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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08

st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. THE Tracey
hotel, a frame structure in South St.
Joseph, burned this morning, four per-
sons losing their lives. The dead are:
LAFAYETTE FREW.
G. f. NORTON.
UNKNOWN MAN.
MRS. ANNA WESTON of Gentry
county.
Gilbert Weston was fatally burned
and VIM. Simmons, cattle buyer,
was badly hurt. The fire started in
the kitchen Of the hotel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
CRUSHED 70 DEATH.

Supposed Tame Boar Attacks and
Kills Tourists in Yellowstone Park.
Cody, Wyo., Oct. Z. - James Wilson
and his nephew Of Pennsylvania. while
travelling in Yellowstone park came
suddenly upon a supposed tame bear
in a timbered part of the park. The an
imal attacked them .savagely. The
boy was crushed to death and Wilson
was so badly injured that he died soon
after being rescued.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
NEW CHARGES
LATE INDIcySENT AGAINST
BANKER w. E. BROWN HAS
THIRTY COUNTS.

Sioux City, Oct. 7.-(special 1.-THE
federal grand jury today returned a
new indictment of thirty counts
against w. E. Brown, former president
of the First National bank of Storm
Lake, upon the discovery, it is alleged,
of misappropriation Of more than
100000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
LARGE FACTORY is BURNED.

Forty Thousand Dollar Loss is occa-
stoned BY Fire at Charles City.
Charles City, Oct. THE DAILY disc
harrow and barrel cart factory burn
ed. Loss about $4,000. Only small
amount of insurance. The factory was
complete loss with all the stock, in
Guiding about 200 new steel disc har-
rows just ready for shipment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
DIE IN FLOOD
BELATED REPORTS FROM NEW
MEXICO SAY MANY PEOPLE
PERlsHED.

Las Vegas, N. M. Oct. Z. - Word
has reached here from Chaperito of
the drowning.in the recent flood of the
wife and three children of Fransico
Luceoo. formerly member of the
legislature.
Nine Die in Red River.
Reports of nine deaths come from
the Red river country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
DENIES STAGE AMBITION.
Mrs. Maybrick Says All Time is occu
pied in Securing Vindication.

Washington, Oct. Mrs. Florence
Maybrick has written to her attorneys
here positively denying reports that
she intended appearing on the stage
They say she is working hard in her
efforts to secure complete vindica-
ton and that she would have no time
to appear upon the stage even if she
had inclinations in that direction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
SUBMARINES START WEST.

Five Boats Built in Massachusetts,
Are Shipped From Jersey City.
New York, Oct. Z. Five submarine
boats, built in Massachusetts, have
been shipped by rail from Jersey
City. "West of Chicago" is the desti-
nation expressed upon the way bill.
Valued at nearly $4,00O,000 the torpe-
do boats occupied seventeen steel fiat
cars and six box cars. The boats are
shipped one section in each car, cover
ed with canvas which conceals the
contents,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
OPEN SWITCH DlTcHEs TRAIN.

Wheeling Express on the Pan Handle
Road Wreeked-Fireman Killed.
Pittsburg, Oct. THE Wheeling
express on the Pan Handle road ran
into an open switch and was wrecked
today at Hanlin Station, just beyond
Burgettstown, Pa. superintendent
McCarty says the fireman was killed
and several passengers were slightly
injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
TALK OVER SITUATION.

Judge Herrick and Judge Parker Dis
cuss New York Conditions.
New York. Oct. Z. - The first con-
ference between Judge Herrick, demo
cratic candidate for governor of New
York, and Judge Parker took place to-
day at the latter's apartments here,
Daniel S. Lamont and National Chair
man Taggart were also present and
the four conferred at length concern
ing state issues in New York and the
relations they bear to the national
campaign. At the conclusion Of the
discussion all declined to talk of the
conference. Judge Parker leaves this
afternoon for Esopus.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
SELECT M'kINLEY MEMORIAL.
Ten Designs Ready and Committee Is
to Meet Soon in New York.

