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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
MOTHER OF j. CAL EWING
is CALLED BY DEATH
Well Known Pioneer Woman
Expires Suddenly in Denver
After a Long Illness

OAKLAND. Aug. Mrs. Saline E.
Ewing, widow of the late Joshua C.
Ewing and mother of Mrs. Howard
Hanna, Claud c. Ewing and j. Cal
Ewing, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Hanna, in Denver, Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Ewing had been in poor health
for long time, and on the advice of
her physician left for the clearer air
of Denver. Last Thursday ]. Cal Ewin g
received a message stating that his
mother was slowly sinking and he
Immediately left for Colorado.
Mrs. Ewing was - years old and
came to California with her parents
from Kentucky in the early fifties. In
her younger days she was Intimately
connected with the First Presbyterian
church and up to the time of her
death was leading member of that
church in Oakland. The funeral serv-
ices were held in Denver, where the re-
mains were cremated.
J. Cal Ewing, son of the dead woman.
is the best known member of the fam
lily, having been a political figure in
California for many years. For some
time he was secretary of the state
board of bank examiners, but resigned
from that body about a year ago He
has been president of the Pacific coast
baseball league for the last two years
and owns the controlling interest OF
the San Francisco team of that league
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
LEAWTT CALLED
TO HELP MACHINE
State Senator Hurries From
Vacation to Assist Herrinites
in Forty=nint1 District
LincOln=ROoseveIt League Gain
ing Strength in This Sec
ton Every Day

OAKLAND, Aug 4.-State Senator
Frank Leavitt, whose record is that
of consistent follower of Jere Burke,
George Hatton. Walter Parker ct al.
the messenger boys for Herrin's po-
litical bureau, has cut short his sum-
mer vacation and has returned to
town at the call of the machine.
Leavitt is devoting his attention to
the forty ninth assembly district.
which forms a part of the sixteenth
senatorial district, which he was
elected to represent. Leavitt is a
holdover and therefore is not inter-
ested as a candidate. But he is needed
sorely in the forty-ninth.
Every resource of the Herrin gang is
being drawn upon in the effort to de-
feat the John w. Mott-John F. Mullins
ticket in that district. So hard put was
the machine to find a candidate that
/ they picked up John f. Kelly, South
ern Pacific company brakeman, and
forced him into the fight
Leavitt is at the head of pack of
the old guard who have been trotted
out by the Herrin crowd. Money is
being spent freely throughout the dis
trict The machine is making one of
its most desperate fights in the forty
ninth Orders have been issued to
every man who takes orders from the
railroad machine to go to work.
Despite all of this activity, the Mott
Mullins combination is picked as an
easy winner. A large proportion OF
the voters in the forty-ninth are sick
; and tired of the machine misrule. Hun
dreds upon hundreds of railroad en-
ployes in West Oakland are disgusted
with the situation. They cannot be
controlled in the interests of the
Southern Pacific political crowd They
vote independently and have done so
ever since the ballot was made secret.
The good government forces have
organized strongly in the forty-ninth.
, They will be at the polls in over
whelming numbers on primary cleo
tion day, August IL.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
RICH CHICKEN FANCIER
ATTACKED BY BADGER
John P. Reed Surprises Animal
When Raiding Hen Roost
and Suffers Severely

SAN RAFAEL, Aug. John P. Reed.
capitalist, well known rancher and
chicken fancier, who has a big ranch
near Reed station. has lost his choicest
fowls in great number lately through
the depredations of bold thief, and
when he heard a commotion in the
chicken house last night he grabbed
his revolver and ran to the rescue.
Throwing open the door he was sur
prised TO see strange but deter
mined looking animal in the act of bit
ing of the head of one of his prize
roosters. without hesitation Reed took
a shot at it and missed.
The next instant, with a savage
grOWl, the animal dropped the chicken
and jumped at Reed, climbing up his
legs and scratching and biting him
VicOusly before he could get the re-
volver into play. Reed struck at il
with his hands, and attempted to tear
il loose but without avail Before he
fairly realized his danger he was fight
ing for his very life. with the animal
claWing and snatching at his face and
trying to get at his throat. Reed cried
for help. His hired man responded tC
his calls and dispatched the anima
with a blow on the head with bis
club.
It turned out to be a monstroui
badger. Reed was severely bitten anC
torn about the face and body. He haS
10 take to his bed, though his condi
ton is not thought to be serious.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
CONVICT
HIDDEN IN HOLE
San Quentin Inmate Spends
Five Days Secreted in Vain
Effort to Escape
Seen Crawling Through Shrub
berry Seeking Food Thrown
Away by Fellow Prisoners

