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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY MARCH 24, 1903 C DEATH'S HAND [LENA GRUNIG WAY DEEPEN ~ FOOLS POLCE PAHK MYST[H |Is Not Dead, but Elopes With the Son of Her Charles E. Hayes Victim | Hapeas | Protector. of Probably Fatal | Accident. | Corpus Proceedings Brought by Girl’s Moth- er End Strangely. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 23.. While Chief Hodgkins of the Oakland Police Department and his subordinates were looking for the body of Lena Grunig in the waters of the bay, the young wom- an improved her opportunity by eloping from the residence of Mrs. Dr. Harrison, 1772 Goss street, with the son of her pro- tector, Charley Harrison, who has not yet reached his majority. This is at least the information which Mrs. Harrison con- veyed to her friends before a hurried de- parture for Wadsworth, Nev., where the g couple are supposed to be hiding the Police Depart- | Hurled to Ground by Runa- i Woman With m Disappears. way - H —— red Buggy Is Found Near Casino, but Search Fails to Reveal Trace of Injured Man’s Companion. e < boodwinking e ment and the deception practiced by the g young people on Mre. Harrison was be'd ¥ t about by » by the young woman declaring she would the Stand- €1 with the 1901 ¢ rather be dead than live with her mother, 1 I Cement Company and va- | Mre. L. M. Grunig, who had instituted & s Mces in the | habeas corpus proceedings to obtain pos- session of & daughter. Harrison expects to meet the tru- either Reno or Wadsworth, Grunig, mother of the girl, told 1l that the reason she wished Mrs. : 3 »d Mrs. Harrison would marry to the girl. Mrs. Harrison received a telegram yes- . tera y from the girl at Wadsworth, which the mystery Chief of Police ns threw about the matter because d buried the case in his secret file. habeas corpus proceedings were 1ed a week by Judge Hall to-day. was OAKLAND TURN VEREIN ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Verein elected the following officers ¥ at a meeting in Germania Hall: nt, Albert Currlin; vice president, corresponding secretary, 3 recording secretary, N ; trustees, Philip Conradi 8 se Krackle, wing committees were named e plans for the Pacific Coast h will be held in Oakland e 21 to June ts—Theo Gier, Phil Conradi, Var- Paul Uth, Hermann Pflug, Richard b r Kaysgy Louis Giese, H. Loefler, Theo . Gier, Albert Kayeer, H. Sonderieiter, F. enram, J. P. Rohr- Dr. Moutoux, H. Dohr- > Snadion s % : , F. Claudius, « Ha H. E. Muel- g muller, einenbroich, sy s Charles ' J. seman, Charles slob. H. Gloy, Peter Hansen, m Hey orge K 2 ST A H rdgraf, F. Gruening, J. Attnat, g S. Pl E. Re- o 3. Schleuter, A. us Siebe, J. F. s Steinbeck. C . Caspar Wem- | Schutt, H, 1 Wil A. M. H. Menges, iandt, Fell’ George Chris Mrs, Hansen, Dr. Uth, ADELPHIANS ARRANGE PBOGI}AMME FOR APRIL ALAMEDA, March 23.—An varied events several for elaborate has been sections of the next month. On 1al meeting of the board ?ld and reports read. Club her daughter was because | | | | ‘fake” letter written | | | { | | | OAKLAND, March 28.—The Oakland | | | | | | | | 3| - At 1 meeting of the sections on | . & he 4th there will be a musicale by Hugo | ‘, Mansfeldt, pianist, and Mrs. Grace North. . rup, vocalist. ‘‘Mascagni: the Man and the Compos * will be discussed by the music “section on April Mrs. W. D — Percy Weeks will COLLEGES EXCHANGE t history section on LIST OF ELIGIELES on the 9th. H. L Stewart will lecture before the music April 11 on “Modern Songs and g Composers.” April 14 the current entertain the On n club members, events section | The | » rogramme for the occasion will include | talk by Mrs. Louise Benson on *Cur- its.” Two days later Mrs. W, | T. Farrar will read a paper before the s | same section on *J. Pierpont Morgan.” The music section will give an organ re- cital in the First Presbyterian Church Oakland, on April 21. Miss Emelia Kale- sher of the California Clun will speak oo “The Pre-Raphaelites” under the man- agement of the art history section on April 23 ————— Official Vote Announced. OAKLAND, March At the regular { meeting of the City Council to-night the the were from the of George March change the de municipal