The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1903, Page 9

T ' . HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903. C < bid WAR OF WORDS | BRITAIN CHECKS |ARTIST PHIL MAY 'PIER COLLAPSES AT A HOSPITAL, CHINESE CRUELTY DIES IN LONDON VOTERS. DISCUSS LOCAL 1350ES Consolidation of Clubs in Thirty-Ninth District. jnited Republican League ‘Gains Prestige by the Fusion. - the Thirty-second Assembly Dietrict be’excellent ticket of United Republican ague delegates ded by John B. der, 2588 Folsom is confronted Fellx J. Dugar e ‘rregular or Pposftion ticket common politi- thet & majority s thereon report The United Re- al gos .gue ticket represents the p of the district and ought be , m top to bottom. The te forth the resi- | f every candidate United Republican Cassidy iozen Edmond T. McMurray other intrepld spirigs event the Rojsevelt and Republican clubs of the strict from being absorbed 1 Republican League Club. were unavailing, however, €. composed of the two voted overwhelmingly for R. H. Countryman acted of the joint meeting and W. Aitken as secreta but the vely declined to continue in er the new organi: nsiderable asperity displayed sion, and the minorily of the!r intention ticket of the United Re sbin the district at STREET REPAIR DEMANDED. Tt the TUnited Repub- of the Twenty hth . appointed at the last ft resolutions relative to condition of Third street, d the following: f Supervisors and competence or srable state of e Thirty-eighth lican League Club meeting at Mascot Gate aver and 11, on { District United Re- | will hold a ratifica- | Duveneck's Hall next NAME DELEGATES. Assembly District ratie League Club proposes the fol- ing st of delegates: ine, James . Dev Carr, Joh ; ter Shechan, hn hter, H. F. n_B. Carmo . William Seck b of the Assembly District propose Democrats legates Alexander J. Eetelita, Wi ry Healey, Jobn J. Ki Rowan, George Ma- | George McElroy, : Joha 3. | John' Morlarity, few Cunningham, Hagerty —_——————— PLENTY OF GRIST | FOR A well dressed, t's court yester- had been de- Hule, lis- | iady | and | the Judge divorce | { | | Al red two her story, Rebecea man for ainst Al- David son for gainst w Minni divorce Donald McM terday denies t wife and in a cr: husband with tres nfaithful charges her ing her with extreme ruelty. Divorces were granted to Thomas H Haustein from Lew V. Haustein for infi. , Lulu Pauley from C. A. Pauley for m ct, Irma L A Aurrecoechea for desert et Smith from Carrie B i »n, Mamie L. Davidson besgemed] vidson for neglect, Martin Nelson from Anna Nelson for desertion and Flora C. Davis from Bdwin C. Davis for neglect ———— b ches fro Louis Death of Well-Known Mason. | Richards, has abated | the jan | called upon them to halt LINCHERS ACT INCOOL MANNER Little Excitement At- tends the Hanging of Hamilton, Mob Quietly Disperses After Pulling Murderer to Death. ASOTIN, Wash., Aug. 5.—The excite- ment consequent upon the lynching of | William Hamiiton, slayer of little Mabel | The feeling that Hamilton should be hanged was practl- | cally unanimous and there were those | who thought he should be tortured. h| was finally agreed that vengeance would | be satisfied by hanging him. About twenty masked men, their faces | | concealed with handkerchiefs, marched in ] an orderly manner up the street toward | When they got within sight | the guards thrown zbout the structure | The answer of | | the masked men was to throw the guards | | to | from the guards, effort last night at Rich- | | Some the ground. The keys were taken | the jail vard entered | and finally entrance was effected into the Jail proper. When the cell containing the guilty man was reached no key could be found to fit It was necessary to saw and hack at the bars until the door could be opened. What transpired during the operation, what Hamilton said, probably will not be known until some of the lynchers make public the details, but Hamilton after | about fifteen minutes’ delay was dragged out of the cell and down into the yard. Meanwhile another company of masked men, about eighty in number, had mwarched up the street and taken positions about the entrance to the jail. All were masked and all were orderly. With these men nore attempted to interfere. Some of the mob thought hanging too good for Hamilton the and wanted to original tor- | ture him, but prevailed and it was decided one produced a black mask like that used in a legal hanging and it was put over the head of Hamilton. It reach- ed down to his shoulders. The rope was then produced, placed about his neck s then thrown over the guy wire, being long programme | to hang him | enough to reach within grasping distance of the lynchers. It was seized by power- ful men, the body was lifted off the ground and suspended a height of about four feet y retch be- gan to gasp for bres After Hamilton had been held by the lynchers for a time, long enough to make certain he w. the rope was tied to the telegraph pole and the body left suspended. The crowds | at | when they were satisfied the wretch had | League Club of nth Assembly District wil | |L. P | cupants