba one day when the cook was ill and he had volunteered to help get bre t. He appeared with his and I discovered it was Grape-Nuts, of course s easy to prepare, for as perfectly cooked at the factory, was a good illustration of the con- aving Grape-Nuts about led a little cream and, of a delicious bit of food. We Vuts immediately after years’ sojourn in a and our stomachs were in »n and we were in bad health w a we first tried it I confesy we thought there were other and better things to eat and were told we must ac- quire a taste for this nmew food. Sure| enough, in a or two we liked Grape- Nuts be any other kind of food on the We both gained steadily in healtk trength, and this was Nuts and Postum Food “A friend of ours had a similar experi- She v 1l with indi- gestion and could find nothing to eat that would not give her heartburn and. palpi- ence. as seriously tation, espec at night. She found that & small dish of Grape- uts with cream made her a satisfactory supper and gave her a comfortable ‘s rest. In a short time she gained several pounds in weight.” The writer lives in Topeka, Kans, Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, has been defendants in the | assured of their | the May- | officer for the City and County of | movable at its pleasure. | ¥ Hospitel, Alms- | in the char- | se it is not hecessary | our prin-| | | out_something as to Lew | usurped or intruded into any public office or | supervision and control of the sanitary condi- “PLUNGER” LEWIS GIVES TURFMAN WORTHLESS CHECK He A'so Fails to Make Good His Credit Bets at Oakland Track and Indications Arz That He Has Paid Back to the + Ring All the Money He Is Credited With Having Wo n % ; 1 ! | | <} g o T % RACETRACK “PLUNGER” WHOSE SENSATIONAL BUT SHORT CA- REER ON THE EMERYVILLE TRACK TERMINATED YESTERDAY WHEN DETECTED IN PASSING WORTHLESS CHECKS. - < -+ J. LEWIS, the “plunger,” who | ment to General Manager Price, and to hat - Sbemell “up. fin e | that official the plunger claimed’ that he past week as a Croesus of | had stopped the check he had given to Q the betting ring and Wwho | 0. A e o] was credited with taking | §iicovered th to be “Jobbed” by sacks of gold from the book- | certain parti asserted that he makers, was unable to meet his obliga- d $2500 in cash on the filly and tions yesterday and was also exp as | admi his indebtedness on “markers” having given a check o e £x i ntjbw on a local bank | Books Contradict Lewis. no fund An | General Manager Price sent to the Lewis’ transaction bookmakers for their sheets and the doc- betting ring w uments_discl no record of any sucn Secretary and General h transaction Lewis claimed to | F. Price of the New C e made on Lass of Langdon. When Ciub and the entire affair w before the stewards to-day. e Lewis was not to be found last night at any of the places he has frequented since his advent here and it was rumored that he left for Chica; Santa Fe evening train. When Lewis visited the Oakland track vesterday afternoon the word went round that he was in financial difficulty and the bookmakers refused to accept his checks. Lewis gave a check for §5000 to Joe Dw er, the cashier for the “Andrews” book, with instructions te place the money on Lass of Langdon, a filly owned by Danny Lynch, entered for the first race. The money was to be placed in pool rooms in certain cities in order to keep the bet- ting price well up. Has No Funds at Bank. When George Rose, the bookmaker, was _offered a_chec Lewis, d the Western National k of San Fran- cisco, Rose telegraphed the bank to ' credit. The reply was that Lewis had no funds on deposit at the bank. Rose informed the | other bookmakers and Joe Dwyer, who had_placed bets for $000 in other cities on behalf of Lewis, at once counter- manded his commissions. i The young plunger was told on all sides that bis checks would not be accepted and that cash was required. Some of the | bookmakers, having faith in Lewis, ac- cepted his “markers” or “credit” bets on Lass of Langdon to the extent of $1500. Lass of Langdon openéd in the betling at 3 to 1 and went back to 6 to 1. In a poor race she finished fourth, being beaten by_a length and a