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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
AGED PIONEER
OF CALIFORNIA
PASSES AWAY

William c. Woodman, pioneer Of
the golden SOS, passed away quietly
Tuesday afternoon at his home at
2116 Bush street. For nearly forty
years he had been actively engaged in
business in San Francisco.
He was born in the Green Mountain
State December 4. 1922. Shortly afL
ter he became of age he went to Prov
idence to make his start in life. III
1851 he caught the gold fever and
took ship for California.
At first he tried his fortunes in the
mines Of Calaveras- His efforts there
were only moderately successfuI how
ever. and after several years he Re
turned to this city. He was one of
the founders of the San Francisco
Candle Company. which made for bi,,
a comfortable fortune. His widow
and brother survive him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
ORDERS SMITH
INTO CUSTODY
Aged Contractor Who Shot
and Killed Joseph L. Nc
Gowan Sent Back to Jail
SURETIES EXONERATED
Judge Lawlor Takes Action
in View Of Error Admit
tedly Made by Judge Cook

Joseph Smith. the aged contractor
who shot and, killed Joseph E. Nc
Ciowan in q brickyard on Mission street
on the morning Of November %, was
ordered into custody by Judge Lawlor
yesterday. Smith had been released on
SEQ 600 bonds by order Of Judge Cook.
who at the time said he had perused
che evidence and did not believe the
defendant could be convicted Of a cap
ital offense.
Judge Lawlor, in rendering his de-
cision on the motion of the District At
'torney to order Smith into custody,
said that Judge Cook had informed him
that he had made the order fixing bail
without having the authority TO do so.
The applicst ton for the writ of habeas
corpus had been made to him and he
had made it returna BILE TO himself in
stead OF to the Superior Court, which
was an error.
1T is not necessary for me TO ex-
press an opinion as 70 Judge Cook S
conclusion continued Judge Lawlor.
The information against the defend
ant has been fled in my court, and il
is for me to take action. The contention
of the defendant that the action Of
Judge Cock in allowing the defendant
cut on bail stops me from interfering
reading the evidence taken at the pre-
liYninary examination I am not prepar-
cd 10 say that the presumption of guilt
ie not great enough to warrant the ex-
pectation Of conviction
Attorney ID. J. Murphy took an ex-
ception to the remarks of the Judge re-
earding the evidence, which was noted.
lie then asked that an order be made
generating the defendants sureties,
which was granted.
Attorney Murphy may take the mat
ter 70 the Supreme Court. with the OBJ
Ject of testing the conclusion of Judge
Cook that he had committed an error
In making the writ of habeas corpus re-
turnabls tc himself instead Of to the
Superior Court. Murphy says the same
practice has been in force in all courts
for the last fifty years, and he thinks
the position taken by Judge Cook is
not warranted by custom or the de-
cisions Of the Supreme Court.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
COMP ANY WILL
FINISH BRIDGE

The Supervisors Street Committee
yesterday listened to a large delega-
ton of property owners and residents
of the Potrero, who petitioned that
the Santa Fe Railway Company COM
plete the Nineteenth and Twentieth
street bridges on its right OF way.
The property owners also protested
against the proposed removal OF the
Nineteenth-street bridge. petitions
having been circulated to that effect
Engineer w. P. Nicholson of the COM
pany stated that the Nineteenth-stree
bridge had been completed and used,
but 1t was necessary to take down one
of the end spans, owing to the d1s1n-
tegration of the earth on Iowa street,
which was now being paved to pre-
vent the water from draining through
Nicholson said the company was not
responsible for the petitions to re-
move the bridge and would resume
operations thereon when the sur
rounding land is fully protected. Mich
olson promised that the bridge would
be completed within six months. The
protestants claimed that Iowa street
could not be fortified unless retain
ing wall is built, as the land had been
undermined by blasting. After fur
ther discussion the promise made by
Nicholson was accepted as satisfactory.
Nicholson said that the Twentieth
street bridge must be completed be-
fore 1907 under $4,000 bond.
Several property owners appeared
before the committee to protest
against the granting of spur track
permit to Rosenberg Bros. & Co. on
Japan street between Townsend and
Brannan. Attorney William Hum
phries, representing Mary j. Lennon.
who owns a bonded warehouse at the
corner of Japan and Townsend streets,
said that the spur track would inter-
fere with the trucking of goods into
the warehouse by way of Japan street
and it was impossible to use the
Townsend-street side because II was
obstructed by cars standing on the
main tracks of the Southern Pacific
Company. 1t was stated that the spur
track would make it dangerous for
children in the vicinity. Mr.. Rosen-
berg said the track would only cross
Japan street into his warehouse and
not run along its entire length. The
committee took the matter under ad-
visement and will notify all interested
parties when action on the permit
will be taken.
The recommendation Of the Board
of Works that an available balance OF
$4,000 be expended IN grading and
macadamizing the northerly half Of
H street from Twentieth to Twenty
eighth avenue and from Forty-fifth
avenue to the Great Highway was de-
MED The committee contended that
sewer should be built under the
bond issue before any other improve
ment was carried out.
The committee recommended an
appropriation of $3.50 for a culvert to
! drain a pool at Army and Kentucky
streets.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
SANTA FE OW Ms
NEW RAILROAD
Government Action on Plan
of the Oakland and Marys-
vile Is Made Public
WANTS TO CROSS RIVER
Application to Bridge the
Sacramento Referred to
the U. S. Engineers Office

