The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1902, Page 10

10 TWELVE CITIES ARE MENTIONED Places Where the Pri- mary Election Law Is Mandatory. Burng’ Lack of Enthusiasm for Gage Causes Com- ment, The machine politicians have reached the conclusion that the primary election | law will stand. When the Republican | local convention of San Francisco ap-| pointed a new county committee the | leaders of the machine forces calculated | that the law would be set aside as un- constitutional by the Supreme Court./ Special care was taken to keep out of the committee outspoken anti-boss Republi- cans. Later on the leaders of the push ascertained that the people were prepat- ing to fight for the maintenance of the primary law, hence the projected assault was abandoned. The supporters of Gage are now preparing for a struggle at the | primaries, but they are cailculating that 1he contest will be restricted to the twelve cities mentioned in the act, wherein the provisions of the law are mandatory. The Twelve Cities. The twelve cities, having each a popu- lation of more than 7500, are San Fran- cisco, Las Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego, Stockton, Alameda, Berkeley, Fresno, Pasadena and Vallejo. The manipulators of the Gage campaign fancy that the voters dwelling in places | other than the twelve mentioned cities | will neglect their opportunities and fail | to take the preliminary steps which the | law says must be taken. In the event of | such neglect the machine will settle the | question by appointing Gage delegates to the State convention. In cities and towns where it' is optional to use_ the primar; law the preference must be made know a special election. In the first place a petition must be presented to the Board of Supervisors or other governing bod; If the petition receives the proper num- ber of signatures and observes other re- | irements of the act the Board of Sup- ors must, within thirty days, call a | election and submit the issue e voters. The ballots used shall con n the words: “For the Primary Law,” Against the Primary Law.” In case | jority of votes cast at such election s tion shall be for the primary | w the provisions of the chapter shaii ke effect and remain in force until ren- a napplicable thereto by simlar | Time for Action. | take considerable time to pre- circulate petitions. Cities and | lesser population than 700 | at once the issue whether | y law should | in their respective lo | of rimary election for delegates to rominating conventions must be held | August 12, hence it is time for action | he part of Republican voters who do | reside in any of the twelve cites men- | in the act. When the time limit | the machine manipuators will | he appointment of Gage delegates | ““We did not oppose a primary X but the people neglected or re- fused to petition the Board of Supervisors 1o call a special election to determine | whether there should be a primary_elec- tion, therefore the delegates were chosen by the county committee according to | party custom | Questions invoived here may be accepted | vital topics for discussion at the League | ention of Republicans, xt month in San Jose. There is a wide- read and growing public sentiment in | rnia that the next Republican State | ntion shall fairly represent the es of the rank and file of the party | ot be merely representative of the | es of office-holding and office s of the party. Perhaps the Re- | Central Committee may | e fit to urge cities other than the twelve | in the act to take immediate | ccepting the option presented | election law, to the end applying for admis- ation shall present a ifying that he was duly | pular election, conducted | to be held | -sceking | 3 El The Bosses Have Trouble. is whispering in the camp of the 1t Herrin and Burps are not as er 2s they once were and that | happier if the “colonel” | e more explicit regarding | ons in the gubernatorial cam- | own steadfast hench- ng for a chance to even up for the latter's deal with | wherein the workers belonging d_were thrown down. | story is told it will be | perhaps, that Herrin and | jobbed Burns in the distribu- | r !mxl patronage, but that will not pr af ultimate alliance of all the boss elements to job the people. It is obvious that Gage, however happy he Crimmin Jould be with the lasting support of botn ferr and Burns, would rather lose tae | ! than part with Herrin. The Burns | workers are demanding that Gage shall | recognize the colonel's men in the next | award of official patronage. The fondness | f the Governor for Herrin is accounted | r on the theory that the latter is able | 1o swing Democratic votes. Gage is go- | ing ahead with his fight on the assump- tion that he can force his own nomination on the Republican party and by the ac- tive assistance of Herrin dictate the nom- ination of 2 weak man to head the Dem- ocratic ticket. Battle Signs in the Sixth. There are signs of a_ big battle in the th District, where the Democrats en- hopes of breaking California’s Re. *olumn in Congress. The district | counties of Santa Cruz »_San Benito, Fresno, Kings Madera, 'Merced, Stanislaus and Sap | Joaquin. It is 'practically settied that James C. Needham, now serving as the Representative of the Seventh District, | will be the Republican nominee in the | xth. Under the reapportionment made the last session of the Legislature his home county, Stanislaus, was taken from the Seventh and placed in the Sixth Dis- trict. Mr. Needham is an able and popu- lar man. The Democrats, recognizing his | strength. are advocating the nomination | against him of W. M. Conley, who made | a great record as a vote-getter in the | campaign of 1598, when he ran for As- sociate Justice of the Supreme Court, | Judge Conley's popularity is well attested | The battle in the Sixth, therefore, prom- ises to be one of the most interesting political struggles in the history of Cal. ifornia Republican