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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08

contest by paying in advance as long
as desired. Payments in arrears count
the same as payments in advance, pro-
viding there Is a payment made for at
least one month i'm advance.
The ladies to receive orders for prizes
cordlng to the accompanying manner:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08

As to which OF the sexes is the more
courageous. IL Is. after all. hard to decide
for as often as a man marrles, woman
marrles likewise. Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
CLEAR WAY FOR
CABLE RAILWAY
SAN BERNARDlN0 PREPARES
FOR ELECTRIC 3YSTEM
Baptist Convention Recommends That
Mortgage on Military Academy
Be Paid and Baptist COL
Iege BE Established
Special to The Herald.


SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. "A
large force of workmen is now en-
gagged north of the city from the head
of Waterman canyon to near Skyland
clearing a 20-foot right of way for a
double tracked balanced cable railway
which will make rise OF 1900 feet in
3l00 feet, or a grade of 40 per cent. This
right of way will also be the route of
the big pipe line from the summit to
the string of electric power houses that
will be located at various points down
through Waterman canyon, and which
will be the greatest system of power
houses this side of the Tehachapi.
This cable railway will cut III six
miles of heavy pull over the switch
backs ON the county road and Will con-
meet with the present free county road
on the summit of the range north Of
Skyland. from where freight viii for
the present be teamed to the damsite.
The project is but another step in the
gigantic development work being car
ried on in the mountains north of this
city which is costing many millions of
dollars. After the usefulness of the
cable road as a purely freight line Is
passed. on the completion of the big
dam two years hence, it will become a
part of the scenic railway to be built
from the valley to the sumriit of the
range, which will be one of the finest
scenic railways i'm the west
This movement also confirms the re-
cent report that the Arrowhead Reser-
voir company now controls the Skyland
resort, as the cable line and new
wagon road under construction pass
directly through the Skyland property.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08
Ask for New Pastor

The congregation of the United Pres
byterian church in this city has is
sued a formal call to Rev. NJ M. Kill
patrick of Santa Ana to become it's
pastor, the term to date from the first
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-08

Of the New Year Should he accept he
will be the first regular pastor Of the
church, the Pasadena church having
hitherto been mission charge under
the care Of the home mission board.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29

Isaac L. Requa, one of the foremost
financiers Of the coast and for many
years prominently identified with rail-
road building in California, died short
ly after midnight this morning at his
home, The Highlands, on Piedmont
Heights, Oakland.
Death is attributed to nervous col
lapse, which his advanced age could
not Withstand. Deceased had been i'll
for several weeks, during which his at
tending physicians, DR.. A. Liliencrantz
and DR.. A. S. Larkey, noticed signs of
a general breaking up of their patient s
once strong constitution, and prepared
themselves for the end, which came
this morning.
Few men were probably more widely
known in California than was Isaac
L. Requa, who was a pioneer of the
State. having come around the Horn
in 1850 Arriving in San Francisco he
proceeded Immediately to the interior,
where he engaged in mining and met
with success. In 1860 he went to Vir-
ginia City, where he was soon actively
engaged in the milling and mining bus
iness, and finally became superintend-
ent Of the Chollar-Potosi Mining Com
pany and a director in other big min
ing concerns. As a mining engineer
he gained distinction, installing in the
Chollar- Norcross- Savage shaft the
heaviest machinery used on the Com
stock.
Returning to California Requa es-
tablished his residence in Oakland and
became interested in the big railroad
undertakings of the Huntington, STAN
ford, Crocker and Hopkins combine.
He was president of the Central Pa
cific Railroad Company for many years
and was also director in other Hunt
ington lines during the lifetime of the
late Coils p. Huntington.
For a number of years Requa took
an active part In California politics.
first as a Wing and later as Republi-
can. He was for long time chair
man of the Republican State Central
Committee and was once rendered the
nomination for Governor, an honor he
promptly declined. During the latter
part of his life his. attention was de-
voted mainly to banking and princi-
pally to the affairs OF Cthe Oakland
Bank of Savings, Of which he was the
president.
Huguenots and was born in larry
town, n. Y, eighty years ago. He is
survived by a widow and two children.
Mark L. Requa and Mrs. Oscar Long,
wife of General Long Many un-
fortunates knew Requa well for his
many charitable acts, and not a few,
who were his dependents. will have
cause to regret his death
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
SPEAKER USES
"CUSS WORDS

