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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
SAN MATEO PIONEERS DIE,
Two Veteran Stage.Drivers Ford
the Stream That Bounds
Eternity.
Richard Doherty and "Sime" Knight
Pass Away After Years of Serv-
ice at the ReinS.

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, Feb. 1.-Rich.
ard Doherty of Purissima, San Mateo
County, who died in San Francisco yester-
day, was native of Boston, ageu 62 years.
He was an old friend of A. Underhill Of
Redwood City, and the two were drivers
on the Bowman & Gardner Omnibus line
OF stages in San Francisco along in 1854-53
when the fare from the old City Hall plaza
TO the Mission at Dolores and Sixteenth
streets was 81 each way on Sundays, and
Oh cents on weekdays. In 1858 Doherty
drove on the Omnibus line from the plaza
to Fort Point, in San Francisco.
For the last thirty years or 80 Mr..
Doherty had lived in San Mateo County.
de owned the Pescadero House, which he
afterward sold, and also the Purissima
House, which was his late home. At one
time he conducted the stage line between
Haifmoon Bay and San Mafeo. Doherty's
place at Purlssima has always been q
great resort for sportsmen from San Fran
cisco who come down to fish. hunt or
spend q vacation.
.. u. Knight, veteran stage-driver, died
at his home at Woodside to-day, aged 6S
years. Slime" knight arrived in San
Francisco in 1852. and went to the mines If,
Tuolumne County. He came to San Mateo
County In 1858 and settled at Wood side
where he engaged in numbering and other
pursuits. For ten or twelve years he was
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent at Redwood
City. His career as a stage-driver in San
Mateo County covered period of thirty
two years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
READY TO BEGIN TRAINING.
Forty athletes Who Aspire to Positions
on Stdnford,s Team.

Forty athletes Hho Aspire to Positions
on Stanford's Team.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Feb.
LIN answer to the call of Track Captain
Toombs fully forty men appeared at the
gymnasium this morning and announced
themselves as ready to go into training
for the coming season.
There was fair showing of new men,
but many vacant places were noticea Bile.
Copeland, who made the half mile last
year in 2:01 and won first place for STAN
ford, is not back. r. K. Culver '97, good
all-round athlete, will not re-enter the
university this semester. Knowles '96, the
duarter-mile sprinter, has not returned to
Stanford this year. These and few others
leave several important places to be filled.
Captain Toombs says that he will begin
work on his new material at once, and all
the athletes will go into training now,
though it will not he severe for some time.
Among the likeliest new men to appear
are: Rolie Wilbur '99, who is strong in
the shot-put and is hammer-thrower of
considerable ability; John Brunton '99,
excellent at the shorter sprints and devel-
oping as poIe-vaulter; Holbrook '97, who
entered from the University. of Michigan,
and is said to sprint well in the 100 yards.
It is expected that several other new
men may prove valuable, but as yet they
are unknown quantities and will require a
great deal of training. All the old athletes
are going in to make good showing this
wear, and Stanford feels that her field
record this season will be credit at least.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
PORT TOWNSEND F|ASCO,
Charge of Assault and Battery
Against Mrs. Scott Is
Dismissed.
The Domestic Who Swore Out the
Warrant of Arrest Fails to
Appear in Court.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Feb. lin
the police court to-day, as result of the
failure of Miss Wilcox to appear, the
charge of assault and battery recently
made against Mrs. John N. Scott, q
prominent society leader of this city, was
dismissed.
Mrs. SCOTS arrest, made by Captain
FurloDg of the night police force, created
sensation. The woman who swore out
the warrant was domestic in the employ
OF the Scott family, and according to the
story told by her at the time she was
brutality beaten and disfigured with 9
piece OF stove wood in the hands of Mrs.
Scott. Soon after the alleged assault was
committed Miss Wilcox left town.
Unusual interest has attached to the
case on account of the prominence oil
Mrs. Scott, who, besides being promi.
nent factor in Puget Sound social circles,
is sister-in-law of ex-President Harrison.
During that gentlemans regime Judge
Scott was appointed superintendent OF
construction on Puget Sound, and on
Cleveland's succession he was superseded
and has since resided here. Judge Scott is
cx-Commander of the G.. A. R. Depart
ment OF Washington. Idaho and Alaska.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
SANTA BARBARA MYSTERY.
Peculiar Erolutions of a Strange Steamer.
in the Hn1bO1.

