The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1902, Page 29

*CONTEST OVER * |LABOR LEADER THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCfi -2, 1902. ENGINEER CORPS |MAKE APPEAL THE JEE ESTATE| ~ RETURNS HOME| 15 BEING FORMED] TO COMMISSION Three Sisters Living in Foreign Countries the Heirs. Mrs. Coward’s Claim Under Codicil to Be Strongly Resisted. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 1. That at Jeast six of the heirs of the late Arthur W, Jee, the well-to-do incom- petent, who died last Thursday, have passed away is revealed by an examina~ tion of the will made by the deceased be- fore his period of imbecility began. The will was made somewhere in the '80's—the several bequeets made in favor of old- time friends of Joehlwho have since died, leaving the three sisters e deceased, living in England and Bmfix%fl& to in- herit his thousands. There is sure to be & contest over the codicil to the will that is to be present: by Percy H. Coward, its executor, whose wife, according to its terms, is to receive $3000. William ¥. Barton, who was inte ested with Jee in the salt bueiness is nemed as executor of the will, but he does | not mean to retain the office of exeoutor if the court appoints him. He proposes to resign in favor of Pub- Yo Admi be in & better position to fight Coward. Ee will try to prove that Coward pro- cured the codicil after Jee became an im- beclle, and that when it was made it was not attached to the will, as required by} law, The nents of the will will file the testamentary document Monday and ask the court to admit it to probate. MADAME NEVADA ARRIVES AFTER YEARS OF ABSENCE Emms Nevads, the famous diva, ar- rived in San Francisco this morning after an ebsence of three years. Because she s almost peerless in her art, but more 11 beceuse she is the product of the ast, She will open her engage- etropolitan Temple fo-mor- the advance sale of seats hich Mme. Nevada £ is one of the most rsel it contains Pablo ellist; Moreau, the ed to be the great- the pianists of Lamoureux and Co- Paris. The famous verbeer, Donizetti, Bellin 1 be features of the pro- ADVERTISEMENTS. THE WORST STORM IN {EARS Wind and Rain Tore Down the Streets Like a Hurricane, Hats and Umbrzllas Flew in Every | Direction <nd Occasionally a Piano | Would Go Tearing Down the| Street, but the Latter Would Be ina Wagon and of Course You Could See on the Cover This Sign % not up to our expecta- i did not come Monday we advertised that g 106 pianos of the whole- | stock of the Eilers Piano d would be sold right. But we fell down — in fact, reckoned without our host, for we sold but 95 of them. That's good many, we know, but not as many as we wanted to.” During | the week we had two fierce storms (and t were corkers, too,) .and s0 m bad weather in the bargain that many were unable to get out. Had good weather kept up the old stock oul ave all been sold long before d of the week. Here is what we of the old stock: wo—sell for $156. Pianos—sell for $183. sell for 20 5 sell for $218. ne $450 Piano—sell for $256. Tt re all in fine shape. brand- fully warranted—and the above e just like giving them away. to sell them. sure, and e offer as to terms will be quick, for they won't Four $325 hree $400 Piano Two $425 Pianos 1 s if TO-MORROW we a ith better weather than t as been—and by Tues- d en with storms) they will all be gone We 1 a second-hand square piano turday and has not as lition. If you come rming vou will sec shape, but we will put tion for $62.50—$5.00 month—but it will t it in shape. First ket street and ex pect pay Market-street rent ! we lnow vou won't forget that our number i i 653 A o . night at the party given by Sherwood nd while you remember the num-| B8 Gr the Eompanions of the Forest | ber don’t forget our name—The Pom- | There was a programme of fourteen | er-Eilers Music Company. We will | dances, and the party did not break up | y our store open on Monday and untu"ulldnl ht. hefinlnlml:l:ln in charge ' day evenings, unless these eleven | Brdgewood, Matnil M are sold before that fime exact date is withheld, when there were nistrator Hawes, so that he Wm‘ her welcome in this city | udience that will test the | . who has been the | IBfl ewood, Mathilda O'Brien. William Macarthur Tells of National Civic Federation. Plans Are Formulated to Prevent Strikes and Lockouts, Walter Macarthur, the delegate appoint- ed from the Pacific Coast to attend the National Clvic Federation in New York City, returned from the East yesterday morning. g The committee of which Macarthur is a | member is composed of thirty-six mem- | bers, Senator Marcus A. Hanna being the | president. The object of the committes to make a thorough investigation of }ho rolations between capital and labor 'or the purpose of suggesting such steps [:- will prevent industrial troubles and armonize differences. In speaking of the work of the federa- | tion Macarthur said yesterday that it was | hoped by the memberg of the committee that a golution would be found to elimin- | ate strikes and lockouts and that organ- ized labor would be benefited by the ans. Plihe return of Macarthur was looked forward to by the labor leaders in this | State and his report of the proceedings of {the Civic Federation was received with considerable interest. | POLICE