The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1906, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1906. TURKS YIELD INCONDITIONALLY Beresford’s fl;t fo Remain un‘ Guard Pending Final ‘ Seftlement. | Egypt Will Be Made Strategically Secure Against Future Aggression. LONDON, May 13—In & manner characterisilc of Turkish diplomacy, the Porte has made an eleventh hour surrender to the British demand con- | cerning the Tahxh boundary. It had been believed 'n many quarters that the Sultan woull not yleid until actual force was dispiayed, but his decision probably was haitened by the knowl- edge that none of the powers support- ed his attitude and the fact that Brit- ish naval preparations had kept pace , her diplomatic demands. r Nicholas R. O'Connor, the Brit- Embassador at Constantinople, in earlier dispatches nhad prepared h Government for Turkey's ce with its demands a little need be pald to the reports surrender, that phase ended to satisfy the ish his 1 people. he Foreign Office the Assoclated last night that it was Great Britaln ing In the nature ternational commis- into the frontier ques- he Foreign Office declined to that Bmbassador O'Connor any “conditional sur- the British flest erum Bay pend- ent of the guestion jon of the frontier. ord Charles Beresford, Athens, King George nd the the Greek Premier and 4 French Ministers imitation of the boun- s expected that the will take meas- t strategically ar aggression placing Egyp- nts on the desert Gaza along army might threat- It 1s not unlikely demand and FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS clares the Head of Chicago sity’s Department of Geology. e habitable for 100,000,000 years he belief of Dr. Thomas in view he expressed in the members of the in the Municipal efore ociety rlin declared that mena and temperaturé I t 100,000,000 years offering the fore- tic prophecy. His basis he theory of perpetuity for human fe was his own “planetesimal hy- thes at the world is not gradu- v cooling from a ball of fire, but absor ng other smaller masses of matter The pseudoromanticists picture the world as cooling into a frigid mass which one day in the near future is to become uninhabitable,” said the speaker, “but if we are to comsider the past we must admit that the tem- perature of the earth has remained alweys within the range where hu- man life is poseible. Therefore it is only reasonable to suppose that the temperature in some parts of the globe will remain within that life TaLge “The earthquake is really onmly a trivial phenomenon of the earth. The great qQuestion for us is not what disasters impend, but what agencies are lkely to perpetuate life.” Professor Chamberlin told how the land and sea co-operated to preserve life and the poesibility of life. “We cannot look with indifference on the future,” concluded the spealker. “The human race really has just come into possession of the earth. The that the rocks and the animails ha had their eras of prosperity is basis for my belief that we shall millions of years to work omt ideals of intellectuality. I the world will be inhabitable for Jions of years.” ik ;!gsig TO COME HOME THOUGH BLIZZARD IS RAGING. Sants Rosan Declines Cordial Invitation Preferring Temblors and Callfornia to Michigan. SANTA ROSA, 18.—President J. §. Sweet of the Banta Business College énd a former Mayor of this city received & letter from his mother dated Ripon. 8, in which she appeals to Mich., her son to leave this earth ! country and_return to near her Michigan In_her letter she tells that & blizsard is raging there and it is #0 severe that the carpenter to make some to the house could not attend to the work. Professor Sweet declares he prefers g- conditions. in Santa Resa to those Ri] and will write his mother inviting m to pome and spend her declining years in the land of fruit, sunshine and flowers. — Spain Preparing to Celebrate. MADRID. Mzy 13.—Spaln is. prepar for rejoicings on a magnificent -aue"o: 1 of King of Battenberg. Moret. anpnouriced today that some of the features of the early pro- gramme had been changed but the es+ sential features remain. - The marriage will take place May 3} in the chyrch of San Geronimo. The city will over to festivals for a forinight Dbefore and after the wedding. The fetes will include & royal bull fight, balls and re- ceptions. o i Our idea Of a true friefid 1s one who sees us only from our own view- point. ‘That the earth! of the deparl-’ the University of.peen found incompetent or unworthy.” | ;. oiia) gradually has grown in size| ve glven |’ PERCENWADE JARREL MRED Charges and Counter Charges, Resulting From Con- | sul's Dismissal. = | State Department Official Ex- plains Acceptance of MAD RA 2 Present, WASHINGTON, 118, Peirce-McWade. controversy, involving charges and counter-gharges regarding Robert McWade’s adminisiration as Consul General at Canton, China, was the subject of a two hours’hearing ye terday before the House committee on foreign affairs. Peirce was heard be- hind closed doors and no record was taken of his testimony.