The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1903, Page 9

" SHP PARKMITY N HURRICANE Storm That Devastated Paumotu Islands Cripples Her. “ .After Many Days of Per Vessel Manages to Make Honolulu. ndence of The Call ~The same hurri- e Paumotu Islands -aught the Amer- of the seventeen r had the slightest hope i ever get out of the hur- t did live through it, it was because she c did mot en- Newcastle, New Francisco Decem- ¢ coal aboard, con- & Co. The meridian een days at latitude weather with light riable winds was er for the first ¥ f the trip, &t on January 9, at § - gale from 1. accom- The wind r topsail stay- At 4 and t m. on 1 force of tHe rm began t scend upon the vessel LIFEBOAT IS SWEPT AWAY. was boarded by a the starboard ns and hard- nable to prepare feboat was swept The ship being con- ernoon broke upon sthwest with great- fore. The vess - the main lower » g us was the force k the e sticks e them short off. en the fore top- carrying along . ATER SUPPLY RUNS LOW. ext The wind orth- yards { mast topmast rigged up the repe dly and mps.* On Je of running to be run art of the sup- t when the sea they went The pro- Potatoe Whe of water. owever. also gave out wance ged » make San Francisco CHUMS MEET VIOLENT DEATHS ABOUT SAME TIME One Dies of Gunshot Wounds, While Other Falls Under a Mov- ing Train. U, Feb. 24.—Before Maniac committed his murderous ur men recently he gave ady the address of “Mr. 4% Folsom street, San %" e her to send to him right away for some money. Collins died the wounds he received during his urns out that Butler was his eath In < rnia eek. In trying t Redwo: o was during the previous trown under the t in two. Butler age. He lived in years, but left here Christmas. He was a Gave Doctor a Hint About Coffee, Speaking of coffee a doctor gf Decatur. Ohio, says: “We used to analyze e abotatory tests, which showed it tain caffelne, sn active peison, T or ed to use the drink and later on a *elf affected with.serious stom- ouble, indigestion, headaches, ‘etc. e headashes came on so regularly 4 eppressed me o that I found it dif- " 10 attend to my regular duties. One Jast November I met a friend whom i T2d known to be similarly afifcted. His : marked improvement Jin appearance cuimed me to Inquire what he had been doing. He mnnounced that he had, some time ago, quit coffee and was using Pos- tum Food Coffee. To this change he at- d the change in his health. »ok the hint, even from a layman, d made the same change myself. e &t week I noticed a little difference, % zot much. The third week the change wag aimost magical. I have continued with the Postum and now my digestion is «rfcet and nervous headaches have en- t7ely dleappeared end 1 am well. My own analysis of the Postum Food Coffee s 1t to be a pure food drink of strong aracter, which is a marked contrast to he old-fashioned coffee.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creck, Mich. sent her | himself met an awful | board a moving train | fleerat the Medical college and in spito | LATE. COVERNDR OF CUAM TALKS Arrives at Honolulu on the Naval Transport | Solace. il |Says That American Schoolt System Is Succeeding on Island. ot {0 Correspondence of The Call. HONOLULU, Feb. 24.—Twénty days out from Manila, with one day spent at Guam, the United States naval transport Solace arrived in port February 22 on her way to San Francisco. At Guam Governor Bchroeder, who had been relleved of his duties by Com- mander Sewall, former commander of the Supply, was taken aboard as a passen- ger for San Francisco. Bandmaster S. Locascio, an Italian, who had seen long service in the Marine Corps, also went aboard’to be taken to San Francisco. On the afternoon of February 10 there was a cry of “Man overboart The engines were at once stopped and a man was seen | i Special floundering in the water astern of the transport. A lifebuoy was thrown to him, but he swam away from it, and a boat was lowered, which pursued the swimmer. It was then ascertained that it was the bandmaster, who had jumped overboard with suicidal intent. 