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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
Legal Measures Against the
Fee Bill to Be Begun
Soon.
CONSTABLE CRONIN'S WORK.
Arguments Are Begun in the Board
of Public Works Con
test.
Proceedings to test the constitutionality
of the recently enacted fee bill will be be
gun by Attorneys Van R. Paterson and
Arthur Rodgers within the coming week.
Constable J. F. Cronin, who has under
taken to raise the sinews of war to fight
the bill, has $4000 of the necessary funds
already in sight, with bright prospects of
the rest being pledged within a few days.
To-morrow he goes to San Jose to consult
with constables and others in that section
who are interested in the bill. He recently
talked with Sheriff Whelan of San Fran
cisco, and, though that official has not de
cided what course he will pursue in refer
ence to the matter, Mr. Cronin hopes to
prevail upon him to join issues and fight
the measure to a conclusion.
Though the plan of campaign has not
been fully decided upon, it will probably
be opened in Alameda County, in which
case Constable Cronin will makeup his bill
of fees as provided for under the previously
existing fee laws, and present it to County
Clerk Jordan, who will hand the demand
to the Board of Supervisors at their next
meeting. The board, under the' law, will
refuse to allow the bill.
The constables will then begin manda
mus proceedings in the Supreme Court to
compel the Supervisors to audit the de
mand, and the whole matter of the legality
of the bill will be brought up.
The main portion of the money to fight
the bill has been raised in Alameda County
and in other centers of population where
the earnings of the constables are most
largely affected. In the more thinly popu
lated districts, where the remuneration of
the office is always small, the affected
officials have demurred acainst .putting up
their pro rata, but in Oakland and other
points, where their earnings are cut $100
to $200 per month, the funds have been
readily collected.
Board of Works Contest.
Superior Judges Greene, Ogden, Ells
worth and Frick. sitting in bank, listened
to arguments in the contest of Robert
Hughes and W. N. Miller for seats in the
Board of Public Works yesterday. The
contestants were ousted by Messrs. J. L.
Davie, Arthur K. Wilson and J. K. Pier
sol after the recent election, when the de
fendants were elected to seats in the board
by a popular vote.
Messrs. Hughes and Wilson contested on
the ground that the election was illegal in
that it prevented them from serving the
full term of four years for which they were
arpointed, and it was agreed by the par
ties to the suit that the case should be
argued on purely legal grounds, the facts
I I "ng admitted by both sides.
The defendants entered a demurrer on
statutory grounds a few days ago, and it
was on this that the arguments were based.
George de Golia appeared for the con
testants, Ben Morgan for Mayor Davie, J.
K. Piersol for himself and Joseph A. John
son, George W. Reed and Emil Nusbaumer
for the defendants collectively. Attorney
Piersol opened the battle by quoting
section 1041 of the Political Code relating
to special elections.
"If a general election may be had on a
day other than in November, as mentioned
in section 1041," he said, "why may not
the election held January 26", 1895, be
treated as a special election by parity ot
reasoning. To hold that no elections are
special except those mentioned in section
lu4l, Political Code, would result in declar
ing that a charter cannot be amended ex
cept at general elections, if at all. A
special election to adopt or reject proposed
amendments may be held on the same day
as a special election to fill a vacancy in
office, but it is not the same election.
There are two special elections held on the
same day for different purposes."
He quoted the decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Tilson vs. Ford, which,
he said, bore out his contention that the
incumbents in the board were legally
elected. He was followed by Ben Morgan,
who made an eloquent plea for the legality
of the election. Attorney de Golia then
submitted the following points, with his
authorities, after which the court ad
journed until Monday:
First— Did the legislative authority of the city
k of Oakland have power or jurisdiction to eub
p mil at the election called for and held January
iUS. 1895, proposals for amending the free
holders' charter of the city?
Second— lf such amendments to the charter
. were regularly adopted, can the members of
: the present board of works be removed from
office in the manner and by the method at
tempted by the adoption of the amendments to
section 63 of the charter, or before the end of
their respective terms?
. Third— lf the amendments were legally and
■ regularly adopted, and the present members oi
the board of works can be-removed in thiv way,
. can any or either of the persons elected to the
board of works take the office of cemmifiteioner
; eiM member of the board of works?
The arguments will be finished at the
next sitting.
The Fablola Fete.
The enthusiasm cf the Oaklanders over
the Fabiola fete is being well illustrated.
Instead of the experience of Mayday being
considered as a disaster, it is now being
referred to as a positive boon, for it has
aroused an interest that did not exist be
fore.
