The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1902. (¢} 9 LEGAL LIGHTS DAZZLER GOURT Notable Multitude Lawyers in Los Angeles Case, of Over Possession of 2ble Franchises Begins. e Valu Special Diepateh to The Call LOS ANGELES, April 24.—Seldom has of legal talent illuminated S court as appeared in the tes Court this afternoon when r sion - of d the West- nue railroad fran- before Judge Welborn cedings were brought into by the Pacific Electric Company Huntington - Hell syndicate), claims that ngel cgan became perfect whe ed the ordinance acce ng $1 for the two (ranchises and <ihe money passcd into the hands of the City Treasurer. Th as ve- 5 i the Council. ded tc recon- nting the so-called chises and de- the Council notificd the com n attempt to build under the woulc all the t Ly he city’s comm enced the present injunction again 1 > it or the Hoox mmterests from with the proposed construc- Electric 1, Bick- . k. Itz- & Britt, Flint was >eeedings. Assista: were there Los ers’ charter, to sole self-gover had nt 2l affairs and that the ake away this right ntrol of the eity's internal actment of a general the Broughton act. As the > for the gomtrol of . s the Countil and its power to sell and otherwise disposc of sireet railway franchises, McEnern het the position that this right of when the Legisla- 1d charter f , free from making body. on the Broughton act was the contention of the Pa- ny that the ordinance cil granted the fran- i binding on the city r that act without the signature of Mayor, while three-fourths of the cil i€ neces v under the charter thews made a power- the theory that the ses offered for sale were not such law gives to the city the reason that they con- 1 privileges 2 attorney . for the Tric many cases in : ition that the b Company could not that the d and the tric the bids had - p: arbitrarily. will by oven be concluded to- attor- ESIDENT-ELECT PALMA GIVES ADVICE TO CUBANS Tells Them They Should Unite on | Economic Rather Than Political Lines. April 24 — President-elect at his old home, Bavamo, to-day. He was en- received along the route from which place he trav- fashioned Cuban volante upasiied by hundreds of per- horseback 41 & farewell reception given the Presi- t-clect at Holguin 1500 school children t ‘'uban hymn. At a banquet the the President-elect urged out distinction of class, to ing an unbreakable barrier ction of the new republic. He ed upon the Spaniards in whom he characterized as one of rincipal factors in the island, to as- in the republic’s success. He said the ould unite on the economic TANA ed of the first Cuban Government and how the world that the Cubans were Dot ifke the people of certain South Amer- ican republics 3 e way 1o Bayamo, Senor Palma’s y was entertained at the camp of the 1 company which is constructing the ad from Santiago de Cuba to Puerto incipe. 1'pon zpproaching Bayamo, Senor Palma was met by a number of his companions, including Senores ora and Baez, who escorted him to President-elect has sent a telegram Cuban Senators and Representa- t in Havana, saving hé would American Government before he d office to pardon all Americans arrest or awaiting trial in Cuba. anicipal Council of Havana has d to ask Secretary Root to grant the pardons of the Americans Senor Palma referred to in his telegram. Licensed to Marry. LAND, April 24 —Licenses to marry sued to-dey to Herman Goenig, eged %. and Barbara Feistel. 26, both of Oakland: Willlam T. Teague, 24, San Francisco, and Bertie M. Bardo, 23, Oak- nd. is just what it claims to be—an infant’s food that has no equal except mother’s milk. Send a postal for a free sample. MELLIN'S FOOD COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS. the | authority | than political lines, establish the | FORESY FIRES AN HEADWAY Flames Sweep Over the Central Section of Pennsy.vania. PRSI Much Valuable Froperty Is Destroyed and Several Lives Are Lost. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., April 24—Dur- | ing the past forty-eight hours the furious | sweep of forest fires in tue central sec- | tion of the State has caused devastatign | to a vast amount of property and in two | cases loss of life. Mountain fires de- stroyed a large number of sleepers and caused the rails to spread on Barcelay's lumber railroad. An engine and a dozen cars loaded with logs were derailed. The locomotive overturned, pinming two' of the six men riding on it under the tender. The other four men saved themselves with great difficulty, but were unable to prevent their comrades, pinned under the | tend from burning to death. The i names’ of the unfortunate men have not been learned result of the fire, which destroyed ten houses, a church, a schoothouse and nine stables in the village of Clintondale, County, last night, six Felding lest her life. The child e frightened when the flames at- the home of her parents and in % to reach a place of safety she creek and was drowned. A critical state of affairs exlsts In the northwestern portion of Wyoming Coun- ty, in the Pine Creck Valley. Near neyville last night 400,000 feet of sawed lumber belonging to George Walker was royed. Rogers’ sawmili on Luck Run burned during the night. he mountains bordering Pine Creek e reported ablaze from Ramseyville to Anscnia. At Ramseyville 2500 feet of logs belonging to Valentine Luppert of South Williamsport were destroyed. At Ridgeway last night a fire alarm sounded and the citizens turned out ht the encroaching flames and save the town from destruction. The forests are ablaze from Renova to Johnsonburs. DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION Educstional Work Among the Youag Will Take the Place of Build- { ing Monuments. D VER, April 24.