The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 27, 1902, Page 9

-~ ASKS FRANGHISE O CREMATORY ‘W. H. Friend Proposes Destroying City’s Garbage. Has Solution of Question Vexing Health Officers and Inhabitants, Office San Francisco Calil, 118 Broadway, Aug. 26. e me a franchise I k flicient capital i with the building d sction of the | g e the backing of | this are able to| $45, 00 cost of a gar- ¥ retired Pos applied r clusive s of gar- kind will have innov n."’ nt of a garbage cr that has been wor and abitant nance pro- ge within employing out to sea, ve that it the city in commercial m WALTER MOROSCO’S SON CONTINUES CHARITIES Entertains Children of West Oakland Home at Geranium Place in Fruitvale AND, Aug. 26.—The custom es- L Walter Morosco « enjoyed the Flace, the Moroscos gave the to Fruitvale he Mo- reyed to the gayly nium es wer visitors a_ source of A crowd of t and costume, ardance around a clowns contribu- w two this city’s William y, Miss Kir- H. B. Mehr- ve, Mrs. J. C. J. Cal Ewing, Mrs. W. A. C. J. Heeseman and Miss —_—————————— APPROPRIATION FOR BIG IMPROVEMENT MAKES City Council $40,000 for Reconstruction of the Twelfth-Street Dam. 26.—The Ci an ordi the appro- for improveme: BROTHER IS ACCUSER IN SISTER’S BEHALF George Sturm Swears to a Complaint Charging J. J. Carter With Heinous Offense. ty to which his young be subjected, George B. of Julia Sturm, bees Edward Kitts, he had ce where the en discharged. against him. girl ce last | that privi- | refuse | Council | 000 for a | cut out | ment | Unanimously Allows once to adver- reconstruction of the between Central and 26.—Although object- | to-day nt accusing J. J. Car- | little girl at Carter’s n held in $5000 bail and to-morrow in the Police , who was arrested with been hanging was There was SENATOR GLARK INGPECTS TESLA Montana Millionaire Is a Visitor at the Coal Mines. Trip Tends to Confirm Reports About New Overland Railroad. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 26. United States Senator W. A. Clark, the Montana copper king and railroad mag- | nate, has just completed a quiet tour of | inspection of the Tesla coal mines and the line of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Railroad Company from Stockton to the mines in the northeastern | corner of Alameda County. A few days ago Senator Clark in his private car was taken over the road and into Tesla, where he spent some time in examination of the surrounding coun- try. The news has filtered into Oakland | and has caused a stir, betause the Sena- | tor is credited with being behind the re- | cently incorporated San Francisco Ter- | minai Railway and Ferry Company, which has bought a large amount of real estate this city preparatory to a move for a railroad franchise through Oakland to the harbor front at the foot of Union street. s new road, the plans for which bear the earmarks of a terminal for a transcontinental system, will unite with the Tesla road at its western terminus at the coal mines. Thence the route to Oak- and lies through the Livermore Valley on through Haywards Pass, north of San | Leandro, thence into East Oakland and along Third street to the Hays Tract, ch borders the harbor shore at Union serted that the new company has already expended half a million dol- lars in the purchase of property to protect and to buy right of way. since agents commenced to get hold of the property along there has been a persistent ailroad was coming. | company 8 in San Francisco, which outlined the pro- jected route. | ¥ It has been strongly insisted that this | road was nothing more nor less than an | outlet for a transcontinental route to be | controlled by the Gould and Clark inter- The activity which Senator Clark s been showing in railroad enterprises ently heading toward the Pacific Coast was taken as strong confirmation of ihe reports The news that the Montana legislator has personally inspected the Tesla prop- erties has come to the mind of many as further confirmation of the belief that it is none other than the Gould and Clark | combination which has essayed to find an | outlet at deep water in this city. ppli jon to the City Council for a | » for the new road is in course of | preparation. It is expected that the peti- | tion will be filed at the next regular meet- ing ¢f the Council. PROSECUTOR LEACH FLAYS BRUTAL SON | Informs Kugthopkins That City’s | Air Would Be Purified by His ! Absence. | OAKLAND; Aug. 2%.