The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1904, Page 2

" COUNTIES JOICE I | PROSPERITY — A\ EW PRELATES (ONSECRATED tion of Methodist Clergy- men in Southern California Convention of Central Coast Association Opens at San | Miconel and Interesting Re- ports on Promotions Read (X SPEAK MEMBERS CONGRESSME TO THE Officers Are Eleeted and the Ladies of the Pret- ty Mission Town Give a Banquet to the Visitors , teemed Wwith ,motion work in 3y his report s of Jetters rn people, £ pieces of liter- in- ise to vand Merriam C. healthy fina t extent of work ittee on cre- wing repre- B: Ret IUNCH AT A RIVER. £ n tk were taken by g e banks of the Nac r, W lunch was 5 gressmen Needham of Mc des s Riverside W I n and W ento ranch, the ilitary camp. ing during tion of Cor- sites. Con- d" himself ssed with this ferred to the Naci- glowing terms as a that there may not be i, he said, but that able, so far as he rom his military »r the great camp vernment had proposed to estab- judgment the topography, sanitary conditions rrow the Congress ver the J. H. Henry as g ed: sdent; pres- , secretars ; ¢ Santa Cruz, pr ard of County VISITORS AT TABLE. | To-night the ladies of San Miguel uet to the visitors and L. Perry presided as nd the following ad- on Coast Line,” Paul | nd passenger ific Raflroad; Jts Future Pc irman executive o ovement Club. Hammar, secretary “Co-operation in | The California Meet After Years of Separation. | TACOMA, Wash., May 26.—Last Monday Peter Clay, a veteran of the Civil War, was admitted to the Wash- irgton State Soldiers’ Home at Orting. While gefting acquainted with the other inmates of the home he met John Clay, and later it developed that they * were brothers. They had not met in forty-nine years. Separated in early both had enlisted early in the 60 s.and nelther knew the whereabouts of the other until circumstances brought them together at the Soldiers’ | Home | "Chas. Keilus & Co. E ¢ luw s in e High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. NEARER AND NEARER DO OUR SMART GARMENTS TPUCH PERFECTION.| CONTINUALLY TRYING TO MASTER THE ART.| FIT YOU IMMEDIATELY| AND DO IT WELL.| Kearny Street +* X Tbhburlow Bloc'k.&mlw | Aerial Vessel Being | DESPONDENT MAN ELECTION OF AGEN G E Delegates Dispose of Their Work Rapidly and May Take Adjournment Monday o V2R LOS ANGELES, May 26.—The most impressive ¢eremony In the Methodist ritual was performed to-night at the pavilion when the eleven new elected Bishops were consecrated. It was the greatest Bishops ever consecrated at any one time in the history of the church. In fact, but a total of fifteen new Method- ist Bishops have been chosen within the quarter of a century. The 1 number consecrated on any single occasion W at in 1872, when seven were number of previotds Brooklyn ordained. All of the reigning Bishops of the church, with the exception of Bishop McCabe, together with twenty-two elders, who acted as presenters, were present on the platform. Following are the names of those consecrate Bishops Joseph F. Berry, Henry Spe meyer, William F. McDowell, William Burt, James W. Bashford, Luther B. Wilson, Thomas B. Neely and Mis~ sionary Bishops Isaiah B. Scott, Wil- liam R. Oldham, John E. Robinson Harris. session of the General rred the election of the General Cormference officers, including ishing agents, secretaries and as- nt secretaries of the various so- cieties. In several cases the first bal- lot failed to show an election and a se ond ope was taken, the resdit of which will not be announced until to-morrow morning. The following were elected: Homer Eaton and G. P. Mains, pub- lishing agents, New York; H. C. Jen- ings and E. R. Graham, publishing gents, Cincinnati; A. B. Leonard, sec- retary of the Missionary Society; J. M. King, secretary of the Board of Church Extension; M. C. B. Mason and W. T. Therkield, secretaries Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society; Rob- ert Forbes, assistant secretary of the Church Extension Soctety. There were numerous candidates for secretary of the Sunday School Union and Tract Society, of the Board of Ed- ucation and of the Epworth League, but the result of the balloting is not vet known. The conference to-day, upon the mo- tion of