The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1903, Page 10

10 MEN HOPEFUL; HITCRGOCK RULES CONPANY FIRM - AGAINST BEAVERS California Northwestern | Commissioner Overrules Strike Sitnation Is | Motion to Dismiss 1 . Unchanged. ; Proceedings. il e Counsel for Defense Asserts Govercment Is Suppress- ing Evidence. —ee EW YORK, Sept. 18.—At'the examina- Beavers, the indicted Engineers and Trainmen Are Not in Sympathy With Those Now Cus. N tion of George W. aterial change vester- on the Califo: = situation a fact which both sid: postal official, charged with conspiracy itho the contending with the Brandt-Dent Manufacturing ewhat as to the prob- ' Company to defraud the Government, of the which was resumed to-day, Commi sioner Hitchcock announced that he had decided to overrule the motion made by the defense at the previous hearing to dismiss the nroceedings because of the invalidity of the indictment. contended that the indictment s of the road charged surance of C mpany that one section of the Federal statutes in- | w remain Joyal to the road. stead of one as required by law. He also mg these he said were the engineers, * repeated his ruling that the properly cer- r re not in tified copy of the indictment returned in s are not ¥n was sufficient evidence to make Review- e of probable cause and to war- ster said rent the return of the accused, properly over at identified, to the district wherein the in- dictment was returned It developed in the course of the exam- ination, and was admitted upon the rec- rd by District Attorney Burnett, that | ubpoenas by the defense | n Dist s in Brook- and his stenographer and a subpoena | for the production of certain papers upon Postmaster General Payne, the defense ting that it w ted the Government to ! make out its c before the District ! Commissioner in New York, in order that « _com the defense might prove that Beavers had - . o hent s | nothing whatever to do with the making f the contract between the Government and the Brandt-Dent Company. The sub- poenas had been ignored. i DECLARES BEAVERS INNOCENT. | Attorney Stivers for the defense said: | For the first time on record in this ditrict jovernment seeks to have this used to Brooklyn without the preliminary n that has been accorded every de- rraizned for extradition In a quar- | v ntary We want to know whom the Government | seeks to shield by this indictment. We contend that if permitted to go Into this case here | rty and any be met with we will prove that there is not only « lack of cause to believe that a crime has b committed. but so far as Beavers is coi the lo- rsua n the Strikers | Government seeks to supprees the evidence. s o ot | General Burnett sald the defendant had ort Lmkf mov been mdicted in the eastern district and would be given the opportunity to prove his innocence there in due time. NOT IN CONTEMPT. Marine Fire- | on the ferry-| Commissioner Hitcheock ruled that his imed fhat they | guppoenas were not operative outside the uld P2y | southern district of New York, except on request, and that as a result the persons cubpoenaed In Brookiyn were not in con- | tempt. To a further statement that the defense wished to subpoena George F. Miller, ager of the Brandt-Dent Company, others to prove that there was no | evidence, as alleged In the indictment, of | the payment of money to Beavers, Dis- | trict Attorney Burnett replied that from what the attorney for the defense pro- posed to prove it was evidently the inten- Uon of the Geferse to tum the exainlon: | tion into a trial. After adjourning until | next Tuesday counsel for the defense, ac- companied by Commissioner Hitchcock | and Messrs. Bushnell and Wise, appeared | before United States District Judge Holt for a process compelling District Attor- | Youngs and his stenographer, Miss | Wrenn, to obey the subpoena and appear before Commissioner Hitchcoek Tuesday. Judge Holt ruled that to bring the mat- | ter before him the defense would have to make an application to punish for con- tempt the witnesses who had disobeyed the subpoenas. { Later the application was formally | made, Judge Holt being asked to decide the question at issue some time before the | next hearing, on Tuesday next. 0 argument was made and all ceedings closed for the d i - - | FAVORS FOR RICHARDSON. Latest charges published against the | management of the San Francisco post- | office are that Daniel 8. Richardson has been drawing $2600 per annum as cash- jer while acting as secretary to the| Postmaster and while the duties of the | in County kept