The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1905, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WE SDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1905 NEWS OF FARMING MUST HAVE | 1 A PLACE IN SCHOOLS Dr. True Talks to Teachers and ‘ Tillers. ‘ Educators Joining in | the Important Movement. Teaching of Practical Gaining 'S ecognition. ) ¢.—Despite the hers in th at the Al-| sco ti shing- | fille crowd flowing w er on the Agriculty in e Taug which Dr. True al speaker was the State Farmers' re study depart- Teachers’ Asso- the first session of afternoon sessi ute after to-day the students of rs’ I ogether for experiment | | | { | | | | | the saloon of Peter Christiansen, at 483 BAD CARTRIDGE DREAM TURNS Unknown Man Points Pistol at H. B. Gross’ Heart, but the Trigger Fails Purpose AT LARGE Burglar at Work in the Home Finds He Is There CHASE LUNATIC IS HUSBAND GIVES ainter Faces Death at the Hands of a Man Whom He Says He Never Saw Before 5 dtegd e OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—To the fact that a cartridge failed to explode when he|at 1 o'clock this morning Mrs. John ;‘i:“l]"fle';rclo"}l[““‘.é"gc';o:i“ap"l‘)::;ler“ ang | Weldlein of South Berkeley had a feel- paperbanger . residing at 21i5: Peralta|1DE that a burglar was in the House, street, owes his escape from instant death , and after uneasily tossing on her bed ihis afternoon when he was attacked by | finally awoke and sald to her husband, People Who Were Vietims of Crowhurst Gang Again Visited by Desperado P SRR BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—In her dreams {a man whom he belleves to be a mur- “Oh, John, I dreamt a man was in the derous lunatic. Gross was WOrking in!poom—a burglar.” That woke the man of the house up and he listened for evi- dence that might corroborate his wife's visions. The evidence was there, for Weldlein Seventh street, when the stranger, whom | the painter declares he had never before. seen, entered the front door and without |V a word drew a pistol from his pocket and 2 { plainly heard footfalls on the lower cinting it at Gross pulled the trigger. | P 3 pThe cartridge, however, was faulty and | floor of the house. Hastily arising. failed to explode, and without giving his! Weidlein grabbed his shotgun and skipped down the stairs. noted that his clothing, which had been on a chair, was lying on the floor In a disordered heap. The burglar heard Weidleln, and needed no other warning. Through a kitchen window he bolted, just too soon for Weidlein assaifant a chance to fire another shot| Gross dashed through a rear door and made his escape. The supposed maniac did not follow his Intended victim, but| dropped the pistol and running from the | front door of the saloon made his escape | in the direction of Webster street. F. W. | Judd, residing in West Berkeley, was in | t0 get a shot at him. the saloon at the time of the attack on Returning to his hoom, Weidlein ex- Gross, but, like the latter, he thought|amined his clothes and found that the only of gatiing out of range of the pistol | thief had emptied the contents of them and did not attempt to prevent the escape | ©n the floor and taken the money from of the pistol wielder. | the pile of miscellaneous articles scat- 'As soon as he escaped from the saloon | tered on the carpet. Weidleln found Gross notified a policeman of the attempt | that $75 had been stolen. The police which had been made to kill him. A Wwere promptly notified. search is now being made for the assail-| The Crowhurst gang held up Mrs. Weidlein & year ago, securing $5 from i As he ran he of Agricu one of the world of | experiment a force- | in and al Instruction in the J He spoke in part as follows: MOVEMENT AN OLD ONE. . duction has gathered substantial is 50 the reason be grouped un In general scheol eystem social and end sgricult ent rial indust: ture of BEFORE THE FARMBERS' IN- , inteiligent farm.- v i 9 1 e o {ICH HE DWELT UPON THE standpoints now BERK. Y, IN WE TUDY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SCHOOLS; | e S 4 v | ing. agree that ae: | of the functions of a public school eystem or- | will more than pay for its Increased cost by SRgeis. 