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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
MAY DEFEAT THE
WHOLE MEASURE
Rider to River and Har-
Dor Bill.
NICARAGUA CANAL PROJECT
1T HAS AROUSED CONSIDER
ABLE OPPOSITION.
An Amendment to the Appropriation
Bill That Is Likely to Delay
Much Needed Legis-
lation.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Chairman
Burton of the River and Harbor Com
mittee stated to-day that he feared the
river and harbor bill would fail to be-
come law, as the result of the action
of the Senate Commerce Committee in
adding the Nicaragua canal amend
ment.
Il am not opposed to the Nicaragua
canal" said Burton, but it is a vast
project, TO be approached with due de-
liberation and not carried along as a
rider with perhaps only a few min
utes' consideration. Every item of the
original bill was carefully scrutinized
by the committee, but it will be i'm
possible if this amendment comes back
to give it the like scrutiny in the few
remaining days of Congress or to recon-
Gle it with the original character of the
bill. Viewed from a practical stand
point the amendment creates COM
bination of opposing elements, the OPP
position to any river and harbor bill,
the opposition to any Nicaragua canal,
the opposition to this form OF dealing
with the Nicaragua canal, the oppoSl-
ton of such men as Cannon to heavy
expenditures, and the opposition of the
Senate to increase the river and harbor
items. Altogether l am seriously APP
prehensiye that these combined ele-
ments of opposition will defeat the
river and harbor bill and the Nlcara-
guam canal amendment as well.
1t is expected that test will be made
on the bill if the Senate retains the
Nicaragua canal paragraph, when 1t
reaches the House. The usual pro-
cedure would be to disagree to the Sen
ate amendments as whole and ask for
a conference. But in this case friends
of the Nicaragua canal say there Will
be a. motion either to concur with the
canal amendment or else to instruct the
House conferees to substitute the Hep
burn canal bill.
Chairman Hepburn and other mem
hers of the Commerce Committee do
not approve the form of the Senate
canal amendment, and 1t is said to
recognize private concessions. They
therefore will endeavor to preserve the
Nicaragua feature in the river and
harbor bill and yet substitute strict
government control as embodied in the
Hepburn bill. The precedents are be-
ing examined, and under these it is said
the motion to concur with an amend
ment substituting the House PROPOSE
ton for that of the Senate would take
precedence over a motion to non-con-
cur. The most recent ruling was by
Payne, who, while in the chair, held
that a motion to concur with an amend
ment took precedence over strict mo-
ton to concur and the latter over a
motion to non-concur.
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They: SEEK TO OPPOSE
:. " RECEIVER A. S. BARNEY
HIGHLAND PARK RAILWAY
-. PEOPLE UP IN ARMS.
Charges That He Has Abandoned
r.: Valuable Property While Acting
J. Secretary for Another Company.
Oakland Office San Francisco Cali

