The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1903, Page 9

OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS WI FROM BERKELEY FOR THE FIFTH TIME \ THE N Victors Take Affirmative in Resolution to Disfranchise the Southern Negro, and Members of the Victorious Team Get Gold Medals, as Does Newhall, the Best Man on the Losing Side + =7 SV, Learzze 4 THE SEVE TT TEAMS SELECTED TO RuLPRESENT THE OAKLAND AND T VNUAL DEBATING CONTEST WHICH WAS HELD < H WAS WON BY THE FORMER. pr ~KLAND, May 8.—The seventh GED LIBEL debate between Oakland | High School and Berkeley High | ies at Odds Be- School was wen to-night by Oak- | us Publications in land High School, making a to- | tal of five wins to the Athenians’ credit. | The successful team was composed of Harry Bruning, Charles Miller and Fred Whitney. On the losing side were Homer | Beedle, Samuel Batdorf and Luther New- | hall. Of the Berkeleyans Newhall re- POSTUM CEREAL. HEAVILY INVOLVED. A Failure Impending. eeding brings on & The involve cial t comes ine of eot] in the All the may be G ueTry body in ts wh rganic d will be hard t t to yusness, such flaty ce, upon & time, as they d,” writes a lady of St. a, “life was a weary burden 3t of the wretched head: riness of both mind and biliousness, all due, drank Postum and, was transformed say when 1 was controiled by t.e | John, | t the the J. R. Howard, Park isease. e, is almost whole d and »ywn as collepse is | Legacies and Bequests of the Famous rouble | from every iffering that follows | | ter of the deceased, get 31000 each. scientific | the vital | ill re-| remotest ile se- growing and the coffee | flering as | insom- | red and one | to me aches, body , pres- into a in a month T was gifted with bound- energy ; general uprising of m: -d so greatly that - used 1@ with wonderful ame given by Postum Co., Creek, Mich. Don’t go into health bankruptcy. into the sc Coffee. n place of my former lassi- y for- t ambitions was plainly evi- I con- veelf a missionary among my spread the truth about Postum tell you of many of my friends good Battle Look [ to $1270 over and above the $3500 explicitly in | ientific points of Postum vnl ceived honors as the best debater on his | team. Each of the victors and also New- | a was the recipient of a gold medal, | tly the two debating contributed by he Berkeley High School kland ate, un- It was a Jarge audience, with adherents well divided, that listened to the platform ttle, which was held in the Chabot Hail, leventh and Grove streets. The ques- jon was: “Resolved, That suffrage should be taken from the negroes of the Southern States.” The ect was debated with the ques- utionality eliminated. The nders carried the affirma- youths from the college town the negative. sening address on behalf of president of the Oakland senate. Brief remarks by | Harry Jenkins, president of the Berkeley High School senate, preceded the debate. | Professor George C. Edwards of the Uni- of California, M. C. Chapman of and B. A. Hayne of Berkeley sustained the were the judges. i HORSEMAN KEATING'S ESTATE DISTRIBUTED Driver Are Ready to Be Paid. OAKLAND, May 5.—An order for thc final distribution of the estate of the late Thomas Keating of Pleasanton, the not=d reinsman, was made by Judge Hall to- day. It is appraised at $10,206 68. Of this amount John Keating, Willlam Keating and Mrs, Ellen Barps~, brothers and sis- To his friend Frank M. Lee of Reno, Nev., he left 3350, while to John Blue he left his sulkies, harness and driving traps. After paying the legacies Lee is to have the residuc of the estate, which amounts left him in the will. As the driver of the great trotters Ana- conda, Searchlight and Al Coney, Keating achieved wide fame. e —————— WOMAN HAS BATTLE WITH A CRAZY MAN WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mont, May 8.—By the ald of an ax and the exercise of her nerve Mrs. Marguerite Sarter, who owns a ranch near here, aped death at the hands of George Dolphe, an escaped insane patient. Dolphe was employed by the woman. His actions later convinced her that he was crazy and she told him she did not want him. Dolphe flew into a rage and seizing the woman by the throat threw her to the ground and tried to choke her. A rattle of wheels disconcerted him. He relaxed his hold and Mrs. Sarter, springing to her feet, seized an ax and made at the madman, who fled. — e Confers Enighthood cn Kohlsaat. STOCKHOLM, May 8.