The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1903, Page 9

E 1 UNGAPPY Contractor Claims Wife| Treats Him in Cruel i Manner. —_——— Files Counter Charges in Suit,1 for Divorce Begyp | by Her. | she has been u March, 1894, d have youngest a y nine weeks old One of the cruel acts alleged by Hols- | after the birth of | hat after he and rrangements to she took ad- ble absence from on performed. red shortly al of misery, after his neigh- naming of the the neigh- | | a great particularly 4 him that gala he occasion in he has g | her alleges that nest mental agony the last two years to get his own break- get up at 5:30 a. m, he re her nephew’s morn- { o bed again and anding that she Mrs. last he ns that shabbily he alleges, ¥, when, formed id have . according walk to pass away ned in twenty min- rges he was ab- served and dis- her sister. He e got cnly peited with refuse food sister-in-law while they were eb Crowley, the en Crowiey, to was sterday. e a benedict with- mother's consent and , which restored him e bachelors. anted to Margaret an for cruel. from John Paulson a Milroy from Montez el Lu Lewis from Annie E. Hack- | for negl and Robert S. Smith | Suits divorce for esertion were ed by Josephine Fostino against An- 1o Fostino, Olive Christopher against . Christopher Marie J. Dipple COMMITTEE REFUSES TO CHANGE ITS PLANS Present Arrangements for the Recep- tion of President Roosevelt Must Be Adhered To. e commitiee rge of the pro- & e fon of President evelt vesterday afternoon and e € the greater of its session to considering of the ap- | of this city and | » -change the arrange- | entertainment of the | ve i of Oakland, supported by end Congressman Met- »efore the committee with ercnoon of Wednes- i of Thursday, May at city for recelving . and a similar appeal was t Benjamin Ide Wheeler | niversity, who explained ement exercises of the to be held on the after- esday and the desire of the nd the faculty was that f the United States e in the affalr. 1In re- two appeals the pro- decided that inas- s for the reception had submitted to and duly ap- Roosevelt, it would make the changes beer President | the party. holders of the Indjana and Sonora Mining | requests presented to | was one from Admiral time be designated when icers of this port and vicinity heir their chief er from former Mayor Phelan hange in the programme so as to | he President to attend the ded cremionies of the Dewey mo =0 10 givé the Pioneers and Na- £ opportunity. to welcome the s sent him with fitting | rs. Rolla V. Watt and H. J. Mc- senting the Young Men's Association, also wanted a hal? f the President’s time while here. GRAPE-NUTS. j | | “FROM MISSOURI,” But Pure Food Quickly “Showed | Him.” expression, “I'm from e got to show me,” means Ameng the Missourians who have i | | | | of Grape-Nuts ’ | | | | - Louis who says: e summer of 1900 that For some time 1 premoaltory signs, oc- gastric disturbances | of debility. ‘These ame alarmed and and a general feeli nereased sght “it seemed to me 1 was treated for all he ilis that flesh is heir to but without avail. Finally I was frankly told by my | physician that I had better put my busi. rs in order as I could live but t time, 1 bad actually resigned my- ¢1f 1o die when a friend who knew what ¢ was talking about mede me change my food and try Grape-Nuts. It wag g ng time before I commenced, for it seemed impossible that the food woulq ¢lp me after so many able physicians | ad falled to cure me. Well, to make ong story short I at last decided to Grape-Nuts and the f00d showel me | what was the matter. The effect was magical. One by one the shackles of disease fell from me. My brain became clear, headaches disappear- «d and it seemed I could feel the im- provement daily. 1 experienced the de- clous glow of strong, rich revivitying hicod flowing through my veins. I arose in the morning with old time vigor and life scemed worth the living. The first month of Grape-Nuts use I Fzined 20 pounds and I have been gain- ivg steadily ever since.” N given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Sien: until medical ad be: ees ma | pelled | ana RAGE O TRAI Arnold Sohr Secures Diamond Earrings From Wolfsohn. Packs His Goods and De- parts, Leaving His Young Bride Behind. All slarm that has been felt for the | safety of Arnold Sohr, the jewelry sales- | who 0 mysteriously disappeared | rday night after advieing his bride | of three months and her relatives that He was going to Oakland to consummate a of some diamonds, has been dis- The fact has been developed that Sohr made all preparations for his sud- den departure and incidentally secured two diamond ear-rings of the value of $60 from Willlam Wolfsohn, a diamond broker at 622 Merchant street, which he failed to return. / Through the reticence of Joseph Stern, proprietor of the Pnterprise Jewelry Company of 637 Clay street, it was inad- vertently stated yesterday morning that the missing man was Solomon Stern, his #on, when it should have been Sobr, his son-in-law. Sohr reappeared. in this city about six months ago after an absence of several vears. He is of a fluent talker and reddi made friends. He engaged in ‘the busi- ness of buving and