-.
=: - .-' 90S Broadway. Feb. IS.
-. z. C Sessions, 7. L. Barker and others
:,tled: q petition in the Superior Court this
- ft6rn0on TO have A. S. Barney removed
= a. RECEIVER of the Highland Park &, Fruit
=! aEe@ Railroad Company. on the ground
mat. Barney has not been managing the
-fffairs Of the company in the interest of
she. stockholders and bondholders. In
- act: petitioners charge Receiver Barney
p It'll the grossest kind Of negligence, mis-
: a: dirct:' and dereliction OF duty. whereby
.t1e..value. Of the property has deprecated
: and the. franchises rendered liable to for
: fsitlre. =:
f .g5e~ petitioners ailege that Barney has,
a 0r a long time past, refused TO operate
that: paft'of the street railroad running on
nd along Commerce street, between
81 ?Qlt.&:n station terminal and the corner
81. East TWenty-third street and Four
= teellLh avenue, d distance of eleven
BLOCKS, that he is also running the cars
= k+sMeen- Brooklyn and t'ruitpale on a
e. z All hoQE.seTvice. when the franchise calls
. tor%d fifteen minute schedule.
. slnCludEd- in the property now in charge
OF tie.-receiVer IS also the Eleventh street
franchise, cunning from Brooklyn Station
J. EIDlESss westerly along Eleventh street,
: across the estuary on bridge to the
~ srern line OF Washington street. The
:. 4ignland Park & FTultvale Company
GOWNS gin undivided one-haif interest in
This property, the other half, formerly
:QWeed by the Alameda, Oakland & Pied
Ife Oakland Transit Company, 20 per cent
of Whose capital stock petitioners believe
as owned: by the Realty Syndicate, of
which. Receiver Barney is assistant and
acting. secretary. The petitioners charge
that~ Barney has permitted the abandon
ntant :of said Eleventn-street road from
;HaErfs0n street to Washington and al
lowed eighty feet Of track TO be removed;
also. that. the Oakland Transit Company,
without. opposition from Barney. proposed
70 the Oakland City Council to abandon
the. entire Eleventh-strect franchise and
20 remove the same and the bridge across
the estuary on condition that the City
Gouncil grant the Oakland Transit Com
pany franchise on Twelfth street, which
was granted.
II is further charged that Receiver Bar
ney. has also permitted a part of the High
land Park right-of-way, extending 900
feet over private lands. to be sold for
State, county and city taxes, as yet I'M
redeemed; and that he has permitted Ger
tain cars of the Highland Park & Fruit
vale Railway 10 be withdrawn from that
line and delivered TO the Oakland Transit
Jadge' Hall has cited Receiver Barney to
arpear in court on February z, and show
- cause. why he should not be removed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
J. POURED ACID
{. / SLEEPING
HUSBANDS EYES
!. Result = of a Family
s.. +. Quarrel.
i. JEALOUS 4. OF A SINGER
MONTGOMERY FOUND WITH
=, MISS KATIE KUcKs.
His Wife, in Fit Of Rage, Visits His
.. =. Chamber ana Deliberately
.. ~: Destroys His Eye
-. -: sight,
JEALOUS OF A SINGER
MONTGOMERY FOUND WITH
=. MISS KATIE KUCKs.

'JsA !and Office San Francisco Cal,
:. :. - -. SJS Broadway, Feb IS.
:. ;>> !: vas asleep in bed early this morning
y: J.. z: my wife came in and deliberately
::&.:T so caroolic acid in my eyes"
II: MS sentence is part Of the story told
:.++aoIhn % Montgomery as he turned in
ny l3t the Receiving Hospital to-day.
- :f:}e Aontgomerys live on telegraph
: 2. ehhe. and for over a year there have
: ..2ete5n frequent quarreIs between them.
::.:'ecently Miss Katie Kucks has been fire.
: :'2.entlY seen in, the company of Montgom-
.%fEA, and this fact aroused the jealousy
~ MS wife. Yesterday afternoon Mont
kQnery and Miss Kucks were in res
"a tEaflt' together when Mrs MONTGOMERY
81 - dqeniy appeared on the scene and a
::1frriiys quarrel resulted. Montgomery
JOCK the part of his friend. and said soma
D.. $.![:p !eAsant things TO his wife. Montgom-
. cry ala not go home till l o'clock this
..Lnornins, and after a long conversation
~. ~ his. wife the unhappy affair was par
ia N patched up. Montgomery retired.
:. stepping with his two children At
i clock. this morning he was awakened by
-:slss VIE ana as soon as he opened his
''=},ss she threw carbONc acid in his face
:: IN slant contrition was shown by the
:. H.orf&an for her action, for when Mont
,: = ms cry. asked her what she had done she
::[s;Qeq: have poured acid on your
ese It W WI IL De :, al Tiight if you put
|.azen to the Receiving Hospital, and will
-. ~. certainly lose the sight OF one eye and
~ ..sslAly of the other.
-. ~,Alt3ntgonery says that as he was leav-
,.s.s The house in fearful agony TO go to
<Ic5 drug store his wife tried to pour more
!. c:s.<I on him. saying that she would fix
:t:y-lt.So' that other women would not want
:<f..;se him: Like a gentleman, Montgom-
-. 90 says his acquaintance with Katie
'..ts'tSs was perfectly proper, and he re-
- that her name should have been
&grt into this affair He does not
+:>-0E whether or not he will prosecute his
.tS!s f.. and says that he thinks she is crazy
.t.d had been drinking.
:. Miss Katherine Kucks says that her
-.Laeetfng with Montgomery last evening
:s1f$s. purely accidental, and that. having
:121etF they stepped into restaurant for
:I5lie.. cQnXersa ton. When they came out
they met Mrs. Montgomery. She says that
Mrs. MDntgomery's stories regarding her
: Are false. but admits that she has gone
o lit. several times with Montgomery. She
-:Cf6clareS that she Will every means to
et6t. Mrs. Montgomery attempts 10 in (
e 3L;Ee her character
= AGt@r:' the attack ON her husband Mrs {
- srltef6z2iery- went to her sisters resi- /
.lzrCe; and Is said to be so weak and ner- I
:.'s1s. that she cannot talk intelligently. !
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
Berkeley News Notes.

