The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 22, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1903. C e — TRUST FINDS { Shipbuilding Company’s Affairs in a Maine Court, RIS SN Judge ,Will Probably Con- firm New Jersey Tribunal's Decree. The Call July art 21.—Judge Put- tntimated to- ancillary re- 1 States Shipbuilding ight have to confirm ge Kirkpatrick of New ared the corporation in- nted Former Senator of that State receiver. ring to-day proceeded inform- the petition having were present twelve nting interested par- sed to receivership pro- remarked in the course hat the Bath Iren Works e Windlass Company, two s whose future is sald their eyes open and sold d States Shipbuilding heir property. | | f New Jersey, ne At corporation insol- a receiver. rt could do nothing r ree of the New | ree are equity pro- es atitude in ation | f their case. Judge Putnam in adjourn- | £ irt remarked | & not one learned in law, but a good | you meed to help you | GAS ASSOCIATION HOLDS ITS ANNUAL MEETING | al meeting of commenced the all of rovement Company erday morning. About re in attendance. | of the meeting was tification of the proposition to ad- T associate mem- ation the rations joined the nd Electric Com- Suburban Electric \ Leandro; Walla tric Compar of Stockton Gas and > gas companies association, =0 can be estab- »ership was 120, and increased to 164 erday consisted dress, by M. C. Os- J. B. Grimwood's Ik on the protec- gas plants by ecture on liquid air riments, by Profes- | en exp who has been con-! many rs with gas cted an honorary held to-day at 10 a. 1 in the evening at 7 K t 1 banquet will be t wn restaurant. | devoted to sight- cipal feature being the ie city electric lines, m. from the foot of includes a luncheon at * ung Will Prosecute. proprietor of the Chinese ckson street, swore to a Police Judge Conlan rging Joseph King, former | ussault to commit murder, | ault with a deadly | & was accordingly | ng was released on 32000 g was a member of the Chi- squad but was dis- ed Chan Chung for r the night of July 12, Chan Chung was entertaining some J in his rest it 1s alleged that King entered t him on the re triends HER COFFEE SENT Back to the Country. A young woman of Bradford, Vt., made | her way to & g0od position in & big Bos- | ton store and gave it up because of sick- | ness at home, but it all came out right at last and she tells the story this way “T'wo years ago 1 had 1o leave a position bookkeeper in a Boston department to go back home to take charge | f the old place, as mother’s heal seem. ed shattered, and what do you suppose | proved to be the cause that forced me to | return? I found her very weak, unable to sit | P and with a dizzy feeling it to meve about. She had been | ) stop coffee drinking, but as ed 1t from childhood it seemeq | nothing could take its place, | tled down to stay at the farm | I got to thinking over the | n and concluded to try an experi. | 1 got a package of Postum Coffee. | sit men It was not cooked right the next morning and we were all disappointed. That was because we had tried to make it like cof- fee. Next morning I had Postum made according to delighted have seen directions and we were all In a few days you should the change in mother. Since that time we have pever drank coffee and n w we all drink Postum twice a day sometimes three times think it superior to coffee, “The change in mother's health since she quit coffee and took up Postum has been wonderful. She Is once more able to take the work again, quite well in fact, with no more weakness and nervousness, no more sour stomach, no more trouble of any kind. To cut a long story short she is now entirely well and I am going back to Boston in a few weeks, thanks to Postum.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ice cold Postum with a dash of lemon is a delightful “cooler” for warm days. Send for particulars by mail of exten- sion of time on the $7,500.00 cooks' con- test for 7% money prizes. . n this case, went into the | Under the | & | & the CATTLEMEN posT | MORE TROUBLE, THREATS 10 KILL c... Oregon Sheep - Owners Warned to Avoid Pasture Lands. Trouble Brews in Big Horn Region and Battle Is Feared PRES 8T BAKER CITY, Ore., July 21.—A war is brewing between cattlemen and sheep- men in Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties. The cattlemen have posted nosices threatening to kill sheepmen un- less the latter keep their flocks out of certain districts. Several encounters have taken place al dy in remote districts, but no one has been killed. MEETEETS Wyo., July 21.