The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1906, Page 9

CHIEF JUSTICE CIES. A HINT ! Wife of Police Commissioner Bingham an | Addition to the Srzare Set. lope Expressed That Pardee Will Make Appointment at Onee to Fill Vacancy PARTRIDGE TO PRESIDE Ryan and Davis Retire From | Contest for Leadership| f Republican Committee T Supreme Cdurt usly embgr- work force State’s ery day means great to many and make ns_that the tee and League camp alry signe the leadership is best the existed that of your upper- endeavors t our permission of MATRIMONIAL DESIRE OF -ED LOVER IS THWARTED b3 Louis German Assaulted by Daughters of Betrothed and License Torn Up. he atrimonial des! Seven se Lo marry the happy on New Years visit was paid two ed and i nders and Henry knocked on the door, but, & trouble, refused to ad- betrot their vesterday that they n and demanded the He declined to sur- expressed his intention all pounced upon him envelope centaining the s pocket and it in alleges that in the envelop e, and ne has bee possession of the was sworn out before Po- s yesterday by Ger- st ienrietta on a be- un- eg Bdlin charge of Expeditiog Mail Delivery. expedite the work of the between New York and -r Fisk has detailed t clerks to assist the in their work on Two of this city de- ed to work with the ay mail clerks. They forty days, by which duty = expected the work will be in not ance to require this ad- STATE.—The inventory and estatze of the late Julia The value of POSTUM CEREAL. LEARN THE TRUTH Coffee by a 10-days ge to POSTUM AND BETTER FEELINGS. married | there | bills. | of Louis Sanders, | and | NE IN NEW SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1906.\ W SOCIAL QUEEN YORK CITY — O <o the, as NEW YORK, 2.—~With inau- guration of Bingham Police Commissioner cne of_the most remarkable social leaders in the United ew York. Mrs. Bingham is a strik- handsome women and an accom- d lingu She was always in the celving line at the formal receptidhs at the White House. As Lucille Rt Jan, General tates comes therford she was one the belles of St. Louis. While visiting the army post at Wille Lieutenant Bingham, and later they were married. years of their marriage Chattarooga and in Arizona. lleutenant was ordered to St year later he went to Berlin there to Rome “The colonel a few years The first few were spent at Then the Lous. and from more in his element now, perhaps, than ever, before—that is, for a long time,” said Mrs. B day. “He loves to accom He wéats to help make this one of the best administrations New York has ever seen. I am so glad that*he has not any ax to grind; that he has not any debt to pay; that he has only a clean road to a | good end and a heart full of sand to do it with. | “The colonel was always loved by | men. 1 do not think he gver had an en |listed man under him who would not| | give his best endeavors to do anything the | | colonel wanted done. I think he’ll just be the man for the police force.” | —_—e———— ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HEARS MOST SATISFACTORY REPORTS | Re-Elects All Its Officers and Honor to Distinguished Men of Other Lands. The annual meeting and the election Pays | of officers of the Academy of Sciences was held yesterday. The election took place during the day and the meeting | convened in the evening. ~President Molera, in his annual report, said that the academy was never in a better condition. All the reports were of a highly satisfactory character and showed that the work of &ll the de- partments is being prosecuted with great energy. L. H. Foote, the treasurer, reported receipts for the year amount $54,684 06; total expenditure $45, leaving a balance in the bank of | 89397 82. | The following were re-elected offi cers of the academy for the ensuing year: | President. B. 