The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 14, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1904. FAIL T0 AGREE [SAYS KELLEY ON NEW CANG el Episcopalian Divines Find Sheriff Asserts That Wash- the Question of Di\‘orcq a Hard Problem to Solve | THDRAWN REPORT IS WI Opponents of Proposed Re- vision of Church Lawsand Its Friends in Long Debate BOSTON, Oct. 13.—During a two hours' debate on the divorce question | the House of Deputies of the copal General Convention, both des appeared to be as far apart as they were vesterday and predictions were freely made that no final action ay by would be taken at this time. Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks of New York, in Behalf of those who made the minor- ty report on the proposed divorce non, withdrew their recommenda- tion, but the withdrawal does not mean that there will be any let-up in the fight against the proposal to pro- h'b clergymen remarrying the inno- ¢ent person in a divorce suit for in- figelity while the former partner lives. The members of the minority consid- ered that the situation would be less cemplicated by the withdrawal of the report. Among those who spoke in opposition the proposed amend- ment was A. H. Brown of San Fran- cisco. The Archbishop of Canterbury and party left the city to-day on a spe- cial train New York, from which port he will sail for home to-morrow. The Duke of Newcastle, one of the] leaders of the High Church party in England, arrived here to-day and it is | expected he will attend some of the sessions of the general convention. e S e e TOOTHSOME DELICACIES FOR GOURMANDS OF COAST" Steamer Leaves Honolulu With Two Large Crates of Frogs for | San Francisco, HONOLULLU, Oct. 7.—The oil steam- er Argyll has taken the first large shipment of island frogs to San Fran- cisco. . She carries no less than 100 dozen fat, green batrachians destined to soothe the demands of mainland gourmands with their tender hind kickers.” The frogs are held cip- tive in two large crates, the tops of which are furnished with wire net- ting. They were delivered to Mons. Crison, the Argyll's cook, who takes charge of them until they reach San Francisco. Crison states that the demand for frogs has grown so great on the coast that the stock is not sufficient to sup- ply customers. For this reason he came to the islands for an additional supply. ———— WITNESS IN UNION (! UNDER CARE OF POLICE Detectives Guard Man Who Caused the Arrest of Leader on Ex- tortion Charge. NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—George J. Essig. the complaining witness in the extortion charge against Philip Wein- seimer in the trial before Judge New- burger, is protected to-night by a guard of detectives. Fearful that an attack would be made on the man who testified against Weinseimer and | is responsible for the labor leader’s | arrest, District Attorney Jerome had three detectives accompany him to- night to his home. These men will remain there and will go with the con- | tractor to the criminal court building when he attends the trial to-morrow morning. That Essig had been threatened with irjury and was bodily assaulted became known. Essig said that short- Iy after Weinseimer's indictment in August he received threatening letters and that since his testimony of yes-{ terday agdinst Weinseimer more let- ters have been received. About three weeks ago he was assaulted by three strange men near his house, beaten on the head and seriously injured. —_———— LARGEST HOTEL IN WORLD IS PLANNED FOR CHICAGO Structure Will Be Twenty-Two Stories in Height and Will Cost $10,000,000. CHICAGO, Oct. 13.—Chicago is to bhave the largest hotel in the world. It will cost $10,000,000, be twenty-two stories high and dwarf in size and mag. nificence, it is promised, any structure of the kind ever erected. The builders | and owners will be a syndicate of Chi. cago and Eastern capitalists, headed by Otto Young. The hotel will eoccupy property measuring’ 400 feet in length by 171 feet in depth on Michigan avenue, two blocks south of the Auditorium. construction will be used in building the new hotel, which will be the high- est building in Chicago in point of stories, with the exception of the Ma- sonic Temple. w,«smEfi. Oct. 13.—The President's yacht Ma; is to be placed out of com- mission soom her officers assigned to the new battieships which soon will be ready for service. | | HONOLULU, | Court has decided the case of E ! | would be necessary to go over the case | Steel ! IS ROMANCING m treated gton Man Was Not Mis- by “Whitecaps” 'RIDICULES THE STORY [ |Claims Alleged Vietim Con- | cocted Yarn to Arouse Sym- | pathies of His Sweetheart — Special Dispatch to The Call. KALAMA, Wash., Oct. 13.