The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1902, Page 9

CANADA POLICE WINDOW LicHTS VE KAUFFMAN, ~ BROKEN T0 BTS e Photograph Sent Is Iden- tified Here by Men Who Knew Thug. Anotherof Robinson's Alleged Murderers Is Appre- Accidental Explosion of| Giant Powder in Potrero. Narrow Escape From Ter- rible Loss of Life and hended. Property. ! Padtiars: hdef V t al Nothing but the merest chance prevent. r W. J. Dodds of | ©d a great loks of life and property yes- A ) X nclosing | terday afternoon when a box of glant ted there | Pewder was exploded accidentaily. at the | \uffman, | corner of Nincteenth and Minnesota s e . thuge | Btreets. Fortunately nobody, was injured Policeman Eu- | @nd the property damage was confined to | Sixteenth ‘ Robir and Valen- | the destruction of window glass in the early morning of J dwellings contiguous to the scene of the | i accident occurred In a cut which g graded by the Santa Fe Raflroad Potrero for the purpose of allowing s bein; P c cars ve loaded with dirt from the - shovels with which te fill in the S | 1ands known as China Basin. A lole had been drilled in the embankment and the | loader had brought up a box containing fied Chief as uffman anc 0! 1 Pt Foom ! g g Bt | ive sticks of glant powder and a it petin i { - of boxes of fulminating caps for . ose of making a blast. Accord- n will leay sccompanie bravery . bystander on the | e ighted cigarette into powder box, which ignited one of the ks. He saw the smoke and realizing an_explosion would follow shouted warning to the.men working near and with all haste down the hill. Al men mana to reach places of oty before the shock came, and by the merest chance nobody happened to be | passing the danger point at the time. he concussion shuttered every window ¥ic m's murder led 1 Wiillam Hender the pap the explosion and broke dows houses farther the front win- down the | or: John | Stréet. The sidewalks were littered with “was | broken gla id the inmates of the was | awellings were panic stricken for an in- | Toamld | stant. Then a rush was made for the doors and the excited throng gathered in | nd, brought | the street to ascertain the cause of the are *Kiq" | Shock. When it was found that no one was injured there was much rejoicing ana | tales of narrow escapes were narrated | with satisfaction Had the explo utes later troor who was knowa n occurred a few min- | of children would have WANTS. THE BOARD OF £ .n passing the place on their way-home WORKS TO EXPLAIN | oo P58 ving M. Scott Grammar : ;| School, which had just dismissed its cet Committee Asks Why an Ordi- | 5,00 ang fatalities would have been numerous. No blame is attached to the workingmen, who are sald to exercise the utmost care in the use of powder. The houses damaged are all the property of the Santa Fe. ance of the Supervisors Was’ Ignored. s Street Committee cited 1o appear privase ieres oto for | YOUNG LADIES TO APPEAR " worth and Cuvier | IN OPERA OF “PATIENCE"” d ordered T i, t St. Patrick’s Choral Society Will Ten- der a Benefit to St. Vincent's | School. over for two | The yvoung ladies of St. Patrick’s Choral wee ttee an opportu- | ocjety will present the opera of “Pa- I ok o at Sons’ Hall on the| d to ngs of April 9 and 10 for the benefit of St. Vincent's School, of which many | vas | of the participants are graduates. They have been carefully drilled in their parts Miss Mary Short. the organist of St. *s Church, and are already letter | perfect in their parts. lon Lynch | " g¢ Vincent's School is one of the 1d an applica- | egucational institutions of the city & f Works to lay | jg conducted by the Sisters of Char n California | 1¢ is in one of the most progressive scc- | Montgomery, | tjons of the city and has already felt the | pace i | march of progre: her Cumming, | { the pastor of St. Patrick's Church, has given his sanction to the proposed benefit and is aiding it in every way possibic. wili be a¥€ follows: roadway of Franklin and r it has been repaved | ttee decided that it | authorized to n sewer” along | pie Suilivan, L e to Beventii | Mollie Glover, Libbie Brooks, cost of $10.000, e Blake, Frederica Reid, Elizabeth Fuller, v of Van Ne a Canning, Kate Pine streets, | Susan Brooks, Kate | Kate Cusick, Kate Mary Fitz Central peciively, enter place. Brien. A S AR mith, Walter Hancc Leach. John Griffin, ASSAULTS COMPANION £ - i Fay, Joseph er, Dennis Casey, OF RECREANT SPOUSE | O’'Brien, James McBrearty, { Thomas Maurice Corridan, Ignatiug Kerr, James Casey and Michael Down- igan. { el e :SEYHO'UR RETURNS ALONE Fisher Family’s Dcme;tic Difficulties Culminate in Combat on Market Street. | | FROM XANSAS CITY TRIP| 22 Perry street | KANSAS e, ke ‘;,”"‘h“" | Comes Mysteriously Into Town B S S Without Notifying Police De- partment and Goes Home. Captain John Seymour, Chief of the San ! Francisco detecive force, arrived at 11 | o'clock last night from Kansas City,| whither he had gone in the expectation! of capturing the murderer of Nora Fuller. ! 