The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1903. C TS el [T e O e N ARCHBISHOP | Camp Kennedy Visited | by Most Rev. George Montgomery. — gue of the Cross Regiment | Parades Before ths | Prelate - | IS Samuel Conyers Shoots and Kills Himself Because Mollie Seymour, the Woman He Loved, Would Not Give Up Picture of a Prisoner at Alcatraz N FRANCISCO | s IS 4 all the honors | - chman. The reg- t aw ng at the depot khaki uniforms Archbishop greeted with Chief” was | Power and | e dstand and he military marched past Later he former It is planned regiment an e to-night was was furnished b Dencing was sance platform »ark s - ation com- | f the regi- er to their frier e of th ana s $ blindfolded e cadets He wa nt Raye * n the all at Franc's - flicers are g extens s and it will . week —_———————— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Army Orders Affecting Officers of rtment of Columbia and Postal Appointments. Captain Calaveras t Fortoria Washburn as P | | fias been | rintendent at | salary $1000 T et e NO REPRIEVE FOR | JAPANESE MURDERER | President Roosevelt Declines to In-| fere With Punishment of Man | Convicted in Honolulu. | July Z—United States| e R. Hendry recelved an resident Roosevelt to-day rminate the reprieve in a, who was convicted | high seas and sentenced case was carried to Wash- ijewed by the President on there were some extenu- es that would justify a | { the sentence to imprison- the order received by | indicates that the Chief that the man’s crime | of the extreme pen- According to the Presi- execution of Tanbara will day, August 14. This will g in the Hawalian Isi- | deral law. ————— ! Horse Kicks a Child. LEY July 23.—James, the 3- of J. A. Marshall of Stuart legraph avenue, fell under front of his home this €rnoou was kicked on the head. # father came to his rescue just in tme to save him from being kicked to eath. The child’s head was badly bruis- ed, but the skull was not fractured. { cited when they WHOSE REFUSAL TO | WOMAN MILITARY PRISONER AT ALCATRAZ CAUSED SAMUEL CONYERS, | — RRENDER A PHOTOGRAPH OF A A HOUSE-MOVER, TO COMMIT SUICIDE | 2 - B | | AKLAND, July After quarrel- ) fourcy, her theatrical name, was much | ing with Mollie Seymour, his|a when the Coroner delivered the b of death Ee am came to my rooms last evening.” | e said Seymour, “and we quarreled houUSemOVET, | because he tried to take a photograph himself with a pistol Jast | of a soldier from me. After I showed | lover's body was | him to the door, I told him he must be- [ Would not long enough to Insure that sta- s room at the | have himself if he cared to call on me. | Dility necessary to operate large undertakings | I said we could be friends but I did ot Proftably. T am also convinced that the South- s ! fends, bu lern Pacific is not irrevocabl- committed to eve he would take our trouble to heart | fitty-year franchises. although it has asked ska House, | as he did for them for that term of vears. I think this shot him-| “We bad cuarreled before about this | Iatter can be compromised in a way that will stol hile in the hort time be- a fare- runs wrote It to Miss Seymour. 1 will forgive this rash I cannot bear it any for the best that 1 ppiness ved over me for by. Good forgiv oken stand- When Aug the lodgi ouse, found Conyers’ body also onograph in the room, the record on machine being “Will You L Me Then as Now?” Miss mour, also known as Dot D FLOURISHES A GUN IN RECEIVING HOSPITAL William Abern Threatens to Kill Brother of Wife He Had Beaten. William Ahern, a plumber, residing at 36B Welch street, created a sensation at last night by the Receiving Hospital drawing 2 & and flourishing it in the presence, of his wife, at the same time 1 her brother. After a rmed by Steward threateriing to K struggle Ahern was ¢ Bertrand Ahern’s wife was semt to the hospital ve- during the afternoon, as reported where. She was suffering from an over dose of lysol taken with sulcidal intent. She said her husband had beaten her and she wanted to die. The husband called to sce her shortly after 4 o'clock, and in the | meantime her sister and two of her broth- ers also arrived The brothers of the woman became ex- aw Ahern. They threat- ened him. He left the hospital, but one of his wife’s brothers met him on the street later and gave him a beating. This angered him, and he called at the hospital last night and was admitted to see his wife. It was then that the trouble oc- curred ———————— FATHER OF STATE SENATOR DEAD William Leavitt Passes Away—Death Caused by Blood Clot on the Brain. OAKLAND, July 23.