The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1903, Page 38

88 MONEY DREAMS UNHINGE MIND Wealth Makes a Maniac| of the Aged Joseph | Molino. { | Alamedan Goes Insane While on Voyage to Obtain Rich Bequest. ] | —_— | 18.—Joy over the pros. from poverty to affluence d of Joseph Molino, | months ago for | ssume possession of » bequeathed to | | He was de- | ree lace in an asylum for sev- appeared that his | again becoming Valparaiso by the ma. ative land, when | or thirty years lived | Last spring he received the telligence of the demise of the wealth: heering infor: beque? Arada of re d from here from Sa he pair : ted to take er for Valparaiso. hing Panama Molino began of of gold and bales and put Pan- the | e reac frien mir hi, rtained a that Molino had partially re- n and gone on to Valpa- on has been —_—————— | AGREEMENT REACHED BY WARRING UNIONS Settlement of Dispute Between Build- ing Trades Council and Broth- erhood of Carpenters. REAPER SUMMONS THE SAN FRANXNCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1903. THE FOUNDER OF FIRST WHITE LABOR LAUNDRY fPIiny Bartlett, - Who for Respected Place in the Business Com-|Raging Fire Devastates munity, Dies in H Years Has Held is Eighty-Fourth Year e R G S S SOt AKLAND lett, July 18.—Pliny Bart- one of the builders of the big Contra Costa Laundry busi- ness and superintendent of that | enterprise for years, died sudden- at noontime to-day at his home on| Franklin street in this city. Mr. Bart- lett was in his eighty-fourth year, but had not been ailing, and death is sup- O posed to have occurred from the break- ng of a blood vessel in the brain. lett born Springfield October 7, 1815. In 188 he came d after a short business Francisco decided to go | % 5 =il ndry busin, d associated WELL KNOWN BUSINEss | | 5 1 5 - | e B Ealia AR R MAN OF OAKLAND WHO i me white labor laundry, this line | | D'FD YESTERDAY. f work at thAt time’being almost exclu- | , =1 ely in the hands of Chinese. They |™ * organized the Contra Costa Laundry, |ners sold their interests in the big con- which was for some years located near | cern and retired in favor of younger men. | on what is still known as | Mr. Bartlett always took an interest in Farm.” Later the institu- | | the affairs of Oakland, though he never n was moved to West Oakland, and it | held a political office. He was an active was for undry in the | member of the Athenian Club and within | world ndry Work | the last few days had been at-the rooms for the P: n Palace Car Company playing his customary game of billiards. | n Franc les have cut a Costa, and original concerns i years other lau work of the Co the Mz Bartlett leaves a family composed of Mrs. Emma Bartlett, his widow; Mrs. Carroll D. G Ralph G ool Of late the December { three FIRE DESTROYS HISTORIC TAVERN IN NEW JERSEY Generals Washington and Lafayette Counted Among One-Time Guests of Hostelry. vears the Lodi place for the Eng- n interested in t was the place —— PURSUED CRIMINAL SCATTERS PLUNDER Charles Davidson, Ex-Convict, Ar- rested for Burglary After Chase of a Mile. AKLAND, Ju 18.—Scattering plun- r and & ' implements be ran recognized by the 1 ex-convict nd citizens for before be- seen leay- Puliman Ho- who potified d Detective d nally land- at the police as William 2s Charles name recognized t was Davidson, who was sentenced in this city term in San Quen- GERMAN WARSHIP FALKE WILL PROCEED TO HAYTI Port-su-Prince in State of Siege and National Gua:~ Called . Out. Jamaica, July 18.—The Ger- p Falke called here for orders will proceed to Hayti to- | € to the gravity of the situ- A dispatch from Port-au- ¥ 13 announced that the conflict between President Nord and the | there Chambers continued and had resulted in the proclamation of a state of siege and the calling out of the National Guard ——— Oakland Lodge Installs Officers. OAKLAND, July 8—The installation the newly elected officers of Oakland dge No. Fraternal Brotherhood, at Mabie Hall last night was conducted by Mrs. E. R. Neldig of Los Angeles, the supreme vice president of the order. Thé following officers were Installed: President, A. S. Ormsby; past president, James Tayior; vice president, E. C. Voor. | hies; secretary, Charles Pritchard: treas. | urer, Miss Sadie Carr: chaplain, Mies | Rose Campbell; outer doorkeeper, Mre, | Andrews; inner doorkeeper, Mrs. Fred | Murdock; physicians, Drs. Herrick and | Schofield; musician, Mrs. A. Heinman, | ———— Big Real Estate Deal. OAKLAND, July 15—A $125.000 deal in San Francisco realty has just been closed by which Mrs. Emily 8. Karns, widow of | the lste D. E. H. Pardee, secures the | property, Tixll2 feet, on the southeast’ corner of Taylor and O'Farrell streets, | vm:h formerly belonged to a San Jose | bank. i ———— HONOLULY, July 16.