The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1906, Page 46

NE BRIDE LOSES IN KD ONEY Woman Weds and Is Robbed of Ravings and Deserted, All Within Three Days! SEARCH FOR HUSBAND Police Asked to Find Frank \. Lawton, Who Took Unto Himself a Wife and Coin —— robbed the was | -hearted 4 the po- 1 and the years to save. ey she had wo A e story sk 4 the po- e ate woman recently took Los Angeles, where & . ew Lawton, the South- n at once be- | was a case of | came to Unk—‘ they were | son of the They went e bride had jomestic, and on e her husband went out to o they were m, she as-| &e remainder of | . next day he disap- i his bride are each 4 years e and height, of features are of ate searching for they belleve to be a fol- of the races wer DE FREMERYS ENTERTAIN AT A RECEPTION RADCLIFFE. i BY ZOE GR L -The coming week of more nd will be s the smart the new year— brillient affair | \ the record | at of dly cerned, reception to-night. | had been inc ded h‘; favored with an i o | old mansion pre- | cented a rarely beautiful scene. The | se is situated in the midst of a park | v jungle of tall trees and es surrounding the flower- fully kept lawne that are | adjacent to the residence. n erected to supper and | ts and a fra- | ngs, Mr. and | sor and Mrs. | s. George H. | and Mrs. John P. Irish, and Mrs. F. M. A. Miller. Mr. and | rs. Harry B Miller, Mr. and Mrs. | L. Howard, the George W. Mc- | N s an s s of sthers equall) al world and important though of next week will s Jean Howard ostentations marr and Charles S aker. Miss How- | wanrd i8 the ighter of John L. How- | ard, w family is among the most Oukland | Of considerat wedding on dt of San of Ge M rge Engle- c and Lysbeth | Francisco. Miss Geor- | of the most attractive s across the bay, will at- and Judge Fritz will be € during the momen- | s ordea ! dozen xoung people Mr. and Mrs. Hawks of S at a joliy Mill Valley farietta Ha- ssinger. Cupid e two very aths and the resist some of been markedly the ing Club and on | and Mrs. at luncheon | Hotel Met- | ropole Mra oving, her health being e fited by bLer stay at s Oliver is also con- re attack of ARE GRADUATED. OAKLAND, J he County Board of Education announced the fol- | lowing pupils as having successfully passed the graduation examination in the eighth grade in the Fruitvale schools Fruitvale No. 1, Miss Laura B. Dono- an teacher—Fletcher Buckholz, Lizzie Byrne, August Childs, Ida Fritz, Nina Grimes, Willle Jenk! Fred Kaiser, Hector McKenzie, Ethel Richardson, Minnie Shock, Archie Stewart, Adelaide | Tubbs, Ella Ward, George Willlams and Raymond Yale. Fruitvale No. 2. Miss Neah G. Gulick teacher—Ida Batsford, David Boillot, Louise Eastman, Willlam Fake, Anna| Gunn, Mabel Hilland, George Olson and Bernal Vogel —_———————— FOOTPAD ROBS WOMAN. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Emily Van Dyke of 1101 East Twenty-third street was held up and robbed of her purse as she was walking along Fourteenth street, between Madison and Oak streets, at 7 o'clock this evening. The footpad came up from behind, grabbed her roughly by the shoulders and, de- manding “Her money or her life,” snatched the purse and ran. The rob- ber worked so quickly that he was out of sight before she recovered sufficient- Iy to scream. She went to the nearest house and notified the police by tel- ephone. The purse contained some trinkets end & small amount of money. | Rowe of Oakland for anaiysis. | to their parents. C. Chapman | & THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDA WS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY POISONING CASE IS SUSPECTED FARMER KILLED WHILE HUNTING A11t0pSy Fails to Reveal Any Leo Clark Accicentally Shot Cause for Boyd's Death. STOMACH TO BERKELEY, Jan, 6—The physicians who conducted the autopsy on the body of W. 8. Boyd, a merchant of East Oak- land, who died under unusual circum- stances at his Berkeley hume last Thurs- dey night, reported at the Morgue to-day that their examination revealed nothing conclusive regardingsthe cause of death. It was decided, accordingly, to send the stomach of the body to City Chemist The con- tents of the stomach will be carefully analyzed for traces of poison, which may have caused the merchant's death. Boyd had a prosperous business, serving as resident manager of the Great Ameri- can Tea Company's store in Bast Oak- land. He was 34 years old and resided } with his wife at 2311 Webster street, ap- parently happy, prosperous and in good health. The couple entertained a number of friends at their home last Thursday evening, and retired