Canton. Ohio. Oct. All of the ten
designs for the Mckinley memorial
are in the hands of the jury, composed
of Walter Cook and Daniel French, of
New York and R. S. Peabody, of Bos-
ton. The committee on design prob
ably will meet in a few days in New
York and it stated that the selection
will be made then and the achitect
employed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
CANTON FLANNEL FIRE PROOF

Consul Mahin, of Nottingham, Re-
ports Invention of English Doctor.
Washington, Oct THE consul of
Nottingham, Frank Mahin, of Musca-
tine advises the state department that
an English doctor has invented pro-
cess of rendering canton flannel proof
against fire, at the same time making
it antiseptic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
TELEGRAPH LINE COMPLETE.

Communication Established Between
Seattle and All Alaska Points.
Seattle, Wash, Oct 7-Telegraph-
ic communication has now been es-
tablished between Seattle and all
parts of Alaska.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
KILLS HUSBAND; DIES OF GRIEF

Woman Who Mistook Spouse for
Chicken Thief, Victim of Remorse.
Leon, Oct. 7.-Grief because she
killed her husband, is the cause as
signed by physicians for the death of
Mrs. Peter Lewis. She recently shot
and killed her husband, whom she
mistook for chicken thief.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
HAS PORT ARTHUR FLEET
ESCAPED To OPEN SEA?
MOURN FOR BARTHoLDl.
Hundreds Of People Attend Funeral oi
the Noted Sculptor.

i = y = u y IS = =
Paris, Oct. 7.-The funeral Of
= the late M. Bartholdi took place
= here today and was attended by
= hundreds of mourners, including
y public officials, students and
models.
...as s.ss $3.50. .ss%sa /.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
PLANS FOR PREVENTING
FLOODS ARE OFFERED
EXPLOSION KILLS ELEVEN.
Shell Blows Up at Fort Marie, In Bel
GUM, This Morning.

y 80 = = p*s = = .
= Antwerp, Oct. 7.-Three shells =
exploded this morning In the fort y
y OF Sainte Marie at Gallo. Eleven '
y men were instantly killed. 1t =
is impossible to learn the details y
y of the affair. y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
SIOUX CITY DAY AT THE FAIR.

Iowa Town VIII Celebrate at Worlds
Exposition on October IL.
Sioux City, Oct. Frank Ebert of
the press bureau of the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition, has arranged with
Mayor Sears to have October IL Sioux
City day at the fair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
LADY cURzoN WORSE.

Doctors Leave London on Special
Train for Walmer Castle.
'+* $3.50 s.** *+* = .
: London, Eng, Oct. z. - This =
! mornings bulletin referring to the =
condition Of Lady Curzon is not =
regarded as being SO favorable.
Drs. champneIs and cheyne left =
London this afternoon on spe-
clai train for Walmer Castle.
+ 4 II x,+ Il Il 4 = as 4 4 y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
I" FIGHTING NINTH" IN REUNION"
Famous Illinois Regiment Holds An
Aan4inx. - Hhiaae.a

Chicago Oct THE eighteenth an
nual Reunion of the ninth Illinois cav
airy, known as the lighting ninth"
was held here today. Sixty members
of the regiment We're present Ex-
Governor Albinas Vance, Of Nebraska,
was elected president.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
WILLING is FOUND GUILTY.
Waterloo House Burner is In for
Term in the Penitentiary.

Waterloo, Oct. Louis G. Willing
was at the conclusion of a two-days'
trial on:report of the jury at s o'clock
last evening found guilty of arson.
The case was a hotly contested one.
Efforts were made to disprove and
shake the confession Willing made on
the night on which he attempted to
burn his store here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Des Mones Concern Unable to Salts
fy Creditors,

Des Moines, Oct. IA petition in
Involuntary bankruptcy has been filed
in the federal court against the Rich
mond Heating & Plumbing company
by several creditors, who allege that
they have accounts aggregating over
$500 and that they fear inability to
get their money.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
Orders Are Significant.
Japanese Blockade Easily Run.