3. Molera; first vice president, | Alpheus Bull; second vice president, Otic vun | Geidern; corresponding secretary, J. O'B. | Gunn; recording secretary, J. W. Hobson; treasurer, L. H. Foote; librarian, Louis Fuike nau; diréctor of the museum, Leverett Miils Loomis; trustees—Willlam . Tevis, D, | Hayes, Wililam H. Crocker, James D. Phe- ian, J. C. Cebrian, Géorge C. Perkins, George W. Dickie, e The honorary members elected were: | _B. Ray Lankester, director ‘of the British | Museum; Hugo de Vries, professor of botany at the University of Amsterdam, Holland, and Signor Don Manue] Villada, professor in the National School of Agricuiture, City of Mexico. —_——————— DR. J. E. STUBBS LECTURES IN AUDITORIUM OF Y. M. C. A. President of University of | Urges Hearers to Live for the Good of Others. Dr. J. E. Stubbs, president of th University of Nevada, lectured In the auditorium of the ¥. M. C. A. last even: ing on the subject, "The New Year| Character; Purpose and Mastery of It.” He urged his hearers to live for the good of others in this world and to turn over a good leaf at the beginning of the year. He sald in part: The thought which I am going to try to out and illustrate is this, that every master of his own life. that If he calls fallure m“ be nelther one thi The world has a very partial success or fallure. Head “The Road to Wellville” in pkgs. Dr. Stubbs’ lecture is the first of the winter series of lectures and entertain- ments given at the Y. M. C. A, "“!CQ!?L & of | s “Poing she met | Ao Nevada | 1 (nr.vnpl‘tl standard by which it measures | " PN o S | PERSONAL. M. J. Kinney, the pioneer salmon cannery man of the Columbia River, B at the Palace, S. Parkhu es in Denver, B. Fields of W prominent in insur- s at the Palace. verville is at {ance ci br. D. | the Gragd R Stanton .of Los Angeles { the Grand. | Judge Hewel is at of Modesto is at the a merchant of Vacaville, | General Frank M. Coxe, retired, has | returried from a three months' “visit | to Arizora, } 0 and Texa John Maguire, the well-known theat- rical manager of Butte, Montana, is seriously ill of heart failure at St. Mary Hospital in this city. Mr. Ma- "\l|re is the oldest theatrical mdnager | in_the United States. | " Ralph L. Shainwald, a capitalist of New York ed at the St. Fran- | eis E mpanied by his | daughter, on a visit to his brother, who is at the head of the firm of Shalnwd.ld Buckbee & Co. enator Thomas Kearns of Sn\lt Lake City is at Hotel St. Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Pratt and family of New York are at the Hotel St. Francis. | L. 0. Walz, a banket of Healdsburg, | arrived at the St. Francis yesterday. Former Congressman Charles A, | Towne, who has been a well-known fig- ure in national politics, is at the St. | Franci: H. Norcross arrived at the St Francis yesterday from Los Angeles, accompanied by his wife. Mrs. H. C. Garvey and Mrs. M. A. Toy arrived at the Hotel St. Francis yester- day from» New York City on a visit to the family of Mr. and Mrs. George Toy. | W. O. Colchett of the United States larmy is registered at the Hotel St. Francis with his wife, from St. Paul, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Willittg, Mrs. Lampbell and Mrs. Webb are spending a few days in San Francisco and are at | the Hotel St. Francis from Santa Bar- bara. ———— o Californians In New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The following Californians have arrived in New York: From San Francisco—H. F. Adams, at the York; J. A. Beckwith, at the Hotel Breslin; W. H. Brott, at the Grand Union; J. W. Bray, at the Hotel Wol- cott; C. L Dillon, at the Navarre; A. M. Dollar and wife, at the Grenoble; E. J. ["Dufty, at the Hotel Seville; W. Emer- son, at the Imperial; F. J. Heney, at the Holland House; W. T. Hook, at the Im- W. Thorne, a tthe