election held announced. The only unofficial figures was W. Hunt by Dr. Myra Knox for the Board of Education heretofore noted. Because the City yuncil desired further information as to | the request of the Santa Fe Railroad that ten streets crossing the site of the cor- poration’s new yvards at Fortleth street | be closed the matter went over until next Monday night, when representatives of the railroad company are expected to be present. R VDRED MEN QUIT THE TRANSIT COMPANY Following on the new power e last week a hun- | Marc e strik eryv ———— Reach End of Liquor Cases. re men quit the employ of the | Consolidated to-day and ts of the official canvass of the re- | limit” law, the end | Venerable Fathe;J;aleph Caredda of ted altogether. When | OAKLAND, March 23.—With the dis- was i on the power plant | migeal by Superior Judge Ellsworth to- st week the t Company sent 2| gay of the appeal in the case of W. J. gang of ite k men to take the strikers’ | Acheson of Berkeley, convicted of a vio- es e men refused to work, Jation of the “‘mi when they »d to return 10| of the temperance crusade against the | work were discharged college town’s “'speakeasies” is recorded. sit Company sent another gang | The “blind” liquor sellers have kept a : power plant to-8ay and the per- | pledge to refrain from continuing busi- of last week was repeated. | ness provided the pending cases were dis- Strikers succeeded in getting the track | missed. No further prosecution being pre- sented by the citizens’ commitiee in ac- cordance case on the court docket was closed. prtsati R e AR In the Divorce Court. to make trouble. The| OAKLAND, March 22.—Owen H. Emmel 2 demand for an in- | pegan suit to-day for divorce against his cents an hour. | bride of a year, Mamie E. Emmel, on the ground of extreme cruelty. Ida Meyer and Minnie Coddington have brougat suits for divorce against their respective n a little while the strike er the railroad’s lines. Non- = unfon men were persuad- There has been no d and the men say | obs sse of the & ease fro ADVERTISEMENTS. husbands, Rudolph H. E. Meyer and Thomas Coddington, on the ground of | desertion. —_———————— { Death of Miss Brockway. * | BERKELEY, March 2—Emeline C. | Brockway, the eldest daughter of Hon. John H. Brockway of Elington, Comn., | and the sister of Mrs. George D. Metcalf passed away at the home of the latter, 3 Bushnell place, at a Jate hour last night as the result of an attack of heart failure. The funeral will take place from the Met- calf residence on Wednesday afternoon. ——————— Admiral Schley Declines. | OAKLAND, March 23.—Admiral Schley soap does nothing but cleanse, it has no medical properties; for the color of health and health itself ’ gt <o y use it time. | has declined the invitation of Mayor Bar- Pears.. Give it | stow to visit Oakland on the ground that ' . @cid all over the world, | bis gime is fully, ocoupied, . S 7 the agreement the last | entertained for his recovery. The vener- l | der Mehden, | | Father Caredda organized the first col- CHORAL CONCERT ANNOUNCED TO AID BAPTIST CHOIR AND BUILDING FUND Many Fine Voices Will Be Heard at What Promises to Be a Musical Event of Note, the Cantata ‘‘Hiawatha’s Departure | } | | i | on the Programme, Together With Fine Solo and Part Numbe 9 Being rs - | ! | AMATEURS PART I WATHA” WHO WILL TAKE THE NTATA “HIA- TO-NIGHT. AN AKLAND, March 23.—In aid of the choir and bullding fund of the First Baptist Church a choral concert will be given Tuesday evening at the First Unitarian hurch. The augmented choir will be assisted by Samuel Savannah, J. L. von Louis B. Burris, Miss Ger- trude Hibberd and J, B. Warburton, Mrs Margaret Gray Best, Miss Wilhelmine Koenig, Alton G. Webb and Arthur G. Lawrence. The programme will consist of solo and part numbers and the cantata ‘Hia- watha’s Departure.” Part first will include the following EARTH YIELDS CANS OF GOLD Shasta County Miner| Happens on Cluster of Nuggets. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, March 23.