The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903 C NSURINGE. | GENT NS SHNDLERS Certifies to the Identity: of Substitute ‘ Bodies. B8 Makes Revelation | ess of the New York Frauds. Says Policies Were Granted Feeble Old Men and Persons Dying of Disease. the isands of ster's had con ums s of Rafaelo with Dr tral Com- er 1% Moore said y and the pol- few days before the Foster ed man wo D S t with to give and Tre- g 10 give me this case Were sent by the Union Central fy the body sked. y the body as that of pon whose life the policy feeble substitut- 1 was re- body and rting to was all right. Foster his conscience began to the Herald that Trom- been disinterred,” he cience or was it fear of Meteor Passes Over San Diego. Feb. 20.—A meteor of ex- t y traversed ing. It came ed to the trav and heavens as finally passed e meteor was vis- | POSTUM CILREAL. | AN ENDLESS CHAIN. That's What It Looks Like to & Cof- | fee Toper. trained se has 2 hard task in- ing the long, lonesome hours of when she must keep watch and ,ardly to be wondered at that many em fall into the use of stimulants Vhen I first entered the profession,” vrites a trained nurse of Kansas City, | » I wes required to give my patient s careful watching and during the . sleepless nights I used to refresh mysell every now and then with a cup sirong coffee. For a time it would seem to revive me, but unless I took another cup my condi- was worse than ever. In time I be- we extremely nervous and my strength falled me it a sister nurse ame to my ef by telling me her own experience. £k 1 have been just where you ! wre the verge of nervous pros- s you will do as I did you can . £d to perfect health. If you will give up your coffee and use Postum Food Coffee you! r strength will return and your built.” Upon her advice I im- coffce and began the use d Coffee and what a i notwithstanding the rd work which come se I find I am strong in every ready to live my alloted and t Posturh is a good end to me and I have tried to be a good nd to Postum in return and many of nervous patients have been greatly cfited by its use. of these cases I will mention The patient was a newspapcr and his condition was such that doctors were afraid to let him be one. 1 made Postum for him and good. He was delighted with it t coffee entirely and it was not efore he completely recovered, is every nu end feel score w strong physically and mentally, and s resumed his editorial duties. I know chief cause of his recovery was the ng off of coffee and taking Postum od Coffee. He is naturaliy a good, tirong friend of Postum.” Name given by Fostum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. HOPES 70 AID MARGONI SYSTEM Hewitt’s Interrupter Is! Expected to Reduce the Cost. Experts Believe Will Greatly Aid Wire- less Telegraphy. Mr. I tt lew ¢ f the owners interrupt less messages said to- 1 Mar- no such as that Italian in- ry teiegrap! 1 by the d without th the ‘spark The trouble s difficult keep siving instruments interrupter this as it is » balls of highiy eating of th the action « interfe on and not in harmony 1 have invented ts. 1 hope tha 1 have be as a re n currents of air, why it acticable to transmit e way. If power were er the man who in- ng it by wire Wir to-da less i that engin: w making experiments with the i bt SWALLOW LAUDANUM AND END THEIR LIVES Soldier at Whipple Barracks and a Despondent Gambler of Pres- cott Kill Themselves. PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb Two sui- cides occurred here t ¥ within a few hours of each other and b; nge co- incidence each victim selected the same means of accompl: g his ct. This morning the body of John Ebbett. a re- ival here and supposed to be a r, was found In a room in a lodg se with an empty laudanum bot the table beside him. Nothing was adicating the reason for the act or sing his identity. s afternoon a soldier barber at Whipple Barracks, named Cunningham, belonging to the Eighteenth Infantry, Invention | Resident | would place i f W less ystems an instru- | insure g ac- r of transm n