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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
DEGREE OF DIR, LIFT, FOR
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Indiana Poet Twice Honored
When Degree of University of
Pennsylvania is Bestowed.
CEREMONY ON HOLIDAY

James whtcomb Riley left last night for
Philadelphia, where he goes on invitation
Of the University of Pennsylvania. which
will confer upon him tomorrow the de-
gree of doctor Of letters. It is the custom
of this university to celebrate Washing
toms birthday by comforting degrees on
those whom il wishes TO honor. Their GUS
tom differs in this respect from most in
situations of learning, which make the cere-
mony a feature of commencement exer-
cises.
This degree was conferred upon Mr.. Riley
by Yale University several years ago.
Meredith Nicholson accompanied Mr.. Riley
on his journey.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
MAYOR TIES KNOT
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Forgets to Collect Stipend, and
Says Its All
Free"

Mayor Hoffman performed his first mar
riage ceremony yesterday morning. The
happy couple was Ralph E. Fitzpatrick
and Miss Minnie A. Gish. The mayor, who
is an Episcopalian, discovered that he did not
A messenger was sent TO a bookstore to
procure this very necessary article before
the ceremony proceeded. The mayor was
very COOL in spite of an ordeal OF this kind,
but in some manner he forgot TO charge a
fee for his work; he said that he donated
his services because ii was his first offense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
DAY NURSERY TO MOVE
INTO NEW QUARTERS
Work of Charitable Institution
Viii Be Broadened After
the Opening.

On Monday. Feb. g. the Day Nursery will
open its new quarters at COZ East Market
street. where the work OF the nursery will
be broadened and extended.
One feature OF the new work will be
the clearinghouse plan that has been
added for the use OF children and where
they can be kept for any length of time.
II is believed that this will answer long
felt need BY the working mothers of the
city by furnishing them some place to keep
their children during the day and night
The Day Nursery will be conducted as IL
has been before In addition to the new
features.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
FOREIGNERS CLASH IN
GRAECO-GERMAN FIGHT
Rival Sausage Vendors Meet in
International Contest and Pc
licemen Act as ArbiterS.

War, without any of the glamour that is
thrown around it, was waged at Kentucky
avenue and Illinois street last night be-
tween Greece and Germany. After a short
and decisive battle Uncle Sam in the form
of two big patrolmen interviewed and the
combatants landed at police station.
Germany was represented by Peter Fink
man. who conducts a sausage stand on the
corner, and Greece was fought for by two
sons of Hellas in the persons of John
Klunges and Thomas Rosakes, who also
are in the sausage business.
Slipping by the guard of Finkman the
Greeks turned his right flank. and attacked
in force from the rear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
MUST REPORT CASES
OF TUBERCULOSIS

In accordance with the provisions of a
State law. which calls for the return to
health departments of all cases of tubercu-
lOsis by physicians having the cases in
charge. the City Board OF Health will here
after require all Indianapolis physicians to
report cases of tuberculosis. Those who
fail 10 do so will be subject to a fine. The
move is part OF the widespread crusade
against tuberculosis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Arrested On Riot Charge.

Thomas Fitzgerald was arrested last
night by Bicyclemen Lowe and Bernauer
for assault and battery and melting a
riot. 1t is believed Fitzgerald of
| the assailants of Luke Fitch, who was as
saulted by some of the strikers al the Cen
trail chair factory Friday evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Gets Divorce on Charge
of Wife'S Inhdelity

Judge Allen yesterday granted a decree
of divorce to Robert E. Bangham from
Renna d. Bangham. The grounds upon
which Bangham received his divorce decree
was the disloyalty of his wife. He claimed
that she fell in love with another roomer
at the house where they were stopping, and
with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Body will be Brought Home.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 20.-The Rev. a. Is.
Leonard. secretary of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society, of New York, has notified
the parents OF Miss Minnie Wilhoite, a
young missionary who died recently in At
rica. that the expense OF bringing her body
10 her home in Madison for burial Will be
paid by the society
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Township Primaries Held.

