The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1903, Page 9

FOUR ARE KILLED IN AN ELEVATOR: ~age Drops Five Floors and Crashes Into Cellar. —— Tots Will Render an Old-Time Minuet. n of Iron Balance Weights | Falls Upon Imprisoned ;Others Will Sing Victims. : HRH — ' in Childish May 2—One man and were kilied and five or six at 1026 Fifth avenue, a | Voices. HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1903. o nyr [, el b f i Bames Awe PRy Pwors ngured that | n impossible up to y of one of the vic- raiiroad ticket bearing | | by a dancing academy. l [ | | hurt aged internally. 21, suffered : ENDS IN TRAGEDY n Convert Drop Into and Nar- — - i T ATHLETES MEET RIENDLY COMPETITION Rafael. Dorujan, North of Salonica. ggregating trontier Macedo- turbances POSTUM CEREAL. PADDING SKELETONS. 's Postum’s Job. The sup- to have n mon- 1taining nd troops against Bulgaria y circles and great " Apart from the onflict with Bulgaria. xing vian revolution- frontier n May Have Killed Himself. Mrs. M. Murphy, wife of a painter re s! 1 Montgomery avenu¢, called ¥ o i Bokerlich to her last requeste them to search for he band, who she thinks committed suicide. The woman's story is to the effect that during the evening { Murphy produced two-ounce bottie of what iIs supposed to have been laudanum i ¢ and drank it. He then left the house, | egge for breakfast and beef | gaying he was going to jump from the | ner. 1 gained sh and | wharf. Murphy had been drunk for four days and his wife is ill and absolutely | of June § I walked | without means. She said she had eaten | e first time in nothing since Thursday morning. Two weeks . nine city for my boyhood’s Captain Stetson Sued. he old Green Mountain State, " = Chi now living in better heaith | The matter of the Chiness passenger who was allowed to escape from the Gov- ernment transport Logan on May 14 has been referred by Customs Colléctor Strat- ton to the authorities at Washington. | United States District Attorney Wood- | worth will institute suit against Captain Stetson, the master of the transport, to collect the penalty of $500 provided in I have had since my 2 grippe in 15%2. 1 regard having been hopeless so far jence was concerned by rea- art fallure, nervous prostration | ysician termed it, nearly | alysis of certain internal organs, this was caused by coffee . - | such cases. The Chinese was a servant | ki { of the military officers on board, | cfore 1 found Postum I was 7 _\»(ars!”’ s | w 1 feel 70 years young.” Name 5 g~ WAME | CATRO, T, May 22.—The monitor Arkan- :" shed by Postum Co., Battle Creek,| ..o Gepartea Tor New Orleans at 2 p. m. to- | | a badly lacerated ear. ured A, Brrrrar_ s it Foascromny | J P R | « ER LITTLE DANCERS WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE ENTJ | TAINMENT TO BE GIVEN BY OAKLAN ER NO. 140, ORD | OF E ERN STAR, AND THEIR 1T - 5 SRR e Pt S 373 2 An entertain- ) Flute duet planned by the| . s rs of Oakland Chapter| By pupils ¢ 140, Order of the Eastern| Marnue , to take place Fr y even- | na Passmor He g, - Margaret ing, May at Maple Ha nd indica~ | J Ada Belle | tta Kurtz. tions are that It will be a most interest- Freddis Mau Misses ing affair. A varied programme has been Willlams, Wi Paktrics arranged by the committee in charge, of | Dexer Sl dep Setes Oltvieri, Masel San- which Mrs. Charles Poulter is chafrman, | °°" Marsuerite Mau. Fthel Smith Two very pretty features will be given | The entertainment committee consists by puplis of Miss Hilma A. Buttlar—a | ©f Mrs. Poulter, chairman, and Mesdames court minuet by eight little ones in colo- | Cushing, Tillson, vier, James, Broder, nial costume and the singing of “The | Sharpe, Willlams, Baumgartner, Lulu 8. Bamboo Tree"—both of which numbers | Braun s ¥ . Braun, Wood, promise to be unusually attractive Hoffman, g and Tillson. "he programme for the evening will be as follows Plano solo Sketch GETS JUDGMENT AGAINST STANFORD FOR LARGE SUM Nephew of Late Senator Must Ac- count for Loan Received From Hie Sister. Judge Seawell yesterday rendered judgment for $33.000, with $5000 interes against Jerome V. Stanford, nephew of the late Leland Stanford. The judgment anted on complaint of Frank B. vn, executor of the will of Mary E. Stanford, er of the defendant. Stanford the principal owner a the wallpaper firm of G. W. Clark & Co., | which went into insolvency several ago. A short time after the death of Senator Stanford Mary E. Stanford loaned him $33.000 of the $100,000 legacy she received under the will of her uncle, it being his intention to invest it for