The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1902, Page 9

J0CK LABORERS 10 JOIN SKILORS t ympathetic Strike at| Marseilles Is Feared ty Officials. Original Strikers Said to Be Anxious to Reach an Agreement. Dec. §.—The dock labor- | ided to join the sailors strike dition that no vessels, whatever | be their nationality, shall be dis-| T will mean a serious pa- alysis of trade. The sailors and stokers f several other ports, as well as the | rs, bakers and butchers of Mar-| sei have signified their willingness to 1 a sympathetic general strike, but the ginal strikers, it is believed, are anxious to' some agreement. The Prefect and Admirar Rouvier have rseilles 1o the notice of the Ship Owners’ ' ation the dec ken by the 10 appeal t des to join the but the p of the associa- declines to accept conditions pro- | vosed for the settlement of the strilte. | to JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS ! DEPORTED FROM HONOLULU | { Denied Landing Because They Are! Suffering From a Contagious Disease of the Eye. HONOLULLU. Dec. 2.—Fifty-four Japan- e were deported to-day on the Hong-| n because they are afflicted with | a dangerous disease of (hL migrants came here last| Gaelic and China, all be-| the the prefecture of Yamaguchl ] Special orders | officials d of Nippon. e Surme Ho:pual in | it has appear since then, but its whole- two lots of Immigrants rasmodically sale presence in as caused their deportation. Trachoma is a contagious disease, char- rized by hard pustules or granular ner surface of the n of the mem- | becomes very frequently | excrescences o vrp inny elids . with .\n especial outside picnickers as the Sabbath is, shooting and qu" is sold at the| setting forth these | ADVERTISEMENTS. A MILD CASE Of umugwus Elood Poison never exis- ted. 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The arrangement for close connection between the Louisville | and Nashville and Southern Pacific has | been sundered. The Southern Pacific has | joined with the Illinois Central in the! bullding of a new union depot at New | Orleans. The new deal will become eflec|-$ ive January 1. The Queen and Crescent is expected to ! Jjoin the new combination. A serious fight | between the Louisville and Nashville and is antcipated. The' former threatens to join hands with the Texas and Pacific and throw its influence the Gould interests. The two fast trains between New Orleans and Caii- fornia points lately put on by the South- | ern Pacific make close connection with the Illinois Central and it Is said that the Central will run through sleepers via | New Orleans to the Pacific Coast and compete with the Santa Fe and Rock | 1sland lines. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT ILL OF TYPHOID FEVER | Attending Physicians Say That There Are No Indications of Complications. YORK, Dec. 8.—Cornelius NEW Van- | | derbilt is ill of typhoid fever at his home | iu this city, He has been confined to his bed for a week. At the house it was said to-day that the patient was com- fortable and that no complications would result. Dr. issued Flint, who is attending Vanderbiit, the following bulletin to-day: “Mr. Vanderbilt had a very restless night, but medically speaking he is as well as can be expected.” Dr. Flint called in Dr. Janeway for s consultation on the case to-day. This bulletin of the condition of Corne- | llus Vanderbilt was issued at midnight “Patient is resting quietly. No compli- | cations.” | i | | - . FALL OF THE CAMPANILE LEADS TO STORMY SCENES | Chamber of Deputies Attacks the Ministers for Failing to Fore- stall the Disaster. | ROME, Dec. S.—An interpellation re- | specting the fall of the Campanile of St. Mark's at Venice led to stormy scenes in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, the Ministers being attacked for the failure to forestall the disaster. Minister of In-| truction Nasi, in responding, said that the committee of inquiry had proved that | any steps taken to restore the (‘umpanlle‘ would only have hastened its collapse. In | conclusion Signor Nasi announced that he would introduce & bill to provide $6%0,000 | to rebufld the monument, half of which sum had already been collected: FRISCO SYSTEM WILL STOP AT SAN ANTONIO| Arrangements Are Made With the | Mexican Central to Use the | Same Depot. