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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
The saunterer,s Gos.Ip

In this weeks Town Talk is newsier
and breezier than ever. Among the ex-
elusive bits of social news that he gives
is the engagement Of Avery Mccarthy, a
dry wedding in the smart set, and a
tough dance in Pacific Heights. He
tells of the striving of a social leader to
make her dancing club exclusive. of
the amazement of a visiting nobleman
at a local function. He names the Re-
publican candidate for Mayor. He tells
SI .he OF th George
voto by the reformers, and continents on
the. personality of Artist Mathews
Weinstock's address to the merchants
is discussed editorially. Harry Cowe1I
tells OF the delights of dying. Robert
Mace contributes short story Ben
Truman writes of the Anglo-Saxon in
huences at work in Italy, there Is
great deal of interesting stage gossip
and the book reviewer discusses the ex-
ploitation of fast society in fiction
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
STERNS TALKS ABOUT THE
WATER NEEDS OF THE CITY
Admits ON Cross-Examination That the
Works Must Be Enlarged Mate
rally to Supply Demand

The cross-examination OF Frederick
B. Sterns, consulting engineer of the
Metropolitan Water Works of Boston,
Mass. was resumed in United States
Commissioner Heacock's court yester-
day by Assistant City Attorney John S.
Partridge IN the case of the Spring
Valley Water Company VS.. the City, Of
San Francisco.
Tho witness admitted that the Ala
media pipe line is carrying 14,5O0 900
gallons per day. and that this amount
represents its utmost capacity; that the
company is drawing 100000 gallons
per day from the peninsula reservoirs
and Lake Merced; that during the year
1904 the city consumed 33,S20,0 900 gal
Ions per day, and that the consumption
is increasing at the rate of 1000 900
gallons per annum. Mr.. Sterns said
that In order to increase the supply 1t
would be necessary to build a large
aQueduct from Niles in Alameda Coun
ty and tunnel under the bay. This
would cost about s11,000.000 and would
require about three years.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
HUSBANDS
SEEK RELIEF

Theophilus Noel filed a petition at
the District Court of Appeals yesterday
asking that Superior Judge Lucas F.
Smith of Santa Cruz County be re-
strained from hearing the divorce suit
in which the petitioner is defendant. 1t
is alleged that the Judge is prejudiced
against Noel and that unless proceed
ings are stayed the petitioner will be
seriously damaged financially and 9TH
erwise. Noel wishes the court to trans
fer the divorce suit. in order that
fair hearing may be insured.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Noel secured
the services of an attorney who was
Smith. Noel also took part in the at
tempt to have Judge Smith i'm.
peached during the last session of the
Legislature. and this Is given as an
other reason for a transfer of the case.
The Justices took the matter under ad-
visement yesterday. If Noeis asser-
tions seem to have merit, an alterna-
and a hearing will be given at which
both parties to the dispute may pre-
sent arguments in open court.
James F. McGauley, also troubled
matrimonialIy, filed a petition before
the Supreme Court yesterday request
ing that Judge Ellsworth of Oakland
be restrained from proceeding further
WIFI the He<trlHS VI IHo ulvOIce case IN
which the petitioner is defendant. He
claims that his wife In her, complaint
fraudulent1y attempted to conceal. the
identity of the parties to the suit and
that unless something is done in his
behalf he will have to pay alimony un-
til next October. at least.
Mrs McGauley alleges that her
spouse arose at unseemly hours in the
morning and wandered about the house
without even a fgleaf for clothing. He
lived exclusively on nuts, fruit and
vegetable oils and made her do like
wise. She asserts he wore less than
Gunga Din or Adam at the table. and
that In other ways he has acted more
like a crank than a husband. For
seven years. she alleges, he has de-
prived her of many comforts to which
she was ~rightfully entitled. The court
has taken the matter under advisement.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
COLLINS GAINS
FURTHER DELAY
Attorney Charged With Big
amy Continues to Fight
on Technical Grounds
LAWLOR DENIES MOTION
Court Blocks Attempt to
Have the Indictment by
the Grand Jury Quashed

