The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1906, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI;L' FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1906. PURTLAND " COMMITTE DI530LVED Mavyor Lane Dismisses the Men in Charge of Relief Fund. Demands Th;:t They Tum Over Coin Raised Refugees. PENNILESS OLD MAN RETURNING HERE TO0 BEGIN LIFE ANEW inly Seeks Wisconsin Relatives er Losing All in San Francisco Fire. e in cceeded rore than seven- crippled that e on crutches, told Sup- f the Associated the antage of °d to refu- 3 to his old sa vhich he had t rs. When r that all of former friends had to other places and a strange land for a time in War- ssible for him to t his age with so he decided sald pathetic 4 depend a com- ¥ ce w given to perintend- 1p his with <t x forward saying he did he thought he s journey R R OFFERED TEN THOUSAND vorT AT 50 CENTS EACH sovernor Hoch of K Rejects job Lot of Ballots at Rock-Bottom Price. KA 28—F. A f has written a letter g G Hoch to send $2000 g r Norton who con- bs at n. Rich- m x ive em- e Republicans, says that 4 er ve set $2000 as the t 0 re their votes the other. the Governor’s pri- to Richard that not buying votes r and did not have them if he want- ——— Special Round Trip Rates via Northern Pacific Ratlway. special rate to St. Paul Chicago, $56; aiso redu St Louis, Omaba snd Kan- v Portland and the m’t forget that side one Park. Write or eall for #nd fu er information. ry General Agest, 1114 Brosdway, Osk- | veler, KU HNE BEVERIDGE DESIGNS BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT. Sends Sketch. of Statue _‘@e Golden Gate” to Wi ing at NSNS s 22z A e D AN X )70 (P [P 7 277 IO )P (P NAME OF BRYAN FVOKES CHEERS Wisconsin Democrats in Line for Nebraskan Leader. MILWAUKEE, June 28.—William J Brya was strongly indorsed by the Democratic ate convention, which was held here today. There were two occasions on which Bryan as men- tioned, when the resolutions were read as a whole, and again when the planks were adopted separately. In both.in- stances his name was' cheered repeat- edly. The convention held two sessions to- day and spent several hours in delib- erating over atform which was | prepared by mmittee on resolu- tions last night ! The plank which came in for (he‘ most criticism and considerable debate was that bearing upon municipal own- | ership. National Committeeman Tim- othy E. Rvan fought hard against the plank on the deciding vote, but the opponents were apparently few. The platform will be referiesd to the candidates who receive nominaiions for the State tickets at the primary elec- tion in the fall, Before the convention adjourned a was carriéd that the - Demo- | tate chairman be empowered to appo! a committee of three to ex- amine the books of the Secretary of | State's office | The platform strongly indorses “'H-! liam J. Bryan as the Democratic can- | didate for President in 1908. Among other things the platform demands en- forcement of the statutes against all trusts, combinations and monopolies, | and favors revision of the present tar- iff, the election of United States Sen- ators by direct vote and governmental control and regulation of all public service corporations On State mat ters the report favors a law conferring upon municipalities power to regulate | public service corporations; a 2 cents | per mile passenger rate; taxation on | the ad valorem basis and amendments | to the primary election laws. | CONCLUDES ITS LABORS. | National Convention of the People's Party Adjourns Sine Die. LOUIS, June 28.—The national conventlon of the People's party con- | cluded its labors today and adjourned sine die. The work accomplished consisted principally in the adoption of a resoly. tion providing that the People’s party heartily agree In the work being per- | tormed by the conference committee for the purpose of concentrating and centralizing the reform organizations of the country into an integral part of the Pcople’s pariy; the adoption of a general address to the American people setting forth the doctrine and prinei- ples of the party the authorization of | Colonel H. L. Bentley of Texas to con- tinue the work he has individually pur- | sued for sixteen years, of organizing People’s party county clubs through- | out the United States; the election of | him as president of the People’s party | club organization and appointing a| committee to raise $4000 annually to| defray the expenses incurred