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Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
AT THE CHA BRIDGE
fl. Q P. Railroad CO-Operates With
 Gila River Navigation Co.

The M. 6 P. railroad company has finally hammered a hole through the impediments to traffic that have ex- isted along its line for several days, but the situation is still perplexing. inconvenient and expensive. The train that left here yesterday morning, equipped with the rolling stock for a navigation line or more particularly speaking, three boats from Eastlake park, returned last evening. About forty passengers went down on the train, the boats were put to work and in due time the passengers, which in- cluded two ladies, were transferred. A number who were waiting on the south bank were brought back in the alternating trips,r together with a small quantity of mail that happened to be at Maricopa. The southern mails that have been accommodating for some time have been sent around by California and it is expected a large quantity of it will arrive this morning via Ash Fork.
 About eighty people came in on last nights train. The train will leave again this morning, going at o'clock. Passengers who find it imperative to travel can get across now. though the IIdnSleI IS d uiSdSIeedDle ana pro voking one, and it will be several days probably before the mails will begin coming regularly from that direction.
 The ferry is across the south chan mel of the river and the train from this side cannot get within quarter of a mile of it. That is because the bridge over the north channel is too badly washed out to run an engine over. Passengers have to walk down this paralyZed structure to the south channel, then descend to the muddy bank and embark in boats. About fif teen hundred feet of the bridge is gone or out of business. It will be a long time before it is put in good shape again and it is yet too early to esti mate when a temporary structure can be provided. The ferry though will be better organized in a day or so.
 Yesterday was filled with incidents of an exciting kind at the crossing some of them being humorous and others of a startling and discOncert- ing nature. The most serious was
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
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A FEW TITLES.

H FEW TIT LES.
 ''The Captains Toll Gate,- by Stock ton. "The Circuit Rider" by Eggles- ton. "The Girl at the Half Way House, D by Hough. ''Unleavened Bread" by Grant. "Manxman," by Caine. "In the Fog," by Davis. "The Cavalier" by Cable. Under the Rose" by Isham. Master Christian,' by Corellf. eff I Were King" by McCarty. External City" by Caine, and many others.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
NINE-eoRED SKIRT 1928.

Full skirts continue to increase in popularity month by month and are made graceful and attractive in many ways This one is novel and in every way desirable, and combines box plaits with inverted plaits, so giving an up- usual effect. As illustrated, the ma teriaI is reseda crepe de chine, with trimming of chiffon velvet bands, but there are many others equally appro- priate, in fact, anything that is soft enough to allow of the many plaits be- ing correct. The band at the lower edge makes one of the features of the season, and the straps serve to hold the inverted plaits in place, but the trimming can be varied to suit indi- yidual needs and tastes.
 The skirt is made in nine gores and
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
CHICAGO BANK DEPOSITS.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Deposits in the Chicago banks are greater now by ten million than were ever reported before, the total in the four national and twenty eight state institutions being in excess of $6O2, ,OOO, ,OO0. The total gain in deposits in all the banks of Chi cago since a year ago is nearly S10O, 100000.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16
PRIVATE SALE.

That elegant resident property, cor ner Jefferson street and Fourth avenue The Sam Snead place, half cash rest at s per cent for or years. Deal with guardian for Snead children only No commission.
 J. H. W. JENSEN,
 Guardian Snead minors. Phone Main PAP or Tempe road, 315 miles
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16

Many a man who thinks he's ready money resembles a dollar minus sev- enty cents.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-16

Stranger it will pay you to look up Dowds drug store.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
cUvELLIER's WILL FILED.

OAKLAND, May 13.-The will OF
the late Bernard G. Cuvellier, who
committed suicide on top of the Union
Bank building, was filed for probate
to-day. The estate, including a $500
life insurance policy made out In IA
vor of his two daughters, will not ex-
coed $4,000. He left five children,
three sons and two daughters. and to
these two girls he bequeathed all his
property of any value, giving the boys
his books and a few pieces of bric-a-
brac.
The principal asset of his estate is
the home at 1928 Union street, which
is valued at about $4,000, and his life
insurance of $500. This is left to the
girls, Lydia Jeanette and Carmelita
Antonio, who are 81 and Is years Of
age respectively. His personal prop
erty is valued at about $1,000. He
gives bedroom set and piano to one
daughter and the rest of the furniture
to the other. The three sons, William,
Toffiez and Harold, are bequeathed re-
mem brances.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
GOES
ON THE ROCKS
III. 3. Wright" Bound From
Antioch for San Francisco,
Ashore Off Point Richmond
WRECKED IN THE FOG
Great Hole Stove in the
Bow and Vessel Is Beached
to Save a Total Loss