8o b Sewii | ganized in accordance with the requirem: the increased wealth which it will produce. - s ot | e messes of youth in a democratic state | If literary education has been a very profit- e that ere | ldeals of education which, however firmly [ able investment for the American’ public, in- taught in | may be rooted in the general experience | dustrial education is lkely to prove a bo- part of the | of mankind in the past, are nevertheless grow- | nanza, | ing and_expanding i the light and alr of the | The discussion was led by B. W. Hil- e oy Wha receives the farmer in this | €374, professor of agriculture, Berke- | spirit, can. 1 belteve, give an encouraging re- [ley; T. O. Crawford, County Superin- Yt bis appeal. The American public school | tendent of Schools, Oakland; R. L. publ hief siem was at first developed Beardslee, Assemblyman Twenty-third 1o cvercome illiteracy amony < : 2 5 45 ven when the high schools were District, Stockton; L. D. Harvey, Wis- their courses were almost exclusively literary. | consin. e millions of children came to be in the | B..M: Davis read a paper on “Scheol elementary schools and hundreds of thousands in the high schools, it became apparent th: the old lMterary curricula and the general a mosphere of school life on the old basis cre- Gardens.” The discussion was led by D, T. Bateman, County Superintendent of Schools, San Jose; Edward Hyatt, Coun- ated & distaste for the manual rhr\ s i" In' Superintendent of Schools, River- | Which the vast majority of all the s s in | side; Miss Bertha Chapman, supervisor public schools fust engage during thelr 2dult ) ot nature study, Oakland. ———— HART WANTS TO EXPLAIN. ALAMEDA, Dec. 2%.—General W. H. H. the bigness and fundame ultur; may be used nomic nd thus the problem has presented itself ucators of so changing the public | » bring_their work into vital rela- | real life and activi o, t and schools as tions with masses of cur people. This is the stage of ed- | Hart, representing W. ucational development in the midst of which | = > & W. J. Morgan, who o g it | has made application for a franchise Naturally the movement for the remodeling. ailroad on Santa Clara avenue to of cur school system to meet the require- fon with & | ments of industrial life had its most active pro- jected ferry system, has requested that he be given an opportunity to further enlighten the people of Alameda on cha 1 manu 4 the inwardness of his client's plans. e e e Loy Lo acel | The, adyisory: board ‘of'.'the local im- With the problems presented in such pureuits. | Provement organizations has invited Already provision for the teaching of mechanic | Hart to appear Tuesday night and ad- arts in the public schools is made In forty | dress that bo P States, le in 1890 thers were only thirty- | ter X5 PN TR Tranchiss rmat- which manual training was taught i the pub- lic schools In 1802 there were 270 such cities. AFTER RACE HORSE'—Oakland, Dec. George Muller began an actlon' to-day Agatist development first In the citles, where the school eystem wes most highly organized and where | | the very rapid increase ip the extent and va- riety of mechanic arts and manufactures cre- this country has f an individualistic d of society in gen- to see that ex- is resuiting cratic | | of other | | come Way we must evolve the trust | S8an Francisco and Los Angeles are among this organization ©f our industries if | rumber. e democratic character of our l utione. The farmer boy his comrades in the ore readily grasp the | EDUCATORS’ IDEALS CHANGE. The most -important result of this move- ment is that our leading educators have now changed ideals of education and recognize that erests are advantageous | the industrial element is an essential fact M. Abercrouibie_to. tecover . You shi ole B or in S u You, a . "h,‘"“jnrtch(‘o"‘!{;:”n completely cultural education. The move- | [i0° horse valucd at $1000. “The horse was whio ‘will 2 ment for agricuitural education, therefore, has i v e g IC SR g cement of thelr Industry. |4 sound pedagogical basls. - 183 | Chase'and W, 'A. Harvey. ITY OF INTEREST. | 1t 18 not the old trade school which we wish BURGL. l;: GET GOLD WATCH.