SAN RAFAEL. Aug. 4.-Lying in
coffin shaped hole under the house OF
the superintendent Of the Jute mill at
san Quentin Charles Ross, the convict
who escaped from his guards last
Thursday was found at an early hour
Tuesday morning by Sergeant OF the
Guards Patrick Connolly. The hole
was just large enough to hold the BODY
OF a man comfortably. TWO empty
pickle kegs. that had been full OF
water were also found under the house.
For five days Ross eluded capture.
When it first became known that ne
had escaped searchers were sent out
into the country, distance OF moro
than 100 miles in all directions Sev.
eraI men patroIIed the water frone
in San Francisco watching for the
fugitive.
1t was shortly before o'clock Tues
day morning when Guard Connolly saw
a man crawling through the shrub
berry in the prison He called 20 the
man to halt, but received no respOne-
Revolver in hand. he traced the man
to the basement of the superintendent
Of the jute mills house.
He saw Ross crawl in under the
flooring and went after him. Poking
his gun into the hole, Connolly ordered
the prisoner to come out Don't shoot.
for Gods sake. I'll come out" said
Ross, as he emerged from his hiding
place. He was handcuffed and taken
before the warden, who placed him IN
cell.
Ross was dressed in a suit OF civilian
clothes and looked as if he had had
nothing to eat since he escaped from
his guards. He had been crawling
around through the shrubbery in search
of something TO eat that might have
been thrown away by one OF his fell
low prisoners.
The disappearance of Ross has been
the cause of considerable disquletness
among the guards at the prison He Is a
carpenter and was doing some work un-
der the supervision of the guards When
the roll was called at the end Of the
day Ross was missing Warden HOyle
stoutly maintained that the mar
had not left the prison yard, but as a
matter of precautiOn, notified police
authorities on the outside
Ross, who Is serving a sentence OF
seven years for burglary will prob
ably lose all of the credits he has, an
will suffer in a general way for
attempt to escape.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
POPULAR SOCIETY
GIRL TO MARRY
Miss Enid Adelaide Lawton AM
nounces Engagement to
John Edward Hall
Betrothal Is elimination of a
Pretty Romance Between
Well Known Young People

OAKLAND, Aug 4.-The engage
ment of John Edward Hall and Miss
Enid Adelaide Lawton, daughter OF Mrs.
G. L. Weidler, was announced To-Day
The news of their approaching mar
riage does not come as a complete sur
prise to the many friends of the young
people in the bay cities. The formal
announcement of the engagement is
the elimination of a pretty romance
which had it's beginning several years
ago. The wedding will be celebrated
in the early fall, probably at the resi-
dence of the brides grandmother, Mrs.
David WILCOX, in Vernon heights
Miss Lawton is girl or unusuai
beauty and charm. The family is well
known in the bay cities. having lived
in Oakland and later in Berkeley. Miss
Lawton is a granddaughter of the late
Israel Lawton, former superintendent
of the mint in San Francisco and a
notable character in California pioneer
history
For the last year Mrs. Weidler and
her daughter have been in Riverside,
where Miss Lawton was graduated
from the high school. Before going TO
the southern part of the state she was
a student in Miss Heads school of
Berkeley. She is popular with the girls
of the younger set and series OF de-
Hghtful affairs will be given during
the early season in her honor. Miss
Lawton is devoted to out of door sports
and is known as a clever horseWoman.
Hall Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. c.
Hall of Berkeley. He is graduate OF
the University of California and mem
Der of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and
several of the honor societies. The
Hall family is socially prominent in the
! bay cities. Mrs. Hall served as presi-
dent of the Town and Gown club, one
of the womens organizations of the
college town, last year. Hall is man
aging his fathers orange groves near
Riverside, and it is here that he will
take his bride following the wedding.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
HARTMAN GREETED
BY LONGWORIHS
Railway Magnate. Says No Po-
Iitical Significance in Meet
ing Rooseyelt's Relatives
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. Ave were
delighted to meet and greet Mr.. and
Mrs Longworth in Chicago last night,
declared Edward II. Hartman today
during his stop In Omaha
'Longworth is a first rate fellow, and
his wife and my daughter Mary be-
came quite chummy during the return
voyage from Japan on which they were
fellow passengers.
There was no political significance
to the meeting, which was quite i'm
promptu. Mrs. Longworth learned of
our presence in the city and called at
the station In a social way When
the auto in which several railroad men
and myself were riding reached the
platform we found the Longworths
there and were very glad to meet
them again"
The call was made at the end of a
day during which the railroad mag
nate had taken particular pains to say
some things quite uncomplimentary
about Mrs Longworth's father and his
policies. what we want is co-opera-
tion and rationalism,'' said e. H. Har-
riman, as he sat in his private car eat
ing a bowl of rice and milk for his
breakfast.
When will you resume building
operations in the west?" he was asked
Whenever the revenue warrants it.
We are ready and anxious just as soon
as the returns from our present lines
warrant the building of new ones"
How is business in your territory"
Hartman was asked.
Don't call it my territory peevish-
ly answered Hartman. It's all my
territory, just as its any other mans
territory. Its all interdependent.'
Hartman was Joined at Omaha by
General Counsel Lovett of the Harri-
man lines, who went west with the
magnate.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
VICTIM OF AUTO WRECK
is BURIED IN ALAMEDA
Funeral of Mrs. Frederick Mar.
riott Is Attended by Many
of Her Friends

