The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 5

TSICANS FEARED T | Senator Hanna Becomes [‘n-’; conscious After Severe At-| tack of Chills, but Is Re-| vived by Use of Stimulnnts? S S ARE DECIDEDLY AGAINST RECOVERY | Is Applied Continu- ously for Two Hours and a Half and Later More Irregu- larly as Patient Strengthens ——e ODDs Oxygen WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Senator Hanna is passing through the climax of his iliness This afternoon it was feared he was dying, but to-night he rellied strongly and there is again nope that he may yet win the for- The odds are much against ut the physique of the ght n aide oxygen and powerful t s, brought him through thi s when he was sinking rapidly. | It it now a question how long the cli-! will last and how 1 be any further | s spell was so ably will wit- Kk came in the form of « d not iong a passed into return agein that' time his was so feeble stible at the wrist. | r he had shaken off the T at Dr. Osler, an in attendance, the sickroom at been a de- that the pa- ronger and points. Senator's hen the doc- oom and when cement of the have hope, wen came from doctor replied. .4 When a man € spell such as his afternoon and rength afterward there hope.™ FOLLOWS FEVER. io! CHILL from the sick- lingt Hotel to-day to have attained the hed and the doc- loc enat temper- c its worst during the fol- ng forty-eight hours, but it un- ily lowered as the day wore on elopments seemed more favor- About 2 o'clock in the after-| er, the fever was succeed- sudden chill, which resuited g complication. Power- were promptly applied. & half oxygen was tinuously and later more its good effects began st themselves. At one time king spell the pulse was perceptible at the wrist. The lapsed into unco: ousness as ely Senator - king spell. Dr. Carter was mlone with him at the beginning of t but Drs. 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WorLp's DISPENSARY MEDICAL AssoCI- ATION, Proprietors, 663 Main Street, Buf- falo, N. Y. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904 WOLLD SETTLE TRANSFER WAR Los Angeles Citizens Are Stil Fighting Streetear Companies | for a Coveted Concession CALL ON COURTS FOR AID| e — Mandamus Proceedings Brought | Against Officials of Roads | May Bring Matter to Issue; RENL AT LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.—Another | action in the fight of residents of the East Ninth street district of the city | against the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway companies for trans- fers has been taken in the suit of D. 8. | | Reynblds, who has brought a suit of | mandamus against the officials of the | | two roads to compel them to issue him transfers. The action was filed before | Judge Conrey of the Superfor Court| and it is expected that he will rule on| the matter within the next day or two.! Judge Conrey this morning granted | the writ of mandamus asked for and' set the date of hearing for next Friday. | The order of the court cites the defend- | ant companies to appear in court on that date and show cause why a per- manent order should not be issued com- | pelling them to issue transfers to and from the East Ninth street car line for the payment of one fare. | This will have the effect of bringing | the heated controversy which has raged | for several weeks between the residents of the East Ninth street district and the street railway companies over the | question of transfers to an immediate | issue. i - * | place during her brief absence and hurried to the bedside of her husband, where she remained constantly | throughout the period of greatest dan- | ger. As the messenger hastened from the hotel for oxygen Miss Phelps, the| Senator’s niece, came hurriedly into the lobby of the hotel and summoned H.| M. Hanna, a brother, to the Senator, to the apagtments upstairs. She re- mained and sent some dispatches. The news quickly spread that the Senator was in a sinking condition and | the number of callers and inquiries, which had come in greater number to- day than at any time previously, were | vastly augmented. Subsequently Mr. | Dover, the Senator's secretary, an- nounced to the newspaper men that he had just sent telegrams to the rela- tives and some of the Senator’s friends announcing that an unexpected change for the worse had taken place and that the patient’s condition was ecritical. | I'hose outside waited apxiously, but for | several hours all reports ‘were decidedly discouraging. The attack yielded so slowly and so stubbornly to the power- ful stimulants administered that the | gravest fears began to be entertalned | that the end might not be far removed. | RECOVERS CONSCIOUSNESS. Shortly before 7 o'clock Secretary | Dover announced that the Senator had recovered consciousness some time before, and said that he had tried several times to speak to Dr. Osler,| but