POINT RICHMOND, May 1s-Dur-
ing q dense fog which hung like q pail
over the waters of the upper bay this
morning the steamer II. E. Wright,
bound from Antioch to Oakland with
a cargo Of brick to be used in the con-
struction Of one Of the new manufac-
tories on the water front of that city,
ran on the Jagged rocks of San Pablo
Point, and to save his vessel from sink
ing before he could reach a place Of
safety Captain John Harkins beached
the steamer on the mud flats just off
the Wilson-Lyons brickyard. about two
miles from Point Richmond.
The accident happened at o'clock
this morning while the Wright was
steaming through San Pablo Bay. At
this point a strong current sets In to-
ward the shore. and in the heavy fog
the first warning of danger came when
the vessel crashed on the rocks. A
hole nearly three feet square was
pierced In the steamers bow and q tor
rent Of water poured into the hold.
Captain Harkins at once ordered the
pumps started, and backing away from
the shore headed at full speed for the
mud flats on the eastern shore Of the
bay.
The Wright's signals Of distress were
answered by the steamer T. G. Walker,
which stood by to save the crew until
the disabled vessel was successfully
beached.
The H. e. Wright was built at Stock
ton four years ago and is owned by
the Farmers and Merchants Trans
portation Company of Oakland. She Is
of 500 tons burden and Is a stern
wheeler. When fully manned the yes.
sci carries crew Of twenty-five men.
At the time of the accident w. c. Wall,
the manager Of the company owning
the steamer, was on board, and as soon
as he reached the shore he notified the
owners of the trouble.
The steamer was not badly damaged,
and as soon as the leak is temporarily
repaired she will be taken to Oakland.
Her cargo is consigned to the Ameri-
can Magnesite Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
COMPANY A TO GIVE SHOW.

OAKLAND. May 1S.-Plans are
now well under way for the presen-
tation Of the famous historical spec
tacular America" which will be pro-
duced at the Dewey Theater during
the week beginning May. 20, under the
auspices of Company A, Fifth Regi-
ment, National Guard of California.
The members of the company. many
Of whom are to take part in the pro-
duction, are sparing no effort or ex-
pense to make the play a success and
the scenery and stage settings have
been especially prepared for the pro-
duction OF the play. The costumes Sc
cured for the spectacle are the finest
that could be obtained and are his
tortcally correct In every detail. The
rehearsals for the piece are now going
on under the direction Of b. T. Zieg-
Ter. q well known theatrical manager,
who has been engaged to produce Il
IN the best possible names.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
BEN J0NSON'S
PLAY PRODUCED

BERKELEY, May 13.-While bril-
liant sunshine streamed down upon the
devotees Of the drama in the Greek
Theater this afternoon, score and
more of clever amateur players, mem
bers of the English Club of Stanford
University, produced Ben Jonson's ia
nous old play, Every Man in His HUI
mour" The audience was not always
entirely comfortable under the pres
sure of the sunshine, yet listened and
watched with evident interest and ap-
probation.
) The production was originally sched-
uled for presentation last Saturday,
but threatening weather made post
ponement necessary. The musical and
dramatic committee of the University
of California supervised the affair to-
day the proceeds being for the bene-
fit of the clubhouse loan fund.
The production was first made at
Stanford and so California students
had the advantage of seeing perform
ace in which no bitches or defects due
to first night causes were to be OBJ
served. Finished in every particular
the Stanford actors showed that study
and work have made them artists Of
the first rank in amateur circles when
such classics as the Jonson play are
in their hands for presentation.
The cast to-day was the same as
that seen at Stanford, except that C. L.
Severy, freshman of Stanford, took
the part of Thomas Cash, originally
played by E. V. Henley
Elizabethan music was played dur
ing the performance by an orchestra
composed of III. Barkan '05. first violin;
j. c.. Ray '07. second violin; L. Lang
stroth '0S, cello: F.. R. May '06. viola
The selections are: "Heartsease, "It
Was Lover and His Lass" Row
Well, We Mariners Daphne" ''Tur-
keylony." THE Spanish Pavan." At
the opening Of act four the round
"Loath to Depart" was sung.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
BURGLARS FIND MANY VICTIMS.

