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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
STRIKE BREAKER BEATEN
Ventures From Barn and Is Set Upon
by a Mob

A strike breaker whose identity was
not discovered was badly beaten last
evening by crowd of strikers AMI
sympathizers, who followed him after
he left Golden Gate avenue store near
the car barns He put up a vigorous
defense, but was soon beaten into un-
consciousness. He was rescued by a
humane officer, who had to draw his
revolver before the hoodlums would
desist.
Several teamsters were arrested for
obstructing tracks A driver lashed a
switchman viciousIy with his whip at
Turk and Deyisadero streets. Stoning
of cars was infrequent and confined to
the Richmond district. A hay hook
thrown by a Jeamster missed the mo-
torman for whom it was intended ana
struck policeman. In almost every
instance arrests were made.
Mrs. Vernon Sands of 1881 Pacific
avenue was thrown to the ground
while attempting to a1ight from q car
at Polk street and Pacific avenue She
was rendered unconscious and badly
bruised by the fall. Strike sympathiz-
ers at work nearby refused to aid her.
and let her lay where she fell She
was subsequently assisted by a pas
serby and taken to her home
President Calhoun promises night
service on all lines as soon as it is
deemed expedient Meantime, he SAYS.
he will increase the length of the
service each evening until All night
runs shall have been established
again No cars were run last night
after $3.50 o'clock
Rumors to the effect that Calhoun
was about TO launch a newspaper to
take, editorial care of his campaign
were denied.
THAT is absurd" he said. K do
not purpose to run a newspaper /
have my hands full running a street
car system.
Fred Watson, Lawrence Granfield
and William Williams were arrested
in Market street yesterday afternoon
for disturbing the peace by shooting
at carmen and passengers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
.PO|SONS HIMSELF AFT TER
DISAPPOINTING F|ANcE

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June For
mer Lieutenant Mack Richardson of
the Twenty United States infan-
try died late tonight at the hospital at
Fort Sam Houston as the result of an
overdose of poisonous drugs. An
nouncement of the acceptance of Rich
ardson's resignation was made public
yesterday.
Richardson, who had been i'll for
some time, was found today in in
sensible condition, lying across his bed
partially dressed. He was Immediately
removed to the hospital, where 1t was
discovered by the physicians that he
had taken morphine and then followed
it with dose of prussic acid. A search
of his quarters confirmed this. Rich
ardson left a note saying:
ITO whom it may concern: This ac-
ton has been inevitable since last
November
Richardson was born in Tennessee,
December 16, 1869. He was appointed
to the regular army from Missouri.
He was widower with two children,
and his family lived in Missouri. Rich
ardson was to have recently married
a Miss Kelly of Brownsville, Texas, a
daughter of a prominent citizen. The
guests assembled to witness the cere-
mony, but the bridegroom did not ap-
pear. His refusal to marry Miss
Kelly, it Is said, induced a request
for his resignation from his regimental
commander.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
VI. ]. KELLY, NEWSPAPER
ILLUSTRATOR, IS DEAD

OAKLAND. June William j.
Kelly. formerly head of The Calrs
art department and a newspaper IL
illustrator and engraver of much talent,
died Wednesday at his home in San
Leandro.
Kelly had been in the art department.
of The Call for nine years. but before
the fire of April. 1906. was compelled
to resign on account of i'll health.
Kelly was 81 years old and a native
of San Francisco. In his youth he de-
veloped strong bent toward drafts
manship and became a wood engraver.
Later he took regular course in
drawing and rapidly attained a high
place among the black and white illus
traitors in San Francisco. When his
health broke down he took lighter
work with the Jannsen Lithogravurs
company After the fire he went to
San Leandro with his wife and daueh-
ter He was the son of Henry Kelly
of PIeasanton.
The funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning from the Catholic
church at Pleasanton. The BODY will
be taken from San Leandro on the $40
o'clock train.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
PROTEST MADE AGAINST
BUILDING BIG SMELTER

