The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1903, Page 4

MAY NOT BUILD oT[LWELL LINE Work Stops on Pro- posed Road From Kansas to Coast. Head of Undertaking Is in Burope Looking for Needed Cash. R N received in this at the opinjon exists States of the Republic construction “of City, Mexi- project promoted as City and de- atter city with To- Gulf of ftwell of Ks sect the the mature. » contractors few miles of nhua, Mexico, e company en buil tward from been paid is portion of hihuahua falling behind de ngs which Stilwell en- uild a road from n coast by way announced considerable at- as well for it was regarded as would result in the and valuable mining nd furnish eventually resting route for passen- tween the two countries. ned a emall amount of capi- ndertaking in Kansas City zer sum In Holland and Engiand V- intry as 1 e for the wh e began his preliminary work for the construction of the road. From the Mexican Government he obtained a number of concessions and it was not mg before the announcement was made that rails were being shipped to the pro- f the line, al: to lie valuable g« ies, some of them be- flwell people CHANGES NAME. first moves made by erase the name Topolobampo substitute it with that To this change Presi- »sed a prompt objection, explained to the enterprising Stilwelt that while the W n Government had T bjertion 1 1 adding new the which onging westerr wer terminus Stil- One of the St well was t from the map and of Port Stilwel dent Diaz m its old with the United glowing repo je In the co gress being m o a few mo! y had being bu be obt reas w mills in reports be erw h s visit surpose of sect deplete the la ursed under the c ntracts. WORKING WITH VIGOR. wei ndic started from the ( d part of t vas mainly ai that Stilwell and nounced all s with the evi- g their claim it rich assets trengthe ied with ks usted, how T, i as rather who are here ————————————— ORDER OF EAGLES GIVES ITS GRAND ANNUAL BALL Hundreds of Dancers Crowd the Floor of the Mechanics’ Pa- wvilion. Golden Gate Aerie No, 16 of the Frater- nal Order of Eagles gave its second gran ball last evening at the Mechan Pavilion The affair was one of the most success- ful of its kind 1 this city, more than fifteer cople being pres- half took part in the crowd was so ame somewhat s On the floor by ken with zood nature ncident marred the gathering. An ogramme of dance music was d > ball was continued until this morning. in charge dif- the and of the ball n Brombers. B. W. Leland Harry Hinton, Theo. J. Stewart: reception (chairman) and the executive J. L. Herget (chairman), Ed P. Sissler —_———— Loyal Foresters Entertain. ng programme of music tions wus the attraction evening of Loyal Clrelé 6f ns of the Forest, A. O, ¥., s Hall last mght, bers were contributed by Messrs. Large. Torres and,Laulhard. George Evans, Clar- ence Krome, Miss Martha Davis, C. A. Krone, Miss Tryphena Pritchard, Mrs. E. Burns and Arthur Loftus. After the en- tertainment ten dance numbers kept the young folks together until midnight. The affair was under the direction of Lizzie Gfroerer, Marie Large, M. L. Havey, Anna Senne, Julia Baker, Cora Lindsicy, Christie Mitchel, Kathrine Moran, Emma C. Duley, Frederick Zimmerman, ficor manager; Miss Rose Ebbitts, Young, Hazel Richmond, Nellie Havey, Mrs. M. Large, Grace Garetto, C. Mitchel, Kate Moran, Carl Kahran, J. Wolfinger, Miss Louise A. Reddick and John Rob- erts. ———— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Oct. 30.—The following mar. riage licenses ere issued to-day by the County Clerk: Joseph P. da Rosa, 22, and Mary E. Santos, 17, both of Center- ville; Frank Caldiera, 27, and Mary A. Varges, 19, both of Centerville. city | California | The num- | Mrs. A.| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1903 EXTEND FERRY SERVICE SLOWLY Lack of Cars and Ma- terial Causes Delay on Key Route. |Santa Fe System to Con- struct Depots in Oakland | and Berkeley. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 29. The new “key route” ferry system from Emeryville is extending its lines very slowly, but it is expected that by Decem: ber everything will be in complete opera- tion. Meanwhile the new ferry will de- pend upon transient travel and single trip tickets for its support., The regular com- mutation tickets will not be placed on sale until December. The plan is that three main line electric | trains will diverge from Emeryville—one to Berkeley, one to Piedmont and one down San Pablo avenue to Oakland. Owing to the fact that the track to Pled- mont is not complete and that there are not cars enough to operate either this line or the San Pabio, avenue