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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
SMITH WINS AT PORTLAND.
Present Directors of the Oregon, Innprore
ntent Company Ousted.

Present Directors of the Oregon Improre-
ntent Company Ousted.
PORTLAND, Or, June 1S.-Y esterday' s
election for directors of the Oregon I'M
provement Company resulted in the de-
feat of the present management and VIC
tory for Elijah Smith, whose ticket won by
a majority of 5400 votes. The vote stood:
Smith ticket, So 691 Starbuck ticket, 81, ,2S1.
The directors elected are: Henry Fail
ing, c. h. Lewis, c. A. Dolph, w. NJ.
Ladd and J. Bourne Jr., all of Portland; !;
Elijah Smith of Empire City, Or; Edwin
S. Hooley, w. J. Hoffman, James B.
O'Neill, Charles McQua6e and Charles
Schultz, all of New York. Elijah Smith
will be elected president.
After the meeting Mr.. Smith was seen
by reporter, but he would not discuss the
probability of any changes in the manage
ment or policy of the company. He said ::
81 cannot speak of any changes at this
time. 1t is too soon after the election.
have not had time to consider the sub
ject yet. 1t will be two or three weeks before
the new board of directors can meet to or
ganize ard elect officers. Some of the new
directors are in New York and notice will
be sent to them Immediately; but they
cannot, of course, respond within two
weeks.
You may say that the new members
who live in New York will not serve;
they were only put on the ticket in the
absence of any definite choice as to who
should serve. They will resign after the
first meeting and others will be substi-
tuted. In making up the ticket eleven
candidates were necessary. I had not
selected all of the members. which &C.
counts for their absence on the ticket
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hand will hold its last meeting tomorrow
night to pass upon the reports of the SUBJ
committees, which have already been filed.
The entries for the field day events
closed tonight. Acceptances have been
received from all over this State and
Arizona.
Judging from the names of those who
will participate, it will be one of the most
eventful and exciting field days ever held
in California. The following gentlemen
have been selected to officiate: Referee, E.
J. Phil Percival; judges-Sherman Pease,
L. H. Laverty and L. w. Fox; timers-J.
S. Thayer, w. E. Tyler and w. Knippen-
berg; announcer, Fay Stephenson; starter,
doc" Kennedy; umpires-Will Tufts, c.
McGarvin, n. L. Beal, Herbert Pease, M.
Kinsey, Lord Gatesbury and Chester A.
Ashley; clerk of course and manager of
the meet, S. G. Spier; assistant. e. C. Cum
mings.
All visitors, turner's aad friends will be
met Saturday at the different stations by
committees and escorted to Germania Hall
for refreshments. The grand torchlight
procession will take place in the evening,
under the supervision of Grand Marshal
T. Strohm and aids. The line of march
will be from Germania Hall to Temple
street; thence south on Spring to Fourth
thence to Broadway; thence to City Hall,
where the address of welcome will be de-
ivered by Mayor RAIDER At the conclu-
sion of the address the line of march will
be resumed to Germania Hall, and the rest
of the evening devoted to general enter
tainment of guests.
The merchants have signified their in
tention of decorating and illuminating
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
HELD FOR CONTEMPT.
Serious Predicament of a Los Angeles
Newspaper Nun.


LOS ANGELES, CAL. June 18-An at
tempt made by Henry A. Warren, re-
porter on morning paper, to secure
admission to the Highlands Asylum for
the purpose of writing an article on the
treatment of patients there, has resulted
disastrously. Warren pretended to be
crazy and assaulted an officer at Azusa.
He was examined by the commission be-
fore Judge Clark in the Superior Court to-
day, and was ordered confined in padded
cell for a period of six days. Warren
weakened and confessed that he had at
tempted deception. Thereupon Judge
Clark ordered him placed in the custody
of the Sheriff under $1,000 bonds for con-
tempt OF court, and he will be tried Thurs
day.
This was Warren's second attempt at
deceiving the authorities, he having Sc
cured admission to the chain-gang ten
days ago, and written sensational article
on his experience.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
The Normal School Ro,c.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1S.-There is a
big row on hand in the State Normal
School for the Board of Trustees to settle
at their next meeting, June 81. 1t is
charged that the designations of Misses
Scuddamore, Adams and Buckingham and
Mrs. Wilson are the climax of a scheme of
ex-Trustee Lowe to GUST Principal Childs
and put in Professor Kleeberger as princi-
pal. The resigned teachers live together
and are great friends of Trustee Ralph
Lowe. The friends of Childs are exasper-
ated at the attacks made and threaten
sensational exposes at the meeting of the
board
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Pasadena Gradunfes.

