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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09
LEFT SAN JOSE QUICKLY.
A Confidential Clerk Short in
His Accounts Now
Tramp.
He Came From Iowa With Letters
and Had Similar Experience
Over in Oakland.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April Sc. A. Holt,
who has been employed as confidential
clerk and collector for the printing firm OF
Mcneil Bros. for the past three months
has skipped out with sic so belonging to
his employers.
Holt came here several months ago with
letters of recommendation from the Lin
seed Oil Company of Des Moines, Iowa.
He has been collecting a great many bills
for the firm and his shortage may be
larger.
Saturday night he told his landlord that
he was disguised with things and that he
had concluded to go south. He packed
his letters and clothes together and sent
them to his home in Iowa. He hunted up
a barber friend and had his hair clipped
short ana his mustache shaved off, and
donning an old suit OF clothes left on the
IL As freight train disguised as a tramp.
Holt was about 26 years of age and OF
good appearance. Whefs he came here he
told Mr.. Mcneil q sorrowfui story, and, as
he showed such good letters of recon-
Hiendation, he was at once given employ
ment.
1t is stated Holt PLAYED the same kind
of engagement in Oakland before COM
ing here.
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CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS,
Fresno Has an Exciting Time
Over SChoolhouSe
Location.
Woodland and Santa Ana Cast Their
Ballots Quietly and Few in
Numbers.

FRESNO, CAL, April S.-One of the
most warmly contested elections Fresno
has known took place to-day. There were
two tickets, the Republican and Demo-
cratic-P opulist, with an independent can
didate for Recorder. The result Is: Mar
shall, NJ. L. Woy (R.); Recorder, a. NJ.
Clark Qnd.); Treasurer, w. H. Mckenzie
D.-Pop.); Assessor, j. NJ. Collins (R.);
Clerk, ]. w. Shanklin (R.); City Attorney
L. w. Moultrie (D.-Pop.); School Trus-
tees, George III. Monroe (R.) and George
Church (D.-Pop.). About 1900 votes were
cast.
Woy received majority of one, and a
recount will probably defeat him. A gen.
eral recount is possible. In the election of
School Trustees party lines were almost
entirely disregarded, the issue being as to
the location of the proposed $4,000 high
school.
Six or eight men were arrested for illegal
voting, one of them being w. D. Grady, a
well-known -Populist, who
voted in the wrong ward. All the fusion
candidates elected are Democrats with
Populist Endorsement, no Populist on the
fusion ticket being successful.
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avenue to about $50 feet east of Harrison street,
to connect the tracks on Edison street and on
Weber avenue.
For track extending from Edison street and
part of Main IN a northwesterly direction on a
curved line across Edison street, lot belong
ing to the estate of c. NJ. Weber, across Weber
avenue to point about $50 feet west of Edi-
son street, to connect the tracks on Edison
street and Weber avenue,
For spur from Weber avenue about 400 feet
east of the west city boundary, thence north
westerly on a curved line across Weber avenue
to the property of the Stockton Waterfront
Company.
Subscriptions continue to flow into the
treasury of the valley road, and at latest
accounts nearly two millions and half
were subscribed. Old subscriptions al
ready reported aggregate 81, 405, 800, and to
this amount the following list of new SUBJ
scriptions was added yesterday, making the
total to date 81, 440, $50 and the number of
shares taken by new subscribers 3501l:
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San Luis obtspo Creamery.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL, April s.--The
Union Creamery Company filed articles OF
incorporation with the County Clerk to-
day. The capital stock was fixed at $4,000,
of which $1,000 is now paid up. The direc-
tors are: Peter Tognazzini, Louis and
Angelo Ferasci, Adolph Zoppi, Mike and
Joseph Rigetti and Henry Drummer. The
creamery will be located at San Luis Obispo
and will be erected Immediately
San Luis Obispo is the banner butter and
cheese producing county of the State, and
the old style of dairying is being fast sue
ceeded by the latest improved methods,
and several creameries have been estab-
lished throughout the county in the past
few months,
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ONE A DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Charles Marshall and Frank
Hamilton Use Their Guns
in a Saloon.
AN INNOCENT MAN WOUNDED.
His Injuries Are Fatal and Hamilton
Is Not Expected to Survive
the Shots.