ALLEGE THAT BEHRN WAS ROMANCING | Charge of Assault to Murder Against { Dixon and Fraser Is Dis- missed. l Charles Dixon and John D. Fraser, the | two men charged with assault to murder |on complaint of James Behrn, foreman | for Contractor Sibley, appeared before | Judge Cabaniss yesterday and the cases | Were dismissed. Detective Fitzgerald, who worked on the case, said that he had made a thor- ouih investigation and was satisfied that Behrn was romancing. Bergeant Ayers and two patrolmen were within a_block and a half of the Fifteenth and Folsom streets corner where Behrn alleged a shot was fired at him at the time of the shoot- ing, and they did not hear any report, |mor did ony one in the neighborhood. Both defendants were hard-working men employed by Contractor Kelso, and had never been in trouble before. The Judge said there was only the evi- dence of the complaining witness to sus- tain the charge, which was emphatically denied by the defendants, and considering the statements made by Detective Fitz- gerald he had no hesitation in dismissing the case. Behrn alleged that the two defendants | followed him from the Union Hotel on Folsom street, near Sixteenth, early Tuesday morning, and when he reached | Fifteenth street on his way home one of them knocked him down with a sandbag. | He struggled with him and got away | from him. When he started to run away | the other defendant fired a shot at him, ! he said. e ¥URTEER GAINS ARE. MADE | BY THE LABOR CANDIDATES in.lsh to: This Date Has a ILead { Over Alpers of 334 | Votes. Eight precincts were counted in Judge | Murasky’s court yesterday, and in each | one the labor candidates made a gain. | The precincts counted were the Third, | | Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth, | Eighteenth and Twentieth of the Fortieth District. The total number of votes lost by e candidate during the day is as follows: | Alpers, 43; Bent, 47; Eggers, 48; Wilson, 41; Coghlan, 28; Reagan, 52; Walsh, 22, and Finn, 3 One hundred and thirty-five precincts of the 303 into which the city is divided have been counted, giving those likely to be af- fected by the contest the following posi- | tions: Loss to_ Present Date. Standing. 82 15,158 George Alpers }}td N. Bent. 741 Fred Eggers 819 Horace Wils: 604 John Coghlan 384 Thomas Reagan . 407 Edward 1. W 804 Thomas F, Finn 886 | TWENTY-YEAR S ENCE | GIVEN F. A, CK, ROBBER F. A. Mack, who was convicted by a Jury in Judge Cook’s court on a charge of robbery, appeared for sentence yester- day morning. The Judge sentenced him to serve twenty years in San Quentin. In passing sentence the Judge referred to the fact that there was no prior convic tion against the defendant, otherwise t| penalty would have been more severe, that character of crime must be sup- pressed. Mack and another man, who | escaped, knocked down and robbed E. J. | King at California street and Quincy i place on Sunday night, January 1L A | watch that was stolen from King was found in Mack’s pocket when arrested by Policemen Maloney and Campbell. Charles Schultz,” who was convicted by a jury in Judge Dunne’s court on the charge of forgery, appeared for sentence yesterday and was sent to San Quentin for five years. December 24 he passed a forged check for $17 on Lippitt & Fisher, | shoe merchants, Market’ street. —_——— ! Conflict of Authority. | Dr. H. 8. Cummings, surgeon of the | Marine Hospital at this port, has notified | the Customs Collector that dogs, monkeys, | white rats and other mammalian animals | from the Philippines may not be landed | without a certificate from the Federal Quarantine Officer at the port of depart- ure or at this port. This instruction is the opposite of those received by the Collec- | tor_from _the Secretary of the Treasury | and the National Bureau of Animal In- | dustry, who have notified the Collector | that mammalian animals from the Philip- | pines must not be admitted to this coun- | fry under any consideration whatever. | The customs officials say that they will continue to obey the Secretary of the Treasury, notwithstanding the order of Surgeon Cummings. ——————_ Falls Asleep on Bootblack Stand. Thomas Brady, a laborer living at 1329 Sansome street, while having his shoes | shined at John Baldanzi's bootblack | stand, 14 Third street, yesterday morn- |ing fell asleep. When he awoke his shoes had been shined and he put his hand to his pocket to pay for the shine. He claimed that about $4 In silver, which (he had in his pocket, had been stolen from him, but some gold that he had was not touched. He notified an officer and Baldanzi was arrested on a charge of grand larceny. Baldanzi denied the charge and Judge Cabaniss after hearin, bothparties relcased Baldansl on $4 piva 4 | all. —_——— ! New Slavonian-Austrian Church. The directors of the contemplated new Slavonian-Austrian Roman Catholic Crhurch met Thursday evening, when business of much importance was trans- acted. Frank Zan, Mathew V. Radovich and Anton Sorich, ‘of the finance commit- tee, were appointed to solicit funds for the building of the church. It was an- nounced that Archbishqp Riordan had not ! gnly given the movement his approval, but had materially assisted the commit- ;eedh_v contributing $1000 to the bullding und. —_——— Sherwood Circle’s Dance. There was a fair attendance