in the club federation movement; the nu(horl-l zation of a movement to establish a Representing “S lliam 4 - Z - 3 721 JEees = A\\\\\\\x\ X 9 - BEAUTIFUL - STATUE, “SAN - FRANCISCO WEEPING AT THE GOLDEN GATE,” DE- SIGNED BY KUHNE BEVERIDGE. Kuhne Beveridge has ‘designed a monument to represent “San Fran cisco weeping at the Golden Gate. In sending a sKetch of the proposed work to William Greer Harrison she suggests that the figure and masonry be of white marble, the figure slightly tinted. The doors are to be golden bronze. She writes from abroad to Mr. Har- rison that this is a monument “I want so much to erect in your future party publication organ as soon as con- ditions justify, and a multitude of speeches discussing and expounding the doctrines and basic principles of the national party. e R SAME OLD QUESTION. President Tells Coloradoan He Will Not Seclt Renomimation. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28. W. A. Conant of this city, who was a delegate from New York to the first national Republican convention more than fifty years ago, recently wrote a letter to President Roosevelt, asking if he intended being a candidate for the Presidency at the expiration of his present term. Conant has just received the following reply: “WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, June 21, 1906.—My Dear Conant: The Presldent thanks you for your letter of the 17th inst, and cordlally appreciates your kind expressions concerning him- elf. He says, however, that you will have to vote for some other Republican candidate next time. “Conveying to you the President's best wishes, 1 am, sincerely yours, ’ “WILLIAM LOEB JR., “Secretary to the President.” ANSWERS SECOND TERM FOR COBB. Republicans of Maine Renominate the Present Governor. PORTLAND, Me.,, June 28.—The Re- publicans of Maine yesterday nominated Governor Willlam G. Cobb of Portland for a second term as chief executive of the State. The Lewiston and Ban- gor delegates attempted to introduce info ‘the platform a plank providing for the resubmission to the voters of the question of continuing the pro- hibitory law, which has been in force for more than fifty years. The at- tempt failed by a vote of about 3 to 1. Lo R Mine Operators Organize. TONOPAH, June 28.—At a meeting of representatives of various mines of this city held last night a mine opera- tors’ assoclation was organized. The constitution adopted declares that the purpose of the body is to promote har- mony between the operators and their employes and further the interests of the mining industry in this section. A wage scale was also adopted, but it has not yet been made public. P! SR st AT LIS General Deficlency Bill' Passed. ‘WASHINGTON, June 28.—The Sénate tonight passed the general deficiency appropriation bill, carrying $11,600,000. e SANTIAGO, Chbile, June 28.—The Chllean Go ment sanctioned the -And ne Construetion Company's issue of bonds, valued’] t $1,300,000, bearing 5 per cent inf n;g ranteed by ch!lehtvr twenty !Ou'l“ugl‘h-' $nt will be paid | r | an Francisco Weep- Greer Harrison. AR g U ATTEERES s WOUNDS SPOUSE BND KILLS SELF {Insane Farmer Commits Suicide After Attack- ing Wife. SANTA FE SPRINGS, June 28.—Ed- ward Schondoney, a farmer, 28 years old, living here, this morning made an unsuccessful attempt to kill his wife | with a revolver, and after being dis- |armed by her secured a shotgun and | shot himself in the stomach, dying in | stantly. The tragedy occurred about 9 o'clock. Schondoney has been men- tally unbalanced for some time. Schondoney started a quarrel with his wife in bed this morning, and after threatening her life told her he bed he secured possession of One bullet struck her in the body, but she was not seriously injured. The woman grappled with her husband and succpeded finally in wresting the weapon from him. Then before he could do her further injury she ran to an open window and leaped to the ground, making her way to the house of nearby neighbors. When they reached the house they found Schondoney lying on the floor with his entrails blown out. A two- year-old child of the couple was in the room, but was unharmed. Mrs. Schondoney is 26 years old and the familles of both live in this vicinity. St e e Rates to Tonopah Cut. TONOPAH, June 28.