—William Leavitt, father of State Senator Frank W. Leavitt, died yesterday morning at 616 Fifteenth street. Death was caused by a blood clot on tffe brain, resulting from a stroke of apoplexy about two weeks ago. Deceased was 70 years of age and leaves a widow, Mrs. Emma Leavitt, and two sons, Frank W. and James B. Leavitt. The latter is an employe of the Pacific Press Publishing Company. Mr. Leavitt bad been a resident of this city for the last eighteen years. ’ Eenator Leavitt and his wife are now at Lake Tahoe and they will not be able to reach Oakland in time for the funeral, which will be held at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning from Howe's undertaking par- Jors. The interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery. —————— Lectures on Rough Riders. A graphic account of the gallant part which the Rough Riders played in the Spanish-American war was given by Pri- vate George C. King of B Troop before a jarge audience in Golden Gate Hall last night. The lecture was given for the benefit of the relief fund of Camp Gen- eral Fremont No. 14, Service Men of the Spanish War, and a generous sum was realized, as the audlence filled the hall to its limits. Private King traced the career of the crack fighters from the time that the regiment was assembled by Roosevelt at S8an Antonio through all of fts fights on Cuban soil and up to the final camp at Montauk Point on Long Island. With the use of many photo- graphic sitdes his lecture was admirably fliustrated. being | soldier and Sam had gone away of the woman | felt so badly I sent him a | | | | | | resident of this cit; | celved to-day from Astoria, Ore., that | Charles R. Lane and Josiah Smith, ar- very an- | afterward that he | note to tell | I had said to | gry. When I heard him him I was sorry for what The soldier is an unfortunate pris- oner at Alcatraz, because he deserted from the army. 1 shall not reveal his identity. | “Sam said once that if he should die | he wanted my picture to be buried with | him and his wish shall be gratified,” con- cluded Miss Seymour, as she declared she would care for the burial of the man who killed himself for love of her. | Conyers was about 30 years old, a native | of England. Letters from George W.| ist Sonnichsen, proprietor of | Conyers, a brother residing at Newmil- lerdam, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng- | land, were found in the dead man's room. | Conyers was a member of Housemovers' | Union No. 1 of this city. Coroner Mehr- | mann held an inquest to-night. | ool ool @ | HEIRS OF HENRY MYERS FILE WILL FOR PROBATE Funeral of Pioneer Resident and Hotel Man Takes Place Under 1. 0. O. F. Auspices ! OAKLAND, July 23.—Within three days | after the death of Henry H. Myers his | heirs have filed a petition for the probate of his will. The petitioner is his daugh- ter, Sophie Nicholas, who is named in the will as executrix. The estate Is estimated at $100,000 and consists of city realty. To Sophie Nicholas he left the entire man- agement. The heirs are Sophie Nicholas, | Andrew H. Myers, Ida Gentry, son and | daughters of deceased, and Emma Bess- | ler, a stepdaughter, and Herman P. Nich- olas and John W. Gentry, grandsons. He leaves a third of his estate in trust | for Andrew Myers, and to his two daug ters he leaves the balance of his propert with the stipulation that they pay to Em- ma Bessler the sum of $25 a month. The | grandsons are left small bequests, and in the event of the death of any of the heirs they come irfor their share. The funeral of Myers was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the Odd Fel- lows’ Hall under the auspices of the local lodge of Odd Feliows. He was a ploneer , having settled here in the early '#0's, and was the builder and owner of the Eureka Hotel, at Seventh and Washington streets. —_——— Pair of Swindlers Sentenced. OAKLAND, July 23.