a small lead elephant was placed | discomfort Dr. Herrick was called. | 1ana Henry Fortriede, a well known citizen | and a prominent Mason, died yesterday in this city. Mr. Fortriede was 66 years of age at the time of his demise and was a pative of Hamburg, Germany. A widow an®l four children, Mre. L. Cochius, Her- man A., Augusta and Tillie Fortriede, survive him. The funeral services will be held this afterncon at 1:30 o'clock at the Masonic Temple, Post and Montgomery streete, under the auspices of Crockett Lodge No. 135, Free and Accepted Ma- sons. The interment will take place at 0dd Fellows' Cemetery. —_———— General MacArthur at Alcatraz. General MacArthur paid a visit of in- spection to Alcatraz Island yesterday, ac- companied by Captain Parker West, aid | Jast evening by de camp: Captain Holland, aid de camp; | booked at the City Prison on charges of adjutant ge battery on an officer and exhibiting a Major John R. Williams, eral; Major Rafferty, attending surgeon Captain D. B. Stanley, department, and Major Squier, chief sig- nal officer, Department of ( commanding officer of Alcatraz, Major A. R. Paxton, and his staff received General | arinks. P: MacArthur, who inspected every portion | freshment: of the island. ——— KING MUST STAND TRIAL.—Joseph King, 3 former pugilist, bas been heid (o answer by Police Judge Conian on a charge of assault murder in $4000 bonde. e wan 8 rood o Jatchman for the “hingtown & ame Cheung, proprie- tor of & restaurant at 04 Jackson Streer far 1t On the night of July 12 he went to the res- teurant snd sttacked Chum with g club, | Oakland; Edwin Read, over 21, and Lou- quartermaster's | named May Sanchez “alifornia. The | the corner of Stockton and Vall Six Companies in | but compelled the use of force. breathed his last quietly melted aw and sought their beds, and the stres were soon deserted | CHILD SWALLOWS ) TOF ELEPHANT i f Trouble Is Caused by Leaden Denizen of Noah’s Ark. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. The Scriptures intimate that it is dif- ficult for a camel to pass through the | eye of a needle, yet little 7-year-old Hazel Clark, daughter of H. J. Clark, Sixty-| third street and San Pablo avenue, Golden | Gate, has swallowed an elephant. She had considerable difficulty in performing | the feat and for three weeks the passage of the aesophagus was blocked to solid food. Yesterday, however, the elephant con- tinued on its way. Unlike the boa, the child is not waiting for her extravagant meal to digest, but is eating ravenously and the doctor hopes it is all for the best. The strange tale is vouched for by Dr. | Herrick, while an X-ray photo- | graph taken of the throat, with the ele-| hant inside, bears mute testimony that what the docter says is true. Three ! weeks ago little Hazel was playing with a chiid’s Noah's ark and while she | emptied the numerous stalls of their oc- | | | | by her in her mouth. An awkward move- | ment and it had slipped past her control | and lodged far down out of reach. The | parents hoped against hope that as it had | started it would continue. But Hazel was | unable to swallow and after a week of | Nothing seemed to aid the child in her remarkable effort and a few days ago an | X-ray was applied with a view to ope- rating in order to remove the obstruction. The elephant was plainly visible and an | exposure made of a plate showed clearly | the position of the toy in the throat. Yesterday the child was taken to the surgeon's office for the purpose of being operated on, but she had begun to eat ravenously and upon investigation it was discovered that the elephant had con- tinued its journey. The necessity for an operation at that time was obviated and it is hoped that further inconvenience is at an end. ———————— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Aug. 5.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the | County Clerk to-day: Abraham A. Ze- linsky, aged 27 years, and Esther Schary, 19, both of San Francisco: John Collins, 45, Benicia, and Nellie Reardon, 38, Oak- Charles W. Cramer, 21, Nebraska, and Ruth Ingerson, 1§, Oakland; Henry Mohr, over 21, and Lena Reler. over 18, Oakland; Harry R. Jackson, over 21, and Be K. Steinmann, over 18, both of | cinda Marcus over 18, both of Bothwell, Canada; Emil Corotto, 23, Hollister, and Kate Maschio, 20, Oakland: Ralph Kra- mer, over 21, Fruitvale, and Flora E. Bauer, over 18, Oakland: Bernard A. Etcheverry, 22, and Helen M. Hanson, 2, both of Berkeley; Howard J. Perrean, over 21, and Elfie C. Kearns, ! . : Harry N. Lewis, 29, and Catherine F. Kelly, 27, both of San Francisco; Paul Sglav, 38, and Stella Sglav, 23, both of Oakland. —_—————— Creates Disturbance in Saloon. Harry Pratt, a machinist, was arrested Patrolman Brodt and Pratt and a woman went into the gro- cery and bar conducted by B, Stelling, at ejo streets, about 5 o'clock, and ordered a round of ratt refused to pay for he re- s and drawing a large clasp knife started for the proprietor. Several bystanders interfered and took the wea- pon from him. Officer Brodt was called and when he started