-—King Oscar has conferred Knighthood of the Royal Order of Vasa on C. W. Kohlsaat in recognition of his work In connection with the St. Louls Expesition. | as Berkeley is ready to receive it. High Sehool forum | M lette Robert Blaisdel | | Hall steps. 3 NO DOUBT NOW ABOUT NEW CARNEGIE LIBRARY | Philanthropist’s Colleague Writes;( That Check Is Ready When the Town Is Ready. {ELEY, rkeley his check for $40,000 to build a new library building just as soon A ter from one of his representatives to-day is the basis for this statement. It {s ad- dressed to Town Clerk Clarence Merrill and reads: Dear Ir: Yours of April 7, addressed to has been referred to the writer, and his secretary have gone amer. The ‘resolution you as Mr. entirely | incl isfactory, Please notify me when title to site has been vested in the ity and I shall advise you as to paymect ¢ Mr. Carnegle’s gift. Yours truly A. FRA Pres of the Home Trust Company. The resolution referred to by Mr. Franks is the one by the Town Trustees accepting the gift. Replying to to-day’s , Town Clerk Merrill said: It glves me great pleasure to ac- celpt of your favor of the 27th ult. end to say in response theretc ‘hat title to the site selected for our new lbrary ling has been vested In our city by deed 1 February 28, 1903, duly executed by Rosa M , and recorded in the office rder of Alameda ear Sir knowleds: lifornia, on the ting your furth in truly yours, MERR Town Clerk The new lbra will be constructed on the southwest corner of Shattuck avenue and Kittredge street. The lot is 100 feet square and is the gift of Mrs. Rosa M. | Shattuck. ————— University Events. BERKELEY, May 8.—The :ast senfor sing- ing will be held Sunday evening on Nosth There will be singing and speeches by prominent senfors. The senior quartet, composed of Robert Dennison, Fred Berry Mark Alling and Leslie M. Turner, will assist. The speakers will be Bryan Bell, Bruce Wright, | Leslie M. Turner, Phil M. Carey, Max Thelen | and Arthur L. Price. The last be held Monday morning at 11:45 o'clock in Stiles Hall, Its affairs will all be wound up, | settiement of the class debt, | including the o liquidate which money enough has been subscribed and promised. Arthur 5, King was examined to-day in the hall of philosophy for the degree of Ph.D. His answers to the oral questions were satis- factory to the examining board and he was granted the degree. The examiners were Pro- fessors Frederick Slate, E. P. Lewls, Irviug Stringham and E. J. Wilezynski. The suc- cessful candidate was given the degree of B.S. by the University of California in 1890, and two years later he received the degree of M.8. His special work lIs in physics his work with the spectrum analysis having won him universal recognition. He now proposes to spend three years In study In Berlin. Professor F. of education has gone to Europe, conditions and methods In Germany, e San Jose Grange Acts as Host. SAN JOSE, May 8.—National Master Aaron Jones of the Patrons of Husban- dry is the guest of San Jose Grange to- day. He is accompanied by State Mas- ter C. W. Emery of Oakland. The two officials will remain in this county until Monday visiting the varlous granges and being entertained by the members of the granges. Natlonal Master Jones was present at the meeting of the San Jose Grange to-day and witnessed the work of two degrees. At noon a harvest feast was held in honor of the officials, to which nearly 500 persons sat down. Strike Fails to Materialize. BAKERSFIELD, May 8.—The thrna‘len- ed strike of the Southern Paclfic boiler- makers failed to materialize to-day. Pos- itive Information was recelved, however, that the matter has been postponed un- til Monday morning next by order of the officers of the boiler-makers, ' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, May f.