SAN LEANDRO. June 7.-Residentz
of San Leandro are protesting against
the establishment of a large smelling
plant which is to be built, if present
plans mature. in Baden. San Mateo
county. The objections of the citi-
zens have been set forth in resolutions
passed by the board Of trustees of San
Leandro- The resolutions declare that
the discharge OF large quantities Of
poisonous fumes and widespread de-
posit of arsenic and sulphuric acid
would entail the loss of millions Of
dollars through the damaging of the
fertile soil,f and incalculable harm to
animal and vegetable life. Citizens
around the bay are urged to assist in
the movement against the construction
of the works.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
TAILOR MISTAKEN FOR
SAILOR MAKES MILLIONS

BELLINGHAM, Wash, June 1.-On
the mere difference between the words
sailor" and tailor" E. o. Lindblom,
who came to Bellingham today to be
married, owes the fact that he is a
millionaire. He Is one of the found
ers of Nome, Alaska. and principal
owner in the Pioneer mining company,
which paid dividends of $750.000 last
year.
In 1897 Lindblom was loafing about
the docks in San Francisco, where
whaling ships were preparing for the
summer in the Arctic. One of the men
asked if he was a sailor, and Iindblom,
who is a tailor, misunderstood him,
and went aboard the ship. He discov
cred his mistake after the vessel was
at sea, but it was too late. After en-
during privations in the north by rea-
son of which the crew almost mutinied,
three sailors, including Lindblom,
were lost from the ship. They har-
pooned a whale, which took them far
from the vessel. They drifted ashore at
Nome, after days of suffering, and
there discovered the gold that has made
Nome famous. Lindblom was married
here today to Hanna Sparman of Oak
land, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
.P|TTsBURG MURDEREss
DIES IN Los ANGELES
SPECIAL lIspArcH TO THE CALL

LOS ANGELES, June THE dis
covery has been made that Olga Miller,
who died under peculiar circumstances
at the county hospital last month, was
a Pittsburg murderess who had es-
capped eight months ago from an insane
asylum and who was supposed to be
In hiding in Europe. Her real name
she committed crime in Pittsburg to
which the attention of the entire
country was attracted.
On October 2, 1898, she shot and
killed her mother, then shot herself
thrice and severed the arteries in her
wrists She recovered, was tried for
murder and committed to the Dixmont
asylum for the insane for life. There
she is said to have confessed that a
year before she had administered poi
son to her father and killed him. A
month after the murder of the mother
David Reich, a pensioner of the family,
threw himself in front of a train and
was killed month later Edward
Beilstein, brother of the girl, killed
himself with prussic acid on his moth
er's grave.
At the asylum Bertha was a model
patient. On September %, 1906. she
escaped and at the same time an at
tendant named William Hardy of Hard
ing disappeared.
Olga Miller was well known in the
Los Angeles tenderloin and her COM
panion was man who gave his name
as Harding. She became seriously i'll
about six weeks ago and was sent to
the county hospital. Harding visited
her there one night and gave her a
glass of milk. Half an hour later
she died. Harding was arrested on
suspicion of having caused her death,
but an autopsy showed that she had
died of an abscess on the brain at a
point where nine years before she had
shot herself.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08

OAKLAND, June Mrs. Isabelle
Davis Simpson, wife of City Attorney
NJ. W. Simpson of Alameda, has filed
complaints with the district attorneys 8
office charging that her husband, who
was formerly a state senator, has
failed to provide for herself and infant
son. The action OF the wife marks
another phase in the relations of a
couple who have attracted much pub
lie attention. The Simpsons have
never lived together since they were
married in the superior court on Octo-
Der 25 of last year while the BRIDE
groom was being tried on a charge of
seduction. The wedding ceremony.
which was performed by Judge w. I.
Harris, terminated the trial, and Simp-
son was acquitted of the alleged fell
ony. At the time of the marriage the
the mother of son born on August 10,
1906, and of which she claimed Simp-
son was the father.
1t was in February, 1906, that Miss
Isabelle Davis, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cyrus T. Davis of 1927 Pacific
avenue, announced her engagement to
NJ. w. Simpson, who was then a state
senator. Simpson Immediately denied
that he had ever engaged himself to
On Decoration day of last year Miss
Davis visited the office of Simpson in
the Alameda city hall and sought his
life. She demanded of the senator that
he make her his wife, and when he
said he would not Miss Davis drew a
pistol from her corsage and fired at
him. The bullet grazed SIMPSONS left
side and imbedded itself in the chair
In which he was sitting The woman
was disarmed and elected from the of
ice, but Simpson declined to prefer any
charge against her.
Later Miss Davis went before the
grand jury and there gave evidence
that resulted in an indictment being
returned against Simpson on a felony
charge. 1t was while Simpsons trial
was in progress that the marriage was
entered into and the proceedings ended.
Simpson has repeatedly declared that
he will never live with his wife.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08

