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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1903. [0UKS e c JEFEAT REBELS SOUNDS WARNING Svetkoff and His Band of Revolutionists Are Killed. Prevails at Monastir the Consuls Will Ask for Guards. x Monastir, was i r destroyed. The wht was i one Svetkofl, € f s nd six villagers were T trifiing corre- tele- commit the water. e e-e ANAL TREATY’'S STATUS IN COLOMBIA DOUBTFUL ffect of the Resignation of Fernan- dez Not Known in Wash- —— e— YACHTSMEN ARE DELIGHTED WITH RELIANCE'S SHOWING to See Her Perform in a 1 be selected thas she can as w eer Woman Diee. 24.—Mrs, mentir 0 was bor Louis Pion: w ustrious ance great-great-grand- founder of POSTUM CEREAL. MEAL TIME CONSCIENCE. /hat Do the Children Drink? ? rother or father ers something that they d ve. serhaps more of*en " Some compromise by hot water that there ft, but even to do h m. , ‘bigger doses. Then come the ter to have some delicious, hot t you can take yourself and your childr consclous that it help and and never hurt n. A lady of O N. Y., says: “I fee ma in spite of the n that it injured my nervous sduced my nervous headach nd 1 was served with was not well made; still to get a package and try it fter following directions the result was all that could be delicious, finely flavored, richly Since I quit coffee Pos- wonders for me. . who always suffered from when drinking coffee, quit nd took up Postum with me ¢ drinking Postum he has feit with no indication of and 2y be 1 find it a great gom- 1ave a warm drink at meals that i n with a clear con- help them and not fee or tea would.” Name ished Ly Posium Co., Battle Creek, rat it t them, as « | RUSSIAN EDITOR Says Jews Have a Year in Which to Become Christians. Declares That Entrance toi Country Will Be For- bidden Them R ST. PETERSBURG, May 24.—While it is not intended to imply that the Govern- ment's Jewish policy aims at stimulation f Jewish emigration, observers expect that this wil be the result of it. It is noteworthy, however, that M. Kronzhe- van, the editor of the Bessaraytz, the anti-Semitic paper of Kischeney, writing after the massacre, editorially addressed the Jews in an article in this way: ans and our brothers and en- of Russian citizensnip. | 1 | | | | | ar to go where you term has expired there e Jew in Russia unl and after entrance | be forbidden to the Jews for- M. Kr evan’s defenders include, be-, sides the a and othi -1 tionalisti the director of the De- | t of F M. Loupokehen, who ing from Kischenev told a Lib- list that Kronzhevan ‘‘was the sia that had not been News has reached here privately from | aw that on May 4 the workingmen | ed red flags, shouted “Down | utocracy” and 1g revolution- thousand men participate y and many more pas: at The details pressed by the vely in this | of the affair cks and po- | —_— . ——— | CONDEMN THE MASSACRE. in St. Ce: Meetings of Citizens Held Louis and Denver. | LOUIS, May 24.—At a meeting held to-day 1 es of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and attended by 2000 sons rs repre: different religious creeds and t unanimously condemned the ssacre of Jews following 1 was unanime opted: hat we appeal to the Ri to initiate and enforce will prevent the oc- e outrages and will give every religious belief | qual responsibilities. | pre persons ation of the s were Sen nd Represen- being repre- nd in the audi- | | o S | DENOUNCI:ZVTHE MASSACRE. | Los Angeles Citizens Raise Funds at Mass-Meeting. o S, M 24.—At a largely and pre- yder at resoiution the mass- Speeches Rabbi Hecht, the Rev. Dr. and half a dozen other Los Angeles. A col- n $1965 was alized. This forwarded the relief refugees. lowing adopted: citiz as t per- exposed uppress impotence b cems per: versal Fatber, I justi fair escutche 4 while we extend jce and b we pledg: their affl tion as m: wer to grant, and while we pray for revenge, but for justice and the mitigation r sufferin would most respectfully from our national Goyv- it as it may be able to give. wing that our dipic Russia are of a friendiy sld ask th e goc d honored dent, Theodore Roos exerted in behalf of these unfortunate whose only offense seems to be that the: Jews. —_—————————— | Condition of the London Market. | LONDON, May 24—The lowering of the bank rate from 4 to $4% per cent last Thursday came as a welcome relief to| the stock market, but owing to the prox- imity of the settlement its effects will not be fully felt until later. There was little increase in the volume of business transacted last week, but tne tone of the market was firm, Foreigners were neg- lected. Brazilians were weaker. The new Brazilian loan wus at a premium of % of 1 per cent. Americans were weak early in the week, but improved later. The prices of Americans were ir- regular, but there was considerable buy- ing and the market for these securities is evidently broadening. — i Export Duty on Tin Ore. LONDON, May 2%.