The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1906, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, T UESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1906. - NEWS OF THE CO ANTI-SALOONISTS MEET COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ————— Clergymen Urge Ward Local Option as Panacea. ————— City Attorney Raises Question of Legal- ity of Plan. — After listen- ¢ several clergy- the Anti-Saloon OAKLAND, Jsn & ing to the arguments d ee of this evening referred the for a vote at each local option in each < v of the legality of the ordi- ns of the city City Attorney Me- attorneys for Knights of ahan, presi- the whole of | 2 'BUSY DAYS COMING FOR I SOCIAL SET bRl 0 ’ BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. | OAKLAND, Jan. S.—A wedding of consider- { eble 1ocal inter of Miss Mattie Miss Redfield is the daughter of Horace Red- ’ ] field, and her marriage will take place at the | family residence qp Fourteenth street. She s |alzo the only sister of Lowell Redfield, the populer young barytone, and, like him, her sunny temperament has won for her a host of sincere and admiring friends. Kruschke, the collegian, who 1is in the limeljght &t present as the writer of a play in which | Frank Ba is #oon to appear. He has been in the business world, Py - t the responsible position. of 1 ausic store in Portiand. wedding, which 18 to be a very . ‘the newly married paly ern tour before returning to their home in Portland. 3 ouple were the guests: of honor lest Friday evening at a dinner given by Mrs. John A. Beckwith, the bride's aunt. The Deck- ithe_ by leted a beautiful new most_successtul i _ | The prospective groom is & brother of Emli | LEACH EIECTS Patrolman Scanlan Out of His Office Across the Bay NO BLOWS EXCHANGED Quarrel Over Issuance of a Warrant for the Arrest of an Alleged Embezzler TR e i . OAKLAND, Jan. 8.—In the midst of his | dally work of drawing complaints against \ those guilty of infractions of the law Abe { P.-Leach, the athletic prosecuting attor- ney of Police "Court No. 1, stopped | abruptly this morning and threw Police- | man Jack Scanlan, one of the athletes of i the force, bodily from his office. They had | quarreled over a complaint that Scanlan | desired, and ‘when Leach ordered him to , leave, the office the policeman refused, | whereupon he was promptly ejected. { The trouble grew out of the alleged embezzlement by Howard Prentiss, WOULD DIVIDE Aggregate $150,000 for the Beautiful Souther Farm BIG POLICEMAN) DUNSMUIR HOME| OF HER THREAT iAthletic Prosecutor Throws|W. S. Leake Has Offers That!Mrs. Mary Ross Says Henry A.| Petition for Franchise for Youth Taken From Home and Logan Had a Warning She Would Blow His Head Off TO BE SOLD FOR DEBTS|TOLD HIM SO AT CHURCH Magnificent Country Place{He Had Taken Ethel M. Cook Is Inheritance of Edna Wallace Hopper, Aectress OAKLAND, Jan. 8—Bids ”Kre!lllng $150,000 have been made to W. S. Leake, for Car Ride to Piedmont a Night or Two Before OAKLAND, Jan. 8.—It developed in the trial of Henry A Logan to-day, charged as administrator of the estate of the late | With -having enticed away a minor child Josephine Dunsmuir, for the farm near San Leandro, now the property of her daughter, Edna Wallece Hopper, the | in that a short time prior to his final move, | when he ran away with the girl, Mrs. Mary Ross, the child’s mother, threat-. the person of KEthel M. Cook, actress, and they will be submitted by |ened to blow his head off If he harmed him to Judge Melvin in the Probate De- partment for confirmation next Friday, [Paying attentions to her. the child, and also ordered him to desist It is this that when it Is probable that this beautiful probably caused him finally to make up country home of 315 acres, laid out by { Alexander, Dunsmuir on a scale propor- his mind to desert his own family and ake the girl with him. On the witness stand to-day Mrs. Ross t [ES ABOUT THE BAY WOTHER TELLS |CANCELREQUEST MAKIG FIGHT FOR PRILECE FOR BIG ESTATE Railway in San Rafael Is| Raised by San Mateoites Withdrawn by Promoters —_—— NEW REQUEST IS FILED Attorney Representing Per- sons Unknown Declares His Backer Wants Permit Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN City Trustees had about declded to lay on the table for two weeks the ordinance granting the Martin Terminal Rallway Company a franchise to operate a single track street railroad from the easterly to the westerly corporate limits of this city, when the representatives of the company withdrew thelr request for a franchise. There was a full board pres- ent. The Marin Terminal sented by President W. A. Cattell, At- torney James W. Cochrane and Rudolph | Gulre, applied for letters of administra- RAFAEL, Jan. 8.