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The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
SLIGHT CHANGE IN
RAILWAY ROUTE

The western Pacific Railway Com
pany filed with the Board of super
visors yesterday an amended petition
for a franchise to construct and ope-
rate line Of railroad along route
which differs in a few unimportant
details from the route set forth in the
original petition filed one year ago.
The route now proposed viii not
cross the tracks OF the bay shore cut
off of the Southern Pacific Company
where they emerge from the tunnel
in the Potrero Hills. 1t will be re-
moved from fifty to 100 feet from the
original route and will be better from
an engineering standpoint.
The road will run from the water
front and Twenty-hfth street. thence
in a general southwesterly direction
along Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania.
Twenty-third, wisconsin. Eighteenth,
San Bruno, Division and Brannan
streets.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
CAPTAIN INDICTED FOR CRUELTY

The United States Grand Jury report
ed two indictments against Captain
Walter S. Varnam, master of the whal
ing steamer Herman. yesterday The
first contains twelve counts and
charges him with having trieed up for
one hour William PRESLEY, William j.
Noble, George r. Castleman and Harry
Reynolds.
/ There are also four counts charging
Varnarn with having withheld suitable
food and nourishment from the same
men, and four counts charging him
with cruelty in having confined them
handcuffed in an. unventilated hold.
The second Indictment contains three
counts Of beating and kicking Castle
man. John Sylvester Joy and Henry
Micko.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
Shipping News and Gossip
Of the Water Front
Ship Samoena's Master Faints
and Falls From the Poop

rye British ship samoena, Captain
Thompson, reached port Thursday:
t from Hamburg with her skipper-
iohsly III and badly crippled, the
tier affection the result Of a fail
om the poop TO the main deck. as the
yindjammer was. crossing the bar.
Tile Samoena passed quarantine yes.
-r5ay morning and Captain Thompson
now under medical care. He: had
eH ajling for several weeks with
me trouble that the contents. of the
pss medicine chest had failed to
ssipate.
I think you're bilious, sir. said the
,. Aye aye, sir" the mate dutifulIy
fool" continued the skipper:
f7w in tophet could q. man get bilious
ea sorned beef and hardtacz r.
Bilious or not, the skipper was a
rEty sick man when the mate: re-
d to him that the pilot had. come
board Captain Thompson went on
rees. walked TO the forward. end of
hes poop and there apparently fainted.
.7aclong he fell over the rail to the
-E deck. turning in the air and land
~ en- his back His hips were. badly
-Qred and he was hurt Internally
snip was entered at the Custom
9se by Chief Oficer c. D. Watson.
The Sameena left Hamburg August
Except of Cape Horn, no serious
STORMS We're experienced. Light airs
sna heau winds conspired to make
aious the Samoenass experience in
-6 Pacific. On November: 10 in latitude
south. longitude So Il west, a
usually clear Of ieebergs.. an
500 feet high and half a mile
cir
passed November 20. Heavy westerly
gales were encountered on the Horn
ior fourteen DAYS. The Samoenass s
esrso included a big shipment OF
euent.
san Juan Fails to Arrive
The Paeifc Mail liner san Juan, Cap
-a Try was due yesterday from
Panama and way ports and all day long
a- the hirge Office customs inspectors
migrs ton and quarantine officials
av-a5te6 her. coming. The weather shut
tHick on. the port IN the afternoon,
a15 as Eaptain Urry likes to see. where
shiI is going he probably decided
\ POSTPONE his arrival until today:
Both Make Long Passages
The norwegian bark Nargit arrived
--5ster f3y at Tacoma and the fivezfnast-
I'd ha'kentine Everett @. Griggs at
Port townsend, both from Honolulu.
AaAS-A Was ABAlN -ANC QaSS anu
1.-The Giggs more than fifty days on the
Tsr tld some anxiety was felt for
tre.r lafety. The Griggs was spoken
c -ati port more than a month ago.
Water Front Notes
The Pacific Mail liner. Acapulco
cleared yesterday and will sail today
for PasaTna and way ports. ..:*..
Tie 3ner Peru left Acapulco January
Sc Tor t1is port.
The |Japinese steamer Shihetoro
Nsru sailed from Yokohama January
-- for th.s port. -
The Br tEh ship Earl Of Dunmore
: cleared yeserday for Vancouver. =
The ato OF the steamer Daisy
Mitchell. rhich arrived yesterday from
UsIsrs 4culded 2O2. sacks of oysters
Rsceiptf Of lumber by sea yesterday
.amounte5to 1.7l5.o00 feet. sc-,s
The. II tgbter Alaska sailed yester-
day for fonolulu by way Of Seattle.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
WOULD DISMISS A SUIT
THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD
Litigants Become Old Men While Action
for an Accounting is Pending
In Local Courts