—Thke Daily Mail's pondent at Singapore states that Government of the Malay States has imposed a prohibitive duty on the export of tin ore, unless it is smelted within the colony. This step is designed to check an attempt to create a combinations in the tin trade by the Standard Ofl Com- pany, the United States Steel Corpor: tion and the American Tinplate Com- . who propose to import the ore into tes free of duty Needless Alarm in Thibet. LONDON, May 2.—A dispatch to the Times from Peking says the Gazette pub- lishes a memorial from a Chinese resi- dent in Thibet announcing the approach of British troops to insist on the ar- rangement of some disputed boundary and commercial questions. The memo- | rial, adds the correspondent, only gives | a distorted account of the sepding of a | commission from India to arrafge the af- fairs by friendly negotiations. | ————e———— IPENHAC May At the d i of neral Bobrikoff, the vernor General of Finland, M. Savon, the Swedish Consul at N stad, Finland, has been dismissed for partici- | salin 1a the anti-Russian agitation. | ject, HONOR MEMORY OF GREAT POET WITH COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES The One Hundredth Anniversary of Raiph Waldo Emerson Is Observed at Unitarian Church, Mrs. Mills Delivering Address ALENTED WOMAN WHO DELIVERED THE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS WHICH WAS AKLAND, May 24.—Services com- memorativeqof the one hundredth annivy Waldo rs; Emerson Church. Mrs Benjamin Fay Mills, a careful student of the great American opher, livered the memorial ad- her subject being *“One Hundred of Emerson.” Mills, during her address, said: when God let lc a thinl upon this planct.” These words Ralph Waldo merson are applicable t s own advent There was very little objective history of this great soul. His real history was of an interlor Yet all who came in contact with to the marvelously beautiful life of idealists. qualities nature carefully But_som ath of the etuate. character. him tes of this me nemits hales in the t fixes and idual as be- e was noth- a in his life was when, at great o p his first and only pas- 9, he gave torate for conscience sake, and devoted him self to the larger min! ‘of writing his sage to the world. He brought news He spoke from fitth yrean. a abused no id non-fighter and He spoke kindly of his critics and s ar as what they eaid of himself w e than he disagreed Emerson was a one. that concerned, he agreed mc them. He could roar melodiously, and could whisper like the voice of your own soul. Dean Stanley said he heard the voice of Eme sop in every sermon to which h ed while in America. He taught the unity of all life, the spiritual constitution of the universe, the un 1 d of nature. riving tc man_the 1 the spires of form cades before Darwin worm mounts * he wrote, and The highest is universal i the lowest manifestation, 1 this life, by its own force, has developed e great world of thought and morals, and continue its beneficent work. Nature in its pr form is the prejection of God into the unconscious. God's tion is continuous and the office is to show that God is. The and the does ot y comprehend it recugnize thi an as a prophet, and he is a Greek to the ks, a Hindoo to the Hindco, and an American to Americans, just 8o far as these are great in thought and have learned universal principles of conduct Is Eierson himself not the Western teacher of whom he wrote, who has seen, not frag- ments of law as the ancients did, but the “laws come full circle”; world to-day MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE WELL ATTENDED Grand Army of the Republic Enjoys Fine Sermon at the First Congregational Church. The memorial service at the First Con- gregational Church last night to commem- orate Decoration day, drew an immense congregation. The Grand Army of the