The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1906, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1906. TO GIVE_ENTERTAINMENTICIVE FRANCHISE CHILOREN TURN AN AID OF NEW SCHOOL. St. Patrick’s Pansh Will Observe Day of Patron. Programme of Merit Will Be Given in Lj;ric Hall. Dramatic Club Busy| Rehearsing for a Farce. — Ave Ma- and organ | | who will | | M S tz, School Di- 2, COCK, WHO WILL TAKE OLD MAIDS' CONVENTION O-MORROW NIGHT. WALTER HA T ) ART OF PROFESSOR MAKEOVER HICH WILL BE GIVEN IN LYRIC THE N, s interesting and the o the doors omorrow Father Concannon, the well known stu of Irish literature, will preach a sermon in Gaelic at St Rose’s Church and an augmented choir will sing at the high mass. WHITE WOMAN FOUND IN LOW CHINESE DEN Police Find a Girl Dur- ing a Raid on Clay Street. A posse of police under command of Sergeant Philip Farher swooped down up- progra was or = T 5 o ANNUAL BANQUET. HOLD Dr Douglas Hyde of St. Talks to the Knights Patrick. Letters Wil vitt were ~heered. es was to establish Ireland, and, on a filthy Chinese Jaundry at 82 Clay s lived on com- | Street late Wednesday hight and there er sir Dr. Hyde | found ~Julta "Wilson, - & comely white woman. At first she intimated she was |a slave and was forced to live in the wretched hovels by the Celestials, but after being examined in the Police Court bright prophecies nded to toasts were J ng, Rev. Peter C. s James D Phela | Yesterday morning she admitted she was | "of the Cale. |there of her own free will and that nn-: presi- other woman named Lottle also occupied B — era. |® Toom in the place. Lottle, however, elic bai. | Mmanaged to meke good her escape. o pro.”| Bome weeks ago Sargeant Farher was | that w y enco e ! told that a gang of Chinamen at 922 Clay street ‘was making a practice of kidnap- ing white girls and holding them as slaves in the wretched hovel.- The China- town sauad watched the place for some | time and on Wednesday night, seeing the | | time ripe for a raid, Farher and his men . | broke into the rear room of the place | and found the woman there, e She was taken to the City Prison and mectalties, | locked up on & charge of vagrancy. Her Ha- | case came up before Judge Mogan yes- -;terdn) morning and the latter, ‘after hearing the first version of the case, de- | cided to hold the woman on $2000 bonds { 41l the Chinese had been arrested. Up | to that time, the facts of the case were f not brought to light. ted as toastmas- Parish | Pat- Rose's or of St Barr seléctions ration held by Joseph's Parish at night. He paid a virtues of the When questioned in the (‘lt\ Prison, the woman admitted she lived in the den of her own will. She told of her former life on the Barbary Coast and sald she tired of the drudgery there and decided 0 seek new fields in Chinatown. She admitted she had lived in the den for | many weeks and that Lottle, the other girl, was her companion in crime, The Wilson woman is about 22 years old and was once pretty. Her face now bears the marks of dissipation and she speaks like a hardened character. She acts as if suffering from a mental derangement and does not seem to worry about her sad plight, The Chinatown squad was instructed to | | watch the hovel at 922 Clay street and | search the eity for Lottle, the other woman, who managed to make good her egcape when the police raided the place. The Chinese occupants of the house are silent about the incident and refuse to glve the police any. information regarding the two ‘white degenerates. —_—————— AWKTL ACCIDENT BEFALLS COMMERCIAL FIRM’S HORSE the good | lic peopl Terrorized Animal, in Attempting to Run Thre Union Square, Is Impaled on Hydrant. A peculiar runaway accident, result- ing in a terrible death to the horse, occurred yesterday morning at § o'clock | at the corner of Powell and Fost streets. Edward Doherty, a vouthful employe of H. 8. Crocker & Co.,, was driving a . delivery wagon down Post street, when Golf som one of the wheels of the vehicle got atterns, wi Hicses s ,1‘1‘ stuck in a rut. The horse, alarmed at - “separate. the unexpected stop, commenced to to select from. struggle, and finally broke out of its s, blues and tans Regular One Dollar Shirts, Friday and Saturday, at harness. Insane with fear, the animal dashed past the offices of 'the gas company and turned toward Union Square. At the southeast corner of Post and Powell streets there is an iron hydrant, which was directly in the path of the fright- ened beast. The horse never swerved from its course, and landed from one nlnck l'luls for Men $1.70 Regular $2 and $2.50 Hats IoIN COMBINE 0. SUCCESS Growers of Fresno Inelined to Accept Offer Made by Packers Despite the Pool Epectal Dispatch ‘to The Call. FRESNO, March 15.