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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
FATAL WOUND FOR
EAVESDROPPER.
Proprietor of Disreputable
Resort Fires Through a
Door and Hits Him
STATEMENT
sFEcIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALi


SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. H.
Lazzario Borturi, a young Italian en-
ployed about town. was shot and fatal
ly wounded by Bert A. Barrett at
o'clock this morning while eavesdrop-
ping at a disreputabIe resort. Barrett
confessed to the shooting after the
Italian had made his dying statemenH
and was sent to the County Jail at
Redwood City to awaitfdevelopments
According to the dying statement OF
the Italian. he was under the influence
Of liquor when be went 20 the house
70 eavesdrop apd play the "Peeping
Tom,' and after staying there twenty
minutes he was about to leave khs
place when some one shot through Us
door and wounded him He Immediate
~ ran from the place and, going to his
room in Union Hotel. collapsed. The
hotel proprietor had the man removed
10 the hospital and notified several OF
his friends of the shooting.
In few minutes a large crowd OF
Italians gathered about the place. and
there was loud talk Of cleaning IL
out and lyDching the occupants. AS
soon as daylight came Barrett gave
himself up to the authorities and asked
to be sent to the County Jail inmeelf-
ately, as he feared that it might go bad
with him If the ItaIfans should organ
ize and attack him on the street. He
stated tndtf tney ldd Kept cl0Se watch
on the house all night, and when he
left the place in the morning several
of the men followed hsn to the Judges
Office.
Barrett stated that he was the pro-
prietor of the house and heard soma
one trying to get through the window.
He called to the man and warned him
to leave the place or he would shoot.
The man then attempted to open the
door and Barrete. after giving him a
second warning TO move On, fred two
shots.
report has been circulated about
town that Barrett was arrested in Oak
land several months ago for a like
offense, but obtained his release on the
ground that he had right to defend
his property Up 70 a few months ago
Barrett was the proprietor of the Sierra
Point House, a resort Of doubtful re1-
utation about a mile from town. -
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
MAKES GIRLS GET
OFF CAR AND WALK
Action of Conductor VIII
Result in Suit Against
the United Railroads

May and Tina Lindsey. two girls who
attend the Lowell High School. boarded
Suttsr-street car yesterday afternoon
to ride to their home at Noe and CIiu-
per streets Both use school children's
tickets. which are accspted according
to the regulations of the United Rail-
roads only up TO 4:45 D. m Conductor
1850 Of the Sutter-street car failed 10
collect the tickets OF the girls up to
the time they had TO change at Fill
more street Both got of and tried to-
board a car. but it was crowded and
refused to stop for them. The sarne
thing happened with the next car that
came along Finally a third car
stopped for them. but when they got
on board the conductor refused to ac-
cept the tickets. charming that it was
past 4:45 o'e1oek.
The girls explained that they had
boarded the Sutter-strset car before 4
o'clock. but that the conductor had not
come around for their tickets and they
had been obliged to get of without
transfers.
The conductor on the FIlmone- -strkesk
car refused TO accept this story ~
ordered the girls on when they told
him they were without money. They
were obliged to walk horne and did not
arrive until after daNk Thelr parents,
who were greatly alarmed over their
delay in returning, We're Indignant
when seen last night and declared they
would bring suit against ths United
Railroads
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
Wife Of Quarry Superintendent Cruelty Treated
by Pair Of Thugs in Hills Near Piedmont.

