The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1902, Page 9

’ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1902. (o} OUTLINES TOUR OF PRESIDENT Secretary Cortelyou An- nounces Roosevelt's Itinerary. Large Oities of the Northwest Will Entertain Nation's Chief. —— OYSTER BAY, N, Y., Sept. 18.—Secre- tary Cortelyou to-day made public the following outline of the President’s tour Lo the Northwest, September 19 to Octo- er The President, Becretary Cortelyou and Assistant Secretary Loeb will leave Oys- ter Bay Friday, September 19, at %:30 a. m. The first public stop scheduled is at Cincinnati at 10 a. m. Saturday, the 20th. Upon arrival there the President and par- ty are to be escorted to the St. Nicholas Hotel, where an informal luncheon will be given by the general committee. In the evening the local committees will en- tertain the President and party and oth- ers at dinner at the St. Nicholas Hotel . dinner the President will at Music Hall. ati at midnight, the troit early the follow- remain there until Tues- 2 Sunday will be ut_public_programme. t will attend the convention and or a ride on the riv- son he will Teview a will be given in the war veterans. ee or four hours will apolis, where the Presi- the en- reach I late in the and Milwaukee will be reached during the night. VISIT TO SOLDIERS’ HOME. me for Milwaukee contem- t to the Soldiers’ Home, a afternoon and a banquet in bout two hours will be spent at La [hursday morning, the pro- a drive to the fair idress by the President. apolis will be visited At Minneapolis the convention of er and Employe at the Expo- The party will then pro- ic car to St. Paul, ined at dinner b of St. Paul and ng the President will > National Civ! Improve- convention. h, Sioux Falls and in the morning. ent in Sioux City, n, and stops will be deniso ha will be reached and the President escorted to the Omaha ner will be served. In the dent will review an elec- g the Pr trical pageant. " the 28th, will be spent quietly day morning the a_public meeting A brief stop will be ing at Lawrence, 11 be reached about 5 there, covering about four hours, two cities of Kansas City, Kansas City, Kans. Leaving Kansas City, Kans., late the afternoon, brief stops will be made at Leavenworth and Atchison. St Jo- seph Will be reached after § o’clock. Thero the President will deliver an address and the party will dine at a hotel. A number of brief stops wi on Tuesday, September 30, a Jowa. At Ottumwa in the evening the President will deliver an address. ENTERTAINMENTS PLANNED. Leaving Ottu during the night, the train will go by way of Keokuk, Iowa; Quincy, Il.; Hannibal, Louisiana and Clarksville, Mo., to St. Louis, arriving at the last named place about 4 o'clock and leaving the following morning. In St Louis the President and party will be taken for a drive through the city, Forest Park and the Worl will be entert and in the e Fair grounds. They ined by the Mercantile Club ning the President will de- liver an address at the Coliseum. From St. Louls the party will proceed to Bpringfiel arriving shortly after noon and leavin, about midnight. In the 1 be taken to the e evening the Presi- be entertained at dinner at the Governor's mansion. afternoon a drive Chicego will be reached Friday morn- ing, October 3, at 8:3) o'clock. The pro- gramme for the da ludes visits to the Northwestern and ago Universities and to several organizations, an open-air meeting on the front in the afternoon a banguet in the evening extended 7 the various clubs and business asso- tions of the city. The President and his party will leave Chicago during the night 2nd arrive at Cleveland at 9:30 Saturday evening. No public programme has been erranged for Clev nd, as it is the Pres- ident’s intention to spend Sunday there os the guest of Senator Hanna, leavihg during Sunday night for the East. On Monday. October 6, two hours will be spent at Columbus, where the Presi- dent will deliver an address at the State House. The train will reach Washington Tuesday, October 7, at 8:30 o'clock. The President will be accompanied dur- ing a part of the trip by Secretaries Shaw and Wilson. In addition to these and Secretary Cortelyou, Assistant Sec- retary Loeb and Secretary Barnes, the party will include Dr. Lung and others of his personal staff, representatives of the press associations, of several of the leading papers of the section of the coun- try traversed and of two telegraph com- panies. The party will also include two photographers. FATR ESTATE BEFORE THE NEW YORK COURTS Mrs. Virginia Vanderbilt Is Granted Letters of Administration by Surrogate Fitzgerald. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Surrogate Fitz- gerald to-day granted letters testament- ary to Mrs. Virginia Vanderbilt, wife of w. K anderbilt Jr., on the estate in this State of her brother, the late Charle: L Fair, who was killed in an automobile accident, together with his wife, in France & month ago. Immediately after the news of Fair's death reached here his sister, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, se- cured an order from Justice Giegerich authorizing a search for her brother's will In the vaults of a safe company, but no will was found. JUDGE 5L0%5 Ottinger Pays Penalty for Disregarding In- Jjunction. £ IPEY He Denies Knowledge of Sell- ing Ticket to Mrs, Bracken. A, Ottinger, the ticket broker, was fined $150 by Judge Bloss yesterday for contempt of court. On August 6 Judge Cook issued an injunction restraining the ticket brok- ers of this city from selling Knights of Pythias tickets. On August 16 Mrs. Frances Bracken called at Ottinger's ticket office and de- sired a ticket to the East. The ticket was not sold to her at that time, but later in the day & man named J. Adams called at her residence and told her he could sell her a ticket to Chicago for $35. She paid $ to Adams, and the next day he called with the ticket and she paid the balance of the money. This ticket was taken up by the Santa Fe officlals and Mrs. Brack- en was refused transportation. Attorney Pillsbury, representing the Santa Fe Railway, prosecuted the case against Ottinger, while George D. Collins appeared for the defendant. Ottinger’s side of the case is that Mrs. Bracken is a detective in the employ of the Santa Fe. That she came into his of- fice and wanted to buy a cut rate ticket to Chicago. Ottinger says that he had no tickets on hand, but that a man named J. Adams ogverheard her request for the ticket and that he sold her his wife's tick- et, as Mrs. Adams would not use it, she having decided to remain in California. A stay of proceedings of three days was granted Ottinger on motion of his attor- ney. ENID BRANDT GIVES FAREWELL RECITAL Child Wonder Shows Great Improve- ment and Amazes Audience With Performance. Little Enid Brandt, the center of many musical sensations, last night gave a farewell piano recital at Steinway Hall that added yet another to her remarkable list of achievements. The little wonder child's last recitals were given in Novem- ber last, and though her work was then on the order of the marvelous, it is this year more astounding. She has gained much all round musically, and her tech- nical resources would not be despised by many adult artists now before the public. The work is rhythmically stronger, there is tonal gain and more repose, breadth and power, which last the little player never lacked. 5 The programme was heroic, including the andante splanato and polonaise in E flat of Chopin and a Liszt Hungarian fantasie, rendered both with a brilliancy of technique and precocious intelligence that kept one breathless during their per- formance. The Beethoven rondo (G ma- jor) showed the little player's equipment ou another side, and the Thone ‘‘Mando- line,” given with delightful neatness and finish, aroused fresh wonder at the child’s command over her Iinstrument. The Chopin C sharp min. impromptu and “The Flatterer” of Chaminade were other num- bers, and two distinctly clever little com- positions by Miss Brandt, ‘‘La - Petit and “Danse Antique,” concluded a pro- gramme extraordinary for its variety and interest. The clever little Californian goes East shortly to play in New York and Boston under the management of Henry Wolfsohn, and it is safe to predict for her a glittering success. The audience was large, amazed and friendly. ————— TEMBLOR GIVES CITY EARLY MORNING SHAKE Earthquake Is Composed of Four Op- posing Waves and Lasts for Five Seconds. The most severe earthquake shock that has visited San Francisco since March 30, 1898, occurred at 3:51 o’clock yesterday morning. There were four waves, grad- ually diminishing in vielence. Their di- rection was from north to south. The shock lasted for five seconds. Professor McAdie of the Weather Bu- reau states that the waves opposed each other, which caused the temblor to lose much’ of its yiolence. Had they followed each other in rapid succession there might have been some damage done, he says. In the last fifty-three years this city has experienced an average of eight shocks annuall The worst one was on October 21, 1863, when, many buildings were thrown down and five people were killed. That earthquake lasted for forty- two_seconds. BERKELEY, Sept. 18.