—The prospects of & pool by the raisin-growers of this re- gion have been still further ‘decreased by the offer by the packers of 3% cents for this season’s crop. When the Mercantile Company offered 8 cents in the sweatbox for three years in response to the sliding scale proposition by the Growers' Com- pany there was a strong sentiment among | the growers in favor of accepting the proposition, and there are likely to be | many others favorably fnclined toward this 3%-cent offer.. The prospects are for a big crop, and many of the growers fear that prices will be forced.back to 3§ cents. The pooling proposition is generally con- sidered the dying gasp of the Growers’ | Company, and there is a marked tend- ency among the growers to get under | cover. Attorney W. 8. Goodfellow, it is an- nounced, has little hope that enough' growers will sign the books to make the pool effective. His son, A. W. Goodfel- low, secretary of the Growers' Company, does not belfeve that over 10,000 acres will be signed up. At least 60,000 acres, he estimates, will be required to make the pool effective and command 8% or 3% cents a pound. Past troubles have made many of the growers heartily sick of combinations, and although sweatbox propositions are always popular with the individual grow- ers, this one is not being very strongly supported. A great many individual con- tracts have already been made at 3% cents, and the movement is likely to be- come general. Last year the growers believed was a 4%-cent year, and yet they only received 3 cents in the end. This year, with heavy rains and a large crop in sight, the 3%- cent provosition for one year is likely to prove the most attractive to the ma- Jority. i a HOP POOL A FAILURE. Growers Do Not Produce Enough to Make Deal Success. SANTA ROSA, March 16.—The local hop market continues qulet, a few sales being reported during the last few days in the neighborhood of 93 cents. One local buyer reports having secured a lot of 125 bales from a Ukiah grower at §3 cents. Today was the last day for the pooling of the crop under the pro- posed Durst agreement, and it is not thought a sufficlent quantity has been secured to complete the deal, the prin- cipal feature of which is the plan to ship 2000 bales to England under the charge of some local grower with the idea of cleaning up the market. The time of the offer may be extended. g BIG CROP IN OREGON. Webfoot State Produces Nearly 114,000 Bales of Hops. PORTLAND, March 15. — With the close of the hop season a compilation made by the leading Salem, Or., firms shows that 11,300 bales still remain in the State, which, with the shipments to date, brings the 1905 crop of Oregon up to 113,800 bales. The roots have win- —Stiff Derbys, Soft Tele- scope or the always popular Fedora to be creased down the center. The color black only, and the price for Fri- day and Saturday, at Brown’s $1.70 BROWN BROS. & CO. MILL-TO-MAN CLOTHIERS 516-518 Market St. Below Montgomery St of its gigantic springs with its fore feet just in front of the obstruction. The iron cap of the hydrant pierced the horse’s belly and cut a fearful six-inch gash through to its hind legs. The poor heast was completely disentboweled. Spectators turned from the awful spec- tacle with blanched faces and hastened away. Finally some workmen employed on the St. Francis Hotel addition came over. and one of them dispatched the tortured horse with a pick. A white sheet taken from an adjacent store was borrowed by some one and. spread over the dead animal, which was subse-’ ‘quently removed. by the: authorities, tered well, and including the new acre- age that will