'Locascio was pulled aboard and the boat crew at once went to work to resuscitate him. When taken to the transport the sur- geon continued the efforts, but Locasclo The body was committed to next morning with appropriate t gratifying features of 'y administration in Guam has been the iable change for the better in ith and sanitary conditions among the people and the increase of births over deaths among the Chamorros, or natives of am,” sald Commander Seaton Schroeder, U. S. N., late Governor of Guam, in an interview. Continuing, he said: DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOLS. One of my pet theories has been the de- velopment of the ol system. The schools under the Spanish did not amount to much There was no ap n that I could use for starting schools on the American system, but I saw.the need of education by the Amei- jcan methods. 1 was.able to establish three sch in Agana and others in Asan and Agate. 1 managed to get American teachers there and they were paid frcm the rev- enues of the island. Engiish was taught in these schools until the Chamorros were able speak and read a little and then they were ught arithm In only a few of the very nall places the Spanish schools coa- ucted as of old. I must say that the chil- n are very bright and capable and willing an occupation took place suam were about $4500, t ¢ the money for coming from Spain no appropriation made by ent and the taxes in cer- 1 direc us were increased until the revenue vieided $49,000 per annum. From this fund I took m to pay the school teachers, as 1 on the Government, which aded the judiclary. The slanders tion of knowing, however, that the $49,000 went back to the penditures. ipino political prisoners, ex been sent back to Man them is Mabini, Who was Aguinaldo’'s ry of State. He still refuses té take oath of allegiance. He is on parole and as the freedom of the island On September 22 of last year Guam wa an earthquake which spread destruc- in almost every section of the island. most every building constructed of stone was thrown down and the loss in money, trade and property was great. MANY PASSENGERS ABOARD. The Solace left Manila on February 2 and experienced head winds ell the way to Honolulu. She carries a crew of 340 men, sailors and marines, 200 of whom are short-term men who will be discherged soon after the arrival of the vessel at San Francisco. She carries thirty-three prisoners from the Asiatic fleet.and there are twenty-three sick aboard. Fifteen re- cruits from the navy, who have been en- listed aboard the United States ship Iroguois by Lieutenant Rodman, will be placed aboard the Solace and taken to the Mare Island Navy Yard for aseignment to duty. The vessel will remain in port ntil February 26 and will take on about % tons of coal. The old steam launch ¢ the Honolulu naval station will also aken to Mare Island, having been re- laced by a large and new launch. A ) f condemned ammunition from Manila in the magazine of the Bolace and will be turned over to the Mare Island Navy Yard. Commander Frederick Singer is in com- mand of the transport. The remaining of- ficers are: tenant Commander Allen G. Rogers, ;mas T. Craven, Surgeon Nelson eutenant H. C. Snyder, atswains F. R. Hazard and J. M. A. 1 Clerk M. J. O'Erien. On tempo- on_the Solace are Lieutenant Com- H. Snyder, Lieutenant F. M. f Gunner Willlam Walsh, Midship- Stanley Woods, Boatswain P. E. Rad- Gunner W. G. Moore, Gunner R. B. Si- monson and Carpenter Charles Thompson. Following are the names of the passen- gers: Commander Seaton. Russell, Ch late Governor of Guam; Commander E. 5. Prime, late Governor of Olangapu; ldeutenant Commander W. R. A. Rooney, recently in command of the Frolic; En- sign C. T. Wade; Ensign J. D. Wainwright, who was with the flest of Admiral Sampson be- Santiago; Civil Engineer L. M. Cox, who @8 been in charge of+the improvements at Guam; Captain C. G. Anderson, U. § M. Gunner C. W. Ljungquist, Warrant Machinist J. J. Horan and Pay Clerk J. J. Harvey. The civillan passengers are: Mre. L. M. Cox and child, from Guam: Mrs. F. G. Pyne, wife of Paymaster Pyne at Guam, and infant; Mrs. W. G. Moore of Cavite; Mra. Anna Foster, who has been doing missionary work at Guam; Mrs. Douald Munroe and two | children, Cavite: Mrs, F. M. Turner, Cavite; | Luls Cuastino, Miss Castino, Juan Castino, Gu: BOLD LADRONES CAPTURE TOWN IN ALBAY PROVINCE Disarm the Municipal Police and Then Surprise the Constabu- lary Garrison. MANILA, March 3—Ladrones captured the town of Ous, in the province of Albay, yesterday. They at- first disarmed the municipal police and then surprised the constabulary garrison. Two of the con- stabulary were killed and fifteen were ‘captured. At