was too weak. The doctors asked | him to aid them In the application of the oxygen by taking deep breaths. He | did as directed, thus showing that he| fully understood what was said. It was| also announced that the heart action was better and that the temperature had lowered. A little later it was an-| nounced that the patient had taken a little nourishment, including some di- ited whisky, and had retained it. The bulletin announcing the reaction and| improved condition gave relief to the large number of the Senator’s friends who were in his office and in the cor-| ridor of the Arlington, | A greater portion of the Ohio dele-| gation called to-day, a long list of Sen- j ators and members of the House,| among them Senators Spooner, Lodge, | Keane, Platt of Connecticut, Elkins and | Representatives Payne and Dalzell Among the members of the Cabinet| who called were Secretaries Taft and Cortelyou and Postmaster Genera!| Payne. General Dick of Ohio was one of the first to arrive after the change in condition was noted and he remained | until late. | The President and Mrs. Roosevelt called during the afternoon. Mrs.| Roosevelt was with Mrs. Hanna when | the doctors, at noon, announced an im- | ved temperature. The President came later and remained in the Sen- ator's apartment nearly haif an hour, when he was fully advised of the con-, on of the Senator at that hour. He| not been gone long when the nge occurred. H PATIENT RESTS EASIER. Hanna, as the night wore| ai enator continued af least to hold the rally | bad shown and at 11 o'clock the d that the indications are nator would .ave a quiet T cy said that | e at that hour was resting without any artificial aid. but oxyge. in slight | and diminishing doses was being given | t intervals of fifteen minutes. They id the bulletin issuel 11 o'clozk | would be the last for the night unless | something unforeseen occurred. ! 1:30 a. m.—At midnight Senator Han-| na's temperature was 105. He was| gi®™n a sponge bath and in thirty min- utes his temperature was reduced to| 102 £1d a fraction. He has been asleep | most of the night, awakening at ia- | tcrvals for a moment and then drop- | ping off again. His condition is prac- | tics unchanged. . | Tre physicians say the chil! .rom whic.. the Senator suffered is quite un- usual in typhoid cases and has but| fow precedents. It does mot follo-, | they say, that another is likely to oc- cur and for this reason they are in- clined to hope there may not be fur- ther trouble from this source. A pathetic feature of Senator Han- na's illness is the receipt of a number of telegrams of condolence with his family, based on reports of his death which have been printed in newspapers in the East and West. WATCHING FOR CHANGE. At 11:45 to-night President Roose- | velt sent a personal message of in- quiry as to Senator Hanna's condi- tion. He was furnished a copy of the 11 o’clock bulletin issued by the physi- cians, with the additional information that the Senator’'s condition at mid- night was practically the same as be- fore the chill. At 2 a. m. there was no word ¥ coctors that the ard comfortable night. from | ministrator of the estate of Benjamin | execution of the deed to Thornton and: | Alto| Tuesday night. A man giving the name of J. B. Hill pawned the jewelry in a local pgwnshop. SAYS SCHEME IS BIG FRAUD San Jose Superior Judge Malkes a Scathing COriticism of a! Get - Rich - Quick Enterprise SR 2 THROWS OUT AGE) P R Declares California Deposit and Maturity Company to Be| a Raw Swindling Scheme ——— SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—Get-rich-quick schemes received a scathing denuncia- | tion rr?m Judge Rhodes in the Euperiur‘ Court to-day in the suit of James Mc- | Holme against the California Deposit and Maturity Company to recover com- | missions due as agent. McHolme had | been selling bonds for the company and he claimed there was $171 due him as' commissions. The case was thrown out of court and costs not allowed to either party. The court held that the agents of the company were engaged in an un- | lawful and nefarious business and had no standing in court. The company was denounced as engaged in a swind- ‘ ling scheme and the sale of the bondsc as being on a par with the sale of gold ! bricks. McHolme's position was lk-| ened to a party appearing in court to | receive his share of loot from the sale of a gold brick. Judge Rhodes said: The face of the bonds and the matters in- dorsed upon them and the testimony as to the amount and condition of the funds of the com- pany satisfy me that the scheme is a fraud; that it was got up and Is being conducted for the purpose of swindling the feeble-minded, the thoughtless and the visionary, and as such is contrary to all coasideration of public policy. 