—Andrew Carnegle | meeting of the senior class il | B. Dresslar of the department | where he | will spend a year in the study of educational | WARNS AGAINST ASPARAGUS RUST Plant Pathologist Smith Says Danger Is Very Great. Finds the Same Destructive Agency That Destroyed Bastern Farms. SRS 2 Berkeley Office Ban Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, May 8. The asparagus farmers of the State may look for a vast amount of trouble next year from asparagus rust, the dis- ease that is so deadly in its effects when it fastens on the vegetable, and they wili be lucky if they escape the total destius- tion of their crops. The warning ecry went out to-day from Professor Ralph E. | Smith, the plant pathologist of the agri- | cultural department of the University of Californta, the main purpose of whose against just such diseases as the rust. In his first official statement of the result of his investigations Professor Smith finds that pretty nearly the same conditions ob- tain in California as were present in the East several years ago, when the aspar- agus crops were utterly destroyed. Here is Professor Smith's statement: The “rust”® disease I find to be present in all the asparagus regions. Its appearance in this State last fall seams to coincide with the same occurrence in the Eastern Btates in the fall of | 1896, and from the same analogy the general | and " almost complete destruction of the beds which began in the East in the summer of 1897 | Should set fn this summer in Cailfornia. The aisease s generally present throughout the | paragus districts, and, judging from all experi- | ence, its effects will be felt very seriously in the crop of 1904, and with increasing severity thereafter, It is not my purpose to excite un- Warranted alarm in this matter, but certainly all who are connected In any way with this in- Qustry should realize that this most destructive | a:sease is generally present in the whole region from San Jose to Sacramento, and threatens very seriously the future of ASparagus growing | tn_Californta. | But Professor Smith does not look upon | the situation as absolutely hopeless, for he goes on to say that he proposes to carry on during the summer extensive in- vestigations upon the nature of the trou- ble and methods of treatment and bas | tions. One of these stations is at Mil- pitas, near San Jose, and the other Is at Bouldin Island in the river district; not that the disease those particular places, cause they are representative locations with good facilities for the work. The progress of the “rust” will be closely | followed throughout the State and all pos- sible knowledge obtained. In thefopening statement of his paper | Prclessor Smith reviews the conuitions on the paragus farms as he fouil them but simply be | upon coming from the East a month ago. on account of the iate- »n he was unable to be- He explaining ness of the | ®in at the be says, addres seu inning of the trouble ng Professor E. W. 1li deen of the college of agriculture: Acting up:n your instructions in regard to the aragus plant known ae the ed a preliminary tour uf of the State devoted to rop and am now pre- disease -of the as rust, ave the ifaportant reg the production of t pared to report, so far as it is possible at this | time, upon the present status of the disease in Californta. It should be fully understood, how- ever, that at this season it s impossible to de- termine accurately the full extent of the t since its chief manifestation occurs afte ting has ceased and the plants or y grown up to maturity. It is only upcn chance stalks which have thus developed-that the dis- ease can now be found. For this reason it is unfair to any particular grower or section to re- port the rust as more prevalent there than elsewhere, and 1 shall, therefore. simply indi- | cate in a general way the present extent of the trouble The principal asparagus-growing on a large acale comprise » general districts, one in northern Santa a and southern Alameda countles, near San o Bay, the island district bounded roughly by a tri- between the cities of Sacramento, Stock- ton and Antioch. In these sections are located several thousand acres of asparagus, and at least six large canneries with a combined out- put_of nearly 300,000 50-pound cases last year. | Both the acreage and production have been very rapldly increasing. the industry being a profitable one for producer and packer and still in its infancy. to In concluding Professor Smith expresses | his gratification at the enterprising and progressive epirit manifested by every- | body interested in the investigations and | his belief that any intelligent effort for the prevention of this consuming danger { will find strong support among the aspar- | agus growers and canners of California. B e S S | LULD PRILLIPS ~ ISACQUITTED 7 Burglari{ Charge Dis- | missed Against the | Woman. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway,- May 8. After a trial lasting. two days Mrs, Lulu Phillips was acquitted of a charge of | burglary this evening by a jury in Judge | Ellsworth’s department. When the verdict was announced she | broke down completely and sobbed con- vulsively on the shoulders of her husband and father-in-law, who have stood by her throughout the trial. The jury was out two and a half hours. The outcome of the trial was not a surprise to those who had crowded the courtroom. Attorney A. L. Frick, repre- senting the accused woman, utilized the sympathetic chord to the utmost. confession from her lips that she had stolen the several articles that were taken from Mrs, Sophie Hertel's apartments at the Pleasanton House. But the admission was qualified. “I took the things” answered Mrs. Phillips in reply to carefully constructed | queries from her attorney. touching the string of kleptomania that has been theorized upon in the case. It was a guarded confession, and .lawyer made the most of it. had gone to call on Mrs. Hertel, had found her room door open and had en- tered the apartment. She had not intend- ed to commit a crime when she walked in, therefore the essential element of bur- glary was missing. So he argued fiom the story his client told to the jury. The stolen effects were a pair of ladies’ tan gloves, ribbons and a mantel clock. After it was all over the husband, the Pacific Company emplove, and his father took the fainting woman away. She was in hysterics and the strain since her ar- rest has well nigh wrecked her mentally and physically. —_— Nannery Pleads Guilty. OAKLAND, May 8.—Thomas Nannery, charged with having stolen $150 from his employer, John Silva of Livermore, to- day pleaded gullty to a charge of bur- glary in the second degree and will ne sentenced by Judge Ellsworth next Mon- ~ -~ connection with the university is to fight | chosen for this purpose two prineipal sta- | is more prevalent in| *| known solois uble, | reglons of the State devited | other included in the river ' It was an acquittal in the face of a' “I don’t know why I did,” she added, ' His client . Charles Phillips, &n industrious Southern ' SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1903. Wi “The Bells of Corne LL PRESENT AN OPERA FOR PRESENTATION CONVEN C ville” to Be Sung bby Amateurs for Benefit of a Worthy Institution and Services of Many Talented Vocalists Are Volunteered for the Occasion I % | ERKELEY, May 8—A treat is In i store for the people of Berkeley to-morrow evening at Shattuck Hall, when the opera “The Bells of Corneville,” will be sung by amateurs for the benefit of the Presenta- tion Convent The production will be under the man- agement of A. F. Schleicher stage | manager and H. A. Seekamp as musical { director. The singers will be neariy all | from San Francisco, many of whom are | alumnae of the copvent. Among the male voices are those of John Beatty, the well F. A. Huber, Robert Be- | han and H. Wood Brown. Mrs. Seekamp will be the accompaniest. The cast is as | | | | | | as Miss Katherine Barry . Mrs. ireven e Hayes Anneite Logan .Edith Gunzell Gertrude. Suzanne Mapette Jeanne . A S RN 2 Peters Henri, Marquis of Corneville..H. Wood Brown - | Jean Grenicheux ieesnserss..JODD Beatty | Gaepar. F. W. Huber Robert Behan T. J. O Brien | C. Bulottt F. Schieicher Bt et AR bVt g Galii Feasant Girls—Mrs. J. A. Flynn, Miss Ger- inga, Miss Ella Fuller, Miss Ina Ann ‘Greene, Miss Alma Kenn!ff, ¢ Manning, Miss Katherine Jackson, is« Ann Supple, Miss Mary Kilcommon, ) Martha Graham, Miss Josephine Perez. MIKES A TOUR OF THE HARBOR | Congressman Has Close Range Glance at Port. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 3. Congressman Victor H. Metcalf made an official inspection to-day of Oaklard harbor, viewing every foot of water front- | age on both sides of the estuary and | making coplous mental notes of the eror development of shipping activit | mous along the front. With the Representative | were Alexander :iay, the shipbuilde:; | Marshall C. Harris, James P. Taylor anl "E. C. Sessions, the last two guests repre- | | i senting the Board of Trade. Special attention was given to the work of improvement which the Government is ! carrying on. The inspecting party | steamed to the end of the training wall, where a new lighthouse is under construc- tion. En route the dredging operations were Inspected. The contract calls for the widening of the channel from Chestnut street westerly to a point 300 feet beyond | the west end of the training wall. Com- pletion of this work will give a width of | 100 feet, with twenty feet depth at low water. Later a channel 300 feet wide and seventeen feet deep at-low water is to be dredged around the East Oakland basin, and twenty feet depth is to be as- | tablished west of Adams wharf. | “After viewing the west end of the har- bor, noting the great activity at the ship- | yards and other industrial enterprises along the front, the party was taken to | the Brooklyn basin and into the tidal canal. Tt was observed that the tide water, flowing at the rate of flve knots an hour, was running free from mud, an indication that construction had been along correct engineering lines. | Representative Metcalf Iimpressed his | guests with the manifest ‘importance of constant improvement of the harbor. I | was the unanimous opinion of the sight- geers that the harbor should be dredg~d to a uniform depth of thirty feet to In . sure the best of facllities for deep wate shipping. épupch‘uu:fuc!lon was expressed, how- ever, over the work that the Government i3 doing and has in hand. It was strongly impressed that with the steady absorption of San Francisco's shipping facilities there must be a movement on a large scale to the east side of the bay for ac- commodations. —_—— | Death of Aged Church Woman. OAKLAND, May 8—Mrs. Almerin Bigelow Sargent, for many years prom- inent in the work of the First Congrega- “jonal Church, died to-day at the age of 9] years at her residence on Hawthorne | etreet. She was a widow. A daughter, ‘!be wife of the Rev. Dr. Benton, died ]nven.l years ago. There is a niece and | a brother residing in the East. H | ————— e —— b Boiler-Makers Vote Not to Strike. PORTLAND, Or., May $.—The boiler- ! makers in the Southern Pacific shops in this city have voted not to strike in sym- pathy with the boiler-makers on the | Union Pacifie. Metcalf SINGER WHO WILL BE HEARD IN THE BELLS OF CORNEVILLE.” — + Men Servants—Patrick O’Looney, Harnett, Charles MeClain, Daniel Hennessy, John Bobm, Louis Galli, A”.F. de Benedett! Coachmen—Thomas O’ Brien_ G. A. Oliva, C. A. Bulottl, J. E Smith, J. L. Flynn, M. E. Re- quiur, The following ladies of St. Joseph's par- ish are working energetically to make the affair a success: Mrs. J. A. Levy, Mrs. M. A. Powell, Mrs. J. C. McDermott, Mrs. L. A. McAvoy, Mrs. J. J. Woodley, Mrs. E. L. Hamshaw, Mrs. J. T. Freitas, Mrs. E. R. Rowe, Miss Katherine Abbott, Miss Katherine Byrne, Miss Alice Cain, Miss Josephine Johnson, Miss Nora Creed, Miss Louise McHugh and Miss Julia Meally. PRINTING BILLS UNDER INQUIRY Broker Lanktree Tells About His Business Deals. Oakland Office San Francisco Cal 1118 Broadway, May The Grand Jury met this morning and had Broker J. B. Lanktree before it, and through him attempted to probe into he alleged extravagant purchasing of sup- plies and postage stamps by former Coun- y Clerk Jordan. Lanktree was asked | how it was that as he was not a printer {he had received large orders for the printing of legal blanks from the former County Clerk. In this connection Lanktree explained that he solicited the orders from Jordan | offices and got the work done where it was cheapest. The difference betwean what he paid for the work and what he The jurors then wanted to know who fixed the price tne county pald for the printing, and it was explained that the | Board Supervisors