—It was an- nounced at ‘the office of the Tonopah- Goldfield Railroad today that a twenty per cent cut in the passenger rates over the line will become effective on July ». The cut is made because of similar ac- tion by the Southern Pacific. The rate will be eight cents a mile instead of ten. —_— e KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jue 28.—The girls' dormitory of Knox Industrial School, just be- youd the city limits, was destroyed by fire to- day. Fifty-elght girls. who had been asleep in the buliding, esceped withont injury. 5 would exterminate the entire family. | His anger grew, and leaping from the | small | revolver and opened fire on his wife. | WOMEN ARE GORED BYCATTLE Are 'Attack;l— by Animals| Which Escape From Train Wreck. Brakeman F—;a_tally Hurtin| Rear-End Collision | at Kennett. Maddened —];easts Dash| Into Crowd Gathered by DEaster. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. REDDING, June 28.—A north bound| | oiltank train and a heavily loaded cat-| | tle train met in a rear end collision at | Kennett at 6 o'clock this evening. Rob- |ert Holmes, a Sacramento brakeman, | was pinned beneath one of the wrecked cattle cars and sustained fatal injuries. Mrs. A. G. Frost and Mrs. H. V. Scrib- | ner were seriously gored by cattle lib- erated by the wreck and it is feared the former will die. The first tele- phonic reports sent down from Kennett indicated that two men were killed, but this was later denied. The north bound oil train with eight big oil tanks entered the Kennett yards at 6 o'clock, about fifteen minutes after the cattle train pulled in. The brake- man on the cattle train had failed to properly flag the rear end of the train | and the ofler ran into the vard full| speed and crashed into the rear end of the train. | | The oil train was in charge of Con- | ductor Gray, while Kelley was conduc- tor of the cattle train. The caboose and three cattle cars of the cattle train | were demolished and the engine of the oil train thrown from the rails. Fort) five or fifty of the cattle were liberated. Many were pinned beneath the wreck- | age and were Kkilled. Others escaped and stampeded over the hills. Mrs. A. G. Frost and Mrs. H. V. Scribner were caught and gored by a couple of the maddened animals. Mrs. Frost was se- verely -injured. The animal which at- tacked the women was afterward shot iby a boy named Lane. | "Holmens, the brakeman, was caught | beneath one of the cattle cars and it | was fully an hour before he was ex- |tricated. He is fatally hurt. The | track was torn up for about a hundred | feet and the Dunsmuir wrecker is now at the scene. The entire population of Kennett was on the spot ten minutes after the collision. How the engine| | crew of the oil train escaped is a mira- | cle. 'BRIDE'S HOUSE IS ROBBED ' ' AND HER PET DOG SLAIN Vandals Ransack Home of Red| Bluff Woman During Her 1 Absence. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | REDDING, June 25—Mrs. Mary| | Bloxham ofvRed Bluff came to Redding | Tuesday evening to get married. When | she and her husband, A. J. Baudy, re-| turnad on the midnight train Tuesday night the' bride found that her hom= Had been ‘entered and everything in it | ransacked and thrown into disorder. The officers were notifled Wednesday | morning and Marshal Slater and Con- | stable McGovern visited the place. They found that entrance to the house | { had been gained through the back door, | which had been left open. Mrs. Baudy" | little pet dog was killed. There was a | small bullet hole in its head. Several small articles were missed from the | house and many articles were bracti-e cally ruined by rough handling. | | Gl S e Radke & Co., 1813 Devisadero street, near Bush, are selling real souvenirs of the great fire for wedding gifts and presents. Dia- | monds, silver "and gold ware. . e et it o | WITH NOVEL BY HER SIDE DANCE HALL GIRL ENDS LIFE | Follows Example Set by Heroine of | Tale Written by Bertha M. - Clay. e | TONOPAH, June 28.—Pansy West, a | dance hall girl formerly of San Jose, committed guicide, this ‘mornjng by firing a_revolver bullet throfigh heart. No cause is assigned for the act as she seemed happi’ a few minutes before giving the fatal shot. At her side on the bed was found a novel by Bertha M. Clay. It was open at the last chapter, in which the heroine takes her own_life. The girl is known to| have had trouble with her lover lndy‘ it is thought that reading the morbid | book brought on melancholy. —_——————— AMERICAN SOLDIER BEST DRESSED IN THE WORLD | her NEW YORK, June 28.