The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1906, Page 16

16 SMALL BOYS PRODUCE A PROBLEM DRAMA. Marital Infelicity Is Its Theme and Upon a Sidewalk It Is Ably Unfolded. Characters of Brutal Husband and Cowed Wife Are Realis tically Portrayed. BY JAMES C. CRAWFORD. n the vicinity of eets lodged com- dsys were stripped of ade hideous by niles, a police tly detailed to quell the i by Sergeant Sylvester, stealthily, but ere block of ung caution to the ahead, for the sopnds em indicated that some female person &t that— treatment from one folk residing 1% rough ite sex - i Y T E | R betokening _dire hev me dinner read seemingly furious re- the sergeant commanded and her infant are being rushed around a corner a broke and ran, and of the Joe Vangli, a 14-year-old, woman-beating going n breathlessly inquired Der woman-beatin’,” replied - fe an’ anudder kid unken husband an’. kickin' s what made de mnoise. of Police Judge Shortall, was accused of explanation exhausted their rep- onal sidewalk games, w the performance hat with appropriate coStumery ave been a marvel of reslism to nip the Judge ance that makes no sllowance worth compels me to pro- Gefendant guilty as charged Chow clerk Fere dignified young Celestial was stoned by I12-vear-old of 517 Vallejo street last Montgomery avenue, and he by . punching _his assailant's which he was arrested on com- juvenile e Cabaniss lleged grievance consists. me aggressor, and ya given ex-clerk of wh were is hinese in this this time, when she es from (the Fiow- gdom’ are re ing our civic hos- s a reprehensible of- missing your’complaint T do ossible for.me to do in. the Y the . Americo- round, dark eyes of the impres- morge H ntoxicated when he of - postage amy C re, at Clay nd Kea e . would not ke e stamps with his tongue rcatened to lick the' clerk wivh his fists If hie- money were. not re- What was the matter with the stamps weren't - they . fresh Judge Mogan sked Mr. Hoffer 1 was loaded,” was the irrelevant re- He will be sentenced to-day for peace o e P Herbert F. Biood. a young student, vas holding wassall in a Market street when Patrolman Kissane suggest- e curb his hilarity, and his re- a blow that shattered the of- icer's helmet. He promised to pay dam- ADVERTISEMENTS. All over Europe the public is taking hold of its own street- cars, gas, water, électricity, rail - roads, telegraphs, tele- phones, and even mines; mak- money; and giving the people a square deal. Why not in America? Are Europeans better and smarter than we? Is that ideal too good for us? Read Russell’s “Soldiers of the Common Good”'—a lively and dramatic fact-story of real life in Everybody's for January, Everybody’s Magesine 15 cents $1.50 & year ing e 4 he center | was | speaking left nothing to | | buddipg Wistrionic “but & prosaic | to perceive, Master Fer- | ““wherein the | was comin’ | [ase and Judge Shortall dismissed him. oW » | Dan Buckley and Bd Urfer were accused of having battered Pat Dougherty’s face | at Third and Harrison streets, and in the | { court of Judge Conlan dismissal was or- | { dered because Mr. Dougherty manifested | reluctance to prosecute. Y “We had a little argument,” he said, | | “and 1 had the floor just as much as they aia.” “And you seem to have had the pave- ment even more than they did.” said the | Judge, glancing at several contusions on Mr, Dougherty's countenance. e S Sangerilino Ernesto pleaded that he had taken for safe keeping the $10 gold plece which James Fltzsimmons | accused him of having stolen while he | (Mr. F.) slumbered, byy Judge Caban- iss took Mr. Fitzsimmons' word for it | and gave S. E. three months. Margaret Murray, who had been de- | tained in custody on suspiclon of being | a pickpocket and was released on con- | dition that she immediately leave the | ! city, must answer to Judge Mogan for having failed to keep her promise. She claims to he a resident of Berkeley, but the police have proof that for ten con- | secutive days she rented an apartment at the Tenderloin end of Taylor street. | | Her case will be decided to-day. James Bruhns, classified as “wine bum,” wes held to answer for grand larceny after Judge Conlan had ascer- tained that he waylaid and robbed one Hugh McGowan In the hallway of a Sacramento-street cheap lodging house. The immediate reward of Mr. Bruhns larcenous enterprise was | dollar, and not until he searched