The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1904, Page 40

40 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 12 1502, < NEWS STRANGE TALE GF SHOOTING W. 8. Kennedy Swears That Willard 0. Stewart Shot Him Without Any Cause JEALOUSY BEHIND DEED Husband’s Efforts to Prove Wife Is Faithful Results Disastrously for Him e e San Francisco Call, 16 Broadway, June 11 W. 8. Kennedy, who was shot near! Newark as the result of allowing Wil- ewart a midnight interview was brought to the Coun- this afternoon and will wife, here ty Jail be held as a witness until the prelim- inary examination next Wednesday. He has talked freely about the mat- ter since his arrival, and this after- noon swore to the complaint before the District Attorney charging Stew- an assauit to murder him. art with Kennedy's wound is healing rapidly, and now on the high road to re- covery He had ev ed a disposition not to prosecute Stewart, owing to the notoriety he would suffer, but said in en interview to-day that Stewart had | given out several misstatements in re- gard to the matter and he was now de- termined to try to comvict him. Not- withstanding his change of heart, | Consta Broderick, who had taken Kenne clothes away from him in leaving the | felt that he would be safer in his morning he visited the me and made a prisoner of order to keep him from co sal ity Kennedyv made his first statement of fair this afternoon, and said that jealousy that caused him to is wife and Stewart together, hed to be assured that his w s were not well founded. In nnection he said: ou loved a woman and you t another man was sharing n't rest. There were two of us, and I wasn't sure whether my wife love e better than she did Stew- or I thought she didn’t know which s she liked the best. > when I met Stewart unexpect- in San Francisco and T got talk- over with him and he denied 1 him, I told him to go rk with me and ask her e liked him better than she s to hide so that she could I rapped on the window r to come out, and then hid t Stewart there, Instead of g so that I could hear where I hiding, he took her away in an- wa other direction, and then when I ran after them he fired. “I wanted to hear my wife say she ot care for him and that she only me, but he spofled it all. Per- he was afraid to let me hear what »uld say. Anyway, my plan mis- d, and I am worse off now than 1 was before.” Both Stewart and Kennedy are wounz men, neither appearing more than 25 years of age, and of quiet bear- ing, and hardly look like men to be mixed up in such an affair. Edith Ken- nedy, the woman in the case, is about the same age. —e—————— Alameda County Deaths. OAKLAND, June 11.—Dr. Edgar J. H. Floto, who has resided in this city for more than thirty years, died to-day at his home, 1133 Chestnut street, after a short iliness. Dr. Floto had very nearly reached the century mark, being 99 years of age at the time of his death. He gave up the practice of medicine five years ago. The deceased leaves one daughter, Miss E. G. Floto. Mrs. Henrietta Cowley, 48 years of age, was found dead in bed this morn- ing at her residence, 5861 Fremont street, where she boarded with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Knowles. She retired last night apparently in good health and at 8 o'clock this morning her body was found cold in death. Mrs. Cowley was a widow and leaves one son, who resides at Nevada City. Mrs. Addie G. Macdonald, wife of W. D. Macdonald, died to-day at the fa; residence, 114 Fifth street, aged 42 years. Besides her husband, the deceased leaves two sons. Alfred Eastman, a pioneer resident of Bast Oakland, aged 82 years, died vesterday in Los Angeles, where he had gone in an effort to improve his health. ———————— Rbodes’ Death an Accident. OAKLAND, June 11.—A Coroner's Jury to-night rendered a verdict of ac- cidental death In the case of Samuel J. Rhodes, the newsboy, whose body was found Wednesday night on the Southern Paclfic Company’s tracks at West Oakland. Boys who saw the Berkeley local train strike Rhodes tes- tified. William Cody, whose contra- | dictory stories caused suspicion to fall upon himself, was discharged from custody after the inquest. He was not permitted to testify. —— 0dd Fellows to Honor Dead. BERKELEY, June 11. — Berkeley Lodge No. 270, I. 0. O. F., will hold memorial services on Sunday evening, June 19, in 04d Fellows' Hall. The memorial address will be delivered by Redmond C. Staats, a past grand mas- ter of the lodge. The arrangements are in the hands of a committee con- sisting of J. E. Streightif, B. E. Un- @erwood and Redmond C. Staats. —————————— Club .fanager to Wed. OAKLAND, June 11.