The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDXNESDAY, GRENPUS MAKES \SHYG SALOONS \ I'orpedo Shot Strikes Center’!SpeciaI Police Force of City Target ards WONDERFUL IT Powerful Submarine De- | Chief Wlttman Objects stroyer Proves a Great Success. With Spec- tacular Effect. & short began trimmi The torpedo, W , had been so set by the gun- bey: rse having been cleared of a lot | T ing a number of spectal policemen, as | craft that infest those Waters, | (hey were of no service In the positions, | us took a dip at the starting | 4n4 of placing useful men in their places. | ppeared from view, the little | I¢ was suggested that a special meeting | big trial, would immediately o e offictal trials of warine torpedo-boats com ‘ morning at half-pas favora ondi as quiet a mi morning. The ten-mile run of the Pik tions, under rull speed wit m st guirements. The grea: however, came In th t was the torpedo firing from submerged conditions. the bulld- and great things had but they were hardly pre- anticipated by overwhelming success tha eft her moorings an ed g preparatory to th ch was one of earl of the boat that whes ace, and was also set t he surfece after it had run 390 nd the target, so that its course foll owed and defined. Chief G visible. Steered b; nds; as she had ri just glimmeH three-qua ar & abov of the target ird emergence and fired left the submerg ning at a terrif y its own propel her swerving to the describing an absolu or the center of the tar shed at the rat its course bein streak lashed 1 g-like evolutions « r a further run of = , it came to the surf icipated and bobbed u on the waves. essed by those ug owed immediately wit I Stafford . 8 Adan‘ e tug were r George H Torpedo C: superintendin tt, pr 7 whose yard The trials ar irsday the Pi urs submerged ri first | She scored up 7.63 knots, | tly after noon the lit- down to the place of start- distance from Potrero Point, run five feet en especially sent hteen-foot diving mast be- bout & mile when her ppeared above the water down again she d ght 1 sbmarine boat, was most the general >m- ent BAE PRWNGHOFS { | to Liquor Men Tak- ing Pledges. R Will Soon Be Re- | organized. el TR, Two persons complained to the police last night of what they sald was prac- tically the carrying on of a pawnbroking business by saloons. Chief of Pollce[ Wittman objected in the interest of the | Detective Department and L. Lichenstein in the interest of the pawnbroking busi- | ness. Chief Wittmen stated that many saloon- keepers were in the habit of loaning money on valuables and that no account of receiving these goods had ever been | made to the police. An ordinance, recent- | Iy passed, requires pawnbrokers to ren- | der a daily account of all pledged articles, that the department may be enabled to | trace and recover stolan propertv. The | Chief further sald that saloon men ad- vanced money on various articles that came Into the possession of thieves and that the detectives have never been able to recover them. Lichenstein's plea was that the prac- tice spolled business in his line and that d his associates were obliged to pay | ise, which should accord them pro- tection. The Commissioners, after a dis cussion, decided to put an end to the cus- | tom and prevent liqupr dealers from ac- cepting any valuables whatever in pledge. | President Newhall called the attention of the board to the laxity of rules gov- sial policemen of the city. i he was in favor of dismiss- | 4 t n e h 4 e t a o y n o be held, at which all the speclals will be present that the Commis- have an opportunity of re- v a large number of specials who are not worth their hire,” said New- » . “It would be a good idea to slash ough the ranks and reorganize the en- | re force, g it directly’ under the | rgeants of the regular oner Hutton was appointed as a committes of one to draw up a set of | rules and the matter was postponed until future meéting. A. Mcintyre, Walter Mitchell, Henrichs, Warren M. Phillips ames Manning were appointed as | ular patrolmen in the department. They will fill the vacancies of the two men dismissed and the three pensioned on Monday. DECISION AND AWARD IN ALBION LIBEL CASEi Judge de Haven Claims That Claim- | ants Aze Entitled to Re- ceive Certain Sums. A decision wes rendered yesterday by United States District Judge de Haven in the cases of libel brought against the steamship Albion by W. S. Ray, W. W. Thomp Johnson-Locke Mercantile Company, Bibo, Newman & Ikenberg and W. A. Boole & Son. The decision is to the effect that at the dates of the trans- actions forming the basis of the claims the International Mercantile and Trading g | | | | | | | | | | | a on 3 - - Company was the equitable owner of the € N e inor | Alblon, and that the transfer of the le- ! gal titie to J. H. Sanford was Intended duranc know m people who have teé by leaving off coffee and taking | stum. One delicate elderly lady, terribly from nervous headaches er mervous troubles. She was on of mervous prostration when ad- 1 Fig] board o ht Loadl to Arrest. " and