The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. BOY WITH PI3TOL IMITATES TRACY Ralph Ellis Robs House and Tries to Hold His Captor at Bay. Deeds of Dime Novel Heroes Turn Erain of Inno- cent Youth. Francisco Call, E July 15. urned bur- as in the act of Mart Deirson street, when he was de- men of the family, who n Keefe in to capture the led by Keefe the nd attempted to the bravery who jumped om the hands r of Tracy. He 1s City Jail with a t his name. of the boy, he residence when open window, He had read of bandit Tracy £ Butter latest ed a desire notoriety in right away characters In ir-chambered he could resid ed by fc Fourth of July pocket about , the boy the house. He ged to get hold a matchbox one of the the house. s ad- But Keefe and the boy was > rob the house,” said ty Prison, “but I saw w went in. 1 was € I've been dime novels, and them.” 168 Telegraph NTO DHKLAND Santa Fe Franchises Are Completed After a Long Fight. he action of s last evening r the Oakland rough Berkeley, me of th! sed for Berke- permission to es complete. id California der the name Side Ratlroad found an en- Oakland, and will meryville. ide Railroad poration. s fact that the < under the law road is built each nd Newvada Rall- with this law, and S and in order k Santa Fe will reach | e of Oak- | lookingy boy, who ! trouble | | motion made DANIELS MUST STAND \ TRIAL FOR FELONY Police Judge Smith Denies Motion to Dis- miss Charge and Decides After Much Argument to Proceed With Examination — AKLAND, July 15.—After listen- ing to arguments for the better part of two days Police Judge Mortimer Smith to-day decided to proceed with the examination of G. B. Daniels for felony, and denied the by Attorney Charles E. Snook for the defemse to dismiss the charge upon the evidence submitted for the prosecution. The motion was made yesterday, and it gave the attorneys on both sides the op- portunity to express opinions about the other side—an opportunity that neither side was slow to embrace. The defense turned its batteries upon Russel R. Sted- man, the former Enquirer employe, who swore to the complaint that brought Dan- iels into this position, while M. C. Chap- | man, for the prosecution, paid off some ! his sid be done it will he Oakland and s of tech- v the meeting . i taken at rek g of the road, so ! B Fe cars may be running Raliroad, in- tresties. There mile of track to Richmond with d over a 1 this end of the is completed, and he great Banta lding up San is the inten- 0 extend the ation t i is yet to be deter- will be made at on upon this point. railroad has been ing of franchises been going right rafts of piles are i a flooring has been of the whart that structed. The pre- has been completed, and of extending the wharf 1 begin in a few days. e been erry boats, and noth- ut the carrying out of i the completion of the » outlined before Oak- mpeting railroad and ~Licenses to marry ay to Richard B, Bat- and Mary J. Spence, aged cisco; John T. Wal- Walker, 19, both of Simeson, 41, Angel L. Reimnitz, 22, . Crittenden, over >. Urguhart, over d: John E. McClellan, Ward, 18, both of Oak- the waiter for Grape-Nuts at breakfast The Hotel will serve it. ely rebuild | | | old scores against Dalton and Daniels. Chapman’s argument was noted for its denunciation of Dalton and Daniels, and he spared neither. Willlam Lair Hill continued his argu- ment of yesterday in support of his mo- tion to dismiss. He maintained that there had been no testimony that would con- nect Daniels with the transaction. “There is not one scintilla of evidence here to show that any one but Stedman is gullty of fraud,” said Hill. M. C. Chapman had this to say about the evidence that had been introduced by e: er Stedman nor Oakes got any of this They were simply tools in the transac- tion. It was Dalton who gave the order and it was Danlels who cashed the checks. If Dal- ton wanted the books for his office why did he not give the order to the Enquirer directly? Why did he give It to poor Oakes, who could not fill it? It is admitted that the books have never been furnished and that the county has paid for them, and yet nobody has done any wrong. 