—If John Kimball | centinues digging out gold at the rate he has been doing for the past four days he | may set himself up as the discoverer and cwner «f a marvelcus bonanza. Last fall Kimball located a gravel claim | near Quartz Hill, about four miles north |s of Redding, across the Sacramento River. | He has worked the claim persistently and at various times discovered small nuggels and coarse gold, that convinced him that ke was in proximity to a pocket. Last week he encountered the pock: and in one day took out sixteen ounce: of gold. The gold averages $17 an ounce Saturday morning Kimball cncounterad the main body of the pocket, and news was received in Redding to-night by Dr. Gardner, Kimbail's stepfather, that be- iween 8 o'clock Saturday morning and supper time Sunday night the lucky | miner took out seven medium-sized bak- | ing powder canfuls of precious nugsets and coarse gold. The country in which Kimball's claim is located has furnished several fortunes in pockets. About four years ago Tom Har- rison, father-in-law of, Kimball, who has mined in the district for thirty vears, found a pocket from which he took $5000. He had made several small fortunes be. fore in the same district AGED JESUIT'S ILLNESS CAUSES FRIENDS TO FEAR Santa Clara College Near to Death. SAN JOSE, March 23.—The Rev. Father Joseph Caredda, the oldest priest in Santa (llara College, has been dangerously ill for the past week, and grave fears are able Jesuit is over £0 years of age. He has been at Santa Clara College since the | carly '50's, and for over forty years served as vice pfesident of the coliege. lege band, and was general musical di- rector nearly all the time he has been in the school. He is said to have a larger acquaintance among the alumni of the school than any other priest. ————————— A Slaughter of the Innocents. P. C. Kelly, assignee of the Lyceum Clothing Co., is selling men’s all-wool Suits and Overcoats as follows $10 00 garments for. 12 00 garments for. 15 00 Men's Sults or Overcoats, 7 45 at Assignee Sale, 915 Market st., opp. Ma- son. . ——————— < AGED WOMAN INJURED.—Mrs. Ellen Me- Clucky, an aged woman, residing in South San Francisco, was knocked ddwn by a wagon on Market street yesterday afternoon and had her shoulder-blade broken. She was treated at the Bmergency Hospital. e ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.—A. Gregor, a borer, turned on the gas In his room 'at Fourth street vesterday afternoon and lies at The point of death at the Emergency Hospita). He left a note saying that he was disappointed in love and wanted to die, . < la- 384 € e i e 22 2 i e ) | 3 o’clock this morning. One of the hand- | with one ankle fractured and her spine Louise Graff, Miss Corinne Gyle, Mrs. Dorothy Hackett Lynch Miss Miss Ruette Alfce ith Hibberd, rmantine Monges, . “Miss Olive Morrish, Miss Edith Mor- Mies Ruth Morse, Miss Leonia Osborne, Lillian Parker, Miss Vita Priddy, Miss Mary Ratcliff, Miss Leone Robinson, Miss Swindell, Miss Grace Thomas, Mrs. Ade- —* laide Turney, Mrs. J. B. Warburton. Altos—Miss Marion Coyle, Miss Mattie Coun- numbe ctl, Miss Florence Douglass, Mrs. Edin . Trio, first movement (Rublnstein), plano, Dow, Miss Grace Hipkins, Miss Wilhelmine o, e o M iranming), " (a) Koenlg, Miss Loulse Kent, Miss Abba Kel- ere A ootne. i “Aoonlight chorus. I10gg, Miss Elsie Lavallee, Miss Ethelwyn Mar “Thou Brilliant Bird” (David), Mrs. Margaret Mgt TRl Mise G. Best: flute obligato, Mr. Burris; ‘‘Bridal hell, Miss Ethel Ratcliff, Mrs Edna W. from “‘Rose Maiden (Cowen), cho- Miss Lillian Snyi Mrs. George V. Ava e e e OWilhilmine Tavior, Mrs, Ethel K. Warner, Mrs. M. L. : violin obligato, Miss Hibberd; '‘Peer WU i ZiaZioul e e, e " Death of, . Tenors—J. B. Batten, Hiram H. Gould, Wil Ly P P e liam . Hackett, H. C. S. Kent, Mr. Lus o W < ‘ cimbe, Delancey ' Macdonald, Henr'y Mattern, e soloists for “Hlawatha’s De- Willlam Nevegold, Norman Pendleton, David parture’”” will be Mrs. »Margaret Gray Rosling, John H. Thomas, Norton Wilcox. Best. soprano; Arthur = G.. Lawrence, Bassor_Harold Baker Waiter Burckhalter. e n G. W s “ar. Delbert Bfown, Herbert Cheek, Walter Corder, tengrs Hltacte “I"h' P ". B‘_h“ ar- G A. Farnkopf, W. M. Gardiner, J. W. Garth. burton, plano. Following Is the chOTus: Saie. thmaiey Glicrest b B’ Javne, pr Sopranos—Miss Edna Bane, Mise B. Ethel Jeffers, H. L. Kemp, Walter B. Kennedy, Wil- Parrows. Miss Grace Blies, Miss Bertha Bou- llam M. Kincaid, C. R, Lackey, Earl C. Little. terious, Mrs. E. B. Cheek, Miss Maud Cheek, Wallace Merwin, A. P. Parker, Harry T. Ste- Miss Ethel A. Clary, Miss Eva oner, Miss vens, E. D. Wilcox. 