rather early. Bovd made no complaint of any ailment, the wife says, and slept peacefully for an hour, Shortly after 11 o'clock she was wakened by his movements and discov- ered that he was in paroxysms and seem- ingly delirious. She summoned Dr. A. T. Gillihan, but Boyd died before midnight. Dr. Gillihan could not determine the cause of death. An autopsy, conducted by Drs. Reinhardt, Benton and Helmes, as- soclated with Dr. Gillihan, has revealed nothing that enables the doctors to say | what caused Boyd’'s death. A theory that Boyd was poisoned, either accidentally or with suicidal intent, has been projected, and the chemist's examination of the stomach is expected to settle the worth of the theory. Several days will be re- quired for the chemical examination. ————————— QUARREL OVER THE TIDE. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—With a volley of deep-sea oaths that would have done credit to one of Russell’'s heroes, Cap- tain F. R. Preble of the steamer St. Paul denounced City Wharfinger Greer because the tide was out and he could not put to sca. In vain did Greer de- clare that he was not the inoon and that he had nothing whatever to do with | The skipper Insisted that the wharfinger was responsible for the condition of the slin at the foot of Frankiin street, where the St. Paul was stuck fast in the mud. and Greer was finally obliged to call Policeman Mur- ray to stop the abuse. Preble was ar- rested for disturbing the peace. ———————— GREEN NOT YET FOUND. NAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Conflicting re- ports have been received by the police regarding the whereabouts of James Green, the peddler over whom J. J Nunan and his wife quarreled before they disappeared last Saturday. report was to the effect that he was peddling in Sacramento, another that he was In San Francisco. The police, however, are making no effort to find him, The police do not think Mrs. Nunan went to Port Harford. Miss Mary, Nu- nan, her daughter, who lives at Wood- land, has received a letter from her tide or time. It was written January 1 and contains the sentences: “Do not write to me agaln until you hear from me. Will explain all.” WIN FROM BACON ESTATE. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Professor Frank Soule and Miss Minnie Bacon have finally won their suit against the estate of the late Henry D. Bacon in which they asked for $16,000 as coming to | them under the late capitalist's will. They were each left $10,600 in the will, but by mistake it was read $2000 and It was only after some vears that it was discovered that the 2 was a 10. Re- mittiturs recelved from the Supreme Court to-day states that the appeals in the suits have been dismissed by stipu- iation. ——————— RUNAWAY GIRLS ARRESTED, OAKLA ), Jan. 6.—Ethel Steele, aged 14, of 1050 Forty-seventh street, and Ethel Hartman, aged 15.7of Fifth street, near Stanford avenue., Emery- ville, who had been reported missing, | were found with Louls Bobroskie, a 17- vear-old messenger boy, at Ninth and Washington streets this afternoon by Policeman Scanlan. All three were arrested and the girls will be returned They had been miss- ing since yesterday morning. —e———— LANDLADY IS SWINDLED. 0AKLAND, Jan. 6—Mrs. S. B. Talt of 31 *fagnolia street reported to the po- ice to-day that she had been made the victim of a bogus check swindler. She rented & room to a young man for $2 a week and he gave her a check for $10 on the Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Savannah, Ga. She gave him the change and he decamped. He Is described as being 25 years old, nearly x feet tall and had brown hair and a light complexion. DOG FRIGHTENS OFF BURGLARS. HAYWARDS, Jan. 6.—Burglars at- tempted to enter the home of William Angus, superintendent of the Suburbai Electric Light Company, last night, but after forcing the fastening of two win- dows were frightened off by the bark- ing of a watch dog. ———————— FIRE IN BARBER SHOP. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—The Fire De- partment was called out at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon to extinguish a blaze in the barber shop of John Tisch at 467 Eleventh street, caused by a defective heater. The shop was filled with cus- tomers and there was considerable ex- citement, but little damage was done. ———————— ASKS FOR DIVORCE AND BOYS, OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Charging Louisi A. Seely with having deserted him, Frank H. Seely to-day began divorce | proceedings against her and asks for the custody of their two boys. Edwin and Chester, who at present are with their mother and for wh upport he states he has contributed $20 a month for more than a year. —,——r—— MAKE CHILD THEIR OWN. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Lee and Bertha Cochrane of 1618 Sherman street, Ala- meda, appeared before Judge Ogden this morning and férmally adopted Ra- chael L Cohrs, a little girl 9 years of age, whom they have reared since she was two weeks old. ————————— PIONEER IS STRICKEN. NILES, Jan, 6, —Willlam Snyder, the oldest merchant in the town of Niles, was stricken with apoplexy last night at his home here and his physician, Dr. Morrison. has hut little hope of his recovery. Snyder is 70 years of age ana has resided in Niles for more than forty years One | mother bearing the San Francisco post- | | mark. BE ANALYZED SHERIFF MAKES | eks Information for Use in Improvement of the Alameda County Prison NOW VISITING FOLSOM e [Will Inspect Structure of | Modern Places of Confine- | ment Throughout State { S A | OAKLAND, Jan. 6—With the object of | studying the structure of the best and | most modern jails in the State, Sherifl Frank Barnet has begun a tour of in- spection for the purpose of securing data | regarding prison structure for use in im- | proving the Alameda County Jail. Sheriff Barnet is now at Folsom prison, where he will remain for several days as the guest of Warden Yell, during which time he will make a thorough investigation of the { methods of insuring the safe keeping of | the convicts in vogue at the State peni- tentiary. Before he returns to this city SHeri Barnet will visit a number of other places of confinement of various counties, noting the points of superiority in each for use in the proposed improvement of the Ala- meda County Jail. Records for the last ten years show that there have been more escapes of prisoners from the Alameda County Jail than from any other jail in California, and all of these have been due to the antiquated construction of the building. Sheriff Barnet has made application to the Board of Supervisors for the neces- sary funds to remodel the jail, and as the board has shown an inclination to make the improvements asked for the Sheriff in securing information as to the most | modern construction of county prisons, —_————————— HOLD JOIN’ NSTALLATION. OAKLAND, Jan. 6,—E. H. Liscum Camp, No. 7. United Spanish War Vet- erans, and Mary Veitch Auxiliary No. 2, have installed the following officers for the ensuing. 'year: E. H Liscum Camp No. j—Comman- | der, Olivius Ryuning; senfor vice com- mander, Blmer R. Morrill; junior vice commander, Andrew K. Welr; chap- lain, E. Gibson: officer of the day, Byron J. Balch: officer of the guard, George W. Moenning:; quartermaster, | Jerome W. Annis; adjutant, B. Eveart Meek; trustees—D. L. Hopkins, Frank L. Bayley, George W. Moenning. Mary Veitch Auxiliary, No. 2—Presi- dent, Mrs. Ella J. Dunne; senior vice president, Mrs. Lulu Huber; junior vice president, Mrs, Alice Faneuf: treasurer, Mrs. Daisy Huntley; conductress, Miss Sadie Reinhold; assistant conduc- tress, Mrs. Rhodes; guard, Mrs. E. F. Glbson; past president, Mrs. Isabel Morrill; assistant guard, Dorothy Anni Toedt: secretary, Mrs. Kathryn Meek. ————————— MARRIAGE LICENSES. OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—The following marriage licenses were issued by the County Clerk to-day: Manuel P. Ave- vede, 32, and Marie P. Rocha, 42, both of Oakland; John J, Byrne, 29, and Ida M. London, 30, both of Oakland; Louis Carvalho, 46, and Ella Frates, 34, both of Qakland; Alfred A. Rathke, 82, Pasa- dena, and Mabel Ross, 26, Newark; James P. Pegnem, 31, and Nellie Con- nolly, 25, both of Oakland. WOMAN IS JURED. BERKELEY, Jan. 6—A swinging pole, projecting from a transfer com- pany's wagon, struck Mrs. C. H. Ben- ton on the waist to-day as she attempt- ed to cross Shattuck avenne at Univers- ity avenue, knocking her down, stun- ning her and inflicting injuries that are serious. She was removed to a drug store and later taken tg her home at 2321 McKinley street. —_—— Quarrel Ends in Shooting. Mrs. Lizzie Kimgargam of 261 Perry strect was shot by a neighbor named Hilda Hansen last night in front of the former’'s home. 'The shooting was the { result of an old feud between the wo- men. The bullet entered the arm, but the wound is not serious. Mrs. Hansen was charged with assault to commit murder, while the injured woman was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital for treatment. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS ‘ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL.—Oakland, Jan. 6. Mrs, Nelson Bump, who was recently 'defeated late husband, Neison Bump, in which he & $05,000 estate to his four daughters, s J;& secking & new trial and will endeavor to get a part of the property through homestead pro- ceedings. She was left but out of the en- tire estate. 3 AGED RANCHER DIES.—Oakland, Jan. 6. Michael Cuhan, an aged farmer who lived alone on Kaiser Creek, in Moraga Valley, and Who wandered away from home & week Was found dead in @ ravine near his home by James Richards and Dennis Callaghan to-day, it 1s supposed he was demented. been dead Coroner Van i i T S Vranken brought LONDON'S SISTER MARRIES.—Oakland Tk Jicense wap to-day for the sister of Jack London, writer and newspaper o to John J. Byrne. Like her brother, she oniy waited o short time after getting o final”de: I i o e B final decree two weeks ago on the desertion. malden e of London. manageable at the corner of San and Oak and plunged wil Vhere' he young. rider wis wl o saddle shaken STUDY OF LS in an effort to have set aside the will of her h brought h-;_e. tbfgs.g* | Hocking, The stranger, “"% by the fifi' ‘of the While Riding to His Camp in Livermore Mountains THROWN OVER A CLIFF R e Horse Stumbles and Falls VWith Its Rider in Night and Weapon Is Discharged OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Leo Clark, a young farmer, was accidentally shot while hunt- ing in Lang Canyon, fourteen miles from Livermore, last night. His body was taken to Livermore this morning by Dep- uty Coroner Edward Conrad, who was one of the hunting party, and Coroner Mehrmann will hold an inquest. In what manner the gun was discharged is not known. Clark and Conrad left their camp in the morning and spent the day in hunting. Toward dusk Conrad left his companion and returned to the camp, He last saw Clark on the trall, riding one horse and leading another. Across his knees was his double-Larreled shotgun. Three hours later Mrs. James Hare, who is camping with her husband, heard a man call for help across the canyon. She notified her husband,-who, with Willlam Copeland, hurried to the rescue. They found Clark and his horse at the foot of an embankment. The unfortunate man had been shot in the thigh and died soon after they reached him. It is supposed that the horse stumbled and fell over the ciff with its rider, although the animal was uninjured. No one heard the shotgun discharged. Clark was réared in the vicinity of Liv- ermore and was well known in the valley. He bad a farm two miles from the town. He was only 24 years old and leaves a young wife, ————————— PALO ALTO TRUSTEES SET DATF. FOR BOND ELECTION Citizens to Vote on Proposition to Expend Money for Public Improvemen PALO ALTO, Jan. 6.—An ordinance calllng for an clection here on January 24 to decide whether to issue $90,000 in bonds was passed by the Town Trus- tees Thursday night. A mass meeting of the citizens of P1lo Alto will be held, probably, en January 22. The Peninsular Railroad . Company, represented by President O. A. Hale and Manager Chapin, with their attor- neys, were present at the meeting of the board and asked for an electric franchise to operate in Palo Alto. The petition was filed and will be taken up later. —_——————— RELIGIOUS CENSUS STARTED. PALO ALTO, Jan. 6.—A novel feature of the religious work here was under- taken to-day when thirty-six local church members representing the vari- ous denominations started on the Stan- ford campus to make a religious cen- sus. The names of the church going residents and Secular preferences of each person will be procured and used by the various ministers... Rev. H. E. Milnes of the Methodist church has charge of the novel undertaking. ——————————— OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED. PALO AL7TO, Jan. 6.—The tenth an- niversary banguet and installation of officers of the local Volunteer Fire De- partment was held Thursday night. The ofiicers installed are as follows: George W. Harms, chief; E. F. Welss- haar, president. Bruce Gibson, vice president; Charles Brown, secretary; Ed Tholts, treasurer; James McLach- lan, first assistant chief, and Hans Hansen, steward. DERAILEFD R CAUSES TROUBLE. OAKLAND, jan. 6.—The derailing of a car in the center of a Southern Pa- cific gravel train last night near Niles blocked the main line for several hours, Qelaying traffic and causing the flier from Stockton to Oakland to be sent around by way of Tracy. The wheels of the car, after leaving the rails, tore up more than a mile of track, all of which will have to be laid anew. —_—————————— TOURIST HOTEL A SURETY. PALO ALTO, Jan. 6.