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Special Dispatch to The Call,
As the north-bound overland wasjnear
ing Edenvale yesterday a rock, was hurled
into one of the cars, breaking /a window
and narrowly missing a passenger. Of
ficers were ,. at v once notified and • : Con
stable White of Gilroy, arrested near Mor
gan Hill a man answering the description
of . the one who threw the rock., He j was
taken to the Jail rat, Gilroy and later 'con
fessed.. f.e gave'no.rAsonfor his act. ffi
' •Cooper ''pleaded', guilty before Justice
/Willey.t; in -. Gilroy ; this I afternoon" to 'dis
turbing the peace . and^ was -"sentenced to
ninety:, days "in the County -Jail. Hei is
only ,.'18 j years ; . old and claims : his / home
isMn';Fru!tvaleJ : ;--. ; , , ::'~*:.j': -lr '¦•.-. ¦•:.--.;¦> 1s%?.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.— In the \ t arrest of
Evan Cooper, who threw " a stone
through -the '.window of a passen
ger train • near. Edenvale yesterday
the "officers believe they- nave the
culprit' who' for months has-been
endangering ; life on the line of the
Southern Pacific Railroad in this county.
For a time last summer if was'- almost' a
daily occurrence for, rocks to be thrown
or bullets^ shot •into passenger trains. A
number of persons-had narrow escapes
from death or injury. Dr.' Dodge of this
city was hit on the head by a rock'while
ridins In a train ¦ near Palo . Alto and ¦ for
weeks lay at the point of death. Railroad
detectives made. every effort to find the
guilty person : and after a futile search
the railroad company o/Tered a reward of
$250 for the conviction of any one throw
ing rocks at cars and $500 for the convic
tion of ; any person shooting into" the
trains. \ ¦'.¦¦:¦;••'.¦;>¦ V : " '-'. -v: . '¦ :.-¦ S
Special Dispatch to The Call,
To-night the legislators ; are- at the
Whittier Reform School. The trip to
San Diego to Inspect the State Normal
School has been postponed until some
time next week. The Los Angeles Nor
mal School wants only an appropriation
necessary to maintain the school as : it
is and win ask : for no additional Im
provements.
Assemblyman Arthur G. -Fisk accom
panied the party to Highlands. . He . Is
here in the Interests of his contest for
the Bpeakership of the 'Assembly and says
he expects to obtain" the votes of seven
of ! the Los Angeles Assemblymen. The
others . probably, will go to Assemblyman
Dunlap, who was j here during the recent
visit V of ; Governor-elect Pardee. Mem
bers of the" Assembly from other counties
In" : this section of the State have refused
to commit r themselves positively; saying
they • prefer to .wait r until they reach ' Sac
ramento before , deciding how they ] shall
cast their votes, for Speaker. . ¦ ¦ >~ •
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.— Seventeen
members of the Legislature from districts
south of Tehachapi spent .last night In
the State Asylum for the Insane at High
lands and saw at close range the difficul
ties under which the attendants .have
been laboring in trying to house 782
patients in quarters fitted for less than
50& For more than two years patients
have been sleeping on cots In the hall
ways, and, although a new wing author
ized by the last Legislature will be ready
for occupancy by January 1, It will not
be sufficient to relieve the present condi
tion. The asylum authorities desire aiv
appropriation of. $301,187 for maintenance,
salaries, etc., for the next two years and
for the construction of an. additional
ward. The legislators who made the in
spection last night are convinced that an
other wing is needed. .
"Returning to Los Angeles this morning
the party continued the discussion .of pro
posed legislation. Their, meetings . are
public and any person who has sugges
tions to make is welcome to appear be
fore them. A number' of citizens ad
dressed them to-day on various subjects,
the most important of which was that of
increasing the powers <> of the horticul
tural commissioners in order that
throughout the State a more thorough
crusade may be made upon the Insect
pests which in certain sections endanger
the fruit crops. . ' .
Special Dispatch to The Call.
HURLS STONES
AT THE TRAINS
WASHINGTON, s Dec. 5.— When the
President comes to take up;. the question
of the succession to the vacancy caused
by the death of Minister Buck at Tokio,
it is understood that he will name John
Barrett of Oregon, at present commis
sioner general of the St. Louis Exposition
to Asia and Australasia, to be Minister. ,
Barrett to Succeed Buck.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 5.— Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Candlish of this 'city received word a
month ago that her husband, Thomas G.
McCandlish, from whom nothing had been
heard for more than a year, had been
murdered and that hls'body was found
near Douglas, Arizona. She left here on
Monday to Investigate. . . .
McCandlish, who had come to California
with his family from Michigan, left San
Jose six years ago for Arizona, where he
engaged in all kinds of contracting. A
year ago last March he was engaged
near Douglas. While carrying $800 to pay
oft ¦ his workmen he was murdered and
his body hidden. The body was found a
short time ago and Mrs. McCandlish was
notified. -This cleared the mystery . sur
rcundlng the, man's disappearance. ' '
Miss Anna McCandlish, a daughter of
the murdered man, lives in this city. She
said her family >knew no particulars of
the crime. She did not know even what
company had employed; her. father.. ¦
HAD LONG BEM MISSING.
