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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
Does Not Know Hayes

NEW YORK, March 24.-Mrs. Fred
erick A Houseworth had retired, but
when informed of an interesting rumor
in San Francisco alleging that she had
clipped with G. H. Hayes she consented
to answer a few questions.
How perfectly ridiculous" exclaimed
Mrs. Houseworth. Why, I don't know
any man named @. H. Hayes, or any
other Hayes" and she laughed merrily.
Il have not eloped with anybody at all.
There is no trouble between Mr.. House
worth and me. We understand each
other perfectly. ] wish you would see
some of the letters that have passed
between us recently"
Would you mind stating your imme-
date plans for the future?"
II am on my way to Europe, or, at
least, was before you gave me this San
Francisco report. but 1 may find it
these falsehoods," said Mrs. House
worth.
That she has no serious intention of
returning TO San Francisco was dis
closed later, however, when Mrs.
Houseworth spoke of her anticipated
trip to Europe.
"on what steamer will you sail, and
when?"
Il have not yet arranged my passage
and will not do so until I have been
joined by my old school teacher of San
Jose, who is going with me- I don't
know know just how long we viii re-
main abroad-just as long as we find it
pleasant there"
In conclusion Mrs. Houseworth said.
Please deny positively that wicked
rumor and don't drag my sisters name
into it merely because she happens TO
be with me at this hotel"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
PARAISo HOT SPRINGS

Most wonderful climate. mineral watera and
baths for rheumatism and all stomach trouble..
Address r. MCGOWAN. Paraiso. Monterey conn
~. California.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
HOUSFWORTHS
WILL SEPARATE
Mother of Beautiful Woman
Says Couple Will Seek
a Divorce

Yes. separation between my
daughter and Mr.. Houseworth has been
agreed upon, but divorce proceedings
will not be begun for some time. The
two merely decided that their marriage
had best be broken, but there is no i'll
feeling over 1t between them"
In such words Mrs. Kirk, mother of
Mrs. Frederick A Houseworth, con-
hrmed yesterday the news that her
daughter and the we'll known mining
broker were to seek a divorce. Mrs.
Rouseworth, who was Miss Dorothy
Kirk and known as one of Californias s
most beautiful women, is in New York
with her sister, Miss Imogene Kirk,
preparing TO go TO Europe for the
summer.
The rumor current yesterday to the
effect that G. II. Hayes, the prominent
Los Angeles mine owner, was con-
nected with the disappearance of Mrs.
Houseworth in what was limited to be
an elopement was denied in the strong
est terms by the husband himself and
members of the Kirk family. Hayes
has a wife and family in Los Angeles
and is supposed to be there now.
Houseworth accompanied his wife to
the train a week ago Sunday. when
she left for New York, and they bade
each other good by without resentment.
Now the mining man has left the beau
tiful home at 963 Ashbury street and
is living at the Granada hotel, while
former State superintendent Of Public
Instruction Kirk, the wifes father. is
living at the mansion.
Mrs. Kirk says that her daughters
are to meet several teachers from the
San Jose normal school, including the
principal. in New York, and form a
party TO tour Europe, studying condi-
tions there.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25

The best lunch to be had in San
Francisco served at the Union Square
Hotel daily from IL to p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
WILD DREAM
Thomas w. Grants Act the
Result of Brooding Over
Mysticisms
When Awakened for Breakfast
He Continued Battle With
Burglar