Nearly all the original entries for the
decorated carriages parade have been
remade and a number of additional ones
are pouring in every day. Among them
Mrs. Edson Adams has promised to make
a good display, E. A. Heron will have une
of his best rigs in line, Mrs. Cad Howard
will enter her victoria, and will have it
superbly decorated, Frank Thwiates will
y at with his dogcart, W. J. Landers
wof San Leandro promises to have one of
the f-wellest of all the turnouts in the pro
f cession, A. Olander has declared himself
■ a competitor, and many other equally well
known families are to be in evidence.
General meetings of the committee are
being held every day, and the utmost in
terest is being manifested. It has been
decided that the only tickets which must
be redeemed are those sold at the gates.
The numbered blue admission tickets will
do on .Saturday next, but no others will
, under any circumstances be accepted.
, The new issue is now ready, and to-mor
row will be sent out to the various dis
tributing agencies.
Married Yesterday.
City Engineer and Commissioner of the
Board of Public Works Arthur R. Wilson
was married to Miss Alice J. Cullen, the
fiopular schoolteacher, at the Church of
Le Advent. East Oakland, yesterday
morning. The sacred edifice was taste
fully decorated for the occasion and a
large number of the happy couple's friends
turned out for the occasion.
Miss Elizabeth Francis, Miss Elizabeth
Blankart and Miss Edith Cullen acted as
bridesmaids, while the groom was sup
ported by B. P. Miller and M. D. Phelps.
After the wedding breakfast, which was a
jolly affair, the newly married couple de
parted for Santa Cruz, where the honey
moon will be passed.
White Wants His Fee.
United States Senator Btephen M. White
appeared before Judge Frick yesterday to
ask that the magistrate ratify a private
contract made between himself and E. L.
Campbell, guardian of the minor heirs of
the estate of Anna A. Pratt.
These heirs contested the will, which
left a large amount to outside parties,
Senator White and James Campbell being
retained to fight the case. They were to
receive one-third of the amount saved to
the children. •
The contest prevailed and Guardian
Campbell figured that the contestants had
gained $118,000 out of the $500,000 estate.
Senator White asked that the Superior
Court of Los Angeles County ratify the
contract as the estate is nearing distribut
tion, but was referred to Judge Frick, as
the settlement of the estate is pending in
his court.
The attorney stated that as no appeal
was to be token to the Supreme Court by
the; defeated litigants his fee of nearly
$40,000 was justly payable at once.
Judge Frick took the matter under ad
visement.
The People "Were Unprepared.
Those who attended yesterday's session
of the Police Court in the expectation of
witnessing a fierce legal battle "between the
attorneys of the Salvation Army and the
forces of the people were again disap
pointed, for the prosecution was not ready
and the case went over for a week.
E. M. Gibson, who appeared for the
army, entered a demurrer to the com
plaint on the ground that the ordinance
making street meetings an obstruction of
the public thorougbfaies and punishable
as a misdemeanor is unconstitutional. He
argued that the constitution of the United
States grants to all the right of free speech
in public or private, and that any ordi
nance which prevents the^same is a viola
tion of the constitution. '
Judge Wood took the matter under ad
visement, and will give his decision on the
demurrer when the case is called up next
Saturday.
Andrew Peterson's Body.
John Harr, a boatman on the broad
gauge mole, picked up the body of a mid
dle-aged man floating in the bay near the
ferry slip last evening. At the morgue pa
pers were found that indicated that the
deceased was Andrew Peterson of 115 Sec
ond street, San Francisco. A receipt
signed by a carrier of a morning paper bore
that name and address.
The body, which had been in the water
about ten days, was dressed in a heavy
chinchilla coat and vest, striped trousers
and checked linen shirt. An envelope ad
dressed to Mrs. Anna Peterson, care Amer
ican Emigrant Bureau, 30 State street, New
York, was also found in his pockets. De
ceased was about 40 years of age, heavily
built and wore a brown mustache.
Home for Deaf Mutes.
Mrs M. P. McCourtney has made a pres
ent of her handsome residence at the cor
ner of Fortieth street and Telegraph ave
nue to the sisters of St. Joseph on condi
tion that the house be turned into a hos
pital and home for deaf mutes.
By the deed of gift the sisters are re
quired to maintain the home for twenty
five years and care for as many mutes as
their means and accommodations will
allow.
The property is worth about $20,000, and
the work of changing it into the institu
tion which Mrs. McCourtney intends it to
be will be begun as soon as "plans can be
perfected.
At the Macdonough.