her. He did so and lost it, but rendered no account, and upon her death her execu- tor filed a suit to compel him to do so. e —— Injured by a Fall. John August Kuschi, residing at Lorin Station, Berkeley, was taken to the Har- bor Receiving Hospital last evening, suf- fering from contusions of the scalp and He fell on a mar- ble stairway and produced the injuries described. Kuschi is a collector of spec- imens for the Academy of Sciences, | 11 | Dancing will conclude the evening's en- | tertainment, the floor committee including | Messrs. Braun, Hoffman and Major Poul- () < il @ EBRISK FIRE BREAKS 0OUT | AT EARLY MORNING HOUR Blacksmith Shop and Adjoining “ Premises on Mission Street " Are Total Losses. fire which broke out at morning the blacksmith and op of William Murasky at street and a small building by J rer as | By a | o’clock thi | carria ,11’2‘! L Mision [:uu‘nming it, occupied depot for second-hand lumbe | ing material, were nearly er | 1shea. The irely demol- | fire is supposed to have started | forge during the daytime. When | blaze was discovered it had gained such | headway that it was deemed advisable to {turn in a second alarm. Some horses in a barn in the rear of |the burned premises were rescued with :dimcuuy by the firemen. The blacksmith shop and contents, as well as the premises next door, will be total losses and it stated that the is [damage will be several thousand dollars. e g e California’s Anniversary. Representatives from the local parlors of Native Sons of the Golden West will Imeet to-night to make arrangements for the proper observance of California’s an- niversary on September 9. s | Young Mrs from a smoldering spark emitted by the | the | — VILLIATY DoRsARE TRICE Cenps MONK” COBURN WANTS DIORCE Young Jockey’s Mother Brings Sui¢ in His Behalf. | Oakland Office San ¥ 1118 Broadway “Monk™ Coburn, the jocke his mother bring a suit of him against his wife a K whom he b is not yet cannot sult wimself. begun ment and mother, was appo ad litem and the then filed. The young ho following the Orleans infidelity | suit sco Call, May 22. has vorce had for Coburn, Coburn and bring the end proceedings were vin's depar Coburn, his ‘s guardian complaint was rried last Dec age diy pilot met his wife while clrcuit last year at New In his complaint Caburn alleges as the ground for bringing the Coburn is at the present time living with her mother-in-law in this city, who has seen that the girl has been fully protected throughout the entire af- fair. Coburn at present Is away in Chicago, where he is riding. Neither he nor his wife is 20 years of age vet. It is under- stood that satisfactory arrangements have | been made with young Mrs. Coburn and that she {ll leave shortly for her home | in Tennessee, and that she will not con- test the suit when it comes to trial. It was only a short time ago that she disappearcd from tae Coburn home he and was gone for several days. Nume ous rumors were started as to what had become of her, but she bobbed up serene- | 1y one day and said that she had been to | San Fran fii e O AN Pioneer Laid to Rest. the 18th inst. yesterday under the au | pices of Apollo Lodge of the Odd Fellows, | was one of the pioneers of this city. ha | | & come here more than fifty years ago of that time he was en- in the Mis: and was member of the Republican a prominent party. He was a native of Ohio, 72 years of age. I g et S L. Thieving Sailors Held. Martin Anderson, Charles Jansen and Fritz Harmoning, members of the crew of the United States revenue cutter B | waived examination yesterday before United States Court Commissioner Hea- cock and were held to await the action of the Federal Grand Jury on the charge of having stolen a pair of gum boots val- ued at $6. Their bonds were fixed at $500 each. Jansen has confessed. PR SN W SURET IO New Warrants Cause Trouble, An alternative writ of mandate return- able before Judge Sloss May 29, compell- ing Auditor Baehr to audit the April sal- ary demand of Justices' Clerk George S. McComb, was issued by Judge Murasky vesterday on complaint of McComb. The suit is brought to test the correctness of Baehr's views on the new warrant for salaries provided by the last Legislature, XTI ., S OSHNEL P/Yaf. LITTLE ONES WILL DANCE AT ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN BY ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR Rich Programme of Music Will Be Given. Dancing Will Con- clude Evening’s Entertainment. 