--- . . The acceptance of-a-$500 tiger skin rug by Peirce as a-present from -Mc- Wade was explained by the former, who said that the rug was practically forced upon him. by. bel packed in his effects by McWade and . shipped. to the United States: without .his knowl- edge. b7 Peirce said that after se had twice declined to accept. the tiger skin Mec- Wade asked him to accept = seét teakwood mrnnure‘ which 'he declined, saying: X “You should; upderstend, Mr. Mec- Wade, that 1 eannot accept anything from you.” ; “When -1 discovered,” said Peirce, “that he had unwarrantedly had the tiger skin in questian. packed in with my effects, I did not know. where to send it. Doubtless .prudence -should have suggested: my. packing the skin in a box marked@ with hix name on the outside and storing it at the State De- | partment for him, But I was greatly occupied with tWe preparation of my formal report and with picking up the threads of departmental duties, and the matter passed out of my mind. My report shows for itself, however, whether or not it was influenced by this attempt to embarrass the perform- ance of my duties.” Taking up McWade's charge that he had dictated a telegram for McWade to send to Senator Penrose, Peirce said: “He accuses me of double dealing, stating.that I told him he was entirely exonerated, and that I dictated.a tele- gram to Senaor Penrose to that effect. This is unqualifiedly and absolutely faise in every particular.” Peirce then submitted some tele- graphic_correspondence which he had| had with the State Department imme- diately subsequent to his inspection of the consulate. He had said: ns are indescribable,” and asked for authority to suspend Mc- Wade and discharge his clerk, Silva. Secretary Hay refused to grant such authority -and cautioned Peirce to maintain the utmost reserve in his work and that no publication referring to it should be made. Replying to this, Peirce sald: “It is ¢lear that Consul General Canton is gullty of corruption.” Peirce produced a copy of a letter from Senator Penrose to the President, written, Sepiember, 8, 1804, in which Benator; Penrose sald: “Of course, remove McWade if he has at ! McWade gave the committee during | bis hearing a letter which said that not j one upright, reputabie citizen could be found who did not speak in the highest terms of him, _Answering this, Peirc | sybmitted letters. derogatory to M Wade from Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau ,of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture; Admiral R. D. Evans, | Becretary Taft, Lieutenant Commander W. 8. Sims and Lieutenant R. E. Pope of the United States navy. ettt i EPl)LAJANES RAID TOWN { ON ISLAND OF SAMAR | Kill One and Wound Seven Residents and Take More Than a Score Prisoners. MANILA, May 13— The following dispatch has been received from Act- ing Governor Cinco of the Island of | Samar: “A band of twenty-four Pulajanes, having five rifles and other weapons, entered. Inabangan by the Barrio Wright (Wright Ward), named in | honor of former Governor General | Wright, today, killing one and wound- ing seven resldents, burning and loot- ing thirty-six houses and taking over twenty residents prisoners. Troops, constabulary, policemen - and velun- teers are pursuing the band.” George Curry, the Governor of Samar, who is here on his way to Bagulo, provinee of Bemquet, the sum- mer capital, to consult with Governor General.Ide, says that all the presi- dentes of Samar will shortly call on the Governor General and indorse the poliey of extermination of the rebel- ljons matives which is supported by the. peaceable inhabitants of Bamar. Governor Curty has received a cable mespage from = President Roosevelt copgratulating ‘him on" his escape at the. fight with Pulajanes at Magtaon MAY HANG A”“L IS ARGUED Trial m ‘Refuses to Withdraw the Warrant Held by San Quentin’s Warden. LOS ANGELES, May '13.