The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1902, Page 9

GENERAL SHAFTER NOT A GANDIDATE ed Warrior Denies at He Seeks the Governorship. DEATH CLOSES THE DEGAUGH Four Plumas County Residents Drink Wood Alcohol. ! Two Lose Their Lives and| the Others May Not Recover. Special Dispatch to The Call. 8.—From Onion Val- near Quincy, in Plumas County, s a story of the prostration of four persons through drinking wood alcohol, two of them dying in a2 few hours and the two others lingering now at the point of death. The Onion Valley House has been con- ducted as a country stopping place by Mrs. Re and Mrs. Hohn, two widows, | who were sisters, Some evenings ago, | Samuel Jones, who mines in.the vicinity April 8.—Accompanted | eral Shafter departed | bound Southern | ¢ ncisco, presum- into the political sit- been requested by his himself 2s a candi- n for Governor on rying for the | he said this | come about r written to me by one of | of and whose family resides in | y tating that 1 was | the town, rode up to the Onion Valley s @ e for the nomina- | House 2nd there met a party of men. | te the kindness of | T began drinking. Mrs. Reese s y that my finally J in. At list of prob- cept Jones, Paddy O'Don- nell Simmons. These men | T continued drinking all night. 0 obtain the | mas me to be pre- and i in the morning the liquor was about | . exhausted,”when a bottle of alcohol was | friends would be | brought o service. After severall gubernatorial chair, | ro Jenes and O'Donnell went home. | them. I have no | Jones reached his house, but he there fell I would be suc- | unconscicus and died a few hours later. | shou a candi. | At noon Simmons went to.find Mrs. Reesc | to be ¢ friends are h that their carry the have seemed and found her hour afterward. and Simmon 1s0. ported yet danger. The Coroner went to the Onion Valley | vrostrate. She died an O’Donrell was taken ill | The two latter are re- st House and found that the alcohol drunk called to the | was used by painters there and marked s of the Sf “Wocd alcohol, poison,” but the drinkers | army officer, d not heeded. office, would be —_——— e Hiera; | OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made in the Postal Service | and Pensions and Patents Issued. April 8.—The Postoffice | nnounced the follow- ing: Postoffices discontinued April 30— —Amago, San Diego County, 1lie; Merrimac, Butte Count mail to Brush Creek. Postmasters com- California—Francis J. Maguire, ; Henry 8. Ellis, Crows fter's name ormal meet- sy League's | Landing; Samuel H. Fairchild, Johannes- n Jose con- ' burg; Elizabeth Gow Shelter Cove. | olutely o appointed — Washington — Daub- , ¥edda, Clark County, Vice n seri- resigned. _ Additional | rvice will be estab- rs e who is commoniy ntura, Cal., with one | & 2 the Shafter { after had Jet pensions were granted: California | W ccept the Abraham W. Shuman, Bloom- er certain Increase—Jacob Walter, BSan ons . ar. $17; Jeremiuh P. Worrall, Herman Haedrich, Raphael M. \SlnllhA - 4 - . 0. W VS—. COLONEL BLANTON DUNCAN. Sie Danuaker, O = - e X Spain—Helen M. Car- | Former Kentuckian Dies in Los An- a, mother, Sunol Glen, Sk | Ses BE s Orégon, original—Byron L. Guil geles Hospital litin, $6. Increase—James onel Blan- | Charles Inion, itical organi , schoo $ Sarah E. Sarah > A of | Cham m: Martha n 3 £ Ben Butler | Quales, W 4 3 g line of sta Washingt e—Thomas J. King, Samaritan Hospital | Colville, $10. llen M. Bans, Ta- ¢ order announces that Lieutenant | Lopez will go to the Pensacola naval g station. 