OAKLAND, June Friends of Mrs.
Harriet Marks, former owner of the
St Mark hotel, which is being erected
at Twelfth and Franklin streets. and
Samuel Samuels, a we'll known jeweler
of this city and a brother of Police
Judge George Samuels, We're surprised
today to learn that the pair had been
secretly married last Wednesday in San
Francisco So carefully did Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuels guard their secret that
only the members of their immediate
families knew of their enga cement, and
even they have not been informed as to
where the ceremony was performed.
The bride and groom are now enjoying
their honeymoon in the southern part
of the state.
Mrs. Samuels up to the time of her
marriage was one of the largest owners
of real estate on this side of the bay.
Yesterday, however, deed was placed
on file by which she conveyed all her
more important holdings to her son.
Martin E. Marks, and her daughter.
Miss Beatrice NJ. Marks. This was
done, according to Sam Samuels Jr., a
son of the bridegroom, at the request
of his father, who desired his wife
to be free from the ~~orry of the man.
agement of the property. Among the
more important properties involved in
the transfer are the lot at Twelfth and
Franklin streets on which the ST. Mark
hotel is being erected, another imme-
diately east of this, a large lot in
Broadway near Durant street, and an
other at San Pablo avenue and Twenty
eighth street
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
BAD DECISIONS NEARLY
CAUSE RIOT At FIGHTS

The California athletic club, which
mas long been known as the administra-
ton club and which is controlled by
Fire Commissioner Mario Bollo handled
some four round fights last night at
Dreamland pavilion in such a manner
as to nearly precipitate a riot Some
had decisions were rendered and back
IF them is the report that there was
heavy betting on the outcome of some
Of the matches. A big crowd witnessed
the fights.
The surprise of the night was the
showing made by Harry Williams
against Jimmy Carroll, who has hith-
erto been invincible In the first round
Williams put Carroll down with a right
TO the jaw and seemed in a fair way of
knocking him out when Eddie Hanlon,
the referee, interfered and gave Car
roll a chance to recover. At the end
OF the fight Hanlon left the ring with
out giving decision. The judges then
decided in favor Of Carroll, who had
been outpointed. The spectators jeered
the award.
There was trouble over the decision
in the Johnny Frayne- frankie Ed
wards bout. The judges gave it to
Frayne. but the spectators We're with
Edwards. The former was aggressive
but the latter was the cleaner hitter
Ed Hagan was given a merited de-
cision over Jim Wilson, who out
weighed him 20 pounds. The bout be-
tween Willie O'Neil and Charley Web
Der was declared a draw. Each scored
knockdown during the fight. Johnny
Murphy won from Charley Dunn, and
Antoine La Grave beat Jim Horner.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
.H|GHB|NDERs THREATEN
REsCUERs OF CHILDREN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

LOS ANGELES, June THE lives of
Attorney Frank F. Pratt, APPRECIATION
court official, and William Waller. for
mer Chinese interpreter Of the immi-
grafton service, have been threatened
by Chinese highbinders, the execution
of the threat depending on which way
Superior Judge Wilbur may decide a
case involving the custody of several
Chinese children
The children were found in a brothel
In Chinatown several weeks ago and
taken into custody. Since then the
Chinese have been trying every pos
sible means to regain possession of
them and have resorted even to efforts
to brfbe certain officials The children
are still in the custody of the court
and decision may be rendered any
day which will either return them to
their alleged parents or result in their
being sent to Juvenile home
In anticipation of a decision unfavor-
able to them the Chinese have resorted
to threats, and Pratt and Waller have
been anonymously informed that If the
court does not restore the children to
the Chinese they will be assassinated
at the first opportunity. The matter
was reported to the court and steps
have been taken to protect those who
have been active in the effort to have
the children sent to some public insti-
tuition.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
SECRET CONFERENCE ON
WATER FRONT CAMPAIGN

