The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1902, Page 10

10 -THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 OAKLAND’S SWELL SET LOOKS FORWARD TO SOCIETY BENEFIT Principal Topic of Interest in Exclusive Circles Is the Approaching Vaudeville Entertainment in Aid of the Children’s Library Fund, Which Will Take Place at the Macdonough Theater L eetve s < ey Gk 5 n. 3L—The principal interest in Oakland's pproaching Ebell entertainment of the children’s will take place at the Thursday even amateur and pro- een secured by the Kluegel, is of a gramme is replete soclety quartet, make its initial occasion. Richard Jose Ferrer own violinist, has consented to Miss Pearl King, the talentec nd belle, who re- 1 debut, will give a BRIS DISEUSS | RIONS TOPICS | [ | 1 | Dr. Nisto Tells of Hate That Beset Jews in Spain. { | | | Dr Nieto delivered an elo- the members of Con- Israel last evening in d the evils of f; o | n race h had 1 . None, he said, | in the years that]| the Jew. He was a There was nothing fanaticism for it | it was nothing | eal run riot. | e doctor, the same applied | cism—there was such a | zeal running riot. Men | niacs on a' subject which fude all other matiers | In olden times the | 1 upon their religion and the | 4s one and they grew to be rigorous their attempt to gxclude for- trail. that in (he first not only cruel to the | ostracized and shut munity to which he There was a bar- | een the Christian and | with the object of | L b Iscaelite, e er demon- d proved their value it they were not wel- immense benefit they untry for the | | | wiiere the | | | reason | con. | turer, thstanding ed the literature of | as no other people | ciences and her art. d persecuted them | Yy a reientlessly. De | the foremost statesmen of | dicted that with her | would €ink to the low- addressed a jarge as- the Congregation t being the relatio ion to modern re ifference of the | of the relation of man to God quity and how it £ shiy ligion He coneeptior showec gradually evolved | also pointed out ces came from re- « n times, said the rabbi, . the lawyer. the one to looked to for all advice al . and material assistance. | s functions changed with the all the arts that he me the arts of many: there- was the foundation of civil- he commencement of it. orld took what they have to-day e man of God—from the priest. As to, the supposed muystification of re- ligion "he strenuously denied that such an element as mystery existed around it. People of to-day could not be mystified. There was no mystery behind their ark. | nor behi their doors, which were wide | open th all might enter the house of God. And there was no mystery in their prayer. When people said that the world was being destroyed they had no right 4o as- sume that because of the skepticism of to-Gay there was to be a darkness. That condition couid never be, for they would never he withovt God. —————— Chess and Checkers Tournament. A meeting of the members of the Me- chanics’ Institute interested in chess and | other chess and ch | in the Bay View farm be purchased as | the; plan.” | Was necessary to provide a suitable build- | ing to accommodate patients. | board appropriate $5000 to build an addi- { fluence of liguor has beaten and abused | filed a suit for divorce vesterday. She al- dramati © reading. Miss Marian Barring- ton will be heard in a Yocal number, and Miss Flora King, whose engagement to Percy Black, a young Oakland attorney, ws recently annougced, will appear in a <|1|fs'; chantant number that, in chic and dash, is said to equal some professional fines, he of the famous “Laugh- and George Hammersmith, the popular San Francisco clubman, will each ap]’l\é‘ifl' in amusing and characteristic spe- cialties. One of the zemsl of the programme will by Mr: Tower be the speciaity Carrie Brown Dexter, Charles and Phiilip Thayer. The performance will conclude with the clever burlesque, “Love’s Trust,” by Mrs. Margaret Cameron Smith. The sale of seats will begin Tuesday morning. I e e ) checkers was held yesterday afternoon in the Mechanics’ Institute assembly hall to effect an organization pledged to take charge of tournaments held in the insti- tute and to arrange for match games with ecker clubs. Over one hundred members attended. The follow- Ing