The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1905, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1905. FHUCS BEAT, LIB0R COvKCL CAC AND ROp HONORS FRENCH NICHT CLERK Is Given Handsome Set of Cutlery by His Associates X NEW OFFICERS ELECTED Lure Aged Frederick Bruns to Room by Seeking Lodg- ing and Then Turn on Him Unions All Over the City Name the Men Who Will With Murderous Bludgeon| Have Charge of Affairs DEADLY GAS LEFT T POURING FROM JET e populari of President Will J. " R AN French of the San Francisco Labor Coun- ‘“lll“ )ldl“l”»lli ‘“ ‘l';l“l ‘“ cil s fully demonstrated 1last night, = when the members of the council at the weekly of meeting presented him solid silver table cutlery Hallway. After Reviving, |re: with a case of Organization | | BRAUE POLICE _ ARE PROMOTED Whirligig of Time Brings Reward ‘to Faithful. Guardians of Peace Recerve Their Spurs. Four promotions and one appointment were ordered by the Board of Police Commissioners at a regular meeting at the Hall of Justice last night. Lieuten- ant Henry H. Colby, now serving at the City Hall station, has been made a cap- tain and will assume the duties of the late Captain John Spillane at the South- ern station. In assigning Colby to this important district President roheim paid a tribute to the deceased captain’s ability, and remarked that he hoped Colby would prove a worthy successor to the man whom death had relieved from duty. Sergeant William J. Mullender was ap- | w in Time to Save Himself of their best wishes for > ; . is bride. The knives, in From Being Asphyxiated n to their value in sterling silver, | e decorated with the choicest of ivory, < g incased in a neat box cov- . scarlet plush and lined with nig The t °n 1s engraved on a Ke plate, with the date, Decem- i - S D! b K given to Secre- I William P. McCabe for the manner | ted Patrick Grant, for 8 . nt was issued four years he larceny in withholding s gas s in m $1100, ch had been col- w e b lect Lae strike of the returne ss he Ir Union in 1801 It ) A rele was had left the State, & - s at A ta him the money McCabe met ¥ ncons ¢ street and b intention of s cretary. b b ived from Vard, w v of the Ameri- | w branding one | 1 representing cting mon of peace offerin 10w in earning a living. m. a sufficlent quantity scvure . er furnished, with the h i elcome and best wishes of the associa- : Dr. Joyful. Filled by C. B. Whil- t president; checked by W E M. Sutherland, A. E. O'Neill, F. H. ¥ F. Driscoll, A Hoag. Contents aranteed. No subst! -r | The various union been busy e Gradu- | glecting officers for the ensuing term six mont The following men elected to represent the various managed to e shouted nd the ¢ Selmer, . e feyers; delegates to Labor s morning er, Charles A. H. Smith, o had bee N. Borree, Andrew Sottero, Frank Holt an excited Marshall. A resolution was adopted in- und of ne of $250 on any member f zing a Chinese or Japanese place » to give ar men he es- Gate Auxiliary, Painters’ Union No. sim r cri WaS Carney; vice president, r clerk in a Third- etary, n'-\ lgect/'l- od of luring the tristee, F. king for lodging 2 Bakers' Local Union No. E rt vice president, Henry recording secretary, Willlam'Ferbert; financial Andrew 'Mecke; treasurer, Thomas ,' P. Pinke President, John E. Thomas Allen; re- Finucan; finan- rd; treasurer, aherty, John , E. A. Wisenberger delegates to the Building Landers, George Miller, illam Miller and Thom- Frank Carmody, s' Unlon No, 151—President, e president P. n be worke: police gr us; inepectore P Shay; trustee, C - Plerce = A. Beidlem: F. Bartholomew, George Coone c : operator, O. McAvin; combinatio B A. T. Thompson; trimmer, J. Kennar . ground man, C, A, Stinninger; station st ruction or shop man, M. Lazarus; in- e . delegates to the State . & "HARGED WITH F George Cooney and W. TO PROVIDE. Police | Tasch- Jet- H. Riess. Junior Horseshoers—President (appointed by the Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union), Gustave Friedhofer; recording secretary, John O’Rourke; financial secretary, Charles Coyle; sergeant at arms, Willlam Robertson; treasurer, Philip Mantel Tile and Granite Setters' 1—President, D. recording s 3. Schoen; trustees—H. 1l, G. Hanson and delegates to the Building Trades Coun- arles Weber, H. Hall, F. McDonald, W. 1l and M. J. Kirwan; trustee to Organized A. Iten; trustee to Progressive Planing M. J. Kirwan; executive board of union— <. Sulllvan, Charles Weber, W. Hamilton, shop stewards—N. Union No. HIS N TAKES Miseion stree t he m who took As s CHARITY.