'S CASE —_————————— WINS HIS SUIT AGAINST EUREKA MINING COMPANY Jacob Vandament and His Heirs May | Farm Surface of Land Leased to Defendant Corporation. SUTTER CREEK, Feb. 12.—The case of Jacob Vamdament vs. Coulth Eureka Mining Company, Prison Director Daniel E. Hayes, President Jacob H. Neff Edward Coleman, E. C. Hutchin- son, John Spring and Charlés Griffith, directors, was decided in the S :perior Court of this county to-day in favor of | the plaintiff. Judge McSorley of Cala- veras presided on account of the dis- | qualification of Judge Rust, who was foxmerly an attorney in the case. Th2 plair.tiff, Vandament, sold land to the South Eureka Company, by agreement reserving the right to farm the surface. The company claimed that on the death of Vandament the surface would be the property of the company. The plaintiff claimed the surfcce for his| heirs and the right to faz:.. and that the company would always have only | a limited use to the surface. Quite a sensation has been caused in Amador County by the prompt decision in favor £ the plaintiff that his heirs will re- tain use of the surface land for culti- vation. e ————————— LAND SUIT 1S DECIDED IN FAVOR OF THORNTON — ! Administrator of the Estate of Ben- jamin 8. Greene Fails to Quiet Title to Valuable Property. SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—The title to | 143 acres of valuable land in San Mateo County was decided by Judge Rhodes to-day in favor of R. S. Thorn- ton. Some time ago. an action was brought by George W. Greene, as ad- Greene, to quiet title to the tract of land. Besides this an accounting for rent of the land was also asked. The action was based on a certain docu- ment executed by Benjamin Greene to R. Thornton in 1872, It was con- tended that the document was a mort- | gage, though a deed in form. The court found that Benjamin S. Greene was not the owner nor had any title in the property at the time of the that the latter has held it and paid taxes on it for years. It is also held that if the plaintiff had any cause of action it is barred by Ilimitation. e TOLEN DIAMONDS FOUND IN SAN JOSE PAWNSHOP the statute of | Chief of Police Receives Word of Rob- bery at Palo Aito Shortly After Loot Is Cashed. SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.—Chief of Police Carroll to-day recovered several hun- dred dollars’ worth of diamonds and jewelry, which were stolen from the residence of William Stillwell at Palo | { | The | burglar came to this city immediately | after the robbery. Hill sold the jewels | vesterday and is said to have left the city this morning on the 9 o'clock! train. It was not until later that word of the robbery was received by Chief Carroll. Had it come yesterday he would have got the thief. The loot was soon located and identified. A g60d description of the man disposing of the jewelry has been obtained and the San Francisco police have been asked to search for him. | —_———— CHICO POLICE ARE STILL SEEKING GIRL'S SLAYER | Every Young Man Ever Friendly With the Unfortunate Eva Moak Is Un- der Police Surveillance. CHICO, Feb. 12.—The mystery sur- rounding the killing of Eva Moak last Tuesday has not been cleared, nor have the officers secured the slightest clew. They are now following the method of elimination. Every young man who had kept company with the girl or paid her special attention of | any kind is being looked up or his| whereabouts at the time of the mur- der being ascertained. The funeral of the murdered girl took place this afternoon and was largely attended. —_— the Senator’s room, and he was sup- posed to be sleeping. At 2:10 a.m. Mr. Dover, Senator Han- na's secretary, said the Senator was sleeping. Dr. Fulcher, he reported, did not look for any change before morn- ing, though the patient's temperature might rise from time to time, in which case it would be reduced by sponge baths, Lve | With pink GREENWAY BALL ECLIPSES ITS PREDECESSORS By Bally Sharp. Does Ned Greenway ever do things by halves? About his functions—all of them—there {8 a grasp of detail that renders them distinctive from their fel- lows. Decidedly we have no need for Harry Lehr while Mr, Greenway holds the reins | of our social government. His reign of the season just over—and last night finished the season (except for the Mardl Gras), was the most brilliant of many brilllant winters. The white and gold ballroom was re- splendent with ruby lanterns, gayly swung from pillar to piilar, round which were twined long green garlands, studded with bloodred roses. Yes, and there were others—the alternating fe: toons; these were entwined with glit- tering bands of gold, which likewise hung resplendent from the gigantic basket of red roses in the center over to the frieze. Woodwardia and its les- ser sisters completed the exquisite set- ting. These, too, were used in the Con- servatory room, where the punch bowl reposed—which spot, by the. way, proved immensely popular as the