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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
TRADE IN CHICAGO.

TBv Telegraph % Inc IIIOuIIT.I
f,bicaro Dec 6-Wheat was active to-day, and
averaged considerably higher than yesterday 1t
- - +t,a,, the first gain il made but that was
ae,at, succeeded by rise stronger than the first,
which left prices in the end from sc to &c higher
80, tho, closed the day before valentine.
Arrnours chief lieutenant. worked upon the sus-
,s,ted with b,rvlng over 100000 bushels in the
email advance. Corn was strong, and some of the
shorts begin to SEQ what they suspect is the eoven
boof OF an underlying corner in December corn. II
advanced nc to-day, with May up Ae Oats were
strong and active and had sharp advance. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
new YORK. new HAVEN 3 HARTFORD R, R,

Trains depart Grand Central station 42d Sc and
BOSTON Via New London & Proy.-f+1o00 "1li1o.03
A. M TtI1:OO. "x.1:O1 %xi3:OO TI5:OO 'Tn5O2
'y12:O0 P, N: via WIllnantic-i5 200 a NJ: 1900 P
NJ via spfd.-foOO A. M tH1200. Sl4O0. '11:O0 P. n
WORCESTER and FITGEBJJRCf via PUTNAM55IIt8 P; NJ
CT. HARRINGTON, STOCKBRIDGE, LENOX. PITTS
FTEI,D-+45O. FS:49 A NJ 1881 p. NJ
cket Offices at cCrand Central c125th St.
also at c261 11s5. CT Broadway c25 Union Square,
ce2 Fifth Ave Columbus Ave. Gao Madison Ave.
cps West 125th ST. Third In Brooklyn. c342s
$50 Fulton St. $50 Broadway
%Day. Except SUNDAYS. rst9ps At 125th s. Isto2a
125th only. 4Parlor Car Limited Has
dining car. cParlor and Sleeping Car tickets also.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool Dec. 6-C1osing: CoTToN-spot. small busI-
done; prices Q points higher; American mid
ding fair. 694d good Tnidding 660d; middling 42d
sales Of the day 6,G00 bales, Of which 800
were for speculation export included 500 Aeri
can Receipts 10 900 bales including 1910 American
Futures opened firm and closed easy american mdding
e q c December esd: December and January, ESD;
January February. $3.50; February and March $50
March and April April May, 645ds May and
June 64Sd; July sod; July and August 651d;
August and September. September and October.
6 I'D. October and November, 602d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
LONDON WOOL MARKET.

London. Dec 6-The offerings at the wool auction
sales to-day amounted 1l.573 bales. There
large attendance The selection superior one, and
MernOS taken chiefly by
the Germany purchased moderate quantity
hoggets Fine light halfbreds were taken by ATner
cans M to Is 215d They also secured few lots Of
victorian new Clip super greasy combings is AID
in demand and cTOssbreds firm
Following detail NevSouth Wales, 200
bales secured AID; greasy 6dds I'd Queens
land 700 bales; greasy, 829Qd victoria 100 bales
100 ba les secured 3D. greasy. 7dG1s ID West Aus
ira ia 3 500 bales greasy. 6d1s ID Tasmania 4S bales
reasv Is 2d61s 31ad NewZeaaud, 1890 bales; greasy
sdG1s 21sd. cape Of Hope and Natal, 100 bales
IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
THE IRON AND METAL TRADES.


v-bua. there is less excitement in the iron and
steel trades the volume of work coming out con.
times extremely heavy No better indication %
This could be furnished than the fact that the
booLIngs Of the United States Steel Corporation
5Tring November were slightly above 81 900 tons a
dsv as compared withsa little more than 5oG9 tons
- October When IL is considered that even
much larger tonnage was booked in September,
the record month. and that the daily capacity OF
the works the corporation is $4,000 tons the vol
IIua OF current consumption will be appreciated.
Railmakers again report heavy orders The St.
its Pacific Coast extension. the quantity involved
being tons which will be rolled In the Central
West in the winter. to be forwarded by sea 10 tha
coast The first instalment Of the Baltimore ana
Ohio order involving . 600 of estimated
total OF 1000. has been given 10 the mills. The
leading interest has Just closed Tor 5000 tons for
South America and for $500 tons for Austria la.
Prices of light rails have been again advanced 81
ton and are thus getting more in line with tha
standard sections
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
SOUTHERN coTToN Market.
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET.