BERKELEY, March 2S-Kipling S
language, used under provocation and
savoring of other than classical i'm
pulses, was quoted by w. H. Seely in
his address before the College of Com
merce yesterday afternoon. and as a
result there has commenced a torrid
discussion of the propriety of using
quotations from unauthorized editions
Of the famous story-teller's works.
The ''co-eds' who were present and
listened to Mr.. Seely draw upon the
lurid language of the tale-spinner, to
add piquancy to his illustration, suf-
fered visible shocks, and were not mol
lifted by the quasi-apology of the
speaker during the afternoon.
Mr.. Seely is a prominent life insur-
ance official of San Francisco, and a
former newspaper man of New York,
according to his remarks to the stu
dents who heard him yesterday. He
was able to talk of insurance and it's
methods. and did so. In connection
with the dry-as-dust insurance mat
ters, however, Mr.. Seely referred to
various experiences of his own and
those of other newspaper men, and told
the story of a reporter who called on
Kipling and began his interview by
asking the novelist his intentions in
the matter of an early voyage to Eng
land.
That" Kipling is said to have said,
according to Mr.. Seely. lis none Of
your - - business!"
There were no dashes or blanks used
by Seely, as he quoted the East Indian
romancer's vigorous barra ck-room pro-
family
Il suppose said Mr.. Seely in ex-
tenuation, that while there are ladies
present Mr.. Kipling's language may
be considered suitable for quotation
purposes and he then proceeded to
quote it.
Various other stories delighted the
male students, but the co-eds began
a discussion of them which has not
yet ceased. The discussion hinges upon
the propriety of quoting Kipling, or
other forceful writer's, to mixed audi
ences and promises to become as gen.
eral and intense as the argument over
Captain Nance's right to make his
military classes yield up Information
that will reflect discredit upon mem
bers of those classes
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
ANOTHER PIER
FOR KEY ROUTE
Will Run From the Foot Of
Twenty-Second Street to
Present Wharf Terminal
MAIN LINE TO OAKLAND
General Offices and Depot
to Be Located in Old San
Pablo Avenue Cable House

OAKLAND, March 2S.-The Key
Route" has finally decided what its
next move in Oakland viii be and
where il wifi locate it's main cross
town line. The new route will be
through Twenty street, and
work viii be commenced just as soon
as the weather becomes settled, or in
q few weeks. at the most.
second pier viii be run out from
the foot of Twenty second street TO
join the present line at the depot on
the bay. No attempt will be made
TO use any of the present pier, as this
is already crowded with the Berkeley
and Piedmont travel. 1t viii be alb
solutely necessary to reiieve the con-
gestion on the present pier, and this
can only be done by diverting the
Oakland travel over another.
The road viii then run through
Twenty second street, which is nearly
straight. and through TO Broadway,
where. for the present. it will have its
terminus, though ultimately the Key
Route cars viii be run over Adams
Point and into East Oakland and
Fruitvale. At present Twenty second
street stops at Telegraph avenue, but
q right of way has been recently pur-
chased by the Key Route people
through TO Broadway. They already
have a line constructed across the head
Of Adams Point, which can be used at
any time. This line will pass the old
San Pablo-avenue cable-house, that
was used for the cable machinery when
the San PablO-aYenue line was operat-
ed by that method. This building is
now used as the general offices of the
Key Route system. The plan includes
the reconstruction Of this building.
which is a very solid one, TO make it
more available for the general offices.
The permanent headquarters Of the
Key Route viii be established there.
together with a central depot for
Oakland travel Another depot will
be erected at Broadway.
This viii give a large section of Oak
land that is at present a considera bic
distance from both the Key Route at
FOrtfeth street and the Southern Pa
cific at Fourteenth street, easy COM
munication with San Francisco.
Plans are already being perfected for
ffteen-minute service on the Key
Route, instead Of three trips an hour
as al present. As soon as the new
ferry-boat San Francisco is put in
commission fifteen minute trips will be
made throughout the daytime and
more frequent trips at night
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
REQUEST SILL
10 WITHDRAW