selling jeweiry and sale precious stones and was suecessful in his | ventures. In the pursuit of his vocation he met Joseph Stern. He was asked to the house and after a brief courtship of Miss Eva Stern he proposed marriage and was accepted, the wedding occurring on January 11, 1903. HIS CREDIT WAS GOOD. Sohr had made friends in the city and his credit among the wholesale jewelry ms was of the best. Last Saturday he called at Wolfsohn's store and secured two diamond earrings, which he stated were for a prospective customer in Oakland. noon he presented his wife with two theater tickets for herself and mother to tend the matinee. It transpires that im- mediately after his wife's departure, Sohr packed his belongings and had them taken to the ferry by an expressman. About 5:3 o’clock he called at the establishment of his father-in-law and toid him that he was going to Oakland to sell some dia- monds. It has been learned that Sohr drew $3000 which he had deposited in a local bank, early Saturday morning. ment ring, which mysterfously disap- her missing spouse, WOMAN ACCOMPANIED HIM. A discrepancy exists' between the state- ments of Mr. Woifsohn, the jeweler, and Mre. Sohr. positively that Sohr was accompanied by his wife when he and th is denied by the family. Wolgsohn said last night 1 had an acquaintance with Sohr for four or five m hs and v friend! with him. Saturday, about two with his wife: He ut §600. He is a jeweler ed permission to have examined elsewhere. 1 consented He left his wife thers to awalt his but he never showed up. a newly married man and having for the diamc to this retu a bride a nice little woman of 18. years, I| never & pected he would steal the jewels, I utmost confidence in him. It's a_com- n experience, however, and 1 suppose 1 will ave to stand it 10 SAVE MINES Millionaires on Record Railway Run to Hermosillo. DOUGIAS, Ariz., April 6.—Attached 1o the regular train that arrived at Douglas an hour late this evening was a private car carrying a party of millionaire mine- owners from Indianapolis, Ind. Thomas Taggart, Mayor of Indianapolis, and Dr. Frank C. Jameston, were at the head of With them were seven stock- Company. The Taggart party had a special train awaiting them here and as soon as they reached Douglas were trans- ferred and proceeded toward Fairbanks at the rate order to catch the train for Nogales, which takes them to Hermosillo. The party is making fast ime in order to get to Hermosillo in _time to serve an | infunction on Phelps, Dodge & Co,, who claim to have bought the Sierra de Cob- res copper mines at La Cananea, Sonora. The Taggart party claim the sale was {i- legal and will fight the case to a finish, The Dodge Company have men on the | grounds and will make a fight to retain possession of the property. Both sides are preparing for a fight, which will prob- ably drag along in the Mexican courts and involve millions. The mine adjoins the Greene Company at La Cananea and is sald to have wonderful ore bodies. The sale claimed to have been made to Phelps, Dodge & Co. Involves $2,000,000. PNEUMONIA CAUSES DEATH OF DR. GUSTAVE SUSSDORFF Eminent Medical Practitioner, Who Was Recipient of Numerous Honors, Passes Away. Dr. Gustave Sussdorff, one of the most widely known and highly respected phy- siclans of ‘this city, died last Saturday night at St. Mary’s Hospital, the cause of death being acute pneumonia due. (o 2 cold contracted some two weeks ago. The late Dr. Sussdorfl was a Southerner. He was born in North Carolina ia 1842 and took medical courses both in Virginia and New York, and In 1866 graduated from Long Island College. tively in the East for twenty years, was a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, member of the Medical Boclety of the County of New York, a member of the Northwestern Medical and Surgical | Society and other promunent and learned organizations. Dr. Sussdorff came.to the coast in 1891, and for four years held the position of superintendent of the City and County Hospital, resigning in 1899. Dr. Bussdorff was 58 years of age at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nora Sussdorff, and one son, Homer Sussdorff. The funeral will take place at noon to-day from the mortuary chapel of the Golden.Gate Undertaking Company, 2475 Mission street. The inter- ment will be in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, the funeral car leaving Eighteenth and Guerrero streets at 12:30 o'clock. ——————— PARIS, April 6.