The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1903, Page 4

7 e : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1903 o S FATALST ENDS HAUNTED LIFE “God Wills It” Found Graven on Suicide’s Medal Body of W. Humphries, a Car- penter, Discovered Float- ing in the Bay. —_— The body of W. Humphries, a car- penter, was found floating in the bay at he foot of Sixth street yesterday after- JERYLL AND HIOE 70 HIS MOTHER Sad Mrs. Greiner Says Son’s Career Was Deceitful. Coroner's Jury Hears Story of Burglar Kiniry's Evil Touch. RS i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | ‘ 1118 Broadway, Dec. 2. | Justifiable homicide was the verdict noon by two members of the crew of | Of the Coroner's jury to-night in the the scow Sycamore. On a medal fasten- #4 around the nmeck of the dead man the sentiment “I. H. 8.—God Wills It" was graven and a scapular, such as is worn by Catholics, was also discovered on the body. The remains were iden- tified late lest night by John F. Hum- phries, 607 Fell street, a brother of the1 dead man Humphries vouchsafed no reason for the suicide of his brother other than that he was mentally unbalanced. He resided at 607 Fell street and was a carpenter by occupation; but had been out of employment for some time past. On the body of the unfortunate man ‘was found a clipping from a daily pa- per telling of & man who had called at the Mills building some time ago and dictated a letter regarding his inten- tion of ending his own life. 2 Mrs. N. E. W. Smith, a notary, called &t the Morgue soon after the body was brought in and identified the remains as those of a man who had called at her office on several occasions soliciting financial aid. She stated that she had often let him have money, but finally she refused’ tc aid him further, be- Jieving him’ to be a victim of the liquor habit B Pyrography outfits #nd things to burn in wood and leather. W¢ are agents for Winsor & Newtan, makers of the best artist materials in the world. Sanborn, Vai)] & Co., 741 Market street. . ———————— George G.- Meade Post. General George G. Meade Post, G. A. R., has elected the following officers for ‘the ensuing year: Commander, W. F. Toothaker; senior vice commander, P. M. Bolton: junior vice commander, Isidor Simon; quartermaster, W.- F. Howe; "surgeon, Francis H. Johnson; thaplain, W. W. Freeland; officer of the Lt Phil Herrier; officer of the guard, jam Teichert.. Delegates to the de- partment encampment at Los Angeles: J. C. Scott, Walter. Bernard and John H. Coburn; alternates: P. M. Bolton, L. W. Simmons and William Bennett. % i oo, OUVIER GNES SHARP REPLY French Minister of Fi- nance Challenges Criticism. PARIS, Dec. 2.—During the discus- sion of the budget in®the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Rouvier, Minister of Finance, replying to general criti- cisms of the.Government, declared that the conditions of the national credit were most satisfactory. The fall in rentes, he said, was chiefly due to gen- eral causes, which had also affected the other nations of Europe, but in the absence of certain local causes would have had a less effect on France. M. Rouvier sald that unscrupulous poli- ticlans had striven to increase the feel- ing of @istrust with a view to discredit- ing the Government. The deficit in the budget, he admitted, had also bad an unfavorable effect on rentes. Whether a loan would be issued depends upon the policy of the Chamber. At present the Government has no intention of floating a loan, but if the Chamber refused to supply the Gov- ernment with needful resources, there- by compelling the issue of $9,000,000 of short-time obligations, the floating of & Joan might be found necessary. Regarding withdrawals from the sav- ings banks, that these withdrawals were excessive only in reactionary districts, from which fact he invited the members of the Chamber to draw their conclusions. Intercollegiate Basketball. BERKELEY, Dec. 2.—The Califor- nia end Stanford freshmen basketball teams will play the first game of the intercollegiate series Saturday even- ing in Harmon gymnasium. The Cal- ifornia team has been practicing hard thig last week under the coaching. of the members: of last year's varsity winners—8. P. Koch, W. G. Musgrove and A. F. Ferguson. The experience of the veterans has been very useful to the freshmen and the team is in shape to beat their opponents. The line-up for Saturday will be as fol- lows: Forwards, F. A. Wherry, J. W. Horton and P. H. Chubb; centers, R. D. Rush and C. B. Head; guards, R. 1. Egenhoftf, C. F. Marshal and H: E. Goff. : 3 The Stanford team has not yet been chosen, but will be selected from the following: C. R.'Crader, F. E. Carle- ton, J. H. Conover, G. E. Dole, C. F. Elwell, C. L. Greer, C. W. Henderson, F. L. Hill, A. M. Irwin, A. O. Johnson, H. O. Jenkins, E. M. Morehouse, S. H. Pierce, G. T. Presley, F. M. Redman, J. L. Scudder, M. M. Sterns, J. B. Stevenson, H. T. Wagner, R. F. West, T. E. Pardoe and A. J. Chalmers. —_——— Boy Bandits to Plead Insanity. CHICAGO, Dec, 2.