his victim even to hat lining and stockings did he discover the coin. His uitimate reward will probably be a term in San Quentin Fish of 517 McAllister was arrested for cruelty child. will be given the maximum term of imprisonment for that offense to-day by Judge Mogan. | She was intoxicated and dragging her | two-yeer-old babe through a heavy | rain_downpour when her neighbors in- | formed a ‘policeman. - The child will be caréd for -at the Infant Shelter until its degraded mother is released from jall. Her husband, a pressman, sadly | told the Judge that the woman is in- corrigible. Mrs street, to a minor Mary who . e e Restaurageur Ben Dettger of 5 Polk street did not redlly Fearn for the ser- vices of a dishwasher ‘when Victor Ster- e v d anothey _\‘mmgs\eri sed the drama of marital strife | police interrupted, Competent | | reti “applied to him for employment in | that capacity, but the plea of necessity | advanced by the applicant, which was fully co! ble, touched the benevolent spot in the caterer's heart. 4 ‘You may g0 to work fer your grub,” he sald. “and if you prove yourself worth wages I'll give em to you. Mr. Sterrctt did prove himself worth wages, and Mr. Dettger lived up to his word. When his first week's labor was ended Mr. Sterrett was handed several dollars by his employer, accompanied by a suggestion that he spend them only for commodities of which he stood in urgent need. And the response of Mr. Sterrett, | gratefully toned, was, “You can bet I will.” Well, when Mr. Sterrett returned from his downtown visit the hour was lafe and bie demeanor indicated that his money had not been expended as he had prom- ised, for his breath was odorous of alco- hol and his gait unsteady. In reply to Mr. Dettger's query as to where he had been and what he had done with his money, he hiccoughed that he had pur- chased a few' things he could not get along very well without, and aiso had dropped into an O’Farrell street home of vaudeville. “An’, sl " he added, “ye oughter shee them (hic) jugglers. The way they chuck aroun’ (hic) plates "d make ye dizzy—jush like (hic) zhish.” And ere Mr. Dettger could stretch forth a restraining hand Mr. Sterrett was freighting the air with dinner plates. He failed to stay the descent of nine of them, and Mr. Dettger was choking him when Patrolman McHugh entered and arrested both men for disturbing thc peace. Judge Conlan dismissed the charge #gainst Mr. Dettger and continued his hearing of the complaint against Mr. Bterrett. Nick Karusa, a cooper, promised to pay for the support of his two-year- old child a sum of $5 a week, and Judge Mogan then dismissed the eomplaint which his divorced wife, residing at 126 Page street, had against him. The divorce is two 3...; IR Judge Conlan spent co eral in an effort to adjust the in which Jose Vasquez of 816 Jackson street sought to co: restoration to him of an umbrella which he purchased at Nag- asaki and Intrusted to Joseph Colonico of :415 Montgomery " avenue to effect necessary repairs. Senor Vasquez al- leged that Signor Colonico endeavored to palm off on him several inferior um- breilas, which he Tejected with scorn, | vesterday afternoon gazing | sata: one silver | borated by his external ensem- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1906 p BUNKERS. MUST (0 TO PRISON Supreme Court Thinks That Senatorial Boodler Has No Claim for New Trial FELON LOSES COURAGE Convicted Man Staggers at Thought of Leaving Wife and Baby for Five Years A robust looking man with face tense and haggard stood leaning against a counter at the Supreme Court vacantly at a single sheet of paper on which were a few typewritten lines! Finally | he raised his head, and smiling weakly at the pitying clerk in front of him “I maybe won't have to stay the whole five years. I think I might get paroled.” The speaker was Harry Bunkers, ex- State Senator of Caffornia. The words at which he had gazed so long with unseeing eyes were these: BY THE COURT—People of the State of Call- fornia, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Har- ry Bunkers Defendant and Appellant. Thée application for a rehearing in this ccurt after decieion in the District Court of Appeal for the Third District is denled. In denying such application it is proper to | say that the determination of the question | to whether one who gives a bribe can be an ccomplice of