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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
IN A BOWER OF
PEACH. BLOSSOMS
CalIa9han Byrne Weds
Mrs. Hope Ellis
-. Sherwood.

One Of the prettiest weddings Of the
season was that at high noon yesterday
which made Mrs. Hope Ellis Sherwood
and @Callaghan Byrne man and wife as
they. stood together in the parlors OF the
Palace Hotel amid a fairy bower Of
peach blossoms. palms. ferns and lilies
Only those most intimate with the fam
flies were present, as both Mr. and Mrs
Byrne desired TO have the affair as quiet
as possible.
Those seated at the bridal table com
prised; Mr.. and Mrs. Callaghan Byrne.
Hon James D. Phelan. James w. Byrne.
Mrs. A. c. Bingham OF Marysville. Mrs.
Clinton E Worden, Miss Jennie Blair,
Lawrence 5, Nassault, Mrs. Fflkins, Mr..
and Mrs Alfred C. Tubbs and Henry. ].
Croker. 81. III :: = :
The others were: Mr.. and Mrs. william
T.: Ellis, Mrs. Margaret Irvine, Governor
and Mrs Henry 7. Gage. Mrs Henry J
Crocker. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Grant
a C.. Bingham. Mr.. and Mrs. w: 3.
Tubos+ Mrs Lily Il. Colt, Clinton E. Wor-
den Judge and Mrs. e VI. Ross. Miss
Mr.. and. Mrs. W. II. Davis of Los An
geIes. Walter B. Cooke. Mr.: and Mrs I
S. -Tobin, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul r Jarboe
Mrs. W. H Croker. Mrs VI. V. Baldwin,
Mr. and Mrs. E. r. Dimond Mrs. George
Hyde, Walter L Dean, Daniel NJ. Ham
Ion. Miss Daisy Ryan, Rev. Father Wv
man, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bushnell of Los
Angeles, and Hon. Guy. Barham of Los
Angeles.
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n.
Informs

they will receive most of their money.
Several of the directors have assured
them they will not lose a cent. Their at
torney is waiting to see what the meet
ing Of the stockholders on the 18th inst.
will result in Now that proceedings
sioners TO force the bank into insolvency
they realize things will move along
slowly.
The attorneys for Howard. whose wild
speculations in fruit are said to have
brought on the bank failure. said this
client be declared bankrupt would not
be ready for fling before the last Of the
week AS yet they would give no esti-
mate OF Towards liabilities or assets.
The directors of the Union Savings
Bank have called another meeting for
Saturday. At that time further steps Will
be taken to relieve the Indebtedness of
the institution.
A transaction that appears large on It's
face but really amounts to very little, is
the transfer of mortgage for S149.715 by
Ward Wright to the Union Savings Bank.
This mortgage was given by I. j. Henry
to the late James T. Murphy and assigned
TO Ward Wright by Murphy to secure
loan of $4,000. Murphy was to be given
the money in monthly installments of $500
and he had drawn but few. of these
when he. died. Consequently the. mort
gage which is one of the banks gilt
edge: securities, will amount to- a few
Thousand dollars as the banks assets.
The mortgage is secured by the Santa
County. Papers were sent there for Ill
ing to-day. =.
Ant. Frfant, director of the bank, to-
day assigned to the Union Savings Bank;
"a. mortgage from Mary and II. NJ. Wolfe
for s25H.
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TRANSPORT VALENCIA
BRINGS SOLDIERS HOME

