The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1903. MEN OF CAPITAL " IRE INTERESTED Eastern Manufacturers : Are Attracted to This State. | Promotion Committee Gets Returns From Its Ad- vertising. { | { | | of the re-| st through | a Promotion | in the shape ring the last week | ed the assurance | who state their de—‘ State to | the proprietor of tends coming to | ¢ pottery workers in the | called upon the committee's h it to that garding in Califor- to say and brick clay his State thaf ee’s represen- stigate the ad- hing & pottery and | ille assured the ives that he in- y come to in the t week a large number of recetved by Caltfor- Committee from men who farms in Call- of Yuba week the POSTUM CEREAL. MAKE IT OVER. ange of Diet Will Build an Entire New Body. ereditary ali- nderful nder modern tention. A ex- wil how can h to te nervous ndition. I e, but some that I start d Grape-Nuts mu yself carefully, ns on the pack- The first cup am. clous and satisfying I drained it and sed with the t my starved used Postum and good, rich cream. Now I have been entire- d nervous- | usually strong een a marked 47 years but the rely gone body have fine color, clear and lips » the change rs younger. | I tell them ific food Food Cof- fee Grape-Nuts & has wrought the ski c son, 2% yea old, who with epile from in- | n dare tell the fact, but | the body to prove them. | the best treatment in this without perceptible benefit. was gradually growing | e time I started on Pos- | Grape-Nuts he started also and in him has been so wonderful ardly describe it. Now he | hir erect instead of in his | areless way, his eyes are clear right, and best of all his memory wing stronger and stronger every ntil I am fairly overcome with ment. He shows a decision of acter quite unusual and has lately strong desire to study. I what hopes his improve- evident that bodies and be rebuflt by skiliful feeding ns Postum Food Coffee and Name given by Postum le Creek, Mich. or near San Fran- | | DR. MATTHEW GARDNER IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Distinguished Surgeon Succumbs to Appendicitis After an Operation Which Was Performed Yes- terday Afternoon at Southern Pacific Hospital WELL-KNOWN PHYSICIAN WHO PABSED AWAY IN THIS CITY EARLY THIS MORNI il A MATTHEW GARDNER, one the foremost surgeons of the es and chief surgeon Pacific hospital o an opera- 1 early hour this 1 'k ago emoved to the nnor, Ains- ), Eilinwcod, assisting. All however, could not t and he passed years of He own su ns In reached to the Since 1894 he had the Southern Pacific service. A more humane and His friends wera death is a severe 1 never lived innumera apd his shock to them Dr. ner was born in the province “anada. Upon graduating School in his rative to Montreal and en- McGill University. He was r with high honors in med- icin and was prevailed upon to con- MAN tinue his studies. He thereupon went to Ann Arbor, Mich.,, where he devoted {wo years to hard study in the medical de- partment of that well-known institution learning. Subsequently he went to London and completed his studies in one of the leading medical colleges English metropolis. Upon his return to the United States Dr. Gardner came to California and took up the practice of his profes ;. ville. He remained there ne: en yed and then moved to Sacramento. For many vears he acted as consulting surgeon of the Southern Pacific hospital service, and in 1894 accepted the position of chief sur- geon of the railroad’'s important hospital system. His ¢ re of the gr est ot value to the compan He worked early and late and it is due to his efforts that the Hospital system is now one of the best in the country. The doctor was injured in an elevator accident s nd it Is thought th i indirectly caused by the Injuries he received at that time For many yvears the deceased was a member of the board of directors of the Ukiah Insane Asylum. He resigned from the position, as his dutles were so many at he was unable to devote sufficient time to the institution. Last January Governor Pardee, having in mind the strained relations between the Federal uthorities and the State Board of Health, and of the neces of sending a repre- sentative from California who would re- ceive a proper hearing