—The seismo- graph at the students’ observatory of the University of California registered an earthquake this morning at 3:51 o'clock. Four distinct shocks were noted and the direction of the wave movement was from south to north. The shock was also felt in Oakland and Alameda, but no damage was reported. —_—— SODALITY BOOTH GIVES BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT Fund for the New St. Vincent de Paul’s Church Receives Sub- stantial Addition. An entertainment was given at Steimke Hall, at the corner of Union and Octavia streets, last night, under the auspices of the Scdality booth in aid of the St. Vin- cent de Paul Church fair. The hall was crcwded and a considerable sum realized to assist in the building of Rev. Father M. P. Ryan's new church at Green and Steiner streets, The entertainment was one of a series being given for that pur- ose. DFochmg is the programme as given: Piano duet, Misses Haley and Baldwin; vocal duet, Messrs. Harry Monahan and Harry Ha- ley; wviolin solo, Miss Elizabeth Dolan; bass solo, J. J._ Dolan; niano selection, Irish airs, Professor P. A. d'Arcy; contralto solo, Mrs. George Norton: recitation, “Shamus O'Brien,” J. 3. Dolan; violin solo, Miss Agnes Kelly; barytone solo, Frank Monahan. After the programme refreshments were served and dancing was enjoyed. T S e e i Transport Logan Sails for Home. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The War De- partment has been advised of the sailing | of the transport Logan from Manila, Sep- tember 16, for San Francisco, with Briga- dler General Frederick D. Grant, head- quarters and six troops of the Ninth Cav- alry: 123 sick, 8 insane, 178 casuals and 55 discharged soldiers. General Grant has peen assigned to command the Depart- ment of Texas. RISING BREAS And many other painful and serious ailments from which most mothers suffer, can be avoided by the use of “Mothers Friend.” This great remedy is a God-send to women, carrying them through their most critical ordeal with safety and no pain. No woman who uses *Mother’s Friend” need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is also healthy, strong and good natured. Our book “Motherhood,” is worth its weight in gold toevery woman, and will be sent free inylain envelope by addressing application to Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlaata, Ga. MOTHER'S MISS MAGDALENE BLANKART WEDDED TO FRANK HOWLETT comes Wife of Young Business Man, Verein Ceremony Being Performed at Her Home OAKLAND SOCIETY BELLE WHO BECAME THE BRIDE OF AN AL- AMEDA MAN LAST NIGHT. ES + AKLAND, Sept. 18.—One of the notable weddings of the season took place this evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Blankart, 1319 Tenth avenue, in East Oakland, when their youngest daughter, Miss Magdalene \Blankart, be- came the bride of Frank Howlett of Ala- meda. The wedding was & quiet affair, only relatives and near friends being resent at the ceremony. The Rev. wight E. Potter, pastor of the Union- street Presbyterian Church, an intimate friend and college mate of thé bride’s brother-in-law, Brigadier General Fred- erick Funston, was the officiating clergy- man. The decorations were very tasteful, a ORDERS BOARD OF WORKS TO TAKE DOWN FENCES Supervisors’ Street Committee Di- rects Attention to Recent Decision of Judge Murasky. The Supervisors’ Street Committee yes- terday referred the petition of Henry A. Tessmer that the fences obstructing Thirty-fifth avenue south be removed to the Beard of Works. The committee also directed the board to study Judge Muras- Ry's recent decision to the effect that no s a right to obstruct public streets. I"\'Y:;e(v{"falhstfln%lng that the Board of Works was directed one month ago to remove the fences, it has so far failed to do so on the ground that they act as safe- guards against a dangerous gully, al- though Tessmer and other property own- ers have built a footbridge across the g"‘l"‘n}; petition of property owners for the opening of Fulton street from Twenty- seventh street to_the ocean was referred to the Board of Works for investigation and recommendation. The Board of Works was instructed to abate the nuisance alleged to be caused by the blasting operations of B. Lantry & Sons in the district bounded by Ken- tucky, Minnesota, Eighteenth and Twen- ty-fifth streets. The committee recommended