The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1902, Page 9

CHILOREN VIEW ATHERS GRIME Artesia Dairy Ra:ncher Murders Wife in Cold Blood. Sends a Bullet Through Her Heart When She Dares Him to Shoot. —e Special Dispatch to The Call. S, AN Oct. 28.—Near Artesia, | from Los Angeles and with- | miles of the Orange County line, | eppi, & well-to-do dairy rancher, | killed his wife at 6 o'clock this ' the presence of their three | According to the story of the | the murder was the culmination over some trivial domestic e nature of which they did not quarrel aged 16, the eldest son of | , appeared at the house of Freeman out of breath and | his father had killed his P would, he feared, kill his | nd sister, aged 14 and 12. When who is an officer, reached the e found Seppi out of dodrs .and him under arrest. On the ficor of om in the littie four-room lay the body of the wife with | let wound through her heart. s | chiliren told ‘Freeman that their | nd mother had begun quarreling supper and the father had to shoot his wife. She went the bedroom and he followed. As she | the bed she exclaimed, | if you are going to.” At that| ew a revolver and fired one shot | close range that the powder her dress. The woman fell to the 1 the children ran out. made no effort to escape, and officer arrived the only remark was: handeuff me, Freeman. u. I'll take my s my life” nother word would he utter about | agedy. He was waken to Norwalk d before Justice E. P. Pruett, who or- him taken to the Los Angeles Jail. Freeman arrived here at t with his prisoner. i was seen at the jail and asked for ment, but positively refused to He bears a good reputation for | in his part of the county, but| nking is said to be dangerous. | ago, during a quarrel with bis| ruck her with a shovel and ved the sight of one of her eye ns forty acres of fine land and ¥ or more cows and has a good-sized | account. He is an Austrian, 5| of age. His wife was an Italian, ten years his juniof. | | | | | Il go medicine if it | state alk PERSONAL. Hanke (Vf Freq’m 1s at the Russ. S. Jones of Los Angeles is at the n, a capitalist of Napa, is at Gillette of Eureka is at J Ie~endra(h a Chicago merchant, is at the Palace. J. J. Hartley, a mining man of Chicago, e California. Mulgrew, proprietor gs, is at the Granc. J. B: Atwater, an atturney-of New is ‘at the California. | jam Vanderhurst, a Salinas ie at the Occidental. B. Willis, editor- of the Sacramento rd-Union, is at the Russ. el John W. Moore, a merchant of | Iphia, is at the Palace. Eyre, an attorney of Baker City, of Skaggs mer- H is at the Russ, accompanied by his wife. Captain J. Joseph, master of a whaler, is at the Russ, en route to his home at New Bedford. lonel Delinoges of Paris is at the Oc- accompanied by his family. | are touring the world. Barry Baldwin, formerly United States | Marshal here, returned yesterfiay fro: Orjent, where he is engaged in busi They ness. —_———————— Californians in New York. SEW YORK, Oct. 28.—The following ornians have arrived: San Francis Siegfried, at the Manhattan; A berg, at the Hoffman; J. H. Jorda Syivester, at the Continental; and wife, at the Imperial; an, Miss L. A. Smith, at the . Andrews and wife, at the | H. C. Callahan, E. Lewis, | @t the Victoria; G. D. Easton, at the Normandie; Mrs. C. H. Crowell, at the Grand Union; H. Levi, at the Nether- i; J. T. Lewis and wife, at the Ven- dome; Captain J. F. Smith, at the Grand. Oaklané—M. A. Cheek, at the Holland; Mrs. J. M. Redfield, at the Victoria. 2t . W. King, at the Man- Santa Clara—W. Faust, at the Astor. e ntebach ol cardess Benefit for Boys’ Home. An entertainment will be given next Friday even ntracht Hal for the benefit of the Boys’ Home. Under the direction of Miss Mamie McCarthy a very entertaining programme has been | arranged. Tickets are for sale at Sher- | man & Clay's music store on Kearny street. | KEMP’S SUPPOSITORIES. | —— e e A CHEERFUL MOOD A hght heart is impos- sible to any woman who is_almost constantly ill. With aches of all kinds, pains in the ovaries, leu- corrhoea, etc., how can she be cheerful and buppy? 1t ehe tries to be under such conditions, ere canoot help but be contracted, unnatural a expression on her face, which \ because eseary. Perhaps she jm- agines vh‘ §s incurable, or else dreads consult- h; relative to her trouble. What id be to her to know that ‘s Suppositories she can be her no examination is necessary and " which ere so injurio: are not red. The above conditions prove that the | erative organs are badly deranged and if | Permitied 1o contipue more serious trouble will resu * Suppositories are a local treat- which contain no opiates to stupefy or b the patient, but are a sure cure for e complaints, as thousands of women SAN FRANCISCO. Deer Eirs: Allow me ¢ of thanking you for the cure I nd in the use of Kemp's Suppositories. octored for three years by two of our physiciane of San Francisco. 