The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1905, Page 6

6 N FRANCISCO.CALL, FRIDA APRIL . 21, 1905 NEWS OF 1 PLAN SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC i S Y Two Famous Cantatas to Be Sung in Oakland Churches on Next Sunday Evening GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES Episcopal and Catholic Con- orecations Will Hold Con- | tinnous Worship To-Day! P SO | | | 20.—Elaborate have been ar- ster services in all churches of Oakland, rtant of which ; Stainer's .great | hter, of Jairus,” at egational Church, and position, “The Holy s Episcopal Church. will be held in the music will be | quartet and full chorus E services these evening, by holy com- elebratec in the morn-! in the evening there were ses by the rectors. In the churches solemn high mass ed at 9:30 a. m., followed | ns and devotional services in | ue services will mark Good “atholic and Episcopal At St. Paul's and the Church of the Oakland the services of Holy hours’ | Easter in the evening, celebrated by he pas- high Te hoeu BABY IS PLACED IN GOOD HANDS, i | | AND, OAKI -The baby sold | r for $10 was given | the Associated | Superior Judge the foster mother | e went to s eft by a young ke and that the r went half to the ed ther and the other who returned to 0. g committed an un- foster mother had to witness chair and ion. She was but as she | uardian of the he was the only the title. As soon | her consent that the | could have the | allowed to leave the € sh mother, 14 p e ILEY, April 20.—Samuel Fisher, proprietor of the Canteen in West Berkeley, who was recently de- feated at the election for a place on the Board of Trustees, has announced on of closing his establish- | in furtherance of this plan he has applied for a position as a deputy der City Marshal Vollmer. fact that Fisher foresees the pos- ity of his political opponents, who elected on the Board of Trustees, ng him a further license for his resort is believed to have something to | do with proposed retirement from busines: Fisher to-night filed his ap- plication for 2 police position with the Trusteese and had his examination. The decision of the Trustees will be given later. —_————— SLOOP YACHT MISSING. OAKLAND, April 20.—The sloop yacht Hazel 8, owned by M. Y. Stew- ert, 309 East Twelfth street, has dis- appeared from its moorings jn Ses- sions Basin at the foot of Sixth ave- nue. Stewart has reported his loss to the police, saying he suspects Wil liam Edwards of East Oakland of knowledge concerning the where- abouts of the missing yacht. The ves- sel is valued at $1000. It is forty-five feet long, thirteen feet beam, painted white, with dark water-line. It was missed at noon to-day and was last :S;;La: the basin at 10 o'clock last Stewart said he had taken mortgage on the sloop, been built by Edwards. an agreement concerni the craft. Edwards. ——— PROFESSOR TO SAY FAREWELL. | BERKELEY, April 20— Charles M. Bakewell, who :;:t?::; called to the chair of philosophy at Yale University, will say farewell to the University of California in a pub- ]|_r_fiddrese to-morrow morning at 114 o'clock at Harmon gymnasium. This ' will be the semi-monthly meeting of | the university students and faculty. | —— H NATIONAL IRRIGATIONISTS WILL MEET IN PORTLAND up a which had n-“:% men had & the sale of The police are 10<)klng° tgr Governor Pardee, President of the Congress, Issues Call for the Next Session. SACRAMENTO, April 20.—Gover- nor Pardee, as president of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress, has issued an announcement that the next ses- sion of the Congress will be held in Portland from August 21 to 24. The session is to follow shortly after the Trans-Mississippi Congress, which takes place from August 16 to 19, —_—————— Sea Oaptain Injured by a Fall. BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 20.— Captain B. Tadson of the British ship Flotbek, loading at this port, was bad- ly injured to-day by falling from a xie of lumber. | out ON SCHOOL Calvin Kendail En- gaged for Sum- mer Work. IS A SUPERINTENDENT Indianapolis Tutor to Join Berkeley Forces. BERKELEY, April 20.