OAKLAND, May 13.-Burglars en-
tered the store of F. NJ. Ferguson, a
commission merchant at 325 Eleventh
street, last night and after rifing the
till In the store, from which they took
IS in coin, left the following note on
the desk in the office:
Never leave your windows open or
the top of your desk open" This
warning was printed and gave no clew
as to the handwriting of the author.
This case is but one of five reported
to the police within the last twenty
four hours.
c. Z. bennett of 1919 Fifty-third
street, reported that burglars had en-
tered his home some time yesterday
afternoon through a rear window and
stolen Spanish coins valued at So So
Two IS gold pieces were stolen from a
satchel in the home of Mrs. T. Nevins,
724 Peralta street, yesterday afternoon
while the owner of the house was alb
sent 1t is not known how the thieves
gained entrance to the house.
Another afternoon burglary was re-
ported by Mrs. Mary Whalen, resid-
ing at 569 Seventh street. In this case
the thieves entered through a rear
window and stole Sc and a gold ring.
A. d. Lee, a baker. residing at 624
Seventh street. was another victim of
the burglars. He left Nhis trousers
lying on chair near an open window,
through which the thief entered and
stole 50 from the pockets of the gar
rneY1t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
RAILROAD WILL
INCORPORATE
Contra Costa County People
Want an Electric Line to
Connect With Oakland
DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN
Stock Subscribed and San
Ramon Residents Are De-
termined to Build the Line

WALNUT GREEK, May 1s.lThoes
who have interests In the San Ramon
Valley have decided that the proposed
electric road between Concord. Walnut
Creek. Danville and Oakland must be
built A general meeting was held IN
the Town Hall in this city to-day, and
1t was decided to proceed with the In
corporation OF. the road, and q provi-
sional board OF directors was elected.
The people Of this section are deter
mined to get into close communication
with tidewater at Oakland, and the
meeting to-day was a thoroughly busi-
ness one.
There were people present from all
parts of the San Ramon Valley, and it
was decided that the corporate name
OF the road should be the Oakland and
Contra Costa Interurban Railroad.
The capital stock was fixed at $500, 900.
of which $4,000 was announced as
subscribed. The meeting instructed the
provisional directors to proceed with
the Incorporation Of the railroad. the
filing of the papers and the completion
of the subscription lists. The directors
elected are A. Rudgear Of San Fran
cisco. John F. Boyd Of San Francisco,
Joseph Naphtaly of San Francisco. A
W. Maltby, Frank Gavin. G.. M. West
colt and E. ]. Randall OF Concord; ].
NJ. Stow OF Walnut Greek and R. o.
Baldwin Of Danville.
Immediately upon the completion Of
the incorporation surveys will be made
and franchises will be asked for from
the Contra Costa Board Of Supervisors.
All of the gentlemen interested are
prominent In the San Ramon Valley,
and those who hail from San Fran
cisco have large interests stn the val
ley.
The Santa Fe system owns the rights
and franchises OF the old California
and Nevada Railroad up San Pablo
Canyon, but has not indicated any in
tention of completing this road. and
the citizens are determined to go ahead
themselves.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
THE NIAGARA TO BE RAISED
AND KEPT AS MEMORIAL
Perry's Flagship TO Be Moved From
Where 1t Has Rested Seventy
Five Wears

The House Committee on Naval AZ
fairs on the 18th ult. ordered a favor
able report on the bill of Representa-
tive Bates of Meadville, appropriattng
$4,000 for removing the hull of the
Niagara from the bottom of Misery
Bay, part of the harbor of Erie, TO
the grounds Of the State Home for
Disabled Soldiers and Sailors and COW
ering it with roof.
The Niagara was the flagship OF
Commodore Hazard Perry in his fight
with the British squadron under Cap
tain Barclay off Putin Bay, Septem-
Der 10. 1913, In which he captured the
entire British force, the only time any,
thing of that kind has been done to a
British naval force of more than two
ships.
The Niagara was built at Erie and.
when her usefulness came to an end,
she sank in the comparatively shallow
waters of Misery Bay, where she has
lain for more than three-quarters of
century The hull is visible to those
who row out on the bay. She IS but
little larger than a launch of the type
of which a modern battleship carries
two. The combined tonnage of Perry's
squadron was less than $500 tons A
ship on the Great Lakes of no greater
displacement than that is now re-
garded as very small.-Pitssburg Dis
match.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
HOLDS QUARTERLY CONVENTION

