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LAWRENCE^ HELD TO ANSWER:
OAKLAND. May IS. — Plans are
now well under way for the - presen
tation of the famous historical spec
tacular "America," which will be pro
duced at tfce" Dewey Theater \u25a0 during
the week beginning May; 29,: under the
auspices of Company ; A, ; Fifth • Regi
ment^ National Guard of California.
The members of the* company,/ many
of whom are to take part in the pro
duction, are : sparing ' no' effort : or f ex
pense to make the play a success and
the scenery / and V stage -settings j have
been especially / prepared for.- the pro
duction of the play. /The costumes se^
cured for.: the ; spectacle are 7 the J finest
that could , be ; obtained -and! are Shis-'
torlcally correct: ln ; every" detalL ; § The"
rehearsals for/ the piece are now going
on/ under the; direction of 8./T.J Zleg-'
ler, / a ~well ; known* theatrical \ manager/
\u25a0who .has , been engaged .to : product : It
Ja: the best possible tn aihn*iv ; -.* /' '
iiwiii iiwiHiiiilWH ii mm pwi in n f ' 1 1 ii > i »i ii >iinfjfrwi ' l
COMPANY A TO. GIVE SHOW.
The body, terribly . mangled, was
found by Manuel Perry, also an em
ploye of the railroad company, at 5
o'clock this morning. Perry at once
notified the police and the body, was
removed to the Morgue.
TRAIN KILLS BRIDGE BUILDER.
OAKLAND, May 13. — John Bow
man, residing at 1880 Seventh street,
who was employed as a bridge builder
by the Southern Pacific Company, was
killed some time last night by a local
train at the corner of Bay and Goss
streets. How or when the accident
happened is not known, as the man
had been dead several hours when the
remains were discovered.
/OAKLAND,? May /1 8.-f-Sults^ f orA Al
vorce: were/: begun /to-day> by//F.~ :W.
Ehgleken". against r Edith// E. • Engleken,
whom, / he/ says, / has vleft-.! him/, for a
mah"/na/medvHughes;i Maud Wilkinson
against; Harry!? Dl/Wllklnson, /: for /un
faithfulness; Flora/ Bi ; Howard /against
Frank :R;/ Howard. / for /desertlohr
Le'onaC. v Bennett ./ajrainst/ George / M.
Bennett : for cruelty ; f Williams? J.', Gam-/
ble"' against Dofa'^Gamble.^for r ,;deser^
tioh; ).C;'-..W.;'" Shade" /against; /^Ada/T.
Shade, 1 : for Arthur
Meyers. /; Ihterlocutbo'/ * decrees^ Vwere
granted -Agnes ; G// Striker/ from i Fr'ed T
eflck "i Striker, t for /desertion ; //Alice / E.
Kick from John F.; Kick, f or /deßertionJ
A final ; decree/ was" granted/ O. C. v
Bryan f rom : SophierM): Bryan.
COUPLES WANT I FREEDOM.
/The net profit from the Russian Gov
ernment monopoly in the sale of spirits
last year /exceeded £ 40,000,000.
. 'Jhe \ principal asset \u25a0; of his estate is
the;hbme 'at* 1228::Union//Btreet,- whlbh
Is valued at/ about'/ $5000,/ and his life
insurance of $ 8 500./ This Is left : to the
girls,' Lydia 1 ! Jeariette : andr Carmellta
Antonia, /who: are: 21; and- 16 years of
age f respectively. /His^personal /propt
erty J is .valued at /about $1000. He
gives Ta bedroom/ set 'and jplanb] to one
daughter and the/ reet 'bf theTfurhlture
to \ the • other. It The three, sons, /William,
Toffiez and Harold, .are bequeathed re
membrances.' ' * /'\u25a0\u25a0 ' /. '"
OAKLAND, May/ 18.---Thei will/of
the ' late Bernard C.Z; Cuvellief, ;/who
committed suicide on top 'of the Union
Bank building, was , filed //for ; probate
to-day. ; ".. The estate, including a ; $3500
life / insurance / policy/made I out - in" fa
yorfbf his two daughters,/ will »hot ex
ceed $10,000. ;,;.:/ He . left V five /children;
three-sons and two 'daughters,; and to
these two •; girls , he bequeathed? all his
property of any value,- givingT the ; boys
his books and a few pieces oosf s brlc-a
brac.*: //-//: ; : .\u25a0 -./,. \u25a0'.•\u25a0. :
CUVELLIER'S WIIjL^ FILED.
