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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
WOMAN FIGHTS
FOR LIBERTY
Insane Suspect Wants Jury
Judge Melvin Says Law Allowing Appeal
From Experts Is Foolish One

OAKLAND, April 14.-Not satisfied
with the decision of the insanity COM
mission which pronounced Miss Alice
B. Courtwright insane. her attorney.
H. G. Walker, this morning demanded
a jury trial for his client and the case
was set down for hearing by Judge
Melvin for next Thursday. In speak
Ing of this section of the law providing
for the appeal from the decision of ex-
perts to that of a jury. Judge Melvin
stated 1t as his belief that 1T is q fool
law
District Attorney Benjamin OF Napa
County has become interested. and.
Judge Melvin says. has asked the
courts permission to take part in the
trial and attack the constitutionality
of such provision. Shouldsthe insane
of his county begin such proceedings he
says matters would soon be in chaotic
state.
Miss Courtwright is the daughter Of
the Rev. G. w. Courtwright and is
charged with insanity by her family
and been sentenced to Napa
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
LIVELY TRIP
ACROSS OCEAN
British Steamer Fired on
and Stopped by Japanese
Warships Several Times

OAKLAND, April 1.-THE British
steamer Adato, Captain Brodie in COM
mand. arrived at Long wharf to-day
after lively voyage from Karatsu to
San Francisco, during which he was
stopped three times and fired on twice
by Japanese war vessels and the crew
was called upon to fight fire while at
midsea in the midst of cyclone. The
fire was discovered in the cabin and
was soon extinguished.
The Adato left Kobe on March 13.
bound for the Japanese port of Ka
ratsu to take on coal for her voyage
across the Pacific. On March Is. when
eight hours out from Karatsu on her
homeward trip she was stopped by d
allowed her to proceed. Next day while
steaming between the islands of Yezo
and Hondo japanese torpedo-boat
darted out suddenly from behind a
small island. firing two shots across
the Adatos bow as signal to come
to. The JapS were satisfied after a
twenty minute conversation by mega
phone and once more the ship went on
her way only to be stopped in the
Tsugaru Straits on March 81 by a Jap
anese cruiser. Owing to a slight fog
Second Mate A. Rftchie. who was on
watch, misunderstood the signals and
two shots were fired by the Japanese
vessel as command to stop. After an
examination of the ships papers the
Adato was again allowed to proceed.
The Adato was simply carrying water
ballast and no cargo, but the fact that
she carried her coal on deck made the
Japanese suspicious and was the cause
of her several delays.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
CANNOT LOCATE
ABSENT SPOUSE

OAKLAND, April IA. w. Hen
ming, district manager of the Home
Life Insurance Company. with offices
in the Macdonough building. has dis
appeared under mysterious circum-
stances, according to report made
tonight to the police by his anxious
wife.
Mrs. Henning told the detectives that
her husband left their residence. 3S40
Telegraph avenue, at 6 o'clock last
Tuesday evening. saying he was going
to Alameda on business and would re-
turn at o'clock. The distressed wife
has not heard word from him since.
and declares she cannot explain his
absence and silence.
The missing man is 81 years old. tall
dark and heavy set. He was smooth
shaven and wore dark gray suit when
he left home.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
BERKELEY'S BIG "C'
TURNS CRIMSON.
Stanford Wags Incarnadine Their
Rivals Dazzling Yellow
Indignation at State University is Afame and
Clash Is Expected To-Day

The Stanford men got the blue and gold
pennant from the great pole in front of
South Hall last term at the freshman
football game, and with the memory
of this and the big &C" affair ranking
in their minds blue and gold men to-
morrow may be counted upon for re-
prisals of an interesting character.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April IA.
1t is known here that Stanford men
crept UP the steep pathway in the dead
of night and covered the yellow en-
blem Of the Californians with flaming
cardinal bunting. Their work accom-
plished, they crept quietly back again,
staying only long enough to see the
chagrin expressed on the faces of those
Berkeley students who come to attend
the o'clock classes.
Tomorrow is the annual field day be-
tween Stanford and California, and the
&C" had been given a fresh coat of yell
low paint in honor of the occasion.
There was no thought in the minds of
the energetic student painters that the
naughty Stanford boys might have a
color scheme of their own, so they left
the "C' unguarded. Their thoughtless-
ness proved their undoing. for the STAN
ford men had seen their rivals busily
painting the great emblem. Their first
thought was to turn the &C" into an
IS but because of the closeness of the
points of the letter this was impossible.
So they contented themselves with COW
ering the ''C'' in the colors of the car
dinal. Tonight the &C" will be watched
by a hundred prominent fraternity
men, who have sworn that 1t will go
hard with any Stanford man who is
caught lettering around.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
v ANT TO RIDE
ON SIDEW ALKS