Tsingtau, Oct. THE German
steamer Progress, which left here
twenty-six days ago with a general
cargo consigned to Vladivostok, re-
turned from that port today and re-
ported that she had found it easy to
elude the Japanese ships in that vi
cinity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
L Fl E W EAT II E Z

Iowa-Showers tonight and proba-.
bly, Saturday. Warmer in the central
and east portions Saturday.
illinois-Increasing cloudiness and
warmer tonight Saturday, probably
showers and warmer.
Local Weather.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
vIadivostok Ready for Fight.

Vladivostok is being heavily forti-
fed, the harbor is being mined and the
repairing of the damaged ships is go
ing on
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-08
NAME RlV Al
CANDIDATES
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
or MASSACHUSETTS HOLD
CONVENTIONS TODAY.
BATES AND DOUGLASS
The Two Candidates for Governor Of
the Bay State Are Well known-Na-
tionaI, Republicans in Wisconsin
Make Plans to Elect scotieId.

Boston, Mass, Oct. Z. - The repub-
lican state convention met here today
to nominate a state ticket and presi-
Dental electors Attorney General
Moody was permanent chairman.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Insurance Company Gains Point.

The Supreme Court yesterday
granted a new trial Of the osuit of
Emily Z. Thomas against. the North
western Mufual Fife Insurance Com
for which her husband was insured.
Deceased paid but one premium in the
time curing which he should
have paid three, but his wild
ow alleges that an arrange
ment to tllS1 effect was made by him
with TIE Insurance company. She
won in the l9wer court, but a rehearlng
was grantedkby the Supreme Court in
bank, and now the whole matter will
have to be thrashed over again.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Patent Examiners Wanted.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina-
ton on April 10, at San FRANCISCO. for
the position of Assistant examiner,
patent Office. Age limit, 20 years or
over. fhe supply of eligjbles for this
posRionois baSely equal to the demand
and persons who become eligible haze
an excellent chance of appointment.
Persons who desire to compete should
apply to othe United States Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington, D. c.,
or to the secretary of the Consolidated
Board of Civil Service Examiners, 301
jackson street, San Francisco, for ap-
pIication form 1912, which should be
properly executed and filed with the
{ mmission at Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
BOARD OF. RDUGAT1oN So.
80 80 .::NQTFs On PAYROLL
Leave Of Absence Is Granted TO 'Teach-
-. ers and Dnes Transfer Is

:; The. BOARD ef:. Education held
meeting. ;::yesterdayy' ): afternoon and
passed the paytoll. for January. Eeave'
Of absence was gEanted TO the follow
ing feacrerss Mrs. a.. Il. 'Kedon; golnrI
o'C6nnefl.' fpcinc Heights School;
Clara i. Doolah. Bertha F: Newman,
Shirley Cookman. Hayes and James
A. McGuftin. all of the day substitute
class, %;.. . a. = c;,liss,;s q regular teacher
lin the department, avas transferred
from the sSpring. Valley Grammar
School to the Washington oGraTmar
4 resolution was adopted asking
the Board of'.Public Works to prepare
plans ana specifications and estinnateS
for the blilding Of the five eadditionat
classroonis il the attic of the Dsd-
The contract for engrossing di-
'plomas vas awarded to- P. A, sEspina
at the rates Of Is. cerits for high
school diplomas and 5 cents o for
grammar school diplomas, 90
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
son OF MILLIONAIRE
s CHARGED WITH CRIME
j. t. Grayson Booked at City Prison
ON Charge OF Obtaining Money
by False Pretenses.