come into bearing this | year, Oregon will ‘probably harvest from 125,000 to 140,000 b in the fall. —_——— NEW YORK, March 15. o esolution oftered in the Rej FRIDAY-SATURDAY 10 VALLEAD LINE, AGAINST MOTHER': PTANO SPECIALS | Trustees of Napa Grant Ap- plication for Permit to Lay Rails in Streets of City DISCUSS NEW RAILWAY Board Will Compel Lakeport Road to Build Bridge if the Company Obtains Privilege NAPA, March 15—A meeting of the City Council was held this afternoon to. consider the applications of two electric railways for a franchise to operate lines in the streets of Napa. A large number of representative citizens of Napa attend- ed and much interest was taken in the meeting. Representatives of the Vallejo, Benicla and Napa Valley electric rail- way were present and stated that they intended to extend their line from Napa to St. Helena and Calistoga without de- lay, giving cheap and frequent service through the Napa Valley. They were granted a franchise to construct and operate an electric railway on the follow- ing streets of Napa: From the corner of Randolph and Pearl streets southerly along Randolph to the eity limits; also from Second and Jef- ferson streets southerly @long Jefferson to the city limits; also on Levee and Cross streets and Grant avenue and Brown street. The matter of granting a franchisé to the Napa and Lakeport Railroad, the new electric railway which will extend from San Francisco to Lakeport, was dis- cussed at length. Conditions were in- serted in the franchise providing that the rallroad should sprinkle and take care of the streets along the route of the rails and build a large bridge of stone across Napa Creek at the north end of Coombs street. Final action on the franchise will be taken tomorrow. BRAVE MAID BADLY BURNED FIGHTING FIRE Subdues Blaze Caused by Toddler Who Threw Alco- hel Into Grate. S . Bpecial Dispatch to The Call REDDING, March 15.—Little Hilda Roth of Cottonwood went to the home of her grandfather, Len Hencratt, this morning and while playing about -the house picked up a bottle of alcohol and sprinkied the contents on the fire in the open fireplace. The blaze shot out from the open grate and nearly enveloped the child: The little one got out of harm's way, but the flames ignited the wallpaper and began to crawl toward the ceiling. Viola Hencratt, 17 years of age, ran to the aid of the little on& and began to fight the fire with her bare hands. She finally succeeded 'in extinguishing the flames, but both of her hands were severely burned. It was only by her prompt action that the house was saved from destruc- tion, SONOMA. MAY HAVE . NEW SUMMER RESORT H. E. Huntington Said to Be Trying. to Purchase Big Tract. Special Dispatch to The Cull SONOMA, March ‘15.—The old Carriger porperty near here may scon come into the possession of H, E. Hurntington, the well-known railroad man. Huntington’s agents nave been negotiating with the present owners of ‘the tract to purchase the entire piece, and it is understod that the object is to transform the tract into a great summer resort. This land was suggested as a sultable site for the State Agricultural Farm, but it is said that it is no longer avallable, as the owners have withdrawn their offer. ————————— GADSKI GRAND OPERA COMPANY TO VISIT COAST NEXT SEASON Manager of the Madame Announces the Plans of the Talented Singer. SEATTLE, March 15. — Madame adski’s manager announced here yes- terday that she will sing in grand opera on the coast next season for three weeks, arrangements having been com- pleted for several of the singers of the Metropolitan Opera Company to join the new concern, which will be known as the Gadski Grand Opera Company. This Is the outcome of a fight waged for several seasons .sitn the Metropoli- tan Company. L. G. Charlton and A. Montagnon will be the managers. Mme. Gadski will sing in Europe next fall, returning to fill the American engage- ment in February and March and again g0 abroad In time to appear in the music festivals at Munich. e INSURANCE RATES LOWERED IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Companies Make Reduction Because of Efficiency and Recently Acquired Equipment of Department. BAKERSFIELy, March 15.