OAKLAND, April Ito ride or
not TO ride is the question that is agi-
tating the bieyclists Of Oakland. The
battle wages in the City Council
whether the devotees of the wheel
shall be permitted to continue the
use of sidewalks in this city in their
perambulations.
The agitation in opposition TO the
wheelmen and wheelwomen has been
given impetus by James p. Taylor. a
prominent merchant and member Of
the Board of Trade. Taylor's aged
mother was knocked down and Sc
verely injured by a careless rider on
a sidewalk recently. He went before
the City Council for redress and urged
that the privilege Of riding on side
walks be stopped. c. c. Watson, re-
siding at 456 Twenty-sixth street, has
come forward with a communication
TO the City Council declaring that his
wife's death was due TO injuries she
received by being struck on the side
walk by a. bicyclist-
W. II. Weilbye of the Merchants
Exchange and Z. c. Sessions of the
Board of Trade have enlisted in Tay-
lor's fight.
Opposed TO them are r. NJ. Pickney,
District Attorney John j. Allen and
Attorney Fred Fry, who appeared last
night before the Ordinance and Judi
ciary Committee of the City Council
10 present arguments in favor of the
cyclists. A petition signed by 500 rid
ers was filed. The effort was to pro-
cure a compromise ordinance by
which the sidewalks should be open
TO bicyclists under restrictions, the
details of which will be discussed at
subsequent meeting of the commit
tee Action has been postponed for
the time being
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
EDITORS War
IN PALO ALTO
Special pispateh . rhe can.

PALo ALTO, April 1.-THE trouble
that has been brewing for the past
year over alleged grating in munich
pal affairs has reached the acute stage
so far as charges and counter charges
go, but no legal action has been taken.
H. w. Simkins, former Town Clerk,
recently published charges rejecting on
the integrity of Trustees Curry and
Mitcheltree and s. ". Charles, Justice
of the Peace. Charles, who is editor
of the Palo Altan, replied to the
charges to-day. boldly declaring that
Simkins is liable to Imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary and is forever
disqualified from holding Office for the
reason that Simkins, while Town Clerk,
did the official printing for the town
in his paper, the Times. The fight is
so bitter and personal that a personal
encounter between the men or at least
a resort to legal measures is expected
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
CHEERING NEWS
FOR SAN MATEO
Every Town in County VIII
Be Benefited if Proposed
Railroads Are Constructed
THREE ROUTES PLANNED
Lines Will Cross Country
of Great Richness and Add
Materially to Its Wealth
sp.oLaI plspatch % rhe call.


REDWOOD CITY, April 14.-Marked
interest is being displayed IN the three
proposed railroad lines to connect San
Francisco with Santa Cruz. Any OF
the three roads will add materially to
the growth and prosperity OF San Ma
teo County and necessarily to the well
being of the county seat
The shortest Of the three roads in
contemplation Is planned from Boulder
Creek to Palo Alto. making connection
with the Southern Pacific at these
points. The route Of the second OF the
proposed roads is from Boulder Creek
to Millbrae. reaching Pescadero Greek
by ridge tunnel The road will then
proceed along Pescadero Creek to Pes
cadero. and thence along the coast.
tapping San Gregorio. Purissima and
HalfmOon Bay. Such road will be
scenically one of the most beautiful IN
California, and commercially its worth
will be enormous. A ridge tunnel will
afford connection between Halfmoon
Bay Valley and the San Francisco Bay
side of San MateO County.
The route Of the third road-the one
that recommends itself notwithstand-
ing Its expense, may run along the
coast from Santa Cruz to HalfmoOn
Bay and thence through the ridge to
the bay shore, as in the second pro-
posed route. This coast road is the
longest and most expensive in pros
pect. but II will be enormously profit
liable after IL is constructed.
The coast line will tap a large dis
trict rich in timber. dairy and farm
products. lime and bitumen. The towns
along the coast are growing rapidly
and offer exceptional opportunities for
summer visitors From many points OF
view. therefore, the coast line suggests
itself as one OF the best-if not the
best under discussion.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
FINDS
Two lMIIATORS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

