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News From All Sections of the Four Bay Counties
BREAKS LEG OF WOMAN
WHO REFUSED TO WED
Retired Sea Captain Beats
Widow He Had Known
Only Two Days
NEIGHBORS AROUSED
Fells Her With Blows and
.. Then Kicks Her as
She Lay Dazed
OAKLAND, Feb. 15. — Because she re
fused to marry him after an acquaint
ance of two days Captain Charles
O'Neil, a retired master mariner, at
tacked Mrs. Catherine Norbie today,
ending by kicking her as she lay pros
trate at his feet and breaking her leg.
Her screams aroused the other occu
pants of the houEe at 554 Washington
street. O'Xell was overpowered and
arrested.
Mrs. Norbie, a widow, said that she
met O'Neil for the first time two days
ago. This morning the shipmaster
came to her home and after a short
conversation asked her to become his
wife. The woman refused to consider
B? uch a proposal on so short an acquain
tance, when O'Neil, the' woman asserted,
struck her a heavy blow in the face.
He followed up his attack by beating
h*>r until she fell to the floor, when he
repeatedly kicked her, one of the blows
from his heavy shoe breaking her leg.
Mrs. Norbie was taken to the Receiving
Hospital.
After the arrest of O'Neil, Mrs. Norbie
was placed in an ambulance and taken"
to the police office, where Prosecuting
Attorney Decoto and Captain of Police
Petersen took her statement and pre
pared a complaint against O'Neil.
DIVORCE COURT CASES
OAKLAND, Feb. 15. — Judge Ogden
granted «.n interlocutory decree of di
vorce today to William W. Sherbourne
from Eda E. Sherbourne on the ground
iof desertion. The plaintiff was award
ed the custody of the four minor chil
. dren.
Maud M. Rose commenced a suit for
divorce from Antone Rose, and Mary E.
de Valle Instituted a similar action
against Manuel de Valle.
Judge Waste awarded a final decree
of separation to Mercedes A. Lancaster
from Charles E. Lancaster on the
ground of desertion.
Divorce suits were filed by Olga^D.
Blrkeland aprainst Adolph O. Birkeland
and Tillie Goldsmith against John S.
Goldsmith.
GIRL WANDERER GIVES
EVIDENCE OF INSANITY
Miss Juliette Paulma of
Berkeley Breaks From
Officer's Grasp
. . OAKLAND. Feb. IB.— Juliette Paulma,
a pretty 19-year-old Berkeley girl, who
•was arrested while wandering about
Oakland and lodged In the detention
ward of the Receiving Hospital, at
tempted to hang herself with a strap
attached to a bedpost in her room this
afternoon. Warden Page heard hier
struggles, rushed Into her room and
! forced her to desist from her suicidal
attempt.
Miss Paulma was placed under more
complete 'restraint. Later she was
taken before Judge Murphy on an in
, sanity complaint, sworn to by Police
' man Crossman, and her examination
was F*t for 10 o'clock tomorrow morn-
Ing. While Deputy Sheriff Sweeney was
taking Miss Paulma from the Court
house back to the Receiving Hospital
the unfortunate young -woman sud
, denly broke from his grasp and made
• a dash for freedom. Deputy County
Clork Glover was near by and over
took and held her until assistance came.
Miss Paulma lives with her father
at 2125 Ninth street. West Berkeley.
; Last August the girl was examined be
' fore Judge Harris. She was discharged.
YOUTH CONFESSES TO THEFT
Police Fail to Get Light on Man's
Mysterious Death
OAKLAND. Feb. 15.— Harry Rudol
jj phus. 19 years old, of Berkeley, was
arrested today at Pinole by Deputy
Sheriff Riley on a larceny charge sworn
to by Timothy Curtin, a Berkeley
dairyman, brother of Jeremiah Curtln,
whose death last fall was shrouded In
. mystery. At the county jail Rudolphus
confessed to stealing two watches and
. a ring from Timothy Curtln. On Ru
dolphus* person was found a newspaper
' clipping concerning the death of
"Jerry" Curtin. This fact led the au
thorities to believe that the prisoner
might throw some light on the mys
tery of Curtin's death, but their hopes
in this respect proved futile. Rudol
phus was employed by "Jerry" Curtin
at the time he died. Curtin's death
! was attributed by rumor to a beating
he received at the hands of unknown
• footpads.
BRIDE BORN IN CHINA
Miss Smythe Feared Her Nativity
Would Give Wrong Impression
OAKLAND. Feb. 15.— Although Miss
j Harriet S. Smythe of Berkeley was
j born In ' Fuchau, China, sho does not
I wish people to know this, for fear they
might think she has Chinese blood In
her veins. When she and Walter C.
Alvarez applied to Deputy County Clerk
Rudolph for a marriage license this
afternoon *he begged the official not
to put In the marriage license that sho
was a native of China, but he was ob
durate and this fact had to be written
Into the paper. Miss Smythe is 22,
j while Alvarez Is 23 and lives In San
•; Francisco.
MAYOR A BANK DIRECTOR
OAKLAND, Feb. 15. — Mayor Mott
\u25a0 has been elected a director of the Se
' curlty Bank and Trust Company. Th-j
1 new directorate follows: President,
H- C. Capwell; vice president, A. D. Wil
son; C. E. Snook, C. J. Heeseman, T. W.
