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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1903. FORENAN SAYS HE AW KNIFE Damaging Testimony Against Folsom Con- vict Murphy. Criminal Wood Reported to Belong to a Prominent Family. SR Sy Spe Dispatch to The Call. Oct. 12—In the prelim- ion of Convicts Wood and murder of Guard Will'am G £ e rock crusher, this that he saw a knifc } M MENTO, iet g the the regarded as brouy, he e yet Largest Ice Plant Is Proposed. BA LD, 12.—The Union awarded the contract for the erection in this make Oct field was ions. Work he new building t will cover dern ma- will be SRS s Empty Slot Machines. t Two men, Include this inyour listof l . i i =t ’, A >splendid grade of tapestry at 85 cents. (Fermerly the California Furniture Co.) 957 to 977 Market Street, San Francisco furnishings Something that every home needs, and you may not be able to duplicate it at the price later on. of oak, golden finish, and provided bevel plate mirror and a spacious cabinet. good many for use in apartments and flats where econ- omy of space is necessary. It's more than the ordinary twenty-two dollars’ worth—come and see. Ask this question when you are buying carpets: “Is this a dyed in the yarn carpet or printed? examination will show the difference plainly and con- vince you that the question is an important one. a yard of printed carpet on the Breuner Carpet Floor mething no other carpet store can truthfully say. Tuesday MONTANA LANDS ARE WITHORAWN Entries Suspended Be- cause of Alleged Frauds. | Inquiry Bears Out Charges Freferred by Senator Gibson. ——— ENRY J. CROCKER, the Repub- lican candidate for Mayor, is not only displaying splendid qualities of leadershin but he is making Al et BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 12—A special to| the Miner from Great Falls says the| Great Falls Land Office to-day recelved instructions from Washington to' with-| draw from entry under the desert land | ¢ all lands in the district lying south | of the Missouri River. The order affects | approximately 1,150,000 acres. The officials were also intructed to suspend, pending investigation, all desert entries upon which patents have been issued. { These orders are the result of a report made by Special Agent Chadwick, who | was recently sent to this city by the In- terior Department to investigate the charges that gross frauds were being committed in this district. The report is sald to have been a sensational one, sus- taining practically every charge made by United States Senator Gibson of Mon- | tana —_———— Dies While En Route to His Home. DENVER, Oct. 12.—A special to the Re- publican from Albuquerque, N. M., says | Colonel W. S. Herndon of Tyler, Tex., a former Congressman, died at Albuquerque while en route home from Los Angeles, | Cal, where he had been for his health. | 4 Colonel Herndon had a very severe at- | tack of pneumonia about three months ago, from which he had never fully re- covered. Heart failure was the diate cause of his death. —_———— Rehearing Denied. Petitions for rehearing were denied yves- terday by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals In the following cases: imme- | George W. McNear vs. Prentout Le Blonde al et ife Goldstein vs. B. M. Bebrends. Alas M. Esterley, administrator, Reed. Alaska Californian Bank vs. Elizabeth Eudey and L. H. French vs. Wild nd Trading Cor Alaska. Kkley, Rudolph Spreckels and Henry A. Crane Lena_Walton R % Duke of Cumberland to Attend. Oct. 12.—Three Hanover regi- celebrate December 10, the their creation. It is reported German Emperor and Prince n, son-in-law of the Duke of , will attend. The news that re latter will be present is regarded as litically significant. —— e —J. W. Butman, a ved dead to-day from | 80 years old | 13 October, 1803 | at 16 Geary street this evening. There is i { 00 522 Built with a French We sell a Close Not {in the field old-time friend rn | this withal a record as an individual hustler ‘for votes. His wide range of personal acquaintance counts largely | in his favor. In this respect he has a decided advantage over Schmitz and Lane. Crocker is not airy or conceited. While he is affable, enterprising and self-re- liant, he is not quite as versatile as Schmitz nor as self-important as Lane. Plain, straightforward business men and workingmen take a fancy to men of the Crocker stamp. They come frankly and give him pledges of support. The politiclans in the Republican party do not entertain the slightest doubt of Crocker’s election to the office of Mayor, but thev advise strongly against cessa- tion of work. The members of the Re publican campaign committee are dev ing_plans for a vigorous and effective canvass of the citv. The preliminary ork is very nearly