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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
WOULD SETTLE
TRANSFER WAR
Los Angeles Citizens Are Still
Fighting Streetcar Companies
for a Coveted Concession
CALL ON COURTS FOR AID
Mandamus Proceedings Brought
Against Officials of Roads
May Bring Matter to Issue

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 12-Another
action in the fight of residents of the
East Ninth street district of the city
against the Pacific Electric and Los
Angeles Railway companies for trans
fers has been taken in the suit Of D. s.
Reynolds, who has brought suit Of
mandamus against the officials of the
two roads to compel them to issue him
transfers. The action was filed before
Judge Conrey Of the Superior Court
and il is expected that he will rule on
the matter within the next day or two.
Judge Conrey this morning granted
the writ of mandamus asked for and
set the date Of hearing for next Friday.
The order Of the court cites the defend
ant companies to appear in court on
that date and show cause why a per-
manent order should not be issued COM
pelling them TO issue transfers to and
from the East Ninth street car line for
the payment Of one fare.
This will have the effect Of bringing
the heated controversy which has ragged
for several weeks between the residents
Of the East Ninth street district and
the street railway companies over the
question OF transfers to an immediate
issue.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
SAYS SCHEME
IS BIG FRAUD
San Jose Superior Judge Makes
a Scathing Criticism of a
Get Rich Quick Enterprise
THROWS OUT AGENTS CASE
Declares California Deposit and
Maturity Company to Be
a Raw Swindling Scheme

SAN JOSE, Feb 12-Get- rich quick
schemes received a scathing denuncia-
tion from Judge Rhodes in the Superior
Court to-day in the suit of James Nc
Holme against the California Deposit
and Maturity Company to recover COM
missions due as agent. McHolme had
been selling bonds for the company and
he claimed there was $171 due him as
commissions. The case was thrown out
Of court and costs not allowed to either
party. The court held that the agents
OF the company were engaged in an un-
lawful and nefarious business and had
no standing in court. The company
was denounced as engaged in a swind
ling scheme and the sale of the bonds
as being on a par with the sale Of gold
bricks. McHolme's position was lik-
ened to a party appearing in court TO
receive his share of loot from the sale
of gold brick. Judge Rhodes said:
The face Of the bonds and the matters in
dorsed upon them and the testimony to the
amount and condition of the funds OF the COM
pany satisfy me that the scheme is a fraud;
that It was got UP and is being conducted
FOR the purpose OF swindlng the feeble minded.
the thoughtless and the visionary. and such
is contrary to all consideration Of public
policy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

and the splendid mansion on Mob Hill
has been transformed into a veritable
fairyland. The Searles gallery is deco
rated in pale yellow and violet, an
enormous canopy extending the length
of the room, from the center of which
hangs a chandelier Of myriad lanterns
in the carnival colors--red and yellow.
The boxes at each end of the hall are
draped in Oriental rugs and festoons
of redwood greens add to the decora-
tive effect.
The house gallery is treated in much
the same style. It's walls are studded
with myriads Of lights and from the
center of the ceiling hangs golden
globe decorated with great red pop
pies. At the head of the grand stair
case is fawn embowered in water
reeds and lighted with incandescent
lamps.
One of the great features of the car
nival will be the Egyptian pageant,
which is being prepared by the art
students and alumnae of the institute.
A gilded allegorical figure has been
constructed, which will be carried on a
dais and escorted by maskers repre-
senting the priests and people of an
cient Egypt.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
Ties Placed on Broad Gauge
Track Near Santa Cruz Are
Discovered Just in Time to
Prevent a Great Disaster
TWO SUSPECTS ARE
NOW IN CUSTODY
Place Selected for Attempt
Is Near a Trestle and Only
Engineers Vigilance Saves
Many From an Awful Death
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

