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SANTA CLARA,Oct. 7.—Wesley J. Bur-rell, a wealthy, fruitgrower;of.this valley,
died at 5 o'clock this evening at his home-near Mountain View, He/has been suf-fering for some time;with cerebral menin-gitis- and' was unconscious for .severaldays preceding his.r death. "He was "48years of age;and :had.; lived; in, the"SantaClara Valley nearly forty- -years.;He wasa son of Mrs. Louisa who ownslarge property interests, near Agnews; ."
Wesley J. Burrell:
BALTIMORE, Oct.,7.—Sam : Arnold,years of age, who w;as' convicted in.l$03of participation in the assassination
'of
Abraham Lincoln, is dead at his home atMasonville.. Arnold, along with Dr.Mudd, Frank McLaughlln
"and others,
was convicted and. sent,. to:. the Dry-Tor-tugas for.life. .President Johnson, - afterhe had been acquitted >ln the-impeach-ment trial, acquitted Arnold. ' - "
Sam Arnold.
MANILA,Oct. 7.—General Jesse Leetelegraphs from Tacloban, island ofLeyte, that ladrones have twice attackedthe town of Carigara, province of Leyte,where they killed a number of • nativeconstabulary and levied contributions.The population of. Carigara withdrew tothe mountains. Ladrones have been ac-tive In several parts of the island. Gov-ernor Taft is going, to Cavite shortly forthe purpose of. meeting, the municipalpresidents of that province to. discusswith them methods for,the suppression ofthe ladrones. The municipal police -'ofseveral townsin Biilucan province, Lu-zon, have been disarmed and a system ofvolunteers has been, established in theirstead. Itis hoped that this- measure willsucceed in checking ladronlsm, *as thepolice have proved ineffective.
Ladrones Kill Constabulary.
LONDON, Oct. 7.—John.'.Hall Gladstone,the scientist, is dead, aged 75 years. Hewas Fullerian .professor of chemistry, ofthe Royal Institution from 1874 to 1877;president of the*. Physical, Society, andalso of the .Chemical; Society.- He wrotea "Life of -Michael '3?araday''v and\maiiynotable works relating to 'cheinjstry.yan'1optical science. ... '
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THE DAY'S DEAD.
King Decorates an Explorer."
CHRISTIANIA.Oct. 7.—King Oscar hasbestowed the Grand Cross of St. Olaf ohCaptain Otto Sverdrup,. the Arctic ex-plorer, and has given him an annual al-lowance of.$810. Captain Sverdrup is in-disposed. _. . . . ,. .
SANTA ROSA. Oct. 7.—The PacificCoast conference of Unitarian and otherliberal churches opened . to-night in thePeople's Church in this city. David StarrJordan of Stanford University spoke onthe "Modern Religion for Modern Men."Other speakers on the some subject werethe Rev. Mr. Bradford and Fairfax H.Wheelan. president of the UniversityClub. There was a large attendance. To-morrow a buFiness meeting will be hejdand officers elected. At 11 o'clock thecommittee of the People's Church will or-dain Thornton K. Mills as minister. Mr.Millsis a son cf B. Fay Mills of Oakland.
Conference of Unitarians.« ST. PETERSBURG, 'Oct. \ 7.—A];A.
Prosoller, son of the chairman of the St.Petersburg Bourse, and nine sailors havebeen shipwrecked and drowned off theKamchatka "peninsula^ ;'. Prbsoller wasknown as a political economist. .
Ten Drowned Near Kamchatka.
'The Peruvian Ministry'resigned, in con-
sequence of a joint vote of censure' of theGovernment, adopted October 3, .byv boththe upper and lower houses of.Congress.
LIMA,Peru. Oct. 7.—The Peruvian Min-istry has resigned. , ' '' . ".
Resignation of Peru's Ministry.
The convention adjourned to-night afterthe differences existing In the orgaplza-tlon had been amicably adjusted. The .fol-lowing officers were elected: President,P. C. B. O'Donovan, Philadelphia;- firstvice president. Major Edward McChrys-
tal, New York; secretary, P. J. Holden,Chicago; treasurer. Major T. J. Mellott,
San Francisco; librarian, the Rev. E.O'Gallagher, Alton, 111; treasurer of theO'Growney fund of America, Stephen J.Richardson, New York; chaplain, the Rev.
J K. Fielding, Chicago: committee . toescort the body of the Rev. EugeneO'Growney to Ireland—P. C. B'. O'Dono-van, the Rev. J. K. Fielding, the Rev.Peter C'Ybrke of San Francisco, and theRev. Richard Henebrey of Colorado. . ;
PHILADELPHIA,Oct. 7.—Asa result ofa difference of opinion between Major E.T. McCrystalTlf New York, national .vicepresident of the Gaelic League of Amer-ica, and the delegates to the league nowin session here, .trie.. proceedings of theconvention have been far from harmon-ious. The first" disagreement occurredyesterday afternoon and arose over therefusal of Major McCrystal to allow theconvention to vote on a resolution seat-ing the California delegation. Major Mc-Crystal declared the convention adjourned
and left the hall, after which the leagueelected Major O'Donovan of this city topreside and continued in session. Thismorning Major McCrystal was again re-fused the right to preside and he againleft the hall, followed by several of
'his
friends. Major O"Donovan presided to-day and considerable business was trans-acted.
