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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
NEGRO SUSPECTED OF
ROBBERY Is CAPTURED
Prisoner Shows Fight. but Deputy
Sheriff Has Advantage and Ar
rests His Man

YREKA, July 25.-Deputy Sheriff
Shaw caught a desperate negro yester-
day at Edgewood. The darl<y. in COM
pany with others, is said to have taken
part in four hold-ups the previous
night at Weed. The negro showed
fight, but the deputy had the drop
OF him. His accomplice boarded a
freight at Upton, got of at Edgewood.
but getting scared, jumped on and
went to Ashland, where Sheriff How
ard found him this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
MAKES HIS WAY
BY USE OF Ak
Constable Carroll Smashes
Into a Barricaded Shop
to Sell Under Execution
WOMAN NAILS UP DOOR
Mrs. c. Preston, Who Drove
Away Officers by Pistol
Display, Loses Her Wares
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway, July %.


1016 Broadway. July %.
AK in hand, Constable Thomas Car
roll, erstwhile champion hammer
thrower of the United States. chopped
his way to-day through the locked,
doubly barred and nailed door that
blocked his entrance into Mrs. c. Pres
tons shop at Fruitvale Pistol in hand,
the storekeeper awaited the onslaught,
but she was not otherwise on war foot
ing.
Mrs. Preston made only technical
resistance to the process server. He
was there to sell out her stock of
goods under an execution on behalf of
the Lean Law and Collection Agency.
The woman resisted the service Of
the execution several days ago when
the constable went to the store. In
stead of submitting quietly Mrs. Pres
ton displayed a revolver and threatened
to shoot the first person who should
step over the threshold Of her shop.
This rather set back the operations.
Constable Carroll satisfied the law by
tacking the document in front of the
store. He waited the legal time and
returned to-day to sell out the stock
to satisfy the Judgment
Mrs. Preston had locked the door,
obstructed it with bars and then nailed
1t down with small spikes. AS Carroll
splintered the casing by lively blows
and ripped panels out of the securely
fastened door it yielded and he en-
tered, only to face Mrs. Preston. But
she did not attempt to use her pistol.
Her remonstrance was that the stock
was not her property. 1t was sold to
G. M. Watson.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Alameda Instructor RESIGNS,

ALAMEDA, July 25.-E. E. Good
ell, instructor of manual training in
the local school department. has filed
his resignation with the Board of Ed
ucation and 1t will be formally accept
ed at the next meeting of that body.
Mr.. Goodell is at present in Boston,
where he was called several months
ago by the illness of his father.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Charges INSANITY.

OAKLAND. July 25.-John w
Dunning OF 1871 Carlton street,
Berkeley, was taken to the detention
ward Of the Receiving Hospital this
afternoon on a charge OF insanity pre-
ferred by his nephew, J. L. Kennedy.
who SAYS his uncle has been threat
ening 10 burn the house down and
said that it world be in ashes before
night.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
EAST OAKLAND PEOPLE
WANT BETTER STREETS
Independence Square Improvement
Club Is Working for Needed
ReDairs

Repairs.
OAKLAND, July 25.-The Inde-
pendence Square improvement Club
has instituted an active campaign for
the Improvement of East Oakland
streets. Special attention will be given
20 East Seventeenth, East Nineteenth,
East Twentieth and East Twenty-fir
streets and Seventeenth and Eight
eenth avenues.
The committee on street improve
ment has reported that Superintend-
ent Of Streets OFT has promised TO re-
pair the crossings in East Oakland,
many Of which are at present in bad
condition. President Welch has been
authorized 70 call the attention of the
Board Of Public Works to the weeds
now growing on the sidewalks and in
the cutters around Independence
Square.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Condemned Man Renriered

TUCSON. Ariz., July 25-Actine
Governor w. F. Nichols has granted
Theodore Elias, who was to have been
hanged at Tucson Tuesday morning. a
sixty-day reprieve, to permit the Sher-
iff and District Judge to proceed under
the statute and summon a jury to de-
termine whether the condemned man
is insane
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Rohan Goes Free

OAKLAND, July 25.-Police Judge
George Samuels to-day suspended
judgment on the case of Thomas Ro-
han, who was arrested yesterday
morning for drunkenness, while one
of his children was dead and another
was critically Ill, supposedly from pto-
maine poisoning. His Honor said he
believed Rohan had punished himself
sufficiently, in view of the surround
ing circumstances of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Death of George L. Gale.

