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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S TURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905 HOCH'S ARDENT LOVEMAKING DESCRIBED BY VICTIM. Bluebeard Now Confesses TOCS 1o Thirteen Marriages Lo LD 25 (€ Y ECT, WHOSE WIVES, MORE THAD TWO SCORE, AND TWO O —te DEAD AND LIVING, ARE BELIEVED BY THE CHICAGO F THE WOMEN WHOM HE MARRIED, | of these t Hoch de- deaths, developed Coroner’'s postponed on was Mrs. of the woman DOAN'S PILLS. A GREAT RECORD Hard 10 Dupliate 1 in San Francise. Scores farmer, of “Trouble to me strect, kidney source of marked; the was too often and t quan- too profuse. In ad n to this d backache every = and then. had gone on like this for years, and although I con- tried to get rid of the cause coessful til I used Doan’s Kidney Pi What T saw rtisement which induced arse_of the treatment pills acted exact! case and a cure was For sa'¢ by all dealers. Price 50c, oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., le agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan’s, and e no substitute. SINFUL NEGLECT How is it possible for a sane man with good teeth to destroy them through careless neglect! SOZODONT is positively bene- ficial. 1t has made the toothbrush habit a real pleasure SOZODONT TOOTH POWDER the natural complement of SOZODONT Liquid, 1s a beautiful polisher, absolutely free from gritand acid. Are you usingit? You ought to be | = # FORMS . LIQUID, POWDER, PASTR, * —Confronted by | over whom the inquest was held. Hoch | In the world. was mu ied to her four days after the | death of Mrs. Walcker-Hoch. Hoch to-d: for the first time, heard himself accused by witn es | and pointed out to a jury as a biga- mis! Before a big and curious throng he sat while manner of Mrs. Walcker-Hoch's death was described. | The Grand Jury room, where the in- quest nesse: hen Hoch I:scher-Hoch, Bertha one of interpr riend of M ar: his latest spouse; M Emma Rencken, M Delfu p. Kili er-Hoch, we .room. Hoch sat at the head The good humor that val had de- eter, ted attitude looking up. | N her-Foch, | who married the bigamist four days after the death of her ter, who aiso had been one of his wives, testified as fol- lews: INTRODUCED BY SISTER. I was introduced to Hoch by my sister. She and T had not been on good terms ever since came from Germany. She seemed jealous use 1 had accumulsted a little money. We 1 oev My sister introduced as her husband, and I said that | me to Hoch I was very glad to see him Are you glad now that you met him? No. I have got over that now. Ho®h smiled at this reply. Was your sister jealous of you that evening use you seemed to be rested in Hoch showed him some attention” No. We agreed that she and Hoch were to visit me on Christmas, but they did no Meantime I received & r from Hoc - | ing that it would be impossible to keep the | engagement, but that they would =it me | New Year's day They did not come that \ Gay, and Hoch sent a letter saying they could | not be there because something had happened. | He did not sa what was the trouble, hu{‘ asked me to call at his house. i T went there on Monday afternoon and Hoch opened e door. He wore a flannel around I asked him what was the matter. 1 followed him and foynd my sister sick in | e upstairs with me and you will va} | bed She said that she had been sick for eight days and that a doctor had been to see her | each day. 1 asked her what was the matter | and she replied that she thought she had | | | caught cold. I told her that a strong, beaithy woman would have got over a cold. it down into the kitchen at my sister’s made & pot of coffee and the k it in the bedroom upstairs. sister on the cheek. | . my child, you will recover all | im what was the matter with my sister and he replicd that she had kidney dis- ease. When Hoch was absent from the room for a moment my ‘sister said that he had been put to great expense in caring for her, but that when she got well they were going to open a hotel and make a lot of money. The day before my er died she accused me of trying to win the 18ve of her husband. She wept and declared that she would soon be dead, and that I could have him. T replied that T did not want him and that I could get a man of my own. We quarreled and she called me bad names. T accused her of having left her former husband nineteen times. Tt was 11 o'clock, 100 late for me to go home that night. so T decided to sleep on a lounge in the kitchen. T lay awake until 3 o'clock In the morning, and heard my sister and Hoch exchanging angry words upstairs. At 5:30 oclock in the morning Hoch came down to the kitchen and said his wife was worse I_nd] that he was going for a doctor. He went out and when he returned we went up to my sis- ter's bedroom and found that she was dead. ‘Witness then told how Hoch courted ber, married her within four days of the sister’s death and then fled with 3750 of her money. Prior to wedding Hoch she had ten children by a former husbhand. She said: PROPOSAL FOLLOWS DEATH. jfter the dgctor had gome MHoch cried and “Now I am & widower again and all aione S e S I don't know what to do. I have done my duty as a man and would have ;;;':n! my entire fortune to have saved her I told Hoch that as far as I could see he Lad done his duty. The undertaker then came and the body was taken downstairs and pre- d for burial. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Now, my dear, I am alone in the world. You stick to me and I will make you happy. I will do everything for you I possibly can, Your sister told me that you wefe a good s woman, and when things get straight- ened out I wiil open a hotel and we will work together hand in hand. It would be & Dleasure to me to be a father to your ten children. Then they wiil be our children. I o has had a bad husband, as ate a good one; so she will when che gets me. My wife 15 iving t you I would 2d not insulted weeks for her, under the circumstances, we must marry right away. You stick by me and I will send | for your children in Germany and we will ail live together.” I told him that 1 was surprised that he wanted to be a father to my children. He ap- peared hurt to think that I doubted him. Hoch was positively identified to-day by Henry Ness of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a man who, under the name of Henry F. Hartmann, was married there July 20, 1897. mann never having appeared before in the list of wives. RED WING, Minn., Feb. 10.—The por- traits of Johann Hoch of Chicago have positively identified as those of | “Doctor Hoff,” who resided here in 1897. LINCOLN, Nebr., Feb. 10.—The police of Lincoln claim to identify as Johann Hoch of Chicago a man who, about . eighteen months ago, under the name lof Alfred Hecht, married a Mrs. Mary Goetz, a widow, in this city. The couple | went from here to California, and at | Lieutenant Kashiwaga - | Los Angeles, Mrs. Goetz asserts, she trusted the man with her savings, $2800, after which she says he deserted her. She returned to Lincoln. ——————— GET-RICH-QUICK AGENT FREED BY A GOVERNOR Ten-Year Sentence of William F. Mil- ler Commuted Upon Recom- mendation of Jerome, ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Governor Higgirs to-day commuted the sentence of William F. Miller of Brooklyn, con- victed of grand larceny in connection with the “520 per cent” Franklin syndi- cate. He will be released on Monday. Miller was sentenced on April 20, 1900, to serve ten years. The commutation was granted on the recommendation of District Attorney Jerome. At the time of his trial it was alleged that Miller had secured more than $1,000,000 from credulous persons throughout the country. e e Train Wreckers Held in Esteem. HELENA, Mont., ¥eb. 10.—The House to-day, in committee of the whole, killed a bill providing for the ‘licensing of gambling. It also killed a | bill making train wrecking punishable with death. Free With' Every Small Ad in ’! Ad In Sees_nmmmm — & This is a new case, Mrs. Hart- , ICE UTILIZED IN DEFENSES Approaches to Positions Held by Armies Made Too Slippery to Be Traversed CANNON FIRE CONTINUES —— Russian Infantry Repulsed in Minor Attacks Upon Oyama’s Extreme' Right HEADQUARTERS OF THE RUS- | STAN ARMY, HUANSHAN, Feb. 10.— At present the attention of the Japan- ese is mainly concentrated on the nar- row line east and west of the railway, where also pass the two main roads to | Mukden. The armies are closely in touch all along the line of Sandiapu, Paohsingtun, Chenlianhu, Liuchang- tun and Shakhe. The region is entire- ly deserted by natives, but their stone houses and stout walls have been turn- ed into veritable fortresses. The de- | clivities have been iced and ascent | would be almost impossible, even with- out obstruction. The approaches to the streéts of the villages can be swept by machine guns hidden behind thick walls. The Japanese continue to throw proclamations into the Russian lines | and these papers are openly distributed | by the Chingse in the streets of Muk- | | den. TOKIO, Feb. 10.—The Russians cun~]‘ tinued the bombardment of Field Mar- | shal Oyama’s center and extreme left | on Wednesday and shelled his extreme | | right on Thursday. Small bodies of ! | Russian infantry attacked on the night | of February 8, but were repulsed. The publication of naval honors dis- closes the fact that Lieutenant Yo- | | kowo, commander of the torpedo-boat | destroyer Fuji, thrice during last July swam into Port Arthur harbor, towing fish torpedoes. Lieutenant Yokowo | performed many other acts of brav- ery. PORT LUIS, Mauritius, Feb. 11.