—An an- nouncement that is expected to be of especial interest to teachers of Cali- fornia was made to-day at the uni- versity, when information was given regarding the coming of Calvin Kendall, Superintendent of Schools at Indianapolis, to California this sum- mer as a member of the faculty of the university’s summer session. It is said that the Indianapolis man is one of the first authorities in this { country on the methods of school or- ganization and administration. He | graduated from Hamilton College in 1882 and received a master’s degree from Yale. He has been engaged in {educational work since that time. The subjecét of his courses at Berke- ley this summer will be “The Course of Study” and “School Management and School Supervision.” Professor ‘Kendall will discuss the work of the school as affected by a better understanding of children and by new social and economic condi- tions; the teaching of the ordinary school subjects and -their relation to the life of the child; physical train-| ing, manual training, economy in the correlation of studies. Frequent ref- erences will be made to books relat- ing to the child and to the teaching of the several subjects of the elemen- tary school curriculum. Superintend- ent Kendall's second course will be entitled chool Management and School Supervision.” He will discuss the superintendent of schools in rela- tion to the board of education, the public and the teachers; the best us: of the superintendent's time; the school principal; the supervisor or di- rector of special subjects; the teacher: selection and appointment of teach- ers; scholarship of teachers; training of teacher teachers’ meetings; school visitation; improvement of teachers; the organization of the school; the basis of classification; pro- motions; the ' individual pupil; de- partmentzal teaching; tests; the school building, and what should be the fea- tures of a modern elementary school building. “CO-EDS” TO VOTE UPON AMENDMENT Y,, April 20.—Women students of ¥ are to nominate officers for the at a meeting to be held to-mor- con and also will vote upon pro- sed amendments to the comstitution. One of these amendments provides that in case of the president being absent the second vice president may preside. Hitherto the first vice president has been accorded this honor, but as this officer is always selected on account of athletic prestige she is considered to be not so fitted perhaps as the second vice presi- for occasional sittings In the seat of president. A second amendment which the women stu- dents will have before them is a proposal to have an audiling committee to audit the books | of the assoclated women students and all its subordinate organizations. The women will discuss the condition of the Art Assoelation to-morrow. It is announced that Professor Wilhelm Ost- pwald of Leipzig, said to be the greatest living chemist, will deliver a course of lectures at the summer school sessions entitled *Ener- Eetics He is to present the results of his endeavor to establish a new foundation for the sciences by substituting the energistic for the atomistic conception of nature. e lectures will indicate the new aspect in which the sci- ences of physics, chemistry and biology ap- pear according to this formuiation. The members of the Students’ Co-operative Soclety have elected M. E. Harrison and E. J, Loeb as freshmen representatives on the board of directors to fill the vacancles made by the prospective graduation of H. H. Miller and H. M. Howard. Professors Phlen and Soule have been re-elected as faculty representatives. Professor Plehn reports that the year's sales promise greatly to exceed those of last year. The sales for the fall term amounted to $32,- 352 85; those for the #pring term, thus far, $15,245 4. ——————e ESCAPES FROM DETECTIVES, OAKLAND, April 20.—John Tave- ria, residing at 788 Magnolia street, escaped to-day from Detectives Quig- ley and Kyte by jumping down a saw- dust chute at a mill, First and-Wash- ington streets, where he was em- ployed. The detectives pursued Ta- veria along the water front as far as Boole's shipyards, foot of Adeline street, where the fugitive eluded his pursuers. Taveria is accused by ‘Antone Varro, 14 years old, of horrible crimes. The police have under investigation a re- port that the missing man was indi- rectly responsible for the death”of an aged woman several weeks ago. ——e. TO COMPROMISE CONTEST. OAKLAND, April 20.