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 8—The civil engineers of the Frisco system are in the field running a line from Brady, | in McColloch County, to San Antonio. A prominent railroad official who is in a position to know said to-d: “The Fris- co will not go any farther than San An- tonio, as traffic arrangements have been made with the Mexican Central whereby both roads will make this city their ter- minal p and both come into the same depot. The deal aiso provides a | through Mexican service from San Fran- cisco, as well as through service from the | Mexican Central to all points east and west via the Frisco, —_———— Insurance Company Wins the Case. WASHINGTON, Dec. S8.—The United Court to-day rendered an opinion in the ‘case of the lowa Life In surance Company vs. Lula T. Lewis, in- volving the question as to whether col- lection can be made upon a life Insurance policy upon which the premium had not | been paid. In this casze a policy was is- | sued by the lowa company on the life of | Thomas M. Lewis, a residept of Fort| | Worth, Tex., who gave a note for the | | payment of the firet premium. This note bzd never been paid or renewed when Lewis died in 190, The case was decided n favor of Mrs Lewis by the Circult | Court for the Northern District of Texas, | but that decision was reversed by to-day's | opinion | | | | -—- Abe Attel Outpoim.s Buddy Ryan. CHICAGO, Dec. 8.—Abe Attel, the Cali- fornia featherweight. outpointed Buddy Ryan of Chicago in a six-round contest here to-night. Attel made a running fight of it. In the third round, however, Ryan | after a hard chase cornered Attel and | knocked him down with a left hook to the jaw. Attel took a count of nine and got Lo his feet without showing any ill effects from the blow Attel used a straight left hand jab that Ryan was un- able 1o evade, and the Californian had quite the better of each round with the exception of the third S T To Destroy Infected Animals. WAEHINGTON, Dec. 83~The Becretary Agriculture has sent Instructione to Salmon of the Bureau of Animal In- v, who is personally superintending work of fighting the foot and mouth | the discase epidemic in New England, to de- | #troy ail animals infected ST STOMACH ITTER Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Belch- ing, Heartburn, or Constipation’ RS can be cured by the use of the Biiters. Hundreds have so testi- ned. Trv it and be convinced. Our 1903 Almanac is now :Afi"‘r::;';:y‘r':l, xerirore. s Broes. ready. Get a copy from your 4y Oukland, Cai Also for sule &t 307 . B ¥ Bend for tres book 48 | druggist. It is free. City and Wichi THE SA ESCAPE FROM VOLCAND'S WRATH Carl Schulitz and Family Tell a Tale of Horror. Reach City After Experience of Earthquake's Awful Destruction... Al Among the interesting arrivals yester- day evening on the steamship Hermon- this was Carl Schulitz, a planter from >(-u.:lvmdlu and his family, consisting ot | his wife and three young children, two girls, aged 2 and 4 years respectively, and a boy, 3 years of age. Schulitz and his family on arrlving in the city were thankful to be on United States soll and far away from the scenes of dire disaster and the fearful and irre- parable ruin wrought by the voleanic ca- lamities which recently destroyed his | plantation, Jmmediately upon his arrival Schulitz drove with his wife and children to the Miramar, 703 Geary. street, to take the opportunity of enjoying the | , Miss Holbrook, Miss Blakeman, Miss Suzanne | | Blanding, Mrs lss ~Sanborn, Mrs. seclusion of the apartments which had ! Martn, mufi(mnwuod. Will Sanborn, Aller been secured for him. | Wright, Mrs.#Knox, S. Ernest McCormick The terrible experience Mr. and Mrs. | Eldney ‘“g‘vm*:"";‘:" e S - hefl omers.. M. orge e. Schulitz and their children had under- | {amert, Br. Costeen, Mem Georse Whipple, | gone and the loss of home and fortune have naturally unnerved them. Schulitz feels his losses greatly, but is happy that he and his family were not doomed to share the fatality which came to so many at the time of the outbreak of the vol- cano and subsequent earthquakes. The experience will not soon be for- | Botten by him. He tells a tale of horror, devastation and ruin at Santa which bears out the stories which were Vividly told by the corresponllents at the | time of the fearful visitation. WORK OF CONSTRUCTION WILL NOW GO AHEAD Last Obstacle to the Completion of the Orient Railroad Is- Removed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 8.