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SHOW CARS START
FOR THE LOCAL
EXHIBITION
R. R. l'Hommedieu
The special train bringing the show
cars has started •westward for the
San Francisco automobile' exhibition.
Railroad officials say that' it will
reach this city on time, and the
dealers are correspondingly elated.
The last report from the East,
Bent- on Saturday, was to the effect
that eighteen cars already were lined
up and six more were expected to
start. Several of the exhlbiters' who
were unable to get accommodations
with the special train have ordered*
their cars to come through by express.
Among these is the big Darracq.
The automobile show bids fair to
arouse great enthusiasm. Men and
women who heretofore have shown not
the slightest interest In the modern ve
hicle are now "talking automobile"
like veteran owners. Prospective buy
ers throng the various salesrooms.
Many of them are In search of informa
tion. They look over the 1906 cars
and take pointers on the new cars that
will be seen at the show.
The coast agents in the city have
sent word to their subagents to be on
hand for the Bhow. Several reunions
have been planned at which the auto
mobile situation will be discussed and
plans formulated for the advancement
of the trade. Such reunions are held
each year In New York during show
week. The local agents will carry out
the scheme formulated In the East this
year.
• • •
O. O. Heine of the Mauvais Motor Car
Company, which handles the Heine-
Velox car, took a run down as
far as Gilroy with C. L. Ament
.In his runabout on Sunday, despite
the rainstorm. They went down on
the Alameda side of the bay and found
the boulevard out of Oakland In fine
condition. But there their pleasure
ended. Beyond the boulevard they en
countered ahnost a sea of mud all the
way to Gilroy.
Albert H. Hayes Jr.. the agent for
the Rainier, has just received a tbtrty
five horse power four-cylinder 1907
car.
A carload of Aerocars will arrive in
time for the show. These will be the
first of the 1907 cars of this make to
reach the coast. They are of the tour
ing pattern. A carload of the 1907
runabouts is expected to reach the city
today. The water-cooled Aerocar is j
being rushed for tbe show, but I. Free- :
man. the local agent. Is not certain
that it will arrive in time.
The Auto Company of California will
exhibit four cars in the coming show.
There will be a forty horsepower four
cylinder runabout, a twenty horsepow
er two-cylinder runabout, a twenty
horsepower two-cylinder touring car,
a thirty-five horsepower four-cylinder
touring car and a striped chassis of
the latter pattern.
L. A. Phillips, the secretary of the
Los Angeles automobile show, arrived
in the city yesterday and will stay over
for the local exhibition..
DR. HARBAN WINS
GOLD MEDAL
AT GOLF
Arthur Inkersley
HOTEL DEL COROXADO, Feb. 4.—
The third annual competition for the
! men's gplf championship of the Coro-:
nado Country Club was begun this
morning on the Coronado links. The
sky was overcast, but the air being
\u25a0warm and still the conditions were fa
vorable to. good golf- Two of the
twenty-four entries. George Booker and
D. J. /elby, dropped out. Twenty-two
pjayers, or eleven couples, were left.
The play in the qualifying round was
over eighteen holes medal score. The
best scores for a single 3-hole round
were made by George Booth, 38, and
A. B. Daniels, 39; but Dr. "W. S. Harban
of Washington, D. C, made the lowest
score for eighteen holes, 40-42, total
12. and won the gold medal of the
Coronado Country Club, offered for the
best score in the qualifying round.
. Third annual 'competition for men's
golf championship of the Coronado
Country Club:
COMPETTTOBS. ="S c"2 £, 5
§ 5 E •* I
* c. c, . o
Pr. w. S. Harban 1... 40 42 ffi T
Thomac P. Mumford.. 40 43 S3 2
A. B. Daniel* 44 I 83 S3 f 3
G*K>nee Booth 46 3S M 4
W. J. Board man. ..' 44 ' 42 S6 5
Alexander Reynolds 46 40 S6 6
Tboraas Rf>j-ce 44 43 S7 7
M. K. TVatere '. 46 42 8S 8
George Pturges SO 40 90 9
\V. L. Tbureton 42 48 90 10
K. E. Barker 49 44 93 11
%V. H. Eaton 47 47 »4 12
Harold Pearce 45 49 94 13
. F. B. Coesltt...-o»v 53 I 46 S>9 114
Major TV. Maize 45 51 99 115
A. J. Brander 52 49 101 I •
J. Atkinson 48 153 101 •
Captain J. S. Sedam.... 50 ' [51 101 •
H. Sherman 48 53 102 [..
Paul H. Schmidt 52 T54 106 ..
J. F. Tarlor .„ 58 51 109 ..
E. J. Shlpman 2 I 55 117 ..
*Tle4 lot sirtpenth place.
As shown in the foregoing table, A. J.
Brander, J. Atkinson and Captain J. S.
Sedam tied for sixteenth place in the
qualifying round, with scores of 101.