The transport Valencia. thirty-three
days from Manila. reached port last night
and anchored OF the Barge office. She
brought up ninety-nine passengers. in
Guiding several ladies and civilians be-
sides soldiers
When the vessel left Manila there were
q number Of sick soldiers aboard her,
but despite the rather rough trip the In
valids recovered on the way over and
were able to be on deck last night. The
ladies on the Valencia are all wives of
army officers and only left when advised
10 do so by their husbands, who feared
trouble with the insurgents, Mesdames
Franklin NJ Kent. s.. o. L. Potter and
G.. H. Gale are the lady passengers. Mrs.
Gale is accompanied by her three chill
dren, who are Ill. She and the other la
dies speak in the highest terms of the
treatment accorded them by Captain
Lane.
Among the California boys who return
ed on the ship are: Privates Schmitz
Colmesniel, Masters. Miner Matthews
and Thorington c. Chase of the Hospital
Corps. The boys unanimously expressed
themselves as being very much dissatis-
fed with the food furnished them by the
steward. They claim that putrid meat
was served throughout the voyage and
that for second class food they were
charged first class prices.
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WARD WRIGHT'S
gGRnU NfErEN
LAND ATTACHED
-.:.
Judgment Obtained by
Fiacro Fisher.
Special Dispatch to The can.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 14-All the available,
property Of h. Ward Wright, eX-presi-
dent of the Union Savings Bank; is now
tied up with liens and just how the
banker. intends to- pay the assessment of
SO a share on. each of his 525 shares of
stock IS a question deposttors are asking
each other. Ever since the failure he
has reiterated his desire to deed all his
property to the bank for the benefit. of
the creditors, but no effort was made to
do so until yesterday, and it looks as
though it was resorted to then only to de-
feat other creditors. Yesterday Attorney
F. B. Handy, for Fiacro Fisher, OBJ
tanned judgment against Ward Wright
for s2257 20. This judgment was origi-
nally given in the suit of Fisher against
u. NJ. Murphy. Wright was on Muir
phys bond in the attachment for $1,000.
1t was never settled, however and Fisher
came back on Wright for satisfaction.
Judgment was obtained at 1880 O'Clock
in the forenoon. At o'clock in the after
noon Wright decided eighty-two acres of
land near Wrights station. in the Santa
Cruz mountains, to the Union Savings
bank A few minutes later Attorney
Handy fled an execution against this
piece of property and steps will be taken
at once to have the place sold to satisfy
the lien. The deed will not hold. as
Judgment was obtained before the deed
was given.
A few days ago Wright's residence on
North First street was attached on an
action in Tulare County to secure pay
ment of note for $4,000. This ties up
all his property. and it is not plain to
depositors and stockholders how he can
realize $3.50 to meet his assessment
Wright will not be the only stakeholder
who will fail to make good his share OF
the Indebtedness. During the past few
days many of the stockholders have filed
homesteads or decided away their places
In order to secure any money from them
suits will be necessary, but in the: end
II is certain they will be compelled to
pay up their pro rata =.
The depositors are now convinced that
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE great
storm has practically disappeared off
the northeast Canadian coast after a
combination of snow and high winds
that must hereafter. stand as a record
for almost the entire Atlantic coast re-
gton.
With the exception Of limited terri
tory in the Southwest, and the eastern
portion Of the Northern slope, there has
been general and decided rise in the
temperatures. and they are once; more
above the freezing point west Of the
Mississippi River, in Florida and in the
Gulf states, except Northeast Alabama.
They still continue comparatively low
in the Atlantic states.
The interruption to railroad traffic
caused by the storm still continues.
Not a through train ON the Pennsyl-
vania, Baltimore and Ohio or Southern
roads has reached the city to-day zip
TO 1890 o'clock tonight. All the COM
panies are putting forth their best eff
forts, however, and confidently expect
to resume through business north and
south tomorrow. The Pennsylvania
started a train for New York at 4:30
to-day and the other lines expect to
get trains out before morning.
The storm suspended a large part Of
the business of the. city and also many
social functions. The President to-day
ordered that the reception to the gem
eral public which was TO have been held
tonight be postponed until the weather
is more suspicious. Coal has gone up
over a dollar a ton. Eggs have ad-
vanced from Is to so cents a dozen
pork has gone up:7 cents a pound: Irish
potatoes have jumped from IS to IS
cents, and vegetable prices have adj
vanced IS per cent
PHILADELPHIA, Feb: 1.-THE gen
eral railroad: conditions tonight show
considerable improvement, both locally
and throughout: Pennsylvania. The
Pennsylvania railroad to-day succeeded
in raising the snow blockade on all its
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NEGRO CONVICT
CH0KES A GUARD.
Desperate Encounter at
San Quentin.
RANDoLPH's cLosr CALL
ALMOST MURDERED BY AN EN-
RACED PRISONER.
Assistance Comes in the Nick of
Time, and His Assailant Is
Beaten Into Insensi-
bility.
ALMOST MURDERED BY AN EN-
RACED PRISONER.
Special Dispatch to The Call