A motion to dismiss suit which has
been pending in. the local courts for
thirty-eight years was made yesterday
before Judge Graham and taken under
advisement by the court. Thomas
Moran began suit in 1869 against
Thomas McInerney. his partner, in a
small business. demanding an account
ing and dissolution of partnership
For nearly four decades the case
has remained among the court records,
finding its way now and then to a
place on the calendars and twice it
has been carried to the Supreme Court
Both litigants are now old men and
one of them is in the a1mshouse, while
the property. the original purchase of
which. by Moran, led to the trouble.
has advanced in value from $500 to
$4,000. The records in the case have
not been restored since the fire, and
this is made the basis of the motion
for dismissal
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS

The next meeting Of the Woman's
Occidental Board of Foreign Missions
will be held next Monday in Calvary
Church, Jackson and Fillmore streets
There will be two sessions. one at 1890
in the. morning and the other at 1870
in the afternoon. All persons interested
in the work of the board will be well
coined. During recess the ladies' will
serve a lunch.
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Novak for 500 month for five years: for same
account TO John Radoyich, ave offices at Davis
street and Broadway, for five years at a rental
OF $1,000: for the Brilliant Furniture Company
to Mrs. Frances Schubert. rooming house at Lar
kin street and Birch avenue. for i've years, at
$4,000 total rental
The Landry c. Babin Company re-
ports the sale of the old Adelphia
House property at the northwest cor
ner of Kearny and Jackson streets.
fronting 1875 on KeaTny street by a
depth of 1875. at the price Of $4,000.
This being the first sale OF any size
in Kearny street In that vicinity.
marks the values for that section, and
is very significant at this time. The
purchasers of the property. Friedman.
Schwartz & Crocker, intend to erect q
three-story and basement hotel build
ing at a cost of about 100000. This
viii be valuable Improvement to the
lower end of Kearny street.
The Landry C. Babin Company re-.
ports the following leases within the
last week:
E. & j. Antiques to H. .semeria. stores on
Montgomery avenue and Adler street. for dve
years, $13.50O; Mrs. c. Proll to Chris loft ct
al. No. 450 Kearny street. for five years. $1,000
g. Figone to I. Saenz, No. 41s Green street, for
i've years, $500; L. Guglielmont TO II. Green
berg, No. 514 Dupont street, for two years.
$1,000; y. Yokota TO Jim Wong, second story.
Pacific street and Bartlett alley for three years.
$4ogV; y. fokota to Jim Wong. store on corner
years, $1,000; Goldberg & Gall 70 Tin San. Nos
I33 TO I41 Dupont street and Nos. 81 to 40
Waverly place, for ten years, S55.5o0; II. Barto
to F. Blanchard, No 122 Eighth street. for ave
years, $4,000; Y Yokota to Jim Wong No. 6461a
kota to Jim Wong. No. 112O Dupont street for
two years, $500; Brignole Estate Company 70
T. Gosltnsky & Co.. building corner Of Pacific
and Sansome streets, for ten years. S36.00o-
REALTY SALES REPORTED
Chamberlain & Co. report the follow
ing sales:
improvements and lot 4Ox12O east line OF
Sixth avenue. 175 north Of Point Looos; terms
Jacob. Improvements aud lot 25x100, situated
ON the south line OF Sacramento street. 62:6
Green improvements and lot 30x77:6, south line
Of Union. 1875 west OF Webster; terms pri-
vate; Campbell to solomon Improvements and
street, 1885 east OF Webster, terms private.
Taylor 10 Marchand. Improvements and lot 25x
I7:6. situated on the south line Of Post street.
25 west Of Devisadero; Studzinskf to ShelOr.
Improvements and lot 25x120, situated on the
west line Of Fifth avenue, go north o. p
snS Iot 5HxIs s,tgated on the vest iins -
Twenty-hfth avenue. IS north OF A street, Cham
berlin to Dunn Lot OF land. 52x12o. situated
north OF Lake: Marshall to Harkness. Lot OF
land 35x125, situated the south line of
street. 70 east OF Twenty sixth avenue,
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
Memoranda

YOKOHAMA. Feb 1-Jap stmr Shibetoro
Maru which put back to this port with steering
gear disabled. sailed from here again on Jan 27
for San Francisco
LONDON. Jan 3l-Br stmr Clavering was
blown ashore in the River Tees last night, and
NAV break up at any moment.
Per Br ship Samoela. at San Francisco. Jan
RI from Hamburg-Safled from Hamburg on
Aug H. and came 10 anchor the same day at
Cuxhaven on account Of Sc gale and sailed
again on Aug Is. Had strong NNW winds to
LAT 55 n, long IA W. Had very light winds to
the equator which we crossed in long 25 w on
Oct l3. Got the Sc trades on the equator and
lost them in lat II s. Had strong southerly
winds to lat 40 s. On Noy 10 In La A IA q
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
sSnowe on ground. 1877 inches.
SYNOPSIS: ND .EAREGAST ;.

