The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1904, Page 6

« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF / T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. APRIL 22, 1904. € WAR ON OVER HAVENS ESTATE Goewey Brothers Charged With Frand in Matter of Deceased Sister’s RS, VR B EVADE COURT —_—— Hushand Says He Is Unable to Get Information as te His Wife’s Money| Oakland Office Sz 1118 Broadway, April 2L As an outcome of the strained reia w Havens of brothers-in-law, and John his tions between and H., vewey Berkeley Charles M. (C has s Herbert Fr: of San Francisco, char his levy re- a against filed & g of con lat fraudulent Havens of the te G e Goewey in the Goewey Hstate Company |as will save the growers from the large and has at a citation | annual loss they have suffered ever be iss '3 the rothers | «roe the blight struck the trees of into oc the character and | California amou s share in| “ppe wainut Llight is not new. It is! the company says further| ., ..cont wherever walnut groves exist. that James M secretary of | A war has been waged upon it for sev- the company, is keey way from the | .5} years by Newton B. Pierce of the offices of the corporatic United States Department of Agricul- ter street, San Franciscc 10| ture, who has devoted much of his time evade the gervice of tb t's order. | 15 an attempt to eradicate the pest. The estrangement of the men was 0C-| Tpe blight manifests itself by dis- the Vo n by MTS | aoloring the leaves and limbs of the in which she|irees and destroying the shell. The Goewey principal loss comes through the de- Under was unduly wills h. Havens t | Temporary 8 : have levied a share on the have ad- sister's es- Havens e to ascertain for or whether M, ent of the the th compa office jat ntil the MARRY, AND THEN KEEP THE SECRET FOR MONTHS Miss Sadie Snell and D. F Surprise College Frie u~n~nng Announcement. 1.—Miss & ms slippe way » one day four ago and ‘were married in Oak- Nobody knew anything about not even the bride’s parents, until | to-day, when the news got out through the tongue of the bride her- »r the ceremony Mrs her Un of went back r Wood the husbar es at his nd her a ch r his in- to a rar tending to say nothing about the wed- ding until de had finished her college career. All these plans have | gone glimmering by the revelation of he g to take husband at Woo: a brother of William W. Adams, tz the ball team —_—————— dams is prepar- r residence with her land. Mr cap- varsity Nealon Pays Taxes. OAKLAND, April —James Ne ex-Assessor of § p paid his r nery- xes o ce he lle track to-day. Some time ago he was at the head of a movement in which as attempted to show that the horses could not be -assessed in Alameda County zure of the ani- mals was thr ned and Nealon set- ied his account —_————— OPPOSITION TO HEARST. Democrats in Fresne Gather and Make a Rival Ticket. April and FRESNO old-time F a ticket to put A large crowd of enthusiastic Demo- no met this evening and in the field for crats of selected the p ction in opposition to the ticket now in the field in behalf of Hearst Among the prominent Democrats who are opposed to Hearst are Judge M. K. Harris, W. D. Foote, Miies Wallace, W. D. Crichton, General Kit- rell, and, in fact, all the horses of the party. The following ticket was chosen: Sixtieth District, E. D. Bdwards, W. G. Barnum, Jerry | Ryzn and Chi District, M. K E W. H. McKen- S zie, A. Williams and W. D. Crich- won The session was a lengthy one and many enthusiastic speeches were made. ——— GOVERNOR A GUEST AT JOYOUS MODESTO State Executive Enthusiastically Wel- comed by the Citizens Preparing far the Jubllee, MODESTO, Avril 2L.—Governor Par dee arrived in Modesto this evening to attend the jubilee. The town wasg beautifully illumingted lights to-night. "The Thirda Artillery band arrived this evening to furnish { Clay, over 21, music for the occasion. Wealth | TMMONS | | Black Pest n Francisco Call. | James Havens | assessment upon the share | T | selling it spho- | California | Adams is | old war|jowing will take part: McArdle; Sixty-first | MOVE T0 SAVE WALNUT CROPS 1 Growers’ Association Gives University $3000 So That Seientists May Experiment BLIGHT INJURES NUTS Attacks Fruit | and Causes Annual Loss to Owners of the Groves —— Berkeley Office, San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, April 21. In an attempt to save the walnut | crops from the ravages of the dread disease known as the black blight the Walnut Growers’ Association has just appropriated $3000 for experimentation | by the scientists of the agricultural | department of the University of Cali- for With this money the scien- tists expect to accomplish such results | struction of the shell, which leaves the meat of the nut exposed and thus ra- du the chances of the grower for The meat remains paiatable, the appearance of the sheil indi- *hai the contents are decayed so the growers are compelled to 1o waste a large portion of the they cannot sell each year. RGN D A R PROMIN. MEN WILL _ WORK FOR PROGRESS Organization Is Effected Common Good Alliance of Oakland. OAKLAND, April 21.