the request of General Allen, Gen- eral Davis will furnish two companies of scouts to assist the constabulary in sup- pressing the disorder in Albay province, Colone! Scott has been sent to Albay to command the joint forces. General Allen has also requested that two companies of scouts be sent to Ba- tangas and two to Nueva Ecija. There is no trouble in those provinces, but it is the general’s intention to use the scouts as lice. p"1"ourteeu companies of scouts, number- ing 1300 men, are now assisting the con- stabulary. The territory around Manila §s guiet, except in the vicinity of Cavite, w‘re small disorders have occurred. The ‘Government has a large force In Rizal province, but it is unable to locate the la- drones, who are apparently scattering. R TN Bryan Will Stand by Democracy. PITTSBURG, March 3—Willlam J. Bryan in an interview to-night denfed that he would lead a revolt from the Democratic party in case the gold Demo- crats should capture the national conven- tion. the | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1903. DELICATE ARIEL INCARNATE IS KOCIAN, THE VIOLINIST Bohemian Youth Dawns Upon Host of Fiddle- Players at the Alhambra Theater and Holds Them as in a Spell With the Magic of His Art s YOU NG AND REMARKABLY GIFTED BOHEMIAN CREATED A SENSATION BY HIS BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE AT THE ALHAMBRA THEATER LAST EVENING. VIOLINIST WHO 9 s itsiin s HIS is no mortal business, é nor no sound that the earth jowns,” one is like to s: with Ferdinand at the song f Koclan, Delicate Ariel incarnate s this siim, beautiful bo: who dawned upon a host of fiddle-players last night at the Alhambra. Gossamer and moonehine, dew and flame, spring rain—thin and fragrant, the larks at hea- ven's gate, all things rare, fine, remote, lovely spring into being at this youth's elfin bow. It is an art so fine, so finished, £o0 infinitely fluent, this of this 19-year-old fiddler, that no sense of its mechanism remains, but only the unvelled spirit of the artist. Younger than his pictures is the pretty youth, slimmer, more delicate and as he siepped on the platform last night onoc looked at him, then at his programme, then again at him and sald, “It can't be dcne.” And as he tucked his fiddle under kis chin with young, careless composure, glaneing . round the house as if playing the Paganinl-Wilhelmj Con- certo in D major were A, B, C 10 him, one said again, ‘It can't be done.” "Even afterward, while with ev- ery nerve responsive to his need, the old Paganint went rippling, soaring, winging its jeweled way under his hands in an ecstacy of ethereal tone, one said again stupldly, “But it can’'t be done!” And Koclan never turned a hair in the process, went off with a collar immaculate and came back to play the little Pierne “Ser- enade” with the same newly-laundered manner and suverb little bow. o Of course there is a technique, though to use the word makes one despalr. Koclan’s is, at any rate, absolutely with- out apparent limitation. His Intonation is beyond suspicion, his bowing all there is to know of the art and his left hand speed itself. His spiccato 1s a breathless @ i ANNIE COUTHURST IS FOU BY HER AUNT Girl Says That a Friend Led Her to Stay Out Late Friday s Night. ? Annie Couthurst, the girl who falled to appear at her home, 2014 Bryant street, ¥riday night and was reported missing to the police by her mother. has been found. She is now lying sick at her home, where it is hoped quiet will soon restore her. The mother of the girl returned home Monday evening, tired and heartbroken, after a weary search for her daughter and was overjoyed to find her at home. She had been brought there by her aunt, Mre, Annle Lang, of 707 Tennessee street. Mother and daughter fell sobbing into each other's arms. Mrs. Lang sald she had met Annie on Geary street and induced her to go home. The girl said she had been led by an- other girl to stay out until after 11 o'clock Friday night and was then afraid to go home, knowing how set her mother was against her staying out late. She went to her friend’s house and stayed with her that night and the twe succeed- ing ones, she said. Annie had been seen several times on the streets by friends of the family. She was in a hysterical condition when she reached her mother's home. e ——— Subscription Book Lost. A book in which appear the names of many citizens