1 was | ted for infiammation and ulceration of the | crus, which robbed me of the Joys of life. 1 was very skeptical about using anything = of the kind, but in my Gespair 1 was induced to use Kemp's Buppositories, and after two weeks' use of the remedy I was relieved of the inflam- mation and intense pain. By a continued use for five monthe ] pronunced myself cured. and for the last been enjoying the o ¥ best of health. MRE. J. CRUDEN. one who can prove that the is it $1000 to any ebove testimonial ix not genuine. 50 Kemp's Suppositories, $2. Sent to any wddrese, postpald, on recelpt price, Put up only by the K. S. C. Medical Co,, 1236 Market, Gorhm 2,HI0Us. 9 1o 5 and 6 to 7:30 p. m.; Bunday, tc1p. m Kemp's Suppositories have h-zn adld under full guarantee for the past 12 Trade Mark jand three people saved their lives by | Leadville, lof a | with | purpese, equity | start this precedent upon a career than | by affirming the order appealed from.” BRYAN'S TRAIN IN' & SAASH-UP Prominent Nebraskan Has Collision Ex- perience, R Refrigerator - Car Made Serve for a Distin- guished Party. R e CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Oct. 25.—The Bryan special crashed into the caboose of a freight train at Arena, in Brown anyon, fifteen miles above Leadville, at 11:30 o'clock this morning. The special remained on the track but the caboose was thrown from the trucks‘ { | to ” Jumping. They were: Minnie McKelvey, bruised about the hands and | face by falling on rocks; Charles Roberts, Turrett, bruised about body by being thrown from the platform of the caboose; J. L. Izcoretch, Salida, bruised about head by falling on rocks. Two others in the caboose were thrown to the track but were not hurt. The freight had pulled in on a siding to let the special by. The caboose had not | cleared the main line ‘when the special swept around a sharp curve and crashed into the caboose. The occupants of the czboose were warned of their danger in time to save their lives. Bryan was standing up and the con- tact caused him to be thrown forward. He was caught by several Salida and | Leadville men on the car with him. The| caboose was demolished and the track obstructed so that the special could not | proceed. Bryan and his pan\ were put into an | empty Swift refrigerator car and, drawn by a freight engine, taken to Nathrop, seven miles away. There a chair car| was taken from a siding and attached | the engine and run to Buena Vista and | Leadville. Bryan expressed heartfe‘nli thanks that the accident was not more serious The Nebraskan spoke this morning at | lamosa and Salida, at Leadville, Buena Vista, Canyon City and Florence during the aiternoon and at Victor and Cripple Creek this evening. Everywhere he was greeted with enthusiasm. GOURT FAVORS THE BENIUES United States Judges Render an Import- ant Decision. CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—An important prinu- ciple of law was established to-day when Judges Jenkin: Grosscup, Baker and of the United States Court of Ap- handed down an opinion to the ef- fect that the Western Union Telegraph Company has a right of property in the | news that it gathers.and that such right | does not cease when the news .is pub-| lished on the tickers.reated to its patrons. In laying down this principle the Court f Appeals affirms two decisions of the| wer court and forever enjoins the Na- tional Telegraph News Company and other defendants from using the quota- tions in question. The court says: “The business of the appellee is that carrier of information. The gist of its service to the patron is that by such carrier the patron acquires knowl- edge of the matter communicated earlier than those not thus served. The ticker, printed tape, is an implement of means only to this end. The patron, or the patron’s patron, may utilize it, | tut may not appropriate it to some end | not intended, especially if such appro- priation resuit in injury to or total de- struction of the service. In short, the law being clearly inadequate to that should see to it that the one who is served and the one who serves gets what the engagement between them cells for, and that neither to the injury | of the other shall appropriate more. “The immediate business of the appel- lec brought to our 'attention cannot | arouse