The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1903, Page 4

4 10 SPUR TRAGK Street Committee Hears Protest of Labor Couneil. Atiorney for 8t. Mary’s Help Hospital Scores the Board of Works. s The Street Committee of the Board of | Supervisors held a lively session )'PF“ terda er the consideration of 1he; petition of the San Francisco Labor | Council to annul the privilege hereto- | fore granted to Archbishop P. W. Rior- president of the St. Mary's Help 1 and a spur track to connect the r warehouse at the southeast nd Sansome streets The warehouse left by the late Mrs. Kate 1 for the benefit of the hospital, whie s be erected on Guerrero g the Board of »wdinance regularly d the Board of Works to on for the spur, the lat- fuses to issue a permit on st has been filed Supplementary to the pro- Lak Council the City rati of which John Kean filed a communication fa- repeal of the ordinance. The says in the petition that “it sh to stand in the way of ements, but the fact that the anting the privilege has wcted upon for two years of that of ntend T ration objects th 1 that it will deprive of mensof employment cted being members of the on and further protests ing of & monopoly in one fo the detriment of many WOULD HURT TEAMSTERS. secretary of the Labor 1at the granting of the pur track would ber of men out as the ware- to the ex- nd also that too : ceupied McEnerney, attorney for ordan, scored the Board rks for refusing to grant We Super- thority he Board of visors and we have b 1 2d from doing he £ Works, which-denies ur request for a permit. I represent a titution that takes care of The objections to the the for the ob- have charitabi: the sick free been rs. We will he teamsters n when the leather jars Anything that will » consumer will The owners of the ware- » were not so insane as to get a t for a track so that the! n and out of representatives ould not hou of the teams: MUST PAVE STREET. get the s say 2 erdinance,” sald Casey, es holders of spuf track y pave the space between , feet on either side.” \re of that condition,” re- plied McEnerney, “and we will comply with all rements this board may pre=cribe H * “For my M said Chairman Curtis of the committee, I do not like to see this corporation singled out for taking | away a privilege already granted. We have issued many permits for spur trecks and to my have not the power to dis weighty reas to me that if we repezl this particular privilege we would be compelled to re- peal all similar privileges.’ It developed during the meeting that the Board Public Works itself on November 1901, had recommended that the petition of St. Mary's Help Hospital be granted, with the amend- ment, however, that the spur track be laid on Filbert street instead of on | Sansome, . as originally petitioned for by the corporation. On the declaration of the Board of Works that the tracks | could be laid on Filbert street with less | hindrance to traffic the Supervisors | passed the ordinance granting the spur | track privitege: WILL INVESTIGATE ROUTE. | The commitiee postponed action nn‘, the matter until next Thursday in or- der to make a personal investigation | of the route of the proposed spur track. | The Street Committee recommended the passage of a resolution lowering | the grade of Golden Gate avenue, at its intersection with Jones and Leaven- | worth streets, and authorizing the Board of Works to proceed with the work. Permission was granted to the Board | of Works to construct at an estimated cost to the city of $11,500 a six-inch gewer in Thirty-seventh avenue, south of the nmew pesthouse site to the bu" shore, and also a roadway leading to the site and the grading of a portion | thereof | The Board of Works was granted au- thority to pave New Montgomery street, between Market and Mission, with asphalt, at an estimated cast ot; $13,560. Grades were recommended to be| changed at points designated on First | avenue, between Parnassus avenue and H street, and Chestnut street, between Hyde and Larkin. The petition of J. C. Bates that a! fidavits of publications of resolutions and notices of street work be furnished was referred to the Board of Works for action. The petition of property-owners for the construction of sidewalks on Point nd we Supervisors’ | TO RESURVEY PORTION | for street work in various parts of the | of 1500 gallons capacity on its premises Asks Marin County Officials to Aid Him in Finding Her. et Asserts That She Eloped in an Automobile With an Acquaintance. R A Special Dis; to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 27.