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec 5.— Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Candlish, who arrived in Tombstone to
day from San Jose, Cal., In search of her
husband,' Thomas. G.~ McCandlish, was
shocked to learn after diligent inquiry
that the report that he was murdered
near Douglas ¦ was true. Two travelers,
who lost the road between Bisbee and
Douglas, found the body of McCandlish
in a lonely spot with a bullet hole
in the temple. Evidently - he had
been dead for several months. When
last heard of the unfortunate miner
was preparing to go from Bisbee across
the line Into Mexico. He left Bisbee with
about 5500 in his possession. IJ: is pre
sumed, that he was overtaken by bandits
and murdered for his money, as no money
or valuable were found on the body. .
Special Dispatch to The Call
WIFE'S SEARCH
HAS SAD ENDING
The Board of Works yesterday awarded
the contract to. pave the roadway of Mis.
sion street, between Persia and Onondaga
avenues, with bitumen for $968104 to- the
Union Paving Company, the only bidder.
Only Bidder Gets Contract.
TO HOLD QUARTERLY MEETING.— The
quarterly meeting of the members of Mechan
ics' Institute ¦will be held this evening. Nom
inations for trustees for the ensuing term wili
be cpened and proposed important amendments
to the constitution will be considered.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.— A few details
of the untimely death of Minister Buck
are furnished in the following cablegram,
received at the State Department to-day
from Ferguson, the United States Charge.
"TOKIO. Dec. 5.— Minister Buck's death
was caused by paralysis of the heart. -.; It
occurred on. an imperial hunting preserve
near Tokio. The funeral takes place here
on the 8th and full official honors 1 will be
extended, by the Japanese Government, as
in the case of Minister Swift. The widow
probably will leave Yokohama on the 24th
with the body for burial at Arlington. I
respectfully recommend that the military
attache be granted authority by telegraph
to accompany the remains to Washington
and to return as soon as possible to his
post.-' ''¦".,' ¦
. No action has been taken on the last
request ¦ - v .' V
Remains of Buck to Be Interred at
National Cemetery at
•',.¦* Arlington. V
JAPAN* WHiIi HpNOR ';¦.,)
A MINISTER'S MEMORY
CHINESE MAID
IN A TONG WAR
The Grand Jury also considered the
preparation of its final report, whicl\ will
be filed next Wednesday afternoon, after
which it will be dissolved by Judge Cook."
District Attorney Bylngton was closeted
with the Grand Jury for more than an
hour and enlightened the members re
garding the legal points Involved in =the
case. Byington advised that the evidence
did not show that any ' money had ' been
paid to any, of the Almshouse Inmates by
Graney or his lieutenants before ,the bal
lot was deposited and that under ' this
condition the prosecution would fail in
court. The money alleged to have been
received by some of the witnesses before
the Grand Jury was only paid over, it is
said, after the vote was cast and the
Grand Jury concluded that it would be
difficult to show that the money was In
payment for the vote. :
Some of the members were of the opin
ion that the evidence was sufficient to
warrant the^return of an Indictment, but
others were disinclined to join in that
conclusion, because they were of the opin
ion that the character of the evidence
was such that an indictment would not
be sustained by a conviction in the courts.
It would have reauired twelve votes" for
an indictment, but the vote In favor fell
short of that number. The specific ac
cusation against Graney was that he had
purchased votes in the interest of Adam
Andrew, candidate for Railroad Commis
sioner. ' ' • . * '
The Grand Jury met last night and
after sifting the evidence taken at pre
vious investigations regarding the alleged
purchase of votes by Edward Graney in
the Almshouse precinct at the election of
November 4, decided not to brine a true
bill against him. It is said that the vote
on the bringing of an Indictment was
close, but none of the gTajid jurors would
tell what It was when pressed for in
formation. . ' i ¦ . ' . .¦ . •
Mayor ' Schmitz yesterday directed the
Beard of Works to immediately remove
the two poles driven in the ground at
Fifth and Natoma streets .by the agents
of Miller & Lux for the purpose of clos
ing the last named .thoroughfare with a
fence. The Mayor says that no obstruc
tion must be permitted pending the de
termination of the ownership of the
street.
Must Remove Obstructions.
Evening — March. "Diavoll Rossi" (Rlvela);
overture, "Poet and Peasant" (Sunpe): trom
bone solo. "Deer Heart" (Mattel), Si*. Ma
rino; "Funeral March" (Chopin); "La Fille du
Regiment" (Donizetti), incidental eolon by
Eig^iori Matsa and Palma; march, "Wedding"
(Mendelssohn) ; prelude act 1, "Lohengrin'*
(Wagner); "II Trovatore." selection (Verdi),
tolos by Sienori Palma, Marino and Curti;
"Carmen," prand fantasie" (Bizet), prelude.
Habanera, Toreador; Introduction, march and
finale act IV; eoloc by Signori Palma, Marino,
Curti and Ferrullo.
Band Will Give Matinee.
