The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1905, Page 6

" 'THE 'SAN FRANCISCO CALL, RIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1wv3; N EWS WORAN BRIRCS 1 Mrs. Bentley Alleges Lawyer, \censed of Attacking Girls, \lso Stole Her S SAYS SHE WAS ROBBED Declares Attorney David Mitchell Induced Her to Assign Her Bank Account \K ‘,\'il_\ ¥ - tehell -David Mi Pi 2 a her of $2500. v B ves in Berkeley and has " e litigation Abx tw had - trouble » ¥ who claims to be and time, she alleges r to sign papers pur- ain_“rules and regula- the papers transferred t of $2500 in the Un id know, sired her to Sut do with her sig ns te ie replied tk bed by or deposit © lems I make & BY HUSBAND'S DEATH Grief Brings -Mania to a Woman Just Out of Asylum. shovk of I brief illne aitened condi wn undertaker going into business had for man fors he Francisco. leased from will be returned hout the-formal- by - the Insanity omplaint on ‘which as sworn te by her the tion ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICES. Lodge annual mem- moon at the . —Oakl old h. -The So- Crellin, * E. Arthur Weiss,” cello; Walter Handel Thorley, organist. A nale chorus of twenty voices will sing several sele s ie oration will be delivered b n: H. C i give ti George xalted i1l lead. in The tee.in charge is E. min, O. . C. rinson, J.- F: Seulberger, A. 8. Car- n, B. V. Thomas, —_——————— SIMS MAY NOT RECOVER. OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—The condition of J. Fletcher Sims, who was injured in an sutomobile accident at High street, Fruitvale, Tuesday evening, remains unchanged, and grave fears are enfer- talned by not recover. L e DISLIKES BANANAS. —Oakland, Nov. 3¢ that bananas were not to Barbageletta took a bunch of his physicians that he may from a_Sen Pablo-avenve produce. and _threw Gardiner, w for drunken: _ADVERTISEMENTS. into the gutter. Policeman witnessed the act, arrested him s and malicious mischief. Heart Weakness The action of the heart de- pends upon the heart nerves and muscles. When from any cause they become weak or ex- hausted, and fail to furnish sufficient power, the heart flut- ters, palpitates, skips beats; and in its effort to keep up its work, causes pain and distress, such smothering spells, short breath, fainting, . pain around’ heart, arm and shoul- ders. The circulation is im- peded, and the entire system suffers from lack of nourish- ment. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure makes a heart strong and vigorous by strengthening these nerves and muscles. “I had palpitation and pain around my heart, and the doctors said it was incurable. 1 don’t believe it now. for after six bottles of Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure, three botties of the Nervine &nd three boxes of the Nerve Liver Pills I am entirely cured, and feel better than I have for five years, nd it is all due to these remedies. 1 want you to know that your medicines cured me. It relieved me from the first dose, and 1 kept right on il the pain in my chest was gone, and I Kept as feell Dbetter even after I .uit Saking WE PSONN T SHERMAN. Belding, Mich. Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Is sold by your druggist, who will guargntee that the first bottie will benefit. If it falls he will refund your money. E CHARGES Money | Mitchell was | ad been in other legal | devil as an- WOMAN MISER'S SICKNESS |B|[ ~ REVEALS HER RELATIVES| Aged Mrs. Oliva Coulson Found to Have Wealthy Kin BDOF H {NoTnn | | PG AN BERKELEY, Nov: 3.—Rich Mrs. Oliva Coulsoh, the aged woman whose distressing plight was discovered by ‘the police last night when she was removed from her loneliness and saualor | in a Mansion on Prince street, may learn | through this occurrence that the woman iha.- lived alone, aserecluse, in mysterious | of | | fashion; “and be persuaded to assume’ { charge of her affaire. { It Qeveloped to-day that Mrs. Coulson | 2Y | hae a wealthy nephew, Robert Morris, re- Bellingham, Wash., and that relatives ‘are rich people -{ who apparently have been in ignorance of | Mrs. Coulson’s weird manner of life. { Notification of Mre. Coulson’s condition is to be sent to these relatives by the au- horities. siding at | others of her | Coulson Hes ai the Roosevelt Hos- pital, hovering between life and death as | the result of her terrible experience dur- | ing the last few days-- When the police 1took charge of her last night she was her Prince street home, lying on floor of her bedroom, unable to move, very {ll, vet without food, fire, medicine or attendants. For three days