SAN JACINTO, CAL, April S.-A des-
perate shooting ARRAY occurred here to-
night at the South San Jacinto saloon.
Three men were shot and two of them
are MORALLY wounded. Charley Marshall
of Bowers and Frank Hamilton, a colored
Deputy Sheriff of Cahuilla, did the shoot
ing with 44-caliber Colts revolvers.
Albert Larson, an innocent party who
happened to pass between Marshall and
Hamilton at that moment, received bull
let from Marshall's revolver which entered
his back, penetrated through his body,
passed through the navel and grazed the
right wrist.
Hamilton claims Marshall shot twice,
the first one of the bullets entering Ham
ilton's waist and passing out through his
right side, besides two other wounds.
Marshall received only slight wound in
his left arm, the bullet entering at the
wrist and coming out at the elbow.
Andy Koch carried the news over to San
Jacinto and notified DIR. Toland that he
was wanted Immediately. Before the ex-
cited citizens could rush to the scene Ham
ilton was brought over to Lockwood's no.
tel and the physicians summoned. Lar
son, who is suffering the most has made
his will, as DR.. Toland says he cannot i've
Hamilton's wound will also doubtless
prove fatal.
There seems absolutely no cause for such
a double tragedy. Briefly told, the quarrel
arose as follows: Hamilton had spent a
short time in Jack Winders' saloon. Jack
mentioned bill owed him by Hamilton
and stated the amount. Hamilton said,
mo, Jack, don't owe you but so and so. "
Jack said he must be mistaken and Hamil-
ton said, good-naturedly, ooh, that's all
right" and added as he left the saloon,
1--WE are all liable to mistakes" Charley
Marshall met Hamilton and hearing the
remark asked, "And who's mistaken
now?' Hamilton said, "None your -
business Hamilton then ate his supper
at chophouse near by. He claims that
Marshall came to him afterward and told
him ne should not have given him such
an answer. After having finished supper
Hamilton returned to the saloon. Mar
shall followed and after brief alteration
five shots were fired, with the above results.
Larson swears Marshall fired the first shot
and that 1T was the one which entered his
body. Hamilton corroborates Larson.
Marshall claims Hamilton shot first.
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Doings In Sacramento.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, April S.-There
will be a meeting of the officers of the Ma
tional Guard on Wednesday afternoon in
the Governors office for the purpose OF
considering the law governing the National
Guard. The Bureau of Highways will
meet on the same date and place for the
purpose of organization.
Assemblyman Bulla has notified his Elk
cellency that it Will be impossible for him
to accept the position of Code Commits
sioner, as he does not consider it possible
for him to qualify for the position.
Governor Budd will go to San Francisco
on Thursday for the purpose of attending
the meeting of the Board of Harbor Com
missioners, who meet to ratify and sign
the terminal lease of the San Joaquin Val
lev Railroad
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Institute Lecturers Named.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, April 8.-County
Superintendent Davis announced the fol-
lowing lecturers and instructors for the
County Teachers Institute, to be held
here the first week in May: Lecturers
David Starr Jordan, Stanford; Martin Kel-
logg, Berkeley; w. R. Davis, Oakland In
structors-Superinten Chapman, Santa
Clara County; Superintendent Furlong
Marin County; State Superintendent
Black, A.. G. McMeans, f. L. Burk and
Mary Redmond, Santa Rosa; ]. E. Add
colt and Rebecca English, San jose H. R.
Bull and Mandilla Gingerly, Healdsburg
F. A. Cromwell, Petaluma; C. Fl. Nielsen,
Sebastopol,
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the gun during his absence and hid them,
after which she started to the store to in
form clerk of her fathers queer actions.
She had got but a few yards when she
heard report and returning found her
father dead. He had reloaded both bar
rels, placed the muzzle in his mouth and
with his foot touched the trigger, COM
pletely blowing away the top and fore part
of his head. A Coroner's jury was sum-
moned and the jury returned verdict OF
suicide.
Mr.. Beard is well known throughout
Northern California. He conducted a
store at Buckeye and was a prominent and
respected citizen of the county. The only
cause that can be attributed to his rash
act was dependency, brought on chiefly
by his cravings for liquor.
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Demanded a Jury Trial.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April S.-Emory Day
and Thomas Monahan, two young toughs,
were arraigned on charge of fast driving
in Justice Gass' court to-day. The boys
hired horse and buggy yesterday, and
after driving around the country came
into town and proceeded to amuse them
selves by running down pedestrians at
street crossings.
Monahan, who has several charges of
understanding against him, demanded a
jury trial, which was set for April 26.
Young Day has never been in trouble be-
fore, and was discharged.
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FRANK HUNTERS TRIAL.
Some of TIE Goods Found isa the Noun
tatns Identified.