Cloudy weather prevails over the Pacific Slope
except fair in Eastern Washington. Rain has
fallen i from Central California to Central oregon
ana eastward to the Rocky Mountains At
Eureka 1346 inches are reported during the
past II hours, The temperature has fallen over
oregon and Washington and remained nearly
stationary in California and Nevada
Conditions are favorable for showery weather
weather In the south.
San Francisco and vicinity Showers Saturday;
south wind. .
south wind. :,
:. ,,I1 Los angeles and victnity--cloudy Saturday;
&C. II. WILSON. Local Forecaster
: Temporarily in Charge.
long long IS 4 y passed large iceberg. 500 feet
nigh and half a mile long and four small fee
bergs. Passed Cape Horn Nov 90 Had sue.
eesslon OF westerly gales off Cape Horn for II
variable winds to lat % S., when we got the Sc
trades and carried them TO lat' 2S n. Crossed
the equator OF Jan in long 1l2 W. From lat 2s
y to port had strong S and Sc winds
Movements of Steamers
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
Great Store and Office Building Will
Be Erected Famous Blythe Block

T%HE owning the famous Blythe block will
the erection and Office buildings
according welounded information
local real Work will first be begun the
side of the block being
street will have been completed
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
u. S. Branch HydroSraphfc Office

A. branch of the. United States Hydrographfc
Office, located at the Merchants Exchange, is
maintained in San Francisco for the beneft of
mariners, without regard to nationality and free
Of expense. Nayigators cordially invited to
visit the office, where complete sets of charts and
sailing directions Of the world are kept at hand
for comparison and reference and the latest in
formation can always be obtained regarding
lights dangers to navigation and all matters of
interest to ocean commerce: The time ball SER
vice has been suspended pending the reconstruc-
tion of the tower of the Ferry building.
]. @. BURNETT,
Lieutenant u. S. N, in Charge.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

The Tne Ingalls, is at Newport News. Va.
me me Saerldan is in port Out Of commission
fer Sserman sailed January Is from Honolulu
for rhs t,1 Thomas naz sailed January % from Manila
commission. c-e c-e " 50 my
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
Army Transports

The Burnside IS at Seattle
The Buford Is IN port
The Crook is in port Ont OF commlssion.
The Dixie is at Manila.
the Kirkpafrfck Is ct Newport News. Va
ThesLogan is IN port and VIII sal February .
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
The Overdue List

British bark Netherby. 2o6 days from Mary
r,er;f For Talcahuano so per cent
British bark Astoria, loz Gays from Aoeialoe'
IN Ellrnne Der cent.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
: Freighfs and Charter,

Inc british barkentine Everett G. Griggs is
ens s sageo: Ior lumber nom Puget Sound TO Callao
the nns me British steamer Appalachee returns to
s1s OIlsnC lieut. With refined oil. Both were char
., Inc French bark Turgot at Portland, proceeds
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02
CLUBS BUILD HOUSES

Many of the purchasers have been
enabled to secure lot on the INSTALL
ment plan and have enough money to
buy lumber, but cannot afford the ex-
pense of having the house huilt. This
being formed among the various work.
men, who help each other to build A
club in the Richmond district has been
doing great work out there. and the
consequence is that many a humble
workman is well established in COM
fprtable home, which. If he had to rely
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

Behlow & Lucas have made sales in
the downtown district within the past
few days to the amount of about s175.-
600, among which were the following:
For the account of Gus Harsha1l to a client
of the Arm, for figure around $50 Oo0 the lot
25x120 on the south side OF Sutter street.. 130
east of Stockton.
For account of Mrs. Sarah Morris to client
of the Arm, for $50 600, the lot 62:6xS0, with
two-story brick warehouse, on the southeasterly
line Of Federal street. 1S7 northeast of Second.
For account of Frank j.. MeGlinchey to Messrs.
Fisher and Merritt, for $500, the lot 1O0x120
On the southeast corner Of Sixth avenue and G
street Also, between the same buyers and
seller, the southwest corner Of Sixth avenue
and O street. 50x1o0, for $425o- The buyers
viii erect Immediately a large number OF fats
For account Of Mrs. euughlan to Hans veroni,
for sao15 the lot 2.Siss Sc o. on the south line
For account of Q. W. Moores to v. L. Bauer,
for S1135. lot on Eighteenth avenue, near Cali
fornia street. 25x10o.
The same firm has also sold the lot,
30x60, on the northerly line of Sutter
street, 77:8 east Of Grant avenue, for
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-02

