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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
RESORT CASES
ARE SUBMITTED
Byington Argues Right of
Police to Enter Immoral
Houses Without Warrants
HE CHARGES FRAUD
Says Affidavit in Belden
Place Suit Is an Impo-
sition Upon the Court

The Jackson-street and Belden-
place injunction matters. involving the
right Of the police to raid immoral re-
sorts without warrant for arrest. have
been submitted to Judge Hebbard for
decision. District Attorney Byington
and Assistant District Attorney Harris
made reply yesterday morning to the
arguments of Henry Ach. who rep
resented Sebastian Ravani, keeper Of
the cigar store at 620 Jackson street.
Byington declared that the cigar store
was sham and used for fraud upon
the court In order to gain judicial pro-
lection for the notorious open cribs.
Byington also questioned the good
faith OF Ach In appearing for the lit
tie cigar store, intimattng that he was
employed In behalf Of the resort.
There was no law. he said. to protect
immoral houses. and court Of equity
could not restrain the police from
making arrests or entering 8 place
wherein they believed q crime was be-
ing committed.
After the Jackson-street cases were
submitted the Belden-plaoe case was
called, and Attorney Nagle, for the
plaintiffs, offered q bunch Of afldavits
of men who declared that the "lodg-
ing-house business on Belden place
was conducted In q quiet and orderly
manner" There were seven afidavits
OF the women proprietors Of the
houses, who pleaded that they have
lodging-house licenses and rent lodg-
tngs to persons Of both sexes. Magic
was ready to submit his case on the
authorities quoted by Ach, but the Dis
trict Attorney had sensation In re-
serve. He charged that the ah1davit
upon which tho temporary Injunction
fraudulent It had been sworn to by
Pearl Andree. and Byington read her
testimony given before the Grand
Jury, In which she said that she had
never seen the District Attorney, fore
man Of the Grand Jury and others,
whom her affidavit charged with par
ticipating In the raids. She did not
even know the attorney who drew
her affidavit; the other girls wanted
an attorney and she told them to get
the same one for her" Byington de-
clared that the affidavit was an impo-
sition upon the court. Judge Heb
bard severely asked Nagle what he
had to say, and the latter expressed
surprise that Byington should spring
such point without having fortified
1t with affidavits. The court said 1t
was serious charge and he thought
1t should be set forth in affldavits and
given a speedy hearing, but Byington.
after expressing the belief that Ma
gle knew the instrument to be false,
decided not to press the point and to
submit the case upon its merits.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
BRIDE DISPLAYS TEMPER
DURING HONEYMOON TRIP
Travelling Man Says Wife's Cruelty
Has been Unceasing and He
Wants a Divorce.

A E. S. Peck. who was a travelling
salesman for the Capitol Mills when
he married Iantha Ola Peck at Oak
land on April %. 1903, yesterday sued
her for divorce on the ground of
cruelty. She has, he says, an ungov-
ernable temper. which she first ex-
hibited on the day of their wedding
trip to Del Monte. She few into a
rage because he gave his seat beside
her in the car to another lady. Ten
DAYS later she told him he was crazy,
and became angry because he would
not break a business engagement to
go to Del Monte. In Techau's Tav-
ern she called him a brute, and in
January of last year she dismantled
their rooms in the Hotel MetropoIe,
Oakland, and forbade his using them
during her absence in the East She
was gone nearly a year and wrote to
him that she did not intend to live
with him again.
Elizabeth S. Kirk sued Robert Kirk
who for fifteen years has been su-
perintendent of bridge building fol
the Southern Pacific, for divorce on
the ground of cruelty. She says he
is Incorporate, and for the last year
has spent his time away from his
family in low resorts. Other actions
for divorce were begun by Sarah A
p. Rendon against Jesse L. Rendon
cruelty; Gertrude Freese against
Charles w. Freese, neglect: H. w
Gallet against Mary Gallet, desertion;
Martha A. Montrose against Westley
D. Montrose, cruelty; Minnie M
Lund against John Lund, cruelty;
Alice S. Lemue against Homer Lemue
neglect and intemperance; Christian
Nelson against Christina Nelson, de-
sertion; John MINUS against Mary
MINUS, cruelty; Mary j. Heser
against Edward W. Hesen, desertion
Divorces were granted by Judge
Sloss to Charlotte G. Oppenheim from
Paul r. Oppenheim, neglect; by Judge
Graham to Hattie NJ. Robinson from
John Robinson, desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
ANOTHER HINT
IS UNEXPLAINED
Executor White Does Not
Divulge Interesting Con-
yersation With Clunie
DEEDS AGAIN AN ISSUE
Witness Positive That Wife
Did Not Know Contents of
Papers Which She Signed