—Failing to induce Judge Smith of the Superior Court to withdraw the death warrant against Morris Buck, the murderer of Mrs. . A. Canfleld, his attorney, A. D. Warner, will ask the Supreme Court for this aid.. The trial Judge fixed the of execution for June 1. ‘Warner bas /Milled his papers in the appeal case, but ‘thé Warden of San Quentin penitentiary may hang Buck while the attorney is arguing the case in ithe higher coutt. The Warden nec- ‘essarily ‘must follow the instructions of the death” warrant while it is in his hangs. For thai reason Warner seeks 'to have the warrdnt removed from its ‘@angerous position, and If he cannot obtairi an order from Justice Shaw of the State Supreme Court, now in Los Angeles, he will go to Sacramento and plead his.emergency case with = the bench there, and eventually he may be compélled to seek redress from Governor Pardee. “It is ‘only a matter of form,” said Warner today. “They cannot hang Buck on_June .1 any more than they ‘can hang me.” _A man with one idea is called a crank, but that is better than having none. MORRIS BUCK . BEFORE ¢ man is a wonder at mixing up fierce HOSPITAL FOLK WE The chronicle of the mad flight of {“Wild Bob,” the Central Emergency ' Hospital ambulance horse, is herewith ! given: “I was standing peacefully in my stall. We had just returned from a run to Fourth and Minna streets to tring in a lacerated scalp and the ac- companying ‘Jag.’ Baker, the driver, quickly unhitched me and crawled into his bunk to resume the sleep that the jrun had broken. I was tired, for I had |not been feeling well. Charlie Bucher had been dosing me with some of his | strange decoctions. I tell you that Ger- | 4 1 | érinks. As I was saying, I had Jjust returned to my stall. Bucher's dope | was stil] sticking half way between | the pylorus and transverse colon and contributed but little to my personal comfort. Vi | “I dozed. The barn began to rock. I ' blinked my eyes and I was just figur- {ing on & rapid run for some carbolic case from Mason street when I heard {a terrific crash. The walls of the barn | creaked, nails snapped and everything | was confusion. 1 was frightened to {death. I tried to arise to my feet and |was thrown heavily against the guard repe. With a bound I cleared the ob- struction and made for the door. Adam Daker, the driver, was tugging at the door and seemed unable to open it. I couldn’t wait. I felt the building would crumble in at any moment. “Baker succeeded in getting the ismall door open. 1 did not want to | seem in a hurry, but I nearly trampled him under my hoofs as I tore out into the street. My mate inside whinnied and stamped in her fright. I would I have liked to have her with me, but time to me was precious. “I shall never forget the sight that greeted my eyes. The City Hall dome | was down, burying the Central Emer- ! gency Hospital beneath tons of debris. | Way down under those ruins I could hear the agonizing screams and cries | of the poor patients in the wards. Less agonizing, but more terrifying, were the shouts of the ‘D. T.s’ and crazy ones in the detention hospital. “Had 1 been a man I would have | gone to their rescue, but the work was being nobly done by Ed Parquette, the iIntrepid policeman, who dug and dug until he had saved eighteen souls |from the mortar filled ruins of the | i { | “Hardly knowing why I fled or where | to, I ran as fast as I could. I started ! |to go up Larkin street, but the street ! was blocked by the huge pillars from ithe Hall, so I turned down City Hall avenue. Everywhere people were tumbling out of their houses in night |at{ire. Women fainted, and as each svceceeding shake swayed the frail | domiciles ¢2newed cries of terror went up. On all sides of me I saw huge | buildings reduced to heaps of brick ard sione and twisted iron. I had to pick my way over fallen walls and masses of broken steel. “I turned over to Seventh street and raced as fast as I could southward. The fire was burning fiercely. The poor Ipmple wera hurrying pellmell away {from the conflagration, carrying ba- bies, birds and what few household |treasures they could. Women and Imen wept as they saw the flames con- |sume their homes. I turned a corner /at Ninth and Bryant and a gas main |burst in front of me. S8ix persons were {hurled into the air. Torn and bleeding they dropped to earth, and I hurried on, sick at heart. “Blindly I fought my way, hardly knowing where I was going. Two men ‘(rlefl to catch me, but I beat them to i* In the east side the flames and smcke rose high. Everything was | madness. People raced up and down, looking for lost onmes. I felt that I should go back to the stable and take my place in the ambulance harness, but I could not ind my way back. I knew they needed me to carry the dead and dying to the Mechanic’s Pa- |vilion, but I was lost—I completely. “1 found myself near Second street. A crowd of men were digging madly at a wrecked building to rescue two men who were burfed there. I coulda hear the poor devils cry out for afd. |The flames cremated them before the | rescuing party could reach them. { “All that dey I wandered. My fear {left me somewhat and I just kept {moving enough to dodge the fire. I felt mysell grow weaker and weaker. The |night came on and I ate a littie grass |from 2 lawn in front of a California- sireet mansion. 