Here are to-day's programmes for the
Royal Italian Band at the Mechanics'
Pavilion:
Matinee — March, "Buffaloes" (Engtlmannj;
overture, "Orfeo" (Offenbach); trumpet solo,
"Non e Ver" (Mattel), fiisr. Demltris; "Heart*
and Flowers," idvlle (Tobanl); "Bohemian
Girl." eelection (Balfe). incidental soles by
glgnori _Palma and Curti; march, "Grab"
(G&lliher); "Aubade Printaniere" (Lacombe);
mazurka, "Inspiration" (De Sica): poliuto,
"Grand Fantasie" (Donizetti), solos by Slgnorl
Palma, Marino and Curti.
SEATTLE, Dec 5.— Another woman was
held up In Seattle last evening. High
waymen celebrated the announcement of
a police "clean-up" by binding, gag-gins
and robbing -Mrs. H. Kamps in her own
home. The house is a double one, in tha
heart of the' city. The ink was hardly
dry on Chief Sullivan's order requiring
his - patrolmen to work twelve hours a
day and thoroughly police the residence
district when the brutal crime was com'*
mitted. .
Mrs. Kamps is the wife of a grocery
clerk. She had been out shopping during
the afternoon and returned home at •
o'clock. Hardly had she entered the door
when two unmasked men sprang out of
a closet, where they had been hiding;
and seizing her roughly thrust her into
a chair and bound her hand and foot.
The men warned her not to cry out and
one of them held a revolver at her head
while the other went in search of a gag.
A towel was obtained and wound tightly
about the half-fainting woman's head.
Then the thieves plundered the house
at their leisure. They took a pair of
diamond earrings, $3 in money and a few
other valuables, then left by the back
door, taking no pains to make their exit
unobserved', though it was early In the
evening. ".. ' . . .
- When Mrs. Kamps was sure the rob
bers had gone she loosened, the towel and
called for help. The people in the next
house came to her assistance.
Special Dispatch to Ths Call.
PRISONER LEAPS
FROM THE TRAIN
: After leaving the express Company's
office Spaulding had driven near the rail
road crossing and . there had robbed the
strong box, and, taking such articles as
he could carry, had caught the train.
The ' value, of the property taken from
the express" box, -according, to the ex
press company officials, is about J500, of
which $300 was in money. These officials
assert that they have no reason to j con
ceal the value of the goods and deny
that they are trying to minimize the loss.
Spaulding 1 s bond of $1500, with a fidelity
company as j surety, is more than suffi
cient-to cover the loss. ¦
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.— There is no
longer . any doubt as to who robbed the
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express wagon last
night and abandoned the wagon in East
lake Park, three miles from the depot,
to which it should h.ave been driven.
Charles R. Spaulding, driver of the
wagon, was the thief and the peace offi
cers throughout Southern . California are
searching for him to-night. That he can
escape from, them Is considered I improb
able, for his description has been sent
to every city, village and hamlet in this
section of the State and his course is be
ing followed by detectives and secret ser
vice men. in the employ of the express
company. At one time to-day the officers
were only three hours behind'the fugitive,
but they had already driven thirty miles
and then learned that he had stolen a bi
cycle to assist him in escaping, and had
placed more than twenty miles between
him 1 and. them.
The detectives, worked on the case all
night and early this morning officers were
sent to the towns along the foothills on
the line, of the Santa Fe Railroad. At
La Manda Park it was learned that a
young man answering the description of
Spaulding had spent the night there. He
had been ; this morning by a half
dozen persons who, when shown Spauld
ing' s photograph, identified it as the por
trait of the man they had seen. Tak-'
ing up the chase there, the officers fol
lowed it for miles and finally learned that
Spaulding had appeared at Azusa at noon
riding, a bicycle, and had inquired the
way to Pomona. Then all trace of him
was lost, but. constables and deputy sher
iffs throughout that section were notified
to be on the . lookout, ; and it is expected
that' he will be captured before twenty
four hours shall have passed.
It was learned to-day that Spaulding
had boarded the blind baggage car of the
Santa Fe overland train last night— the
very, train for which the stolen express
packages had been intended... He caught
the train at a railroad crossing not far
from the park in. which his wagon s was
found later. Near La Manda Park he was
found, on the train and was put off by a
brakeman, assisted by i the express mes
senger, who did not recognize him.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
LEARNING NEEDS
OF THE DISTRICT
. Meantime, the importers here say thaf
the quarantine has little effect on the
American meat supply since the bulk
comes from the West, and it is merely
a question of shipping the cattle by way
of New York instead of Boston. Re
garding the general question. of opening
English ports to Canadian and Argentine
live cattle, there Is not the slightest like
lihood 'of the admittance of Argentine
cattle until the Board of Agriculture is
satisfied that the foot and. mouth disease
has not only been stamped out in the
Argentine Republic, but until the latter
establishes an effectual quarantine
against the surrounding infected ter
ritory, of which there is no immediate
prospect. ¦ ••
On the other hand, the importers say
that the opening^of British ports to Can
adian live cattle Is not only Improbable,
but If done would not favorably affect
the English meat supply, because it is
cheaper to sell Canadian range steers in
the United States and ship them dressed
to England than to import them alive
here to be fattened for the market .
LONDON, Dec. 5.— The Board of Agri
culture has intimated its willingness to
remove the 'embargo on cattle arriving
from New England ports whenever the
American Department of Agriculture
considers that the outbreak is suppressed.