—That M. Kelley was never mistreated by white- caps, but was instead trying to impose upon his flancee and the public gener- ally, is the accusation of Sheriff Hunt- ington, who has returned after an in- vestigation of Kelley's story. The Sheriff save that the knots which had bound Kelley to the tree for four days, as he said, were tied so loosely that he could have escaped at any time. Fur- thermore, Kelley outwalked his res- cers to Kelso and showed no signs of a breakdown until after a hearty meal. The Sheriff’s explanation is that Kel- ley did not have sufficient money to be married with in the style he wished, and believed his sweetheart, Miss Lulu Ward, would quickly marry him if her sympathies were aroused. This was true, for the girl obtained the license herself. Though Kelley had been in the | woods four days, according to his story, the Sheriff says his clothes were not soiled. ————— CROOKED OFFICIAL MUST GO TO JAIL FOR CRIME Supreme Court of Hawali Sustains Lower Tribunal in the Wright Case. Oct. 7.—The Supreme the Territory against Benjamin Hayward ‘Wright, former chief clerk of the | Public Works Department, overruling Wright’s objections and remanding the case to the Circuit Court for the carrying out of the sentence imposed upon Wright for embezzlement of public funds. Wright was imme- diately arrested when the decision was handed down and will have to serve the sentence of three years' hard labor imposed by Judge de Bolt. LA S R SALT LAKE-LOS ANGELES LINE NEAR COMP(E{ION Eighty Miles of Track ANl That Are Necded to Finish the i New Road. | SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 13.—A stretch of eighty miles is all that in- tervenes now between the completion | of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake road, which is to join Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, Cal. Track laying from Caliente, Nev., has mow reached the Vegas ranch in Southern Nevada, which is but forty-seven miles from the California line. The work: from Daggett, Cal, is also being ac- tively pushed. | Part of the grading on the eighty- mile stretch is already completed, and it is hoped to complete the compara- tively easy work now remaining by the 1st of the year. By February 1, it is believed through trains between the two cities will be in operation. | e e D AR TR D [rand _llfl Asks. | Continued From Page 1, Column 2. Lilienfeld had thought it! house vote. | again to make good the accusation against the inspector, who was already | in prison under the drastic process of | the police and their detinue book. The foreman returned to the jury- | room and then and there was more hot | talk. The rupture finally became wide {2nd deep and a dispostion not to | trifle asserted itself. It was decided not to reopen the testimony, and be- | fore the witnesses arrived the door swung open and the jurors were ready | to go before Judge Sioss, who was | | holding court near by. | | All came out with the exception of | O’'Brien, Drucker and Welch. Llllen-l | feld remained at the door until the | eleven jurors had emerged, and then | | gave the stern command to Baum; } Hamiuto | Hamilton A. Dobbins: “Keep those men in there; don’t you | let them get away.” The policeman locked them in tl|ex room and the three members of the | Grand Jury were held prisoners. | Before Judge Sloss a roll call was | taken and only eleven jurors re- | sponded. | ““We have an indictment to present | that was regularly found on Tuesday night,” said Foreman Lilienfeld, “but a minority of the Grand Jury now seek | to bleck out business and prevent its | presentation to court by refusing to at- tend its return. Under these circum- stances 1 ask that the court order the | attendance of the jurors and have the | bailiff bring them in.” Judge slou’comolled with the re- quest at once and a deputy Sheriff a few minutes later appeared with Messrs. O'Brien, Drucker and Welch. Meantime Grand Juror McLane had | arrived, so there were fifteen Grand Jurors present, and the presentation of the indictment was made. On motion of Assistant District At- torney Weller bail was fixed at $5000 bond or $2500 cash. The bench war- rant was served on Rebstock at the prison last evening, but no bail was forthcoming and he remained in his cell through the night. The Crand Jury returned from Judge Sloss’ court to its room and took testi- mony in regard to complaints agalnst Mrs. McMurray, said to have been as- sociated with John McMillan in lodg- ing-house swindling, and concerning the charge involving Notary Fublic Burns. . Attention was then turned to the Election Commission. and when the resolution had been passed the atmos- phere was too warm for further busi- | banion, | €hout for help and did not interfere. | They deny all actual part in the crime. | to-day to see the Santa Barbara-Los | act. | feund in his room on which was writ- ten: “I can't stand this pain any | lenger.” Below this message was scrawled: “My ills can’t be mended, CHINA SEEKING |TERRIBLE TRIP |COURT UPHOLDS |MAKLS BREAK DRILL MASTERS| OF PROSPECTOR| COMMISSIONER Recruiting Agent of Peking Government Makes Over- tures to Oregon Militiamen OFFERS BIG SALARIES fi]'tnnisv_S Twenty Per Cent More Pay Than Given in Rezular Army Service Special Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 13.