ball grew apace. Palms and punch .and yawning divans—these are assuredly alluring at any dance. The music was—as ever at Greenway functions—superlatively good, issuing from a latticed bower at the west end. Rather late were half of the 300 guests—sixty of whom dined in the Marble room as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Grant. This dinner was one of the most elegantly appointed |fect that the surplus of last year’s ap- | goon is about the same height. affairs of the season’s end. Pink was the coler scheme of the dinner. As to the gowns there were many that bore the smart crispness of recent acquisition. Among the many that did herewith are a few: # Mrs. Peter D. Martin, in a resplend- ent gown of lavender chiffon, aglitter with silver, from the shoulders of which (a low corsage, of course) dia- phanous gauze was draped to simulate wings. She wore with this a carriage cape/of Irish point, clasped with rhine- stones. Miss Alice Hager, an exquisite white chiffon gown. embroidered in iridescent abalone shell; a sea green girdle was worn, Miss Grace Spreckels, white chiffon cloth with white lace. Miss Lillie Spreckels, white Irish point robe. Mrs. McInerney, white chiffon silver spangles. Mrs. Eleanor Martin, black spangled lace over white taffeta. Mrs. Walter Hobart, white satin gown with exquisite lace bertha and sleeves. Mrs. Carey Friedlander, crepe, trimmed with chiffon. Mrs. Frederick McNear, robe of white lace and bands of silk over pink chiffon. Miss Helen de Young, brill.ant gown of rose red chiffon. Mrs. Krauthoff, black Chantilly lace over black taffeta, with bertha of tulle and cut jet. Mrs. Francis Carclan, a regal robe of ruby velvet. Miss Tobin, pipk chiffoa with white lace, diamonds and emeralds. Mrs. Walter Martin, white spangled pink silk | chiffon over white satin. Miss Marie Louise Parrott, spangled chiffon. Miss Bessie Wilson. white spangled lace. Miss Frances Harris, white brocade satin with white chiffon. Miss Lucy Gwin Coleman, dainty white lace over green shimmer satin. Miss Christine Pomeroy, pink chiffon frock. Miss Constance de Young, white spangled net over white chiffon and lace. Mrs. Fred Tallant, white crepe chif- fon, with lace. Mrs. Malcolm Henry, exquisite black lace robe. 3 g Mrs. A. H. Voorhles, black lace over white taffeta. white Mrs. Garrett Lansing, white crepe | de chine, with black velvet. i Miss Chesebrough, white satin chiffon. . Miss Genevieve King, yellow chiffon gown. Miss Pearl Landers, black lace, spangled. Mrs. Porter, black velvet robe. Miss Emily Wilson, white spangled hiffon gown. Miss Hazel King, white panne vel- with ruffles of white chiffon. Miss Emily Parks, black spangled net over white taffeta. Mrs. Tubbs, white corded silk, with white lace. Miss Ethel Dean, blue crepe de chine, with white lace. Miss Elizabeth Huntington, chiffon gown. Miss Elsie Tallant, pink crepe de chine, with chiffon and white lace. Miss Maylita Pease, white crepe kiffon. Miss Lucy King, pink crepe de chine. Mrs. Henry Crocker, white brocaded satin. Mrs. Latham spangled net. Mrs. Worthington Ames, yellow taf- feta, with chiffon and white lace. ‘Miss Susan Blanding, pink accordion pleated chiffon, with white lace. Mrs.” John Tallant, white crepe de chine. % Mrs. Silas Palmer, pink morrai silk chiffon and white lace pink McMullen, white bertha. Miss Joscelyn, pink chiffon with bertha and stomacher of white lace. Miss Ruth McNutt, white dotted net with pink daisies. ) Miss Elizabeth Allan, white dotted mousseline. Mrs. Hyde-Smith, \ lavender chiffon over blue silk with gold braided bands. Miss Gertrude Hyde-Smith, red dot- ted tulle. Miss Borel, white chiffon, white lace, Miss Sophie Borel, white spangled net. Miss Jennie Blair, pink spangled chif- fon. At midnight supper was served in the Maple room, and it was a merry battalion that stormed the citadel of hot birds and cold bottles. And thus the last big ball of the sea- son went off in a blaze of glory—and Ned Greenway again proved his eternal right to the sceptre of San Francisco society. % + The Hopkins Art Institute is almost ready for the Mardi Gras carnival, which tdkes place next week.