—Word was re- rested at .ivermore on charges of per- jury, have been sentenced to long temms in the Oregon penitentiary. Lane pleaded gullty and was given ten years, and Smith stood trial, was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years. The pair operated throughout the Pacific Coast, Lane using an injured leg as a source of revenue in damage sults against individuals and cities. Smith was the brains of the com- bination. They fixed up a scheme to mulct the city of Astoria, but were un- done through the Oregon officlals’ inves- tigations. Smith lived\for many vears in Contra Costa County and Lane had a small ranch near Livermore. —— Play Bunko Game and Are Arrested. James M. Bafley and Edward Seabey were arrested last night by Patrolman Nelson and booked on charges of vagran- cy. An additional charge of carrying a concealed weapon was placed against Seabey, as an ugly revolver was found in his possession when searched at the City Prison. The men were taken into custody upon the complaint of William Averman, a recent arrival from Los An- geles, who claims that he was swindled by the two men in a shooting game in the phonograph pariors on the east side of Kearny street, between Pine and Bush. falling to sell the child left it on the steps —_————— LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 23.—The body of I Cain was found floating in the Ohio River to-day. He was the son of the late Colonel J. Cain. Paul Cain’s mother brought suit a week ago accusing her son of wasting the Cain estate while acting as ad- | spect to the RAILAOAD 155UE GROWS SERIDUS Alamedans Are Excited by Statements of Worthington. \ ——— Official’'s View on Franchise » Question Arouses Much Feeling. —_—— ALAMEDA, July 2. — Division Su- perintendent B. A. Worthington's state- ment publisfled in The Call that it the Southern Pacific cannot obtain from the city of Alameda the two franchises it seeks for its local roads the corporation will withdraw from the city created a tidal wave to-day in the railroad agita- tion that has stirred the municipality in all its precincts for the last three weeks. While Worthington's statement s gen- erally accorded officlal credit there are many who believe that the Southern Pa- cific s not overlooking the little game of bluft in its endeavors to influence pub- lic opinion with respect to the franchises. The residents that profess to see a ‘‘hold- up” move on the part of the railroad company assert that it is unréasonable to think that the Southern Pacific would desert Alameda and leave the way open to other corporations to come Into pos- sesslon of the valuable privileges it has made use of for more than a quarter of a century. Others fear that the South- ern Pacific may be forced to such an ex- tremity if the franchise is not handled properly. They feel that now is the crit- ical time in the negotiations and that coolness and caution should be exercised to the limit before action is taken. Here are some of the views of prominent local business men and city officials. Henry Rosenthal, president of the Board of Trade: T read in The Call what Mr. Worthington is reported to have said about the Southern Pacific withdrawing its service and leaving Alameda off the map if his company is not granted the franchises which it seeks at the | hands of our City Trustees. I am certain that Mr. Worthington is a far seeing gentleman and a business man, but I am not inclined to be- leve that he meant all that he is credited with saying. We do not wish to sever our rela. tions with the Southern Pacific. Wea need its service and I am satisfied that they want to/ retain our patronage and good will. That is as it should be. We do not desire to deal un- fairly by the railroad company, for no good ever comes of being or of trying to be unfair. All that we have asked In exchange for the valuable franchises that the Southern Pacific has applied for is that no fares be charged on local trains from High street to West Ala- meda on the =outh de line and from Park- street station to Mastick station on the north- side line. This request was framed after sev- eral mass-meetings and a petition signed by nearly 1500 res nts is now on file with the City Trustees. They are to be the final judges and whatever action they may take with re- franchises will be binding. It has been said that some of the meetings held were not representative. If that is true I hepe that all citizens who consider themselves rep- | resentative will come forward before this mat. ter is settled and put themselves on record so | that there can be no regrets after all has been disposed of City Trustee Dr. Henry May Pond—I have not believed from the beginning of the fran- chise agitation that the Southern Pacific Com- pany would accept any franchises on terms of five years. If I were a business man and wera about to