Z0xloF.o, ana cOLLaSe- az W dller street, 10 v.
Miholovich, for 5000; for account OF Isabel
teenth avenue. south Of Point Lobos. each Box
12O to r. Smith ct al. for $3.50 each; for ac-
count OF Fred Townsend and @. K Blender,
lot 81 6x90 and improvements OF six fats, on
north line OF Hayes street. near Lyon, for
The firm also reports the following
leases:
For account Of McDonough Brothers. store at
Charles J. Collins, at total rental of So. 900;
in the Polk building they have leased offices 10
DR.. W. B. Coffey and DR.. s. J. Gardner for
three years at $500 a month; also Offices In
same building TO NJ. Friedman, Hassett Bo-
land and William J. Gleason; for account OF
william Cohen, the rooming- house at Larkin
street and Birch avenue to Brilliant Furniture
Company, for five years, at total rental OF
SIC 500; for Ellen Mueller to Elizabeth Cress-
we'll the building at 610 Bush street for three
years. at 500 month; for G. Capurro ct al,
Clark streets to William Musante ct al FOR
five years, at 500 month; for estate OF ".
S. Keyes to Arthur Elias. building at 713 Davis
street for SIPS month; for DR.. George Good
fellow to Thomas w. Hendry, the lot and
buildings on south line Of McAllister street west
OF Cough, for i've year,, at total rental OF
$40 600; for John J. Mazza, the premises at
northeast corner OF Sutter and Pierce streets to
Frank Harker, for i've years, at a total rental
OF $4,000; the old Dickey's roadhouse on north
west corner Of Sixth avenue and Fulton street
covering lot 100000, for Eliza j. Fish ct All
TO Albert Stimson and Robert Ipswich, for i've
years, at a total rental OF SIS. 500; for estate
OF w. s. keyes, store at III Davis street to n.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05

open the lands. Especially rigid
rules have been adopted to prevent
spectators from taxing lands mere
ly to sell in few months to bona
flde settlers. Davis asserts that the
Umatilla project probably contains
the richest lands, with the best sur
rounding conditions, of all govern
ment irrigation enterprises.
Good progress is being made on the
Umatilla irrigation project at Hermis-
ton, where the government has plan
ned to irrigate about 10000 acres OF
bottom land. About "a per cent Of
the work on the mammoth dam is now
completed, and the main feed canal,
rs miles in length, is completed.
There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that the government will
not further prosecute the Oregon land
fraud cases." says acting Attorney
General Russell
]. T. Thompson, found guilty OF rob-
bling his former employer Of several
thousand dollars in cash and diamonds
was sentenced by Judge Gantenbein
in the circuit court at Portland, to
years in the penitentiary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05
OREGON souIRs.

Frank Parr, ST., of Pendleton
whose friends have been advertis-
ing for his whereabouts, has been
located in The Dalles, where he has
srent the past fortnight on his way
tc visit his son in Yakima.
Willie, the 1S-year-old son of e. L.
Wiley, was killed at the Wiley
ranch, near Wallowa. recently, by
his horse falling on him.
The Pendleton fair was a great
success and the finances of the as
ISOLATION are in splendid condition.
Chief Engineer Davis Of the re-
clamation service, announces that
one-third, or 1000 acres. Of the Una
tilla irrigation project will be thrown
open to settlement some time prior
to January 1. Heretofore this has
been much in doubt, but recent re-
ports warrant the preparations to
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05
SHOT HER iHusBAND-To-BE.
"Unwritten Law" is Invoked in Be-
half of HeIga Anderson
in Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-Judge N. Bren-
tano, in the criminal court. has up
held the "unwritten law" when it
was invoked in behalf of Miss Helga
Anderson. Last May she shot and
severely wounded J. B. Darby pe-
cause he would not marry her after
she charged she had obtained a di-
vorce from her husband because she
loved Darby.
On the stand she calmly told the
judge that she shot Darby with the
intention of killing him. She said
she loved him to such an extent that
when she found that he did not in
tend to make her his wife, she lost
all control of herself.
After listening to her story, the
judge set her free.
Technically her plea was emotion
al insanity, but in detail it was the
plea that a woman has a right to re-
venge herself on a man who betrays
her.
The girl retold upon the witness
stand the scene that led to the
shooting. She went to Darby's
rooming house and reminded him
that it had been several months
since she had obtained a divorce to
marry him. She demanded to know
if he intended to give her his name
He replied, 81 guess I'll have to turn
you down, old girl"
Three shots we're her answer
self, but none of the shots proved
fatal. Henry Walker her former
husband, upheld her action. He
tried to get her to return, but she
refused.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05
IDAHO NEWS.