County Committes. | The new Republican County Committee | which was chosen bysthe convention that | nomipated Asa R. Wells for Mayor will meet’ for organization this evening at 32 O'Farrell_street. It i& understood that Thomas D. Riordan will be chosen chair- man of the committeee. Insolvent Merchant. J. W. Lee, a merchant of Wheatland, Yuba Coupty, filed a petition in insoly- sterday in the United States Dis- urt. He owes $3424 and has $1245 Mellin’s Food is a real substitute l for mother’s milk. | Our book, «* Mellin’s Food Babies,” sent free. Mellin’s Food Co., Boston, Mass, | on board ship and was ordered about hi |and told to do | of theirs. SAILORS CHEER Ovation Given Schmitz at Anniversary Cel- ebration. Union Men Parade Streets in Honor of Their Organization. The Saflors’ Unlon celebrated its sev- cnteenth anniversary last evening with a Irilliant street parade and exercises at Metropolitan Temple. Seven hundred representatives of the organization marched through the main streets of the city. They carried flags, transparencies ana torches and kept step to enlivening music of brass bands. Nearly 400 mem- bers were attired in saflor costumes and resented a martial appearance. P rhe procession was led by Grand Mar- shal Edward Anderson, followed by an advance guard of twenty-four men, cap- {ained by J. Holmgren. A band of twelve pieces followed, and in their wake came the divisions in the following or- ger: Company A, Captain Frank John- son; Sergeants F. Finnerty and F. Jo- lansen, delegates to the Water [ront Federation. Company B, Captain C. C. Simonsen; Sergeants B. Hamilton and D. Palmquist. Parade the Streets. rading the streets for two Loves the satlors marched 1nto Metropoli- tan Temple amid cheers of their friends, who filled the bulding. ~The meeting was opened by Grand Marshal Edward Anderson. He stated that seventeen Years ago, on the 6th of March, 185, the failors’ Cnion was organized among the iumber piles of Folsom said the union had grown unt fo-day one of the strongest labor organi- zations in the United States. He said the Saflors’ Union of the Pacific Coast has a membership of 5000 and branches or agents in every port on this coast an in the East. Mr. Anderson then intro- liced Walter Macarthur as chairman of e meeting. When the applause had ceased Mr. Macarthur in part said: fry y man The sailor as a_man is as free as any who lives under the Stars and Stripes. Before the Sailors’ Union was formed a sail n il it stands it quickly. To-day Wwhen o man goes on board ship he will do what s Teht without being driven. The buckle is a thing of the past and a sailor will do his duty without being forced. i On every anniversary we ha a(dn iy | v ve have alwa some hall or elsewhere we ndinome vement to celebrate or glorify. e lebration s Mo exception to the rule. 1 believe every one in the hail realizes that the events of the past year have been in every respect just as significant as the events of any vear since the organization of the union. The Saflors’ Union is a great organization. It is | admired and confided in by the working peopl> of the United States. It is the greatest or- ganization of its kind. We may safely say To our friends in this hall that the part taken by the Sailors' Union in the City Front Fed- eration last year was a proper one, and we Should not be ashamed of it. We ought to be proud of it and our action will redound to the glory of the labor unions on the Pacific oast and the United States. Ovation to Mayor. When Chairman Macarthur introduced Mayor Schmitz the vast audience arose 1o its feet and cheered. The ovation was | a hearty one and was deeply appreciated Ly the head of the municipal governmendt. | Mayor Schmitz spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen fellow union men. (Applause.) This meeting shows well for your seventeenth anniversary. This fagnificent turnout, considering _that most of your ‘members are not here, is really magnificent demonstration. Years ago the satlor was not looked upon with as much re- spect as was felt for other citizens. The saflor was not held in the same esteem. He was not considered to be on the same footing with the rest of the community, but through your organization and through the infusion of edu- cation you have shown that you are a factor in the community. (Applause.) And what has brought that about? Nothing more or less than the educator who is among you and the brains that have been exhibited by your chair- man, Mr. Macarthur, and Andrew Furuseth. (Applause.) These names and many other thut You have among you are enough‘to make any organization famous. 1 expect great things from the sailors. The poor *Jack tar’” has not received his just deserts. When they had Chinese excluded from shores, they allowed them to work on the ships, manned and owned by Americans. We are striving—and 1 am striving—to have them excluded from our shores and off all Ameri- can vessels. I had to attend another meet- ing this evening, but I would not have fore gone the pleasure of coming here for any man. I feel that you are all my friends and you have demonstrated that in the last election. and I know that beneath your jackets beat the hearts of noble men, for in the last industrial disturbances no oneé was more in the front rank than the sailors of the Pacific Coast. Therefore, it is with pride that I stand here this evening and receive your plaudits, and, ladies and gentlemen, and again I say, fellow union men, T hope that at the end of my term 1 shall be as'dear to you as I am in the be- ginning. Other Speakers. Hearty cheers were given the Mayor at | the conclusion of his speech. Ed Rosen- berg, secretary of the San Ffancisco La- bor Councll, discussed labor _conditions on this coast. He was followed by Police Commissioner H. W. Huttton, who de- livered a speech on topics of interest to the assemblage. Ex - Congressman Charles Sumner was enthusiastically