The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1903, Page 9

THBE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. C 50W 0 WAND OF MAGIC MUSIC Audience Thrills to the| wcomparable Mas- | ter, Mascagni. | 1 FATHER FIGHTS Regains Possession of Ycung Son Kidnaped by Mother. al Brings Out ngly His Knowl- of Art. - ears Threatens to Kill First Man Who Attempts to Ar- rest His Flight. a table and dance m the top of The Phe Call Special Didpatch to e would be some chance | ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 19.—Surrounded by the kind of #©officers of the law and a meb of citizen: at a M -agni William Martin, a prominent busines do it, } for | man ef this city, vesterday declared that for the first, he would kill the first man who attempted Tuesday's pi to arrest his flight with his five-year-old niles abeag of that of yes- ' 2 : Ross « it into an SOn. which had be kidnaped by the " waken Mother, a beautiful young woman, who left her husband six weeks ago s cli- William Tell al episode occurred in ses might clothe 'Max to a sensatio ¢ ticelli paint | the wWoo near the town of Keiso, W A, but, sans Seventy-five miles east of t « e r w paliette, Last Thursday evening Mrs. Martin sud- only throw up his = denly returned to Astoria from Kelso, L all the and went to her husband me n cured the boy, placed h hack and it was his arove C to the east er There a € ne ch was in W and mother and i son boarded it. T soon learned & f the in able to s = = cure a boat to fc he made av and loc and chi The boy ing track with the mother brought child s o out a large crowd, which & . Jessons given | father. A Deputy Sheriff, the , the gers of one | the town and tw er men overtook ¥ Ste was there, thump- | Martin on & hand car. 3 gan w hand and shooing | The Marshal attempted to draw a gun, - Doct | but Martin was too quick for him, and & t b f covered the rte He stated 1 zi were piz t the child w , had been gels with lost seats r and that he would shoot any per- b in mpted to stop him. His tone um, swamped ng the graclous host Was convincing crowd lumbia River Martin whom he & would t ers and the i two woodmen dsomely if they a in a small Nozze three g boat ¥ the risk of captu river ste & of sixty = svas end w No. | Martip will cor the child e e way | vorce and ask New remediable His wife is utiful wo- Wagner | man g Mascagni 'MARRiED UNDER A CANOPY OF FRUIT BLOOMS - - Miss Eloise Davis Wallace W. . g sl Everett were the principals at a pretty g afternoon at the Dr. rists erotic- imm Wagner | after which came a recep of D An- | by a limited number of cl 1gh the family re were no white blossoms swned i bride was charming ir lle gow - Wagne: The room in which oc- re of ap. | cuited was a bower bloss: perfe g the ning-room Wwas onquils and at 1 e were effectively arranged in the i X preceizid the wed cheon was rew s sy and Mrs left for Oa side - pack s oot F. L. Everett of 1 z * been residing gt A groiscc o city, where he . enthusiasm credit- b ree the musicians - Hardw : any scagni to the tune ana_costls w Golamark's wo K | ceived by the happy ¢ ring ssartly not of th : : finish ful it was though Mrs. Walter E. Dean entertained fifty r o e 1t 1s to 5ol Buests at cards yesterday afternoon in ' n a worthier | her apartments at the Palace Hotel. The Y I . i s were handsom t itk the m rooms wer: - white spring blossoms, s t and icses. The h vere 58 Pe: ders r LY —pretty | L ept the scores were: Miss Pearl Landers, Ty aaies Lastt Mrs. Grant Selfridge, . g oo > Miss Mabelle s uise Harring- ton. Miss Van Wyck and Miss Helen D The hostess was becomingly at- T e | tived in black lace, spangled over whi = s Topa esior | tafteta. Miss Dean wore pink flowered elody, | organdie. Pre izes were awarded to the fortunate The guests were: Mrs. Keene Jomas, Mrs. Middleton, { Mrs. Harring ace Davis Mrs. Valker, Mrs. Breeden, Mrs. Frederick W, Me- - 3 Near, Mre. Samuel Buckbee, Mrs. Walter Mar~ : congPeay best number, and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, Mrs ge Gibbe, . v t ,"" that were on the Willlam Kuml_ Mfs"ll.