—Accused of mal- | treating his aged mother, Hugh Hopkins | = the subject of a bitter arraignment from the lips of Prosecuting Attorney | Leach this morning in Police Judge Smi court, where he was on trial for | battery. Hopkins’ mother is the keeper | a little store on Fifth street, West | Oakland, from the proceeds of which she | earns an uncertain living. Whenever her n becomes intoxicated he demands that e provide him with money to slake his increasing thirst. But when he got drunk last Sun she stood her ground against with | s fists, “¥ rable specimen of man- hood,” sz cutor Leach this morn- ing, “and the air of the city would be purified if it were rid of you. If you do not lea f your own accord the police will hel» ou along.” Judge Smith remanded Hopkins to jail until he had heard the testimony of the mother, of her will who son’; be summoned to tell treatment. — SIMPSON FINDS NO OPEN ARMS WAITING FOR HIM Wife Refuses to Withdraw Divorce Suit Against Husband Who Re- { appears After Years. | OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—After eighteen years of weary waiting, Mrs. Clara Simp- son of this city decided that her husband, | David Simpson, was either dead or that he had forgotten the love of his youth and would never return, and she accordingly brought suit for divorce on the ground of desertion last July. To-day her husband reappeared on the scene just after the case had been placed in the hands of the Court Commissioner for the taking of testimony. The wife has | already obtained a default judgment | against her husband and will proceed with | the casd. She believes that a man who re- | mained silent for nearly two decades and left her to battle against the world is not worthy to be taken back and forgiven. There are property interests, over which {a contest is apt to ensue. What effect the husband’s unexpected return will have upon the divorce sult, Mrs. Simpson’s at- torneys will not say. —_——— Stillwell Refuses Franchise. OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—After a lengthy discussion the City Council last night ac- cepted the $20,000 bid of H. €. Stillwell for a franchise to operate a telephone system in this city. Stillwell, however, through a communication filed to-day, re- fused to accept the franchise, declaring it to_be clouded by the Council's action in refusing to award when the bids were opened. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE ONE WITH THE IMP—How in the world do you 4 / keep your baby so quiet and happy this dreadful trying weather ? THE ONE WITH THE CHERUB—Why it's the easlest thing in the world. I take 2 CASCARET Candy Cathartic every night at bed-time. It makes mother's milk mildly purgative, keeps the baby's bowels cool and regular, stops sour curd and wind colic. They work while you pursing mothers. sleep, you know — greatest blessing for 564 GAMIMA PHI BETA SORORITY IS READY TO OPEN TS NATIONAL CONVENTION ™ CRisk TOGETHER Delegates Gather Fromg Every Part of Coun.try and Con- clave Will Be First Ever Held West of the Mississippi by a Greek Letter Order--Eta Chapter Gives Reception L — — lishment it has had a steady, conservative growth until at present it ranks among the highest of all similar organizations in the country. The Eta Chapter at Berkeley was founded April 17, 1834, and has numbered among its members some of the most promiinent girl graduates of the university. Its chapter house Is lo- cated at 2429 Channing way. ELABORATE PROGRAMME. An elaborate programme of entertain- ments has been mapped out for the visi- tors, both by the local chapter and by other fraternities at Berkeley. This af- ternoon a reception was tendered the del- cgates by the active members of HKta Chapter at their chaf{(er home. To-mor- row afternoon the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will give a tea in their honor and in the evening the alumnae members of the local chapter will give a dance at Hearst Hall. Thursday night the Phi Delta Theta men’s fraternity give a dance at their house in honor of the visiting delegates, which is to be preceded by a tea at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house in the afternoon. The Delta Delta Delta sorority will close the round of gayety ot SV <~ 3 MEMBERS OF ETA CHAPTER OF I SORORITY WHO WILL ASSIST IN ENTERTAINING DELEGATES. l g B - € | - : - — L ERKELEY, Aug. 26.