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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
ACCORDS HONOR
TO PROFESSOR

BERKELEY, May 3.-Honor has
come to Professor Lincoln Hutchinson
Of the University of California from the
United States Government. According
to an announcement made this morn
ing at President Wheeler's office, Pro-
fessor Hutchinson, who for q number
OF years has been a member of the
staff OF the College of Commerce, has
been appointed by the United States
Government special commissioner for
the study Of the commercial relations
between the United States and the
South American countries. He is to
spend the next nine months in the
southern hemisphere in these inyesti-
cations He win then return to the
University Of California to resume his
work in the department of commerce
Professor Hutchinson is now in the
East at Cambridge, Mass He was
granted years leave of absence last
winter, shortly after an assault upon
him by a motorman of San Francisco
In which the university man sustained
most painful injuries. The assault was
unprovoked and the matter was set
tied with the company out of court.
1t is understood that Mr.. Hutchinson
viii go to South America before re-
turning to California. The exact ma
ment is not known. outside of the gen
eral statement that he Will investtgate
commercial relations between this Gov
ernment and others, but 1t is under
stood that he will procure, while away
valuable statistics dealing with labor
ana commercial affairs In South
America
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
JURY DECLARES
| WOMAN Is SANE
Alice B. Courtwright Gains
Freedom After Being I'm
der Asylum Commitment
FINDINGS AT VARIANCE
Outcome of the Trial Is
Directly Opposed to the
Opinion of Insanity Board
FINDINGS AT VARIANCE

OAKLAND, May 3.-Alice B. Court
wright, daughter of the Rev. c. w.
CourtWright, a retired Presbyterian
minister, was declared sane this even
ing by jury before whom she has
been on trial for the better part Of two
weeks. Twice before she has been de-
clared insane and the occasion of the
present trial was in the nature OF an
appeal from the decision Of the In
sanity Commission
She believes that her family are
against her and has lived at home very
little for the last eight years. When
ever she has been home, according to
her father and mother, she has made
trouble. In Chicago a few years ago
she accused her brothers-1n-law there
and several ministers with grave inn
proprieties. Her conduct became so
bad that the family finally had her
taken before the Probate Court there
and the Judge decided she was insane,
but upon the tntercession of friends he
suspended her commitment to an
asylum, as they promised to give her
the best Of medical treatment. She
got away from them and for several
years the family heard little Of her
until few weeks ago. when she came
to their home in East Oakland.
Here their testimony is that she did
much the same as she did at Chicago.
She accused her father of being a
hypocrite and user Of drugs; she ac-
cused her brother-in-law, Thomas
Glenn, Of making improper advances
toward her and imagined several peo-
pie were in love with her. Her actions
became such that her sister, Mrs.
Glenn, had her arrested and In an ex-
animation before the Insanity Com
mission she was declared insane and
committed by Judge Melvin to Napa
Insane Asylum. She objected to this
order and asked for jury trial, which
Judge Melvin granted
In explanation of the variance Of the
verdicts. it is explained that her NAL
ady is of such an elusive character
that 1t is hard to demonstrate and
that the rules Of evidence in a jury
trial kept out much of the evidence
heard by the commission. An impor-
tant witness, DR.. l. L. Riggin, to whom
she made a confession, was not al
lowed to testify at all.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
WIFE And BABE
LEFT DESOLATE
Prominent Contractor Dis
appears and Family Mourns
:
His Mysterious Absence

BERKELEY, May 3.-The mysterious
disappearance of Frank e. Evans. q
prominent sewer contractor Of Berke-
ley, was reported to-day to Marshal
Vollmer. Evans has been absent from
his home at 2114 Sixth street, In West
Berkeley, since last Friday. He was
last seen on Saturday by j. Johnson,
a cigar dealer on University avenue.
Evans has left a young wife and four
children, the youngest of whom Is an
infant six weeks old. in destitute cir
cumstances. The wife is PROSTATE
with grief and despair. She will not
believe that her husband has volun-
tarily left her, though such is the opin-
ion Of Evans former associates in
West Berkeley.
The missing man is 35 years old. He
has resided in Berkeley for five years
He is said to have had $50 with him
when he left home
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY
TELLS HOW SHE
KILLED HUSBAND
LENA KOEHN DESCRIBES FATAL DUEL
Declares First Shot Was Accidental, Others
in Pure Self-Defense.