The Board to-night issued an order per
mitting the landing of cattle under cer
tain restrictions from the -steamer Irish
man, which' has arrived at Liverpool
from Boston, the steamers Kansas and
Victorian, due to-day at Liverpool from
Boston and the steamer Cambrian, due
at London from Boston.
H. F. Edwards, the brakeman murdered
by tramps near Stockton, and his wife
resided at the corner of Eighth and Cen
ter streets, Oakland. The couple had no
children. Edwards entered' the employ of
the Southern Pacific Company in 1894 and
•was regarded by his superiors as a care
ful and conscientious man. .. T. J. Cox,
conductor of the train on which Edwards^
lost his life, wag a brothei^in-law of the*
deceased. Edwards was 33 years of age
and a native of Elmira, ; Solano County.
His body will reach Oakland to-morrow.
Arrangements for' the funeral, which
probably will be held on Monday morning
from St. Patrick's Church, are being
made by local union No. 71,' Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, of which deceased
was a member.; * ."- ' ,- ¦ •".
WILL BE BUSTED IN OAKLAND
H. Stetson was granted a permit to
place four bay windows on a building on
Burritt street.
-The United Railroads was -granted per
misslon to erect a 20,000-gallon tank, to
store crude oil, at North Point and La
cuna streets.
The Fire Committee reported yesterday
in favor ' of repealing the resolution
granting permission to K. Hatanka to
maintain a steam boiler at 1111 Elm ave
nue for laundry purposes. Action on the
rescinding of a ' permit granted to J.
Bouchet to conduct a laundry at Seven
teenth street, west of Guerrero, was post
poned one week. Residents in the vicin
ity appeared and ! protested _ against the
laundries being nuisances.
Protest Against Laundries.
Telephone messages were Immediately
sent to this city. Local Agent Fish of
the Southern Pacific notified the officers
and sent telegrams to the sheriffs of
Stanislaus and adjoining counties. The
tramps arrested will be held in Jail pend
ing the results of the efforts to capture
the murderers. A large number- were
rounded up at Newman and are being
held pending an investigation.
Brakeman Edwards 'was an Oakland
man and a brother-in-law of Conductor
Cox. .
The train left this city at 1 o'clock.
Shortly after 3 o'clock, Edwards left the
caboose to make an* inspection of; the
train. When an hour had gone by with
out his return, Conductor Cox started out
to look for him, and he found the mur
dered man's body. It was already cold.
It is believed that several, must "have
been 'Implicated in the crime, as Ed
wards was an able-bodied man and was
armed.
STOCKTON,. Dec. 6.— H. F. Edwards, a
Southern Pacific brakeman, who former
ly lived in this city, was murdered by
tramps this ' morning, between Westley
and Crows Landing, on the West Side.
.Edwards' body was found on top of a
freight car by Conductor Cox, who was
in charge of the train. A dozen knife
and bullet wounds were in the body. The
murderers escaped from the, train "short
ly after the crime.
The train was known as an extra fast
freight. It was partially made up in this
city at midnight. Edwards discovered
five tramps in a box car. He quickly
locked' them in and notified. Policemen
Craig, Marshall and- Gill. The' men were
arrested and taken to jail. They gave
their names as Henry McGavlck, Thomas
Ramsey, John Snyder, John O'Leary and
John Verda. It is believed that com
panions of the arrested men killed the
brakeman for revenge. ¦ J '¦
Special Dispatch, to The' Call.
His Body, Riddled by Knife and Bul
let Wounds, Is Found on the
Top of a Freight
, / . ' ' ¦:'; Oaf.- .- ' ih '
Companions of Men Whose
Arrest He; Caused
Kill Him.:
BRITONS AWAIT
AMERICA'S WORD
That, he said, was a great lie and a
serious mistake. These agitators had
tried to stir up the workingmen against
their employers, against other classes and
against the throne and altar and at the
same time they had most unscrupulously
exploited, terrorized and enslaved them
In order to strengthen their own power,
not for the promotion of the welfare of
the workingmen, but In order to sow
hatred between the classes and dissemi
nate cowardly slanders* from which noth
ing, not even the grandest quality, the
honor of German manhood, remained im
mune. With such people the working
classes, as honor-loving men, should
have nothing more to do.
, Emperor "William concluded with ask
ing the deputation to send a comrade
from their midst, a simple, unpretending
man from the workshop, into the national
Parliament. Such a man would be gladly
welcomed as a working representative
of the German working classes. The rep
resentatives of other classes would will
ingly work together- with such represen
tatives, however many they might be..
The presence of the workmen, Emperor
William showed that they
had not disappointed him in the expecta
tion he expresed at Essen and had helped
to keep free from reproach the memory of
his friend, the late Herr Krupp. The
working classes were always the object
of deep interest and solicitude to the Em
peror. Theref dre he was Justified in ad
dressing a word of warning to the work
men. For years they had let themselves
be led by agitators and Socialists, under
the delusion that they ( mpst belong to that
party' if they wished to better their posi
tion.