Dr. Buckley, reconsidered its actfon by which it adopted the report of the Book Concern committee ye: terday, in order to enlarge the commis- sion which is to formulate a plan for the unification of the Book Concerns. This commission, as finally constituted by to-day’'s action, comprises fifteen instead of seven members as originally provided for. Six are to be ministers, six laymen and three bishops, and the the day entire commission is to be appointed by the Board of Bishops. It is thought that the conference will have prac- tically finished its business by Satur- day night and that final adjournment can be taken early Monday morning. INSULT TO A DOG CAUSES A SHOOTING Montana Cowboy Stops a Bullet Be- | cause He Cursed a Neighbor's Canine. CHESTER, Mont., May 26. result of alleged insulting language to a dog, Frank Mosher was shot by Lester Shaufner on the latter’s ranch near here yesterday. Mosher had been to the Shaufner ranch on busin and as he started away Shaufne: dog followed him. Mosher uttered some curses in his ef- forts to get the dog to go back, which the owner of the animal resented. Kneeling on the ground, Shaufner took careful aim at the retreating man and fired, hitting Mosher in the abdo- | men. Both men are cowboys. e .SA['TI(‘AL MAN PLANS MACHINE THAT MAY FLY Constructed in Washington to Start From Elevated Point. first 1 will from & in made evated point Clarkston, end if the trip is as successful as is ex- pected a second trip will be made from a prominent point on @ hill across the Clea Water River and ehe machine will be landed in Clarkston, e — ENDS HIS LIFE ON A ROAD Resident of Tacoma Uses a Revolver to Rid His Mind of Trouble. TACOMA, May 26.—Henry C. Foote, a prominent Tacoma business man, shot himself through the head with a revolver on county road two miles from Chepalis last evening. The discovery of the body to-day created zreat surprise. Foote’s business af- fairs were in good shape, although he had been suffering from desnondency. His wife went East a year aga and did not return. Foote was 37 years old. COAL FIELDS FOUND NEAR PORT ANGELES f)eposlm Discovered on the Shore of the Strait of Fuca Reported Valuable. TACOMA, May 26—Newly discovered coal Belds covering a strip of territory fifteen miles in extent along the Straits of Fuca, in the neighborhood of Port Angeles, have just been systematically investigated by Forest Me- Conihe of Tacoma and others. It is probable that active development work will sbon begin, The coal i of p semi-bituminous character and of excellent quality. —_——— ELECTRICITY CAUSES AN EMPLOYE'S DEATH Young Man Touches Live Wires Be- hind a Switchboard and Loses Life. SANTA CLARA, May 26—William M. Tre- goning, aged 25 vears, and employed at the Santa Clara municipal works, came into con- tact with live * wires at the back of the switchboard in the power-house and was kilied this afternoon. No one was present at the time to mid him. He had resided with his parents in Coilege Park for a number of years, e e———— VESSEL MAKES RECORD BY CATCH OF HALIBUT Steamer New England Has a Remark- ably Successful Day Off Cape George. VANCOUVER, B. C.,, May 20.—The largest catch of halibut for a single day's fishing ever made by any vessel in the world fell to the lot of the steamer New Englnd, Captain Freeman, early this week. Off Caj Grorge, Dixon Entrance, the New England in one day ht 160,000 pounds of hl.llbu’li thus ~ The New -Work on a flying ma- | nstructed at Clarkston by | x - Telephone Wires Go Down Soon After be | the | THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, FRI DAY, MAY 27, 1904. ICLLSES CIRL O INGRATITUDE Dr. Whitford of Butte Will Publicly Appear as Pra cutor of Bessie ])risco‘ll | el COMING TO CALIFORNIA PR Aged Physician Admits That | - He Paid Young Woman $10,000 as “Hush Money” | | { Spezial Dispatch to The Call. BUTTE, Mont., May 26.