3 the Prevention | jldre ted to see the campel him to aid ! offer the owners of the | TRUST CONTROLS SALE o THE SAN CONSIDER NEW LIBRARY SITES Bupervisors Seek Loca- tion for Carnegie Institution. Request Board of Works to Report on a Water Supply. The Supervisors' Public Utiiitles Com- mitice declded yesterday to consider new sites for the proposed ifbrary to be do- rated by Andrew Carnegie. This action was taken because the Mechanics’ Library trustees have recalled the offer 10 sell the Mechanics’ Pavilion property to the city for $750,000, the city Maving failed to accept the offer within a specis fied time. Bupervisor Wynn stated that the Union | 'y buflding. Supervisor Cur- suggested that steps be taken to take | over the property at Fifthgand Market streets; which the City Atforney advises @one by condemnation of the When a vote was about to be taken rec- the ommending selection of the Fifth- v Wynn moved that it be week to give the labor opportunity to Leard, which s done. The Mechanics’ Institute trustees will be invited to at- tend the meeting in the hope that they ! will repeat their offer of the Pavilion sité, Discuss Water Supply. Attorney Frank H. Gould addressed the ommittee on behaif of the Giant Gap Water Supply Company. which has offer- representative. ed to sell its source on the American River to the city. | Gould quoted from a resolution di-| recting the Board of Works to make plans | and estimates of several supplies, inclu € the American River supply. The res lution had not been complied with r specting the supply named, who offered to pay the expenses of the work if the city lacks the funds. City Engineer Grunsky objected to a clty official doing private engineering ork for the company and held that the availability of the source should be first ascertained. Grunsky stated that his of- fice was not prepared to make surveys of | the system. D'Ancona said he would not: vote to expend money on surveys unless | the supply was first declared a feasible | one by the Board of Works. The com-| mittee agreed to refer the whole subject | to the Board of Works for investigation | and report i Extension of Lafayette Park. _ The committee decided to incorporate | in the proposed hond issue the sum of $200,000 for the acquisition of two blocks of land to extend Lafayette Park. A mae- | tion not to incorporate the item was lost by 2 vote of four to three. B. Holladay. representing S. W, Hol- laday, who owns most of the land pro- a’ to be acquired. offered to sell six | ra lots for $200,000, and he thought the other two Jots could be purchased for $100.000. 1If the city does not accept the land would de- hat Clay street, which divides the s, be opened by the city. The s books were referred to and | sed that the two blocks were as- for $96,600, Including small im- ements. Ancona opposed the acquisition of the land on the ground that the western sec- tlon of the city was congested with| parks and that a park south of Market street “was more desirable. necessary | OF FIRE ENGINES Commissioners Find That Advertis- |ant of a hundred dons, to encounter the | possible taste at | even ing for Bids Does Not Bring Lower Prices. At a meeting of the Fire Commissioners | yesterday the report of Superintendent | lily, in which he asked the Commis- sioners to purchase a new engine, wi received. President Rolla V. Watt stated that| bids would have to be advertised for, whereupon the seerctary remarked that “the figures would all be the same.” H. Chapman, representing the trust, | admitted t The Commissioners instructed Secretary | MecCarthy to send an estimate to the Board of Supervisors for buildi nFr The following changes and transfers were made: o Do from engine 4 to truck 1; | herty from engine 9 to T | Kelly of truck 2 transferred to engine 36; Lieu- | tenant J. Leahy of truck 2 promoted to cap- tain of the same company; Frank Cummings | ofmic FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, URGLAR LEAVES 'SPRING EXHIBIT 'RAISES POINT PLUNDER BEHIND Surprised at Work by Guest of Hotel Savoy. “Jimmie’ Arguello Sees Pair of Legs Disappear Over Transom. Bavoy, is in a ferment of apprehension over the visit of a burglarious intruder fnto its upholstered precincts about the dinner hour Wednesday evening. The un- rest i= accentuated by the fact that the | prowler is still at large.and it is feared he may appear again. To forestall such a contingency the safety deposit vaults vere glutted yesterday with the gems and | jewels of the fair women who make the Savoy their resldence and every stranger | who visits the hotel is looked upon as the | possible possessor of a “jimmy” and a dark lantern. 