BRESLAU, Prussia, Dec. 5.— Emperor
William, addressing a deputation of work
ingmen to-day, made a bitter anti-Social
ist speech, declaring it was a lie to say
that workingmen had to rely on the So
cialist party for a betterment of their po
sition. The Socialists, he added, had ter
rorized and trod the workingmen under
foot and as men of honor they must have
no more to do with them.
The committee recommended the con
struction of a sewer in H street, from
First to Seventh avenues.
The Street Committee recommended an
ordinance changing the name of the Great
Highway driveway to Balboa boulevard
and also reported • in favor of changing
the name of Nineteenth avenue, from the
park to Ocean avenue, to McKinley ave
nue.
. The committee recommended indefinite
postponement of the proposed ordinance
to prohibit the operation of rock-crushing
machines within certain limits. A com
mittee from the Cement Workers' Union
appeared before the committee and pro
tested against the measure in its present
form. O. A. Tveitmoe stated that if the
ordinance were to pass it would increase
the price of rock and practically put an
end to building operations. The Affiliated
Contractors of San Francisco stated in a
communication that the wages of men
employed in various operations will be
reduced, as the price of material would
be increased. It was stated that rock
crushing could be conducted on Telegraph
Hill without blasting.
At a meeting of the Board of Works
in the morning, at which the Mayor was
present, Gray Bros. granted thirty
days within which to remove their rock
crushing plant at Sansome and Green
streets.
Property-owners from the Potrero and
South San Francisco appeared before the
Supervisors' Street Committee yesterday
for the purpose of securing Information
as to the construction of the proposed
shore line for which the .Southern Pa
cific Company has petitioned for a fran
chise. They notified the committee that
they desired to be compensated for any
damages , that might be done to their
property by the changes in grades that
are contemplated in the plans of 'the en
gineers.
City Engineer Grunsky stated that the
grade will be lowered five feet at Army
street. A trestle will cross Islais Creek,
leaving grades unchanged, and a tunnel
will go through Twenty-fifth street. A
grade change of 3.78 feet is contemplated
at Fifteenth avenue and M - street | and
If damage results to property compensa
tion will be made by the Southern Pacific
Company, Grunsky said.
At the committee's suggestion the mat
ter of damages will be taken up privately
by the propertyrowners with the railroad
company and if an agreement cannot.be
reached the subject will be considered by
the committee. <.
BURGLARS BIND
AND GAG WOMAN
Mr. Potter of Berkeley put in much
time yesterday in making settlements
with people that Mr. Potter of Texas
bunkoed. Last evening the bad check
man was released from the City Prison.
Mr. Potter of Berkeley says he is willing
to pay Mr. Potter of Texas his transpor
tation back to the Lone Star State.
where his first funeral was supposed to
have taken place.
According to statements made by Mr.
Potter of Berkeley to the police, his
father went to Texas sixteen years ago.
Three years later Mr., Potter of Berkeley
received a dispatch informing him of tho
death of Mr. Potter of Texas and asking
¦what disposition he desired made of the
corpse of his father. He immediately
wired to give the remains a fitting burial
and to draw on him for the amount of
the bill. Mr. Potter of Berkeley claim*
that he sent a telegraphic order to de
fray the expenses of his father's Inter
ment and considered the matter as set
tled and Mr. Potter of Texas dead. :
When Mr. Potter of Texas rang up Mr.
Potter of Berkeley on the City Prison tel
ephone Wednesday and announced^ that it
was his father talking, not from the
grave, but from the Alameda Jail,
the younger man doubted his .very senses
and would not be convinced until he vis
ited the prisoner and satisfied himself
that his father really existed In tha
flesh. . .
ALAMEDA, Dec. R.— For thirteen year*
C. H. Potter of Texas, arrested hera
Wednesday night for banding out bogus
checks, was supposed to be dead. Hla
son, G. H. Potter of Berkeley, claims
that he forwarded money to pay for his
father's funeral expenses and sines do
ing so had always believed that his sir*
was .numbered with the great majority
who have departed for that bourne whero
bogus paper does not circulate. It Is tho
theory of the police that Mr. Potter of
Texas worked a clever and original bunko
post mortem game on Mr. Potter of
Berkeley and blew in the cost of a high
grade casket, several quarts of embalm
ing fluid and other mortuary incidental*
that his son paid for. . »>
One of the leading men in the Carmen's
Union positively states that the company
has a "spy system" and insinuates that
within a few weeks the names of the men
who have been disclosing the plans of the
union will be given to the world and the
"spies" thrown out of the union.
We -want every man In the service of the
United Railroads to know that promotion is
open to him. The future superintendents of
our several divisions are the conductors, mo
torroen and grlpmen of to-day. I want to find
and want to know men in our service who are
applying themselves t» study, who are trying
to better their condition and who are faith
fully performing their duty to themseHes and
to the company. Such men I am always will
ing to encourage and assist. And such are the
men who have been recently promoted.
General Manager Chapman of the
United Railroads of San Francisco Btands
fcy the men he has promoted to higher
positions on the various roads of this city.
