The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1904, Page 20

‘ 20 THE:. SAN FRANCISCO ' CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1904. et B DREDGE MINING - MAY MAKE TALK Rumor Causes an Inspection Near Oroville and Report for the River Convention DELEGATES ARE NAMED Twenty Men Are Selected to Represent the Association in Tmportant Proceedings ———— Great interest is attached to the pro- | ceedings of the river convention that wil] be held in this city May 23. This has been stimulated largely by publi- cemtions in the papers of the mountain | counties and in the Sacramento Valley of mining is fill- has been disc vigor been created, at that there will on the floor of the in which the agency ing up the river beds ed with more or less An has n leest in some quarters be something said eonvention concerning gold mining by the dredger process. As a result of this a committee that embraced a large ghare of the more influential members of the California Association | e and paid a visit last made & personal inspection o mtions of the dredgers and a 2bove and below the places where the .dredgers are u The committee was ompanied b onel Heuer of the California Debris Commission The Cali Miners' Association will be represen on the floor of the river convention, so declares Secretary Benjamin, by delegation numbering twenty In the call for the convention @ll organizations of a s public sort were invited to take part. The Cali- fornia Miners’ Asociation addressed a Jetter to the cramento Chamber of set forth that the asso- . leading part in on the Yuba River the stream the Sacramento mber of Commerce in which the miners’ association was requested to send representatives to the convention. If nothing is sald about fmining on the floor of the convention | the miners will have no presentation 1o w But a report has been pre- pared as a result of the visit of the committee of the association to Oro- ville and wvicinity and this will be ready if ar question is publicly raised sct of dredging that flow into the Sac- < for g ramentc The erning e a R vited each » send two d These gates the convention upon certificate signed by of the ecla Jegates to a nd secretary All intending dele- re- quested to send tron, secretary invitations and a notice to f the ange- Dismissed. T. Browr, detention shed on the service of the Bureau, from order of the De- and Labor. tly the comp! ese 1 M. Chinese Watc w men Bates and T. t the alter S gration wers ssed by 2 »ector s, chman in charge, and found that there was for the charges and vork of the bureau wou!d be i speedily without more named BORAXOLOGY A little BORAX does for water what a little kindness often does for the heart— softens It. The Boraxologist recommends them both. When you soften you double its cleansing power. You will besurpfisedtosc:stl:owmudgycasicrand cleaner you can wash things by adding a litte BORAX to the water. the laundry and kitchen, toilet and bath. Insist upon having BRAND BORAX—it's Druggists and Grocers The famous “AMERICAN GIRL” *20-Mule-Team Borax.” At stores or sent for Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York, Chicago, the oper- | of lands | received from | n invitation and ar- | Unit- | their po-; STRIKES 011 FOR HERSELF Mrs. Nettie Strinkorb, Who Left Her Home on Friday SOEDER AND HIS COUNSEL PLEASED WITH TESTIMONY Defendant Charged With Murder of His Brother- in-Law Is Smiled at by Pretty Spanish Girl on|vyisitors Wateh With Inter- Whose Evidence the Prosecution Greatly Relied Night, Found in Oakland PROCURES EMPLOYMENT Says She Intended to Com- mit Suicide, but Was Dis- | suaded by James Parsons' ———— | Mrs. Nettie Strinkorb, wife of Fred | Strinkorb, beer bottler, 393 Sacramento street, who left her home on Friday night after penning pathetic notes tell- ing of her intention to commit sulcide by jumping off the rocks at Bakers Beach, was found in Oakland yesterday afternoon. The supposition that James | Parsons, motorman on the Eddy street line, knew of the woman's whereabouts proved correct. The police learned that she and Parsons went across the bay Saturday morning and engaged