The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1903, Page 5

TUESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1903 CORNERSTONE OF NEW MERCHANTS EXCHANGE LAID WITH SIMPLE BUT STRIKING CEREMONY President William Babcock Conducts Formality in Presence of Prominent Citizens. appropriate cere- of the mnew was laid yester- presence of arge nent business men of *- rstone ange the a iarters of Merchants’ S e the center of interest business circles. Invita- sent out and acceoted by Horace Davis, one of the founders of the old Produce Exchange, was then introduced to the assembly and he com- pared the past events with those of the present time concerning the business community of San Francisco, Mr. Davis in part said: It is thirty-seven years ago that we founded e stated that the building of the new;‘ Merchants’ Exchange was but a prep- | aration ‘for what was to come in the future. He congratulated the busi- ness men of San Francisco for their energy and the success of the various | trade associations and paid a ulbulm | to the late Thomas Brown, who was a | = leading factor in the preparation of the plans for the new quarters of the | merchanfs of San Francisco. President Babcock then announced | that all was ready for the laying of the corner-stone. | The huge block of granite from the | quarry of the Madera Granite Com- | pany was already hanging in position, | suspended by a block and tackle. | Arthur McEwen, the contractor for the stone work on the building, spread a layer of cement where the corner- | stone was to rest. | | | Secretary Cary T. Friedlander ex- | hibited the long tin box, hermetically sealed, which was to be deposited in the cavity beneath the corner-stone. | CONTENTS OF TIN BOX. President Babcock then read a list | of the contents of the tin box, which included coples of the daily newspa- | pers, weekly trade publication, copies of the rules of the Merchants’ Ex- | change, lists of members of the Dr—‘ {John J. Bohn, Chicago Editor, | ADVERTISEMENT: TINGLEY'S CULI WRECKS HOME Fur= in niture to be Wins His Suit for Divoree exquisite need and Custody of l‘hih]rmlI not mnecessare= s e R \\'[FF‘ ily be expensive. NEGLECTED BY HIS “ A Tabourette for instance with Tea Set or Potted Palm upon it sets off an Oriental corner charming= ly. Golden or Weathered Oakor Mahogany com= bine durable build and beautiful fin= ish. Such a prac= tical addition to the home gratifies one’s artistic taste and serves as a delightful Xmas rememe Husband Says Her Infatuation for Point Loma Theosophy Led to the Marital Woes . ERord L L | | CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—There was told | in court to-day the story of a cnupl»“ who parted at the doors of Mrs. Kath- ryn Tingley’'s Temple of Theosophy at Point Loma, Cal., because the wife wished to probe into the occult my: teries of Yogi and “Universal Brother- hoed,” while her children were left to the airy protection of “higher law" and her husband—well, it 1s alleged she didn’t care much what did become of him, because Mrs. Tingley said he was a tyrant. On the strength of this story, sub- stantiated by evidence in detail, Judge Kavanagh to-day granted a divorce to John J. Bohn, publisher and editor of Specisl Dispatch to The Call. ganization, plans of the new bullding, articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Merchants’ and Produce ex- . } y | adjusted by the masons. In opening the procee | Babeock reviewed the history Merchants’ Exchange, ing as follow of the bis address be- SPEECHES DELIVERED. IR SRR R) SCARLET FEVER GERM'S ORIGI! . Medical B ADVERTISEMENTS. Harvard School Free! Free! mal, Not Vegetable, Nature Candies Bonbons BT Chocolates st - TON, Dec. 14.