—The Board of |- Puts In a Strange Claim —_—— $100,000 IS AT STAKE Asserts That Foster-Mother Agreed to Give Him Her Wealth Long Before Death PR & S X Special Dispatch ta The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 8.—The pre- liminary steps In what promises to be o sensatfonal comtest for a very valu- able estate have been taken in the Superior Court in this city. The prop- erty in litigation is the $100,000 estate left by the late Bridget McDermott, who aled in 1903 without leaving a will. Immediately upon the woman's was repre- | death a fight for her property began in the courts. Her brother, James Mc~ | former secretary of the Fraternal Order | tionate with his immense wealth, w stated that her child’s actions in church, be divided and sold to different purchas- | her lack of attention and general inter- ers. Leake said to-day: : jest, and her actions with Logan in con- I have been made an offer of $30,000 by | Stantly looking at him, had caused her William A. Magee of the firm of Thomas ! much concern, and when she learned that Telégraph avenue and the dinner was | t event of any importance to take | Of Eagles, of funds*belonging to the or- ithin ts doors. ¢ der. Both Scanlan and Leach are Eagles, and the former claims that he contributed $7 of the money embezzled. He met Leach tion, but his plea was coatested by ]Annl Burns, a nlece, who presented what purported to be a will leaving all of the estate to her. After a bitter Spreckels, a heavy stockholder; the Clear Lake and Southern Railroad Company by Secretary Guy C. Calden, H. G. Com-| stock and J. W. Dorsey and an unknown e place w of ward op- the Rev. E. | . TB® Whirl of soclal happenings in the club world will recelve its first real impetus to- rgh, the | mo Ebell luncheon. Club_en- | In the strect last Saturday and suggested | Magee & Sons for the house, stable and coi- | one Friday evening he had taken Etiel | person by ex-District Attorney Hugh J.|contest the will was declared fraudu- thertord, | ¢ beginnlng to waken from | that a warrant be obtalned for Prentiss’ | {95 on about one hundred ‘acres in the wm- Fg0F 0 UEY CVEURE GO A0€ WL, KL | Melsaac. It was one of the liveliest|lent and g partial distributiop of the ie Board of | e after Boliday trance in which we annually | arrest. Leach says he agreed to this, DUt | G Barker 1 nave recelvod an ofer of $100,000 | Was supposed to be listening to a band | meetings hsld here for some time and | estate was demanded by McGuire. n epplications agav one. Mme Barrv. than whom thers | that he desired to consult with the Dis- | for the, remainder of the property. I presume |concert in the City Hall Park, she made | the alr was full of street railroad talk. Upon the presentation of this demand E both these bids are for clients of these men, A The Clear Lake and Southern Raliroad | Attorneys QGaroutte and Goodwin of Emil n> finer interpreter of Shakespeare or Victor | trict Attorney with a view to bringing a 1up her mind to speak to him. She sald: g gl o : , & but I consider them fair bids and shall sub- ) E tae San Francisco entered a vigorous pro- ;_onmu’:: cens ok e foncl | felony cnarge aguinat Prentisx. |l {uci o't court for Conmimaation, ool 2 Bim i churcn the following Sunday | D e ook o clociite [t clatiing PRat Min McDeraeett tad ¢ 8. "Marhlo | TR Pap arraneed a promising programme In | Scanlan called at the prosecuting attor- | The necessity for the sale of Souther |70\ q0y " hen I should see him again, | street railroad to start from the easterly | during her life entered into an agree- T the second | am_S. Noyes will participate. "™ | ney’s office and demanded the complaint. | 10 8 occasioned by the pressure of “1% 1 asked him what he meant by taking | corporate limits of the city near Schuet-| ment with John J. Fannen, by the terms of which Fannen was to inherit all her property in consideration of his standing claims against the estate, amounting to about $60,00, and as there Ethel out to Pledmont. He sald that he meant n notbing by if bt Doine § manied mas ook | 5en Pirk, thence signg the oid e es & mistake Jennie Huff will be iding hostess, | At the time Leach was engaged in draw- Quentin and San Rafael toll road to Ir- { f { I which Mes. [ | | { | ac the board two Mrs, W. D. Hu Mre | ing another complaint, and he told Scan- Johnson, Mrs. Dana