The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1902, Page 9

SIMPSON CHURCH (TRIES TO SEEK HONDRS PRELATE Bishop Hamilton Is Ten- dered Banquet by Official Board. R All Methodist Pastors and Their Wives of This City Are Present. IR T Bishop J. W. Hamilton whs the guest ©f honor at a reception and banquet ten- fiered-hinr last evening in the pariors of the Simpson M. E. Church by the officlal board. The head of the Methodist Epis- copal church on this coast returned from the Missionary Convention held at Cleve- land a few days ago and the affair was in the nature of a welcome home. All the Methodist mimszers of this city and their wives were present, as were also the presidents of the various church organizations. At 5:30 o'clock Bishop Hamilton held a reception and an hour Jater the guests sat down to a banquet. The decorations were appropriate to the season of the year. C. B. Perkins presided at the banquet. Rev. John Stephens, pastor of Simpson Memorial Church, delivered the address | of welcome. In his response Bishop Ham- | Iton told of the trip East and of the re- markable convention held in- Cleveland, Ohio. It was at this convention that $330,000 was raised \for missionary work. Bishop Hamiiton told of work in the con- vention and the results achieved. He said | that an increased appropriation was voted for the Pacific Coast. He stated that large sums of money would be spent in this city, Hawali and the Philippines in missionary work. Bishop Hamilton was frequently interrupted by applause and when he concluded he was given an ova- tion. Dr. Clarence Reed, the new pastor of the California-street M. E. Church, fol- 1 city. He was fallowed by Rev. Dr. Smyth, Rolla V. Watt and Dr. E. E. Kelly. Dr. Smyth discussed woman as a factor in church work. Charles H. Truman, president of the Epworth League, also delivered an address. CHRISTMAS BOOK FOR UNFORTUNATE TOTS “The Children of the Thornwreath” ‘Written to Aid a Deserving Charity. Elder & Shepard has issued a dainty end delightful Christmas book for the little ones, called “The Children of the Thornwreath.” full page, marginal and otherwise, Marion Holden. The printing is done on heavy book-plate paper and is attractive- 1y bound in polka dot and gold. The volume is published for the benefit | of the Children's Hospital and the pur- chase of a copy will not only be repaid by a perusal of the book, but at the same time aid a greatly deserving chari The volume consists of six short stories and a large number of excellent jllustra- tions. The scenes are all laid at Children’s Hospital and deal with the emotions of the poor little broken tots of humanity whose only refuge is a charit- able institution. The tales are written simply, but with a certain earnest realism that bears the stamp of truth. No more valuable lesson could be learned by a child surrounded with kindness and plenty than to realize how their little brothers end sisters of the under world suffer and bear their crosses, treasuring each little kindness from a stranger, because they bave no one nearer to give them comfort. It would impress upon the pampered the woes of the lowly and probably sow & seed of charity that will bear a harvest in vears to come. The book will be on sale at the hospital on donation days and also may be found at the different book dealers’ in San Yrancisco. e e—— FLOUR MILL COMBINE IS NOT ABANDONED Millers Deny That There Is Any/ Truth in a Rumor of Stock- ton Origin. A rumor originating in Stockton that the deal is off for a combination of the flour il interests of the Pacific Coast is de- nied here. So far as the flour millers of San Francisco know or can ascertain the ceal is =till pending. No one will know wuntil after January 1, 193, whether the capitalists who have become interested in taking over the leading flour milling properties of California, Washington and Oregon have abandoned the idea. The option given expire until the Ist of January next. Con- sequently the proposition that is under consideration is open for acceptance un- til the new year comes in. Inquiry was made in this city yesterday concerning the accuracy of the story from Stockton. It was denied upon authorit, —_————— INSURANCE FIRM MUST PA? ,ON ITS POLICIES Judgment Against It of More Than Nine Thousand Dollars in Cir- cuit Court. In the suit of the Nome Beach Lighter- | 2ge and franeportation Company vertus the Standard Marine Insurance Company of Liverpool in the Unfted States Circuit Court the jury yesterday returned a ver- dict for the plaintiff for $9194 84. 1t was shown on the trial that the Nome Beach Lighterage and Transportation Company paid to the defendant on May 2, 190, a premium of $281 25 for insurance | on the lighterage plant of the barkentine Caherine Sudden for a $3000 policy, and a policy of $5250 on the cargo below decks. 