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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-31
PARISH PLANS CHURCH
Ground Broken for New Struc-
ture for ST. Agnes EdifiCe

Ground has been broken for the new
St. Agnes parish church in Masonic
avenue between Oak and Page streets.
Arrangements are being made for a
theater party TO be held in October for
the benefit Of the building fund. On
September a meeting Of the parish
toner's viii be held to discuss plans for
raising funds.
The following mem berS of the churc b
have the affair in charge:
D. j. OLeary Thomas DaviHrOy
Charles ]. Stanley Samuel McFadden
]. F. Davis Martin Carrick
Il. ]. Murasky p A. Mcdonald
Joseph E. O'DOnnel d. f. Keefe
Joseph G.. MOrrissey William p Glynn
Thomas r. Carew J. j. DAILY
+. J. Kierce Richard English
j. W. Mcdonald ~. c. Cavanaugh
E. $. Lowry A. c. Diericx
". NJ. CrOnin lJ p White
NJ. +. Carroll Frank Dougherty
NJ. J. Carroll w. c.. MeNlahon
Thomas Carroll j. F. sullivan
J. ID. Condor Sr. Hugh McFlerney
Thomas Conroy Ed sullivan
f. Maher y. Flanagan
p. Flynn F. j. Devlin
ID. NJ Fitzgerald III. j. Duggan
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-31
DEATH CALLS WILSON DEAL

wilson Deal. for many years an ac-
st Francis hospital YESTERDAY after
a lingering illness, at the age OF so
years The funeral will be held Tues
day.
Deal was for years a prominant n,ern-
Der OF the Actors society OF America.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
CHELSEA DISASTER
FIRE FIEkDS' WORK

Chelsea. Mass. April 21.-The Chelsea
police and state authorities are rigidly
Investigating the startling theory held
by Mayor Seek II many other Chelsea
officials and citizens that firebugs are
responsible for the great fire which
swept away millions OF dollars worth
nj property il that city. caused eleven
deaths and made 10000 homeless.
That, even while the conflagration
ragged through the city Sunday after
noon and night thousands fed for their
lives. leaving their property to the
mercy OF the flames. iends We're a.
work in the burning district starting
new fires to set at naught the efforts
of the firemen 70 quench h flames, is
The belief of Mayor Beck.
The mayor declared that he had been
told by a friend, a prominent mer-
chant, whose honor is unquestioned.
that he saw ~ of these foul incendi-
aries applying the torch.
The arrest of the W. alleged frebugs
lends color to the theory of Mayor
Beck that She fire was the work of in
cendiaries.
Daniel Ross. aged so. and apparently
irresponsible, was found setting fire TO
a bundle of newspapers beside a pile
of lumber.
Manuel Oliver was arrested in East
Cambridge for attempting TO fire g,
tenement house.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
PARENTS HELD FOR
DEATH CF CHILDREN

Corning, Ia, April %. = A sensation
that has been brewing tor some time
near Carbon, this count has ulnlin
ated in The arrest of Mr.. and Mrs.
David r. Buskirk on suspicion of know
ing more than they are willing to tell
regarding the deaths of two children
born to them. both of whom dice under
suspicious circumstances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buskirk were arrested
at Brooks, where they We're taken from
a train in which they We're en- route to
Council Bluffs. They said at the time
of their arrest that they were going to
Council Bluffs to secure evidence that
would clear them of the suspicion under
which they We're resting.
The arrest was made upon the action
of Coroner Christie. A c%oroner's Jury
has been at work on the Ease Of the
deaths of the children, oth OF whom
died suddenly within the last two
years. The jury is holding its findings
open pending an examination of the
of one of the children. which
is now being made. Coroner Christie
received authority from the state board
of health to disinter the bodies Of both
children and secure their stomachs for
chemical analysis. This was done and
the coroner went to Des Moines with
the organs. where the state chemist
was to make the examination, the re-
suit of which is not yet made known.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
FINDS CLOWN 70 GIVE
ooo,o 900 ESTATE

Pittsburg. Pa, April %. I've got
$1,000, 900 for o if you'll only wait
a minute" said Attorney D.. B. Heating,
OF New York, when he finally caught
up with Charles Meredith, Of Toledo.
Ohio. a circus clown out Of a Job.
Heating started his search for Mere
dith last September, when he was in
structed to find the two heirs to an
estate Of s $500, 900, at Glasgow, Scot
land, left by the death of an uncle,
Richard Blaine, a merchant.
Meredith was travelling in vaudeville
all winter. Recently he started in
search of a job in a circus. and through
his application for work Heating learn
ed of his whereabouts.
Meredith got a second surprise when
the lawyer produced a letter proving
to him that his younger brother, who
he had supposed was dead, had hired
as a clown in Erie.
MY brother has probably landed the
Job I was after" said the new mil
liOnaire.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
HILL NOT RICH ENOUGH
TO BE AN AMBASSADOR