the con- struction of the Sixth-street sewer and adjoining sewers at a cost of $30,250. The committee reported favorably on the following proposals for improvements: Granite curbs and artificlal walks on Fell street, between. Pierce and Scott; granite curbs at the crossing of Frederick street and Tremont avenue; expediency of grading the easterly half of Ne sada avenue; granite curbs on Twenty- third street, between Castro and Noe; sewer in Broadway from the -east- erly line of Lyon street; stone side- walk on Sacramento street, between Cen- tral avenue and Walnut street; grading Midway. street, between Francisco and Bay; sidewalks on Beaver and Noe streets; change of grades on Thirteenth street at the crossing of Guerrero street; change of grade on Bry- ant street; new sewer in California street, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, PRESIDENT’S COUSIN HERE FROM THE ORIENT Is Seventeen Years of Age and Is Completing His Education by Traveling. James A. Roosevelt, first cousin of the President, arrived from the Orient yes- terday and is registered at the Palace. The young man is 17 years of age and bears a strong resemblance to the Presi- dent. In an interview last evening James sald that he left his home in Boston last Octo- ber. He spent several months in Ger- mahy under tutorship. He visited Lon- don and sailed from there for the Orient on July 4. The young man will enter Harvard next ear, and says that he will at the end of i!.l college days study the banking busi- ness. His father, Alfred Roosevelt, is dead, but his mother and two sisters re- side in Boston. He expects to leave for the East to-morrow. —_—— ’ Insolvent Drummer. Alfred B. Seal, commercial traveler, San Francisco, filed a petition in insolvency esterday in the United States District Tourt, His labilities are $3965 77 and He has no assets. v —_———————— MRS. ELIZABETH DEARDORFF TO LEC- TURE.—Mrs. Deardorft will glye an illustrated lecture on ‘‘Humane Education” to-night, un- der the auspices of the School Extension - ety, at the Franklin Grammar School, Eighth street, near Harrison, e — pretty feature being the altar, resplend- ent with brass and crystal candelabra and glowing with amaryllis, before which the bridal pair knelt while receiving the nuptial blessing. The bride was charming in a gown of imported mulle, elaborately trimmed with lace insertion and tucks. A full flounce edged the skirt. The yoke and sleeves were of lace and tucked mulle. The veil was caught with orange blossoms, and a shower of Bride roses formed the bridal bouquet. “Miss Edith Lang attended the bride and wore a dainty gown of white organdie and carried pink roses. Robert A. Smyth of San Francisco was best man. After the honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Howlett will return for the winter to San Francisco, where the groom is assoclated in business. with the Whittier-Coburn Cempany. / Among the guests at the wedding was Mrs. Frederick Funston, who came from Denver a short time ago and who will leave Sunday to rejoin General Funston in Colorado. e e e e e S R SR R RO DIMMICK MUST STAY IN ALAMEDA JAIL Judge De Haven Says He Must Wait Until November for Third Trial. Attorney George D. Collins and his cli- ent, Walter N, Dimmick, appeared yes- terday morning before Judge de Haven in the United States District Court and Mr. Collins moved for a reduction of the bail of $33,000 in the three cases in which his client was defendant. He also moved for an immediate trial on the charge of stealing $30,000 from the United States Mint. Bert Schlesinger of special counsel for the Government said that he had no objection to having the case set for trial at the earliest possible date, but that he decidedly objected to a reduction of the hail. He reminded the court that Dim- mick had been convicted under two in- dictments and that the validity of one of the convietions had been affirmed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge de Haven denied Mr, Collins’ motion for a reduction of the bail. He saild that there would not be any jury drawn until November, and he would therefore refuse to set a date for the trial. The statute permitting certain classes of criminal cases to be trans- ferred from the United States District Court to the United States Circuit Court is not applicable to the present matter, and for that 'reason no motion. for a transfer was made. i —_———— CABLE LINE TO HONOLULU WILL BE SOON COMPLETED Officials of Company Expect to Have System in Operation by End of