The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 22, 1903, Page 28

DODGE TO GIVE PERGONAL BOND City Officials Chafe at Paying Exorbitant Premiums. Will Take Steps to Escape Exactions of Surety Companies. Sl s The recent combine formed by the| surety companies to raise the premiums on bonds furnished by city officials caused Assessor Dodge to declare yes- terday that he wili file a bond with ties to cover his term be- 1ing January 8 next. The exdtrions of the surety concerns some that it is uit in a considerable the companies. 1s required by the harte a bond in the sum 0 the last four years company bond the sum as a premium. paid out $400 for eed by the rety e as recently notified that the for the same or $800 B This uble the sum here- in premiums. is exorbitent rate payment by we are the city ght 7 ustain through any action on his part. ANTED SURETY BOND. t was learned that when Treas: e sum of $100,000 n, who was then in McDougald furnish company. Phelan 1 n of for e exacted a cDougald. The lat- 1 the charter ond, affa article 16, not a surety for each oth flicial- bonds. Every bond €t on that the prin- orm all official THE SAN FRA CISCOo CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1903. EX-POSTAASTER NOW A STEWARD Friend of Oakland Gets Place at Napa State Hospital. Democrat, Who Held a Posi- tion for Twenty-Eight Years, Ousted POLIGE ARREST AN UNDERTAKER Well-Known Modesto Man to Answer Bur- glary Charge. Stolen Sacks of Grain Found on Accused Resident's Ranch NAPA, board of Hospital, sition of steward, held by J. M. Palmer, was declared vacant and ex-Postmas- ter Friend of Oakland was elected to the p Ia position Nov. 21.—At a meeting of the | managers of the Napa Stule | ce. er, though a Democrat, held the for the past twenty-eight through Republican and Demo- always years, cratic regimes alike, and has been regarded an honest and capable official. The removal is made now to make rcom for a Republican, which Friend is. The change has been under conside n for some time, but until the las eting Palmer had the sup- | port of gh votes on the board to | prevent re At the session of the board held yes- terday C Poole was removed | from the pc n of engineer and J. | McDonald of San Franc was elected to the place. Both changes have caused considerable comment in Napa. @+ upon or rdinar required of him by | charter, and that i »f his term of office he will surrender to his successor all prop- erty, books, papers and documents that y come into his possession as such jcer. Such bond must also be exe- cuted by two or more sureties, who shall each justify in the amount re- quired for said bond; but when the amount of the bond is more than $5000 the sureties may become severally lia- | ble for portions of not less than $2500. | When there are more than two sureties, | such sureties may justify in an amount | re aggregate, shall equal | amount of said bond. MUST MAKE AFEIDAVIT. | 4 Every surety upon an offi- other than lawfully autho- | ¥ companies, must make an avit, which shall be indorsed upon - the “Sec. cial bond ul uch bond, that he is a resident and freeholder in the city and county and | worth in prope: situated in the city nd coun sive of incumbranc thereon, doubl amount of his un- king over and above all sums for | which he is alre liable or in any| manner bound, whether as principal, | indorser or surety, and whether such prior obligation or liability be condi- | tional or absolute, liquidated or unliqui- dated, due or to become due. All per- y thereafter be, | sons offered as sureties on official | advantage of the sections noted. heid Thursday night, the po- | of State. The total vote cast was 877,203, Myron T. Herrick’s plurality over Tom L. Jot for Governor was 113,612, . the | nighest ever given a gubernatorial can- didate in Ohio. Sagus Soe e ELIZ. , Nov. 21.—Fi firem S| injured in a $175 | Auditor and no doubt other elected of- Spectal Dispatch to The Call MODESTO, Nov. 21.—G. R. Graves, & | prominent underteker of this city, was | arrested this morning on a charge of | burglary in the warehouse of the Has- | |lacher & Kahkn Grain Company. A | warrant was also sworn out for James | H. Collins, an employe of Graves, but | he has disappeared. Some time between last Saturday | night and Monday morning the lock was forced from the warehouse door | and twenty-seven sacks of wheat were stolen. Weagon tracks in the soft soil | led from the warehouse to the ranch of | Graves. A search warrant was sworn out and the grain was found in the barn, some | of the sac bearing the private mark of the grain company. Graves is now out on bail. James Collins, the ranch | foreman, is an ex-convict, having re- | cently served eighteen months in the | Oregon State penitentiary for embez- zling lodge funds. The affair has cre- ated a sensation here. — e Cuts Throat to End Life. NEVADA, John Nov. 2L—A man named | mpted to commit suicide n Thursday night. He was water shed there yesterday the windpipe being Burns te ( severed, e. When discovered Burns had suffered much loss of blood and the wonder is that he survived. A razor was found at his side. He is in a us e , but there is some of recove e Herrick’s Plurality Enormous. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2L—The offi- cial vote on the recent election in Ohio was announced to-day by the Secretary hope 060 fire in the Donner Furniture Com- | building in this city to-day. e o] ) bonds may be examined on oath as to their qualifications by the officers whose duty it is to approve the bond.” Under the foregoing provisions it ap- pears to be clear that personal bonds, if conforming to-charter requirements, must be approved by the Mavor and ficlals besides Assessor Dodge will take l there have been STORIES CLASH IN HOLSE GASE Whereabouts of Out- law’s Friend During Fight Unknown. * Bakersfield Trial Ends With Much Co:flicting Tes= timony. o Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 21.—The evi- dence in the Hulse case closed this evening without either Jennie Fox or Hulse himself, the only living eye-wit- | nesses to the details of the tragedy, un- less, indeed, there was a third man im- plicated, taking the stand. The woman at first swore that Hulse and a third men aided Outlaw McKin- | ney in the fatal battle. Later she de- clared in a newspaper interview that she had perjured herself and said Hulse was not present. The prosecution to-day devoted most | of its efforts to the impeachment of Ed Potter and John E. Caldwell, who swore to an alibi for Hulse yesterday. Charles Badger, an electrical lineman, testified that he saw Hulse a few min- utes after the shooting when the two witnesses declared he was in their company. Badger, however, said he was alone. George Carlisle, a street car motorman, saw Potter and Hulse in conversation the morning of April 19, but it was about an hour before the shooting. WilliAm Forker, superintendent for the Jewett & Blodgett Oil Company, was on Chester avenue about 10 o’clock and saw officers going toward the joss house before the battle. Hulse was then on Chester avenue, but flve min- utes later he was gone. David Scott saw Hulse on Chester avenue between 9 and 10 o'clock, but a few minutes afterward he was gone. Scott was on watch by the Crawford saloon, where Hulse claimed to have been until the | fatal battle. He was not there during this period. John Collins was around the Crawford saloon during the en- tire time the defendant claimed to be there, but did not see anything of him. —_————— Road to the Big Basin. SAN JOSE, Nov ~A meeting of the local Sempervirens 1b has been called for next Saturday at the Courthouse. The object of the meeting is to promote the building of a suitable road from this city to the Big Basin. With the construc- tion of four miles of road the people of this city will be able to drive into the big tree park. The route has already been surveyed. An effort will be made to raise the necessary money for the work by subscription. e SRR EAL T Only nine men have been hanged in Kentucky in the last five years, although 798 murders. INFORMANT NS~ [TORRENT WHELMS |CHILD EXPLAINS THE OFFIGERS| A NOTED GOWBOY Young Stranger Tells Constable Plans of Robbers. Authorities Hide in Saloon and Fight With Criminals. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. COLUSA, Nov. 21.—A strange young man stepped up to the Constable at Maxwell yesterday and said: ‘A couple of fellows have planned to rob a salcon and a store in this town and they have forced me to agree o help them, and we are to do the job to-night. 1 will be with them, ®o if you lay for them don’t shoot me. They will frst enter Tolson's saloon. They already have keys to fit the door.” Conetable Carpenter immediately se- cured other officers and last night they secreted themselves in Tolson's saloon. After waiting until nearly 2 o’clock and when about ready to leave they heard footsteps, then a key slipped into the lock and the door was openred. The burglars went to work on the slot machine when they were surprised by the officers and after a hard fight one of the robbers was shot in the legs and captured. The other was captured this afternoon at Colusa Junction and lodged in the County Jail at Colusa. Called by Death. . 21.