—The Board of Health | will soon leave for the annusl msvection of | leper settiement at Molokai. are | tlement who declare that lepers and it is possible that leased. ) R ENDS SUFFERING Speeds Bullet Into His Brain and Dies in Two Hours. [ Loses It. ‘ : S | ALAMEDA, July 18.—Crippled with HAYWARDS, July 18 ~Jumping from a rheumatism, D. D. Matson, father-in-law | runaway buggy this .morning with the f oionel Charles T. Poulter of t Fifth | object of ea ing her life, Mrs. Frank Regiment, fired a bullet through his head this even- ing and died two hours late | & few minutes from a fracture of the It was at the Poulter residence on San | skull at the base of the brain. The acci- Pabld avenue, nmear Forty-third street, [ dent happened on Main stréet near Native where Matson, who was 8 years of age, | Sons’ I ended his life. He took dinner with the membe; be in hi® usual spirits. After dinner the old man went out on the porch and sped the leaden missile into his brain Dr. George D. Reinle was summoned but Matson was beyond relief. Deceased was a carpenter, but because of his ad- vanced age and crippled condition was | forced to relinquish work some years ago Deputy Coroner Heénry Quellin foun three signed notes in Matson's pockets saying he intended to commit suicide to end his misery. —_——— SON-IN-LAW WITH DEBTS AMOUNTING TO $5,000,000 Willoughby H. Stuart Jr. of Boston Tells Tales of His Grand- father. BOSTON, July 18.—Arioch Wentworth, the deceased Boston millionaire, once told hie grandson, Willoughvy H. Stuart Jr., according to testimony given by Mr. Stuart before Probate Judge Harmon that Willoughby H. Stuart, Wentworth's | son-in-law, had Gebts amounting to four or five millions. This testimony was given at a hearing in the contest of the will of Wentworth which cut off relatives and left $7,000,000 to found an industrial school. The family holds the testator was of un- sound mind Stuart testified that his father, former- Iy British Vice-Consul in Boston, was found to be insane by experts who ex- amined him some years ago. He said that Mr. Wentworth had declared that docters knew nothing about medicine. “I kpow more about it than all of them togeshes he had said. “Why, look at me, 1 have dyspepsia and what do I use, for it? I use sand and the only reason is that the chickens use it. It @oes them good and why shouid it not do me good?” | Stuart told of many medicines which Wentworth brought home and of many | concoctions which he would . try to mix, some of which, such as whisky and oil, would not\mix. Mr. Wentworth used to take sandpaper and sandpaper his hands and often the top of his head. He said it was a good thing for rough or chapped hands to make them smooth. ——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 18.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-dny: Andrew Costa. 27, and Rosle Correa, 16, both of Oakiand; William R. Moore, over | 21, and Elizabeth M. O'Brien, over 18, bath of | San Franeisco; Morizio J. Vierra, 38, Stockton, and Marlana F. de Jesus, 37, Niles: Christian J. Lutz, 21, and Irene Donovan, 18, both of Uakland. ——————e “They,” wrote a Kansas City reporter, having reference to two men who were saved after being in the flood two days, “suffered terribly, as they were without food or water.” CUMATIC WOMAN LEAPS National Guard of California, | »f the household and seemed to | pued at $5000, has been missing since April - T0 HER DEATH |Attempts to Save Life in a- Runaway and Catan of this city struck the hard maca- | dam of the roadway and was dead within | In company with Miss May Magner Mrs. | Catan was driving her buggy along Main street, leading another horse behind the vehicle. When oppbsite the Enterprise able a number of horses ran out of the building and one of the animals became entangled with the horse tied behind the buggy. The horse Mrs. Catan was driving took fright anggtore wildly along the thorough- fare. Miss Magner jumped from the rig and escaped injury. Mrs. Catan tried to do likewise, but struck on her head with great f rce. SHe was carried into the home oi Mrs. Vincent Stroebel and Dr. A. J. Dean summoned. The physician found the woman beyond medical aid. Mrs. Catan was well known in Hay- wards. She was the wife of Frank Catan, a local horse dealer, and 35 years of age. Two brothers, who survive her, live in the Hawaiian Islands. ———— RARE LACE VALUED AT $1000 A YARD IS MISSING Wife of General Bates Loses a Valu- able Heirloom in the " . [Express. NEW YORK, July 18.