Before the first v match play round is
•• begun these three competitors will
play a hole or holes until one of them
shall have gained a lead by strokes,
the hole or holes to be played out. The
player who wins in the play-off will
take sixteenth place and will qualify
to take part in the first match round
over eighteen holes, to be played to
morrow.
In this round the players will be
paired according to their positions in
the qualifying round, as follows: Dr.
"W. S. Harban vs. George Sturges, W.
J. Boardman vs. Harold Pearce, A. B.
Daniels vs. N. B. Barker, Thomas
Royce vs. Major W. Maize. T. P. Mum
ford "vs. W. L. Thurston, Alexander
Reynolds vs. F. B. Cossitt, George
Booth vs. W. H. Eaton and Merrill K.
Waters vs. the winner in play-off of
the tie for sixteenth place in the quali
fying round.
NICHOLAS TRIAL CO.VTIXCED
The trial of Supervisor F. P. Nicho
las, indicted by the Grand Jury on a
charge of agreeing to accept a bribe
In connection with the purchase of fur
niture for the use of the Board of
Supervisors,' was continued yesterday
by Judge Lawlor until February 18.
Both prosecution and defense" agreed
to the postponement in order that the
Jury for the trial may be drawn from
the new 1907 Jury paneL The trial of
former Janitor Duffy. Jointly Indicted
with Nicholas, has been set for Febru
ary 11. but will b« postponed until
after Nicholas has been, tried.
FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEETING
A meeting of the Bay Counties Satur
day Association Football League will
be held at « o'clock tonight in the of-
SJe of PomerV Bros./24LDelbert block,
on Van Ness avenue. Owing to: the
(numerous postponements, due to vaca-
UonV bad weather and the suspension
of The Oakland Hornets, the programme
of games has not been followed. An
attempt will be made to remodel the
Saturday jscbedula. — - .* - • ,
SUPREME COURT'S
RULING REVOKED
Action Gives Validity to
Hundreds of Suits for
Restoration of Titles
AWAITS TEST CASE
Pending the settlement of the case of
Robert Hoffman against Judge Mu
rasky. representing the Superior, Court,
the Supreme Court yesterday temporar
ily revoked its decision of January 5
concerning the McEnerney act, and this
is taken by the attorneys interested
as evidence of a permanent revocation.
This would restore the validity of be
tween 600 and 700 suits now In court,
which otherwise would have been
thrown out.
The McEnerney act has aroused the
opposition of a number of title Insur
ance companies, which will suffer ma
terial loss through its provisions. They
have engaged able counsel to represent
them in the courts, <but thus far have
met with defeat. . After the Supremo
Court had declared the McEnerney act
valid, they applied for a rehearing. This
application was refused on January 6,
and the Supreme Court took occasion
to amplify its former decision by say
ing that, in the opinion of Its members,
the McEnerney act required that a
claimant to a piece of property certify
that he had made certain efforts to
find rival claimants before commencing
his suit for restoration of title.
Before this additional opinion was
filed several hundred suits for restora
tion of title had been commenced in the
buperior Court. Should the decision
stand, these would have been invali
dated. The revocation of this opinion
yesterday restores the legal status of
the suits now pending., It Is argued
that unless the Supreme Court Intended
finally to make this revocation perma
nent it would not have caused the
lower courts to waste time 'upon cases
that ultimately were to be invalidated.
The order of the court rendered yes
terday, was as follows: "\u25a0-:'
By the Court: The opinion filed January 5,
1907, on denying the petition in the afcove en
titled cause, is hereby withdrawn, pending far
ther consideration and final determination therein
discussed, said question being necessarily In
volved in Hoffman vs. Superior Court, S. F., No.
4755, this day argued and submitted on briefs
to be filed.
Before the foregoing: order was is
sued the Supreme Court listened to the
argument in the Hoffman case and)al
lowed ten days for the filing of briefs
and ten days for answers to them.
HCXT OVERRULES DEMURRER
Holds That Action Will Xot Stand In
Connection With Quiet Title Suit
Judge Hunt declared in a decision
given yesterday In a suit brought by
Heinericke Fautz that a demurrer to
an afildavit in a suit to quiet title to
property under the provisions of the
McEnerney act Is not a valid form of
procedure and cannot stand.
Fautz's suit was begun to establish
title to various pieces of property in
the city, among them being a lot on
Vandewater street near Powell, to
which the Potrero Nuevo Land Com
pany has a claim. The- latter company
interposed a demurrer to the complaint
and affidavit in Fautz's suit on the
ground that the affidavit itself showed
that another action was pending be
tween the parties.
The court ruled that the demurrer
filed was essentially In opposition to
the complaint and could not be against
the affidavit, for, while the., Supreme
Court has held .that the sufficiency of
an affidavit can be Inquired into, it
cannot be by this means. Judge Hunt
declared- that a demurrer cannot be
Interposed to an affidavit which is filed
in accordance : with section 5 of the
McEnerney act, and that, as the demur
rer in the present case was against
both complaint and affidavit, it was
faulty against both because -of being
faulty against one. The demurrer was
overruled:
RACING OF HORSES
IN ARKANSAS IS
AT AN END
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 4— The
State Senate today, by an almost unani
mous -vote, passed the Amis bill, which
virtually kills horseracinc in Arkansas.
