The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1904, Page 5

"EBRUARY 2, 1904 \PPEAL COURT (SOEDER HEARING DECIDES CASES| MOVES SLOWLY De Haven Reverscd in Two Fourth Yay of Preliminary Instances and Judgment ,‘ls; Exawinativa Brings to Light Affirmed as to the Others| but . Orec Material Point \ . MOFFITT- W. I\'S FOWILIR GIVES T ESTIMONY ——-—— CAPTAIN bt [ . P e O Peculiar Opinion Given ii thgglnturnnce Man Says 'Blaise Matter of Escape of. n!i. Apparently Thonght - 'Wife Unwilling Alien Workaway: Was Mude His Beneficiary dges Gilbert, Ress, Morrow and’| Ti» fourth dey of tbe preliminary Hawley opened the Felruary “%essiio; hiaring of the <case of the people the United States Circujf Ceurt .of lagainst Leon Soeder, accused of the \ppeals yesterday ‘mornjig and handed | murde: of Joseph Blaise, hegan yes- vn the "Jhd~\lr)z pinichs teréay morning. The evidence pro- Semuel H. Mcfiit vs. U d.red did not d<Ter materially from Di: u,htv that alreaiy inscrided in the record. P-actically the on.y point made yes- \emn by tbe yu1usecution that can:be - Soeder was brought-out in of J. W. Fowier, Pacific Mutual Life Ir who wrote the ac- oeder. ict of the nce Company, for Blaise and S et for Fowler testified that Blaise did not v’ulm(r\ now that Soeder was made a bene- to work she peiary in the aclident policy for. $3000 ued cu.Blaise's :life. : Con- | owler =ai by Mr. * Voogt,. -out | dated D W, iber Voogt ehd cleson — stree r Introduced at *he in- )I 'qus-z ving first’ conswited Blaise: BL. \l\l; WAS IGNORANT. When he questions had ‘been an- 7 signed the application. After for the two ac- asked me about endow- what wouid be the pre- ms as to whether he n insuranics Soeder sald e brothar and he both got good wages s Mr, Ofborne, at. was on Decems »r then told of the rejection of Soeder “-for twe $10.000 accident policies. and the ‘aagrin of Seedér when hé was told’| < the company would not. issue poli- s for the sum named. ne of the ofl'ke men Fow the application miade by rmanent re vas ob- ner cx Immi- n - immi- inten’ | A eratibn and cne | for the Pacific . ? in e e End e | Company, . 1=stified as to Soeder's visi h s or Xk ) .him ugder office in response -to his sum- | his return wlon e’ MOus. Soeder was i swed by Kil- = . in- error was £ar’f, and the officials of the company r " being loth to Issue such & sum of.in- surance on k2 life of a cook, held & conference and -decided to cut the life mrance polivy fromr $15,000 to $2000, that being the amount. for which the n | accident policies ‘were written. ward Fi. Osborne, who wrofe the surance on the life of Bldise, re- peated the testimony. given: before the Corzner’s jury the balance of the prémium was on ihe lite insurance policy both: B and Soeder tcok out their pecketbooks i contributad te make up the amount | v thé company 15- Discrict .Court re- n Court ©1e Unior 5 P L re- d~fense, attempted to “ad maone ther. wi t their shew that Blaisi in"his- pos; Comzany trict of the 1‘451 fouf wits for the prosecutior lay at 11.a. mi. nesses in the cz "Astone Maiks: Alaska—Ju ét. of Distriet - Coury | 1!l testify. The case probably Wil be; med 5 n.nm:nrrl to-ds . SO Obstruct the, Streets. BUSHE] 2% ~rgeant 6f ©ivice sHarper OF IMPOSING. UPON -HIM. Judge Fr 51-,”‘,, ted of Murfler’ CUharge Asks Superviow Court tor Set Aside Deed: W. H. Bushell. who was-recerti$ *estructing | g ad-on a char of murderivig takea und: < | pis wife and -acquitted, fled-a- suit rovides that n A vesterday ajnst J.° .B. "Sykes; -4 4 cart will her in the Lincoln Sehool, to Set. de a deed made by Bushell & few. | s ¢ "ter his arrest. | 1t appears from Bushell's compldint Ilml last October, when he was: i .’