1. got no rest. The sky |was burning red with the reflection of |the conflagration. All night long crowds of foot-sore people trudged painfully away from the oncoming {fire, dragging trunks and personal be- longings. I saw a crippled woman |break bread with a hungry man. Everywhere manhood and womanhood | were exhibited. i i | { | ywas a grand sight. I began to lose my |fear and viewed the scenes of disaster and desolation with a miged feeling of awe and admiration. I walked around the ‘grounds of the Flood mansion, eating the fresh grass and drink- ing water from the marble bowls in | the garden. R “Daylight dawned, The fire was creeping up the hill from the south and east. Tt was upon the grounds where T stood in a few minutes. T ran to the farthest corner. The heat of the, burning house was intense. I tried to get out, but some one had closed the yard gates. The iron fence high to be jumped. I saw “The Fairmont Hotel burned. It|Reidy STORY OF“WILD BOB'>” CE WITH FIRE Famous Ambulance Horse Perishes in Flames That Burned City. EP OVER GARGASS. ccaseless tramping to escape the fire. My hair began to scorch. In my agony I ran to the front of the yard. The fire had preceded me down California street. A gate was ajar. With a bound I cleared the place. Dashing down Cal- ifornia street. I rushed headlong, blindly, into Leavenworth. When turned into Pine the street was a mass | of roaring flames. I turned to go back, but the street I had just passed was a furnace. I was penned in. “Imagine the feeling. Death con- fronted me on all sides. T had but one alternative—to.run the gauntlet. The flames seemed all to dart out at me as I ran down Pine street. 1 stag- gered. The air 1 breathed was hot flames and smoke. I felt my flesh cringe and crawl under the terrible heat. My hair was all burned off. I stumbled to the cobbles. “Turning my eyes for the last time I dimly made out the name ‘El Mon- terey’ on the front of a burning building across the street from where I fell. Then all was blank.” Workmen scraping in the ruins on Pine street, near Hyde, ran across the charred and blackened carcass of “Bob.” Though only a dumb animal, he had suffered most frightful tor- tures, and his sad end brought tears te the eyes of the hospital at_taches. CHANDLER DESCRIBES. Continued From Page 1, Column 1. to carry the limitation and defeat all obnoxious provisions. B “After the President had made his statement I replied that I had reason to believe that a number of Democrats in the Senate would sustain a limita- tion of the rourt's powers, but it was sure that Mr. Tillman would insist upon coupling with the limitation some restrietion upon the power of the courts to issue injunctions against the orders of the commission. Before 1 had finished my statement on this point the President interrupted me, saying that I need not explain further, be- cause he was warmly in favor of some such restriction, “That evening I saw Mr. Tillman and told him what had occurred.” ALL WASHINGTON AGOG. Senator/ Tillman's statement in the Senate yesterday was the principal topic of discussion in official circles to- day. [The Senator had a.number ‘of callers at his apartments, with whem he talked freely about the -matter. Among them were Senator Bailey and ex-Senator Chandler. Chandler has been urged by some of his friends to make public a statement over his own signature regarding the denial by Senator Lodge of the ac- curacy of the President’s remarks in reference to Senators Spooner, Knox and Foraker. He declined, however, to be further brought into the contro- versy at this time, saying he would let the matter for the present rest on the statement made public by Tillman. It was with Chandler’s comsent that the portion of his written statement to Senator Tillman of his conferences with the President was made public. Attorney General Moody, whos® par- ticipation in the rate bill conferences was referred to by Tillman, was in New York today. He is expected back in ‘Washington tomorrow. g et Coast Baseball LOS ANGELES, May took both games of a double-header from Fresno today, winning easily in Dboth. The feature of the first game was the great running left-handed catch of Ross, Wwhen he pulled down McLaughlin's long fly and doubled Woiters at third. Fresno had the bases filled at the time with but one out. In the second game, after Ellis had reached first, Brashear put the ball over the fence for a home run. These two plays decided the two games. Steltz started to pitch the first game for the visitors, but was wild and ineffec- tive, and retired in the second inning in favor of Lemke, who was an improve- ment. Both teams were closely flelded and the play was snappy. The two teims will play on the local grounds the coming week, beginning Tuesday. scm;s-.fl First game— L H. R Los Angeles . 