—An event of wide interest to college fraternity circles will take place to-morrow when the national convention of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority opens its session at the chapter house of the Eta Chapter at the University of Cal- ifornia. This will mark a distinct recog- nition of the growing importance of the university, since this is the first time that any college Greek letter order has held its conclave west of the Mississipp To attend this important gathering del- L o e o e e MOUNTS BIGYCLE AND DISAPPEARS Harry L. Wagenet Miss- ing and Parents Are Worried. OAKLAND, Aug. 2.—Under circum- stances that defy solution Harry L. ‘Wagenet, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wagenet of 1226 East Twenty- second street, has dropped from sight of parents and anxious friends. He disap- peared Sunday night after saying he was going to exercise on his wheel, and his whereabouts remains a mystery, in spite of a most thorough search that has been made for him. The missing youth was last seen abeut 8 o’clock Sunday night. He had been to the raflroad station, to which he escorted some friends of the family, whom he had helped to entertain during the day.. As soon as he got home he informed his pa- rents that he was going to ride on his bi- cycle. He carried nothifg with him ex- cept his lantern and was’ attired in outing costume. As time passed and the boy failed to r turn, his parents became worried and en- listed friends in a search. Since then a diligent investigation has been made ;:‘llthout revealing the slightest trace of m. : The boy's parents are partial to the be- lief that he has been overtaken some- where in sickness. He recently suffered three severe illnesses, from which he was convalescing, and they fear that he has been seized again so violently that he is unable to communicate to them his condi- tion. The missing youth was devoted to his parents, who do not believe that he would willfully cause them to suffer anxi- ety, particularly as his mother is now in 111 health. When he left home Wagenet wore cor- duroy trousers, a mixed gray coat and vest, straw hat, black muffler and tennis flannel shirt. He is not known to have had any money. He was 5 feet 9 inches high and weighed 130 pounds. His friends say he was an exemplary young man, egates from all of the active chapters throughout the colleges of the country and from several of the aiumnae associa- tions have come to Berkeley. Their delib- erztions, which will continue until Satur- day, will have to do with the vital inter- oste of the whole order and will include the questions of granting new charters, {raternity organizations and similar mat- ters. The Gamma Phi Beta sorority was es- tablished at Syracuse University, New York, in November, 1874. Since its estab- CLARENGE REED - TURNG UP ALIVE Missing Secretary Wires Father From New Orleans. Oakldnd Office San Francisco Call, 1418 Broadway, Aug. 2. After a disappearance of exactly two weeks Clarence M. Reed, secretary of the Cogswell Polytechnic College, has been located. His father, Attorney George W. Recd of this city, to-day ré- celved a telegram from his son in New Orleans announcing that he was ill and asking for money, as he desired to ra- turn home at once. A dispatch to the same tenor was also received by J. J. Hanifin Jr., secretary of Oakland Lodge of Elks, of which the young man, like his father, is a member. Promptly Mr. Reed replied to the mes- sage, and he expects his son will start for Oakland on the first train. The news that the young man is safe has caused a great burden to drop from the shoulders of the distressed family, as well as many of young Reed’s friends, who have exerted every effort to find a trace of the missing secretary. The hows and wherefores of his sudden departure are still unexplained. Attorney Reed is satisfied, at least for the present, to know that his son is in the land of the living 2;1(1 that no serlous harm has befallen m. David McMullin’s Will. OAKLAND, Aug. 26—The will of David McMullin was filed for probate to-day. It disposes of $17,500 worth of property, five- gixths of which goes to his five children and one-sixth to his three grandchildren. —_—————— Cheap Rates to Washington, D. C., Returning Via Portland, Or. The Santa Fe rate will be $97.90. Sold on September 29 and 30 only. Ask at Santa Fe office, 641 Market street. ¥l x3 with a reception at its house on Friday afternoon. The delegates to the convention ar Miss Emma F. Lowd, sorority presiden Miss Millicent Hinckley and iss Emo- gene Day of Syracuse University, Miss Leola Jermy of the Syracuse Alumnae As- Sociation, Miss Katherine McGraw of the University of Michigan; Miss Jane Smart of the Woman’s College, Baltimore; Miss Lucile Timberlake of the University of Lenver, Mrs. Palmer of the New York Alumnae Assoclation, Miss Lunde of the Boston Alumnae Association and Miss Greta Augustine and Miss Margaret Campbell of the University of California. The members of the Eta Chapter whu will act as hostesses of the visiting_del- egates are Miss Inez Shippee, Miss Edna Wyckeff, Miss Margaret Campbell, Miss Gertrude Curtis, Miss Sue Dunbar, Miss Grace Foulds, Miss Gertrude Thayer, Miss Mary Randall, Miss Tallulah Le Conte, Miss Della West, Miss Pearl Pitch- er, Miss Margaret Henderson, Miss True Aiken, Miss Cora Patton, Miss Julia Dix- on, Miss Wanda Muir, Miss Greta Augus- tine, Miss Alice Benson and Miss Florence Senger. 