1 ; orders announce that Captain Ed- ". Gibson, assistant surgeon, now at | San Franeiscoy is assigned to duty on a espoused He was de- E. Johnson's | ock, Third Cavalry, wi ay 13 ~ Ak Bbout e e | 1o Colonel. Alfred Mordecai, Ordnance - S artment, Benicia Arsenal, for exam- | - ation for duty in the Ordnance Depart- ment. _Lieutenant Colonel Morris C. & to Great Falls. Foote, Ninth Infantry, is assigned to duty F t., April S—The Billings | in the Department of California until fur- y will be > ther orders ay 12. The sued to-day: Cali- | . San Francisco, | oting machine; Frank Bosch, Crescent ity, assignor ome-half to W. P. Butler, | an Francisco, vehicie; Rufus H. Dorn, | Los Angeles, miter-box; Lizzie C. Graes- 8 rocarbon burner; Willilam Hen- Los Angeles, hydrant; John Hoey, | sco; wire bed bottom; Maynard Howe, Stockron, self-feeder for thresh- John Kriwanck, San Francisco, rea d; George H. Larkin, San Fran- zer, mixer and regulator for ; George H. Maxweli, Los An- etc.; same, ame,* cabinet | D erryessa, | Spelling, San | Cornelius Stout, Pomo- George R. Tyler, Po- air water , all L e incory rd the mecessary on wi I oil by Pa- Northern -John W, denny, Medl, yal H. Wade, vehicle POSTUM CEREAL. A A FIGHT ON | You Tell Pecple to Quit Coffee. Pray for American Labor. WASHINGTON, April 8.—Senator Pat- 1 of Colorado to-day presented ame- i morial signed by over 300 American citi- , zens residing in Hawaii, praying the en- ac people among e been helved or A n territory a offee ana using Pos- | labor, of every, description performed for by he Federal Government sh ts place,” writes a st s L e Gone : United States. The DEATH REVEALS | third of a century. little pendence, lowa. ' petitioners .4 75 per cent of the | ¥ Cora —, | labor in Hawaii is performed by Orientais | . 3 exclusion of American labor, and 1 e from nervous- all attention to the fact that 87,00 of the 150.000 popvlation of the isiands are d went to call on from China and Japan. d she looked like \ - . B @ haggard For Submarine Boats. t feared- for her rcas WASHINGTON, April 6.~The House ked Cora if she was improving any. | Committee on Naval Affafrs to-day She said not, but was gradually growing adopted a resolution to incorporate any - e ctor was coming twice a | Provision for submarine boats_in this | her @ powertul mervine. | 30208 Forolutton aaatiat Bobropieras | so miserable that I tell y if T don’t get better soon I t all myself some day.’ I told that way, for I believed rething she ate or drank that and she might get king a change in her diet. [ erience in leaving off was In almost as bad a but as soon as I mentioned fight on my hands, for she t coffee helped her and her| ked her in it, saying that it | nly ning she did enjoy’ and | ve coffee hurt any one.” | arine boats t 3 Roberts and R negative. his year was. 9 to 3, £ voting in the Poison in the “Toadstools,” URPHYS, April 8.—James Glass of at, his two sons, a daughter tor named Rocco were poisoned y by eating *‘toadstools, hter and Roceo were net -expect- ed to live this morning, but they im- proved this evening. cwn ex Provides for Rebate. WASHINGTON, - April 8.—Secretary ury authorities, has issued instructions to e —— . Acting Civil Governor Luke Vright of g o e & oong time and | the Philippine lslands to give the. effect , €9 e to that part of the Phillppine tariff act i Mg s Food Coffee for her | which provides for a rebate of the export pper. She was surprised that it was 50 | quties on goods shipped from the Bhil- Sald she, ‘Had heard it was ter- | ippines into the United States. _wishy-washy stuff.’ I told -her it FrTe o use t it v did not follow directions ough. She promised to use for two or three weeks and not better 1 would admit that wrong. went to see her again in about ten | Mark Twain’s Purchase. NEW YORK, April §.—Mark Twain has purcnased the Captain Casey place at Tarrytown, consisting of a fine residence and nineteen acres of ground, for $47.500, He intends to make it his permanent resi- d Cora met me 2t at the door with | dence. It is one of the most beautiful e and said: “Ada, your doctor, Pos. | COUDtIY seats along tihe Hudson, and Mr. is the best doctor of them all. I can | Grompyy © Cooo o o move there all night, ean eat heartily and am | % ving stronger every day. Ma and all rest of he was SRR Fire Destroys Business Section. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., ‘April 9.—Fire ibrnke out in the business portion of Casey, | 111, forty miles west of Terre Haute, at midnight. At 2 o'clock this morning the ‘Dusiness portion of the town on both sides of Main street was almost completely de- stroyed. The loss at this hour is ‘esti- ‘The facts are the girl was being actual- poisoned to death by coffee. Cora has since married 2nd has a happy home and you may depend upon it no coffee is al- lowed to enter there” Name given by Root, after consultation’ with the Treas- ! 