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Feb: a.
One of the most desperate and exciting
encounters in the history of the prison
took place Sunday morning, when
Guard S. l.; Randolph nearly lost his
life at the hands of an infuriated con-
Wet named Luis Rivas. Rivas was
dubbed into insensibility and Warden
Hale had to station extra guards all
over the yard in order. to keep the other
prisoners from becoming unruly:
Rivas is a negro who is serving a
life sentence for a burglary committed
in Los Angeles. He is of herculean
proportions and has caused serious
trouble on. many occasions because of
his savage, intractable nature.
On Sunday morning line was
formed, in charge of Guard Randolph,
to march the convicts into the prison
chapel. Rivas was out of his regular
position; and, when. told to get into his
right place, replied with an oath. The
guard took hold, of him and received a
blow between the eyes. that knocked
him down and partially stunned him.
He pluckilY returned to the fray, how
ever, and dubbed the African into sub
Taking the prisoner by the arm, Ran
dolph started for the dungeon. They
had hardly taken dozen steps when
Rivas closed with the guard, and a
fierce struggle ensued. Randolph is a
strong man, but little by little the ne
gro forced him. TO the ground, and,
frothing at the mouth in his rage, tried
to choke Randolph. The other convicts
stood calmly by and offered no assist
ance. -.
At this critical juncture. Captain of
the Yard Edgar caught sight of the
negro with his knee on his victims
chest. Yelling for assistance. he: ran
toward the murderous convict. =.
Guard Henry Moller was first to the
scene and at Captain ..Edgar's excited
command to hit .Rivas he. struck the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
AMATEUR BURGLARS
MAKE A POOR SHOWING

WOODLAND, Feb. 14-Burglars entered
the Office of the Sierra Lumber Company
last night and made an unsuccessful at
tempt 10 open the big Office safe. En-
trance was effected by prying open q rear
window. a shovel being used for that pur-
pose The burglars were evidently anna
teurs, and their ignorance of the usual
methods employed to open a safe is amaz-
Ing. They first knocked off the ornaments
on the hinges, probably expecting that the
big door would then fall away of its own
weight. They next broke of the knobs
and took on the combination dials of the
outside door. There is no evidence that
any attempt was made to drill through
the door or blow up the combination, and
the burglars evidently gave up the lob
after removing the outside dials
After leaving the Sierra Lumber Com
pany's office the burglars made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to effect an entrance to
the West Valley Lumber office. They
tried to force the rear door and window,
but failed. Mr.. Lyford picked up near
the window a Ratchet which belongs TO
the Sierra Lumber Company.
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A MENAcING BLAZE.

A fire which threatened destruction TO
much property broke out in the block Of
one story buildings on Market street, be-
tween Twelfth and Brady. owned by the
Hobart estate. about haIf-past II o'clock
last evening. The blaze originated in the
rear Of. Shaw's blacksmith shop where
about 100 tons Of alfalfa hay belonging TO
party named Brandenstein was stored.
IN short time the entire hay stack was
reeking flames into the air and the black
smith shop was ablaze. The fire spread
to two unOccupfed dwelling houses, but
was got under control by the Fire Depart
ment, which lost no time in getting to the
scene. Had the fire gained a little more
Roadway the entire block would have
been doomed to destruction as the houses
are frame structures and are close to
enc another.
Considerable excitement prevailed In the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
KELLoGG's SUCCESSOR !.
STILL REMAINS UNNAMED

The Board Of Regents of the State Uni
versitv met in regular session at the Hop
kins Institute of Art at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Regents Kellogg, Den
icke, Phelan, Houghton Miller, John h.
Budd, Hallidie, Kirk, Foote, Slack. klein
stein and Phelps were present. In the
absence of Governor Gage, Regent Tim
.othy G. Phelps was called to the chair.
Superintendent of Public Instruction kirk
for the first time since his tncumbency
in office was presented to the board
The report Of the president of the uni
versity was first read and accepted, after
which the board accepted the resignation
of A. L. Lengfeld, professor OF materia
medica and medical chemistry The COM
mittee on AGRICULTURAL experiments in its
report embodied q recommendation that
q reduction be made in the number OF
outside experimental stations and that
the Flood mansion at MEMO Park be utf-
.lized as the central station. Inc recon-
mendation was. concurred in.
:: shortly after 2 clock the board went
into executive session and sat for an
hour. When the doors were again thrown
omen the subject of plans and specifica-
tons presented by .Coriett & McCaw,
architects: for the proposed Wtlmerding
cost of a temporary building would ap-
proXimate S26, 600, Of which $1,000 would be
expended in the. construction OF tounda-
ton The architect stated that 5000 ad
CitfonaI would construct a temporary
structure of brick, but as IT was the in
tention of the board to permit the cree
ton of q temporary structure costing in
the neigh borhood of SIS, 600 and permit the
students 10 erect permanent one when
thew had become sufficiently Xersed. in
the art of handling tools, some discussion
arose as to the acceptance OF the archi-
tects plans in their present condition.
!,
was too large to eXpend on the. temporary
structure but II was argued on the other
hand that the building would be set back
on the lot and could be used for store
rooms and would in no manner interfere
with monumental structure.
A question then arose as TO a fire wall
to divide the building The matter was
finally disposed OF by referring It back
10 the committee composed of Regents
Schwartz. Phelan and DenickeJ, with the
request that the report be resubmitted
at special meeting to be held on Feb
ruary IS.
A communication was read from Gov
ernor Gage, requesting that the selection
of a president to succeed Kellogg be de-
ferred until after the close of the legis-
lative session. The board took action ac-
eordingly-
may be used by the university militia
for the purpose of purchasing ammuni-
ton for target practice. ~. --.''-:
Members of the board will: be chosen to
act upon the committee of the Pacific
Ocean Exposition, in accordance with an
invitation from the managers of the ex-
position. -.
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CRABB
says HIS WIFE
WAS A SCOLD