Republic was Lincoln, Meade and Garfield posts were well represented, while there were dele- gates from Cass and George H. Thomas posts. The pulpit and choir loft were hand- somely and effectively decorated with beautiful large silken American flags, a wealth of crown lillles and white sweet peas. The baptismal fount was filled with long branches of fragrant white roses. A splendid musical programme was given under the directorship of Samuel D. Mayer, among the numbers being “Our Flag Forever” and a soprano solo by Mrs L. S. Johnson, “The Star-Spangled Ban- The sermon was delivered by the Rev. George C. Adams, who chose for his su “The Herolc Age of a Nation,” Joshua, He dwelt at length upon the War of the Revolution, touched upon the Civil War, and wound up with a grand peroration upon the great peace that at ! the moment reigned supreme throughout the nation, the peace that had come to all and reached all through God's holy words. e i S B Dr. Hofmyer to Speak. Dr. Adrian Hofmyer will lecture at the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. bufiding next Monday evening for the benefit of the fund of the free ward of the Califor- nia Woman's Hospital. Dr. Hofmyer is | well known as a brilliant speaker and only lately arrived from South Africa, where he is a prominent minister of the gospel and pastor of one of the largest Dutch Reformed churches, 2 But the greatest souls | = | duct and charaéter. present in great numbers. | of the birth of Ralph | tnis greate were held this | morning &t the First Unitarian | which, to starti nelrcle t Even mor entire globe? han the embattled farmers has t far of ¢Concord fired a shot heard round the world, whose echoes shall con- tinue to reverberate until all men shall recog- nize the fact that the ‘‘ought,” that duty is one thing with science, with beauty and with After the close of the service Mrs. Mills spoke at the Sunday schcol about Emer- | son, and Charles J. Woodbury, author of “Walks and Talks with erson,” ad- dressed the older classes of young men and women on the same topic. Mrs. Mills was warmly congratulated on her thoughtful address. Mr. Mills, the minister, will conduct Memorial day ser- | vices next Sunday, and will deliver an ad- and those the finer, she | and evolution as s day were not prepared for | | | | | dress on “Great Thoughts of War.” = EMERSON INSPIRES. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 148 Center Street, May This day being the centennial anni- versary of Ralph Waldo Emerson’'s birth | the morning service at the First Unita rian Church was throughout commemo- rative of that beloved writer and think- | er. A double quartet sang appropriate songs. The congregation filled the | church. The discourse by the Rev F. L. Hosmer was in part biographical, but more largely given to an exposition of Emerson’s thought, the character of the 1 and his wide and widening influ- ence upon his time, an influence which, the clergyman said, is still pervasive and likely long to endure. He said in part: When Emerson left the pu! the preacher, but with a freer larger congregation. he was no less method and a He was no controversial- ist, but reported his own vision in things of the_ spirit. : He was always affirmative, trusting in the power of truth to expel error. Dr. Holmes happily characterized him as “‘an iconoclast without a hammer, who took d from their pedestals so tenderly that it seemed like an act of worship.' His meszage might awaken di it did; but his graclous personality w for the man. He was a Drophet and. a e His emphasis was upon the moral laws, ever more working themselves out In human con- His insight into nature . as often was prophetic. Emerton is the poet of nature, of man, of the unfailing moral law, of the indwelling divinity; the poet of courage, and of the soul's serene hope and trust At the close of the service pamphlets containing extracts from Emerson's and has he not given us the | Prose and poetic writings were distrib- foundation and inspiration for a true religion, | uted among the congregation. ° FAREWELL CONCERT OF MLLE. ANTONIO DOLORES Famous Singer Will Leave for the South To-Morrow to Fill Sev- eral Engagements. Mlle, Antonio Dolores gave her farewell concert in this city I hambra Theater. Only a small-sized crowd of music lovers were present and they were more than repaid for their | pains, as the