—Oakland, farmer In every age and |12 TeVive and make a part of our public school | ey w:&)_n- Maud Nyal reported to the system. The objel studies which educators agree should be in- ciuded in all elementary and secondary courses, is not to cut out the old that burglars had en home at 540 Thirty-fourth street dl‘fi';:g ;:s: | absence last night and had stolen a watch but rather by a more judiclous selection of | valued at $40, which she had left under hor the topics to be taught in the various branches | pillow. to make room for the enrichment of the public | SUES FOR —Oak echool courses by the introduction of instruc- | Charging her hfirfigmni‘ilx cruell‘x;d'mm' iy tion in agricylture, mechanic arts and domes- | Johnston has brought divorce — proceedines tic gclence. The elimination of useless topics | against Willlam L. Johnston, a rafiroad men. aad the judiclous employment of the elective | They were married at Benica in 1005 &ng. the eystem in the high school will allow agricul- | wife complains that his behavior has been such ture to be bt In an effective way to make | that she can no longer live with him. the atmosphere of the schoolroom favorable t g the cultivation of a love for country e, | , WANTS PAY FOR INJURY.—Oakland, Dec. he level of & stoild and un. repsive peasantry, and in this way, in spit ? the efforts of grea smen and philan— thropists the general prosperity among fermers has been kept very low But in addition to the economic needs of agriculture there are the soclal needs of agri- cultural people. - In obedience to the general influences of our developing civilization and the pecuilar tendencies of farming under jrri- gation our Western farmers are inevitably leing @rawn into closer social tics and the cur- Terts of thelr fives are intermingling with those | of the communities In which they livi 2 Thich as yet they are Joth 10 recognise g | The teacher can aleo now say for the en- | 20.—Ausust N. Nilson brought <a suit for couragement of the farmer that owing large. | 30004 66 to-day agalnst ‘the Ogkland Traction the general resuits of which they are as & rule too innocent or 6o ignorant to discern. Meanwhile the othér forces of soclety are more and more banding themselves together to eontrol the ballot box, legislation, social ftutions and the general conduct of affairs less the farmers can be so educated that o mass they will have the co-operative Congolidated for injurics alleged sustained by being thrown .by :og:ruube;: was about to get on. The accident occurred at Ninth and Broadway on September 6, and Nilson claime his leg was broken, 2 MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, Dec. 26, The following marriage licenses were issued Iy to the work of the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture and the agricultural col- leges and experiment stations in Californfa and the other Btates, there is now a large body of definite knowledge ~which may be giled the principles of agriculture. = And this kaowledge has been alreacy more or less com- Epirit, have some real and vital undereranding | Pletely reduced to pedagogic form for use in | by -the County Clerk t Jack J. ¢ community of Interest and Xnow hew 15, varlous grades of schools. FElementary text. | 25, Oakland, and. Bessie ok, Lagote Imingle to their own sdvantage with men of | [00ks and books’of reference on agricultural | Francisco; Frank Rose, 21, and Isabellg 811 other vocations, thelr lives will forever rum Subjects are now In existence and being rap- | 18, both of Oakland; George W. Amborn in & nerrow and monotonous channel and the (10¥ multiplied. * Successful examples of the | und Genevieve “Phillips, 23, both of Oakighd. control of even thelr own affairs wil teaching of agriculture In the schools are a Idward Strong, 30, and drace pase Into the hanas of other men. | 787 | ready found in thia and other countries | of ‘Cakland; Franic Grat, 55 and anig: Bob But if our sgricultural public have great| THUS Our argument is complete. The farm- | bant, 45, both of Oakianc: Charles W. & cconomic and_soclal needs they also have | &F POY OF Eirl comes to the public school with | Biilings, 35, Oakland, and 1da De Vecchio, 25, e Sk termed educational meeds | fUndamental economic, socfal and educational | Alameda; Leon F. Noah,. 2, clsco, which are even important reeds that should be met with epeclal training | and Selena’ Mazor, .40, Oakland. fundemental. For, it s e T e b ow qacher comes 10| VETERAN DETECTIVE AT RESZ—Ouk untraine v % e wi new eals of e - = B o3 rmer which duca- | jana, Dec. 26,—Impressive ceremonies. marked tion that make the industrial eiement an es- sential of sound education and with an abun- dance of material for useful holds him down to & dull routine, keeps him in isolation and eondemns him to comparative e Ol L a ret! - tiye ‘of the Oakland Police Depariment o poverty. And by education 1 do not Instruction in 2 mean merely the imparting of lnrom:fnfi"T wgricultare. Surely old time traditions and | O """zfl,‘n.'