The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 7, 1905, Page 6

NEWS OF 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1805. SINS' INURIES [HAPPINESS LASTS|RENDERS RICH ONLY A YEAR. ——— RESULT FATALLY Victim of Automobile Acci-|Mrs, Emma Silliman Says Husband Has De- serted Her and Babe, Taking Wedding Presents. Linger- | Ten Days| dent Dies After ing 1 nmn\‘{ious — CLAIM Funeral of Manufacturer to I Held Privately and REMAIN WIF With Absence of Display R R { | OAE N Dec. 6.—After having N . s for more | t receiving injuries by k aut the San L November F 3 1 Iron Works : * . v . - ¢ ¥ ; . « X - . tim was Bue s being k b P LAWYER MAKES ATTACK ON CHILD LABOR LAW Fred Becker, Accused of Vio- lating It, Before Police Judge Smith would ve unie: charity st of bread, or in The child with wmakers under- failed to protect to have a little Jr—come to my house and have to get the permission or some other official. wrong and that it is a the State Labor Prosecuting Attor- ng the arguments c hat the law would held it in- a result of mpkins, aged 13 ccident at his meat | street. | | | D.—Oakland, Dee, | was sued out this which is to | Harris to-morrow f the writ is to which it s SCOTT'S EMULSIO! A PERFECT FOOD. That Scott’'s Emulsion should act so quickly and satisfactorily in all cases of lost flesh and continued wasting is not surprising when its food value is un- derstood. With pure Nor- wegian cod liveroil, hypo- phosphites of lime and soda and glycerine, there is combined in Scott’s Emulsion the best ele- ments of nourishment and strength building known to medical science. Any physician will tell you this. The use of these ingredi- ents in the proper propor- tions; the employment of | only the purest grade of | each,and to combine them perfectly is the secret of the success of Scott’s | Emulsion. You will not : find a more certain way to stop waste, build flesh and | strength and supply nour- ishment than through Scott’s Emulsion. BCOTT & BOWNE, 4og Pesrl 8t, New York, | | | interfered. | campus, by Professor Pliny — I | l | | HUSBAND SELLS HOUSEWOLD €FFECTS { 2 2D (G NS 27, S | | | | : g | 4 husband of little more than a year and alleging that she had been robbed of her valuable wedding presents, Mrs. Emma Silliman to-day appeared before Police Judge Smith and secuted a search warrant to recover her treas- ures. She declares that her husband, Lowell Silliman, deserted her and her two-months-old babe and sold their wedding presents to secure money on which to flee. Lowell Silliman is the son of Sam Silliman, a coal dealer of Sixteenth street and San Pablo avenue. Until recently he conducted a cigar store at San Pablo avenue and Fifteenth street. His wife says he drank to excess and gambled WIFE OF A YEAR WHO CHARGES HER HUSBAND, A YOUNG OAKLAND POLITIC! WITH DESERTING HER AFTER STEALING HER WEDDING GIFTS. FAMILY INTERFERENCD, SHE ALLEGES, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTION. OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—Deserted by a |on the races, but she declares that the real cause of their troubles were the members of his family. Mrs. Silliman, was Miss Emma Fitzgerald, a member of one of the pioneer families of Oak- land. About a year ago she surprised her friends by marrying Lowell Silli- man, who was well known in political circles. They llved happily for a time, but recently there has been trouble at their home at 569% Twentieth street, and now the husband has left for parts unknown, leaving his wife and babe to shift for themselves. Mrs. Silliman's story follows: We lived happily until my husband's family I did my best, but it was of no avall. When we were married Mr. Silliman's relatives and mine gave us many costly wed- ding presents. They were all in my name. 1 When I returned Friday not_a plece of furniture in the house and my husband had Giseppeared. There was nothing left but mine and our baby's clothing. My sister, May Fitegerald, and 1 went out to look for the furniture to-day and we found most of it in an auction hous: on Clay street. We therefore secured a search wagrant to re- cover the goods, but we have not yet located the more valuable pieces. I have aiready be- gun_ proceedings to secure & divorce from my husband, but I am determined that he shail provide for bis child. As she talked Mrs. Silliman held the babe in her arms and her story of pathos was punctuated by the cooing of the little one. The Search warrant pro- ceedings will be heard by Police Judge Smith/ to-morrow. e SCULPTURES ON EXHIBITION. BERKELEY, Dec. 6.