\DVEBTI.EMEN"S. an- He stated that when | point for the | /SINNING LEGION STAND BEFORE BAR OF JUSTICE One Hundred and Forty-Three Prisoners Are Called to Answer Various Charges in One Department of Police Court-—Michael Angelo Is Exculpated Lombroso, the criminologist, “would have turned three flip-flaps and landed up in the clogk tower. of the ‘Hall of Justice if He had- seen the ‘criminal calendar. {n Judge Mogunl court- yes- terday. ' Altogether. there were 143 cases on “the . calendnr, rahgipg from charges- of murdér to expecgoraum on the sidewalks: The narrow dock was so-overtaxed that-the prisoners “were brought ‘down from 'the City:: in relays of twelve at a ¢ime. Prison abroad unfil Sergéant “'r)gh! ‘the st3- tistician of the. Pofice* Denartmed,t. lost ail track ‘of ‘his' igor; The <Pacmc Ceast record ‘of ‘a, holice vaurt was-loy ered 5o’ far that split-second watches went out of busiress. The Judge was perwlung like Ki{d Broad -after, the’ tentk. round and the bailiffs “ei-e was tered like @ -bed of pansie Most -of the'in se of érifeg ivas the to"tke faot-that. thé -police had sraided a number :of ‘salobns South ef:Market street .and. arrésted .3 Jagge num‘bér of men wiio phoose ‘a_chair-and: £atid at- | IEPDing quatterst om e that the firight. sun of nerve them te Taborioy } Arother -bunch of, vagi ‘ posed -of the .Yhay. wharf m’u | nupiber, -that make their, Dougoirs -1d. imo hay ecars:belonging to the Seuthern | acific: Comptn Wwed 19 { liberty afeer a v .umng. '[xom .md an that a setond a;wemame woyl d ail sey that “m few ich they-had-deead? .promised ¢o find yiolies Mea\. dot in., as bevn arreeled anie - before Judge wnd - ¥ carefully y. Prosecuimg’ Afterney Ferrari {0 djstover whether or 4igt he was -tie, ¥ame ma Ihaz evolved the maguificent deco St Péter's | ia Romte. . Angelo:proved an alibi, He | claimed-he wis a native of, the mesas of Brazjl 4nd he said he would’t know ¢ painting if R came up nds cwith - hlm* on’ otie e was* dig~ missed" with 4 wariking to .make a-thog> | ough search for Mpor -thatein his na- tive land is uee;m ¢.[mrd9n Thomas. Murphy was bezore .mdke Fritz yesterday. on_a_charge -of, gis- turbthg the peace.- With hita came-hi$ friendy Thomgs: Fannon, ‘whogé -righc | aye had been shob: out by'a ba‘rt’cnde" |in tite :éarli ve -of* his existenpe ip* : ho} also destrdved irig, ‘but Murphy wag still t the friend of.tHe Ynaimaed man! y met and mno“cd 54 uamtan(-e |dt: T ninth .amd . lon, streets Sunday -right./Phe =te.1m beer wags &cofl | and they Jingéred:until affer the tlock {'had marled: thrée hours after .mid- | night.. Then thay emerzed to the high- | wdy Murpht: was, tsikigg,, He! | ~w\r'tf’d' o, tel] squzethfiig’ Abouk = bear track: ".im © the -Muggoloues. ;Farron | “(nunrft bca'\ it” and "Mtrphy shouted »- lqud~-difring 'his ‘explanation thaf a Ticethan thoughf he had an-elgction ag eongedled abowt his petspns, ‘Whou the facts werd explained Lo Fullge: thE deTendant was promptly fissed. The -deaf fam wasg a-wit: “Judge :dooked oves fhe yurtreom °© apd "rmxrrd for Wllllam Jennings Bryan ascan-expert on.gsilver: | fongued vdices thal make the deaf hear, {bmt therewas no -respopse. ‘Wiillain: Gillespie s a twirlet 17 the h1whn.) worM, nho clatmed tp Judge . yesterda¥y ‘that he could apake a 1 twist and undulase’like a Sdnora pigeon. “Me said that Jim Xorley: was | just a-honing” Yor his serviteg of the 08 _Angeles eeam thi oming seasgne ife was_arrested oft # charge of vag- ; begause _ fp made hirgelf a ance on- the: Basbary «%oagt. Gitlespie was t¥iad, out Jast vear by Morley “As-a Yltcher ‘an® he. had té be Acéased begause the duly: place he . b¥t a ball ‘fras over.thé. grand stanqd. ,-He, had speed #nd. enthusidsm; Hnw whe bcnnmt. Q across the streef objertéd to.having: theiy dwel- | ihgs !-r.mh'n ed irg times qr’m\'x@ Hooded crime and bpen vice: sthlxed; BOTH FACTIONS NOW SATISFIED, ‘School Directors Meet Residents: of Sunnyside District and | Thoroughly Canvass Situation Judg.: Conlan dismissed a case yes- e Eal S terday for seling liquor to & minor child. Ordinarily this would be an of- i NEW BUILDINGS PLANNED! fense that the Judge would have landed \ on like ‘a .llgoo—jmund stamp dropp:ns x5 A oh $3 oré. .But there were extenuating Y ;ilrcumstmfies. h',Fhe gefendmt, Mrs, Structure at Presenk OeellplQfl ay Schulg, who eonduets a grocery | and salool& ;I 762 Ffilsom stlr;et, wa; as