The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1902, Page 10

10 BAIN-G0D HEARS S0UTHRONG" PLEA Region Below Tehachapi Gets a Thorough Drenching. | All Sections of California Now Report Abundacce of Moisture. Svecial Dispatch to The Cail ANGELES 21.—The storm Los Feb. that has threatened Southern California | for the past thirty-six hours broke upon | geles to-night at 9 o'clock in a| ain. The wind veered suddenly to | and for a few minutes the rain | in sheets through the streets. Later the wind subsided and the rain set- tied into a steady fall. Every Indication is favorable to a continuance of the pre- cipitation throughout the night The rain has come just in time to save | s and do incaiculable good. Livestock | o n ffered much of late for lack of pas- turage, which was beginning to turn brow All kinds of crops were in moisture_and the soil was in poor con- the present storm prove duration and extent the uthern part of the State will be assured us crop vea e that e storm is gen- t Southern California. It San Diego until neariy miad- | ram is now fallng | LUIS OBISPO, afternoon i need of | | i | i Feb. the 2L—Up to 5 precipitation | « 8 of an inch, making a on of 7.51 inches. With V. little more rain the coast side of this county will produce its usual large irop. he Santa Lucia range conditions o favorable. OWINg {o ine long . 7 spell tarmers became discouraged and pped their work early It is now too or them to put in the usual acreage sown to crops probably will per cent of that of 1ast sea- exceed # UT CREEK, Feb. Rain has £ ¥ throughout San Kamou A nce early this morning. With 2 | ir rm the total will nearly | last_srason’s. Orchards and | ver looked better 21.—Rain, accompa- noon by thunder and en here all day. The | general throughout (ms: NAS, Feb. 21.—It commenced rain- | r ing at 6 o'clock and has con- et rals all day. For a time rain came down in tor- | he precipitation for the day was | The entire county was | id the indications are favor- more rain_to-night. ROBLES, Feb. 7.—Rain com-| noon and developed int m this afternoon. About 1| as fallen. This practically nd feed, and,.with spring showers, d crop of grain will be| harvested ANTA BARBARA, Feb. 21.—Rain | ommenced falling here at 6 o'clock this | i descended in torrents for a ! fter which it settled down STOCKTON, Feb. 2L—The heaviest rainfall in years for a single day was re- ed here to-day, the total precipitation | being 1.30 inches. making 3.3 for the month and 8.8 for the season. In this city the storm was especially severe be- urs of 4 and 7 p. m., when inted to .78 of an inch. The re for more rain. This down- | abundance of | of the San Joaquin Val- west side, where rain was all was the heaviest of an: d a large yield will re- i RESNO, Feb. 21.—The heaviest of the season is general in this vicin to-night. It is accompanied by -con- | siderable wind and the prospects are that it will continue for several hours at least. do a vast amount of good rain- BAKERSFIELD, Feb. 21.—Following a | h wind that filled the air with dus 1his evening. rain fell-in goodly guantitie: dications th rough the night. this section Feb. 21.—Heavy showers fell There are fine prospects for storm will con- The rainfall is ntinuance ERCED, Feb. 21 len here, -night —One-half inch of with good prospects 21.—One inch of rain 1 north of the Tehachap! was 3 vy yesterday. The greatest gistered was in this city, and 16 inches. A thunderstorm an Luis Obispo and a trace of reported from Los Angeles. ites were down between S8an Francisco Fresno, €0 that reports from that city e lacking at the Weather Bureau. rally throughput the State is ihe forecast for to-day. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE CF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Cranted. AWASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—The Postoffice Department issued the following to-da: Postmasters commissioned—Harry L. Hart, Cokedale, Wash.; Paul R, Lepoinds, {\e vl;tz., Cal.; Christian Engdal, Norman, Army orders announce that Contract Surgeon Porter will proceed from Fort Hancock to San_ Francisce. tenant Commander C. F. Pond wiil report to the naval training station, San Fran- cigco, April 1 7 hese pe Lieu- ons were granted: Califor- nia—Originai—Robert H. Jagoe, San Fran- cisco, $8. Increased—Edward de St. Maur- ice, Colusa, 35; Willam Hubbard, Hol- $8; John 'A. Bonney, Pacific Grov Mexican war—Willilam McVey, Fres. no City, $12; Elijah Harris, Norfoik, $12; Simon Reidinger, East Santa Cruz, $12; James T. Jones, Veterans' Home, Napa, $12; John Miller, Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geies, 812 Widows—Mary Torrey, San ¥rancisco, $5. Oregon—Original—John M. Park, Oregon City, %; Bamuel T. Kerr, Corvajlis, $6. Increase—Lyman Blakely, Salem, George A. Hines, Loraine, $10. Washington—Original—War with Spain, Allan R. Blackburn, Spokane, $8. In. crease—Henry C. Vining, Seattie, $6; George Wood, Walla Walla, $; Georze " T. Myers, Sumner, 38. Widows (war with Ssll ain)—Laura E. Sigle, mother, Sumner, AR TGy Hcnors for Olympic Swimmers. CHICAGO, Feb. 2L—In the 100-yard swimming race at the Sportsmen’s show to-night Brewer of San Francisco Olym- pic Club defeated Fred Wieland of the Central Y. M. C. A. by half a lap, F. A. Wenck of Yale finished third, a lap and & half behind Wieland. Brewer's time was 15:23 4-5. This establishes a new American record for the distance. The world’s record is 13:42, held by J. 8. Jar- v.s of Scotland. J. Beott Leary of San Francisco Olym- pic Club won the 106-yard race, leading Wenck by two and a half yards. John- stone of Ottawa, Canada, was third, | cight yards behind Wenck. ' Leary’s time | was 1:06 3-5. Statehood for Territories. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—The House Committee on Territories to-day unani- mously voted to report bills for the ad- mission of the Territories of New Mexico, ora and Oklahoma. The vote was en upon a_motion made by Moon of 7 «nnessee declaring it to be the sense of the committee that the three Territories wire ent tied 10 statchood and that appr,. y:xa;’sn'lnmmmces be appointed to prepare the bill. BREACH OF CONTRACT ALLEGED.—John J.ce filed a suit agaipst the Pacific Can Com- Joet through the faifure of the corporation tu Geliver to him, as per an agreement, thirty ehares of stock of the American Can Com- | has been in attendance at the meeting of | Council last night, indicates that efforts | Labor would i boet and shoe clerks in the city. yany vesterday for $1575, which be alleges he Beio WILL ENDEMOR 10 END STRIKE Nationa! Civic Federa- tion to Send Commit- tee to This City. Strong Effort to Be Made to Arbitrate Ironworkers’ Differences. A dispatch from W. A. Macarthur, who the National Civic Federation in New York, read by Secretary Rosenberg at the mesting of the San Francisco Labor are to be made to end the strike of the local ironworkers which commenced May 1901 committee consisting of nine mem- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY., FEBRUARY 22, 1902.° bers of the Civic Federation has been ap- pointed with instructions to visit this city and endeavor to adjust the troubles be- ween the principal shipbullding and iron- working firms and the men still out on strike. the committee were not forwarded. National Federation of Ironworkers will be one of the party. Macarthur was delegated by the men out on strike to explain to the executive | committee of thirty-six which met in Washington some such actio! appeal the Macarthur did not announce the date of the arrival of this arbitration committee, He is on his way home, and is expected here during the early part of next week. 1t wa o announced that some time during the month of April the executive board of the American Federation of visit this city for the first recently the necessity of and as a result of his time, although nearly all the other large centers of labor interests have been vis. ited befor: T'he differences between the Building ‘frages Council and the San Francisco Labor Council will come up for | consiaeration at the meetings of the com mittee. 1t is proposed to make the visit of this committee a notable one in labor circles, | and as soon as the date is definitely an- nounced the local unions will be calied upon to unite in a monster demonstration of welcome. Higgins’ Story Is Discredited. ara J. Higgins, an employe of the Facific street, was found lying wounded in front of his house last night by Officer Shink- win, who sent him to the Central Emer- gency Hospi Higgins claimed that | | two men 1ired two snots at him just as | he was cntering his house and he re- turned the fire. Officer Shinkwin, who | was in the vicinity, says that but two chots were fired, and that he saw no one running away. The clothing on ‘Higgins' left Jeg. where the bullet entered, is powder marked, and when the officer reached him Higgins’ underwear was | Lurning. ¥rom the location of the wound | and other circumstances the police are inciined to, believe that Higgins accident- zlly irflicted the wound on himself. —————— Ehod Clerks’ Union Reorganizes. The Custom Boot and Shoe Makers Union s reorganized, and it is expected that it will quickly increase in member- ship, it being the aim of the officers of ke union to secure the enrollment of all A con- siderable reduction has been made in the rionthly dues. NEW YORK SYNDICATE BUYS ASPHALT ACRES Valuable Land in Northern Mex:co Is Purchased for a Million Dollars. AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 21.—The Warner- Quinlan asphalt syndicate of New . York yesterday purchased the Lopez ranch in Northern Mexico, embracing 1,200,000 acres and upon which are extensive and rich dencsits of asphalt. The asphalt deposits will be developed and it is also the purpose of the asphalt syndicate to build a railroad from the ranch 1o some point on the Monterey and Mexican Guilf Railroad, a distance of about sixty miles. The consideration in- volved in this deal is sald to exceed $1,000,000. LOS ANGELES COUNCIL SUSTAINS THE MAYOR Rejects Bids for Franchises Which It Recently Awarded to Hunt- LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.