Peter F. Dailey in "A Country Sport"
will be the attraction at the >Macdonough
to-morrow and Tuesday evenings, when
the popular comedy-drama will be given
with a full cast. The comedian will be
supported by May Irwin, John G. Sparks,
Ada Lewis, Andrew Mack, Mamie Oilroy
and twenty others. "A Country Sport" is
direct from the California Theater, where
it has drawn crowded houses. Tickets are
now on sale at popular prices.
On Saturday evening next Fritz Scheel
and his company of soloists will give a
concert at the Macdonough. The sale of
seats begins to-morrow.
BERKELEY.
Immediate steps will be taken by the
University of California Boating Associa
tion for th« erection of a new boathouse in
the place of the one burned last month.
The loss sustained by the fire exceeds
$4000, upon which there was an insurance
of $2500.
Considerable money has been expended
recently on shells and in the payment of
the coach, and there will not be a large
amount on hand after these accounts are
met. It is expected that the fund for re
building the house will be contributed
largely by the alumni and other friends of
the university.
Badly Bruised.
Bernard Shaw, a voting man who drives
the delivery wagon for Grocer Adams, had
a narrow escape from death yesterday
morning.
While driving down Shattuck avenue
the horse became unmanageable and ran
away, throwing out the driver. He struck
the ground violently, and the wheels of
the wagon passed over his neck. No
bones were broken, but Shaw was consid
erably bruised.
His Wife Deserts Him.
Hugh Dykes of South Berkeley is much
worried over the prolonged absence of his
wife, who left home without warning
about a month ago. On the date of her
departure she left a note saying that she
had taken her five-year-old boy and gone
to Los Angeles. She wrote him a letter a
few days ago stating that she would leave
Los Angeles soon and go where she was
unknown. Dykes is in a sad plight, as he
has several young children on his ha nds
to care for.
Commencement Speakers.
The faculty of the university has chosen
Miss Catherine Fclton and Messrs. Graves,
Gorrill and Scares as speakers for the grad
uating class on commencement day.
Professor Gayley's New Book.
A new book entitled "An Introduction
to the Study of Literary Criticism," by Ed
ward Mills Gayley, professor of English
literature at the university, will soon make
its appearance.
ALAMEDA.
The old Board of Free Library Trustees
held an executive session Friday evening
and considered whether to hold over and
contest the offices or to surrender them on
Tuesday evening, when the « new ap
pointees will come together and organize.
A resolution was adopted inviting the
newly appointed members to meet with
the board to consider the question of pre
senting an agreed case to the Superior and
Supreme <sourts in order to have the mat
ter decided as speedily and with as little
expense as possible.
£ncinal Yacht Club Cruise.
The Encinal Yacht Club will have its
first cruise of the season next Saturday to
San Mateo, preparations for which are
being made. The fleet is expected to leave
as a squadron from the clubhouse at 2
o'clock, and large yachts have been cau
tioned to regulate their speed to the smaller
ones, keeping as near together as possible.
They expect to reach the landing place on
the San Mateo side about 5 o'clock. Buses
will be in readiness to convey them to the
hotel, where the evening will be spent in
dancing.
Salaries Fixed.
The new Board of Health has reappointed
Veterinary Inspector Carpenter and Health
Officer McLean. Their respective salaries
will be $75 and $65 par month. The Health
Officer reported fourteen deaths during
the month of April and twenty-one births
in a population of 15,000.
'Sunday-School Kxcursion.
The Union Sunday-school's excursion
and picnic will be held next Saturday at
Glenwood, in the Santa* Cruz mountains!
The train will leave Park street at 8: 10
o'clock and returning will start from Glen
wood at 5 p. M.
Balances Even.
In the recent campaign the Good Gov
ernment Club expended $450 according to
the statement filed yesterday by its finance
committee. All of its candidates were
sleeted save three. - .
Lord Kelvin maintains that the earth is
100,000,000 years old. - / Q^
. • — ♦ — •
The first shipment of "Captain Marryat"
;igars is nearly exhausted. Why? The cigar
s so good— "finest beyond question"— that.it
sells at sight. Made by Harburger, Homan &
:0., New York. , * ,
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895.
LOTTERIES IN OAKLAND
Mayor Davie Orders Chief of
Police Schaffer to Close
Them.
A LIST OF THE AGENCIES.
Officer McCloud's Raid of a Year
Ago— Big Jim's State
ment.
One week ago Mayor Davie gave Chief of
Police Schaffer explicit instructions to
close the score or more of Chinese lottery
agencies which have flourished in Oakland
during Schaffer's entire incumbency.