PASADENA, CAL, June 1S.-The Throop
Polytechnic Institute and Manual Train.
ing School, founded and indorsed in 1891
by the late Amos 6. Throop of Pasadena,
will hold tomorrow evening its first com
mencement exercises, with the following
graduates: George Francis Doty, Robert
Stuart Allen, Don Woods Carlton and
Clarence Ferguson from the manual train
ing department; Miss Esther Daniels, Miss
Hattie Girvin, B. F. Simcoe and Charles
NJ. Miller from the sloyd department.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Their Iona Yam almost Ended.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1s.-Louis Beers
and Ural Hughes, the young men who are
walking from Santa Monica to Berkeley to
enter the State University, arrived here
last evening. They started from Santa
Monica April 80, and have completed $50
of the 500 miles. The young men Will en-
ter the State University and endeavor TO
earn sufficient money at odd hours to pay
their way. They will stay here week,
during which time they will make trip
to Mount Hamilton, and will start for
Berkeley next Monday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
To Marshal pisaisa,s Parade.

VISALIA, CAL, June 1s.-Grand Mar
shall S. Mitchell has appointed as his chief
aids: L. Lawrence, Miss Lou Beville and
G. w. Price and wife of Bakersfield, w.
M. Stansberry and wife of Hanford, Walter
Ray and Miss Grace Caruthers of Tulare,
D. G.. Overall, w. FL. Hammond, Jasper
Harrell, A. P. Merritt and Joseph P. Car
roll of Visalia. Lieutenant F. L. Rice of
Bakersfield will command the first divi-
sion; aids, l.. A. Pueschel and Carl
Mathewson. John Broder will command
the second; aids, c. E. Button and B. B.
Parker. J. II. Harter will command the
third aids, w. S. HAYES and Paschal
Bequette. II. Jerusalem will command
the fourth; aids, DR.. E. f. Parr and J. ].
Mooney.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
MARYsVILLE TO ISSUE BONDS.
Voters by I'm Overwhelming Majority De
clare for Intprorements.

MARYSVILLE, CAL, June 1s.-To-day
Marysville shook off all the romantic sem
timent that has attached to its early his
tory, and, to more or less extent, has fol-
lowed it through the years that have wit
messed its transformation from a mining
distributing point to the center of one of
California's most prolific and profitable
cereal and fruit producing sections. The
great wealth of the surrounding country
has made Marysville a business center with
an annual trade that reaches beyond $1o,-
100000, but the existence of sloughs and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19

charges made regarding the unftness of
Rosenthal to act as executor, and that he
was exonerated from the serious charges
made in her petition. The court stated
that there was nothing to show that Rosen-
thai had not acted in good faith in his
transactions with the Austin estate, and
that the evidence showed that he had not
hired one Battaille to secure Austin as his
client. The court further said that Rosen-
that's method of depositing money belong
ing to the estate was proper.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
I'm i,,red bu O. FdJL.

STOCKTON, CAL, June ia man
named Sanderson, who was employed by
the san Francisco Bridge Company in
building the fume near Knights Ferry,
on the line of the San Joaquin Irrigation
Company's canal, fell off fume twenty
five feet high yesterday, and was probably
fatally hurt. His skull was cracked and
he was picked up in an unconscious con-
ditioO
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Fire Near Heakdsb,sra.

