The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1905, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. THURSDAY BAAD . Berkeley Youngsters Pro- vide Themselves With Pie- turesque - Meeting Places A OFFICERS FIND THEM Parents Complain and Search Is Made. Resulting in Dis- COVery of Rendezvous | ciseipaian: BERK EY Me 10.—The ambi ons of & dogen Berkeley youths to cribed in penny mulate the deeds des novels, dreadfuls, or dime have led| them int6 the arms of Marshal Voll- j= merry men, who @ robber’s retreat" a fully design that had it not been for utsige assistance the officers prob- ably r would have stumbled on the place Bevjamin J¢ ), a 9-year-old lad ringleader of the crowd of- boys, wa nowing a good deal about . of voungsters in North Berkeley whase antics have wor- ected of ki ried their parents and distressed the nejghbors Benjamin gave th clew that enabled ve officers to find the b resort the Strawberry Creek business section of the town trance to this is gained through a manhole between Grove street and Shattuck avenue. Here, on concrete platform, the boys gambled, ussed the depredations ert ber smoked and di that they committed later. The boys reached this rendezvous with of a rope that hung from the In & thistle patch near the 2 Church on Center street the boys had another retreat, cleverly con- ealed. Evidence gambling their was found the Scott complained to the police that his son Milton, an 8-year- was being influenced by this wrong direction and he 4 warned and dis e. d Milton Healy were wn jail this afternoon, ad ting to the officers their connection with the gang, and the mieeting places of the crowd will be broken up by the marshal’s men BITIER FIGHT 15 PROMISED Light and Power Company intends to fight the municipality to the court of last resort and it may be years before the town will get an opportunity to install the light and water plants for the people voted $125,000 last month. The old company to-day began & suit te restrain the town from issu- ng the bonds and retained the best lawyers in Los Angeles and New York Qity for the purpose, the latter to see the matter through the United States Supreme Court if necessary. The members of the town board are angry @)l through and are arranging for reprisal measures. They will shut off the street lights and instead of sprin- kling the streets will oil them. They elso will fix the electric light and gas rates of the company at a lo® figure. The fight promises to be a long and bit- ter onme. —_——— LAYING OF COR RSTON BRINGS ON A CONTROVERSY Father Kenna of Santa Clara College Objects to Programme Arranged by School Trustees. SAN JOSE, May 10.—The laying of the cornerstone of the new High School at Santa Clara has broaght on a controversy between Father R. E. Kenna, president of Santa Clara Col- lege, and the Tawn Board of Educa- tion. A few weeks since the grand officers of the Masonic asked to lay the cornerstone, which will shortly be ready, and the Masonic Lodge accepted the offer. Father Kenna recently addressed a letter to the board, asking that to no associa- tion or lodge be delegated the work of laying the cornerstone, but that the ceremony be performed under the di- rection of the Mayor and the people of Santa Clara. The reverend father wanted a holiday made of the event, 0 that all the people might partici- pate in it The Board of Education on May § replied to Father Kenna's letter, in which it expressed regret that the communication had not been received before .arrangements had been made, which’ could not now be changed with- out giving offense. Father Kenna in reply says he ob- Jects to any lodge or association hav- ing charge of the ceremonies, and adds: “If the board persists in adher- ing to what I deem an unjust arrange- ment I shall consider it a petty tyranny worthy of a board of Russian auto- crats, and now, in the name of many of our faithful taxpayers, I most solemnly protest against this arrange- ment as unwise, unjust and certainly very objectionable to many of your fellow citizens.” Action on the matter will come up before the Board of Education next Monday evening. —_——— ASKS FOR REDUCTION IN THE WATER RATE Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard Addresses Communication to Vallejo Trustees. VALLEJO, May 10.