Har Mre {420 1 winld hne t aiCia e Tl e jwas nothing but the farm belonging to | Fer Gu of the erowd for fear that belnx Soen | 0 with lines on Third and Fourth|promise to remain with her as her son oons for which licenses were N Gy ive Geotee B3 Gray, | But the burly policeman was not to be | (N¢ estate Leake petitioned the COUTt|eid to him, ‘I want you to stop paving | streets and Fifth avenue out to H street. | until her death. ed in West Berkeley, Hunter, Mrs. Charles W. Kellogg, | Put off. some time ago for leave to sell 1t, In order | any attention (o her. and If you harm mY | Tne jine will connect with a ferry sys-| In this remarkable contention Fan- s H. Graves, Miss Minnie Huff, Mrs. | “I have walted as long as I am going | '0 P2Y OIf these debts. agter 1 pOUROW g fea off tem between EI Campo 4nd San Fran-|nen clalms that in June, 188, while he, aw, Mi anseen, Mre. | 0" he angrily replied. “I am tired of |’ It is said that I. W. Hellman Jr. of the | Mrs. Ross stated that they were at- prwia an orphan, was an Inmate of the w Hum- | ) eing around her‘; and I want the com- | Union Trust Company of San Francisco | tendants at the Free Baptist Church, and | "o/ 7 Seymour signed the applica-| Youths' Directory in San Franeisco, s Au’:r‘?rr\' plaint now.” is the prospective purchaser of the house | that their families had been quite friend- ition. s p}-esxden! and Guy C. Calden as| Hugh McDermott and his wife, Bridget = Jordan, Mrs. C.| It is said that the policeman punctuated | 874 10-acre piece. Iy, and that Logan had taken meals at| . oretary. The application was referred| McDermott, took him from the institu- her house.® The letter she had recsived from Logan telling her of their flight was introduced and read to the jurors. tion and made him a member of the family without Fannen was then 14 years of age and to the committee. H. G. Comstock, who appeared for the applicants, stated that his demands with some choice bits of pro- fanity, which caused the prosecutor to a formal adoption ALANEDA COUNTY NEWS : )S MARIN Hill Club was entertained by | 10se his temper and order Scanlan from thelr attorney would immegiately prepare FixNI e l‘_\ RINT G Frederick Baer, for Weanesday | the office. TS 1% ane ‘""““‘;I“ o dc‘"’"x ‘°§: an_ordinance. Y lived with the McDermotts until the OF NEW CHARACTER | £, Onkiod Gb, ff snacipasing o musical | “T'l not go till 1 get my complaint,” Ut oV (D ATy ot her | ,The Clear-Lake aui Southern Taitvey | Bustass Wil | Whtst Club will meet at the posidence of Mo |declared the policeman stubbornly, | MRS. FEARN GIVEN DIVORCE.—Oakiand, | 878 a L. ‘s attempt | COMPany was incorparated recently for|{ It was then, Fannen claims, that the T Hatrs " " | whereupon Leach, muttering something | Jan. 5.—Mrs. Mary Fearn was grantedea di- | testimony In regard to Logan's attempt| .. ,ymose of constructing a rallroad | agreement between him and Mrs. Me- % L ta Club will convene at the | about ‘“bullles” and “bluffers,” grasped | Yorce to-day from Dr. John R. Fearn Jr. on |10 chioroform her at Medford, (?r., after from Lakeport through Lake, Napa,|Dermott was made. He says he told 3 the kround of desertion. She was granted §50 | they were captured. This polnt will be de- | gon5ma and Marin. countles to a feiTy | the old woman that he would have to is en- ussion spe f the Com- aboard, ¥ MARRIED. 8.—Friends con- that he was in Salinas to r ghter of Mr. of Hearst av & was kept secret ance. The bride has n younger set in so- have taken apartments at a at Bancroft way and Tele- Miss been popu clety. the Graz graph aver —_—————— DEAD MAN'S GOLD GONE. OAKLAND, 8.—Public_Adminis- trator Gray has asked the police to as- sist him in a search for 31500 alleged 10 bave been left by George Bedell, who was killed in a fight - with Thomas r street. The Kate Taylor, ath it has been Le recently #0ld 2 house o eet for $1500. The police are investigating to ascer- money was in any ble for the quarrel. that Brush s SET FOR TRIAL— Herman and Josua Ep- ming, indicted for ob- preten: T pinger and James taining money by false Were called in Jvdge Lawlors court yesterday. They were peremptorily set for trigl mext Monday, when the on be first will be se Jected. Attorney J Campbell 1s special prosecutor a3 a will be repre- | sented by Attorneys Budd, Peixotto and others. SCOTT’S EMULSION. B v S T Just the Weather Pl oo furnished by Scott’s Emulsion il rake: Badeo bl ::fdote it can get a foodn“a;‘& o 50 cents aad $1.00—All Dreggiss spectes | Mrs. W. A. Houts next Fri- he