Many Electric Railways in Switzerland
vNo less than fourteen electric: moun
tain railways^ are* now- under construc
tion/in (Switzerland, "according to The
Indianapolis News. \u25a0T Within '\u25a0 the \u25a0 course
of -a* fewj years all the leading Alpine
heights; can be reached by-/mountain
railways. /Switzerland; is .spending
manytmllllonsi'on .these enterprises,
andMt is hoped thafct with these In
creasing facilities,'the number.of tour
ists : will;,become ,; greater,,every, year.
| The! Jungfrau ;andV tChamounix ; rail-"
j ways -will be T completed j an'd s, open 5 for/
j passenger: traffic by,% the, summer "of
I i906;f;::^; ;::.•:,";-::::.: ..;;\u25a0 -.-, .;-): :\ ,
; SAN MATEO./ May 13.— -First Lieu-/
tenant AlvinrKr; Baskette. ,Thlrd_Uhit
ed/. States i lnfantry;/ is "•. hereXwith // his
bride, who was ? Miss Wllders/'of Co-,
lumbus. : Ohio; : : They / are £ the /guests
of Mr. and Mrs.: F; : E.. Baskette. ; The
young ; officer ; is stationed at Fort Lis--*
cum,/ Alaska. /" Af ter'^a \u25a0 brief , sojourn in
California/; he will /take his "young
bride to his northern' station. ;:••: - ..
Lieutenant Baskette to Spend Honey
moon In California Before Going
t» /Post; ih : Alaska. v:/,./r/v :/,./r/
ARMY OFFICER AND BRIDE
VISITING IN SAN MATEO
According to Captain Woodside his
wife had been a sufferer from heart
trouble for several years, and it waa,
her habit to often take strolls along
the south side beach. She was missed
from her home last evening and a
search waa. made for her by members
of her family, who finally concluded
that she had gone visiting and had de
cided to spend the night with friends.
Mrs. Woodside was a native of Ireland,
aged 4S years, and besides her husband
leaves seven children— Marian, . Flor
ence, William J. Jr., Walter S., Edward
A., James McC. and Bertie Woodside.
ALAMEDA, May 13.— Captain Wil
liam J. Woodslde of 1018 Grand street
to-day Identified the body of the
woman found at the south end of
Union street last evening, by Mrs.
Frank N. Dodd. as that of his wife,
Marian Woodside. An autopsy per
formed this evening at. the undertak
ing parlors of Smiley & Gallagher by
Dr. Charles L. Tisdale disclosed the
cause of death to have been fatty de
generation of the heart.
. . The wedding ring was placed on the
left hand. 1':1 ': as nearest .the ; heart, -and
onV the /fourth Vflnger.:: because that
finger s was . supposed to have-'lts own
"private'.'), wire (In the shape of a deli
cate nerve) Ito /the/ heart. That finger,/
too, : was called the medicine finger, and
the^'bellef ;,was ' that ;by - virtue of .the
little- nerve It could detect -a danger
ous ' poison ', if ; ; simply Inserted in . the
liquid.- 1 ; From .that ; bellef the Ideathat
wedding ; ring s-rrthe rings iworn I on ; that
fingers-had , special curative :: qualities,
had its* rise/ To this/day wedding rings
are rubbed ; over/an ; obstinate sty; on an
eyelid.r-London .Chronicle. : ,
The /"Wedding Ring Finger.
IDENTIFIES HIS
WIFE'S REMAINS
"Mrs. Swellman has an excellent
cook and I want her." — Philadelphia
Press.
"Dear," said the politician's wife.
"there's a handsome big policeman
whose beat embraces Mrs. Swellman'n
house. Can't you get him transferred
to this neighborhood?"
"What for?" demanded her hus
band.
General John A. Flte "of Lebanon
was on a streetcar bound for the fair.
A lady/ and her daughter, got on the
car, the; mother; finding a seat. Gen
eral Flte gallantly arose and offered
th«f young lady his seat The young
lady declined to/take It. General Fite
insisted, but ; the mother remarked:
"She Is young and /can 6tand."
"You don't mean to say that I am
old. : madam?"
y r "Oh. not at all," politely remarked
the lady.~ ; y
; .The young lady accepted the seat,
and General Fite, v turning to the
mother, said: :
"How old ;do you think I am?"
. "I should think; about 55."
; "Madam^l am"93;yearsVold."
; " . Then he ; stopped Uo ; enjoy 'the sen
satftrfiTthe, announcement had created.
He had it to the : full."/ The " men mar
veled:, the women wondered. One of
the former asked: .
;.•". \u25a0" "To what : do . you attribute . your
long life?'.: , \u0084
? V'To nothing In particular. I have
used good' whisky, chewed good to
bacco and ; smoked - good cigars. My
mother died tat, the* age,, of 101 years.
