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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
BEFORE THE SUPERVISORS
RESIDENTS OBJECT TO LIVE IN : FEAR OF DEATH.
The Law May Prevent Storage or ,.>. Powder in Quantities Sufficient :. to Run the Fuse Factory.
: Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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sos Broadway, Aug. 16. . The residents of Melrose are not anx- ious to have their houses blown to pieces again nor to live in daily fear that they :" will be suddenly translated from this earth. Several of them appeared before the Supervisors this morning and entered verbal protests against the buiiulng of . another fuse factory on the site of the
 old; ;'as well as against another factory now existing not lar from the site of the catastrophe of a month ago.
 :: w. w. Judson protested against the re- erection and said that the fuse factory was not there when he settled in the . Rejghborhood and he did not believe it :. would be a hardship on the company to
 rebuild it's plant in some safe location. :: MT. .Judson and District Attorney Shook had a little discussion on the law of the :case: and MT. JudSon fnSinuated that Mir.
 Snook'S opinion was somewhat peculiar. : MT: Shook responded and said he was not responsib1e for the law, and 1t ultimately ::Temained for J. L. Burke, another resi- :denti to supply in a homely fashion the basis: of a strong legal point covering the ease.
 = Mr:.Snook had stated that the Supervi- ;: sors.. can regulate the storage of powder, but they cannot prevent the company re- ;buildfng its works, whereupon MT. Burke said. :I can build a pigpen and nobody can stop me- but when I put pigs in it and theX' become nuisance become amena- ble to the law"
 had some weight He said his house
 stood seventy-five feet from the factory, &nd.he had lost every dollar, for the house
 and it's contents were blown to atoms,
 and. he nfaryeled at his own escape with
 nothing but the clothes on i.is back. He
 had been given to understand that should
 an accident occur it would only blow the
 roof off the factory and not injure sur rounding property Now he knows better.
 Mrs. Julia Sullivan, whose house was
 also wrecked, told the board that the factory was left at night solely in the care of Chinese. She said the explosion had caused her to lose much of what had taken years to accumulate.
 J. N. Merritt, the proprietor of another fuse factory some distance from Melrose, was called by the board to answer cer-- tain. questions regarding the amount of land: hecessary for factory, and the amount of powder that could be stored with safety. He believed that fifty kegs
 was a.: safe amount of ordinary black powder, and he startled the board by say ing that in his opinion there must have been dynamite at Melrose when the re- cent accident occurred, for black powder could not have caused an excavation at :. all on exploding. He believed that ten acres is minimum amount of land for a +company to build upon.
 The board will meet next Monday morn ing to hear evidence from all the fuse fac t0rjes in the county. so that some action maybe taken looking to a prevention of any more cataStrOpheS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

won stand any man to say that
 The heated conversation of the men attracted the attention of Corporal Si- las, who entered the tent. In the back was Ury with his rife in his hand. while just inside the flap stood Mea- dors with his stout pocket knife drawn. The corporal caught and pinioned Meador's arms. The latter shouted:
 Turn me loose, or I will cut myself loose.'
 Before he could do any damage the gun was taken from Ury by Corporal Lundholm, and the officers thought the incident was closed.
 Ury, however, started for the tent of Captain w. S. Barnes, saying he would report Meadors for drawing knife on him. Meadors answered.:
 Hold on a minute; I'll go up, too.''
 He approached Ury, who put out his hand and pushed him away, where upon Meadors shouted:
 II have taken too many of your lies," and rushed at him.
 He had been holding his knife up his sleeve, and as he said these words he sprang upon Ury, driving his knife blade in below the left ear. The blow was so severe that it severed the facial arteries, the inner and outer jugular and the carotid and parotid arteries. The wounded man was caught by Pri- yates Willett Hopkins and Thomas Doyle, who took him nearly fifty yards before he fell of exhaustion.
 Captain Reilly of Company I ren- dered him assistance, placing a towel in the gaping wound, and sent for the hospital litter. The injured man was attended by Major F. w. Dudley, reg mental surgeon, and Lieutenant Yost and Lieutenant McGettigan They held out no hope for the ultimate recovery of Ury. When they received him he was pulseless, and, according to pr. Yost, hardly cup of blood remained in his body.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
THE CHARLES HANSEN SAFE.
The Schooner Reaches Kotzebue
 Sound With All We'll on Board.


