The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1905, Page 6

NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABO WOMEN WIELD NEW MRS, BETTS FALLS T0 DEATH HOLDS THEFORT, N “THC” CAME Daughter of Aced Berkeley|Young Son of Mrs. Carroll- Capitalist Fails to Get| Nicholson Plunges Thirty the Family Furniture| Feet Down Embankment STEPMOTHER IS FlR)IfH]iAD STRIKES ON RALL Mrs. MacDonald Loses in Tilt| Youth’s Skull Is Fractured With Her Father’s Bride| in Two Places and Opera- at 0ld Berkeley Home| tion Proves to Be Futile SRR BERKELEY, July 28—Mrs. A. H ““’1 OAKLAND, July 28.—Carroll Nicholson, j mot st all reconciled to the |1l years ld, the son of Mrs. Lena Car- of b m M. Betts, | roll-Nicholson, solofst in the First Con- | i Berkeley ca with his | Sregational Church choir, died this after- | recbhets ey he, who is | Roon at Fabiola Hoepital from injurles | n | he sustained last night by falling thirty | feet down an embankment on the Blair have the ven- | Lract, Pledmont. \ncompetent | The boy with some companions was the relations Plaving on a hill above the bunkers at a stepmother | Tock quarry owned by the Oakland Trac- tion Consolidated. While running across | { the field away from one of his pursuers | at “tag” the youth struck a fence along the edge of the bank with such farce as to break through a rail. Before he could ve himself he went headlong over the | edge and struck headfirst on a rall of .| the car tracks thirty feet below. Help was quickly at hand, a motorman ! | on an approaching car stopping as hel | rounded a curve just in time to prevent | further injuries. The unconscious boy taken to Fablola Hospital, where Dr. L. Cunningham attended him. His * | skull was fractured In two places. An | operation was performed, but the case was pronounced to be fatal. Mrs. Nicholson resides at Park way and Montecito avenue, near the scene of the accident. Walter Nicholson, the boy’'s father, is In charge of the safe deposit of the Oakland Bank of Savings. Cor- oner Mehrmann took charge of the case. witted narriage cere- 2 w® 13 & , when Bett and started bric-a-brac however, remove ntil Mr. Betts | ice Vollmer { Neither party, | OF SOLOISTS ONLY r to a complaint, | atter with | tle advice. | ed wh Presbyterian Church | e 2 Changes Its Entire Sys- EREA proc tem of Music. g trip wiil | ftion His { OAKLAND, July 25.—After much de- | liberation the trustees of the First that they will | Presbyterian Church have decided upon s wealth | an innovation that promises to awaken ¥or- | widespread interest, not only among choir | come to a| workers, but in musical circles general- | sting devel- | ]y, They have concluded to do uway} with the customary quartet of sololsts, | e | whose volces are heard Sunday after | | Sunday with a regularity that is bound | to grow monotonous, and will inaugurate | MOTHER WOULD END LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM instead an entire volunteer choir, In which the choristers will also be soloists. The splendid musical organizations in al- most all of the big churches of Great ‘retty i 5 3 S Pretty Miss Jorgenson Runs| it and Conada are volunteer, 8o the Away and Angry Parent Intervene First Presbyterian s following a long established and excellent precedent. In every city there are many ahateurs| with really good voices, who would be| an acquisition to any choir, but who do { for her | not care to drudge in the chorus, year love for | after year with no opportunity for solo tty 17-year- | experience. Oakland, the most musical Jorgenson st Berkeley | city on the coast, has many such and it ree weeks ago she fled the maternal | is the desire of Director Rowlands and set out to make her own way. | the trustees to form such an organiza- did not flee far, however, but took | tion as will attract the best singers on Fifth street with Mrs. | tuss side of the bay. During Mr. Row- not many blocks from the | lands' recent visit to London he made a | terni, rendent who professes laseie with last- | special study of choral and oratorio work and will begin rehearsals with the new | | choir primed with up-to-date ideas. The er discovered the | first rehearsal will be at the church Sat- d in a|urday evening, August 5, and the trustees e Hamil- | have extended a general invitation to ded her child. | singers who desire to take advantage of liss Jorgenson | the new order of things to be present. f candy store | turned for the even- CUPID IS BUSY IN HIS STEALTHY WORK and h ing. M of the it G gcene ensued whi arrival of Policem hastily summoned b awaited the return ughter and a stormy b ded with the icheson, who