The interposition Of an objection by
Attorney Walter Robinson yesterday
prevented Burrell G. White from CIV
story limited at in his testimony. An
drew j. Clunie was examining the ex-
ecutor upon the matter Of the doubt
full validity of the deeds signed by
Mrs. Clunie transferring valuable
property to her husband at the time
of their agreement to separate. White
said he had been discussing with Gen
eral Clunie the making of the latter
will. The general had expressed the
desire for his wife to have the Turk
land property in Sacramento, ono of
his reasons being that When I die
Andy is liable to do anything"
Now tell it." shouted Clunie. What
was I liable to do, since In his will the
general named me as a trustee, exec
utor and residuary legatee.'
''Oh, he had mis- reasons for % ap-
pointing you," said White, but all ef-
forts of Clunie to get the reasons were
in vain. Judge Coffey sustained an
objection to the questions upon the
ground that the matter was privileged,
White claiming to have been General
Clunie's attorney.
Andrew Clunie offered to the court
to prove that White was not the at
torney, but a "go-between to smug-
gle letters to the general in his house"
The court ordered the statement
stricken out and said he did not want
the witness subjected to these refeo-
tions.
Clunie continued his examination
upon the question of the deeds and won
from White the statement that it was
his positive belief that Mrs. Clunie
did not sign those papers"
Just before adjournment Cfunie
went into the subject of silver tea
set given to White by Ralph Wilson
and Judge Slack. Mrs. Clunie's attor-
neys, after the executors had compro-
missed the claim for the community
property by payment OF $1b0.0O0.
White said it was merely token OF
esteem and he refused to state the
value Of the set
Clunie declared that 1t was not a
token" and he intended to connect
the gift with his charge that White
recommended Wilson to Mrs. Clunie
as her attorney In the contest The
hearing will be resumed on Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Royal Arch Masons installed.

The officers OF Mission Chapter of
the Royal Arch Masons, installed for
the current term, are: Warren e. MUIR
ray. high priest; Richard 8. Allen.
king; Edward r. Eastman. scribe;
Christian Hellwig, treasurer; John r.
Htllman, secretary: Rev. n. b. Collier,
chaplain; Marshall J. Fairfield, captain
or the host; Harry Maundrell, prin-
cipal sojourner; Harry p. Leland,
royal arch captain; Anson N. George,
master of the third vail; William Ford,
master of the second vail; William G.
Olsen, master of the first vail; James
e. Parmelee, guard: Robert D. Bur-
ness, organist.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
BLANfES MAYOR FOR
GRIPPING DEPARTMENT
Recorder Godchaux Complains Bitterly
of His Honor's Refusal to Ap-
nI,nve AnDrQnriafi0n

prove Appropriation.
Recorder Godchaux yesterday filed
his annual report, showing the receipts
of the office during 1904 to have been
$61,309 % and the expenses s43,-
254 SS, leaving surplus of s1S,o54 II.
There were 1896 documents filed.
Godchaux takes Mayor Schmitz to task
for refusing to approve of an appro-
priation of $4,000 for extra clerks,
thereby crippling the efficiency of his
department. Godchaux says the Mayor
is the only one who can relieve a sit
uation, very distressing to the Re-
ccrder If not disastrous to the public.
He says that the book typewriting ma
chimes are becoming unfit for use ow-
ing to the lack of a skilled machinist
to care for them and it will soon be
impossible to transcribe the records.
The receipts of the Office for last
month were $3.50 ID, a gain of $405 rs
over January, 1904. There were 3484
papers filed, of which $50 were deeds
and SIS mortgages.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Curry on Trial for Murder.