line, the new system has been compelled to begin its operations with the Berkeley line alone. It is expected that the cars for the San Pablo avenue line will arrive soon, and until they do a single car will léave the corner of Fourteenth street and Broad- way every hour, in time to connect with the hoat at the end of the Emeryville pler. The Pledmont line is being pushed as rapidly as possible, on Sunday next 1t will be put in operation as far as Tele- graph avenue 1 before it is put in operation through to Piedmont The next main line electric train to be established will be that on San Pablo ave- nue. It will leave the corner of Four- teenth street and Broadway in time to make stops at Twenty-first, Twenty-sev. enth and Thirty-fourth streets, and wilt then run straight down the long piler without stopping at the junction at For- | This will be the run to give center of Oakland, the new system will close competition with the old ferry lines. The Oakland T street announces that it will operate its aph avenue line through to North -y, instead of stopping at Berkeley static It is announced that the Santa Fe s; tem will erect two depots in the mission style of architecture, one at the corner of Fortieth street and San Pablo avenue, for Oakland, and the other at the cross- ng of University avenue and the Santa Fe extension in Berkeley. The Oakland depot will cost $15,000, and the Berkeley depot will cost just half that sum. The sites have already been secured and work will begin at once. PHILADELPHI HIS BIG FIE One Man Is Killed, An- other Missing and Twelve Injured. S PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—One person dead and possibly two, a dozen persons injured and a property loss of more than 0,000 is the result of a which oe- curred to-day in bounded by the SchuylKill ‘Riv Vine and Twenty-third streets The d: Charles Messmer, aged 26 years. Missing: Harry McWilliams, a roofer. The buildings destroyed were th mills of W. 8. Woodward & Sons and Baitimore and Ohio grain elevator ad- joining. The wagon works of H. Kaiscr & Co. were damaged by a wall falling on the roof. —_—e—— TWO WASHINGTON CITIES MUST PAY INDEBTEDNESS ‘Will Be Deprived of Railroad Facili- ties Until Outstanding Claims Are Settled. ACOMA, Oct. 30.—After using their in- fluence to secure the consolidation of irhaven and Whatcom D. O. Mills and Harriman railroad interests will now these eities to” pay their delin- juire quent interest outstanding warrants and bonds, held largely in the E t, be- fore they will extend the Bellingham Bay and British Celumbia Railroad across the on mountains to Spokane, thereby giving the Harriman tem Puget Sound ter- minals at Bellingham under which name Fairhaven and Whatcom are to consoli- a crintendent Donovan, representing Mills, announces that a loan of six mil- lion dollars will be needed to complete the extension, but no effort to float the bonds will be made untit Whatcom and Falir. haven either separately or as a consoli- dated city pay up the delinquent interest. The object is to establish the credit of both towns in the East, thereby tending to secure a lower rate of Interest on. the railroad bonds to be floated ————————— MISSING GIRL IS FOUND ON A SAN PEDRO STEAMER Dresses as a Boy and Secures a Position to Wait on the Cabin Passengers. LOS ANGELES, Oct, 30.—For several days Miss Bessie Barclay, the 16-year-old daughter of a well to do family, has been miszing from home and as she had made previous efforts to go on the stage against the consent of her parents, detectives in various cities were asked to watch the theatrical agencies and other efforts were made to locate her with small traveling troupes in this part of the State. To-night just before the steamer Ruth sailed from San Pedro for San Francisco the captain of the vessel happened to notice that the hair of a newly engaged cabin-boy ap- peared to be rather long and as if by ac- cident the captain knocked off the young- ster's cap. The result amazed him, for | over the shoulders of the supposed boy ;(ell a wealth of golden hair which could { belong only to a girl. The supposed boy was the missing girl. The captain at once notified the shore authorities and a Los | Angeles detective went to San Pedro and brought the girl home. . ————— Gas Poisons Three Workmen. L.OS ANGELES, Oct. 3).