0 e e e S e e 3 Y ) SiY3 LAWYERS OVERGHARGED Marston Declares Attor- neys Took Advantage of His Youth. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 26. Abner Paul Marston, who, upon the death of an uncle, Abner Coburn, came into property valued at $300,000, to-day answered the charges of conspiracy and fraud brought against him by his former attorneys, H. V. Morehouse and J. F. Hambley, by accusing them of having taken advantage of his youth before he had reached his majority and induced him to sign a contract whereby he was bound to surrender 15 per cent of the estate for legal services, or a sum approximating $60,000. Marston admits that he entered into an agreement in 1898 with Morehouse and Hambley to give them 10 per cent of his estate and to allow M. C. Hassett, an- other attorney, a fee of 5 per cent in con- sideration of a 32500 loan. But since ar- riving at his majority the young heir says he has repudiated the agreement. . Marston and his attorney, George H. Collins, were accused of having been par- ties to a spurlous bill of sale which put Marston’s property beyond the reach of his former attornevs. This allegation is denied bfi the young man, who alleges that he has already paid large sums to Morehouse and Hambley, who, at the time of payment, were apparently satis- fied with the amount of money they re- ceived, he says. The Superior Court is asked to nullify the contract made by Marston to pay his attorneys on a percentage basis. $30.00 From St. Louis. Or from Memphis, New Orleans or Mis- sissippi River points. Santa Fe colonist rates during September and October. Tickets may be gnld for here and tele- raphed to your friends. Ask the Santa e, 641 Market street. . ENEINE AN CAR [STUDENT WOODS Collision Takes Place on Street Crossing in Alameda. Two Men Injured in Wreck and Others Save Lives by Jumping. ALAMEDA, Aug. 26.—An electric car in charge of two shopmen, Charles Pierson and Kirk Mahan, was struck and demol- ished by the locomotive of the *“Cannon Ball” freight train on the crossing at Railroad avenue and Webster street at 8:30 o’clock this afternoon. In the col- lision the big engine was thrown from the track. Pierson and Kirk were dragged from the wreckage of the car, stunned and bleeding, but not fatally injured. Conductor Charles Moore and Brake- men Chatles Conrad, Charles Phillips and J. Steiner of the freight train, who were sitting on the pilot of the locomotive, jumped when the engine was but a few feet distant from the street car and thereby saved their lives. The pilot of the locomotive was wrenched and broken and the glass in the cab windows was shattered by the force of the shock. Pierson and Mahan are employed as re- pair men in the Webster street car house of the Oakland Transit Company. They were giving the car that was smashed a4 trial trip along Webster street when the collision occurred. Plergon was acting as motorman and Mahan #as lying down on the floor of the car observing how the motor was operating. Pierson evidentiy did not bring the car to a stop before go- ing over the crossing as the rules.of the Oakland Transit Company require all mo- tormen to do. The car was about half way over the crossing when the freight train coming from the West End crashed into it. When Plerson saw that he could not get clear of the locomotive he at- tempted to leap from between the seats of the car, but failed. Mahan says he saw the engine as it bore down upon the car and he tried to arise and jump off the rear end. Before he could do this engine and car came together, and he was ren- dered unconscious by a flying section of wood that hit him on the head, cutting an ugly gash in his scalp. Pierson sus- tained a scalp wound several inches long and a deep incision in his right leg be- tween the knee and ankle. “I did not hear any bell or whistle from the freight engine,” said Pierson. ‘“‘The locomotive was nearly on top