j: T. Grayson. son OF a millionaire
mining man OF Portland. Or. who has
been cutting wide swath here on
worthless checks. was booked at the
City Prison yesterday morning by De-
tective. Whitaker and Policeman Gel
man on a charge of obtaining money
by false pretenses. He was arrested
on Saturday and when his father was
appealed to he refused to render any
assistance.
The complaining witness against
Grdyson is William NJ. Pratt OF Pratt
& Tferney. salOon-keepers, 1873 Mason
street. lie alleges that Grayson called
at his place on Friday night and asked
him TO advance him S25. Grayson
showed him what purpOrted to be a
deposit receipt for $1,000 with the
Wells-Fargo Bank. Pratt advanced
him the: amount and Grayson gave
him a check on the bank. When the
check was presented for payment il
was marked mo funds"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
WATKINS CITES :.
LARGE FIGURES
Tells. San Francisco Board. of
Trade Of Transactions In.
: :x6lying Millions of Dollars

:. The :twenty:seventh anniversary of
the organization Of the San Francisco
Board :oS Trade vas marked yesterday
by. the holding Of an annua, meeting.
F'or.:tiie twelfth; term, a.. ~. Watkins
was elected president; 7. I. Parsons
and. s: Nickelsberk were. elected vice
presidents, Isaac Bfoham was electesd
treasurer and H. l. Smith and Joseph
K{rk. were reelected esecreIary and at'-:
4orney, respectively.
An. address was delivered by Presi-,
dent WATKINS, in which he allnded to
the anniversary and said that it was
gratifying to report that the board vas
in. harmony and prosperous and that 1T
was wen equipped to execute promptl9'
alI business within its prCvince. There
was. "a balance of $20,49 25 n the hands
Of 1.-The treasurer, which exceedeG. slhe
'balAnce on the corresponding date In
1909 by S3753- The membership had
gained. The enrolment yesterday. was
292 members. as against 1875 last Febru-
ayX:
-; attention was called by tie president
to. the magnitude Of the opesations' of'
the board in it's more thar quarter
of q century OF existence. II had Sea!t
with, f. 705s failures, the amount OF la
biIities in, which. in fetal. was S7S,274,-
$40 The amount of recoveries was S3s.-
29a;01& the percentage of recONsrfeS'
during the life of the board being 4ss90.
President Watkins reported hgures at
testing to the prosperity OIL San Fran
cisco in 1903. Some CT hos statements
were as follows: :
Judged b. the volume OF bark cIeerings'
reasiaess has been the. best in the hStor' of
. the city. San Francisco ranks seventh among,
the cities of the United StsSes In amount OF
bank clearings, which tor the year 1903 were
81 500 I9S. ASS. as against 81. .3o9. .O5S. $50 for
1902. an increase of IL per cest. The clear
sfnces OF Seattle fer 1908 were $210. OT5. .35s.
less than one-seyenth of san Francl<coss for
the same period
8 In 1902 the cIearances OF Seattle were st91.-
a4s. $40. the gain IN 1908 being Oily per cert,
"a The bank clearinSs for the Eve largest
. banking cities on the Pacific c,dast outside OF
San Francisco. namely, Las angeles, Seattle,
Portland. Tacoma and Spokane. for this year
1903 were S005. .35S. .95O- AS shown above. San
! Erancisco's clsaraEces 6S per cent in
excess of the whole five cities
The value OF exports by sea from port
in 1908 was $40, 800. 800. The high water mark
was reached in real estate trarsestions in our
city In the year lust closed The sales re-
corded were $6365 amounting to S47, ,71O, 157.
The production OF gold in California "a 1903
was Sic. 792, 106.s slight increase over 1902.
One OF. sthe most important factors in Cali
foTntan products is that OF fuel sril, which n
the year 1908 was more than 600 bar
2 reIs. 70
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
BTSHELL ACCUSES SYKES -; o
OF IMPOSING. UPON HIM.
Man Recently Acquitted .9f Murder
Charge Asks Superior Court 10.
Set Aside Decd.. :.

