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OAKLAND, Feb. lO.-Hay & Wright
launched the dredger that they built for
the American Dredging Company this af
trrnoon from their ship yards. Besides
being the largest dredger on tho coast the
machine is the first of its kind, for it will
contain a suction apparatus and a scoop,
too. for doing its work, making a combi
nation dredger. It will be used to dig
Oakland harbor deeper.
launch New Kind of Dredger.
Rev. K. V. Millard, D. D., the noted
traveler and archaeologist, will deliver an
Illustrated lecture at the Young Men's
Christian Association Auditorium, Friday
evening on the "Marvels of Ancient and
Modern Egypt." Dr. Millard has spent a
great deal of time in study and research
among the ancient ruins and is well qual
ified to speak . on this subject. Seventy
five slides will be used to illuminate the
lecture. The admission is complimentary.
Tickets may be secured at the Association
office. Mason and Ellis streets.
Marvels of Ancient Eg^rpt.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 10.— The Santa Clara
County Sunday-school Association began
ita two-day semi-annual convention in the
First Congregational Church of this city
this afternoon. President A. D. Campbell
called the meeting to order. Reports wero
made by Superintendents C- "\V. Jopson of
Los Gatos for the home department, the
Rev. T. S. Young for the normal depart
ment, Mrs. L. N. Richards for the pri
mary department, and Mrs. Eva S. Gll
christ of Morgan Hill for the temperance
department. At the afternoon session ad
dresses were made by State Field "Worker
C. R. Fisher of Oakland and the Rev.
Levi Gregory. There was a large attend
ance of delegates from various parts of
the county. This evening the Rev. J. T.
jIcKittrick conducted a praise service
and State Field Worker Fisher delivered
an address. The Rev. E. R. Dllle of Oak
land etpoke on "The Present Day Empha
sis of Sunday-school "Work."
Convention of Sunday-Schools.
About the year 1620 there was con
structed in London a. submarine boat in
which twelve rowers and some passengers
could Btay. This vessel was actually nav
igated beneath the surface of the Thames
from Westminster to Greenwich. Its in
ventor was a Dutch scientist and phil
osopher, Cornelius Drebbel, who was at
one time a state councilor in Austria and
had led an adventurous life. Escaping
from prison in Bohemia, he went to Eng
land and was heartily welcomed by King
James. Drebbel took up the thread of his
studies and soon his wonderful boat ap
peared on the Thames. The secret of its
construction was carefully guarded. It is
certain, however, that it was propelled by
oars, and It appears to have embodied tho
principle common, to all modern' craft of
the kind — water ballast compartments,
with pumps for emptying them to restore
the buoyancy of the. vessel. Respiration
was obtained by means of a wonderful
liquid invented by him and called by him
"quintessence of air." Artificial illumina
tion was provided by some novel method,
for Drebbel laid stress on the fact that
"In this boat a person could see under the
surface of the water and without candle
light, as much as he needed to read in the
Bible or any other book." The vessel was
never fully perfected, and arter Drebbel's
death, In 1634, was left to rot on the banks
of the Thames.— Baltimore American.
One Built in 162O Wnich. Navigated
Thames With Twelve Passen
gers.
BUBMABINE BOATS
NOT NEW INVENTION
cf the trial of Charles F. Hunt, charged
with having murdered Edward Kolley, a
lellow showman traveling with "Buffalo
I.lll's" wild West organization, was un
eventful save that the defense began the
presentation of testimony. The only wit
ness will be the defendant himself. He
claims to have struck Kolley over the
head with a tent stake In self-defense.
The case will go to the Jury to-morrow.
Second Day's Trial of Charles Hunt
Does Not Produce New
Features.
OAKLAND. Feb. ».— The second day
VERDICT IN MITKDEIt
CASE CLOSE AT HAND
OAKLAND, Feb. 10.— The committee of
young men who have pledged themselves
to raise $10,000 for the new building fund
of the Young Men's Christian Association
announces that it has succeeded in gath
ering J48H 50, nearly half the amount to
bo acquired before Its obligation is dis
charged. The Y. M. C. A. elected tha fol
lowing officers last night: President. D.