The galleries and lobby of the Senate
were crowded with citizens of Hot
Springs and clergymen representing
many denominations.
Senator Amis called the' bill from the
calendar as a special order and ' im
mediately afterward Senator Milan of
Hot Springs moved the adoption ( of the
committee amendment, which permitted
the selling: of, pools on the track while
a race meeting: was in progress. Sen
ator Toney moved the indefinite post
ponement of. the bill and amendment.
Toney's motion was rejected. The
question then recurred on the commit
tee amendment and It was likewise de
feated, 12 to 17. This was the test
vote.
The bill as originally introduced was
finally passed at 5 o'clock, only two
Senators, Yopp and Toney, voting in
the negative.
A poll of the house developed that
44 out of the 100 members were in
favor of the bill/ .
The Hot Springs delegation returned
home tonight very much disappointed
over the result
The bill provides that hereafter it
shall be unlawful to bet in this State,
directly or indirectly, by selling or buy
ing pools' or otherwise, any money or
other valuable thing on any horserace
of any kind, whether run In this, State
or out of this" State; that any person
who shall violate the act shall <be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
for the first offense, on conviction, shall
be fined in any sum not less than $10
or more than $25, and. for the second
offense, on conviction, shall be fined in
any sum not less than $25 or more than
$100, and for all. offenses after, the sec
ond, on conviction, shall be fined in any
sum not more than $500 and Imprisoned
in the County Jail for a term pf not less
than thirty days or more . than six
months.
Every bet, wager, sale of pools or
purchase of pools shall be deemed a
separate offense. Like penalties are In
flicted upon sheriff, policemen and other
officers who fall or neglect to enforce
the law. ".,: \u25a0
xxOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 4.— At '„ the
opening of. Oaklawn race track this
afternodn, Constable Smith was on hand
with : fifty deputies. " , 'As \u25a0 soon as , the
bookmakers and their clerks began
taking bets they were arrested. "After
arresting five bookmakers and . their
employes. Smith desisted until • the fit t"h
race, when another arrest was made.
As soon as the bookmakers , were ar
rested ; they- were ; replaced .. by ? others.
Odds '\u25a0\u25a0, were \- posted ; and bets taJcen by
five books on all six races. .
It is understood Constable Smith will
follow; the same policy he pursued to
day until the meeting cornea to an end
or * the Chancery ' Court f : rules "against
him. : Wlth ! the \u25a0 announcement i that < the
Amis antipoolselling bill had passed' the
Senate an d would : be - rushed i. through
the House/ the prevailing opinion today
was that the meeting would be declared
off before the end -of the-week.' l^
.THE. ; SAN , FRAKCISGO : : CALL,- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY- 5. : 1907.;'
ALIBI FOR SNORES
NOT PROVED
Patrolman Hazen Appears
as Own Attorney ; Next
Time He'll Hire a Lawyer
ASLEEP ON HIS BEAT
Half a dozen patrolmen were on the
carpet before , the Police : Commission
ers yesterday afternoon . for various
derelictions, . but \u25a0 none was so i ably
defended as D.F. Hazen, : patrolman of
Company E, who appeared as his < own
attorney and copied: the fashion of
royalty in alluding to himself \ in* the
third person. Against him came . Cor
poral J. L. Murphy, who testified Ithat
while walking, down Fillmore street
at half -past 4 on 1 the: morning of Np
vember 15 he was startled by the
sound of -loud snoring. On investiga
tion he located the snoring in an alley
way, and, on lighting a match; found
"he, the defendant," flat on his back
and sound asleep.
The case seemed a hard one to beat,
but Hazen has been studying law in
his wakeful moments, and, although he
failed to pass the «bar examination re
cently, he saw his opportunity to
shine, and he glittered. The legal
phraseology that came from the locus
of the alleged snores caused Harry
Creswell to sit up and pay attention
to the somewhat corpulent cop.
It was as pretty a defense : as full
fledged attorney ever : framed. "He,
the defendant," showed by one wit
ness that ten minutes prior to the al
leged snore he was guarding: the
Mayor's house at the corner of Pierce
and.' Vallejo streets. Subsequently to
that he espied a suspicious character
on Fillmore street' and thereupon se
creted himself in an alleyway to fur
ther spy upon his' suspiciousness. He
even produced the . suspicious character
before the commission and had him
swear to his own .suspiciousness.
The delight of victory rested on the
placid countenance of Patrolman Hazen
when the Commissioners returned from
a brief colloquy on the case. He leaned
back gracefully to. hear the happy
word. Creswell spoke, and it 'was:
"Guilty. The defendant Is fined |100."