to arrest the bel- ligerent Pratt refused to submit quietly, In the mixup Pratt received a scalp wound, which was treated at the Emergency 'Hospital e deadly weapon. | nection with the recent irrigation experi- { for some {long ago from an inspection of that dis- | revent it, blackleg continues to | st ¥ . | home, where opportunities to do wrong | valuable | George died from blackleg. | after the unforfunate woman had fallen, EAPERT SELECTS RESERVOIR SITE Government Orders the Withdrawal of Tract of Land. Colorado River Bend Near Indian Reservation Is Chosen. Special Dispatch to The’ Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—Information which appears to signify that the Gov- ernment has selected a large tract of land in the southeastern part of San Diego County for a reservoir site in connection | with the work proposed along the Colo- rado River under the provisions of the national irrigation bill, has reached the United States Land Office here. The local | authorities have received a telegram from the General Land Office in Washington ordering the withdrawal from all forms of disposal upward of 12,000 acres of Gov- | the hend of thé ernment land lying in Colorado River, on the €California side, just north of the Yuma Indian reserva- tion. This land had already been withdrawn from all save homestead entry under the irrigation act, but is now entirely with- | held. It is the first tract in Southern | California to be thus reserved exclusively to the Government, which fact carries the | impression that it has been recommended by the experts who have recently heen | over the ground as a site suitable for res- | ervoir purposes. The brief telegram conveying the portant news reads as follows: On aceount of projected irrigation work, sus- pend from aM forms of disposal land In town- 23 and 24 east; 14 ast; 15 eouth, range im- | 24 east, S. B. M The selection of a reservolr site in con- ments along the river has been pending | time. J. B. Lippincott, Gev- ernment hydrographer here, returned not trict, the recommendation of reservoir sites being one of the missions of his trip, it is understood Lippincott said to-night that he is not at liberty to make any statement con- cerning the national irrigation work that has been undertaken in this district, but volunteered the information that the Gov- ment has prepared plans for work in region on a much larger scale than the local offices of the geographical sur- vey had expected. —_——— PROFESSOR BABCOCK CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT California Educator Is Elected Aftef Long Session of University of Arizona Regents. TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 5.—Dr. Kendrick | Babcock, professor of American his- | tory in the University of California, was | unanimously chosen president of the Uni- versity of Arizona by the board of re- gents in session here to-night. Dr. Otis W. Caldwell, professor of bot- any in the University of Chicago, was a prominent candidate and the chofce lay between him and Dr. Babcock, but the | latter was finally elected after a session | which lasted all day and until 10 o'clock | to-night. Governor Brocdie was present | and took a prominent part in the meeting. | The selection of Dr. Babcock meets with | general satisfaction here and the unani- mous public sentiment favored him. SRt e A Blackleg Is Spreading. GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 5.—Despite every | spread in this county in the vicinity of | Chicago Park. Within the week it is sald over sixty head of cattle died from the disease. Vaccination goes on with all ra- | pidity, and cattlemen are busy collect- | ing and burning carcasses. The disease | is no longer confined to calves, but is at- | tacking full-grown animals. To-day three | cows belonging to William | Cattlemen | are much alarmed, "fearing the disease may wipe out a large portion of the herds. —————— Death of Oldest Woman in Gilroy. GILROY, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Elizabeth Staple Brock, aged 91 years, died last evening at her home in this city. She was the oldest white woman in the township and up to a few months ago was in good health. She leaves a large family of chil- dren, grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren. Mrs. Brock was one of the early pioneer women of the State, having crossed the plains with her husband, the late E. E. Brock, in 1848 ————————— MRS. SABINS EXPIRES AT THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL Victim of Husband’s Jealous Rage Dies After Showing Remark- able Vitality. Mrs. Nellie J. Sabins, the woman who was shot on Sunday last by her husband, William J. Sabins, a bookbinder, who afterward attempted suicide by cutting his own throat, died at the Central Emergency Hospital at 1:30 last evening. That the woman lived so long with two | bullets in her brain Is deemed remark- able by the surgeons who attended her at the hospital. One of the bullets entered from the lower part of the face and lodged in the brain and the second one, probably fired entered at the skull. The