— War clouds are gathering in the Big Horn County and it does not secem possible that a bloody conflict can be avolded. The creation of foresi reserves has cut down the acreage of the big pastures un- | til now a stockman, whether sheep owner or cattle raiser, must fight hard for suffi- nl(»n( range to keep his flocks and herds alive. The cattlemen, being the first to settle In this section, feel that they have more right to the public range than the sheep- men, who are new comers, and prepara- tions have been quietly going on for some time looking to the making of a determ- ined stand against the advance of the sheepmen It is alleged that the murder of sheep- man Ben Minnick was the work of hired ssin nd this has greatly enraged Minnick’s friends and sheepmen gener- ally. ————— Steamship Lothian Arrives. ’I: « a Commerclal Company’s steamship Lothian arrived yesterday from the Orient by Manzanillo and Guaymes. Her com- Captain Williz . is well know having been last in this port as captain transport Lennox when that ves d in disabled through 3 team schooner laqua like the Ching Wo_ ¢ ber of Chinese to Manzanil Wo. she was detain varant he Ching Wo's » Lothian's passen resented the ‘nlike the Ching gave the ain of th horities have st the immigration direct tnfluence s unplea: is &t work to possible for the petitor. _ The officials who saw rt fatlure. For all was held in quar serum and thé And during antine officials e lavishly as the would afford in the Lo- SharLe e The Involuntary Stowaway. barber, arrived yeste on the liner Alameda o a tter of fact, neither t of every of strong few davs before the Alameda to have an extra good i his powers of assimila- was far beyond the jag” stage when ndered aboard the liner, found a secluded corner and settled there. ““Smarrer,” he remarked to Purser Smith that officer tried to arouse the unknown counted for passenger. thelami?’ was the ng intelligence. ‘On_board the Alameda How did you get here? your ticket?" arfety a when next sign of I'm the purser. Who are you? Where's Don't wanner go t' Alameda Take me back to ferry. Don't like Alameda. Don't lfke { Oakiana.” B | effects of the Hc ‘g00d time™ manifested themeelves of delirfum tremens in violent Dr. St the liner's surgeon, gave the stowaway the full benefit of his skill, but when Binnegan climbed down the Alameda’s ladder yesterday on his way to Angel Island, to the quarantine section of which he is consigned for his sins, it was a sad barber. pale, un- shaved and shame-faced, and In his head were still throbbing the echoes of that “good time.” ———— ITALIAN EMBASSADOR ENTERTAINED BY MAYOR Mayor Schmitz, as the city’s represen- tative, paid a courtesy to the Itallan Em- bassador yesterday by showing him the sights of the city. The party consisted of the Italian Embassador, Mayor des Planches, the'Italian Consul, Count Carlo F. Serra: Mr. Patrizi, editor of the Ital- fan newspaper; A. Sbarboro, Chevalier Calegaris, A. Roncovieri and Mayor Schmitz. At 10 a. m. the gentlemen left the Pal- ace Hotel in carriages. After driving about the business streets of the city they proceeded out Van Ness avenue to the Presidio, where they were courte- | ousiy received and shown about the great military reservation. The party then spent an hour driving through Golden Gate Park, arriving at the ClUff House shortly before 2 o'clock. At the cliff a very enjoyable luncheon was served, dur- ing which the Mayor made an address on behalf of the citizens welcoming the distinguished visitor. The Embassador re- sponded to the address with words of thanks and praise of the sights shown bim. The party returned through the -park and drove directly to the Palace Hotel, | where it arrived shortly before 4 o'clock. | The Embaseador left for Pleasanton, where he will be entertained by Mrs. Hearst. Mayor Schmitz will entertain the French admiral and party to-morrow. They will make a tour of the eity sightseeing, start- ing from the transport docks at 10 a. m. ———————————— HOOPER PROPERTY TO BE HELD IN TRUST Two deeds disposing of the Peal prop- erty left by the late Major William B. Hooper, who was proprietor of the Occl- dental Hotel, were flled with the City and County Recorder yesterday by Gavin McNab, attorney for the heirs. One trans- fers the entire holdings of the deceased to the Central Trust Company in trust for the widow and three children. to be held as such during the life of Mrs. Hooper, #nd the revenue to be appor- tioned, two-fifths to her and one-fifth to each of the children—George Hooper, Mary Hooper-Perry