The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1902, Page 9

STRIKERS PARADE FRESNO STREETS Walkout Affects Every | Packing House in the City. Girls Climb From Windows| When Employers Lock Them In. | Special Dispatch to The Call FRESNO, Oct. 13.—More serious than| ever are the proportions assumed by strike of the packing-house employes in this c On the one side are 1100 men | upon whom deps is the of the raisins and dried fruits, | to work until their right to or- anize is recognized and their demand for | mcreased wage is grante n the other hand the combined packer: who have sent forth e meet In the mean- nearly ever: in the city is ng short-handed and the growers beginning to fear for the safety of | their crop, much of which is still on the | rds. anch the vin b Without work- packing-houscs le the sins and unless the | get back their sweatboxes | e crop is likely to be damaged | be taken care of. . nfident, yet each is be- | ginn to realize that the other is no small antagonist. Just what plan of ac-| tion the packers have decided upon can-| be learned. They say that a good | is worth 32 a day, but many of the not worth even the $1 % a day being paid. Further, say the they do not propose to have the | union say that they shall pay a poor workman as much as a good workman. PARADE WITH A BAND. At 9 o'clock this morning the strikers | assembled for a parade, nearly 500 strong. | They had engaged a band, composed of members of the various local organiza- tions. A badge of blue and gold had been adopted and every man in the parade wore the colors on his coat, the marsh: wearing long sashes in addition. Presi- dent Mitchell addressed the crowd, im- pressing up: e men the necessity of being gentlemaniy at all times a of doing nothing that would in any way in jure their cau He said that they pro- posed to march to every packing-house in the city and call out every man and woma After a not ma y are ers march through the business ets the strikers vis ble Bros.’, Markaria the Pacific Coast, Hobb: Porter Bros.’, and Peter Drog: establishments, being joined by several hundred men and women from these places. Griffin & Skelley’s the doors were | locked, but loyes climbed out of | the windo { After mo Home, Cas- tle Bros 1 Chaddock’s packing houses strikers, numbering nearly 1000 if mile to the Santa Fe res- ng out first about thirty em- e Guggenheimer House. the next place visited, really exciting scenes of the s had been locked and the of the men and women em- - appeared at the upper story - e down velled the | and join us,” Te h were several women in the crowd, wh were chief among the exhorters, and they pleaded with the girls at the win-| dows to join in fhe strike. { “The doors are locked,” yelled one of | the gt CLIMB OUT OF WINDOWS. | A joung an jumped from one of the | windows to the roof of a porch and helped & girl after him. Several other girls followed, but it was still some dis- tance the ground and they looked ! about helplessly until some of the strik- ers brought a ladder and helped them down. From every window in Seropian’s | strikers thronged, climbing down the er and taking their place among the march on the ground. at noo the kers returned to town and held neeting in armory hall, agreeing convene about 2 o'clock and discuss | us for future work. | e afternoon a number of pickets were appointed to watch the packing houses and endeavor to obtain signatures membership roll of the union. To- | enrolled themselves, more | If of the working force of the houses, hile the packers are non-committal as | their possible future action, they boast | 1d out as long as the their contracts with the he brokers provide for the strike, and that they are | fight the strikers as long | ter hold out against them. GEORGE CROCKER IS ILL | [ | WITH BLOOD POISONING | California Millionaire Who Returned Recently From Europe Is Con- fined to His Apartments. YORK, Oct. 13.