He states the promotions were based on
merit alone and denies that the men bo
promoted have been elevated because of
service they rendered the company out
side of their regular employment. - )
On the other hand, high officials of the
Carmen's Union assert positively that the
men so promoted in a number of In
stances had . been suspended before they
"were promoted. The names of Christian
Strom, G. Guy and C. M. Tripp, who have
been made timers and dispatchers, are
cited by the union men as instances of
this fact. These men were under sus
pension before they were advanced over
the heads of other men.\ The trio have
eent their resignations to Division No. 205
Of the Street Carmen's Union. The resig
r.a ions were received at the last meeting,
but were put off- until next Wednesday
night, when ' action will be taken. The
union men strongly oppose accepting
these resignations. They want the men
expelled and .-the matter has aroused a
great deal of feeling among the men.
There are sixteen tinder suspension from
the union for conduct unbecoming mem
bers of the organization. Of this .num
ber seven have been promotetd by Mr.
Chapman.
As was stated exclusively In The Call
of Wednesday last, the general manager
Issued a circular inviting the men to make
application for promotion. Many mem
bers of the union complied and of the
S00 applications received but six or seven
were promoted. Of this number more
than half were under suspension.
General Manager Chapman made the
following statement to The Call:
The promotions in. question are based on
merit alone. This company does not maintain
any sny system or encourage talebearers; all
•we ask Is fair, honest service from our em
ployes and in return we promise fair, honest
treatment.
FAILS TO INDICT
EDWARD GRANEY
None of the family could account for
the woman's act, other than to ascribe
It to her separation from her husband.
Charles Baez could not be found last
night.
After the evening meal and having put
to bed her little ones, Charlie, 3 years of
age, and her 1-year-old babe, Irene, she
kissed the sleeping tots good-night and
went out onto the street. Then the de
spondent woman decided to call upon
Mrs. Lillian ' Hughes, an acquaintance,
living at 618 Filbert street. When she
announced herself at the house Mrs.
Hughes was surprised; because Mrs. Baez
had not; called upon her for a long time.
Mrs. Baez at once asked Mrs. Hughes to
go out with her, and they started back
for Mr. Gallick's home. Mrs. Baez \ was
carrying in her hand a baby's rattle and
also a bottle, which was wrapped in blue
paper. They took the Union-street car
and transferred at Hyde street, Mrs.
Baez appearing to be in the best of spirits
and even telling her friend that she hoped
to be soon reconciled to her husband. On
arriving at her sister's house, Mrs. Baez
lingered at the door and suddenly' she
turned to her friend and said: "Come, let
us walk down the street." They had not
gone more than twenty paces when she
asked Mrs. Hughes to hold her purse, and
then,, putting the bottle to her mouth,
began to swallow the contents. Mrs.
Hughes smelt the carbolic add and dash
ing the bottle from the woman's hand to
the ground, dragged her into Adolph
Bisch's grocery at Larkin and Pine
streets, at the same time calling for help.
The Emergency Hospital ambulance
was summoned and in the meantime Dr.
Harry Davis and Dr. W. H. Scholt gave
what aid was In their power. Upon ar
riving at the hospital It was found that
Mrs. Baez had swallowed some of the
acid and little hope of her recovery is
expressed by the physicians.
That she had contemplated suicide at
least for some hours prior to her swal
lowing the poison is evidenced In the fact
that she carried a bottle of carbolic acid
with her last, night, but it was folded in
paper and no one knew of her desperate
intention. ,
-Though It was apparent that the trouble
between herself and husband had deeply
affected. her never had there been an idea
that she would attempt to take her own
life. ¦• ¦ . - - .'
Mrs. Charlotte Baez, wife of Charles A.
Baez, an employe , of Schlueter & Vol
berg, '^upholsterers, at 215 and 218 Sutter
street, made a determined attempt to
take her own life last night at bout 9:30
o'clock by swallowing carbolic acid-
Mrs. Baez had been separated from her
husband for two months and since the
parting had accepted the protection and
comfort offered her and her and her two
Infant children by her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gallick, It
1321 Larkin street
William Asks for a Work
ingman in the National
Parliament.
Brakeman the Victim
of Brutal Hoboes*
Vengeance.
Son Believes Sire Among ths
Departed for Thirteen
Years. •
Rock Crushing Not to Be Pro
hibited Within Certain
Limits. .
Denies That Spies or Tale
bearers Are Used by
•'¦ Company.
THIEF ESCAPES
ON A BICYCLE
Infantry— First Regiment, headquarters
and two. battalions to be selected by the
regimental commander, to the Depart
ment of the Lakes; the remaining battal
ion to the Department of the East; Sec
ond Regiment, Department of the Colo
rado; Fifth Regiment/Department of the
East; Twenty-sixth Regiment, Depart
ment of Texas arid Tenth Regiment, De
partment of the Columbia.
. Artillery— Twenty-flfth, Twenty-seventh,
Thirty-first and Thirty-sixth Companies,
Coast Artillery, and Fourteenth, Fifteenth
and Twenty-flfth Batteries of Field Ar
tillery, to be assigned to stations on ar
rival at San Francisco.
Calvary— Sixth Regiment, to the De
partment'of Dakota; First Regiment, De
partment of Texas; Fifth Regiment, De
partment of Colorado.