1f I could pay all of my debts in the same way none of my creditors would have to wait twenty minutes after I could get my hand into the county treasury. This so-called substitute order is a mere pretense. Every bit of evidence goes to show that of the original order the thirty mortgage books were not need- ed, and the seventy-five working rolls were ol a form that had been discarded, The men who have profited by this fraud are trying to put the blame upon Stedman, and there is nothing to show that Stedman ever got & cent out of this transaction. Chariles E.Snook, for the defense, closed his argument with the assertion that the N mone; ! - NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER WHO MUST STAND TRIAL | FOR A FELONY ES . e president of a corporation was not guilty because of the acts of his subordinates: a self-confessed thief. Stedman swore )k that second order of books out of rer office and turned them over to Lanktree, when his first duty should have been tcward the paper. Stedman and Hadley, ac- cording to their own statements, were assist- ing in a scheme to rob the Enquirer. Sted- men says that Hadley gave him the money to discount a claim for the paper and that he gave the money to Dalton notwithstanding that Hadley had sald, “‘When Dalton gets any money the Enquirer don’'t get any.”” These men were trusted employes of the paper, and they claim they knew or believed that these books were not to be made, and yet they al- lowed this to go on. All that they had to do to stop what they call a fraud upon the county was to notify Lanktree. That is the kind of testimonw that we have against Mr. Danlels. The motion to dismiss the case having | been denied, the defense began their case. Thelr first evidence was to show that the order for the fifty-nine plat books was originally charged to Oakes, but that Stedman had ordered it changed to the county of Alameda, this tending to sup- port the contention that Daniels thought that this order for books was actually a substitute for the seventy-five working rolls. In the midst of this evidence an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. The indictment of George A. Oakes was called in the Superior Court to-day and postponed until Friday, all the parties be- ing occupied in the Daniels examination in the Police Court. T 2 e e e e R R R R R Y Y pile-drivers have | | LEMENTED WOMAN TAKXES A DRAUGHT OF POISOW | DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GROCERY CLERK | Mrs. John Young Leaves an Insaas ; R. D. Higginson Lock} Himself in a let for pot only the | giookton Asylum for the Insane, commit- | immediately summoned assistance, but it | Asylum, Presumably Cured, and Kills Herself. Mrs. John Young, & recent inmate of the ted suicide early vesterday morning by swallowing rough-on-rats at her home, 640 Howard street, while demented. Mrs. Young had been an inmate of the asylum for six months, and on July i2 her husband secured her release, her ma!l- ady seeming to have become abated. On Sunday of this week she told her land- lord that she was very sick and wanted to die. Her husband, who is a longshore- | man, left the house at 6:30 o'clock ye terday morning to go to work, and when he returned at $:30 he found his wife Iy- ing on the bed foaming at the mouth. F came too late, and the woman died in an ambulance on the way to the Emergenc; Hospital. She told those about her bed- gide that she had become despondent be- cause she had two children who never came to see her. Mrs. Young was 35 years of age. —_——— Thomas Expected Soon. Major Devol, general superintendent of the transport service, states that the Thomas left Nagasaki, Japan, on July 11 and should arrive in this porf on August 2. General Jacob Smith of Samar fame, and nearly 1000 other passengers are aboard the boat. —_——————— Burglars Use Painters’ Staging. OAKLAND, July 15.—Burglars made use of a painters’ staging last night to rob the store of Kiel & Evans at 90 Broad- way, while regular and special police were moving all about the place. They mount- ed the ladder that was left in front of the store, removed a pane of glass from the second story and reached the ground floor, where they helped themseives to 312 that was In a drawer under the coun- ter. Then they made thelr exit the same way they made their entrance. The po- lice have no clew to the burglars’ igentity. b S Clothes Closet and Turns on the Gas. R. D. Higginson, a clerk for Bibo, New- man & Ikenberg, at the intersection of Folk and California streets, took extraor- dinary measures last Monday might to commit suicide. He pulled the knob out of a clothes-closet in his room at 855 Bush street, fastened a rubber tube to the gas burner, passed the tube through the hole in the closet door and, having turned on the gas, shut the door and curled himself vp on top of his trunk. He was found dead at 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon. He left a note stating that $25 46 would be found in his pockets, which sum could be to defray his burial expenses. He 55 years of age. ——————— Says Keatinge Was Careless, Thomas Lillis, a laborer, who was In- jured by the caving in of the side of an excavation at Valencia and Twenty-sixth streets