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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
CAPTAIN NEVILLS
SELLS FRESNO LANDS
Mine Owner Disposing of Big
Holdings in Raisin
Belt.

FRESNO, April 13.-Captain w. A
Nevills, the San Francisco capitalist and
one of the owners of the Rawhide mine
In Calaveras County, is selling out all of
his extensive interests, vineyards and
ranch lands about Fresno This morning
the sale of the Paragon vineyard. ad-
joining Kearney Park, was closed for
about 100000 to local capitalists The
place consists of eighty acres, with a
handsome home, whose furnishings alone
cost over SO 900. Included In the deal is
private power line, the building of
which led to bitter clash between Ne
Wills and Theodore Kearney some years
ago.
Captain Nev,lls expects to record the
sale of the famous La Favorita vineyard
next, with its packing plant and hand
some grounds and houses. There are 800
acres in 1t and it is considered one of the
finest ranches in the State devoted to
grape culture. 1t is valued at $150,OO0
The reason assigned for Nevills' desire
to close out his interests is that his
health Is precarious and he is converting
his property into cash.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Pilot Grazes Child
Just as Train IS
Stopped.
Alert Engineer Quinn
Averts Tragedy in
Alameda.
Ethel Sternseher on
Track as Local
Approaches.

ALAMEDA, April s18.-Had it not
been for the watchfulness and prompt
action of Engineer J. L. Quinn, Ethel
Sternseher, two years old. would have
been mangled to death beneath the
wheels of south-side local train to-
day. When the man at the throttle
had brought the great engine and cars
to sudden stop by Supplying the emer-
gency air brakes the. cowcatcher Oh
the locomotive had just grazed the
clothing of the little child and Knocked
her to one side out OF deaths path.
With the exception of fall and
fright that caused her to cry and lead
horror-stricken eye witnesses to be-
lie~e that she had been seriously In
jured the baby was unharmed.
Ethel, who is daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Sternseher of 2l47 Enci-
nal avenue, was playing with several
other children on Encinal avenue, near
her home She was close to one of the
tracks, and was apparently about TO
cross the rails. when Engineer Quinn
in the cab of the locomotive pulling the
local eastbound train, due, at Park
street at 1880 o'clock, observed the
childs danger. The locomotive when
Quinn first saw the baby was so close
upon her that he feared to blow the
whistle. as the blast might confuse the
little one He instantly applied the
brakes, and the result proved that had
he trusted to soaring the baby away
from the track by footing the whistle
the little girl would have been killed.
Considerable excitement was caused
among the passengers on the train by
its sudden stop When they clambered
from the cars and ascertained how the
life of a child had been saved by the
quick action of Engineer Quinn many
words of commendation were said to
him
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
GAELIC LEAGUE
IN SAN MATEO
Within Few Days Temporar-
lily Organized Body Will Be
Made a Permanent Society
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Many Suburbanites Are In
terested in Movement to
Preserve Language of Gaels
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH IO THE CALL
SAN MATEO. April BON April q per-
manent organization OF the new branch
Of the Gaelic League IN this city Will be
effected The new society has been estab-
lished under conditions most favorable
and until the permanent officers are
chosen the following viii serve: Chair
man, J. j. McGrath; secretary, NJ d.
CogIey; treasurer, c. Darby. The chair
man has appointed the following com
mittees to report at the next meeting:
Constitution and by-Iaws-John J. Sharon.
Hugh Mclaughlin. Miss Mary Burk. Jennis
McGrath. Miss NJ Nash
Nembership-Miss Mary Lindsay. Mr1 J.
Lennon, Mrs. d Cogley. Miss Mollis Sharon
liam Rapp, Mrs. j. ]. McGrath Miss z. Jor-
dan Miss ". Lacey.
press and publicity. C. Nash. Miss
Mamie Carroll, NJ. ID. Cogisy. c. Darby. J.
J. McGrath-
Temporary organization Of the league
here was made by the following leaders
OF the movement in California: State
Vice President TT. Mel1ott, Mr.. and Mrs.
jeremiah Deasy, State Secretary Miss
Frances ". Barr. Miss Loretta Barr. Miss
Margaret Vaughan, Miss Minnie Nc
Carthy. Miss Hazel Allen, P. J. Grove
and Percy Louregan.
Addresses were made by jeremiah
Deasy. t. j. Mellott. j. j. Sharon, NJ d.
Cogley. j. c. Nash, c. Darby, Hugh Nc
Loughlin, ]. J. McGrath and Miss Minnie
McGrath. Among those who contributed
to the entertainment that followed the
business session wore Miss Loretta Barr,
Miss Frances Barr, Miss Margaret
Vaughan, Mrs. ]. B. Falvey. Miss Hazel
Allen. j. Ward, p. j. Grove, Percy Loure-
gan and Master r. Allen
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
ELECTED MEMBERS
OF PHI BETA KAPPA
Eleven Stanford Students
and One Instructor Are Re-
ceiyed Into Fraternity.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April Is.
Eleven seniors and one instructor Of
Stanford University were last night
elected to membership in the Phi Beta
Kappa scholarship society. To be
chosen to this organization is recOgni-
tion of excellent work throughout the
four years of undergraduate study. Fol
lowing are the names OF the eleven:
j. d. Barnett Of Santa Rosa c. A
BeardsIey of Campbell. c. r. Fletcher
of Palo Alto. Alexander Sheriffs OF San
Jose. w. Y. Wentz Of San Diego. Miss
Nora K. Dunn OF Stanford University.
Miss Rachel R. Hitler of Springfield.
ILL.,; Miss Neena II. Hackett of Whit
tier, Wis; Miss Lena L. Mcknight OF
Stanford University. Miss Lulu NJ. Min
ter of Santa Ana. Miss Emma L. Simp-
son OF Oakland and W. A. Manning. a
graduate Of Stanford and wiIlammette
universities.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
THROW WORKMAN
OFF A CLIFF F
Thugs Kick Railroad Man
Till Insensible, Rob Him
and Then Try to Do Murder
SAVED BY A LEDGE
Victim Lands Upon Projec-
tion Twenty Feet From Top
and Escapes Awful Death