—Admirai Mc- Calla, as commandant of the Mare ¥sland navy yard, has addressed a communication to the City Trustees asking for another reduction in the rates for water furnished the navy vard. At the beginning of the last fiscal year Admiral McCalla secured a reduction frem 20 to 18 cemts per thousand gallons. Other patrons of the system pay 20 cents, but on ac- count of the great amount of water consumed by the navy yards and the ships at this station the reduction asked for was granted. ———— Will Undergo Repairs at Mare Island. VALLEJO, May 10.—The Unilted States ship Marblehead of the P c#fic squadron is expected at the Mare Island navy vard within the next few days to undergo repairs. The Marble- head has not been overhauled since : went to Panama several months NEWS Ty ACTY lodge were | | | I I { 1] | | | | | { DOCTOR EWER - IS PROMOTED —. | | OAKLAND, May 10.—Mayor Frank | K. Mott to-day appointed as members [Of the Board of Health Dr. Frank L. Adams, Dr. E. R. Sill and Dr. T. A. Williams. These physicians succeed Dr. J. Hamilton Todd, Dr. S. H. Buteau {and Dr. A. L. Cunningham. The two holdover members of the board are | Dr J. T. Kitchings and Dr. A. Lilien- | cranz. With the selection of the new board | came a number of changes in the per- sonnel of the Health Department. The most important 'was the appointment of Dr. Edward N. Ewer as Health Of- lflcfir. to succeed Dr. Edward von Ade- | lung, who held the position under the | adminjstrations of Mayor Barstow and | Mayor Olney. Danfel W. Doody, sec- | retary of the board, retired in favor of { Bdward T. Planer, who has been a clerk in the City Assessor’s office for several years. Plauer is active in Re- publican politics. He is secretary of the Republican City Central Commit- tee and is a member of the Republican County Central Committee. He is also on the rolls of the Republican Alliance and the Young Men's Republican League. The new appointees of the Board of Health are prominent in their profes- sion. Dr. Adams has served in the same capacity and has also been Health Officer. He is a past president of the California State Medical Society. Dr. Sill has been in practice in Oak- land for many years. Dr. Williams is active among the younger practition- |ers. He is a personal friend of Maydr Mott. The new Health Officer is 39 years old, a native of Wisconsin. He was | graduated in 1892 from the medical de- | partment of the University of Michi- gan and has been in Oakland for eight years., Dr. Ewer is a member of the | Oakland College of Medicine and Sur- gery staff of lecturers, a trustee of the State Medical Society and s president of the Alameda County Medical So- ciety. ©Other selections of the new board are as follows: Sanitary inspectod, 8. F. Gemmell, reappointed; assistant sani- tary inspectors, Edward J. Smith, re- | appointed, and Norman W. Denton, | vice Charles Strasburg; bacteriologist, Dr. Pauline Nusbaumer, reappointed; city chemist, Charles D. Rowe, reap- pointed; market, meat and milk in- spector, Dr. R. A. Archibald, reap- pointed. The new Board of Health organized | to-night by electing Dr. Adams presi- dent, and completing the list of ap- pointments. All of the members of the board were present except Dr. John T. | Kitchinge. DOES NGT MIND COING, 10 JAIL Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, May 19.—Frank Wil- son, a self-confessed burglar, when sentenced to-day to ten years at San Quentin, executed a Bowery swagger to the rail, grinned and uttered a con- temptuous “thank you.” Wilson, when arrested for breaking into the ware- house of the Pacific Wood and Coal Company by Police Office: Farwell, dashed a handful of cayenne pepper into the eyes of the bluecoat and tried to escape. But Farwell, although suf- fering intensely, held on and landed his man. FORGEY NANE OF U1 FATOER | Epeeial Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, May 10.—Walter Barth, | the son of Dr. G. A. Barth, was ar- jrested at his home to-day on a charge of forging his father's name to a check for $48. After getting the money Barth fled to Reno, Nev. The police were sat- isfied he would return after he had spent the money and so made no effort to follow. To-day Barth came home nd was taken into custody. This is not ihe 1trouble OF THE CO ! but this is not so, |large estates there and here. ; son first time he has been ml IS DENOUNCED| YEAR'S SUCCESS| SCHOOLS ISLOW| IN A Joseph McIlwaine Says He Is Being Kept Out of That Rightfully His Own ACCUSES J. H. JELLETT Says the Latter’s Represen- tations of a C€lose Rela- tionship Are Not True s S, OAKLAND, May 10.