The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1903, Page 4

CLAIM BUSHNELL MURDERED WIFE Witnesses Say Laborer Hurled Blazing Lamp at Spouse. e Accused Is Missing, Police Hope to Cap- ture Him. £ | Harry Bushnell, a laborer residing at | 214 Seventh avenue, is being sought for | by the police and when captured probably | be charged with murder. According the evidence gathered by Detective Charles Cody he hurled a lighted lamp at his wife about a month ago and the wom- | but will an died from the effects of the burns at| the French Hospital last Thursday. | On September 11 there was a quarrel | sband and e and Mrs. severely burned. When pital she made a state- isband had thrown a between b was to the he that her ment lamp at her and was responsible for her condition The poll ter to drop contradicted her story explosion, for which no ible, had caused the ac- n grew worse dai an in- | d Detective Cody found that thed > dead woman, Patrick Ward, ble took place. er visited his arly in the husband _came. Bushnell left hter went to a eral drink assembled and hostilities began. had been consumed prob- t part in ar s of the parties conc rd, Bushnell seized . waving it over his | is wife | loded Mrs. Bushnell flames, which her father with the aid of a blanket. carried a burning rug to went in search of a poll the meantime Mrs occuples the and | the ar- While attending Tiedeman claims that her husband saying: last y Bush- er the occurrence and last time he the to Mrs. essed “this w uld ev anc s the first throw a lighted lamp at an the d evid & nce against the Bushnell canno! but the detectives ac- re on T —_— e OLYMPIAN SWIMMERS IN SPECIAL RACES Exciting Contests Mark the Weekly Meeting in the Big Post-Street Building. at the Olympic Club last night att ed a large attend- ence and proved events. The 5-yard handicap was won by J. Wise. There were also two special races. The results The swimm vard C. Fay fi M. et e Clough beat ck, Fred Herrick The races were in charge of lowing officials Referee and judges, William M. L. Ro GRANEY MAY REFEREE. It Is Expected Britt and Seiger Will Agree Upon Him. and Seiger are to meet at Harry ight to discuss the question f ree for their fight next week It is expected Eddie Graney will be i upon without discussion who wds at prese Seiger is a t reless worker, weighs t. He anticipates no y in making the required weight He spent nearly six hours road at one stretch yesterday, his taking him down the beach to sel Rock eliminaries to this fight Spider | » and Frank Rafael will box ten Sheridan and Schoenline will go ht rounds, Al Weinlg, the Buffalo heavyweight, did not have to wait long for a match. He placed himself in the hands of Alex Greggains, who arranged at once for him to meet Joe Millett before the Reliance Oakland, on the 29th inst. As Mil- anxious to be tried out this Is a better match for him than the one with Ruhlin, which fell through. —_———— Football at San Rafael. After severa! weeks of hard practice the football teams of the Hitchecock, Mili- tary Academy and Mount Tamalpais Academy will meet this afternoon in their annual game at the Hitcheock campus, San Rafael. The rivalry between the two schools is as intense as in years past. | The Mount Tamalpais boys have won in previous years with ease. They will out- weigh the Hitchcock boys about five | pounds to the man and have some clever and mass plays to spring upon their | lighter opponents. | Theater Party for Athletes. | The Lowell High School athletes and | their friends have had reservations made at the Centrsl Theater for 250 seats for to-night's performance of My Friend from India,” the comedy in which L. R. Stockwell is making a big hit. The Low- ell boys will take part in the field games on the Berkeley campus and to-night will attend the play in a body. ———— Marriage Licenses. « OAKLAND, Oct. $.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Edward Deveau, 23, and Ethel Connor, 23, both ‘of Oakland; Jo- seph M. Bettencourt, 23, and Julia Sfiva, 18, both- of San Leandro: John Leopard, 23, and Mary Galnes, 17, both of Oakland; Manuel Flores, 25, and Anna Frager, 18, both of Haywards; Manuel M. Avela, 22, and Anna M. Dado, 1§, both of Emery- ville; Wialter’ ¥. Fleming, 25, 'Elmhurst, and Jessie L. Hilson, 21, Oakland; Benny Fink, 28, and Minnie Delinsky, 18, both of £an Francisco. ] —_——— Not Boats Enough to Move Freight. SEATTLE, Oct. .—There is a great struggle now on between the Upper and | Lower Yukon freight fleets to move freight. Manager Newell wires that there will be 2000 tons of freight left at White Horse because there are not boats enough to move it before the river freezes up. Independent boats are reaping a har- | die. | vieve Hecker), the 1901-02 American cham- | each wen, and to-morrow will see the | meeting of Great Britain's leading expo- REVENGE FALLS UPON HI5 HEAD Chinese Disregards an Edict and Pays With Life. Attempt to Railroad Accused Robber Ends in a Murder. — e The vengeance of the heathen is marked in the murder Thursday night of Yee Get Tong, an interpreter. An edict, issued by | the powerful Six Companies, that no one should assist in the defense of an ac- cused robber, was disregarded by Tong | and he pald the penalty witn his life. Because he Interpreted a circular that had