at the convention of the medical representatives of the Gov- ernment, appointed Dr. Gardner as the State's representative in place of Dr. W. B. Coftey, who had resigned. Dr. Gard- ner left immediately for Washington and did splendid work In securing recognition of the healthful conditions prevailing in this city and State, He was compliment- ed by the Governor upon his return and it was generally acknowledged that his pe: sonal services accomplished more than a! other influences exerted on behalf of Cal- 11 Dr. Gardner leave a wife. He resided at 2501 Clay street. He was a leading mem- ber of the Masonic order and belonged to other fraternal organizations. *PH-H—H-!’H‘P‘*I‘H%H—H-I-H—H-H-I—H-H—I-.] LOOKING TO WEDDING OF CITIES FORWARD ERKELEY, April 17. — Mayor Warren Olney's recent public i declaration in Oakland that th is reason for a cloger un- derstanding between the cities of Oakland and Berkeley upon certain matters affecting the public welfare is understood by many of Berieley's lead- ing men to be nothing more than a sug- gestion that the twe citles take up seri- ously the proposition to consolidate, thus forming one large and wealthy city and paving the way for an eventual city and county government. In the reorganization of the old Good Government Club into the Citizens’ Club, which followed shortly after Mayor Ol- ney's speech, these certain leading men of Berkeley affect to see the first evidence of the campaign that will be begun against the arbitrary barrier that now separates the two municipalities. Of course, it & well understood that the club was not organized for this specific pur- pose or that it will not take the initia- tive in this big undertaking, but the gen- eral opinfon is that these things will come about in time. One thing is certain, and that i that the revamped club favors that part of the projected ‘“‘understand- ing” which calls for the building of a municipal water plant, in which the two cities will share, as exploited by Mayor Olney. The constitution of the Citizens’ Club that was adopted as its guide in matters affecting the city contains the following summary of its purposes: “The objects of this club shall be to keep before our citizens the necessity of their interest in public affairs; to discuss and shape public opinion upon all ques- | tions which relate to the proper govern- ment of Berkeley; to secure the nomina- tion of municipal officers solely on ac- count of thelr fitness for office; to fed- erate for these purposes the various moral forces of the city and to encour- age every wise project for the promotion of the #lood order, prosperity and honor of Berkele; Protessor C. C. Plehn of the University of California is the president of the club; J. L. Scotchler, secretary; Professor A. ¥. Lange, J. T. Renas, Charles Hadlen, John M. Foy, Kimball Easton, H. D. Ir- win, Frank M. Wilson and John Mc- Carthy, executive committeemen. Speak- ing upon the two great questions which the club will have to solve, President Plehn said to-day: “For my part I think the project for the consolidation of the two cities is for the future to wrestle with, but, of course, the time will come when the line that | now divides them will not exist, even in the imagination. The cities are how only divided by an arbitrary line ard they are really one great city, occupying the hills and valleys resting on the bay shore. T suppose the time will come when Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley will form a city and county government like San Fran- cisco now enjoys. But, as I said before, the project s for the future, “In regard to Mayor Olney's speech urging a better understanding between the two cities, Oakland and Berke- ley, I think the suggestion 1s a g00d one amd whenever the chance of- fers for advantage through co-operation with Oakland our club will certainly ad- vocate it. For instance, if Oakland Suc- ceeds in its arrangements for a municipal water plant and Berkeley can benefit by co-operating with Oakland, we will ad- vocate it. Anything that makes for the public good will receive the backing of the club.” A. W. Naylor, president of the First National Bank, is one of the Berkeley citizens who sees advantages accruing to Berkeley from consolidatfon with Oak- land, but, like many others, thinks that the plan is fob the future. He says: “The time will come when it will be better for all the towns on this side of the bay to be under one government, but I do not think it has come yet and I am | not in favor of the consolidation just now. I do not believe that such a meas- ure would pass if it were to be put to the test.” — Pressmen Settle Their Strike. LOS ANGELES, April 17.