—The semi-official announce- ment was made in. the to-day King Edward will arrive in on where he will be received by President e days. Loul < He will remain two or o Arnold | tmposing appchrance | His wife is a]-} | so under the impression that her engage- d about one month ago, was taken | The diamond merchant states | secured the dlamonds of sixty miles an hour in| He practiced ac-| THE (AN FRANCISCO CALL, Dr.W.P. Matthews Hon- ored by Public Works Commission. Matter of River Improve- ments Discussed at the Capital. - R L R SACRAMENTO, April 6—The State Board of Public Works met at the Capl- | tol this afternoon and considered various matters connected with river improve- | ments. D. D, McLaren called the at-| tentlon of the board to the fact that his | resignation as a member, which had been tendered to the Governor some weeks | ago, had been accepted and a vacancy | existed in the secretaryship, which he | held. Dr. W. P. Matthews, a member | of the board, was then placed in nomi- nation and was elected urtanimously. | Dr. Matthews was until recently sec- | retary of the State Board of Health, but his resignation was accepted by the Gov- | ernor. He was appointed a member of | the Commission of Pubilc Works, and | since a member of the board has given | much attention to the subject of river | improvements. | A delegation of land owners along the | Mokelumne River appeared before the Board today and asked that something be | done to improve that stream, the lands | | adjacent to which have been flooded by the high water within the past few days. J. | P. Sargent, one of the speakers, said the | | recent flood had caused fully $150,00 dam- | ages. It was represented to the Board that by changing the course of the stream somewhat, future trouble could be pre- vented, and the engineers of the Board were instructed to visit the scene and re- port plans for the improvement. | HILF-MILLON AT ST iCitrus Fruit Rate Ques- tion Will Be Heard To-Day. 1,08 ANGELES, April 6.—The hearing | of the citrus fruit rate question before | the Interstate Commerce Commission wil! | begin in tnis city to-morrow. Commis- ner Prouty, who will be the only | member of the commission present, ar- | rived to-day | Among the prominent railroad officfals | who will represent their respective lines | at the hearing, W. B. Biddle, freight traffic manager of the Santa Fe; W. L | | Bissell, assistant traffic manager of the | same company; W. ¥. Herrin, general | ounsel of the Southern Pacific; J. C. | Sproule, assistant traffic manager; W. C. | Luce, assistant general freight agent, and W. G. Nemyer, freight agent at | Chicago of the Southern Pacific, arrived | to-day. In the hearing to begin to-morrow the | citrus fruit shippers and growers claim | $500,000 is involved, the sum representing the alleged excessive freight charged by | the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail roads. Neither Vice President J. C. | Stubbs of the Harriman roads nor Vice President Paul Morton of the Santa Fe | system will be in attendance. Both were subpenaed, but the first named was ex- cused, because his presence is needed at | Nashville, where James R. Keene and E. H. Harriman are contesting for control of the Southern Pacific. Interstate Commerce Commissioner | Prouty, who will hear the case, said to- day he expeefs the hearing to consume several days. Judge Prouty is the only | member of the commission who was not here when the case was first heard more than two years ago. —_— EXPLAINS THE RULING. G2 | Counsel Lauterbach Gives His Views of the Court’s Decision. NEW YORK, April 6.—Edward Lauter- bach, counsel for Taylor & Co. in the | SBouthern Pacific injunction procedings, | #ald to-day that he had been inforsmed that the decision not to make the injunc- tion permanent was based upon a tech- nicality, Judge Lurton holding that the | Union Pacific was an indlspensable part |in the case and would have to be repre- |sented in court before an injunction | should be granted against it, He explained that the rulings in the | Northern Securities case had determined | that actions against a stockhoilder (in | |this case the Union Pacific) could be | | brought in the legal habitation of the company in which the stockholder has a | membership. So the case was not brought against the Union Pacific, but against the Southern Pacific as the rep- | resentative of all of its stockholders. ! | Talbot J. Taylor & Co., brokers | for James R. Keene, declined to discuss | the decision or to say what further steps, |if any, would be taken. At the Union Pacific office nothing in the way of an | official statement was made. Represen- | tatives- of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., were | pleased by the news but had no com- ments to make. The stock market was | not greatly affected by the decision. LABOR TROUBLES IN ROME. Workmen Are Considering the Ad- , visability of a General Strike. ROME, April 6.—A meeting of workmen here to decide a general strike was called last evening and s still sitting at an early hour this morning. The labor | trouble started with a strike of type- setters. All the other trades are now asked to join. About 100,000 foreign visi- tors are here, who would leave on the first hint of trouble and the Government \h:.\.s therefore taken energetic measures to maintain order and inspire confldence. | The troops in the capital, who usually | number 12000, have been more than doubled and are kept in constant readi- | ness. The Government also has taken | steps to take possession of the shops of the bakers and butchers. Swiss Strikers Stone Police. BASLE, Switzerland, April 6.—Two thousand five hundred masons and their assistants who are on strike hers made a demonstration to-day and endeavored te prevent non-strikers working. The po- lice interfered, but were stoned by the strikers, many of the policemen being in- jured. The Government has ordered a battalion of troops to be mobilized in or- der to assigt the police. Seven companies of soldlers are now picketing the eity, —————— Commissary Edds Convicted. WASHINGTON, April \6.