—The family of the late Fran Silva of Pleasanton has signified its willingness to allow Maria Enos, one of the children who wag practically disinherited by her father, of an estate valued at $60,000. She was left a barren mountain top as a legacy and began an action to have the will set aside. The attorneys say the matter will be settled. ———— WILL RIDE FOR CHARITY. OAKLAND, April 20.—Several of Oakland's most popular geptlemen riders will face the barrier at the Em- eryville track in the Fabiola Derby, which will be held on Saturday, April 29. -The entry lists for the Derby are now open and are in charge of Dr. W. L. Dunn. —————— COMPLETING PLANS FOR COMBINE OF THE SMELTERS President and Manager of Two of the Concerns Invoived Meet in New York. NEW YORK, April 20.—President F. W. Bradley of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company and W. R. Rust, manager of the Tacoma smelter, are in this city to complete the details in connection with the proposed smelting combination on the Pacific It is reported that the new concern will be capitalized for $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. It will be a close corpo- ration, al! the stock being taken by parties directly concerned jin the merger. Several conferences of those interested already have but no official information as to the plans has been given out to participate in the division been held, 'EXPERT IS TO LECTURE MANAGEMENT — [ { JOIN INIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SUMMER SESSIOY. | BDUCATOR WILL FACULTY WHO OF e | AGED MARINER CALLED ON HIS FINAL VOYAGE OAKLAND, April 20.—Captain Wil- liam Reed, one of the pioneers of this State and well and honorably known on the coast of Maine, at the port of Galveston and in different parts of California, died to-day at the ripe age of 94 years at his home, 1269 Market street. Captain Reed began his seafaring career on the coast of Maine, of which State he was a native. He afterward went to Galveston and took the first load of cotton direct from any South- ern port to Europe. He then aided in establishing a regular line of vessels from that port to Eurbpean ports, without transshipping the cargoes at New York. In 1850 he came to Cal- ifornia. He resided near the old Mis- sion Dolores for a while, and in 1856 came to Oakland as one of the pio- neers of this city. He built his home in the midst -of fields. The home stands where he built it fifty years ago, but it is now in the midst of a great city. Four generations of children of Mr, and Mrs. Reed are living in Oakland, for his wife, Hannah C. Reed, sur- vives him. His surviving sons are George W. L. Reed, the attorney a political leader, and Charles G. Reed, the banker; the daughters are Mrs. Lizzie R, Barstow and Mrs. Nellie Mayon. The grandchildren are Mrs. Jgseph Ghirardelli, Wallace Barstow, . R. Barstow, D. G. Barstow, Mrs. Lizzie Wines, children of Mrs. Lizzie Barstow; Mrs. Olive Reed Cushman, Mrs. H. D. Swales and Elmer Reed, children of Charles G. Reed; Edwin H. Mayon and George C. Mayon, chil- dren of Mrs. Nellie Mayon; Mabel L. Reed, Clarence M. Reed and Russell A. Reed, children of George W. Reed. There are several young children of the fourth generation living in Oak- land. The funeral will be held Saturday morning from the old home. —————— AUTOMOBILISTS DASH AWAY AFTER KILLING PEDESTRIAN Scores of Police Watch Brooklyn Ferries, but Fail to Capture Reckless Party. NEW YORK, April 20.—Scores of police reserves were turned out in Brooklyn early to-day in an effort to trace an automobile party responsible for the death of an Italian on Coney Island avenue, All the ferries and bridges to New York were placed un- der extra guard, but the automobilists escaped. There were three men and two women in the car, which was of a very large type. It rushed through Park circle and knocked the man, who happened to be crossing, twenty feet into the air. The chauffeur threw on extra power and rushed from the scene without stopping to aid his vic- tim. e — PLAN TO ERECT STATUE OF THE LATE MRS. GJLBERT Movement Started to Show in Marble { Famous Old Actress in Char- acter of Granny, 1 NEW YORK, April 20.