Washington, April 2l.-The attitude
Of Emperor William and the Berlin
court TOWARD David Jayne Hill. named
by the president to be ambassador at
that capital, was the subiec, of COM
ment in the house during the cons!dera-
ton of the diplomatic and consular bill.
Mr.. Perkins, of New York, and Mr..
Slayden, of Texas. expressed the opin-
ION that the objections TO Mr.. Hill were
due to no o,l2el cause than thar Mr..
Hill was financially unable to maintain
a certain standard of social representa-
ton. Each of them condemned the
practice which they said had grown up
OF selecting men of great Wealth TO be
the nations diplomatic representatives
abroad and urged as a means of com
telacting the effect of such a policy the
housing of our diplomats in buildings
owned by the government and the al
loWance to them of salaries sufficient
to enable them to maintain The dignity
of their hi;,h office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
SUIT is
VICTORY FOR WIFE

New York. April Mrs. Alfred ).
Vanderbilt has won her suit for absolute
divorce from the young millionaire. The
report of the referee. recommending an
in~terlocutory decree was tiled in the su-
preme court TO-DAY.
The papers will probably be passed upon
by Justice O'Gorman. How long he will
hold them is a matter Of conjecture, but
within a reasonably short time it is ex-
pected he viii confirm Tie recommends
ton of the referee by granting Mrs. Van
derbtlt her interlocu.orN decree.
By This decree Mrs. Vanderbilt will be
free to marry again, if she so wishes.
within three months after the date on the
document. During that time. at the de-
sire Of either party TO the suit. the case
may be reopened either with a view 10 q
reconciliation or TO cnange the decision in
the matter.
1t is currently reported the referee has
recommended that Mrs. Vanderbilt be Civ
en- as alimony 100000 Young Wander
bilt is worth anywhere from $40. U0,0 600 to
SEQ, t0.00O In confirmation of news that
the divorce suit is ended it was learned
that Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mrs. Wander
bits personal counsel. sailed today on the
Cunard line Caronia. with Mrs. Ledyard.
He and John G. Milburn OF the law firm
of Garter, Ledyard 4 Milburn. represented
Mrs. Vanderbilt at the trial of her suit.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
BOY BURNED At STAKE
PLAYING WILD WEST
Fire Started in Fur Seriously
Injuries Ten-Yexr-old
Thespian.

Philadelphia. April e2-Ru5niag the
villain of a wild west show al the
stake. a number of boys playfUiiy in
f!cted probably serious INJURY upon
one OF their heavy Thespians, lo-year-
old Mooney Franz. whose parents i've
at lois Master ST.
According to h cast. Franz played
the role OF horse thief. After a spirited
chase around the n~eighborhood. he was
captured In Warnook street. south OF
Girard avenue. Then the angered
"%ranchrnen" tied him Il a telegraph
pole, and with newspapers bailt a fire
at his feet. With shouts of JOY they
started an Indian war dance. and the
untiinching villain laughed with them.
However. the flames grew larger than
my had expected, and soon they were
burning Franz.
In his agon~ he shouted to his
playmates TO release him. but they
thought he was only playing his part
Neighbors later loosened Franz. but
not before his feet and legs had been
so badly burned hat il was neces-
sa9y TO take him TO the Children's
Homeopathic hospital for treatment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
3 CARS OF TRUSTS
OIL ARE REJECTED
Standard Oil Company Protests
Against Action by Mime.
sofa Officials.