5 o el oottt @ WOMAN ESCAPES ENVELOPING FIRE, San Bernardino Resi- dent Falls From a Blazing Roof. h to Special Diepate he Call. BERNARDINO, March The | st disastrous fire that has visited San | rnardino in many months occurrved at somest 1esidences here was almost de- syed and several persons had narrovs | apes from being burned to death. The | property belonged to Nathan B. Bowers | and was locatea at 548 Sixth street. s the first to be aroused by the flames. He was nearly overcome and | ready to drop from suffocation when he | reached a window and managed to get a breath of fresh air. He reached the| ground finally and ran around to the| front of the house, to find that his wife had climbed out upon the steep roof of the balcony. Bowers mounted the rail of the tower balcony and reached up his hand with the Intention of swinging his wife to the ground. ' The woman was frightened and called to him to get a ladder. He went around the house, secured the ladder and was re- turning when a great volume of flame and smoke burst from one of the win- dows directly over the roof where Mrs. Bowers was crouching. She either famt- ed or was greatly frightened, for she tumbled off the roof to the ground, a dis- tsnce of eighteen feet. When she fell from the roof she left a bag containing some rings and a pearl necklace. The bug caught fire and the jewelry was de- stroyed. Mps. Bowers is under a physician’'s eare, hadly injured. A fervant girl who was sleeping on the second floor narrowly es- caped from the flames. Carpenter Kills a Saloon-Keeper. SHELBY JUNCTION, Or., March 23.— Frank Macey, a saloon-keeper, was fatal- ly shot by George Whitaker, a carpenter, to-day. Macey had ordered Whitaker a number of times to keep out of the place. ‘Whitaker went out and fired through a window. The bullet struck Willlam Dun- ham, passed through his arm and hit Macey in the head, ranging downward and entering the lungs. —_——— SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 23.—Clement Studebaker Jr., president of the South Bend Watch Company, pressed the button this morn- nig that started the new million-dollar watch factory, which will employ 1500 watchmakers and manufacture 1200 watches a day. Late Shipping Intelligence, ARRIVED. Monday, March 23. Schr S Danielson, Larsen, ¢ days from Iver- sens Landing. Schr Olga, Waldwick, 13 days from Tacoma. DOMESTIC PORTS. TACOMA—Sailed March 23—Stmr Leelanaw, for San Francisco; stmr Mineola, for San Francisco. ABERDEEN-—Arrived March 23—Schr E B Jackson, from Honolulu; schr Albert Meyer, from San Diego: stmr Newburg, hence Mar 20. FOREIGN PORTS. VICTORTA, B C—Arrived March 23—Stmr Shawmut, from Hongkong, 2 ROBS DENTISTS OF GOLD LEAF Burglar Loots Half a Dozen Offices in Marysville. Special Dispatch to The Call. MARYSVILLE, March 23.—Marysville dentists were relieved of all the gold and in silver leaf used in their practice last night by the successful operation of a bold burglar, who visited six different of- fices in various parts of the city. Dr. Schillig wag the first to notice that anything was wrong when he found tbat his office door had been forced with a Jjimmy during the night. All the gold had been taken and the office was in con- fusion. On reporting the matter to the police he found that five other dentists had been treated in a like manner and had lost all their gold. Keys were used for entering the rooms of the other phy- siclans, and although things were turned over and thrown about nothing was taken but the leaf. the gold had been taken from secret hid- ing places, which shows that the burglar was familiar with the surroundings. He left no clew by which he might be appre- hended. The aggregate amount of gold taken is $200. The offices of Dr. R. E. Smith and | wett were not entered. All of the | Dr. ‘e officey are situated on the main business streets and in different parts of the city. This is the second time that Marysville dentists hate been robbed in this way. TELEGRAPH fiEWS. ST, LOUTS, March 23.