—The university | authorities to-day threw open to the pubiic for the first time the collection af anclent sculptures, reproduced in casts and other forms of fac simile | coples, presented to the university by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. Visitors were es- corted through the new museum, which is housed in an iron building on the Goddard. Those who completed the circuit of the room were informed that they had fol- |lowed the progress of anclent sculp- | tural art from Oriental countries west- | {ward and from “its rude early efforts & marriage license that had been is- i cause why their licenses should not be ' !in Greece to the Imperial age and to sued to them thirteen years ago, but, rcvoked. the beginnings of Christian art.” ——————— POETRY CLAN WINS FIGHT. BERKELEY, Dec. 6.—Lovers of po- etry triumphed over the champlons of prose to-day in the contest of Edward Blackman and Jackson Gregory for the | honor of editing the Occident, the lit- erary magazine of the university. Ed- | ward Blackman, a poet of note in the institution, whose cause was warmly championed by Miss Katherine Her- shey, defeated Gregory, prose writer, by one vote, and to Miss Hershey is now given most of the credit for Blackman's election. Samuel Hellman was elected editor of the before her marriage, | EDITOR SCORES TARSITY WEN | ! | | College Students Accused of | Stealing Periodicals From Library on the Campus BERKELEY, Dec. 6.—Students of the university who patronize the library on | the campus, and who have made a prac- tice of taking magazines and not return- ing them, are referred to as thieves to- day by L. D. Bohnett, editor of the Daily Californian, in an editorial which has stirred the student body. Bohnett has used very plain language n his editorial, declaring that people who committed the offenses he charges against ¢ students, if they were without friends or position would be sent to prison. Boh- &nen'a editorial is as follows: It is hard to belleve that any college stu- dent fs %0 careless of the rights of ®others oF so far lacking in moral principles as to be gulity of mutiiating or stealing & magazjne that ie freely lent to him by the university. | But hard as it is to belleve, the fact s that magazines have so frequently been taken from the ‘shelves and never returned or. returned go badly mutiiated as to be worthless_ that the librarian has found It' necessary to require | application at the desk and the deposit of a library card In order to get any one of the more popular magezines. Some persons have | made & practice of dellberately tearing out of | | & magazine an article they liked or of taking the whoie magazine away, and as a result of their néfarious work the 'hundreds who have use for the magazines are put to Inconvenlence, |~ Any person who so debases himself as to abuse in this way the privileges granted him | is below contempt. People without friends | and position in life go to jail for offenses of | the same nature. Yet somebody with all the | advantages of a college student has been con- temptible enough to violate all decency and ! steal or destroy magazines freely lent to him | for his accommodation. Possibly the stealing has been the resuit of thoughtiessness, but ' such thoughtlessness Is inexcusable. Such | practices cannot be excused, If the students in general Would co-operaf with the librarlan to prevent decds of this | kind free access to all current liter- | ature may be obtained again. Any student who sees or knows of any one who Is guilty of mutilating or keeping any book or magazine should demand that he desist ‘make re aration for damage done or else report him to the dibrarian. That is not tattling, it is | performing a duty. If we all do our duty in | this matter a more wholesome respect S the rights of others will be devel among the erring few and the privileges of the library | can be extended rather than limited. LONG DELAYED CEREMONY. OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—Appearing with ' | which apparently had never been used, Benjamin T. Brower, a laborer. and Josephine A. Dodd had the marriage ceremony performed here to-day by Justice of the Peace Quinn. They have been living as husband and wife at 1068 Pacific street in San Francisco = and sald they had two children. They stated that they came over here in +1892 and were married and the mar- ! riage certificate had never been filled out, but there is no record here of such a marriage. Eioe TR FAIR POSTPONED.