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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
MOB SEEKS Life
OF NEGRO BRUTE
Los Angeles Farmers EndeavOr
to Lynch Thief Who AS
sailed White Girl

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2.-Charged
with fendish assault on a pretty
young woman singer near this city Ed
ward Morton, a negro arrested today.
narrowly escaped vengeance at the
hands of infuriated ranchers, who, with
rifles and shotguns, Joined officers in
quest of the man. The officer who
made the capture brought TIE prisoner
into the city by a circuitous route and
placed. him in the city Jail. A COM
panion of the negro at the time Of the
assault is under arrest. A demonstra-
tion in court is expected when the men
are arraigned.
The victim is Miss Eda Ralston, a
vocalist. who after evening engage
ments in the city has been In the habit
of going alone on the car to her home
in a lonely part of the northwest
suburbs. Last night the negroes
boarded the same car, one dropping off
"a block before her street was reached.
The other, later identified by Miss Raj
ston as Morton. got off when she did.
On the dark road he demanded her
money; then, when she made an outcry.
dragged her into the brush at the side
-of the road, where, it is alleged he
assaulted her, after taking her valua-
bles. She tainted and upon regaining
consciousness dragged herself to her
mothers home. The police were noti-
fed and the search today resulted in
the arrest of the two men, both of
whom were identified by Miss Ralston.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
LIZ PASSED IN
ALAMEDA COUNCIL
Row Between Taylor and Loop
Develops During Discussion
of Tax Rate

ALAMEDA. Oct. 2.-Mayor E. K.
Taylor and President F. Sumner Loop
of the city council passed the lie at a
committee meeting of the city council
tonight and Loop further declared with
heat, addressing himself to the mayor:
you are not a man in any way, shape
or form"
The row between Taylor and Loop
developed during a discussion of the
tax rate when Loop accused Taylor OF
withholding information last week
when the council was considering the
fixing of the tax rate that, Loop said.
would have served as guidance to
the councilmen in their deliberations.
Later the council president accused
the mayor of an untruth. Mayor Tay-
lor had said, The law requires you
to fix the tax rate and yeu did not do
it," and the council president answered
as above.
BY a vote of 6 to the council fixed
the tax rate at $50, which is 2 cents
less than the rate fixed last week and
which was vetoed by the mayor, who
said that he would not stand for a
rate of more than $1.29 and intimated
that he would again veto the council S
action as taken tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
BARBARY COAST TROUBLE
Facts Were Withheld on Ac-
count of Admiral Evans

While in san Francisco last June
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans had trouble
with the police on the Barbary coast
hut on account OF the position Of the
young officers father the facts Of the
escapade became known to the public
in such a way that Evans did not ap-
pear in the unenviable light his conduct
warranted.
Evans. on the night Of June 1. was. in
the Z. $ dance hall IN Pacific street
some sall0is from Evans ship. the
Il louisiana, had an alteration with some
women IN the place, and male habitues
0f the dance hall threatened to attack
the sailors. Evans. who was under the
Influence Of liquor at the time. drew a
-re~olver and defed the crowd until he
was arrested by Policemen Helms and
As1f0n. Evans was IN civilian clothes
Al the time. At the city prison he was
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon but was liberated as soon as
his Identity became known, and the
affair presented IN a light that made
Evans q hero facing danger to aid the
sailors
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
KOCHSs TUBERCULOSIS
THEORY OPPOSED

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-PrOnounced
opposition to the theory advanced by
Dr Robert Koch. the eminent German.
scientist. who minimizes the danger Of
human injection from bovine tubercu-
iosis and who declares that the tubercle
bacuM OF bovine tuberculosis are diff
ferent from those Of human tuberculo-
sis again developed itself at today's
session Of the international congress of
tuberculosis. The controversy occurred
In the section on The Prevalence and
Economics of Tuberculosis of Animals, -
and the German scientists theory was
cenabated by some OF the most prom
5nelt veterinarians in the United States.
Leaders in the opposition TO the Koch
theory were DR.. Otto @ Noxek Of Read
ing. Pa DR.. Arthur Hughes Of Cornell
university, {. J. Marshall of Philadel-
phia- n. Rene Reynolds Of the Univer-
aity Of Minnesota and Veramus A
Moore OF Ithaca. n. 7.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
LITIGATION OVER EDISON
PHONOGRAPH is ENDED
Wizards Fight Against In
fringement of Patent Will
Cost S7,OOO,OOO
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Oct 2--After seven
years of litigation between Thomas A.
Edison and several of his companies on
one side and nine companies organized
10 sell his Photographs on the other, a
final decision probably will be rendered
this month, and those who have
brought the suits are confident It will
cost the electrical wizard between
$7,000,000 and $8,000,000. The suits are
the outgrowth of Edison's invention of
the phonograph, which he first began
to market 20 years ago. The machines
were made by the Edison phonograph
works, a separate company Then the
North American phonograph company
was organized to sell the machines.
getting control of the Edison patents
Next the territorial rights of each stare
were sold to separate or inferior COM
panies The American company went
into Bankruptcy. Edison then organ
ized the national company 1t was
claimed by Edison that the rights Of
the local or state companies became
defunct when the parent company. the
North American, became bankrupt.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
Lieutenant Is Charged With In
tOxicafiOn, Absence From
Duty and INSTRUMENTATION
Court Martial Under Rear Adj
miral Schroeder Will Hear
Complaint Monday
Accused Officer Purposes to
Prove He Was Sober and
Fit for Duty