1 | Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. mated at $0,000. wa | to-day in Judge kllsworth's court, where th THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1902. HIGH-CLASS TALENT IS SECURED FOR VACATION SCHOOLS r Concert to Be Given Thurs day Evening at Unitarian Church Prom- ises to Be Unusually Interesting-—Numbers Are to Consist of Readings and Vocal and Instrumental Music, All of Fine Quality AKLAND, April 8.—The concert to be given Thursday evening at the Unitarian Church for the benefit of the vacation schools promises to be an unusually interesting af- fair. The programme is under the direc- tion of Mrs. Martin Schultz, the well- known singer, and she has been fortunate in securing the best talent available. The numbers will consist of readings and vocal and instrumental music. Among those who will assist will be Miss Maybelle Names, whose clever work as a rcader is already well known in Qakland., Miss Marjory Webber of Ala- meda will also be heard. Miss Webber is a lyric soprano and bas oniy recently returned from Germany, Wwhere she was for three yearsa pupll of-Madame Etelka Gerster. “This famous singer prophesies, a splendid future for.Miss Webber, who is soon to réturn to-Europe 16 resume her preparations for the- operatic stage. Anothar singer in whom Oaklana society is much interested and who will make her first public appearance in this élty is Mrs. Clarence J. Wetmore. The posses- sor of a rare contralto voice, Mrs. Wet-~ more has been much sought after, but not unt!l the present time has she been pre- vailed upon to sing in public. The names of Miss Arrillago, a talented pianist and Frank Howard, the popular ayer, are also on the programme. Murgay, impersonator and reader, has also consentgd to appear in the cause of charity. Miss Mu ray is among the recent arrivals in Oal land and is said to be an unusually tal- ented and versatile reader. She is a grad- uate of the noted Cumnock School of Ora- tory in Illinois and also of Stanford Uni- versity. The concert given under the auspices of the Oakland Club, and that fact alone will insure its Thursday evening will be wEMIER PsTo oAk L oy l PreTo TALENTED WOMEN WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRAMME OF THE ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VACATION SCHOOLS, AT OAKLAND UNITARTAN CHURCH. tion schoal, which has become a perma- nent institution through the heroic efforts Oakland Club, has accomplished great good and every aid should be given by financial and social success. The vaca- and perseverance of the members of the the public to carry on the good work. @i il el e e @ TRUANT FATHER David McNea’s Children Find His Body After Thirty Years, Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 8. .Death bas revealed to the children of David McNea the final lodgment of the | father who was a truant from home for a | They have found his | body in the potter's field of Alameda County. The story of David McNea's wanderings Vs losu 4 a aeposiuon that was read e was a contest estate of the deceased. It is a strange story that relates how a husband and father was dead to his wife and children for more than thirty years, yet walked among the living until death overtook him a few years ago. The McNeas llved on a farm’ near Fleshington, Canadu. There were eleven children born to them and some of them were old enough in 1861-65 to help the | Union fight its battles with the South. The head of the family yearned to come to California. He wanted to sell Lhe farm, but his consort was of an opposite mind. She would never yield to the im- portunities to sign her name to a release of the homestead. At last McNea de- spaired of persuading her and one day disappeared. That day was the 15th of November, 1572—his son remembers the day because he began then to count the days when his father should retdrn. McNea first went to Washington, where