—Frank Hall of SangFrancisco appealed to the au- thorities of this city to-day to assist him in searching for his runaway wife. He stated that she had eloped with a man whose name he refused to divulge and that he had reason to believe they were touring Marin County in an auto- mobile. Hall's story was to the effect that| his wife left their home in San Fran- cisco on Thursday after announcing that she was going to visit a friend. When she did not return at the usual hour he commenced a search for her and learned that she came to this city. He next heard of her being seen here in an automobile with the man with | whom she had eloped. The local autherities were unable to find any trace oi Mrs. Hall, her com- panion or the automobile. If the couple crossed to this side of the bay they must have continued on to Petaluma or some other point in Sonoma County, for it is almost certain that they are not in Marin County. Hall refused to give his San Fran- cisco address to the Sheriff, riating that he would call on him in the even- ing to learn if there were any develop- ments, He failed to return, however, or place himself in communication with either the Sheriff or police. R e e e ] t avenue, was !aid over for con- ation until next Thursday. der . P TO REGULATE RUSINESS OF SHOOTING RANGES Judiciary Committee Consider# the Proposed Restriction | of Trade of Locksmiths. | The Supervisors' Judiciary Commit- tee yesterday referred to Attorney Thomas Malloy the proposed ordinance exempting private shooting ranges from payment of licenses for codifica- tion in connection with other ordin- ances regulating shooting xanges. Mol- stated that there was nothing in the present law or the charter rfquir-| 1 its for shooting galleries to be ed by the Chief of Police. The committee disallowed the claim | of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company | for $10 11 for damages sustained by the schooner Dauntless in passing through Fourth street drawbridg® | dence was taken regarding the | proposed ordinance regulating the busi- ness of locksmiths. It was stated by M J ker and H. B. McPherson, presidenit of the Master Locksmiths'] Association, that the ordinance was necessary to restrict irresponsible lock- smiths, while objection was raised by H. J. Collins because it requires idck- niths to have a fixed place of busi- Action was postponed for two| weeks. TR TR R SLOW TAX COLLECTIONS MEANS BIG DELINQUIWCY ! City Treasurer Receives $364,572 79 | From United Railroads Pending Determination of Suit. Unless there is an extraordinary rush to the tax office to-day and Monday Tax Collector -Smith anticipates that there will be an unusuallv large Ae- linquency. Up to yesterd”y morniug the sum of $2,600,000 has been collected on first ir ents of taxes due this year. There still remains $2,100,000 to | collect and only two days to do it in, as Mon iing at . o'clock the taxes wiil become delinquent and pen- alties will be collected: the The facilities for collecting taxe so perfect that Jittie or n» d perienced by those desiring to taxes. City Treasurer McDougald ye nl»rdu,'! ex- pay received from the United- Railroads the | sum of $3 279, represerting the taxes its personal property, which | was paid in court pending the decision | in the suit of interpleader to detérmine whether the city or State shall assess | the United Railroads. It took Treasurer McDougald and | three of his deputies @ore than three hours to count the money, which was then deposited in the treasury vaults. OF RICHMOND DISTRICT Board of Works JInvites Bids for Work and Changes Grades on Fourteenth Street. The Board.of Public Works yester- day adopted a number of resolutions city, and also ordered grades to be changed on Fourteenth street, between Alpine and Castro streets. J. F. Sloane was appointed inspector on the work of constructing an addi- tion to the warehouse for the Depart- ment of Elections at Eighteenth and Division streets at a compensation of $6 per day. Bids were ordered invited for the work of resurveying the portion of the Richmond district located between Point Lobos avenue and Fulton street and First and Twelfth avenues. Action was postponed for one week on the offer of the Spring Valley Water ‘Works to donate the land necessary for the widening of the street at tae junc- tion of Corbett and Ocean avenues, e S ‘Will Install Smoke Consumer. The Fire Committee granted a permit to the Sanitary Reduction Works yes- terday to maintain an oil storage tank on Rhode Island street. The corpora- tion intends to install a smoke con- sumer to prevent noxious fumes escap- ing from its big chimney. . ————— Fire at Sunset Oil Fields, BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 27.