Temporarily crazed through brooding
over the questions of psychology and
the mysticism that runs through much
OF Kipling's prose ana poetry. Thomas
w. Grant, an expert accountant, living
at I37 Baker street, shot and seriously
injured his wife, teacher at the Fre-
mont grammar school, yesterday morn
ing Grant leaped from bed when his
wife called him to breakfast and, still
fighting attacking burglars in some
wild dream that was ranging through
his brain, seized his revolver and sent
two bullets into his wife's body When
he realized what he had done his sorrow
knew no bounds and the man is on the
verge of losing his mind.
RECOVERY Is EXPECTED
Mrs. Grant is being cared for at Dr.
Longs sanitarium, 81 Buena Vista ave-
nue., where ii was found that one of the
bullets had passed through her abdo-
men and another taken effect in the
right thigh No vital organs We're
strtck and the women probably will re-
cover.
Grant is under arrest at the city
prison, where he gives but "a confused
account of the affair, as he seems still
befogSed with the mania that possessed
him when he shot down his wife. The
imprisoned man can only say that he
was dreaming of being attacked by
burglars when his wife called him and
he jumped up and shot her.
Il heard a pistol shot, Grant said
yesterday, land was wondering what it
was when the policeman came and ar
rested me-
DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER
The couple have been married about
three years and acquaintances say they
have been devoted to each other. Grants
eyes began to fail him some months
ago and he was compelled to give up
his work, while his wife secured po-
sition as school teacher. For several
days the man has been seriously ILL.,
and delirious at times. Tuesday Mrs.
Grant stayed home and nursed him.
The accountant and his wife have de-
voted much time, since his eyes failed
him, in a study of Kipling's excursions
into the region of the psychic and the
domains Of mysticism and Grant has
given lectures on the subject before
clubs in this city. The fear that he
would lose his eyesight, with the dark
and troublous thoughts that his brood
ing was bringing on, resulted in the
dtsordered brain which was responsible
for yesterdays incident.
Mrs. Grant formerly was Mrs Kate
Speddington, but her former husband
died eight years a go. She is SO years of
age and Grant is 56. Both have been
residents of San Francisco since the
fire.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25

Cne6kS VIII &C.
zema. 1t was the
itchy, watery kind
a n d " e had to
keep his little
hands wrapped up
all the time, and
il he would hap
pen to get them
ncovere d b Q
would claw his
face till the blood
streamed down on
his clothing. We
called in a physi-
cian ar once but
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
cIVII sERyICF EXAMINATToE

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION-The civil
service commission announced an examination
FOR class clerks 10 be given in the Mission
high school April Il. About 100 clerkships are
filed each year by appointment 10 the various
municipsl Offices. which viii draw from the
eligible list TO be created by this test All an
plicaufs for the examination must 6le notice
by April Of their intention with the com
mission in its Offices in the Grant building
Market and Seventh streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25

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lars or more and baby was getting
worse. was so worn out watching
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/ almost felt sure the disease was in
curable. But finally reading Of the
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determined to try them. / can truth
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clear OF the least spot or scar OF any,
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AS it is. / would never think OF using
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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25

CALIFORNIAN IN PARIS-Paris, March "a.
A. c. Letzen Of San Francisco registered at The
Call Herald office today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25

Reliable Relief for Eyes That Need
Care. Murine Eye Remedy Soothes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
BABY'S TERRIBLE
WATERY ECZEMA
itching Humor Broke Out on Tiny
Mites Cheeks-WouId Tear His
Face Till Blood Streamed Down
Unless Hands were Bandaged-
Spent$50on Useless Treatments.
CURED BY CUTICURA
AT COST OF BUT Sl.50

"when my little boy was two and
half months old be broke out on both
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
Regular Through Services
The PENINSULA
SAN MATEO, CAL.
OPENS APRIL 1st

An ideal home In the country. almost within
the city's gates. Only 80 minutes from 8 D.
Special rates In the bachelors quarters.
JAS. II. DOOLPTTLE, Mgr.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-25
TALESMAN WHO
WOULD PUNISH
GRAFT EXCUSED
Fine Drawn Distinction of State
of Mind Required TO Dis
qualify in Calhoun Case
Attorneys Believe Work OF Inn
paneIing Jury Will Be Conn
pIeted in Short Time
By w. Russell Cole

1t necessitated fine drawn distinc-
tion as 10 what constitutes the proper
state OF mind for d juror to possess to
bring about the disqualification Of John
H. Gray a life insurance agent, who
was examined as a talesman in the Cal
houn case yesterday afternoon. Gray
was disposed of only after an extended
examination by both prosecution and
defense and after Judge Lawlor him
self had taken a hand in tire inquiry,
Even then the ruling was based on the
courts custom Of resolving any shadow
OF a doubt on the side OF a challenge.
The only real foundation for an OBJ
lection to Gray was the fact that he be-
lieved ia the work of the prosecution
and expressed his conviction that the
graft hgat has. been waged in good
faith by the men who have exposed
civic corruption in San Francisco. This
was enough TO make him offensive u
the attorneys for Patrick Calhoun, but
even they realized that it was not
enough 10 form an adequate ground for
challenge.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
3 SHIPS REPORTED LOST
Twenty-six Persons Perish When a Spanish Steamer Hits Rocks
 Near Brittany Coast.