ALAMEDA, July 25.-George L.
Gale passed away last month at his
home, 1906 Fountain street, after an
illness of two months from Bright's
disease. He was a native of England,
81 years of age. His funeral will be
held from his late residence on
Wednesday morning and interment
VIII be in Mountain View Cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Body Not to Be Sent Home.

OAKLAND, July 25.-The remains
of Michael Ahearn, a resident of this
city, whose body was found several
days ago in the Truckee River will
not be brought to Oakland for burial.
having already been inferred at Wads-
worth, New Ahearn's family resides
at 925 Pine street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Lathrop Gets Thirty Days.

OAKLAND. July 25.-P. E. La
throp, a collector and private detec-
tive of this city, who was convicted on
charge of misdemeanor embezzle-
ment preferred by D. Fecci, a San
Francisco fruit dealer, was sentenced
to thirty days Imprisonment in the
City Prison this morning by Police
Judge SarnueIs. ---.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Finds Union Man innocent

BERKELEY, July 25.-Justfee of
the Peace Samuels has discharged C.
r. Carrick, charged with embezzle-
nsent Of funds from the Brotherhood
Of Carpenters and Joiners. of which
he was once financial secretary, hav-
ing found him not guilty of the accu-
sation. Carrick was able to show that
he did not steal $23 so, the amount he
was accused of misappropriating.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Thieves Steal a Boat.

OAKLAND, July 25.-Frank Law
renee. who lives at $50 New street,
reported to the police this morning
that his yawl. the Monterey. had been
stolen from its moorings at the foot
of Chase street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Small Boy Missing.

OAKLAND, July 25.-Rayfield Nc
Dermott, 10 years of age, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William McDermott, who
live at 1853 Campbell street, left home
yesterday and failed to return. His
parents have asked the police to find
him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
EmbezzIement case Dismissed.

OAKLAND, July 25.--The charge
of misdemeanor embezzlement pre-
ferred against J. H. Montgomery by
L. e. Bracket was dismissed this
morning by Judge Samuels on motion
of the prosecuting witness
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
sacramento Residence Rurned.

SACRAMENTO, July, 25.-ShOrtly
before noon to-day fire destroyed the
residence and saloon of Martin Shuler
at Highland Park, a suburb of Sacra-
mento. Loss about $500.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
were appointed as follows:

Executive-W William ]. Dutton. James Hogg
Z. w. Hopkins, Leon Sloss and F. W. Van
Slcklen inance-W. ]. Dutton, Juda Newman
and E. K. Wood trade and conmeree-R. 2.
Schwertn, G. w. McNear, A. ChesebrOugh,
Percy T. Morgan and W. NJ. Alexander; mem
bership-James B. Smith. B. Faymonville, w.
II. Hammer, Arthur Page anu y. g. Towne:
information and statistics-F. II. Wheelan,
F. r. Kruse and James X. Lynch: hoor-E.
Gauthier Jr., NJ A. Newell. Joseph Magner;
arbitration-J A. Hooper W. G. Mugan, VIII
liam Greer Harrison. Joseph Durney. James
Rolph Jr., Henry Rosenfeld and Robert Dol
lar; appeaIs-Henry F. Allen. ]. J. Moore, F.
c. Talbot, Charles d. Haven and William
Haas: committee on grain-R- d. Girvin,
William Baehr Jr., H. c. Somers, S. D. Nc
Near and A S. Moseley; margin fund-Juda
Newman, H. Sinsheimer W. F. Soule.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
Ok NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY

OAKLAND.
1916 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street.
Telephone North "a.
ALAMEDA
1885 Park Street.
Telephone Alameda $50.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-26
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
ELECTS ITS OFFICERS