missile in en- tering drove a hairpin through the skull and into the brain and it was only by a great effort that the wire pin was re- moved when Mrs, Sabins was operated upon soon after the tragedy. ‘As expected by the attending surgeons, blood poisoning set in and caused the wo- man's death. The doctors at the City and County Hospital, where Sabins has been con- fined since Monday last, make a favora- ble report on his condition and it {s most likely that the uxoricide will live to stand trial for his crime. To guard aganist any possibility of escape from the hos- pital, a police officer is constantly at Sa- bins' bedside. e Stuart M. Griggs Arrested. Stuart M. Griggs, formerly a condue- tor for the Market Street Raflway Com- pany, was arrested yesterlay afternoon by Detectives Reynolds and Freel, and his name entered op the detinue book. Tt is alleged that Griggs, who claims to have studied dentistry at one time, has victim- ized several of the leading dental supply houses of the city out of much property and the detectives claim to have sufficient evidence against him to send him across the bay for a term of years, ————— Mistake Poison for Candy. Irene Murphy and Tevis Hoilis, two children aged 18 months and 3 years, spectively, were taken to the Emergency Hospital by their parents yesterday af- ternoon suffering from the effects of sal- fine tablets. The children found the poison and, mistaking them for candy, ate several of them. The surgeons at the hospital relieved them after an hour's work and they were taken to their homes, They are out of danger, Steward at Highland Is|Will Not Suspended by Super- intendent. Charges Against Management, Will Be Investigated by Board. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug ~There was g war of words on at the Southern California State Hospital at Highland this afternoon between C. N. Whitaker, steward at the asylum, and the medical superintendent, Dr. M. B, Camphell. As a result Whitaker has been suspended. | His case will come up before the board of managers at a speclal meeting called for next Friday. For the past three weeks a local paper has been making serious cerning the management of the hospital. The articles containing these allegations have contained much “inside” intormation and Dr. Campbell has Instituted an in-| vestigation among his subordinates in order to discover where certain informa- tion originated. Yesterday morning the local paper contained a special from Pat- ton telling of the ‘“violent and cruel” treatment administered to Rev. Mr. Plan- ette, recently committed from Los Ange- les. This brought matters to a climax at the asylum and the superintendent having already suspected Steward Whit- aker of being the author of the printed statements, called him to account. At the meeting of the board of mans agers Whitaker's case will be investi- gated, as will the charges which have been made against the management. The story published here this morning which brought about the disruption at the hos- pital read in part It is reported that Rev. Mr. Planette came very nearly dying this week from the effects of brutal treatment at the hands of an at- tendant, being kicked, it is reported, in such a viclous ‘manner that It was really feared his injuries would prove fatal, and he is now very low from the effects of this abuse. Other patlents who are wholly insane, if as- sured immunity from the abuse sure to follow their testimony, can tell storfes of man's in- humanity to man that will raise such a storm of | indignation it will astound the State. L o S e ol ) WILL BE KEPT FRON MISCHIEF Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. Isabella Maguire, the girl who has de- veloped abnormal tendencies toward wrong doing, was committed to-day by Judge Ellsworth to the California Train- ing Home for Girls. Her little fingers dipped into her mother's purse without the latter’s knowledge and she was wont to run away from her home until the mother, worn out with anxiety caused by her incorrigible offspring, applied to the courts for aid. She was givep the choice tier or the home in Alameda, and chos: the latter, as it would be nearer to her mother in Emeryville. Miss Anita Whitney, the probation of- ficer under whose care the child now is, believes ghe can be reformed. It is thought the restraining influences of a are removed as far as possible from those within and the special attention she will be given, will correct her degenerate ten- dencies. Isabella is believed to be a waif run wild. Her mother stated she had never punished the child because it did no good. Afrald neither of the dark nor the police, she roamed at will. It is sald she swears because she has heard others do it; that she was expelled from school because she had never been taught obedience at home. | @ittt @ HUNS MY WITH UNION'S MONEY Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 5. Charles W. Shores, former treasurer of the Cooks' and Waiters' Alliance, is a fugitive embezzler of the funds of that organization, according to the complaint sworn to this morning in the