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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
FIND A SPRING
OF SODA WATER
Special Dispatch 70 The CAN.

IMPERIAL, April Sit is a we'll
known fact that there Is less known
concerning the topography of the Colo
rado desert than perhaps any other
place in Southern California, and yet
no section Of the State contains more
curious or more forbiding examples Of
the freaks of nature. Among the lat
est to be found Is genuine soda
spring 1t lies about fifteen miles
northwest of the town Of Brawley and
in section of the country which is
undoubtedly of volcanic origin. For
miles the surface OF the ground is COW
cred with mud hills, some of which are
larger than a good-sized house. They
are uniformly conical in shape and hol-
low for some distance from the rim.
There are other evidences of volcanic
action in the ashes, lava and pumice
stone scattered around the sur
rounding country. In one OF the larg-
est of these formations, which is some
thirty feet high and about forty feet
in diameter. is found a spring of clear
water, which comes bubbling from far
beneath the surface. The spring itself
is nearly twenty feet below the rim of
the mound and its water is carbonated
and also strongly impregnated with
iron, as shown by the iron rust In the
Immediate vicinity OF the water. Its
waters are unpleasant to the taste, but
a beverage not unlike soda pop can be
produced by putting lemon juice or
other acid into the water. 1t effervesces
with a 'hzz' like that produced by
drawing the gas from soda foun-
tain. Samples Of the water have been
sent for analysis and 1t Is the present
intention to make the place pleasure
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
CUPID'S ERROR
IS CORRECTED
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, April 6.-After an ac-
quaintance of years, two couples mar
ried in wisconsin have separated, Sc
ried by exchanging husbands and
wives.
The records show that C. H. Dex-
ter and Aloise Dexter were married
in 1885 at Oshkosh, Wis. Nearly two
years ago Dexter obtained a divorce.
alleging that Mrs. Dexter had aban-
doned him. Mrs. Dexter was given
the custody of their children, aged 16
and 20 years, and Dexter was directed
to pay aIimony of $50 a month for
three years and SIS month for the
next three years.
Lucien F. Newton and Blanche
Newton were married in September.
1894, and have no children. Last
April Mrs Newton secured a divorce
on the grounds of non-support and
desertion, receiving alimony of $50
per month.
The Dexters and Newtons have been
friends for years and separation of
the two families resulted in a new
pairing of which has since brought
about two weddings. Last November
soon after the expiration of the six
months restriction provided in the di-
vorce decree. Newton and Mrs. Dex-
ter were welded. The marriage of
Dexter and Mrs. Newton was delayed
by their desire to satisfactorily ar
range the alimony requirements OF
both divorces.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
DUFFY LOSES CHANCE
TO RECOVER A FORTUNE
Acts as His Own .4Councel,, i'm I'm
portant Lawsuit and His Case
Is Thrown Ont

Ihomas j. Duffy, mining man Of
Nome, did not care to employ a law
yer to assist him in recovering
SL6so.0oo in gold dust which he Al.
legged had been unlawfulIy taken ont
o. his mine, so he drew up a COM
plant signed it Thomas ]. Duffv
plaintiff and council" and filed If in
the United States Circuit Court. As
the complaint did not show that the
case was within the Jurisdiction OF
the Federal court it was thrown ont
The defendants were Jafet Lind
berg, John Brynteson, z. O. Lind
bloom and the Pioneer Mining Corr
pany Of Seattle. 1t is alleged tho,
they took out of Duffy's mine No !
below discovery on Anvil Creek ,n
Cape Nome District, on Januarv 8
1904. the value of s1,5sO.OOO in pold
dust.
The case came up on March % ba.
fore Judge de Haven, sitting as cir
cult Judge, and he continued the case
until yesterday in order to afford Duf.
~ an opportunity Of engaging a law
yer. Duffy thought he was LAWYER
enough for million and a half He
now suspects otherwise.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
CITY OFFICIALS
NOW At PEACE

