The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1903, Page 9

*SISTERS ACCUSE AVIES OF FRAUD Object to Transfer of Interest in Lumber Company. Say Brother Misrepresented Conditions to Their Mother. —_— The recent transfer of the interests of Davies Box and Lumber Company to Y ia Pine Box and Lumber npany, & recently formed corporation, provoked fe among the members the fam of the late Liewellyn es. Yester thres daughters of vies, Eliza Thorrold, Sarah Sinclair Rose Richards, petitioned the BSu- or Court to set aside a transfer of the erests of the Davies family in the first to the California Pine ber Company. They claim t to the transfer was ob- their mother, Jane Davies, ies, their brother, by fraud ntation. the document filed yester- hters of Davies, when 1 January he left a will b his valuable estate, consist- i ¥ of his interests in the I d Lumber ( , to his T h of his four welair, and appointed in fused to serve sole charge of e three sisters r, through his > rest of the fam- They say that to her and secured t giving to the Lumber Com- of the Da: x and Lu asset ORE UNHAPPY PAIRS ARE SEEKING DIVORCE she former h He L. 4 their two children. The Loves were married in Au- of wn against alleged in Ire ) Beryle Barnes n for desertic John Wise for —_———— Contests Uncle’s Will. Lizzie T r, niece of James D. T: f unc E e at Tay 1a H Taylor's wiil aias as Mrs. Tay- . nd among the corre- sed, and that there ! wh rected the distrik - s W e te to two of his £ void. She fur- & t e time the will was w frering from ths re- of a nt and was unfit to . f his estate. Mrs. Talbot was devisces in the will conse- ntest is being waged on B == GRAPE-NUTS. REBUILDING Woman Makes Students Over. a discovery fc long time and cuffering from head- ded stomach, palpi- ck for a k and great heart disturbances. “Tw physicians s that T had wval- vular trouble of the heart. 1 was then & alone, and was often too 11l meals. Hearing of Grape-Nuts cooked food, 1 purchased a ce only, thinking it at least keep me from starving. wae delicious, and after a week's th little besides Grape-Nuts and d improved so as to be a won- yself. Then I took on Postum e of tea and coffee and con- ge for conver This was a year ago and well woman, for my heart sease is gone along with all my other 4 symptoms a me ago I took charge of a oarding club of students of our univer- following their instructions, I them luncheons made up of ‘biscuits ght bread, cold meat and coffee. The the students was that many of frered from headaches, dullness ¥ to apply themselves to study Some t the trouble was the wrong od, and it was not long reuaded some of them to.take Nuts with cream for luncheon. lowed the example, until now its is the principal article of diet fzgt and luncheon in the club. of the professors in the univer- have noticed the change, too, for the nt's brain when fed on Grape-Nuts ar and active, the memory is good ).; embitions appear to be height- condition.” Name given by break steady use of both Grape-Nuts | {ke a charm, and one after | | | famous food for con- that she.tells | | Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for & copy of the famous little book, ** - e , “The Road to Well: THE SAN FRANCISCO. CALL, TU APPEAL JUDGES bIVE DECISIONS Dispute Between Banks Is Passed Upon by Higher Court. Prelagls o2 Appellant Is Declared to Have Equitable Lien for 11,015 47. PR United States Clrcult Judges Gilbert, Ross and Morrow, sitting &s the United States Circult Court of Appeals, handed down several opinions yesterday, as fol- lows: London and_Sap Francisco Bank, Limited, va. Dexter, Horton & Co. bankers, and others— District of Washington, Northern Di- vision—That part of the decree of the Circuit | Court adjudging that the appellant had an equitable lien upon the land described In the bill of complaint for the sum of $11,015 47, the amount of the advances for payment of xes thereon, with interest to the date of e decree, is affirmed. The remainder of = decres is reversed, with Instructions to ter m decree for the foreclosure and sale of the lands described in the bill of complaint and providing that the appelles shall have the right of redemption s the successor in inter- est of the mortgagor. A dissenting opinion was filed by Judge Gilbert, who says in part: I am unable to concur in that portion of the opinion which holds that the trial court erred in mot ordering under the prayer for general rellef that a new sale of the mort- mises be had. The rule is well set- r the prayer for general rellef ecree only such relief as ia bl , the case made by the bill. 1 submit that before such rellef can be afforded in the present sult at least the epecific prayer for relief must be amended and the corporation appellee must be aftorded n opportunity to meet the case so made. The following opinions were also handed | down: 1 B. Hunter and the Wallsend Ship-| ay Company, the California and Ori- al Steamship Company and the steam- conform