Police Court by Perry Conwell, business agent for the mulcted union. The shortage charged against the m! ing ex-treasurer’s account is $116. Two weeks ago Shores resigned as treasurer and also surrendered his posi- tion as night steward at Wagner & Des- loh's bakery, on Washington street. His books were examined and the shortage brought to light, but :Prch for Shores was fruitless. Last Friday Conwell re- ceived a letter from the runaway, say- ing he was en route to Alaska and would reimburse the union. Shores came Into police observation dur- ing April last year, when Mrs. Jane Mor- gan, a lodging-house Keeper, caused his arrest on a charge of battery. But Shores retaliated by having the woman arrested. It developed that Mrs. Morgan, many years Shores’ senior, was infatuated with the steward and pursued him with so much vigor that his days were rendered unbearable. Fan o oo RS Lincoln Athletic Club Bouts. The Lincoln Athletic Club officials have announced an attractive card for thelr boxing exhibition to-morrow night in Me- chanics’ Pavilion annex. The main event will be between Jimmie Little and Dan Sullivan at 128 pounds. The other houts are Willlam Stewart vs. Harry Gates, 148 pounds; Bob Lundie vs. Jim Linega pounds; Joe Podesto vs. Jack Moriarity, 130 pounds; Dick Hyland vs. H. Sheridan, 120 pounds, and Jack Hughes vs. George Ellis, 130 pounds. —————— Fugitive Treasurer Is Arrested. SAN JOSE, Aug. 5.—Sheriff Langford re- ceived word from Truckee this evening of the arrest here of J. J. Collins, for whom he holds a warrant charging felony embezzlement. Collins is accused of ap- propriating $175 belonging to the Team- sters’ Union, of which he was treasurer. He disappeared from here in May. NEXT SUNDAY’S I ART SUPPLEMENT, “THE RUSSIAN WEDDING,” Effectively framed either in Flemish brown, ebony or gilt fiame, about three or four inches; framed closely. charges con- | | | | i | | t 1 i 1 { { | { | | contains the tower | charged with the between the State reformatory at Whit- | Surrender Reformers to the Executioner. Sfioiig L Washington Government Not Concerning Itself With Situation. LONDON, Aug. 5.—In the House of Commons to-day. Premier Balfour, in re- ply to Henry Norman, announced that instructions had been sent to the British Minister at Peking not to agfee to the Chinese Government's demand for the surrender at Shanghal of the editor and staff of the Chinese reform organ Supao. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—The State De- partment to-day received a cable digpatch from the Bow Wong Society of Hono- lulu, asking that the U'nited States Gov- ernment intérest itself in the ‘“reform™ editors who are under arrest in Shanghal. Nothing is known of the Bow Wong So- ciety, but it is beliaved to be a revolu- tionary organization of Chinese origin. This Government has had no informa- tion from Peking or Shanghai regarding the men held at Shanghal and wanted by the Chinese Government. It is expected | that these men will be disposed of by the Forelgn Association of Shanghai. The United States Government will not take any steps in the matter unless some com- munication is made on the subject by e Chinese Governmen{ or a request for advice is received from the Consul Gen- eral at Shanghai, who is one of the mem- bers of the Foreign Assoclation of that city. “PEKING, Aug. 5—8ix scholars. whose essays at recent examinations proposing reforms in the administration of China were denounced by the censors, have fled from Peking through fear of arrest and execution. It is supposed that they have gone to Japan. Marshal Su, who was summoned to the | capital to explain his failure to crush the revolution in Southern China, has had an audience with the Dowager Empress, which is reported to have been unsatis- factory to him. Tt is reported in officlal circles that Su will be included in the | autumn list of those condemned to be executed. ——————— CARNEGIE GIVES MILLIONS TO TOWN OF HIS BIRTH Stipulates That Oastle in Which | Cameron Married Princess Mar- garet Be Preserved. LONDON, Aug. $2,500.000 in United States Steel Corpora- tion bonds to Dunfermline, Scotland, his birthplace. He stipulates that the gift hall be employed in maintaining and keeping up the estate at Pittenkrief, which in which Malcolm Cameron married Princess Margaret and which Carnegie recently purchased, as a pleasure ground. The gift is also to be used for the main- tenance of a theater, the encouragement of horticulture among the working classes and the advancement of technical edu- | cation in the district, which is the center of the linen industry. The administrators of the gift are advancement of the moral and material interests of the town. DISASTROUS FLOODS CLAIM 700 VICTIMS Chefu Catastrophe Leaves 2000 of the Inhabitants Without Means of Subsistence. BERLIN, Aug. 5.