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

INJUNCTION BILL UNDER DISCUSSION Governor Pardee Hears Arguments of Ruef and McEnerney ocmises iLe Closest Consideration and Study. Schmitz Visits Capital With the Attorneys, but Does Not Take Part in the Pro- ceedings. R Special Dispa RAMENTO, March 19.—This was with Governor Par- r sundown before Abe W. McEnerney com- ents with reference to Boisson, relat- > charter. The h to T e measures which 1 sign or give the of March 25. itz accompanied t Francisco, but ) ihe \ the dis itly to the ar- he measure and hypothetical its practical administra the right uch an ex could not hold a new Mayor. FENDS MEASURE. , and the ¥y consist- arter and Mayor to He said substitute their Mayor. He con- tionabie ap- under spe- which he mu- RUEF DE argued of the d not of any char- stitution. Y THE BILL. righ WILL STUD rpose ement and of San charter he ople the ired the altorneys g the bill his closest n retired the Gov- sign the bill for Francisco Normal n of the State funds and Ruef addressed the reference to Lux's 821 and limiting sco Police that San »oliced and the liquor d than ter SAN FRANCISCAN KILLS HIMSELF IN SEATTLE Victor Johnson, Believed to Be a Re- ligious Fanatic, Sends a Bullet Through His Heart. “TLE, March 19.—Victor Johnson, be a religious fanatic from shot himself through the Dereg Hotel thys morning. d at hotel as John An- had n at the house but He is »t known to have had acqu: vis city. A tele- m sent tc ss found in his va- s failed to bring a reply and an air ry surrounds the suicide about 3 s of age, well 4 considerable money in is belleved he was of a s turn of mind, because of number of tracts and religious found amoug his effects, as number of addresses of min- reons connected with re- izations ndence of any kind was nly by the name in a prayer- 3 ny indication gtven of the tity of the owner of the effects. Lit- of Johnson during his stay Dereg Hotel. He was quiet in his d his actions attracted no at- he paid his bill. The as found in his room. Among b ad " rch, corner of Sacramento treets, San Francisco, and San Francisco. A tele- to Eden by Coroner Hoye. AUSTRIAN LABORERS NEARLY CAUSE A RIOT One of Their Number Lands in Jail end the Others Promptly Quit Their Work. PRESCOTT, A. T., March 19.—8ixty- ¢ reached Prescott this after- m @ grading camp on the Crown- firoad, w they nearly pre- ipftated a riot yes They had been gnt bere a few days ago from Chi- under contract to work for the rail- 1.ad contractor. One man who aspired to come foreman of the gang and who is Jeader of the men drew a revolver on he timekeeper and threatened the others. \hen the e two deputies went out and arrested ringleader and placed him in jail. The others quit work and walked to Prescott, g here this afternoon. Since reach- e they have been drinking con- Iy and as many of them are armed six-shooters and knives trouble is srticipated. Sheriff was asked for assist- | | LOUD RETURNG FROM GAPITAL Says Voters Make Too Many Changes in House. Declares He Will Not Be a Candidate for Re-elec- tion. EEERENN e io Give Measure| Congressman Eugene F. Loud returned from Washington last night on the 10: overland train from the south. Mr. Loud | comes home again after faithfully serv- | District for the last twelve | Callunden, ing the people of the Fifth Congressional years. He was driven at once to the home of J. J. 13056 Octavia street. Mr. Loud was accompanied by his wife. He looked exceedingly well after the long journey from the East and stated that he was in perfect health and spirits. He was perfectly willing to talk and he told of the work that has been done by Congress during the last session. Mr. Loud was one of the most promi- nent Congressman that has ever been sent to Washington to represent the State of California. He is a man of business in- stincts and a careful observer of public welfare. He was always careful to look after the interests of the people of all classes and for that reason he always en- joved the full support of both Repub- ans and Democrats until the time of the ast election, when he was beaten out by the combined forces of the Democrats and the Union Labor forces. Mr. Loud has been before the eye of the public of San Francisco for many and has always been regarded est and consclentious ofcial. He was elected to the Legisiature in 1884 and later on he served as cashier in the office of the Tax Collector. In 18% Loud was chosen to represent the Fifth Dis- trict of this State in Congress, and for twelve years he served in the office. He always took a prominent part in the affairs of the nation and was one of the most prominent of the law makers in the national capitol. He was chairman on the Committee of Postoffices and Post- roads and for six years was considered an authority on all subjects that came up before that committee. “I certainly think that the people of this State make a great mistake when they change their representatives in ngress so often,” said Mr. night. “When a man goes to Congress it akes him a certain length of time to k into the ways of the office and it generally re v is thoroug a Congre n y familiar wi ssman so as to fully see to the eds of the people. “I had nothing to do with summoning President Keller of the Letter Carriers Association to Washington. I know that the letter carriers are opposed to me and t they worked tooth and nail for my defeat, but then I have nothing against them. All the labor unions alsb did their best to down me, but I still saying that T am their friend and always ve been their friend. 