4 7 2 Fresno ... 8 Batteries—Gray and Olger; Steltz, Lamke and Hogan. Umpire—McDonald. Second game— RS Los Angeles 5 9 0 Fresno ... . 8 Batteries—Tozer and FEager; Schmidt and Dashwood. Umpire—Mohler. STOCKTON, May 18.—Today's game was the best by far seen on the home grounds this season. Stockton won, to 0, but the result was in doubt until the last man was out in the ninth in- ning. Oakland had the bases full twice, once with mpone out, but fast fielding prevented a run. 5 R H E Stockton 3 6 2 3 Is T Robinson. Umpire—Kennedy. SEATTLE, Wash,, May 13.—Oakland won two games from BSeattle today, the first went twelve innings, the final score being 4 to 2. This was a brilllant exhibition of pitci¥ng on the part of Jones and Graham, and fine -around flelding until the twelfth, when Rocken- fleld dropped a pop fly and started the ball rolling. second game was a comedy of errors, so far as Seattle was concerned. with Rockenfleld as the lead- ing comedian, and was called at end of o bed, as quickly as he realizeed his pre- TRAGEDY ENDS SOCAL DANCE Railroad Employe Fires Fatal ~Shot at an Old Friend. Remark Alnfit_the Victim’s | Wite Leads to Shooting at Delano. BAKERSFIELD, May early hour yesterday Bernum Wil- ltams, a well-known section foreman for the Southern Pacific, shot and in- stantly killed James Vandever, a | pumper employed by the same com- i pany, on the porch of Marten’s Hall {iu Delano while a social dance was in progress. | Sheriff Kelly 13.—At an returned from | Scene of the tragedy last evening with { Williams his prisoner. At the Cor- oner’s inquest held in the after- noon the jury brought in a verdict “that the deceased, James Vandever, came to his death by a wound from a pistol in the hands of Bernum Wil- | liams." | It develops that Willlams and the ‘yl!(‘fld man had been good friends for i@ long time, but lately there had arisen an estrangement. It i3 said that Wii- liams a few days since insulted Van- dever's young wife, and it is thougnt that this led o the shooting. In any | event,§Willlams prepared himselt for trouble. ‘He went early In the even- ing:.to a saloon and borrowed the re- volyer with which the crime was com- mittéd. He told the saloon-keeper that he was going to act as night watchman and wanted the weapon for the and was apparently not expecting trouble when he went out on the porch. ‘Willlams was talking with a tflend| 1 a short distance from the hall, when Vandever appeared on the porch. Excusing = himself, Williams stepped up and shot Vandever dead. Wil- liams then went to his home, where his five children reside. He was arrested and admitted the crime, saying: "I am'not sorry for it.” ‘When seen tonight Williams refused to talk. —_—————— RED BLUFF POLITICIANS PREPARE FOR ELECTION Democrats Ratify Nominations Made at Primaries and Republicans Select Their Ticket. RED BLUFF, May 13.—The Demo- cratic County Central Committee met yesterday to formulate plans for the fall election, and ratify the nomina- tlons made at the primaries on the 5th inst. W. P. Johnson, a well known lawyer, was elected chairman and H. A. Walker of Orland was chosen sec- retary. After the usual preliminary business the following successful can- didates were indorsed: Sheriff, J. W. Boy: e o Douglas; Treasurer, E. L. Sisson; Dis- trict Attorn N. A. Gernon; Assessor, Louls Winter; Coroner, B. V. Crumrine: Justice, Red Bluff Township, I G. Ma- nor; Constable, Red Bluff township, H. 1 E. McGovern. | The Republican primaries were held |in this county yesterday, and, though all the precinets have not yet been heard from indications point to the fol- lowing reesult: Sheriff, A. J. Bogard; Clerk, H. G. Kuhn; Treasurer, Frank Hollowan; District Attorney, W. A. Fish; As- sessor, no candidate; Coroner, J. et€rson; Justice, A. H. Ludema: Constable, no candidate. . A Dbitter fight was waged between! W. A. Fish and W. J. Cheatam for | the nomination of District Attorney, in which the saloon and anti-saloon elements took a prominent part, re- sulting in a victory for Fish, who was back by the local saloons. His ma- Jority will be largée. Fish has been County Clerk for the past twelve years and was recently admitted to the prac- tice ol law. The bitter factional fight for this of- fice will probably strengthen the Democratic nominee for the office of District Attorney. —_——— STRANGLED TO DEATH BY A CLOSING FOLDING BED Hiram M. Daniels Meets Peculiar Fate on the Morning of the Great Shock. 