—The strike of the union pressmen employed in job printing offices has been settied. The men will return to work within twenty-four hours. Concessions have been made by both the Master Printers’ Association and the strikers, and both profess satisfaction over the agreement. Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. - Friday, April 17. Stmr Newsboy, Corning, 60 hours from Ban Pedro. Bchr Fortuna, Olsen, 32 hours from Bureka. DOMESTIC PORTS. PORT TOWNSEND—Passed In Aprll 17— Ichdr Oliver J Olsen, hence April 2, for Bai- lard. TACOMA—Salled April 17—Schr An: = sen tor Ban Fedro; stme Taralion, for Aldts. OCEAN STEAMER. PLYMOUTH—Arrived April 18—8tmr Koeni- gen Luise, from New York, for Cherbourg and Bremen, and proceeded. of the| ND DISGOURTES 10 THE EMPEROR Invitation to Kiel Was Not Received at Washington. Europsan Squadron Will Par- ticipate in Loubet’s Wel- come Home. b e G | aissatistaction expressed in Germany at the departure of the European squadron for Marseilles, where it will participate in the welcome home of President Loubet, | baving been called to the attention of officials here, the following statement of | the position of the Navy Department in the matter Is authorized: Nothing #as further from the mind of Sec | retary Moody or any official of the Washing- ton Government than giving offense to Ger. | the sovereign of a friendly nation. The sug- | gestion came from the State Department that | | the equadron go to Marseilles in time to greet | President Loubet, especially as it would touch | there to take on board the new commander- in-chief, Rear Admiral Cotton. visit of the American men-of-war to Kiel, no | invitation reached the Navy Department from | Berlin for the European squadron. On the | same nigh authority it is stated that had such | an invitation come it would have been ac- | cepted | ORAN, Algeria, April 17.—President Lou- | bet arrived here to-day from Algeria. { Everywhere along the route the natives gathered in crowds, owing to the Mussul- man superstition that sight-of the white | sultan, as the President is termed, brings | happiness. M. Loubet was met by de- tachment of troops and mounted Arabs, ! the latter bearing banners | the French colors and the Algerian cres- cent entwined. The | playing the ‘“Marseillaise” and native or- chestras the strange music of the desert, | through the main thoroughfares. He was warmly acclaimed by the large crowd as- | sembled. | The day was devoted to festivitfes, vis- | its and bancuets. David S. Johnson, D.D. « | BAN DIEGO, April 17.—David S. John- son, D. D., clerk of the Presbyterian | Synoa of Iinois for twenty vears, died | at National City to-day, cged 63.. He was | pastor of the Presbyterian Church at { Waverly, N. Y., for fourteen vears, and for an equal length of time was pastor | of the Second Church at Springfield, IIl., | ana seven years a pastor at Hinsdale, a | suburb of Chicago. He leaves a wife, five sons and two daughters. — i Hiram Hamilton. | SANTA ANA, April 17.—Hiram Hamil- ton, aged $2, who came to California in 1852, @led vesterday at'Orange, where he < | has made his home for the past twenty- one years. Hamilton was a prominent horticulturist of the county and was at one time president of the Board of Horti- | cultural Commissioners. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. JAY, APRIL 16, THURST Kate F. Quinlan to Peter B. Quinlan, lot on N line of Golden Gate avenue, §7:8 W of Franklin street, W 25 by N 120; gift, Dina Efsenbach to K. McColgan, lot on S8W rner of Union and Laguna streets, W 37:6 by S 100; $10, R. McColgan to James Quinne, same; $10. Andrew 8. Grant to Etta Grant, 1ot on E line of Cole street, §7:6 § of Page, S 25 by E it Willlam F. Alexander to Alice L. Alexander, | line of Sixteenth screet, 85 E ot E 25 by N_100; $10. Fred Rath, lot on W line 10t on Guerrery Mary Btenberg t San Ci N 210 S of Nineteenth $10. John Q. A. Patterson, , 246 line of N 50 by W 125; $10. Murdock MelIver to Livingston Jenk: E line of Alabama street, 234 N of first, N 26 by E 100; $10. Richard Bucking to same, Livingston and Mary H F. B, Simmonds, same; $10. Ann Mellyn to Maggie Mellyn, lot on W lin: Sanchez street, 51:6 5 of Valley, 8 25 by V lot on Fwenty - same; $10. Jenks to Willlam o v 108; gift 5 5. StcEwen to Abner Doble Company, lot on SW corner of Eighteenth and Eureka stree s, W 35 by 8 75, quitclaim deed; lot on W rtland Law, :1 8 of Washington, 8 to Paul F. Brunotte, lot on ma L. Hun! B W line of Leavenworth street, 87:6 § of Jack- 0, 0. John A. Dunker to , lot_on :0; $1 Anna, and Dunker Estate Company ( SW line of Fremont street | som, SE 22:11 by 8W 134 | three teet wide In rea | Eleventh and Natoma streets, SE 50 by N also lot_on SW_line of Fremon 297310 SE of Folsom, SE 28 by SW 1 Louise, Edward and Alfred St. 8 dele Chaix to Elizabeth St, Superly, rner of Second and De Boom streets, al W of Brannan, NE 80, NW , EW 55, SW 100; Joweph 31, and Kugenie J. Masten to Morten n § corner of Second and Minn: 110%, SW 03 VS W 8216, Ado! irkel to T line of Madison avenue (Fifth avenue), 178 BE of Harrison, SE 22 by §W 50; $10. | 8. and_Hannah Kramer to Emelie M. Chabot, xth sireet, 100 SE of Harri: | 1ot on W line of 5 SW | ""Jonn Center to Pacific Vacuum Tce Company (corporation), P. N. block 12, bounded by teenth, Twentieth, Alabama and streets John' Y. 10. % cmile A. Brugulere, George H illlam H. Harnden (trustees estate of Pedar Shther) to John Center, same, quitclaim deed; $10. | Oscar Heyman to Barney Minnie C Fromberg, 1ot on E line of Twenty-second ave- nue. 300 N of Point Lobos aveiue, N 25 by E 120; $10. . 'S. Morgan to Ada M. Mo-gan, lot on I line of Thirty-third avenue, 150 & of T street, 8 | 26 by E 120; gift. | “'solomon and Dora Getz to Virginia and Rob- {erta E. L. Heath, lot-on W line of Fort: fourth avenue, 125 8 of I street, § 25 by W 120; $10. Harrison 10. and Mary A. Millar to ame, same; and Oscar 6 W ot °, same; $10. Buckingham to James W. Muilen, Iot on SE corner of nue and H street, 8 100 by B §2:6; $10, ‘Anton H. and Mathilda C. Kiint to Hermann | Barth, lot on E line of Bixth avenue, 109 N of Lake street, N 25, B 122:215, § 2 120:10% ; $10. ‘Andrew and Vendia Johnson to John Koene- mann, lot 33, block 41, Sunnyside; $10. George and Kate Ryan to Willlam _and Kaisa O, Johnson, lot on SW line of Ryan avenue, 20 NW of Peralta street, NW 25 by §W 85, lot 12, George Ryan subdivisions of | Precita Valley lots 219 to 223; $10. Eamond and Ellen Kenney to Masonfc Ceme- | tory Assoctation, lots 1 and 2. block 351, Bouth | San Francisco Homestead and Rallroed Asso- | clation; $90. Masonie Cemetery Association to 8. Ducas Company (corporation), lot on W corner of Sev- enteenth avenue and I street, NW, 160 by SW block 351, South San Francisco Homestead Railroad ‘Association: $10. Alice Quesada to_Jeremiah Sullivan, lots 7, 8, 14 and 16, Block F, Railroad Homestead As: scclation No. 2; §10. Amelia Schroth to Emily Hock, lots 814 and 815, Silver Terrace Homestead; §1, Hernhard and Rose Getz to F.' A, Blanchard lot on NW lne of London street, 100 8W of China avenue, SW 25 by NW 100, ‘block 2, Ex- | celsior Homestead: $10. Wewona L. and Edward Ackley to Solomon Getz, lot on SW line of China avenue, 75 SE of Lisbon street, SE 21:6 by SW 100, block 29, Excelsior Homestead; $10. Builders’ Contracts, The Citizens' Executive Committee for Re- ception of Returning United States Volunt Cobraam “with Douglas Tiiden (contractory. ar: chitect All work for a memorial monu- ment, location to be hereafter determined; $24, Pacific Vacuum Ice Campany (owners) with Flinn & Treacy (contractors), architect Herbert B. Maggs—Grading, excavaiing, concrete and bitumen work for building on SE corner of Nineteenth and Harrison streets, S le by E 106; $4100. ‘Michalitschke Bros. & Co. (owners) with Charles B. Tidball Company (contractors), ar- chitect, ——Alterations and additions, except gas and electric fixtures, to store in buifding on SW corner Bush and Kearny streets; $1200. | \ WASHINGTON, April 17.