MANILA, Oct 3.-Lieutenant
Frank Taylor Evans of the battleship
} louisiana, charged with being under
the influence of Intoxicating drink, abb
.senee from his station while officer
Of the deck and using profane and dis
respectful language to a superior Off
Ger, viii be tried by courS martial on
October 5. The. court will meet
aboard the battEeship Wisconsin and
Rear. Admiral Seaton Schroeder viii
act as: president,
Indications are that In the court
martial . proceedings :. Of Lieutenant
Evans the defense will make a. strong
contest The lieutenant. denies the
charge Of intoxieation and says that he
-Nill .eher the testimony OF. a number
;of witnesses TO prove that he has been
-soher and quite 1T for duty
- Lieutenant Charles Burt of the bat
rleship Georgia viii be. tried by the
same court on the charge Of conduct
Uubecoming an officer and gentleman,
Die having been expelled from the Army
and Navy club of Manila FOR nQnpay-
ment Of club Indebtedness.
Aidshipman. Richard Bernard Of the
battleship Louisiana was cOurtmar-
tialed at. Albany. Captain Hugo Oster-
hauss, commander Of the. Connecticut,
presiding. and sentenced TO dismissal
from the service.~:I3e was found guilty
of being under the influence Of intoxi-
eating drink while on parade. in Mel
bourne, thus bringing discredit on the
. naval service
b. Alfdshiprnau Edward II. Connor Of the
battIeship Minnesota IS to be tried by
court martial on the charge Of being
Slrder the influence Of Intoxicating
sink at Albany.
WASHINGTON. ? Oct 2.-Lieutenant
Prank -Tavlor Evans is the son Of .Ad-
lslirsl RobIey .. Evans, who took the
battleship feet from Hampton roads TO
t6e Pacific coast No report Of. the
charges affecting young Evans has
: reached the navy department
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
STARTLING CHARGE
AGAINST II. GOULD
Wife Files Affidavit lie Hired a
Spy Who Offered Bribe for
False Testimony
spEc1AL pIspArcH 40 rnE cALL

NEW YORK, Oct New and start
ling charges against Howard Gould
are contained in an affidavit by Mrs.
Katherine Clemmons Gould, read be-
fore Justice Giegerich in the supreme
court today.
Two aff1davits, one by the Rev.
Father Murray and another by Michael
Doody, employed as a doornan at the
Hotel ST. Regis, were read to show
that Mr.. Gould had employed James
Kennedy, the house detective of the
hotel, TO obtain evidence against Mrs.
Gould and that Kennedy had attempte,
to bribe Doody to make false state
ments.
Doody had consulted Father Murray
(not in confessionaD about the matter
and according to the affidavits, had
been offered $4,000 by Kennedy, who
said that he was to receive $4,000 for
his services.
Attorneys for Mr.. Gould argued in
favor of the motion to strike out GER
tain allegations in. Mrs. Gould's COM
plant and Justice 'Giegerich gave the
lawyers until next Tuesday to submit
briefs.
Mrs. Gould repeated her accusations
concerning her husbands cruel treat
nent and attempt to drive her from
Castle Gould, their magnificent country
home.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
.RABBIS WILL NOT
HEED Y0M kIPPUR
Jewish Fast Will Not Be Kept
Because of Cholera
Epidemic