Liverpool Dec 6.-CIoslng wHEAT-spot steady: No 2
Western winter O. ID futures steady: DseeTber Is
quiet American Mixed 10la d; quiet
As and; March PEAs-Canadian steady SIS 10tsd
FLOCR-Sr Louis fancy winter steady, 9s Cd HOPS
In London Pacifc Coasp quiet. t3Gt4 BtlEF-t9uiet
extra India mess. rs a.. PORK-Nonnal HAMS
short cut "A 10 lG No. steady As Ga BAcQS-stesdy;
sis: lone clear middles gh 2S g - 4ss 60;
mddes heavy 30 H. ass Sd short clear backs
clear bellies, i 10 16 n 52s shout
ders square II 10 - 10. strong 87a Cd. LARp-Frmi
prime Western, Heroes ass 90; american refined, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
tion Of Brazilian ootfes is as follows.

~ he cotton market again very active
IN me SAFES Falling only little short Of l.
teIS' a1e.faLig 10 estimates. prices
-si records Tor tae season. The close
On from ne tor. but steady q tn
penis Inc opening firm lone 1t q decline of 3
FS---S 70 ~ ADVANCE O. points the months being
49, ~ .eSP5lSA = the disappointing cables. while
SE se-ea -lying movement developed ca with
.--7 s Hgfer and all positions selling well
lS - Ies n the previous cay inside
--4tes 5Llsh enthusiasm evidently al
~ vas expected that the National Grrners Association
WoLd ssue statement Of the Of cotton gnned
10 December J. around midday showing
cay and while Liverpool was eyide1tlyr dizncned 10
.oa American leadership adylces South left
ol room 20 doubt the resolution Of Southern holders
FIlcfs worked rapidly upward during vsesscn
sno vas nor until March had sold y - 10 points
aEae that heavy realizing by old bulls began
ne trading and prices eased of few points
raaer unsettled toward midday that the
p-T q The National t5inners' Association
ssAtts+i nales gi1ned to December instead OF
10000 bales expected. Quotations sagged of
fss o. about 6 points shortly after midday. but
es quickly rallied IN the afternoon by a renewal Of
raj Street support and sold about the high point
q the morning High call money rates seemed be
e1e-kns The Wall Street demand toward the close. but
le market without important support and the
s1sng tone steady. Southern spot markets We're
n 10 &c higher The report Of the National GnneTs
sssocatO1 DELAYED. and was not published up 20
Ne hour Of he local closing. The rally in the afternoon
Hs accompanied the effect that the rulcTs
ASN01O bales had circulated in order to make
hgyiIg basis report itself would show under
sr in this direction 10 the actual showing OF the
TIE range of contract prices the local market day
WIS follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07

quiet 81 asked for common good strained Tar
quiet and SIS Is asked for oil bbls We
quote.
. SPIRITS. TURPENTINE-on and machine bbis, esq
65i2c asked
TAR-S5 % asked.
81 7oaS4 IS F. s5qS5 10 G. SIS O5Gs5 H. IS 15qs5 20;
s. 20; k IS NJ IS 40 \, IS IS: W G, s. T5G$5 So,
and w ", S6d$6 10.
STOCK ON HAND.
ttoslH DDS @oz4
spirits turpentine. bbS l5uS
ar, Dds g. l'-4f
ing doing
Savannah. Dec. 6.-TURPENTTNE quiet, &c: sales.
T2 bbls receipts 96t bbls shipments 100 bbls ROSIN
FIRM sales 374 bills; receipts. 26l6 bbls shipments sos
bbs. Quoted b, c, So 6Tiz; T. 81 40: r. 81 20; F,
81 s2Is; G. 80 928; H So 1. 50 121z: h So s7ie N,
New Orleans. Dec 6.-Recepts-RoSIN, s. bbls; TUR-
PENTINE, 142 bbls.
Wilmington Dec. 6.-sPIRITs TURPENTINEz Re
ceipds 10 casks. taOSINIEeGsIRs 30 R65s IAE arIl'
81 40 SO 90 and So 90 receipts. so bbs
London. Dec. 6--TURPENTINE-Spirt 46s. ROSIN
American strained SIS I'd; fine. lis Sd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07