—Dr. Frank Burr Given AWEY BEBC | o o tarvart sisticn: s WITH OUR 5 will present to-morrow night to the Teas‘ Coffees, Spices Boston Society of Medical Sciences im- portant information as to the cause of Baking Powder ALSO Everything that’s Beautiful in Fancy China, Crockery, Glass- ware, Ornaments, Dolls & Novelties Come See Them You Will Be Charmed scar ver, following a long and ex- investigation of the subject. The main point of his discovery is that germ of the disease is of animal not of vegetable origin, as has been | After years of hard work, Mallory is able to show that infection in scarlet fever is by protozoa and to trace the ! elopment of the disease through successive stages of animal growth. An important feature of the demon- WITH OUR EXTRA stration to-morrow will be that Mal- will show the similarity of the Liberal Premiums scarlet feve tozoa to the organism fireat American Importing Tea Co. | S Couces “mataria. While the two which causes malaria. are not identical, the scarlet fever pro- | tozoa in appearance suggests the “mar- guerite” formation of the malaria mi- ercbe. Up to now it has been held in the | medical world that the germ of scarlet | fever was of vegetable organism. { —e— D._Crawford the Suszrior Cou | EAx JOSE, Dec | aay commenced a suit i t rt against the Mayor and City Council to compe| ive him an electric franchise for which s the highest bidder last week. A tempurary unction was granted by Tuttle restraining the Council from dgain eell- ing the fradchise. box, 25¢) ;; them Cures & Cold imOne Day, E B ——,————— Germany sells the United States near- $5,000,000 worth of beet sugar a year. 1 gs President | Ex-| pert Finds That It Is of Ani-| Judge | Those great wheat that the Merchants' Ex- and a_few months Ho: . and It is certain ure to have hange, then housed corner of Davis and our om the old Proc for the cost of e hths _of ears the end « in recelpt f a revenue \LY'S ESTATE 'D' bR (SR e New York Appraiser Fixes| the Value at Less Than Two | Million Dollars in That State ! e ————— NEW YORK, Dec. 14—William Wilson, State Transfer Tax Appraiser, to-day filed a supplemental report to the value of the estate left by | cus Daly, who died in this city vember 11, 1900. The appraiser's orig- inal estimate of gross personal es- tate, wherever situated, was $9,630,939. It is unchanged in the report filed to- day. Daly's personal property in New York State at the time of his.death was worth, according to the. criginal estimate of the appraiser, $1,585,451, and | in this State $127,014, | | had most of her wedding clothes ready; the dedanctions leaving a net personal estate of .$1,438,- 1437, In the supplemental report the esti- mate of the gross personal estate in | New York js $1,848,545, leaving the net personal estate $1,696,640. Of this the widow will receive $565,546 and. each’ of | the four children one-half of - that; {amount. The appraiser says there are | claims pending against the estate { amounting - to $1,624,500. When Daly | died he "was a resident of Anaconds, Mont. The will was, probated:in that city. 3 ———————————— | seaxrorp UNIVERSITY, Dec. 14.—Or- | ganist Joseph Smith of Trinity Church, Santa Barbara, has been appointed organist -of the Stanford Memarial Church during the absence of Arthur Scott Brook. who has been given a six months’ leave of absence to play at the St. Louis Exposition. ————— - Pocket books, ' wrist bags, letter ‘and card cases. bill books, cigar. cases and manicure sets for Christmas. Leuered free. Sanborn. Vail & Co. crops brought miilions | the vear of this first large | [ »duce Exchange was | & month to carry Ko the Produce Exchapge in obedience to the incts which led the people to gavern, them- In those days the no raliroads, the West s fleet of vessel vast® carg: o the old days San outpost, while now > was but the pping, place le the the s in | \ what they edge of the | is the e world. men_who to carry on the w n themselves and t e and en- have their and £ESS BY G. w. George W. McNear was duced to the assembly and he spoke McNEAR. then intro- oh the rapid growth of the industries | of San Francisco and the future out- look of the business community. e 2 e FORSAKEN MAID IS NOT GREAT, AWAITS LEAY lTT Ruth Bryan's ]luslmnd May Be Defendant in Breach | of Promise Proceedings Special Dispatch to The Call NEWPORT, Dec. 14.