BERKELEY. Feb. 80. w. Peterson,
William Girvin and Beverly Halfway
were the successful competitors in a pre-
urinary debate held last night for the
pIrpose of selecting representatives for
me Berkeley High School TO debate
against the Oakland High School. The
slIbiect for discussion will be: Resolved,
that the United States should hold the
Philippines permanently.
r. r. Rush of North Berkeley died last
night at his residence, 1905 Milvia street.
Deceased came to California in the early
fifties and settled in Colusa County, NOV
ing to Berkeley nine years ago. He leaves
behind besides a widow one son, Beverly
Rush. and two daughters, Gertrude and
Beverly.
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Order of the Eastern Star.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 1S-The members
of the Order of the Eastern Star held a
school of instruction at the Masonic Tenn
pie to-day. Delegates were present from
The lodges of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Sa-
linas. Pacific Grove. San Luis Obispo, San
Juan, San Jose, Los Gatos. Gilroy, Hollis
ter and Mountain View; Most Worthy
Grand Mrs Partridge of San Francisco
and Most Worthy Grand Mrs. Thomas
Flint of San Juan were present. Masonic
Hall was decorated elaborately with
flowers and ferns. The sessions have been
secret This evening there was an initia-
tion followed by a banquet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
Alameda News Notes.

ALAMEDA, Feb. 1S.-The old executive
committee of the Harmonic Hall party
sffsirs and turn over the machinery of
the organization 70 the committee to be
amounted by the party's nominees:
Miss Jane Bancroft, professor of Eng
ush literature in Albion College. Michi-
gan. viii speak tomorrow morning at
The First NJ. L. Church. Miss Bancroft
10 S,aniited to be one of the most eloquent
Women orators on the American plat
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Cousins gave a fancy
drees marty last evening at their home.
1917 Ninth street The affair was in
honor of the eleventh anniversary of their
wedding =,
tan, defeated the Berkeley High School
nine to-day by a score of 13 TO II.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
MRS. BRADY DISCHARGED.
The Gold Twenties Sewed in Her HIP
Pads Were Savings of Twenty
Years.

OAKLAND. Feb 1S.-Mrs. Mary Brady,
the aged woman who had over thousand
dollars sewed up in her hip pads was dis
merged from the Receiving Hospital to-
&c tha Tunacy Commissioners deciding
pof TO recommend her commitment to, an
insane asylum Her husband arrived late
last night from Dutch Flat ana VIII take
her to her home again:
The money sewed up in the hip pads was
counted at the hospital, and there was
1920 in $40 gold pieces, which Mr; Braay
ings the past twenty years. But he re
fused to handle the gold, preferring that
keening' This money has been handed TO
John Nichols in trust.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
POSTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Cullom's Amendment to Extend the
Pneumatic Tube System Tabled.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-The Senate
spent most Of the day on the postoffiee
appropriation bill, but failed to complete
1T. After an animated discussion of the
pneumatic tube system, Cullom's amend
ment, increasing the appropriation for this
purpose and designed to extend the sys-
tenn to Chicago, was tabled.
An echo of the old star route develop
mentS was heard, when several Senator'S
criticized the methods by which a com
bination of spectators secured the star
route contracts.
A number of bills of minor Importance
were passed early in the day.
AT o'clock tributes to the memory
Of the late Representative Simpkins of
Massachusetts were pronounced.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
comnanv G will Reorganize.

AT.AMEDA. Feb. 18.-At a meeting Of
the members of Company G held last
evening it was decided to perpetuate the
Of tho massage of a bill now before the
r. .eeisiatiIre bearing on the National
Guard no definite arrangements could be
made. 1t was decided to open a roll for
Germany 60 if it is decided by the Legisla-
t1re that a company. does not already
exist here. Captain NJ. w. Simpson was
Sidnev Marshall secretary. The follow
ing committee was selected to make ar
raneements for the Eighth Regiment
hand concert TO be given In this city: Ell
iie Raw. Sergeant II. Z. Harvey, Lieuten-
ant E. S. Mcdonnell, Sergeant R. E. Hops
and r A. Pritchard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
. oakjand News items.