The motion made by George D. Col
Inns to have the indictment against him
for bigamy quashed was denied by
Judge Lawlor yesterday. Collins
promptly filed a demurrer, which will
get him further delay.
Judge Lawlor ordered him to have
his brief on the demurrer ready by
Monday. The court also gave the ac-
cused attorney thirty days in which to
hle bill of exception to the denial
OF the motion to quash the Indictment
Though Collins has from the start
shown that he intends to fight on tech
nicalities and though he has taken ad-
vantage of every procedure that Will
gain him delay, he declared yesterday
tnat he was anxious to have the case
ended. While Judge Lawlor went over
the points advanced by the accused at
torney In the motion to quash the In
dfctment Collins displayed very little
interest
In the demurrer Collins declares that
the California court has no jurisdiction
In his case. The second marriage, he
sets forth. took place in Chicago and
mat II crime had been committed the
trial could only be held In the Su-
perfor Court Of Illinois.
Collins promised to secure author
it-cs to back the point, but declared
he wanted time. After some objec-
Byington he was given until Monday
Byington will file an answer on Tues
day and the court will decide on the
demurrer
We will save time by this proceed
ing, l think" said Collins. This will
be a shorter way of settling the case
than by an immediate trial"
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
ADVERTISEMENTS.
ULCERS FOR 80 YEARS
Painful Eruptions from Knees
to Feet Seemed Incurable.
CUTICURA ENDS MISERY

Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all else
had failed, is testified to by Mr.. M.
G. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the
following letter: "For over thirty
years suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until I used
Cuticura Soap. Ointment, and Pills,
which cured me in six months. They
helped me the very first time I used
them, and am glad to write this 90
that Others suffering a. ! did may be
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
SCIENCE ENDS
GOLDEN DREAM

Until last evening certain parties be-
lieved themselves to be In the posses
sion of a gold mine in the streets OF
Larkspur. Then MIR. Preston, who de-
termines the nature of mineral
products that are submitted to the
State Mining Bureau. dashed budding
hopes to the ground By a decision that
certain shining particles from Larkspur
were not coarse gold. II the verdict
had been different there would un-
undoubtedly have been a hocking Of mine
prospectors to Larkspur to-day that
would have astonished the oldest in
habitant.
Last Saturday Mr., Dennis OF Lark
spur, an employe Of Charles Rice, liv-
ery-stable keeper, was working on a
road between i.arkspur and Escalles-
With pick and shovel he dug into a
bank of yellow clay and caused 1t to
crumble rapidly. Something glistened
that Dennis thought was gold There
was a profusion OF sparkling grains
that were very alluring alike to eyes
and Imagination. He singled out some
of them and carried them to Rice. The
immediate result OF this was a Wig
orous all-night panning of a large
amount of dirt that came from the clay
bank. All through this was scattered
what was supposed to be gold.
Rice believed that he might have
fortune in view, and, without COM
rnunicating the fact to others. had
many carloads OF the dirt taken to and
dumped upon lot that he owns.
Yesterday G.. S. Scott OF the Mining
Bureau who lives in Larkspur, car
ried some of the fruits OF the panning
to Mr.. Preston.
Copper and zinc," said that gentle
man. 1.-THE find may be worth a few
cents O ton"
This crushed the dawning aspfra-
tions of Iarkspur to be a new Ell Do
rado.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
Postal rromotions.

The following promotions of clerks
have been made by Postmaster Fisk to
take effect July /: From $500 to s7oO
per annum-Percy C. Innes, Joseph
Czinger. Louis Leibreich, Clara T. Hass
mann. Louis de Bow. Frank D. Martell
cyrena D. sitten. Sophie Wertheimer,
George Leo Sullivan. JAMES M. Cum
ningham, ,E. p. Armbruster, otis E.
Merrill. Alfred L. Drysdall, F. ]. Ford,
c. w. Michael. w. N. Barrett. F. G.
Baumeister. From 500 to $500 per an
num-Harry H. Millins. F. r. Bam-
mann. Fred Craumer. G. F. Lyon. o. j.
Olson, Austin S. Welch, Howard b.
Marks, Thomas F. Flaherty, Sophie E.
Mcguire. From $500 to s900-William
Conners, Joseph w. zowasky, T. A..
Haas F. Irene Pendergast, Thomas w.
Pyle. From 5000 to $10O0-w. HI. Sny-
der. George M. White. William T. CAL
lundan. Howard Dunham. D. M. Fitz-
gerald. w. p. Null, ]. r. MCGEE, Henry
c. Behrens. From $1,000 to s1100-G. j.
Asmussen. Frank Hardy and William
st. Amant.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
omcers to Go East.