1t fell to the fate of “Jimmie” Arguello, ] Post street's aristocratic hostelry, tho‘ The usual large crowd gatlfiered at the 1902 OF HIGH ORDER kins Institute Arouse Lively Interest. { | —— Much Attention Is Paid by Visitors to Array of Portraite. * Mark Hopkins Institute of Art last night on the occasion of the opening of the «pring exhibition. The interest displayed | in the collection of ‘pictures was unusually lively, partly owing to the recent aecri-| inonious discussion concerning - some ‘of | ke exhibits, and the comparative level | of the exhibition as a whole Is well above | the average, The portrait interest is in the ascend-| ant, and there are some striking portraits to be seen on the walls, Much the best of these is Orrin Peck's portrait of Dr. Martin Kcllogg, ex-president of the Uni- versity of California, a strongly handled , ! capitalist, clubman, bon vivant, aescend- burglar, or rather, to catch a fleeting glimpse of bis feet and legs, and the man- ner of that encounter is worthy of the rigid spirit of good form that permeates the hotei. Arguello has a suite of rooms | facing on Powell street and he visited them Wednesday evening to dress for dinner. | He was somewhat surprised at the dis-| order apparent in the frst apartment he | entered. Bundles of bric-a-brac and silver | ornaments were scattered about the floor and the room gave evidence of a thorough | ransacking. Iie stepped into the bedroom | and as he did he saw a pair of legs dls-{ appear through the transom. An exami- nation of the bedroom showed that trunks | jand ara ers had been emptied of their contents and numerous bhundles of valu- ables tied up preparatory to carrying | them away. Arguello did not scream or make a scene of any kind. Such a proceeding would have been considered in the worst the Savoy. He did not | attempt to append himself to the disappearing legs. He merely picked out his dinner clothes from the heap of costly raiment on the floor, get back a few cher- ished photographs into their silver frames and dressed for the evening. Then he called a bellboy and told him that a burglar had made a beastly muss of his apartments and he would like to have them straightened out. When the tale of the transom-worker spread among the guests there was as | near an approach to a flurry as ever comes to such an assemblage. Burglars are vulgar, of course, but the immediate attention of one of the guild served to make the subject one of interest. botel ataches stoutly denied the visita- tion, but one of the guests divulged the story. Arguello thinks he can give a good | description of the soles of the shoes worn by the active criminal whom he fright- ened away before profit could be taken from the plunder. MARRIAGE LICENSE LEFT ON HIS HANDS Russell Harper Loses Society Girl Through Interference of Her Grandfather. Russell Harper, a survivor of the Rio wreck, war correspondent and journalist, is a jilted man, Ile was engaged to Miss Ella Lewis, a beautiful young lady, who resides with her grandfather, Peter Lewis, at 2424 Buchanan street, and had procured a marriage license to wed her, but Peter Lewis intervened and the ceremony did not occur. Mr. Harper is now in possession of an official document that cost him 82, and has no further use for it unless Grandfather l.ewls relents, but this is not probable, as the young people have been kept apart for the past weels. . D Harper is of the opinion that Mr. Lewis objected to nis marryving Miss Lewis because he was not of the same faith. He can see no other objection, as | he comes of a good family and I8 pos- ed of sufficient worldly goods to prop- support a wife. : engagement of the voung ecouple | followed their meeting. They met | ty and a mutual liking sprang up Letween them. Mr. Harper asked Miss Lewis to be his wife and she accepted him. He hurried to the County Clerk's | and procured the necessary license and ked Superior Judge Hebbard to marry them. The latter waited in his chambers for many hours, but the couple did not come. It appears that the relatives of Miss Lewis learned of her contemplated mar- riage and sent her off to Oakland. The young lady remained there a week, and on her return declined to meet her flance ;)l’l. hold any further communication with m. Mr. Harper was loth to discuss the matter last evening. He stated he was sorry publicity was given to the affair, as it would Injure Miss Lewis in a meas- ure and also cause sfome annoyance to his own family. w who could control her feel e her husband's com. rm swing. Th Cames by name, eward. but was over- assailant. The man > but to no il thered and became very en- alded by anotber police nd his fam- flicer touched Fisher on the | He came through without change, the asked him to go with bim. | car he rode in being attached to train No. 5 at Denver. He occupied a drawing-room in the Pullman, alone, save for the pres- nce of the little grip which has become famous since his mysterious departure, | and in which he is supposed to carry his | priceless collection of clew: |~ Captain Seymour was health, except for a cold { caught in Kansas v. He aiso caught the west-bound train there, but he did in excellept which he | of truck 2 promoted to lieutenant of the same | company. 