—To-morrow k the carpenters and & il e at F urley, George hth and Harrison streets, Wills, George Watches, Parke be given i« Beatty fon, wh * Union No. 8—President, §. Ur- Joe” Corbett ar : vice president, M. Wilson; recording nd Justice of the Peace Lawson secretary, I Jacoby; finan- 1 scorer M. Goldstein: treasurer, 1. Mai- STUE Novieky, S. Rosenblum, 4 Herzberg, Cohn, Urbansky, I sergeant at clegates to Labor Councll— delegates to State Fed- vention—H. Chemick and ubbe will speak Character; Purpose and lecture will be free to ¥ Union No. 9840—Presidnt, ; 2 eland; vice president, Joseph P. Relll FACE.—Lillian ding _secretary. Charles H. C vanaugh: ed @ war- | financial secretary, Patrick J. Keegan; treas- iss_vesterda Peter V. Kearns: gulde, Edward Moran; Do Daniel T Gray: business agent, e Bell; delegates to Labor Council ® saloon on | George W. Bell, John J. Bresiin, H. §. Clev X ne When Lew met | jand, Peter V. Kearns; executive board— itk any prov struck her | George W. Bell, Bernard Cerf, A. F. Colvin, blow on the face that made the blood | yohn W, Davis, Clifford Eilis John H. Finn, Patrick J. Finnegan, James M. Hester, James d B. J. McGann The Plumbers’ and Gas Fitters’ Help- et or Pam Swrat | ers Unfon No. 11 will hold thelr first ball B be heid till the to-night at Scottish Hall, 107 Larkin ts brother, who had left for this | street. “oroner was notified. Paul Wells b ide on Thursd: morning Kearny street rather than face New Year's at Hotel Del Monte. a trial for stealing $100 worth | pnjoy the glass-bottom boats, hot CASE LED.—The long | Salt water swimming, riding, driving, gation between the Pekegama | tennis and golf on the finest course in r Company @nd the'Klamath | California. Special tickets, good leav- Improvement Company was | ing San Francisco any train from Fri the United Circult | day, December 29; returning by any on motion of Pille- | train Tuesday, January 2. Round-trip that the matters in issuc | rate, ipcluding four days’' accommoda- of court. The atiorneys | tionk at Del Monte, $18. Through - | train. with parlor car, leaves Third and | Townsend streets daily‘at 3 o'clock, | returning leaves Del Monte 5:30 a. m. ¥ D. Madison, and & “Schlesinger and responden Tappscott. The case was an action in eject- ment and & it for damages for forcible entry ‘ S G A R of complainants’ sawmill and timber land | TROUBLE OVER LODGING-HOUSE.—Mrs. | Edna_C. Bloss, $19 Market street, obtained a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss vester- day for the arrest of N. Brocklehurst on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, Ehe alleges that on November 27 she purchased | from Brocklehurst the St. Omer lodging-house | at 967 Sutter street for $2050 on the rere- | sentation that it brought an income of §251 | per month and that the furniture was free | from incumbrance. She paid $1000 cash and gave o mortgage for the balance. She alleges that the income is mot more than $175 per month and that the furniture was mortzaged to Charles Zinkand, hern part of the State. property in th j2 AUGUSTA PRESCOTT, 1 World-Fumous Authority )w- Fashions. of Alice Astor Setting the Styles for 1006 IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. S REC R B A3 T X r bodies would give | TO BREAK INTO STORE. V. Russell and Stewart Tavlor. was arrested by Policeman Laborers’ Protective Union—President, Peter n_Th night and T. Kelly; vice president, B. J. McGann; re- mi & Calden cording secretary, J. H. Weidemann; financial | secretary, L. B. Higgins; treasurer, P. Tier- . ned | ney; trustee, M J. Fox; audito tried to break into | gan, M. Mulvikili, John Lynch; night. After