had a printed sched- ule of the price paid for all the different kinds of printipg the county needed. not being familiar with the method of conducting county affairs, wanted to purchased his stamps from a private in- old custom. The postoffice does not do a credit business. The County Clerk has no money or the authority to spend it. by the County Clerk the people who sell are willing enough to wait possibly a tamps, however, it has to be a cash transaction, and some person has to sup- bill has been passed by the Supervisors. Lanktree did this for Jordan and was a! lowed a commission for the use of his money. The Grand Jury's attention h been called by Supervisor J. M. Kelley to the fact that the County Courthouse is of somewhat ancient pattern, and an effort lvlll be made to have the body incorporats scme sort of a recommendation in its re- port for a new County Courthouse. Marriage Licanses. OAKLAND, May $.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued to-day: Andrew A. Nelson, 88 years old, and Sophia H. Johnson, 28, both of Oakland; George C. | Douglas, 3, and Amanda Bruhns, 23, hath of San Francisco; Charles P. Jack, 24, | ramento: Richard G. Haunstein, 35, and Eunice P. Clark, 26, both of San Fran- 1 i cisco; Roy W. Emery, 2, San Francisco, and Bertha Johnston, 22, Niles. —t————— Still Selling Stationery At 741 Market street. Social and commer- clal lines fully represented at the station- ery department of Sanbornm, 741 Market street. Charles | month or two for their money. With the | ply ‘the money and then wait until ths | Stockton, and Lany M. Bradley, 23, Sac- | | | of 1903 recommended to the members 9 +(JOCKEY COBURN'S WIFE DISAPPEARS Takes Personal Belong- ings and 5-Months- Old Child. Report to Police Reveals Strange Matrimonial Complications. SEBPEIE Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, May 8. With the sudden dropping out of sight of Mrs. Emma Coburn, 19 years of age, thé wife of Jockey Willie Coburn, another chapter has been added to the lively mat rimonial experience which the well known horseman has been undergoing for sev- eral mohths. With her five-months-old child Mrs. Coburn, according to a report filed with the police to-day, mysteriousiy disappeared on Wednesday from her mother-in-law’s residence, $38 Thirtieth street, and has left not a trace of herseif, her bady or her belongings that she sent away some time before she fled. Such is the declaration of Mrs. Mary A. Coburn, the jockey's mother, who weat te police headquarier: this noon mani- festly in great mental distress. Between sobs she unfolded the story of a hasty marriage, of subsequent confes- sion by the young wife, and of proceed- ings taken by the husband to annul tne wedding vows very soon after they had been iegally sald and recorded. Jockey Coburn had refused to live with his bride from the time of their marriage, his bride from the time of their marrige. He Is riding at Chicago at present. BIG ROW IS IMMINENT OVER SACRAMENTO FAIR Residents Enter Protest Against Be- ing Compelled to Pay En- trance Fee to Plaza. SACRAMENTO, May 8.—A big row is im- minent over the occupation of the public plaza forming the block I and J, Ninth and Tenth streets, for the purpose of the electrical carnival. The carnival will open on Monday next, under the Auspices of the Street Fair Ciub, which has so suc- cessfully conduc pring festi- vals already he Heretofore the grounds of ate Capitol and streets adjacent thereto have been the carnivals without object year the Street Fair Club secured perm sion from the City Trustees for the use of the public plaza. A fence has been con- structed around the plaza and an admis- sion fee will be charged those who seek entrance. This procedure has aroused the ire of a number of citizens, who assert that the plaza was dedicated by General John A. Sutter to the free use of the pec ple forever, and if it is diverted from this use the heirs of General Sutter can step in and clalm the square as their propert This statement has taken shape in a movement led by W. H. Steinkamp, a building contractor, for a street demon- stration next Monday night. He is hav- ing transparencies painted, reading: “We are going into the