The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1906, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, J'ANI,"ARY 13, 1906. NEWS OF THE COUNTIE LU ANDERS FROM HER HOME ||| CARRYING BABE IN ARMS No Trace Is Found of the Missing Myrs. Martin. b s LR Search of 1hree Days | Fails 10 Reveal ]‘ | i | 1 Hushand Is Left to Care for Four Little Ones. YOUNG WOMAN BOLDLY ATTACKED ON STREET| ANT J le walking h this harged with Lobse | ago and who | complaint of | ated him after | ng, this morning | Department 1 | nis trial was | in court de- | ken to Miss | & released on bail | store where she is em»’ | | | { jed to Induce her not to was not successful. he South- " leaving connection o'clock boat from San landslide at Camp nd was nearly e accident occurred short- $ o'clock while the train was g through the canyon where the way is nar- ked. A huge m o1 ulders, loosened by last night's heavy had rolled on the tracks from The engineer saw the ob- as the locomotive headed nd in the gorge. He re- ut not in time to avert vhich tore the pilot from nd derailed the pony trucks 2 front passengers were shaken | but none were injured. freight locomotive was “brought service after the fller had been run to & siding. It was delayed two | hours and then proceeded. P SR REYNOLDSES ARE DIVORCED. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—Mrs. Adeline Reypolds of Berkeley was granted an | interlocutory decree of divorce to-day from Frank A. Reynolds, & traveling man, on the ground of cruelty. She} was also awarded the income from all ! the community property, valued at about $5000, until all of the three chil- reach their majority, he then to i one-half of it. During the pen- jency of the action he wrote several etters to the court, trying to defend his action in having gone away .with another women. ————————— CAPTAIN PAYS FOR CURSING. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—For cursing the officials of the great State of Califor- nia, the muynicipal government of the city of Oakland and Incidentally dis- turbing the peace of City Wharfinger Greer with his tirade of profanity, Cap- tain F. R. Preble, maceter of the steam schooner Charles Nelson, was this morning sentenced to pay a fine of $25 end to serve twenty-four hours in the City Prison for disturbing the peace. The outbrezk occurred when the tide left his eraft in the mud. 1 Whitney, an actor formerly at the Cres- SIERCCRIE T N WHO NG BEHIND SELIEVED 7 ] WOMA. LEA ARED WITH HER TWO-YEAR-OLD AND AND FOUR SMALL (X{ILDREN. FROM MENTAL AFFLICTION. BATILE A WEAPON KLAND, Jan. 12—Frenzied from and a bellef that his wite had beecn of his neighbo proprietor of the lntern: House on Eighth street, this even- | gave battle to 1 ded by o ruggle that O'Cc er from him and heid him rivai of the police. entered the house shortly | after 7 o'clock this evening and as he passed Gale's door the latter asked him into his room. Not suspecting trouble, O’'Connell entered, although says he | nouced that Gale had be king. As | soon as the door was closed Gale turned | upon hig visitor in a fury and pointing a | | revolver at his head demanded an expla- | nation. “You insulted my wife!” hissed Gale. “] aid nothing o® the kind,” replied O'Connell. “Call your wife and let me | face her.” Gale thought a second and started for | the door ostensibly to call Mrs. Gale, but | all the time keeping O’Connell covered | with the pistol. At the door he turned | his head for an instant and like a flash | O’Connell, who is strong and athletic, was upon him. But sorely aggrieved and he fought with a strength born of his outraged feelings. Finally the superior strength of O'Con- | nell won and the desperate man was dis- armed. In the struggle the weapon was discharged and . the household was aroused, but the bullet was imbedded 'n | the floor, doing no other damage. O'Con- nell held Gale in the room until Sergeant | of Police Bock and Policemen McSorley | and Keefe arrived and placed him under | arrest. Gale was charged with assault| with a deadly weapon. | An investigation proved that O'Connell | offended Mrs. Gale by asking her now much ghe weighed. { DISAGREEMENT ENDS | IN POLICE COURT OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—Miss Iola Van| Dyne. an