- A« 6. ’ § 5 ‘dates with 8t 3¢ ey, et | was evidenced by greatly lessened production; | water, but without success, as the water table FARMS BARREN Pumping of Millions of Gal- lons of Water to San Fran- cisco Does Great Damage —_——— LAND MADE WORTHLESS Merchants’ Exchange Com- mittee Scores Spring Valley | Company in Its- Report! OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—The threatened de- | vastation of the country in and about the Livermore, Sunol and Amador valleys | by the pumping of the water from the Niles cone by the Spring Valley Water Works to supply the consumers in«San Francisco, which was made public las night in the report of the special commit tee of the Merchants’ Exchange of Oak- | land, affects a district embracing 100 square miles, and it is to prevent the complete ruin of this territory as an agri | cultural center that the exchange has taken action which may lead to injunc- tion proceedings against the Spring Val- ley Company, to compel the corporation to cease from drawing off the water. i The committee has been engaged in the ' investigation of the operations of the company for two months, and last night submitted a long report to the directors of the exchange. This report shows that through the pumping of the water from the subterranean gravels of the Niles cone a large area has been rendered use- less for cultivation, except through ex- tensive irrigation. The committee found that in districts which a few years ago were fertfle and productive, it has of | late become impossible to raise fruit or| vegetables without irrigation, and that | this condition has been caused directly by the operations of the water company. In describing the district affected by the pumping of the water by the Spring Val- ley Company, the committee in its report says: The theater of the operations of the Spring Valley Water Company is in the Livermore, Sunol, Amador, San Ramon and Calaveras val leys and the Nile delta, comprising a terri- tory of 160 square miles, its border nearest Oakland lying about fifteen miles from the eastern boundary of this city. DESCRIBES AREA AFFECTED. A detailed description of the geological conditions of the area affected by the pumping operations of the company fol- lows, showing that the varlous valleys from which the water finds its way to the gravel beds of the Niles cone slope from che hills of the Coast Range to the shores of San Francisco Bay. The com- mittee found that the underlying gravels from which the water is drawn and which extend from Niles to Oakland and | possibly as far south as San Jose are | affected throughout by the drawing of the water from the innumerable wells sunk by the Spring Valley Company, and | that the supply of water has grown steadily less year by vear since the in- stallation of the first pumping plant in 1900, The cominittee found in the course of its investigation that previous to the in- stallation of the pumping plants of the company the bay shore belt of the dis- trict was artesian, and that flowing wells | cculd be sunk at almost any point from | Oakland to Alviso. With the installation of the 'Spring Valley Works these wells ceased to flow, and it has since become necessary to sink them deeper and deeper to get water, and many have become en- tirely dry. A complete description of the works of the company shows that in addition to the surface works nearly 100 wells have been sunk about a mile and a half below Pleasanton. New works are mnow in course of construction on the Overacker place, comprising 100 acres adjoining the Centerville High School, which will com- plete the draining of the Niles cone. The report says: The crops began to deteriorate because of the absolute suspension of all sub-irrigation from the gravel beds during summer. It was not possible to grow berries and garden truck for market of