Z SANTA CRUZ, Feb. ia dastardly
wreck the 11:15 outgoing Southern Pa
cif1c adgauge passenger train at
Corcorans Lagoon, about two miles
from Santa Cruz. This is one of the
worst places along the road. 1t Is at
a curve, down grade and near a trestle.
A couple of ties had been wedged be-
tween the rails just before the ap-
proach to the trestle. At the place
where the ties were laid is a fill twenty
feet high and the trestle over the la
goon is about the same height. The
train was coming at a great speed.
but luckily Engineer Williams saw the
obstruction and applied the emergency
brakes.
The train ran into the ties but was
not ditched. The engine and two bag
gage cars passed over the ties, causing
a heavy Jolting before the train came
to standstin. When stopped the train
was partly on the trestle. 1t was with
some difficulty that the track was
cleared. The accident might have been
serious as the train was crowded with
passengers. At Capitola Sheriff Traf-
ton was notified and with Under Sheriff
Horton went to the scene OF, the at
tempted wreck.
1t is thought the placing OF the ties
was the spite work of some tramp put
off the train. Shortly before L o'clock
two tramps were seen near the scene
of the wreck and were placed under
arrest. They were we'll dressed. were
not inclined to talk and gave their
names as John Manning and Fred Boil
len. At present they are in the County
Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
PLAN FOR JUNIOR DAY
/ AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
President Wilfred II. Dole Appoints
Committees to Have Charge of
Festivities on March rs.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. IL.
Wilfred H. Dole, president of the jun
ior class, has appointed the following
committees to have charge of junior
day festivities Farce committee
W. r. Cole, A. w. Hooper, V. Z. Stock,
Miss Helen Lamson, Miss Olive Neal
and E. Y. Pomeroy, chairman; prom
committee-Miss Mercedes de Puma,
Miss Clarissa Eby, A. L. Trowbridge,
r. c. Bertheau, d. Tarpey, Miss Ha-
eel A. Traphagen, o. S. Lonsley and
j. p. Davidson, chairman; Junior day
committee-E. Y. Pomeroy, j. p. Da-
wilson, E. B. Favre, NJ. H. Thorpe, r.
r. Long and G.. r. Stevens, chair
man.
March 25 will be set aside as Junior
day. The prom" the class dance,
will be given on the evening of that
day and the farce on the preceding
evening. Junior day is the beginning
of the midsemester recess.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
LAND SUIT is DECIDED
IN FAVOR OF THORNTON
Administrator of the Estate of Ben
jamin S. Greene Fails TO Quiet Title
TO Valuable Property.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 1.-THE title to
143 acres of valuable land in San
Mateo County was decided by Judge
Rhodes to-day in favor of r. S. Thorn
ton. Some time ago an action was
brought by George w. Greene, as ad-
ministrator of the estate of Benjamin
S. Greene, to quiet title to the tract Of
land. Besides this an accounting for
rent of the land was also asked. The
action was based on a certain docu-
ment executed by Benjamin Greene to
r. S. Thornton in 1872. 1t was con-
tended that the document was mort
gage, though deed in form. The
court found that Benjamin S. Greene
was not the owner nor had any title
in the property at the time of the
execution of the deed to Thornton and
that the latter has held it and paid
taxes on it for years. 1t is also held
that if the plaintiff had any cause of
action it is barred by the statute of
limitation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
WINS HIS SUIT AGAINST :
EUREKA MINING COMPANY
Farm Surface of Land Leased to
Defendant Corporation.