his ar- | John McManus; esrgeant at arm: r alden would swear to | ley: business agent, M. O'Leary P M him with attempt to | committee—P. Tierney, John Murphy, ps James Regan, M. O'Leary, « he g Clerks' Union will hold its X w i thering at Pioneer Hall next The he” following notice | 4. Date, | | - N | B! - > WILLIAM. J + MULLENDER, -~ —— TWO EFFICIE AND POPULAR WHO WERE PROMOTED MEMBERS OF TE AT LAST NIGHTS S 3 POLICE DEPARTMENT ION OF THE BOARD OF i RS IRE_ DESTROYS CISILINE BOAT Engineer Attempts to Fill| Tank With Aid of Lantern and an Explosion Follows The gasoline towboat Gee Whiz, be- longing to the Rideout Brothers’ Steamboat Company, was almost com- pletely destroyed by fire about 7 o'clock last evening while tied near the end of the Harrison-street wharf. The fire was caused by the explosion | of about fifty gallons of gasoline ig- nited by a lantern which was used by Engineer E. L. Slater while filling the tank. Slater was blown overboard, but miraculously escaped Injury. Shortly after dark Slater decided to fill the tank, which already contained about fifty gallons of oil, and, setting his lantern within a few feet of the | tank, proceeded to take oft the cap. As soon as the cap was removed the gas collected about the lantern and the explosion followed. Slater saw his danger and attempted to jump, but be- fore he could do so he was thrown far out into the water by the force of the explosion. Captain J. E. Dethlefson, who was standing on the wharf, saw the dan- ger of the engineer and threw him a rope, by which he was pulled on the wharf. An alarm of fire was then turned in and several companies re- sponded =znd in the course of a few minutes they had filled the boat with water, which caused it to sink. The exact damage to the boat cannot be determined until it has been raised, but it is thought by the owners to be in the neighborhood of $1000. The engine of the Gee Whiz has been considered a hoodoo for some time. It' was first taken from a wrecked launch near Honolulu and while in the course of repairs by the Hercules Gas Engine Company the building burned and the engine was taken from the debris. The en- gine has been undergoing repairs most of the time since and was taken from the shop only a week ago. The man- ager stated last night that he had had enough of gasoline boats and would rid himself of this one as soon as pos- sible. The Gee Whiz is fifty feet long, with a twelve-foot beam and was used for towing barges about the bay. She was driven by a 90-horsepower engine. ———— ELECTRIC CAR CRASHES INTO A LAUYNDRY WAGON Driver Is Hurled From the Seat by Collision at Howard and Eighteenth Streets, Car No. 575 of the Howard-street line crashed into a laundry wagon driven by Andrew Bonner at the corner of Howard and Eighteenth streets last night. The driver was hurled from the seat and rendered unconscious. He was taken to the City and County Hos- pital. It was found that outside of some painful bruises and lacerations he was unhurt, Bonner says the car swooped down upon him at a high rate of speed and that he heard no bell. The wagon wheels were smashed and the vehicle was badly damaged. Bonner, after be- ing treated, was able to proceed to his home, 135 Douglass street. ——— New Year's at Del Monte. After the storm the weather is beautiful at Del Monte, and the golf links were never greener. Why not enjoy your New Year's holiday there? Round-trip tickets, good return- ing Tuesday, including four days' accommoda— tions at thé hotel, $18. Through parlor car on train leaving Third and Townsend streets at 3 p m ER 1 pointed a lleutenant. Mullender lives at 2218 Fifteenth street, and has been doing duty at the Central police station. He is an efficient officer, and will be placed in charge of an important post. Henry Cills was raised from the rank of corpo- { ral to that of sergeant. Cills entered the | department in 1890 as a patrolman and | was promoted to corporal during 1896. | Since that time he has served in the propertygclerk’s office, and his work has {always been worthy of commendation. | Patrolman Robert