"He, the defendant," made ; a sud
den noise, like snoring, in his surprise,
and resolved to have no more to do
with the law and its mazes. - v
Another case before the commission
was that of Patrolman Edward J.
Plume, who redeemed a ring which
Siemsen, the gaspipe man, pawned in
Oakland previous to his arrest. : Plume
had a good character, and that saved
him, in the stress of suspicious cir
cumstances, from more punishment
than a fine of $10 and a reprimand. He
was shown not to have profited by
the transaction, - but the testimony
showed that there is a psychological
influence abroad in the department,
which leads young officers with good
reputations to dally with the thought
of diamond rings to their undoing.'
Patrolman Walter S. Neal proved
that he was sick on Christmas eve
when he failed to report off duty at
midnight, and Edward G. Wring was
also let off when he had shown that
he was in a hospital under like con
ditions. . ,
• The case against Thomas F. "Wren,
who Is charged with the unlawful ar
rest of H. Holtmeyer under peculiar
circumstances, was continued in the
absence of Holtmeyer,- who was report
ed'to have said that he wanted to re
move his money before Wren searched
his pockets.
The commission meets : tomorrow
night in Its ; new quarters for the first
time. -. '.• . ... . ;-. : . ;•.. . .
REFUSE TO ACCEPT
COMBINATION
"Please do not blow this safe open.
The combination is on the reverse side
of this card." , . .
This was the legend that stared two
clever safecrackers in the face early
yesterday morning when they entered
the office of the Pacific Supply Com
pany, 315 Bryant street, and blew the
safe open to find that there was no
money, but only books. The force of
the explosion was such that the rear
windows of the establishment .were
blown out. ' " . .
The operators evidently did not be
lieve the message left for them, al
though the combination was marked
In plain figures. They -preferred to
blow the door open- and make an inves
tigation for themselves. They were re
warded by finding^ a neatly balanced
ledger and other books used by the
firm.
PUTATIVE WIFE IS
ON THE TRAIL OF
HOLTMAN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.— The domestic
troubles of J. J. Holtraan, who is now
acting; as official starter at the Ascot
Park racetrack, are to be dramatized
and presented on ,the , stage, if a threat
made by a woman who asserts that she
is the wife of the horseman' be put into
execution.
- This woman, who signs herself "Mrs.
J. J. Holtman," was Miss -. Louise Bul
lock of Louisville, Ky. She is known
also as the "Fairy Tout" and "Mayes
vllle Lou. M She seems to be very much
In | earnest , and declares' she has : the
backing necessary to put on the stage
a ' drama ; which , will • attract attention
wherever Holtman Is known. •
The woman * says ; she .; marrliid Holt
man- in this \ city : a year a?o and that
he procured the licensed On tho other
hand, Holtman ; asserts that he 'never
married the woman : iind that ' the mar
riage" license is . a forgery. : r To this ; she
replies : that ; if the .; license 1: was v a'i for
gery, the f ceremony \in which she par
ticipated 'was , a , fake, and she is pre
pared to expose ' the : names of a * num
ber 'of : witnesses • who are :: prominent
business men. ' She says ; she lived* with
Holtman \u25a0 here \u25a0 until . > a \ shor* \u25a0" time -; bo
fore ' the , San Francisco fire; When ; an
other ' woman appeared, claimed *\u25a0 to be
Holtman's v wife C and ),; tried f- to - enforce
her; claims J with <*; a" revolver."; In > the
latter undertaking * she succeeded, and
Holtman^ recognized 'her'; as \u25a0 his: wife.'
- Mrs. v .''Bullock-Holtman" has received
an , 'offer; from v Joe Weber "of ;Newi York
to; go on* the : stage and \ has 'consented,'
provided Weber .will ; have a play writ
ten - which I will -be j based \ upon her ; own
experiences.^:- She 5 says ? the "villain - in
the : play, will be named . Jake Holtman.
) The woman appears to have abundant
financial 7 backing. V ' She claims r that } a
number: of ; the witnesses . to her alleged
marriage! have] communicated "i with? her
and offered j to -support her claim.'; Holt
manl says ;; she gisJ an adventuress i; and
that ! she \u25a0 has \ persecuted Tother ? men lln
other parts of the country. " -
;; SUICIDE OT I.WITB . ATTKE i OXTAHBEI^-Loi
Angeles, Feb."; 4.— Mr«. ; J. r A; . Holley.'i wife of . a
furniture | fixture I hanger, committed • suicide |by
drinking; carbolic I acid early today in her room,
following a ' qnarrel with i her husband. She was
*5 yeat» of .«e«wJ her huabaad'i second wife.
Court Sets a High
Price Upon Jags
JUDGE COXLAX ban set a
new price upon rirunkennrsn.
Instead of the customary $5
or *1O fine, with the alter
native of a like number of :. days
In the County, Jail, drunks picked
up in public . places must ; now
make amends to the extent of $50
or go to jail for fifty days.