* For amany days decorators have been busy LOS ANGELES MEELS DEFEAT House Committee Refuses to Coneur in Bill to Provide Funds for Federal Bulldingz —iee WILL BE REINTRODUCED —_— Resolution Is Adopted Permit- ting the Further Improve- ment of the Sacramento River AR Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ‘ WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The mat- | | ter of the supplemental appropriation | for the purchase of a site for a Fed-| eral building at’ Los Angeles was be- fore the conférence committee to-day and was defeated. The Senate Com- mittee favored it, but the House Com- mittee refused to concur. The amend- ment to the appropriation bill as pro- posed by the Senate and recommended | by the Secretary of the Treasury pro- vided for $19,600 necessary under con- demnation proceeding to purchase the site desired. The members of the House | Committee refused to concur on the! grounds that the action would lead to{ many other amendments to which sim- ‘llu arguments would apply. Another jeffort will Ye made to. secure an ap- | propriation through means of a sep- | arate bill to be urged by the California | | gelegation. | | Senator Perkins’ resolution to the ef-| | propriation remaining over from the | improvement of the Sacramento River above Tehama as limited by the pro- vision of the bill be allowed to be used | for the improvement of other parts of the river as may be necessary was, | adopted to-day. The resolution was of- fered in response to a communication | from the Sacramento Chamber of Com- merce. | Representative Daniels has intro-| | duced bills in the House similar to those now before the Senate authoriz-; ing the Secretary of the Interior to ac- | quire title to patented lands in the Se- quoia and General Grant parks. _——e——————— REPORTS ON THE DEATH ! , OF MACHINIST JOHNSON | Commander Hellner Informs Navy Department of Circumstances 3 Attending the Killing. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Command- | | er Lewis C. Heilner of the United States | | steamship Yankee has reported at‘ | length to the Navy -Department the | circumstances surrounding the death | of Machinist Johnson on February 1. when the launch of the Yankee was | fired upon by insurgents at San Do- | mingo City. His report says: | “The circumstances attending the| death of Johnson, machinist, second | class, are as foillows: 1 had made ar-| rangements with the Consul General| {and Charge d’Affaires to send a boat | to the landing in case there was no firing on the line, as they wished to| visit the ship. On the morning of February 1 I recelved a message by wigwag signal from the Minister to the | effect that all was quiet and sent a steam launch in charge of the chief petty officer with instructions to go to the landing and bring off the Consul. ‘When the boat entered the river the| firing was going on. The boat kept on her way to the landing, and while making a landing the machinist was| struck by a bullet in the brain. After | the launch had left the ship I received | a message from the Charge d’Affaires, Mr. Powell, informing me that the fir-| | ing was going on and not to send a/ boat. By the time I received the mes- | sage Johnson had been wounded. ll‘ { is utterly impossible from the anchor- age to determine when firing is going | on in the river and I depend upon mes- | sages from ashore for that informa- | tion.” —_———— FOR JUNIOR DAY | AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY | —_— | President Wilfred H. Dole Appoints | Committees to Have Charge of | Festivities on March 25. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 12. .Wntred H. Dole, president of the jun- ior class, has appointed the following committees to have charge of junior | day festivities: Farce committee— | W. R. Cole, A. W. Hooper, V. E. Stock, | | Miss Helen Lamson, Miss Olive Neal and E. Y. Pomeroy, chairman; promi | committee—Miss Mercedes de Puna, | Miss Clarissa Eby, A. L. Trowbridge, R. C. Bertheau, D. Tarpey, Miss Ha- zel A. Traphagen, O. S. Lonsley and | J. P. Davidson, chairman; junior day | committee—E. Y. Pomeroy, J. P. Da- | vidson, E. B. Favre, M. H. Thorpe, R. R. Long and G. R. Stevens, chair- man. March 25 will be set aside as junior day. The “prom,” the class dance, will be given on the evening of that day and the farce on the preceding | evening. Junior day is the beginning ! of the midsemester recess. | = - |and the splendid mansion on Nob Hill | has been transformed into a veritable Zfairyland. The Searles gallery is deco- rated in pale yellow ang violet, an enormous canopy extending the length | of the room, from the center of which hangs a chandelier of myriad lanterns in the carnival colors——red and yellow. The boxes at each end of the hall are draped in Oriental rugs and festoons of redwood greens add to the decora- | tive effect. "Phe house gallery is treated in much | the same style. Its walls are studded with myriads of lights and from the center of the ceiling hangs a golden globe decorated with great red pop- pies. At the head of the grand stair- case is a fawn embowered in water reeds and lighted with incandescent { lamps. One of the great features of the car- nival will be the Egyptian pageant, which is being prepared by the art students and alumnae of the institute. A gilded allegorical figure has been constructed, which will be carried on a dais and escorted by maskers repre- senting the priests and people of an- cient Egypt. ————————— No less than 111 officers of the British army have aualified as interpreters in the Russian language, eighty-three of + whom belong to the Indian service, PLAN | | 1 | of T. N. Fields, an athlete, by covering | | and other large cities, | him in jail without bail. PASSENGER TRAIY B8 (LOSE (AL Ties Placed on Broad - Gauge Track Near Santa Cruz Are; Discovered Just in Time to| Prevent a Great Disaster| S o GRN TWO SUSPECTS ARE NOW IN CUSTODY | Place Selected for | Attempt Is Near a Trestle and Only | Engineer's Vigilance Saves| Many From an Awful Death | Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 12.