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 2.-The rab-
bis of st. Petersburg have recommended
that the Jewish population disregard
the customary fast of Yom Kippur on
October 5, because abstinence is favor
able to cholera. This recommendation
is said to be without precedent.
The death yesterday from the cholera
of NichoIai Pavlovsff Silvanski, profes-
sor of meteorology at the institution OF
higher learning for women, removes one
of the most brilliant of the younger
Russian historians. He made a speciality
of the feuda1 institutions of early Rus
sia and his books in this field were re-
garded as authoritative. The professor
also was head of the department OF
archives at the foreign office. He died
in 12 hours from the time tho disease
first manifested itself.
A cholera case has been discovered
among the men on guard at the resi-
dence of Premier Stolypin.
A conflict has arisen between General
Dracheffski, prefect of St Petersburg
and the municipal sanitary commission
over the premature discharge of cholera
patients from the city hospitals. AS
soon as the attention of the prefect
was called to the danger of infection
from this source he issued an order that
all patients be detained until the
cholera germs had completely disap-
peared The members of the commits
sion declare this course to be imprac-
ticable, so long as the epidemic con
tinues.
Experiments are being conducted al
several of the hospitals with a new
anti-cholera serum discovered by an
italian named Serimberi, but the result
so far has not been conclusive.
Statistics for the "a hours ended al
noon today show decided improvement
in the situation. There were only III
new cases and So deaths, as compared
to 223 new cases and SO deaths for the
pracadinp % hours
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
HEIR TO BIG FORTUNE
APPLIES AT POORHOUSE
Rev. George F. Houghton SAYS
He Was Robbed of His
Last Money

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. Rev
George F. Houghton, claiming to be
heir to an immense fortune philan-
thropist, promiser of munifcent sub
scriptions toward the building of Meth
odist churches and in aid of the Ep-
worth league, appeared at the court
house today and made application for
Houghton returned to Portland
friends last night. He says he went to
San Francisco by steamer and that he
was robbed of $500 In that city. He
claims TO have been sent back to Port
land on charity ticket" furnished by
the authorities of San Francisco
Houghton, who is So years of age. was
in such feeble condition today that he
was given medical attention.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
ROCKEFELLER DRINKS IN
TOUGH NEVADA SALOON
Brother of Oil King and Party
Leave Special Train to
Have HighbaII
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI.

RENO, New, Oct. 2.-While crossing
Nevada today with the officials of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road, William Rockefeller entertained
the party, including his sons Percy
and William G.. at the Gem saloon in
Carlin. The Rockefeller special ac-
cording to Southern Pacific trainmen.
stopped at the division point for a few
minutes. and the fnancier and assO-
ciates started to walk through the lit
tie town. Their walk ended at the Gem.
which is regarded as one OF Nevada S
toughest saloons. After a highbalI, the
party resumed their seats in the buffet
car.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
BANKER RICKEY IN JAIL

GOLDFIELD, New, Oct. 2.-Thomas
B. Hickey, who was recently indicted
on charges growing out of the failure
of number of banks with which he
was connected, was arrested here today
and tonight he occupies a cell in the
Esmerelda county Jail.
Papers in habeas corpus proceedings
will be brought in the supreme court IN
Rickey's behalf. 1t will be claimed
that the act under which he was in
dicted is unconstitutional and further
that the indictment is defective
The papers are expected here tomor-
row.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
IN FLOODS IN INDIA
Native Estimates the Deaths at
$4,000 and Property Damage
200. .OOO. 900 RuDees

BOMBAY. Oct. 2.-The CORES pondent
of a local paper who has reached Hy-
derabad. the capital of the flooded dis
trict, describes that city as a vast
grave The streets and easements have
been transformed into a gruesome mass
of stone and mud and decomposed
flesh.
mate the death roll, the correspondent
declares, but some natives put it as
high as 10000. Six hundred corpses
were taken out of the mud at one spot
yesterday. The funeral pyres are burn
Ing day and night. The damage Is es-
timated at 200,000,000 rupees.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
EXCITING HOTEL FIRE

TACOMA, Wash. Oct. 2.-The Sunset
Beach hotel, on the Narrows, between
Tacoma and Steilacoom, burned at mid
night last night. ]. A. Hosker and
family and a few other persons mar
rowly escaped with their. lives. The
property was valued at about s35. 000
and had been purchased early this year
by L. L. Tallman, formerly of Walla
Walla.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
DINGLEY CAPTURES THIEVES