—Notice of the compromise whereby Joseph Mecll- waine has agreed to give up a part of {his estate here to four_ aunts of his living in Philadelphia has brought out a strange state of affairs in regard to the estate which young Mcllwaine says should amount to about $400,000. He is )loud in his protests again J. H. Jellett, a San Francisco attorney, who, he says, has passed himself off to the court as his uncle, when in reality he never heard of him, he says, and adds at most he can only be a third or fourth cousin. In a statement to-day, in this regard, he said: “Jellett claims to be an uncle of mine, although he has claimed relationship with my family. The nearest he can come to béing a relative is a third or fourth cousin. My tather, Jose Mcliwaine, was in the employ of the Central American Gov- ernment as an architect. He drew the planz and supervised the bullding of many bridges and buildings, and when he left there in 1900 brought with bim to this country $150,000 in gold. He has I am his and cannot get a cent. By a pur- ported will, presented by Jellett, I am disinherited, and he is made trustee, and he will not give me a cent. In | order to get money at all I have been | forced to give my aunts half of the es- tate here in order to get means, snd still they are keeping me out of what rightfully belongs to me. My father's right will is on file with the Central American Government.” NAMEDK COUNTY NEWS DERABLE ESTATE.—Oak- 'y of the estate of . Moore shows that it is valued at $30,000 in this State. She owns 3000 shares of stock In the Santa Rosa Island Com- pany and has some property besides in Iowa. DAYLIGHT BURGLARS AT WORK.—Osak- land, May 10.—Burglars broke into John Jas- per's lodging-house, 740 Willow street, this afterncon and stole $150 worth of watches and small jewelry and $12 in coln belonging to Greek railroad laborers. CONVICTED _OF BATTERY.—Oakland, May 10.—C. H. Spinks and H. C. Stilwell, of- ficials of the American Magensite Company, were convicted to-day in the Police Court of battery on Willlam R. Plunkett, an East Oaklend real estate dealer. Sentence was de- ferred. BOARD ACCEPTS PLANS.—Oakland, 10.—The Board of Public_Works to-day cepted plans of Dickey & Reed for a new fire engine-house to be erected it Golden Gate at a cost of $12,000. The board adopted a resolu- tion requesting the City Councll to increase the salary of the clerk and stenographer from $70 to $100 & month. 3 P WIFE OF SUPERVISOR HURT.—Oakland, May 10.—Mrs. J. R. Talcott. wife of one of Alameda County's Supervisors, was seriously injured in an accidental fall from the steps of & neighbor's residence, sustaining a broken hip, and a number of painful bruises. Mrs. Talcott is now confined to her home at 1288 High street in Fruitvale. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, May 10. The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Willlam R. King, 47, San Francisco, and Amanda C. Cook, 40," Oakland; Willlam Walsh, 33, and Dalsy Sangmaster, 22, Berkeley; Adolph P. Anderson, 23, and Mary B. Wilson( 2I, both of Oakland; John Firpo, 27, Alden, and’ Mary Masco, 21, Oakland, MUSICIANE AT OUTS.—Oakland, Ma. Evelyn A Elliott has brought a euit vorce against BEdward K. Elliott, who has conducted a musical school in Berkeley. She eays that he has gambled away all of their money and made her mortgage her wedding presents and lost the money thus obtained. She says he ia cruel and hap caused her much anguish. WOULD ENFORCE CONTRACT.—Oakland, May 10.—The trial of the sult brought by Mary L. ‘Atwood fo hold H. C. Capwell to a contract May ac- 10.— or di- whereby he agreed to sell her a piece of prop- erty in Piedmont was begun to-di He claims that he gave her thirty-five days in which to make up her mind. She says that the time was extended a few days by R. A, Jackson, who was Capwell's agent. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES WORK.—Oak- jand, May 10.—During April the Assoclated Charities handled 153 cases of relief. Much was done in remedial effort in the probation courts, both adult and children. Fifty-three children's cases were investigated and prop- erly disposed of in various ways. Letters of guardianship were taken out over six children. MUST ANSWER FOR BURGLARY.—Ala- meda, May 10.—C. D. Lowrie, an ex-conviet, has been held to answer by Justice of the Peace F. 8. Cone to_the Superior Court on a charge of burglary, Lowrie is accused of rob- Dbing the residence of A. R. Fritschi, 1432 Ben- ton street. He was arrested in San Francisco with some of the stolen property on his person. GIVEE WATER TO YOUNG GARDENERS. Oakland, May 10—The Contra Costa Water Company hss notified the Women's Civic Im- provement Club that all water required for e extensive gardening to be done by public school children on city lots will be given without charge. The club has large decora- tive plats under way. The concession was obtained through the efforts of Frank A. Leach, a director of the Board of Trade. MILKMEN WILL ORGANIZE. d, May 10.