—A dastardly | attempt was made this morning to wreck the 11:15 outgoing Southern Pa- cific broad-gauge passenger train at Corcorans Lagoon, about two miles | from Santa Cruz. This is one of the worst places along the road. It Is at| & curve, down grade and near a trestle. A couple of ties had been wedged be- | tween the rails just before the ap- proach to the trestle. At the place where the ties were laid is a fill twenty feet high and the trestle over the la-| The | train was coming at a great speed, but luckily Engineer Williams saw th.i obstruction and lpp‘led the emergency brakes. The train ran into the ties but was | not ditched. The engine and two bag- gage cars passed over the ties, causing® a heavy jolting before the train came to a standstill. When stopped the train was partly on the trestle. It was with | some difficulty that the track was| cleared. The accident might have been serious as the train was crowded with | passengers. At Capitola Sheriff Traf- ton was notified and with Under Sheriff Horton went to the scene of. the at- tempted wreck. It is thought the placing of the ties| was the spite work of some tramp put | off the train. Shortly before 1 o'clock | two tramps were seen near the scene | of the wreck and were placed under | arrest. They were well dressed, were | not inclined to talk and gave their| names as John Manning and Fred Bol- | len. At present they are in the County | Jail. | The local officials of the Southern | Pacific Company last evening denied | all knowledge of any unusual inci-| dent along th& route between here and Santa Cruz during the day. Master of Transportation Richardson declared | that he had had no report from Santa l Cruz regarding the finding of ties on | the track of the local and remarked that if anything of a serious character had happened the fact would have | been called to his attentfon. | ———————— | TRIVIAL QUARREL NEARLY CAUSES SHOOTING AFFRAY Former Physician to Ex-Queen Liliuo- kalani Defends Himself From At- tack and Is Arrested. LOS ANGELES, Feb, 12. — Because | he defended himself from the attack | him with his revelver Dr. Charles H. | English of Washington, D. C., who made a name for himself in Honolulu and is well known in San Francisco | was arrested this evening on a charge of displaying firearms in a threatening manner. After the arrest of Dr. English Fields purchased a revolver and, stationing himself at his mother’s rooming-house, declared he would kill English on sight. A policeman found him there, dis-| armed him, after a struggie, and placed The cause of the trouble which nearly developed into a tragedy was a trivial quarrel between Dr. English and Mrs. Fields, at whose rooming-house the doctor was staying. The woman’s son took up the matter and started to throw Dr. English down stairs when the latter drew a revolver and with it compelled his assailant to | = leave the house. Mrs. Fields thent caused the arrest of English and he was soon released on bafl. When he returned to his room he was warned that Fields had armed himself and threatened to kill him on sight. A policeman was summoned and Fields was arrested. English says he will| prosecute him vigorously for threaten- | ing to murder him. ! Dr. English became - prominent in| Honolulu as the private physician to ex-Queen Liliuokalani. He is well known to prominent Washington peo-! ple and has held some responsible pro- fessional positions. —_——————— MASSACHUSETTS FUGITIVE | 1S CAUGHT IN LOS A.\'GELES‘ George E. Davls, Who Is Accused of | Embezzling Public Funds, Is Run to Earth in Southland. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12—George P. | Davis, for whom the authorities of | Middlesex County, Massachusetts, have | been looking for nearly a year, was | arrested here this evening as a fugitive from justice. He is a member of one of the best known families in Middlesex County, his father being one of the Se- lectmen of the town of Carlisle, and in that town the prisoner held the office | of Tax Collector. ' Several months ago | a shortage was discovered in his ac- counts and he fled, taking about $2600 of the city's cash. His father, who was | his bondsman, made good the loss to | the city, but the Grand Jury returned an indictment against the fugitive for felony embezzlement. 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