she has been in thi For years she has { lived = at Prince street, a mvs- terfous recluse. owns her home, and also property in San Francisco. She was 1 to be a rich woman, but the neigh- new littie of her. f all welcomed no attention. money, and alone in of siclans cost oulson was said to inwilling to pay for such things. hbors noted that her house had opened for a number of days and jnformed the police that they feared old lady: had died. { showed that death soon would have come her case had.not been given attention at the time. The room in which the old lady lay was very unelean condition.” Her helpless- wa- apparent and hed {llness was in Death hovereidl over her, and en in that condition, scarcely able te gasp, she resented efforts to give her | hospital attention and care, her mind ap- parently having been affected by her ill- 1 be kept 4t the hospital, if il ber relatives appear to | she | chre for her. -~ CITY CETTING. e =t San Francisco ‘merchants “have- begun | to invade the territory of eastern mer- | chants in Mexico. So successtul has heen their campaign that they have ab- =orbed - neariy implement husiness of western Mexico, and they are pushing the sdvantage they have gained into other lines. - The agent of the San Franeisco merchant has be- come a well known figure in Mexican cities, where a few years ago he had not been seen. The cause of this invasion has been the waking up of the San Francisco mer- chants to a_realization. of the profits to be derived from trade in Mexico. In- stead. of long shipments .into far east- ern ports shipment into Mexico can be more quickly and cheaply . made. There is just as great a profit on' the sale. ' Nearly every line except dry goods been entered with success and the goods merchants of this city have begun to take the active interest in the southern republic that prompted the ma- | chinery men of this city to send in their salesmen. Another reason for been the recent rapid settlement of these western territoriex” of Mexico by men and women from the United States, The | Government has' recently been offering | every inducement to immigrants who wili |take up land and farm it. Blocks of {land are sold for $1 25 per acre -and | ten years' time is gFented for.payment. This land is fertile and can be qulite easily cultivated. % The maguey plant has been introduced into Mexico from Yucatan for the farm- |ers. It-made the farmers of Yucatan rich and the Mexican authorities believe it will do the same for the settlers in these west provinces. The leaves of this plant make pure fiber which can be woven into fine rope. -Already Ameri: can capitalists have invested thousands of dollars putting up plants to manu- facture this rope. The root of- this plant is squeezed and made into a very fine liquor. It is said that an enterpris- ing farmer with a little capital wHl be ablé to make his fortune in a few years rajsing this plant. THIEF LEAVES NOTE SCORING HIS VICTIM Tells Landlord of Hotel Why He Robbed a Roomer. Special Dispatch to The Call PORTLAND, Nov. 30.—A burglar who robbed Martin O'Keefé at the Scandia House, of his coat, trousers, gold watch and $, is a bit of a philosopher and humorist. He left the following note pinned to the door To the Proprietor: I took this man's coat, vest and watch and money because he is a fool and a drunken siob and I will treat all other bums that can't keep the same | way. Tt wil be Interesting for you to know { I saved your place from being- burncd up. This soak bad left the chimney off and it_was all afire on the bowl of the lamp when I went in to see If I could pick up & grubstake. If you had much more sense than p. they got asleep, As it 4s, 1 have saved your house from being burned up and this drunk from an awful death. - You both owe me 4 | debt of undying gratitude, as all I have charged for the good work I have done is what 1 took out of the yoom. In future look after such persons for safe keeping. Yours Sruty, THE PROWLBR. L ———— KANSAS BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS IS ATTACKED TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 30.—The con- stitutionality of the Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners, its judicial, legislative and executive 'wers, has been attacked by the Unibn Pacific Railroad in & bill of restraint filed i the United States Circuit Court in this city. Primarily the action asks that Ju Pollock set aside the. order of the board, made gn October 31, ng rates on carload shipments of hardware from Atchison to Wigchita, Hutchinson and dflondmfiire*nunad in the “Fifteen bilL relatives She was stusni- | have been a | Investigation | all of the hardware. and | this invasion has | the bum you would watch such people until’ | TR WNULTY Ot Chain of Evidence Prepared. Connecting Berkeley Man: With Attack Upon Woman ) BERKELEY, ov. 30.