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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY OVEMBER 3, 190a. %« NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA Lady Yarde-Buller Claims Ability to Manage Her Own Attorney _Asks OAKLAND, Nov. 2-+Again have the legal reserves of, the unfortunate Lady Yarde-Buller been called to defend her | alleged right to be restored to capacity. ! This afternoon Judge W. BE. Greene and a jury listened to arguments presented | by the lady’s attormey in which it was | desired to show that the daughter of ihe house of Kirkham is able to man- | age own affairs. Some time has | passe. sinoe she was discharged from § arium, where she was treated ! “temporary insanity.” | Lady Yarde-Buller was on the stand | in her own bebalf and testified that her guardian, George T. Wright, had d her fr visiting her son ath bed. The wit- tears as she falteringly ' | The witnéss al sached the age X 1 X S | BT her ard Yarde- } Bu in the dig- s f manner.| | X e villas, t 1 sk Lo | b 3 testimony | | ha y -Peter Dur res s Her examina- i st » ! X < | ¥ . Pir 1 Bros i | o , | ever s | b $ pe t t e ’ e » — CLUB TOPICS. By Zoe Green Radcliffe. ight her perfectly you trustee?” OAKLAND, Nov. pan continue to furnish “scareheads’ for the esting piatform topics. how do ¥ ount for the To-morrow evening Jack London is to tell of t you acted as trustee as | his recent experiences in Japan for the benefit for Baron A. A. Barroteau|of the Home Club. Aside from his personal ted interest as a successful writer Mr. London comes to us fresh from the Orient with a fund of immediate knowledge and what he has to say is sure to be said in an interest- ing way. to get letters of guard- e ; ove on this side of but you were too quick for Cupid has been on & s dently, or taking, perha vacation. At any rate wedding bells have | hung silent for days. To-night, however, they will peal joyously for an East Oakland bride, Miss Myra Frierson, who is to wed J. Sher- man McDowell. The groom is well known this -city, being the business manager of e this week “evi- hink it was evidence of san- | a much needed th know his-reputation at that | continued Fitz-|In Gered the | the Tribune dered the | "y Hetie Church of the Advent, which vies ging the | with Paul's in popularity at such events, treets at | is to the scene of the wedding, and those her of | Who know say the bride is sure to be lovely, sale of 200 Ber own and other appointments are all 30 . > rtistic. The bridal robe is of white crepe of Cali- de chine, embroidered with pearl beads. Miss Ruth Frierson will be maid of honor and four girl friends, Miss Julia Harrington, Miss Kath- erine Lloyd, Miss Sadie McDowell and Miss Alice McDowell, will officiate as bridesmaids. Clifford House will attend the groom. $400" and $500 % Were suits being im and that he was the .trusteeship,” but I had no per-'|* The Daughte f the facts; besides | Promise to be season’s social & of the American Revolution e an active factor in this ivity, the local chapter be- Lady ¥ t an unsophisticated | ing prolific of plans for the winter. had some knowl- The Daughters are now getting ready for a venture. She has | “loan exhibit” at the home of Mrs. Charles W. Kellogs. many years and | T, | na has'a great many old families with s ‘13 € A "l' - ’Yzan’; maki precious und encicat heiriooma. which see the Al Sulle: son, < | light of day only on such occasions, so they are the stand that he believed his | aiways viewed with an awed and ‘reverent in- other inc e of m na v terest. Some of those entitled to distinction :’!';:N 2 f managing her own | (07 scendants of the first Americans are Mrs. Affer Ralph - Blair had testified | 5o m & Guasill, ‘Mes. Glies Sravy Mes, } @gainst his mother she smiled at him, | G Dick, Mrs. Georde Sterling, Mrs. A. S. 2na be tgok s seat at her request be. | man, Mrs. E. M. Gibson and Mrs. . Hiiyard. side her. After the trial she spoke 10| e Ethel Bigelow and Miss Emily Jones ber gua n, Wright, -and he helped | were hostesses to fifty or more young people t and they left the | Monday cvening at a leap-year dance Enter. ourtroom together. The cs - prise Hall was engaged for the occasion an EENTRG Sameshn The case will g0 | PUR, attractive with gay Japaness lanterns UL NS e | gracetul pepper boughs and dozens of potted r——— i e | plants. Over Yhe table, where supper was age Edcenses. - . ov.