Belgian King against the Damp- bsselskabet Tellus, Northern District of California. Affirmed. D. A. Petterson and Annie D. Petter- son vs. Frank M. Berry, District of Alas- ka, Division No. 1. Affirmed. DE LABROUSSE HELD ON A CHARGE OF MURDER Other Defendants Will Also Have to | Stand Trial in the Superior Court. The preliminary examination of Edmond | de Labrousse, charged with the murder | of Miss Marie Jordan in front of her residence, 1459 Sacramento street, on Sep- tember 29, was concluded before Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday and he was weld to answer before the Superior Court without bonds. The witnesses examined were W. Jackson, a gripman; Dr. George K. Herzog and Detective Reynolds. Richard Henry Vernon was held to| answer by Judge Cabaniss on a charge of | grand larceny in $2000 bonds. He is ac- cused of breaking open the trunk of Wal- | ter Beck, a porter at the Colonial Hotel, | on September 28 and stealing a gold watch | and chain, pipe, revolver and bank book. | | He was arrested in the Hibernia Bank by Detective Armstrong while attempting to withdraw a portion of Beck's money. Annie Roberts was held to answer by Police Judge Mogan on a charge of grand larceny in $1000 bonds. He is accused of | stealing a diamond ring, valued at $150, from T. W. Morris, 18 Turk street, on Sep- tember 28. Thomias J. Kenny was held to answer by | Police Judge Conlan on a charge of as- sault with a deadly weapon in $1000 bonds. He is accused of striking Harry Slemuter, 251, Steuart street, with a beer glass on| August 3. | ————————— VANDALS TRY TO WRECK ]. MARKET STREET SALOON Throw Pieces of Cement Through | Glass Door and Tear Down a Sign. Some malicious persons tried to wreck | the saloon of Willlam Mitchell at 515 Mar- ket street early yesterday morning. The | place was closed about § o’clock on Sun-| 1y night and yesterday morning when it | opened it looked as if it had been ruck by a cyclone. Pleces of cement | had been thrown through the plate glass portions of the front door, smashing them in pieces and breaking bottles of liquor that were on a shelf fronting the door, but-missing a valuable glass case. One of the signs in front of the saloon had been to from its fastenings and thrown on the sidewalk. The wires sup- porting another large sign had been cut, but the effort to pull it down had failed. No report of the affair had been made by the policeman on the beat, but Chief Wittman was notified and he detailed De- tective Wren on the case. The proprietor is at a loss to understand the motive that prompted the act of vandalism. —_————————— FORMER SAN FRANCISCAN PASSES AWAY IN SAMOA Well-Known Builder Succumbs to Tetanus as Result of an Accident. Alexander A. Willis died at Apia, Sa- moa. on September 16 last of tetanus, aused by an accident. The deceased was a native of St. John, New Brunswick, and was 52 years of age at the time of his death. He came to California in the end of the sixties and went to Samoa in the seven- ties to erect a large cotton house and other buildings for the South Sea firm of Goddefroi & Co. of Hamburg. After the partition of the Samoan Jslands by the United States and Ger- many he moved to Tutuila, where he was up to the time of his death employed at the United States naval station there. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife and son in Samoa, a brother in Brooklyn, N. Y., and two married sisters in Canada. —e— Mechanics’ Institute Lecture. Professor R. Morse Stephens will lec- ture on “The French Revolution” to-mor- row evening at the Art Gallery of the Mechanics’ Pavilion, the. entrance to Which is on Larkin street, near Hayes. The lecture will ‘be one of the series given by the Mechanics’ Institute Uni- Versity Extension course and admission will be by ticket only. Members who have not recelved tickets may do so by applying at the library. The lecture place has been changed from the library owing- to. the increased attendance. ————————— Baird Pleads Guilty. Miles T. Baird, a wealthy young man about town, who fired a shot through the swinging door of the Russ House bar on the night of October 8, pleaded guilty yes- terday before Police Judge Fritz to charges of discharging firearms within the city limits and malicious mischief. He was ordered to appear for sentence this morning. —_———————— Costen’s Suit Dismissed. The sult of Harry Costen, secretary of the Cornice Workers' Union, for a writ of mandate compelling the Building Trades Council to restore his union to membership was dismissed without preju- dice yesterday by Judge Seawell. The court found that Costen had made no proper demand for reinstatement. w | one” completed | nected with a frame AERONAUT GRETH NEE Says With Proper Power He Can Navigate the Air, His Machine Escapes Injury in Its Recent Flight and Descent. e Safely housed in a shed in the vacant lot in the rear of the premises at Eleventh and Market streets, the Greth airship was viewed