— Hints were |'heard té-night. on the eve of Lester Mc- | Nulty's examination on tLe charge of feloniously attacking Miss Dorothy Olsen, that McNulty's attorneys may try to spoil the prosécution's plans for a presenta- tion of .all the evidence against the man, ! by ‘making a motion before Justice Ed- gar to-morrow morning that a wew com- plaint. be filed agajnst McNulty and the original complaint be withdrawn. It is safd that fn the event of such a motion being made.. and, granted: the new com- | plaint would charge simple assault, to which - McNulty would piead guilty, thus.| making it unnecessary to take any’ evi- dence In the case. A District Attorney Allen ‘has been pro- vided by Marshal Vollmer with a chain of evidence connecting McNulty with the assault upon Miss Olsen on the night of | November &, which-is regarded as well | nigh -perfect. . McNuity’s movements on | the night in guestion have been traced | by Marshal Vollmer's men, and witnesses havé been subpenaed who will testify | that the accused mam took the car on }which Miss Olsen rode at Broadway and | Fourteenth street; that he carrfed the | overcoat which-was left with Miss Olsen after she struggled with her assailant; | that he left the.car a few seconds after | Miss Olsen did, and that he attacked her ;when the car had passed from sight. | The testimony of A. G. Alvis, conductor | No. 782, in charge of the car on-which | Miss .Olsen and -.cNulty both rode from Oakland to Berkeley, is expected to be the prosecution’s trump. card. Alvis is expected to swear that McNulty rode on a depity sheriff’s badge, numbered either 20 | or 21, taking the car at Thirteenth stréet | and Broadway at 9:35 o'clock. He rode in a seat. about three sedts behind Miss Olsen, and evell her ‘constantly. When the car reached a point a few blocks | south of Stuart street,-McNulty is de- | clarea by Alvis to have walked, baek to the rear platform.. Miss Olsen left the car at Stuart street, and the conductor has informed Marshal Vollmer's men that McNulty - jumped off the car a few .sec- onds ;after Miss Oleen had left. & . | Miss Olsén’s story begins at this point. | She declares“that McNulty accosted her, | and when' she ignored him .he grabbed her, throwing ber to the ground. In the struggle her eye glasses® were broken. She retained his overcoat, after her | screams had brought assistance, and Mc- Nulty was frightened away. She identi- fled McNulty when he came to the house at Marshal Vollmer's request, but later signed a statement exonerating him. She declares now that McNulty's relatives pleaded with her to do this for the sake of his aged mother, and she granted the plea. Later she believed she had done wrong and swore to a complaint charg- ing McNulty with assault. Miss Olsen will appear as a prosecut- ing witness, McNulty is to be repre- sented by M. C. Chapman and A. L. | Frick, of Oakland. District Attorney Al- |len is to conduct the prosecution. |ALVARADO FARMER BEATEN AND ROBBED Thieves Enjoy Carnival of “Crime in Alameda County. OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—There was a thelves' carnival in Alameda County Thanksgiving eve &nd many reports of robberies and burglaries were received to- day, ¢he most serious being the reported hold-up of. M. M. Gusta at San Leandro jast night. Gusta is a farmer of Alvar- ado and went to San Leandro to make gome purchases. He was walking along Williams street between 11 o'clock and midnight, when he was set upon by a negro and & white man, knocked down by a blow from a club and relfeved of $250. - $55 2 Burglars broke into the saloon of W. B, Smender at Niles, through a rear win- dow, and took $200 from the cash register, which the proprietor had forgotten to lock In his safe. In Oakland, the saloon of H. E. Bur- metster at 861 Wood street' was the scene of a burglary. Here, also, the thieves forced a rear window. They took % in cash and liquors valued at $4. Jin Yen, a Chinese cook, reported that he had been attacked by a man at Eighth and Jefferson streets late last night, but he escaped from his assailant by rum- ning. ° 5 % H. L, Perry of .1418 Tenth avenue re- posts the loss of a diamond pin, which was either dropped or picked from his cravat. —— e m—— Son Attacks Father. OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—Two