half, the fiily | Montana Peeress coming in first under | the wire. Lewis' career was ended for the day when he was unable to redeem his mark- ers for $1500. His transaction in giving Dwyer a check for $3000, when he had no funds to meet it at the bank on which it was drawn, was the topic of conversa- tion and soon came to the ears of ire stewards of the racing association. £ Lewis was called upon to make a statc- pressed Lewis admitted that he gave check to Dwyer to place on L ss of Lang- don in outside Pool rooms in order to get a good price. He ~confessed that he had no money _in the bank on which the °$5000 check was drawn, but vouchsafed no explanation as to how he intended to meet the voucher, Lewis tried to make an excuse to Gencral Manager Price by saying that he did not expect to get a fair deal and did not think that Dwyer would put the money up as directed in the poolrooms on Lass of Langdon. S Regarding his “markers,” Lewis in- formed Price that they would be made g00d to-day by Ellis of the firm of Ellis & Stanfield, who have a stable at Oakland track. Danny Lynch stated last night that he knew nothing of Lewis’ transactions in giving Dwyer a “phony” check for $5000. “‘He came {o me last week,” said Lynch, “and I gave him information that he fol- lowed and he won big money. I thought that my filly, Lass of Langdon, would win and told Lewis so. Bhe Would have done so if she had not got the worst of it at the start.’” General Manager Price of the New Cali- fornia Jockey Club stated last night that he was busily engaged in examining the sheets of the bookmakers and would re- port to the racing stewards to-day. Price stated that in justice to all parties con- cerned he was unable to give out any information as to Lewis’ conduct in the betting ring. Think Plunger Is Broke. The general sentiment in sporting circles last night was that Lewis had ‘gone broke” and that he hoped to make a “kill- ing” on Lass of Langdon and ¥f the filly had won and no investigation had been made as to his credit at the bank, on which he had drawn checks, he would have continued to pose as a ‘‘prosperous plunger.” 'The penalty mefed out by racing asso- ciations for an attempt to defraud the bookmakers is warning off the turf. D 2 S T 2 o e e e e S e o B S 2 S 2 T ) only question to be determined is whether the s complaint shows that the members of the Beard of Health authorized by the charter of sco have ‘‘usurped, intruded into or hold or _exercise any public office. rd of Health has & legal existence be said to have either its members cannot to unlawfully hold or exercise such office. The tion of a city and provision for the heaith of its inhabitanis sre, as is shown in the opinion of Mr. Justice Temple, eminently a “‘municipal affair”” and the establishment of a Board of Health which shall have the management and control of that flair'’ is an appropriate pro- vision of & municipal charter. To the extent | that the provisions of the charter upon this subject are within this ‘‘municipal affair,” that extent the Board of Health created b charter s not an illegal body, whether any of the provisions of the charter upon this subjecl are inconsistent with the general laws of the State, or whether they are provisions in the general Jaws which are not covered by the pro- visions of the charter, are not involved in this case. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Jan. 25.—Licenses to marry were issued to-day to David F. De Ber- nardi, aged 25, and Mary A. Garzoli, 20, both of Alameda; Francisco Lewis, 29, and Lenora Luiz, 17, both of Pleasanton; Louis Fuigelsteln, 29, Sacramento, and Sarah Blackman. over 19, San Francisco; Ira Clay Adams, 27, Calistoga, and Dottie H. Brown, 21, Oakland; James E. Row- ley, 25, and Minnie A. Manentan, 26, San Francisco. To Bid Adieu to Dr. Edna Beck. A farewell reception will be tendered Dr. Edna L. Beck this afternoon at Simp- son Memorial Church, Hayes and Buchan- an treets. Dr. Beck leaves to-morrow for India on missionary work, and a big rally of her friends at the church is an- ticipated. There will be addresses to the departing missionary, and vocal and in-i| strumental