—George Crocker, the Califorrda millionaire, lies 11l at the | Waldorf-Astoria, suffering with blood | poisoning. He was operated upon there| o-day, and at 11 o'clock to-night it was said he was resting comfortably. More than this the trained nurse in charge of the patient refused to say. Mr. and Mrs. Crocker arrived here last | week on the Teutonic. They went abroad | on the Cymric last July with the Misses Rutherford, Mrs. Crocker's stepdaugh- ters. Early in September Mr. Crocker became suddenly ill in London. He had an ulcerated tooth and had it extracted. Blood poisoning set in and a week later he was dangerously ill. Two operations were performed on his face by an emi- rent London specialist. Brewed in a plant as clean as the cleanest home kitchen —always open to your inspec- tion—~58,g71 visitors last year, Thomas W. Collins & Co., Wholesale Distribu- tors. 105 California street, San’ Francisco. | holds of the village. | nity property. | in view of his stand at tne time I first | Two Men, One Woman and a Child UPSETS PEOPLE OF PALO ALTO Larkin- Docge Trouble Causes Surprise in Society. Cross Suit {for Divorce Is Filed and Attorney Explains, The residents of PaloAlto were stunned vesterday when the alleged troubles in which Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Larkin and Dr. Dodge, the dentist, are the principals were ventilated. Up to the time when croes-suits of divorce were threatened no one, with the exception of the chief par- ies to the domestic drama, was aware that serious differences had arisen to dis- turb what were deemed to be two of the | best regulated and most contented house- Mr. and Mrs. Larkin had been looked vpon with great respect. Dr. Dodge, the elderly dentist, was regarded as a model family man, and his connection with the case as a principal and co-respondent | came as a shock to those who had been counted among his exclusive friends. The affair has taken a decided move onward, for yesterday Joseph J. Bullock, the District Attorney of San Mateo Coun- ty and attorney for Mrs. Larkin, made a flat denial of the charges set forth in Larkin's complaint against his wife and Dr. Dodge, ‘and on behalf of his client fled a crosscomplaint against Joseph Larkin on the ground of cruelty, Mrs. Larkin asking for the custody of their | two children, Joseph, 7 years of age, and little Violet, aged 5 years. Mrs. Larkin | also prays for a division of the commu- BULLOCK MAKES DENIAL. Attorney Bullock said last evening: “We have been trying to keep this af-| fatr from the public, but it has got out| and in justice to and in consideration of the prominence of the parties involved I will consent to make a statement of the matter so far as it affects my client, Mrs, arkin. Some three or four weeks ago Mrs. Larkin called upon me with a view to| commencing divorce proceedings on | her behalf, the charge against her hus- d Dbeing cruelty. 1 being well ac- quainted with Mrs. Larkin's father, Frank Yount, ¢ and also knowing her , naturally advised that I should consult with them before taking the pro-| ceedings she contemplated. 1 therefore telephoned them and they paid me a visit at my office at Redwood City, when the matter was calmly discussed. I may say that a week previous to this Mrs. Larkin had left her husband’s roof by reason of the cruelty she charges against him. WANTED WIFE TO RETURN. “In the course of the interview I point- edly asked Mr. Larkin, after having in- formed him of our intention to apply for a divorce, whether he had any counter- accusation to make against Mrs. Larkin. | Emphatically and without hesitation he replied that he had not and also that he would be omly too delighted if Mrs. Lar- | kin would return to their home. He so | assured her father also. ! “Now, to my amazement, in utter disre- gard of his former statement as to her fidelity, he has commenced proceedings against her on the ground of alleged in- | fidelity ‘with Dr. Dodge. “I interviewed the doctor on Saturday, | at which time he positively denied the al- legation set forth in Larkin's complaint. | Mrs. Larkin also gives the serfous charge the most unqualified denial. “I cannot understand Larkin's position | | spoke to him about his wife's intention to apply for a divorce. It seemed then that he would have done anything to have got her to return to him. “Mrs. Larkin will be able to clear her- self of the aspersion on her good name when the time comes. I know now that she has the sympathy and the full con- fidence of the whole peopie of Palo Alto and all others who know her.” WALKS MORE THAN MILE WITH A DISLOCATED HIP Seven-Year-Old San Jose Boy Ex- hibits an Abundance of Spar- tan Pluck. SAN JOSE, Oct. 13—With his hip dis- located by a fall from his pony, Leroy Kammerer, the 7-year-old son of A. Kam- merer, an orchardist, walked more than a mile to the Jackson School. On his ar- rival he complained of his injuries, and his teacher found a big lump above the hip joint. He was removed to his home and doctors were summoned and set the dislocation. Shortly afterward, by a quick turning of his body in bed, the limb was again dislocated and a resetting was necessitated. The injury is very painful, and the fact that the boy dragged him- self to school while in such condition shows an unusual amount of grit in the boy. HURRICANE WIPES OUT A LITTLE MINING TOWN Are Killed and Several Others Injured. » ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13.