after hav 1 to the Harbor Hospital fo: POSTUM CEB,EA.L. PASS IT ON. The True Way to Enjoy a Pleasure, » enjoy & truth is to pass i run at istitute last n Wagoner were booked at the City pleasure after having a mortgage to secure an in- the International | Mercantile and Trading Company to Ru- eckels. equitable owner, adds the the company had authority to pur- | supplies for the steamer 4 court, chase necessary and upon the credit of the steamer and, according to the evidence, it was the mu- tual understanding of the parties that the pplies referred to in the libels were fur- nished upon the credit of the Albjon. following sums were awarded: cke _Mercantile Compan W. Thompson, $30104; W. S. | Bibo, Newman & Ikenberg, H. Levi & Co., $23175; W. A. Boole Son, $29% 54, with interest from date of | suit. e TWO POLICE CAPTAINS ARE SERIOUSLY ILL ‘ George Birdsall Has Sottening of the | iam Knox, both 2 st night on the Brain and John Mooney Is | deadly weapon Bagly Afflicted. | d tumble fight | The many friends of Captain George ner of Mont- Birdsall of the Police Department will be pained to learn that he lles dangerous| i1l at his residence, 108 Golden Gate ave- He is suffering from softening of the brain, and his physiclan, Dr. T. 1. Shumate, notified Chief Wittman yester- | day afternoon of his critical condition. | About six weeks ago the captain was | | taken suddenly i1l and was confined to his | | bed till March 22. He returned to duty | that day, but next morning was unable | to report, and he secured two weeks' | | leave of absence to go to Paraiso Springs. | t | He .had a collapse there, and Sunday | started to return home. He felt so badly | that he had to stop over at San Jose, but | reached his home next day. After reach- | - . anything to be able o see yOUr ;. home he was selzed with paralysis | oy it. A lady of Key West, of the lower limbs, and as his brain is | lieves in this. She saye: “I am a | scftening the end is not far distant. i bellever in passing & good thing | Captain John Mooney is alao seri . L v faith in Postum | ill at his residence, O'Farrell street. laches she bave almost entirely dis. | already. Her doctor was sur- at the result and advised her to a C hysicl any num, ari An'll l upon such truth that I take pleasure ng to my friends. had a very distressing ef I have long been a grea indigestion. coffee and drinking Postum, kage to try. tried the Postum. fMee and t Goliclous and nutritious. which nderfu lly and my indige: Postum. She looks younger and This s on to give the cases and names a dozen other friends. One of n in ten years past.” “uban. are famous an exhausted bis benefit. ent drink.™ Battle Cregk, Mich. in Some time ago | drinking canned milk with 1 tea 1o give it a flavor. Even | agree with me and when a e a few weeks ago told me | »sults she had gained | & very poor, has look forward to | and Postum Cereal | k Postum instead of coffee, did with the resuit that her coffee drinkers | gentleman Was no exception. remedies When it seemed he ive no longer a friend advised him to Postum. He dropped coffee % up Postum and be is now a liv- to the wonderful proper- Names furnished by He is suffering from diabetes. He was able to leave his bed for a short walk | vesterday, but it is doubtful it he will | ever be fit for duty again. i e sl Tries to End His Own Life. Earl Simmons, a young man who acts | as bartender and clerk in the grocery store at 438 Clementina street, swallowed some arsenic at 12 o'clock last night, with | suicidal intent, because his sweetheart and cousin, Bessie Simmons, failed to re- turn at the hour she promised, after driv- ing to the Cliff House with another man. Simmons, before taking the polson, told Bessie that she had wrecked his life. He | was¢ taken to the Central Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Millar worked over | him until he recovered. —————————— Glovemakers’ Demands. The three hundred, or more, glove- makers who are out on strike besides tue grievance over hours and wages are aim- ing to force the employers to unionize their establishments, by which they would be compelled to reduce the tax on each person of 50 vents a week for motive power to 2 cents, and do away entirely with the charge for the use of machines. —— . Fought Over Pail of Beer. G. A. Thomas, a bellboy at the Russ House, was arrested last night on the | charge of assault with a deadly weapon | preferred by J. F. Prather of 5 Central place. In an altercation over the price of a pail of beer Thomas drew a pocket | knife and slashed Prather slightly in the leg and body. The wounds are not se- rious. | | | t —————————— Estimates of Expenditures. District Attorney Byington °estimates hat he will require $37,400 to conduct his office during the pext fiscal. year and Treasurer McDougald also informed the Supervisors yesterday that he requires $17,630 for a similar purpose. | member GPRINGS FROM A FERRY-BOAT Woman Who Says She Is Mrs. Max Bergess Attempts Suicide. Jumps Off the Piedmont on Way to Oakland, but Is