The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1903, Page 9

THE fAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUREDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1903. C JTEIN FORTUNE WAITS HEIRS Relatives of a Rich New | Yorker Are Being Sought. i Woman Match Vender ays That She Is Not His Mother. ice San Francisco Call, . Feb. 11 this city for died in New wa , who er 14 last and who s re- estate valued at ne is said, was t through n of the name of who conducted 1886 and who of the ted in the Stein died in ago. It was Mrs. Leah one in street and who has peddli father have m ars at > liv has a wife is of the sion of d to the New OF PUBLIC WORKS APPOINTS A SECRETARY las Jortall for the Posi- reet Work Solici- Contempt. Works yesterday r street, having GRAPE-NUTS. SMALL DOCTOR’S BILLS. S Fee g the Way \‘o Reduce Them. cuts down the cost d women part of year- im- you feed the doctor of well-known Hol- Tex., writes a user of for ) years, I beg m e effect it has f Grape-N: I were taking a resort for s Texas. Up to thi were indeed miserable as :al bad hea iil tem- lis. One day Tex., advised as a diet t would benefit me any, however, and be- box I had begun to effect it had on my diges- ed its use, After T 2g altogether, as I saw ng more for me than ome my friends and knew me, I had im- health, appearance and grocer at Carthage or- ve continued to use it. family life has been ever and my business, nearly wrecked before, teacher, worried with the 100 to 150 small I am subject to consid- strain upon the brain. die: y school work is not 1 it for a plain, simple wourishment; just the thing ¥, honestly and earn- Name furnished by Postum Creek, Mich, .. Battle urchins in | of Grape-Nuts, how- | and tired out feeling in the | ' Chief of Police Issues Upon Advice of W W g | ATTORNE ther Contests Within *‘Squared Circle,” N 2.5 TR/IC T FIGHTING GAME STOPPED IN CITY OF CHURCHES Order Prohibiting Fur- the District Attorney | | | | | RENDER OFFICIAL WHO ¥ D TESTS FELONI MENT, WHO HAS ORDER . AND HEAD ) B ot ordere has thiy exk d y rtainment offered by the ubs of this ¢ & Club stands on the he minor West Oakland Ath- footing as t letic Club; the Acme which has sponsor for Billy Lavigne; the Se C w gave its initial enter- Jast week at Dietz's Hall, and yrganizations that might pro- re. to plain terms, District Attor- ney 1 holds that boxing exhibi- ns, professional or amateur, are unlaw- ject to police interference. His and sut as to his position pinion leaves no doub: AFTECTS ENTIRE STATE. He holds that the law licensing clubs o ap ation to Oakland, and that alities. The decision has follows all be uniawful for any person or persons within this State to engage in what is generally Known as prize fighting, with or without glove ming or other bodily in- whereby bruising or ma Jury may result to the participants The District Attorney couples this with | a reading from section 412 of the Penal | Code, which declares ring fights to b felonies, and tells C f of Police Hodg ki ,at such exhibitions are absolutely | within the control of the Police Depart ment of the city of Oakland, and, con- | cludes District Attorney Allen, ‘“‘your | would simply be to proceed as you ,uld in case of the mission of any er statutory offense Last Saturday Chief Hodgkins sent the following communication to the District Attorney CHIEF ASKS QUESTION. I des . advised as to the the sts exhibiti ns in land. s be conducted in Oak- “ t them from be- ing conducted ted, have 1 the right to conds and o between professiona) sitions in box! contests and s0 far as my authority and erned? What is my duty unde on 412 of the Penal Cod 1 shall be obliged to you for as early a reply the foregoing questions as may be convenient for_you to give to me. Seriatim, District Attorney Allen in re- ¢ says that boxing exhibitions cannot conducted in Oakland without a i as he sets forth that they are clearly inhibited, either professional or amateur, under the general law of the State. That act is comprehensive in its terms, reading as follows: A person who, within this State, engages In, s, encourages, or does any act (o ter & contention or fight, without weapons, between two or more persons, or a fight com- monly called @ ring or prize fight, either within or without the-State, or who engages in a pub- Yic or private sparring exhibition, with or Mithout gloves, within the State, or