—With a de- termination to clear a name that has | been unsullied, Dr. O. B. Whitford left Butte this afternoon for Los Angeles, where he will prosecute Bessie Dris- Tcoll, a former Butte girl, for blas mail. For y 's he has suffered from the persecutions of the girl, he de- clares, and now, despite the notoriety he is gaining, he will publicly appear in court against her. According to Whitford, the began after he had effected the sale of a half-million dollars’ worth of min; ing property to an Eastern company, Bessie Driscoll, a well-known woman in Butte, and a mysterious man con- piring to get hold of some of his wealth. Dr. Whitford characterizes the acts of the girl as the basest in- gratitude. “I first got acquainted with the girl,” said the doctor, “'three years ago, when I was called to attend her in my | eapac as a phys n. She was then very ill with the grip. She told me that she was a music teacher, but she ap- peared to be poor, and I had a great deal of sympathy for her. After she ot better she continued to call at my office, fter a time she toid me that she was in trouble and asked me to help ber. inent woman here in the city, we man- aged to send the girl away to New Jersey, where her shame would be known only to strangers. It was then that I received the first intimation of the dastardly plot that they intended to work on me. I always addressed her as ‘My dear girl,’ but that is the way I always address my friends. I received a letter from her stating that if I 4id not immediately pay her $5000 she would expose me and declare me the father of her child. At that time my wife was seriously ill, and 1 feared for her in case there was any trouble. I finally gave her the money. “The next time I heard from her she made another demand for $5000 and I refused her. Then she started for Butte and said that she was going to take a room in a hotel here and Kill the child and herself and leave a note connecting me with the affair. At that time my wife was at the point of death and I nearly distracted. I agreed to give her the $3000 if she would sign an agreement to release me from all claims in the future. She signed the agreement and 1 gave her the money, but a short time ago 1 received a communication from her lawyer demanding $15,000 from me on her behalf.” { e — ! IMPORTERS YVILL RECOV FROM THE GOVERNMENT | Duties Collected on Sake Under an Erroneous ‘'Ruling That It Was Wine Must Be Returned. HONOLULU, May he decision of the New York Federal Circult Court in sustain- | ing the appeal of Honolulu importers from | the ruling of Collectc ric o $500.000 against the Federal The decision means that all duties overpaid on sake, as wine\ importa- {'tlons, since the appeal was made two years | ago will be returned to the importers, —_————— CANAL BUILDERS FALL FROM BRIDGE TO RIVER Fifteen Men Overload a Structure Over the Truckee and One is Drowned. May 26.—Fifteen employes isco Construction Company, building of the Government via, at noon to-day crowded upon uspension bridge across the , which sagged below the water, cipitating them in the stream. One man, Swede, name unknown, was drowned and the others narrowly escaped. The body has not yer been recovered i by the pre {a |FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF SMALL IDAHO TOWN Message Is Sent Out Reporting a Big Fire. | BOISE. 1daho, May 26.—News received here fre Meado’ in the northern part of Wash- ington County, indicates that place has been ped out by fire. A meesage announced there s @ bad fire raging this afternoon. Soon af- terward the telephone line went down and no further information can be sccured. sy S el i i | SPARKS ON HILLSIDE WELL OF THE TRAGEDY Laborer at the California Powder Works, Near Santa Cruz, Meets Death. SANTA CRUZ, May 26.—William Henry, an | employe of the California Powder Works, was | killed by electricity to-day. Henry was sent to clear a path up the hill from the powder | works to the county road. At noon several They found Henry dead e~ Construction Work to Proceed. BAN BERDARDINO, May 26.—A force of about a hundred men arrived here yesterday to begin construction the Y that is to connect the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe raflways at this point for the accomodation of the Salt Lake road, which is coming into San Bernardino. State Examiners Purchase Bonds. of Examiners to-day purchased $25,000 worth of the high school 5 per cent serial bonds of the Porterville district. WANTS DEED SET ASIDE.