—Gustav Marx, the only ene of the car barn bandits who, when arraigned in court, pleaded guilty, engaged a lawyer to-day and prepared 10 change the plea to one of not gulity. “The bandits will, it is.expected, all plead hereditary insanity. —————— Salt Lake Bishop Is TIl. FALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dee. Y, Iiev. Abel Leonard, Bishop of the Salt Lake Diocese of the Protestant Eplsco- pal church, emBracing Nevada, Utah and Western Colorado, is critically ill of typhoid fever, the Minister pointed out | | case of Frank J. Goldstein. By strong | declaration the jury found that Gold- stein had come to his death at the hands of Policeman James H. Smith, who was attacked while dischargl his duty in attempting to arrest Gold- stein and Kinery. The jury said: “We find that death was caused by bemorrhage, due to a gunshot wound inflicted by Officer James H. Smith, who, while discharging his duty as a peace efficer in attempting to arrest said Goldstein and one David Kiniry, was by them murderously attacked and justifiably defended himself there- | from. T. J. Foster, foreman; I. Arh, J. 8. Dermitt, C. M. Keep, G. M. Lit- tle, J. A. McLean, A. K. Percival. In the light of the revelations made by young Goldstein’s death the story | related to-night by his grief-burdened | mother was peculiarly sad. Mrs. | Greiner recounted to the jury her ‘.’!em. suspicions and anxieties about | her boy; her efforts to prevent him | from assocfating with Kiniry, and at | last her determination to come to San | Francisco two weeks ago, s0 strong | had become her tdea that all was not as it should be with her wayward son. “I have learned all too late that he had been deceiving me,” sald Mrs. [’ Greiner. “He told me when he left home in September with Kiniry that he was going to return to work with Redington & Co. in San Francisco. | know now that it was a deception.” % | WROTE TO HIS MOTHER. “My son had been at home about three months before he left me. He wrote to me every week always from San Francisco, except the last time, | when he wrote me from Oakland. His |last letter was what aroused my sus- | picions, because he said he had to move { abput so much. I could not understand |if he was working in San Francisco why he should move to Oakland. Not {@ word did he ever say about Kiniry. Not until after my son’s- death did I | know the truth.” | Coroner Mehrmann read extracts as | follows from the last letter Mrs. Grei- | | mer received from her son: | *“You will no doubt be surprised when { you receive this to hear that I have |moved. 1 am living with a private family and have my breakfast with them in the morning. I think I am go- ing up to Sacramento Sunday and will |be up there a few days. * * * * ¢ You say that I will not give you'a chance to see me in 'Frisco. I did not know you were coming up here, mother. I don't see why you keep worrying about my peosition. I am all right. The only thing is I am keeping on the move. |* * * * Ihave not geen the Maurers |for over two weeks, You don’'t know {how I have to keep going. I haven't imUCh chance to go around to see any | one.” | Of her acquaintance with Kiniry, Mrs. | Greiner said: | “Kiniry's mother and himself came direct to our house at 204 Turk street, ‘Sln Francisco, from St. Louis. She {left the boy there when he was about |17 years old. He wofked in a drug store on Market street. But he left me and went to his aunt in Vallejo, where: he learned carpentering. Kiniry used to visit my house frequently until I left San Francisco in 1901. My son was working for three years in the Phila- delphia Shoe Store on Third street, and after that I sent him to Heald’s Business College. Soon after I went to | Los Angeles my boy came to me there. | He worked eight or nine months as bookkeeper for Albert Maulhardt at Oxnard and returned to Los Angeles in December of last year. KINIRY'S BAD INFLUENCE. “For a while he attended Woodbury College in Los Angeles, but in March of this year left the college before he | had completed his course. Kiniry had | been around the house and had induced my son to leave. . Before I knew it he | had packed my boy’s clothes in his trunk. My son told me he was going | to San Francisco with Kiniry. I begged him to stay with me, but he told