The work of inpaneling a jury to
try George Curry, charged with the
murder of his wife, Daisy. at 35 Turk
street on July s. was commenced in
six jurors were accepted when court
adjourned. They were: P. A. Smith,
Ed Levy, l. LIGHTER, p. Fleming, John
Brien and J. Belmer. It was evident
from the questions put to the Jurors
that the defense will put forward q
plea of insanity.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
DISCOVER NEW PASSES
THROUGH THE ROCKIES
Grand Trunk Pacific Engineers Re-
turn From Years Trip Through
Northern British Columhia


turn From a Years Trip Through
Northern British Columbia.
VANCOUVER, B. G.. Feb. Five
new passes through tho Rocky Noun
tains in Northern British Columbia
have been discovered by a party Of
Grand Trunk Pacific engineers, who
have Just returned to Vancouver from
q years trip through the north. yell
lowhead was formerly considered to
be the best of the northern passes
through the mountains, and only four
in all were known to exist. Now sew
eral others have been discovered In
Guiding the following: Smoke River.
North Smoke River, Porcupine, two
Red Deer passes, Wapiu and Pine
River.
On the eastern side Of the noun
tains the grades are easy. and In sew
eral of these passes there is plenty OF
room for Misunderstanding. For sew
enty-f1ve miles on the western side.
the engineers say, the country Is very
wild.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
improvements for west Mission.

The Holly Park improvement Club
Is desirous of obtaining better condi-
tions in it's section of the municipality.
A trollery car line to cross either Cort-
land or Crescent avenue, from Mis-
sion to San Bruno road, is one of the
needs of the residents of Bernal
Heights. A comMttee, consisting of
Messrs. Winkler, Pidwell and Cullen,
is TO appear before the Supervisors
and managers of the United Railroads
and advocate the wants Of the resi-
dents.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Miners injuries Provo Fatal.

SAN JOSE. Feb. News was re-
ceived to-day Of the death Of DaIbert
Miller, q former well-known San
Josean. at Nevada City. Miller was su-
perintendent of the Sierra Queen mine,
and q short time ago was caught In a
cave-in and pinned down under many
tons of rock He sustained internal in
juries, which resulted in his death. De-
ceased was the son Of Jacob Miller,
a capitalist of Berryessa, and a brother
Of H l. Miller, proprietor Of the Bris-
tol Hotel In this city. He was S5 years
Of age and native of Indiana
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02

LEE TOY CASE CLOSING.-Bert Schlesin-
ger Of counsel for Lee Toy who is on trial In
The United States District Court On charge
of attempting 70 import Chinese women for i'm
moral purposes. finished his argument for the
defense yesterday morning and was followed
by Thomas c. West for Da Silva At p. m.
esrnuei n. Shortridge followed and occupied
the remainder Of the afternoon Assistant
United States District Attorney Ben L. Nc
Kfnley will make the closing argument for the
prosecution this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Stanley Says He was Robbed

Peter Stanley. laborer, living at
Harbor View, was found at Kearny
and Pacific streets early yesterday
morning by Policeman Amend. He
had a wound over his right eye and
while being taken to the Central
Emergency Hospital he said he had
been knocked down and robbed of a
gold watch and $40. but he could not
say where or by whom
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
viii Give Masquerade Ban.

The Germania Club will give mas
ouerade ball at Saratoga Hall next Sat-
,trdav night. Valuable prizes are Of
tered to those who appear in the most
urfoue or attractive costumes. The
music will be furnished by Louis Won
der Mehden's orchestra. Grand march
at 8 o'clock sharp.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
DESPERATE WOMAN SETS
FIRE TO HER CLOTHING

Applying q Match Quickly Burns
to Death.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. Mrs.
Zella Smith. wife of George W. Smith
Of Covington. small mill town a few
miles from here. committed suicide
by tying roll Of cotton batting about
her throat and saturating 1t and her
clothing with coal oil. She then went
into a small clubhouse and set her gar
ments afire. When she was discov-
cred few minutes later by neigh
Dor she was dead. Mrs. Smith
came to Covingtcn a month ago from
Iowa She left q letter to her mother
In which she stated that she had de-
ceived her husband and could no
longer live with him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Oakland's Rainfall.

OAKLAND, Feb. Rainfall for
twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
this afternoon was 1.12 inches. The
seasonal total Is 1928 inches. as COM
pared with 9.67 inches for the corre-
spending period last winter.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Murderer Escapes the scafYold.