1nae barkentine was wrecked on June 3 of the same year and was towed to Nome 2t @ cost to the owners of $4000 salvage. i'he cargo under decks was sold for $500. The complaint asked for $12,23, being the full amount of the insurance policies and the sum paid by the plaintiff for salvage. —_—————— Says Room-Mate Robbed Him. Jobn C. Kruse, 118 Jones street, secured & warrant from Police Judge Conlan yes- terday for the arrest of Edward J. Pan- och, on the charge of grand larceny. Kruse alleges that he and Panoch shared the same room last Wednesday night and that while he was asleep Panoch cut out the pocket of his trousers and stole $9 50. XKruse also says that when he awoke the gas was escaping from the gas jet and Panoch had disappeared. GRAIN( THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE The coffee habit is quickly over- come by those who let Grain-O take its place. If properly mads it tastes like the best of coffee. No grain coffee compares with it in flavor or healthfulness. TRY IT TO-DAY. At grocers everywhere ; 15c. and 25¢. per package. ved and gave his impressions of this | Mrs. | It is written by Gertrude | la Page and is replete with illustrations, | by | the | the properties does not | DEATH BY G5 Frank K. Vail of Healds- burg Fails in the Attempt. Physicians Succeed in Saving the Despondent Man'’s | Life. | —_— Despondent over' business disappoint- ments, family difficulties and the result of a protracted spree Frank K. Vall, un- | til recently a saloonkeeper of Healds- | burg, made a determined effort to end his | life yesterday morning. He hired a room at 1027% Market street at 1 o'clock and | elght hours later was;found in an uncon- scious condition by an attache of the ho- tel, who det€cted the odor of gas coming from the room occupied by Vall. The lodger was lying on the bed fully Gressed and through a tube attached to one of the gas jets a full l(re&n‘ of deadly monoxide was pouring.” On a table in the rcom was found a letter addressed fo Mrs. F. K. Vail, 1312 Mission street, | which was as follows: Dearest Wige and Children: You have been t0o good to me. 1If I was to meet you on the street you would hug and kiss me, but I am as 1 told you some time ago. 1 was nutty, but you would not see it. Now don’t fool away a short stop, as you can make $3 a day. If you can get $800 for it let it go. I have been | 5o good since you left for the East for worry- ing over the matter, Hoping you will forgive | me. . K. VAIL. P, 8.—There are no bills to collect. Vail has been a resident of Healdsburg | for years and came down from there | about a week ago. As soon as the news | of the attempted sulcide became public Vail's son, who is employed as an ac- countant in Praeger’s, visited the Central | Emergency Hospital, where his father | was lying, and later Mrs. Vail arrived. | After several hours’ work the doctors | succeeded in restoring Vail to conscious- | ness and last night he was pronounced out of danger. To one of the attendants Vail admitted that he tried to take his life and said he would make another attempt within sixty days. His present condition has reunited him with his family, however, and he may conclude to forego self-destruction. DR. VOORSANGER TALKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION He Expresses Views Against the In- flux of Illiteratg People From Europe. | Rabbi_Voorsanger devoted the greater part of his lecture on “The Making of an American” last evening at the Temp! manu-El to a discussion of the immi | grant. He favored the immigration of | | men and women from Europe if they | possessed some education, but he did not | clieve in Europe making this country | a dumping ground for its undesirable popalation. In the course of his lecture | | he said: i Elements of success lie in the indfvidual him- self. There may be all around him elements | that will make his fortune and yet he may | unconsciously let them pass. Opportunity in | this country is unlimited and every man of | energy is sure of finding his yocation. We are ! | not all born to wealth, but every one of us | endowed with physical and inteliectual energy. | | No man to-day is doomed -to remain in the | caste in which he was born. Anclently one d to remain a swineherd if he was born | such, but in these modern times a son of a villager may become a leader of men through | ntelligence and perseverance in life, | Those who have the intellect will always be | able to find within,the manifold avenues of | | our national life the opportumity of establish- | | ing themselves in a manner befitting the dig- | nity of their descent and the honor of country to which they have come. The sooner the European nations discover that America is not a dumping place for its surplus population the better it will be for us | and the better it will be for them. The im- migrant to the United States Is not merely one who comes here to mingle his blood with the blood of the people. He should come here with the idea of introducing remarkable forces and energies which will help shape the politi- cal as well as industrial forces of our coun- try. Rabbi Jacob Nieto also lectured last evening to a large congregation at Sherith Israel Synagogue, corner of Post and Taylor gtreets. il i Fidelity Lodge Installs. The following-named were instailed Thursday night in the Masonic Temple ag the oflicers of Fidelity Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons for the cur- rent term: Theodore Cohn, worshipfal master; Wallace Alexander Wise, ' senior warden; Jacob Nieto, Junior warden; Max Goldman, treasurer; Fred- | erick Barry, 'secretary; Charles Slessinger, | senior deacon; John Philo_Albro, junior dea: | con; Roy Block, marshal; Frank Triest, senior steward; Newton Henry Neustadter, junior steward; Mitchell Joseph Myers, tyler; George R. King, organist, The installing officers were Worshipful Master Benjamin Lester Stone and Past Master Gustave Brenner. At the close of the installation the retiring master, B, L. Stone, - was presented with a handsome | jewel of his fank, after which there