Captains c. A Bennett, T. A. Hayne
and H. L. Hawthorne will leave for
Rock Island. ILL.,. next week to receive
instructions in the new arsenal ord
nance.
The navy officers baseball nine will
play the return game with the Presidio
officers team on the Presidio grounds
Saturday afternoon.
Lieutenant l. lie Roy Krehs, assist
ant surgeon of the transport Sheridan.
registered at department headquarters
yesterday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
CALLS FOR PLANS TO BUILD
THE SIXTH-STREET SEWER
Board of Public Works Directs City
Engineer to Take Preliminary
Steps for the Work.

The Board of Works yesterday d.
rected the City Engineer to prepare
plans for the Sixth-street sewer at an
estimated cost of $4,000
The board appointed Joseph Belief
head janitor from the civil service list
at Sl25 per month: Henry Viner, assist
ant head janitor at the City Hall at
800, and Joseph F. Spohn. assistant at
the Hall of Justice. The force of for
ty-two janitors at present employed
was reappointed under civil service
regulations, with the exception of J.
Grim and w. ]. Mackey. who failed to
get on the eligible list T. Dolan, j.
j. Doherty and L. c. Robinson are three
new janitors to be appointed. Mrs. NJ
Mullen was appointed janitress.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
Star Of Sea Parish Picnic.

The Star OF the Sea parish has ar
ranged for grand picnic to be held
on Thursday. June Is. at Shell Mound
Park There will be dancing and
prizes for all who attend. The fea-
ture of the occasion will be Irish reel
and Jig dancing for trophies. The
committee on arrangements, headed by
the pastor of the parish, Rev. J. p.
Coyle. has secured Schuppert's band
Boats will leave the foot of Market
street everv twenty minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla is tn,
best, perfectly pure. highly concentrated.
Accused of Embezzlement.

A warrant was sworn out before Po-
lice Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the
arrest OF Charles r. Stanley on a
charge Of embezzlement. Stanley was
a collector for c. A. Hutton & Co,
-four dealers. Merchants Exchange, and
il is alleged that on May he appro-
priated $50 which he had collected
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
College Closing Exercises.

The closing exercises of st. .Ignatius
College will take place on Monday and
Wednesday evenings, June and I.
There VIII be literary exercises of most
interesting description, characteristic
of the annual programmes Of the col
lege.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
REHFkRJNGs DENIED-Tb. :

REHEARINGS DENIED-The United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals yesterday denied petl-
tions for rehearing in the following cases:
Easton vs. George Wostenholm; First National
Bank OF Council Bluffs Iowa, vs.. J. A. Moor1:
.Tye Consolidated Mining Company Us. John B.
Monday
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
TAX COLLECTOR SCOTT MAKES
HIS MONTHLY SETTLEMENT
delinquency TsiU De Considerably Re-
duced When Checks Cashed by
Suifft, Arc Made Good

duced When Checks Cashed by
smith Arc Made Good.
Tax Collector Scott yesterday made
his molitihy settlement with Auditor
Baehr for collections ending May 81,
1905. The settlement shows delin-
Guency on April II. 1905, OF s142,94S SO,
upon which $41.I77 D. was collected
during May. Against the balance is
charged the checks collected by de-
faulting ex-TaX Collector Smith
amounting TO S49.635 &C. leaving an
actual Delinquency OF $52.I30 T5. which
is considered 3 small one. The checks
cashed by Smith for taxes viii be made
good by his bondsmen.
b There was also collected during May
$3.50 IS for back taxes. $1,000 for cost Of
advertising the delinquent tax list
SI$ 50 taxes for back years and 500 So
for duplicates.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
WANTS TAXES PAID SMITH
SO MARKED ON THE ROLL
Note the reduced prices below:


10 City Attorney for an Opinion as
TO Tax Collectors Obligation.
The Supervisors Judiciary Commit
tee yesterday referred to the City At
torney the petition OF Isaac Kohn to
require the Tax Collector to mark
paid" upon the assessment roll of 1904
the taxes amounting to S4oS6 paid by
him on April C, 1905, to ex-Tax Col
lector Smith, who cashed them and
embezzled the coin. The City Attor-
neys opinion is desired, as the taxes
paid by the Southern Pacific Company.
E. w. Hopkins and w. J. Somers are in
the same category. The committee
thought Kohn's taxes should be
marked paid" as he held duly re-
ceipted bills therefor and that he
should not be compelled to go to the
trouble of securing judgment against
the city.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
submit Street Appraisement.