Rescued. eI Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 7. A young woman, who at first refused to give her name and used every artifice to keep her identity hidden, but who fin- ally said she was the wife of Max Ber- | gess of 3187l Sixteenth street, San Fran- | cisco, jumped from the ferry steamer Fiedmont to-night and is now at the Oak- land Receiving Hospital, comparatively uninjured. The attempt at suicide occurred on the Pledmon( on the 9:10 trip from San Fran- 0. n! the slip on the San Francisco side when the young woman walked to the forward end of the boat, threw off her jacket, dropped a bottle of carbolic acid on it and made a flying leap over the rall be- fore any one could catch her. The signal of person overboard was given and a boat was lowered from the rear of the steamer. The young woman | was seen in the water, her skirts keeping her afloat. It took a very few moments [to get her on board once more and she | was taken into the engine-room to dry. Upon the arrival of the boat at the Oak- | land mole the patrol wagon was sent for and the young woman was taken to the Recelving Hospital. A few bruises and one small cut were found on her, the lat- ter probably caused by contact with the paddle-wheel. These injuries were treated by Dr. Curtz. She was very careful about discussing her friends, and the only name she let ¢érop besides Bergess was that of Dr. Willlam Simpson. v The woman who jumped from the boat i3 the wife of M. S. Bergess, who works in the California market, in this city. He say he came downtown with her last night and left her to walt for him at a cigar store on Market street, near Van Ness avenue. When he returned she was not there and had left word that she had gone to the house of her sister, Mrs. Addie Wheeler, on Geary street. RUIT MEN DEMAND LOWER FREIGHT RATES Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty Hears Testimony at Los Angeles. 1.0S ANGELES, April 7.—Unlited States Commissioner C. H. Prouty, who yester- | day arrived from Washington, presided over the session of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, which opened here to- day. Commissioner Prouty is the only of the commission present to hear the case of the Southern California Fruit Exchange and the Consolidated Forwarding Company against the South- ern Paclfic and Santa Fe Railroad come panies. place in this city about two years.ago and has since been a disputed question be- tween the frult growers and shippers and the railroad companies, the former alleg- g that excessive rates have been charged and that loss has been occa- sioned by arbitrary routing of fruit to Eastern markets. W. G. Spence testified as to the condi- tions existing in the lemon trade and as- serted that an “emergency rate’’ was nec- essary to establish California iemons in ¥ ern markets. He stated that fruit arrived at its destination in bad shape, “spotting” having affected the fruit, de- | spite the efforts- of the packers to pre- vent deterforation in transit. L. J. C. Spruance, representing Spruance Fruit Company, the time between the coast and Atlantic points was from sixteen to twenty days, and that fruit arrived with a certain per- centage of loss by decay. expressed the opinion that a 10 per cent ! reduction in freight rates should be made permanent and gave figures to shew the cost of packing and shipping the citrus fruit product. D. W. McLoud, a Riverside shipper; E A. Chase, a Riverside nurseryman; E. M. Lyon of Redlands, A. J. Everest of Ar- | lington; H. H. Gaston, secretary and manager of the Redlands Orange Grow- ers’ Assoclation; F. P. Fay, president of the Fay Fruit Company, Los Angeles; John B. Crawford and George Crawford of Riverside, also testified. The hearing then adjourned until to-morrow morning, A. H. Naftzger, president of the Califor- nia Fruit Agency, will testify to-morrow and has been ordered by the Govern- ment’'s attorney to bring all sorts of docu- ments that will disclose the real purpose | of the new corporation and all its affilia- tions, SRR RO RS STANFORD GRADUATES THE FAVORED OF CUPID Engagements Are Announced Some Former Students of the University. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April The engagement of two of Stanford's most prominent alumni to two young la- of | dies of the university has just been made | public. Miss Alice Eugenia Arnold, '93. of Los Angeles will become the bride of Professor Charles Ross Lewers, 9, of the law department, and Jackson EIli Rey- nolds, "%, a former professor in the law department, will wed Miss Marion Dickle Taylor, 02, of Livermore. Miss Arnold and Miss Taylor are both members of the Delta Gamma Sorority and popular in college soclety. The for- mer is a student in the department of | English and the latter graduated last year from the Latin department. Miss Arnold is a daughter of a prominent capitalist of Los Angeles and Miss Taylor Is the | daughter of Dr. Taylor of Livermore. ELLWOOD COOPER GIVEN OFFICE BY GOVERNOR Prominent Santa Barbara Resident May Accept State Horticultural Commissionership. SANTA BARBARA April 7.