T. de Guire, who now | ranks as corporal, has had many impor- | tant beats gince he was appointed to the | force in 189}, and has carned his promo- tion by hard work. Thomas F. Fitzpat- rick, who was appointed a patrolman, is at present a member of the Fire Depart- ment, and his record has been excellent. He is highly recommended by his supe- | rlors, and has gained considerable reputa- tion as a baseball player within the last | two years. All of the newly promoted officers will be sworn in by Chief of Police Dinan on January 1. Other changes are likely to follow at that time. John C. Ayres, lieutenant of police, will be retired on a pension at his own request at the meeting of the Police Commissioners, sitting as a Pension Board, on Tuesday. The lieutenant has suffered from two paralytic strokes re- cently and is unfit for active duty. He was attached to the Mission district. Lleutenant Ayres has an enviable record. He joined the force on Sep- tember 15, 1868, when he was 21 years of age. He was made a corporal on December 28, 1878; a sergeant on Jan- uary 5, 1898, and lieutenant on August 1, 1902. During the period of over thirty-seven years his work was merl- torious and his record unblemished. His retirement will lead to the pro- motion of Sergeant John M. Lewis, who is next on the list after Sergeant W. J. Mullender. B2 g, Policeman Dies of Pneumonia. Patrick McKenna, a member of the Pollce Department, dled of pneumonia at his residence, 131 Diamond street, yesterday morning. He joined the force on July 10, 1894, and for a time was one of the mounted patrolmen in the Mission district. He was sick only three days. He leaves a family. STUDENTS TO MEET AT PACIFIC GROVE Branch of Young Men’s Christian Association Will - Hold Sessions. Special Dispatch to The Call, PACIFIC GROVE, Dec. 29.—The tenth annual conference of the Students’ Young Men’s Christlan Association will meet here next week. Delegates are already arriving, and it is expected more than 100 will be present when the conference is called to order Monday. All the promi- nent Young Men's Christian Association workers on the coast will be present. The morning sessions will be devoted to the study of the moral and religious condi- tions of the colleges of the State and par- ticularly to the place of the Young Men’s Christian Association 1in universities. Recreation and sports will occupy the aft- ernoon. Football will e tabooed. e BODY OF MAN WHO ROCKED HIS BOAT FOUND ON FLATS Waters of Humboldt Bay Give Up the Vietim of Foolish Prac- 4 tice, . ; EUREKA, Dec. 29.—The body of Michael Mondich, who was drowned in Humboldt Bay on October 29, was found on the Mud Flats this morning. Mondich and two companions were crossing the bay from the shipyards. All three were intoxicated and when out in the middle of the channel be- gan rocking their boat. The frail craft capsized and the men were thrown into the water. Mondich failed to re- gain the boat with his friends and was drowned within a few minutes after the ‘accident. 29 ¢ | a MAYOR JAILED FOR GRAFTING Executive of Long Beaeh and a Councilman Are Aec- cused of Taking Bribes PLACED BEHIND BARS Town Is Shocked by Diselos- ures Made by Arrest of Two of Its Trusted Officers Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—Rufus A. Eno, Mayor of Long Beach, and J. B. Losee, one of its prominent Councilmen, were arrested this afternoon by the District Attorney of the county and locked in the County Jail on a charge of taking bribes. The two specific in- stances relate to “rake-offs” in the building of the Long Beach wharf, but it is claimed that the grafting extends over a period of two years, or since the two men took office. Nearly all of the big contracts that went through the Mayor’'s office are said to have been “‘greased through” with bribe money. Their arrest was a complete surprise to the two officials, also to Long Beach, which was simply thunderstruck. That town has always been a stronghold of church people, and the city officers were thought to be above suspicion. Two secret service men went to Long Beach fron® Los