SCMOIhouse Is Fg“nd ?0 Be lmp(rrmne y the ~year-ol son o R .nlt»m Mrs. Partman fer 10 cents’.worth of Overcrowded and Uns beer. . The boy: brought ‘the glad — message that his mother wanted to take . &.dese of distasttful medicine and she| wantetl. the beer for a chaser.. | Mrs. Schulz acgemrhiodated the dfmin- uiive nreesengerand he-was eaught with the goods in his possession by & big poliveman. , The foam on the bucket was stilk fresh antl it vas easy to trace 01l was pouréd on the troubled wa- ters in the Sunnyside district yeater- day morning when the School Direc- tors imformed the residents of uut| district that instead of the old school | being clésed and the scholars com- ] | its soarce. The boy'$ mther was in pelled to.trayel to the extrente end o! ‘c.-,uf{'m.wnuburne the statements of | the district; practically three schools | | tue defendanf, and Mrs. Schulz was | ‘will be majntained pending the erec-i dismisged honorably tion ef the new building. The school } y ‘problem is a difficult one to settle in: the Sunnyside district, as there ap- | pexua to be twe factions, each desir-| ing that the school be located in tts] ‘particular neighborhood. The building in use at present s noti .only oyercrotvded, but is unfit for. use{ as a scheol. It is a one<story and nl-' tic structure and the children are spractically herded’ into it Mké sheep | info a-pen. On the upper floor arel two clgssrooms, which may be reach- | ed only by a crooked.stairway. Théi door at the foot of this stairway epens outwardly into the lewer hall, and in ase of pamig would effectually. hlock &au egress. The classpooms are small, | poorly ventilated and overcrowded, thre¢ pupils frequently. occupy;qgl. | seats intended but for two. STORM OF PROTESTS, e “School Diréctor -Boyie noticed these’ | conditfons at .a, recent visit- to -the avid ‘Cox, Gegrge W. Wilkams mdf Benjamin Pincus;"who are accused of bunkoing 2 mari, out .of $2800 at the | etrac cere- instyucted and ar | rafgned “Before, Judge Fritz yesterda: eir healng “wént ever until Satur: ¥ m the Poquee[ of the defendants. hst [ " 1~ Cagarg. ‘who “has bgen annoy- g waren in Sutro Patk ard was for- ['mdlly charged with~ @isturbing -the peace, was' béfore Jydge ¥ritz yester- | dey. 4% has-béen at liberty on $10 | > bail, dut when sorhie of the facts warej deviloped durkngethe. hearing the bail | was intre: 1<e(l to 3500 and the.defendant | 1T he shall &e “dose éomin: h\m Rl o -Jn:r\ph r’-n sb gnd Ravmond Garite | ihvaded a Mexitan restaidrant at Dus | oent 4|w.\ Racifici’streets, Sunday night. | Qne’ of. 1hem ordered “abendigos cdn |sopa "y fufoles.”™ The olifer. merely | premises and on Wis.recommendation | wished fr “hueves*frescds ooh gallinas ¢, building on Jodst avenue, in the'im- in medi .waiter brought then(| gegjate neighbarhood, was .seldcted |- | two_port af food that would have | gg more-suitable. The owner . of ‘the| wade’ the \nh.lq!! of Pépocatepet] boi} dver inty the mf(ee and :.ubaccq nelds of Vera Cruz. . . The fifst, tast, ‘hat. Garifa put lmo his system, ‘madg*dftm Ihtekt that an @t tempt Was*being' -made npt omly to-as- sassinate Him b\g Also his entire fam- ity in Durapgo. EBromptly: Tee splattered § the 1hiter! with' the edjbles- and Bin| f¥iend: jomed “Min in she wayward ! dourse* he' was ‘piwsuing towartl enforc-( fug thé pure fdod erdinance. “The coou4 % their school. They also said the ‘néw’| building was too c)ose to the rgiltoad was a target foi mine bottles of-primé raescal and thé innocant serv ng-maids, 1 and at tife extreme end of the ajst: In order thaf all might be giv were obMgdd td fhllow the cockroaches | wp the-wxall to ave ‘il the Violefice®of the ! outraged -diners.