officers of the assoclation were elected: N. J. Nanson, president; Rodney Kendrick, Vice president; J. J. Dolan, secretary; T. Lyons, treasurer: Committee on constitution and by-laws—Wallace E. Nevill, Dr. W. R Lovegrove, Dr. Benjamin Marshall, Joseph Rosenthal, A. Howe; committee on games and tournaments for thess—Dr. W. R. Lovegrove, | John T. Welbam, Thomas H. Martin. ————— WILL ENLARGE HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES The Supervisors’ Health Committee met vesterday to consider the petition of the Board of Health that the Partridge tract a site for a smallpox hospital. A num- ber of owners of property in the vicinity of the proposed site addressed the com- mittee in opposition to the hospital. In | its petition the Health Board stated that the objections of the property owners only appertained td the intention to build a hospital for lepers on the site.. This statement was contradicted by Dr. D. B. Todd, who said .that objections were made to any hospital. “Our protests, both orally and writ- ten.” said Dr. Todd, “have been directed against _establishing a smallpox hospital in the Bay View district, and. the resi- dents are almost unanimously opposed o Chairman D’Ancona stated that it was Decessary to provide suitable accommo- dations to house unfortunate patients. A letter was read from Congressman Kakn stating that the chances for the passage of a bill establishing a leper col- in Hawali were exceedingly remote. D’Anco said he would never vote to h a smallpox hospital on the sec- site offered the city by the Bay View nd Company, as it was too far away and the roadway required to be built would cost $5600. Health Officer O'Brien stated that it ‘The committee recommended that the tion to the present hospital. ————— Air Their Grievances in Court. Mrs. Annie Teresa Herve is suing her husband, Willlam A. Herve, for éivorce on the ground of cruelty. They were married in this city in 18%. According to the complaint, Herve has during the last seven years been intoxicated several times a month, and whiie under the in- his wife. Gertrude Alice Smith, who was married to Ellis Smith at Fresno just a year ago, leges failure to provide and desertion. Abbie Rhoades, in a suit for_divorce filed yesterday against Charles Rhoades, accuses her husband of treating her in a cruel and inhuman manner. They keep a restaurant at 111 Taylor street. Charles Quinn, who keeps a hat store on Third street, was ordered by Judge Graham yesterday to pay his wife, Mar- garet Quinn, $40 per month alimony pen- dente lite. F. H. Kimball was ordered to pay $% a month alimony to Minnie L. Kimball. Divorces were granted yesterday to Mary A. Giannotti from Demenico Gian- notti for faflure to provide and Lottie White from John A. White for desertion. A suit for divorce was filed by Minna L. Caraffa against John B. Caraffa for cruelty. —_——— Licensed to Marry, OAKLAND, Jan. 3L—Licenses to mar- ry were issued to-day to Matthew I wood, 58, and Hannah Byrne, 4, both of Oakland; Anthony M. Pereira, 24, Oak- land, and Annie de Mattos, 16, Moraga Valley; William E. Pelton, 39, and Edith M. Klopp, 24, both of San Francisco. e ——————— PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 81.—The schooner Wiiliam Olsen, after a tempestuous voyage of and that the total assets of the organiza- twenty-seven days from San Pedro, arrived here to-day. ' e MEMBERS OF THE EBELL SO- | CIETY WHO WILL APPEAR | IN VAUDEVILLE. | = = BRCHITEGTS ASK FOR REGOMPENGE, Members of the German Benevolent Society in a Quandary. The attorneys for the German General Benevolent Society have an interesting question to decide for the members of that organization. It developed at the annual meeting of the society last night | that the committee appointed to secure plans for a new German Hospital and award -prizes to those architects who merited them concluded that the plans submitted did not reach the standard. Instead of awarding'the five prizes of- fered to the competitors, the committee awarded but two second prizes of $1000 each to the architects who submitted the best plans. The action of the committee came up for ratification last evening and created much. discussion. It appears that the architects who did not receive prizes for their labors are disgruntled and have made a demand upon the soclety for re- muneration. 