Controversy Disturbs a Convention.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 7.—Widespreadr re:
gret Is expressed by the English and Chi-nese here at the death yesterday of LouKun .Ye, the famous" Viceroy of Nanking/The newspapers eulogize him as thegreatest Chinese . Viceroy, whose
-death
when nearly the whole of China Isin astate of ferment does not make for peace.
China Loses a Great Viceroy.
PARIS, Oct. 7.—Colonial Minister Dou-mergu proposes to ask . the Chamber ofDeputies to vote funds to re-establish inthe south of the island of Martinique thecommunities which were obliged to aban-don the northern villages, "and to help themerchants and manufactures to start Inbusiness again. ';
Proposes Aid for the Sufferers.
from BcoSeld, Utah, says that as a;resultof a fight last night at the home of An-ton Bartnick between a crowd of Slavsand Marshal Hugh Hunter and his depu-
ties Anton Bartnick was shot and killedand Deputy Marshal Malley probablyfatally wounded. .....
The Slavs had been drinking heavilyand became so boisterous that the officerswere notified. When they- entered thehouse and attempted to arrest- Bartnickand his bartender; Anton Genlskey, theshooting resulted. Geaiskey was arrest-ed later. A pitched battle took place Inthe house, in which the women took part
While Bartnick, mortally wounded, lay onthe floor, his wife placed a revolver inhis hand with which to continue the fignt.This was kicked out of his hand and his¦wile gave him a knife, urging him to keej>on fighting. The knife was promptly
taken from the dyingman. Geniskey willI-robably be charged with murder ifMal-ley succumbs,
One Man Killed-and Officer Severely» r Wounded at the Home of a
Slav.SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. 7.—A special
WOMEN TAKE A PART~
IN A DRUNKEN FIGHT
The train had just entered the canyonwhere, in 1895, a desperate train robberywas committed by the Jennings gang,when a number :of shots were fired at thetrain. Three rifle bullets passed throughthe coach windows, causing a panicamong .the passengers, while seye.ral otherbullets struck the sides of the cars. Theengineer increased the speed of the train.There Is no clew to the identity of, theroadmen.
GUTHRIE, O. T.", Oct. 7.—An attempt
was made" late last night between Chick Tasaw, L Ti, and siding No. 1to 'hold? up
the. fast Rock Island passenger train,west bound. .Shots . were ;fired into." thecoaches, but no one was hurt.
SPEED OF THE TRAINBAFFLES THE BANDITS
GUTHRIE, O. T., Oct. 7.—Another suc-ceEsful raid has been made ;by '• SheriffThompson of Cadoo County on the BertCasey gang of outlaws.. Hearing of ;aconference of the" Casey. gang lh-^CedarCanyon, in the:Wichita. Mountains, theSheriff, with- twenty-one-, deputies, iSur^rounded the place, capturing eight of the.gang after" a "short 'fight. Casey escapedby leaving his horse and crawling throughthe underbrush.
Casey's Bandits Are Captured.
The charter of Ship Carpenters' UnionNo. 9162 of San Francisco upon complaintwas revoked.
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A report ,from the .Federation's or-ganizer at '¦Denver showed a steady/ad-vance of trade union movements in- thatsection. ."
, WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The; executivecouncil
'of 'the American 'Federation of
Labor at its meeting to-day appointed asub-committee to draft an address, to thepublic on .the coal strike situation. :;
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Ship Carpenters Lose Charter.LONDON, Oct. 7.—Embassador Tower,
who has arrived here from St. Petersburg
to meet his wife, said to-day: ¦.
"Iconsider it a great honor to havebeen selected to succeed such a distin-guished scholar and able diplomat as Mr.White, whose retirement from Berlin willnecessarily be a great loss to the Ameri-can diplomatic service. Ihave alwaysbeen received with the greatest cordialityin Russia and" leave- that country "withonly the most pleasant recollections. I
have always taken great, interest in. Ger-man matters and am looking forwardwith great pleasure to taking up my newwork."
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Mr.Tower willshortly return to Russiafor his final leave taking.
Germany Makes Brief Visit toLondon.
New Diplomatic Representative in
TOWER SPEAKS-HIGHLY
, OF EMBASSADOR WHITE
MARYSVILLE. Opt; 7.-Word reachedhere this morning ofa shooting affray be-tween sheep men over range rights in themountains near Susanvllle. ¦ Orril Willardof Willard Bros., large stock dealers, wasshot in the • left- arm
':and shoulder .--by
Charles Miller. Other shots flew wild. AsMiller took aim Willard threw up .hisarms to protect, his "head and half-turnedabout, the move saving his life. Friendsof Willard arose to avenge. him and. Millerfled. He was later arrested at Prattvilleand was taken to the county seat to-day.
Bullets Figure in. Dispute.