Cavalry— The Thirteenth now at Fort
Meade, S. D., and Fort Keogh, Mont.;
the Twelfth, at Fort Clarke and Fort
Sam Houston* Texas; the Fourteenth, at
Fort Grant, A. T., Fort Duqesne, Utah,
Fort Huachuca, A. T., Fort Logan, Colo.,
and Fort Wingate, N. M. . •
Coast Artillery— The .Tenth Company,
now at Fort Getty, S. C; Thirty-eighth,
at Fort Caswell, N. C; Eighty-flfth. at
Fort Wadsworth, and One' Hundred and
Eighth, at Fort William, Me. :.
Field Artillery— Ninth Company, at Fort
Sheridan, 111.; Seventeenth, at Fort Sam
Houston,' Texas, and Eighteenth, at .the
Presidio, San Francisco.
; Infantry— Fourteenth Regiment, now at
Fort Wayne and Fort Brady, Mich., and
Fort Porter, N. T.; Eighteenth/at Fort
D. A. Russell, Wyo., Fort Logan, Colo.,
and Whipple Barracks, A. "T.; Twenty
third, at Plattsburg, N.' Y.; Fourth, at
Fort Sam Houston, Fort Brown, Fort
Wingate,- Fort Mclntosh and Eagle Pass,
all In Texas; and the Seventeenth Regi
ment)*at Vancouver Barracks, Washing
ton, Boise- Barracks, Idaho, and Fort
Wright and Fort Lawton, Wash.
The troops to come home from the Phil
ippines and the order of their disposition
in the United States are as follows:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The War De
partment to-day issued an order for the
exchange - of j fifteen Philippine regiments
with the same' number of troops In. the
United States. The home troops .will re
lieve the troops in the Philippines, the
first ones leaving San Francisco February
1 next. . These troops, now serving in the
United States, are ordered to the Philip
pines: - .--, '.
Separation From Husband
Drives Woman to •>-
Desperation.
General Manager Chap
man Says Merit Sys
tem Is in Vogue.
Fifteen Regiments Will
Relieve Troops in
Orient.
Mrs. Charles Baez Leaves
Her Infant Babes and
Plans to Die.
German Emperor Says
They Have Trodden
on Labor.
Owners to Confer With
Railroad-Regarding
Shore' Line.
Mr. Potter of Texas Has
Funeral Expense* -
Paid Once.
STANDS BY MEN
HE PROMOTED
TRAMPS DO
MURDER ON
CAR'S ROOF
HOME FORCES
FOR PHILIPPINES
FATHER'S VOICE
LIKE TOMB ECHO
KAISER FLAYS
THE SOCIALISTS
FEAR PROPERTY
MAY BE DAMAGED
MOTHER SEEKS
TO END GRIEF
THE SAJT FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902.
, SAN RAFAEL. Dec.' 5.— The Alta Stables,
the property of *J.' J., Schneider. v. but- leased by
Robert. Koch, in' this, city.-: wer» partially,'de- :
stroyed by;flre this evening. '¦'., The horses, • car
riaxes and harness i wer j 1 saved. * •
1 BAKERSFIELD, Dec. B.— The County Su
pervisors . tbis afternoon 1 appropriated ' $200 ' for'
purchasing a suitable stone us. Kern County's
contribution to. the. monument to Commodore
Bloat at Monterey. - , . .
COOS BAY — Arrived Dec 5— Schr Joseph
Buss, from San "Pedro; Bchr- Jessie Minor,
hence Nov 12. ¦ • .' • r ¦ • . - ¦ ;
PORT TOWNSEND — Arrived Dec 0 — Bktn
Kona, from Port Blakeley. for Delasroa Bay.
Passed outward Dec 5 — ShlD Charmer, from
Seattle, for San Francisco.
• PORT BLAKELEY— Arrived Dec 5-^Ger
bark ArtemU. from Port Gamble: Ger-stmr
Amasis, from Seattle: ' schr Honolsu, . hence
Nov 21: bark Prussia, hence Nov 21. v ' :.
Sailed Dec S — Bktn Kona, for DelaKoa Bay.
Friday, December 5.
Stmr Westport, Smith, 31 hours from Eu
reka * . DOMESTIC PORTS.
iAte Shipping Intelligence.
ARRIVED.
LOS ANGELES,. Dec/ 5.— David Els
worth,' a counterfeiter who ;. was , being
brought from Santa Barbara ¦ to Los
Angeles, having been held to answer by
a United • States Commissioner, "; escaped
from "Deputy States Marshal
George' McCulloch * somewhere between
Saugus and Newhall : to-nightr> The pris
oner, without coat. or hat, and l v whlle'the
train running at high speed, leaped
' from^a 1 window. . .. : : . : -* ¦ v ; ' :>'' . v'
V The train was stopped at once and Mc
'¦ Oulloch started back. He telegraphed to
the United . States /Marshal at midnight
that he had found no trace of the fugi-.
tive. ! ) .-.¦ •'¦ v <¦"¦ '¦¦¦' '..' '¦' ' ¦ '¦ -. •¦>'. '•'¦-"'
¦c Clad as he is. It' will 1 be; hardly possible
for Elsworth to escape, 'and it. is believed
he was Injured by jumping from the train.