{mc’uw‘ e Firet i vather the developing of the mind. tne | £rejudices cannot long bar the way to the ef- | CODETeER rch, under the direction of broadening and clarifying of the mental oute,| 7CUIVe teaching of agriculture in our public | Saxiand Lodge Ho. 88, F. and A M., of Jook, the giving of the right tirn to the mental | “HO0IS. | Julch. Che SATReRS Yo b membec, ai) "oy processes, the strengthening of the will and COST NOT AN ARGUMENT. uted Uy ey Cted I, T, e, con- of the power to usé ate means to| But some one rises up and says it wil] cos | the Firat Congregational Church, and oot acer useful ends. education whieh | too much to give farmers' children such in. Captain of Police A. Wiler the farmer necds 16 that which will give him scme rem) eppreciation of the progressive and scientific epirit of the age in Which he lives, will arouse & keen interest in the facts and principles of science as related to his cwn vocation, will show him that In agriculture j¢ an ample opportunity for lifelong studies which may retresh and delight the mind, as well as minister to material success, and in struction in the public schools. I cannot be- Yieve that such an argument will have much weight with the American public in general or_with the California public In particular. No doubt we must pay more for our public schools_in the future than we have in the pest. We must have better schoolhouses, bet. ter trained teachers and more apparatus and illustrative material and we must pay the bills bearers were Detective D, Holiand, David Borts +R. D, Hunter, n Frost and Noah Kendall. The remains were incinerated at the Oakland Crematory. Early Morning Fire., A small fire was caused by W, Nichols upsetting a lamp in his room general will lift egricultural practice for these thini But it has been Eriagery into the domain of Intelligent asy | and. Over again that sducation of the righ; | 8t 831 Minna street early this morn- hopetul labor, kind promotes industrial wealth ae well as|ing. The lamp set fire to the bed, and SCHOOLS CAN DO MUCH. e general ""’m‘p:uln?wnf‘ And if | Nichols was soon overcome by the So the farmer comes With his economic, so- | the past. with all its ummuum.".".‘;;mflz smoke. He was sent to the Central cial and educational needs to the teacher and | fects, has been most h in its work | Dmergency Hospital. Mrs. Julla Mec- ®rke what the schools can do to make him a | have been the States where the general Jev.; | Cann occupied the house. The dam- Tuore sucorssful business man, & bet tizen and neighbor, a more intelligent -:5 dhwy on man. And he expects an based an intelligent and sympathetic afpreciation of his Breede, understanding as well &5 an up-to-date of materia] prosperity has risen bighest, and no man the racts will den; Pirely it s reasonable to expect than an wan: e edu. cation which aims directly to promote ind A man can be tender hearted trial efficlency, s the new education does, | being putty headed. ) age is small. without ant. Gross declares that he did not recognize the man who tried to kill him and did not think he had ever seen him before. He says that he knows of no reason why any one should try to take his life, and that his assallant must either have mistaken him for some other person or have been either drunk or crazy. WA WELCONE FOR DELECATES Oakland Labor Unions Pre- pare for Convention of the State Federation OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—Preparations were begun this morning for the reception of the delegates to the convention of the State Federation of Labor, which will open in this city on Monday; January 1. The members of fifty local unions have signified their intention of acting as es- cort to the delegates, and the parade, which will start at 9:30 a. m., will form at Eighth and Washington streets. The sessions will be held at Germania Hall. A bureau of infdrmation will be established at the headquarters of the Central Labor Council, at 453 Eighth street, for the direction of the delegates. Another bureau of information will be es- tablished at the office of the Amalga- mated Building and Realty Company, in the Bacon building. Monday will be devoted to the reception of the delegates, and on Tuesday evening the visitors