Word has been received from Wash
ington, D. c., that the petition of the
Oakland and Marysville Railroad, re-
Gently incorporated to build a bridge
from the Contra Costa to the Solano
County shores, across the Sacramento
River at Chipp Island. has been re-
ferred by the War Department to the
United States Engineers Office The
communicating of the dispatch to the
Santa Fe office yesterday drew from
Assistant Traffic Manager Bissell the
admission that the Oakland and
Marysville Railroad is to be under the
management of the Santa Fe
There We're many runors at the time
of incorporation of the Marysville road,
but nothing definite has been previous
ly divulged. The officials of the road
are also officials of the Santa Fe.
Captain Payson, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Santa Fe, Is president of
the new road: Attorney Pillsbury, sec
retary, and Assistant Traffic Manager
Bissell and Chief Clerks Allberger and
Morton, directors.
Regarding the proposed bridge, Mr..
Bissell said that the bridging of the
Sacramento at Chipp Island present
ed many advantages over the plan to
bridge at Carquinez. He maintained
that the point selected being above
Suisun Bay, there. is less tidewater,
less interference with river traffic and
less liability of silt deposits. Another
advantage in the construction is that
the foundation will be of piers, not
piling, with steel superstructure and
capaciouS draw.
The Contra Costa end will be in the
vicinity of Black Diamond, the bridge
crossing the Sacramento to Chipp
Island and two other channels and Van
Sickle Island to the Solano County
shore, south Of Birds landing. From
there a road will be laid to Sacra-
mento, but it will in no wise interfere
with the traffic over the Santa Fe's
main line.
Another proposition has been dis
cussed by the officials and will no doubt
be put into effect. That is the novelty
of allowing other roads the permission
to enter Oakland by way of the new
bridge. Providing a suitable under
standing is reached, no road will be
restricted from the use of the bridge,
and 1t is believed that the Western
Pacific is ready to take advantage of
the offer
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
CHINESE EDITOR TRIES
WIT And IS 1ROUNCED
He Comments on Display of Feminine Feet
in Parade Preliminary to New
JOSS House Opening.
Two Indignant Male Relatives of Twitted Fair
Ones Invade Sanctum and Chastise
Hunorist.
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