—A special to the Republig from Macon, Mo., says: Word has reached here that the little mining town of Keota, six miles from here, was almost destroyed by the hurricane of last night and two men, one woman and a child, names unknown, were killed. {The store of Edward Vailles was demolished and Vailles was pinned under the tim- bers and badly injured. L A R Lynchers After a Murderer. NACOGDOCHES, Tex., Oct. 13.—Jim Buchanan, a negro, has been arrested, charged with the murder of Duncan Hicks, wife and daughter. Sheriff Sprad- ley and his prisoner and the Sheriff’s posse are surrounded at Tenaha, where the streets are full of men. According to his confession, the negro subjected Mrs. Hicks to indignities and killed her with a target rifie barrel, after beating her into insensibility. He drove the end of the barrel into her head through one of her eyes. There is an expressed deter- mination to burn the prisoner if he can be sectired. —_— Cloverdale Hears Coombs. CLOVERDALE, Oct’ 13.—Frank L. Coombs, Republican nominee for Con- gress in the Second District, addressed a large audience here to-night. The meet- ing was held in the Citrus Fair Pavilion and was marked by its enthusiasm. Coombs spoke of his work in Co: S8 the past term and discussed the Issues row prominently before the public, urg- ing the support of the Republican ticket throughout. ——— Needham Addresses Reedleyites. FRESNO, Oct. 13.—Congressman Need- ham addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting at Reedley- to-night. He spoke at some length on the tariff as applied to the raisin and fruit industries and urged his hearers to vote the Republican ticket, because to the Republican party only could the people look for aid when the protective policy was assailed. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1902. |TRAVESTY ON OPERA “FLORGDORA” SELECTED FOR STUDENTS’ NIGHT Curtain-Raiser Written by Earl C. Anthony and Arthur L. Price Is to Be Produced After the Intercollegiate Football Game — . @YD) A =7 T == — the opera ‘Florodora,” replete with catchy songs and college specialties, and 'will be staged by college talent entirely. The successful competitors in the com- petition for curtain raisers are both recognized wits in literary circles at Berkeley. Anthony was the editor-in- i chief of the 1902 Blue and Gold, the most | ambitious college publication ever is- | sued. Price is assistant oditor of the | =l | | g — +5 AUTHORS OF THE FARCE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON THE EVENING OF THE BIG INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAME. i LR ERKELEY, Oct. 13.—Earl C. An- thony and Arthur L. Price are the two college students who have won the distinction of hav- ing their curtain raiser accepted as the opening piece for the students’ night at Fischer's Theater following the intercollegiate football game with Stan- ford. The piece is a clever travesty on ° ; TWO SETTLERS MURDERED ON DEATH VALLEY DESERT Attempt to Resist Invasion of Pros- pectors and Are Shot From Ambush. SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 13.—News has just reached here from Death Valley of the murder of two settlers in that vi- cinity, “Cub” and “Hy"” Lee, by a party of prospectors searching for niter mines. According to the story as related here, the Lees heard that a party sent out by Los Angeles and San Francisco compa- nies was coming, and went over to Death Valley to locate their claims, which em- brace a strip of land comprising, in all, nearly two miles. b ‘When the party of seven and the teams reached the point where the Lees were located they were nearly choked by the alkali dust and faint from thirst. They asked the Lees where they obtained the water they were using. Ths settlers claimed they had hauled it from their ranch near Resting Springs, nearly sixty miles away. The prospectors evidently did not believe this and turned their horses loose on the Clenega. The Lees started to drive the horses off the little patch of feeding ground. While they were thus engaged two shots were fired from ambush, and the brothers fell dead. The prospectors and the guards denied the shooting and at once proceeded to re- locate the niter claims.owned by the dead men. e Injured by Falling Bricks. D. W. Statten, a bricklayer residing at 435 Seventh street, employed on a new structure on Stockton place, was leaving the premises to go to lunch yesterday, when he was struck by a falling brick, which inflicted- an ugly wound on his head. Statten was taken to the Emer- gency Hospital for treatment. —_— 2 THE DAY’S DEAD, ¢ DENVER, Oct. 13.