~S>'~S'Ns ASOt0tfOHS " - CtFUUEc OtcUUtcT
ia the Harbor.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Feb. Am
other mysterious steamer to-day appeared
In this harbor, sailing around and around
outside the kelp and several times direct
ing her course in such a manner that she
seemed about to run into the wharf, but
finally starting for the north, the direc-
ton whence she came. Her strange actions
were observed by hundreds of people on
the beach and boulevard, and are the SUBJ
Ject OF general comment tonight.
mysterious steamer yesterday spent
the entire day in the channel. This craft
appeared early in the morning opposite
Anacapa Island, and some six miles off
shore. She resem bled Panama steamer
In appearance, and was thought to be dis
abled, as from dawn to shutdown she
worked her way some twenty-five miles up
the. channel, being still in sight
to the northward, apparently opposite the
Hope ranch, when night closed in. There
is reason to suspect that to-day's stranger
was the same vessel returning, but those
who most closely observed her declare
that she was by no means disabled, as she
cut the most astonishing figures during
her evolutions here. The vessel is believed
TO be a smuggler.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
HORSESHOE BEND.
From a Photographic

considered to run another through rail-
road from Missouri to California. The
Burlington and Missouri Railroad manage
ment has already constructed its road
from Missouri to Billings, Mont, and its
engineers are now in the field making sur
veys for continuation of the road to the
coast. Mr.. Mclean does not know the
plans of the company, but he understands
its intentions to be to enter California
from the north and passing down the Sac
ramento touch the principal cities on the
route.
The population and natural advantages
of the lands on the eastern side of the
Sacramento River are far superior to those
on the west, and this the Burlington and
Missouri Company will take into consid-
Grafton in building the road in this State.
In short time, probably next July, the
surveyors will be through Northern Cali
fornia. The company is following the line
OF the old Union Pacific survey, and Chico
is on this line. A surveyor was through
Chico couple of years ago looking over
the proposed route, and the report he
made will no doubt be pretty closely fol-
lowed when the survey is made through
this valley.
Mr.. Mclean thinks the road is sure to
come in the near future, and with the sub
division of ranches and colonization branch
roads are sure to follow and Northern Cali
fornia and Chico will treble In population
and wealth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02

county of Mariposa, said Judge J.. M.
Corcoran of the Superior Court to-day.
''has enabled me to speak understandingly
OF her actual wants. I am thoroughly
convinced that there are hundreds of gold
bearing quartz veins within the county,
which cannot be proftably worked by
steam power, but could be worked with
good profit when cheaper power is OBJ
tained."
This is. the universal opinion and is
evlnced by the speciaY resolution in which
the Board OF Supervisors went out of its
way to mark its sense of the Importance of
the installation in Mariposa County of the
third largest electrical distributing power
plant in the United States of America.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
RoBBED HIS BRoTHER-1N-LAw.

Edscard SUNNI eTsett arrested for Stealing
Diamonds and a Horse and Buggy.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. deputy Sheriff
Black returned from San Francisco thi s
evening with Edward Summersett, who was
arrested by the San Francisco authorities
this morning on a charge of robbing the
home of his brother-in-law, E. G. Hum
phrey, near Mayfield, several weeks ago.
Summersett. who had been visiting Hum
phrey, stole about 500 worth of diamonds
and a horse and buggy.
Some time ago Summersett committed
similar theft for which he served term
in San Quentin. He is a sufferer from
spinal trouble and is believed to be insane.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Terpsichorean Gyrations Do Not
Conclude the Annual
Banquet.
BUT IT PROVES a SUCCESS.
Students Forget Their Grievance and
Enjoy Themselves With Music
and Speeches.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Feb
1.-The boarders of Encina Hall, the
young mems dormitory, last night gave
their second reception and dinner to the
boarders OF Roble, the co-eds' dormitory
The affair proved fully as successful as its
predecessor, Notwithstanding the fact that
no dancing was allowed.
The original plans were to have the din
ner followed by dancing, but the authori-
ties would not consent to allow the wor-
Shipping at Terpsichore's shrine, though
heartily in tavor of the dinner. For "a
time it seemed that the movement had
been squelched. A meeting of the board
ers was called and several speeches were
made to prove that no dinner could ever
be considered au fait without dancing to
''top off," "No dancing, no dinner and
ne reception" seemed to be the motto
with few, but there were others who
argued that mere childishness caused the
opposition to the dinner, and that the
evening might be made very satisfactory
by other methods than the one proposed,
SO the dinner was given.
In addition to the hundred 'co-eds"
present, there were nearly score of
faculty members with their wives. The
following programme was given after the
banqpet:
PART I.
Toasts. .-.....,........... Toastmaster g. B. Wilson
'Social Life Among Students. President Jordan
''OOHeSe cpliI MISS oieS
PART i.
solo, "when Grow Up''.....................M olloy
w. A. Sutherland, 9S.
r. n de Wolfe, ss. 9''''''D
Violin.solo, "Serenata," NJ oszkowski
w. BittIe Wells, 1877.
Song, "Laugh, Yo Little Niggers" .............
c. z. Dillon, '99,
Solo, "Unreturning," ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hume
E. NJ. Hume, 1877.
OoHB. >electeu
G. p. Dillon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02