1 am not looking for any public office at present and I do not think that I will for some time at least. I will not be a candidate for the office of Con-| gress the L] v ave wn to a least the issue. 1 will settle at politics.” nd will take no active part in MADE REGULAR CALLS AT MARRIAGE BUREATU Charles Lawrence With Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. Charles Lawrence, who fis with the construction department at the Union Iron Works, appeared before Po- lice Judge Mogan yesterday on the charge of felony embezzlement for appropriating $00 given him by Miss Gertrude Steph- ens January 27 on the promise that he would purchase a saloon business at Third and Howard streets with the money and marry her. The Judge, after hearing Miss Stephens’ statement, ordered that she swear to a new warrdnt charging Lawrence with ob- taining money by false pretenses, as he was not a widower as represented and he never had made any advances to pur- | chase had he married her. sworn to the new charge. of fel Mi rence at a marriage bureau on Ellis street where he was a regular caller. at a marriage bureau that he met the girl he got $500 from about six years ago on the same representations. e —— the saloon with the monéy, The warrant nor was This morning the charge embezzlement will be dismissed. | SHOWS LACK OF SYSTEM sses were those of H. F. Eden, | IN THE FORAGE ACCOUNT Expert Atkinson Advises That Sim- ple Bookkeeping Be Introduced in Fire Department. Mayor Schmitz vesterday made public the report of Expert T. E. Atkinson re- garding his examination of the records of the Fire Department as to that por- tion referring to forage. Atkinson says in his report: There has been an entire lack of system in keeping forage account. Having made a close inspection of all records obtainable, a small portion of the receipts being missing, an ab- solutely accurate checking Up is impossible, but the figures account for the full quantities received. There has not been any attempt at weighing the forage when delivered from the stables, nor any weighing of the amount con- sumed. From July 1, 1800, to June 30, 1901, the average per horse per month for the companies is: July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902, hay, 524 pounds; vats, 258 pounds, showing that the companies | have maintained practically the same average per horse per month, though the average has increased at the stables. I recommend that a recelving book and delivery book be kept at the stables. e Two Attempts at Suicide. Two attempts were made to commit sui- cide 'ate last night in the same block on Stevenson street. The first case was that of Miss Carrie Rusk of 256 Steven- son street. She took bichloride of mer- cury, and may recover. The second case | was that of Miss Berdie McDonald, who | keeps a lodging-house at 268 Btevenson street. She took carbolic acid, and prob- ably will die. WILL GIVE CONCERT.—Mme. Ellen Cour- sen Roeckel will give a juvenile concert at the South Park Settlement Saturday after- noon. The regular Friday evening lecture has Dbeen postponed to Saturday, March 24. HIGH ALTAR JEWELS ARE STOLEN FROM CATHEDRAL Venerated Treasures of Church in Vierna Are Taken by Thieves During the Night. VIENNA, March 19.—Jewels valued at about $10,000, embellishing a painting about the high altar of the St. Stephan Cathedral, were stolen during the night. The painting, which represented Maria von Becco, was greatly venerated. It was brought from Hungary on the oc- | caston of a great pllgrimage by Emperor Charles VI, the father of Maria Teresa. Loud last | persist -in | next election if I can | quiet life for the time being | Now Charged | connected | and Lawrence was booked on | s Stephens said she first met Law- | It was | Hay, 517 pounds; oats, 249 pounds: from | ; THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903. MINE OWNERS Proceed With the Work of Organizing for ‘\ Protection. | Managers Regret That Their Plans Became Known to the Public. | The exclusive publication by The Call of the plans of Californla mine owners to effect an organization caused conster- nation and a cessation of action on the part of the promoters yvesterday. Little was done except by the committee, which discusced the proposition of Hholding a convention, and it is expected to bear fruit within the next ten daye. The seventy mine owners who met in the Palace Hotel Wednesday regret the premature announcemeunt of their plans. “They had arranged to have their organiz- ation