a jard at the Cali- Iroad’s shops all ma; > previous ers had been n to indulge in ent Fos- of Watch- they the pro- HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BURN TEACHEE IN EFFIGY Show Resentment for Principal Who Refuses Them Permission to Play Football. Wis., Sept. 18—A large | cashier have been exclusively performed | idents of the local high|py B. A. O'Connui, who has been known on the campus and the acting cashier for the last ten Principal Hemminway, | years. t been refused | "y s also charged that $1400 per an- ay on the football team | | num clerks on sick leave for two years have had their places filled by $600 per annum substitutes who received $1400 per | annum for such services. Another case * Incendiary at Work. W. R. Ma known as ‘“‘Beefsteak |is sald to be that of a $1000 per annum Bi to Policeman Gaston on | clerk absent more than a year with his ., y that some one had attempted to | place filled by a 3600 clerk drawing the salary of. $1000. Cashier O’'Connor states that he has no knowledge that any employe has signed | the payroll before the amount of his sal- ary was filled in. He denles that a $1400 man had been replaced by a $600 man | who received the higher salary, and he declares emphatically that wherever a | substitute was employed he received all | the salary that was opposite his name his roadhouse on the San Bru- aid he discovered a fire | ning the house morning and was before much dam- | cted one of his | rday not- and an investi- that on the payroll. He says that Secretary Richardson was placed on the rolls as Sopk: B8-S cashier about two years ago on an order D. Byrd, oy ;;‘,’;n’"“'_',':‘h"‘h\ pvas ar-| from Washington at a salary of $260. i haree of mgmenaive| This statement effectually disposes of to have been committed | the charse that Postmaster Montague was directly or Indirectly instrumental in having Richardson paid for services which he never performed. home in San Antonio, | Texas. Byrd denies the charge and claims | hat hi . from whom Le 18 separated, | “picnarason has been traced to Lacon- = respe He v,“r’ !\r—“mifildx?';"dfifi‘ ner. in the State of Washington, where o seturn without a. fight on | ¢ 18 sojourning withhis wife. Bhe is a e I retu Eht ©on | resident of that town, and Richardson extradition. went up there about three months ago e T P AT and married her. Accused of Robbery. | ————— s iwin Blanchard years of age, who Examination for Clerk-Carrier. vs he is a farmer, was €arly | gpe United States Civil Service Com- terday morning on Dupont i b¥ | mission announces an examination at San Policemen Orr and Reade on & charge| pagael October 3 for clerk-carrier in the of battery. He was accused of attacking > S A e FecFoens postoffice service in that city. Age limit, Loule Sing. & Chinese. ‘;;}';?:’ Loule |55 to 45 years. Persons who desire to com. Sing informed Detective ahon that| .t should apply to the Consolidated nchard had not only struck him, but en $10 cut of his pockets and a rge of robbery was booked against nchard. —_—————————— Boys Face Serious Charge. Three boys—Joseph Sylvester, aged 14 years; Charles Spano, aged 16 years, and Guy Bogano of the same age—were ar- rested at the foot of Fillmore street yes- | terday by Policeman, Maher and charged 21 the North End station with grand lar- ceny. The trio captured a peddler’s outfit, consisting of a horse, wagon and several yxeg of fruit, on the water front and started out to realize on the sale of the | Board of Civil Service Examiners, 301 | Jackson street, San Francisco, or to the | auxiliary secretary, San Rafael postoffice, | for appiication form 101 and instructions | to applicants. Form 101 should be proper- | 1y executed and filed with the Consoli- dated Board at San Francisco. g Falls From a Street Car. Rudolph Manacha, a’laborer, residing at 405 Turk street, was found by the police lying on the sidewalk at Sixteenth and Bryant streets at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, suffering from several cuts and | bruises. The injured man was taken to the City and County Hospital, where he fruit, when they were caught and| iated he fell from a streetcar. His in- locked up. juries may prove serious, as he com- —_————————— plains of severe pains in his chest and Laborers Injured at Quarry. abdomen. —— Five laborers, Patrick McAvoy, David A. Jenkins, Goldie Silvernealer, Clemmie Payne and Joe Gilard, were badly shaken up and injured through an explosion while drilling holes in a rock at Warren's quar- Yachts Missing. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The Gypsy Girl, one of the missing fishing yachts of the Fulton Market fleet, came into port to- ry on San Bruno road vesterday after-|day. Almost the smallest vessel in the rogn. The injured men were taken to| fleet, she went through the storm of the City and County Hospital, where they | Wednesday without damage. The Ettie were attended by Dr. McElroy. Silver- nealer’s case was the mest serious ang may prove fatal, ¥ Peterson, with a crow of twenty-one, and the Emily P. Wright, with seventeen, bave not been The defense | three separate and distinct offenses under | | violent moods. HE SAN FHANCISCO CALL,r SATURDAY, 'BODY OF INSANE DENTIST FOUND IN BED OF CREEK | Doctor Edwin F. H. Dimmick Grows Violent in His Camp, Deserts His Friends and Afterward Meets Death in Wilds of Contra Costa County 4 OAKLAND D | CAMPING IN go=t NTIST, WHO BECAME VIOLENTLY THE HILLS NEAR MORAGA VALLEY AND WHOSE BODY WAS LATER FOUND IN CREEK BED. INSANE WHILE AKLAND, Sept. 18.—Violently in- sane was young Dr. Edwin F. H. Dimmick, the dentist, whose body was found in a creek bed in Moraga Valley this morning by a searching party that had been looking for the young Oaklander ever since his disappearance last night from a camp near the Fish ranch, on the Contra Costa side of the foothills. For weeks Dimmick had been giving evidence of a mind de- ranged and it was in the hope that the outing would do him good that the camp- ing party was arranged. With Dimmick and his wife went R. E. Troy, Leonard Campbell and Frank Britton of 75 Grove street. Troy is chief ranger of Court Oakland, Foresters of America, of which Dimmick was a member, and the latter refused to make the trip unless Troy ac- companied them. TROY FIGHTS MANIAC. Troy had a battle with Dimmick night before last during one of the dentist’® Of his experiences Troy said to-day: Dimmick showed no signs of improvement during our stay at the camp. In fact he glew worse and we were compelled to watch him closely. ‘Wednesday night he became violent and attacked us. he struck me over the head with a bottle, shouting, “‘You're trying to kill me.” Then he scrambled cut of the tent, clad only in his underclothes, and disappeared down the road. He did not return for several hours. Thursday morning Dimmick tried to attack me, and we decided to bring him home. Brit- ton and Mrs. Dimmick started for Oakland, but before they had driven five miles Dimmick jumped out, yelling, “‘You're trying to send me to an insane asylu That's the last we saw of him. Mrs. Dim- INVADES HOMES Vandal Endangers Lives by Tampering With Electric Wires. o2 e ALAMEDA, Sept. 18.—Lives were en- dangered and the efficiency of the fire alarm system lessened by the criminal act of some miscreant who connected the tapper line of the system with a wire of the electric light department which car- ries 2300 volts. The connection was dis- covered last evening by Superintendent G. A. Wiese of the municipal light works. It was made with a copper wire in a tree on Broadway near San Jose avenuc, through which the light and alarm lines pass. From the workmanlike manner in which the job was done Wiese concludes that the vandal was an expert linema: Why any person should seek to damage the city is a mystery, and the general belief is that the connecting was done by some one bent on inflicting damage to the local telephone system and who made a mistake in joining the fire alarm and electric light wires when he intendea to connect the light wire with a tele- phone wire. The result would have been that the powerful current would have burned out all the telephones on the cir- cult. In speaking of the matter Superin- tendent Wiese sald: We were two days finding out what the cause o° the trouble was. It began Wednesday night, ». = the tappers in the homes of mem- bers - ““a . lunteer Fire Department buzzed and .. - work properly. As &' precau- tom S T system ‘‘cut out’ until 1 coul re the trouble lay. There Were 2300 volts running through the light wire and if & person should have touched one of the house tappers when it was charged the result would very likely have proved fatal. I am at a loss to account for the dastardly deed. I have notified the police of my discovery. b e umes i Mhraa | Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Sept. 18—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Thomas E. Mec- Kee, 28, San Francisco, and Daisy L. Severy, 2, Berkeley; Ernest Roberts, 1, and Jennie Victor, 15, both of Oakland; Max Ranft, 3), and Fanny Sander, 2, both of Berkeley. X { tion from the Oakland High School. Before 1 could restrain him | mick and Britton notified the Sheriff's people at Martinez. D. S. Mulholland. a rancher, found Dim- mick’s body in the creek near his ranch- house. An hour before the farmer saw Dimmick running about as if in great pain and then saw him fall and roll down a hillside into the creek. Dimmick resided at 1061 Willow street, where it was said lje had been insane for months. The young man had been associated with 'his father, Dr. Joseph Dimmick, in dental practice at 473 Fourteenth street. The parent felt positive that his son was sane, but from various sources tMe story of the young man’s mental condition was verified. His friends, while averse to go- ing into details, have said enough to make it ‘evident that Dimmick had not been of sound mind for a long time. He was 30 years of age and had been with his father for twelve vears, ever since his gradua- The parents’ home is at 2445 Channing way, Berkele; The body will be brought to this ci as soon as the Coroner at Mar- tinez completed his Inquiry as to the cause of death. It is strongly suspected that Dimmick’s insanity was caused by over-indulgence in cocaine or morphine. The remains were sent to Martinez and are now at the Morgue there. Mrs. Dim- mick, Mr. Troy and Dr. Dimmick’s broth- er are there to testify at the inquest. The Coroner summoned a jury last night, but adiourned for a few days' because he had word from Sheriff Veale, who went to the place where the doctor was found, to put off the inquest until his return, as some things in the case seemed suspiclous, DEATH GURRENT EA-NAYOR SNOW 19 ASSAULTED Adolph Goldman Makes Vicious Attack on Former Official. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 18. Ex-Mayor R. W. Snow was attacked and severely beaten last night in front of his residence, at 914 Eighth street, by Adolph Goldman, who conducts a crock- cry store at 97 Washington street. Snow's face and head were severely bruised and scratched in the encounter. Goldman says Snow owes him money. The ex-Mayor thinks his assaflant is la- boring under hallucinations. The ex-Mayor said: Goldman has been hounding me ever since I was Mayor. 1 once did him a favor and he has gince been trying to strike up a friendship, and his conduct s very offensive to me. When 1 refuse to associate with him he becomes Angry and threatens my life and that of my Aaughter. I have been living in constant fear of him for more than a vear. 1 When I went to Chicago he followed me and femain'd there a week, dogging my steps. Since my return to Callfornia he has still ounded me. Last January, while T was living in San Francisco, I was compelled to seek po- lce Drotection. ' Chief Wittman detalled a dyguard to protect me. To evade this insano pursuer 1 have constantly changed my place of residence. On three different occasions I have taken pistols away from Goldman and twice I have re'leved him of razors. n at a loss to know how to rid myself his constant annoyance. Last night I returned from @n outing on the American River. While there Goldman vis- ited me three times, repeating his threate. Last night I stepped. from the train he was at the stailon to meet me. He insisted on walking with me and as we reached my home at 914 Eighth street he suddenly assaulted me. bave never heen associated with Goldman in business and I do not owe him any money, unless he considers that I am indebted to him because in his excessive friendliness he has Shent his money in taking me to theaters and I may have the man arrested for insanity. I san at least have him arrested for disturblng Goldman has gone into hiding. A, Sues for Divorce. OAKLAND, Sept. 18.—Suit for divorce ‘was begun - to-day by Jennie Buchanan againsy Edward J. Buchanan on the * mround of failure to provid~ SEPTEMBER 19, 1908. AVERAGE CROPS ARE IN PROGPECT Rain, Storms and Frosts Affect Trade in Some Sections. R Good Fall and Winter Busi- ness Is Now Deemed Certain. —_— NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Bradstreet's to- | morrow will say: | Conditions still display irregularity, but i except where crop and weather develop- ments have been distinetly unfavorable the tendency is still to take a favorable view of the general outlook for fall and | winter trade. Heavy rains and killing | frosts in the Northwest and in portions of the West, with drouth, followed by | cool weather and destructive wind and rain storms along the Atlantic coast have tended te retard expansion in fall trade in wide sections of the country. All sec- tions, however, have not been affected allke. The Northwést returns relatively the poorest reports as to the current distributive trade, while the Southwes! | and Pacific Coast and some sections ot | the South give excellent reports of busi- ness already booked or in prospect. The outlook for average crops ls still a | good one. Nothing in the nature of ac- ! tual shortages as occurred in 1901 is in-| dicated, and while trade opinion prob- | ably inclines to the view that the boom is over in several industries, mone the | less the belfef is maintained that a good average fall and winter business is in prospect. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending with September 17 aggregate | 1,909,083 bushels, against 3,045,040 last/ week, 5,435,323 this week last year, 3,840,574 in 1901 and 3,635,857 in 1900. Business failures in the United States | for the week ending with September 17| number 170, against 165 last week, 152 in | the like week of 1902, 158 in 1901, 183 n | 1900 and 147 in 1899. ' In Canada failures for the week num- ber 19, against 12 last week and 18 in this week a year ago. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will say: Business has made moderate progress during the past week, despite unusual opposition from the elements. When all other industries are to a considerable de- gree dependent upon agricuitural condl- tions, reports of serious injury to crops by cold and wet weather are not calcu- lated to stimulate confidence. Subsequent corrections indicated that the amount of damage had been exaggerated, as usual, and prospects brightened. The car shortage is beginning to be felt, | especially in the Pittsburg district, where sufficient labor cannot be secured for handling freight. Manufacturing plants are well occupled as a rule, even the tex- | tile mills reporting less idle machinery, | and at Chicago there is notable pressure | for implements and hardware. Lumber | is in better demand as structural ac-| tivity revives. Payments are seasonably prompt, except where the late crops de- | lay settlements, and the outlook for fall | and winter business contains much that is encouraging. Railway earnings thus far reported for September show an aver- | age gain of 10.36 over last year. In the| iron and steel industry quotations have | been declining for some months, and a large tonnage of business is held back in the expectation that still better terms may be offered. Uneasiness over the la- | bor situation aggravates the difficulty, | although the latest developments in the | building trades are most encouraging In | this respect. Failures this week were 219 in the Unit- | ed States, against 199 last vear, and 19| in Canada, compared with 25 a year ago. | L o e e e el DANGER PASES FOR IR THOMAS CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—The condition of Sir Thomas Lipton was pronounced to- night by his physicians to be entireiy satisfactory, and it is believed that all | danger has passed, though the doctors | say that it will be several days before | they will be able to make that statement with entire confidence. “Wa see no reason,” said Dr. Thomas to-night, “why Sir Thomas should not mend rapidly. All dangerous symptoms | have subsided to almost nothing, and | while it is still too early to say that there is no danger whatever, we think there is no doubt of his rapid recovery.” It is not expected that Sir Thomas will be able to leave his bed for the greater part of a week to come, and it will be at least ten days before he is| able to travel. R e — EASTERN RACING MEN FOR AUTOMOBILE MEET | The mgmbers of the Automobile Club of California have commenced work in earn. est on their race meeting to be. held at Ingleside November 7 and 8. A number of racing men are expected from the East. A handicapper will also be brought on who is famillar with the men and the machines they drive. There will be cash prizes and trophies for pro- fesslonals and valuable trophies for ama- teurs. Los Angeles, Fresno and other coast cities will be represented. —_—— MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEAD; SON WILL DIE ST. LOUIS, Sept. J8.—Mrs. Mary E. Jahn and her 13-year-old daughter, Pearl, died to-day from burns caused by light- ed gasoline, and Harry, the 10-year-old son of the woman, is also fatally burned. The boy had been in the habit of help- ing his mother about the stove during the day. He was a somnambullst and last night he went through the operation of turning on and lighting the stove in his sleep. A fire resulted and Mrs. Jahn and Pearl ran to the boy’s aid. ——————— MORE WITNESSES TELL OF JETT’S PRESENCE CYNTHIANA, Ky., Sept. 18.