—A package con- taining six yards of lace, said to be val- 6, when it was shipped by express from here to Washington. The lace is a part of a set valued at $30,000 and helonging to the wife of General A. E. Bates of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Bates is at pre ent in Burope with her daughter, - Mrs. Bates came to New York early in the spring. She brought the lace to have it cleaned and repaired. As the cleaner, a woman, completed the work on the separate pleces she sent them to Mrs, Bates by express, there being three sep- arate bundles. The second contained the lace that is missing. The last package contained the plece of greatest value—a large shawl. It reached Washington safely. No trace of the second package has been found, however. The cleaner says that although the lace was commer, cially worth $6000 it was really of great, value, because it made up a part of a set and also because it was an neirloom. It was worn by Mrs. Bates’ mother at the time King Edward, as Prince of Wales, was entertained at the White House. She says there is no other plece like it in the world. ————— Hurled From a Train. OAKLAND, July 18—Adrian Beaufils, an upholsterer, residing at 1626 Sixth street, Berkeley, was hurled from a train this evening at Death Curve, West Oak- land, and received Injuries which inay cause his death. He sustained a com- pound fracture of the left leg below the knee, a badly lacerated scalp and con- cussion of the brain. His right arm was pierced by a large eight inch sliver of wood. Uv to a late hour u. als had not recovered consclousness, FLAMES DENUDE THE MOUNTAING Country Back of Livermore. Mining Towns of Tesla and Carnegie Escape by Veer of the Wind. LIVERMORE, July. 18.—Twenty-two thousand acres of pasture land in the mountains east of this place have been devastated by a fire which is still sweep- ing on toward the San Joaquin River, de- spite the efforts of a large number of set- tlers and others to confine the flames. The stiff westerly wind prevailing is making it difficult for the fire fighters to accomplish much in the way of controll- ing the spread of the flames. During the afternoon the mining vil- lages of Tesla and Carnegie were threat- ened, but a sudden veer In the wind caused the fire to race in another direc- tion. Residents of both of these places bave been guarding their homes since last night and assisting settlers in the nearby gulches in battling with the rav- aging element. Corral Hollow was a sheet of flame last night and the ridges extending south to- ward Lone Tree Creek and Mount Oso resembled great flery serpents. In the timber belt the flames give the fire fight- ers the greatest trouble. When it ap- pears that they have the fire under con- trol a plece of blazing limb will drop from a tree, roll down the mountain side and start the flames anew. If the west- erly wind continues it is thought that the fire will reach the mouth of Lone Tree | Creek and with the stubble fields to feed on in that vicinity will travel to the San J.cu'xuln River. i -].hl\-l.. Pope Leo’s Condition Unchanged ROME, July 19—9:30 a. m. —The following medical bul- letin has just been issued by the Pope’s physicians: “The night was sleepless| with a little tranquillity. The| Pope’s strength keeps de-| pressed. His respiration is| calm but superficial at 34; pulse regular, full, but weak at 95; temperature 36.5 centi- grade. LAPPONIL | “MAZZONL.” e 0| ASGESSOR SENTS WALUES SKYWARD Computations Yield To- tal of Thirteen Mil- lions Increase. e SRS Franchises of Corporations Responeible for Half of the Advance. B 5a5 Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, July 18. The increase in Alameda Couaty's as- sessment over last year s $13,527,533. The total footings. of the Assessor were ‘fin- ished late to-night and the re<ult is a surprise. Of this amount $6,128,20S is the natural increase on real estate and im- provements in the county. The remain- Ing $7,698,3% is an arbitrary increase on the properties of the five large corpora- tions holding franchises of public utili- ties. The increase in the assessment of the Contra Costa Water Company’s prop- erty over last year is $1,364,250: Oakland | Gas Light and Heat Company $603;; Spring Valley Water Company $2,510 Southern Pacific Railroad $2,020.500; Osk- land Transit Consolidated $1,200,000. Alameda County's total asscssment is $104,035,875. Last year it was $90,808,342. The city of Oakland this year 1s assessed at $50,239.750. Last year its assessment was $45,319,064. Berkeley this year has gone ahead of Alameda. Its property valuation is placed at $11,790,40. Last year it was $8,707,935. Alameda's assess- ment is $11,764,600. Last year it was $10,- $4248. The most surprising increase has been made by Berkeley, which has in- creased $3,082,515 In the last year. The Board