Alameda girl who is now ap- | pearing in the company of which Edwards Davis, formerly pastor of the First| Christian Church of this eity, is leading | man, this morning secured a search wai- | rant for the recovery of several cos- tumes which she alleges are illegally held by the management of the Crellin Hotel. Mise Van Dyne deciares that she had made arrangements with Stirling L. cent Theater; to produce & sketch on th Orpheum circuit. .and that she had fur- nished him with the costumes for the pro- duction. She says that later she became dissatis- flel with his acting and released him, and that he left the costumes at the Crellin Hotel, where he was then rooming. When she applied for the return of the cos- tumes she says they were refused. The rightful ownership of the property will be determined to-morrow morning .by Police Judge Smith. DUNSMUIR HOME SOLD FOR $50.000 OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—The house of the late Josephine Dunsmuir at Souther Farm, near San Leandro, with 117 acres of land surrounding it. has been sold by W. 8. Leake, as administrator of the es- tate, to Willlam A. Magee for $50,000, sub- ject to the approval of the court, accord- ing to a return made by him to-day. The estate consists of 315 acres and Is m property of Edna Wallace pper, Mrs. Hopper concludes to part it With the house goes all the hom furniture and bric-a-brac | Gaklang, Jan. Gale felt himself | g 4 ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS SES.—Oakland, Jan. 12, e licenses were Issued by George H. Whalin, LIC 2 Mona MacMurtry, 19, both of Oakland; Frank D. Fassbind, 50, and Josephine K. Dos: wal both of Oakland: Charies Amois, 33, < Angeles, and Sara Rosenbers, 26, Oakland. ENDS SUFFERING.—Oakland, ving for six weeks with & ard J. Fuilong, agnolia street, pse of & portion of & build- nd Franklin streets, on which king, dled to-day at Providence He leaves a mother and two siscers. GFFIiCIALS' SALARIES INCREASED.— —The Auditing and Finance ommitiee of the City Councll last night rec- ommended that the salaries of Chiet Deputy City Treasurer Richard Ayer, Assistant Dep- uty Treasurer George Gro8s and Deputy As- essor Frank Garrison be Increased from $125 to $150 a month. The committee also recom- mended that the salary of License Inspector Connoily be increased from $100 to $125 a month. ARGUE FRANCHISE MATTER.—Oakland, Jan. 12 —Arguments were made to-day in the injunction proceedings brought by §. O. Holmes 1o enioin the Mayor and City Council from granting the Key Route a franchise for its proposed Twenty-second-street line. The points made wers purely technical and after a day was Hospital wi | epent jn argument the matter was submitted to Judge Melvin, who said he would render his decision next Monday. FINAL DECREES GRANTED.—Oakland, Jan, 12.—Final decrees of divorce wers granted Mamie Hornberger from Elmer Hornberger for desertion and intemperance and she was al- iowed to resume her maiden name of Murphy; Mamie L. Rice was granted a final decres from Carson F. Rice for desertion; Anna Miguel was granted a final decree from J. R. Miguei notwithstanding the fact that he has died since the granting of the interlocutory decree. Judge lisworth denied the decree several days ago, finds upon examination such a provision in law IN BERKELEY INN.—Berkeley, d THIEF Jan. 12.—For the second time within the last months a clever sneak thief has operated with success in the Berkeloy Inn, at Bancroft strest and Telegraph avenue, his latest cam- palgn for spoil having been' conducted last ‘Tuesday. The room of Marshall Steele was en- tered and jewelry, & rifle und camera, all valued at about $100, were taken. Carl Lewers lost a camera and jewelry, and other guests whose names have Tot beén given out were The victims of the light fingered operator. police are working on the case. ——————— INVENTOR GOES INSANE. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—Charged by his wife with having tried to-day to chlo- roform their four children, Frank Hop- kins, an inventor residing on Blake street, Berkeley, was captured at 1017 Adeline street to-night and taken to the Receiving Hospital for examination by the Lunacy Commission. Hopkins had a loaded pistol In his pocket, which was taken from him by Const: ble Bert Hempstead and Chief of P lice Vollmer of Berkeley. The s pected lunatic is the inventor of a gun sight which, it is reported, has been adopted by the Wap Department. —_————— Woman Loses Her Purse. Miss Rema Mousaloum of 135 Natoma treet 10st a purse on the street near Folsom and Rausch streets last night as she was on her way home from work. The purse contained three rings of unknown value, one of them set with 2 diamond, and $41 in cash. The loss was reported to Station Keeper Rocca at the City Hall station. —————— Storm In Northwest. SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—A severe storm is reported to be sweeping along the section from the Columbia River north as far as Dixon's Entrance, ska. For the past three days vessels arriving from the Straits of California have re- ported a scvere storm off Cape Flat- tery. To mmlw Captaln. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Ben- jamin F. Montgomery of the Signal Co has been ordered to appear mm Army Retiring Board at San Franciseo for examination. He had of the telegraph m the White House. Fare RS BERLIN, Jan. 12.—Baron von Rich- thofen, the Foreign suffering from a stroke o was slightly better to-night. > | ‘draft a letter to the r STRANGE DEATHS Mysterious End Which Came to W. S. Boyd to Be Ex- plained at the Inquest SUICIDE THEORY HELD Presence of Poison in Home of Berkeley Man Con- , firms Belief of Officials BERKELREY, Jan. 12.—Witnesses who will give testimony that may help to com- pletely solve the mystery involved in W. 8. Boyd's sudden death on January 4 are being subpenaed to appear at the inquest, which Coroner Mehrmann is to hold at the Morgue in Berkeley to-morrow night. At that time Mrs. Boyd will make the first statement regarding the affair that has come from her lips to those outside the family, she having declined to discuss the matter with any but her relatives. With such evidence as is at hand the au-} thorities are inclined to regard it as most probable that Boyd committed suicide, in- spired to the deed by dread of tuberculo- sis and perhaps by the fear that he might communicate the disease to his wife. Boyd's first attempt at suicide, when, according to the belief of those best ac- quainted with the details, he swallowed strychnine, was not successful. This at- tempt was made on the night of Decem- ber 23. The finding of strychnine in the house yesterday sad the discovery of cap- | sules intended to contain cyanide of po- tassium strengthened the belief of the family and interested friends that Boyd was determined to die, and that when strychnine failed him he made death ab- solutely certain by swallowing cyanide of potassium. That deed was done on Janu- ary 4. The authorities to-morrow night at the inquest will hear from George Prentice, a neighbor and intimate friend of Boyd, the story of Boyd's conversations, which in- cluded requests from Boyd that in event of the latter’s sudden death the body be cremated and the widow be cared for. Dr. Gillihan, who attended Boyd and who suspected that death was caused by polsoning, will testity, and City Chemist Rowe of Oakland will give the result of his analysis of the contents of Boyd's stomach. £ AU e AUTOPSY REVEALS POISON. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—An autopsy held on the body of James S, Slater, an en- gineer, who died suddenly at Niles on January 10, revealed the fact that the stomach of the deceased contained suf- ficlent carbolic acid to have caused death. A vial of the poison was found in the bed in which Slater was found dead and it is belleved that he com- mitted suicide. FEELING IS STRONG AGAINST AMERICANS OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—The Rev. Arthur Smith, a missiopary in China, returned to-day on the Siberia and is the guest of Cary Howard, 54 Prospect avenue. The missionary said to-night: “The strong anti-foreign feeling in China is due in large part to the defeat of Russia by Japan. The Chinese are awakening to the fact théy are not a subject people. The feeling against the United States is very bitter because of the exclusion act. This feeling is heightened by imaginary wrongs and exaggerated descriptiens of indignities- heaped on