was | Josie Sisternt, | sisier of the runaway gir's fance. | Secret Marriages Order of the re. Jorgenson attem] d £ v - . Pecs Ageac gy o ss oo Lol Day in Alameda daughter to return home, but the daugh- | ter stoutly refused. Then ensued a tussle, and Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Jorgenson bccame hysterical. At this point Josie Sisterni rushed for the police and returned with Patrolman Atcheson. The mother appeaied to the policeman and asked him to take her home. Miss Jor- genson was equ anxious that he should remove the bellicose mother, The officer of the jaw finally sided with true love and advised Mrs. Jorgenson to re- turn without her daughter. CLEVER SWINDLER IS WANTED IN EAST| County. OAKLAND, July 28—Willlam E. Kiefer and Miss Florence M. Borcher were mar- ried last evening in the presence of a few friends by Rev. Father Morrison at St. Mary’'s Church. This was the second marriage in the eyes of the law, for the couple were wedded in San JRafael on April 23 last. They did not tell of this marriage for four months, the groom being under age. When the secret mar- riage was announced to the parents, a marriage according to church laws was decided upon and performed last night. Charles F. Williams and Miss Mabel Fish, both of this city, slipped quietly away to San Francisco and secured a marriage license in that city in order to avoid the notice of Oakland friends. They say that the license has not yet been used, but that it will be. Benjamin McCoy of 2229 Ellsworth street, Berkeley, and Miss Ruby Hatton of Hay- wards went to San Francisco on Wednes- day and were quietly married without { notifying any of their friends except the | groom’s brother. Frunk Winnig and Rosa M. Reid, both of San Francisco, came to-Berkeley yes- terdey and were married by the Rev. C. K. Jenness of Trinity Methodist Church. Both confessed to having taken the step without letting their parents or friends Sidney Thornton, Who Vie- timized Berkeley Photog- rapher, Has Record. BERKELE . July 28.—Chief of Police Volimer to-day received word from the police of Cambridge, Mass., that Sidney Thornton, the swindler who victimized J. T. Pollock, a local photographer, out | of & camera and supplies valued at $200, | is wanted there for a similar crime. Thotnton operated in Cambridge much as y. He secured a posi- | undertaking firm and, ob- | g the confidnce of his employer, |~ C BTEEr was given full run of the store. Q ! 2 3 20 last he a red, taking “:"o;‘lz;‘e‘ MOVE TOWARD NEW PARK. unggrtaker's cash with him. OAKLAND, July 28.—The City Coun- In the East Thornton had severar |Vl has taken the first step toward i aliases. One of his favorite appeliatiory | Feclamation of the city lands south of was John Lake. He is descrited sy o | the Twelfth-street dam for park pur- smooth talker poses, as favored by Mayor Mott. The well informed on many subjects and gifted with the easy grace end polished manners of 2 man who has traveled much. He is 26 years old and wears a lght sandy mustache. Descrip- | tions have been sent broadcast, Park and Boulevard Committee has re- ferred the subject to City Engineer Turner and City Attorney McElroy to determine the lines of the city’s prop- | erty. As soon as the report has been | filed the proposed ordinance, appro- priating $50,000 for dredging Lake Mer- ritt, will be taken up. ———— CONFER ON GARBAGE PLANS, OAKLAND, July 28.—Mayor Mott and the special committee of the City Coun- cil have held a conference’on the gues - b OAKLAND, July 28.—Mrs. e s % S nrohe UL 4 Sinten hoss ARG RATINE he s nearin % . - eummation. It 1s broposed to permit | 18 Tollowed her balf across the con- ~er - ! en she ran * the Pacific l?ilnerallng Company 'fm ,o"‘fi"m‘:_’ oty jumpe"‘ }"ufimueg‘ to B ot ditpasiag op CBEETS 85 10 | jiatement of her case. She says that gt P e Of \ihe garbage | yinion treated her badly, and that she —_—————————— MRS, HINTON HEARD FROM. the collection of which will pass out of { Clymonds to-day the hands of the company. It is not intended to relieve the company of re- sponsibility under the contract with the city. The Board of Health will regulate the collection of refuse under sanitary conditions. ————— LOOK FOR DAYLIGHT BURGLAR.—Oak. land, July 28.—The police are looking for a man, supposed to be a daylight burgiar, gives the name of H. Burton. He hus en tered several houses but when seen plausibly Srion s o “wasned a5 Ban soms SO | left home voluntarily and was not per- | suaded to leave by the sect she is with. 1 She refers to her husband in the state- iment as “Bill Hinton.” ——————————— LARGE REALTY DEAL.—Alameda, July 28.