—Governor Pardee has tendered the position of State Horticultural Commissioner to the Hon. Ellwood Cooper of this city, and the lat- ter, although nodt yet decided, probably wiil accept. The Governor stated that Mr. Cooper was the one man in Califor- nia who is thoroughly competent to fiil the place amd that in his opinion Mr, Cooper would accept. He stated that the horticultural interests demanded that just such a man be appointed and that (here was no second choice for the place, Mr. Cooper being conversant with the needs of the entire State and untiring in his efforts to improve the interests of the farmer and fruit grower. ——————— Indict Xing for Manslaughter. OAKLAND, April 7.—George King, ac- cused of permitting his late wife, Jennte King, and her newly born babe to die without the attendance of a physician, was Indicted by the Grand Jury to-day on a charge of manslaughter. King is in custody. Ball was fixed at $2000, Scarcely had the boat got outside | The first hearing of the case woK | one of the larg- | est shippers of the State, stated that the | The witness | APRIL 8, 1903 C BEANARD MOSES |ANXIOUS T END OAKLAND WANTS NILES ACCUSES RETURNING HOME President Wheeler Says He Will Not Accept Presidency. Returning by Way of the Old World to Resume His College Work. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, April 7. President Wheeler of the University of California says that Professor Bernard Moses will not accept the presidency of the Philippine Commission, from which he lately resigned as a member. Pro- fessor Moses is on his way home, and will | resume his work at the university when | the new term begins. “Professor Moses Informs me that he would not accept the presidency of the Philippine Commission, even If it was of- | fered him,” said President Wheeler to- | day, just after his return from a trip | through Southern California. *‘He i com- ing back to the university, and I expect him about the middle of June, though he may not return until just before the term begins in August. He is making the trip | westerly and will visit some of the places | | in the Old World. He will be in Athens | | on April 13, whence he wiil proceed slow- |1y this way. Upon the reopening of the | university he will resume the office of head of the department of history,” Professor Moses was appointed three years ago by Presldent McKinley a mem- ber of the Philippine Commission, being | the choice of the Pacific Coast for that | jmportant place. As his term was to be | ! limited he did not sever his connection with the university, and was merely ab- | sent on leave. During his term as Commissioner Pro- | fessor Moses was engaged in the orgam—‘ | zation of a school system, in which he | was pre-eminently successful. He mod- | eled his plans after the American school | system, and succeeded in establishing t.\ system that is now praised everywhere | as a wonderful work. Professor Moses resigned his place on the commission sev- eral months ago, when he became satis- fled that the school system was safely Jaunched. The rumor was recently started in Washington that Professor Moses would succeed Governor Taft as the head of the Philippine Commission. President Wheel- er's statement as to this can be regarded as official, for he is a warm friend of Profeseor Moses and is fully aware of the plans of the former Philippine Commis- sloner. ENGAGEMENTS AND WEDDINGS ANNOUNCED At a pretty home wedding to-day at | high noon Miss May Morton will become the bride of Dr. Frederick Lawrence Fos- | ter of San Jose. Only relatives and a few | immediate friends will be present. The |bride will be attended by Miss Mabel | Ayer, as the young women have been Iite-long friends. After their honeymoon the newly wedded pair will reside in San | Jose, where the groom is established pro- | fessionally. | i | i | | One of the most Interesting engagements | announced for some time is that of Mrs. | Anna E. Pratt and Ernest S. Simpson. | Both are widely known in the newspaper | world and prominently identified with the | Chronicle, of which Mr. Simpson is city | editor. Mrs. Pratt has been connected with the Chronicle for seven years, dur- ing which time she has done excellent | writing, with art clubs, society and music | forming her principal field. She is par- | ticularly happy in the criticism of music. | Her charming manner has won her many friends throughout the city. Mr. Simpson is one of the brightest and most successful newspaper men in San Francisco and is held in-high esteem on the Chronicle, with which he has been | connected for the last twelve years, He| has been city eight years. The wedding will accur some time June. editor of that paper for | in The marriage of Mrs. Margaret Robin- | son and Oscar Maurer will be celebrated to-day at high noon at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. V. D. Moody. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer will spend their honey- moon in Southern California, ST The civic department of the California Club at its meeting this forenoon will dis- cuss ways and means of preserving and beautifying Telegraph Hill. Prominent in- dividuals and organizations have accepted invitations to be present and expressed their interest in wishing to co-operate in formulating plans to insure the success of the coming bond election. Ska e Mrs. Charles L. Brent and Mrs. Gerrit Lansing gave an informal tea on Sunday at their summer home in Alameda. A number of popular folk from this side of the bay went over. Among those present were Licutenant and Mrs. Lewis, Avery McCarthy, Miss Queen Russell, Miss Ruby | Johnson, Mrs. Everets, Fred Healy, Har- vey Anthony, Anty Porter, George Lewls, Mr., Crocket and Joe Rosborough. . Misses Genevieve and Hazel King en- tertained a number of the young set in- formally on Sunday afternoon in their cozy drawing-room. A pleasant party of friends dropped in at the appointed hour for tea and enjoyed a social chat. oy Judge Ide is at Santa Barbara with his daughters, Misses Annie and Marjory Ide. After a brief stay In Southern California the party will proceed to New York. 8 e G. L. Watson, the designer of the yachts Valkyrie, Thistle, Shamrock 1I and most of the beautiful private yachts of Americans, is engaged to marry Miss Lovibond of London. Mr. Watson is now .designing a new sleam yacht for Vanderbilt. It is to be the finest of its kind ever built. PR e Mrs. Bruguiere will leave this week for the East, accompanied by her sons, Emil and Louis. Mrs. Bruguiere has taken a cottage at Newport for the season. SNy Miss Lucie King will spend some time in Southern California. P Mre. George Shiels will be the guest of honor at a luncheon given by the Misses Wood on the 16th inst. s e Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Lohmann, who have been spending the winter in San Francisco, have returned to Oakland end will occupy their residence during the summer months. s . . Mrs. Luhrs Cutting will discontinue her day at home during April. —_————————— Appointed to a Bishopric., PHILADELPHIA, April 7.—Rev. D. J. Dougherty, professor of dogmatic theol- cgy at the seminary of St. Charles Boro- meo, has been appointed by Pope Leo one ¢f the Bishops In the Philippines. | imbued with knowledge of | nation’s teachings. | this evening on ‘“Mission: | guests of Admiral Miller. | was arrested. MARTYROOM” THAEE HOURS SUPERINTENDENT From Their Cells Disci-| Will Ask That President | Trouble Increases at the ples Call for a Speedy Trial. Send for a Lawyer, Waive Juries and Have Cases Set for To-Day. [ Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 7. Less than two days’ confinement in the City Prison of Oakland has considerably lessened the ardor of H. T. Nelson, F. O. Hedlund and Oscar Lund, who pose as modern martyrs for the sake of truth as presented by the prophetical utter- ances of Nelson, the “Third Angel.” The trio of expounders, arrested at the instance of the Seventh Day Adventists, have decided that they do not want to ‘wait until the last of June for trial on the charges of battery and disturbance of a religious meeting registered against them by elders of the church. Before the Police Court was opened this motning Nelson and his imprisoned dis- ciples had called upon Attorney John Lancey Jr. for assistance and it was a hustle into court to gain as speedy a hearing as possible. Each of the three prisoners withdrew his demand for a jury trial and request was made for as early a trial by his Honor, Police Judge Smith, as possible. To that end the cases were set for to- morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock and | forthwith was issue® a list of subpenas | for both sides in the controversy. Elders A. T. Jones, W. E. Whalen and | W. H. Jones, who swore to the com- plaints, have been summoned to court | | and they promise to escort there a host of witnesses out of the gathering of 1500 people who saw the attack by Nelson on | | Mother' Ellen G. White, the Californian prophetau Likewise did the church of- ficials declare they would be on hand with ample evidence against Hedlund and Lund to support the charge that the dis- ciples of Nelson, the ‘“Third Angel,” un- {duly caused disorder and tumult in the conference meeting Sunday night. On the other hand, Nelson has caused service to be made on a number of Ad- ventists, who were in the church Sunday. He has been particularly anxious, he claims, to have Mother Ellen G. White in court to testify for the defense. A subpena was issued for the appearance of the St. Helena leader. During this morning’s session of the conference Professor Sutherland of Michigan, secretary of the conference educational department, delivered an ad- dress, urging that children be sent to the church schools .that they might be Principles of Chris- tlan education were discusse- by Dr. B. J. Waggoner of London and other dele- 8. “Sabbath-school Work” was the sub- ject of debate during the afternoon. A lengthy report, covering matters of gov- | ernment, was adopted. The report pro- vided for donation on specific Sabbaths |of funds for use in foreign missionary work. After considerable discussion the recommendation to remove the Sabbath- school headquarters to New York, the chosen center for the general conference | headquarters, was referred to the incom- | ing conference committee for action. W. T. Knox of this city presided to- day. Elder W. A. Spicer, secretary of the | mission department, delivered an address CONGRESSMAN COUSINS VISITS MARE ISLAND Member of the House Naval Com- mittee Much Impressed by an Inspection. VALLEJO, April 7.