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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
ALAMEDA LOUATY NEWS.

PUTNAM VISITS ALAMEDA LIBRARY
Alameda. June 23.-Dr. Herper1 Putnam, LII
1rarian Of the Congressional Library. visited
the local library to-day and was shown through
the institution by Librarian Frank u. Graves.
KICKED BY A HORSE.-Oakland June %
Joseph Marks. blacksmith at JUS Last Four
ard sustained fracture OF the ankle He
was removed to Providence Hospital and was
treated by DR.. E. A. Stone
charles CRUELTY.-Oakland, June 23.--
suit for divorce was begun to-day by Annie
Reeves, colored against Fl. X. Reeves whom
elle charges has drawn across her
throat many times and tod her he would kill
her. She asks for divorce on the ground of
cruelty.
GASOLINE STOVE ExPLoDEs-oakland
June PA gasoline stove. which exploded in
tliir0F Fstreet this morning caused property
damage Of $bQG Mrs Fogg was preparing a
meal when the explosion occurred No one
woonMEN WILL VISIT ALAMEDA.-Ala-
media. June 23.--Spruce Camp No. 132, Wood
men Of the World, will receive visit next
mittee Of the order in Alameda County. which
eonsixts of five delegates from each of the forty
Gangs within the local Jurisdiction
MIsREPREsENTED BUSINESS.
By Antoine Haugen OF S2S F'ranklin street with
having obtained money under false pretenses
IS Haugen says that Maupin obtained x78
from him to conduct furniture business
which did not exist.
COMPLIMENTS McCLYMONDS.-Oakl
June 23.-In communication received from
State Superintendent of Public Schools Thomas
J. Kirk 1t is stated that the method OF teach
ing arithmetic employed by City Superfn-
teldant of Schools McClymonds will form the
text of the new arithmetic to be used in the
schools throughout the State
KING CASE CONTINUED.-oakiand, June
23.-The of c. H. King. capitalist
charged with having permitted weeds to grow
In front of his property, was called IN the
Police Court this morning and continued until
June %. The complaint has been demurred
to on the ground that II is faulty and also
that the ordinance is invalid.
CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN LOTS.-Alameda.
June % 23.-ManaEer John H. Hartog and the d.
reetoFs Of the Alameda Advancement Associa-
ton are to fnaugrrate a campaign for the
cleaning OF vacant lots Notices will be sent
to property owners requesting them to remove
the weeds and rubbish from their realty. and If
the requests not compned with 1t IS prob
able that the matter Will be called to the at
tention of the CITY Trustees
WOMAN LOSES FOOT-Oakland June 23
In hurry to catch tram at West Berkeley
this morning Mrs. Augustine Huiallade. who
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
EXPERIMENTS MADE
WITH SUGAR BEE'TS
Professor Shaw Issues Bulle-
tin Explaining Effect OF
AIkali OH Product.

BERKELEY, June 23.-Experiments
made by Professor G. W. Shaw of the
agricultural department of the univer-
sIty with sugar beets grown in various
sorts OF alkali soil have provided him
with material for a bulletin on the
subject. which Is about to he issued
from his department. The experiments
have been in progress for two years in
various parts of the State.
Farmers have known that sugar beets
would grow ir some varieties OF alkali
soil, and would not in others. Professor
Shaw has learned that the factor in
alkAli soil which is fatal to Deets is
sodium chloride, or common salt. He
declares that where salt is present in
soil to greater extent than two -tenths
of per cent beels, will not thrive. Beets
that will grow in alkali, however, are
as pure and contain as great a percent
age of sugar as any others
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
SAUSALITO LIGHTING
PLANT TO BE SOLD
Owner Ready to Transfer His
Interests to Bay Counties
Company.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAUSALITO June 23.-The deal be-
tween the Sausalito Electric Light
Company and the Bay Counties Power
Company will be closed in San Fran
cisco Tomorrow. when Thomas a..
Frost, the proprietor, will affix his sig
nature to the papers conveying u the
Bay Counties Company all his interests
in the Sausalito corporation. One the
first of next month the new owners
will take possession of the franchise,
poles. wires and electric light plant.
Frost. when seen this afternoon. said
that the consideration was a very
satisfactory one TO him.
The Bay Counties people have been
trying to get control of this plant for
a long time as they have control of all
the other electric light plants in the
county.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
MAY. HAVE EscApED DEATH.