1t now devolves upon the attorneys of the society to say whether these architects have a just clalm. In the meantime further plans will be ad- vertised for and the society expects to erect a modern hospital. The report submitted by the president was an interesting one. It showed that the society’s assets had increased $9627 14 tion were $56,902 06. During the past year §20,600 was paid out in charities. The membership of the soclety {s 3370, The annual election of officers resulted as follows: . President, C. E. Grunsky; vi Otto von Geldern; second vice president, Denker; recording secretary, William Hell- mal financial secretary, M. A. Bertheau; treasurer. Fred C. Siebe; directors—Samuei Bibo, Willlam Fahrenkrug, Dr. G. Gutsch and Gutzeit. —_— —_— Tried to Sell the Horse. Edward R. Foggty. well known in po- lice circles, gave’ Sergeant Wolf of the Seventeenth street station a lively run out San Bruno road yesterday afternoon Fogerty had in his possession a horse and buggy which he tried to sell to a black. smith on the San Bruno road.. The black- smith became suspiclous and informed Sergeant Wolf. A gentleman accompanied by a lady drove up and informed the sergeant that they met a man out on the road answering = Fogerty's description, Wolf borrowed a team and gave chase, overtaking Fogerty as he was nearing the county line. ogerty was placed under arrest and lodged in jail. —_———— H. P. Whitne; SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3L—H. P. Whitney, one of the oldest citizens of this city, died last night. | sclence had triumphed and he sent the | believe his attorne | daughters of her first marriage. “Lizzie Ryan, T, LANYER FAGES GAME CHMnGE Sonoma County’s Grand Jury Indicts P. L. Schlotterbach. Witness Alleges Attempted Bribery in the Lowry Will Contest. . Soetial Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 31.—The mystery connected With the will of the late Re- bekah Lowry has been cleared. The au- thorship. of the will and the unsigned letter which accompanied it through the malil to the County Clerk’s office on Aug- ust 24 has come to light. To add to tie interest in the case P. L. Schlotierbach, a prominent attorney, capitalist and man- | ufacturer of this city, is under arrest on | an indictment by the Grand Jury. He is charged with having attempted to induce a witness to give faise testimony. The wilness referred to 1s_rarry H. Churchill, bookieeper for the Santa Rosa Tanning Company, a corporation i which | Schlotterbach 1s one of the heaviest stockholders, Churchill, it is allegzd, 18 the auther of the will and unsigned let- ter. Schlotterbach was employeu by Dr. J. W. Lowry, the surviving husband of Mrs. Rebekah Lowry, as an atiorney. Cnurchill 1s said to have testiied before the Grand Jury that on April 1y, 1897, he | drew up the will at the request of Mrs. Lowry. He was at this time employed by | her 1o expert the buoks of tue Santa Rosa Flour Mills, in which suZ was a | stockholder. Churchill testitied that the witnesses—the late Dr. K. P. Smith and the late Robert Crane—signed the will in | his presence, as did Mrs. LOWTY. Dr. Lowry Is Accused. Churchill's reason for withholding the ; will, as given in tne anonymous letter | that accompanied the document, was that Dr. Lowry nad offered him money to sup- press the will, but after a time his con- codicil to the clerk's office. Schlotterbach, as attornex for Dr. Low- ry, it was alleged by Churchiii before the Grand Jury, otfered the witness $1000 if i | | | [ | he | | would testify that he had drawn up the | | will in question just for a joke and sup- posed that it would end there after the public was tired of “‘joshing.” It was for this that Schlotterbach was indicted. He | was arrested last night and was soon re- | leased on giving a bond of 32000, with Frank P. Doyle and L. L. Viers as his sureties. Dr. Lowry declared to-day that Schlot- terbach was innocent of the charge and that it was an attempt to discredit the | contestant of the wiil. He said he did not | y_had ever attempted | to bribe Churchill. Neither Schlotterbach nor Churchhill. would talk. Bequeathed Estate to Children. The estate over which this controversy has occurred is that of the widow of