My grandmother lived to be 110 and
had = ten! living-children . and over- 600
descendants, | living, and dead.'*- — Nash
ville".'American.-'.
Why He Was So Younff.
C. E. Dennett of 1079 Fifty-third,
street, reported that burglars had en
tered his home some time yesterday
afternoon through a rear window, and
stolen Spanish coins valued at $3 50.
Two $6 gold pieces were stolen from a
satchel in the home of Mrs. T. Nevins,
724 Peralta street, yesterday afternoon
while the owner of the house was ab
sent. It is not known how the thieves
gained / entrance ; to : the . house. -
Another afternoon burglary was re
ported by Mrs. Mary. Whalen, resid
ing at 569 Seventh street. In this case
the thieves entered through a rear
window andstole 56 and a gold' ring.
A. D. Lee, a baker, residing at- 624
Seventh street, was another victim of
the burglars. He left \hls trousers
lying on a chair near an'open window,
through 5 which the thief entered and
stole ' $3 from the pockets of the gar
ment. \u25a0 /
"Never leave your windows open or
the top of your desk open." This
warning was printed and gave no clew
as to the handwriting of the author.
This case is but one of flve reported
to the police within the last twenty
four hours.
BURGLARS FIND MANY VICTIMS.
OAKLAND. May 13.— Burglars en
tered the store of F. M. Ferguson, a
commission merchant at 325 Eleventh
street, last night and after rifling the
till In the store, from which they took
55 in coin, left the following note on
the desk in the office: .
- The evening session opened at 7:30
o'clock and the theme/ of the meeting
was "Work for Individuals." An ex
cellent musical programme was ren
dered and addresses were delivered by
Miss Margaret Scott,; Miss ' Nelson L.
Scribner, H. <C. Usinger, 'Hugh K.
Hamilton, Mrs. George Peterson,
Elmer L. Cole, Miss Julia Phillips, Miss
Eleanor White/ Miss Grace: Spears,
Miss Lillian Cushlngr, " H. : > E. / Burgess,
Ralph Wilson,' Miss \u25a0> Eleanor > Perry,
Miss Avis Toon, Harold Mansfield, Miss
Susie A. .Ward, Lionel" Rogers,v W* N.
Jenkins, George Bailey and Dr. Caro
line Mervln. The address of the even
ing/was delivered by the Rev. CarlM.
Warner. ' .V, '.././.'-.'\u25a0 '/ ."•'\u25a0.."'''..\u25a0'
OAKLAND, May 13. — The Alameda
County Christian ' Endeavor Union to
day held its sixty- third quarterly con
vention .at the First % Presbyterian
Church of Haywards, ; and through'the
efforts of Miss Margaret g Scott, the
chairman of the progrramme j commit
tee, an elaborate entertainment .was
prepared for . the \ visiting delegates.
The first session opened at 3:30 p./m.
and at its close a basket lunch was
served under the trees on the banks
of San Leahdro Creek. ,
HOLDS QUARTERLY COXVE2»TTIOX
Senator. Frye says that when he was
a boy he narrowly escaped beinffAspolled
by a Quaker grandfather. Young Frye
was going on a trip to Boston and Just
before he started hts grandfather said:
"Thou art going to Boston; Here Is $5
forthee* to spend while there." The
youngster accepted gladly, of course,
"but," he now says in telling the story,
\u25a0"I dldvnot know, any ; Boston boys In
those days and consequently, saw noth
ing to spend, the money for. Returning
to Maine after my city visit, my grand
father 'called me x.to '\u25a0 him again. 'Wil
liam.' said he, % 'didst thou spend the
money I ga.ve thee ?' I had, , of course,
to confess that \u25a0 I hadn't, whereupon he
said : ; 'William, ; give ;it ' back to me,',
and I did as requested. - That sad expe
rience taught me a bad habit, for ever
since \u25a0: when I ' have : had - any money .i I
have spent it to prevent Its falling into
other hands.'.'-^-ExchanKe. >
Frye's Quaker* Grandfather.
MORE ALAMEDA FIREMEN.
ALAMEDA, May ' 1 3.— Four more
paid firemen are to be added to the
department , by the City Trustees, each
to receive $7 5. a month. The new fire
men /will be stationed at the Webster
street, Sherman street and Webb ave
nue and: Court street fire houses. :
"The House. Committee on Naval. Af
fairs on the 17th ult., ordered a'favor
able report on the bill of Representa
tive Bates ' of Meadville, appropriating
$10,000 'for removing the hull of the
Niagara from the bottom of Misery
Bay,, a part of the harbor of Erie, to
the grounds of the State Home for
Disabled Soldiers and Sailors and cov
ering it with a roof.