1 —_———— | St. Patrick’s Day at St. Paul's. { The parishioners of St. Paul purish | have arranged one of the most attractive | programmes so far offcred for the cele- | bration of St. Patrick’'s Day. The cxer- | cises will be held on Monday evening in St. Paul's Hall, Twenty-ninth and Church LADIES OF RED CROSS ARE WORKING EARNESTLY Indications Point to Financial Sue- cess of Coming Entertainment at Ferry Nave. The Red Cross ladles arc in a sanguine mood regarding the success of the enter- succeeded rating the | not catch the slayver of Nora Fuller. In d all were taken to the City | yiew of this fact there was no great arges of disturbing the | pecessity for him to seek the Hall of | ed against them. Justice, so he went directly to his home. | He had failed to notify the department ' arrival, and at police headquarter: Waiyn - vy RS- | DL nioht 1t was not Known that Captain | atepant G. 1. Johnson, Elev-| gevmour had returned. His homecoming s reported at headquar- | was as quietly accomplished as his de- jgned to duty with recruits | parture, and his movements are almost the Presidio. First Lieu- |as much of a mystery as those of the s Murderer for whom he is searching. | h r to he Hancock, which is sche n -morro' Lieutenant t —_———————— Ladies’ Institute to Entertain. Members of the Young Ladies’ Institute | are preparing to give a minstrel enter-| tainment at Odd Fellows’ Hall on Friday | evening, April 11, for the benefit of the | Sick fund of the imstitute. The socic had done much work durmg the nter | and It is with the object of replenishing | the funds that the good work may be con- | | tinued to the satisfaction of all concerned, | Miss Mary Burke is chairman of the co Mittee that has charge of the arrang ments for the forthcoming entertainment. | sutisfied with the new arrange- | Miss Katic Cahill is vice chaifman, Miss | na are gladly contributing their | Belle Boyle secretary and Miss Ela | Comyns treasurcr. 1 departme: er Circus in Woodward's Pa- full swing last night, under nagement. The programme, ned the usual number of en- was well received by -filled house. The performers ch e ing features, ments The smallest jar of the world-known OF BEEF will strengthen and delicately flavor the largest tureen of soup. Beware of 80~ called “Liebig™ preparations. Ask for the LIEBIG COM- PANY'S EXTRACT of Beef. LOOK FOR THIS usSE_ fiir.(pff’ 5 | ever, his suspicions were aroused as to i were, streets. The Rev. M. P. Smith, C. 8. P. sastor of old St. Mary's Church, will de- iiver the oratlon. Father Kennedy will have charge of the musical portion of the programme and Irish music will form the basis of the musiczl melange. The committees in charge of the affalr are as follows, Rev. M. D. Connolly being | the honorary chairman: Arrangements—R. 8. Shepston, chair- Charles Willey, secrctary; J. B. Rellly, treasurer. Programme—Rev. C. E. Kennedy (chair- | man), Wililam Healy, Willlam R. Gil- iogle, Rece 3K tion—P. M. Mahony (chairmian), Spring, Matthew Ashe, Timothy Ahern, R. Coughlen, Thomas Mullins, Thomas Christal Jr., Edward Power, Thomas Branson and John D. Nolan. ¢ e e—————— Harry Walters and Gang Arrestéd. Martin E. Luther, a traveling sales- | man, residing at the Lick Honse, was en- | ticed into a den of bunko steerers yester- | day at the Hillsdale, 33 Sixth street. Be- fore parting with any of his coln at the poker game that was in progress, how- the character of his fellow players, and he refused to play further. Luther im- mediately reported the matter 1o the po- lice, and Policemen Fontana and Fraher | went to the Hillsdale and arrested seven | men, well known to the police. They | charged with vagrancy. Their names are Nelg Johnson, John Butler, George Lawrence, Charles Crawford, William Dunn, Harry Walters and P. J. Strange. B I, o o Civil War Spy to Lecture. Frank W. Smith, a popular lecturer, will deliver his famous lecture on *In and Out of Andersonville Prison”, this evening | in the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Smith tells in & most pathetic as well as humorous manner the story of his work as a spy, captures, escapes and