ployed; and if it is further considered
that labor in all branches has materially
declined within the past few years, any
sum expended now should cover at least
one-third more ground than in the past. "
plan for county supplies is follows:
I'm the purchase of all county supplies,
the proceedings should be such as will
protect the interests of the county. Free,
fair and open competition should be the
unvarying rule where any considerable
amounts are involved. This course has
not been followed by the Board of Super
yisOrsp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
STOLEN BY BURGLARS.

Money Rem ored From Its Hiding Place
Ia the Singleton Residence.
SAN JOSE. CAL. Feb. 1.-The residence
of ]. NJ. Singleton was entered by burglars
yesterday afternoon and $40 taken from
under a pillow, where it had been de-
posted by Mrs. Singleton. There was no
one IN the house at the time of the rob-
berry.
An attempt was also made to loot the
Vendome meat market on North First
street last night, but the breaking of a
glass in the rear of the market attracted
the attention of Officer Prindiville, and
the thieves were frightened away.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Il SPOKANE SENSATION.
agents and Attorneys of a Large Mort
gage Company Dismissed.

agents and Attorneys of Large Mort
gage Company Dismissed.
SHOKANE, WASH, Feb. 1.-The North.
western and Pacific Hypotheek Bank. a
vast mortgage company controlled by
Holland capital, caused notice
to be published in paper this after
noon to the effect that Binkley d
Taylor were no longer agents and attor-
neys for the company, and warned parties
interested to transact no business OF the
company with them. Binkley d Taylor is
the most prominent law firm in the city,
and the announcement of their dismissal
has created intense excitement in business
circles.
Late this afternoon Binkley & Taylor
filed suit against the company for $123, 095
attorneys fees and attached mortgage Sc
curities covering several million dollars.
None of the parties will talk tonight.
Well-founded rumors have it that sensa-
tional disclosures will come out in day
or two.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
SHASTA'S NEW RAILWAY,
The Iron Mountain Company Com.
pletes Its Roadbed in That
County.
Plans for Another Line From Missouri
to California Are Being
Considered.

CHICO, CAL, Feb. III. A. Mclean, a
railroad contractor and builder, who has
just completed the roadway for the Iron
Mountain Railway in Shasta County, is in
this city.
In conversation with Mr.. Mclean CALL
representative questioned him regarding
railroad news. and about the first thing he
said was that he thought it would be but
short time before a new railroad would
pass through the Sacramento Valley and
that Chico would, no doubt, be one of its
touching points.
Mr.. Mclean stated that plans are being
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Santa Baroara,s Fire Alarm syst e,n.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Feb. 1.-The
Gamewell fire alarm system is in full
operation in Santa Barbara to-day, with
nine boxes, including the central, the city
being being subdlvided into thirty-four
stations. This is an improvement which
has long been needed in Santa Barbara,
where destructive fires have on different
occasions gained hopeless Roadway on &C.
count of the difficulty of sending notice to
the volunteer fire company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
ANGELS CAMP ACCIDENT.
Il Youth Loses HIS Leg Through q Ga,
and o. Bdr6ed- Hire Fence.