In the so- clal hall of the Foresters’ bullding last It Will Be Attached to the First Regi- mentf. Notes of Interest to the National Guard of California. An engineer corps is the latest thing in National Guard circles. This branch of the service has been adopted by the local regiment and a company of engineers is being organized and will be known as Company I of the First Regiment, Na- tional Guard. Major W. A. Desborough will command the company and he will be assisted by Lieutenants E. A. Plerre and Barton Crulkshank. The men will be drilled in the manual of arms, but their studies will be devoted to the use of the theodolyte, transit and level and in- structed In the art of bullding bridges, pontoons, etc. Major Desporough 1s 100K- ing for recruits for his company. He wants young men who are interested in scientific work. F Major Hendy has been detailed to pre- side at an election for captain and second lieutenant in Battery A, First Artillery Battalion, on March 1. On the same night Major Dorn will preside at an elec- tion for first and second lleutenants in Battery D of the same org: tion. Major Perkins has been ordered to xga; side at an election to be held on the inst. for captain of Company H of the First Infantry. There will be another school of instruc- tion for the fleld and staff officers of the Fifth Infantry, at brigade headquarters some time during the current month. Company D of San Rafael and Company L~ Fifth " Infantry, of Livermore had their_picked riflemen at the targets at the San Rafael range during the latter part of February. There were ten men in each team, who shot at three distances— two, three and flve hundred yards—at fig- ure targets. The aggregate score was, for the San Rafael team, 581 out of a pos- sible 750, and the Livermore team scored an aggregate of 519, losing the match. After the shoot the defeated rifle- men were the guests at a diner furnished by the winners. The resignations of Lieutenants A. R. Farless and Frank E. Young of Battery D, First Artillery, have been accepted. The following appointments in the Fifth Infantry have been announced: Sergeant Charles 8. Beach to be first, sergeant of Company B, and Corporal J. §. Clark to be sergeant and Private W.H. Mathew- son to be musician of Company F. Eighteen men have been discharged from the Fifth Infantry. The following appointments in the First Artillery are announced: First Sergeant Henry Whitney Doscher, to be quarter- master sergeant of Battery A, vice Cook; Private Charles Henry Williams, Battery C, to be electrician sergeant, vice Moore; Corporal Edwin L. Hiteman, to be ser- geant of Battery D, and Privates Harry Fayette Stevens and Guy Graham of Bat- tery D to be musiclans. ‘welve enlisted _men have been dis- charged from the First Artillery. Thirty-five men have been enlisted in the First Division of the Naval Militla since the first of the year. The Marion is being thoroughly over- Hauled and put in first-class condition. e SOPHIE WAHNIG THE VICTIM OF A CRIME About to Be Cremated When Coroner Learns of the Case. Coroner Leland learned yesterday that Miss Sophie Wahnig of 2816 Golden Gate avenue, 2 years of age, had died last Thursday at the McNutt Hospital of sep- tic veritonitis under circumstances look- ing toward the commission of a felony. The body was about to be cremated, but Dr. Bacigalupi arrived in time to ‘perform an autopsy. The death certificate con- cealed the real cause of death. —_———— Bofiy Charters. The French bark Bayard is chartered for wheat at this port for Europe at 258 spot, and the following prior to arrival: The British bark Inverlyon, at 32s 6d; the British bark Pitcatrn Island, s 6d; the British ship Rock- hurst, Portland loading, 36s 3d; the Italian ship Macdiarmid, Tacoma loading, 85s. The barkentine Gardiner City, now at San | Pedro, is chartered for lumber at Tacoma for Salinas Cruz, The schooner Balboa will load lumber .on Puget Sound for Kobe or Yokohama at 40s. Chartered prior to arrival. Tax Deputies Ask to Be Restored to Their " Positions. Tax Collector Smith Says He as the Power to Suspend. Tax Deputies Salomon, Tripp, Rittig- stein, Zion and Tuttle, who were sus- pended for thirty days by Tax Collector Smith owing to lack of work in the office, appealed yesterday to the Civil Service Commission to restore them to their posi- tions. The deputies represent that dis criminatioh was used slon, and that the rule of the Commis- sion that those eligible standing lowest on the list shall be the first to go was vio- lated. The deputies further aver that thelr positions are statutory, and that if any employes were to be discharged for lack of work they should come from the extra clerks employed in the office. The Civil Service Commission will meet Monday to take action on the suspended deputics’ petition. Tax Collector Smith takes the stand that the charter gives him the power without any restriction to suspend for a period of thirty days, and the Civil Service Commission {8 inclined to take that view of the case. However, it is certain that the opinion of the City Attorney will be requested as to the meaning of the section on thirty day suspensions. Tax Collector Smith agrees to abide by that opinfon and restore the suspended deputies to their positions if the City At- torney holds that the