Piano solo. May Stlen; vocal solo. Kate Hop-kins; recitation. May Stockweather; fancy
dance, Mabel Pratt and Nina Halslp; vocalsclo Mrs Ed Burns; recitation." Miss MarieFay'; vocal selections, quartet; negro weddlngr,
sermon and serenade. Hayseed Band from JimCrow town. v .. ' * , '.
During the evening icecream was servedby the following'named ladles, each ofwhom wore a gingham apron and actedthe part of the country maiden to life:Misses L. Terry. May and Lena Finn, M.,
K. and IC. Sheehan, F. Foley, J. Learned,
J. Riordan, I. Cousins, A. O'Brien,- M.Coll, M. Armstrong and .M. McCarty.
The success of the pleasant affair wasdue to the efforts of the Rev. EdwardLooney, who put everybody in good spir-
its by a humorous speech at the openingof the evening's entertainment. He wasfollowed by Thomas Learned, who, as"Cy; Perkins/*; told the "folks" that thebarn was all. theirs. , Learned also
"an-
nounced the following programme:
Pretty girls wearing long ginghamaprons, in imitation of the costumes ofrustic maidens, added a touch -of realismto «he "barn party" given for the bene-fit of the parish of St Charles Borromeoat Seventeenth and Howard streets lastnight. For the occasion the hall in.whichthe, party was held was called "Cy Per-kins* barn." and to make the scene morelifelike numerous bunches of hay werescattered about the hall and the stagewas almost covered with a stack of straw.To add to the effect those who furnishedthe evening's amusement dressed in cos-tumes befitting the character of the en-tertainment. When the programme wascompleted the . floor was ¦ cleared for-dancing and the- "folks" -who attendedspent .several pleasant hours In trippingthe light fantastic to music furnished byan accordion. . . .
The company informed Mayor Capde-
ville that the police protection was inade-quate, and the Mayor issued acall for 1000volunteer citizen police. The responses tothe call have been few, and it looks nowas though the militia will be called out:The Mayor conferred with the adjutantgeneral in Baton Rouge and urged uponhim the necessity of having the troops inreadiness for call. The Mayor tried early
in the day to swear in emergency patrol-men, but only seven men answered thecatl. The company says it willbe ready
to run twenty-five cars to-morrow Ifpro-tection is given, but the outlook is thatthere v.ill not be much additional protec-
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George W. Centerfleld, a St. Louis man.started to resist the onslaught by using
his controller as a weapon, but the police
in his car took it away from him. H. H.Edison of a detective agency in St. Louis,
who came here with twenty men, was incharge of the last car and displayed
much coolness. He deliberately climbedon top of his car and tied the remnantsof the trolley rope. When. he came downthe mob was too much for him, however,
and as he showed signs of resistance thepolice took him and conveyed him to theCentral station in the patrol wagon, es-corted by ten mounted officers.
Four cars were started with non-unionmotormen and conductors, each carryingeleven policemen, while a hundred police-men were massed in the vicinity, but
when the first car reached Tonti streetthe strikers and their sympathizers madea rush, got possession and won the day
with ease. The police made no show ofresisting the assault.
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One policeman was hit on the foot by
a brick, and another of the non-unionmen, who is a prisoner, was roughly
handled but not bodily hurt The carswere badly damaged by bricks aridstones, and all the giass was broken.
Ina disturbance atTonti street, where acar was held up,"-F. A". Bcliwc-nck of Chi-cago, a non-union conductor, was hit on
the head with a brick and badly hurt,
apd he and three others were bodily takenpossession of by the strikers. Two were
kept prisoners at the union headquarters
all afternoon, carefully guarded, and notevon members of the union were allowedto talk to them. The other two are con-cealed to-night at some other point
known only to the strikers. A fifthnon-union man, who had been an inspector
for the company, became frightened, andv.-hen his sweetheart clung to his neckand dragged him from the car he wasgreeted with cheers by the strikers. HeIs to be married to-morrow night. -
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7.—The railwaycompany tried to obey the orders of theMayor to run p*ssenger cars this morn-ing, but with almost, the entire force ofcity police concentrated at the scene ofaction the four cars started got no £ar-
ther than live squares from the Canal-street barn, and the attempt was aban-
doned for the day.