VALLEJO. April 6.--The tangle in the
municipal government of this city
seems to be in fair way for adjust
ment. At a meeting of the city Board
of Trustees held last night the licenses
of eighty-six saloon keepers, which had
been held up, were granted. Among
the licenses granted was one to the
Waldorf saloon which has been princi-
pally the cause of the trouble. w. r.
Acock, the proprietor of the Waldorf,
ran the place as gambling house
when Vallejo was an open town, and
since the closing of the games more
than year ago he has been constantly
at war with Chief of Police Stamford,
who has attempted to enforce the gam
bling ordinance.
Early in the present year Acock had
himself arrested under the gambling
ordinance and then made test case of
his arrest. He was successful in hav-
ing the ordinance declared unconstitu-
tional- Acock then imported a number
Of dealers and opened up percentage
poker games. AS the City Trustees re-
fused to pass gambling ordinance,
Mayor Roney took another tack and
held up the license of Acock The Trus-
tees refused to grant the licenses to
other liquor dealers and a deadlock en-
sued. Then the Retail Liquor Dealers
Association took a hand in the fight
and forced the Trustees to give licenses
to the other saloons. To save his
license Acock appeared before the
Trustees and promised to take the
poker games out of his saloon. Upon
this promise he was given his license
last night
While the deadlock was on, Acock
prevailed upon City Attorney Gill to
arrest a number of inmates of a dead
fall who were paying a liquor license
into the city treasury under the guise
of forfeited bail. e. A. Williams, a
member of the police department, who
once aspired to become Chief of Police
and who has since been at outs with
the present Chief and all the other
members OF the police department, at
tempted to do some private detective
work for the City Attorney and Acock
and was caught coming out of the
deadfan by the Chief of Police. Upon
being questioned, he refused to tell the
Chief his business. His suspension fol-
lowed, but the Trustees voted to rein
state Williams. Mayor Roney vetoed
the action of the board, which still left
Williams outside of his money. VIII
liams then sued for a writ of mandate
to secure his salary and the case was
decided against him by Judge Buckles.
The end came last night when the
Trustees voted to reconsider their for
mer action and then voted to dismiss
Williams. Mayor Roney promptly ap-
pointed G. N. Frazer, who has been
serving as special policeman, to the
vacancy.
There is much satisfaction expressed
here to-day over the results, as it is
now believed that Mayor Roney and
the Board of Trustees will bury the
hatchet. Vallejo is planning many
public improvements. and to accom-
plish the desired results harmony be-
tween all departments OF the city gov
ernment must be secured.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Will CONSIDER
A LAND SCHEME
Federal Authorities Are
Told Of Il Round Valley
Plan to Get Good Coin
LANDS ARE NOT OPEN
Surveyor General Declares
That No One Has Present
Authority to Sell Them
LANDS ARE NOT OPEN

Federal authorities are about to
investigate certain transactions In
lands in Round Valley and at Covelo.
Information has been supplied to the
office of the United States Attorney
for the Northern District of Califor-
MIA in which the names of Chat
field & Vincent, real estate dealers Of
this city. and C. II. Goldberg of CO.
velo are mentioned
An advertisement has been run in
which 1t was asserted that 65, 600 acres
of timber land in Northern California
were open for settlement and that
the United States Commissioner Of
fers the choice of this finely located
body of land under the homestead and
timber act" The advertisement di-
rected applicants for information to
the offices of Chatfield & Vincent, 22S
Montgomery street.
According to the information sup
piled to the United States Attorneys
office inquirers were told that the land
was in Round Valley and that the
United States Commissioner in the
case was G. III. Goldberg. Mr.. Gold
berg, according to statements made
yesterday in the Office of the United
States Surveyor in this city, has no au-
thority to transact any land business
for the United States. He is Com
missioner to take testimony, under
appointment of a Federal Judge, but
that is very different from being a
Land Commissioners. This fact has
been ascertained also by intending
settlers.
Additional interest is given to the
situation by the statement of the
United States Surveyor General to a
reporter of this paper that the Round
Valley lands are not open to filings.
They have not even been surveyed, and
it is probable that it will be three
years before the Government will be
ready to dispose of them. In the
meantime there is no one who is au-
thorized to place any one on the land
or to make any selection of any land
in Round Valley. When the time
comes the land will be sold, after ap-
praisement of sections and quarter
sections, each having a definite price
according to its value.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
LARGE OIL REFINERY
TO BE BUILT AT ALVISO

SAN JOSE. April "a large oil re-
f1nery fed by pipe line from the
Coalinga oil district and connecting
with line of oil boats to- San Fran
cisco, is to be built at AIviso. The
Independent Producers Union Pipe
Line Company purposes to lay a pipe
line from Coalinga through Fresno.
thence to San Benito County, where it
will connect with the oil producing
section of that county, and enter San
ia Clara County where the Monterey
road crosses the line between Santa
Clara and San Benito counties. The
line will extend straight through the
county to San Jose and from here to
tidewater at Alviso. Pipe eight inches
in diameter will be buried eighteen
inches in the ground for the entire
distance. Several pumping stations
will be built along the line to carry
the oil over the mountains. one or two
of which will be in this county.
An oil refinery of large capacity
will be erected at Alviso. A line Of
steamers will ply between Alviso and
San Francisco to transport the oil to
the factories in the latter place.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
STEAM BADLY
SCALDS TRAMPS
Special Dispatch to The Call.