the one who accepts the bribe 1s not esential to a decision in the case, and we are mot to: he understooa as approving that portion of th opinion of the District Court of Appeal which deals with that portion. The journey from the stately halls | of the Legislature to the dank corri- | dors of the penitentiary had consumed less than a year. The open accusa- | tion in the Senate chamber, the expul- sion from the august legislative boady, | the arrest, the trial, the weary months | in Sacramento's jail, the life and death | hope in the appeal—all these things | drifted through the memory of the | dazed unfortunate at the counter. Then came the soul-wrenching thought of the misery of the faithful wife in the little Market-street restau- rant. He seemed to feel the dimpled | baby’s arms about his neck crowing lustily, unmindful of the father's going away to don a striped suit and labor | | five long and dreary years with the flotsam of society behind the prison | walls. The prize against which all | this was played was $350. Mechanically the man turned from the counter and groped for the door. Turning again he smiled helplessly at his audience. The bad in his heart was gone. The husband-father love, a thousand-fold revivified, was there in- stead. And as his footsteps ceased echoing on the flags outside the door, another of the Supreme Court’s many grim tragedies was brought to a close. (Saia B FRANK FRENCH SET FOR NEXT MONDAY TRIAL OF Accused Member of Late Legislature to Answer to Charge of Bri- bery. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 15.—The case | former State Senator Frank French/ charged with bribery, will begin next Monday morning befére Judge E. C. | Hart in the Superior Court. P Sttt g TN AGENT TAYLOR GOES AFTER CAPTAIN NORBERG'S LICENSE Appeals to Superior Court (G>U.|Io the Citizenship of Man Who Com- mitted Perjury. United States Secret Service Agent Richard H, Taylor has addressed a pe- tition to the Superior Court to cancel the naturalization certificate of John Norberg, master of the steamer Kruger, which was wrecked on the Mendocino coast a few days ago. \Norberg was fraudulently naturalized as a minor by Judge Lawlor upon the perjured tes- timony of Frank Johnson and John Haulman in November, 1899. In the fol- lowing June he received an American license as second mate, and in August, 1903, he received a master's licénse. Last September he appeared before United States Commissioner Heacock and under oath acknowledged his pa- pers as fraudulent. His naturalization certificate and sea-going licenses were canceled. Norberg.a month later went before Judge Kerrigan and was made a citizen again. Upon that showing his sea-going 1licenses were restored to him by the local inspectors. This last naturalization Agent Taylor seeks to have canceled on the ground of Nor- berg’s moral character. — e o DEPORTED CHINESE TO BE . RETURNED TO THIS CITY Secretary Metcait Amnounces That He Disapproves hallroading Methods of Local Officials. Marshall B. Woodworth received a telegram yesterday from Secretary Metcalf announcing that the depart- ment ha€ ordered that Li Wah, Ng Shi and Gi Yok on board the Coptic, now on the way to China via Honolulu, be transferred at Honolulu and returned to San Francisco, to be held in custody of the steamship company pending ap- peal procedings in the United States Circuit Court of Appeal. These Chinese were “railroaded” out of the State by the local Chinese bureau on an order of deportation after the bu- | reau had been advised that an appeal had been allowed by United States Dis- trict Judge de Haven. Li Wah and GJ§ Yok claim to be native Americans, and Ng Shi is Li Wah's wife, and de- manded admittance as such. T S AEE L L R Harper Sues Assail Charles H. Harper filed suit yester- day against H. H. Norwood to recover $10,275 damages for personal injuries. Harper alleges that on January 9 Nor- wood assaulted him without provoca- tion, knocked him down and beat and kicked him. The plaintift is represent- ed by ex-Governor James H. Budd and Dibble & Dibble. . —_———————— A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if Pazo Oint- ment fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. . e e his umbrella—distingulshable by its pearl handle with eagle atop and mon key on side—had cost him $10. which sum goes much farther in Japan than in this country, especially in the pur- chase of umbrellas. The defense will be heard this morning. . e s K. Sakahachi and George Skimozaka, highly pompadoured young Japs, proved aptitude for adopting American which they had ordered and consumed in a saloon at Pine and Dupont streets and then battering the bartender who d ‘to expostulate and resisting the Who intrepidly arrested el Shertall manifested dis- approval of their misdirected civiliza- tion by fining Y-Em.