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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
AUTO EXPLOSION
INJURIES COLONEL
Careless Smoker Causes
Wreck Of Machine and
Painfully Burns Owner

Walter N Kelly. colonel of the First
Regiment. California National Guards,
is confined to his home with painful
injuries received as the result of his
automobile having exploded Monday
evening.
Colonel Kelly was in his machine at
the corner of Scott and Haight streets
Monday evening when he found that
his gasoline was exhausted When he
was trying sto refill the tank a crowd
of curious people gathered around to
see what was being done. One of these
was a thoughtless man who struck a
match to light cigar without thinking
of the, danger. The result was the ex-
plosion of the gas. which wrecked. the
car. Colonel Kelly was badly burned
about the face, but his injuries, while
painful. are not of serious nature
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
NEW BUILDINGS IN
LATIN QUARTER.
Work Begun on Montgom-
cry Avenue Structure and
on a Macaroni Factory
ONE Is OF CONCRETE


Work was commenced yesterd-- on
the first permanent building on Mont
gomery avenue when G. Orsi began the
laying of the foundation for three
story brick, iron and concrete struc-
ture on the corner of Montgomery ave-
nue. and Jackson street. 1t will have
a frontage of 81 feet on Montgomery
avenue and 1886 on Jackson. Its cost
is estimated at $4,000.
The entire building has already been
leased at a rental of $3.50 month for
the space of ten years. The builders
have promised to have the place ready
for occupancy by December Is.
1t is the claim of the residents sof
the Latin quarter that they Will have
the first only bona f1de reinforced con-
crete building in the city This state
ment is based upon the method of
erecting reinforced concrete buildings
in Italy, and this plan is being put into
erect by an Italian architect and en-
gineer of the name of l.. Mastropasqua.
Mr.. Mastropasqua has been in the city
Tor the last two or three years, and 1t
has been his constant claim that the
only building suitable for San Fran
cisco is the reinforced concrete as used
in Italy. He is now putting his argu-
ments into concrete form in building
he is erecting for L. Nunziato on
Broadway, between Montgomery ave-
nue. and Kearny street. It is to be three
stories in height and is to be without
steel frame. The spans are about
twenty feet and entirely of reinforced
concrete and said to be of sufficient
strength to sustain enormous weights.
= When the building is completed it
will be occupied by a macaroni factory.
and the claim is put forward that it
will be one of the strongest buildings
in the city. 1t will have a frontage of
70 feet on Broadway with depth of
10 feet, running back to Montgomery
court.
L. Nunziato expects to take posses
sion thirty days from today. The cost
of the building will be S30,000.
c. F. Grondona has commenced the
building of a three-story structure on
Pacific and Ohio streets, between Mont
gomery and Sansome which will cost
$4,000. 1t will be of brick and will
have frontage of So feet on Pacific
and 1875 .on Ohio street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
ACT INC MAYOR To
CLEAN Up CITY.

Acting Mayor Gallagher, in taking
control of the executive department of
the city yesterday, stated that the mat
ter of cleaning up the city would have
his attention Immediately. He will
have the city do its share of the work
first, and then will try to compel prop
erty owners to clean UP their premises.
Gallagher stated that he had not yet
outlined any special plan for having
the work performed. but would do so
at early date. He is not certain
just what pressure can be brought to
bear on the property owners in order
to make them clean away the debris
in front of their buildings, or in front
of the places where their buildings
once stood. He is of the opinion how
ever that if the city first does it's duty
in the matter it will be an inducement
for individuals to exert themselves
along the same line
The first official duty of the acting
Mayor was to sign the agreement with
the United Railroads and the Ocean
Shore Railroad for the construction of
the Mission street yiaduct at College
Hill. The officials of the two COM
panies were closeted with Mr.. tSal-
lagher for about three hours yesterday
morning before the details of the
agreement were completed and the sig
natures of all had been duly affixed
to the document.
Before Mayor Schnitz departed it
was agreed that the United Railroads
and the Ocean Shore people should each
contribute $4,000 for the construction
of the viaduct, and that the city should
pay the remainder of the expense,
which will amount to nearly 100000.
The street cars, however, according to
the agreement will cause the city con-
siderable extra expense, for it is pro-
vided that while the work of construct
ing the viaduct is in progress the
municipality must maintain tenn
porary trestle on which the cars are
to be operated until the viaduct is
completed. The Ocean Shore Company
is given the right to go ahead with the
building of its tracks at that place.
with the understanding that in doing
so street cars and other traffic must
not be interfered with in any manner.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
FAIRY TALES, SAYS
UNHAPPY BRIDE.