any great solicitude. It relates to the gathering and distributing of news, not looked upon, perhaps, -in all quarters as essential to the public welfare. But the questions raised are of much wider gnificance. By such agencies as these the world is made to face itself unceas- ingly in the glass, andiis put to those tests that bring increasing helpfulness and beauty into the heart of our race. “Is service like this to be dutlawed? Is the enterprise of the great news agen- cies or the great telegraph and cable lines to be denied appeal to the courts, against the inroads of the parasite, for no other reason than that the law fashioned hith- erto to fit the relations of authors and the public cannot be made to fit the relations of the public and this dissimilar class of servants? Are we to fail in our piain duty for mere lack of prece- Gent? We choose rather to make a prece- dent—one from which is eliminated as im- material the law grown up around au- thorship—and we see no better way to DR. BUNNELL RESCUES WOREMAN FROM DEATH Charles Penn Seized With a Fit ‘While Working on Dome of City Hall. Quick action on the part of Chief Sur- geon Edwin Bunnell of the Central Emergency Hospital saved. the life of Charles Penn, an.electrician, ; who was suddenly seized with an attack of vertigo while at work on the dome of the City Hall at noon yesterday. Dr. Bunnell was in the reception room of the hospital when his attention was attracted by the cries of several work- men on the dome of the building. He quickly ran outside and was horrified to behold a man trying to save himself from fzlling headlong from the second dome of the City Hall Dr. Bunnell in an instant climbed up the winding steps which lead to the dome. He was just in time to save the unfortu- nate workman from falling a distance of 200 feet and meeting instant death on thé hard cement sidewalk. It appears that Penn was stricken with an attack of vertigo while engaged in working on the dome of the building and was utterly powerless to help himself. He was removed to the Receiving Hos- pital and later sent to his home at 357 Fell street. 3 ———————— Prominent Mexican Murdered. SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 28.—Pablo, Trujillo, one of the most prominent of cld-time Mexican grandees, was found dead this morning on the Santa Fe Rall- road at Colton. At first it was believed that he had been struck by a locomotive, but at the inquest this afernoon testi- mony was introduced which made it seem | coaling stations is also under way. probable that Trujillo was stabbed and then thrown on the railroad track to cover up the crime., The inquest will be continued to-morrow, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, AUBURN’S CUBAN TREATY NOT CONGLUDED Disapproval by Palma, However, Will Not Defeat It. IR ey Merchants of Havana Say Undue Concessions Are Demeanded. B L i Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Although President Palma is reported to have dis- approved of a part of the proposed reci- procity treaty with Cuba, State Depart- ment officials have no fear that any coun- ter proposition will prevent the conclu- sicn of the convention. Minister Que- sada has not yet received a copy of the | treaty, which has been the subject of | conferences between President Palma, his Cabinet and prominent business men of Cuba. ‘Many Cuban interests object to the proposed treaty, declaring that it de- mands cent—on American products entering Cu- | ba, while Cuba receives a horizontal cut of 20 per cent in our tobacco and. sugar schedule. Fearing that the reciprocity treaty may be somewhat delayed, the State Depar ment will seek first to secure an extra- dition treaty, which is sorely needed, now that ecriminals from this country are finding a refuge in Cuba. A treaty look- ing toward concessions for naval and It expected that this treaty will provide for a naval station at Guantanamo and coaling stations at Cienfuegos and Nipe Bay. Apparently there is no purpose to | locate any station at Havana, which will be highly satisfactory to Cuba. SHERIFF AND MARSHAL RACE FOR THE WOMAN Sensational Contest Occurs as a Re- sult of an Asylum Patient’s Escape. VALPARAISO, Ind., Oct. 28.