OAKLAND, Oct, 14.-Because she re-
fused TO give up the money for which
her husband had toiIed and attempted
TO escape, Mrs. Severina Nora, the
wife of the superintendent of the Red
rock quarry, on the old Moraga Valley
road, in the hills near the Blair prop
erty at Piedmont was beaten and
choked almost to death by two thugs
shortly after 8 o'clock last night, and
after being robbed of $25 was left
senseless at the gate of her home.
When the victim of the brutal assault
recovered consciousness she staggered
to the house. and after notifying her
husband of the robbery fell in faint.
Nora, after calling a neighbor to
care for his wife, organized a posse of
the quarrymen employed by the com
pany of which he is superintendent.
and for several hours the enraged men
secured the hills in a vain quest of the
assailants of Mrs. Nora. If the men
had been captured they would not have
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
DISPUTES DIVORCE,
BUT MUST PAY.
Contra Costa Court Orders
George Gurnee to Dis
burse Funds to His Wife
MARRIED A MONTH
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL
MARITIME. Oct I5.-The hearing of
the demurrer and cross complaint TO
George C. Gurnee's suit for divorce
sleo against his bride Of a month. Mrs.
Lillian keller Gurnee. was heard this
rrorning before Judge Wells Of the Su-
pcrior Court. Mrs. Gurnees peuuon
for 500 costs. $3.50 per month alimony
and $3.50 counsel fees during the pen
dency of the suit were allowed. though
Curnee's attorney made a strong plea
for a reduction.
Gurnee. who owns nearly half Of
Siege in this county, and is interested
in property in New York worth $780,
GOO. married Lillian Keller in New
York after wooing Of four years. Her
father, who is president of the Nash
vile and Tennessee Railroad, siren
uouslv objected to the match, but Cur
nee married the girl and brought her
TO Oakland on q wedding tour.
The story OF their marital wars be-
gan almost with the day the ceremony
was performed In her cross complaint
she alleges that the honeymoon was
turned into a drunken orgy from the
time they. left New York until he
hurled a glass Of champagne at her
while they dined one night in the Fo-
rum Cafe in Oakland. Following this
seance he is said to have insulted her
both in public and at their Siege home.
and affairs finally eliminated in his
suit for freedom.
Mrs Gurnee is a striking brunette
and is but % years of age. She ap-
peared in court this morning beside
her attorney, nattily dressed in white,
and told straightforward story of
their lives during their one month of
married estate.
Gurnee charges that his wife refused
10 live in an Oakland hotel, though he
paid IS per day for their rooms alone,
and when Siege was reached she de-
clared the cottage a two -by-four" and
asked him 10 give her those luxuries
she had while living in New York.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
RUSHING WORK ON
AMERICAN.

L. NJ. Fletcher, who was formerly a
familiar figure in railroad circles in
San Francisco, is on a visit here
from Mexico City, where he is now
engaged as assistant TO President d. P
Doak of the Pan-Aanerican Railroad.
Fletcher returned yesterday from a
conference with President Doak at Los
Angeles and announced that the Pan
American would be in operation to
Guatemala City by January. He said:
We are now operating the road s75
miles from San Geronimo, where the Pan
American connects with the Tehuante-
pee RattonaE We have about $500
men at work, hurrying construction,
and 1t is proceeding with great facil-
ity- Our construction problems are not
exceptionally difficult, grades averag-
ing less than l per cent. From Qua
temala City the road will continue to
Panama and eventually be extended to
South America.
The country tapped by the road from
San Geronimo TO Guatemala City
abounGs in natural resources and Is
an unusually rich one. 1t will help,
Wood problem about which so much
trouble is being experienced in the
United states and elsewhere. In the
State of Chiapas there are enough vtr-
gin forests OF the finer grades of hard
wood to supply not only the United
states, but to meet elsewhere the fall
III OH IN the supply or MdtaDar teak
and similar Oriental woods. There are
miles and miles of the finest Spanish
cedar, mahogany, mora, leche maria,
Juana casta and other woods that take
the most brilliant polish waiting for
the ak and the planning mill to convert
them into use for the interior furnisher
and cabinet maker The industry in a
way has been begun, and we are now
shipping hard wood logs over our road
for use in San Francisco.
In the Tapachula district of Chiapas
they are now raising annually 300.Oo0
sacks of coffee. The Industry is at
tended by conditions that make it
unique. Coffee raising cannot be car
ried on in any other part of the world
without shade trees, but the conditions
In Tapachula make these unnecessary,
and the cost of production is consid-
erably lessened. There are also extern
sive areas of henequen raised, more
nually TO rope plants in New York and
other American cities.
A peculiar feature about this won
derful country is its relative proxim-
ity to American cities. 1t may sound
strange, but it is a fact that we can
ship fruits over our road and reach
New York four days quicker than the
fruit shippers of California.
Fletcher discredited the reports OF
anti-American feeling in Mexico. The
trouble at Ell Cananea was as purely
local as the street car strike in San
Francisco, he said, and Americans were
as safe in Mexico as they could possibly
be in a foreign country on either hem
isphere.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16