me he | was golng and I could not induce him | to remain at hpme. | “In June I made up my mind to go to San Francisco and was preparing for the journey, when Frank and Kin- iry walked into the house. My son said he had been working at Redington's. | He stayed around home for three | months and Kiniry was there a great deal. At last I sald Frank ought to find a position. I didn’t think Kiniry was a good companion for the boy, be- cause he was roaming about too much. “When they left In September it was, as I was told, for Frank to return to Redington’s, where he had said he was earning $50 a month. “That Sunday he left was the last time I saw him.alive. The last letter he wrote: was from Oakland. from San Francisco.” I remember he said in it: ‘Mother, if it is God's will I will soon be with you again and everything will be O. K. i “Such things. as these in his letters disturbed me, although not until after his death did I know positively that for months I had been deceived.” Other testimony offered was that of Charles Kutz and Fred Kutz, Miss Daisy Nolan and Poiiceman J. M. Cockerton as to the finding of Gold- stein’s body and as to circumstances surrounding the shooting; Dr. J. M. Kane, the autopsy surgeon, and Eu- gene 8. Van Court, who took Policeman Smith’s dying statement at the Recejv-- ing Hospital. Subscriptions to the testimonial fund | intended to raise the mortgage of | $2800 on the late Patrolman Smith's | home are being received at the Central | Bank and at the Oakland newspaper offices. | Goldstein's: body was interred this | morning in Mountain View Cemetery, | The parents and a sister, Miss Annie | Goldsteln, followed the hearse to'the cemetery, where _the Rev. Adolph T. Jatho conduédted a brief service, —————— He 1 o TR e e e e I The one before that was| SCIENGE DEALS OEATH T0 MOTHS Agricult’uralA Men Save the Pajaro Valley Orchards. Stomachs of Native Birds Show That They Eat Insects. o Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Dec. 2. | The scientists’ of the agricultural de- ! partment of the Untversity of Call- | fornia who have been conducting the ! campaign against the codlin moth re- | turned to-day from eight months of warring at Watsonville, the favorite | summer resort of the destructive in- sect. These investigators are entirely justified in saying that they were wholly successful in the campaign, for the loss of fruit through the codlin moths’ ravages this year was only § per cent, against 40 per cent for last year, making a net saving of 35 per | cent. The work was carried on at various times by Professor C. W. Woodworth, | Warren T. Clark, W. H. Voick and J. S. Hunter, though these men were not in the fleld all the time. The finishing- up work was done by Mr. Voick, who returned to-day with Mr. Hunter and | furnished the data connected with it. | All of the appropriation of $2925, which was provided by Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, was used in the experi- |ments. A hundred orchards were | treated, the larger part of the work | being carried on in the Pajaro Valley, | the principal apple region of the State. | Now that the moth has been almost | exterminated the scientists will turn | their attention to the invention of a ¥new spray. It was found that the ar- | sentcal sprays used this summer caused | the leaves to drop and the fruit to be- | come smaller, so that a less injurious | spray must be found. By far the work most interesting to the non-agricultural world was carried on by Mr. Hunter, whose endeavors | were directed toward discovering the | economic value of birds to the orchard- | ists and whether they eat any percep- | tible per cent of the codlin moth or any | other destroying insect. During his | eight months’ stay in the valley Mr. | Hunter killed 1300 birds of different | kinds and sent their stomachs to | Washington for examination by Dr. F. | B. L. Beal, chief ornithologist of the | Department of Agriculture. It was in- | tended that if the birds were destruc- | tible to insects to encourage their pro- | pogation. The examination of the stomachs of | the black grosbeak by Dr. Beal re- | vealed that 90 per cendl of the insect food in them was injurfous to 'crops. Out of this 90 per cent 14 per cent was found to be codlin moth pupae. In some cases there. were 100 per cent of codlin moth; while in-ethers.-there was | only & percént-and.a:large per cent of | caterpillars. | Of the fifty species taken the gros- | beak was found to be the most destruc- [ tive of insects and the linnet the least. Mr. Hunter finds that none of the birds | are as injurious to trees as at first sup- | posed, and that they ought to be pro- | tected ‘more, especlally at the nesting | time. | proms HINA T0 GOLD STANDARD Japan Promises Cordial Support to That End. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—A cable mes- sage has been received here from Pro- fessor Jeremiah Jenks of the Com- mittee on International Exchange, who is now at Tokio, saying h:}(&d received the cordial support of” the Japanese Government in the project of putting China on the gold standard. Charles A. Conant, one of the mem- bers of the committee, said to-day that Professor Jenks would probably spend a few weeks-in the Philippines and would then take up with the Chinese Government the question of practical measures ‘for putting an end to the evils of fluctuating exchange in China. A recent communication to the State Department incloses an appeal from the Chambers of Commerce of Hongkong, Shanghal and Tientsin for the favor- able actlon of the powers in alding China to adopt a uniform currency as the first step toward a gold standard. e PLAN TO REORGANIZE A DEFUNCT MEXICAN BANK President Hunt Suggests the Forma- tion of a New Securities Company. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.—President Hunt of the recently suspended Inter- national Bank and Trust Company has formulated a plan for the reorganjza- tion of that institution, which he has sent from New York. The plan is as follows: A securitles, or holding, company will be formed to take 51 per cent of the stock of, the bank, to be formed under AMexican laws with a capital of $17, 8 The depositors in the de: funct bank will be asked to take stock in the new institution for 50 per cent of their deposits and receive the remain- ing 50 per cent of deposits in cash. The new bank would have locgl directors, as well as. American directors. It is fig- ured that the depositors-of the Inter- national Bank would eventually get the full amount of their deposits in this way if desired, as it is claimed that the stock of the new institutions would soon be salable at par. g —_——————— Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. ‘Wednesday, December 2. Stmn Maggle, Corning, 3% hours from Half- moon_Bay. S 3 * OUTSIDE, BOUND IN, 12 MIDNIGHT. | Bark Edward May. Y DOMESTIC PORTS. COOS BAY—Arrived Dec 2—Stmr Navarro, TRERDEEN —Arrived Dee 28t —Arr 2—Stmr 4o, hence Nov 29, Ooonkt SEATTLE—Sailed Dee 2—8tmr “ger, for San Francisco, . T W ,'f‘. be WOULD GREATE A HAVY BOARD' BELLAMY STORER Admiral Tfijlor Says ‘There Is Lack of Centralization. —————— S5 Annual Report Recommends Many Plans to Improve the Service. SR ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The annual report of Admiral H. C. Taylor, chiet of the bureau of navigation, recom- mends the creation of a general staff in the navy, the appointment of two vice admirals, one for the Asiatic sta- tion and one for the North Atlantic station, a material increase in the num- ber of officers and the addition of a number of ships to the navy. An increase in the number of cruisers, forming the Caribbean squadron to eight is urged, five of an improved Olympia type and three specially con- structed light draught vessels for river work. Admiral Taylor calls attention to the irregular character of the training squadron, and urges in the interests of true economy the building of training vessels which would be useful in war. The construction of eight such vessels is recommended, to be of the size of the San Francisco, with a sea speed of sixteen knots and with large coal en- durance, but with such reduction’ in armament as to be capable of berthing a large number. For the European station six new cruisers are recommended. On the Aslatic station Admiral Taylor says the situation demands a battleship squadron, a cruiser squadron and a squadron of small vessels. Admiral Taylor concurs in the recommendation of Admiral Evans that the principal naval station in the Philippines be es- tablished at Olongapo, Subig Bay. MORE SHIPS FOR ASIA. The report says the Asiatic station needs six cruisers of an improved Olympla type and four cruisers of the scout cruiser type, of which latter two can now be provided. It is also urged that two smaller gunboats or large launches be provided immediately for | service in Chinese rivers for the protec- tion of Américan interests where the | present gunboats cannot operate owing to their size. Admiral Taylor expresses the opinion that a large number of cruisers will be | very necessary during the next few years. Admiral Taylor treats at great length on the subject of desertion, { showing that for the year 1903 the per- | centage was 12.9. Among the various reasons assigned by officers, as well