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. April 13.
John Nggard. workman employed on
the Ocean Shore Railroad, has brought
here news of a most sensational Incl
dent in which he figured as the central
figure, and in which he almost lost his
life. A few days ago lie was paid
small sum of money due him by the
railroad company. He repaired TO
saloon near by and bought several
drinks. On leaving the place he did
not notice three or four evil looking
fellows who were lettering about the
place. Had he done SO he would have
escaped thrilling experience
The saloon is in Green Canyon, where
the cliffs descend more than one hun
dred feet. The footpads followed
Nggard. kicked him into insensibility,
robbed him and threw him over the
bank. Fortunately the man fell upon
projecting ledge on the cliff, about
twenty feet from the top. How long
he remained there no one knows, but he
was discovered by some of his fellow
workmen, and after much difficulty res
cued.
Disreputable characters infest the en-
tire region on the route of the Ocean
Shore Railroad and outrages of various
kinds are Of frequent occurrence.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
SAYS MITCHELL
IS GUILTY MAN
Despite a Plea of an Alibl
Attorney Is Convicted of
Heinous Attack Oh a Girl
READY FOR EMERGENCY
New Complaint Sworn To
for Use in Case Jury Should
Have Acquitted the Lawyer

OAKLAND. April l3-Devid Mitchell,
the attorney. was found guilty tonight in
Judge Harris court on charge OF as
saulting Evelyn Walker. IA years old.
The testimony OF the girl and her COM
panlon. Bernice Brown, settled the ac-
cused mans fate, despite the proof that
was offered by the defense that the crime
could not have been committed on the DAY
charged in the Information
Mitchell today made strenuous denial on
the witness stand. His attorneys will try
10 get a new trial on the ground that the
testimony showed that the date charged
was not the one upon which the onense,
II committed at all, was committed To
safeguard the case Evelyn Walker today
swore TO another complaint for a like
crime. but on November %, instead or
November u, 1905 The warrant would
have been served had Mitchell been ac-
quilted Sentence was postponed until
April o. Deputy District Attorney W. h
l. Hynes made a telling argument
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
OIL-SOAKED ROADS
ARE NOT A SUCCESS
Fresno Farmers Want Mac
adam on Much-Used
Highways.