Mayor Davie, who is aware as well as
every other business man of Oakland, that
these lottery agencies have been running
in open violation of State as well as muni
cipal law, recently began to make quiet in
quiries regarding them. He asked mer-
Chief of Police Schaffer of Oakland,
Who Has Been Spurred Up by
Mayor Davie.
chants and professional men what they
thought of the proposition of allowing the
Chinese to take many thousands of dollars
each month out of the city and also as to
the moral aspect of the case.
In every instance the answer was the
same. He was told that it was not right
from a moral point of view and was also an
injustice to the business community.
As these opinions coincide with the
Mayor's views, Chief Schaffer was told
that the lotteries must close.
"1 propose to see that every lottery joint
in Oakland is closed and kept closed," said
the Mayor yesterday, "and have instructed
Chief Scha&er to carry out my instructions
at once."
Since the Mayor ordered him to close
the lotteries a "week ago, Chief Schaffer
has arrested or assisted in arresting four
lottery agents, two of whom forfeited $80
bail each and went back to business again.
Chief Schaffer's excuse for allowing the
fifteen or twenty agencies to run as they
have been running is that it is impossible
to get into them to make arrests or that
the difficulty of gathering evidence is very
great.
Other officers who have made raids have
shown greater ability, have experienced no
such difficulty, and have succeeded in
making arrests in rapid succession and in
getting a fair share of convictions.
Officer William McCloud is an instance
of what intelligent and energetic work in
that line will do.
Early in April, 1894, he was asked by ex-
Mayor Pardee to spend a part of a ten
days : vacation which he had just been
granted in looking into the Chinese lottery
nuisance, to see whether it could not be
abated.
In the forty-eight honrs, including April
6 and 7, he arrested ten agents, experienc
ing no difficulty in Raining entrance to the
dens or in getting plenty of evidence. Of
the Chinese he took into custody, ten
were convicted, paying fines aggregating
$600. Two were acquitted by juries be
cause the witnesses failed to fully identify
the accused. Others had their cases dis
missed and escaped puiiishmeut because
the complaints in their cases mysteriously
disappeared about the time Walter Lam
bert, the absconding clerk of the Police
Court, left for Honolulu.
"Any Chief of Police who has the num
ber of men and sources of information
that Chief Schaffer has," said Officer Mc-
Cloud yesterday, "can close every lottery
Officer William McCloud, Who Knew
How to Close the Lotteries.
'joint' in Oakland within twenty-four
hours, and moreover keep them closed.
When I made my short raid I had abso
lutely no one to aid me, and still I got
ten prisoners within forty -eight hours.
"Some time after I had gone back to my
beat, which was at that time near the busi
ness part of the town, I had reason to sus
pect an agency I had raided when I made
the big haul was running again and sent a
man to investigate.
"He was told that no tickets were being
sold just then, but after the first day of
the succeeding month the place would be
running full blast and that he could get all
the tickets he desired. On the day before
the date set for the opening I was trans
ferred to an outside district. That may
have been simply chance."
Within a radius of ten blocks from the
intersection of Seventh and Broadway
there are at least ten lottery agencies run
ning in full blast day and night, paying
winnings on two drawings per day, one in
the afternoon and a second at night. They
are easy topick out, because the only sign
of business about them is a dingy box of
cigars propped up in the window when the
place purports to be a cigar-factory or a few
cheap china jars when the sign states that
Chinese and Japanese fancy goods are to
be found there, and a Chinese lookout
stands at each door to answer questions
about tickets. The locations of the agencies
mentioned are as follows: 347}^ Twelfth
street, 471 Eighth street, 419 Tenth street,
171424 Seventh street, 1732 Seventh street,
463 Sixth street, 460 Sixth street, 880 Broad
way, 1412 San Pablo avenue, 1105 Thir
teenth avenue and 611 Eaar Twelfth street.
In addition to these one agency does busi
ness in West Oakland arfd another at
Center-street station. Nearly every Chi
nese store in the Chinese quarter is an
agency.
The* most important agency on the list is
the one at 471 Eighth street, where Big
Jim, the wealthiest Chinese gambler on the
Pacific Coast, makes his headquarters. Big
Jim controls the larger portion of the lot
tery business of Oakland, and it was in this
headquarters that the wily gambler forgot
his caution one day and to an attorney of
Oakland said that the lotteries of Oakland
made $30,000 per month, and that it was
the best town on the coast for their busi
ness.
THE TALE ESTATE.
Clearing the Ground for the Coming
Contest.
On a petition by the special administra
tors of the estate of James G. Fair Judge
Slack has ordered all interested in the Lick
House to appear in his department on May
9 to show cause why certain repairs should
not be executed.