“ l.vlm For having transformed a Montgom- ery-avenue tonsorial parlor into a rough house Antone Sanchez will be sentenced to-day by Judge Mogan. of | ms by refusing to pay for drinks |’ MAY YET SEEK - AN INDICTMENT Mitchell Creditors Learn That Fleeing Broker Has Been Seen in New York LETTER TO BE BASIS Postal Law Violationé Are Alleged as a Foundation for Criminal Proceedings A persistent rumor was in circula- tion yesterday that R. Brent Mitchell had been seen in New York since he fled from this city one week ago last Saturday. There is no verification for the rumor as yet, but the probabilities are strong that the bankrupt broker may have sought Gotham as a réfuge. The larger creditors do not wish to have the public know that they were losers to the extent of thousands of dollars each. Mitchell has had all the evidence on that point that he required before he secretly went away. All that he needed to fear was the smaller cred- itors, and they would hardly be ex- pected to follow him in his wanderings when the expense was considered. In New York there are chances for any man to do business and to escape iden- tification for a comparatively long pe- riod. It is now recalled by some of the creditors that Sellman, Mitchell's son- in-law, said after Mitchell was missed that possibly the broker had started for New York. Parties who know Mitchell claim to have seen him on an eastbound overland train since he left this city suddenly. This is another rumor that finds credence. It is pointed out now that no one but Mitchell knew just what response he recelved to the letters sent East to ralse money with which to meet his creditors in this city. The fact has become known that Mr. Percy, Mitch- ell's attotney, did not write any of the letters that went East when the credit- ors were waliting for devVelopments. Mitchell took the matter entirely into his‘own hands and all responses that came by letter were received by him. He may have had more money to go away with than any one here has im- agined. The Mitchell creditors have received a letter from Attorney George H. Mas- tick, of which the following is a copy: Dear Sir: At the last meeting of creditors of R. Brent Mitchell it was agreed that, in the event of a favorable reply to letters writ- ten to Eastern friends of Mr. Mitchell, I should fix an hour on Tuesday next and a place for another meeting, Bo far as I can learn, no reply to those let- ters has been received, and I conclude that his triends will not come to his assistance. I am of the opinion that another meeting will be useless, and will therefore not cail one, leaving it to the individual creditors to\ take such further action as they may deem ad- visable. Notwithstanding that Mitchell has departed and that nothing has been Qpard from him since he went away, some of his creditors are talking about having -an indictment found against him before the Federal Grand Jury. It is a punishable offense to send, a letter through the mail in donnection with any scheme to defraud. The discovery of a letter to a creditor of Mitchell may be the basis of the threatened pro- ceedings. If an indictment is found a search in earnest for Mitchell will be- gin. FORMER DRUGGIST GUILTY OF FELONY Charles Miles Reed Convicted of Attempt to Pass Spurious Coin. Charles Miles Reed, formerly a drug clerk and more recently an opium flend and hanger-on of the tenderloin,’| was convicted yesterday by a jury in the United States District Court of having attempted to pass a counterfeit $10 coin upon John Windishar, a clerk in Lackmann's grocery on California street and Prospect place. Reed was ordered to appear for sentence to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock. His defence was that he did not know that the coin was bad, but he was unable to tell where he had pro- cured it. When Windishar attempted to arrest him Reed ran out of the store and Windishar fired a shot from a