The failure of the kingdom of Great
Britain to keep a mythical contract
with E. G. Wedderburn. formerly a
butchers helper in Los Angeles, to give
him $500 as damages for the destruc-
tion of a store which. it is asserted he
never owned and which never existed
in South Africa, has led his wife, Eliza
beth, to seek an annulment of her
marriage, which was caused she adj
mits, solely through the expectation
that she would soon become the happy
possessor of the $500. and not on ac-
count of any love she bore him.
The fair Elizabeth was 81 years of
age and a domestic in Los Angeles
home when she first met the butcher
boy who was destined to destroy her
happiness. AS he called each morning
at the kitchen door to deliver the pot
roasts and sausages and waited for her
to count out the nickels and dimes
their conversation drifted gradually to
the theme of marriage. In the course
of the discussion Miss Elizabeth stated
that she would never marry any man
who could not give her money and a
home. Whereupon Wedderburn's eyes
lighted up and he told her a wonderful
tale of store he owned in South Afri-
ca which was destroyed during the
Boer war and for which the British
Government was even then preparing
to pay him $500 in damages
Miss Elizabeth heard. believed, prom
ised resigned and shortly the wedding
bells rung out The $500 was to be
used in purchasing and furnishing the
promised home but for the time being
the bride and groom took UP their
abode in back room and lived on
Wedderburn's salary of s12 a week.
He told her that the British Govern
ment was busy and had not had time
to attend to his claim
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Wedderburn came
to San Francisco and found another
room in a building at 1860 Mission
street, where they lived for about
two months and half Mrs. Wedder-
burn insisting that her husband prod
the British Government up a bit. and
Wedderburn announcing periodically
that the Government was still busy.
AT length Wedderburn told Mrs We'd
derburn early one morning that he had
just heard from the King or somebody
else in authority and that he was going
after the $500 at once& He left and
never returned.
Mrs. Wedderburn later sought the
English Consul, who informed her that
her hopes were without foundation.
She at once brought suit to have the
marriage annuled on the ground of
fraud. admitting that it was for the
money alone that she married. The
case was heard yesterday morning in
Judge Graham's court and submitted
for consideration.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
CLAIMS MIDDLE FORK
SUPPLY rs SUPERIOR
William Muir Writes to Su-
pervisors Regarding Wa
ter Project He Sponsors

William Muir, who has submitted an
offer to the Board of Supervisors to
sell the city water supply from the
middle fork of the American River
known as the .McKinstry Water Shed,
fled communication yesterday with
the board in which he claims super
iority for his supply. Muir says it will
cost the city s2s.Voo.000 against $780,
$4,000 for the Tuolumne project rec
commended by former City Engineer
Grunsky, and s3S,4SS.700 for the Bay
Cities Company's plant on the Ameri-
can and Costumes rivers. The last
named supply has been selected by the
Supervisors for examination as to its
desirability
Muir in his communication alleges
that the Bay Cities supply is not de-
sirable, because it comes from a ditch
$500 feet above the sea level, which is
in the frost belt and freezes in winter.
Muir says the water is not adapted to
the requirements of this city because
II runs throug4- a soft red granite
formation and is not free from con-
tamination.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
IMPOSTOR CARRIED
As A PRIEST.