last meeting, at the E. M. were John D. d Mrs, George Is- deference “to_ the memory of ho was vice president of married Saturday 1ing t. h May Potter of San Fran- The groom is hier of the West Oak- Bank and Trust Company and a son of Burpee, the banker of this city narriage me local interest was that of George Lavenson and Miss Edith Phil- f Los Angeles ently The groom is a r of A. £ Lavenson, one of Oakland’s nt merchants, and is a member of one best known Jewish families in Sacra- Francisco, the young couple n the latter city at present. Miss a ng located | Mrs. Balsdon of Colusa has been visiting her | daughter, Mrs. Hartley Green, in Pledmont. WEN OF WEST HOT TOWERING “The BEast is so large that West- erners do not cut as much of a figure as they think they d6,” said the Rev. William Rader yesterday at & meeting of Congregational Ministers’ Union. The reverend gentleman was giving some of the impressions formed his recent trip East. tinuing, he said: in ¢ West there ig an immense ter- but we do not have a commensurate n the solution of the greater prob- Californian is & small mau when New York City. Even the church less vigorous apd influential than st, where there is a movement in ¢ social agd evangelical re- on. in Philadelphia they are butld- tabernacle for Torrey and which in itself indicates the spirit- A® a proof of the social ing an imi Alexander, | v life found there. emphasis given Klon . £X in the East to religion 1 may one king thing District Attorney from the pulpit of the Chureh of th iphany. Mr. Rader and Dr. S. W. Willey paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of Dr. John 8. MacIntosh. “The Iloly Catholic Church” was the theme of a paper read by the Rev. E. G. Keith before the Methodist ministers’ meeting at Central Methodist Episcopal | Church, Mission street, yesterday. At the Baptist ministers’ meeting sterday H. W. Davis, speaking of ent canvass of the attendance at | the city’s churches, said that it showed | an encouraging condition. Committees were appointed yester- day at a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Young People’s Mission- ary Institute, which opens at Central Methodist Episcopal Church Thursday evening, to take charge of the sessions in San Francisco, Oakland, East Oak- land and Berkeley. Informal receptions will be given to-morrow. evenig to Dr. F. Goucher at Central Methodist , Episcopal Church, Rev. F. W. Cronk- hite at Hamilton-square Baptist “hurch, Harry Wade Hicks at the First ongregational Church, and C. V. Viek- | Ty at the First Presbyterian Church. In order that the theological students attending the seminaries at Berkeley may recelve instruction from the ‘xpeukeu who are coming, morning and jafternoon scssions will be held for i them in Berkeley on Thursday, Janu- jary 1L Crime Continues. Several reports of the work of sneak thieves and burglars were made to the police yesterday. T. C. Clifford of the Diamond Valley Stables, Fourteenth and Guerrero streeis, reported that the inubles were entered on Sunday and a | bridle, robe and pair of spurs stolen. John Cozine, 1617 Sixth street, Berke- ley, reported that three quilts, a feath- er plllow, two suits of clothes and a | gold chain contained in two valises had been stolen from the baggage room at the ferry on Saturday. J. W. Wilson, 1422 Walnut street, Oakland, reported that while he was asleep at the ferry early Sunday morning some one cut his pockets open with a knife and stole $14. W. T. Wolf, 1785 Hayes street, reported that a new stepladder was stolen from his residence on Sun- day morning. an nues are not delineated as streets on Qutside Lands map and are claimed as private prop- erty by Eugene Levy of the Chutes. ub has postponed all meetings | Seanlan by the collar and thrust him into | the corridor. It looked for a time as if there would be a fight, but they finally cooled down and Scanlan went to the District Attor- ney's office for the warrant, while Leach returned to his work of drawing com- plaints. Scanlan has been in trouble frequently. Several months ago he was before the Police Commissioners on a charge of | kicking John Mulvey, a little hunchback, who had won a“bet from him. Recently he was accused of beating David Ek- strom, a drunken man, whom he arrested. District Attorney. Allén issued a war- rant for the arrest of Prentiss this aft- ernoon charging misdemeanor embezzle- ment. It is said the amounts taken by Prentiss will aggregate $1700, PERSONAL. At the Palace Hotel registered from New York are Charles