—The court- martial which tried Chief Commissary S. Edds at Newport, R. I., on the charge of accepting commissions from merchants on account of supplies purchased for the that | naval trading station found him guilty m" and sentenced him to one year's onment. ¥ | matters 3 m | Seattle to San Diego people who want good | movernment in cities, | with us. TAKES REING OF OFFIGE Mayor Olney Outlines Policy He Will Pursue. L] Declares for Uncompromis- ing Adherence to Pledges. | Asserts Most Important Question to Be Considered Is That of Municipal Water Supply. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 6. With a council chamber packed to the doors and aglow with bright and fragrant floral decorations, the new City Council assumed office to-night. Interest centered upon the first message of Mayor Olney, who outlined in definite terms the main poliey that would obtain during his ad- ministration. In strong, unqualified sentences, Mayor Olney declared for uncompromising adher. | ence to pledges, a strict non-partisanship, a promise that' the Boards of Public Works and Police and Fire Commission- ers should weed out as soon as possible all incompetent employes and utterly ig- nore all considerations but that of fitness in selection of new men. The Mayor declared the most import- ant question to be considered was that of a municipal water supply and jie recom- mended bonds to lay a distributing sys- tem in the city, a pipe line to Niles and pumping station, and acquisition of lands in the Niles gravel beds. He said the known facts concerning that source of supply were such that any private cor- poration would make an investment such as was contemplated by the city.- In dvt tail on these subjects, Mayor Olney said: ing accordance with the practice of incom! M::"or: of our city, 1 address you at the be- ginning of our administration upon thoee that first demand attention. From {ime to time, as we acquire a beiter insight into the needs of the city, I shall discuss with vou what ought to be done, and what it is Wwithin our power to do, for the betterment of municipal conditions. It is not possible for o Mayor, or the Council, upon first taking fice to be fully advised of what {is Troper and practicable for them to do. All of us were nominated by more than one | olitical convention. When a Democratic con- Tention and & Republican converition nomi- e the same man for the same office, or inate man selected by the Municipal Leal fons impliedly pledge their candidate to a no | partisan administration, and, by accepting the nomination, such candidate solemnly agrges With that end in view, the Works and Police and Fire Commissioners will. as rapidly as possible, weed out the incompetent and inefficlant men under thelr control, but will take no action whatever except it shall appear to them to be for the good of the c and in considering applicants to fill vacancie will utterly ignore all considerations except that of fitness for the work proposed. people. of Public all her Board Thia, gentlemen of the Council, I know to | i wii your sentiments and will be By i st remgments S Tl people, therefore, feel an assured confidence that the affairs of Oakland will be administer- ed upon a purely business basis. The interest taken in Oakland municipal go: ernment by people all over the Pagific Lofl exceeds anything in our experience. Fron and are studying muni- cipal problems, were Interested fn our late election, and they are now watching the ex- periment here attempted of running a eity government for the benefit of all the people in it with an interest never before knowi Not only is this administration the hope our own citizens, but it is the hope of friends of good municipal government everywhere on the Pacific Coast. MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION. The present city government was elected up- on platforms pledged to the acquirement by the city of its own water supply system. [t was upon this issue, as candidates, we went before the people and by them were elected to the offices we mow hold. Our were large because the neople believed we would redeem our pledges. The question whether Oakland should own her own water system has passed beyond the realm of debate It has been settled by our pledges and by the votes of the people. The methods for attaining the end des'red are open for | consideration, but nothing else. These methods require the most careful consideration, but I know that as business men you will consider the problem both from the business man's point of view and from the standpoint of eivie pride and good citizenship. Our city is grow- ing repldly now and will soon grow by leaps and bounds. he time is not far distant when half a milliod of people will be living within the borders of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. All these citles a common Interes An inevitable destiny, Which it Is foolish to fight against, will goon unite all three in municipal bonds. Therefore, in planning