public plaza free; fol- low us.” He will head a procession which will draw up at the carnival gates and demand free entrance ta the public square. Steinkamp declares that many workers in the railroad shops are with him and that his forces will number 6. He asserts that no weapons will be ca ried and that the assault will be blood less. President Albert Elkur of the Street Fair Club declared,to-night that the elub will demand the protection of the police and should Steinkamp's forces gain pos- session the club will simply close down the carnival and hold the city, which for- mally granted the use of the plaza to the club, responsible for the $10,000 or $12.- three used for | 000 expended on the carmival structures. Steinkamp, on the other hand, asserts he will sue either the city or the club If re- fused free admission to the plaza. The effort to dispossess Queen Sue of her do- mains on the very night of her public en- thronement would have the appearance of opera bouffe were not ail the parties to the controversy in such evident deadly earnest. S HRLP SENIOR WEEK PLEASURES ARE TO BE CURTAILED Part of the Customary Festivities at Stanford Will Be Omit- ted This Year. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May The senior week committee of the class 5 the graduating class that the custom: festivities of senior week be omitted w the exception of the senior ball, sen: farce and the class day exercises. This action has been taken out of respect to those students who have died and those who are stlll suffering from typhoid fever. It is probable that the class will approve h | of the recommendation. first | and then went about to different printing | | | received from the county was his profit. | The matter of the purchase of postage | stamps was then brought up. The jurors, | | all & Co., " | cast in Bulgaria and Hungary. | David Starr Jordan, Contrary to the usual custom, the senior ball will this year be held in Encina Gymnasium Instead of Encina Hall. A temporary hospital has been arranged in the latter for typhoid patients, hence it impossible to hold the graduating dance there. If there is any surplus left in the class treasury at the end of senior week will be turned over to the students’ guild to help defray the expenses of the typhoid epidemic. FERDINAND IS ACCUSED. Prince of Bulgl;irx-y Not Return to His Country. VIENNA, May 8.—Doubt is expressed in know how it was that the County Clerk | political circles here whether Prince Fer- dinand of Bulgaria will have the courage dividual. It was shown that this was an | ¢ return to Sofia at the present critical juncture of affairs. It is even hinted that he may never return to the principality. He makes the purchases and the bills | This doubt has been influenced by the re- are audited and paid by the Board of Su-| celpt of two pervisors. In most of the things needed | this _evening. The first telegrams from Bulgaria announces that the Prince, who is in Paris, has been at- tacked with a violent inflammation of t throat, which causes him great diffic in bregthing. The second telegram tells of the publication at Varna of a pam- phlet accusing the Prince of having be- trayed the ideals of his fatherland, and contalning threats of personal violence This pamphlet is being circulated broad- It 18 be- lieved to be of Macedonian origin. LONDON, May $.—The Morning Post publishes a special dispatch from Vienna saying that the Prime Minister of Bul- garia has telegraphed Prince Ferdinand at Paris urging him to return at once to Sofla. - Stanford Women’s League. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 8 — At a meeting of the Stanford Women's League, held In the chapel this afternoon, the following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, Miss Gertrude Smith ‘04, of Campbell; vice president. Miss Ione Dille ‘05, of San Francisco: sec- retary, Mrs. C. A. Duniway of Palo Alto; treasurer, Miss Ida Henzel 'M. of San Francisco; membership committee—Mrs. Miss Helen Salis- bury '05, of Los Angeles: Mrs. J. F. New- son, Miss Chloe Anderson 03, of San Jose; refreshment committee—Mrs. J. C. Bran- ner, Miss Edyth Hale '04, of Salt Lake, and Miss Charlotte M. Lord "0, of Pale Alte.