—Today a material reduction affecting all of the residence portion of the city was made in insurance ra In many instances the reduction is as high as 50 per cent. This is the second reduction of this kind that has been made in the.insur- ance rates during the last few days, the previous decrease affecting the business section only. The above re- ductions have been caused directly by the improved equipment and efficiency of the Fire Department. ———————— DIPLOMAT TAKES WIFE BEFORE GOING TO POST IN BRUSSELS Yewly Appointed American Consul to Belglum Is Married at Pasadena to Indiana Belle. PASADENA, March 15.—Miss Mary Crawford and Walter Shaughnessy were married yesterday at All Saints Church, Rev. William MecCormick offi- ciating. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. James P. Crawford of 109 Ford place. The family {s a promThent one of Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. Shaughnessy was recently appointed Consul to Bel- glum. The couple will make their home in Brussels. T - o Many Acres of Wheat Damaged. WALLA WALLA, March .15.—Farm-, ers at Eurcka Flat, one of the largest wheat-growing sections in this State, estimate that 100,000 acres of winter wheat has been damaged .if not killed | by the storm .of the last three days, quickly defeated by The adoption of a ‘motion to lay it oo the table reading created ing of & sensation among the commit- teemn The demnd- for m resignation were based on the recent inmrance mv-u..u,,.. 1p this Stste. —————————— ., Try the United States Lax Market street. Telephone ‘u.‘ ‘The average yleld of the affected dis- trict {s estimated at 2,600,000 bushels. Little damage is reported from other sections of Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon. ——————— Saratoga Blossom Santa Clara Valley,. =‘|;=nn mru lenv- 8 P 3 Accuse Parent of Plying Father With Liquor in Or- der to Get His Property FILE CONTEST OF WILL Say Testament Was Made ‘While Testator Was Insane From Over - Indulgence Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 15.—The children of the late Frank Board, who was a Prominent pioneer resident of this county, have filed a sensational contest to secure a portion of their father's estate, in Wwhich they make some ‘ugly charges aginst their mother, Mrs. Izora Board, and a half-sister, Mrs. Neva J. Watson. The petition was filed late this afternoon by the three children—Horace V. and Miss Iter A. Board and Mrs. Willie Higgins. They seek to have the probate of the will and the appointment of the step- mother as executrix revoked. Board died about a year ago, and the will, which was made in 1900, was ad- mmed to probate May 2, 1905. The peti- tloners declare that they were cut off from all interest in the estate by the will and allege that the will was drawn while their father was under the undue influence of bis wife and her daughter. They charge that Mrs. Board plied her husband with liquor until his mind was deranged in her efforts to secure his prop- erty, consisting of 400 acres of rich farm @ SHERWOOD—Fancy land in the Dry Creek Valley, north of Haeldsburg, worth from $80,000 to $10°- ished, splendld tone, dctiona 000. Regular price $300. Friday —_—— ADMITS THAT HE MURDERED JOSEPH BUSH AT MANTON “Firewater” Gould Arrested for Killing ‘With Revolver Man With Whom He Had Quarreled. J REDDING, March 15.—Albert Gould, better known as “Firewater” Gould, who shot and flilled Joseph Bush at Manton yesterday, was arrested this morning and will be brought to Red- ding tomorrow. Gould amits that he killed Bush. The Coroner's jury brought in a verdict that Bush came to his death from gunshot wounds in- flicted by Albert Gould, with intent to commit murder. The weapon used was a revolver. The latest reliable story of the killing is to the effect that Bush, after quarreling with Gould and his mother, was leaving the house when Gould pulled his revolver and fired. The wounded man walked quite a distance. before he fell dead. —_———— OPPOSE PLAN TO PUT RAILS ON RED BLUFF’'S MAIN STREET @ Five especially good less wear. Each is gual of -course, will apply. Friday or Saturday only... 931-933 RENO. NEV., LOST HUNTER DIES N SNOW SR Gamely Struggles Througi Drifts in Effort to Find Trail Until Strength Fails e Special Dispaich to The Call EUREKA, March 15.