-2—The following were issued by the | Julius H. Dohr- | her on with her Ter of a veritable canopy of hearts. Sweetpeas and smilax adorned the festal board itself, the whole effect being strikingly pretty. During the evening Miss Marie Gambruno and Miss Amella Peppino were heard in sev- licens marriage County Clerk to-day mann, 23, and Mollie Smith, 19, both | eral pleasing vocal numbers. of Oakland; Arthur L. Schaffer, 24, | i d i s tavwncd end Ruth R. Harlow, 20, both of O o i BT Tl S e T land; William F. Young, 43, and Mary | Mrs. Fred Gutterson of Berkeiey wiil give the R. Had 42, both of Berkeley; Cag- | first of a delightful series of concerts. They rol L. McComb, over 21, and -Berths | have insusurated & plan, unique here. of lv- e P e ing paid concerts &t a pi ), rs. Emith 38, both of Alameda; | Alien G. Freeman having placed her beautiful ‘George 26, and Lennie Hop- | new home at their disposal for the series. = yer, 21, both of San Francisco; Frank Mr. Gutterson’s art as a cellol s too wel émxlvr 21, and Viola Redmond, 21 :nv--dn;nntd“(:;r;r:orlt.';gdplfizu“:h;‘l:g; ra e = . Gut both of Sacramento; Thomas B. HOp- | zwaiting this opportunity to hear her again. ver, 3 1d Bertha Lucia, 39, both of | She is.a pupil of Bauer, the planist, who re- akla Charles F. Sauer, bver 21, | cently carried San Francisco by storm. and Amanda at. S 1as Gebtabien The Halloween -| Kuerzal's Moaday evening was one of the, most original and delightful affairs of that particu- lar season. Black cats and witches—myriads of them, great and small—adorned the walls and every avaiable nook. Grinning jack o lanterns lighted the dark corners and through the meshes of a huge cob- web the glowing eyes of a skull gleamed in the dusk. Games, fortunes a teous feast | were all parts of a merry evening, and after | supper the yourg people danced until a late | bour. Prizes were given for the games, among | the lucky ones being Misses Margery McGinnis, | Ruth Farley and Shirley Weber and Bain Campbell. Among the ~invited ones were: Pmily Arlett, Margaret McGinnis, Genevieve Sturm, Sylvia Salinger, Ruth y, Ramona and Lucille Radcliffe, Ruth McDaniel, Shirley Weber, Walter Thelin, Bain Campbell, Howard Kinsman, George Mcliwayne, Fred Bigelow, Hugh Belton, Leland Shay, Albert and Otto Kuerzel, . ! —————————— Dies on Seventh-street Train. OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—A. W. Martin, | 70 years old, died on the Seventh- street local train at 6:30 to-night while on his way home at 1311 How- ard street, San Francisco, in charge of William- Younghouse, a nurse from Providence Hospital. Martin had been sent there for an operation, but Dr. L. L. Riggin, the physician, told the old man that his condition was tin started for San Francisco, saying at home. He was a Grodhaus, over 18, both of Oakland S A ADVERTISEMENTS. ) MY NAME NOT HUNYADI ONLY, BUT, HUNYADI JANOS, THE ORIGINAL, ONLY GENUINE AND RELIABLE HUNGARIAN- NATURAL LAXATIVE GONSTIPATION 2—While Russia and Ja- | daily papers they will continue to be inter- | served, ‘a big red heart swayed from the cen- | Affairs. Questions About Her Estate | | | PORTRAIT OF | TAKEN WHEN LEADING OAKLAND BELLE. HALLONQUIST REPEATS THE ABUSE OF HIS tery and Returns to Vent Spite on Her. OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—Angry because his wife had him arrested for bat- Hallonquist returned to his home at 2131 Oregon street, Berkeley, to-day, after being liberated on $50 cash bail and smashed all the furni- He was arrested a second time and is now in the County tery, C. ture in the house. Jail here, The pair were married at St. Pe- | tersburg, Russia, in 1882, and have | eight children. | stairs. but broke the piano. | divorce. | rested a second time, TOOK HARD BEATING | That Wins Him Acquittal on a Charge of Drunkenness, ! gan, testified to-day In when he was arrested. man to let go,” Geary. custody.” —_———— PROFESSOR STEPHENS on the French Revolution to Oakland Center, French Revolution. ens treated to-day, of Mirabeau as tional Assembly. He traced the movement from were compelled to go to Paris. P. The third ber 186. e “Majah” Waters’ Funeral, OAKLAND, Nov. Monday night at the County ;du be buried to!