London. Eng - Dispatches from Ushant, the westernmost of the islands off the coast of Brittany. say that the Spanish steamship Seirakbat was wrecked near there and all of the crew of 26 drowned. The vessel was driven on rocks in a heavy storm.
 Other wrecks reported Monday are those of the Dutch sailing ship Wotil- lie which. with her crew, was lost off Cape Verde Islands, and the French steamship Manarandra, which is be- lieved to have gone down while en route from Madagascar to Cape Town, in the same storm that caused the re- cent loss of the Waratah and the Ma roris.
 The Mananardra carried both pas sengers and a large crew, the exact number of which is not known.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
BLK REFORM MOVEMENT
Atlantic City Mayor Refused to Re- ceive Notice From Attorney Gen.
 erai-Talk of Arrest

Atlantic City, N. J.-Interest in the reform movement in this city was in- creased when Mayor Story officially refused to receive notice from At torney General Williams, ordering him to close Atlantic City saloons on Sunday. The mayor said he knew the contents of the notice, which gave the names and addresses of the 3S saloon and hotel proprietors, who are alleged to have sold liquor on three Sundays of the present month. and he refused to accept ser vice even after the contents of mo- tice and the signatures of the attorney general had ben read to him. Under the state law, the refusal to act within ten days on an order issued by the attorney general, makes a city official liable to indictment for a misdemeanor.
 The heads of the reform movement declared that they will ask for the ar rest of the mayor if he refuses to ac- knowledge the notice
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Wade Was Quiet Negro.

Pine Bluff. r. Stephen W. Wade, the Pine Bluff negro who ran amuck in Monroe, La. Tuesday and shot and fatally wounded more than a score of white people. left this city last Monday for Monroe, but the object of his visit there was not made known by him.
 He was addicted to cocaine, and it is believed that his desperate acts in the Louisiana town were occasioned by excessive use of the drug. Wade was well known in Pine Bluff, where he owned several nice cottages. and was never known to have any seri- ous trouble with members of his race or white persons.
 Wade was a member of the negro Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodg- es here He was regarded as a law abiding negro and followed light con- tracting work. being employed at va rious times on rice tarIhs in this sec ton to dig irrigating ditches. at which he was an expert.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
A SCORE OF PERSONS ARE sERI- OUSLY WOUNDED, SEVERAL
 FATALLY. IN CLASH.
';RONDs CHECKED BY TROOPS
Women Armed With Stones and Clubs Make an EffectuaI Assault and h. cite Men to Fieht-One Wo-
 man is Wounded Shot.

Pittsburg, Pa.-One state trooper, CTS were shot and killed in a wild riot at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville, whose employees are now on strike.
 riously wounded several fatally The rioting followed a day of quiet, and broke without warning.
 While the riot lasted, mounted state through the streets with riot maces drawn, cracking the head of all per sons lettering in the vicinity of the mill. Deputy sheriffs and troopers brcke in the doors of houses, suspect ed of being the retreat of strikers, and wholesale arrests were made.
 Scores of persons were arrested and placed in box car jails in the mill yards.
 During the early stage of rioting. women were conspicuous, some were armed and others effectually used clubs and stones. These women, all foreigners insane with rage, were mainly responsible for melting the men to extreme measures.
 Shortly before 9:30 o'clock a mob of men gathered about the Schoenville entrance to the Pressed Steel Car works, and without warning, made a concerted attack upon the big swing ing gates of the stockade The attack was resisted by state troopers and deputy sheriffs, who used riot maces. In the melee Harry Exler, a deputy sheriff aged 50 years, was shot and instantly killed by bullet fired, it is said, by an alleged strike sympathizer.
 For the first time since the inception of the strike, the state troopers opened volley fire on a mob Six strikers fell at the first round.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
GOVERNOR NAMES
 TAX COMMISSION
L. M. sURGE APPOINTED TO sUc.
 CEED OR. AVERY MOORE.
MEMBER OF FARMERS UNION
A Thorough Canvass Of State Win Be Made as Soon as the Dis
 tricts Are Found.