—A dispatch received here says that 700 persons were drowned in the disastrous floods which occurred | at Chefu, China, July 2. The bridges with- | !in the city and many houses with their | occupants were swept away in the tor- rent. Two thousand of the inhabitants are left without means of subsistence. An Associated Press dispatch from Shanghai, dated July 27. reported this in- | undation and enormous loss of life and | property in the native city, with some damage in the foreign quarter. ———————— OPPONENTS OF CANAL INTEND TO FILIBUSTER Advices From Bogota Reveal Latest Plan of Colombian Enemies of the Treaty. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Advices from Bogota are to the effect that the oppo- nents of the canal treaty, fearing to al- low the treaty to come to a definite vote | and not wishing to assume direct respon- sibility for its rejection, have decided to filibuster until it Is too late for ratifica- tions to be exchanged, which must be made in Beptember. The officials here confidently expect a request from Presi- | dent Marroquin to have the time limit for the exchange extended. ———— MARCH THROUGH RAIN TO SERENADE PRESIDENT Colored Boys of Orphanage Show De- votion Only to Be Turned Back by Guard. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 5.—In a driving rainstorm this afternoon a brass band composed of colored boys from the Jen- kins Orphanage at Charleston, 8. C,, marched ffom the village to Sagamore Hill, about three miles, to serenade the President and his family. The band did not reach the President's residence, be- ing turned back to Oyster Bay by the secret service officer on duty. . Pastor’s Narrow Escape. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Rev. George C. Houghton, pastor of the Church of the Transfiguration, “The Little Church Around the Corner,” on East Twenty ninth street, had an exciting experience in a runaway cab this evening. After a wild ride down Fifth avenue from Thirty- first street to Twenty-eighth he was res- cued uninjured by Lieutenant Fortesque of the Fourth United States Cavalry, sta- tioned at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., who darted ont from the sidewalk and held to the horse until it came to a stop. b il o A Bricklayers Enjoined. DENVER, Aug. 5.—An injunction was issued by Judge Dixon to-day against the local bricklayers’ union, restraining 1t from enforcing a rule that not more than one contractor in a firm shall work upon a job at one time. The union is restrained from attempting to fine any or all con- tractors violating the union rule in this respect. Paul Brown is the plaintiff, backed by the counsel for the Citizens' Alllance. —_——— No Promotion for Colonel Lippencott. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Colonel Hen: who was among those designated to b appointed a brigadier renerul and placed on the retired list, will not be promoted. Under the direction of the President those officers to be promoted must have a Civil ‘War service of one year, and it was de- cided that Colonel Lippencott did not come within that provision, Ty Lippencott of the medical deb-nnent‘J 5.—Andrew Carn!g!vk has made known his intention to donate | Noted Artist Succumbs After a Long Illness. Hard Work and Fondness 'for Late Hours Hasten Decline. LONDON, Aug. 5.—Phil May, the artist and fllustrator of Punch, the Graphic and other periodicals, died at his residence on Camden Hill this afternoon after a pro- tracted fllness. At the regular weekly dinner of the staft of Punch to-night the artist's death was announced. May died of phthisis after a year of poor health. The end probably was hastened by his bohemian life, hard work and fond- ness for late hours. The papers this after- noon expressed the greatest sympathy and regret at the short career of a man who was regarded as among the greatest black-and-white artists since the days of John Leech. | Phil May was a famous pen and ink de- lineator of London's rag and tatterdom. He was born in Leeds in 184 When 12 years old he was obliged to leave school and shift for himself. He was hired by | the father of one of his friends, who was | a local scene painter. By sketching cos- tumes and designing comic masks he gradually gained a small reputation as an | artist around the theaters. A manager | finally engaged him to play small parts, but with the provision that he do six large sketches a week of the chorus in plays, the sketches to be used as show | bills in shop windows of the towns the company played in. When he was 18 he | was employed to design the dresses for the Leeds pantomime. The turn in his fortune came when he made the acquaintance of the photog- grapher who took his drawings of Irving, Bancroft and Tolle and published them. After this he managed to have a few | drawings accepted by periodicals. One of these, a drawing of Mr. Baneroft, pub- lished in Society, secured him a perma- nent place on Stephens’ Review. Shortly afterward he went to Australia and for three years was employed in Syd- ney on the Bulletin. While there he suc- | ceeded in catching and setting into the style of pen and ink work that made him | famous. When he returned to England | | he was the recognized master of that style of illustration and he was almost | immediately admitted to the Olympus of | English illustrators, the round table of | Punch, taking the place of Du Maurler. Tt was about this time that Whistler said of hira: “Black and white art is summed up in two words—Phil May."” L e o e e e e RAILROAD AGKS ~ FOR MORE TIME | Officials Not Ready to Answer Alameda’s Demands. | i i i ALAMEDA, Aug. 5.