—A fire at the Sunset oll field destroyed the coop- erage plant of the Consolidated Cali- fornia Oil Fields Company’s refinery last night. . The loss is $6000. All the | of machinery and two carloads of ma- Lobos avenue, from Willlamson street | terial were destraved THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1903. General Bliss Makes Suggestions for the Army College. Officer Believes Young Sol- diers Should Know How to Fight. SIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss in his annual ! report as president of the army war | college says detailed study of the mili- tary problems confronting the United States should form an important part of the work of the college, under the | direction of the chief of staff. General Bliss recommends the elimination from the duties of the college of “the collec- tion of military information.” He also would eliminate any special study of material of war, which, while im- portant enough, he does not consider within the proper scope of the war col- lege. General Bliss recommends that a number of officers be selected at stated intervals for the study and the working out of a great war game. The | officers chosen, he says, should be se- lected from those who would play an important part in the execution of plans adopted in the event of war. In the selection of officers for post schools General Bliss thinks that no difference should be made in the cases of West Point graduates. General Bliss urges that every en- couragement be given to the officers of the organized militia to pursue the course of study laid down for the post schools, and s that “in this way the schools will perform the additional function of insuring the maximum number of trained regimental officers for our large improvised armies in times of war. e i | FIGH PRICE OF TURKEY PROVOKES A PROTEST Vallejo Clergyman in His Thanks- giving Sermon Refers to Several Causes for Discontent. VALLEJO, Nov. .—Thirty cents a pound for turkey, incidentally, and the high price of the necessaries of life, generwlly, have provoked a protest fro: Rev. R. L. of the Holy Spirit. In hir Thanksgiving sermon Dr. Mac- Farlane said: “Even though our land hasvielded abundantly of fruits and vegetables there is cause for discon- tent, inasmuch as a combination of wiblesale and retail dealers has con- | spired to so increase the price of the necessaries of life as to place them be- vond the reach of the poorer and hum- bler classes. Notably has this been the case in San Francisco, and the same is true in Vallejo. We have abundant cause for discontent when we see men, for sir own aggrandizement, corner- ing the gifts whicki-God has ‘bestowed on us; Jdenying us the actuail necessar- ies of life. T would heartily recommend that throughout this State where this condition of perfidy is to be found that there should be formed leagués and consumers’ unions, o that we shall not suffer for the fpcessaries of lifs to gsatisfy the greed of men. What is true in regard to the manipu- lation of the harvest yield through the perfidy of some men is true also.in the commercial world. The consumer is being oppressed to-day as he never was expressed In days gone b e ALASKA MERCHANT TELLS A STORY OF PERSECUTION Asserts That He :V;n Driven Out of Business by. Friends of an Al- leged Murderer. TACOMA, Nov. 21.