—Congressman Cous- ins of Towa, a member of the House Com- mittee on Naval Affairs, came up to the Maye Island navy-vard this forenoon on | the tug Vigilant, accompanied by Lieu- | tenant Commander and Mrs. Hughe tug had been placed at the disposal party by Captain McCalla of the Naval Training Station at Goat Island. At the navy-yard the visitors were the The command- ant, accompanied by State Senator J. J. Luchsinger, showed Congressman Cousins | | about the yard and pointed out its ad-| vantages and requirements. The visiting Congressman seemgd much impressed by the magnitude of the naval plant here and its excellent water approaches. et S e DISQUIETING REPORTS CONCERNING THE OREGON Battleship Is Said to Have Been Badly Strained in a Typhoon Last November. HONOLULU, April 1,—Reports from the Orient are decidedly far from reassuring regarding the condition of the United States battleship Oregon, which is report- «d to have been badly strained in the ty- phoon which she encountered while go- ing from Honolulu to Yokohama last No- vember. The strain is understood to be general. Her entire hull appears to be badly strained and it is said among sea- faring men in the Orient that she is con- siderably weakened. Should the report regarding the Oregon prove to be correct a very hard blow will have been stryck Americans, for while the Oregon is not now the crack of the navy, she is by long odds the favorite in the hearts of the American people. BOYCOTT IS REMOVED FROM STOCKTON TANNERY Announcement Made by the Feder- ated Trades After a Period . of Controversy. STOCKTON, April 7.—The tanners of this city have just won quite a victory. For years efforts have been made to un- jonize the Pacific Tannery, conducted by the Wagner Leather Company. The ef- forts have heretofore come to naught, however, and the ringleaders have always been discharged, though their connection with the matter was never given as the cause by the proprietors. Recently, how- ever, a branch of the Amalgamated Leather Workers was established from among the emploves of the local tannery and last night the tannery, which has been under boycott for some months, was declared fair by the Federated Trades. DUEL WITH REVOLVERS FOLLOWS A DIVORCE SUIT Missouri Farmer and Son-in-Law Ex- change Shots and the Lat- ter Is Killed. FAYETTE, Mo., April 7.—James Leach was shot and killed on the public square bere at noon to-day by Norman Small- wood, his father-in-law. The men ex- changed a dozen shots. Leach was struck five times, fell, got up and ran half a square, waving his pistol, when he again fell, dying in a few minutes. Leach had just secured a divorce from his wife and was leaving the courthouse when he met Smallwood and the shooting began. The streets were crowded and there was great excitement. Smallwood,swho was unhurt, Both men are ‘K' rmers. the denomi- | Roosevelt Give Her That Time. University Is Requested to Change the Date of Commencement. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 7. It has been settled that so far as Oak- {land and Berkeley are concerned, and San Francisco - for that matter, Pres- { ldent Roosevelt will time his visit to this sectlon of the State in accordance with | the commencement exercises of the Unil-| versity of California. All other engage- ments will have to be secondary to this one event, even if those engagements be in the metropolis of the State. Whether this date will be the 13th or the 14th of May depends entirely upon’ President ‘Wheeler of the University of Cailfornia, in whose hands the final arrangements for that event will be left. The date of the commencement exercises is the 13th, but an effort is being made to have the event postponed one day. Until this point is settled the arrangements to be made in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley will all be provisionary. Pending the settlement of this date the i | Oakland committee of arrangements is | going ahead as best it can. It is going to insist that the President give Oakland | at least three hours In the afternoon. The | commencement exerciges at the university wlll be held in the morning and the Pres- ident will be taken directly to Berkeley. | He will probably lunch with President | lV\’heeler and will be taken from Berkeley | to Oakland in a special car on the Oak- land Transit Company’s lines. At Twen- { ty-fourth street he will be met with car- | riages and driven along Lake Merritt, where the school children will be lined up to greet him. A special stand will ba €rected in one of the parks of the city, and he will be asked to say a few words to the people of Oakland. The Oakland Transit Company is build- ing a special car for this occasion. This was. the net result of the meeting |of the Oakland committee held this af-| terncon. Mayor Olney suggested that | | Alameda be invited to join with Oakland in this reception, as the President would not have time to go to that city, and he | was authorized to name three gentiemen | from Alameda to serve with the Oakland cemmittee, g S COMMITTEE TO GATHER FUNDS FOR RECEPTION Bepresentntive C)tuenu to Devise Means for Entertainment of President Roosevelt. BERKELEY, April 7.