; Corder, W. H. L. Hynes, John A. Beck
• with, Theodore Gier, W. F. Burbank,
Frank K. Mott, Hay ward G. Thomas.
PEMBROKE JURY DISAGREES
OAKLAND, Feb. 15.— After eight
; hours' deliberation the Jury in the case
• of Percy Pembroke, charged with -the
.robbery of Edward Hanley, failed to
• agree and was discharged at .8:30
} o'clock tonight. The case, was contin
i ut-d until Monday to be set for. a sec
ond trial.' '
YOUNG MAIDEN AND FOUR
BOYS FORSAKE HOMES
Parents and Police Search
for Children Missing
THINK GIRL ELOPED
Fifteen- Year-Old Laundry
Employe May Have .
Been Lured Away
OAKLAND, Feb. 15.— The police have
been asked to aid in locating five miss-
Ing children, who have disappeared
since the first of the week. Lottie
Steele, a pretty 15-year-old miss, em
ployed at the White Star 1 Laundry, dis
appeared from her home at 1059 Eighth
street on February 12 and her parents
fear that she may have eloped. The
missing girl is of fair complexion, and
when she left home' wore a light
checked suit and a red waist-
Joseph Wise, 6 years of age, disap
peared from the home of his parents at_
171 Third street on February 13, and
they fear that he has strayed away and
become lost. ,
Fourteen-year-old 'Willie Hucock,
whose parents reside at 908 Sixtieth
street, has disappeared, and it is be
lieved that he ran away. When last
seen he wore a blue waist, corduroy
trousers and a gray cap.
The parents of Harold Grant, whose
home is at 2407 Webb avenue, have re
ported that their son disappeared on
February 11. The lad has red hair
and wore a black coat, blue overalls
and a gray cap.
The Alameda authorities have re
quested that a watch be kept for Philip
Cuda, 15 years of age, who disappeared
from his home in that city on February
13. The missing boy is a blonde and
wore a dark coat, corduroy pants and a
gray cap. •
PLACED EXPLOSIVES ON TRACK
ALAMEDA, Feb. 15. — E. C. Littleton,
a youth, living at 2046 Eagle avenue,
was arrested last night for placing
quantities of a high explosive on the
rails of the Oakland Traction Com
pany's tracks in the vicinity of Chest
nut street and Santa Clara avenue. The
explosions that resulted when cars
passed over the substance jarred win
dows and rattled doors for • blocks
around. Littleton pleaded guilty this
morning in the city Justice Court to
a charge of peace disturbance and is
to be sentenced next Tuesday morning.
NEW CABLE LINE WILL
JOIN CUBA TO AMERICA
Report for the Last Year
Issued by the Mackay
, Companies
BOSTON', Feb. 15.— The annual meet
ing of the shareholders of the Jlackay
companies was held at Boston, today
and the number of trustees was in
creased from five to seven. The pres
ent five trustees, Clarence H. Mackay,
William W. Cook. George G. Ward.
Dumont Clarke and Edward C. Platt,
were re-elected. The two new trus
tees elected are Pliny Fisk, who is at
the head of the banking house of Har
vey Fisx & Sons. New York City, and
R. A. Smith, a member of the banking
house of Osier & Hammond of Toronto,
Canada.
A report issued by the company,
which controls the Postal Telegraph
system, the Bell Telephone system and
several cable lines, including the one
recently laid across the Pacific, says
that the regular 4 per cent dividend has
been declared on both., preferred and
common stock. It is also announced
that the company is to connect New
lork and Havana by cable. Hereto
fore the Western Union has had a
monopoly In the American-Cuban cable
business. The report continues:
On Jannary 1. 1907, all free pusses w*>re
abolinh«Hj on the Postal Telegraph systpm, and
during Uie last year there has been Inaugurated
and put into Buccetwfal operation a plan whereby
the employes of the organization are givrn an
opportunity to purchase preforred shares In the
Mackay companies and to. make payments there
for by installments. A lanje number of the em
ployes bare availed .themselves of this oppor
tunity. *v_- \u25a0 ?j
Accordlnar'to the profit and ldss account, the
Income from Investments inShther companies for
the year. January, 1006, to February 1, 1907,
was $3,310,327, I>3 per cent of which. $2,955,574.
was paid out In dividends, $24,624.83 for va
rious expenses and $290,829.10 was carried for
ward ac a balance.
The balance is a» fnllows: Investments In
other companies. $91.K57.48".80: cash. $220.
459.32; total. ?92,107.M7.22; preferred shares
Usued. $50,000,000; common shares issued. $41,
330.400; surplus, $727,547.22; total, $92,107,
947.22.
FIGHT TO THE DEATH
Japanese Slays Fellow Countryman
Who Was Beating Him
MARTINEZ, Feb. 15. — On the Hatch
ranch, near Vacaville, Wednesday night
following a drunken orgy among the
Oriental farmhands, P. Sakamoto was
ahot three times through the body by
K. Tuchlhashi after the former had
belabored him on the head with a club.
Though badly injured, Tuchihashi drew
his revolver and fired .point blank at
his assailant. Three bullets took ef
fect, but the wounded man lived until
yesterday morning. His slayer fled at
once and has not "been apprehended.