pals 500 50. BUTTBR-Good United States nominalIy
65s CHEESEstrong; American finest white. e1s; Amer
lean finest coored G3s. TALLOW-Prine city steady,
23s Cd TURPENTTNB-Splrit steady. ROSIN
Common steady. Cd. Observation-Disclosures STEADY,
7s4d. LINsEED OIL--Ffru, 19s 3D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07

coffee cables: Rio-Coffee market steady No = Rio
So exchange 10 2932d receipts, 5000 bags shipments
t ne United States 5000 bags shipments Europe
1000 bags stock. SOP 900 bags Santos-Coffee market
sady good average Santos 1920 receipts y bags
steel, l4Is.Gao bags. Hamburg-Cofee market opened
4e1 pig lower; at net Il pig lower: sales
800 bags. HayTe-Coffee market opened steady =
tS4c lower; a. i m unchanged; uIntelgibe;
q $50 declined 2 franc. total sales so as re-
pared 1900 bags
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BALTIMORE & Ohio RAILROAD

ROYAL BLUE LINE TRAINS.
EVERY OTHER HOUR ON THE EVEN HOUR"
TO BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
Leave Esd 10 earlier except mid
night train leaves 1850 p m
Ly. Liberty street, SOC Except Sun Buffet.
1000 a Daily. Diner.
Il. 90 Daily. Diner.
geo Daily. Buffet
'TRoyaI Limited Daily. All Pullman.
Lv Liberty street 500 pm Daily. Diner
700 m. Daily. Buffet.
1915 night Daily Sleepers.
SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE.
THROUGH DAILY TRAINS TO THE WEST.
I.eav YorI Liberty
Chicago PitsburE, Sleeper. II 80 pm 70 Is mt
Chicago Columbus, Diner. II 80 1900 mn.
Pittsburg Cleveland Limited $50 pm 400
'PIttsburg Limited Buffet $50 pm 100
Cincinnati St. Louis Sleeper. Il so PIN 1915
CINCINNATI ST. Louis, Diner. $50 1000
CINCINNATI ST. Louis, Diner 500 pm 600 pm.
Ofhces 26l. 434. 1900 Broadway, Aston House. los
Greenwich St. Union Square w, S91 Grand St,
n. Y Fulton St. Brooklyn West 23d St and Lib
erty
After p. Sleeping Car Reservations and full in
formation regarding trains. ETC. can be obtained at
Bureau O Information, Baltimore & Ohio r. r.. 23rd
St. Terminal. Phone No Chelsea S144.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07

Cotton Exchange special Liverpool cables SbD[ irs
- 600 bales speculation and e1pit yt2i,,e, INLAND
80 receirs 10 coo. American 1860; Tniaailus - II
- Futures opened quiet points up On 'ee-i a.
LIS higher far months. Glosed M
ecs Of 10 points December and l1s scs Niarch
a. tzsG, January FehruaTy SO = 40 Nav-June
- June-JuIy. G5Od: JuyAugust Gol1 - \ 7,,s5i-
Is 40. September October g llos ,.fg7s-
-. t02d. Nanchester-yagns dun e'o'iiS' III
= ASKED checks business -. -,
AZ Consisted ~ scattered lots Of spring paiets
s.se Fprilg Kansas clears winter slId.F- ~ossn
rs 6Ryrouas we're oaiy moderate upiti
~. sRd nomnay higher. Spring patents S9Sgxt x,
leT EtTsRhts So e5ds4 10: winter patents e S0Ss lg
80 clears, 50 859Sz No winter - t,I8 f-Is,
ezra No winter 81 SGIS3 10 tL1F1 = =. x
ssss Fair good. s. 90aS4 10; choice 70 "a an
E.S1 cORN1fEsL firm. quoted: kitn 'lile., 90
= ~ brsEo par; NTFe Al frTr quoted: rie N!lLo
IT, ge0w 81 -: coarse 81 14aSi &c. FED NSs,,i
g-,lhs 81 IS: Go. 500 % red Dog - o. 49, -
fsSis -. nldd.ing sir EgaS22 30; dog. s. 5g$+
al ~ chop hulk S2i 90: DO sacks, 81 90 OIL Ai-Ai@
a. sAlAWT5EsA r--hs only weakness IN wheat 70
- hss dror about q W1len pTotess.oAE.s,
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SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE.
THROUGH DAILY TRAINS TO THE YVES
Railroad.
LackaWanna


y. Y. foot Barclay, Christopher West Esd SITS.
1900 A M--Por Binghamton and Ernira
1000 A. M.-For Buffalo, Chicago and st, Louis.
M.-For Buffalo and Chicago.
400 P M.-For Scranton and Plymouth.
"6.15 P M--For Buffalo and Chicago
IS. As P M.-For Buffalo. Syracuse, Utica
40 90 A M.-For Chicago-Slsepers $50 P M
Tickets at 149 429 1888. 1884 Broadway. n. Y; $50
Fulton St. Brooklyn. SDaily. Except Sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
NAVAL STORES.