—An organiz- tion known as the Common Good Al- liance of Oakland, the object of which > promote among its members a but cates that throw | ercp by realization of the duties and respon- sibilities of citizenship, has recently been organized in Oakland by men prominent in business and church cir- cles and at the last meeting tempo- rary officers were elected, who will | serve until permanent organization is | effected These - officers are Irwin | Ayres, president, and J. C. Hill, sec- | retary. | The Common Good Alliance is com- | posed of men of all creeds or no creed and on Monday evening, May 2, an adjourned meeting will be held at the | ¥. M. C. A. building, which all pas- tors of churches in Oakland will be | invited to attend, that they may learn | more of the new club and its proposed | work. | ——————— .O]),l FELLOWS WILL MEET AT | Grana Officers Will - Attend Monster Convention of the Lodges of Alameda County. HAYWARDS, April 21.—The grand | officers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will attend the meeting of the Alameda County lodges, which will | be held at Haywards on Saturday, April 23, under the management of | Sycamore Lodge. The various com- mittees of the lodge are now hard at work preparing for the event. The arrangements are in charge of §. Madsen, P. G. of Sycamore Lodge, who is assisted by several committees. It is expected that more than a thou- sand members of the order will at- tend the meeting. Among them will be the uniformed cantons of OGakland and San Francisco. The address of welcome will be delivered by P. J. Crosby, and 8. Madsen will act as grand dmarshal of the parade, —————— CELEBRATE ST. GEORGE'S DAY WILL Albion Lodge Will Give Banquet Sat- urday Evening at Piedmont OAKLAND, April 21. — Albion Lodge, Sons of St. George, of this city will give a banquet at Piedmont | Springs on Saturday, April 23, in hon- or of St. George's day. Dr. & G Chappel will act as toastmaster and among the speakers will be Mayor Olney, D. Edward Collins, Rev. Ed- | gar F. Gee, A. J. Wilson, J. Lancaster and Austin Lewis, A musical programme has been pre- pared under the direction of Profes- sor James Pollitt, in which the fol- W. J. Oakes, C. L. Trow, G. A. Hall, W. H. Ramsey and Robert Howden. —_——— Swindler Makes a Haul. OAKLAND, April 21.—W. P. Fuller & Co., paint and oil dealers on Twelfth street, near Broadway, lost a barrel of linseed oil and 500 pounds of white lead this afternoon. They delivered the wares on a telephone order to “W. O'Neil, 1125 Santa Fe avenue.” A boy signed the receipt as “A. B. Cratza.” Shortly afterward, the firm becoming suspicious, found that their goods had been hauled away soon after delivery and all trace of them has been lost. The police were notified. ———— Marriage Licenses. OAKLAND, April’ 21—~The follow- by electric|ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Philip T. and Mary E. Barry, Modesto seems | over 18, both of Oakland; Robert S. full of life and is fast fll“nt up with | Harris, 27, and Eva D. Higgins, 21, visitors. —_——— Piopeer Harness Dealer Dies. SANTA CRUZ, April 21.—Allen M. Peterson, a pioneer harness dealer, @Gled here to-day. He was a native of both of Oakland; William Winson, zx. Oakland, and Laura Schofield, 20, Pa- cific Grove. ——— Arthur Blair Dead. OAKLAND, April 21.