OAKLAND, June 23.-From advices
Just received from the north. II is be-
lieved that David Barstow, of this city,
who was reported drowned in Chignik
Bay an inlet of the Aleutian Islands. in
Alaska, may have escaped death in the
overturning OF his boat. and may now
be making his way TO Chignik overland
searching party which went out to
recover Barstow's remains found the
boat undamaged on the beach several
miles from Chignik, and 1t is thought
that the missing man may have landed
with the boat and started to make his
way overland to the settlement. Bar
stow was the owner of several valuable
mining claims in the north, and his
brother, Wallace Barstow, has left this
city to look after the estate in the in
terest of relatives here.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
LEAPS TO DEATH FROM WINDOW.

ALAMEDA, June 23.-Louis H. Scho-
neau, chief jailer at the County Jail In
Oakland under former Sheriff Oscar
Rogers, committed suicide at $40
o'clock tonight by jumping from sec
ond story window at his residence, 1921
Eighth street. Schoneau landed on his
head on a cement walk. His neck was
broken and his skull crushed. Death
was instantaneous.
Sehoneau had been in his bed all day.
With him until few minutes before he
made the suicidal plunge was Samuel G.
Gable, a clerk, residing at 461 Twenty
second street Cable and Schoneau re-
turned late last night from San Fran
cisco together and spent the day at the
Schoneau home Cable and Mrs.
Amelia Kuehmeister, Schoneau's sister.
had been attending him during the day
and keeping close watch, as the patient
was suffering from alcoholic depression.
Schoneau sent Cable out of the room
on an errand. No sooner was his friend
gone than the half-crazed man Jumped
out OF bed In his undergarments. threw
open the window and leaped to his
death.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

conducts the Palace Lodging house at 701 Jones
street, West Berkeley. slipped she was get
ting on the train and her right foot was crushed
by the wheels She was brought by the train
into Oakland and hurried to the Receiving Hos
pital where her foot was amputated She IS
forty years Of age and tas two children.
FAITHFUL SERVICE REwARDED.-Ala-
media June 23--Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson. who,
for years acted as housekeeper for Grant lap
"Wednesday night was bequeathed all of the
estate OF the deceased on Pearl avenue. The
Lapham home and wen equipped boarding
and feeding stable are included In the bequest
Mrs. Robinson attended Lapham faithfully and
managed his Affairs during his last illness. The
funeral of the horseman rook place to-day
The remains were cremated.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
Protectors Built by North
Shore Road Are Objection
able to San Rafael People
COURTS AID is ASKED
Removal of Boards Demand
ed by Property Owners
Along Route of Railway
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL. June 23--Johanness
Petersen and the majority OF the prop
erty owners on Second street between
Shaver and B streets to-day filed a COM
plant in a suit to compel the North
Shore Railroad TO remove the fences on
each side of its track on Second street
between Shaver and b streets The
fences in question are a menace to the
drivers OF teams and pedestrians, the
plaintiffs aflege.
The fences were put up to prevent con-
tact with the power rail which runs
parallel with the track and which carries
heavy current. At the time the COM
pany applied for permission TO build the
fences the complainants made strenuous
objections. The City Trustees granted
the franchise. however, even against the
advice of the City Attorney. The de-
cision in the case is awaited with great
interest by the people of this city.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
Fraternities of Palo Alto
Pick Men and Women to
Fill Chairs for Next Year
WE'LL ATTENDED DANCE
First Anniversary Ball OF
I'll Canine ParlOr of Native
Daughters a Great Success
special dispatch to The CAN.

PALO ALTO. June 23.-P5lo Alto Coun-
Gil. Order of Pendo, has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Councillor. T. T. Pat
ton: vice councillor. Richard Very
secretary. Mrs F. A. Kasson; treasurer.
Louis Benoit guide. Leroy Patton; war
den. r. T. Very; sentinel. James
Brophy: chaplain. Marguerite Benoit;
trustees c. G. Walker. c. III. Williams
and c. ID. Haines.
Court Stanford. Independent Order or
Foresters, has elected +. B. Simpson.
Charles Quinn and A. McLachlan dele
gates to the Grand Court. which will be
held in Sacramento in October The al
ternates are j. Mcdonald. E. @. Field Jr-
and A " UmDhreys.
FL Canine Parlor. Native Daughters,
gave it's first anniversary ball last night
at Mullen's Hail. 1t was an elaborate
social affair. About eighty couples at
tended.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
BIG BIRD is CAUSE
OF MINES SHUT DOWN
Sandhill Crane Flies Against
Electric Wires and Makes
Trouble.
Special plspatcn TO The CAN