-‘ngm. ‘;11: {(_:;;.'u . rogramme. The “Dance of the | Wilson, Mrs. Charles Selfridge. Mre Cutter Dolls ul th it€ qua o i g b Mrs, Miller, Mrs. Carolan, Mre. Wal 1d : by < - step, is | 30, "M M. T. Jones, Mrs. Adam Graut, g P then the Car- D). Bates, Mre. Ed Dimond. Mrs. Wiil- E further, and “The Hymn Taylor Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs auncey Foute, Mrs. ter givén yesterda iy Warren Cla ther laurel to the co 5 £ “Bravo, bravissimo,” Mas. | MIS 54, Schmisdel, i Shrevi . L. Baker, Mrs. ay’s concerts at the Alhambra with A “Stabat Mater,” at the Pavilion| Mrs. A. G. Booth was hostess it a with a varied programme, are among the | charming euchre party yesterday after- to be I for. | noon at the Sorosis Club, where eighty BLANCHE PARTINGTO! | gnests were entertained. The rooms were | made artistic with a varlety of flowers, | pinks predominating, interspersed with foliage. The hostess was handsomely gowned in black lace over white, elabor- DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. [1ARD TO COMBAT The Evidence of Our Senses—What The young ladles who assisted Mrs, Booth in keeping scores were Mi Flor- | ence Bailey, Miss Marjory Gibbons, Miss | Julia Mau, Mi | Mabel Ayer. Attractive prizes were won | by Mrs. Milton Bailey, Mrs. George Buck- LT e all, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, Miss Florence 4 Bedley and Miss Marjory Gibbons. Francisco People. { e we see it ourselves, | The ladies on the committee of the B | mothers’ tribute fund, who are striving to Sienis Iaietme it T | raise $10,000 to apply on the Y. M. C. A. better evidence can be had. building debt before the fiftieth anniver- & what people say in Maine, | sary of that excellent organization, are « + mutterings in California. | being rapidly rewarded with success. Mrs. a5 echims. Nare | Sohn F. Merrill, chairman, has received e co people talk about Bam|lonirputions amounting to $%00 and as ¥ - | xome of the pledges are conditional upon ions published for the pub- of like home. proof. it made by a citizen: | the wholesale riment of the Emporium, "When back every now raising the full amount earnest effort i being made to reach the $10,000 mark be- fore March 15. The ladies on the commit- | Baker, Mrs. Willlam H. Crocker, | George W. Gibbs, Mrs. Isidor Lowenberg mar d then and attacks cover ® perfod and Mrs. E. W. McKinstry. over twe . when he knows that | o0 e ome Wi kidneys are affected, ! ss Mazie Crowley entertained sev- he at last finds a means to at Arst | ok ds yesterday af the trouble and the {enty guats at casds yesterday afternoon friends and acq . suffering similarly know what he em. yed. 1 used Doan’s Kidney Pills, and m the benefit I received 1 have not the ghtest hesitation in very emphatically jorsing the remedy.™ For sale by ell dealers. Price 50 cents, ¥oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole azents for the United State member the name, Doan’s, and take ptitute ntances cngagement to Nat Messer was recently apnounced. The cardroom at the Hotel Wellesley was elaborately decorated with Chinese effects. Lanterns, umbrellas and other Oriental novelties were placed in | every available nook and corner and the characteristic narcissus was the predom- inating flower. The hostess, becomingly gowned in white, received and entertained ber guests, assisted by Mrs. D. Perkins, Miss Dibble and Miss Florence Schofield, Six attractive prizes were glven the for- tunate players. The afternoon was de- nghtfully spent. | Prompt Relief for Coughs, Colds, | The Misses Buckley gave a delightful dirner dance last evening at their home | on Pacific avenue. Forty guests were in- vited, Including the popular debutantey of | the present season. The artistic decora- | tions were pink roses and garlands of as- HAsthma, 4 Bronchitis, FOR HIS CAILD. ately embroidered with chenille and steel. | Agnes Sadler and Miss | tee are Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs, L. L.! Mrs. | LETTER TELLS ~ BRIDE'S STORY | Anna Sanford Deserts 1 Husband in Two | Weeks’ Time. |Says She Does Not Like | Either the Town or Her ! Husband. | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 19. Seven days of bliss, followed by twelve s of acute domestic inharmony, end- ing in his bride, whom he won through a matrimonial ag ng him nineteen days after the ceremony, is the story told by complaint of the divorce suit brought to-day by George M. Sanford against his wife, Anna B. Sanford. When Sanford, who is employed at the dese ‘ncy and married at Reno; | Judson Iron Worl marricd his bride, | whom he had never seen until they met by arrangement in Nevada, he had been He was sepa- Ellen S. San- divorced only five days. rated from his first wife ford, on December. 