Eli- | jah Farmer. After a number of vears Mrs. Farmer married Dr. J. W. Lowry. She had acquired by the death of her first husband considerable property. She died about two years ago, being survived by her nusband and several sons and After a diligent search no will was found and Dr. Lowry applied for letters of administra- tion. Before the property had been dis- tributed, an alleged will arrived by mail at the County Clerk's office. It be- queathed to the husband the sum of $10, the rest of the estate going to the children, and named Charles K. Farmer, | her eldest son, as executor. Farmer petitioned for the probate of the will and a contest between the children and the husband followed. CATEEDRAL COUNCIL GIVES AN ANNIVERSARY BALL The anniversary ball given by Cathe- dral Council of the Young Men's Institute in Native Sons’ Hall last night was a most delightful affair. There was a large attendance and a well arranged pro- gramme of dances. It was under the di- rection of the following named commit- tees: Committee of arrangements—John D. Ma- McGaugh, Harry Byrnes, ci A. H. Artigues, Joseph Redmond, Fred K. Farmer, A. W. Dollard, W. A. O'Leary, A. Quatman, E. L. 0'Connor, D. C, Deasy. Floor manager, William A. Kelly, assistant fioor manager, jam J. Rattigan. Floor committes J. Dallard, J. A. Orr, J. McCusker, Frank Gonzales, Dr. J. H. O'Connor, . W. F. Humphrey, ~William Me. Carthy, P. F. McCarthy, P. J. Farrell, Dr. | W. Hopper. Reception committee—W. C. Keogh, Neal Power, W. E. Dorn, Thomas F. Ryan, P. N. McCarthy, J. J. Clifford, R. E. Martinez, Charles Caulfield, Benjamin Mec- Kinley, Martin Keogh, Dr. E. R. Hanlon. Those present were: 5 Howard A. Welsh, James Welsh, Miss Gene- vieve McGovern, Dr. J. A. McGough, Miss Kath- eryn McGough, Lugene Carroll, Miss A. Sulli- J. A. Dowling, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. eld, M. Shechan, Miss M. Sweeney, Louls Burnham, Miss J. Manning; Miss Doggett, 88 Cussen, Miss N. Mongan, Miss A. Kelly, Miss F. Jones, T. . A. Lynch, Mrs. W. A. Lynch, L Miss A. Riley, O. Knock, Miss F. Riley, F. J. Redmond, Mrs. Redmond, M. Castro, Miss E. Farmer, J. Kenney, Miss A. E, Schaub, -P. J. Farrell, W. Cusick, Miss O'Nell, J, 'M. McGough, Mrs. J. M. McGough, Miss Anna Cotter, Miss Agatha Cot- ter, J. A. Orr, Miss F. Orr, Mrs, Colonel J, C. 'O'Connor, Mrs, J. Miss L. O'Connor, H. F. Ingerson, . Gon- zales, D. Torres,” Miss D. Seymour, A. Arti- gues, Miss Artigues, H. Stafford, T. F. Wise, Mre.' C. Ivancovich, Miss Ivancovich, H. Sul: livan, Mrs. Sresovich, Miss Sresovich, Miss Scott, Miss White, Miss L. White, Miss Louise Mitchell, Miss Kate FFarrell, A. D. Fraser, L. Van Kirk, Miss van Kirk, W. Sloan, Mist Lizbeth Sloan, W. Lnright, Miss Enright, Mrs. A. J. Wiskotchill, Miss Annie Robinson, Frank Biedeman, James Coffey, James Riordan, F. E. Jones. H. M. Simmons, Miss Dunn, Ed Convey, H. Donegan, A. W. Dollard, Miss L. . McAuliffe, Frank Gongalez, Miss C. Bevard, J. A. Flood, J. A. Hancock, L. 5 l“(bl'l"k‘kv the Misses Derrick, J. V. Gleason, J. Campo- donfca, F. J. Lawldr, G. W. Morrissy, W. Sulllvan, M. J. Costello, Miss D. Farrell, Miss Anna_Farrell, W. C. Martinez, J. Martinez, Mr. Heller, W. J. Hamilton, J. Hayden, Miss| nnor, H. Mahoney. A. E. Fisk, Miss Nan J. J.'Kinzswell, Miss' M. Kingswell, J. A. Fitzpatrick, P. J. Gibbon, Miss K. Glo- bon, B. J. Lycett, Miss McGrath, W. Joseph Gildeaux, Miss H. L. Wynne, L. Young, Miss L. Schuman, J. B. Queen, W. J. B. Queen, Miss Queen, Thomas Grennan, F. Scully, J. Bennett, H. Plunkett, Miss McLaughlin, P. Maussang, Miss M. Horn, H. L. Nagel, Miss J. C. Nagel, L. Valencia, Miss J. Vaiencia, J. D. Dwyer, the Misses Dwyer, J. R. Kent- zel and wife, M. Cousin, Miss Cousin, Will J. Radigan, Miss 8. Radigan, Miss M. Radigan, Thomas D. Spillane, J. Duhelau, E. J. Con- way, Miss M. Conway. Miss Convey, F. U. Staff, J. Flynn, James McFarland, Willlam H. Harvey, Willlam D. Heynes. P. Kavanaugh, Miss E. Cooney, Willlam Wiison, Dr. William C. Hopper, Miss M. Gaffney, A. H. Quatman, B. J. Hyland, John M. Hyland, Mrs. J. M Hyland e honey, Dr. A. Smith, L. Sullf Labor Council’s Officers. At the semi-annual meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council held last night the following ofiicers were elected for the ensuing