—Construc- | tion work will begin at once upon that part of the Kansas City, Mexico and Ori- ent Railroad betweem Kansas City and Wichita, Kas. It is the intention of Stil- well and his associates to push the work | of construction of the main line as rapid- Iy as possible. The building of the line from Kansas City to Wichita has been delayed by liti- gation with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rallroad over the right to cross the company’s tracks at Emporia, Kans. The Supreme Court afirmed the right of the Orfent to a crossing and the last ob- | stacle to the construction of the line has | been removed. That part of the line between Kansas «f Lawrence, Center and Wichita, a line in operation The Orient now has between Anthony. Kans., and a peint a short distance this | side of Sweetwater, Texas. Bt T | PECULIAR EPIDEMIC IN LOWEB CALIFORNIA | Fever Spreads Among the Mexican Population of Ensenada. SAN DIEGO, Dec. $.—Ensenada, in| Lower California, is exercised over the | appearance among its poorer Mexican | Poorer population of a disease which has so hrw proved as fatal as the typhus or spurious | yellow fever, which affiicted Guaymas some years ago. The Lower California coast, as well as both sides of the gulf coast, has been at times visited by epi- demics of an obscure fever, and the En- ! senada visitation Is undoubtedly of that order. The United States Marine Hospital serv- ice has been advised of the appearance of | the disease and is taking steps to learn | its true nature. An officer of the service is on his way to Ensenada. ST T Dies in the Blizzard. BIG TIMBER, Mont., Dec. §.—One fa- tality has been reported as a result of the chinook which swept over this section of the State to-day. The victim was an en- ginecr named English. The frozen body | was found near Cowles mining camp, where English had been employed. Re- | | ports from varlous sections of the State to-night tell of rapidly falllnl tempera- tures. - Object to Wine at Inaugural Ball. FACRAMENTO, Dec. 8.—At a meeting of the Woman's Christlan Temperance Union this afternoon resolutions were adopted denouncing the proposed use of wine at the Inaugural banquet and ball | to be given on January 12 in the State Caplitol bullding in honor of Governor- elect Parde LAYMEN'S CATHOLIC CLUB ELECTS ITS OFFICERS At a meeting of the Laymen's Catho- | lic Club last night George H. Francoeur was elected to the position of vice presi- dent and Emii Held secretary and treas- urer. At the next meeting of the club a chaplaii is to be chosen, and it fs probable that the office may go to the rector of either St. John's, Oakland, or | Christ Church, Sausalito. N action wlll be taken regarding by- | laws until the report of a speclal com- | mittee. consisting of the president, Pro- | | fessor Gatllard ‘Thomas Lapsley; the vice | Arnold of Harvard | University, is submitted at the next meet- | president and _Mr. ing, which will be held on Tuesday, De- cember 30, at the Church of the Advmll in thie city It was decided that the matter of per- manent clubrooms be held In abeyance | until other preliminary business of the club shall have been perfectly arranged | by the various committees ———— BOLDIERS TO ASSIST VICTIM OF EXPLOSION In order to raise funds to assist the ! unfortunate 14-year-old boy, Harry Con. | noma, who had one of his arms blown off in the explosion on board the Progreso at the Fulton Iron Works, the soldiers at the Presidio have arranged for a base- ball game. A team composed of men from the Hos- pital Corps will play against the well- known Nineteenth Infantry aggregation, The game will be played on Wednesday afternoon at Recreation Park, Eighth and Harrison streets. Both teams contain many experienced ball-tossers, and an ex- citing game s expected. The players have practiced dafly, and the soldiers at the Presidio, from the commanding of- cer down to the privates, are taking great interest In the proposed contest. Tt §s expected that the grounds will be crowded. ———— Olympic Club Handball, The handball tournament at the Olym- pic Club is drawing to a close. To-mor- row evening there will be three games, as follows: O. A. Crable vs, W, J, Ken- nedy,,C. D. Pentony vé. M. F