BURGLARS BUSY IN OAKLAND
OAKLAND. Feb. 15.— Burglars en
tered the house of Henry McCuliy, 614
Fifteenth street, last night, but were
frightened away before stealing any
thing. A thief robbed the grocery
of Bertola & Depava at 1452 Twelfth
street last night, carrying off a box
of string beans and a dozen paper lunch
boxes. A. E. Turner reported today that
thieves had stolen $55 worth. of clothing
from his room at 1765 Seventh street.
Clothing valued at $80 was stolen yes
terday from the room of Mrs. Thomas
Watson , at 520 Sixteenth street. Miss
M. J. Overhulser. left a handbag con
taining $23 in coin and a certificate of
deposit for $40 drawn ; on the Central
Bank in the lavatory of a building at
205 Thirteenth street and returning, a
moment • later found that it had been
stolen.
RUNS INTO BURNED BRIDGE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,' Feb. 15.
Colorado and Southern passenger train
No. 17. leaving this city at .7 o'clock
this morning, ran through , a burned
bridge .near Falcon, miles
northeast of here, ditching the ' engine
and slightly bruising the" fireman.
ACCUSED OF FRAUDS— Los 'Anjreles. Feb.
16. — Dr. A. H. Hedderly and r. Richard Hynes,
two prominent local \ business - men, " were taken
to Portland, Ore., , today by - United ': States of fl
eers to j stand " trial ; for . alleged-; complicity » in
Oregon land frauds. • , . ' ; \u25a0
THE SAN ' : . FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY^ 4 FEBRUARY J16,: 1907
STRIKE IN THE LUMBER
YARDS IS THREATENED
Tieup From, Longshoremen
to 'Tally Clerks Is
Impending
NO INCREASE LIKELY
Five Hundred Men Will
Probably Walk Chit
on Monday
OAKLAND, Feb. 15.— A general, tie
up of the lumber yards of Alameda
County Is threatened Monday morning,
when the longshoremen and. lumber
handlers will strike if their demand
for an Increase of 60 per cent in wages
Is not granted. The members of the
Alameda County Lumber Dealers' As
sociation voted this afternoon to grant
only the increase which has already
been offered and refused.
President George H. Payne and Sec
retary E. A. Dickey of the Lumber
Dealers' Association declared this aft
ernoon that under no circumstances
would the members of the organiza
tion agree to an increase greater than
that already offered.' They declared
that such an increase as that demanded
by the men was impossible, and that
the members of the association could
not, even if they were willing, grant
the demand.
Equally positive was the statement
of President William James of the
Longshoremen's Union that the men
would walk out in a body on Monday
if the demands of the union were not
granted." If the strike Is ordered, five
hundred, men will be affected, and the
shipping in Oakland harbor will be,
at least, in part, tied up for an in
definite time.
The yardmen and roller , men are- at
present receiving $3 a day, and they
demand 50 cents an hour for nine
hours' work. The lumber dealers -have
offered the following scale of wages,
which has been accepted by the team
sters and tally clerks, but. refused by
the, longshoremen: Teamsters, $3.50;
yardmen, $3.50; men on rollers, $4, and
tally clerks, $4.25.
METAL WORK DISPLAYED
Exhibition of the Guild of Arts and
Crafts Opens
The Guild of Arts and Crafts of Cali
fornia opened an exhibition of metal
work at the quarters of the guild, 1825
California street, last evening. Miss
A. Field and Miss B. Herzinger had the
most complete collection of hammered
copper. Other contributors were Doug
las Van Denburgh, Henry Monges,
Lawrence Scammon, Miss . Ackerman
and Miss J. Smitten.
In conjunction with this there was
opened an'exhlbition of Europeon post
ers and photographs collected by Oscar
Maurer and F. H. Meyer on their trip
to Europe last summer. Meyer gave
an explanatory . talk on- the pictures,
and mentioned that in Europe the post
ers which are issued ;by railroads ; and
steamship lines to advertise the coun
try are designed by real artists,' -while
the far greater -beauties -of our * own
country are left to the tender mercies
of any dauber who will" work for a
pass.
There was a large attendance at the
.opening of the exhibition. It # will con
tinue until February 28, from'lO in the
morning till 5 in the afternoon.
PAINTINGS EXHIBITED
Work Done by Cadenasso Since the
Fire Is Shown
A large and Interesting collection of
paintings by G. Cadenasso was placed
on exhibition yesterday in the picture
gallery of the City of Paris. The ex
hibition represents the work of . th«
artist after the fire, and is the most
complete he has ever shown. There
are several views of Tamalpais seen
in different lights, two of them hav
ing a remarkably weird effect. A large
picture of the California foothills In
the tawny coloring of a parched-sum
mer Is very characteristic of the Cali
fornia landscapes. A number of studies
of eucalyptus trees represent the ar
tist's favorite subject.
It is Cadenasso's intention, if the ex
hibition is successful and he is able
to make the necessary arrangements,
to make a trip to Europe in the near
future. '•',«/\u25a0
The exhibition is open to the public
and will continue for two weeks.
WOMAN'S VICTIM DIES
George Johnson, Shot by Mrs. Jane
Horsch, Passes Away
George Johnson, 26 years old, who
was shot on the. evening of January 23
by Mrs. Jane Horsch, a Woman who
keeps a grocery at the corner of.Twen
ty-first and Valencia streete, diedyes
terday at *he City and County Hos
pital as the result of his wound. John
son was one of several young men. who
were creating a disturbance in front
of the woman's store and was struck
by a bullet fired among when
they refused to disperse. '
Immediately after the shooting Mrs.