iron clad before the world should know of it. The recent troubles at Kes- wick and Hayden Hill made it apparent © them that concerted action must be had in dealing with the large body of miners on the coast and they expect to meet all future demands of the Western Miners' Federation with strength and capital. The present movement originated with the more prominent operators along the mother lode. It was augmented by other owners in the State, and the promoters expect to gather every employer of min- ers within their fold soon after perma- nent organization is effected. They also will Include the operators of Nevada, Montana and Oregon, and while some of these may not be active mem- bers it is thought that they will by sub- scription and otherwise lend support. The preliminary steps are well advanced and the possibility of disruption has not been thought of. What action the Western Miners’ Fed- | | eration will take is not known. There | are from 3000 to 4000 active members in | thie State, 25,000 in Montana and 2000 in | Nevada. PIPPY PRESENTS INVITATION. WASHINGTON, March 19.—President | Roosevelt to-day received an invitation, | engraved on a plate of solid gold, six | inches long and three and a quarter inches wide. to be the guest of the Union | League Club of San Francisco, on the oc- { casion of his visit to that city on his approaching Western trip. The plate | weighed eight and a half ounces. | The invitation was presented by Colonel George H. Pippy, president of the club, | and was accepted by the President with | expressions of cordial appreciation. He will be the guest of the club at a banquet | Thursday evening, May 14. Colonel Pippy | was introduced to the President by Sen- | ators Perkins and Bard of California | and Bevertdge of Indiana. In presenting the invitation he expressed in felicitious i | terms the high regard President Roose- | velt is held in by the people of San Fran- cisco and California. He presented also the invitation to the President issued by | the general committee of San Francisco. | This invitation was briefly inscribed on | parchment signed by M. H. de Young, president, and George H. Foulks, secre- tary. It was handsomely bound. In addition to these invitations, Gover- nor Pardee of California has sent to the | President a most cordial invitation to visit the State during his Western trip. C~RATE Cowboys to Give Welcome. BUTTE, Mont., March 19.—Eugene Car- !rnll. president of the Butte Business Men's Assoclation, received from William Loeb Jr., secretary to President Roose- velt, a telegram regarding the reception to the President when he visits this city on May 27. “It is desired,” the telegram states, “that drives be substituted for receptions. A programme consisting of a dfive and | Lrief remarks by the President would be satistactory.” recial to the Miner from Miles City says that the date of the Montana Stock Growers’ convention will be changed to correspond with the date of the Presi dent’s visit to Montana. It was over this section of Montana that President Roose- velt once rode the range as a cowbo, Scores of cowboys and cattlemen here are Lersonally acquainted with the executive, At the stockmen's convention it is planned | to have all Roosevelt's former compan- ions of the range present to greet and give him a gallop. | — Idaho’s Reception. ldaho, March 19.—President Roosevelt's itinerary in Idaho has been received by Governor Morrison and the preliminary plans for his reception out- | lined. The President will be met at the depot by State, Federal and civic officers | | and escorted to the State Capitol, where he will deliver a short address, after which he will address the people from a suitably decorated tribunal. The President and party will then be given a carriage ride around the city and its environments. Wants No Bodyguard. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 19.—Senator Warren to-day wired the committees at Laramie that President Roosevelt desires to make the horseback ride over Sherman Mountain practically alone. Senator War- | ren, Otto Gramme of Laramie and per- haps two others will accompany the | President, but he wants no bodyguard of either troops or cowboy: { | | | | ————ae | Make-Up of Los Angeles Team. | LOS ANGELES, March 19.—Although | the management of the Los Angeles | Club of the Pacific Northwest League has | thus far refrained from announcing the | personnel of the team, the following men | are understood to have been signed: Jules Streib, formerly of Oakland, first base; | John Burns, formerly of San Francisco, second base: Fred Raymer, short sto) | Charles Reilly, captain and third base; | Jimmy Jackson and Jack Walters, field- ers; William Traeger, formerly a promi- nent athlete in Stanford University, and Bill Hurley, formerly of Parke Wiison's Seattle team. Many other players under contract with Paclific Coast teams are re- | ported to have jumped to the opposition, | but most of the rumors lack confirmation, 1 | 1 G ‘Huntington to Build New Line. SANTA ANA, March 19.