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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
FIVE. LITTLE
BOYS STIR UP
TWO COUNTIES
Went for a Ride in a
Stolen Rig.
GEORGE ROETH'S DILEMMA
TWENTY OFFICERS HUNT FOR
DESPERATE ROBBERS.
They Are Rounded Up After a Few
Hours and Professed to Have
Had No Idea of
Crime.
TWENTY OFFICERS HUNT FOR
DESPERATE ROBBERS.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call,

L
sos Broadway, June 10.
Five lads varying in age from to II
led the police and Sherff's office Of two
counties merry dance this afternoon.
This morning George Roeth, president of
the Eagle Box Works, drove in from the
country and stayed at his residence on
Myrtle street for the purpose of changing
his camping suit for something more busi-
nesslike. He hitched his horse and buggy
before he went in, and when he returned
both were gone. Such a bold daylight
robbery astonished the police department.
This department is being reorganized, and
very properly every officer is anxious TO
make great records. The thieves could
not have gone far, as Mr.. Roeth advised
the department within a few minutes of
missing his rig.
Chief Fletcher, Captain Wilson, Chief
elect Hodgkins, all the detective force,
half the patrol force, the Sheriff's office
and the various COnstables throughout
the townships in Alameda and Contra
Costa counties were at once advised of
the crime. For several hours the search
was kept up, and at $3.50 a rig was dis
covered at Sixteenth street station in
which were five little urchins, some of
them with unenviable records, To an Of
ficer they at once confessed they had
stolen Mr.. Roeth's rig and had driven it
all around the racetrack, Blair Park and
Piedmont for five hours without even CIV
ing the animal time to drink.
When brought to the police station the
five youngsters gave their names as Tony
Luder, Alma Luder, Luther Mitchell, Wal
ter Mitchell and John Q. Dunn. Little
Luther, who is years old, was the child
who instigated the whole proceeding, even
to unhitching the horse. At the City
Prison the five young reprobates kept up
two blocks away. They declared that they
had no idea of the Nervousness of their
offense. The police department seemed to
be more chagrined at having the little
fellows on their hands than pleased at the
speedy result of the efforts to capture the
stolen nrOnertY-
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G|LP|N STILL.
WAITING FOR
contributions
Promises of Aid Do
Not Produce.
BARSTOW Is NOW SOLITARY
ALL WHO COULD NOT HELP 1T
ARE MULCTED.
Dave Bortree Says There Need Be No
Fear That the City Treasury
Cannot Hold the Vol
untary Gift.
ALL WHO COULD NOT HELP 1T
ARE MULCTED.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

90S Broadway, June TO-
Treasurer Gilpin is still exercising his
patience waiting for voluntary contribu-
uons to the treasury. Up to date the fol-
lowing is the record:
councilman Barstow returned $40.
Councilman Cuvellier attempted to re-
turn 80
None of the other officials holding office
under the charter and whose salaries can
not be reached by ordinance have yet
been affected by the economical fever
AT the same time, every unlucky individ-
ual whose salary depends upon the cur
rent ideas of the Council has had his pay
cut % per cent. even down to those whose
salaries were but $50 month.
Last April when the new government
found deficit facing it, everybody with
one accord agreed to help the situation.
A statement was circulated at the City
Hall, which was subscribed to by many
officials, setting forth their willingness to
return a quarter of their salary to the
treasury for the balance of the fiscal year.
AS soon as possible after taking their
oaths of office the City Council met and
passed a very long ordinance by the terms
OF Which the salaries of several hundred
employees of the city, including the whole
OF the Street and Fire departments and
part of the Police Department, were lib
orally cut. This ordinance met with the
unanimous approval of the Councilmep
and the Mayor, but up to date it has had
no effect except in the matter of Bar
slows $50.
1t is true. of course, that there is no
money in the treasury to pay any salaries
at this time, and this may be. urged as a
reason why the statutory officials have
not taken the dose of medicine they pre-
scribed for those who could not refrain
from taking it. This condition, however,
applied equally to all city employes-those
who have been cut and those who cannot
be reached. Nearly everybody, however,
has placed his demand on the treasury in
one of the local banks. received his money
and inopportunely forgotten that the bur-
den of helping the treasury was to have
been a common one and the honor of it
was not to be reserved for those who dare
not rebel.
Mr. Barstow has brought us 500 said
Deputy Treasurer Dave Bortree, but
there is plenty OF room in the treasury for
more. and no one need stay away on that
account"
The Free Library trustees have passed
a resolution restoring the salaries of all
it's employees to their original figures after
June 80 but no such need of comfort has
been given to any other branch of the
city government. =.
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VOTES
FOR SEWER BONDS
Overwhelming Majority of Ballots
Cast in Favor of the Propo-
81