Rapp, and ¥ W. Krone Jr. vs. ¥. C. Wegner, On Sunday next Willlam Minahan will play Robert Bowman, and Tom Powers will play Louls Levy in the semi-finals, and hastened | Maria | a2 will take in the towns | mporia, Eldorado, Yates | FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, -DEGEMBER 9, 'MISS LANDERS WILL ENTERTAIN 'THE YOUNG SET —_— Miss Helen Dean will be guest of hon to-day at a large luncheon (o be glven by Miss Pearl Landers. The guests will be: Miss Emily Witson, Miss Maud Bourn, Mlss Gertrude Josselyn, Mins Margarct Mee, Miss Elsic Bperry, Miss Mabel Toy, ith Huntington, Mise Lurline Spreckels, Misa Kate Miss Beth - Allen, Miss Margaret wu.o..“m.. Gertrude Jrnme, Miss Genevieve King, biss Hazel feing, Miss Rutn Allen, Miss Frnces Harris, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Helen Murison, Miss Lucie King, Miss Mabel nders, Fthel H-m, and. Miss Olivo ‘Holbrook. e Mrs. J. Van Dyle Middleton gave a delightfully Informal .card party yester- day afternoon at her residence on Frank- lin street. i . . Mr. and Mrs. Danforth Boardman (nee Salisbury) returned yesterday on the steamship Sierra after a wedding trip to Honolulu. The ‘young couple will .live with_the bride’s mother, Mrs. Monroe Salisbury, on Steiner street, for the pres- ent. . Mrs. Boardman luncheon at the Thursday by Mrs. Mrs. Lansing. will be tentlered a University Club on Charles L. Bent and . . Mr. and Mre. Albert Russell entertalned a number of friends informally on Sun- day afternoon to meet Miss Rena Mail- llard. Among tHose present were: Mr. Hutchinson. Mrs. Eleanor Martin entertained a num- ber of debutantes at dinner on Saturday evening. Miss Edith Huntington, whose marriage to Jack Spreckles takes place December 15, 1 is one of the most feted of brides-elect at | present. A number of devoted friends, however, are waiting until after her mar- riage to entertain in her honor because of the rush of preparations just now, as the wedding occurs a week hence. Mr. and’ Mrs. Willard V. Huntington have one hundred and fifty invitations sent out and the Palace Marble Room wili be the scene of the nuptials. The wed- ding supper will be given in\the Maple room. The bridak party will be in white. Miss Huntington will be attended by Miss bridesmalds, Miss Pearl Landers Helen Dean, Miss Lily Spreckels and Miss Marion Huntington. FAIN HELD TO ANSWER FOR SHOOTING FRISCHORN Frederick Clayton Is Held for Rob- bery and George Babecock for Burglary. Eugene Fain was held to answer before | der in M0 bonds. loon of Andrew Frischkorn, 45 Third street, on the night of Scptember 24, and ! without any provocation shot Frisch- korn, whose life was despatred of for some time. | Frederick Clayton was held to answer by Police Jwge Fritz on a charge of rob- bery in $3000 bonds. November 24 he held { up Loufs Rubin of 365 Minuva street in a saloon at 636 Third street and took $75 from him. Clayton is a recent arrival | here and his wife, Bessie, is also in trou- !Lle. She and Laura Scott were arrested Saturday night on a charge of petty lar- | ceny for stealing an overcoat from the ! Hagtings Clothing Cempany, and the case was called before Police Judge Moga | yesterday, but as the Scott woman was | { unable to appear, it was continued tili to-morrow. George Babcock was held to answer by Police Judge Conlan on a charge of burglary in $2000 bonds. He broke into {a tool house at 2813 Stelner street and | stole a number of tools. other charge against nim yet to be heard. S — DR. NIETO'S CONGREGATION H SHOWS ITS APPRECIATION by Acclamation and With In- crease of Salary. At a meeting of the Congregation Sher- ith Israel held on Sunday last Dr. Nleto was re-elected rabbt of the congregation | by acclamation at an increased Aalary, the following resolution on the subject be- ing adopted: Whe %, The Rev. Dr. Jacob Nieto, who for the pust nine years has credibiy, honestly ani consclentiously”occupled the pulpit of this co | gregation, Sherith Israel, expounding the w of God eloquently and With a brilifancy wh | few can equal, and Whercas. Our by-laws require that an elec- tion for rabbi ehall be held six months prior to the e!?!n!ltm of the current term, and a meeting that purpose being calied this day, therefore it Is &-y\l\ed ‘That this congregation elects the Rev. Dr. Jacob Nieto for a term of three years, at a