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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14

tains the old. His estimates are as low
as is consistent with good material and
expert labor. He will have no other.
Has some men employed that make
a specially Of job work and they are
constantly busy. Mr.. Grouse is a
member of the City Builders Asso-
citation, President of the Grouse Con
struction Co., prominent member Of
the Elks, and also a member of the
Blue Lodge of Masons. The latter
is enough to ISL all men that Mr..
Crouse's standing is very high.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14
F. ]. LARKINs

F. ]. Larkins the sanitary plumber.
is one of the busiest men in the town.
keeping five workmen besides himself
and one delivery wagon constantly on
the jump. Mr.. Larkins supplies steam,
hot water and warm air heating appli-
ances on monthly payments of ten
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14

hundred men, from thirty to forty
horses and are on the jump all the
time. Work comes in fast this
time Of the year but these gentlemen
are equal to all demands. Cartlng,
trucking, cellar and sewer excavating
grading, etc, done on short notice
and at prices that will surprise you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-14

answer will be.
Mr.. Graham has lived in this city
forty years long enough to be well
known. Street Commissioner thirteen
wears which is no sineCure in this
city. Nine years ago he formed a
partnership with Mr.. McKeon who
was born in this city. Their united
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
GIVE RECTOR
WARM WELCOME
Grace Church Congregation
and Officers Extend Greet
inc tO-the Rev. ID. j. Evans

A large assemblage of representa-
tive men and women of the Protestant
Episcopal Church gathered last night
at the Century Club to emphasize
their respect for and welcome to the
Rev. David. ]. Evans Of New York, the
new rector Of Grace Church, to whom
they rendered a splendid reception.
The cozy and pretty rooms Of the
club were specially arranged for the
occasion and the spacious assembly
hall was handsome and bright with its
fiower-adorned table in the center.
The rectors parishioners, and scores
from outside Grace Church parish, be-
gan to arrive about $50 o'clock and
were received by the Right Rev. Will
liam Ford Nichols, Bishop of Califor-
mia, and Mrs. Nichols and the vestry
men of Grace Church.
Although the Rev. Mr.. Evans ar
rived only as recently as last We'd
nesday he has already made host of
warm friends. He delivered his first
sermon in this city on Easter Sunday
and his earnestness and straightfor-
ward and unconventional introduc-
tion of himself to his flock made an
impression that was profound both on
his congregation and the vestrymen
and all other officers Of the church.
Last night the reverend gentleman
was given assurance of the esteem in
which he is held bv those who heard
him Easter Sunday. He was extend
ed the hearty cordislity characteristic
of San Francisco's citizens.
Among the many present to honor
the rector We're:
The Bishop Of California and Mrs. Nichols.
his Britannia Ma jesty's Consul General Courte
nay ". Bennett and Mrs. Bennett Miss Gus
sic Foute, Archdescon Emery. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mintzer. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas p.
Woodward, Robert Woodward, Miss Ethel
Woodward. Mrs. J. Russell Wilson. Mrs Mount
ford Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred B. Chap
man, the Rev. Burr Miller Weeden and Mrs.
Weeden the Rev. William r. Hayes. l.. NJ.
Rlngwslt, Mrs Elliott McAllster Mr.. and
Mrs s. II. Parker, Mrs. Ashe the Rev. Ernest
Bradley. Rev. Mr.. Clark. Rev. Dr. Mcclure.
Miss Sallie Maynard. Miss Colbourn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pelham Ames. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Sher-
wood. Herbert Folger, Mr. and Mrs William
H Holt and Miss Holt, Cyril Holt, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Platt. Miss Platt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Waite Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher Ames the Misses
Gibbs. the Rev. Robert z. Lee Craig. Mr. and
Mrs Daniel Mcleod, Mrs. Scott Wilson, Miss
nette Wright Miss Marion Wright. DIR. and
Mrs ]. de c. Hathaway, Mr.. Cation, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Fossey Jr, Paul Clark and Har-
vey Wickham.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
EDWARD HOWARD GRIGGS TO
GIVE TALKS ON ETHICS
Young College Man Comes Back to
California Laden With Laurels
Won i'm Classic Centers.