Dr. Marc Levingston has been given ten
days to answer, demur or make any other
motion to the opposition to the will of J.
G. Fair filed by Herman Oelrichs and
others.
The motions to strike out portions of the
oppositions to the wills of J. G. Fair filed
by Herman Oelrichs Jr. et al. and Margaret
Crothers et al. will be heard to-morrow
morning in Judge Slack's court.
CAPTAIN GUNN A LEPER.
A Wealthy Hawaiian Afflicted
With the Disease Was
Here.
After Living: in a Fashionable Hotel
He Escapes to the
Orient.
Captain Hugh Gunn of Company B,
First Infantry of the Hawaiian Guard, has
been here and taken his departure. He
was in a hurry to get away, as Dr. Lawlor,
the Quarantine Officer, and the Board of
Health were on his trail, on the suspicion
that he is a leper.
Captain Gunn came here on the bark
Hesper, which arrived last Sunday. He
went to a fashionable boarding-house on
OTarrell street, and when Dr. Lawlor
called there and made inquiries as to his
reason for leaving Hawaii he at once an
nounced his intention of Bailing for the
Orient on the next steamer. He was as
good as his word, and Dr. Lawlor saw him
away on the Rio de Janeiro yesterday.
"His ears and face were affected," said
the Quarantine Officer, "ami be is un
doubtedly in the first stages of the disease.
"Opinions as to its being infectious arc
divided, and I, for one, don't believe it is
It will be years before Gunn will be thor
oughly under the control of the disease,
and as he was leaving the country volun
tarily I saw no reason for detaining him.
By keeping him here he would have been
an expense to this State all the rest of his
life."
Captain Hugh Gunn was one of the lead-
THOME AND HIS DAUGHTERS.
ing spirits in the revolution that ovei
threw Liluokalani and seated Dole as
President of the Hawaiian Republic. He
was a member of the firm of Egan & Gunn,
and in the basement of the firm's ware
house the companies of infantry which
accomplished the revolution used to regu
larly drill. He is connected with some of
the best families in Hawaii, and it is said
that his departure for the United States
was connived at by the Hawaiian officials.
The exiles now in San Francisco state posi
tively that they can name a dozen people
now permanently residing in the United
States whose relatives are lepers, or have
died of that disease.
When seen on the Rio de Janeiro Gunn
denied that he was a leper, but said he had
bidden good-by to his family forever, and
that he never intended returning to the
United States. He has a good business
opening in prospect in the Orient, and ex
pects to live and die there.
AET AT THE BAE.
Craze for Pictures and Curios in Modern
Saloons.
Pictorial and other "art" attractions of
the modern saloon have evidently been
found to pay their way as drawing cards.
Some of them are really extraordinary.
In pictures the subjects range all the way
from those high-wrought specimens in
which the "preponderance of the nude" is
the main feature to the highly improper
specimens from French publications. The
intermediate ground knows all shades and
colors. One saloon-keeper has had living
pictures as a back-room attraction. An
other man makes a specialty of old theater
programmes. Still another, in whom the
soul of Aubrey Beardsley must echo, haa
taken to displaying posters whose decadent
tendency would make Max Nordau weep.
The chophouses, whose proprietors seek to
persuade the swell young man that they
are the Savarins of Bohemia and their re
sorts ita middle distance, have long been
noted for collections of old paintings, pro
grammes and paraphrased mottoes of good
cheer.
The character of the habitues of many a
place is shown by the photographs which
cover the walls ; if theatrical, or pugilistic,
or musical, or political, you know just the
kind of people who drink there. Even the
antiquarian will be able to find a drinking
place the furnishings of which are charac
teristic of his famous hobby. Up on the
Kingsbridge road is a saloon whose owner
goes in for relic-hunting. He displays
many Indian and revolutionary relics.
One saloon-keeper in Harlem has a fad
for collecting canes. He gets them from
his customers. He has nm 11^ old shillelahs
arm aboriginal war clubs. There ia a cane
which belonged to John Boyle O'Reilly,
a cannon-ball found twenty feet under
ground when the excavations for the Pul
itzer building were being made, a
beaded Indian vest which belonged
to " Johnny -on -the -Spot," a cowboy
who was in Crook's corps when the Custer
massacre took place, and a watch which
was found at Hinckiey after the fire and
melted into a lump. There are foils which
belonged to Edwin Booth, others which
belonged to Davenport, a stiletto which
figured in the Second-avenue riots some
years ago. a pair of trousers worn by Den
man Thompson in the "Old Homestead,"
a crooked stick presented to Bill Hoey in
St. Paul and an old shoe that was used in
"The Flams."' Here you may also find
baseballs used by the New Yorka during
the last three seasons. Many other things
are also on exhibition.— New York World.