and Rose Hooper. The other deed provides that upon the death of the widow the entire estate shall be divided among the surviving children, share and share alike. The real prop- erty consists of the land and ten figts on the corner of Tenth and Folsom streets valued at more than $50,000; prop- erty on Natoma street, near Fourth: a Jot and improvements on Vallejo street, near Buchanan: country land at Moun tain View, and an orchard in Butte County, all of which are valued in the sum of $100,000. The will of Major Hooper. which was executed shortly before his death and which disposes of his personal property, will probably mnot be filed for several days. It is expected that it provides for charitable bequests and leaves the bulk ; both of Alvarado; to his immediate family. The value of been | | there. { his personal property is estimated as high | jerson, 30, $100,000, OSEN TO SUPERINTEND INSULAR NORMAL SCHOOL ge W. Beattie, Graduate of University of Cali- fornia, Class of ’99, Appointed to the Second Highest Educational Position in the Philippines GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFO | APPOINTED HEAD OF THE NORMAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 1+ RNIA WHO HAS BEEN SCHOOL SYSTEM OF THE ERKELEY, July 21.—The inter- esting news comes from Manila that George W. Beattle, a grad- uate of the University of Cali- fornia, has just been appointed principal of the Insular Normal School This is the second position in point of importance in the educational work now being carried on in the Philippine: the first being that of general superin- tendent of instruction, and is looked upon as a great feather in the cap of the uni- versity. Mr. Beattie was called to the islands in the summer of 1%0 and assigned to the position of superintendent of the Di- vision of Negros. Division superintend- ents in the Philippines are something more than mere educational officers. Of the teachers it has been sald they are really the peacemakers of the islands, rather than the soldiers. Their tact and wisdom in meeting the problems which confronted them had more to do with smoothipg the path of the Philippine Commission than all the army regulations put together. The province presided over by Mr. Beat- tie was one of the foremost in educa- tional movements. After the elementary schools were well established it was found expedient to start secondary schools and the first experiment was tried at Baco- — lod, where the Rizal Institute,, presided | over by another University of California man, Ray Howell, 1900, is doing excellent work. It has been a great factor in the education of the young people of the higher ses. The Normal School at Manila, of which Mr. Beattie will now have charge, Is de- signed to prevare native teachers for work in the schools. Mr. Beattie has great faith in the future of the Filipino teachers and he belleves the province of the American teacher is to prepare them. He finds they are very ambitious and anxious to please. In dealing with them, however, he has found them somewhat timid, especially the women, and his ex- periences have heen varied. At one time a teachers’ convention was called, but the women feared to travel far without escorts. This difficulty was overcome only when he hired a steamer and went about the coast collecting the tedchers, who were satisflied when they found his wife on board ready to chaperone them. " Mr. Beattie graduated from the univer- sity in 1899 and received his master's de- gree in 1%01. Before entering the univer- gity he had been County Superintendent of Schools of San Bernardino. He was secretary the State Educational Com- mission in , and was instrumental in securing the constitutional amendment which provides State aid for high schools. S S e e e e S T ) OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Army Orders, Improvements in the Postal Service and Patents Grantea. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2L.