Mrs. James Meachers. proprietor of
a bakery at 900 Dolores street, reported
to the police yesterday that man mas
querading as a Catholic priest had
called on her and under the pretensioI
that he was a paralytic had induced
her to buy a ticket in a rattle for a
gold watch After she had purchased
the ticket she became suspicious.
The stranger gave the name of
Father Martin" but inquiry on the
part of Mrs Meachers failed to show
that he was identified with the Cath
olic church.
The first thing that aroused the sus-
picion of Mrs. Meachers against the
alleged priest was that his dress was
not conventional and that his actions
were not those of a regularly ordained
minister of the gospel
The stranger is described as 35 years
of age, smooth shaven and about 5 feet
10 inches tall.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
WILL CONTINUE EXAMINATION
@. BRAIN OF ADOLPH WEBER
DR.. Frank L. BIafsdeII Finds That
Youthful Murderer Was Victim of
Nervous Disease.

!: The body of the youthful murderer.
Adolph Weber. is now at the Cooper
Medical College, under the custody Of
Or Frank Z. Blaisdell, whose re-
searches and examinations viii be the
subject Of class lectures during the
winter. II has been ascertained from
the examinations made so far that
Weber was afflicted with a nervous
disease. In determining just what this
trouble was examinations of the body
as well as the brain viii be necessary.
Slight abnormal formations have been
discovered just what effect these for
nations had on the actions of Weber
viii be almost beyond the power of the
surgeons 10 ascertain Despite care in
embalming, decomposition has slightly
affected the brain cells and will prevent
perfect analysis
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
TEsT1Fr AsouT LuNBER rRUsr.

Edward sudden OF the lumber ship
ping firm Of Sudden & Christianson.
J. M.: Hubbard with the Clatsop Mill
ing Company, Z K. Wood Of the E. K.
Wood Lumber Company, J. H. Baxter
Of the Simpson Mill Company, W. H.
Jordan, secretary Of the Pine Manufac-
tUrers' Association. and Matt Harris, a
retail lumber merchant. testified be-
fore the United States Grand Jury yes
terday IN relation 20 the existence of
the lumber trust on this coast. Their
evidence was mostly of a negative
character and did not throw any light
upon the subject. The inquiry win be
resumed on Friday
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
WOMEN DISCUSS FEDERAT1eN.

There was much talk of the biennial
meeting of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs at the meeting of the
California Club yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Potter Hill. president of
the State Federation. and Mrs j. w
Orr, president of the California Club,
talking most interestingly of their ex-
perienccs and observations while there
Mrs. l. n. Chapman was also to have
been present and added to the "Bi-
ennial Notes of the occasion, but was
unavoidably> absent. Another pleasant
feature of the occasion was the pres
ence of Mrs. E. C. Hurff. president Of
the San Francisco district Of the State.
Mrs. Hill talked also of her work
throughout the State, saying that the
six districts over which she presides
are SO far apart and in such different
parts of the country that they are real
" like six States
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
War Vessel Must
Make Twenty
Two Knots.

. The new 14,00o-ton armored cruiser
California. Just completed at the Union
Iron Works viii leave early this morn
ing for the Santa Barbara Channel.
where her builders must demonstrate
10 the satisfaction Of Uncle sam that
the latest addition 10 the navy is all
. the specifications call for
The California maneuvered about the
bay all Of yesterday for the adjustment
of her compasses and TO give her
chance 10 ind herself little before
sticking her nose into the big swells
outside the heads. As she lay at the
Union Iron Works the California was
dwarfed by her surroundings, but out
among the shipping she looked every
inch Of her. great size. The oregon,
Of which san Francisco is so proud,
IS a dwarf beside the California, which
is of greater tonnage than the Pacific
Mail Compauys crippled giants Man
churia and Mongolia
HER SISTERS ALL SPEEDY.
- The California belongs to the same
class as the Colorado. Pennsylvania.
=. est Virginia, Maryland and South
Dakota The last named cruiser. also
Graded at the Union Iron Works. is
still unfinished. The Colorado, West
? Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland
all exceeded their speed requirements.
The California is built of steel, heav-
lily armored She has twin screws, four
.smokestacks and two military masts
She is 502 feet long. 20 feet in beam
and will draw "a feet 6 inches TO 26
feet 6 inches, according TO the condi-
tion of her bunkers. Her engines must
develop $4,000 indicated horse power
and the power TO produce this is pro-
vided by thirty-two Babcock and Will
cox boilers. Her bunker capacity is
from 500 TO 1000 tons, according to the
service in which she is engaged. and
at a ten-knOt gait she has a steaming
radius of 5000 miles.
CALIFORNIA; ARMAMENT.
The cruisers armament. with Yankee
gunners at the batteries. should make
her an object Of intense interest to any
enemy with whom she may be called
upon 10 argue. She has four eight
inch guns in pairs. in turrets; fourteen
SiN-inch, eighteen contemporaries,
twelve three-p -pounder, seni-automatic
four one-pounder quick-fire. four one
Gatlings. six thirty-caliber Colts, two
three-inch field guns and two torpedo
tubes, submerged forward
For each eight-inch' gun she will
carry 125 rounds OF ammunition, 200
:roUnds for each six-inch. $50 rounds
for the fourteen Founders and 500
rounds each for the others.
:: Her fun complement of officers and
men is S2s
? The California was authorized by
Congress March ;. 1899. Her keel was
laid May Z, 1902, and she was launched
April %. 1904.
Captain Thomas Stowen Phelps will
be the California's first commander.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
WOULD TEAR DOWN HOUSE
OVER OCCUPANTS HEAD
Mary A. Burns Brings $4,000 Damage
Suit Because of Alleged Attempt
to Destroy Her Home.