was an adjournment to the California Hotel, where ar installation supper was par- taken of. Past Master Jacob Voorsanger | was the toastmaster. The following was | the programme: Remarks, Hon. Samuel M. Shortridge; vocal solo, Cantor Edward Joseph Stark; remarks, Faward H. Hart, Grand Orator; violin solo, | Isidor Fenster; remarks, Otto Irving Wise; vo- | cal solo, Richard H, Hunt; remarks, Rev. M. . Levy; monologue, Isidore Myers; remarks, Lester H_ Jacobs; vocal solo, Reginald E. Keene; selection, Fidelity Quartet, Jullan Fisenbach, Reginald E. Keene, Richard H. | Hunt, George R. King. ——————— | . Yosemite’s Anniversary. Yosemite Tribe No. 103 of the Improved Order of Red Men celebrated the third anniversary of its institution by giving a | banquet to its members and their wives and lady friends in one of the down town | cafes. About one hundred were present. | After the supper William Goldman, the toastmaster, called for responses to toasts. Those who responded were Great Keeper of Wampum William G. Smith, ! Sachem George Dostugue, Samuel Gold- | man, organizer of the tribe; Emelio Las- | treto, great representative, and George { W. Ballic, district deputy. the —_———— Present Christmas Cantata. A Christmas cantata, entitled “Santa Claus Is Coming,” was presented by the inmates of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Soci- ety last evening. The children performed before a large gathering of people. The cantata was arranged by H. W. Lewis and set to music by Waiter Westington. At its-conclusion the boys and girls were given presents, g ———— Not a Contract Charter. James Laldlaw & Co. of Portland, Or., yes- terday telegraphed the Merchants' Exchange to the effect that the charter by the Government of the steamship Elleric, to carry army stores from Portland to Manila, had nothing what- ever to do with the contract awarded the Bos- ton Steamship Company. The Elleric was char- tered some time ago and, as stated in The Call 2 few days g0, Was engaged just for the one ———— BENEFIT FOR STRIKING TANNERS.— The Actors’ National Protection Union No. 3 notified the Labor Council last night that thera will be a benefit given for the striking tanners on January 11. ——————— LECTURE ON INDIANS.—A lecture will be glven at the Mechanics' Institute ILibrary ‘building to-night by Frederick 1. Monson on "l'h,, Moki Indians of Arizona.’” WOODLAND, Dec. 19.—Yolo County will make & determined effort to secure such legis- lation as will authorize the establishment within its boundaries of an experimental farm. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1902. THEYES STEL " POSTAL MOKE TakeFundsFromBranch Office on Dolores Street. Mission High School Bazaar Cleverly Robbed by Two Men. Two thieves resorted to a clever, yet rather daring, scheme yesterday afternoon in order to rob the till of the Mission High School Bazaar, which is kept by Clarence Tillman at 501 Dolores’ street. While one of them kept Miss Irene Franck, the saleslady who was in charge of the store, engaged in conversation on the outside the other relleved the till of $60. The proprietor of the bazaar is also in charge of the branch postoffice No. 31, which is located in the store, and part of the money stolen belonged to the post- office. After securing the money, which was contained in a small sack, the thieves made good their escape. Miss Franck ‘was able to furnish the police with excel- lent descriptions of the two men and it is believed that they will soon be appre- hended. According to the account given the po- lice -by Miss' Franck, the two thieves drove up to the stere about 4:15 o’clock in a buggy. One of them got out of the buggy, entered the store and purchased ‘a tablet. After making the purchase he informed the young woman that his part- ner, who still remained in the buggy, de- sired some pencils. Miss Franck carried a box of pencils out fo him, and while he leisurely examined them the man in the store slipped behind the counter and tapped the till of its contents. The po- lice are making a -determined effort to capture the thieves. Officers Graham and Fitzgerald have been detailed on the case. At present they are endeavoring to locate the owner' of the buggy. TRUNDLES WHEELBARROW ACROSS THE CONTINENT Harry Adonis Makes a Long Journey on a Wager and Meets His Affinity. “Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adonis, on foot— Dowagiae, Michigan, to San Francisco, pushing a wheelbarrow.” The foregoing is the inscription on the register of the Hotel Winchester. It was placed there last evening by Mr. Adonis and attracted as much attention as him- self. Adonis and his wife showed the ef- fects of their long trip. Adonis had been on the road for the last eleven months | and met and married his wife in Kansas y, and she accompanied him on his tedigus journey. Adonis wore out six-| teen pairs of shoes and raised calluses | on his hands. He rejected 446 offers of | marriage from as many maidens who were | eager to marry him, before he accepted | his present wife. “She was my four hun- dred and forty-seventh proposal and my v, he said. *I married her because she was my ideal woman. Six telegrams and two letters wer= our correspondence. I reached Kansas City on June 17 and two days later I brought forth a marriage license and she agreed to be my wife. “I came here from Dowagiac, Michigan. The trip was made on a wager. I am a student of physical culture and an- nounced to two gentlemen in Worcester, Mass., that a man could walk across the continent without begging, borrowing or | stealing and make $500 besides. I am here but will not get the wager because I did not earn $00. 