On Friday Edward Howard Griggs
famed from end to end of the country
as an exponent of ethics. will begin a
series of lectures in the parlors OF the
First Unitarian Church under the ans
pices of the Claiming Auxiliary lee
ture committee. The series will be
as follows: Friday, April 8, $3.50
O'Clock, Pierre Lott, the Sensitive
Dreamer; Saturday, April 16, 10:3O
o'clock, Marie Bashkirtseff: A Mod
ern Woman's Problem; Monday.
April Is, $3.50 o'clock. "Ravenna, the
Light That Failed" with stereopticon)
The course tickets (coupon) are on
sale at 81, with single admission at
so cents.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
WORLDS FIRST
CONTRALTO AT
THE ALEXANDRIA

Whether Madame Schumann- Heink
reminds more of Nordica or of Mr..
Denis O'Sullivan is difficult to decide.
The singer gave the first of her three
recitals at the Alhambra last night
to an audience that reserved no en-
thusiasms. Its Easter hat, too. was
in complimentary evidence, together
with a general spring air about things.
Perhaps of the great Grau sextet we
had here in the dear, dead days of three
years ago, Sembrich, Melba, Nordica,
Gadski, Calve. Schumann- Heink, the
contralto is best, because uniquely re-
membered. There was only one con-
tralto-we haven't forgotten her, to
judge by the numbers tucked into the
Alhambra last night. And when she
walked out, be-medaled round that
noble decolletage of hers like Dewey,
and with her mirthful brown eyes al
most lost in her smile, we did not for
get to cheer.
We have heard since her appearance
here of the contralto's comic opera en-
gagement for this year. There were
some to wonder what that meant
further than that the roguish NADIA
lena of die Meistersinger" was about
to illume the comic opera she is so
brilliantly fitted to adorn. 1t means
evidently just this, that Madame
Schumann- -Heink will appear in comic
opera because she will, not because,
say, Wagner, in the solemn slang of
the moment. has ruined her voice
Hardly. The voice-ah, such voice,
An opulent, vivid. luscious volume Of
sweets-is in it's freshest prime. The
singer seems never to touch the re-
serves Of its power She sings one big
thing after another without the slight
est sign of fatigue. the voice as Sc
renely pure at the end of the pro-
gramme as at the beginning There
may be another such voice and with a
brain behind ii like Schumann-H Heink's.
but Fthe possibility is easily doubtful
Our city halls have echoed to none such
in my experience, nor. [ fancy, are
likely to.
Perhaps there is less vividly intel
lectual quality in Schumann-H Heinks
musical speech than in Nordica's. but
there is the same dramatic verve, abso-
lutte technical authority and wide range
of sympathy. And the vocal quality
Take the Nordica voice, run Ii down to
that deep E of Der wanderer." hon
eyed and heady like old mead, and you
have the -Heink organ. One
noted it in the unforgotten glories of
'Lohengrin." where the sister voices of
the two were interviewer beyond recog-
milton. The Denis O'Sullivan resem-
blance-our brilliant expatriate has
just been giving his Hugo Wolf to
London-is as easily defensible, nor
needs defense to those who know both
singers.
The fun, the dithyrambic dash. the
heart. the lively fervor. besides all the
other gifts that make Denis O'Sullivan
a born singer of songs, make Schumann-
Heink equally such. In fact. she is as
much at home in concert as in opera.
She warmed up on the 'Mitrane" aria
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