music. A number of mission- aries who are at present in the city will be also entertained. GRAINO THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Some people can’t drink coffee ; everybody can drink Grain-O. It looks and tastes like coffee, but it is made from pure grains. No coffee in it. Grain-O is cheaper than coffee; costs about one-quarter as much. All grocers; 15c. and Zoc. el LARGE: AUDIENGE HERRS HOFMANN Young Virtuoso Is Ham- pered by an Inferior . Piano. | i 1 | Achieves Triumph Despite Absence of His Own Instrument. | Yet another of the great planists of-the | day has been added to the list of those whose attainments are a known quantity in San Francisco. Josef Hofmann made his first appearance here yesterday after- noon at the Columbia Theater and not since Paderewski's day has so large an audience greeted a pianist as that which welcomed the young virtuoso. The enthu- siasm, until toward the end of the pro- gramme, was rather on the temperate or- der, which, however, was neither Mr. Hof- mann's nor the audience’s fault. The young virtuoso's piano failed to put in an cppearance until after the recital and the substitute instrument, variously bad, succeeded in putting a damper on the artist's mood and consequently on the au- dience’'s enjoyment. But Mr. Hofmann came to his own toward the close of the programme, and in spite of the thin, flat tone and uncertain action of his in- strument, achieved a splendid triumph in the “Tannhauser” overture. Perhaps the young maestro reminds more of Godowsky than of any other planist that we have had here. There is the same delightful lack of affectation that distinguished that greatest of the piano-playing fraternity, tne same simple and modest manner and entire absence of anything approaching eccentricity. He has hair “even as you and I,” wears a planissimo necktie and makes no bid for any but a thoroughly legitimate popular- ity. His twenty-four years and world- wide reputation git but lightly on the shoulders of the very boyish-looking young artist, whose photographs seem to make a business of belying his bright ace. As an artist Hofmann stands alone. He does not disturb the supremacy of Go- dowsky, master poet and techniclan; nor the exquisite witchery of Paderewski's art; nor the huge, warm, colorful magic of Carreno’s effort; nor again the co- lossal technical magnificence of Rosen- thal. He has a cool, clear, logical point of view, a brilliant technique, a lucent tone, a marvelous poise and balance that almost, but not quite, take the place of spontaneity, together with a faculty of outlining and massing the features of a composition with superb certainty. But his volce lacks magnetism—yet lacks poetry, tenderness. For to-morrow, with its light and mystery, who knows? Mr. Hofmann's best number, by long odds, was the “Tannhauser” overture, given with symphonic grasp. The Lizst | “Gnomenreigen’ was a pretty little tech- | nical wonder. Schumann’s ‘‘Nachstucke" and the Chopin *Prelude” (No. 25) were tonally very beautiful, and the “Soiree de Vienne’’ was given with sensational effect. The “Appassionata’ sonata betrayed the thin place in the planist's equipment. Large in plan, and with all the logical grlp necessary for the interpretation of eethoven, sympathy was almost wholly lacking, the epic passion and tenderness almost wholly lost. It was ot Mr. Hof- mann’'s, but the instrument's, fault that the repeated notes in the first movement of the sonata—and even in the little ‘‘Va- riations” of Haydn—were deficient in clearness, and there was much technical | splendor in the rendering. But, barring in the “Tanpnhauser,” the planist has not | yet done his best work, and the Friday recital is likely to show wonders yet un- revealed. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FOR THE RIO WRECK United States Commissioner Morse filed yesterday in the United States District Court his report showing that the fol- lowing claims have been filed against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for damages for loss of life and property in the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro near the Golden Gate on February 22 of last year: Sarah Jehu, loss of life of her daughter, SBarah Rowen, $4000; R. C. Hawes, admin- istrator, loss of life of Naomi Wakefield and property, $26,730; Ruth Miller, execu- trix of estate of Sarah Wakefield, loss of life and property, $51075; Maria Gussoni and Felice Gussoni, wife and child of the late Angelo Gussoni, loss of life and prop- erty, $10,000; Frances Ripley, loss of her property, $486 50; Clara Barwick, wife, and | Hattie and Henry, children of Edward Barwick, ship’'s butcher, who was lost, | §25,245; William F. Aldrich, executor, loss | of life of Lilitia Wildman, $10,000; loss of property, $10,000; Sarah Guyon, adminis- tratrix, loss of life of her husband, Henry Guyon, $25,000, and Sarah Guyon for breach of contract and property lost and her children Milton, Ernest and Edward for property lost, $:%—total amount of the claims, $163,043 50. The value of the steamer after the wreck, plus freight and passage mone; periding, has been appraised at $24,873 93, but the claimants aver that the company is responsible for the whole amount of the damages asked for, and that the ves- sel was lost because of the negligence and unskillfulness of the servants 6f the com- pany in attempting to bring the vessel into the harbor in a thick fog and with- out taking any soundings, —_—— SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28.—J. H. McFarlan, up- ward of 60 years of age, attempted to commit suicide at Old Town this morning. He wrote a letter saying he was tired and discouraged and wanted to die. e ————— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DANDRUFF WON'T WASH OUT. The Germ That Causes It Has to Be Destroyed to Cure Dandruff. Many a woman spends an hour twice a week scouring her scalp, thinking scrub- bing off the scurf will cure the dandruft. Two hours a week, at the age of 40 years, she has spent 260 days of 12 hours each, or two-thirds of a year of her life, in that vain hope—vain, because you can’t cure dandruff without killing the dandruft. germ, and the only hair preparation on earth that will do that is Newbro's “Herpicide”’—also a delightful hair dress- ing and thorough antiseptic against all contagion from use of other's hair brushes. e HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, C A Reapath, Illinols |H Richards, Ohio Howard Martin, Mich |T Dewyer, Buffalo J Castro, 'Salt Lake 7 Nolan, Redding E B Sunchart, § Rosa g_BCsMnrkus. BC mitherson, Minn A XN Lewiston. 'N J Andrew Morten, Mich J Morrison, N Haven W Devine, 'Or H J Randall, Or I Anderson, L Ang O H Clancy, Groveland W _Deverer&w, Vallejo Reed, N Orleans Rev G Millard&f, N J Jos Anderson, Chicago G Millbank, Charleston G Sullivan, Savannah H Hart, Daggett K Lundé&t, Spokane W Robey, Daggett G F Licon, Kansas R Dowblin, Daggett |H P Stroder, Neb Ed Kennedy, Denver |W B Gills, Neb E L Jordan, Arizona |B Gordon, St Louls John Curtls, Reno B Emerson, St Louls H Lemermnan, Or H L Tilly, St Louis L Castro, Walla Walla!J E Hall, Idaho E Harrls, K C | A H Gresser, Conn C G Anderson&w, Tow| T ¥ Swansos, Colo J M Stanton, Boston |C E Harris, Mich 8 S Japan W H Smith, O P J Murtha, Japan Delps, Washington A H Bernsch, Leadv |Capt Nelson, Phlll‘(til. E Hazzelrlg, Victoria |J McEnerny, Pa £ oo ey oo | T apnteon, Colo rnold, Ney er, J A Lewis&w, Uklah |F E sm{m?ém'e' ot M J Rowe M D, Minn G Condon, w&d, Phila J Shaffer, Fresno Mrs L Strom, Butte H E Craig, Seattle J McDonald&w, Nev. A Mowltin, Rio Vista|l R Hughes, VirginiaCy J R Barton, L Ang | Miss Meelands,Grass v H Carson, Sacto W J Conlins, SLObispo P J Miles, X C W M Walsh, S Diego A L Miller, Towa J Banter, 8 Jose A Duffard, Phoen! E Conkings, Savannah J Boyd, Calistoga | “Afternoon of Mystery,"” SMITH-FERGUSON WEDDING WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING Marriage Will Take Place in Oakland—The California Club Votes * Not to ' Rescind Recently - Adopted: Resolution % s. Waiving the Color Line— Charity Hospital Benefits d ISS ELLA SMITH, a popular San Francisco girl, will become the bride of William J. Fergu- son this evening. Mr. Ferguson is with the John Breuner Coms pany, and has scores of friends on both sides of the bay. The wedding will take place at the residence of the groom’s brother, Charles Ferguson, at 706 Tel- egraph avenue, Oakland. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside at 223 ‘Waller street in this city. Because of remarkable circumstances which have arisen, Mrs. Lovell White has decided to withdraw her name from the candidacy for president of the State Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs. This election of officers is to take place on February 4, dluflns the coming session of the federa- tion. Mrs. White is vice president of the State federation, and has for two years carried on the work of the president, Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, who has been in Europe. Mrs, ‘White is also chairman of the local board, and for two months has been doing all ihe work of preparing for the session in this city now .close at hand. Mrs. White is president of the California Club as well. s ey Soclal day at the California Club brought a large number of members from their homes, besides a dozen or more of guests. Mrs. A. D. Sharon was to have been chairman of the day and had ar- ranged with Professor De Witt to give his as well as vocal selections, but the entire programme was not reached, asthe time was occupied by voting upon ‘“the color line.” At a re- cent meeting of the club a resolution was adopted waiving the ‘“color line” and ad- mitting representatives of colored wo- men’s clubs at club affairs. A second bal- lot was deemed advisable, owing to some dissatisfaction, and the matter was there- fore voted upon at yesterday's session. Eighty-eight votes were cast to rescind and 101 not to rescind, leaving a majority of the votes cast in favor of walving the color line. The executive board of the California Club has adopted resolutions upon the death of J. Richard Freud as an honor-* able and public-spirited citizen of integ- rity and liberality, and expressing high appreciation of Mr. Freud's kindnesses and constant cordiality toward the club. . e Mrs. D. R. Sessions gave a pretty lunch- eon yesterday at her home, 2120 Lyon street. Mrs. W. S. Leake was guest of honor. Everything was so perfectly ap- pointed and the guests so congenial that the lunc¢heon proved a delightful affair. The other guests were Mrs: George E. Bates, Mrs. W. R. Eckart, Mrs. George Gale and Mrs. J. J. Spleker. S Mrs. L. L, Dorr was hostess at a pleas- ant eucher party yesterday afternoon at her home, 11156 Hyde street. Fifty ladies were - entertained and very attractive prizes were bestowed upon the fortunate players. Dainty refreshments were served, and the guests had a very pleas- ant afternoon. iR Mr. and Mrs. Mountford Wilson gave an enjoyable dinner last evening in honor of Captain and Mrs. Justin Bailey, U. 8. N. The decorations were artistic and the dinner was a decided success in every detail. AT Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Mullins gave a dinner at their home, Gough street, last evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Maud Mullins (who is to marry Dr. John Rogers Clark on Decem- ber 5), Dr. Clark and those who will com- prise the wedding party. Miss Mullins is eing generously feted and preparations are being made for a very pretty wed- ding, which will take place at Grace Epis- copal Church, at 8:30 o’clock on the even- ing of that eventful day. D Mrs. Willlam Taylor gave ‘a delightful luncheon yesterday at the home of her mother, Mrs. N. G. Kittle, corner of Steiner street and Pacific avenue. Mrs, Greene of Courtland was guest of honor. Covers were laid for ten. The decorations were very artistic, the effects being car- ried out In white, principally freezias, with a few dainty maidenhair ferns. e nele Mrs. George W. Gibbs was hostess at a dainty luncheon yesterday at her resi- dence, 2622 Jackson street. Covers were laid for twelve. The luncheon was a de- lightful affair in every detail. o e The Grand Opera-house will be thronged with society to-morrow _evening, the event being the large benefit for the free ward and clinic of the California Eye and Far Hospital. Boxes are being sub- scribed for by the city’s best known: peo- L e e e RS ARTHUR 6. WELLS SUCGEED NEVIN LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28.