18, 192, and was re- arried on December His first wife was even more in a hurry to obtain an- other life partner, she having preceded her former husband to Reno by one day and married the man of her choice. Sanford’s second wife was a resident of Bishop, Inyo County. A correspondence of several months' duration was indulged in by the couple, ending in an immediate marriage after the husband was freed from his first matrimonial yoke. For sev- en days the husband says his bride was | lcving. The next ten days she refused to speak to him except to abuse the house to which he brought her, the town in which he lived and the weather. After twelve days of this kind of life the L suddenly left for her home in Inyo County, leaving the following ex- planatory letter, which is not without some of the genius which inspired the | | of Artemus Ward: Jan. 25.—Mr. Geo Sanford. T ge: as well to tell you now that writings BISHOP, it never w ye eny moor to do with you fo I am disgusted with you no pride and know ) come with heavy shoes and high pance that was enough to disgust the to take me home where no preper- a was n then to be for me, dirty black bed and and small as to have the bring you your Christmas h for me and the moor I think »r disgusted I am and I was your nabers that you go for dinne about_it told by days with ris to the m of washing ybur face S5 If you ever want to get married againe orse. 1 don't intend to ever Eet married en or and I don't care whether Ik a divorse or not. See your lawyer and you can get it annulled or set aside. our own pleasure about it for T sim- lust get your sul | | | | ply don't care whether you get a divorse or not One thing I do want is never to see you e and if pou can get a divorse on thes rowenes of crueity this is all 1 have to say. Hope you will understand me for I have no | respect nor love for you. I do not know eny one that I think so little of. ANNA HUTCHINGS. NEW FLEET OF VESSELS TO SAIL FROM THIS PORT Captain Louis Sauvage of Paris Tells of the Plans of Himself and Associates. | | S GARDEN CITY MERCHANTS MEET AT BANQUET TABLE Commercial World of San Jose Fe.asts and Listens to Flow of Eloquence. i b i | PROMINENT EAKERS AT MER- CHANTS' ASSOCIATION BAD QUET LAST NIGHT IN SAN JOSE. AN JOS world b. 19.—The mercantile San Jose feasted and of listened to a flow of eloquence at a banquet at the Hotel St. James this evening given by the San Jose Merehants’ ation. It was the most representative gathering of business men ever held than 100 of San Assoc here, more Jose's most prominent citizens being pres- ent. A short reception preceded the ban- qut. Among the distinguished guests | were Frank J. Symmes and L. M. King, | president and secretary of the Merchants’ | Assaciation of San Francisco. The af- TACOMA, Feb. 19.—From ten to twenty | bounty-earning French sailing vessels are to ply between San Francisco and other coast ports and Europe according to Cap- tain Louis Sauvage of Paris, who is now on the Sound to inaugurate the new freight He is the largest stock- holder Paristan company. The corporat s eight vessels in operation and proposes to increase its fleet to all sailing from St. Nazair. éir boats have carried wheat from Portland, but Captatn Sauvage pr fers to sail them out of California and Puget Sound por His belief is that the \ 1s can a highly profitable busi- by carrying grain, hops, wine and other coast exports to Europe, returning with iron, cement, glass and other Euro- pean manufactures. Captain Sauvage op- es the passage of the compulsory pilot 1l now before the State Legislature and ges that the shipping charges on the Sound belessened rather than increased. fern. t The young hostesses en- cd and the affair proved one merriest of the winter. Dancing contin- ued until a late hour. Miss Hager was hostess at a home dance last evening at her residence on Gough street, where a large party of i friends was entertained. The guests were requested to appear in “yellow kid" cos- | tuznes, the majority of which were dom- inos with cape and pointed cap. The | dance was quite informa Mrs. H. W. Denver gave a euchre party yvesterday to forty friends at the Bella Vista, assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Howard Turner. JThe artistic decorations were chiefly red carnations and follage. Silver candelabra with red shades were placed upon each table with pretty ef. fect. Mrs. Denver was becomingly at- | tired in gray silk and Mrs. Turner wore a pretty gown of pearl etamine, embroid. ered in pink. The scores were kept by Miss Laura Van Wyck, Miss Mae Hick- man, Miss Buck and’ Miss Josephine Jones. Six handsome prizes were provid- ed for the winners. The prize winners were Mrs. Risdon, Mrs. L. Clapp, Mrs. “ Messersmith and Mrs. Gummer. e T The residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson at 2520 Vallejo street was the scene of a large reception last evening | in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Sidney C. Partridge (nee Simpson). The decorations | were chiefly Japanese, including lanterns | and flags. The flowers in the reception- | room were daffodils, in the music-room | pink, roses and in the dining-room red | carnations. A stream of callers filled the | spacious rooms between the hours of § and 10 o’clock, and cordial hospitality was | dispensed. Those who assisted in recefv- | ing were: | Mrs. Willlam Ford Nichols, Mrs. Louis | Monteagle, Mrs. Donald Campbell, Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Frank Grrer’:. Tos | Gwynn, Miss Janet Bruce, Miss Bertie Bruce. | Miss Gertrude Palmer, - Miss Bernle Drown, Miss Virginia Gibbs, Miss Katherine Powers, Miss Harvey Anthony, Miss Minnie Rodgers Miss Grace Wilson, Miss Bernice Wilson, Miss Helen Partridge and Miss Margaret Simpson. A S Mrs. Arthur A dinner was given to Maestro Mas- cagnl and his wife last evening at the Sbarboro mansion on Presidio Heights, The rooms were handsomely decorated with iris, the symbol of Mascagni’s grand masterpiece, and the plate cards also con- | etsted of paper irls, painted by Miss Sbar- boro, with the name of each guest on the leaves. R In addition to the Sbarboro family there were present the Italian Consul, Cav, F. Serra and wife: Dr. P. de Vecchi and | wife, P. C. Rossi and wife#Miss Marie | Rossi, Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Sartori, A. Al- magia and wife, Cav, L. Vanzl and wife, Miss Ersilia Sartori, Miss Adele Caglieri, | Guildo Musto, Max Vanzi and Ettore Pa- trizi. After dinner the maestro charmed the company with selections from his master- pieces. Maestro Mascagni expressed himself highly pleased with the reception received in San Francisco, and both himself and wife say that the climate of California ls similar to that of Italy. They are look- ing forward with pleasure to a visit to the Italian-Swiss Colony at Asti, Clover- dale and the surropnding country. fair was a brilliant one and is the begin- ning of a new era in the commercial life of the city. The Hotel St. James hall had been A. S. Bacon, president of the local ass ciation, presided at the banquet and S. N. Rucker acted as toastmaster. They made short addresses welcoming the gue ts were fesponded to as fol- use and Origin of Our Associa- Act R smplishments of ISt “Mer- Lif Civie and Their Rela V. A. Scheller; “Newspapers ions to Commercial Life L. E. Boatz; “The Profit of Experience, Frank J. Symmes, pre of the San wcisco Mery Assaciation. The San Jose Merchants was< organized in November, grown to be a powerful influenge in com- mercial circles. The officers are as fol- lows. President, A. S. Ba ; vice pre: dent, W. Trinkler; tr Moore; secretary, R. R. A. 8. Bacon, W. Trinkler, J. P. Jarman, A. J. Hart, S. N. Rucker, C. J. Cornell, A. Greeninger, F. W. Moore, W..J. Boschs ken, E. W. Allen, {. M. Shelbourne, E | handsome decorated in honor of the J. Bennett, J. R. Kocher, H. L. Miller, W event. The tables contained floral pleces J. Wolff, H. C. Doerr, G. W. Borchers, and a most elaborate menu was served. H. Bercovich, J. B. Lamkin. @ il B oo S ° | | | | | | with their usual charming cor- | of the | | | Market st NERVY BURGLAR MAKES ESGAPE BERKELEY, Feb. 19.—"Throw up your bands was the bold command hurled carly this morning by Paxton Wright at a burglar in the kitchen of his residence, 3130 Calais street. Wright had a big pis- tol with him, but neither command nor weapon daunted the intruder, who called back, out of the darkness: “You better go back to bed, young man, or you'll catch cold The nervy reply fairly dazed Wright. who simply lost his grip, and the burglar groped his way out of the back door, with the parting salugation: “Da, da! I'll see you again.” Wright's younger brother Fay, had heard the burglar and quietly aroused the | cider man, who, taking a revolver, made his way down stairs, through parlor and dining-room and into the Kitchen. ‘Wright was crawling on his hands and knees, a la Indian scout, ard was with- in six fect of the unbidden guest, wi he caught a glimpse of him through the glocm of the night. After the encounter, the householder went back to bed. He said he needed the vest cure, for the burglar's supreme gall him. had overcome Washington’s Birthday. Sunday and Monday next, reduced rates to San Rafael, ete.; also to Tomales Bay and the great Redwood and Russian River dis- trict. All trains Monday will run on Sunday schedule. North Shore Ticket Offices. 625 ——————————— SUPERVISORS OF TWO COUNTIES ARE TUNNELING Contra Costa and Alameda Are soon to Be Joined by Road Running Under the Hills. OAKLAND, Feb. 19.