and 1 such powerful of Marconi JTOCKMEN HOPE 10 HOLD RANGE Prepare to Prevent the . Annual Invasion of Sheep. - Settlers of Grant Gounty, Oregon, Expect Lively Times. Special Dispatch to The Call DLETON, Or., Feb. 2 The big- gest stockmen's war in the history of Oregon is promised during the approach- ing range season in the mountalns of County, settlers and south of here, where the cattlemen are preparing to keep the invading horde of 500,000 sheep which annually pours over the western and northern borders of this great summer range from Washington and the Columbia River countles of Ore- gon. Hundreds of sheep were shot and killed in Grant County last summer in stock- men’s battles and in several pitched fights herders themselves were dangerously wounded. This season the Grant County settlers are bent on preventing the for- ecigners from getting a foothold, or at Icast forcing them to pay a tax. he ugly feeling is due to the terribly out ss roots pawed out by count- Here, where mountain and devastated by overgrazing, Is little more than enough pasture for the stock owned in the county and bitterly the annual incurslons, which resuit ery man’s stock coming out in poor condition in winter. This year another cause, ergrazing and alleged laying waste of th alley settlements, has contributed to”the hostile sentiment—the prospective establishment of the Blue and Strawberry mountains forest reserve, which takes out E acres of summer pasture terri- tory, and beyond the | l | | | | | | to the permanent reservation of which a majority of the Grant County settlers are sternly opposed. The outside sheepmen, who bring in their flocks every pring, are ed for agitating this in- | novation. men are get sttlers charge the sheep- for the reserve in order extensive allotments of range | i through in: ce p Meetings will be held shortly and organ- | izatic the Grant County stockmen | brought about to better t the en- achment of Morrow, Gilliam, Crook, eler, Wasco, [U'matilla and other | | | committed suicide by taking an overdose | of laudanum. He had been confined in the guardhouse for drunKenness and the act was the result of despondency. et INDORSES THE MEASURE TO REMOVE THE CAPITAL | G’ Cherry, B Central California Coast Counties | Improvement Association Makes Recommendations. y —The next meet- ia Coast Coun- tion e to Ok A res bill for the removal of the § from Sacramento to San Jo; urging the appointment of G ate capital ; also one orge C. Ross | ? | lution was adopted to-day indorsing the | of Redwood City as Regent of the State | Univers the Louis wously recommended to Governor to be a member of the St Exposition committee. The delegates from Hollister reported fit from the last meeting, city, in ten months there seven sales, aggregating held in had been th $57,131. P ANDREW CARNEGIE IS ILL AT THE HOME OF SISTER to | Condition Is Sufficiently Serious Cause Cancellation of All His Southern Engagements. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 20.—Andrew Car- | negie is 11l at Dungeness, the winter home of his sister, on Cumberland Island, and on account of the lack of telegraphic com- munication with the place it is impossible 1o ascertain the nature or extent of his iliness. It is serious enough, in the opin- jon of his phys , to make it neces- sary for the big steel magnate to cancel all engagements made by him in the South, including his pet scheme of tak- ing part in the dedication of the Atlanta Public Library, which was to have taken place on February 28, and which was to- day postponed indefinitely. e e “BUFFALO BILL” DECLARES FOR PEACE OF THE WORLD London Public School Boys Attend the Show, Carrying American and British Flags. LONDON, Feb. 20.—There was a great scene of enthusiasm at Buffalo Bill's show to-day when over 3000 boys from the London schools attended the perform- ance, carrying little American and Brit- ish flags. They vociferously sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” when Colonel Cody appeared in the arena. The colonel made a patriotic speech, and predicted that the flags would continue to wave in unison and that the peace of the world would thereby be maintained. S R BT Carnegie Again Opens Purse. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Andrew Carnegie to-day advanced $1.250,000 to the endow- ment fund of the Carnegie laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr, Car- negie in 190 gave 365,000 for the erection of the laboratory. When the building was dedicated a year ago he gave 3100000 as an endowment fund. Bezenah Loses on a Foul. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 20.—George Sohuph of this city was given the decis- ion over Eugene Bezenah of Cincinnati on a foul in the middle of the last round of a fifteen-round contest befqre the Louisville Athletic Club to-night. —— Fugitive From Chicago Is Caught, LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.—The police to- night arrested Eiton M. Wood, wanted at Chicago for the alleged embezzlement of $32,52% on January 27, 1%02. Wood was collector and salesman for David J. Stu- art at Chicago and disappeared, taking with him, it is charged, $32,52 in cash. H. D. Matthews of San Jose | | | | | | | great sheep countl Feb, 20. Albine B lot on N line of S of Octavia, E Fitch, lot_on strects, B 85 by Butler and estate Horace S. Gates to Mary A. Crichton, lot on 8 line of Sutter street, 165 E of Steiner. E 55 by S 1 Reuben B. and Mary J. or May J Hale to Israel Flatow, lot on N line of Pine W of Plerce, W b5l:6% by Grace Ormart to Marla Altube, 1ot o Jackson street, 6 W ot Devisadero, W by S 127:8%4; $10. Annie M, and Willlam A, Harvey to Nellls Bond (wife of Alexander), lot on NE corner of Geary and Lyon streets’ E 62 by N 55; $10, Zech to Jere- | Ursula Yaker to James E. Donovom, lot on | N line of Golden Gate avenue 25 E.of Cem- tral avenue, E 25 by N 100; $i0. Mary A. and Eugene N, Fritz to Rose Mec- Craith (wife of Thomas), lot on E line of Ashbury street, 70 S of Frederick, 8 30 by E 100; $10. W. L. h, ot Bryan and Angle Hughson to s 112:6 on § line of Clay street, by 8 102:8%; §10. Louise Menges to Mary C. Tourtellott (wife 3 B of 0. B.), lot on B B N of Washi 3 William to lot on N line of O'F: e Taylor, E 45. N 137:6, W S 115; $10. ate of Emily E. Barstow (by George P. Thurston and W. Olney, executors) to Frank R. Grannis, lot on NE corner of Sixth avenue and Lake street, B 414:8, N 84:6, W 119, S 54; 22:6, §' 4200. Thomas E. and Susan Finley to Ellen M. Finley, undivided one-fifth of lot on NW_corner street and Thirtieth favenue, X 2T by 0 $10. . 3% niey to same, undivided one-fitth of same; § Mabel L. of same: John C. O Jobn and Meta Burgoyne to John Hobbs, lot on W line of Ninth avenue, 150 § of B street, 3 26 by W _120; $10. za C. Houghton to Arthur D. Prentice, 10: 10, Finley to same, undivided one-fifth on W line of Twenty-seventh avenue, 50 S o C street, § 50 by W 120; $10. Alphonzo and Emma Harrington to Mary A, Jones, lot on E line of Ninth avenue, 125 S of J street, 8 25 by E 120; §10. Jacob Heyman Company to Eliza Mackintos| lot on E line of Forty-sixth avenue, 300 § o K street, by E 120; $10. Same to Belle F. Mackintosh, lot on B line ¢ Forty-sixih avenue, 200 S of K street, 8 25 by E 120; $10. Oscar Heyman to Jesste M. Wilson, lot on E line of Forty-sixth avenue, 250 8 of K street, € 25 by E 120; $10. Susan Musante to Emil Heuer- street and Elev- 6 by 8 100; $10. Ji rthy t5 Willlam McCarthy, lot on E line of York street, 125 N of California 25 by E 120, lot 22, Ray & Plumb's on of Precita Valley lots 228 to 231; to Alice v. and Almon B. Goft Jr. | M. Kittredge, lot on NE line of Fourteenth avenue, 75 BE of M street, SE 50 by NE 100, biock 267, South San Francisco Homestead and Rallroad Association; $10. Maurice C. and Allce M. Kittredge to Henry Bommerfeld, lot on NE line of Fourteenth ave- rue, 76 SE of M street, SE 25 by NE 100, block 46, Excelsior Homestead; $10. Cacllie Kruse to T, Johannes Kruse, lot, on 8 corner of Edinburgh street and Brazil ave- nue, SW 25 by SE 100, block 46, BExceisior Homestead; $10. 