—The English- man who is to suggest improveraents in the uniforms of the Tnited States| army_ arrived yesterday from London on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm. He is George B. Winter and came with his| son, G. M. Winter Jr. It was reported that Winter said that the new uniforms MILLIONAIRE IS FINED- AND SCORED BY- JUDCE “Diedgily Ky Pags - $90' fon Violating Law Regulating Use of His Machines. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. OROVILLE, June 28.— Millionaire | James H. Leggett appeared in the dingy courtroofh of Recorder Wood- man at 11 o'clock this morning to an- swer to a charge of obstructing the city’s streets. The real cause of the dredging king’s arrest was to be found | in his failure to obey the law regulat- ing dredging within the city. Re- corder Woodman read tne complaint to | the millionaire defendant and tersely | asked, “Guilty or not gullty?’ “Guilty,” responded Leggett's attorney. The City | Attorney then addresed himself to the court and recommended that the maxi- | mum penalty of $300 be not lmru)!ed.\l but that the fine be made $30. After| the City Attorney had concluded his re- marks the Recorder addressed the de- fendant, saying: v “According to the recommendation of the City Attorney I shall make the fine $30, but the next time it will be more, | in accord with the offense. The law is in the statute books and must be| obeyed by all classes alike. The fine is | made $30.” | Leggett produced the money, paid| the fine and left the eourtroom without | speaking a word. WOMAN INVADES BUSINESS DISTRICT AND SCORES HIT' Beauty of Charming Female Fruit| Wagon Driver Sends Up I Price of Cheres. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. PORTLAND, Or., June 28.—There was | a surprise for Front street yesterday. Front street deals with all classes of people—native whites, imported whites, | Italians, Russianz, .'aps, Chinese and aven an occasional Indian. But for the most part the people who go there to sell their wares are of the male per- | suasion. | ‘The surprise yesterday morning was occasioned by the appearance of a comely young woman, trimly dressed, who appeared in charge of a wagon- SEATTLE'S FIRE CHIEF DEFIANT Refuses to Give Up Place on Order of City Officials. Will Not STt:p Out Un- less Forced to Do So by the Courts. SPECIAL. DISPATCH TO THE CALL. SEATTLE. June 28.—Chief Ralph Cook has openly defled the Mayor, the Civil Service Commission and every- body save the courts to dismiss him from the service of the city as a result of the recent exposures of lack of dis- cipline in the Fire Department. The Chief will not acknowledge the authority of any one at the head of the municipal government to remove him. He says: “I propose to rematn in office until the courts tell me to quit.” Mayor Moore says: “I shall reorgan- Ize the Fire Department in any way that seems to be for the best good of the service.” — e i YOUNG GIRL ELECTROCUTED WHILE TAKING A BATH Daughter of Editor Meets Peculiar Death at Home of Her Grand- mother at Eureka. EUREKA, June 28.—Elva Jeanette Smith, the 15-year-old daughter of Sam Smith, editor and manager of the Hey way Review at Heywards, was elec trocuted here this afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. F. Salter, her grand- mother, while taking a bath. The girl's right arm, forehead and cheek were badly burned. An upright electric light was in her hands, and it is thought she placed the stand on the window sill nearby, reached up to turn on the light and caused a short eircuit. BT D 2 EASTERN GIRL WINS HEART OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATOR Professor Seott of Calistoga Takes as Bride Maud Clair Fink of Clear- fleld, Penn. SANTA CRUZ, June 28 —Professor H. Benton Scott. principal of the pub- lic schools at Calistoga, was married load of cherries of the Royal Ann at Bdulder Creek to Miss Maud Clair brand. The voung woman was Miss Fink of Clearfleld, Penn Rev. B. C. Clara, L. Webb, secretary to Dr. J.|Philleo of the Presbyterian church of- Whitcomb Brongher of the White Tem- | ple. and more recently manager of the Webb farm on the base line road twelve miles east of Portland “I got a better price this morning for my wagon-load of Royal Anms than most of the men dld for their fruit”| said Miss Webb. “I shall not give up| my work at the White Tempte. Some- | body has to boss the hands, and since father died 1 have been the boss.” | DISCOVERER OF KLONDIKE VICTIM OF WHISKY HABIT Granting by Canada of Right to Drink “Firewater” Cguses His Downfall. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL SEATTLE, June 28.—Tagish Charley, | the Indian who first found gold on Klondike Creek and reported it to white men, and who, partly because of that and also by reason of the payment of $5000 and the granting by the Do- minjon Government of the privilege of drinking whisky, which is denied to all the other red wards of the country, is | drinking himself to death. At the same time the Dominion Government is grad- ually securing the rest of Tagish Char- ley's fortune in the way of fines. Bruce White of Minneapolis, who has just come down from White Horse, tells the story of Charley’s downfall. The In- dian shows his appreciation of the priv- ilege to drink as much as he desires of any fluld by getting as drunk as a white man every day. - He is regularly arrest- ed and is regularly fined and set at liberty. Charley had $100,000 a few years ago. WOMAN DENIED DAMAGES BeATS MAN SHE SUED Uses Umbrella on Head of De-/| fendant and Then Stabs Him | With Potato Knife. | SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. | PORTLAND, June 28.—Finding it im- possible to get the decision that she | wanted from the Circuit Court, Laura | Coykendall took the law in her own hends and broke her umbrella upon the head of George McCoy, who sue- cessfully defended himself in an action | for $1000 damages brought against him | in the Circuit Court by Miss Coyken- | dall. After the umbrella wore out the lady produced a small knife, used ordi- | narily for peeling potatoes, and at- tacked McCoy with it, cutting his coat | into shreds and wounding his hands. | A bundle of papers in an inside pocket are said to have saved McCoy from a | serious wound from the paring knife. | The trouble arose over an alleged| breach of lease of a dining-room In connection with a hospital run by Miss Coykendall. 1 Cidae S i Sustains the Reeall Act. SAN DIEGO, June 28.—From Supe- rior Court Judge Trask of Los Angeles | has just been received his decision in the proceedings in which Dr. Charles | L. Good and other voters of the Sev- | ficiated. at the residence of I bride was attended by Bloom and the groom by Winkle. The ceremony was performed T. Bloom. The Miss lda E. Pierre Van —_——— GOVERNOR IDE'S POSITION IS APPROVED BY ROOSEVELT Vatiean Authorities Are Sald to Have Disapproved the Letter Written by Archbishop Harty. WASHINGTON, June 28.—Inquiry at tne War Department as to the status of the issue between Governor Ide of the Philippines and Archbishop Harty over the title to the Juan de Dios prop- erty discloses that t.ie position taken by Governor Ide has received the form- al approval of President Roosevelt. It is intimated that the Vatican authori- ties have disapproved the letter writ- ten by the Archbishep. Governor lde will move in the Philippines court to recover possession of the property as soon as c¢ertain pending cases have been finished. Salesmen Wanted for men's and boys' clothing, furnishings, hats and shoes. All former em- ployes will be given the preference. Same” salaries will be paid as heretofore. Apply any day ‘at NE. comner Fillmore and Ellis streets be- tween the hours of 10 and12 a.m. and 1:30 and 5 p. m. S. N. Woop & Co. HENRY KAHN & CO. The Ocularium WILL, OPEN JULY 10°AT 1309 Van Ness Avenue Bet. Sutter and Bush Sts. Present Address 2253 Fillmore St. would cost each officer from $500 to|that the petitioners are entitled to the $1000 tor his entire outfit. He was also | special election which they demand, sald to have told a passenger that the and he directs that the writ of man- American soldier, as to the quality of date issue against the Common Council any other soldier in.the world. tion. i Just Received a Carload Come and See Them ::: South Side Market St., Opp. Van Ness Ave. CITY RETAIL AGENTS -FOR -Bridge, Mh & Co.’s ‘‘Superior,” ‘““Charm’’ and ‘‘Fiora” Ranges. Gas Stoves and Ranges, Tools, Kicheary and Hardware. Quick-Meal ... Free delivery across the bay. . o his clothing, was ‘better dressed than ordering that body to call such elec- R L 'SPEGIAL SALE BURLAPS man Jay Reynolds. Judge®Trask holds | This Week l 2 Per Yard e C . ouwrs UHL BROS., 717 Market St. HANSEN&ELRICK i (Formerly Examiner Bldg.) | Men’s Furnishers and Hatters | Are Now Doing Business at 1105-97 FI'.LNVORE STRERT. EMIL GUENTHER Architect | TEMPORARY OFFICE 11664 Post Tel West 3332 - W. T. HESS, Notary Public | { { i