Horsch was taken into custody and
locked /up- on a charge of assault to
commit murder, but was released on
her .own recognizance by Judge Ca
baniss at her preliminary 1 hearing. She
was rearrested yesterday and booked
on a charge of manslaughter. \u25a0
BONDS MUST BE PURCHASED
City Engineer Woodward notified the
Howard Street" Improvement Associa
tion yesterday that it ; must . purchase
municipal' bonds to the amount of $585,
000 in order ta Improve Howard street
from Second :to Eighth. The paving
will cost $135,000 and the sewer $200,
000, but the latter cannot be: built until
its outlet is constructed along Second
to Sansome to Commercial Btreet at a
cost of $150,000." Woodward estimates
also thatMt would cost $55,000 to im
prove . Mission street from Twentieth
to Army.
DANISH CHURCH CONCERT
A concert will be given this evening
in the Danish:.; Lutheran \u25a0'Church, in
Church streeti near.; Dub'oce \u25a0\u25a0 avenue, the
proceeds to be ".; used in canceling the
debt" on the pipe Morgan Installed re
cently. The concert has. been arranged
byiHotherWismejf," violinist,, under the
auspices of the Ansgar Ladies', Society.
The programme .includes > "Prelude and
Romance," * Miss ; Ada" Clement and
Hother ;\u25a0' Wismer; A soprano solo, Miss
Helen . Colburn; Heath;' ..^violin solo,
Hother r"Wismer;;contralto, solo/' Mrs. C.
Decker* Cox; i' duet, . Misses s Cox' and
Heath. '' : £f£mg£Bßs<-, ' \u25a0."'.'\u25a0\u25a0'' - • " :-.\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
MANlLAiVFeb.^ie.^Anllnvestlgation
of the recent: attack and .burning of two
towns* \n\ Occidental fiNejrrps ' February
13 Pulajanes ' shows :thatl the" trouble
Is ijlocal. ;;No>, further;, outbreak '; is : ex
pected.! ..The damage caused by . the flro
ia?estimated:at?Sso,ooo. ; :'*:-r** - "— : - •
PULAJANES NOT FEARED
FAVORS BATTLING FOR
REFERENDUM MEASURE
Mrs. Mary T. Wilson Finds
Hope for Reform Rests
in It Alone '
SHE RESENTS REBUFF
Treatment of Antivaccina
tion Bill at Sacramento
Rouses Her Anger
BERKELEY, Feb. 15. — After a dis
heartening experience with the Legis-7
lature at Sacramento, Mrs. Mary T, Wil
son, a prominent equal suffragist, went
before the Political Equality Society
today and advocated the abandonmentn t
of the fight, for equal suffrage, anti
vaccination and other reform move
ments. Mrs. Wilson startled her hear
ers when she declared that there was
only one way to reach recreant legisla-^
tors and that -was by inaugurating, the
plan of "initiative and; referendum.- .
I Mrs. Wilson went to ! the capital to
fight for a t repeal of the compulsory
vaccination law. She is principal, of
the private school maintained 7 by . the
Antlcompulsory Vaccination League, in
Berkeley. She formerly served in the
Berkeley School Department as princi
pal, but resigned when her objections
to the vaccination law made, her per
sona non grata with the school authori
ties. At.the meeting at the home of
Mrs. William Keith today Mrs. Wilson
said:
When people who are spending their own time
and money and. labor in a cause entirely for
the (rood- of Mothers, making an impersonal, dis
interested plea for humanity, are met by the
supposed representatives of the people with nar
row-minded, bigoted unfairness, what hope is
there for any reform measure placed before
them ? None whatever.
When the anti vaccination bill came up before
the House there was a warm debate, \u25a0 which
lasted more than ninety minutes. A repeal
measure needs the votes of a majority of the
members present, which majority was forty-one.
The count stood: Ares 35, noes 26, and so we
lost, although we had a majority of nine of those
voting. .; ..;: •
You will probably be surprised when I tell
you that we .will (fain our ends quicker If jw«
drop completely the equal puffrage, the afatl
vaeclnatlon and any other reform measures and
work entirely for the initiative aud referendum.
That is another reform measure of much broader
scope than either of the others, and would al
most Immediately Include them if adopted.
CUT BY RAZOR WIELDER
J. J. Kearn Strikes Peddler and Is Se-
riously Wounded in Fight
Angered by the persistent efforts of
a stranger to dispose of an Imitation
diamond ring, J. J. Kearn smote the
vender and is now lying at the Central
Emergency Hospital swathed in ban
dages as a result of a defense put up
by. the peddler, who wielded a razor
with telling effect.
Kearn.; who rooms at the Winchester
Hotel at ""Fourth and Howard streets,
may die from the loss of blood. '
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
AFTER MADDEN'S SCALP
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 15. — The Min
nesota Editorial Association adopted a
resolution today calling for the "dis
barment" of Third Assistant Postmas
ter General Madden and asking for his
removal. ; - •
The association ordered that all evi
dence as to Maddens inability be col
lected and submitted to President
Roosevelt,'.-- so that if he sees fit the
third assistant postmaster general can
be removed. .