who have subscribed to the Hamilton Methodist Church fund has been lost, and the pastor of the church, Rev. C. O. Oxnam, is fearful lest it fall into the hands of some dishonest person who will proceed to collect the varfous sums for his own use and benefit. Rev. Mr. Oxnam requests all those who have subscribed to the fund to pay their offer- ings at the church and under no circum- stances to any one who may appear. with a book. He further requests that the finder return the lost book to 1037 Market street. e ———— McCullough Held to Answer. J. C. McCullough was held in $4000 bonds to answer before the Buperior Court by Police Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of forgery. Until December 1 he was foreman of a gang of men on the Southern Pacific Rallroad at Stockton, and on December 11 got several roustabouts on the water front here to represent the | men in his gang and drew their wages from the paymaster. He had secured blank pay checks on which he forged the names of the men. He fled, but was cap- tured at Date Creek, Ariz., by Detective Patrick Kindelon of the Southern Pacific and Detective Ryan of the local depart- ment. —————— Falls to His Death. Otto Lavin, a cook, 56 years of age, who ided at Mrs. Sutter's lodging- house, 317 Bush street, went home intox- icated last evening and while endeavoring to reach his room on the third floor fell over the banister, sustaining a fracture of the skull. He was treated by Dr. Ply- mire and died at 10:25 o'clock. The bod; was removed to the Morgue. 5 "t bit of magic In itself, his staccato a will o' the wisp exquisifeness unrivaled. The staccato scales in the Paganini glint- ed like celestial jewelry, and there seemed witcheraft afoot in the Ries ‘Perpetuo Mobile,” with its enchanting glitter. Koctan's tone is purity and refinement in essence, naturally not a large tone, as one does not ask an orchid to be an oak. 1t is sufficient to his need, for the ex- pression of a genius essentially spiritual, exotic, subtile. Further away from earth than anything 1 have ever heard is the' tenuous sweetness of his harmonies, and —but it's all of a pattern, so wherefore further catalogue? After Kocian's first number, the planist who accompanies him, Miss Julie Geyer, made a welcome advent in the Schumann Novelette, 'E major, and the Rubinstein Valse. Miss Geyer's work is strongly in- telligent, refined and characteristic, with- out any very great degree of tempera- ment. She was applauded heartlly and responded graciously with an encore. Later Miss Geyer gave an excellent ren- dering of the Moszkowski Caprice Espag- nol, that was also redemanded. Kocian's second group then came, a de- lightful “Canzoneftd™ of D'Ambrosio, the gracious Svendsen “Romance” and the brilliant Scherzo Tarantella of Wieniaw- ki, that elicited the Ries “Perpetuo Mo- bilé"—a veritable wonder. This roused the crowd to its limit of applause, and the violinist was obliged to give another encore. The “Fantaisle Boheme" of Sevcik, a fascinating thing, closed this most fascinating and felicitous concert. This afternoon comes the second, with the following programme: Introduction and Rondo Capriccloso (Saint- Saens), Koclan; (a) Chant Polonals (Chopin- Liszt),' (b) Csardas (Josefty), Miss Julie Geyer; (a) Dumka (Koclan), (b) Scherzo Valse (‘Tschatkowsky), Kocian; Rhapsodle, No, 12 (Liszt), Miss Julle Geyer; I Palpiti (Paganini), Koclan. BLANCHE PARTINGTON. D e e B e S e, ) SECOND CONTRIBUTION FROM MARY E. FOSTER Three Thousand Dollars to Assist in Educating Neglected Children of India. The Anagarika H. Dharmapala, who is a guest at the home of L. Wadham, 1909 Leavenworth street, is happy over the re- ceipt of a letter from Mrs. Mary E. Fos- ter, of which the following Is a copy: HONOLULU, Feb, 21, 1603. The Anagarika H. Dharmapala, San Fran- clsco—Dear Sir: Your valued favor of Jan- uary 17 was received and read with great pleasure. Inclosed herewith find draft of ex- change in your favor for $3000, being the balance of the fund which I agreed to deposit with you for the good work in Indla and trust your hopes Will be consummated and realized sooner than you expect. With my kindest regards I remain, yours very respect- tully, MRE. MARY E. FOSTER. In September last Mrs. Foster contri- buted $500 to the fund for the elevation of the neglected children of India. The gift mentioned in the foregoing letter