—The engage- ment of Biddy Bishop, the well known manager of the Sequoia °thletic Club, and Miss Ada Glendon of, Seattle has just been announced. The secret came out at & party recently given at Mr. Bishop’s home in Berkeley. ©of the wedding has not been set. KEEPS SILENT Eloping Couple Sends No Word to Their Heomes as to Where They Are 25 A R PARENTS IN THE DARK| Attorney Fred Button Says That . He Expects a Mes- sage From Them Soon Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 11. Young Nicholas Luning and his bride, who startled this city by tele- phoning the announcement of thcir marriage to their homes from Sacra- mento Wednesday aftefnoon, are en- joying their stolen honeymoon without bulletining their itinerary to their par- ents. So far, the young groom's purse has stood the strain and he has not even telegraphed to pere Luning for money from home. “We certainly ought to hear some- thing from them shortly,” said Attor- ney Fred Button, stepfather of Miss Ethel Haas, the bride, in a conversa- tion this evening. “They have been away now since Wednesday and I ex- pect a message from them any time. Up to the present, however, I have no knowledge of their whereabouts, and | we have not heard from them since | getting the message telling us of their | marriage.” Millionaire Oscar Luning said he was Just as much in the dark as Button. “I have received no word from my son and do not know where he is or what be intends to do. I can shed no light on the situation,” he said. CHERRIES DEAL DEATH T0 BABE Marjorie Hanson Suffers Great Agonies and Dies From Eating the Fruit EATS PITS AND T Sad End Comes of After- noon Outing at Country Residence of a Friend ERE Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, June 11. Following twelve hours of intense suffering, little Majorie Therese Han- son, a child of three years, dled early this morning from eating cherries with their pits and stems. The babe's digestive organization could not per- form its functions on account of the presence of a large quantity of the fruit and in spite of all the doctors could do she passed away. The child lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hanson of 900 Bristol street. In company with her elder sisters she spent yesterday af- ternoon at the home of a friend in the country. They were Invited to par- teke of cherries there and all ate heartily. Nothing unusual happened until late last night, when the baby was seized with terrible pains. Drs. F. R. Woolsey and J. J. Benton were called to treat her, but were unable to pre- vent death. A post-mortem examina- tion developed that the child had not only eaten of the cherries, but the pits and stems, too. e r———————— SUES MRS. BENTLEY FOR STEMS AN ALLEGED INDEBTEDNESS James Fitzr trick, Who Claims to Hold Contract to Wed Defend- ant, Asks for $1950. OAKLAND, June 1l.—James Fitz- patrick, who alleges that he is the holder of a centract to wed Mrs’ Ho- norah Bentley of Berkeley, began a suit agajnst her to-day to recover $1950, which he claims is due him. Mrs, Bent is supposed to have un- limited wealth. Fitzpatrick has made the state- ment that she buried $60,000 in gold and deeded away $25,000 worth of property to her daughter after having given it to him. Mrs. Bentley ac- knowledged having lost $12,000 on the races during the last season. Mrs. Bentley was divorced from her first husband and afterward employed Fitzpatrick as a confidential agent. Before the year was up, when she would have been free to marry again, Fitzpatrick had secured from her what is alleged to be a contract sign- ed by both of them, to marry when the allotted time had expired. In the meantime the old people have quar- reled and Mrs. Bentley has repudiat- ed the contract. —_———— WHIRLED ON SHAFT, BUT ESCAPE DEATH In Adjusting Belt Nicholas Brophy and Fred Reis Have Thrilling OAKLAND, June 11.