P. Insee, O. J. Stull, W, H. Moag. Arthur Hart Remington and Rufus B. Scarlett of Philadelphla are at the Palace Hotel. ‘W. O. Hickok 18 a recent arrival at the Palace Hotel. He Is a prominent merchant of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. E. Jones, from Colum- bus, O, and Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Deshier of Cincinnati, O, are among recent Eastern arrivals at the Palace Hotel. R. B. Burns of Los Angeles, chief en- gineer of the Santa Fe, is at the Palace | Hotel. W. H. Worswick, a prominent raisin- grower of Fresno, is at the Lick. E. W. G. Woods, a merchant Stockton, is at the Lick. Attorney T. C. White of Fresno is at the Lick. John H. Burgard and W. H. Raymond, prominent Insurance men of Portland, Ore., are at the Occidental. J. H. Wagner of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. State Senator T. L. Oddle of Nevada, accompanied by his wife and brother, C. M. Oddle, arrived at the St. Francis yesterday from Tonopah. J. F. Parsons is registered at the Ho- tel St. Francis from Goldfield. Edward Chambers, assistant traffic manager for the Atchison-Topeka iines west of Albuquerque, fs at the St. Francis. Louis James and wife are at the Ho- tel St. Francis. Mrs. George P. Snell and Miss Snell of the Hotel Del Monte are at the St. Francts, E. P. Eldred, an insurance man of Spokane, Wash, arrived at the St. Francis yesterday. F. W. Gaston and wife are at the Ho- tel St. Francis from Tacoma, Wash., where Mr. Gaston represents a large insurance company. b g Callfornians in New York. NEW YORK, Jan. §.—The following Californians have arrived in New York: From San Francisco—H. G. Aysworth, at the Victoria; E. O. Clayton, at the Astor House; J. M. Gamble and wife, at the Breslin; J. F. Michels, at the Vic- toria; H. E. Ranski, at the Imperial W. H. H. Pettigrew, at the St. Denis; | M. Schwaubacher, at the “Holland House; F. Stryker, at the Cadillac; J. W. Taylor, at the Holland House; W. S, Wallace, at the Navarre; C. H. Mann, at the Breslin; H. L. Marshall and wife, at the York: Mr. and Mrs. Mandel and H. W. Warren, at the Astor. From San Jose—J. Reiff, at the Hoff- man House. 5 From Santa Barbara—QG. An T. Kirk, at the St. Denls, g From Los Angeles—H. Hutchinson, at the Murray Hill; Dr. H. A. Kimball, at of the Grand Union. ———— NAPOLI SENTENCED TO SERV] LONG TERM IN SAN QUENTIN ity Angelo Napoll, convicted of man- slaughter, was sentenced by Judge Cook yesterday to serve seventeen years in San Quentin. When asked if he had anything to say he replied in the negative, but Attorney Samuels made a plea In his behailf for clemency. Prior to sentence a motion for a new tria]l was argued and denied, as was also a motion for arrest of judgment. A stay of ten days was granted, as it |be 1s the Intention of the defendant to ap- peal to the Supreme Court. B The defendant was tried for the mur- der of Joseph Brogardo, a on Sunday night, January 22 Jlast. Joseph Brissilio is waiting his trial for the murder of Brogardo and others for perjury committed at the Coroner's in- quest on Brogardo's body. It was sald at the time of the murder tht Brogardo was a victim of the “Black Hand,” a month alimony. SALOON IS ROBBED.—Oakland, Jan. 8.— Burglars broke into the saloon of Franz & Wemmer at 412 Eighth street, through a rear door, last night and got $8 in nickels and §2 change. The door was forced open. NEW CAR SCHEDULE.—Oakland, Jan. 8. — Beginning January 11 all Alameda County line and Untversity avenue cars will run through Twelfth street to First avenug, out East Eighteenth street to Fourteenth avenue. AGED COUPLE MADE ONE.—Oakland, Jan, S.—Joseph Isherwood, a retired sailor, and’ Harriet Becker were recently married, al- though both are past three score years of age, Isherwood being 70 and his bride €5 years old. They will reside in Alden, , . CRUSHES DOG'S, SKULL Sohkiand, Jan 8.—Humane Otficer I A. Herold to-day swore to a complaint (‘hm“inf Dantel Waldey of 81 Echo enue with cruelty to animals in beat- fng his dOK ta death. Waldey buried the ca- nine, but the carcass was exhumed. JAPANESE DIES.~Oakland, Jan. ‘8.—An unidentified Japanese fell in trying to get off a swiftly running electric car om Telegraph avenue, near Nineteenth street, last night and fractured his skull. He died at the Re- ceiving Hospltal ‘this afternoon. WOMAN'S COMPANION DETAINED.— Oakland, Jan. S.—Charles Martin, a blind man, who s alleged to have purchased liquor for Mrs. Fanny White, who died last night ot ajeoholism, is being detained by the police pending a further investigation of the woman's death. GIRL PEDDLER ARRESTED.