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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
ENGINE BLEW UP.
Tho Engineer and Fireman Were
 Killed Instantly. ,A

Williamsport, Pa, Feb 23.-A freight locomotive on the Philadel- phia & Erie railroad blew up to-day near Kane. The engineer, James Quinn, and the fireman, Jones, were instantly killed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
DEATH OF A COMEDIAN.

New York, Feb 23.-.Alfred Klein, a comedian, prominently known on the stage for many years, is dead in a sanitarium at Amityville, l.. l., where he had been i'll for more than a year. He first suffered from nervous pros tration and recently his mind had failed. Klein was born in England 40 years ago. His most populs7 work was h Wang and Fl Capitan.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
ENGINE STRUCK ROCK.

Bridgeport, Ky, Feb 23.-A south bound passenger train on the Southern railroad struck rock on the track near Dull Rio to-day. Three cars rolled down an embankment into the Pigeon river, but as far as known all the passengers are accounted for.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
.Iaraneaa Hnxlash.

An English lady in Japan bought . can of mushrooms and found the dtrec- tions translated as follows: Direction If several persons will be eat this in that manner they shall feel satisfied nutri- tion and very sweet or it can put in the hot water for the half hour and then take off the lid. They shall be proper to eat. It can be supply without putridity for several vaara
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
WAS AGAINST ADAMS.

Washington, Feb 23.--The supreme court of the United States to-day hand- ed down decision in the case of Al Adams, and the opinion was by Jus- 1ica-Dayl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair in south. rain or snow In north portion tonight; Wednesday fair; colder to- high westerly. Winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
KNOWN IN CHICAGO.
Man Who Tried to See the President
 Has a Record.

Chicago, Feb 23.-Edward Relgar. whose persistent efforts to see Presi- dent Roosevelt in Washington resulted in his arrest at the White House, s known in Chicago. F. $. Whiting said Lat Relgar was the name his nephew, Frank Coe, frequently assumed. under the delusion that heswa another 1ndi- vidual.
 Mir Whiting says his nephew killed his wife and attempted to kill himself q few years ago. According to Mir Whiting, Coe, or Relgar, has been suf- fering from mental trouble, the result of fall. q ..
 Chicago, Feb. 23.--Mr Whiting said : 'Three years after that, Coe was sent to the detention hospital in Toledo, but he was soon discharged, and sent to Springfield, Ohio. He worked there until four years ago, when he rose one morning and shot his wife and him. self. His wife died but he recovered and was sent to che penitentiary for one year, after which he was sent to the insane hospital at Toledo again. He escaped and went to New York. coming to Chicago over a wear ago."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-23
TREATY RATIFIED.

Washington. Feb g The Panama treaty was ratified thla afternoon at 3:15 o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
LIMITS HEIGHT
OF BUILDINGS
Amended Ordinance In
creases Existing Restric-
tiOn OH Wooden Structures
WANT LAW RESPECTED
Petitioners Resent NOn-En-
forcement of Ordinance
on Sidewalk Elevators
2

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
passed to print the amended ordinance
limiting the height of all wooden build
ings to forty-fve feet. The limit under
the old ordinance has been fifty feet,
but the reduction is in the line of bet
ter fire protection and is favored by
the Fire Wardens and insurance men.
The latter appeared before the joint
Finance, Fire and Building Committee
previous to the meeting Of the board
and urged the adoption of the lower
limitation.
The proposed clause limiting the
number of stories of wooden buildings
to three was eliminated from the pro-
visions of the ordinance, the height
limit being deemed a sufficient reduc-
ton.
j. Humphrey and L. LETTER opposed
the amendment. saying that it would
be impossible to build flats with the
restricted height limit.
The board also passed to print an
other amendment to the building or
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28

