The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 19, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 19 « NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA | LADY BULLER ASKS FREEDOM | ‘Brings an Action in the Courts to Have Herself Re- stored to Legal Capacity HAS HAD VARIED LIFE S e | Wine and Fast Living Stole | Away Her Faculties Un- til Restraint Was Necessary e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 18. | Lady Kirkham Blair Yarde-Buller | would once more be free to follow the | dictates of her own sweet will and has | had Attorneys Peter F. Dunne andi W. Durbrow of San Francisco to be- | gin proceedings in the courts here to have her restored to capacity and de- clared competent to manage her own affairs. In the past two years George T.| Wright of Alameda has been her gua dian and cared for her interests while e has been confined in a Livermore | arium. Indulgence in intoxicants, was charged, had stolen away her Two years of moderation, | ever, it is claimed, has resulted in great benefit to her health. | Lady Yarde-Buller was formerly | Mary Leilah Kirkham, a daughter of | General R. W. Kirkham, from whom she inherited a large fortune. She was divorced from Blair and married Yarde-Buller, a second son of an Eng- lish Lord. She was once considered wealthy, but high ng and dissipa- tion have eaten into her fortune. Lord | Churston of England is her brother-in- | law and Lord Tweedmouth is trustee | of her English interésts, which, how- ever, are now -stated to comsist mostly | of debts. Lady Yarde-Buller has been much | . hefore .the vpublic because of her ex- travagant and eccentric actions. | —_——————— E E MISMATED COUPLES | SEEK RELIEF IN COURTS Cruelty and Jealousy Destroy the Peace of Louise Martin and Clemence Lastelle. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—Louise Mar- tin was to-day granted a divorce from Joseph Martin on a cross-complaint, | in whigh she charged him with cruelty. He brought the suit and charged her | with having left him, but she isfied | Judge Melvin that she had good rea-| son for it. They have been married | less than six month | Clarence Lastelle of Alameda was| granted a divorce from Antone Las-| telle on the ground of cruelty and de- sertion. Attorney A. F. St. Sure of | Alameda was able to show the court that the husband was insanely jealous of her and made life intolerable. » An interlocutory decree of divorce |® granted Rose Nunes a year ago from George M. Nunes was made a final decree by Judge Elisworth to-day. ————e FUNERAL OF FORMER | WELL-KNOWN l’l'GlLl.\'T[ . OAKI of Charles P. Tve, who died a few| days ago at the State Insane Asylum, was held to-day under the ices of the local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The services were held at| McManus' undertaking pariors and were conducted by the Rev. C. C. Bell. ‘Charley” Tye was well known | among local sporting men, having | gained considerable reputation as a| pugilist. He was a butcher, and dur- ing the recent strike he went back to | his old busihess. beating in a match. in this city, which | resulted in robbing him of his reason. A few days after his commitment to | Btockton he suddenly died. —_——— Alameda County Deaths. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—Mrs. Mary Nesbitt, aged 72 years, died yesterday et her residence, 1354 Eleventh ave- nue. The deceased leaves one daugh- ter, Miss Josephine Nesbitt. Mrs. Mamie Brown died last night at her home in Fruitvale after a long flinese. The deceased was 31 years of age. | —_————— GRAND JURY (X‘)NSIDERS CHARGE AGAINST GRAYS Subpenaes Supervisor- Rock to En- lighten Body Regarding Speci- fications for Rock. Bevond demonstrating the fact that it has taken cognizance of the charge made from time to time that the Board of Public Works and Gray Bros. have an understanding by which the corporation named is being fa- voréd to the injury of other quarry owners, the Grand Jury accomplished little “at it& meeting vesterday. Su- pervisor Edward Rock, a member of the Street Committee of the board, wae before the jury in the matter of these charges. The Gran Jury has taken up the| epecifications for rk, in which | Gray “blu is largely used to the exclusion of “red” rock Quarried by others. And then there were rumors and reports the n‘zry' wanted Supervisor Rock to explain. As his connection with the question invelved is not direct, however, he could give the Grand Jury little infor- mation. Others, in consequence, wil be subpenaed later. The