will attend the theater in a body. On Wednesday evening a banquet will be given to the delegates and labor leaders, and on Thursday evening a grand ball will be held at Reed Hall. ARRANGE FUNERAL OF LATE JUSTICE Services to Be Held This Afternoon at Van Dyke Residence. OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—The funeral of Justice Walter Van Dyke of the Supreme Court of California will be held to-mor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the fam- fly residence, Van Dyke and Fourth ave- nues, East Oakland. Representing the Supreme Court, Justice Angellotti to-day called at the residence to offer his own and his colleagues’ condolences. The Superior Court of Alameda County was adjourned at noon to-day out of re- spect to the late jurist. The members of the court will attend the funeral ser- vices to-morrow. Many messages of sympathy have been received by the family to-day from all parts of the State. The Rev. J. K. Mc- Lean, president of the Pacific Theological Seminary, will officiate at the funeral. ———————— MRS. AVERY DIES, BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—William Avery, whose aged mother died at the Alta Bates Sanitarium yesterday, after sustaining a terrible shock through the son’s drunken attack upon,her last Thursday, was quegtioned by the police to-day regarding his mother's rela- tives, and the property she is said to have owned in Arizona. Avery said that two sisters of his mother reside in the Bast and that the report of her: wealth in Arizona 1s A myth. She owned nothing, the son said. The police are unable to find reason for holding Avery, despite the effect his treatment of Mrs. Avery had, re- sulting in her death, in conjunction with an attack of pneumonia from which she was suffering when the son abused her last Thursday night. For the same reason, the Coroner is appar- ently unable to take cognizance of the woman'’s death. —_—— BULLETS IMPERIL LIVES, OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—The lives of a number of members of the Claremont Country Club were endangered last Sunday by bullets fired by three Ital- ians, who were trespassing on the grounds of the club and who later were arrested by Deputy Constable Hitch- cock and @ member of ghe club. The Italians, who gave the names of Felici Checchi, Ghuri Tomaso and Felici Ghiro, were hunting on the grounds. The bullets in several instances came near causing injury to club members, There have been many cases of poaching on the preserves of the club and the members of the organization have determined to take vigorous measure for the punishment of those who disregard the notices warning trespassers. The three Italians who were caught in the act of poaching will be tried for trespass before Judge Quinn to-morrow. | her in the candy store on Adeline street | which she and her husband own, and | which adjoins their living apartments. | Blaker confessed to this crime while {in the County Jail at Oakland. The | three youths, members of the gang, | forced Mrs. Weidlein to give up $5 at the point of a pistol. The Weidleins years ago. BODY OF AN UNKNOWN FLOATING IN THE BAY Key Route Passenger Gets a DBrief Glimpse of - It. OAKLAND, Dec. —With one arm bent up so that a well gloved hand and the sleeve of an overcoat, apparently of good quality, could be seen, the body of a man was seen floating in the waters of the bay this morning by a passenger on one of the Key Route ferry-boats, who reported the fact to the Coroner. corpse was, as far as could be discov- ered from the deck of the boat, that of a well-dressed man, that had apparently been in the water but a short time. Deputy Coroner Van Vrankin asked that a watch be kept for the body at the Key Route, broad and narrow gauge plers. The body was seen near the Key Route pler, but as the tide was running strong it soon drifted out of sight of the pier, floating in the direction of Oakland har- bor. The body was floating partly on its side and the face was turned away from the pier, so no description of the features could be secured, but as it rose and fell in the water it could be seen that the re- | mains were clothed in a suit of dark ma- | terial. —_———————— CLERGYMAN REFUSES PROOF. OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—After two hours of questioning to-night the Rewv. Robert Whitaker, pastor of the Twen- ty-third-avenue Baptist Church. be- fore