—In the trial of Curtis Jett to-day for killing Town Marshal Thomas Cockrill eleven witnesses testified that they heara the shots fired and immedlately afterward saw Jett come out of the courthouse, thus corroborated the six witnesses yester- day. Howard Blanton said he heard Jett sa “This is the forty-fifth that I laid low, and I'll visit my kinfolks.” Sgpecial Policemen Organize. The patroling special police officers of this city held a meeting at Red Men's| Hall, 510 Bush street, yesterday after- noon, organized and joined an association to be kne as the Patroling Spu::: Po- lice Officers Protective and Aid ia- tion. J. J. Smith was elected chairman and Paul Schmidt secretary. The asso- ciation was formed to aid the sick and disabled, as well as the widows and ghdl.n-. Anothe;.tmeeun( Wwill be held nday, Septem! 2, at 2:30 p. m. at the same hall. 2 ! others C SOCIALISTS DEAL IN PERSONALITIES Violent Altercations Oc- cur at Congress in Dresden. Von Voltmar Bitterly Ar- raigns the Leadership of Herr Bebel. e DRESDEN, Scpt. 18.—At to-day's session of the Socialist Congress Her von Volt- mar spoke for four hours in reply to Herr Bebel. The essence of his discourse was that there was no crisis in the party ex- cept a personal crisis, Herr Bebel seeing with grief his leadership in Parliament threatened. Herr Bebel, the speaker adfled, spoke to the congress as Cromwell spoke to Parliament and exercised right to judge and condemn motives. He desired to convert the party into a church, with himself as supreme pontiff. As fifty-five delegates have given no- tice of their intention to speak, it is prob- | able that the congress will sit through | nxet week. Toward evening the congress was the scene of violent altercations between the | various deputies interested in the election | of .the executive committee of the party. For a full hour gross personalities were indulged in. Prior to adjournment Herr Singer, who presided and at whose table throughout the session sat three police officials, an- nounced that he had received informa- tion that the numerous detectives in the hall were trying to entice delegates and into He therefore warned his comrades to be extremely careful what they sald. De- tectives are posted in all parts of the town, and show particular interest in the foreign journalists who are in Dresden for the Socialist congress. e DEMOCRATIC MINORITY READY FOR HOT SESSION ‘“Horses and Carts” Making Prepara- tions to Give Gavin McNab a Lively Time. There are stormy times ahead for the Democratic Municipal Convention, to meet in this city next week. The minor- ity, or “Horses and Carts, as they are vsually called, expect to make things lively for Gavin McNab. Despite the statement of Chairman Thomas W. Hickey that he will not permit any delegate to insult the convention by placing McNab in nommna. | tion for an office he does not aspire to, the O'Brien aggregation intend to carry out their programme. They will do every- thing possible to delay the convention. Motions, amendments and roll calls will be as numerous as job-chasers after an election. Word has been received by some of the mingrity that the Democratic convention will not be permitted to meet in Native Sons' Hall because of the uproar at the last session. The manager of the hall is quoted as saying that he was willing to rent the hall to the McNab men, as they were law-abiding, but he would not allow the “Horses and Carts” to come in, as they were too noisy. Colonel Choynski, William Hoff Cook | and George Gallagher are resting their | | voices and expect to take a hand in pro-| ceedings at the next meeting. There is a well-defined rumor in Demo- cratic circles that Judges Mogan and Ca- baniss, who were nominated on the Union Labor party ticket, will be asked to stand by their party. The plan is to make both Judges declare they are for Democracy, and if they decline refuse them the nom- ination on the Democratic ticket. The “Horses and Carts” held an in- formal meeting at the California Hotel last evening. Another meeting will be held on Monday night. The committee of eighteen appointed by the various districts of the Union Labor party held a meeting in Eugene E. Schmitz’'s headquarters, at 93 Market street, last night. All candidates for Su- pervisors on the Union Labor ticket were present and were called in and interro- gated minutely by the committee. Each candidate was subjected to a