re- volver and called upon him to halt. At that juricture a _stranger caught hold of the clerk and thus gave Reed a start, but he was captured by E. A. Lackmann, proprietor of the grocery. It is believed that the stranger was a confederate of Reed. United States Secret Service Agent Thomas B. Fos- ter exhibited to the jury a penknife found on Reed, the blade of which was streaked on the edge with gllding. As- sistant United States Attorney Black prosecuted the case. X e e——————— TRIAL OF JACOB EPPINGER HAS NOT YET COMMENCED Affidavits Filed That Defendant’s Life ‘Would Be Imperiled by Exeite- ment. The case of Jacob Eppinger, charged with Hermun . Eppinger. Josua Eppin- gér and James Demings with obtain- ing money by false pretenses, was pe- Remptorily set for trial before a jury in Judge Lawlor's court yesterday, but a continuance was ordered till to-mor- row on motion ot the defendant’s coun- sel. As soon as the case was called an afidavit was filed by the defendant to the effect that he was ill and unable to leave his house with safety to his 1ife, as he'had been suffering for a long time with a ‘painful and serious dis- ease -of the heart. Recently he had a serious attack, from which he was now recovering, and was conflned t his house by direction of his physiclan. An affidavit was also flled by Dr. Morris Merzstein that the defendant was suffering from enlargement of the heart, producing cardiac asthma, ac- companied by difficult and painful res- piration with severe paroxysms of cough. He had examined the defendant recently and found his condition alarm- ing. was unable to stand any ex- citement or severe strain. Meantime the presecution will send a physician to examine the defendant, and if his condition is serious as stated the trial of Josua Eppinger will be proceeded with to-morrow. R—— s a— Robbers Are Sentenced. Frank Schmidt and George W. John- son, who were convicted of a charge of robbery by a jury in Judge Lawlor's court, appeared for sentence yesterday. Schmidt was sentenced to serve seven years in San Quentin and Johnson twelve years {n Folsom penitentiary. Johnson had a prior conviction against him. They held up Ike Allen, a tele- graph editor, at ifornia and Hyde streets’ on the night of and took from him all his ¥ FRATERNAL EAGLES HAVE NEW LEADER Y - e THE NEW PRESIDENT OF GOLDEN GATE AERIE, FRA- .TERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES. ¥ % Other Officers Are Also Inducted Into Place. Despite the unplegsant weather last | evening there was a very large at- tendance in Native Sons’ Hall to wit- ness the public installation of the re- cently elected officers of Golden Gate Aerie of the Fraternal Order of| Eagles. The installing officer was County Clerk Harry L Mulcrevy, a | past president of the order, assisted by | Judge A. B. Lawson and J. Dillon, to- gether with a full corps of past presi- dents. The installing officers were at- tired in official regalia and the officers- clect were ranzed back of the altar, on which there was the emblematic eagle decorated with the national colors. ThoSe who were inducted into the several stations for the current term. were: Past_president, Edward Murph: Jehn J. Cassidy; vice president, Daley: chaplain, M. 'W. N conductor, John ‘W. Cramer; secre . F. Hanlon finenclal seeretary, Joseph 1. O'Cannell; treas urer, V. Matrala; inside guard, John A Buchanan; outside guard, Thomas F. Cronin triistee, M. J. Kilgaion; trustee, J. M. Houli- han; trustee, John A. Barr; physician, Dr. T. B. W. Leland; physician, Dr. Frank T. Fitz- president, Michael J. gibbon. The installing officers conducted the ceremony in a very Impressive | manner, and as each officer was being led to his station the orchestra played a special air sulted to nationality or office.