—One-half of the large tract of land bound- ©d by Clement and Buena Vista avenues and Osk and Walnut streets, recently bought by the Alameda Investment Compeny, has been pu: by Frederick Bamman for a_price understood to be in the neighborhood of $24,000. A new street extending from Clement to Buena ing Vista avenue will be constructed through et Il I €0 be it e Thts MellA Lt THE, SAN FRANCISCO CALL SATURDAY. JULY -~ CHILD MAKES LONG RAIL TRIP ALONE Hazel Wagner Home From Pleasant Journey. Only a Porter Was Ugly and a Tip Won Him. ALAMEDA, July 28.—From Pueblo, Colorado, to Alameda, California, is a long way for a little child to travel alone by railroad, but Hazel Wagner, the nine- { year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wagner of 1522 Park street, has just com- pleted the journey. She nalvely relates how she came all the way by herself and only had to “tip”’ one porter. Hazel was traveling with the Schenck family of acrobats, but when the troupe reached Pueblo, from where they were to go to! Chicago, circumstances prevented the child gymnast from accompanying them and little Miss Wagner was started on her homeward trip. How that was made is best told in Hazel's words: “When I got on the train at Pueblo the agent at the depot gave me a note to the conductors, telling them to be good to me and see that'l did not get lost. All the conductors were kind and I was never afraid that I would not get home all right. 1 met some ladies on the train who were nice to me, just like my papa and mamma. There was one negro porter who was just too mean for any- thing. I ‘tipped’ him with a dime and after that he always grinned at me and looked just like the picture of the black cook who ate the breakfast food.” Hazel will resume her school studies here and later may go on the road again with an acrobatic team. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN.—Oakland, 28.—Superintendent of Schools J. W. Mc announced that the public schools would reopen August 14. IS LEFT ALONE.—Oakland, July 28.— Mary E. Clayton has instituted divorce pro- ceedings against Clay F. Clayton, whom she chargee with desertion. They were married in Utah in 1901 SOCIALIST ACQUITTED.—Oakland, July 28.—J. B. Osborne. a Soclalist, charged with speaking on a public street within the fire limits without a permit, was acquitted to-day by a jury in the Police Court. FRIGHTENS AWAY BURGLAR.—Oak- land, July 28 —Deputy Coroner Bradford Van Vrasken frightened away a burglar early this morning _at his residence, 572 Thirteenth street. The thief got away through an open window. WILL PROTECT PEDESTRIANS.—Oakland, July 258.—The Southern Pacific Company has notified Mayor Mott that automatic safety gates will be instalied at the Twenty-third avenue railroad crossing for the protection of pedestrians and vehicles. FRUITVALE WANTS TO BE A CITY.— Oakland, July 28.—A_ petition is again being circulated in Fruitvale, asking that the Su- pervisors call an election to decide whether the section between the Oakland city line and July Mo- | the San Leandro town line should be_incor- porated Into a clty of the fifth class. Such & Project was defeated about a year ago. EDWARDS IS INSANE.—Oakiand, July 28. Rambling in his talk and belleved to be dangerous, Willlam Edwards, & well-known Ccharacter on the water front and commonly called “the pirate,’ 'was committed to the Napa Insane asylum to-day by Judge W. H Waste. He is over eighty years of age and has made his home in an ark on the estuary for many years. WIFE SAVES HUSBAND.—Oakland, July 28 —While grabbing a knife from her husband, Willlam Sorey. at thelr home, 1602 Fifth street, last night, Mre. Sorey was wounded in the arm. Soréy. Who s & Southern Pacific_brake- man, had threatened to kilk himself. He had been drinking. Speclal Policeman Little ar- rested the man, but he was discharged, no complaint being made. DROWNED ON THE DESERT.—Alameds, July 26, —Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schwartze of 2850 Jackson street have recdived intelligence of the accidental drowning on the 19th fnst., fear Calexico, on the Colorado Desert, of their son, Charles Schwartze. The young man s working on a bridge that the Southern Pa- cific Company s building because of the over- fow of the Colorado River. He fell from the Structure and was quickly submerged in the torrent. INVESTIGATES LABOR IN CANNERIES. Haywards, July 28.