William Babcock was yesterday
elected president of the Merchants
Exchange. William j. Dutton was
elected vice president; Leon Sloss
treasurer. and T. c. Friedlander sec
retary The directors are William
Babcock. William ]. Dutton, Leon
Sloss, James B. Smith, E. w. Hopkins,
F. II. Wheelan, Juda Newman, James
Hogg, R. P. Schwerin, F. w. Van
Sicklen and E. X. Wood. After the
officers had been elected for the year
of 1904-05 the standing committees
were anpointed as follows.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30


old cat they had deserted, yet for Hes
ter and Jacob Cross it was a blessed
homecoming.
Letters came at regular intervals
from Henry during the winter, and
each one was filled with news of the
little child-all her little ways and
iles-bitter-sweet news to Grandma
Hester. But through all ran an inter-
Jude Of sadness-baby was not strong.
She had illness after illness, and only
partially recovered from each one
By-and-by there came missive that
filled the two old hearts with mixed
emotions. Baby was coming, baby
and baby's mother. The letter, sweet
ly, worded, was written by Henela:
Twill you kindly let us come, father
and mother" it said, "and help me to
nurse the baby back to health? l am
sure that in the sweet, pure old home
that Henry is always telling me about
she will grow strong, especially with
a grandma to love and pet her."
Hester was struck dumb with Joy
and amazement. She was in the midst
Of her spring housekeeping, and in or
der to be ready to receive them on
the date mentioned some extra effort
and haste would be necessary. This
was small difficulty, however, as in
addition to the strong woman already
in the house, there were others to be
had, and the little old tumble-down
house," in reality low and old-fash-
toned, but roomy and pretty cottage
pretty because Of its setting Of vines
and flowers and thrifty fruit trees
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

was soon as thoroughly purified AS
could be, and shining from top to bot
tom.
And 1t came to pass that one day
Helena Cross, weary, but pleased and
hopeful, alighted from the old stage
and at the gate of her husbands old
home met his mother and gladly sur
rendered into her willing arms the
pale, precious baby, which grandma
had never expected to see again till 1t
had grown into cold, stately woman
like Helena as she had been before
the deadly fear Of losing her child had
changed and softened her.
Grandma's constant care and the
country air soon accomplished the de-
sired result, or well begun it, so that
when the autumn frosts began to ripen
the nuts the fat came forth from the
busy husband and father in the dis
tant Western city that baby and her
mamma must come home, and with
them the mother and father.
But, after much thought and careful
consideration, the old folks decided
that they were better off in their own
homely old home, and that If they
could have their beloved daughter-in-
law and her child with them during
each summer, the winters would pass
by swiftly, mere seasons of Joyful an
icipation.-Sunday Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
HE is a "POW wow" DOCTOR.
Queer Method Used to Cure a Sick
Child.

Queer Method Used to Cure Sick
Child.
| Coroner Dugan, in investigating the
death of child yesterday, discovered
the existence of 'powwow' doctor in
| this city, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
The man, j. j. Marshall, Of 1901 North
9Th street, described himself as such,
and said he had the power to effect a
cure through his weird nominations.
According to Mrs. Rebecca Ruch, of
2065 Arizona street, her 4-months-old
child died after she had treated her as
directed by Marshall Mrs. Ruch said
others had been cured by the pow
WOW" man and she went to see him
upon the recommendation of neigh
Dor.
| "He examined the child and then un-
dressed her." the woman testified. He
| took a piece of sod and rubbed her all
over first with the dirt side and then
with the grass. He told me to change
all her clothes and after taking them
! off to shake them out Of the window
| and never to use them again. Then
| he said that 1 should take the baby out
! of the house when the sun reflected on
the rooftop and bring it in again when
the stars began to shine"
| Marshall, a decrepit and aged man,
with a short, bristling white beard, was
defiant while under examination by
| the coroner.
"What is your business, Marshall?'
asked the coroner.
II am a blacksmith by trade, but
don't work at that now. I'm what they
call 'pow-wow.'
"You are what?" queried the coro-
ner, amazed at the mans admission Of
his occupation.
I'm pow-wow.' That's what the
doctors call me-"
Asked by the coroner to define the
meaning Of "pow-wow" Marshall said
''pow-wow' is what the physicians
call a humbug.
"Then you are humbug, are your"
asked Mr. Dugan.
$50 the doctors say. But you can't
do anything with me. | am not regis
tered as physician, but then l don't
charge for my services. I take what
ever my patients give me- l don't ask
for fee, but 1 always get one.
ct was taught how to cure human
ills by my mother, who taught me all
she knew How she found it all out is
between her and God. | know nothing
about laws. 1 have lived in Philadel-
phia many years and hope to die here,
but I've always minded my own bust
ness"
The coroner admitted that there was
no law to reach Marshall, but at the
same time he Oundly rebuked him for
his practices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
TIGERS BESIEG. A VILLAGE.