Democrats OF Franklin township have
nominated candidates by direct primaries
for the first time. DIR. j. w. Spicer, OF
Acton, was nominated for trustee and
Henry Hartman for assessor. Perry town
ship Democrats have nominated w y
TinkIe for trustee and Dow ". Voorhees,
fnr aooaacor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Falls from scnHoId.

While attempting to clean the paper on
the ceiling OF Georges restaurant on South
Illinois street last night, George Flanner
fell from the scaffold upon which he had
been standing and was painfully bruised
Or. Mackey took him to his home in the
Dis.ensary ambulance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
StiIz VIII Is Filed.

The will of the late Mrs. Anna Stilz was
filed yesterday, and William f., Elizabeth
NJ, George a. and Caroline X Stilz and
Anna Nj. Bogen and Francis ]. Burrow are
made beneiciarieS. Charles Il. and George
A. Stilz are appointed trustees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
APPELLATE COURT.
Minutes

Minutes
4514 John S. Crump VS.. Harriet Davis.
Johnson G. G. Appellants additional au-
thorties 90.
4OSS. p, c.. c. & St l.. Ry. VS. George
r. Mcneil. by next friend. etc. Appellant
petition Tor rehearins G).
New Suits
5166 Arthur l.. Flickner VS. Arthur
Lambert. Warrick c. c. Record As
signment of errors. Notice to Vanderburg
county.
SUPREME COURT.
Minutes
2O2S4. George 5. Gogman ct al. VS.. The
French Lick Springs Hotel Company.
Orange c. c. Appearance of Attorney NJ
3. HatteH
20lgO. c., /. & L. Ry. Co. VS.. The Town
of Salem. Orange c. c. Appellee's brief
(S).
2O263. Lovina Burch Us. Eugene Davis,
Lagrange c. c. Appellants brief 90.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-21
Auditor Completes Report.

The annual report OF Auditor of State
sherrick was issued yesterday The edi-
tion which came from the State printer is
limited 10 COO copies. and In compliance
with requests. many copies are being
mailed to different cities over the State
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
GARNETT MURDER TRIAL
SET FOR MONDAY NEXT

The case of Alexander B. Garnett,
charged with the murder of Major J..
w. McClung in the rooms of Mrs
Elizabeth HitchcOck-COit in the Pal
ace Hotel on November 20, is set for
trial in Judge LawlOr's court on Mon
day. but it is doubtful if the trial will
proceed at that time.
Attorney w. ID. Grady. on behalf Os
the defendant. filed a motion in court
yesterday for the appointment Of a
commission TO take the evidence Of
DR.. a. H. Garnett. Colorado Springs.
Colo, defendants brother. and the
Judge continued the matter until 8
o'clock Monday morning.
Grady said that a cablegram had
been received from Mrs. Colt from
Paris France. TO the effect that she
would be ready at any time to give
her testimony TO a commissioner ap-
pointed BY the court and he suggested
that the court should appoint a COM
mission. The Judge had already ruled
against appointing a commission. but
said he might reconsider the matter
on Monday morning.
Grady also remarked that Mrs. Nc
CIung was at present in San Diego and
the Judge asked if she had been sub
penaed as witness at the trial.
Grady replied in the negative and the
Judge advised LIN to do so at once.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19