great singer was in perfect form and sang brilliantly. She wa Robert Clarence Newell, the well-known musician. Mlle. Dolores will leave for the southern part of the State to-mor- row. She will appear at Oakland to-night and after her southern tour will go direct to Canada, where she will fill a number or engagements. The following programme was rendered at the Alhambra last night: (a) Pur Dicesti (A. Lotti, 1667-1740), (b) La landrina (Jomelll, 1714-1774) pian, Theme Varic et Fugato, op. 29 (Schutt); Kn That My Redeemer'’ (Messiah') (G. F. Han del, 1685-1750); (a) Dites la Jeune Belle (H. Berlioz, 1803-1869), (b) La Bas (St. Saens, b, 1835); Parce Domine (C. Gounod, 1818-18)5): piano, Liebestraum, No. 3 (Liszt): recit, Au Bord du Chemin, arla, Voix Legere '(Les Noces de Jeanctte) (V. Masse, 1822.1884): (a) ‘He Loves Me” (Chadwick), (b) “Within a Roge’ (L. Lehmann); Echo Song (C. Eckert, 1820-1879); plano, Seigmund’'s Spring Song (Wagner-Schutt); “I've Been Roaming” (C. Horn, 1786-1849) —————— Youthful Gymnasts Rewarded. The members of the children’s class of the San Francisco Turn Verein School of | physical culture gave an. exceedingly clever exhibition of their prowess as acro- bats last night at Turn Verein Hall on Turk street. More than 500 of the youth. ful gymnasts went through their feats on the bars and in drills and after the ex- hibition the prizes were distributed to the winners, whose names were announced last week, and the athletic reports were read. Oscar Hocks, presideat of the Turn Verein, delivered a lecture after which the floor was cleared for dancing. n our idols | nizht at the Al-| accompanied on the piano by! 100 LIN TALKS OF WIFE'S WOES Husband of the Chinese “New Woman” Hopes for the Best. Believes Her Imprisonment in San Francisco Will End Soon. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May —The Herald will say to-morrow: Loo Lin Ben, leader of the progressive element in New York's Chinatown, a man of learning and thor- oughly Americanized in most of his ways, announced to-night that he had fallen back upon his early philosophy to comfort him in the distress resulting from the treatment his wife is receiving at the hands of United States immigration offi- cials. Mrs. Loo Lin has been held a pri: oner In the detention pen in San Fran- | cisco because her husband, though a mer- chant, happens to own an interest in a restaurant, Loo is senior member of the firm of G. Tomtoy & Co., at 3 Mott street, where a general merchandise business is carried on. He is also associated with his brother in a restaurant at 14 Mott street, known as Mon Far Low, which, translat- ed into English, is “The Restaurant of Countless Flowers.” Loo said to-night: My wife is not a woman of the ordina type known in this country. She is progressive, | js well educated, has been a teacher in Ca ton for several years, her writings have been | regarded as meritoricus, and, finally, she has | been editor of a real newspaper devoted to the interests of Chinese women. She is held a prisoner in the detention shed on the Pacific Mall wharf in San Francisco. She has been there a month. My wife expects to. teach in New York and arrangements have already been made for her to take charge of a school for | children who do not understand the English 2 language. I have many good friends and I am confident that the ‘‘red tape”” will soon be cut and everything will be well. The case has | been appealed to Washington and I am receiv- | Ing assistance from men of high standing in | New York i The World will say fo-morrow that Loo Lin has friends who concluded that as Americans they would not stand by and see what they deemed a piece of stupidity and injustice pass and they determined | that Mrs. Loo Lin should come in. The appeal will reach Washington in a few | days, and there is doubt, says the World, that the department will overrule | the absurd decision of the New York in- spector, who reports Loo Lin to be aj| aborer” because he owned a restaurant in addition to his mercantile business. There are several peculiar things about | the manner which the case of Mrs. Loo | Lin has been handled that will call for | action at the proper time, say the friends | of Loo Lin. no Mrs, man,” Loo Lin, the Chinese ‘new wo- who has been detained in the sheds | of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, { by instructions of