—T. F. Burns, for | vears a ¢igar‘manufacturer at Douglas, ‘Alaska, has returned, stating that he wag driven out of Alaska by continued persecution by officers of the Treadwell Mining Company. In May, 1902, Burns was summoned to appear on ‘a Cor- oner's jury to investigate the killing of M. C. Tones by Superintendent McDon- ald o1 the Treadwell mine. For lack of witnesses, only ene testifying, McDon- ald was acquitted. Burns now makes the statement that because he insisted- on an investigation by the United States Grand Jury.into, the suspicioul circumstances surrounding the killing Jones - by McDonald, McDonald threatened to put him out of business and force him to leave Alaska. Burns claims McDonald induced , the mer- chants to - discontinue handling his goods, with the result that he was forced to seek a new location to make a living. Burns has given the facts of the case, together with all available data regarding Jones' death, to United States District Attorney John J. Boyce, who has promised to make a full inves- tigation. — e SENTIMENT IS AGAINST EXTENDING COW LIMITS Supervisors’ Health Committee Re- ports Result of Poll Taken Among Affected Residents. The Supervisors’ Health Committee met yesterday and formulated a report to the board to the effect that after a poll of votes taken among the residents of the University Mound and Bay View districts it finds that the sentiment js overwhglmlngly against the proposed ordinance extending the limits within which it is prohibited to keep more than two cows. The poll was taken to determine the propriety of extending the limits, and as the vote was four to one against it in all likelihood the or- dinance will not be passed. The committee reported that the com. | that Mr. Ben plaint that Gray Brothers’ brick plant MacFarlane of the Mission ; consumers! | | | ETTER TERMS Manchurian Dispute Is Said to Have Been Put Aside. Japan Is More Friendly, but Korean Situation Is Unchangsd. A i Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. _Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing 'Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27.—It is stated that the Russo-Japanese diffi- culty so far as Manchuria is concerned has been tentatively settled by Japan agreeing to recognize Russia's domi- nant interests there and not to inter- fere with them at present. This does not imply a walving of treaty rights, the ultimate recognition of which, as with all open ports and the integrity of Chinese sovereignty, Japan requires. It is alleged, however, that Japan is will- ing to leave these questions in abeyance in order not to embarrass Russia. In the meantime Japan's insistence regarding the position of Korea is not modified. @ il i il @ QUARREL OVER RAGEHORSE ENDG Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 118 Broadway, Nov. 27. The long-continued contest over the ownership of the thoroughbred Harry Thatcher was finally compromised to- day after nearly two vears of |ighting in the courts. A document was filed with the County Clerk to-day, signed by “Long Willie” Anna Hastings, the contestants over the possession of the horse, agreeing to the dismissal of all the proceedings pending in the case. Harry Thatcher is a well-known race- horse on the Western circuits. He won a race last Monday at the Emeryville track, beating Dr. Bernays, Rose of May, Red Tip and Max Bendix, and came home an easy winner at odds of 4 to 1. race yesterday and came in in the ruck. Two yeass ago he was given by John- son to Mrs. Anna Hastings as security for a board bill and money borraryed by Johnson. He claimed that he gave her the horse to run, with the under- standing that when the animal won sufficient races to pay the debt he was to get him back again. Mrs. Hastings claimed that the horse was given her without contingency. While Mrs. Hast- ings claimed Johnson owed her $350, it was showh the horse had won $1200. The examination of the accounts of stabling and pasturing took up much time, but Judge Ogden finally decided the case in favor of Johnson. Mrs. Hastings then filed a bond on appeal, but this has been dismissed as stated. e TRAMPS MAKE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A RANCHER Victim Wanders for Three Days in a Half Demented Condition Before Being Found. FRESNO, Nov. 27.—Adolph Zehnder. foreman of the Thornton cattle ranch, twelve miles west of this city, yester- day wandered into a rabbit hunter’'s camp a few miles from the ranch with a bullet wound in his head. He was without shoes or coat and his clothing was damp from the dense fog. He was demented and has since been unable to offer any explanation save that in occasional half lucid intervals he has said that he was set upon by two men who demanded his shoes and his money and discharged two shots dt him. Be- sides the wound in his head he has a deep cut on his left arm just above the wrist made with a keen-edged wea- pon, probably a razor, and numerous bruises on his back. On Monday last Zehnder left the ranch (o go to Madra. He rode a few miles and then left his ‘horse to walk across country to the railroad. From that time until he wandered into the hunter’s camp Thursday he had not been seen. The supposition is that he was set upon by tramps. He was brought to this city and the physicians attending him express little hope for his recovery. Exposure in his half- clad condition through three nights of very cold weather has brought on an attack of pneumonia. —_————— COURT ISSUES DECREE IN BENNETT WILL CASE Judge Decides That Sealed Letter May Not Be Admitted as Part of the Will. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov, 27.—Tk2 formal decree of the Probate Court in relation to the Philo S. Bennett will, of which W. J. Bryan is an executor, was announced to-day by Probate Judge Cleaveland. After the decision of Judge Cleaveland regarding the will was made some weeks ago, after a hearing of the parties interested, the Judge left to the attorneys to agree if possible on the form of the formal de- cree based on that decision. Opposing counsel, however, found themselves un- able to reach an agreement. After re- citing the known facts in the case Judge Cleaveland decrees that neither the sealed letter by which it appeared tt expressed a desire to give $50,000 to Mr. Bryan and family in the Flint tract is a nuisance was not ' and the typewritten document in the borne out by the facts. —_————————— WEDS A FEW HOURS possessioh of Mr. Bryan, nor the én- velope containing the letter should be admitted to probate as part of the will. Otherwise the will was allowed and or- AFTER THE DIVORCE | gered to be recorded. NEWPORT, R. I, Nov. 27.—A decree of divorce was to-day ordered to be en- tered in the case of Mrs. Arthur T, Kemp against her husband. Mrs. Kemp is a sister of Mrs. Reginald C. Vander- bilt. : Some hours after he had granted the decree Judge Dubois of the Supreme Court performed a marriage ceremony between Mrs. Kemp and Holly H. Hun- newell of Boston. A few friends, in- cluding Reginald C. Vanderbilt, broth. er-in-law of Mrs, Kemp,' were present, 1 — BERKELEY PROFESSOR’S STRANGE LIFE AMONG THE CLIFF DWELLERS. © NEXT SUNDAY CALL. o Johnson and Mrs. | He was entered in a distance | SETTLE DISPUTE ———— L J. Truman and F. L. Turpin Withdraw In- Jjunction Suit. ek 7 Both Officials Resign and Agree to Election of Successors. PGSy The directors of the Columbian Banking Company have settled their differences and the suit instituted by | L J. Truman and F. L. Turpin to re-' strain their brother directors from in- terfering with them in their duties as | president and vice president respect- ively of the corporation was withdrawn | vesterday when the case was called be- ! fore Judge Hebbard. For some time Truman, the presi- ;dent, and Turpin, vice president of the | | bank, held 1339 shares of the 2500 shares | Issued, thus giving them the control of the board of directors. The balance of the issued shares was neld by Di- rectors C. O. Perry, J. H. Swift, Al-| len Griffiths, T. O. Sadlier and Thomas | E. Haven. The unissued shares of the | bank, amounting to 7500, remained in | the treasury. e Dissatisfaction was felt some months | ago at the manner in which Truman | and Turpin were conducting the af-| fairs of the banking company and the | directors decided to de_ose them. Five hundred shares of the treasury stock were ordered issued by the majority of the directors, the same being sold to Allen Griffiths. 3y this move the di- rectors opposed to Truman and Tur- | pin secured sufficient s-ock to control the board. : The next step was taken a few days | ago, when Truman and Turpin wers | ousted from their positions by a con” | trolling vote of the issued stock. J. H. Swift was elected president and Allen | Griffiths vice president and Truman and Turpin evoked the aid of the courts. ¢ A suit to determiiie the sale of the | 500 shares of treasury stock was filed, | but it was dismissid on nijtion of the | defendant, diregtors. Then Truman and | Turpin sought an injunction to re- strain the other directors from inter- tering with them in their positions as | | president and vice president. This is | the suit that-wds withdrawn yester- day. I. J. Truman made statement last evening: the following | i | “Yes, we,have settled everything | amicably Ve held a meeting of the airectors