Year. LONDON, Sept. 18—The submarine tel- egraph eable which is to join the United States and Hawail, as the first lnk in the system to the Philippines, has been completed and is now on hoard the cable steamer Silverton, lying in the Thames preparatory to sailing September 20 for San Francisco, whence the vessel will immediately begin laying the cable t Honolulu. The Silverton is ex; ecteg tg reach San Francisco early in Decesber, The cable is wound around three enor- mous spools, each thirty feet in diame- ter. Its total length is 2413 miles. The strands are one to three inches thick. The total weight of the cable is 10,000 tons, Vice President Ward of the Commer- clal Pacific Cable Company, who sails for New York on the steamer Celtic to-mor- row, said to a press representative: “The shipment of the cable gives assur- ance that the United States may look for— ward to being in telegraphic touch with Honolulu in the near future. The man- ufacture of the three remaining sections to the Philippines is progressing at the rate of fifty miles a day, and I am con- fident they will be finished by March and laid during next summer. Two cable steamers, the Colonial and the Anglia Tl lay the line beyond Iilnwuu. I woul e to see the entire project consu - ed‘gy xdxixt %‘gurth n%! glnlyi i s ‘‘Pending the arrival o e Silve work will be pushed on the undergrenl:gg cable approaches at San Francisco and Honolulu, each seven miles long. It will take the Silverton two weeks to unwind onolulu. 8 ately thereafter.” e e ———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Sept, 18.—The following “f;"’g’,,".‘;{’ lu‘:ld to-day: .__Schmidt, a 2, bofl:sot a 2, San Fran- TFrank Hawlett, 30, Alameda, ¢ Wasdaiene Biankart. 22, Oaklang; Jarnd W. Cannon, 23, and Mammie M. Dean, 22, both of San Francisco; Charles R. Nel- son,, 30, Towle, and Vivian B. Bryan, Oak- AUDIENCE ENJOYS |LEVINGS AWAKES WODDRUFF BACK FINES SCALPER precty sister-in-taw of Generat Funstone-| RARE HARMONIES| FROM HIS DREAM) FROM MANILA Arion Gives Its First Concert of Season. A Music Lovers Crowd Hall and Reward Choruses With Frantic Applause. Verein Arion gave its first concert of the season at Native Sons' Hall last night, and if the excellent ensemble of the choruses may be accepted as a crite- rion the season promises rare pleasures to music lovers who delight in the rare harmonies of cultivated voices heard in concert. The hall was crowded and every number of the programme was received with keen appreciation of the high merit displayed. Such splendidly balanced choruses are heard nowhere else in San Francisco than at the Arion concerts, and both the male and the female choruses, singing sepa- rately and together, won new honors. The programme began with the joyous “Fruehlingslied,” by Welnzerl, sung by the male chorus, with piano accompani- ment. Arthur Weiss rendered a ’cello solo, Popper's Hungarian rhapsody, with plano accompaniment by Gyula Ormay. The male chorus sang ‘““An die Ferne Geliebte,” by Neubner, L. Warnke sing- | ing the tenor solo most effectively. The jnixed chorus was first heard in Soedermann’s . beautiful ‘‘Elne Bauern- hochzeit.” The audience. was frantic in its applause. Mrs, Ida de Seminario sang a soprano solo, Kuecken’'s “Der Himmel Hat Eine Thraene Geweint,” with violin obligato by Miss Ada D. Zech. Soloist and violinist received numerods handsome bouquets from admiring friends. Part one of the programme was con- cluded with Nessler's ‘““Ave Maria,” by the male chorus, and no number on the )é;‘;gmmme was so exceliently rendered as s. “‘Rheinfahrt,” by Beschnitt, sung by the male chorus, opened the second part. R. Neubert sang the barytone solo with a voice mellowed as wine with age. The ladies’ chorus sang “5h. Spring- time, Come,” by Juengst. The men's chorus gave Handwerg’s ‘‘Ueber’s Jahr’” and ‘Dixle Land,” arranged by Frank van der Stucken. The programme was concluded with Rossini's “Inflammatus,’” rendered magnificently by the mixed chorus, with Mrs. Seminario as soloist. Frederick Zech Jr. proved entirely sat- isfying as director. James Hamilton Howe was pianist. Following are the members of the Arion | choruses. First tenor—H. Eichorn, M. Foehr, H. Nic- mann, J. V. Oppel, G. Purlenky, O, Stuetzel, . L. Warnke, M, Winter. Second tenor—G. Beauchamp, H. Dunck, F. Fischer, F, Glunk, E. Hartmann, H. Hackfeld, E. Otto, C, Heihz, J. Herbst, O. Kunath, Ju- lus Lemie. First bass—M. Aroldt, A. Blaich, H. Helde, F. Koch, R, Neubert, Dr. K. de