cross-exam- ination. He told his entire history. The delegates made It a point to ask each candidate whether he had been an elector of this city for the past five years. They will submit their report next Tuesday night. —_——————— . CHINESE SAID TO SEEK LIFE OF AN ATTORNEY Trouble Brewing for Any One En- gaged in the Defense of Woo Sook. A report was circulated in Chinatown yesterday to the effect that the Chinese Six Companies had offered a reward to any highbinder who would kill any white man or Chinese engaged in the defense of Woo Sook, charged with robbery. Woo Sook’s attorney is William S. Barnes and the preliminary examination of the de- fendant will be held before Police Judge Cabaniss next Wednesday. No credence was placed in the report. Woo Sook is accused of being one of the highbinders who on the early morn- ing of May 30, 1902, broke into a store at 726 Dupont street for the purpose of rob- bery and during a free fight Wong See Cheong, one of the proprietors of the store, was shot twice. Wong Kee was the leader of the gang and was arrested at the time and iden- tified by Wong See Cheong. He is now serving a term in San Quentin, along with another member of the gang. Woo Sook was arrested in Portland last month and was brought from there by Detec- tive Ed Gibson on August 28. —_——— Visiting Ticket Agents. A party, consisting of members of the National ~Assoclation of City Ticket Agents from various points in the East, Who have been holding a convention in Salt Lake, arrived here yesterday morn- ing by way of Portland and registered at the Occidental Hotel. There are about 100 in the party, the majority of whom have frequently visited this city and are con- sequently well acquainted with it. At the convention the association was repre- sented by 300 delegates, but many of them returned home after fihe adjournment. Those now here decide coast, via Portland, and were afforded ample accommodations for making the journey, which will include a visit to Los Angeles. The Southern Pacific Company Wwill endeavor to make the stay of the visitors as pleasant as possible, although they prefer to be left alone for their en- joyment. —_—— Advocate Park in Mission District. The Mission Park Assoclation held an enthusiastic meeting at Native Sons’ Hall last evening. A large gathering of Mis- sion citizens who are interested in the es- tablishment of a park in that section of the city were present. Eloquent addresses were made by Bustace Cullinan, the pres- ident of the meeting; Supervisor John Alpers, Principal Joseph O’Connor of the Mission High School, E. R. Pease and Dr. J. Brady. Mayor Schmitz dropped in to. ward the end of the méeting and assured the assemblage that the movement‘had his best wishes. A band farnished music between the speeches the | compromising conversations. | on a trip to the | WILL NOT HANG GITY TRUSTEES Board of Trade Disavows Fiery Utterances of Bassett. Members Wish Only to Se- cure Submission of Fran=- chise Question. ALAMEDA, Sept. 1S.—Resc avowing the incendiary ut Charles W. Bassett, who urge: ing of the Board of Trade last Friday night that tar, feathers and r be ap- plied to the City Trustees Dlecause of their attitude in the matter of the rail- ances at a meet- road franchises, were adopted by the | Board of Trade at a meeting held to- night. Dr. J. A. Roberts wanted Bas- sett's statements supported and in tha course of his remarks said that a | gloves and soft words should not be used with the City Trustees.” In the absence of Henry Rosenthal, president of the Board of Trads, Green B. Majors, a non-member, acted as chair- man of the meeting. The following wers appointed as a committee to investigate and report upon the cost of installing a | municipal train and ferry system: George | F. Weeks, E. H. Lancel, Rosen- ! thal, I. N. Chapman, H. A. ompson. The resolutions adopted were introduced by Halvor Hauch and were as follows: Whereas, We, the citizens of Alameda. are | and have been meeting under the auspices of the Board of Trade of Alameda for the sole {and only purpose of insisting upon to have the questi W hereas, Ce: been uttered upon meetings by one does not In any which language the sentiments indivi sense of the people a of those demanding th lon of this | question to the peocple; n therefore, be it | Resolved. That it is the sole and only ob- | ject of this body demand and secure the | submisston of this franchise ques provided for in Al 0. ordinance N Among the speakers were Dr. J. A. Roberts, Thomas Kase, J. A. Powell, A, | P. Lorentzen, Jacob