The board awarded the contract fOI
lighting the streets and public build
ings TO the San Francisco Gas and
Electric Company for $320,000, the
amount appropriated for the purpose
in the next municipal budget. The re-
port of the Light Committee recon-
mending the award of the contract was
adopted and is as follows:
We recommend that the bid of the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric Company. presented.
be accepted subject to certain conditions which
require the addition OF 100 lights and
200 new gas lamps. and the lighting Of the
dome Of the City Hall any twelve nights during
the year. specified by the Board of Supervisors.
and that the sum OF $500 600 be paid in twelve
equal monthly installments for this service.
less deductions for lights not burning, said out
ages. so-called to be commuted at cents per
night for gas and SO cents per night for cleo
trio lights.
Any reward of contract made upon these
terms Will give the city and county for said
of $500, GOO all night street lighting from
1112 electric arc lights and from $3.50 Welsbach
gas lamps
The Board of Public Works was di-
rected to light the City Hall dome on
the nights of July and a.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale of
police badges or stars was passed to
print.
The ordinance imposing a license on
riding academies of 81 per quarter when
the business amounts to $500 per month
and 81 per quarter when the business
exceeds $500 per. month was passed to
print.
The roadway of Baker street, between
McAllister street and Golden Gate ave-
nue., was fully accepted.
Grades were ordered changed and es-
tablished on Duncan street.
The following measures were finally
passed.
Authorizing the payment of a demand
of $4,000 in payment to the estate of
John Wallace for lands comprising
South Park the title of the same be-
ing now vested in the city.
Ordering grades to be changed at
certain points on Green, Fillmore,
Greenwich and Piedmont streets.
Providing for the acceptance of Ninth
avenue, between II and 1 streets; Hart
ford street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth, and Protrero avenue, be-
tween Mariposa and Twentieth streets.
Ordering street and sewer work on
Seventh street, between Hubbell and
South; Anderson street, between Eu-
genia and Courtland avenues.
Authorizing the payment of $625 to T.
Kytka for expert services in the trial
of Cordelia Botlxin.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
BOARD ADOPTS
CITY TAX RATE
Levy Is Reduced From Orig
inal Figure Owing to Big
Increase in Assessment
GETS LIGHT CONTRACT
San Francisco Company Has
Agreed to Give Additional
illumination for $320,000

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
passed to print an ordinance fixing the
city's tax rate for the next fiscal year
at 81 II on every 800 of assessed valu-
alton. This is a reduction of S.53 cents
on the rate of $1.2053 as originally con-
templated in the municipal budget just
adopted owing to the fact that the lat
ter rate was based on an estimated as
sessed vaulation of $465, ,000 900, when in
point of fact Assessor Dodge will re-
turn an assessed valuation of more
than s5O0,000,O 900.
If the rate of $1.2O53 were put into ef-
feet it would result in the collection of
more than $4,000 for which no appor-
tionment could be made, and as a con-
sequence the surplus would lie idle in
the city treasury until July 1, 1905
Rather than collect this surplus, which
could not be used. the board decided to
adopt a lower rate, which will result in
a revenue of 1882 3S6 to meet the bud
get expenditures. The segregated items
and funds follow:
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Central.

At the Central Theater last night
THE Power of the Cross" a new mel
odrama, which has won success in the
East, was produced for the first time
in this city and was given a rousing
welcome by crowded house. There
was no dearth of applause in any part
of the play, but the climax, which
completely captured the audience,
drew thunderous curtain calls and
brought each member of the company
in turn to receive individual recogni-
ton, came in the third act. Here the
villain is deferred from contemplate
ed crime by the vision of a cross on
fire, which fills him with awe and
palsies the hand raised to strike.
While this is going on reporter finds
the rogue's apartments in the top of
a skyscraper and uses wireless teleg-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Whittlesey Is Welcomed
Actress Illness
Closes Grand.