Of Rossis, a Schubert group that i'm
mediately placed her en- rapport with
the audience, 'Du bist die Ruh."
''Wohin' and Der Wanderer." The
"Mitrane" is a grave and gracious aria
that promises heavily for further ac-
quaintance.
Schubert, Of course. was splendidly
treated by his gifted couhtrywoman.
Der Wanderer" being imperiously
encored. Perhaps as fire a thing
as any on the programme fol-
lowed in the recitative and air, The
Lord Is Near" given with utmost
majesty. The singer then introduced a
new Wolf song, "Heimweh," distinc-
tive, original and most engaging. 1t
was enthusiastically encored for its
own sake and kindly repeated by the
singer. The three Riedl songs from
The Trumpeter of Sakkingen," also
new here, followed.
Except the first, facile and pretty
thing, they were worth little Deyond
what Schumann-Heink lent them. A
beautiful "Widmung' then reused the
attendant fatherlanders to hyster1caI
flights of appreciation and the rest OF
us to following suit.
Kline of another color is Die Drei
Zigeuner," in which Lizst rhapsodizes
a IHongroise for voice and piano.
Tremendously effective this became
with the dramatic fervor Of this Or
trud behind it. The>cycle, Poet
Love- of Schumann-the I'm Wun-
derschonen Monat Mai"-lusciously
sung: Aus Meinen Thranen Spries-
sem and Die Rose, die Lille" follow
ed to yet more enthusiasm.
Perhaps the bravas-that began un-
ashamed after the Schubert group
reached their loudest for the splendid
rendering of the Prison Scene from
Der Prophet" Here the fabulous fa-
cility of Madame's vocal machinery
were IN the best evidence. She sings,
actually with the fiexile ease of a
coloratura soprano, turns, roulades,
scales, trills-no, the trill was not Of
the best in its mezzo forte variety
running like syrup from pitcher-as
/ believe 1 have said before. A dashing
bolero of Arditi's ended the pro-
gramme.
To Miss Josephine Hartman, who
is also the credit of two nicely given
piano solos, Chopin nocturne &c
minor) and the Wagner-Liszt "Liebes-
tod"
Tomorrow night there is another
concert. Pawn your boots if need be,
but go, that is if you care anything
about good singing.
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
new GRIEVANCE
OF THE CARMEN
Say They Will Refuse to
Break In Any Men Hired
to Operate Local Cars
WILL NOTIFY HOLLAND
Chapman Refutes Stories
That Company Is Trying
TO Precipitate Trouble

Richard Cornelius and J. II. Bowling,
president and secretary respectively of
the Garments Union, called on Manager
Chapman Of the United Railroads yes
terday. with a view Of learning
whether the company was prepared to
give its answer TO the recent demands
made by the men. They were informed
that the reply was not ready. but in all
probability it would be to-day or to-
morrow.
Last night the union held a meeting
and adopted resolutions condemning
the action Of the company in hiring ad-
di,ional men, who. il is claimed, are
being engaged for the purpose OF an
ticipating a probable strike and the
president Of the union was instructed to
notify President Holland of the United
Railroads that if the company did not
Immediately cease employing new men
the union members would refuse TO
break them in until the matter Of ar
ranging the terms Of a new agreement
has been concluded.
In a statement issued late last night
the union clalfnS AAal II hdH aOooANN-
proof that the company is preparing
for a strike by storing provisions IN
and making other preparations In It's
car barns and is employing new men
from different parts Of the country at
the rate of ten a day and pledging
them not TO join the local union.
Manager Chapman. referring 10 the
visit Of President Cornelius and Secre-
tary Bowling, said they had broached
70 him yesterday a proposition that
the company stop hiring men for the
present and continuing ne said:
Il seems a rumor has been going around that
the company proposes 10 declare lockout ana
80 destroy the Carmen's Union This Is calcu-
lated tc irritste the men and enlist outside
sympathy The story Is untrue The company
unless the leader are determined TO be unrea-
s0nable ID would seem though all trouble
viii be avoided and that the men viii be per-
fectiy satisfied with our proposal But this is
: matter We cannot assume. For months past
We have been in receipt OF Information from a
variety Of sources that has forced US TO be
leve that some Of the members and leaders Of
the Carmen's Union contemplated and were
preparing TO inaugurate trouble this spring
We have never contemplated a voluntary lock-
out or stoppage OF the operation Of our property
. on the contrary we desire 20 operate IL with
out interrnission and are in duty bound to
the public 10 ourselves and TO the Law 10 take
eli lawful means 20 accomplish this
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Negro soldier Shot in Hand.

Edward Thomas. a colored soldier.
reported TO the police last night that
two other negro soldiers had taken
two shots at him in Pinckney alley. one
OF the bullets taking effect in his right
hand. Thomas had been visiting q
woman named Mamie Leyda. When
he left the place he was assaulted.
officers Minahan and Silver heard the
shots. but when they arrived on the
scene the culprits had fed. Jealousy
over the woman named is ascribed as
the cause of the shooting.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
DEAF AND DUMB CHILDREN
ATTEND CIRCUS IN A BODY

The two classes of deaf and dumb
children from the Harrison primary
school attended the Norris & Rowe
circus at Mechanics Pavilion yester-
day afternoon in body. They en-
joyed the show very much.
The circus drew great crowds both
yesterday afternoon and last evening.
and the big pavilion was taxed. The
acts were. good and were hailed with
delight by the audience. Each was
executed without loss of time, and
one followed another in rapid sue
cession, so that there were no waits
between times.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
WINDOW SMASHERS BREAK
GLASS IN PAWNSHOP
Brick Is Hurled Into Large Show
Case OF Raphaers Store on
Kearny Street.