of Supervisors met this morning as a board\of equalization, but owing to the fact that the Assessor's books were not ready to be turned over the meeting was adjourned to next Mon- day. Assessor Dalton states that he will take no action in regard to the refusal of the Southern Pacific Railway to pay taxes on the $1,050,000 assessment placed on its bay franchise. ““This amount will be placed on the as- sessment roll and will be-a ilen upon thelr property,” he said this evening. “The board of equalization in San Fran- cisco has refused to reduce the assess. ment and I don't believe the board of equalization will do it here. There is no necessity to attach a ferry boat in order to get the money."” UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 18.—Miss Mary Page has been elected delegate from, the Uni- versity Y. M. C. A. to the nmtional con- vention of that body, to be held this fall at Lake George, N. Y. Miss Page is a member of the Prytanean Soclety. Robert Sibley, '03, has accepted a posi- tion as electrical engineer in charge of the Mariposa Commercial Mining Com- pany’s plant, in Mariposa County. Protessor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard University will leave for the f‘z:; just before the summer school , important business having de- stead.” i “HOME, SWEET HOME.” The Old Homestead. BY HENRY P. SMITH. Free Qil Painting With Next Sunday’s Call. There is nothing in the wide, wide world quite so appealing as home. Be it ever so humble there is no spot like the habitation of the individual man. Rich or poor, high or low, good or bad, prince or pauper, the in- clination is for home, and any picture that represents home ties or home features touches the warmest spot in the hearts of all men and women. Apropos of this, The San Francisco Call presents as its art supple- . ment next Sunday an oil painting which is a perfect reproduction in coler of the celebrated picture by Henry P. Smith entitled “The Old Home- It represents a New England farmhouse and possesses/artistic qualities of the highest order. Its composition is well balanced, its color harmonious and there is a satisfying fidelity in the completeness which the details are elaborated. There is an element of outdoors in the whole beautiful scheme. The farmhouse, with its antique, cozy character, its great elm tree in front, its rich greens surrounding and its air of shade, comfort and toziness are peculiarly attractive. Smith, the artist, is one of the most successful of New York pic- B e DA PP PP I P T PP PIIIE S PP e e st with ture-makers and he is one bf the most cultivated men in the art world. Hitherto he has devoted himself largely to Venetian scenmes—pictures of architectural wonders of the Old World. The present effort is an innova- tion; it passes from the grandeur of Granada and Seville to the homely comforts of a New England homestead.. The change shows great versatil- ity in the artist and has in it an atmosphere that is peculiarly graceful and charming. California readers will be especially interested in this attractive pic- ture of Eastern homeliness and natural luxury, conveying as it does a de- licious sense of coolness that seems to exude from the canvas. FREE, of Course, With Next Sunday’s Call. The Call is Sold by All Newsdealers on the Coast Call Art Petaluma—H. S. Gutermute, J. M. Wyckoff. Sacramento—He®ener, Mier & Co., 615 J street. { San Jose—George Denmne, M. Len- zen & Son. L Stockton—Morris Bros.” Bookstore, 20 North Eldorado street; Stockton Racket Store, 711 East Main street; Gage’s art store, 509 East Main street; Weber’s art store, 425 East They Are Framing Call Art Supplements The Following Art Dealers Are Making a Specialty of Framing Supplements: Marysville—G. W. Hall. San Diego—W. P. Fuller & Co., 71 F street. Oakland—E. J. Saake, 13 Tele- graph avenue; J. A. Barlow, 369 Twelfth street. Fresno—Sronce & Dick. Redwood City—W. L. Kline. Santa Cruz—H. E. Irish, Cooke Bros., F. R. Hew, George Hoban. manded his attention. In order not to disappoint those taking work under him, he is giving a special course of lectures ————— . July 18.—The annual report of shipping commlssioner shows chat during the past fiscal year 1200 sallors Hawalian ports, including 36 natives of m‘l Main street. Redding—W. H. i Furniture Company.” R e e Alameda—C. Bergh, “Bergh Park street. Chico—Fetters & Williams. S 200 E TP St SOttt ettt Srees P. Magagnos, 1358 O S P P Pt PP PRttt et S0P P00 0000 00000000008 000000000 08008 00000000000 00000000000ttt SRIEE LIS S 00t SO POIIS S0 0000006 o - PROMISES FREE DELIVERY FOR THE COUNTRY PEOPLE Residents of San Pablo Valley, Bry- ant and Fish Ranch District * to Receive Mail. 7 BERKELEY, July 18.