—Dr. Willlam Riddick ‘Whitehead, one of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons in the West, died of heart disease this evening at his home in this.city. He was 70 years of age and a native of Virginia. He was a graduate of the medical department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and of the School of Medicine in Paris. He served as a surgeon in the Crimean war and was made a Knight of the Imperial Order of St. Stanislaus by the Czar in recognition of his services. He served in the Confederate army. He was captured at Gettysburg, but escaped from Fort McHenry and made his way to the South by way of Canada, Bermuda and a blockade runner. He leaves a wid- ow, two sons, Charles B. and FrankK ‘Whitehead of Denver, and a daughter, the wife of Captain Allaire of the regular army, now stationed at Plattsburg, N. Y. Mrs. Whitehead 1§ now visiting her daughter at Plattsburg. 7 —_——— SANTA ROSA, Oct. 13.—Henry Raney, a well-known resident of this city and a veteran of the Civil War, died to-day. He" was a native of Ohlo, 72 years of age. Weekly Occident and one of the editors of the Blue and Gold of the present jun- for class. The entertainment at Fischer’s is to sa- vor distinctly of a college spirit. ‘““Whirl- 1-Gig,”” the regular performance of ‘the evening, will be made to partake largely of a Berkeley flavor to harmonize with the student curtain raiser and. the stu- dent audience. MRS. OTTO ZIEGLER SUES FOR A DIVORCE Prefers Charge ;‘btualty Agnixist the Well Known Bicycle Rider. . BAN JOSE, Oct. 13.—Otto Ziegler Jr., the well-known bicycle. rider, was to-day sued for divorce by Margaret H. Ziegler on the ground of cruelty. At the same time a lis pendens was filed jn the Re- corder’'s office which prevents him dis- posing of any of his property. The Zieglers were married four years ago. At that time Ziegler was at the zenith of his fame as a bicycle rider. He gained the sobriquet of “The Little Demon,” and captured a number of world’s records and one or two national championships. After his marriage he retired from the track. For the past year Ziegler has been the proprietor of the Hoffman Cafe, a saloon | on North First street. He and his wife | quarreled and a short time ago she left | him. In the complaint ‘she has filed she | alleges that he mistreated her by calling her names and striking her. Mrs. Ziegler was formerly Miss Ten- nant, daughter of Fred Tennant, one of the most popular men in the county. Ten- nant opposed her marriage to Ziegler, and it is said that her refysal to obey his wish led to the separation of her father and mother later. The Zieglers have no chil- dren. The plaintiff asks for a share of the property and a monthly alimony. Steamer Brunswick Ashore. EUREKA, Oct. 13.—The steamer Bruns- wick, while leaving Arcata in a heavy fog to-night, went ashore. She had just loaded lumber. She probably will be floated in the morning. Little damage . has been done. —_— Child Bitten by a Spider. MARYSVILLE, Oct. 13. — Ralph, ‘the young son of J. H. Majors, was bitten on the left shoulder yesterday by a spider and is now critlcally ill. Doctors in at- ;.undl.noe are not sanguine of saving his life. | dent to her husband about | Wednesday evening, October 15. e Boarding-House Runners Arrested. The Customs Department has resolved to put a stop to the annoying practice of runners for boarding-houses going on board incoming vessels before the Quar- antine and Customs officers have com- pleted their inspection. When the Unit- ed Btates transport Logan.steamed into the harbor yesterday, C. L. Artega and T. F. Hayden, solicitors and runners, went to the side of the vessel in small boats and climbed on board before the Federal Quarantine Officer had arrived. Complaint was made to the customs of- ficers by Major Ogden Rafferty and the runners were arested. The prisoners were taken before United States Court Com- m" Heacock and released on 3300 —— . Entertained by Red Men. Maucopah Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men gave an entertainment and dance in the assembly hall of Red Men's ‘building last night. There were many present and the following programme was presented: Reading, Mrs. Carl Sawvell; monologue, Rollin C. Ayres;'instrumental selections; reading, Miss Mayme Chand- ler; stereopticon ni ‘we) well received, espe- clally