OAKLAND, March 2s-Policeman
j. F. Sill has been requested by the
Police and Fire Commissioners to re-
sign for the good of 1.-The department.
Sill declares he will not resign and de-
mands to know what are the reasons
for the boards action. The Com
missioners announce they have no ex-
plantations to make at this time. They
say the law gives them the power to
dismiss summarily from the depart
ment, and that power will be invoked
If Sill demands a trial for alleged Of
fenses.
Several months ago charges against
Sill were heard by the board He was
accused of having taken part in the
pilfer1ngs, the exposure of which re-
suited In the retirement of former Ser
geant of Police Clark and Patrolmen
Andrews, Hamerton and Stahl from the
department. The specific accusation
against Sill was that he in company
with Clark, had taken side of bacon
or ham from Becker's market, Wash
ington street. near Eighth. Patrolman
Michael shannon who reported the
other officers. was the chief witness
against Sill. The Commissioners dis
missed the case, without prejudice TO
Shannon.
Since then, it is said, information
has been taken to the board that has
led TO the decision to request Silps re-
signation.
The message from the board was de-
livered to Sill under orders of Captain
of Police Wilson. Both Wilson and
Chief of Police Hodgkins assert they
knew not why the Commissioners had
acted. President McElroy of the board
said:
1T has been agreed by the board
that the reasons for the action shall
not be made public"
Mayor Olney and Commissioner
Turner took the same position
Mayor Olney said: 1T is sometimes
better for the department that the
board shall take care of these mat
ters as quietly as possible The law,
as / understand it, empowers the
board to oust men at will. / am sure
no member of the board would do
anything that he did not believe fair
and just
Sill insists that he will not step
down voluntarily in response to the
boards demands. He said:
IF any old charges are being re-
vamped against me I want to know
1t. / do not know what has been taken
to the board that 1t should do what it
has done. The original charges having
been heard. and that trial ending in
an acQuittal,' I am at a loss to under
stand this new move against me-"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
THINKS BRIDE FALSE
AND N006 DEATH.
David Taylor Shoots Himself After
Brief Welded Life.
Jealousy Brings Plumber to Brink
of the Grave.

OAKLAND, March 2S.-Fearing that
he had lost the love of his bride, David
P. Taylor, a plumber, attempted to
end honeymoon of less than three
weeks this afternoon by firing a bullet
into his breast at his apartments in
a rooming- house at 511 Sixteenth
street, conducted by Mrs. E. Johnson.
The shot. aimed at his heart, missed
its intended mark. infiicting prob
ably fatal wound in the breast. The
would-be suicide was taken TO the Re
ceiving Hospital in a supposedly dying
condition
Taylor's attempt at suicide followed
a bitter quarrel with his wife, whom
he had accused of too readily accept
ing the attentions of other men.
The couple were married in Point
Richmond on March Is, and about ten
days ago came to this city.
At -ror to-day Mrs. Taylor went out
to visit friend. and a few minutes
afterward Taylor asked Mrs. Johnson
to look after the baby. his wife's child
by a former marriage, saying: L m
going to shoot myself Mrs. Johnson
thought he was joking and paid no
more attention to the matter until
about twenty minutes later she heard
a pistol shot in Taylor's room. Just
as the shot was fired, George T..
Short, a brother of Mrs. Taylor, en-
tered the house. The door of Tay-
lor's room was opened and he was
found lying on the bed. The police
were notified and he was at once re-
moved to the Receiving Hospital.
Mrs. Iaylor, formerly Miss May
Short. said after the shooting:
My husband was insanely jealous
of me and yesterday he accused me
of flirting with other men, and said
that If did not take care he would
kill me and himself. l have never
given him any cause for Jealousy
though, and he must have been crazy
when he did this"
The following note was found in Tay-
lor's pocket:
To My Brother and Dear Friends and Miss
May Short: Do forgive me, dear ones, for
what / am about to do, for / think 1t Tor the
best With a farewell to all. your loving
brother and friend. DAVID P. TAYLOR.
On the margin of the note was found
the name and address: William +.
Taylor, 41091k East Sixth street. Kansas
City, No." and the words: Dear
May, WHY did you do it?"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
ALAMEDA COUNTY news