re- | ceived, and he dwelt at length on sallors of forty years ago. The meeting closed with cheering and the uniformed sailors marched back to their hall and dispersed. FAMILY SUFFERS FROM SICKNESS AND HUNGER Illness Brings Destitution to George ‘W. Wildgans, His Wife and Five Children. George W. which consists of a wife and five children, residing at 476 Eighth street, are in a state of pitiable destitution. Wildgans, the husband and father, and the oldest of his five children, a little girl ten years of age, have been stricken down with typhoid fever and the mother is in very delicate health. The family is suffering for want of the bare necessities of life and vnpless immediate aid is given -them the father and the little girl, who are suf- fering from the dyead fever, will likely succumb. For the past nine weeks, during the father’s illness, ‘the kind neighbors have supported the little family. They have taken up subscriptions and have given a raffle to raise money to purchase pro- visions and medicine. The neighbors also reported the case to a number of char- itable societies, but the societies failed to give any substantial aid. The family is deserving sof assistance. Those who have investigated their con. dition report that their misfortune has been caused by sickness and is no fault Until the father was stricken with typhoid fever he was emploved by the San Mateo Electric Railroad. He was a hard working, sober man and always managed to provide for his family. —_———— Mother and Daughter Insane. Mrs. D. Allen and her daughter Ethel were removed yesterday by the police from their residence, 2 Hall place, off Jackson street, between Hyde and Leavenworth, to the insanity detention hospital. The daughter, who is about 23 Jears of age, was using an ax to break nto a nelghbor's apartments. Officer Skain took the ax away and told the mother 2nd daughter to get ready for a ride, but had considerable difficulty to get either to put on sufficient clothing to make the trip. Before leaving the women gathered from a number of hiding places a considerable quantity of coin. They il be brought before the Commissioners o-day. 4 ————— O’Brien Taken to Jail. Chris O’'Brien, who has been confined for some time past in the Emergency Hoepital at Sacramento, was taken to the jail in that city yesterday at the request of Chief of Police Wittman. It was be- lieved that O'Brien was a member of the nE of thugs that murdered Policeman’ nson, but later it was found that he was not, reet wharf. He | | Wildgans and his family, | THE PLOT IN PRISON | DEATH STRIKES CITY'S MAYOR) 15 FROSTRATED) FOUR PARTNERS Inmates of San Diego Cells Plan Bold Jail Break. Woman Writes Notes Which Reveal a Clever Con- spiracy. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, March 6.—A plan to make a bold strike for liberty has been discoy- ered by the Sheriff's office, and but for the disclosure might have resulted in the death of Jaller Maddox and the liberar | tion of H. R. and Bessie Hall, the dia- { mond thieves, J. Marshal Brooke, accused | Of cattle stealing, and any others whom these three might be disposed to let out. Hall dnd Bessie Hall are under sentence of ten years each for robbing a Santa Fe baggage room. They were the instiga- tors of the plot and had taken Brooke in to do a portion of the heavy fighting. Bessie and H. R. Hall were confined in | different parts of the jall, but were able | to keep up communication through notes carried back and forth by a negro trus- | ty, who did the sweeping out. | A search of the jail resulted in the dis- covery of some of the notes which had | been sent by Bessie Hall to her paramour, | outlining the plans which they expected to | follow. Jailer Maddox was to be sand- | bagged when he entered the cell room | with the prisoner. The keys were to be | secured from him and the three were to | make their escape, and as many more as could be released in the time the conspir- | ators had. The two sandbags were found, filled with salt instead of sand, and made from the lining of Hall's coat. One bag was wrap- | ped with wire from a broom and the other with tape which had been secured in some | manner unknown to the jailer. The cells | of the prisoners have been changed and they will be closely watched hereafter. Brooke's trial is now in progress. Hall's | case is on appeal to the Supreme Court. | REGULATES TEMPORARY STREET OBSTRUCTION Supervisors’ Committee Recommends | the Passage of an Ordinance for | Building Operations. The Supervisors’ Street Committee yes- terday recommended the passage of an | ordinance regulating the temporary oc- | | { | | operations. The ordinance requires the | obtaining of a permit to obstruct the | street by owners from the Board of | Works, which may at any time revoke it. J. J. O’Brien and F. 'H. Qaulman informed | the committee that the builders are unanimously in favor of the ordinance. The committee ordered a resolution to | be prepared directing the Board of Works | to remove all obstructions on Channel | street and the immediate vicinity located on city property and obstructing public streets within ninety days. This action was taken on the City Attorney's opinion that Channel street is a public highway. Joseph Scheerer stated that he had been in possession of the property included in the terms of the resolution for twenty years and claims adverse title to land on Ninth and Channel streets. The property-owners of Eureka Valley petitioned for the abatement of nuisance caused by Gray Bros.’ brickyard at State |and Douglas streets and the firm was | glven ninety days to comply. | "G. W. Simpson, the occupant and owner of a building which was moved to the roadway of Shrader street, between | Haight and Waller, by the Sheriff on a | writ of restitution, informed the commit- | tee that he would remove the house if glven a reasonable length of time. The request of the Board of Works for au- thority to remove