Edward Collins; vice president, R. H.
Chamberlain; secretary, M. T. Holcomb;
treasurer, California Bank.
Rearing Five Thousand Mark.
OAKLAND, Feb. JO.— Next Friday the
Board of Supervisors of this county and
the Eoard of Supervisors or Contra Costa
County will hold a joint meeting at the
Contra Costa end cf the tunnel that is
now beins excavated through the moun
tain range that separates the counties.
The object of the session i3 to discuss pro
posed alterations in the tunnel plans.
Boards to Meet at Tunnel.
The proceedings brought by William
Baltzer to remove Constable Ed Weidler
from office because of the alleged unlaw
ful retention of money, was dismissed by
Judge Ellsworth to-day. The demurrer
interposed by Attorney Chapman on be
half of Weidler was sustained on every
point.
The original cause will probably be tak
en up in the Superior Court, where it has
been pending. Weidler claimed if he grave
up the fees he would be liable.
Weidler was charged -with failure to
turn . over the proceeds from a sale of
cowa under an execution of judgment. The
constable declared he kept the money
pending a settlement of the original suit.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
1118 Broadway, Feb. 10.
HAYWARDS, Feb. 10. — Postmaster
George O&kes has been advised by Con
pessman iletcalf that the name of Alon
io Bradford has been sent to the Presi
«'er.t as Oakcs' successor in the Haywards
pestofflce. Bradford is a veteran of the
Civil V.nr and held the postmastershlp
under I'residt-nt Harrison.
E elects New Postmaster.
Suit to Oust Constable
Is Thrown Out of
Court.
WEIDLER WINS
ON ALL POINTS
Percival Lowell, whose name Is so inti
mately connected with the recent Investi
gations and discoveries about the planet
Mars, lectured at the Art Gallery re
cently before the department of as
tronomy of thfe Brooklyn Institute on
"The Planet Mars and It3 System of
Canals." Illustration was by lantern slide
and consisted of projections of the planet.
A new interest was added from the fact
that the pointer was freely used and the
explanation of the course of the canals
ancs the peculiarities of the geographical
features of Mars made an attractive por
tion of the talk. The lecture was a fas
cinating study of the subject, because Mr.
Lowell has the gift of pleasing address
joined to a comprehensive fund of knowl
edge upon which to draw.
After a brief review of the information
about the planet existing before his time,
the discoveries of Schiaparelll were dis
cussed, and It was said that he was the
first to obtain definite knowledge about
Mars. He began his investigations in
1S77, continued them for fifteen or more
years and since that time Mr. Lowell has
carried on the work in his observatory at
Flagstaff. t
Mars has no' mountains and no water,
that is, no large bodies of it. said the
professor. The bright green portions that
were once supposed to be water are
known to be vegetation, and the ochre
tinted portion Is desert. Canals run be
tween the pole caps of snow, "drawing
from either according to the inclination
of the planet. There are 340 of these
canals, and the longest is judged to be
3500 mileB long. These radiate from cen
ters which may be receiving reservoirs.
Toward the equator the desert increases
In size. These canals are said to give evi
dence of an ability In engineering far sur
passing- anything known here, and that Is
perhaps not to be wondered at when It is
considered how much older the civiliza
tion of the Martians is than ours.
The Great "Waterways of Our Neigh
bor Show Some Evidences of
Engineering Skill.
OAKLAND, Feb. 20.— The left foot Of
Howard Fisher, an employe of the Jack
ton Furniture Company, was severely
crushed this morning by an elevator on
which he was ridings In attempting to
move a roll of carpet the elevator start
ed upward and moved Just far enough to
<atch his foot.
Elevator Crushes Employe's Foot.
Funeral services will be held Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock from Evers" under
taking parlors In Oakland. The pallbear
ers for Arthur Baronldas will be class
mates from the PuoIIc Commercial
School, of which he was a member. The
pallbearers for Harold will be members
of his class from the Berkeley High
School.