The resolutions declare the.associa
tion will do everything in its'power to
fight the second-class postage bill now
pending In Congress and to "ctonfer
with our Senators and Representatives
to have them, fight the measure."
BACIGALUPI'S BLIND
SON DIES IN POVERTY
Wealthy San Franciscan Re
fused to Extend Aid to
Afflicted Boy
Lucien Peter Bacigalupi, the- blind
son of Peter Bacigalupi,. the wealthy
local agent for the Edison p.honograph
and other amusement devices, died re
cently in- a Chicag-o rooming-house in
destitute circumstances.
At, the end he was attended only by a
blind Bchoolmate, Rasendo Uruchurtu.
Over a year ago young. Bacigalupi sued
his father for support/ . The complaint
of the son was a pitiful/document,' nar
rating the helplessness of his condition^
It stated that the youth was at that
time dependent upon the bounty, of his
Krandmother, ' whose resources were but
meager y Inhis answer to the. complaint
the wealthy, impresario of talking ma
chines declared that he was . unable ' to
contribute to the ; son's -support' owing
to the demands -made on -.- his purse by
his fariiily,; which included several
daughters who were in £ society. The
suit created > much f eelln g ' at the time,
and when ;it. was 'on Judge. Hebbard's
calendar the father; was bitterly., ar
raigned by ,the court for his. neglect of
the afflicted son. .But the parent finally
won his' case.:' -Without 'means of
support, : the blind .youth | endeavored
to earn his living by singing on the
concert 1 ; stage, 1" but; did not J succeed.
Last summer he went East.
BIG SHIPMENT OF WINE
Good Prices Are Realized by Santa
Clara Producers .
SAN JOSE, Feb. 15:— The largest wine
shipment from this county.' in ten years
has Just ;.been ; started -to \New'. York
City. .ItV comprises .125,000" gallons of
wines . of -.the varieties ;Zinfandel, -Bur
gundy,;; Cabernet .; and { Carignan. The
consignment; was; sold ,for : 26%f cents'a
gallon, aggregating; $33,125 and- repre
senting ;onef season's product- of 300
acres' of\ vines.' — ; ' *
SKULL ALARMS BESOLD
Alleged Murderer Cries Out at Sight
Vb£4ReUc;o£Wife- \u25a0 ;:
LOS ANGELES,' Feb. 15.— An tone" Be-
Bold, on. trial for,. the murder of his wife
in ":-\u25a0 Temescal ; : Canyon' : last T July, was
greatly J wrought 7 today;, and ' cried
out: In excited -tones jwheni the skull of
hls : wife iand^the^ bullet -.which; caused
her death vwere 'produced' inlcouft.:. "
j The : defense <is - resisting -every 4 effort
to establish v the - Identity .; of the i victim
as r Mrs? Besold.- 4 \u25a0-•'\u25a0;'- '- "\u25a0- ' <
Legislature Bigoted,
This Woman Affirms
AM ttARV^WIbSQ/r/
"HONOR SYSTEM" VOTED
DOWN BY THE STUDENTS
Professors Will Continue to
Maintain Watch at
Examinations
BERKELEY, Feb. 15.— The proposed
honor system at the State University
failed of adoption by the student body
today, 557 votes against the innova
tion being cast to 522 for the system.
The system which was rejected today
had received the approval of an "honor
system committee" of students, and
had been' under discussion for nearly a
year. By its provisions students were
to be relieved from espionage now
maintained by 'professors during ex
arnlnations, and each student would be
required to sign a statement testifying
on his honor that he had received no
aid v In 'the examination through which
he had justjpassed. . ' .
v- Three years : ago another, honor sys
tem,':, the 'provisions of V which were'
slightly 'dlfferent,^w;as presented' to the
students* .-.for .'approval •' and ' was : -de
feated .' by ., a* vote of 'about two to" one.
ARMY FURNITURE TAKEN
Scandal From Philippines Implicates
Officers of High Rank
LEAVE>TWORTH. Kan., Feb. 15.—
Major Parker West of the inspector
general's" department at Washington
arrived at .Fort Leavenworth today to
make an investigation for the War De
partment among the officers of the
garrison, to obtain evidence regarding
officers of high rank who brought back
from the Philippines furniture made
in and belonging to the quartermaster's
department. This affair Implicates high
army officers.
IRATE HUSBAND BADLY
BEATS INTRUDER IN HOME
Surprises Supposed Friend
With Wife and Fractures
Visitor's Skull.
On returning unexpectedly to his
home, 4430 Twentieth street, last night,
G..C. Hastor, a mining engineei* sur
prised Oscar Morgan, a supposed friend
and neighbor, ( in "the company of Mrs.
HAstor. In the fight that. immediately
ensued Morgan's skull was fractured
by blows "from the butt end of a pistol
wielded by the irate husband.
The injured man,' was taken to the
City and County Hospital, where his
condition was pronounced serious. His
assailant was detained at the Bush
street station.