-:orrow 3 WIFE Frees Himself of Her Charge of Bat- Of late Hollonquist has been abusing his wife and last night he not only kicked her down She had him arrested and then saw some at- | torneys about bringing dn action for As soon as he could get his freedom he returned to his home and ’rcpea(ed the performance and was ar- OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—Although five persons, including Policeman McKee- the Police Court that Richard Remmelin, a street laborer, was drunk on Monday when he was arrested, acting Police Judge W. J. Geary acquitted the man be- cause he told such an unusual story. Remmelin insisted that he had been attacked by fellow-workmen who had beaten him into a dazed condition to | compel him to get drunk with them. To save himself Remmielin said he took one drink, but that he.was suf- fering from the effects of the attacks “If a man will take a beating rather than get drunk, I think he is a good commented Judge “I believe this man’'s story. He is acquitted and discharged from | Oakland, Nov. 2.—W. TREATS OF MIRABEAU Delivers Second Lecture in His Course University of California, to-day gave | while on a trip to Germany. his widow, his second lecture in the course of the Professor Steph- leader of the Third Estate in the Na- organization of the States General and the subsequent secession of the Third Estate to the events of October, 1789, when Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lecture will treat of Lafayette. It will be delivered Novem- 2. — “Majah” ‘Waters, the negro character, who died WOMAN FINDS NEW REPTILE Professor Merriam Gives Credit for a Discovery to Miss A. M. Alexander - |CREATURE IS DESCRIBED Bulletin Tssued at Uni- versity Giving Account l of the Unique Saurian ' rtpeicti et | Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Nov. 2. A new marine reptile, representing a hitherto unknown form of swim- ming creature, has been discovered in the Hosselkus limestone in the upper triassic of . Shasta County, according to Professor John C. Merriam, head jof the geological department of the University: of California. In a bulletin, issued to-day, describ- ing the strange creature, Professor Merriam gives the credit for the di covery of the reptile to Miss A. M. Alexander, who, declares Professor Merriam, “has not only contributed generously to the financial support of the work on the vertebrates of the marine triassic, but was herself the discoverer of the type specimen fur- nishing the largest part of our inform- ation concerning the group. The find includes the anterior two- j thirds of the skull and a portion of the temporal region; also parts of over thirty vertebrae, numerous fragmen- tary ribs, the principal elements of the pectoral and pelvic arches and a con- siderable portion of an anterior limb. ———————— TWO TRAMPS HOLD UP CREW OF FREIGHT TRAIN Turn Tables on Railroad Hands Who Had Prepared to Eject Them. BERKELEY, Nov. 2.—The story of two supposed tramps who turned out to be train robbers is_told here by Samuel Hume, a Wells-Fargo Express messenger, who has just returned from his route in Oregon. He states that the Overland freight, that pre- cedes the train he was on, was held up by two men between Chico and iBngs at 3 o'clock yesterday morn- ng. He says that two men were discov- ered riding in a box car by a brake- man. The train was stopped and the engineer and conductor started to put the men off. When they were all to- gether the tramps drew pistols and held up the crew. While one man kept the crew covered the other rifled their pockets. A negro laborer lost $50. It is believed that they intended to hold up the train following them, but their plans rhiscarried. Three sticks of dynamite were discovered in the car in which they were riding. —_———— Profeseor Twight to Remain. BERKELEY, Nov. 2.