SAN DIEGO. Feb. AFTER many
specialists had been called upon . to
testify. in the effort to establish a
nlea of insanity, Isaac N. Campbell.
colored, has been found guilty of
murder in. the first degree. His wife
was the victim. The jury fixed the
penalty at life Imprisonment.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02

RECEIPTS OF WORKS BoARD.-casb,er
Donahue's report for January shows the re-
ceipts OF the Board Of Works to have been
SIS. e74 S8 Of which s4o10 was for 1914 street
space permits. S6315 from side sewer deposits.
and 1920 for fees collected by the Bureau OF
Engineering. The disbursements were S12. 557
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
Alligator Peaxs

The best selected lot OF large fancy
green alligator pears that ever came was
received by L. @. Sresovich & Co. by
steamer Martposa
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02

WASHINGTON, Feb. LIT Is announced on
the authority of President Roosevelt that Fred
erick 1. Allen. Commissioner OF Patents. will
rumored that Allen contemplated retiring.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02

NSOLvENT ENGINEER-J. T. Bousher, q
locomotive engineer OF this city fled q peti-
Court asking to be declared an insolvsnt
debtor. He owes s6s7 and has no assets.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
CALL PATTERNS.

All orders for THE CALLS
PATTERNS win be filled at
the earliest possible moment.
1t will, however, take at least
ten days to fill orders, as the
Patterns are mailed direct from
our Eastern Publishing House.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02

BISERTA. Tunis Feb. Ia violent storm
here has caused damage to the amount Of
S4oO. 600. No persons were injured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22

At Neponset, Ill March 6. Isaac b. biake'
aged go years. formerly OF Feachaln'
At East Burke, March 1S. Miss Mary Hup
bard aged "a years.
Az Barnet. March is Mrs. Lucy Simmonds
Champney, aged SO years
Ivndouville, March II. Mrs. Joseph d.
Ayers, aged "a years.
A. Wells River, March 4. Miss Julia Buck
lev. formerly of Lyndonville.
AtLvndon, March II, George Clement
| aged AZ years.
At New Haven, Conn, March 10, Mrs
Isabel Wolff.
At st. Johnsbury, March 10. Joseph Theo
dore infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Fourier. aged days.
At St Johnsbury, March II, Charles
Patterson, aged SO years.
At st. Johnsbury, March IS, Mrs. Mary
D. Jenness, aged rs years.
At St Johusbury, March IS, Calvin II
Cushman, aged 81 years. II months.
At St. Johnsbury, March 49,. Cordelia
daug liter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hippolite Valiee
aged z years.
At st Johnsbury, March ri, Mrs. Michae
Banahan, aged 81 years.
At st. Johnsbury, March 90, Mrs. MARY
Norris, wife of Frank II. Potts, aged At
years.
At Evansville, March II. Mrs. Percis ID
Brown. aged 80 years, mother OF Mrs j. J
Guild of st Johnsbury.
At North Danville, March H. Mrs. d. W
Hubbard, aged Sc wears.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
A Five Years. Growth.

The Citizens Telephone Company re.
Gently celebrated its fifth birthday and
Manager Buzzell the creator and pre-
server Of the system, has every reason to
feel grati6ed over its record. When be
came from Barton FIVE years ago and
announced that he would build an indie
pendent line aud give our people lower
rates, the average citizen smiled and
looked incredulous. But after five years,
more than half the instruments in Cal
edonia county are in the independent
system, and the growth has been I'M
solicited as far as Mr.. Buzzell is con-
cerned, being due to the people who
wanted to connect with his lines. The
system established by Mr.. Buzzel extends
from Barton to Woodsville and from
West Concord to West Danville and is
constantly expanding. 1t is also news
to manv OF our readers that this system
has connections with over 1000 instru-
ments at the terminal points. At Bar
ton there are connections with the
Peoples Telephone Company with 900
phones. and beyond that is the Cana.
dian Peoples line with about 1000
instruments. On the south Mr.. BuzzelPs
system connects at Woodsville with the
Woodsville Telephone Co., and at Brad
ford with the Bradford Telephone Co., and
other independent companies having sew
eral thousand patrons. In Orleans county
connections are had with the Mcguire
line which has over 400 patrons. Mr..
Buzzell has been very successful in
developing the farmers lines, and he is
beset on all sides to open up new terri
tory. He is extending these popular
lines as last as possible.
Various attempts have been made to
get control of this independent system,
or to have Mr. Buzzell raise the rates,
but he has made good his promise to
give the people lower rates and proposes
to stand by his colors. His future sue.
cess, OF course, depends entirely upon the
support he gets from the people.
Within the last few years independent
lines have sprung up all over the country
and today there are 2,767 900 independ
ent phones as against 100000 other
phones. In some states, notably Michi
gan, the independent phone is found il
: almost every town. Vermonters
especially the farmers, take kindly tt
independent organic ations, and as Ions
: as they stand by them their success i
= assured, and the public will benefit b,
getting lower rates from whatever com
: PAW they may patronize. Nothing
. touches the average man quicker thai
his pocket book and the people OF thi
section have every reason 10 be grateiu
k to Mr.. Buzzell for coming here and bring
ing telephone rates down to their presen
figure. And his success is all the NOR
y remarkable for it has been in the face G
costly litigation and all kinds of opposi
q ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
Dental Reciprocity.