the City Council refused to give any proof as to charges of graft and crime in Oakland. Councilman Edwin Meese, as chairman of the Finance Committee, demanded evidence, but Dr. Whitaker said the public were the judges. Councilman Elliott urged the clergyman to produce evidence and was met by general statements. Dr. Whitaker read a resume of his address last week before the Police Commis- | sioners. In his statement to-night he declared: “I have no evidence which I care to commit to commission, court or Coun- cil.” He made a charge of against a policeman, not named, and against a saloon man for selling liquor without a license. Elliott pro- posed that Dr. Whitaker name an in- vestigating committee on graft and crime, with a practicable scheme to carry out an investigation. The pas- tor said he would consider the offer. The new license ordinance was passed to print. dereliction —— e TEN SALOON MEN NAMED. BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—The number of saloons of Berkeley was cut from twenty-three to ten to-night by the Town Trustees. “The license was raised from $300 to $600 a year. Those who won in the balloting for licenses were: W. T. Krahn, E. M. Bruel, D, H. Bruns, C. Schlenker, C. H. Bender, Charles Hadlen, F. W. Munday, J. Mailho, C. Wiemann, J. H. Johns. On | the first ballot Johns tied with Denny Landregan, who lost on the second ballot. This action confines all sa- }uar:is to West Berkeley, two that ex- sted In South Berkeley h. bR ¥ having been After action on the licen Trustees discovered they had l:te): cot:: plied with some of the ordinance pro- visions and the whole matter was laid over two weeks. The license ques- tion Is in a serious tangle because all llcensis expire January 1 and no meet- ing of the board can be held betore they expire. ————— PRAISES LIBRARY PURCHASE, BERKELEY, Dec. 26.—The recent acquisition by the university regents of the great Banccoft library, for the sum of $150,000, has inspired Dr. Albert Buchnell Hart, professor of history in Harvard University, to congratulate the university on the acquisitios Hart says: : st I was véry much pleased to know th the university had acquired this incompargpie cotlection. . While in Callfornia 1 | &"?fi Eommlu a few in the Ii- R and satisfled myselr of the and value of the content you have been stated by Dr. grimage for all Iot wm-sum number amazed that this acquisition, which could never be duplicated = penditure of any amount of mam?"u“"vhrc‘h material for the ‘u.nhmnt of a Kmerican history. e e state this is the fourth time they have | been robbed since their marriage five | The | he great extent | WOMEN SETTLE [STILL OPPOSES SAVES A LIFE, INTO REALITY) FATE OF NALEY' NEW CAR LINE Identified by Girls of Berkeley as a Wretch OFFENDER IS JAILED Complaint Sworn To by Wife of the University Trainer. Others Accuse Prisoner MES B S BERKELEY, Dec. “That is the manf cried Mrs. Walter Christie this | afternoon in Marshal Vollmer's office as she faced John Maley, a butcher of Berkeley, who committed a serious of- fense in her presence on the univer- sity campus yesterday afternoon. and was soundly thrashed for it by Walter | Christie, her husband, a trainer of ath- s letes at the institution. Maley was brought to face to- day with both Mr. and Mrs. Christle, ! who positively identifled him as the of- fender of the day before. Mrs. Christle jat once swore to a complaint against ! Maley, and the latter was taken to Oakland by Detective Jamison. It has developed that Maley, who is | a married man with a pretty little wife and two children, is a pervert about whom many complaints have been made to Marshal Vollmer. Three girls were called into the Marshal's of- fice this afternoon and each ldentified Maley as an individual who had gross- insulted and sought to attack them on the streets of the university town during the last few months. Laura Kern, a pretty telephone girl, took one look at Maley and swore that attempted to attack her. Similar charges against Maley were made by Fannie Ferguson, a candy girl em- ployed in James Farrell's store on Cen- ter street. Miss Ferguson resides in Oakland was positive. A little girl, 12 old, whose name the police did not divulge, identified Maley as a man of whose conduct she had told her parents a few weeks ago. Walter Christie found to his amaze- | ment to-day, after a careful inspec- tion of Maley, that the latter