There is no /doubt that the deaths were
accidental and Coroner Curry does not con
sider an autopsy necessary. It is conced
ed that the boys wore drowned in the
shallow water on tha marsh, after they
had become so exhausted that they were
unable to stand or to hold their heads out
of the waves.
BERKELEY, Feb. 10.— Coroner Curry
cf Contra Costa County has not yet set
the date for the inquest to be held over
the remains of Arthur and Harold Baron
idas, the two West Eerkeley boys who
were found dead yesterday on the marsh
near Stege, but the official investigation
will be held soon. Several witnesses must
be called from West Berkeley to Martinez
to present their testimony to the jury,
which has already been selected.
DOUBLE FUNEBAL FOB
THE BABONIDAS BOYS
Schoolmates of the Crowned Berkeley
Youths Will Act as Escort of
Honor.
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 10. — Speaker Hunt t»»
day Introduced a bill providing a bounty of
1 cent a pound on beet sugar manufactured la
Idaho during 1903 and 1304.
OAKLAND. Feb. 10.— Tha following
marriage licenses were Issued to-day:
William H. Buehler, over 21. and Mrs.
Lottie Logan, over IS, both of San Fran
cisco; William J. Hollander. 24. and Loui
sa C. Daily. 21. both of San Francisco;
Fred S. Carter, 23, and Cecilia K. Mul
grew, IS, both of Oakland.
Licensed to Marry.
W. H. Duren, employed as a dlslnfector
in the Health Department for eight years,
oied Monday at midnight at his residence,
804 Franklin street. Duren was 71 years
of age and left the health office in good
spirits at 5 o'clock. At 12 o'clock he suf
fered a stroke of paralysis, which caused
his death.
Health Official Dies.
The speakers at the banquet to be giv
en in the evening by the local organiza
tion to the visiting delegates will be The
odore A. Bell, Congressman-elect of the
Second Congressional District; James V.
Coleman, E. J. Livernash, Congressman
elect of the Fourth district; Professor J.
H. Simmons and William I. Brobeck.
The annual conference of the State
league of Iroquois Democratic Clubs will
be held February 23, 1903, at Pythian Cas
tle. The conference will be presided over
by Charles H. Holcomb, grand sachem,
and Lawrence J. Welch will be secretary.
It is expected that more than 150 dele
gates will be in attendance from various
parts of the State. The Iroquois clubs of
Spokane, Wash.; Reno, Nev.; Portland.
Or., and Phoenix, A. T., will be represent
ed. George E. Chamberlain, the newly
elected Democratic Governor of Oregon,
"will accompany the Portland delegation
and Francis Newlands, United States Sen
ator-elect from Nevada, the Reno dele
gates.
The conference will take action on a
communication recently received from the
National Association of Democratic Clubs
lnNew York City urging the organization
of the party in the West for the national
campaign of 1904.
Political topics will be discussed by
Nicholas Bowden of San Jose, Albert
Kinr.ey of Los Angeles. State Senator
Emmonl of Kern, William M. Cannon.
Max Popper, A. D. Lemon, William Mc-
Cabe. C. A. Storke of Santa Barbara.
Delegates will also be present from Iro
quois clubs of Martinez, Point Richmond,
Sacramento, Los Angeles, Bakersfleld,
San Rafael, San Luis Oblspo, San Diego,
Colusa, San Jose, Santa Barbara and Riv
erside.
State league Will Perfect Organiza
tion for the National Campaign
of 1904.
OA.KLAND, Feb. 10.— The children of
the Sabbath school of the First
Hebrew Congregation have been
devoting all their spare moments
after school these last few days
transforming Into a gorgeous spectacle
the vestry rooms of the synagogue,
all in anticipation of the bazaar that op
ered this evening and -will extend over to
morrow afternoon and evening. By the
time the doors were ready to be swung
open this evening these children had suc
ceeded in turning the place into a minia
ture fairyland, bedecked with color and
dainty decorations.