1 was scheduled to reach here on December 2¢ and have come four days ahead of time. The wheelbarrow, when loaded down with provisions and clothes, weighed 197 pounds.” Adonis is a wiry little man, who wears his hair not unlike that of a gridiron hero. He says the trip has been a severe strain upon himself and wife and he is glad it is over. This morning he will call upon the Mayor and City Clerk and | get their signatures to a paper which con- | tains the signatures of people with whom he came in contact during his long jour- ney. —_———— ASSOCIATED CHARITIES | TO AWARD DONATIONS Contributions by Retail Liquor Deal- ers to Be Ready for Distri- | bution To-Day. Checks for the donations made by the | Retail Liquor Dealers’ Charitable Asso- ciation will be presented to the assocla- tions on which they are drawn this morn- ing. Miss Katherine C. Felton, general secretary ‘of the Associated- Charitles, who kindly assisted the association in the | distribution of the money, will award the amounts upon demand at 606 Montgomery street. | Already much praise has been bestowed | on the liquor dealers for their generous | action in collecting the money. Last night the Newsboys’ Unlon voted thanks | and best wishes for a merry Christmas to the contributors and promised they would enjoy the money given them to the fullest cxtent. The proposition of appropriating money to a good cause instead of buying free holiday bottles for patrons has met | with universal favor and it is expected that next year every dealer will Be in line. —_—— PROMOTION COMMITTEE AIDS TWO EXHIBITIONS Calling Attention to Shc - at Osaka and World’s Fair at St. Louis. The California Promotion Committee fs aiding the Japanese Consul in this city to interest commercial bodles in Califor- nia and also individuals in the coming fifth national industrial exhibition to be held in the éity of Osaka, Japan, from March to July, 1%03. Literature has ar- rived from Japan, including the regula- tions and classifications provided by the management of the exhibition. The ex- hibits are classified under the headings of agriculture and horticulture, dendrologic- al products gnd dendrological Iindustry. | aquatic products, mining and metallurgy, | chemical industry, dyeing and weaving industry, mechanical engineering, ma- chinery, education, science, hygiene, econ- omy and fine arts and fine art objects. The Promotion Committee is also clrcu- lating literature relltlnf to the world's | fair to take place in St/ Louis in 1904, RS SRR Elects Board of Directors, The Franklin Savings and Bullding As- sociation of San Francisco at its annual meeting elected the following board of directors: F. Ludemann, president; August J. Lang, vice president; K. Meusdorifer, treasurer; Wil- llam Hatje, secretary, and A. Becker, ¥. G. Elckhorst, A, Jungblut, P. Kiefer, F. P. Rathjens, J. H. Bchwarz and Charles Schles- inger" LECTURER FAILS TO 'EAR.—J. B. McChesney, who was scheduléd to deliver a lecture to (he pupils of the Franklin Grammar School last night, failed to appear. Supervisor | Braunhart addressed the pupils in his stead. Purse Pleasing Prices In chatelaines, wrist bags, pocketbooks in every known leather. Traveling rolls, | valises, suit cases—in the Leather Goods ' Department. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. Open eve L WOMEN FIND |CLAMS FRIEND | PREPARING WAY A MURDERER'S AGED-VICTIM Fresno Merchant Bru- tally Killed in a Nov- elty Store. Supposed Robber Uses an Ax to Complete Atrocious Crime. SN Police Find Difficulty in Ascertaining Cause of the Deed and Estab- lishing Identity of the Slayer. Sl S Speclal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Dec. 19.—A flendish murder was committed here some time last night, the victim being T. H. Eicholz, an old merchant, who kept a novelty store on Kern street, between I and J. The iden- tity of the murderer is not known and so far the police are completely baffled in their efforts to trace to an end any of the clews that have been found, About 9 o'clock this morning two women entered the store to do some shopping, and, as a clerk did not appear, they went toward the back of the store, suddenly coming upon the body of Eicholz, lying face downward on the floor in a pool of bjood. They fled in horror from the place and immediately gave the -alarm. Chief of Police Morgan was on hand within a few minutes and personally con- ducted the investigation. Eicholz, judg- ing from the position in which the body was found, had been sitting in an arm- chair near his stove, with a comforter wrapped about him. The assassin had come upon him from behind and dealt him a terrible blow on the top of the head with a hammer, following it up with an- otber on the face, 5 Evidently Eicholz had fallen forward on his face. The murderer struck him a few more blows with the hammer and then sclected an ax from a box near by. The bleodstains on all the axes show that he had undoubtedly felt among them for a heavy, sharp one. Two terrible blows had been struck with the ax. One had almost | severed the back of the head, commenc- ing at the base of the skull and extending toward the crown. The other wound was on the left cheek, extending from the lobe of the ear to the cornmer of the mouth. This blow was