Minneapolis, MINI. April %. - Con-
sternation has been caused among the
western representatives of the stand
ard Oil company by the rejection OF
three cars of oil shipped into Mime
apolis within the last week.
The company has protested against
the states test as incorrect and un-
necessarily severe and has sent one
OF its experts from Chicago TO DEM
onstrate its contention.
SO far as is known this is the first
case in which a quantity OF oil has
been condemned by the Minnesota in
spection department. The cars were
inspected at Window. Westbrook and
Cokato. and are now being held at
those points. Two of the cars were
Inspected by the same man and the
third by another man, but in all three
cases the result of the test was the
same and the inspection reports were
verified by w. E. McEwen. chief OF
the department.
The ground upon which the oil was
condemned was that under the fire
test 1t would ignite at a temperature
Of III degrees, whereas the law re-
quires that il shall stand a test of 100
degrees.
This is the first oil that 1 have re-
jected," said w. Z. McEwen, chief Oil
Inspector, discussing his action, for
l did not like to take any radical ac-
ton which was new in the office, and
heretofore the samples have never
been more than a shade short of grade.
l knew 1t had not been customary to
throw out Oil that would run close to
the required grade. and l followed the
same policy. But in this instance the
oil falls three degrees short OF the
required test, and / can see no way
but to reject it.
The company contends that our test
is wrong and has tried to demonstrate
this witt an appliance that will test
only a t~easpoonful Of Oil at a time. Our
law requires that we shall test with
a half-pint and our appliances OF that
capacity show the oil to be off grade.
We viii consider IL own appliances
standard, at least until the
can show that it is wrong"
Heretofore the inspection of oil in
Minnesota has been regarded by the
companies as more OF less of a joke.
No gravity test, for quality, is required
by the law, and the fire test has not
been conducted very r!sidly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
ATTIRE, JUMPs INTO RAIN
BARREL; LIFE IS SAVED

Shamokin, Pa. April 22.-Her cloth
ing catching fire, as she was making
soap at her home near Elysburg, Mrs.
William Leiby, wife of a prominent
farmer, saved herself from being
burned to death by jumping into a rain
barrel. Though terribly burned, she
may o
While busy in soap making she failed
to notice that her skirt of light material
was afre until her clothing was a mass
of flames. With rare presence of mind
she ran to the barrel of water under
the rain pipe and jumped in.
Attracted by her screams, members
of the family carried her into her hone
and doctors We're summoned.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
CHADWICK, GATHER
OF BASEBALL" E A

New York, April 22-Henry Chadwick.
aged 50, who took so prominent a part in
the development of baseball that he was
called the father OF it. died OF pneu-
monia and heart disease at Brooklyn to-
day.
Even up to the current season Mr.. Chad
wick was the editor of %Spalding's base
ball guide. He was one of the nine
honorary members of the National league.
Mr.. Chadwick. the OUNCES brother Of
the late Sir Edwin Chadwick. the emf
nent sanitary philosopher of England,
was born at Jessamine cottage. ST.
Thomas. Exeter, England, October 5, 1924
Mr.. Chadwick. with his father, James
Chadwick, removed to New York in 1887,
where he had since resided. Mr.. Chad
wick was a journalist by inheritance, as
his father was for many years editor Of
the Western Times Of Exeter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
FRENCH AERONAu1
ELOPES WITH A
RICH AMERICAN
Charles Levee, Who Taught the
Smart Set to Fly, WEEDS
Miss Hawley.

New York, April 22.-Behind an at
tachment for 374.69b. filed against len
ME 81. Levee In favor Of VIM. Hawley
g. Co, lies a man in which ball
looms, flying machines, a celebrated
French and a wealthy FAM
lily in the smart set figure.
Until April ! Jennie NJ. Levee was
Miss Jennie NJ. Hawley. sister of VIM.
and Ala R. Hawley. wealthy stock
brokers at No. 20 Broad St. and liv-
ing at No. ~ East Seventy-sixth st.
On that date she sccretely wed
Charles Levee, a b%alloonist, who has
competed in every noteworthy race in
the clouds abroad and in his country
in the last half dozen years. Two days
later she sailed for Europe.
1t was said that the attachment
was obtained primarily to tie up young
Mrs. Levee's property in this city and
%aeronaut to benefit financially by his
elopement and marriage with the New
York girl.
Started Flying Machine Fever.
Alan Hawley and Charles Levee
We're friends. Hawley caught the fly
ing machine fever more than two years
ago and was tutored In the art of
man. Mr.. Hawley has since made sew
eral notable flights. He was one of
the organizers OF the Aero club.
The Hawley's did not learn of the
marriage until after Mr.. and Mrs.
Levee sailed, when they received a let
ter from her telling OF the elopement
and of the departure for Europe. 1t is
supposed the letter was intrusted to
the pilot to mail.
The Hawleys consulted their Jaw
Ners, Osborne and Lamb, of No. us
Broadway, and the attachment pro-
ceedings were decided upon. 1t was
known that the bride had an account
with the Fifth Avenue bank and that
her balance there was approximately
$1,000. Deputy Sheriff Max Porges
served an attachment on the bank.
Real Estate Attached.
Lis pendens We're also filed IN the
county clerks office against the brides
interest in three valuable pieces OF
real estate. No. 90 East Se~venty-sixth
street, the Hawley home; No. As West
Eleventh street and No. 81 West Tenth
street
The attachment was obtained on the
claim hat the bride is indebted to Alan
and VIM. Hawley in the sum of s74,-
1888 for balance due on notes and for
money advanced TO her between Jan.
uary I, 1905, and November I. 1907.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
CHELSEA RELIEF FUND
PASSES 100000 MARK

