The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 6, 1904, Page 4

L] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 190 HUSBAND MAKES OUEER CHARGE! N. W. Benedict Says Wife En- | “tertained Anarchists While He Was Out of the City| ELOPES WITH MINISTER Woman Who Left Oakland With Rev. C. W. Hoag Is Subject of Court Report ———— OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—Sensational charges are made by Nelson W. Bene<{ di¢t against his wife, Hinda Clevenger Benedict, from whom he seeks divorce, in testimony filed with Judge Ellsworth by Court Commissioner. nedict le this city several simultaneously with Rev. stor of the Plymouth- regational Church, and wed the couple through finding traces of their to-day the Mrs. Be months ag« C. W Hoag nwest movements at Dallas, Tex., and other cities Instead, however, of accusing Mrs. Benedict of association with Rev. Mr. ) Heag, the sband in his testimony taken by th court commissioner charges as cause for divorce that she has made his home on Thirty-fourth | street a rendezvous for Anarchists and | Sociali during his absence from the | She is accused of harboring char- | ac wh rinciples and practices | would make subjects for Govern- n service survelllance. g Benedict accuses his wife g one Holmes, an An- tor, w y,,,. President Roose- ( e city a go. Other | r s are sup- in the Banedxru comfortable ren-| a commercial | large salary and of the world's years of his life a now was for £ s wife and the pastorate of | go with Mrs. ur ith the woman. 1 a few weeks after lea Hoag’s ohurch is disor- church property He is now practicing law | t to-pight ¢ the ever was I > for mony given by him Commissioner wouid nor aid ged an- I say guests HUSBAND IGNOR HIS ¥ SPOUSE | Letter Sent to Frederick Graves, Re- | Kt minding Him That Wife 1= in the Hospital. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—A letter was to Frederick Graves, hus- | woman who tried to com- at her home on Thirteenth informing him t the Receivin and will soon have tp be re She has nearly recov effects of gas fumes she who is a ticket collector Ean 1id no Y to his wife's conditic He sued her for divorce two weeks ago, alleging in- | Bdelity, Mrs. Graves having been mamed s oO-resy um1~ nt in Mrs. W. H. Emith vor, » month ago. e o S A FINDS ES OF XIOUS SMELLS Pamage Suit Over Crematory’s Opera- tions Develops Fresh Theories About Odors Vinci Dislikes. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—Secretary Stearns p? the Board of Trade swore in court to-day that he visited the crématory fn West Oakland soon after it started, with prominent mepchants of the city, &nd also visited the home of Leonardi aci, who is now suing-for heavy damages, alleging that his_family's heaith and comfort is"seriously endan- gered by smells from the <¢rematory. Mr. Stearnt declared that he found piles of refuse matter, in Vinci's yard. odorous and offensive. The defense in the damage suit will utilize this testi- mony in an attempt to prove that the #mells Vinci complains of may come from the garbage piles in his own yard. ———— Must Return Fees, OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—County Treas- mrer Feidler no longer has hope of retaining $3361 99, collected by him s commissions on collateral inherit- ence taxes, for which sum the county hags sued him. - Decision has just been rendered by the State Supreme Court, in a precisely similar case in San Diego County, where the county was declared to be entitled to such fees. has since returned m‘ Simpson, City Agtorney, -was to-night e ‘ of the Fourteenth State Senatorial Dis- is to| trict as a candidate to fill out the un- rmitted him to re- | €Xpired For tor | Superintendent l(cClymonds Returns From an Extended Tour .of FEastern Cities | INSPECTS ~ STRUCTURES Brings Plans of New Work as Guides in the - Selee- tion for Local Buildings e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 5. J. W. McClymonds, City Superin- tendent of Schools, returned to-day after a month’s trip on a tour of in- spection of public school buildings in the large Eastern cities. The visit was | | projectea that Superintendent McCly- | | monds might inform himself upon the latest methods of construction, as the Oakland School Department will soon begin the erection of eight new build- ings in this city. Kansas City, St. Louls, Chicago, Pitts- burg, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, Omaha and Denver. Concerning his tour the Superintendent said: | I have procured plans and specifications of buildings in several cities. These will indi- cate the best work that is being done in the East. Spectal effort 1s being made to perfect structures in the matter of lighting, heating, ventilation and of course sanitary arrange- ments. School construction is generally fireproof. Protection from fire is being given important consideration in new buildings. Chicago shows the effect of recent legislation resulting from the Iroquois fire tragedy. In many schools basements have been converted to the use of sloyd and manual training classes. These branches are occupying much attention. During my trip 1 gathered a great deal of information touching details of construction, which I hope will be found of service when our board shall begin the adoption of bulld- ing plans for our new schools. The board desires to get the best that can be procured, e PRO\H\E\T R} PUBLICAN \Oln» CC) D ED 10 l\\v:\\!