— Nicholas Brophy of 2222 Magnolia street and Fred Rels of 1665 Fifteenth street, mill hands in the employ of the Cali- fornia sash and door factory, were caught to-day by a shaft while trying to adjust & belt on a pulley and were whirled around until the machinery could be stopped. They suffered no serious injury. The belt broke the pulley and the men had a narrow escape from being caught by the jagged pieces of fron. They were removed to the Recelving Hospital, where it was found they ‘were suffering from strains and con- tusions, but were not seriously in- The date | jured. Later they were taken to their homes. Gl TOUNG LUNING |STUDE THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA NT FARMERS AND GARDENERS MAKE FINE EXHIBIT OF PRODUCTS Little People of the Oakland Public Schools Present an Admir- able Display of Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables Grown by Themselves---An Experiment in New Method of Nature Study —— OAKLAND, June 11.—Fruits, flowers and vegetables, the products of gar- dens planted by the-little nature stu- dents of the local grammar schools, were exhibited to-day in the children’s room of the Carnegie Library. The showing made was most creditable. All of the common table vegetables were represented, with many of the ordinary flowers that are cultivated in the open ailr. Several varieties of berries were also on exhibition. The exhibit was under the direction of Miss Bertha Chapman, the supervisor of nature study In the public schools, who was assisted by a number of teachers. The tables on which the exhibits were arranged were in charge of committees of children from the various schools, and each bunch of flowers or display of berries or vegetables was tagged with the name of the youngster from whose garden it had come. In addition to the displays of natural products many of { the exhibits were illustrated with col- ored drawings by the puplls. The little gardeners took great pride in showing the resuits of their work to the visitors, of whom many were pres- ent during both the day and the even- ing. A GOOD PRECEDENT. This exhibition of flowers and vege- tables grown by school children in the course of the study of nature is the first of its kind to be given in Califor- nia, and the success which has been achieved in thus instructing the gram- mar school pupils by practical work re- flects great credit upon Miss Chapman and her assistants. The experiment of introducing nature study into the pub- lic schools was first tried in the East. The results there obtained encouraged the school authorities of this city to adopt the innovajlon here. After see- ing the exhibit to-day Superintendent McClymonds said he was thoroughly satisfied with the showing made by the children. The exhibition opened this morning and econtinued until 8 o’clock this even- ing. Hundreds of people visited the 1i- brary to view the work of the children. The schools represented were the Lin- coln, Lafayette, Tompkins, Garfield, Durant, Grant, Temescal, Grove-street, Pledmont, Clawson, Cole, Swett, Pres- cott, Bay, Franklin, Peralta, Washing- ton and Harrison. The tables were arranged by Miss Bertha Chapman, assisted by the fol- lowing teachers: Miss Maguire, Miss ‘Whitehead, Miss Trask, Miss Don- nelly, Miss Pearce, Miss Bradley, Miss Amerman, Miss Ball, Miss White, Miss Scanlan, Miss Storrie, Miss Campbell, Miss Bradbury, Miss Rodgers, Miss Payter, Miss Anderson, Miss Kennedy, Miss Morgan, Miss Farling, Miss Nor- ton, Miss Sampson, Miss Hennings, Miss Moore, Miss Gelinas, Miss Giam- boni, Miss Trescott, Miss Billings, Miss Neylan, Miss de Wolf, Mrs. Board- man, Mr. Rugh, Miss Newsome, Miss Phillpps, Miss Furlong and Miss T -:ch. PUPILS WHO HELPED. The committee of children in charge of the tables were: Lincoln School—Millard Brunson and Donald McClure. Lafayette School—Leslie Stevens, Claud Rich and Julia Glissman. Cole School—Hugh Gaskill Tompkins School—Amy Hespe, Ragnhild Landstrom, Rose Silver, Sadie Roop, Emily Meyer, Agnes Stenson, Ethel Grant, Vivianna Mec- Kay, Miriam Sapiro and Minnie Peter- son. Pledmont School—Bessie Gregor, Blsie Whittinger, Barney Huntington, Adrienne Smith and May Hackey. Prescott School—Evelyn Walker, Ethel Davidson, Margaret Olsen, Emma Biskop, Effie Doty, Christine Anderson, May Nunan, Christine Sjol- berg, Emily Cate and Kate Crosby. @Garfield School—William Petit, Carl Nepach, Fred Altman and Fred Ott. Grant School—Margarite Black, Alma Naismith Kinze Miller and Ed- ward Chamberlain. Temescal School—~Mabel Stoner Lousa Solari, Ora Arnott, Mabel Thomas and Clifford Jamison. ———————— Millmen Elect Officers. OAKLAND, June 11.