wg::lmlnx power is subject to the rules of the Commission in this particular case. Smith denies that there is anything political in the suspen- sions, or that he proposes to suspend the deputies every alternate month so as to diggust them with their positions. Smith says such a course would be unreason- able, as he -would have to take civil ser- vice eligibles in any event, and if a man does his duty he is certain of his place. PERFECJ RHYTHM DISTINGUISHES ARTISTS’ WORK The third concert of the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra drew a flatteringly large house at the Metropolitan Temple yester- | day afternoon, in spite of the inclement weather. The programme was a com- bination Beethoven and Wagner menu, and included compositions that are not commonly to be heard. Chief in interest was the seventh ssmphcny of Beethoven and the Chicago Orchestra showed here its most charaeteristic Truly to be admired is the perfect rhyth- mic accord of their work, the easy.ac- curacy and precision. The band is full of good material, the tone quality and bal- ance are excellent, and its only lack is a temperamental one. The ‘‘Lenore’ over- ture touched a more spontaneous and fresh note than was reached elsewhere in the programme, and was received by the audience with large enthusiasm. Mr. Van Ordt was responsible for the third Bee- thoven number, the first movement of the D major concerto, and again pleased by achievement. style. The Wagner numbers were the Vorspiel, from ‘“Lohengrin,” and ‘‘Preis- lied,” from “Die Meistersinger,” Mr. Towne; ‘““Waldweben,” from “Siegfried,”" “Elizabeth’'s Prayer,” from Mme. Linne, and “Huldl- sung’s Marsch.” - - Mr, Towne has fully establfshed him- self here as a tenor of considerable natu- ral endowment, with a technique that commands respect and a way of handling | his numbers that invariably pleases. Mme. Linne sings in a graceful and sym- pathetic style that is hardly sufficiently dramatic for the Wagnerian numbers. The band again distinguished itself in the ‘Wagnerian numbers, There will be an extra concert to-night, in consequence of a demand for a popular programme, and the following interesting programme’ will be given: Overture, “Freischutz’; ’cello solo, fantasie on “Fille du Regiment’”; Tschalkowsky “'1812” overture (by request); Bruch con- certo for violin; duet from ‘Romeo et ", Dvorak’s “New World Sym- Liszt's “Les Preludes,” and “Ride of the Valkyries. phony Wagner's L e e e e T e e i ) CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES SEYMOUR'S PITIFUL ATTEMPT Continued From Page Twenty-Seven. this was a lecture delivered before the graduating class of the University of Cal- ifornia in 1891 by the Rev. J. B. Silcox, at that time a Congregational minister of Oakland. He had not seen Silcox for seven or eight years, and the last he heard of him he was in Chicago. Seifert’s Effects Examined. A wicker telescope valise belonging to Seifert was secured at Woodland by De- tective Hamill containing some linen, towels, underwear and a spatula, the lat- ter being stained with what looked like blood. Seifert said the’valise had re- mained in a livery stable in Woodland since December 8. He could not say what the subgtance on the spatula was, but thought he had last used the instrument in mixing a plaster. Seifert is a graduate of the University of California of the class of. . He was 33 years old Mast Thursday. After his graduation he remained at the univer- sity, acting for two years as instructor in materia medica and occupying the po- sition of professor of pharmacy for five years. In 1897 he was ntppolnted a member of the State Board of Pharmacy. Two years ago he was accused of selling ex- amination questions in advance to appli- cants for a license. The matter was iven some publicity at the time, but was guuhed up. Seifert says he was entirely innocent in this affair. On this ac- count, he says, his wife and he had a difference. He was married to a widow in Oakland in 1891, but they have not been living together, he says, for two or three years. He professes not to know his wife’s whereabouts at present, but thinks she 1s lving at the Hotel del Monte, in Monterey. Regarding the numerous checks whidh Seifert has issued on the Western Na- tional Bank, and which have been re- turned because there were no funds to meet them, Seifert says that he merely overdrew his account at the bank and would make good all the amounts tha checks called for. He admitted that two years ago last June he had been arrested for passing a worthless check on the Co- lumbia Bank, and said that it was an- other case of overdraft which had been fixed up without difficulty. He has a way of dismissing such matters as issuing checks without any bank account as mere trifles that may be adjusted any time. Good Fellowship His Fault. “The only trouble with me,’ said Sei- fert, “is that I am too good a fellow. I like to spend money with my friends, and sometimes get into trouble because my cash runs short.” Charles Conklin, the ticket broker, who visited Seifert's room in company with two women, Tecalled the incident Inst night. “‘Beifert telephoned me one evening, say- ing he had a couple of girls and wanted me to take dinngr with them, 1 was anxious to see him, so as to close up the business about his lease, and