Grand Jury also took up the! case of George T. Ballinger, charged with embezzling $7000 from the Cali- fornia Art and Glass Works. Ballinger was dismissed by Judge Graham on a writ of habeas corpus and the cor- poration now seeks his indietment. The president of the glass company says Ballinger's offense is greater for the breach of confidence involved than for the money it is charged he di- verted to his own uses. The Grana Jury reached no decision in the case yesterday. The Grand Jury also began an in- rock n | vestigation into the operations of “get-rich-quick” swindiers and “half | interest” deg@ers, but failed to &s to whom indict first in the cam- piatign to drive these cheats from the city. Used Tobacco Ninety-Two Years, CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Isaac Meyers of Neponset, Ill, is dead at the age of 104 years. since he He had used tobacco | start, 'HONOR A GUEST. AND. Aug: 18.—The funerai | He received a bad|" FAMILY FIGHTS THROUGH FIRE Neighbor Arouses Sleepers, Who Are Penned in the Rear of Burning Building —_—— FOUR HORSES PERISH Lively Blaze in I’imlmo'nt Distriet Destroys Stores and Damages a l)\\‘ellingl —_———— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Aug. 18. Hemmed in by flames, Herman F. Sack, a grocer at Piedmont avenue and Forty-first_street, was compelled to fight his way out of the living rooms in the rear of his store to save his wife and three children from being burned to death. In the fire Sack’s grocery was destroyed, W. J. Lund's butcher shop adjoining was burned and four horses, three of which Sack own- ed, perished. One of the animals was “Ginger,” a valuabie polo pony owned by Oscar F. Lunins. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morse's cottage near by was dam- aged. After Sack got his family out of dan- ger he tried to save the horses that were stabled in his barn, but nothing could be done for them. Two horses were dragged out, but they were both badly burned. The grocer w scorched severely about the hands face. The fire broke out at 2:30 o’clock in a | pile of rubbish. Some one had seen it smoldering “at midnight and played a sStream from a garden hose on the de- bris, but later the flames took a fresh the barn near afire before it was noticed. Morse | aroused Sack's family after the store buildings had caught. There was half an hour’s delay jn sounding an alarm. An excited person gave a telephone call, but neglected to tejl where the fire was located. D. Dwyer owned the burned bugidings. The losses, totaling 35000, were partially covered by insur- ance. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. the store being| | OAKLAND, Aug. 1S. — It was certainly a Jolly little owd that gathered at the resi- dence of Mrs. Charles Leonard Morey yester- dsy.to do honor to Miss Evelyn Cralg and incidentally to also enjoy a delicious lunch- eon. Blue is a favorite color with the blonde € hostess and she Introduced that ‘ceru- | lean Lue” into the ta crations in rather | 2 unique manner, the table-cloth being dainty linen of vale blue. | Miss Craig’s appr of bridal white &d. grace, blending prettily vice of white and gold with the fragile ser- | luncheon the guests spent 2 few ¢ hours embroidering initials on a for the bride elect's future home ‘Mrm Moy guests were Miss Craig, Mrs. George Stesie Lackie, Mrs Dudley Kinse Mrs. Harrison Robinson, Mrs. Graham Cogh- | lan, Miss Elizabeth Scupham and Miss Mar- garet Ojcese. 1 \ M from Shasta has been festivity. This Coghlll added 1o B. as 4 hospitable hostess with a nal luncheon, at we present M derick Mason, Mrs. John Ralph Wilson, Mrs. Charles Walkely, Mrs. Frederick Page Cuttin C. A, Brown, Mrs. John Stanley and hiil g, Mrs Mrs. Cogl i | Leticrs from the Oakland contingent still sojournin, McCray's umusingly rem; fscent day ebration the guests ball sud a b people of “innumerable gits, Oaklanders belng the handsome office and cnairs given by all those who have ors there this summer Jim Hanna, the popular Elk of thig was a ringleader in all the fun, and white clown was _irresist! W. T. itch was a p Katzenjammer and Lioyd Davis were the “kids.”” Bert #n adorable little Dutch girl and the two | Franck girls," Clara as a baby and Anna as a fencing girl, were simply “‘fetching.” ‘Dan’" | Long was a pompous Mexican gentieman and Mrs. Long was the “real thing’ in the way of newsboys. ~Mrs. Coulter, the dear old lady whom every McCrayite knows and loves, repre- ®ented Queen Victoria, and Mr. Samuelson, better known, perhaps, as the “‘Professor,’ fiddled for the crowd in the garb of a gypsy prince. W. 