—Informa- | tion jeaked out to-day concerning. the | breach of promise suit which it is re- porntd that Miss Minnie Cook of this| will bring against Willlam Homer‘ vitt, who recently married Ruth A friend of the Cook family is 4uthor- ity for the statement that Miss Cook’s father has engaged counsel, and that it only remains for Leavitt to return to! Newrport for proceedings to be irsti-| tuted. The same friend says that Miss Cook | that she was a frequent visitor at the Leavitt - home, and that Leavitt's mother knew all about the engage- ment. ‘When ILeavitt went West last spring to paint Bryan's portrait it Is asserted that he wanted to be married before | he left, but his mother told the young people ‘that they had better wait until he returned. s —_—————— SACRAMENTO, Dec. 14.—Jolin Gebhardt, watchman, and John Spiroto,-deckhand. of -the river steamer Red Bluff, were drowned here to-night. The men were working at the anchor on the bow .of the .barge Dakota, slipped off the how into the water and were drawn under | the barge. i B kb PR SAN JOSE, Dec. 14.—"The Bohemian Girl" soon wiil be presented by the San-Jose Oratorio Society. This Is the first time the society has ross the Rocky | globe. | | ered Ihi | company. l | X3 : 3 changes, charts of the bay. of San Francisco and gold and silver coins of the United States for the present year. When President Babcock had fin-! ished reading the list Secretary Fried- lander dropped the tin box into the | | cavity beneath the corner-stone. | President Babcock was then hand- | ed a large silver trowel and under the guidance of the masons, he spread a | thick laver of mortar over the top of the «tin box and beneath the corner- | stone. Slowly the corner-stone was low- and President Babcock was ask- ed to examine the water leve the plumb line in order to see that the ! and use block of granite was well and truly laid There .was a round of plause when President Babcock declared that the stone was laid and the assembled | | merchants then inspected the block of | granite that will form an important | part in the future history of San Francisco’s business community. } The silver trowel used by President | Babcock will be suitably inseribed and presented to him by the members of the exchange of which he is the head. Ll\lBtR PRICE WILL BE CUT L Steamship Company Prepares| for a Brisk War in Southern California Against Freighters LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14.—1f the plans | of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- | pany are carried out in Southern Cali- | fornia there will be a lively war in llll’1 lumber trade and a resultant cut in? prices. James V. Bell has arrived in| Los Angeles and” has announced that | he will conduct the war of the Pacific| Coast Steamship Company against the | freighters which carry passengers be- | tween California, Oregon and Wash- ington ports. Mr. Bell declares there are sixty-two lumber schooners carrying passengersl and cutting into the business of his| He says the Pacific Coast | Company- will establish a lumber yard‘ at San Pedro and stock it with 15,000,000 \ feet before January 1. ‘““We are in the lumber business In every sense: of the word,” said Bell to- | day. “We are purchasing lumber on | Puget Sound and at Grays Harbor, and | can get all we want. The move, of | course, means a cut in the price of lumber here and at other California peints.” } | | B Beaupre Will Leave Bogota. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—United States Minister Beaupre has reported ventured into. grand overa. Rehearsals are now being held. ————————— California calendars and art souvenirs for the million. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st * . | the United States to the State Department from Bogota that everything is quiet there and he sees no occasion to postpone his leave of absence. He will start at once for | Lonely Woman 80 Years Old 1Is | antiquarians and whose home at 71| | of fear Miss Narbonne bit the fingers until the blood spattered upon her | face and clothing. With his free hand DON'T FORGET THAT the intruder then pouanded the wo- ED EVATT man’s face into a mass of bruises. . Then the woman lost consciousness FOR 22 YEARS WITH T. LUNDY and the man fled without procuring ®! iy sixth Dis | ment was rendered b | of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Ifttdenchs MARKET ST. | opp:Hearny the Hotel World. and gave him the custody of the children. Bohn testi- fied that he married Miss Grace Green | on October 17, 1892, and that they lived together happily until about seven | years ago, when Mrs Bohn joined a | branch of the Theosophical Soclety, | which met in Masonic Temple. Then, | he says, she became infatuated “nh the new cult and attended meetings | three times a week, leaving the children i in his care. | “One day,” said he, “I came home to| | Aind the children in the care of a | stranger. I spoke to my wife about it, | whereupon she told me that the chil- dren would be cared for by a ‘higher | law’ even if I placed them out in the| street. We went to California in 1901 | and after she had attended meetings there she insisted on having the chil dren placed in the Raga Yosgi Philo- | sophic School at Point Loma. I ob-| jected, then she turned on me for 1h»; first time in her life and declared in violently profane language she would | never live with me again.” : Mrs. Tingley is said to have bPen’ present at the quarrel in the capacity of umpire and to have had the last word by telling Bohn that he came of seven generations of tyrants. The next | day, Bohn averred, his wife left m.-‘ | hotel, where they were stopping. ta the children with her, and that h» v\:h; A GHRISTMAS l"vlTATIflN obliged to appeal to the Supreme Court | of California for a writ of habaaq\ Is yours to call and inspect our corpus in order to get them again. A |of wa: biueing, number of neighbors and friends of the | 77 methods st family testified to Mrs. Bohxn's deser- tion. —_—ee————— | we wnlmm»: ROBBERS ATTACK AND | No'sew cdges. BEAT AN ANTIQUARIAN | UNITED STATES LAUNDRY OFFICE 1004 nm‘! STREET, Near Powe! Phone South 430. D I.yon s PERFECT Tooth Powder “Used people of refinement for wg,a quarter of a century At- tacked by Night Prowlers and | Badly Beaten. SALEM, Mass., Dec. 14.—Miss Mary | Narbonne, widely known among | A. FEssex street, built previous to 1680 4 preserved on its original lines, of great historic interest, was attacked by a housebreaker last night and bad- ly beaten. Her condition is critical. Miss Narbonne is 80 years old and lives alone.- She is possessed of con- siderzble wealth and her home is filled is with valuable antiques and curios. PREPARED BY She was awakened by a flash of light | ani a rough hand placed upon / % _ZJJ’ her face, the fingers of which were crowded into her mouth. In a frenzy plunder. Miss Narbonne's only ive, Gardner Narbonne, a nephew, lives in Nevada. —_—————————— DECISION AGAINST SOUTHERN Conrt Declares |ho Company Cannot Hold Stock in Texas Railway Ex- cent Under Certain Conditions. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 14.—In the Twen- *t Court to-day a juds- Is at 76 Geary St. Watches, 50 per cent profit on goods. No more Come and sez me and save money. EVATT & HINKLE 76 Geary Street. PACIFIC OPEN EVENINGS. For Stomach Disorders Cout and Dvsoepsia @DRINK VICHY CELESTINS Best NATURAL Alkaline Water. e A. VIGNIER CO., San Francisco. favor of the State against the South- ern Pacific Company. According to the judgment the Southern Pacific Com- pany, its officers and agents, are per-| petually enjoined from purchasing, ac- | quiring or voting or in any other man- | ner acting as owner of any of the| shares of stock of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, except the sale and transfer of any interest it may have therein, so long as the Southern | Pacific Company shall own or control, directly or indirectly, any of the stock Antonio Railway. Coal Reduction ADVERTISEMENTS. SHREVE & CO. MANUFACTURERS. American Cannel Sold by All Reliable Dealers. MEN AND WDH!I. Use Big @ for unnataral discharges.inflammations, irritatious or ulc of mucous mumblll-, in.ees, and ot astrin. . gent or poisonous. - .. IMPORTERS OF . . 3 Precious Stones ! _Circulas sezt o8 r-nun. CURE] JRHEUMATISMI32 eioal and Financial suffer no longer for information, write SAN LUIS HOT su R SPRINGS, S Ll DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Catalogue and Priee Lists Mailel on Applieation. Gold and Silver Smiths POST and MARKET STS. m‘ ANXD SALT MEATS. JAS. WYB & CO. Shisvig butchers, 108 Clay. Tel. Main 1304. ‘ OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS | orxs. LUBRICATING OILS: LEONARD & ELLIS | 7418 Front st., S. F. Phone Main 171% i E. C. HUGHES, " PRINTER. 811 Sansome st, & B