of us when I first saw it. I tried to get off the car before we were struck, but did not have time."” . “I was lying on the floor of the car when I noticed through the window that the engine was running right into us’ explained Mahan. “I got up on my hands and knees and was making for the rear door to jump off when I was hit with something on the head and became sense- less.” The crew of the freight train say that they were moving about twelve miles an hour when. the accident happened, and that the locomotive bell was ringing. The crossing where the collision oc- curred is in.a dilapidated condition. There are several low joints in the rails of the Southern Pacific tracks and to these more than to the collision with a light electric car is attributed to the derailment of the heavy freight engine. — BERKELEY FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS ADOPTED Town Trustees Find the Mechanism Perfect and Authorize a Draft for Payment. BERKELEY, Aug. 26.—At a meeting of the Town Trustees last night the new Gamewell fire alarm system, which has been recently erected in town, was form- ally accepted and the draft for $7600 voted in payment. The acceptance was made after a rigorous test of the efficiency of the system made by the members of the board and Fire Chief Kenny in ihe after- noon. The alarm system comprises twenty- two alarm boxes in the different districts of the town, a central office at the Town Hall and indicators at each of the fire houses. COMPRESSED AIR KNOCKS OUT TRAINMAN’S TEETH Brakeman Stahl Receives a 200- Pound Blow Squarely in the Mouth. ‘OAKLAND, Aug. 26.—W. A. Stanl, a brakeman in the employ of the Southern Pacific Company, while coupling the air hose between two cars last night had six teeth blown out by the compressed air, which escaped in a volume. Stahl's mouth was also bruised by the force cf the air, which had been subjected to a 200-pound pressure. Just as the brakeman was coupling the hose the engineer turned on the air, with the result the hose parted and the luckless brakeman was sent sprawling. He was treated at the Recelving Hospital. ————————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Aug. 2.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: James T. Brennan, over 2, and Anna Louise Volker, over 18, both of Oakland; Frarcis E. Brockhage, 36, and Emma Z. Pillot, 3, both of San Jose; Ernest N. Cullin, 22, Fruitvale, and Emily Hough- ton, 22, Oakland; Joseph M. Lemos, 49, and Marie A. Silva, 35, both of Oakland; Wil- liam B. West, 2, Oakland, and Carrie L. McCormick, 24, Alameda; Joseph Sena, 23, end Rosa Duval, 17, both of Oakland. STRIKE OF MESSENGERS BECOMES QUITE SERIOUS Western Union Is Threatened With a Boycott Unless Demands of Boys Are Granted. SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.—The messenger boys’ strike is assuming a serious aspect. The American District Telegraph Com- pany and Manager Bailey remain firm in their determination not to accede to the demands of the messenger boys. To-day the strikers and some of their sympa- thizers attempted to interfere, it was claimed, with those employed to take their . places, and Manager Bailey had warrants sworn out for the arrest of Her- bert Popplewell, John O’Neil, Genrfe Erk- scn, Peter Leal and Willle O'Nell on a charge of misdemeanor. Only the latter was arrested, as the others got to cover. Public sympathy is with the striking messengers, and several prominent people are taking a hand to see that the boys have a square deal. Mayor Worswick has promised the boys assistance when he re- turns from Sacramento. Already consid- erable business has been turned over to the Postal Company, and it is proposed unless the Western Union concedes to or- ganize a systematic boycott on the office. Vagaries of a Woman Doctor. Mrs. Dr. Ida M. Lathrop of 1108 Post street was locked up'in a cell in the city hospital for the insane yesterday after- noon at the City Hall. The complaint which deprived the lady physiclan of her Tresdom for the time being was sworn o by Ida F. MacArthur, a trained nurse, who has been a constant associate of Dr. Lathrop for a number of years and who says Dr. Lathrop has been acting strange- ly for gome time. Dr. Lathrop is a grad- uate of the Cooper Medical College of this city. She graduated and recelved her i {oml to practice medicine in Jmuar{, 1898. Since that period she has been fol- lowing her profession at the residence, from where she was removed in the patrol wagon yesterday. She will be by the (gommlulonon on Insanity to-day. 15 NOT QUSTED Faculty Committee Al- lows University Man to Remain. He Hoaxed Freshmen, but Is Given Leave to Stay on Probation. e BERKELEY, Aug. 26.