a water system, we should exercise the same business judg. | ment we would expect from the managers of a private corporation who anticipated an im- mense growth of the corporation business. A sufficlent supply of water for to-day will not be sufficient two years from now. If we look abead twenty or {wenty-five years and assume & growth which we have a right to expect, how utterly inadequate will Le a supply which would now suffice! Besides, an abundance of pure, fresh water. at a reasonable cost, wiil of ifself be a great stimulsting force for the establishment of homes and manufacturing | plants in our midst. Oakland has been much retarded in the past by the inferior quality of the water furnished and the exorbitant prices charged. A chcap and abundant supply will bring both popula- tion and capital. Therafore this Couneil, pledged to the municipal ownership of a water supply, should keep constantly in mind the needs of the future and realize that it s act- ing, not for to-day alone, but for both the present and the future. If the corporation that is now furnishing water to the city had a distributive system adeguate to our needs and an abundant supply of pure fresh water, it would be the part of wisdom to enter Into | negotiations fer the purchase of its plant, and, if it could bo bought at a fair price, to com- plete the purchase. NEGOTIATIONS USELESS. But in my opinion .there are three reasons why it is useless to tHink >f negotiating with the Contra Costa Water Company. The first is that the purchase of its plant at a fair vajuation would yleld nothing to the stock- holders for the reason that it is bonded for about three million five hundred thousand dol- lars. That sum probably covers the actual amount Invested in its plant, but it is not probable that the stockholders Would, by agree- ment, conssut to give up their interest the property and allow whatever the cf for the plant to go to the stockholders. In the second place, the plant of the Contra Costa Water Company and its water supply are not such as we require. The distributing system Is old ard inadequate, and the supply of water from S8an Leandro Creek is defectiv in_quality and too small in quantity for ser- ious conslderation. The water for Oakland must come from some oth:r source than the creeks in the immedfate vicinity of the city. In the third place there is no practicable ay by which a portion of the Contra Costa system can be segregated su as to give Oak- land a water supply and at the same time supply Berkeley, Alameda snd other contign- ous territory from the system. All three citles would have to unite in the purchase—one can- not act alone. Tt would be wasted effort to try to get all three cities to unite on such a proposition. For these reasons I beg to call your atten- tion to the recom. gndations of the committee of five on water supply, and which have been indorsed, to all intents and purposes, by our people at the polls. 1 therefore recommend to You to take immediate steps to lay a good and permanent water d system t| - out the city and to lay a pipe line to vicinity of Nilea in this county. At ti point land, should be pu and pumping plants erec! - While nothing that has not actuaily been tried is certainly sure in this world, yet it is as safe a ousiness proposition as was ever laid before a oomln!nlt:‘ that, If we provids distributive system and a pipe 1i ;uod and_erect pumping »mmu bf sufficient water from the Niles el to meet the demands of our e for some years to come. Urpon such a proposition, with the facts both | e, or Union Labor parties, those conven- | majorities | TUESDAY, APRIL T, HOLSWORTH SIS ' JEWELER MOURNS |BONRD CONFERS |CITY COUNCIL [LWWD AND WATER |FRENCH DEPUTY WILL APPRAISE VALUABLE GEMS' A SECRETARYSHIP | | that In his official capacity, he will not con- | sfder party affiliations, bui only Oakland and | were injured slightly. The team composed | uniimited as to. quantity, 1903. GASES REVIEWED Supreme Court Passes on Appeals From Cali- fornia Tribunals. Decisions Are Affirmed in Several Suits of Public Importance. ———— WASHINGTON, April 6.—The United States Supremé Court to-day affirmed the decree of the United States Circult Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of' the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and others versus the United States. The action was brought to quiet title to land.in Southern California in dispute between the Southern Pacific and | the Texas and Pacific railroad companies, | both claiming them under Government grants. The opinion holds that the land in controversy was covered by the Texas and. Pacific and not by the Southern Pa- ! cific grant. £ The Supreme Court also decided two cases involving the right of the Oregon and California Railroad Company to land taken in lfeu of other land, upon which scttlers had previously located before the Jands had been surveyed. The court held that the title of the settlers was the bei- ter one and affirmed the decision of the court below. The controversy over the water rates, fixed by the Board of Supervisors of the | county of San Diego, California, and | which was crystallized in an actioa | brought by the San Diego Land and Town | Company, was deccided by the l'nlltd! States Supreme Court in faver of the| county. It was alleged that the rates | were 8o high as to practically amount to the taking of property without due pro- cess of law. The court held that the facts did not sustain this contention. Bicyclists in a General Mix-Up. { ATLANTA,. Ga., April .6.