—The Christian Col- lege, belonging to the Discipline chureh, was destroyed by fire to-day. HAMILTON, Ohio, March 23.—Oxford Col- lege, attended by 125 young women, was closed to-day because of the outbreak of German measies, BOSTON, March 23.—By the will of Arioch Wentworth, the Boston real estate millionaire, the estate, estimated at $7,000,000, with the exception of & few annuities, goes to found an industrial school, to be called the Arloch Went- yorth Industrial School WHEELING, W. Va. March 23.—Charles Arnett, the 25-year-old son of Colonel Arnett, a well known criminal lawyer, deliberatély walked Into the river to-day at the wharf, and, refusing aid from scores of people, was drowned, He was temporarily deranged. ———— Cites Dingee to Appear. CAKLAND, March 23.—William J. Din- gee, president of the Contra Costa Water Company, was cited to-day to appear be- fore Judge Hall and show cause why he should not turn over $38 alleged to belong to the estate of Willlam C. Giles, his former foreman, who, together with his wife, was burned to death in a cabin near Colfax last year. Dingee claims the money was sent to Giles to pay for ma- terfal, and was not the foreman's per- sonal money. —————— Rockefeller Again at Pasadena. PASADENA, March 23.—John D. Rocke- feller, accompanied by his son, John D. Rockefeller Jr., returned to Pasadena this morning. Rockefeller visited the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, where he was jeined by his son, who had been touring Mexico. The party will remain here for wn indefinite stay, / ! Knapp as president, is officially charged i ‘ I In some of the offices | NAVAL OFFIGIL Commissary Edds Is Ac- cused of Accepting Commissions. Several Specifications Are Filed Against Him by Acting Secretary. B T R, I, March Commissary Steward George H. Edds, whose courtmartial has been set for | Wednesday, with Lieutenant Commander 2 “hief NEWPORT, with “scandalous conduct contrary to | good morals,” the specifications being | that from the firm of Aldrich, Eldredge & | Co. of Providence, through John T. Rea- gan of Newport, he demanded and re- ceived 1 cent a pound commission on cof- | fee, amounting to $162 8 in two years; | that in the same period he received from | Reagan three cases of beer and other arti- | cles of value without reimbursing him for i the same, or intending to do so; that in a like period he exacted and received 3 per cent commission from A. W. Arthur of Newport for bakers’ stuff furnished the boys’ mess, amounting to about $1000, and that he ordered from Simpson, MclIntyre & Co. of Boston certain tubs of butter without making or intending tb make | compensation therefor. These charges | are signed by Charles H. Darling, acting Secretary of the Navy ‘ ! O | BIG REWARDS OFFERED | FOR CAPTURE OF OUTLAWS i ke | Los Angeles Police Fail to Find | Trace of Murderous High- waymen. L.OS ANGELES, March 23.—There were no develovments in the search for the three highwaymen who held up a Santa | Menica electric car Saturday night and | shot four passengers. The police are working in the dark, paving absolutely | no clew. They are unable to get any de- scription of the men at all satisfactory. Every effort is being made to trace the gray horse and light wagon or buggy by | which the highwaymen are believed to | have escaped. The City Council took up the question to-day of offering a reward and there were suggestions of radical measures to drive out and keep away | from Los Angeles the undesirable and | | criminal elements that flock here every | winter. The following rewards were offered to- day: Los Angeles Pacific Rallroad. Com- pany, $1000 for one robber, $2500 for all three; Los Angeles County, $00; City Council, $00; Sheriff White, $100; Chief of ! Police Elton, $100; total $3700. It is be- lieved the State will add $00 to this amount. An inquest was held thi | the body of George A. Griswold, the pas- senger shot and killed by the robbers. The verdict was ‘“‘death at the hands of persons unknown to the jury.” et TRAINMEN ARE HURT IN COLLISION AT NIGHT Engine Crashes Into a Tender at| Summit apd Causes Gen- | eral Wreck. | SAN BERNARDINO, March 23.