came in the form of a draft drawn by the Bank of Honolulu on the First National Bank of San Francisco, payable to H. Dharma- pala. ——————— Body Found in Bay. POINT RICHMOND, March 3 —The body of a man supposed to be James Clark, who was lost off the Grangers' wharf at Port Costa on February 7, was found floating off Point San Pablo to- night. There was nothing upon the body to identify it. The body was that of a man about 45 years of age and was dressed. in a black shirg, with no coat or vest. Only a silver watch was found in the pocket of the trousers. The body was shipped to Martinez for identification. Clark was lost nearly a month ago and though diligent search was made for the Dbody it was never récovered. —_——————— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. “Tuesday, March 3, \ 2 Stmr Montara, Rellly, 90 hours from . szm‘gnml Norte, Green, 34 hours m.:'%‘é‘:. cent City, Bktn Arago, Semsen, 5l days from Willapa Harbor. SAILED. Tuesday, March 3. Stmr Navarro, Weber, Mendocino, DOMEBTIC PORTE. SANTA BARBARA—SaMed March 3—Stmr .ney. , fop — (OPOLIS—Safled March 3—Schr Somers, for San_Francisco, = FORT BRAGG—Salled March 3—Stur Brookiyn, for Redondo. T PORT TOWNSEND-—Arrived March 3—Shiy Star of Bengal, from Port Gambie, for Syds OCEAN- STEAMERS. QUEENSTOWN-—Arrived March 3— . tonfa, from Boston, for Liverpool, .'.::",‘,’;. ceeded. NEW ‘YORK=-Afrived March 3—Stmr Lahn, ; scu?d° “:l.m:lm;—zltmr di’-mu. b g 2 and Genoa. o L All newsdealers on the Pa- cific Coast sell The Sunday Call, with beautiful Art Sup- plement. CLOUDS SHED TIMELY SHOWERS Rainstorm Reaches the Southern Part of the State. Farmers and Orchardists Find Cause for Satis- faction. P — LOS ANGELES, March 3—After a morning of cloudy, threatening weather, a light rain began falling here at 2:15 this afternoon. PASADENA, March %.—Half an inch of rain fell here this afterncon and evening. 8. TA BARBARA, March 3.—Rain be- gan Palling in the northern section of this county at 3 o'clock this morning and in the city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Over an inch has already fallen at Santa Maria and Lompoc and half an inch in this city. The rain continues to-night. PASO ROBLES, March 3.—Rain com- menced to fal! here midnight Jast night. The amount for the storm is .75 of an inch. Grain and grass are growing well, but are short, owing to the cold weather. MILTON, March 3.—Ninety-three hun- dredths of an inch of ram had fallen here at 7 a. m. and fully an additicnal half- inch between that time and noon. This is sufficient for all present purposes and renders the crop outlook all that could be desired and makes the prospects of stock- men very bright as well. SAN JOSE, March 3.—Last night .18 of an inch of raln fell, making a total of 11.76 inches for the season. There have been several slight showers to-day and the sky is still overcast. The rain is wel- comed by the farmers and orchard it comes at the right time. IMPROPER FLAGGING CAUSES A COLLISION Freight and Passenger Trains Come Together and. Several Persons Are Injured. EVANSTON, Wyo., March 3.—A freight train on the Union Paclfic crashed into the rear end of eastbound passenger train No. 4 at Carter station, twenty-five miles east of here, early this morning. Bag- gageman Frank Hobden of Ogden was badly injured. His ieg was broken and he sustained other injuries. Thomas Ault, fireman on the freight engine, and the brakeman of the freight were cut and otherwise injured. The passengers were severely shaken up, several receiving cuts and bruises of a minor character. The ac- cident iIs said to have been caused by im- proper flagging. Traffic was delayed four hours. B Sk s O I Killed Between Trolley Cars. SAN DIEGO, March 3.—Thomas Swee- ney was killed this morning while at work on Coronado Beach. He had run a trolley car from the main track upon a switch, when the trolley pole slipped. He had failed to close the switch after tak- fug his car off the main track, and while he was standing at the rear of his car readjusting the pole a double decker ves- tibule car from the ferry. dashed into the open switch and into the other car, catch- ing Sweeney between the two and killing him- instantly. — Banker Takes Overdose of Opium. GUTHRIE, O. T, March 3.