Little Roek.-L. NJ. Burge of Ben. ton county. member of the executive committee of the Farmers Union, has been appointed a member of the state tax commission by Governor Donaghey. Mir Burge will succeed Dr. Avery F. Moore. who recently re- signed from the commission. The appointment took effect immediately and Mir. Burge spent Wednesday with the tax commission, famiiarizing nim- self with his duties With the ap- pointment of Mir. Burge the commis- sion is now planning 10 leave next week for thorough canvass of the entire state. the state having been divided into three sections for con. venience, each commissioner to cover one entire section, gathering data to be used in coming conferences with county equalization boards.
 The appointment of Mir Burge was a complete surprise to many. It was anticipated that the governor would appoint man from northwest Arkan- sas, but MT. Burgess name had not been mentioned publicly in connec- tion with the place.
 Mir. Burge was born January 24, 1869, in Prentiss county, Miss He was educated there and also studied for three years at the University of Mississippi He taught school in Mississippi until 1891. He taught school in Monroe county from Feb ruary of that year until December He then returned to Mississippi In 1893 he taught school in Jackson and | Craighead counties, this state. He again returned to Mississippi From there he went to west Texas, where he bought and sold land. He moved back to Arkansas several years age
 and has resided in this state since then. He bought fruit farm in Ben ton county, three miles fdom Spring. dale in Washington county, and has lived on that farm for the past sev- eral years.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
SECLUDED FOR 46 YEARS
Reeiuse Had Not Stepped Outside His Yard Since Day Lincoln
 Freed Negroes.

louisville, Ky.-News has come to this city of the death at Green Brier, Nelson county, of Basil Hayden, who has not stepped outside the picket fence bounding his yard since Presi- dent Lincoln freed the slaves. It was not resentment at this act that caused Hayden's seclusicn, for neighborhood tradition is that he shut himself in a little room that day in 1863 after his sweetheart died and looked no more upon men
 An oYerseer of Hayden's estate named Borders was the only human being whom the anchorite saw.
 Hayden left an estate which will amount to nearly $l00,000, the money being hidden in pillowslips and cast off clothing.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother of Victim on Deathbed When Fire Occurs.

Argenta-Within a few feet of his mother, who was lying at the poin, of death. Victor Bailey, the 9-year-old son of Victor w Bailey, was burned to death Wednesday afternoon al 30 o'clock, when the Bailey home at 1901 Chandler street, in Argenta, was burned over the head of the dying woman. Mrs. Bailey was saved from the flames by a number of women who were al her bedside and carried across the street to neighbor's house, where she Is now reported to be in a most critical condition.
 The fire was started by an explo- sion of five gallon can of coal oil on the back porch The boy was playing with a dark lantern on the porch and had just placed some oil in it. When he touched a match to the lantern it exploded, and the flames leaped into the large can, which also exploded, completely sat. urating the boys clothing with burn ing oil.
 The flames spread quickly to the house and it was with difficulty that the boys mother was removed to a place of safety.
 The father of the dead boy, who is foreman at the St. Louis Cotton Compress No. l, was not at home when the fire started, but was sum- moned from his work and arrived to find his boy dead and his wife near death
 The house was valued at about $500 and belonged to J. l. Lee of Pine Bluff The loss is said to have been partly covered by insurance.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Boats Collide; One Reached.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.-The 40 foot freight steamer Senator, of Detroit, was beached on the upper end of the middle ground in the St Marys river opposite Detour, as result of a collision with the steamer Norman B. Ream of Cleveland. The Senator had large hole stove in her starboard side and there was barely time to run her on the middle ground before she filled with water. No one was injured The Ream was damaged but still is sea worthy
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
FRIENDS OF ILLINOIS FARMER DECLARE HE WAS VICTIM
 OF FOUL PLAY.
.AC|D BURNS UPON HIS FACE
Had Purchased Poison After Failure to Raise Money to Buy Outfit Pre-
 paratory to Farming lm- mediately After Marriage.