and permit the great volume of storm
slickens that are now coming down
Sausal Creek to flow directly into the
tidal canal and fill up that channel,
upon which the United States Govern
ment expended nearly a million dollars
as part of the Oakland Harbor i'm
provement project. At present the di-
verting ditch conveys the Sausal Creek
debris into San Leandro Bay, spread
ing 1t over the flats south of Melrose
Between Fruitvale and High street
there are four places where the levee
against the south wall of the divert
ing ditch has fallen away, exposing the
planking and piling to the action of
the tides in the canal. The first Of
these landslides is about eight hundred
feet west of Fruitvale avenue and is
fifty feet wide. There are a number of
leaks in the bottom of the ditch at that
point and through these the water of
Sausal Creek is making its way into
the tidal canal and undermining tha
ditch bottom. There is another large
slide midway between FruitvaIe ave
nue. and High street and two other
smaller ones. In some places the soutb
wall of the diverting ditch is the onlv
partition between that channel and tba
tidal canal. Sausal Creek is now higher
than 1t has been for many seasons and
great body of water and slickens is
coming down from the hills north NJ
Fruitvale
The diverting ditch cost the limited
States Government $55,0O0 to construct
and should the bottom fall out of II in
any place 1t will be worthless as a
part of the Oakland Harbor project
City Engineer William r. Povser
who has taken a close interest in the
tidal canal since work was first com
menced on the big waterway, nearly
twenty years ago. has closely observed
the action of the tides on the banks Of
the channel and of the flood running
through the diverting ditch. With ref
erence to them he said:
/ was surprised to notice how fact ,bo -.
rents In the tidal canal have worn away tne
north-sioe bank that divides the canal fron,
the diverting ditch. 1t was originally in
tended to riprap the banks OF the canal 10
prevent them from caving and making the
channel shallow II appears now that IN this
Is not oone soon 10 the north-side bank al
least between Fruitvale avenue and Hizh
street, the narrow strip Of earth separat
ing the tidal canal from the south wall oi
the diverting ditch will be washed entirely
away, leaving nothing to separate the two
but the unsupported planking and pilInx
| With no dixie to support the south wall ,,
the diverting ditch the latter would be aImost
worthless II the hanks of the tidal can
were riprapped as they should be the diver
ing ditch would continue TO answer the Dur.
pose Tor shIcn Ga u was planned. to carry ths
Leandro Bay. As matters are q break /.
/ liable to occur IN the diverting ditch and IN,
debris VIII then flew directly into the tida
canal
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
DISCOVERS HOLE
IN THE PRISON
Bricks Removed From Foun-
datiOn Wall Until Only
the Outside Row Remains
OFFICERS ARE VIGILANT
Jail Delivery Is Prevented
and Now Double Locks
Guard the PasSageway
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
LIS RrnadwaX March Is

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
Ills Broadway, March Is.
bold attempt of prisoners to cut
their way through the walls of the
County Jail was discovered to-day
through the vigilance of the deputies
under Sheriff Bishop and that part of
the building in which they operated
is now barred with heavy locks until
the damage can be repaired. With a
little more enlarging and a kick. the
outside row Of bricks in the heavy wall
would have gone out and left a breach
large enough for a man TO crawl
through.
The peculiar part Of the affair is that
il cannot be ascertained which of the
prisoners are guilty, but it is believed
that a number were in the plot. I'm
mediately under the Jail office is
basement that has never been occupied.
There is a small iron door leading into
this basement that is always locked
but in some manner the prisoners pro-
cured a key to the door and, choosing
a dark corner of the wall, started to
dig for freedom.
The part of the Jail that communi-
Gates directly with this basement is
the kitchen, where six or eight pris-
oners are employed, and it is believed
that while some were making a show
of working one of their number was
busy burrowing in the wall. The door
has been double locked and barred un-
Ill some other means can be devised
TO strengthen this part Of the building.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Tinnigan Clted for Contemnt.

OAKLAND. March IS-coIonel p. A.
Finnigan Of Berkeley was cited TO an
pear before Judge ogden this morning
70 show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt Of court in hav-
ing signed himself as attorney in a suit
brought by his three daughters. Lii
lian, .saud and Mary Finnigan, against
Attorneys James Sweeney and G. NJ
Williams to recover property at Dwight
way and Ellsworth streets. The colonel
made his excuses and the Judge al
lowed him 70 go. but warned him that
he had committed a serious offense.
He had drawn up the papers himself
and filed them with the County Clerk.
signing himself as their attorney with
out ever having been admitted to the
bar
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
ISSUES AN ELECTION CALL
How the Delegates VIII BE Selected
in the District Comprising
Three Counties