he made money out of Government tim- ber lands, and tried to increase his for- tune by investing in realty when the boom struck Puget Sound. But he failed utterly, and his little pile was swept away. Then he went to San Francisco, became a peddler and sold fruits and vegetableés to people on this side of the bay. He lived at the What Cheer House in the city and stored his earnings in the Hibernia Bank. During all this time he never communi- cated with his family. He was dead to thém and they were dead to him. In the meantime his wife had passed away, and one day four years ago-he died suddenly on the streets of Oakland. Nobody knew whguhehwu’] ul'dwhence hle came, 50 after awhile he found a nameless grav Swhilg he Lo grave in the Four years passed before the proprietor of the What Cheer House learned of his lodger's \death. He recognized McNea from a description furn:sned him, and in- formed Public Administrator Hawes that he had the dead man's bankbook showing that McNea had $2500 on deposit at the Hibernia Bank. The Public Administrator communica- ted with a friend of McNea's in ash- ington and that friend wrote letters to every city and hamliet in Canada inquir- ing for the family of the deceased. search was successful, for in a few days going on for the WOMAN'S PISTOL at0Ps WORKMEN Mrs. D.F. Duggan Checks a Section Gang in " Berkeley. BERKELEY, April 8—~The Southern Pacific section hands in West Berkeley had their plans for laying a switch along Third street temporarily frustrated last week by a determined woman and re- volver. Before the two the gang of work- men was compelled to beat a hasty re- treat, which might have ended in com- plete defeat but for the absence of the lady in question from the seat of war at a later date. The raiiroad hands commenced laying a switch along Third street, near Came- Ha, to connect the California Ink Com- pany with the main line. The tracks passed in front of the home of D. F. Dug- gan at Third and Camelia and, in fact, encroached on the Duggan sidewalk on Third street. Mrs. Duggan warned the section foreman mnot to lay the rails up against her home, but he heeded her not until she appeared on the scene with a re- volver, and then her commands ‘for the workmen to desist were quickly obeyed. During the absence of the protector the Duggan resldence the rails were uixlckly ald and have since remained in place. Students Try to Burn Prison. LONDON, April 9.—According to_the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express, the students confined in Butyr- ski_prison, Moscow, set fire to the prison and attempted to frustrate the efforts of the firemen to extingulsh the flames. Troops were summoned and put an end to the trouble. - The offending students were afterward severely beaten by the police. . AR A Snow Falls in Vancouver. VANVQUVER, B. C., April 8—There was a suddep change to-day from the balmy spring weather which has been pre- vailing in tern British Columbia. Fo!- lowing a severe electric storm this morn- ing there was a steady downfall of snow and now the snow is four inches deep on the city streets. L e e e e e e Y ) the family at Fleshington announced it- self. James McNea, the eldest son, then came to Oakland and made the deposition that was read to-day. The contest was made in behalf of gieces and nephews of McNea in Ireland, b ut the children coming in first, they were awarded the cstate. e LOS ANGELES, April 8.—The first of the Southern Pacific’'s weekly excursions to the San Joaquin Valley was run to-day, seventy passengers going up on the speclal car. ILL AND FEEBLE, HE TRIES T0 DIE Aged Alexander John- ston Tires of Unceas- ing Misfortune, Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 8. -Old and feeble, ill and hungry, deserted by bis wife, Alexander Johnston, aged 65 years, tried.to die last Sunday by hacking his wrist in a dozen places with blunted instruments, He lacked the strength or determination to carry out his desperate intention, however, and this afternoon, after bleeding two days, he was forced to inform the police of his failure. The old man told his story