- A policeman mived‘ portunify to, state’ {heir casés rectors. dedded to.'mesgt thent. ®round, Ip #ccerdance with rh;g q | and -faved the rpstaurant ° cision almast the ‘egtire population.of- building agreed to make all’ necessary changes to fit i€ for school purposes and let itodt a.nominal flgure.. . He [ was_instructed to- go ahead with his worg, bift the altarations hagd wot pro=- ceeded far before. tife diregtdrs. were § Besigged with a storm-of protests. The people residing in the heighbor hood of the new billding “iere wen pleased with its selection, bat & ajorit# of the Sunnyside -reside Tmméd they were being. robh | ©Judge Mosan found boslr defendants % gum% stérday on charges of disturb-] | ing the pe ace. . giartence was Guapended' Sunnysid 1 wi yside met with the direcfors and | tntil the Judge gan find, time . “kei caivassed -the situation thoroughl Mexioan dihner and “ascertain thelorhe girectors ‘got enough . hracfical Iua of the extenuatipg circumstarices:{ ggvice to last a lifefime and-incfdent 1 ally some exercise in hill climhi | ditch, leaping. CO\IPROMISE Ei'rm Can: Renhart :'swoke _ftom-a deep dream.of peace. Sunday ‘orning on.” flatcar at Fpurth-and wgtseqd-stremr Also ‘deening. .wifhin hi®, reath was aj eask coytalnipg 150 gallons of ‘wine! | Withifl its. paken staves: i’ contalged landscapeg for‘the-brain of man, voices’ ‘trict, President -Roncovieri inf of boys and-girle gutheriyg the grapes, | al} present.that not only woul Mmpmm- AR XUgwed lénves and thej sehool be-continued after i itage'of°sng year's work frorn many| had been® Wnproved, but . x;anr‘s«’ 1ts’ proxighity #nd his need caused the jren-to entew th® goul of Renhart; It alsoiprompsd Wm td get mitted his rrkfié -He‘sald he ,was hirsty when he awoke and:the enticihzi Roncoviere assured his.audignes: odor of “the .wird .wa< niorec than- his | There would be o change m Atobify. could bedr. If-defense he ex: staff of teachers béfore the tl Mibited 4 plug he, had whistted to Stop; the tegm. the iron4n his hapd. He secured a long nail asd was in-the act df problhg-the: fhe leak4n°the cask if he hud sucoeeflgd-r in his nhrpese. at a mee{ing called’to order Y . A. Harfson, ‘pepresenting -t ) ,rl‘able in°thescenter of the- district. H'ix ther advised thegn®tp apply’ tb:. th Supervisors for funds to !r&tikfi, new building, “hlch has llread Jbeg planned. * 2 ’Bhe-pre:ent teachfl! at the Sann side Stheol seem. to be vety, paputiit | Joys of “the cask wben.»n watghman t.mx drin.® Before Judge, \!pgan vesterday he a .SAYS SHJ:‘:, WAS S“’INDLE]J > The Judge indiiged:in some s cu! - NG- ISE ml tion nj 40.the wumber of umvf thatd LPE;,“G Fovn b would~ have ‘gatherzd “around that \ b Strs. Mlnna -Dunne .Sweags rants for Arrest of H. €. Deckes hnnr‘g{d leak if Tlenhart had succeeded and Mrs. B. Seitz. in mhking an entiance to the cask g What thn‘:mu Rt i O 35 ] culd haye Been to the.|" peate of the Cify anfl county. of San| Mrs. ana Dunne,. 62. Ellis .\trfie:." CFranéisco.sWhen'the Judge fimshed hitswore, to a “complgint berere lflollcel ramjnattons - he': found- the deféndanty Juage: Conltgn °yesterday chargmg H. | xmlr‘x flnd will skflence hx m ;o-iay. C. Decker,’real estate agent, 308 m:-; f lf,l')A.l'{‘h OF. | — s ———'~"jail on ~harge of Xilling his wH§, : bt wus approached by Sykes, whq, . the | meeting, & plaintiff ([glrr:‘-: _rafl(l_z'r::fn‘:‘?dlhg&é 1;; passed the ‘paytoll, for Sgmuary. Leave’ )\:l.ass :ex;\z .- b Gefend. the ipiad e Jf absence was granted - the mlluw- s, it is claimed, secured: from |4l leacHers: Alr Kedon; qohi Y’!lx»hell $20 in cash and a-deed certain property on Seventh avenue, nes> California street, promising - to defend him at his trial. ' Now. Bushell ciaims that Sykes secured the deea frem him witheut giving any retfirns ar.i he asks the court to set aside’the document cn the ground that Sykes | deceived-him. e 'cm A\IN JOHNSON FREED FROM ALL CENSURE | Local Inspectors Say He Was Not Re- sponsible for Damage Done to Spokane. *'nited States Local Inspéctors Holles and Bulger handed down -the following decision yestérday: In the matter of the steamship Spokane | striing on Humbsldt January 9, 1904, froli testimony taken in this case, we find as sts M. Ccrtledge gives sone | helpful advice to yotng girls, - Her letter is but one of thou- sands which prove that nothiog iz s0 helpful to young girls