been posted tbroughout Chinatown he called down the wrath of ihe powers and gunmen riddled him with bullets while he sat at dinner in his own home. Yee Get Tong was aware that he should Some days ago he stated that the Six Companies was in possession of the knowledge of his disobedience and that it was only a question of time until they should satisfy their wrath in bleod. About two weeks ago the Six Companies ordered that no Chinese should testify in the defense of Woo Shuck, who was im- plicated with two others in the robbery of a store. There was considerable in- dignation expressed by the authorities at this attempt on the part of the Chinese | to take the law in their own hands and | Iroad a prisoner to the penitentiary. | It was stated that the accused had the | right of a defense and that those who | might be of assistance to him in proving | his innocence should not be intimidated | by any organization. Later it was sald | that Tong had been responsible for the ! trouble as he had given the interpretation | the police. { of the circular to | That the threat of the Six ('ompflnk’s‘ was no idle boast was proven by the death | the interpreter. It was shortly after | 5 o'clock when the shots were heard by policemen in the street and an hour later | the body, plerced by three bullets, wa found. Many bullets went wide of their | mark and lodged in the wall. The high- | binders intended that their job should be a good one and took their unfortunate vietim while he was seated at a table | enjoying h evening repast ! ere is no c v as to who the mur- | derers were, All day yesterday Detective George McMahon gathered evidence, but | secured nothing conclusive from any one. The murdered man had a very unsavory | reputation and his countrymen are not| anxious that the crime shall be vindi cated. He murdered his uncle some years | ago in Spofford alley and was sentenced to ten ve: in prison for the crime. He was i ed but one year ago and since | has been a troublesome character in the | Chinese guarter. —_— e SUPPOSED DEAD MAN GETS BACK HIS ESTATE | Court Decides That Administrator | Must Make Restitution for Por- tion He Distributed. SAN JOSE, Oct. 9.—George W. Fay of | ! this city bears the distinction of having been declared both legally dead and alive | by the courts. Several years ago he was | declared legally dead and his estate was | administered upon. Just when his heirs | were about to enjoy the estate Fay re-| appeared and insisted he was still alive. | To-day Judge Leib of the Superior Court | decided Fay was alive and entitled to estate. He was given judgment Costa, the administrator for $1500, the full value of | the property. left San Jose twelve years ago. | not heard from and his relatives finally believed that he was dead. In the meantime his grandfather, John Ash-| worth, had died and left to him an estate of $150 in cash. At the end of seven vears Fay was declared legally dead and | his estate ordered distributed. Letters of administration were granted to J. A. Costa, whose application therefor was i dorsed by Fi sister, Mrs. Addie Fow- Fay He ler. Mrs. Fowler, who is a sister of the| supposed dead man, was given her share | of $410. Before the rest of the estate | uld be distributed Fay made his ap- ance. ay demanded of Costu his full estate | | of $1500, but Costa declined, holding that in distributing the estate he simply car- ried out the instructions of the court. offered to pay Fay the money | remaining in his hands, but the latter | refu Suit then followed. Costa will now have to make good the money he paid Mrs. Fowler. The court held to- | day that a live man's estate could not be administered upon. although he had | been declared legally dead. —_—————————— Golf Under Difficulties. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—The semi- finals in the Griscom invitation golf tour- nament were played to-day on the links of the Merion Cricket Club here. Never before in the history of golf have women been forced to endure such con- ditions as prevailed to-da A driving rain fell all day and at no time was there any sign of a let up. The two big matches to-day were between Miss Rhoma Adair, | the British champion and Miss Bishop | of Brooklyn, and Mrs.'C. S. Stout (Gene- | Costa pion, and Mrs. R. H. Barlow of the Mer- jon Club., Miss Adair and Mrs. Stout| nent and America’s best player. —_————— Company I Will Have a New Armory. GRASS VALLEY, Oct. 9.—It is now so firmly believed here that Company I will not be mustered out, despite Colonel Kos- ter's recommendation, that arrangements are under way to build a new armory at | a cost of $5000. Company I has been in- formed by army officers that it will not | be given new Krags or any Government | property while it remains in its present quarters, whith are very damp and not suited for drills. Local capitalists have made an offer to build a suitable armory and steps have been taken to clinch the matter. —————————— Bakersfield Will Invite Settlers. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 9—For some months past the Board of Trade bas been negotiating with property holders for the opening of a body of rich land south of this city for colonization purposes. The first step toward the consummation of this plan was taken to-day wher a petl- tion was filed with the Supervisors to ex- tend Oak street directly through the land in question. The lands adjacent are to be subdivided and sold in small tracts to settlers. e —— Drunken Quarrel Ends in Murder. SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Charles Hilty, a Klondike pioneer and former owner of the Bear Creek claims, shot and killed a inan named Massey at Fort Gibbon on Wednes- day last. The men were drunk and quar- reled in a saloon. There were no eye- witnesses, and Hilty claims self-defense. He is in ail. PORTLA: Or., Oct. 9.—The Northern Asiatic steamship lines, which decided fo raise the rate on flour to the Orient to $, the rate in force prior to the cut last June, have reconsidered their determina- tion and the rate for November at least will remain at $3 a ton. | Questor, THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903. BODY 15 SEVERED MARITAL TANGLE |SOCIAL LEADER ILMOST IN THO J. B. Williams, a Santa Fe Switchman, Meets an Awful Death. Leaves a Wife, Whom He Wedded but Three Weeks Ago. AP B g RICHMOND, Oct. 9.—J. B. Williams, & switchman and bridegroom of three weeks, was lnstantly killed at 4 o'clock this morning in the Santa Fe yards. Two months ago Willlams came here from Oakland and secured employment with the Santa Fe Company as a switchman. While engaged in switching this morning he lost his balance, stumbled in front of a moving locomotive and was cut almost in two. Death was instantaneous. The sad feature of the acclident is that Williams Jeaves a young bride of three weeks, having been married September 15. His wife was formerly Miss Adeline Biller of 133 East Nineteenth street, Oakland, daughter of John Biller, a contractor. The dead switchman was a member of the United Brotherhood of Raflway Em- ployes and a Mason. Coroner Curry will hold the inquest to- morrow and the remains will be sent to Oakland. His mother, who left recently for a visit to British Columbia, has wired Mrs. ‘Willlams to hold the remalns until she arrives. aver S 1 L O h FIVE INSANE PATIENTS ESCAPE FROM AN ASYLUM Among Them Is a Convict Committed to Oregon Prison for Life for Murder. OREGON CITY, Oct. 9-—Attendants employed at the State insane asylum at Salem were in the city to-day on the 100k- out for five escapes from that institution, who broke out of the main building at an early hour this morning. Among the es capes is Oliver Marshall a convict pris oner. Marshall was committed to the State prison from Baker County under a life sentence for murder and about three vears ago played crazy sufficiently well to secure a transfer from the penitentiary tc the asylum for treatment. One of the runaways was captured in the suburbs ot Salem, but the other four are stiil at large and the valley is being thoroughly searched for them. The escape from the asylum was ac- complished about 3 o'clock this morning. With an improvised saw an opening was made through the door fn the ward in which the quintet was confined and then the lock was picked. It was an easy matter to remove the screen from the window. A rope was improvised of blank ets, and with the aid of this the patient safely dropped to the ground from a third-story window. The break was dis- covered within an hour after the men had left and a detail of attendants was promptly sent in pursuit. —_—————— TRANSYLVANIA STAKE IS TAKEN BY CASPIAN Dan R, the Pacer, Establishes a Ne Record for a Mile to a Wagon. LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 9.—Six thou- sand people braved the biting west wind to-day to see Caspian, an Ohio horse and | second favorite in the betting, win the fifth Transylvania, a $6000 purse. The feature of the day outside the Transyl- vania was the new worid’s record made by Dan R, for a pacer, a mile to a wagon. Dan R went the second heat in 2:04%. Summary: 2:13 trotting, purse $1000—Norrie won the first, third and fourth heats in 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:10%. Gray Gem won the second heat in 2:10%. Marion Wilkes, ‘Topsy, Robisola, The Walter Smith, Pug, Guy Fortune, | Tonse and Porto Rico also started. 2:25 trotting, purse $1000—Great Spirit won three straight heats in 2:14, 2:14%, 2:14%. Laundry Boy, Bermuda Maid, John Caldwell, Tonga, Grocery Maid, Kirkwood Jr., The Cres- cent, Bessie Kenney, Miss Primity, Eunice G and George H also started. The Transylvania, 2:12 trotting, purse $6000 | —Caspian_won three straight heats in_ 2:11, 10915, 2:10%. Kent, Dillon Boy, Hawthorne, John Mc, George Muscovite and Kinney Lou also started. 2:19 pace, purse $1000—Directum Miller won two_stralght heats in 2:10, 2:08%. Fantine, C. 0. D., Reaper, Dutch Mowry, Ethel Mac, Gafety, ed Bird, Mary Gordon, Go Direct, Stine, 'Charley C, Cotilion and Money Musk also started. Free-for-all pacing to wagon—Dan R_de- teated Greenline in two straight heats. Time, 2:15%, 2:04% Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—C. H. Anderson, at the Hol- land; W. G. Barrett and wife, at the New Amsterdam; A. T. Dedrick, at the Earl- ington; R. K. Johnson, at the Victoria; R. Tweetman, at the Rossmore; J. H. Kampman, R. S. Kampman, Mrs. H. D. Kampman and Miss E. Kampman, at the Holland; J. Jaker Jr., at the Herald Square; E. B, Onzi, at the Manhattan; H. E. Crosby and wife, at the Hoffman; L. Ransohoff, at the Herald Square; A. S Spaulding, at the Manhattan. From San Jose—Miss Almeider, at the New Amsterdam. From Los Angeles—J. S. Barton, at the Marlborough; Mrs. F. Fisher, at the As- tor; G. Mitchell, at the Victoria; E. F. Pinkham and wife, at the Astor: J. Ritchie and J. G. Whitaker, at the Cos- ‘mopolitan. i ————— Debating Trophy Is Now at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 9.