White Whittleseys standing with the
Alcazar clientele must be fatteringly
adjudged from the house that greeted
the popular actor last night Mr. Whit
, tlesey began his usual summer season
on O'Farrell street last evening in
Soldiers of Fortune, the Richard
Harding Davis play introduced here by
Robert Edeson. and an audience the
size of the theater made a festival of
the occasion.
To leave Mr.. Whittlesey for mo-
ment, it may be truly said that the Al
cazar produced the play admirably
There are some in the cast-Mr. Whit
tlesey not of them, unfortunately-tha
equal the original players, and the pic
lures are excellent.
1t is a matter of personality, the
disagreement of Mr., Whittlesey and
his part, that of tie square, -jawed
practical, resourceful American, Rob
ert Clay One does not believe him, for
example. when he pictures himself
fighting with ''greasers" for his last
dollar on the floor of a Mexican mud
hut. Nor does he persuade to belief
as the mining engineer, who bullies,
blarneys. bulldozes 1000 lazy Mexic an
workmen into a contented obedience
AS a lover. yes, Mr. Whittlesey makes
eloquent love TO the Hope Langham-
nice girl. Yet even his wooing loses
point from his failure to catch the vital
Americanism of the character, for it is
herein that the portrait of Robert Clay
is distinctive. In good sooth the Whit
tlesey Clay-"He might have been a
Roosian, a Turk, or French, or Proc
sian, or an I-tal-i-anl"-in spite of all
Mr.. Davis temptations to him to be-
come an American. Yet the perform
ance cooes not lack power. Mr. Whit
tlesey's grip on the breathless climax
of the third act, where CIays friend is
shot dead at his side, is a compelling
one. The scene is vigorously sincere
and persuasive. Yet the portrait as a
whole is not the actors best work.
Much better than the original Hope
Langham was Miss Virginia Brissac.
and Miss Brissac has done pretty
things of the kind before. Given a
little more vivacity and her girlish.
winsome picture of the young Ameri-
can girl would be Of unusual value.
Again competing favorably with the
original is Fred Buffers MacWilliams.
whose primitive virtues were excellent
ly exploited by the actor. The best two
bits of work in the piece are, however,
John b.. Maher's Captain Burke and
George Barnum's President Alvarez,
both admirably fitted in. Miss Bel
garde's Nine. Alvarez is another figure
more convincing that the original play.
FV-T.
conviction, Miss Ellsmere's Alice Lang
ham, Mr.. Conners' Captain Stewart
and Mr.. Johns Reginald King being
all notably out of pitch. But the aver
age of the performance is high and
the piece will be enjoyed by all who
like a bit of wholesome, boisterous,
sunny Amercansm
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
REPUBLICANS
TO THE FRONT
County Committee Petitions
for a Local Nominating
Convention September 26
NUMBER OF DELEGATES
Candidates for Legislative
and Judicial Positions
Will Then Be Selected

The Republican local convention to
nominate candidates for judicial and
legislative positions will assemble at
8 p. m. on Monday, September .26. Tbe
county committee. Thomas D. Riordan.
chairman, and Thomas Atkinson. sec
retary, met last night at IS Geary
street and adopted a call for the con-
vention. The meeting was we'll at
tended. The call. which was presented
by Colonel Charles Sonntag. provides
that the convention shall consist OF 242
delegates, appOrtioned as follows to the
several districts:
Twenty eighth District, 10; Twenty
ninth, 10; Thirtieth. II: Thirty-frst. 10;
Thirty 10; Thirty-third. s:
Thirty-fourth, u; Thirty-hfth. is.
Thirty-sixth. II; Thirty Is:
Thirty-eighth. 20; Thirty ninth. 10;
Fortieth, IA; Forty first. "A: Forty
second. 18; Forty-third. IS; Forty
fourth, 1s and Forty fifth, r.
1t is provided that the delegates
shall be chosen at the primary cleo
tion on Tuesday. August 9. at the same
time that the delegates to the State
convention, called TO meet at Santa
Cruz. are elected. Separate delegations
must be chosen, as no delegate can
serve in both conventions.
The local convention will nominate
four candidates for Judges of the Su-
perior Court, eighteen Assemblymen
and a State Senator for each Of the
odd numbered Senatorial districts and
a State Senator for the Twenty-fourth
Senatorial District to 1H the vacancy
caused by the death of George H. Will
liams. Thomas H. Lindsay stands
ready to receive the Republican nom
ination in the last named district and
his supporters are active.
The Fourth Congressional District
Republican Committee will meet to-
night at Is Geary street. 1t is under
stood that the delegates to the State
convention from the several Assembly
districts of the Fourth Congressional
District will come together at Santa
Cruz or in this city and nominate
candidate for Congress. The same rule
will probably be applied in the Fifth
District.
The California delegation to the
Democratic National Convention will
leave this city for St. Louis at 1890
a. m. to-day. In the work OF prepar-
ing his great speech Mr.. Delmas is
making fair progress from day to day.
After the shouting and tumult incident
to the departure of the delegation from
San Francisco shall have subsided. Mr..
Delmas will seek the seclusion of his
drawing-room aboard the special train
and devote his entire attention to the
speech.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Grand opera-House.