to-day and I tendered my | resignation ascpresident and Mr. Sur- | pin did the same as vice president. We | | decided that the interests of the bank | | would best be served by not having any friction ‘or Jitigation, so we de- | cided to withdraw the igfunction suit | | and come to an amicg}le settlement. | | “J. H. Swift is now president and Al-! | len Griffiths is viceresident of the | bank and Mr. Turpin and myself are | | directors. We will not oppose the is- | sue of the 500 shares of treasury stock | and we now hopa that @verything will | go alvag in‘a smootl manner.” ——— OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Orders Are Issued for Changes in | the Postal and Navy 5 Service. WASHINGTON : Ngv. 27.—The fol- lowing orders have been issue?: Post- offices discontinued December 1a: Oregon—Riverton, Coos County, mail | te. Coquille. Washingiin—Covington, King Coun- ty, mail to Kent. | Army ‘orders—Captain Herry “‘ | Stamford, signa! coips, is ordered from | Fort Myer, Virginia. to San Francisco, thence to the Philippines. The follow- ing officers of the signal corps on their | arrival at San Francisco will proceed | to the stations named: Major William A. Glassford, to Uenver, Colo.; Captain | Eugene O. Fecht, to San Antonio, Tex.; | Captain Car! F. Hartmann, to Fort Mc- Dowell, California, and Cuptain Chat'es | S. Wallace, to Omaha, Neb. ——e— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—The ‘ollow- ing Californians regiccered here ws-day: From San Francisco—M. Goldsmith, at the Hoffman; W. A. Richardson, at the Navarre; R. H. Swavne and wife, at the Imperial; E. J. Wieland, at the Hoffman; F. C. Baldwin, at the Man- hattan; €. A. Barnes, at the Hollgnd House; J. C. Brittain, at the Imperfal; L. G. Harrison, at the Union Square; J. Herrmann, at the St. Denis; A. C. Hooper, at the Manhattan; S. C. Houghton, at the Astor House; J. H. Mercer, at the Broadway Central; Mrs. R. E. Newland, at the Everett; F. M. Parsells, at the Marlborough; G. Pauls, J., L. Rondtree, at the Imperial; G. Stone, at the Plaza; T. C. Walker, at the Manhattan. San Jose—J. W. Turrer and wife, at the Cosmopolitan. Los Angeles—Mrs. E. Babcock, at the Navarre; E. H. Grasly Jr, at the Imperial. % Lot e, T e Dies From Injuries. Valentine Kendall, a laborer, 40 years of age, residing at 1118 Treat avenue, died at St. Mary's Hospital last night from internal injuries received on No- vember 23. Deceased was employed in the construction of the new Vallejo- street wharf and was struck by flying splinters from a pile that was being driven. —_——— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, Nov. 27.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Manuel J. Silva, 25 years old, and Christine Vierra, 19, both of Newark; Frank P. Davis, over 21, San Franeisco, and Laura C. Mec- Coy, over 18, Haywards; Henry Lillie, €5, Ellsmore, ahd Frances Herron, 45, San Francisco. # D SRR < s e Chicago Pioneer Dies. CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Augustus H. Burley, the founder of the Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company, and a pio- neer, died here to-day of heart disease, superinduced by old age. —— . Late Shipping Intelligence. SAILED. Friday, November 27. Stmr Scotia, Johnson, Bowens Landing. OUTSIDE, BOPND IN, 12 MIDNIGHT. Echrs Coquille Winchester. ¢ l | | ment. C ' A CASTIGATION No Right to Exercise Pardoning Power of £ tat>. TaTaaTY Verdict in Nih il Case Char- acteriz d as Travesty on Justice. ——————s | Sentence of imprisonment for life as fixed by the trial jury was passed upon Michael Nihill by Judge Cook yester-‘ day for shooting and killing Mrs. Ben- efrieda Baker in a saloon at Howard and Russ streets on April 21 last. | ‘When the case was called Attorney | ‘Alford for the defendant said he had no legal cause to offer why judgment should not be pronounced. He had sim- | ply to request that the defendant be sent to San Quentin instead of Folsom for the sake of the defendant’'s aged mother and sisters. The Judge said it would be only out of consideration for the defendant's mother for him to listen to any request. At the time the verdict was rendered he felt that it was a case in which, the jury having found a verdict of murder in the first degree, there could be but | one punishment adequate under the law. If the jury had brought in a verdict of murder in the, second de- gree, as it was