salary of $5000 per annum, payable monthly, beginning from the lst day ot June, 1003 ———————— Chemists Wanted. The United States Civil Service Com- | mission announces that on January 6 ex- | aminations will be held for the following: Custodian, Marine Biologlcal Statfon, Fish Commission, age limit 20 years or over, salary $720 per annum: application forms 304 and 375. Inspector of hulls, Steamboat Insgpection Service, uge limit 2% to 65 years, $1200 per annum: applica- | tion form 1087. Scientific assistant in the iUnfted States Commission of ¥ish and “lsherfes, $720 per annum. age limit 20 ears or over; application forms 3M and | 375 Aselstant chemist, male, in the office of the Supervising Architect, Treasury | Department, $1200 per annum, age iimit 20 years or over: application form 304, | Persons who desire to compete should | apply to the United States Clvil Service Commission. Washington, D. (', or to the secretary of the local board of examin- ers for application forms, which should be filed with the commission at Washing. ton prior to the hour of closing business | on December 2. | now re- ———— Matron Is Overcome by Gas. Mrs. Laura E. Bover, head nurse of the Boys' and Girls' Ald Soclety, had a narrow escape from death by inhaling gas last Bunday In her bedroom in the build- she had turned off the gas, retired. Prin. cipal Lewis. who was passing through the | hall some time later, detected the odor of | gas, and upon investigation found Mrs, | Bover in a dangerous condition. A phys|. ! clan was immediately called, and after persistent efforts rs. Bover regained consclousness. The fact that one window fi:{u partially open probably saved her e. ——————e. Petitions in Insolvency. Petitlons in insolvency were filed yester- day fn the United States District Court as tollows: Guy Nottingham, pipe fitte: ‘Walnut Creck, labllities 3971 75, no asset. Edward E. Johnson, winemaker, Oak Park, Sacramento, $1064 7, no assets. ———————— Late Shipping Intelligence. BAILED. Monday, December 8. Btmr George Loomlis, Badger, Ventura. PABSING IN, 12 MIDNIGHT. Russ bktn Bering, from Petropaulovekl, DOMESTIC PORTS, N DIEGO—8alled Dec 8—~U 8 stmr bo- m:,‘la’;l crulse: schr Beulah, for Umj POR' GAMBLI—Salled ' Dec 8—Schr Sal- vator, for ——. - /OCRAN STEAMERS, CHERBOURG—Arrived Dec 8—Stmr Ki 3 ‘Wilhelm der Grosse, lrom New York, vlu mmn.h, (or Hambu ind_proceed - FERI DO _DO NO. ONHA-— —lunr um nnmh, trom Portla % vu Coronel, etc, for Queenstown. Grace SprecKels, maid of nonor, and four | Miss | the Superior Court by Police Judge Frits | vesterday on a charge of assault to mur- | He went Into the sa- | ‘There s an- | Sherith Israel Re-Elects Him Rabbi | ing of the soclety. Mrs. Bover, belleving | 1902. GRODK'S FLIGHT Makes Dramatic Capture on Seventh-Street Train. g e Fugitiw Lieaps Over Gate, but Is Caught and Held g by Pursuer. —_— ' OAKLAND, Dec. 8—With his life lit- erally hanging In the balance, Harry G. Willlams, a coal merchant at Thirteenth and Webster streets, this morning cap- tured 8. T. Burch, a young check swin- dler, who made a desperate leap from a westbound Seventh-street local train in the hope of escaping his pursuers. With the cars running at full speed the fugitive plunged over a platform gate,. with Willlams clinging to his coat. The merchant, who had made a hard run after the swindler, was dragged over the iron lattice guard and hung there with his prisoner dangling and dragging along | the ground, both men belng in peril of | ! going under the car wheels any instant. # The train ran with captured and captor in this perilous position from Filbert | street to Adeline before it was stopped. Trainmen saw the plight of the prisoner and captor, and signaled in time to save them. Willlams was exhausted when Po- liceman John Murray and some of <¢he traln crew rescued him and taok his prisoner in hand. Burch proved to be a much sought-for check passer, who for several days has been playing hob with the merchants | about town. His Waterloo came thi morning when he stepped jauntily into! Williams' office and ordered coal and wood sent to H. E. Hubbard's residence. | check for §20 in payment. Burch got the | change, 313 75, and disappeared. He was | { barely out of sight before the coal man’s | suspicions were aroused. | “As soon as I realized something was | sald Willlams after