OAKLAND, May 3.-Tne arguments
In the case of Lena Koehn, charged
with the murder of her husband, were
begun this afternoon and the case will
be submitted to the jury tomorrow
The defendant took the stand this
morning.
According to her story, although they
had been but eight weeks married, she
and her husband had had much trou-
bic and he had threatened to kill her.
He left her for two nights and returned
home on Sunday morning, February
u, and found her at the house, which
he had locked when ne left, as she
had gone to the home of her parents.
She said that she told her father of
his threats and when she returned to
her home her father gave her q pistol
and told her to defend herself in case
he attempted TO do her bodily harm.
She said:
When l went home took the pistol and
put II under the mattress OF our bed. had
been home about an hour when he came. He
asked me how i got in and l told him
climbed through the window. He was surly.
We were in the kitchen. but he started into
the bedroom followed him He told 10
get ont he would XIII me and at the same
only about i've feet apart When 1 saw
1t dropped down by the bed and got my pis-
tol dic not know how TO work ii and It
went of under the bed and then he shot at
me- pointed the pistol at him and kept on
hring until saw him stagger and then
out
She denied that she had told Mrs.
Amelia Kruger, a neighbor, in talking
about her troubles thai she would
never separate from her husband and
that he would have to leave her first
and that when she saw the end near
she would kill him, herself and his
mother and make a good job of it.
Through her cross-examination she was
slightly nervous. The case will reach
the jury tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
ATHLETIC COLLEGE GIRLS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 8.
The Woman's Athletic Association Of
the University. the body which has
the control of all the activities OF the
women students, met to-day and
elected the following officers for the
coming semester: President, Miss
Jane Spaulding. Of Los Angeles: vice
president, Miss Florence Grace, OF
Rivera; ecretary-treasurer. Miss
Florence Hayward. of San Carlos; ad-
visory board, from 'O6, Miss Mary
BetZ, Of Spokane, Wash; '07, Miss
Elsie Owen, Of stockton: '0S, Miss
Elizabeth Buckingham. OF Palo Alto;
faculty member, Miss Metz.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
COMMENCEMENT WEEK EVENTS

BERKELEY, May S.-The pro-
gramme for commencement week at
the university has been issued. The
hrst event will be the girls jinks on
the evening Of May 8 in Hearst Hall.
On the same evening the men seniors
Will banquet at the California Hotel
in San Francisco. The baccalaureate te
sermon will be preached Sunday af-
ternoon, May IA, by Rev. c. r. Brown
Of Oakland in the Greek Theater.
The annual class pilgrimage will be
made Monday morning, May Is. A
baseball game between the varsity and
the japanese team from Waseda.
japan, will be played in the afternoon
The extravaganza will be given in
the Greek Theater Monday evening.
On Tuesday the class picnic will he
held. The place has not yet been
chosen. The senior ball will be held
in Hearst Hall on May 16. The com
mencement exercises will take place
on May IT at .2:30 o'clock in the
Greek Theater
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
FLOWER FETE
AT MENL0 PARK
Coming Festival of Blossoms
Promises to Eclipse the
Shows of Past Two Years
ENGAGE ENTERTAINERS
Committee of Arrangements
Prepares Excellent Pro-
gramme for Opening Night
ENGAGE ENTERTAINERS
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

MEMO PARK, May S.-The flower
fete Of the Menlo Park Horticultural
Society. which will open on May 6. will
be something more than splendid fes-
tival of blossoms. James T. Lynch
and Robert Rathbone, acting as a COM
mittee of entertainment, have secured
the services Of several well-known en-
tertafners and the opening night prom
ises to eclipse anything Of the sort ever
before held here. The Stanford Glee
Club of eighteen members, under the
leadership Of Arthur w. Hooper, will
contribute popular selections. The
Stanford Mandolin Club of fourteen
members will also assist at the enter
tainment. Several additional prizes
have been provided for floral displays
and the Horticultural Society has every
reason to expect an unqualified success
for it's efforts
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
CURFEw RINGS FROM CAPITAL.