yesterday by thou-| sands of curious sightseers, who were | anxious to gain a more intimate acquaint- | ance with the strange craft they had | seen safling through the heavens Sun- | day morning. As far as could be ascer- tained the mechanism escaped injury dur- ing the voyage and descent. The inventor | and navigator, well groomed and showing | no traces of his perilous voyage, was in | attendance most of the day, good- naturedly answering questions and ex-| plaining to the inquisitive the theory of | his aerial machine. There is nothing in his manner to suggest the great ad- venturer. He regards his trial trip as a | success, but he underestimates the danger | and laughingly dismisses all references | to his courage. “It is as safe as riding in a street car and infinitely more pleasant,”” he sald. | “All one has to do is to know one's busi- | ness and keep one's head.” | There is no secret regarding the mechan- ism of this airship. It is not kept under | lock and key and accessible only to the inventor, as is the case with the Langley | machine. Whatever exclusive properties | it has are protected by patents and the | manipulation of it is apparent to a lay- man. DESCRIPTION OF MACHINE. It consists of a balloon and a suspended frame, which carries the motor, the pro pelling and steering gear and the navi gator. The navigator stands on a frail platform with only a railing to keep him | from being pitched out. The wheel for | the steering gear and the levers operating the propellers are within easy reach. The | deflated balloon was stretched along the | floor of the shed vesterday, and a consid- | erable volume of gas still remained in it. | ‘When inflated it has a length of seventy- | five feet and a maximum diameter of | twenty-five feet. It costs $300 to inflate | it with hydrogen gas. The generator | and cooling and purifying tanks are lo-| cated outside the shed and the gas is fed to the balloon through a silk leader. | Dr. Greth explained fully the exclusive properties of his machine, as compared to the Santos-Dumont and Spencer ma~‘ chines. He said: There are three kinds of flying machines. 8o called. The first in theory consists of a ma- | chine that needs no buoyant attachment and can raise itself by its own force, as a bird | ve said, I regard this sort of a sible in the present development The weight of the best power we ases in geometrical proportion to er, so that if we have an engin weighing two pounds_for instance, and capa- ble of raising two pounds from the earth by 1tss and should desire to double its raising capacity, we would have to increase its weight to eight pounds. Manifestly, when we desire | to utilize Fuch power to ralse a ton, for in- | | stance, the weight of the engine alone would | be #0 great as to preclude it raising. itself. | Birds do not grow to large size because an increase In their welght would preclude their fiying freely. | FEASIBLE AIRSHIPS. { Accordingly we are left with two possible | problems. One is an airship with a gas bag | inside and containing machinery ayd steering | appliances with accommodations for freight and passengers. This must necessarily be on & large scale and its size, which Increases the carrying capacity according to the amount of | hydrogen would have to be enormous. | To be properly dirigible and have a commer- | cial value it would have to be as large as our greatest ocean liners. I have models for this kind of an alrship and I hope to live to see along the lines of my plans. | The cost of it is all that deters me from com- | structing one at present, The third and most feasible airship from a pecuniary point of view is a machine modeled after the same principles adopted im the one I used in my trip Sund: It consists of a supporting balloon, elliptical in shape, and con- | swung underneath it, which carries the motor power and _steering gear and a place for the navigator. The shape of the balloon is the same as that in use by Santos-Dumont . and Spencer, but I have im- proved over them by doing away with the balloonette, which is a smaller balloon filled | with air and designed to equalize the expan- sion In the hydrogen balloon. | The balloonette is unsatisfactory because it | vitiates the hydrogen by Introducing air into it. Instead of that I have a special netting over my balloon, which keeps it taut on top and at the ends, even With a small supply | of gas and prevents the possibility of ‘‘buck- | ling.”” Santos-Dumont met with a catastrophe | because his balloon doubled up on him. My | Galloon will always preserve lts shape. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. Another thing 1 have done is to swing my frame only seven feet below the balloon, ren- dering the machine more easily dirigible, The other models have the frame swung twenty feet below the balloon and this makes the framework a drag on the buoyancy of the ma- chine and renders the balloon hard to control. By my experiment 1 proved that the proximity of the gasoline motor to the balloon was not | a dangerous factor. | The greatest improvement T have made is | in the propellers. The Santos-Dumont frames | are equipped with only one stationary propeller placed at the end. Accordingly when it is de- sired to ascend and the motor is started, the | balloon tips at an acute angle and to right 1t 1t is necessary to use a sliding compensating | weight. The eame thing occurs when it is | desired to descend and again the weight must be used. Any change in zone calls for the use of the compensating weight to enable the bal- Joon to regain its horizontal position, In my perfected machine there are four pro- peliers, one at each cardinal point of the e. and all worked through universal shafts by one motor. These propéllers can be worked separately or together and at any angle, just the same as four oars in a boat. By their proper manipulation the balloon can always be held in a horizontal position and can be raised, lowered and driven In any direction desired. NEEDS ONLY A MOTOR. All I need to demonstrate that 1 can do what I say is a powerful enough motor of light welght to propel properly the makeshift ar- rangements 1 have on my present car. These propellers now are attached to the sides of the car and are two in number, instead of being four In number, and being placed at the four corners of the frame, where they can exert the proper amount of leverage. I am hopeful that my recent experience will be the cause of supplying me With sufficlent funds to sc- cura the proper motor and then T will demon- strate bevond a doubt the feasibility of my theories of navigating the air, Since Dr. Greth's successful experi- ment there has arisen a crop of aeronauts who are willing to chance the dangers of making an ascension in the machine he invented and navigated. Personally he is opposed to further attempts until he has secured proper motive power. He does not fear that he will meet with disaster, but he wishes to demonstrate beyond doubt that he can direct the airship, and he does not care to risk a fajjure because of defective machinery. The aeronaut employed by the company, B. R. Saxby, has announced hig willingness to make an ascent with the present motor, and yesterday told the lessee of the machine that he could have everything in read!- ness by to-morrow. The matter was taken under advisement, and it is pos- sible that a second ascent may be made next Sunday. B ‘Widow and Children Get Estate. The will of Chauncey B. Willlams was filed for probate yesterday. It disposes of an estate estimated to be worth more than $100,000. By the terms of the will one-third of the estate is to go absolutely | to the widow, Dide Williams, and the other two thirds to her in trust for the six children of the deceased—Mary C., Fred W., Leo C., Clara L. Catherine B. and Josephine O. Williams. 1 05 A MOTOR, SDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1903. PLUCKY MOTHER (MUST COMPLY WIS THE DA After a Chase Mrs. Buck Gains Possession of Children. o e Though in Strange City Wife Naively Outwits ) Hnsband. In March last John 8. Buck, a motor- man in the employ of the United Railroads Company, by a subterfuge secured pos- session of his two children, John, 6 years | of age, and Margaret, aged 7, who were visiting their grandmother at Dougherty, Alameda County, and took them, un- known to their mother, to New York State. Mrs. Buck, whose ten years of married life had not been harmonious, after she ound that her children had been spirited | away, made inquiries throughout Sin Francisco and neighboring cities for her children, but it was only recently, through the ald of Secretary M. J. White | of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, that she was made aware that they were living with Buck on a farm at Mina, New York State. Instead of giving her time up to weep- ing and wringing her hands over the loss of her boy and girl, Mrs. Buck set to| work te accumulate enough money to| travel East and rescue the children. With | this purpose in view, she accepted the ! position of a nurse, and when she had | saved $200 prepared for her venturesome | journey. | MOTHER MEETS CHILDREN. On Thursday, September 24, she took train for New York State, and when there | familiarized herself with the vicinity of | her husband’'s farm and the outlying | country. She also made herself acquaint- d with every rallroad and street-car ser- vice, and, when ready, which happened to be last Tuesday, October 13, she hired a | swift horse in the neighborhood of Mina, and, heavily veiled, droved past the far: where she saw Buck at work, and awalt- ed the coming of her children from school. ‘When they came in sight Mrs. Buck threw back her veil, and a pathetic scene followed the reunion. John and his sister climbed into the buggy and willingly con- sented to be concealed. The elated mother then gave the horse his head and sped toward the Pennsylvania State line, some