Chinese in this country, as ent home by Chinese in the United tates. But China as a whole has come to a belief that it is easier and cheaper to carry on a negative war against the United States than to attack missions and kill missionaries. The country has learned that where there is no violence there Is no punishment to follow. This feeling is confined to the coast cities, however, and 1 do not belleve that it would be safe for an American to ven- ture into the interior provinces. “What the more intelligent of th® Chinese want is that the exclusion act shall be Intelligently interpreted, and shall be enforced only against those classes whom it is meant to affect.” BB AT BURGLARS HAVE BUSY NIGHT. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—Porch climbers had a busy night in Oakland, according to the reports received by the police to-day, and secured jewelry and other articles valued at more than $500. Among the residences entered was that of Professor E. H. Coffey at 947 Linden street, where a collection of foreign coins, a bead necklace and oid jewelry were made away with. Shortly afterward the home of H. H. 8mith at 1685 Summit street was en- tered and silk dress goods valued at $100 were taken. These goods, how- ever, were subsequently found In San Francisco. A valise containing stlk komonos valued at $100 was stolen from Mrs. E. Demoto while she was in the office of Dr. F. R. Musser at 1169 Broadway. She left the vallse in the corridor while consulting the physiclan. Samuel Creiger of 1733 Eleventh street has reported that thieves entered his home through a front window and stole several articles of clothing. ————— WOMAN ANNOYS PASTOR. BERKELEY, Jan. 12.-—A singular re- quest made by Dr. C. K. Jenness to the congregation of Trinity Methodist Church from his pulpit last Sunday to the effect that parishioners who have occasfon to call him on the telephone always give their names befure ad- dressing him excited wonder and drew from the pastor a private explanation. Dr. Jenness states that he has been greatly annoyed by the demands of Mrs, H. A. Wass for money, which she al- leges is due her husband for labor per- formed on the house which the minister occupies. Contractor W. H. Grant em- ployed Wass, but the latter's wife ap- pears to believe that the pastor is re- sponsible, and, according to Dr. Jenness, has made life a burdeh by calling him on the telephone numberless times. To avoid a continuance of what he terms a nuisance Dr. Jenness made the re. quest described above. < BUSINESS BODIES TO MERGE. OAKLAND, Jan. 12.+The Trade directors to-night voted in 1 of ‘mem| per f n their intention u‘:'ohu‘w‘.‘m”-it e th The merger will be 4” 5 .dndvln Stearns, Trade, has ”W | work. For three years she has studied NTIES ABOUT THE BAY LL DESCRIBE |DAINTY CO-ED INNEW ROLE Miss Alice Thompson Will « Assist in Active Work of Agricultural Department IS EXPERT ON SOILS Bright Young Woman Is to Work Out Problems in Irrigation and Drainage BERKELEY, Jan. 12—The dainty figure of a feminine soil expert, working with the bearded, grave old savants in the agricultural college on the campus, s to be a spectacle, unique iy the history of the university, to be seen'wWhen Miss Alice Thompson takes her place as an assist- ant soil analyst in Dr. Loughridge's of- fice on January 15. Miss Thompson is to be appointed by the Regents to this position; and she will be the first woman soil expert to do se- rious work In this line of agricultural re- search. No daintier or more thoroughly feminine ‘*‘co-ed” than Miss Thompson graces the cagapus, but she also has the skill that c6mes of natural aptitude and years of preparation for her peculiar i o under Professors Jaffa, Colby and Lough- ridge, and also with Professor Hilgard, the great authority on solls at the uni- versity. Miss Thompson is a Berkeley girl, a graduate of the Berkeley High Schoel, who entered the university with the class of 1906. She was graduated at Christmas and now is ready to begin work in the field which hitherto has been left for the male expert to cultivate. As assistant to Dr. Loughridge the young university girl will' deal with soil problems, irrigation puzzles, dralnage and similar features of agricultural science. WANTS THE WHIPPING