who sends o bublishes & challenge or acceptance of a Challenge for such a contention, exhibition or fight, or carries or delivers such a challenge or atceptance, or trains or assists any person in training or preparing for sych a contention, ex- hibition or fight, shall be guilty of a felony, ana | Upon conviction shall be fined not less than thousand dollars nor more than five thou- wnd dollars, and be imprisoned in the State Prison mot léss than one year nor more than three years; provided, however, that sparring exnibitions not to exceed a limited number of nds with gioves of not less than five ounces h in weight may be held by a domestic in- corporated athletic club upon the prepayment by such club of an annual license to be fixed by the supervisors of each county; provided, fur- ther, that such club shall have a physician in attendance to examine the boxers prior to eacn exhibition and determine whether or not they are in perfect physical condition. Touching the license matter, the Dis- the provisions of Boards of Bupervisors cannot li- | ication w he invokes the act to| --fighting, from he | - | tended to him the freedom of the eity. DECISION DECLARING RING CON- OF OAKLAND POLICE DEPART- | )XING®EXHIBITIONS STOPPED. | 3 exp Suprem his position by | Court decision held business within munici u can a county Loard license for police or sanitary regu- lation of a municipality, and he adds: tion of sec- rd of Super- impose a license for upon domestic inc and no authority to im- on such clubs as a matter iin the city of Oakland. way In which thess cense, under section itions within the eity ot t quence, the provisions of ! an exception in favor of ¢ ated athletic clubs, has no ty of Oakland since the adoption 3206 of the Political Code, above re- | { was a statute covering cer- | | gulations, and upon it was | ren ered reme Court decision to | | which District Attorney Allen referred. | Concerning District Attorney Allen's | | opinion ndent Walter B, Fawcett | Club said to-night: 2 directors will 1 Until then I can say| except that the Rellance Club | t oppose the wish of the officlals. | club has no desire to do anything | ry to public or the official wishes. | | meet to- | row con | *Of course, we have made a contract for | the Britt-Fitzgerald match that was | scheduled for February 24, and if this word had gone forth a few days ago the | club would have saved considerable mon- | Fitzgerald is on his way from Brook- | lyn and we are supposed to give him an | exhibition. I do not understand the Dis- | trict Attorney’s opinion to interfere with | our priva amateur exhibitions given for | club members only. I take it he decides only against the public contests, | Until the directors meet I am not in a | | position to whether we will go before | | the Supervisors or not on this license | | EXTENDS FREEDOM OF CITY TO MASCAGNI Mayor Schmitz Honors Italian Com- poser and Will Give Him Pub- lic Reception. Pietro Mascagni, the composer, who Is | the city for a brief stay, visited Mayor | Schmitz yesterday. The Mayor, after chatting with his talented visitor, ex- in His Honor will arrange for a reception to Mascagni to be held either in the City Hall or at some public hall. Mascagni will designate the date of the reception. Mascagni thanked the Mayor for the henor conferred upon him He spoke | rapturously regarding the climate, say- | 18 that it more nearly pesembled that of | sunny Italy than avy other he had | enced. | OARLAND ELKS WILL | GO IN BODY TO NAPA h ever expe Elaborate Ceremonies Are Planned for the Ihstitution of a New | Lodge. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—The local order of Elks will leave In a body Saturday after- | noon for Napa, where they will attend | the institution of a brother lodge. Fully | seventy-five Elks will be in the Oakland Varlous other Elks' lodges | delegation. throughout the State will be represented. | An unusually interesting programme has been arranged. The Oakland dele- gates will be called upon to take a lead- ing part in the ceremonies. —_——— Turners Coming to Oakland. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—The Oakland dele- gates to_the recent Turner fest in Sac ramento succeeded in prevalling upon the | convention to hold the next Turner fest in Oakland, where it will convene June 20 | and continue three days. In preparation | for the event the fbcal turners will soon | appoint a committee to arrange for it and the reception of the 10,000 visitors who are expected to come to Oakland. ——— CHICAGO, Feb. 11.