been taken to prison, 1t being the in
tention of Nora and his companions
to shoot the robbers on sight.
Neither of the men were masked,
both being of medium height, smooth
shaven. rather dark of complexion and
roughly dressed.
Mrs Morra's arms, neck and face to-
day showed evidence of the brutal
treatment to which she had been sub
jected by the thugs. Her face was
badly bruised from the blows rained
upon her and on her neck were plainly
visible the finger marks of the brutes.
The victim of the assault, in describing g
the attack upon her. said:
Il was on my way home from Oak
land, and just at the gate here two
men came out of the shadow of tree
and demanded my money. / told them
had none and screamed for help and
then tried TO run. but they caught me
and beat and choked me until / fell.
Then they took the money and ran up
the road"
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
News of the Counties Bordering San Francisco Bay
Young Peoples Missionary
Conference Is Opened.
Interesting Topics for
Interdenominational
Assemblage.

OAKLAND. Oct 15.-The Young Peo-
ple's Interdenominational Missionary
Conference was opened in the First
Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock this
morning. Rev. H. j. vosburgh presiding
The music of the conference is under
the direction of B. l.. Lick, and it is
planned to make a speciality of singing
in chorus the great hymns of the
church
The sessions are opened with read
ings from the Scriptures and exposi-
tions by the readers follow. This
morning Rev. Miles B. Fisher read the
seventy-second Psalm and commented
upon 1t, Addresses by the Rev. Hiram
Van Kirk and Professor G. w. Rine
upon scriptural topics were delivered.
Rev. Thomas A. Boyer spoke on the
commands of the Savior to carry the
Gospel to every man in the world. Rev.
John Thompson gave an idea of the
extent of the work of the American
Bible Association, of which he is sec
retary, in furnishing the Bible to all
nations of the world translated into
the language of each.
Z The afternoon session was opened
with Bible reading by Rev. Levi Greg
ory of Berkeley. Miss Sarah M. White
supplemented his appeal for Christian
Unity with an address entitled, Found
Wanting"
W ''ChrlStlan InQlHerence as an OD-
stac1e to the spread of the work formed
the subject of an address by Rev. H..
w. Gilchrist of San Jose. The Ex-
clusiop of Orientals," as treated by the
Rev. HI. B. Johnson of San Francisco,
who has charge of the Oriental Mission
of that city, was an endeavor to remove
the dislike so prevalent against people
of the Far East.
Stuart w. Booth spoke of the "Atti-
tude of the Press Toward the Mis-
sions." Booth encountered spirited op-
position when he intimated that the
missionaries in foreign lands had by no
means the stony path usually ascribed
TO them DR.. ]. H. Laughlin, for twenty
years in the Chinese field, said that
where the workers lived in better
houses than the natives, it was often
because they built them with their own
hands.
At the evening session a speech by
the Rev Lapsley A. McAfee, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Berkeley, outlined the possibilities Of
work for the present convention. The
"Haystack Centennial Celebration. an
address by the REv. c. r. Brown Of the
First Congregational Church of Oak
land was the feature of the evening.
The conference will last for. three
days. following today, and the pro-
gramme is varied and interesting
Tuesday afternoon Rev. Alexander
Henry, secretary of the Presbyterian
board of publication and Sabbath School
work, will deliver an address on the
Experiences of a Sabbath School Mis-
slonary."
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
RENEGADE UTEs DEFY
THE WYOMING AUTHORITIES