Hoec Herman | Schoiten, Bert Fisher, Ben J. Smith, F. W. Voogt and Halvor Haueh s | GIVEN DIPLOMAS AS VETERINARY SURGEONS New Law Governing Practice Limits Same to Graduates of Recog- nized Colleges. Board of Veterinary in the civil in the new Exam- ser The State ners met yesterday examining chambers | Hall. The following sraduate vetert surgeons received their license to p tice: George J. Donnelly, Oakland; 3. Glasson, Waw, Thomas E. Carroll, | San Jose; George H. Locke, Lockeford; Joseph A. Welsh, S P . Brow o Fotavasn, ! Visalia: San San cisco, Martin A. Ryan, Oakland; Willlam C. McLean an Mateo; L. G. Kraker, San Francisco; M. J. Brady, San Fran- cisco; A. F. ar C = Graves, P. Galvin, San Francisco. | The following non-graduate veterinary surgeons passed an examination and have received their license to practice: Nor- man Nielsen, San Francisco: R. A. Boyle, | Oakilan . €. Kennon, Chico; J. Grif= fiths, Hanford: H. M. Hunter, Visala; Oliver K. Shipman, Wrights; Phelps, Redlands; Joseph Pomeroy, Redwood; C. E. Gallup, Mendocino: E. B. Hearn, Coul= terville; S. Adle, Ukiah: G. A. Waddle, Lodi; O. J. Osborm, Whittier H. Moxey, Fresno; George R. Ward, San Francisco; B. Willlams, Fresno. Un¢ the law that goes into effect to-day, diplomas granted by the State board will be to graduates of recognized veterinary | colleges only. | e | OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY OF { CHILE'S INDEPENDENCE Great Gathering Hears Addresses and National Songs by Patriotic Men and Women. | The Society of Cosmopelitan Chileans celebrated the anniversary of the declara. tion of the independence of Chile at Un= | fon Square Hall last night. The attend- ance was enormous. There was not evem moving room. The programme was an enjoyable one. Juan M. Astorga Pereira, Chile’s Consul, presided, and he was supported by Juan B. Leith, Pascual Calegari, Manuel An- drade, Enrique Woodville and Tomas T. | Willlams. Mayor Schmitz also occupied a seat on the platform. The reading of the act of independence was allotted to Carlos F. de Berna, and the official discourse was given by Consul Pereira. The national songs of America i and Chile were sung amid the greatesc enthusiasm, and dances and vocal contri- butions by numerous clever people fol- lowed. The celebration was in every sense a success B — ! All Saw the Date Line. | The struggle of Caroline Casagrande to | upset the will of the late Stanislaus An- | toldi, which has been on in Judge Cof- fey's court for the last two days. is & one-sided affair so far as the evidence so | far taken in the case is concerned. The claim made by the contestant that the date line in the will was interpolated af- ter the document was filed in the County { Clerk’s office - was effectually disproved | Wednesday by the offering in evidence by ! Attorney Garret McEnerney of a photo- graphic copy of the will taken at the time it was filed. Yesterday three dif- ferent people who saw the will the day it |'was filed and several days after testi- fied that the line was there when they saw the document. It was also shown iny a copy of the will made the day follow- | Ing the filing of the testament. McEner- ney himself took the stand and testified about the filing of the will and said that unquestionably the disputed date line was there at the time. The case wiil be concluded to-day. —_—————————— I Street Cars Collide. There was a collision : o'clock yes« terday morning at the crossing of Twen- ty-fourth and Castro streets between two | cars of the United Railroads Company. | There were but two passengers on board of the Castro-street car and they jumped |and avolded danger. At the time of the coliision car 107 of the Castro-street line was descending a steep grade on its course south and car 1078 of the Twenty- | fourth-street line was inbound. Both cars were considerably damaged. The rear portion of the Castro-street car was de- molished and the trolley car had its front windows and wocdwork smashed. —_————————— Libel for Injuries. Elias Wiberg filed a libel in the United States District Court yesterday against the American steamer Westport to re- cover $9000 damages for personal injuries. The complaint alleges that while the steamer was lying at San Pedro on April 20 of this year the capstan broke and fractured both of Wiberg's legs, besides inflicting other minor injuries. It is &l leged further that the owners and the master of the vessel knew that the ca; stan was in bad condition and liable to break and that they should be held . sponsible in damages for his