at the Re- ceiving Hospital while the doctors were sewing up the gaping wounds in his left wrist. He was so weak from hunger and loss of blood that he could hardly. talk. He explained why he made the attempt on his life. Johnston said: “I haven’'t worked for a year. I couldn’t bave worked if there had been any work to do, because I've been too sick. My wife got tired of me and wanted me i0 leave our old home at 1510 Broadway. I didn’t know where to go_or what to de. s0 1 decided to kill myself. I don't know what I've got to live for; I've had too much suffering for one man. “1 was in the greatest despair SBunday, and I made up my mind to end it right there. I took two knives and a pair of shears that I used when I was able to do gnrdmlng work and chopped my wrist. thought , I could bleed to death that way. Then I lay down on my bed and held my wrist over a bucket so the blood wouldn’t soll the floor. “Mrs, Tateman, the landlady, came in two or three times to see me, but I con- cealed my hand, so she did not know what I had done, She dian't offer me food be- cause she didn't know 1 was hungry. My wife didn’'t come near me. “I stood It as long as I could, but death would not come. and I ha€ to give up to- day. I guess I didn’t cut deep enough into my wrist.” ‘Are you still_determined to kill your- self?”’ was asked “I don't want to live; I have nothing lo live for. I intend to try some other way that will be easier this time." Johnston said this with a determina- tion that left no doubt that he would persist in making away with his life. He ghowed his fortitude when suffering from the operation on his wrist. for aithough he winced he never uttered a cry. There were twelve gaping wounds in the: flesn that had to be brought together with stitches, the result of a continuous hack- ni with instruments without edges. ohnston sald he was married to his wife thirty-three years ago in Baltimore, and. that they had lived together peace- ably until misfortune overtoock them. They came to Oakland twenty-three years ago, and he has been doing odd jobs as a gardener. She has been working late- 1y at house-cleaning, but cotild not get enough to support herself and husband. ] s neprr EBELS BUY S NEW STEAMER Venezuelan Insurgents Prepare for More Sea Fighting. Reported Firing Up-n an American Vessel Is Being Investigated. PORT OF SPAIN, island of Trinidad, April 8.—Three members of the Venezu- elan revolutionary committee have lert this port for the island ef Martinique 1o, take possession of a new steamer of 3500 | tons, purchased by General Matos, the | revolutionary leader, and christened Guz- | man Blanco. WASHINGTON, April 8.—A cabiegram | has been received at the State Depart- | ment. from Minister Bowen at Caracas, stating that he has been (nformed that | a Bermudez steamer (by which it is sup- | posed he means one of the freight carriers i belonging to the National Asphalt Com- { | i | | | | and sacked a o e il BusunEis | poisoning. After two hours’ | attributed to fish that Miss Eames ate | dence of her son-in-law, Henry C. pany) has been fired upon on the river San Jnan. Minister Bowen said that had asked for an explanation at the kor- eign Office and had been told that the Government knew nothing of the firing | upon the ship, which was probably done bv revolutionists. Information of the reported firing upon the ship also came from the United States | Consul at Port of Spain. It was not stated what side did the firing. TR Instructions have been sent to United States Minister Bowen at Caracas to see | to it that the interests of the Bermudez Company are protected and that the com- pany does not suffer from irregular prac- | tices in the Venezuelan courts. ‘ Kings County Populists Organize. FRESNO, April 8.