The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1904, Page 3

\ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, .1904. WILLIAM ALVORD | DIES IN THIS CITY & DROPPED Banker and Financier Suddenly Passes Away PROMI N THE BANK ORTHY ENTER ¥ HALF A CENTURY, THROUGHOUT WHICH HE WAS -+ i, COMMERCIAL AND MUNICIPAL This connection continued ancis until 186 Mr. Alvord went abroad on account of poor health in 1866. o Upon his return to this city, in 1867, ected president of the Pacific y and continued as 8. is tastes was elected sident of the San Francisco Art As- a position that he occupied He was elected sco in 1871 and taken more g he mayoralty chair two years. elfare of San In 1873 he was appointed a Comm ¥, have been dis- ' sioner of Golden Gate Park and se his membdry has d equal number of di-,until 1882. He w also a Police Com- missioner of this city from 1878 to 1899. came to San Fr CARE WITH BANK. born 1833. he began busi- rdware store, in years later he sco and followed 0 years in he estab- e firm of Alvord & e and, two years rm of Alvord & Co. in in His connection with the Bank of Cali- fornia began in November, 1871, when he was elected a director of the bank to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of William J. Barron. He became vice president of the bank in October, 1875. On the resignation of D. O. Mills, Mr. Alvord was made president. In 1890 and 1891 Mr. Alvord was presi- dent of the American Forestry Associa- tion of Washington, D. C. In the lat- ADVERTISEMENT! ter year, he was elected president of A — e the Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. {Company. In many other connections be was given the first place. He was made president of the Alaska-Mexican | Gold Mining Company in 1893; of the | California Academy of Sciences in the same year; president of the San Fran- clsc&flearing House; president of the Alaska United Gold Mining Company. Few Peo; *> Know How Useful It Is in Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that char- est and most efficient nd purifier in nature, nfe few realize its value when taken | He was president of these several he human system for the same | bodies at the time of his death. N Sbseth Mr. Aivord served as president of g e the Pacific Clup, the Loring Club, the oal is a remedy that the more ke of it the better; it is not a at all, but simply absorbs the and impurities always present he stomach and intestines and car- »s them out of the system. rcoal sweetens the breath after Astromenical Society of the Pacific and chairman of the local board of direct- ors of the London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company, holding the latter office many years. At the time of his also a director of the nd Lead Works, of ings Bank, the United arug gases g. drinking or after eating on- n Francisco, the San other odorous vegetables. Breweries (Limited), the reoal effectually clears and im- the complexion; it whitens the d further acts as a natural tly safe cathartic. s the injurious gases which e stomach and bowels; it mouth and throat from reckels and Western Sugar Refining 1panies and the California Title and Insurance Company. A GENTLE MAN. While he was prominent in these varied cdpacities, he had a strong hold upon the affections of aountless citizens of California by reason of his gentle- sell charcoal in one | Less and purity of ]d“?!fi \Vl:;a!e\'er was = | low or mean repelles m. To him con- i’ b“;". ':;Z::btl;r ::: sistently was given the title of gentle- ‘ " man. He daily visited Golden Gate o he sison of catarrh. druggists or another, is in Stuart’s Charcoal Lozen- | Park and fed the birds. His charities they are composed of the finest | were many and unostentatious. ywdered Willow charcoal and other | For some weeks prior to his death Mr. Alvord had been alling, but he was at his desk as late as December 13. ILast Sunday he took a drive. When he died his stepson, Dr. James W. Keeney, was with him. Mrs. Alvord died some time ago. Two stepsons, Charles M. Keeney and Dr. James W. Keeney, sur- vive. There are relatives in the East. Appropriate action in memory of Mr. Alvord will be taken by the various crganizations to which he belonged. ‘The directors of the Bank of California will adopt resclutions of respect at their next meeting. The office of pres- ident of the bank will probably remain the benefits of charcoal, says: “I advise | vacant until the quarterly meeting of Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all pa- i.llh' directors In the second week in nts suffering from gas in stomach | JANUATY. ;4 bowels and to clear the complex- Mr. Alvord evidently knew that he vas in danger of death. Yesterday a jon and purify the breath, mouth and | 1o received by the Academy of throat; I also believe the liver is gt g 7, T Sciences, in which Mr. Alvord had greatly benefited by the daily use of | written that he wished to resign the them; they cost but 25 cents a box at | presidency of the academy and that he drug stores and although in some | B2d resigned