a room n a lodging-house at 1309 Broadway. Parsons explained to the landlady that Mrs. Strinkorb was his sister-in-law, and she registred under the name of Nettie Parsons. On Saturday afternoon she obtained employment in a restau- rant at 1227 Broadway and remained there till 8 o’clock that night | When the detectives called at 1309 Broadway Mrs. Strinkorb was not in her room. They waited till she re- turned, carrying in her hand a sult | case. She had pawned her jewelry and | was attired in a complete new outfit, | the clothes she had worn when leaving | her husband’s house being found in a | closet in her room. She was brought across the bay to police headquarters, | and when questioned by Captain Mar- | tin she sald that the soldier she had loved before meeting her husband had | | died, but she declined to say when or ‘ where. She sald she lived unhapplly | | with her husband and had the inten- i:lnn of committing suicide when she | | 1eft her home, but she met Parsons on his car and he advised her against it. He provided a room for her in a re-| spectable house on Friday night and on Saturday went with her to Oakland. She had obtained a good job there and would not return to her husband. Her only regret was at leaving her baby. RSy S TR e T | GREAT ORGAN RECITAL { 1S GIVEN AT TRINTTY | | Louis H. Eaton, Assisted by Vocalists | | and Violinist, Renders a Splen- did Classical Programme. | Louis H. Eaton gave his twenty-| | fifth organ recital at Trinity Church| | last night, at which there was an at- tendance of several hundred. Mr. Eaton was assisted by Miss Mil- lie Flynn, soprano, who sang “Hear, Ye Israel,” most beautifully; Chester rans, tenor, who rendered Barn- “The Soft Summer Breeze,” from AT (ForizrpE VALLARTZE. | e “Rebekah.” in a voice of rare quality and flexibility, and Samuel Savannah, ist, who played Max Bruch’s ro- | . op. 42, and Philip Scharwen- TWO WITNE FOR THE TESTIMO! FAILED TO BELIEVE THE violin S — PROSECUTIO T} 1 DEFENDANT GUILTY OF MURDER. i ‘Legends” with superb effect, the organ accompaniment.by Louis Eaton | being in the organist’s finished style. | One of the main witnesses for the prosecution in the trial of Leon Soeder ne of the gems of the recital was | for the murder of his brother-in-law, Eaton’s masterful and shading inter- | Joseph Blaise, on the night of January pretation of William Faulkes' theme, | 19 of this year, has fallen down. She ¥ {varied, In G major. His playing of | yyo. warie Vallarta, one of the two Johann Sebastian Bach's fantasie and | ;oior o who were proprietors of the res- fugue, in G minor, the first number on taurant at 721 Broadway, where Blaise and Soeder ate dinner on the night of January 10. On the following morning the programme, prepared the assem- blage for the great things that were to follow. Louis Boellmann's “Priere ini : sy o Blaise was found below a retaining ool ‘\','."P ?;’n;p‘d‘;;?m] _Sgne Goth- | wall on Taylor street, between Green ique,” was splendidly played. All the | ,n5 vapejo, with his throat cut and numbers were given with fine effect. Mr. Eaton received many congratula- | | tions at the close of the recital. | the marks of a blunt instrument on the back of his head. It had been proved by the prosecu- tion that the cause of Blaise's death | was a stab wound In the carotid artery. It had been shown that Soeder secured insurance on his brother-in-law’s life to the extent of $13,000. Except a $3000 accident policy, all of the insurance was made payable to Blaise's wife, who is Soeder’s sister. The two Vallarta girls have been counted upon by the prosecution as an necting Soeder with the murder of Blaise. Both were on the stand yes- terday and their testimony leancd to- ward the defendant. When Miss Marie Vallarta was called to the stand she smiled on everybody she had ever seen in connection with the case, and among those she recognized was Leon Soeder. She showed her white teeth to him with a bow, and he smited back awk- wardly. LOOKS LIKE AN HELD. She was the one attractive feature in the courtroom. A hat laden with violets and surmounted by a beautiful white ostrich plume