as | the men themselves, he says, are dis- | content with the food, discomforts as | to sleeping accommodations, confine- ment on board ship without frequent ! liberty to visit shore, harshness in lan- guage and bearing on the part of of- ficers toward the crew, the disappoint- ment of the recruit, who belleved that sea service was a pleasant and easy Fthing, and the restless spirit existing [ among some of the men. He estimates | that the desertions on account of food, | close quarters, restricted liberty to go | ashore and causes incident to the men theniselves, including love of change, at not above 9 per cent of the force, and says when desertions go above that percentage departments should exam- ine closely the causes which produce the Increase. Admiral Taylor believes ing year will show signs of a steady diminution, due to the many allevia- tions which have been intr&duced and to the fewards now offered to the men who remain in the service. PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY. As affecting the personnel of the navy, Admiral Taylor refers to the need of more’ officers as engineers. Atten- tion also is called to a defect which Ad- miral Taylor says is common to most military service, whether at sea or on land, namely, the advanced age at which officers reach the more impor- tant commands. The duty of com- manding a battleship and fleets of bat- | tleships, he says, 1s one which requires, | together with a large experience and ability, the energy and nervous endur- ance which is found as a rule among men much younger than those who will command our battleships and fleets for some years to come. As a remedy for the present defect he urges the retire- ment of officers when they have |reached a certain age in a certain grade, He suggests that an officer of 50 years of age, who has not attained the rank of captain, retire, and that a captain -who at 56 has not reached the grade of rear admiral retire. After urging an addition to the service of thirty leutenant commanders and fifty lieutenants, Admiral Taylor says that at present lleutenants are doing the duty which should be done by lieuten- ant commanders. Regarding the creation of a general staff, Admiral Taylor says: “The present organization of the de- partment is inadequate because it falls to co-ordinate the efforts of the several bureaus to a common end, and nowhere fixes responsibility under the Secretary for the general efficiency of the fleet and its preparedness for war. The ne- cessity continues for some authorita- ‘tive direction under the Secretary of the Navy of the general affairs of the fleet as a military organization.” " e ChEmE— 4 Polo at Burlingame. The polo players of the Burlingame Country Club will play a match game ‘this afternoon on the club fleld near the railway station. Play will com- mence at 3 o’clock. Teams will be chosen from among the following players: T. A. Driscoll, Charles Dun- ‘phy, F. J. Carolan, Lawrence Mc- Creery, Walter McCreery, R. M. To- bin, Cyril Tobin, J. O. Tobin and E. ‘W. Howard. . G —_——————— Trainer Tuthill Is Here. Harry Tuthill, who has acted as ‘Young Corbett’s trainer in his prin- cipal fights, arrived here 'yesterday from the East. He went at once to ! Sheehan’s and assumed charge of the featherweight champion’s condition- ing. _° ———— The postpdned meeting of the San Francisco Scottish Bowling Club- will be held to-night in Scottish Hall, 117 Larkin street. Officers will be elect- ed and other important business will that the evil of desertion in the com- | PIUS X REGENES [STRUGTURE MEN |JOSHING LEADS ORDER STRIKE Assures Embassador of Employes of George A. His Friendship for , America. Touched by Expressions of Sympathy During 11l- ness of Leo. —_— ROME, Dec. 2—The Pope to-day received in private audience Bellamy Storer, United States Embassador to Austria, and Mrs. Storer. During the audience the Pope's manner was most affable and the conversation was of an extremely cordial character. The Pope expressed great satisfaction at the good feeling and the kindly interest dis played in the United States during the illness of Pope Leo and the sorrow shown at his death, as well as the pleasure evinced by Americans in his own election as the successor of Leo. The Pope said he was especially touched when he learned of the mani- festations of ¥ and pity in the Protestant chufl:m of the United State during the illness of Pope Leo. Much knowledge of American affairs was shown by the Pope, who said that he greatly desired to please the people of the United States. OLO-TIMEACTOR OFF LIFE'S STAGE Pathetic Passing George Monroe in New York. \ of Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—While his wife and daughter, who are Christian Sci- entists, fervently prayed beside him that he be healed, George Monroe, the old-time actor, died in the rear room of a saloon to-night. The grief-stricken women were still offering supplications that he be re stored to health when his life curtain fell so softly that they did not know he was dead. 7 Monroe, who was 50 years old,/ had played Uncle Tom in the dramnnx‘tlon of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in every State in the Union and in most of the Canadian provinces. He had | yused as witnesses by the prosecution in | not been in good health lately. Mrs. Monroe and her daughter, Mary, are devoted followers of Mrs. Eddy. To- night they. induced Mouroe to attend a Christian Scientist meeting in West Twenty-third street. After the meeting Monroe told the women he felt so much better that he would like to walk home. But the walk through the blustery snow weakened him. When they reached First avenue and Sixteenth street Monroe nearly collapsed. “I am very il,,” he gasped. “I must sit down.” Supported by his wife and daughter, Monroe staggered through the rear door of Thomas Smith’s saloon on that corner and sank into a chalr. Soon, with a deep sigh; his head fell forward upon the table. Smith, the saloonkeeper, informed a policeman that a man was very ill in the sitting-room of his establishment, and the policeman called an ambulance from Bellevue Hospital. When Dr. Palmer arrived Mrs. Monroe and Miss | Mary were still fervently offering their supplications, while on_the other side of the door the clink of glasses and men’s loud laughter sounded. Quickly the surgeon examined Monroe and‘ vainly sougnt his pulse. “He's dead,” said Dr. Palmer. The wife and daughter burst tears. [ into i an S B Death of a Professor of Music. SAN JOSE, Dec. 2.— Professor George A. Deprez, a well known mu- sician of this city, died suddenly at his home, 174 North Fourth street, early this morning of heart disease. Deprez was a native of Shelbyville, Ind., and 88 years of age. He was a graduate of New York and London conservatories of music and at one time was professor of music at the University of the Pacific. A wife sur- vives him. Deprez was a member of St. Clair Club and a prominent Elk. PSS AT Drummer Dies Suddenly. Joseph J. Foley, a well known liquor drummer, died suddenly of rheumatism of the heart in a hotel at Phoenix, Ariz., last night. Foley leaves a wife and two small children residing at 629 Hayes street. He was well known in this city, where he had beén associated with prominent liquor firms for more than ten years. He was a prominent member of the Elks and Red Men. The remains will be brought to this city for burial. L Ll Colonel Hadley Passes Away. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 2.—Colonel Henry H. Hadley, aged 50 years, a wealthy New Yorker, died in the Colo- rado Sanitarium to-day of consump- tion. He is survived by a widow and a son, the latter an Episcopal clergy- man'at Richmond, Ind. Colonel Hadley was a temperance worker of national reputation. At the time of his death he was building a $10,000 sanitarium in Four-Mile, on Boulder Creek, for con- sumptives. 9 I A R Found Dead in Bed. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Robert B. Gatling, a son of the late Richard J. Gatling, inventor of the gun which bears his name, was found dead in bed in his apartments in this city to-day. A doctor said death was due to heart disease. He was about 35 vears RS ‘Well-Known Physician Dies. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Dr. Cyrus Edson died to-night of pneumonia at the Rooseve't Hospital. Dr. Edson was the author of many articles on medical subjects and was also the in- ventor of many useful surgical instru- ments. G Bkt el old. | ‘Fuller Company Are Called Out. Fight to Be Waged in New York and 10,000 Men Will Be Affacted. CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—A general strike against the George A. Fuller Con- struction Company and the sub-con- | tractors of that company was declared to-night by the executive board of the Bridge and Structural Ironworkers’ | International Association, now in ses- sion in Chicago. The fight against the Fuller Company will be centered in | New York city, where the Fuller Com- pany is ‘said to have assisted in the { formation of a rival union of bridge, i structural and architectural fronwork- | ers. | The Fuller Company is said to have Icontrnctl aggregating more than $20,- 1 000,000 in the following citles. New York, Kansas City, Baltimore, Phila- | delphia, Omaha, St. Louis, Boston, { Washington and Pittsburg. Nearly 110,000 men are said to be directly af- | and in the event’ that sympathetic strikes are. called, more than 70,000 will be affected. * BOODLERS WiLL More Disclosures Are Looked Forin Grand Rapids Scandal. | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 2.