—B, T. M. McLean, Deputy State Labor Commissioner, has spent iwo days in Haywards investigating child labor in the canneries. He found that the Hunt Canning Company exacted the proper certificates, but he ordered a large number of children'from the Kimball-Dryer home for working without permission. Many of the children claimed not to be working on their own account, but to be “helping their parents.” MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, July 28 The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Charles Jurgen- sen, 22, and Pearl G. Davison 21, both of Benicla: Clarence W. Gibson, 21, Ukiah, and Stella A. Rucker, 20, Willits; Laurence M. Sweetman, 40, and Catherine Stmpson, 88, of San Francisco; John ‘Anne M. Terkelsen, 23, Joseph H. Perry, ‘28, Eimhurst, S. Brown, 18, Fruitvale. MISSING ALAMEDAN: HEARD FROM.— Alameda, July 25.—Mrs. A. M. Rossiter of 2080 San Jose avenue recelved a postal card to-day from her son, Gus T. Rossiter, who was reported in a telegram that reached here on the 23d inst. as having been drowned ninety miles from Seattle last Saturday. The postal Was dated at Seattle on the 25th inst., and on it the sender writes that he had been in Vic- toria, Harry Rossiter, a brother of Gus T. Rossiter, Is now in the north investigating, LENIENCY OF NO AVAIL.—Oakiand, July 28."Connle Fitzgeraid, @ hard character, who recently escaped a term in prison for buglary by showing the court that he was in the last stages of consumption and was admitted to probation, has been arrested again and brought before Judge Waste this morning, who told him that he would now have to serve a sentence upon the charge to which he pleaded gullty. He, however, put over the matter of sentencing the prisoner for one week. WANT BETTER FREIGHT SERVICE.— Oakiand, July 28.—The Board of Trade, the Merchapts' Exchange and the Draymen's As. soclatton of Alameda County have foined hands to secure better freight service between Oakland and San Francisco. A meeting of representatives of these different organizations Was held this morning and a committee was appointed to walt upon General Superintendent Pa and Lucy 4 mer of the Southern Pacific Company and see if be could promise mprovement. If not fhe committee was instructed to see whal could be done with other freight boats. The committee is composed of: J. C. Downey, F. 3. Len and F. Sinclair of the’ Merchants' Ex. change: J. 1. A. Beretta and Edwin Meese of Trade: C. t 3 E C. L. French from the L. Hinman and Bragmen's Association, Wilbur Walker. —_—————— THIRTEEN NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ADDED TO CAMP ROLL Palo Alto Camp of Modern Woodmen of America to Hold a Big Meeting. ¥ PALO ALTO, July 28—Palo Alto Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, will hold a big meeting to-morrow night at which thirteen members will | be accepted. A special train will bring a large number of Woodmen to the rally. ————— LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. OCEAN STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Salled July 28—Stmr Repub- e, for Boston. 'RG—Arrived July 28—Stmr Deutsch- land, h;r: New York; stmr Batavia, from SRRt o M Ao MOVILLE —Arrived July 28—Btmr Virgintan, from Montreal. — Sailed 26—Stmr PEN. T, R New Tor | | ) TRAVELED ALONE FROM COL- I NINE - YEAR - OLD _ GIRL _ WHO ORADO TO ALAMEDA. +- + HOUSES ARE BUILT TOO CLOSE TOGETHER Noted Civic Reformer Gives Warning to Growing San Francisco. . BERKELEY, July 25.—Professor Gra- ham Taylor of the University of Chicago Theological School, settlement worker and, civic reformer, delivered a lecture on the “Industrial Ci at the First Christian Church last nigut. He dealt with the leading problems of the day In industrial life and discussed the tenement evil as it exists in large citles. His lecture was under the aus- pices of the summer school in theology. He said in part: One most fmportant and far-reaching change that has come about is the new position of women In the world. The marital equality of woman to-day has been a great gain to the family life, raising it to a much higher plane than “ever before. But one of the Rreatest improvements is the separation of the shop from the home, which has done more than all else to e toward ideal family life. 1 have not been here long enough to form an opinfon on the San Francisco houses, but 1 do deplore the building of houses on lots covering ever: 1 notice that the twenty one of the greatest of municipal is _rapldly gaining You should grapple dangers, ground in your metropolis. with this problem now and not wait until the future when it will be beyond you. No house should be built without a place for pure air and a bit of mother earth. An- other feature about your city, which we would rot tolerate for one instant in the East, is the bullding of bay-windows over the