A TRAGEDY IN OAKLAND
Jean Thome Attempts to Mur
der His Wife and Two
Daughters.
BLOODY WORK WITH A KNIFE.
The Drink-Crazed Father Wounded
His Children and Commit
ted Suicide.
Jean Thome, a cobbler, with an imag
inary grievance against his family, at
tempted to murder his wife and two grown
daughters yesterday morning at 1440 San
Pablo avenue, Oakland. He stabbed and
slashed the young women several times
about the body and hands, and finished by
plunging the knife into his own breast six
times, with fatal result.
His daughters will recover, so the doc
tors say, as it is believed that the knife did
not reach a vital spot.
Thome had been a heavy drinker for
many years. His daughters started a
laundry at 1440 San Pablo avenue, and had
their mother, who left Thome, live with
them. Thome opened a small cobbler
shop on Washington street, near Seventh,
but he spent all he earned in liquor. When
drunk he was vicious and abusive to such
an extent that many believed him to be
insane.
After a night's debauch he went to the
laundry a little after 8 o'clock yesterday
morning. The mother and daughters,
Henrietta and Annette, live in the rear of
the laundry. When Mrs. Thome opened
the door Thome sprang across the thres
hold with a revolver in his hand, and
seizing his wife by the throat exclaimed,
"Now I will kill you
Mrs. Thome is a large, powerful woman,
and she saw that she had to fight for her
life. She grasped the revolver over the
hammer which prevented its being used
by the maniac, Back and forth they strug
gled, the woman shrieking for help. Her
two daughters sprang from their bed in an
adjoining room and ran to help their
mother. In the struggle the four burst
throutrh a door into a hall that leads to
Mrs. Thome's bedroom in the rear of the
house. At last they reached the bedroom
where Sirs. Thome succeeded in wrench
in;: the pistol from hi* grasp. . -
"Run for your lives," she cried to her
daughters as she dashed out of the front
door and into the street, shrieking "mur
der" and "police" ac she lied. She save
the weapon to a batcher across the avenue
and tola him to ■ail the police.
During her absence a Woody tragedy
was being enacted vi the little rear "bed
room. Tin 1 young women started to
escape from the room when the infuriated
man -few from his pocket a table-knife
' tlitit i - !ad ground to a point.
■•'1 • 'is tor you," he shouted^ plunging
th( i.'i ii blade into Annette's breast:
"And fiat i:- for you," driving the knife
into Henrietta's abdomen. "The two
■ voting v ••men reached the door, but he
s ■/!■; t! fin and threw them back ii^tu the
room. A/rain they grappled with their
I arent, vhu slashed right and left with
the keen -edged blade. Both women were
in their night gowns, and every stroke was
followed by a now of blood.
Annette at last escaped and ran shriek
ing out into the street and met her mother.
They called loudly for help, but no one re
sponded as the street was deserted at that
hour in the morning. At last they went
into the house and found Henrietta on her
bed with blood flowing from half a dozen
wounds.
Her father had made another assault
upon her, and then started in pursuit of
the two who had escaped.
On reaching the door he turned back and
went to his wife's bedroom. He threw
himself upon the bed and plunged the
knife six times into his own bosom in the
region of the heart. The last blow struck
that vital organ, and when Annette and
her mother entered the room again Thome
was dead.
Dr. D. W. Webster was called. He found
Henrietta stabbed three times in the left
breast, one wound being a couple of inches
deep, her left hand and thumb are also
badly cut. Annette was stabbed in the
abdomen, but not fatally. Her hands also
are cut. The physicians say the young
women will probably recover, Thome
was 67 years old, and he and his wife
came from France thirty-seven years ago.
They own property in North Oakland and
San Diego. Thome mortgaged the latter
property and spent the money for drink.
He threatened to kill his family on sev
eral occasions, because they would not
give him the money to pay off the mort
gage. He was arrested several times for
abusing them, and last February was ex
amined for insanity, but was adjudged not
dangerous. In his pocket were letters
showing that he intended to murder the
entire family.
The autopsy on Thome's body, which
was held last evening, developed the fact
that three of the six self-inflicted wounds
had pierced his heart. In one case the
knife had gone entirely through that or
gan. The Coroner's jury brought in a ver
dict in accordance with the facts.
"Hang Ben Bolt."