—A Quietus wag put upon rumors that Professor E. H. Twight had resigned from the university faculty when the college authorities made an official announce- ment to-day, reading as follows: “A rTeport that Professor E. H. Twight is to leave the University of California is incorrect. Professor Twight is to remain a member of the faculty of the University of California and to continue his valuable work in investigating vine diseases, viticultural methods and vinification. He will con- tinue also in his instruction of.stu- dents in the principles of viticultural science.” ——— e Dentists Hold Convention. OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—The quarterly convention of the Alameda” County Dental Society was opened this after- noon in the Physicians’ building. A dinner was given this evening. Dur- ing the day papers on technical sub- Jects were read by Dr. P. M. Weuller- min of Chicago, Dr. A. F. Merriman, Dr. R. E. Gilson, Dr. W. R. Hughes, Dr. W. F. Schwaner, Dr. C. F. Jarvis, Dr. J. L. Pease, Dr. C. O. Edwards, Dr. E. E. Lancaster, Dr. C. L. God- dard, W. L. Friedeman, M. D.; Dr. a tg. Gilbertson and Dr. J. F. Mec- ath. OAKLAND NEWS. ANNUAL BALL.—Oakland, Nov. 2.—The RATHER THAN CAROUSE |2nnual ball of the Cooks' and Walters' Asso- ciation will be held to-morrow night at Ger- mania Hall. grand march will take place Laborer Tells Story in Police Court | at 9 o'clock, and supper will be served during the eveninz. PARISH FAIRS IN OAKLAND.—Oakland, Nov. 2.—St. Anthony’s fair in East Oakland ‘was closed on All Saints night, but will run for the rest of the week. St. Patrick's fair it West Oakland closed Monday evening after successful run. JUDGE MELVIN RETURNS.—O. D, Nov. 2.—Judge Henry Melvin has returned from a campalgn Humboldt County. He toured that county in behalf of J. N. Gillett, nominee for Congress, and the Republican party generally. MRS, BLASDEL'S FUNERAL.—Oakland, Nov, 2.—The funeral of Mrs. S8arah J. Blasdei, widow of former Governor Henry G. Blasdel of Nevada, will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1 oclock from the Blasdel residence, Orange svenue' and Eakt Twenty-fourth Street, Fruft- vale. DISAPPEARS.—Oak- 1and, Nov. 16 years old, a Western Union Telegraph Company mes- senger boy, residing at 1665 Sixteenth street, has disappeared. He left the telegraph office Monday morning to deliver a message and has not _returned. PROFESSOR STAFFORD VERY ILL.— A. Staffore sor of mathematics at the School, residing at 432 Walsworth avenue, was taken this afternoon to Fablola Hospital for an operation for appendicitis. His condi- tion is alarmin. NOISE WORRIES MOTHER-IN-LAW.— Oaklard, Nov. 2.—Bdward F. Wiehe to- day sued George B. M. Gray for $100 dam- ages and to have a pumping plant declared a nuisance. Mr. Wiehe says that the noise of the pump worrles his mother-in-law, whq is OAKLAND, Nov. 2.—Henry Morse | 7ot in xood health. Stephens, professor of history at the mwf:.l GETS BAKERY.—Oakland, Nov, 2, — will of the late Louis Wunn, who died is valued at $6000. € |'ag a store and bakery. AGED WOMAN'S SUDDEN DBEATH.— Oakland, Nov. 2.—Mrs. Henrietta Rosen- the | bers, wife of Jacob Rosenberg, died suddenly last night at her residence, 1089 Linden street, from heart ti tive in Jewish ble. Mrs. Rosenberd was ac- les. She was 64 years old, Her husband and six a native of Germany. [Students in Rebellio Over Lock-Step. Exciting Demonstration by Class Under Captain J. T. Nance. Appeal tor Order Is Fruatless BERKELEY, Nov. 2.—No more sensational scene has ever been wit- nessed at the University of California than that provided this afternnon by the students under Captain J. T. Nan-- miliary instructor. A demon- stration took place on the campus and three hundred of the captain’s class openly mutinied, refusing to march into his classroom in the man- ner prescribed by him or in any other manner. They hooted and jeered Professor W. A. Setchell when he sought to reason with them, and shouted with joy when a mock figure of Captain Nance was put on a pedes- tal before them. For an hour the throng surged be- fore the steps of North Hall, defying { the university authorities and making mock of all the attempts devised by the faculty to persuade them to dis- perse. { PROFESSOR SHOUTS “COWARDS.” Professor Setchell, one of the most revered of the facuilty, called them “‘cowards,” referred to them as “men without honor,” bade them feel ashamed and assured them that they were bringing disgrace upon their uni- versity. He begged them to remem- ber that their “riotous conduct would be known at Washington,” and urged that they consider the stain the uni- versity name would bear because of their conduct. He assured them that Sacramento would know of the dis- turbance, and that it would be