—The 12-hour| championship bicycle race at the Coli- seum ended to-night in a general mix-up in which seven of the eight men riding at | the time were thrown from thelr wheels John. Bedell of New York was serlously injured. Bill Fenn and Iver Lawson of Jimmy Moran and Nat Butler of Bos- ton was declared winner of the race with an aggregate of 292 miles, four laps George , Leander and Amos Bedell gaged in a personal encounter. ——————————— In the Divorce Court. OAKLAND, Aprfl 6—Martha A. ell to-day commenced suit for d from Frank W. Newell, a Iqcal politi-| cian, on the ground of cruelty. They have been married over twenty-five years. So- phia Arsears also began suit against Jos- eph Arsears on the ground of desertion. | They were married in 1598, Joseph H: Schmitz was granted a divorce from Harriet P. Schmitz on the ground of in- temperance. Mary Rodrigues secured a di- vorce from Manuel Rodrigues on the grounds of infidelity and desertion. PREERERERERIIER RS SRR RS en- that we know, any private corporation or | private capitalist would not be afraid to in- | vest money. In fact a large part o{ the present source of supply of water for our. city comes from these same gravel beds. But if we have | a distributive system and pipe line to Niles | all be In a position to ava!l ourselves of ' any other supply of water tiat may be brought to, or past that point. ‘The Bay Citles W is_proposing to bring water fro ek in Santa Clara County to that point to wholesale. The Spring Valley will be in a position also to sell to us at whole- sale, It we are willing to become a purchaser. But, beyond all that, it is my opinion tnat it | is only a questior of time when San Francis- | co, Stockton, San Jose, Berkeiey, Alameda und | Oakland will by united action bring from the | Sierra Nevada Mountains a supply of -water and as to quality | far supecior to that furnished by any eity in | the world. Whenever that time comes, if we | have our own distributing system and pipe | line to Niles, we shall be in ~ condition to enter | the comblnation to get water from the Slerr: Nevada Mountains at our just pense for bringing that water t fore the works that you btaining water from the Niles gravel beds an be utllized when that greater work of bringing water from the Sierras is accomplish- There- | construct for i ed. The only money that will be lost will be | the amount paid for land and for pumping plants, The Bo consult d of Public Works will with you, and 1 have no doubt that at an early day the detalls of plans will be worked out, and that you will be reedy to propose to the people of Oakland a tond issue to meet the neceseary cost of this frst great muni- cipal requirement. Touching other conditions, Mayor Olney urged immediate attention to streets, bonds for public schools, acquirement of land for parks and construction of boule- vards. He called for a strict economy in financial matters, and he saw practical defects in the operation of the city char- ter that should be rectified. In this con- nection the Mayor sald: As an illustration of what at present seems to be a needed change is a provision by which there shall City Assessor, who shall sess the property within our borders for eity | purposes. There are other fegtures requiring | amendment, but they can wait discussion un- til after we have become better informed us to the city's needs and the practical workings of the charter, Concluding, the Mayor said: In concluding 1 desire to express to you gentlemen my high appreciation of vou, and each of you, personally, and as the legisiative | body of our city. Some of you have accepted | office at great personal sacrifice, simply be- | cause you thought it was a duty that, as good citizens, you could not shirk. All of you | have undertaken very onerous labors and heavy responsibilities. The people are ex- pecting very much of you. In fact the ex- pectations of our people are unreasonably higo. It is impossible for us to do all that is ex- pected of us. We shall make mistakes, for We are very far from belng infallible. Sometimes 1 fear those mistakes will be condemned with undue severity because of ths | great lopes of the people. We Are all re- solved to do our best. I know that, so far as the legislative branch of the city is con- cerned, all that is possible to be done will be done to realize expectations, and I have no doubt that when your term’of office ex- pires the people of Oakland will say to you, ““Well done, good and faithful servants.” DORNIN ELECTED. TIn accordance with caucus selection Councilman George W. Dornin was elected president. In accepting the chair- manship President Dornin noted that the fiscal year would close wth a clean bal- ance shect owimg to special tax levies and payment of long delinquent taxes | supposed to be uncollectible. He spoke on needed improvements, detailing a new City Hall, extension of the boulevard, outfall sewer and reconstruction of Tele- graph avenue, saying the possibility of acdomplishing these betterments will depend in great measure on the attitude of the people. Chairman Dornin noted the existing harmony between the exec- utive and legislative branches of the city government. AR School Board Organizes. OAKLAND, April 6.