ALAMEDA; Aug. 4.-The funeral of
Mrs. Frederick Marriott, who was
killed in an automobile accident in the
Santa Cruz mountains Saturday, was
held this morning from the Marriott
home, 100 Bay street. The services
were conducted by Rev. DR.. Bolts of
San Francisco and were attended by
many friends of the deceased. Mrs.
Lily Birmingham sang the Rosary"
Acting as pallbearers were John Part
ridge, whose 16 year old daughter,
Dorothy, was almost killed in the acci-
dent which cost Mrs. Marriott lrer life,
DR.. w. A. Bryant, Charles Davis, Hal
Wright, George Robinson and Clyne
Carmen
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
PATRICK COUGHLIN is
INDICTED FOR ARSON
Grand Jury Finds Evidence
Sufficient to Hold Him for
Burning Residence
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SAN Jose, Aug. 4.-The grand jury
today indicted Patrick Coughlin for
arson. Evidence sufficient to charge
him with burning the house OF F. w.
Kemling, at Whitney and st. John
streets, on the night of July 16, was
found by the inquisitorial body after
an investigation covering three days.
ling's house at the corner of Whitney
and ST. John streets, and couple of
days prior to the burning of the place
he removed his family to another resi-
dence, but failed to remove his furni-
ture,- on which there was a small in
Surance.
Half an hour before the blaze broke
out in the Kemling house Coughlin was
noticed by neighbor returning from,
the place. After the fire he could not
be located and the arrest followed a
couple of days after.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
PLAN PILGRIMAGE TO
THE YOSEMITE VALLEY
Knights of Columbus Will Take
Eight Day Trip, Begin
ming September )

California council of the Knights Of
Columbus will make a pilgrimage from
September to September IS TO the
Yosemite valley In a special Santa Fe
train. committee consisting Of Can
tain III. P. Gleeson, J. R Castro and D.
+. Supple have made all necessary ar
rangements for the trip.
The knights of Columbus mako
yearly pilgrimages to various parts Of
the state.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
,JILTS FARMER AND
MARRIES POLICEMAN
A. L. Pence, Who Was Refused,
Wants Both Principals
Arrested
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SACRAMENTO, Aug. A. L. Pence.
a well to do farmer, reported to the
authorities today that he had been
badly beaten by a Stockton policeman
named Gayou in the race for the hand
of widow, Mrs. Nettie Terrell, who he
declared had promised to marry him
and take care Of his eight children by
former wife. He furnished fiat for
her in Sacramento and went back to
his ranch to prepare for the wedding.
While he was absent the widow went
to Marysville and marrned Gayou. The
fiat was partly destroyed by fire on
the day of her return. She did not
tell Pence of her wedding. but used the
fire as an excuse for delaying her
marriage with him. He innocently
enough undertook to furnish another
fiat and was in the midst of making
purchases when relative OF Mrs.
Terrell told him what had happened.
He was so angry that he wanted his
policeman rival and his false sweet
heart thrown into Jail, but the authori-
ties told him they could do nothing for
him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
HELD PRISONERS WHILE
BURGLARS OPEN SAFE
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Carroll
Watch Men Rob Store, but
Are Held Helpless
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 4-Mr. ana Mrs.
]. W. Carroll were held prisoners In
their home at Fifth and o streets last
nigSt by burglar while his companion
blew open the safe OF grocery op-
posite The CAROLS were awakened
by the noise of the men at work and
opened a front window to sound an
alarm. As they did so the burglar
commanded them to keep quiet under
penalty of being shot. They remained
at the window for more than an hour
and could see plainly the safe crackers
at work across the way. When the
safe was blown the force or the ex-
plosion aroused the whole neighbor-
hood, but the burglars escaped. They
secured considerable money.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
WRECKERS PROPOSE TO
FLOAT STEAMER ANUBIS
Divers Open Sacks of Barley
Which Is Pumped Out
With Water
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 4.--Within
three days, If the weather holds good,
wreckers hope to float the crippled
steamer Anubis off the sunken reef
near San Miguel island. Captain Pills
bury of the marine underwriters is
In constant attendance and believes
that the ship can be saved. 1t is pro-
posed to beach the ship somewhere on
the protected coast and the wreckers
may decide to bring it to this city.
Instead of lifting out barley sacks
by means of graphing, divers are in
the holds, Sitting open the sacks and
the contents. afioat. are pumped out
with water
Although leaking badly through the
rents and holes in it's bottom. the
steamer is not nearly so seriously dam
aged as was at first believed. All
freight between decks has been re-
moved and most of 1t carried to San
Francisco. The steam schooner West
port Is due at the wreck tonight fol-
another load.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
MISS PARTRIDGE RECOyERs