—Reports of | C WILL CONTINUE POSTER CARNIVAL +* many by extending &n appropriate courtesy to | As regards the | representing | President was con- | | ducted under a triumphal arch, the bands N of Nine- | Nine- | Mastick and | Owing to Success of League of Cross Cadets’ Build- ing Fund Benefit, Popular Fete Will Not Ring Down the Curtain Until Late Monday Evening EXTRA NIGHT 7 T looked as though the whole crowd would never be able to get into thé poster carnival yesterday, so great was the throng. The evening W one of the merriest yet at the Me- chanles’ Pavilion, when some thousards of people took in all the sights and joined | in the parade of Turkish girls, Geisha girls, cowboys and other representatives of international life. | The Arabian coffee garden did a thriv- ing business, and the Japanese tea garden was not ore whit behind its competitor. Enormous quantities of confett! came down on the throng from the gallery, like showers of stars, and muslc was continu- ously in the air. The great band of the League of ti Tross Cadets performed a novel and gra- clous act in visiting and serenading lie fair attendants at the booths, a gallart courtesy that was generally appreciated. To-night was to havp closed the poster carnival, but owing to the immense s cess that has attended the entertainment | 1t-was decided at a late hour last night not to terminate the festival until Monday night, on which occasion there is to be a unique programme provided for the grand | finale in appreciation of the splendid pa- tronage that has been extended the popu- lar event. This evening there is to be a whirlwind of fun and merriment. The Irish societles | are to attend in a body and the pro- gramme will be in charge of the Gaelic | League. Among the numbers that will given will be Gaelic dancing by the juve- | nile dancing club, Gaelic songs by the | choral soclety and Gaelic alrs by the | 1eague band. The country st be TWO POPULAR MISSES WHO WILL DANCE AT THE POST- ER CARNIVAL TO-NIGHT. > - auction, and the carnival police court has seen fit to offer an unconditional pardon to the many delinquents who have been fncargerated in the carnival town celis. Accordingly each and every one of the offenders who have not paid their fines, either through williful contempt, cussed- ness or inability to meet judicial demands, will be set free before the assembled pa- trons. There will also be a dress parade to- night, in which the ladies, costumed In the garbs of Japan, Samoa, Arabla and Egypt. will take prominent positions, and | Miss Arabella Thompson and Mids Elaine | Thompson are to perform a Spanish dance outside the Spanish booth. ‘This afterncon will be “children’s day.” | when children of the day homes of the Sisters of the Holy Family and juventles of the Gaelic Club will present a specially | | ore igjto be sold out at| arranged programme. | L0SE AL TRAGE -~ OF THE OUTLAW | Deputies Unable to Get % Any Positive News of McKinney. BAKERSFIELD, April 17.—Positive in- | formation comes from Porterville to- night that Jake McKinney, brother of the outlaw, is there and to-day telephoned to the officers to try and get him into communication with Sheriff Lovin of Mo- jave County, Arizona, saying that he can prove that his brother did not commit the crime at Kingman that brought on him the present pursuit. An effort was made to reach Sheriff Lovin, who Is known to be In the neighborhood of Kern- ville, but nothing has been heard from him yet. It is belleved by some that if the outlaw can clear himself of the King- man charge he may surrender and face the case at Porterville. ©On the other hand some think it is merely a trick to throw the officers off the track. This | aisproves the report this afternoon from | Caliente that Jake McKinney was seen on the road to Kernville to-day. Sheriff Lovin of Arizona arrived in Kernville to-day. He remained several hours and then left, refusing to state | where he was gOIng. | "A special to the Californian to-night | from Randsburg says: Sheriff C. A. Col- lins of Inyo is in this town to assist in the pursuit of McKinney, He came over- |jand from Inyo County and thoroughly | examined the country en route, convinc- {ng himself that the outlaw was not i hiding in the mining districts beyond Randsburg. The officers are generally convinced stlll that the outlaw is in the Linns Vai- | Jey or White River countries, where pur- suit is next to impossible, | AN P A Abandon Hope of Catching Robber. NEVADA, April 17.