8. Ducas Company (couzmzlony to George Ryan, lot on NE line of Ryan street, 200 SE of Precita avenue, SE 25 by NE 100, lot 23, George Ryan subdivision of Precita Valley lots 219 to 223; $10. Leopold and Marie Scheuch to Frank P. Me- Keirnan, lot on N line of 284 street, 115 E of Hoffman avenue, E 25 by N 114, lot 71, Hey- man Tract; $10. Oscar Heyman to Andrew Johnson, lot on SE line of Naples street, 850 NE of India ave- nue, NE 100 by SE 100, block 51, Excelsior Homestead; $10. Louls Ferrari to Oscar Heyman, lot on SW line of San Bruno avenue, 300 NW of Silliman street, NW 100 b}’ SW 120, lot 1, block 1, Uni- versity Mound: $10. Joseph and Mary Perry to Herman Murphy, lot on NW corner of Persia avenue and Lon- don street, W 25 by N 100, block 3, Excelsior Homestead; Builders’ Contracts. Dr. C. H. Westphal (owner) with A. J. Wilhelm (contractor), architect H. Gelifuss & Eon—All work for a two-story frame buflding with concrete foundations to be used as Vet- erinary Hospital on W corner of Fighth and Tehama streets, NW 25 by SW_100; $3484. M. D. Stein (owner) with E. T. Leiter (con- tractor), architect Edgar A. Mathews—All work for two three-story frame buildings (four flats each) on SE corner of Walnut lfi‘ Jack. son streets, 8 127:6 by B 78; $38,225, Harry N. Stetson (owner) with O. A. Cream- er (contractor), —— architect—Carpenter, mill and stair work. lumber, rough hardware, doors, ash, window frames and putting on of finiehing hardware for a five-story and base- ment brick bullding in course of erection on §W_corner of Bushestrest and Burritt place, § 137:6, W 57:6, N 50, W 60, N 5, E 39:6, N 8236, B 78; $30.87. Late Shipping Intelligence, FOREIGN PORTS, GENOA—ATrived Feb 20—Stmr Cambroman, from Boston. RIO_JANEIRO—Arrived Feb 20—Stmr Prin- cess Victoria, from Newcastle, England, for Victoria, B C. AUCKLAND—Arrived Feb 20—8tmr Ven- tura, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Pago Pago, for Sydn: —— N, Tenn., Feb, 20.—The steamer CLIFTO! City of Clifton to-day burned to the water's edge. was ;‘m ©of the largest 0. gfinley to same, undivided one-fifth | BLAZE OF TINY GREETS THE HAPPY NEWS Engagements of Miss Florence Britton and Miss Lena Nelson Annocunced. LAMPS ' LT L O | | | | | ! sy DRITTON * JOINTLY ANN MISS ANNA W TDAHL YE TWO POPULAR OAKLAND GIRLS WHOSE ENGAGEMENTS OUNCED AT A LUNCHEON GIVEN IN IRDAY AFTERNOON. — WERE HONOR OF | | | | AKLAND, Feb. 20.—An inter- esting chapter in a story of girlish friendship was reached to-day when, at a luncheon given in honor of Miss Anna Westdahl, Mrs. John A. Britton an- nounced the engagement of her daugh- ter, Miss Florence A. Britton, to Walter F. Kellogg, and also that of Miss Lena M. Nelson to Clifford C. Beatie. The two girls have been warm friends and hums” for years and to-day they ! joined in doing honor to another friend, Miss Westdahl, whose own marriage, to Mr. Heilbron of Astoria., Or., is to be | an_event of the near future. { | | | | Miss Britton is the eldest daughter of John A. Britton, president of the Oak- land Gas, Light and Heat Company, and Miss Nelson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Nelson of this city. Mr. Nelson has been identified with the Southern Pacific Company for years. Both young ladies enjoy unusual popularity and are accomplished as well as attractive girls. Walter Kellogg is connected ‘with the general passenger agent’s office of the Southern Pacific Company in San Fran- cisco. He is a grandson of the Rev. John Thompson of Oakland. Mr. Beatie's parents are well-known resi- dents of San Francisco, his father be- | ing W. C. Beatie, formerly secretary of the Contra Costa Water Company, but now a promioent shareholder in the Standard and Giant Ofl companies. Clif- ford Beatie has held a responsible posi- | tion with John P. Maxwell in this city for several years. The Britton home on Walsworth ave- nue, where the luncheon took place to- day, was charmingly decorated for the occaslon, the appointments of the din- ing-room and table being especially at- tractive. A tall cut-glass vase filled L 2 e e e e o ) GOVERNMENT AWAITING REPLY TO ITS OFFER No Answer Has Yet Been Received From Representatives in Paris of Panama Company. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L—It is under- stood that the Administration Is still awalting a reply from the representatives of the Panama Canal Company in Paris in response to the cablegram of Attorney General Knox sent to President Bo of the canal company last Tuesday accepting the offer to sell the rights and franchises of the canal company to the United States for $40,000,000 contingent on the rat- ification of the treaty by the United States Senate. The statement is made that the canal representatives have informed the United States that the option given by the com- pany to sell the property to the United States for $40,000,000 expires on March 4. It 1s known that there is much dissatis- faction on the part of the directors of the company at parting with the property for the amount stated, as they regard it as worth much more than that. It could not be ascertained whether or not the com- pany will regard the offer of the United States as continuing the option beyond March 4 in the event of the failure of the ratification of the Colombian treaty by that time. New York’s Estimated Population. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—In the report of the Health Department, published to-day, it is estimated that the present population of Greater New York is 3,732,903—an in- crease since the United States census of 1900 of 296,701 WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—Count von Quadt ‘Wykradt-Isny, the counselor of the German v, and the Countess Quadt were re- ceived_in farewell audience by President and Mrs, elt to- 3ACK NUMBERS OF THE SUNDAY CALL Containing Art Supplement will be forwarded to any ad- dress in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Hawaii and Guam upon re- ceipt of 5 cents per copy. i with pink carnations occupied the ron-‘ ter of the table, while strands of smilax | outlined its length. Garlands of smilax, in which shone tiny white and green electric lights, were festooned from the ! four corners of the room to the central | chandeller and attached there to a cir- cle of smilax and asparagus fern. In this circle were also small incandescent | bulbs and, as Mrs. Britton announced | the two engagements, they were sud- denly lighted and shed a soft radlance over the scene. . The affair was accompanied by many other pretty features, one being the presentation to Miss Westdahl of a beautiful cut-glass decanter by the young ladies of the party. The host- esses and the honored guest were each the recipient of a profusion of roses and a carved gold initial ring. An ex- quisite pearl pendant for Miss Britton and a star-shaped brooch of pearls and diamonds for Miss Nelson were sent as souvenirs of the occasion by their re- spective flances. A water-color picture | that had been given Mrs. Britton when | her own engagement was announced | was to-day presented by her to her daughter. In the evening the ladies were joined by several gentlemen, who added one more surprise to a day filled with un- expected events by giving Miss West- dahl a set of cut-glass goblets. The day's guests included Miss Anna | Westdahl, Miss Louise Earle, Rosabelle Conrad, Miss Emily Chamber- | Ilin, Miss Edna Pullman, Miss Alice | Britton, Miss Grace Thomas, Miss Katherine Gray, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Galindo, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cham berlin, Mr. and Mrs. H. Chamber lin, dnd Messrs. Clifford Beatie, Walter | Kellogg, Milton K. Smith, Wallace Fos- ter, Edward Bandy, J. Conrad, Van Britton, Harry Andeérson, Harold York and Clarence Oliver. i FATHER'S MISTAKE COSTS THE LIFE OF HIS BOY Sick Child Is Given a Deadly Dose of Morphine Instead of Calomel. SAN DIMAS, Feb. 20.