—The Central Labor Council of 'Ala- meda County is making plans for the organi- zation of a Dairy Workers' Union in this city, which will embrace in its membership all the dairy workers in Alameda County. Moore, the International organizer American League of ok visiting & number of the larger dairies In and around Oakland. MAULEGED CROOK ON TRIAL—Oakland, '—The _trial of George ~Tho oharped with’ havitg Dicked ABo o D. Inlow, reached lon;‘! l:(o!flt!‘ '8 et it i o ::no:lllvllllngy reason of the lack :fn:h‘}:: In company with iwo men, who give the names of Murphy and Norton, th nlow on & car and shortly afterwa he found his pocket turned wrong side out. PREPARING FOR. THE FOURTH.—Ala- meda, May 10.—Committees have been named by the following organizations to meet In the City Hall Saturday evening to Gelebration o the Fourth of Jul: est End Alameda_I'm) t Associatio: 1. cauley, E. J. George Hickman; Ala- meda Advancement ' Association—Charles. S, Neal, Herbert D. Clark, A. F. St. Sure; Ala- eds. Boating Club—F. B. Browning, : ‘me Cone, VOIGHT PLEADS GUILTY AND PAYS A SMALL FINE E. B orning. One of the Men Who Assaulted Chief of Policé Stanford of Vallejo Re- - ceives Light Punishment, VALLEJO, May 10.—John 8. Voight, one of the rioters who assaulted’ Chief of Police Stanford on the evening of April 29, pleaded gullty to-day to dis- turbing the peace gd was fined $75. Sof E;a:hm‘tfil‘i‘rvflm_k writ _of are u.&sefim T Conn .“fl"’h{o% ers’ liabllity clalm of $9918. The stock end money in the American CHEYENNE, Wyt May 103 c. of Colorauo was to-day by {‘:fllefll Grand Jury g W* nw cut hfi o i 8 ernment land in Wm v it o, Seichiant nisheed to satisty the claim. ’ Directors of Oakland Mer- chants’ Exchange Set the Date for Annual Banquet NEW, OFFICERS ELECTED R g Organization Is Asked ' to Aid in Enforcement of Anti-Trading Stamp Law OAKLAND, May 10.—The board of directors of the Merchants” Exchange last night set the date of the annual banquet of the organization for Friday evening, May 19. A committee of five was appdinted to select a suitable hall for the banquet, and secure the services of a caterer for the occasion. The members of the committee are: H. G. Williams, Fred Sinclair, H. M. San- born, F. J. Lea and Herman Gard. The president and secretary of the ex- change are ex-officiof members of the committee. The newly elected board of directors was organized by the election of the following officers: President, A. H. Schlueter; vice president, H. G. Wil- liams; secretary, Wilber Walker; treas- urer, W. H. Weilbye. After an extended discussion of' the sarbage question the garbage commit- tee was directed to submit a written report to the exchange, with recom- mendations as to the best course to be pursued in regard to a satisfactory set- tlement of the question. At the next meeting of the exchange the attorney for the Scavengers' Association will present that side of the controversy. ‘The matter of a Fourth of July cele- bration in Oakland was made a special order of business for the next mest- ing of the exchange. An assoclation of several of the commercial organizations of San Fran- cisco has requested the exchange to send notification of 2!l violations of the anti-trading stamp act. This assocla- tion has volunteered to supply the nec- essary data for the prosecution of all such cases. A resolution was adopted, thanking Harbor Commissioner C. H. Spear~for his work in abating the nuisance of shipping poultry from the Ferry depot in San Francisco. The committee appointed to investi- gate the action of the Contra Costa ‘Water Company in flushing iis mains on the macadamized streets, thereby damaging these thoroughfares, report- ed that a conference on the subject with Mayor Mott had been arranged. COVETED POSTS WON BY CADETS BERKELEY, May 10.