An alleged attempt to destroy the
house in which she is living has caused
Mrs Mary A. Burns of 1903 Florida
street to bring suit for $4,000 and TO
seek an injunction against t. Sheehan
and others. The house in which Mrs.
Burns is the tenant is the property OF
Johanna Mccarthy and is held on a
lease Mrs. Burns states that on Mon
day Sheehan and three or four other
men forced their way into the dwelling,
removed the boards from the basement
and took down the brick chimney
which extends through the kitchen.
from the cellar to the roof. She de-
clares that they piled up the brick on
the kitchen floor and threatened to re-
move the pipes and plumbing and de-
stroy the house
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03

CHINESE CONSUL AT PoRTLAND.-port
land. Or. Oct. 2.-The Chinese Imperial Gov
ernment has appointed Moyback Hin, a promi-
nent merchant of Portland. Consul for the
States of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. The new Consul is the fourth to be APP
pointed to represent the Chinese Government In
the United States. The other Consuls are in
San Francisco. where the Consul General re-
sides; Boston and New York.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
PERkINs ApPoINTEp AuprToR

Clement G. Perkins. cashier OF the
Custom-house, was appointed auditor
Of that institution yesterday by Col
lector Stratton. to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of George w. Cope.
The salary is $4,000 per annum. which
is $500 more than Mr.. Perkins was
receiving as cashier. The appointment
was strictly in accordance with civil
service rules. both in letter and spirit.
His promotion is looked upon as a
preliminary step to the cola. torship
when the next vacancy occurs.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
PASSENGER ACT

PASSENGER ACT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Stratton was advised by the Secretary of the
Treasury yesterday that vessels carrying pas
sengers not for hire not required to have a
license TO carry passengers. The law is to be
applied 10 vessels carrying passengers for hire
he was further advised that the Collector should
not refuse clearance 10 vessels accused of carry
Ing passengers without license. but should notify
the Collector at which port the vessel next
arrives.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
SACRED HEART EVENING sCHooI

The Christian Brothers evening
school. conducted at Sacred Heart Col
lege. opened last night with a crafty
ing attendance A good many new
comers TO the evening sessions availed
themselves OF the class in architectural
drawing recently formed, while quite
number of the former students of tAS
institution resumed their work IN -
business department. The president Of
the college. Brother Lewis. is sanSuine
as to the evening schools prospects.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03

PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY. Y.-Petitions in
insolvency were fled in the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday as follows ts
Sharon carpenter. San Jose. $500 debts AMI
assets; Johl & stock butchers Rodie S2;u7
debts and SS14 assets; Z. T. NortArup san
Francisco petitioning that Afakins & o..
mercantile corporation Of this city. be declared
involuntary bankrupt Northrup alleging that
NIakins owes him $1,000
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
Luscious ola Red Wine.

La Oussta vintage of 1901. sold by
McCaw Brothers. 401 Devisadero; L NJ.
Walter, California and Devisadero. Pro-
ducer, E. H Rixford. Kohl building
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
Cruiser California Leaves for
Her Trial Trip To-day.