—The completion of the now famous intercounty tunnel road that will connect the Walnut Creek section in Contra Costa County with Oak- land by a more easy and less dangerous grade is being watched by the people of | both sides of the Contra Costa hills with a great deal of Interest. Work on this improvement is now progressing nicely, and it was for the purpose of inspecting the work that the Boards of Supervisors of both counties met at the tunnel yester- day. The invitation came from the Su- pervisors of Contra Costa County, and thc Alameda officials joined them at the tip of the ridge, where the two bodies lunched, and then drove back into Oak- land. Work on the Contra Costa side of the tunnel has progressed more rapidly than on the Oakland side, but the Supervisors of Alameda County have been compelled to do a great deal of road work before being able to reach the tunnel itself. On the Contra Costa side there is but a mile of new road, which required very little work to make it passable, while on the Alameda side there is a stretch of three miles and a half that had to be put in condition before the tunnel could be reached. On this stretch one large cul- vert and several smaller ones had to be constructed. As a result the Contra Costa people have built nearly 200 feet of the tunnel, while on the Alameda side the work of opening the hill has only just begun. But the Contra Costa people have run up against a strike and a flow of water, and work is stopped on that side, while it is going merrily forward on the western side of the hill. The Contra Costa Supervisors are fol- lowing the line of the old Kennedy tun- nel, which was crooked, while the Ala- meda Supervisors are boring straight into the hill. Hard rock has been found upon each side, but heavy timbering is being dene. The Contra Costa Supervisors are setting their timbers inside of the line of the old tunnel, which will make the hole seventeen feet six inches wide. Contra BAG3 A DARING PORCH CLIMBER Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 19. In the act of climbing into the upper windows at the residence of Mrs. C. L. Maxwell, 1266 Fourth avenue, Fred Aller a driver for Warren's Nob Hill dairy, w captured at 7:30 o'clock this evening b G. E. Kelly, a guest at the Maxwell res dence, and safely held until Police Cap- tain Petersen and Patrol Wagon Officer Timothy J. Flynn arrived. They took the porch climbing intruder into custody. At the police station Allen was identi- fied and he made much pretension at drunkenness, claiming he could zive no account of his actions. After a careful inspection of the prisoner Patrol Wagon Officer Flynn gave his expert testimony that the only odors exhaled from the burglarious dairyman came from hair ofl. At the Maxwell's it was explained that | ner.” WARREN OLNEY REFUTES LIES Denies He Is Friendly to Dingee or Water Company. Completely Explains Away Charges Made by Subsi- dized Papers. OAKLAND, Feb. 19.—“Some of my friends think that I ought to deny most cmphatically that 1 am the water com- pany’s candidate for Mayor; that 1 am acting at all in its interests. I don't see why my whole course of conduct since I have been a citizen of Oakland is not the best refutation of any such miserable slander. But if any of my friends want out and out denial from me, I give it here and now in the most positive man- | inee for Mayor of the three great poli- tical parties of Oakland, take his stand | before a large audience to-night at a Re- public n meeting at Cameron Hall, East nde and he hatically added: “I have never had any communication, direct or indirect, with the Contra Costa Water Company, except to pay the rates charged. I have not received a ployment or benefit from it in an or form. I have not exchanged directly or indirectly, with Mr. Dingee in- side of five years. I have not exchanged a word, or had any communication what- ever with any of-its managers in Oak- land for years, and never did a word pass em between us about the Contra Costa Water | that because Company. Any statement that | have any connection r sympathy with that cor- poration is absolutely false, and the man who says I do have such connection, or that I am the water company's candidat is a Har, and is either a fool or a knave. During his address, Mr. Olney declared he Lad been a consistent antagonist of both the Contra Costa Wa- ter Company and the Spring Valley Water Works of San Francisco, those corpora- | tion: d combined to fight him. His ad- | dress in part follo The charge is now made that I could not have joined in good faith in the water com- Association of San Francisco,” | King of San Francisco; ‘“Mer- ciation and Its Relation to mittee’s report, because it is said that I know that the gravel beds into which the Alame: Creek flow are exhausted, and that therel the frult and farming lands on the borders of Alameda Creek have dried up and are ruined. 