decked a face that was peculiarly remindful of Anna Held except for the eyes. more plainly dressed, but both laughingly proud of the notoriety. At the end of the hearing Soeder was asked If Miss Marie Vallarta was in love with him. “No sabe nada,” said the defcndant, which in Spanish means that he knew nothing. Even un- der the promptings of his chief counsel, General Salomon, he refused to answer any questions regarding Miss Marie Vallarta. Afterward, in the jail, be stated that he knew her only as ke would know any other woman waiting on table in a res- taurant where he was in the habit of taking his meals, and that she had told the full truth regarding his vis- its to the restaurant. Dr. A. C. Bothe, City Chemist, was the first witness examined in the trial, which was not opened until afternoon because of the amount of testimony in- troduced in the Hutton contempt pro- ceedings at the morning session. Bothe were water with BORAX Use it in stomach when it was received from the Coroner’s office. He sald he found in- dications that in addition to the meal taken in the restaurant deceased had eaten crab or some character of shell 20-MULE-TEAM pure. ~ Sold of this point as tending to show that Blaise partook of food not furnished at the Mexican restaurant, where he and Soeder. ate their last dinner. Following him came Miss Clothilde Vallarta, who testified to the dinner which Blaise and Soeder took at the restaurant on the evening of January 10. She asked for an interpreter. The wvital points of her testimony related merely to what was served to the two men and the timepof their departure, which she placed at between 6 o'clock FREE to purchasers ot BOX ‘T in — ‘OP aad 4c.in stamps. important link in the testimony con-| Her sister was| testified to the contents of Blaise's | fish. General Salomon made the most | | | | | | | | | { | I I { Union-street line, who was riding on a | Soeder, proved considerable of a dis- £ 3 \ and 6:15 on the evening of January 10. | SOEDER APPEARED SAD. He ster followed, and said that Blaise and Soeder were patrons of the | restaurant three or four times a week. | Soeder always paid the bill, but be- yond a greeting he never entered into conversation with her. On the night of January 11 he took dinner there | alone, and appeared sad. She asked what was the matter and he told her that Blaise had been killed and show- ed her an afternoon paper containing | the account of the crime. Soeder stated | that his brother-in-law must have been robbed and nfurdered, as he had about $90 in his pockets. Charles Vose, the gripman on the car on the night of January 10 and who is supposed to have seen Blaise board the same car and dismount at | Taylor street, where he was met by appointment as an identification wit- nes He stated that the man stand- ing at the lamp post on Taylor and | Union streets was facing the hill and he could only get a ‘“three-quarters’” view of him as the car went by. To the best of his knowledge and belief, he said, the man under the lamp post was the defendant, but when asked on cross-examination if he was willing to swear to this statement he said E. Kistler, clerk at the United States Hotel on Eddy street; Dennis Collins, ant division superintendent of the Union-street line, and Bernard Bolin, a watchman at the Union-street barn, gave unimportant testimony for the prosecution. Soeder has recovered his good hu- mor and was happy over the showing of the prosecution. General Salomon is confident of an acquittal and the defense is generally satisfied that the accusation against Soeder will fall. Vague promises are held out by the prosecution that a sensation will be sprung before the trial is ended, but no definite line can be secured as to what this will be outside of an al- leged confession of Soeder to a cell- mate of his in the County Jail. ———e————— New Time Table. The Tavern of Tamalpais will receive its patrons by the new time schedule of the Tamalpais Railway, which goes into effect to-day, as advertised in the rail- way columns. This most delightful of all mountain rides in the world is the de- light of globe trotters and