Navarre; C. Bergfield, at the Belvedere; A. B. Lewis, at the | Park Avenue; G.' R, Webster, at the | Herald Square, ! From San Diego—L. McMillan, at the | Cadillac. From Santa Cruz—R. Hinkle, Miss L. F. Hinkle, at the Broadway Central. From Los Angeles—H. P, Anderson and wife, at the Holland; L. T. Bradley, at the Murray Hill; L. E, Russell, at the | Alberts; Miss C. Bmtth at the Wolcott. —————— dlmd? The interested. at torneys to n&- e “nu their #aine: on briefs. No decision mur may be expected for several n | deposited with th while @ newyome, in the sense of having re- | ecntly been nized, \\xll be cofistituted dl- amost entifel. the efficient, management Which has been at the head of the companies consolida’ in other wory perial: 8, Simon and wife, at the Granad; |- . this amount in the future, B GAS DEAL 5 CONPLETED Union Trust Company Takes In $3,161,500 Cash ‘as PdI‘t .of the Trapsaction ST ALL TERMS FELFILLLD Halsey & (‘0. Announce- t.he Particulars and’ Speak of Plans for the -Fufure —— The great gas and electric deal, conduct-, ed by the Union Trust Company was compléted yesterday. The sum of, $3,16i,~ 500 was pald in to th® Union Prust Corf- pany bank in coin. There were: also de-, livered 92,000 shares of preférred stock of the Pacdific Gas and Electric Company: New bonds of the par value of $9,250,000 and fractional certifitates for fractions of the bends issued will be distributed’ proportionately to the holders of stock of the presént ‘San Franciscy Gas and Electric Company. This will be long and’ tedious work. L W. Hellman Jr. said last evening that the Uhion Tryst Company | expects to have.the bonds distributed by Xt Monday. 5 - A statement was issued yesterday N W H.xl-«(‘\ & Co,, covering détails This is, in part, as folléws. I AR by- of lhe deal. Conipany to agree e *Gas and Eleatrie with*the originat ald 1n to the Lanon stocl st of, h Company San Franc to the co Ga. at -of §2 are for al Trust Company fn a e with the so-called_deposit as also “delivered tq ‘the Uhipn. Trust pany general liew afd collhtbrdl trust & fer cont bonds, covering “§65 per sttare on all of said res of “stock " of 500 ‘Gas and -Blectric Company %0 deposited with the 3 ek of in pay- > stock of the Californig Gals *and . Corporation deposited with the Union rust Company, together.with bond-scrip for fractional amounts, On_Janua San Frahcise California_C be formally Slectric Company 14 ontrol df the boards of the and Electric Company company controBed cofporations, will then® becores one of the largest and mnost impontany pubc util- ity. corporationsein the worid. In many ways It s thés most “unique. It “1n q cighteen counties, a territore y miles contra! vast water ‘powers ~and _the electric transmission line in®existehcd.” | its_outout o ceded to be of an ex- onal s pr served to in view of t be further In 8o0d® manageme proved _proc capital investrent and a liberal*a by * the company to its patrons, and f. catment from the public vard ‘the com As soon as the new corporation i3 fully iu- stalled, and has its organization perfected, the public ‘will be advised of plans in cont>mpla- tion for improvements® iresthe service and en- The contemplated. corporation, 2 . will be distinet- 2 California corporatio - "~ We have 4 for clisnts over $12,000,000 7 in the State of\California, afd hope to place on the same cofiservative basis many times Our sdcedss, how- must depend largely ppon the stability situation,. which means, not’ only rea- sonable prosperity of the community, but an attitude of fairness and proper liberality from the public. otwithatanding the discoselon now bethE indulged in everywhere, on the subject of | municipal ownership, it must be conceded that <he best and most permanently satisfactory public utility service has been acquired by those