— Thé debating trophy offered by Willlam R. Hearst, to become the property of Stanford University or Berkeley accord- ing to which college first wins three in- tercolleglate debates, has arrived on the campus. It will remain in the possession of Stanford this year as the result of the victory of the Stanford debaters, H. M. Lewis, '04;: F. Roehr, '04, and O. C. Spencer, '04, last spring. —_———— New Turn Verein Is Organized. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 9.—The German residents of the city have organized a turn verein and are to establish a mod- ern and up-to-date gymnasium. The of- ficers of the verein are; President, J. C. Wanner; vice president, C. Osiwald; sec- retary, C. Schmidt; treasurer, A. Metz- ler; first instructor, Christian Flack; sec- ond instructor, Emil Meves; librarian, A. Roedater; trustees, "J. Grauhammer, T. Schonek and C. Sodawasser. —_—e——— Seeks to Enjoin Electric Railway. SAN JOSE, Oct. 9.—The San Jose, Sara- toga and Los Gatos Electric Railway Company is the defendant in an injunc- tlon suit brought by the proprietors of the City Store this afternoon.” The prayer of the complainants is that the company be restrained from constructing and ope- rating an electric railway on Market street in the city of San Jose. ———— Death of a Librarian. SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 9.—Miss Sarah Elizabeth Baker, one of the best known women in Marin County and librarian of San Rafael's public library for many years, died here to-day after a short ili- ness. Miss Baker was born in Evansville, Ind., and was 50 years of age. Her body will be shipped East for interment. NOW UNRAVELED Mrs. Anna Smith-Soren- son Is Made Eligible for Another. Series of Divorce Complica- tions Absorbs the Atten- tion of Judges. Ll il Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1113 Broadway, Oct. 9. The giving of a fictitious name at a marriage ceremony by Anna Buring in 1898 led to a peculiar - complication of marital relations that took Judge Ogden all the afternoon to untangle. After tak- ing two men for life partners she was finally freed from both to-day by an annulment of her second marriage upon the ground that she was a married woman at the time she made the con- tract. The case came up on a petition for an annulment of the marriage of Mrs. Anna Smith and Benjamin Smith. She claimed that she had found out that she was not legally married tc him, as shg had not gone to the formality of securing a di- vorce. The story would not sound sd' strange were it not for the fact that she is a demure and retiring young woman, who seemingly struggled around In the web of circumstances in which she had become entangled and at each step be- came more involved. She lived with the W. F. Boardman family in this city and became enamoured of A. L. Sorenson, who was about to de- part for the Klondike. They were mar- ried by the Rev. Mr. Nelson in the pres- ence of friends, but as she did not wish it to be generally known that she was married, she gave the name of Ella Smith to the marriage license clerk and supposed thereby that she had invali- | dated the marriage. Sorenson did not return and a year or | so ago Mrs. Sorenson married Benjamin Smith. Some time later she discovered that she was not legally married, so she secured a’givorce from Sorenson on the ground of Besertion. Still the defect in her position before the law was not rem- edied and she then brought suit to annul the marriage with her second husbond on the ground that she was never legally married to him. This view was taken to- day by Judge Ogden and he ordered a de- cree entered. Mrs. Besste Kelly, { Kelly, brought suit for divorce some time | ago, but to-day decided that she did not | want it. She telephoned to the County | Clerk to dismiss the action and was told | that it had been already granted. As it is an interlocutory decree and does not go into effect for a year, she wanted the Clerk to tell her “where she was at.” He referred her to her attorney. Judge Ogden to-day denied Jose Aza- veda a divorce from Mary Azaveda and | also denied her petition for a separation. He delivered them a lecture to the ef- for the charges that they had made and that the whole matter was more in the nature of a quarrel. They came from San Leandro and there were more than sixty Wwitnesses in the case. Sarah R. Lippold has begun suit against | She was formerly Sarah Bull and. mar- ried Lippold in jait. e - | WILL EXECUTED IN FRANCE CAUSE OF LEGAL BATTLE From California for Half Cen- tury in Litigation. A novel legal proposition was presentcd before Judge Coffey yesterday. It in- volves the status of a million-dollar es- tate in France, where an executor is only | entitled to hold an estate for one year and | one day. Willlam Mack, who died in France in 1501, reaving estates there and in Chile valued at about $1,000,000, left a will