1 don't know any such thing, nor does any- body else know it. It is a fair sample ¢ talk of our oppoments. The inspiration these attacks comes from the two great cor porations that are supplying Oakland and Sar Francisco with water. They don't want t people of Oakland to know how easy it Is us to get our water there and they want head off and prevent us, If possible, in case we attempt to avail ourselves of this natural | supply of water that belongs to us. | Jom | v | money n Allen well knew the location of the house | interior as he had frequently used telephone there when delivering mik. He was heard to-night by members of the family as he climbed the porch and Kelly, who also heard the disturbance, made bold to capture the marauder. Allen Is a discharged soldier from the Philippines. The police belie he was using his employment as a means to gain knowledge of interiors of residences that might furnish productive fields for opera- tions. BOY MEETS WITH ACCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN DEATH Is Jolted Fro:‘nr a Wagon and Re- | ceives Fatal Internal Injuries. Rudy Naumann, the six-year-old boy who fell from a milk wagon at Ninth and Bryant streets Wednesday afternoon and Wwas run over by the vehicle, died yester- day at the Central Emergency Hospital, | where he was taken after the accident. George Koolstra, the driver of the wagon, was arrested by Policeman Crowly and charged with battery rearrested and charged with manslaugh- | ter. Rudy and two other small boys were riding on Kooistra's wagon and as it turned into Ninth street from Bryant Rudy fell off ‘and one of the wheels pass- ed over his chest. ———————————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, Feb. 19.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: Jo- seph Gaudolfo, aged 26, San Francisco, and Margaret Ceraghino, 19, Elmhurst; Walter Cosad, 30, Merced, and Gertrude A. Jones, 24, Oregon; Guy E. Lucas, 31, and Alice A. O'Brien, 31, both of Oak- land; James P. Sheridan, 27, and Eveline King, 17, both of Oakland; Edward W. Webb, 27, and Carolina Pearson, both of San Franvisco. ——————————— Boycotts viewéd from the American stand- point. In the Wasp this week. . L e e e e e e e e e o Costa County, having little money to spend upon this improvement, is doing the work as cheaply as possible. The Alameda Supervisors want a tun- nel fully twenty feet wide and absolutely straight, but they are inclined to bow to the wishes and financial necessities of Contra Costa County, as the road will benefit the residents of that county more than those of Alameda. Supervisor Stow of Contra Costa County says that the tunnel as it is now being constructed will be ample in width to permit the passing of teams and will save 400 feet of grade which runs at about 18 per cent. As large amount of hay and produce comé from that section into Oakland this will be a great saving to the teamsters of Centra Costa County. Last night he was | the | | waters of Alameda Creek, and contending that | ) i | l It is said-that when I was the attorney for L. Beard in his suit against the Spring Water Company, in which he claimed Valle; that his ranch was damaged by diverting the | water from Alameda Creek, 1 contended that his ranch would be ruined and dried up i the Spring Valley Water Company suc- ceeded In its work. In a morning paper there was to-day what purports to be my address to the jury on opening the trial of the case, stating what I hoped to prove as Mr. Beard s attorney. Mr. Gred acres and he claimed that it would be damaged to the extent of $50.000 it the water should be turned out of Alameda Cr hen I opened the case to the c explaining to them what the and what we expected to prove, I stated that we_expected to prove that Mr. Beard would suffer tremendous loss in case the Spring Val- ley Water Company succeeded in its effor Remember that 1 was Mr. Beard's lawyer and what was I there for? Was it mot t published make out as good a case as I could for my | client? As a matter of fact Professor Hilgard and Professor Wickson and George F. Allardt and Ross E. Brown, engineers. testified that Mr. Beard's orchard could not be injured by turn ing