GUTTER CREEK, Feb. 12.-The case
Of jacob VaRdament VS.. Couth Eureka
Mining Company. ex-Prison Director
Daniel f. Hayes, President Jacob H.
Neff Edward Coleman, E. C. Hutchin-
son, John Spring and Charles Griffith.
directors, was decided in the S ,perior
Court of this county to-day in favor of
the plaintiff. Judge McSorley of Gala
veras presided on account Of the dis
qualification of Judge Rust, who was
formerly an attorney in the case. The
plaintiff, Vandament, sold land to the
South Eureka Company, by agreement
ressrvirg the right TO farm the surface.
The company claimed that on the
death Of Vandament the surface would
be the property of the company. The
Plaintiff claimed the surfcce for his
heirs and the right to fa--- and that
the company would always have only
a limited use to the surface. Quite a
sensation has been caused in Amador
County by the prompt decision in favor
f the plaintiff that his heirs will re-
tain use of the surface land for culti-
walton.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
LOS ANGELES
MEETS DEFEAT
House Committee Refuses to
Concur in Bill to Provide
Funds for Federal Building
WILL BE REINTRODUCED
Resolution Is Adopted Permit
ting the Further Improve
ment of the Sacramento River
Special Dispatch to Tn. Cali.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The mat
ter of the supplemental appropriation
for the purchase of site for a Fed
eral building at Los Angeles was be-
fore the conference committee to-day
and was defeated. The Senate Com
mittee favored it, but the House Com
mittee refused to concur. The amend
ment to the appropriation bill as pro-
posed by the Senate and recommended
by the Secretary of the Treasury pro-
vided for $19,6O0 necessary under con-
demnation proceeding to purchase the
site desired. The members Of the House
Committee refused to concur on the
grounds that the action would lead to
many other amendments to which sim
liar arguments would apply. Another
effort will be made to secure an ap-
preparation through means Of sep
arate bill to be urged by the California
delegation.
Senator Perkins resolution to the ef-
feet that the surplus of last years ap-
preparation remaining over from the
Improvement of the Sacramento River
above Tehama as limited by the pro-
vision of the bill be allowed to be used
for the improvement of other parts OF
the river as may be necessary was
adopted to-day. The resolution was Of
fered in response to a communication
from the Sacramento Chamber of Com
merce.
Representative Daniels has intro
duced bills in the House similar to
those now before the Senate authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Interior to ac-
quire title to patented lands in the Sc
quota and General Grant parks.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
REPORTS ON THE DEATH
OF MACHINIST JOHNSON
Commander HeiIner Informs Navy
Department of Circumstances
Attending the killing.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Command-
er Lewis c. Heilner of the United States
steamship Yankee has reported at
length to the Navy Department the
circumstances surrounding the death
Of Machiuist Johnson on February l.
when the launch of the Yankee was
fired upon by insurgents at San Do
mingo City. His report says:
1.-The circumstances attending the
death of Johnson, machinist, second
class, are as follows: / had made ar
rangements with the Consul General
and Charge d'Affaires to send a boat
to the landing in case there was no
firing on the line, as they wished to
visit the ship. On the morning of
February l 1 received a message by
wigwag signal from the Minister to the
effect that all was quiet and sent a
petty officer with instructions to go to
the landing and bring off the Consul
When the boat entered the river the
firing was going on. The boat kept on
her way to the landing. and while
making a landing the machinist was
struck by a bullet in the brain. After
the launch had left the ship / received
a message from the Charge d'Affaires,
Mr.. Powell, informing me that the fir
ing was going on and not to send a
boat. BY the time l received the mes
sage Johnson had been wounded. 1t
is utterly impossible from the anchor
age to determine when firing is going
on in the river and depend upon mes
sages from ashore for that informa-
tiOn
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
MASSACHUSETTS, FUGITIVE
is CAUGHT IN LOS ANGELES
George E. Davis, Who Is Accused OF
Embezzling Public Funds, Is Run
to Earth in Southland.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.-George p.
Davis, for whom the authorities of
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, have
been looking for nearly a year, was
arrested here this evening as fugitive
from Justice. He is member of one
of the best known families in Middlesex
County, his father being one Of the Sc
lectmen Of the town Of Carlisle, and In
that town the prisoner held the office
of Tax Collector. Several months ago
a shortage was discovered in his ac-
counts and he fed, taking about $500
of the citys cash. His father, who was
his bondsman, made good the loss to
the city, but the Grand Jury returned
an Indictment against the fugitive for
felony embezzlement.
Davis confessed his guilt tonight and
says he is willing to return to Massa-
chusetts without a requisition. He is
a widower and has two children. Since
coming here he has been working in a
lumber yard under an assumed name.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
TRIVIAL QUARREL NEARLY
CAUSES SHOOTING AFFRAY
Former Physician to Ex-Queen LilluO-
kalani Defends Himself From At
tack and Is Arrested.