side- walks. The sidewalks are public and nothing should be bullt over them. I am very pleased to ee that you have with you Architect Burn- ham. who s to do his best to remedy the crowded houge condition. He's the man to do it, if any one can. BIG INDIAN GRAFT EXPOSED BY WOMAN Secret Service Detective, Posing as a School Teacher, Learns Secrets and Reports to Commission. Facing nearly the entire Winnebago Indian tribe, Indian Commissioner Frankes Leupp has threatened to de- prive them of their cherished dances, all Government rations and to compel them to work their lands unless they desist from the debasing practices which have completely enthralled them. The Commissioner had a word for the whites, who have been grafting on the helpless but rich tribe for years, The accusations, said the Commissioner, would be sifted to the bottom, and he intimated strongly he had evidence to warrant drastic measures. Indian agents, inspectors and other Government officials have fallen into the net of border grafters and the de- partment has had scandal after scandal on its hands, but was never quite able to make a thorough cleaning out of the alleged debauchers and robbers of the,| reds. It was a neat trick therefore turned by the new Indian Commissioner when he sent a month ago a demure young woman to teach in the Indlan school at the agency. Miss Scovel came as other teachers had come and did her work well. But it has just turned out that Miss Scovel is in the Government secret ser- vice and under instructions from Com- missioner Leupp. She has been able to gather the best information yet ob- talned by the department, for she has seen much from her unassuming posi- tion and learned much by sagacious questioning. Not even the newly ap- pointed agent, Mr. McFatridge, knew Miss Scovel was anything but a school- ma’am. She has turned over to the Commis- sioner a mass of written report, which, he admits, shocks him, as he had scarcely expected so deplorable a con- dition, although he had heard much. He belleves the Winnebagoes. who were once industrious, have become the most indolent and degraded of any tribe under Government control. The Commissioner, whose coming was a di- {rect result of a visit to President 1 Roosevelt and to Mr. Leupp by the Rev. Father Joseph Schell, the redoubtable priest, who for a year has been trying | to drive out the preying gang of whites and to rescue a remnant of the tribe, has commended the priest and urged him to continue to assist in the house cleaning.—Chicago Inter Ocean. — e Blind Writers’ Misfortune. { Marston, the blind English writer. One - PAINT BRUSH Coat of Green Paint Given the Signs That Disfigure Landscape of Ross Valley LADIES ARE INDIGNANT Artistic “Ads” Will Not Be Tolerated by Fair Membe of the Outdoor Art Club e ROSS, July 28.—Woe betide the unlucky sign painter who travels this way with the object of using the fences, bridge railings and old buildings to advertise the merits of patent medicines, food- stuffs, horse liniments and axle grease. His life will not be worth a farthing, for the women @f this pretty little suburb have decreed death to all brush wielders and daubers of that ilk. Just to show that they will carry out their threats a party of Ross' fairest malds and matrons, armed with a pot of green paint and a brush, vesterday made a trip along the county road. Sign after sign they ob- literated. They did not, as they re- marked, when paint bedaubed and i weary they returned to their homes, add a whole lot to the beauty of the land- scape or ‘“Improve the appearance of their white duck skirts,” but they “just spoiled those horrible signs.” “We will have no more of them,” de- clare the ladies, who are members of the Ross Outdoor Art Club, and they say it as if they mean ft. —_—————— PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY LADIES’ SOCIETY Large and Representative Audience En- joy a Show Given in South San Francisco. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.— The entertainment given by the Ladies’ Ald Soclety recently was a most enjoy- able affair. The audience was large and representative and the programme was in every way commendable. Much of the success of the latter was due to the efforts of Mrs. E. L. Du Bois, un- der whose direction it was given. Among those who contributed to the performance of the evening were the following: Miss Alta Seazighini, Miss Josie Miner, Mrs. W. A. Burnham, Mrs. A. Van Valin, Miss Justin Du Bois, A. Van Valin, W. A. Burnhgm, E. Stocks and C. Young. ——————— STANFORD GRADUATE GIVEN A PLACE IN PHILIPPINES Former Member of First California Ap- * pointed to Position in Bureau of Forestry. PALO ALTO, July 28.