—The City Council to-day rejected all the bids made heretofore for the street railway fran- chises ard referred them back tc the Board of Public Works to be readver- tised. These are the franchises recently awarded to the Los Angeles Railroad Company on a bid of §154,000, the Coun- cil's action afterward being Mayor Snyder. — - Women Elect Their Officers. vetoed by WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Less than one | hundred delegates were present when to- day’s session of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened. Announce- | ment was made of the result of yester- | day’s elections for vice president general as’ follows: Mesdames Mary Hepburn Smith, Connecticut; Belle E. Lyons, Ken- tucky: S. P. Lyons., Georgia; Harriet Simpson, Massachusetts; J. V. Wisconsin; D. D. Colton, California; Ar- thur R. Bedle. New Jersey; Henry W.| Burnham, New Hampshire; J. Herron Crossman, New Williams, Maryland. e Speaks for Custom-House Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Representa- tive Loud addressed the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day in advocacy of a bill providing for the construction of a custom-house at San Francisco on the site of the present build- ing at a cost of '$1,500,000. Mercer, chair- man of the committee, assured Loud, who strongly urged a favorable report on the bill, that the committee would press | the passage of the measure in the Hous: This bill, introduced by Senator Perkin has already passed the Senate. Loud e: pects its early enactment. Shasta Miners to Organize. REDDING, Feb. 2.—The arrival in Shasta County of Edward Boyce, presi- dent of the Western Federation of Min- ers, foreshadows the rapld organization of mine workers of Shasta County into unions, to be aftiliated with the Western Federation. Tt is expected that the many camps of the county will each have its union. Singularly enough, the miners &t Shasta, which leads .all other counties of the State in the production of min. erals, have heretofore been without or- ganization. Fencing In Its Domain. SAN JOSE, Feb. 22—The syndicate which recently gained control of the Coy- ote watershed in the vicinity of Gilroy Hot Springs by the purchase of thousands of acres of land is now engaged in build- ing a fence around its holdings. Many miles of fencing will be required to in- close the 20,000 acres, for which the com- pany expended nearly $500,000. Harrington-Wilcox Wedding. SAN JOSE, Feb. 22.—George H. Har- rington, a_ business man of Santa Cruz, and Mrs. Kate Wileox of this city were married here yesterday. Oniy a few in- timate friends attended the ceremony, which was performed in_the Trinity Epis- cfl;}al Parish House by Rev. C. H. Mock- ridge. —_— Senators by a Direct Vote. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21.—Thé House of Representatives of the Ohlo Legisla- ture has placed itself on record as being in favor of electing the United States Senators by a direct vote of the people, the Worthington resolution being adopted by a vote of 73 to 23. The resolution asks Congress to take the necessary action., The names of those composing | t is | | expected that President McConnell of the | committee was appointed. | box factory, living at 203 Freelon | ington. } i | Quariles, | | { York, and Elizabeth C. | | | | 11 | | C NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS ENJOY THEMSELVES AT ANNIVERSARY BALL Social Function Given Last Night by the Members of Stanford Parlor Proves a Great Success and Is Well Attended by the Youth and Beau'y of the City Despite the Heavy Rainstorm e i i HE sixteenth annual ball given last night by Stanford Parlor of 1 the Native Sons of the Golden | West was one of the most elab- | orate functions ever given by that | organization. It was a truly Native Son | social, given in Native Sons’ Hall, in | which the parlor has a large proprietary interest. The decorations were the han- | diwork of A. F. Schleicher, vice president of the parlor; the music was by Ronco- | viéri, another Native Son, and the print- | ing was done by still another member of the order. The decorations were all white. most { artistically festooned and relieved from | heaviness by ferns and great bells of nile | green material. the whole being illumi- | nated by concealed electric lights. The | orchestra was hidden by "a pretty ar- rangement of tall potted plants. It was a full dress affair and the mem- bers of the several committees wore in- stead of the usual badges moire antique sashes across the breast after the manner of Marshals of France. In the grand march, which was led by President 8. O. Stanyan and Miss Jessie Little, there were fully two hundred couples. The ball was under the direction of: Floor director—S. O. Stanyan. Floor committee—Bruce Cornwall, Alfred J. Fritz, A. H. Giannini, Joseph W. Hardiman, Philip Heuer, Charles A. Moraghan, A. F. Schieicher, Robert Schord, Henry Van' Valken: burgh, P. J. Weniger. Chairman reception committee—John J. Van Nostrand. Reception committee—Harry Baehr, Thomas | Barry, D. A. Curtin, Washington Dodge, A. P. Carl _T. Granz, Joseph Greenberg, Fred H. Jung, William D. Leahy, John J. Ler- | men, John W. Lewis. John J. McCarthy, Dan O'Callaghan, George W. Springer. Those who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lewls, R. Schord, Miss B. Jones, Mrs. A. Ovieds, Miss L. Kavanagh, P. F. Ferguson, Mrs. P. Ferguson, Miss Hat- tie Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Powers, Henry Van Valkenburgh, Miss Doris Heuer, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Curtin, Miss Bert Maher, Charies F. Ratto, Herbert Thomas, Miss May Smith, Willlam C. Cathcart, Miss C. Eliis, Miss M. Ellis, Dan O'Callaghan, Miss Laura Werner, Mrs. M. Marx, Tom Vice Jr., Miss Alice Vice, A. F. Shleicher, Mrs. K. Poehlmann, H. 8 Martin, Miss 1.’ Purlenky, Mrs. G. Purlenky, ‘Washington Dodge, A. P. Giannini, C. T. Granz, Thomas F. Barry, Miss Nellle Mc- Mahon, J. V. Cooney. James B. Bocarde, Mrs. | Horn, J. Lytle Martin, J. O'Keefe, H. Plage- mann, Miss M. Plagemann, Willlam J. Wynn, Mrs. William Enright Sr., ‘Miss Julla Enright, | Alexander E. J. Nye, Miss Maude Cameron, { Mr. Judah, Mr. Gardner, Bruce Large, Miss | | Giannini, Lilijan Curley, Miss Hattie Crockett, R. V. Whiting and guest, David B. Torres, Miss Dol lie Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dierssen, Mrs. J. E. Walsh, W. Martinez, Miss K. J. McCal- lery, Walter Rodgers, 1. O. Haven, Edward | Girsikowsky, Miss E. von Kapp, A. Haven, Jules Getz, Mr. and Mrs, L. . Crackbon, Dr. H. Kugeler, Miss Paula Wolff, Miss J. Kuge- ler, Phillp Heuer, William Tiernan, = James Kennedy, Miss Apperius, J. H. Strehl, Miss J. H. Strehl. Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Radke, Mr. anil Mrs. Hiram D. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lermen, Miss Anna Duffy. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. O'Donnell, Merritt D. Robinson, Miss L. Has- POLIGE RESCUE STARVING GIRL Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 21. Trouble and hunger are supposéd to be the causes of the dementia of Miss Nel- lie Anzer, who was taken from the Wind- sor House to-night by Detective George Kyte and removed to the Recelving Hos- pital. For several days the young womar has remained in bed without eating. She refused to talk to any one and it was feared that if she was left to herself she would starve to death. She waé accord- ingly ‘taken to the hospital to be treated as an insane patient. Miss Anzer has wealthy relatives in Ho- boken, N. J., who have been communi- cated with. It is believed that with prop- er care and nourishment she will regain her health. She formerly lived with her psrents in Eureka, where her father was a nrongerom merchant. Misfortune over- took the family, and about a year ago the father- went to Alaska in the hopes of betlering his fortune, while the mother i o+ coover & RASHUSSEN PHITo HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN WHO, WITH PRESIDENT OF THE PAR- LOR, LED THE GRAND MARCH AT THE STANFORD ANNIVER- SARY BALL IN NATIVE SONS' HALL LAST NIGHT. S o kell, Mies A. Kustell, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Culin, Miss Saul, Frank Turner, Miss Etta Bender, G. E. Morse, Mr. and Mrs. R. Traut- ner, E. W. Gordon, Miss Edith Gordon, An- drew J. Gaughran, A. H. Giannini, M. D. Miss Florence Scatena, Mr. Berger, Miss Ber. ges, Mr. Berges, Leonard Schwartz, Miss C Keleey, Mies M. Abrahams, Dr. Derby, Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Walsh, W. Martinez, Miss K. J. McCaffery, Miss M. Breslin, ~Robert R. Yates, Miss Payson, Dr. Bruning, T. Gren- nan, John A. Danfels, Miss Sadie Gould, Jo- seph Gildea, John F. Linehan, Miss Taylor, J. H. Humphrey, Miss W. Humphrey, Henry ¥. Pernau, Mrs. Minnie Pernau, Miss Marie Pernau, Mrs. Frederick Willson, F. C. Bell, Miss Fitzhugh, Mrs. 1. D. McCutcheon, Louis J. Springer, Miss Anita Ferguson, H. Done- gan, George E. Kammerer, Miss G. 8. Tan- feran, Joseph Eber, Miss Frieda Ebe: Charles Clark, Miss Louis Power, Con Roman, Miss E. L. Wood, Thomas G. Spillane, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Filmer, Miss Lilllan Lubben, Mrs. John Lubben, S. O. Stanyan, Miss Jessie Lit- tle, Mrs, H. Little, Robert Grennan, ‘William J. 'Watson, Joseph G. Cox, Miss Sadie Robin- son, Miss Hunter, Miss Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz, Fred H. Jung, Mics Leonie Jung, Mrs. Leonie Jung, Sanford G. Lewald, Miss Mae Murphy, Mrs. Sour. Mr. and M Sieberst, Elmore Leffingwell, Miss Thompson, Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Water- house, J. W. Kelly, Miss M. Kelly, Mrs. Tur- ner, C. A. Kelly, Mies Lucile Ellis, Mrs. Pur- cell, Dr. F. F. Knorp, George Rose, Mlss Etta O'Neill, Miss Eva Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. L. 8. Aitken, Mr. and Mrs. George Rose, Robert R. Russ, M. M. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jackson, Willilam G. Baudoin, W. Chester Keogh, Miss Clara Keogh, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Martenstein, Miss Maud Martenstein, Howard A. Welsh, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Plstolesi, Miss C. Luhio Cutting, Walter Speyer, Miss Helene Speyery Miss Ethel Speyer, A. M. Barnett Jr., Frank H. Kerrigan, E C. Lane, Miss Worth, Mrs. E. Werner, Mrs. M. Marx, H. S. Day, Wiillam D. Hynes, Mrs. William D. Hynes, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Alberti, George A. Starr, Miss Ethel A. Starr, Albert H. Quat- man, Miss Mabel Quatman, Mr. and Mrs. E. Sullivan, Mrs. C. H. Maass, B. A. Bernard, Mrs. A. F. Bernard, Miss C. Bernard, W. B. Grosh, Mr. and Mrs, H, J. Cordes, Leo Deolin, Miss Marie Deolin, Mr. and Mrs: George Fil- mer, L. A. Steiger, Mr. Sheehan, Mrs. Bart- man, Miss Sheehan, Isidore Golden, Miss Alice Hummeltenberg, Sydney Marshall, Miss Mar- went East. Miss Anzer remained in Call- fornia. and has been working to support herself. Nothing has been heard from Anzer for a long while, and the girl be- came very despondent. She had been working in the family of Captain Tibbetts in Alameda as nurse girl. While there her first indication of mental trouble developed, and it is be- lieved to have been due to Worry over family troubles. She was discharged by the Tibbettses recently. and since then she has been living at the Windsor. She apparently had no money and has been |’ starving herself, This, with the added trouble of her lost position, seems to be the causes of her present condition. T~ .School Board’s Annual Report. The Board of Education yesterday filed with the Board of Supervisors its report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. The report contains the names of all the teachers in the department, numbering 1017, and also shows the total receipts in the school fund for 1900-1901 to have been $1.202,063 41, of which a surplus of $42,063 41 remained on June 30, 190 SUIT AGAINST ASHE FILED.—J. M. Cos- ‘tigan filed a suit against R. Porter Ashe yes- terday to recover $3834 80 he alleges s due him on a promissory note executed by Ashe in January, 1600 THROWN FROM HIS HORSE.—W. J. Scott, | residing at 223 Dore street. was thrn.v;n from a horse on Seventh street day aft and had his Tight Ies brokens e 8 shall, Wallace E. Crowell, Mrs. James Ellison, Miss M. Ellison, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Bell, Rob- ert E. Connolly, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Haw- kins, Mrs. W. G. Ryder, Miss Virginia Ryder, F. B. Surryhne, Harry Bird, Miss Edith M. MacMillan. Thomas Kortick, Miss Lulu Mr. and Mrs. Hawley, James Welsh, Miss L. M.’ Niblock, T. Emigby, Dr, J. J. Kingwell, Joseph W. Hard- iman, Miss M. B. Keegan, E. Feld, Miss E. Finnell, John F. Cannon, Miss F. Ganghran, Dr. T. 'Martin Smith, Miss Ella F. Smith, Miss Morsie McHenry, Miss Belle Herzer, Edward S. Smith, Miss Martha Smith, C. H. Kendrick, L. Roeder, George H. Sandy, Thomas O. Cal- laghan, Edward Browson, J. B. Levensaler, James I Regan, J. J. Gildea, Frank I, Gowa- lez, A. Falk, Miss Eva Walcom, Percy Hender- son, Miss Nealon, Al Hampton, Miss Margaret Nealon, Miss Olga Herrman, George W. Sprin- ger, Miss Fannie Springer, Miss Gertrude Springer, Miss Madge Collum, Mr. and Mrs, T. P. Martin, Mr. and Mrs, E, L. Head, W. von der Lieth, Miss O. von der Lieth, T. W. Lillie, Danlel F. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Weni- ger, Miss Lilly Tobin, Willlam E. Schord, Misses M. and E. Muiville, Joseph Dowling, Mr. McMurray, Miss May Kennedy, Dr. H. T. Cralg, Harry J. Mahony, Miss Margaret Mur- phy, Miss Mae Murphy, Miss Frances Pacheco, Mr, Welsh, John Daniels, Miss Emily Dubele, N. J, Sin- dain, Joseph Campodonico, Max Levy, George Stangerberger, Miss Nellle Mulcay, S. 'A. Mon- sarret, J. A. White, E. V. McGinty, Miss Deviin, Frank L. Pohl, Miss Virginia 'Stack, Miss Christine Stack, Hon. T. B. W. Leland, Mrs. T. B. W. Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Thoma: Mulvey, Miss C. Fitzgeraid, Colonsl Charles Sonntag, Miss Byington, Charles Hoey, Miss M. Hoey, Knox Maddox, T. Walsh, Bernard Plerre Lapachet, Miss Kenny, Miss O'Brien, J. 'W. Doherty, Fred H. Stanley, Miss Ada Renner, Miss Alice- Rose Kenny, Miss Colby, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fischbeck, J. Emmet Hayden, Mies Florence Conner, C. P. Hale, Miss Grace Huff, Joseph A. Corbett, Mrs. Jo- seoh A. Corbett, Miss E. Mahony, Mr. znd Mrs. Frank D. Monckton, Mrs. Jennie V. Dur- kee, Phil J. Ersenmann, Thomas W. ushing, Miss Cottle, Arthur W. Dollard, D. Oliver Jr., Mrs. D. Oliver, W. H. Daly, Willlam Meek- fessel, Mrs. Willlam Meekfessel, Miss Lulu Purlenky, Everett Sharp. B. F. McElroy, E. C. Stock, Mr. and Mrs. J. Park, Mr. and Mrs. John_J. McCarthy, Walter Kraft, Miss Mada- line Leahy and John Van Nostrand. @ Lttt e - @ HONOR BIRTHOAY OF WASHINETON Patriotic and clvie orders will fittingly celebrate the one hundred and seventieti anniversary of the birthday of George Washington. In many instances the re- unions will be held around the banquet board, while several organizations will give literary and musical entertainments. A delegation of Native Sons and Veterans of the Mexican War will visit Monterey. to-day to lay there additional stones in the Sloat monvment. The State League of Iroquols Clubs will hold a conference, commencing at 10 o'clock this morning, at 