other positions. He added sense a patent preparation, yet I be. | that he was likely to drop from his lieve I get more and better pr chair at any time. Within half an hour in Stuart’'s Charcoal Lozer th ed after the letter was opened in the eny of the ordinary charcoal tablets,” rmless antiseptics in tablet form, rather in the form of large, pleas- g lozenges, the charcoal be- g mixed with honey. The daily use of these logenges will | soon tell in a much improved condi- of the general health, better com- | plexion, sweeter breath and purer‘ and the beauty of it is that no possible harm can result from their tinued use, but, on the contrary, great benefit. \ Buffalo physician, in speaking of tior of Sciences building news was received that Mr. Alvord was dead. + AGED FATHER ' OF BRITISH NAVY PASSES AWAY PORTSMOUTH, fngland, Dee. 21.] Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney, the “father of the British navy,” dled here to-day after a long {llness. He was the last survivor of the battle of Na- varino, fought in 1827, which result- ed in the destruction of the Turkish fleet. The admiral was born in 1814 and entered the navy in 1826. In the early '30's Ommanney went with Captain Ross on his Baffin’s Bay and Greenland expedition. Later he ' saw service in the Mediterranean, was | present at the French bombardment of Tangiers and at Athens during the Greek revolution. From there he went to the Arctic on a tour of ex- ploration and added greatly to our knowledge of the Far North. Ad- miral Ommanney rendered brilllant service against Russia in 1854. He retired in 1874. | | FORMER SENATOR DEAD. i George L. Shoup of Idaho Goes to Eternal Rest. | BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 21.—After an | illness lasting several weeks, George L. Shoup, former United States Sena- tor from Idaho, died at his home to- | day in his sixty-eighth year. He was Territorial Governor when Idaho was admitted into the Union and was the first Governor elected in the State. He | was elected to the United States Sen- | ate in 1890 and served two terms. — Pomologist Passes Away. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 21.—1 | Professor J. L. Budd, for twenty-two years at the head of the department of horticulture at the Iowa State Agri- cultural College and one of the most widely known pomologists fn the world, is dead. He visited Russia in 1887 for the United States Govern- ment and spent two years in studying | the fruit trees of Siberia and intro- duced mapy new varieties into the| United States. N MORE FRAUDULENT VOTES DISCOVERED IN ij One Hundred and Nineteen Ballots ; Sald to Have Been Written i by One Person. i DENVER, Dec. 21.—The report presented to the Supreme Court to- day by the handwriting experts who examined the ballots in the box from Precinct 2, Ward 4, of this city showed that of 356 votes 144 were ap- parently fraudulent. One hundred | and forty Democratic ballots wére re- ported to have been written by five persons, one of whom had written 119, | Each of the twenty-three men now serving sentence in jail for contempt of court has filed a petition for a re- hearing and alleviation of sentence. The petitions are identical and the grounds upon which they are based are solely technical, the principal one being a challenge of the right of the Supreme Court to assume jurl.dlefian\ of the election. —_——— | Two Prominent Men of the| MORE CARRIERS Rural Service Dismissed by Postmaster General —_— | POLITICS THE CAUSE ‘ Executive Board of Xationalf Association Soon to MeetJ to Take Up the Subject: —_— WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Postmaster General Wynne to-day removed two | more rural carriers for alleged efforts | to influence legislation, the employes! being H. E. Nivin of Berthoud, Colo., | and J. W. Whitehead of Medina, Ohio. | Nivin chairman of the executive | board of the National Rural Carrlers’ | Association. Whitehead also is a mem- | ber of the executive board and is sec- | retary of the Ohio State organization of the carriers. | The plans for the campaign for legis- | lation carried on prior to the November | election by President Cunningham and Secretary Tumber, both of whom were | recently dismissed as the result of an investigation of their work, were, it is charged by the postal authorities, ap- proved and indorsed by both Nivin.and Whitehead. The report on the investigation points out that Nivin's plan was that the rural carriers in each State should look | into the question of supporting the can- didates for electicn or re-election to | Congress in their State and to such of | these candidates as proved ‘“true” to the carriers the association would pledge its support for any political honors sought in the particular State. It is expected that a meeting of the executive board of the National Asso- | ciation of Letter Carriers, comprising the carriers in the city service, will be called immediately after the Christmas holidays to take action in connection with the recent dismissal of President | Keller of that orgamization from the Government service. This meeting 18 made especially necessary by the fact that Keller, having been dismissed as a carrier, will not be received or recog- nized in any way at the Postoffice De- partment and his power as head of the association thereby will be crippied. The question of continuing the pres- ent expense account incident to the of- fice of president also is to be consid- ered. | —_—— | SUITOR KILLS WOMAN, | A MAN AND HIMSELF | | | | Clerk Shoots* Widow Who Scorned Him and a Constable Who Interfered. 