"Hastor had left home earlier In the
evening, intending to take a boat for
Seattle,^ but altered his plans and re
turned to his home about 10:30. Ac
cording to the story of both Haator and
his wife. Morgan drew a revolver when
Hastor. entered the "room. The latter
grappled with -him, and wresting the
weapon away used it to beat its owner
on the head. ; h'V
RUSSIAN LEADER ARRIVES
NEW YORK," Feb. 15.— Alexis Aladln,
a member of : the first Russian Douma
and a leader of the Labor party, in
Russia, " arrived today on •'\u25a0 the Majestic
of the; White Star, line. While here ho
will, lecture under the auspices of the
Friends of Russia's Freedom. .His first
public appearance will be in Carnegie
HalL on March 4. He will make ad
dresses ;at Harvard and Yale.
NEW RAILWAY FOR PAJARO
I- WATSONVILLE. : Feb. 15.— The local
electric: road from this point to. Port
Watson'vllle, together with the prop
erty of the defunct Watsonville Trans
portatioiu: Company, : has been sold .to
the "Monterey, .Fresno - and
Railway Company, ' and the Pajaro fVal
ley,s'folk ; are , happy V: In \: consequence,.'
since it : means ? that at last \u25a0 this \ fruit
ful-section/will'havecompetitive re
lief V- from V railroad monopoly. 1 The
transfer of property has been arranged
for *by I H. , H. Sanborn, ; assistant .to A~
D. ; Bowenit: the; president "of the;' road,
whichl is yto i cross Central^California
from the ; sea' to ] Fresno. , ; The ; negotia
tions V were • .; concluded " with ,- Marshall
'AT: Franks. F. W.^Voogt, Samuel \ Rosen
helm V and - H."'i Meyer | of i San i FranclscoJ
whoi have ""takenV stock i in ; the^ new fen-*
terprise. V» The] new.' company.; will repair
the .i local •'.: line t' immediately and .; will
navel a"; service % inaugurated this" sum
mer.^ '\u25a0 /, •.•'"\u25a0'••' '"-:- : ">r. '.f. :..:.•«-"---.\u25a0;-- :: ',
HUNS INTO YARD WITH
HER ARMS IN FLAMES
Miss Weir's Elbow Gloves,
Saturated With Benzine,
Ignited at Stove
SHE BEATS OUT FIRE
Then Falls in Faint and Is
Carried Into House by
aPasser-By
BERKELEY. Feb. 15.— Forgetting
that the gloves she wore were sat
urated /with benzine. Miss Louetta
Weir, a daughter of President W. K.
Weir. of the Board of Education, step
ped close to a gasoline stove flame this
morning, and in an instant her gloves,
qlear to the elbow, were ablaze. Th-i
girl realized her danger and fled from
the house to the lawn. There she
whipped the grass with her burning
arms and extinguished the blaze. Mlsa
Weir fainted after she had put out
the_ fire and was carried Into the house
by "Robert Summers, a San Jose con
tractor, who was passing the house.
The blaze that had threatened the
girl's life set the house afire and when
Summers went Inside with his charge
he dlsco'vered the flames. No one else
was at home and he fought the flm
alone, subduing it with difficulty. Miss
Weir recovered consciosuness while
Summers was beating out the fire and
insisted upon helping him in the task.
That accomplished, the girl went alone
to Dr. Deardorff's home across the
street for' medical aid.
Her arms were badly burned and it
may be necessary to graft skin upon
them to save the. flesh from mutilation.
The girl will be confined to her home
for several months and forced to give
up her studies at the university of Cal
ifornia. She is a member of the Junior
class. The Weirs live at 2163 Vine
street. f
LARCHMONT DEATH LIST
SHOWS ANOTHER VICTIM
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Feb. 15.—An
other name was added to the list of
victims of the wrek of the Joy Line
steamer Larchmont in Block Island
Sound last Monday night, when James
Vann, colored, -who -was one of those
saved, died here today. His death re
duces the number of survivors of the
160 persons known to have been on tha
Larchmont to seventeen. Only eight of
the seventy-six bodies recovered from
the wreck remain unclaimed at the
morgue. Federal authorities at New
London are making good progress In
their investigation of the disaster. Of
ficials of the Joy Line gave out a state
ment today, denying the charges of
cowardice made by some of the sur
vivors against. Captain McVey and the
Larchmont' a crew.
AVERTS OPERATORS' STRIKE
Western Union > Reinstates Nine
Telegraphers, Ending Trouble
CHICAGO. Feb. 15. — The reinstate
ment today of the nine discharged
operators in the employ of the "Western
Union Telegraph Company, without
prejudice to their union affiliations,
averted the threatened strike of tele
graph operators.* The men -were re
stored to their former positions and
resumed work at once. The mass meet
ing scheduled for Sunday will be turned
into a ratification meeting. The op
erators will further perfect their or
ganizations, both the commercial
branch and the Women's Auxiliary
Union.
Brief Local News
SENTENCED FOR JfT/HDEH— lware Katzuro,
a Japanese, was sentenced by Judge Donne yes
terday to fifteen years In Folnom prison for the
murder of H. Havraka in February of last year,
a - verdict of murder In the second decree having
been returned a few days ago by a Jury.
LOBES NUGGET AND CASH— C. Malone of
30Sf} Twenty-fourth avenue reported to the
police yesterday that « pickpofket had robbed
him on an Ellis-street car of $33 in cash and a
nugget valued at $21.75. He did not miss the
money or nugget until he arrived home. •
WILL BE PAH) WEEKLY— Auditor Horton
decided yesterday to grant the request of the
Board of Works that the men working on, the
sewer In lower Market street be paid weekly.