the building in pieces to the corporation yard was laid over for thirty days. | The committee notified M. Harris of the | California Street Railway Company and | H. Lynch of the Market-street road to ap- pear at the next meeting and explain { why the space between the tracks on Cali- fornia street, between Kearny and Mont- gomery, had not been repaved. ———— THANKS HEALTH BOARD FOR ITS INDORSEMENT Nuevo Potrero Club Favored Selec- | tion of Pattridge Site for Pesthouse. A meeting of the executive gommittee of the Nuevo Potrero Improvenient Club was held last evening, when the follow- ing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That a vote of thanks be ten- dered to the oa of Health for | indorsing the Pattridse estate for the pesthouse site. i Resolved, That the members and neighbors | are very grateful to the Board of Health fop. | doing all in its power to remove the present | pesthouse from our midst; further Resolyed, That the Nuevo Potrero Improve- ment_ Club wjll not forget the endeavors of the Board of Health to get rid of the pest- house from our midst. Resolved, That a vote of thanks be tendered to The Call for the able manner it has writ- | ten up the matter of the pesthouse and for | the assistance it has rendered us in getting | rid of & nuisance we have endured for thirty years. | The following members, composing the executive committee of the club, were present: George Guthrie, chairman; | Beter Stolberg, "Robert Gridwood, John | Barduhn, A. Pratt and Thomas Mil- —_———— ler, secretary. Personal. Dr. M. B. Pond of Napa is at the Grand. Senator T. H. Selvage of Eureka is a suest at the Grand. - | Jesse D. Carr is here from Salinas and | is staying at the Lick. F. M. Shidler, a mining man of Eureka, | is a guest at the Lick. { J. C. Campbell, a mining man of Ne- vada City, is a guest at the Grand. J. B. McEwin, a shoe manufacturer of Boston, is registered at the Palace. | Bank Commissioner John Markley fs bére from Geyserville and s at the Lick. J. E. Gorman, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is among the arrivals at the Cali- | fornia. { Edwin Gilmore, the well known societ | man, of Portland, Or., is in the city %o’l" a short visit. H. D. G Burnhart, an extensive land ocwner o ianta Cruz, is among the 1- vals at the Lick, X b 8. M. Green, a popular resident of Mil- waukee, who owns mining claims in this Stzte, is at the Palace. & H. H. Schutts, a surgical instrument manufacturer of Chicago, is among the arrivals at the Palace. g R. H. Beamer, a member of the State Board of Equalization, is here from Wecodland and is at the Lick. Dr. Nathan Rogers, a well-known phy- sician of this city, yesterday. He months, | _Simon Levi, a commissio: San Diego, I8 in the city on a Shert busl | ness trip. He has made his headquarters at the Lick, % H. T. Lockyer, a prominent resident of IVnrfifluvexl—i B. C., is spe::cgn% a few days n s city, accompanie hi They are at the Grand. Dt J. J. Byrne, passenger traffl | of “the Santa Fe, with hesaguarioossr Los Angeles, and H, G. Thompson, as- sistant to Manager George Nlcgolson in Chicago, are registered at the Palace. - ————————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 6.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—B. Davls at the Vendome, H. W. Boxsel at the Gilsey, and N Good- man at the Broadway Central. Alonzo C. Smith Missing. The Coroner was notified yesterday that Alonzo C. Smith of 30 Twenty-elghth street had been migsing since last Tues- CGay morning at lock. Smith was un employe of teo streetcar line, returned from Europe has been absent sevgn | cupary of a public street during building | Tragic Ending of a Klon- dike Venture in One Year. Falling Bucket Ends Life of the Last of the . Quartet. ’ Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 6.—Dawson advices say that Charles W. Eaton, who dled last month on Hunker Creek after being struck on the head by the falling of a bucket, was the last of four partners who died within one year. During 1900 and in the early part of 1901 Baton operated in the'Klondike district with Fred Johnson, Al Younger and Jerry Heater. All of them were industrious and thrifty and they made and saved money. Fred Johnson died last spring at Hoota- linqua after severe exposure. Al Younger went in over the ice and on arrival at Dawson was stricken with pneumonia from the effects of exposure on the trip. He died in St. Mary's Hospital. Jerry Heater cared for Younger at the hospi- tal and he himself became sick about the tdllm; of Younger's death. Soon after he ed. Laton reflected on the fate of his part- ners in so short a time and felt some mysterious foreboding which tempted him to leave the Yukon. He made partial ar- rangements to that end, but later the strange feeling wore away and he re- turned to his mining. He was working at the bottom of a shaft, when a descend- ing bucket fell twenty-two feet, striking him on the top of the skull. He was hoisted out and died that day. Eaton was 33 years of age and had been one of the best-known athletes in British Columbia up to 1834, when he went to Alaska. Previous to that timé he was cashier for a large firm at Vancouver. WATSON AWAKENS WITH FIGHTING BLOOD UP Feigns Unconsciousness at Hospital Until Policemen Withdraw, and Then Starts Trouble. A colored soldier named Watson, big, brawny and belligerent, turned the Emer- | gency Hospital into a *‘rough house” last umght, and it required the united energles of seven policemen to subdue him. Watson wandered into the grocery of Fred Nordholz at Ninth and Folsom streets about 10 o’clock and asked for a Chinatown guide. The proprietor replied that he didn’t keep any in stock, and the soldier resented the fiippancy of the re- ply by starting to hurl the contents of the shop at him piece by piece. Nordholz retreated under the bombard- ment to a counter, where he secured a large, healthy club and then he began to set the