in their province to do, he would have certainly felt that they had conscientiously performed their duty and he would have pronounced sentence accordingly, but where the verdict was murder in the first de- gree and there could be no possible mitigating circumstance to justify a reduction in the punishment it seemed to him a travesty on justice—a gross miscarriage of justice in every sense d. continued the Judge, “have no right to make themselves the par- doning power of the State. In this case the defendant had repeatedly threat- ened to kill the woman; he had hired apartments where he could be within reach of her and the night before the murder he had purchased a pistol to carry his threat into execution. If ever | there was a case of lying in wait mur- der this was one, and as I said before, it was murder in the first degree with- out a mitigating circumstance. If the death penalty was not for such a case then the statute ought to be repealed. It is through such a miscarriage justice that men are instigated to com- mit crimes of this sort. I would not be justified in the circumstances in giving the defendant any consideration what- ever, but for the sake of his family, es- pecially his aged mother, I am inclined to grant the request made by counsel.” The Judge ordered the defendant to spend the rest of his natural life .in San Quentin. A stay of ten days was asked, but the Judge would only allow five days. —_—————————— WORKING COMMITTEES HOLD ANNUAL DINNER Young Men’s Christian Association Members Discuss Extension of Educational Courses. The annual meeting and dinner of the working committees of the Young Men's Christian Association was held | last night at the association building | on Mason street. The meeting was devoted to discus- sion on the extension, the educational and other work of the association. It has been the aim of the Young Men's Christian Association to give an educa< tion to all young men who desire it. During the last year hundreds have at- tended its schools, taking up almost every branch of study in the college curgiculum. The working committees of the asso- (‘Xa‘}A-n want to extend this field of | study and turn out educated young | men as good as any college can. The social field of the association was also discuseod, with a view to its enlarge- While the members were at din- ner several speeches were made by | er‘nent men. i ¥. E. Kelley made an address on | “The Social Side of Our Work.” He outlined the plans of the committee | and told of the proposed extension of | the social domain. Alexan+er Gardner talked on “The | Forelgn Section” and F. A. Jackson | spoke on “The Development of Sunday ! Clubs.” He said that the committees | intended to gain a larger attendance at their Sunday religious meetings. The educational work was discussed by A. A. Macurda, the educational di- rictor. Rev. F. M. Larkin, pastor of Grace Meth.dist Church, made an ad- dress on /“The Complete Man.” Secre- tary McCoy presided. —_——— Receive Many Congratulations. Miss Zelda/Tiffany and William Har- rison, whose engagement was an- nounced on Thanksgiving day, are be- ing showered with gvud wishes and congratulations by their friends in this city and Sausalito. The pretty bride- elect is already the recipient of several exquisite engagement cups. Miss Tiffany is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Tiffany, a granddaugh- ter of John Sroufe and a niece of Mrs. Jobn F. Merrill. Mr. Harrison is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison. He is assoclated in the coal business with his father in this city and resides Wwith his parents in their pretty country home at Sausalito. —_—————— Attempts Suicide for Wager. James Horn, a recent arrival from Stockton, attempted to end his life last night for a 10-cent wager. He be- came intoxicated and met a salior in a water front resort. - The latter bet Horn 10 cents that he would mot com- mit suicide and Horn immediately re- paired to Mission-street wharf and jumped overboard. He was rescued | and taken to the Harbor Hospital. A —_——— Schlenberger Not Known in Oregon. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 27.