—A great effort is being made by the Chinese | Government to induce officers of the Oregon National Guard to go to China | to drill Chinese troops. The high rec- | ord recently made by the militia at| the fleld maneuvers has resulted in the appearance of the recruiting agent | at Portland. An American officer named Mobley has visited a number of militia of- ficers and offered 20 per cent more than they would receive in the reg- ular army service. Captain William | Gould, Captain Smith and Major | Frank S. Baker are among those who have been approached. It is reported that Captain Smith will accept the offer. Each man's salary will be based upon the position he holds here. What the higher officers will do if the captains go to China is a question. —_—————— VALLEY RANCHERS FACE SERIOUS CHARGES KERN Coroner’s Jury Accuses Them of Com- plicity in the Murder of an Old Pioneer. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 13.—Patrick Hammer and Philip Walker, both well-known ranchers of the Kern Val- ley, are in jail in this city charged by the Coroner’s jury with complicity in | the robbery and murder of Willlam Nichols, the old pioneer, who was killed at Vaughn. Both men acknowl- edge that they came to the barn where the crime occurred in company with | two Mexicans, and were in the neigh- | borhood outside at the time the crime | was supposed to have been commit- ted and that they heard Nichols’ com- a watchman, named Gordon The Mexicans were arrested a days ago. e e— MOTHER SEES HER BABE KILLED BY A LOCOMOTIVE few | Engineer Mistakes Little Tot for a | Bit of Paper Until Too Late to Stop Train. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.—Mrs. S. Y, Robertsen. liyipg a few miles north of this cify, stepped to her front door Angeles train rush by, and the sight that met her gaze shocked her so tHat fatal results are feared. Just as she looked at the engine she saw the pilot strike her baby daugh- ter, seventeen months old, and hurl it into the ditch beside the track, dead. The child was playing between the ends of two ties, and the engineer mistook it for a piece of white pa- per until too late to stop his train. The Coroner’s jury exonerated the engineer. ————— ILLNESS DRIVES FORMER SAN FRANCISCAN TO DEATH Francis A, Miller Drowns Himself in a Bath Tub at the Odd Fellows’ Home at Thermalito. OROVILLE, Oct. 13.—Francis A. Miller, an inmate of the Odd Fellows’ Home at Thermalito, committed sui- cide this morning by drowning himself | in a bath tub. Sickness prompted the Miller went to the home from Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 and was an old resident of San Francisco. A slate was but are easily ended, so here goes to | turn up my toes.” ————— SAN QUENTIN PRISONER MEETS ACCIDENTAL DEATH Convict Ross Grasps Live Wire to Pre- vent Himself From Falling and Is Electrocuted, SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 13.—A. R. Ross, a convict, came in contact with a live wire while painting the sash and blind building at San Quentin prison to-day and was instantly killed. Ross was working on a scaffold and slipped. In his endeavor to save himself from falling he grasped a wire carrying 2000 volts, of electricity. He dan- gled in the air a minute and then dropped to the ground. When picked up he was dead. Ross was serving eight years for a felony committed in Fresno. He has relatives residing in Tacoma. Delegates Enjoy Outing and Dance. SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 13.—The Su- preme Council of the W. P. E. C. re- convened this morning at Cockrane- McNear Hall and took up the matter | of suggested changes in the by-laws. Fresident Jesse Woods. presided. Owing to the continuance of the pleas- ant weather many of the delegates vis- ited Mount Tamalpais, San _Quentin prison and other points of interest. A jousting contest took place in the aft- ernoon at East Side Park and was en- joyed by a vast throng of people. A grand ball was given at Armory Hall this evening. Jesse Woods, president of the Supreme Council, and his wife led the grand march. A feature of the march was the formation of the let- ters W. P. E. C. by the members of the council. ———— s Accused of Making Threats. NAPA, Oct. 13.—A warrant was sworn out for the arrest of John Gie- quel of Calistoga this afternoon by Frank Drouet. Drouet was awarded the custody of Glequel's minor daugh- ter some years ago on account of Gie- quel's ill treatment of the child and the father resented this. Giequel, it is alleged, recently told | struck bruin on the right side of the | the marine insurance has not increased ‘Officer Bd. Pow- With Leg and Ribs Broken He Drags Himself Fully Ten Miles to Secure Aid BIG BEAR INJURES HIM RS T RS Fires Blindly at the Beast ‘While on the Ground and the Bullet Speeds True e e Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 13.