The Man Eaters, Four In Number,
Killed Several Inhabitants.
The police station at Katigora was
few days ago the scene Of great ex.
element and horror when the corpse
of unfortunate Nidan Patni, who met
his lamentable death from the claws
Of tiger, was carried there for in.
spection.
-Four persons were killed during the
course of few weeks besides a num-
Der of persons mau1ed; while carrying
away cattle is going on almost every
day. The tigers that have caused so
great a havoc here are now proved to
be four in number, one tiger, one
tigeress and two big cubs, and our
sympathetic deputy commissioner is
said to have offered a reward of Rs.
40 for the destruction Of each Of them.
The ferocious brutes, having taken
their abode by the side Of the only i'm
portant road leading from Katigora
to the village Gangapur, have prac-
tically laid siege to the village, with
the result that communication on foot
has been stopped. Several attempts
that had been made to afford RELIEF to
the unfortunate villagers were all I'M
successful.
A party Of local shikaries mastering
strong and equipped with firearms
marched into the jungle at the head
of our energetic Naib Tehsildar Maui
vi Mahommed Israel to hunt the
tigers, but with all their efforts they
could not make the master stripes
come out of their recesses. The next
day, however, another party, consist
ing Of four European gentlemen, with
a large number Of coolies, surrounded
the jungle and succeeded in arousing
the tigers, which managed to escape
through the line without giving the
hunters an opportunity Of discharging
bullets.
They pursued the animals and made
them swim across beel. 1t is a mat
ter of regret that the brave hunters
failed to- hit the animals while they
were struggling in the water, although
good number Of shots were fired.
The tigers got to the other side Of the
beel without encountering further op-
position and fell upon the said Nidan
Patni, who was grazing cattle. near his
house and killed him on the spot
Weekly Indian Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
Rones ofAncient Red Men.

The skeletons Of two full-grOWn In
dams have been unearthed by Profess
sor William r. Hoag, Of the Mime
sofa State University at his summer
home on Big Island, Lake Minneton-
ka, says the Minneapolis Tribune.
Professor Hoag was digging in the
high bank on which the house is stu
ated at the west or upper end Of the
island for set Of new steps for the
wharf below. About two feet from
the top of the bluff and a short dis
lance under the dirt bones were dis
covered, and when all had been col
lected two perfectly preserved skele-
tons were laid side by side on the
grass. Several round stones, supposed
~ Indian money or implements, were
also found. /,
The skulls of the Indians were espe
cially well preserved, and it was by
these that their identity as Indians
was made possible. The high cheek
bones show this beyond doubt. How
long they have lain in their graves
overlooking the lake cannot be ascer-
tanned, the dryness Of the sand at the
height above the water at which the
bodies were found being given as
reason for their perfect preservation.
Similar relics Of the former lake
jewellers have been found at different
points around the lake and also on
Big Island, but the new discovery is
one Of the largest single finds that
has been made. That part of the ISL
and directly faces the setting sun, and
it is believed that it was for that rea-
son a favorite burying ground of the
tribes that once peopled the shores Of
the lake.
One Of the skulls found by Profess
sor Hoag contains full set of per-
fectly preserved teeth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
x RAYS Told.

The late Postmaster General Henry
G. Payne had friend in Milwaukee
who Is physician and owns an x
ray machine.
'The DOCTOR" said the late Postmas-
ter General, in relating the story,
twas interrupted one day by the hur-
ried entrance Of young man. Doc
tor said he, I have swallowed my
diamond pin. l wish an examination
made
1.-THE doctor was not enthusiastic,
for the young man already owed a
large bill. However, the examination
was made, but it revealed no sign of
the diamond.
az am sure that 1 swallowed it,
protested the youth, haughtily.
"As a plausible explanation the doc
tor suggested innocently: The rays re-
veal only solids; perhaps the diamond
was paste
81 did not come here to be insult
ed retorted the youth.
Likely you came to pay that little
BILL encouraged the physician.
"'I'd pay you now if l had the
money with me- said the caller.
"'Beg pardon observed the doctor,
suavely, the x rays located a coin in
your vest pocket, which will at least
pay for this examination
'The bills which encircled the silver
dollar were sufficient to wipe out the
entire debt, and the young man left,
cursing the advance made in medical
science"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30