Thirty-six.Eastern capitalists arrived ina speclaltrain yesterday arid- took up quar-ters at the Palace, Hotel. They. are.mem-bers of an excursion party arranged by
Morris & Whitehead," bankers of Philadel-phia and' Portland, Of. The travelers areon an extended tour of the United Statesfor the purpose of finding desirable placesto invest their money.' In the party arethe following named: Joseph Fling, WllrHam Fling,Dr. G. L.Eberle and RomaineKeyser, all of Philadelphia; Hugh B.Eastbum, DoyUstown, Pa.; C. S. Bur-well, Meadville,- Pa.; M. G. He3S, Man-helm,-Pa.; Edward G. Hayes,;Canandai-gua, Nt Y.; E. C. Lillyand George; M.[Clark. Philadelphia; Dr,'Joseph .Thomas,jQuakertown, Pa-; William H.' Heister,Philadelphia; Samuel Steckel and GeorgeH. Miller,:. Doylestown. Pa.;; Dr.' C. D.Fritz, Sellersvillc, Pa.; Robert F. Turner,Elmira, N. Y.; O. N.' Harris, Gloversville,[N..,Y.; W. H.Hurlburt, Portland, Or.;iKerry L. Lamb and E. K. Betts, Troy, N.!Y.; Dr. P. W. Boyer, Pottsville, ¦ Pa.;¦ M.IL.. Sheldon, Salem, N. Y.; F. G. Hobson,!Norrlstown, 'Pa.; , Jonas •Westing, Phila-delphia; Frank Burton, Gloversville, N.jY.; W.-H. Byers, Philadelphia; F. E.Whipple and H. W."Barratt, Poughkeep-sie, N. Y.;M- M. Cochran,' Dawson, Pa.;A. B. McKeon, Troy, N> Y.;P. B.\C6ch-ran, Dawson, Pa.; Harold B. Whiter Mon-treal, Canada; E. G. Davison, Weston, W.Va.;C. K. Williams, Julius Christensenand P. C. Fister, Philadelphia. . . . •
Police Make No Re-sistance.
Street Riot Occurs and the Excursion Is Planned by aBanking House Located
. at Portland.
Parishioners^ of St. CharlesBorromeo Give Noval
Entertainment.
Young Ladies Don Rus-ticGarb for Charity's
Sake.
Eastern Moneyed MenView Country for
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Railway Gompany Effortin New Orleans
a Failure.
CAPITALISTSTOURINGCOAST
STRIKERS HURLBRICKS AT CARS
WEAR GINGHAMAT BARN PARTY
. WASHINGTON. ¦ Oct. '7.—The .President'scoudition icontinues
-satisfactory <to |his.:physi-
c«*ns.*"He'saw;quite a number ofvlsltora'to-day;besides members of .the-
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Early yfestcrday morning Frank Questa;a waiter.' .was • making a disturbance 9at22i\i Montgomery avenue, and. Special,Of-ficer. O., Berge; placed -.him ,underQuQSta drew a long Tinife.and ,attemptedto use iton the officer.;During the strug-gle Questa :broke away and ran, but wascaptured on Jackson street,,between.Du-pont. and ;Kearny,"by :Berge and Police-man Nelson. ':'¦•';'::¦. '_';¦: \ : •' '
Draws a Knife on,ah .Officer.
-;Hiss ."Mamie Cross, 346 Sutter. street, se-curedIa warrant from. Judge .Mogan yes-terday 'for, the arrest jof \Harry ;Sanderson a' charge "of felony embezzlement. ,Shealleges .that ¦ on \September ,2J- Sanders re-ceived |$300 from her for. safe .keeping andthat '.yesterday ;morning;he left\ for theEsst, .taking.the :-money .with him.'"' "WhileSanders was a "trusty'*,in the City.Pris-on,' sho said, she-: gave him $200* becauseshe' had; taken [&.-fancy^to ;hlm.T ... .
Says Sanders Took Her Coin.'
"Johnston's testimony.; was to -the. effect
¦that jthe compressor was not.- "on" at" thetime";the "captain of the tug 'Sea 7 Queen:gave the.;order, to ga, astern, and; that ,I£the ,compressor. ;had .been put'«on beforethe orde.r ;was '.given the
taccident would
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The deposition of John Johnston, asailor of the crew of the ship Pyrenees,was taken yesterday before Coroner ,Le-land fur: the forthcoming inquest on thebody of an "unidentified man* supposed tobe ;Harry ;"W. H.'?. Platts of 414 Doloresstreet,- wl}d was- killed1last. Thursday bythe giving way of. the"capstan, bar.. .
Coroner Leland 1Takes Deposition.
Arrested' .for.-Burglary.Joseph Muno,-a cook, was arrested yes-
terday by- Detectives ArmstrongQ andO'Dea and booked at the City Prison ona .warrant', charging him with 'burglary.The complaining ;witness Is Mrs. RosarloGarcia, 1421% Powell street,, .who allegesthat Muno broke into her residence onSeptember .17 and stole several articlesof clothing and jewelry. :/ v"¦'.'¦;.' .-.''¦* :'¦
BELGRADE. Oct. 7.—Trustworthy . advicesreceived here describe the disturbances In Mac-edonia as
'being;/ devoid of any Importance.
.They say .the troops called out by,Turkey willsoon bo mas.tei-3 of th.e situation. ¦
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The trial ;of the. charges preferredagainst Justice of the Peace' Daniels byGeorge 'W. Monteith • was reopened byJudge Seawell yesterday. A.number 'ofwitnesses testified that they were pres-ent in.Daniels' courtroom ,the morningthe alleged neglect |of duty on the partof the Judge occurred and heard him saytoIMonteith .that he had no power
"to
grant a motion to • dismiss an attachment.Tney testified also that Daniels told Mon-,teith; that; he should .go to •the jSheriff: tosecure the r/felease of his 'client's wages.The matter will be argued this morning.