—The Daughters of the Revclution, who are holding their an- nual meeting in this city to-day, began the consideration of proposed amend- ments to the constitution. Miss Adaline [w | general, is presiding and there are fifty. | nine ,delegates registered. The tenor of | | the reports from the State societies indi- cates that educational work among the young may, to some extent, take the place of the building of monuments and | ¥ the preservation of historic spots of the | revolutionary war, in the future work of | the Daughters of the Revolution. The following officers were elecied this | afternoen: Presidert general, Miss Adaline W. Sterling, New Jersey; first vice president general, .Mrs. fSarah L. Hunt, Massachusetts; second vice presiGent general, M P. Graham, New York; recording secretary general, Mrs. Carl ton M. Moody. Pennsylvania; treasurer general, Mrs, George W. Hodges, New York; correspond- ing secretary general, New Miss Emma G. Page, York: registrar general, Mrs. Joseph J , New York: librarian general, Miss Tar- ia L.. Vors, Indana: historian general, Mrs. Alexander M. Ferris, Massachusetts The president general and the registrar general managers will be elected to-morrow. An amendment 10 the constitution was . 1 adopted which provides that the general meetings shall be held between April 20 and May 20 of each year, the exact date to be fixed by the board of managers. To-night the delegates were entertained at a reception given by the Colorado So- ciety Sons of the Rev —_— NATIVE SONS HEAR OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS Grand Trustee Knowland of the Order Delivers an Interesting Lecture in Stockton. | STOCKTON, April 24.—An entertaining | lecture on “Historic Landmarks of Cali- forpia” was delivered before a large audi- | ence in Pioneer Hall this evening by Jo- | seph R. Knowland, grand trustee of the Native Sons of the Golden West. The lecfure was_given under the aus- pices of Stockton Parlor No. 7. The dis course, which included a Mighly interest- ing review of historical ficidents attach- ing to the mission memorials and other famous landmarks of Calfornie, was il- Justrated by more than 100 stereopticon views. Besides the lecture, there was a programme of enjoyable features;, amon; them music, singing and dancing. The af- | fair was presided over by Otto von Det- ten. the president of the parlor, who had | as an able assistant Recording Secretary A. J. Turner. Blow May Have Caused Death. SAN JOSE. April 24—Archie McDonald, ! a piumber from San Francisco, who was found in a dying condition on the street | Tuesday night, and later died at the Re- ceiving Hospital, is now believed to have been the victim of an assault made by an unknown man. Sheriff Langford is in pos- session of evidence.that shows that just | before McDonald fell unconscious he had an altercation with a man. Charles Cut- | ler of Santa Clara witnessed the trouble, and he saw McDonald struck. An autopsy | revealed a hemorrhage of the brain, and in the ear was a clot of blood. McDonald, who had evidently had some trouble with his assailant, had gone to the edge of the sidewalk, when the man followed him and struck him a blow. During the day Me- | Donald had complained of an attack of heart trouble. 1t is believed that with the drinks he had taken and a weak heart the | blow struci caused his death. { | * » | AUBURN, April 24.—Jacob S. Mariner | died at his home in Lincoln this morning | of apoplexy, at the age of 3 years. The | deceased was one of the most prominent | residents of Placer County. He was a | wealthy stogk raiser and grain grower, | was vice president of the Lincoln Bank, and ‘a director of the Lincoln Cannery. | In politics he was a Democrat and served his party several terms as Supervisor, | acting as chairman of the board. ¥e had | been 2 member of the Democratic State | Committee and was his party's choice at | one time for Sheriff and for Assembly- man at another time. He leaves a wife and four children. —_—— Spencer Currell. MONTEREY. April 24—Spencer Cur- rell, one of the oldest ploneers of this county, died at"his home near San Lu- cas yesterday of senile debility. He came to California in the carly fifties. He was 81 years of age. it Henry Hill. MINNEAPOLIS, April 24.—Henry Hiil, a famous pioneer of the Northwest, died at his home here to-dey, aged 76 years. He built many railroads, among them be- ing the Midland Pacific, now part of the Burlington. ——— Edwin H. Ewing. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aorfl 26.—Edwin H. Ewing, who was a colleague of el Webster in the national House of resentatives, died to-night in Murfrees- boro, Tenn., aged 92 years. | & THE DAY’S DEAD. pis M ™ b e N SUES FOR VALUE OF GOODS.—<W, F. Dixey is suing L. Schultz. H. Voorman and G. W. Jost of the McKittrick Consolidated O Compeny for $1096 04, the valuc of goods company by varlous merchants, who have as. slgued their claims to the plaintiff, car-old | . Sterling of New Jersey, the president |- were ‘re-elected. The board of | leged to bave been sold and delivered to the ENTEXTAIN; HER FRIENDS AT SOROSIS CLUB ROOMS Mrs. John P. Young Gives Delightful Euchre Party---Eleanor J. Kennett Becomes Bride of C. J. Haars at Howard M. E. Church | | WELL-KNOWN REAL ESTATE MAN AND THE YOUNG LADY WHO BECAME HIS BRIDE. | Miss Jolliffe, Miss Maude C. Macnamara, Miss 'Lenora Jones, Miss Marguerite Hicks and Miss Agatha Alling. Among | the two hundred who called were: | Mrs ‘William Kellogg Tillotson, Mrs. Emer- | son McMillian, Mrs. Willlam Milo Barnum, | Mrs. Henry Bradley Plant, Mr. and Mrs. Amzi Lorenza Barber, Ethan Allen, Missy Dalla Fay Morris, Dr. Davidson Saul, ‘Mrs. Charles E. Poter, M ‘and Mrs Charles H. Dicken- | son, Mre.' &da’ Scott Allen, Mrs. Phllip Car- Dr. H. Ernest Gall Mr. and Mrs. Frau Alice von Kefler, Mrs. Florence Cornell, - Iy, Mr. and Mrs. John sson, Boardman Wright, G. C. St. Henry Roso, Gaston Veltur, Corn- Mre. John, sul Suppliant in France:; James Ard Haugh- neout, Mrs. Arthur Frederick Hagan, John de Witt Warner, Mrs. Jokn D. Kernau, Otto H. Drogue, Lock Wing, his Imperial Chinese Ma- jesty's Vice Consul; Limenschippefa Wurich, | Adolf Potocnil, M and Mrs. George Thomp- | -, Misa Oakly, George Sharpe Clarke, | Julia E. G. More, Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Jackson, “Miss Pelgrun, - Miss Leay- . and Freaerick -G. Potter, Mr. { and Mrs. Aaron L. Northrop, Mrs. C. Fred- erick Parraga, Mrs. Gearge Henry Carter. | Mt Miss Eleanor J, Kennett, daughter of Mr. ana*mégwmm Kennett; and €. J. Haars were upjted.In marriage yesterday at noon- by the Rev. Johin A. B. 'Wilson at "Howard-street 'Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Lizzie Plevin was maid of honor and th- Miescs Florence Tapley, . | Bthel Hutchinson and Disalone Sorrels ** | acted as bridesmaids. Henry Davidson | was best man and F. W. Kennett, brother of the bride, John F. Kingston and Thomas Jones acted as groomsmen. Mrs. Haars has been for many years one of the most popular and active young members of the Howard-street Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Haars is the prdsident of the Donald investment Company, and a successful real estate dealer of this city. { | DELIGHTFUL euchre party was given yesterday afiernoon bv Mrs. John P. Young at the Sorosis Club rooms. The guests numbered sixty-six ladies, who thoroughly enjoyed the charming hospitality extend- The decorations were pink carnations and Duchess and Lady Banksia roses ef- | | fectively arranged with an abundance of worth League Alliance. Immediately after foliage. Handsome prizes were won by | the cerémony the young couple left the Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Linda Bryan, Mrs, | ¢ity for their honeymoon. On ther re- H R, Mann, Mrs. Frans Moulton and |turn they will reside at $23 O'Farreil BE 5 in, Mrs. T ng { EHERLE Mrs., Kate Yeamans. i After the game delicious refreshments were served by. Wheeler. Mrs. Young was assisted by Mrs, W. F. Mills and her sister, Miss M. G. Brown. The young ladies who asgisted as counters were: Miss Bessfe Wilson, Miss Florence Bailey, Miss Isabel Van Winkle and William H. Thompson of Sacramento were united in ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. 8 Van Winkle, 104 Baker street, on . Wadnesday evening. Nearly 100 friends were present. Rev. Dr. Kerr performed the ceremorny. The devo- the Westinghduse &' Léster Company. Jnight, Mrs. Jerome, Mrs. Willoutt, Mrs. John TR Epruance, Mre. Simbson, Mrs. Marcus, Mre. o oy ST % Vo Wyck, Mrs, Edwards, Mrs. Charies Mann, Migs Genevieve Martin and W. A. Blas- ow - T Mrs: Havens, Mrs. William Bryan, Mrs. ingame of Fresno were the principals at a M. Regensburger, Mrs. Willlam Cluff, Mrs. Scott. R The Alden Club, which is an active branch of the International Sunshine 8o- ciety, held an annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of the president, Miss Mabel Ayer, 1622 Clay street. The drawing rooms were prettily decorated in ferns and red carnations, red being the club color. The members of the clubh presented Miss Ayer with a grateful floral offering of pink roses, pink being the color of these State organizations, The programme congisted of a clever and helpful address by Mrs. John F. Merrll], reading of the annual reports and well rendered plano selections by Miss Levinia siesting, presentation of a 10§ book con - taining pictures and names of the Aldea members, press notices of their work, and, in fact. a complete history of the last' year. The address was foliowed by an finformal reception. Refreshments were served, and the ‘“hospitality com- mittee” entertained those present with charming cordiality. . avenue was postponed owing to the dif- ficulties of transit during the strike. Sk 2y The tea to have been given at the Cali- fornia Club rooms for the benefit of the Pixley Memorial Free Kindergarten on Saturday, April 26, has been postponed becausé- of -the ;strike. —————— COMPLETE LARGE DEAL IN WASHINGTON TIMBER LANDS Holdings of the Norshern Pacific in That State Are Cleared From the Market. ST. PAUL, April 24.