909 Market strest. In the evening the fembers and their guests will assemble at a downtown res- taurant for their annual banquet. The various councils of the Young Men's Institute will celebrate Young Men's In- stitute day in Metropolitan Temple in the evening. The following programme will be presented:’ Overture, orchestra; introductory, Robert ! with his brother for brutally assaulting SUSPECT LANDG IN THE TANKS Alfred McLaughlin Is Arrested for Assault to Murder. Officer Sylvester Accuses Him of Firing Shot Through ‘Window. Alfred McLaughlin, a Misslon tough, was arrested and placed in the tanks last night on suspicion of being the man who tried to murder Police Officer Dan Syl- vester. He was taken to the City Prison and his name registered on the small book. Sylvester was in his bedroom when a bullet crashed through the window of the room he occupied and imbedded it- self in the wall. The police officer is satisfled that the shot was intended for him. 2 As soon as Chlef Wittman learned of the occurrence he specially detailed Syl- vester to run down the would-be mur- derer. Suspecting that McLaughlin, who recently served a six minths’ sentence Sergeant Lewis, was the man who fired | the shot at him, Sylvester started to trace his movements on the night of the attempted murder. After a short investi- ation he satisfied himself that McLaugh- in was the right man and he placed him under arrest. McLaughlin will be form- ally charged to-day with assault to com- mit murder. Some time ago Sylvester arrested Mc- Laughlin’s brother for committing a brutal assault on an old woman. Think- ing that the officer tock too much inter- est in the case, it is thought it was de- cided to put him out of the way. While he was undressing in his bedroom the would-be assassin took a shot at him, but failed to hit him. McLaughlin denies that he had any- thing to do with the shooting. He claims he will be able to prove by several re- liable witnesses that he was not in the vicinity of the policeman's home when the ‘attempt was made on his life. DIMMICK IS INDICTED FOR THE MINT ROBBERY Federal Grand Jury Also Finds Bill Against “Four. Billion Dollar »Syndicate” Mains. The United States Grand Jury brought in an indictment yesterday against Wal- ter N. Dimmick, ex-chief clerk of the United States Branch Mint, for em-| bezzling and stealing $30,000. There are three counts in the indictment, the first | accusing Dimmick of stealing $30,000 from the Mint the second alleging that the money had beén intrusted to him as chief clerk and that he unlawfully embezzled and converted it to his own use and the third charging that as clerk he assumed charge of the money and embezzled the same with intent to defraud the United States. Bail was fixed at $30,000. An indictment was returned also against Charles R. Mains, charging him with us- ing the Postoffice’ Department in_further- ance of a_scheme to defraud. Bail was fixed at $1500. Mains pretended to be the representative of a four billion-dollar syndicate engaged in buying oil lands and other things that might be lying around loose within the United States. He repre- sented to his intended victims that the syndicate had several million doilars_on deposit In banks in San Francisco, New York and elsewhere. He was enfialed in disposing of . the stock of the fictitious syndicate, when one of his victims, Charles Bennett of Battle Creek, Mich., who was about to send him 33000, was ad- vised by his banker that Mains was a fraud with an unsavory record. —_— e FORMER POLICE JUDGE LAWLOR SLOWLY DYING Ex-Police Judge Lawlor is dying. About a week ago the once popular jurist was taken seriously ill, and as he was without a home he was provided with a room in the New Western Hotel by. the proprietor, ex-Supervisor Joe King. Most of the af torneys who were once glad to clasp his hand when he was in the heydey of his success refused to assist him, even to the extent of providing him with the proper medical attention. As his condition grew worse, through the efforts of Attorneys Martin Quinlan and Horace Jackson, both of whom have frequently befriended him during his darkest hours, and former Su- pervisor King. Lawler was yesterday sent to the City and County Hospital. His death, according tg physicians at the hospital, is only a matter of a few hours. — e e Wins Medal in Debate. The second annual literary contest for a gold medal given by the Young Men’s Soclety of the Church of Notre Dame des Victoires_took place last night at Golden Gate Hall. The subject of debate was | “Will the construction of an interoceanic | canal benefit the Pacific Coast and San | Francisco in particular?” Among the con- | testants for the medal were H. F. Dona- | hue, Willlam McCurdy of St. Ignatius| Coliege, Gustave Baraly of Lowell High School and M. Diebels of St. Mary's Col- | Jege. The judges unanimously awarded the medal to Mr. Donahue. A number of vocal and instrumental selections were rendered by members of the soclety dur- ing the evening. e College Students Give Dance. The students and graduates of Heald's Business College gave