WASHINGTON. Oct 15-Governoz
Brooks OF Wyoming has been PRACTICAL
ly notified by Secretary Hitchcock thaf
he can secure the assistance or the
United States troops in the matter OF
the renegade Ute Indiaus, whose home
is in Utah, II he so desires. There ana
about 800 Of the Indians encaInped near
the town OF Gillette, in the northwest
ern corner Of ths State. and the Cow
ernor has notified the Secretary that
they are drinking, insulting the people
and stealing He added that yesterday
they dened the local police ofScers, and
he suggested that serious trouble Is
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
DEATH OF BALTIMORE CAPITALIST,

BERKELEY, Oct. 15.-Alfred ]. VI
man, president of the Wilson Distilling
Company, capitalist interested in
many veptures in Baltimore and the
West. died Saturday at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs j. d. Arnold 2401
Prospect avenue. He was 7S years old
and had been i'll for five weeks U1man
had spent his winters here for a mum
Der of years. He is survived by a
wife. four daughters aud a SON. Mrs.
Arnold, daughter, of this city is the
wife of DIR. ]. d. Arnold. j. A. Ulnan,
the SON, and Mrs. M. R. Walter reside
in Baltimore, and two daughters are
in Paris. The body will be taken to
Baltimore for interment.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
REV. ROBERT WHITAKER
RESIGNS HIS PASTORATE
Il Is said That Leaning Toward So
cIaliSm Caused Him to Decide
to Abandon Pulpit.

OAKLAND. Oct. 15.-In a letter TO his
congregation resigning as pastor Of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Baptist
Church. Rev. Robert Whitaker gave
last night as his reasons. the desire
10 enter the field of letters in a man
ner which his sectarian ties had hither-
TO prevented him from doing, and the
wish TO conserve his health. He fur
ther stated that his conviction Of Chris
tian duties in this day OF awakening
social responsibility were Of a nature
that no creed could bound, and while
he by no means intends 10 sever his
connection with the Baptist church,
he could no longer be true to his con-
science If he continued in the ministry.
The announcement of his resigna-
ton. which will take effect on Decem-
Der 81 Of this year. came as a surprise
70 the members of the church. with
whom the pastor has been popular.
His leanings toward Socialism are
said TO be the main reason for the
pastors retirement from the pulpit.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
LOSES JEWELRY AND GOLD
DUST WHILE AT THEATER
Mira. j. A. Elliott, Guest In Seattle Ho-
tel, Robbed by Thieves who Care
fully Relock Door and Trunk.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 15.-JeweIry
valued at $4,000 and poke containing
$3.50 in gold dust were stolen last
night from room in the Diller Hotel,
occupied by Mrs. j. A. Elliott, who ar
rived in the city from Alaska last Sat
urday. The wealth was taken from a
locked trunk, the trunk relocked and
the door of the room relocked.
Mrs. Elliott went to a theater last
night. Before she left her room she
locked her jewelry in a trunk, then
locked the door to her room, leaving
the key at the hotel Office. When she
returned from the theater she looked
into her trunk and the valuables were
gone. The door and the trunk were
locked just as Mrs. Elliott had left
Them
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
Personal.

Chief Clerk Gateley Of the Majestic
eft yesterday morning for the Suisun
marshes and has promised his friends
At the hotel a duck dinner for this
evening.
A. H. Burns, who is interested In
several enterprises in Nevada, is at the
ST Francis.
George z. Taylor. business man of
New York, is on a visit TO the coast
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
NO NEWS RECEIVED FROM
PEARY ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Failure of WhaIers TO Return Indi-
Gates That Entire Fleet Is
Held In the lee.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The middle of
October having been reached, the time
limit set for receiving news from the
Peary Arctic expedition, hope prac-
tically was abandoned last night Of
hearing this year from the band OF
explorers who sailed from this port
sifteen months ago. IT was expected
;hat news would come from the ex-
pedition through the whalers when
they sailed into Dundee, Scotland, at
the end of their cruises this fall. The
lxhalers have failed TO come into port.
and this is taken as a certain indica-
lion that unusual weather conditions
prevail in the Arctic and that the en-
tire feet has been caught in the ice in
the sudden closing OF a remarkably
short summer period.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
pr,,vu rUNps MAINTAINED.