—Oakland, Jan, 8.—Mies Marion Gould of San Francisco, a comely young woman, who was selling bak- ing powder to housewives in West Oakland, was arrested this afternoon by Policeman Par- dee for violating the license ordinance. She was released on $10 bail. WANTS EXECUTOR REMOVED.—Oakland, Jan. 8.—Peter McAuslan has filed a petition to have C. J. Schuster removed as executor of the estate of the late Joseph 8. Schuster on the ground that he is not doing his duty. Me- Auslan claims to be a creditor of the estate to the amount of $7700. REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETING.—Alameds, Jan. 8.—President E. R. Anthony and Secre tary Frank E. Browning of the Alameda Re- publican Club have Issued a cail for a meeting of the organization to be heid in Lindermaa Hall Wednesday evening. Officers are to be elected and plans for the fall campaign diss cussed. IN THE DIVORCE COURT.—Oakland, Jan. 8.—Aggle Carlen has filed a suit for divorce against Harry T, Carlen for desertion; Emelia M. Fereira wants a divorce from Jose Fereira for desertion; E. J. Erickson has sued Annle C." Erlokson for divorce on the ground of habitual Intemperance, He is 73 vears old. He asks the custody of their four children. STEALS - ENEMY'S GUN.—Oakland, Jan. 8.—Jesse Fernandes, who was accused of car- rying a concealed weapon and threatening the Jife of Tony Bento, whom, he claimed, owed him $4, must now answer to a charge of petty larceny. Bento has recognized the gun wielded by Fernandez as ome stolen from his room at 513 _Eighth street. Fernandez is-also charged with stealing Bento's mandolin. RUNS FROM FOOTPAD.—Oakland, Jan. 8.—N. L. Rogers, who lives at 11674 Allce sireet, has reported that he was chased by two men whom he believes were footpads shortly after midnight this morning. He says the men accosted him at Thirteenth and Webster streets and followed him when he ran. They had al- most _overtaken him when he reached his door end sought refuge inside the house. FRANCHISE HEARING.—Alameda, Jan. 8. F. M. Greenwood of San Franciseo, who has made application for u franchise to construct a local railroad to be aperated in conjunction with a projected ferry system across the bay, is to be glven a hearing as to_the merits of his scheme by the City Trustees Wednesday night. Greenwood is to be represented by Attorneys Guy C. Earl and Oliver Elisworth. HONOR FOR PROFESSOR.—Berkeley, Jan, 8.—Professor C. D. Perrine of the. staff of astronomers at Lick Observatory s been signally honored by the Astronomical Soclety of Mexico. According to information which came to the university authorities to-day Dr. Perrine fs to recelve a gold medal and | diploma for his achievement {n discovering the sixth and seventh satellites of year. GRANT SEEKS PARDON.—Oakland, Jan, | 8.—A petition to the Governor asking for pardon for John Grant, who is serving a sen. tence of four months in the Contra County Jail for having eloped and ltved with Mre. I B. Small, was taken to Sacrament to-day by Attorney L. D. Wi Was Grant's attorney at the trial. The petition is signed by Judge W. S. Wells, District Attor- ney Alvarado and a ‘large number of citizens. WILL WATCH ECLIPSE.—Berkeley, Jan. 8.—Scientists at the University of California pre to watch the “eclipse of the moon which Is to occur on Feby 9. Pro- fessor Leuschner states that be complete at 1:58 a. m. campu: all be, trained upon the heavenly -bodles and other astronomical instruments will be utllized during occurrence, ; PROBE MYSTERY.— Js 8.—Pending the announcement whic} &y Ghemist Rowe s to: make regarding the Fesult 'of his analysls of the stomach of W. o Boya, who ied last Tinuraday Higiit, the body is )t“ e bran 'D-E;e#m Dr. H. W, Edwards. Boyd, came to Berkeley from Los Angeles to-day fo assjst {n solving the mystery of Bovd's sudden ards i3 from Tennessee. e perpetrators their plans, for they selected a time when the family and servants were ab- sent from the house. family left their home afternoon to have dinner at his broth- er's home at 2158 Lyon street. leaving he permitted the servants to take the evening off. turned home about 9 o'clock he found the front door partly opened. This im- mediately aroused his suspicion. house was in a topsy turvy state as the result of the thieves' mad search for plunder. celvable place in the first and second floors of the house for valuables. took with them silverware, watches and clothing. For some un- known reason they left some silver- ware