—With his | left leg and three ribs broken, besides | being terribly cut and bruised, as the result of an encounter with a huge brown bear, Frank Willard, a prospec- ! tor, who lives in & hut at the foot of | Mendenhall Glacier, about fifteen miles north of Juneau, Alaska, dragged him- | self fully ten miles over the roughest kind of country, from the place where he encountered the animal to the camp : of the Mansfield Mining Company on | McGinnis Creek. On reaching the end of his journey. completely exhausted and suffering ter- | rible agony, Willard fainted. While hunting Willard saw the bear in the | underbrush and fired a shot which | i head and glanced off. This served to | infuriate the beast, which charged | ‘Willard. When he attempted to throw another cartridge into the chamber the shell jammed and the next instant the beast was upon him, striking him a fearful blow in the chest, which knock- ed him flat. Willard was so dazed by the blow that he can remember noth- ing only that he drew his revolver and fired blindly at the bear as it came for | him the second time. The bullet sped | true, for when Willard regained con- sclousness the animal was dead. ———— INSURANCE COMMISSIONER FILES ANNUAL REPORT Policies Written in 1903 Exceed Those of 1902 in Every Branch Ex- cept Marine Risks. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 13.—Insurance Commissioner E. Myron Wolf to-day filed his annual report for the year of | 1903 with. Governor Pardee. The report shows that 212 companies were authorized to do business during the year. The amount of insurance writ- ten in 1903 exceeds that of 1902 in every branch except marine insurance, which shows a decrease of $2,033,393. The report says: “Although San Fran- cisco is a growing commercial center because many ships are insured else- where. In 1903, $552,928,503 fire in- surance was written, an increase of $36,426,531 over the previous year. The increase in life insurance amount- ed to $11,000,000.” —_———— ALLEGED COUNTERFEITERS ARE PLACED UNDER ARREST Former Real Estate Dealer of Los An- geles and a Companion Must Answer Serious Charge. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13.—W. J. Hine, once a real estate dealer in this city, and Charles Craig, whose name dces not appear in the directory, were arrested to-day on a charge of coun- terfeiting. For some time it has beeen known to the United States officials that con- siderable spurious coin was being floated in this section, principally at the sea coast towns, and presumably by some person living in this city. In the house of W. J. Hine, 3901 Wall street, the officers found a valise fllled with all sorts of paraphernalia for the production of counterfeit dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes, together with a quantity of unfinished coins. —_—— FRANCHISE IS GRANTED FOR NEW RAILROAD LINE ! Company Secures Right of Way | Through San Diego City and Will | Build Into Arizona. SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13.—The City Council last night granted a franchise for a railroad through this city, to be built east into Arizona, one of the terms of the ordinance being the be- ginning of actual construction within | six months and completion by January | 1. 1907. Mr. Richards, who obtained ' the franchise, says his principals are not connected with the Rock Island road, said to be headed toward this city. The outside survey will be be- gun next week. ———— SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH IS SEVERELY INJURED Bruce Tiege Falls While Trying to Jump a Freight Train in the San Jose Yards. SAN JOSE, Oct. 13.—Bruce Tiege, | whose parents reside at 311% Octavia street, San Francisco, was injured to-[ night while attempting to board a freight train in the broad gauge yards. He was returning from Salinas to his home and had a ticket to this city. ‘While trying to jump a freight train ke missed his footing and was dragged along the track and badly hurt. His condition is serious. —_— e SONOMA GRAPE GROWERS WILL SUFFER SMALL LOSS Damage Done to Crop by Recent Rain- storm Is Much Less Than « SONOMA, Oct. 13.—Grape growers say that the rain has done less dam- age to grapes than they ' anticipat with the total rainfall of 7.80 inches.. The rainfall during the past storm was' 3.90 inches. During the interval be- tween the first and second rains about one-third of the entire grape crop was gathered. The other two-thirds is more or less damaged, but the greater part will be saved. | considerable importance to the people | ing canal to carry off the flood waters | | served by designating that the Com- e — Decision of Importance Is Rendered in Stockton, Di- verting Canal Litigation REMOVES DIFFICULTIE! i Judge Rules That Public| Works Board Has Right to| Begin Condemnation Suit STOCKTON, Oct. 13.