—An ex- citing race between Sheriff La Count of Porter County, upon one side, and City Marshal Billings of Valparaiso and Dr. J. C. Sharpe of Jacksonville, Ill., upon the other, With the liberty of a young woman the stake, set this city wild this afternoon. The objective point was the Pennsylvania station, and upon the re- sult of the contest hinged the freedom of Miss Stella Josephine Teller, cousin of United States Senator Henry M. Teller | of Colorado. Miss Teller, after some family trouble concerning certain property, was placed half a year ago in a prvate asylum at Jacksonville, Ill. She escaped from that institution three months ago and came to this place, where she has quietly resided. "Recently she engaged legal counsel and prepared to file a suit for $50,000 against one of her brothers for her asylum ex- perience. This step revealed her where- abouts and Dr. Sharpe of the Jacksonville institution came here to take her back. Arriving here Dr. Sharpe enlisted the ser- vices of City Marshal Billings and went direct to the hotel where Miss Teller was stopping, placed her in a hack and started posthaste for the Pennsyivania station. Her attorneys were apprised of the sud- den turn of affairs and hurried to the station with a blank habeas corpus writ, arriving * two .minutes bv(ore the train pulled in. The writ was signed, a notary public who happened to be a passenger on the train affixed his seal, Circuit Judge McMzhon hastened to grant the necessary order and Sheriff La Count, by a burs. of speed, caught Dr. Sharpe and his un- | willing protege as the train started to pull out of the station. The Jacksonville physician was compelled to release his former patient. —_— DOUKHOBORS ARE BUSY LOOKING FOR PROVENDER OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 28.—Inquiry in of- ficial quarters in regard to reports from the West about the Doukhobors elicits the information that there are a number of them, probably a thousand in all, af- fected with religious mania. They are going from village to village among their own people, and it is said that they are likely to arrange to meet in some cen- tral place, probably at Yankton, to decide upon what they are going to do. The Doukhobors believe it to be a sin to hold domestic animals in restraint, and they have therefore turned their cattle and horses loose upon the prairies. They will not wear leather shoes or any cloth« ing produced from animals, and the men and women have bee# yoki themselves to the plow and wagon. A large number of the horses and cattle have been seized by the Government and sold at public auction. The amount realized, about $20,- 000, will be used to take care of the fami- lies when the winter closes in. The Su- perintendent of Immigration, Frank Ped- ley, has just returned here from the Doukhobor settlement, and J. O. Smith, the agent at Winnipeg, is also in the city. They say that there is no suffering or starvation”among the Doukhobors, but that a number of them are affected with religious mania. . ST. PAUL, Oct. 28.—A brief dispatch to the Pioneer Press from Yankton, Assi- noiba, says that 1600 Doukhobors— men, women and children—have just arrived at that place. ‘hey eéntered the town singing a weird hymn and carrying their sick and infants on stretchers. They are in want of food. il WOULD-BE SUICIDE" A WELL-TO-DO MAN LOS ANGELES, Oct. fi.—Oq the morn- ing of October 22 Emil Erhard, a well- dressed young man, was found in the riv- er bed under the First-street bridge. He had shot himself in the left breast. When taken to the Receiving Hospital he said that he was sick and unable to get work, and, his money exhausted, he had de- cided to kill himself. The wound was not fatal and he is now recovering in the County Hospital. To-day the Odd Fellows’ relief board received a letter from Peter Zach of 14 Mason street, San Francisco, stating that Erhard owned property in New York, was well connected and that he could obtain from Zach all the money he need- ed. The letter intimated that there was something more behind Erhard’s, attempt to take his life. % NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. undue . concessions—10 to 18 per ! ¢ Congressman and Mrs. Littlefield ar- KEEP Yom}. HEAD "d"noovnnnn' mCon:hntw.-flnga!.mtrwp- agates Dandruff Germs. There are many men wfio ‘wear their hats practically all the time when awake, and are blessed with a hnvy shock of hair; yét if ghe scalps of these’'same men once became infested with. dandruff germs, the parasites would multiply all the quicker for lack of air. Baldness would ensue as the final result. New- bro's Herpicide kills these germs and stimulates unhealthy hair to abundant growth. Herpicide is a pleasant hair dressing as well as a dandruff cure and contains not an atom of injurious tub, WEDNESDAY, GREATEST MEETING An Enormous Crowd Hears Speech of Littlefield. Maine Mlan Urges Elec- tion of Republican Congressmen. Special Dispatch to The Call. UBURN, Oct. 28.