Some of TIE Goods Found i's the Noun
tGtns Identified.
SAN JOSE, CAL, April s..-The trial OF
Frank Hunter, charged with burglarizing
Jacob Furnie's grocery-store, commenced
before Judge Lorigan to-day.
Hunter and Frank Lighston had cabin
in the mountains, and they made occa-
sional raids in this place as their larder
became depleted. On New Years night
they came to town and entered Furnie' S
grocery store, and carried off enough
groceries to last through the winter. Sus-
picion was aroused by the large stock OF
provisions in their cabin, and subsequently
they were arrested.
The forenoon was occupied in selecting a
jury, and this afternoon the prosecution
put several witnesses on the stand, among
them Mr.. Furnie, who identified the
goods as those taken from his store, and
later recovered from the cabin occupied by
Hunter and Lightston. Lighston has not
yet been tried
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Dinuba After the Road.

FRESNO, CAL, April 8.-The citizens of
Dinuba have selected a committee of thirty
five to present the claims of that town to
the directors of the San Francisco and San
Joaquin Valley Railroad They want the
road to run from Fresno to Monson and
thence to Visalia. subcommittee on
rights of way, subscription, freight and
traffic and correspondence and an execu-
tive committee were appointed. Resolu-
tions favoring the new road, pledging it
support and favoring the paralleling of the
Southern Pacific from Fresno to Visalia
via Sanger, Reedley, Dinuba and Monson
were passed. The people are enthusiastic.
The country is rich one, and the resi-
dents will offer substantial inducements to
the directors to build over that route.
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San L,.is Obtspo Polo-Ptayers.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL, April s.--The
polo team that has been organized in this
city for the past six years are practicing,
and their manager, ]. J. Egan, intends to
soon challenge the successful club at
Burlingame. The members of the team
are Spanish boys, who ride in heavy sad
dies and use Spanish bits against the light
saddles and curb-bits. This team beat some
of the crack English players six years ago
and are anxious to try their skill with any
team in the State.
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.Ne,c Foreste,.s Lodge.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April s.-Grand Chief
Ranger c. P Rendon, Grand Secretary G.
II. Bremen and Grand Trustee Elias Holden
instituted new court OF American For
esters at Santa Clara Saturday evening.
The new lodge starts with membership of
thirty-two. The following officers were
installed:
P. C. R., IT, Pagni c. R., P. Draghicevich
S. G. R., F. Ferrari; treasurer, v. Dellamag-
giore; recording secretary, E. Uccelleni; fnan-
cial secretary, NJ. Draghicevich; S. W., A. Gem
miami; ]. W., A. Orsselli; s. B., P. Martinelli
J. B., NJ. Giuglianelli; physician, Dr.. George w.
Fowler; trustees-G. Parducci, S. Gogga and S.
Martinell.
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Charges Dismissed.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April S.-Joseph
Wuest, charged with an assault with a
deadly weapon, had his examination be-
fore Justice Dwyer yesterday.
n. Anticevich and a boy were driving
along the road in front of Wuest's place,
and the boy shot a lark on Wuest's property
The boy climbed over the fence to get the
bird and was returning to the wagon,
when Wuest rushed up with shotgun
and threatened to kill them, hence the
charge.
The testimony introduced was not suffi-
Gent 10 warrant a conviction, and on mo-
ton of the Deputy District Attorney the
case was dismissed.
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These subscriptions do not represent all
that has been recently contributed toward
the valley road, as many sources of supply
remain TO be heard from, and numerous
other contributions already made have not
been yet received from canvassing commit
tees.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors will be held tomorrow
morning, when it is likely that some action
will be taken on bylaws, in addition to the
large volume of urgent business.
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VIS4LIA WANTS THE ROAD.
The Supervisors of TttIare County Re
SOIue ia F'dUor of the Line.