—Bridget Nevin property_made in November, 1902, by Thomas Nevin, her iate brother. She says the deed was obtained by her sister, Honora Nevin, and the latter's daughter Catherine by misrepre- sentation. IR TR pr ol ALCOHOL STOVES. FREE TO CLASSIFIED AD- VERTISERS IN SUNDAY EDITION. Like Our Circulation, These Premiums Are High-Class. The SUNDAY CALL has over 85,000 circulation, principally in the homes; a QUANTITY and QUALITY that ASSURES ACTUAL RESUI/T Gifts given to-day for Sunday WANT ADS. trouble | Finally, with the aid of a prom- | men saw sparks flying and went to the scene. | SACRAMENTO, May 26.—The State Board ' filed a suit yesterday to set aside a deed to * MEN BATILE IN A STABLE Police Sergeant and Foreman of a Los Angeles Establish- st TS, 'BULLET STOPS COMBAT Effort to Quell a Disturb- ance Results Disastrously for a Municipal Officer LOS ANGELES, May 26.—As a re- sult of a brawl at the Nevada stables, 1642 Broadway, this city, early to-day, | Leslie Dickinson, night foreman of the | stables, is at the Receiving Hospital, | dangerously wounded, and Police Ser- geant Lon Harris is suffering from | injuries from a beating at the hands of | three or four men, sustained in trying | to quell the disturbance. Policeman Sam McKenzie fired the shot which struck Dickinson. The bullet entered the fleshy part of the thigh, making a serious wound. Three | others who participated in the melee |and were injured slightly are under | arrest. —————————— LUMBER PRIGES FALL AND ALARM MILL OWNERS San Franciscan Engaged in Puget Sound Trade Declares Combina~ tion Is Necessary. TACOMA, May 26,—Wililam Hansen of San Francisco, chief owner of the Tacoma Mill Company, who is here, says that lumbermen must quickly arrange some kind of combina- tion to control both the prices of lumber and logs if there is to be any material improve- ment in market conditions. He finds the present status of the lumber trade unsatis- factory. His mills are runuing at only about half their capacity and the big St. Paul mills here are not operating at night. Hansen contemplates closing down entirely | for sixty days and will decide the matter this week. He declares that sales are not lght, | but that Jumbermen carmot afford to pay so much for logs and sell lumber at present prices. Logs on Grays Harbor and the Colum- [rsufa }‘}lver are costing $1 less than on Puget ound. | WELL D ED STRANGER ENDS LIFE IN STOCKTON Mystery Surrounds the Suicide of an Elderly Man in a Lodging- House. STOCKTON, - May 26.—A well-dressed | stranger, having gray hair and mustache, com- | mitted suicide to-day at the Fountain lodging- se. He came to the place last night and room. His name could not be learned. —_—————— Santa Cruz Elks Installed. | SANTA CRUZ, ! D. Sproul of Cl deputy grand ex- alted ruler, was here last night and installed the .officers of Santa Cruz Lodge No 824, B. P. O. E. [The officers Installed we Fxalted ruler. B. K. Knight; esteemed loyal knight, Charles M. Cassin; esteemed lecturing knight, F. W. Rupert; secretary, W. C. Hoff- mann; treasurer, H. E. Irish; frustee A. A. Morey; esouire, C. W. Hammer; chaplain, J. P. Twist; inner guard, J. R.' Willlamson; organist, J. D. Enright. —_——— Convent Commencement. VALLEJO, May 26.—St. Vincent's Convent School of this city held commencement exer- cises st Farragut Theater to-night and con- ferred graduating honors upon Misses Kather- Mary McKe: Vineent's School stituted in 1870, ment Among the Injured| . ~ The Hon, Jo | |and a number of boys were stealing | KILLS & YoUTH ORCHARD GUARD [PENSION FRAUD MAYOR CROWNS IS THE CIARGE, A FAIR RULER Son of a Mexican Federal! Prominent Young Lawyer Her Majesty Isabel Is En- Judge Shot While He Is Stealing Green Fruiti ONORANS INDIGNANT| Timely Interference of a; Consul Prevents Action by a Mob in Town of Nogales| SIS G Special Dispatch to The Call. . TUCSON, Ariz., May 26.