—At- | torney John McDonald’s announce- iment that he expected five of his cli- !ents to plead guilty in the Superior Court was the principal development in | the water plant boodle scandal to-day. | Five of Attorney McDonald’s clients { appeared betore the police magistrates and walved examination to the higher | lcoun. It is generally understood that | those who pleaded guilty of accepting | bribes will be punished by fines and no imprisonment, and that they will be ! the cases of those of the accused city | officials who insist upon having trials. ! The five men who waived ex-mlm-[ | tion are ex-Aldermen John Donovan, | Clark E. Slocum, John McLachlan,- | Reyner Stonehouse and C. P. Bissell, |a former member of the Board of | Works. Ex-Alderman Lozier, it is said, | | will waive examination to-morrow, but ! Alderman Johnson, of the Seventh | Ward, will insist upon an examination in the lower court. 4 ! Ex-City Attorney Lant Salsbury was | | confined to his bed at his home ail day | suffering from nervous prostration, and | ! in consequence the examination in the | |case of Alderman Ellen of the First | Ward, charged with accepting a bribe | | of $350 in the water deal proposal, was | | postponed in the Police Court until to- | | morrow morning. | Inquiry by telephone at Salsbury's | residence to-night elicited the informa- | tion' that he thought he would be able | to go to court to-morrow. morning and | resume his testimony in regard to his | assertion that he paid Alderman Ellen | | a bribe of $350 to assist in putting the water contract through the Council in | 1900 ! It was reported to-night that if Sals- bury does not take the witness stand to-morrow warrants will be issued for | the arrest of some of those implicated by Salsbury in the conspiracy part of | the deal, and it was partly confirmed | by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ward, who has the cases in hand. i L Masons Will Lay Cornerstone. VALLEJO, Dec. 2.—The local Ma-| sonic lodges have perfected atrange- | ments for laying the cornerstone of the new Carnegie public library build- | |ing in this city. The ceremony will | | be performed next Saturday by the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Califor- | nia. Commanderies of Knights Tem- | plar will be in attendance from Stock- ton, Santa Rosa, Vacaville, Napa and Vallejo, while other commanderies | will be represented by ‘delegations. Hon. J. J. Luchsinger will act as grand marshal. Three bands will | supply music and the visitors will be banqueted in the evening at the pa- vilion. —_——————— Shoots Himself Through Head. { MODESTO, Dec. 2.—An unidenti- fied man committed sulcide at noon to-day in the Hoffman restaurant in | Oakdale by shooting himself through | the head. He was well dressed and | had a few cents in money in his| pocket. *- o Ann Burrows, one of Marin County's earliest settlers; died this evening at her home in San Anselmo. Mrs. Bur- rows was 73 years old. iR e . Funeral of Dr. W. 0. Bucklan OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—The funeral of Dr. Wallace O. Buckland was held to- | day at 2 o'clock from the First Presby- | terian Church. Preceding the removal of | the remains to the church a short ser- | vice was held at the family residence, 1370 Franklin street. The services were conducted by the Rev. E. E. Baker. A touching incident of the funeral was the singing of several hymns by a delega- | tion of children from the Italian Mis- | slon. For several years before his death | Dr. Buckland took great interest in the work of the mission, which is located on | Fifth street. After the regular services lthc leader of the mission saild a few | words in Italian. ' nished by a quartet under the direction | of Alfred Wilkie. The other members of the quartet were: D. M. Lawrence, H. | fected by the strike order in these cities, | - PLEAD GUILTY The music was fur- | UP T0 MURDER Discharged Helper Kills Blacksmith in Rail- - road Shops: ; : N, <o Fires Twelve Shots at Men Who Teased Him About. -His Dismissal. Speclal Dispatch to] The Call. REDONDO, Dec. 2—The joshing by | employes of the blacksmith shops of the Los Angeles - Redondo BElectric Raiflroad of a young mam who had been discharged disobedience of ’orderl resulted in- a murder here to- day, wholly unprovoksd. That other | perSons were not.killed was due only to the poor