Plincz, G, Rau, F. Rosenstéin, C. Weigelt, L. Schaefer, Dr. J. Stapff, O. Schmidt, J, Simmen. Second bass—A..'Bachmann, ¥. Bannick, T. Gruenwald, W. Knopf, R, Lowenstein, H. Mar- Quardt, Dr. M, Magnus, L. Oehlmann, C. ‘Wacker, First soprano—Miss Lottie Calsing, Miss Ed- na Herold, Miss Bertha Koch, Miss Amelia Klemm, Miss Mabel McFarland, Miss Emma Planz, *. Miss = Katie Stapff, Miss Rosa Schneider, Second ‘soprano—Miss Selina Beuscher, Miss Ella Fink, Miss Minnie Hansen, Miss Katie Herbst, Miss Ida Purlenky, Miss Clara Klemm, Mrs. Augusta Kelly, Miss'Frieda Stapff. Alto—Miss Josephine Bernauer, Miss Doro- thy Bannick, Mrs. Dollie Franck, Mrs. Emma Goldstein, Miss Elouise Hansen,” Miss Btta Hartmann, Miss Beatrice Kelly, Miss Alma Liebold, Miss Clara Trost. Miss Meta Mueller, Miss Emma Nordman, Miss Clara Rosenstein, Miss Estelle Rodust, MARRIOTT STILL UNABLE TO APPEAR IN COURT Cases Against Thomas H. Williams and Truxtun Beale Continued for a Week. ‘When the cases of Thomas H. Willlams and Truxtun Beale charged with assault to murder upon Frederick Marriott, were called in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday morning Attorney Shortridge read certifi- cates from the two physicians in attend- ance upon Marriott and said it would be impossible for Marriott to appear in court within from four to six weeks. He there- fore asked that the cases be continued for two weeks and meanwhile the Judge could call at the sanitarium and get Mar- riott to swear to the complaints. Attorneys Harry T. Creswell and Peter F. Dunne were present on behalf of the defendants and they answered that they were ready to proceed, but had no ob- jection to a continuance. Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Hanley objected to a longer continuance than a week, and it was so ordered. The defendants then left the courtroom with their attorneys. The certificates were from Dr. M. Herz- stein and Dr. Thomas W. Huntington. Dr. Herzsteln wrote: $“This certifies that Mr. Fred Marriott is still under my care and in no condition to appear in court owing to fracture of the leg and shock sustained thereby.” Dr. Huntington wrote: i “This certifies that Mr. F. Marriott is still under ‘treatment for a gunshot frac- ture of both bones of the left leg. It will be impossible for him to be in attend- ance upon court for at least four and pos- sibly six weeks.” WILL GIVE VAUDEVILLE ! TO PAY FOR NEW CHURCH Another old landmark will soon be a thing of the past. Old St. Mary’s Col- lege, which for over forty years has been the home of priests and students, will soon give place to modern buildings, and be used no mote for divine service. The new St. John's Church, now in course of erection, will soon be completed, and will be a monument to the untiring zeal and energy of the pastor, Rev. Peter D. Brady. The edifice will cost, when completed and equipped, over $20,000, To raise funds to pay the expenses of building, an association has been formed, to be known as ‘“Your Outside Friends,” the executive committee of which ar Hon. Peter J. Curtis, Hon. Michael Case: Dr. Hugh Lagan, Hon. J. J. Donovan, Frank '5 Shea, Matthew McManus, Miss Rita Curtis, Miss Etta Welch, Mrs, James F. Mulligan and Mrs. McGinness. The executive committee has arranged to give a grand vaudeville performance at the Alhambra Theater op Thursday evening, September 25. The managers of the Tivoli, Alcazar, Orpheum and Chutes have all kindly eonsented to send talent for this evening, so that the committee can promise to all a high-class perform- ance. Tickets have been fixed at 75c and 50c, including reserved seats, and can be se- cured from any member of the executive committee, from Rev. Father Brady, or at the Alhambra on the day or evening of September 25. Discovers Policemen Are Not Employed to Slumber. Takes a Nap on His Beat and Commissioners Dis- charge Him. His loud snoring while sleeping in the street has proved the undoing of Police- man L, L. Levings. He was dismissed from service in the department at a meet- ing of the Commissioners yesterday after- noon on the complaint of Sergeant Tobin, who found him curled up in a doorway, | his eyes closed and afar, in mind, from troubles of burglars, murderers and other treacherous things the citizen depends upon him to shy out of their path. The story of Levings’ blissful slumber might never have been told and the sergeant mlfi:lt have drifted by like a ship in the night had not the superior officer, walk- ing on the other side of the street, been halted by huge, sonorous sounds that told the blissful tale