HEALDSBURG, CAL, June 1S.-Dewey
Bros sawmill, located eleven miles south
of town, were totally destroyed by fire last
night. Large quantities of lumber stored
near by was also consumed. The origin of
the blaze is unknown. The loss reaches
$1,000, with no insurance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
To Form Another Sanitaru District.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1S.-W. H. Mantz
and others to-day petitioned the Board of
Supervisors to call an election for the pur-
pose of forming a sanitary district to be
known as the East Side San Jose Sanitary
district. The proposed district will COM
prise the greater part of the Second and
Third wards of this city and East San
lose
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
SUICIDE At sACRAMENTo.

r. s. Carey, Pioneer Of California,
Ends His life With Bullet.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 1s-R. S.
Carey, pioneer of California and one of
the best known residents of this city, COM
mitted suicide this afternoon by shooting
himself. AT one time Carey was consid-
cred very wealthy, but he has been in
financial straits for some time. Once he
owned street railway system in this city
and large landed estates in Yolo County.
The deceased was father of General
John T. Carey, ex-United States Attorney
at San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
Route of the Vdttey Road THROUGH
Stockton Is Notc Open

STOCKTON, CAL, June 18.-The Mayor
to-day affixed his signature to the ordi-
nance granting right of way through
this city for the Valley road, and the way
is now open as far as the city is concerned.
The Commercial Association met tonight
to take up the work of closing negotiations
for the right OF way to the Stanislaus
River, and that work will be hurried as
fast as possible.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
IN SANTA ROSA,S COURT.

The Petition for the Removal of Executor
RosenthdL Denied.
SANTA ROSA, CAL, June 1S.-A petit
ton of Mrs. Rose Austin to have Marcus
Rosenthal removed as executor of the
estate of Charles Austin, deceased, was to-
day denied by Judge Dougherty, before
whom the case was brought.
In delivering his opinion denying the
petition of Mrs. Austin, the court stated
that the petitioner had failed to prove the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
STOCKTONS WATER FErE.
McLeOd's Lake to. Be Brilliantly Illu,,tf-
mated for the CarnfraI.

STOCKTON, CAL, June 1s.-The COM
mittee having in charge the Fourth of
July celebration held an enthusiastic
meeting tonight. The banks of McLeod's
lake will be studded with electric lights for
the water carnival, the trees will be decked
with lanterns and numerous floats have
been arranged for.
The morning papers of San Francisco
were invited to have floats, the CALL being
mentioned particularly by several speakers.
The water facilities here afford a peculiar
scope for magnificent display of this kind,
and every effort will be made to have the
carnival a memorable one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Stranded at Los Anaeles.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 1s.-The
theatrical company which came here from
San Francisco to play ''The American Grip
is stranded, and as rumor has it, dis
banded. Color is lent to the rumor from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
RICHARD zIEGLER INSANE.
Arrested at the Instance of His Brothe,
after q Protrac cted Spree.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1S. = Richard
Ziegler, an uncle of Otto ziegler, the BIZ
cycle rider, was locked up in the County
Jail this afternoon at the instance of his
brother, and will be charged with insanity.
Ziegler has been on a protracted spree
for several weeks, and is evidently suffer
ing from the effects of his debauch. This
afternoon he jumped through window at
the residence of his brother, and was
picked up in an unconscious condition.
1t was deemed best to have him locked up,
so that he can receive proper medical
attendance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
NEW MENDoCINo COUNTY RoAD.

Surveying Commenced for the LINE from
anderson Valley to the Coast.
UKLAH, CAL, June 1s.-Surveyors are
now engaged in locating the line of rail-
way from Anderson Valley to point on
the coast directly west of this city. The
proposed road will follow the valley of
the Garcia River, the terminus being at a
point near Arena. The proposed road will
tap the great redwood region and fruit
belt of the county.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19