—Town Trustee William Dean returned yesterday from Southern California and announced that the proposed tourist hotel for this eity will be built. It is to be modeled after the Glenwood at Riverside and will cost $100,000. 7 — G r— PARTNERS DISAGREE. MAYFIELD, Jan. 6.—R. Y. Lydick has brought suit against J. W. Rich, his partner in the grocery business here, charging him with failure to ac- count for the funds of the firm. Both are prominent here and the suit has caused a sensation. —————— TO VISIT PHILIPPINES. PALO ALTO, Jan. 6.—Lieutenant Robert H. Peck arrived here yesterday from Kansas. He will leave on Janu- ary 26 for the Philippines. He is con- nected with the Twenty-fourth In- fantry. —_——————————— JOHN HAY’S FRIEND DIES. PALO ALTO, Jan. 6.—Major William E. Norris, a ploneer of this place and former Town Recorder, died yesterday of heart fallure. Norris was a school- mate and Intimate friend of the late Secretary John Hay. ————————— AGED RANCH HAND ENDS LIFE ‘WII'H DOSE OF CARBOLIC ACID | — Rody Is Found on Monterey Road by Conductor of Early Morning Freight Train. SAN JOSE, Jan. 6.—Thomas Duke, a ranch hand who had been employed near, Coyotte, ended his life last night by swallowing carbolie acld. His body was found this morning near the Southern Pacific tracks at the Hills- dale siding, about four miles from this city. Duke was in San Jose Friday and purchased the carbolle acld at Johnston’s pharmacy. He was last seen was allowed to resume her |late last evening walking along the Monterey road in the direction of Coy- otte. His body was found by Conduc- tor Atlas, in charge of the early morn- ing freight from the south, on an em- bankment near the track. Coroner Kell removed the remains to the morgue, and will hold an inquest Mon- day morning, Duke is not known to have any relatives in this State. He wus about 50 years of age. ————————— Aged Man Ends His Life. GRASS VALLEY, Jan. 6—The uni- dentified body of an man was JANUARY 7, 1906, CHILD NEARS DEATH AWHEEL Little Aileen Bandle Runs Into an Eleetrie Car and Breaks Both of Her Arms THROWN TO PAVEMENT Fails to See Peril Until Too Late to Avoid a Collision and Is Injured B T OAKLAND, Jan. 6.—Alleen Bandle, the ten-year-old daughter of George E. Bandle of 562 Twenty-third street, col- lided with an electric car while riding her bicycle this evening, and both her arms were broken, while her face and head were badly bruised and lacerated. The child was riding down the hill on Prospect avenue and gained such speed that she lost control of the bicycle. As e turned into Telegraph avenue she W the electric car approaching, but could not stop, and the wheel dashed iinto the side of the car. She was thrown several feet to the pavement &nd when picked up was unconscious. Passengers aboard the car, which ‘was quickly stopped, removed the little girl to the East Bay Sanitarium, at Thirty-first street and Telegraph &ve- nue, where Dr, J. L. Milton dressed the wounds and set the broken bones. He found that the left arm was broken just above the wrist and the right arm between the wrist and elbow. The collision occurred at §:15 o’clock, and an hour later Aileen's father, who had been summoned, removed the child to his home. Witnesses of the accident say the motorman could not see the child's peril until she was almost to the ecar, when it was too late to aveld the colli- slon, although he promptly applied the brakes. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE SOUTH Two Men Suffering From Bullet Wounds Are Un- der Treatment. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 6.—On Tuesday night last Herbert Hasselrigg, recently employed by the Edison Company, and a man who is identified only as ‘“‘Shorty” were so seriously shot that Hasselrigg Is at the County Hospital, where his leg was amputated this afternoon, blood poi- soning having set in, and “Shorty” is presumed to be hidden somewhere in the city under medical treatment. On Tues- day night, also, Frank Robinson, in charge of the Jewett ranch, in Jewetts lane, fired at two interlopers on his prem- ises. He used a shotgun and it is pre- sumed that Hasselrigg and “Shorty” are the victims, The two wounded men have shrouded the shooting in mystery, and Robinson was not close enough to his victims to- identify them. If Hasselrigg dies Robinson will give himself up and ask for an investigation. He suspected that the men he shot were chicken thieves. This afternoon he brought to the Sheriff a sample of the shot he used and it tal- Hes with that taken from the leg of Has- selrigg. Hasselrigg is very low to-night. He came from Hureka, Il BRUGUIERE DIVORCE CASE SET FOR TRIAL Troubles of Doctor and Wife Will Be Heard This Week. Special Dllp_lt:'h_!o The Call, RENO, Jan. 6.