RENO, New. April 6.-Two wander
ing tramps crawled into a steam tank
in the railroad yards at Winnemucca
to sleep last night and were so badly
scalded from the steam of an engine
that they are now lying in the county
hospital at that place at the point of
death.
The steam tank is used by the South
ern Pacific Company to clean out the
boilers of locomotives after a trip over
the desert. No engine was connected
with it when the men entered, and they
apparently did not realize the danger
of sleeping in the box of iron. They
had only been sleeping in the tank a
short time when an engine pulled up
to it and turned a stream of steam into
it. The steam was driven from the
boiler with a terrific force, and the
men were thrown through hole in the
opposite end of the box. They were ter
ribly scalded and were not able to walk
after being blown from the box of tor
tlIre.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
HEWITT FILES
HIS ESTIMATE

Chief Hewitt of the Department of
Electricity yesterday filed with the
Board of Supervisors an estimate of
s266. .4O4 42 as the amount necessary for
the maintenance and extension of and
repairs in his department for the fiscal
year 1866. OF this amount $40, 100 is
for salaries of the main Office, $l2, 720
for salaries of the fire telegraph SER
vice, sis, 300 for shop salaries, $40,440 for
wages for outside construction and $25,-
600 for material.
For underground work in district No.
4 S57, 800 OF is asked, $1,000 rs for mate
rial for a. three-inch paper conduit sys-
tenn. $12,301 for labor thereon: cost of
eighty-seven manholes, S5641 IS; cost
of standards, s1335 49; cost of cable.
$7e76 3S. The estimated cost of a two
and a half inch steel conduit system is
S7s43 O4, and of a one and a quarter
inch system $3.50 IS.
For overhauling and repairs in dis
tricts Nos. /, 2 and 3 Hewitt wants
s25Oo, and for a twelve-duct installa-
ton on Market street, from Second to
Ninth, s2S,36O s5.
vine sum OF SoSoJ is wanted lot IndlH-
tenance of horses and wagons, $4425
for overhead construction, $16,449 so to
remove old construction from under
ground districts, $S94O for electric light
ing in municipal offices, $4,000 for fire
alarm system in public schools and
SO. .4S0 for incidentals.
At a meeting of the Supervisors
Committee on Electricity Hewitt was
asked to submit a report as to whether
it would be advisable to have the con-
struction work done by contract instead
of the city doing the work. If the work
can be done more cheaply by contract
the committee will recommend that
bids be invited for the work. Hewitt
agreed to submit an estimate of the
cost OF completing the switchboard for
the fire alarm telegraph system.
The committee denied the petition of
electric fixture dealers that they be ex-
empted from the ordinance imposing
fees for inspection of electrical install
! lation. Hewitt explained that the
charge for inspection was very small,
and the committee thought 1t should be
paid
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
OMAN GREETED
WITH FLOWERS
New Chief of Police Takes
Up His Important Duties
Under Happiest Auspices
FRIENDS REMEMBER HIM
Office Is Filled With Fra
grant Blossoms and He Re-
ceives Numerous Callers

jeremiah F. Dinan assumed the OF
fee of Chief of Police yesterday morn
ing under the happiest auspices. Early
in the day floral pieces began to ar
rive from his associates and personal
friends. and by afternoon the large
room in the Hall of Justice occupied
by the Chief was more than half filled
with them. They were of all sizes
and designs and formed an exquisite
picture.
Among the first TO arrive was mag
nfficent horseshoe, formed of roses and
carnations from the staff in the up
per office" In the center, in red flow
ers, across a white background were
the words Chief; Good Luck. Most
of the pieces bore the words Success
or Good luck" Two horseshces bore
the green flag of Ireland with the
golden harp. What gave the new Chief
as much pleasure as anything was a
basket of roses from his little nephew,
Willie Dinan
Il did not know" remarked the new
Chief as he surveyed the immense floral
display, that | had SO many friends.
Such an evidence of good will and
friendship will spur me on to do my
duty fearlessly and for the best in
terests of the community, All day |
have been receiving callers, who have
rendered me their congratulations and
have been kept busy answering the
telephone with messages from friends,
all to the same purport. It is an in
centive to man to do the best that
is in him..
Captain Spillane, who has been per
forming the duties of Chief ever since
the removal OF Chief Whitman, will re-
main at headquarters up to Saturday.
until the new Chief has familiarized
himself with the duties of the Office.
The new Chief joined the force on
April Is. 1883, and on December s. 1898,
he was appointed to the detective
force. He and his associate, Ed j..
Wren, have worked on most of the i'm
portant cases since that time with
marked success. Chief Dinan is a ma,
tive son, having been born in this city
on January 4, 1865. He learned the
trade of a cooper. He is a member of
Mantle Parlor, Native Sons of the
Golden West, and of the Young Mems
Institute No. 35.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Miss Merle Lawson
Marries Lloyd
Patterson.
Automobile Carries
the Couple to
San Mateo.