—Through an er- ror in the administering of medicine the 9-year-old son of C. E. Kreiter died this morning from morphine poisoning. Kreit- er's son and his daughter, two years old- er, were suffering with measles, and a Lordsburg physician was called. He left twelve one-grain calomel tablets and six quarter-grain morphine tablets, with in- structions to administer six calomel tab- lets to each child at bedtime and one mor- phine tablet if either child became rest- less. Kreiter, who {s foreman of the Cannon ranch, gave the calomel to the girl, but gave six morphine tablets to the boy. He discovered his mistake a few hours later and called two physicians, Who were un- able to save the boy’s life. LSSt el NINTH VICTIM OF TROLLEY ACCIDENT AT NEWARK DIES Sixteen-Year-0ld Girl Succumbs to Her Injuries and Her Mother Collapses. > NEWARK, N. J,, Feb. 20.—Jennie E. MecLelland, one of the victims of yester- day's collision between a trolley car and a Lackawanna train, died at the City Hospital to-day, making the ninth death. Miss McLelland was 16 years of age. Her mother arrived at the hospital a few min- utes before the girl's death. When her daughter expired Mrs. McLelland col- lapsed. She is in a serious condition. foh R A Cuban Committee Favors Treaty. HAVANA, Feb. 20.—The Committee on Foreign Relatlons this afternoon sub- mitted to the Senate its report recom- mending the ratification of the reciproci- ty treaty with the United States without amendment. The report, comprising twenty-five pages typewritten in Spanish, was partially read and ordered to be dis- tributed among the Senators. —_——— Train News Agents On all trains carry a supply rr. Sunday Calls for the accommodation of passen- gers. |Sustains Injuries That| ada City | asked her to get some pine nuts. Miss | & | including class piece, s, | Pryal, Susie Murphy, WOMAN FALLS FROM TREE TOP Quickly Result in Death. Meets With Accident While | Ca‘chering Pine Nuts for Her Children. GRASS VALLEY. s Feb. 20.—Mrs. jamin Alp of Montezuma Hill with a tragic death this morning. She was on her way to her home from Nev- and when at the top of a hill near Shady Creek of her children She climbed a large pine tree and when about fifty feet from the ground she reached out to get a burr and lost her balance and fell. The children s: her fail and gave the alarm. Dr. Victors of San Juan was telephoned for and he hurried to the unfortunate woman's as- sistance. Mrs. Alpers lived fifteen min- utes after the accident. She was 30 Ben- met one | years of age and was the daughter of Patrick Miller, county. an old resident of this ‘FDWI.EE CURRENCY BILL CAUSES LIVELY WRANGLE Congressmen Spend Three Hours in an Acrimonious Discussion of the Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The House to-day .passed the fortifications appropri- aticn bill, adopted the conference reports on the bill for the protection of the Pres- ident and on the legislative, executive and judicial bill, and then spent three hours vrangling over the Fowler currency bill. e latter bill had been given privileges a special rule adopted Mc y, but when the decks had been cleared for it the Democrats began to filibuster, Bart- lett of Georgia declaring that it was use- less to waste time on a measure which it was not intended should become a law. e 5 | | FOUR LIVES ARE LOST IN AN ILLINOIS WRECK | Passenger and Fréight Trains Meet in Head-On Collision Near Galena. DUBUQUE, Ia., Feb. 20.—The Chicago and Minneapolis passenger train on the Illinois Central Railroad collided head on with a freight train to-night at Galena, . Four persons are known to be dead. FIREMA ENGI y BRAKEMAN COX. ! According to the best information ob- tainable no passengers were hurt. AR L LT Orchardist Is Badly Burned. REDDING, Feb. 20.