—With the eiection to-night of George E. Randolph as presi- dent, the new Board of Education was or- President Randolph appointed the following standing committees: Class- ificatlon—Wilcox, Pratt and Redington. Hathaway. Furniture and supplies— Hathaway, Wilcox and Pratt. High school—Clift,” Tsaacs and Knox.— Indus- trial education—Knox, Hardy and Rogers. Judiclary—Hardy, Redington and Clift. Observatory—Pratt, Rogers and Hardy. Rules and regulations—Robertson, Knox and Tsaacs. School houses and sites— Isaacs, Hathaway and Robertson. |climax came C STIRS UP & AOW Criticizes Methods That Led to Conviction of Dreyfus. S e Speech Causes Great Excite- ment Among Members of the Chamber. —— PARIS, April 6—The Dreyfus affair was brought up in the Chamber of Dep- | uties by M. Jaures, Socialist, during a discussion of the validation of the elec- tion of M. Syveton, Nationalist Repub- | lican. Jaures asserted that M. Syveton had attacked the Republican group on the ground that they were not agents of for- eigners, but the speaker proposed. to show that the real friend of the foreigners were those who during four years lished their case through a falsified sig- nature of a foreign Emperor.” This al- tuded to the letter of the German Emper- or whigh Is sald to have been introduced into.some of the private papers in the Prevfus c¢ase. M. Jaures, continuing, made an extended review of the affair | and severely criticized the methods which | led up to the conviction of Dreyfus. | The remarks wrought up the Chamber | tc a great pitch.of excitement, but the | when, turning to a new | branch of the subject, M. Jaures read a | letter dated August 31, 1898, written by Genegal Pellieux to the Minister of War and fasking to be placed on the retired Ifét owing to the Dreyfus case. In this Jetter, a= read by M. Jaures, General Pel- Heux sald: “Can you any longer have confidence either in your subordinates or in chiefs who have made me their dupe | and made me work with forged docu- ments?"” This/was an allusion to the forgery of Colerel Henry, and M. Jaures -went on to assert that the letter had been hidden from_ the couniry and had been communi- cated either to the court of cassatlon or the court-martial which tried Dreyfus at Rennes. M. Brisson, rising from his seat, de- clared that he at the date of the letter | was Premier, and the Government had no knowledge of the letter. He accused M. Cavaignac, who was Minister of War at the time, of not notifying the Government of its existence. M. Cavaignac retorted | | { | { that the substance of the letter was pub- | | lished at the time in the shape of an in- | terview, and he accused M. acting a comedy. | M. Brisson, who was laboring under | great emotion, replied: “You may be | thankful that the amnesty law (in con- | nection with the Dreyfus affair) was | passed; ctherwise you would be tried aud | onvicted.” | These utterances brought forth wild | cheering from the members of the Left, ho then turned toward M. Cavaignac and | hooted him, calling him *‘traftor.” The President of the Chamber tried | vainly for a long time to restore silence | and when he ultimately succeeded, M. Cavaignac spoke and denied that he had ever sought to conceal anything and said the letters did not form any part of any | dossier in connection with the Drefus case. General Pellieux. he affirmed, after- | ward regretted having written it. This declaration aroused a fresh storm of hiss- | es. M. Jaures who had remained in the Speaker's tribune throughout the fore- | going scene, asked for a postponement of the debate. The Chamber voted the post- ponement and adjourned. @ il @ COUBH CAUSES A BIG LAWSUIT Woman Seeks Damages From Millionaire Whittier. Brisson of | Special Dispatch to The Call. RIVERSIDE, April 6—A suft for $19,000 damages was filed in the Superior Court | to-day by Mrs. Minnie Beardsley, a | wealthy woman of Connecticut, agsinst | W. F. Whittler, a San Francisco million- aire, and owner of the hotel at Hemet, | Riverside County. Mrs. Beardsley seeks balm for wounded | feelings and inconvenlence caused | through her ejecfment from Whittier's hotel on the claim of the manager that | she had an offensive cough. Mrs. Beards- | ley claims that she was subiected to abuse by the manager; that he accused her of lying, and otherwise heaped op- probrium on her. ‘The suit involves a unique point in law as affecting the right of a hotel proprietor to bar consumptives. After Mrs. Beards- ley was ejected from the hotel a notice | was posted announcing that no consump- | tives would be admitted. DIES FROM PNEUMONIA | IN ‘A PILE OF LUMBER No Facts Surrounding the Death of John Brady, Marine Fireman, Come to Light. OAKLAND, April 6.