former accusations, and the testimony
of disinterested witness who had dis
armed the defendant after knocking
him down, but Judge Mogan declined
to be moved by her maternal forgive
ness and will sentence her unnatural
offspring for carrying concealed
weapon and disturbing the peace.
Harry Donahue and his three COM
panions were intoxicated when they
entered David McCloslsey's saloon, $50
Fulton street, and in a spirit of jest
Mr.. Donahue squirted seltzer water
from siphon all over Mr.. McCloskey
and then smashed a slot machine. The
charge of malicious mischief against
him was continued for one week by
Judge Cabaniss.
John Mccarthy, who has been ar
rested and sentenced to Imprisonment
many times for aimlessly lettering at
the Third-street railway station, con-
cluded a three weeks interval of free
dom last Tuesday, when he was
caught at his old game.
L suppose" he said to Judge Mo-
gan, lit would be useless for me TO
repeat my oft-detailed and oft-ignored
defense?"
Something about a woman having
asked.
That's what. She was as fair as
she was false
'Oh, yes; now 1 remember. She left
you to visit her parents in the country
ere she became your wife, and she
neglected to return-something of that
kind, wasn't it?''
You have it right. And ever since
her perfdy became plain l have been
unable to tear myself away from the
spot where she bade' me au revoir.'
Well, you'll always find this court
ready to assist in the tearing away.
You shall not see the spot for at least
three months, dating from tomorrow"
Mr.. Mccarthy sighed resignedly.
Yoshichii Ono, spectacled and long
haired, proclaimed himself "a Clistian
boy and wept freely and tore his
front locks frantically as the grand
larceny charge against him was being
clinched in the presence of Judge
Fritz. Since his arrival from his ma
tive Japan, he sobbingly averred, he
had lived in strict accord with the
tenets of his adopted religion until
Satan, ever watchful. caught him tenn
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
FREIGHT WILL NOW GO
THROUGH TO TONOPAH
Southern Pacific Finally Relieves
Traffic Congestion on Lines to
Mining Camps.

Traffic Congestion on Lines to
Mining Camps.
It has been announced by the
freight department of the Southern
Pacific Company that beginning to-
morrow the Carson and Colorado
road will resume the receiving of all
kinds of freight for Tonopah, ex-
cepting hay and lumber. This an
nouncement will be glad tidings to the
miners of the Nevada mining district.
It follows a trio made by General
Manager Calvin and General Freight
Agent Luce to Nevada last week for
the purpose Of clearing the blockade
that had existed there for a number Of
months.
Manager Calvin was not slow In
appreciating the fact that immediate
action was necessary to provide the
mining district with facilities for get
ting machinery and food into that
section Of the Sagebrush State, and in
twenty-four hours he had found q
way Of relieving the congestion that
had been retarding the progress OF
mining development for several
months. The congestion became SO
serious in December that the South
ern Pacific Company was compelled to
issue a notice to all its agents to re-
fuse receiving freight for Tonopah
and since then the company has been
busy hauling into the camp machin-
cry and other freight that had been
accommodating along its lines between
Sacramento and Wadsworth. It is es-
timated that nearly a million dol
lars worth Of freight Is awaiting
shipment into Tonopah and Gold
fields.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
CITIZENS ALLIANCE BRINGS
SUIT AGAINST THE CITY
Complaint Alleges Officials Failed to
Prevent Unlawful Acts During
Hackmen,s Strike

The Citizens Alliance filed a suit
yesterday in the Justices Court to re-
cover 1854 % from the city for DAM
ages sustained by Barry Coleman,
president of the United Carriage Com
pany, during the hackmen's strike.
The complaint AYERS that one of the
hacks belonging to the concern was
broken by rioters and the Board of
Supervisors has refused to pay the
claim. The complaint continues:
THE charter makes it the duty of
the Mayor, Chief of Police and Police
Commissioners to properly police the
city and protect property from mobs
and riots. Personal appeals were made
to the officials designated and they re-
fused to prevent unprotected citizens
from being assaulted and beaten by
the members of the Hackmen's Union
and Stablemen's Union, who were on
q strike"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Ong Yick Won, editor of Chinese
daily newspaper, committed the indls-
cretion of attempting to be funny IN
print. and while some of his cornpa-
triots were laughing over the intended
persifiage. two others, Yung Ting e
and Sue Qua. invaded his sanctum ana
slnote him full sore. They are defend
ants before Police Judge Mogan on
the charge of battery, and as each OIL
them promptly obtained release by de-
posting 500 bail. the unhappy Ong
Yick Won, evidently fearing renewal
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