—While burning brush at his home place at Balls Ferry vesterday A. J. Herbert, a prominent orchadist, met with a severe accident. The wind suddenly changed its course and the fire spread rapidly, hemming in Herbert. The brush heap commenced to burn fiercely and in his endeavor to get out of the path of the fire Herbert | stumbled and fell headlong into the flames. Before he was rescued his hair | and whiskers were burned off and his | body badly scorched. It is barely possi- ble that he may not recover. —_— COMMEMORATE BIRTHDAY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Public Schools Hold Patriotic Exer- cises in Honor of the Father of His Country. Patriotic exercises were held yesterday in all of the public schools in honor of ‘Washington's birthday. The programmes consisted of the singing of national airs and recital of patriotic verses, eulogizing | the character and work of the Father of his Country. The exercises in the Den- | man School were as follows: H *“God Ever Gloriou eighth grades: reading, *“The Name of Washington,'' Agnes Kast, A eighth grade; song, ““The Watch on the Rhine,” Eighth grades; reading, ‘‘Wash- ington’s Christmas Surprise,” Bertha Downs, A third grade; son ‘“Washington," readin, Anecdots of Washington.” A third grade; song, ““Tramp, Sons, Tramp, Tramp,” A third grade; recitatio ‘Our Little Hero,” ten pupils, A third grade: song, Rock-a-Bye, Baby,” Edna Shaw, A third grade; reading, At the the Revolution,” Myrtle Hutchinson, A third grade; song, ‘‘The Marseillaise,” eight grades recitation, llustrated Life of Washington,” | " and class | and “Amer- ““Washington's | “‘Star Spangled Bananer * eighth grades; L. Maim; song, “Red, Whitz and Blue,” eighth grades. The programme at the Jefferson School ‘was rendered by Julia Lopez, Ray Norine, | Franels Frisk, Augusta Fredericks, Ella | Frank Hesketh, Thomas Cole, Eddie MeGovern, Stella Levin, Fred Reimers, Margaret Nicoll, Allan Ferral, Lillie Busch, Beatrice Man- uel, Florence Astredo, Willle Papenhausen and Herbert Lane. The pupils of the James Lick Grammar School gave a pleasant entertainment yes- terday at the school in celebration of Washington's birthday. The pupils from | the various roams who were to take part | in the exercises met at 1 o'clock in Vice President Huskey's room. Professor Barth opened the ceremonies with some suggestive remarks on the | value of systematic training in physical | culture, and was followed by W. W.| Stone, principal of the school, in a short | address on the character of Washington. The following programme was then ren- dered: Salute to the flag, class; opening song, school; recitation, ‘“‘Justice, Humanity,” Miss Marga ret Buckléy: piano solo. Miss Adele Swift; reci- tation, “Influence of Washington the Destiny of the Country,” Miss Ethel Parrish; vocal solo, ‘Washington,” Miss Hazel Aubry; essay, “Washington,”” Miss Susie Parrish; mandolin solo, Master Charles Sparrowe; ' recitation, “Character of Washington,” Master _Gordon Spro ocal solo, “‘Columbus and Washing- ton,” Master Reuben Mayo; piano solo, Miss Blanche Gommet; recitation, “Soldier Citizen,” Miss Lottie Miller; sorg, James Lick chorus; “‘Amerjca.” School for “Carville.” The Board of Education will lease the premises on the corner of Forty-eighth avenue and I street for the Carville school for two years pending the time when the streets in that section are put in good condition, when a new building will be erected. Parents of puplls attend- ing the Peabody Schopl have protested against the maintenande of a bunkhouse by Gray Bros. on West Mission street, near Thirteenth, —_———— Schulz’ Brothers ed. Paul Schulz, jeweler, Fourth and Foi- som streets, and his brother, Ernest Schulz, jeweler, 106 Fourth street, appear- ed betore Police Judge Mogan yesterday and were instructed.and arraigned on the charge of receiving stolen property from | Charles Johnson, the burglar. They were represented by Attorney Samuels. By consent the cases were eontinued till Feb- ruary 26 for preliminary hearing. —_————— DUBLIN, Feb. 20.—The discovery of oil near Mountjoy Square, this city, has created great intercst and has rajsed hopes that the old bogland throughout Ireland similarly productive. ol | she had been UNEARTHS LAND FRAUDS IN OREGON Agent Discovers That Entrymen Cut Wood for Market. Actions Against Offenders Are to Be Commenced at Once. REDDING, Feb. 20.