OAKLAND June members of the
city council, the board of public works
and William r. Davis. chief counsel for
the city in the water front litigation,
held a long conference last night upon
the water front situation. The session
by majority vote of the council was IN
private 1t was represented to that
body by the mayor that free dis
cussion of questions involved could not
be carried on at public meeting, as
the attorneys would not talk unreserv-
edly on their plans If they were TO be
made public for the benefit, possibly,
of the opposing Southern Pacific inter-
ests in the water front fight.
Much of the well beaten track of the
prolonged litigation was gone over
again by Attorney Davis for the bene-
fit of the new members of the council
The assurance was given that the ad-
ministration was in hearty accord with
the movement to obtain wharf and
dockage facilities for the commerce of
the city. and that as rapidly as possi-
BILE plans for the permanent improve
ment of the water front would be car
ried forward. No definite conclusion
was reached as to further plans in the
work
With regard to the proposed piling of
the lands for municipal wharves at the
west ndTUOT SnOI6 l0c tOQUtil has DcCu
informed that the board of public
works is the proper body to undertake
this project. and that the cost of the
proposed seizure of water front lands
must be provided for by ordinance
Councilman Pendleton, chairman of the
auditing and finance committee of the
council, said that the auditor would not
draw a warrant unless it were based
upon legal authorization. He was nf
the opinion that such work must DO
let by contract.
Mayor Mott was asked today why 4
secret meeting had been held. He re-
Piled:
IF you are going to make cam
paign against an enemy you would
not herald your plans to the wide world
days in advance of your movement.
While this is not strictly analogous,
yet 1T can readily be understood that
an attorney who is talking with his
client would not care to have every
thing he might have to say thrown
broadcast. That was why we re-
quested that the meeting with the
councilmen should be In private We
believe the public interest can best be
served at times by such private con-
ferences. The administration has been
pledged to forward improvements for
the benefit of Oakland's commerce and
that pledge will be fulfilled
During the evening the effect of the
United States circuit court of appeals
decision in the Western Pacifc-S South
ern Pacific terminal suit with relation
to its bearing upon the Oakland water
front litigation was discussed in many
of it's phases. Attorney Davis and City
Attorney McElroy will take up the legal
aspects of the situation at once, and il
is expected that as { result of the con-
ference plans will be developed for
early consummation along harbor i'm
provement lines.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
GENERAL DAVIS HERE
To DECIDE ON FUND
Has Charge of Disposing of
100000 Relief Money
Red Cross Holds
CONSULTS REFUGEES
Tells demonstrators That
He Has No Judicial
Functions

Major General G. W. Davis said yes
terday that one of the chief objects Of
his visit to San Francisco was TO decide
on the disposition to be made of the
s7Oe. 600 subscribed for the benefit of
the San Francisco fire sufferers but stlll
in possession of the American Reo
Cross at Washington
General Davis said he had not yet
come TO a decision in the matter. but
believed that when the final budget
is made up of funds necessary to finish
the business Of the relief committee
here that there will be no money left
10 dispose OF.
.Tn almost every case where large
sums of money are gathered for suffer-
ers of a common calamity, said Cen
e-al Davis. there is a surplus. There
was over half a million left after the
sufferers from the Chicago fire had been
taken care Of There was also residue
from the Johnstown flood and the Bal
timore fire These sums were put TO
other charitable uses. While here J
wish to learn the sentiment of the
people in this regard. AS chairman
OF the central committee of the Red
Cross. and having the matter in charge,
I do not care TO be dictatorial
General Davis put in the day yester-
day hearing refugees who had COM
plants to make against the Relief Cor
poration. He had expressed himself
particuIarly desirous of hearing the
United Refugees, who had been writing
10 every official in Washington from
the president and secretary of war on
down. Alva Udel was the first TO
appear yesterday, and made enough
charges. as +. w. Dohrmann said, TO
land all Of US across the bay.'
Udell said he would take legal steps
10 prosecute the Relief Corporation for
misappropriating the relief funds.
IF that is the case" replied General
Davis. Il am afraid I can do nothing
for YOU ] have no judicial standing"
After Udell left Mrs. Hicock, Mrs.
Fleming and Mrs. Stanford, all conspic-
uous in the past as indignant remon-
strators against the way the relief
funds were being spent, appeared in
rapid succession, each making vigorous
objections TO the pretensions OF Udell
as representative of the refugees and
saying that he was taking too much
upon himself He does not represent
anybody but himself, they declared, and
did not do that very well.
General Davis said he would reserve
Judgment on the treatment accorded
by the relief committee TO the refugees
until he had investigated further.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
STEAMERS ARE DRIVEN
ASHORE BY CYCLONE