—A move- ;ment has been inaugurated here to ; erect a life-sized statue in marble of the late actress, Mrs. J. H. Gilbert. i The sponsors of the society in charge of the scheme, known as the Mrs. Gil- ! bert Memorial A.lsochuw include imuny persons well known ® America, It is proposed to place the statue either in one of the -public par or upon the grounds of the Actors’ Home at Stapleton, Staten Island. \ « The marble tribute to the famous ! actress will show her in the character | of Granny, which she was playing in Chicako at the time of her death. TWO INSURANCE COMPANIES | " ARE DECLARED INSOLVENT | Equitable and Mercantile of Minnesota Fall Under the Ban of Com- ° missioner O'Brien. ST. PAUL, Minn, April 20.—The Hquitable Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany and the Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Company, both of St. Paul, were declared insolvent by Insurance Commissioner O’Brien to-day. The District Court will be asked for re- ceiverships pending a settlement by the courts. The policy-holders will iSh S, oty compunes g e over ness. e companies are carrying about $1,000,- 000 worth of business each i WOMAN'S PLEA MOVES JUDGE Story in Court of Ruin That Followed ‘Theft of Few Flowers- From -a Neighbor DEFEN DANT 1S SET FREE Boarding-Heuse Keeper of University Town Suffers in Jail for Her Offense AT BERKELEY, April 20.—Pleading for mercy in pathetic fashion, declar- ing that she already had been terribly punished for her offense, Mrs. Mar- garet Robinson, a boarding-house keeper, accused of stealing flowers from a neighbor’s yard, this momingi appeared before Justice Edgar and as a result of her appeal for leniency the’; charge against her was dismissed. | Mrs. Robinson already had Rin for five days in jail and declared to the | court that a mortgage upon her board- ing-house had been foreclosed while she was imprisoned, so that she came to court stripped of all her belongings and accused besides of an offense for which she stood liable to punishment. Mrs. Robinson had written a nate to Justice Edgar, begging for mercy, the note reading as follows: Judge Edgar—Dear Sir: 1, Maggie Robin- son, am going to ask you for mercy this day, as 1 have no lawyer to defend me nor money to secure a defense. My creditors sold out everything that belonged to me while 1°was in Jail. 1 have nothing left but to go to work. I think that I have been punished enough—so many deys In jail. MAGGIE ROBINSON. Mrs. Robinson said that Allen How- ard of San Francisco had foreclosed a mortgage of $4000 upon her belong- ings in the Golonial, a fashionable boarding-house on Dana street. which she has conducted for eleven years. She emerged from jail accordingly to find ‘herself penniless and without a home. The Judge decided that she had been sufficiently punished and per- mitted her to go free. Mrs, Robinson was arrested ten days ago while in the act of taking flowers from the garden of Mrs. Margaret Jones, a neighbor. There had been many complaints of flowers and plants stolen in the neighborhood and Deputy Marshal Farrar was detailed to watch for the ctilprit. The arrest of Mrs. Robinson followed. The amount in- volved in the two complaints against her was 55 cents. 5 ————————— MRS, DONALD McLEAN WINS WARM FIGHT FOR HONORS Is Elected President General of the National Society, Daughters of American Revolution. WASHINGTON, April 20.—Mrs. Donald McLean, regent of the New York Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution, was to-day elected presi- dent general of the National Society, D. A. R, receiving 362 votes to Mrs. Sternberg’s 822.: On the first ballot Mrs. McLean re- ceived 342 votes of a total of 717 cast, leaving her just twelve votes short of an election. Mrs. George Sternberg, District of Columbia, received 201 votes and Mrs. Charles W. Lippitt of Rhode Island 164 votes. Mrs. Lippitt withdrew from, the contest and an- other ballot was ordered. Early in the second ballot it became evident that Mrs. McLean would recelve at least a part of the vote cast on the first ballot for Mrs. Lippitt, and her