Witnesses Uphold Justice Daniels.
jOAKLAND;Oct. 7.—The'following mar-
riage licenses were issued.-'to^day: Theo-dore, Mason, aged 25 years, Fruitvale, andRueve Uribe, 24, Oakland;. Henry C. Wil-son, 30, 'San Francisco, and Lillie Clarke,25, Petaluma; Grove Lavarence, '21, SanMateo, a'nd Charlotte F. Trimingham,' 18,Sunol; Alfred. L.jRojg'ers.'a,. and NellieThomas, 19, -both of;Berkeley:Sigurd L.Gunar, 29, and Ingleborg ¦ D.,Hillseth, 29,both of Berkeley; Jose C. Mendes, 27;-andRosa ,Nunes, 21, .both of Mount Eden;Stanley- P. Jewett, 47, Pasadena, and^Su-.sie Stewart, 31, Oakland; William H.-E."Wis'ser, 38, and Sophia Johanna "Westphal,4S, both of San -Francisco. .-¦¦¦¦¦
Licensed to'Marry.'
The Investigation 'into' the cause of theburning of the 'river boat Modoc on theafternoon of,September 23 was \ resumedyesterday afternoon by -Captains >O. P.Bolles and John K. Bulger, United StatesLocal Inspectors.. Daniel Gallagher wasthe only witness examined. S He was oneof the. firemen, on. the boat. ,.He testifiedthat at the time the flre;broke, but hewas on the main deck and so could -nottell where the fire originated. In replyto a question as to his experience as afireman, Gallagher said he had had expe-rience on ocean steamers, but that hehad been at.work on the Modoc,only oneday before the fire.- -The matter wastaken..uhder advisement. ,'V . ¦ .• ¦
Fireman Gallagher Testifies. , The suit of Saraft. WJlkes against theSouthern Pacific Company for $20,600 dam-ages for physicial injuries has been trans-ferred from the Superior Court of SantaCruz County to the United. States CircuitCourt. The.accident jwas caused by tb»derailing of a passenger car at Glenwoodon MaySfo Of this yfear/"
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Damage SuitjTransferred.
.. Attorney Samuels called upon" -CaptainMartin yesterday and- stated that his cli-ent, 'Edgar Giershofer, was - willing tosurrender himself Ifwanted on an allegedcharge of procuring money,by,:false -pre-:tenses in,New York!. - Samuels' -was in-formed that he would be notified- ifsucha contingency arose. 'Giershofer was ar-rested/In San Rafael 'in, June last year.,but was released j onia ,writ- of habeascorpus by Judge Angellotti.:.
Giershofer IslNot Wanted.
Crowley made an Investigation andfound a quantity of rags, paper and rawcotton, saturated . with kerosene; on thefloor, partly burned.' The stuff had "beenevidently set on fire and pushed througha hole in the front door used. for the de-livery of papers and mail. No damagehad -been done.: Mrs. Crowley could ,notunderstand why.any. one should seek ,toset ,fire to her store. Detective Colemanis workingon the' case. . '
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.Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morn-ing1Mrs. Mary -Chamber Iln, who conductsa stationery store ,at 110 Seventh. street,reported to.Policeman C..W. Crdwley^thatsome one hadattemptedto set fire to thebuildingIn which her store is located. Shesleeps in the rear of the store and' wasawakened' Jby smoke.' Something
'was on
lire on.the floor near the" front door, andshe. quickly extinguished the flame. . .•
Early Morning1 Visit to Mrs.Chamberlin's Premises.
Police" Alter iricehdiary Who Paid'
ATTEMPTS TO 'SET FIRE ;7 & TO A;STATIONERY STORE
-Overture by S. Douglas.' .orchestra; remarks
by. then chairman,- Lieutenant . John F. Daly;vocal duet by. the Misses Trainor;. tenor, solo.M. Scanlan; specialties by Willie, and FrankDougherty; selections,.. -Martnattan
'Quartet*
recitation. Color Sergeant George Shaw; comicsong:. Joseph Hanson: address. Colonel JamesE. Power; bass' solo. Private. Thomas, Col thurst.Company H; selection, orchestra.'.. '. _' . ,' . ."..
-An entertainment and < social, will begiven at Union-square Hall this eveningby Company H. League of the Gross Ca-dets, gome excellent- talent has been sercured. Colonel James E. Pbwer, formercommander of the jcompany, will deliveran address. Th.e'.j>roigramme ;;'to^be: ren-dered is as follows:-. ... '
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COMPANY H TO, GIVE>•' rN--
-" '".';:ENTERTAINMENT ."TO-NIGHT
F. Friedman, aged 14, son of Isaac Fried-man of 2014 Howard street, was severelyinjured, at the crossing of Sixteenthand F<>lsom streets yesterday by being
knocked down by a bicycle. The physi-cians attending the boy fear that b.i3 skullis fractured. The identity of the bicyclistis unknown. / , .,'
Injured by a Bicycle.
Black was also accused of havingswindled numerous hotel-keepers through-out the country by:representing himselfas an agent for the National Hotel-keep-ers' Association. .'.:.•<
Black came here some months ago andattempted to swindle local banks -by de-positing- money -and :bogus drafts andv/ithdrawing the total amounts deposited.He was arrested and made several .inef-fectual attempts to regain his liberty bywrits of habeas, corpus.' but.^was held tillthe arrival of an officer from Springfieldwith the papers for his extradition. Whlt-aker, at the request of the Springfleldauthorities, 'was sent there as a witness,as he was the officer who arrested Blackhere. • ..."