Angeles this afternoon from the office of the District Attorney. | One of them found Eno on the street and asked him to come to the city for “eonference” with District Attorney Fredericks. Losee was found in his real estate office. He was also invited to the city for a ‘“‘conference.” Neither of the two men had the slightest idea that they were being arrested. They came out of the “conference” under ar- rest on a felony charge. They are charged on two particular counts. J. C. Newsom, an architect, to get the Pplans for the dancing pavilion at the end of the Long Beach wharf accepted, is alleged to have paid $300 to Eno for himself and Losee. The money is al- leged to have been paid in the City at the time Eno helped Newsom v his demand. The other was in ard to the specifications for piling for the wharf. Losee is alleged to have put through a resolution changing the piling from cylindrical to square. The change lessened the cost of the con- tract $1500. Losee is said to have pocketed $1000 for himself and Eno, the city being made to pay the contract off the original price. Losee and Eno had a long talk with the District Attorney. He would not say whether they con- fessed or not. Afterward they made a statement claiming that their arrest is due to a political conspiracy, their enemies tak- ing this means of “doing them up.” They both were cool and colleeted. Af- ter some hours in jail they were re- leased on bail furnished by prominent Long Beach men. TWO MEN DIE AWFUL DEATH Suceumb to Hardships of a Trip Through Wilds of Alaska in Middle of Winter e Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Harry Hughes, an old-time Alaska musher, and E. K. Row- ley of Woodward, Towa, met a terrible death in the wilderness on the coast of Alaska, between Cape Yakataga and Cape Suckling, about November 19. Er- nest and Ira Willams and Hughes and Rowley left Yakataga for Kayak to take a steamer for the outside on November 10. They bhad provisions for a four-day trip. Hughes acted as guide. He was obliged because of the swollen seas to take the party miles up the sloughs to find fording places. In one place they walked for ten milcs in fcy water up to their waists before they found a shallow crossing. The food ran out. Rowley suc- cumbed on November 17 at 11 o'clock In the morning. Because of swollen limbs and stiffness he was unable to walk. The rest went on for help. For forty-eight hours Rowley had nothing to eat. Hughes gave out at 3 o'clock on November 17. He told the other two to go on. The ‘Williams boys reached Octalee Spit on November 19, in the afternoon. A storm kept them in their cabin until November 21. They went back then with help, but Hughes and Rowley could not be found anywhere. ————— NEW_YORK, Dec. 20.—The Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which operates the subway and elevated roads of New York City, announced to-day an Increase in the pay of employes, to take eff:ct January 1. The in- crease ranges from 15 to 25 cents a day, with two days off, with pay, each month for em- ployes who work twelve hours a day. SHOTS IN AIR STOP A THIEF Escaping Felon Halts and Surrenders After Deputy Fires Twice Over His Head RANSACKS A BIG HOTEL Leaps From Car While Be- ing Brought to Jail, but Is Soon in Custody Again PSS SANTA CRUZ, Dec. 29.—After escaping ! from Superintendent Reanier of the F. A. Hahn Company at Capjtola, William Dunham, who roboed the Hotel Capitola on Wednesday of some silver spoons and cut glassware, was brought to bay by a couple of shots from Under Sheriff Hor- ton’s revo.ver at Twin Lakes yesterday afternoon. Dunham went through the hotel, which is closed for the season, and would have secured much booty if he had not been interrupted by Superintendent Reanier, who took him into custody. As Reanier was bringing his prisoner to San- ta Cruz in a street car the latter jumped off the car as it was going at a high rate of speed and escaped. Sheriff Trafton's office was notified. Under Sheriff Horton finally located his man in a house at Twin Lakes, a suburb of tuis city. As Horton went in the front door Dunham skipped out by the back door, running toward | Wood's lagoon. As it was dark he had a good chance to get away. After calling to him to halt the under sheriff fired two shots in the alr and was aiming at the fleeing thief v en Dunham looked around, Finding that the game was up he surren- dered and is now in the County Jail in default of $500 bonas. CONTROL IN HANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS Fleishacker and Associates Said to Own Nevada Transit Company. RENO, Dec. 29.