—The State authorities at Salem, Or., know nothing of a man named John Schlenberger, re- ferred to in a dispatch from Philadel- phia, reputed to have left an ) valued at $53,000,000, consisting o:-t‘l.u:: ‘ber and mineral lands. No man by that name died in this city during the month ' of July, nor can any record be found ' of such a ever having lived in the State. S | has refused | question will of | e FRNILY OBJEGTS ISAN FRANCISCAN |BIG WAR GAME GZAR AND MIKADD |BANK DIRECTORS JURY REGEIE3 LOSES HIS WIFE, INTHE TRAINING) ON B ROADS REJECT THE FRANGHISES {Southern and Central Pacific Companies in Earnest. Terms of Alameda Grants Are Not Acceptable to Kruttschnitt. —_— ALAMEDA, Nov. 27.—General Man- ager Julius Kruttschnitt on behalf of the Southern and Central Pacific railways to accept the two local franchises as awarded to those cor- porations on the 2d of this menth by the City Trus His letter abso- lutely declining to accept the privileges as granted was received to-day by City Clerk James W. Gillogly. It leaves the mat. r of the two franchises practically es. | in the same condition that they have been since the South Pacific Coast Rail- way Company's twenty-five-year fran- chise expired last June. In his letter of refusal Mr. Kruttschnitt says: “An examination of the franchises in lose the fact that they contain many unusual and burdensome conditions on the part of each grantee.” He then refers to the provision that local passenger service shall not be cur- tailed; that local stations shall not be abolished without the consent of the City Trustees: that single fares be- tween Alameda and San Francisco shall not exceed 10 cents and between Ala- meda and Oakland 5 cents; that the Central Pacific shall remove its tracks from Rallroad avenue, between Fifth nd Eighth streets; that single fares be- ween local stations shall not exceed 2% cents, and that no freight except to or from Alameda or points between Alameda and Santa Cruz be trans- ported over the local line between the erly boundary of the city and Ala- meda Point. Continuing Mr. Krutt- schnitt says: The concessions on the part of the Southern Pacific Company are of the highest value to the people of Alameda, insuring the continuance of the present very low local rateg and placing them on an exact equality with the city of Oakland. Some of these concessions were reluctantly consented to by us, but as we had intended to remodel the entire railrcad system of Alameda so as to bring it up to the best modern stand- ard, we felt, after much consideration and discussion, that if the franchises for a sufficlently long time to warrant the contemplated expenditure were granted. we wouid accept the incon- venience and submit to the limitations which are » so urgently demanded on ir part. In all our conferences with your representatives we distinetly stated that the shortest, term we would consider for franchisds involving such conditions was fifty years, and all of the concessions made by us were well understood to be based upen fifty- | year terms. “We desire to maintain friendly rel: tions with Alameda City and to main- tain therein a first-class modern rafl- way system, operated in such a man- ner as to meet every reasonable re- quirement of her people, but we cannot afford to incur the very large invest- ments necessary for that purpose under the limitations and restrictions pro- posed by you for any sherter term than that of the corporate existence of the respective grantees named in the fran- Fchises. “I beg further to state that no fran- chises containing the special conditions referred to will be accepted by either of said companies. I most respectfully in- form you that the franchises, as finally passed by you are not accepted. With much regret that the weil-intended con- cessions offered by the saild companies have failed to obtain a reasonable re- sponse from you, 1 remain very re- spectfully yours, “J. KRUTTSCHNITT, “Fourth Vice-President and General Manage PR f Court Declares the Will Invalid. WOODLAND, Nov. 27.—Judge Gad- | dis to-day rendered a decision declar- ing invalid the will of the late Henry Seaman of Winters. The decision was based on the ground that the will was not signed in the proper place. Instead of signing at the end of the will the testator placed his signature on the back of the will. The signatures of the witnesses were placed immediately un- der that of the testator. —_— Doubts Game and Is Assaulted. Maurice E. Meyers, who resides at 502 Stanyan street, was injured on the head yesterday in a saloon at 119 Ellis street. 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