con- | taining the statement that he had been naturalized as an American citizen in San Francisco in 1851, and that therefore his estate would have to be administered un- der American laws. His son, Guillermo Mack, was left executor of the will. It is claimed that Guillermo as executor wished to hold the estate for a longer pe- | rlod than the law of France would allow, and came to San Francisco from Paris and offered the record and will for pro- | bate here, and in order to give the court Jjurisdiction alleged that his father was a regident here at the time of his death. It is said that Guillermo also claimed to bLe @ resident of this city. On the testimony given by Guillermo last April the will | was admitted to probate. In order to get rid of the effect of the will here ‘the widow of Willlam Mack, who is still residing in France and who is entitled to half the estate under the will, employed Dorn & Dorn and Savage of this city, who filed a petition to have the probate proceedings set aside on the ground that. Willlam Mack left no estate within the jurisdiction of the courts of California and that he was not a resident here at the time of his death. The matter was presented yesterday be- fore Judge Coffey and argued by ex-Judge Dorn, who asked to have the power of the executor, Guillermo Mack, suspended on | the ground that he had permanently re- moved from the State of California since his appointment. Judge Coffey suspended the executor and ordered a citation issued to Guillermo ‘Mack, directing him to show cause why the whole probate proceedings should not be dismissed. —_————————— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Friday, October 9. Isaacson, 12 days from Schr A M Baxter, Everett. Schr Jennie Wand, Christenson, 9 days from Grays Harbor, DOMESTIC PORTS, PORT TOWNSEND—Arrived Oct 9—Swed bark Alfhild, from Port. Ludiow, for Valpa- raiso; bktn Skagit, from Port Gamble, for San Francisco: Ger stmyr Isis, for Nanaimo. TACOMA—Arrivéd Oct 9—Stmr Olympia, from Yokohama. PORT BLAKELEY—Sailed Oct 9—Ger ship Allce, for Australia. . OCEAN STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Salled Oct 9—Stmr Cymric, for New York, via Queenstown. ert Adamson, from Seattle and Tacoma, via Coronel. T L COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE OCTOBER 30. The Call’s Cook Book prem- jum offer will close on October 30, 1903, and all readers of this paper who desire a copy of this household treasure should not fail to place their order im- mediately. This splendid premium will be offered to Call subscribers at the exceptionally low rate of fifty cents per copy. Out of town orders twenty cents ad- ditional to cove~ prepayment of transportation charges. | ! wife of Charles | fect that neither had sufficeint grounds | Frank Lippold on the ground of cruelty. | Million-Dollar Estate of Absentee | BUENOS AYRES—Arrived Oct 9—StmrRob- | OES TO JAIL Drink Causes Young -Alamedan to Ask to Be Confined. - Is Sent to County Prison for Three Months as a Vol- untary Inmate. Sy ALAMEDA, Oct. 9.—“Send me to jail until after Christmas, your Honor, so that I will pot be a nuisance to myself and my parents. If I can only be kept away from liquor for three months I believe it will be the salvation of me.” ‘With these words George J. Moore, son of a prominent family hers, appealed to Justice of the Peace F. 8. Cone to-day to be committed to prison that he might be removed from the temptation of strong drink, which, he sald, was the cause of 2!l the misery and sorrow to himself and family. Moore, of his own motion, called at the pclice station, informed Detective George R Brown that he was a vagrant and de- sired to be charged with vagrancy. Browa accommodated him and a few minutes later Moore was up before Justice Con> for séntence. After receiving it he was conveyed by the detective to the County Jali in Oakland, where he entered upon his term of imprisonment with satisfac- tion depicted upon his countenance. Moore s about 32 years of age and be- fore he began to travel the pace was prominent in society in Alameda and San Franelsco. M ———————— WO0OD AND MURPHY MUST FACE CHARGE OF MURDER Escaped Convicts Captured in Nevada Are Taken to Sacramento for Pre- liminary Examination. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 9.—Sheriff David Reese and Deputy Sheriff William Lowell this morning brought from the peniten- and John H. Wood, notorious members of the band of convicts which made a break for liberty on July 27 last. Wood | and Murphy were captured at Reno, Nev. | They were brought here to undergo their | preliminary examination, there being charges against them of murder for the | killing of Guard William I. Cotter, bur- glary for breaking into the prison armory and stealing arms and ammunition and | jail breaking. The prisoners said they were without | counsel when they were taken into court, | and they desired to have time in which | to employ a lawyer to represent them. | They thought they would be ready by 19 o'clock to-morrow morning, and the ex- amination was postponed until that time. —_——— YOUNG BOY IS ACCUSED OF A SERIOUS CRIME | Claim Is Made That He Tried to Wreck a California Northwestern | Railroad Train. | SANTA ROSA, Oct. 9.