—Army orders announce that Captain Robert E. L. Michie, Twelfth Cavalry, will go to Fort Clark, Tex., to superintend shipment of public property to San Franclsco, thence to take the transport sailing Aug- ust 1 for Manila. Captain Davis Price is transferred from the Thirty-eighth com- pany of Coast Artillery to the unassigned Jist and to San Francisco not later than September 1, to report to the adjutant general by telegraph for further orders. Rural free delivery to be established September 1 as follows: California—Long Beach, Lordsburg and Rivera, Los An- geles County, each one route; Newark, Alameda County, one route; Rialto, S8an Bernardino County, one route. Rural let- ter carriers to be appointed to begin Sep- tember 1st: California—Hanford: Z. C. Whiteley, August Tomer, Owen H. Wynee; substitutes: James E. Whiteley, Frank Smith, George Royce. Oregon— Hillsboro, William Richter; substitute, J. Binkley. Ernest A. Hartman has been commis- sioned postmaster at Wapinitia, Oregon. The postoffice at Whiteaker, Marion County, Oregon, will be superseded by rural free delivery September lst. W. E. Slade of Auburn, Cal., has been admitted to practice before the Interfor Department. The Comptroller has ap- proved an application to organize the Petaluma (Cal.) National Bank with a capital of $100,000 by Charles Martin, Henry Schluckebier, Henry Brunner, Oliver Ambrose Hale, Adolph John Bloom and Dennis John Healy. The First Na- tional Bank of Portland, Wash., has been made reserve agent for the First National Bank of Clarkson! These patents were granted: Califor- nia—Edward L. G. Ayers and W. F. Cof- fee, Modesto, metal sign; Henry Bluen- berg Jr., Daggett, sulphur burner; Frank Bosch, Crescent City, vehicle spring; Louis Brand, Los Angeles, non-refillable bottle; Horace G. Dunston, Santa Monica, wrench; Lester R. Leland, 8an Francisco, napkin holder; Augustus Lotz, San Fran cisco, can body blankfeed mechanism; James D. McFarland Jr., San Francisco, gas engine; Mary Schubbert, Los An- geles, flat iron stand; Fred Stebler, Riv- erside. fruit or vegetable brusher; George X. Wendling, 8an Francisco, clamp for drying lumber. Oregon—John W. Gay, Sodaville, rail- way rafl joint; Adam Loeb, Portland, plano truck; Larranius Winans, Hood River, water gauge. ‘Washington—Augustus 'W. Ottingnon, Seattle, depurator; Michael E. Rellly, Ta- coma, window shade; Ira B. Richards and G. H. Gilman, Tacoma, car unload- ing plow; Henry H. Warner and C. H. Guman, Tacoma, wrecking supply car. —_——————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 21.—The followlg mar- riage licenses were issued by the County Clerk Willlam Painter, 34, and Carrie Cox, 30, both of Ala ; Burton J. ., 24 and Henrletta M. Heywood, 26, both of Berkeley; John G. Logan, 26, and Annie J. Wilson, 21, Albert T. Johneon, 32, and Hilda Olson, 31, both of Sacramento: Charles Peterson, 44, Marysville. aie Hilda M. An- , Sacramento; Wililam B. Higgins, 27, ©Ohic, and Nellie Patterson, 25, Bakersfield. MARION WELLS DIES AT COUNTY HOSPITAL Sculptor Who Designed Many Not- able Works of Art Goes to Final Rest. Francis Marlon Wells, the noted sculp- tor, writer and former clubman, died at the City and County Hospital shortly aft- er 2 o'clock this morning. Wells had been confined in the hospital for several weeks, suffering from general breakdown of the system, and his death was not altogether unexpected by his family and his few re- maining friends. Wells was born in Louisiana 65 years ago of rich parents. He early began the study of sculpture under the tutorship of the best instructors of the time. He achieved fame abroad, and several years ago took up his residence in this city. The deceased was a sculptor of great talent and his work attracted attention wherever it was exhibited. He lived in lavish style until his funds began to grow low. A short time ago he was forced to apply for admission to the City and County Hospital, as he was unable to pro- \'|g‘(’a lf]or himself longer. ells was one of the chartes of the Bohemian Club. He lonse,:e;n?vel:: and two young sons to mourn his loss. Ak el e WIDELY EKNOWN CHEMIST TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Oscar Szontagh, With National Rep- utation as a Metallurgist, Shoots Himself. SPOKANE, b 2 Soniaen; & Bromiaent mivme cently manager of the smelter at North- port, Wash, committed suicide by shooting this morning in the room in the Hotel Spokane. Szontagh was one of the mosf dis- tinguished chemists in the United States and had long had a national repu- tation as a metallurgist. He was born in Austria fifty-one years ago and was educated in Vienna and Germany. He was widely known in Colorado, Salt Lake and San Francisco. He was the first manager of the Portland smelter. He had been out of employment for six months, and ‘financial troubles are t:n;u:ht to have been the motive of sui- cide. ——— RIGHT REV. MUEHLSIEPEN OF ST. LOUIS IS DEAD ] ST. LOUIS, July 21.