BOMBAY, June IA destructive cy-
clone swept over Kurrachi yesterday.
Several steamers were driven ashore
and hardly building remains un-
wrecked. The casualties have not been
reported.
Kurrachi, also spelled Kurrachee and
Karachi, is one of the principal sea-
ports of British India, capital of the
Singh division of the Bombay presi-
dency and of the district of Kurrachi.
1t is situated upon the Arabian sea, II
miles northwest of the westernmost
outlet of the Indus. Kurrachi, when IL
passed into the hands of the British in
1912. was but struggling village. 1t
now presents the features of a modern
city, is noted for its manufactures OF
carpets and fine silverware and has a
population of over 10000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
ESTATE OF PATRICK ToRuEy

MARTINEZ, June Patrick Tor
mey of Contra Costa county left an
estate valued at almost $4,000 for dis
tribution among his heirs. real estate,
personal property and cash in bank.
he owned realty in Contra Costa, Ala
media and San Francisco counties. The
heirs are the sons and daughters:
Misses Mary, Ruth, Verda, and John
Leo, Louis. Clement and Linus Tor
mey
The will was filed for probate Wed
nesday and letters of administration
were asked for by Leo L. Tormey, a
Martinez attorney and son of the de-
ceased
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
SON OF GENERAL GRANT
ASP|RES To PRESIDENCY

WASHINGTON, June Jesse r.
Grant of California. son Of the late
General Grant. will be a candidate for
the democratic nomination for presi-
dent Of the United States He is not
only willing to accept the nomination,
but viii come out openly and make a
frank and determined effort to get it.
AS the son of General Grant he is
regarded by his friends as certain to
get a rousing vote of confidence in
many sections and among many classes
in the north, whom no other candidate
could entice from the republican ranks
AS a stanch and lifelong democrat il
is thought he would at least be accept
able to the south. In the west, where
Grant is best known. his reputation as
practical and successful miner is ex-
pected by the promoters of his candf-
dacy TO be quite as popular a theme as
President Roosevelts record as a
rancher.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08
ART ASSOCIATION OPENS
BUILDING ON OLD SITE
Fine Display of Paintings
Saved From Fire Are
on Exhibition
GIFTS ARE RECEIVED
Notable Pictures Are Given
to the Institution by
Women of City
GIFTS ARE RECEIVED

The new home of the San Francisco
art association is open in the tempo
rary building erected on the site of the
Hopkins. home, and the institution is
filling in measure the place of the
former building. The exhibit is, of
course, much smaller than formerly.
but about fifty paintings are in place,
most of which were saved from the fire
by being cut from their frames and
hurried away to places of safety. Some
of the statuary also is exhibited, but
several of the pieces saved are not yet
restored and cleaned sufficiently to be
shown.
Several gifts have been made to the
art association since the fire. notably
engravings of two of Rosa Bonheur' 8
paintings from Miss Anna Klumpke; a
water color landscape by Clara E. Cur
tbs from Mrs. Florence E. Curtis, and
from Miss Sarah Spooner the following
paintings: Soldiers at Mont st.
Michel" by A. A. Lesrel; Arabs" by
A. Schreyer; Interior of Harem," by
Benjamin Constant; After the Battle
by Louis Leloir, and The Calm" by P.
]. Clays, and from Mrs. Robertson pho
tographs of some of Rosa Bonheur's 8
sketches.
spite of its temporary nature, and is
general form is somewhat the same as
the former building, as it was built on
the old foundations. The principal gal
lery is on the west side just to the
right of the Mason street entrance, and
from this goes what is to be known as
the glass gallery, where will be hung
the black and white work and the
watercolors. Beyond this will be the
regents room and the library. A large
gallery is on the east also and TO the
north are the classrooms and the an
tique room.
A summer term of eight weeks will
begin on June 10 and the regular fall
term will open on August s.