IBOQTJOIS CI/TJBS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION
Streamers of all colors and the flags of
ali nations figure in the general scheme of
decoration. Each booth has Its particular
color, however, and all have been made
to blend in perfect harmony. The booth3
are in charge of the following named chil
dren:
Poster — Rose Pantoakey Monti Berg, Sydney
Sllverstein, Miriam Blplro, Btymour Mosko
viteh.
Candy — Sara Kahn. Henrietta Kahn and
Fanny Goldberg.
Flower — Beatrice Marks, Kazel Samuels.
Miriam Levy, Pauline Eiiazrr.
Art — Sylvia Salinger, Florence Bauer.
Gypsy camp — Albert Cohn. Milton Jonaa,
Jpbco Coftee. Irving Cohn. Irving Kapham,
Marlae Lazarus. Beckle Kohn, Jeanette Jonas
and Belle Jacobs.
Cigar and grab — Melvin Schwarzbaum, Irv-
In the general arrangements the chil
dren were assisted by their parents and
friends, who are now filling the office of
patrons for the fair, as follows: Mrs. A.
Alexander, Mrs. E. Rosenberg, Mrs. Jules
Abrahamson, Mrs. I. Robinson, Mrs. Solo
mon Kahn. Mrs. Gus Cohn, Miss Emma
Scheline, Mrs. S. Jonas, Miss Lucy Peres,
Miss Ella Rosenberg, Mrs. A. Levy and
Mies E. Danlelwitz.
THE PLANET MARS
AND ITS CANALS
Rebekah at th« well — Nellie Van Morlck.
Myrtle Coleman, Florence Coleman and Claud
ine Jonaa.
Fancy — Rosalind Magnus and Sadls Sllver
steln.
Ing Kahn, Albert Jacobs, Felix Bauer and
George Boas.
Refreshments — EcJajn Robinson, Alma Kahn,
Pearl Lubec and Bertha Goldberg.
BERKELEY. Feb. 10.— The annual re
port of the Contra Costa Water Company
v.as filed with the Town Trustees last
nigrht. According to the report the com
pany is not receiving a sufficient rate of
interest en its Investment and a - request
for a higher rate was made. The trustees
will consider this Friday evening, Februa
ry 20. The report showed the following
receipts: Water rents, $70,645 4S; tapping
mains, $3549 0&; land rents, JSW 45; pipe ex
tensions, 525S SO; total, $75,364 £8. The ex
penses were: Operation, $22,853 OS; repairs,
J10S7 22; renewals, $11W> 51; services,
JIt/5 60; taxes, $6034 46; total $42,736 46. The
net earnings was shown to be $32,627 91,
¦which amounts to 4.4 per cent on the cost
of the company's plant— $748,324 29. This
rale of Interest Manager Adorns thought
too email.
"Want Higher Water Sates.
LITTLE FOLK "WHO WILL, PARTICIFATB IN THE BAZAAR, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THE FIRST HE
BREW CONGREGATION IN ITS SYNAGOGUE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WITH SOME OF THE
SCENES THAT WILL BB REPRESENTED BY BOOTHS.
City Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. J.
W McClytnonds will entertain the members of
the High School faculty Friday evening la
honor of the approaching- marriage of tneir
daughter. Miss Ethel McClymonds, who baa
been a teacher in the Oakland High School for
some time. _^_^____^__
Lincoln's birthday anniversary will be cele
brated Thursday evening at the First Lutheran
Church by the Ladles' Aid Society. The social
will be for the church members and their
friends and a pleasing- musical programme baa
been prepared. Tha music will consist of pa
triotic selections rendered cy Mrs. Alexander
Young and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Walling. P. M.
Fisher will deliver an address on the martyred
Preuident and at tha conclusion of the pro
rrunmt a supper will tva served.
• • • •
OAKLAND, Feb. 10.— The Ebell rooms were
not so crowded as usual to-day, the luncheon
being attended by members only, the increased
membership necessitating: a departure from the
long-established rme of allowing each member
to bring a guest. An exception was made to
day, however, in favor of Mls» Bertha Runlcle,
the distinguished young author of "The Helmet
cf Navarre," who was the club's guest at
luncheon.