~ market FOR spirits turpentine quiet. steady;
Win e554e erled machine made bbls Rosln Eued
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
Railroads.
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.

RAILROAD.
STATIONS foot Of west Twenty-third Street ana
Desbrosses and CortIandt Streets -.
streets Is 1--WE minutes s Iater than hat given for
f"en'y-'hiFd StFf FOR sta T2h WEST.
.,o5 55 n SF1CA SOS sPEc 2I44 Cincinnati,
'1O55 M THE PENSsYLvAN1A LIMITED,-a1
'155 P. NJ. cHTcAGo. CINCINNATI. AND ST.
1855 P. NJ PENSsTLvANfA sPEcIAL o,,..
Pm CHICAGO LIMITED "Oui'
'ss ;s 2 n 81 Louis AN9 CINCINNATI EXP
'o55 r ,SITTgRRG9 sFhe54. .oIru
cong s4 sic 'I98 M ~ as 455
.555: 9a5 p, M Is.10 night, SUNDAY. s2S., -2 ~;
ted 1926. '425. '455. $3.50. 925 p NJ 1910
soUTHERN RA1LwAY.-.1s55. .335. 'L25 p.
ATLANTIc COAST L1NE-.s25 a. M and s.25 p
sEABoARD AIR LINE-1g2s p. m. and 1910 g. m
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILwAY.-'S,a5 p m
CHEsAPEAKE OHIO RA1LwAT.-'7b5 a m
FOR OLD POINT lcoMFoRT and NoRFoLx.-'7.5'
A1HNfG DAYS. sSS P m daily aya IS M week
days Sundays. '7.55 g. m
BROWNS liIi.Ls-IN-THE- PfNEs-s.55 q m week
LONG BRANCH. AsBURY PARK Ocean s % Gr0ys.
SN9rth Asbury Park sundaysl and P9in{ ia niEhi
weekdays sa 0S S12 = Ar RID aPa '56 p m
81 s. s. S42 1875 less. .155 40 ass.
.8a5 855 $25 "425 1855 t't{s5 for North Phliss::
dephia only "555. .25 SIS. 7-55, SIS, So so
Gs55 for North Philadelphia on1 p NJ ~ n5FR
'f1O.55 '1O55 a. M 1925 '1255, '156, ss2S' 9.ss
1925 ('t455 for North Thilsdelphia onIy1' ,yr&
1855, 1875, TBS, S25, S.55 9Z5 (S.55 for North
Philadelphia only p m. 1910 night.
Dining Car. 4Extra-faFs train. 81.
Ticket of1ces. Nos. 461. 1884 and 90 Broadway lSs
Fifth Cbelow Esd ST.; 26S Fifth AVenus
18th ST.; Astor House. and stations named
above; Brooklyn, S48 Fulton Street $50 Fulton
Street $50 Broadway and Pennsylvania Annex Sth-
ton New York Transfer Company will call for
and check baggage from hotels and residences
through to destination. 49,.
Telephone ''543 Chelsea for Pennsylvania Railroad
Cab Service.
W W. ATTERBURY. J. r WOOD,
General Manager. PasSr TraI1e Manager
GEO. w. BOYD.
General Passenger Agent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-07
THE STATE OF TRADE.

chicago. Dec. s-rhe leading futures ranged as fol-
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
FIIIPIsos ARE ANGRY.