MODESTO, Oct. Bert Dingley, the
well known automobilist, after an ex-
citing chase, captured two thieves to-
day While a small fire was in progress
two men stole valuable team, which
was hitched to the public rack Ding
ley was appointed a deputy sheriff to
search for the horses. He set out In
his 40 power machine and overlook the
thieves near Salida-
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
HURRICANE Is FATAL

NASSAU. Bahamas. Oct. "a hurri-
cane swept over the islands yesterday.
Several vessels were blown out to sea,
and it is estimated that six lives were
lost.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03

YESrERDAY-Clear; northwest wind; maxi
mum temperature. 6s; minimum. "a
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; light north
winds. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
SUBURBAN
COAST

Nye wins suit against Mattison TO return
Office as state controller Page /
Mrs Jeane Dunsmuir richest woman in Can
ada. called by death. Page 3
signalmen at Camp Atascadero establish rec
ord for wireless. Page Z
Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans to stand trial
by court martial for intoxication. Page
Nat Goodwin secures decree Of divorce from
Maine ElIintt for desertlon Pace 9
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
EASTERN

Irrigation congress asks for tribunal to re
view forester's ruling TO homestead en-
tries Page :
Mrs. Howard Gould files affidavit charging
husband with hiring detective who offered brib,
for false testimony. Page
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
FOREIGN

Rabbis in st. Petersburg viii not insist OF
Yom kippur because Of cholera. Page
Admiral Sperry shortens stay in Manil,
through fear Of contagion. Page
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
MARINE.

British steamer wyneric breaks down during
nortber and drifts at mercy Of tempest for
more than 10 hours. Page ID
SOCIAL
Engagement OF Miss Frances Reed and Henry
Rideout causes surprise in smart set Page 6
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
TELEPHONE kEARNY ss
WEATHER -CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1870.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
DANGER IN SAMPLES
County Health Officers Move to Check Flood of Poisonous
 Packages.
| FILTRATION PLANT VISITED
Method of Purifying Lake WhlturS Water nspcctcd--rarcr on Ngri.
 cultural Experiment station.

An inspection of the Lake Whitney filtration plant of the New Haven Wa ter company yesterday afternoon clos cd a very successful meeting of the New Haven County Public Health as- soeiatiou at which the chief feature was the reading of a paper on the work of the state agricultural experi- mont station by Dr, r, II Jenkins,
 The quarterly business meeting of the association was called to order by County Health Officer Carleton E. Hoadley at the Hotel Garde al ll:45 After the election to membership of Dr. Jenkins of tho State agricultural experiment station and of his assistant John Street, the association listened tc
 pr. Jenkins paper on the relation of the work of the experiment station to the public health
 The paper gave an interesting ac- ! count of the development and growth of the work at the station. showing tho gradual extension of the experimental work performed until at the present
 time work Is done in connection witt pure food, pure drugs pure water and the extermlnation of mosquitoes. Dr Jenkins explained how samples of al
 the spring water publicly sold in tho
 state are secured, analysed and the TO suits tahuated, He also explained tho adulteratIon of foods and drugs, wltl
 their consequent effect on the publl,
 health; and spoke highly of the worl of Prof Rritton in his efforts to OK terminate mosquitos,
 1 The paper brought out a discussion of several points and affording the off. cers present much useful information | Following this, these questions were i taken up for genera discussions q l The reporting of undertakers Of deaths 1 from tuberculosis; @ tho examination
 of sources of ice supply and t3) shoult action be taken to cndeavor to prevent
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
WRlNN HAS A FALL
Former Chief of Police Tumbles Down Stairway, Breaking
 Collarbone.
CONFUSED IN DARK HALL
Injuries Received in Accident at His Home Yesterday Morning-Will
 Not Prove Serious.

Becoming confused in the dark hallway al his home, IS Washington avenue, ex-Police Chief James Wrinn fell down a flight of stairs and was quite painfully injured at an early hour yesterday morning,
 About o'clock in the morning Chief Wrinn got mp and went into the bathroom for drink of water After leaving the bathroom he should have turned from tho hall to reach his own room Rut he was evidently confused by sleep and the darkness of the hall. and walked straight on instead, where flight of stairs leads down to the lower floor Not being prepared for the step down, he lost his balance and fell the entire length of the stair way His family were aroused by Mir. Vrinn and summoned Dr. l. R. Mona han
 It was found that the chief had been badly shaken by tho fall and that his collarbone was broken Aside from some bruises, he fortunately escaped with this as hia only injury The flno physical condition of the chief will probably savo him from any more serious effects of an accident which might have proved woll-nigh fatal to most men of over seventy
 Dr Monahan stated last evening that, unless complications of some sort should set in, there is nothing to he feared from the accident Mir Wriun was resting comfortably last evening and Will doubtless be seen about town again soon Tho confinement is ilk- some to man of his active nature and will gall the chief az much as any pain from his injuries
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
GETS WRONG DOCTOR
Woman Taken III on Street Goes Int
 Dentists.