the Chinese Bureau, | for more than a month, pending the un- | raveling of a “red tape” tangle involving her right to land, is quite ill, and has re quested the attendance of a physician. | She has been enduring in great patience | her enforced imprisonment, but her gen- | eral health has been impaired by the long confinement. Sympathizers in this city | are doing as much as possible to provide for her comfort, though handicapped by | | her cheerless environment, | ———— | JANES AND GRIFFIN | H TO PLAY FOR TENNIS CUP | This Match Will Decide the Owner- | | ship of the Golden Gate Park Trophy. Play in the second and fourth classes of { the class singles tennis tournament com- | menced on the Golden Gate Park courts | a week ago was completed down to the | finals yesterday. These will be played next Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. | In the second class George Janes and Clarence Grifiin reached the final. These players are the most promising at the park. The fact that each has won the cup twice adds greatly to the interest in the | mat The winner of the match wiil re- | tain the cup permanently. In the fourth class the successful play- s who will 1aeet in the final are C. S. | kaggs and G. L. Hall. The result of the | tournament by rounds: preliminary round—Homer | Second class, Hotchkiss beat Oscar Beyfuss, Clar- { ence Griffin beat Miller Hotchkiss, 10-8 Marius Hotchkiss beat E. WV, Twiggs, 6-1, 6-3 Alexander Beévfuss won from Norman Am. brose by default. | First round—C_ Foley beat C. W. Teller, 6-4, iffin beat Homer Hotchkiss, us Hotchkiss beat Beyfuss, S-6 Janes beat Horace Mann, Semi-finals—Griffin beat Foley, < beat Marius Hotchkiss, 7-5 rth_c preliminary Moss beat R. H Griffith -1, 6-0;: G. L. Hall boat § R. Hamilton J. E. Logan b:at W. H. Hightower, , 6-4; W. L. Howeli beat H. McLane by default round—M. Long beat Dr, Lovegrove, . G. H. Irving beat W. H. Murphy, A, Edwards beat J. Mullins, . Hall beat Moss, 6-4, 6-2; Losan at Howell, ¢ M.’ Guerin beat J. W. Letcher, aggs beat J. C. | 10, . Burnett beat I, | Long beat Irving, 6-1, 4-6. dwards, 6-3, 3; Guerin t Burnett, mi-finals—Hall beat Long, 6- i beat Guerin. 6-4, 2-6, ! e . | DEDICATE THEIR CLUBHOUSE. South Bay Yachtsmen Entertain i Moany San Jose Friends. | | AN JOSE. May 2.—This was a red let- | tervday in the history of the South Bay | Yacht Club, the membership of which in- | cludes all the lovers of yachting in San Jose. Besldes the dedication of the new | | clubhouse of the organization with a | clam bake and barbecue, the event| marked the opening of the yachting sea- | | son. About 130 prominent citizens of this | 7-5; Skaggs | city were present. The house of the club is a commodious | | structure. A clam bake and barbecue were | held this morning. Charles A. Barker | had charge of the arrangements. Commo- | | dore H. A. Spencer acted as toastmaster. | Commodore Spencer made an address and | was followed by L. A. Spitzer, E. W. Co- { nant, 8. G. Tompkins, S. H.' Barker and | others. | In the afternoon the entire fleet of the | club took the guests for a cruise on the | bay. The yachts and launches participat- | ing were: Alviso, Captain Ortley; As- | paragus; Captain Pyle; Bessie, Captain | Henry; Lunar, Captain Moon; Aimee, Captain Peckham; A. and C., Captain Coykendall; Garden City, Captain Dow; Comrado, Captain J. O. ‘McKee; Muriel (flagship). Commodore Spencer; Papoose, Captain Eaton; Wanderer, Captain Son- niksen; Cisne, Captain Moody; Cloud, Captain Stewart; Fern, Captain Wade; Bebee, Captain Owen. — e Funeral of Blind Chaplain. JACKSONVILLE, 1L, May 24.—William H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, was buried here to- day. Funeral services took place at Cen- tenary Church. Interment was in Dia- mond Grove Cemetery. The remains of Chaplain Milburn arrived at his old home Saturday from California. Despite a heavy downpour of rain, a large number cf old friends of the blind chaplain at- tended the funeral —————— With a gift of $250,000 recently to Co- ijumbia College a department of health iand science will be established. | Drews, by sending two bullets through the | old man’s back, killing him | ering of Coopers | picnie of San Francisco Lodge ) " | of whom remained all day. Arrangements—H. Bartley, chairman; O. F. Min . F. Dunlap, F. L Carne;, E. Nelson and H. Floor—Frank L . manager: J. Brady, P. Zaro, V. Dunk ger. A. Schmitz, T. { Walsh, D. O'Neil, T. Vennerman, L. L. Gum- mow and C. Gheen. Games—E. Nelson, chalrman; R. I. Wisler, J. A. Kelly, C. Meyer, J. Walsh, W. Schnei- der and H. Hunter. ——————— FIRES BULLETS INTO MAN'S BACK Divorced Husband Cru- elly Murders Father- in-Law. Former Wife of the Slayer Compelled to Flee With Him. it BT BTN PORTLAND, Or., May %.