any description throughout a district embracing 100 square miles without ir- rigation, resulting in enormous loss to Alameda. County. it trees were next to suffer, as and as they died deep-rooted varieties were planted In the belidf that they would reach had dropped from thirty to forty feet below the surface, in localities where it was formerly to be found at a quarter of that depth. Many wells went entirely dry, lrrigation from the creek was no longer rossible by either ditch or pumping, for it contained no water in sum- mer, and crops were seriously impaired as far down as the Masonic Home at Decoto. ORCHARDS 'DESTROYED, Tofelleve the situation the eleotric transmis- sion_cfreuits of the Suburban Electric Light Company were extended from Haywards and Mission San Jose to all parts of the district, in order that the electric power might be avail- able to pump water for irrigation. Those who could put in pumping plants to save thelr crops, but scores of orchardists were forced to choose between bankruptcy and emigration. Once prosperous ranches were divided into small tracts and sold to Portuguese, avowedly because the land was foredoomed to ‘“‘dry up and blow away.’* Ten years ago bare, undeveloped land was worth at least $500 an acre; it has since been improved into seven-year-old orchard land, but it wiil not now bring its original cost. In’ gen- eral the productiveness of the soil has been reduced at least one-third of what it was before the Spring Valley began operations, and trees are dying by hundreds. It is conserva- tively estimated that a t 10 per cent of the trees of the orcha: the Niles cone will be found to be dead next spring, as a result of the absence of sub-irrigation from the underly- ing gravel beds during the summer which has just closed; 3 per cent of them have already been found to be dead. Within the area already affected by the op- erations of the Spring Valley Water Company are the towns of Livermore, Pleasanton, Niles, Irvington, Centerville, Mission San Jose, Al- varado and Newark and many minor communi- ties such as Warm Springs, Mallard. ‘Decoto. Hall, Dublin, Remillard, Sunol and Vernon. It s one of the most popular parts of Alameda County, lying in a section of incomparably rich land, where only the blight of the Spring Valley Water Company keeps it from being the richest farming section of the State, For from this locality is being taken and trans- ported to San Francisco 16,000,000 gallons of | water dully throughout the year, —_——— CITY TRUSTEES OF UKIAH ‘WILL PUT STOP TO GAMBLING lIIouI.lle- Are Cited to Show Cause UKIAH; Dec. 6.~—The City Trustees have inaugurated,K a crusade against gambling, and at thelr last meeting the | proprietors of three of the leading sa- loons were ordered to appear and show It is alleged that these sa- loon men have permitted gambling in | their places of business. The action of | the board has caused consternation among the sporting fraternity. There has been some discussion favoring lim- iting the number of saloons in this city and the saloonkeepers fear. this last action of the trustees is the first step In that direction. . ———— H. W. Titus Stricken With Paralysis, SAN JOSE, Dec. 6—H. W. Titus, prominent citizen of this county, re- siding at Cupertino and formerly gen- eral manager of Wells-Fargo Express Company”in San Francisco, was strick- en with paralysis this morning, o d UVES REVIEW O LATE Wi livers Interesting Address at Stanford = University WHY JAPAN TRIUMPHED Speaker Says Soldiers Who Fought for the Mikado Trusted in Their Officers Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 6.— Brigadier General Charles Woodruff of the United States army was the speak- er at the last assembly of the students of the Stanford University held this morning. The noted soldier, who was at the seat of operations in the Far East in the late Japanese-Russian war, gave his views of the struggle and the reasons why the war ended as it did. He had much to say in praise of the performances of the Japanese warriors. He said in part: The Japs Wwon constant victories because: Flrst—Throughout the Japanese army there Was prepareaness, trust, contidence and help- fulness; second—Confidence in the general staff, which was not hampered by orders from | Toklo, and hearty co-operation