RENO, June GA large udhill crane
yesterday flew against the electric wires
carrying the power from Mystic on the
Truckee River to the Comstock mines
and shut off all power to the mines> The
pumping plants and hOisting machinery
in the mines were out of commission for
more than an hour. Foreman Wright
Immediately started an inspection. At
Howard's ranch. about six miles from
Virginia City. he located the trouble
The large bird had struck two OF the
wires, forming a circuit. IL was burned
to crisp and one of the copper wires.
the size of a leadpeneil. was burned in
two.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
DEATH Calls AN AGED PIONEER.

OAKLAND, June 23.-Mrs. Lucena
Parsons. who for more than a half CEN
tury has been a resident of this city,
died at / p. M to-day at her home. 1911
Fifty-fourth street. aged SO years Mrs.
Parsons was a native of New York and
came to Oakland in 1851, having re-
sided here ever since. The eldest
daughter of the deceased, Mrs. Z. L.
Metzger Of Alameda, was the first white
child born I'm the city of Oakland Mrs
Parsons husband was killed by acct
dent in 1883, at which time he owned
ranch of leo acres where Gold
en- Gate now stands. Mrs. Par
sons leaves four children, George w
Parsons, Mrs. c. L. Metzgef. Mrs. w. H
Brown. and Mrs Mary Decker of Val
leio. The funeral will be held from the
family residence in Golden Gate Monday
afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
ARRESTED FOR KEEPING CASH
PAID TO HIM BY A WOMAN
Sausalito Man and His Wife Accused
Of EmbexzIement by Purchaser
n Iease.

SAN RAFAEL, June 23.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Looney swore to a complaint be-
fore Justice of the Peace W. F. Magee
to- day, charging Joseph P. Dem and
his wife Rosalind of Sausaiito. with
embezzlement. Mrs. Looney stated that
she agreed to buy lease of premises
and a few personal effects from BEN
and his wife for 5000. She paid $3.50
down. agreeing to pay the balancr
when she took possession. The land
lord refused to permit her to take pos
session, so she applied to Benz for
possession or return of the money. Her
request was denied. Benz was arrested
this evening Judge Magee fixed the
bonds of the defendants at $500 each.
which were given.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
BIG STALLIONS LEAD
THE WILD HORSES
Animals Attack Teams Haul
ing Treasure Wagons
i'm Nevada.
Special Dispatch to The Call

RENO. June 23.-Wild stations on the
desert between Kawich and the Clark
railroad have been stampeding the horses
of the treasure trains for the last few
months and at times it was almost i'm
possible to send train across the desert
in safety. In order to overcome this
difficulty Superintendent Norris of the
Gold Reed Mining Company sent armed
men across the desert with the wagon
train on the last trip Several bands OF
wild, horses led by powerful wild stations
we're seen
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
BOY BURNED BY FIRECRAokERs.

ALAMEDA, June 23.-Francis Mar
shall. lad living at 1922 Broadway,
was badly burned on his right side and
hand to-day through the explosion of q
bunch of firecrackers In his pocket The
frecrackers were lighted by the explo-
sion of a box of pistol caps in the same
pocket Edward Marshall, brother of
the burned boy, extinguished the flames
by wrapping his coat about the lad and
rolling him on the ground. While Mar
shall's burns are not considered serious,
there is danger of lockjaw resulting
from the injuries
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

MARRIAGE LICENSES.-Oakland,J June 90
The following marriage licenses were issued
by the County Clerk to-day: John r. Brophy
p. and Hannah Twomey p. both Of Oak
and Sarah A. O'Kane 30, Alameda; William
Gentry. 81 and Ray White 26. both of Berke-
ley: B. e. Miller. 80 and Nellie Disher. ~.
beth OF oakiand: Edward r. Eliassen %. and
Gertruds W. Hibberd. %. both Of 0akiand
George a. Bewersmith 70. and Jennie NJ
Ckristoffersen, 49, both Of Oakland
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
TWENTY SIGNAL CORPS MEN
ON THEIR WAY TO ALASKA

SEATTLE. June 2s.-Twehty Signal
Corps men left this city tonight to
take charge of the cable and telegraph
stations in Alaska operated by the
Government A second detachment will
go on the cable-ship Burnside The
new men are needed because of the in
crease in business
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
NO BLOOD OR INITIALS ON
KNIFE FOUND BY SHERIFF
Omcer Declares Weapon Picked Up
Near Scene Of killing Is
VaIueTess as CIew.