Thomas Dunn English, author of "Ben
Bolt," at the last session of Congress intro
duced what he considered a worthy meas
ure. Objection was made to it. however,
and to *ret even he became for a short time
the leading objector to almost everything
"unanimous consent" was asked for. This
naturally made the other members angry,
and to annoy Mr. English the wags of the
House would go as near as they dared and
hum "Ben Bolt" every time he rose to
speak.
While in a restaurant one afternoon a
quartet of his tormentors sat at the table
next to him and made the distinguished
author furious by singing "Sweet Alice.,
Ben Bolt," in discordant Keys. Jumping
up from the table, Mr. English shook his
fist at his tormentors and exclaimed: "Oh,
hang 'Ben Bolt.' I wish I had never writ
ten it."— New York Herald.
In Old Hands.
The well-known Sparta Restaurant at
Sansome and Merchant streets was the
scene of a brilliant gathering last night.
Camarinos is again in charge of this popu
lar place, and proposes to run it upon old
lines, affording first-class service in every
respect. The many expressions of satis
faction and congratulations offered the
genial host last evening indicate that the
old patrons appreciate the fact that the
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f
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"CUPID AND PSYCHE."
Stockton, Cal., May 1, 1895.
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Council Building, Portland, Or.
FURNITURE
FOR
4 ROOHS
$90.
Parlor— Brocatelle, 6-pieco suit, plush
trimmed.
Bedroom— 7-piece Solid Oak Suit, French Bevel-
plate Glass, bed, bureau, washstand. two chairs.
• ■ rocker and table; pillows, woven-wire and top
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Solid Oak Chairs.
Kitchen— 7 Range, Patent Kitchen Table
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EASY PAYMENTS. \
Houses furnished complete, city or country, any-
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M. FRIEDMAN & CO.,
221 to 230 and 306 Stockton
and 237 Post Street.
Free packing and delivery across the bay.
No Percentage Pharmacy, 953 Market St.'
CYPRESS LAWN FRUIT FARM.
OPEN : Ma.y Ist.
j Good table; home comforts. Terms reasonable.
Address box 286, Napa,' Cal. .
piVERSIDE— ON.EEI. RIVER. 6% MILES
■XV from Potter Valley, Mendocino County: round
trip $9 75 from San Francisco; fishing, hunting
and bathing unsurpassed; terms, $6 and $7 per
week; special rates to families; excellent table.
Forfurther Information address T. J. GH.LESPIE,
Potter Valley, Mendoncino County. ■
TDEAL FRUIT RANCH: TRENTON, SONOMA
X Co.: 4-room furnished cottages: free fruit; horse
and buggy; $20 to $27; year $150.
mo RENT-SUMMER RESIDENCE IN SANTA
JL Clara Valley, furnished complete, for 5 months;
full particulars. J. T. PETERS, Mills building.
imuiTiplNGs;
ON THE BORDER OF. CLEAR LAKE,
Xj«.lx.o County, Cal.
DO YOU ENJOY A SUPERB CLIMATE,
dancing, lawn tennis, croquet, billiards? Do
you like fine bathing, boating, hunting and fishing?
Do you need recuperation and rest afforded by over
thirty kinds of mineral springs? Shortest stage
route into Lake County,
All this and more can be bad at Highland
Springs.
New hoteL Finest dining-room north of San
Francisco.
From San Francisco !t costs only S3 for th«
round trip, and the hotel rates are $1 50 to $2 50
per day or $10 to $16 per week. Take the S. F.
and N. P. Railway via Pieta, thence by a short,
delightful stage ride.
J. CRAIG, Manager.
San Francisco office, 316 Montgomery st.
SEA BEACH HOTEL.
Santa Cruz, Cal.
HARD-TIMES PRICES— RATES REDUCED
from 20 to 30 percent; this is your oppor-
tunity to spend a summer vacation at the seashore
at greatly reduced rates from former years.
The Sea Beach is the only first-class family hotel
In Santa Cruz, and the only one which commands
a view of the beach and Monterey Bay.
For particulars address
JOHN T. SULLIVAN.
S~\ THE BEAUTIFUL
/ 1a HOTEL
J|||g|j||^ VtnUUIVIt
' *^ 3^sr^^^^^^ :> ~ San Jose, Cal.
\ .- — —
Never did this popular resort look more inviting
thnn now. Newly painted Inside and out. In the
center of Its lovely grounds. Conspicuous for its
unexcelled table, service and general appoint-
ments, it is enjoying deserved patronage and
prosperity. .
GEQ. P. SNELL, Manager.
™ SPRINGS
For Rest and Recreation.
This Favorite Resort Is Now Open for
the Season of 1895.
PERHAPS YOU HAVE HAD THE |GRIP.