the most terrible of all, as it cut open the whole side of the man’s face. The murderer then, it appears, dropped the ax, wiped the blood from his hands on a bundle of towels and fled. A pair of cuffs left behind .is the only clew and by | the Jaundry mark on these the police hope te trace the assassin. Robbery is supposed to have been the cause. Eicholz had the reputation of be- ing a miser. He never kept a bank ac- count, but always had money. No evi- dence of robbery has been found beyond the fact that no money was found on the person of the dead man. He was a German, well along in years, and had been here about @ vear-and a half. For- merly hé was in San Francisco in busi- ness. The officers are working on the case diligently, but nothing of conse- quence has yet been unearthed. HUNTER SAYS HE SHOT IN DEFENSE OF HIS LIFE Claims That Fitzgerald Drew a Re- volver and Snapped It in His Face. NEW YORK, Dec. 19—A copy of the statement made before the Court of Third Instance in Guatemala by W. G. Hunter Jr., son of the United States Minister to | Guatemala, regarding the shooting of ‘William A. Fitzgerald, has been received here. Hunter's statpment says: 1 left the legation of the United § the afternoon of Thursday, N 0, in company with James G of legation, for my omed daily walk, and upon reaching the Plazi de Armas, as usual about b o'clock, we took a seat together fac- ng the music stand in front of the statue of Columbus. We had been seated there but a few minutes, engaged in conversation, when William A. Fitzgerald, vmose presente was unknown to me, and without a word being said or anything being done to provoke an assault, seized me by the coat coilar with his left | hand and with his right struck me a severe blow under the left eye, which drew the blood, and while thus holding me firmly down on the eeat, drew a revolver which he snapped two or three times in my face. Recovering from the shock of this assault; which for a moment dezed me, and the surprise at the presence of the assailant, whom T had not previously seen, 1 at once sprang, with superhuman effort, to | my feet. thrust him from me, drew my revol- ver and shot the would-be assassin dead in self-defense, firing five shots, the contents of my weapon, in o doing. Immediately after the tragedy I walked quietly a” short distance away from the scene of the occurrence and sur. rendered to the local authorities. - . G. HUNTER JR. Bailey made a statement confirming that of Hunter. - Steamer Is Given Up for Lost. HENDERSON, N. Y., Dec. 19.—All hope for the safety of the steamer John C. Hall and her crew of nine was abandoned to-day when portions of wreckage which proved to be parts of the missing vessel came ashore at Stony Point, about thirty miles lrna Oswego. The John C. Hall went do a gale on Lake Ontario, December 11. ——— WOODLAND, Dec. 10.—A few weeks ago a petition for the formation of a big reclamation district south and east of Knights Landing, in thig county, was granted by the Supervisors. A majority’ of the land owners, representing. however, less than half of the land, have filed an appeal to the Superior Court and a bitter contest is anticipate Flower's and Ice. Contrgsts of California and the frozen East fllustrated beautifully in Christmas Wasp. Send it to Eastern friends. . On account of the phenom- enal sales and unprecedent=d demand- for the SUNDAY CALL of December 7th and 4th, being importuncd by those who failed to get the Banghart art pictures “D0O- ROTHY” and “WHEN CUPID HOLDS THE REINS,” which were issued fr:e with the is~ sucs of those dates, we are. pleased to announce that another supply has been re- ceived, and all those whe failed to get the first and second can not only procure them, but insure themselves the possession of the entire set by subscribing to the SAN FRANCISCO CALL. TOLE VALISES M. F. Hammond of Ha- waii Has His Con- fidence Betrayed. 'Loses a Thousand Dollars and All His Persenal Effects. M. F. Hammond, who says he is the chief carpenter on the Parker ranch, Ha- ' wail, swore out a warrant before Police Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of “John Doe” Kelly on a charge of grand larceny. He accuses Kelly of having sto- len two valises belonging to him, which contained his personai effects and $1000 in greenbacks, the latter the property of his employer. Hammord arrived from Seattle Thurs- day morning on the City of Puebla, on Lis way to Honolulu, and says he met Kelly on the boat and they struck up a | chance acquaintance. He promised Kelly that he would pay his passage to Hono- lulu on the steamer Sierra, which sailed yesterday, 'so that he could obtain em- ployment on the railroad being construct- ed in Hawaii. When they reached the city they went together to the Interna- tional Hotel. ' He told Kelly during the afternoon to look after his valiges till he | secured a room somewhere, and when he returned Kelly™and the valises had dis-| appeared. Hammond went to the office of the As-( sociated Press and asked that his loss ! should be wired to Seattle so that hls} ife, and daughter might know, and a | few ‘minutes later he expressed his sur-| | prise at the Assoclated Press knowing anything about it and sald he did not| want his wife and daughter to know. The | police are puzzled by the contradictory statements he has made. b LEFT HALF A MILLION IN INSURANCE POLICIES Additional Papers of Value Are Dis- covered Belonging to R. C. ‘Whayne. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 19.—Additional insurance policies were discovered to- day on the life of R. C. Whayne, who was found.dead with a bullet wound in his chest Thursday night near his home near Jacobs Park, a suburb of Louisville. Policles with the Hartford Life and An- nuity Company, the Fidelity and Casualty Company, the Travelers” insurance Com- pany, the Illinois Tra@:ling Men’s Asso- ciation and the Travelers’ Protective As- sociation, amounting in all to ‘an addi- | tional $50,000, have been found, and it is | not certain that the end has beea| | reached. | The total, inciuding the $60,000 in. ac- crued dividends, due from the Equitable Life Assurance Soclety, has réached $450,- 00, This does not include two policles 0() 000 applied for respectively with the | Maphattan Insurance Company and the | National Life Insurance Company of| Vermont. If an effort {s made to collect these two policies the exact amount uf‘ insurance claimed by the estate will be half a million dollars. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE { OF THE PACIFIC COAST Several Changes Are Made in the Postal Service and More Pen- ~ | sions Granted. - WASHINGTON, Dee. 19.—Postoffice discontinued, January 15—Oregon—Howell, Marion County; mail to Silverton. Post- master commissioned—Washington—Alon- | so W. Shafer, Trafton. Fourth-class post- | masters appointed — California — William | Mason, Buckeye, Shasta County, vice James T. Beard, resigned. Washington— Jehn C. Cochran, Glenwood, Klickitat County, vice George W. Bowen, resigned; George Hendricks, Tumtum, Stevens | County, vice J. M. Dimpsey, resigned. These pensions were granted to-day; | Celifornia—Original—James E. Shaw, Los Angeles, $8. Increase, reissue, ete.—Nel- | son Cavrey, dead, .San Diego, $10; John | Dick, Los Angeles, $14; Obediah Baker, | Kenwcod, $12. Widows, minors and de- | pendent relatives—Josephine Cavrey, Sar | Diego, $8. Oregon—Increase, reissue, etc. | —Henry H. Downing, McMinnville, $12; | Theodore Wilson, Portland, $10; Napoleon McGillivry, Portland, $12. Washington— Increase, reissue, etc.—James Fletcher, | Menlo, $5. e et ] TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE Nearly One Thousand Persons Are H Killed by the Recent Temblor { at Andijan. LONDON, Dec. 18.—A special dispatch | { from St. Petersburg says nearly 1000 per- | sons were killed by the earthquake of | December 16 at Andijan, Russian Central Asia. They were mostly native Turco- mans. A Freshmen Join Student Strikers. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 19.—As a sequel to the mutiny that broke out in the High | School yesterday afternoon the boys of | the freshman class walked out to-day in | sympathy with the suspended sopho- mores. One of the latter this morning came to the school and offered to apolo- gize, but Principal T"eckham refused to re- | ceive him and ordered him to leave the building. The senior class refuses te go out, but the others may join in the trouble at any moment. The school closed this afternoon for the holidays. Sate Lpck Puzzles Robbers. STOCK' , Dec. 19. — Safe-crackers operated in Stockton last night. The of- fice safe of Hickenbotham Bros., whole- sale dealers in carriage materials, was blown open with giant powder, the heavy outer door being réduced to a pile of junk. The robbers were unable to solve the com- bination of the inner door, however, so about $50 which had been left in the safe was unmolested. The office till was broken open, but beyend a revolver in one of the drawers the burglars secured nothing so far as known. SRR A Thousands of Persons Are Starving. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 19.—Four hun- dred thousand persons are reported to be destitute and starving as a result of the crop failure in Finland. The Anglo-Amer- ican church here has undertaken to feed and clothe the school children of Finnish parishes and Pastor Francis has issued an appeal for assistance in this work. He says the’conditions are worse than those of 1867, when 100,000 persons died. C e————e———— BENEFIT DANCE.—On New Year's eve, December 31, & social and dance will be given at Steimke's Hall, corner of Union and Oeta- Via streets, for the benefit of Harry Connoma, 14 years of age, and gne of the unfortunates of ‘exploei The arrangements are In the hands of a well selected committee, with A. Galvin as chairman, FIREMEN WOULD CONSOLIDATE.—A committee has been avpointed from the Bay and River Steamboatmen’'s Union to_interview the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen's Unfon with a view of consolidating into one union. —_————— Quality, Styles and Prices Satisfy. Good values In every department—leath- er goods, pictures and frames, stationery, statuary, clocks and fancy good: spe- clalties. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 ket street. Open evenings. . \ FOR MUGH WORK Bonds Issued for the Big Pier and the Ferry- boats. General Headquarters of Sev- ; eral Roads to Be on San ( Pablo Avenue. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 19. The San Francisco, Oakland and, San Jose RBailroad, which is the corforate name of the organization that owns the new pier at Emeryville and the new fer- | 1y-boats that will be operated therefrom: | to-day filed with the County Recorder a certified copy of the proceedings of the meeting at which a bond issue of $3,000,- 000 was authorized for the construction of the pier and ferryboats. The announce- ment of the Issuance of this bonded in- debtedness was made some time ago, but the record of the meeting was flled to-day in order to make the issue legal, Indicat- ing that disposition has been made of the bonds. Four corporations will 4o business over this Emeryville pier. e San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Railroad Company owns the pler and the boats and holds the franchise upon Yerba Buena avenue as far as San Pablo. The Oakland Tran- sit Company holds the rest of the elec- tric street railroad 'franchises. The of- ficers of these two companies are exactly the same, W. F, Kelly being general manager and John Q. Brown chief engin- eer. The Oakland and East Side Railroad is the corporate name under which the Santa Fe will absorb the old California and Nevada Rallroad and make a direct ccnnection between Point Richmond and the lines of the Oakland Transit Company and the pier of the San Francisco, Oak- land and San Jose Railroad Company. The Oékland Transit Company, whose officers are also the officers of the San Francjsco, Oakland and San Jose Rail road Company, have decided to put all of their general offices in the old San Pab- lo avenue cable house, which is {n process of remodeling. The plan to build shops | and offices at Emeryville will be abandon- ed., The Piedmont power house wil be retjined as shops and the San Pablo ave- nue house as general offices and a general | 4 headquarters. Both are finely constructed | buildings and would have to be aban-| doned unless so utilized. This will make the official headquarters of the companies at. San Pablo avenue and Twenty-first street. 3 RAILROAD WILL JOIN THE LODE AND STOCKTON Plans Completed for Construction of a Line by the Way of Oakdale. STOCKTON, Dec. 19.—It iIs reported here this evening that an extensive rall- road will be built between the mother lode and Stockton at an early date. It is said that already plans have been made by Captain W. A. Nevills and other well- known capitalists to begin work shortly after the first of the vear. A special meeting of the Board of Su- pervisors will be held next week at So- nora to take steps toward granting the new company a franchise through Tuo- lumne County. A large power plant will | be constructed at some convenient place | to supply the electricity which can be | procured at a very reasonable price. Ef- | rgts have been made to keep the project | u } | a ‘secret, but the matter has just leaked out. The route will be by way of Oak- dale. s i s SLAYER OF BANKER FISH GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER, — | Jury Returns Verdict of Conviction | With the Recommendation | of Mercy. . | NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The jury in the | case of Thomas J. Sharkey, accused of | the murder of Nicholas Fish, the banker, | returned a verdict to-day of mansiaughter | in the second degree and recommended | that the merey of the court be exercised. | Sharkey will be sentenced on Monday. | Fish was killed in September. He met two women on the street and accompanied them to a saloon, where they were joined | by Sharkey and another woman. The two men had a dispute, during which Fish was pushed out on fhe street, and | evidence for the prosecution was to the | effect $hat Sharkey struek Fish, knock- | ing him down. He died a few hours later. | !loose and so stopped the train. BAGAL CHANGE N STUDY LTS University Students See Harder Work Before Them. AR Y They May °‘Graduate With Fewer Requirements, but Must Grind for Them. —_— BERKELEY, Dec. 19.—Some radical changes in the college curriculum, which will tend both to ralse the standard of scholarship and to give the student more freedom in his choice of studies, were an- nounced by the study list committes of the University of California to-day. The new order of things will go into effect after the year 1%03. Instead of requiring 125 units of com- pleted work to obtain a diploma, as here- tofore enforced upon the student, 120 hours will be deemed sufficient for graduatloa. To offset this decrease in the amount of work more stringent rutes will be ap- plied to upper classmen, none being al- lowed to enter upon his third year who has not completed to the satisfaction of his instructors the preliminary work -of the first two years. In tHe choice of undergraduate work much more latitude will be allowed. In- stead of restricting the junior and senior to prescribed groups of studies; as re- quired before thirty umits of consecutive work In one general department will be accepted. » Registration for students in the next term’s work will begin on Monday, Jan- uary 12. The schedule of examunations for entrance is as follows, examinations of the first day beginning at 9 a. m., of the second, third and fourth days at 8:30 a. m.: First day, Tuesday, Janury 6, 1903—9 to 11, English A and 1; 11 to 12:30, algebra 8; 1:30 to 3:30, Latain 8; 3:3) to 5:30, French elementary 15al and 15a2. Second day, Wednesday, January 7, 1908 8:30 to 10:30, 'plane geometry 4; 10:30 to 12:30, Greek 8: 10:30 to 11:30, English lda: 11:30 to 12:30, English 14b; 1:30 to Latin “7T. Spanish 16¢, drawing 18; 3:30 to 5:30, histors. and government of the United States 5. Third day, Thursday, January 8, 1908—8:30 to 10:30, Greek and Roman history 10; 10:30 to 2:30—Medleval and modern history 13a, Greek 9, botany 12c; 1:30 to 3:30, physics 11: 3:30 to 5:30, German, elementary 15b1 and 1552 Fourth day, Friday, January 9, 1903—8:30 to 0—Solid geometry i2al, plane trigonometry 12a2, advanced algebra 13a3 and 12a$, Eng- lish ‘history 13b: 10:30 to 12:30, chemistry 12b; 1:30 to_3:30—zoology 124, German, interme- diate 1503; 3:30 to 5:00, French, intermediate SWIFTLY MOVING TRAIN DRAGS HIM FOR MILES Luckless Tramp Loses His Position Beneath Cars and Has Agoniz- ing ence. FRESNO, Dec. 19.