'J. McDonald debated for some time befors the event whether the picturesque cos- tume of a pirate or the more Jurid garb of Mephistopheles would be most becoming, but finally locmed up in Satan’s cardinal hues Mrs. J. Ronald as a flsh-wife, Dr. O. R Hunter as a ‘‘boot-mon” and Henry Franck as an old woman were among the Oaklanders in_costume. The tall, slender form of Clarence Thomp- scn, whom all recent sojourners at McCray's wili remember, was ciad in the abbreviated attire of a bailet dancer, Mr. McCray himself, as an old farmer, led the d march, while the merry company sung “There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night.” A few of the other “characters’ who are well known on both sides of the bay wers Arthur McCray, _Mikado: Mrs. A, Foxy Grendpa: E. Elils) Topsy; Miss Keogh, oid miner; Mra. J. L. Hydes, old maid; Miss Louise Franck, milkmald; J. Keogh and W. H. Thompson, Dutch comiedfans: Miss Gussie Ciifford, - nurse; Mercedes Williams, ciown; Mrs. W. J. Smythe, sixtesnth céntury dame; Miss Etta Talbot, . bootblack; M Agnes Hunter, Indian maid; Miss May Whi eide, sea nymph; Miss M. ‘A. Denvir, French maid; Miss Margaret Franck, Red Cross nurse; Miss ' Collum, Kate Castleton; Miss Marga Collum, dude; Charles R. Hatch, policema Miss Edna Sherwood, Goddess of Liberty; desk | been city, as a| and ry Hunter was | S, Gardener, Uncle : Miss Sophie Setler, gypsy m: Mise T. Frustenthal, Goddess of Wine ter Norman Ronald, Boy Blue; Miss M Keogh, Sis Hopkins; Miss Phyl Lora Fauntieroy; Miss Gertrude Dav John Do Hooligan; ' J. Saunders, spieler: 3 Crane, con- ductor; Miss Emily Saunders, conductor, and Miss P. Bowers, child. The whole afair was evidently a delightrul success. Telegrams and letters of congratula- tion poured in upon Mr. McCray. He is one of the best known characters In Sonoma County, where he variously filis the roles of farmer, landlord, politician and always good ‘ellow, with a heart quite in keeping with his #ix feet and 200 pounds of sturdy manhood He was recently elected a delegate to the con. vention at Santa Cruz. Hydes, | ittle J. A About fifty people went to the Santa Fe pot last night to bid Mr. and Mrs. Clement P. Rowlands bon vovage on their way fto Europe and surely the many hearty good wishes flung after their train will ring happily | “ftheir ears for many a day. Nearly the: whole cholr of the First Presbyterian Church | was there and for twenty minutes before the departure of the train the air resoupded with song. When Mr. Rowlands stood on the steps ot car snd sang, as only he can, My Own United States,””'a lump came in many throats, and it was with dlmpcuuy they jolned in the chorus. Mr. Rowlands wil' be away six months and during his absence Robert Ldoyd will dlmt.hll chotr, . . Several others left for East this - ing, including Dr. A. F. man Jr.. who S e away Lo puaths, Pisiting the World's r and of nterest; Ming iz abetn Gray and Miss Sutre Tous oD Joh: X nymun-moflthmt-bwnn Dfl PRy . ", < Morrison lett f tiantic Cosst last Monday. & .“*A The Herbert Gaskflls leave next Sunday Manmhn:. o & . Mrs. Bdward Kingston of San Diess and mmmaw%wmnm Bome on Fourteenth street. CARRIED ON S TRETCHER FROM TRAIN TO PRISON Grace McNaughton, Ac Thomas Mein, Arrives cused of Robbing Mrs. From Los Angeles Griev- ously Ill and Strongly Declares Her Innocence T 5 | McNaughton's arrest. As soon as the prisoner was installed in the jail under care of Matron White, Dr. C. L. Tisdale, the jail physician, examined the girl and issued an order that she be kept in strict seclusion. Denials all along the line were sent out in volleys to-day as affecting the McNaughton side of the accusations that have been piled up against the woman since Mein reported the loss of her jewelry and finery to Chief of Police Hodgkins Mi; McNaughton insists to her sis- ter and to Constable Hempstead that she is gulitless; that she is the victim of spite on the part of Clara La Perl, known as Haggart, who had been em- ployed with her as a housemaid at the Mein residence. Also does Miss Me- Naughton deny that Chief of Police Hodgkins had shieided her in any way or that she had any acquaintance with Hodgkins except such as she had formed through twice meeting him at his office on police business. ACCUSES CHIEF HODGKINS. Hodgkins' connection with. the case dates from the time it was reported to him by Mrs. Mein. There was a con- troversy between the two because the Chief refused to