election therefor was practically as- sured. The ballot was not completed until 2:45. Then the congress took an hour’s recess for luncheon, and un- til 6 o'clock routine business was transacted while the delegates were awaliting the reports of the tellers. Reports of the work accomplished during the past year in the various States were made by the State regents. A recess was taken until 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Mary Lockwood and Mrs. Julia Hogg were unanimously elected hon- orary vice presidents general. e e r—— SNOWSTORM RAISES HAVOC WITH TELEGRAPH POLES Cheyenne Reports the Heaviest Fall in the History of the City. CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 20.—Train- men arriving in the city report that every telegraph pole for thirty miles east of Cheyenne and twenty miles south has been leveled by the snow. The Union Paciffc sent out emergency squads of linemen to restore connec- tions, so thwit the dispatching of trains may be carried on. The snowfall is the heaviest ever known here, and at several points in the city electric light and telephone poles have been broken off by tons of snow and lie obstructing the streets, OMAHA, April 20.—A snowstorm and blizzard raged to-day over West- ern Nebraska. Several points report the heaviest snowstorm of the year, with a strong wind, which drove the snow in blinding sheets over the prai- ries. The temperature, however, is not. severe, 5 ———— S ———— J. E. HURLEY MAY SUCCEED MUDGE WITH THE SANTA FE President R!pleym to Decide Upon Appointment of New General Manager. TOPEKA, Kans., April 20—H. U. Mudge, who has resigned as geenral manager of the Santa Fe to become | second vice president of the Rock Island, said to-night that he expected J. E. Hurley, general superintendent ! of the Eastern Grand Division, Would be named as his successor the San- ] ta Fe. President Ripley is in Califor- nia and will be joined there in a few daye by Third Vice President Ken- dricks. At that time, it Is ected, the appointment will be deci upon. SENDS JURY HOME BECAUSE IT FAILS TO GIVE VERDICT Federal Judge of Utah Responsible for an Unusual Proceeding in Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, Utah, April 20.—An unusual - proceeding in the United States Court was the dismissal of a Jury which had not reached a verdict. After deliberating for y - hours without ‘eement the jury was or- dered by eru’::dr Marshall to g0 home and return at 10 o’clock to- day to resume consideration of the case. \ ————— University Building Burned. . NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 20.—The main building of Vanderbilt Unive _Wwas destroyed -by fire z: original 1 a ve flue. The loss will be a BEGINS FIGHT HE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY BETTER LIGHTS FOR FREEDOM| FOR PALO ALTO Alice Courtwright Has as Witness Against Her Mrs. Thomas Glenn, a Sister JURY TO PASS CASE Young Woman Resists Effort of Her Family to Have Her Sent to an Asylum ————— OAKLAND, April' 20.—Sister ap~ peared arrayed against sister to-day in the jury trial demanded by Miss Alice B. Courtwright to pass upon her san- ity.. She has been found insane by 1 Drs. O. D..Hamlin and Susan J. Fen- ton, sitting as an insanity board, and committed by Judge Melvin to Napa. ! Her attorney, however, appealed from this decision’and her sanity is now to be left to the judgment Bf the follow- ing twelve men, wHo were selected to ! hear the evidence: F. B. Granger, A. P. Partridge, Andrew 'Abrott, D. F. Miller, C. H. Wise, Fred Mohr, A. Bis- torius, E. L. Reéed, E.‘H. Bruhns, S. Stivers, J. M. de Freitas and Emnoch Hughes. The young woman's insanity is of an elusive nature and hard to demon- strate, but she has kept her family in trouble for years by making heinious charges against different members and was once found to be insane at Chi- cago, but was not committed to the asylum at the request of friends, from whom she made her escape. She is the daughter of the Rev. C. W. Court- wright, a retired minister. He, how- ever, is old and unable to prosecute the matter and his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Glenn, is making the battle against her sister in an endeavor ta get her placed where she can receive proper attention. —_—————— LIST OF MENINGITIS VICTIMS STILL GROWING Health Department Officials - Issue Orders Directing the Fumigation of Stricken Homes. NEW YORK, April 20.