 General J. M. Gleaves, United States Surveyor General, received a letter yes- terday from his brother, pr. c. c. GIeaves, president of the Kotzebue Com mercial and Mining Company, dated July 22, Kotzebue Sound, reporting his safe ar- rival. Dr. Gleaves and several other we'll known San Franciscans were on the schooner Charles Hansen, which was re- ported to have been lost, nothing having been heard from her for many days over the time when, she was due A letter from Kotzebue Sound, via Seattle, dated July IA, was received here a few days ago, and in it the loss of the schooner Charles Hansen was spoken of as an assured fact General Gleaves was a happy man yes- terday upon the receipt of his brothers 8 letter He not only had a brother on board the Charles Hansen, but his son, Charles, had also shipped on her when she left St. Michael.
 The news of the loss of the Charles Hansen came from Bedding, where rela- tives of some of the passengers live. The contradiction as is evidenced in Gleaves letter will be happy news to several we'll known local families, who had relatives on the vessel. Dr. c. C. Gleaves writes that owing to the wrecking of several of the freight schooners, there will be scarcity of food In KotZebue Sound this year and that much suffering will have to be endured
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
THoRS ELABORATE STUDIO. The Well-Known Photographer Now Installed in the Phelan Building.

Louis Thors the well-known photogra- of the most successful studios in the of the most successful studios in the city, has moved from his old quarters on Grant avenue and is now installed in a magnificent new home in the Phelan building, directly over the old Marceau gallery.
 The apartments, specially built after original designs by Mr. Thors, are per haps the most complete and the most elaborate this side of the Rockies, or, in fact, in the entire country. Everything from the magnificent reception room down to the minutest detail of the ad- joining rooms is perfect and far and be- yond the slightest fault.
 On the lower or main floor of the new gallery are sitlated the reception room, directly connected with the street below by a special elevator erected for the pur- pose; five dressing rooms, each provided with every facility for which 1t has been designed: two dark rooms, an office, an artists room, finishing room, a fire proof negative vault in which are stored room. All of these apartments are spa cious, and contain every requirement. for perfect work. The reception room is probably the most elaborate of its kind ever designed. It is over hundred feet square, twenty feet high, with an art stained glass dome directly in the center over twenty feet III OldHGIeT. lne QeCO- rations consist of magnificent contrast of Egyptian red and black, the wall fires coing being of the former tint, and the heavy woodwork of the latter.
 On the upper floor are situated the print or fixing room, tone room, sil- yer room, special room for producing enlargements, and the main printing room, which extends distance of thirty eight feet, being covered overhead en- tireIy of glass.
 One of the attractions of the new gall lery will be the life-size autotype car bons which MT Thors anticipates manu- featuring by a special process, the key to which Is now on it's way from Eng land. A special artist from London has been engaged and will assume charge of the new department.
 It is anticipated that within a. few weeks a number of these cartoons will be ready for exhibition in the show windows at the entrance to the gallery, 826 Market street.
 One of the principal accommodations in the new gallery that has been built as a special attraction to the public'is the stu
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
RAILROAD TRAVEL. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD,
Via Sausalito Ferry.
FROM SAN FRANclsco To MIL WILEY

FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY
 AND SAN RAFAEL.
 WEEK DAYS-7:00. $500. s9:S0. HOO a. m : s1;45 3:20, 4:00 5:l5, "6:00. ,6:3o D.
 EXTRA TRIPS-For San Rafael on Mondays Wednesdays. Saturdays and Sundays at u:ao sUNpAYs.'s:Oo. .s:oo, '1o;oo. .1l:oo, nsa HOO a. m. does not run to San Rafael Sundays. st:aop. m does not run to Mil Valley Sundays. FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. WEEK DAYS-5:25, .6:35. 7:55, S:25 s9 5o a. m .i2.2O. 2:lO, $40. .s;a5. 5:l5 p, m
 EXTRA TRIPS Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays at GAO p. m.
 Trains marked start from San Quentin. a. m; 12 40, 2:25, 3:55 4.55, 5:20 D. m.
 EXTRA TRIPS on Moadays.s Wednesday, AeS esSuNpHYs1soo, 15 iOso6, lilo a. m: i2:os ,.so. 2;40. 3:55, 5:30. 6:90 p.
 THROUGH TRAINS. 7:00 a. m. week days-Cazadero and way sta ns. s:20 D. m. Saturdays-Ca2adero and way sta, ns. 5:15 p. m. week days tsaturday excepted)-To-
 males and way stations.
 S:00 a. m Sundays-Cazadero and way sta'ns. l:lS ?. m. Sundays-Point Reyes and way ste ns,
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
StabS Jonas
a QudrrelsOme Volunteer Soldier, StdbS JOl UrQ, SGVering Several Arteries.