WATSONVILLE, June 10.--A big step
in the line of progress was made to-day
in Watsonville when her citizens by an
overwhelming vote decided in favor OF
the issuance of $4,000 worth of bonds for
a sewer system.
The agitation was started by the City
Council last fall when it employed En-
gineer McCray to make an estimate on
the cost of a water and sewer system.
After he had done so the local water
company became alarmed and offered to
thereafter furnish the city free of charge
water for street sprinkling, hydrants,
park and all other municipal purposes,
which formerly had cost over S100 a
month. AS the rates to local consumers
We're very reasonable the Council ac-
cepted the proposition and eliminated the
water works proposition.
Five hundred and seventeen votes were
cast to-day for the bonds and ninety
three against them.
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LICKED ALBERT EDWARD.
James Millar Says That the Honor
BELONGS to Him

OAKLAND, June 10.-James Millar
proprietor Of the East Oakland Pottery,
claims the honor of being the first and
perhaps the only human being to lick the
Prince of Wales Millar says the incident
occurred many years ago at Portobello, a
little town on the Firth of Forth, Scot
land. 1--WE were mere kids then, and the
Prince Of Wales" says Millar, and we
dIarreled over my donkey. The Prince
wanted it, and being too young to under
stand that he could not have everything
in sight he proceeded to take 1t and
pulled me off its back. Then before he
knew it we were fighting and I came off
the victor ] guess his highness doesn't
remember that incident, but it is never
theless true"
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ON HER HUSBANDS TRAIL.
Elizabeth Lane Has Located Her De-
serting Spouse and Lily Cowan
at Santa Cruz

OAKLAND, June 10.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Lane, residing in Haywards, has started
on the trail of her husband. Thomas Lane
who, she claims, deserted her many
months ago to bask in the smiles Of Lily
Cowan. a buxom blonde of thirty sum-
mers. Mrs. Lane has just learned that
her husband and the young woman are
living in Santa Cruz, where the former is
following his trade as a blacksmith.
Mrs. Lane called. on District Attorney
Allen to-day and related her troubles. She
was given complaint in which Lane is
charged with failure to provide for their
16-year-old son. Under the law she can
she states that she will have no difficulty
in getting some one to swear to the com
plant before the Haywards Justice. She
serting spouse and make him toe tha
mark" She claims that she has been
supported by a daughter since her hus-
band decamped..
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
AN OLD FIGHT ENDS.
Southern Pacific to Abandon the Old
Broadway Slip.

OAKLAND, June 10.-The Southern Pa
cific Company has let contract for the
construction of a new slip and warehouse
between Broadway and Washington,
on land to which it claims ownership.
When completed the disputed slip and
warehouse at the foot of Broadway will
be abandoned This is the conclusion of
an old fight between the city of Oakland
and the corporation. 1t began six years
ago, when DIR. Pagdee, then Mayor, re
moved forcibly the railroads property in
the line of Broadway. The suit that fol-
lowed is still somewhere in the Circuit
Court waiting for the final disposition Of
the main water front case.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Funeral Of Christopher Mangles.

RERKELEY. June 10.-The funeral of
the late Christopher Mangles took place
this afternoon at the family residence, 1874
eterv were conducted by the Masonic
Lodge, of which the deceased was a mem
Der.
of NJ & c. Mangles, wholesale grocers, in
San Francisco.
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Alameda News Notes.
To Meet the Deficit.

BERKELEY, June 10.-The finance COM
mittee of the academic council has pre-
pared the report to be submitted to the
Board of Regents at its meeting next
Tuesday on ways and means of meeting
the deficit in the university's budget Tor
the current year. The suggestion to cut
was rejected, except that the presidents
allowance was cut from $4,000 to $4,000
The most important part of the report
deals with an increased tax on the uni
versity's immediate constituency" i. e.,
a registration fee to be levied on the stu
dents The fee is fixed at $40 per term.
and is expected to yield $24 200. The State
appropriation will yield $4,000 more than
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Funeral of James de Fremery.

OAKLAND, June 10.-The funeral of
the late James de Fremery, who died sud-
denly on a train in Colorado was held
this afternoon from his late residence on
Adeline street. Rev. Mr. Hume and Rev
Mr.. Mcclure. of st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, conducted the services, and the
pallbearers were; r. w. Snow, Albert
Miller. E. B. Pond, Lowell White, Robert
Watt D. T.. Martin, Charles D. Havens,
J. l.. n. Shepherd, Giles II. Gray, H. C.
Campbell and Henry Whittle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Hitchcock-Drum Engagement.