The Niagara * was the flagship of
Commodore Hazzard Perry In his fight
with - the British squadron under Cap
tain^Barclay off; Put-in Bay, Septem
ber 10. 1813, inswhich he captured the
entire British force, the only time any
thing of that kind has been done to a
British naval ; force of more than two
ships. > .
. The Niagara was built at Erie and,
when her usefulness came to an end,
she sank in' the comparatively shallow
waters of Misery -, Bay. where she has
lain for more than three-quarters of a
century. The hull is visible to those
who row out on the bay. She is but
little larger than a launch of the type
of which; a modern battleship carries
two. The combined tonnage of Perry's
squadron was less than- 2500 tens. A
ship: oh the Great Lakes of no greater
displacement than that is now re
garded as very small. — Pitssburg Dis
patch. ; \u25a0 „ .'.-....
Perry's . Flagship v to Bo Moved From
Where • It ' Has" Rested Seventy-
Five Years.
The /production was first" made at
Stanford .^ and so /California ' students
had the advantage "of, seeing a perform-/
ace in which no/h itches. or/ defeots due
to "first, night" causes were to beob
served^l Finished in every - particular,'
the Stanford actors showed that study
and work \u25a0 have . made them artists ' of
the first rank : in ; amateur circles when
such classics 'as the Jonson \ play are
in their, hands for presentation. \u25a0 ./
The cast to-day was the ;same as
that seen/at Stanford, except that C. L.
Severy, a , freshman of . Stanford, t took
the /part ; of Thomas Cash, /originally
played by, E. V. Henley.
"Elizabethan music /was played dur
ing]: the performance, by /an
composed of : H. Barkan '05, first violin;
J. C/i Ray \u25a0i'o7,Tsecond. violin;/, L. Lang-/
ptrothv 'OS, cello: E:iß.:May '06, viola;
The selections arer;. "Heartsease," ,"lt
Was "a Lover, and '\u25a0* His /^ Lass,'!; "Row
Well, ; Ye Mariners,"- "Daphne " "Tur
keylony,"/ "The; Spanish Pavan." At
the ; ; opening of - act -- four the round
"Loath to Depart" was sung.
BERKELEY, May 13.— While bril
liant sunshine streamed down upon the
devotees of , the drama in the Greek
Theater this - afternoon, a score ' and
more of clever amateur players,.mem
bers of '\u25a0 the : English Club' of Stanford
University, i produced Ben Jonson's fa
mous old-play,* "Every .Man in'Hls'Hu
mour." - The audience was not always
entirely comfortable' under ; the pres
sure of • the sunshine, ; yet | listened and
watched! with evident^ interest 'and ap
preciation. ;" : .i; .'-. < ". -fi '.'\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0-\u25a0 .
V The production was originally sched
uled for presentation last ]\u25a0;': Saturday,
but ; I threatening weather made post
ponement necessary- \The musical and
dramatic /committee of .'the University
of California : supervised thejaffair to- ;
day, | the "proceeds being; for,: the bene
fit of the clubhouse loan fund."
THE NIAGARA TO BE RAISED
AND KEPT AS MEMORIAL
OAKLAND, May 13.— A petition
was : filed with the courts to-day by
eighty -:\u25a0\u25a0- members of the Rochdale
Company, . comprising more than two
thirds of ; the "membership, asking the
directors to dissolve ' the corporation.
It Is 'claimed the ; affairs of thY con
cern are running behind. It also* asks
!that C. B. White,: J. R. Richardson
and L. T.* Stevenson' be appointed'a
committee to .wind .up the affairs of
the company. r (
TO DISSOLVE COMPANY.
BEN JOHSON'S
PLAY PRODUCED
' SAN RAFAEL, -May 13.— The annual
picnic and. reunion of Sacred Heart
parish' of San Francisco was ' held at
Camp Taylor to-day. Five heavily
laden trains conveyed , the ; members of
the parish to \u25a0 the \ grounds. ; It was an
ideal day for a picnic among! the red
woods... The park and hills adjacent
were thronged with picnickers oh pleas
ure bent. The t dancing ; platform ; gave
pleasure to many, and. others enjoyed
themselves , by V watching and partici
pating in the games.. The jig and reel
dancing afforded a great deal of Inter
est.
Special Dispatch to Th« Call.
The north of England seems to be a
fertile soil for large families, for In
1797 we read of a Cumberland man and
his wife, accompanied by thirty of
their children, all attending the chris
tening »of the thirty-first child, and In
earlier years another north country
man, Thomas Greenhill. applied to th»
then Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal.
for an augmentation to his coat of
arms on the singular ground that he
was ."the seventh son and"*the thirty
ninth child of one father and mother."
v In Conway churchyard there was to
be seen— lt can scarcely be there to
day—a tombstone bearing the follow
ing remarkable epitaph: "Here lyeth
the body of Nicholas Hocker of Con
way, gentleman, who was the forty
first child of his father. William Hock
er, by Alice, his wife, and the father
of twenty-seven children. 1637."