—Dennis J. Sweeney, for twenty years Chief of the Chicago Fire Depart- ment, is seriously ill. Sweeney is suffering from kidney trouble. | turned to Oakland to-day from the south, | work being | commandan | national Postal Congr: | understood that the appointment of Loud 1 REFUSES MEDICAL AID | Death was a result of | charge of murder. | and 59 years of age. BETS TELEGRAPH MEN INCREASE Chairman Davidson Suc- cessfully Deals With the Railroad. Before 150 Guests Decorations, Miss Adjusted Salary Schedule Hits Southern Pacific's Treasury. Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 W. E. Davidson, general chairman of the Onder of Rallroad Telegraphers, re- where he carried to a successful issue de- | mands on the Southern Pacific Company for an increase of salary to all the| telegraphers and station agents on the| Atlantic divis! extending between EIl| Paso and New Orleans. . The Southern Pacific Company ylelded to all of the demands of the men, who will receive increases ranging from $2 5 to $15 | a month. The schedule affects 34 men | | | and will entall an additional cost on the ratlroad of $25,000 a year. It went into ef- fect with the first day of the present month. The telegraphers were represented in the negotiations by General Chairman | Davidson, S. A. Thompson and M. Braden | of Texas and O. Kilpatrick of Louislana, | while the rallroad was represented by | Vice President C. H. Markham, General | Manager Van Vleck and General Superin tendent Tornwell Fay. GOVERNMENT WHARF IS TO BE EXTENDED Contract for the Wharf Is Awarded | to Spreckels Brothers Commer- cial Company. SAN DIEGO, Feb. 11.—Proposals for the | extension of the Government wharf at | Fort Rosecrans were opened to-day by | Major 1. H. Rolfe, construction quarter- master in charge of all.the improvement | done at Fort Rosecrans. | There were five bidders, three from San | Diego and two from San PFrancisco. The | lowest bid was that of the Spreckels| Bros. Commercial Company, and as the ! cont t is one which the Government is in a hurry to have finished the award | was made by Major Rolfe without refer- | ring the same to the authorities. , The Government is having a _great | amount of building done at the fort and | adjacent military reservation, where work | | s already started by two contragtors on | | ourteen Government buildings, from the 3 residence, to cost $7000, to the coalhouse for the commissary depart- ment. Another contract for a $10,000 hos- pital was let this week and work will be- | gin on it as soon as the bonds have been approved by the department authorities - SOCIETY YOUNG COUPLE WHO WERE MARRIED LAST EVENING THE PICTURESQUE HOME OF THE EBYS ON VERD WHICH WAS BRILLIANTLY DECORATED FOR THE OCCASION. FERN AND ALMOND BLOOM BLEND IN BRIDAL BOWER and Amidst Brilliant Elizabeth Eby and| David Brown Are Made Life Partners AT HEIGHTS, \ NON at Washington MRS. ROOSEVELT'S GIFT - AKLAND, Feb. 11.—The pic- TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION | turesque home of the Lbys on Vernon Heights was brilliantly Dallas Women Decide Not to Exhibit decorated this evening on the Object of Their Wrath at | occasion of the wedding of the | eldest daughter of the house, Miss Eliza- beth Eby, to David Brown. ‘“Peep Show.” DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 1l.—After a night of deliberation the women officers of the | About 150 guests had been bidden to olumbia reception” decided to rescind | the ceremony. The beautiful gowns worn by many of the ladies and the artistic the order passed at the mass-meeting in the Elks' Club yesterday to exhibit Mrs, Roosevelt's cotton handkerchief at a|form a very pleasing ensemble. The “peep show” during the carnival at 10| deep veranda was inclosed with canvas cents a peep and then return it to Mrs.|and outside of the reception room, Roosevelt. The handkerchief will be kept | where the ceremony was solemnized, an and sold to the highest bidder. | orchestra played during the evening. As the Mrs. Jefferson Davis lace hand-| The Rev. Charles R. Brown, p kerchief is also to be auctioned off, the | the First Congrégational Churc Keenest Interest has been roused as to | ficlated and during the impressive s the relative amounts the two souvenirs | vice the bridal party stood in a large will bring. cove, which had been converted into bower of almond blossoms, | Woodwardia ferns. The bride, who is rather tall, appeared a SRS B PROSPECTIVE HONOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE LOUD | stately and sweet in her gown of rich | . 