—Maddened by the fact that his wife had obtained a di- vorce from him two weeks ago, M. V. Leasia this morning wreaked a terrible | vengeance upon his father-in-law, F. H. | instantly. Leasia’s former wife witnessed the awful tragedy, and was later compelled to | accompany Leasia to parts unknown. Be- fore disappearing, Leasia and his former wife appeared at the residence of a neigh- | bor, whom the murderer asked to care | for his babies for an hour or so, saying | that Drews had been injured by a falling timber in a fire and that he and his wife would return to his assistance After leaving the babies with the neigh bor, the murderer and his divorced wife disappeared and have nof vet been lo- cated. Leasla alleged that Drews was in- strumental in starting the divorce pro- | | ceedings and for this reason he shot him. ‘What has become of the unhappy couple | is a mystéry that the police are trying to solve. Some of the officers belicve that the maddened man will kill his wife and then attempt to escape alone. The shooting occurred at 8 o'clock t morning at the home of the murdered man near Peninsula station, a suburb of this city. The body was found by Drews’ sons at 10 o’clock this morning. Drews was 38 years old. He formerly lived The Dalles. — e | DRUNKEN PUGILIST FIRES | SHOT AT COMMISSION MAN Gustav McMil]:x; Has Narrow Escape From Death at Hands of John J. Murphy./ at a loss to know why the latter to shoot him. Murphy was so badly in toxicated that he could not tell anything about the affair, but several bystanders corroborate the story told by McMillan. ST R SO | COOPERS AT SCHUETZEN. Have a Jolly Time at Their Annual Gathering. | held forth at Schuetzen | It was the annual gath- | International Union No. | bout 50 people pre me early in the morning | Dancing was the tug-of-war at 3:30 | The coopers Park yesterday. 65. There were most of whom ¢ and remained all day. chief amusement. A | o'clock attracted much attention, it being | between the teams from the various bar-| rel-making shops. The California Wine Association team was the successful one. | - s The committees were as foll retary; F. A. Michel and Thomas Duff. Floor—W. T. Colbert, direct assistant; Joseph Ullric Frank Frank May, C. L. Ochs, J. John: William Holde Reception—J. wald, Matt Moy Bernhard, chairman an, R. Simpson, Ed L Herman T George B H ; Charles Fossell R. Meyer, H. P. | Hjort, H. Alley, ain, Ben 'Mosier, | James Maher Jr.. ith, H. Muldhauser, O. Fossberg, Willlam Rae, A. Forsell and G. Fealy. _— | MACHINISTS’ EXCURSION. | Baseball Game One of Leading Fea- tures of Day. The nineteenth annual excursion and 0. International Association of Machinists, was held at Fairfax Park yesterday. There were about 600 people present, most One of the features of the day was a baseball game between the Joseph Cav- anaughs and the Machinist’ Apprentices. The latter won, score 10 to 6. Various | races, games and other out-of-door sports came in for a share of attention. The committees follow: Sodality Women to Entertain, The members of the Ladies’ Sodality of St. Charles Borromeo Church will give an entertainment at Mission Opera Hall next Wednesday evening for the benefit of the sodality fund. A feature of the programme will be a farce entitled | “Hearts and Clubs,” under the direction of Miss Mollie Riley. Many of the most prominent ladies of the parish have vol- unteered their services for the occasion. —————— Laundry Drivers Remain Firm. CHICAGO, May 24—Refusal of the laundry drivers to submit their wage scale td arbitration prevented a settlement of | the laundry strike to-day. The owners and the Laundry Workers' Union have settled their differences, but the owners refuse tc open for business until the trou- ble with the drivers has been adjusted. wanted | bIAL'S FRIEND MVES THE TREE Santa Rosa Contractor Is Made to Spare a Maple. Wrath of Citizens Increases Because of a House- Moving. SISt Rt The C: Special to SANTA ROSA, May 24—The first fight over the destruction