members of the Reems family of Peach avenue and Adams street had an exciting holi- day. The result was that John Reems, the father, went to the Recelving Ho: pital for repairs and his som, Frank, will probably be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Father and son had been clebrating the day and altercation arose. The son bedln ! throwing coffee cups at his father, and one struck him, cuttinng a deep gash in his right temple. The elder man was treated by Steward Borchert. ] —_—————— Pastor Helps the Graders. e g for Ep 'Church has been lnllx‘d and work upon the foundation hds begun. The new sacred edifice will be one of the handsomest public buildings in town. So anxious is the pastor to see the new place of worship under way that he as- sisted in the work of grading. } Boys Must Face a Jury., HEALDSBURG, Nov. 30.—George Do- respectively, were lb{ Justice of the Peace A. B, Provines b m!liomeflorm-cmot & ‘larceny. T f SRR T X . peied {@ charge of arson. F!uspéct him of being Footpl.'_ir_nt-g Around Burned, _ Building Fit Shoemarks, “of Fruitvale: - Farmhand: ARRESTED FOR ARSON Richard Treffurth Accused| of Firing Barn in Which flThree Horses Met Death - OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—The unuauauyl large feet of Richard Treffurth, a farm- hand, led to his arrest this afternoon on He is accused of : baving, through a spirif of revenge, set! fire te a barn on the Fisher ranch, near Joaquin Milleg's”- “Heights” in upper Fruitvale, last night. The barh, three ‘horses and several tons of hay were con- sumed by the flames. “Treffurth has feet of abnormal size and the- footprints around the ruins this} morning caused .Sheriff Frank Barnet to the incéndfary. Barnet went. to the Northrup ranch, ‘where Treffurth has recently been em- ployed, and secured a pair of his large shoes. ' They fitted exactly the = foot-| .prints and, Treffurth® was taken into cus-< tody on a charge of arsbn. : Trefturth was formerly-employed by J. Luhrs, lessee of the Fisher ranch, and was discharged. Revenge: Is supposed to have been the motive for the crime. Treffurth denies the accusation and says ! he was in bed before lock, more | than half " an_ hour the ° fire occurred. ° QUIETLY OBSERVE THE: DAY OF THANKSGIVING Fast - Side Cities Suspend Business' for the. Holiday. OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—Services in -the churches and a general cessation of business, pubMe and private, with | much feasting in the. home, marked the obscrvance of Thanksgiving day in Oakland Benevolent organizations saw to it that the poor.and the depen- dent in the various institutions en- jovea a bounteous spread of - good things. Sports.engaged the young peo-, -ple. At the Claremont Country Club open house was in order, while afleld. igoli and tennis had their devotees. At the First, Presbyterian Church union services were held this’ morn- bei fng. The Rev. €. T. Walkley, Tector of St. Paul's Episcopal : Church, preached. He said the freedom Of re- liglon in the United States was one boon for which the people should be thankful. Speaking. of the . President's proclamation-for Thanksgiving day, the rector said: 3 2 ¥ The President not only said that we should worship in our churches but in -our homes -as i well. And this brings me to comment .on the lives of two of our Presidents—McKinley and.|: Roosevelt. -Although their lives:in most ways are comtrasted most decidediy yet they both Were makers of tbe home life. And as I look at this I am led to belleve that singe the Pres- ident stands as the first citizen of the land so in time to come will the White House stand the first home of the nation. s o e The Rev. H. K. Sanborne, pastor - of Brooklyn Presbyterian -Church,” con- ducted union services at the Eighth’ avenue Mefhodist Church. 8 The prisoners at the Alameda County Jail were treated to a Thanksgiving | day feast by-Sheriff Frank Barnet, who supplied them with all the customary Thanksgiving dislies, including turkey, cranberry sauce, mince and pumpkin ples. A = ALAMEDA, Nov. 30.—Thanksgiving day was observed here with union ser- vices held by the evangelical churches of the city in the First Congregational Church this morning at 11 o'clock.. The attendance at the exercises was large. .| Rey. Wilsie. M. Martin of the First Methodist Episcopal Church preached the sermon. At Christ Episcopal Church services were held at 7:30 this morning in honor of St. Andrew's day and at 10 o'clock in honor of Thanks- giving. Masses were said- at St. Jo- sepl’s Catholic Church ax 7, and 9 o’clock this morning. 