Chief Wittman received a dispatch' yes-terday from Detective R.. J.'.AVhftaker atSpringfield, Mass., stating that J. Black,alias -L. O. Hoftman,^ l.ad "pleaded ;guiltyto a charge cf obtaining money .by falsepretenses and had been sentenced .to servefour years- in the penitentftjry and to-paya fine of $1200. .':.--" " "'
BLACK PLEADS GUILTY ¦ ;:
-IN- SPRINGFIELD, :MASS;
Inaddition to a silver trophy to the w'lhaner of each race. President Aigeltinger of-fers a blue, red and .white ribbon to th«horses which finish one, two, three.'re-spectively. " v, :
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The contests wift.be best twp In three,half-mile heats. Dan Leislnger willact asstarter. The judges willbe President Ed*ward Aigeltinger. J. Holland .and H,Schottler.- ¦¦.
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Second race^—
M. M. Donnolly's Toung Sals-bury. A. Jacobs* Bum. F. Coinmett'a Nancy.
"VV. E..Stewart's Jasper. Dr. I.B. DalzleTaFleet.- '.--
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First race—
G. L. Swett's Steve S, J W.Eonney'a Elchora Wilkes, E. Stewart's DollyGrey. S. Sprague's Clara L.-
The members, of Golden Gate Park DriY-ing Association expect a lot of fun andexcitement on Saturday, when they holdtheir matinee race meeting on the parkspeedway. The programme is made up oftwo races, the horses being classified asfollows: " • . V ¦
Attracts Some of the Fleetest ofthe Road Horses.
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Matinee Meetings in Golden Gate Park
AMATEUR REINSMEN ENTER .'FOR • SPEEDWAY .RACES
There is demand for.more goods, as thesale, will continue for several days. The
-ladies in charge are well known in societyand enjoy their '"unaccustomed work,knowing it to be for;a good cause. J Thefollowing compose the executive commit-tee of the sale :¦ .Misses Janet Bruce.Gladys Deal, Jessie Wapple, Aimee deTurberville, Addle vRixon, .Miss Rlxon;They, are assisted by Misses Lucie King,Kate Gunn, Miriam Walles, Bertie Bruce,Gertrude Hamman, Mrs. Gillis. . ,
• The people .who patronize the- sales ap-preciate the-efforts 'of the young ladiesand.' the good cause for .which ihey arelaboring and are ever courteous and con-siderate. : '/ ,
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The rummage sale conducted by theycing ladles interested in the Cathedralmission forithe benefit of the Girls' Clubconnected with'the Institution has! proveda, "greater success,. than^ the most. > san-guine anticipated. The sale opened onSaturday night at- 927^Howard street andcontinued unfil the young ladies in chargewere compelled to- close to take a muchneeded . rest. ;A great crowd, patronizedthe sale 'yesterday: and the financial re-sults were
vmost satisfactory. The class
ofsgoods on. sale ranges from oil paint-
ings; ceramics .-'and -.articled. of'household
adornment- down to old clothes, shoes,hats and ladies' and gentlemen's furnish-ings: -Everything Is sold cheaply, but thesegregate of the sales is large. .."
Cathedral Mission Are Appre-"'dated by the Public. ,
Efforts of ithe. Young Ladies of the
BUMMAQE SALE;PROVES ?=¦- - *' ''A FINAiNrCIAL SUCCESS
OWNERS OF MARBLE WORKS rCENSURED BY 'A, JURY
Death of Peter Petroneo, a Laborer, Is'Laid to Lack of PTecau- . .
tions. .Of the inquests held yesterday by Coro-
ner Leland, the most, important, werethose In the cases of Francis H. Mitcheiland Peter Petroneo. The following ver-dict was returned in the Mitchell. inquest;
¦tf>. "the jury,: find that the said Fra'hcls H:Mitchell, aged 25 years,- nativity England,, oc-cupation rigger,, residence S22 Illinois .'street,San Francisco, came to his death at the UnionIron Works,' September 20, from fracture of the.base of the skull, caused by accidentally fall-ing from .the,rigging to 'the deck of the'ateam-shlp Rosekrans, . :> .'..,. ¦
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We,' the Jury, find that -the. said ."Peter .Pe-troneo, aged about 37 years, nativity Austria,occupation laborer, residence 533A Secondstreet, San 1Francisco,' .came to .his .death at244 Brannan street' on September 20 fromshock due to fracture of dorsal vertebrae andright ribs,' caused by being.crushed by a loadof marble, and
'we ,further .find that the own-
ers of the .Vermont Marble Company had. nottaken proper precautions to prevent such'acci-dents.. . ¦:-,-'v-.;••¦'.::..-.. • • . ,-.:,•. ; ,::¦•¦
Scottish Thistle Entertainment:The ¦-:- San Francisco Scottish .Thistle
Club;willhold its ¦twenty-first "Hallowe'en
entertainment and Wall at Pioneer •. Hall'on the night of November. 1.