completed. Several important district meetings for the pres- ent week sre announced. While the campaign committee is work- ing at headquarters Henry J. Crocker is renewing acauaintance with sfon, West Richmond and South S; SUPPORT ALONG THE FRONT. Along tho water front he is popular. Young men fancy him on account of his progressive, go ahead traits, who are familiar with the political senti- ment along the front predict a rousing vote for CrocKer. The Republicans of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Assembly districts will rally to-morrow night at Occidental Hall, 5 Third street. Eloouent and persuasive sfeakers will address the people, Several important meetings will take place next Thursday evening. Voters of embiy District will aks Hall, corner of Adaition, nciseo. and Noe streets, to hear the San Seventeenth talk concerning new and greater Francisco. In the Thir bly District a big campaign meeting will be held under Republican auspices at Harmony Hall, on Mission street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth. Republic and other energetic citizens of the Thirty- eighth Assembly District will rally at t, next Thursday evening. . in Henry Crocker's home -first, there will district, the grand ly of h The meeting will thusiastic. important Republican united and buried the hatchet is buried so deep that the handle is sticking out. FOLLOWING VANISHES. aia 1 group of Re- mpathizers in the Forty-first, rge and en surely be district have hatchet. not even Schmi publi but after Ruef openly declared himself for following ed. The Republicans the Forty-first have not al grafters of the Ruef species. The cry of “Save the charter fooled many Republicans first and caused them to n. Gavin McNab fancles an be decelved again by cry, but the election returns will change his mind. The meeting next Fri- day night will be held in Steimke Hall on Octavia street, near Union. Next Saturday evening the Republicans of the Thirty-third Assembly District will meet and cheer the nominecs of the ticket s Hall, corner of Precita avenue Mission street The committee on vacancies will meet only one vacancy on the Republican ticket and that was caused by Charles S. Laumelster's action in declining to accept the nomination for A He was per- suaded by his busine: out of politics for a fow There are* several on the Union Labor ticket. Gavin McNab is hav- ing a hard time in filling the vacancles on the Democratic ticket. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. The Republican campalgn committee announces that the district meetings to be held this week under the auspices of the organization will be addressed by Duncan E. McKinlay, Jud. C. Brusle, Daniel A. Ryan, J. T. Nourse, A. Van der Naillen, A. P. Van Duser, Frank J. Murphy, Andrew Branch, Carey Van Fleet and others. Henry J. Crocker, the Republican standard-bearer, will speak to the voters in every district. Louis 8. Beedy, chairman of the Forty- first Assembly District Republican Club, and H. O. Beatty, member of the execu- tive committee, called at Henry J. Crocker's headquarters, 224 Kearny street, last evening and completed arrangements for the Republican ratification meeting at Steimke Hall next Friday evening. A meeting of the executive committee of the German - American Republican Club was held last night at Golden West Hotel. Colonel Rob- ert Wieneke presided and Carl W. Mueller acted as secretary. The mem- bers of the committee, which is com- posed of many of the most prominent cltizens, were all In favor of an ener- | getic participation in the present cam- paign. General Edward 8. Salomon, who, with C. B. Rode, Dr. Brune and a few others, organized this club twenty-five years ago, was present, and all agreed to make most extraordinary efforts in behalf of Henry J. Crocker for Mayor, General Salomon for District Attorney and the entire Republican ticket. After discussion, it was resolved to hold, at an early date, the annual meet- ing of all the club members for the pur- pose of electing officers of the club, at which time final preparations for a big mass meeting, to be held at an early date, will be made. ———— EGAN TRIES TO BLUFF. Schmitz’s Man Demands Representa- tion on the Election Board. Thomas Egan, who, by the grace of Mayor Schmitz, holds the position of storekeeper In the Board of Education, tried to run a bluff on the Election Com- missioners yesterday. Egan is earning his salary from the city these days by doing politics for Mayor Schmitz and the Union Labor party. Yesterday he appeared before the Election Commissioners and demanded that the election boards for the coming election be represented by a proportion of the Union Labor party. Commissioner Voorsanger told Egan that the commis- sion