communities which have, by their laws | and regulations, made It safe and to the in- terest of corporations which supply the sarhe | to make the largest possible capital investment, . To-day the Pacific Gas and Electric Company will elect directors and officers. | S gl . Standard Oil in Big Deal. NEW YORK, Jan. 2—The $2,000,000 special currency transfer to San Fran- cisco, made, through, the sub-treasury last Saturday, represents a payment made By Bastern interests for some gas | properties on the Pacific Coast. The reported purchasers are socalled Stand- ard Oil interests, ———e— Attacked by Husband and Wife. M. Cutler,” 1047%°Folsom street, ob- tained a warmnt from Policd Judge Mogan yesterday for the arrest of “John Doe” Silverman and his wife Esther on a charge of battery. He said the Silvermans lived at 1020 Fol- som street, and about three weeks ago he went «to Silverman anmd “asked him to register a letter for him to his wifg in New York, as it contained a $10 bill. Cutler received a letter frem his | wife last Saturday in. which she csaid there was no $10 bill in the letter sent | her. Cutler demanded an explanation from Silverman and he alleges that | both Silverman and his; wife attacked | him and threw him out of the house. oo .Lash’s Kidney and Liver Bitters re- moves uric acid from the system hy dis- solving the uric acid formation. ————————— Quizg Dies From Injuries. Henry Quigg, a saloon-keeper, 399 Fifth street, died at St. Francis Hospital yesterday morning, Quigg and Wil- | liam Murphy were driving in a buggy along Army street on December 21, and while crossing Folsom street the ve- hicle was struck by an electric car. | Murphy ,was instantly killed. Quigg | was 44 years of “Age. He was one of the leading men-in politics in that | district and had hosts of friends. ever, of the r(‘uurt réversed the State tribundls on’the j “Conklin Self-filling”—‘Marshall" ; °| WAR DEPARTMENT OFFERS MRS. HARDING WINS A POINT Tribl‘ma'»ls’of Final Appeal of State’ and Nation Are Favorable to Her Cause NEW TRIAL IS -GRANTED e —— Wife of Immensely Wealthy thcam Real Estate Man Fights. Suit for Divoree The Supreme Court, yesterday directed the Superior Court ¢f San Diego- to grant & new trial! of the divorce suit instituted by George F. Harding ‘against Adelaide M. Harding. The State Supreme Court upheld the Superior Court when the dis- pute was first brought to ‘the attention of the Justices. Mrs. Harding appealed tq the United States Supreme Court on a writ of error and secured @ reversgl. Theh FHarding attempted té show the Su- préme Court of California that it need. net'reverse the Superior Court. judgment, .but might settle the cade itself” Mrs. ‘Harding opposed her hiisband's posmon and-has won. “The vontest.has been in’ the courts for’ flearly sewenteen years. Both parties to the suit are more than 70 years 6f age. Harding made about $10,000,000 in, Chicago real estate. His wifé alleges that In his old age he began to pay too much ‘atten- |4 | tfon to another woman. She got a decree of -matntenance in °Nlinols ‘and was awarded 36000 a vear with a one-third In- -terest In her husband's estate in dase fie should die first. 5 ‘ He' -was granted .'a divorge o6n the: ground of desertion im,San Diego, and it this feature. of the case that the wife is. fighiting. - The United Statés Supreme ground that Cafifornia’s rulings failed to giye due credit -to the, décisions in the sSister Stafe "of Illinois.” The ‘Superiof Court fs ordered to grant the e “trial, paymg particular attention®to the’ points made by the highest trjbunal in the land. — i e————— Midwinter Excursion to the Grand . Canyon. A special excursion is being planned | to. the Grand Conyon. Most comfoftable aécaminedations can be had at ‘the ‘ele- gant new Hotel, the El Tovar, standing | | ta. the Grand Canyon. Most comfortable write “to F. W. Prince, City Ticket | | Agent. Afchison. Topeka & Santa Fe.