six months: . President, . H. Goff; vice president, M. Casey; recording and corresponding secretary, Ed Rosenberg: financial secretary, P. H. Coyle; treasurer, J. A. Johnson; sergeant-at-arms, F. Johnson, 'tristees, Helen Block, Charles Schup- pert, R. I Wisler; law and legislative com- mittee, J. Bowlan, Grubb, J. K. Jones, W. Macarthur, R. I Wisler; executive committee, M. W, Coffey. J. F. Fogarty, Willlam Me- Cabe, M. J. Suiltvan, L. Wallenstein, M. Wille, Thomas Wright; organizing _committee—H. Gallagher. R. L. Grimmer, Charles Melrose, . . nt. ————— The Rev. William Hastings. EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 3L—Rev. ‘William Hastings of Toronto, O., the man to whom Abraham Lincoln presented a jackknife because his face was homelier F. E. Tanner, Mrs. F. E. Tanner, T. thy, J. P. Donchue, Miss A. Ma- A Giannini, Leo Gonzales, Ed than that of the martyr President, is dead. Hastings was a powerful and dis- tinguished preacher. S A POKANE, Jan. 31.—Georgle Mfiler, aged 10 years, died in this city to-day as a result of injuries received on Wednesday. He had hitched his sled to a milkman's wagon. On turning a corner he was drawn against a wheel of the wagon, his leg passing between the spokes. Before the wagon could be stopped his leg was ground to a pulp. YOUNG PIANIST TO APPEAR AT CONC OF NOTE ERT Miss Em lie Gnauck, Wha Recently Graduated With Hgh Honors From Royal Conservatory «f Music: in L=ipzig, to Help Raise Funds for Bi‘hop Kip Memorial Church RPN = o . i N o ERKELEY, Jan. 3L—The ladies of St. Mark’s parish have agreed to furnish the new Bishop Kip Memorial Church as a special donation on thgir part toward the edifice. In order to increase the fund on hand they have planned a con- cert to be given under their auspices in Shattuck Hall Wednesday evening, Feb- ruary 5. At this concert Miss Emille Gnauck, a California girl, who recently returned from musical triumphs won in the Old World, will make her first ap- pearance before an audience on this side of the bay. Miss Gnauck’s musical career is the re- sult of an incident which occurred in Ger- many four years ago. She was traveling through that country with her father, Gustav Gnauck of Benicia, when a friend heard her play on the piano and, detect- ing talent, urged her to remain there for study. Her father was finally persuaded to leave her and last spring she gradu- ated with high honors from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Lelpzig after a four years' course. At her examination she played Beethoven's\ C. minor piano concerto to the delight of Leipzig critics. Several other musicians of talent will rerder selections at the concert. The pro- gramme will be as follows: Plano, valse, A flat major (Moszkowski), Miss Emille Gnauck; song from *‘Tannhauses (Wagner), A. H. Cogswell; piano and violin, C major, andante, allegro, moderato_ (Mozart), Miss Grace M. Smith and R. Buchly; song, “Le Fos- si" (Quaranta), Miss Eugenia Loy; plano, Auf- D e i e e IRTISTS GAATIFY THER LISTENERS Josef Hofmann Arouses Enthusiasm of Audi- ence. By Blanche Partington., The second recital of Josef Hofmann given yesterday afterncon at the Colum- bia Theater brought out an even larger and vastly more enthusiastic crowd than greeted the young virtuoso at his first re- cital. “Not being a bird, I couldn’t be in two places at once,” as Sir Boyle Roche says, and I missed half of the Hofmann recital while listening to the “New World” symphony down at the Grand Opera-house. But I did not miss the Ru- binstein “‘Barcarolle” that was given with a limpid purity of tone, an exquisite sym- pathy and repose that made the one number worth coming miles to hear. It has been said that though Mr. Hofmann is eclectic in his sympathies he plays-a better Rubinstein than any other ,Ccom- poser, and it looks that way. The “Bar- carolle” was a gem, perfectly conceived, perfectly rendered. '1 was also in_time 1o hear the Chopin Polonaise in A minor, with jts brilliantly handled octaves and splendid swing. And the two Polish songs in G flat major and G major that followed, the latter dear to us here from Mme. Sembrich’'s exquisite version, were rendered with delicate charm and dis- tinction. Chopin, particularly in his more heroic mood, 1s especially grateful to' his