whe. are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetabie Compound. “DEar M PrxxmAM :—I cannot teamahip Spoleané, M. C. Johnson, ma nnc pllot, while crossing Humbokit Bar 12 ., Jgnuary 9, struck twicé on th ibe tide was one hour flood; th vas light. a heavy weiierly swel vl » bar breaking. The steamer avas stefring usual courses and crossed the bar i the e place as on former voyages. | “Toe biack buoy on north side of channe, d been gone some time, had been pleced some 300 feet rther Westwaid of its pesition, but of this change Johnson had ot been informed. er a careful consideration of of the =egligent: in this. matter. opinion that Captain Johnson was not rraise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- s«‘;'?; 1z¢ to the steamship Spokine, about iable anpounll 00 highly, for it | "7 - S I nq’*::,.lde::‘.'; 'mh‘;: ‘ frnl!umn:c Cempany Gains Point. periud, I felt so weak he Supreme Court -yesterday s 1 cculd not pursue | granted a rfew trial &f the .suit of he usval interest. | EMilY C. Thomas against.the North- western Mucual Life Insurance Cota- recover $10,000, the amount hich her husband was insured. Deceased paid but one premdum in the rame sluggish, 1 had | i sinking 50 pains in the back and lower | In fact, I was sick all over. fime during which he should er maryother remedies have gpald three, buf his wid- we were adviséd to get | ow all that an. arrange- Pinkbam’s Vegetable |ment to tligs effect was made by him with tre iusurance company. She 2 I\OL!NI and I'nm‘ Pl:“cd t‘;:‘z won in the Iywer court, but a rehearing - K ing 'on ¥ two weeks, was granted\by the Supreme Court in ["O?t‘cn:d (;;u‘:gc“:;; :‘ ;:eltt:_r .:oti»: bank, and naw the whole matter will & [ have to b» thtashed over again. riect health. ~ I felt broyant, full of 0 B Want it Enjoined. :ife, and fomrd all work a pastime... I am indecd glad to toll my experience The Columbis Bowling Association sued yesterday Yor an injunction re- ;v{'li Lydiz E. Pinkbam’s Vi 2 able Compound, for it made a dif- straining Frank 3. Smith from acting as director of the assoctation. It is ferent girl of me. Yours very truly, M1ss M. CARTLEDGE, 523 Whitehail 8., | Zlaimea in the cdmplaint that Smith, without reason or\right, claims to be Atlanta. Ga."— 25000 frfeit if eriginel a director. : &beue [stier preving genuliner.ecs cannot be, “to] 1 Swett " Grapimar Lucille O'Connefly Pucifie S ara L. Donl‘m B(‘r‘ln 3 p nnkm.m Hayes and Jameg icGutlin, all of the d-u subsululc clasg. “Miss L. “Gillespie, u reg.flar feacher’ in the ‘devartmeat, avas transferred from _tire “Spring. Valley . hxammu; Schaol to the \\'Mhmknq’\ ~Gxdmmar School. A reqoluuon was atiopted -lsking the Board of Public Works to prepare plans and specifications and eitithate; for the biilding of, the five additional classroonis in the attic of the Dmd- ley Stomre Primgry School. 2 The cdntract ;for pnzrossing di- plomas was s.»mrdnd to P. A, Espina at the mtes 15. verits 1or high school q!nlnmas and 5 cents_ for gramar school diploreas, 3 3 SIS -G R The , Ufiited States Civil ¥ Service Commission annpunces &n examina- tion on April 19, at San Francisce, for the position of ‘assijtant o examiner, patent offide. Age limit, 20 years or cver. The supply of eligjbles for this posftion.is bately equal to the demand and persons who become eligible hate an .excellent chance of appointment. Persons who_ desire to compete should vice Commis&ion, Washington, or to the secretary of the ‘Consolidated Board of Civid Service Examiners, 301 Juckson street, n Francisco, for ap- plication €orm 1312, which should be aroperly executed and filed with the ¢ mmission at Washington. e Attistic Picture Frames. , We have the modgrate priced, as well as the high grade pictire frames and moldings. Pretty goods at even more reasonable prices than ever before, in all the new shapes and every tint and colog of mat board and binding paper. San- born, Vaii & Co. e e b B Another Infant Smothered. ‘When _Mrs, Annie Gardner of 44 | Finigan. l{ayvsarrl street awoke® at 3 o'clock | 0wes him $130 for rent of the prem- yesterday morning she found that the head of her infant boy had slipped under her shoulder and that the baby was dead. The child was only weeks old. Coroner Leland will hold | New York nxch:g;v. an inquest. sl B “Good grocers, large and small, ull mh nlehyfln &n Francisco Hills Bros.' Arabian Hoast v Patent Examinérs \.Vam@d.u: ! apply to .the United States dv{DSer-j three | price known for scveral years on the' ket street, and Mrs. B. Seitz with b= ‘taining ‘money by, false pretenses.’ > Mrs. Dunne alleges that on Januaryl 23 she purchase%‘ from Mrs: * Seitz, e lodging-house ‘at 62 Hilis street for $1200. It eas rep- | resefited to her, that Mwms. Stitz was ‘the owner of the lodging-house and had an \nexnired lease of seven years:|; of the building. 1 Mrs. Dunne took possessiort. of the prernises on Jatuary 23 dnd in her complaint °alleges fi;at she “formed that Mrs. Seitz wa owner and ‘instead of havin expired leAse of seven years she,. at the time of the sale, had beer notified by the landord to give up pessession: on February 1.0 o t| & - THER' BEaY cu:srs o Aknm oy PHlSIOlA).. ('"Ilnr-oq Dr. "nlomnd 5 ¢ With louhlx bmbezzl(‘d Coin and Jewels of Valug of, $39.924.13. . qul(e Judge Fr|(7“a(‘bomnflnled by “Attorney "M. . Hassett; went to St. Joseply's ‘Home* ‘yesterday afternoon,, by ern Irev. Father P, J. Gray, tormer- Ay Fector of St..Ratrick’s Church, who i an innfate of the ipstitution named, re to @ coraplaiiit .chawgin: Dr,, Rothas F. Brem@nwwm\ ::LJ errr-' ezzlement, e It is alkeged fh the® complalnt th 4 thr&ugfl Decker, Brennan’ | 3 @ ‘un- on Decenfber, 4..-Dr. Breangu erbe: t#led. 337,524 13- 'in_cash. and « gold ‘Whats Bolice *tutn!ned. chalige, “¥0ld watch agd chafh and,| Jhe Wee Ong tong, through Altor- Bold cross set,with 'a}amondl. the | ney George L. Collins; eeured an 6r- woperty of Father Gyay, of the aggre.’ der from Judge Cook yesterday tem- gate vale of*$39,924- A °| porarily restraining the poMce :from. ¢ -Dr. Bremnan was afregted-in his of- forcibly*entering the premises at ‘820 fices in the Examiner bufiding by Po-| and 822 Washington street. The Chi- lceman Mdhoney and laken to the| natown squad on Janwary 25brokeé into City Prison, whare he was baoked on | the premises and arrested semeral Cli- the charge. He decilned to discuss| nese for playing fantan.. -Affidavits the n#erits ‘of the case, saying the facts|were filed by the police ox:the one hnd alregdy beea alleged in a suit for | side and .the president and ‘sectetary gn accounting %gainst Rim in Judge | of the tong and -gthers on the other loss’ court. He said he had geen and the, hznrlnx will take Kée this | Father Gray's physician for the last’| afternoon ;on the applicatit for & fen years and for four years he ha permunent injunction. $een alnfost constantly #ith him. * He helieved that Father Gray had been instigated to takeccriminal pro- i’eedlngs against him. by his enemi, s, ut said he had no fear of the resuit. Geal 2 O R T e y l ADm'.fllm!TI. 2 { | Petitions tin Insolvency. o Retitions in insolvency were filed yesterday in thedUnited “tates District Court : : follows:~ R. Valentine, Jnll- or, San Francislo. liapilities $8811, as® sets $250; J. B. Wudfi\‘ort tnlmEr. Hooker, liabilities $364, no assets. The John Finn Metal Works, San Francisco Gas ahd Blectric Company, lexander Yost Company and Charles Stallman, doing business as the Pa- cific Tool and® Supply Company, cred- | itors, have filed a petition asking that the Universal Aiftomobile Company o Californin Machine Works declared an involuntary insolvent. The peti- tion mlleges that the automobile com- ' pany has transferred its tools, terns, drawings and other personal i property to J. J° Rauer with intent to prefer him over the other creditors. ——— Sues Finigamw for Rent. E.°H. Coe filed a suit for, restitution | of premises yesterday against P. A. He claims the defendant V0D THE, BMISE DISEASE . Niae-tenths ofall our diseases have their beginning with CONSTIPATION It is a duty we owe to our body to secure a free move- ment of the bowels once every | day. The one reliable remedy for constipation is HUNYADI JANOS * THE NATURAL LAXATIVE WATER. uun glass on arising gives prompt and pleasant relief. 