I accepted. I do not remember the women's names, nor even their appearance, We went 10 an Itallan restaurant on Broadway and paid the bill. Then we walked up Kearny street, and Seffert proposed to go to the Winchester House to get his coat, 1 do not remember whether we went up to his room or not, women took a of the Winches! o b etstrorted by 7. W eifert was confronted by ¥, W, Krone of the Popular restaurant, Bd Stengpl, » salesman employed by Nunan & Co., at 1019 Missign street, and a clerk in the employ of Umbsen & Co., neither of whom identified him as Bennett or Hawkins, the man who under those allases rented the house at 2211 Sutter street and purchased the bed upon which Nora Fuller's re- _mains were found. No settlement of the charge against Seifert of obtaining money on false pre- tenses was made last night, and the pris- oner spent the night in jail. g XAPP SAYS SEIFERT’S i CONTRACTS _WERE CROOKED | Management of the Juvenile Fairy- land Carnival Had Trouble With Him. The business connection of C. A. Seifert ‘withthe management of theJuvenile Fairy- land Carnival held at the Pavilion during the week of February 8 is a record of fraud and deceit. Charles\F. Kapp, one of the managers of the carnival, tells the following story of Seifert’s operations: “I first met Seifert in the latter part of December, when he came to my office to secure space for a display at the carnival. He sald he wantéd to make a display of perfumery and after I heard his proposi- tion I told him he could have the g for $60. One-half of this sum was to be deposited at the time of the signing of the contract and the remainder before the carnival opened. Seifert sald he would pay the deposit the next day and left the office. “I did not see him again until January 13, when he paid me $30. A. the same time he talked of taking a cigar privilege for $90, but this matter was never concluded. In’the meanwhile he rented space in the office of Ticket Broker Conklin at 710 Market street without, however, making A any payment of rent to that gentleman. He agreed to do certain advertising for the carnival and made arrangements with Morton L. Cook to advertise in the Oak- land streetcars. He was to f)ay Cook $82 and retain as his commission the re- mainder of $125, which was given him in the shape of §1 carnival tickets. What he did with the money we have not yet found out, but we got no benefit out ‘of the transaction. We leu-'rnzd afterward that he contracted with Cook for space on the Grand Opera-house curtain and he gave Cook a check on the Western National llamk for $22 50, which proved to be worth- ess. J “Every contract made by him for ad- vertising in the carnival programme, with one or two exceptions, proved to be crooked. He made all sorts of agreements to secure contracts and when.we sought to collect on them we discovered that he had promised to take out a portion of tne bills In trade. In one case he el but a bill of $10 in dancing leeons and in another he was to take it out in Turkish baths. We pald him commis- sions on business which we could nn(!:O'l. together he proved to be an ex- it e aw Beitgert. rt talk- ing !gpl. rl at the Natlve Bonlr.iaunufn on the evening of January 11, not in any way swer to the di Fuller. Specimens o ert’s uain in their suspen- his easy facllity of handling and refined | FALLINGFLOOR GRUSHES GIRLS Terrible Disaster Occurs in Building at Clev'?- land. Five Persons Thought to Be Dead and Thirteen Are Hurt. CLEVELAND, M: 1.—The fourth floor of the Clevelafd Baking FPowder Company's plant onfCentral avenue foll beneath the welght of a large number of barrels of flour to-day, crashing through the three underfloors into the basement. | There are five persons missing—four girls | and a man. . They are buried beneath the mass of debris in the' basement and un- doubtedly are dead. Their names are: MAY KELLY.! ; MOLLIE ROEMER. FLORENCE McGRATH. MAGGIE HEISER. OSEPH WOELKER. esides the missing, thirteen persons were severely injured, including the fol-| lowing: Lena Zuzy, back broken, chest | crushed, probably will die; Bertha Knoepp, compound fracture, right arm; | Lizzie Koepernick, chest crushed: Mary Norovec, arm and shoulder dislocated. Twelve women and three men were car- ried through with the falling floors. Those who were rescued were dug from the ruins by the firemen and police. A num- ber of other girls in the building saved themselves by rushing to the windows and clinging to the sills until rescued by firemen on ladders. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service and More New Pensions Issued. WASHINGTON, March 1.