—Theodore Zschokke, Stanford, '03, has been ap- pointed to a position in the Bureau of Forestry in the Philippine Islands. He and his wife will cail for the islands on August 2. Zschokke graduated this year from the Yale School of Forestry. He was a member of Company K, First Regiment of California, whose members enlisted from Stanford and spent three years campaigning in the Philippines. e PALO ALTO GOOD TEMPLARS CHOOSE THEIR NEW OFFICERS Rev. C. L. Beal Elected Head of Golden Star Lodge of College Town. PALO ALTO, July 28.—Golden Star Lodge, Independent Order of Good Tem- plars, has elected officers as follows: Chief Templar, Rev. C. L. Beal; vice Templar, Miss Ec a Horr; recording secretary, Miss Annie Marsh; financial secretary, Miss Elizabeth = Knight; treasurer, Willlam Marsh. G e THREE WOMEN AREKE DROWNED IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER Girls Go Swimming and Stray Into Water Beyond Their Depth Off Government Island. PORTLAND, July 28.—A dispatch from Vancouver, Wash.,, reports the drowning in the Columbia River, off Government Island. of Miss Edna Fisher, Miss Lillian Zeigler and Miss May Zeigler, whose ages ranged from 18 to 2% years. They went in bathing, got into deep water and drowned in sight of two wormen companions, neither of whom could swim. ——————————— EXPERTS WITH RIFLE TO MEET AT THE PALO ALTO RANGE Crack Marksmen Will Compete for Prizes To-Morrow in the Subur- ban Town. " PALO ALTO, July 28.—The Palo Alto Rifle Club will give a prize shoot at its new range on Sunday. Prizes amount- ing to more than $500 will be awarded. Fifty marksmen from San Francisco will attend and most of the clubs around the bay will be represented. A free lunch will be served. — e gl Morning Mine Not Sold. SPOKANE, July 28. — Thomas L. Greenough, one of the owners of the Morning mine at Wallace, Idaho, in an interview to-night, said: “There is no truth in any shape or form to the re- port that the Morning mine has been sold to any one. It is the wildest kind of an idle rumor.” —_——— ‘Woman Recovers Money. SAUSALITO, July 28.—Judge J. H. Pryor to-day rendered a judgment of $150 and costs in favor of Mrs. Eliza- beth Looney in the case of Looney vs. Bem. The suit was brought to recover a deposit of $150 which the plaintiff paid the defendant on an agreement to purchase a lodging-house. —_——— Demands on a Postoffice. The postoffice at Chester is regarded by some people as an accommodation bureau. One man last week asked for a letter carrier's pouch, saying he wanted it for a game bag; while another could not comprehend why he should be re- fused the use of the night collector's horse and wagon. A day or two ago Postmaster John A. Wallace was called from his private office into the corridor of the building and was confronted by a strange woman, who asked for the loan of 50 cents. ‘But why do you come to A pitiful story is told of Philip Bourke | me for such a favor?”’ asked the sur- prised official; “why don’t you see some 00 NOT RELISH - “CHOP SUEY” %Citizens of Palo Alto Oppose Opening of a Chinese Res- taurant in College Town REFUSED Appeal to Trustees Con- LICEXSE IS Celestial Will Courts if tinue Epecial Dispatch to The Call. PALO ALTO, July 28.—The opposition to the opening of a Chinese restaurant .on University avenue culminated to-day in the refusal by Town Clerk Boyd, act- ing under instructions of the Town Trus- tees, to issue a license to Mok Wo & Co. | who intend to open the restaurant to- morrow without a license. B. F. Hall, agent for Mok Wo & Co., has served a written demand upon the clerk and if the license is not issued the matter will be taken into the courts. There nas never been a Chinese busi- ness house in Palo Alto and It has been the policy of the citizens to keep such places out at all hazards. The present instance is the more aggravated as the location of the restaurant is in the very center of town. Mok Wo is backed by the Six Companies and a prominent Chi- nese lawyer, who has been here and has advised bim to go ahead and oven the place. The Chinese are very anxious to get a footing here. FORMER CALIFORNIAN STABBED TO DEATH Killed by a Cowboy With ‘Whom He Had Engaged in a Quarrel. Special Dispatch to The Call BURNS, Or., July 8.