—George W. Hoff- man, a pioneer of 1849, died at his home in this city this morning. He was a na- tive of Germany and 78 years of age. When 14 years of age he came to Amer- ica. He went to sea shortly after and for eleven years followed the life of a sailor. In 1844 heywas in a vessel that came as far north as Mazatlan on the Pacific coast. At the discovery of gold he started from New York for California. Until 1363 he followed mining and then came to San Jose, where he engaged In the nursery business. A number of grown children survive him. Three years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis and had been an invalld ever since. —_———————— Pioneer Rea Will Celebrate. SAN JOSE, Nov. 21.—Thomas Rea, one of the best known pioneers of this coun- ty, will celebrate his eighty-third birth- day at his home at Gllroy to-morrow. Rea came to California in 1850 and moved to Gilroy in 1853, where he has resided ever since. He is the father of James W. Rea, the well-known politiclan, and was one of the first to assist in the or- ganization of the Republican party in this State. Rea has served the State as Assemblyman and also was Councllman and Mayor of Gilroy. He is one of the wealthlest men of the county. At his birthday to-morrow there will be six children, fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Jack Anderson of Round Valley Drowned in a Stream. Foolhardy Effort to Cross on a Horse Ends in His Death. P Epecial Dispatch to The Call COVELO, Nov. 2L—Jack Anderson, the noted vaquero, was drowned to-day while attempting to cross a tributary to Eel River. Anderson had been to Covelo, having come here early in the day. The heavy rains had swollen the waters, and about 4 o'clock, when he started for home and came to the river, he found it verv high. At first he dared not asttempt to cross, but after considering for some time he concluded to make the attempt. His horse seemed to swim and breast the water bravely, but when he reached the center of the stream he failed and horse and rider went down. The horse came out 200 yards below, but the rider was seen no more alive. Scores of Indlans and whites have been searching for the body and late this evening it was found on a drift some two miles from where the acci- dent occurred. Anderson was considered a brave among the Indians and a great pow- wow will follow mourning and dancing for the repose of his soul. —_—e———— POLICE THINK THEY HAVE A MURDERER Man Arrested Who Tallies With De- | scription of Slayer of Sheriff Young. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 21.—The Helena police have arrested John H. Dugan, be- lieved to be the man who killed Sheriff George T. Young of Park County, desper- ately wounding Under Sheriff Better and killing a man named Beaver in Novem- ber, 191. Young was grand master of the Anclent Order of United Workmen of Montana and his murder created a pro- found sensation. His murderer was chased over the eastern part of the State. Dugan answers the description and is said to have admitted the crime to two compan- fons. —_—e—————————— A Forestic Ball. Court Inter Nos No. 18 of the Forest- ers of America, one of the most so- ciable of the order in this city, has is- sued invitations for a grand ball to be given in Union Square Hall on the evening of Wednesday, December 2. Joseph J. Harrington is the chairman of the committee of arrangements, which will do all that can be done to make the affair one of the most pleas- ant of the social events of the winter given by a court of this order. | | borne a good reputation. HER FALSEHOODS Serious Charges Magdge Against a Father Unfounded. Parent Released From Jai] After Wasting Coin for Defense. Spectal Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 2L—At Cc to-day Clara Sellers, 13 years old, w charged her father, A. Sellers John, with a serious_crime, con that she had lied and( that her father is innocent. Sellers has been in Whitman Coun Jall since April 20 and was to have b tried to-day. At the preliminary ing held last April Clara swore that h father had committed crir To-d she told Prosécuting Attorney Hanr her that the testimony wa Ise; tha her father is innocent, and that she had concocted the story in revenge because he had whipped her severely girl insists that no one prompted her to tell the story. She says she recently joined a church and now realizes it is to le. Sellers was released from the Jail to-day. He is 50 years old an He farm and spent all his money In ing his defense and is now n His wife died four yars ago, leaving four children. —_—— Stanford Parlor’s Ladies’ Night. 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