marksmanship of the mur- derer. S B The victim i8 Timothy Segrue, aged 85, a man of family. His stayer. is Amos Hercules. Hercules had been employed as helper for O. T. Clutter, a blacksmith, and several days ago he was discharged. Every time he ap~ peared at the shops since his discharge the other employes joshed him until he became so enraged that hé declared that unless he gat hls j6b back some- body would be hurt. Shortly before moon to-day Hercules appeared in the shop with two re- i | for ! volvers in his hands and, without warn- | ing, began shooting at the men who | were working there. He particularly imed st Clutter and Segrue, who he claimed had-caused him to be dis. charged. He fired twelve shots, two of which struck Segrue.. Clutter escaped uninjured. As Hercules was atiempt- ing to reload his revolvers the other | men in the shop overpowered him and | surrendered him to an officer. | Segrue was taken to Los Angeles.and while the surgeons were preparing to operate on him he died. Hergcules also ‘| was taken to Los Angeles and lodged in jail on a charge of murder. When | he was being handcuffed by the Sheriff he said: “All ‘that I ask is fffat you bang me good and clean and that you don't make a bungle of it. I shot.that man | and I'm glad of it, but I did not want | to hurt the others.” 3 | 4 | WILL DREDGE sl -~ GRAYS HARBOR {Government to Spehd Money to Deepen ‘ * Channel. A committee from the United States | Corps of Engineers, consisting of Lieu= tenant Colonel Thomas H. Hanbury of San Francisco, Major Willlam C. Langfitt and Captain Williat H. Hart of Seattle, returned from Grays Har- bor yesterday after a week spent in an inspection of thé improvements which have been undertaken by the Govern- ment at that point. The particular duty assigned was to determine the location for éxtensive dredging opera- | tions, by which a channel from the sea. for vessels drawing sixteen feet may be secured to the towns of Hoquiam, Aberdeen, Cosmopelis on the bay, and to Montesano, on the Chehalis River. At present, except at high tide, t! channel does. not exceed ten feet -in depth. The citizens of Hoquiam, which is the site of extensive lumber. manufac- turing interests, have urged the deep- ening of the north channel, by which ! a depth of sixteen feet could be main- tained on the water front. Other in- terests demanded that a channel shbuld be dredged on the south side of the north channel. - 3 It is understood that the board has recommended that the wishes of Ho- quiam should be favored, though the removal of 250,000 cubic yards of earth is required, against 154,000 cubic yards in the south channel. A contract has already been let for dredging at 13 8-10 cents per yard, and it is believed that early in the season the improvements in the inner harbor will be completed. The jetty on the south spit is making rapid progress, and the resuits so far indicate an increasing depth of water on the bar. The Government has dp- propriated in all 3125000 for Grays, Harbor improvements, which will open a magnificent country richly endowed with lumber and agricultural resources. - Former Soldier Is Under Arrest. KESWICK, Dec. 2.—R. H. Van Schlick, former Philippine soldier, bearing several bullet secars, was are rested at the Keswick smelter to-day by Deputy Sheriff George Wiley of Redding at the request of Sheriff Veale of Contra Costa County. The nature of Van Schlick's offanse is not known here. ——————— Marriage Licenses. . OAKLAND, Dec. 2.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to day: John A. Nealing, | 34, and Mrs. Sophia F. Cory, 31, Yoth of San Franciseo; Mose Hellman, 26, and Dora Mendslson, 21, both of Oakland; George H. MacMeekin, over. 21, and Adele Richon, over 18, both of San Francisco. —— An Ola Proverb With a New Applica- The are full of “so-called” rem- edies for Baldness. 7 - You may call anything in creation a | ramedyhb.u!-;‘o u:; them is. l\k:wl:::m: er. e horse ). O atin - and D.nflglnlr‘n caused ';,v you don’ e germ o Form WAIl kil the hatr. Scientists have laboreéd with the prob- lem l:? a preventive for Baldness for ‘W. Patrick and Wilhelm Nielsen. The pallbearers were: County Auditor G. W. Bacon and Deputy County Assessor J. R. Sloan: represent-- ing the physicians, Dr. John Fearn Jr. and Dr. John Purves; representing the Presbyterian Mission on Fifth street, Messrs. La Frank and Benclo. From the Masons, | many years. No‘mu Herpicide ts the product of a mod- n tdes, and will curé Dandruff and prevent ldness because germs cannot exist when you | apply Herpicide. rpicide is a valuable hair uressing and disinfectant as well as a cure for Dan- | e . i ! wroit,