| v 663 Market St.. San Francisco, Cal.* HT DRAG NET l-oLn SUSPECTS ARE THE PO An Ex-Convict Is Fourd Witk Burg- Tars“Tools ‘and Others Have Ar- ticlex In Possession. N\.’illlzm\ Avery, aljas McDomld\ alias Drummond, an ex-convict, was arrested yesterday by Detective Tay- lor at Jones and b:\« ramento streets. Two small files with the ends bent. a dirk and’ a candle were found in his pockets. Simuel E. Emery Detgctives Ryan and O'Dea. He had| two new lubricators, two oil cups, a valye an@ other articles in his posses- sion which he was trying to sell. He sajd he had -taken them from a min- ing “company near Merced as part of the, wages due him. $ * John McDonald was arrested on Van Ness avenye on Monday ‘night by Ser- | geant Griffith and Polfceman McGray- | an. He had a bottle of champagne In his hand and when searched had sey- eral’ letters addressed to residents on the myemue in his pocket, which the policé-believe were a blind so that he might steal. He has been arrested several times for petty larceny. John Bowing, a well-known bicyele thief, was arrested on Monday night by Detectives Harper and Armstrong and locked up pending developments. o R Ko was arrested by | Now In the Time when- everybody Is contemplating for the New Year. Fountain Pens—'‘Waterman Ideal”— all right Excelsior dlaries, Calendar Fancy Calendars and Desk Sanborn, Vail & Co.. 741 Market st. * write. Fads, Pads. A REWARD FOR DESERTERS o dmsacer St Fifty Dollars Will Be Paid for Any Prisoner Whe Cannot Claim Ex- emption From Trial The War Department, under an or der of recent date, has offered a re- ward of $50 for the arrest of each de- serter from the military service. This reward will be paid to any civil of- ficer or civilian who may deliver to any military reservation or some con- venient point agreed upon any de- serter from the army, provided the prisoner cannot claim exemption from trial under the statutes of limitations. Captain Robert A Brown, Fourth Cavalry, has been relieved as a mem- ber of the general court-martial now in session at the Presidio. Contract Surgeon Julius M. Purnell, Alcatraz Island, has been ordered on duty with the Twenty-fourth Infan- try at the Presidio until its departure for Manila. Captain R. J. Reaney of the Philip- pine Scouts is awaiting transportation to join his regiment. Major J. G. Galbraith is here from ‘Washington, D. C., and is at the QOcci- dental Hotel. e Lieutenant Allen Waller, Philippine Scouts, is at the Occidental Hotel while waliting transportation to join his regiment. Delightfuily fragrant. Ceoling to NEWBR.O’S GOING| GOIN days. in this locality. vance in value. our subdi next few months. Halimoon Ba Up Miramar Terrace and Miramar Beach are our new addi- tions to Balboa City, San Francisco's most beautiful suburb. Our first addition was entirely sold out in twenty-eight These magnificent properties are located right on the beach—every lot commanding a beautiful marine view. The tract is snugly situated in the north end of Half- thoon Bay, protected and shielded from storm and fog by an encircling arm of low-lying hills. The Ocean Shore Investment Company has plans ar- ranged which call for the expenditure of over half a million A property located in a district where such tremendous and gigantic improvements are contemplated is bound to ad- We firmly believe that each and every lot in either of sions will certainly double in value within the €all or write for pamphlet e 'HALFMOON BAY DEVELOPMENT CO. 211 MONTGOMERY STREET. AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBI LAST 4 NIGHTS—MATINEE SAT. SAN FRANCISIG T LEADING THEM & CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS In the