tourists gen- erally. Besides meriting the appellation of the crookedest railroad in the world, it affords kaleidoscopic views of moun- tain, sea and valley unequaled anywhere. Every weekday morning a gravity car leaves the hotel to accommodate early travel, and along the eight and one-fifth miles of track, with 281 curves, the car attains a speed -sufficient to exhilarate the sleepiest passenger. With 413 feet the longest stretch of straight track, one's neck becomes twisted much like a cotk- screw, which there is leisure to untwist during the pleasant ride across the bay. Thus far this year travel has been heav- fer than ever, the number of patrons stopping over night to watch the sun set and rise frequently testing the hotel ca- pacity. —_————— Turtle Again in Trouble. Benjamin Landerdale, a bartender employed in the Turtle saloon and chophouse at the corner of Geary and Powell streets, was arrested last night by Policeman Hogan for selling liquor without a license. Hogan called at the place and ordered a drink, which was served him. The Turtle has no license to sell liquor without meals, DENTISTS HOLD UNION CLINIC est Work of Operators From Many Parts of State MANY GOOD EXHIBITS Interesting Session of the State Association Ts Held at Academy of Sciences —_—— The Union Clinic, held in connec- tion with the thirty-third annual ses- sion of the California State Dental As- soclation, opened yesterday morning at the infirmary of the dental department of the University of California in the Donohoe building. rooms were thronged with visitors and shortly afterward the clinics com- menced. The operators were all men of high standing in their profes- sion and the interest manifested was intense. In addition to the clinics, exhibi of work were displayed and attracted much attention. A manufacturers’ department was set apart and pre- sided over by both Eastern and West- ern dentists. Members of the California State Dental Association and the Alumni Association of the dental department of the University of California, who have joined in arranging the con- clave, say that it has started under more favorable auspices than has any clinic previously held here. The officers of the State Association are: Leander Van Orden, presiden Walter J. Taylor, first vice presiden W. A. L. Knowles, second vice pres dent; O. P. Rolier, third vice pres dent; C. E. Post, recording secretary Frank C. Pague, corresponding secr: ; Thomas N. Iglehart, treasurer. Those of the Alumni Association are: James G. Sharp, president; Guy S. Millberry, vice president; C. H. Bowman, recording secretary; F. W. Harnden, corresponding secretary; Leander Van Orden, treasurer. The joint committee consists of W. A. L. Knowles and Guy 8. Millberr: terday: First period. 9:00-10:30 a m.—Dr. W. V. With *: Dr. “The Study of Mar- ““The 1- C. L. Goddard, San Franclsco, the Cusps of Molars'; Dr. John Sayre shail. United States Army Dental Corps. Diadnostic and Therapeutic Value of the Currents in_Dental Chicago, * and Faradic Dr. P. Wuillemin With San Francisco, Botsford Francisco, “‘Nitrous Oxid _Anaesthesi, lowed by Chioroform or : Dr. R. Stallman, San Fra: . “‘Logan Crown': Dr. W J. Taylor, Sacramento, ‘‘Approximal Using Plastic Mat Gold'"; Contour Filling. - Dr. N. Herrings, ~'‘Special Method Richmond d, 10:30-12 a, m.—Dr. W. N. y_ San Jose. “"A Unique Method of Taking Impression for and Swaging Seamless, Ope faced and Jacket Crowns and Caps for Ric mond Crowns”: Dr, Warren de Crow, . ““Baking Porcelain_ Crown on Seam! Pelton Furnace’ A J Francisco, ‘‘Fracture Inferior Maxilla F. W. Harnden, Matrix Incisor'; ' cisco, *'Baking of Poi nace””: Dr. C. S. Ay Teeth”: Dr. A. H. Wal an “‘Porcelain Inlay—Patient Dr. 0. P Roller, Los Angeles, “‘Amalgam Filling, New Matrix''; Taylor, San Francisco, E elain in Oak Clay, § Origin: nd, * ce, Dr. A. W. ““Tempering Instruments.’ ‘Third period, 1:30-3 Knowles, San Francisco, . M. Barker, San Jose, ‘‘Porcelain Inlay—Jen- kins Body—Fusing Without Muffie”; Dr. G. N. Van Orden, San Francisco, ‘‘Sixteen-Tooth Bridge in the Mouth- miess Gold Crown in the Mouth, Repair of Bridge, ‘Bryant Syste p. m.