5 . ‘“BERKELEY, Nov. 30.—All the Pro- testant churches of the city untted this morning in a Thanksgiving service held in the First Congregational Church, Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee, pas- tor of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered the sermon. A apgclal choix provided music. o g Rev. J. A. Batchelor, presiding elder of -the Methodist church South, deliv- ered a Thanksgiving: sermon at the Methodist Church at Durant and Tele- graph avenues this evening. 5 . Speclal Thanksgiving music was ren- dered during vespers at the Unitarian church at 5 o'clock. % GUILDS OF ST. PAUL’S ° PLAN A PARISH FAIR Members of Chureh to Hold an Elaborate Bazaar in Ebell Hall. - sy OAKLAND, Nov. 30.—The members of the varlous guilds and chapters of St. Paul's Episcopal Church have completed plans for a parish fair and bazaar, which will be given at Ebell Hall on the after- noon and evening of December 6. Each of the varlous church organizations will have a booth at the fair, and in addition there will be a feature never before at-; tempted in an affair of this kind. This will be an automobile ride booth, in charge of Mrs. Harrison Clay,” and will replace the donkey ride at the usual out- door church festival. - . The booths of the bazaar and the offi- cers of the societies who wiil be in charge of them are: t Chancel Chapter. booth, in charge of Mrs. Joseph J. Allen, president of the chapter; Parish Work Chapter booth, in charge of Mrs. Bruce Hayden, president of the chapter; St. Agnes Guild booth, in charge of Mrs. C. T.. Walkley, president; Moth: Club booth, in charge of Mrs. J. ers’ Redfield Fearn and Mrs. Barl Little; Ju- nior Auxiliary booth, in-charge of Miss Bishop and Miss Farley; Women’s Anxil- jary booth, in charge of Mrs. Sherman, president; candy booth, in charge of Mrs. Fred Magee, and Grizzly Bears’ booth, in charge of Richard McClaw, president. ————een. Fair Bieyelist Injured. . 3 HEALDSBURG, Nov. 30.—In trying to avoid an approaching horse and buggy yesterday Miss Annie Lynch, a ing member of the Sorosis Club .of city, was thrown from her bicycle. | right ankle was ken. | the | partly telescoped. The chair car and vm-lunh:unnlnhfl:mr.m BY PROFESSOR Wi:ckéqfi Ekpliins Cause " of _ Reports About Tllegal Ac- “tion of Site Commission| Fine Plant in San Mateo SCARE' 1S UNFOUNDED|PROPERTY, IS VALUABLE Clafis BERKELEY, Nov. 3 A report to the effect hat the State commission ap- pointed to select a site’ for the experi- nfental farm of the University of Call- fornig contemplates taking action in the selection of a site which will be in direct opposition of thé provision made by the Legislature for the farm, which has been widely circulated in the rural districts of the State, was denled to-day by Professor E. J. Wickson, & member of the commission. The re- port has been circulated that the com- mission has under consideration a num- ber’of proposed sites for the ‘farm which do not come within the condi- ‘tions imposed by the act of the Legis- lature appropriating a fund for the _purchase of the land necessary. for the farm. ° The act provides that “no tract of land, for the irrigation of which some system ig not already provided, or for, which a water right is not purchased.or procured. at the time. the land "is selected,” shall be bought for univer- sity farm purposes. A: number of thé residents. of theé rural districts of the State have been led to believe that the members of the commission are con- ‘sidering the purchase of a site which could by no means be regarded as hav- ing a dystem of irrigation already pro- vided, and the report has been spread that the commission was, either through ignorance or knowingly, in danger-of ‘[ rendering:void its own proceedings. - > In answer:to this report Professor Wickson said to-day: Let all‘the people who are worrying about the matter be at peace. full cognizance of this irrigation provision in the act apd the members belleys they kuow ‘what ' that? provision includes. There may be room ‘for argument, however, ‘as to What con- stitutes. an ‘‘rrigation system already pro- vided.”! Some smight insist thdt the oppor- tunity to take water.frém ditches constituted an irrigation system_already provided, while others might contend tliat a more elaborate irrigatior. system was meant. The commis- sion supposedly will be. guided- by legal ad- vige of this or any other points that may seem to pequire such cowpsel. 1 will look at the sites offered; and make my report, as re- 5 the commission, .probably some ANNOUNCE =~ - ALAMEDANS - ENGAGEMENT ALAMEDA, Nowv. 30.