—The Postof- fice Department has announced the fol- lowing: Postmasters appointed: California—F. W. Luther, Alton, Humboldt County, vice H. A. Dinsmore, removed; H. Hall, Balls Ferry, Shasta County, vice Nellie Flower, resigned; T. L. Eckell, Fulton, Sonoma County, vice C. C. Grove, resigned; A. D. Turner, Tustin, Orange -County, vice F. L. Tustin, Tesigned. L Oregon — A. B. Foster, Lookinglass, Douglas County, vice David Morgan, re- signed; F. C. Sharkey, Luckboy, Lane County, vice G. A. Dyson, resigned; A. B. Young, Nortons, Lincoln County, vice 8. K. Thompson, resigned. Washington—A, J. Nickle, Bolster, Oka- nogan County, vice,F. S. Beall, resigned; C. J. Thomas, Fredonia, Skagit County, | vice Frederick Eyre, resigned. Rural free delivery is established at Chico, Butte County, Cal., John T. Smith, | | carrier. | “These pensions were granted: Califor- | nla—Original, Sanford Search, Oakdale, { $6; Wilham A. Coe, Sacramento, $6; Dud- { ley L. Watson, San Jose, 38; Alvare F. | Willard, San Bernardino, $; Frederick | Megerle, Visalia, $6. War with Spain— | Nis P. Anderson, San Francisco, $17; John | Bouth, Knights Ferry, $12; Samuel S. an- | drews, Bishop, $6; James Shevlin, San Francisco, $10; James V. B. Logan, Stock- | ton, $6; Henry C. Frazier, Soldiers’ Home, | Los Angeles, $6; Orin S. Munger, Soldlers’ | Home, Los Angeles, $6; Charles H. Bur- dick, Los Angeles, $6; John Lynch, Los | Angeles, $10; Edward Mowrey, Fort | | Bragg, ~$12. Increase—Robert Hubbard, Guadaloupe, $10; Cornelius Hugaboom, | ClarKsburg, $12; Herman Holcomb, San | Diego, $19; Edward Grieves, Woodbridge, | $10; Francis Schweltzer, San F’“"",f;’,' | Lorenzo A. Barnes, Vallicita, § leon B. Smith, Veterans’ Home, Napa, $12. Increase—John C. Hall, Redlands, $12; Eged! Schneider, Veterans’ Home, | Napa, $8; Henry M. Hill, Lemon Grove, | $8; John Harrls, San Diego, $10; Henry | Schaeter, Los Angeles, ; George E. Sherman, Tuolumne, i Archibald G.| Leftel, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12; | Edward Talbot, Oakland, 510. Widows— | Josefa O. Delugo, Santa Barbara, $5.| Minor of Daniel Lakin, Fowler, $10. : Original — John_S. Bosler, | $6; James Wilson, Wailowa, $12. | ' Original, war with Spain—Ivan Grimm, | Fortland, $6; Elmer O. Roberts, Eugens, | $12. Increase, Mexican War—Stephen B. ‘Withinton, Roseburg, $12. Widows—Minors of Montgomery Rose, Ashland, §18; Lavina Staver, Portland, $5. Original — Peter Conroy, ‘Wilkeson, $8; John M. Cumber, Ellens-| burgh, $6; Charles H. Moore, Tacoma, | $8; Willlam O'Neal, Mount Vernon, $ John B. Ritner, Sheldon, $6; Henry F. McMillan, Centralia, $8. Increase—John H. Elwell, Rice, $12; Theodore Michels, Aberdeen, $10. Widow—Emma J. Bell, New Whatcom, $8. Navy orders—Commander W. W. Kim- ball is detached from the command of the ‘Wheeling to the command of the Aba- renda, via the steamer Ventura from San Francisco March 20; First Lieutenant J. ‘W. Broatch, from the marine brigade, Aslatic station, is invalided to the Mare Island Hospital. Am§ order—Contract Surgeon Willlam J. 8. Btewart, now at San Francisco, is ordered to report in person to the sur- geon general for instructions. R —— DR. MORTON TELLS HOW HE EARNED A TIDY FEE Takes a Pay Patient From the County Hospital to His Private Sanitarium. Dr. A. W. Morton {llustrated to a Coro- ner’s jury yesterday how profitable it is to be a visiting physician at the City and | County Hospital and conduct a private | senitarium at the same time. The case under investigation was that of Victor “Diot, who died‘in Dr. Morton’s sanita- rium, at 771 Post street, on February 22. Diot was injured at Port Costa on the mworning of February 15 while attempting to board a moving train. He was taken to the Southern Pacific Hospital, where his injured foot v\rl dressed, and thence to_the City and Cbunty Hospital. Dr. Morton’s testimony was to the ef- fect that Dr. McElroy informed him that Diot had money—and_that under the rules he would be obliged to leave the hos- g‘lu.l and seek treatment elsewhere. Dr. orton thereupon sent Diot to his sani- tarium and Diot died there of blood pol- soning, or gangrene. Diot had $137, the whole of which sum Dr. Morton alieged the patient had pald him for care and treatment. Several soldiers and rallroad men testi- fled that Diot had been warned against getting on the cars while in motion, but that he disregarded the warning and had his foot caught under the wheels. The jury returned a verdict that Diot's death was the result of his own carelessne: Kelly represented the rallro: Washington: ———— e Austrian Military Association. The members and friends of the Aus- trian Military and Benevolent Association gathered last evening at Golden Gate Hall to enjoy their twenty-third annual ! bnAll and :‘nterflg:nent. Rt n; ess D e Toilowed strumental music, a cornet solo being ad- | mirably played.by G. A. Fabris. The ball was then opened and was enjoyed until an early hour this morning. The following was the order and per- sonnel of the committees: Arrangement committee — J. M. Russell (chalrmany, M. Perich, B, M. Burln, Martin Ranzulo, Charles Micich, P. Saulovich and D. Bujacich. Reception committee—S. Raicevich, P. Saulovich, B. M. Burin, C. Christovich, John Turato, Charles Micich, J. M. Sambraflo and G. Mostahinich. Floor ‘manager—M. Radulo- v . ittee—M, badi: B. Rad- leh: Joneph Stmcich and J. Moetahinion, fres| Bimeich, John R ommittee—M, Croeaila, Albert Schobey, S S ema And D, Fulfun Bovosta of Nora Pandwritng in Kapp's Dossession. bears A bluocs To that o P Hawkins, - ndon requires 600,00 cows to Tt dalry produce; Sty it Soboslay. Irrigation Bill Passed. WMH!NO"!C::.. March 1.—The Benate :vou..l“z!lg:ut division. 