—Ar- rivals from Nossibe (off the coast of report that the Russian c squadron was still there on February 2. A dispute had arisen between Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and the German companies which are coaling the fleet. The admiral, who is well supplied with coal, wishes the col- liers to follow the fleet, but they refuse jto do so, on account of the too close | proximity of the Japanese squadrom. | The Russian ships will not leave Nos- | sibe before February 28. | | | GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUAR- TERS, Feb. 10.—A large Russian force remains on the right bank of thé Hun River, but it shows no disposition to attack. There have been frequent clashes between patrols, but without any serious results. The Russians bombard daily, but the Japanese suffer | no damage. Every day three or four | Russians_surrender. | NAGASAKI, Feb. 10.—The prize | court has adjudicated the Austrian steamship Siam (seized by the Japan- | ese off Hokkaido on January 81, while bound for Vladivostok from Cardiff with coal) and her cargo to be a legal capture. — SINKING SHIP FIRE ON. Details Given of Blawing Up of Jap- TOKIO, Dec. 28. — Commander Okuda, who was second in command of the ill-fated Japanese cruiser Sai- ven when a Russian mine sent it to the bottom, has given a detailed state- ment of the disasl His report of the accident follow: { The Salyen was in Louisa Bay on Novem- ! | ber 20, co-operating with the army, which | i was then engaged In an attack against the | enemy’s stronghold on 203-Meter Hill. At 2:24 | | o'clock in the afternoon there was a sudden | explosion and almost immediately the ship listed to starboard. Captain Tajima and all | of us realized at once that all hope of saving the vessel was lost. The ship had struck one of the enemy’s mines. The mine hit below | | | the engine-room. killing five men qn duty in | | the forward engine-room and three in the | after room. The ship took water fast, but her | captain remained on the bridge and directed | me to take steps to save the“Crew. | As the ship was sinking fast, I advised the | captain to take to a boat, but he declined to i do so and remained at his post until death | came to him. The enemy on Liaotia Moun- | tain, observing our condition, mercilessly | poured a deadly fire on us and the comrade | ships that hurried to our rescue. The latter | bhad to engage In thelr humane task in the | face of a vigorous fire from the enemy. { The Saiven ordinarily carried five boats and | | one launch, but stripped for action we had { only three of the boats. Only two of the hoats | | could be lowered, @nd into these under com- | mand of the chief paymaster and a sub-lieu- | tenant, went seventy men. When the ship | sank the captain was on the port side of the bridge and I on the starboard side, and as | the ship listed to starboard I must have gone before the captain. 1 sank deep, but gained | the surface and caught hold of a hammock, | | which kept me afloat until T was picked up. | { While in the water I did not feel the cold, | which was, intense, but 1 was chilled when | 1 lifted aboard the vessel that picked me up. Of the rescued five dled of exposure. Only | two minutes elapsed between the explosion and | the sinking, but I am glad to say that no con- | fusion of eny kind occurred. | It was due to the valor | ships that thirteen officers, and 140 men were rescuéd. Captain Tajima and thirty others were lost. We searched for their bodies until December 2, but did not re— cover the corpse of our beloved commander, who was a good swimmer, cavght hold of an empty barrel and | evidently tried to make land, but died of ex- posure. As the ship went down our thoughts were for our captaln, and our men cried: | “Captain, captain, where aré*you?' but the rolling of the sea was the only response, rald sl of our comrade ix warrant officers BUYS CHILEAN WARSHIP. Japan Said to Have Purchased the . Capitan Prat. LONDON, Feb. 11.—The Daily Tel- | egraph’s correspondent at Tokio says | there is good authority for the state- ment that Japan intends after the war | to establish herself in Peking as| China's principal adviser. The correspondent adds that the warship which Japan is reported to have purchased is said to be the Chil- ean battleship Capitan Prat. The ne- gctiations, it is added, were conducted through an American firm. Orders for four large battleships have been placed in England, and algo contracts | for guns to the value of $2,500,000. 