could only do as required by law and quoted the Political Code, which provides that the officials of the Election Board who preside at the polling booths shall be made up of an equal number of the po- Ntical parties that polled the highest and next highest vote at the previous election for yernor., As the Union Labor party was not rep- resented at the last election for Gov- ernor it has no right to demand repre- sentation on the Election Board for the next election, Egan made a grand-stand play and told the Election Commissioners that ‘he represented a great and party, grand which demanded its rights,” and then forward | at North Beach, the Mis- | Republicans | ascot Hall, on Golden Gate avenue and | be a| friends and neighbors. | All the Republican factions of | The | L HE Republican Cam- paign Committee has completed arrange- ments for an energetic canvass of the city. The district rallies will be ad- dressed by eloquent and persuasive speakers of the party.. The leaders of the party regard the pros- pects of the election of Mr. Crocker as brilliant in the extreme. There has never been a time when the party has been so well or- ganized. Crocker is lead- || ing in the fight, with Schmitz second and Lane a bad third. Crocker is an ideal candidate. He has a genial personality and is making “wends wherever | he goes. | | #—— went on in a high-handed manner to talk of what he intended to do. The Election Commissioners Informed him that they could not put any of the | Union Labor party on the Election Board and proceeded to go on with their regu- lar business. Egan filed a protest to the ruling and with a crowd of his followers left the room. M DI INTERIOR COMMENTS. Commendation for Henry J. Crocker, Republican Candidate for Mayor. The Nevada City Daily Transeript re- | views the qualifications of the three can- | didates for Mavor of San Francisco and | thus pronounc In favor of Henry J. Crocker. It The contest for Mayor of San Francisco is getting to be very exciting. The election is to tak lace very soon and there are three prominent men as candidates who are as- | phrants for the honor Crocker, the Republican nominee; ¢ E. Schmitz, the Labor Party candidate, who is the present and Franklin K, Lane, the Demo- sco has recently voted bonds in 000,000 for {mprovements. It on to Who is the most ca- is now g | pable man to act as guardian of this vast and to have it judiciously expended. We situated afar from the scene of battle d therefore can look upon the contest in an tial and conservative manner. While e nothing to say against Lane or ng the bill under ordinary cir: cumstances, still we cannot view the election of either for the best interests of that city, and if the voters choose to elect elther they will find out to their sorrow b hmitz made a great mistake. for they are not equal o the publ occasion. Then we turn to the Re- an candidate, Henry J. Crocker. Is he ble of filling ‘the position satisfactorily? 1s he honest? Is he a thorough business man? Each of these questions can be answered in a most_emphatic manner in the affirmative—he is. He possesses every qualification to bring San Francisco up to a standard that will compare favorably with any municipality in the United States. Although a wealthy man, the sympathies of Mr. been with the toilers and all his acts in life have been above reproach. Mr. Crocker is a man of large business ac- quaintance and of large business transactions; he has managed successfully a large estate, and is an active executive officer of more than one large business corporation. He is a { bellever in the rights of labor and by his ac- tions in the conduct of his own affairs and the affairs of the corporation under his co trol he has made every employe from the hig est to the lowest an ardent and warm sup- porter of his candidacy. His conservatism and success in financial circles have won him the confidence of the capitalists of the city, and his unostentatious giving to worthy charities has endeared him to the poor. His tralning in all the schools of life has equipped him to fill the position in which the thinking people of California’s_metropolis have asked him to serve them. With the cautious labor vote with him, with the thinking business man and merchant on his side, the possibilities of the election of any other candidate will dwindle as the campaign progresses. In fact, the energies and winning person- ality of Henry J. Crocker count in favor of the whole ticket. In many respects he is an ideal candidate. There is nothing haughty and arlstocratic in his demeanor. He is sim- ply a plain, approachable business man, who has the rare ability and the inclination to serve the people of the city In which he dwells. When he addresses an audience of