- When the chaplain was being escorted the music was “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” and when the physi- cians were being shown to the places in the aerie the orchestra intoned Chopin's funeral march. In accordance with the custom in this order the retiring president will at the next meeting of the body be presented with a token of esteem. The installation was followed by a few remarks by the installing of- ficer and by the new president. Then it was “on with the dance” until 11 o'cloclks, when there was an intermis- sion. during which Master Johnny Buick, the ten-year-old mascot of the aerle, gave a drum solo, which was loudly applauded. Dancing was then resumed and continued until a late hour. e ——————— MASKED ROBHERS HOLD UP SALOON ON HOWARD STREET Proprietor and Eight Customers Held at Bay While Cash Register Is Emptied. Two masked robbers entered the Bakers' Home saloon at 833 Howard street about 2 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. Each had a revolver in his hand. There were eight customers drinking at the bar at the time, aud Paul Irion, one of the proprietors, was behind the bar. They ordered Irion to step from behind the bar and made the eight customers stand with their faces toward the wall. One of them went behind the bar and took $38 50 from the cash register, but overlooked $200 that was in the safe, the door of which was open. While the footpad was behind the counter Irion made a break for the rear door and the footpads ran out of the front door along Howard street toward Fifth, up Fifth to Natoma, where those in pursuit lost sight of them. Sergeant Christiansen and several policemen were quickly on the scene and made a thorough search of the neighbourhood, but failed to find any trace of the men. They are described as young men about 5 feet 10 inches tall and wearing long- overcoats and slouch hats. De- tectives Ryan and O'Dea are working on the. case. —_——————— When you want the real. thing in printing see Edward Knowlés Co., 24 Second st.. * il VS s oy >l _Fire Insuranee Report for 1905. By a report appearing in a special issue of the Pacific Underwriter of to- day it is shown that the total fire in- surance written in California during the year of 1905 was $642,876,970, in comparison with $668,925,275 during the previous year. (i this amount the California companies ‘secured $48,012,- 854. Losses paid last year were $3,878,- 928, $43,124 less than the year before. This made a ratio of 37.7 per cent. In buying RUMFORD ‘i’l\c_ Wholesome A Békinyf Powder “some Baking Powider, |REPORT FILED BY REYNOLDS Detective Sergeant Relates Incidents of Trip Leading Up to Suicide of Meier BEARS OUT DISPATCHES Chief Dinan Will Submit It to Board of Police Commis- gioners for Consideration Detective Sergeant Harry C. Reynolds arrived yesterday morning from New York and at once reported at police headquarters. He feels deeply the un- fortunate result of his trip to London | to bring back Charles E. Meier, the em- bezzler, and was commiserated with by the other members of the detective de- partment. He gave Chief Dinan a fe- port of the incidents of his trip to London, ending with Meler's suiclda on the steamer Carmania as she was en- tering New York harbor. The report will be laid before the Police Commis- sioners for consideration and action. It is as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 1906. To J. F. Dinan, Chief of Police. Bir: The foliowing is a report of my trip to London for Charies E. Meier, who was to be extradited on a charge of felony embezzlement. I arrived in London on December 26, present- ed my papers to the United States Consul, and then appeared before a police magistrate who | continued the case for five days. 1 agaln ap- peared In court and the prisoner was remand- ed to Brixton prison for fifteen days that he might be given an opportunity to withdraw his Pplea. Detective Sergeant Gough of Scotland Yard had charge of the case. He showed me the | m, effects found upon Charles Meier when he was arrested. They comsisted ot three su't cases containing oclothing, $117 in American money and 47 lish money, a safety razor, & razor, watch, two nail filés, siiver match box, Bmith & Weston 32-caliber five-shot revolver fully loaded. Sergeant Gough sald they could not.unload the pistol. In fact he tried in my presence, and I also tried to open the gun, | but could not. All of the effects of the pris- oner were turned over to me on the 29th December. DELIVERED TO GOUGH. I was notified by Sergeant Gough to meet him and we would go and get Meler from the prison and bring him to headquarters. Charles Meler was delivered over to Sergeant Gough. He was also given four five-pound notes by the warden of the prison as meney that had come from a bank in London for Meler. Ser- geant Gough told me that if I would be at Scotland Yard at 9:45 the next day I could proceed with my prisoner to Liverscol and take ship for New York. I was at the office at 9:45 a. m., and Meier and his effects were placed in the carriage. Meler was all the time in charge of Scotland Yard Detective Gough. Sergeant Gough went to Queenstown, Ireland, and then turned Mefer over to me. I took the plstol. money and razors, watch, match box and files and placed them in my trunk alo with my handeuffs and my razor, and lock: my_trunk. . Everything went along nicely until the day before we areived in New York, Meler sald: “How iong dre you going to stay in New York?' and 1 rolied lonz enough to get my tickets & ip my baggage. He said: “What are you-going 10 do with me?’ And I said I am going to take you to police headquarters. He said: ‘‘Are you going to handcuff me?’ and I sald *‘yes.” We went to supper and I saw a sign that had been put up notitying passengers to have their baggage out of their rooms by 10:20 p. m. 20 it could be put on deck to be taken ashore for inspection by custom-house officers. went to my room, which was a very smail one. Two persons could not stand in the room to dress at the same time. mlock my trunk first before taking !t from under the bunk because I could not' unlock it after it was pulied out from under the bunk. I took my pistol and a pair of hand- cufts out and put them in my pocket. I took the other pistol and placed it in my gFip, which I put under my pillow in the lower bumk. I then locked and strapped my trunk and placed it out in the gangway. While so doing Mefer wanted to assist me. I don’t think he saw me place the pistol in my grip. 1 think when he went to my grip he thought my razor was there, for he asked me ssveral times if I shaved myself. I kept my razor in my trunk during_that evening. Before arrived in New York he acted kind of nervous. We went to bed and I could mot sleep. I called him about 6:30 a. m. to get up, Which he did and I sald “Let us go on deck.” He pointed out the different .places going ini the harbor. The trumpet sounded for break- fast and we went below to the roem to tak: off our overcoats. PRISONER CHEATS CAPTOR. I stepped in first, took off my overcoat and came out. Meler went in next. The clothes closet s bebind the door leading into the bunkroom snd you have to close the door to put your coat into the ciosst. Meler closed the door -and I stepped about six feet from | the door. I heard a dull sound, opened the door and saw Meier lying on the floor. His overcoat collar was turned up around his head and my satchel was open. A pistol was lying alongside of his head. He had shot himseit in the right side of the head. 1 called for help and the ship’s doctor, who was in the next room, came and took charge of Meler, who Hved about ten miputes. As soon as we got to the dock I notified the Coromer and sergeant of police on the dock. I then went to the police station and from there to the Coroner’s office and made a statement. The next day I had two photographs taken and had a member of the firm of the Pommery Wine Company, who knew Meier, go to the morgue and identify the body. He swore be. fore a Notary that the hody was that of Charles . Meier. Respectfully, H. C. REYNOLDS, Detective Sergeant. P~ 8.1 turned over to the property clerk $117 in United States coin, § shillings English money, ome biack metal watch, onme safety razor, one razor. onme silver maich box, one pearl-handled knife es, which I bad In my trunk. Mejer said that was money he took from Caffery and it belonged to the Pommery Wine Comdany. Passes Fictitious Checks. C. W. Adams was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Whitaker and Bell on a rrant from Police Judge Cabaniss’ court charging him with passing a fictitious check. rant was {ssued at 2:30 o'clock and Adams was arrested an hour later on Market street. The complaining wit- ness against him is 8. T. Bernard of the Hoffman cafe, who alleges that he passed a worthless check for $I5 on him drawn' on the Bank of Goldfield. Charles Corey, saloon-keeper, Mission and New Montgomery streets, is also a victim to the amount of $50, and the police say there are others. Adams was in similar trouble in Sacramento. —_—————— Whisky Is Libeled. Joseph Francisco of Petrolia, Hum- boldt Cotnty, filed a libel yesterday in the United States District Court agalinst the ‘steamer St. Paul and forty-three barrels of whisky. The complaint sets forth that when the St. Paul was wrecked near Point Gorda and aban- doned by the crew, on October 5. 