military man a strenuous pace. The police ambulance took Watson to the Emergency Hospital in_a_ seemingly un- conscious condition and he was put -to bed. As soon as the policemen had with- drawn the soldier jumped up and started to clean out the ward. Fortunately policemen were close at hand and the fighting patient was sub- dued after a fierce struggle. He received a badly cut head and face during the two encounters. As soon as his wounds were dressed he was removed to the City f’rlson and booked on the charge of bat- ery. —_——— COOK AND A SOLDIER MEET SUDDEN -DEATHS James Barnes, Recently From Ma- nila, and Louis Delapitra Pass Away Without Warning. A man whose name is believed to be James Barnes went into a saloon at 805 Kearny street yesterday morning and walked to the rear of the establishment. A few minutes later the barkeeper hea.d him groaning. A policeman was sum-- moned and Barnes, who was on the verge of collapse, was placed In the ambulance ot the Central Emergency Hospital. He Gied before reaching that institution, evi- 1 | 1 i | | i | i | | dently from natural causes, Letters found | ¢n his person indicate that his name was ! James Barnes, and that he had been em- vloyed as a teamstér on the Land Trans- portation Corral at Manila. An inquest will be heid. Louls Delapitra, a cook about 50 years of age, was found dead in his bed at 2 St. Mary street yesterday morning. The body was removed to the Morgue and .t was found that death resulted from nat- ural causes. N. C. Milloglay, proprietor of Nick's restaurant at_ 604 Battery street, was found dead in bed at half past five o'clock yesterday morning. Milloglav on the pre- ceding evening had complained of pains in the region of the heart. e “FOUR BILLION DOLLAR” MAINS APPEALS AGAIN Aileges That There Is No Complaint, Indictment or Commitment to Hold Him. Charles R. Mains, founder of a myth- ical four billion dollar.syndicate, appeared before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday morning and applied for a writ of habeas corpus. He read an affidivit in which he alleged that he was illegally restrained of his liberty by the keeper of the Broadway Jail at the re- guest of United States Marshal John L. Shine and upon no other authority. He alieged further that there was no legal complaint. indictmpent, information or commitment to warrant his imprisonment. Judge Gilbert announced that the de- clslon of the court would be rendered this morning. A few days ago the indictment charging Mains with using the mails with intent to defraud was quashed on his mo- tion by United States District Judge de Haven on the ground that it had been improperly drawn up. The original com- {lalm had been previously dismissed by Inited States Court Commissioner Hea- cock, but when Judge de Haven quashed the indictment hé made an order commit- ting Mains to the custody of the United -States Marshal until the meeting of the ¥ederal Grand Jury. dixt i Ll CREDITABLE WORK OF THE CHINATOWN SQUAD Sergeant Conbo; sn!;fi;nitu Reports of the Last Month and Also of the Quarter. Sergeant Conboy submitted his report to Chief Wittman yesterday of the work of his squad in Chinatown for the month from February 6 to' March 6. The total arrests were 332. Of these 28 were con- victed and paid fines, 27 were conviéted and confined, 2 were appealed, 47 dismissed and & pending. The total fines and for- feitures amounted to $1830. From Feb- ruary 6 to 10, the Chinese New Year, there ‘were no violations of the law. The report for the quarter ending March 6 was also submitted. The total arrests during the quarter were 1002. Of these 751 wereconvicted and pald fines, 9 were con- victed and confined, 3 appealed, 150 were dismissed and 3 are pending. The total forfeitures and fines amounted to $580. The squad. consists of Policemen Richter, Tillman, Barry and Tyrrell. —_———— Gordon Failed to Appear. The case of Viola Le Page and Ada Sweeney, charged with grand larceny for steall% #2% from George F. Gordon in the dway Plalsance, was called in Judge Cabaniss' court vesterday. Gor- don, who is an ex-soldier, failed to make his appearance and it was stated that he had gone to his home at Fall River, Mass. There was no evidence against the defend- ants and the case was dismissed. Arrested for Embezzlement, George Lunberg was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging him with felony embezzlement. The complaining witness against him is John Convey of Convey & ns, butchers, Green and Hyde streets, who_alleges that Lunbersg, actin, as collector, embezzled the sum o SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902. —_—_—n oTRINE VANLY 0 GIE A LIFE Companions of Dying Lumberman Have a Hard Struggle. Desperate Battle Against a Tide-Rip Near Reid Island. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 6.—Joseph Lebillous, a wealthy lumberman of Reid Island, was drowned yesterday after be- ing nearly pulled ashore by two com- panions. ‘With David Whitner and Wilbur Con- ant he left the mainland for his head- quarters on the island. After they had left the island the boat was caught in the tide-rip and capsized in a trice. The three men were instantly in the water and Le- Lillous sank. On coming to the surface ke was caught by Whitner, but sank again. Rising the second time Conant caught the drowning man and assisted him on to the bottom of the boat. Lebillious was the first to give signs of exhaustion, and to assist him the other two held on to him, maintaining this trying position for over an hour, but every breaker made the men weaker, and as they were soake 1 with the cold water and_ their strength was taxed to keep themselves from drop- g“:%l Off the slippery bottom it was a hard attle. Lebillous finally dropped his head in uiter exhaustion and shortly afterward died. For fifteen minutes longer the two brave men clung to their companion in the hope that they would be able to reach shore and thus prevent the loss of the body. This also was impossible. Themselves exhausted, they were forced to abandon their hold, and about forty feet from shore the body was let go. —_——— YOUNG WOMAN’S BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER Nineteen-Year-Old Girl Supposed to Have Ended Life Near Sac- ramento. SACRAMENTO, March 6.