Commissioner Of Works Aigeltinger
and A. D. Sheppard Of the Pacific I'M
proyement Company appeared yester-
day. before the Finance Committe to
ask an appropriation of s4355 or the
property held by the company on Bran
nan street at Potrero avenue, where
the city desires to make an extension.
Action was postponed until the prop
erty may be officially appraised.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02

DO a. the Romans do"-BUT DO IT
BETTER THAN THE ROMANS DO IT.
Your competitors advertise-do as they
do; But DO IT BETTER. and do more
Of IL
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02

BRITISH MASTER ARRESTED Edmund
England. master OF the British ship Thistle,
was brought before United States Commits
sioner Heacock yesterday on charge Of hav-
ing allowed to escape from his vessel alien
afflicted with trachoma- The hearing was post
poned for one week.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02

GAUGERS WANTED.-The United States
Civil Service Commission announces an exam
ination at San Francisco. June o. for store
keeper gauger internal revenue service, for
employment during the sweet wine season,
commencing about September l. Apply to the
secretary. Board Civil Service Examiners, 3o1
Jackson street. San Francisco, for application
form 101, prior to p m. of June 90 1905.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02

DIR. JOSLEN FINED-Dr o. c. Joslen.
alias Dr. White & Co.. was sentenced by
United States District Judge de Haven yester-
day to pay q fine OF $500 to be confined In
convicted OF violating the postal lava
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02

Photographic war. Our finest piatino Paris
panels 80 per dozen; cabinets 81 per dozen
imperial Studio. 744 Market ct.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-02
For Torpid Liver

TAKE HoRsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE
1t stimulates healthy liver activity. relieves
constipation sick headache and malaria
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01
INDEPENDENCE REACHING OUT.
Deal Practically Closed for BIillioR-
Dollar Rubber Plant.

Chanute, Sept. SO.-For nearly a
week negotiations have been in prog
ress looking to the establishment Of an
other million-dollar enterprise to the
city's rapidly growing list of indus
tries. That the plant will come here
may be set down now as practically an
assured fact. An option has been tax
en- on the desired property and the
deal will undoubtedly go through. It
is the Standard Asphalt & Rubber
company.
The object of the company in desir-
ing to locate here is to be near the
base of their raw material which is
crude oil of the heaviest nature. The
residuum is used for the basic material
of the process which is secret and the
invention of Mr.. Culmer.
When the plant is in operation it
is estimated. that 500 barrels of fuel
oil a day will be needed and this
amount will be increased from time to
time as the business of the plant grows.
The company viii at once Segin the
erection of 35. 000-barrel tanks for the
storage of fuel oil. NO attempt will be
made to commence operations until at
least 5000 barrels or oil are in
storage.
The plant will also be in a position
to use at least three times the entire
output Of the paper mill in this city.
They Will agree to take all the paper
that an enlarged plant could produce.
This will result in an addition to the
present mill or the erection Of a new
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01
RAILROADS APPEAL CASES
one Comes From Cowley and the Oth-
er From Cloud.

Two railroad companies, not satisfied
with judgments rendered against them in
lower courts, have appealed their cases to
the supreme court. The Santa Fe appealed
from a judgment for $40 rendered by the
CoWley county court in favor of Douglass
Bourdett. Bourdett claims that he was
damaged by the delay on the part of the
railroad in delivering to him a drill for an
oil well upon which he was working.
In the Cloud county court Ralph Laugh
lin, by his mother, Hattie Laughlin, Sc
cured judgment for 81 1888 against the c.,
B. and Q. A Burlington train ran over
the boy, Ralph Laughlin and cut his leg
of. The accident happened at Concordia.
The railroad company appeals.
The Fort Scott Building and Loan as
ISOLATION also fled appeal from
a decision of the Bourbon county court in
a suit brought by the building and loan
company against the Palatine Insurance
company of London. The building and loan
company wanted 1893 for a building which
had been damaged by fire and which was
insured in the Palatine. The lower court
gave Judgment for the insurance company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01