One of the most important accomplish
ments of the recent meeting of the Yer.
mont State Dental meeting at Rutland
was the arrangement tor an interchange
OF licenses between the state of Vermont
and New Jersey. A representative of the
New Jersey board of dental examiners
was present at the convention and ar
rangements were made so that either
state can give licenses to dentists in good
and regular standing without having
them take the usual examination. Yer
mont is the first state in the union to
take this step, which is allowed by a
law passed by the last legislature, and
New Jersey is the first state to make
this reciprocal arrangement with the
Vermont dental board The arrange.
ment is highly commended by dental
journals and shows the progressiveness
OF our Vermont dentists and the state
dental board of which one of our towns.
men, DR.. George F. Cheney, is secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
The Dux Christus Class.

Through the kindness of Mrs. Henry
Fairbanks arrangements have been made
for Mrs. S. c. Bartlett to address the
Dux Christus class Friday afternoon at
four o'clock. Mrs. Bartlett was born in
Japan and with her Husband, the young.
est son OF ex- President Bartlett of Han
over, has worked ten years as mission
airy in the interior of the Island Empire
1t is hoped a large audience will avail
themselves of this rare opportunity to
hear directly of things japanese. At this
meeting Mrs. Henry Fairbanks and Mrs
A. D. Nelson will be the leaders.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-22
DR., JekyIl and rlr. Hyde.

Remembering with what pleasure all
the efforts Co. D has made towards
entertaining in the way OF "home talent"
have been greeted by the public, and wish
ing to repay its many friends for their
liberal patronage, Co. D has gone to a
great expense in preparing a treat TOR
the amusement loving citiz:ns OF St.
Tohnsbury. All its former Efforts have
been in the way of Ministries, but now
they intend to branch out in line that
will not only amuse, but teach those
who patronize their efforts, a great
grand lesson. H. Webb Chamberlain, tie
playwright, who has settled in st. Johns
bury, has been persuaded to assist them
in giving st. Johnsbury treat such as
they have never had in the town before
Mr.. Chamberlain, in his capacity OF
playwright and writer of fiction has been
a student OF some OF our best authors,
and not caring for or believing IN that
style OF work that hurts and degraoes
the mind, has made study OF that
which not only pleases but elevates. In
CDR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" he has made
a study of the wonderful masterpiece, OF
the same name, ofthat interesting author
Robert Louis Stevenson, who is known
far and wide by the entire English
speaking public, and this will be given
at the Armory Thursday night.
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" is the most
wonderful, the most mysterious, weird
beautiful story ever conceived by human
brain. Mr.. Chumberlain's dramatiza-
ton OF that wonderful story is clear and
distinct, and brings out Mr.. Stevenson's
ideas so clear that it is perceptible to all.
The play will be put on by Co D, under
the personal direction of the dramatlst,
Mr.. Chamberlain, with all its wonder
full. my sterious scenic and electrical effects.
In the second act will be seen the most
wonderful, natural electrical storm ever
produced on any stage, no matter where
or how large. So natural that it causes
those who see it to sit wondering with
awe, as though they were looking ON a
production of nature itself. Co. D, has
been very fortunate in obtaining cast
of some OF st. Johnsbury's best talent,
and Mr.. Chamberlain predicts produc.
tion equal to any produced by professions
al talent. Between the acts will be a
series OF specialities by local talent, which
is bound to please and rest the mind tor
the next act. The rehearsals are progress
sing rapidly and the principals are work
ing hard and there no is doubt but that
it will be finished performance. The
players should be greeted with crowd
ed house and tickets. which are now OF
sale at Bingham's and Gordon's, at 25
35 and so cents, should be procured al
once.