STOCKTON. June 2S.-Sheriff Norman
of Amador County telephoned to-day
that the knife found near the scene of
the killing of Chester Maker at Lancha
Plana had no initials or blood upon 1t,
and that no suspicion attaches to any
one through the finding OF the weapon
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
COMMITTEES ON IRRIGATION
REACHES CITY OF PORTLAND
Governor Partlee and Others Join Con-
gressmen and Senators Who Have
Been Touring the West.

PORTLAND, June 23.-The Congress
sional committee. which is investigat-
ing irrigation projects in the West. ar
rived in Portland this afternoon In
Portland the committee was Joined by
United States Senator Samuel Piles of
Washington. Other members of the
party are Governor Frank B. Gooding
of Idaho, Governor Pardee of Califor-
nia,s. United States Senator Levy An
keney of Washin gton and United States
Senator and Miss Frances G. Newlands
of Nevada.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

cARMANY LEFT NO wILL.-oakiand,
viii ieft BY the late Cyrus ". Carmany Of
East Oakland and cashier OF the Savings and
Loan Society and to-day his brothers, A. j.
and Ringgolc Csrmany. fled a petition asking
for letters of administration his estate,
supposed te be worth close TO 81. 0oa 000 His
only relatives are three brothers and one sis
Ter Mary A. carnany and John H carmany
A-s~p this other two heirs
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
chinese Fatally wounded.

AUBURN, June 23.-Two Chinese en-
gagged in a fight this morning at the
Davis mine at Mammoth Bar and one
was shot. probably fatally. The wound
ed man was brought to the County
Hospital here, but the crime was COM
mitted Just over the line in Ell Dorado
County.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
WEALTHY CHINESE MERCHANT
PAYS ONE VISIT TOO MANY
Immigration Offieials Deny Admittance
to Country to Celestial Returning
From Trip to China.

TACOMA. June 23--Although he has
resided in Port Townsend for twenty
three years. All Jim. a Chinese mer
chant. owning property worth $4,000.
has been detained at Sumas two
weeks The immigration officials claim
that unless he can more clearly estab-
ish his right to enter the country he
will not be allowed to return to his
store. This is the sixth time An Jim
has returned from China after visit
to his family.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
SHARE or SCOTCH ESTATE
AWAITS A MISSING FARMER
Letters Anneuneing His Good Luek Ar
rive Few Days After Mysterious
DisaDpearanee.

TACOMA. June 23.-Ranchers living
about Rogers. Mont, have commenced
a systematic search for John Quay. a
young rancher, who disappeared last
November. He had large amount of
money with him Several days after
his disappearance letters arrived at the
ranch containing the news that he had
fallen heir to large estate In Scot
land.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

CONTEST OVER ESTATE.-Oakland. June
23--There Is to be q contest owes the probaffnR
of the estate of the late DIR. A. j. Dean of
Haywards. Joseph 8. Gomez to-day applied
for letters and has q claim OF 5000 against
the estate. which he hopes to be able to coflect
He Is opposed by Deans mother and the Public
administrator. who has already asked for lst-
ters
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
WILL CARRY WATER THROUGH
MOUNTAINS TO OIL DISTRICT
Plans of Capitalist Include big Tunnel
Prom the SAN Benfto River
tn COaliuxu.

HOLIISTER. June s3.-H. j. Greva
of Coalinga has made a location on the
headwaters of the San Benito for a
water right for the purpose of taking
water into the Coalinga oil district by
means of tunnel through the noun
tains.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24
NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY FEDERAL UNION MEMBERS
r. Baptiste Jr. Is Head of Sausalito Or
ganization and III. j. LorfanO Is
It's Secretary.