—An autop- sy held on the body of Horace H. Hagen, a widely known politician and banker, who dled suddenly yesterday, supposedly from heart disease, indicates oplum pois- oning. It is said that Hagan took an overdose of the drug to allay pain. Hagan carried heavy life insurance, sald to ag- gregate $100,000, the last $20,00 of which was secured ten days ago. bt Greely's Nomination Is Confirmed. WASHINGTON, March 3.—The nomina- tion of Fred H. Greely to be Register of the Land Office at Marysville, Cal,, was confirmed by the Senate this afternoon. Eiaiegen L Volcano of Kilauea Shows Activity. HONOLULU, March 3.—The volcano of Kilauea has been showing a slight activ- ity since February 27. DIMMICK'S LAST HOPE SPED BY SUPREME COURT Appeal for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Certiorari Promptly Denied. United States District Attorney Mar- shall B. woodworth received a telegram from Attorney General Knox yesterday stating that the appeal made by Dimmick to the Supreme Court for a writ of ha- beas corpus and certiorari had been de- nied. This means that the defaulting mint clerk will have to serve sentence on at least two of the charges upon which he has been found guilty in the United States District Court and from both of which appeals were taken un- successfully to the Circuit Court of Ap- peals. Dimmick's attorney, George D. Collins, announced that he intended earrying the case passed upon by the appeal court last week to the Supreme Court at Wash- ington, but since the court of last re- sort has passed unfavorably upon the first case, it will be useless to gubmit any further appeals to the Washington court and Dimmick must stand punishment for ;: least'two of the three charges against m. The sentences against Dimmick now aggregate four years. Should he be found guilty on the third charge, which comes to trial on March-9, he will have five years more added to his term. —————— ENDS LIFE IN COLD WATERS OF THE BAY George F. Field Writes Letter to His Wife and Plunges Over- board. George F. Field, who lived at 608 Fulton street, Oakland, committed suicide last night by jumping int6 the bay from the whart at the foot of ‘Washington street. The body has not as yet been recovered, but Field's coat was found in & lumber yard nearby, in which was found a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the Teamsters’ Unlon, Local 8, and a letter addressed to his wife, Gated March 3. The following, is a copy of the letter found in his coat: Dear Wife: Forgive me for what T have doue. It seems like I am not able to care for you, 50 I better end it all. ~ GEORGE. —_————— For the. Orphans’ Home. The entertainment and ball in aid of the 0Odd Feilows’ Orphans’ Home in Gilroy, which has been arranged by the Rebekah Lodge of this city, will be given in Native Sons’ Hall to-morrow night. After an overture Walter Olney, a barytone from Chicago, will give vocal selections: Billy Hynes will entertain with comic special- ties, Dr. W. H. Sieberst will appear as the German comedian, Miss Alexander will favor with coon specialties, to be followed by a fatce comedy In one act, entitled “The Little Sentinel,” in which Roy Rob- erts, George Veroda, Charles Travers, Julie . Steneler and Grace Johnson will take part. Then there will be dancing un- il a late hour. C BRITISH RETURN CAPTURED SHIPS Vessels Taken During Blockade Surrendered to Venezuela. Revolutionists Are Still Re- treating From Caracas District. CARACAS, March 3.—The Venezuelan warships Zamora, Vinitres de Mayo and Zumbador, captured by the British dur- ing the blockade were returned to Vene- zuela to-day at La Guayra. The Boll- var is expected at La Guayra to-morrow. It is asserted that a dynamite bomb was discovered by Venezuelan stokers among the coal left by the Germans on board the Venezuelan warship Restaurador when that vessel was returned to vene- zuela. The reported discoverey created intense excitement. The newspapers here refer to the Germans as ‘“anarchists.” The revolutionists are still retreating from the Caracas district and are now at Rio Chico.” The government forces have abandoned Barcelona and Carupano, those two towns having been occupled by the revolutionis ALLEGES HE WAS INDUCED TO BUY VALUELESS STOCK R. B. Easley Has W. J. Woolsey of the Universal Automobile . Company Arrested. R, B. Easley, %8 Bush street, secured a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss yes- terday for the arrest of W. J. Woolsey, secretary and manager of the Universal Automobile