his fellow workers in the cause of San Fran- cisco he does not pulon airs of condescension and point to himself as the “great I am.” He is just the plain, everyday business man and native son, Henry J. Crocker. His friends, and they are legion, know that he is not a professional politician or a chronic job chase He is neither dummy mor tool; he is in the p culiarly fortunate position of being a candi- date beyond reproach, representing both the classes and the masses, whose experience and sagacity compel confidénce alike from Demo- s and Republicans, if the people of San Francisco desire a man of undoubted probity, a man who Is conserva- tive in all matters whose administration would refiect credit upon himself and the people Wwhom he represents, they will act wisely if they go to the polls and gtamp an “X'* oppo- site the name of Henry J. Crocker for Mayor. @ cirimiiibiiiie - @ THREATS MAKE BOY A BANDIT Young Charles Hoen Says He Had to As- sist in Hold-Up. Crocker have always . PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 12—Charles Hoen, the 17-year-old lad who has con- fessed that he was one of the party who attempted to hold up a train on the Ore- gon Railroad and Navigation line near Corbett Station on September 22, was brought here to-day from Skagit County, Wash., where he was arrested last Thurs- d’rl;e boy gives an account of the move- ments of the gang before and after the robbery and insists that “Bill" Morgan, alias A. E. Miner, was the leader of the gang. Young Hoen says he was an unwilling participant in the robbery, but that he ‘was afraid to leave the gang for fear that Miner would kill him. Miner had threat- ened to take the boy’s life. —_—————— End of Rioting in San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 12.—Every- thing was qulet here to-day after yester- day’s riotous scenes incident to the street car strike. There was no further rioting, and all cars were running with the excep- tion of those on a small line. —_———— In going home after a day's shopping, what a rellef to know that the gas range will cook supper so quick. We sell ranges and heaters. The cars stop at our dvor. San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, 415 Post street. * for the | that they have | VOTERS ARE RALLYING TO STANDARD OF REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR MAYOR Citizens of the Forty-First Assembly District Arranging a Big Meeting in Behalf of Henry J. Crocker, Who Is an Honored Resident of That Section of the City, and Their Choice mportant Office —_—— UGENE E. SCHMITZ, the Union Labor candidate for Mayor, ad- dressed an audlence at Mission Turner Hall last night. The Pierce Quartet scored one of the hits of the evening by singing a dampalgn song which ran something lke this: An old politician s offering a snare, Lane, Lane is the man. Defeated for Governor, now begging for Mayor, Lane, Lane is the man. CHORUS, Gavin McNab has 8ot him so bad, Gavin McNab, the friend of the scab. Gavin McNab] you will surely go mad, For Schmitz, Schmitz is our man. Frank Jewel, a candidate for Super- visor, took a fall out of Franklin K. Lane in the course of his speech. He said: “As for the gentleman from Canada. if | he was a friend of the workingman he would be on this platform to-night trying | to get you to vote for this ticket in- stead of being on some other platform talking for the onposition.” Wiiliam G. Burke, candidate for City Attorney, announced in his spcech that the leader of Democracy, meaning Gavin McNab, had tried to get him to withdraw as candidate for City Attorney on the! Unfon Labor ticket. Burke further sald that scores of Democrats had \isited his office trying to get him to resign, but he would stand by the cause of labor. * have been offered places of large profit, he said, “with the further inducement that I could practice my profession as long as the Democracy was in power. I told them that my honor was priceless and told them to take back to their leader the answer I gave them and that was ‘T stand for the organized labor of San Francisco, for human liverty and for; freedom.’ "’ Mayor Schmitz, in the course of his &peech, took occasion to charze the Bul- letin with deliberate lying. He said the Bulletin in its columns stated that he had twenty newsboys arrested last week | because they mishehaved themselves. In| answer to this he sald: | Only last evening in the Bulletin there ap- | peared an article that 1 had twenty newsboys | arrested because the little boys marched out | Market street to Fillmore to Bush, in order to show their appreciation for me. I love the littie fellows and it is mot in my heart to | harm them. I want to say right here that that | was on® of the meanest lles that could be put in any newspaper. (Applause.) I would not have mentioned this, but many of my friends | have left me because of my alleged action. | -— TO STRIKE NAMES OFF. Persons Illegally Registered Will Be Denicd Right to Vote. Registrar of Voters Walsh is vigilantly | engaged in examining the registration | lists in order to purge them of names of | persons not entitled to vote at the coming | election. { Twenty deputies are actively engaged in making a canvass of all lodging-houses in order to tally the residents with the| | names that appear on the registration | lists. Yesterday a number of cases were re- ported to Registrar Walsh by his depu- ties where persons could not be found at the addresses given on the registerel list of voters. The notorious Baltimore House at 502 | Bush street is a case in point. The house | was closed by the police some months ago | and a number of men on the registration | lists gave their residence as that place. | These men will be notified to appear be- fore the Election Commissioners and they will be asked to show cause why their names should not be stricken from the list of voters. Another case is that of the house which formerly stood at 162 Jessie | street, which was recently tern down. The men who appear on the registration lists as residing at the Baltimore House and who have been cited to appear b fore the Election Commissioners to-day are Eugene F. Cooper, Charles F. Con- way, George W, Carpenter. Frank Clarke, Thomas T. Enright, Willlam H. Gaylerd, John Garvey, Alfred B. Gallindo, Charles Higson, Lawrence D. O'Neil and Charles E. 8. Weeks. | The three men registered from the house | cn Jessle street which has been torn down are C. S. Hubner, W. McCann Neilson and Samuel Wenger. | — | Long’s Supporters Organize. | Permanent organization of the Percy V. | Long Republican Club was effected last night in Alcazar Hall by the election of | Charles Albert Adams as president, C. N. Fickert vice president and Lester Burnett | secretary. Percy V. Long, Republican candidate for City Attorney, made a happy speech, thanking his numerous | supporters for their eftorts in his behalf. | Addresses were also made by John S. Partridge, Judge J. J. Van Nostrand, Van der Naillen, Judge Daniels, Al ‘Wheelan, E. M. Ritter, Senator Frank French, John Koch, Isidore Golden and others. Several hundred new names were I added to the membership of the roll. Much enthusiasm prevailed among the large crowd present, and pledges were made on all sides that every effort would | be put forth for the election of the candi- date whose name the club bears. —_———— John J. Greif Club Organized. Three hundred representatives from the | various Assembly districts assembled in | Pythian Hall last night for the purpose | of forming a club to further the candi- dacy of John J. Greif, nominee for Coun-| ty Clerk on the Republican ticket. It was declded to call the organization the John J. Greif Republican Club, and State Sen- ator Maher was selected temporary chair- man. Addresses strongly indotsing Greif's candidacy were made by George | R. Wells, Justice of the Peace J. J. Van Nostrand, J. C. Flood and others. Com- mittees were appointed to draft bylaws, and an adjournment was taken until Fr! day night at the same place, when a per- manent organization will be formed. —_———————— VETERAN SHOWMAN DIES AFTER MUCH SUFFERING Ool\onel Boone, Confederate Soldier and Famous Animal Trainer, Joins Big Majority. Colonel E. Daniel Boone, Confederate veteran, showman, and for the past two years in charge of the Zoo at the Chutes, passed away vesterday at the California General Hospital, after much suffering. The doughty Colonel had been attacked with cancer of the throat and underwent several operations, but from the first' there was little hope of saving his life. During the Midwinter Fair Colonel Boone came into particular prominence in the city because of his connection with an animal show that proved one ot the imposing attractions, After the fair he went East, but two years ago re- turned to San ‘Francisco. In his youth Colonel Boone was a cir- cus performer, and gained considerable reputation as a trainer of animals. He was a native of Kentucky, 61 years of age. A widow and two daughters sur- vive the deceased. SAUSALITO, Oct, Company 12.—The North Shore decided to retain all | them the motor the tracks so well, it was deemed to keep the same men and make them torneers. advisable mo- | | liable { will recall the bill now before Congress | will be introduced in Paio Alto to-morrow. The | eleven men who will begin regular diet under GITY MUST PAY FOR THE HOSE FRIENDS LEARN OF § ROMANEE Judge Decides That San|Sausalito Surprised at Jose Is. Liable for a Debt. Change of Administrations Fails to Cloud the Issue. P MRS Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 10.