—According to reliable information received to-day the controll- ing interest in the Nevada Transit Com- pany has passed into the hands of a San Franclsco syndicate, consisting of Fleishacker and associates. The deal has been made, says a man who is closely connected with the transaction, and will become effective on January 20. Accord- ing to E. R. Dodge, attorney for the com- pany, no sale has been made, although he admits that negotiations are pending and that it is possible that a deal will be con- summated. The consideration has not be- come public, but it is sald that the con- trolling interest of the 200,000 shares of common stock will go at a figure slightly under par. CLAIMS INSANE MAN - LEFT BIG FORTUNE Court Takes Steps to Find Out Value of Lunatie’s Holdings. SANTA ANA, Dec. 29.—A citation was {ssued by Judge West in the Superior Court this afternoon ordering A. F. De- chene of Los Angeles to appear and give sworn testimony as to what he knows of the assets of the estate of Willlam Har- mon, which is said to be valued at $75,000. Harmon died intestate at the Patton In- sane Asylum in February, 1903, leaving property here valued at $300. No rela- tives or heirs have been found. Within the last week Dechene has asserted that he has information of $75,000 more prop- erty in mines and cash deposits belonging to Harmon'’s estate, and the citation was issued to bring him to court to divulge his information. —e——— Calls Ex-Partner a Thief. FRESNO, Dec. 20.—H. O. Bo watchmaker, who came here Santa Barbara three months ago, was arrested to-day on a charge of grand larceny preferred by his former part- ner, W. Rutley, a jeweler of this city. Rutley declares that Bonine appro- priated $85 in coin and gold stock that did not belong to him. Bonine is out on his own recognizance. The two men were partners for less than two weeks. e, a e Masked Men Rob Japanese. SAN JOSE. Dec. 29.—K. Iwanda, a Japanese laborer, was held up on the Milpitas road to-night and robbed of $50. Iwanda was returning to Mil- pitas with his month's pay, when he was accosted by three armed men who demanded his money. ‘Before he could comply he was felled by a blow and the cash was taken from his pocket. The men then disappeared into the shrubbery by the roadside. —_——— Cattleman Is Found Dead. RED BLUFF, Dec. 29.—Paul McSke, a well-known cattleman, Iliving Cottonwood Creek, about twenty miles northwest of Red Bluff, was found dead in bed this morning. He was about 30 years of age. No particu- lars of his death have been obtained. —_— GRAND RAPIDS, Wis., Dec. 20.—Judge Webb to-day decided that the Wieconsin antl- pass law is legal from | on | TAKES HIS LIFE NEAR COLDFIELD Body of Seattle Prospector Is Found in Snow Within Few Miles of Nevada Town RV SN JURY SAYS IT'S SUICIDE Razor Case, Minus Blade, Is Picked Up Seventy Feet From Unfortunate Miner GOLDFIELD, Dec. 29.—The dead body of a man, his throat cut from ear to ear, was found four miles south of Gold- fleld late yesterday. The body was com~ pletely encased in ice and the face and hands were black from exposure. The dead man was about 4 years of age, slightly built, with a reddish mustache. Friends identifled the remains as those of Thomas W. Ricord, a mining promoter of Seattle. An empty razor box covered with blood, found about two feet from a large pool of blood, but seventy feet from the body, was the only evidence as to the means of death. The razor could not be found. The first jury under Judge Bell, who is also the Coroner, could not agree and was discharged. The second jury re- turned a verdict of suicide. Tracks In the snow led up to within ten feet of the | body. but as some snow covered the body, no Importance was attached to their dis- | covery. Tue deceased, who was unmar- ried, had a mother and a brother lving at Chases Mills, Me. CATHOLIC BISHOPS GREATLY DISPLEASED iSa_v Americans Not Worthy of Honor Have Been Pre- sented to Pope. ROME, Dec. 29.