PAIlO ALTO, Aug. 4.-Miss Dorothy
Partridge, one of the victims of the
automobile disaster in the Santa Cruz
mountains last Saturday which re-
suited in the death of Mrs Frederick
Marriott and James Gilbert, will re-
cover. 1t was stated by her physician
today that although she is suffering
from serious burns caused by gasoline
they are not fatal. The young woman
is reported to be doing we'll and no re-
lapse in her condition is looked for
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
MAN IS STABBED FOR
CAUSING OTHERS ARREST
Lewis Leo Waylays Giacomo
Rigoni and Inflicts Fatal
Wounds
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA ROSA. Aug. Am spirit
of revenge for having BEEN arrested
and fined $40 couple of weeks sago
for throwing stones at the home of
Giacomo Rigoni, Lewis Leo waylaid
him as he was returning home last
night at Sonoma and stabbed him with
a knife. Rigoni received two wounds,
one lust under the ribs in the breast
and one in the back, either of which
may cause death. Leo denies the as
sault, but the bloody knife with which
the cutting was done was found in his
home today by the officers. District
Attorney Clarence F. Lea has taken
Rigoni's dying statement and Leo is
held in custody pending developments.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
wErGHER browns IN Ray

Reaching too far out to catch line
thrown to him by sailor on the
schooner Jennie and Ethel. which was
moored at the wharf, George Fades,
house at section on the seawall, fell
into the bay yesterday and was drowned.
A boat from the steamer Washing
ton rescued the body, but although
DR. Terry of the United States quar-
antfne service worked over him for
several hours the spark of life could
not be restored. The drowned man lived
at Laguna and Greenwich streets and
he leaves a family.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
PoIIcEMAN REscuEs sARrNER

When Charles Smith. an intoxicated
marine fireman, stumbled or the end
of the Mission street wharf into the
bay last night Policeman James Hayden
saw him fall Without hesitating a
second the officer. who is a powerful
swimmer, jerked of his coat and shoes
and jumped in after him. He rescued
the man single handed after a hard
tusSle with the waves and took him
to the Harbor hospital. where he was
put to bed completely sObered. but
little the worse for his ducking. Smith
lives at 2623 Bryant street.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
SHEEP KILLED BY
LIGHTNING IN STORM
Animals and Herder Sought
Shelter of Trees When
Bolt Flashed

RENO, New, Aug. 4.-yirgil Cornell
is authority for the report that 100
sheep were struck and killed by light
ming while taking shelter from a storm
Sunday at Bridgeport, Cal. at the head
of the Carson river. When the storm
came up the sheep rushed under tam
arack tree, while the herder and his
dogs sought the protection of another.
AS the herder was crossing to where
the sheep were a bolt of lightning
flashed. tearing the tree to pieces and
killing every sheep and stunning the
herder and his dogs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
BUSY ON CLAUDIANEs CASE