of blessed sleep. ‘“We will get the wagon,” Tobin told an officer who accompanied him. “There i8 a drunk over there in the doorway.” They consumed some time in summoning the blue.vehicle, and when they returne the sleeper still slept on. Once in the dingy corner a startling discovery was made. White stripes and a star greeted their eyes. With a smile Tobin slipped the star into his pocket and, tripping down the step, blew his police whistle. DREAM INTERRUPTED. Levings refused to state what sort of a dream was Interrupted, but at any rate he came to the sudden realization that a most unwelcome personage, like the headsman of old, stood near in the foggy street. “You want me, scrgeant,” said Levings, wiping the moss from his eyes. ‘*You bet I do,” replied Tobin, “but I'd like your star to come along.” Levings felt his coat, then frowned petulantly as Tobin enjoyed his little joke. The last of the story was related to the Commissioners yesterday afternoon. Lev- ings made a defense that he wanted to rest his feet and, as a most natural con- sequence, sat down. He did not become aware that Morpheus had been doing the wand act until he heard the policeman’'s whistie. The Commissioners put their heads together and in a few moments dis- missed the accused from the force. Only three months ago Levings was accused by Mrs. Elizabeth Darling, an ex-actress, of attempting to extort a bribe from her. He was acquitted at the time. SPECIALS EXPLAIN. Special Officers Willlam J. Shields and Frank O’Netll, the latter in the employ of the United Railroads, engaged in a little fistic fun on the morning of August in Ward's dispensary of intoxicating liquors at Twenty-sixth and Valencia streets. Accounts of the encounter and the causes that led up to it differ, but the commission concluded that O'Neill was right and that Shieids was wrong. Accordingly they dismissed the charges against the second. John A. Crowley was accused by Sergeant Tobin of being ab- sent from his beat for over an hour. The officer put up a good defense, but tne ser- geant’s word went for more and a fine of $50 will be passed over to the Widows’ and Orphans’ Association. In the case of William Mangan, accused of bunkoing some one into thinking he was: getting something for nothing, the commission found the defendant mnot guilty. An alleged racehorse was the al- leged purchase and volumes of equine lore were quoted by the attorneys. DIAMOND SNATCHERS REAP A PROFITABLE HARVEST Secure a Large Quantity of Gems Uninterrupted by Detective Surveillance. The police have awakened to the fact that a skillful band of diamond gnatchers has been working in the city for the last month and a tardy alarm has been given to the detectives to loox out for the operators. Numerous reports of losses of diamonds have been made to . the de- tective department, the values ranging from $150 to $1000. The method of the ang's work is to board a street car and different devices attract the attention oz some passenger who wears a valuable diamond. The stone is then abstracted and the party leaves the car quietly, al- lowing the bereft passenger to discover his loss later. There are said to be three women in the gang who act as “stalls.” The latest man to sumer a loss of a diamond pin was Isaac Anderson, a con- tractor and builder, who lives at the St. Nicholas Hotel. He boarded a Haight street car at Gearsr and Market streets on his way home Monday night and sat inside. At O’Farrell street three women and a man got on the car and stood up, hanging to the straps. When the car stopped at Powell street one of the wo- men stumbled and would have fallen had it not been for the protecting arms of Anderson and her male escort. The pariy left the car at Eddy street and half an hour later Anderson discovered that his diamond stud, worth $300, had been torn from his shirt front. The detectives have been unable to lo- cate the gang, but it is understhod that an ‘“‘underground tip” was conveyed to the women that they were being looked for and that the left town Tuesday night. It is said that the man of the party still remains and may be taken into custody to-day. ——————— ALMENDARES REPRIEVED BY GOVERNOR H. T. GAGE Was to Have Been Executed To-Day for the Murder of a Com- panion. Gertrudes Almendares, who was to have been executed to-day at San Quentin for the crime of murder committed in San Diego County, has been reprieved by Gov- ernor Gage. He will not expiate his crime on the gallows, but instead will serve a life sentence at the