—A new county cen- tral committee of the Populist party of | Kings County was organized to-day in Hanford, with Major T. J. McQuiddy as chairman. Kings County will send a full delegation to the State Convention in San | Francisco in June. Kings County Popu- | lists are all in the middle of the road unu} will have’ no more of fusion. Actress Must Go to Jail. LONDON, April' 8—The Pall Mall Ga- | zette says that Justice Woodfall issued an order to-day for the committal to Hol- | lowell Jail for twelve days of Elfie Fay, | | the American comedienne, for defaulting | in the payment of a judgment secured | against her for debt, a disputed dress bill | of ‘a_gomparatively small amount. Miss | Fay id now in Paris. | ———— i Falling Tree Causes Deaths. | SHREVEPORT, La., April 8.—During a | severe wind and rain storm Sunday night | at Robinson plantation, twenty miles | frem this city, a large tree fell across the | rcof of the plantation church and the roof collapsed, killing the minister and three | others. ! 2ish Thes iy i Munster Fusileers in Trouble. | LONDON, April 8.—Some of the Munster | Fusileers at the military station on Roeky | Island, in Cork harbor, took possession of nteen. 'A patrol from Pike Island proceeded to arrest them and a serfous affray ensued, during which. four of the Fusileers were wounded by bayonet thrusts. 2 i Dying Man Accuses Landlord. | SAN JOSE, April $—Martin Mesa died at his home in East San Jose_to-day of | injuries received on the 23d of March. In | an ante-mortem statement, he declared | that he was kicked and beaten by his | landlord, Miguel Gonzales, because he could not pay his rent, and that these In- juries had caused his condition. Fish Poisons Emma Eames. | CHICAGO, April 8.—Emma Eames, the | | singer, was taken suddenly ilf to-night. Physicians who were summoned said Miss Eames was suffering from ptomaine treatment. she recovered. The trouble | however, | for dinner. % : Dix Reaches Nagasaki. WASHINGTON, April 8—Quartermas- | ter General Ludington is Informed of the | arrival of the transport Dix at Nagasaki with freight from Seattle for the army in the Philfppines. The vessel was several | days overdue. . | AR LS | Arguments on Merger. | WASHINGTON, April 8.—The United States Supreme Court to-day decided to | hear arguments on next Monday upon the application of the State of Washington to take jurisdiction in the case of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific merger. | et | Cyclist Harry Elkes. Injured. PARIS, April 8.—The American cyelist, | Harry Elkes, while training to-day in the | Parc_des Princess Velodrome, fell as he was going at a rate of seventy kilometers | an hour. He was so badly hurt that he | had to be taken to a hospital. e e e Salisbury to Be a Duke. LONDON, April 8.—The list of honors to be conferred upon the oceasion of | King Edward's coronation will include a dukedom for Lord Salisbury and peerages for Sir Edward J. Poynter, the artist, and Willlam E. H. Lecky, thé historian, | ———— Reform Ticket Is Complete. | SAN JOSE, April 8—The committee ap- pointed by the Citizens' Convention held last week filled the vacancies in the ticket | to-night by nominating Joseph A. Belloli | Jr. for Clerk and Warren E. Blakesiee for Treasure i Workmen Prepare Grand Reception. | OAKLAND, April 8.—A committee rep- resenting the A. 0. U. W. lodges of ths city held a meeting in A. O. U. W. Hail | this evening to complete arrangements for | the reception that will be tendered A. Hardwick, supreme master workma next Monday evening. An elaborate pr. gramme, Including speaking, an ente: tainment and banquet, was dgtermine upon in honor of the visiting offfcer. Ev- ery lodge in Oakland is expected to send large delegations to welcome him. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Maxwell. | OAKLAND, April 8.—Mrs. Elizabeth i Maxwell, widow of the late Oiney B.| Maxwell, died_this morning at the' reai” | aft, at 133 Harrison street. ‘She had reached | the age of 71 years and as she had been | ill for some iimc death was not unex- | pected. She was the mother of Mrs. H. | C. Taft of this city and of Mrs. George ! A. Sweet of Dansville, N. Y. The re- mains will be forwarded to her old homs at Dansville for interment. Noisy Car Awakens Alamedans. ATLAMEDA, April 8.