—Right Rev. Muehi- siepen, vicar general of the Catholic Archdlocese of St. Louls, died to-night, aged 68°years, after suffering six months from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which was followed by other complica- tions. He had been in a comatose state for twenty-four hours. Monsignor Muehl- slepen was born in Mintard, in the prov- ince of Rhine, Germany. He came to St. Louis in 185, was ordained priest in and upon the death of Vicar General Brady in 1893 succeeded to that office. In 1896 the titles of *‘Papal Monsignor” and “Right Reveren: were bestowed upon ?{‘: at the instigation of Archbishop n. | him with a purse full of money on the day | Inyo, and ohY5 STRANGER SHOWED MONEY George Ericksen Gives Information Bearing on Murder. Saw Man Afterward Found Dead Display Gold and Silver. — Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, July 2L That the man found dead near the Bren- nan barn on San Pablo avenue with two bullet holes in his head and his skull frac- tured was murdered there is now not the least doubt, for the searchers after clews discovered a man to-day who had seen of his death, and having money the man must have been murdered for It, for he had not a cent in his pockcts when his lifeless body was found. The man who saw the stranger with money Is George Erickson, a driver for| the Enterprise Brewery Company, who | lives at 417 San Pablo avenue, Oakland. | Erickson is positive the old man had a purse with considerable money in it, for | he changed a $5 gold plece at his request, | and during this transaction the open purse revealed a number of gold and sil- ver pieces. This discovery shows that the man was not poverty stricken and de- spondent, as has been supposed all along, and it disposes altogether of the suicide | theory. Erickson was making his usual rounds of the West Berkeley district with an En- terprise bottling wagon last Friday and rememb< 3 the stranger well. He met him in two different /places within an hour. The first time was at Malcolm's grocery, near Corbin station on the South- ern Pacific Rallroad: the second time at Carman’s saloon on the San Pablo road. Erickson sald; 1 was at Malcolm's when I first saw the man. He was dressed in the same way as the other people described him, with an overcoat on his arm and a cap on his head. I didn’t notice his other clothes particularly. GOLD PIECES IN PURSE. 1 don’t remember from just what direction he came, whether from the east or the west. When I first looked at him I concluded that he must be a collector for some San Francisco firm. But I noticed he didn’t go as If he had to get anywhere in a hurry or for any good rea- son. As soon as he saw me he changed his course and came toward me. When he reached the wagon he said, ‘‘Are you going to Polnt Richmond to-day?’ I said, “No; we keep a wagon over there all the time now and I don't go there any more."" After a pause for a moment or two he sald, ‘Well, can you change a five-dollar plece for urse; I've always got a lot " I pulled my purse out of unrolled it and counted out In the meantime he had v hin pocket, my five silver dollars. taken his purse out of his pocket and taken out a five-dollar gold plece. As he did this I could hear some money rattle. I didn't pay much | attention to what he had, but when I leaned over to hand the silver to him 1 saw several ®otd and silver pieces In the purse. There was | considerable money in it. ‘Well, after he had fixed the thing up, I said, “Do you want to take a ride up to the ave- nue?’ He said, ; I've got plenty of time. I guess I'll whik. The last thing I sald to him was, ““'Will you have a glass of beer?’ He said, “No, thank you, I don’t care for any.”” Then 1 drove off. That was the first time a man on the road ever | refused to take a drink from me. I meet lots of men on the road and some of them are bold enough to ask for a drink, but this one did not." 1 thought he must be a superior kind of man. All this conversation took place about five minutes before 11 o'clock. I drove around to three or four places, delivering orders, and finally reached Carman's saloon just as the whistle was blowing at the noon hour. As I drove toward the saloon on San Pablo avenue I saw this man come out and start toward the barn, where he was afterward killed. That was the last 1 saw of him. The stranger paid two visits to West Berkeley in the course-of the day, and | Wwhat he was doing there is a mystery. Erickson, of course, saw him on the first visit and Mrs. E. R. Burcher, F. A. Con- nor and Frank Deach saw him on the second. The second visit was made about 3 o'clock. The old man went into Con- nor's Blue Front saloon about that time and asked the way to the Burcher house, which is in the neighborhood. He asked one question there: “Does Burcher still run this place?”’ Upon being told that Burcher hau quit the business he went out, going ‘1 %the direction of Burcher's house. Connor and Deach were in the place playing cards at the time and they remember 1.~ man well. Soon_after leaving the saloon the man met Mrs. Burcher and her daughter in the front yard of their home. Of them he asked the way to the road. Upon being shown the way by Mrs. Burcher he started off toward the road, Mrs. Burcher and Miss Burcher following a little dis- tance behlnd. At the end of the block \we man stopped, and allowing the women to catch up to him asked if ..e might have a glass of water. Miss Burcher went back and got him a glass of water and then he went ... At no time did he ask of them anything about Mr. Burcher, and Burcher himself says he never heard of or saw the man in his life. LINGERED AT BARN. These visits go to show the man had some object in being in that neighbor- hoed, though what it was is a question. And after all his wanderings Lave been traced the whole thing resolves itself down to one puzzling question, “What was the man doing in West Berkeley and why did he linger about in the neighbor- hood of the Brennan barn at 7 o’clock?” when he was seen by Mrs. Annie Wilson. Three men who thought the man was one who had applied to them for work and assistance looked at the body to-day, but went away satisfied that Le was not the man they knew. D. W. Standeford of Eighth and Market streets, Oakland, thought the deceased might have been a man named Allnut, who came to him looking for work with a recommendation trom Professor F. H. E. O'Donnell of the State Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum. ‘When Standeford looked at the body he was unable to say that it was that of the same man, and later Professor O'Donnell visited the Morgue and said he was posi- tive it was not the man to whom he had given a letter. Peter Johnson of 673 Thir- teenth street thought it was a man to whom he had loaned a dollaz on the strength of a story of hard luck, but when he examined the man’s features he sald it was a different person zltogether. Charies A. Brown, a horseman known as “Pedigree’\ Brown, thinks he saw the unidentified ranger at the Sausalito pooirooms las Wednesday. Among the effects in the murdered man’'s pockets was a return ticket to Sausalito. RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HONOR A TOWN FOUNDER Mrs. Edwards of Crockett, on Whose Farms Municipalities Started, Entertains. - CROCKETT, Jily 21.—The home of Mrs. Mary Edwards, a pioneer of the State, was thronged with relatives and friends last Sunday, when she celebrated her eighty-fourth birthday. Mrs. Edwards was warmly congratulated on her excel- lent health, and generously entertained the host of guests. She came from North Wales in 157 and crossed the plains in 1850. She settled in Stanislaus first, and with her husband founded Independence, the county seat of also the town of Crockett. Both towns sigrted on the Edwards farms. Mrs. rds has eight children, of whom five survive. Her husband died twenty years ago. CARRIES DEAD 006 WITH HER Alameda Woman Cher- ishes Memory of De- parted Pet. PR, LT Believes Its Spirit Will Re- turn to Earth in Another Form. LR T S ALAMEDA, July 21.—With a little me- tallic coffin inclosing the embalmed re- mains of her pet dog “Trixie,” Mrs. A. N. Vogel has left here to join her husband, the director general of Alameda’s I spring carnival, who is now at Eureka, Humboldt County, “Trixie” ceased to bark nearly a year ago as a result of be- ing run over by her mistress’ buggy. The body of the dead canine has been treas- ured ever since by Mrs. Vogel, who is a strong believer in the reincarnation of the souls of animals. She often explained to friends that she expected the spirit of the departed dog to return to please her as a sweet warbling canary instead of a cheerful canine with a merry bow wow and a glad tail. Although “Trixie” has | up to date failed to come back to earth in any form, Mrs. Vogel asserts that she believes the reincarnation of her late pet will soon be consummated. When the dog died Mrs. Vogel called in a Park-street plumber who lald out the deceased animal, measured it and made a zinc cofin into which he placed the body and hermetically sealed the cas- ket. This Mrs. Vogel has constantly kept by her and whenever she moves from one house to another, as she has done in this city, “Trixie's” encoffined remains are gently handled. — - ——— STONECUTTERS RECEIVE EMPLOYERS' STATEMENT Reasons Given Why Present Strike Seems