1905, Francisco and Frank Covert and Walter Hunter swam out to the breakers and at the imminent risk of their lives saved the whisky. They ask for 60 per cent of the value of the whisky as lvage. / and save money too. ot The war- | CHILD LABOR LAW UPHELD {Judge Cook Renders Lengthy Decision _on Points as to Its Constitutionality {RESULT FAR REACHING Weber and Spencer Writs Dismissed and Prisoners Remanded Into Custody Judge Cook rendered an elaborate and carefully prepared decision yesterday de- claring the child labor law constitutional. | The point was faised on writs of habeas corpus for the release of Captain Henry Weber and Chief Engineer J. M. Spencer of the steamer Dispatch, who were ar- rested for violating the law in employing James Mitchell, a boy 14 years of age. who was killed during an explosion in the boiler-room of the steamer while he and other boys wers sealing the betlers. The writs were dismissed and the prison- ers remanded. Counsel for the petitioners contended that the sections under which the ks were made e unconstitutional, beci they were discriminatory in their charac- ter and contained an arbitrary and un- reasonable classification. The Judge does not agree with thems and considers most of their objections trivial. in rendering his decision : The Judge | said: | No one at all familtar with ehild labor legislation can fail glance the similarity of the pro peasures and the jaws of all the progressive | States and of the nations or the old world as., | well touching the subjects involved. Always has it been customary o select certaln ndus- seared to the Legislaturs there was most need of such legislation, and always such classification has been upheld. Al- ways have there been special classes of chil- dren made, which classes, in the minds of the legisiators, were laboring under pecullar dis- ablifties, such as orphanhood or iliteracy, and en fit to question the va- ity of such classification. Always has there been an attempt on the part of the Legislaturs to suit the means to the end to be sccom- plished, and this has passed muster with the courts. No case has been cited where labor legislation In any wise similar to this under consideration bas been declarsd uncon- stitutional by any court higher than & police court in this or any other State, while the Su- preme Court of Massachusetts has upheld & milar statute, even though it wemt to the length of bringing women under its provisions. The salutary effect of these laws {s unques. tionable. All are interested in the care of | thoss who cannot care for themselves, and es- | pectally in the of children it whom | Hes. Under ¢ circums | jection should avai to mval | law. | The whole history of chiid labor legielation | shows an evolution. Flrst, thoss occupations are made the object of legislative rest in which it appears to the Legislature thecj§ is most abuse of children and most children 'em- | ployed, Gradually other occupations are in- | cluded and the restrictions become more gen- eral unti] finally the whole evil is eradicated. | But to ask courts to Interfers on the ground of discrimination when the discriminations are between evils is presuming tco much. Did the statutes here in question not coms within the health and police powers of the Legislaturs come weight might attach to some of the authorities cited by the petitioner. But as they clearly fall within such power tha statutes in question are, in my opinion, & valid exercise of the police power by the Legisia- ture. Suech police measures allow great lati- tude in classification, much more than has Deen used by the Legislaturs in the statutes under comsideration. I satisfled that the section of the Penal Ci here in question, No. 273, as well as the child labor lmw, are valld health and police regulations, fully justi- fled both under the Federal wud State eonatitu- tions. An appeal will probably be taken to the Supreme Court against the decision of Judge Cook. the history of idate so salutary & ! | Sermons that are easy on the pulpit | may be hard on the people. _INTEREST ‘@ ) _N SAVINGS CAPITAL, SURPLUS & PROFITS $3.000.000.00 The renters of our safe deposit boxes have the use of handsomely fur- nished rooms, which they may examine their papers and securities safe- ly and in secret. 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