—The Herald of this eity is autherity for the announce- ment that H. E. Huntington, the trolley magnate, has acquired a large interest in the Newport Beach property of 893 acres frenting on the ocean. A stock company, in which Huntington is sald to be the leading figure, has been incorporated and now has a title to the land. Huntington's ultimate purpose is to construct an elec- tric line from Santa Ana to Newport Beach, to be used as a feeder to the sy: tem, which he expects to build from Los Aungeles to Santa Ana. — | Grave-Digger Takes Strychnine. NEVADA CITY, March 19.—Ben John- son, a noted character and for many | years a resident of Nevada City, where | he was engaged as a gravedigger in the | Pine Grove Cemetery, was found dead in a cabin in the graveyard this morning, “On the table close by was a glass partly | filled with a fluid, in which could be seen | strychnine crystals. The deceased was 75 | years old and leaves a wealthy daughter | living in Los Angeles. ; ' | | { | | | | | | | I BOWEN SAYS MEAN BUSESS| ™ KEEN WOADS T0 BRITAIN Powers and Vene- zuela Verge on a Quarrel. King Edawrd’s Embas- sador Receives a Sharp Note. England Must Obey The Hague or Get Nothing Out of Customs. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 19.—Venezuela and the ailied powers are. to-night on the verge of a serious disagreement which may wreck the entire negotiations. If England does not complete the negotia- tions of her differences with Venezuela by referring the dispute to The Hague, she will be pald nothing out of the cu toms now being set aside for the liquida- tion of the republic's debts. ‘If her allies, Italy and Germany, refuse to go to The Hague, they will not be paid. This 1s the purport of a note sent to- night by Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela's special diplomatic representative here, to Sir Michael Herbert, the British Embas- sador. Bowen acted upon information that the allles were disinclined to carry to The Hague their demand for payment before | He informed | the peace powers are paid. Sir Michael Herbert that if England did not consent to go to The Hague Vene- zuela would not feel obliged to pay her | hing out of the 30 per cent of the oms of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira. Bowen reminded Sir Michael Herbert | that the first protocol between Vene- zuela and England provided that the cus- | toms should be paid to the creditor | e powers in conformity with the decision of The Hague. Therefore, sald Bowen, unless there was a decision by The Hague there could be no payment at all, and he therefore asked Sir Michael Herbert to inform him as to his Government's in- tentions. e SELIGMAN RENEWS OFFER. Associated in Syndicate Are London and Berlin Bankers. WASHINGTON, March 19.—The inter- national syndicate headed by the Selig mans has renewed on a larger scale than at its first venture the offer to assume Venezuela’s debts to the powers on condi- tions. I N. Selisman has been in Wash- ington two days in that pursuit and he has been at the White House and has communicated with some members of the diplomatic body. With himis associated Mr. Salomonsohn, representing the Dis- conto Geschelle-schaft, or discount bank of Berlin, which is the largest individual creditor of Venezuela. Seligman has also made arrangements to affiliate in the floating of the Venezue- lan debt with the banking firm of Speyer & Co. of London, so that instead of being a purely Ameri syndicate, as at first supposed, the new partnership will have an international caste. It is understood that the demand is now made for a guar- anty by the United States Government that these investors shall recover thelr money from Venezuela when the loan be- comes due. The President is not asked to make any specific promise, as was the case during | the first overtures, when he promptly re- | manage the redemption of the loan and, | fused to bind this Government as pro- posed by the syndicate. But the ndicate | wants some visible exhibition of the in- terest of the United States in this matter | and wants an American to be appointed | an agent and stationed in Caracas to if necessary, to collect a certain propor- tion of the customs receipts. Bowen does not favor this proposition, | and as his powers are unlimited in Wash- ington it is apparent that it can come to nething unless the principals find some way to induce President Castro at Cara-| cas to act in person. Bowen made this pretty clear to-day to Seligman when the lutter called on him. STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO SAN JOSE YOUTHS Leave Home Several Hours Apart and No Trace Can Be Found of Either of Them. SAN JOSE, March 19.