—The divorce case of Dr. Pedar Bruguiere against his wife, who is at present in San Francisco, came up in the District Court to-day and was set for trial on January 15. Mrs, Bruguiere was not represented by counsel, but it is stated on good au- thority that she will oppose the di- vorce very strongly when the case comes up. Dr. Brugulere is Te- sented by W. B. Cralg, District Attor- ney of Washoe County. Since his re- turn from the East the doctor has opened up an office in this city and is practicing the profession of medicine. He has been quite successful in this line and is enjoying a large practice. —————————— WILL BE BURIED FROM CHURCH OVER WHICH HE ONCE PRESIDED Remains of Rev. N. A. Haskell, Unita- rian Divine, Will Be Interred in Garden City. , SAN_ JOSE, Jan. 6.—The funeral of Rev. N. A. Haskell, the former pastor of the Unitarian Church, who died in San Francisco on Friday, will take place to-morrow afternoon from the church over which he presided for many vears. The services will be con- ducted by Rev. Anthony Mills and Mrs. Elizabeth Watson. The body will be interred at Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Haskell came to San Jose in 1890 and took up his ministerial work. He was active in building up the Unitarian Church into one of the most influential congregations in the city. He was a splendid pulpit orator and teok an ae- tive interest In all'matters of civie im- provement. He was born in Massach- usetts Afty-six years ago. OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Congressman Needham Introduces a Bill Appropriating $100,000 for a Public Building at Santa Crus. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The forest service has recently placed an order with a firm in the Canary Islands for ten pounds of seed of the Canary pine (Plnus Canariensis), This seed will be - used in experimental planting in the! forest nurseries in Southern Callfornfa, | where hardy, rapid-growing conifer; are needed for planting on the semi- arid mountains. This pine is said to erdure long periods of drouth and to grow well on mountains as high as the snow line, The wood resembles the common Dpitch or Georgia pine, and ap- | parently is very strong and durable. Representative Needham to-day iu- troduced a bill granting to the State of California 5 per cent of the proceeds the cash sale of public lands, Prac- ically all the Western States are given this amount at the present time. Need- ham a'so introduced a bill appropriat- ing $104,000 for a public bullding at Santa Crus. 4 e et e New School for Bakersfield, of the Board .!.—&‘:p:wh’“ meeting o of & 1sors and Board of Education :dd to-day, or and specifications building for this city adepted. The bullding is to HOCK MARRICE DECEIVES CRL Gives Man She Believed Was Husband $2000 Received From Railroad Company LEARNS OF DECEPTION —— Mother Comes to Rescue, De- claring She Will Compel Betrayer to Wed Daughter —i Special Dispatch to The Tall SEATTLE, Jan. 6—Without hlis knowledge and consent, Jesse Miracle, a well-known real estate dealer, is 1i- censed in Tacoma to marry Miss Ger- trude Robare of Seattle. The girl's mother went to Tacoma Thursday and obtained a license for Miracle and her daughter. She made arrangement for Justice Davis hers to marry them. Miracle says he will not marry the girl. ‘The mother says she will force him to. Some fifteen months ago the Robare girl lost her right foot in a street car accident. She was given $2000 to set- tle her claim against the railroad com- pany out of eourt. It was then she met Miracle, and they went through a ma: riage ceremony. She believed it to be a good one and gave him her $3000 af- ter the wedding. A year ago she learned he was to marry a Miss O'Don. nell, a prominent girl here. Then Miss Robare investigated and found her mas riage to Miracle was a mock one. She had Miracle arrested for seduction. The case against him has dragged along. The action of the mother cannot be ex- plained by the officials. —_——————— RIVALS FOR WOMAN'S LOVE QUARREL AND ONE IS SHOT Affections of a Tenderloin Queen Pro- voke a Shooting Affray in Stockton. STOCKTON, Jan. 6—In a shooting affair in the tenderloin section early this evening ‘“Jack” Murray shot three times at Walter Hogan. Onme of the bullets entered Hogan's side under the left arm, but was deflected by a T and no serious injury was done. Th young men are rivals for the affection of a woman of the half-world. They quarreled outside a saloon and Hogan struck Murray, bruising his face. They entered the saloon and while they were standing at the bar Murray whipped out his revolver and fired. The pair visited the same surgeon for treatment. Murray alone was arrested. ——————— YOUNG MAN'S ARM MANGLED IN A TRACTION ENGINE WILLOWS, Jan. 6.