the arrest, | “1 jumped on a bicycle and started after the fellow, believing he would make for the local train. I lost him on the 9:30, and went back to take the 10 o'clock. At Market-street station I boarded it, and, sure enough, there was my man. As soon as he saw me he made a flying leap' over the train gates, but I had al- ready grabbed him by the coat. As he went over the guard he pulled me with him. And there he was dragged for half a mile, with my grip nearly gone, fo was hanging head down and more than | half over the gates myself. Some one— 1 do not know who it was—had grabbed me by the heels and held me tightly; but | | 1 felt every second as if I must either let the man drop and be ground to death or lose my own life. “It seemed like an age before the train | | was stopped and Policeman Murray came | to my rescue.” Burch, the police discovered, made clever use of the half-hour that elapsed | | after he swindled Willlams and was cap- tured. En route to the train he stopped | at Charles Dyer's coalyard, 723 Seventh | reet, and swindled Dyer out of 31'30‘ ; using a worthless check. 8o far as the police have learned Burch dropped into town on Friday, and se- | cured $ 06 on an $8 check that was ac- | cepted by F. Anderson, a grocer at 77 | Washington street. The same day Burch | mulcted W. P. Wheeler, grocer at 1211 ! Broadway, out of $1275 on a $15 check, paying for goods he ordered sent to fic- | titlous addresses. Saturday the check passer persugded C. F. Hughes, a coal dealer at Eighth and Market streets, to accept his worthless paper, and he added the name of W. J. Reed, a grocer at 1012 Clay street, to his list of victims to the tune of $i5. His work to-day brought | him fl-fortune, and the probability is that his peculiar talents will be under re- straint for a time. The prisoner, In an interview with Chief of Police Hodgkins after his arrest, con- fessed his gullt. Burch has been con- | ducting a manicure establishment in San Francisco. He is 2% years old and his home is in Washington. D. C. His froudulent checks were drawn un- der varlous assumed names on blanks of | the Columblan Banking Company, Union Trust Company and the Oakland Bank of | | Savings. o e | THOMAS FORTUNE SPEAKS TO THE COLORED PEOPLE Will Leave for Honolulu and Philip- pines as Special Envoy From 1 ‘Washington. Thomas Fortune, the well-known negro orator, who was lately appointed by the President as a special envoy to Honolulu | and the Pbilippines, to examine into the | conditions of the currency of those coun- tries, addressed a large audience last | evening at the A. M. E. Zion Church, 1505 Stockton street. Thomas Pearson of Oakland made the opening address and formally introduced Mr. For{une. Fortune's address was of a political | nature, interspersed with jokes and anec- dotes. He spoke of the necessity of a strong organization of the negro race in this country. He said the Afro-American Council, of which he is the president, was extending through the United States | and hoped to have the entire colored pop- ulation of this country organized polit- feally. Poting. arrivadAG -thie. sity vesterday and leaves for Honolulu and the Philip- pines next Thursday. He will return to this country in six months and make a report to the President. | e | DEMANDS OF LABOR UNION wnumn TO Anu'numn | " MERCHANT STOPS |PLAN ERECTION | ments requisite to well-equipped Acknovl-d‘ment of Organization Is Point at Issue Between Em- ployer and Employe. Labor unions and their employers have been busy during the last few days in arriving at conditions which might prove satisfactory te both. The Bakery Wagon Drivers' Union has | made a demand for $16 for a ten-hour day | and $18 for a twelve-hour day. The prop- | ositions have been refused by the Bakers' | Assaclation, but a concession may in the near future be arranged, The issue between the Retall Drivers’ Union and their employers does not ap- pear to be near immediate adjustment, as the employers are inclined to ignore the union, while they declare themselves willing to do what 18 considered fair with their employers. To this the members of the union object. The matter has been referred to a committee of arbitration. The city officlals have recelved an invi- tation to a banquet which is to be given by the Electrical and Bteam Engineers’ Union next Thursday