—As the result of a hunting expedition on which James Brown and Leé Reed " started Sunday, Brown i dead and Reed is in a preca- rious condition. The two men were team- sters for the Tuckers, who own a ranch some five miles from Shelter Cove. After Reed and Brown had reached the mountains on their hunting trip Sunday a thick fog came up and they lost their way. They wandered about for hours vainly searching for the trail. Brown gave up first, overcome by fatigue and cold, and Reed struggled on in his ef- forts to reach help. It was not until Monday that it was realized here that the men were lost. A rellef expedition was formed and about two miles from the house Reed was found in an ex- hausted condition. and fully a mile be- yond the dead body of Brown was dis- covered, frozen stiff. Reed was rescued in a precarious con- dition and until he recovers sufficiently to be able to give a lucid account of their blind wanderings the details of their ter- rible experience will not be known. Up to this time Reed has not been able to give anv information as to where and when he left his companion. —_———— LECTURES ON “FLORENCE AND VEN- ICE."—The Rev. BEdwim Harvey Hadlock, pastor of the First English Lutheran delivered _another of Ms series of nity Presbyterian Church, streets last night. His Venice," was profusely Committee Appointed to Select Route of Proposed Road Reports to the Trustees, RED BLUFF, March 15.—The com- mittee in charge of the work of select- ing the street along which will be built the new electric road now being planned between this city and Redding held a meeting this afternoon. The only action taken by the committee was the adoption of a resolution re- Questing the City Trustees not to grant a franchise on Main street, as it is| deemed that such a permit would re- | duce property values. Chief Engineer N.cholson stated that if the board re- fused to grant the Main-street fran- ca1se he would withdraw his applica- tion and make a new one asking for a franchise on another street. It is prob- able that High street will be selected. —_———— TRIES TO CURE HEADACHE BY MORPHINE AND DEATH RESULTS Overdose of the Readly Drug Kills a Matron of Somoma County. SANTA RQOSA, March 15.—Mrs. James Thorpe, who resided with her husband and family about a’mile from Guerne- ville, on the Yarborough Farm summer resort, died this morning from an over- dose of morphine, taken yesterday for the relief of a severe headache, from which she had been suffering for some time. Mr. Thorpe found his wife ap- parently asleep and left her for several hours. When later she did not awake and his efforts to arouse her failed he hastened for medical assistance. Two physicians worked over her all night, but to no avail, as she gradually sank until death came this morning. —_———— LUTHER BURBANK TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO VISIT HIS PLACE Church, travel lectures at Twenty-third and Cap) subject, ‘‘Florence an {llustrated. Members of National Body of Educa- THE WlLEY B. ALLENCO. basgains in used pianos are offered as-our Friday-Saturday Specials this week. Taken in exchange for grand pianos and Autotone player-pianos, they represent values far in excess of the price asked. Some have been used scarcely at all ; others show more or ranteed fully; each one exchangeable at full price for new pianos at any time within three years. Easy payments, @ KNABE—Style V. Beautiful mahogany case, used eighteen months, coulgn’t be told from new. Regular price $650. Friday or Saturday only......n-...gw € R. S. HOWARD—Quarter-sawed oak case, best possible condition, tone and action perfect/ Regular $350. @ WESER BROS.—Circassian walnut with elaborate carvings, little used, good in every detail. price $300. Friday or Saturday only......c......$175 Regular walnut case, beautifully fine nd general condition perfect, or Saturday only....