Owing to the illness of Mrs. Leslie
Carter the Grand Opera-house was
closed last night. Her physicians says
that Mrs. Carter must have a couple
of days rest, and she will be able to
appear tomorrow night in ''Du Bar
ry." Those having seats for tonight
are notified that they can be ex-
changed for any of the remaining
nights of the week. Seats for to-mor-
row "wednesday matinee will hold
good for Thursday afternoon, to which
date the matinee is postponed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28

Trask and Rogers. blackface sing
ing comedians and eccentric dancers.
were new at the Chutes yesterday and
made hits at both performances, as
did also Fyne and Dandy, comedy ac-
robats, who are unusually funny. The
dainty Fay sisters changed their songs
and dances, the musical Harris varied
their selections on their odd instru-
ments and Lamont's Australian train
ed cockatoos repeated their act of last
week. Halle White, the popular So
prano was heard in new illustrated
songs, and the animatoscoDe, showing
the realistic reproduction of a train
robbery, completed a capital pro-
gramme. The amateurs will appear
on Thursday night.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
WILL BUILD A PARTING
PLANT AT SAN FRANCISCO
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany Prepares to Establish
New Branch.

SPOKANE. June 27.-"I have
received instructions to- prepare plans
for a parting plant to be erected at San
Francisco by the American Smelling
and Refining Company and to purchase
ground for the works." said E. B. Bra
den of Helena, Mont, who has just re-
turned from New York City. Mr..
Braden is the general Northwestern
representative of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company
The plant will cost approximately
$75, 900 or 100000. 1t will be for the
parting of gold and silver. The plant
will handle the bullion of the North
west and Alaska and a large amount
of Dore bullion of California. l will
probably leave for San Francisco with
in a week or ten days to carry out my
instructions"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Concer by Jubilee Singers.

A quintet of colored young men
from the Claflin University, Orange
bury S. c., will give one of their
unique entertainments in the Young
Mems Christian Association auditori-
um next Thursday evening, June 80.
This is the first appearance of this
special company in California and
they have sung in nearly every city in
the State. The young men are accom-
panied by Rev. L. NJ. Dutton. D. D.
president of the Clafin University.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
WOULD LIMIT POWER.

Long further says that the section
Of the ordinance limiting the number
of saloons to the number in opera
ton on January l, 1904, is also Illegal, as
the power conferred by the charter on
the Police Commission to grant liquor
permits to any person" is without
Limitation. On this point the opinion
says:
II such limitation as is intended TO be i'm
posed upon the Police Commissioners by bill
No. 14i0 were adopted. the power now possessed
by the Commissioners and conferred upon
limited TO deny them the power to grant
permits TO any person whose application
therefor. when added to the number already
enjoying permits. might be found to be in eN-
cess OF the number possessing such privilege on
January l, 1904. Under the charter provisions
as now in force no such Limitation can be pro-
vided by ordinance.
When the ordinance came UP before
the Board of Supervisors it was re-
ferred to the Joint Committee on Ju-
dietary and Police for a report.
Under Longs ruling the only way to
bring about the relief proposed by the
ordinance is to submit a charter
amendment to the people. Hooks de-
clares that this course will be taken
by the Liquor Dealers Association, at
whose request he introduced the ordi-
nance and the amendment will be sub
mitted at the enection next November
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28

raphy to summon the police. The lat
ter aid the heroine, who has been i'm
prisoned in the villains den, by low
ering a rope from the roof to the win
dow. The woman swings out into the
air and the coward, recovering from
his fright, rushes to cut the rope. The
soubrette dashes in with a pistol, how
ever, and the conquered scoundrel
is held for the police.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
ALIMONY IN LUMP.