After the ticket had been purchased
for an ocean trip, which was to sepa-
rate her from Lloyd Patterson, the
man she loved, Miss Merle Lawson, a
local society girl of great beauty,
slipped from her home last evening
and, joining her sweetheart, sped with
him in an automobile to San Mateo,
where they were married by a Justice
OF the Peace. The elopement has raised
q storm Of parental wrath on both
sides, for, although the attachment of
the couple was well known, their mar
riage was stoutly opposed 1t was to
end the romance that Captain Lawson,
the father Of the bride, arranged that
she should take an extended sea voy-
age, remaining away from San Fran
cisco until late in the year. 1t was
this projected separation which caused
the young people to put aside conven-
4ionalities and hasten the wedding.
II was a simple affair. In the auto,
besides Miss Lawson and Patterson,
were Miss Julia Williams, a friend of
the bride, and E. E. Caldwell, a chum
Of PattersOn's. The quartet lost no
time after reaching San Mateo, for fear
that parental discovery might thwart
their plans. The little group made a
quiet bridal party, and after the cere-
mony hastened back to San Francisco.
1t was intended to keep the marriage a
secret, but ii leaked out yesterday
Miss Lawson is a dashing blonde,
tall and Gibsonesque. Her beauty has
attracted several local artists. for whom
she has posed for her portrait. She is
just out Of her teens and has for the
past two seasons been prominent in
Entire Nous affairs. She is the daugh-
ter Of Captain Lawson of the Simpson
Lumber and Shipping Company, md
lives with her family at 945 Post street.
She was a pupil at fashionable board
ing school in San Francisco. from
which she graduated three years ago.
Patterson is a young business man of
pleasing appearance. For a time he
was a member Of a theatrical troupe
in the East, but abandoned the stage
Tor business career. He first met his
BRIDE only three weeks ago. It was a
case Of love at first sight, and rather
than bear an enforced separation the
young couple decided to take matters
into their own hands.
Patterson's mother is an English
woman Of means. She resides in Berke-
ley, where she owns valuable real es-
tate The father Of the bride is also
Well-to-dU.
The couple viii remain in San Fran
cisco until the parental blessings.
which II is believed will follow in due
time, and then viii depart on their
honeymoon.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
STUDENTS CONFERENCE
HEARS. ANNUAL REPORTS
Subscriptions Are Received to Adj
vance Work of the State and
National ORGANIZATIONS

SANTA CRUZ, April 6.-Mrs. Carl
Johnson of Los Angeles presided at
the Students Conference at Capitola
to-day, it being State day. After the
morning Bible hour by Professor Gill
christ, DID,, and Rev. Horace Day the
entire day was given over to State
work
The reports were most encouraging.
During the year Long Beach gave
$4,000 toward a building, Saeramen-
to has established a boarding house
and Fresno has erected building.
Los Angeles now has the largest asso-
citation in the world. Bill members
being on the roll.
Miss Bertha Condee of the American
committee recommended that parlor
conferences be held in every city and
town where no city association exists,
thus helping the State work.
Miss Condee presided at the evening
session and subscriptions were taken
UP for the National and State work.
The Stanford delegates held re-
union and banquet this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Hears Protests Against Tannery

The Supervisors Fire Committee
yesterday reported in favor of amend
ing the building ordinance requiring
inclosure walls of class A buildings to
be not less than thirteen inches thick,
and also requiring fire escapes and
standpipes to be galvanized. The
committee also heard the protests of
large number of property owners
and residents against the establish
ment of a tannery at IL and IA Berk-
shire street and took the matter under
advisement until April "a.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Petitions in InsoIrencr