—Coveted posi- tions as officers” in the two:military companies at the unlversity have been secured by students whose appoint- ments to the.places were anpounced by the authorities to-day. The ap- pointments are in the nature of- pro- motions, for the most part, nearly all of the men who are on the list of for- tunate ones having had some experi- ence as officers in the ranks of the Uni- versity cadets. % James A. Force, captain of the var- sity football team, wins the high place of colonel of the Second Regiment. Another prominent football man, D. P. Boothe, is made a major in the same regiment. The complete list of appointments, as 1ssued at the recorder’s office, is as follows: First Regiment (intantry)—Colonel, S. 8. Hawley; lieutenant colonel, Ed- gar Varick Dodge; major, Eugene R. Hallett; major, Walter L. Huber; ma- jor, Jullan M. Wolfsohn; captain and adjutant, Arthur R. Heise; captain, Lawrence R. Kessing of Company F; captain, Harvey B. Lyon of Com- pany G. Second Regiment (infantry)—Colonel, James A. Force; lieutenant colonel, Norman Caswell Stines, major, D. P. Boothe; major, D. M. Evans; major Raymond Spaulding; captain and ad- jutant, N. N. Eddy; captain, Charles H. Cheney of Company A; captain, Willlam L. Potts of Company D; cap- tain, Alfred V. Wepfer of Company E; captain, George W. Spencer of Com- pany F; captain, Herbert L. Junk of Company G. : — e FUNERAL OF CUVELLIER. OAKLAND, May 10.—The funeral of B. C. Cuvellier, late vice president of the A. Vignier Company and former City Councilman of Oakland, was held this afternoon from the family resi- dence, 1223 Union street. The simple services were conducted by the Rev. Charles R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church. Only mem- bers of the family, relatives and a few close friends attended. Thé pallbear- ers were James de Fremery, P. W. Bellingall, J, Hoff, Charles Sutton, T. H. Kruttschnitt and L. Coutourie. The body was incinerated at the Oakland Crematory. - ee———— CATCHES THIEF AT SAFE. OAKLAND, May 10.—This morning E. M. Lipka, a pawnbroker at 841 Broadway, surprised Charles E. Nel- son, a boiler-maker, in the act of rifling the safe in Lipka's store. The pawnbroker, after a tussle with the in- truder, turned him over to Policeman McSorley. At the City Prison a search of Nelson’s clothing brought to light thirteens watches, forty-one watch chains, cuff buttons and gther small articles, + Lipka said he had left the store | temporarily to do an errand lmtuy! street. When he returned he caught his man. Nelson was charged with 8rand larceny. —_——————— MAPS SCENE OF ROBBERY. MARTINEZ, May 10.—County Sur- veyor Elam Brown is a map of the scene of the recent robbery at Seniger Tor the Gentral Bank 0f Oak: senger for the 1 Bank ' g and relleved will be used in the - who 1s in of thy The trial vm:w?' o May land, was held up’ $10,000. The map trial of John Zimmerr jail on the charge of robbers. of MAY 11, 1905. S ABOU T THE BAY e e—— ALLEGED UNCLE |WILL CELEBRATE |FUND OF PUBLIC [CITY TRUSTEES |MAY CONSTRUCT 0UANDARY A WACON ROAD Retrenchment the Watch-|Do Not Know How to Raise|Residents of Halfmoon Bay word of Board of Edu- cation in University Town FINANCIAL PROBLEM Funds to Erect New Build- ing for San Mateo Library DONATION TO0O SMALL Discuss Advisability of Tapping La Honda District WOULD INCREASE TRADE Special Meeting Called to|Carnegie Agrees to Furnish|Funds to Carry Out Work Consider Money Matters That Affect Department BERKELEY, May 10.—Retrenchmenyt is necessary in the maintenance of the public schools of Berkeley, according to the Finance Committee of the Board of Education, and so pressing are the financial problems now up to the board for solution that a special meeting will be held next Saturday night to con- sider them. The directors assembled last night, when it was reported to them by the executive officers of the department that the demands upon the fund ap- proved by the board are about $10,000 in excess of the money avalilable for use. There is only about 33500 in the treasury, as against $8000 available at this time last year. There are demands for new rooms, new buildings and new teachers, and | there is money to be had for buildings, but apparently none that can be used for payment of teachers' salaries. It is belleved that no néw teachers will be appointed for the coming school year, despite the demands from all quarters for extra rooms and teachers. The School Directors last night au- thorized the purchase of three lots ad- Joining the Whittler School property, upon which an addition to the school will be built. The lots will cost $3750. The owner originally asked $4500. The directors declare that real estate agents and owners who expect to receive fancy prices for land they think the School Department has to have will be disap- pol:ted. as ng exorbitant prices will be paid. ¥ SOCIETY FOLK TO GIVE MAY CHARITY FETE —in BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, May 10.