John O'Brien, arrested with "> an
unusually large Sunday • morning: *
jag:, was the first to be Introduced
to the new schedule/ At the con
clusion of the session of the Police
Court yesterday, at which he had
been sentenced, .he had not yet
decided whether he preferred lib
erty, minus the $50, or a period
of enforced but inexpensive idle
ness. He was returned to the
. Bush-street station to think it
PILFERING CLERK
CAUGHT IN ACT
After having committed a series of
petty pilf erings for many months Cas
par Cohen, a box (clerk in the main
postoffice who had been in the depart
ment for twenty years, was 4 , detected
redhanded last Sunday afternoon by
Postoffice Inspector James O'Connell
with some of the plunder on his person.
Complaints had been coming in since
Christmas that articles of small value
sent as merchandise and in. unregistered
letters had never reached their destina
tion. O'Connell was detailed to find the
offender, and after three days of
tracing he narrowed the inquiry down
to Cohen. All day Sunday the suspected
clerk was watched, the sleuth being
concealed in one of the hollow pillars
provided with peepholes for that pur
pose. O'Connell. saw the suspect open
package after, package, and heard his
exclamations of disappointment when
he found that the plunder was of small
value.
When O'Connell stepped out from his
place of concealment and arrested
Cohen the clerk wilted. When the
stolen articles were found in his pock
ets he broke down' and confessed "that
he had been stealing for months.
In his locker were found many odd
trifles mostly intended for Christmas
gifts, such as baby caps of knit silk,
obscene postal cards from France and
Germany, brass scarf pins and other
cheap jewelry. A silver dessert fork
bore the name of "Janet," and a large
heavy gold hatpin was initialed "R. V.
H." A season ticket to the Orpheum
in the name of J. ;Crothers and lady
\u25a0was found, together with a bunch of
passes to the Emeryville race track.
There .was also a pass on the Joy
Steamship Company "\u25a0 from New York
to Fall River, issued to F. B. Hill and
family, and a pass on the Mount Tamal
pais Railway to T. C. Peck. .
The prisoner was taken to the South
ern police station \ at 6 p. m. on Sun
day. He will be taken before United
States Commissioner Heacock this
morning.
Cohen is unmarried, 39 years old,
and lives at 1540 Willow street, Ala
meda. \u25a0 £-'-^3i
COFFROTH TO PUT
UP BIG FIGHT
PAVILION
Apparently the fight promoters of
this city have no fear, of Gus Hartman's
antiprizefight bill, judging from the
attitude, of some of the managers, they
expect the bill to be snowed under be
fore half of the route is covered. Al
ready Coff roth and Levy are laying
plans to promote fights this year. They
held a short conference yesterday and
it was decided that, while they would
not enter into negotiations to form an
other fight 'trust, their relations from
a promoting standpoint would be
amicable. Just where Eddie Graney
and Willis Britt, who also were in the
game during the past year, would fig
ure during 1907, was not brought into
the discussion.
Should , nothing, unforeseen occur to
prevent the mitt wielders plying their
vocation: during the present - season,
Manager Coffroth proposes to erect a
pavilion, ; built ; especially for the pro
motion of boxing contests. He broached
the subject to Levy yesterday with the
view of having the latter take a finan
cial interests in the, project. The two
will meet again, to further dlscussthe
plan. , Coffroth .says that he will erect
a pavilion, with or without Levy's as
sistance.
A recent letter received by .Dick
Adams: from Mrs. James J. Jeffries in
dicates* that> the will: not be
seen' in the ring 'for. some I time, : if ever
again. In ; the ;,lette^r,f Mrs. Jeff ries , in^
vited Adanis arid* his. wife to accompany
her husband and i herself, on a European
trip.; .\u25a0/:: •,:\u25a0' i'Ovv : •-', ;• •.- i • • \u25a0'.
Manager^MichaeljJßiley of Tonopah,
according ;, to sJatesf 5= advices;" . is v on | his
way'to thisscityjfrom.Seattle./and may
arrive , today. i* Britt, is ; doing light work
in Marin County,"-: arid. Gans will close
his theatricalr engagement in New York
cm February 'lß: andstart for Tonopah
on the 23d. '• ; '-- '."\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0•
Barney -Van > Busklrk, promoter of ;\u25a0 a
boxing club In Marysville, announces
that. he has succeeded in matching, Cy
clone .Thompson ): and Ruf e Turner! of
Stockton to box 'in SMarysville ' on the
afternoon of February 22 , for.; a 4 purse
of $2000.'.: : The : fight promoters of
Vallejo are i up \in arms,': as they.; claim
that' they, have ; Turner tied I up ' for 'a
fight ! in their town ; on the:, same date.