1 The same correspondent asserts that the Japanese ambition now is un- doubtedly to invade a small portion of actual Russian territory, and an active siege of Vladivostok, therefore, is ex- pected. > ! —_— SALVATION ARMY GIRL GUILTY OF PERJURY Suit Brought Against the Chicago Railway %mnlny Acts as a grang. CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Inga Hanson, the Salvation Army girl who for five years has been involved in sensational litiga- tion with the Chicago City Railway Company, was to-day found guilty of perjury, She sued the railway com- pany for damages on account of injur- ies recelved by her in a street railway accident, which she | Miley Hospital Smith revived enough to | of Fort Miley passed the cave. | They bore the ywounded man quicklyi LEFT DYING [LUBIN'S PLAN [FEDERAL JURY OF WOUNDS N A CAVE With a Bullet in His Head Herbert Smith Baker Is Found by Soldiers Near Land’s End Almost Dead DECLARES HE WAS FOOTPADS’ VICTIM Stricken Man Says That He Was Held Up on Monday or Tuesday and Deserted in the Cavern to Perish ‘With a bullet wound in his head and his eyes blinded by blood clots, Herbert Smith lay for several days in a cave near Land's End. The unfortunate man says he was the victim of two highwaymen who as- saulted him, and, after taking what money he had, carried him to the cave to die. When found yesterday after- noon by three soldiers from Fort Miley, Smith was delirious from the pangs of thirst, and unable to stir a limb. Dazed and on the verge of insanity he is unable to recall whether it was on Monday or Tuesday that the assault took place. The bullet entered near one of his eyes and the blood that gushed from the wound became caked and blinded him. Tortured by pain the man could keep no account of time. ‘When a little water and ncourishment had been given to him at the Fort tell something of his adventures. He was walking near Land's End either Monday or Tuesday. Two rough- ly clad men approached him and de- manded his money. Smith started to run, whereupon cne of the men struck him a stunning blow on the head with a revolver. Smith struck back at him and the man's accomplice fired. Smith dropped to the sand, partly stunned and the footpads emptied his pockets, getting about $22. Raising their helpless victim the pair carried him to one of the many rocky caves in the vicinity and left him there for dead. Scme time after the assault Smith re- gained consciousness, but could not see. | He was terrorized, believing that he had been blinded. Desperately he tried to rise, but his limbs were numb and he was like one stricken by paral- ysis. He shouted till his throat became { dry and parched and when he tried to cry aloud he could only raise a husky ‘whisper. Time dragged on slowly. Every hour added to the pain in his head, thirst choked him, and hunger gnawed at his vitals. Outside the cave he could hear the water lapping noisily on the beach. The sound added to his distress. He Jonged to reach it, to cool his burning head in it. But the rippling water only seemed to mock him, and with its monotonous music in his ears he gradually lapsed into a delirium. At times he gave up hope, and prayed that he might die. Then the ruling in- stinct would assert itself, and the man would concentrate his faculties and try to move his leaden limbs. At first he feared the tide would reach him as he lay helpless and gradually choke out | his life. By yesterday a merciful stupor overcame him. In the afternoon Privates W. T. Looman, H. J. Royston and J. Hunter | They | heard faint groans issuing from it and on entering found Smith all but dead. to the post hospital at Fort Miley. There he was treated by Dr. Short- | ridge. A little water was poured into ! his parched mouth and the blood clots were washed from his eyes. Smith ral- | lied wonderfully when his eyes were | opened, for he was certain that he had | been blinded. { His cries for water and food were | pitiful, but the surgeon could give him | only a little at a time owing to his ! weakness. | Though the man’s head is in a ter- | rible condition, blackened near the | | 1 wound, and though he is weak from ex- posure, it is thought that he may live. Smith was able to give a description of his assallants. One is about 30 years oid, 5 feet 8 inches tall, heavily set and wore a dark mustache. He wore over- alls and a black, felt hat. This one did the shooting. e other is described as being 5 feet 6 inches in height, smooth shaven and wore overalls and a felt | hat. The police are inclined to doubt ! | Smith’s story, believing that he at-1 tempted suicide, but the soldiers found ! no revolver in the cave. Smith is a ' baker, 30 years old. He gave his ad- | dress as 928 Jackson street. —————— YOUTHFUL BLA Proves Undoing of Young Man. tectives to-night caught Moses Hall, a 19-year-old boy, who was one of two who attempted to blackmail John R. ! ‘Walthew, a local court stenographer. ‘Walthew had been warned that if he! { did not place $200 in gold on a hydrant | at the summit of Queen Anne hill in | this city, his residence would be blown | up with dynamite. ! At 8 o’clock to-night Walthew placed | a bag of washers on the hydrant and | soon the two young men appeared. The | detectives caught Hall, but his partner | escaped after six shots had been fired | after him. He fell twice in the chase | and it is believed he was wounded. ————— COLORADO SUBSIDES AND YUMA IS SAVED Fear of Floods Relieved by Rapid | Fall of River in 5 Arizona. YUMA, A. T. Feb. 10.