their premises, and from the character of
the preparations that have been made, and
the interest manifested by all classes, the
Kreisturnfest will take on the nature of a
general celebration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Los ANGELES READY,
Preparations for the Big
Kreisturnfest Are
Completed.
FIELD DAY CONTESTS.
CALIFORNIA; Best Athletes to
Contest for HonorS in
the Events.
PARADE OF THE TURNER'S.
A Monster Pageant of the Vereins
Arranged for the Opening
Night.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 18.-Prepa-
rations for the great Kreisturnfest to be
held here from Saturday to Wednesday
next are fully completed and the commit
tee of ninety having the affair in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
BOLD NORA BELDERAIN.
She Handles a Deadly Weapon
in True HighWaynan
Style.
HER HAUL NOT A RICH ONE.
Forty Cents in Coin Is All She
Found in the Pockets OF Her
Victim.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1s.-Constable
Reynolds this afternoon brought Nora
Belderain. a Spanish girl II years of age,
to the County Jail to await examination
for highway robbery. She was arrested at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Murderer Kennett Bo,.na Over.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June ls.-The ex-
animation of Ferdinand E. kennett, the
slayer of Detective Lawson, was completed
before Justice Young this afternoon. He
was held for manslaughter. ED bail was
put at $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
SANTA mONICA's GRANT.
AH Privileges Asked for the Pasadena
and Pucifc Rdilroad Conceded.

Il
and Pucific Rditroad Conceded.
SANTA MONICA. CAL, June 18.-The
Board of Trustees at their meeting Mon
day evening granted the Pasadena and
Pacific Railroad all the privileges asked
for by the company in this city, with the
proviso that work commence within ninety
days and that the road be in operation
within the year. There is plenty of capi-
tai and push back of the enterprise, and
thus the electric railroad connection is an
assured fact.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
a Millinery-Store Attached.

SAN JOSE, CAL, June 1s.-The cloak
and milllnery-store of A. Horstmann, on
East San Fernando street, was to-day at
tached for $33331 65 on a writ issued in the
Superior Court of Stockton to R. B. Teefy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
Ha1ps Body round Near Tacoma.

TACOMA, WASH, June 1S.-The body of
John D. Hall. who has been missing three
weeks, was found by boy this morning.
He had a hole in the right temple, indicat-
ing that he had been murdered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
BURGIARY AT MENDooINo.
The Posto6ice Safe Bfotcn Open and
Robbed of Its Contents.

ROUbed OF ItS COHteHtSs
UKIAH, CAL, June 1S.-The postoffice
at Mendocino City was robbed on Sunday.
The safe was blown open and the contents
taken, aggregating $125. In order to secure
knowledge of the premises the burglar ad-
dressed to himself registered letter, and
on calling for it familiarized himself with
the office. This is the only clew to the
rohber.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19

the fact that Rose StiIlman and Lorimer
Johnson, two of the members, are appear
ing every night in the Burbank Theater's
stock cOmpany
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-19
SuItrn at Santn Cr,.z.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, June 49, The
weather was unusually warm to-day, the
mercury reaching S5 deg.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
Compliments of tho Season.

1t was at the opera. The young man
on the fringe of society had pushed
himself forward for an introduction.
II think, sir"-the naughty matron
surveyed him through her lorgnette-
II have seen. you somewhere" I'm
abashed by the presence of persons
whose families had not been in trade
for at least two generations, the young
man answered sweetly: THAT may be
true"-he adjusted his ready-made tie
as he spolle-'I have been there often!"
In the silence that followed the rich
notes of the high-priced prima donna
could be plainly heard by the canaille
in the dollar seats.-N. Y. World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
THAT BIG RIGHT HAND.
Used More Than It's Mate It Crows Big
and Important.

Used More Than It's Mate IL GROWS big
and Important.
81 wish l were ambidextrous," re-
l..arllCd n young woman who was seat
cd ut the glove counter of Woodward
Avenue store. Il wear out SO many
right-hand gloves before those of the
left hand that pair would last nearly
twice as long if the wear were more
evenly divided between the two says
the Detroit Free Press.
Couldn't you begin now?" asked THO
young woman who was fitting on the
gloves. -.. ....
Me-" with a sorrowful infection;
I've tried, and taken several tumbles
in consequences always uGc my right
hand to open doors, to swim: rlysclf on
street car, to clutch ratings. 20 carry
parcels and my umbrella, and hold mp
my gown, until my left hand has be-
come almost useless. couldn't save
myself from falling with it.
ut is the same with all ladies'" said
the glove filter in tone intended to be
comforting.
Eyes, that is the worst of it. 1 can't
see what parents and instructors are
thinking OF to overlook, as they do, the
value of the left hand. My right hand.
because of the extra work it performs,
is half size larger than its mate. Have
You noticed it?"
'Oh, yes, indeed; we try all ladies'
gloves on the right hand first" said the
girl as she fitted that useful member.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
Reached the Limit.