OAKLAND, May 3.-The first
stroke of the big fire bell at the City
Hall, which announced 9 o'clock in
this city tonight also tolled the hour
of midnight in Washington, D. c., for
the bell was rung this evening by the
pressure Of key in the national cap
ital. The ringing of the curfew in
Oakland was a part of test institut-
ed by the Government Officials to dis
cover just the length of time neces-
sary for the passage of an electric
current around the world.
Oakland is the only city In the
world where an electric signal sent
from Washington at midnight will
ring the curfew bell exactly on time.
so 1t was decided that tonight. proba-
bly, for the only time in its history, the
curfew Of Oakland should be rung
from Washington. The necessary con-
necuons were made by the City Elec-
trician, and exactly on time the sig
nal from the capital tripped the re-
lay and the bell doomed out the Gov
ernment signal
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
CRAND COURT
OF FORESTERS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WATSONVILLE. May 3.-The Grand
Court of Foresters was called to order
this morning at $3.50 o'clock, when the
annual message of Grand Chief Ranger
j. H. Foley was delivered.
Secretary j. Label Of the relief COM
mittee next read his report, showing
that relief had been given to la For
esters outside of San Francisco during
the past year.
A resolution against the immigration
OF the japanese to California was
adopted.
Grand Chief Ranger j. H. Foley was
presented by Court Alisal of Pleasanton
with an oak tree sown In Sherwood
forest, England, in 1893. from an acorn
from Robin Hoods Larder oak
The Grand Court officers and visiting
delegates were given a ride around the
valley this afternoon and a concert was
given on the plaza this evening by the
Watsonville city band.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
FIRST THROUGH TRAIN
OVER THE SAN PEDRO LINE

Arrives at Los Angeles Forty Minutes
Behind Schedule Time From
Salt Lake City.
Los ANGELES, May 3.-The first
through train from Salt Lake City
over the San Pedro. Los Angeles and
Salt Lake Railroad arrived in Los
Angeles this morning at 7:40, forty
minutes behind schedule time. The
train. which consisted of seven
coaches. left Salt Lake City Monday
at $50 .. m. 1t was crowded with
passengers. The trip was made with
out special incident of any kind.
The report of the derailing Of the
engine on the first east-bound train,
which left this city for Salt Lake Mon
day evening, at Lund, a small station,
zoo miles from Salt Lake City, last
night, and the wrecking of consider
able bit of track, is declared by the
companys officials here to have had
but slight foundation. But little dam
age was done, they say, and the train
was delayed but two hours.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
REQUIRE MORE POLICEMEN.

OAKLAND, May 3.-The Board Of
Police and Fire Commissioners has
decided to request the City Council to
make provision in the tax levy for the
next fiscal year for an increase in the
Police Department of from five to ten
patrolmen. The board is unanimous
in the opinion that the rapid growth
Of the city demands more police pro-
lection. Mayor Mott, as president of
the board, commented to-day upon
the new lines Of steam and Of cleo
trio railroads that are entering the
city, each new road creating a de-
mand for additional police service If
the financial condition is such as to
permit the expenditure a call for fif-
teen men will be made.
The board to-day granted the West
Oakland Athletic Club a permit to
give an amateur boxing exhibition
May IL.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
DOUBLE STARS IoCATED

BERKELEY, May S.-Three bulle-
tins have just been issued from the
Lick observatory containing the re-
suits of recent work at the Mount
Hamilton institution. Observations OF
200 new double stars are recorded In
one bulletin by w. j. Hussey. Ralph
III. Curtiss contributes a bulletin Civ
ing computation of the moons
spectographic velocity at about full
moon. w. H. Wright describes in a
bulletin twelve stars whose radial We
locities vary.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
KNIGHTS ELECT oFFICERs.

OAKLAND, May y.-Oakland Conn
mandery No. IL. Knights Templar,
has elected the following officers:
Eminent Commander DIR. b., w.
Meek; generalissimo, E. K. Taylor:
captain general, George H. Smith;
senior warden, d. Richard Martens;
junior warden, Frank B. Ogden; treas
urer, D. Edward Collins: recorder,
Harry r. Browne. The officers will
be installed publicly May II at the
Macdonough Theater. Addresses will
be delivered by Governor George C.
Pardee and United States Senator
George c. Perkins.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
PLAN TO HOLD A REUNION.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May ..
Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholar
ship honor society recently established
at Stanford University. is planning to
hold reunion of all the members Of
the fraternity on the Stanford campus
during commencement week. Literary
exercises OF various kinds have been
planned, poems will be read, and In
all the gathering will have very
scholarly atmosphere about it. Pro-
fessor Moore, of the University OF
California, will deliver the principal
address
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
RAILW DEAL
FALLS THROUGH
Special Dispatch to Tn. caIl.

SAN JOSE, May 3.-The sale of the
San Jose and Santa Clara Electric
Railway and the Alum Rock Railway
to a syndicate of Eastern capitalists
is said to have fallen through. The sum
of S50.000 had been paid as an option.
and the balance of $500, 900 was due last
Monday. j. F. Parkinson of Palo Alto
represented the syndicate. The option
on the road was secured four months
ago. The lines were to have been made
part of a system Of electric roads from
Palo Alto to this city and eventually
extended on to Gilroy.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
BETTER TELEPHONE SERVICE.