1 o | Young, Annie Renner and Emma Ramm. (o} BRIDGE'S RAIL SAVES A TRAIN Prevents Santa Fe Cars Toppling Into a | River. e \ Engine and Two Ooaches of the “Flyer” Are Badly Wrecked. Special Dispatch to The Call. KINGMAN, Ariz, March 1—A sand-| drift on the track of the Santa Fe, thirty- | eight miles east of Winslow, wrecked the | San 'e “fiyer’”” late last night. The en- | 8ine, gage car and dining car turned over aud were badly damaged. Engineer Porter and Fireman Stone remaineéd on the engine and were severely bruised and | shaken. | The wreck occurred at a bridge over the little Colorado River and the entire train was saved by the guard rail on the bridge holding it in an upright position until it | had passed over. All the passengers es- cal without Injury. A “fly” track was bullt around the and trains were run ardéund it after eighteen hours’ delay. ASSOCIATED COOKS % ENJOY ANNUAL DANCE The members of the Cooks’ Association of the Pacific Coast held their second an- nual ball last evening at Native Sons’ Hall, on"Mason street. Despite the heavy storm thers was a large attendance and a merry time was spent by those who devote so much of their energy to catering to the comforts of mankind. During the even! the banquet hall was the scene of a lavish displ of cul- inary art, the work of members of the assoclation. Dancing was indulged in un- til a late hour and a bountiful supper was served to the guests. Those who had charge of the affair wefe as follows: A. Logan, past president; Marcel Magnan, president; C.°R. Strandberg, vice president; Louis Parisot, treasurer; Morris Catz, record- ing secretary; M. L. Grossman, financial sec- retary. Directors—George Rabbitt, John Frussetta, Charles Erbacher, Samuel Newman, L. Four- nigufer, C. Ladagnous, Rudolph Walden. Jess Sanders, manager. Ball committee — se Selller, John Welte, Henry Becker, J. Stoltz, L. Ferrari, H. L. Stewart, N. Zanovich, A. Schlueb, Smith, J. P. Falvre Sr., V. J. Qi George Brauer, E. Arbogast, J. A. Albouze, Soulage, Fred Sisson, A. Newman, Ed Werner, A. Myatt, Gus Hage, P. Montmayeur, Joseph Negro, Charles Grimm, George Kutch, C. Ray, A. Roumiguier, Willlam Sneider, Henry Swen- sen. Frank Vilcone; assistant Floor manager, floor managers—M. Catz, M. Goveneck; C. Malmquist, L. Reynolds. ——— Larkin-Street Improvement Club. The Larkin Street Improvemént Club met at 421 Larkin street Thursday even- ing and perfected a permanent organiza. tion with the following named office: President, John R. Bride; secretary, J A. Galland; first vice president, R. Clar second vice president, F. Phelan; treas- | urer, Willlam T. Kibbler; committee on | Messrs. Bride, Galland and com! ‘e on repavement of Lar- | kin street, Messrs. Powers, Galland, Kohl- | man, Clark and Shaen. ~The executive committee will be selected at the next meeting. An active interest has been | taken in the organization of this club and | a very lengthy petition has been signed | by the most prominent property owners | and business men urging upon the Su- pervisors the repavement of ‘kin street from Market to Sutter. The club ad. journed to meet at 421 Larkin street next hursday evEning. Amity’s Poverty Party. The wind and rain of last night did not keep away from the poverty party of Amity Rebekah Lodge many who had romised to attend. There were on the Boor & number who represented the shab- by genteel, others were in ragged suits and dresses and not a few who would have made some of the Weary Willies feel envious. Two of the shabblest of the shabby were awarded a prize. They were Tillle McPhee and L. Montrose. A well arranged propramme kept the danc- ers merry until midnight. The affalr was ‘under the direction of Melville P, Forbes, Emma Archer, Lela Zeigler, NEGRO BURGLAR OFFERS BATTLE Fires Upon and Wounds" Policeman in Los Angeles, Escapes From Oaptor but Is Recaptured While Trying to Leave the Oity. . LOS ANGELES, March 1.—A negro bus slar was captured by the police to-night and locked in the City Prison. For sev- eral days reports of robberies have been made by residents of the fashionable dis- tricts, and unusual efforts were made by the police to capture the robber. This afternoon Special Officer Churchill came upon the negro, whom he suspected, and placed him under arrest. The man sub- g}m’:d and went quietly along for a few ocks. Suddenly he jumped behind a woman assing by, dréw a revolver and begau ring at the ofMcer. He fired three shots and then ran into a store and gut at the rear and escaped for a time. One of the bullets fired by the prisoner struck Churehill squarely in the chest, but, fore tunately, the bullet was defective aad flattened itself against the bones of the chest, creating only t a late hour this evening the egre was recaptured just as he was leavin town on a train, having secreted on the trucks beneath a car. en searched at the police station thers wers found upon the prisoner nine gold watches, several silver watches, numerous gs and other jewelry. The police be- lieve he is an old offender. He refused to give his name. DEATH OF GEORGE CENTEHE. Injuries Received in a Fall End Santa Claran’s Life. SANTA CLARA, March L—George Cen- ter, father of Hugh Center of the Saa Jose and Santa Clara Electric Railroad Company and of George and Samuel ter of San Francisco, died at 2 o'clock this morning of concussion of the brain, due to a fall. Mr. Center was injured by from a stepladder on February 17. o wWas trimming rose bushes on the veranda at his home on Harrison street. Falling to the cement walk, he struck on the of his head. Since then he has been in a semi-conscious condition and recovery was impossible. George Center was born in Aberdsen~ shire, Scotland, on Christmas day, * He came to California with his famil, in 1870. 