Mrs. C. F. Mau was chairman of the day and
Miss Cnarlotte Coliina was chairman of the
music committee. After luncheon the mem
bers enjoyed a very pleasing musical pro
gramme. Mrs. James G. Aliens beautiful
voice wns heard in two songs by Arthur Foote.
(a) ••Th» Four Seasons" and (b) "Love Me if
I Live." To an insistent encore Mrs. Allen re
sponded with Jessie Ualnor'a exquisite lullaby.
"The Slumber Boat." Mrs. Allen was accom
panied by Miss Pauline Collins. The ether
musical numbers were a vtolln solo, "Reverie.'
by Vleuxtemps executed by Mrs. E. N. Ewer,
and a vocal selection by Miss Beulah George.
The delegates who recently attended the con
vention of Women's Clubs in Fresno gave a
short synopsis of what had been accomplished
there and other Interesting data. Mrs. A. H.
Qlascock spoke of "The Convention City" and
Mrs. fi. W. Owen, In a brief but witty and
clever address, spoke of the more notable ones
from the Alameda district. . She said most
complimentary things of Mrs. Haigrht of Berke
ley Mrs Lemon Mrs. Buntry of Centervllle
and Mrs.' J. B. llume. Mrs. Humes address
before the convention on "The Bible as Liter
ature" was called by the Fresno papers "the
cem of the convention." and. Mrs. Owen said,
at tho conclusion of her spe«ch the applause
was so prolonged that Mrs. Hume was com
pelled to come forward and bow her acknowl
edgment. Mrs. Hume was heard to-day in a
breezy description of "Proceedings at the Con
vention " Mm. John Bakewell told what she
had learned about the doings of other clubs
and Mrs. Lemon read a paper on the "Ad
vantages of the Convention."
Among the ladles who assisted Mrs. Mau In
receiving to-day were Mrs. Walter Manuel,
Mrs. Seth Mann. Mrs. George S. Meredith. Mrs.
E C Morrison, Mrs. E. C. Memll. Mrs. H.
Morris. Mrs. Mae Mauvals. Mrs. T. X. Machin.
Miss Eleanor Machin, Mrs. J. D. Lynch, Mrs.
Paul Lohse and Mrs. Charles Lovell.
EVENTS IN SOCIETY
E. E. Eberman. the field secretary of
the Christian Endeavor Union, will raaka
an address next Friday evening in Cal
vary Presbyterian Church, at the corner
of Jackson and Fillir-ore streets. Mr.
Eberman is making a tour of the State-)
and Canada and is arousing great enthu
siasm in the Endeavor cause wherever ha
goes. He left Boston on December 22 anl
went to the New Mexican Convention at
Las Vegas and visited Colorado, Omaha.
Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. From
California he will go to Oregon, Washing
ton and British Columbia and will gradu
ally work his way east, stopping en route
to address many meetings.
At the close of Mr. Eberman'3 address
next Friday evening In Calvary Church,
the Rev. William Rader will install the
new officers of Golden Gate Christian En
deavor Union. The meeting will open at
7:45 o'clock.
PPwOMINENT LECTTJBER
WILL ADBKES3 MEETHTQ
Berkeley Trustees Would Do Away
With Town Auditor, but Law
Foils Them.
BERKELEY, Feb. 10.— The Town Trus
tees are in the peculiar position of having
created an office they do not want, but of
which they are unable to rid themselves.
The town charter provides that the Trus
tees have the power to provide for the
election of an auditor by ordinance when
they deem it necessary. A few ¦weeks
a*ro they thought an auditor was required
and passed the necessary ordinance. Lost
night Trustee Staats moved to abolish the
office and his motion was seconded by
Trustee Hoff. In the discussion which fol
lowed' most of the Trustees expressed
themselves in favor of abolishing the of
fice, but before they could take a vote
Town Attorney Hayne advised them that
it would be unlawful to repeal the actioi*.
A charter amendment will be necessary to
yet rid of the auditor.