District Attorney Langdon and Spe-
ciaI Agent William J. Burns were in
the Office of the bond and warrant clerk
yesterday for some time in connection
with the Claudianes case. No warrant
was issued and Langdon declined TO
discuss the purpose of his visit. C1au-
danes was taken from the city prison
during the afternoon by Detectives
Goff and McGee and il was late in the
evening before he returned.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
SUED For INJURIES

SANTA ROSA, Aug. 4.-The damage
against the Northwestern Pacific rail-
road for $4,000 went to trial today
before Lndge Emmett Seawell and a
jury. Snyder was working with a gang
which was engaged in wrecking the
steel bridge over the Russian river at
Camp Vacation last year which had
been washed out by the winter rains
when he was ini,trad
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
IDENTIFIEs DROWNED MAN

The body which was picked up in
the bay near Lands End Saturday
night by the crew of a tugboat was
,dentined yesterday as that of p
was made by George Hawse. manager
OF the Central hotel in Third street
wnere y, Nugent had been rooming. Little
is known of him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
wild Horses

"Broncho BUSTING" in the highest
sense of the term, is what Charles
(Pete) Barnum writes about in Sunset
Magazine for August. He is a trapper
OF wild horses in the almost inaccessi-
reading.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
sHOPLIFTER ARREsTED

For taking a pair of black stockings
from the store of Livingstone Bros.
at Geary and Fillmore streets yeSter-
day Kate Thomas was arrested BY De-
tective Sergeant Cal1inan and charged
with petty larceny. When searched by
the matrOn at the police station the
stockings We're found hidden on the
woman. She admitted the theft. but
said she didn't know why she did it.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
ENDS aUARREL ny DEATu

After a quarrel with his wife. who
upbraided him because he was unable
to obtain work, Polino Santiago, a
Porto Rican. of 319A Green street
turned and ran into the back yard
where he shot himself through the
head with a revolver. His wife fol-
lowed, pleading with him to forget her
dead before a physician could reach
him.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05

NAMED PORT WARDEN Sacramento. Aug.
4.-Governor Gillett today appointed w. II. Pratt
port warden at San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05

CLERK KILLS HIMSELF-New York, Aug
4.-Charles W. westerfeld aged % clerk in
the Produce exchange bank at 10 Broadway,
shot and killed himself in the basement Of that
bank this afternoon. No reason is known for
Westerfeld's self destruction
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
MERcHANT SHOOTS HIMsELF-Pittsburl

Aug 4.-Isaac \. Iayl0r. % years OF dkt.
son II former well known dry goods merchant
Of Pittsburg. shot and killed himself here today.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-04
\ SCIENTIFIC EPITHET.

Miss Evelyn G. Mitchell, a scientist who has lately produced a work on the mosquito, last week sued Dr. Har- ris Dyer of the National Museum for libel. asking damages in the sum of 35.000. The defendant called her a psorophora. which all will agree. whether or not they know what a psorophora is. is not a nice name to call a young lady.
 Those who happen to know what the objectionable epithet means see more plainly the ground for the libel suit. The psorophora was fabled creature which ingratiated itself among the al- deids. other fabled creatures, and af- terward disclosed their secrets.
 Herein lies the trouble Miss Mitch ell is accused Of having discovered nothing new about the mosquito, but of having haunted the National 8Iu- scum and learned what the defendant and others had discovered but not vet published about this interesting and too-iittlc known insect. If Dr. Dyer had confined himself to that bare &C., cusation perhaps he would have avoid ed trouble. Perhaps if he had applied d merely offensive epithet to this delvcr among scientific discoveries or as we of the mining west may say. this high grader" there would have been no libel suit. but some scientific back talk. But when he illustrated his accusation by such a pertinent figure as the psorophora which was itself supposed insect of some sort, he was heaping insult and scorn upon charge of gross plagiarism.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-04
PHOENIX, ARIZONA. MAY f. 1908
THE ELECTION TOMORROW.

The voters of the fourth ward will have the opportunity tomorrow of en- dorSing the present city administra- tion. There is little doubt that they are satisfied with it for we believe a majority of ali the voters of all the wards are satisfied with it. If the fourth ward voters approve of what has been done for the improvement of Phoenix they can have no more natural way of expressing their ap- proval than by voting for Claude w. Cisney, who has taken an important part in all that has been done for the betterment of the city.
 In the second ward the voters to in- sure a continuance of the present ex cellent regime have only to vote for Dan McDermott. who is in all ways qualified for the office, as his neigh bors well know. and as they also know, he is in sympathy with all the acts Of the existing administration.