If a man's family be considered as
including all his descendants that of
Peter Smith, who In New
Jersey in the seventeenth century, la
entitled to a high place of honor, for
at a recent annual gathering of Pe
ter's progeny no fewer than 7000 met
and dined together tinder the apple
trees in the orchard attached- to th»
ancestral homestead.
In the families it is not an nnknown
thing for one child to be old enough to
have a sister or brother young enough
to be his or her great-grandchild. Thus
the eldest son of Thomas Beatty of
Drumcondra has passed his seventy
third .birthday when his youngest
brother qualified for the cradle. When
William Frost of Galphay, near Ripon.
died in 1789 his eldest child was" a
Bturdy boy of 88 summers and his
youngest was barely 16, and the Lady
Powerscourt of. to-day is half a cen
tury older than her latest brother.
There are cases on record where a
century or more has divided' the wed
ding days of* father and son. The first
Earl of Leicester was first married in
1775, and his son led his second wife to
, the altar In August, 1375; while Cap
tain. Francis Maude, who was married
on June 28, 1549, was following the ex
ample of his father, • Lord Hawarden,
had set him ninety-three years earlier.
In 1756. /But both these cases are quite
eclipsed by that of General G. Steven
son of Bri3tol, who was united to his
third wife in 1834 at the age of 83, and
whose father was first wed in 1704, the
year of Blenheim. This seeming im
possibility Is accounted for by the fact
that the father, who was born in ISSO.
was married for the third time at the \u25a0
age of 70, and the general was the son
of . this late union. Thus we get the
remarkable result of a man who" 8
father was born in Charles ll's reign
wooing and wedding within the mem
ory of many people still living.— Tit-
Bits. - .
Race Suicide Feared.
SACRED HEART
PARISH OUTING
The steamer was not badly damaged,
and as soon as the leak is temporarily
repaired she will be taken to Oakland.
Her cargo is consigned to the Ameri
can Magneslte Company. \u0084
The H. E. Wright was built at Stock
ton four years - ago and is " owned by
the Farmers' ' and Merohants' Trans
portation Company of Oakland. She is
of 800 tons burden and is a stern
wheeler. When fully manned the ves
sel carries a crew of twenty-five^ men.
At the time of the accident W. C. Wall,
the manager of the company owning
the steamer, was on board, and as soon
as he reached the shore he notified' the
owners of the trouble. *
POINT RICHMOND, May 18.—Dur
ing a dense fog which hung like a pall
over the waters of the upper bay this
morning the steamer H. E. - Wright,
bound from Antioch to ' Oakland with
a cargo of brick to be used in the con
struction of . one" of the new manufac
tories on the water front of that city,
ran on the Jagged rocks of San Pablo
Point, and to save his vessel from sink
ing before he could reach a place of
safety Captain John ! Har kins beached
the steamer on the mud flats just off
the Wilson-Lyons briokyard, about two
miles from Point Richmond.
The accident ; happened at 2 o'clock
this morning while the -Wright was
steaming through San Pablo Bay. At
this point a strong current sets In to
ward the shore, and In the \u25a0 heavy fog
the first warning of danger 'came when
the vessel crashed on the rocks. A
hole \ nearly three feet square was
pierced in the steamer's bow and a tor
rent of water poured into the hold.
Captain Harkins at once ordered the
pumps started, and backing away from
the shore headed at full speed for the
mud flats on' the eastern shore of the
bay.
The Wright's signals of distress were
answered by the steamer T. C. Walker,
which stood by to save the crew until
the disabled vessel was successfully
beached. 5* f -,
Great Hole Stove in the
Bow and Vessel Is Beached
to Save a Total Loss
WRECKED IN THE FOG
"IL E. Wright," Bound From
Antioch for San Francisco,
Aj3hore Off Point Richmond
Tonawanda Tribe has been organ
ized only about -three months and al
ready has a, membership of more than
100. Oweenee s Council, was organized at
the same time and~"*is also In a most
flourishing condition.
BAN MATEO, May VL— Tonawanda.
Tribe of the Independent Order of Red
Men initiated twenty new members
last night in the presence of a large
number of local and visiting braves.
Grand Kteper of Records Porter " L.
Bliss, with the Monadnock team from
San Francisco, came down in a special
car and assisted in the adoption of th*
palefaces. . After th* usual ceremonies
the company enjoyed a banquet as ths
guests of Oweenee Council In Native
Sons' Hall.