life in the stockades during the eivil war. —_——— Humane Society Ladies Meet. The ladies of the Soclety for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals held their regular monthly meeting at the Parrott building yesterday. Several of those present made brief addresses, which were followed by an informal discussion of va- rious matlers pertaining to the work of the charity —_— Charged With Burglary. Policeman Cooney caught Willlam D. ‘White yesterday afternoon in the room of Thomas Hannon, 275 Stevenson street, as he was about to appropriate some of Hannon's_clothes. te was taken to the City Prison and booked for burglary. | naval tainment to be given in the nave of the ferry building to-morrow afternoon. The indications are that a large attendance will be present and an encouraging sum obtained for the soldiers and sailors, who will benefit by the proceeds. Among the attractions offered during the afternoon will be selections by the band, which —has been secured through the courtesy of Commander Glass; music by the Presidio military band, through the kindness of Colonel Rawl a arill by fifty naval apprentices from Goat Jsland, a lecture by Lewls upon the training of boy: c and popular vocal music by famons Knickerbocker Quartet and a rendition of | “The Star-Spangled ' Banner” by Mrs. Richard Bane. Mayor Schmitz has heen invited to ad- dress the assemblage upon some topic to be selected by himself, and it is under- stood that he will accept. committee will_be at the ferry building from 9 a. m. Saturday to receive dona- tions of food for the luncheon. Tickets, ineluding luncheon and entertainment, are on sale at 50 cents each. One of the objects of the entertainment is to show outside members of the Red Cross that the society is still in activ service and doing what it can for ti | comfort of the soldier and sailor boys of the natio ———————— INDEPENDENT FORESTERS' SUPREME OFFICERS Arrangements Are Made to Tender Them a Reception in May., 4 A meeting was held last night in the hall of Court Diana of the Independent Order of Foresters by representatives of the fifteen Jocal courts and the San Fran- cisco board of deputies to take further action in relation to the reception to be tendered to the officers of the Supreme Court of_ the order. who will be in this city on May 6 next. President Stewart of ‘the board of deputies’ presided and there wero presented the reports or a number of the committees. Tt was decided that there should be a reception in the Alhambra on the night of the day tie supreme body shall be In session in tius y. There will be vocal and instrumental musie, the Mayor will be invited to de- liver an address of welcome, then there will be a response by Dr. Oronhyatekha, the supreme chief ranger, and other su- preme officers and noted’ delegates. in- cluding the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Among the representatives to the grand body there will be members of the order from all parts of the world, some coming from as far as Australia. The several commit- tees were instructed in the matter of de- tails, after which therd was an urn- ment. and at the next meeun{ the detalls will probably be completed. The hospitality } and very clever plece of work. The am- bitious portrait of Professor Wheeter by | the same hand s hardly so bappy: | neither is that of Mrs. Charles 8. Wheeler. | ‘The Sandona portraits attracted a large stare of attention. that of Mrs. Older b ing the best example of his work. It is gracefully drawn and well painted as far | as it goes and is distinctly promising | work. Mrs, Olga M. Ackerman has a1 | attractive portrait sketch of a child read- | ing, and one of a_girl that she calls “Edna.” John A. Stanton has a study, | ““Head of Old Breton,” that shows char- 2cter, but is at his best in the charming | “Brittany” study, a bit of lovely color, and the quaint y for Picture. Alice B. Chitténden has an agreeable poi trait of William C. Taylor. | Landscape is not strongly represented ; this year. Willlam Keith has two—"In tie Forest,” distinctly below his usual standard, and ‘‘Mono Pass,” beautiful as only Keith can be in spots, but not evenly | great. Cadenasso has a nice landscape, | “The Pool’: Louise M. Carpenter has a sunny, Frenchy gketch of “'Sand Dunes’; A. W. Best u“p(easln sweep of sunlit cuntry near Mount Tamalpaie; Aaron | Altmann a nice turn of a stream, “Sail- ing His New Boa Annie Harmon a sincers and pleasant handliing of a marsh bject; T. H, Thompson a_poetic fancy, “Hazy Moonlight” 3. F. P. Plazzoni a rich, strong Alameda sketch. One of the cleverest among the genre pictures is the chic Iittle sketch in the Luxembourg Gardens by B. R. Campbell, who has some other nice things on tl walls. Helen Hyde has some