on March 21, filed a suit yesterday for $2% damages against Richard Keat- inge, the contractor for whom he was working at the time of the accldent. He alleges that Keatinge was careless in cas- ing the excavation. . —_—— Morshead Suit Reinstated. The motion to set aside the default in the case of Morshead against the South- ern Pacific Company was granted yester- day by United States District Judge Beat- ty. Tt was shown that the default had been inadvertently entered. The suit was brought by Morshead on behalf of the British stockholders to oppose the reor- ganization of the company. ———————— Yosemite Via the Santa Fe. The quickest and most convenient way In and out of the Yosemite Valley is by way of the Santa Fe. If you leave San Francisco to- day at 9 a. m. on the California Limited you are in Yosemite to-morrow at 5 p. m. Call et Santa Fe ticket office, 841 Market street, for illustrated pamphlet and full par- ticulars. . BURGLARS 0B CONSUL'S RESIDENGE Secure Diamonds and Medals Worth Near- ! ly $2000. | ‘mies---Miss Coulte C 9 SONOMA’S SHERIFF WEDS PRETTY HOSPITAL NURSE Says Story' That He Was Engaged to Another! at Time Was Circulated by Political Ene- r Declares It to Be True e Night Prowlers Make Profit- able Raid on Hcme of | Henry Dallemagne. ! Representative of France in This City ‘ Calls Upon the Police to Re- | cover His Stolen Prop- | erty. | | While Henry Dallemagne, the Consul | General of France, and his family were | celebrating the Fall of the Bastile on Monday night, burglars entered their resi- | dence at 1900 Vallejo street and secured ; 2000 worth of diamonds and a large num- ber of medals. The loss of the jewelry, | while heavy, does not trouble the Consul | nearly as much as the disappearance of | the medals, most of which were be- | stowed upon him by his country while in ' service in the army, and some of which were gained through great gallantry dur- | ing a campaign in Algier: ! Monsieur Dallemagne is a Frenchman and a soldier and It became him to attend the celebration at the Chutes with his entire family for a few minutes at least. The ladies left thelr jewelry at home, The burglars chose the time well and had free scope. That they only took the | most valuable plunder in sight demon- | strates the professional character of the | work. When the family returned they | found the front entrance to the house open and on investigation the loss was discovered. 4 | immediately telephoned to Word as | police headquarters and Detective Wren, | | on watch in the night office, was sent on | the | manner of | collateral fac | Dinan and Wren worked on the case, but | | could gain no clew either to the perpetra- | ! tors or the property. The pawnshops offer | the only solution to the mystery, and the | only hope for the Consul General to re- | cover the trophies of his martial cam- | All he could do was to note the entrance and gather a few All yesterday Detectives \l paigns. ] |’ REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. | | TUESDAY, JULY 15. | 1 City and ( ty of San Francisco to A. S. Baldwin, lot on NW Ness ave i nue Oak street, ¢ | Henry Ragch George | H. Lent (assignee), J. J. O'Farrell, insolvent (by John M. Pl er) to Charles Neal, lot on 8 nut, Mar:; Willlams, Curtis, Ashbury 8. B. 5 by N 100; $10. and Fannie M. Boga ‘ol of lot 30 W commencing of 227:84 N of Jackson screet, W 27 by S 100; $10. Estate of Honora or Hannorah Ford (by John Ford, administrator) to Margaret Ford, lot on line of Twenty-fitth street, 15 E of Alabama, 1 2007. San Franclsco Chemical Company (corpora- tion) to Charles C. Judson (executor and trustee of estate of Egbert Judson). lot on W . 65 N of Fifteenth, W 500, , E 42 more or less, N to Fourteenth, N 96, | E to Valencia, 8 130; also lot on N line of Fif- | teenth_street, 60 E of Guerrero, N 65, E 36, | § to Fifteenth, W 27; $50,000. Effie C. Sobiéskl to Andrew and Mary Guin- an, lot on N line of Eighteenth strest, 128 W | of Folsom, W 24 by N 100; $10. | Henry J. and Maria Maack to Lulu Schwartz | (wife of Harry), lot on W line of Treat avenue, | 178 N of Twenty-fourth street, N 26 by W 100} 510, Hichard S. Dovle to Katy A. Doyle, lot on W line of Treat avenue, 200 S of Twenty-fifth street, § 50 by W 112:6; gift Etta M. and Eugene W. Hawley to Agapita | 0. de Clapp, lot on N line of Twenty-sixth | street, 77:6 E of Bartlett, E 40 N 80; $10. Minnie B. Ferguson, formerly McLaren (wife of G: A. Ferguson), by John Heenan and Charles H. Allen, trustees, to Harriet E. Turn- bull, 1936 D. 489, S line of Clipper street, 135 W, of Church, W 25 by § 114, trustee's deed: Gurrles, lot on W line of Castro street, 260 3 of Twentieth, S 25 by W 125; §10, Eliza L. Hanson and George R. Haynes Thirza Smith, lot on SE li: 7l SW of Second, SW to \of Howard street, y SE 83: : claim deed i beSr ; $10. | Thirza Smith (widow) to Herbert E. Law, same; $10. Frank Hospodarsky, Louis and Annie Reiner to George E. Tooker (single), lot on NW line of Harris: , 187:6 NE of St S 27: by, NW 85; $10. fptd 4 L Homer and Susannah E. Perry to Mary J. McLeod, lot on W Iine of Hampshire !