—Carl and Willie Hildon, the 9 and 11 year old sons of John Hildon, an orchardist, living near Alum Rock, have mysteriously disappeared from their home. Carl, the younger of the boys, left his home yesterday morn- ing to visit an uncle, T. Bahoe, who lives on the Alum Rock road. He did not re- turn in the afternoon, and last evening Hildon sent his son Willie in search of the brother. Willle was accompanied by a dog. Since then no trace of elther of the boys has been found. Nelither of them went to their uncle’s and this after- noon their disappearance was reported | to the Sheriff. It is believed that they have run away. Sheriff Langford and a posse searched the country around the Hildon home to- day and to-night, but found no trace of the boys or the dog. A boy answer- ing the description of one of the lads stopped at the residence of G. Taylor on Capitol avenue, The disappearance of the boys many hours apart and alone adds mystery to the case. A e 5 SAN JOSE TEACHERS MUST AVOID POLITICS SAN JOSE, March 19.—The City Boara of Education made some radical changes in the conduct of the schools this even- ing and an examining board that passed upon teachers’ certificates was done away with. It has been held heretofore that teachers holding certificates from this board could not be dismissed except for cause. An amendment was then adopted prohibiting all teachers and janitors from taking part in any convention héid for political purposes, or being a member of any political club, or interfering with politics on election day or at any other time while empldyed in the school de- partment. A violation of this rule is made punishable by dismissal. It was further provided that the incoming board should have the employing of the new teachers. The changes are practically the same as those submitted to the voters at the charter election as charter amend- ments and which were voted down by the people. The adoption of them to-night is in accordance with the policy of the ad- ministration, and presages some changes in the department. —_———————— DR. VOORSANGER TO LECTURE.—At the resular sarvices at the Temple Emanu-El to- t, g Voorsanger's lecture False Protestations.” Wwill be on | Engineer providing that bituminous rock FILES AMENDED FRANCHISE BILL C BOYS GONFESS T0 BURGLARIES STUDENT KILLED IN MINE SHAFT Southern Pacific Silent|Admit Being Implicated |Harry Clough Meets Regarding Mission Tracks. Geary Street Company to Ask for New Privilege Under the Charter. The Southern Pacific Company yester- day filed an amended bill proposing to grant to the corporation a franchise to operate a steam road from the southerly boundary® of San Francisco County to Mission Bay. Chief Counselor Herrin stated that the amended ordinance changed the route of the bay shore line where the track crosses Islais Creek and | proposed instead to run southwesterly up the creek. The bill was referred to the City Engineer for investigation and re- port., Herrin stated that he and the City En- gineer had agreed on a rental for the market place and Produce Exchange lots on Mission Bay at $600 per month for the first five years, $750 per month for the next five years and for the remainder of the term of twenty years the sum of $750 per month, or else the company would pay a sum equal to 3 per cent Interest on the value of the property to be ascer- tained by appraisers appointed by the city and the company. The offer was also referred to the Clty Engineer. Supervisor Curtis asked Herrin if he had anything to present regarding the electricizing of the Mission track system, and Herrin replied that he had no amend- ment to offer, but might have a proposi- tion to make later. POLE-LINE SYSTEM. The committee reported in favor of the bill granting the United Railroads a per- mit to erect poles and wires for trans- mission of electrical power along Fill- more, Guerrero and other streets. Henry Stafford, A. P. Van Duzer and others ap- peared in support of a protest of Guer- rero-street property owners against grant- ing the permit. In return for the prom- ise of Tirey L. Ford for a better car service on Guerrero street the committee overruled the protest. Ford sald that no additional poles would be erected and the system would be perfectly safe. The committee reported in favor of the amended ordinance submitted by the City pavement shall consist of a concrete foun- dation at least six inches thick, covered with bitumen at least two inches thick, except in the district lying easterly from the westerly lines of Devisadero and Cas- tro streets and northerly from the south- | erly line of Sixteenth street, where the | bitumen shall be at least two and a half inches thick. ESTABLISHES GRADE. The committee reported in favor of es- tablishing grades at points on Pearl, Fairmount, Texas, H, J and Chapultepec streets, Virginia, Tenth, Forty-sixth and Eugenia avenues, and the acceptance of | Bryant street between Main and Beale, | Hartford street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth and Florida street .between | Twenty-first and Twenty-second. The recommendation of the Board of Works that inspectors of blasting be ap- pointed in view of the damage caused by blasting operations of the California Construction Company was reported ad- versely. The cdmmittee denied the applications of the Castro Crushed Rock Company and Gray Brothers for permits to