tracted much attention by his chill
dren's meetings at the First NJ. E.
church.
IF a boy or girl is cross-grained,
they need a lot of sandpaper," ex-
planned Mr.. Schaeffer during the
course of his kite sermon to boys in
the First M z. church. That was the
evangelist's explanation, after all the
lads in the audience had failed to in
terpret the similitude between sand
paper in kite construction and sand
paper applied to morals.
IN show you the speaker added.
and he laid a small boy across his
knees and lightly tapped an exposed
portion with d kite stick. The boys
understood Probably the girls did as
wen. for they gurgled eXultantIy.
The evangelist used a kite to explain
his meaning, and after he had COM
pleted the meeting and dismissed the
girls, seventy-siX boys stood up with
him and promised to take the lesson
to heart In the afternoon the evan
gelist talked to the girls on the sub
ject of dolls.
There was in the beginning a square
piece of paper, some Irvine and three
sticks. With these the evangelist il
lustrated his talk to boys and with a
frequent word he kept the girls inter
ested. 1t was the enthusiastic interest
of the small urchins in the audience
that led the boys to enter so heartily
into the spirit of the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01
Lover Mississippi Valley sus-
tains Great Damage.
An Inch and a Half of Water in
Fifteen Minutes.
BEATEN FROM BOLLs.
Cotton Crop Is Ruined Over 3
Large Area.
Much Damage Has been Done to
Growing Rice.

New Orleans. Sept. 3O.-A storm
that passed over southern and north
ern Louisiana, southern Arkansas and
Mississippi tonight and today has
crippled all the transportation facilf-
ties and blown down telegraph and
telephone poles. It has up to the
present been impossible to ascertain
the extent of the damage done by the
storm along the gulf coast because OF
this fact. So far as can be learned
there have been no fatalities or wrecks
along the coast.
There was almost a cloudburst in
New Orleans this afternoon, oge an
inch and a half of water falling IN Is
minutes Canal street and all Of the
side streets were torrents of rushing
water for some time, and all business
was temporarily suspended. All OF
the railroads entering the city are
practically at d standstih tonight. ana
such trains as have gotten through
are many hours behind time
Both the Illinois Central and the
Yazoo & Mississippi valley railroads
are temporarily tied Up by Washouts
and no trains VIII be brought in be-
fore morning.
The rain ali over the southern portion
of the state is the heaviest for II years.
Considerable anxiety ts expressed for
! the safety of the fishermen along the
coast, who always suffer in these
storms. As all wires are down it is
| impossible to learn anything Of the Sc
verify Of the storm along the southern
| coast Of Louisiana. At the fashionable
resorts along the coast, such as Pass
| Christian and Bay St. Louis piers and
/ bath houses were swept away and the
waves worked their way up into some
/ Of the handsome residences of northern
ers who spend their winters along the
/ coast.
Reports received here w to a late
| hour tonight show that the storm has
worked incalculable injury to the cotton
crop in the outlying districts, the cotton
being beaten from the bolls by the
! heavy rains and scattered over the
/ fields
Much damage has likewise been done
to the rice croD.
In some sections of the state the sugar
crop has been entirely destroyed by
the terrific rain.
Every bridge in Amite county. Missis-
sippi, was washed away this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01
FOUND MUCH GRAFT.
Grand Jury Returns 1877 Indictments
Against Y Persons.

Milwaukee Wis, Sept. 9O.-The special
grand jury that began probing in Milwau-
kee June p. adjourned tonight, handing
down four additional indictments. This
makes the total 1877 indictments returned
against z persons.
This is the fourth special grand jury
in two years and it is the first to land
the street railway franchise deal Of 1900,
when it was openly charged that thou
sands of dollars were used to bribe alder
men to pass the franchise ordinance.
The indictment covering this case is re-
turned against F. c. Schultz, a newspaper
president, who is charged with offering
5000 to an alderman for his vote faovra-
BILE to the street railway company. The
indictments tonight in addition to Schultz,
are: Cornelius Corcoran, alderman from
the Third ward and president of the city
council; accused of selling 5000 worth of
feed to the city, which is a penal offense;
twenty counts.
william Murphy. former alderman,
charged with giving perJured testimony to
this grand jury in an effort to have in
dictments returned against innocent peo-
pie.
F. E. K. Loeb, furniture manufacturer,
same charge as Murphy.
In its final report the grand jury says
it has been greatly hampered in its work
by d coterie of individuals that worked
to keep witnesses away from the jury
room