—Considerable ex- citement was created at Nevada City this afternoon by & telephone message from Constable McCullough of North San Juan announcing that he had a suspect in custody answering.the description of the nan who robbed the stage near here last Saturday. The suspect was able to prove an alibl and was released a few hours later. All hope of catching the robber is now abandoned and Detective Thacker has left for home. e aa————— REDDING, April 17.—After an examina- tion to-day of eight strikers charged with interfering with Deputy Sheriff More, by taking away from him Mrs. J. H. Rus- sell, a strike sympathizer, whom the of- ficer was taking in charge for an alleged disturbance of the peace, Justice Strong dismissed the case with the statement that in his opinion the evidence was in- sufficlent to warrant him In holding the men to answer in the Superior Court. ROBBER- CLAIMS FAMED FOREBEAR “Cherokee Bill” Calls Henry Clay Great- Grandfather. | | i i | | 1 DENVER, Colo.,, April 17.—*‘Cherokee | Bill” Smith, awaiting trial in the Federal Court on the charge of having robbed the | Carlton, Colo., postoffice, November & last, escaped from the County Hospital | this morning while his guard was sleep- ing. He was captured late to-night at a house in the western part of the eity, where he had applied for a night's lodg- ing. He made no resistance. | “Cherokee Bill"” gives an account of his | life, which has never before been pub- lished. He says his real name is Henry Clay Bateman and he 1s a great-grand- | son of Henry Clay. He began life as a | cowboy on his father's ranch in Texas. At 16 he says he committed a crime that | made him an outlaw of his native State. Changing his name, he assumed that of ‘William Smith, and not one of his many assoclates in the many years that have intervened have known his real one. He | eloped with the daughter of Governor Hubbard of Texas, whom he deserted a few years later, kidnaping his oldest daughter, who has never seen her mother since and has shared her father's wild | life. He lived part of the time with the Cherokees and became so familiar with their life and language that he was em- ployed as a Government scout for sev- eral years in running down criminals, and won the sobriquet of “Cherokee Bill,” by which he is known all over the South- west. DIES ON THE SCAFFOLD FOR KILLING A SHERIFF Murderer Asks Forgiveness for the BExecutioner Just Before the Trap Is Sprung. EUGENE, Or., April 17.—Elliot Lyons, who on February 6 shot and killed Sheriff W.W. Withers while resisting arrest for horsestealing, was hanged to-day, Lyons walked to the scaffold and be- fore the cap was adjusted said: “God forgive them; they know not what they do.* His neck was broken by the fall. The execution was witnessed by 150 people, in- cluding many Sheriffs of the State. Lyons came from a highly respected pioneer family and it is said his aged mother is dying of grief over the affair, ——— ANACONA, Mont., April 17.—The Grana Army of the Republic, Department of Montana, to-day elected James 8. Wisrer commander. Resolutions were passed in favor of placing a statue of General George H. Thomas in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. POSTAL FRAUDS ~ IN NEW LIGHT Central Labor Union of Washington to File Charges. Favoritism acd Discrimina tion Among Department Employes Alleged. WASHINGTON, April 17.