A large plate glass in the show win
COW OF RaphaeTs Loan Office at 602
Kearny street was broken about ,
o'clock yesterday morning by thieves
They became frightened before they
were able 10 secure any plunder.
The crash Of the glass was heard by
= passing pedestrian. who notified Po-
licemsn Nelson. He ran to the scene,
but the thieves had fed.
In the window were a lot Of field
glasses and some cheap watches.
brick was the implement used in
the destruction of the window. The
job is attributed to window smashers
who have worked successfully in the
lower business section of town lately.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
PROSECUTION IN BOTKIN MURDER CASE
BEGINS ITS ARGUMENT TO THE JURY
FeraIs Strong Words Make Ac-
cused Grow Pale and Nervous.
Knight Will Plead for Defendants
Acquittal To-Day.

The evidence connecting Cordelia
Botlin with the murder of Mrs. John
p. Dunning is in All that remains of
the trial is the argument of the counsel
for the defense and the closing argu-
ment OF District Attorney Byingtou.
Twelve men in the jury box will de-
eide the question whether or not Mrs.
Botkin caused the death OF Mrs. John
p. Dunning and Mrs. Joshua P. Deane
in August, 1898. in Dover. Del. by send
ing TO the former. from this city, a box
of poisoned candy.
The testimony OF both sides was con-
cluded yesterday afternoon. Among
the features were the temperance Of
Mrs. Botkin herself, called by the pros
ecution In regard to the authorship OF
the anonymous letters alleged TO have
been sent TO Mrs. Dunning. John P.
Dunning was called by the prosecution
on an unimportant fact, and Attorney
MCGOWAN, for the defense, asked Dun
ming a question that was quickly OBJ
jected to by the prosecution. and the
objection was sustained by Judge Cook
The embarrassing question was:
Are you not ashamed Of some Of the
AtSlllA4DL. NOu gave Oll the SlduU
ing this trial?'
Dunning wagged his head negatively,
but before the spoken words of his de-
nial could creep into the record the
prosecution shut off his verbal reply.
Mrs. BOtkin was called to testify re-
garding her knowledge of one of the
anonymous letters. The craning necks
of an unusually large number of
women followed her as she wobbled to
the witness stand. Gowned in black
and heavy beyond an excuse of fatness.
Mrs. Botl1in went to the front at the
call of District Attorney Byington.
There was nothing in her appearance
that would suggest the picture Of a
woman who is alleged 10 have ruined
a home by her attractiveness.
SENSATION NOT SPRUNG.
In the closing testimony of the
prosecution there was ID evidence of
a sensation, which all throughout the
trial has been promised. Less dramat-
ically than the opening was the closing
of a case wherein a woman's life is
tip-tilted with possible verdict that
the rough strands of a hemp rope
may leave marks on her throat that
will testify truthfully to the manner
of her death.
Six years have wrought changes in
memories. although not in beliefs
When Mrs. Botkin was first tried she
was convicted and a sentence of life
Imprisonment was imposed on her
The verdict was reversed by the Su-
| preme Court on technical grounds
and the present trial resulted.
The defendant herself was the first
witness called during the proceeding
yesterday. She took the stand at the
request of the District Attorney. Three
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Helen Doctur Is Released.

Helen Doctur, the colored woman
who gave herself up to the police
Monday night. claiming she had shot
a woman in Cleveland. Ohio. was re-
leased yesterday. The Chief of Police
at Cleveland telegraphed that he did
not want the Doctur woman. as she
had only shot at a woman in his city.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

exalted position of cook at the Vic
toria Hotel during Mrs. Botkin's resi-
dence there. came next to the stand
to disprove any knowledge of a visit
by a physician on July 81, 1898, to
Mrs. Botkin, at the time when the ac-
cused woman is charged with pur-
chasing the candy alleged to have
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

questions were fired at her by Dis
trict Attorney Byingten. The first re-
garded her identity, the second her
familiarity with her own handwriting
and the last as to whether or not she
could identify a certain anonymous
letter sent to Mrs. Dunning. To all of
these she replied in curt negatives, and
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Automobile Goes Up in Flames.