arrest Miss McNaugh- ton unless Mrs. Mein should swear to a complaint against her former em- ploye. This Mrs. Mein had refused to do. She accused Hodgkins of shielding the girl, and declared Miss McNaugh- ton had sald she held Hodgkins under her thumb. The girl has denied mak- ing this statement. During a lapse after the warfare of words between Mrs. Mein and Hodg- kins, the girl disappeared from Oak- land. She bobbed up at Larkspur in charge of George Clary, an alleged private detective. Then came a chap- ter in effect that Hodgkins had the girl sent to Larkspur and had paid for her board. Hodgkins flatly denies this as does Miss McNaughton. Meanwhile Mrs. Mein consulted an attorney and after consideration de- cided to swear to a complaint herself. This was done and as the result the young woman is in the County Jail. £he was located in Los Angeles by Hodgking, who used information said to have been supplied by A. J. Court, manager of a private detective agency in San Francisco. Court has claimed a reward of $25 offered for Miss McNaughton's arrest. Concerning Miss McNaughton's de- nials Constable Hempstead said: DENIES THE THEFT. “The girl told me that she did not steal a thing from Mrs. Mein, that she believed Clara La Perl had put the things In her basket to get even with her because Mrs. Mein had seemed to favor Miss McNaughton and had or- dered the other girl discharged. “Miss McNaughton denied storfes she had attempted to blackmall young men about town, but admitted a man had given her $325 to meet her expenses during a severe illness.” Chief of Police Hodgkins gaid: “Grace McNaughton, a. stranger to me, .and her sister came to me July 1, declaring that Grace was in trouble 1 I - £ e 1 CLES AND BROUGHT ] 1A F ROPRING HER MISTRESS. l M THE AMBULANCE. — 3 + OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—Unmistakably | and desired police assistance. I sent ring, and so ill that she | for & young man whom she named and to be carried on an ambulance | ""'?ri;nf_*d !Ihf‘ Nm;‘xld meet him. The streicher, Grace McNaughtor, charged | NeXt time I saw her was when I had 3 A | her come to my office after Mrs. | with the theft of § worth of pered 1 reported the thenam‘ r;f'iz?;l-'i jsonal effects by Mrs. Thomas Mein, | time the young woman was very il the minin capitalist's widow, was | She and the other girl, Clara La Per, taken to the County Jail this morning. | w before me. Each accused the | The younz woman had come from Los { other. Mrs. Mein wanted both of them Angeles In company of her sister, Mrs. | 2Tested. but at 1ok e wouia. uee 50 . g swea a complaint. (Mflud Ramsey of San Yrm\(ls(‘:‘. nnd‘ “After threats of an Investigation a custody of Constable Bert emP- | were made 1 invited Mayor Olney to stead, who held the warrant for Miss | make as thorough an Inquiry as he might desire.” Mrs. Mein last night received a sec- ond threatening letter through the mail. It was a scrawl in pencil on coarse paper, and read as follows: OAKLAND, A 18, 1904 —Mrs. Mein— Madam: Irop case against Grace M- Naughten at once. Your life and property are in danger. Beware on August 24. Re- member, Morto Memorie. A roughly drawn death's head ad- Joins the message. Mrs. Mein declares she is in no wise disturbed over the letters she has re- ceived. Miss McNaughton's case is be- fore Justice of the Peace James G. Quinn. ————————— CHARGES AGAINST GRAY AND BERRY DISMISSED Accusations of Felony Embezzlement in Having Used Money Not Their Own Come to Naught. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—Two charges of embezzlement were dismissed by Justice of the Peace Quinn to-day against men accused of having used money not belonging to them. 8. J. Gray, charged by the Pacific States Mercantile Company with having em- bezzled $281 80 from it, secured a dis- missal. The company is a get-rich- oMk concern engaged in the tontine saving scheme, A charge of felony embezzlement was also missed against A. W. Ber- Ty, a money lender, preferred against him by Mrs. Margaret McDonald. The case has been continued several times owing to the fact that the complain- ing witness has disappeared from her home at Haywards and cannot be found. She charged Berry with hav- ing stolen $1500 she intrusted to his care, but it is believed he has satis- fied her claim. —_————— Anti-Vacc hation Crusade. BERKELEY, Aug. 18.