OAKLAND, Oct. I5.-Ihe UaKIand
relief committee, formed after the fire.
has decided to maintain It's organiza-
tion until April 1, 1907. and to dis
burse funds until that time where de-
serving refugees require help. There
is on hand S9s,762. Any unexpended
money in the special San Francisco
appropriation of 100000 will be re-
turned to the San Francisco committee
January 1, 1907. A reserve Iund Will
be held after January /.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
BRAKExAN,s HEAD SEVERED.

UKIAH, Oct. 15.-William E. Meyers
was caught between two cars at Albion
Landing yesterday and crushed to
death. The cars were being taken
down to the landing Dy gravity, and
Meyers was acting as brakeman. AS
he did not return promptly, some of
the train crew went to find him. They
found his body lying on the track, his
head and right leg severed
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16
DEATH CALLS AssEMBLYMAN.
r. III. e. Espey Succumbs to Consumu
ton After Long StruRrle

II. II. Il. Espey Succumbs 10 COnsump-
ton After Long Struggle.
OAKLAND, Oct. 15.-Assemblyman r.
H. E. Espey died today at Monrovia
after a long illness. Espey was elected
to the Legislature from the Fifty nrst
Assembly District and was candidate
for reelection. He was an attorney.
For a long time Espey had been fight
ing against the slew encroachment of
consumption He had been in Southern
California under medical care for sew
eral months. Espey was a member of
Brooklyn Lodge of Masons, under
whose direction the funeral will be
held.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16

SCOTT May SELL wHIsKY.-United States
Internal Revenue Collector John G.. Lynch has
been Instructed by internal Revenue Commits
sioner Yerkes to allow Henry III: Scott of the
San Francisco Red Cross and Relief G Committee I'M
lief fund without payment OF the special rev.
enue tax.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16

FELL INTO BAsEMENT.-Herman Zollinger
Of 21l6 California street last night fell from
an unighted sidewalk on Polk street. near Bush
into an unguarded basement, sustaining frac.
lures Of the collarbone and left hip.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-16

FUSE BLEW oUT.-George Brown of 1852
Fillmore street, a United Railroads motorman.
was severely burned about the face and hands
1 By a fuse his blowing out yesterday.
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G RA V e

(Unintentionally omitted last week.
A. A. Porter has shipped car load
of hay.
E. NJ. Light visited Grants Pass
last Monday.
School is progressing very nicely,
10 pupils being enrolled.
q. H. Bean of Grave made Grants
Pass visit last Sunday.
Miss Adah Light made Leland a
business trip last Monday evening.
Miss Pearl Lewis was the guest of
Miss Clorrah Light last Monday even.
ing.
Mrs. A. Oggier and her daughter,
Miss Margaret were guests of Mrs.
Lydia Johnston last Sunday.
Messfs. Clarence Farleigh and Han
key Phillips, two of Leland's mill
boys, visited Grave last Saturday.
Gale Corder and two children
have returned from Umatilla, Oregon.
We are all glad to see them back
again.
The Grave school has oragnized a
literary club and on Friday, Septem-
Der IA. the members of the club will
give reading contest.
A very pleasant time was spent at
Hotel De Duncan last Sunday after
noon. quite number being present.
Some enjoyed themselves with a
melon contest, Miss Pearl Lewis be-
ing champion melon eater, while
others entertained themselves with
singing and instrumental music.
FARMERS.