of maple trees by Dispatch house-movers on B street occurred yes- | terday afternoon when John P. Plover, ayoung man of this city, struck Con- tractor Post in the face for attemptirZ to force a young lady out of his way who was protecting trees in front of her father’s residence. The contractor had reached a place in front of the George P. Noonan residence, and upon the orders of Mrs. Willlam Metzger, the owner of the house, he essayed to some limbs from a maple tree. Contractor Po arted to get into the tree by the aid of a ladder, but was prevented g young lady, and when he placed the ladder against her to push her out of the way Plover struck him. That ended the attempt to cut trees for the Previously three handsome trees which stood front of the First Bap- tist Church had been cut by the house- movers on orders from Mrs. Metzger, who is having a rough B street. The he wider than that thorou; The entir In arms against the cutting of the which would mar the beauty of B str The Women's Improvement Club has taken up the cudgels and is making a desperate effort to prevent any further cutting on the ———— MOB ATTACKES A JAIL TO LYNCH TWO NEGROES Dozen Officers Force the Leaders to Depart Without the Prisoners. John J. Murphy, a pugilist, was arrested | NAMPA ~A mob at- last night by Police Officer Cannon and | tacked the rtly before mid- locked up on a charge of assault with a empt to lynch two negroe weapon. Murphy, while arrels and Henry Williams, took a shot at Gustav McMillan, a com- | Who were involved in a shooting affray mission man, who gave his adress as 218 | at a ball game Sunday afternoon which Sansome street. ited in the probable fatal wounding According to McMillan's story, of Pallewmin: Crvaen: " The e gl s walking along Dupont street 1 o the Sl bt Wers . Serchd o NI night and while near the corner of Bush | urier a lively scrimmage with a dozen Murphy suddenly pulled out a revolver | special officers. Governor Morrison has & nd deliberately took a shot at him. Th i i e e { bullet passed through McMillan's coat, S oo o Nampa. The but he uninjured. McMillan claims | G¢ himself will accompany the that he never saw Murphy before and Is | will get the two prisoners a Tardellf line of Webs Leonard D. and Alice M. Pugsiey to Nellie McM. Donovan, te street, N of Fulton. N $10. an and Emma M. Sweigert to Ma lot on S line of Pacific avenue, on 27:4% 0 $10. and Mary E. Mahoney to_Otto C. Paula Berger. lot on N line of McAllister 25 E of Lyon b : $10, mma_G. Butler to I tein, lot on t California_street 3 W of Lyon, » by S 108 $10. Wil Mary E. Reed. lot on reet SW of 86241 sW W 146:11: § nd Ananza Latulipe to Domenico re of Alabama street, 130 $10. randeman, by E 100: vings and y to Ca fornia Stevedore and Bal smpany. undi- | vided one-half of lot on NE corner of Lombard and Montgomery streets, N 137:6 by E 137:6; S. Crane to same, undivided one- 1f of some; $12,500. Webe Keye & s 5 W of Kearny [ mmercial street, S 59:6: $10. ¢_corner _of Fifth . » Henry ( 104 100: $10. ances N. Evans to Con- of A street, 32:6 W N 100; $10. Johnston and C istman, 2 of Tw et nth avenu William R. and rad_Kober, lot on of Tenth aven Joseph Smi SE corner of S0 by E L John and den, lot on of H street harles K on NW Ik avenue block 5. A avenue ot om reet, S Anna Handschumacher to James of Tenth avenue, 275 by E_120; $10. bauer to Robert J. Barth, lot of Craine street, 125 SW of Paul v 50 by NW 100, 18 and 19, rden Tract Homestead: $300. —————— Aged Postmaster’s Blunder . GUTHRIE, Okla., May 24.—Amos Leedy, aged 6 years, postmaster at Leedy, Okla., has pleaded guilty to the charge of H. c taining valuable letters in land contest cases. The case is peculiar in that the Jetters remained in the office uncalled for, and Leedy, ignorant of what course should be pursued, threw them into the e basket. On account of his age he was let off with a fine and given permis- sion to return home alone for the money to pay it with. o s SUERPESSRA I Discover a Smoldering Volcano. EL PASO, Texas, May 24.—A party well-known citizens, who have just turned from Casa Grande, in the heart of the Sterra Madre Mountains, report the discovery, of a smoldering voleano, hith- erto unknewn except to a few of the na- tives. The volcano showed signs of re- cent eruptions, —t———— Matos and Riera Combine Forces. 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