—Residents along the San Jose avenue branch of the Tran- sit Company's line have petitioned the | City Trustees to prevail upon the eorpora- tion to remove ecar No. 2%, now operating on that line, to some other part of the ! earth, and thereby prolong the lives of | the petitioners, who claim that the car | is a noisy rattletrap and awakens the neignborhood. The complaint will aid | before the transit management by ¥the | City Clerk. | ———— | { Mrs. Martha Williams Dies. The _sad news has reached this cit¥ tha: Mrs. Martha J. Willlams passed away at | Newman op Monday. She was 71 years of age und a native of Missourl. She is the mother of F.-\W. Williams and J. M. | Willlams, two of the- most popular and | well known mining men of this State. | The funeral takes place to-day at New man. ————— | : Licensed to Marry. | OAKLAND, April 8.—Licenses_to marry | were issued to-day to George W. Woclf Jr., aged over 21, and Belle L. Woed, | over 18, both of Alameda; Mathias Sten- | sel, over 21, and Emelie Sassman, over 18, both of Oakland; Hans Worthersen, 43, San Francisco, and Jenney P. Jorgen- sen. 2, Oakland; Samuel Huston, 2, Idaho, and Ivah I Warring, 19, Oakland. | | j!nre ¥ | n ROBS WEALTRY ALACKAN MINER H. W. Covert Steals Furs and Eludes Chicago Police. Flees to San Francisco and Falls Into the Hands of the Officers. H. W. Covert was arrested by De- tectives Ryan and O'Dea at a Bush-street lodging-house last night on a telegraph warrant from Chicago charging him with grand larceny. A woman who claimed to be his wife insisted on accompanying him to the Hall of Justice, where both are now being held. Covert had nearly $200 in gold and two watches on his person. The couple, who had just arrived from Chicago, had three trunks and two vall A few days ago vert called at the home of S.” R. Howe, wealthy mine owner, who had recently returned to Chi- cago from Alaska, where he has consid- erable property. Howe brought with him frcm Alaska many untanned skins, seal, otter and mink, which he presented to his invalid wife. During Howe's temporary absence from home Covert presented himself at the house as a secret service detective and after securing $1000 worth of furs, made his escape. The police were notified, but Covert got away and was not heard of until his arrest last evening. It is supposed by the police that the trunks, which have not yet been examined, con- tain the stolen property. HOLLAND SMITH DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Deceased Was Well Known in This City, Where He Was a Post- master and Notary. Holland Smith, who for many years was a postmaster and a netary public of this ecity, passed away at his resi- dence, 1606 Washington street, after mid- night last night. Death was Qe to heart failure brought on by acute¥bronchitis, from which the deceased had suffered for a long time. Mr. Smith was about o8 years of age. His wife survives him. The deceased was widely known in this city and was deemed a man of good business ability. Mr. Smith had accumulated con- siderable property. He was attended in his last illness by Dr. James W. Moliere, wha was his phy- sician for almost fifty years. —— TISCUSS' PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN WORK Ladies Interested in University Young Women’s Christian As- sociation Meet to Aid It. BERKELEY, April S—Some sixty | alumnae of the University of California and ladies interested In the work of the college Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation met this morning at the residence of Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler to discuss ways and means of raising funds to se- cure a permanent salaried secretary for the assoclation. The work of the organi- zatlon has grown to such proportions that the step is deeemed necessary for its wel- ‘The plan presented was for the employ- ment of a trained woman secretary from the East, who should have charge of the many affairs of the local Christian so- clety. No definite steps were taken and another meeting will be held at a later date. Miss Grace Avery, president of the Y. W. C. A., presided 'at the meeting, and the pians were presented by Miss Lillie Janes and Miss Maude Lovejoy. Among those present were: Mrs. B. 1. Wheeler, Mrs. L. J. Richardson, Mrs. Martha