(l"e!l, 192 N of Twentleth, N 25 by W 100; §10. W. B. Ridenour to Margaretha Rides | lots 1 fo 4. block 7, City Lana Association; Bift. . . Shrader to Willlam Corbin, lof on SW line of Sixteenth avenue south. 225 NW of P street, NW 25 by S8W 100, block 832, o 11 & Haley Tract: $10. irgil Grimoud, Samuel Rauer (by Bertin A. Wevl, commissioner) to M. L. Cabn, lot on SE line of Prague strect, 100 SW of Brazil avenue, SE 100 by SW 75, block 95, Excelsior Homestead; $600. Builders’ Contracts. Mary H, M. do Dominguez, Franc Gonidee, Danfel T. and Eugene gmi\;u}'fih;—? Charles Murphy (minor), Maric B, Knight and Anita T, Wolseley (owners) with J. P. Fraser (contractor), architects Reld Bros —Painting, tinting, ete’, for remodeling, ctc., of bullding on NE corner of Market, Jofies and M streets; $1965. M Same owners Shelper and J. J. with. California Electrical wiring for same on same; $1725, George Hewlett (guardian estate Hewlett (minor) with Charle: ana Kern (contractors), architect B, J. Grading, concrete and cement work, carpenter work, plastering, glass, hardware, electric work and tinning for a three-story frame bufld. ing (six flats) on E line of Mason street, 63:6 | S of Broadway, S 84 by B ; $15,490. Same owner with Henry Ern; itrac Palmer Louis Vogel— (contractor), pipe and sewering for same on same; $2200, Same owner !w“h G. Or[!l‘(cnmraflor), archi- " Painting, grainin byt e e B T California Bottling Company (owner) with Fred P. Fischer (contractor), line of Blackwood street, 175 SE from N . er of Ninth, SI 100 by NE 15; s5ion > °OF M. M. Edelmann (owner) with S. Reed (contractor), architect Albert Schroepfer—all vork exceot mantels, shades, gas fixtures and finish hardware for a two-story and basement frame building on_E line of Ninth avenue, 925 N of K street, N 25 by E 120; $2850, b Alice thl)an ?luhl“E :utnrrl“‘ Ran ian (owners) wi c Engineerin; 33 Dany (contractors), archltect Witllam Curlegre Flectric elevators Work for a three-story frame building, 12, 14 and 16 Stockton street, on E line of Stockton street, 105:6 N of Eilis, N 57xT5; $2460. d o Arrested for Theft. BERKELEY, July 15.—Eugene Bartell, a West Berkeley character, was arrested this morning at the instance of Mrs. An- nie G. Balkan for stealing chickens. ~He was released on $100 bail. C. K, Falmer, a carpenter, residing on University ave. | nue, was arrested for stealing plumbers’ fittings from a new house on Kuelld street. He was released on $100 bonds and his hearing was fixed for Ju ———— Mrs. Leechman Interred. BERKELEY, July 15.—Mrs. John Leech- man, a well-known resident of San Fran. cisco, who died in Berkeley last Sunday, was buried this afternoon. Services were held at the Congregational church, which Mrs. A. B. Brooke Ridley, an only daugh. ter, was the chief mourner. Many beauti- | ful floral pieces were sent by sorrowing. frienca. Charles L. and Tina Hinkel to John and Mary | Works (contractors), architects same—FElectric | architect same—Plumbing, gas fitting, water | | architegt — ! —All work for a two-story frame stable on SE | Mary Louise Phe- | was filled with friends of the deceased. . SRR o SHERIFF OF SONOMA COUNTY AND HIS BRIDE, WHOSE MARRIAGE IN OAKLAND CAUSED CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE AND SOME BIT- TERNESS AMONG THE FRIENDS OF Ml\ss MINNIE COULTER. i | AKLAND, July 15.—Sheriff Frank P. Grace of Sonoma County was married in this city rather than in the city where he defends and protects the liberties of the peo- ple, and for that reason, if for no other, there has arisen gossip about a wedding | which was expected to occur in | Santa Rosa_but instead of which the Oakland cerémony took place. Mr. Grace says that it is all politics, that love and | polities don't mix, and that just because | he is a nominee upon a political party | ticket is no reason why gossip should im- pute anything more than simple politics to_the whole affair. { _The young lady who is now Mrs. Frank | P. Grace was Mljs Pearl Cockrill, for- | merly of Santa Rdsa, but for a year past | & nurse in the Children’s Hospital in San Framclsco. She is a cousin of Miss Minnie Coulter, County _Superintendent of Schools of Sonoma County, and for the arly portion of Miss Coulter's term she svnsyhgr deputy. It is this