invest a million doliars in the man- ner in which the rallroad company says it in- tends to Invest it in this city I would not be willing to ageet mu h a short franchise. It be_generally satisfacto; T. F. Baird, secretary of the Board of Trade —I ‘was one of those who inaugurated the pub. lic discussion of the applications for franchises filed by the Southern Pacific Company. Dis- cussion is good at times but again it may | work injury to & person or city if it is car- ried too far and descends to what savors of demagogism. Much has been sald on both . and personally I have done all that I am going to do in the matter. had free local travel and prospered. I would like to see it restored. I understand that Berkeley has free local travel: why should not Alameda be accorded the same privilege? As I have sald, the matter has been argued pro | and con and is now submitted to the City Trustees. What they will do will settle ail acitation, and the sooner it is settled the bet- ter. This agitation is injuring Alameda in the eyes of the outside world. City Trustee Charles J. Hammond—It is my opinion that the raflroad company will do righg by the people of Alameda if the people of Alal meda will do right by the railroad company. The five years which nearly 1500 residents have petitioned us to grant the franchises to the Southern Pacific seem to me to be too short. 1 believe that many of those who signed the petition. which also asks for the restoration of free travel, realize now that five years is not long enough for franchises where such large interests and so much money and property ape involved. It is my bellef that the Southern Pacific will accept the franchises on a twenty or_twenty-five vear basis Frank N. Dodd, Alaméda Land Ci e Alameda has two_franchises to grant . ghe Southern Pacific desires to secure these two franchises. We do not care to glve them away for nothing and the Southern Pacific should not expect to get them for nothing. That would not be business. Let us get together and strike a bargain that will be fair and satisfactory to all concerned. It seems to me. however, that the Seuthern Pacific has us on the hip/ It has no opposition here and evi. dently does mot fear any. clse its tone would be more conciliatory. There is no question but | what free local travel made Alameda famous to the outside world. tisement to the city to locate here. It Alsmeda wondertally. B. L. Fisher—Mr. Worthington's in The Call looks much like o -‘bogie man g would not close out my business because of a It was a good adver- nd induced many people restoration would help trifling dispute with my customers. That {s the position of the Southern Paciflc with re. spect to its Alameda patrons, according to Mr. Worthington. The company will not de. sert its patrons. That would be expensive and unwise, 1 think the railroad company wiil stay with us and that we will all be happy yet UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, July 23.—The Santa Fe Rail- road has gllowed an extension of time on the certificates issued to members of the sum- mer school. These certificates are now good until and including August 12, instead of August 5. This extension was granted to en- able the holders to_Visit points of Interest in | the vicinity of San Francisco. The agricultural department of the university | has been asked to assist in preparing the California exhibit at the 8t. Loute Exposition. It will be the duty of the department to col. lect a large number of native grasses, forage | vegetables, grain and straw. plants, Py Professor Charles ing In the students’ observatory to gathering of summer session students, h ject being ‘‘Diamonds. Late Shipping Intelligence. OCEAN STEAMERS. HAMBURG—Arrived July 23—Stmr Pennsyl- venia, from New Yerk. CHERBOURG-—Arrived July 23—Stmr Fyerst large b- Bismarck, from New York, via Plymouth, for | Hamb: and proceeded. GLASGOW—Arrived July 23—Stmr Corlan, from Boston. Sailed July 23—Stmr Carthagenian, for Phil- adelphia. QUEENSTOWN—Sailed July 23—Stmr Teu- tonic, for New York. NEW YORK—Arrived July 23—Stmr Pre- toria, from Hamburg, Boulogne and Plymouth, Safled July 23—Stmr La _ Gascogne, Havre; stnr Bluecoch, for Hamburg: Koenigen’ Luise, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL—Salled July 23—Stmr England, for Boston, New via Queenstown; stmr an, for Montreal, via Moville, THE OLD HOMESTEAD. HENRY P. SMITH. The Art Supplement with the Sunday Call of July 26 will make a most attractive picture if framed with three or four inch Flemish dark green oak and powdered gold ornamenta- Alameda once | ache spoke this even- | OAKLAND ELKS' NEW HOME IS A CASTLE OF BEAUTY Handsome Stations, Hand-Carved Designs, a Chandelier Made of Antlers, and Many Other Features Render the Lodge Room One of the Finest'in the W orld — - — o3 - LEADING OFFICERS OF OAKLAND LODGE OF ELKS AND THE SPLENDID NEW QUARTERS. N T | — UNION" OFFIGERS FILE AFFIDAVITS Cortelyou Will Decide Miller Case in a Few Days. WASHINGTON, July 2.