'This"is al-
ways'a leading event |among the Scotch
residents and • preparations- are- beingmade for- a4
*grand celebration.- The com-
mittee having, the affair in charge Is cotti-posed of John H. Mclnnes, Alex." Strang,George Fullerton, John •-Ross, Da.vid Pol-lock, David Donald, W. A. Dawson, 1 An-drew Ross, David Young, William Mur-ray, Professor P. D. Findlay, Alex Nich-olson, John Donald, :M. S.' Morrison andJames McKay.
Chinese Accused of Perjury.. The case of Yee FongTong, chargedwith perjury while testifying for the'de-fense last Saturday in. Judge Lawlor'scourt in the trial of Gee Gum for robbery,was called in Judge Mogan's court, yester-day. Attorney Deuprey denounced thearrest of the defendant without a warrant&*» an outrage and "demanded his-
"dis-
charge. ¦;, The Judge said he had. no au-thority to discharge Yee and AttorneyKeogh announced that a complaint wouldbe sworn to before the next calling of thecase, which was continued till.this morn-ing:- ' .:•-:'' ¦:¦ v i¦' -~.\
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Delivery Boys Out on-a Strike.• About sixty,boys employed by the Cali-
fornia Special .Delivery Company wentout on strike yesterday morning. Theydemand $4 a week and shorter hours oflabor. 'An organisation' was Immediatelyformed .by the strikers and the followingexecutive ofllceVs ,wcrc elected: -Presidentand treasurer, Leo -Murphy; vice-presi-dent, R. K.A.
A Gavin; secretary, SamuelBrown; sergeant s-at-arms, John .Olsenand Walter Brady..;. . -..
• The larger.clalm is that of George Bar-ry & Son,-- who'- allege they sfohi Mrs.Dunsmuir $9463 75 worth of rare and valu-able books. Among -the items are $1000for a copy of "The House ofiVahderbllt,"51250 for the "Chicago World's Falr"'andnumerous classics' ranging from $10 -to$150 ;per yolume, including \such well-known names as ;• Macaulay,Baizac, Mo-liere,. Dumas and Browning.,Mrs: Duns-miilr's penchant for costly things aid notstop with books, but extended to etchingsand. costly illustrations. ¦¦ '¦
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The suit for the recovery Of $14S2 33 forcurios, including many rare -foreign anddomestic stamps, is brought by-the ScottStamp and -Cotri;:Company. ! .},- '• '¦.
j'. Oakland Office San Francisco Call,£; ; x vlllS^Broadway, Octl; 7.- :
./Two suits were' filed to-day against theestate- of the late Jofeephine Dunsmuir,.
mother |of Edna -Wallace ;Hopper, theactress, asking for the recovery, of morethan:$10,000 for /expensive books anij\al-.bum , stamps alleged ito have been pur-chased by.^Mrs.". Dunsmuir prior .-to- herdeath. .Charles, J. Lovell,< executor of theestate, has already rejected the claims asbeing exorbitant. ¦ .. >• . i-..'
Boeddiker attributes the deed to partieswhom he knows to have an enmity-toward him..- ,He has received ,tseveralthreatening -letters in the past and" hasbeen expecting :just such
-an attack as
those perpetrated' on him to-day.'•' *;
After vainly endeavoring to locate theblaze on the roof, Boeddiker enteredHall's room and found a lively blaze inthe Interior of the- closet. • Thi3 fire wasfinally extinguished with.a garden hose.In both
"instances fruit Jars were found
containing the kerosene.
This morning, when; all of the familywere in.the house, the firebug entered thefront door and made his way to the bed-room of Elmer Hall, a student boarder,where he started a second blaze in thecloset. The first intimation the familyhad of its presence was the sifting of thesmoke through the shingles of the roof.
The first fire was discovered by•Boed-diker underneath the steps, burning fierce-ly in a mass of oil soaked paper.
'Later
investigation showed that the side of thehouse had been splashed with oil and ig-nited, but the flames had died' out them-selves.
BERKELEY, Oct. 7.—Two, attemptswithin twenty-four hours' mark the per-sistence of an unknown firebug, to -destroythe borne of Night "Watchman GeorgeBoeddiker, situated in a remote :part ofthe university campus. At half past ninelast night and at 11 o'clock this morningthe watchman's house was set afire andeach time the fire failed to get a sufficientstart to destroy the structure.
Several thousand dollars hava beenspent In the dvelopment of the mine andlike nearly alt" other good mining prop-erties as soon as the mine showed upwell several lawsuits were commenced.The wheels of the mill have been stoppedpending the outcome of the suits.
The defendants are Represented by At-torney Asa V. Mendenhall. They. denyin their answer all the allegations of,
fraud in the complaint and aver that theyacted with the full knowledge and con-sent of the plaintiffs.
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The complaint recites that James H.Little.-Oscar H.Neuhaus and Charles E.Hills, three of the directors, Issued tothemselves 61,00$ shares', of stock withoutconsideration and to the detriment ofother stockholders, in whose name the>suit is brought, f
There are'fltty-five stockholders .in- th*company, mostly residents of Oakland.