They > threaten I to ; prevent .Turner en
gaging .in a contest in Marysville '\u25a0' on
February 22. •;',: : , ' - - : : '
KENNEL 'CLUB ELECTION
o At i the -a annual \u25a0\u25a0 meeting of the ;, San
Francisco .Kennel^ Club ' the v , proposed
bench show /was j discussed ,at length.
The election : , of /officers resulted \as \ f 01-*
lows : h-jh -j Dlrectors-^-John E. vde j Ruyter/
iW. \ W. Richards, i John < L.' t Cunningham,
Uoyd Baldwin* and -\ Fred , P.,; Butler.
John de . Ruyter ' was) elected \u25a0 president;
Lloyd : : Baldwin, ; vice president; >red < P.
Butler.f secretary'? and i treasurer. ' .The
club | has I appointed ; Rfl P.I Keasbey. dele
gate i to ; the American ', Kennel Club.!; Dr.
Steer's .was ireappointed , veterinary sur
geon. "^ The following members :,wlll " act
as - the 1 bench $ show > committee : \u25a0 .• , De
Ruyter,*; Cunningham : and i ßutler. -:-' i v"
WRESTLERS 3 ARE MATCHED
;..: RENO,7 Nev.,t Feb. j 4.— -George , Braun
of 1 San ! Francisco,-; the champion I welter-,
weight^wrestler/of I the - Pacific* Coast,
: has ; been ' matched \to > meet » Roger i Cor
nell;, also 'of % San :• Francisco, 1 * here I on;
February %12 > for a" $500 - purse. The
bout will, involve : the ; championship
belt; .-'. : : i^r^'y, : w\ \u25a0.\u25a0;\u25a0 \u25a0„..,-. \u25a0.•:';;•:\u25a0
, SWITCH E»onra KHXS MAX— a man, rap
posed' from -a ; letter ; found in his pocket ' to be
M. I McLennan, a recent arrlTal from Perth,' Scot-
I land," was I ran • over .4 and 1 instantly ; killed \u25a0 by : a
switch engine iln s the : yards <at Serenth • and | Fol
som I streets ! yesterday | morning.^ The I victim |of
the accident i was s attempting |to I board I the mov
ln( engine and' lb some manner lost his footing.
MAY CLOSE EACH
STREET IN TORN
Grand: Jury; to Recommend
That Traffic Be Stopped
While Repairs Are Made
GRA^T CASES TODAY
.The condition of \ those waterways
which orice^ were streets "in the down
town districts '"", of 'San** Francisco has
moved; Foreman B. P. Oliver and the
committeemen, of the .Grand Jury ; to
such'indignation .that- it is iprbbable the
recommendation .' of ;.that body; will be
that streets be ordered closed in rotation
and repaired from end Ho: end as soon
as the weather clears. Montgomery
street may be the first to: be subjected
to -• this -drastic course. , Oliver -said
yesterday that, this thoroughfare should
be closed' entirely :to A traffic and over
hauled and made anew. "When repaired.
Montgomery .'.\ would '.';. be -reopened and
Kearny or Sansome j j street ; given its
turn of an overhauling.
."If a .business man were conducting
this j city as he would manage his busi
ness, these: streets would ( have been
repaired long before they got into this
condition," said a member, of the jury,
pointing to mudpuddles that for several
blocks covered a dilapidated pavement.
"During this rain nothing can , be done,
but " action 'should have been taken
earlier; to repair the -roadways. I am
speaking now as a citizen and not as a
grand Juror,, but I -am sure that the
recommendation of the jury.. 'will be
that the city -officials must improve the
streets. 1 If a street be closed temporar
ily for" repairs it might work a hard
ship on some, property; owners, but the
temporary welfare of the individual
must be sacrificed to the permanent
good' of the community."
Another ' pertinent recommendation
which may be expected from the Grand
Jury is that those j theaters which vio
late the fire ordinance so flagrantly
be closed. It is the intention of Fore
man Oliver and' Chief Shaughnessy of
the Firs Department to inspect local
playhouses.
"I an t in constant fear of a great
catastrophe in some theater," said the
foreman of the jury . in an interview.
"We * shall take action immediately |to
close those places which do not conform
to the law." \u25a0 . \u25a0 ; .
The Grand Jury will meet at 2 o'clock
this afternoon in Native Sons* Hall,
Geary and Gough streets, and resume
investigations into municipal graft, a
work which Ruef and Schmitz have
hindered :. by their tactics of requiring
the presence of grand jurors in court
during the tests of the indictments
already returned. It is not believed
that any new scandals will be probed
today, the plan of the prosecution
to clean up the pending cases .before
plunging into larger- graft exposures.
The crusade of the Grand Jury
against the migration of the evil char
acters of the old tenderloin into the
residence district will be* continued
by I Oliver, : E. J. Gallagher, Charles
Sonntag and other members of the *ury,
who have . decided that ' Chief Dinan
must extinguish the red light west of
Van Ness avenue. , Particularly are the
saloons to which young girls are taken
from skating rinks and dance halls to
be placed under the Grand Jury ban.