—Because of a short circuit in its underground conduits a It will be nearly December | be in nsit Company, which is | rge part of the Pacific Light and | I8 no occasion for.an immediate cut in Power Company's system was rendered | the price of lumber was the decision at inoperative to-day and three men were | the regular monthly meeting of the Pa- rendered unconscious from breathing the | cific Lumber Manufacturers’ Association poisonous gas formed by the burning of | held here. The mémbers are agreed that rubber insulations. These were John Zim- | the weakness TRAINED VOICES WILL RING IN GLAD SERVICE OF PRAISE Delightful Programme That Will Be Enjoyed Sunday Evening by the Congregation of the English Lutheran Church Is Prepared by Choirmaster J. C. Walling ELTY CHARGE 13 DISPROVED |Major Robert L. Howze | Exonerated by Court stem of the new ferry | | Martial ‘ SR T i WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—The War Department to-day made public the re- | port and findings in .the case of Major Robert L. Howze, charged with cruelty in the Philippines, The findings of-the board exonerate Major Howze, who was then lieutenant colonel, commanding the district where the alleged cruelties took place. This part of the findings is ap- proved by the War Department. The sec- ond part of the findings declared that al- | though Major Hunter, who made the first investigation, was unfriendly to Ma- !"jor Howze the investigation was fair and impartial so far as it extended. The de- partment disapproves this portion of the findings “as contradictory in terms and | unwarranted by the evidence elicited by the board during the progress of its in- | vestigation.” | The whole matter was the subject of exhaustive investigation and report some months ago, and on account of the con- flicting testimony Secretary Root con- vened a board which met at Laoag, P. L, on July 14, and before which both Howze and Hunter appeared. gl LT FEAR THAT SHAFFLEBARGER WAS DROWNED IN THE SURF Clothing and Personal Effects of In- surance Agent Are Found in Bathhouse. LONG BEACH, Oct. 30.—The clothing and other personal effects of J. F. Shaf- flebarger, prominent life insurance agent of Los Angeles, were found to-night in one of the rooms of the Long Beach bath- house and it is w drowned i afternoon. He and was well management e surf some time this ame here twice a week but the fact that he had nted a bathing sult and had not re- rned ft was not remembered until to- night, when his clothing was found. A search of the beach and plunge was made, but without result. Shafflebarger was a strong swimmer and invariably swam as far out as the end of the life lines. It is feared he was seized with sank before any person noticed that he was in distress. He held a responsible po- sition with the Conservative Life Insur- ance Company, has a family and was in comfortable financial circumstances. e Asphyxiated Woman Identified. John Hicks visited the Morgue yester- day. and identified the remains of the woman who died at the City and County spital on Thursday of asphyxjation by at 1300% Stockton street last Tues- day, as those of Annie Dougherty. Last evening Mrs. Alma street, upon viewing the body, sald that the woman was once married to a man named McNab of Santa Rosa, but she had not seen the deceased for several years. It was urderstood that the woman had been separated from her husband for the last three years. Mrs. Lindo re- quested Deputy Coroner Meehan to hold the body until Sunday so that in the event that she was not buried by her relatives, who aré said to be wealthy, her friends could take charge of the re- mains. as ————— | Rich Flow of Oil Is Struck. | WATSONVILLE, Oct. 3).—The Watson- | ville Oil Company perforated two strata | | of sand at well No. 3 on the Sargent ranch, ncar Sargents, Santa Clara County, this morning, and the result is beyond the expectations of its owners. The flow of oil under the pressure of gas has been | heavy all d columns of oil frequently whooiing upward at least sixty feet. Sev- eral hundred barrels of ofl were lost in the geyser rush before the flow was con- trolled. Tt is estimated that the well will furnish not less than two hundred barrels per day. The Sargents territory is be- Jieved to be one of the best oil districts in California, and it is the nearest to San Francisco of any proved oil territory. ——————— Army and Navy Jinks. | Army and Navy Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West gave its annual | smoker in its meeting place in Native | Sons’ Hall last night. The attendance was large and the programme presented [under the supervision of Bert A, Badt, | chairman of the good of the order com- { mittee, was entertaining and pleasing. { This parlor will give an entertainment | for the bencfit of the lady relatives and | friends of the members. The subordinate | of the Native Sons was organized among ! native Californians in the army at Ma- nila and it was instituted in this city in | 1900, every charter ‘member being a vet- eran of the Spanish-American War. - e Decides Not to Cut Price of Lumber. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 20.—That there in demand 15 only a tem- merman, a foreman; A. H. Roberts and | porary condition, which may not longer John Cornell. endure than the close of next month. believed that their owner. | known to the bathhouse | mps while in the water and | Lindo of 603 Bush | MISS BERTHA MARVIN SOLOISTS WHO WILL GIVE A CONCERT FOR THE ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH. . o + AKLAND, Oct. 30.—A delightful programme has been prepared by | Choirmaster J. C. Walling of the | English Lutheran Church for the | praise service that will be given | Sunday evening at the church. The choir 1s noted for its good work and on the present occasion it will be nssisted by Miss Eisie Farnham, plan H. A. Red- fieid, tenor: J. E. Dean, tenor, and Gus Olsen, barytone. Miss € Merrill is organist for the choir and will be heard Sunday evening | in several solos. Mrs. Clara Diana Stacy, | the soprano, is a recent acquisition, com- | Ing to Oakland from Chicago a short time ago, and is said to possess a very fine voice. The whole praise service programme is as follows: Organ prelu “Prai; e L ed; “Glori prano solo, Clara from Mrs, John od | Stacy; trio, ‘“Lift (Mendelssohn), William Kelly ““Andant Breaks™" ings; alto " solo, | Mise | itvan. . piano and organ accompaniment; , Hark, My Soul” (Shelley), Mrs. Marvin; hymn 210; benediction; nt prayer; organ postlude, Maccabaeus' (Handel). L e e o ) SERVIAN OFFIGER AN ARRESTED New Plot Discovered Against Military Regicides. | | chorus from “Judas BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 30.—Captain Lotkijevitch, the former alde-de-camp of the late King Alexander, who was ar- 1efted last September and sentenced to a month’s imprisonment for having engaged in a conspiracy against the murderers of King Alexander and Queen Draga, has been rearrested. He was captured in the | laundry room o the fort. The arrest of General Magelenics, for- | merly a supporter of the late King Milan |of Bervia and on the retired list, and other officers is imminent. The general | did not participate in the counter plot, but he has openly condemned the regi- cldes. It Is understood that a new plot has been discovered against the murderers of the King and Queen. S Al B CONGRESSMAN METCALF OFF FOR WSHINGTON | With Family He Departs by Way of Southern Route for National Capital. OAKLAND, Oct. 30.—Congressman Vic- tor H. Metcalf, with Mrs. Metcalf and their son Harold, departed this evening for Washington to be present at the open- ing of the special session of Congress next month. The Metcalfs will stop for a day at Los Angeles and at New Orleans en rcute to the national capital. ——————— Policeman Is Retired. 4 OAKLAND, Oct. 3.—The Police and Fire Commissioners to-day permanently retired Patrolman J. 8. Mackey. The Se- quola Athletic Club was granted a permit to hold a professional boxing contest on November 12. . | NEOPHYTES DI TRITE "STUNTS” Annual Skull and Keys _ Initiation Lacking in Originality. ————— Berkeley Office 8an Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Oect. 30. For a number of hours to-day a score of upper-class men of the University of California cut up curious capers to the | delight of a large college audience. These | men were the Initiates into Skull and Keys, the exclusive inter-fraternity of the college. The affair, which is an annual event, attracted a number of society peo- ple from both sides of the bay. Each one of the neophytes was compelled to do all sorts of queer things. Most of these “stunts”” were supposed to be funny, but the performance was marked by the com- plete absence of anything like originality. The initiation might have been the one held three years ago for all the departure | there was in it from the one of that date. In the afternoon during the football practice the neophytes appeared on the fleld dressed in variegated costumes lead- ing goats and donkeys. Each one had his own particular part to play. None of the neophytes, however, were able to make good with the bleachers. This evening the organization held a banquet. Four ‘men of the faculty were taken into the organizaticn as honorary mem- bers. They were Professor Martin C. Flaherty, Professor Henry Morse Ste- phens, Professor Sanford, Captain Waite and Instructor Landfield. The follow- C JAN 15 BROKEN B HORSE'3 HOOF Boy Will Be Unable to Eat or Talk for Some Time. Louis Eike, Felix Filippini and Thomas McLean Vic- tims of Accident. s P Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 30. | Several accident cases were treated at the Receiving Hospital to-day. Louisl Eike, a tinsmith’'s apprentice, Was| brought in this afternoon with a broken jaw. A horse had kicked him and caused such a fracture that his face had to be put in a plaster of paris cast, and this | will necessitate his taking nourishment through a tube for some iime. 1 Felix Filippini, a worker in a macaront | { factory at 513 Fifth street, unfortunately | caught his leg in some of the machinery this afternoon and it was drawn In until | the bones were broken in four places. | Fortunately the machinery stopped owing | to the obstrugtion, or he would have met | a horrible déath. He was taken to the | hospital, where all was done to put him on the way to recovery, but it is feared that the leg will have to be amputated. Thomas McLean, an employe of the Cal- ifornia Gas Company, narrowly escaped with his life from an explosion of gas | that occurred at the works of the com- | pany at the foot of Castro street. Gas collected in the furnace, exploded and | | blew off one of the iron doors, which struck McLean on the forehead. He . 18 knocked down and sustained an ugly gash in the head. The wound required consid- | erable stitching. Seemingly he suffered no further ill effects from his experience. | —_———— Washington Farmers Prosperous. | TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 30.—High-priced wheat is enabling hundreds of farmers in Eastern Washington and Oregon to pay off mortgages this fall. At Pendleton one day this week releases of 171 mortgages, representing 326,000, were filed with tha County Recorder by the Pendleton Sav- ings Bank. Most of them were held against farmers and stockmen. This is | the largest number of satisfactions filed at any county seat in one day for many years. —_————— Laborer Dies From FPoison. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30.—The body of Patrick Murphy, a laborer, was found at Eastlake Park near 'the reservoir this afternoon. From outward appearance it was the opinion of the physicians who saw the body that Murpby died from poison. A small bottle of arsenic was found in the pockets of the dead man's coat. It is thought to be a case of suicide. @ sieiiieiviviniieini e @ GHASE 13 SURE OF ACQUITTAL Trial of Colorado Na- tional Guardsman ; Nears End. 1 | DENVER, Oct. 30,—It is practically cer- ing were the men initiated: E. R. Abadie, C."P. Boone, A. S. Bunnell, C. F. Burke, F. E. Clarke, A. M. Cooley, R. A. Craig, | R. E. Demeritt, J. 8. Edwards, J. A. | | Force, W. F. Heitmuller, T. W. Hendrick | Scott Hendricks, H. W. Howard, M. G Jeffress, A. W. Meany, H. S. Minor, O. 8. Orrick, C. H. Parker, Rudolph Schill- ing, B. K. Stroud, S. R. Symmes, G. B. Voorhies, Harmon Wickson, J. A. Wilcox and H. 8. Young. The other members of the organization | are the following: A. G. Cadogan, L. B. Chandler, R. J. Dunphy, A. W. Foster, J. W. Geary, F. Hamilton, C. H. Hudson, L. K. Kennedy, Drummond MacGavin, H. H. Minor, J. F. Moore, Orval Overall, | W. H. Ramsauer, B. S. Sheffleld, R. J. | Somers, 8. M. Stow and J. C. Whipple. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Oct. 30.—Editor Hallett of the Blue and Gold, the college annual, has just an- nounced the list of an Important series of prizes that he intends to offer for the best work that is done for the book. The prizes for the suc- cessful work are as follows: First, for the best idea for the fmprovement of the book. a trip to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado via the Santa Fe: second. for the best idea for a car- toon. a five day trip to the Yosemite over the Santa Fe-Merced route: third, for the best story on college life, a five-day trip to the Yosemite; fourth, for. the best photograph typical of col lege life, a fountain pen. It is the intention of Hallett to offer additional prizes for the stu- dents in the Affiliated Colleges and in the Art School. The contest will close on January 13. The University of California has been invited to put a team of assoclation football players in the field and play with the Hornets of Oakland on New Year's day. The matter will be taken up by the executive committee and a decision will be reached before the end of next week. The present challenze from the Hornets is g part of the plan to introduce assoctation foot- Dall into the coliege. e . Robert 1. Altken. who is to do the sculptur- ing on the new Hearst mining bullding, has erected a, rude studio on the campus adjoining the new structure. . . Tke university is now taking steps to college regiment. The movements of the st | dent soldiers are now greatly restricted cn ac. count of the poor facilities for drilling. Tt is hoped to improve this condition by putting Hillegass field In suitable shape. ———— Students in Comedy. ALAMEDA, Oct. 30.