—The Miil- men's Union elected the following of- ficers last night: President, R. M. Hamb; vice president, H. K. Soren- sen; recording secretary, J. G. Lewis; finanecial secretary, C. Walberg; treas- urer, W. W. Farwell; conductor, H. Smith; warden, G. Peterson; delegates to District Council of Carpenters, R. M. Hamb, C. Walberg and Mr. Pear- son. ‘When justice is falling an excuse is a poor umbrella. LAWSON ScxooL DIsPLA T FRES YT 81700k SOME OF THE RESULTS OF NATURE STUDY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MISS BERTH. THE CHILDREN'S ROOM OF THE IN THE OAKLAND SCHOOLS « AS SHO CHARMS OF MUSIC By Zoe Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Jume 11.—It was a large and enthusiastic crowd that greeted Clement P. Rowlands at Maple Hall last night; in fact he was given a perfect ovation every time he appeared. His singing was all that could be desired, although a little end-of-the-season weariness was evident In the usually vigorous tones, One of his numbers a little Welsh love song. ‘‘Mentra Given,"” which received the wildest applause and which he was obliged to repeat. Carolyn Crew undoubtedly the most beautiful soprano of any singer in this vicinity to-day and it is safe to predict that if she continues to progress as she has in the last year or 0 some future day will find her in the ranks of the great, Nothing could heve been prettier or more artistic than her delightful rendering yof the ““Chanson Provencale,”” by Del Agua, and the | “Haymaking,” ;s In spite of a cold, Mr. Veaco filled his place on the programme most acceptably, his solo and also the duet with Mr. Rowlands being heartily encored. Miss Hibbard and Mrs. Dexter are both two well known to need any comment; it is sufficlent to say that they were at their best. Apropos of Mrs. Dexier, ahe has recelved a pleasant tribute to siclanly ability from Los Angeles. She has been engaged to sing at the first annual mus!- cal festival of the Allled Choral Societies of ta, ‘which will be held in the from June 29 to July 2. 1 . Rowlands expect to leave for Europe about the last of July. The programme as rendered last evening was s follows: “Toreador's Song,’” from ‘'Carmen’ (Blzet), Mr. Rowlands; ‘‘Chanson Provencale . Miss Carolyn Crew: (a) (Godard), (b) “'Madrigale” '(Simonetti), Gertrude Hibberd; “Tho' You Forget (Tip- ton), J. F. Veaco; “‘Dearest Night” (A. Bach- elet), Mrs. Carrie Brown Dext ‘Excelsior (Balfe), Mr. Veaco and Mr. Rowlands “‘Legend” (John W. Metcalf), Miss Gertrude Hibberd; (a) 'Among the Heather' (Metcalf), by Needham (b) *“Haymaking’ (Needham), Miss Carolyn Crew: (a) “‘Absent’” (John W. Metcalf) (b) “‘Mentra_Given” (Brinley Richards), (c) “‘Be- douin's Love Song (Cird Pinsutl), by special request, Mr. Ruwl‘lnda,. < Oh-kllndnrl surely had a feast of music last night, for, besides the Rowlands concert, there was another interesting musical event at Or- pheus Hall, when the second of the series of recitals given by puplls of A. T. Stewart and John Meteaif took place. The programme was one of unusual merit and was participated in by those two very clever young planists, Mrs. TRobert Hughes and Miss Estelle Drummond, Miss Helen Lutphen, a very promising violin- ist, and Miss Florence Luke, also a plano stu- dent. Several vocal numbers were contributed by Miss Lulita Wasley, the young mezzo-con- tralto, who will forsake & musical carcer in favor of matrimony, Her wedding with Frank McCuen will be one of the interesting social events of the near, future. At the Bunker Hill celebration next Friday at Los Gatos Alfred Wilkie will sing the “Sword of Bunker HilL"' My Own United States” will be sung by Arthur Cunningham of Tivoll fame. ———————————— Granted Certificates. OAKLAND, June 11.—The County Board of Education met to-day and granted the following certificates: Grammar grade renewals — Anna Mantz, Marie Dufore, Mrs. Lizzie F. Gulick; high school renewals—Mrs. G. F. Colby; recommended to State Board for grammar school life di- plomas—Annie Woodall, Edith Car- penter; for university document—B. E. Margeson; for high school diploma —Laura Frank, COOK BOOK OFFER TO CLOSE AUGUST 30, 1904. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, June 11.—John Galen Howard, supervising architect for the university, has about completed the plans for Golden Bear Hall, which it iw proposed to erect on the campus. Permission to build the hall on the campus been obtained from the board of regents and as soon as the necessary money is raised work will begin. The hall is designed to provide a gathering place for the men stu- dents of the university, who have no such Flace now. A large plcture of Mre. Hearst, from the brush of Orrin Peck, the artist, has just been hung in the library.’ It occuples the place of an old ofl painting presented to the library several years ago by Mrs. Hearst. The old picture was sent to London. President Wheeler and Professor Henry Morse Etephens have received invitations to attend the vresentation of a Greek play, “Al- cestls of Eurisides,”” in a new open air the. ater, simiiar to the one at Berkeley, in Berk- shire, nesr Oxford, England. The English theater is smaller ‘than the one here. The stage is bullt in the form of the front of a Greels temple, instead of being surrounded witn an ornamertal wall. Word has just been received that President Wheeier has been elected vice president of the American Archacological Association, the head- quarters of which are in Philadeiphia. ————— UNIVERSITY GRADUATE TO APPEAR AT YE LIBERTY Popular Stock Company Will Pre- sent the Great Comedy, “Charley’s Aunt,” Next Week. OAKLAND, June 11. — Burnett Southard, a graduate of the Univer- sity of California, who for several years has been a popular member of the theatrical profession, will appear with Ye Liberty stock company next week in the great comedy, “Charley’s Aunt.” This is by far the most popular comedy that has yet been produced at the Liberty Theater and is one that every one enjoys. It has been trans- lated into nearly every one of the mod- ern languages and has been produced all over the world. . The cast for the first production of the play at the Liberty is an excellent one. Frank Bacon will be seen in the character of Lord Babbie, who im- personates Charley’s aunt, and Miss McNeill will play the part of the real aunt. ——————— Marriage Licenses., OAKLAND, June 11.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: James M. Griffin, 28, San Francisco, and Annie Monroe, 28, Berkeley; Svan A. Carl- son, 32, and Hedvig T. Gustafson, 26, both of Oakland; Waldo M. Clar, 23, San Francisco, and Margaret J. Nunan, 16, Oakland; John Desmond, over 21, Point Richmond, and Julia Ahern, over 18, Alameda; Ralph L. Brock, 21, and Florence M. Clark, 18, both of Berkeley; Calvin M. Covell, over 21, and Louie J. Pierce, over 18, both of Oakland; Oliver Jolly, 58, San Luis Obispo, and Alice Atkinson, 57, San Francisco; Ernest B. Zimmer, 30, and Jessie M. Lauphier, 20, both of San Francisco; Clarence E. Chappell, 24, and Annie M. Christofersen, 22, both of Oakland; Joseph Mediros, 23, and Rosie Caten, 18, both of Oakland; Ariz., Alvin Sandkuhl, 31, Morenei, and Ethyl I Dean, 20, Oakland. ———— BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1016 Broadway. Telephone Main 1083. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street, Telephone North 77. LE CONTE LODGE WILL DEDICATE [BRUTE'S PLEA OF N0 ATAIL Sierra Club Malkes Plans| Maximum Punishment Is for Exercises in Building in the Yosemite Valley A TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD Simple Ceremonies Wwill Mark Reception of Monu- ment to a Revered Man AT SR Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, June 11. The Le Conte memorial lodge that was built in the Yosemite Valley in honor of the late Professor Joseph Le Conte will be dedicated on July 3 by the Sterra Club. This ceremony Will be a feature of the club’s annual out- ing, which will be held this year in the valley. 2 The dedication exercises will be as simple as was the life of the man to be honored. There will be addresses by two or three of Professor Le Conte’s old friends, a poem and an un- veiling. Dr. G. K. Gilbert of the United States Geological Survey and Professor A. C. Lawson of the geologi- cal department at the University of California probably will be the speak- ers. The poem to be read will be written by Willoughby Rodman of Los Angeles and the unveiling will be of the bronze tablet that will tell and preserve the history of the monu- ment. The lodge is situated in one of the most picturesque spots in the valley. It is of native granite and rough hewn wood, bullt upon the cabin idea. Within are a fireplace and a reading- room of comfortable dimensions. It will be open all the year round and a curator is there to welcome visitors. —_—————————— He Cussed too Loud. District Attorney John C. Bell has recently returned from the south, and looks as brown and healthy as he did in his palmiest days as a college ath- lete. Wherever he