‘,\\h N STATE rl—.\ ATE " | Popular Candidate to Succeed ““Joe”’ Knowland for we all appreciate the necessity of modern . bulldings and equipment. o 3 et S S TELLS ABOUT THE WORK EL CAMINO REAL ALAMEDA, Oet. 5. w. OF Captain M. Mrs. Caroline Rickey Olney, Secretary of the State Association, Talks to Patrons of Husbandry. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—Mrs, Caroline Rickey Olney, secretary of the Ca- | nomihated by the Republican delegates term. of Knowland, resi the gned. Hon. Joseph. R. o or anktree called the convention | mino Real Association of California, de- reading of ‘proclamation and list of | livered an address this afternoon be- gates by John F, Hanson, the fol- | fore the convention of Patrons of Husbandry on the subject of -good roads in this State. Mrs. Olney ex- chosen as temporary offi- | Philip | wing were ter made wnn.uu—n chairman; Leland han- | plained at some length the purposes tary; W. H. Noy, F. A. Bord- | of the Camino Real Association, which 1d Peter Christensen, committee | aims to construct a great highway entials, and C. L. Tilden, A. V. nd C. Leydecker, committee on nt organization. Tilden placed Captain .Simp- name before the convention and in doing =0 said in part: I feit it my over the route of travel during the mission days. The State Grange this morning heard. addresses on the ‘Rochdale co- opérative’ system by Professor D. T. Fowler of Oakland, John Tuohy of Tulare, John H. Dore of Fresno, Fishe per notwith- | duty to Gome here, 3 4 5 wding a severe cold, to assist my friend | George W. Worthing of San Jose, | and ;n'.ult One of our favorites. “Joe” | Judge Hubbard of San Jose and J. i, bhas been advanced as his merits e, have one’ Who' possésees. that H. Martin of Petaluma. Amendments to & bill providing for a free market to suc- now a candidate same even an ambition to do right. He will | for farm produce in San Francisco, Sox the xw;l’ a-nld’asa.w & We need | presented by Thomas Johnson of Glen i men in public life nowadays. o « i i tain Simpsen fs & lawyer. During his | -1en, were given discussion. | Memorial services for the late Charles W. Emery, past master, were held this evening. Professor Fowler gave an address on the work of farm- ers’ institutes. —_——— PUPILS WORK UNDER TRYING DIFFICULTIES years ™ of he has practice demonstrated He served his s a * Catifornia. "I predict. that candidacy will add strength to the £n in Alameda County. Captain Simpson, in thanking the convention for the nomination, said: 1 preciate the honoy and if elected will constitw a fair and fearless rep- I am a Republican because I be- the party of construetion and mot Condition of Berkeley Schools Pro- vides Plea for Much Needed Bond Issue, BERKELEY, Oct. 5.—Anxious that pressure upon Berkeley's overcrowded schools be relieved, Superintendent Waterman last night made a plea to the Board of Education for the issu- ance of school bonds, the proceeds of which would serve to erect the sorely needed buildings. The proj: for issuing bonds for va- ricus municipal {improvements was abandoned, for a time at least, by the Town Trustees, at their meeting last Monday night, but the Board of Edu- cation is receiving earnest appeals, of which Superintendent Waterman’s plea is a specimen, not to drop the plan to issue school bonds. It is urged that though other municipal improvements perhaps can wait, there is absolute need of added sehool facili- ties. T will carry out its policy it Jies ‘within my power. After the naming of a purity of elec- tion committee the convention ad- journed. The committee is composed of the following: William Hammond Jr., John F. Hanson, Leland S. Shan- i(‘“m Joseph Morizio and Joan Lar- in. UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Oct. 5.