—The body of a young woman known as Mabel Woods was found floating in the Sacramento River this morning on the Yolo County side, four miles north of this city. The woman wore a black straw hat, a brown jacket and a dress of dark mate- rial. She was about 19 years old. Peo- pie who reside in the neighborhood of where the body was found are of the cpinion that the woman committed sul- cide. OSBOURNE WILL SPEAK AT EMERSON’S FUNERAL Alcazar Actor Chosen to Deliver the Funeral Eulogy Over Dead Minstrel. George Osbourne, the well-known actor. has been seiected by the committee hav- ing the funeral arrangements of the late “Billy” Emerson in charge to deliver.the eulogy over the remains of the dead min- strel. The funeral ceremonies will take place in Elks’' Hall at 2 o'clock this afternoon and the body will be placed in a vault at Laurel Hill Cemetery. The following will act as pallbearers: John Morrisey. Peter J. Dunne, J. J. Gottlob, Sam New- man, A. 'Wallenstein, S. Ackerman, C. F. Bryant and Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz. In addition to the eylogist Rev. Father Smith of the Paulist Order will be pres- ent to pay his tribute. —_——————— Mispah Church Gives Musicale. Mrs. Emily Webb Giesy gave an elocu- tionary recital and musicale, under the auspices of the Mizpah Y. P. S. C. E,, for the benefit of Mizpah Presbyterian Church last night at the church, on Fifth and Harrison streets. The programme was a good one and exceedingly well rendered. It was as follows: Instrumental duet (plano and violin), “Wil- lam Tell,” Miss May Watson and Willlam Schafer; reading, “‘An Early Start” (Chaffee); vocal duet, ‘‘Hope Beyond,”” E. C. Gilbert and Willlam Schafert “Lady Clare'" (Tennyson); barytone solo, he Angel's Bell," Willlam Schafer; reading, ‘“‘An Idyl" (Bur- dette); contralto solo, selected, Mrs. Cecella Decker Cox; reading, statue scene from ‘A Winter's Tale'' (Shakespeare); soprano solo, *‘Daddy,” Miss Zoe Levicy; reading, '‘The Ca- nary at the Farm" and “The Funny Story' (Rliley); tenor solo, selected, Willlam Baudoin; ITfla duet, selected, Miss Ryder and Miss e. ————— The Supreme Chief Ranger. There was a meeting last night in the hall of CBurt Diana of the Independent Order of Foresters to make arrangements for the reception in this city of Supreme Chief Ranger Dr. Oronhyatéka and other supreme officers and delegates in May. Colonel ~ G. A. McElfresh, high chief ranger for California, explained the con- ditions under which the Supreme Court was induced to come to this State, and it was decided to tender the visitors a teception and an excursion on the bay. The following representatives of courts were selected to take charge of the mat- ter: G. Q. Steuart, chairman; H. Kelly, vice chairman; O. K. Brown, sec- retary; E. H. Seymour, treasurer; C. W. Marks, E. N. Cameron, J. Mahan, M. Jones, A. E. Cohn, G. W. Kuss, B. True, J. H. Sturgess, F. W. Geiger, C. Neilsen. O. . Brown and E. . Sey- mour, executive committee. GRS TR Drinks Carbolic Acid. Despondent because he could not secure employment, David Lark, who formerly worked in the San Francisco laundry, committed suicide last night in Lafayetie square by drinking a small, phial of car- bolic acid. When he was found shortly after 8 o'clock life was not yet extinct. but he expired almost as soon as a doc- tor ‘reached him. The remains were iden- tified by an envelope found in his pocket addressed to his sister at 1200 Turk street. He was 40 years of ag e Man, Watch and Money Go. Joseph Blue was arrested yesterday by Officers Regan and O'Connell on a charge of grand larceny. He went to bed at the Winchester House on Wednesday night with a_former soldier named J. S. Web- ster. When Webster awoke Blue, a brace. let, watch and $50 were missing. Biue turned up during the day and returned the watch, but. disclaimed all knowledge of the money. e Duncan Murder Trial. Only two more jurors were secured in Judge Lawlor's court yesterday for the trial of Edward J. Duncan, on the charge of murdering George W. Rice at Twen- tieth and Howard streets, on October 11. They were John H. Sherry and William ‘M. Smith. Three jurors were secured the previous day. e e s Petreau Wanted in Chico. ‘W. A. Petreau was arrested at the Golden West Hotel yesterday by Detec- tive Crockett and locked tanks” at the City Prison. Chief Wit(- man received a dispatch from Chico that Petreau was wanted there on a charge of assault to murder. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March'7.—Licenses to mar- ry were issued to-day to Michael D. Cole- man, 48, aélxd n°;~°“"k' fe:ley. 32, both of Francisco; Frank Johnson, 24, B Laars It Bose 71, ey Toant Onio, 'SUES BREWING CORPORATION.—Isabej £ Rutherford filed a sult yesterday for 100 damages against the San Francisco Brewerjes for injuries received by being run over on How- ard street last August by a team owned by the corporation. ————— ASKS FOR BROWN'S APPOINTMENT.— Caroline D. Seamans, widow of W. H. Sea- mans, late adjutant ‘general of the National Guard of this State, petitioned the Superior Court yesterday to lmi:mt Willlam H, wn administrator of her late husband's estate, C VANDALISM RIFE AT SN JOSE Miscreants Mar the Car- negie Library Cor- nerstone. - Controversy Over the In- scription Becomes More Exciting. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 6.