goes, Mr. Bell al- ways collects a budget of = good stories, and he is a master of the art of telling them. Here is one of the new ones which has amused the District Attorney and his friends greatly: An old white-headed negro named Moses was one day walking along the road, when he saw young Sam sitting on the fence, grumbling to himself and looking very sullen. “Wah's de mattah wid you, Sam?” asked the old darky. “Whah foh all dis yere blackness?' “Oh, it's all dat Mars Fairfax,” was the reply. “Ah can’t git along wid him nohow. ."h guess I'm gwine to leab him. He cusses me an’ beats me all de time." “Look a-hyuh, S8am, why doan you ‘cert yuh 'dependence once in a wile? Dat's de way ter do. When Mars Fair- fax cusses yuh, yuh cuss him back.” A few days later old Moses came along the road once more, and saw young Sam sitting on the fence again, this time with his face all disfigured, as it he had been In a fight and “bruised up” generally. “What's de trubble now?” asked the 0ld man. “’'Pears like yuh done gone and ran inter one of dem steam en- gines.” “Foh de lan's sake, man,” said old Mose, rolling his eyes, “yuh didn’t let him hyear yuh, did yuh?"—Philadel- phia Press. “It's all yuh fault, Uncle Mose. Ah done taken yuh advice. Ah went out in de fiel' de udder day and Mars Fairfax he come along and cussed me. Den Ah ups and Ah cusges him back.” —_————————— Took Advantage of His Opportunity. A good story is told of a domestic In an East End family who had been a long time in her situation, and who “gave notice” because she was going to be married. The girl who was en- gaged to take her place sent word to her mistress-to-be that she would not be able to begin her duties for at least a fortnight after the date on which her predecessor was to be married. The maid was asked by her mistress wheth- er she would agree to postpone the date of the wedding, but she declined to do so, bearing in mind the old adage, “Change the date, change the fate.” She said, however, that she didn't mind getting married and coming back for a time, until the other girl could assume her duties, and this was finally agreed upon, as the young man offered no objection. Half an hour after the ceremony the girl was performing her customary duties and her mistress said to her, smiling: “And I suppose your husband has gone back te his work, too, Matilda.” “Oh, no, indeed, ma'am,” replled the girl. “He's bane gone on his honey- moon.”—Duluth News-Tribune. ———— Expects to Abolish Newspapers. A dispatch from New York says: By means of the gigantic transmitting tower he is erecting at Wardencliff, Long Island, Nichola Tesla hopes to put every newspaper in the world out of existence and to transmit telegraph- ic messages to the uttermost parts of the globe. In an article in the Electrical World and Engineer Mr. Tesla explains the system, and adds that “the noble gen- erosity of J. Plerpont Morgan,” who furnished the money when others did nothing but doubt, enables him to put the system in operation. Mr. Tesla says he will magnify the stationary electric waves in the earth to such a degree of power that the globe easily can be girdled. ———————— Couples Are Freed. OAKLAND, June 1l.—Divorce de- crees were granted to-day to Ellen S. Barker from Enoch W, Barker for habitual intemperance; Minnie Neison from Madison Nelson for desertion, and Marino G. Bale from Meta K. Bale for extreme cruelty. ———— A new torch for mariners generates gas and ignites on contact with water. It floats upright, is not extinguished by wind or water, and gives a light of 300 to 10,000 candlepower for half an hour. Given to Edward Riley, ‘Who Tried to Cremate Wife SIX MONTHS IN JAIL ety Judge Smith Thinks Pris- oner Is Lucky He Is Not a Murder Case Defendant Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, June 11. With a whining plea that he was the sole support of his wife, his chil- dren and his aged mother, Edward J. Riley tried to-day In vain to ward off mete punishment for his outrageous act In setting fire to his delicate wife after saturating her garments with coal oll. Six months’ conflnement in the City Prison, the maximum penalty of the law, was the sentence Imposed by Police Judge Mortimer Smith, who was deaf to the appeal. “You're lucky that you are not on trial for murder,” declared Judge Smith. “I believe that your family and vour mother are much better off without you, Riley, and all I can say is that the punishment