1 LOCKPORT, N. Y., Dec. 21.—Fred Jones, a clerk in a store at Newfane, shot and killed Mrs. Libbie Goedrich and Constable William C. Gray to-day and then fatally shot himself. ! Jones was a suitor of Mrs. rich, who was a widow with several children and “well-to-do. Being older | than “Jones, she had objected to his attentions. Jones, it is alleged, had | threatened to kill her and burn her | property, in consequence of which‘ she to-day obtained a warrant for his arrest, which was given to Constable Gray to serve. Griay had gone to the store where Jones was empldyed, when Jones requested permission to send for Mrs. Goodrich in order that he might settle the matter with her. Jones and the woman had some words and Jones shot her in the head. When | Constable Gray attempted to interfere | Jones shot him in the temple. Jones then put a bullet into his own head. s —————— Good- | | MAN WHO TRIED TO IMPOSE ON HADLEY SENT TO JAIL | NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 21.—A | sentence of six months in jail was im- | posed to-day on Charles G. Porter, | the Roxbury (Mass.) man arrested on | complaint of President Hadley of | Yale University. There were six, counts against Porter, including beg-‘ | ging, idleness and traveling from place to place without lawful pur- pose. | enuipment of | admiral wi ! building of a collier at a navy yard on | will be included in the naval appropri- | which, among other things, provides MARE [SLAND'S CASE HOPEFUL nator Perkins of Opinion That Appropriation Will Be Secured for the Yard CONFERS WITH CAPPS Sum for Equipment May Be| Voted on Floor of House Despite Committee Action Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Even if Ad- mira! Capps and the House committee maintain their position in regard to the the Mare Island navy yard—that is, to cut out the appropria- tion of $200,000 recommended for that purpose—Senator Perkins is of the opinicn that the provision will be main- tained on the floor; that the navy vard will be furnished the equipment necessary for the building of the col- lier, as provided at the last session, and that the collier will be built at Mare Island. Senator Perkins and Representative Knowland had a long conference Ith Admiral Capps after the action of the House committee became known yes- terday. They presented the claims of the Pacific Coast with regard to naval censtruction at the navy, yards in such a ht that it is probable the revise his testimony given before the House committee, which is now befcre him for review. It was shown that the bill providing for the { the Pacific Coast had already been passed by Congress, and that it could not be carried out until the yard had been enuipped for the work. Senator Perkins says the provision ation bill and will go through. Representative Knowland home last evening. left for —— HOUSE POSTPONES ACTION. Inaugural Ball Question Put Over Until After Holidays. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—An ob-| jection by Mann of Illinois to taking| up the inaugural resolution in lheg House to-day put the whole question | over until. after the\polidays. Morrell of Pennsylvania, on behalf | of the Committee on the District of | Columbia, was directed to move the| passage of the Senate resolution, | for holding the inaugural ball in the | Pension building as heretofore, but| Underwood of Alabama and Mann of | Illingis insisted that a quorum of the House should be present to consider | the matter. Immediately after Mann’s | objection the House adjourned until | January 4, 190 e WICKERSHAM REAPPOINTED. Judge of District Court Again Made ! in Alaska. WASHINGTON, . Dec. 21. — The President sent the following nomina- | tions to the Senate to-day: | Judre of the District Court of Alaska— James Wickersham of Alaska, Third Division. Assistant agent for the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska—John N. Cobb, Pennsylvania. ———— Fraternities Are to Have a Temple. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 21.—A' $20,- 000 temple of fraternity will be one of the features of the Lewis and Clark Centennfal. The United States fraternal congress will hold its ses-| sions there in Ju! —_— ee———— Bodies Taken From Ruins. H MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21.—The bodies of John C. Kenyon, William | Lillyblade and Willlam Emmerson | have been taken from the Crocker | Hotel ruins. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Secretary Taft and Colonel Edwards, chief of the Insular Bu- reau of the War Department. to-day prac- tically completed the work of putting the pro- posed revision of the Philippine tariff in shape for presentation to Congress in the form of a prepared draft of a bill. | jof Technology | Mechanics’ | of New York and Cooper Union. Car- | AD' “PE-RU-NA % ADMIRABLE TONIG,” SAYS CONGRESSMAN DUNNELL. Congressman Mark H. Dunnell, Washington, D. C., writes: Secccscscssssvscsesssocscse ERUNA is an ideal remedy to pro-| tect any one from the ravages of winter catarrh, which are Mable to begin during November. It cleanses the mucous membranes of all catarrhal secretions and allays the inflammation resulting from colds. As a tonic to the mucous membranes it is unexcelled. Congressman Dunfell recommends Peruna. Over fifty mem- bers of Congress indorse it. Thousands of other people scattered all over the United States and Canada use no other tonic. A trial will suffice to convince ! Ask ““Peruna being used by myself and many of my friends and acquainiances not only as a cure for catarrh, but also as an admirable tonic for physical recuperation, | gladly recommend it to all persons requiring such remedies.””—M. H. Dunnell. in a letter from the National Hotel, veeseccece i z you that Peruna is positively necessary to the health of the household. Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics. One reason why Peruna has found permanent use in So many homes is that it contains no narcotic of any kind. Pe- runa is perfectly harmless. It can be used any length of time without acquir- ing a drug habit. Peruna does not pro- duce temporary results. It is permanent in its effect. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarfum, Columbus, Ohio. All correspondence held sigictly confidential. CARNEGIE OFFERS BIG SUM 1 FOR SCHOOL OF MECflAxlcsi Willing to Add Four Hundred Thou- sand Dollars to Benjamin | Franklin Fund. BOSTON, Dec. 21.—At a meeting | of the managess of the Benjamin | Franklin ' fund in this city to-day a letter was read from President Prit- chett of the Massachusetts Institute containing a proposi- tion from Andrew Carnegie to dupli- cate the present amount of the fund, $400,000, provided the total be de- voted to the establishment of a‘ school for the industrial training of men and women along the line of the | and Tradesmen's School | negie further stipulated that the city | of Boston supply a site for the pro- posed institution. . The board voted to thank Mr. Car- negie and to give the subject early consideration. Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanacfori1905. NEW YORK FLORISTS ENGAGE IN PRICE WAR 3 pe s =3 New Market Opened Which Sells Cut Flowers at a Great Reduction. NEW YORK, Deec. 21.—A price war in cut flowers has begun with the opening of a flower market in Forty- fourth street near Fifth avenue. A combination of suburban flower grow- ers is understood to be managing the market. The growers assert that the jobbers recently have become ex- tremely dictatorial and have charged | prices which placed many flowers out of the reach of persons with ordinary means. It is planned to eliminate some of the jobbers or bring them to terms and with this idea in view a scale of prices was instituted at the market running from 20 to 80 per cent less than the prevailing retail charges in the uptown florist shops. ADVERTISEMENTS. goods purchase one of dise Orders. In making a gift where it is prefer- able for the recipient to select the our Merchan- SN'W00D 740 Market Street. . and a $10 Dressing Gown. The jackets are made of golf cloth in two-toned effects; that is, the plaid inside of the goods being a contrasting color when folded over forms the trimming for the pockets, cuffs and collar. The colors are such as olive, garnet, navy, etc. why the price is $3 instead Our complete assortment ot smoking jackets com- prises all materizls in all colors at $4, $5, $6.50, We are sure to have what $7.50, $8.50 and $10. you want. Dressing $12.50, $13.50 and $15. Bath robes of all-wool navy, brown and wine, in harmonious stripes and fig- ures, prices $4.85, $6.65 and $8.85. The chest measure is all that is necessary in determining the size. we have For Christmas Gifts These Smoking Jackets *5 Only three days remain in which to make your purchase of Christmas gifts. wondering and come to a decision. Give him a smoking jicket, dressing gown, bath robe, fancy vest or somsthing in furnishing goods. You will find our collection complete and our prices the lowest, qualitv considered. The picture shows two of our $5 Smoking Jackets Each garment has satin piped se2ms, cord-bound edges and loop and frog fastenings. These smeking jackets were made by us. Gowns as pictured, made of golf cloth in two-toned effacts, with trimmings in contrasting colors; large, roomy girmepts, elegantly tailored, prices $10, Though the store is busy these days, so that all customers may be waited on promptly. You had better stop black, brown, green, tan, That’s! of $7.50. eiderdown in gray, tan, * Store Service a corps of efficient salesmen,