If Dinan refuses to act he will face the
alternative of being removed.
3IONEY FOR RELIEF
Attorney Garret McEnerney presented
the Relief Corporation with *a-*"check
for $1000 yesterday. There was also re
ceived' by the corporation yesterday a
check for $32.86, the balance : subscribed
by the people -of Kenosha, ,Wis. > .
' - GEACIOSA OIL' COMPANY SITED — Lawrence
Harris \u25a0 has brought - suit against the \u25a0 Graciosa
Oil Company for |100,000, the ralue of stock
he alleges belongs to him and which he asserts
has been eonTerted •by the company to Its own
use. Harris declares that be owns 25,000 shares
of the company's stock, of a par ralue of $1
each, - which he claims Is worth $100,000.. The
alleged conversion is said to haTe occurred
within the last three years.
What's in a Name ?
''That's a dandy cigar, Jim; where did you get it?"
' 'What's the name V[
"Don't remember the name of the brand, but it's one of those
Triangle A brands we hear so; much about nowadays. " i .
The name of a brand of cigars is not in itself important—
it only makes it easier for you to ask for the cigar you want.
What you want when you buy cigars is a have no way of distinguishing other brands
guarantee— something by which you can of the same manufacturer so you can fight
distinguish the brands'of one manufacturer shy of them. That's why so many poor
from another— so that you can tell the cigars are sold,
good cigars from the poor ones.' • Andlit*s the best reason in the world why
you have this guarantee in the you should always look for the Triangle A
Triangle A merit mark. ;/ - when- you buy^ cigars^
The American Cigar Company is the one You can understand jiow every Tnangle
\u25a0i. '\u25a0!_\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -i. i--±i •V m. l. j A brand must be good value, because if
manu^cturer to distinguish : ite .brands so> bran a bearin g :t He Triangle A merit
.that the; smoking public may know- who it would not onJy
makes the best cigars. kill the sale of that brand, but would hurt
Some manufacturers seem willing enough our business.
\u25a0to.'hide -behind 'pretty labels and cute « What better assurance .would you want
names, and let .you take chances on the o f honest cigar value ? What better rea-
cigars you buyv 'When you find one of son that you should always buy Triangle A
these irresponsible brands is no good, you brands ? -J±&i'& 'V* * .
If you like a really good domestic cigar we suggest you try j $
The New CREMO 1
Every box is now extra-wrapped, in glassine paper, sealed
attach end wi&^e^'teangte A in .red. The cigars are kept a^
cieani fresh and in perfect smoking condition until the box W •*
lsopened.' .*„ \u25a0>-. .—^r*^^^^.. //y\
AMERICAN GIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer £Lj£i
DECLARES BOY'S
DEATH MURDER
Attorney Cost ello Scores a
Steamship Company for
Sacrifice of •.Mitchell's Life
DUE TO SIMPLE GREED
"The death of little 14-year-old Jlm
mie Mitchell was not caused by negli
gence, nor was it due to. accident. It
resulted directly from criminal viola
tion of the law by the officers of the
California and -Oregon Coast Steamshl-p
Company — from the greed which
caused to violate the statutes
prohibiting the employment of child
labor, and from the j desire for gain
which : sanctioned . the use of open
lights. in that vessel's 'hold in lieu of
the. more expensive safety appliances
demanded by law and ordered by the
inspectors. The death ! of that lad
was not an accident. It. was murder."
Attorney Stephen Costello used no
soft words yesterday in summing up
his final argument in the case brought
by James Mitchell against the Cali
fornia and Oregon Coast Steamship
Company to collect 325,000 for the
death of his son. who was. killed by the
explosion on the steamer Despatch in
December, 1905. The attorney openly
declared that the defendant company
was not only responsible for damages,
but was criminally answerable for
young Mitchell's death.
Costello went into all the details of
the case in the course of his argu
ment, laying special stress on the vio
lation of the child-labor law, and de
claring in connection with this tHat
contributory negligence on. the part
of the boy's parents could not be
urged by the defense as lessening its
own liability. He asserted that the de
fense had practically admitted the vio
lation of the child-labor law by not
denying it in its answer In the suit. He>
also called attention to the testimony
to the effect that Inspector of Hulls
and Boilers Bolger had ordered safety
lights installed on the vessel, and that
the use of open lights in the face of
this instruction was criminal.
Costello asserted that Supervising
Engineer Hough and Captain "Weber
had not testified in the case for fear
their own words would implicate them
personally in the alleged crime. He
said that of the forty men who were
on the vessel at the time of the ex
plosion not one had been found who
could tell exactly how it happened or
describe the details of the horror.
The ,case: was continued until this
morning for the argument of the de
fense, before Judge Graham.