GRANTS PASS. Or. April 1.-Two
young robbers of the "Rafles" type
have been sent to the reform school
from this place They had gathered in
the loft of the opera-house and other
places large quantities Of booty. In
the law Office in which one Of the pair,
James Belcher, was apparently read
ing law, was found sufficient powder to
blow up the building. The explosive,
it has been learned, was to be used to
blow up Southern Pacific express car.
While perpetrating the robberies the
boys were apparently living decent
lives. In fact they appeared deeply
religious. Robert Durham joined the
Bethany Presbyterian Church last
Sunday. That same night a grocery
store was robbed by him and his COM
panion. Belcher was studying for ad-
mittance into the Episcopal church.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
PEI DOG CAUsEs TRoUBLE.

OAKLAND, April 14.-George A.
Clunie, capitalist and brother of the
late Thomas J. Clunie Of San Fran
cisco, is at outs with the municipal
government Of Oakland. A pet dog
belonging to Clunie's daughter is the
cause Of the disturbance. The dog
was captured by the poundman, who
did not recognize a San Francisco
license on the CANNES collar. Clunie
was obliged to pay SO TO recover the
pet. He protested. but it was either
10 pay or TO lose the dog. Now the
angry capitalist has laid his griey-
ances before his Honor, Mayor Mott.
Unfortunately for Clunie the law is
against him. as he was shown this
morning. The Clunie home is at SIT
Nineteenth street. He has declared
he wants justice and not the So.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
TOT OF THREE
DRINKS POISON
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SPOKANE, April 14.-With deadly
carbolic acid eating into her vitals, her
tiny form convulsed with agony, little
Mamie DAILY, 3-year-old orphan at
the Childrefrs Home, struggled and
suffered through last night while four
DOCTORS worked to alleviate the pain
and save her life. She died this morn
ing.
Yesterday afternoon the baby got
into medicine closet. Ignorant Of
the danger and joyful in her discovery
of the bottles, the little one gleefully
grasped a bottle with a bright red
label and greedily drank the carbolic
acid 1t contained.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
TO SPEND DAY
At UNIVERSITY

BERKELEY, April 14.-On Friday,
July 4, the Congressional committee
from Washington, D. c., that is to
leave San Francisco on July for the
Philippine Islands on tour of in
vestigation will be the guests of Pres
ident and Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler
of the University of California at
luncheon. The principal members of
this committee are Secretary of War
William H. Taft, former Secretary of
War Elihu Root and Miss Alice
Roosevelt.
The committee will spend the ma
jor part of the day in Berkeley. They
will be shown over the grounds of the
university and will be introduced to
the eminent men who will be giving
instruction in the summer school.
Secretary Taft and Mr. Root will
address a meeting which will be held
In the Greek amphitheater either in
the morning or in the afternoon and
it is probable that an extensive recep-
ton programme viii be got up by the
summer school students.
1T is mainly owing to President
Wheeler's friendship with President
Roosevelt that Berkeley is to have
the honor of entertaining the distin-
guished visitors. Aside from the three
already mentioned the committee will
be composed of some of the most
prominent men in Washington, as
well as a large number of Washington
ladies with Miss Roosevelt.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
OUTING FOR REAL ESTATE MEN

OAKLAND, April IA very
pleasant excursion is being arranged
whereby the real estate dealers
and agents and invited friends
Of Oakland, San Francisco and
Berkeley will have an opportunity to
visit the Santa Clara Valley on Satur-
day, April %, leaving Oakland or San
Francisco on the S:15 narrow gauge
train to San Jose, connecting with the
Los Gatos Interurban electric line at
San Carlos street, making the run to
SoroSis for luncheon. After luncheon
they will go to Saratoga and Congress
ySprings, thence to Los Gatos, Camp
bell and on through TO San Jose, ar
irving there about 4 o'clock. It is ex-
pected that a large number of the real
estate agents of San Jose and Los Ca
tos will meet the San Francisco and
Oakland people and accompany them
on the excursion.
Tickets will be issued with five
day limit, which will permit any one
who desires to remain over Sunday or
for few days in the Santa Clara VAL
ley and allow them to return on either
of the three railways between San
Jose and San Francisco.
A fare of 81 SO for the round trip,
including the Interurban ride OF twen-
ty-six miles, has been secured on con-
dition that $50 people will make up
the excursion.
The Santa Clara Valley never
looked finer than it does at the pres
ent time. Mr.. Crandall, manager of
the Realty Syndicate of Oakland who
lives at Sorosis, will serve the lunch
eoR without cost to all real estate
agents and their families, and suitable
badges will be issued for this purpose
to those who apply before Thursday
preceding the excursion. This affords
a fine opportunity to have days OUT
ing among the orchards and will give
the real estate people a chance to get
better acquainted with each other.
Those wishing TO avail themselves
Of this trip should make 1t known as
soon as possible, that suitable ar
rangements may be made for their
comfort and convenience.
Tickets for the above excursion will
be on sale only at 613 Market street,
San Francisco, and 12 San Pablo ave-
nue., Oakland, from April 10.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
ATTORNEYS ABSENCE WILL
DELAY BOODLERS TRIAL
Continuance Will Be Asked Because
George ID. Collins Is Out
OF State