—Congressman Littlefield of Mame spoke here to-night and was greeted by the largest audience that has yet turned out during the campaign. An e(curfilon train was run from Rock- lin, bringing up 150 persons. The mag- nificent greeting to the distinguished New Englander was marred by the slip- ping of some cog on the part of the Re- publican County Committee. rived on the afternoon train and there ‘was no one at the railroad station to wel- come them. Ex-Sheriff W. C. Conroy, a Democrat, saw the predicament, and, gathering up the Maine man’s baggage, took him down to his hotel and extended him the courtesies and hospitality of a true Californfan. Littlefield was introduced to-night by Senator W, B. Lardner and spoke for | two hours. He ‘“talked right from the shoulder,” and his arguments were able and convincing. He pleaded for thej election of a Republican Congressman from this district, to the end that Repub- lican policies might be maintained. He raferred to State politics but little, while his reference to Dr. Pardee, Sen- ator Perkins and Hon. J. H. Neft aroused enthusiasm. Littlefield closed his speech with a brief history of the Democratic party on | the trust question, characterizing that party’s position as vascillating in the ex- treme. RALLY AT RICHMOND. RICHMOND, Oct. 28.—Congressman Vic- tor Metcalf addressed the voters of Rich- mond to-night, and made a host of| friends in so doing. It was Congressman Metcalf’s first public appearance in this city, and he added largely to his list of supporters in this section. The meet- ing, which was large and enthusiastic, was held in Curry's Opera-house, and was called to order by George D. Hynes, pres- ident of the Republican Club of Rich- mond. Congressman Metcalf was the only speaker. . e g Lake County in Line for Pardee. MIDDLETOWN, Oct. 28.—Republicans of this section of Lake County crowed Middletown to-night to participate in the rally on behalf of the Republican State nominees. There were the usual bonfires, fireworks and music and the gathering was unusually large. Rounseville Litty presided over thé meeting and the speaker of the evening was Colonel J. H. Roberts. The latter enlogized Pardee as a man who had the interests of all California at heart, and, when in the gubernatorial chair, would labor in season and out-of season for the good of 'the State. He urged the .necessity of electing the Re- publican legislative nominees and candi- dates for Congress, in order to keep con- trol of the National Government in the hands of the party whose policy had brought unparalled prosperity to this country. Republican enthusiasm is at its height in Lake County and a big gain will be shown when the votes are counted next Tuesday night. sFine Leather Goods. ‘Wrist bags, chatelaines, pocketbooks, ‘card cases, letter cases and billbooks. Best goods, lowest prices, and lettered in gold free of charge. Sanborn, Vail.& Co., 741 Market street. . @ i et @ OPIUM SEIZURE ON THE GEONEY| Chinese Steward of Fed- eral Ship Violates the Law. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Oct. 28.—Gong Gee, formerly steward of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey cutter Gedney, is in jail, accused of a double infraction of the cus- toms laws. His is a remarkable case. Following his arrest on Saturday for hav- ing attempted to smuggle another Chinese from Victeria to Seattle aboard the Ged- ney, a seizure of contraband opium was made 1o-day on the steamer by local of- ficers. More than $1000 worth of the drug was found. Gong Gee's alleged. attempt to defraud the Government was discovered chiefly through a disgruntled brother Chinese employed on the Gedney. Another strange feature is that Gong Gee is believed to have attempted to escape apprehension on the smuggling charge through the agency of a son of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. The young man, who is a guest on the cutter, told one of the officers this morning that Gong Gee had requested that his clothing and effects be thrown overboard to get rid of them. Later in the day one of Gong Gee's countrymen appeared aboard the steamer and made a request for Gong Gee's ef- fects, says that he was a brother of the steward. The officers refused to allow anything to be disturbed without authority from the customs of- ficers. The latter were notified and In- spector Lavin went aboard the vessel to search Gong Gee's effects before allowing them to be taken ashore. ‘With little difficulty the officers dis- covered one ten-pound package of opium in the former steward’s room. After this discovery the search was prosecuted more carefully and seven other packages were found. They had been carefully dis- tributed about the steward's room, his supplies and his personal effects. S Sunnyside Booth Entertains. The ladies in charge of the Sunnyside booth at St. John's Chureh fair enter- tained last night, and Company O of the League of the Cross Cadets gave an ex- hibition drill. The following ladies had charge of the affair: Mrs. Amroch, pres- ident, assisted by Mrs, M. O’Connor, Mrs, D. Sullivan, Mrs. Hartnett and Mrs, Mec- Veigh. Murder or Suicide at Vallejo.. VALLEJO, Oct. 28.