between It and the officers of the line; third—Everything was subordinated to the general good, complishment of the object in view; fourth— An almost perfect military information de- partment and spy system; fifth—An earnest endeavor to have every rifie In the line of battle; sixth—By kindness and prompt payment for stores and services the friendship and good | will of the inhabitants of the theater of war was won. The Russians suffered constant defeat be- cause: The efforts of the general staff were hampered by the orders from St. Petersburg gnd rendered almost abortive by the enmity existing between its officers and those of the line; military necessities were subordinated to personal comfort, Luxurious trains of the com- mander-in-chief and other high officials had the right of way, to the neglect of troop and supply trains, This with a single line of rail- road was a terrible drawback. There was a complete breakdown of the military informa- tion department and spy system. This left them almost in the condition of a blind football cleven contending with a- perfect team. The soldiers taken from the ranks to act as ser- vants for the officers, averaging over three to each officer made grand agregation of 40,000 rifles taken from the line of battle. The soidiers also by their tyranny and oppression {n- curred the {1l will and hostility of the inhabi- tants of the fleld of overations, ALAMEDA GOONT{ NEWS WASHINGTON-STREET OPENING.—Ouak- land, Dec. G.—Mayor Mott has requested City Engineer Turner to furnish estimates and plans for the proposed opening of Washington street to San Pablo avenue. CAPTURE =~ WINDOW THIEF.—Oakland, Dec. 6.—Olaf Jansen was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff William Moffatt and Patrol- man Mulgrew, who saw him smash a window in M. Happ's store, 481 Seventh street. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, Dec. 6. The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Antonio Lem: 28, Byron, and Barbara Amador, 18, Liver more; Eugene H. Friedlander, 45, and Bmma A. Wilson, 43, San Francisco. WILL BUILD BOULEVARD WALL.—Oak- land. Dec. 6.—The Board of Public Works has awarded a contract to the Piedmont Paving Company to construct a rock wall along the Harrison boulevard, from Twentleth street to Boulevard Terrace, to cost $5100, BAPTIST MINISTER RESIGNS PASTOR- | ATE.—Alameda, Dec. 6.—The Rev. Gliman Parker, pastor of the First Baptist Church, no- tified his congregation at prayer meeting to- night that he would shortiy retire from the local pulpit to accept a charge at Portland, Or. FIREMEN'S BILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Oakland, Dec. 6.—City Attorney McElroy has given the City Council an opinfon that the bill passed by the last Legislature giving fire- men four days off duty each month and not mere than fifteen days’ vacation each year is unconstitutional. SUSPECTS INCENDIARISM. — Berkel De> &—The hardware firm of Driggs & But: terfield. University and Shattuck avenues, suf- fered a loss by fire last night, amounting to = “;i hu:ld:ed‘ ao{’l:ru. rned out twice ore_and suspects incen- dlarism, though no proof of such an offense exists. The origin of the fire {s unknown. DOG ATTACKS WOMAN.—Oakland, Dec. 6.—Mrs. C. H. Croyden, residing on Montecito avenue. Fruitvale, was attacked by a big mastiff this morning, near the Satro Hotel, Plittsville. The dog tore her garments and bit the woman severely. Mrs. Croyden's hus- | band applied to Justice of the Peace Gi to have the dog killed. i SCHNEIDER'S TRIAL BEGUN.—Oakl Dec. 6.—The trial of John Schnelder, the Tagt of the trio of youths charged with the murder of Thomas Cook, was begun to-day. The panel | was exhausted by the noon hour and the case wag adjourned until Monday. An order was made by Judge Ellsworth for a special venire of fifty jurors returnable at that time. ‘WIVES SEEK SEPARATION.—Oakland, Dec. 6.—Marlon Calderwood to-day brought sult for divorce against Major Calderwood, phrenologist, lecturer and traveler, now in the East deilvering an illustrated lecture on Cali- fornia, on the ground of desertion. An. inter- locutory decree of divorce was granted Mary G. Feige from George Feige on the ground of cruelty. SELL YARDE-BULLER ESTATE.—Oak- land, Dec. 6.