$150 Q. SMITH & BARNES—Solid oak case, beautifully carved, very little used, in best condition. Regular price $325. FndayorSaturday Nl iciinsstinsios oo < S1D Witooy B Wlre Ce ARKET ST SanFrancisco.Car. BRANCHES - OAKLAND, SACRAMENTO, SAN JOSE, SANTA ROSA_FRESNO: PHOENDCARIZ. HAVOR WALEER FCHTIAC A Executive of Los Angeles Does Not Need Services of Bouncer in Clearing Office —_— LOS ANGELES, March 15.—~Because Councilman A. D. Houghton resented ac- cusations of alleged graft, attributed to Mayor Owen McAlese DY an evening newspaper, the Mayor today foreibly ejected the Councilman from his pri- vate office in the City Hall. The trouble arose over the recent passage by the ‘Council of an ordinance granting the Salt Lake Railway a new spur track in the city limits, in which deal several Coun- cilmen have been accused of profiting im- properly. It was in connection with these charges that Houghton entered the Mayor's offica this afternoon and demanded an explana- tion. ‘Heated words ensued and. finally the Mayor, who is a much larger man than the Councilman, grabbed the latter by the shoulders with both hands and shoved him from his reom, the Counetl- man resisting and denouncing the Mayor. Houghton now charges the Mayor with attempting to reap profit by the same methods of which he was accused. A —— Chinese Gambler Is Buried. SAN JOSE, March 15.—The testimony ot Chinese witnesses at the inquest over Charlie Joe, the murdered high- binder, this morning, leads to the con- clusion that he was the victim of one of the rival tongs which had placed a price on his head. There Is no clew to tne murderer. Charlte Joe was buried today, but the usual Chinese funeral rites were dispensed with by his coun< trymen. tors Which Meets in San Francisco Soon Granted Privilege. SANTA ROSA, March 15.—Luther Burbank, the-local scientist and horti- culturist, has consented to recelve two delegations of teachers and educators who will attend the National Teachers’ Association this summer . in San Fran- ¢isco. Arrangements are being made for excursions to Santa Rosa on two days following the meetings of the as- sociation. The local members of the State committee of arrangements for the San Francisco gathering are plan- ning to make the teachers' visit here a memorable one. There will be a grand rally in some public place and each of the visitors will be presented with a souvenir .of the county. —_———— LEGLESS PEDDLER ACCUSED OF STEALING A SMALL BANK Proprietor of Lodging-House Causes Arrest of Recent Arrival in Santa Rosa: SANTA ROSA, March 15.—Charles Camp, a legless young peddler, was ar- rested here today on complaint of Mrs. Fanny F. Broomhall and charged with entering her room in the Vendome lodg- ing-house and taking a small savings bank containing $23. A bunch of keys found on Camp contained one which unlocked the door of the room he is ac- cused of entering. The officers have traced most of the money, which was spent for wearing apparel by Camp in the local stores. Camp came here from the State of Washington some time ago and has been making his way by sell- ing trinkets on the streets from a wheel chair, mike the any-finished frame; figured damask; —_—————— BLOCK OF LAND FOR PARK SITE IS OFFERED BY SANTA ROSANS Proposed Convention Hall Will Be . Bullt on Site If Tender Is Accepted. EANTA ROSA, March 15.—Interested persons today offered to donate a block of land for a site for the'proposed con- vention pavillon and a park. The land is finely located and there is little doubt that it will be accepted. There has beerr about $10,000 subscribed for the new pavilion and papers are being drawn up for a pavilion company, ‘which will build and control the pavil- ion. .he intention is to rush the work so as to have the big hall ready for use this summer, as there are several large State gatherings as well as dis- trict meetings to be held here dnrh; b ea uty. Each ... L =) 1k the year. The advent of a new season finds us prepared to anticipate every need for a constantly increasing army of patrons. Our immense stock and low prices “STORE ON THE SQUARE™ A STORE FOR EVERYBODY.” 5-PIECE PARLOR SUITS—Mahog- The new Spring designs in carpets are now on display. We are showing exclusive patterns in all the well-known weaves. Agents for the Regal and Great Majestic Ranges. 245-259 GEARY ST ON THE SQUARE ; upholstered in - $22.50