OAKLAND, May 31.-The Filipino
students at the University of Califor-
MIA have adopted resolutions assuring g
Miss Alice Roosevelt that she will not
be offended BY the sight of any dog
feasts when she visits the Philippine
Islands with the Congressional party
in JULY. and. furthermore. that the
stories OF the natives feasting on roast
dogs are untrue. a copy of the reso-
IutIons has been sent to Miss Roose-
welt.
According to Felipe Buencamino. son
of Aguinaldo's former Secretary Of
State and who IS general manager OF
the Filipino magazine at the univer-
sfty-the organ OF the Filipino con-
tingent in the United States-the story
printed and sent broadcast In some
American journals that Miss Roose-
welt will encounter roast dog. "a favor
ite deficacy aIrong the weli-to-do ma
tives' when she attends Filipino BAN
cuets in her honor. will thoroughly
dishearten and sicken the Filipino
people.
7 do not know" said Buencamino
to-day, that Miss Roosevelt will be-
Hexe these stories. We hope not It
IS to reassure her and to set our peo-
pie at home right that we have pre-
pared and will print in our university
magazine here resolutions explaining
the entire affair"
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
BOARD OF WORKS BUSINESS.

OAI<J AND. May 31--The Board of
Public Works has revised specifica-
tions for street sweeping by rlachin-
cry TO permit the use OF improved
methods. Bids will be called for
under the new specifications -Frfdav
Bids for general municipal supplies
We're opened to-day by the board, and
referred 70 the City Attorney for
examination
George p. Marcus was granted per-
mission TO lay 1000 feet OF water SER
vice pipe on Fifty-fourth street and
San Pablo avenue TO connect with a
private water supply he has developed
]. J. Kennedy. a coal dealer, has
fled charges against Harry G. VIII
liams. asserting that Williams IS sup
plying grade OF coal to the Fire
Department inferior to that called for
under Williams contract with the
city.
Charles Roeth made explanation to
the board to-day concerning his al
legged unlawful construction of a cul-
vert over Cemetery Creek, at Linda
avenue. Councilman McAdam, W. P
Ferguson and J. @. Brown OF the Oak
land Traction Consolidated were also
heard and the matter was taken un-
der advisement
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
Girl A1,TEMPTs Suicide.

OAKLAND, May 31.-Mfss Mae
Greenleaf, 19 years old. attempted to
commit suicide at her room at AL Fif-
teenth street at 1880 tonight by TAX
ing carbolic acid Antidotes saved her
life.
Shortly after the girls attempt at
suicide Thomas Gin Dup. an American
lied Chinese. who conducts q restau-
rant at 369 Ninth street. informed the
police that the young woman had been
formerly employed by him as wait
ress and that they were engaged to be
married Dup said that he had called
at Miss Greenleaf's room this evening
and found her engaged in conversation
with a man whom he knows only as
Frank, who lives in Alameda. The Chi
nese said that this Frank had expressed
doubt that the girl had ever worked
for Dup and that they had both left to
prove. the truth of the latter's asser-
ton A few minutes after they left
the girl she drank the acid.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
Carmen to Entertain.

OAKLAND, May 31.-One of the feat
ures of the annual outing and picnic of
the local Carmen's Union, which will
be held at Idora Park tomorrow, will
be a game of baseball between teams
picked from the men OF the East Oak
land division on one side, and the re-
naming carmen of Oakland on the
other. In addition to the baseball game
there will be races for young and old,
including eleven races between the
motormen and conductors. The regular
programme of the Idora Park Theater
will be a part OF the days entertain
ment. The races and games will be
under the direction of ]. r. Anderson,
and in the dancing pavilion George Will
liams will act as floor manager. A
Swanson has been selected as marshal
of the day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
MOTHER RACES
AGAINST DEATH
Runs With Her Child to
Hospital and Saves the Lit
tie One From Acid Burns
BABE DRINKS POISON
Cruel Sears on the Infants
Hands and Face VIII Re-
main During All It's Life

OAKLAND. May 31.-A distracted
mother raced with death this morning
to the Receiving Hospital. where she
took her year-old baby. who in some
manner had obtained a bottle of car
bolic acid. which il had attempted to
drink. The poison, smeared over its
face. burned and gouged the soft flesh
on its cheeks. The scars it will carry
to its grave, but it is not believed that
gke little one swallowed enough to
cause its death.
The mother is Mrs. II. Pasant and she
lives at 305 Third street In telling
her trouble to DR.. l. l. Rtggin she said
she had left the child for few min
utes and in some way it got hold Of the
acid and extracting the cork. put the
bottle to its mouth in childish ignorance
of the nature of the stuff it was trying
to drink The screams OF the infant
brought her into the room. She gath
cred the child in her arms and race d
with it TO the Receiving Hospital.
where the proper antidote was applied,
relieving much of its suffering.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
SCHOOL GIRLS IN TROUBLE.