3 Hiram McDaniel, a farmer from the ' State of Vermont, met death on the morning: of the earthquake by being | strangled In a folding bed. The force | of the earthquake released a spring of the folding bed in which McDaniels lay, causing it to close. The occupant of the dicament, started to elimb out, but be- | fore he could do so his head was caught . and he strangled to death. His rem: were burfed at Cloverdale and the case was reforted to the local Coroner yester- | dtuy. : cDaniels lived at 519 McAllister | street. Other fatalities on the day of the shock weere: Mrs. Elizabeth Richards, who was crushed to death at 386 Fourteenth street; James B. Mclntyre, who suc- cumbed to shock at the Waldeck Sani- tarium before it burned; and Lewis Egan, a special policeman, who died of heart failure at the Red Cross Hospital. { i i e Py ol Shoneiil ik g BOY SENT ON ERRAND i FAILS TO RETURN HOME Lobos Square Refugees Vainly Wait | “ for Lad They Dispatched to 2 - Grocéry. < Thee parents of little Gussie Ford, a | lad just past three years, are anxiously | 'searching for their boy, who has been the seventh inning on account dark- | missing since Friday morning. He failed ' neess. Scorees: i to return home after being sent on an ! First game— R. H. E.|errand to a nemg{l grocery store. | Seattle . % 2 9 3| Edward Ford, the father, lived at | Oakland . 4 0, 1705‘5'.10“- t hetgn‘v ‘the. but | Batteriees—Jones @nd Blankenship: ‘n now local ‘a_temt with family | m_ and Bliss, 7 at the camp ‘hanan Second game— R. H. E.|and Chestnut sent Seattle .. Bats 3 9 10/toan 3 to purchase a Oakland W 8 8 1/bar of 2 ‘or ‘did mot have | Batteries—Vickers, Belt and Hansen; | the brand of go fhe child was sent for | and T. Hackett. Umpire—Knell, {and Gussie, def ined to what he | D, Or., May 13.—In a neck- and neck contest which aroused the spectators to the higheest pitch of in- terest, Ban Francisco batted out a run in the ninth and took the game. Both gltaheu were free in distributing hits. R. H E. n Francisco ....... 5 9k rtland. ........., . & T ries — Hitt and _Wilson; Easeck and n. Umpire—Perrine. Love’s Heipless Wanderer. OAKLAND, May 13.—The police have been notified that Mrs. H. E. W. Cum- ‘mings, and slightly unbalanced mentally, has been taken into the h of Mrs. Hanna, 156 Athol avenue. : wanted, 5y " other gtores. | The police wa . and they haxe joined in the or the missing lad. | The boy has ‘hair, wore blue over- | alls with red- tri around the bib. | Nihn. ‘Dos: wiverasiy will be Eladly Teceiven by the boys pers ents at on. A, Becond street, Lobos square, Buchanan and Chestnut streets. LONDON,. May 13—Baron Currie (Philip Hepry Wodehouse), formerly British Embassador at Constantinople and later Embassador at Rome, died at his residence, Hawley, Blackwater, Information of that purpose. Vandever had no weapon | ns ; deliberated | the bay off Jones street Saturday. mothing in the Le I ‘mitted suicide on Ffldl¥ ev) land it is believed that |lamity unbalanced GROUND 15 CLEARED FOR A TURN VEREIN EATHERING PLAG San Ffancisco Men Lose N; Time Preparing Their Site for Building. E Committee Is Instructed to Proceed at Once With the Work on Turk Street. Plans Drawn Up by Architects John and Zimmerman Are Approved by the Members. The members of the San Francisco Turn Verein have lost no time in com- building. hiteet mencing wort on their new They accepted *»» plans of 4 John and Zimmerzan fcr a te building last weeh and then the ground on their old site at 353 Turk street. At a meeting held yesterday the com- mittee in charge, con: g of Johm Simmen, William Plagemann = and Hans Veroni, was given power to ¢com- mence building as soon as they see fit. They expressed the determination yes- terday to commence work this week. After the meeting of the San Fran- cisco Verein there was a mass meeting of the Turners of the city. It was an- nounced that the Eintracht Turn Sec- tion would rebuild at Twelfth and Fol- som streets; the Mission Turn Veram at | Bighteenth and Lapidge streets, and the San Francico Turn Verein on Turk street. The turners have been offered the loan of apparatus by various ve-| reins throughout the State. The city vereins will meet at the Oakland Turn Verein Hall, S~venth*and ‘Webster streets, on the 27th inst. There will be exercises annd then a business meeting. It has been decided by the Turners that all relief funds intended for them shall be divided pro rata between the San Francisco Mission and Eintracht Vereins. The relief committee of the Turners- is made up of the following represeniatives: District Council—John Simmen, Wil- liam Plagemann and Hans Goetz. San Frapcisco Turn Verein—Hans Veroni, Louis Markus, Eintracht Turn Section—Gus Hotop. Mission Turn Verein—Lohis Lepper. G o et o SECRETARY C. B. HOLBROOK PASSES AWAY IN FRUITVALE Official of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Succumbs to Bronchitis. . OAKLAND, May 13.