—An autopsy was performed to-day upon the body of John Brady, the marine fireman, who was found dead on Saturday night in.a pile | of lumber in Derby’s lumber yard. Dr. G. E. Reinle made an examination of the body, together with Coroner Mehrmann, and found that pneumonia, coupled with beart disease, caused death. There were no marks of violence upon the body and only a slight scratch upon the nosé received in the death struggle. R .SANTA FE BUYS MORE | LAND AT EMERYVILLE Realty Syndicate and Judson Iron/ ‘Works Sell Two Blocks to the Railroad. OAKLAND, April 6.—Two deeds were placed upon record to-day conveying from the Judson Iron Works and George Ster- ling on behalf of the Realty Syndicate two whole blocks of land to the Santa Fe Rallroad adjoining its proposed depot site at Emeryville. The consideration was not expressed. The new acquisition will give the Santa Fe about two acres more for | depot facilities and side tracks. TELEGRAPH NEWS, WASHINGTON, April 8.—Captain Alfred C. Merrillat, Fifteenth Cavalry, has retired on account of disability Incident to service. BALTIMORE, April 6. —Advices West. ern Maryland state that vegetation was frogen during the cold snap and that there will be no peach or strawberry crop. EAN_JOSE. Avril 6—Twenty dris o o wagons are on k They demand shorter hours—e instead of from ten to fourteen, as formerly. WASHINGTON, April 6.—The opinion of the lower court was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Yuma- ta: | workers who have | gency Hospital | slightly injured WORK ON GANAL Government to Compen- sate French Company for Extra Labor. Commission Leaves for Colon on Thursday to Check Up the Accounts. e s WASHINGTON, April 6.—Admiral Wal- ker, General Haines and Major Black, the two latter of the Corps of Engineers, will leave New York next Thursday for Colon for the purpose of appraising the value of the work now in progress on the canal, and which will be prosecuted by the French company up to the moment when the great property comes into the actual possession of the United States. The agreement to sell the canal was signed by Secretary Hay and Mr. Crom- well, and thers being no stipulation to the contrary the company was not bound to continue the heavy dally expenditure on account of labor and material and su- perintendence Invoived -in the continua- tion. It fs claimed that a suspension would have worked harm and have re- sulted in the loss of a number of canal now hecome expe- rienced and inured to the climate. The canal company undertook to keep the work In progress and now looks to the United States Government. for compensa- tion Yor the expenses involved in so do- ing. The sub-committes is going to the isthmus to take check notes on the work from the time the contract was signed up to the date the United States assumes control. DOES NOT THINK OF COMPROMISING Mrs. Hutton Declares She Is Through With Her Husband. Special Dispatch to The Call SALT LAKE, April 6.—Mrs. Inez Sexton Hutton to-night emphatically denied that she had become reconciled to her hus- band, Police Commissioner . W. Hutton of San Francisco. She declared that such & rumor must have been circulated for its political effect, and that it was without foundation. “I know that the exposures as to kis character have hurt him politically,” said Mrs. Hutton, “‘and that he feels it mayx endanger his job. For that reason an e fort is being made to make everyth appear to have been smoothed over. don’t intend to stop in my course or to accept any, compromise whatever. I shall continue i the line T have started ard shall have nothing to do with that man " Mrs. Hutton said she would write to her attorney, D. M. Delmas, denying an: intention of coming to a compromise cr agreement. Peruvian Society Reorganized. The Sociedad Peruana de Beneficencia Mutua has been reorganized and the foi- lowing officers elected: President, Jultus N. Marca; vice president, Manuel A. Mar- ca; treasurer, Santiago Uribe; financial secretary, Leonidas Bedoya; recording secretary, Jesus Quarte; fiscal, Jose Men- doza; guardian, Benjamin Larrea. —_———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, April 6.~The following marriage licenses were issued to-day Christ Jensen, aged 24, Alvardo, and Rosa Strauss, 15, San Lorenzo; J. Boyd Stoner, 23, and Mary E. Ford, 25, both of San Francisco; Alexander Flood, 2%, and lda Lamp, 18, both of Lafayette; Wii- lis E. Grant, 22, Fresno, and Cora B. | Becraft, 18, Fruitvale. —_—— THIGHEONE BROKEN.—P. J. Quam. a laborer, while wheeling a barrow laden with bricks on a ne building at the cormer of Seventh and MarKet streets yesterday, lost his balance and fell from the second story to tha basement. He was sent to the Central Emer- in the ambulance. It was found that his left thigh was fractured, —_———— KNOCKED DOW. BY BICYCLIST.—John Flatlev, an aged ma: was knocked down an.! yesterday morning by being struck by a bicycie ridden by Joseph Mayers The bones of his left hand were fractured Mayers . was unseated and received a_scaly vound. Both men wers taken to the Central Emergency Hospital. —_—— WATCHMEN DISCHARGED.—The Six Companies concluded yesterday that the squa! of watchmen hired by them for Chinatown should be disbanded. 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