—The town, | of Nogales) on the international line, | was the scene of a brutal murder to- day, and a mob from the Mexican side | might have dealt with the perpetrator | of the deed severely but for the timely : interference of M. Mascarenas, the Mexican Consul. Arturo Castelan, whose father is the | Federal Judge of Nogales, Sonora, was | shot dead by Joseph Larkin while he | green fruit from the orchard of Cap- tain Noon, chairman of the Santa Cruz| County Supervisors. Larkin was guard- ing the orchard and opened fire on the boys, three bullets from his rifle pass- ing through the body of young Caste- lan. Captain Noon, who heard the shots, rushed to the scene and covered Larkin with a six-shooter until the of- ficers could be summoned. Larkin was thrown in jail on the American side, and the Coroner would have held an inquest but for the pro- test of the Mexican Consul, who wants to summon additional evidence that the deed may be firmly fixed upon Larkin. He will ask that the man be given a speedy trial, as the Mexicans are ac- customed to dealing out swift justice in cases of this kind, and the friends of Castelan are very bitter. —_—— PRISONER MUST SERVE FIRST IN CALIFORNIA Nevada District Attorney Seeks to Have Burglar Pardoned to Begin Murder Case. SACRAMENTO. May 26.—A letter has been received by Governor Pardee from Benjamin Sanders, District Attorney of Lincoln County, Nevada, asking him to pardon John Hancock from the San Quentin Prison, where he is serving a four-years' term fof burglary. His time will not expirg until the 1st of June of next year. Hancock is_wanted for having murdered Dr. George BEngelke, a veterinary surgeon, and a man named Joe (or Pete) Edmiston. Governor Pardee has sald the man will have to serve out his term fn the California penitentiary, and at the end of that time the Nevada officers will have an opportunity to take him into custody. ——————— San Bernardino Merchant Fails. SAN BERNARDINO, May 26. — Francis Perdew has been compelled to make an as- signment to his creditors, the total of his liabilities being estimated at $1200. He was one of the leading wallpaper and paint deal ers of San Bernardino. The cause of his fail ure is attributed to inability to collect out- standing indebtednes: Cripple Wants Police Protection. SAN JOSE, May 26. — August Nelson, a cripple, has applled to Chief of Police Carroll for protection from a man named De Bing, who, he says, is a professional beggar. For over nine years, by threats and cuffs, De Bing mpelled the cripple to beg for give him every cent him on the recetved. in Oregon Is Arrested on! throned at the Floral a Government Warrant; Festival in Santa Rosa ssiip oLl DENIAL OF ACC TN;\'FI()N{ Transmission of Forged Af-] fidavits Among the Allega- | tions Against the Attorney | —e CROWD AT CEREMONIES - 4 Sovereign and Maids of Hon- or Drive Through Streets Radiant With Decorations Spectal Dispatch to The Call. to The Calf PORTLAND, Or., May 26.—On a war- rant sworn to by United States District Attorney John H. Hall, Lee M. Travis, a prominent young FEugene attorney, was arrested this afternoon charged with pension frauds. That Travis is a | Philippine veteran and has recently | made application to the pension bureau | on his own behalf adds to the interest taken in his arrest. When arrested this | Geyserville, Miss rgaret Menihan of afternoon by Deputy United States Cloverdale and Miss Mary L. McCowen Marshal Proebstel, Travis said: | of Ukiah. “I am greatly surprised at my arrest| The crown was placed on her Ma- and cannot account for it. I have been | jesty’s head by Mayor T. S. Merchant instrumental in securing several pen- and the keys of the eity were turned sions recently, and alse applied for a'over to the Queen. Clarence F. Lea, pension for myseif on account of Phil-|a prominent attorney of Sonoma ippine war service, but everything has | County, made an eloquent address been absolutely regular.” after the coronation. The charge against Travis is similar| The city is decorated handsome to that preferred against T. A. Wood business houses and private residenc and Hosea Wood in the indictment re- | alike having been adorned with the turned against them by the last Fed- | carnival colors. During the afternoon eral Grand Jury, but it differs in one Queen Isabel and her maids of honor respect—Travis must answer to the were driven about the city to v charge of “transmitting to the Commis- ' the decorations. The Veteran sioner of Pensions false and forged men of San Francisco came on writings and affidavits, knowing the|evening train and were the guests o same to be false and forged, in support | the Queen at a reception. of a pension claim for himself.” —_——————— Special SANTA ROS vast concourse of |ecrown was placed on the brow of Queen Isabel this afternoon. The maids of honor in attendance upon the sovereign were Miss Letitia Rid- dle of Santa Rosa, Miss Jennie Burger of Healdsburg, Miss Ethel Healy of Petaluma, Miss nred Martin of Dispatch May 26.