Petitions in insolvency were filed
yesterday in the United States MS
trict Court by c. C. and L. B. Stew
enson. composing the firm of Steven
son Bros. farmers. at Roberts ISL
and, liabilities $6561, no assets; G. q
Stevenson. individual liabilities ses1e
assets $3.50; L. B. Stevenson, individ-
ual liabilities $17.5e3. assets $3.50
J.. b Stevenson's heaviest creditors
are Hedges & Buck, Stockton, promis-
sorry note, s211S; Frank E. Lane
Stockton, $57S1, note; Mathew n.
Manuel, Stockton, s5l66, note.
J. W. Sharp, a laborer residing al
Jennie Lind, Calaveras County, also
fled a petition. He owes 1929 and
has no assets.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Enjoys Pictures and Music.

A delightful concert was given last
night at the Mark Hopkins Institute
of Art under the direction of Henry
Heyman. There was a good attend
ance and in the interval between the
vocal and the instrumental numbers
and enjoyed the exhibition of rare
pictures. The artists were Miss Laura
Anderson, Miss Mary Coffey, John F.
Quinn and c. f. Hamlin. Otto Fleiss-
ner presided at the organ and acted
as accompanist.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
To yiew Scene of Blasting.

The Supervisors Street Committee
yesterday resumed its investigation of
the protests filed against the blasting
on Chestnut street, near Kearny, car
ried on by Bray Bros. for the Globe
Grain and Milling Company. After
hearing further evidence the commit
tee decided to visit the scene to-day
at noon. In the meantime the repre-
sentative of the company assured the
committee there will be no further
grading done on the property.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
sore-Eyed Alien Escapes.

John Sabato, an Italian, IL years
old, who arrived with his parents
from Australia on the steamer Sono-
ma, was found by the quarantine Of
ficers to sbe afflicted with trachoma
and was denied a landing. The other
members of the family were permit
ted TO land Sabato took occasion to
escape from the vessel yesterday af-
fernoon and the immigrant officials
are hunting for him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
LIE Roy Lee Acquitted.

lie Roy Lee was acquitted by a jury
in the United States District Court
yesterday of the charge of having
knowingly passed a raised ten-dollar
bill upon Mrs. A. j.. Vallade last De-
cember. The prosecuting witnesses
were positive in their Identification
of the prisoner, but he proved that he
was a merchant with an unblemished
reputation. He was defended by Bert
SchleSinger.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
PLAINTIFF CLOSES CASE
IN WATER COMPANY SUIT
Defense Will Occupy Two or Three
Weeks i'm Presenting Its Side of
the Litigation

SAN JOSE, April 6.-The plaintiff
closed it's case in the action against
the Bay Cities Water Company this
morning before Judge Rhodes. A. T.
Hermann was the last witness of the
orchardists. His testimony related to
measurements of flood waters taken.
The water company will begin its de-
fense on Monday and 1t Is believed
it will occupy two or three weeks,
as that time was used by the PLAINTIFF.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Note Draws Big Interest.

A chattel mortgage was recorded
yesterday covering promissory note
drawn in favor of j. j. Rauer by
Glenn c. Barnhart and his wife, Lii
zette Barnhart, for S2500. The loan
is to draw interest at 10 per cent per
month and the security given is the
furniture in the premises at 3731
Jackson street. The note is payable
thirty days after April 6.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Elects ofhcers for Ensuing Year.

SAN JOSE, April 6.-At the anaual
meeting Of the Home Of Benevolence
officers were elected for the ensuing
year. Reports for the last year show
the institution to be in a prosperous
condition The receipts were s12,411
and the disbursements sS175, leav-
ing a balance Of $4236 on hand. The
home win shortly receive a $4,000 be-
quest from Mrs. Stanford's estate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
Lectures. for Church Bencft.

Twentieth Century Education and
the Bible" was the subject of a lee
ture delivered last night in the AL
hambra Theater by the Rev. Father
O'Brien Pardow for the benefit of st.
Anne's Church. The distinguished lee
turer was introduced by the Rev.
Father j. j. McCue. The subject
proved to be most interesting and was
comprehensiYeIY treated.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07
sci,utt's Case Heard.

The charge against Captain w.
schutt of the German bark Professor
Koch Of allowing alien members of
the crew to desert was heard yester-
day by United States Commissioners
Heacock and taken under advisement.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-07

VIENNA April e.-It has been ascertalned
that the Austrian military attache with ths
Russian army. Count Szeptychi who was sup
posed TO have been missing since the battle
OF Mukden. is safe with Lieutenant General
RennenkamDff's forces.