—Numerous deaths from cerebro spinal meningi- tis continue to be reported. There were ten victims in Manhattan alone cn Wednesday and the Health Depart- ment officials do not expect to stamp out the disease until warm weather comes to stav. Orders have been js- sued that every place where there has been a case of spinal meningitis shall be fumigated. For the present, however, there is to be no quarantine, nor are children or families in which a case exists to be debarred from school attendance. This matter will be considered short- ly, however, by the authorities. ‘A tenement house in Little West Twelfth street where flve children died within a few days and three others have beén stricken, all in two familles, is to be vacated. The ten- ants, eight families, have been notified to leave within forty-eight hous, their rent being refunded to them. The house will then be disinfected ther- oughly by a new and powerful germi- cide. 7 —_——————————— CONTRACT FOR EXTENSION OF GREAT NORTHERN LET St. Paul Man Will Build Line From Sioux City to Ashland, Nebraska. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 20.—The contract for the extension of the Great Northern from Sioux City to Ashland, Neb., has been let to Peter Sims, a St. Paul contractor, according to ad- vices received here to-day. It is said that & big force of men will be put at werk within ten days. The extension of the Great North- ern from Sioux City to Ashland will un‘t- the Great Northern and the Bur- lington. The Great Northern has al- raady spent geveral hundred thousand dellers in purchasidg terminals in Sioux City and made plans for the ex- penditure of $1,500,000 more here. ———————— BLUEBEARD HOCH WANTS ONLY GERMANS ON JURY Bigamist Believes He Will Be Better Treated if Tried by Twelve *of His Countrymen. CHICAGO, April 20.—Johann Hoch, on trial for the murder of one of his wives, Marie Walcker Hoch, expressed a desire to-day for German jurors to try him. The confessed bigamist al- ready has secured a change of venue to get before a German Judge. With a German jury Hoch professes to be- lieve that he will succeed in getting his liberty. When the hearing was resumed to- day counsel for Hoch made a motion to quash the indictments against Hoch. The motion was overruled by Judge Kersten. Examination of venire men then began. —————————— LETTER CARRIERS OFFERED THREE SITES FOR HOME Colorado and Texas Are Anxious to Provide Quarters for Incapaci- tated Mailmen. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 20.—The advisory board of the National Letter Carriers' Association to-day took the first official step toward the establish- aged and incapacitated letter carriers when a committee was appointed to look into the matter and report to the national convention at Portland, Or., September. Three sites have been offered for the home, Colorado Springs, Denver and a town in Texas making the offers. ————————————— RICH GOLD STRIKE MADE ON RANCH IN COLORADO ll Diggers Reported to Have Found b Soil That Yields $5 to the DURANGO, Colo., April 20.—From the Spring ranch on the Florida mesa, eight miles east of Durango, comes a report of a wonderfully rich placer strike. Fifty men started for the scene to-day. The cause of the excitement is the report that while sinking a ranch a vein of well on the Work of Running Gas Pipes| From Redwood City Into Town Progressing Rapidly PREHEI, NS MAINS BEING ENLARGED NEH RS Company Is Doubling Gen- erating Capacity to Meet Demand for ~ Illuminant ot SER Special Dispateh to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, April 20.