—One of the largest deals in Washington timber lands ever made clears from the market the remain- ing holdings of the Norkhe;n Pacific in that State. More than onc billion feet of standing cedar, fir, yellow pine an. other timper is included. - Washington mill men obtained the greater portion, al- though the Bradley estate of Wisconsin e Mrs. E. B. Pond was hostess at & | got sdarge share. .The deal Mciudes so euchre party last evening at her resi. |5 o 3 dence, 1019 Califorhia street. The decora. | 00 acres of forest, sold for §25,0... The deal has been in progress for sev- eral months and was closed by Asgistant | Land Commissioner Wilsey and General Sales Agent Plummer, who have just re- turned to St. Paul from Spokane. West. ern lumber men are of the opinion that the sudden withdrawal of so large a body of timber will have the effect of advanct immediately the values of timber hndlgg the State. The lands are located from Spokane north on both sides of the Falls and the railway and as far as Kallspell Peay. The Bradley purchase lles in the southern tlons were simple and in excellent taste. The affair wag most informal and a num- bg’r gl friends were delightfully enter- tained. « e One of the most delightful “at' homes" of the vear was given by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sutro at their residence, 320 West One Hundred and Second street and Riverside drive, New York, Wednesday, April 16. 1t was the last of fourteen “at homes” given during the season. Mrs. Sutro reserves the second and third Wednesdays for her friends, and a de- lightful musical programme fis always as. | section and includes some of the finest sured. The programme on this oecaston | timber in the State, was 28 follows; —_————— Fart I.—Plano solo (Chaminade), Miss Minnis | Late Shipping Intelligence. Topping), violin solo (Eva dell' Aqua), Miss pfnnfvmu 8 Louise Wood: soprano solo (Musiren), Mra, e Trances Van Veen: recitation (Elton W. Clart Thursday, April 21, 3r), lifl‘u Ml";"':l::’;'o D{'Z: quintet, voice, vi5- Stmr Del'wNor;e, G:fien, -’1[6‘ rs from Cres- lin, violoncello, al orea % und gouth; put in to I passen- Van Veen, Miss Edith B. Roberts, ; ol é:‘;:.cny ang Topping, Hans Kronald, Miss Edythe Martyn; DOMESTIC PORTS. barytone solo, ‘‘Summertime” (Landon Ronald), TACOMA--8ailed April 24_Schr J M (song cycle), Lewis Williams. Weatherwax, for San Francisco: schi Em. Pert 11.—Piano solo, “‘Silver Spring’’ (Ma- deavor, for San Pedro; bktn Gardiner City, for con), Perlee V. Jej C: ; tenor sclo (Harris), Ed- | Salinas Crz. . ward Gerard Thiers; violoncello solo (Kronald), | FORT BRAGG—Safled Avril 24—Stmr Na- Hahns Kronald: barytone sclo. (a) I Love | tional City, for San Francisco. Yon" (Strelezka). (h) “‘An Open Secret™” (Wood. | ASTORIA—Arrived Asrll 2i—Ger batk No- man), Lewis Willlams: planc solo (Skabo), | mia, from Hop-konz. Madame Lund Skabo: violin solo (Godard), Miss | . SPATTLE—Sailed Aoril 2i—Stmr Nome il Gity, for Nome; atmr Elihu for B s g ATived Aprll 24-Stmr Elinu Thomson, Mrs. Sutro was assisted by Mrs. Elton ‘Waterbury Clarke, Miss Edythe Martyn, “pwere heard from Montana, Utah and sev- | 'ug prohibited from going to Gentile | “[-amount §71, He is president of the San Francisco Ep- | marrfage at the home of the bride's par- | Miss Mabei atkins and Miss Callic | rations weré pink roses-and follage. Miss Moulton. o Almee Van Winkle, the hride's sister, was Those’ present were: : maid of honor. The only bridesmaid was . Mrs. Morons, Mrs. Camsbell, Mre. L. Lev. | Miss Grace Thompson. "J. Harney acted on, Mrs. W, -F. Mills, Mrs. Beicher, Mre | 35 best man. Mr..and Mrs. Thompson F. F. é‘,'.a.mk.‘ rs. 1. G. Denniston, M will live in Sacramento, Where the groom Godfrey, Mrs. Bckart, Mrs. Spear, Mrs. Mor- | has business Interests, being manager of ton; Mys/ Bent, Mis. A . Wilson, Mrs. . 5 £ ', | qufet wedding on Wednesday evening a A o, o e, AGa Walis, iy, [Fihe Firat Preghyterian Chureh. Fov Wit | To forward a mevement for “lgeal op- | Amos, Mrs. George Bafley, Mrs. Mrs. {llam K.. Guthrie officlated. The bride is | tion” in the matter of saloon licensing, a | L. H. Bryan, Mrs. Blodgett, Miss ott, Mrs. | a daughter of Mr. and Mrs., F. W. Mar- | campaign convention has been called for James Bailey, Mrs. J"h"u E R Ly “S“fluv tin, who reside at 2190 Scott streef. Mr. | to-morrow (Friday) evering at the First g!";fl-‘ Kg“fs"m“l,;’;id A, “fi’;'c:“rnéma.