—All of the members of the executive committee of the com- | mittee of fifty, with President Joseph | Forderer of the City Trustees, went to| San Francisco to-day and in the after- noon held a conference with representa- tives of the Southerh Pacific relative to| the two local franchises sought by lhati | corporation, what the people of Alameda | | want in exchange for the privileges and | the concessions that the company is pre-| pared to grant. The meeting was held in | the Crocker building, in the office of Ma- jor Charles L. Tilden, chairman of the| | committee of fifty and ex-officio member | | of the executive committee. Besides Til- | den there were present on behalf of Ala- | meda, Frank Otis, chalrman of the execu- | tive committee; Charles S. Neal, T. - | Daniells, Joseph Knowland, S. M. Haslett | and C. R. Smith. Representing the South-| ern Pacific were Manager Jullus Krutt- schnitt, Passenger Agent E. O. McCor-| mick and Attorney Frank Shea. All of the important stipulations which Alamedans believe should be entered in| the terms of the franchises, such as the | length of the life of the franchises, the | payment into the city treasury by the| Southern Pacific of a certain sum for the privilege of using the avenues and streets | of Alameda, the betterment of the local service, the establishment of a 2-cent fare | within the limits of the city and other de- mands of lesser importance, were taken up and discussed thoroughly by the repre- | sentatives of the city and the railroad | company. The Southern Pacific officials were not ready after the conference to say what| | they would do in the premises. Manager | Kruttschnitt said he desired further time | to ascertain what revenue the Southern Pacific obtained from the travel between stations within the city before he could say what the company would do in the matter of a 2-cent fare. 1t is sald that the demands of the ex-| ecutive committee were considered some- what stiff by the raflroad people and took them by surprise, as they did not expect that Alameda would ask so much. It was arranged that the representatives of Alameda and the Southern Pacific would meet again next Friday afternoon at the same place, when it is expected that Manager Kruttschnitt will be ready to announce definitely what his corpora- tion will do. It was also decided that the executive committee would give Herman Eppinger Jr. and Robert B. Mott, who filed an ap- plication Monday night for the south side track, & hearing to-morrow night in the City Hall. Eppinger, Mott and ex-Con- gressman James G. Maguire, who repre- sents them, will be afforded an opportu- nity to inform the committee who are back of their project and how it is to be financed. Although the majority of the committe of fifty take little or no stock in the Eppinger-Mott proposal, it believes it only fair that the promoters of the new lccal train and ferry service be given a chance to show their hand and what they are prepared to do. —— Bluejacket Shoots Fireman. VALLEJO, Aug. 5.—During a fight in the tenderloin to-night A. Borgwardt, a bluejacket, shot Joseph Chaldren, a fire- man on the U. 8. 8. Boston, in the right breast. The police arrested Borgwardt, and the wounded man was attended by the City Physician, who extracted the bul- let, ‘'which had passed through the right breast to the right shoulder blade. The injured man refuses to prosecute Borg- wardt. | | | FECIEE RS MARCC HELD TO ANSWER.—Charles Marco was heid to answer before: the Superior Court by Police Judge Cabaplss yesterday on | el of grand larceny bonds. e & “aceused of having stolen from Mrs. Julia | Kiein on May 13, 1902, $6815 in coin. watch and chain and a ruby and pearl ""l of the value of §250, WITH 3KIPPERS Wringe and Bevis Are Thrown Into the Water. ——— Shamrock III's Captain Has Narrow Escape From Drowning. —_— NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Captain Robert Wringe of the Shamrock III and Captain Bevis of Shamrock I had a narrow es- cape to-night through the collapse of a pier on the Shrewsbury River at the Highlands. With twenty other persons, including several members of the crew of the challenger, the two sailing mas- ters were precipitated into the water, but were not hurt. Captain Wringe and Captain Bevis, with three sailors, left the Shamrock in Sandy Hook bay in the afternoon in the steam launch Buttercup and started up the Shrewsbury River for the Highlands of Navesink. On the way the Buttercup struck a sandbar and it became apparent that unless she was immediately beached she would founder. Captain Wringe took the wheel and headed her for the beach. The water had risen almost to the furnace door when thé bow of the Buttercup took bottom. A great crowd had been attracted to a nearby ' wharf, where Captains Wringe and Bevis landed after procuring