—Arthur Kirk- and leaves a witeudthmdnl- ham Blair, 24 years oid, a son of Mary Letlah Kirkham Yarde-Buller, died m ‘at Los Gatos.. He had been in ili-health for some time. HAYWARDS | ENTHUSIASM MARKS WIGWAM MEETING TO UNITE ALAMEDA COUNTY BOOSTERS Improvement Association Plans a Grand Rally of Progressive Citizens, With View to Inducing Concerted Action Among Pro- \. W. DENNETT MAY BE INSANE Famous Reutaurant Man Is Found Wandering About With Pillowcase Over Head | R G S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, April 21. Alfred W. Dennett, of r(‘slauranty fame and known all over the United | States as the founder of Dennett's tem- | perance restaurants, is locked up in| the detention ward of the fincenmg, Hospital upon a charge of insanity. | With a pillowcase on his head he was | found wandering-aimlessly about the Pledmont hills by Special Policeman | | Hitchcock and taken to the city prison. | where be engaged in a fight with pris- oners. His examination will take place before Judge Ellsworth at 12 o'clock to-morrow. Dennett has been in Oakland about ten days, but is unable to gi a con- nected statement of his movements or how he came to be here. He says that his son George is about to open a res- taurant in Los Angeles and that he is to help him. He says that he made about $1,000,000 out of the restaurant business, but has lost it all and that, it is believed, has turned his head. Dennett lost a large fortune in en- terprises of various kinds, after accu- mulating a competency out of the res- taurant business. Debts finally over- whelmed Dennett and he made a vol- untary petition in bankruptcy about two years ago, his liabilities running into $200,000. His effort to start a “Den- nett” restaurant in Oakland shortly af- terward failed because of antagonisms with labor unions. In Philadelphia and New York the Dennett restaurants had quite a vogue. He was the pioneer in this class of eating-houses on the Paci- fic Coast. ————— MACHINISTS OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL NOT STRIKE Building Trades Council of Oakland Indorses the Proposed Issue of School Bonds. OAKLAND, April 21.—The threat- ened strike of machinists on the Southern Pacific system has been averted and the committee of the union has come to an agreement with Julius Kruttschnitt. The terms of the agree- ment provide for the recognition of the Machinists’ Union and concessions were made on both sides. The men are satisfied and there is no doubt the agreement will be ratified. Industrial Lodge No. 610, Interna- tional Association of Machinists, gave a ball last night in Reed Hall. The affair was in charge of the following committees: Arrangements—A. M. Duff, G, H. Good: Campbell and J. H. W, Conncrs, H, P. Di Reception—L, T. Stevenson, W, g Whitmore, J. Dalton, T. rtin, J. W. Flynn, Halght, F. Takridge, M. W. M. Duff, oor _committ H. Goodwin, L. H uler"nl T. Rudech, J. 8. Biven, T, Fregas, H. W. Connors, G. Adams, O. J. Lub- bock, 1. P. Mellue. Door commitiee—N. Vet ter'and J. L. Barnes. The local building Trades Council last night discussed the approaching bond election and adopted resolutions indorsing the school bonds. —_—— Track Team Elects BERKELEY, April 21.—Roy Hack- ley, a junior and winner of the two- mile run in the intercollegiate games at | Stanford University last week, was electdd captain of the University of California track team to-night in place of Monte Cooley, term expired. motion Bodies and Arranging Programme for Active Work PROMINENT CITIZENS WHO AT- TENDED THE “BOOSTER' RAL- LY IN ALAMEDA LAST NIGHT. k2 — ALAMEDA, April 21.—Preliminary steps toward the formation of a pro- motion organization, in which all the improvement clubs, advancement asso- ciations and other public spirited bod- ies in the cities and towns throughout Alameda County are to be represented, were taken at a big general rally of “Boosters” from Oakland, Berkeley, | Fruitvale, Elmhurst and San Leandro held to-night in the West End Wig- wam under the direction of the West End Improvement Association. Temporary organization was effected by the election of H. C. Capwell, head of the Oakland Board of Trade, to be chairman, and Edwin M. Stearns of the same body to be secretary. It was de- cided to hold a meeting for the pur- pose, of perfecting a permanent or- ganization at the rooms of the Oakland Board of Trade on a date to be chosen by Temporary Chairman Capwell. In- vitations will be extended to every pub- lic promotion body in the county to send a representative. President C. R. Smith of the West End Improvement Association took the initiative in moving that action be taken for the purpose of forming a great promotion society to advance the interests of Alameda County. He said that the time was at hand when this | should be done, and his views were sec- onded by George Renner, second vice | president of the West End Improve- ment Association. “Nature has done much for Alameda County,” said Mr. Smith, “and we should not be backward in assisting her to do more. We can the better do this by getting together, and now is the appointed time.” Prior to the formation of the tem- porary county organization speeches were made by Major C. L. Tllden of the