—Vincent Neale and George T. ‘Wright, the administrators of the estate of the late Mary Leilah Kirkham Blair Yarde- Buller, filed a report to-day in which they stated’ that they had sold the piece of real estate at Pine and Battery streets in San Francisco to Lorenzo Scatena for $126,500, This is the remnant of the once hands)me prop- erty owned by the brililant daughter of Gen- eral Kirkham. MOLE CELEBRATION POSTPONED.—Ala- meda, Dec. 6.—Superintendent W. S. Palmer of the Southern Pacific pany has notifed President Charles R. Smith of the West Ena Alameda Improvement assoclation that the new depot on the Alameda mole will not be in condition next Saturday night for the celebra- tion it was planned to have at that time to mark the completion of the big building. The celebration has been Indefinitely postponed. STABS TWO COMPANIONS.—Oakland, Dec. 6—A row a a number of Slavoniaa ners employed at the Ruby Hill Vineyard y Lou Crellin, near Pleasanton, resulted last night in Nick Bokcovich and Vincent Rakigle being severely cut by Peter Radulovich, who was arrested to-day by Sheriff Barnet and taken to the County Jall. Bokeovich has three wounds in dangerous. The trouble was the outcome of a drunken brawl. SUES WIFE AND DAUGHTER.—Oakland, Dee. G.—Danlel McMahon, 70 years of S Wwho now has a_suit for mainténance agamst his wife Sarah H. Mc! a action against his daughter Jennte H. and Edward Dougery to quiet title to a piece of property at fi%nnm Broadway vaiued at $15, The wife has answered McMahon's sult by saying that im has property of his own that he had deeded to his daughter and husband he now wants back . her and ‘whi again. - BURGLARS FIGHT OVER PLUNDER.— | Oakland, Dec. 6.—After breaking into the cigar store of W, A. Hodges, at 1718 Seventh street, and stealing a lot of cigars they conceaied near by, Charles Waiton joseph _Strong_ (colored) went back separately 1o secure the plunder. which In the meantime bad been found by Hodges. Later the pair met on the street and each accused the A e e e with' hurgtary. They arra this morning and will be axamined to-merrow. —_—— REDDING PAINTER PREFERS DEATH TO GOING TO JAIL Threutemed With Arrest for Thett, He Throws Himself in Front -_of Moviug day for alleged theft. to the ac- | The 'firm has been | the abdomen, which are | Mahon, has now brought | and tobaeco, which and | other | Tish, the story .came out, were | HE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY JORDAN SCORES ROUGH FOOTBALL President of Stanford Uni- versity- Writes Article De- nouncing the Muckers REMEDY WITH UMPIRES Says the Men Who Injure the | Game by Their Brutal Play- ing Should Be Ruled Out Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 6.— President David Starr Jordan of the | Stanford University has glven out for | publication an article written while On\‘ his Eastern visit discussing the football | question. The article discusses fully both | phases of the current topic. 1t is in part| as follows: While men are sometimes killed at football and sometimes maimed for life, such things | do not often happen outside of the raw be- J ginnings of the untrained secondary Schools What s called the brutality of football is greatly exaggerated In current criticism. The number of deaths is scarcely greater pro- portionately than that arising from horseback | | riding, rowing, yachting, swimming and other | { forms of manly exercise from which danger cannot be wholly exciuded. Brutality is by | no means inherent in football. For that mat- | games. - Yet we must | ter rough play wins | confess that brutality ig too oftem present, brutality, criminal and beastly. This indl- | cates the presence of the mucker—a type of | man_the very opposite of that whith it is the business of the university to diseover and | develop. It is very doubtful whether & more open game would be less dangerous. Most serious accldents occur in the tackling of a swift runner in the midst of his interferemoce, the very play that Interesting to the spectators. 