—C. B. Haqlbrook, secretary of the San Francisco Bociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals, ed away Friday at the resi dence of his son-in-law, . B. Ply mire, 2212 Peralta avenue, Fruitvale. He had for years been a sufferer from chronle bronchitis. He was unnerved by the earthquake of April 18 and from that date hfs decline was rapid, Charles_Benson Holbrook was a son of the late Dr. Charles V. Holbrook of Mo- keltimne Hill. He came to California in 1852 from his native State. Indlana. located in San Francisco thirty years ago. For several vears he was engaged in the drug business. Then he became a member of the San Francico Police De- partment _and twenty years ago was elected secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He, filled this position for ten years and was then chosen secretary of the So- clety for the Prevention of Crueity to Animals, which he ocupied at the time of his demise. Holbrook was 58 years of age and a veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic. For the last twp vears he made his home at 1813 Bray avenue, Fruitvale. esteemed bv all for his innate kindness to man and beast are a wife, Minnie E. Holbrook, and a daughter, Mrs. Maybelle Plymire. SN T S R SYNOPSIS OF CONCLUDING LECTURE BY W. J. McCOY “The Orchestra, Its Origin and Foun- dation in Classic and Modern Modes,” One Theme. The following is a synopsis of the lecture by W. J. McCoy on the music of the sixth symphony concert which he | will give at California Hall on the cam- pus _this evening ““The Orchestra: Its origin and forma- tion in classic and modérn modes.” “‘Beethoven: The influence of his works on the modern fabric of music— Analysis of the ornative ruins of Athens and the fifth symphony.” “Grieg: His contributions to the mod- ern repertoire of music analysis of the Pere Gynt sulte.” “Descriptive or programme music and its value to absolute music.” “Analysis _of the Waldweben Wagner's ‘Slegfried.” " “Tschalkowsky as a composer in the suite from his distinctiveness as a mu- sician composer—Analysis of the Nut- cracker suite.” > CIVIL SERVICE BOARD FINDS ITS VAULT INTACT from Eligibles Are Requested to Send Their ' New Addresses to Office at Hamilton School. The . Civil Service Commissioners opened thejr vault in the City Hall on Saturday dfternoon, and the records were found to be in ood condition. All civil service zlfgtbles who have changed their address are requested to send their new address to the office of the Civil Service Commission at the Hamlilton Grammar School, Geary street, between Scott and Plerce. \ Coroner’s Jury Sits. The first Coroner’'s jury summoned since the day preceding the earthquake on the case of an unknown man whose body was found nmzrngnxln o body had been in the water for about two weeks, was coatless and there was ‘kets that would give a clew as to identity. The jury con- sisted of Thomas Murphy, street; James Rogers. 10 Hill; H. Barron, 528 Grove; Max Vogel, 4 Clayton; E. J. Lawler, 3266 Harriso D. J. Kelly, 537 Grove; F. J. Leary, 2220 Post; Chas. , 1340 McAllister; Con. J. Nagle, 235 ‘Waller, and Ted Wolfe, 1919 Post. 1632 Pierce Sergeant’s Wife Commits Suicide. Mrs. Alfred P. Silverthorne, wife of Ser- | geant Silverthorne of the medical corps stationed at-the General Hospital, com- ning in her dio te by chnine. e ser- for the ni home just outside the taking a_ dose of sf geant, who was reti ght, was astounded when his wife informed him of her rash act. She was immmedi- ately removed to the General Hospital' where she a few minutes later. Mrs. Silverthorne had been ailing for some time and only recently the sergeant was transferred from the ippines because of her poor health. The couple arrived here a few days before the earthquake the terrible ca- . “Silverthorne’s mind. —_—— Firemen's Relics Saved. President Bunner of the Veteran Vol- unteer Firemen's Association, who a few day since was tinder ‘the im, fon that all the relics in the association hali at Fou and Jessie streets. except the picture of the charter members and the minutes of Knickerbocker No. 5, had been Surviving the man who was | SEWING CLASSES "WILL START WORK Machines Are Already Here and | ~ Three Carloads of Material ‘ Coming. Destitute Women Can Assist In | (Good Work and Will Be foare. A meeting was held vesterday after- roon of ladies interested in the work of the sewing classes of the Red Cross. One hundred and eleven ma- chines are stored in the Hearst School {and as soon as the