—Sheriff Grace re- turned this evening from Bellevue, hav- ing in custody Willlam Hallio, a sixteen- !ing to wreck a train on the California Northwestern Railroad. As is customary on this dine, a freight | train was sent out ahead of to-day’s pas- senger train. When the freight, which | was proceeding slowly, reached_ Bellevue | an obstruction was discovered on the | track. Investigation showed that a piece of rail five feet long and weighing 100 pounds was tightly wedged in a switch, so that any train moving at good speed would surely have been wrecked. Young Hallio was arrested on suspicion. At first he denied all knowledge of the matter, but when closely questioned said that he was carrying the rail across the track when it dropped and stuck fast in the switch. (USRS S — Citrus Fruit Season Closes. | LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.—The citrus lmm season for the year 1%2-3 may be the past season’'s crop has been moved. The railroad companies’ figures show a total movement approximating 20,500 cars, not including 2000 cars shipped out of this city. Of the 20,500 carloads handled, 10,600 | were moved by the Southern Pacific. The movement of next season’s crop will be- gin November 1, and preparations are be- ing made to handle from 30,000 to 35000 | carloads. The Santa Fe some time ago placed an order for 30 new refrigerator cars and these are now being built. —_——— | London Artillerymen at Washington. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—The Honorable X:Ilery Company of London, accompa- | nl by the Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery company of Boston, arrived here this afternoon. The visiting organiza- tions were met by General Corbin and | Major Green and escorted to the Arling- | ton Hotel by Troop E of the Second Reg- iment of Cavalry and the Minutemen of this city. S Kern County Roads Are Kept Oiled. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 9.—As showing | the extent that ofl Is belng used on the | roads of Kern County it developed at the session of the Supervisors to-day that in road district No. 4, in which J. T. Bot- toms is Supervisor, 8920 barrels of oil have been sprinkled on the roads during the last three months. The cost per barrel to the county averaged 37% cents, in- cluding freight. e Find Drowned Man’s Body on Beach. SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 9.—Report comes from Bolinas, a_seacoast resort twenty miles from San Rafael, that the body of an unknown man was found this morn- ing on the beach near the Dypsea Hotel. | Indications point to a suicide. The man is presumed to be a San Franciscan. The face 1s badly decomposed. ———————— Native Sons to Give Banquet. SANTA ROSA, Oct. 9.—The Native Sons' parlors of Marin County have in- vited the members of the order in Sono- ma County to a grand banquet on Octo- ber 3. _The banquet will be given in hon- ! or of Santa Rosa Parlor, but other So- | noma County parlors are bidden to the feast. Santa Rosa Parlor gave a banquet to those of Marin County last year. —————— ‘Woman Will Occupy the Pulpit. SAN JOSE, Oct. 9.—Mrs. B. Fay Mills, wife of the well-known Unitarian clergy- ‘man of Oakland, has been secured to fill the pulpit of the First Unitarian Church of this city for the remainder of the year, vice Rev. N. A. Haskell, resigned. Her duties will begin October 18. \ | ' - Boy Given Life Sentence. | STILLWATER, Okla.,, Oct. 9.—Ivory Rogers, the boy who confessed to the murder of Mary Prokash, a 13-year-old girl, near here last week, pleaded guilty in court and was sentenced to prison for life. —_—— Nurses to Meet in Washington. PITTSBURG, Oct. 9.—The American So- ciety of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses adjourned to-day to meet at Washington, D. C., in 1905. Miss Georgiana Nevin was elected president. tlary at Folsom Convicts James Murphy | vear-old boy, who is accused of attempt- | ! =aid to have ended, as practically all of | Murderer Walkirez Claims Mrs. Ross In- fluenced Him. Doctors Testify That Mrs. Leroy Was Strangled to Death. —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 9. The preliminary hearing of Mrs. Annle Ross, charged with having been an ac- complice of Victor Walkirez, who is now serving a lire sentence in San Quentin for tne murder of aged Mrs. Elizabeth Leroy, was resumed to-day in Justice Samuels’ court. In the forencon Walkirez was again placed on tiLe stand. His testimony was much the same as that he gave Wednes- day, being a eontradiction of his former | confession of the murder. He claimed that he was intoxicated at the time of the murder and does not know how the aged woman came to her death. Walkirez says that Mrs. Ross frightened him into confessing that he committed the deed, his testimony implicating her In the crime. At the time of Walkirez's arrest Mrs. Ross stated to the police that Walkires had killed Mrs. Leroy in her presence by hitting her on the head with a ham- mer. To-day, on the testimony of the | autopsy surgeons—Dr. . D. Hamilton, Dr. J. M. Kane and Dr. C. E. Curdts—it was shown that death was due to strang- ulation. There was no fracture of the skull, Chief Hodgkins was called upon for a repetition of his testimony in regard to the conversation he had with Walkirez immediately after the negro’s arrest. He also produced a number of letters from Mrs. Ross to Walkirez while the mur- derer was in jail that the police had in- tercepted. The substance . of them was that Mrs. Ross had written, imploring the negro to shield her. Eugene Van Court, the Police Court stenographer, read the proceedings of Walkirez's trial, ! wherein he confessed to the murder. The hearing will probably be concluded | to-morrow. —_— e ——— CITIZENS OF VENTURA WIN AFTER LONG FIGHT Southern Pacific Grants Demand That Coast Line Limited Stop at Their City. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.—The citizens of { Ventura have won a victory over { Southern Pacific, after a long tussle, and | the railroad is coming around to their | terms. This means that beginning to- | morrow the coast line limited, going either way, will stop in that city. For two months the merchants of the town and the Southern Pacific have been at loggerheads over the question. When the 'llml(ed first failed to stop, the business men met and decided to ship all goods to San Francisco by water and directed northern jobbers to send them no mer- chandise by rail. The fight was taken ‘up by the Los Angeles Chamber of Com- merce in behalf of Ventura, which claims the railroad has always discriminated against it. Protests grew so loud. that last week the limited - stopped a few | times; then the order was canceled and the train flew through the town as before. The Ventura committee prepared to go in strength to San Francisco and beard the | Southern Pacific management. The rail- road men_evidently got wind' that head- | quarters was to be stormed by the indig- | nant citizens, and accordingly directed | the coast limited to do their pleasure. e MASONS TAKE CHARGE CF SPAULDING'S REMAINS | OAKLAND, Oct. 9.—A. L. Black, mas- ter of Oakland Lodge, No. 188, F. and A. M., has notified the proper Masonic au- thorities at New Britain, Conn., to take charge of the remains of the late Nathan W. Spaulding until such time as arrange- ments can be made by the former May- or's relatives to have the body sent to the family home in Oakland. These de- | talls will be attended to as rapldly as | possible. 1t is expected that the Masonic organizations with which the dead pioneer was affillated will have charge of the | funeral in this city. BRIEF CITY NEWS. DECLARED INSANE.—Etta Fitzgibbons, who was convicted of assault to murder for shooting a man named Thomas Gagan, was committed to the Napa Insame Asylum by Judge Cook yesterday DELIVERS LECTURE.—Rev. F. M. Lar- Kkin, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, gave a lecture on the Yosemite Val- ley last night for the benefit of the Mission branch of the Y. M. C. A. FIREMEN DISCIPLINED.—Ae the regular weekly mecting of the Fire Commissioners temporary punishment was inflicted upon sev- eral of the firemen-who were found guilty of insubordination, Intoxication and failure to re- port on duty. 1S INJURED BY FALL.—A woman who gave her name as Fisher, residing at 502% Ellis street, fell while stepping from a street car at Polk and Hayes streets yesterday. She sprained her back. Her injuries were treated at the Emergency Hospital by Dr. Millar. LICENSE ISSUED FOR NEW BANK.—The Board of Bank Commissioners issued a ilcense yesterday for the establishment of a new com- mercial bank ut Reedley, Fresno County. Jesse Janson has been chosen president of the gswwgnnk, which is to be capitalized at | LEG "BROKEN BY FALL.—Bertha Milton, employed as a domestic at 826 Turk street, fell a distance of twenty-four feet through a light well yesterday. Both bones of the right leg between the knee and ankle were broken. e bones were set at the Emergen ¥ | tal by Dr. Harvey. o 20 e g TELLS OF ABUSE.—Soledad Maldonardo appealed yesterday to the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children for ald in find- ing a home for her child and young brother and sister, whom she claims have been mal- treated by Filiple Suares. The matter will be looked Into by the society. FIRE AT MILLING PLANT.—A fire broke out on the upper floor of the Empire Milling Company’s piant at 310 To street early yesterday morning. Though the fire was con- fined to the place of its origin, considerable damage was done to the goods on the lower i’i’“’.ix. by water. The loss Is estimated at 6,000, TELEGRAPH NEWS, VALLEJO, Oct. 9.—Fifty-seven men have been transferred from the independence to the Solace and are to be taken out to Guam on nlm next trip of the transport to the Philip- pines. VENTURA, Oct, 9.—The body of an un- known man Zbout 50 years old was found by a | teamster in the Santa Clara River bottom near Saticoy to-day. A bottle of strychnine was fourd in his pocket. NEWCASTLE, Oct. 9.—The old firm of Por- ter Brothers Company has transferred its greem fruit business, as well as its fruit houses and equipments In Northern California. (9 the Plo- neer Fruit Company, which to-day began the shipment of green {ruits to the East. SUISUN, Oct. 9.—At a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors a petition signed by sev- eral hundred residents of Benicla Township Was presented, asking the board for in abating the nuisance caused by the fumes and gases emanating from the Seiby Smelting Works st Selby, Contra Costa County. REDDING, Oct. 9.