porarily off guard and obtained grip
that was not relaxed until the rob-
berry had been committed and the
plunder pawned. Then came repent
ance-and arrest.
Mrs. Augusta Steudeman of 1923
Jones street was the victim of the little
brown converts lapse from grace. He
was employed by her as a domestic,
and soon proved himself such model
servant that without misgiving she
could leave him sole custodian of her
domicile. Among her treasured pos
sessions was $125 worth of material for
a silk dress, which she left in an open
drawer when she went abroad so firm
was her confidence in Ono's integrity
One day. however, when she went to
inspect the goods she found the drawer
as bare as Mother Hubbard's cupboard,
but not for moment did she suspect
Ono of having depleted 1t. The de-
tectives she employed were less trust
full of Ono's profession of faith. When
they put him on the inquisitorial grill
he sQuirmed until he was fairly COR
nered and then he dropped on his
knees, opened his lachrymal glands
and made a complete confession. He
had stolen the silk and trimmings and
pawned them for a moiety of their
value with a Chinese money-lender.
The goods were recovered and restored
to their owner and Ono was booked for
grand larceny. Mrs. Steudeman did not
desire to prosecute Ono. because he
had been such a good Christian boy,
nor did Miss Louise E. Brown, who
lived in the house and heard his con-
fession, seem eager to have him Jailed.
The Judge, however, said the defend
ants professed Christianity made his
ingratitude to Mrs. Steudeman all the
more reprehensible, and the sentence
imposed was six months imprisonment
Onos tear ducts fairly gushed as he
was led away.
Frank Brown and a blonde lady
friend of his were 'joshed'' by some
Inmates of the Mayflower lodg-
ing -house on .Leavenworth street, be-
tween Eddy and Turk, until Mr.. Brown
lost his temper and smashed a large
and costly chandelier pendent from the
! main hallway ceiling. Patrolman
Dowie, who made the arrest, said the
demolition was complete and pitiful,
and Judge Mogan continued the case
for one week in order to ascertain
whether Mr.. Brown was really defend
ing his blonde lady friend from un-
warranted insult when he accidentally
shattered the chandelier.
For stealing jewelry from the Cosmo-
politan Hotel at Fifth and Mission
streets, Frank Wingard, ex-convict,
was committed to the Superior Court
by Judge Mogan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Rees Again in Trouble.

Robert NJ. Gignaux, who ran coun-
ter TO several of the upper cuts and
corkscrew punches Of Howell c. Rees,
whose Dyrotechnic career here landed
him in Jail on various occasions and
who is now confined on a charge OF
threats against life, sued Rees yester-
day for $4,000 damages for injuries
sustained in the encounter referred to.
Rees is a member of the prominent
mercantile firm of Rees & Rees, New
York. His. brother, r. L. Rees, ar
rived here yesterday to take him
home,
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Recognizes Ex-Convict.

j. P. Mcdonald, an enlisted mar
attached to the training-ship Pensa-
cola, is at the Emergency Hospital
recovering from an overdose OF opt-
UNI. Mcdonald has been on spree
He was recognized by Detective Tom
Gibson as an ex-convict yesterday. He
will be turned over to the naval au-
thorities.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
80 New Dress Hats
at SS.05

(. Are out for the Jf,st time today.
And of the so no two are alike.
All this seasons most becoming
models, soft, ripply effects, of loose
braids and laces; many with low
crowns, banked with flowers.
In all the new shapes and colors,
from the light blue Charlotte Corday
to the most staid and sedate black
toque. trimmed with aigrettes and rib
bons.
The very diversity of styles that
makes description doubly difficult
should make a view Of them to-day
doubly interesting.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Joseph 4. Gendotti filed yesterday
in the office of the County Clerk a
petition for letters of administration
of the estate Of his deceased father,
Louis GendOtti. The petition alleges
that the estate consists of real and
personal property of the value of S10.-
600 and upward. Louis Gendotti had
resided in California since the early
SOS and was prominent in the local
Swiss colony.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
win Lecture on New york.

A stereopticon lecture on New York
will be given tomorrow at o'clock
by the Rev. E. L. Walz at the Fourth
Congrega ational Church. Green street
between Powell and Mason. The pub
lie is invited.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Sale Cuspidors, loc

Worth 35e; sd Floor To-Day.
They're of heavy terra Gotta, al
most unbreakable, embossed de-
signs. Brown the chief color, but
suggestions of various other colors
are brought out by the perfect glaze
with fancy scalloped top. And
these
7h-inch Jardinieres at 35o-Are al
most as unusual. New fancy
shapes, with a rich underglaze deco
ration and f1t an ordinary sized pot
But here are larger ones at 45c, soc,
75c and 85c.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Making
Shredded
Wheat