. OAKLAND; Feb. Is-Mary A. O'Leary
corn urt.sceel divorce proceedings to-day
gainsf Patrick O'Leary. She charges ex-
trend cruelty and asks for alimony for
Eae ssupport of herself and two minor
children: "
.rFse5 estate OF Maria !. Martin has been
appraised at Sill, 224. con- isting OF OAK
. land ;-,d San Francisco realty and stocks
: and bonds The estate of Helen Fletcher
Cornwall has also been appraised at
Sss. 70. consisting of realty in Alameda
Celissa; and Santa Barbara Counties.
Mary Clark to-day fled suit for legal
separation from James G. Clark. alleg-
ing desertion as the ground for her cause
Of action.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
PRICE OF A LIFE.
Mrs. Gillian Sues Her Husbands
SLAYER for Damages.

CARTHAGE, Mo. Feb. 1s.-Mrs. Cora
Gillian. widow of W. j. Gillian, to-day
fled suit in the Circuit Court asking for
$500 damages against j. D. McCrillis, for
the killing of her husband last December
The McCrillis- murder case will probably
be tried at the March term of the Circuit
Court and the damage suit will come up
at the same term McCrillis killed Gillian
and Mrs McCrillis. Both are well known
in Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
Where to Go washington's Birthday.

Cross the bay. take broad-gauge cars
to Broadway Station. Oakland, visit the
new and elegant Palm Garden, 9O5 to 909
Washington street Mr.. Felix Wirbser,
the genial proprietor. announces a grand
(evening before Washington's birthday.
All lovers of music and good cheer on
both sides of the bay cordially invited.
Handsome family apartments. Mr. Wirb-
ser was II years caterer of Harmonic
Hall Alameda.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
CROWDED CARS ARE
GROUND TO PIECES
Railroad Horror in Belgium in
Which 81 Persons Are Killed
oDd LOO Injured.

G BRUSSELS, Calais having
al ret, lear
afterward the Mons dashed at full speed
said that owing to the fog the engineer OF the
signals
thesecar
of
manged of the
the
express terrible Disagreement
9 appalling.
r.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
KILLED BY HIS PARTNER.
George Avery, a Reno Mining Man,
Shot Near WadsWorth

RENO. Feb. 1S.--George Avery. a well
known Reno mining man, was shot and
killed by his partner, named Reed, this
morning at the Olinghouse mines, about
ten miles from Wadsworth. Reed claims
the killing was the result of the acciden-
tai discharge Of his rife. He has sur
rendered to the Wadsworth authorities,
the Reno Sheriff has gone after him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
MAJOR oTERo HAS AN HEIR.
Managers OF the Hotel in Which the
Babe Was Born Are Jubilant.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Mrs. r. B. Otero,
wife of Major r. B. Otero. first New
Mexico Volunteer Infantry, and sister-in-
law of Governor Otero of New Mexico,
gave birth to a son at Wellington Hotel in
this city yesterday. AS 1t Is the first
hotel the management is more enthusiasts
tic. if that were possible, over the ar
rival of the youthful guest than are those
more immediately Interested in his well
fare. and promises to do something hand
some for him If he is christened "Welling-
ton"
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csreen Held for Bigamy.

OAKLAND. Feb. 18.-John Green, late
roenaber of Battery B, Heavy Artillery,
was held to answer before the Superior
Court to-day by Police Judge Smith on
fixed f in the sum of $1,000, in default of
which Green went TO the County Jail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
M. snbarnnan's Sudden Death.

q OAKLAND. sTe5. 1S.-Morris Scharman a
-well Hnswn broadway cigar, dealer died
sGtldenIy this afternoon at his home 572
Fifteenth street Death was due to fatty
d.era'n6ration of the heart. Deceased was
q p.stive OF Mischkolz. Hungary. aged SO
years, and has been III business here Tor
tsE list twenty-five years. he leaves a
Widow: and three children, Herman, Sig
mind AID .IessiE Soharnan.
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cnl1ided with a Dredger.

OAKLAND. Feb. 1s.-The big dredger
at work in the creek sustained a severe
Jolt this afternoon, a steam schooner coll
iiding with 1t. The dredger sustained
some damage, but the schooner was soon
ON its way
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
Death of Achille stefanoni.