OAKLAND, May 13.-The Alameda
County Christian Endeavor Union to-
day held it's sixty-third quarterly con-
vention at the First Presbyterian
Church of Haywards, and through the
efforts of Miss Margaret Scott, the
chairman Of the programme commit
tee, an elaborate entertainment was
prepared for the visiting delegates.
The first session opened at $3.50 p. m.
and at its close a basket lunch was
served under the trees on the banks
of San Leandro Creek.
The evening session opened at 1880
o'clock and the theme of the meeting
was Work for Individuals" An ex-
cellent musical programme was rem
dered and addresses were delivered by
Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Nelson l..
Scribner, H. c.. Usinger, Hugh X.
Hamilton, Mrs. George Peterson,
Elmer L. Cole, Miss Julia Phillips Miss
Eleanor White, Miss Grace Spears,
Miss Lillian Cushing, III. E. Burgess,
Ralph Wilson, Miss Eleanor Perry,
Miss Avis Toon, Harold Mansfield, Miss
Susie A. Ward, Lionel Rogers, w. N.
Jenkins, George Bailey and Dr. Caro-
line Mervin. The address of the even
ing was delivered by the Rev Carl Nj.
Warner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
Whx He MAS So young.

General John A Fite of Lebanon
was on a streetcar bound for the fair
A lady and her daughter got on the
car, the mother finding a seat. Cen
eral Fife CALAMITY arose and offered
the young lady his seat The young
lady declined to take it. General Fife
insisted, but the mother remarked:
She is young and can stand
You don't mean to say that ! am
old, madam p
"oh. not at ALL" politely remarked
the lady.
The young lady accepted the seat,
and General Fite, turning to the
mother, said:
How old do you think I am p
1T should think about 55-"
Madam, 1 am SO years. old"
Then he stopped to enjoy the SEN
satfof the announcement had created.
He had 1t to the full. The men mar
veled: the women wondered. One OF
the former asked:
ITO what do you attribute your
long life?
ITO nothing in particular. have
used good whisky. chewed good to-
bacco and smoked good cigars. My
mother died at the age Of 1O1 years.
My grandmother lived to be 10 and
had ten living children and over 600
descendants. living and dead. Nash
Vile American
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
IDENTIFIES HIS
WIFE'S REM AIMS

ALAMEDA, May 13-Captain Will
liam ]. Woodside Of 1o1e Grand street
to-day identified the body of the
woman found at the south end of
Union street last evening. by Mrs.
Frank n. Dodd. as that Of his wife,
Marian woodside An autopsy per-
formed this evening at the undertake
ing parlors Of Smiley & Gallagher by
Dr. Charles L. Tisdale disclosed the
cause Of death TO have been fatty de-
generation Of the heart
According to Captain Woodside his
wife had been a sufferer from heart
trouble for several years. and IL was
her habit to often take strolls along
the south side beach. She was missed
from her home last evening and a
search was made for her by members
Of her family, who finally concluded
that she had gone visiting and had de-
cided to spend the night with friends
Mrs. Woodside was a native of Ireland,
aged As years, and besides her husband
leaves seven children-Marian, Flor
ence. William J. Jr.. Walter s., Edward
A, James Nee. and BERTHE Woodside.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
MASONS VISIT
SISTER LODGE
Members of Order From San
Francisco Guests at Ban
Guet in Town of PalO Alto
WOMEN GIVE THEIR AID
Visitors Will Be Driven
Through Pretty Valley To-
Day and Given a Treat
Special Dispatch to IN. Cali.

PALO ALTO, May 13.-Palo Alto
Lodge No. 34s. 3. and A. NJ. gave q
banquet tonight to members of King
Solomon's Lodge No. $50 of San Fran
cisco. Masons from San Jose and in
tervening points attended. The lodge
room In Fraternity Hall was beauti-
ed In entertaining by the ladies OF the
Order Of Eastern Star.
Tomorrow morning the entire party
Of visitors will be taken for a drive to
Stanford University and through the
valley. and at $50 o'clock a special or
gan recital will be given at Memorial
Church by DR.. Blodgett-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
Frve,s Oual,er Grandfather.