explode blasts for quarrying purposes in Horner's Addition, blocks 237,,252 and 253, and re- ported in favor of two amended ordi- nances to prohibit the maintenance of rock quarries and rock crushing ma- | chines within the district bounded by Van Ness avenue, Bay, Broderick, Haight, Scott, Thirteenth, Castro, Seven- teenth, Douglas and Romain streets; Cor- bett, Lincoln and San Jose avenues; Army, York and Twenty-fifth streets; Po- trero avenue, Brannan street and the waters of the bay. GEARY-STREET FRANCHISE, The Committee on Public Utilities met resterday and was informed by Horace >latt, president of the Geary-street Rall- | way Company, that he would withdraw | his application made under the Brough- ton act for a new, franchise and file an- | other application under charter provi- | sions by next Monday. The committee granted Platt's request to make the change. Platt estimated that it would cost $270.- 000 to change the road into an overhead electric line and a conduit system would cost §146,000. Platt thought the entire cost of reconstruction would be $250,000 at a | low estimate. Platt said he would have to consult with the directors before replying to a ques- tion of City Engineer Grunsky as to whether the company would bid for the | franchise if a condition were imposed that the road must be converted into an underground system. Platt said the di- | vidend of the road on stock at par has | been 31 per cent and interest at 6 per | cent was paid on a bonded indebtedness | of $700,000. The receipts of the company are about $175,000 per annum, CONDITIONS IMPOSED. The following tentative conditions were then agreed upon by the committee, to be tmposed on the company should it be decided to grant the franchise under the new petition: The road must be a first-class electric road with a condult system as far as Fifth avenue and from there out to the park and ths beach a trolley line, That the franchise terminate when the city shall exercise its right to purchase the road Tfler paying a reasonable interest on the out- ay. That the company install a system of electric lights along the route of the railway, That the company be required to keep the street on which the road runs In good repair from curb to curb and to install grooved girder ralls. LEAVES ONE DOLLAR TO FORMER HUSBAND ‘Residue of a Twenty-Thousand-Dol- lar Estate Is to Go to Her Son. SAN JOSE, March 19.—Mrs. Bertha K. Brauch, whose will was filed to-day, left $1 to her former husband, George Brauch. The estate, which is valued at $20,000, is bequeathed to Joseph H. Kohlbecker, a son by a former husband. Mrs. Brauch was the widow of Joseph Kohlbecker, a saloon-keeper on the Los | Gatos road. Shortly after Kohlbecker's | @eath she married Brauch, an employe of the place. Brauch, who was much younger than herself, refused to work after his marriage and the couple aid not get on well together. It is sald that a couple of years ago Brauch tried to shoot his wife at the Russ House in this city be- cause she would not transfer a part of her property to him. Some time after- ward she secured a divorce. e Dynamite Explodes, Killing Laborer. ELKO, Nev., March 19.—By the explo- sion of a charge of dynamite in the new tunnel of the Southern Pacific Company, fifteen miles east of aere, a laborer named Johngon was instantly killed to- day. Foreman Johnson and four others were seriously injured, while several others. received cuts and bruises. The men had gone back 10 examine a shot which had failed to go off, when the ex- plosion occurred. | was improving and would soon return to in Several Thefts in Alameda. Give Police Information Which May Solve Other Robberies. ALAMEDA, March 19.—Clarence Whit- tle and Burgess Metzger, boys 14 years of age, were taken into custody by the police to-day, they being members of a gang of youths who the authorities say are re- sponsible for the many minor burglaries committed in this city recently. Whittle and Metzger confessed to hav- ing entered the office of the Puget Sound Lumber Company, the office of the Derby Lumber Company, J. S. Hanley's real estate office, Young's fruit store and the room of P. A. Dean on Park avenue. It was the commission of the last bur- glary that led to the arrest of the pair. After being taken to the City Prison Metzger gave the police information as Whittle and Metzger gave the po- lice information as _to the gang of Jjuvenile thieves who broke into a boxcar of the Southern Pacific Company on St. Valentine’s night and made away with a quantity of oranges belonging to Schaeffer & Co. Whittle was charged with petty larceny and is detain- ed in jail. His father is at Point Rich- mond. The police have placed no charge against young Metager as yet. His family is well known here. He was released on his own recognizance. Metzger says that he stole in order to pay for a bicycle he had purchased on the installment plan. CYST IS CUT FROM BRAIN TO RESTORE MORAL SENSE New York Surgeons Perform an Operation That May Mean a New Triumph. NEW YORK, March 19.