tackle for the purpese of hauling the steam launch out of water. One end of the tackle was fastened to the stern of the Buttercup and the other was secured to one of the piles of the wharf. While they were thus engaged the wharf collapsed and all on it were thrown into the water. For a time it was feared that many had been crushed under the timbers, but with the exception of a few who were slightly cut and bruised all succeeded in getting to shore unhurt. Captain Wringe was for a few moments in serfous danger, being grappled by sev- eral men who could not swim and who held fast to him until all were rescued by a boat. Captain Bevis reached shore after rescuing a man who was unable to keep afloat. Both captains returned to their yachts after being provided with dry clothing by guests of a nearby hotel. CATHOLIC FEDERATION CONDEMNS LYNCHINGS Declares Mob Law to Be.Barbarous and a Menace to Country’s Peace. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J, Aug. 5.—Sev- eral important resolutions were adopted by the American Federation of Catholic | Socteties at the closing session to-day. after which officers were elected. The next meeting will be held in St. Louis. The first resolution condemned feud riots and mob law as unworthy" of civ- ilized people. Lynching is regarded as murder and the burning and torturing of persons, even when cléarly guilty, as bar- barous and a menace to the peace and security of all good citizens. All Catho- liecs were enjoined to exert an influence and spread in the community sound opin- fons against such savagery. The federation also protested against the action of the French Government in attempting to legalize religlous prosecu- tions and ask Catholics to endeavor to wrest the Government from those who have misused the powers entrusted to them. The Catholic Truth societies were commended and members of the federa- tion were urged to, join such societies. Among the officers selected are: Presi- dent, Thomas B. Minahan, Columbus, Ohio; first vice president, J. B. Jenkers, Newark, N. J.; second vice president, F. J. Kierce, San Franeiseo. —_—— MUST SPEAK ENGLISH TO BE NATURALIZED Judge Establishes Precedent in Re- jecting an Application for Citizenship. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 5.—Judge Cliffora G. Gregory, in the County Court to-day, in rejecting an application for naturaliza- tion, established a precedent by making the following declaration: I will not naturalize any one who comes be- fore me and is unable to speak the English language sufficiently to make himself under- stood. 1 will compel applicants to answer questions regarding their age, place of nativ- ity, when they arrived In the United States and any other questions which I deem esse: tial to good ecitizenship, and if they fall make satisfactory answers I will refuse grant them the necessary rs. When & man bas been in this country five years and is unable to talk our language, in my opin- fon Ie is not fit to be admitted to cf and 1 will act accordingly. —_—— BRANDISHES REVOLVER IN KIDNAPING CHILD. Kentucky Mother Forces Her Way Into House and Escapes With Little One. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 5.—A sensa- tional kidnaping by a mother armed with a revolver took place in Newport, Ky., to-day. Mrs. Arville Turner, who is liv- ing separately from her husband, accom- panied by a woman, went to the home of Mrs. Taylor in Newport, and, at the peint of a revolver, demanded admittance to get her child, 6 years old. Mrs. Taylor, frightened, ran upstairs. Mrs. Turner broke open the screen door, followed up- stairs, and still brandishing the revolver, secured the child and rushed to the street, escaping in a wagon. STRIKE ON UPPER PELLY CAUSES EXCITEMENT Exact Location, Kept BSecret for ‘Weeks, Finally Becomes Known on the Yukon. VANCOUVER, 5. C., Aug. 5.—A spe- cial from Dawson to-day says: The new gold strike on the upper Pelly, the news’ of which is causing great excitement ail through the Yukon, is twenty-six miles above Hoole Canyon. For weeks the ex- act location has been kept secret. Bob Henderson, the man who first located gold in the Klondike, says the discevess is wonderfully rich. QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS WRIGHT'S BAIL Sum and the Rest Will Be Forthcoming. LONDON, Aug. 5.—Whitaker Wright, the promoter and director of the London and Globe Corporation, Ltd. was ar- raigned at the Guildhall Police Court to- day and remanded after formal evidence of his arrest had been taken. The pris- oner was released on bail of $250,000, of which he provided $125,000 and three sure- ties guaranteed the remaining $125,000. —_————————— Murdered Man Is Found in River. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 5—The body of an unknown man, with the head nearly severed from the trunk, was found in the Duwamish River to-night. Ths pockets of the trousers were turned wrong side out and a deep gash on the head indi- cates murder and robbery. The body had been in the water about two weeks. Nothe Ing was found to lead to identification. o tizenship,