MENLO PARK, May 3.-After many
years of primitive telephone service,
MenlO is to be equipped with an up-to-
date system, adequate to the needs OF
this locality. The Sunset .Telephone
Company Is completely rebuilding its
lines In the town and in the contribute
ing district. Practically all of the over
head wires are being removed and
cable connections, so necessary to good
service, are being substituted The
company intends to establish the ex-
press system now in vogue wherever
the service is large
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
ARCHITECT M'DOUGAIL
is DECLARED NOT GUILTY

Jury Acquits Him OF q Charge OF
Grating From the County
of Merced.
MERGED, May 3.-Architect B. G..
McDougall was found not guilty Of
grating from the county Of Merced by
jury on Tuesday. Not only was he
found not guilty. but the jurymen sign
ed a statement declaring their con-
ffdence in McDougall and their belief
that the prosecution had failed to show
anything compromising him. The ver-
dict of not guilty was given on the first
ballot.
McDougall was tried on an indict-
ment brought by the Grand Jury OF
the county. He was charged with get
ting money under false pretenses,
namely, that he permitted the use Of
material for the County Hospital Of
an inferior quality and Of presenting
bill for experimenting the work Of
construction when he did not do any
experimenting.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
CLUB WILL GIVE A DANCE.

CORTE MADEIRA, May 3.-Ths
Corte MADEIRA Vocal and Literary Club
will give dance at MADEIRA Hall NEXT
Saturday evening The members OF
the club have worked hard TO make
the affair success and a large crowd
is expected. The club will give
dance every Saturday evening through
the summer.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
REALTY DEALERS, BANQUET,

/ BERKELEY. May s.-The Berke-
ley Real Estate Exchange has decid-
ed to have banquet on May 10 at
BrueIs In West Berkeley. President
Ferrier of the exchange has appointed
A. H. Herman, S. S. Quackenbush
and F.. Su1ly a special committee to
make arrangements for the affair.
The guests will be confined to mem
bers of the exchange. Later a more
pretentious banquet will be held, to
which will be hidden members of
Oakland and San Francisco real es-
tate organizations.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
APPLY FOR A FRANCHISE
FOR AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY
J. c. Kemp Van Ee and Gustav Bau-
man Plan to Build Line From
Chittenden to Watsonville.

SANTA CRUZ, May 3.-Application
has been made to the Supervisors for
a franchise to construct an electric
railway from Chittenden to Watson
vile. J. C. Kemp Van Ee and Gus
tav Bauman of New York are behind
the enterprise.
The projectors have also asked IN
San Benito County for a franchise for
q road from Chittenden to Hollister.
The possibility of an electric road
from Santa Cruz to Fresno is also be-
ing discussed
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
ALL-ARIZONA CONVENTION
10 BE HELD IN PHOENIX
Steps VIII Be Taken to Organize
Antt-Joint Statehood Leagues
ThroughOut the Territory.

PHOENIX, Ariz., May S.-The
Phoenix Board of Trade has issued
call for an "all-Arizona convention"
for the purpose of launching an or
ganized movement for the formation
of anti-joint statehood leagues all
over the Territory. The convention Is
to be held on the afternoon and even-
ing of May 81 In Phoenix. An invita-
ton has been extended to Senator
Flint of California to attend.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
Death of a Pioneer Settler.

HEALDSBURG, May 2.-William
Board. pioneer settler in Dry Creek
Valley, eleven miles north Of this city,
died Tuesday night from paralysis of
the heart. The deceased was one Of
the largest orchardists in Dry Creek
Valley and was prominent in Masonic
circles: He is survived by wife and
three children.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
Sued Tor AIleged I.ibel.

FRESNO, May 3.-George Cosgrave
has sued the Evening Democrat for
$4,000 damages. alleging that in the
city election campaign in which his
brother was a candidate for re-elec-
ton for Police Judge and was de-
feated the paper published versions
concerning the receipt Of an alleged
internal machine by the plaintiff
which injured his law practice.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
ENTERTAINs STUDENTS.

SAN RAFAEL. May 3.-Miss En-
ma Sperry gave a dinner party at her
home last evening in honor of a num-
Der Of students attending the San
Francisco Theological Seminary.
Those present were: Miss Sue Dan
tels, Miss Hazel Lang. Miss Alice
Symonds, Miss Ethel Night, Miss EN-
ma Sperry and c. Voorhies, J. Thom-
son, A. Willis, Mr.. Dickie and e.
SturxeS
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
INVESTIGATING THE OIL
CONDITIONS OF SOUTHLAND
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield
Is Temporarily Hampered in
His Work by Carbuncle.