which was that which they took. They also over- looked a handsome gold watch which was the property of Mrs. Eddy. sixty-seven America when quite young. rived in New York In 1856 and came to California by way of the Panama canal in 1857. he went at once to the mining centers then located in Tuolumne County and established a profitable business. ‘ grandchildren. cided by Judge Harris to-morrow morn- ing. THEVES e 0K HARVEST ‘While the occupants of the home of Selwyn Eddy, president of the Pacific Lumber Company, at 2517 Pacific ave- nue, were Sunday evening burglars, by the use of a jimmy, gained entrance to the house and burglarized it, carrying away with them valuable $700. temporarily absent early worth approximately The robbery was a bold one and the had evidently prepared Eddy and his late in the Before When he re- The They had searched every con- They jewelry, more valuable than The wvolice belleve that two men did the work and that they are yegg men. Two pairs of shoes belonging to them were left behind the front door. pair had a label other was labeled “Sacramento.” One > while the ‘Chinoo] Yesterday Captain Burnett detailed Detectives Wren and Riordan on the case. o YOSEMITE PIONEER IS CALLED. The manv friends of Aaron Harris, whose sudden death on Sunday last was anniounced in The Call, will gather to-day at the late residence of the de- ceased, at 1610 McAllister street, to pay the last tribute to the departed. Mr. Harris was born. in Prussia years ago and came to He ar- On arrival in this State merchandise Later he made a pleasure trip to the Yosemite and was so taken with the place that he took his and wus one of the first white men to permanently settle in the region. He operated store, opened :he first express 'ana first school, and operated the first Juplter last i gape line first to s the camping grounds. A book that he kept for registry con- {tains the names of many prominent men who were his guests. He remained in the Yosemite sixteen years. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Lena ] Rothschild and Dr. S. N. Schwartz of | consclousness several days ago, but Harris, two married daughters, Mrs. E. | Kansas City Chapter. happ Nathan and Mrs. A. Abrams. He also leaves other daughters and sons, Sam- family there the first merchandise office the valley. He was the —_————— Plonecer Woman Pusses Away. Mrs. Maria Corey, a pioneer resident of this city, passed away at her iome, 811 Harrison street, yesterday. Mrs. Corey lived in the same block for near- ly forty years and was beloved by all who knew her. noble character and an ardent warker in the cause of charity, doing much for the betterment of the unfortunate in a quiet way. She had hosts of friends In all parts of m‘y ‘who will mourn her She was a woman of running from El Campo to San Franclsco, a distance of 130 miles, with an eight- mile branch from Reclamation to Peta- luma and a five-mile branch from San Quentin to San Rafael. In response to Mayor Gleskle's invita- ticn Attorney James W. Cochrane and Rudolph Spreckels addressed the Trus- tees. They urged the immediate passage of the ordinance, as they were awaiting the decision of the board before ordering the material. The ordinance was a good one. they said, and they Insisted on its immediate passage. BEx-District Attorney Hugh J. Mclsaac addressed the beard, saying 1 am here in the interest of a rellable person who is anxious to secure the franchise and am ready to bid as high as any one for it. We ‘mean business and proposé to com- struet a good system of street railroads. The law says that the franchise should be sold to the highest bidder, and you have no right to grant it without first adver- tising It for sale. I cannot tell you now who I am representing or if he will build a raflrond. Let the franchise be sold to tne highest bidder and you will have enough money to bufld a town hall.” Cochrane and Mclsaac exchanged sharp words over the wording of the ordinance and the law. Melsaac had a copy of the ordinznce, and was fully prepared to tear it to pieces and blcck the granting of the franchise at this meeting. The majority of Trustees were in favor of laying the matter over two weeks and having a- public meeting for the purpose of public discussion. Trustee David Dun- can introduced the resolution to this ef- fect and it was adopted. President Cattell, after a brief confer ence with Attorney Cochrane and Mr. Spreckels, said: “The board has had suf- ficlent time to consider this matter. It has been before the people for a long