The salary of the president of the board
was again placed at $25 a month, from
which it was reduced to nothing about a
month ago. President Marston himself
cast the deciding vote on the motion.
A petition from property owners along
Grove street was received asking that the
Trustees grant no further franchises to
the Bay Counties Power Company to erect
a "hideous forest of poles" along the
streets and requesting that those already
en Grove street te removed. No action
¦a as taken on the petition.
CREATE OFFICE WHICH
THEY CANNOT ABOLISH
OAKLAND. Feb. 10.— After flirting with
the waves for a long time the ferry
steamer Cazadero threw herself into their
embrace this morning in the estuary.
John Dickie, the builder, made three at
tempts to introduce the Cazadero to tho
estuary waters before she would yield to
hL« importunities. On two occasions she de
ceived him and a lot of people by moving
a little bit and then refusing to go an
other Inch. Tugs and donkey engines
were used all to no purpose. This morn-
Ing, however, the Cazadero took her dip
without the least bit of urging.
The Cazadero was built for the Xorth
Shore Railway, which will use her in its
ferry traffic. She will bo fiti— '• with en
gines at the Risilon Ircn Works and will
be ready In June.
New Ferry Steamer for North. Shors
Road Slides Off the Ways After
Many Delays.
CAZADEHO AT LAST
TAKES TO THE WATEB
The husband, who is Pacific Coast agent
of the Simonds Saw Company of St.
Louis, was anxious to make a statement
of his side of the case, which is as fol
lows:
"My wife was sent to the sanitarium
by the orders of Dr. E. B. Wall of Berke
ley, who is my family physician. My wife
is suffering from an acute agitation of
the nerves and melancholia. The talk of
a deep laid plot to deprive my wife of her
liberty is all nonsense. I have her in
terests at heart. She has been subject
to nervous spells ever since her motner
died three years ago. Any restraint which
has been placed upon her has been by
the physician's orders, and not mine."
The husband will make an application
to be regularly appointed guardian of his
wife. K
"My greatest trial,"' she said, "wa3 that
my little girl and my frlend3 were not
able to visit me. It nearly broke my
heart. For four long months I have
yearned for my liberty. If I am not In
sane after being shut up there fcr four
months it is reasonable to say I was not
before. I believe my actions and talk have
shown me to be a sane woman. I can
not sufficiently thank the kind friends
who did not desert me. The future cer
tainly looks brighter than it did."
Mrs. Barrie conducted herself very
quietly and talked naturally and with dig
nity of her imprisonment. She said that
she had not been subjected to any un
pleasant regulations by Dr. J. W. Rob
ertson, save that she was denied her lib
erty.
"I interested myself in the case as a
matter of humanity. I wrote the Rev.
J. L. Burcham to make an Inquiry into
the detention of Mrs. Barrie. I received
a curt note from Mr. Barrie telling me
to mind my own business and to give my
advice when it was aslced Tor."
I. J. Truman was also equally emphatic
in declaring that the incarcerated woman
was sound in mir.d and perfectly able to
take care of herself. He said:
"I have known her for twelve years,
and there is not a sweeter or dearer lit
tle woman in the world. The idea of her
being Insane is preposterous. Her actions
this morning in court should show that
statement to be false. Had I known be
fore that she was behind bolts and bars
it would not have taken me twenty-four
hours to secure her release."
The husband, through Attorney Lin
Church, opposed the release of his wife,
but Judge Ogden declared it to be a case
where a person was clearly being illegal
ly restrained of liberty.
Mrs. F. L. Turpin. who with Banker
Truman, was very instrumental In secur
ing the release of the Imprisoned woman,
in speaking of Mrs. Barrie said:
A dozen friends, Including I. J. Tru
man, president of the Columbian Eank;
Mrs. Turpin and several other well-known
society women, who have taken an In
terest in the ca^e, surrounded Mrs. Bar
rie and congratulated her.
The affidavit on which the writ of
habeas corpus was issued recites that
Mrs. Barrie was kept under the strictest
surveillance and was not allowed to re
ceive visitors, even her own child, Ade
laide, a girl of 15 years, being denied ad
mittance or the privilege of communicat
ing with her mother.