—Dr. A Matrix''; Dr. A ting Crown With Evans' Gutta ment"; Dr. Amy Bowman, San Franc Napkining’: Dr. George W. Rodolph, ““Porcelain_TInlay in Incisor, J Lane, San Francisco, ing Amalgam Fillings” , “‘Rotary Plugger.” 3-4:30 p. m.—Dr. E. L. Angeles, ‘‘Porcelain”; Dr. | s . fan Fraa« co, ‘‘Combination | Fiiling, Hirsching’s Plastic ¢ Plastic Cohesive Tin''; I 3 ‘Surgical Cas San Francisco, mies”: Dr. Roy K. Belden, San Francisco, | “Original Method of Inlay Work”: Dr. A. T. Derby, San Francisco, ‘“‘Successful Skeleton Crown; Dr. R. A. Day, San Francisco, “Baked Porcelain Crown'': Dr. W. A. Bryant, San Francisco, ‘‘Narcotile Anaesthesia, Lead Plate in Fracture of Inferior Maxiila.' EVENING SESSION. Academy of Sciences Hall was crowded to the doors last night by a representative gathering of the leading dentists of the State at the first of the | evening sessions of the State Dental Association. Owing to the absence of Dr. D. D. Smith of Philadelphia the reading of his paper on ‘“Alveolar Pyorrhea; Its Cause, Sequela and Cure” was deferred until this even- ing. Leander Van Orden, M. D., president of the State association, delivered a most interesting address on the his- tory of dentistry In California for the last thirty years. He paid a tribute to Dr. Smith's great work in perfect- ing a system of polishing teeth to such a degree that decay can be reduced to a minimum. He explained that by Dr. Smith’s system teeth were given a polish impervious to the action of starchy foods. Dr. C. L. Goddard spoke on dental education, and Jo- seph D. Hodgen, D. D. §., gave a most | interesting talk on radium, illustrating | his remarks with $600 worth of the wonderful metal. The clinics will be continued to-day in the surgical room in the Donohue building and this evening the second of the evening sessions will be held in the Academy of Sciences Hall. —_———————— St. John's Parish Picnic. The annual picnic of St. John's par- ish will take place to-morrow at Sun- set Park. Already many valuable gate and game prizes have been se- cured. The cost of the round trip will be $1.for adults and 50 cents for chil- dren. ‘The train will leave Third and Townsend streets at 9:10 a. m., stop- ping at Twenty-fifth and Valencia streets at 9:20; at Bernal (opposite St. Marys avenue) at 9:30 a. m. Re- turning it will leave Sunset Park at 5 p. m. Rev. William J. Butler is in charge of the committees of arrange- ments, printing and press, Wwhile Thomas Cullen, Rev. P. D. Brady, Peter Claffey, Major J. H. Wesplear, Benjamin Burns and John Mitchell are in charge of the music committee. There will be first class band music, and a good time is in store for all those attending. mfihm Three suits brought by the Tonopah and Salt Lake Mining Company against the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada were dismissed yesterday in the United States Circuit Court by stipulation.’ At 9 o'clock the| : i The following clinics were given yes- | Francisco, | . | dustrial strife of to-day will be solved Dr. | before the Baptist Ministers’ Associa- NIGHT SCHOOLS ARE HIS THEME Professor MacDonald Gives Some Novel Information to Presbyterian Ministers SCIENCE AND RELIGION Aim of University Union Is Told Christian Church Clergy at Weekly Meeting “Night Schools” was the subject of an address by Professor A. H. Mac- Donald, principal of the Lincoln Even- ing School, before the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association yesterday morn- | ing. Professor MacDonald gave informa- tion which most of the ministers ad- mitted was new to them, consequently { they were greatly interested to learn of the benefits that accrue not alone to the youths of the city but to adults as well. | When the professor made the state- ment that the ages of scholars attend- ing the evening schools range from 14 to 60 years of age thera was surprise. Not alone are elderly men eager to | improve themselves, but women of | years are known to drop in and seek | knowledge. | | In one instance given by Professor MacDonald, a gentle, elderly lady, de- sirous of knowing how to read and write that she might herself