penitentiary. Almendares’ reprieve was the result of a recommendation to that effect which. was made early this week by Drs. Hatch and Young, who pronounced Almendares insane after making an investigation into bis case. The reprieve was granted Wed- nesday, and had it been delayed a day greparatlons for the execution might ave been stopped in a rather sensational manner. The document was mailed from Sacramento Wednesday and should have arrived at San Quentin yesterday morn- ing, but the San Quentin mail bag was carried up the road toward Ukiah and by mistake the mail bag for the orphan asy- lum at San Rafael was dropped off at San Quentin. Warden Aguirre had re- celved a telegram from Sacramento, however, announcing the fact that Al- mendares had been reprieved and he was at once taken out of the death chamber. The prisoner murdered a companion with a pocket knife about a year ago and had been twice sentenced to death, but his lawyers managed to secure new trials. General Smith’s Counsel ‘Will Not Discuss Trial. Returns to Take Charge of Commiesariat of Trans- port Service. —_— Colonel W. A. Woodruft, U. 8. A.,, who performed the duties of counsel to Gen- eral Jacob H. Smith during his court- martial at Manila, is at the Occidental. He refused to discuss the court-martial or its findings last evening. He is ordered to San Francisco to re- Heve Colonel W. H. Baldwin as chief of the commissariat in connection with the army transport service. For the last two years he has been chief of the commis- sary department of the Division of the Philippines. L He says that when he left Manila the sanitary authorities were still working hard against the cholera epidemic. There were at the time of his sailing about ninety cases a day of cholera in Manila, of which about 60 per cemt died. The cholera was confined exectusively to Fill- pinos, white men and Chinamen escaping the disease. Colonel Woodruff is very enthusiastig | over the American Club of Manila. He | says that the club has now a membership of 750, but that they are badly in need of a library and a gymnasium. He hopes that some philanthropic American will take an interest in the organization and furnish funds to supply books and ath- letic articles for this institution. Manila, he explains, is not the best place in the world to furnish amusement for young men; that there are thousands of young llzl‘;l’é 03“5'31"; N}‘amla’ and that clubs of this st them in en mxovr:l”recrealion. . mnly_ . e at Manila Colonel Wood: worked very hard, in fact he was l(rglf: office every Sunday. He is in splendid health, however, and says the sea voy=- age to S8an Francisco was most enjoyable, —_— —_— BANQUET IS GIVEN TO DR. MUELLER OF DENVER A banquet was given to Dr. Alfred Mueller, past grand president District No. 2 of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith, by the local leaders of the organization at a downtown restaurant last night. ?hr. M;eller is a prominent member of e order and is paying a fr: to_the Pacific Cogst). ” T s . The chairman of the evening was Rabbl fi:g}zers\%organger.fiuany prominent of the San Francisco lodge wert present. These included: . 5 Rev. M. S. Levy, Rev. Dr. Wascerwitz, L. S, Solomons, Tulios Platihon, Simon Myrson, Abe Voorsanger, Max Goldberg, Joseph Rothachild, Tsaac Frobman, Otto I Wise, Herman Enkel, David Cohn, Philip Cohn, A. Jonas, Marcus Levi, H. Lesser, Jacob S. Raphael, Jacob Grennebaum, I. J. Ascheim, Charles Berliner, Max Marcuse, Wallace A. Wise, Max Warshauer, Frank Sperlin reu Rosenthal, Julius Jacobs, Tuitus Kahg, o Dr. Mueller spoke of the excellent work being performed by the Denver lodge of B'nai B'rith in the cause of charity and of the National Hospital for Consump- tives in Denver, a non-sectarfan institu- tion supported by the Hebrews of that city. Felicitous addresses were delivered by Rabbis Voorsanger and Nieto. e Fight for Place on Ballot. TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 18.—The Supreme Court to-day allowed a writ of manda- mus asked for by the Fusionists to com- pel the Secretary of State to put both the Democratic and Populist tickets on the official ballot. The writ is made re- turnable October 6, and the case is given the right of way over all others in the Supreme Court. _—P————————— DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. A GREAT RECORD. Hard to Duplicate It in San Fra ecisco. Scores of representative citizens of San Francisco are testifying on the following subject. 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