—Fred Andrews, a former California newspaper man, but more recently foreman of the White Horse ranch in the southern portion of the State, near the Nevada line, Was stabbed In the back of the neck by a former employe with whom he had been quarreling to-day. - The cowboy, known as “Red,” had grumbled at the food served from the ‘“‘chuck” wagon and had been given his time. Instead of leaving im- mediately he walited for dinner, but An- drews ordered him to go. Later he and Andrews and another cowboy, Foster, met in Smith’s saloon at Wild Horse and engaged in a rough and tumble quarrel, Andrews and Foster fighting it out, “Red” being defeated early. Foster was getting the worst of it, when “Red” rushed on Andrews from behind and stabbed him in the neck with a pocket- knife, making a wound four inches long and three deep. Half an hour later An- drews died. *“Red” secured a horse and rode most of the night toward Burns. He was fol- lowed by A. G. Baker, barkeeper at Smith's saloon. The latter caught up with “Red” at 3:30 o'clock at Manns Lake, just as he was riding from the corral, and took him back to Wild Horse. DAN CUPID FOILED BY A FAIR RENOITE Denies Engagement to Man Who Got License to ‘Wed Her. Special Dispatch to The Call RENO, July 28.—Alex Nelson, clerk in the Riverside Hotel, the most fashion- able hostelry in the city, visited the County Clerk’'s office here a few days ago and secured a license ‘to marry Miss Louisa Neameyer, a prominent society lady of Virginia City. The announce- ment of the approaching marriage was published In the papers and Neison re- ceived many congratulations. On read- ing the announcement Miss Neameyer denied that she was going to marry Nel- son and announced to her many friends in this city and on the Comstock that she had but a slight acquaintance with the well-known Renoite. She said that the first intimation she had of the approach- ing marriage was when she read it in the papers and that even then she thought a mistake had been made in the name. Nelson is greatly humiliated over the affair and has nothing to say in regard to it DASHES AWAY WITH CARLOAD OF POWDER Wreeked Train Saved From Destruction by an Engineer. SANTA CRUZ, July 28.—Southern Pa- cific local frelght train No. %6 was wrecked at the powder mill spur last night, nine cars piling up at the switch. Telegraph poles and wires were torn down and traffic was blocked all night. To add to the danger of the situation three cars loaded with powder were in front of the engine, Ahich miraculously escaped damage through the breaking of | a coupling, which freed the engine from i the wreck and enabled Engineer Crole to run with the powder cars to Santa Cruz for safety. i 'The powder house at Spur was wrecked. crew, as there was lto powder in tne building. BOXER MOVEMENT SUBJECT to Deny Permit| Fortune once more favored the lnlnl COWBDY AL 10 FACE J0R {Bound Over to the Superior Court on Charge of Mur- dering Sweetheart’s Father PERSES S GIRL AS A WITNESS Miss Deseribes the Quarrel That Led to the Death of Her Aged Relative ———— Special Diepatch to The Call. HEALDSBURG, July 28.—Al F: Grill, charged with the murder of Winton F. Pierce of Alexander Valley, was given a preliminary hearing in Justice Pro- vines’ court in this city to-day. Grill was accused of having shot and killed | Pierce Monday morning in his cabin nine miles north of here. Grill was arrested on suspicion and taken to Santa Rosa, where he was confined in the County Jail pending trial. This morning Miss May Plerce, daughter of Grill's’ victim, in whose. ¢ompany the }accused was seen Sunday, was put on the stand to testify. Several other wit- nesses were examined before the girl was called. May is 16 years old. She has been keeping company with Grill, who is 30 years of age and a typical cow- puncher. The girl testified that on | Sunday night she hired a rig in Gey- serville for Sunday and Monday and arrived at Her home at 6 o'clock. At 7 o'clock her father and Grill, who had been out hunting, returned. Plerce then missed his purse and immediately accused Grill of having stolem It. A quarrel resulted. in which Plerce cursed the young man. A dog had been howling outside during the fracas and Grill, noticing a shotgun leaning against the wall, picked it up and said he was going out to shoot the animal. While Grill was out Plerce retired and then decided to summon Grill to his room. May called him in. She says that her father, who was in his night clothing, confronted Grill and the argument was remewed with increased anger. She left the two men to themselves for a few minutes and retired to the front part of the house. In the midst of the discussion she heard the report of a gun 1 soon after- ward Grill came out to her. She in- quired what he had shot and he re- marked in a casual manner that he had shot a “skunk.” He then went out and brought the liv- ery rig up to the house angd told her to get in. She did so and they drove over to