Il Youth Loses His Leg Through Gun
and q Bdr6ed- Hfre Fence.
ANGELS CAMP, CAL, Feb. 1.-Harry
Albertson, a sixteen-year-old boy of this
place, shot himself in the left foot to-day
while hunting by the accidental discharge
of his gun.
He lowered the muzzle of the weapon,
which was cooked, preparatory to going
through barbed-wire fence. when the
trigger caught in his coat. The
charge shattered his foot and ankle,
and this evening the physician amputated
the leg few inches below the knee. A
strange coincidence is that the same
weapon, which is rented out by store,
caused the death of young Baceilupia
year or so ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Cnpt,sred at Portland.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb. John Boyd
who stole about $1,000 worth of diamonds
from Mrs. Anna Turton. at Phillipsburc,
Mont, is under arrest here. He was ap-
pretended on the street and part of the
plumber found on his person. BOYD tells
the old story that the diamonds were
given to him. An unsuccessful attempt
was made this afternoon to lberate him
on writ OF habeas corpus.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
ORGANIZATIONS PosrP oNED.
Agricultural Directors Hill Wait Until
AL Yncnncies IRE Filled

agricultural Directors WfU Wait Until
All Vacancies Are Filled.
SACRAMENTO. Call, Feb. 1.-At the
annual meeting of the State Board of Agri-
cultural Directors to-day it was agreed to
postpone any organization until Governor
Budd had made such appointments as will
be necessary to fill vacancies.
The annual report was read and an
proved, and the committee on finance
reported that the debt of the society had
been reduced $1,000 during the past year.
gate at large to the meeting of the Ma
tional Trotting Association, which is to
be held on the 18th of February in New
York City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
FETED At sUISUM.
SoRano Citizens Tender a banquet to Sec
rotary of State Broaun.

sec.
rotary of State Broacn.
SUISUN, CAL, Feb. 1.-Secretary of
State l.. II. Brown is popular with the
people of Solano County, he being the
county's representative at the State Cap
itol. Whenever he visits this section he is
given warm welcome. Mr.. Brown was
in Suisun to-day, having been called here
as a witness in case on trial in the Su-
perior Court. He was persuaded to re-
main over until late train this evening
and was rendered banquet by leading
citizens.
Those who greeted Secretary Brown were !:
Superior Judge A. ]. Buckles, District
Attorney f. r. Deylin, Sheriff B. f. Rush,
County Recorder J. D. Brown, County
Treasurer J. A. Keys, Mayor E. e. Long,
City Trustee w. H. Bryan, City Treasurer
Meyer Dinkelspiel, County Physician w.
G. Downing and Editor E. Dinkelspiel of
the Solano Republican.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Died bv the Rome.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 1.-The body
of Joseph Schneider was discovered this
evening hanging from floor beam in the
cellar of his residence. 507 Eighteenth
street. 1t is believed that he committed
suicide in fit OF dependency caused by
business reyerses. Schneider was an old
resident of this city and was builder and
contractor by occupation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
SAN BERNAxDINo HIGHWAYs.
Plans and Prospects Discussed With
Members of the State Bureau.

Members OF the State Bureau.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL, Feb. IA
meeting of considerable Importance was
held in this city to-day between the Board
of Supervisors and two members of the
Bureau of Highways, ]. L. Maude and R.
G. Irvine, appointed by the last Legisla-
ture.
A mass-meeting had been called and a
number of prominent citizens were in
attendance, and considerable good ad-
vice was given and received The
committee has been travelling by
wagon throughout the State, obtaining
personal knowledge of the condition OF the
highways so that it can report to the next
Legislature as to the cost of putting rock
crushing plants in each county and oper-
ating them. To CALL correspondent one
of the committee said:
sour object is to have fine macadamized
roads from one end of the State to the
other, and the outlook is most encourag
ing"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-02
Eureka Incendiar4es.

EUREKA, CAL. Feb. Ia second at
tempt was made last night to burn the
High School building here. The mis-
creants, however, were frightened away
by shot from the watchman, who was
lying in wait for them. The first attempt
was made about week ago. The build
ing was put up few years ago at a cost OF
SIG. 600.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-04
THE "LITTLE HATCHET" DOLLAR.