—A"se- | rlous Santa Fe freight wreck took place last night at Summit, on the top of the | Cajon grade. Three men were seriously | injured and one of them may not recover. An extra west bound freight was crawl- ing up the summit from the Victor side and had just reached the station on iop of the grade when passenger engine No. 483, running light for San crashed into the tender of the helper, No. Engineer Klinehaus and Fi L. Moran. The engineer of the light, en- gine was John E. Allen and he was badly hurt. | when picked up was unconscious, as a re- | sult of internal injuries. George Durhin | a brakeman, was caught in the debris | and his face was badly cut. The engines | are demotished. afternoon on | i | 532 Rural Delivery for Yolo. WOODLAND, March —Instruction | ana blanks have been received and the | Postofiice Department will soon send a | representative with a view of establishing { rural delivery in the vicinity of Wood- {land. The people are much pleased with | the/ idea. Postmaster Lungan has also | been notified that if the receipts are in- | creased a few hundred dollars this sca- son free delivery will be established. | sistant Superintendent Flint has beer | here and authorized a new and up-to-date equipment, including new boxes in which the use of keys is obviated. s S ’ Jury Declares Him Innocent. | SAN LUIS OBISPO, March After { being out less than an hour the jury in | the case of Thomas Carroll, whose trial | tor the murder of John Vidal at Pismo i | | en Januvary 18 has occupied the Superic | Court for the last week, returned a ver- | dict of acquittal this afternoon. S TR | BREAKS WINDOW PANE._James ,Don- | nelly was arrested by Captain Spillane yester- | day on a charge of malicious mischicf.” It ts alleged that he broke a window pane in a res- faurant at 760 Mission because the waiter { Considering that his Bernardino, | ran J. | He jumped from his engine and | OFFERS T0 END T0 STAND TRIAL| VENEZUELAN WAR Revolutionist Leader Makes Proposal to " Congress. Strife Will Cease if the Res- ignation of Castro Be Accepted. et WILLEMSTAD, March 2.—General Matos, the leader of the Venézuelan revo- lutionary movement, who is here, sent to- day the following telegram to General Rama Ayal, Vice President of Venezuela and President of the Congre: General Castro has pesigned the Presidency. eing in power renders impossible all peace and prosperity in Vene- zuela, if Congress will accept his abdicattion. I will promise you to use all my influence with the commanders of the revolutionary army to put an immediate end to the war. LONDON, March The Foreign Of- fice, as this dispatch is filed, has no con- firmation of the reported seizure of the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador by the British cruiser Pallas, on the ground that the former had acted in a piratical man- ner. The Foreign Office has heard noth- ing direct from Caracas regarding Presi- dent Castro’s resignation. MOTHER BEGINS SUIT AGAINST SON FOR LAND Member of Old Spanish Family Says She Made a Serious Error. SANTA BARBARA, March 23.—Mrs. Jo- sefa Ruiz de Arellanes, a member of one of the oldest Spanish families in Santa Barbara County, filed an action in the Su- rerior Court to-day against J. B. Arel- lanes, her son. demanding that a deed signed by her twenty-three years ago con- veying to him 2000 acres of land, part of the Rancho Punta de la Laguna, in the northern part of the county, be declared null and void. -’ The mother declares she believed when she signed the document she was granting written authority for her son to transact certain business in connection with the ranch. Only a short time ago, she claims, she discovered it was a deed giving him title to the entire estate. The land lles mn the heart of the oil district discovered a few months ago, a large part of which was recently leased to the Casmalia Oil Company. Mrs. Arellanes asks that in addition to an annulment of the deed the lease of the Casmalia Company be set aside. Owing to the value of the land In- volved the 1 and rights of the Casma- lia Company and the seriousness of the charge made by the mother against ner son a big fight in the courts will follow. WHITE MILLMEN REFUSE TO EAT WITH NEGROES Action of the Pacific Lumber Com- pany at Scotia Causes Gen- eral Strike. EUREKA, March 23.