the home of Mrs. Phil Stoeffel, near Lytton Springs. On the trip Grill handed her a purse containing three $5 gold pieces and two silver dollars. The girl claims Grill did@ not tell her that he had killed her father and says the first she heard of the murder was when she was told of it by Sheriff F. P. Grace Monday morn- ing. Throughout the examination of the girl Grill kept his eyes rigidly fixed upon her face, quite unnerving her. Mrs. Stoeffel, at whose home Grill and the girl stopped, testiffed that both vis- fted her place frequently and on several occaslons had referred to the cruel way the girl's father, who seems to have been a very cranky and gruff individual, treat- ed her. Mrs. Stoeffel said the girl paild her $150 for some sewing she had done’” and then showed her the purse contain- ing the $16. When questioned by Mrs. Stoeffel as to where she obtained it the child said Grill gave it to her. Several neighbors heard the shot and saw the rig leave the Pierce home, but thought nothing of it at the time. H. S. Gird and W. Bennet, who worked with Pierce, missed him in the flelds early Monday morning, as the old man was an early riser. Both became alarmed and went to his house. After knocking and receiving no response they broke in the door and found the body of the old man. Last Saturday Plerce bought a 25-cent pipe In Healdsburg and gave the dealer a 320 gold plece in payment, recetving three $5 gold pieces and the remainder in silver change. It Is believed that Grill robbed the old man and committed mur- der to cover his deed. Justice Provines decided to hold Grill over without bafl before the Superior Court. MISS OF TWELVE TRIES TO END LIFE She Attempts Suicide After Mother Had Promised Her a Whipping. Special Dispatch to The Call NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 28— Elsle, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mrs. J. S. Dougherty, shot herself this afternoon to avoid threatened punish- ment. The little miss left her mother, who had scelded her for being naughty and promised a switching as well as ordering her to her room, went upstairs and shot herself with a thirty-eight- caliber revolver, the bullet making a deep cut in her head, but not resulting fatally. It was undoubtedly lack of knowledge of handling the revolver that saved the child’s life. Instead of holding it close to her head, she apparently fired at the distance of a foot or more, as the bullet only grazed her skull. I Sour Stom *I nsed arets and feel like a new man. I have - r from dy: and’ n or s shors thme. Tulll recommand Guscnce 3 | day u particularly good idea came to him | of your friends? You are an entire and he sat down to his typewriter with enthusiasm. He wrote rapidly for hours and had nearly finished the story when a friend came in. ‘“Read that” said Marston proudly, “and tell me what you think of it.” The friend stared at the happy author and then at the blank sheets of paper in his hand before he ‘was able to understand the little tragedy. The ribbon had been taken from the typewriter and Marston's toll was for nothing. He nevef had the heart to write tnat story again.—Exchange stranger to me.” “That may be,” re- plied the caller, with rare naivete, “but I came to see you because I'm a regular customer of this office.” This was too much for the postmaster, who reached into his pocket for the half dollar.—Phila- delphia Record. —_——————— The Chicago public library uses a twenty-horse power gasoline wagon to deliver books from the central depart- ment to the many branches in the city and suburbs OF ADDRESS BY A DIVINE - Mauch Chunk. Pa | Rev. J. H. MecLaughlin of Shantung Best For Talks Before the Presbyterian Summer School. The Bowels | SANTA CRUZ, July 28.—This was an unusually big day at the Glenwood Presbyterlan Summer School. At 10 o'clock Rev. A. B. Prichard of Los An. CANDY CATHARTIC geles gave an address on “The Mes- sage of the Apostolic Churches to To- day.” ‘He was followed by Rey. J. H. McLaughlin of Shantung, China, who spoke on “The Boxer Movement, Its Pleasant, Palatable. Taste Good. Do Good, Causes and Consequences.” z " Thog e oF Qripe. e, X 2.0 ————————— %0 curs or your money back. 3 WEBB WILL NOT ALLOW NAME Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 59 OF THB PEOPLE TO BE USED . e VALLEJO, July 28.—Attorney Gen- eral Webb has denied the petition of H. D. Gill, attorney for E. A. Williams, for permission to use the name of the people of the State of California in a suit for a writ of mandate which Wil- liams desired to institute to regain his position in the Vall - — lejo Police Dq‘n 1 UT THE BAY* A A