3 white satin. The gown was almost Likely to Be Appointed Delegate to|geverely plain, with a very long train, the the International Postal sole ornamentation of the bodice be e 2 | the yoke and fuil bertha of duchesse e = < gl | The long tus.e veil fell away from the WASHINGTON, Feb. 1L—President| gyce. The bridal bouquet shower Roosevelt to-day received a call from the | of Byide rose members of the Postoffices and Post| Miss Clarissa Eby attenued her sister Roads Committee of the House, with the | a8 mflldr “’h':““‘:"u“"“”"‘.’)"g’ = ceful sEaoresentaitas T it | gown of white satin-striped gauze over exception of Representative Loud of Call-| 080 W% Ri a0 S4 et et SR e fornia. They recommended to him the | a | ribbon finished the three wide ruffles on appointment of Loud as the delegate rep- | p Tesenting the United States at the Inter. | the skirt in front and a sash of satin s s which is to ba | Fibbon was worn around the waist. held in Rome in 140l. The President re- | com™ were the bridesmaidy and ceived the suggestion very favorably, and | S° 19 UG AY while be made no definite promiss it g | SOFDed ‘allke In pink gauze over pink 5 e silk. The three attendants wore brides- as is regarded as quite probable. Loud will | retire from Congress at the close of the | °f Pink ros present session. ————— AND DIES IN BARN LOFT Mrs. Captain Streeter, Feared by Chi- cago Police, Is Victim of Street- car Accident. CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-Refusing taken to a hospital where proper care could be given her, Mrs. Maria Streeter, wife of Captain George Wellington Street- er of the “District of Lake Michigan” fame, died in the loft of a barn to-night. internal injuries | sustained in a street car accident scveral | months ago. The woman was_ the prin- cipal of many battles n the contested ground on the North Side lake shore, and was well known and feared by the police on account of her energetic action in be- half of her husband. Captain Streeter is now in the County Jail awalting removal | to the penitentiary at Joliet, to which he | was sentenced several weeks ago on a | JTANDARD I3 WORD 10 QUAY Full Text of Telegram Opposing the Nelson Amendment. , to be Special Dispatch to The Call. prints a fac simile of a telegram sent by Vice President Archbold of the Standard Oil Company to Senator Quay as follows: — o & NEW YORK, Feb, 6.—Hon. M. S. Quay, uffra Senate Chamber, Washington, D. « Yes- Baal s e Meteated | terday's letter received, We o iterably | TOPEKA, Kar Legislature to-d. , Feb. 1.—The Kansas | ¥, conirary to expecta cpposed to ail except the El posed so-calied trust bills, passed by the i s bill already tions, finally ended the aspirations of the | SePate, preventing railroad discrimination. et Kanss ” 5 | Everything else is utterly futile and will re wamatting l}u"' -:lS to vote for Presidential | sult only in vexatious interfercnce with the electors. The vote in the House on the | industrial interests of the country. The Nel equal suffrage proposition was 51 for and | 62 against. Yesterday it was announced | that enough votes had been pledged to | secure the passage of the resolution. ! S e Lawrence W. Denan. SAN JOSE, Feb. 1l.—Lawrence W. De- nan, at one time deputy street .commis- sioner of this city, died last evenin Deceased was a native of Massachusetts | He came to San| Jose twenty-five years ago. Denan was a skilled accountant and held numerous JOHN . ARCHBOLD. positions in this city. Denan served | A Washington dispateh to the Journal through the war of the rebellion and was | says Archbold’s telegram was sent with a member of Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R., | the knowledge, consent and approval of of this city | John D. Rockefeller. John A. Britton Is Ill. I OAKLAND, Feb. 1L—John A. Britton, president of the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, is suffering from prostra- tion brought on from overwork. He is confined to his home on Linda Vista Ter- race. His condition is not alarming, how- ever, and his physicians say that he will soon recover. | —_—— Late Shipping Intelligence. OCEAN STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Sailed Feb 11—Stmr Cevic, for New York. NEW YORK—Arrived Feb 11—Stmr Rhyn- dam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne. son bill, as all others of like only an englne for vexatious attacks against a few large corporations. It gives the right deral interference with the bus s of sharacter, will b protection whatever. There is no popular demand for such a meas- ure. It anv bill is.passed ic should apply to gaged in interstate business, and it should be Tade mandgtory on all as to making reports of their b¥iness to the commerce depart- ment. Ani going to Washington Please send word to the can see you thix evening. this afternoon. Arlington where 1 Licensed to Marry. | OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: Jo- | seph Leary, over 21 years of age, and | Ruth A. Gaither, over 18, both of Oak- ‘land; Ramond Firenze, 27, and Mary | Risstto, 18, both of Alaméda; Eugene P. | Lavarel, 23, and Bonita B. Kempe, 21, both of Oakland; Henry Burton Knox, 2, Oakland, and Mabel C. Merrall, 22, Berke- ley; Edwin F. Hall, 28, Indianapolis, Ind., and Edna C. Carnes, 15, New York, 'N. Y. — e The greater the bore a man is the i smatler the hole he leaves behind him. decorations of the residence combined to ‘ palms and | Miss Alice | were | maids vells and carried shower bouquets | L e NEW YORK, Feb. IL—The Journal | State corporations without giving any Federal | all individual partnerships and corporations en- | - ‘The groom was attended by his brother, Everett Brown, and the ushers were Jo- ph P. Bernard of no and William | Knawles of San Franecisco. The “elaborate supper whi | the reception was served on h followed all tables | scattered through the different apart- | ments. The bride’s table was In the | libr: where the mu decoratic | were of feathery eucal s bloom, while white tulle 1 fragrant hyacinths adorned the table. A frieze of magnolia foliage outlined the dining-room walls and the mantel | was banked with daffodi In the other partmehts quaint baskets of almond :hl(), oms were used with excellent ef- | fect and In the wide doorways were por- | tieres of trailing smilax. | The bride a daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. John D. Eby. both of whom are well known on both sides of the bay, Mr. I being president of the Eby Machinery Company in San Francisco. Although | moving in a select soclal circle, the bride had devoted little of her time to society, her inclination having a more serious trend. She was graduaced from the Uni- versity of California with the class of '0L The groom » a university graduate, | having been one of the pi r students at Stanford. *He finished collegiate course there in 1867. He civil engineer, having risen very rapidly in nis profession, among the important contracts signed to him being the lay- ing of the foundation for the new gym- | nastum at Stanford. He s a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity and during his collage days was prominent in field sports. He is a son of Mrs. M. Brown and a brother of Miss Annie Brown, the popu- his is a successful v lar young High School teacher. | Mr. and Mrs. Brown will spend their honeymon in the East, where they will remain for some time. They will make their home in Oakland. JAL COURT'S RULE AEVERSED Court of Claims Decides Case of Far-Reaching Importance. GTON, Feb. 11.—The Court of rendered a WASHID ms has decision r lishment 1f sustained by the United ates Supreme Court, to which an appeal has been taken, the decision will affect every court-martial case tried during the past f yvears in which the sentence forty involved a loss of pay The case decided b the court was that of John Smith, a fireman in the navy, who was tried and convicted by court- martial on the charge of refusing to obey a proper order from his superior officer and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with loss of pay during confinement. The | court gave judgment in his favor for the | amounting to b i | | full amount of pay claimed, | about $576. The decision not been furnished wi | charges and specificatio on which he was to be tried “at the time he was put under arrest,”” according to the require- | ments of the naval regulations. | It is represented by the law officers of the Navy Department that the deeision | reverses ‘the practice of the navy for the | past forty years, and it is moreover im- | pessible of enforcement in the naval ser- | vice under existing conditions. Under the | practice that has always prevailed In the | Navy Department the charges and speci- fications upon which an officer or an en- listed man is tried before the general court-martial are not drawn up and pre- sented to the accused until after he has been placed under arrest and the case against him is ready for trial. h copy of the Committee Favors.Aldrich’s Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1L.