—General Su- perintendent Arthur G. Wells of the San- ta Fe was to-day appointed general man- ager of the Santa Fe system west of Al- buguerque, vice the late W. G. Nevin, the appointment to take effect on February 1. Mir. Wells has occupied the position of general superintendent since the reorgan- ization of the Santa Fe lines, prior to which time he was the general superin- tendent of the Atlantic and Pacific. Mr. Wells is at present acting general man- ager, as he was during the protracted illness of W. G. Nevin a year ago. A suc- cessor to the general superintendent’s of- fice has not as yet been selected. e - YOUNG COUPLE WHO WILL BE MARRIED IN OAKLAND TO-NIGHT. + - ple and the entertainment will be an im- portant social function. The vaudeville programme is made up of the best talent on the professional stage and the pro- moters of charity cannot fail to get their money's worth. Tickets may be procured at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, the Grand Opera-house, or at the hospital, 1007 Sut- ter street. et The Chrysanthemums are looking for- ward with great interest to their ball for charity on Saturday night. They are los- ing no opportunities to persuade their friends to purchase tickets and those ap- proached on the subject are accepting with amazing alacrity. Everybody knows that the Chrysanthemums’ purpose in giving the ball is to raise funds for the free bed in the incurable ward of the Children’s Hospital and the sympathetic helpfulness is easy to understand. Tick- ets may be procured for $1 each at Ar- thur B. Plerson’s stationery store, 318 Post street. £ . . Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Booth, 1001 Pine street, gave an enjoyable luncheon Satur- day evening at the University Club. The guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Fethers of ‘Wisconsin. Mr. Fethers. was a Commissioner from the United States to the Paris Exposition, having been ap- pointed by the late President McKinley. The other guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. San- born and Mr. and Mrs. W, O. Graves. & el e Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jaynes enter- tained forty of their friends informally at their home, 2607 California street, on Sat- urday evening. An interesting game of whist was enjoyed. B Mrs. A. D. Sharon, Palace Hotel, gave a pretty pink-and violet luncheon on Sat- urday. Mr. Frederick Warde, the trage- dian, was guest of honor. The favors were dainty pink bonbon dishes of can- died violets. Thé table decorations were artistic and pleasing. The center plece was of pink satin ribbon and violet tulle and the candelabra had pink silk shades. Miniature swans carrying violets were held in place with pink ribbons, also tied toTthe chandelier. he guests were: Mrs. Willlam Mrs. Joseph Austin, Mrs. Ase R Wenr! Mrs. Morton, Mrs. D. A. Wilson, Mrs. J. C. Crawford, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Jennings. Mrs. A. W. Wilson and Mrs. Clement Bennett. e e Mrs. Charles Page entertained at lunch- eon on Saturday, her guest of homor be- ing Mrs. Henry Page of Valparaiso, Chile. = e . Mrs. Eleanor Martin @ short trip southward. SRR Mrs. S. P. Stowe of Santa Barl who has been visiting Mrs. W. W. s‘:‘o::é in this city, has returned to her home. left Monday for TIRED WARRIORS PREFER PEAGE MANILA, Jan. 28.—Major Lot and three Filipino lieutenants, with ten rifles, three revolvers and twenty-four bolos, sur- rendered to Major Anderson of the Sixth §avalry vesterday at Lipa, provinee of Batangas. Lot was brought in sick on where she looted from prominent families. Nickerson's scouts have captured Col- onel Lot, a brother of R of Major Lot, near —————— VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 28.—The British sur- vey steamer Egerla safled from Esquimalt this morning to search for the missing Condor, cordially hated at Lipa, | 35,000 worth of jeweiry BELIEVES COONS * ITTHCKED HeR Demented Book Agent Is Accused by Flossie ‘White. Ample Evidence of the Insan- ity of Prisoner Obtained by Polics. OAKLAND, Jan. 28.