The Supervisors Of Itttdre County ne
SOIre ia FGcor of the LINE.
VIsALIA, CAL, April S.-The placing
of granite curbing along five blocks in vi
salia preparatory to paving with asphalt
commenced this morning. The Board of
Supervisors of Tulare County have adopted
a resolution giving it as the sense of that
body that the competing road should be
allowed to construct and operate the same
upon and along any public highway where
necessary, and that a franchise should be
granted for the same.
The Common Council of Visalia has
adopted a similar resolution regarding a
franchise for the constructing and oper-
ating of the line in and through this city.
The CALLS blanks agreeing to ship
freight over the new line are being numer-
ously signed Workmen are engaged in
building brick arch over Mill Creek on
Church street.
The members of the committee of the
Visaha Board of Trade leave here for San
Francisco tonight and tomorrow to meet
with directors of the San Francisco and
San Joaquin Valley road on Wednesday.
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inside the corporate limits have been fin
ished line will be run to the Stanislaus
River. Mr.. Graham said he did not know
just what route would be pursued to the
river, and that Mr. Storey would decide on
that when he arrived here.
Chief Engineer Storey arrived tonight
with the application of the new corpora
ton for a franchise inside the city limits.
The Council being in regular session Mr..
Storey took the petition before that body
and presented it. After some talk by the
City Attorney and S. d. Woods, the at
torney who represented the railroad, 1t
was decided to take an adjournment until
tomorrow night, that no legal form might
be overlooked by granting the franchise
hastily 1t will be granted at the adjourned
meeting, at which it will be the only
matter considered.
Mr.. Storey will remain here two or three
DAYS and will then leave the survey in the
hands of Mr.. Graham.
a number of the members of the Com
mercial Association were not satisfied with
the lines as suggested before to the COM
mittee of the directory of the road and ac-
cepted by them, and now have been try
ing to see if some changes can be made to
conform to their ideas.
President Buell. has been in San Fran
cisco for this purpose and the matter was
brought up before the executive session of
the association tonight. 1t was finally
decided to stay by the original plans if pos
sible to do so.
At to-night's meeting the reports of the
canvassing committees werevery encourag-
ing, and with the lists of subscribers turned
in tonight there is lacking but about $50,
600 of enough to secure allthe rights of way
and lands asked for by the committee from
the valley road. Additional members were
placed on the committees that are out So
Letting funds, and it is expected that by
Wednesday night, when the next meeting
will be held here, nearly all of the re-
quired funds will have been raised.
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Santa Ann,s Election.

SANTA ANA, CAL, April s.-The city
election was held here to-day, and it is
now known that the A. P. A. carried the
day. A strong fight was made over the
members of the Board of Education, but
those Endorsed by the A. P. A. went in by
handsome majorities.
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Left Nth a Horse.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April Son motion of
District Attorney Harrington in Judge
Lorigan's court this morning the $500 bond
of William Rowe, charged with stealing a
calf from the Murphy ranch, was declared
forfeited.
Soon after being released on bail Rowe
stole a horse and cart in Los Gatos and
left the country. He was formerly leader
of choir at Morgan Hill.
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Assessor and Clerk. w. Cook.
Woodland,s Vote Liaht.

WOODLAND, CAL, April S.-The mum
cipal election passed off quietly to-day.
There was not a heavy vote polled. The
following officers were elected: Trustees
James Bandy, c. M. Hiddleson; Marshal
Robert Warren; Treasurer, j. Harlan
Assessor, R. L. Sinkey; Recorder, A. G.
Ruggles; City Attorney, E. e. Gaddis
The proposition to establish union high
school was carried by big majority.
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Indians Become 1hreateni,,o.

NELSON, B. c., April s.-Indians are
rising in the Kootenai Valley and threat
ing to shoot workmen on the Reclamation
Company's works. The company has tele-
graphed the Government for assistance.
The Indians are said to come from the
American side of the boundary.
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Heary vote at San Bernordino.

SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, April g.
The heaviest vote ever cast at city cleo
ton here was polled to-day. The question
of Sunday closing was the prominent
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Petition for Letters of administration.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April s.-William E..
Felker has petitioned for letters of admin
istration on the estate of his father, obed
W.. Felker. The latter died in this city
March Is, 1895, and left small estate, the
value of which will not exceed $1,000. The
petitioner and Allie n. Felker, daughter,
are the only heirs.
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Died at bloomfield.

PETALUMA, CAL, April S.-Peter East
man of Bloomfield died this morning
aged 81. He was native of Germany, a
prominent Odd Fellow and G. A. r. vet
eran.
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No Heir Is Found.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April s.--Public Ad-
ministrator J. K. Secord has applied for
letters of administration in the estate of
Michael Mouchot. Mouchot died in Los
Gatos March %, 1895, and left an estate
valued at $500, consisting of twenty acres
of land near that place. The Public Adj
ministrator has been unable to find an
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09

RUDYARD KIPLING says he lives upon the
borders of the Great American Pie Belt.
If the barrack-room minstrel's cook would
use Prices Baking Powder a radical
change in his opinion of all things Ameri-
can might be expected.
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WHICH is the better-sweet and whole
some food, or the other kind? The for
mer can always be had with the aid of
Prices Baking Powder.
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Repuolican Vtotory at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, CAL, April BIN the city
election to-day the Republicans carried all
the offices except one Councilman, two
School Trustees and two Library Trustees.
The following were elected
Assessor and Clerk. w. Cook.
Library Trustee Eat large)-E. J. Wilcox.
Council-First Ward, T. G. Hogan; Sec
ond Ward, A. S. Mangrum; Third Ward,
E. P. Main; Fourth Ward, J. P. Jaaran.
School Trustees - First Ward, Tim
O'Neill; Second Ward, F. w. Moore
Third Ward, w. G. Hamilton; Fourth
Ward, Jacob K@nig.
Library Trustees-At large, E. ]. Will
cox; First Ward, J. J. McLauran; Second
Ward, L. L. Boutwell,; Third Ward, F. P.
Montgomery; Fourth Ward, Frank Stack.
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feature of the election and was defeated
after two years trial by a vote of over
to 1.
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CONFESSED IN STOCKTON,
II. G. Badgley Says He Saw
Actor Curtis Kill Police
man Grant.
Captain Lees Does Not Credit the
Statement and Points Out Many
Discrepancies.

STOCKTON, CAL, April 8.-A story is
told in the new Evening Record that H.
2. Badgley, the only eyewitness of the
killing of Policeman Grant in San Fran
cisco, was in town Sunday He is re-
ported as saying that he saw the shooting,
and that Curtis, "Sam'l of Posen," who
was acquitted by jury, killed the officer.
The witness is reported as saying that he
was approached by man who paid him
$4,000 for small panel picture, and he
went East and to Canada until after the
trial. He says he was offered $4,000 to
periure himself, but would not do SO.
Captain Lees was seen at his residence
last night, and after reading the dispatch
from Stockton he said
remember that man named Badgley testi-
fed at the Coroner's inquest on Grants body,
but from memory cannot say what his testf:
mony was.
He is wrong in several particulars. He was
not the only man who saw the shooting. Al
the first trial we brought a man named Kahn
or Calm from Humboldt County, who also saw
the shooting and so testified.
He says that Policeman Allen told him he
was on Fourth street when he heard the shoot
ing. That was not so. Allen and Policeman
Bode were in the Southern police station when
they heard the shots fired. Allen started on
the dead run and got to the middle of the road
way. AS he ran he saw man who proved to
be Curtis going diagonally in the direction Of
Fifth and Folsom streets. At the corner a
piece OF patent pavement was being laid and it
was there Curtis threw his revolver away
among the sand. Allen followed him and ar
rested him on the corner of Fifth and small
street running westward.
Bode was not such sprinter as Allen, and
ran along the sidewalk and fell over Grants
body. He picked himself up and followed
Allen and assisted in the arrest of Curtis.
Curtis was not taken back to where Grants
body lay, as Badgley states, but was taken
direct to the Southern station.
know, of course, nothing about what Badg-
ley states regarding his being bribed. Who the
woman was that called upon him and sithe
man in the case that bribed, 1 do not know