—The new sieeping guarters for the football squad, located in the Tear of the gympasium on Union streef, are nearly ready for occupancy and the followers of the pigskin will probably be installed the latter vart of the week. The training table started Monday and is located at the Bras- feld Inn, Major P. A. MgcMahon, D.8c.'F. R. livered a les 8., de- subject being equalities on There will be a students’ rally held to-mor- row at Stiles Hall, at which the following gentlemen will address the meeting: Hon. Jo- seph R. Knowland, Republican nominee for R JURY REFUSES TO AWARD DAMAGES Congres: Hon. G. R. %ukens, Republican nominee r the State Senate, and Hon. Wil- - e & liam Waste, Republican nominee for Assem- | William Springer’s Suit Against South- blyman. The auspices of the publican Club. A reward of £5 has been offered to any one who will climb the 75-foot flagpole at the uni- versity to repair a broken pulley o a flag can be flung to the breeze. No one has as yet come forward to offer his services. Professor Henry Morse Stephens ‘will deliver the first of a series of lectures before the newly established University-of California ex- tension _center in Oakland to-morrow evening. The Berkeley Quartet has retugned from a most successful trig to Antigeh,“where it ren- dered a concert Monday evening. ————————— STUDENTS MAKE MERRY AT IDORA PARK SHOW Boat Club Entertainment Proves to Be Success With Big €rowd in Attendance. BERKELEY, Oct. 6.—The students of the University of California were in full possession of Idora Park to- night, when the Boat Club show was given. The park was crowded with students and their friends, and, the “stunts” given by prominent members of the university were weéll received. The evening's programme started off with “Baby” Deutsch in his own spe- | cialfies. H. W. Schreiber gave clever iliustration of expert club .‘% Walter de Leon and Edwin Rust fol- lowed in amusing skits. Miss Haber gave a monologue. Part II of the programme was in- tioduced by Alex Pape, champion amateur oarsman of the Pacific Coast, who gave a clever exhibition of scien- tific rope ping. Following this Emil Kruschke offered a good mono- rally will be held under the University of California Re- tom_ Pacific (‘ompany Won by Defendant. 2 OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—William Sprin- ger is not to collect any part of the $25,000 damages he asked from the Southern Pacific Company for injuries sustained by his little boy. After be- ing out ten minutes the jury in Judge in favor of the corporation and ren- dered a verdict accordingly. The trial has pccupied the time of Judge and jury for seven days. Sprin- ger charged the railroad with respon- sibility for a collision at First and Grove streets two years ago, when his wagon was struck_ by an engine and his little boy seriously injured. The corporation alleged contrlbutory neg- ligence. ————— Licenses. OAKLAND, Oct. b.—Marriage li- censes were issued to-day to the fol-{ lewing persons: Joseph B. Silva, 24, and Maud Ra- mos, 17, both of Pleuanton, Frank D. Regello, 25, and Flora Gonlart, 19, both of Oakland; George W. Tibbitts, 21, of Sacramento, and Rosie Deitrich, over 18, of Oakland; Fred C. Porter, 33, of San Francisco and Agnes B. Fleming, 25, of Oakland; Warner F. M?l 30, and Mabel L. Chambers, 21, th of Pasadena; Leo W. Lewis, 28, of Elmhurst, and Estella McNeill, 20, of San Leandro; John H. Kahrs, 24, of }San Francisco, and Jennie M. Olsen, 20, of Oakland; Lawrence O. Cab- banne, 25, of Riverside, and Eisle M. logue. A number of college boys kept | Séhmidt, 17, of Oakland. Lheerowdinlhpwtrmeotmln?l. - the closing number comprising excel- glnttl’y rendered selections by the Glee jub. Eugen m.uett ‘had . e charge of the Garbage, ALAMEDA, Oct. 5.—One hundred and fifteen residents and Student Body Cireulates Petition to Reappoint the Popular Military Man ROOSEVELT TO AFFIRM Sanction of Authorities and Request of the Candidate Is Necessary to Confirm Berkeley Office San Francisco: Call. 2148 Center Street, Oct. 6. The cadets and students at the Uni- versity of California have been cir- culating a petition to-day and can- vassing the student body for the reten- tion of Colonel de H. Waite as professor of military tactics at the univer- sity. The petition is addressed to Pres- ident Wheeler and is receiving a gen- eral support. The sanction of the au- lhorltles of the university and a re- quest from the candidate himself will Superintendent MecClymonds vlslled\ have to be sent to President Roosevelt. For the purpose of securing the sup- port of the university authorities the petition is being circulated. The petition is as follows: We, the undersigned, respectfully uest that you recommend that Colonel de H. Waite be reappointed as professor of military seience and tactics at the University of California. We request this on account of the excelient manner in which Colonel Waite has conducted affa:rs of the military department during thg past four years. A formal application for reappoint- ment has already been made by Colo- nel Waite, NILE REVELERS. S By Zoe-Green Radcliffe. OAKLAND, Oct. '5.