—The refusal of the mill crew of the Pacific Lumber Com- pany to allow twa negroes and several Filipinos to eat with them caused a gen- 1 strike of mill hands at Scotia to-day The negroes and Filipinos were imported by the new maragement of the company to work on the grade. The la- borers in Humboldt have never been called upon to work and eat with la- borers not of their own colgg and resented | this action of the company The strike at first was confined to the mill hands, but later spread to the train | crew on their refusal to allow the men | of color to ride on the trains from Scotia | to camp No. 1 | | n The strikers have no oth- er complaint, and it is thought the matter will be speedily adjusted. e DIES ON THE TRAIN BEFORE JOURNEY ENDS Heart Disease Attacks a Passenger While on His Way to San Diego. SANTA ANA, March 25.—S. A. Rogers, | a well-to-do San Jose resident, died very suddenly this morning near Fullerton on the south-bound Santa Fe train, presum- ably of heart disease. While the train was running forty miles an hour Rogers was ‘seen to fall r helplessly in his seat, and by the time passengers camec to hig ald and laid him out in the aisle was breathing his last. He was brough here, where an Inquest was held ‘this a ernoon. He had 20 in gold and currency on his person and two Los Angeles bank | books showing deposits to the amount of | $7531 04. He was traveling alone and was | en route to San Diego. He was about & years of age. Kills Deputy Sheriff and Escapes. LIVINGSTON, Ky., March 2.—While Deputy Sheriff Charles Casteel and his brother, Albert, were attempting to ar- rest a man named Inman in Laurel Coun- ty last night Inman fortifled himself in an outbuilding and was assisted by George Little in firlng on the officers. In man finally escaped. Albert Casteel and | would not give a dish of corned beef and cab- | bage. $ TSR, SR AT I THE DAY’S DEAD. | VALLEJO, March Mrs. H. H. Dwyer died here vesterd She was a netive of Glens Falls, N. Y., and 77 years of age. She came to Vallejo in 1875. Mrs. Dwyer leaves a valuable estate and a fitiy-acre ranch in Napa County. —e August Reuter. SANTA ANA, March 2.—August Reu- ter, a prominent resident of this city, dled last night while undergoing an operation for appendicitis. He was taken seriously ill with the trouble only about thirty-six hours before his death. He was 52 years of age and an old and respected resident of the valley. 2 P, M. Green. PASADENA, March 23.—P. M. Green, prestdent of the First National Bank of this city, died at noon to-day. Death was caused by a complication of disease: Green was a ploneer in banking here, hav- ing established the First National Bank, which was the first institution of its kiad in the city. He was 65 vears of age. e i Daniel Corcoran. VALLEJO, March 23.—Daniel Corcoran died this morning at his home, three miles from this city. He was one of the prosperous farmers of this section, own- ing a valuable ranch east of the Napa rcad. He was a native of County Cork, Ireland, and 70 vears of age. He came to this State in 1860, —— e, Al Eustis, GILROY, March 2.—Al Eustis, a City Councilman and a member of the Board of School Trustees, died at an early hour this morning of pneumonia combined with asthma. He was a prominent Mason and Workman. He came to Gilroy about tén years ago and was engaged in the draying and hauling business. He leaves a wife and four children. The funeral will be held on his birthday, Wednesday, March 25, at which time he would have been 35 years of age. Little died to-day from wounds received during the shooting. ADVERTISEMENTS. alsiouAEl Rs You Feel Run Down and in need of a tonic. Most everybody does in the Spring. Take an oc- casional dose of the Bitters. It will purify the blood, tone up the system and cure Headache, Heart- burn, Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver and Kidney Complaints. BRIDGE WORK Made for the Cost of Material, at DENTAL CLINIC Gold crowns and attificial teeth at cost. Painless mathods of operating. Week daye, § to 9. Sundays 9 to 1. POST-GRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGE, 3 lor st., cor. Golden Gate ave., 8. F. ‘ashiogwn st., cor, Tenth, Oakland

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