evening. The engineers have appointed a com- mittee, consisting of J. Holman, A. H. Hwell, J. J. Murphy, Daniel J. Brien, C. Kroft, John P. McGee and C. George, to make fitting arrangements for the ban- quet. —_————————— Insurance Cases on Trial. The cases of the Nome Beach L. & T. Company vs, Standard Marine Insurance Company and the Nome Beach L. & T. Company vs. )(nnlch Insurance Company were placed ol yesterday before a jury in the' vnmd Seates cu-euu Court, United States District Judge C. B, Bel- Unger of Portland, Or., presiding. GIUE K WELCOME OF NEW TEMPLE| T0 THEIR PASTOR Berkeley MasonsPrepare | Rev. Father McSweonoy to Build a Fitting Lodge Home. Is Tendered - Hearty Reception. Excellent Location Secured|Conveys Blessing of the Holy and $25,000 Pledged for New Enterprise. BERKELEY, .Dec. 8.—As the result of tLe concerted action of the members of Durant Lodge No. 268, Free and Accepted Masons, a Masonic tefuple to cost $25,000 will be erected in the college town within a year. The site at the corner of Ban- croft way and Shattuck avenue was pur- chased Saturday and plans for building are now in the hands of the architect. The new bullding will be three stories in height, constructed of brick and fitted with an elevator and all of the improve- lodge rooms. It will have a seventy-flve-foot frontage on Shattuck avenue with a depth of 111 feet on Bancroft way. The present property of the lodge at the junction of Center and Grove streets will be sold to defray the expenses of bullding. DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE MAKES A GOOD RECORD Four Convictions in One Day in Three Courts at Hall of Justice. The District Attorney’s office made a record In three Superior Courts at the | Hall of Justice yesterday by securing four convictions in one day. Besides the Williams was busy, and did not stop to conviction of Willlam Kennedy for mur- | think when the customer handed him a | der In Judge Cook's court, Melville Spry | was tried before a jury and convicted o(r burgiary in the first degree. He broke | into the residence of Mrs. S. Helsner, 333 Geary street, on September 21, and robbed the telephone box. As he is only 17 years of age, the Judge, on motion of his at- torney, ordered him sent to the Whittler Reform School. Joseph A. Bergmann was convicted by a jury in Judge Lawlor's court of a charge of felony embezzlement. He was employed as solicitor for William Knapp & Co., 120 Sutter street, and embezzled | $587. He has already served a term for a similar offense. Patrick Smith, allas David Edwards, was convicted of burglary in the first degree by a jury in Judge Dunne’s court. He broke the window of Albert Hoeflich’s fur store, 116 Grant avenue, on the night of September 1 and stole four fur gar- ments, which were found in his possession when arrested. —_—————— RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF A A NEW PAVEMENT Mayor Schmitz A Appfim Supervisors of Fine Surface for Streets Discovered in Boston. Mayor Schmitz expressed his intention yesterday to recommend the adoption by the Board of Supervisors of a pavement | he drove over in Boston, Mass., on the occasion of his recent Eastern trip. The | pavement is called the bituminous ma- cadam pavement, and the Mayor finds that it has proved a success in .several | cities and desires to have the Board of ‘Works Introduce it here. The specific qualities claimed by producers of the pavement are that it is noiseless, smooth, cleanly and gives a sure footing for horses. The Commis- cioner of Streets of Salem, N. J., writes that it is the finest pavement in that city, and the Superintendent of Streets iIn Brockton, Mass.. says that it has proven entirely satisfactory to the city and citi- zens. City Engineer Carpenter of Paw- tucket, R. 1., says that the stone in the wearing surface of the pavement takes the wear of the traffic and affords a foot- | Ing for horses similar to a macadam road. For that reason the Mayor thinks should be adopted in this city. e Elect New Officers. The following named officers were elect- ed at the last meeting of Golden Gate Branch 214, Natlonal Association of Letter Carrlers: President, Charles de la Fontaine; vice president, J. J. Hughes; treasurer, George C. Goe; secretary, Con- rad Trieber; collector M.' B. A., Thomas Nixon; sergeant-at-arms, Fred H. Stan- ley: physician. Dr. John F. Dillon: board of directors (three years), P. J. Whelan; board of directors sick and death bemefit fund—L. E. Boivin, 1. Holz, Charles Mc- Aulifte, J. J. Fogarty, D. A. Cameron. For all ages Delicious with Warm Milk or Cream | | | | sary for him to take a rest and he Father to Assembled Parishioners. e S X Sl Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, Dec. & The Rev. Father McSweeney, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, was tendered an enthusiastic reception this evening in the parish auditorium by bis parishioners in honor of his return f m abroad. The auditorfum was crowde. .o its limits, and when Father Mc8weene.', escorted by the reception committee and members of the clergy, marched down the central aisle to the chair of homor he was warmly .ap- plauded. The stage was decorated with greemery and the national colors and the word “Welcome™” was conspicuous on a throne and on flags that fluttered everywhere. Dr. J. L. Milton acted as master of cere- monies, and after a short musical pro- gramme had been rendered delivered the address of welcome, which was in part as follows: Friends, we are gathered here to-night to extend u welcome to our dearly beloved pastcr, Who has just returned, renewed in. mind and health, from travels in many straaye lands. We are gat together to show our love and apprectation for the pastor who has shown his love for us in many weys: who hes himsel? .tbas. might be well and mentally, physically aad syiritually. to meei him .and tell him how glad we are for ‘his safe return to his beioved chureh. It seems but a few years since Father Sweeney came among us. There was need of a new parish here and the Archbishop in his wisdom selected Father McSweeney to under- take the work of bullding it up. He has suc- ceeded wonderfully well. We mow have a magnificent house of worship and the parish 18 gimost free of debe. All this réquired days of hard. anxious labor, and in accomplishing. his ambitions Fatner McSweeney did not Limseif. He answered calls, rain or or night, and the result was that belled and impaired his health. It ¥ in search of health. Now he returns to good and sound as ever and ready to take up our cause again. When Father McSweeney began his re- | sponse to the speaker’'s eulogy his volce shook with emotion. In the course of the reply he said in part: I scarcely know what to say. hardly able to appreciate this reception, so elaborate and so unexpected. It is hardly pos- sible for me to speak as I feel. Of your kind- ness. your goodness, your devotion, your gem- erosity, I have nothing but the We have been through times of darkness gnd discouragement. but the light is breaking for us and all Is joy. I bring with me two special messages from the Old World. One is the special blessing from his Holiness, Pope Leo, who extends to each of you his bléssing. The other is that - fine marble statues have been given to 8§ Francis de Sales by its friends in Rome, beaus tiful statues before which you and your chile dren will pray for many years to come. The musical programme conll.ltod of the following numbers: Duet, Misses Mary and Louise Kehos; voeal solos, Mrs. Ben Tarbox. J. J. Lat liam Lamb and F. Giorgiana and Brus lections, Misses Eleanor and and Miss Margaret McDonald. INSANE NEGRO RUNS AMUCK ON FERRY-BOAT Seizes an Ax, Threatens to Kill Pas- sengers, and Is Subdued With Difficulty. An insane negro, whose name is un- Oakland last night, and for a time It seemed as though murder would be done. seized a fire ax from its holdings on the lower deck and threatened to kill. one who ventured near No one the nerve to molest him. He kept on swinging the ax and yellhll insanely, un- til the mate and one of the crew selzed him from behind while hu attention was attracted to another quarter. He was bound and turned over to ;mllce on‘(khls sld:hvrgn the boat {e was taken to the ubornw.u afterward sent by Sergeant Me! to the insane ward at the Recelving ital. There was nothing on his y which he could be Idenufl.fl ——— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. §.—The riages licenses wer issued to-day: F Contains all the virtue of the whole wheat thorougihly cooked, scientifically combined with diatase of barley (the life of the grain). Appetizing, wholesome, malted wheat flakes, ALL GROCERS.