—Although there are three fne men's clubs in town there has hith- erto been very little doing socially in any of them. But at last the Nile Club has yawned and stretched in its cozy lttle quar- ters, and the merry kick it gave last night would -seem to indicate a lively awakening. The club started out in the right way a lew weeks ago by gathering its orchestral talent together, under the direction and leadership of W. J. McCoy. The newly fledged orchestra made its initial appearance at the ‘Tevels last night, and its pronounced success speaks well, not only for the musiclans themselves but for their painstaking leader. Ever since {he Bohemian Club furnished an avenue to ame for the splendid genius of Mr. McCoy we are all very proud to claim him for Oakiand, and cthe Niie Club is anxious to create another opportunity for the talent that bas too long lain dormant. Sg before another year we may read of a Nile Club revels that will rival the most artistic Bohemian jinks.’ Members of the Nile Ciub are just waking up to the fact that they have talent, and plenty of it, right in their own ranl udge Melvin, Charlie Heeseman, Pete Sloan and Dave McLaughlin are old stand-bys of the club, always to be. depended on for & good story or clever stunt, Then there is John A. Britton and Dr. Maher, who are noted for bright and witty papers; Dick Ayres, who has a talent for verse that he frequently turns to _good aecou: 5 George Walker and Kendall Fellows, ‘& whele show fn themselves, are members of the club, and so are D. W. James and Thomas Rickard. This is only a passing the club’s array of taient, but it promises much for the ““revels’” that are even now being planned—which does not, however, mean the revels that will take place on the 224 of October. But to return to our mutton—the revels of last night. George Walker was dictator, and besides several very fine selections by the or- chestra, which was “on tap,” as it were, all Quring the evening, there was an informal pro- gramme. One of the funniest things was the letter purporting to come from Clarence Cro- well, the newest Bepedict in the club, now away on his honeymoon trip. It was read by George Jackson and rumor hath it that Judge Melvin knows the real writer thereof. George Macdougal told some good stories in Scotch dialect, and Dave McLaughlin wa: called_upon for stories, George Walker, Ki dall Fellows and Ben Southard were aiso among the funmakers. orchestra, which added greatly to the of the revels, is made up as follows: Violins—H, Seckamp, Dr. Frapk Hus, Dr. J. Yiola, Eugene Colb by; cello, Harry ’cx.mnu. N. E. Braun; oboe, F. M. Seymour; flute, Dr. H. M. Fine; drums—L. W. Barrett; director, W.'J. MeCoy. The Pore-HPwlen wedding is to be a church affair, and seversl hundred invitations have been sent out. St. Paul's, which has been fa- vored. of so many lovely brides, will also be the mcehe of this marriage, and no lovelier mald has ever approached the nuptial altar there than beautiful Tone Fore. Her sister Pauline will be maid of honor and six pretty bridesmaids will be in attendance—Miss Nata- lie Fore, Miss Crissie Taft, Miss Gertrude Al- len, Mis: el Valentine, Miss Grace Baldwin and Miss Edith Gaskill. The wedding tak-s place on’ the 20th, and in the meantime a number of charming affairs are being. planned in honor of the young bride- elect, notably a :'doyly shower that Miss Maade Edith Pope'is giving on_Friday after- Ogden’s court decided this afternoon | noon. PV Professor M. Saunders addressed the Oakland Club to-day on ‘“Education.” Miss Eleancr Davenport gave a description of “A Journey Through the Orlent™; Miss Elizabeth Simpson, & recept acquisition to musical circles of "Oak- land, heard in sever: plano selections. The club “breakfast,” which is always quite a smart affair, will be given October 19, the presiding hostesses to be Mrs. ‘W. S. Palmer and Mrs. W. A. Schrock. . S P Mrs. Will Culligan, better known perhaps as Jeannette Duncan, is exhibiting at Rabjohn's away in the distance speaks of the utter isola- tion and hopelessness. The figures stand out vividly, the caloring is briliiaat and the at- mospheric effects good, so that altogether Mrs, Oiifigan has done. mind excalient work Mre Culligan_Is a former pupil of the Coliege of Notre Dame in San Francisco, which has turned out many women now known in the world of art and letters. 