—Postmaster George Schmidt was authorized to-day by the Postal Department to establish a free rural postal delivery for the people of the San Pablo Valley district. The system will go into effect on August 1 with one carrier. A distance of twenty-eight miles will be covered, involving twenty-one square miles of territory and 468 people. The route will be from the town line of Berke- ley at San Pablo avenus to the town of San Pablo, up the San Pablo Creek road to Bryant and return via the Fish ranch road. The carrler will deliver malil, sell stamps, postal cards and stamped en- velopes and register letters. The only requirement from the people of the district is that they shall erect boxes for the reception of their mail. —_— Goodman Gonrong—Somethin’ crt to be done with these fellers that goes scootin’ over the bullyvards with their big red devil wagons. Tuffold Knutt—Wot's the use o' goin’ to any trouble? They're killin' theirselves off fast 'nuff. Let 'em alone.—Chicago Tribune. Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED i‘ll;: 18, bia, Randall, hours from Port. l.'m'm-'nacnmmmh.h‘ 42 hours. huBlrk C. D. Bryant, Watts, 22 days from La- na. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Arrived . stmr Tot- u{ofl Los Angeles. ham, from Mofl, via **Batied—July * 18--tmr i schr bark Frongate, from Victoria D.w;.";!‘?' Norwegian bark-4Avant! for ll_y" St. David, for Algoa Bay. GAM Arrived July 18—Br stmr e i Antofagasta. TURNER-LACEY WEDDING IS SET FOR THIS MONTH Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Gertrude Lacey, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Charles C. Lacey, to Alfred Joseph | Turner on Wednesday, July 2. The wed- ding will tase place at the residence of the bride's pareats, 2621 Octavia street, in the presence of a few intimate friends. After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Tur- ner will reside at 1571 Grove street, this city. . . Bishop and Mrs. Nichols have returned | from the East and are again at San Ma- teo. Upon the completion of the Epis- copal rectory on Webster street, near Pa- cific avenue, the Bishop and family will reside in city. . . . Miss Helen \Wilder of has been \'Illdhx friends is a guest at the Occidental. e . onolulu, who Watsonville, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Abbott Jr. and Leonard Abbott started last Tuesday for a ten days’ visit to Yosemite Valley. TR Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pease_ Miss Pease, R. H. Pease Jr. and Mrs, R, I, Ogden left for Portland, Or., last Sunday for a six weeks’ visit to the Northwest. #7 g e Mrs. John McCracken of Portland, Or., arrived in San Francisco Thursday morn. ing and is the guest of Peter Barclay's family at 1810 lfl:lmnrc street. i Miss Maud O'Connor is convalescing after an operation for appendicitis. el Miss Katherine Dillon and Miss Cos- grave are expected to return from abroad in September. Mr. and Mrs. Ca -already returned tn.u\ 8an mh':l’ - . . Mr. and Mrs, James S. Webster, hav- FINDS NEW REMEDY FOR ORANGE SCALE W. H. Volds Returns From Success- ful Trips Among tha Groves of the South. BERKELEY, July 18.~W. H. Volds of the College of Agriculture of the Univer- sity of California returned $-day from Southern California, where he conducted some successful tests aimed against the black scale which has been such a de- structive element in the southern groves He has found that fumigation of the trees with cyanic acid to be the best treatment, but on account of the danger attending the process it was not used ex- tensively. A distillate obtained from crude oil of 28 degrees specific gravity he found to be the safest spray, as it Is effective and is not at all dangerous. Volds found that it was a little late in the year to do as much as he wanted and will try his sprays earlier next year, before the scale has had time to get settled on the fruit —_— “I understand that your boy Josiar is 2 80od deal of an athlete,” said a neighbor “Yes,” answered Farmer Cornto “I'm kind o' worried about Josiar. S I saw him jumpin' over parallel bars a turnin’ somersauits jes’ for the fun of I'm downright afeard he will work hisse to death when he gits here on the fa where there’s practical business to 'te to."—Washington Star. i ing sold their home at 1813 Pacific av nue, have taken the Eickhoff house a San Ratae! for four months. e Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Pratt have returned from a five months' visit to New York, whence Mr. Pratt was called on legal business. The Pratts have taken apart- ments at the Savoy. - Mrs. Davenport and Miss Eleanor Da venport will sail on the Sth of August fo the Orient. They will be abseat about six months, . - ~