—On November 2 the electors of Sisson ':I\.Iam on the question of incorporating t! wn The Supervisors have called a speclal election for that date. The sentiment is about equally divided and it is doubtful if rufficlent votes will be to carry the matter to a successful for the Incorporation ent the | Heidelberg Pays Trib- ute to Professor Hilgard. Unique Academic Ceremony at University of California. S Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center street, Oct. 9. A very unusual academic ceremony was enacted at the Unlversity of California this morning. Professor Eugene W. Hil- gard, dean of the college of agriculture of the university, and one of the best- known scientists in America, had the de- gree of “doctor of philosophy” conferred upon him for the second time. Just fifty years ago to-day the University of Heldel- berg conferred doctorate honors upon Professor Hilgard. His natve university has remembered his distingulshed ffty years of service In the cause of seclence. A new diploma, similar in every respect to the one that Professor Hilgard got half a century ago, had been forwarded to the university to be presented to the vener- able scientist on the occaston of the fif- tieth anniversary of his mature scholar- ship. Dr. Hilgard has been in the service of the university and the State since 1STs. His associates in the faculty to-day took the opportunity of showing, with Heidel- berg University, the respect in which they held the man himself and his services as a sclentist. The entire faculty, garbed in the conventional cap and gown of their academic office, attended the university meeting. Professor Hilgard himself could not be present on account of a slight ill- ness. President Wheeler paid a mag- nificent compliment to him. He sooke of him as one of the scholars of the old school. President Wheeler said that when Dr. Hilgard received word from Heidel- berg that the university would again con- fer upon him doctogjte homors he sat down and wrote his response in scholarly Latin. The students received the tributes to Dean Hilgard with repeated applause. The following were the resolutions adopted by the Academic Council in honor of Dr. Hilgard's fiftieth anniversary as a “dector of philosophy™: Greeting: Your colleagues of the Academ Councll Gf the University of California desire 1o ccnvey to you this token of earnest congratu- Jaticn upon your completion of half a century of distinguished service n instruction and in original research in the natural sciences. Dur- ing the fifty ars which have elapsed sin. You received your doctorate with the Highes honcrs from the University of Heldelbers, fallen to your lot to be & standard bearer of science in three States and to plan courses of investigation and instruction which have ex- erted great influence in the educational and in- dustrial development of these commonwealths. You brought to the University of California in its early days the great bopn of your rare scholarship, your quick apprehension of oppo: tunities for the applied sciences, especi those underlying agriculture, your clear ins! ind your tireless energy; and you have motabiy Strengthened the Institution in the appreciation and generous support of the public and at the same time have contributed inestimably to its Iaternal development and progress. We honor you for your achievements, we ad- mire you for your devotion to high educational ideals, we love you for the cordiality of your companionship, we earnes life and continuous pubil vouchsafed to you. —_— e REVOLTING STORY CONTINUED IN LLOYD WILL CONTEST y pray that long usefulness may ove OAKLAND, Oct. 9.—The shocking story now being told in the form of depositions before the court in the matter of the con- test instituted over the will of the late Charles R. Lloyd was continued to-day. The stories of J. B. Frith and J. F. John- sons, Masons, who belonged o the same lodge the Lloyds were members of and who at the request of Fred Lloyd inves- tigated the charges made by him of lis father’'s misconduct, were read and sim- ply bore out all that preceded. A number of wills made within the past few years by Llovd were also read, show- ing the changes he made as the various persons who played parts in the Liloy:l drama rose and fell in his favor. Several locks from doors of rooms said to have teen forced by Lloyd were shown to the jury. —— e INPLIGKTES HIS |COMPLETES HALF WHITE MISTRESS, CENTURY'S WORK 4 Train Service to Be Abandomed. ¥ WOODLAND, Oct. 9.—On Sunday, Octo- ber 11, the local trains running between Willows and Sacramento will Le aban- doned. These trains give better service and more accommodations to the people of Yolo, Colusa and Glenn counties than all others combined and there is much complaint because they are to be taken of —— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A PESTIFEROUS GERM Burrows Up the Scalp Into Dandruff and Saps the Hair’s Vitality. People who complain of falling hair as a rule do not know that it is the resuit of dandruff, which is caused by a pestif- erous parasite burrowing up the scalp as it digs down to the sheath In which the hair is fed in the scalp. Before long the hair root is shriveled up and the hair drops out. If the work of the germ is not_destroyed hair keeps thinning till baldness comes. 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