—“When Greek Meets Greek,” a comedietta, will be pre- sented by the December class of the Ala- meda High School in Armory Hall to- ‘morrow night. Those who will appear in the cast are Miss Ethel Amann, Miss Ida Pattiani, Herbert Bruntsch and J. How- ard Johnston. ————— Heavy Sea Running at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 30.—There was a heavy sea running last night and the Conflanza, a schooner owned hy Natley Fros.,, which was unloading tanbark ‘at the wherf, broke from her moorings. A steam schooner belonging to the Big Creek Company theén towed the C'onflanza to Monterey. Threé small skiffs belong- ing to Fred Perez, A. Id and J. Sterling, fishermen, were torn from their moorings and drifted out to sea. —_——— Strike for Shorter Working Hours. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 30.—The workmen employed in the wheel mills of the black powder department at the Cal Powder Works struck last night demanded that the hours of werk be re- duced from twelve to eight, their wages to remalin as at present. The strike does not affect any of the other departments. ———— e ABL, Oct. 30.—A deal was closed . Gregson and wife and M. C. SRS the Camp Méeker - ame | commander of the National Guard tain that Brigadier General John Chase, of on trial before a court- | martial, will exonerated from the charge of perjury. When the court met o-day it wes announced that no further evidence on this charge would be re- quired and a recess was taken until this afternoon at the request of General| Chase's attorneys to give the defendant further time to arrange his defense to the charges of disobedience and insubor- dination. A member of the court, on be- | ing asked for his opinion of the signif- Colorado, now be | icance of the abrupt closing of the hear- ing on the perjury charge, replied that it amounted practically to an acquittal. | This afternoon General Chase was put | upon the stand. He admitted refusing to obey the alleged executive order for the release of the prisoner, Davis. He de- clared that he had been made responsible for the peace of the Cripple Creek dis- trict and felt that the detention of Davis was necessary. He did not belleve the order came from the Governor. He de- nied that he had ever willfully disobeyed any order which he knew came from the commander in chief, Governor Peabody. WIVES GRANTED DIVORCES { FROM CRUEL HUSBANDS | Judge Hall Decides Mrs. May E.| Fink Has No Right to More | Alimony. OAKLAND, Oct. 30.—To-day Mrs. Ida | Hopper was grantcd a divorce from her husband, Frank; by Judge Melvin on the ground of extreme crueity. She was als awarded the community property and $60 | a month alimony. Jeanette B. Culver was given an inter- locutory decree of divorce to-day from William B. Culver on the ground of de- sertion. i Judge Melvin this morning granted Mary Elfen a divorce from Odin W. Elfen on the ground of extreme cruelty. One of the reasons why Mrs. May E. Fink appealed from the decision of the court .in granting her a divorce from Alonzo W. Fink was made apparent to- day when the hearing of the matter of her petition to have Fink show cause why he should not pay her $85 a month ali- mony from June last. Attorney McPike argued that the alimony should be patd until the appeal had been settled. Judge Hall did not take this view of the case and dismissed the action, stating that their property rights had been settled by the decree. ———— Attell Defeats Kid Krantz. VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 30.—Caesar At- tell of San Francisco to-night defeated Kid Krantz of Seattle in a twenty-round contest for a decision. —_— Extracting gold from the Nome beaches continues, so reports the Mining and Sei. entific Press. The Press says: During the season of four years ago this was very orofitable and many miners refused to make known the large amounts of gold which they sscured from the beach with rockers. Twenty-five plants were operated this season petween Nome Cemetery and Penny River and ifteen more on the eastern outskirts of Nome. The plant usually consists of a gasoline en- gine, It is estimated that each took out an average of $2500, giving an output for this season of $100,000. Four he beach was estimated to have 'gf-; sl mat, one of the Tivery stable. VALLEJO, Oct. 30.