ALAMEDA PARLoR ELECTS DELE
GATES-Aameda. March 2S.-Parlor No. AZ
Native Sons of the Golden West has elected
Louis Fischer. Albert kim and F. O. Schu-
nan delegates TO the Grand Parlor, which con-
yenes ct Monterey next month c. r Rose
J. H Peterson and William Walkup were
chosen alternatee
IRKSOME TIES SEvERED.-Oakland
March 2S.-William E Burden was granted
an interlocutory decree OF divorce by Judge
Melvin this afternoon from Christine Burden
on the ground OF desertion Mayme Murray
was granted final decree OF divorce from
James r. Murray on the ground of willful
neglect by Judge s. P. Hall
PROFESSOR STEPHENS LEcTURE.-oak-
land. March 2S.-The next lecture Of the uni
Nersity extension course will be delivered to-
morrow ar $3.50 p. m. by Professor H Morse
stephens at the Common School Assembly
Hail: subject: .Bsrrere. the Reporter OF the
Great Committee of Public Safety"
CAPTURE INSANE VISITOR
March zs-Charles R. Gormerall. who saws he
resides at 421 McAllister street, San Fran
cisco. was taken TO the detention department
Of the Receiving Hospital to- night for exam
ination as to his sanity. The police were
called to East Oakland to take charge of the
man, who had tried to dlsrobe on an electric
violent
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
Convict at San Quentin Says
He Was Stabbed by a Big
Man in Prison Jute Mill
TALE is NOT BELIEVED
Officers Think Prisoner Cut
Himself so as to Be Near
a "Pal" in the Hospital
special Dispatch to me call.

SAN RAFAEL. March 2s.-shortly
before the closing of the jute mill at
San Quentin Prison last night word
was conveyed to Warden Tompkins
that Richard Jessup, a convict, had
been seriously stabbed around the head
and chest. The Warden ordered Jes-
sup to the hospital and began an in
vestigation. Jessup claimed that he
was stabbed by a fellow-cOnvict, but
he refused to divulge his asSailants
name. He said the knife wfelder was
large man.
At first 1T was thought that Jessup
was seriously hurt, but IL was found
that the wounds are not deep, merely
large scratrhes. The attaches OF the
jute mill and convicts who were work
ing near the injured man were not
aware Of his condition until blood was
noticed on his shirt. Warden Tomp-
kIns has come TO the conclusion that
Jessup inflicted the cuts on himself so
as to be near a ''par' now confined in
the hospital Jessup is a second-ttmer
and is serving a sentence for burglary
committed IN Solano County.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
JAPANESE BOY WHO FALLS
FOUR STORIES STILL LIVES
Little Shut Sumfni Drops From a High
Building and Escapes With
Broken Leg.

Though he fell from the roof of a
four-story building, little Shut Sum-
ini. a four-year old Japanese boy. es-
capped with only a broken leg When
DR.. Stevens set the broken limb at the
Central Emergency Hospital the little
fellow underwent the painful opera
ton without a whimper.
The child was flying a kite from the
roof Of a house at the corner of Sac
ramento and Stockton streets. The
kite became entangled in some tele-
graph wires and the little fellow lean
ed over to disentangIe IT. He lost his
balance and fell. Passers-by say that
the little bit of humanity rebounded
from the sidewalk like a rubber ball.
Those who saw the slight form strike
the sidewalk believed that the little
fellow had been killed. but when he
was picked up the child showed signs
Of life. He was quickly taken to the
Central Emergency Hospital where
DR.. Stevens found that the only injury
he had received was a broken leg.
That he did not receive fatal internal
injuries seems almost miraculous.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
DEATH CURRENT
By TELEPHONE