peruse {and reply to letters from her grand- daughter instead of depending longer upon her neighbors to ‘perform those offices for her, came to a night school and studied until she was able to read and write of her own account. | Since July 1 last the number of | pupils enrolled on the Lincoln Evening | | School books is 3300. PROFICIENT STUDENTS. | The puplls come and go. Some are | seafaring men, others are travelers. | There are those who remain long enough to get a grounding in the most | essential parts of an English educa- tion and the foreign pupils represent almost every nationality of the world. | The night school turns out youths | | and men who become proficient in the | professions, sald Professor MacDonald, and he gave an account of those who embrace the study of architectural and | mechanical drawing. | Then the ministers were informed of | the demand for those who study at the night school, the employers of the city believing that in them must be the sort of material that makes the man when they are willing to give up their | spare moments to receive an educa- tion. Dr. James A. Chamberlain of the First Congregational Church, Bacra | mento, delivered an address of a tech nical character, entitled “The Social Atonement,” before the Congregational | Ministers’ Association yesterday morn- ‘ ing. The speaker held that the law of | suffering is the handmaid of progress. | He held that sensitiveness and suf- | fering are essential to society’s salva- | tion and that the problems of the in- | i | when men become sensitive to every | Injustice. UNIVERSITY UNION. “The Incarnation,” a review of the | sixth chapter of Dr. Orr's “Christian View of God in the World,” was pre- | sented by the Rev. Robert Whitaker | { tion yesterday. ’ An interesting hour was passed by | the members of the Christian Church 4. | Ministers’ -Association yesterday after- | | noon when they listened to Professor J. G. Rodger of the University Union | of California, which is situated at Los Angeles. Professor Rodger said the university had been founded to carry on religious educational work from a scientific viewpoint and to help students to see that the great fundamental truths of | science, instead of conflicting with the great fundamental truths of religion, are in harmony with them, as Her- bert Spencer contends. CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES. i Divines and Laymen to Gather at Sec- ond Unitarian Church. The Pacific Coast Conference of Uni- tarian and other Christian churches will begin this evening at the Second Unitarian Church, Twentieth and Capp streets. There will be an address of welcome by the pastor at 8 o'clock. It will be responded to by Charles A. Murdock. The conference sermon will be deliv- ered by the Rev. George Croswell | Cressy, D. D., of Portland, Ore. Tosmorrow the morning session will | begin at 9:30 o'clock, the afternoon ses- sion at 2 and the evening at 8. The sessions of Thursday will convene at | the same hours. - }FORCE” keeps the brain “waked-up” all day. 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Cash_Market Valus of all Stoc and Bonds owned by Company.. any's Office dus Courss of Col- 228,931 Total- liabilitles INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire miums Received for § Mortgages Received for on Bond trom all Received for Re: Received $2,399,413 st ‘on Bonds and EXPENDITURE! Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including years) .. ™ Dividends to € 0 Pad or 887,300 24 char 202,927 64 Pal Sta Taxes 94,528 79 All other paymen tures ...... Total Expenditures .....e....$2.587.368 5 Fi Losses incurre: Risks and Pren g the year..$1.429, Premium 1,486,967 $3,496,067 08 { 230,258,555/ 3.064.100 23 | 389,447,561/ 4,790,773 53 1908. J. D. BROWNE, President. CHARLES R. BURT, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to befors me, this 4th day of January, 1904 J. H. THATCHER, Notary Publie. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT: BENJAMIN ). SMITH, Manager. COLIN M. BOYD, Agent for San Francisco, 216 Sansome Street. 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