OAKLAND, June 10.-The engagement
was announced this afternoon of Miss
Cassie Drum to Will Hitchcock of New
York. The announcement was made at
tea given by Miss Louise Mahoney as
sisted by the Misses Laura and Mona
crellin and Miss Sara Drum.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Sharp. Practice in Tax Gathering.

IT was rather hard upon the Chicopee
Mass) snow shoveler who received Z
cents for five days work the city taking
occasion to deduct what was due it for
poll taxes with interest. 1t is said that
about $500 was collected by the city in
this way but it is doubtful if it will
prove paying move in the end 1t was
cruel, even if it was strictly within the
legal rights of the city.-Boston Trans
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

at the Thorpe mine near San Andreas may
result in Henry Wiley losing his right
leg. The young man was stopping in the
mine. In his hand was a crowbar, which
was resting at the time on his right leg.
overhead, striking the bar, which was
driven through his leg just below the
thigh inflicting an ugly wound.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
How He Won Her.

May-There is one good thing about
you, Frank When you take me to the
theater you never go out between the
acts.
is so intoxicating that 1t answers all
purposes.-Chicago Journal
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.
THE ITALIA DEN
IS NOW CLOSED

oon several occasions during the past three months
Thaa on the San Leandro road Recently made
~ adjoining
revoked This morning the Supervisors complied with the
The andap
told take Immediately
Ftchburg There
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Fire at Windsor.

SANTA ROSA, June 1O.-Fire destroyed
four business houses in Windsor, seven
miles from this city, this afternoon. The
fire started in Thompson's saloon. The
damage amounted to several thousand
dollars.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11

the estimated income from that source,
and this together with the $4,000 from
students fees will nearly cover the deficit.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
A COSTLY EGG HUNT.
George Burkhardt Jr. Breaks Both
Arms in a Fall.

ALAMEDA. June 10.-While hunting
birds eggs yesterday morning near Mar
cuse, Sutter County, George Burkhardt,
a son of George Burkhardt of the Bank
of California, met with injuries that may
permanently disable him. He had gone
to Marcuse to spend his vacation and was
taking advantage of the opportunity to
add some specimens TO his collection of
birds eggs. Burkhardt located a nest in
the limbs of a large cottonwood tree and
attempted yesterday morning to secure its
contents. He had climbed the tree and
was near the end of a limb about twenty
feet from the ground, when the branch
gave way with his weight and fell with
him to the earth. He broke both arms
between the elbow and wrist in the fall
and cut and severely bruised his face.
He was rendered unconscious, and re-
mained in that condition until found by
Marysville for medical treatment. The
Young man was brought to Alameda this
morning He was suffering great pain
and his condition is considered serious.
Official Hatchet Is Buried.
ALAMEDA, June 10.-A temporary truce
has been established between City Clerk
Lamborn and majority of the Board of
CITY Trustees. A meeting was held last
night, at which Trustees Brick, Schultz
and Miller and the City Clerk were pres
ent After discussing city affairs in gem
eral it was suggested that much more
could be accomplished if all departments
worked in harmony. This brought forth
expressions of regret for the past friction
and an understanding was reached that
the Trustees present and the Clerk should
bury the hatchet. Trustee Mackie, who
has not been on good terms with Clerk
Lamborn, was not present.
Alameda News Notes.
ALAMEDA. June 10.-Alameda Lodge
No. 40 Knights of Pythias, has elected
the following officers: E. @. Heinz,
chancellor commander; j. j. Victory,
vice chancellor; w. G. Chaplain,
Arthur Barber. keeper of records and
seal; w. ]. Short, master of finance;
Frank Hally, master of exchequer; George
MacRae, inner guard; G. Wehle, outer
guard: c. r. Johnston, district deputy.
The annual election of officers of Cali
fornia Council No. "a Young Mems In
stitute, will be held next Thursday night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
ADVERTISEMENTS. A
No Liquors-just
Good Groceries