—The Vatican autheri~ tles have recelved remonstrances from several American Bishops against the au- diences granted by the Pope to Amerl- cans who, in the opinion of these Bishops, were not worthy of the honor, which, it is added, created dissatisfaction among the faithful. The Pope has also been informed that {among the persons presented to him a few days ago was an American woman who had been divorced. This irritated the Pontiff, who declared that such a pres- entation must not occur agam. The officials of the Vatican are also recalling that two Americans recently refused to kneel when the Pope appeared and the persons having authority in these maiters have been ordered to be more strict in arriving at decisions upon appli- cations from Americans for audiences of the Pope. American applicants in the future must be recommended by their respective Bishops or have their applica- tions supported by a recognized official here. RED BLUFFITES WILL FIGHT GAS COMPANY Objeet to Appl’opl‘ialiinll of Water Rights by San Fran- ciseo Corporation. RED BLUFF, Dec. 29.—The San Fran- cisco Gas and Blectric Company, which some weeks ago filled a notice that it intended taking water from Mill Creek for a power plant, has put on a force of | about ten men at the site to do struc- tion and survey work. This same location was filed on about a year ago by local capitalists, who have completed a sur | vey and built ditches. The local wen say they will fight the gas company in the courts, as they have done all the prelim- inary work required. ——— PETALUMA CONTRACTOR WEDS i YOUNG MISS OF SAN MARTIN Builder Steals Away to San Jose and Makes Schoolgirl His Bride. PETALUMA, Dec. 29.—John Thomp- son, a prominent contractor and builder and a former teacher in the Petaluma public schools, was quietly married on Tuesday in San Jose to Miss Mabel Mooney of San Martin. The news of the wedding reached this city to-day. surprising the friends of the young people. Mrs. Thompson was attending school at San Jose up to the day of her wedding. Rev. Dr. Mills was the offi- clating clergyman. —_————————— YEAR ENDING TO-MORROW RECORD ONE FOR LOS ANGELES Building Permits Show That Southerm Metropoli; Has Had = Bulld- ing Boom. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—The year just passed has been the building year in the history of Los Angeles. To 1 p. m. this afternoon the number of build- ing permits issued from the office of the Superintendent of Buildings in 1905 was 9541. The improvements au- thorized amounted to $15,37 °77. This is against 7090 bullding pe.muts is- sued in 1904 for improvements aggre- gating $13.409,062 —_—— SAN DOMINGO, Dec. 20.—The United States gunboat Dubuque arrived here this afternoom. The converted yacht Scorpion will leave to- morrow for Montechri s Absolutely Pure by He has just, submitted to the Board of Health his report on the purity of the different brands of beer sold in this city. His analyses of CASCADE LAGER and STEAM BEER, made by the Union Brewing and Malting Company, shows and proves their wonderful purity, as follows: Density of Jotal fal- Alcobol Preservatives - Color Density Total phurousAcid Albumins by Sulphurous o' solis ShMe. Gromn) MY edie 0. Y. Normal 10161 10554 611 2146 0.271 5.47 0 Cascade Y. O. Normal 1.0180 1.0552 6.41 29.44 Tire 5.16 0 Steam These Figures Show the Absolute Purity of This Beer The above is an exact copy of the report of the City Chemist's analyses on file at the City Hali. UNION BREWING AND MALTING CO. ) Brewers of Cascade Lager Eighteenth and Florida Streets The public shofnld remember this fact when buy‘ng beer and always ask for Cascade. The City Chemist Finds CASCADE BEER Analysis Bottling Dept., 427 Valencia Street