Taken suddenly in while walking through Humphrey street yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock, Mrs Thom- as Began of 979 State street was talk cn to her home in the police aninu- lance from the Grand avenue precinct in serious condition. II was stated late last night, however that her con dition showed improvement and that her recovery was expected. Mrs. Bee gan felt the attack coming on her sud denly, and as she was Just passing the nome of Dr. Robert k. MacNean, the dentist at 30d Humphrey street, seeing the sign of pr, MacNean and not knowing that he was a dentist, Mrs. Began went into his office for assistance. From his office a doctor was summoned, and the ambulance sent for 10 take the woman to her home. Her condition was very seri- ous. but it is thought she will re- cover.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
$86 900 FOR CITY IN IVES ESTATE Residue, After Requests Are Paid, Left to City Shows Unexpectedly Large
 Amount. ALL REQUESTS NOW PAID
 --------- Exccutor George D, Watrous' Account Shows Sums That Have Been Paid to Public Bcnc-
 factors,
ALL REQUESTS NOW PAID

The final administration account in the estate of the late Mary F. Ives, the donor of tho Memorial library for which bids have recently been recciy- ed, was filed in probate court ycster- day afternoon by George D, Watrous as cXcCutor of the estate. This ac- count shows the actual sums paid out to benefcIaries under the will and shows a very unexpected and surprs- ing fact, This is that there is a resi- dual amount of some S66, ,00b in cash and about S20,00O in real estate which becomes the property of tho city. The will read that the residue of the cS- tate after the bcquests specified had been paid should come to the city but no such amount as $S60o0 had been contemplated, Yet that is the sum which now falls to the share of the city
 After the sum given for the Momor- ial library tho account of the remaind- or of the estate shows the sum of So16,OOO Or this the following has been paid outsiu public bequests un- dor the will; Vale Art school S1O,9S0; Yale university S1OooO; General hos pita society, S5O00, Grace hospital, s5,0O0; Young Mems Christian asso- citation, 5000, Yale Law school $5,- 000. New Haven Orphan asylum $l,- 000; st. Francis orphan asy lum, $1,- GOO; Leila Day nursery $t,OOO; Young Womcns Christian association, S1000; Home for the Friendless. Sl,000; Lit tic Sisters of the Poor, $t,O00, Goffo Street Y. M. C. A., S1,000, Girls Training school of the American Ma dura mission, S2,O00; Christ church, $5,315; st. Andrews chapel $3,OOo,
 In the list of claims the claim of Elizabeth Judge for $1O00O was dis allowed by the court.
 The sum coming to the city may be used for making mp the amount de f1cient for the building of tho new H. brary,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-04
DEPAR TMENTS SHY
Appeals to Board of Finance to Exc Out to tho End of
 the Year.
TEACHERS SALARIES LAG
Education Department Needs S3,a7g-- Charities Funds Gonc--Polce to
 Make Alterations Soon.

With the fag end of the year here there comes before the board of finance calls for a little extra money to elte out the year and for many transfers from one account to another from tho various city departments. The meeting of the board last night was just such a meeting. Transfers flew thick and fast and about all of them were granted. The public works department wanted the transfer of $i,000 from the account for the re- pairing of crushed stone pavemcnts to the bridges and repair, crosswalks, maintaining City hall and cleaning streets and parks accounts The transfers were granted.
 The board of education sent in q lengthy letter apprslns the hoard that there was needed the sum of $&,279.i3 to make up a deficit in the account for the payment of the salar- ics of the teachers, In July tho board of education informed tho board of finance that on account of the fact that the latter body had granted 5000 for salaries than had been been asked it would be unable to pay the salary increases unless it was assured that the 1000 would be granted later if it could not bo saved by the depart ment through absences of teachers. This was agreed to. But the board of finance was taken aback al the infor- nation that an added S1,279 is needed and accordingly the request for the additional appropriation has been tabled until next week for action in order that the matter may he looked into, The board of education am nounccd that a smaller number of ab- sent teachers than usual, am increase of five new high school teachers over the number originally estimated on and few resienations has made the
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