Meadors was arrested by First Ser geant Joshua B. Dickson. Captain Barnes ordered him delivered to Lieu tenant Drady, officer of the guard. After few minutes he was turned over to Sheriff White, the case being one for the civil authorities.
 The assailant is an illiterate man, 4S years of age. He has a wife and i've children in Dean Springs, Arkansas. He came here last April and worked for a time for Joseph Peterson. near Petaluma, where he enlisted. He has shown no emotion since the encounter.
 Ury is a native of New York. He came here two years since and made his home with David Dry his uncle, at San Leandro. He is 23 years of age and highly spoken of by his compan- iops.
 Captain w. s. Barnes training as District Attorney proved useful to him. He secured the statements of all concerned in the affray and of all the eye-witnesses. This he turned over to Colonel Henshaw, who in turn handed it to the District Attorney of Alameda County.
 Private Jonas Ury died at 10 o'clock last night from the wound inflicted by Private James Nathaniel Meadors. Coroner Baldwin has taken charge of the remains.
 The murderer will not be informed of the death of his comrade until to-day.
 Ury is not his first victim Accord ing to a statement made by the pris- oner to-day he shot and killed an uncle named Moore in Crawford County, Ark, on January "A, 1875. For this he was tried and acquitted. He has also been in another stabbing af- fray.
 Jonas Ury came from New York re- gently and resided with his uncle, David Ury, at San Leandro prior to enlisting. He was well thought of and was considered a fearless soldier
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
RED BRANCH BOOTH.

At a meeting last night of the ladies interested in the Knights of the Red Branch booth for the Irish fair the fol- lowing organization was effected:
 Mrs. D. Degan, president; Mrs. O'Shaugnessey vice-president; Miss Kit tie O'Mara. second vice-president; Miss Nellie O'Donnell, recording secretary; Miss Della Curran, financial secretary; Mrs. C. J. Barron. treasurer; Mrs. J. M. Barron, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. T. F. Saunders, Mrs. M. Russell, Miss Maggie Shields, Mrs. Alice O'Mara, Misses Han nah Walsh Mayme Carr, Katie Carr, Kate Morris, Mollie Caulfeld Mary Sweeney. Rose Lyons. Margaret OBrien, Kittie Gleason, Nellie Fitzgerald. Tessie Flynn, Rose Gavin, Moliie Gallagher, Mrs c. J. Gallagher, Misses Eleanor O'Mara. Mollie Mckay, Maggie Geraghty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
:: Mismated CoupIes Divorced.

OAKLAND. Aug. 16.-Judge. Hall to-day ffsm f5'FT her xin husband " Emanuel f A. Giaresy. :on the ground of infelicity and cruelty Qne-half the personal property and the Homestead on Stanford avenue, this city, is awarded tn the plaintiff. :: J judge Hall also granted a divorce to Helen. NJ. Burnham from Charles F. Burr- nam on the ground of cruelty: The per :sQnal property and homestead Elm street and custody of the minor child, Grace. May Burnham, was awarded to plaintiff besides S20 per month alimony for her support and $10 monthly for the SUD- port of the child.
 Soldier Goes to Jail. e OAKLAND. Aug. 16-Private H. c. Ru- pert of Company c was sentenced to six months in the County Jail by Police Judge Allen this morning. Rupert was arrested for begging last Saturday. He had tackled Sergeant Petersen and Mayor Thomas, tion in Camp Barrett. When the Mayor telephQned to:Colonel Henshaw regarding the. arrest the latter replied that Rupert had proved himself unworthy of any sympathy and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Judge Allen tock the same view and gave him the limit.
 The Delger Estate.
 OAKLAND. Aug 16.-The estate of the at $1312d 6s of which s1S.2si o6 comprises personal property MT. Delger disposed of most mos t of fl his property by deed priGr to his d R: Gould and T. T. Dargie.
 C.. '. Oakland News Items.
 Judge Ellsworth to-day appointed O. C. Hyatt, George Austin and H. Brewer ap- praisers of the estate of Isaac Campbell, deceased.
 JIG. Williamson, Constable of Oakland Township, has appointed L. D. Armstrong his deputy.
 :The estate of Mrs. Maria Olfmpia, who was. committed to an insane asylum sev- eral months ago, has been appraised at sSQ00, and consists of a house and lot in San .LeandTo.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