—The right arm of Bert McMath, a young man of Wil- lows, was terribly mangled on the Kaiser ranch, near Germantown, last evening. He had crawled underneath a large traction engine belonging to his father to oil the machinery. His brother Frank, thinking that the task had been completed, started the ma- chinery in operation. Bert was unable to get out from under the engine be- fore his arm was caught In the belt. The arm was crushed and the bones broken In four places. It Is thought that amputation will be necessary. o ———————— SHASTA COUNTY MINING MAN A “PASS OF MELFORD” VICTIM REDDING, Jan. 6.—J. W. Kem, son of Mrs. Harry Murrish of Shasta, was one of the unfortunates who went down with the ill-fated “Pass of Mel- ford,” which went down off the Brit- ish Columbia ccast on December 26. \Kem wrote his mother from Panama in October that he intended to start for Port Townsend and told her to write to him at that place two weeks before Christmas, care of the Pass of Melford's captain. Kem was a prom- fnent young mining man, a member of the Workmen and well known throughout Shasta County. OFFERS FIELD FOR INVENTORS Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Perpetual motion “cranks” have a free field in England. Though the United States Government has long refused to issue patents on ideas involving perpetual motfon prin- ciples, England still continues to grant licenses to all comers willing to pay for the patent papers. Even as late as last year perpetual motion inventions were patented, while in 1901 thirteen perpetual motion machines testified that certain persons have faith in the possibility of the scheme. Some of these Inventors were men of serious mind, not cranks, or lunatics, and much of their time and considerable of their money have gone in developing their pet theories. One of the most recent devices, if made to work, would simply revolu- tionize theé automobile and motor cycle business, doing away with petrol, elec- tricity and other sources of energy. In a word, the idea is this: The weight of the rider on the saddle of a motor cycle, or, in fact, of any one on the seat of a motor car. drives water into a hollow bar, which In turn forces the water upon turbines placed in the gearing. When the wheels of the motor go around they pump the water back into the hollow bar, and there you have| perpetual motion in a nutshell, or. rather, in a hollow bar. A cycle bullt on this principle could easily go around the world without stop- ping, once the Initial impetus of sitting down was given, declares the inveptor. So confident is he of the feasibility of ciple, at least—"“run on forever,” like the brook. motor drives the eycle. A number of English patents have re- cently been issued on the water-wheel which is extremely sim- H i i fif | : gt i £ Aot ——. OLD PORTLAND IN A BAD WAY Owners of Wrecked Vessel Do Not Think It Will Pay to Try to Float Her Off UNDERWRITERS DIFFER Marine Insurance Men Say the Steamship Can Be Saved With but Little Difficulty —_— Special Dispatch to The Call SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—For the last seven- teen days the steamship Portland has been beating to pieces on the rocks of Spire Island, and the Alaska Commercial Company, which owns the vesel, is willing to have it break up, as the company be- leves the salvage would -be too high. The ship 1s well insured. Captain Omar J. Humphrey, representing the company, contends that the vessel cannot be saved except at too great cost. B. C. Genereaux, representing the ma- rine underwriters of San Francisco, be- leves that the expense will be small, com= paratively speaking. Captain Gibbs, speaking for the underwriters, sald: “It is Genereaux’s opinion that the Port- land can be saved. He thinks that she can be floated at a very small expense. He says that she rests in a good position and belleves it would not be a difficult task to get her off.” Captain Humphrey says: “The expenss of floating the Portland would be enor- mous. Her back Is broken and ghe s full of holes.” CUPID FINDS A NEW ALLY IN THE QUEEN Spectal Dispateh to The Call LONDON, Jan, §.