relationship, both family and political, together with | the fact that Miss Coulter did not ac- | knowledge the receipt of the invitation to the wedding of her cousin and former | deputy and her political running mate | that caused much of the trouble. This is what the Sherlff says in regard to love and politices: S A This story is merely, an offort to injure voll(llc!llly gflcnule 1 was elected Sheriff In & Republican county. I have not been engaged before, and it is unfair to sfart any story of the kind just because I am the nominee. There | has been nmo secret about iny engegement, which was properly announced, and the wed- ding took place in Oakland because friends of the lady who is now my wife resided here. The wedding was a pretty affair that took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . V. Stafford of 1310 Franklin street, with whom Miss Cockrill made her home. The bride was stunningly gowned in a dress of white elastique, trimmed with White roses, and walked down a flower- strewn path at the appointed hour, 8:30 o'clock, to a position under a floral bell in | the parlors, where she was met by the | 3room. She was accompanied by Miss | [ithel Fowler of Santa Rose, who was maid of honor, and Miss May Rien of Duncans Mills, the bridesmaid. T. J. Hutchinson of Santa Rosa was the best The ceremony was performed by M Rev, Father J. M. Cassim of Santa Rosa. After congratulations from the | twenty guests the wedding party enjoyed a supper at the Crellin. | © A large number of their friends saw Mr. and Mrs. Grace off this morning for their Fedding trip. A pretty incident in con- hection with the affair was the distribu- tion of the flowers used in the wedding ! decorations among the child sufferers !at the Childrens Hospital. With her | own hands she presented the flowers | to Her little friends, who wished her hap- | piness in the years'to come. Her friends | among_the nurses wished her godspeed. Mr. Grace's wide popularity among the people of Sonoma was a strong factor in his success in the last election. His bride, Who is an orphan, lived in Santa Rosa un- til she took. up the study of nursing a vear ago. She is an accomplished girl with hosts of friends. SANTA ROSA, July 15.—Miss Minnie Coulter, when seen at her home this even- ing, said that the statements made M an interview by Mr. Grace in Oakland ‘are | untrue. She sincerely regretted that he had made any statements relative to their relaticns, and added: I was engaged to Mr, Grace for three years, up to and In- cluding June 16, 1902, at which timé he admitted that he was also engaged to my -+ cousin, Miss Cockrill, and had been since April of this year. I then terminated my engagement with Mr. Grace. “It was always understood between my- self and M. Grace that Miss Cockrill was to make her home with us when we were married. As late as June Mr. Grace and myself had discussed the arrangements of our intended home. During all this time Miss Cockrill was engaged to Ernest Park of Petaluma and wore an engage- ment ring. “I declined to be present at the wedding and failed to acknowledge the invitation tc attend. This is the only statement by Sheriff Grace which is true.” Paul Coulter, youngest brother of Miss Minnie, expressed himself in very forci- ble language. Miss Pearl Cockrill was left an orphan at an early age, and was reared by Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Coulter, parents of the lady from whom it is alleged she alien- ated Sheriff Grace's affections. Miss Min- rie Coulter always took a deep interest in Miss Cockrill and advanced her rapidly, mzking her the deputy superintendent of schools upon her election four years ago, which position she held for three years. Rezes Prepares to Fight Divorce. OAKLAND, July 15.—John G. Reyes was recently made a defendant in a divorce suit brought by his wife, Anna T. Reyes, in Fresno County. HIis attorneys succeed- ed in having the case transferred to this county, where Reyes will make a fight. He says he gave his wife his property in Fresno when he left that town, with the understanding that when she sold it she would come to Oakland to live with him. She sold the property, he says, but kept the money and not her promise. e e el Funeral of E. B. Clement. OAKLAND, July 15—The funeral ser- vices for the late E. B. Clement. the old educator who died Sunday last, were held to-day at the late residence, 1703 Tele- graph avenue. The services were coi ducted by the Rev. Robert Ritchle. Mr. Clement was 73 years of age. He leaves a widow and three children. DORWARD PREDICTS . BIG WAR { Noted British General i Returns From 3 Orient. i | ; | | Japan Will Compel Russia to Leave Manchuria. | Nations Strengthen= | ing Forces for a w Conflict. Special Dispatch to The Call. | VICTORIA, B. C,, July 15.