—The city of San| Jose must pay the John Stock Sons $8%0 | for a lot of fire hose which the city hus; been using since March, 19%02. The hose | in question is 1000 feet of two and a half inch material, and was furnished the city at a time when it was without funds. An agreement was made by the Board of Po- lice and Fire Commissioners, who ordered the hose, that it would be paid for on and after the following July. There was a change in the city administration in the meantime, and the incoming board re- jected the bill The present commission claimed that it could not legally pay the claim, as the tynds of one quarter could not be used for a past quarter. Judge Leib, after hearing testimony to- day, gave judgment for the full $300 to the Stock Sons. He held that, as the city had taken the hose without a con- tract, had used it and refused or neglect- ed to return it, the city was liable for its value, just as a private person would be for the conversion of another's property to his own use. | e Accused of Trunk Thefts. UKIAH, Oct. 12.—James B. Ward was arrested at Willets to-day, brought to this city and lodged in jail. The charge against him is defrauding a hotel-keeper at Cloverdale. Ward was In charge of | the Mark West Springs Hotel when it! was closed for the season. Several | trunks were then found to have been | broken cpen, and some valuable Jewelry was missing. Ward is an old soldier, and recently spent severaldays in Ukiah, rep- resenting himself as a secret service | agent shadowing a Government embez- zler. ————— Hermit Dies by Poison. MODESTO, Oct. 12—Black Harry Carl- | gher, who for over twenty years lived the live of a recluse in a cabin between Grayson and the Coast Range mountains, committed sulcide either Saturday night or Sunday by taking strychnine. He had | been on a debauch for some time. Melan- choly followed, causing self-destruction. | He was nearly 75 years old. He had lost one arm early in life and his health was poor. He left money in his cabin. He was a native of Canada. ————— Disputes Authority of the Judge. TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 12.—Justice Brit- | ton to-day granted the Consolidated Lake Superifor Company an injunction until to- mOrrow preventing any further proceed- Ings in any one of the four actions of | Spever & at the Soo. The Consoli- dated Company says Judge Johnson of | { the Soo has not the authority to appoint | a receiver. The whole case will be ar- gued here to-morrow. et e o e Neutrality Bill Will Be Recalled. | SAN DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Do- mingo, Oct. 12—The Dominican Govern- | ment has informed United States Minis- | ter Powell that in view of his protest it | providing for the neutrality of Dominican waters and declaring certain harbors to be free ports. TELEGRAPH NEWS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 12.—The training table for the varsity football players the direction of Trainer Moulton are: W. E. Dale, D. Tarpey, W. R. Schofield. L. B. Bans- . E. Preston. G. Clark, W. Stillmen, C. H. Thompson, O. B. Hyde, D. Hauvermann. These men are most promi nent candidates for positions on this year's var- sity eleven. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 12.—At a meeting of the Mercantile Club in Kansas City, Kans., to- night the committee appointed to’ investigate | the alleged boodling of members of the school | that city szbmitted a report recom- mendirg that a Grand Jury be called to probe the alleged school board scandal. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—The contract for the erection of the public building at Seattle | has been awarded to Magrath & Duhamel of | Seattle for $605,000. The bullding is to be of | | | “huckamuk stone GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Oct. 12.—It is an- nounced that President Plaza_intends to go to the United States shortly. He will remain | there long encugh to visit the St. Loufs Ex- position. WASHINGTC ct. 12. — Word bas been recefved at the White House from Governor Taft that he will be here, ready to assume his new duties as Secretary of War, some time in January. News of a Secret Marriage. ASRRY (it Miss Marion Harrison Is the Wife of Richard Sperry. SAUSALITO, Oet. 12.