Both oil and gas have been struck
at the oil we'll being bored at Pay
cite, by the Oregon Oil & Gas COM
pany, at depth of 400 feet.
Calvin Clarke. the 9-year old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Clarke Of
Athol, was run over by a freight
train recently and had both legs and
one arm cut off. He died shortly
after.
Earl Steen and James Miller,
stockmen in the Wallowa section,
will be given preliminary exam
nation October IL on the charge OF
stealing cattle from the Salmon
river range.
The jury in the case Of Carson G
Hicks, a deputy sheriff, charged with
the murder of William Quinn in a
Wallace hotel, brought in a verdict
of not guilty after celebrating an
hour.
While lying in baby carriage re
Gently, Florence, the 16-months-old
daughter of A. B. Wade of Lewiston
pulled the cork from a bottle of car
bolic acid and attempted to drink the
fiery liquid. Prompt use of restore
tives saved the child's life, and the
physicians assured the frantic moth
er that the child would recover.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05
Use WIRELESS SOON
MARCONI CLAIMS He WILL BE
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Commercial Messages From This.
Continent to Europe VIII Cost 1oc
Word-WiII Be Reduced Later
Use Continental Code at Present
cIifden, ireland, Receiving End

Declaring that he intended. to stay
in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, until wire
less Communication with Europe had
teen placed on commercial basis
Guglielmo Marconi said recently:
I'VE have finally overcome all OBJ
stacles and in about three weeks Will
commence a commercial transatlantic:
wireless service"
He stated that bad weather would
not affect service, provided the masts;
and poles used in the wireless System
remained unchanged, that the aver
age speed used in sending messages
would be 20 words minute and that
the rate would be 10 cents a word for
ordinary commercial messages and )
cents a word for press dispatches. This
rate, he said, would be cut in two
later
He talked freely regarding his plans
and expressed the utmost confidence
in the outlook for commercial wireless,
telegraphy He said that there would
be no formal demonstration to cele
crate the opening of the new service
I'VE shall make no show about it,
he said, "but go, along quietly. We
have silrmounted all difficulties anG
we are sure of success"
The message sent from the station
at Glace Bay will be received on the
other side of the Atlantic at Clifden,
Ireland, we're Mr.. Marconi said a new
plant had been established fitted out
with the latest machinery and much
more powerful than the older station
at Poldhu, Cornwall. The Cornwall
station, however, will be utilized as a
secondary plant.
Use Continental Morse Code
Connecting with the wireless sts-
lions, Mr.. Marconi stated that the gov
eminent lines in Great Britain would
handle the messages for land transmits
sion, as the Marconi company has "A
contract with the British government
to collect and distribute all its dis
patches. On this side of the ocean, he
said, the company has a contract With
the Canadian government which he be-
lleves viii place the government inter
colonial railway wires at it's disposal.
while the Canadian Pacific and w
ern Union companies both have their
lines connected with the Glace Bay
station and Mr.. Marconi hopes to do
business with them.
For the present the continental
Morse code will be used, but the in
ventor said that if experiments show
ed that the ordinary Morse code was
better it wculd be adopted. The method
of transmission, he said, could easily
be learned by an ordinary cable opera
tor and three months practice would
enable such an operator to handle the
wireless messages properly. Three
operators will be employed at GIace
Bay at first and as the business in
creases more will be added.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05

the rocks in Active pass, Puget sound,
tearing a great hole In her hull
Prosecuting Attorney B. E. Boner
Of Hoquiam has publicly announced
that dance halls must go.
Otto La Budde of Walla Walla
holds the record for the largest
peaches which have ever been grown
In that county. Mr.. La Budde secured
three boxes of peaches from trees In
his yard which averaged one pound
each and measured 13 inches in cir
conference. A few Of the peaches
ever exceeded the above figures.
Next Monday. October 7. the Whit
man county fair and live stock show
opens at Colfax for six days. Every
thing Is in readiness and all that
is needed Is good weather to insure
one of the best fairs in the history
of the county.