Company, 135 First street, of which former Attorney General W. H. H. Hart is president, on the charge of ob- taining money by false pretenses. Wool- sey was later arrested and released on $2000 bonds. Easley alleges that he was induced by Woolsey on December 10 last to invest $2000 in the stock of the company on the representation that the company’s indebt- edness was merely nominal, but since | then, he says, he has discovered that the company’s indebtedness was very heavy and that his stock was practically value- less. * Some weeks ago one of the stockholders of this company applied for a warrant for the arrest of the secretary for refus- ing to allow him to examine the books of the company, but the warrant was re- fused on the ground that the only remedy lay in civil proceedings {n the Superior Court. —————————— ROOKERIES IN HEART OF CITY CATCH AFIRE Extensive Damage Done at Ellis and Mason Stréets by an After- noon Blaze. Fire again visited the group of rookeries on the southwest corner of Ellis and Ma- son streets yesterday afternoon. A two- story building, oceupled as a carpenter shop and a plumbing establishnient, was totally destroyed and -while the flames raged it seemed as if the entire corner would be destroyed. The flameg were discovered in the rear of the carpenter shop occupied by Julius | turned on had communicated to an ad- joining bullding on the east side. The tall firewall of the Fashion stables prg- vented the fire from spreading in a west- erly direction. One building was totally siderable headway and before water was Sichel at 219 Ellis street. Before an alarm could be sent in they had gained con- destroyed and another badly gutted. The loss will approximate $4000. The principal losers are Julius Sichel, .carpenter; C Krueckel, plumber; Mrs. L. Montigo, dye- ing, cleaning; Day's shooting gallery and T. Helgason, manufacturer of grillwork. ——————— ATTEMPTS TO BREAK INTO LIVERY STABLE J. K. Brie Is Pursued and Captured and Turned Over to the Police. Philip Kinzel, proprietor of the Presidio | Helghts livery stable, 2799 Washington street, saw a man in the yard trying to gain an admittance by a rear door about 8 o'clock Monday night. He gave the alarm and the man ran. He was pur- sued by Richard and Charles Kinzel, John Stevenson and John Gordon and captured and turned over to Policeman Ogden. The man was recognized as J. K. Brie, who was employed in the stables till Feb- ruary 14. The place had been entered Sunday night and $150 and a knife be- longing to John Stevenson had been stol- en. When Brie was searched a knife was found in his pockets which was identi- fied by Stevenson as the one stolen from him. Brie was booked on a charge of at- tempt to commit burglary and appeared before Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday, when after being Instructed and ar- raigned the case was continued till to- day. 1 —————— POLICE SUCCESSFULLY | RAID GAMBLING DENS Large Number of Arrests Are Made and Money Taken Amounts to $10,000. Police Sergeant Coogan and a squad of officers successfully raided two Chinese gambling houses in. Chinatown last night. A large number of men were taken, to- gether with the layouts. Without warn- ing axes were brought into play and doors were broken down. The officers rushed in and quiet little games of san toy, pi gow and fan tan were Interrupted. The first place raided was at 822 Wash- ington street and here sixty-five arrests were made. The second ptace ralded was at 2 Ross alley, where but flve men were taken. It is stated that the money taken amounts to $10,000. Sergeant Coogan and his men have made a number of successful ralds on apium joints and gambling houses of late. DAUGHTER FINDS MOTHER IN DYING CONDITION Mrs. Delia Brown Narrowly Escapes Death by Gas Asphyxiation in Her Home. Delia Brown, 63 years of age, had a nar- row escape from death by gas asphyxia- tion last evening in her home, 1121 Mission street, where she lives with her daughter. Mrs. Brown Is accustomed to taking a nap during her daughter’s absence in the aft- ernoon. On returning home about 7 o'clock last evening the daughter detected the odor of gas, and rushing to her moth- er's room found the old lady lying on the sofa in a dying condition. Mrs. Brown was removed to the Central Hos- pital, where she was treated by Dr. Ma- ) her. She will recover. Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March 3.—Licenses to mar- ry were issued to-day to M. Bertram James, aged 24, and Bessie V. Moss, aged 21, both of San Francisco; Herbert .S, Lambert, 25, and Christiana M. Haasl, 25, both of San Francisco; Antonio R. King, ZA’!' III(: Henrietta Hoelscher, 22, both of ames GIVES VERDIGT IN LARGE SUM Jury Allows Slandered Salt Man Heavy Damages. Berteling Is Mulcted for $10,- 000 for Uttering “Liar and Thief.” Oakland Office San Francisco Call, ; 1118 Broadway, March A Jury to-night In Judge Melvin’ court gave H. C. Coward a verdict of 10, 000 against L. A. Berteling, as the re- sult of the trial of a suit for slander, Coward charging that Berteling had called him “a liar and a thief,” In the presence of Coward's brother and an- other person. Around the quarrel which Induced slander suit, was a fght among the stockhoiders of the Continental Salt and Chemical Company, a corporation which was organized to give battle to the sait trust. Coward and Berteling had a fall- ing out over some of the business deails during the organization of the company. Coward claimed title to 80,000 shares of the company’s stock In payment for the Oakland Salt Company's business when it was absorbed by the Continental Com- pany. Thers was no end of bickering and warring between Coward and Berteling, the latter being a stockholder in the larg- er corporation, and one day, according to the testimony. Berteling uttered the words which formed the basis of the slander suit. Coward sued for $50,000 damages. The Jury after two hours and a half delibera- tion rendered the substantial verdict re- corded. TELEGRAPH NEWS, TOPEKA, Kan., March 3.—Governor Baile to-day issued a proclamation calling upon t people of Kansas for contributions to aid th famine sufferers in Sweden, KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 8.—John Rockefeller, accompanied by his wife, son ar & physician, arrived here to-day from the East en route to_California, where he goes to take & two months’ rest. MISSOULA, Mont., March 3.—The jury in the Mott murder case to-night returned a ver- dict of murder in the first degree, the penalty for which is death. Mott shot and killed his wife last December. DAVID CITY, Neb., March 3.—The jury in the case of Mrs. Harvey Lillie, charged with the murder of her husband, returned a of guilty of murder in the first degre recommended life jmprisonment, OTTAWA, Ont., March 3.—Fred J. Congdon, Crown Prosecutor in Dawson, has been ap- pointed commissioner of the Yukom to suc- ceed J. Ross, who was ‘elected to rep- Tesent the Yukon in the Dominion Parlfament HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 3.—Hunt- ington, Central City, Kenova and Ceredo, W. Va., and Ashiand and Cattlettsburg, Ky., are experiencing & gas famine, resulting from a break in_the chief main leading from tho flelds in Kentucky. WOODLAND, March 3.—Andrew Carnegis has offered to donate $10.000 for the constru tion of a free library bullding in Woodlans on condition that the city furnish the sits and guarantees the expenditurs of $1000 ever year for the maintenance of the bufiding. Tha proposition will be co: the Trustees on March 16. ————————— Plan Block System. OAKLAND, March 3.—Along every line the Southern Pacific Company has under consideration some marked improvements Notable among these is the extension of the block telephone system from Benicia to Sacramento, a distance which will ne- cessitate the use of 150 miles of wires The telephone block system is instituted for the simple purpose of keeping trains traveling in the same direction on ths same track at least ten minutes apart, thus insuring the safety of passengers and rolling stock. This will be a long step toward estab- lishing the block system between Oakland and Sacramento and will add much to the security of travelers. ———————— Teachers’ Institute Meeting. BERKELEY, March 3.—The Alameda County Teachers' Institute will meet in the High School on March 31. Professor Henry Morse Stephens of the University of California will address the meeting. —————— Peking Arrives. The steamship City of Peking arrived in port from the Orient early this mo. ing. Her passengers and the malls, in all probability, will be landed to-day. the jered by City —e—————— Willow is the lightest of British woods A cubie foot of it weights but thirty pounds. A cubic foot of boxwood weighs firty