—In an inter- view given here to-day on his arrival from Shanghai, Major-General Sir A. F. R. Dorward K. C. B, D. 8. O, the latter distinction won when he was in charge of the allied forces at the capture of Tien- tsin, stated that there will undoubtedly be war between Japan and Russia before long, if the latter power does not evacu- ate Manchuria. The Anglo-Japanese alliance forced Russia into the agreement with China io retire from Manchuria within six months of April 8 when M. Lear and Princes Ching and Wang signed the agreement, and Japan will see that she goes, too. Russia has now 80,000 men in the garrisons of Manchuria, and they will remain as long as permitted. RUSSIA IS STUBBORN. “The policy of Russia,” said Major-Gen- eral Dorward, “while it may not be ad- mirable from the point of view of the fair-minded, certainly has its advantages. Russia always remains in control of any disputed territory, until, by show of arms, she is obliged to recede, and then the back-down is graceful and polite, but goes no further than necessary. The Czar's trocps are ever ready to steal back again. They will no doubt recede from Man- churia when the time comes. At any rate they will be obliged to, for, as stated, Japan will declare war if they do not. “If Manchuria is not evacuated, how- ever,” sald the British General, “and Japanese correspondents at Peking say there are no signs of withdrawal although the time for retirement is approaching, it means war. Japan will fight. There is no doubt of that if Russia does not go. Both nations are well aware of this, and Russia is rapidly strengthening her garrisons and points of vantage, while Japan is quietly preparing to strike a blow if necessary. SIGNAL IS AWAITED. “If Russia does not go from Manchuria, and_war occurs, the first thing this con- tinent would hear of would be the blowing up and destruction of the big Russian rail- road, for even now there are at points of vantage Japanese engineers who are versed in explosives and ever ready for the signal that war has been declared.” Speaking of the heavy loss of the Ninth United States Infantry at Tientsin, Major General Dorward said: “Colonel Liscum evidently lost his way. He was the only American officer present at the council of war the night before the battle and he had, it seems, not notified his officers of the plans. The Ninth In- fantry were caught on the side of a swamp and in endeavoring to edge around were misled and lost heavily. Major Wal- ler’s troops and the Welsh Fusiliers man- aged to get across the swamp without much loss.” FINDS HIS WIFE DYING WHEN HE REACHES HOME Mrs. Achsah C. Brown Expires After Drinking Solution of a Nature at Present Unknown. OAKLAND, July 15—When James M. Brown went to his home at 1633 Filbert street to-night he found his wife, Achsan C. Brown, stretched in agony on tha lounge in the dining-room and unable to recognize him. He applied home antidotes without effect and then summoned a phy- siclan, but his wife died before medical assistance arrived. The cause of Mrs. Brown's death is un- certain. A cup that as found under the lounge where she lay contained a white solution, the nature of which the doctors were unable to determine, and an exam- ination by chemists will be necessary to disclose it. The solution is supposed to be a drink that Mrs. Brown used to alfi i leviate her pain. She had been in health for some time and her death probably due to natural causes, Her hus- band gave her some money -this morn- ing to do some shopping up town and she was fairly well at _that time. She was seen up town by friends, but no one knows when she went home. An inquest will be held to-morrow. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH WANTS DR. DILLE RETURNED Resclutions Adopted Requesting tha Conference to Reassign the Pastor. OAKLAND, July 15.—There is a unani« mous desire upon the part of the mem- bers and officers of the First Methodist Church to have Rev. E. R. Dille retained as pastor of that church. The members have adopted, by unanimous vote, a reso- lution requesting the Methodist Confer- ence to return their pastor to his present charge. The resolution reads: ‘Whereas, Our beloved pastor, Dr. E. R. Diile, will sqon have completed the tenth year of his pastorate with us, we therefore, as members of this congregation assembled, unanimously re- st the presiding elder, Rev. John Coyle, to do all within his power to have Dr. Dille 're- turned to us for another conference year, that we may continue to have the blessing of his Christ-like service and ministry. AUGUST N UMBER OF