Mrs. Eliza Barrie, the Berkeley woman
who claims to have been illegally de
tained in a Llvermore sanitarium for the
last four months by the direction of her
husband, A. C. Barrie, was -set at liberty
to-day by the order of Judge Ogden.
She immediately went to the home In
San Francisco of Mrs. F. L. Turpin. wife
of the vice president of the Columbian
Bank of San Francisco, where she will
remain temporarily a guest.
The moment the order giving her lib
erty was pronounced by Judge Ogden
Mrs. Barrie turned to where her Fister,
Miss Mary Herrick, wae standing and ex
claimed, "Thank God! Thank God. I
have earnestly prayed* for my release for
four long iconths. Providence has cer
tainly heard my prayer."
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
. HIS Broadway, Feb. 10.
J«T.n;e- Hoffman has been granted a di
vcrce from Louis Hoffman on the ground
of desertion.
When he had reached the well-balanced
fc£p ni 70 years, Thorne married a woman
of 25. but their married life was brief. He
v-ss rncrrted twice before that, one wife
< 7 >5ri£ and one wife divorcing him.
In his answer to his wife's suit Thorne
recites many troubles. Last Sunday, ha
tays, his wile deserted him without cause
*:<d that he had no knowledge of htr
whereabouts until the filing of the dl
\crce suit. He will rr.ake her desertion
the bests of a cross-complaint.
Mrs. Minna Volgman was granted a
divorce to-day bjy Judge Melvin on the
ground cf cruelty from August Volgman.
The busbftnd tiled a cross-complaint, but
it was not sustained.
Oakland Office Ean Francisco Call,
111S Broadway, Feb. 10.
Charles U. S. Thorne, an octogenarian,
v.l.o confesses to four matrimonial ven
tu'ts, Is preparing to contest th« suit of
his vcife, Julia H. Thorne, for divorce.
lie says she has no legal ground for a
O'.vorce decree and denies that he has ever
I ten cruel to her.
Thorr.e's fourth and last matrimonial al
liance was contracted when tho snow ot
pevfnty-slx winters had settled on his
U'Cd. He describes himself as an "Eng
tth ger.lierr.an," \rlth no occupation. His
ancestry he (races to Sir Henry Vance,
a noted aristocrat of his time.
There were no hostile demonstrations
and the only excitement was caused by
Cadman threatening to have expelled W.
E. Gibson, who Inadvertently mentioned
the word "blackmailers." Cuvelller want
ed to go into executive session, but hla
motion was defeated. Wixson introduced
an ordinance designed to prohibit the
destruction of garbage in the district from
which the protestants hail, he being one
of them.
This statement set the ball in motion
and everybody had something to say.
Councilman Cadman did not know about
the ability of the city to purchase the
site and lease it to the crematory and
appealed to City Attorney Johnson, who
informed him that It would be a lawful
procedure.
Councilman Cuvelller wanted an inves
tigation to discover whether the ground
would hold an eighty-foot chimney and
Intermingled his speech with an appeal
to the protestants to wait until the crema
tory is erected, asserting his belief that
it would not be as bad as it might seem.
Councilman Wallace thought $10,000 a lot
of money to pay for something which the
people thought they were going to get
for nothing and advised going slow.
Councilman Schafferwas of the belief that
there would be no thoroughfare to tha
Adeline-street lot until assured that the
Crocker people would provide one.
The upshot of it all was that three com
mittees of investigation were appointed.
City Engineer Turner was appointed a
committee of one to investigate the con
dition of the land: Councilman Cadman,
a committee of one to interview the
Crocker people for the purpose of getting
an option on the land and trying to in
duce them to sell a smaller lot; Council
men "W'ixson, Fitzgerald and Wallace, a
committee to ascertain if the crematory
people are agreeable to the site.
After struggling another hour or two
with the question of the location of tha
garbage crematory, against which resi
dents of the Second Ward are in arms,
the City Council was no nearer a aettle
ment of the difficulty to-night than it was
a week ago. If anything the complica
tions are a little more complex.