over the foothills to the east NJ ward, Jonas Ury and James N.
 Meadors, privates irI Company c. became involved in d personal quarrel As the outcome Ury lies dead in the regimental hospital, while his assail ant is confined in the Alameda County Jail.
 The quarrel between the men or:gi- mated some three weeks since over small sum of money which Ury bor- rowed from Meadors. This quarrel broke out at intervals, but the mem- bers of the company did not look for a serious outcome. Meadors has been quarrelsome since he enlisted He boasted freely of the men he had killed and of the desperate encounters in which he had participated.
 The men soon gave him the soubri- quet of Mosquito Bill" by which name he was generally known. He at tackled Ury on several occasions, but, at a word from officers in authority desisted. The men occupied tent num- Der thirteen in the street of Company c. Their quarrel eliminated yesterday morning. According to Meadors, there was a dispute regarding some damage done in the tent, for which the other men blamed Ury. They asked Meadors to settle the dispute and he fixed the blame on Ury. The latter called "Bill' a liar. and he was about to resent 1t when rollcal1 sounded.
 Meadors was in the front rank. Ury, who was slightly removed from him, menaced him and during the "setting up" exercise, instead of going through the regular motions, initiated all the blows used by boxers. As the men went to their tent Meadors heard Ury say: My muscles are all right; I'll spot old Bill, good
 Meadors drew his knife, saying, 'I
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
Wanted for Embezzlement.

R. B. Dallam of Armes & Dallam, 230 Front street swore to a complaint in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday for arrest of l.. J. Knight, clerk, on the charge of embezzlement. The specific charge Is for embedding $5 40 on August 15 but the total amount is not yet known. Knight, it is alleged has been going around with fictitious orders authorizing him to collect money for the firm.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
DIED.

MEAD-In this city. August 1e 1898 Ma7,de beloved daughter of Martin and Alice Mead native of Mexico. aged 24 years 2 months
 ry The funeral will take place to-morrow . lThursdayl. at 10 o'clock, from her late resi- dence. PAY Eagle avenue, Alameda PRATT-In this city, August I6 1sss Hanna L.. beloved wife of John c. Pratt and mother Of C. J. and Daniel Sullivan, and sister of Mrs. Kate Crowley, native of County Cork Ireland, aged 50 years.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
BOOKED FOR MURDER. Guiseppi Indelegado Voluntarily Makes a Statement to the Police.

Guiseppi Indelegado was booked at the City Prison yesterday for the murder of Antonio Scraffino on Fisherman's wharf last Thursday night. Indelegado volun- :. tarily made a statement yesterday
 through Interpreter Glover acknowledg- Ing that he committed the murder but
 not before Scraffino had made several passes at him with a dagger He then :hred two shots at him in self-defense The statement Is practically the same as the
 one made by him at the time of his arrest MondaY night v "
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
To Manufacture Needles.

Articles of incorporation were filed yes terday by the Roberts Machine Needle Company, the capitalization being SlOo, 900. The incorporators are: Lottie A Roberts, <.. E. Greer, c. P. Roberts, w B. Dunlop, all of San Francisco. and, w H. Vaughn of Marin County. The com pany proposes to erect a factory for th' manufacture of sewing machine needles.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
Berkeley News Notes

. BERKELEY, Aug. 16.--The Rev Lyman H Hood will leave Thursday for Colunn- bia University. New York City, to pursue postgraduate studies.
 -. The estate of the late Professor George books. wi1led to the library of the Uni ',versity of California have been turned over to Librarian J. c. Rowell They in- treatises on classic philology.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

streets; Franks Billiard Parlor corner of Eddy and Powell streets; J. $. Otis saloon and the Coronado saloon Bush near Dupont, and seized the nickel-in-the-slot machines that return money for the chance taken in dropping a nickel into
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

dio proper where the pictures are taken. This room contains 1150 square feet, and of from sixty to hundred persons.
 The gallery will be completed and ready for the public within the next two weeks, although work has already commenced and many orders filed
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

in her left arm stitched and dressed. The woman said that her husband and son had been drinking and commenced to quarrel. The son pulled out a knife ana made a slash at the old man. She jumped In between them and received the cut 1n- tended for her husband.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
O'Brien Will Get His Money.