—The work of arrarging to supply Palo Alto with gas from this city has begun and will progress rapidly until the neces- sary connections are made. A three- inch’ main is being laid from the cen- tral station on B street, along First street to Washington to Jefferson and thence to the county read, which will be followed to Palo Alto and ultimate- ly to Mountain View. The demand for gas is general and in reply the com- p:.x(n){ is doubling its generating capa- city. The City Council has under consid- eration a propositi to bridge the creek at C street tdfjoin Main street on | the easterly side of the slough. The advantages of such an improvement are many. A bridge will relieve the main thoroughfare of much heavy traffic and will contribute materially to the open- ing of a large part of the town which is now practically isolated. The mat- ter has been presented to the consid- eration of the City Council by P. P. Chamberlain and by authority of the city’s officials will now be investigated | by the City Engineer. —_——— WILL CURTAIL FEES. REDWOOD CITY, April 20.— County Justices of the Peace are find- ing poor consolation in the fact that the new law regulating the issuance of marriage licenses will become oper- | ative on June 22. The new law makes it necéssary for at least one of contracting parties to be a resident of the county in-which the license is is- | sued. As fully one-half of the mar- riage licenses issued by the County Clerk here are for couples living in San Francisco or other nearby coun- ties, the loss in fees is material both to the clerk and to the Justice or cklergyman called to tie the nuptual not. ——————— WILL PROBE STANDARD OIL METHODS IN MISSOURI Commissioner of Corporations Garfield Holds Conference With Attorney General of That State. KANSAS CITY, April 20.—James R. Garfield, Commissioner: of Corpora- tions, and Herbert S."Hadley, Attorney General of Missouri, held a conference here to-day at the request of the Mis- souri official, who.is pushing an inves- tigation into the Standard Oil Com- pany’s methods in this State. There will be no Government In- vestigation of the Standard Ofil Com- pany in Missouri for the present. After Garfield has finished his work in Kan- sas, California and Texas he will take up the question of how the Standard sells oil in Missouri. REFUSES TO CONVICT MAN WHO KILLED HOME WRECKER Jury Finds That Fatal Shot Was Fired by Husband to Save His Life. CHICAGO, April 20.— Convinced that George Gould acted in self-de- fense when he shot and killed Alonzo Hammond, a jury in Judge Tuthill's court has returned a verdict of not guilty and Gould was given his free- dom. Gould shot and killed Ham- mond, whom he accused of having alienated the affections of Mrs. Gould. He pleaded self-defense, however, and said that Hammond had tried to draw a revolver. —_——— VISIT BY DEATH SPOILS PLANS OF TRAVELER Guest of New York Hotel Asphyxiated on the Eve of Departure for Europe, NEW YORK, April 20.—A man who registered at a West-street hotel last night as George Burro of Wash- ington, D. C., was found dead in bed to-day. He had been asphyxiated by gas. Death is believed to have been the result of an accident. In Burro's clothing was found a passage ticket for the French line steamship La Savoie, which sails for Havre to-day, and a the | CRAND OLTING S ARRANGED Menlo Park Residents Plan a Trip to the Big Pienie Grounds at Sunset Park — MANY TICKETS ISSUED Mayfield, Palo Alto, Woods side and Portela Will Be Represented at Gathering g Special Dispatch to The Call MENLO PARK, April 20.—Arrange- ments have been completed for a gen- | eral outing and picnic which will be held on Saturday, May 13, when ail | business houses in Menlo Park will | close. Three thousand tickets have been issued and two trains will leave | San Francisco for the pleasure grounds | at Sunset Park. This year the resig dents of Mayfield, Palo Alto, Wood- side and Portola will participate, mak- ing the outing the largest ever given | in this district. The trains from San Francisco will stop at Menlo Park to accommodate the Ppleasure-seekers from this district. Mr. Kavanaugh and Frank Johnson will direct the games, for which an | elaborate programme has been pre- | pared.” Thomas Fitzgerald, P. Lenehan jand P. J. Maloney have been chosen bank book showing deposits of $180 in the First National Bank of Santa Bar- bara, Cal. e ————— COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER INJECTING ANESTHETIO Physiclan Under Indictment for Ille- gally Using Mails Takes Life in Scientific Manner. DENVER, April 20.—Dr. 1. 