Misses Tilton and Sharp. Dancing was t up until a late bour. BONNET BONNET SERIDUSLY HURT Contractor Is Thrown From Buggy .and Fatally Injured. iV il Lies Unconscious at Hospi- tal With Small Chance of Recovery. Bonnet Bonnet, au old and respected resident of this city, met with a painful and serious accident yesterday. He was thrown from his buggy on Grant avenue and perhaps fatally injured. Mr. Bonnet left his residence, 1205 Turk street, at 7 o'clock in the morning with the intention of driving to Grant avenue, where he had a contract to repair some roofing on Blythe estate property. The slippery condition of the pavement fol- lowing the rain caused his horse to fall | and Bonnet pitched forward ang fell with | great force. He being a man of heavy weight, the resuit of the fall was all the ! more serious. Many willing persons assisted the in- jured man to a store and finding that his injuries were of a most serious nature quickly had him conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital. An examination by the medical men in attendance showed that Mr. Bonnet had sustained a fracture of three of his ribs and they determined tha: in all proba- bility his skull had also been fractured. Mrs. Bonnet was apprised of the acel- noon, and when she arrived at the hospital he was | able to recognize her. Mrs. Bonnet said last night that her husband was in excellent health when he left the house that morning. He left in great haste on account of the rain, which he feared might interfere with the work on the roof. On Sunday night he told Mrs. Bonnet and his old friend, John M. Logne, that he thought of giving up business and making a trip to his home in France next summer, where he and Loane had visit- ed two vears ago. i At an early hour this morning Bonnet was resting as well as could be expected for a man of his advanced vears. He is 72 years of age and the ductors have little hope of his recovery. WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR ST. CHARLES BAZAAR Young Ladies of Annunciation Booth Arrange a Very Enjoyable 2 Affair. The ladies of the Annunciation booth of the Young Ladies’ Sodality will hold an | entertainment and dance at Athaeneum Hall, Seventeenth and Howard streets, The pro- ceeds will be devoted to the St. Charles bazaar fund. J. L. Jaunet, Harry Doudall, Miss Milly Perry, Mr. Donovan, Miss Josephine Makwski, Miss Camille Brouil- lard, Miss Rose Phillon, Mr. Lynch, Wil- llam Reilly and the little favorite, Miss Claire Fex, have volunteered their ser- vices. Miss Ella Millen, Miss May Hanley, Miss Gertrude Doudall, Miss May Mullen, Miss Belle Kelly, Miss Jeanette Sweitzer and Miss May Burns will be in charge. —_———— Drew Got the Coin. Frank Drew was arrested yvesterday by Detectives Crockett and Riordan and iocked up in the “tanks” at the City Prison. He will be charged with obtain- ing money by false pretenses. It is al- leged that Drew knew a young woman ‘had money on deposit with C. Kielhofer, proprietor of a saloon at 219 Mason street, and Sunday he sent a messenger boy with a note to Kielhofer stating that the young woman had been arrested and asking him to give the boy $40 to bail her out. The money was given to the boy, who delivered it to Drew. The young wo- man had not been arrested. The messen- ger boy identifiled Drew in the prison yes- terday. = ——————— Boy Has His Skull Fractured. Willie Ferral, aged 9 years, who lives at 115 Jackson street, was run over by a horse on Oregon street yesterday after- noon and had@ his skull fractured. J. J. McCarthy, who conducts a horse shoeing establishment at 107 Oregon street, was leading from his shop a fractious animal which he had just finished shoeing. It became frightened and threw him down, inflicting severe wounds on his right leg. Unable to keep his hold on the frenzied horse, it broke away, and in its mad flight knocked down the little boy, who was crossing the street at the time. —_———————— Labor Club at Ocean View. At a meeting held last evening at Mur- phy's Hall, S8an Jose avenue and Jackson street, a club was formed to be known as the Ocean View Union Labor Club. James A. McDowell was elected president; James Rogers, vice president; William | Doyle, secretary, and J. J. Maloney, treas- urer. About 110 members were enrolled. Addresses were made by W. J. Kenney, candidate for Senator from the Tenth District on the Union Labor ticket, and ‘W. J. Carrigan, candidate for the Assem- bly from the Thirty-third District. ———— Pleasure Seekers to Dance. The Pleasure Seekers will hold a chest- nut waltz party this evening at Saratoga Hall, 814 Geary street. The hall has been beautifully decorated and a special or- chestra has been engaged. A general good time is assured to all those who at- tend. y ——— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: Philip J. O'Brien, aged 31 years, and Em- ily A. Coilley, 23, both of San Jose; David A. McKay, 27, Oakland, and Annetta M. Jackson, 23, Fruitvale; James W. Wal- ters, 28, Oakland, and Grace E. Jackson, 21, Fruitvale;; John P. Valine, 48, Chico, and Fransica A. da Oliverira, 40, Oak- land; Henry W. Lubbock, 21, and Mary E. Putzman, 18, both of Alameda. —_———————— Departs for the East. BERKELEY, Oct. 13.