8 too beefy. There Is too great a premium on ere muscular force and too much stress on the ability to hammer & weak place in the line, untii at last It gives way through sheer | exhaustion. | The remedies for actual brutality or dirty | tootball are mainly two: The direct pemalty | and the elimination through scholarship and | other academic tests of the dirty men who make games dirty. The direct remedy is in the hands of the umpires. This remedy fs | never sure enough, for umpires do not see | | everything and sometimes do not try to. There | | are umpires who wili think twice befora ruling out members of a powerful team, On whose go0d will_future chances for umpiring may depend. Moreover the pemalty Is not severe | enough. Dirty play at footbail stands in t same category as cheating at cards. It shows the offender to be a cad, a mucker, a thief, | who has no rights in the presence of gentle- men. To be convicted of dirty football should | bar the person In question from ail future {ntercolleglate games. That the innocent might | not suffer from the umpire's bad judgment on | the moment there should be some sort of a | court of final appeal. But the proper anti- dote for muckerism must rest with the un versity In lts relations to Its own athletic | eports. —————————— WILL BUILD NEW CITY HALL. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 6.—Everything |1ooks favorable for San Rafael hav- ing a $25,000 City Hall on its lot en | the corner of A street and Fifth ave- |nue at an early date. . The subserip- tions were given with the bond elec- Ition. The present City Hall is anti- | quated and a new building is badly | | needed. | —_————————— STUDENTS ELECT EDITOR. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 6.— | The election for editor of the Dally | Palo Alto was held to-day and Ben S. | Allen, 06, of Woodland was elected. OLNEY-SELBY MARRIAGE IS SIMPLE ONE BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—Miss Coralie Selby and Thomas Oiney were married at 3 olclock this afternoon at the Selbys’ artistic home on Santa | Rosa avenue. The only guests outside of the | family were a few oid friends. Dr. Hemphill, | who married the bride's parents, officiated, | | assisted by Rev. E. E. Baker. he union of these young people was of more than local interest, as the familles of both are widely known, the bride being a | daughter of Prentiss Selby and the groom a | son of ‘Warren Ommer Jr.. ex-Mayor of Oak- nd. Though there is much wealth on both sides | the simple ceremony was refreshingly lackin o ostentation.- The decorations were tremely effective. The walls of the rec | hall were festooned with graceful gariands | of red berries. and with the exception of the | drawing-room, where the ceremony took place, | the other apartments were sunny with yellow | chrysanthemums. Pale pink and white chrys- | Anthemums blended in a delicate scheme of adornment In the drawing-room, at one end | of which, beneath a_ bower of the shaggy | flowers, the bride and groom plighted their troth. |~ The bride's gown was of white messaline, | | compieted with the conventional veil and bridai shower of pale blossoms. Miss Florence Seiby, as maid of honor, | wore a beautiful gown of pink brocade and | the two. bridesmaids, Miss Nellie de Fremery | ang Miss Edith Selby, were in white. | A niece of thg bride, Helen Breck, offictated as flower girl, and her brother and nephew, Arthur Selby' and Henry Breck, bore the ribbons. Mr. and Mrs. Olney will enjoy a short honeymaon before going which_place groom’ is m PAY A TRIBUTE TO FRIEND AND SCHOLAR Banquet Given in Celebration . of Long Service of Dr. | Warring Wilkinson. { OAKLAND, Dec. 6.—A banquet was' given last evening at the Claremont | Country Club in celebration of the for- tleth anniversary of Dr. Warring Wilkin. | son’s incumbency as superintendent of the California Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind at Berkeley. The guest of honor was welcomed by more than 100 distinguished men, members of the ' faculty of the University of Calitornia, and prominent in many walks of lite. | THe. gathering was a notable vne from : its personmel. The Rev. J. K. McLean. i president of the Pacific Theological | Seminary, was chairman, and Professor Thomas R. Bac¢on of the State University served as toastmaster. Among others ‘who | delivered felicitous addresses of congratu- | to Danville, near the Olney ranch, of which the | ered among a la Iel:. friends Tevs a large c of | and assoctates. be tried on | Ban Rafael side of the trestle. THUGS ATTACK A BRIDGETENDER Choke Him Until He Becomes Unconseions, After Which They Rifle His Poekets SCAPE IN DARKNESS “Mayor” Sands, an Employe of Califernia Northwest- ern Railway, Their Victim Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 8.