: Country folks need paye
gno more for groceries thanZ
Getty folks. :
: We want country trade. :
tJure price list for postal. :
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California mild.
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Pound Can =
FMasonT TarRubbers 3 doz 1Oc9
3 Made from best white rubber. =
1Ginger Snaps......."..lb 1909
ZWho1e Wheat Flour 50
= lb sacks........................ .85cX
2 only the woody fibre Of wheat sepa-
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hImperialPrunes5 box 35cl
Fancy packed. Saratoga Packing Co.
& Extra large. orchard Cured. q
ASwiss chocolate a cake see
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Economical for cooking. q
SPea Berry Mocha Coffee 1b .
. B Bring it, it back ;: Equality or price 20ce
eTable Peaches. .......can 10ce
8 Eagle Brand q
eIce Cream Salt 5olb SIX 15c1
Make, freezing easy and inexpensive.
yFilbert Nuts. .............lb 10c<
Extra large finest imported
ESardines I'D lb cans 15cS
4 Biggest can ever sold for the money. .
Fine fsh-no better.
eSousedMackerel 1b can 10cg
6 Regularly 15c. 9
4Press Matches pkg 33ce
4 Long. with red holders Can't bnTTnG D
eSchepp's Cocoanut .1b 15ce
o same as in packages, but at less cost.
4 fMOTreII s Eureka F1a1n ID q
Corn fed Iowa pork. Best sugar ia
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4" Notox" "...............b bottle 5cf
4 Wild cherry phospates summer drink 4
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>SLASHE D HER
THROAT FROM
EAR TO EAR
Awful Deed of Agnes
M. Cooper.
INSANE OVER MONEY MATTERS
THOUGHT SHE WAS A CREATURE
TOO VILE TO LIVE.
customers Left the Dressmaker and
She Feared That She Had
Become a Fiend
Incarnate.
Oakland office San Francisco Call.

UahIand OtfiCe San Francisco Call,
COS Broadway June 10
pespondent over hfe's vicissitudes
financial and business reverses, and firm
ly believing that she was a sinful woman
and her usefulness on this earth had end
ed Miss Agnes NJ. Cooper. a dressmaker
ased 90 years, at 56 and 81 Playter block
this morning wrote the three short SEN
teUces given above. and then slashed her
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-11
Accident in a Mine.

SAN ANDREAs. June 1O.-An acciden
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-19
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The experiment Of making railroad
dust-proof and water proof by use Of
Grade oil has been tried during tue past
year IN the east with success. la the
West, the Burlington railroad is the first
to adept the improvement. General
superintendent Calvert has had part
of the Wyoming division OF the Bur
llngton treated with crude oil, and the
results there have been so satisfactory
that be is making arrangements TO con
llnne the work elsewhere on the system.
Two cars are specially arranged for
sprinkling the track and the roadbed
with the oil. oil was sprInkied IN the
center OF the track and on the outside
of the rails for about ive feet. One
application OF the oil keeps the track
free from dust for about one year.
The number Of hot boxes on trains il
considerably lesseued, aud the comfort
Of passengers is greatly enhanced. An
advantage found in treating the track
with oil Is that moisture will not then
penetrate through the oiled outer crust
Instead the water runs of into the
bitches NJ the side. Vegetation along
the track is destroyed by the use of oil.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-19
To Improve lhs Pead d'ortllis.

The Newport Miner says that il is
with much pleasure that We chronicle
this week. the arrival Of engineers
10 take charge 81 the work of improv
Ing the Pend d'oreille rivrr. for which
$1,000 was appropriated at the last
session Of Congress.
The largest portion. II not all Of this
amount will be expended on the Box
Canyon Ia az endeayor 90 make IL nav.
lgable. Aud from what we can learn
from parties acquainted with this por.
ton Of the river. this amount OF money
" jadiclouSiy expended, will do the
work.
With the opening of the Box Canyon
the Me,aline disiric, with its great
silver lead properties. the product OF
which are so eagerly sought for by the
various smelieTs. will at once take its
place among the prominent mining
camps Of the northwest. Several
claims In the district were patented
ycars ago and hundred OF tons OF ore
were taken ont and left on the dump,
rs its low grade would not permit the
expensive means Of transportation nee
essary TO get II out But with the run
ming OF the boats TO Metaiine these old
mines can at once commence shipping
What the opening Of Box Canyon
means to this section is not now real
iiEed. but rs the country thus opened
up is rich in mineral and timber the
benefits will be manifold.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-19
Plck Plurked Hir Patisnts.

From the Kootenai Herald we learn
that DIR. Pick Of Port Hill has skipped
the country, having yictimized inmates
Of the railway hospital and others al
that place to the amount Of about $500
If the facts are as reported, Pick must
have been most reprehensible brute
One of the victims was an inmate OF
the hospital, who was lying with both
legs broken. He secured his pay check
for $500. Another was patient who
had been injured by a blast and lost
his sight. He got his check also, the last
cent the man had in the world. ]. J
Mcdonald, cook, sent s63 with the
doctor" to this place to be expressed
TO McDonald's family, giving him IO(
for his trouble and the Doctor appro-
priated all to his own use. Among
other victims were: Sam Billings, 500
Oliver Pratt, s24; Finrow q Co. $34; q
restaurant man. s3i; and probably others
Pick was the attending physician at the
hospital.
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His Life Was Saved.

Mr.. J. V. Lilly. prominent citizen of
Hannibal. No, lately had wonderful
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la telling Of it he says: Il was
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when | heard of DIR. Kings New Dis
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