—The body of an vn- known man, with his throu t, w tannd thfs evening floa m ‘!l DMN!IL Ith L Byunotue. ‘_h‘“. ntfil OCTOBER 29, 1902, C STRIGKEN WOMAN |CARRY CASKET BENT ON DEATH T0 THE GRAVE Mrs. Marretta Stow Tries | Last Service Performed to Lieap From a Ferryboat. Driven to Despair by Suffer- Many From Yosemite Valley ing, She Attempts to End Life. —— Oakland Office, San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, October 28. Failing in Tepeated attempts to end a life of suffering by means of poison Mrs. Marretta L. Stow, 64 years old and cus- todian of the Boys and Girls’ Library at 461 Forty-ninth street, made a desperate effert to throw herself from the deck of the ferry steamer Oakland on the;8:30 trip from San Francisco this morning. As the stricken woman was about to clear herself of the chain guard at the stern of the ferry and leap to her death in the bay waters, she was overtaken by one of the deckhands who had been an observer of her suspicious deportment. | He grabbed the woman by the dress just | in time to prevent her from taking the fatal plunge. She tried desperately to re- lease his hold, but could not. In the struggle her skirt was itorn from her bedy. The exciting struggle was witnessed by many passengers on the boat. After be- ing dragged to-safety the woman talked freely of her troubles. She said that nhe‘ was suffering excrutiating pains from an incurable malady. She had prayed for death to come to her relief and had sought self-destruction. Her face was distorted so great was the pain, and often she cried out: ““0, my God! Why can’'t I die and end this ‘horrible suffering?” REFUSES TO GIVE NAME. At the Oakland mole Mrs. Stow was turned over to the custody of Railroad Officer Maloney, who had her taken to the Receiving Hospital as insane. She talked so rationally, however, that War- den Page decided not to detain her. In- terrogation failed to bring out her name or connections, as she positively refused | to reveal them. She gave the fictitious name of Brown and refused to go to any private hospital. She declined all aid, saying that she was well able to pay her own way. At her request she was taken to the office of Dr. Donald McRae in the Physicians’ Building for treatment. On her way thither she was heard to ex- claim: ““Thank God, my husband and son are dead and will know nothing about this terrible affair.” Dr. McRae attended his patient and she paid him $250 from a purse full of gold, but still refused to give her name. She departed after her request to be directed to the nearest lodging-house had been, granted. Shortly after the sick woman had left another woman called on Dr. McRae saying she was in search of the person who had attempted to jump overboard, having recognized her sister by the de- scription. She said her sister had dis- appeared two days ago from her home in Emeryville, causing much anxiety as to her fate. She gave the name of Mrs. Smyth and that of her sister as Mrs. Stow. v FOUND BY SISTER. Late in the afternoon Mrs. Smyth found her -sister and had her taken to the King’s Daughters’ Home for Incurables for treatment. There she gave her full name as Mrs. Gertrude S. Smyth of San Pablo avenue and Forty-fifth street and her sister's as Mrs. Marretta L. Stow of 461 Forty-ninth street. “My sister is in terrible agony,” said Mrs. Smyth, “and has been suffering for weeks. She is not to be blamed for thus trying to end her misery. She told me she had tried several times the past two nights at the Palace Hotel to kill herself with morphine, but she only suc- ceeded in making herself worse, for the effects of the poison soon passed away. She says she took six grains of mor- phine at one time—enough to kill a strong person easily.” Mrs. Stow has been engaged in philan- thropic work for some time. She former- ly was custodian of “The Birdie Bell,” a home for children in Emeryville, now converted into the Boys' and Girls’ Library. GRASS VALLEY-VERNON RAILWAY TO BE BUILT Meaning of the Surveys Now Being Made in Yuba and Sutter Counties. MARYSVILLE, Oct. 28.