—The latter days of My will be busy ones for the womga of Osk- land who are interested in the variofis bene- volent associations of this city. Plans for the Associated Kindergartens' May fete at Idora Park on the 27th have already been perfected and are assured of success. The pretty park out on Telegraph avenue is a delightful place for such an affair, and as the same womeén who have done so much each year to make the Arbor Villa garden fete ‘a success are ac- tively interested in the kindergarten benefit, it 18 eany to prophesy the usual resuit. On the evening of the 26th the Oakland Club will hold public attention. They will . then give an entertainment that for originality and promising features surpasses anything at- tem) by~ amateurs: here in many moons. A little vaudeville sketch In three scenes has been written by Mrs. W. S. Palmer for the occasion and the characters were fitt ind the talents, as it were, of various clé¥er peo- ple, members of the club and outsiders’ who have consented to help. No-less a pereonage than that popular little actress, Jane Kelton, will be one of the participants, and many surprises are «in store for the public when other names are divulged. The _sketch is called “The Evolution of An Advertisement'’ and tregts cleverly. of the ‘‘yellow peril” and the eternal servant question. Mrs. Palmer is no amateur with the pen, and those who know of her ability look forward to the 26th with enthusiasm. The affair is for the benefit of the probation officer fund. B eyl A very Interesting talk was Oakland Club to-day by Mrs. Watkins on the relation of soul and body in the common pur- suit of health and beauty. $10.000, but That Sum Is Said to Be Insufficient Special Dispatch to The Cail. SAN MATEO, May 10.—President George W. Dickie of the board of trsu- tees of the San Mateo Library has been notifled that Andrew Carnegie will donate $10,000 for a new library building. About a month ago the trus- tees made application to Carnegie for $15,000 for a new building, but he saw ifit to allow only $10,000. The sum is not sufficient. There are now about 7000 volumes in the library and the number is steadily increasing. The li- brary will 'need at least a $15,000 build- ing, and the trustees are in a quandary as to what disposition to make of the Carnegie gift. One of the conditions of the gift is that the library shall bear the name of the donor, but if a part of the building fund is raised by popular subscription it will not be in a strict sense a Carnegie library. To decline the gift would be ungracious; to erect an inadequate building or an unfinished one would be folly. To renew the orig- inal request for $15,000 is to incur the risk of being deemed importunate, and to supplement the sum in hand with other funds is to interfere with the in- tentions of the philanthropist, who doesn’t care to take a partner in his public offerings. All these considera- tions combine to place the trustees in a position of embarrassment in which they find it difficult to act. In any event a hew buflding will be secured, as it has become a necessity. A site for it may be obtained from either the high or grammar school. The present site was a gift from An- toine Borel, a wealthy banker. It is occupied by a brick block which Is used for city offices, Council chamber, ete,, and two of the ground floors are rented to a bank and the telephone company, respectively. Some years ago Borel donated the ground to the city on condition that when it was no longer used for library purposes it should revert to his estate. What he may have to say in the present con- tingency is not known. The city se- cured the building by paying off a debt on it, but this also would revert to Borel. When the. trustees desired to remove the library from its present cramped quarters to the principal hall upstairs a short time ago the City Trustees objected on the ground that all avallable room would soon be re- quired for the city’s use: It is this that has created the necessity for a new building. ——————— ROBS BUNK( MEN OF PREY Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 10.—John A. Bilby, a stockman of Quitman, Mao., was to-day saved by W. F. Maxwell, paying . teller of the First National Bank of St. Joseph, from a loss of $20,- Wen before the { 000 in one of the boldest swindles re- cently attempted. Bilby at the bank window was count- Mrs. Martha Brigman gang some Hawallan | ing the money after the teller, when a songs, accompany\ng hersel on the guitar. . Broadwell was hostess vesterday chance question as to what he intended to do with such a large sum disconcert- Mrs. M. L. at a delightful outing, which included a trip | €d him. The teller pressed his questions to Goat Island, where the party enjoyed a tour of the Naval Training School and surroundings. Mrs. Broadwell's guests were Mrs. Woolley, Mrs. Van Vieet, Mrs. Bruce Burnett, Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Harry Parrott. —_———— HELEN COULD REWARDS HERO Special Dispatch to The Call. DENVER, May 10.