ten miles away. In the meantime Buck had been apprised that a gipsy had kid- naped his children, and soon the news spread, and constables, deputy sheriffs and farmers, on horses and in buggles and hay wagons, and armed with pitch- forks and pickhandles, were hot in pur- suit. 4 DESPERATE RACE. Mrs. Buck saw her pursuers; her good horse answered her urging, and she ar- rived first across the State line and got shelter at the farm of O. L. Lathrop, at | North East. Arriving soon after, Buck and his com- | panions surrounded the house; but it was | evident that he knew from the first that the children had been taken by his wife, and not by a gipsy. { After some heated discussions, Buck left to get legal assistance, thinking his wife would certainly remain at the farm over night. No sooner, however, was his back turned than Mrs. Buck hustled her children into the buggy once more and hurried for the train, but, seeing her hus- band near the depot with two men, she took another road and caught an electric car bound for Erle. From that moment her course was clear, and Mrs. Buck and her children arrived safely back in this city on Sunday afternoon. ——— e KRUTTSCHNITT BACK FROM EASTERN VISIT Rock Island Freight Representatives | Called to Kansas City for General Conference. General Manager Jullus Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific Company returned yesterday from the East, where he has | been in confereence with President Harri- man for several weeks. The general man- ager came west by way of the southern route for the purpose of inspecting the various properties of the company. Gen- eral Superintendent of Motive Power H. J. Small and J. H. Wallace, engln]c(e;;fl(;f : and strongholds built schnitt in the south and accompanied | ¢t U1ovo“of sand hemmed in by red, maintenance of way, met Mr. him over the lines as far as this city. Arriving here yesterday about noon, the general manager remained at his offices in the rallroad bullding about an hour and then left for his home in San Mateo. The return of General Manager Krutt- | | BIGGS ORCHARDS KEEP schnitt has been looked forward to with conslderable anxiety by the employes of the company, for it is common rumor among the men that further retrenchment is to be made along the company’'s sys- | tem. In an interview in Los Angeles on Saturday Mr. Kruttschnitt strongly inti- mated that a further reduction of forces is to be made, but he refused to state just where, remarking that the plan is to cut down expenses wherever there Is hope of making a saving. The local freight representatives of the Rock Island road will leave here Saturday evening for Kansas City, where a big conference of all the freight men of the company is to be held next week. Among those who will leave here are F. W. Thompson, general Western agent; Harry W. Adams, commercial agent; B, F. Coons, commercial agent at Los Angeles, and L. B. Gorham, general agent at Port- land. C. H. Mitchell, district passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company at Los Angeles, is visiting this city on business. The announcement is made that John W. Phalon, traveling passenger agent of the Great Northern out of Portland, is to return to his old position with the same company in Los Angeles. He succeeds Henry Huggins, who took his place when Phalon went north. Huggins has not yet been advised as to his future movements. —_———————— McCarty Brothers Wanted. Chief Wittman has received a letter from James M. Taylor of Taylorville, Ill., asking for information about Robert and Bdward McCarty, who left Terre Haute, Ind., about ten years ago and, after working for a while in Kansas City, came to this city. The last heard of them was that they were employed in a hotel or restaurant here. Each would now be 40 years of age or upward. They have fallen | a large number of beautifully colored | pictures of the great Southwest and the | the lecturer its undivided attention. The heir to property left by their aunt, Jane H. Berriman of Terre Haute. ———————— Collector Stratton Convalescing. Customs Collector Stratton made an of- ficial call yesterday upon Acting Collec- tor Willlam B. Hamilton at the Custom- house to attend to some detalls of busi- ness on which his advice had been solicit- ed. He left in the evening for Santa Bar- bara, where he will remain a few weeks by order of his physician to bulld up his strength before settling down to the ar- duous duties of his office. —_——— Changes in Fresno and Bakersfleld Trains Via Southern Pacific. Commencing Oct. 21, train for Bakersfleld leaving San Francisco 11:25 p. m. will be dis- continued. New train m::.