OAKLAND, March 1S.-The Repub-
lican committee Of the Third Congress
siOnal District finally issued its cali to-
DAY for an election for delegates TO a
Congressional and State convention for
the counties Of Alameda, Contra Costa
and Solano. In the towns of Oakland.
Alameda, Berkeley and Vallejo there
viii be primaries held. In other sec
tons Of the district the delegates will
be appointed by the committeeman for
those sections.
The committee wiz meet on April
26 and appoint the delegates from the
outside sections. The primaries will be
held in the four cities named on Tues
day, May g. and the district conyen-
tiOn viii be held in Oakland on May "A
This convention will nominate district
delegates TO the National Republican
Convention. These delegates wiz prob
ably be George W. Reed Of Oakland
and Senator J. J. Luchsinger Of SolanO.
These district delegates win then act
as delegates TO the State Republican
Convention at Sacramento, which VIII
nominate delegates at large TO the Re
publican National Convention.
The district convention will also
nominate a Republican candidate for
Congressman in the Third District,
which viii undoubtedly be Victor H.
Metcalf, the incumbent.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
SAYS CARROLL
IS A bad NAN
District Attorney Discovers
a Criminal With a Long
List of Prior Convictions
ALWAYS PLEADS GUILTY
Saves Himself From Severe
Punishment by Keeping
His Record From Light
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
llls Broadway, March IS.

Oakland Office San Francisco Cali,
1lIS Broadway, March IS
II has been discovered that William
Carroll. colored, alias Charles Walker,
arrested in company with Thomas
O'NefU for robbing John Hanrahan, a
Civil War veteran, Of $50 at the Emery
vile racetrack is a star criminal with
a long record Of convictions, and Dep
uty District Attorney Everett Brown is
preparing his record with a view TO
placing the prisoner where he viii DO
no harm for many years TO come. Car
roll has been convicted of larceny, bur
glary and forgery in San Francisco
and burglary in this county and has a
dozen or more prior convictions against
his name.
He has stated that he viii plead
guilty and take his sentence. This has
been a part Of his plan for years. When
caught he Immediately pleaded guilty,
giving a new name each time. This
action on his part saved him from hav-
ing Lis record run down and secured
him short sentences.
A list Of convictions numbering ten
or twelve are now in the hands Of the
District Attorney and Carroll is prom
ised a showing UP in court such as he
has never had before.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
CASE DECIDED
FOR De FREMERY
Granted Nonsuit Against
C. E. Sessions in Action
Over Valuable Property
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
111s Broadway, March 1s

OdhldnQ OluCt Dan TdnClSCO Cdils
111s Broadway, March IS.
A suit over property valued at $780,
600 was decided against C. E. Sessions
this afternoon by Judge Hall and IN
favor of the Oakland Harbor Develop
ment Company. of which James L. de
Fremery is president and principal
stockhoIder. De Fremery stated in
court that he owned twelve -fourteenths
of the stock of the corporation.
The action involved the title to the
property known as the Sessions Basin,
upon which the plaintiff has expended
$4,000.
Sessions claimed that he had a con-
tract with H. w. Carpenter to buy the
land and he did take possession of it
and expended money for improvements.
He, however. failed to make the final
payment of $4,000. which became due
in 1897, and only made a tender of the
money in 1901. After putting in his
side of the case, attorneys for De
Fremery made a motion for a nonsuit
upon the ground that he had failed to
show that he had perfected his title.
Two days were consumed in the argu-
ment When it was finished this aft
ernoon Judge Hall decided in favor of
the defendant and granted it's motion.
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Berkeley Drama at Stanford.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March
1S.-On Saturday night Mask and
Dagger Berkeley's dramatic society,
will present The Jealous Wife" in
the stanford assembly hall under the
auspices of Sword and Sandals, the
Stanford dramatic organization.
The student presentation of THE
Jealous Wife" at Berkeley proved a
thorough dramatic success. resulting
in the decision to produce it at stan
ford at the request of Sword and San
dals.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
WILL SUBMIT
SCHOOL BONDS
Board Decides to Hold a
Separate District Election
i'm the Last Part of April
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1118 Broadway, March Is.