FRESNO, April 1S.--After being SUBJ
jccted to a long and careful test the
use of crudc oil on many county roads
is declared to be failure by local ex-
perts and 1t is proposed now to issue
bonds for 100000 to replace it with
inacadam II some places where heavy
asphaItun, base liquid has been used the
results have been satisfactory, but the
farmers and property owners along
many highways complain that for
heavy hauling the experiment has not
been a success. Petitions are now In
circulation to have the principal roads.
where heavy teaming is done, repaired
with macadan. The project has been
presented to the Chamber of Commerce
and committee has been appointed to
estimate the cost Of making the change.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Ex-EDITOR ALLEN Is AGAIN
ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
STUDENT Who, After Dismissal From
stanford, Was Forgiven and Rein
stated. Fully Restored.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 10
The executive committee of the Asso-
Grated students last night reelected to
membership Ben S. Allen, '06. of Wood
land. Allen was editor in chief of the
Daily Palo Alto. the college paper, at
the beginning OF the semester, but was
dismissed from the university for crit
icising the policy of the student affairs
committee in Encina Hall. He was sub
sequently restored to full standing In
the university upon a review of the
case, and is now carrying on his work
He takes the place on the executive
committee left vacant by the resigna-
ton of w III. s. Fowler of San Fran
cisco, who was chosen when Allen was
dismissed and who resigned last night.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
anrIsEs cHARTER CHANGES.

OAKLAND, April 13.-City Engineer
+. c. Turner has filed recommendations
with the City Clerk. urging charter re-
vision. so that his Office shall be placed
on q salary basis; that the Superin-
tendent OF Streets be consolidated with
The engineering department; that the
City Engineer be relieved of duty as a
Police and a Board OF Works Commits
sioner; that a park commission be
created; that the Police and the Works
commissions be made appointive by the
Mayor; that the street-work provisions
of the charter be abolished. work TO be
done under the State law: that there be
q read djustment Of salary in the Street
and the Fire departments; that the en-
tire system in the engineering depart
ment be revised. All department heads
will submit recommendations as to
charter changes along modern methods
OF municipal administration.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
w-TNs ExPERr GIVES ADVICE.

BERKELEY, April l3.-Professor F.
T Bioletti, the viticultural expert of
the agricultural department Of the uni
versity, issued 4 bulletin today dealing
with "a new method of making dry
Ted wine" Experiments made by Pro-
fessor Bioletti with particular refer
ence 70 the methods employed in hand
ling the vineyard product in the San
Joaquin Valley were described in bull
letin on the subject issued several
months ago. when the conclusion was
reached that the method which offered
The best hope OF obtaining the end in
view was that by which the requisite
tannin and color were extracted by
heat before fermentation. A new bull
Ietin has been issued, going further into
The subject
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
STANFORD STUDENTS TO FACE
THE EXAMINERS NEXT MONTH
Registrar Announces the Dates ON
Which the Final Tests VIII

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April IA
The office OF the registrar of Stanford
University has announced the schedule
of final examinations, which will be
held here this semester for the first
time. The tests will begin on Friday.
May II, and continue up to Thursday.
May IL, excepting Sunday, May IL.
The law department will have a sep
arate set OF dates. The programme
provided for the benefit OF the students
will prove exacting, as the exes will be-
gin as early as S:15 a. m and
continue in four periods throughout
the day until d. m. In the majority OF
the courses a few Students will be ex-
cused entirely from the necessity OF
taking the trials.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Appoint. Labor Day Committee.