—All danger | to this town from the Colorado River has passed. The river has fallen feet and is below twenty-six There is no damage to the tow: the valley below suffers greatly, acres of land being overflowed. i lives are reported lost, but the damage | to crops is great, also to live stock and | poultry, and in many instances houses were destroyed. Cash Prizes for Students. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 19, Albert Bonnheim of Sacramento has offered Bonnheim prizes to the-students of Stanford University under the quI conditions as the Bonnheim prizes nn| now given at the University of Cali-! deprived | fornia. The prizes are in cash and are sight, hearing and power | given for what are known as the her of speech, of locomotion. She eventuall; suit and claimed to have been restored to health by & miracle. ¥ “Bonnheim KEthical Dissertations ane Discussion,” the objéct being to stimi late interest in ethical matters. | him several times on the face. | ions. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 10.—City de- A FINDS FAVOR Italians Greet His Scheme for a Chamber of Agriculture Californian Hopes It Will Adjust Conditions to the Benefit of the Farmers ROME, Feb. 10.—David Lubin of Sacramento, Cal., who has been staying here’for some months perfecting the plans for the establishment of an in- ternational chamber of agriculture, said to-day: P 1 do not wish to be interviswed, as any ocoming from a single person will diminish the importance of the scheme, which is and must remain the undertaking of King Victor Em- manuel, who has divined the true needs of the people throughout the world, and who will become one of the grealest sovereigns in his- tory if the project is carried out succesafully. Lubin has had numerous interviews with Minister of the Treasury Luzzati and prominent economists and agri- culturists. In a report on the subject Lubin says: The purposs of the International Chamber of Agriculture Is not.to create abmormal con- ditions, but to bring about and maintain as normal conditions which are now abnormal. No consumer should object to paying normal prices even if some of them be higher than those now prevalent, If consumers understood the reason for this they would not only com- sent to pay normal prices, but would eagerly desire it, as in the end prices would become equalized. Asked if the end sought in the wpro- posed chamber was not already met by the Department of Agriculture, Lubin answered: ¢ No, because the thousands of documents and facts from throughout the world are too nu- merous to be mastered by a Minister of Agri- culture, he having no means at his control to establish the authenticity of the facts, his ju- risdiction being bounded by his own nation and his powers being limited and prescribed by law. He also has mo power to influence other nations. For instance, in America the Department of Agriculture is unable to abol- ish the evil tendencies of trusts combines and mergers which made American agriculturists lose millions of dollars last year. But an in- ternational chamber could do more than this. The press comments enthusiastically on the project of King Victor Emmanuel to establish an international chamber of agriculture. The Capitale says: We cannot refrain from manifesting our pride as Italians in a fact which will make the name of King Victor Emmanuel applaud- ed from the Italian frontler to the country of George Washington. e e————— PETER BARNUM BOTTS City cousin visits him. They hunt birds’ nests. In next Sunday’s comic section. ———————————— EDITOR -HORSEWHIPPED BY WOMAN LECTURER Lash Plied Because of Alleged Insult- ing Criticism of an Oratorical Effort. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—The Journal this evening published the following: Julius Liebling, editor and publisher of the Jewish Progress, 429 Union street, yes- terday was the victim of a horsewhip- ping by Miss Esther Weinshenker, national chairman of the Woman’s Zion Soclety. Miss Weinshenker was angered by an article appearing in Liebling’s paper, in connection with the report of a speech delivered by her at a meeting of Zionists. In this report, she alleges, she was spoken of in an insulting man- Armed with a cowboy’s whip she went to the office of Liebling and sent in word that he was wanted at the door. When he appeared she struck Lieb- | ner. ling retreated to his office. In reporting the affair to the police, Liebling said he had been beaten and robbed by a woman and two compan- With Miss Weinshenker at the time of the attack were her brother and an acquaintance. —————— CHICAGO PACKERS SECURE CORNER IN EGG MARKET Hold Millions in Cold Storage While the Price Reaches High Figure. CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—It is estimated that there are 45,000,000 eggs in cold storage in Chicago. Notwithstanding this, a famine in the product exists and householders are paying 38 cents a dozen. The big meat packers are said 'T0 BE INTERNATIONAL|CON SPIRACY to have a “corner” on the market. Last | spring, when eggs were cheap, the meat packers and a few heavy dealers se- cured hundreds of thousands of cases | of eggs, which were at once put away for a time when, owing to natural con- ditions, the market supply of fresh egzs would be unequal to the demand. The eggs were bought at a price ranging from 15 to 17% cents per dozen. INDICTS HALL Enthusiastically | Returns True Bill Against Deposed United States Dis- trict Attorney of Oregom CHARGED Former Official, With Oth- ers, Is Accused of Ob- structing Public Lands PORTLAND, Feb. 10.