i{s a man whom he pummeled for an Insulting attack upon a university professor’s wife, on the campus, two years ago. Maley was arrested then and held in $100 bail in Justice Quinn's court. He forfeited his bail and the case was not pressed. Maley maintained a stolid silence to- day when questioned about his of- fenses. His eyes are black and his fac is bruised as the result of Christie’s en- counter with him yesterday. WOMAN CHLOROFORMED BY THIEF ON TRAIN Mr A Angeles Robbed of Two { Thousand Dollars. DENVER, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Mary A. Duncombe of Los Angeles stated to-day that she was chloroformed and robbed of $1950 in a Pullman car Dbetween Kansas City and Denver. The woman was taken to Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Duncombe is proprietress of the Business Woman's Cafe in Los Angeles, and is well known in that city. She is unable to give any of the particulars of the robbery. She said that she had the money in a small hand satchel and that when she retired after leaving Kansas- City he placed the satchel in the pocket of her berth. She says that when she awoke in the morning it was gone. It is said that the police and railroad detectives have a clew to the alleged chloroformer and that an arrest is in expectation. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA Murderers Taken From the Jail and Shot to Death. COLUMBIA, 8. C, Dec. 26.—News of a double lynching at Baron Well on Friday nas been received here. Sheriff Creech has wired Governor Heyward that the affair was brutal murder; that helpless prisoners were butchered in open daylight and that the officers were guilty of dereliction of duty. J. S. Craddock, a well known white merchant, was killed by Frank and John Deloache, negroes, who were ar- rested by the constable and placed in jall. The men were taken out and shot to death with guns and pistols on Friday. The news of the lynching was suppressed until to-day. Sheriff Creech is preparing to make arrests and Governor Heyward an- nounces he will sustain the Sheriff. —_———————— DESPERADOES OUTWITTED BY A COOL CONDUCTOR Hold-Up Men Left in the Dark When Trolley Pole Is Removed From Wire. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Holding up a crowded Ashland-avenue electric r at Thirty-sixth street last night, six armed men fired a score of shots through the windows and roof and were engaged In robbing the passen- gers, including , several women and children, when “the trolley pole was | removed from the wire by the cou- ductor and the bandits were left struggling in the darkness. After a battle, In which the invaders were pitted against the men passen- gers and the car crew and In which several persons were trampled upon in the frantic rush that was made for the exits, a wagon-load of policemen arrived and five of the robbers were captured. — e ———— RETURNS TO WIFE DESERTED TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO Recreant Husband, Now Aged and 1, Is Taken in and Made Com- fortable. ATCHISON, Kans., Dec. 26.—Robert Ledington, who disappeared from his ‘home In Atchison twenty-eight years i ago, leaving his wife absolutely des- | titute, came back yesterday. He Is | now aged and feeble and was shak- ing with ague. His wife took him in, gave him the best room in the house and 18 nursing him back to health. She has been alone all these years, but by industry she has made a com- fortable living and owns her own home. Ledington says that when he left here he went directly to Oregon, where he has been ever since, work- ing -as a coppersmith in the Southern Pacific shops at Portland. he had committed a misdemeanor and | Her identification of Maley | years | Mary Duncombe of Los] Woman Who Had Visions of | Assailant of Mrs. Christie|S. 0. Holmes Transfers Fight Against a Twenty-Seeond Street Permit to the Courts GETS WRIT OF MANDATE Wants Mayor Mott and City Council to Show Reason for Alleged Irregularity OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—From the Council, S. O. Holmes, a property owner on Loulse street, has gone into the courts in his fight against the granting of a franchise to the Key Route ferry system for its proposed Twenty-second street line, and to-day he sued out a writ of mandate directed against Mayor F. K. Mott and the members of the City Council requiring them to appear and show cause why cer- tain alleged irregularities