BAD BILL PASSER
HELD BY POLICE
Thomas Ryan, arrested at 785 How
ard street, on suspicion of having as
saulted Frank Sullivan, a 17-year-old
boy, is held at the Bush-street police
station on suspicion of having been
responsible for having flooded the city
with bogus bills issued by the defunct
Planters' and : Merchants' Bank .of
Georgia. At the time of his arrest he
had in his possession a large num
ber of the spurious greenbacks
and .'the police -believe he is the
person who : has- victimized \u25a0\u25a0lodg
ing-house keepers and : others. Ryan
refuses. to make a statement. "
-When taken. into custody by Police
man P." J. Foley Ryan resisted arrest
and made a break for liberty. A bul
let from the pistol of the policeman
stopped his fight. Sullivan, on whom
he is alleged to have committed an as
sault, will not prosecute.
SONOMA PLANS FOR
CITRUS FAIR
Forthcoming Exhibition to
Be Finest During Seven
teen Years of Displays
LONG PREMIUM LIST
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
CLOVERDALE. Feb. 4.— Every effort
is being put forth by the residents of
this city to make the forthcoming ci
trus fair the best ever given in the
seventeen years that the show has been
an annual affair. The premium list
has been greatly Increased this year
and as a consequence a much larger
number will enter the various classes.
The orange department has been
placed in charge of George Hagamayer,
while Charles ,E- Humbert and James
Robb wlir look after the concessions.
Miss Fidelia Furber has been 'given
charge of the art exhibit. The full
premium list as prepared by the di
rectors is as follows:
Class A— Best fruit in quantities. 1 box or
more: Best Washington navel oranges. $5; sec
ond. $3; third. 52.
Best Mediterranean sweets: First, S3; sec
ond. $1.
Best Joppa: First. $2; second. $1.
Best Japanese: First. $2: second. $1.
Best lemons: First. $3: second. «2: third. $1.
Class B — Best fruit in small quantities: Best
2t Washington naTels, first. IS: second, $2; thirU. •
$1: fourth. SI.
Best 24 Mediterranean sweets. $2; best 24
Joppa. $2; best 24 Valencia late. $2; best 24
Japanese. $2; best 24 Malta blood. S-. Best 24
Villa Franca lemons: First. 12; second. 51. 50.
Best 24 Sicily lemons: First, 11.30; second. $1.
Best 24 Lisbon. $1. Best 24 Pomelos: First,
rr.so: second. $1.50: best 24 Citrons. SI.
Class C — Best design, or artistic display, or
elaborate arrangement, made of oranges, or of
lemons, or of all citrus frnlts combined: First,
$«0; second. $30; third, $40; fourth. $30; 6fth.
$20; sixth, $10; serenth. $S; eighth. $7.30; ninth.
$5: tenth. $4; eleventh. $3; twelfth. $2.30; thir
teenth. $2.CiO.
Class F — Best display of greatest variety of
citrus fruits. $8; second. $4; thM. $2.
Class G — Best exhibit canned goods, S3; »ec
ood. $2.
Class H — Dried fruits and not*: Best general
display of dried fruits, $3: second. $1.
Best display of dried prunes, X 2: second. $1.
Best display of soft shell walnuts. $1; '
almonds. $1.
Class I — OllTes and ollTe oil: Best pickled
olives. $5; second. S3; third. $2.
Best olive oil. $3; second. $2.50.
Class J— Jellies: Best jellies. $1.50; second.
$1: best marmalade. $1.00.
Class X—BestK — Best exhibit of wine, $20; second,
$10: third. $0.
Class V — Best exhibit of apples. $1.50; sec
ond. $1.
Class M — Art exhibit, under direction <tf com
mittee. The following rules will govern!
1. All exhibits must be la place by 12 m.
on first day of fair.
2. Exhibits must be numbered and entered
for competition under particular classes to whlcb
tb»v belong.
3. No exhibit caa enter more than one class,
nor compete for more than one prize.
4. Space for exhibits under direction of the
director general. However, all large and effect
ive designs are not permissible at entrance of
pavilion.
5. Concerning the display, free lance the
order, but merit and true worth to prevail.
6. All parts of Sonoma County are entitled
to enter for premiums.
NEGRO MURDERER TAKEN
FROM GLOBE ON HANDCAR
Prisoner Landed Safely at Tncaon and
tbe Talk of Lynching lias
Cooled Down
TUCSON. Ariz., Feb. 4. — Baldwin. th»
negro who was held at Globe on the
charge of murdering a woman and her
child, arrived in Tucson last night in
charge of Sheriff Thompson and was
placed In the County Jail here. Tha
prisoner was taken on a handcar from
Globe -to Rice, fifty miles, on Friday.
There Is no excitement here, such as
nearly resulted in the lynching of Bald
win at Globe.
SAXTA ! FE IXDICTMEXTS
LOS AXGELES. Feb. 4.— The hearing
of the demurrers to the indictments
for rebating returned recently by the
Federal Grand Jury against the Santa
Fe Railway Company and the Grand
Canyon Lime and Cement Company
were continued today for another week
by Judge "Wellborn.
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