3 . The programme (or m- entertainment by St. Paul's Chancel Chapter, to be held at Ebell Hall, Saturday, October 8, from 2 to 6, will follows: Violin soln Miss Winifred June Morgan: sketch and dialect poem, Mise He T Daker: voral solo; Lowell Reds leld iano solo, Mrs. J. Maxweil Tatt; vocal fesars. Lowell Reafield and Emest M Sues the City of Oakland to Recover Money Paid for Railroad Franchises ATTACKS THE VALIDITY Questions Legality After Seliing a Part of Right to the Oakland Transit st TE e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Oct. 5. F. E. Chapin brought suit to-day in the Superior Court to recover $8500 from the city of Oakland, money paid for street railroad franchises bought by J. H. Macdonald last March, but since assigned to Chapin, who is a street rail- way promoter of San Jose. Macdonald appeared unexpectedly be- fore the City Couneil as a bidder against the Oakland Transit Consoli- dated for the franchises, which includ- ed rights 6n College avenue and on sev- eral streets forming the Fourth ave- nue cut-off in East Oakland. There was a spirited contest, the franchises finally being awarded to Macdonald. Subse- quently the assignment was made. Chapin scld the Fourth avenue fran- chise to the Transit people. They com- pleted the road and are operating it to- day. The City Council has ratified that assignment. Chapin decided that he could not use the College avenue franchise, so he pe- titioned the Council for the return of his money after he had transferred the Fourth avenue franchise, Councilman John L. Howard, chairman of the Fin- ance Committee, objected. He declared that he could not understand why Chapin should go before the City Coun- cil and claim that the franchises were illegal after he had sold one of them to the Transit, corporation. The petition was rejected. In his complaint Chapin sets up the ‘same plea that he did before the City Council, namely, that the proceedings under which the franchises were grant- ed were irregular. Chapin alleges that the call for bids failed to declare that the successful bidder should agree to pay five years after the railroad began operations an annual per centum of gross receipts. This alleged omission from the preliminary notice, Chapin avers, inyalidates the franchise. —_———————————— TENANTS HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEATRICAL MAN Manager Tony Lubelsky's Ambition to Expand Firmly Resisted by . His Neighbors. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—A double-bar- reled suit was flled with the County Cierk to-day, when:Tony Lubelsky of the Navelty Theater petitioned . the court to award him rent, alleged to be due from Shaw & Shaw, who oc- cupy part of the premises adjoining the Novelty, and also asked that the Shaws'. lease be declared forfeited. The Shaws petitioned the court for an injunction restraining Lubelsky from tearing down the stairway to thelr offices. The trouble is due to Lubel- sky’s desire to expand. He secured the lease to the Shaw offices recently, charged them $150 a month rent, whereas the Shaws say they were only paying $40 before, and when payment was refused Lubelsky demanded pos- session of the premises. CATTLE STAMPEDE THROUGH STREETS OF BERKELEY Mad Herd Rushes Blindly Over Pavement and Iawns and Nearly Crushes Little Child. BERKELEY, Oct. 5—A herd of angry cattle being driven from Butchertown, maddened and beyond control, stampeded through the streets of South Berkeley to-day. Men, women and children scattered right and left, fleeing for their lives. At the corner of Ashby avenue and Harper street the animals tore down fences and tramped down lawns. A little girl who was playing on the sidewalk had a narrow es. cape from being trampled to death. In her fright she tripped and fell when the cattle were almost upon her. Luckily the animals turned aside and the little one escaped” un- harmed. —_———————— Wiese Does Not Complain. ALAMEDA, Oct. 5.—Superintendent G. A. Wiese of the municipal electric light and power plant, whose resig- nation has been demanded by the City Trustees, says that he is not worrying over the situation and that he has been offered several other positions as lucrative as the one he now flls, should he retire from- the employ of the city. —_—————— Professor Stephens Lectures. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—Henry Morse Stephens, professor of history at ‘he University of California, will give a course of twelve lectures on the French Revolution, beginning a pre- liminary lecture to-morrow afternoon at the Common School assembly hall. The course will open October 19 and lectures will be given at intervals of two weeks. —————— . Resents Patron’s Criticism. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—George White, a deputy constable and doorkeeper at a Broadway dime theater, hammered Joseph Costa, a patron of the place, because Costa expressed his belief that a professional hypnotist who was giv- ing exhibitions was a “faker.” White was arrested and found guilty of bat- tery to-day in the Police Court. Secretary M.eunl{ Departs. OAKLAND, Oct. 5.