out the water from Alameda Creek and the jury, instead of giving us the $50.000, gave us $15,000, and the water was turned out. as the Spring Valley Water Company contended it should be. We did not take an appeal from that decision. but submitted to it, and Mr. Beard got his money and Olney got his ee. 4 This case was tried, I think, in 1897. Since then we have had continuous dry years, with y small rainfall, and the Spring Valley Water Company has /turned out all of the water of Alameda Creek that it could, and what is the result? Six years have passed away, five of them dry years and while Beard has been undoubtedly damaged in s ping the flow of this large and beautitul across his property, Mr. ok and is entitled to all the received as damages, yet it has not ruined his orchards or the productiveness of his land. Five years of drought_th Valley Water Company and the Con ‘Water Company all combined,” have not able to make any appreciable Impression upon the waters stored in the gravel bed at Niles n Is not that the best possible answer that c be made to those seeking reasons for attack ing the report of the committee and the men who made it? Don’t you see the animus of these attacks upon me personally? For ten years last past I have been advocating the rights of the citles of Oakland. Alameda and Berkeley to th the Spring Valley Watér Company had no right to come to our side of the bay and take the water to San Francisco that we ought to have for our own families. I have contended, and still contend, that there is enough water on the peninsula, if properly utflized. to sup- ply the city of San Francisco. and that there was no use in the Spring Valley Water Com- pany coming here, except for the purpose of Shutting off any posstble competition. You see what an onslaught is made upon me as the old time advocate of this method of getting our own water. Men of sense can put two and two together. They can see that there would not be such a strong effort to put down the man who has advocated this scheme of supplying ourselves with water from the start unless there was a strong force behind it What Interest in this fight has this morning paper to which I referred? Why should it come across the bay and try to prevent us from exercising our just rights and compel us either to submit to the extortions of the Con- tra Costa Water Company or buy out the plant of that corporation at its own price? What other object can there be In view in making this attack upon the men and the parties in Oakland who are making the first serious fight to obtaln city water, except to divert the attention of the people from the best methods of relief and fasten the chains al- ready around us still more tightly? Clinton G. Dodge, representative of the City Central Committee, presided. The other candidates who spoke were G. E. Aiken, A. H. Breed, Felton Taylor, C. | F. Turner, B. C. Cuvellier, J. A. Johnson, J. T. Wallace and J. L. Hardy. MAKE UNPROVOKED ASSAULT WITH BRASS KNUCKLES Peter Canopi Knocked Down by Three Drunken Soldiers at His Home. Peter Canopi, who lives at 222 Mont- gomery avenue, was about to enter the house about 3 o'clock yesterday morning when three drunken soldiers approached him and one of them asked him for a nickel. Canopl gave the man the nickel and just then one of the other two struck him on the head with a pair of brass knuckles, knocking him down. He yelled for help, and Special Officer Daggett made his appearance. The soldier with the brass knuckles attacked him also and succeeded in making his escape, along with one of the others, before Policemen Handley and Holmes reached the scene. The two policemen arrested Finley Mc- Kee, who was too drunk to run fast, and booked him at the City Prison on a charge of battery. He appeared before Police Judge Mogan yesterday, was con- Victed and ordered to appear for sentence to-day. Canopi had to be taken to the Central Emergency Hospital in the pa- trol wagon to have a wound in his scalp stitched and dressed. The soldler who had the brass knuckles wore a khaki uni- | form, and the police will make every ef- fort to locate him and charge him with an assault with a deadly weapon. McKee refused to give any information about him, denying that he even knew him. Thus did Warren Olney, the nam- | Beard had a ranch of two hun- | MURDERQUS TRIP - OF BUTTE MINER Goes to Eureka to Kill Husband of Former Sweetheart. Police Learn of His Plans and Arrest Him After Exciting Chase. % DA XA, Feb. 19.