—Two indict- ments were returned by the Federal Grand Jury this evening by ome of which the long-drawn-out investigation into the dealings of the Butte Creek Land, Lumber and Livestock Company was brought to a close, while the sec- ond added another mark to the list now against the names of Henry Mel- drum and his associates. The Indictment against the Butte Creek Company and some of its em- ployes charges a conspiracy to prevent and obstruct the free passage over and free use of certain of the public lands situated in Wheeler County. The docu~ ment also alleges that threats of vio- lence and other means of intimidation were used to drive legitimate home- steaders already settled on the land from the vicinity. As defendants the Indictment names ‘Winlock W. Steiwar, Hamilton H. Hen- dricks, Clarence B. Zachary, Adelbert C. Zachary, Charles A. Watson, Clyde E. Glass, Congressman Binger Her- mann, former United States District Attorney Hall, Edwin Mays, Franklin P. Mays. Clark E. Loomis and Edward D. Stratford. The second indictment is azainst Henry Meldrum, George E. Waggoner, Davis W. Kinnaird, Benjamin F. Min- ton, Gustave K. Latesch, George Soren- son, Levy Stipp and Frank H. Duncan. It is brought under the same section of the Revised Statutes of the United States as the foregoing and alleges that the defendants conspired to de- fraud the Government of the United States by false and fraudulent sur- veys. In the first indictment it is alleged by the indictment that on February 15, 1902, the defendants entered Into a con- spiracy to defraud the Government by preventing the use of the public lands situated in a portion of Wheeler County by fencing in the public domain. ———— e —— JUDGE SCORES OFFICER IN DISMISSING CASE Declares Attorney Was Actuated by Unworthy Motives in Giving Story to Newspapers. SAN JOSE, Feb. 10.—In dismissing the case of Graham vs. Hirsch, in which the question whether a nickel-in- the-slot machine was a gambling de- vice was to be settled, Judge Rhodes of the Superior Court to-day took Dis- trict Attorney Campbell to task for giv- ing to a San Francisco paper a story to the effect that the case had been in his court two years awaiting a deci- sion. Judge Rhodes said that the state- ment in the newspaper that the case had been in his court for over two years without a decision had been ac- tuated by motives neither worthy, hon- orable nor just. He declared that the case had never been submitted, but had been allowed to lie in his court un- prosecuted. —_——— LONG LIFE IS ENDED. Death Claims a Pioneer of Yolo County. ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 10.—I. W. Jacobs, a pioneer resident of Yolo County, died at his farm near Cacheville to-day. Jacobs represented Yolo County in the Assembly in 1892 and served the county as District Attorney in 1858. He was a native of Virginia. He was born in 1520 and came to California in 1852. ———— Two Firemen Punished. The Fire Commissioners at yester- day’s meeting ordered Fireman Joseph Wood of engine 17 transferred and fined $10. From part of the testimony Wood appeared to be the aggressor in a quarrel with Thomas Barry on Janu- ary 31. In hearing evidence the Com- missioners, at the suggestion of Com- missioner Parry, refused to hear testi- mony from men who had seen the trouble. but who said at the time that they had not. Barry was ordered rep- rimanded by the chief for his part in the quarrel. Albert Girot and George H. Knorp were appointed hosemen. John Lavaroni was made temporary lieutenant of engine 10. The 2000 feet of hose purchased from the Goodyear Rubber Company was condemned as not filling the board’s requirements. Edward O'Sullivan, inventor of the O’Sullivan swinging harness, applied to be restored to active duty. His appli- cation was taken under advisement. thorized 931-933 Market, . ANNOUNCEMENT The Wiley B. Allen Co. are the regularly ordained and exclusive KNABE Piano on the KN, —improved and artistic beyond any former roduction, and for a late number, GENU- NE PEERLESS KNABE, call on the au- ized representatives. We have a SPE- CIAL PROPOSITION to make to you at igWILEY B ALLEN (0 KNABE DEALERS. Street, San Francisco, Cal. B e MUSICAL. IS CAUGHT IN SEATTLE| ~ "~~~ """~~~ R Bag of Washers in Lieu of Coin | ts for the ific Coast. domrmfinh%swhnhnuhmd—fin sell off at MORE THAN SWEEPING REDUCTICON from the regular prices.