SACRAMENTO. April 14.-Frank
French, Ell Wright and E. ]. Em-
mons, the deposed State Senators who
were arrested for bribery, are booked
TO appear in the Superior Court to-
morrow to plead.
District Attorney Seymour said this
afternoon that he had received 3. tel-
ephofle message from the office of
George ID. Collins In San Francisco
saying that a continuance of the case
will be asked owing to the fact that
Collins is absent in the East. sew
mour said that under the circum-
stances the request for a continuance
probably would be granted.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
BOYS DROW ned
In RESERVOIR
Special Dispatch to The cali.

OROvILI1E, April 1.-two boys.
Thomas Cheshire and Walter Whittier.
aged 70 and IA years respectively, were
drowned tonight in reservoir near
the town while playing on raft. Their
bodies were recovered.
A peculiar circumstances connected
with the drowning of the Cheshire how
is that he is the third of the Cheshire
family TO be drowned. his brother and
sister having met a similar fate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
PosrpoNEs ApPoINTMENT.

OAKLAND, April 1.-THE Board
OF Public Works to-day postponed the
appointment Of a building inspector
until the next meeting, Wednesday,
April 10. Applications for the posi-
ton were received from w. @. Reese,
J. B. Burpee and J. Lowry. The Po-
lice and Fire Commissioners ap-
pointed Substitute Thomas Boyle to be
a regular patrolnan, succeeding Bert
Brown, resigned. Chief OF Police
Hodgkins reported the suspension for
one day each Of Policemen II. c.
Arrest and w. II. Smith for violations
OF the rules James Flynn, an extra
man in the Fire Department, was dis
missed for disorderly conduct.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
YOUNG WOMAN IN JAIL
FOR STEALING JEWELRY
Accused of Robbing Her Employer
of Diamond PIN Worth Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars

SAN JOSE. April 14.--Mary Focha.
a pretty young Portuguese woman.
was brought to the county Jail from
Santa Clara tonight, charged with
grand larceny. She is accused of
stealing diamond sunburst pin val
ued at $3.50 from Mrs Emma Ober-
deener, by whom she was employed as
a domestic.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
Democrats Name Ticket.

STOCKTON, April 1.-THE Demo-
cratic city convention tonight nomi-
mated the following candidates to be
voted for at the city election on
May 16: Mayor, J. j. Quinn; Auditor,
George Sievers; Superintendent of
Streets, Oscar Wright; Assessor, R. B.
Haley; School Director at large, Mrs.
l.. Clare Davis. who was also nomi-
mated by the Republicans.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
UNEARTHS A SKELETON
WHILE FLOWING HIS LOT
Land Owner Makes a grewsome Dis
covery in the Town of
SEQUEL

SANTA CRUZ. April 14.-J. villa,
while plowing his lot in the town of
Sequel yesterday, unearthed a human
skeleton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15

BLACK EXONERATED--Oakl Auru II
Judge Ogden handed down & decision IN favor
Of Justice Of the Peace Black OF San Iseandro
to-day on an appealed case in which A $40
fine was sought TO be recovered from Black
il was found that he had placed 1t properly
IN the town treasury. The decision win fore
stall action by the Grand Jury before whom,
the matter had been laid ~
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15

COLUMBUS. Ohio. April 14-General .Jacoh
S. coxey of Commonweal fame was declared :
bankrupt in the United States Court her- 70
day. His Liabilities are placed at s2s5,ooo.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-15
DAM ON THE SALT RIVER
RESISTS ACTION OF TIDE
Clear Weather Gives Railroad Chance
to Repair Break at Head
of Canal

PHOENIX. Ariz., April 14.--The dam
in Salt River at the head of the Ariz-
ona canal, which began disintegrating
yesterday, is holding together better
than expected. According to last re-
ports only 800 feet of the structure
had gone out and the river is falling
considerably The weather is fair and
it is likely the break viii be repaired
in a couple of days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-02
ADVERTISING UTAH.