—If Peter Gfa- culo recovers from an operation per- formed upon him at St. Mark's Hospital to-day, practically a new triumph will nave been achieved in surgery. ! As the result of an injury to his head | ten years ago Glaculo’s mental faculties had become impaired to such an extent that he had lost all moral sense. One of his eyes had become sightless, and his condition was such that safety to his family required that he be placed in con- finement. Dr. Carlo Savini, after a careful study of his case, operated upon him, removing a large cyst or fluid tumor from the fron- tal portion of the brain, and he believes that if the man recovers he will be fully restored to his normal mental condition, and will regain the sight of his eye. Giaculo fell down a freight elevator shaft In 1863 and seriously injured his | head. He was then 26 years old and of rugged constitution and soon recovered, so far as outward conditions could be ob- served. Up to this time he had been an industrious man and devoted to his wife and children. Three years after his fall he began to complain of violent headaches and ap- peared to lose all interest in his family and his own affairs. He began to show signs of dementla two years ago. He talked in an frrational manner or re- mained for days utterly silent. His condi- tion became so dangerous that his wife reported his case to the New York Dis- pensary and Dr. Savini's attention was called to it. He determined that the cause of the man’s peculiar condition was pres- sure on that portion of the brain which controls the moral sense. After much study the operation was un- dertaken with Dr. Walter F. Cimmotti and other surgeons connected with St. Mark's assisting. A fragment the size of the palm of the hand was removed on the left side of the skull and a tumor was found well developed on the frontal con- volution. Adjacent portions of the brain | were found to be slightly abnormal from | pressure. The patient is yet in such a con- | dition that it cannot be determined whether he will live or dle, and should he | recover it will be perhaps a week or more before it will be manifest what effect the operation has had in the way of restoring | him to normal mental condition. e FORMER CALIFORNIAN DIES AT MONTE CARLO| Husband of Countess Ritter, Who Committed Suicide, Follows Her to the Grave. SANTA BARBARA, March 19.—A cable- gram was received here this afternoon from Baron Louis Meyer of Balmoral | Palace, Monte Carlo, announcing the death of his brother-in-law, Frederick A. Hamsh, a former resident of Santa Bar- bara. Hamsh was the husband of | did not notice the t Countess Ritter, who committed suicide at her home in Montecito a little mor than two years ago. His health was bad Iy shattered by the shock of her death. For many weeks he lay in a eritical con- dition, but he gradually recovered ana left Santa Barbara last May In appar- ently good health for an extended visit to Europe. Letters were received from | him on several occasions stating that he | Santa Barbara. The cause of death was not stated in the dispatch, but it is belleved by Hamsh's friends here that he never cou- | pletely recovered from the mental shock | of his wife's spicide. Hamsh was a mem- ber of the Santa Barbara Country Club, the Santa Barbara Club, the Guadelupe Duck Club and the Santa Barbara Polo Club. He took an active interest in all sports and was one of the best shots in the country, having won many prizes at the traps in this country and abroad. WOMEM SUFFRAGISTS MEET IN NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, March 19.—The Na- tional Women Suffrage Association be- gan its arnual convention this afternoon, with Mrs. Carrfe Chapman Catt presid- ing. The headquarters of the association were changed from New York to War- ren, Ohio, where Mrs. Harriet Taylor Up- ton, the national treasurer, will direct the work, with Miss Elizabeth Hauser as secretary. A committee, consisting of Mrs. Ida P. Boyer of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Laura Gregg of Nebraska and Miss Gall Laughlin of New York, to create a national plan of work, was appointed. In the afternoon there was a reception at the residence of Mrs. Reuben G. Bush. To-night there was a public meeting at the Atheneum. Mayor Capdeville welcomed the visitors. Mrs. Catt not only responded, but read her annual report. Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw were the other speakers and the recent hopeful campaign in New Hampshire was overshadowed by the fact that Arizona has just granted equal suffrage. BRER s ST Bonilla Captures a Town. PANAMA, March 19.—News has reached here by cable from San Salvador that the town of Peshire in Honduras has been captured by forces under General Bonilla, | Take Laxative Bromo Quinine President-elect of Honduras. General Sierra, the retiring President of the coun- try, is completely surrounded at Na- caome, Death in Lower Levels of the Oneida. Was Popular at University and an Athlete of Great Promise. BERKELEY, March 19.