does not fit your crime.” It was because Mrs. Riley relented in her prosecution of her brutal hus- band that he was allowed to plead gullty to a charge of battery instead of going to trial on the more serious accusation of assault to commit mur- der. Riley has to serve a fifty days’ sen- tence for drunkenness as well as the longer term given to-day. With a boldness that did not help his cause, the prisoner told Judge Smith that he thought the fifty days’ term was am- ple to cover his offense, but his Honor took a different view of the situation. ————— Teal Duck Not Flesh. “Did you know that a teal duck is not flesh?” inquired one of a party of gentlemen who were discussing the high price of fish since the Lenten season set in. “It's a fact. The teal duck is not flesh, even if it is a fowl It is the same as a winged and feathered fish, and any good Catholic can safely eat one for fish during the Lenten season or on any Friday. I did not know this was a fact until a few days ago, when I happened to | a guest at a luncheon whereat one of the great dignitaries of Catholic church. It was on a Frid and I was astounded when a duck was served at every plate. I knew that there were good Catholi there and that one of the arms of the church government, in fact, sat at the same table and had a duck before him, so I .id nothing just at the time. “After the luncheon I thought over the matter and puzzled my mind to know why a teal duck could be eaten on Friday when a mallard would be under the ban of the church. For that reason I asked a good friend of mine who is a pastor of one of the churches. He informed me that a teal duck was not flesh any more than a trout or a minnow. The teal is the same as a turtle or an egg, neither flesh nor fish. And there is good rea- son for this, too, when you come to analyze the peculiar habits and tastes of the teal. This little duck will not feed on anything but fish, or little things of that sort that live in water. That accounts for the teal having such a ‘strong fish taste. He lives on min- nows and small fish altogether. On the other hand the mallard eats grain such as wild rice, corn, wild grasses or the seeds therecf, besides feeding. as does the teal, on minnows and small fish. But simply by the mixing of the diet the mallard is under the ban so far as adorning the Friday dinner table of an orthodox Catholic goes.” Baltimore American. —_— e —— Easy Money. A remarkable Incident in shippin® is the run of the French bark Alice Marie, now off the Capes, bound from San Francisco to this city. Notwithstand- ing she has not a pound of cargo she will have earned $5000 for her owners on the run. She left San Francisco on December 16 on a voyage of 14000 miles around Cape Horn. Om March 30, In latitude 36.30, longitude 74.40, she was spoken by the Norwegian steam- ship Freke, and was reported by that steamer. The cash she will receive will come from the French Government under the subsidy laws of that republic. Every mile she covered means so many francs, which in a 14,000-mile passage amounts to over $5000. Freights on the Pacific Coast were so much depressed when the Alice Marfe arrived at San Francisco that her owners ordered her to Philadelphia to load for the Orient. Vessels of other nationalities having no subsidy were obliged to accept what they com _get or tle up. Every year under the laws of France the subsidy grows less, and the owners are deter- mhined to make a good thing of it while it lasts.—Philadelphia Record. \ —_——— A Baby His Undoing. ‘While Clarence Adams, a negro, said to be wanted in Kentucky on a charge of murder, was robbing the house of P. B. Barnes in Chicago the other day, he entered the room wnere Barnes’ four-year-old baby daughter was play- ing at “bounce ball.” “Nice man, play ball with ba.;; mamma won't care,” was the little girl's greeing to the burglar. Adams consented, and the child laughed with delight as the big rubber ball bounded back and forth. “You're so nice, you like to play ball with lttle girls,” she chirped. The noise attracted Mrs. Barnes, who screamed with terror at the sight of the negro. Adams fled, but in the same block encountered two policemen. There was an exchange of revolver shots, and Adams was captured and locked up.— Philadelphia North American. —_—— ‘When a man doesn’t dare look sny- body in the face in a street car it Is a sign he is wearing a necktie his wite picked out for him. al But