three cars of sew- | ing material arrive from the East work | will start there. The ladies expect %3 begin sewing for the needy in a few days. Mrs. Lucille ‘Leaves, who is assist- ing Mrs. Dr. Devine in this work, pro- poses to have a system whereby des- titute women can help in the work land receive provisions in return. Ladies from the various settlements, clubs, guilds and sewing classes who lare interested in this work are re- | quested to bring destitute women to the school and let them sew for them- sclves. After they have satisfled their wants they can do work for other | people, and a system of crediting will be established for the work turmed out. Many expert -cutters, fitters and dressmakers are among the workers and highelass work will be done. Miss Jean Parker has organized a Parker Relief Society and she is doing |excellent work at North Beache | where, she reports, the women and | children are badly in need of clothing. | She will attend to the wants of the women and children of this section. The women of the San Francisco Settlement, who have been located at | China Basin since the calamity, will | return and engage in this work. Simfilar sewing classes are to be es- tablished at the park and at the Pre- | sidie. ENGINEER NORTON COMPLETES | INVENTORY OF THE DAMAGE | | Says It Will Take | Wharves to 000 to Restore heir Former Condition. | _Chief Engineer Lott | State Norton of the | inventory of the damage wrought by the | earthquake and will submit his bill of particulars at the next meeting of the commissioners. He estimates that it will | take $650.000 to put the water fromt in | the condition it was before the fire. In spite of the size of the bill the water front. for all practical purposes, Is in- | tact and the repairs can be made with- jout interfering with the business of the | port. | __Harbor Commissioner Henry J. Crockar, who has beem on duty ever since the earthquake; said yesterday that the board would lese‘no time in getting the water front in first-class working order. as the members recognized the importance of having every facility for handling the regular trade and being In a position to take care of the cargoes of lumber and other buflding material that soon would be arriving here. Superintendent of State Fire Tugs Charles Putnam is devoting his whole at- tention to protecting the wharves from fire, the danger of which has been en {hanced many fold by the erection of | many frame office buildings on the bulk- | heads. The City Fire Department has suggest- {ed the advisability of discontinuing the | practice of alllowing certain firms to use the bulkheads as lumber yards, as in the |event of a fire under present conditions | it would be impessible. in_places, te reach the flames and San Francisco in | her present condition needs every inch of her water front. R — MEMBERS OF MANCHURIA' CREW DECLINE ASSISTANCE | Passengers Offer Financial Ald to Those | Who Lost Their Property When the City Was Burned. | When the passenzers on the Manchuria learned that at least members of the crew had lost homes and worldly goods in the fire which destroyed ; San Francisco they |'started a rellef fund. and shortly before { the steamship reached this port an- nounced that they had $#430 for distri- bution among the sufferers. The men, { however. deelined the assistance. | _ They had their health, they sald, some clothes and their accrued pay, and probe ably were better off than many (ashore. They thanked the passengers for the kindly feeling that had prompted | the gift, but begged to be excused gw- | aceepting it. |~ The passengers have turned over the { money to R. P. Schwerin, vice president of the Pacific Mail Company, for him te disburse according to his own judgment. liner eight their ADVERTISEMENTS. | Nervous Worn-Out | If you are in this condition, your nerve force is weak—the power is giving out, the or- gans. of your body have “slowed up,” and do their work imperfectly. This failure to do the work required, clogs the system and brings distress and disease. When the nerves are weak the heart is unable I to force the life-giving blood through your veins; the stom- | destroyed, was made happy yesterday by “Several years ago I was the information that John 5 Carroll, af: gown 1'-.”_1'.'.‘:.. member, had saved: the picture of every sleep, and was in constant chief er from ¥Fred D. Kobler down | 1 for months, and finally the to David Scannell and the portraits of all ! doctor said he could do the presidents. He removed them before| guc " e ~ the fire reached Fourth street. ¥ Nervine, a ‘used p CONST._NTINOPTE, May 13 The| Doties. and 1 S 10 Porte today replied to Germany’s pro- Harbor Board has completed his °