The proposition of James H. Creeley
that the city purchase a lot at First and
Adeline streets from the Crocker estate
for $10,000 and lease it to the crematory
company was the bone of contention.
Creeley, backed by the moral support of
a lobby filled with protestants, speaking
in behalf of the plan, told the Councilman
that it was the only way out of the dif
ficulty and that it was for them to do
their duty.
Oakland Office San Francl3co Call,
1118 Broadway, Feb. 10.
SAN FBANC1SCO, Cal., March 8. 1902.—
This Is my last wil! and testament. I hereby
appoint my executors without bonds. Judga
J. J. de Haven, whom I appoint as my execu
tors All«n D. Cushlr.g to ass.st w.th the thing*
belonging to the different perrons. Judge John
J. de Haven, $3000; Allen I>. Cushlng, $3000;
Mrs. Minnie Huberts. tlU>; Mrs. Eliza U
French. j;k;O: Miss Gertrude French. $300; Mrs.
Jane L. de Haven. $!(:< u: Mlsa Sarah Lonna >t-
Haven, JO'JU; Mrs. Louesa. Larue, $5o«>; Mrs.
Flec«!e Correa. $5CO; Miss Oracle L. Laru».
f.'CO; A. H. Young, $400; Cyrus U Larue. $«0;
Mrs. 9. A. Maine, $50O; Mrs Flossie Main*.
$5CO; Mrs. Margaret E. Cu^htns. $30O and my
sealskin sack It she would like it. To Ixmes*
L. Larue, one sideboard. To Mias Louesa
Louesa Louesa Union Mrs. Margaret Cushlag
my piano. J. John Je Haven $1«iO.
MARGARET E. WALJiATH.
A will, remarkable for Its ambiguity,
disposing of an estate estimated from
$10,000 to $20,000, was filed for probate to
day by Allen D. Cushlng. The instru
ment, ¦which Is olograohic, -was written
and signed by Mrs. Margaret E. Walrath,
who died in Alameda on January 31.
Many friends are remembered. but
twenty-two relatives are neglected. The
will reads as follows:
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1113 Broadway, Feb. 10.
Adeline-Street Site Sets the
Councilmen to Asking
Questions.
Margaret Walrath Remem
bers Her Friends, but
Forgets Relatives.
Influential Friends Espouse
Cause of Sanitarium
Patient.
Fourth Wife Brings Action
Against Charles V.
S. Thorne.
Ambiguous Instrument
Disposes of Small
Fortune.
Mrs. Eliza A. Barrie Is
Set at Liberty by
Judge Ogden.
Octogenarian Objects to
Allegations of
Spouse.
Proposition to Buy New
Property Increases
Complications.
WILL CONTAINS
MANY BEQUESTS
BATTLE AFRESH
OVER CREMATORY
HOSPITAL DOORS
OPEN FOR WIFE
FIGHTS DIVORCE
SUIT AT EIGHTY
THE SAN FBA5 CISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUART 11, 1903.
Little Ones Have Elaborately Decorated Vestry Rooms of the
Synagogue, Transforming Them Into a Fairyland With Flags,
Where, Behind Various Booths, They Barter With the Elders
BAZAAR OF HEBREW SABBATH
SCHOOL CHILDREN IS OPENED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — A bill wti Intro
duced to-day by Senator Burton which provides
that henceforth $12 shall be the minimum pen
sion allowed. It provides for an Increase to
that amount of all pensions now below that
figure.
OAKLAND. Feb. 10.— The Union La
bor party will open the campaign Fri
day evening at Alcatraz Hall, West Oak
land. The committee announces Mayor
Schmltz of San Francisco as one of Uis
&peaker3.
Labor Party to Open Campaign.
Dora A. Heath, who broke her right
arm and injured her side by falling
over a broken plank In a sidewalk In
front of 1511 Buchanan street- last Decem
ber, filed a suit for $20,350 damages
against the Board of Public Works.
Woman Sues City for Damages.
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