—News reached the university to-day of the accidental death in the Oneida mine at Jackson, Amador County, of Harry Clough, a member of the sophomore class and & promising athelete at the University of California. He was working in the shaft when a piece of rock fell from thirty feet ve, striking bim on the back of the neck and killing him instantly. Clough, whose parents reside at 1158 East Fifteenth street, Oakland, had left his studles in the College of Mines tem- porarily to acquire a practical knowledge as a miner in the mine where he met his death. At the time when the fatal accident occurred he was at work as chuck tender at the 2200-foot level of the shaft. He had been employed in the mine for nearly a year. The unfortunate young man prepared for college at the Oakland High School, where he was for two seasons captaln of the athletic team. Upon entering Berke- ley he began to make a good showing on the cinder track and was entered in the mile race in the last field day with Stan- ford. He was also elected treasurer of his class last year. ——— SAFE DEPOSIT OFFICIAL TELLS OF BURDICK'S FRAUD Says Husband Examined Private Papers in His Wife's Safe in Vault. NEW YORK, March 19—A business man from Buffalo, identifled with one of the largest safe deposit companies in that clty, was in New York to-day and told of a hitherto uncovered phase of the Bur- dick case. He said Mrs. Burdick had considerable property of her own, and it was her habit to keep her pri- vate papers, as well as some personal and pri- vate letters, in a box at the safe deposit com- pany. Some three or four months before the murder Burdick brought some papers to his wife which, be said, needed her signature. She signed them all. On the safe deposit compa to have 38 to the company’s vault room and to her safe. This paper Mrs. Burdick signed without the slightest knowledge of its import. Shortly after this Burdick visited the safe deposit company and with the bogus order and a duplicate key carefully exami his wite's papers and letters stored there. 1'should thinik it very probable that this letter which Pennell is said to bave written her was stored among them. Mrs. Burdick went to the vaults a few days later and complained that her private safe had been opened and her effects disturbed. ““Doubtless it was done by your brother,” she was told. “But I have no brother,” she replied Then the order was shown her and the fraud was discovered. BUFFALO, March 19.—Lawyer Albert A. Hartzell of counsel for Mrs. Hull, the mother of Mrs. Bure en early to-day with reference to the reported in- jury or illness of Mrs. Hull. He said: Mrs. Hull is in her usual health not been hurt or injured. I was at the house about 8 o'clock last night and she is all right. The story of her hurts or injury is absolutely false. itk b MAJOR GENERAL HUGHES SOON TO BE RETIRED Commander of the Department of California Will Make Way for Wade. WASHINGTON, March 19. — Colonel Peter Haines, Corps of Engineers, is to be promoted to the rank of brigadier gen— eral and retained on the active list until his statutory retirement in July, 194. He will be appointed to the vacaney created by the promotion of Brigadler Generat B. F. Wade to the rank of major general on the statutory retirement on April 11 of Major General Robert P. Hughes, in command of the Department of Califor- nia. Quartermaster General Ludington and Inspector General Breckinridge each will be promoted to the grade of major general on the retirement of General Hughes and each will be retired in that rank on the day of his promotion, thus leaving a vacancy for the promotion of | General Wade. —_—— Delivers Address on Cecil Rhodes. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 19.— Dr. Adrian Hoffmeyr, the famous peace | envoy of Lord Kitchener to the Boers, ad- dressed a large assemblage of students in the old chapel this afternoon. taking for his subject “Cecil Rhodes.” The address was in the nature of a eulogy of the great South African statesman and mine- owner. Many interesting historical events were woven Into the addres: ——————— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, March 19—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: Isaac B. Rutherford, aged 69 years, and Dora L. Hornbrook, , both of Oakland; Fred T. Hogan, 33, and Undine Gergsby, 19, both of San Francisco; George S. Stockwell, 29, Oakland, and Ella Taffe, 26, San Jose; Clyde J. Spear, 23, Salem, Or., and Charlotte V. Hofmann, 18, Alameda; Max H. Levy, over 21, and Gene Dullman, over 18, both of San Francisco. 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. Pre- in two minutes. No boiling! po ! add boiling water and set to cool. ors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp- berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. Demonstration at Emporium during Mareh. days, 9 to 9; 9 to 1, Week Sundays. Graduates of Dentistry Only. POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE, 3 Taylor st., eor. 973 Washington at.. To Cure Gripin 2 Golden Gate ave. cor. Tenth, Oaklapd. Dax Fy B