—The Citizens’ Reception Committee that has charge of the arrangements for the entertainment of President Roosevelt to-day appointed a finance committee of twenty-four citizens, whose duty it will be to gather funds to defray the expenses of the reception. The committee is to hold a meeting Thurs- day evening at the First National Bank to talk over money matters. It Is com- | ! posed of the following named represent- | | ative men: First Ward—Frank M. Wiison, Captain W. | H. Marstol Searby, F. Connor. | Second \\ard Bu’r) Bnn;u Professor Pleha, Douglas Keith and J. W. Richards. Third Ward—Francis Ferrier, A. W. Nayior, W. R. Pond, George Schmidt, W. H. Waste Fourth Ward—M. L. Ryder, H. R. Cripps, Frank Fowden, C. J. Lutgen. Fifth Ward—R. C. Staats, H. D. Irwin, Sixth Ward—Thomas Dowd, Charles Spesr, J. T. Renas. Seventh Ward— H Hadlen. | GOLD CROWN ADORNS FRESNO'S FAIR RULER Director General of the Labor Car- nival Abdicates in Queen | Josephine’'s Favor. FRESNO, April 7.—With much cere- mony and amid great applause, Miss Jo- | sephine Yaskus was to-night crowned Queen of Fresno's Labor Carnival. The coronation took place in the stadium of the Southern Carnival Company in the presence of probably 2000 people, gathered to do homage to the beautiful lady who will rule over the revelry of the next five days. A handsome throne, draped | with American flags, had been built for | the Queen and there she sat when Direc- tor General Katze placed upon her head | the golden emblem of her position and in her favor abdicated as the ruler of the carnival. The Queen was attended by two beautifully costumed little pages, her maids of honor, and the members of the carnival committee. Hoff, C. A. i | | | | BARBER TAKES A DRINK AND LOSES HIS MONEY Sociable Strangers Visit His Shop | and Depart With a Bag of Coin. SAN RAFAEL, April 7.—A bold rob- bery occurred here this afternoon in a barber shop. About 4 o'clock two stran- gers entered Edward Stoll's place of busi- .ness. One invited him next door to take a drink, and the other started to read a paper. Stoll and the spokesman of the pair spent some time over their liquor until the second man entered and bought drinks. Then the two men left the bar- ber. Upon returning to his shop Stoll found that a sack containing a large sum of money had been purloined. The offi- cers were at once notified, but up to a late hour to-night have not apprehended the criminals. e Pomp at Chinese Funeral. SAN JOSE, April 7.—The largest Chi- nese funeral in the history of San Jose occurred here this afternoon, almost the entire population of Chinatown turning out and honoring the late Ng Hong Fong, who was the richest man of the local Celestial colony. The cortege was nearly a mile in length, every hack and many livery rigs being in line. Fong was 60 years of age and had been in California for twenty-nine years. An American band of twelve pieces headed the proces- sion and an immense picture of the de- ceased was carried in the line. Many San { Francisco Chinese merchnms attended the funeral. e e ‘Woman Commits Suicide. FRESNO, April 8.—Mrs. G. Samuels, wife of a window dresser, committed sul- cide at the Hotel Fair in this city early this morning by swallowing carbolic acid. No one was present excepting her hus- band and he asserts she jumped out of bed, seized the bottle of poison and drained it before he realized what she was doing. The reason for her rash act, he says, he cannot assign. Other lodgers in the hotel say that the couple have quarreled frequently of late and that it was due to her disagreements with her husband that Mrs. Samuels took the pol- son. Coroner Cowan Is investigating the case. —_——————— S Philippine Commissioner to Speak. BERKELEY, April 7.—Henry Clay Ide, the Philippine Commissioner, will address the College of Commerce Club of the State University Thursday evening. The subject will be “Conditions in the Phil- ippines.” % | | Henry E. Wharton, aged 24 years, Mendocino State Asylum. Dr. King Said to Have Ac- cepted Bribe and Sold Property. Special Dispatch to The Call. UKIAH, April 7.