‘la‘-‘v: 3:30 p. m. for Fresno, via Martines nnli making . Owl Jimi southbound, wil 5 gflmflfl and Los n"'m and carry B;k%au:‘ leepey. WITH CHARTER Supervisors Deliver Ul- timatum to Fire Com- missioners. Ordinanc2 Introduced to Ren- der Basements Safe From Flames. —tenn The Supervisors’ Finance Committee yesterday declined to audit certain de- mands of the Fire Commission for Octo- ber aggregating $8471 12 until the City At- torney has rendered an opinion as to, whether the commission has the right to overdraw its accounts in excess of the one-twelfth provision of the charter. The refusal of the committee to sign the demands arises over the fact that in the budget the sum of $98,000 was allowed the Fire Department for expenses and $844,450 for salaries. Becretary McCarthy of the Fire Com- mission contended that the moneys could be used indiscriminateiy so long as the total expenditures did not exceed one- twelfth of the combined appropriation. “We differ with you there,” sald Chair- man Brandenstein, “and we hold that each ftem should be distinct from the other. You will have to get the opinfon 0 the City Attorney in support of your clalm before we will pass the demands. The allowance under the one-twelfth act for the last three months for expenses was $24,500 and the expenditures for the same time were $25,069 16, an overdraft of $569 16. For salaries the allowance was $184,735 50 and the amount expended was $180,843 81, leaving a surplus of $3893 69. The fact that there is a surplus in the salary account did not change the com- mittee’s determination to hold the Fira Commisston to a strict account for the in- dividual appropriutions. The petition of the Board of Works that an ordinance be passed providing for the construction of ground-floor pipe-casing holes in and through the floor of aay building now erected or hereafter erected where the basement is used for storing 003 in oraer to enabl: the Fire Depact- ment to promptly extinguish any fire oc- curring in such basement was referred to the Fire Committee. The following bille were finally passed: Changing the name of Sullivan street to Parnassus avenue. Accepting the roadway of Division street, between Seventeenth and Eight- eenth, and of Alabama street, betwzen Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth. Accepting a deed from the S. Ducas company to certain land required for the opening of Ryan avenue, from Precita to Peralta. Providing that no cobblestone pavement shall be laid on any street whose gradient 1s less than 15 per cent, no brick pavement on gradients exceeding 12 per cent and no basalt block pavement on gradients ex- ceeding 20 per cent. Repealing certain old orders ' con- flicting with the existing ordinances re- lating to pool selling on contests between horses and dogs in order to clear up the record. The dome of the City Hall was ordered to be lighted on the nights of Octcder 20, 21, 22 and 23. The Department of Electricity referred to the board the petition of the San Francisco Electric Protective Company and the American District Telegraph Company, requesting direct connection be- tween the central offices and the Central | Fire and Police Alarm Station. ——e— FREDERICK MONSEN GIVES A PICTURESQUE LECTURE Shows Beautiful Scenes of the Great Southwest and Tells of Navajo Indians. Frederick Monsen delivered a lecture Jast night at the Academy of Seclences Hall before a large and appreciative au- dience. His subject was “The Monuments of a Prehistoric Race,” and he showed Navajo' Indians. From the very begin- ning until the end of the learned and in- teresting lecture the vast audience showed its heartiest approval by giving wonderful scenes of the country were ap- plauded again and again. There were pictures of great mountains and passes and desert land, old castles by the Indian, caves of historic importance and pictur- rugged mountains of strangest formation. Monsen is to give another of his illus- trated lectures at the First Presbyterian Church Friday evening, October 30. —————————— UP SEASONAL RECORD The First Citrus Fruits From Butte County Are Received by State Board of Trade. The State Board of Trade has received from the orchards of G. H. Smith of the Biggs Board of Trade branches bearing Jarge clusters of fully developed oranges and lemons of the new crop, that have be- gun to color. This is another demonstra- tion of the fact that citrus fruits mature very early in this part of the State. The Smith orchards are at Biggs, Butte Coun- ty. The last of the old crop of Southern California_oranges only recently went to market. The Northern California crop is now coming in. —————————— OFFICER WILL SEARCH MOUNTAINS FOR FUGITIVE Mexican Tries to Kill a Husband ‘Whose Wife He Stole and Escapes. PASADENA, Oct. 19.—Constable Har- vey Newell has gone to the foothills of the Sferra Madre Mountains in search of Manuel Estrada, a Mexican, who yester- day tried to murder Andre Hernandez, whose wife Estrada recently induced to elope with him. ‘Both men happened to meet yesterday on “Lucky” Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch and Estrada quickly drew a revolver and tried to shoot him. Falling in this he drew a knife and slashed Hernandez coat, but did not succeed in inflicting any injury. Before he could be captured he took to his heels and is now hiding in the mountains. Constable Newell proposes to bring him to town to answer a charge of assault with intent to commit murder. Hernandez declines to receive his truant ————— — Youth Falls From a Steamer. STOCKTON, Oct. 19.