—Judge Smith of the Superfor Court of this county tendered a decision to-day which is of | of the State in general, as its effect is to designate who shall have the right to institute proceedings looking to the condemnation of private prop- erty for public use. F. J. Ryan, the Commissioner of Public Works, recently brought suit against Lydia M. Sperry and others to condemn a right of way for a divert- to the east of Stockton. The United States Government had appropriated a large sum of money for building the canal, with the understanding that the right of way should be furnished. The last Legislature appropriated $60,000 to buy the right of way, and deeds to all but a small portion of the right have been secured. Others declined to ac- cept the valuation placed upon their holdings, hence the suit. A demurrer was filed, in which the contention was made that Commis- sioner Ryan was not the proper party to bring the action, but the court held that in view of the fact that the law did not designate who might bring the action public policy would be sub- missioner had the right to thus main- tain eminent domain. It is understood that there will be no further technical difficulties in the way of constructing the canal, the amount of damages be- ing all there is for the courts to deter- mine. ————— CONNECTS OIL LANDS WITH THE TIDE WATER Coalinga Company Completes Its Pipe Line From Its Lands in Fresno County to Monterey. MONTEREY, Oct. 13.—The Coalin- ga Oil and Transportation Company’s pipe line connecting the company’s| oil lands in Fresno County with the tide water at Monterey is completed and service will begin on Monday | next. The line is 162 miles in length and is equipped with four pumping stations and a storage system con- sisting of five 55,000-barrel tanks at New Monterey. The company is con- tracting to furnish fuel oil to local consumers at one-half the regular price. e Fire Chiefs Discuss Explosives. VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 13.—At to-day's meeting of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs, a paper by Inspector McDavitt of Philadelphia Board of Fire Underwriters on the ex- plosive power of celluloid was heard. A discussion followed on dangerous cembustibles in common use, with side lights on recent conflagrations. This afternoon the visitors were taken by steamer up Burrard Inlet. —_———— Stevedores Do Some Lively Work. TACOMA, Oct. 13.—A local steve- doring firm has loaded the German ‘ship Peru with 124,85% bushels of wheat in seventeen hours, an average of 7344 bushels per hour. It is con- sidered a record-breaker. The ship is under charter and cleared to-day for the United Kingdom. _FOR FREEDOM Colored Man Escapes From a | Policeman, but Is Cap- tured at Point of Gun! ACCUSED OF ———— ASSAULT | | Being Taken to Hospital to! Be Identified When He | Tries. to Gain Liberty George Stewart, a colored piano | player in the low dives of Pacific street, made a bold but unsuccessful attempt to gain his fredem while in| charge of a policeman yesterday. i Stewart was in the custody of Police- man Skain, who was taking him to the | Central Emergency Hospital to be iden- | tified by Raymond Gomez, who had| been assaulted on Montgomery avenue | and Pacific street. The policeman was | passing along Larkin street, opposite | the City Hall, with his prisoner, whan; the latter wrenched himself free from his custodian. The negro was making good his es- cape when the policeman fired a shot in the air and attracted the attention of Corporal Jerry Dugan, who was on his way to the station to report for duty. Dugan, seeing the fleeing pris- oner coming his way, drew his revolver and leveled it at the runaway and com- manded him to halt, which he did. The prisoner was handcuffed and taken back to the hospital to be iden- tified. Gomez, who is suffering from injuries of his head and a possible frac- ture of the skull, failed to identify Stewart as his assailant. Stewart was placed on the detinue book. He will be held in custody untfl he can clear himself of other charges | that are held against him. ] BLOW IN THE JAW COSTLY FOR A SALOON-KEEPER Judge Daniells Gives Judgment to the Plaintifi, Who Said There Was No Fight. Justice of the Peace Daniells yes- terday gave judgment in favor of Ed- ward Logue against Edward Rodgers for $250 for bodily injuries. The tes- timony disclosed that Logue, who is a | hay and coal dealer, went into Rod- | gers' saloon at Ocean View and the | two had a dispute over a bill for hay | furnished to Rodgers. | “I was telling Rodgers about the | delivery of the hay,” Logue testified, | “and