charming Japanese designg, and Annie F. Briggs ard Augusta Graves show some attrac- tive water colors. There are a few good miniatures by Lillie V. O. Ryan. Rose L. Campbell and Oscar Kunath, and sculp- ture is well represented by Arthur Put- nam, A. Le Jeune, Florence Butler and Gertrude F. Boyle. REV. P. C. YORKE SPEAKS ON FUTURE OF UNIONISM Lecture Is Given at Metropolitan Hall for the Benefit of Team- sters’ Brotherhood. “The Future of Unionism” was the sub- ject of an address delivered last evening | by Rev. Peter C. Yorke at Metropolitan Hall for the benefit of the Brotherhood of Teamsters, Mayor Schmitz presided, and in intro- ducing the speaker of the evening said he regretted that a larger audience was not present, as the subject of unlonism was one that should interest every ome. A Dbrief speech was made by Walter Macarthur of the Sailors’ Union, who is a member of “the National Federation fcamed to find solutions to the industral problems of the age. Rev. Peter C. Yorke spoke of the rela- tions of capital and labor and declared that in the consideration of their dealings the consumer was the principal party to be consulted. 1le advised the general fed- eration of all labor uniong and advised the unfons to keep out of politics and not to allow the organizations to be used for the benefit of a few men. The speaker advised a spirit of justice | and good temper on the part of capital | and labor and then drifted from his sub- ject to make a violent attack upon ceér- tain newspapers and their proprietors. | Returning to his topic, he declared that | in the great fight that was bound to come between capital and labor victory could only be achieved by labor by the pres- ertation of a united body of the working classes. e L WANDERERS WELCOMED BY OWL OF BOHEMIA Julian Rix and Willard T. Barton Pay Their Respects to the Bird. The owl at the Bohemian Club winked a welcome yesterday to Julian Rix and Willard T. Barton of New York. In the early years of the club Rix and Barton were regular boarders at the ‘“‘feasts and fasts’” of Bohemia. Many of the clever cartoons that lend charm to the club were painted by Rix before his fancy prompted him to migrate to the Atlantic side of the continent. This is his first visit to California since he left San Francisco { fiftaen years ago. The picturesque en- virons of Santa Barbara tempted him to tarry six weeks in that delightful resort. He goes hence to Los Angeles, Pasadena, Coronado and Catalina, Rix has achieved fame as a painter of landscapes, and, moreover, has gathered in a few shekels sYlncfi he established his studio in New ork. Barton came_across the high seas on the steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm. Feliow passengers, other than Prince Henry, were Alex von Huhn and Conny von Gerlehten, { formerly of San Francisco. Baron v Hubn was a famillar figure among new paper men of this city twenty years ago. He was then city editor of the German | Demokrat. He represented a leading newspaper of Germany on his second trip across the ocean. Von Gerichten made sketches for the New York Herald, and on the vovage humorously caricatured the moet eminent of his fellow travelers. e PERSONAL. iver, a merchant of Fresno, is 0. M. Ol at the Lick Max Millson, 2 merchant of Placerville, is @ guest at the Lick. . L. A. Spitzer, Tax Collector of San Jose, 1s a guest at the Grand. Fred Dodd, a hotel man of Fresno, is among the arrivals at the Lick, ‘W. D. Noble, an attorney of Fresno, is spending a few days at the Lick. George H. G. Towle, a Jumberman of Towles Station, is registered at the Lick. E. A. Thayer. a _hotel man of Denver, as made his headquarters at the Occi- ental. J. O. Hestwood, a mining man who re- sides at San Jose, is among the arrivals at the Grand. J. J. Hebbron, superintendent of the Pa- cific Improvement Company at Salinas, is registered at the Grand. 1ing the fran | and Nevada road, hence the qu | ot _arise. | day evening, decide the point and report ON FRANCHISES JURSSELRE RS Application of Santa Fe Road Is Held in Committee. \ President Schaffer of the City Council Questions Right to Grant. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 13. A legal question has been raised con- cerning the right of the City Counell to %ive a franchize to the Oakland and East | Side Railroad, which purposes to sive entrance into Oakland for the Atchison, | Topeka and Santa Fe Raflroad. When the petition and ordinance grant- & were read this evening ot the meeting of the Ordinance and Judiclary Committee President Louis Schaffer of the Clty Counell interposed @n objection in the form of a legal point. He called attention to the fact that the Board of Supervisors had granted the Cal- | ifcrnia and Nevada Ralflroad a fifty-year franchise when the right of way was vutside of the municipal limits. Now that it was within the corporate boun- darfes by reason of annexation of terri- tory Mr. Schaffer was not sure that the city could grant another franchise during the life of the previous grant when the new road was to take the California and Nevada Rallroad’s right of way. | Attorney Charles Snook of the law firm of 8nook & Church, réepresenting the rew railroad, argued that doubt that the Oakland and Hallroad would absorb the old | possible conflict as to franchises could Tpon motion a scfwcial committee con- | sisting of the Ordinance and Judiciary Committee, Mayor Barstow and City At- torney Johnson was named to meet Mon to the City Counetl. Louisville Bars Heavyweights. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. March 13.—Prize fights between héavyweights or negroes will be barred here in the future. This was the substance of an order issued to- | day by Chairman Brennan of the aaard{ of Public Safety to the fight promoters of the city. The new rule was adopted, | it 13 said, on account of the reports that an attempt would be made to have the| fight between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons take place here. Under thé new rule the bouts which had been arranged for Der- | by night, May 3, between Sharkey and | Choynski and Ruhlin_and Maher, will to be declared off. -—— Jackson and Walcott Draw. i BALTIMORE, Md., March 13.—Joe Wal- | cott and Young Peter Jackson fought ten rounds to a draw to-night before the | Eureka Athletic Club. It was one of the fiercest battles ever seen here. They went at it hammer and tongs at the start and kept it up to the finish, both men being groggy at times. e Wheelmen and Athletes Separata. SAN JOSE, March 13.—The Garden City | Athletic Club and the Garden City| Wheelmen, which jolned forces about a | year ago, have dissolved their relations. | To-day the wheelmen moved back to their old quarters on South First street, near Eldorado. _——-—— Thousand Patients at Agnew. SAN JOSE, March 13.—At the monthly meeting of the board of managers of the State Hospital at Agnew, held to-day, J. K. Wilson was selected to represent the bodard at the quarterly meeting of the Lunacy Commissioners. The superintend- ent reported 1014 patients, 606 males and 408 females, In the hospital on i ..ruary 28. The treasurer reported $ITiZ in_the patients’ fund. in the revolving fund and $14,866 in the contingent fund. — 4 Death Claims College Athlete. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 12.— Percy E. Nichols of San Jose, the ham- mer _thrower, who was stricken with paralysis vesterday morning, died last night and will be buried here to-morrow. The funeral services are to be held in Encing Hall. Professor Shaw of the his tory department will deliver the funeral sermon. —_— ‘William J. Elkins Jr. PHILADELPHIA, March 13.—Willlam J. Elkins Jr. died to-day at his country near Elkins Sta- tion, Pa., a few miles from this city. He was a son of the millionaire traction mag- note and was himself prominently identi- fled with many business interests. He was about 38 years of age and was a well known clubman. Elkins had been il since October and was constantly under the care of a physiclan for a cerebro- spinal /trouble. His widow is the daugh- ter of ex-Senator C. N. Felton of Call- fornia, S e s Vital Fernando Vignes. 1.0S ANGELES, March 13.—Vital Fer- rande Vignés, a retired winemaker and merchant of this city and one of Caii- fornia’s ploneers, died in this city to-day. Vignes was a native of Bordeaux, Franc and was T5 years old. He came to Cal fernia in 1349 and to Los Angeles in 1853 —_————————— Delegates to League Convention. The Golden Gate Republican Club, J. P. Tighe president and J. H. W. Mulier acting secretary, met at the Columbian building last evening and elected the fol- lowing delegates to the State league con- vention at San Jose: Wiillam McK: Colonel Z. T. Cason, 8. J. Robertson, A. Grover, Captain Robert Quinton, W. Darbey, J. P. Tighe. J. A. Peal, H. W. Muller, M. D. Mullaney, W. F. Stevens, P. B. Gallagher, J. B. Duffey and J. L. Callaghan. City Gets Another Medal. The United States Commission to the Paris Exposition has forwarded to Mayor Schmitz_the medal awarded to the city of San Franeisco in class 20, at the Paris | Exposition, for maps of the city in 1837, 1838, 1848 and 1899. Trrespective of the na- | ture of the award the medal is uniformly bronze, and the diploma will follow in | due course, specifying the grade. —_————— FOULKES STRUCK ON THE CHEEK.—C, Hoswort] an insurance agent at 318 Cali- rnia_streer. was arrcsted vesterday on a Warrant charging him with battery and was at once rcleased on $20 cash bail. The com- plaining witnees is W. H. Foulkes, who al- leges that he got a customer for Bosworth | and when he demanded his commission the lat- ter struck him on the cheek. sty l i e B, PRISONERS HELD TO ANSWER.