Judge Graham yesterday granted a
divorce to Adeline Payne from Herman
T. Payne, mate of the steamer Cres-
cent City. The mother was given the
custody Of the three -month-oId child.
$1,000 in lump alimony and an allowance
cf $50 month for the support of the
child until it reaches the age of 10
years. In her complaint Mrs. PAYNE
alleged that prior to the birth of the
babe the husband left her at home
alone, and that after the little one
came into the world he continued to
spend his time with other persons and
made her dependent upon her rela-
tives for support.
An order dated June "a from Superior
Judge IIebbard, who is on a vacation
was filed yesterday, granting Mrs
Edith Madden actual custody of her
child on Monday and Friday of each
week between the hours of 10 a. m. and
D. m. The order is to apply pend
ing the hearing of Captain John p.
Madden's suit for divorce. The child
is now at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Madden.
and the mother is to be permitted to
visit him there in the hours named
without hindrance or interference from
any person, and she may take the boy
away from the home wherever she
pleases in this and adjoining counties.
but must not take him out of the juris-
diction of the court.
OTHER FAMILY TROUBLES.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday v
by Rosie May Pender against Frank
7. Pender, for desertion and neglect:
Mary Elizabeth Coffey against John
]. Coffey, desertion and neglect; Mabel
Eddy against Earle d. Eddy, desertion
and neglect; George II. Hanson
against Genevieve Hanson, habitual
intemperance.
Divorces were granted as follows:
BY Judge Graham-To Clifford E. Lin
ton from Addie Linton; Josephine M.
Rotten from Charles NJ. Rotten, neglect
(S15 a month alimony allcwed). By
Judge Kerrigan-To Louisa M. O'Brien
from Edward O'Brien, neglect; Daniel
Ward from Minnie Ward, desertfon. Ry
Judge Seawell-To Mary L. McBurnie
from Robert McBurnie, desertion:
Clara M. Rothschild from Charles E.
Rothschild, desertion and neglect. By
Judge Sloss-To George E. Mainhart
from Josephine Mainhart, desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Hopland Man Accused of Arson.

SANTA ROSA. June 27.-L. E. Da-
Wis, an ex-convict, is held at Hopland,
charged with being responsible for
the recent fire at that place. Davis
was discharged by Hopland firm and,
1t is said he made threats to get even.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
SAYS MEASURE
IS NOT LEGAL
City Attorney Holds Ordi-
nance Curtailing Police
Boards Power Is Void
VIOLATES THE CHARTER
Supervisors Cannot Be Made
Court Of Appeal When Ii
quor Permits Are Refused

City Attorney Long yesterday sent
an opinion to the Board of Super
visors in which he holds that the pro-
posed ordinance introduced by Super
visor Hooks to allow of an appeal being
taken to the Board of Supervisors in
cases where the Police Commissioners
refuse to grant permits to sell liquor
is in conflict with section l of chapter
of article VIII Of the charter and is
therefore void and illegal. The opinion
says:
II is contemplated by section OF bill No.
l4lO that appeal may bs taken from the
action Of the Board Of Police Commissioners in
rejecting application Tor n permit to the
Board Of Supervisors upon which appeal the
Board Of Supervisors may pass, and If in the
judgment Of the Board of Supervisors the per
NIT should be granted. they may authorize the
Tax Collector to issue a license therefor.
The charter assumes TO regulate this matter
in section / of chapter , Of article VIII by
con.erring the power upon the Board OF Police
commissioners TO grant such permits and eX-
pressly declares without such permit none
Of such persons shall engage in the selling Of
liquor" \ permit granted by the Board Of
Supervisors would not confer the privilege
upon the appellant TO carry on the liquor
business Such a privilege can be secured
Only through permit granted by the Board
Of Police Comn}i issioners. since the charter eX-
pressly provides that without such permit no
person desiring TO engage in such business
hal r.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Former Senator Seriously nm.

MILWAUKEE,. June 27. - Former
United States Senator John S. Mitchell
is suffering from intestinal cancer and
is said 10 be in a serious condition.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
Tivoli.
,Fischer's.

The second week of Robin Hood
began last night at the Tivoli.