—W. R. Chestnut Wood of this city, 19 years.of age, acel- dentally fell from the railing of the steamer T. C. Walker yesterday morning at Treadway Landing, this side of Wake- field, on the San Joaquin River, and was drowned. His head struck the guard rail as he fell, and he was undoubtedly ren- dered unconscious. The body has not been recovered. — e —— Murderer Armstrong Must Hang. SALEM, Or., Oct. 19.—The Supreme Court rendered an opinion to-day in the case of the State vs. Pleasant Armstrong of Baker County, affirming the decision of the lower court and condemning Arm- mn&lto the gallows for the murder of Miss Minnie Ensminges at North Powder on Christmas night, 1w2. i WOULD LICENSE SHOOTING CLUBS Supervisors to Consider Proposed Restrictive Ordinance. Improvement Club Favors the Franchise for Western Pacific Company. —grl An ordinance was introduced at yester- day’s meeting of the Board of Super- visors by D’Ancona and referred to the police committee providing for the | licensing of any shooting gallery at| large which may be maintained by any regularly organized revolver, pis- | tol or rifie club having an enrolled | membership of ten or more per-| sons. The ordinance fixes the license at $10 per year and gives the Chief of Po- lice power to inspect any such gallery or range. ‘The resolution setting aside $5000 out of the fund for urgent necessities to be ex- pended under the direction of the board, | with the advice of the Health Board, In the continuance of the sanitary proce-| dures now in progress in Chinatown, was | finally passed. ; The communication of the Lick and ‘Wilmerding District Improvement Club that it is in favor, on certain conditions, of the grant of franchise to the Western Pacific Railway Company along Sixteenth | street from Kansas street to the bay was referred to the street committee. The conditions are: That Kansas street be left open at all times to traffic. That San Bruno avenue be opened to Ninth street. That all objectionable buildings be re- moved in the block bounded by Sixteenth street, Division street, San Bruno avenue and Rhode Island street, which it is sald the Western Pacific Company proposes to acquire. That the company will improve all streets in the vicinity of the property to be acquired. The board referred back to the Board of Works for action the petition from the Laborers’ Protective Union requesting an | increase in the salaries of all the laborers | employed under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works from $250 to 33 per day. Attention is called to the charter pro- visions and an ordinance under which the | power vests In the Board of Public Works to determine the compensation to be paid to its emploves. The attentién of the board is also called to the fact that it is in a better position to determine the com- pensation of its own employes than is an- other department of the municipal gov- ernment, and it {s the opinion of the Board of Supervisors that the matter con- tained in the petition of the Laborers’ Protective Union deserves an immediale and careful hearing and determination. ‘The board passed to print an ordinance repealing ordinance No. 972, fixing the tax | rate for municipal purposes at 84.4 cents | per $100, assessed valuation, based on the raise in the assessment roll by the State Board of Equalization. Action was taken on a decision of the Supreme Court that the legal rate is $1.076, based on the lower valuation-as returned by Assessor Dodge. | The City Attorney advised the board | either to pay the judgments obtained | against the city, and fixing the value of lands belonging to Joseph Musto and Martin Colmann, or else to decide not to purchase the lands at the figures fixed by the court and dismissing the proceed- ings. A proposed ordinance regulating the maintenance of maternity hospitals, Iy- ing-in asylums and homes for chfldren was referred to the health committaa. The hearing of the protest against the assessment for a sewer in Richland | avenue was turned over to the street committee for investigation. | SACRED HEART PARISH WILL GIVE KETTLEDRUM | Interesting Entertainment and an Elaborate Banquet Is Promised by the Ladies. The members of Sacred Heart Parish anticipate a very enjoyable time to-night, when the annual kettledrum will be given by the ladies of the parish at Na- tive Sons’ Hall. The following named will assist in car- rying out the elaborate programme, which will consist of a first-class enter- tainment and banquet: D. T. Supple, J. C. O'Connor, George La- combe, J. J. Hughes, J. Ward, W. Stafford, H. Kugeiberg, F. Lawler, J. J. Walsh, W. Watson, F. Monaghan, J.” Fleming. W. & brose, J. W. McCarthy, H. I