-C. E. | Rankin was held to answer before the perfor Court by Judge Cabaniss yesterday on | the eharge of robbery for knocking down and stealing $15 and- ‘a gold watch from Wil- liam Staples of Benlcfa at 1 Fifth street lust Sunday morning. Gearge Arristide was held to answer on a charge of burglary in $1006 bonds for entering W. E. Sanborn's warc house, 103 Vallejo street, last Saturday, an stealing a case of champagne. Il | u R T Californians in New York. NEW YORK, March 13.—-The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—N. E. Sanford and 8. L. Lezynsky, at the Herald Square; R. W. Costello, at the Broadway Central, end C. S. Hopkins, at- the Victoria. From Los Angeles—Colonel Depaynter, at the Park Avenue; T. F. Keefe, at the Grand Unien., From San Jose—S. P. Hatcher, at the Marlborough. 3 e ——— s Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, March 13.—The follow- ing Californians are in Washington: At the Metropolitan—W. H. Broome, Los Angeles; at the Johnson—Johu P. Irien, Oakland. TWASHINGTON, March 18.—The Senate to- day confirmed the nomination of Charles M. Gorham to be melter and reflner of the Mint at San Francisco. MaiiFra is all digestible and i nourishing. Mecllin’s Food is really “some- thing to eat.” SR DRI A Mellin’s Food Co., Boston, Mass. RO 50 A MYSTERY VEILS BALY PLANS Work on Los Angeles Roads Not Clearly Understood. Two Companies Thought to Have an Interest in Common. patch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 12.-Thers are signs that there will be a roadbuflding contest on between the Harriman Oregon Short Line road and the Clark Salt Laks road between the Pacific Coast and Salt Lake, but at the present the work under way is of such a nature that it has led to a belief that a all but one railroad between this city and the Utah capital will be constructed The Orzgon Short L west and the San Pedro, is building south- Los Angeies and Salt Lake road is buile northwest. The only other actiditi the two companies | are that each is maintaining corps of en- ginedrs in the field at the opposile ends of the fines from that at which th building. This week the Oregon Short Line began construction of the Leaming- ton cutoff from Lake to Leaming- ton, ) miles Materials are alveady ordered and that the off will be completed by next fall. Eut it is_ not known that any other materials have beea ordered The Salt Lake Com is hastening work northwestward the of the old Los Angeles terminal tha almost identical with the surves for tue Short Line., Every one connected th the connection b Clark, with roads denies that ween them of Senator W that the an _independent railroad The Southern Pacific Railroad has made rate of one and a third fares for the Woman's Parlia- a following convention ment at Santa Barbara. March 25 and 2 Woman's Board of Missions of the Con- gregational Church _at Pasadena, April 8 and 9 Woman's Presbyterian Soctet: Los_Angeles, March 18 to 20; General A semblw of Angeles, Apr ess Cht East L Teachers’ Institute. In accordance with law an “institute’ of the public school rs of the City and County 3 o will take place in the { the Missioa High Sehool, and Dolores streets, on Marel and 21, 1902, ses- sions to co at 9:40 a. m. The ses- sided over by Superine ools Webster, and the open- Il be delivered by Benjamin president of the University sions will tendent of Sc ing addre: Tde Wheele of California. e ardae Unhappy Couples Separated. Adela Lizzte Carey was granted a di- vorce from J. H. Carey yestéerday for fatiure to provide. Georgiana Beck was divorced from Thomas F. Beck for ne lect, and Rose Smith was divorced from George D. Smith for neglect. Suits for divorce were filed by Bessie Zalkwitz against Jacob Zalkwitz for cruelty and Emma Kohn against Benjamin C. Kohn for failude to provide. ADVERTISEMENTS. " THE STARVATION PLAN Of Treating Dyspeps;—;ld Stomach Troubles Is Useless and Unscientific, The almost certain fallure of the starvation eure for dyspepsia has been again, but even now a course of dleting Is gén- erally the first thing recommended {or a case of indigestion or any B troubie, Many people with weak digestion, as well ag some physicians, consider the first step to take in attempting to cure indigestion Is to restrict the dlet, either by selecting certain foods and rejecting others or to cut down the amount of food eaten to barely enough to keep soul and body together, in other words the starvatiom plan Is by many supposed to be the first es- sentlal. All this is radically wrong. 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