At the regular weekly meeting Of the
San Francisco Labor Council last night
President w. Haggerty appointed the
following delegates TO have charge OF
all the arrangements for the Labor day
celebration: II. NJ. Alexander. paint
ers; A. M. Tiedeman. brewery wagon
drivers: John Keane, City Front Feder-
alton; NJ Dellany, machinists; A. Sier-
wicke, Brewers Union; @. B. Benham,
printers: W. Schwartfng. bakers: H. L
Stansburg, retail clerks; H. L. Crime
rer, walters; G. Selo. musicians; J. r.
Matthew. janitors, and Al friedman.
butchers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
LIGHTNING PLAYS
FRANKS IN SHASTA
Hogs Are Stampeded and
Citizens Using Phones Are
Knocked SpraWling.
spECIAI, 'pIsPATCH 10 THE CALL.

REDDING, April 13.-News reached
Redding today that during the terrific
electrical storm that ragged Wednesday
night in Eastern Shasta several persons
were almost killed. At Whitmore rain
fell in torrents. and lightning and
thunder made the night hideous. While
talking at the telephone in her home
Mrs. l.. s. Hacker received shock that
sent her sprawling to the middle of the
floor. William Wagner was nearly
electrocuted while at his phone and
the instrument was ruined. Mr.. Hack
Ter had started to Redding with a band
of hogs. The porkers were stampeded
and one killed Several persons In the
same district had narrow escapes
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
GAINS PRIVATE
RICH IS Of WAY
Peninsula Railroad Company
Determined to Build Line
Into San Mateo County
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

REDWOOD CITY. April 13.-The pro-
moters of the Peninsula Railroad Com
pany are giving new evidence of their
determination to construct their elec-
trio railroad from San Jose to San Ma
teo, even If they can expect nothing
but opposition from the county author
tiles of Sata Clara and San Mateo. When
the Supervisors of San Mateo County,
obeying a vigorous protest from the
large land owners of Menlo Park. re-
fused to grant any franchise on the
public highways the Peninsula Rail-
road people went quietly to work gain
ing private rights of way.
These have been obtained south from
San Mateo to San Carlos, and now sur
veyors of the company are working In
the vicinity of Ravenswood. They have
run their lines from the Cooley ranch
to the FLOOD property. and 1t is evident
that here the ambitious corporation in
tends to enter San Mateo County from
the south.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY
SEASON
is PROLIFIC OF
SOCIAL EVENTS
By ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE.


OAKLAND, April 1S-The quiet OF the last
few Lenten days promises to be succeeoeo Dy
season Of more than ordinary gayety' ana
the social set is engrossed with plans LOT al
fairs great and small
Miss Lucretia Burnham will give the initia-
tive event OF the Easter season Monday. when
she will entertain thirty guests at iuncheon IN
honor Of two brides Mrs Fred Dieck,nanh GraIIina
tnee Hopos). Mrs. Whippie Hail tnee eresin'
and MISS Marion, Goodfeliow.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. George Scott will
entertain score or more friends at lunch.
con and sewing bee, and on <ne evening Oh
the same day Mr. and Mrs Reginald D. Holmes
VIII celebrate their wedding anniversary Win
a dinner.
Miss Ruth Kales has issued Invitations to a
Monday luncheon, when Miss Bonnie OoWn-
ing, an April bride, viii be the guest OK honor.
Another pretty AFFAIR viii be given at the
Downey home in Berkeley on rhursday next in
honor of Miss Goodfellow and Miss Vesta
Colby The latters wedding on the zoth WI, VII,
be an elaborate and interesting college town
event.
Miss Goodfellow will be the motive again
Friday for a very charming affair over which
Miss Claire Chabot Will preside II VIII De a
dinner for twenty, and MISS .SooaIenow
The At Home Progressive Eueh,e mrs Club RoSart Will
be entertained the home OF MIS-. ROBERT
Boyer tomorrow evening. T
Marion and Henry Rogers nave eAlehoeo N
vitations to iorty OF their young friends 70 en-
JOY an afternoon at their home on Linden
street tomorrow.
The Pi Beta Phi sorority Will entertain at
an elaborate reception next TUESDAY evening"
Mrs John P. Maxwell will entertain bridge
club Tuesday afternoon
Mrs Louis Harmon Jones has invited nearly
hundred friends TO her picturesque nome IN
East Oekland for Tuesday AFTERNOON 10 Mee.
Miss Frances Burns. 80.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
MAN KILLED BY TRAIN WELL
KNOWN IN GARDEN CITY
Victim of Accident Near San Luis
Obispo Once Mall Carrier In
Sau Jose.