Unreasonable in Their Eyes. In answer to the representations of the striking members of Stonecutters’ Assoclation, the employers whose yards are affected by the strike have published the following statement: SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 1903. To the President and Members of the Jour- neymen Stonecutters’ Association—Gentlemen: Since misrepresentations of the matter at issue between us have appeared in the press lately we deem it but justice to ourselves that we should put the facts before the public in their true light First—We have offered to arbitrate our dif- ferences_arbitrators to be chosen in the usual way, which offer has been absolutely refused by you. . Second—We have also proposed that we would put members of the Stonecutters’ Union on the planers at such periods as would not destroy the efficlency of our planers during completion of present contracts before you made these demands, knowing that they are necessary to success- fully carry on our business, and keep our agreements. We even agreed in the interest of peace that your members should be paid the @sual rate of stonecutters’ wages during apprenticeship, and that only the regular union hours should be worked. stipulating only that our present skilled planer hands be al- lowed to work a second sHift till our present contracts are completed. This last proposition was practically adopted at a general meeting of your union by a good majority. Without further discussion or vote it was rescinded the following day. We have the Interest of the trade at heart and stand ready to make any arrangement that will not be unjust to our present employes, your umion o rselves, "and we should have sufficient business sense and mutual forbearance to ar- rive at this result. We must emphatically deny that the men now employed upon our. planers are unskilled. some of them having worked with us for nine years, and a majority of them for over three years, while the members of your union at present here are absolutely unskilled in the use of these machines. We have sent this statement to the press as the true facts in the case and stand ready to abide with everything expressed therein. COLUSA SANDSTONE COMPANY, Per THOMAS BRADBURY. McPHEE COMPANY, Per D. McPHEE. THE McGILVRAY STONE COMPANY. Per JOHN D. McGILVRAY. COMMTSEION HEARS CASES OF OFFICERS Patrolman Stelzner Will Be Pre- sented With Gold Watch and a Medal for Bravery. At a meeting of the Police Commission- ers last evening Patrolman Edward F. Ward was promoted to the position of corporal from the civil service list of eli- gibles, vice Thomas Boland, retired. The charge of neglect of duty preferred against Patrolman George H. Graham was dismissed. Patrolman A. G. Hostet- ter was fined $25 for unofficerlike conduct and using abusive language to a superfor officer. Considerable testimony was taken in the case of Patrolman Willlam F. Kruger, who is charged by Joseph Desmond with having used Insulting and threatening language and beaten the complainant without cause while in the patrol wagon. The matter went over until next Thurs- day, when several more witnesses will be examined and a decision rendered. The charge of neglect of duty preferred against Patrolmen Henry S. Prowse and Willam Doran by Sergeant Shaw went over for one week for a decision. Patrolman Jack Stelzner, who at the risk of his own life saved a child from being ground to death under the wheels of a Geary-street car, will be presented with a gold watch by Colonel A. Andrews and a medal by Horace G. Platt, presi- dent of the Geary-street Rallroad, at the meeting Thursday afternoon. The officer had received a communication from Mr. Platt asking that he accept the tokens, and in conformity with the rules of the department the matter was referred to the commission, which granted Stelzner per- mission to receive the gifts. G. Bafigo and G. Campl were appoint- ed special officers for the Scavengers’ Union to watch any transgression of the Jaws by the scavengers of the city. George 8. Urquhart, Charles A. Whitehead, Harry L. Jones and Alexander Hamilton were appointed special policemen. The charges of unofficerlike conduet and making an unwarranted arrest preferred against Spe- cial Officer M. Deasey by Nelson Higgins were dismissed. —_—e———— ASSETS AND DEPOSITS ARE MUCH INCREASED Interior Savings Banks of California Are All Enjoying Unprece- dented Prosperity. The Board of Bank Commissioners re- ports that the fifty-seven interfor sav- ings banks of the State are more pros- perous than ever before. Since the close of last year, these Institutions have made an aggregate gain of $6,920,001 62 in de- posits and $7,18,58 79 In assets. The statement of their combined re- sources and liabilities at the end of June is as follows: Resburces—Bank_premises, $935,846 12: real estate taken for debt, $1,004,008 S0; miscellane- stochs and_bonds, $13,025,041 447 loans o nkers, 0Z; State, county or cit ey, §242 80; other labilities, Fes0,300 35, Total liabilities, $67,391,647 99. SANTA CRUZ, July 21.