—President Wheol- er leaves to-morrow for a fiylng trip to the East on business of the university. During the course of his trip he will be resent at the inauguration of Rev. g‘n,nk Strong as chancellor of the Kan- sas University, of President E. J. James of Northwestern University and of Wood- row Wilson of Princeton. He will be ab- sent about six wi Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY That’s AlIl ' TAKE JOSEPH, Representative, 30 Battery Street, San Francisco. C MURDER THEORY BOES TO PIECES Witness Says Unknown Suicide Sought His Assistance. Poverty and Hunger Forces Her to Seek Solace in Death. —_— Oakland Office San Francisco Call,, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 13. The murder-for-rubbery theory that was advanced in connection with the drown- ing of the aged, unknown woman in the estuary Saturday morning was utterly disproved before the Coromer's jury to- pight by L. T. Stevenson, a railroad ma- chinist, who swore that he recognized the dead woman as one who had applied tc him for aid but a few hours before Ler cries of distress were heard by the wood gatherer, Januario Fernandez. Stevenson turned up in the middle of the inquest, saying he identified the body as that of the woman who called on him at his work late Friday afternoon. She claimed to be a Rebekah and demanded of him, as an Odd Fellow, some money with which to get food and lodgins. While Stevenson was preparing to write her a note to an Odd Fellow friend the woman slipped away, and the last he saw of her she was walking rapidly up Cedar street. “It is the same woman,” said Steven- son. ‘“‘She wore the same elothes, but I do not know her name.” Acting Coroner Quinn continued the in- quest until to-morrow night in order to secure as witnesses the men in the Sun- set grocery, who might be able to iden- tify the unknown woman. MIGHT BE “GOOD FELLOW” AND YET A WIFE-BEATER Judge Ogden Draws Some Distine- tions in the Divorce Suit of the Remiens. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—Judge Ogden to- day announced that a wife-beater might appear to be a good fellow to his male companions, and then he severely ar- raigned both parties in the suit of Henry Kemien for a divorce and concluded by denying both parties the divorce each sought from the other. Judge Ogden held that the testimony of each was so cor- tradictory that he must deny both ap- plications. The couple were married fifteen years ago. The testimony showed that they owned a home In East Oakland, but had rot spoken to each other for the last seven years, while living in the same house. Mrs. Ramien accused her husband of beating her. According to a complaint filed to-day by Mrs. Lilllan Hamilton, who is seeking a divorce from Ralph B. Hamilton, her husband deserted her thirty days after the wedding ceremony and since then she has not heard from him. They were mar- ried in 1900. Joseph Flores brought suit for divorce to-day against Emma Flores on the ground of desertion. They were married i 18%. Laura Devine to-day brought suit agalnst Edward Devine, a rallroad en- gineer, on the ground of cruelty. They were married three years ago. The wife asks $40 per month alimony. Mrs. A. Pinord was granted $15 per month alimony pending her suit for di- vorce aginst O. Charles Pinord on the ground of extreme cruelty: Mrs. Jennie M. Garbutt, formerly Mrs. Jennie M. Braton, was granted the cus- tcdy of two minor children of a former marriage. Her former husband, John J. Braton, did not oppose the mother's re- quest. —_—— ATTORNEY GENERAL WEBB TO TALK TO OAKLANDERS Will Address a Meeting at Germania Hall to Be Held This Evening. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—The bizx Republi- can meeting of the week will be held to- morrow evening when Attorney General U. 8. Webb will make his first and only address to the voters of Oakland. This meeting was originally scheduled for Becker’'s Hall, but has been changed to Germania Hall in order to better accom- modate the crowd that will want to listen to Mr. Webb. Y ‘When it was first suggested to Attorney General Webb that the people of Oakland would like to hear him during the cam- paign Mr. Webb replied that if he spoke in Oakland he would like to speak to workingmen, and if he spoke at all it would have to be this week, for he de- parts ortly for San Diego and the south in the interests of the Republican ticket. Fortunately the meeting for Becker’s Hall had been arranged and as soon as General Webb saild that he would come to Oakland it was changed to Ger- mania Hall. General Webb is one of the most elo- quent speakers on the Republican State ticket. He comes from the mountains and this will be the only opportunity of the campalfn to hear him. The Young Men's Republican Club will escort him to the hall and there will be music and local speakers. There will be a Republican rally in the Third Ward on Thursday night. A plat- form will be erected on the laundry roperty on the corner of Fourteenth and irkham streets. W. H. L. Hynes and local candidates will address the meeting. e SLAYER OF JENNIE LEWIS IS PAROLED OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—Louis A. Muhiner, who was sent to the State pemitentiary at San Quentin eight years ago -for killing his sweetheart, Jennie Lewis, in this city, has been granted a parole by the Board | of State Prison Directors, to take effect November 1. With the credits to which his good behavior has entitled him Muhl- ner will have served all but nine months ot his sentence of ten years’ imprison- ment when the parole goes into effect. Muhlner has had a position offered to him that he can accept as soon as he leaves the pentitentiary. The shooting of Jennie Lewis was done at the home on | Edwards street of the Rev. George Mooar, by whom the girl was employed. The girl was found in the yard dying from a pistol bullet wound. People heard a shot and Muhlner was seen In the neighborhood. He had been keeping com- pany with the girl and had quarreled with her a few days before the shooting. WHDLE FAMILY BADLY BURNED C. H. Libby and Children Victims of Terrible Accident, e Daughter Overturns a Lamp While Getting Ready to Retire. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 13 Father, daughter and son burned, the father and daughter probably fatally, is the result of the overturning of an oil | lamp to-night in the home of C. H. Libby on Eighth avenue and East Sixteenth street. Miss Josephine Libby, who turned the lamp over, is Trightfully burned about the | face, arms and chest and is in a precari- ous state. C. H. Libby, her father, in at- tempting to sa.e her from the flames, received extensive burns about the face and limbs and is seriously injured, while Frank Libby, the girl's brother, who alse fought the flames, suffers from burns of hands and face. The accident. occurred at 9:30 o'clock, Just after Miss Libby had gone to her room with a lighted lamp in her hand, preparing to retire for the night. Just-she™ manner in which the accident happened ne one knows, but from the appearance of the room it is presumed that the lamp fell from the dresser and exploded, scat- tering the flaming oil over the clothing of the young woman. Finding endeavors to put out the fire herself fruitless, Miss Libby screamed and brought to her rescue her father and brother. The two men dragged the girl from the bedroom and, seizing a rug. wrapped her body in it and smothered the flames. This heroic work was done quickly, but not before the men were themselves badly burned. Dr. N. H. Chamberlain was summoned to attend the wounds of the victims of the fire, who were removed to the house of a neighbor for treatment. After make !ing an examination, Dr. Chamberiain | said that the patients were very severely injured and that the recovery of the father and daughter was extremely doubtful. 1 —_——————— Ohio Preacher Accepts Call. OAKLAND, Oct. 13.—The Rev. J. P. Currin of Hillsborough, Ohio, who has been temporarily supplying the pulpit of the Golden Gate Baptist Church, has ae- cepted a call to the permanent pastorate of that congregation. — ee———————— Seeks Damages for Broken Ribs. Israel Goldberg, whose ribs were broken in a collision betwéen a raiiroad train | and an electric street car near Sunnyside on September 24, filed a -suit for $25,500 | damages against the Southern Pacific and the United Railroads yesterday. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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