—RBefore a people the floral H The floral | parade will take place to-mo: —————— Few Officers at Fort Rosecrans. |OREGON AND WASHI ON SAN DIEGO, May 26.—Unless new | CROPS IN GOOD CONDITION officers are ordered soon to Fort Rose- | crans the place will be almost depleted and by August will be in command of | First Lieutenant Ryan. Colonel Pat- terson has been ordered to the Presidio, | the Thirteenth company has been or- dered to Fort Worden, Washington; Captain Fleming has been ordered to Fort Totten, N. Y., and First Lieuten- ant McBride has been ordered to For- Railroad Official Wheo Toured the Two States Says the Grain Output Will Be Unusually Large. PORTLAND, Or., May —A. Craig, general passenger agent, and | party of officials of the Oregon I road and Navigation Company retu here yesterday after a two weeks' t L. of trese Monroe. When these go Second | through the agricultural districts Lieutenant McBride will be the only | Oregon and W J<h1flgn_m. Craig re- company officer left with First Lieu- Ports that unless some blighting influ- ence intervenes between now and har- tenant Ryan, the post adjutant. ——— Alaska Excursions Season 1904. Land of the Midnight Sun, Glaciers, | Volcanoes and a thousand islands en | route. Inside passage. Seasickness un- | known. The palatial excursion steamer | Spokane will leave Seattle. 9 a. m., June 7, 21, July 5, 19, Aug. 2, 16. For infor- mation, apply to Pacific Coast 8. S. Co." offices, 4 New Montgomery st. Hotel) and 10 Market st. C. D. Duna Gen. Pass. Agt., San Francisco. g il o> S debouteisutes o Find Ready Sale for the Bonds. SAN DIEGO, May 26.—E. H. Rollins & Sons, bankers of Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco, who were successful bidders for the sewer and water bonds of this eity, have found such ready sale for the securities that they have written to Mayor Frary ask- ing for delivery now. vest time big crops of wheat and fruit will be gathered in Oregon and Wash- ington. He says that the grain crop will be especially large and of unusual excellence in quality. The labor prob- lem, according to Craig, is a serious one and may, in some districts, greatly hamper the work of caring for and sathering the crops. — ee——— ‘Will Plant Date Palms on Desert. SAN BERNARDINO, May 6.—A arge number of date palms passed | through Colton to-day bound for Mec- | ca on the desert. They were import- led from the Sahara Desert by B. G | Johnson, a rancher, whose place is out on the desert, about twelve miles | east of Indio, and who was the first to suggest the practicability of date | culture in the arid portion of this sece tion nn, . { just as we claim. entire stock of boys them. - our sale counters, prices as follows: The suits which $2.00, $1.75 and $1. out at the left. The suits which out for All the suits are We are going to close out our " wash suits right now, while there is a demand for All the suits have been placed on marked at two formerly sold for 50 will be closed 115 The suits are made in sailor suits for boys from 3 to 14, as pictured on the right, and in Russian blouse suits for boys from 2% to 6, as pictured on formerly sold at $3.50, $3.00 and $2.50 will be closed *1.20 @ They compris® sailor suits ages 3 to 14,and Russian blouses ages 2%t0 6. new stock. Fur- thermore, they are clean and bright. We will guarantee the colors in all these garments. They have been actually reduced, / When a store of our standing makes an assertion you can count on what we say. | | | i | | { i . assortment. Anyboy whose parents patronize our store is entitled to free membership in our American Bovs Library. Up to.date no store has offered anywhere near these values in wash goods. At these prices you ought to buy your boy at least three suits. The sale will last till the goods are gone, but the early comers get the cream of the SNWOO0D § 740 Market Street Mail Orders Mail orders filied for any of these goods. Write to-day. Address Dept. y 4