Instead of monthly. In order that they will not
be compelled to sell their demands to money
brokers.
KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTO-TV. H. Dale,
who lives on Folsom strCet, between Seventh
and Eighth. ', was .knocked down at Sntter and
Kearny streets yesterday by an antomoKle be
longing to the Richmond Oarage. Dale sus
tained painful contusions of the back, left arm
and left knee. -.
THBEE BOYS AKRESTED— AIbert Enright.
Joseph Henry and Raymond Cnllen. newsboys,
were arrested on the water front Thursday
evening by Policeman Gehrman of Vallejo. The
boys are accused --of having broken Into a Val
lejo cigar (tore on 1 the night of the Snallham-
Callahan fight.
Around the Bay
; SAID WOMAN CUT HIM — Oakland. Feb. 15. —
W. A. Moore, a eooR; -235 Eighth street, wai
-stabbed In the «rm today by a woman whose
name he refused to disclose.
ALLEGED BUKGLAR HELD— Oakland. Feb.
15. — Arthur Larsen. who is accused of having
broken into Julius Sompe* saloon, on Washington
street, two weeks ago. was held -to answer be
fore the Superior Court on a charge of burglary,
by Police Jndee Samuels this morning. Bail
was flxed at $2000.
* CAT : SEALED IN COHNlCE— Berkeley, Feb.
15. — A homeless" cat. which for three days had
been confined In a hollow tin cornice in the new
Postofflce bulldinz. was rescued by B. L. Coryell
of I the Humane Society today. Plumbers had
sealed the cornice without nartns been aware
that the cat was hidden m the fixture.
INJURED tN COLLISION— OakIand. Feb. 15.
Robert Brown, a coal dealer, and his wife, Ht
ing at 1056 Second avenue, were thrown from
a buggy at Twelfth and Franklin streets this
morning" In a collision with a Union Ice Com
pany wagon ' driyen by C. B. Thompson. Th#
Browns were removed, to their home. They were
cut and bruised. -\u25a0 -
\u25a0 BTOBY A CANARD— Oakland.' Feb. 15.— A
story that a footpad who \u25a0 attacked Dr. J. H.
Callen had < died in a Contra Costa County hos
pital from . his injuries was exploded by the
police today.: Dr. Callen Informed Chief of Po
lice .Wilson and Captain of Police Petersen that
he had unwittingly given Detective Caldwell an
exaggerated ' report of ai» encounter he was In
with a stranger "Wednesday night. \u25a0 .
\u25a0 NEW COMPANIES FORMED— Oakland, . Feb.
15.— The Jackson- Furniture Company filed arti
cles *of incorporation , today. The capital stoct
is $200,000. -The are H. X.. Jack
son and Bertha L. Jackson; both of Alameda,
and LeroyW. Jackson. A. A. Rieser and F.- L. i
Volberg. ; all of - Oakland. The •\u25a0 Bankers' Under
writers also filed articles. -The capital stock Is ;
$250,000. ' The : directors are Xaph. B. Greens
felder, -H. Sutro - Greensfelder and H. \u25a0 Greens
felder, all of Oakland. \u25a0 .\u25a0 % %
WOMAN -KICKED TO DEATH— San Diego.
Feb. . 15.-*-Mrs.= J. • M. \ Myers of Bernardo was
kicked -to - death -\u25a0 last 1 night by a horse. '.. She
was :; driving \u25a0• with ' ber husband - and returning
home they stopped to water the horses.-. Mr.
Myers got out and as he did so the team started,
throwing T Mr*. Myers under their heels and
she was kicked on the head, dying at midnight.
OCTOGENARIAN WEDS
MAN OF TWENTY-EIGHT
Aged Martha L. Klesow
Goes to Altar to Quiet
the Gossips
MARTIXEZ. Feb. 15.— Mrs. Martha
L. Klesow, aged 80. and Ernest H.
Heitman, aged 2S, went to the offic*
of County Clerk J. E. Rodgers yester
day In quest of a marriage license.
Deputy Clerk J. H. Wells, fearing that
the decrepit old woman was not in her
right mind, called District Attorney
Alvarado into th© office and requested
him to Interrogate her. That offlcta*
finding her mentality sound. consri!>^ttr*
County Clerk Rodgers in turn, and r&
also questioned her closely with th»
same result- Then the couple wers
wedded.
Before leaving 1 the office Mrs. Klescftr
volunteered the Information that Hett
man has been employed by her for
some time on her 500-acre ranch ad
joining: Byron Hot Sprfngs, and that her
present course was decided upon when
she learned that certain people wer*
gossiping about her "taking a child
to raise on, the ranch." She stated
that she belfeved a marriage the only
logical means of quieting the talk, and
accordingly asked Heltman to marry
her.
Mrs. Klesow-Heltman Is. reputed to
be worth upward of $40,000 In prop- t
erty and cash. The strangely mated f
couple returned to the farm last even- •
mgr.
PAROLE BOARD OPPOSED
Prison Directors Say Passage of Bill
Would Reflect on Them
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 15.— Grove John
son's bill providing" for the creation of
a parole board was opposed tonight be
fore the joint meeting of the Assembly
and Senate committees on ways and
means and finance by Tirey L. Ford,
former United States Senator Felton.