—Speculation as to the purpose of the surveyors who have been at work in the lower ends of Yuba and Sutter countles for several weeks ended last night when an authoritative statement was made to the effect that a steam railroad would be built from Grass Valley to Vernon, on the Sacramento River, by way of Lincoln. Later branches will be built to this city on one side and Auburn on the other. The purpose is to give the rich upper country not only more direct connéction with the markets, but 1 by Employes of Late A. H. Washburn, — i Attend Funeral of the Dead Pioneer. Borne to the grave by men who for vears had been his faithful stage drivers, the body of the late A. H. Washburn, the veteran Yosemite Valley stage owner, was laid to rest yesterday in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. The funeral services were held at noon at St. Paul's Episcopal | Church, California street, near Fillmore. | The Rev. W. Maxwell Reilly, rector D!I the parish, officiated. | From Wawona and the Yosemite Valley came scores of the employes of the pio- | neer stage driver. Every man and woman who could be spared from the duties of | their positions, hotel people, teamsters, | drivers, hostlers and workmen generally | on the rolls of the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company, gathered at the church to pay their token of respect to | one who had been a kind and appreciative employer. ‘ The sacred edifice was crowded with | the friends of Mr. Washburn. Many beautiful .flowers surrounded the bier, tokens of sympathy and of cherished at- tachment for a man whose sturdy, noble character had left deep impress on the | hearts of many who mourned sincerely | at the funeral. The services were simple, the rites of the Episcopal church being celebrated. The honorary pall-bearers, chosen from among the close personal friends of the deceased stage owner, were M. S. Wil- son, D. W. Hitchcock, John P. Irish, R. H. Pratt, T. H. Goodman, Thomas P. Hayes, L. F. Rowell and C. S. Givens, who represented the Yosemite Valley Commission. Eight drivers on the Yosemite Valley stage line acted as casket-bearers. They | were Henry Hedges, James Warner, Cut- ler Salmon, John Ashworth, Sam Owens, John White, Thomas Gordon and Sam Uren. After the services members of the family accompanied the remains by a spe- cial car to the place of interment in Cypress Lawn: @ -ttt i @ TEAGHERS" UNION 15 THE LATEST Prominent Educators of San Jose Take the Initiative. R Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 28.—If an effort being made by a committee of prominent edu- cators of San Jose be successful, the teachers of the entire State of California will soon be organized in a federation with the same aim and purpose as the various trades unions, and strikes of the pedagogues may be in order. A committee consisting of H. M. Bland, chairman; Professor Dailey of the State Normal, Mrs. Mary George, George S. ‘Wells, Louis Bruch, Miss Nellie O'Brien, Miss Caroline Bradlee and City Superin- tendent Shumate, all leading educators of this city, is now drafting a constitution and by-laws. It has received much en- couragement from teachers the State and is about ready to perfect an organization. The State is to be organized by coun- ties and the first federation will be formed here. The organization is to see; that proper legislation is enacted per- taining to the profession, bring the teach- ers into closer touch with one another and regulate the salaries. It will be | that Miss Smith was ailing until Bra: | ham telephoned up for the girl Thur throughout | DOCTOR RAISES CRY OF POISE Causes Police to In gate the Death of % Lizzie Smith. & ¥ & Chemical Analysis of ach’s Contents Will Be Made. SR PN Miss Lizzie Smith, who was 21 of age and a waitress in the employ M. A. Braham, who conducts the St fe at 331 Ellis street, died yesterda Mrs. , 123 Oak street. Dr. Aime Dabbons, who has a reem a house at 135 Twelfth street, caus quite a stir in the police and morgue d partments last night by stating that had suspicions that the girl's death wa due to poisoning. Miss Smith was taken ill last We day with lung trouble and Dr. Dabbon| was called in by Mrs. Porter Thursdas The girl lay in bed all day Wednesda: without letting any one know she wa ill. Mrs. Porter said she did not kno day morning. On going to Miss Smith’ | room Mrs. Porter found her in bed and immediately called in Dr. Dabbons, whom | she knew. Dabbons failed to give th suffering girl any relief, so on Mondx Dr. Soper of 347 Noe street was called n. Dabbons went to the girl's room: yes terday afterncon to get a