one of their ‘inter- esting reunions last night at Goldeh Gate | Hall. which was elaborately decorated | for the occasion. Faculty and students spent a most enjoyable evening and danced until early morning. The com- | mittees in charge of the affair were as follows: Floor_committee—E. W. Jones (manager), R. E. Hammond, E. L. Reed, M. F. Smith and C. F. Philipo. Reception committee—J. H. Aydelotte. A. A. Moran, Miss Anna Odell, J. W. Grifith. Miss Le Vanche Mitchum, Miss Fiorence Ligon, Miss' Katherine Farrell, Miss Alice Clayss and Miss Amy E. Hammond. —————— Hecht’s Leave of Absence. ‘Mayor Schmitz has granted Fire Com- missioner Hecht a leave of absence from the State for sixty days. When the Mayor's action became known a protest was_ filed against the payment of salary to Hecht while he is away. It is not likely that the Mayor will pay any attention to, the protest, as Hecht has been com- missioned to inspect auxiliary salt water supplies for fire purposes which hava been installed in various Eastern cities, | The charter provides that a city official shall be vaid only for services actually Tendered, but it is claimed that a leave of absence legally granted is exempted from the charter requirements. @b g Tobin, president of the board of management; remarks, D. J. O'Leary. president of the even- ing; contralto solo, Miss Ella V. McCloske: xylophone solo, John Casad: barytone solv, Otcar §. Frank; soprano solo, Miss Etta M. Welsh: address, Hon. Frank J. Murasky: se- popular airs, orchestra: recttation, “Washington and the Darkey.” Miss Lillian M. Quinn; selections, ‘‘Humorous,” William J, Hynes; march, orchestra. The Associated Veterans of the Mexi- can War will banquet at 7:15 p. m. They will meet at their hall, Toom 142, at the City Hall, and proceed in a body to the restaurant. 4 “The Junior Order United American Me- chanics and the Daughters of Liberty will give an entertainment at Native Sons’ Hall. A patriotic programme is arnounced: The Sons of the American Revolution will banquet at 8 p. m. Toasts will be re. sponded to by Rev. F. W. Clampett Charles M. Gayley of the University of California, General S. B. M. Young, Hor- ace G. tll’lntt and Rev. Ernest E. Baker of Oakland. ‘The members of the Young Men's In- stitute will assemble at St. Mary's Cathe- dral at 10 o'clock this morning to attend the annual requiem mass for the repose of the soul of its deceased members. HUSBAND THAEE WRITES 10 FIVE Bernhard Friemann Con- soles Aged Joe Maristany. Reunion of Ex-Husbands in Alameda Is Pro- posed. ALAMEDA, Feb. 21.—Bernhard Frie- mann of London, husband No. 3 of the dashing adventuress, Mme. Annette Har- bidge, alias Brady, allas Friemann, alias Jones, alias Maristany, ana whom the lady had often asserted was numbered with the deceased, has written an ani- mated letter of consolation to Joseph Maristany, husband No. 5, who was a local capitalist until he lost his heart and his property to the experienced and win- some Annette. Mme. Harbldge deserted this city sev- eral months ago after she had securely tled up In a legal way realty valued at about $30,000, which she induced the aged Maristany to deed to her subsequent to their supposed marital union three years ago. ''he one-time capitalist does not now recognize her as his wife, belleving that she nad another husband when she took his name. Mme. Haroidge is at_tms time thought to be somewhere in Eng- land. Friemann, who is quite well-to-do, writes to Maristany that he is contem- plating a trip to Australia this summer to look after property there and that he will come by way of America, stop over a few days in Alameda and have a long heart-to-heart dialogue with Maris- tany about the woman whom they both onece called wife. Two other men, Har- bidge and Jones, who also went the route to the altar with the marrying madame, are now said to be in Southern California. If possible arrangements will be made for a reunion of the quartet of ex-husbands, who have all loved and lost to Annette, the captivating. Reminiscences of the charmer will be exchanged and the freedom and joys of bachelorhood extolled. It has been sug- gested to Maristany that the following toasts would be appropriate at the planned gathering ana feast of the single four: “How It Happened to Me.” with responses from husbands Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5; “To Our Absent Sympathizer No. 2, “We Are Four," “Leook Out for No. 8. Friemann’s epistle to Maristany is dated Oregon House, 17 Upper Bedford place, Russell Square, London, February 1, 1902. The letter reads in part: Your letter of January 13 is to hand and 1 have carefully noted its contents. It seems to me that I have known you for a long time, as I can readily imagine what you must have gone through with that Mme. Harbidge, alias Jones, allas Brady, allas Friemann, alias Mar! tany. I do not feel any compunction in giv- ing_you her whole. history, at least as much as I know, for I may teli you that it did not take me long to see through her game and 1 dropped her in Honolulu like a hot potato, and I have ever since been trying to