W. H. Bushell. who was recently
arrested on a charge: OF numbering
his wife and acquitted. filed a. suit
yesterday against J. B. Sykes; "a
zeacher in the Lincoln School, to set.
aside a deed made by Rushell a few.
days SaTter his arrest.
1t appears from Bushels complaint
that last October. when he was: in:
jail on charge of killing his wife, be
was approached by Sykes, who, the
plaintiff claims, represented. that he
was an attorney-at-law and offered
his services To defend the plaintiff,
SYKES, it is claimed, secured: from
Pushell $40 IN cash and deed to,
certain properly on Seventh ayen6es
ueso- California street, promising TO
defend him at his trial. Now. 5Bushell
claims that Sykes secured the deed
from him without giving any rettirns
arsI he asks the court to set aside.the
document on the ground that Sykes
deceived him. 90
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
FATHER GRAY. CAUSES :
.. ARREST OF PHYSICIAN
Charges. DR.. Thomas sF.. Brennan:
:: With fIa1ing EnnbezZIed Coin and

Charges. DIR. Thomas f.. Brennan
:: With fLaSing EmbezZled Coin and
/. JeweIs Of .Ns1ue Of. 9,924.13. ::
ePolice Judge Fritz; accompanied by
Attorney II. c.; .Hasset6 went to st.
1osepb's Home. yesterday afternoon,
Where Rev. Father Ps ]. Gray, former,
oily rector OF St.Ratrick's Church, who
is an inmate of the institution named.
swore to a compIaifit charging DR..
!IAorflas F. Brennan with felony en-
bezZlement q
.. 1t is alleged fh the complaint that
ON December. 4.sDr. BreAnan ernbeza
lied. s37,524 IS. in cash. and ca gold
chalice, gold watch and chain and
gold cross set with diamonds. the
property of Father Ggay, of tale akgre-'
gate vahIe ofsS39,9 ,924sf3. o
Q .Dr. BreRnan was afrestedsin his Of
ficee in the Examiner building by Po-
hceman Mahoney and taken to the.
City Prison, where he was booked on
the charge. He declined to discuss
the merits of tite case, saying the facts
had already been alleged in a suit for
an accounting against him in judge
Sloss' court. Ike said he had been
Father Gray's physician for the LAST
ten years and for four years he had
Seen almost constantly with him.
!. He believed that Father GRAY had
been instigated to take9criminai pro-
eeedings against him0 by his enemies
but said he had no fear of the results
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Petitions Gin Insolvency.

Bedtions, in insolvency. were filed
yesterday in thedJnited -tates District
Court follows: r. Valentine, tall
or, San francisco, Liabilities $SS11. as
sets $3.50; j. b. WadsWorth, farmer,
Hooker, liabilities 1854, no assets.
The John Finn Metal Works, San
Francisco Gas and Electric ComnanV,
Alexander Yost Company and Charles
Stallman, doing business as the Pa
cific Tool andb Supply Company, cred
itors, have filed petition asking that
the Universal Automobile Company or
California Machine Works be declared
an involuntary insolvent. The nett
ton alleges that the automobile com
pany has transferred it's tools, pat
terms, drawings and other personal
property to ]. J.o Rauer with intent to
prefer him over the other creditors.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
SAYS sHE WAS sw1NDLED..::. :.
IN. LoDG1NG-HoUsE. 'DEs4L
Sfrs. Minna .Dunpe .Swears OUT War
rants for Arrest of III. q. Decker.
. o and Mrs. Il. SeitZ

Mrs. Minna Dunne,, 62. Ellis strset.
swore. to complaint before Police
judge Confan yesterday charging H.
C. Decker.9real estate agent, sO6 Mar
.ket street, and Mrs. b. Seitz with OBJ
tanning .money by. false pretenses.
o Mrs. Dunno alleges that on January
% she purchased from Mrs. = Seitz,
through Decker, the lodging house at
'62 Ellis street for $1,000. 1t Was rep
resented to her. that MIS-. Seitz was
sthe owner of the lodging-house and
had an uhexDired lease of seven. years
efdhe building.
Mrs. Dunno took possession !of the
premises on January 90 and in her
complaint oalleges that she was I'm:
formed that Mrs. Seitz was: not the
owner and instead of having an :ufi-
expired lease of seven years she,s at
the time of the sale, had been notified
by the landlord to give up possession,
on February I. %
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Wants police Restrained.