POST IN MISSISSIPPI NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12—State Sena- tor McLaurin_of Warren, Miss., brother of United States Senator McLaurin, has introduced a bill in the Mississippl Legis- lature to restore the celebrated whipping- post in misdemeanor cases for male and female prisoners. If the measure is adopted any “person convicted shall have the right to satisfy any fine imposed as a penalty by receiving at his of her op- tion, instead of such, three lashes on the bare back.” The bill provides that for each dollar of fine three lashes shall be given, which shall, however, bear no application to the cost of bills or terms of imprison- ment. The whipping-post was abandoned in Mississippi vears ago, because of its cruelty, and the proposition to re-estab- lish it is causing uneasiness among the negroes, who fear being whipped. THREE DIVORCES HELD TO BE QUITE ENOUGH DENVER, Colo., Jan. 12—In granting Josey La Crosse her third divorce to-day Judge Myrick of the Pueblo County Court told the woman that he considered three divorces qiNte enough for any woman, and warned her that she could never get another from him. The plaintiff in the case had tonsider- able difficuity in remembering her maiden name, and the dates on which she had been married to the several individuals, but remembered that Charles La Crosse had lived with her less than a year, and that since that time she had supported herself by washing. She took the name of the husband before La Crosse. —_——————— CLAIMS TO HAVE DISCOVERED LOST ART OF COPPER WORKING MENOMINEE, Wis., Jan. 12.—Andrew Graff of the town of Lucas, this county, has just discovered a new method for tempering copper quickly. In one sec- ond he can make copper as hard as steel. A coil of copper wire can be transformed into a hard spring. Graft has worked on this problem since his boyhood days, when a machinist in the railroad shops at Pittsburg. His father began experimenting in the same line as early at 1801, but was unable to devise a method. Graff claims his method is similar to. the lost arts of the Japanese, who did wonderful things with copper. —— e ONCE WEALTHY MAN DIES OF LAUDANUM POISONING LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12—Charles F. Reiber, a former resident of Philadelphia and at one time a wealthy man, was found dead in his room at the Hotel Lin- coln yesterday afternoon by an employe of the place. A cursory examination of the remalins indicated that death had re- sulted from heart fallure, but an au- topey disclosed the fact that Reiber had died from laudanum polsoning. A book on a local bank showing depos its amounting to $100 was found among Relber's effects, but checks found showed that the entire amount had been with- drawn. —————— BOYS SHOOT A CHINESE “JUST TO MAKE HIM JUMP” MARYSVILLE, Jan. 12—Two boys, aged 13 and 11 years, were hunting with a 22-caliber rifle near Smartsville early this week, when they saw a Chinesé miner working on the opposite side of the river. They fired several shots “just to make | him jump,” but one bullet penetrated his knee, causing an injury that will be per- manent. The matfer was reported to District Attorney Brittan to-day. ——————— GREENE AND GAYNOR GET ANOTHER LEGAL SETBACK SBAVANNAH, Ga., Speer In the Federal court this morn- ing immediately 'ter its convening read his“opinion on the special plea of counsel of Greene and Gaynor as to the | jurisdiction of the court. The opinion was adverse to the defendants, whose petition t they be discharged from custody -vas denied. Death Calls Forty-Niner. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12—John M. Vignes, a ploneer of "49 and one or‘fih- first winemakers in California, died at his home in this city. He was 80 years of age. Mr. Vignes was a resident of Los Angeles for forty-five Jan. 12 —Judge i [ years and at one t‘lml“e:n;d a vine- yard in district whicl now the MONTEREY, Jan. 12. — The Califor- frelght steamship bound from to New put into 8 i Pilot ‘There was such a gale and sea o!go Golden n the 0 RECLIWATN o~ IO Agreement Reached as to the Marsh Lands of San Mateo County Adjoining Belmont WORK WILL CONTINUE | s | |{Great Section of the Pe- ninsula Will Be Drained of Water and Put to Use Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDWOQOD CITY, Jan. 12.