Boston. April 22-Niany thousands OF
people Sunday walked through the ruins
of the fire which one week ago swept
through Chelsea.
One more body was found in the ruins.
1t is believed to be hat of Captain Ben
jamin Knowles, a grand army veteran.
This makes the 18th body thus far found
In the ruins.
The general relief committee in a state
ment declared that 13.0U0 people were made
homeless and tina, 10000 of these need not
only temporary aid, hut must be rehabi-
lated at least to the extent of absolutely
necessary housekeeping equipment, which
VIII involve the expenditure of s40O, 600.
The relief fund at present amounts to
over san.o0 and is steadily growing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
PENSION BILL CARRIES
SUM OF s162.ooo ooo

Washington, April 22.-The Senate
committee on pensions today practice
ally completed consideration. of the
pension appropriation bill. 1t Will carry
sl62, Go0, 900. an increase of sl2. 600 600
over the House iii, having been made
TO carry out the provisions Of the Wild
ows pension bill, which has been
enacted. The House bill IS amended
20 as TO eliminate the provision for
a%bolishing pension agencies through the
country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

NJ.
st. Thomas, Z. w. T., April 2l.-De-
feated and a refugee for the second
time from his own A. Firmin.
the leader OF the recent revolution in
Thomas.
Firmin and Sc other Haytians, who
had taken up his cause. were landed at
st. Thomas by the French cruiser d'Es-
trees, which brought them from
Gonaives. where the entire party had
been resting for the last seven weeks in
the French consulate.
Early in January Firmin. his generals
and a number OF followers who had
been sharing his five years exile in the
Danish colony left ST. Thomas to join
the Firminists in Hayti in a concerted
effort to break down the military des-
potism of President Nord Alexis and
place Firmin at the head of affairs in
the Black republic. They failed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
PERSIAN BRloANps HAVE
RUSSIAN FORCE IN TRAF

Tihis, April 22-Alarming reports have
been received here setting forth the
critical situation OF the small Russian
expeditionary force in the neighborhood
of Belesuvar, Persia, which is menaced
by a vastly superior body of Persian
b%rigands. The sending in of Russian
reinforcements is made particularly
difficult by the flooded condition of the
country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

Paris. April 22-Fo!iowing the an.

Paris. April 22.-Fo,iowing the an
nouncement that Italy planned to send
a big feet to Turkish waters to force
the sultan to comply With The treaty
between the countries m the state
ment tina France has demanded from
the porte $500 for every days delay in
settling the French-Heracies Mining
company's claim. in addition TO the
daily penalty. France has Informed the
sultan that he must pay s2,S0o, coo for
losses already sustained.
The situation is regarded as acute.
1t is not unlikely that while Italian
,warships are making a demonstration
in one Turkish port. h French squad
ron Will be doing the same thing in an-
Ctbar
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
l os ANGELES HAS GALA
DAY IN HONOR OF THE
SAILORS FROM FLEET

Los Angeles, Cal, April 23.-By the
order of Mayor Harper today was a
general holiday in Los Angeles in honor
of the visit Of the Atlantic fleet. Prac-
tically all the business houses were
closed and work Of all kinds suspended.
The feature Of today's program was an
automobile parade through the princi-
pal streets of the 60 officers. who were
entertained at a BANQUET last night.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
TRAIN sMAsHEs STREET
CAR IN LACROSSE

La Crosse, Wis, April GA collision
on the outskirts of the city occurred
today between a street car on the La
Crosse City railway and a Green Bay
& Western train. The street car was
smashed into kindling wood and the
railway train was wrecked. Several
persons are reported injured.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
SLAMS DOOR.
SHE TRIES SUICIDE

Des Moines, Ia, April 22-Following
a bitter Easter quarrel which started
when pretty Matte Bryant reproved
her lover, Andy Roe. for not sending
her some flowers, the girl late last night
swallowed a handful OF headache tab
lets and lay down to die. When the
doctors brought her back to life sew
eral our later, the said these
words: IF Andy really loved me he
wouldn't have slammed the door when
he went out She will live.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
FRANCE is AFTER
THE SULTAN, TOO.
+%4%%%-%+--+-
THE BLUFF WORKS.