—Victor H. Met- calf, Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, departed this morning on the overland limited for Mrs. Metcalf will FIC STORM Eleetrical Display Terrifies Residents and Cloudburst Deluges City With Wate_r CROPS ESCAPE INJURY Thunder Volleys for Hours and Old Timers Declare They Never Saw the Like —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Oect. 5.—The residents of this city were amazed and many of them terrified by the strange electrical display in the heavens here to-might- From a pleasant afternoon it took but twenty minutes at about § o’clock tc drape the sky with heavy rain clouds and change the fading sunshine into the blackness of night. Distant rumbles and flashes of light- ning preceded a downpour of rain such as was never seen in this country. Old timers say they never saw anything like it. The cloudburst lasted for nearly an hour, during which time in- termittent flashes of lightning made in- tervals bright as day. The thunderbolts continued volleying till late this evening. The streets are running with water, the precipitation of the hour's downpour being more than a quarter of an inch. It was most- ly a local storm and the raisin grow- ers were given warning by Weather Observer Bolton. Little damage was dene to the crops. e — TO COMPETE WITH LOCAL PACKING ESTABLISHMENTS $1,000,000 Company Incorporates in Modesto—Buys Wharf and Will Erect Cold Storage Plant. MODESTO, Oct. 5.—Articles of in- corporation of the O. McHenry Com- pany have been filed here, the com- pany being capitalized at $1,000,000. O. McHenry of this place is the prin- cipal stockholder, all of the stock having been subscribed. The McHen- ry ranch of 4000 acres here, the most highly improved ranch in the State, is taken by the corporation and upon it will be constructed in addition to the big packing and slaughtering plant, wh:ch is now there, a $500,000 abat- tolr. A wharf site has been bought by the corporation at First and Brush streets, Oakland, and on this will be erected a big cold storage plant. The company will enter into active com- petition with the big slaughtering companies around the bay and will be the biggest plant of the kind on the coast. O. McHenry is now in the East studying the methods of the big East- ern packing-houses. It is expected that the Santa Fe will probably build & spur from its main line three and a half miles away to the ranch and into Modesto, five miles farther on. ———— SHEEP MEN MUST KEEP OFF SIERRA RESERVATION United States Circuit Court at Los Angeles Hands Down Decision in Celebrated Case. sJLOS ANGELES, Oct. 5.—A decision of vital importance to large owners of sheep in this part of the country was rendered in the United States Circuit Court to-day, when Judge Welborn made perpetual the temporary injunc- tion restraining the sheep men from driving their flocks through the forest reserves. The decision was rendered in cases in which Marvin Simpson, George Shipp, Frank Estelle, John Shipp and Anderson Blasingame, all of Fresno, were defendants. They are the largest owners of sheep in that part of the State and they united in the effort to.prevent an adverse de- cision. —_——— WASHINGTON CAN NOW SHIP SECOND GRADE APPLES EAST Northern Pacific Railroad Makes a New Rate of 60 Cents Per Hundred." PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 5.—The Northern Pacific Railroad has an- nounced a-rate on apples to apply from points in Eastern Washington and Idaho, including the Washington and Columbia River branches as far east as Staples, Minn. The new rate will be 60 cents per hundred with a 30,000 pound minimum, against a pre- vious rate of 75 cents with a 24,000 pound minimum, and will be effective October 8. The change is made in order that the second grade apples can be sent from Washington and Idaho points to the Eastern market. ————————— CLOSES TWO DAYS’ SESSION. Presbytery of Puget Sound Elects Of- ficers at Wenatchee Meeting. SEATTLE, Oct. 5—A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Wenatchee “rh e presbytery of Puget Sound closed a two days’ session here to- night. The first session of the bytery elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Rev. James Murray of Nooksack City, moderator; E. T. Seacrest of Se- attle, temporary clerk, and Rev. Wil- liam Kirk Hope of Brighton, report- ing clerk. A resolution was adopted in favor of uniting with the :.Lt land Presbyterian churc! —_—— S. MELICK SUBMITS TO SERIOUS OPERATION PASADENA, Oct. 5.