; * PALO ALTO, May 13.— Palo Alto
Lodge No. 846; F.: and, A.. M., gave a
, banquet \u25a0 to-night to members of King
.'Solomon's Lodge No. z6O of San Fran
cisco. Masons from San Jose and in
tervening points attended. The lodge
room In Fraternity Hall was beauti
fully deoorated.'. The hosts were assist-:
ed in entertaining by the ladles of the
iOrder of Eastern Star...
• To-morrow morning the entire party
of visitors will be taken for a drive to
Stanford . University and - through the
valley, and at 9:30 o'clock a special or
gan recital will be given at Memorial
Church by Dr. Blodgett.
examinations to entitle them to de
grees. m»M«y It Impossible for therm
to graduate.
It Is not unusual for seniors to b«
••cinched,** as the college phrasv has it.
but never before • has It been reported
that such a large peroentase of the
class has been unable to satisfy the po
tent, grave and reverend "dons" who
conduct the examinations at the uni
versity. Neither has it been customary
for "so many prominent seniors to fall
by the wayside at the end of the term.
In the cases of some of these stu
dents, wbo are known to be exception
ally clever, and even brilliant, the ex
planation Is at once forthcoming that
excess of class functions, official activ
ities and the like have Interfered
with their studies, making it Impracti
cable for them to do the requisite
"digging" before examinations. Eu
gene Hallett. president of the senior
class, does not expect to graduate, al
though he Is generally conceded to be
one of the ablest men that have at
tended the university. He has made a
rocord as a worker in high executive
positions, having been editor of the
Blue and Gold, business manager of
the Californian. editor of the Pelican,
chairman of the rally committee and
now president of the senior class. He
gave up the chairmanship of the rally
committee and the editorship of the
Pelican when elected class president a
few months ago, in order to have time
for his studies, but It was too late to
make up for opportunities lost.
Augustus Keane, rated as perhaps
the most brilliant of the men who take
peculiar interest In literature and the
drama, editor of the Occident, ranking
h'.gh In every among students and
faculty men, does not expect to gradu
ate. In the same situation are such
men as "Jack" O'Connell, a prominent
eenior; John Edwards, •who was among
the half-<lozen selected to speak at the
big university meeting two .weeks ago,
•v hen the most prominent seniors were
called upon for brief addresses; Wil
liam Hussey Murray, business manager
cf the Occident, known to be far above
the average student in point of scholar
ly achievements, ability to assimilate
matter that is taught, and ranking high
with his classmates as a student and
executive officer. Murray, however, did
not expect to graduate, as he had been
out for months on account of Illness,
\u25a0nd accordingly planned to continue
his work at the university next term.
The crowd of seniors who fail to
graduate are planning a social func
tion on the night of commencement
day, when President and Mrs. Wheeler
hold a reception for the graduating
class in Hearst Hall, that is calculated
to help them forget their natural sor
row and regrets. Plans for this affair
are not yet complete, but arrangements
are now being made by the seniors who
already have been informed that they
need not expect to be awarded diplo
mas this term.
BHRXELEIT. May U»— Consternation
spread through the ranks of the senior
c3*ss of tbe university this morning,
\u25a0when the news was unofficially an
nounced that nearly 100 seniors. Includ
ing some of tbe most prominent men
and women In the class* had faded to
t ecare «rrfnH«nt credits in the current
Bp«ci«.l Dispatch to The Call.
Bp*d*l XMapstcb to T%* Can.
I Immediately upon the 'completion of
the. incorporation surveys will be made
and franchises will be asked for from
the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors.
All '• of the gentlemen interested are
prominent in the San Ramon Valley,
and those who hail from San Fran
cisco have large r Interests «in the val
ley.
\u25a0 The Santa Fe system owns the rights
and franchises of the old California
and Nevada Railroad up San . Pablo
Canyon, but has not Indicated any In
tention of completing this road, and
the citizens are determined to go ahead
themselves.
There were people present from all
parts of the San Ramon Valley, and It
was decided that the corporate name
of the road should be the Oakland and
Contra. Costa Interurban Railroad.
The capital stock was fixed at $500,000,
of .which $50,000 was announced as
subscribed. . The meeting instructed the
provisional directors to proceed with
the incorporation of the railroad, the
filing of the papers and the completion
of the subscription llsta. The directors
elected are, A. Rudgear of San Fran
cisco, John F. Boyd of San | Francisco,
Joseph Naphtaly of San Francisco, A.
"W. Maltby. Frank Gavin, O. M. "West
cott and E. J. Randall of Concord; J.