X Nothing will so effectually complete the cure
which the doctor began and fortify you against
future attacks as a sojourn in the bracing climate
and among the pleasant surroundings of JEtna
Springs.
You will have all the comforts of metropolitan
life, with none of the noise, dust or worry.
Special telephone connection with St. Helena.
1 erin.i. $10 to 914 per week.
Take 7:80 Southern Pacific train for St. Helena:
thence by stage to JEtna Springs. Unlimited
round-trip tickets, $7.
For other information call at 108 Drumm St.,
San Francisco, or write to •< ■. ■
W. L. MITCHELL, Manager,
Lidell P. P., Napa Co., Cal.
SKAGGS HOT SPRINGS,
SONOMA COUNTY, CAL.
JOHN F. MULGREW, PROPRIETOR.
ONLY 43/2 HOURS FROM SAN FRANCISCO
and but 1 hour's staging; temperature of water
125 deg. Fahrenheit, famous for its medicinal prop-
erties; tub and plunge baths: good hunting and no
better trout streams in the State; no fogs and an
entire absesce of mosquitos and other annoying
Insects first-class service. Round trip from. San
Francisco, $5 50. . >
Take Tiburon Ferry at 7:40 a. m. or 3:30 p. m.,
connecting with stages at Geyserville.
Terms: $2 a day; 812 to $14 a week.
Write for circular.
GKO. J. CASANOVA, Manager.
HOT SPRINGS.
TAKE 2:20 P. M. TRAIN FROM FOURTH
and Townsend streets, arriving at Springs at
6:30 p. H. Fare $7 15 for round trip.
jgsr* Stage connects with 8:15 a. m. train from
Third and Townsend streets.
ROOP & SON, Proprietors.
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
rTIHE GEM OF ALL RESORTS, CAZADERO
x Hotel and cottages, In the heart of the Sonoma
redwoods. Terminus N. P. C. R. R., via Bausalito
ferry. Terms reasonable. For particulars address
~ • C. KWAED, Manager,
Cazadero, Cal.
THE GEYSERS.
New Management of the Switzer-
land of America.
PINE NEW BATHHOUSE. FREE MINERAL
X I baths to guests. Enjoyable and healthful.
Only 6 hours from San Francisco.
Rates $2 50 Per Day; $i 2 Per Week.
A. H. HILL, Manager and Lessee.
VICHY SPRINGS
Mendocino County,
rfiHREE MILES FROM UKIAH. THE TKR-
i- minus of the S. F. and N. P. Railway. Only
known natural electric water. Warm "cham-
pagne" baths, situation, location and scenery not
surpassed. Terms, $12 to $14 per week. Postoffice
and telephone at springs.
, WM. DOOLAN, Proprietor.
BERTRAND HOTEL, TOCALOMA.
N. F. O. X.. R,.
ANEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, CONTAIN-
ing 42 rooms, handsomely furnished and fitted
up with all the ■ latest improvements; gag, water,
large dancing-ball, billiards-rooms, croquet grounds,
swings, etc.; delightful climate, fine trout fishing,
hunting: splendid drives to Bear Valley, etc,
Terms, $8 to $12 per week: special rates to fami-
lies. JOS. F. BERTRAND, Proprietor, Tocaloma,
Marln County. Office, 327 Bush st., S. F. Victor
W. Krauss, agent. •
CAriP TAYLOR
IS OPEN AND IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION
X for the summer season. Apply CHRIS JOHiS-
SON, prop., Camp Taylor, or 405 Front St., S. F.
SARATOGA SPRUGS, LAKE COUXTY, CAL.
rnHE. ■ HEALING POWERS OF THESE
X waters are something wonderful : sulphur, soda,
iron, magnesia; good fishing and hunting; accom-
modations first class; rates $8 per week and up-
ward; large hard-flnish rooms en suite. Address J.
CONNER. Bachelor P. P., Lake County, Cal.
•V; JOHN DAY'S RESORT,
ON THE BANKS OF EEL RIVER, THE
finest trout stream in the State, 5 miles from
Potter Valley, Mendocino Co.; round trip $9 75
from S. F.; terms $6 to $7 per week: plenty milk,
fresh butter and eggs; the hunting in this locality
is the best In the State. For further particulars
address JOHN DA V, Potter Valley. . :
"LAUREL DELL" HOTEL.
T AUREL DELL LAKE (FORMERLY LOWER
XJ Blue Lake) ; handsome new hotel nearly com-
pleted to meet requirements of coming season;
line bathing, boating, fishing and hunting. Address -
H. WAMBOLD, Laurel Dell, Bertha P. 0., Lake Co.
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