SAN JOSE, Feb 14-No divorce trial
in recent years has caused such wide
spread interest as that which is now
being heard before Judge Kittredge.
Seldom, If ever, has the spectacle of a
minister of the gospel weeping while on
the witness stand been presented to the
residents Of the Garden City or else
where. Yet this occurred to-day dur
ing the taking of evidence in the case
Of the Rev. w. D. Crabb of the Meth
odist Episcopal church against his wife,
Hattie A. Crabb. DR.. Crabb is the di-
vine who is charged by his wife with
having indited and dedicated burning
effusions to a choir girl, and to-day her
name and the names Of other promi
nent women were uttered from the lips
Of the plaintiff in divorce suit which
promises to equal in sensations any
that already have been tried in this
county
Carrie Perry Is the sweet singers
name, and she resides in Gilroy. where
DR.. Crabb once ministered to the wants
of a large flock. Her. name was fire.
quently repeated to-day. First, J. c.
luck, a well-known real estate dealer
and a prominent member of the Meth
behalf of the minister. mentioned it.
and the secret of the name of the
woman to whom the doctor addressed
his sonnets was out. Again the name
was given prominence by D. w. Bur
chard, attorney for the plaintiff in
reading a. letter from Mrs. Crabb to her
husband, in which she threatened to
sue Miss Perry for alternating her hus-
bands affections. The doctor took I'D
the echo and the name of the songstress
was banded back and forth by the
counsel and the sanctimonious witness.
Spicy testimony occupied the atten-
ton of the court and the spectators, the
latter mostly women, until 5 o'clock
Mrs. Crabb sat between her counsel, NJ
c. Hassett and Walter ]. Thompson of
San Francisco, and Mrs H A McCor-
mack. through whose efforts she was
released from an insane asylum. Dur
ing the proceedings she intently studied
her husbands face. She is a frail lit
tie woman and shows signs of Sleep
less nights and great suffering. Low
ing the man who would rid himself Of
her. she denies his right to separation
Although in her jealous moments she
has accused him of much. she evident
ly loves him TO distraction.
Rev. Mr.. Crabb took the witness stand
this afternoon and treated all present
to a salacious recital. In narrative
form his testimony was as follows:
l am the Rev W. D. Crabb. a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church I was
appointed to the Office of elder by con-
ference sometime in 1888. Ny present pas
torate is On Fifteenth avenue, South San
Francisco Eight years ago / came to
this county TO reside.
Shortly after was appointed principal
of the University of the Pacific I noticed
my wife was inclined to criticize the lady
teachers, and l had not been in my posi-
ton a year when she began to interfere.
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She followed me around and watched m,
every movement When we were alone
she would call these. teachers the harsh
est kind Of names. Not satisfied with be-
slowing epithets on these ladies, she
would call me the vilest kind of. names
She manifested an i'll VIII TO these ladies
and would not notice them. If at my ia
bic my assistants handed her anything
she would refuse to accept il. If I were
aided she would look daggers at me. One
day after prayer meeting a lady shook
came close TO me and Kissed You nasty
thingr I conducted mysef in my treat
ment OF the ladies with the greatest pru-
dence. 1 wanted to save Mrs. Crabb the
embarrassment, and myself also.
The teachers were conscious of the way
she treated them. Her seedlings would
be continued until the middle of the
night She used to strike me. and on one
occasion she broke a dish over my head.
She got razor and tried to brighten me.
She was constantly charging me with I'M
faithfulness, and things became so lad
that l was unable TO do my work, and the
board of trustees asked for my resigna-
ton.
The witness then detailed instances
of his wife's violent temper while they
We're residing in Gilroy. He spoke OF
her charges against him, with which
the names Of prominent women were
connected. He claimed that through
her unkindness many left the church.
A number of sensational letters writ
ten by his wife were read. In these
epistles Mrs. Crabb importuned her
husband to lead a better life. and
begged him to let her return to her
home.
J. C. Zuck of Gilroy. Miss Annie NJ.
Mayne, an ex-teacher of the, University
of the Pacific, and Earnest Grigg, q
student at that institution, testified on
behalf of the minister. Tomorrow DR..
Crabb will be cross examined at length
by. Attorney Hassett, and a warm time
is anticipated.
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PERKINS WILL NOT ~.
MIX UP IN THE MUSS