The Wee Ong tong. through sAttor-
ney George 2. CollinsS secured an orr
der from Judge Cook yesterday tenn
porarily restraining the police from
forcibiys entering the premises at $40
and S22 Washington street. The Chi
natown squad on January 5 broke into
the premises and arrested seDeFaF CHI
nese for playing fantan.o sAfhdavfts
owere filed by the police on the one
side and othe president and secretary
of the tong and oethers on the other
and the. hearing will take place this
afternoon Son the application for q
permanenst Injunction. % 9.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
CAPTAIN JOHNSON FREED
FROM ALL CENSURE
Local Inspectors Say He Was Not Re-
sponsibIe for Damage Done to
Spokane.

United States Local inspectors
BoIles and Bulger handed down sthe
following decision yesterday:
In the matter OF the steamship Spokane
striking on Humboldt bar January 0, 1904
fro..i testimony taken in this case, we find as
follows:
. sThe steamship spolans, NJ C. johnson. mas
ter and pilot while crossing Humboldt Bar
about - y. January 0. struck twice the
bottom. The tide vas one hour food; the
wire was light. a heavy westerly sweb ard
1fe bar breaking. The steamer WAS steering
he usual courses and crosstd the bar iff the
same place as 5no former voyages.
sIne black buoy on north side Of channel
which had Been gone for some time. had been
replaced some 800 feet farther westward OF its
oie Position, but ot this change johnson had
not been informed.
After a careful consideration of .,e case
&c are OF the OPINION that Captain johnson
was not eegligento in thiss matter.
sDasua2e 10 the steamship. spokane. about
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Obstrnct the istreef.s.

Sergeant Of 26'fce sHarper secured
warrants from Police Judge Frs.z yes
terday for the arrest 81 Thomas Kelly.
1929 Pine street; rOhn Nolan 1911
California street. arss sf. Csellca. 1923
california street, sssl livery stable
keepers. on the. charge. Of esstructing
the street Tho action is tazSn undst
a new ordinance, which provides that
10 vehicle, except a shanG cat. will
be allowed to stand "a the s.rSets un-
Joss q horse is alta he'd to-iL
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
In the divorce Court.

Suits for divorce were filed yester-
day by W. e. BelIina against Victoria
r. Bellina for cruelty, and Eva Kin
kade against Samuel r. Kinkade for
neglect. DEGREES of divorce were
granted to Bessie Nelson from Loren
P. Nelson for cruelty, and Esther
Scheika from Joseph Scheika for de-
sertion.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Elects New Officers.

stage and Turnpike Company was
held yesterday and the following Of
fcers elected: President, r. II. Pratt;
vice president, J. ]. Cook; secretary.
Abner Mapn; general superintendent.
E. P. W'aShburn. A. E. Balls place
on the board of directors was filed by
ktner Mann. The company declared
a dividend of 80 cents
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Want smiti. Eninined

The Columbia Bowling Association
sued yesterday for an injunction re-
straining Frank q. Smith Grom acting
as director of the association. 1t is
claimed in the complaint that Smith,
without reason or right, claims TO be
a director
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
sues Ffnigarp for Rent.

z. H. Coe filed a suit for. restitution
of premises yesterday against p. A.
Finigan. He claims the defendant
owes him $3.50 for rent Of the prem
ises at 1881 Union street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
Artistic Picture Frames.

We have the moderate priced, as well
as the high grade pictSre frames and
holdings Pretty goods at even more
reasonable prices than ever before in all
the new shapes and every tint and color
of mat board and binding paper. San
born Vail & Co.