OAKLAND, March 2S.-To what ex-
tent the Sunset Telephone Company is
responsible for a death-dealing current
to be traversing its wires is a ques-
ton to be argued to Judge and jury
in the trial of a suit begun to-day
brought by Joanna Horton against the
company for S37 800 damages for the
death of her husband, Horace Horton,
who was killed by taking hold of a
wire coming down the side of his house
at 1920 Thirteenth avenue.
Photogra phs of the side of the house
showing the wires as taken by z. r.
Jackson were admitted in evidence
and the testimony Of Deputy Sheriff
Frank Adams, who lives alongside of
the Horizons and whose telephone had
also been bothering him, it being a
party line" finished the trial of the
case this afternoon after the jury had
been drawn.
Mrs. Horton is represented by At
torneys A. A. Moore and Stanley
Moore and Langan & Langan, but this
side of the c2se is being left to STAN
ley Moore, who in his examination of
jurors this morning was pitted against
NJ. G. Chapman, who Is associated with
E. S. Pillsbury and George E. de Cola.
The suit is based on the fact that
the telephone had been ringing and
making unusual disturbance and COM
plaint had been made to the company
and nothing was done. Horton hap
pened to be in his yard one evening
when the bell began it's ringing and
he went to the side of the house and
started to tear the wires from the
building, when he received shock
that killed him before the eyes of his
wife
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
GOVERNOR ISSUES WARRANTS
FOR PRISONERS REQUISITION
Detectives to Bring Back ALLEGED
Jewelry Thieves From Indian
Territory Jail

A dispatch has been received from
Sacramento stating that Detective Ser
geant O'Dea and Patrolman George
F. Mulcahy left the capital city yes
terday with warrants issued by Gov
ernor Pardee upon Judge Luis Sulz-
hacker of the United States District
Court for the Western District of In
dian Territory. The acquisitions are
for the return to this State of Joseph
Martin and his brother, Benjamin
Martin. wanted in San Francisco for
embezzlement CT a number of watches
and much jewelry from q jeweIer
named r. L. Cook.
The men were arrested by United
States Marshals and are in the GUS
tody of the Federal authorities at Ok
mulgee, I. T.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-29
AUTO WRECKED
ON MINES ROAD
Two IiyermOreans Have a
Miraculous Escape From
Death in the Deep Canyon
ALL BECAUSE OF WAGER
DIR. w. S. Taylor and City
Clerk w. HI. Wright Have
Very Exciting Experience
ALL BECAUSE OF WAGER

LIVERMORE, March 2S.-Only a
miracle saved DR.. w. s. Taylor and
City Clerk w. H. Wright of Livermore
from death in the mountains back OF
this place last night AS it is Mr..
Wright is badly injured, though DR..
Taylor escaped without a scratch. 1t
all happened because the two tried to
take an automobile trip from Liver
more to the famous Buckeye Camp
/ on wager that ..chug wagon could
get over the hardest and most danger
Gus road in the Livermore Mountains.
DR.. Taylor, who is one of the leading
physicians of this section, has Just IN
vested in a new machine of which he
is very proud. The doctor was very
certain that it could make the trip to
I Buckeye" which is out on the wild
road that leads to the magnesite mines
and which has become known as the
Mines Road" Mr. Wright was very
certain that the machine could not
make the trip, and then a wager was
made Both Wright and Taylor are
members of the Buckeye Hunting Club
that owns the hunting lodge known as
Camp Buckeye" and that spot was
selected as the terminus of the trip.
Livermore was left yesterday after
noon, and the run was made to
French Joe's" in an hour and ten
minutes. AT TINS point tnere is d Sidl
IS" turn. The first section was made
in safety, but the second curve caught
the machine and it went straight down
the mountainside 100 feet, and there 1t
struck a bowlder or 1t would have
reached the bed of the Arrovo Mocho.
1000 feet below. When the machine
stopped DR.. Taylor stuck in the rig,
but Wright kept right on down the
hill, and the worst of it was that he
thought that the runaway machine
was following him.
The two daring automobolists finally
got a native to drive them in and ar
rived in Livermore at midnight. The
machine was brought into Livermore
on a lumber wagon to-day Wright
was badly cut, but DR.. Taylor suffered
no injury.
No automobile trips will be made
over the Mines road until the new
road is built by the Supervisors.