13 i 2 ises at 1931 Union street. Coffee is now selling at the highest and there is some r ee tllmne. but there h still ennulh to be hld "nncl hcisco Gas can brew fi . | and llwtrlo Co., & ":The twenty-seventh anniversary -of [ the ‘orgamnization of the San F‘riflclsco Board ot Trade was marked yesterday | by thie ‘holding uf an annua’ meeting. and- §;. Nickélsberg were. elected -vice, mesmsnts. Isaac LU'oham ‘was “bdent Witkins, in which he alluded to gratitying to report that the board wa- A1 harmany and prosperous and that it schqolrooms would be placed pn a }Qt"u! .the tréasurer, which excevedec -‘he’] and’ in, answer to inguirles President [ at e T !hé T i 3 bilities fn. which, in total, -[820: "The amount of recoverics was 339,-3 - rels. PRAGERS There Will Be Something Doing at Prager’s To-Day—. ’t Miss It. our dress goods aisle the greatest sale of the season of . mill ‘ends and remnants left from a tremendous sale of staple silks, and black and colored dress goods is being con- ducted The lengths are from one to ten yards, and in the remnants are black and colared taffetas, peau de soie silk, fancy walst silks and plain evening effects. In dress goods there are pla.m,and novelty weaves, alhatross, alpaca, Scotch mixtiires and cloths in cream, black and colors. PEAU DE SOIE— 75¢.a@ yard—24-inch guaranteed black peau de soie silk. This is our regular $1.00 quality, placed on sale to-morrow .at.74 off. An-opportunity rarely presented to San Francisco ‘shoppers. WASH SILKS— ¢ a yard—A few hundred Every .yard s -woith soc. cortls. yards of imported wash ATKINS CITES TARGE FIGURES Tel}s Snn Franelsco Board of ~“Trade of Transactions In- ‘volviiig Millons : of Dollpr,s Watkins Parsons | £ the. twelfth term, A. .o vas elected “predident; T: T. electedd| dréasurer and H. L. Smith .mi Jouéph ey, regpecuvely .An-address was delivered by Presi- N {Hé apniversary and said that it was @Il .equipped to execute promptly?| 4} business within its province. There svas-a balance of $20,495 25 ia the hands ‘btance on thie corresponding date-in | 19.03 -by. $3753. The membership - had’ .. The enrollment yes:erday.was- 39~ sembers, as against 195 Jast Febru: a; Yo the magnitude of the ope-ations oi"} hé. board in its more thar a quarter of"a’ teptury of existence. -t had ‘Zealt |- jth. §2,705 failures, the amount ot lia- was $78,274,- ~.4 014, the percemtage of - recoviriés uring the life of the board being 4§-30. President ‘Watkins. reportad dgures at- ‘,Esting to the prosperity or San Fran- <igco -in 1903. Some cf his statements were as follows: Judged by ‘the jume of n-sl-m-s Fias begn the. best in ‘che hitors .of the ¢ San Francisco ranks seventi 4mong. the cltl¢s of the United-Staes In amoutt ot bank clearings, which for the year 1903 were 1,8 198,488, ‘as against $i,590,058.560 for | The cledr- | 358, Jess tban one-sevahth of -San Frane.-~os for the same perfod. In 1902 the clearances of Seattle were $191,- 948,819, the gain In 1903 being oLy 9 per cen?, The bank clearings for the five largesc [-hdnking cities on the Pacific tuast outside.of |- San -Francisco, namely, Lua .ingeles, Seatt] cytland, Tacoma and Spokane, for th’ ye 503 were. As showi above, € Gancisco's clearances were 08 per cent in -excess of the wkole flve cities. The value of xports by sea from our port 1i-1803° was $49,330,300. -The high water mark was -reached in real estate trarse’tions in onr city In the year just closed. =The sales ru- corded were amourting to $47,710,157. The production of gold in California va 1903 “was $16,792,106, 8 slight Increase over 1902. "Qne “of--the’ most Important factors in Call- forntan products.is that of fuel .oil, which the year 1903 ‘was more than. 20,000,000 bar- s OUTLOOK. IS GOOD. -AH _things copsi for 1904 is favorable. The war Gver Russia and Japan is an unxnown quan- _tity. Fundamentally war