Don Ray and United States District At
torney Devlin, members of the Board of
Prison Directors.
L. T. Hatfleld. a Sacramento attorney
who Is interested in prison work, spoks
in favor of the bill.
The measure probably will be re
ported out of committee adversely.
FEDERAL SUITS AGAINST STAT\|
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 15.— Sen tor
McCartney of Los Angeles lntrodt ed
a bill today -which provides for the ln
institution of suits by the Fede a!
Government against California to sc
tle disputes over public domain. Tf
Federal Government maintains thj
California .has 40,000 acres more th I
she Is entitled to. The bill provU. \
that suits instituted by the Feder
Government must be tried in the c
perlor Court of Sacramento Count- .
COALIN'GA SLIDING AWAY
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 15.— 8y a vot.
of 25 to 31 noes the Assembly refuse.
today to consider its action in pa ««in&
the bill to take the Coalinga oil dis
trict from Fresno County and give it «
Kings. Drew and Chandler of F <i«>f
pleaded hard for a p^wtponemer i
the vote, but the Assedpbly refuseu *
sanction, a return engjri;ement: i^
RECEIVES PART OF REQUEST
Margaret Tojettl, beneficiary . uni\
the will of the late "Honora Sharp \
the extent of $25,000. was awarded i|
mediate possession of $10,000 under!
decree of partial distribution stgrt
yesterday by Judge Coffey. The coi\
held that the payment of the amour
awarded would not affect the remair
ing distribution of the estate.
DR. PIEItCE'S REMEDIES
DIED SUDDENLY
OF HEART DISEA^r ;j
How frequently does a head line si | J
lar to the above greet us la the ne>
papers. The rush, push and strenuouV~
neas of the American people has a stronj
tendency to lead up to valvular and oth«
affections of the heart, attended by Ir
regular action, palpitation, diz2ines«
smothered sensations and other distress
lntr symptoms.
Three of the prominent ingredients a
which Dr. Plerce's Golden Medical Dts*
covery is made are recommended by soc*» \u25a0
of the leading writers on Materia M edict
for the cure of just such cases. Golder
Seal root, for Instance, is aaid by tht
United States Dispensatobt, a stand-
ard authority, "to Impart tone and in-
creased power to the heart's action. •
Numerous other leading authorities rep-
resent Goldbn Seal as an unsurpassed
tonic for the muscular system la general,
and as the heart is almost wholly, com-
posed of muscular tissue, it naturally
1 follows that it must be greatly strength-
ened by this superb, general tonic. But
probably the most important ingredient
of " Golden Medical Discovery," so far
as its marvelous cures of valvular and
other affections of the heart are con-
cerned, is Stone root, or Collinaonia Can.,
Prof. Win. Paine, author of Paine's
Epitomy of Medicine, says of it:
"I. not lonsr since, bad a patient who was
so much oppressed with TuVul&r dise&sa of
the heart that bis friends were obliffmi to
carry Mm np-stairs. He. howerer. gradually
recorered ander the Influence of Collinjonin
(medicinal principle extracted from Stona
root), and Is now attending to his business.
Heretofore physicians knew ot no remedy
for the removal of so distressing: and so dan-
BT9rous a malady. With them it was all
ruess -work, and It fearfully warned tha
afflicted that death was near at hand. Col-
linsonln unquestionably affords relief In
such cases, and in most Instances effects a
cure.™
Stone root is also recommended by Drs.
Hale and Elllngwood, of Chicago, for
valvular and other diseases of the hea^t.
The latter says: "It is a heart tonlct*p
direct and permanent influence."
"Golden Medical Discovery,* not only
: cures serious heart affections, but is a
most efficient general tonic and invigor*
ator. strengthening the stomach, invig-
orating the liver, regulating the bowels
and curing catarrhal affections In all
parts of the system.
Dr. Pierces Pellets cure Constipation.
THE CALIFORNIA PROMOTION COMMITTEE
(Oreanlzed 1803>
PROMOTION: The act of promotlag, ad-
Taacement; ESCOCttAGEMEXT— Centniy Dic-
tionary. ,
- The California Promotion Committee baa for
lt» object tie PROMOTING or California aa a
whole.
It haa nothing to sell.
Its energies are devoted to fostering' an tntaca '
that hare the ADVANCEMENT of California aa
their object.
It gives reliable Information on «r«rr' \u25a0nhtect
connected with the Industries of California.
It jives ENCOCBAGEMENT to the establish,
ment of new Industries and invites a«lrabl» im-
migration.
It is not an employment agency, although It
gives Information reyardme labor condition*
It presents the opportunities and needs in all '
fields of business and professional activity •
The Commute* Is supported by popntfr snh-.
scriptlon and maiss no charge for anyll>-Tie«
rendered. TlrrWift WiSUf'i ~ i • -]T J
Affiliated with the Committee ar# on* ttnndred
and «Uty commercial organizations* * the Stats.
with a membership of over thirty \u25a0 'uaaad
Meetings are held semi-annual]* n differ*™*
parts of California, where mattari "bt StatS in-
terest are dtscntued. , •«•«• «*•
Headquarters ot th« Committee are maintained
In Ban Francisco In CaMontfa BatldWiDnloa
Square. - - , * *""*»\u25a0
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