West End Association; H. C. Cap- well, president of the Oakland Bos.rd of Trade; Secretary E. M. .tearns of the Oakland Board of Trade; Mr. O'Toole of the Elmhurst Improvement Club; A. G. Leydecker of Fruitvale; J. A. George of the California State Promotion Committee; Hugh Hogan of the Oa'land Board of Trade; President J. F. Forderer of the Alameda City Trustees; Councilman A. H. Elliott of Oaklandl; Wilbur Walker, secretary of the Merchants' Exchange of Oakland; Dr. C. L. Tisdale and E. R. Anthony of the Alameda Advancement Associa- tion; M. J. Barnett of the Piedmont Improvement Club; Senator G. R. Lu- kens of Oakland, and School Superin- tendent Fred T. Moore of Alameda. All of the speakers dwelt with em- phasis upon the beneficial results that would accrue to all the cities and towns in the county and to the county itself if there was harmony and a unity of object among the public promotion bod- ies. This end they belleved could be easily and quickly attained through the formation of a general county organ- ization. —_————————— Hunger Causes b OAKLAND, April 21.—Thomas Bell, a railroad switchman, was arrested this morning on a charge of stealing 1l filled lunch pail at the West Oakland railroad yards. Bell claimed he took the food because he was hun- gry. He will be given a chance in the Police Court to-morrow morning to +ell his story. ALAMEDA WILL PLANT TREES All the Public Schools Plan to Take Part in the Arbor Celebration in Isle City o S——— ALAMEDA, April 21.—Arbor day exercises will commence at the five grammar schools to-morrow afternoon at 1 o’clock and at the Alameda High School at 2 o’clock. Colonel John P. Irish will deliver the oration at the latter institution and it was for the purpose of permitting those who de- sired to be present at some of the grammar school ceremonies to hear Colonel Irish that opening of the pro- gramme at the Alameda High School was set for the later hour. Features of the celebrations at the various schools will be the floral pa- rades of pupils in honor of the spring season. Ladies. from the Adelphian Club will represent that organization at all of the schools and will deliver brief talks appropriate to the occa- sion. Among the speakers will be Mrs. I. N. Chapman, Mrs. P. 8. Teller, Mrs, H. A. Hebard, Mrs. A. J. Sam- uel, Mrs. George W. Emmons, Mrs. M. F. McGurn, Mrs. I. H. Ehrenberg, Mrs. H. L. Eastman, Mrs. Waldo Park- hurst. Following are the programmes to be renderad at the several schools: High School—Arbor day song - (air, land, My Maryland’’), the high dents; remarks, Frank Otis, pre Education; spring eong (air, high school students; song, " high school students; ; students' song, "It Was the Team,” gh school students; response on behalf of the school, Frank O'Brien, president Associated Students; response, civic section, Mrs. P. S. Teller; spring song (air, “‘Auld Lang Syne’’), high school students. Porter School—Assembling of classes; song, ““Arbor Day,” school; presentation of tree by lndies of the Adelphian Club; planting of tree by members of the A, sixth grade; song, “‘My Own United States,” grammar grades; address, Rev. L. Potter Hitchcock; song, '‘America,” school, Haight School history of Arbor ““Mary- school stu- ident Board of ‘Bedelia™), the My Own United address, John Song, ay, “*Arbor Day," schaol; Spencer Brush; remarks by member of the Adelphian Club; song, ‘‘My Own United States,”” $chool; recitation, Ruth Huff; address, Rev. P. C. Fletcher song “America,” school. Longfellow School—Song, “My Own United States,”” Seventh uand Eighth grades; tree plenting by members of the Bighth Grade; re- marks by member of the Adelphian Clubs ““Arbor Day’’ song, school; address, Rev. W. R. Guthrie: song, ‘*America,” school. Halght School—Song, "“*Arbor Day,” school remarks by member of the Adelphian cnm “My Own United States’” grammar address, Senator Joseph E. Knowland; ‘‘America,” school; closing remarks. Duncan MacKinnon. Mastick School—Song, selected, school: re- address, ‘*Arbor Day committee from school ! song, ‘“America,” school. Everett School — Song, “‘America,” school; romarks by member of the Adelphian Club; song, “'Legend of the Fir Tree,” school; plant- Ing the tree; remarke by the principal; sons, “'Star-Spangied Banner,' s s e s o L Real Estate Men Elect Officers. BERKELEY, April 21.—The Berke- ley Real Estate Association met in an- nual session Tuesday night and after receiving the reports of its officers elected the following new officers for the coming year: President, Francis Ferrier; vice president, W. C. Moran; secretary, Robert Baird; treasurer, M. P. W. Albee; executive committee— ‘W. P. Woolsey, W. J. Mortimer and R. A. Berry. Searches for Missing Spouse. OAKLAND, April 21.