The suit of Emll Schlett, Mrs. M..M.Bunnell and' others against the directorsof the Golden Mining Company, whd,saproperty in Calaveras County is valuedat $500,000, to recover 61,000 shares of stockalleged rto have been secured by fraudby 'certain- of the directors, -was oh trialbefore Judge Greene to-day.
Oakland OfQce San. Francisco Call,1118 Broadway, Oct. 7.
Two Attempts Made in OneDay to Burn Home of
G. Boeddiker.
Property .Valued :at Half a. MillionDollars Involved
in Litigation.
Dealers Demand Large Sumsfor Books, OldStamps :
and Curios. %•'. ,.
Mining Company Al-lege Fraud.
Stockholders of GoldenSets Interior of Closet inStudent Boarder's
Room Ablaze.tate to Be Sued.
Mrs. Dunsmuir's Pur-chases Cause HerEs-;
A ¦ large audience greeted the LoringClub last night at Native Sons' Hall onthe ;occasion of the first concert of Ustwenty-sixth season. Owing to the sud-den .illness* of Mrs. Beatrice Priest-Fine,who was to be the soloist of the occasion,the club was compelled to find a sub-stitute singer at very short notice, Mrs.Grace I.Northrup very kindly consent-'ing to fulfill the part. The interestingprogramme was heard with much en-joyment by the audience, the club.'n'um-t'bers^being exceptionally well given. Mrs.Northrup was effective in her songs andH. H. Barnhart and E. Moore, the clubsoloists, were enjoyed.»'
The .rest of "Don Pasqiiale," .brilliant;witty, frolicsome, went very well on thewhole. The orchestra was, however, con-spicuously too: loud In many places, andthe exquisite preciseness. that the' operademands could of course- hardly be hopedfor with the small time at disposal forgetting itup.; De Paoli came out stronglyin the title role. He is*too noisy, at times,too evident generally, but he did some ex-cellent" acting— particularly" in, the thirdact—and used a:voice that only 'now.hasthe/chance to show'itself as pleasing insurprisingly ..competent fashion.: His,work was very - sure 'throughout, evi-dencing a ripe familiarity'With thepart and a capacity that Signor'de Paollhas "not before <been credited with.> Zon-ghi. was musical . and gentlemanly, asusual, as Ernesto, and D'Albore.was good,'bad and Indifferent by turns as Malatesta.I"Andre Chenier" comes next week. />• *, •
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Tina de Spada, lyric soprano and primadonna ;spittist of¦ the Tlvoli Company^;was"" royally''Welcomed ] last' 1 night at theEddy-street house. Miss de . iSpada'sachievement of Monday evertfng.twherf thelittle lady took it(upon herself to replyin peculiarly feminine *,fashion to some"animadversions of Critic tRlchard Lucchesiupon her- performances," seems - to'/,havemade a hit with the multitude. :Her ap-^pearance in."Don Pasquale"- last nightwas the signal for a particularly., noisygreeting, wherein a thick .sprinkling'of"bravas!". and .'-'at him agains!'" wereplainly discernible. The little duchess haswon sincere regard here as a singer, butshe has scored even more heavily for,herbrilliant expectoratesmanship. She. .hasshown clearly that even If,a woman,can-not, "hit a barn with a stone," she can, -ifallowed her own /peculiar weapons, hitsomething, if she .want, to badly enough.Miss de Spada's choice of a target seemsto have met with a large popular approvaland
'there Is already a cross to mark the
spot where the battle of saliva took placedto which the admiring visitor Is reverent-lypointed. ';¦ . ;¦ ;,," . :. -
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ENTERS A HOUSEDE SPADA, PRIMADONNA SPITTIST
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THEVfSAN PRAlSrCISCOv GALrL, WEDNESDAY, GOTOBER 8, 1902.
LONDON, Oct. 7.-FYofessbr VBarrettWendell, professor of English at Harvardsince 1S98, has been appointed Clark*lec-turer in English literature at Trinity Col-lege, Cambridge, fora year, i/-V -
Honor for American Professor.
Late Shipping. Intelligence.ARRIVED.
Tuesday,'October 7. -.
Stmr Georee Loomis, ,Badger, .30 hours fromRedondd.'
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OUTSIDE. BOUND IN, 12 MIDNIGHT.Scbr Robert R Hind, < tram \Port Ludlow, for
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COOS BAy—Arrived ,,Oct 7—Schr . JessloMinor, henpe .Sent :17. ."
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Sage was seriously ill from 10 o'clockMonday until midnight,- when the "con-tinuous attentions of his"physicians pre-vented an attack of pneumonia, .which 'a.tthat time was threatened. • .-•
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Russell Sage is illat his home at Cedarhurst, L. I., as aresult of an attack of bronchitis whichhas inconvenienced him for several weeks,but'dld not interfere with his coming' tohis office in this city until.yesterday. ,Onthe morning of that day: he got as faras the station, intending. to come to New-York, but being seized with,chills, wentback to his home and then to bed. V '
Russell Sage's Illness.
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