—There seems to be ! a hoodoo hovering over the cornerstone of the new Carnegle library. This time tis' toolhouse, where the stone has lain since he removed it from the foundation, and cut off part of the Elks’ inseription. which was so objectlonable to the Pas- | ters’ Union. The day after the Elks laid the corner- stone Contractor Curtls removed it from the foundation because it was a granite block and not sandstone. tors' Union took up the matter. It ob- jected to the stone being repiaced, as the ceremonies had been held on Sunday and besides it bore an inscription that it was laid by the Elks. The ministers dec}ared it was an insult to the citizens. The Coun- cil ordered the stone relaid. Now some one has cut off part of the inscription. To-day Contractor Curtis took the stone to a stoneyard to be trim- med because of the defacement. of this comes the news that some min- ister of the city wrote to Carnegle about the Elks placing their inscription on the building and this letter was sent to O. A. Hale by Carnegie's secretary. It is hardly probable Contractor Curtls will have the inscription cut on the stone, but will replace a smooth stone and after the building is completed the inscription can be cut. There is considerable feeling over the matter and it is believed, now that some one has mutilated the cornerstone, that if it were placed in position with the in- Bcflpt}‘on the first dark night it would be cut off. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made X:Ea Postal Service and More New Pensions Granted. WASHINGTON, March 6.—The Post- office Department to-day announce Postoffice dlscountinued, March 31: fornia—Fishermans Bay, Sonoma Count: mail to Stewarts Point. Postmasters commissioned: California — Harvey 8. Clark Jr., Lodi; John C. Boggs, Newcas- tle; Sheldon Littlefield, Anaheim. Wash- ington—Millard T. Hartson, Spokane. These pensions were graated: California (original), war with Spain—Frederick Rauscher, San Quentin, 510. Edmuna Crabtree, Santa Rosa, §10. Mexi- can war—Adam Denzler, Woodlana, 3L Richard Gosling, Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geles, $12; James W. Taggart, Smith River, $12; James A. Cooper, Los Ange- les, §12; Herman W. Kurlbaum, San Fran- cisco, $12; John M. Lockman, Veterans' Home, Napa, $12; Reuben H. Hunt, Fol- som, $12; Benjamin W. Tomlinson, Coul- terville, $12; William N. Smythe, La- trobe, §12. Widows, Mexican war—Debo- rah W. Sanborn, Benicia, $8 Oregon: Increase, Mexican war— rey, Jefferson, $3. ‘Wasrington: Original—Frank W. Prin- L. Nourse, Tekoa, $12; Irene Weeks, Lo- pez, $8. p: Army orders announce that First Lieu- tenant Charles S. Wallace is relieved from | duty in the Philippines and will proceed to San Francisco, and upon arrival will report to the adjutant general of army for further orders. First Lieutenant Clar- ence J. Manley, assistant surgeon, upon his_arrival at San Francisco, will proceed to Fort Caswell, North Caroiina. Captain Merritte W. Ireiand, assistant surgeon, upon his arrival at San Francisco, will proceed to St. Louis, Mo., as surgeon and examiner of recruits in that city. Captain Edward O. C. Ord, Twenty-second In- fantry, now in this city on sick leave, is relieved from further duty in the Depart- ment of California and will join his co pany at Fort Crook, Nebr. First Lieuten- ant Charles E. Marrow, assistant surgeon, is assigned to duty on the transport Han- cock to relieve Contract Surgeon Willlam H. Spiller, who will proceed to his home, {‘Xewt York City, for annulment of his con- ract. } Senate: Receiver of Public Moneys—L. L. Cater, Redding, Cal.; Register of the Land Office—G. W. Stewart, Visalla, Cal.; F. M. Swazey, Redding, Cal. PROMINENT RAILROAD MAN TO BE THE PRESIDENT REDDING, March 6.—Perhaps the most interesting ~plece of information given out by Lord Thurlow and George H. Proctor in this city concerning the Eure- ka and Eastern Railroad is that a man on the executive board of a big Eastern road, being one of the prominent railroad men 'in the country, has been offered the presidency of the Eureka and Eastein and has accepted the position. As he has The gentlemen here in the interests of | the road assured the newspapermen that | his name is quite familiar to the peopls of this coast. Lord Thurlow says six | corps of surveyors will arrive in Red- | ding next week to work both ways from here over the entire roufe. It has al-| ready been covered by the Union Pacific | and other surveys, but will be gone over again preparatory to construction work being commenced. Miss Roosevelt Not to Go. NEW YORK, March 6.—A Sun special from London says: “A dispatch to the Times from Washington says that the roposed visit of Miss Alice Roosevelt to ing Edward’s coronation has Ceen abandored.” | < + THEG DAY’S DEAD . * VIENNA, March 6.—Professor Moriz Kaposi of the University of Vienna, a celebrated dermatologist, is dead. H. P. Kraus. RENO, Nev., March 6.—H. P. Kraus, Postmaster of Reno and a well known resident of Nevada, was found dead in his roem this afterhoon. Kraus had given 2 banquet to the postoffice employes last night and he was at the office this morn- ing. He was 60 vears of age. L. E. Sampson. TACOMA, March 6—L. E. Sampson prominent in real estate and insurance circles, Postmaster of Tacoma under President Arthur and an occupant of other public positions in this ecity and county, died yesterday of Bright's disease, aged 54 years. He was a drummer boy in the Fertieth Wisconsin Regiment in 1366 G. W. Edelmann PEPALUMA, March 6.—G. W. 3 m..,z a resident of Petaluma. nncefll‘gls. died suddenly to-day of apoplexy. He was 76 years of age and a native of Ger- many. He leaves a wife and son, G. I, Edelmann of Auburn. The deceased wag a prominent merchant and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Neil Bryant. NEW YORK, March 6.—Neijl Bi the old-time minstrel, died in Brorgknl.:‘r; to-day, aged 72 years. With his two brothers, Daniel and Jerry, he traveled all over the world and they became fa mous as the three Bryants. In 1863 Bro. ant retired from the stage and took a Government position, which he held u; to nearly two years ago, when his healt] 8‘;\;:"1!]