he gave me a blow that put me | out of business.” | “Ah,” said Rodgers’ attorney, “and then the fight began?” “There was no fight,” Logue testi- fied. “He only hit me in the jaw.” Judge Daniells also gave judgment in favor of Mrs. A. T. Moore, propri- etor of a hotel at Belvedere, who was sued by Miss V. Davis, her former housekeeper, for $170 25 for back services. Daniells ruled that the| plaintiff had three or four setlements | with Mrs. Moore and no money was | coming to her, e — More Chinese Arrive. One hundred and forty Chinese ar- rived from the Orient yesterday on the steamship China. Forty-six of them are consigned to the St. Louis Fair. The party includes three women, two of whom are 18 and 22 years old respectively and claim to be natives | of the United States. The third says| she is the wife of a merchant resid- ing here and is accompanied by her two little boys. On She Tchun, a member of the Chinese legation at ‘Washington, was landed without for- mality by order of the Secretary of the Treasury. i STRIKES BLOW IN THE DARK Armed Desperado Makes an Attack Upon Joseph Gold- berg as He Enters Room ET-TO e, Man Named Stevens, Who Has Disappeared,Suspected FIERCE ENSUES of Being the Assailant o Joseph Goldberg, a ecigar manufac- turer, had an exciting experience early vesterday morning with a desperado in his room on the second floor of a lodg- ing-house at 407 O'Farrell street Whether the attack upon Goldberg was for the purpose of revenge or robbery the police have not yet been able to determine. Goldberg reached his room about 2:30 o’'clock yesterday morning and while he was in the act of striking a match to light the gas some one said with an oath, “I've got you now.” Goldberg received a violent blow on the head from a blunt instrument. This stun- ned him for an instant, but he grap- pled with his assailant, who was arm- ed with a knife. Goldberg, during the struggle, knocked the knife out of his assailant’'s hand, cutting his own hand. After a desperate fight Goldberg suc- ceeded in opening a window In the rear. His cries for help alarmed the desperado, who released his hold of Goldberg: permitting him to step out of the window to the roof of a kitchen, where he wag seen by Charles Wood, the lanlord. Wood ran back and on the stairs met and grappled with a man hurrying down. The man sald, “It's me, Stevens, I am going for a police- man, as there is a fight upstairs.” Wood released his hold and Stevens disappeared and has not returned. Policemen Pearl and Keohane arrive ing, 'sent Goldberg to the Central Emer« gency Hospital, where a wound on his scalp and a cut on his hand wers stitched and dressed. A knife was found at the foot of the lounge in Goldberg's room and a black mask in the hallway outside. Nothing was taken from Gold- berg, but he asserts that his assailant attempted to steal his diamond stud. Detective Coleman was detailed on the case and he is satisfled that the man known as Stevens committed the assault upon Goldberg and had been waiting for several days for the op- portunity. Stevens engaged a room adjoining Goldberg’s last Friday night. He said he was a drummer for a dry goods house in Portlana. This is all that is known about him. In his hurry to escape he left his hat and rain coat in his room. He is described as about 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall, smooth face, dark complexion and wore a dark sack suit. Goldberg has been living house for about flve weeks. He says his wife is in Seattle. He professes not to know anything about Stevens. —_———— Counterfeiters Sentenced. United States District Judge de Ha- ven yesterday sentenced John D. Tompkins to imprisonment at hard la- bor in the State penitentiary at San Quentin for«seven years and to pay a fine of $100. Tompkins was convicted of passing genuine $1 silver certifi- cates which had been raised to $10 by pasting on them letters and figures cut from internal revenue stamps. ‘William O’Brien, convicted on a sim- ilar charge, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at hard laber in the State penitentiary at Folsom and to pay a fine of $100. —————— POISONED BY MISTAKE.—Naotaro Naka~ da, a Japanese farm hand, died last Wednes- day at Dr. Matsusaki's hospital, 506 Dupont street. The attending physician toid the Coro- ner that Nakada took by mistake for medicine. 5 in the with our store—-just them what "an immense stock | we carry and at what| it is sold—we will sell these .95. The garments are thirty-eight long overcoats for $2 inches long, coming ‘the shoe tops. chance to buy your winter overcoat and save This Overcoat, for two days will be sold for $2.95 Justtoget mothersacquainted The colors are two pretty shadesof oxfordgray. " The sale will be for to-day and Saturday. Now’s the to show ow prices down to boy his money. The coats sell regu- =~ larly for $4.00. NW0O0D 5 (0