is always te. be ‘deplored as an ecopomilc diséster bu: It may mner temporary benefits, and In the present good many of these might f=i1 t~ the Pccll!c'(.ou‘ t. Resolutions in-oppesition to the pur- éls. post bill, which were introduced by Wheeler. were . unanimously ldoyted. as follows: : Whereas, The .parcels post bill is, in our opiniori,_ opposed to ‘the interest of the mem- bership of ‘our organization, and of “e retall trade, p-mculurly the retailers of the smaller citles and towis, Inasmuch as It exposes the retail mmhnt to the unt-lr competition of ihe catafogue from 2000 to 300 mijes .away .and would hlve the tendency to ) ll;:mrlllu trade In the larger cities: therefors Resolved, That copies of this resolution be immedistely forward®d to: every United. States. Senator apd Congressman from the Pactfic States; “also_to the author of the bill, to the. ! president of. the. United States s«un and Speaker of the House of .Representatives. STAI'!ST}CS ‘oF FAILURE. Detailéd reports wefe received from Secretary Smith, frém Attornev Kirk and from the treasuren On recommen- | dation of the nominating committee T. d. Pdrsons, Martin Triest and George ' S0 ‘Wheaton weré elected directors, 4t was reported. that during the last twelve montls. 1059 failures were re- ported s:) the bogrd and 660 cases were recorde: THe liabilities were $3,314,981. The cases that were -settled numbered 258 and 402 are pending. Eighty-two were compromised and thirty-nine . were extended. The settlements were 182 for cash, 18 fowm cash and notes, T4 "on indotsements or secured notes. The cases gat were° a totdl loss pym- bered 33. = California had 384 failures, Oregon 83 and Washington 80. The larger num-« bers of failures in €alifornia counties were as follows: Alameda 25, Fresno 17, Lo8 Angeles 435, Mendocino 10, San 99, Siskiyou 14, Sonoma 11, Tulare 12. . r—————— In the Divorce Court. Suits for divorce were flled yester- day by W. E. Bellina against Victoria R. Bellina for cruelty, and Eva Kin- kade against Samuel R. Kinkade for neglect. Decrees of divorce were granted to Bessie Nielson from Loren P. Nielson for cruelty, and Esther Scheika from Joseph Scheika for de- sertion. _him a check on the bank. | ficers elected: vicé president, J. J. Cook; secretary, tention was called by the president, I5 baris clearingfe dered, the business Butlock |° SON OF MILLIONAIRE CHARGED WITH CRIME 1% f'rlyum Bookcxl at City Prison on Charge of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses. J. T. Grayson, son of a millionaire mining man of Portland, Or., who has been cutting a wide swath here on worthless checks, was booked at the .City Prison yesterday morning by De- tective. Whitaker and Policeman Gei- man on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He was arrested on Saturday and when his father was appealed to he refused to render any asgistance. he complaining witness against Grayson is William M. Pratt of Pratt & Tierney, saloon-keepers, 133 Mason street. He alleges that Grayson called at his place on Friday night and asked him to advance him $25. Grayson shewed him :what purpnrted to be a depo it receipt for $1000 with the Wells-Fargo Bank. Pratt advanced Him the: amount and Grayson gave When the check-was presented for payment it was marked ‘“no funds.” Elects New Officers. Th- annual meeting of the Yosemite Sta‘e.and Turnpike Company was heid.yestérday and the following of- President, R. H. Pratt; Ahner Mapn; general superintendent. P. Washbnrn. A. E. Ball's place 'On the board of directors was fllled by 4Abner Mann. The company declared a dividead of 90 cents. m : ADVERTISEMENTS. CATARRH 0f the Head, Bronchial ‘Tubes and Lungs Cured, RHEUMATISM CURED “For_many years I suffered with Ca- tarrh. Finally it went down into my chest. 1 coughed and had severe pains. I lost”flesh and strength and I feared Consumption. I have been perfectly cured by the Electro-Chewic treatment, quickly, pleasantly and cheaply.” AR MAY WALD, 1169 Mission st.. 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