—W. A. B. Woods, the university student who for a week has been on the rack before the faculty committee on students’ affairs for hoax- ing entering freshmen, is to remain in college on probation. The students’ affairs committee, consist- ing of Professofs Corey, Setchell and Bab- cock, after consultation with Bruce Wright, president of the Assoclated Stu- dents, and acting in concert with Presi- dent Wheeler, so decided at a meeting last night. The cause of Woods’ grilling by the fac- ulty committee was his induigence in the time-worn custom of measuring freshmen for their uniforms in the office of the Oc- cident, the student weekly, on the open~ ing day of college. Together with the ed- itor of the Occident and other offenders, Woods was brought before the faculty committee. While the other four offend- ers were dismissed with a severe repri- mand, Woods was held for final punish- ment because of previous escapades. When it became rumored that the fae- ulty intended to dismiss Woods from col- lege a petition, signed by several hun- dred students, was handed to the commit- tee, asking that Woods be allowed to es- cape the severe punishment which was in the minds of the faculty. Before giv- ing their final decision in the case the students’ affairs committee consulted with President Wright of the student body to gain_the opinion of Woods’ college mates on the matter. Since for several days the faculty has maintained the utmost secrecy concern- ing the disposition of the case of the young student, it had begun to be sus- pected that the maximum punishment had been meted out to him. During this in- terval, however, the committee ed their recommendation to the president and he had returned the matter to their hands with power to act. Their final de- cision to keep Woods in college on strict prebation was only made known to-day. In speaking of the affair to-day Pro- fessor William A. Setchell of the stu- dents’ affairs committee said: “After considerable deliberation and consultation with President Wheeler, we have decided to hold Woods ‘in escrow,” to use a legal term. He will be allowed to ccatinue in_college only on the strictest probation. - In our deeision the petition of the students had little weight. The pe- titioners took entirely the wrong view of the matter and their arguments were of little weight.” AUTHORITIES BREAK UP BAND OF CATTLE THIEVES Alleged Members Are Under Arrest in Santa Clara County. SAN JOSE, Aug. 26.—Five men, alleged Mmembers of an organized band of cattle thieves that has been terrorizing the cat- tle men in Sunol and Calaveras valleys for the past year and appropriating many cattle to its own use, are lodged in the County Jail here. Manuel and Modesto Sanchez, father and son, who are alleged members of the band, were brought in to- day, the one by Constable Costigan of Ml{pltan and the other by Deputy Sheriff Harrison. The gang has the situa- tion perfectly in hand for the past year, and so completely subdued were the cat- tlemen that though they knew where the cattle went they dared not take action for fear of their lives. Now the spell is broken, and they are using every effort to aid the officers in breaking up the band by bringing ail its members to jus- tice. —_——————— Is Arrested for Cruelty. ‘Willlam Curry, an employe of the City Transfer Company, was arrested yester- day by officers of the Humane Soclety for the alleged wanton abuse of a horse. Secretary Holbrook states that the ani- mal was covered with heavy welts caused by > brutal whipping, and was also un- shod. ——————— Game Law Violators Punished. Peter Muller and Edward Ferguson of ‘Watsonville, who were arrested Sunday by deputies of the Fish Commission for Kllling a doe, entered a plea of guilty be- fore Justice of the Peace Hawkins yes- terday and were fined 325 each. ADVERTISEMENTS. SURGICAL OPERATIONS How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Singer, Esca; d an mm Proof That Many ns for Ovarian Troubles are Un- necessary. “DeAR Mgs. Prsxman : —Travelling for years on the with irregular ma{smd sleep and p beds, broke, down my th so completely two years ago that the physician advised a complete rest, and wi I had gained prospect, however, advised to Lydnlirn-:.: vmgi?"?fi?d and ative ash ; h_fl felt that my general health ime B hree months more 1 was ment or miss a meal. * Your Vegetable is cer- tainly wonderful, the