You have seen them spin cotton. but
oid YOU ever see them spin wheat7
At I446 Market street, you can sec
the novel and interesting process Of
drawing cooked whole wheat ker-
nels into fine shreds, and forming
the shreds into Biscuit, just as it is
done in the beautiful Natural Food
Conservatory at Niagara Fails.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

The Holly Park and Mission I'M
provement Club has petitioned the SUI
pervisors to purchase lot on Jeffer-
son avenue, near Moultrie street, to ex-
tend the yard of the Bernal School;
to appropriate $1,000 to place bitumen
sidewalks around Holly Park and to
place eight arc lights in the district.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

the arrest OF Robert Ridge on a charge OF
grand larceny. He alleges that he sent Ridge
TO his room at 705 Stockton street on February
is for some things that he needed at his
training camp and that Ridge stole diamond
pin valued at SIPS and pawned It
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

FRANKIE NEIL WANTS HIS PIN
kie Nell. the bantam puxiiist OH ainsS '-a ran
rant from Police Judge cabaniss YESTERDAY e. -
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Floating spots before the Eyes dimness
of vision, weak Eyes, cured by Murine
Eye Remedies. A home cure for Eyes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

He was booked as Milton Rice, but
to Bailin Conlon he confessed that his
genuine name was Solomon Levi, ped
dler. The charge against him was
petty larceny, the plumber consisting
of scrap iron, and Judge Fritz con-
tinued the hearing till to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Some men mistake a demijohn for the
fountain IF youth.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Asks for improvements.

Children like Piso's Cure. 1t IL pleas
ant to take ana cures their coughs. 26c.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Drawing to a Close

Do not fail 10 see how they make
shredded wheat while the plan; is in
the city. Open evenings.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

James B. Wyman, a barber. was
pronounced guilty Of having threat
ened to shoot his mother, Mrs. Nettie A.
Mixer of 332 Stockton street, because
she objected to his selling tonsorial
parlor in which she had established
him. The woman tried very hard to
obtain his release. contradicting her
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
Louis Gendotti's Estate in Probate

Have it printed by Edward Knowles Com
pany. p Second street. near Market.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Try the United States Laundry. 1000
Market street. Telephone South 420.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Patrick j. Smith, who seriously bat
tered E. Asplund, a laundryman. was
given eighty days by Judge Conlan.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

Frank Kelly, charged with having
stolen valuable ring from Mrs. Lot
tie Gauthier of 1856 Eighth avenue,
was committed for burglary by Judge
Mogan- second charge of the same
caliber viii be heard tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
BOXES FOR LADIES

in the safe deposit vaults are very convenient
rent reasonable-easy OF accsss-courtsous
treatment and absolute security. Documents.
jewels. plate and treasures safely deposited
WESTERN NATIONAL BANK.
Market and Powell Streets.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23

For stealing jewelry from the Cosmo-
politan Hotel at Fifth and Mission
streets, Frank Wingard, ex-convict,
was committed to the Superior Court
by Judge Mogan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11
STUDENTS, BAND AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY.

as education is the thing desired The case
of Berea College, in Kentucky, which has recent
" attracted much attention, is peculiar AFTER
the school has been long established OH lhiAeu
lines it seems hard to separate the races IL
would be a crime, in my mind, to drive the ne
groes out of Oberlir. They have been tnere lFoHi
the beginning, and a wonderful work mas re-
suited 1t would be just advisable to drive
them from the Christian Church.
1 do not believe that there is much II any,
falling off in the desire of the Southern negroes
for education They are taking advantage OF
their opportunities to the fullest possible de-
gree I have followed up the careers of many
of the graduates of Howard. Hampton, Berea
and other colored Institutions and IN every
case I find they are doing well The preJudlce
and consequent hostility of the white man
have been a fearful handicap, and only the ap-
plication of the true principles of Christianity
will bring the negro up to his proper plane Oh
development and civilization
There has been a falling off in interest. how
ever which seriously threatens the work 1t Is
the interest of the wealthy people of the North,
and with their lack of interest has come a lack
of support. Several Institutions which have
reason to know were doing remarkable work
have been sadly crippled for lack of funds The
negroes situated as they now are. are not yet
able to shoulder their educational burdens.
and we of the North must continue to help them
out But the white mountaineers are now re-
ceiving special attention and showing that every
aid extended to them brings abundant and
speedy fruitage.