—The second meeting for the formation of a State anti-vaccination society was held to- night, with Dr. Woodson Allen, presi- dent of the local Board of Education, in the chair. Thomas Hann was elect- ed to the position of vice president of the State organization that was formed at the last meeting. Addresses were made by J. S. Nicholas and C. F. Van Luven of Oakland and Dr. F. Oberg of South Berkeley. The deter- mination was that a campaign against vaccination showd be car- ried on throughout the entire State and that legal proceedings would be begun in Oakland: during the coming week. Licenses. QOAKLAND, Aug. 18.—The follow- ing marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: John W. Storer, 25, Reno, and Mary J. O'Brien, 27, San Francisco; Albert W. Watch- ers, 22, and Hstelle B. Howatt, 19, both of Oakland; Frank W. Perry, 24, and Nance C. Beardsley, 24, both of s:n ’Fl‘rnnchc:l: . Joseph A. Ginger, er.21, and Elvira Calkons, over 18, both of Livermore. b | e WOMAN CHOKED [N HER HOME Investigates Noise in Bed- room of House and Is Set Upon by Vicious Intruder BEATEN AND BRUISED Noise of Overturning Water Pitcher Brings Husband of Vietim te the Scene ——— ALAMEDA, Aug. 18.—The fortunate overturning of a water pitcher was all that saved Mrs. Cline Force from being choked to death by an unknown intruder in the Force home at 2142 Alameda avenue last evening. As it was, Mrs. Force was choked’ into in- sensibility and is suffering greatly from the shock to her nerves. Dr. Force and Frederick Bangasser were sitting in the kitchen reading, while Mrs. Force was preparing sup- per. At 8:30 o’clock Mrs. Force thought she heard a slight noise in the front room, which Is separated from the kitchen by a small bathroom. Mrs. Force was not entirely sure that she | heard a noise and so said nothing to her husband, thinking possibly that her nerves had played her a "K'k" When she entered the bathroom She closed the door separating it from the room where her husband and his com- panion were sitting. As she approached the front bedroom she saw the figure of a man approach- ing and turned to flee. She was not quick enough, however, and was rudely grasped by the intruder, who threw her to the floor, where he proceeded to beat and choke Wer. Mrs. Force could not cry out, but in her struggles with the man she overturned a small table on which sat a pitcher of water and the crash of the broken crockery brought her husband to the scene. As Dr. Force approached the assailant left his vietim and brushing aside the doc- tor, rushed through the house and made his escape. “We bad been to the city and were late getting home,” said Mrs. Force this afternoon. “I was preparing sup- per when I thought I heard a noise in the front room. As my husband had several times joked nre about my nerves I did not tell him of my fears, but went to investigate for myself. T had just closed the door when I noticed a man standing near the bureau. I was too startled to scream and before 1 could flee from the room he had me by the throat and bore me to the floor. In my fall T overturned a table and broke a water pitcher. I then lost consclousness. The rest you know.” The motive of the crime was rob- bery, several drawers having been ran- sacked, but no valyables were missing. The robber escaped. STLDENTS COME BACK T0 STDY Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Aug. 18. With the reopening of the University of California to-day after the three months' vacation hundreds of students returned to their studies. Owing to the confusion and bustle Incident to regis- tration, however, there was not much studying. The recorder’s office was be- sieged all day with upper class men seeking to be enrolled as members of the university’s great family. Recorder Sutton was not prepared to give out figures to-night, but as nearly as he can estimate about all of the upper class students have returned to resume their studies. Registration of freshmen will not be- gin until Monday morning. Then the neweomers will meet the recorder and his assistants in Harmon gymnasium for the first time. Up to the hour of closing to-day 580 young men and women had applied for admission to the university, a number that overtops the applications at this time last year by Afifty. —_———— HOLD RECEPTION IN HONOR OF DR. AND MRS. BAKER Members of the First Presbyterian Church Bid Their Pastor Welcome on His Return From East. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—The members of the First Presbyterian Church ex- tended a hearty welcome to their pas- tor, Dr. E. E. Baker, and his wife this evening in honor of their recent re- turn from a visit to the St. Louis Fair and a trip through various cities of the East. The address of welcome was delivered by Irvin Ayers, presi- dent of the Men's League of the church, and brief addresses were made by Dr. J. K. McLean and the Rev. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Dr. Baker in his response thanked the members of the congregation for their good wishes and expressed the hope that his work in the church would always prove as pleasant as it has in the past. Following the reception a short musical programme was rendered, the principal features of which were a vocal solo by Mrs. Carrie Brown Dex- ter, a violin solo by Alexander T. Stewart and a contralto solo by Mrs. Pamplin. Among those present at the reception were: Mr. and Mrs. Georgs D. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gardiner, Mr. and Mrs. D. Edward Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ayres, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur L. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Maylon W. Upton, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam J. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Curtls, Mr. and Mrs. E. Marion, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Palmer, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Brinkerhoff, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Todd, | Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Worden, Mr. ana | Mrs. H. W. Phelps, J. P.,Taylor, W. H. | Knight, Earl S. Brigham, Mrs. E. D.! Ycrker, Mrs. H. 8. Morris, Miss M. R. Babson, Miss Mary Fortin, Miss H. C. Simpson, Miss Mabel Thaver Gray, Mrs. Mary C. Brown, Mrs. Susan Smyth, Mrs. W. I. Reed, Mrs. Ella Hughes, Mrs. J. Carroll Ewing, Mrs. C. M. Burdick, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pheby, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Whitehead, Miss Flora Lenore, Mrs. R. S. Cole, Miss Mabel Hill, Mrs. Willlam Friend, Dr. and Mrs. Ray E. Gilson and Miss L. Woodward. ——— i et—— F. M. Campbell Improves. OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—Frederick M. Campbell, the pioneer educator, who was stricken with paralysis yesterday, ‘was much improved to-day, according to reports from Dr. J. L. Mayon, the atending physician. TALK FOR UNION OF TWO CITIES West End ITmprovement Club Holds Good Meeting af Oakland’s Big Wigwam — SMOKER IS A SUCCESS Prominent Citizens Are En- thusiastic for a Unity of Interests and Progress iy OAKLAND, Aug. 18.—About four hundred members and guests were present at the smoker and banquet given by the West End Improvement Club at the Wigwam this President C. R. Smith welcomed the guests of theassoclation with a few brief | remarks and introduced Mayor Olney | of Odkland. The Mayor spoke briefly on' topics of general interest to the two cities and concluded by assuring the people of Alameda that although Oak- land greatly desired annexation it did not intend to force Alameda into an unwilling alliance. Joseph R. Knowland assured the as- soclation that, it being the first mover in the work of the advancement of Alameda, it was largely responsible for the present upbuilding of the town. } “Where you find an organization that | is working locallly,” continued the Sen- ator, “you will find a factor that is not only improving its own part of town, but the entire community will be bene- fited. ing all. large sign at the end of the hall, ‘In unity there is strength.” ” Dr. C. L. Tisdale was invited to make an address. He stated that as politics and religion were barred he would feel at a great loss to properly express him- self to the gathering. Justice R. B. Tappan told of some improvements he made. He wanted, primarily,.to see a breakwater built along the south shore, stating that he had seen chunks of Alameda three feet into the bay. Editor Leydecker of the Fruitvale Progress and other representative citi- zens of adjacent communities also made short addresses. This was the first affair of the kind given by the West End Association and owing to the efforts of President Smith and Secretary Mehrtens was a pronounced success. Musical and vocal - numbers were rendered and stories told between the speeches. Sam Ferry Smith of San Diego is at the Grand. Mrs. W. W. Gordon of New Orleans is a guest at the St. Francis. W. E. Skinner and wife of Honolulu are stopping at the Occidental. E. B. Perrin, a lumberman of Wil- liams, Ariz., is at the California. John Severence, an attorney of Cleveland, ‘is stopping at the St. Fran- cis. Frank Seaman, of New York, Is a guest at Francis. Thomas Kirk, Public Instruction, Palace. 