Farcical Comedy Triumph, “The American Lord ‘LOUIS JAMES I the following repertoire: Mon., Thurs. and Sat. evenings, ‘‘Richelleu’; Tues. and Sun. evenings, *Virginius’; Wed. and Fri. evenings, “The Merchant of Venice': Sat. Mat., “Ingo- mar.” SEATS READY TO-MORROW. : GRAN HOUSB AMERICA'S GREATEST TRAGEDIENNE, NEXT . ‘WEEK ‘MATINEE TO-DAY . HEDDA GABLER TO-NIGHT, To-morrow and Friday Nights and Saturday Matinee, MACBETH SATURDAY and SUNDAY THE JEWESS 26e, 50c, i5c. $1; Box Seats, $150. NIGHTS, PRICES, NEXT WEEK MISS .O'NEIf in JUDITH OF BETHULIA. CALIFORN; BUSH STREET C. P. HALL,. TO-NIGHT and_All This Week. © Matinees Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. «wJOLLY GIRLS EXTRAVAGANZA CO.. PRESENTING AN HONEST POLITICIAN And Strong Olio of Novelties | GLORINNE end the RADIUM GIRLS:; SAM SIDMAN, Prince of German Comedians; GEORGE T. DAVIS, California’s Favorite Barytone; BRAGG and ASHTON, Eecertric Comedy Sketch. and a Bevy of Jolly Girls, who can sing and dance. Next—*"The Dre: Popular_prices—Evenings, 15¢ c. Matinees, all reserved. land Burlesquers.” 25¢, 35¢, Soc. St ey, g H. W2 BISHOP, Lessee and Manager. TO-NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK. Reappearance of the Magnetic Young Actress, AMELIA GARDNER AS PHYLLIS IN WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott's Most Suc- cessful Play, Supported by a Cast of Ummnx ‘excellence. Evs. Prices, 25¢. 30c. 'me Sat, Mat., Sde. Thurs. & Sun. Bargain Mats,, '25c everywhere. New CENTRAL [,Tel. South 918. Direction of H. W. BISHOP. TO-NIGHT scalp. Steps itching Instantly. HERPICIDE . ING ! GONE 1t THE PALACE HOTEL for bex coking. THE PALACE HOTEL for quickest service, THE PALAGE HO' EL for fnest music. AND ALL THIS WEEK. Ralph Stuart's Great New York Success, By Right of 8vmrd Specidl New Scenery. See the Great 'm-eou scem. Evening Prices, 15c. 2Sc, Saturday. ahd Sendey Matinees, 106 156 25c. NEXT WEEK—Edna Archer Crawford as Camille. AGABEMY OF SGIENGES HALL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Presented by Colvin B. Brown, from 2 to 3:30. Presented John H. Hartog, from 2:30 3 by L. 3 2 to STANISLAUS COUNTY Presented by H. H. Whitmore, from 3 to 3:30. SANTA CLARA COUNTY NANGE O'NEIL AMUSEMENTS. oeemi T TVOL Louse LAST WEEK of the Delightful Extravaganza, o CRANE CRPHEUS IN HADES LAST MATINEE SATURDAY. A TREAT FOR YOUNG and OLD CHILDREN NEXT MONDAY NIGHT FIRST TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO. FOXY QUILLER USUAL TIVOLI PRICES—2Gc. 50c, e NEXT SUNDAY MATINEE, Farewell Concert ALICE NIELSEN AND HER ITALIAN OPERA COMPANTY. Symphony Orchestra of Forty! Magnificent Operatie and Orchestral Programme SEATS $1350, $1, 50c—READY TO-MORROW. EDWARDS DAVIS And COMPANY In His Two-Scene Tragedy. The UN-MASKING And Bast Week of the Great. Orphenm Road Show Regular Matinees Every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sinday. PRICES—10c, 25¢ and 50c. ALCAZAR ™5 TO—N]GB‘I’—‘AT& SAT. AND sU ’. CROWDS ROAR OVERIT SEE THE 3 INDIANS £52) A STRANG:R ™ £ STRANGE LIND xExT MON.—The Great Western Play, The COW.0Y a~d the LADY SOON—THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON. ALHAMBRA Cor. Eddy and Jones sts. Phone East 1877. BELASCO & MAYER, Proprietors. ALL THIS WEEK—MATS. SAT. & SUN. Tremendous Success of David Belasco's Famous Romantic Military Dramas, THE HEART OF MARYLAND By Special Arrangement With the Author. A Marvel of Stagecraft. THE SENSATIONAL BELFRY SCENE. 100—People In the Production—100 PRICES—Evenings, 10c to 30c: Matinees, 10e. 15¢, 28e. JANUARY S—THE TWO ORPHANS. Belasco & Mayer, Pmprl-wn BOTHWELL BROWNE’S GAIETY GIRLS And a Splendid Continuous tn, the Theater, Afterncens st s at " A HosT OF ATTRACTIONS G THS RARE ANIMALS IN THE 200! SEE BARNES' DIVING ELKS. AMATEUR NIGHT THURSDAY. e | LH".DRfi.....n.