—Miss Bessie-Frier and Louig:J. Lictticken will marry’.on thé evening of . December 16, the cerémoay to be celebrated at the homie of the.par- .ents ‘of the. bride-elect,* Mr. and. Mrs. George Frier, 2117 Santa. Clara avenue. “ C: Frier, a sister .of ‘the bride-elect, will attend her:'.as maid of honor, and’ Cy Harry White:is to be best man: The nuptial ceremony will be per- formed by the Rey. William® Norman Guthrie of Christ- Episcopal . Churclr Miss Frier is.a graduate of ‘the Alameda High School. Mr. Lictticken is with ‘the firm of Payot, Upham & Co. in San Fran- clsco. s D TEER —_—————————— ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS WOMAN’'S NOSE ‘BROKEN.—Oakland, Nov. Mrs. Mary McCarthy of 349 Twenty-third reet was treated at the Receiving Hospital to-day: for a broken nose. The only explana- tion she. would offer for her injury was -that she had “a iine husband.’ : HIGH SUHQOOL ALUMNI REUNION.—Ala~ meda, . Noy. 80.—The Alumnt Association of the Alameda High School will hold a reunion 16. The -affair Will be of & social charagter, and the members -of the December graduating class of tke High School:will be the guests of honor. - e 3 MISSES TURKBEY AND STRIKES THUMB. nd, Nov. 30.—Valley -Jackson, a negro cook, ‘attempted to kill a turkey in & hotel at Fortieth street ‘and San Pable avenue this morning. ..Instead he cut off his right thumb. He' tried. to behead the fowl with a butcher knife and as he struck the turkey jumped. His wound was treated by Stewart Borchert at the Receiving Hospital. G RELIEF ' FOR FIREMEN.—Oakland, Nov. 80.—City Attorner McElroy is still trying to find a way whereby the city may grant Oak- land firemen four days' vacadion each month. u ordinance providing for these vacations was passed by thé City Council but it was found be unconstitutional and was vetoed ¢ Requiring University |It Is' Said Definite Answer Farm ‘to Have Irrigation| WiH Be Given by Owners I, System to Be Given Heed| Within Next Three Weeks The commiesion has | -y cember .23, Later_ debates have been ar- in Assembly Hall.on the evening of Deceiber | " WATER SYSTEN San Francisco Capitalists Said to- Be Dickering for e Special Dispatch to The Cail. SAN MATED, Nov. 30.—A company of San Francisco capitalists Is looking over the ‘fleld here with a view of purchasing the plant of the 8an Mateo Water Works. It has been a matter of gossip here in financial -circles for some time that such an effort was being made, but as nothing came of the affair it ‘was supposed to have lapsed. It is now stated on author- ity, however, that the negotiations have reached such a point that a definite answer will be giveh one way or the other within three weeks. The property involved is an extremely valuable one and it is understood that the managers of the Hayward estate are not anxious at this time to sell. Just what a reasonable value of the plant would be is a matter of discussion, but a fair estimate of its worth may be mad from the fact that in addition to the wells and pumplng plant on the marsh and the distributing system of the com- pany, the corporation possesses also a perpetual right to 300,000 gallons of water every day from tHe Spring Valley Water Company. If the deal fall§ through it is the in- tention of the managers of the Hayward estate to improve the property, -to Install an absolutely up-to-date municipal water system and to meet the growing deniands of this city for an adequate supply of pure water. SERIES OF DEBATES TO' TEST STUDENTS San Mateo Pupils to Be Given Chance to Show Talk- _ing Qualities. Sp.echl Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD °CITY, Nov. 30.—Arrange- merits hayve been made fere for a series of debates among the high schools and the very excellent preparatory schools in this county. The first test will be be- tween the Lyceum Literary Debating So- ciety of the Sequoia High School and the San Mateo High School. This debate wil také place on either December 16 or De- ranged . between the high schools here ‘with the Mountain View High Scheel, with Holtt’'s and with Reid's. The last debate of the series will.be a eontest be- tween the Sequoia High School of this. city and the high school of Palo Alto. —_————— FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES OF STANFORD TO DEBATE WIIl Discuss Policy of United States 7: in Connection With Combina~ tion of Rallroads. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 30.