Rome, April 2.-Orde.s have been
ssued countermanding the sending
of the Italian squadron TO Turkish
waters for the purpose of coercing
the sultan into granting Italy GER
tain postal privileges in Turkish
territory. The Turkish ambassador
TO Rome gave Foreign Minister Tit
toll satisfactory assurances that
Italy would be accorded the same
treatment enjoyed by other powers.
Italy insists. however. that her
other claims against Turkey be rec
ognized. An active exchange OF dis
patches between Constaat!uop!e and
Rome is going on.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
AND HELlE
MARRIED AT LAST

Paris, April 21.-The Cri De Paris.
which contesses to chronicle the doinss
of the fashionable set of Paris. insists
in its issue today that the marriage of
Nine. Anna Gould and Prince De
Saga" already has taken place at a lit
tie town on the eastern French FROM
tier.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
GOULDS ATTEMPT
TO PATCH 1T UP

!, New York. April 22.-The departure
of Mrs. Frank Gould and mother, Mrs.
Kelly. for Atlantic City last night is
said by their friends to he a step nearer
a reconciliation between Mrs. Gould md
her husband. These friends say the
young couple will meet there and patch
up the small differences which resulted
in filing by the wife Of frs: papers in
q suit for legal separation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
CONVENT RoBBER
MAKES CONFESSION

ST. Paul, Mimi. April 23.-laobert
Kehle, who in the past two weeks. it
is alleged. has robbed three converts
and Methodist Deaconesses' homes.
arrested last evening. Is said to have
made full confession.
Kehle ia known to the police Of 20
large cities as the man who makes a
speciality of robbing v and re-
ligious institutions generally. He is
as years old M came from Prussia
where he a a police record.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
PREMlER'S BROTHER
is SENT TO JAIL

st. Petersburg. April 21.-Alexander
Stolypin, the we'll known publicist and
brother OF the Russian premier, has
been sentenced to one weeks imprison-
ment and to pay a fine Of $50 for libel
ing Paul Bulatzel, the noted reaction
airy leader. The libel was contained in
an article published in the Novoe
Vremya replying to attacks made upon
the premier in the reactionary organ.
ZEalrya.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
SO PUPILS HAVE
A NARROW ESCAPE

Poultney. Yer, April 21.-About $50
boys and girls We're driven from their
quarters in the fve-story brick dorrni-
tory of the Troy Conference academy
early today. when the structure sud
people all escaped, although one bow
was hurt Ny jumping. The loss is
$50. 00O.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
ETHEL ROOSEVELT HAS
NEW HORSE AND TRAF

Washington. April 22.-Miss Ethel
Roosevelt. the presidents
daughter. who every day is budding
into a more and more attractive young
woman, is the happy possessor of a new
horse and high trap. OF course. like
every member of the family, she has
always been a lover Of outdoor sports
and life in the saddle, but this is her
first venture at handling the ribbons
over the back of her own horse.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
FILE BIG MORTGAGE.

Believille. H.. April 2l.-The first
lien equipment mortgage for $50, 900. 600
was filed for record here today by the,
Illinois Central company. The mort
gage is held by the United States Trust
company, of New York. and secured
by the issue of 4 per cent gold bonds
covering entire rolling stock OF the
company. 1t will be filed for record in
every county through which the road
passes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
ROME is GOING
TO A TURKEY

Rome. April 2l.-Orders have been
issued for the Italian squadron to make
a demonstration in Turkish waters,
the reason being that Turkey has OBJ
5ected TO the opening of Italian post
offices in Turkish ter; tory such as are
maintained by Other countries.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
EMMA AND Or. BEN
"FiRED" OUT OF HOTEL

San Francisco. Cal. April 22.-Emma
Goldman. DIR. Ben Reitlnan, her man
ager, and Alexander II. Orr, advance
agent of the party. We're forced TO
leave a San Francisco hotel last night
by a hotel manager who objected to
the notoriety caused by the presence
of the omar anarchist.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

The speech was made notable by
many striking passages of oratory and
attracted general interest. Besides
containing an analysis of the testi-
mony taken in the Brownsville case,
1t was in reply to senator Foraker's
recent discussion of the same subject.
Senator Borah mad very clear his be-
lief that the evidence established con-
spiracy on the part of some negro sol
diers of he T~wenty-ffth regiment to
shoot ND the town.