forget the worst mistake of my life. I met her in Port- land, Or.. in 1893. I was in business and doing weil. I certainly went through a form of marriage ~with her, but not until after that did I learn from some of my friends that she had been married twice previously. You make the fifth, and goodness knows how many more she had. She got me into debt to the extent of $4000, for which I could not pay a cent. She wanted to be a socfety lady and give balls and dances, but the people saw through her, so everybody dropped her. Lots of people in California and Oregon know me, and I am willing to_write to any of them to show that I am the Friemann that Mme. Harbidge gave out as dead. She knew that T was alive and where I resided all the time. Upon being exposed in the Alameda courts she at once came to London and tried to square me to lay low—as she called it— and not to show up. She said that she had & $30,000 case In the courts, and if she could prove that 1 was not alive she would sureiy win it. I immediately set the law in motion here and she disappeared as if by magic. I am very sorry for you, and readily under- stand the position you must be in and how you must feel it, particularly a man of your age. DIVORCED WIFE GETS THE DEATH BENEFIT Supreme Court Decides That Money Can Only Be Paid to the Bene- ficiary Named. The Supreme Court yesterday in award- ing a death benefit to the divorced wife of G. M. V. Courtois rendered a decision of interest to those connected with bene- ficlary orders. Courtols was a_member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and carried a death benefit certificate of $2000. He made this sum payable to his wife, Emilie. La- ter he secured a divorce and remarried. He neglected to change the name of tha beneficiary of the certificate and when he died both of the women claimed the $2000. The lower court decided that the last wifa was entitled to the money, but that de- cision is reversed by the Supreme Court. It is held that on account of Courtois’ neglect the order has no alternative but to pay the benefit to the person named in the certificate, even though it be a divorced wife. The first wife had re- sumed her maiden name of Emille Eti- enne. The contest has been In the courts for many months. To Regulate Street Obstructions. The Board of Works has transmitted to the Supervisors the draft of a proposed ordinance to regulate the temporary oc- cupany of a public street by materials or appliances for building and other pur- poses. The ordinance provides that a per- mit must be obtained from the Board of Works. and the obstruction shall not e cupy more than one-third of the width of the street and not more than half the width of the sidewalk. A bond of $20 per foot frontage must be deposited to insure the removal of the obstructions, which must be done within three days after di- rection by the board. Court Allows $300 for Damages. Lulu O’Connor was allowed $300 damages by the Supreme Court yesterday for in- juries received while employed in the mills of the Golden Gate Woolen Manufac- turing Company. Her dress caught in a cog wheel, and before she could be extri- cated her thigh was crushed. It was shown that she worked with a number of Chinese and that her hours of labor were from 6:30 a. m. to 6:15 p. m., minus forty-five minutes allowed for luncheon. The compensation for her services was 75 cents' per day. The case has been in the court for two years. —_— Philippine Veterinarians Wanted. Twenty veterinarfans. who are gradu- ates of veterinary colleges, are required in the Philippines. The, compensation is $100 Y" month, pay to commence the date they leave San Francisco for Manila on trans. gorm Subsistence en route must be paid )y them and they must agroe in writing to remain on duty in the Philippines two years if required that long. Return transportation will be furnished to place of hire, it not discharged for cause. Ap- plicants should report immediately to the depot quartermaster’s office, 36 New Mont- gomery street. et Merchants’ Association Meets. At the regular monthly meeting of ths board of directors of the Merchants' As- sociation, held yesterday, it was decide ! to send a communication to the Califor- nia delegation at Washington, D. C., urg- ing the necessity for the construction of = new Custom-house at_this port. Benja- min Heath, Chief of the Bureau of Streets, addressed the meeting on the sub- Ject of street repairs. Eirick & Webst: zv Thomas-and J. G. Grannis & Co. wefe admitted to membership in the asso- clation. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Feb. 21.+Licenses to marrv were issued to-day fo John Hennings. aged 31 years, and Antonia A. V. Gross, 27, both of Oakland; John A, Johnson, ana Matilda S. Krautz, 2. both of Oak- Arthur E. Colby. and Undine Hansen, 23, both of Oakiand; Guy E. Ab- bott, 31, and Beatrice Graham, 33, both of Elmhurst. Former graduates of Sacred H P‘xnuenutlou F:g:ec:; wl{l :ttend ue::f mass a vens 3nd Bilis streets, at 30 & ma o T oYIor Late Shipping Intelligence. FOREIGN PORT. 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