8. McCondress, a well-known lawyer of Honolulu, is registered at the St. Francis. Viscount d'Ollone of Paris is here on a business trip and is staying at the Occidental. E. J. Lewis, a representative of the Diamond Match Company, Is at the California. Rev. A. F. R. Bird, a noted London an advertising man the St Superintendent of is a guest at the divine, registered at the St. Francls | last night. C. C. Jacobson, a well-known busi- ness man of Portland, is a guest at the St. Francis. Edward McEnerney, a prominent merchant of Honoluluy, is registered at the Occidental. A. B. Axtell, editor of the Lodi Sen- tinel, is visiting the city. He is accom- panied by his wife. H. R. Guggenheim, a New York Im- porter, Is here on a business trip and is at the St. Francis. Mrs. Arscot Lowenfeld and daughters of Chattenham, are at the California. James F. Morgan, the well-known contractor of the Hawaiian Islands, is registered at the Occidental. W. E. Gerber, the well-known Sacra- mento attorney, is in the city for a few days and has made the Palace his headquarters. ’ Colonel Alex G. Hawes arrived from Honolulu yesterday on the steamship Siberia and will leave the city to-day to attend the midsummer high jinks of the Bohemian Club. Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham departed last night for St. Louis and after taking in the fair will probably extend his trip to New York. It is probable that he will return within three weeks. W. M. Denig, better known ' as “Pony” Denig, is attending the grand convention of the Red Men is this city. “Pony” was one of the “pony express” riders before the transconmti- nental railroad was built and later edited the Steckton Commercial Rec- ord in that city. President E. P. Washburne of the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Com- pany, Wawona, is at the Palace, ac- companied by his nieces, Misses Alice and Charlotte Bruce. Mr. Washburne £ays there is increasing interest in Sig- nal Peak, the most extensive viewpoint in California, and in the wonderful waterfalls back of Wawona. IR R Californlans in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—The follow- ing Californians are registered in New Yeork: o~ From San Francisco—A. Hirschfeld, at the York: H. Levy, at the Hotel Albert; G. W. Whitaker, at the Im- perial; J. Cunningham, at the Well- ington; C. W. Ebertan, at the Gren- oble; F. D. Greany, at the Union, and J. A. Kelly, at moca:d- two England, tinental. From Los Angeles—L. Wint, wife, Miss A. Winter and w.n;rw'l': ter, at the Everett House; J. B. Eaton, at the Cosmopolitan, and C, F. 1 at-the Astor Houss: 1. O ¥- Mober, —_—— Kicked by a Horse. Curt Booth, residing at 1204 We ter street, while driving a ho: hitched to @ buggy on Valencia street yesterday, was kicked by the animal on ‘the left thigh, the bone being broken in two places. The injured man was conveyed to the City and Counyy Hospital, where Dr. W. M. Lawlor set the broken limb, evening. | In helping ourselves we are help- | I call your attention to the| would like to have | in thickness fall | PREFER DEATH T0 NEW MOTHER Three Children of Chicago Carpenter Run Away From Cruelties of Second Wife SEEK REFUGE IN SWAMP I Fear of Being Returned to Home Causes Tots to Flee [ From Men Who Find Them — e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. — Preferring death by starvation and exposure to being mercilessly tortured and beate by their stepmother, Emma, Emil and | Ernest Hauser, aged 11, 8 and § years | respectively, whose father is Charles Hauser, an Oak Park carpenter, spent two days and three nights In the swamps along the Des FPlaines River They were discovered by farmers and | captured after a long chase by several farmers and policemen and brought back te Oak Park station to-day. The consequences of the children’s desper- ate deed are hard to estimate, so de- clare the doctors who were called in to-night. Their little bodies presented a pitiful sight as they lay ema 1 and shivering on the benches and cots at the police station. The children declare they were drivén to desperation by the systemat eruelty of the second Mrs. Hauser, who became their “‘new mother” but three weeks ago. The woman, as soon as she stepped into the home, say the children, subjected them to cruel beat- ings. j‘\l!hnugh sinking from hunger and exhaustion, the children made a frantic attempt to outrun the police because of their fear of being taken back to their home. “We put our arms around each other and