(Congregation, led by Esq. Bryan, please all rise
aud Join
have heard OF beautiful city,
where there is no more work for the thf ong;
The streets are iust one splendid glitter.
The Inhabitants all silver tonRued:
The houses are one soiid white metal,
The car tracks a most beautiful glare,
The dollars are all stamped with a hatchot;
Oh, what II must be TO be thee!
caoRus: To be therel Bom, Bonn, Boml
To be therel BON, BON. Bomi
on, what 1t must be TO be there TO be
there
The dollars are oil stamped with a
hatchot;
oh, what it must be to be therei
George Washington is there crowned with glory,
And his erown is solid silver. galore;
And "Houest Old Abe's " there, he's no Tory;
To this beautiful new city let US soar.
Here too, IL our ancient friend. Mr.. Webster,
Making suver-tongued speeches so rare
That the boys follow he band cart no longer;
oh, what 10 must be to bo therei
CHoRus; To be therel etc.
The Iaw In this be sutful city.
l. an "inocu Gus desuetude' on toast
Aud the boys take things very easy.
Aud they talk "free silver" and boast;
The speeches are bright as the noop-sun.
Aud made on the public sqaarei
sixteen made by Mr satan. 10 one OF otborS
oh. what must II be 10 be therol
I cuonrs, To be therei etc
The shops In this beautiful city
All sell their goods below costs
The Banks pay oat silver In cart loads.
And the mills Kindly run at a loss.
The consent OF other oities isn't needed;
Toe folks are brave folks. who can dare
To stand on windy city platforms;
Oh, what must u be 20 be there
CHoRvs; (Nov, all very aeartiyl
To be there etc. " G. r.
Ptovlienoe, Sept l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-04

the infirmary. The only one in any way
connected with the infirniary receiving
any compensation for his services Is the
secretary, who devotes all his time and
energies to tire work. Our doors, our
work and our books are open to all who
desire to become more fully acquainted
with our charity.
Our financial condition Is as follows:
Total receipts To date (26 weeks) y299.3l,
or about S1l.50 per week. Total dis
bursements, including rent, fuel, furni-
ture, furnishings, etc, 1871. 33 or about
Sl4. "a per week. One hundred and fifty
dollars VIII pay all our indebtedness and
carry our NOBLE charity through The
heated season. Our faith is strong that
this amount will be cheerfullv given.
Is. X. Chace, president; Charles II. Hunt,
vice president Rev. T.. DeWolf, secre-
tary; j. j. Minchin, treasurer; DIR. l..
D.Kay. ID. ID. s.; e. Reynolds.
Honorary and Advisory Board-The Right
Rev. Thomas M. Clark, ID. d., LII.
d.; The Rev. NJ. III. Biz by, ID. ID. the
Rev. 4. W. Tomkins, Jr.; The Rev.
W. G. Selleck; the Rev. Matthias 8.
kaufman, Ph. D.; Hon. Edwin ID.
McGuinness, Mayor of Providence; ;
John f. Greene; John I. Small and
others.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-04


At a great gathering recently in Denver
Mr.Ira W. sankey before singing "The
Ninety and Nine" which perhaps OF all
bis compositions Is the one that has
brought him the most fame, gave an ac-
count OF its birth. Leaving Glasgow for
Edinburgh with Mr.. Moody, ne stopped
at a news stand and bought a penny re-
ligious paper. Glancing over 1t IA they
rode on the cars his eye fell upon few
little verses in the corner Of the page.
Turning to Mr.. Moody he said, "Tve
found my hymn" But Mr.. Moody was
busily engaged and did not hear word.
Mr. Sankey- did not tind tire to make a
tune for the verses, go he pasted them
in his music scrspbook. One day they
had an unusually impressive meeting in
Edinburgh In which DIR. Bonsr had spoken
with good effect on "The Good Shepard. {"
At the close of the address Mr.. Moody
beckoned to his partner to sing some-
thing appropriate. A. first he could think
OF nothing but the Twenty-third Psalm,
but that he mad sung so often; bis ssecond
thought was to sing tue verses he had
found in the newspaper; but the third
thought was, how could il be done whep
he had no tune for themf Then fourth
thought came, and that was to sing the
verses anyway. He put the verses before
him, touched the keys OF the organ,
opened his mouth and sang, not know.
ing where he was going to come out. He
finished the first verse amid profound
silence. He took a long breath and
wondered il he could sing the second
the same way. He tried it and succeed
ed. After that it was easy to sing II.
When he finished the hymn the meeting
was all broken down--the throngs were
crying and the ministers were sobbing
all round him. Mr.. Sankey says it WAS
the most intense moment of his life.
From that moment it was a popular
hymn. Mr.. Moody said at the time that
he had never heard a song like tnat. 1t
was sung at every meeting and was soon
going ever the world. While travelling
in the Highlands OF Scotland a short
time later, Mr.. Sankey received a letter
from lady at Melrose thanking him for
singing the verses written by her sister.
That sister was Elizabeth &. Clephane
lie wished to call 1t "The Lost Sheep"
but Mr.. Moody insisted npon calling it
"Ninety and Nine" whenever he an
nounced it. Mr.. Sankey firmly believes
that God inspired him to sing that
should be Bis.--Outlook. e..