—The long- standing and bitterly contested litigation between the county of San Mateo and the powerful interests that are behind the reclamation of the marsh lands near Bel- mont hag at Jast been settled on a com- { promise that appears to be entirely sat- isfactory to both sides. It will be remembered that H. May Pearsall and others began the gigantic | task of reclaiming the lands. They se- ! cured permission from the War Depart- [ ment at Washington to dam several of i | the creeks in the district and were pro- gressing very rapidly with their work | when a series of injunctionms, issued in the name of the county, reduced every- thing to a standstill The county officials claimed that the damming of the creeks was against pub- lie policy, as it robbed the county of val- uable navigable streams and furthermore would flood Belmont. The contractors re- torted that the streams are not navi- gable and no harm could possibly be done to Belmont. The work was resumed and both sides hurrled armed men to the | | scene. Hostilitles were averted, however, and the Superfor Court was given another in- ning. It has been agreed by both sides 'l' R —~{+ | that Phelps Creek, the waterway In con- ALICE THOMPSON, WHO WILL BB troversy, shall be left forever free and MADE ASSISTANT _SOIL AN- l unobstructed and that the dam already okt S constructed be removed. With that un- derstanding the work of reclamation may continue. When it is finished practically all of the marsh land between Belmont and this city will have been reclaimed. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO OUT FOR PROGRESS Special Dispateh to The Call. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12— Prominent citizens and merchants here are agitating affillation with the State Promotion Committee. This town is grow ing with such rapid strides, so much capital is being invested by San Fran- cisco people and so many enterprises call- ing for the employment of labor are be- ing started that local business men feel that the time has come for an organized effort to bring the town to the notice of the rest of the State. Building operations here are mow on a scale more extensive than ever before. The new bank building is completed, the contract for the new Methodist church has been let, the planing ' mill for the South San Francisco Mill jand Lumber Company is under way and during the last two months more tham'twenty sub- stantial residences have been erected. COURT UPHOLDS ACT RESTRICTING FEES SANTA ROSA, Jan. 12—Judge Seawell to-day rendered an opinion upholding the validity of the act passed/in 195, which provides that city or towh recorders or marshals may not be paid for their serv- jces from the county funds. The court holds that the act is not special in its nature. The suit was brought by City Recorder Green of Petaluma to collect fees in criminal cases while acting in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. —_————— DECREES CNEN I STANFORD Special Dispatch to The Call, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 12— The Academic Council of Stanford Uni- versity met late this afternoon and grant- ed the degree of bachelor of arts to twen- ty-nine students. T..s number is sixteen short of last year. The list by depart- ments is as follows: Latin—Mary Bissell Huntsberger. Germanic _languages—Blanche shaw, Leon Gambetta Levy. Romani¢ languages — Willlam James Morin. English—Evangeline Singleton Gossett, Grace Holt, Hazel Moore Patterson, Mary Rosalie Stols. Education—Frances Haney Galloway. Econofics and social science—Robert Hitt Newcomer, Ruth Estelle Seadler, Law—Willlam Clarence Day, Benjamin Clifford Dey. Drawing—Enid Kinney, Anna Reinhart. Matnematies—Ruth Balley Gregs. Chemistry—Willlam Elmer Crawford, John Moody Foster, Dane M. Greer, Louise McDaniel. Henry Ennis Savage, William McConnell Shearer. Zoology—Georgla Danne Pltman, Edna Mary Reeves. Geology and mining—William Otterbein Clark, Edgar Miller Gleim, George Rich- ards Stevens. Mechanical engineering—Lawrence Her- ring Seargeant. FATHER TOO SLY FOR GAY ELOPERS Special Dispateh to The Call. TACOMA, Jan. 12.