T HE DENVER & RIO GRANDE sys-
tenn has begun the circulation of
the thirteenth edition of Colonel Pat
DOMAINS Utah The edition consists
of 10000 copies and it would be hard
10 overestimate its value TO the state.
The work contains eighty pages Of
descriptions and illustrations. No ex-
pense has been spared to make it as
handsome and complete as money and
pains could make it. And when Colonel
DOMAIN wrote Utah he made all other
descriptions written before and since
look weak. puny, colnrIess. ..........
For instance. after more than ex-
hausting the ordinary store of adiec-
tives in describing the natural beau
ties Of the state and its mineral and
agricultural wealth, ne continues:
AS the dazzling bosom-iewcl of the
whole transcendent scene. spread out the
twenty-five hundred square miles OF that
majestic and mysterious LAKE, whose.
waters hold in solution wealth enough
to pay all the national debts of the. I,-orId
and leave fortune for every man. wo-
man ana enid from Cane Cod TO Yuba
Dam. And over all throw the glory OF a
climate unsurpassed under heaven since
sin and death climbed into Eden. and the
translucent SDlendOr of skies more ra-
dainty sapphirean than ever bent In,.Ir
crystal arches above the far-famed beg-
gar-bemmed and flea-girt Bay of Ma
pies. or the Lake of Como, on whose en-
chantcd shores lay the bogus ranch OF
that glib-tongued bunco-steerer. Claude
and-you have a poor, faint
puny approximation 20 an idea Of Utah. .
The book is well worth reading, if
only for the purpose of aseertainiug
the possibilities of the English Ian
guage. 1t is worth reading. too, for
the wealth of information it contains
about the state, and It is worth pre-
serving for both the information and
the illustrations that accompany it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-02

are to be placed in the line now is that
their departments had not been
created at the time the president pro
tenn of the senate and the speaker of
the house were taken out of the sue
eession line and the heads of the then
existing cabinet departments substi-
tuted. We do not appfehend any seri7
Gus objection to the bill 1t is a good
thing to have plenty of presidential
timber, if not material. to fan back
upon when it is needed.
The committee that recommended
the passage of the bill also calls atten-
ton 10 grave defects i'm the law govern
ing the election of the president and
vice president. 1t is generally known,
we believe, that in case of the death
of a president or vice president-eIect
no method of choosing their successors
IS provided. Horace Greedy, it Will be
remembered. died between the election
and the Inauguration of Grant, but as
he was a minority candidate no great
difference was made.
If a Dresident-elect should die the
members of the electoral college would
be free to vote for whoever they
pleased ana the result might be
deadlock or a thwarting of the peo-
fortunate complications. This is ex-
actly what a new law should be
designed to prevent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-02
A NEW ANAESTHETIC.

4 ENCOURAGEMENT IS MADE that
y at the University Of Michigan a
new anaesthetic that Will take the
place of chlorOform and ether has
been discovered 1t is said that the
discovery, which has been christened
somnoform, does not depress the ac-
ton of the heart and that 1t is in no
way dangerous to those to whom it is
administered We are told that sonlno-
form produces exactly the necessary
degree of anacsthesia and that after
the patient comes out from under its
influence he does not suffer from
nausea at all.
The advantages Of somnofoTn. if it
VIII really do all that is claimed for it.
win he immediately apparent 70 all
who have had experience with anaes-
thetics. The loss OF life from chloro-
form and ether. when administered by
skilful physicians and surgeons, is
much smaller than most people sup
pose. We believe the death rate in
all cases. that is. deaths directly at
tributsble TO chlUroform, is something
like one in 10000. and in most of those
instances it win be found that there
was carelessness somewhere.
While the danger OF losing ones life
is small. still the average individual
would be loath to take the one chance
i'm 10.Oo0 so that feature OF somnoform
is well worth considering. Another
feature. the absence of nausea. will
be regarded by many as more import
ant than the other. Patients are often
very i'll for hours after coming out
from under the influence Of chloroform.
This is most unfortunate for after a
serious operation, It is extremely
desirable that the patient be kept
quiet A nauseated patient cannot be
kept quiet and harm frequently re-
suits
II is greatly to be hoped that somno-
form viii operate as described and that
il viii speedily come into general use