foreigner and the manner In which
he takes his pleasure contrasts mar
velously with that of the energetic oc-
cidental human being
In the early hours of the morning,
when the rays of old sol are tenn
pered with the dissipating dews of
night, the wealthy native, as well as
the worker of low degree, may be seen
carrying the cage containing his favor
lite singing bird to the native gardens
or other tree-embowered spot and lis
tening in contemplative ecstasy to the
joyous greeting which his Gagged friend
pours forth to the coming glory of the
day.
AS soon as the golden beams become
oppressive he retires to his domicile,
whether to labor or sleep it's hard to
tell In any case, he is wise, for has
he not caught the beauty of the grand
est part of summers day, the males
ty Of dawn? Again, when sunsets
glow has fallen dead in the West, the
Chinaman pours forth to his diversion.
To stand for hours with waving fan
on the curb of our city's thoroughfares
watching the procession of vehicular
and pedestrian traffic brings him ap-
parently the delight which a Londoner
can obtain from a lord mayors show,
daily repeated while a volunteer pa
rade brings him forth in numbers pro-
portionate to the metropolis myriads
called out by a royal pageant
Thus in dignifed, contemplative
manner does the Chinaman display his
idosyncrasy Of pleasure-taking. Again,
the native of younger blood, imbued
with a tinge Of foreign taste, rushes
madly through the streets on the whir-
ring wheel or drives, luxuriously re-
clining in his smartly appointed car
riage, behind the fastest trotting pony,
steered by a reckless. native jehu,
which his means are able to procure.
The visitor to the various public re-
sorts Of the Chinese in the settlements
will invariably gain an interesting in
sight into the Chinaman and his pleas
ure-taking, and one striking feature
cannot pass unnoticed. Whether coolie,
merchant, office boy or mandarin in
public, the Chinaman at play is in
variably respectable. One hears much
of the native immortality, but decorum
when in the public eye, and absolutely
moral behavior characteriZes even the
biggest rake among the Cinnamon Of
our settlements. Drunkenness is vice
which is usually kept within doors, as
are all other reprehensive practices.
Quarreling is almost an unknown
thing in public resorts. Never does one
witness anything approaching the col
lege student of Europe on the rampage,
or AIRY and 'Arriet on a bank 'oliday
tear. The Chinaman takes his pleas
ure as he takes his business, with a
calm, calculating philosophy, which
constitutes one Of his greatest varia-
tions from the habit of mind Of the vi
vacious uropean.-Shangha Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
D.dn,t Exactly Know.

It is generally supposed that the
average Chicagoan knows something
about music. He certainly has had
enough Of it thrown in his way. This
being the greatest musical center on
the American continent, most people
have been acquainted at least with
the names Of the great composers.
But there are still some who get
things a little mixed.
Standing in front Of the new Thorn
as orchestra building on Michigan
avenue one day last week were three
well-dressed men. One of them was
reading the names chiseled in the
stone facade Of the building.
Bach" he read, Beethoven. Mo-
Fart, Wagner, Schubert"
Here he paused for second. and
then, turning to his two companions.
asked:
rs that the same Schubert that's
mixed up in the theatrical business ?"
Il guess it is" said one of the other
men.
Nav" said the third man. "I'va
heard my wife speak about the fellow
whose names cut up there. | think
he's one of those long haired German
oboe players. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
WHICH ARE YOU?

There are two kinds Of people on earth to-day,
Just two kinds of people; more, say
Not the sinner and saint for it's well understood
That the good half bad and the bad half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to count mans wealth
must first the state Of his health
Not the humble and proud for In lfe's little span
Who puts vain airs Is not counted man.
Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years
Bring each his laughter and each man his tears
No; the two kinds Of people earth that
Are the people who lift and the people who lean,
Wherever you CO. you will find the worlds
Are always divided in just these two classes
And, oddly enough, you will find, too, ween,
There is only one litter to twenty who lean.
In which class you? Are you easing the load
OF Overtaxed hfters who toll down the road?
Or are you leaner who lets others bear
Your portion of labor and worry and care?
heller Wilcox.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-30
Break, Break, Break.

Break, Break, Break.
Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, o sea!
And l would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
o, we'll for the fsherman's boy
That he shouts with his sister at play
O, we'll for the sailor lad
That he sings in his boat on the bay!
And the stately ships go on,
To the haven under the hill;
But 0, for the touch of vanished hand,
And the sound of voice that is still
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O sea!
But the tender grace of day that is
dead
Will never come back to me.
Alfred Tennyson.