LOS ANGELES, May s.-United
States Commissioner OF Corporations
James r. Garfield. who came here to
investigate the oil conditions Of this
section, is suffering from carbuncle
and temporarily is hampered in pursu-
ing the work OF his investigation.
Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pa
cif1c Railway companies have thrown
open their offices and records to the
commissioner and his assistants. When
he departs from here to go to Texas
and Indian Territory he will leave
behind him two assistants from his
office who will continue the investiga-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
SAN FRANCISCAN rs E1,Er,rr-n

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 3.
George j. Presley. OF San Francisco.
was to-day elected manager OF the Sc
quota. the monthly college literary
magazine, for the coming year. The
contest ended In a tie vote at the first
election and second balloting was
necessary to determine the successful
candidate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
WILL BUILD ..FRATv, HoTrsE

BERKELEY, May 3.-The Delta
Epsilon fraternity has recorded a deed
70 property at Claiming way and
Bowditch street and has let a con-
tract TO Dingwell Bros. for the erec-
ton Of frat" house to cost $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04

SAYS sCURvY RESULTED FROM DOC
TORS ORDERS.-Jerone de Ferreria is a
patient at the City and County Hospital suf-
fering, from scurvy, which he says Is the result
Of a Doctors advice not to eat vegetables. The
patient says that he had been under . meat
diet for almost year
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
LINEMAN FOR TELEPHONE
COMPANY EIECTROCryrrD
Burr Jones Meets With Accidents,
Death While Strfnging Wires
mt Los Angeles,
ANGELES, Nav

Los ANGELES. May 3.-Burr
Jones, a iineman for the Home rele-
phone Company was electrocuted
here to-day while stringing wires. He
was 2s years Of age and UNMARRIED
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
SAN FRANCISCAN is HELD
BY SAN JOSE AUTHORITIES

Being Made to Starye Him
to Death.
SAN JOSE, May "a man giving
the name Of Patrick Welch, and who
claims to hail from San Francisco, is
being held at the County Jail pending
an examination into his insanity. He
says that he had to leave San Fran
cisco, as the people were trying to
starve him to death. He Is about 40
years OF age.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
SUPERVISORS OF STATE
TO MEET AT SAN DIEGO

In Hand Promise the Visitors an
Enjoyable Outing.
SAN DIEGO. May 3.--According to
the programme prepared. the Super
visors of the State who attend this
eleventh annual convention in this
city this month will have thoroughly
enjoyable outing. as the sessions are to
be held only in the evening, while the
DAYS are to be devoted to trips by au-
tornobile, steam launch. electric line
and steam railroad through the
county. The convention will open
May and close May II.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-04
REAR ADMIRAL KEMPFF
STARTS FOR SAN FRANCISCO
Completes His Examination Of the
Life Saving Equipment ON the
Sound Steamers.

SEATTLE, May X.-Rear Admiral
Kempff left on the steamer City Of
Puebla this morning for San Fran
cisco after examining the life saving
equipment on fifty-eight Sound steam
ers. 1t is said that he Is satisfied with
the steamboat inspection service in
this city. The condition of the boats
was first class.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
We'll Known People Who Have Been
 Called Away.

The funeral of Mrs James Spruce.
 who died "Wednesday ln Chicago. will
 be held Saturday afternoon at 23O o'clock. with service at Hall Memorial chapel by Dr Haywood and lnterment
 in Riverside cemetery.
 John Morrisey of whately Mass. died today at the residence Of Henry BunnelI. Abbott avenue. He leaves his mother and several sisters and brothers in whateiy. The remains will he taken to Northampton for burial to- morrow In charge of John MoriArty
 The funeral of the late Eugene Me Carthy took place this morning from his late home on East Main street to the immaculate Conception church. where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated with the following officers: Cesetrant. Rev Joseph Mccarthy. son of the dexessei. deacon. Rev John c. Murray. ehancelor Of the di0-eSe Of HsrffonI: suh-deaeon. Rev Father Nc AuIiFe Of Sf ThomaS's seminar. Hartford. master of ceremonies. Rev Father Keefe. Bridgeport Besifes the Offeers of the mass thirty other priests were inside the ssncfuzry railing The bearers were M. q. carmo,iy. Eivard B. ReIier. Daniel T. McCarthy. WI liam MIIton- Thomas FeutOn and VI. ]. Colsoty. Father Siocum read ser viee at the grave. The burial uas in Sf ToseTsh's eemefery.