—With a broken thigh and feet torn and bleeding, A. R. Os- borne, a tramp, was pulled out from un- der a passenger train coming into this city shortly before 12 o'clock last night, after an experience that will undoubtedly cure him of stealing rides. Osberne was riding on the brake rods of a passenger coach. Shortly af- ter leaving Merced he slipped from his position and just managed to escape dropping- under the wheels by clutching cne of the rods with his hands. For miles he says he hung on while the train rushed on. The sharp sand of the road- bed tore his shoes to shreds and the pro- Jjecting ties beat his feet into a pulp. Still he clung to the rod. The dragging of hia feet knocked pebbles against the floor of the car and the trainmen hearing the noise thought one of thé rods had come Immedi- ately Osborne’'s cries were heard and he was pulled out from under the car more dead than alive. He was brought to this city .for medical attendance. Osborne says he was formerly private secretary to Marcus Daly, the late Montana cop= per king. PRI A Greeks Depart From Benicia. BENICIA, Dec. 19.—The Greeks em- ployed here in the tanneries of Kullman, Salz & Co. and the McKay Tanning Com- pany left bere in a body this evening for San Francisco on the 5 o'cloek - traim, much to the delight of the citizens of this community, who have used every effort to get rid of them since Sunday last, when one of them took the life of & cit- izen. —_— Collision Costs Two Livess NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—William Mabee of Butler, N. J., and John Wallace of Pat- erson, N.-J.. both firemen, were killed, and Although he had suffered fronfdifferent | James Stenard of Paterson, an engineer, diseases the doctors testified that a blow | was serfously injured in a collision at Lit- was the direct cause of death. [ tle Ferry Junetion, N. J., to-day between | two freight trains of the New York, Sus- | MILWAUKEE WORKMEN MAY BECOME l STOCKHOLDERS IN COMPANY | Big Iron and Steel Concern Plans to! Give Its Employes Rep- I sentation. PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 19.—Notice has | been received at the offices of the Amal- | gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Werkers from the Republic Iron and Steel Company that a plan for making | the workmen in those plants stockholders in the company will be presented to the | next convention at Columbus, Ohio. | Plans are now being considered by which | the puddlers and finishers employed m | the mills of this company can becoms | stockholders, and it is said probably the | scheme would be ratified by the conven- tion. The. officlals of the Republic Iron and Steel Company have decided that if the plan is adopted the men will be given representation on the board of directors. IS LACKING IN CONVENTION FACILITIES| MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec., 19.—Becausé the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union could not find any other place to entertain the national conventio of White Ribboners, the choice of a convention city for the session this city will be thrown back upen thé national executive council. There are several other citles in the “field, these most anxious to secure the temperance workers being Los An- geles, Louisville and Columbus, Ohio. f Milwaukee, the local White Ribboners declare, is a model conventfon city, but there is ne hall here big enough to hold the delegates who are expected. That is, there is no hall which would be accept- able. The other halls all have saloon at- tachments, Railroad Will Increase Wages. CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Increases in wagces amounting to $500000 a year are to be granted to the 3000 locomotive engineers and firemen employed by the Chicago and Northwestern Raliroad and its branch lines through an agreement reached to- day between officials of the raliroad committees representing the Brother] of Locomotive Engineers and the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen. REDDING, Dec. 10.—Ten cars of the south-bound freight train left the rails this morning near . fifty-two miles north of here, and piled up-in g dftch. No one was injured as far as is known now. The track was torn up for hundreds of feet. A wrecking train from Dunsmuir is working to clear the debris. Trafic will be delayed at least fifteen hours. quebarna and Western Raliroad. —_————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Dec. 19.—The following marriage licenses were ued to-day: Alfred L. Conners, aged 4, and /Kitty Nestell, 32, both of San Francisco! Char- ley Ferchiand, 4, San Francisco, and Spannagel, 34, Los Angele: Maturity Purity, Flavor all just right in The connpisseur’s delight; his taste is gratified and his judgment sat-_| isfied. For the physical n of women, when recom- mended, it is the ! purest tonical stimulant. CO-plnes :B‘l'li & '_“‘ ‘elephone Yain 573 A NEW DEPARTURE ‘The cause of nearly all chronlc diseages is action from diseases of the rectum, ration, _Cases H. L. WELLS, Reectal :& WASHINGTON STREET, m.-b'