paper flowers are all right in their
place." said q gentleman who boasts of
the joys and comforts of married life,
''but I'll be hanged if there isn't even
limit to paper flowers. My wife and
daughter have the craze, and they have
it bad. If I attempt to light the lamp
1 invariably set fire to tangle of
honcysuckle. If I go to the library 1
am frightened to death lest break one
of the branches of morning glorics that
hang like cobwcbs in front of the
glass. If l attempt to sit down, stand
up or walk, am compelled to recon
noitcr about and to indulge in all kinds
Of ian'tactics before l can move. I
did not object. They enjoyed it and 1
was satisfied. But Sunday tie limit
was reached; then my regal anger was
aroused. have small conservatory
which is the joy and pride of my life.
One Sunday one of my business friends
came up to see me, and took him out
to show him my flowers. That's where
the trouble was. My wife and daughter
had paper flowers in every nook and
corner. Every plant in the place had
a paper flower That settled the mat
ter. That night there was an extreme
ly large bonfire in our rd."-Cincin-
natl Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
Coppering an Adage.

The man was very anxious to borrow
the money, and he argued so loud in
his own defense that the president of
the bank grew weary. -
MY dear SIR" he said, pettishly,. 81
can't talk to you forever on this sub
ject. Time is money with me-"
SIS that SOP" inquired the caller,
with much earnestness.
There never was nything truer."
well, then, here's my note at four
months, give me the cash for it;''sand
the bank president went square back
on his word.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST DCRRINT

\ WITNESS TEsTIFiEs THAT THE PRISONER TRIED
TO SELL. HIM MISS LAMoNTs DIAMOND RING.
San Francisco. May 3.--Martin Quinlan attorney
was tho first witness called when tho primary
animation OF Dnrrant for the murder OF Miss La
mont was resumed this morning He testified that
he Durrant. accompanied by a girl, going to-
ward Emmanuel Baptist Church about s:l5 o'clock
on the afternoon Of April g. the day the murdered
girl disappeared. She had books with her
which were In troduced In evidence. She dressed
In a garment Of dark material and hat
somewhat similar to the one which produced In
court. The witness positive Durrant tho
man, his face being very familiar 10 him. he had
seen the prisoner number Of times In the vicinity
OF the church.
Church. testified that he had seen Durrant In the
body OF the church on number OF occasions. He
told OF Durrant having on one occasion helped him
TO fix electric batteries. lie had seen him fixing
electrical contrvances thar lighted the gas The
witness repeated his statement made on several oc-
cnsions 10 the effect that Duran: said that he WAS
looking for Miss Lamont.
A. Oppcnhelmer. n dealer In second hand articles
said that he had seen Durrant IN his place OF busl-
ness between the nh and 10th OF April.
''What did he have for SALE
~ small diamond ring IL was "a lady's ring"
Witness was shown three rings. lie seccte one
of them and said he was positive II was the riny
Tho defendant had offered him. His statemcm,ss
caused "A sensation In court, rs this ring Was ono
OF those worn by Blanche Lamont and SEM back
TO Mrs Noble
Edward r. Giaser. n student OF the Cooper Col
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
COLUMBIA TO PALY LEIilGlI.

The tennis tournament which was TO be played to-
Aav NJ the Columbia Oval at Wlllamsbridge, for
the Columbia interscholastic championship. has been
postponed, owing 10 the condition of the courts.
It is reported that the Columbia .enns players are
somewhat dissatisfied over the 'leay OF the Ath-
letIc Union In preparing the courts
The regular Columbia University tennis tourna-
mont will be held on June and following days.
This contest is open TO students in all the depart
ments OF the university. challenge has been sent
by the Iehigh tennis players 10 Columbia. proposing
that the NEWCOMERS send team Of players to
Bethlehem to decide the question OF superiority
The Columbia players have accepted the challenge.
and the match will be played at Betnlehem In
the latter part OF this month Duncan W; Cano,cr,