brilliant young countryman, and yet an- other is Liszt, whose somewhat thin py- rotechnics in the *“Second Rhapsody, played for all they were worth by the artist, closed the programme. But Mr. Hofmann was bravoed into giving an e core afterward, the third of the after. noon. The sucess of the recitals has been such that two extra performances have been decided upon on Mr. Hofmann’'s return to the city, to take place at Metropoli- tan Temple on the evening of Wednes- day, February 12, and on the afternoon of Saturday, February 15. Two excellent programmes hav'e be'en grovmed. ‘hings did not look quite so flourishing dotmn 5% the Grand Onera:iouse for ths symphony as at the Hofmann recital, though the house might have been much worse under the circumstances. The pro~ gramme was quite given over to the moderns, with the exception of the “Frelschutz”’ overture, Dvorak's ‘“New ‘World"” symphony, Tschaikowsky's “Nut- cracker Suite,” and Lalo’s ‘“Rhapsodie Espagnol,” being the afternoon’s bill of fare. Least worthy of the symphonies that have been given, though splen- didiy picturesque jn spots, Dvorak's “New World” symphony leaves one un- satisfled. Not so the rendering, that in+ cluded perhaps better work than_ the Steindorff orchestra has\yet done. This ‘was particularly noticeable in the Largo and also in the last movement, where some excellent climaxes were obtained. The playing of the Largo showed an appreciable gain in the énsemble spirit, in that nicer sympathy that is the fruit of long effort, and as a test of the on- going of the orchestra was highly en- couraging. The next programme to take place on the afternoon of February 14, is as follows: 8: hony, B minor (unfinished) Owg\ne. ““The Life for the Cza Serenade Phaeton, symphonic poem . i [ ¢ I . CLEVER PIANIST WHO WILL PLAY AT A CHURCH BENE- FIT. - (Schumann), he Sands l)eMl!. Erlnll!e Gnauck; Sie “hosenbatim Barcarats” (Fchen: Miss Rachel Lothro, plano, Nocturne (Chopin), Miss Grace Smith; song, Pepa (Las- sen), Miss Eugenia Loy: violin, Polonaise (Vieuxtemps), Rudolph Buchly; song, selected, Algernon Aspland; plano, Caprice (Moszkow- £ki), Miss Emilie Gnauck. sch sony S g | ANGIENT RELICS INTHE MUSEUM Mrs. Stanford Brings Rare Curios From Abroad. Speclal Disvatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 31.— One of the important results of Mrs. Stanford’s last trip abroad will be seen next Monday when the Stanford Museum will be again apened to the public. No visit have been admitted during the past six weeks, because a large force of workingmen has been placing in order numerous collections of antique relics, curios and art specimens procured in for- eign countries by the university's bene- | factress. The two large annexes to the museum which were built over two years ago are now being used for the first time—one being devoted to the natural history de- partment and the other containing the Egyptian and Roman relies. A great many specimens of Roman art have been purchased and these will be unpacked and put in place soon after Mrs. Stanford's return from the East. - “One of the most valuable relics that have been acquired by the museum is an immense vase of Egyptian alabaster. The vase, with its marble pedestal, stands more than eight feet high, the bowl it- self being four feet in height and three in diameter. It is the work of two Egyp- tian brothers who carved and polished the beautiful vase, with its arms of intertwin- ing serpents, from a huge block of stone and presented it to the famous Pope Gregory XIII in the sixteenth century. The relic was inherited from the pontiff by his relatives, and Mrs. Stanford pur- chased it from some of the descendants of the family. It is, therefore, of great historic as well as artistic vaiue. Abolishing Sugar Bounties. LONDON, Feb. 1.—Wiring from Brus- sels, the correspondent of the Standard says that the international sugar confer- ence has been charged by the Belgian Government to frame a new '‘treaty abol. ishing all kinds of sugar bounties and in- stalling under the presidency of the Bel- glan Prime Minister, Count Smet de Naeyer, a permanent international com- mittee empowered to inflict fines not ex- ceeding half a million francs on the gov- ernments offending against this treaty-. € 5 Great Fire in Montana Town. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 31.—The town of Clancy, between Helena and Butte, on the Great Northern, is burning.and lat- est reports indicate that every structurs in the town will be consumed. Details are very meager, the telephone operator having had to leave the instrument be- cause of the heat. The loss will be heavy. Clancy IS a town of 600 people and the cold weather prevailing will cause tense suffering. —— SANTA ANA, Jan. 31.—James R. McCloud of Tustin died at his home yesterday from fin- juries received by being kicked in the ap- domen by a horse on Tuesday afternoon. He was 55 years of age. SONOMA, Jan. 31.—The store of F. Duhring & Co. was entered by burglars early this morning. The thieves got §13, several ragors, a pistol and several watches. 1 l | | | | | | | i | Slem, one of the hired hands. | she escaped with a whole body | thereby hangs a tale. TALBOTS BANISH THE HIRED HELP Eject TwoServants After an Early Morning Batitle. Dispute Over the Manage- ment of Capitalist’s Farm Ends in Fight. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 31. Frederick C. Talbot, member of the firm of Pope & Talbot, shipping and lumber merchants of San Francisco, capitalist and gentleman farmer, assisted by his wife and the coachman banished two hired hands from his country estate the outskirts of San Leandro this morning before breakfast. The ejectment of the unwelcome persons was accomplished only after a sangulnary set-to betwszcn the opposing forces. That the Talbots carried the day is svi- dent. from the number and variety of wounds inflicted upon the person of Hen His wounds were dressed at the Recelving Hospital, after he had made a hurried retreat from the scene of his undoing. There was a deep cut under the left eye and discolor- ations of the face. The sleeve of the left arm bore a cut that evidently had been made with a knjfe. Siem was accom- panied to the hospital by his wife, who was the other victim of the melee. only The ualties of the Talbots are not reporte Different stories are being told different sides of the affair. The narrativ of the Talbots and the Siems are p: lel as to certain incidents, but at a vi point they diverge and become d rically opposed stories. They agre —that the Siems, who have been oversee the work on the Talbot farm for months during the absence of the proprie- tors, were discharged because their ste ardshilp was unsausfactor They were to have moved out this morning, ard Talbot's version of s >3 the affair is as follo Talbot Tells of the Quarrel. We came back from New Orleans yesterday and went to our country place to see how things were getting aiong. We found thi: in a turmoll. The Siems, whom we had in charge, had disagreed Wwith everybody the place and let things go to smash. learned that they had been drinking apd t a wagon load of eggs and some other produ of the farm had not been accounted for. I on tled the whole thing by discharging Siems, and he was to have gone to-day. Mrs, Talbot w: downstairs early this morning to look after the breakfast. turned in a little while to say Slems had been saucy to her. me angry and I.demanded his wife leave forthwith. The Siems went to their rooms upstairs to prepare to leave and my in a few moments, saying she would try to s tle their account. She had a gas lighter in her hand. She had been gone but a littie while when I heard her scream. 1 ran_up- stairs to see what was the matter, the coach- man, Dennis, following me. As soon as I entered the Slems’ bedroom I saw Mrs. Siems pulling my wife's hair, whils Siem himself was helping to pummel her with his fists. I jumped for him and he pulled the gas lighter away from Mrs. Talbot and struck me with it. He struck the coachman, too. We wrestled out into the hall and there suc- ceeded in giving him a good pummeling. Ho That made that Siems and | ran away as soon as he got the chance and with his wife went screaming down the road According to Siem, Talbot's story is not true, because, he says, his late emplo was the aggressor all the time. Siem: Siem’s Version of the Battle. We were going to leave this morning and were getting our things ready when we heard Talbot and his wife and the coachman com- Ing up the stalrs. Mrs. Talbot had a gas