-'. and Mrs. Blagingame will make thejt | Presbyterian Church. Many representa- Mrs “William Willls, Mrs. C. H. Wilson, Mre: | home in Fresno, Where the groom has | tive citizens have been invited to attend | Joseph -Stewart, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs.. Lang, | horticultural interests. “-. | the meeting, the call for which is the re- | Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Rebecca Jennings, . Mi » . - ‘s ult of recent agitation by the Rev. L. M. t W. 8. Wood, Mrs. Reiss, Mre. Hough, M The blossom fete which was to have | Hartley, superintendent of the Anti- | aoy!;in urfinuuxs, Mrnmgegg:nfm"}:s.l\fl;;- been given vesterday at the residence of - Saloon League of l;lo:l‘hgrn California. | Borns, Sers. Raisch, Mrs. Hubbard, Mri Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jacobs on Pacific | The programme for the convention has | A5 POLYGAMY 15 NOT WANING Mrs. Allen Repofts on the Present- Condi- ' tions in Utah. Sensational Statement Made Before Woman’s Board of Missions. OMAHA, Neb., April 24—At the morn- ing session of the Woman's Presbyterian Beard of "Missions of the Northwest synodical reports were the order 2and i'eral other States. The report from Utah prepared by Mrs. M. M. T. Allen of Salt Lake created considerable discussion. Mrs. Allen’s report sald: ““The conditions in Utah have come to # crisis. Polygamy is being taught with renewed vigor. Mormon children are be- schools, and reiigion and state are being too closely identifled.” < The re!ort of the nominating cemmit- {tee, which was unanimously adopted, was | | as follows: President, Mrs. Henry H. Forsyth; re- cording secretary, Mrs. Thomas E. i Bradley; general corresponding secre- rs. Robert Walter and seven as- | finanelal secretary, Mrs. D. B. Wells and ten assistants; treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Farwell; auditor, Mrs. Rarl C. Greenman. These are all Chicago | people. {: Vice Presidents were appointed as fol« iows: Illinois 12, Indlana 3 Michigan 3, | Iowa 3, Wisconsin 2, rado 1, Nebraska 2, Utah 1, Soutk Da- kota 1. 4 The report of the treasurer showed re- ceipts for the yeargof $i8,750, of which | ,628 was appropriated fcor mis- sionary work. _ An mvitatiod to meet next year was accepted. ————— Fresbyterian Theological Graduates. SAN RAFAEL, April 24.—The graquat- Ing exercises of the Presbyterian Theo- | | logleal Seminary at San Anselmo took | | in Chicago i place this afternocn in the college audi- {torium. A large number of San Fran- cisco people were present to witness the iexorclses. Eight graduates. received di- | | plomus. | Addresses were made by members of | the graduating class as follows: “Regions { Beyond,” Clarence D. Herrlott; “An An- | chored 'Life,” EIi T. Allen; “A New Thought,” John Meeker. The commence- ment address was made by the Rev. Er- | nest E. Baker of Oakland, | 'The class of 1902 was as follows: EIi T. | Allen, Portland, Or.; James Ervine, | Knock Iveah, Ireland; Clarence D. Her-| i riott, Santa Cruz, Cal.; John Meeker, | Wooster, Ohio; James Murray, Ellens- | burg, Wash.; Edward R. Pipenburs, Oak- | land: Albert W. Wright, Lebanon, Or.; | | Charles F. Woodward, Boise, Idaho. e e New Primary League Club. | The Republican Primary League Club | | of the Forty-second Assembly District | | was organized last night at Saratoga Hall, | | 814 Geary. street. Meyer Jacobs was elect- | i ed temporary chairman and George W. | | Lewls temporary secretary. A committes {of five on by-laws was nominated, con- sisting of Norman W. Hall, chairman, and | Messrs. Barber, Folks, Galland and Les- ter. The following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That tha Republican Primary i League Club of the Forty-second Assembly | | District does heartily indorse the attitude of Hon E. E. Scumitz In the present’ lamentable strike. . flc;hvly | ~About seventy-five members signed the roll. The club will meet again on May §. e i Petitions in Insolvency. Petitlons in insolvency ‘were filed in the | United States District. Court yesterday as ! follows: John H. Weston. mining op- {erator, San Francisco, liabilities $34,10 ino assets; C. E. Paxton of San Fran- icisco is his heaviest creditor to the ex- i tent of $5837. H. R. Duffin, ticket agent, | ¢San Franclsco, liabilities $18,206, no as- | !sets; his heaviest creditors are J, H.| Shebley and wife to the extent of $15,000. | Marshal N. Gerald, railroad employe, Alameda County, Iabilitles §14%5, no as: sets. e — | Change Date of Entertainment. The entertainment and dance that was | | to take place at Union Square Hall, Snt-i‘ | urday, April 2, for the benefit of Lime- rick booth of the Irish Fair. will take i place this evening, at Scottish Hail on | Larkin street, near Grove. SRl T b AU Jury Acquits Michael. | H. W. Michael was acquitted in Judge Fritz's court yesterday of ‘a.charge of ! owning a house used’ for ‘immoral pur-1{ i poges and located at 25 Bacon place. The | Jury was out but a few minutes. Y. OPENING THE CAMPAIGN i AGAINST THE SALOONS Oakland Local Opfionlsts Call a Con- | vention to Debate the Y Matter. Qakland Office. San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 24. | been aranged to include ten-minute ad- dresses by prominent clergyvmen and lay- men who are interested in sécuring *“local option” legislation. The Rev. H. J. Vosburgh, pastor of the | | First Baptist Church, will open the dis- | cussion with an address on ‘“‘Local Op- | tion.” The question of “‘Campaigns Edu- | cational” will be presented by the Rev. C. R. Brown. pastor of the First Congre- | gational Church. “County Legislation” is | the subject allotted to the Rev. Ernest E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyter- | fan Church, The Rev. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First | Methedist Church, has been appointed to | present_his views on ‘.ue Lacal Situa- tion and How to Meet It."" After each ad- dress,_ten minutes' general discussion will be allowed, each speaker being limited to two minutes. Delegates from all parts of the county have been authorized. The public gener- ally is invited. The convention will open | at 745 o'clock. — e Open Washington Street. OAKLAND, April 24.—A number of the merchants and property owners of Wash- ihgton strect have decided to present a plan to the City Council for opéning that thoroughfare into 8an Pablo avenue. They are in favor of havin, the land through the Jty Hall Park and have the street opéned on an angle, so that it will not be necessary to take any land from the point of the gore at Fifteenth street and San Pablo aveuue. This plan is advanced in expectation that bonds will be voted for a new City Hall and the present building moved away. Will Entertain Master Plumbers. OAKLAND, April 24.—The delegates to the Master Plumbers' Assoclation in State Convention at San Francisco will be the guésts to-morrow of the Oakland Master Plmbers’' Association. A commit- tee composed of Daniel Crowley, F. P. Furey and Joseph B. Cruz will give the visitors a trolley ride through Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley during the morn- ing. A banquet will served at 1:30 o'clock, at which Mayor Barstow will welcome the visiting mechanics. ———————— Found Dead in His Shop. OAKLAND, April 24—C. Boland, har- ness maker, was found dead to-day in the rear of his éhUP. P|a“rk l;len\li. ’llxlenr Hnil- s street, Emeryville. Heart' diseasc is to have caused death. Boland 5165 years old. His family resides in ¢ Francisco. The Corsner took charge of the case. - { ended In a_complete retreat of the Vene- | Minnesota 4. Colo- |, | and was rea | Mrs. D, F. Du‘ggan”Afirungs- a Set- | bt the day ended in peace, for a_compro- | | the terms of thé agreement. i rangement no cars can stand wituin fifty | the city dedicate | : CASTAO'S MEN ARE DEFEATED Venezuelan Forces Put to Flight and Leader Killed. Situation in the Disturbsd Republic Is Again Very _ Critical. PORT OF SPAIN; Island of Trinidad, April 24—(By special steamer from Cu- mana, State of Bermudez, Venezuela.)—On Tuesday morning the Venezuelan Govern- ment troops, numbering 2200 men, under General Ramon Castillo, attacked the Revolutionists between San Antonio and Gunana . Guana, distant about thirty leagues from Cumana, and situated In a mountainous eountry, well known to the Revolutionists. General Castillo personally led the ad- vance of the Government guard, composed of Andilis, veteran troops. An hour after the opening actlon General Castillo was | wounded. immediately after this all the recently recruited Venezuelan soldiers dis- | banded, deserting in all directions, and | eventually reaching San Antonio. i The Government officers tried to rally troops, but their efforts were in vain, and | zuglan soldiers. } e wherabouts of General Escalante, | who was second in command of the Gov- ernment army, was unknown when- this | dispatch was forwarded. General Castillo died later from the wounds received in the cngagement. Tlhe situation in Venezuela is again crit- | cal. WIFE’S DEVOTION T0 HER HUSBAND LEADS TO DEATE Mrs. Rosalie Taylor of Oakland Sac- 1 rifices Her Life to Love and Duty. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 24, Borne down by grief over the death a short time ago of her husband, and hope- less because of the knowledge that she could not stay the ravages of dread con- ! sumption, Mrs. Rosalie Taylor died to-| day at 1903 Telegraph avenuc, having for months refused to place. herself under the | care of a physician. “It will be useless,” said the unhappy woman, “and I can only wait petiently for the inevitable, which must soon call me.” Because of Mrs. Taylor's unyielding op- | position to a physician's care, there was none who could lawfully sign the death certificate which the statutes demand. Therefore Coroner Mehrmann was called | upon to take charge of the case. There | wiil be a formal inquiry, in order that the requirements of the law shall be met. Pathetic_indeed {s the story of this woman. Oniy a year and a hglf ago she was married to John Taylof, a young Santa Cruzan, who settled in Oakland | and engaged in mercantile work on the | other