Havana, lll.-Mystery enyelops the l death of George Edwin Tigar. a youhg 1 farmer found dead in the bottom of his wagon after the driverless team l reached his home. The coroner's jury rendered verdict that death was due to carbolic acid poisoning.
 Popular opinion is about evenly Iii. yded between the belief that the man committed suicide or was tbe victim of foul play. On account of the fact that Tigar was soon to have mar. ried Miss Bertha Markert. daughter Of prosperous farmer and had ar- ranged to take charge of a splendid farm, 1t seems unlikely that he would have killed himself.
 Had Purchased Poison. When found the odor of carbolic acld was perceptiple, although the body was cold. Investigation showed that he had bought two-ounce bot tie of earbolic acid at a local drug store Tn the afternoon, the druggist who sold 1t supposing that he. like
 
 other farmers, kept it to mix with vaseline for the treating of sore shoulders on horses. The acid had burned both sides of the face, throat and chest
 The relatives of the dead man scout the theory of suicide, and claim that the boy was murdered. They point to the fact that the neck was dlSeolored, the veins swollen and the lips tightly compressed. sl
 FeFsons who met Tigar Monday say he was in a cheerful mood. The family will try to establish proof that ne was murdered and an autopsy may De held. The mans financee is pro- strated The bottle which had contain ed the acid has not been found.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
fnVadinq Navy Repulsed.

Boston, Mass.-An attack on Boston was successfully repulsed in the mim- lc war maneuvers which are being carried on at the harbor forts CO., incidentally with the war game in the southeastern part of the state. The attack was by army transports representing battleships, which at tempted to make landing on Man. tasket beach. They were repulsed by the eighty-first corps coast artillery.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Business Section Threatened

Mexico City, Mexico.-Fire destroy ed property in the business center of Monterey to the value of about s1,- 000OO The whole business section of the city was threatened, but escaped destruction largely because there was no wind
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Family Sees Him Drown.

Peoria, Illinois. - Maverick Vor- hees, aged 35, master mechanic for the Rock Island railroad at Peoria, while on a pleasure cruise in his launch, accidentally fell into the Hi nois river near Beardstown, H., and was drowned. His wife and two small children were with him at the time of the accident, and for hours they were left helpless near the scene.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Five Killed in Feud Fight.

Fl Paso, Tex.-In a feid- fight Sun day between the laborers employed on the farms at Juriquilla and those of Santa Rosa. a nearby village, five men were killed and one fatally and ten seriously injured.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
lucania is Rehoated.

Liverpool, England.-The Cunard me steamer Lucania, which was dam aged by fire Saturday night at her JOCK here and was sunk in order to quench the flames, was refloated and IS In readiness for removal to dry dock for examination.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Woman Mysteriously Disappears.

Worcester, Mass.-Word was re- celved here that Mrs. A. R Holt who accompanied the Worcester board of trade excursion to Seattle, leaving this city August 4, disappeared after the party reached Seattle, and has not yet been found. The party Is now h Portland, Ore.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Missouri Writer Dies.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Samuel Keller, widely known newspaper core spondent and politician, died here. aged 51 years. A widow, who is a sister of Senator Charles J. Hughes, of Colorado, and a son, survive him.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Rid Fish Catch.

Beaufort, N. CA catch of mullets aggregating half a million pounds, said to be the largest ever known along the Atlantic coast, was made of this port by deep sea fishermen.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Cousin of President Killed.

Trinidad. Colo.-Charles Taft. a sec ond cousin of President Taft, was Killed at Prior, Colo. 20 miles north or here by lightning.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Bubonic Plaque on Hawaii Island.

Honolulu. Hawaii.-Three cases of bubonic plague and one death from the disease were reported from the island of Hawaii So far no cases of plague have been discovered on this island.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
heney Declines Nomination.

Newport, Ore.-Francis J Heney. in a formal statement. declared be could not accept the Democratic Inde pendent league nomination for district attorney of San Francisco.
The Forrest City times., 1909-08-27
Waaner Wins Patent Suit.

St. Paul. Minn-The Westinghouse Eieetric and Manufacturing company lost its suit against the Wagner Flee .rlc and Manufacturing company for infringement of patent.