time. I now desire to withdraw.” Almost before he had concluded Trustee Duncan moved that the withdrawal request be granted. The motion carried. The Marin Terminal people immediately left the hall. Mclsaac will prepare an application to be presented at the next meeting of the boatd, which will be two weeks hence. —_————————— ROYAL ARCH MASONS INDUCT NEW OFFICERS FOR THE TERM Nearly four hundred Royal Arch Masons assembled in the Chapter Hall of the Masonic Temple last night to witness the installation of the new officers of San Francisco Chapter No. 1, R. A. M. The installing officer was Retiring High Priest Gus Gunzendorfer, and he was assisted by James Eduard Gordon as master of ceremonies. The officers installed are: Ernest August Buchse, M. E. high priest Frederick L. Wight, B. king; Maurice L. er, E. scribe; Albert H, aerrill, captain of the host; Frederick D. Brandon, 20— Walter N. Bruat, master third vai ensperger, master Bugber, master frat vail: guard, and T. K. Wittich, ‘At the close of the ceremony Judge J. M. Troutt, on behalf of the chapter, presented the retiring high priest a large case of silver tableware, and J. ‘W. Anderson presented him a life mem- bership certificate. This was followed by an elaborate banquet, at which the new high priest delivered an address : welcome and Gus Gunzendorfer act- ed as toastmaster. start out in the world and make his own way, but she begged him to re- main with her as her son and upon her death she would bequeath to him her estate. He agreed to do so and faith- fully kept his promise. The extraor- dinary contentions of Fannen have aroused great interest in the case. DARING CROOK CAUGHT IV ACT A daring holdup and thrilling capture were quickly enacted shortly after 1 o'clock this merning in a dark doorway on Kearny street, near Sacramento. James Burhns, allas Murphy, a notorious Eastern crook, had just finished robbing -and beating Hugh McGowan, a laberer, when Policeman James E. Reade hap- pened along, and after a hard fight suc- ceeded n subduing the highwayman. McGowan, a laborer, was on his way home, when Burhns sprang out of the doorway and hit him over the head with a blackjack. McGowan tried to fight, but the thug soon beat him into insensibility and went through his pockets, seeuring $125. Not satisfied with this, Burhns took McGowan's shoes off, and would prob- ably have annexed more of his victim's wearing apparel had not the policeman happened on the scene. Reade ordered the crook to throw up his hands, but the latter showed fight. He rushed at the officer, and for a few minutes the fight waxed fast and furi- ous. Reade was forced to beat his man into insensibility before he succeeded in getting him under control Burhns was booked at the City Prison on a charge of highway ropbery. About ten days ago he was rounded up by the police as a dangerous character and his photograph was taken for the rogues’ gallery. He is a criminal with an Eastern reputation. . —_—————— LOCAL ITALIANS PREFARING TO SEND EXHIBITS TO MILAN The Italian Chamber of Commerca of San Francisco is preparing an ex- hibit to be sent to the exposition in Milan, which will be held under the patronage of the King of Italy to celebrate the completion of the great Simplon tunnel through the Alps. The exposition should appeal directly to Californians, as it will be given in a country pepulated by those whose in- dustries are similar to those of this State. The California Promotion Committee is urging the people of the State to take action in the matter and have exhibits prepared so that a proper Tepresentation can be made. All as- sistance in the way of advice and in- formation will be given by the commit- tee to those who wish to learn about the arranging and sending of exhibits, —— e Griflith’s Sufferings Eund. Albert Grifith, the young man who There was vocal turned on the gas in his home on Guer- music by the chapter quartet, a song | rero street several days ago, which. re- by A. B. McLean, an original poem by sulted in the death of his mother, pass- W. N. Brunt, and responses to toasts by | ed away at the City and County Hos- L. L. Solomens, F. D. Brandon, Joseph | pital vesterday afternoon. He gain-d U ————— New Deputy Quits Job. One of the new deputy coroners sick- ened of his job long over. When he was asked to —— with this job!" He left the Morgue and has not been seen since. The name of the disgusted deputy is Robert Ellis. He has declded that he will go back to honest toil in any rank or walk of life failed to remember what had eq.