—Charles Humber, & miner of Butte, Mont., who traveled here | from that place for the express purpose lof killing J. W. Hanks and wife, was captured this evening after a lively chase, | in which six shots were fired. Faliling to get the girl of cholce and resuitant | BURE: anger at the girl and man who married her caused Humber's long trip and at- tempt to carry out his murderous pur- pose. Mrs. Hanks, who was Miss Carrie Hume { of Butte, was engaged to marry Humber. She went on a visit to relatives in Red- ding, Cal., and it was understood he was to send her in three months and they would be married. Humber failed to send for her, and in the meantime she had { met Hanks, and later married him. The couple came to eka about a month ago. The other day Hanks got a mes- sage from his Mrs. Albert Walker of Redding. telling him she had been warned that Humber left Butte for Cali- | fornia with the express purpose of killing Hanks and his W The police were notified and were on the lookout for Hum- ber. He arrived at 2 o'clock this merning and this afternoon started to hunt up his intended victims. He waited quite a time outside the s where Hanks works, but | disappeared before the policemen arrived. Humber then went to Mrs. FHanks” boarding-house and was almost at the door when a policeman grabbed him. umber tried to pull his pistol, but it was | taken from him. After going a short dis- tance, he wrenched away from the officer and ran. The policeman emptied his pis- tol after him and another policeman com- ing in the opposite way nabbed him. The warning was given in a letter from Redding that Humber was a dangerous man. It stated that he had been on trial once for shéot a policeman at Poca- tello, Idaho, though he had been acquit- + ted. It is believed here that Humber is crazy and though the charge against him is carrying concealed weapons he will probably be examined as to his sanity. i ENGINEER OF MONITOR DIES OF ASPHYXIATION Claude de Lorraine, Who Served in ' the Merrimac Engagement, Meets Tragic End. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Claude de Lor- raine, who chief engineer on the Mouitor when that vessel engaged the Merrimac during the Civil War, and his s¢ ward, aged 24 years, were found dead from asphyxiation to-day at thew hume in Brooklyn. Gas escaped through a | defective tube connecting a gas stove. | —_———————— { Mismated Couples in Court. Divorces were granted yesterday to Anna L. Saxton from Fred Saxton, Min- nie M. Howarter from Garret W. Howar- or, John P. Van Lawrence from Rachel was Van Lawrente, Abbie Barton from | Charles Barton and Mary Becher from Henry Becher for desertion, Axel M. Pihistrom from A Pihistrom for in- temperance, Angie Harris from Leslie C. Harris for crueity and George MeCarty from Daisy MeCarty for desertion. Suits for divorce were filed by Maggie Crowley against J. S. Crowley for cruelty, Mary Burt against James Burt for de- ertion, Catherine Evens against Francls ens for neglect, Henry Davis against abeth Dav r desertion, Lillan against John Smith for neglect. Smma Light against C. B. Light for de- sertion, Emma C. Vosgen against Antone Vosgen for cruelty and Edith V. Buffing- ton against C ge A. Buffington for de- ertion. | ——e—— — Appoints Head Janitor. The Board of Public Works has decided ty appoint H. S. Siron, who is now as- na Mr. | ant janitor at, the City Hall, to be head janitor, vice Willlam F. Sawyer, who will probably be transferred to the head janitorship of the Hall of Justice. John O'Brien will be appointed assistant head janitor, vice Siron, promoted. Presi- dent Casey of the Boards of Works and Health denies that wholesale removals are contemplated by the latter board. | ——————— Army Nominations Approved. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—~The Senate | Committee on Military Affairs to-day re- favorably the nominations of Bri eneralf Ludington, Breckinridge to be major generals, and Colonel Wallace F. Randolph to be briga- dier general and chief of artillery. | ADVERTISEMENTS. | | What Shall We ' Have for Dessert ? | This question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day, Try a delicious and healthful dessert. ared in two minutes. No boiling! no aking! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp- berry and Strawberry. at your grecers to-day. i Get a package 1o cts. BRIDGE WORK | Made for the Cost of Matesial, at | DENTAIL CLINI Gold crowns and artificial teeth at coet Paicless methods of operating. Open Sunders and evenings. | POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGS, | 8 Taylor st., cor. Golden Gate ave, 8. 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