M.T.Stow of "Walnut Creek and R. O.
Baldwin of Danville. {
"WALNUT GREEK. May 18.— Thoae
who . have ' Interests In the San Ramon
Valley have: decided that the proposed
electric road between Concord, Walnut
Creek. Danville and Oakland must be
built. . A general : meeting was held .In
the iTowri Hall In this city to-day, and
it was s declded to proceed with the In
corporation of.t he road, and a provi
sional board of directors was elected.
The people of this section, ar # c deter
mined to get into close : communication
with- tidewater at Oakland, and the
meeting to-day was a thoroughly busi
ness one.
/OAKLAND, May 13^— For chopping
down the front door of the family home
in Redwood' Canyon, l in which his wife
and Baby ' and sister-in-law, Agnes
Riley, had barricaded themselves for
fear of him, and for threatening to kill
them all, John B. O'Connell was arrest
ed and taken to the County. Jail to-day
and his bond v placed at $5000. In his
pooket was found his marriage certifi
cate, dated 1900, torn in- pieces. Evi
dently he thought that he would wreck
the union of himself and wife. •
O'Connell accomplished his Vpurpose
so far as the door was concerned in his
Bmashln e career^ arid effected an en
trance to- the barricaded, house. > The
family made its escape at the same
time by a rear entrance. Not the least
exciting part of. the asault the
Q'Connell castle was' the firing of ; three
bullets through the woodwork of . the
door by Miss Rlley in her attempt to
stop her infuriated brother-in-law
from carrying^ out his threat to | make
match wood of the place. Undeterred,
however, he chopped away, and the
famlly^/was forced to flee. |
Mls3 Rlley is the belle of * Redwood
Canyon and sits her horse like a thor
ough woman of the prairie. She la a
good ; shot and good ) looking, and while
she says she did not shoot to kill there
Is no Indication of anything in ; her
make-up that "would stop her if 1 she
thought occasion ; demanded it. She
and her.slster claim that. O'Connell had
been visiting the place , of an Italian in
the neighborhood and drank vino tin to
until he was a raving maniac, and they
were afraid to let him into the house.
STEAMER GOES
ON THE ROCKS
Ceremonies Are Followed by
an Enjoyable Banquet in
Hall of the Native Sons
Undeterred- ( by Bullets He"
Effects an -Entrance and
: -Forces Occupants to Flee
•Visitors Will Be Driven
Through Pretty Valley To-
Day and Given a Treat
Pecord Is Broken, as
Xeariy 100 Do Not Ex
pect to Graduate This Year
Stock Subscribed and San
Ramon Residents Are De
termined-.to Build the Line
OAKLAND. May IS.— The orew of the
British steamer Heathdene, now lying
at I«oxis Wharf, in tnla city, is In near
ly a complete state of mutiny 'as the
result ot the accidental dlsoovery of
oontraband of war In the ship's earro.
The sailors declare that unless they
are siren a suitable bonus to compen
sate them for the risk they will run.
they will leave the ship In a body.
Their articles signed In Nerwoastle-on-
Tyue do not call for any nwiardoua
serrtoe, and the men claim that th«
British Consul will support them In
case the matter should ffo to extremes.
The Heathdene was lyln« In ToWo
Bay when the British ship Knight
Oommander was sunk by the Japan
ese in the e&rly stages of the war, and
the fact that the sailors on board that
unfortunate vessel lost all their pos
sessions, even down to their clothes,
has sunk deep Into the memories of
the Heathdene's crew. The men are
now at almost the end of a three years'
cruise, and each has a collection of lit
tle keepsakes and souvenirs that he in
tends to take home to his friends. To
run the risk of losing these little treas
ures and perhaps spend several
months in the depths of a Russian
prison hulk Is more than the men care
to do, unless they can expect to gain
a substantial reward for taking the
chance.
One member of the crew spoke his
mind in the following way:
"For my part (and I think every man
on the Heathdene feels in the same
war), I will not go out on the ship if.
she Is going to carry machine gun
shells, unless I have a written prom
ise of a bonus in hard cash before we
leave port. We sailors do not receive
enormously large pay and under the
best of circumstances incur all kinds
of danger, and if we take a chance of
losing what few possessions we have
while blockade running I 'think that
we ought to receive at least a small
part of the profits from it. I knew
men on the Knight Commander who
lost everything except the clothes
they had on their backs when she was
sunk, and I am not going to have that
happen to me if I can help % It.": .
The crew of the Heathdeane j num
bers seventeen men, of whom five are
Japanese, one Greek and the "remain
der English, Irish and Norwegian, and
the' greater proportion of them have
large sums coming to them as wages,
the carpenter, for Instance, being a
.creditor for $1000 and the others for
sums ranging from $960, $750, $525,
$260 and so on down to $16.