1In 1871 he purchased a farm near Santa Clara, where he lived until 183. Re- tiring, he settled in Santa Clara, where he had since lived. He was the father of twelve children, six of whom survive him, with the widow, Mrs. Margaret Center. They are George Alexander, Hugh, Mag- gle (Mrs. Morgan of this city), James and Samuel. Mr. Center was an elder in the Presby- terian church. The funeral will be on Monday at 11 a. m. Billy. Rice, Veteran Minstrel. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 1L-Bllly Rice, the veteran minstrel, died here this afternoon, of dropsy. Though at one time reputed wealthy, he died in ap- parently indigent circumstances. Inventor Willlams Commits Suicide, NEW YORK, March L.—Rupert Greville ‘Willlams, the inventor of a telopantoe graph, has been found fatally shot in"the greenhouse of his residence at Heywi near Manchester. There is no dou{t ?i’:! Williams committed suicide. —_——— Collins Demurs Again. George D. Collins, counsel for Walter N. Dimmick, appeared yesterday in the United States District Court and Inter- posed & demurrer to the indictmen charging Dimmick with the larceny an embezzlement of $30,000 from the States Mint. Argument will e held to- morrow. —_—————— Light Opera and Minstrel Show. The members of St. Dominic’s Junior Choir and Choral Union will ucd Balfe's “Bohemian Girl” at the Alhambra Theater on the evening of April 1. In con- junction with the opera the “Christie min- strels” will present an interesting pro- gramme. Specialists for Men, WHO By adding to, improving, originating and unsclfishly describing the application of their successful methods to their contempos, have earned a wide reputation for ability and honor that is deserved. We ‘feel entitled to extreme consideration and claim the entire credit for the some years ago, which led to the complete revolution very first investigations, in the treatment of Disorders of Men. portance of urethral inflammations and treatment was conducted In an impracticable and unsuccessful manner. Upon the perfection of methods of treatment, which has been so uniformly successful ' every case, we made the announcement to the profession and others interested, describing our discoveries as fully as ible. We can not but feel flattered that others have adopted Previous to our announcement of the im- chronfe prostatic affections, as _factors, n our plan and taken advantage of our reports and only hope that our essays have been suf- ficiently clear to make them equally success- l. Certain minute details and delicate modi- fications indescribable and not selfishly withe held may perhaps recommend us to prospective F. L. TALCOTT, M. D. Strictly Reliable. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON Hypodermic Injection the Modern Treatment. use of this method we have had no reason to change; liet increases daily from reports of patients treated who ha It offers the following advantages, viz.: for the physiclan and patient, as well as labor, office visits being rendered infre- little change is necessary in diet or habits of life, the disease is After ten years' contrary, our ried and suffered no relapse. quent. Besides, readily concealed per cent of our patients show that 90 is, therefore, equal patient should see a specialist. fer an experience of over twenty years. have never failed to fresh nutrition. The As a result we find sometimes duce their secretion. Varicocele emphatically guarantee to cuve We have cured over treatment for disorders of Men, branch office in nation. . = patients. permanent cure is éffected in a short not drugged and the precise dosage is obtainable. CONTRACTED DISORDERS Under the treatment pursued before Irrigations wers established, six weeks was deemed _the duration of an acute contracted disorder. weeks it was considered to have gone into a chronic “condition. From statistics compiled from our practice in the past five years, covering over ve recov ly proper_to hold that a case not entirely cured within two weeks must be considered a chronfc one, and some complication has arisen for which the ‘We: invite free consultation on this subject and of- In fact, we can positively assert that in a single instance. \ ALL VARICOCELES SHOULD BE CURED Varicocele is an enlargement of the most vital blood vessels In man. functions of these veins are to carry off waste, thus enabling the organ to redeive disease consists of dilatation and local quite {nsensitive organs, which are l-fitted to pro- a very common disorder. Statistics show that 25 per cent of the male population l.v‘.frl:lcud . f treatment. ;ln--uu result. Colored chart of the organs sent securely seal . Owing to extensive Inquiries by ¥dl from Orunn'.nlnlv- to our methods of 4 of Portland, 20014 Alder street corner Third street, sirous of obtaining their m&- ‘may have it o Talcott & Co.,* Dr. Talcott & Co. on the 've mar- Saves time time, the stomach is The expense also is greatly re- If it proceeded beyond six can It cases, we ered in fourteen days or less. stagnation of blood. cases, without single fallure or un- free. n Francisco have opened a benefit of personal consultation Market Strect, Corner Sixth.