thermiometel he had left there. While he was there he says, Miss Smith was dying, and al though she talked incoherently, claims to have elicited from her a state ment. that Mrs. Braham gave her thre little white pills the day that she we to bed. Mrs. Braham denies ever having give the girl any pills. Her husband said: “Miss Smith, who was in our employ fo] three weeks, was always coughing an had the appearance of having lung tro ble. My wife never gave her any pilis but our cook, who 1s more than 6 yea of age, might have done so, for he h: some little liver pills of which he gaw me three, and he may have given som to Miss Smith, merely because she looke ill. I am positive that she had receiv: nothing else. The cook was a good n but drank a little too much and last he hurt his hand and I got some else in his place. He was with us one week. Miss Smith was a beauti and a good girl and we always treal her as a daughter.” The cook, whose name is P. Siero, not be found by the police as he left his room at 112 Taylor street gone into the country to look for work. The police are confident that the gh died a natural death. Dr. Soper said| he was called in too late, but that he did all he could for the girl. He said died of pneumonia and that he would a death certificate to that effect. Dabbons is a foreigner and does not| speak English very well. He claims & be a graduate of Jefferson College, Phil-| adelphia. He could give no good reasons| for his suspicions. He sald the girl had| pneumonia, but thought that the pil might have been given in mistake for al harmless remedy. A chemical analysis of portions of contents of the dead girl's stomach be made. Miss Smith’s family live in__ City. Her father, John rancher. e St. Michael’s Fair a Success. The young ladies of the Sodality bo of St. Michael's Church fair at View gave an “at home” last evening. The large crowd that attended was entertained by the enjoyable programme,} which was as follows: Solos, Miss Hattie Crawford, Miss nie Sheedy and Miss Loretta O'Shea; lections, Anita Douglass; grand yeung ladies and children of the Sodal- ity. The entertainment was given under the direction of Miss Lucy Hildreth, Miss Margaret Rodney, Miss Alice O'Hare, Miss Lizzie Reilly and Miss Annie Rod- ney, who are also in charge of the booth. This will be Colma evening at the fair,! and the special feature will be a among jig and hornpipe dancers. day will be given to the men's known as the California Federation of Teachers. / Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Oct. 28.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued to-day: George Planer, over 21, and Henrietta A. Diefen- bacher, over 18, both of Oakland; William Struss, 23, and Georgie Donnelly, 22, both of San Francisco; Osear John Willi, 30, and Elsie A. Cameron, 23, both of Sacra- mento; Jose C. da Costa, 31, San Mateo, and Marie J. Soares, 19, Fruitvale; Ralph A. Newell, 25, and Ethel A. de la Mon- tanya, 22, both of Oakland. —————— Charles P. Owen Critically IIl. SAN JOSE, Oct. 28.—County Recorder Charles P. Owen is dangerously 1ll at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. R. Chace. He is suffering from complete prostration and grave fears are entertained. of -the parish, and Saturday evening ladies of the fancy booth will give *“at home. i —— el e GRACE METHODIST CHURCH GIVES AN ; The indoor garden fete at Gr odist Episcopal Church, Twenty-first. Capp streets, opened under the auspices last evening. An programme of music and Nterary tions was rendered and the was accorded augurs well for the other evenings which are to be to the indoor garden fete. The object of the fete is to Iflm Ladles’ Aid Society. Last evs ‘were visitors and supporter§ of the ment not only from theé cohgr ti the church but from many other tricts. " snr ALL ABOUT THE PIANO CLUB Exhibition and Delivery Commences This Morning. If you are interested and cannot call in person, fill out the attached inquiry blank, cut out and send to Piano Club Manager, Pommer-Eilers Music Company, 653 Market St, Catalogues, prices and all particulars will be promptly supplied. San Francisco. Ofit-of-Town Residents May Join Any One of the Four Clubs Now Forming. ! | o It costs nothing to investiéate this money-uv'mg opportunity, supply pianos to club members at a bona fide saving of many dollars. Attend to this to-dny. POMMER EILERS MUSIC CO. NEW ERA PIANO DEALERS, 653 Mnrket Please send catalogue and Piano Club to ABBRESS, oo C. S R e INQUIRY BLANK POMMER-EILERS MUSIC CO., San Francisco, Cal. R Phone Grant I17. information about the new ; 2 e We guaumoh San Francisco,