were allowed to creep Into the proceedings advertising the franchise for sale. Holmes and some other property own- ers made a vigorous fight against the granting of the franchise. They were charged with having demanded money from the company to withdraw their op- position. The technical objections made to the proceedings, it is declared, are the result of error on the part of Holmes’ at- torney in having mistaken -.e special law governing the sale of railroad franchises for the general law governing the sale of street railway franchises, which require different modes of procedure. {CONRIED MAY CUT OUT THE CHORUS Prepares to Give Grand Opera Without the Union ingers. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—"“Chorusiess” grand opera may be seen and heard at the Metropolitan Opera-house within the next few days as a result of the threat- ened strike of the chorus singers. Deter- mined not to yield to the demands of the singers, Heinrich Conried, the director, has selected five operas which, with slight modifications, she says, can be rendgred without a chorus and in case of emer- gency the opera-house management is prepared to substitute these for the reg- ular schedule. Conried has also adver- tised for volunteers to join the chorus. It is also possible that the ballet, or- chestra and stage hands of the Metro~ politan Opera-house may declare a sym- pathetic strike. There are 130 persons in the opéra-house cherus. So far as could be learned last night every man and woman of them is prepared to go out when their leaders give the word. They demand higher wages and recognition of their union. - —— NOTORIOUS SLUGGER OF CHICAGO IS DEAD “Black Jack” Gallagher Reaches the End of a Remarkably Strenu- ous Life. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—John Thomas Gallagher, known in police circles as “Black Jack. the Slugger,” and ac- cused of more acts of violence in strikes than any other one man in Chi- cago, dled at his home yesterday. Stomach trouble, superinduced by the strain and worry resulting from ceaseless prosecution, was the cause of his @eath. Gallagher was 22 years of age and in appearance was as different from the popular conception of the profes- sional “slugger” as could be imagined. He took great pride in his appearanc and was seldom, if ever, seen under the influence of liquor. While he weighed but ninety pounds at the time of his death, three years ago Gallagher weighed 180, and he was able to strike a blow that would render his victim unconscious instantly. When arrested by the police in con- nection with some crime no amount of “sweating’’ could make him talk. On more than one occasion. his friends say, he was submitted to rough trea:- ment by the police, but he always maintained a dogged silence. Although frequently arrested by the police and on at least ome occasion kept in jail for several weeks, he was never convicted of a crime. —————— Royal Areanum Council to Appeal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 W. O. Rob- son of this city, supreme secretary f the Royal Arcanum, sald to-day that the Supreme Council legal represent.- tives had decided to appeal from ¢t decision of Judge Gaynor of N York, which on Saturday virtua! nullified the new rates that went into effect October 1. ARMY ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Army ders: Colonel Willlam H. Heuer, engi- neer corps, will confer‘with the cov manding officer of the artillery. dis- trict of San Francisco, on matters re lating to the proposed fire control in- stallation In that district. —_———— No Race Sulcide for Loeb. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—A son was born to Secretary and Mrs. Loeb to- day. —_——— WOULD REDISTRICT COUNTY.—Oakland, Dec. 26.—Residents of Warm Springs pi sented a petition to the Board of Supervisors this asking that the of the election ta be cl After hear- ing the petition, the board adopted a resolution o change the boundaries of Washington and Mission precinets so as to form Warm Springs, Mission and ILrvington precincts, and & reso- lution was also adopted tu redistrict the encire county according to law. The County Sur- veyor was instructed to file & report with the board c! the boundaries of all the pre- einets in the county. DYSPEPSIA wonderful ” tor ‘vt Dot entiraly cared of ey = e -:ly ::m: osher ""..':'.‘1‘1.‘. 1_ reliove e THE CAQUNTIES ABOUT -THE BAY- <