re- garded with dismay by the State au- thorities. The professor’s remarks. fell, ap- parently, upon deaf ears. The crowd of students that surged around him yelled: “Down in front.” They whistled and hooted, yelled for the co- eds to “take off their hats,” and cried “Nancy—Nancy—we want Nancy,” in derision of their military in- structor, who acts as professor of military science and tactics. W. H. Dehm, president of the A. S. U. C., who was in the crowd, was pelted with grass and hustled about, helpless. The demonstration was a direct re. sult of Captain Nance’s official order, issued yesterday, directing that all the men of his class form in regular sec- tlons, under the control of a “mon- itor,” before entering North Hall where his instruction is given. The men had incurred the commandant’s displeasure a week ago by shuffling into his classroom in what he called “schoolboy fashion.” The commandant determined to insure better order and issued a bulletin, assigning sections in the classroom to certain bodies of men and particular rows of seats for subdivisions of the section. Each di- vision had a monitor, who was di- word was passed along that a demon- stration of a spectacular sort against Captain Nance and his odious order would occur at the time set for the first march of the men into the class- room. A crowd gathered in anticipa- tion of the demonstration and fully a thousand spectators witnessed the af- fair. At the time set for the emtrance of the students to the building they were a mob and not In military formation. The feeble attempts of the monitors to preserve order went for nothing. Juniors, sophomores and seniors in squads swept up and down the walk in { front of the building, pandemonium reigning. Clods of dirt and bunches of grass went flying in all directions. Youths with tin boflers beat them noisily. There were vagrant yells that finally settled down into a steady call of “Nancy—Nancy—we want Nanecy!™ At 4 o'clock a band of students ap- peared with a six-year-old boy in their midst. The youngster was attired in military uniform, with a huge placard on his chest labled, “Captain Nance. | A military. cap was perched on his | baby curls. In his hands was a school | master’s bell. On the shoulders of the brawny upper classmen the child was | perched, ringing the bell, while the | crowd cheered and howled its appre- | ciation of the travesty upon Captain | Nance's alleged attempt to put the | classmen under “schoolboy discipline.” Captain Nance went promptly to his | elassroom at 4 o'clock, but there was | no class to meet him. While he stood quietly in the ‘classroom, awaiting de- velopments the faculty called upon Professor W. A, Setchell, a beloved in- structor, to address the mutinous stu- dents. Professor Setchell took his stand in the center of the mob and tried to make himself heard, but he failed. SETCHELL'S EFFORTS FAIL. “I thought there were some men in this college,” ‘cried Professor Setchell, “but I was mistaken. I consider that you are cowards, without a sense of honor, willing to disgrace yourselves and your university. I see men here whom I know and whom I grieve to behold in such a demonstration as this. Be assured that there will be more to this and that the end is not in sight for you who are responsible for this affair.” The appeal was an impassioned one, but was not heeded. Instead of ‘the revered and dignified professor speak- ing, it might have been the wind sigh- ing along the eaves of Nerth Hall The men continued to jeer and hoot and yell their contempt for Captain Nance and his.military erder, In front of Professor Setchell, not ten feet distant, was again perched the rected to preserve order. SIGNS OF REBELLION. There were signs of smoldering re- bellion yesterday when the seniors re- sented openly the order to form in tront of North Hall in what they called “grammar school fashion.” To-day the MILLIO 70 IS HEIRS youngster with the bell, and the- boy again rang it, to the crowd’s apparent delight. Not until the men were worn out with their exertions did they. cease and leave the spot. Captain Nance refused to discuss the matter until he had conferred with President Wheeler. -l'———'————‘_'__—,—‘.’ S LEFT [SAYS RUSSIA WILL DECLINE Will of the Late Samuel;Fate of Rome Hangs Over Alexander Disposes of a Great Amount of Wealth i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Nov. 2. ] The will of the late Samvel T. Alex- ander, the millionaire Hawalian sugar planter, was flled for probate this af- ternoon. Mr. Alexander died recently in South_Africa, where he was looking for sugar lands, and was buried on the banks of Lake Victoria Nyanza. His estate is estimated to be worth about $1,000,000 and he disposes of it as fol- lows: To each of his brothers, Willlam D., James M. and Henry M. Alexander, he bequeathes $15,000; to his sisters, Mary Alexander, Mrs. Annie Dicky and Miss Charlotte _Alexander, $15,000; to his nephews, Charles Frederick Alexander and Willlam G. Cooke, $5.000, and to his niece, Helen Alexander, $5000; to each of his children, Annie Alexander, Wal- lace M. and Juliette Alexander and Martha M. Waterhouse, he leaves 1000 shares each of the capital stock of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com- pany and also to each of them 300 shares of Pala Plantation Company stock. He appoints his widow, Martha Eliza Alexander, executrix of his estate without bonds and makes her the residuary legatee of his estate, be- sides what he has bequeathed. He also ratifies a transfer of stock to his son ‘Wallace of his interest in the firm of Alexander & Baldwin, at Front and Market streets, In San Francisco. Deceased was one of the ardent sup- porters of the revolutionary movement in the Hawailan Islands and aided materially in their annexation to the United States. COMPLETE CHURCH PURCHASE.—Oak- land, Nov. 2.— The trustees of Asbury Slav. Empire According to Rabbi Friedlander Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1016 Broadway, Nov. 1. Rabbi Friedlander told the ladies of the Oakland .Club something- about Russia and the Czar’s Government to- day.. The Rabbi declared ‘that the Slav empire“would fall, as did Rome. Dr. Friedlander declared that Russia was an Asiatic and not a European state; that the people, even the nobil- ity, were educated only in books, and declared the Czar to be the greatest dictator in the world. Said the doetor: Geographically, ethnologically and politically Rusela is to-day exactly what she was in the sixteenth and seventéenth centuries before the conquest of the Baltic provinces hy Peter the Great, essentially an Asiatic state. She has nothing in common with Europe or Europeans. This has been shown in her acts toward other pations in the recent troubles, and by her shifty apd untrustworthy diplomacy. Russis may have culture, but it is the cuiture that consists only of a knowledge of books and not ulture that consists of a knowledge of the human spirit. MINER AT GOLDFIELD - MAKES A VALUABLE FIND Uncovers a Ledge of Radilum and Is About to Perfect Arrangements for Working the Property. RENO, Nev.,, Nov. 2.—Willlam Moore, a miner, has uncovered a ledge of radium at Goldfield and has gone to San Francisco to perfect arrange- ments for working the property. —_—— Army and Navy Orders. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Under or- ders of the War Department Private J. B. Smith of the Twenty-fourth Bat- tery, Field Artillery, at the Presidio, San Francisco, will be discharged without honor from the army by the Methodist Church South have completed the hase of the former Plymouth Avenue Con- m"‘.n fittings except the pipe organ. FREE FREE FREE 1TH W SUNDAY CALL WANT ADS. A Full-sized Package of BOSTON BROWN BREAD FLOUR. A Néw Free With Small Ad in SUNDAY CALL. account of having become disquali- fled for service physically through his own misconduct. This soldier is en- titled to travel pay. First Class Ser- geant Emil Walter of the hospital corps, upon the expiration of the fur- lough granted him from the Philip- pines division, will be semt to Fort Apache, Ariz., for duty instead of re- turning to Company B of the hospital corps at/the Presidio, San Francisco. Orders to officers of the navy—En- sign D. Lyons is detached from the "Hancock at the navy yard at New York, Noveraber 15, and ordered to the Asiatic station, sailing from Francisco about December 1. Ensign O. Hill is detached from the Holland, November 15, and ordered to the Asi. atic station, sailing from San Fran- cisco December 1. 4 commanding officer of his station on ) || BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY OAKLAND. 