Los ANGELES, Feb. II. - Because
he defended himself from the attack
of 7. N. Fields. an athlete, by covering
him with his revolver DR.. Charles H.
English of Washington, d. c., who
made a name for himself in Honolulu
and is we'll known in San Francisco
and other large cities, was arrested
this evening on a charge of displaying
firearms in a threatening manner
After the arrest of DIR. English Fields
purchased revolver and stationing
himself at mis- mothers roOming-hOus
declared he would kill English on sight.
A policeman found him there, dis
armed him, after struggle. and placed
him in Jail without bail. The cause of
the trouble which nearly developed into
a tragedy was a trivial quarrel between
Dr. English and Mrs. Fields, at whose
rooming- house the doctor was staying.
The woman's son took up the matter
and started to throw DR.. English down
stairs when the latter drew a revolver
and with it compelled his assailant to
leave the house. Mrs. Fields then
caused the arrest of English and he
was soon released on ball When he
returned to his room he was warned
that Fields had armed himself and
threatened to kill him on sight. A
policeman was summoned and Fields
was arrested English says he will
prosecute him vigorously for threaten
ing to murder him.
DR.. English became prominent in
Honolulu as the private physician to
ex-Queen Liliuokalani. He is well
known to prominent Washington peO-
pie and has held some responsible pro-
farsiO1al r1OSifionS
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

The local officials of the Southern
Pacific Company last evening denied
all knowledge of any unusual Incl
dent along the route between here and
Santa Cruz during the day. Master of
transportation Richardson declared
that he had had no report from Santa
Cruz regarding the finding of ties on
the track of the local and remarked
that if anything of serious character
had happened the fact would have
been called to his attention.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
CHICO POLICE ARE STILL
SEEKING GIRLS SLAYER
Every Young Man Ever Friendly With
the Unfortunate Eva Moak Is I'm
der Police Surveillance.

CHICO, Feb. 12.-The mystery sur
rounding the killing of Eva Moak last
Tuesday has not been cleared. nor
have the officers secured the slightest
clew. They are now following the
method of elimination. Every young
man who had kept company with the
girl or paid her special attention Of
any kind is being looked up or his
whereabouts at the time of the MUIR
der being ascertained. The funeral of
the murdered girl took place this
afternoon and was largely attended.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

the Senator's room, and he was sup
posed to be sleeping. ~
At 2:1O am. Mr.. Dover, Senator Han
mas secretary, said the Senator was
sleeping. DR.. Fulcher, he reported, did
not look for any change before morn
ing, though the patients temperature
might rise from time to time, in which
case it would be reduced by sponge
baths.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
Miner Is Badly Injured by Explosion

AUBURN, Feb. 12.-John Cooper. a
miner, was badly injured last night in
the Boulder mine near here by the
explosion of giant powder cap. His
neck and arms were severely burned
but he will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

No less than Ill officers of the British
army have qualified as interpreters in
the Russian language, eighty-three Of
whom belong to the Indian service.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13

The Hopkins Art Institute is almost
ready for the Mardi Gras carnival,
which takes place next week. For
many days decorators have been busy
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
OXYGEN is ADMINISTERED.

The first indication outside OF the
sick room that Senator Hanna had
taken a turn for the worse was when
= messenger was rushed in haste 10
a drugstore. It became speedily known
that ne had gone for oxygen. Mrs.
Hanna was out driving at the time,
but when she returned she was prompt
lv advised OF the change that had taken
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
WATCHING FOR CHANGE.

At 11:15 tonight President Roose-
welt sent a personal message Of in
ouiry as to Senator Hanna's condi=
tion. He was furnished copy of the
IL O'Clock bulletin issued by the physi-
clans, with the additional information
that the Senator's condition at mid
night was practically the same as be-
fore the chill.
At 2 a. m. there was no word from
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