lighter in her hands. the coachman had a knife and I think Talbof had a ciub. Talbot attacked me first and when my wife tried escape he went after her. She tore her clothes trying to_get away. Talbot and the coachman then turiied their attention to me and kept beating me until I ran away. too. Mrs._Siem's story is still a little difr. ent. She says all the blame rests wi the Talbots, who, she claims, set upon her and her husband without provocatior. Before we were ready to start this morning I-asked Mrs, Talbot If we could have break- fast. She refused and told me to leave the house at once. While I was in my room m husband came running in to say that Mrs. Tal- bot had assaulted him with a gas lighter. Wa struggled against Mrs. Talbot and her hus- band and the coachman as long as we could and then ran away. I was half-dressed and had to borrow a dress from a neighbor so that I could come to Oskland. Mr. and Mrs. Siem visited the District Attorney’s office after the husband's wounds had been dressed, but went away without taking any action against the Talbots. The Talbot country seat Is one of the most extensive in the county and is beau- tifully situated. It contains a handseme residence and the proprietor employs a dozen servants to keep it up. BOARD MUST SECURE PLANS FOR UTILITIES City Attorney Lane filed an opinion yes- terday regarding the preliminary steps to be taken in the matter of submitting the questions of the acquisition of public util- ities and the purchase of improvements to the people at a bond election. Accord- ing to the opinion, the declaratory ordi- nances already passed are nugatory, be- cause plans and estimates on the im- provements were not obtained. New or- dinances will thérefore have to be passed after the legal requirements are complied with. The opinion says: ¢ The plans and estimates for any public util- ity must come from the Board of Works and shall come to the Supervisors through the City Engineer. The Board of Supervisors, and not a com- mittee of the board, must request plans,, esti- mates and appraisements by resolution ap- proved by the Mayor. The completed plans must be actually flled with the Supervisors before the board can act upon the essential declaratory ordinances. As a special election must be called in two weeks after final publication the time would be insut- ficlent to obtain such plans. When city property is included within lands proposed to be acquired for park purposes tha city's property need not be included in the de- claratory ordinance. It Is not necessary to declare the necessity of acquiring the improvements on lands pro posed to be acauired The City Attorney also advised the board that the claim presented by S. Har- rison Smith, aggregating $5776.3. should be rejected, excepting that known as the “Mission-street survey claim,” for $1041.10, which must be paid out of the surplus fund. —_—— SANTA FE COMPANY TO FILL IN CHINA BASIN Board of Public Works Recommends the Establishment of Official Grades on Adjacent Streets. The Board of Public Works met yes- terday and granted the Atchison, Topeia and Santa Fe Railway Company permis- sion to fill in to the official grades in con- nection with the reclamation of China sin, portions of Kentucky, Fourth, Ii- Tasis: Michigan, Georgia, errimac, Ala. meda and El Dorado _streets. The board recommended to the Supervisors that the grades be established. The board awarded to the City Street Improvement Company the contract for extending the Sunset Districy sewer, at a cost of $29.000. The main séwer will be built to Twenty-fourth avenue, thence to Golden Gate Park, where the sewage will be utilized as a fertilizer. ——— BOSTON, Jan. 31.—The United States Cir- cuit Court has issued a decree ordering that Theophilus King, Willlam H. Barnard and Eq. mund S. Putney. receivers of the Eureka Siik Company, sell the property and assets of the concern at auction in this city on March 3 The company has mills i Canton, Mass.. and roperty in Boston, New York, Cinel B Z.., and East Hampton, Conm, oot Cht GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 31. have been received here directing that :-9::5; suspended on the Buriington extensfon from Billings, which is intended to connect that sys. tem with the Great Northern here. .