—Two thugs called “Mayor” Felix Sands, the aged bridgetender of the Californla North- western Railway Company at Gr two miles south of this city, to the door eenbrae, | of his cabin, on the. center of the draw- bridge, early this morning, grabbed him by the throat, and after searehing him ! for money and valuables beat him until be became unconscious. From Sands meager description of the robbers they arc believed to be two tramps who were camping near Schuetzen Park for the past | few . days. Among other theories advanced is one that the men are ex-convicts who worked in the road gang near Greenbrae and were acquainted with Sands’ habits, and from rumor belleved that he had plenty of money on his person. Sands hag been at Greenbrae for nearly twenty-three years, and for more than | twénty years hag attended to the draw- bridge. He was dubbed “Mayor” many years ago, and is popularly known as the “Mayor of Greenbrae” by the thousands who have lived at Greenbrae during his time. He ig 70 years of age. Sands, in talking of the robbery, said: “It was about 2 o'clock, just after the northbound freight had passed, when 1 heard footsteps approaching from the I heard one of them say, ‘Hello, Mr. Sands. Open the doer and come out.” I thought they were friends from Larkspur or San Ra- fael and opened the door. The men wore slouched hats, pulled down on their faces. One was tall and of slight build, the othér wag shorter and stouter. “The taller of the men grabbed me by the throat, while the other went through my pockets. They became abusive and struck me when they discovered that my pockets were empty. I struggied and struck the tall man in the stomach with my knee, causfyg him to double up and cry out ‘He hag done me up.’ Then the other man felled me and. jumped. on me. That was the last I remembered for sofie time. When I regained consciousness the men were gone. ————— PALO ALTO NATIVE SONS HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION selves to Work for the Inter- ests of California. ;PALO ALTO, Dec. 6.<Ufilversity Parlor, Natlye Sons of the Golden West, entertaffied ' the district ‘officers hert fast night and ejgcted ‘members t§ serve for coming yerm. & g [The following officers werg electedt President, ‘'WHN#&m “Rubell; fizst vicg president, W. Southwood; seegnd vice president, John Mesa; third vide presty dent, F. Talamountain; recording s retary, P. A, Crowley; financial secre- tary, I P. Vandervoort; marshal, Q. Gerdes; trustee, Adolph Ager. 3 Grand Trustee Monahan of San Jose and District Deputies A. M. Free of Mountain View and Henry Hoen of Saf Jose were presented and spoke in the interests of the organization. The spirit of the meeting was evi- denced when the Native Sons pledgeg themselves to advance the interests of the State at large. —_——— STUDENTS TO BE ARRESTED. PALO ALTO, Dee. 6.—R. C. Braddoc a student living at 434 Middlefleld road, was severely wounded by a club wield- ed by Deputy Constable J. D. Pomeroy last night, when about fifty students attempted to “raugh house” a play here. Ten John Doe warrants were ap- plied for to-day for the arrest of some of the students participating. One of the warrants is for felony. The show was a production of Tom's Cabin! at Mullen's Hall, —_— NEW HALL OF RECORDS. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 6.—The Board of Supervisors bas appointed County Sus- veyor George L. Richardson te supes- vise the construction of the new Hal of Records and James G. Saxton Sausalito has been appointed inspect of the work under County Surveyor Richardson. The building will be erected in the rear of the Courthouse and will cost nearly $28,000. —_——— ADDRESS THE WOMAN'S CLUB. PALO ALTO, Deec. 6.—J. M. Glass of Ban Francisco addressed the Woman's Club this afterncon on “The Initiative and Referendum.” During the morn- ncle inag he spoke to the children at the varfous schools. With the inclement weather comesattacksof Chills,Colds, Grippe and Pneumonia, and if your system is weak you're going to be among the number. Fortify yourself by using the Bitters regularly.” It not only prevents the above but »