waited to die. We wanted nothing to eat. I was awfully hungry, but the boys drank a lot of swamp water, and did not care for anything.” This was the melancholy statement of Emma Hauser made to-night to the police. | Just before dark "Puesday night the children met in their little playhouse in the back vard of their home and soon after disappeared. ———————— LAWS AND QUESTIONS FOR THE DELEGATES | The Great Council of Red Men Revis- ing the Constitution—Chiefs to Be “Raised Up.” The Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men was engaged all day yesterday and until late last night discussing the revision of the report of the committee on laws, which during the last great sun revised the constl- tution to bring it within the lines of recent legislation by the Great Coun- Great Coun- cil would dedicate the new wigwam on Golden Gate avenue, but it has been ascertained that the building wiil not be completed before the clese of the session and as there is no desire to accept the premises until completed the dedication will be by the great chiefs at a future time. Past Great Sachem Fred G. Brandt has been appointed superintendent of the new wigwam. At the session of the Great Council | of the Degree of Pocahontas the coun- cil degree was conferred om thirty- three chiefs, among the number be- | ing Judge A. M. Cumming, great Ja- chem-elect; Porter L. Bliss, great chief of records, and Josiah Sims, past great sachem. Each of these gave a short talk and there was a response by the Great Pocahontas. The Great Council adopted a token to be worn by members of the degree It has a bear under the foreground representing the State; symbols rep- | resenting the hunt, industry and ben- evolence, all within a wreath of oax and laurel. Almost the entire session was taken up in discussing questions about the secret work. The recently elected chiefs and those to be appointed will be “raised It was thought that t up” this afternoon in Union Squara Hall, commencing at 1:30 o'clock. After the ceremony there will ba a short programme of entertainmenc. Last night - the members of the Great Council witnessed the confer- ring of the adoption degree by Oneida Council of this city. Ioka Council of Vall~o and Wand Council of Sant: Clara. To-night there will be a re- ception by Manzanita and Alfarata councils in the Shiels build ng. ———— JUDGE HEBBARD DECLARES FEE LAW ONSTITUTIONAL Act of 1893 Invalid Because It Placed Extraordinary Tax on Progerty. The fee law of 1893 was declared unconstitutional yesterday by Judg2 Hebbard, who gave a written opinion in the case of Azro Lewis anl Thomas B. Bishop, executors of the estate of Miranda W. Lux, against the city and county of San Francisco. The opinign is brief and is as follows: This is an actiop to_recover $750 paid b the plaintifis to the County Clerk as & for Rling the inventory and appraisement the estate of Miranda W. Lux, deceased, u the fee bill of 1898, A similar act of ¢ Legislature of 1595 was declared invalid by the Supreme Court in the case of Fatjo vs. Pfister, upon the ground that it was am un- constitutional attempt of the Legislature 1o fmpose an ad valorem property tax: an traordinary tax upon property to which it ay plies, in addition to the equal and unifor tax to which alone all property In the Stat fs liable. For the same reason the act 1893 must be declared unconstitutional and valid. The money was paid under prote-t was a_compulsory payment, and may be covered. ~ The money never belonged to t city and county and never became a par of the public funds of the munieipality. Th action having been brought within two yea from the date of payment to the County Cle no statute of limitations can be successful'y § pleaded. The plaintiffs are entitied to recover $730 ana costs. —_——— WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST OF STRIKING GAS WORKER T. W. Rollett, foreman at the San Francisco Gas and Electriec Company 3 works, secured a warrant from Polic? Judge Conlan yesterday for the ar- rest of John H. McCarthy on-a char of malicious mischief. McCarthy a member of the Gas Work Union and joined the others when they went out on strike on Tuesday Pickets had been placed In front of the gas works and during the d° McCarthy made his appearance told them he would “put the w. pump out of business.” They remon- strated with him. but he forced N'* way past them and carried out his tention by damaging two of the co'- necting rods. The company will ;; fer considerable loss through Mc thy’s act of vandalism.