1HE OOoon arnored today
establish another shpbaidig
the State after which i named.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03

WANTS CASE APPEALED.-The Market
street and Eureka Valley Improvement Club
yesterday petftioned the Board of Supervisors to
appeal from Judge Seawell's decision declaring
Illegal the ordinance requiring the consent Of
adjacent property before permit for a
stable can be granted The Works Board had
already decided to take an appeal The club
also asked tht no. more ,postponements be
tween Eighteenth and Nineteeath.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03
PROPOSALS.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Oct 3. 1906 -Secled
proposals, in tripHcare. viii be received h<se
until II a. m-. November 3, 1906. and "A n
opened for furnishing all material ana n r-
inS wharf with iron standard piles az ~
satraz Island. CAL according TO plans ma
specifications on ale in this Office The Gov
ernment reserves the right 10 reject anv or a
bids reference given to articles Of Amer
ity tin~ludiug in the price of foreign rr,eii,,-
iiens rhe duty thereon) being equal Nll in
trrlnsticn furnished on application to the
et1cf OF the C1ief Cvarterinaster. Department
of California. piesiGio 0f san Francisco, Cal.
mo. l. CLEMs A. 9. y. c.. l.. 5. 4.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-03

Olsen & Lutterkort, tailors. 1856 Mar
ket, M. Church, for. Phelan bldg. .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-09
NJ EENNON FOR GOVERNOR
Admirer Of the Seminole Attorney Says
he is Admirable GubernatOrial
Timber

In speaking of democratic can.
didates for governor, a Chickasha
man who is an intimate friend of
Capt McKennon of South McAlles-
ter, said this morning:
There appears to be consider
able demand that Hon. A. S. Nc
Kennan, who for many years was
an efficient and prominent member
of the Dawes Commission, and has
since been prominent as national
attorney for the Seminoles, make
the race foI the first govern
or OF Oklahoma. Mr.. McKennon
is a native of Tennessee and was.
for a long time, prominent demo-
crat Of Arkansas, his adopted state,
being a brother-in-law of Senator
James H. Berry of that state. He
could easily have gone to congress
from Arkansas but refused the
nomination, being too busily en-
gagged with his large law practice
to turn aside into politics. Mr..
McKennaa is very popular withthe
rank AMI file of the Indians of all
the tribes, aud all other classes as
we'll"
An Arkansas paper, speaking of
Capt. McKennon says:
He might easily have been gov
ernor of Arkansas, but always de-
clined to run on the ground that
his family and church obligations
would not permit bin to surrender
his professional income and incur
the expense of the campaign.
Knowing what a true, noble
man he is, we may be pardoned for
suggesting to our western neigh
bors that the new State. soon to be
formed from Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, would make no mistake
to call him from private life and
compel him to be their first govern
or. Such man is needed in poll
tics, No sacred duty will ever
suffer in his care"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-09

sion. Speaking of the matter S.
Howard Leech, prominent real
estate dealer said this morning:
"If the owners Of business rooms
in Chickasha insist upon raising
the rents above that point which
brings a fair and legitimate return
upon their investment they will, in
my opinion, make serious mistake
and one which in the end is bound
to react upon their own interest
as property owners. Should this
policy of high rents prevail the di.
rect result will be to scatter the
business Of the city to greater
extent than may be to the best in
terest of the property owners in
the main business section. New
and in many cases cheaper and in
ferior buildings, will be bullion the
side and outlaying streets. thus di-
verting both the merchant who
pays rent and the public who buy
goods. This will, therefore, natu-
rally affect all of the merchants in
the down town district as fewer
people will come to this section to
do their trading and less sales will
be made, thus generally depreciatins
the value of this district, as a bust
ness center. This policy would
then have the result of ultimately
forcing rents down or leaving a
number OF vacant rooms, which is
practically the same result so far as
the property owner is concerned.
Much wiser policy. it would seem
to me. would be for the property
owner to be satisfied with a fair
rate of interest on his investment
and in this way keep rents at a
normal condition ard hold the busi-
ness.section where it now is and
where it naturally belongs.