—The Senate Committee on Finance to-day authorized a favorable report on the bill recently introduced by Senator Aldrich to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to loan money to®national banks on other securi- ties than Government bonds and agreed to report it with a minor amendment. of far-| aching importance to the naval estab- | . ed on | | the broad ground that the accused had | FRESHMEN ARE N DIFFICULTY Youngsters Are Accused of Cutting Electric Wires. Prank Endangers Lives and Leaves Dancers in Darkness. i | BERKELEY, Feb. 1l.—Earle H. Pler |ana Edwin E. 2 freshmen of the Untiversity of 1fo a, are in difficulty with the univer y authorities, and sus- pension will probably be their lot. They are accused of cutting the electric wires leading to Harmon gymnasium and leav- ihg the dancers at the sophomore hop | Friday night to grope their way about in | the dark for nearly half an hour before repairs could be made. The freshmen | have been before the faculty students’ affairs committee and President Wheeler, and their cases are now resting in the president’s hands. | While the hop was in progress in the gymnasium the wires re cut near South Hall. The live end fell across a pathway which often used, but luckily no one passed that way until an elec- triclan discovered the break and had 't repaired. Several freshmen were suspect- 51 were called before ir storfes, told after indicated to the au- ed, and Pter and | the committee. T | much questioning, thorities that they had a hand in the eut- | ting of the wires, if not directly com- cerned, an uspension has been recom- mended. What President Wheeler will do is unknown, although his general pol- | [lcy is to follow the recommendations of the stude: affairs committee. He is out of town to-night. Pler is a student in the college of com- | merce. His home Is in Santa Barbara and his father {s a minister there. Nicol | is from Stockton. He is a clever debater and Is a student In the college of social | sciences. USES TEN POUNDS OF DYNAMITE FOR SUICIDE Terrific Noise of the Explosion Is | Heard by People for Miles | Around. DECATUR, 1ll, Feb. 1l.—Investigation to-day by Coroner Dawson Into the death | of George B. Rue shows that it was suicide and that he used ten pounds of dynamite to blow himself out of the world. His two feet and & lot of frag- ments of flesh were all that could be pick- ed up and these were scattered over an acre. Thousands mall particles of flesh were found everywhere, even in the tops of trees. 3 Coroner Dawson put in two hours try- ing to gather up enough of the body to hold an inquest on and bury. The sui- cide took place Monday morning and people for miles around heard the noise of the explc h cause was not known until fragments of the body were found late Tuesday night. Even then it was thought it might have been an accident. Ill health was the supposed cause. choiaa Tawresy Remains With Navy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The naval c truction o has been still further crippled by breakl: down of Co structor Hahm, in charge of importa work at the navy yard, Mare Is| Con- structor John G. Tawresy, superintendent of the Government work at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco, has bee: duced to reconsider his purpose to leave the navy to take a place in the shipping combine, and has consented to withdraw his resignation. ot RSG5 Stratton Speaks in Honolulu. HONOLULU, Feb. 11.—Collector of Cus- d Stratton of San Franel essed the mber of Commerc He urged closer relations with the San F 0 Chamber of Commerce. Stratton will continue his journey to the Orient to-morrow. ADVERTISEMENTS. A Bammore RiE Wilananans BALTIMORE Balt imore has challenged the markets of the world to show a better whiskey than itself in maturity, purity. quality, flavor. 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