. His real name Wwas Cornell: some one has broken into Contractor Cur-| Then the Pas-| On top | Cali- | Increase— | Thomas Wren, Alsea, $12; Albert W. Ca- | gle, Orting, $. Widows—Anna J. Hop- | kins, Vancouver, $12; minors of Coridon | These confirmations were made by the | not yet resigned his present position his | name cannot be given out at this time. | \ PLAN T0 BUILD INTD SAN J0GE More Railroad Schemes That Center About Oakland. Realty Syndicate Owns Valu- able Property to the South. Oakland Office San Fgancisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March F. M. Smith, who has been the principal backer of the Realty Syndicate and the man who was determined to secure pos- session of all the street railroads of Os land, which he has finally done under tho name of the Oakland Transit Compan appeared before the California delegation in Congress in Washington yesterday and made a statement that he had floated a bord issue of $10,000,000 in Boston with which railroad extension in and about | Gakland was to be carried on. Mr. Smith was endeavoring to secure rights for his tunnel scheme from Oak- land to Goat Island, but whether this is | dcne or not Mr. Smith’s statement is re- garded as having a great deal of bearir | upon the recent announcements that h: | been made by the Realty Syndicate in regard to rallroad terminais in Oakland. Mr. Smith’s tunnel scheme is regarded as rather visionary, but if Mr. Smith has floated $10,000,000 of bonds it means that pot only will the terminus for the Santa \Fc system in Oakland be bullt, but that [an outlet will be built for that road into the Santa Clara Valley. It has been a desire of the Santa Fe system to secure an entrance into the Santa Clara Valley because of the large =mount of fruit shipments from that sec- tion. A right of way through Oakland snd into San Jose would have cost a great deal at the present value of land in and about Oakland. For ten years, how- ever, the Realty Syndicate has been buy ing large tracts of land along the foo. hiils of Oakland, and it could to-day buil a railroad from Emeryville nearly to S Leandro over its own property. From San Leandro to San Jose would be easy portion of the right of way to cure. It is said that the syndicate secured these tracts of land for very | tle more’ than it would have cost to cure a rignt of way for a railroad. To build a road through this land would be as advantageous to the syndicate in opening up its land as it would be to the reilroad. From all indications it would seem that the railroad development abot Oakiand will not be confined to the nor |HEAVY-WEIGHT BOXERS | READY FOR THE FRAY | Kepnedy Will Meet Johnson in a Fif- | teen-Round Bout in Reliance Athletic Club Ring. OAKLAND, March 6.—Jack Johnson, the chocolaterhued fighter from Colorado, who will meet big Joe Kennedy in a fif- | teen-round bout to-merrow night at the Reliance Club, has been doing some up-to- | date training during his preliminary work in this city. Johnson is faithful in the gymnasium, but he varies the monotony | of the punching bag and the sparring | warm-ups by hurdling up and down | Broadway afoot and awheel at a’ pace | that brings out the natives. In fact Johnson is not losing any op- | portunity to keep himself in the public eye. On a clear morning the spectacls of a husky colored man plowing briskly through the main thoroughfare with a dumbbell in each hand anxiously arouses | the plodding pedestrian of ordinary gait. | The Denver heavy-weight varies this ex« | hibition by taking a whirl on a wheel, and it is a sight to observe this lanky | Rocky Mountain pugilist as he pedals | along the busy thoroughfare. | But he has worked hard and his fol- lowers say his eccentricities are to bs | tolerated. They expect that he will make a rattling showing against Kennedy. The | San Franeciscan will come across the bay | with a confident backing. Report is that he is in prime condition. His splendid showing with Champion Jeffries some months since gained him a big following, The opening number for the tournament will be a four-reund discussion between Bobby Johnson and Jocky McDermott, a brace of bantams who have a bit of speed and can do a very good short time argu- ment in the ring. | _ Superintendent Fawcett has substituted Jack Carroll, a hard-hitter from the San | Francisco Athletic Club, for Jack Dough- | erty in the go with Louls Long of the Reliance ClulT. Dougherty decided he did | not want another mecting with Long, who | defeated him a short time ago. Carroll was in training for a cross-bay event and will be ready The club management has made all ar rangements to handle a big crowd Friday evening. —_——— ‘anted in Oroville. . A. Tretreau was arrcsted yvesterday afternoon on Ellis street Detectives Crockett and Dillon on a rant from | Oroville charging him with an assault to | commit robbery. The complaining wit- nees Is a Mrs. Maud Horner. It is alleged | that Tretreau held the woman up while |on her way home two weeks ago and | tried to steal her money and jewels. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S QUE’!;E It Hid a Luxuriant Suit of Straight and Very Dark Hair. The Father of his Country concealed a iuxuriant suit of hair beneath his queus wig. Many row .wish the old fashion were In vogue to conceal thinned hair or baldness. Yet no one need have thin hair nor be bald if he cure the dandruff thot causes both. Dandruff cannot be cured by scouring the scalp, because it is a germ disease, and the germ has to be killed. Newbro’s Herpicide kills the dan- druff germ—no other hair preparation wflfll.l“Des;rov the cause, you remove the effect.” e no cure for dandr but to kill the germ. > . OR OVER SIXTY Y a0 AR WELLTRED FeNey, hM‘I:S‘;“WINSLOW‘S SOOTHING SYRUP N _used for over SIXTY YEARS hy MILLIONS of S for E WHILE TEETHING, WItH DERFECT Sua CESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD. 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