Muicreavy, J. McPherson, E. Luby, Captain McCormack and the League of the Cross Cadets. Floor man: W. R. Dillon. —_————————— Fires a Shot at Boss Baker. Emanuel Garbori was employed in the bakery of G. Ferro, 504 Union street, and went to his work Sunday night under the influence of liquor. Ferro discharged him and he hung around the place till 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Ferro lives above the bakery and as he was going up- stairs after finishing work it is alleged that Garbori fired a shot at him, missing him. Policeman Davids was notifled and he arrested Garbori on a charge of as- sault to murder. A loaded revolver with one shell exploded was found in the pris- oner's pocket. He was instructed as to his rights by Police Judge Fritz yesterday and the case was continued till this morn- ing. —_———— Collins Appeals Again. Unabashed, and yet not proud of his long succession of defeats in the cause of ‘Walter N. Dimmick, George D. Collins appeared in the United States Circuit Court yesterday morning and applied for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Dim~ mick, who Is serving a term of imprison- ment in the penitentiary at San Quentin. Judge Morrow denied the motion, and Collins asked for leave to take an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which was granted. —_————————— Outdoor League Thanks Voters. The members of the Outdoor League have issued an address to the voters of San Francisco for the ballots at the re- cent bond election, which rendered pos- sible the preservation of Telegraph Hill. The women of this congregation warked indefatigably for the preservation of the interesting landmark overlooking the bay. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ the soap for fair, white hands, bright clear complexion, soft, healthful skin. Sold all over the world. bysixtyygars of pra}ctlca] experience Pabst Bee is the pure, healthful blend- ing of chocest hops and fin= est barley un® der scientifi= cally perfect conditions. CUTLERY UNITED STATES BRANCH STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE ransatlantic Fire INSURANCE COMPANY F HAMBURG, IN THE STATB OF GER- many, on the 3lst day of December, A. D. 1002, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Poiltical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- misstoner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Col -$429,300 00 Gash in Company's Office. Temn | Cash in Ba 27,797 50 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and LOADS................ 3,588 00 Premtums in due Course of Collec- Due from other panies for re- insurance om losses already paid.. 24 Certificates of Deposit in hands of TUnited States Trustees. 49,000 00 Tctal Assets 3396, 401 99 sk i —_—— Losses adjusted and unpaid..... 820 00 Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense .. 13,821 53 Loeses resisted, including expenses. 4,135 00 Gross premfums on Fire Risks run- Ding one year or less. $275,704 T Teinsurance 50 per_cemt.. 137,562 38 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more than one year. $172,810; - reinsurance pro_ral . 99,877 0 Commissions and Brokerage due aad to become due. .. 20,808 02 Total Liabilitles .....coeceeens INCOME. Net cash actually received for Reneived for interest an ived for in 'on Bonds, Stocks, Loans all other sources Total Incoms ¢et amount paid for Fire Losses (in- N ading $36,711 35, losses of pre- Brokerage . 86,313 10 Paid for Sal ), Fees and other “harges for officers, clerks, etc... 18,781 73 Pald for State, National and Local RN o2 sibsbbsdaesganbamaniians 4730 10 All other payments and expenditures 18,075 91 Remittance to Home Office....... . 488 2 Total Expenditures ......... $312.348 79 Fire. Losses incurred during the year....$168.435 29 Risks and Premiums.|Fire Risks | Premiums. Net amount of Risks written during the $33.042,676, $489.639 33 33,863,506 ~ 467,742 10 30,411,638 448,514 78 LEO A. LOEB, Assistant U. S. Manager. Subecribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of January, 1903. ARTHUR A. LOEB, Notary Publle. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED IN 1872, 213 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Cal. V. C. DRIFFIELD, Manager. FEEE————— SUMMER AND WINTER RESORTS. SPRINGS. round. ALL CASES OF ear Not amount fn _ force December 31, 1902.. FROM TWO TO THREE MONTHS' TIME OR_ ALL EXPENSES, INCLUDING RAILROAD FARES BOTH WAYS, RE- FUNDED. Kidney troubles, Dropsy. Diabetes. Stone in the Kidney or Bladder, Catarrh of the Bladder, Cystitis, Diseases of the Genito-Uri- pary Organs, Delicate Women, Skin Diseases, Scrofula and General Debility are treated with pre-eminent success. Any case of cured in from ten days to two weeks. Never of cases that have been Catarrh Salts and sample ‘of Metal Poiish. ucts of Tuscan Springs. -trip tickets at reduced rates. Inquire of any Sou! Pa- cific Railroad _agent. SCAN MINERAL SPRINGS CORP.. Springs, Cal FRANK J. HULEN,