—The indica~ tions are that organized labor will become a party to the affairs of the Postoffice De~ partment. A special committee of the Central Labor Union of this city, which has been secretly investigating the mat- ter, has formulated charges of favoritism, incompetency, etc., against certain of the mall equipment departments of the divi- sion. The charges, which probably will be filed to-morrow with the Postmaster General, allege that mail bags that do not conform to the specifications have been accepted by the chief of the division, Colonel Thomas P. Graham. Other charges allege among other things that a worthy and needy white woman is dis- criminated against in favor of a negro weman employe there; that the fore- woman of the sewing-room used offensive language toward her subordinates; that when the machine operators were reduced from $2 per day to $1 75 per day the sala- ries of the superintendent and some of the others were ralsed from $I50 to $200 per annum; that the suspension of clerk was illegal and of another unjust; that engineers are worked overtime with- out compensation; that the foreman of the lock shop is not a lockmaker, and that recommendations for promotions are not based en merit. Reports that a “promotion ring” existed to control promotions in the Brooklyn postoffice similar to that which is being investigated In New York City wers brought to the attention of the depart- ment. It was stated In the department, however, that as yet there is no evide of such a ring in its posseston. Postmaster General Payne sald to-night that he was not contemplating the s pension of any official pending the clo of the Investigation, but added that Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener Bristow, who is directing the investi tion, were to recommend a suspension tF recommendation would be considered ve caretully and with a disposition to follow the recommendation, though he would ex- ercise his Independent 4udgment as to what the circumstances warranted. Mr. Payne was asked regarding the al- leged advance information furnished to interested parties with reference to the appointment of rural free delivery car- riers. “I suppose you mean by that,” respond- ed the Postmaster General, “the possibl ity of collusion between the department and business concerns interested. I do not see how such tips could come from the department, because the Civil Service Commission has to pass on the selection of e ers.”” Mr. Payne sald he thought it was the duty of newspapers that acquire evidencs of improper actions of persons in the se vice to furnish it to the department & ald in the investigation now in progress CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS MEET AT WATSONVILLE State Secretary of the Association Delivers an Address to the Members. SANTA CRUZ, April 17.—The Christian Endeavorers of Santa Cruz County met in annual session this afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Watsonville. The convention opened with a praise service, led by Miss Jessie Hoyt of Watsonville, after which the reports of the office: were read. Willlam T. Day gf this cf read an Interesting paper on “The Best Thing in Endeavor.” A street meeting was conducted this evening by Rev. Mr. Washburn of So- quel. A pralse service held in the church was led by George Ott of the Baptist So- ciety of Santa Cruz. J. E. White of San Francisco, State secretary of the Ei deavorers, delivered an address and Re L. A. Pier of the Christian church of Santa Clara conducted the closing quiet hour service. The session will be concluded to-mor- row. 1 e Bt Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND, April 17.—The following marriage licenses were lssued to-day: Michael C. Carey, aged 7 years, San Di- ego, and Elizabeth M. E. Doyle, 39, New York; Peter Camozzi, 31, and Lida Briz- zolara, 18, both of Oakland; John M. Ed- wards, 2, Oakland, and Margaret M. Miller, 18, Los Angeles; David W. Weldt, 48, San Francisco, and Mollle F. Hyd. 42, Oakland: John R. Soares, 24, Cente ville, and Annie Lewis, 18, Irvington. ADVERTISEMENTS. Acute Chest Pains From “Tobacco Heart.” Valvular Heart Dis- ease Threatened. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Cured Me. The effect of excessive smoking shown by such symptoms as heart pains, heartburn, smothering spells, shortness of breath, flut- tering and palpitation, is most serious. your is in any way you should at once begin the use of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure which enriches the blood, the heart’s action and improves the circulation. “l am a local newspaper man and have been an inveterate smoker since my boyhood. A little over a year ago noticed symptoms of heart trouble, tion and u:-m-s and a peculiar, say, indescril feeling across my chest. Local physicians said I had “tobacco 4 I quit a while and took nished my id’ and believe