OAKLAND, May 31.-A quintet Of
school girls on their way to take their
final examinations at the Lincoln
School fell into the arms of the law to-
day because OF their haste to arrive at
the school on time The young women
Were speeding along the sidewalks on
their bicycles and failed to observe the
regulation requiring them to turn out
when meeting pedestrian. Patrol
man McCready took charge of the
girls, who were Miss Juan Connor, Miss
Irene Hopkins, Miss Ada Sterling, Miss
Dorothy Shelter and Miss Dora Schil-
ties. Bail was fixed at 81 in each case,
but the girls were allowed TO continue
their interrupted journey. that they
should not be late to school
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
sAyANT CANNOT COME.

BERKELEY, May 31.-A cablegrafn
was received at the University of CAL
ifornia from DR.. Wilhelm Ostwald an
nouncing that he cannot attend the
summer school Of the university this
year as an Instructor. II is supposed
that the University or Leipsic, where
Ostwald is professor of physical chem
istry, requires his services, although
the famous physicist gives no explana-
ton in his cablegram of why he finds
IL impossible TO come TO the Pacific
Coast Ostwald is famous for his at
tempts to provide new foundation for
the sciences by substituting the ener-
CYSTIC for the atomistic conception of
nature. His lectures were to indicate
the new aspect In which the sciences
of physics and chemistry and biology
appear according to this formation
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
BEGIN FIGHT
OVER ESTATE
Heirs of Late Charles B.
Slicer Appear in Court to
Prove His Incompetency
UNCLE is FoRGETFUL
Pretty Niece Says He Said
She Was His Favorite and
He Would Remember Her

OAKLAND. May s1.-The contest
over the viii of the late Charles b.
Slicer opened in earnest to-day and the
taking of the evidence by which it Is
proposed to show that the old man was
unduly influenced and inveigied into
leaving an estate valued at about $10,-
VVo to his only surviving sister, Mrs.
Harriet Carpenter, to the exclusion OF
number OF anxious relatives. was be-
gun.
Mrs. III. 7. Shelly, one of the pretty
nieces of the old man, was on the stand
the whole of the afternoon and told of
now her uncle would pat her cheek
ana tell her she was his favorite and
lnat ne would remember her in his will.
Her disappointment was without
bounds when she found that he SEEM
lngly had forgotten her very existence.
The deceased was well-known char
acter about this city for years, and
lived at different hotels until he got
SICK and then went to live with his
sister, Mrs. Carpenter, at her home at
2l69 Santa Clara avenue, in Alameda,
where he remained for about three
months before he died. It is claimed
that the excessive use Of morphine.
caused him to lose his reason and that
ne was unable to make a will.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-01
MAINE ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD REUNION
Natives of Pine Tree State
viii Meet I'm Annual Gath
ering at Shell Mound.

GA LAND, Nay s1-The State Of
Maine Association OF California viii hold
It's twenty-seventh annual reunion at
Shell Mound Park on Saturday, June 3,
and the committees in charge of the af-
fair has planned an Interesting pro-
gramme for the entertainment OF the
members and their friends The annual
dinner Of baked beans, brown bread and
coffee viii be served ia the open air from
z TO lis. and will be followed by the
literary exercises. which Will begin at
l:3o o'clock.
The afternoon viii be spent in outdoor
games and sport, and the committee in
charge Of this feature OF the programme
has secured large number Of prizes to
be distributed 10 the winners in the vari-
Gus races and games.
The officers of the association and the
members Of the various committees in
charge Of the annual reunion and picnic
are:
President Edwin n Black. first vice president;
T. " Durgfn, second vice president. William
il. Wharn. secretary: Albert Shorey. treas
Executive co1azaittee-Henry L. corson. Ed
win H. Black, F. W. Dnrgin, William II.
sFh' Aiert seorsy w; SaekSon; > ".
r B. Mouiton, Mrs. II. J. Shorey. Mrs : II.
Parsons Mrs Il A Ezndlett. Mrs Susan A
Bell, Mrs Carrie A Hsger-
Grounds ". Wood. Susan A Bel. Susan
z. Cooper.
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