Senator Frye says that when he was
a boy he narrowly escaped beinglspoiled
by Quaker grandfather. Young Frye
was going on trip to Boston and just
before he started his grandfather said:
Thou art going to Boston. Here is IS
for thee to spend while there" The
youngster accepted gladly, of course,
but he now says in telling the story.
81 did not know any Boston boys in
those days and consequently saw moth
ing to spend the money for. Returning
to Maine after my city visit, my grand
father called me to him again. Will
Ham, said he. 'didst thou spend the
money gave thee?' 1 had. Of course.
to confess that 1 hadn't, whereupon he
said: William, give 1t back to me,
and I did as requested. That sad expe-
rience taught me a bad habit, for ever
since when / have had any money
have spent 1t to prevent it's falling into
other hands.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14

The north Of England seems to be a
fertile soil for large families. for In
1877 we read Of a Cumberland man and
MS wife, accompanied by thirty Of
their children, all attending the chris
tening sof the thirty-frst child. and in
earlier years another north country
man. Thomas Greenhil. applied to the
then Duke OF Norfolk, Earl Marshal.
Tor an augmentation to his coat Of
arms on the singular ground that he
was the seventh son and the thirty
ninth child Of one father and mother"
IN Conway churchyard there was to
oe seen-it can scarcely be there to-
day-a tombstone bearing the follow
ing remarkable epitaph: Here lyeth
the body Of Nicholas Hooker OF Con-
way gentleman. who was the forty
nrst child of his father, William Hook
er. by Alice, his wife, and the father
or twenty-seven children, 1897"
II q mans family be considered as
including all his descendants that OF
Peter Smith, who Jdourished In New
Jersey In the seventeenth century. is
entitled to a high place OF honor, for
at a recent annual gathering Of Pc
ters progeny no fewer than 1000 met
and dtned together under the apple
trees in the orchard attached. to the
ancestral homestead
In the families it is not an unknown
thing for one child to be old enough to
have sister or brother young enough
10 De his or her great-grandchild. Thus
the eldest son OF Thomas Beatty OF
Drumcondra has passed his seventy
third birthday when his youngest
brother qualified for the cradle. When
William Frost OF GaIphay, near Rfpon.
died in 1873 his eldest child was a
sturdy boy of So summers and his
youngest was barely 16, and the Lady
Powerscourt of to-day Is half a CEN
tury older than her latest brother.
There are cases on record where a
century or more has divided the we'd
ding days Of father and SON The first
Earl OF Leicester was first married In
1775, and his son led his second wife to
the altar in August, 1878; while Cap
tain Francis Maude, who was married
on June %, 1S49, was following the ex-
ample of his father, Lord Hawardeo-
had set him ninety three years earlier
In 1855. But both these cases are quite
eclipsed by that Of General @. Steven
son Of Bristol who was united to his
third wife in 1894 at the age Of 81. and
whose father was first wed In 1904 the
year Of Blenheim. This seeming i'm
possibility is accounted for by the fact
that the father, who was born In 1880
was married for the third time at the
age of 10, and the general was the SON
of this late union Thus we get the
remarkable result Of a man whose
father was born in Charles IFS reign
wooing and wedding within the mem
DRY Of many people still living.-Tit-
Bits.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
CHOPS IN DOOR
OF HIS HOUSE
Family of John B. O'Connell
Fire Shots at Him to Keep
Him From Getting at Them
RED WINE RESPONSIBLE
Undeterred by Bullets He
Effects an Entrance and
Forces Occupants to Flee
RED WINE RESPONSIBLE

OAKLAND, May 13.-For ohopping
down the front door of the family home
in Redwood Canyon, in which his wife
ana baby and sister-in-law, Agnes
Riley, had barricaded themselves for
fear OF him, and for threatening to kill
them all. John B. O'Connell was arrest
ed and taken to the County jail to-day
and his bond placed at $4,000. In his
pocket was found his marriage certifl
cate, dated 1soo torn in pieces. Evt-
IDENTITY he thought that he would wreck
the union of himself and wife.
O'Connel1 accomplished his purpose
so far as the door was concerned in his
smashing career and effected an en-
trance to the barricaded house. The
family made its escape at the same
time by rear entrance. Not the least
exciting part of the assault on the
OConneH castle was the firing Of three
bullets through the woodwork Of the
door by Miss Riley In her attempt to
stop her Infatuated brother-in-law
from carrying out his threat to make
match wood of the place. Undeterred,
however, he chopped away, and the
family was forced to flee.
Miss Riley Is the belle Of Redwood
Canyon and sits her horse like a thor
ough woman of the prairie. She is a
good shot and good looking, and while
she says she did not shoot to kill there
is no indication of anything In her
makeup that would stop her If she
thought occasion demanded 1t. She
and her sister claim that O'Connell had
been visiting the place of an Italian in
the neighborhood and drank vino tinto
until he was a raving maniac, and they
were afraid to let him into the house.