—Special Agent Deady of the General Land Office has been investigating reported irregulari- ties in the Government forest reserve in Southern Oregon, and some interesting developments have transpired. Reports that timber has been cut and encroach- ments made on the Government forest reserve in Ashland Canyon have been coming to the surface for some months past and it is also asserted that home- steads have been filled in the canyon from which the entrymen have been felling timber, cutting it into firewood These reports have evi- dently been ted to the ears of the officials at Washington. Not only are there heavy penalties in the way of fine and imprisonment for the infraction of laws on the Government reserve, but they are equally severe on entrymen who cut timber for commercial purposes on the homestead claims. Agent Deady has uncovered these facts and actions will be commenced. and selling it. COMEDIETTA BY mn.i:ms OF COGSWELL COLLEGE Amateur Thespians Acquit Them- selves Creditably and a Dance Follows the Performance. The “Maid of Honor,” a four-at com- edletta, and a dance were given by the students of the senior class of the Cogs- well Polytechnic College last evening in the auditorium of the college building at Twenty-sixth and Folsom streets. It has been customary for some form of entertainment to be given each school year and the proceeds are devoted to the publication of the college journal, “Poly- technie Life." The spacious hall was filled to capacity by friends and relatives of the students and the dance that followed the play was well patronized. The mu was fur- nished by the orchestra of sixteen pieces from the Lick School of Mechanical Arts, under the able leadership of Henry Becker. The comedietta was well recelved and the participants showed much histrionic abllity. The stage was under the direc- tion of Miss Margaret Kauffmann of the nior cla Following is the cast; tulia D’ Estrella, maid of honor to her high- the Duchess of Carrara, Queen Wilson; Jiympla, Duchess of Carrara, Veronica ¢. Mil- ler; Laura D'Urbino, disguised as Count Ce- t_Padua. . Louts of t; Baron Duchess of Carrara, Lorin B. Taber; Sullivan, Mirlam Thom: to the pages—Gertrude J. Nellie Just, Freda Daiss; Count de Brissac, & Savoyard gentleman. Hubert D. Johnson: cap- tain of the guard, John L Chew; member of the guard, Henry Kirchmann; courtiers—Louis P. Bolander, Carl Nielander, Niel A. Freder- ickson. —_————————— CLAIMS TO BE WIDOW OF LATE NARCISSE SIMON Alleged Consort of Famous Fremch Patriot Will Oppose Petition of Public Administrator. Mme. E. Sattler Simon, who achieved considerable notoriety a few months ago [ by intimating before a Coroner's jury that her daughter, Victoria Marie, who com- mitted suicide, had been foully dealt with, now claims to be the widow of Narcisse Stmon, who died on the 4th inst., leaving | an estate valued at $20,000. She will op- pose the Public Administrator In his ef= forts to secure control of the estate. The latter has already filed a petition for let- ters of admiaistration, claiming that the only relative possessed by the deceased is a riece, whose name and whereabouts are unknown. At the time Mme. Simon appeared be- fore the Coroner ske sought to show that her daughter, who she said was the child of Gambetta, the French patriot, was the victim of Thomas Chatfleld; with whom living. The jury found, Powever. that the girl's death was caused by poison taken with suicidal intent. ——————— Oratorio at Trinity Church. “Divine,Love,” a modern oratorio, will be rendered at the sixth monthly musical service at Trinity Churen this evening at 8 o'clock. The solo parts will be takem by Miss Millie Flynn, soprano: Miss Ger- trude Wheeler and Mrs. Nelson Law- rence, contraltos; Frank Onslow, temor, and Otto Wedemeyer and Walter Kunelss, barytones. Louls H. Eaton, organist and director of the choir, will play D'Evey's ““Meditation” during the offertory. ADVERTISEMENTS. Acute Chest Pains From “Tobacco Heart.” Valvular Heart Dis« ease Threatened. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Cured Me. The effect of excessive smoking shown by such symptoms as i oth g o o T