OAKLAND, Feb. 1s-Achille Steffanoni.
the weIl-known 1eweler, died at II o'clock
tonight at his home on Hamilton place
after a sickness of nearly five months.
Deceased was a native of Milan, Italy,
aged 81 years and months. He came to
this city in 1874 and was a member of
Live Oak Lodge. F and a. NJ. and the
Oakland Druids. He leaves a widow
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Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal. J. Noonan. 101T-1e2S Mission.
Some people can berate if they can't be
President.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

S easy to be manly, as feeble, unnamed
neglect, continues to suffer from Lost
Manhood or Varicoceie, there is not the
shadow of an excuse. Sexual Weakness
does not cure itself 1t grows rapidly
worse from week to week. 1t makes no
difference what caused your weakness
bad habits IN youth, excess, overwork or
business troubles
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Etmumct1J.
NEW YOKK STOCK MlEHEY.

Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations
On tie New York Stock Exchange, reported
by Prince & Whitley, Brokers, 10 Center
street, New Haven.
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instrument working indoors, and had
an interview with Mr.. Short, who took
the apparatus to pieces in his presence.
The simplicity of the discovery is, per-
haps, the most important part of the
invention. Without divulging any de-
tails which it is necessary to keep Sc
cret until the patents now applied for
in different parts of the world have
been granted, it may be stated that the
apparatus consists of monograph
with special cylinders and bearing a
funnel-shaped mouthpiece.
Most persons have heard with tubes
in their ears the records of the phono-
graph. The new instrument gives
forth the musical and vocal sounds in
such volume as to be almost deafening
in an ordinary sized room, and. as Mr..
Short showed, he could increase this
volume at will.
MY instrument he said, twill work
distinctly and with satisfaction over
two miles, and this I have actually
proved. 1t is only six months since I
returned to England, but the expert
ments made in that time convince me
that the voice can be conveyed over
treble that distance with ease. My
first idea of its use was for ship cap
tains when in heavy fog at sea, or for
ships passing each other at night at q
distance when their lights only were
visible. Now, however, 1 realize that
telephones can be made by the new
nd-magnifier to amplify speakers
voice so that it will fill the largest hall.
This will allow of a political speaker or
professional vocalist entertaining three
or four audiences seated in halls wide
apart at one and the same time.
In time of war the admiral in COM
mand will by means of my invention be
able to issue his own orders by word of
mouth to the different ships of his
squadron. Lighthouses may speak to
ships in dangerous positions, and the
vessels themselves communicate in the
same way with the coast by aid of this
invention. Crderlies will no longer risk
the.r lives. except where absolute score
cy is required, in carrying orders under
nre from commanding general to the
pattallons of his army
Just as the power Of the eye has been
increased, so that the distance between
the heavens and the earth has been
considerably decreased, so has this dis
coVery intensified the space over which
the human voice, and sound generally,
VIII traVel.'-London Daily Mail.
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A NEW MEGAPHONE.
Orators to be Audible at Distance OF
Miles.

Orators to be Audible at a Distance of
Miles.
Provisional protection has just been
granted for an invention that Is said to
carry the voice loudly and clearly for
q distance of miles.
1t is claimed by the inventor that the
fitting of his apparatus in the House of
Commons. and connecting it to Hyde
Park, would allow of thousands of peo-
ple hearing in clear tones every word
spoken in the parliamentary chamber.
This discovery of the power to mag
niiy all sounds, both Vo2al and lnslru-
mental, has been made by Mr.. Horace
l.. Short, consulting mechanical engi-
neor of New Maiden, Surrey. The in
veltor has had varied and worldwide
experience, although only a young man.
Educated at the Rsley Grammar
school, Derby, he was afterward en-
pIoyed at the Stanton Iron Works in the
Midlands, at Messrs. Crompton & Co.'S,
electricians, and ultimately at the
Chatham Dockyard, He resigned this
last position to go to Mexico as chief
engineer of the Compagnie Minerale de
Panuco. 1t was there that he brought
his experiments, with what is really a
photographic voice-trumpet of great
misunderstanding capacity, to the pitch
of what he regards as practical success.
A Daily Mail representative saw the
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NEWS FROM THE KLONDIKE RE-
GTON

Passengers who arrived on the steam
err Al XII from Alaska, some of whom
left Dawson as late as December 8, re-
port that the Chilkat Indians are ter
rorizing the white inhabitants of Pyra-
mid Harbor, near Skaguay, and have
threatened to massacre them. The In
dams all got drunk on whisky purchas-
ed from the whites. Several tons of mail
for Dawson are blockaded at Lake
Bennett, awaiting ice transportation.
The winter has been so open that Lake
Bennett remained unfrozen up to De-
cember 23. In October spectators cor
nered the butter and tobacco market at
Dawson, and since then both articles
pound.