The Board of Education. in commit
tee of the whole, tonight decided to
call a district school board election for
Saturday, April %, at which will be
submitted the proposition to bond Oak
land school district for $96O,000.
This action was taken in line with
the request from the City Council bond
committee that separate election be
held for the school bonds.
At the board meeting this evening
Mayor Olney was present by invita-
ton and addressed the board The
Mayor said he was glad the change in
plans had been made and he believed
a separate election was perfectly legal.
The item of s960,000 covers the gram
mar and primary schools, making pro-
vision fer school building sites, new
structures and additions. The Council
will retain in the general improvements
schedule $150,000 for a proposed new
polytechnic high school building and
equipment.
Director l.. j. Hardy said tonight
that he would file a report Monday
night covering a call for the district
bond election
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
JAPANESE MAID
BECOMES BRIDE
Miss Makai TOshi Crosses
Pacific to Meet and Wed
Prosperous Berkeley Man
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, March 49,

Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, March IS.
All the way from Toxic to- Berkeley
came Miss Makai Toshi, a Japanese
maiden of comely mien and picturesque
gowns, to marry Sakio Maxine, a pros
porous florist. They were married last
Sunday night, the day after her ar
rival on the Siberia from the Orient.
and thereby hangs a tale of a strange
wedding ceremony, estimated from
Christian standards, and pretty chap
eron with a touch of romance in her
story
Now Miss Toshi did not travel alone.
She is the daughter of a coal merchant
at Shizuoka, a town a hundred miles
from Toxic, and her people know some
thing of the demands of American So
ciety. They found a chaperon in Ma
dame Fumi Agata, whose husband is
Frank Agata, a student at the Univer-
sity of California, and from whom she
has been separated since their mar
riage seven years ago.
The japanese wedding rites are per-
formed at dead of night. Bride and
groom enter the room from different
doors. The apartment is dimly lighted
and none but the best man is permit
ted there with the enchanted couple,
for fear of the groom marrying the
wrong girl in the dark.
The best man seems to be the whole
thing and his office is akin to the Chris
tian minister's. First he introduces the
bride and groom and then serves them
and himself with cups of sake. Three
drops of it are poured into three diff
ferent crescent shaped vessels. which
graduate in size. Each of the trio
drinks from each of these cups. This
ceremony is called san san kudo.
In the meantime the wedding party
is regaled with sort of low chant
ing, in which the best man and the
guests in the other room participate.
Afterward they eat dried msh, and the
next day the friends of the bridal party
come with presents and sit down to a
great. feast
These rites were all observed in the
wedding of Miss Toshi and Mr.. Ma
kino at midnight last Sunday in the
grooms little home at 1546 Dwight way.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
WESTERN UNION
MAY Be EXEMPT
Alameda County District
Attorney Quotes Decision
of the Supreme Court
THINKS CAUSE HOPELESS
Franchise Is Granted by
the Government in Re
turn for Special FayOrs
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
111S Rroadwav March 1S

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Ills Broadway, March IS.
1t is the opinion District Attor-
ney Allen that the franchise of the
Western Union Telegraph Company is
exempt from taxation, and while he is
maintaining suit against the COM
pany for the retention of the taxes col
Iected upon an assessment by Henry
P. Dalton a decision Of the Supreme
Court directly against the position he
has taken in tie matter has forced him
to the concIusi N that this franchise
is exempted by the Federal Govern
ment
In this connection" he said, Il have
found a decision in the SO California
Reports which states that by reason Of
the fact that the Government has given
the Western I'm. n a franchise over it's
public highways the company in re-
turn gives Government messages pri-
ority over any other business. By this
means the Government carries out part
of its powers of sovereignty. The rates
are fixed by the Postmaster General,
and it states directly that no State has
the right to tax this franchise and
that such an act is null and void. In
the face of this decision fiat against
me. 1 do not see what 1 can do
The company paid taxes amounting
to about 800 under protest and has
brought suit to recover the money. The
District Attorney to-day filed his de-
murrer to tie complaint. which was
overruled by the Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-19
Fitzgerald Banished.

OAKLAND, March 1S.-Cornelius
Fitzgerald, leader in the notorious
Fish Gang" which has for years been
a terror to peaceably inclined citizens
of West Oakland has been banished.
The cold, bleak shores of Alaska are
Fitzgerald's destination and he has
been given forty-eight hours in which
to leave the city. One year is pro-
nounced as the term of banishment.
If Fitzgerald shall be seen in Oakland
for a twelvemonth he goes to Jail for
six months each on charges of drunk
enness and vagrancy. All this was de-
clared by Police Judge Samuels when
he disposed of the cases to-day