—The trouble vetween Buperintendent E. W. King of the Msndo- cino State Hospital and E. J. Niles, the steward, who declined to resign and was dismissed, s |taking on a more complicated and tempestuous aspect. Niles has pre- ferred charges against Dr. King and the board of managers which is now in ses- sion here has its hands full weighing the accusations, sifting the testimony and trying to patch up a multitude of differ- ences. Niles is charged with inebriety and of- fensive language and the board spent much of the day and night in an effort to determine the justice of the superin- tendent’s allegations. Right in the midst of this inquiry came the bombshell frum Niles. Here it is: To the Honorable the Board of Managers of the Mendocino State Hospital—Gentlemen: I, the under: a_citizen and taxpayer of Mendoeino ¢ State of California, hereby ¢harge E. King. the medical superintend- ent of the Mendocino State Hospital, lows: The Board of Managers of the Mendocino as fol- State Hospital, having on the —— day of May, 1902, ordered the purchase of thirty gows and one bull, and ope D. M. Lowe hav- ing provided that sald cows and bull upon in- aspection should fill the description thereof tw the entire satisfaction of the said B. W. King, medical superintendent, and E. J. Niles, the steward of sald State Hospital, the said E. W King, when said we and bull were delivered to him by the said D. M. Lowe for inspection and acceptance, accepted from the said Lowe one cow and calf as a present; that the cow and calf were so offered by sald Lowe accepted by the said King as a bribe and duce the said King to accept said thirty cows and one bull, and the sald King did upon t receipt of sald cow and calf accept the said thirty cows and one bull, he being Influenced 50 to do by the present of said one cow and calf to him. The said E. W. King has at divers and sun- dry times sold property of the State at said hospital without being first authorized to do %o by the Board of Managers of said hospital. In an interview to-night Dr. King de- nies all the charges against him. says he never owned a cow or calf since he has been medical superintendent The board of managers adjourned at 10 o'clock to-night to April 2l. The charges against' the superintendent and steward will be heard at that date. Three of the directors, Hochheimer, Martinelll and Templeton, favor the superintendent Fenneman and Trumann are Niles men. COMPLETING WORK FOR THE CARNIVAL League of the Cross Is Making Ready for Show at Mechan- ics’ Pavilion. The League of the Cross Cadets have almost completed the preparations for the poster carnival which begins at the Me- chanics’ Pavilion next Monday. The poster exhibit will be arranged to-day. There is already evidence of the greatest interest in the poster contest. Artists throughout the State have sent in specimens. Cadets with their ladies in costume will open the carnival with a parade, in which popular posters and characters will be represented, a Wild West show will form part of the parade, as will also a Miners’ Camp and representatives of all nations. | The Gaelic Dancing School is to give ex- hibitions each evening, and there are to be Japanese tea gardens, an Arabian cafe, an Egyptian retreat and other pretty places of interest. It has been announced that there will be no raffles and no tickets sold on the floor and the admission has been set at 25 cents. The pavilion will be opened afternoons as well as evenings. ———— Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, April 7—The marriage licenses were issued following to-day: and 20, both of Oakland; and Minnie P. White, 24, both of Oakland; John Carroll, 28, Oak- land, and Lillie Fitzsimmons, 20, San Francisco; Erwin Schaefer, 37, and Cath- erine Hoey, 32. both of San Francisco: Manuel Rose, 2%, and Amora I. Rettig, 19, both of Oakland: John F. Mulqueeney, over 21, and Agnes L. Dolan, over 13, both of Livermore. —_——— Rescinds Lot Resolution. BERKELEY, April 7.—The Board of Education rescinded to-night the resolu- tion adopted at the last meeting propos- ing to sell the lot on Center street now oceupied by the Polytechic School. A great deal of opposition arose over the proposed sale and the board decided to let the matter rest for tne time being. The preliminary steps were taken toward calling a bond election to ratse §25,000 for improvements upon school buildings. —_——— Ex-Sheriff’s Barn Burned. ALAMEDA, April 7.—Ex-Sheriff Oscar L. Rogers’ barn, located in the rear of bis home, at Sixth street and Pacific ave- nue, was destroyed last night by fire. Tramps are supposed to have started the blaze. The building was valued at $400 and was not insured. —_—— Dalton Before Grand Jury. OAKLAND, April 7.—County Assessor Henry P. Dalton was summoned before the Grand Jury to-day in connection with his alleged excessive charge of $2650 for making out the city assessment rolls. Mabel J. Howlan: Frank C. Farr, ADVERTISEMENTS. DYSPEPSIA “Having Ahree ToNtes ead Voras setirair entirely m atarrh and dyspepeia. “nnn. of n-u‘u but witl ek C O G ‘would in & year. di une, 108 Mercer St., Jersey City, N. J. Best For The Bowels M Pflfllc. w"‘ iy n'flt e ensine tabiay "'Hb's'-'i Sterling Remedy Co., cue-p or N.Y. 92 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES Lentes Brpee Cures a Cold inOneDay, 2 Days é o2