United States Immigrant Inspector
David J. Griffiths found that two of
the Japanese members of the crew
are affected with trachoma, and that
several members deserted within the
last two days. Should it be found
that any of the deserters are suffer
ing with a contagious disease Captain
W. J. Mllburn will be placed under
arrest. Otherwise, should the desert
ers have been passed by the medical
department, the captain will be called
upon to pay the immigrant tax of $2
per head.
The munitions of war destined for
Japan filled seven cars. The mem
bers of the crew are thoroughly
frightened and declare they cannot be
forced to remain with the steamer un
«er their contract, which does not call
upon them to assume war risks. They
were very much relieved yesterday
when Informed that the owners had
decided to unload the dangerous
cargo.
DIRECTORS. ARE CHOSEN
WOMJLN GIVE'THEIR AID
MANY VISITING BRAVES
MANY FALL BY WAYSIDE
See Claws of Russian Bear Unsheathed for
Them and Would Leave Ship. ,
RED WINE "RESPONSIBLE
Contra Costa County People
Want an Electric Line to
* Connect With Oakland
Family/of John B.O'Connell
, Fire Shots at Him to Keep
Him From Getting at Them
San Francisco Te*am Partici
pates in Initiatory Work
of Tribe in San Mateo
Members of Order From San
Francisco Guests at Ban
\u25a0 qiiet in Town of Palo Alto
Sailors Are Panic Stricken
\£f \u25a0 - " ' \u25a0 ... ; ' .-\u25a0- • '-' i,-: '•\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0}
Prominent Men in Senior
Class Informed That Di
plomas Are Not for Them
CHOPS IN DOOR
OF HIS HOUSE
GRIEF STALKS
AT UNIVERSITY
MASONS VISIT
SISTER LODGE
REDMEN ADOPT
20 PALEFACES
ALMOST A MUTINY
0N HEATHDENE.
RAILROAD WILL
INCORPORATE
NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY
TflE SAN -FRANCISCO CALL 7 SUNDAY; MAY ;fl4J:li96s:
; APPOINTS i DKPUTY.^rOakland, "? May 13.—
O. E. "Wads was to-day appointed Deputy City
Assessor by ; Aaeesaor .: Breed, i to take s the pi ace
et 83T.1 Planer," who beoomea Secretary, of ; the
frmxA * Health,*.- .-^-w - \u25a0 --«-..;• v; r-.'x \u0084-,,;;
. CUBHING ACADEMY 1 REUNION ."-^Thi flrwt
annual » i «union \ of J the . ; Ban? rrandioo ! members
or the i Cushipg, Academjv?Aahburnham,* Mass. 4 ,
was bald onSaturday evening. * v N. < *'Andrewa!ot
40 i California^ »ireet wa«, elected corresponding
••ereta**- ~- -„.,.. ... > . .<-\u25a0.•
MARRIAGE LICENSES. — Oakland. May 18.
Th« foUowlnr marriar* licenses were lwaed'br
tbe County Clerk to-dty : = Harry P. JUttum—.'
29, Oakland, and Grace C. Quirk. 23, San Fran
cisco: Edward Bensen, 24, OmJdand. aad Cell a
Konnoem. 28. Oakland; J«*ph "Wlnttr, 87,
T&a«r*4, Tolo Ceuntr. ' and - Abum. Tottn. 87.
B«rk*ler; AlJ»*£ Unoiui. 28, Oakland, and
Xo6l* Bentl«y.- 28. ? San Jo«*i r /o»»h P.I JtoM,'
-\u0084 / OAKIIAND.v May/13.— The " Carmel
ZionlSociety' of 'its'
regular'] monthly (meeting 1 1* at > Beth \ Ja
cob \ Synagogue $ to/morrow /evening i at
8 \u25a0 o'clock:; /Rabbi JM.' S.v Levy^of ,San
Francisco j will * deliver the - address of
the evening.. .'\u25a0/.". ."/ : /- r -/ •'\u25a0> /•': -///'-' '.'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 -^
RABBI LEVY! TO/ SPEAK:
; May -lS'-^eorge / E;
Lawrence, /; the . Piedmont; '\u25a0\u25a0 capitalist/
whose fights with} his wife have landed
him %In Jail? several times, was ' to-day^
held^to 'answer f br/jtrial Ibef ore I the i Su
perior^ Court for "assault "with fa "deadly'
weapon .•"on s Mrs. / LAwrence;^ His bail
.was fixed *at' $200 o,* whJch"'*was "given "\ by.
George Bush : arid > Byron' Rutley.",- \u25a0/
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