—Sturdy Leroy Irven Dixon, the boy hero of the San Juan division of the Denver and Rio Grande Rallroad, is to receive an edu- cation, to be paid for by Helen Gould. and obtained enough _information to warrant him in compelling Bilby to keep the money until an investigation could be made. Bilby said that he was about to pay $20,000 for two hugs gold disks worth, according to a Government assayist, $37,400. An assay was made on Tues- day at South Omaha in his presence, he averred, the disks now being in the baggage office. This was found to be true. In two steamer trunks, wrapped in oil cloth and packed carefully in ex- celsior, were the two disks. They con- tained a small amount of gold, but tests disclosed that the composition was alloy, mostly copper. Bilby explained that the gold was brought to St. Joseph as baggage. He arranged to purchase it at South Omaha yesterday. He told how he had accompanied two strangers to the office of an alleged Government assayist, who It took a long time to overcome the |assured him the disks were worth $37,- strong spirit of independence of the | 400. son_of a poor rancher of La Plata Couhty. The boy will be sent East shortly to enter one of the best schools in the country. As soon as he com- pletes the grammar school course he will be placed in a preparatory school. After his graduation from the latter he will be given his_choice of universities. Leroy said he would prefer Stanford The representation - made to Bilby was that the disks had been stolen from the plant of the American Smelt- ing and Refining Company of Omaha.- The St. Joseph police had in custody one of the swindlers, but released him when he made a strong protestation that the disks were real gold. —_—————————— University in California, “where the | ARKANSAS LEGISLATOR oranges grow.” ‘With only his red bandana handker- ACCUSED OF BRIBERY chief for a signal, Leroy In October, | c, B, Andrews Charged With Having 1904, prevented a Rio Grande passenger train from being hurled hundreds of feet into the canyon of the Las Ani- mas River. Leroy was walking to Carried on a Traffic ‘LI'ITLE ROCK, Ark., May 10.—C. school, several miles from home, when | B. Andrews, Representative from Ne- he discovered a rockslide on the track. [vada County in the General Assembly Far down the canyon he heard the whistle of the approaching train. He scrambled down the mountainside to the tracks and ran forward, waving his handkerchief. Engineer McCabe saw the lad in time to stop the train 200 feet from the rockslide. The trainmen and passengers tris make a hero of the boy, then 12 yea old. Some one wanted to pass the hat “for him, but he refused to accept any- thing. Finally he was persuaded to ac- cept the e eer’s jackknife. The only things wanted then were “‘store clothes and a red top.” ‘The boy’s act was brought to the at- untnlr.u of d, who instruct- ed local representatives to reward . All efforts failed until Helen uld wrote and asked him to become educated at yielded. to r expense. Then he BARS HOLMES" FROM STATE — not read detec- | Sherlock Holmes LIBRARIES | L4f e that might entice the im- recti- and editor of the Prescott Picayune, is in the Pulaski County jail on the charge of having received a bribe and of offering a bribe in connection with legislation. The information on which the warrants were based was fur- nished the prosecuting attorney by Representative Simpson of Hempstead County, who lllet;:l that Andrews of- fered Representative Stmpson §50 for his vote on the Killpugh levee bill and that Andrews accepted a bribe of $100 ’or his vote on the same meas- urk, | MORMON Joseph Smith and Governor Cutler of Utah Interested in the Project. 3 SALT CITY, May 10.—Arti- LAKE cles of incorporation of the Beneficial ‘e Insurance Company, nized by and under the “old line’ business, has. a ital stock of $100,- 000, all paid I!A.F‘pl ‘ . Clark sentenced he penltaniiary Ly Judge % ¢. Hart Could Be Easily Raised by Private Subseriptions Spectal Dispatch to The Call HALFMOON BAY, May 10.