—George Morrow and Elsie Jamieson, aged, respectively, 20 and 14 years, eloped on horseback from the Jamleson farm, near New Westminster, B. C., on Wednesday and after ten miles of furious riding galloped into Hedley City looking for the Town Registrar to perform the marriage ceremony. In the meantime, however, the irate father of Miss Jamieson had been apprised of the intentions of ‘the couple and telephoned to the Chief of Police to arrest them on the charge of horse stealing. The couple were before the Registrar ready for the ceremony when an officer arrested them. The father took his daughter home, while the young man was given his liberty and told to go his way. DANCE AS BENEFIT FOR DEAD MAN SEATTLE., Jan. 12—While the body of Aloes Koppanner, a barber of South Seat- tle, lies in the undertaking parlors un- buried, his friends will hold a dance to- morrow night to raise money for his family. The dance was advertised and planned while the man was {ll to raise money for him, and when he died his friends refused to give it up. Although Koppanner died last Monday, the friends who got up the dance per- suaded the widow to hold his remains til Sunday, so they could all attend the funeral. Saturday night they will dance to raise money for Koppanner's family, and Sunday they will attend the funeral. ————————— PIECE OF PEANUT IN LUN& OF CHILD HOLLISTER, Jan. 12.—The two-year-old child of Willlam Watson of Paicines may die from eating peanut candy. A plece of peanut was found by the aid of the X-ray to be lodged in the child’s lung. Dr. Clark of .Gilroy came down to-day to consult with Dr. Hull of Hollister as to the ad- visability of operating. e ECUADOR FEDERAL TROOPS DRIVE REBELS BEFORE THEM GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan. 12.—The rebels have abandoned Rio Bamba and are marching north. General Andreade, commander of the Government troops, has occupied Rio Bamba. Englishman Dies. LONDON, Jan. 12.—Sir Mountsart ‘Grantduff, former Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Governor of Madras and president of the Royal Cleary, Glen E. Brad- WOULD ESTABLISH W...ER SYSTEM AT HALFMOON BAY REDWOOD CITY., Jan. 12.—Capit ists of San Francisco, among them A. J. Stohl, have applied to the Board of Su- pervisors for a franchise to establish a water system for Halfmoon Bay. The application is significant of the growth of the coast side town, which has e panded with remarkable strides sin: the incorporation of the Ocean Shors Raflroad Company. Halfmoon Bay has at present an excellent water supply and the Supervisors have taken the new application under advisement. —_——————— LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 12.—Redwood Tent No. 71, K. O. T. M., has elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Past commander, George H. Buck; com- mander, John J. Reed; lieutenant com- mander, J. A. Bomberg; record keeper, Charles Knights; chaplain, J. C. berg; physician, W. M. Barrett; ser- geant, George W. McNulty; master at arms, W. E. Douglas; first master of guards, J. A. Le Vallet; second master of guards, G. A. Robert; sentinel, D. G. Geary; picket, G. E. Le Vallet Jr. —_——— Life Term for Chinewe. “FRESNO, Jan. 12—-A jury to-night brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, with the sentence fixed at lite imprisonment, against Yee Foo, a member of the Bing Ong Tong, charged with the murder of Louls Mong. a mem- ber of the Hop Sing Tong. in this city on the night of October 3, 1%05. The trial lasted ten days. v wa— Pardee Remains Silent. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12.—Governor Par- dee this ‘afternoon declined to confirm & rumor that former Superior Judge E. M. Sweeny of Shasta County was to be ap- pointed to the vacant position on the State Supreme bench. The Governor would not discuss the subject of the Jus- ticeship. —_— e Prohibition Measure Unconstitutional. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Jan. 12—The Sta:o Supreme Court to-day handed down an opinion deciaring the Bryce aet, under which sixteen counties adopted prohibi- tion, to be unconstitutional. —_——— HAVANA. Jan. 12— President Faima to-dey the late Eduard Yero as Secretary of Publiic Geographical Soclety, is dead. He was A.fl"hiufi‘ born in 1329, ; a gives 45 e charm to the plainest fea- A S e N | R 4 1R—]