—Mrs. George A. Stearns of Eureka, Cal., has asked Coroner Mehrmann for information concerning an unjdentified man who was found dead a vacant lot in Berkeley in January. Mrs. Stearns thinks the person might havo been her missing husband March,”” school; planting tree, HAS. A MANIA \BOUT HORNS Strange Hallucinations in/ Possession of Prominent | Young Dentist’s Brain WOULD : INDICT PARDEE —— Authorities Hold William C. Merriman for Examina-| tion as to His Sanity Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | 1118 Broadway, April 21 Df. William C. Merriman, a prominent dentist, declares that Governor George C. Pardee should be indicted and Mer- riman also demands that the State should remove horns that are growing cut of his head. He was arrested to- Gay as insane. *arly this morning the young man left his dome in Piedmont and headed down town. He arrived at the police station and thers gave such evidence of hallucination that he was detained. Communication was had with Dr. A. F. Merriman Jr., a brother, and the patient was removed to the Receiving Hospital detention ward. Judge Ogden will conduct a lunacy examination in _ALAMEDA © || BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway- Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77- ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda 4592 ey ART ASSOCIATION GIVES ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT Exhibition Enjoyed Prior to and After Musical Programme at Mark Hopkins Institute. Though the weather was far from | pleasant last night the forty-ninth an- | nual and spring exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the Mark Hopkins Institute was pro- nounced a thorough success by the 165 patrons who attended. As is customary with the associa- tion, the early portion of the evening was devoted to viewing the exhibits. This year the average number of works were hung and those, added to the exhibits always in the galleries, furnished ample pleasure for the lov- {ers of art. At 8:20 the annual concert was giv- en under the direction of Henry Hey- man and each number was heartily applauded. The following is the pro- gramme carried out: the case to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Until six months ago Dr. Merriman had practiced his profession with his brother in this city. Signs of mental disorder appearing he was taken in hand by his relatives and was sent to Bakersfield in the hope that he would recuperate with change of climate and surroundings. But he did not improve and was taken back to the family resi dence at Piedmont, where the serious mental troubles have been steadily de- veloping. —_————————— THREE YEARS' SENTENCE FOR COUNTERFEITERS George Tighe Makes an Inefféctual | Appeal for Term of Imprisonment in County Jail. | Three years' imprisonment in the penitentiary at San Quentin and a fine | of $500 each was the sentence im- posed yesterday by United States Dis- | trict Judge de Haven upon George Tighe and Thomas Sutcliffe, convicted | of passing and attempting to pass | counterfeit coins. When the/prisoners were asked by the court whether they had anything | to say why sentence should not be pro- | nounced upon them, Tighe said: “I| was a victim of circumstances, your Honor. I was inebriated at the time and I did not realize what I was do- | ing. I would like to get as light a| sentence as possible—a County Jail | sentence, if possible.” But it appeared that the court al- | ready had its mind made up and lhe‘ appeal was ignored. | Tighe had pleaded guilty in the mld- | dle of the trial, but not before his guilt | had been made quite apparent by the} testimony of United States Secret Ser- | vice Agents George W. Hazen, Thomas | B. Foster and Thomas R. McManus. | ————— | | Delegation for Modesto. Many persons have signified their | intention to join the California Prn-\ motion Committee’s excursions to Modesto April 22 and 23. Among | those who will be on the excursion of April 22, leaving San Francisco at 3:30 o'clock, are the following: Benjamin | lde Wheeler, Maurice Block, ‘R. P.