7/ JEALOUS WIFE O THES TO D | Takes Laudanum, but Is Saved by Prompt | Measures. Oakland Office San 1118 Broadway said, neisco Call, May 22. responsible for Ada Hunter, wife made this laudanum Elmhutst. That woman's effort was un- call made, and Dr. K y, it empt which Mrs. O. Hunter, a carpenter. end her life with Hunter residence J. morning to at the the despondent successful w neighbor, Mrs. the prompt B. Smith When Mrs. Force dose had been taken, | mot fast enough for | was searching pistol. She insisted husband but wanted the woman sald she w neighborhood gos! and that rumors d reached her ears that had caused her despondency. he physician due to the timelv M a Force. 0 given attenti by arrived the suicidal but its action was Mrs. Hunter, who her bureau for that she loved to die. F about had treated She was cared for by friends uatil husband arrived from worx this evening. The Hunters were married two ago in Missouri. They formerly resided 67 Ninth street. Hunter had been em- by Dr. A. Sande ———— Help Received From Many. ghteen hundred subscribers centrib- vied to the fund for the cancellation of | the Young Men's Christian Association builging mortgage, which was burned by President Roosevelt last week. The orig- inal mortgage was for $107,000 was left to,the assoclation the late L. P. Drexler, which was ap- plied on the principal, reducing the mort- gage to $104,500. There was also a note | heid against the institution by the estate of the late George W. Gibbs, amounting | to $6200, which with accrued interest, made the total indebtedness $116,000. When the bullding enterprise was started | mrnificent subscription of 350,000, | the day before the dedication of | butiding Mrs. Gibbs presented Mr. McCoy, general secretary of the association, with the note held against the organization, menting the grand work of Mr. Gibbs and enabling the association property dedicated free of all indebtedness. : S S CUT BY FALLING MIRROR.—Otto Thude, a barber, residing at 321 Liberty street, while cleaning a large mirror in the barber shop at 470 Ninth street yesterday, had his scalp se- verely cut by the mirror, which fell from its | fastening. His injuries, which consisted of four deep gashes on the head, were dressed at the Emergency Hospital. ends of the victim® of the her years but $2500 y the will of | Gecrge W. Gibbs headed the list with the | On | the | witl. the accrued interest, thus supple- | to be/ REGALLS STORY OF SEA TRAGEDY Hero of Saginaw Wreck Retires From Naval Service. Chief Gunner Halford Reaches Age Limit and Leaves Mare Island. 5 & Special Dispa | VALLEJO, ) | Ham Halford, U. 8. N.. who has been on | duty at the magazine at the ) Island Navy Yard for t ears, have | ing reached the age 1 placed | on the retired s family will make his home in Oakland. | The retirement of t roic old veteran ea. recalls one of th In 1570 the Ur Saginaw was The crew was th | The ship's gig, of then cockswain, visioned and Islands, 1400 miles d lef for the stran Island. Halfo! six that man he was the only the Hawailan I and fortitude vations and work Halford w the navy, hav as a master on vice. The boat in whic trip is now exhit of nation: e tra ited wrec BUENA VISTA PARLOR PRESENTS VAUDEVILLE Pleasing Entertainment Is Given to Raise Funds for the Relief of Sick Members. The members of Vi Native Daughte gave an intere Buen. cal entertal Hall i Hei of membe { was prettil | being baskets of dee erns and bunches stage was a mass ogramme »t 1t luded the, fol- ng a: B8 solo, Oscar Wiilson: so M es followed, which ST. JOHN’S PARISH WILL HOLD PICNIC AT EL CAMPO Arrangements Are Being Completed for an Enjoyable Outing on Bunker Hill Day. The annual picnic and reunion of will take cur, The various committees he programme are workin and zea! in forwarding departments, so that all ) a success COMMISSION SEEKING AID FROM THE WOMEN in Filcher Hopes to Enlist Them Making California’s Exhibit at St. Louis Complete. The to be wome: tion of Ca Louis expo- sition all t sioner Filel out the .d that o exhibit mmis- certain that much will aid « be omit llective present at of the we Filcher will the ( ation in ( nfer with Some yea exhibition an Mechan! mired, Fiicher to ever given pace, and it stimulus of the world show a great effort will be made in is belie A letter was recei at ters of the St. Louls comm day that Fred W. Tavlor, chief department of agricuiture and hort 3 ture, and Walter B. Stevens, secretary of the board of directors of the exposition, will come to the coast so onfer with the California ¢ ymmissioner | ADVERTISEMENTS. | Pears’ soap is dried a | whole year. That’s why it lasts so. It wears as thin as a wafer. Sold all over the world,