WASHINGTON, Feb 14-Senator Per
kins was informed Tonight that he had
been roasted" by the Sacramento Rec
ord-Union. which paper alleged that he
was trying 70 hold up the proposed Sena-
torial caucus. He said:
1T would be presumptuous for me to
volunteer any advice to the California
Legislature in the selection of my COL
league. Friends of the various candidates
have telegraphed me requesting my sup
port. but I have invariably replied that
Il would be in exceedingly bad taste for
me TO take any part in this contest. I
haye too keen an appreciation of the hon
or conferred upon me by the Legislature
which twice elected me United States SEN
ator on the first ballot. to volunteer any
suggestion 30 1t now. especially as it has
taken fifty ballots without coming to any
conclusion. II necessary. l will do my.
best 10 represent the interests OF Califor-
MA single-handed and alone. but l. will
certainly not presume to offer any advice
OF any suggestion as TO Senator Whites
successor" --
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BARRED A MULATT0
FROM HIS RESORT
Cafe Compelled to Close
the Place.

HAVANA, Feb. 14.-Holman's Wash
fngton Cafe in the Central Park has
been ordered closed by Senior Federico
Mora, civil governor of Havana, be-
cause of the refusal of the proprietor
to serve drinks to mulatto, the Cuban
General Ducasse. Several friends of
Ducasse were seated in the cafe TAX
ing refreshments when he happend to
be passing, and they called him to join
them. Mr.. Holman, however, refused
to serve. him.
AS the existing Spanish laws pro-
hibit race distinctions, Senior Mora, to
whom complaint was made, consulted
Major General Ludlow, military gov
-ernor of the Department of Hanava,
as to the action to be taken. General
Ludlow told him to enforce the law.
and Senior Mora informed Mr.. Holman
that unless he wrote a letter of apology
to Ducasse the cafe would be closed.
Mr.. Holman: declined to write the let
ter, and Senior Mora issued the closing
order.
Mr.. Holman, who is. an American,
says he will reopen, claiming that he is
sustained by the American authorities.
It is. considered that the controversy
will raise the: race question.
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One Of the best known men in Mitchell
County is rejoicing in the fact that after SUI
fering thirty-three years with a dangerous rlIp-
ture was finally cured by the system invented
by DR.. W. s.. Rice. Adams, ". Y Mr. Blaudin
is never so happy as when relating the story of
his cure. Fer the greater part Of his life he
was laid UP in bed: his rupture being so large
that he could not find a truss TO hold IL until
he learned Of the DR.. Rice method Mr. Blan-
din tells Of a near neighbor of his who was
also ruptured and for whom Mr.. Blandin sent
for the Rice treatment The day Il arrived
this neighbor was suddenly stricken with a
suangulated hernia; two doctors and a half
dozen men held him down. the pain being so
intense that he was out Of his mind. Mr. Blan-
din arrived on the scene Just in the nick OF
time. and a few minutes after the patient had
revived from a powerful dose Of chlOroform. the
Rice system was put on, they had him up and
dressed and he walked out TO MS barn The
circumstances OF these two cures attracted wide
attention throughout the State. DR.. Rice has
recently prepared a book giving a full descrfp-
ton of his method 1t is q home cure at
very small cost, and best Of all 1t cures without
pain, danger, detention from work or incon-
venience OF any kind Readers should send for
this book and mail II to any one they know TO
be ruptured- Such act OF 4..ndness VIII be
worth q great deal 20 those who suffer from
rupture. Write to Dr. ". s. RICE AAA Asta
street, Adams, u. X