—President| Barrett of the local Bookbjnders' Union | | to-day called on Secretary Cortelyou and | Public Printer Palmer and submitted af—! fidavits supplementary to the communica- tions already filed with those officials re-| garding the case of W. A, Miller, the as- | sistant foreman In the Government print- | Ling office, whose reinstatement was or-| | dered by the President. These affidavits | relate to the charges which formed the basis of Miller's expulsion from the union | ! and as to his actions during his incum- | bency as asslstant foreman. Mr. Barrett | told Secretary Cortelyou that there was | no intention on the part of the union to | send a committee to Oyster Bay unless | requested to do so by the President. A | decision by Mr. Cortelyou is expected in | | a few days. Mr. Palmer said to-day that so far as now could be foreseen Miller, who is at present in Minneapo! will re- | sume work. i The communications sent by the union to Secretary Cortelyou and Public Print- er Palmer are identical. In them the union insists that Miller should not be reinstated and urges as the reason there- for charges of moral unfitness, which it | points out was the cause of his expul- sion from the union and which the book- binders claim were thoroughly investi- gated and proved. —— Columbus Employers Raise Wages. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 22.—The Feder- ation and Independent Window Glass companies of Columbus have granted an increase of about 15 per cent to the em- ployes of the various plants that belong to the so-called Denny organization, of- ficlally known as the Window Glass Workers' Association. About 5000 men will be affected. Answers Jeers With a Bullet. CHICAGO, July 2.—Adolph Ehma® a member of the firm of Charles Ehman & Co., mantel manufacturers, angered by the jeers of a crowd of udion workmen while he was acting as guard over nons union men, shot and seriously wounded, Robert Kuter, one of his tormentors, to- day. Ehman was arrested. s Boiler-Makers on Strike. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 22.—Every boiler- maker and boiler-maker's apprentice in the employ of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha road struck to- day and the total number out is about 145. The boiler-makers demand the payment of the Chicago scale. LONDON, Ont., July 23.—Mrs. Foy, wite of J. J. Foy, barrister and member of Parlfa- ment of to, committed suicide by jump- ing from the upper deck of the steamer Mocas- sia, between this city and Hamilton, to-day in ! zull sight of the passengers. GANG ATTACKS A BATTERY BOY Telephone Employe Is Rather Roughly Handled. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 23. Leon Lafleche, 18 years old, a tglephone | company employe, was dragged off a bat- tery wagon this morning and brutally as- saulted by a gang of hoodlums at Third and Webster streets. The boy was beaten | and kicked on the head and so badly in- jured that it was with difficulty he made his way back to the company's head- | quarters. The passault occurred at 8 o'clock. La- fleche had been sent out with the wagon earller in, the day to replenish the batteries In telephones. Accompanying | the boy was an unarmed man, but the crowd that swooped down upon the wagon quickly overpowered the pair and gave the vouth a hard beating After the assailants had completed their | work they disappeared. leaving their vic- tim to get back to the telephone station as best he could. Lafleche was covered with blood from a dozen cuts on his head and face. The boy said he was not doing line- men’s work, but was engaged solely on batterles. He was able to recognize some of the crowd that beat him and will swear to warrants for their arrest. This is the first serious assault that has | occurred in Oakland since the telephone | linemen’s strike began. There has been much hooting and yelling at the telephone company's men, but violence had not been | offered. The company, in view of this occurrence, has decided. to request Mayor | Olney to order the police back to guard the wagons. The Mayor withdrew the | police upon the promise from the striking | linemen that no violence would follow. Ed Davis of the Linemen's Union de- clares no strikers assaulted the boy. —_————— BERKELEY, July 2.