SAN JOSE, April 13.-The body Of
Thomas Hambly. an inspector of the
Southern Pacific road. who was killed
in tunnel near San Luis Obispo. ar
rived in this city, where he had lived
for twenty-three years. this afternoon.
He was a mail carrier here for seven
years He leaves brother here, W. ID.
J. Hambly, and a widow and SON in
Oakland. He was member of the Ma
sonic fraternity of local lodge of A.
o. u. w. and was past president of a
local lodge of Native Sons. He was born
in Plumas County and was forty-two
years of age
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
MRs. PRATHER.s FUNERAL.

OAKLAND, April 13.-Simple services
marked the funeral rites this afternoon
over the lamented Mrs. Julia Adams
Prather. wife OF Thomas Prather. pres
Ident Of the Union National Bank. The
Prather residence, 1253 Alice street,
was crowded with friends. Beautiful
floral offerings were banked at the
bier. The Rev. Charles r. Brown, pas
tor Of the First Congregational Church,
conducted the services, paying a beau
tlful tribute 70 the departed woman.
There was no music. The interment
will be private.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
NEGRO rs HANGED
FOR KILLING CHINESE
w. NJ. Gray, Colored MUIR
derer, Pays Penalty of His
Crime at Folsom.

SACRAMENTO, April 13-W. NJ.
Gray a negro, who murdered Wong
Fong, Chinese, in this city last fall
by crushing his skull with a piece Of
gas pipe, was hanged at 10 o'clock this
morning in the State prison at Folsom
Gray was pronounced dead eleven min
utes after the drop fell He mounted the
gaIlows with courage and had no remarks
to make before the trap was sprung.
petition was sent TO the Governors 5
office yesterday afternoon asking the ex-
ecutive to commute the sentence to life
Imprisonment, but it came too late, as
the Governor had gone away.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
FRESNO SUPERVISORS REPEAL
ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE
Withdraw Permit Because Railway
Company Refuses to Follow the
R0ard,s Recomu . N IA fgoua

FRESNO, April 13.-The Board of Su-
pervisors has repealed the ordinance
granting a franchise to the Fresno
County Railway Company to run
through the streets of Reedley This
company is an auxiliary of the Santa Fe
system and was Incorporated to build
from Reedley through the vineyard dis
tricts along the foothills. When the
application for the franchise was made
objection was made to the plan of
grade. The Supervisors desired that
the road be built flush with the streets
in order that no obstruction to the free
passage of water should exist The
company refused to accept the condi-
tions
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
WOMAN jokes WITH RoBBER.

OAKLAND, April 13.-Mr. and Mrs.
David n. Sweetman. residing on Fen
niman avenue, Fruitvale. were held up
by three highwaymen last night while
driving home. Sweetman yielded four
nickels. His wife, unperturbed and
jocular, handed out a purse containing
a dime, with the comment that her con-
tribufion might make the robbery
worth while Two men held the horse
and the third man, armed with pistol,
was so nervous that Mrs. Sweetman
pleaded with him to brace up"
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
REMOVE RAILROAD SHOPS.

OAKLAND. April 13-When the rail-
road shops at Newark close tomorrow
night they will become but a ren1em-
brance. The changing of the South
Pacific Coast line from this city to San
Jose from a narrow to broad gauge
line does away with the usefulness Of
the shops. and they are to be removed,
machinery and employees. to San Jose.
The changing of the track from a mar
row to a broad gauge line will be done
some night next week, and will COM
plete the obiiteration of the road built
by James G. Fair many years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
HARRIS FRANCHISE REFUSED.