—Several thousand m‘-‘ received the Sissons Hatchery. in stocking the pond on the fsland. i | couple that they would WOMEN HAVE NARROW E3CAPE Fractious Horse Upsets Carriage of Miss Mathews. AL With Children of Dr. Maher, She Is Rescued by T. C. Connell. ——in Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Oct. 30. Rearing and plunging among a number of vehicles, a horse driven by Miss Mary Mathews overturned a phaeton on San Pablo avenue this evening and threw the driver and Misses Bessfe and Irene Ma- her out into the street. But for the pres- ence of mind of T. C. Connell, a pas- senger on a passing car, who jumped and caught the horse, all would probably have been dragged to death. As it was the yuong ladles escaped with a few bruises. Miss Mathews was driving from Oak- land to her home at Fortieth street and San Pablo avenue and had with her the two little daughters of Dr. J. Maher, her neices, aged 9 and 12 years respectively. They had reached where the new electric train crosses the road and where a num- ber of other vehicles were waiting the passing of the train. The horse became impatient and began to rear and plunge and finally backed the phaeton into an other rig and upset it. The young ladies were tangled in the overturned phaeton and Mr. Cennell jumped from a passing car and caught the animal by the bit and succeeded in giueting it and allowed the frightened occupants to extricate them- selves. Dr. J. L. Milton, who happened to be in the vicinity and saw the occufrence, hastened to the scene of the accident and made a hasty examination to see if any of them were hurt and then took them to their home. Miss Mathews was considerably bruised and was suffering from a strained arm. but otherwise was unhurt. The little girls were not hurt seriously. J. | ———— | BLACKMAILER IS SENT TO SAN QUENTIN PRISON Frank Freeman, Arrested in Los An- geles, Pleads Guilty and Receives Light Sentence. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30.—Frank Free- man was sentenced to-day to one year in San Quentin for levying blackmail under unusual circumstances. He was charged with extorting money and valuables from Fred E. Watts October 14, to which charge he pleaded guilty. On the evening of October 14 Wat and a young woman companion were oc- cupying a bench in Westlake Park, when Freeman approached them armed with an electric pocket lantern, which he | turned upon them. He informed the have to accom- pany him to the police station, as he was an officer and they were violating park regulations, Watts expostulated in vain, and finally gave the man his gold watch in lieu of the $20 which Freeman de- manded as hush money. Watts com- plained to the police and Freeman's ar- rest followed. oo RS B OVERCOME BY GASES WHILE IN A SEWER ‘Workman Collapses but Is Removed Quickly to the Surface and Revived. OAKLAND, Oct. 20.—Overcome by foul gases, Thomas Hart, a city employe, was dragged unconscious out of the main lake sewer to-day, in which he had been work- ing with a cleaning gang. Fellow work- man saw Hart collapse and quickly got him to a nearby manhole, where he was raised to the surface. In the fresh aur Hart revived quickly The incident caused Superintendent of Streets Ott to make a careful examina- tion of the sewer, the result being that this main outlet will be cleaned its entire length at once. From San Pablo avenue to Harrison street the sewer is clogged with two and a half feet of debris. This seriously blocks the conduit and would be the source of much trouble unises reme- died before the winter rains set in. —_—— Swift Justice. SAN JOSE, Oct. 30.—Quick work has been done in the case of George T. An- derson, charged with stealing $35 from the room of a school teacher at Almaden. He was arrested Wednesday, held to an swer yesterday, pleaded guilty to-day, waived time and was sentenced to ona year in San Quentin. —_———— King George a British Admiral. LONDON, Oct. 30.—It was officlally an- nounced to-day that the King of Greece has been appointed an honorary admiral of ‘the British fleet. —————— —— RUMMAGE SALE.—The Ladies’ Aid Society of Memorial Presbyterian Chureh will open a rummage sale Saturday, October 31, at 540 Sixth street. Contributions may be sent to the store or notices to call. Articles will be thank- fully received. —_———— CARPENTER FRACTURES HIP.—John Nichol, a carpenter, fell from the roof of a building at Sixteenth street and Julian avepus yesterday evening and fractured the bome of his right hip. He Was treated at the City and County Hospital. ————— ROBS A CANDY STORE.—Henry Lill, 1S years old, was arrested last night by Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham and booked at the Mission police station on a charge of burglary. 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