8. Wey- and committed suicide to-day by open. ing an artery in his leg after adminis- tering a hypodermic injection of mor- phine to lessen the pain of the opera- tion. He was despondent because of having been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for illegal use of the mails. Dr. Weyand came to Denver in 1896 ! ment of the proposed home for invalid, ' from Bellefourche, §. D., where he had served one term as Mayor. a committee to care for the visitors from the foothill towns. The plans | insure a day of general merriment and | 80od cheer. —— e ——— | STANFORD STUDENTS NOMINATE OFFICERS E. A. Cunha of Milpitas Is Named for President of the Association. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 20.—The preliminaries in Stanford politics were pulled off at a meeting of the Associated Students to-day, when nominations were made for of- ficers who will run student affairs on the cardinal campus next year. Besides the regular officers of the Assoclated Students, editor in chief of the Daily Palo Alto, the college daily and edi- tor in chief of the Sequoia, the literary publication of the university, were nominated. The election of the of- ficers will take place next Tuesday. The following is a list of those nomi- nated to-day: President of the Asso- ciated Students, E. A. Cunha of Mil- pitas; vice president, W. H. D. Fow- ler of San Francisco; secretaries, E. A. Austin of Stockton and R. H. Mc- Farland of Clinto, Iowa; treasurer, R ‘W. Barrett of Stanford University: executive committee, class of 1906—E S. Allen (Woedland), R. A. Naftzger \ (Los Angeles), R. D. Fleming (Palo Alto), D. D. Sales (Denver), H. E. Sav- age (Salem, Or.); class of 1907—J. C. Macfarland (Los Angeles), C. F. Lau- meister (San Francisco), B. R. Brooks (Portland) ; class of 1908—K. L, Fen- ton (Portland), P. M. Davis (Ban- ning), H. L. Horton (Ukiah); athletic committee—W, K. Sprott of Porter- ville, E. P. Stott of Portland, J. C. Macfarland of Los Angeles, L. C. Burr of Case, Colo.; J. O. Miller of Bakers- fleld, L. G. Russell of San Francisco, M. J. Weller of Fort Bragg, F. R. Lan- agan of Denver, R. J. McFadden of Placentia; editor In chief of the Dalily Palo Alto, L. R. Weinmann of Ala- meda; business manager of the Daily Palo Alto, J. A. Quelle; editor in chiet of the Sequoia, P. C. Edwards of In- dianapolis; business managers of the Sequoia—W. L. Blair of San Jacinto, G. J. Presley of San Francisco and J. N. Stanford of Olympia, Wash, —_——— NEW PASTOR INSTALLED. PALO ALTO, April 20.—~The Rev. Walter Hays was Installed as pastor of the Palo Alto Presbyterian Church at a largely attended meeting last night. The Rev. Dr. Dinsmore of San Jose gresided. The dddresses were de- livered by the Rev. Anthony Mills of the Second Presbyterian Church of San Jose and the Rev. John §. Thomas of the Howard-street Presbyterian Church of San Francisco. All the other churches in town dismissed their weekly prayer-meetings and joined in the service. Rev. Mr. Hays was called to the church from Missoula, Mont., some months ago. He Is a young man of marked ability and is very popular with his congregation. ———————— POET MARKHAM FORGETFUL SAN MATEO, April 20.—Miss E. M. Tiiton, County Superintendent of Pub- He Instructioh, received a letter from Edwin Markham, the poet, from his home In New Brighton, Staten Island, asking for information _concerning some property which he owas in this county, but exactly where it is located he does not know. He thought it was in the “‘Garden Valley,” wherever that might be. Miss Tilton consulted with George H. Rice, searcher of records at Red- wood City, and finally located the property at Colma, and so informed the poet. ———— DIES FAR FROM OLD HOME. MENLO PARK, April 20.—News has been received here of the death of Frank Cole at Luva, Fiji Islands. Cole was the favorite hostler of the late Leland Stanford and handled the famous horse Electioneer. When the stock farm of Senator Stanford was s0ld Cole went to the Fiji Islands. ~ haj full of E she looks forward to the critical with ADVERTISEMENTS. I8 to love children, and no home can be completely without them, yet the through which the ex- must usually is suffering, dl::gltr and ion and dread. and ings, and £ s g