1018 Broadway. Telephone Maln 1083 BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77, ALAMEDA. 1435 Park Street. Telephone Alameda $39. —_— ORTH SHORE HARD FRESSED Railroad Company Fails to Pay Amount of Semi-An- nual Interest on Its Bonds —_—— The finances of the North Shore Ralil- road, which recently passed to the con- trol of A. W. Foster, president of the California Northwestern, are in & bad shape. Yesterday it became known that the compan: had defaulted In the payment of its semi-annual installment of interest on Its bonded indebtedness, which was due the previous day. Lo- cal financiers are speculating as to what action the bondholders will take. - A. W. Foster, who succeeded John Martin as president of the road, ad- mitted yesterday that the Interest had not been paid, and was unable L0 @3y what move the officials of the com- pany would make, but he did not givs evidence of any great uneasiness. The amount due the bondholders is $87,500, representing the semi-annual payment of 2% per cemnt on $3,500,000, the latter being protected by a mort- gage on the company’s property, held in trust by the Mercantile Trust Com- pany of this city for the Eastern syndi- cate that furnished the money for financing the rallroad project. Presi- dent Foster admits that the North Bhore has been unable to meet its ob- ligation. He remarked that he did not think that the bondholders were worrying. however, for no calls had been made on the company’s treasurer for the amounts due them. When asked if he was prepared to state when the com- pany would likely be able to pay the interest President Foster said: I really do not know when we can make this peyment. The truth is we Have been strug- gling along, and the company has not made enough money to meet the payment. Under the law we have six months in which to pay the interest before the bondholders cam fore- close. It may be some time before the matter , is straightened out, but I am hopeful of over- coming the financial difficulties. At present, however, the earnings of the road are barely sufficient to meet the operating expenses of the company. That the North Shore road was in a bad way has been a matter of general knowledge for some time in the local financial world, and.this fact is sup- pesed to have. prompted the Joha Mar- tin syndicate to undertake the dis- posal of the road.. It was first offered to the Santa Fe Company; mm fused it on the ground, as by Cap‘ain A. H. Fayson, assistant to President Bipley, that the price de- manded by the Martin syndi.ate was too high. Later John Martin went East and shortly after he ieft this city ft became no'sad around ‘that he was trying to float the road ow the New York market. Meanwhile ssveral of the original’ combine which purchased the road from the North Pacific Coast Company withdrew from the North Shore Company and the financing of the corporation devolved mainly on John Martin and Eugene de Sabla. A deal for the transfer of the road to Foster was effected in August last and fmmediately after he succSeded Martin as president and selected a new board of directors, the members of which are 'his personal friends. Although President Foster persistent- ly denied that the Southern Paoific or any other big corporation was bepind him in the acquirement of the North Shore road, the local financiers were strongly inclined to. favor the story of the street that Foster was merely acting for B. H. Harriman. Yester- day’'s default, however, would suggest that the Harriman syndicate- is not connected with the deal, for it is ar- gued that Harriman would not have permitted the credit.of one of his cor- - porations to_be discredited by a de- fanlt in the payment of interest to bondholders. s 3 The officials of the Mercantile Trust Company declined to make any state- meént regarding the failure qof the road to pay its interest. A prominent banker wvolunteered the statement that he was sure that President Foster, who stands high in the regard of local banks, will be able to get out of his present trou- bles with the North Shore. Of the out- standing bonds it was explained that. $2,500,000, while nominally first mort- gage bonds, cannot be forsclosed untf! the prior claim of the first $1,000,000 has been paid. ADVERTISEMENTS. -