— ‘Rhe annual freshman-sophomore de- bate will be held next Monday evening. The question to be debated was sub- mitted by the sophomores. It is: “Re- | solved, That the United States should ‘continue its present policy of opposing the combination, of railroads.” The sophomores who will defend the resolu- tion are W. F. Herron of Telfuride, Colo.; W. C. Sheiton of San Jose and L. Newland of Palo Alto. The freshmen will be represented by the strongest trio that has upheld the honor of an in- coming class for four years. The fresh- men debaters are J. M. Politzer of Ala- meda, D. E. Mahon of Honolulu and G. B.-Bush of Riverside. ———— GLEE CLUB OF HIGH SCHOOL TO GIVE CONCERT Sweet-Voiced Misses to Sing Sacred % Songs in the Comgrega- tional Church. REDWOOD CITY, Nov. 30.—The Girls’ Glee Club of the Sequoia Union High School .has agreed to give a sacred con- cert next Sunday night under the direc- tion of F. F. Jeffers, the supervisor of music in the high school. The service will be held in the Congregational church and will be strictly non-sectar- fan in character. The girls’ club will sing several special selections and the congregation ‘will be asked to join in GIRLS’ FEET LEAD IALARM STILLED [WANT TO BUY [MEAT SCARCITY CAUSES ALARM l‘Bmeic-llsta.g Takes Up Matter of Shertage in Beef and Discl;sses - the :Situation PARTLY DUE TO LAW Socialists Claim That the Heavy Inspection Charges Force the Prices Higher BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The Reichstag day -discussed the Socfalist interpell tion asking Chancellor von Bulow what measures the imperial Goverament pro- poses to take inst the meat scarcity. Herr Scheldmann, Socialist, quoted fi ures showing the decrease In the slaughtering of animals at the public abattoirs and their lighter weight compared with previous years. The price of pork, he said, Is 49 marks per “hundred weight in Chicago, 79 In Rot- terdam, 125 in Berlin and 135 at Stutt- gart. He denied that the closure of the frontiers was neces: to protect Ger- man livestock against foreign diseases, saying such diseases were rare In France, Holland and Denmark, whereas 36,000 farms in Germany were reported to be affected with red murrain in 1304 and 45,000 in 1905. The dearness of meat, Herr Scheid- mann declared. was partly due to the meat law, which necessitates heavy in- spection charges. Vice Chancellor Count von Pasadow- ski-Wehner answered the interpellation in behalf of the Chancellor. He sald that the opening of the frontiers was & matter for the individual state gov- ernments to decide, but the Saxon and Bavarian Governments had rejected such reciprocity. The relaxation of veterinary control at the frontiers would shake the foundations of the do- mestic animal industry and promote de- pendency upon foreign countries. The surest guarantee for reasonable meat prices rested In the protection of do- mestic livestock. The Minister of Agriculture, General von Podbjelski, maintalned that the high prices of meat sepresented - a transitory condition, due to poor crops. He admitted that if the present prices became permanent it would be neces- sary to take steps to get cheaper meat and sald that the animals brougiit to market slaughtered in 1905 were 6 per cent lighter than the animals slaugh- tered in 1904. President Count vor Ballstrem called General von Podbjel- ski to order for saying that Scheidmann | had “made himself the mouthpiece for pall the malleious nonsense printed bout me in the newspapers.” VILAS WILL SUCCEED CHIEF ASSAYER WING Building and Lean Man to Get Seattle Branch of Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Nov. %.—Calvin -E. Vilas, manager of the Washington National Building, Loan and Investment Associa- tion, and one of the best known business men of the elty, is to succeed Frederick A. Wing as chief assayer at the local branch of the San Francisco Mint. United States Senator Plles made this definite an- nouncement prior to going to Washington. It is stated on absolutely reliable author- ity that Piles has secured the appoint- ment of the Seattle man, to take effect almost immediately after the arrival of Director Roberts of the Mint Bureau In this city the early part of next week. SON OF NEW YORK BANKER ENDS LIFE Tells Nurse He Is Going to Shoot Coyotes and Blows . Opt Brains. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3.