—“That looks like | the man who assaulted me,” declared lit- tle Flossle’ White this aftermoon at the City Prison, as she pointed out Edward L. Coons, the book agent, who was ar- rested yesterday upon suspicion of being the child’s mysterious assailant. The girl picked Coons out from a group of five men who had been taken in indiserim- | inately from among the prison inmateés. It was not a positive identification, nor would the child commit herself to more than tHe qualified statement that the suspected man strongly resembled in bearing and garb the stranger who left her unconscious and tied hands and feet in the lot at Seventh and Linden streets. The child said to Detective Kyte: 1 did not see the man’'s face very well that night. This man here seems very much like the one who took me away. His hair and the back of his head appear like th is gray and bushy around the ltke his. But Iscannot say surely is the man. It was at the order of Chief of Police Hodgkins that the child was requested to go to the prison to-day and if possible identify the demented prisomer, whose strange actions and words at the Gem saloon yesterday in East Oakland led to his arrest. Although the child was halting in her identification, the police feel fairly well convinced that they have the guilty man. Evidence of Coons’ Insanity. Detectives Shorey and Holland spent the greater part of the day In an investiga~ tion of Coons’ history since he has been in Oakland. Ample evidence of his insan- ity was uncovered. Only last Saturday night Coons was held at bay by a deter- mined woman, armed with a pistol, and prevented from entering her house in search of the wife his unbalanced mind had imagined was hidden from him. The exciting scene was enacted at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Schaffer, adjoin- ing Coons’ place on Wheeler avenue, Fruitvale. The Schaffers were aroused at 2 o'clock Saturday morning by violent thumping on the front door. The startled _husband arose and went to the door. He fouud Coons there demanding admittance. The uncanny visitor angrily declared the Schaffers were concealing his wife from im. “I must have her, manfacal rage. Schaffer realized that the caller was not in his right mind and tried to pacify him. After half an hour’s effort Coons departed and began to walk around the house. For two hours he tramped bareheaded and then suddenly renewed his attack upon the Schaffers’ residence. Woman Makes Use of Pistol. Again he was quieted and remewed his tramp, not disturbing the family again until 7:30 o’clock in the morning. This time Mrs. Schaffer responded. Armed with a pistol she went to the door and alming the weapon at the caller ordered him to depart. “I must get my wife,” he starting toward the woman with pistol. “Don’t you step forward an inch, or I will kill you,” was the firm order from the determined woman. Mrs. Schaffer’s determination won the day. Coons slowly ambied off and was seen no more that day. A complaint will be sworn to by Detec- tive Shorey to-morrow charging Coons with being insane. He will be returned m all probability to the State hospital at Ukiah, from which he was discharged two years ago. So far as the police can learn there is nothing criminal in Coons’ record. Fe is a veteran of the Civil War and,enjoys a partial disability pension of $2¢4 a quar+ ter. He has a daughter in New York. Coons said during moments of apparent clearness that he had been twis® married but is now a widower. At the time of his commitment from San Francisco to the State hospital his case was diagnosed as “religious mania.” ———— — Has License to Practice. J. H. Joselyn, charged with practicing medicine without a license, was tried be- fore a jury in Judge Cabaniss’ court yes- terday afternoon. Joselyn produced a li- he shrieked in his declared, the cense issued to him in 1876, and there was nothing to show that it had been revoked. The jury guilty. brought in a verdict of net €. 00 is good for babies of all ages. Mellin’s . Food makes babies happy. Send a postal for a free sample of Mellin’s Food and the Mellin's Food Baby book. Mellin’s Food Co., Boston, Mass. 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