—Queen Alexandra has given her support to the formation of ‘what might be termed an Anglo-Ameri- can matrimonial bureau. Its purpose is to assist American heiresses in obtaining aristocratic British husbands who pos- sess fairly respectable moral characters as well as blue blood. It is aimed against those {mpecunious and dissolute scions of the nobility who woo the rich daughter of Columbla sofely for thelr dollars. 1is W cbjects are to be achieved by warning ‘wealthy American girls against titled but unprincipled matrimonial bargain-hunt- ers, and—to use the expressive phrase of an American friend—“steering them up the right sort.” the Dowager Duchess of Rox- burghe who persuaded the Queen to giv her sanction to the movement. The Dow- ager is satisfled that her son did an ex- “'ndfl;; m;‘ toé himself N'hcnyhc mar- i iss May Goelet o ork. He got a big fortine with ‘hn’.‘v‘muh came in very handy, but he was by no means hard up himself, and In other respects he belonged to the “right sort.’” His mother shudders when she reflects what might have happened to the Goelet millions had one of the “wrong sort” captured the heiress. It {s no part of the scheme to interpose obstacles to marriage between peers, act- ual or prospective, whose exchequers need replenisking, and American girls who have the wherewithal to replenish them. That would be too farsweeping. Respect- able aristocratic poverty is not to be barred from seeking rellef by marriage with well-dowered American girls. The fundamental idea is to strive to get the money into pockets where it will do the most good, and for the rest to give Cupid as good a show as possible. > The marriages between the Leiter girls and Lord Curzon and Lord Suffolk, Lord Essex and Miss Grant, may be regarded as falr samples of the sort of marriages that are to be encouraged. Among those who are co-operating the movement are the Duchess of Ma borough, Mrs. Adair, Mrs. Frank Mac ey, Mrs. Potter Palmer and other we known American hostesses here who long to that section of soclety which is always designated with the big “S" in English journals. Of course the work is to be done secretly and there will be no membership list, regular meetings, or anything of that sort. but none the less the scheme is a genuine one and its pro- moters expect that it will prove effective. —————————— YUBA DECIDES TO REMAD IN ANTI-DEBRIS ASSOCIATION in MARYSVILLE, Jan. 6.—Yuba County, by the votes of three members of the Board of Supervisors, has decided to rerew its Anti-Debris Association and will contribute to the expense of keep- ing & watchman In the hydraulic min- ing resion and the prosecution of il- legal miners. Johm C. White, D, Durst, Cline Bull and Bernard M were appointed members of the advis- ory board of the asseciation. Four mere members are to be named next month. The other members of the as- sociation are Colusa, Sutter and Sac- ramento counties. ——— GOTHAMITES SURPRISED, Secretary of New York Synagogue Says Dr. Wise Was Not Called. NEW YORK, Jan. §.—Louis Marshall, secretary of the board of trustees of Temple Emanuel, this city, said to-day that no call had been extended by the temple to Dr. Wise of Portland, Or., and that no such letter as that men- tioned by Dr. Wise had been reeelved. Mr. Marshall made the following state- ment: “No such letter has been received by Temple Emanuel. It would be extra- ordinary if such a communication would come to It, since there is no oe- casion calling for it. No call whatso- ever, conditional or otherwise, has been extended to Dr. Wise by the board of trustees or by the congre- gation of Temple Emanuel. It {3 true that he had recently preached from its pulpit, by Invitation, but it is equally true that for sqveral years past it has been the polley of the board of trus- tees to invite rabbis from all parts of the country to occupy the pulpit for the religious instruction and spirftual elevation of the congregation. No less than fifteen gentlemen have thus been called upon to preach and all of them have found admirers among their hear- eras. In every Instance the Invitation was one of courtesy and was accom- panied by the payment of the hon- orarfum. It i3 therefore a matter of great surprise that Dr. Wise . should have taken the liberty of making a statement of the character attributed to him, which, under the most favor- able view, refers to a private and un- official conversation, tentative in char- acter, and essentlally confidential.” —_—— An advertisement in a German per contains this tempting offer: ~ane: body who can prove that my taploea is damaging to health will 4t ouce receive three packets gratis.”