—Hon. W. S. Melick, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, to-day submitted to an operation at the Pasadena Hotel. He is in a very serious condition and his relatives are in constant attendance, but hope for his recovery. ————— Seattle Mystery Cleared. SEATTLE, Oct. .5.—By the identi- fication of William Ohler, a former brewery employe, as the man found on the tide flats south of the city to- Gay, a supposed murder w. o« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA M. W. Simpson |F[LL OF [DEAS [WISH COLONEL [CHAPIN WANTS |TERRI ABOUT SCHOOLS| WAITERETAINED| HIS COIN BACK| VISITS FRESNO|| BRANCH OFFICES OF THE- CALL IN NO MEAT FOR BUTCHERS WHO IGNORE “OPEN SHOP.” Wholesalers Will Refuse to Serve Those Who Do Not Join in the Movement. “Blue card up or no meat,” awaits the eight butchers who have hesitated about coming into line with their co- [worken who have declared for an “open shop,” when they arrive at But- chertown this morning for their sup- ply of meat, the three days grace hav- ing expired. One little matter troubled the meet- ing of the Hackmen's Union last night. They claim that the stablemen who em- ploy drivers on their carriages have not lived up to their agreement in put- ting 60 per cent of their old drivers to work. Goldberg Bowen & Co. are reported to have made application for an injunc- tion in the Superior Court against the Stablemen’s Union, which organization had declared a boycott against the fum on the ground that the wages of the stablemen and drivers have been reduced from $2.50 to $2 per day, which is net the union scale. The failure of Mayor Schmitz to re- move Police Commissioner Drinkhouse on the charges filed against him by the Cigarmakers’ Union is conderned by President N. Blum of the Cigar- makers’ Union, Blum said last night that the Mayor had neither resumed the investigation of Drinkhouse nor given the union an answer as to what he expected from it in the matter of proof. Electrical Workers’ Local No. 6 elect- ed the following officers last mnight: Executive board, J. M. Feitz, M. S. Brown, J. Marshall, M. Manlock, F. Kutley, C. Renivick and A. Cohen. keeper of records, 8. Curtis; president, unexpired term, de Vacmon; fore- man, A. Cohen; business agent, J. Mardis; delegates to Bullding Trades Council, A. Allender, A. Lawrence, J. de Vacmon, P. Clifford and F. Has- kell; trustee of labor temple, M. Man- lock; finance committe, J. Allen, W. Doyle and J. Prior. e —— DESCENDANT OF KINGS RUN DOWN BY A TRUCK John Howard, Famous as a Musician, Dies From Injuries Received in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—John Howard, & descendant of ome of the earliest American colonists and who claimed to trace his lineage back to the edarly Eng- lish kings, is dead from \W re- ceived in being run down truck on Upper Broadway. Howard studied surgery in his youth and later took up music. Twenty-five years ago his attainments in the latter arf made him famous. He was born sixty years ago in Connecticut, served in the Civil War and later was gradu- ated from Yale. His knowledge of anatomy he brought to bear om the cultivation of the voice and his studies on the subject attracted wide notice. Only the day before his death he had completed the manuscript of what he said would be his last work. The con- cluding pages were in his pocket —vhen he met with the fatal acecident. Howard enjoyed a large Income from the Southworth estate in Magsachy- setts which he is said to have given away almost as fast as it was re- ceived. NORTHERN PACIFIC ROAD FILES ANNUAL STATEMENT After Paying Operating Expenses an Increase Is Shown in Net Earn- ings of the Company. NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—The report of the Northern Pacific Rallroad Com- pany for the year ended June 30 shows that gross earnings were $46,524,574, an increase of $382,469, and operating expenses $24,234,542, an increase of $202,449, leaving net earnings of $22,- 290,031, an indrease of $180,019. A ter the receipt of interest and divi- dends on securities owned and the payment of taxes, interest, dividends and rental charges, there remained a surplus for the year of $4,379,321, a decrease of $291,624 as compared with 1903. After the appropriation of $3,- 000,000 for additions and betterments $1,379,321 was added to the total net surplus, making the surplus $11,104,- 977 on June 30 last. —_———— ORIGINAL GIBSON GIRL LIES NEAR TO DEATH Mrs. Arthur Stringer Strickem With Typhoid Fever While on a Visit to Denver. DENVER, Oct. ,5.—Mrs. Arthur Stringer has been stricken with ty- phoid fever while visiting in this city, and her husband is hurrying to her from his home in Canada, having been notified that his wife's life is in dan- ger. As Johanna Howland, Mrs. Stringer achieved fame in the theatri- cal worldwand she was the original of the Gibson Girl pictures.