E. Hallidie, Mrs. Warren Cheney, Mrs. War- ren Olney, Mrs. C. Day, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. F. C. Turner,.Dr. Mary B. Ritter, Miss Bertha Conde, Mrs. A. V. Hathawa® and Dr. Sarah Shuey. Pl DR T WILLIAM J. DINGEE IS AGAIN CHOSEN FPRESIDENT OAKLAND, ‘April 8—The Contra Costa Water Company held its annual meetihig in San Francisco to-day and elected the directors for the coming year. . Those chosen are William J. Dingee, Alvinza Hayward, C. C. Bemis, A. W. Rose, MecCutchen, Thomas B. Pheby and A. H. Winn. Later the directors met and chose William J. Dingee, president; C. €. Bemis, vice president; Edward McGary, secretary; Thomas E. Hansen, assistant secretary, and Arthur L. Adams, chief engineer and general manager. General Manager Adams read a report to the stockholders, the details of which were not given out, but which was said to_be highly satisfactory. No changes were made in the manage- ment of the company and there are noue expected. —————— Postpones Report on Finances. HAYWARDS, April 8.—The committee of the Town Trustees, consisting of Dr. A. J. Powell, M. C. Peterson and Peter J. Crosby, which has in hand an investi- gation of the accounts of Town Clerk John Obermuller and Town Marshal W. J. Ramage, has postponed action until Thursday night. Webb N. Pearce, am expert accountant, has been overhauling the books. No charges of dishonesty bave been made against the officers, but Trustee Crosby has made accusations in- velving alleged irregularitiés in methods of handling funds. Both Obermuiler and Ramage insist that politics is behind Crosby’s move. The Clerk and the Mar- shai are candidates for re-election. ——— g — Vaccination Thins Class Rolls. BERKELEY, April S.—About 200 stu- dents of the University of California are absent from their classes on account of the recent order wholesale vaceina- tion of collegians. Half the number are forced- to stay away by faculty edict be- cause they refused to be inoculated, and the other half because they were inocu- ated. Much sickness was caused by the vactination and the classes have been rapidly thinning out during the past few days. Absences are parzicularly notice- able in the cadet ranks, from which many | are excused each drill on account of swoi- len arms. e Teachers Inspect Schools. OAKLAND, April 8.—Public sehoolteach= ers who are attending the county insti- tute were guests to-day at the sehools of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley, in- cludicg the Unmiversity of California and the State Deaf and Dumb and Blind Iu- stitution at Berkeley. The institute pro- gramme for to-merrow includes a morn- ing session on high schools, which wiil be in charge of Dr. John Gamble of Hay- wards, W. J. Conneil of Livermore and Fred Liddeke of Centerville. During the afterncon the general study course and speclal work in arithmetic will be con- sidered. PRREERED — Carnegie Check for Alameda. ALAMEDA, April 8.—Andrew (?nrnefxa has forwarded to the Board of Free Li- brary Trustees his check for 33000, the first*installment on his gift of $35,000 to t city for a new building for its li- brary. Another call for bids for the con- struction of the building will pub- lished. Of the thirty-two bids opened last ght not one was within the maximum cost of tha building—$30,000. The lowest bid submitted was 339,300, —————— Gets Confession by Telephone. OAKLAND, April 8.+~W. Coffman, who charges J. Ruppert with stealing a violin from him, testified in the Police Court to-day that Ruppert had confessed o hin: by telephome that he had removed the instrument from Coffman’'s room. Ruppert had pledged the violin to his accuser for a loan. After reeeiving the message Coffman caused Ruppert’'s air- rest. The case has not been concluded. pr boerosdt it i Lecture on Cathedrals. OAKLAND, April 8—Professor J. B. McChesney, formerly principal of the Oakland High School, will deliver a lee- ture upon “The History and Architecture of English Cathedrals.” The lecture wilt take place on Friday evening at Hamil- ton” Hall and will be for the benefit of the athletic association of the High School.