An automobile caught fire and was
totally destroyed at Fell and Stanyan
streets at s o'clock last night. The fire
was preceded by an explosion the
force of which threw the chauffeur and
a companion that was riding with him
to the pavement. The two disap-
reared after the occurrence without
giving their names. Neither was Sc
riously injured.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Steamship Ventura Arrives.

The Oceanic Company's steamship
Ventura, Captain Hayward, from Aus
tralia and way ports, dropped anchor
in the harbor shortly after midnight
this morning. She was twenty-three
DAYS out from Sydney and seven days
from Honolulu. Her passenger list
includes 146 in her first cabin, 13 in
the second cabin and 7S in the steer
"a
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
Fraternity Honors ID. Delany.

The first banquet of the Delta Sigma
Fraternity was held at it's clubroomS.
III Carl street, last Saturday night in
honor of d. Delany. who has just re-
turned from a trip abroad. The toast
master of the evening was Mr.. Lon
don. Speeches were made by ]. Burt
w. Triebel. H. Rudee. r. Stierlen and
F. Lewenthal
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

when she attempted to explain
Frank McGowan. one of her attor-
neys, did kangaroo attitude and
slid in verbal objection that warned
the defendant not to be prolix in her
speech.
COOK TESTIFYES.
Mrs. G.. Smith, who occupied the
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

FRANKFORT. Ky. April 5.-The cases ot
w S Taylor. John Powers and Charles Fin
ley charged with completely in the murder
of william GoebeI. were called in the Circuit
Court to-day and passed 10 the next term.
w H. Carlton. also charged with completely.
failed TO appear and his bond was declared
forfeited
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06

SACRAMENTO, April 5.-At the headquar-
tiers OF the Building Trades Council this morn
ing A. J. Conrad stated that about $50 union
men were at work in various branches of the
puilding trades. an increase Of twelve over the
returns of yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-06
MCGOWAN Prevents Prisoner at Bar
From Giving Prolix Answers.
Dunning Goaded by Questions At
fecting Sense of Honor.

been poisoned and sent to Mrs. Dun
ming at Dover. Delaware.
Mrs Smith was retired after a
declaration that a doctor might have
visited Mrs. Botkin on the date in ques-
ton unknown to the witness.
When Dunning walked into the court
room on the demand of the District At
torney Mrs. Botkin talked excitedly for
one minute TO Attorney MCGOWAN
After that Dunning testified as to Sc
cured loan he obtained from Mrs. Cor
bally, the woman of mystery in the
trial. He said that the transaction
was entirely proper and that he never
had Illicit relations with the woman in
question On cross-examination At
torney MCGOWAN asked the witness
question regarding his lack of shame
1t was ruled out by the court.
Charles Brown, purser of the steamer
Pomona in 1897, called by the defense,
told that when he acted in the capacity
named the steamer carried mail. This
testimony was introduced TO support
the defense in it's theory that one OF
the anonymous letters, which has been
declared to be in Mrs. Botkin's hand
writing, could not have been mailed by
her because it was postmarked at San
Francisco on a date when she was in
Humboldt County.
Copies of a daily paper published in
this city were packed into the court
room by G.. G. Weigel to show that
certain interviews with reporters al
legged by the prosecution were never
printed. This ended the testimony.
FERRAL OPENS.
Argument Of counsel was in order,
and Assistant District Attorney Ferral
left his seat and faced the jury. Dur
ing the first part of his terrific arraign-
ment of the defendant his voice was
bad but he warmed up in few min
utes and thereafter his denunciations
rang out clearly and coldly, like the
swapping of a pine under stress of frost
Under the ordeal of the opening argu-
ment Mrs Botkin lost the wonted fiu-h
in her cheeks and her ordinarily tense
lips grew into a straight line. Her
hands were nervous and the neck mus
cles twitched, but there was no other
indication of a physical breakdown, as
has been told by prophets.
Assistant District Attorney Ferral oc-
cupied more than an hour during his
argument in the afternoon session, and
when adjournment time came Judge
Cook announced that night session
would be held. At o'clock last night
Assistant District Attorney Ferral fin
ished his argument and closed at 1920
To-day Attorney knight will make
the opening argument for the defense
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