SAUSALITO. June 23.-Federal Union
No 11.44O, has elected the following Of
ffcers: President, F. Baptiste Jr.; vice
president. HI. j. Loriano: recording
secretary, Harry ]. Thomas: financi al
secretary. M. B. Beiras Jr.: treasurer,
Manuel Ygnacio: guide. Otto Becker;
business agent. James Banks: trustees.
H J. Loriano, H. w. Collins and Fred
ID. Linsley.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

Miss Leslie Green the attractive young
fiancee of Howard Huntington. is the object of
considera bic social planning, an event of next
week for which Mrs Walter Starr has sent out
cards being in her heBor.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

Mrs Frank A. Leach is still at Los Gatos.
where she intends to remain during the sum-
mo
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

Mrs A NJ Rosborough leaves in few days.
for Concord. where she viii be the guest Of
friends for q time.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-24

The garden fete that was to have been given
for the benefit of St. celuBlbas Church, at the
home OF Miss Mathews on san Pablo avenue
has been postponed account OF the serious
illness of Miss Mathews brother.
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never at any time had the ghost of a clue. My
conviction that the had been
dered and thrown into the East River and the
tide being right had been carried out past Sandy
Hook into oblivion
The sensation was consequently great one when,
five months afterward, Hoyoke walked into the
Exchange morning, just if nothing had hap
pened, and offered to trade. His friends at first
staggered at the sight of him, gave him a roaring
reception and overwhelmed him with questions,
which in a cold and surly way he brushed aside.
I've been away; but I'm back and ready for
business, he said, and that all they could get
out of him. He haggard, resembling man
who had had a severe illness, and down his left
cheek, from the corner of the eye to the jaw, was
a deep red scar still inflamcd. Something serious
had happened but he would not talk of it they
respected his feeling and let him alone.
| called on him, because | had given the case
days and nights OF investigation, and was sur
prised at the kind of man found. He always had
been described of youthful, buoyant enthusi-
asm and jolly disposition. ] found of
thirty-live, showing no traces of these qualities
but cold, polite, haggard and nervous, something
like with chronic neuralgia lie dismissed
the subject with a word, saying it was nobody's
business but his own, and that he did not care to
talk about it. That all he would say His
friends, however confirmed this entire change in
his disposition. He good a business man
ever, but had become entirely unsociable. He
would not take drink go to a club or join in a
dinner He had become a silent, moody recluse
who, after business hours, went to his apartment
and He had wife, and his family
relatives all in the South.
So the thing passed out of my mind and that of
the public and was forgotten. About year after
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man met MS il
only clue to the
murder was a
knife, with a
keen edge and
dagger's point,
found in the
gutter.
The Captain
and first mate
of the Evening
Star were no
toriously brutal
to their men at
sea. This gave
us a clue. A
search of the
sailors board
ing-houses, in
which the second
mate gave as
sistance, showed
that every man
in the crew of
the brig had re-
shipped and was
at sea. Arrests
were made, but
nobody could be
held for the
crime.
Ten days later
the notification
of a stabbing-
affair that hap
pened on Pike
st. was brought
to my station
at four o'clock
in the morning.
a young man
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ward, however, a general alarm was
received at all station-houses one
night announcing mysterious
murder in the precinct adjoining
mine. Hiram Walker, sea Captain
and head of a firm that owned a
fleet of sailing ships, with wharves
at Peck Slip, had been waylaid on
an unfrequented street near the
Battery and killed with a knife.
There had been only one thrust,
but that was a strong and sure one,
given from in front and reaching the
heart. Walker lived on Staten
Island, and was on his way to the
Whitehall ferry. No attempt was
made to rob the body. Several
arrests We're made, but the suspects
could not be held
Walker was Captain of the brig
Evening Star, belonging to his COM
pany, which had come into port
laden with coffee. She had been
absent for almost a year, during
which time she had visited several
cities in the Mediterranean. She
had taken from New Y DIRK a general
cargo of hardware and canned goods.
From Smyrna she had gone in
ballast to Rio Janeiro, had been
chartered to London, and after tax
ing local cargo, went thence to
Pernambuco, returning to New York.
After discharging at warehouse in
Brooklyn, the brig was towed to a
shipyard near Pike-st. for extensive
repairs. The Captain and first
mate were retained to superintend
the overhauling, but the crew was
let go.
Before the excitement over
Walkers murder had died out the
first mate of the Evening Star was
found lying in his blood on Cath
ERNEST. one night, with a knife
wound similar to that inflicted upon
the shipping merchant. There were
no signs of scuffle, and his watch
and money were rndisturbed.
The man had died Instantly;
nobody heard a cry or saw the crime
committed. The narrow thorough
fare leads to Brooklyn ferry and
is crowded until the boats are laid
up for the night; but at three
o'clock in the morning, when the
fate, the street was deserted. The