He was; recently ¦ caught ¦' in : the act of
making counterfeit . money in a cobbler's
shop at Santa . Barbara: ' . ¦
Special Dispatch to The Call;
' When Chief of Police \ Clark . went to the
Watsonville Chinatown last evening
Suey Won had locked herself in her room
and refused him admittance. , The door
was broken down i and j she j was arrested,
brought to Santa Cruz and lodged in jail.
The Hop Sings here? say .'more arrests*
will follow. . It is • believed the. tong wili
not r be- satisfied I with' invoking the j law
alone and further ' bloodshed I is J expected. 1
SANTA CRUZ.Dec. 5— The Hop Sing
Tong has sworn to avenge the death of
Ah Chung, -who was stabbed in a Chinese
laundry In this city . last week. Three
members of this tong arrived to-day from
San Francisco and placed a charge of
murder against Horn Pach, who was in
the laundry at the time of the stabbing.
They also swore out a warrant charging
Suey "Won with murder. ' .-'¦; -
pi Suey Won is a young and pretty Chinese
damsel from Watsonville, and It Is be
cause of : her that the killing occurred.
Ah Chung and another • Chinese /were in
love with her and as a result of.- their
jealous rivalry Ah Chung had been fol
lowed by assassins from one place to an
other. ': :¦-¦.-''¦-¦ -'¦':-- ••« ¦: 1: .',, .-•
9
r Fibroid Tumors Cured -
Note the result of Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine.
. " Some time ago I -wrote to yon de-. "
scribing 1 my symptoms and asked your
advice. You replied, and I followed
all yoiur directions carefully, aad to-
day I am a well woman.
" The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex-
pelled the tumor and strengthened
my whole system.. I can -walk miles
now. jw i
" Lydla E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is worth five dol-
lars a drop. . I advise all women wh»
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give it a faithful
trial." — (Signed) Mrs. E. P.'Hxtm,
252 Dudley St., (Roxbnry) Boston.
Mass. — $5000 forfeit If original of uboue letter
proving genuineness cannot be produced.
Mountains of gold could not
purchase such testimony— or
take the place of the health
and happiness which Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
brought to Mrs. Hayes.
Such testimony should be accepted
by all women as iconvincinjr evidence
that Lydia E. PinkhamV Vege-
table Compound stands without 1
peer as a remedy for all the distress- •
ing ills of women ; ali «muian troubles ;
tumors ; ' inflammations ; ulceration,
falling and displacement of the womb ;
backache ; Irregular, suppressed or
painful menstruation. Surely ih» .
volume and character of the testimo-
nial letters we are daily printing 1»
(he newspapers can leave no room far
doubt in the minds of fair people.
steady use I find that Postum soothes the
nerves and builds them up, storing re-
eerve force and strength for time of need,
rnabling one to sleep well, awake re-
freshed and bright for each day's task;
it digests easily, builds and tones up the
tlumach and also builds up a'good, strong
:»rain, ready for any mental strain or
:oil." Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. EffiSHSMH
Ccffee was first discovered in the sixth
century by an Arabian shepherd, who
heving observed the goats of his nock
skip about and display other signs of in-
toxication after eating the coffee berry,'
concluded to try Its effects on himself,
and thus discovered its exhilarating
property.
This discovery proved the poor shep-
hird's undoing, for he indiscriminately
used large quantities, green, for Its ex-
hileratlng effect and soon died, poisoned
by Its use.
In the sixteenth century it was intro-
duced into France and was used so
6t:cng and excessively, particularly by
the Parisians, that it was found to in-
jure alike the complexion and digestion.
This discovery prwented its general in-
troduction into other European countries
fcr the next century.
fimce that period its growth has grad-
ually spread through the civilized world,
despite the -fact that pain and destruction
Icllow Its path, dyspepsia having been
hardly known before Its Introduction. It
is a "nerve stimulant" and narcotic pol-
6on, and though In no sense a food, :s
used for its stimulating principle, caf-
feine, which excites the nerves unnatur-
ally and wastes the reserve force of the
body. Coffee drives the nerves for a time,
Ftlmulating them beyond their natural
function and using up all their reserve
force. * After the first effects are past
comes breaking down of the nerve cen-
ters and general nervous derangement.
Following this in many, but not all.
cases, is a long train of misery, among
•r hich the principal symptoms are dry-
nt.es in mouth and throat, headache, ' bil-
iousness, pains in stomach or abdomen,
pain In eyes and head, loss of appetite,
dyspepsia and so on through a long,' long
list, but the one cause of all the different
symptoms is the same. - ,
The nerves have been broken down;
their reserve force is gone. Many of the
symptoms of poisoning are: Extreme
nervousness, restlessness, anguish ' of
rrind and heart, excessive relaxation of
body and brain, gloominess, inability to
think correctly, sleeplessness at night,
drowsiness in the morning, etc.
A lady from Sebastopol, CaL, writes:
"1 was a sick and poisoned .woman when
1 began to use Postum Food Coffee in
place of Coffee and after two years'
DISCOVERY OF COFFEE.
Made by an Arabian Shepherd.
POSTUM CEREAL.
ADTTEE/.CISEMKNTa.