—Charles D. God- frey, son of a.wealthy retired banker of New York City, committed sulcide at the Colonel Randelette place, just nerth of Lamesa, last night. About half an hour before Mrs. Price, his nurse, retired for the night, Godfrey said to her: “If you hear me out shooting coyotes to-night, do not be alarmed.” Less than an hour later Mrs. Price was startled out of her sleep by the sound of\a shot. She rushed singing well-known hymns. One of the most interesting features of the pro- grame will be the story, told by Pro- o by Mayor Mott. McElroy is engaged in drawl a measure that will be legal. s GATEMAN IS ASSAULTED,—Oakland, Nov. 30.—Louis Norwood, employed as a_ gateman on the Seventh-street local train of the South- ern Pacific Company, was assaulted and beaten last night, it is charged, by Thomas Kelly, who is & blacksmith in the company’s shops because ne took up an em- by Kelly which had Kelly will be arrested as t can be secured by Nor SUES ON BROKEN CONTRACT.—Oakland, Nov. 80.—Suit has been begun by S. H. Sorreli against the Broadway Planing Mill for $4000 for salary, alleged to 'be due, and da Sorrell, who was a former employe of the (h alleges wners of the mill, that he was dis- charged without cause, and that his employers broke a contract wif him. Fifteen hundred dollars of the sum sued for i8 for salary, and the -balance for damage 1o the complainan RAILROAD ANSWERS SUIT.—Alameda, Nov. 30.—An answer has been filed by the A emuzl:l' By Duncan Bayne to prevent th sult bro y o corporation froni laying a spur track on Bland- ing avenue in front of his “property, & fran- chise for which was granted the company by the City ’rnnt.e‘:"lnwo w.e:.n'“ 3 The s)mlth- ern Pacific_an ces ngness y reasonable amount of damages J.:x ‘Bayne an; 2 of | "be detarmined by & competent court. —————————— NEW MEXICO PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS INTO DITCH | —— ? Engineer Is Scalded to Death and Sev- eral Other Members of the Crew LAS VEGAS, N. M., Nov. 30.—Santa Fe passenger train No. 1, westbound, wefig _into’ the ditch at Romero, four miles south of this city, yesterday. En- gineer R. B. Brackett waa scalded by escaping steam and died in great Engineer James Cristol .was pal _scalded; C. Smith of Bath, Me., lost part of his hand; Mall Clerk J, M. Cook of La Junta was severely injured in the back and Conductor Schaffer was con- siderably battered, several Italians were much bruised and many others received minor injuries. The train was a the first engine escaped. The second engine left the rails for no reason that can bée explained, pounded along 200 feet of track, and, pitching down the bank, rolled completed over. The ex- press cars, a car of ice and mall coach ‘turned over and the forward coach was B i fessor Jeffers, of how these hymns were ‘written. —_——————— DEVOTEES OF GAME OF WHIST SPEND ENJOYABLE EVENING Members of Colma Club Meet at dence of Member and H:y sl Cards. COLMA, Nov. 30.—The last s the Whist Club has been \'ote;"::: :; the most successful in the history of the organization. The club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loughlin. The home of the host and hostess was beau- tifully decorated and the games of the th him in so discharging | evening were well and evenly contest- ed. Among those who contested Mrs. H. Smith, Miss Clarice Ad:;:r: Mrs. Charles Svenderman, H. D. Plerce and Mr. and Mrs. Loughlin, The next ific_Company in the injunction | meeting of the club will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Luce, —_—— LONDON, Dec. 1.—The Madrid correspond- is in a position to assert that King Alfonso is engaged to married to Princess iy Ena of Battenberg, niece Wome intully | however, by the use of Mother’s Friend- before baby comes, a8 o , ST T great liniment always use of this wonderful . Sold by all s at $1.00 bot Qur little all Sl ottty il be et frn | e sache e ca. s . e Married =5 to his room, where she found him stretched across his bed with a .38- revolver clutched in his hand. He had placed the revolver In his mouth and pulled the trigger. EVIDENCE OF CRIME FOUND IN HEALDSBURG Knives and Coins Buried in ‘What Was Oneé Tough Part of Town. SANTA ROSA, Nov. 30.—G. E. Prunk of Healdsburg has uncovered a cache on his place in which were hidden a dangerous looking bowie knife, a pearl handled pocket-Knife and some silver enins. The bowie knife is evidently of heme manufacture. being made from a broad steel file. The blade is 8 Inches long and has a five-inch handle. The cache was marked by an irom bar driven into the ground. The find was made where the “tough™ part of the town was located in early days, and it is believed that the property was son- cealed many vears ago to hide the evi- dence of some crime. after marriage. of chiidren is often to the mother’s Al of this can destructive shapeliness. be avoided, for the strain upon it,