ALAMEDA, April lS.-W H Hart
was told tonight by President W. H
Gorham Of the City Trustees that his
application for a railway franchise on
Blanding avenue would not be favor
ably considered by the board. Hart
then said he would ask for franchises
for railway terminals on Bay Farm
Island. one at the southwest corner for
freight handling. 10 connect by ferry
with a pier 200 feet south Of Hunters
Point San Francisco; the other terminus
TO be at the northwest corner of the
island for passenger service and to
connect with a pier at the foot of Sec
ono street, San Francisco. Hart as
serted that his road would run through
Haywards and into the San Joaquin
Valley.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
MoRE SUMS ron MATEn.

MARTINEZ, April l3.-The Syndicate
Water Company today brought con-
dcmnatiOn suits against E. E. BrenseI
and forty other owners OF land adjacent
10 San Pablo Creek TO secure water
rights. These suits amend former COM
plants to quiet title. 1t is set forth
that the company desires the rights for
public use in establishing a water sun
Ply for Contra Costa and Alameda
counties
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Navy Chptain succumb..

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Captain
Duncan Kennedy. commanding the
cruiser Colorado, died at Guantanamo
yesterday as the result of an operation
for appendicitis His body will be
brought to this country on one of the
vessels of the second division of the
battleship squadron, arriving in Hamp-
ton Roads on Tuesday morning next.
Captain Kennedy assumed command of
the Colorado year ago last January.
He was a native of New York.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
INJuREp MAN cRAwLs HoME.

OAKLAND, April 13.-Maurice Cassi-
way, 60 years old, as he stepped from
a moving Berkeley train this afternoon
stumbled and was struck by the steps
and dragged 100 feet before he fell un-
conscious 10 the ground, where he lay
FOR four hours. He regained his senses
but his legs were severely bruised and
he crawled on his hands and knees, ar
irving at his home, 412 Forty-fifth
street, al s o'clock in the evening, six
hours after the accident.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
AGED BANKER
OF HUMBOLDT
IS SUMMONED

EUREKA. April 13.-Robert Porter,
president of the Savings Bank of Hum
boldt County, died today after an illness
of ten days. The banker was born in
Philadelphia seventy-eight years ago.
4e came to California in 1857 and en-
gagged in stock raising, acquiring 10000
acres of the best grazing land in the
county. He held the land up to the
time of his death. His estate is valued
at 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Is Held for rurther hearing.

SEATTLE. April 13-Judge Hanford
of the Federal court has held Alexan-
.dros Firos, the Greek arrested by Cap
tain Bell at the request of the secret
service officers in San Francisco.
charged with completely in naturaliza-
tion frauds for a further hearing.
Firos bail was reduced from s25o0 to
$500.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
ONE-TIME VAGRANT
NOW A RICH MAN
Celebrates Good Fortune by
Getting Drunk and Is
Robbed.

TACOMA. April I3.-Count Silbon,
who was driven from Tacoma three
years ago under a vagrancy charge,
returned yesterday from Paris and was
astonished to find that property held
by him in the then disreputable part of
the city is now worth $25000O The
Count drank freely on learning of his
good fortune. fell asleep last night In
the interurban depot and was robbed
of jewels worth $400.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
HoRsEMAN kILLEn.

OAKLAND. April 1s.-Frank e. GRAY.
valet 20 Jockey League at the race
track. was struck by a Berkeley local
train at Emeryville at 3 o'clock this
morning. Gray died at the Receiving
Hospital half an hour later. He resided
at Pleasanton. He was 30 years old
snd had worked around the racing
stables for years His body was taken
&c the Morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-14
Death Coils EurIi.h Autbor.

LONDON, April 13.-Richard Garnett.
the English author. died today of In.
ternal hemorrhages. He was II years
old.