The City Hall Commissioners, at a meeting held yesterday morning, awarded So 4sO to 6 . S bd qBTien contractor It for the the the work. It is expected that the entire roof will be finished by the end of the year. At the meeting of the board on next Tuesday City and County Attorney Gallagher will act for the first time as a City Hall Commissioner.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
Wanted to Go to Jail.

J. W. Collins, an old man, deliberately broke a plate-glass window at 39 Geary street Monday night. It was valued at S15O. Yesterday he was convicted of ma
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

His first love and his first shave are two of the things that occur in the life of every man which he never forgets
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

Slot Gambling Machines Raided. The police yesterday raided Al White
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

licious mischief in Judge Joachimsen's court and ordered to appear for sentence this morning. When asked by Prosecut- ing Attorney Graham why he broke the glass he replied that he wanted to go to jail.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17

Stabbed by Her Son.
 Mrs. Patrick Dolan, 407 Oak street, call ed at the Receiving Hospital yesterday afternoon. She had a long, deep wound
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
James Medd0rS, a Ql

. HORTLY after reveille at Camp Barrett yesterday, just as the sun was making its appearance
 over the foothills to the east > ward, Jonas Ury and James N.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. fBeing Assembly Constitutional Amendmen
 Nn

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Con stitution of the State. amending article eleven. by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section number five and one-half, relating to consolidated city and county governments. Tho said proposed new section to read as follows:
 Section 5h The provisions of sections four and i've of this article shall not. nor shall any legislation passed pursuant thereto. apply to any consolidated city and county government, now existing hereafter formed. which shall have become. or shall become. organized under section seven 6r secure charter under section eight Of this article.
Connecticut western news., 1898-08-25
AMERICAN ZOlLVEREiN.
Proposition to Form an Alliance of the
 United States, Mexico and Canada

Proposition to Form Alliance of the
 United States, Mexico and Canada
 City of Mexico. Aug. 24.-The Ques- tion of a North American zollverein, to include the United States, Canada and Mexico and possibly Central America, is discussed here. Mexico, in case she be- came a member, would have absolute free trade with the United States, and the Mexican Herald points out that ev- cry year the country Is more able to dispense with the duties on Ameri- can goods. as the internal revenue. thanks to the great prosperity of the country, Is increasing out of all pro- portion to the customs revenue, but suggests for the time being Mexico might have to receive some pecuniary compensation.
 The paper goes on to show that the great prosperity of the United States is due to the fact that It has between the 45 states entire free trade. a result only recently attained in Mexico.
 It Is reported that General Pando's recent visit here was not wholly for rec reation, but that he proposed to lead- ing resident Spaniards owning large tracts of land that many thousands of Spanish troops now in Cuba. being &C., customed to a tropical climate, would gladly come to Mexico as colonists. to be distributed all over the country. The government has given many liber- al charters for colonies, and public opin- ion would favor this emigration. com posed of men who are strong and accus- toned from earliest years to labor, be- ing conscripted largely from the agri- cultural class In Spain.
Connecticut western news., 1898-08-25
CONN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1898.

part for employment under the Amen- can government for the leading rebels. which was granted.
 The following were the terms under which the city of Manila surrendered to Admiral Dewey and General Merritt:
 "An agreement for the equalization of the Philippines.
 "A provision for disarming the men who remain organized under the com- mand of their officers. no parole being exacted.
 Necessary supplies to be furnished from the captured treasury funds, any possible deficiency being made good by the Americans.
 "The safety of life and property of the Spanish soldiers and citizens to be guar anteed as far as possible.
 "The question of transporting the troops to Spain to be referred to the decision of the Washington government, and the returning of their arms to the soldiers to be left to the discretion of General Merritt
 Banks and similar institutions to continue operations under existing reg ulations unless these are changed by the United States authorities"