—An im- portant agitation has been started here for the construction of a wagon road which will tap the rich La Honda district and divert to this town much | of the valuable traffic and trade that is now monopolized by Redwood City and Palo Alto. In and around La Honda a very profitable trade has developed from the preuice of many hundreds of summer visitors and the prospect 1of a coastwise raliroad has made the possibilities for trafic many times i greater. It is to take advantage of this traffic that the construction of a wagon road is being urged. A wagon road constructed from Half- moon Bay five miles to the east to connect with the county road would make all of the traffic tributary to this town. Such a read was surveyed many years ago and can be built on a 4 per cent grade. It is argued that if the county road funds be not sufficient or available private subscriptions should be raised at once to begin the highway. At present Redwood City and Palo Alto on the north and San Gregorio on the south have good roads Into La Honda and reap the natural fruits of such an advantage. When the railroad becomes a reality it is feared that San Gregorio will not only obtain its share of the resulting traffic, but will absorb that which should belong to Halfmoon Bay. Such an event would be a very serious one for Halfmoon Bay, as at a single stroke it would lose its primacy among the coast towns of San Mateo County. A wagon road such as that now being discussed would prevent any change of existing conditions. —— e WILL CALL BOND ELECTION. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. The Board of School Trustees, acting in conjunction with H. W. Walker of Redwood City, has decided to call for a bond election to secure better school facilities. Walker has been author- ized to submit to the board a state- ment showing the total of assessed values within the limit of the San Bruno school district. Such a state- ment is necessary before further ae- | tion may be taken, as the law limits the amount of bonds that may be is- sued to 5 per cent of the assessable property within the district. As soon as Walker submits his statement the School Trustees will fix the amount of bonds to be issued and name also the day upon which the bond election will be held. The people must -also under provision of law select thé site of the new school. The question Is already exciting a great deal of dis- cussion not only in reference to lo- cation but as to size. —————————— ASK TO HAVE BRIDGE BUILT. PALO ALTO, May 10.—E. Denohoe, C. O'Connor; Professor Green of Stan- ford and others who own land south of St. Patrick’s Seminary have peti- tioned the Supervisors of San Matee and Santa Clara counties to have a bridge built across San Francisquite Creek at a point in line with the ex- tension of University avenue in Pale Alto. The San Mateo Supervisors have agreed to appropriate one-half the cost. The petition will be before the Santa Clard Supervisors on the 15th. It is proposed to open a boulevard from the bridge to Cooleys Landing, giving a direct driveway from FPalo Alto to the bay and making accessible some fine residence property, which is thickly set with live oaks. INTENDS TO VISIT EUROPE. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10, President David Starr Jordan an- nounced to-day that he will spend the coming summer vacation In Europe, where he intends to visit the leading universities for the purpose of making a careful study of the various of faculty management and university control. President Jordan will leave the university within the next few days and will not return until Septem- ber. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Jordan and his daughter, Edith Jor- dan. —_——— WILL STUDY THE RUBBER PLANT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10. Dr. P. H. Olsson-Seffer of the botany department of Stanford Untversity has been engaged to make a scientifie study of the rubber plant of the southern part of Mexico. Dr. Olsson- Seffer will spend the greater part of the coming summer in Mexico and will pay especial attention to a study of the hybridization of the rubber plant. —_——— ‘Weds a Belle of San Jose. SAN JOSE, May 10.-~Miss Edith A. Healy yesterday became the bride of Danie} W. Edwards, a well-known voung business man of this city. The ceremony was performed In Trinity Church by Rev. J. Wilmer Gresham in the presence of omly immediate relia- tives and friends. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. S. E. Healy of this city. She is a member of the Oratorio Society and the Ladies’ Musical Club and has been ome of the soloists in the First Presbyterian Church. ADVERTISEMENTS.