| Toplitz, David Sachs, G. P. White, Mr. and Mrs. Peacock of Mayfield, J. W. | Kerr, Charles D. Steiger, Thomas S. Williams, George Uhl Jr., Mrs. Gerald- | ine Frisbie, H. C. Meyers, S. C. Schee- line, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan, Emile Riese, Ned Galland, S. W. Ehrman, M. [ P. Kohlberg, Warren Gregory;, E. G. Deniston, Leo Alexander and Paul Bancroft —_———— Unraveling Peterson Tangle. Henry Peterson was arraigned in Judge Cook’s court yesterday on charges of assault to murder and bur- | glary and the cases were continued till to-day for him to plead, this against the objection of his attorney. Further argument was heard on the application for a writ of habeas corpus to release Alphonse Peterson, held on three charges of grand larceny, on the ground that he had been deprived of | his constitutional right to be arraigned | immediately. The Judge will render | his decision to-day. Alphonse had been substituted for Henry through a | mistake, when Henry should have| been arraigned two weeks ago. —_———— Park Bonds Unredeemed. There are still thirty-one park im- provement bonds remainifig unpaid and City Treasurer McDougald is de- sirous of redeeming them in order (o, wipe out the city's obligation on his | books. A man has made application | for the bonds after they have been re- | deemed, saying he desires to paper a | room with the documents. It is hard- t ly likely that his application will be | granted. i | of the Art Association 1A | friends, Organ, “Wedding Music” _(West), to Fleissner The Silent Worid Is Sleep- 2 Anthony; vioiin Reinecke) inka’s Song (Fonten: organ, (a) (Denza), Mrs (a) “‘Serenade (Margaret Ruth ony} | violin, sonata in A major (Handel), Samuel Augenblick; vocal, (a) ‘‘Song_ of a Heart' (Tunison), ( i’ mes Vers avaient des Alfles™ (Hahn), Mi; a R. Séhwabacher; organ, March” (Merkel), Otto Fleissner, At the conclusion of the musical programme an informal reception was held and general discussion of the va- rious paintings indulged in. The sensus of opinion was to the effect that many of the artists displayed marked improvement over previous efforts and that the association has a | brilliant future in store. In view of the general interest tak- én in the collection of works of art by California artists at the Mark Hop- kins Institute the board of directors has decided to keep the exhibition open to the publi free of charge until Wednesday. It is understood that this privilege refers to the Mary Frances Searles gallery { only. e —— PERSONAL. Dr. Frank Garcelon of Pomona 1is at the Grand. E. W. Churchill, a banker of Napa, is at the Palace. Dr, Elizabeth A. Follansbee of Los ngeles Is at the Palace. John H. McNutt, a mining man of Sonora, is at the Grand. John D. Works, an attorney of Los Angeles, is at the St. Franecis. Colonel E. A. Forbes, a well known lawyer of Marysville, is at the Grand. Bishop Funsten and wife of Boise City, Idaho, are staying at the Oc dental. I . K. Kerr, a capitalist of Eau Claire, Wis., registered at the Palace yesterday. David Keith, a capitalist of Salt Lake, and the members of his family arrived at the Palace yesterday. Joseph Gardner, an Eastern manu- facturer, who is establishing a branch of his business in Seattle, is at the Palace. F. A. Sayles, son of the well-known manufacturer and capitalist of Paw- tucket, R. I., who, with a party of has been touring through Southern California. arrived here yes- terday and registered at the St Francis. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and maid arrived from the East last even- ing and is staying at the St. Francis. Her husband accompanied her part of the way and is expected to join her here in a few days. Her presgence here for the purpose of signing certain papers in connection with the distri- bution of the Fair estate. A number of the passenger traffc men of the various transcontinental railroads, who have been holding a conference at Santa Barbara, arrived here yesterday. Among the more prominent of the arrivals were H. C Townsend, general passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Moun- tain road; G. F. Nicholson, passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe; T. J. Anderson, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company’s At- lantic system of Houston, and J. Francis, general passenger agent of the Burlington route of - Omaha. Nicholson, Anderson and Francis are staying at the St Francis. WANTS STOCK IN BANK'S NAME.—The Farmers\ and Merchants’ yesterday secured, on affidavit of C. H. ner, its cashier, an alternative writ of man data compelling ‘the Hollister Storage Compans to issue to they bank a certificate for twe shares of stock in the storage econcern, whict the bank claims under an assignment made by G. F. Leege and H. W. Newbauer. 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