side of the bay. His last engage- | ment was with the Emporium in San Francisco. Shortly_after that consump- tion attacked him. For months the young | bride nursed her husband, but the prog- | ress of the disease could not be stayed. and before long he was borne to the | grave. Worn by constant watching and worry, Mrs. Taylor was an easy victim for the | germs. Soon after her husband had | been lald away the wife knew that she | was In the grip of the fatal malady. She | tried to support herself by dressmaking, but was compelled to desist, her strength | being. insufficient. - Then _the youns | woman went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C K. Marshall, where she breathed her | last to-day. From the very beginning Mrs, Taylor | persisted in the stand that the doctors | might only rm)onl her suffering. There- fore she res;ncd herself to the situation v for the end when it came Mrs. Taylor was 26 years old and a na- tive of San Francisco. . ———————— WOMAN FIXES TERMS OF PEACE WITH RAILROAD tlement of Differences With the Southern Pacific. BERKELEY, April 2.—Enough forces | were gathered together this afterncon at | Third and Camelia streets, West Berke- | ley, to constitute two belligerent armies, | mise was effected between Mrs. Daniel F. Duggan and the Southern, Pacific Com. | pany regarding the rigits of the railroad | te lay a switch- past the Duggan resi dence. Mrs. Duggan migiit easily elaim a vietory, for she forced the road to ieid ‘mahy points to her. The officials of the company, express satisaction with | ‘This_morning Mrs. Duggad was up at | ddylight. waiting for the Section hands | who had scampered out of-range of her | revolver a week ago. They:dfd not come, but this afterncon she was visited by P. H. Maloney, special agent fof the Wes(- ern division; Roadmaster Thomas Ahern and Enginéer F. F." Lloyd, all of the Southern Pacific, and it was agreed by the rafiredd- to-advande ‘the frog of the | switch thirty feet north. .With this ar- | feet of the Duggan:ddar, and the track will not encroach upon- the Duggan sid walk by several feet. Workmen com- mencéd la)‘lng the switch as soon as Mc Duggan withdrew her opposifion. Deputy Sheriffs G. V. Tayior aad John Srriker ‘and Deputy. Marsaal . J. Pres- tan atténded the peace confereac:. Mrs. Duggan's husband, who is-a rall.)ad em. Ploye, was not at home to-dav. ——————— Will Meet in a Debate. OAKLAND, April 24.—A debate between | students of the University of California | will be held Tuesday evening, April 29, at | the First Unitarian Church under the | direction of Martin C. Flaherty, instruct- | or im argumentation at the university. The auestion will: be: “‘Resolved. that the Southern States should grant suffrage to the negro In accordance with the spirit of the :ifteenth amendment to the con- Sulntl((n of the United States.” The {eams are as follows: Affirmative— Max Thelen, Walter Rothschild, Raiph Plerce; negative—C. C. Haines, W. J. Burpee, C. F. Stern. e New Home for King’s Daughters. OAKLAND, . April 24. — The King's Daughters Home for Incurables is to be moved very shortly. A new site has been purchased on Broadway, a short dis- tance beyond Fabiola Hospital, and the first. payment has been made. The pro; erty is occupled by the old Oakland San- itariam bulldings. in yhica there is room for but thirty patienfs: but the directors | of the organization already have plans for adding to these buildings. i e LA Death of Retired Policeman, OAKLAND, April 2L—Henry Nedder- man, a retired policeman, died this after- noon at his residence, 501 East Twenty- fourth street. He suffered from dropsy. The deceased patrolman was retired g:st December, having served twenty-five years on the force. { ————— Alumni Will Play Ball. P BERKELEY, April —Ball-player: from the Stanford and California altmmi will cross bats Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock on the Berkeley campus. The Stanford battery will be Parker and Mc. Gilvray and the California Williams and Smith. No admission will be charged. —_——— Trustees Will Elect President. BERKELEY, April 24.—The annual e.ec- tlon of the president of the 1d of Trustees will be heid Monday night. Trustees Thomas Rickard and K. C. Staats are mentioned as possible suc- cessors to Captain W. H. Marston, wnos- term of office expires Monday. —_— e Accepts Mayor’s Appointment. OAKLAND. April 24—R. H. Chamber- lain has accepted an appointment to Mav- ?; B-tl'-;;otw‘ut .::on:‘xluuje of :lve. named o VeS| e the estion of a municipal water supply. H l suffering _as WINE MERCHANT - USES HIS FISTS Charles E. Bowen’s Wife “Charges Him With Cruelty. ;i Says Their Children Saved Her From Being Harmed ' at His Hands. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 24 The alleged disposition of Charles E. Bowen, senior member of the firm of ‘Wétmore, Bowen & Co., wine. merchants of San Francisco, to use his. fists upon his wife' whenever things did not go tha way to suit him has indueed that wife to seek relief from further trouble wiih him by applying for a divoree, The wife, whose name is Margaret B. Bowen, filed her suit to-day. She names cruelty and desertion as the basis for her action. She complains that lately er husband’s conduct toward her has b=- come intolerable. On February 15, 1880, she charges, he struck her in the face with his clenched fist. Her chfldren, wha witnessed the assault, were called upen to rescue her from their father's frenay. At varfous other times the wine mer- chaint is alleged to have cursed his wife without provocatign and in the présence of the children and guests of the family. All these overt acts took place at the home of the Bowens in Alameda. The Bowens have .been married since 1575. They have nine children, the eldest oslnwghom is 28 years of age and the young- est 9. Until threq years ago Mr. Bowen re- sided with %ls family in Alameda, but after the acts complained of by the wife he began to live in San Franeisco. He Temitted $325 a month for the support of his family, but recently cut off this al- lowance. Mrs. Bowen says he is well able to continue the payments and she wants the court to compel him to pay her a regular stipend. His business is worth $150,009. she thinks, and his income $1000 a month. Margaret ‘A. Magors was granted a divorce to-day by Judge Greene from J. W. Magors on the ground of desertion. 8he says she married him in 188 on the advice of a friend, but that when she went to live on her husband’s raneh in Oregon she found it so_ unlike anything she had been accustomed to that she ran away from her husband. He did not con= test the suit. PICKS OUT AMBIGUITIES IN COLLINS' COMPLAINT Dalton Files Demurrer Pointing Out Flaws in Pleadings in Enquirer Suit. OAKLAND, April 24—Henry P. Daiton points out the ambiguities of D. Edward Collins’ amended "complaint in the suit | against the Enquirier, Dr. George C. Par- dee, Editor G. B. Daniels and himsel? in a demurrer that he filed to-day. He asks for enlightenment as to W. E. Dargee's conneetion with the moneys that are al- leged to have been diverted by himself and Pardee and Danlels to sustain an agreement on city printing. He wants to know if Collins got his information within three years and how the publishing com- pany was affécted by the alleged borrow- ing on vouchers for work for the county from J. B. Lanktree. Besides the de- murrer, Daiton filles a motion to strike out, the motion containing twenty-eight specifications. Maria Buzzalino _began suit against Luigi Morando for $5000 damages for slan- der. . 8She charges that the defendant maligned her in twe languages, calling her a thief in each. George James, as guardian of Rosie James, 13 years of age, sued the Oakland Transit - Consolidated for $50,600 damages to ‘the child. While riding on a Grove- street car the child was thrown off and injured. The Public Administrator applied to- day for letters of administration on the estate of C. E. Stahn, who died in povert~ though having plenty. The estate consists of 33000 in the German Saving and Toau Society. v —— Raise Money for Uniforms. OAKLAND, April 2t.—Company N, First Regiment, League of the Cross Cadets, will give 4 minstrel and vaudeville enter- tainment at St. Franecls de Sales Hali, Twenty-first and Grove streets, on Thurs- day evening. May &, for thé benefit of their uniform fund. This shew will be given soleiy oy members of the company under the management of Dave Me- Laughlin. and promises to eclipse all thel former efforts in the way of entertains ment. One of the features will be a tar- et shoot and “bum’ di which latter s said te be very funny. The music for he occasion will be furnished by Profes. sor M. Cramer's orchestra of San Fran- cisco. Admission, including reserved seats, will be 30 cents. Tickets may be procured from any of the members or at the door on tite evening of the entertainment. I Train Kills Balky Horse. ALAMEDA. April 24—Walter Reames, 15 years of age, and residing at Peach anri Adams streets, narrowly escaped be- ing killed by a narrow-gauge train near Mound street last night. Young Reames was driving a milk wagon to which was hitched a balky horse. The _equine stopped squarely in the middle of the rafiroad and refused to budge. While the boy driver was endeavoring to urge the animal forward the train bore down upen them. Young Reames jumped from the wagon and saved himself. The horse was instantly killed. —————ee ~Surrender Accused Thief. OAKLAND, April 24—Surrendered by s bondsmen, Frank Barbagaleta, ac- cused of numerous thefts of buggies, har= ness and the llke, was taken into cus- tody to-day. The police arrested him in company with John Brown, agamst whom. a prior conviction of burglary has besn lodged in connection with recent charges of theft. —_— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L FAL NSTARE 1s Often Made by the Wisest of Sam Franciseo People. It's a fatal mistake to neglect back- ache. Backache is the first symptom of Kid= nev ills? * Serious -complications follow. Doan's Kidney Pills cure them promptly. Don't delay until too late. 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