—They ‘were chums at school during childhood, for the last ten years they were sweethearts and lately were participants in a double mar- riage without .the knowledge of thelr closest friends. This conveys some idea of the romantic marital affair of Miss Marion Harrison and Richard Sperry. Not until to-day did the soclety folk of Sausalito become aware that Miss Har- rison was married. Mrs. Sperry, mother of Richard, was made cognizant of the fact severai months ago, just prior to her departure for the East. Miss Harrison accompanied Mrs. Sperry on her Eastern trip, but up to that time her mother was not aware that she was Mrs. Sperry's daughter-in-law. In fact ndt ungl} after a child was born and after Mrs. Sperry return to Sausalito without tha young mother did the Harrisons learn that their daughter was married. The announcement at that time was as great a surprise to the Harrisons as it was to Sausalito when made public to- a Sperry and Miss Harrison grew up together and were always chums. In later years their fondness for each other was apparent. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison were particularly opposed to a match and did everything to break off the affair. When Mrs. Sperry proposed €oing East and taking Miss Harrison with her it was supposed this was soon to cause an estrangement between the young couple. As a matter of fact, however, the two had been married several months prior to thay time. Just before leaving the elder Mrs. Sperry was told of the union. She soon became reconciled, but knowing her son to be under age doubted the validity of the marriage and insisted upon another ceremony. Accordingly Mr. Sperry companied his mether and wife as far as Sacramento. A minister was in waiting and the second marriage was performed in the rallroad car at midnight upon the arrival of the overland train. The two ladies proceeded East, while the groom returned to Sausalito. Mrs. Sperry -and the bride journeyed through Canada and Eastern cities fo some time. On September 13 a daughter was born. Soon after that Mrs. Sperry started West, leaving the young mother in Baltimore. On her arrival here Harrison was informed and she will E Sperry and the late James W. Sperry of the Sperry Flour Company. He is lative of the W. H. Crockers. Harrison is the daughter of J. H. Harri- son, the San F' sco coal broker. Mrs. Sperry is a very beautiful girl of elghteen years. also a Miss ———— AUTO-CARS MAKE QUICK RUN' IN ENDURANCE TEST Tendency of Drivers Toward Speed- ing Is Overcome by Enforce- ment of Strict Rules. ERIE, Pa., Oct. 12—The auto cars en- tered in the New York-Pittsburg endur- ance test which left Buffalo this morning made a quick, pleasant and uneventful run to this place. The auto cars which got away this morning were all housed in the official garage before 4 o'clock. Spe- cial orders were issued at the start this morning by Referee Elkins, and their en- forcement was insured by inst-uctions is- sued by Superintendent of Observers Gil- lett, that no cars were to exceed a speed Iimit of twenty miles an hour. This wa | intended to overcome a tendency towar | speeding, and it had the desired effect. The drivers of the two pilot cars, Wil- son and Fred A. Nickerson, were arrested on thelr arrival for scattering confetti on the city streets. When the matter was explained to the Mayor he discharged the two operators and safd that the arrest had been a mistake. — e Gus Gardner Loses on a Foul. SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 12.—Gus Gardner of Philadelphia lost to Henry Lemons, the colored pugilist of New York, on a foul in the fifth round of what was to have been a fifteen-round bout here to-night Gardner had the better of Lemons, knock- ing him down repeatedly in the third, fourth and fifth rounds, but persisted in striking in the clinches after being re- peatedly warned not to do so. —_———— CHICAGO, Oct. 12—Charles S. Deneen, State’s Attorney of Cook County, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for HAIL T O MEN Even unto old age you may feel the vigor of youth, with its light heart, elastic step, courage and tireless energy. You may be free from pains and aches and defy your years. and and hand and take it. until your heart shouts with gladness, There is a fountain of perpetual youth, you have only to reach out your You can drink of it with all your might you will pro- claim, as other people have, “l AM STRONG!” Like the giants of old. you can be in your prime at sixty—strong, vigorous and full of youthful enthusiasm. DR. M. C. McLAUGHLIN—Dear Sir: I have only worn the Belt for six weeks and it has done fine in my case. Every sign of pain and weakness has left my leg and 1 am ad well as ever. I was quite lame when 1 first wrote you, but am all over that now. Yours gratefully. T. H. FLAGLER, Benton, Cal. It you feel youns you are young. Youth is strength. If vou have strength you can defy your years. My Electric Belt will warm your heart ‘and fill your body with the fire of youth, it will limber your joints and put springs in your legs. It will make you feel glad with the jovs of youthful vigor. DR. 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