—Ground was broken 1 1 residence to be built O o J Pioher 'of the Catholic church, the Journeymen | aHOTS WIFE THAOUGH HEART Terrible Accident Ends Honeymoon of Young Colville Couple. Carelessness in Handling a Pistol Brings Sorrow to a Happy Home. COLVILLE, W July 21.—James A. | Miles, a young man who recently married | a girl of 18, this morning shot his wife through the heart and she died the next | moment with her arms clinging about his | neck. The shooting appears to have been purely accidental . | Miles was about to start on a fishing | trip and had taken out his hammerless re- volver to carry with him. He says he | was leaning over his wife's chalr, talking | to her, and must have pressed the trigger | unconsciously, for there was a sudden re- | port and the next instant she was clinging | to him. He did not know she was shot until he saw the blood trickling from her bosom. By the time he had carried her to the bed-she was dead. Miles was crazed by the accident. He | rushed into the street like a madman and then back into the house, being followed by passers by. A close watch was put on him to prevent him taking his own life. Miles is 21 years old, in comfortable cir- | cumstances and the couple’s relations had been of the happiest. —_— e UNDER HIS DIRECTION THE CABLE WAS LAID Captain Pattison and Party of Con- structors Return From Their Trans-Pacific Work. Captain G. Pattison, superintendent of the Pacific Commercial Cable Company, under whose direction the cable between the Philippines and the Hawallan Islands was laid, accompanied by H. D. Pendar, T. Clark, H. S. Barwell and A, E. Wolf Barry, arrived on the steamer Alameda from Honolulu yesterday and all afe reg- | istered at the Palace Hotel. Clark represents the contracting firm that lald the cable and Barwell is the | chiet electrictan for the cable company. Pendar is the grandson of the famous | father of cables, Sir John Pendar, who backed us Field in the first cablé en- terprise, and A. E. Wolf Barry is the son of Sir John Wolf Barry, who constructed the Tower bridge of London. The twe | last named gentlemen simply accompa- | nted Captain Pattisor as his guests on his tour of the world by the Suez Canal. Captain Pattison stated last evening | that, while the cable had been connected | on July 4, the contract work would not be | accepted by the cable company until Au- | gust 4, by which time the contractors will | have made their guaranty tests. He also | added that it would probably be sixty | days before the cable would be opened | tor general use by the public, for it would require that time to complete the cable’ buildings at the various stations and per- fect the connections at the Manila end. ———— . EPPINGERS WILL TAKE UP THEIR ATTENTION The Grand Jury will meet this after- noon and will bring in an indictment against Herman Eppinger, so it is sup- posed. Bernhard Ettlinger of the firm of Eppinger & Co. probably will not be in- dicted. To-morrow the examination of the Ep- pingers and Bernhard Ettlinger before Milton J. Green, register In bankruptcy, will begin in Mr. Green's office. What effect the proceedings of the Grand Jury will have upon the testimony to be given by the partners of the grain firm be- fore the register remains to be seen. —_—————————— Three boys, John Elliot, Arthur Moore and Eugene Mooney, whose ages range from 8 to 14 years, were arrested last night by Officer Scott after they had broken into the showcase of a Market- street store and stolen a quantity of cigars. There were four more in the com- pany, but they managed to make good their escape. The lads were booked at the Southern station and then taken to the City Hall station to await the action of the Juvenile Court. B — George Parnrick, 5 years of age, who lives at 229 Franklin street, was knocked down by a wagon near his home last night. He was stunned by the shock but otherwise uninjured. Alexander Pollock, the driver of the wagon, was arrested but later released on $20 cash bail. women know of. women e E. Pink- is a remarkable different in action from any other I ever knew and