—The agricultural department of the university has been asked to assist’ in preparing the California exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. The task assigned to the university authori- ties is the collection of native grasses, forage plants, of vegetables and grains. Each of the State experiment stations will be called upon to assist in selecting and preparing the exhibit which will be sent East. ————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, July 23.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued to-day: Arthur V. Montgomery, 24 years old, and Rosa Nogues, 24, both of Los Angeles; Joe M. Bllva, 4, and Mary Pemental, 31, both of Oakland; Hudson Smythe, 28, Tesla, and Anna K. Jones, 24, Berkeley. ——— e CHICAGO, July 23.—The Teamsters' Union to-night abandoned its sympathetic strike against the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Kompany. 4 \ N | an excellent instrument. e AKLAND, July 23.—Gakland Lodge No. 171 of the Order of Elks took possession to-night of the finest lodgeroom and club quarters om this coast. This is testified to by those who have been thraugh other rooms and other quarters, even in San Francis- co, and it is the general opinion that the Oakland Elks have exceeded everything from Seattle to San Diego. But the Oakland Elks are very proud of their quarters, whether this claim be true or not, and to-night the lodge moved from the long-inadequate rooms on Broadway to its own building on Fourteenth street, just opposite the terminus of the narrow gauge ferry system. The ceremonies were simple. The mem- bers of the lodge convened at the old lodge rooms, which had been dismantled, and marched in a body from there to the new rooms on Fourteenth street. There the lodge reconvened, and after the trah- saction of a small amount of business they resolved themselves into a social ses- slon, when there were remarks by some of the officers of the lodge. Exalted Ruler H. * Capwell and the leading knight, James M. Shanley, and Lecturing Knight | Ward M. Pelton were present and helped to christen the new building. There were no formal exercises, for the fathers of Elkdom in Oakland were away. George W. Reed and Dr. O. D. Hamlin are in the south. Superior Judge H. A. Melvin and State Senator G. R. Lukens are in attend- ance upon the Supreme Lodge of Elks In Baltimore, and many more were away. For this reason the exercises to-night were extemporaneous, though none the less enjoyable. The new home of Oakland Lodge No. 171 Wwas constructed ecially for the lodge. It four. building, owned | wholly by the Elks' Hall Assoclation. The ground floor is rented for store: The second floor is given o clubrooms. There is one big reception- room in the front, with billiard-rooms and a banquet hall in the back. The third floor is given over to the lodge- room and living-rooms for such members as may desire to avall themselves of that privilege. The lodgeroom is a magnificent piece of work. The station of the exalted ruler is at the east end of the hall on a raised stage, while opposite is an organ loft with The stations of the lodge are chairs of the handsomest hand-carved designs. In the center of the lodgeroom is a chandelier composed of four elks’ antlers, at the end of each prong being a small electric light, the ef- feet when lit being particularly fine. The decorations of the hall consist of two full-antlered elks, a doe and a fawn, this being the only lodge in the United States that owns such a complete collection of these animals. There will be a formal opening of the new bullding some time in September, when the grand officers will be present. e ——— ADVERTISEMENTS. r to the TEETH WITHOUT PLATES. Why wear a bulky plate when you can have bridgework for the cost of material? Natural- lcoking and serviceable appliances made with 22-k. goid by an expert and fully guaranteed. Artistie goid crowns and fillings. Teeth extracted free. Graduates only. Teeth cleaned free. ' Painless methods. Week Day: to 9. Sundays; 9 to 1