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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
"STRIkF GRAfT[RS"'
ARE FOUND GUILTY
Skinny" Madden and AssOci=
ateS Convicted and Sentenced
to Pay $500 Fine Each
Rumors Of Attempts TO influence
Jury in Behalf of Defend
ants Are Rife

CHICAGO. May 29.-After 46 hours
of almost constant wrangling the jury
in the case of Martin E. Skinny
Madden, M j. Boyle and E. A. Pouchot,
labor leaders charged with strike
grating. today brought in a verdict OF
guilty. fining each OF the defendants
$500.
The long delay is said to have been
due to the inability of the IL men to
find common ground of punishment
Madden almost collapsed when the YER.
dict was read. He was scarcely able
to speak, but finally managed to state
that he considered the verdict bad
thing for unionism.
Reports of attempts to influence the
jury in behalf of the defendants were
rife about the Criminal Court building
during the afternoon. State Attorney
Wayman visited the grand jury room
and later a large number of subpenas
were issued
The case has been bitterly contested.
For years there have been rumors of
irregularities in the calling and set
Ting of strikes in Chicago. Last win
ter the rumors took concrete form and
the Indictment of Madden, Pouchot and
Doyle followed. The men were brought
to trial on an Indictment charging that
conspiracy to extort and the extortion
or $1,000 from Emil Klicka. through
George 5. Andres, an agent, in order to
settle strike on the plant of the
Joseph j. Klicka company. 1t was al
legged in the states testimony that An
dres, having received the money from
klicka, left it on desk for Madden,
ar p1r4 lite
safeguard. Pouchot and Boyle are said
to have assisted in securing the money.
Arguments on a motion for a new trial
will be heard June IL.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
WEDDING IN THE
CHINESE SMART SET
Bridegroom Had Wild Scramble
to Obtain Almost Forgotten
Marriage License
Continued from Page 1.


were in light suits, but were equally
solemn. Only the bridesmaids giggled.
The groom took the arm of his dark,
almond eyed bride. the giggling girls
picked up the white satin train, there
was an aroma of orange blossoms in
the air and the Americanized couple.
passed out of the ken of the wrinkled
and dingy denizens of Clay street, into
the hotel where the Baptist minister
waited to unite them under the rites
of a religion strange to that block.
Then in the evening there was
sumptuous feast served in the Kong
Nan Low, restaurant famous in Chi
natown.
The couple will live in Berkeley. The
groom will not teach In the Chinese
school next year, because, it is said,
he went buggy riding with his fiancee.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MYSTERY OF GIRLS
MURDER UNSOLVED
Police Fail to Trace Slayer and
Youth Refuses to Talk

LOS ANGELES. May 2s-Ben Elliott,
the youth held on a charge of robbery.
but suspected of completely in the
murder of little Annie Poltera, was
placed in the tanks at the county jail
for the first time today.
Previously Elliott had been kept in
the Juvenile department. but today
he refused to talk further to the off,
GERS after consultation with his
father and was taken to the tanks
The officers followed several alleged
clews today, but no arrests were made
and they seem to be almost as far
away from the correct solution of the
mystery as they were when the crime
was first discovered.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
SPANISH LUNCH UNDER
CYPRESS FOR BANKERS
Pleasure Follows Business of
Session at Monterey

MONTEREY. May 2s.-Having COM
pleted their business tie bankers de-
voted today 10 pleasure. At $3.50 this
morning the delegates and their ladies
were taken for a drive TO the Preside.
where they witnessed q dress parade
Of United States troops. Then the trip
around Seventeen Nile drive was re-
sumed- At Pebble beach, under old
cypress trees, a Spanish lunch was
served They returned TO the hotel this
evening, thoroughly delighted with the
entertainment This evening there was
an lnlormal bon at Rotel Del Monte.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
MILK CART SMASHED AND
WOMAN DRIVER INJURED
Streetcar Strikes Rig While
Crossing the Tracks

Hurled from her milk cart which
was struck by an electric streetcar
at Twentieth and Guerrero streets
yesterday morning. Mrs. Kate Kelly
Of II Palmer street sustained serious
injuries about the head and body and
was rendered unconscious by the fan.
Mrs. Kelly was crossing the car tracks
going toward Twentieth street. The
horse was not injured. but the wagon
was demolished. The victim Of the
collision was hurried to the Mission
emergency hospital where she received
the proper medical treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
LAYS ASIDE RIFLE
TO USE THE PEN
Roosevelt Is Devoting Himself
TO Literary Work

NAIROBL, British East Africa. May
est has been decided definitely that
the Roosevelt party will leave here
June 2. via Rijabe, for the Solika dis
trict to the south of Nairobi
Mr. Roosevelt who is staying in the
townhouse of George Macmillan. Is
spending his time in literary work.
Among other things he is writing on a
book.
The naturalists of the expedition
are engaged in packing up the speci-
mems already obtained, which viii be
shipped out on the next steamer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
Shorts Get Under Cover

At the opening a representative Of
Bartlett, Patten & Co. offered to buy
or sell May wheat at s1.34. This es-
tablished the quotation, at which price
Patten disposed of half a million BUSH
els to the fag end of the short in
terest, those who had hoped against
hope for turn to the end.
All the shorts had got under cover
previously and the figures stood there
throughout the session. 1t testified
to the complete success with which
Patten had conducted his campaign. It
was not a manipulative campaign, and
did not owe its success to the employ
ment of unlimited dollars. Conditions
were as fatten had foFecasted, and
the final price did not reflect a
squeeze" but rather the legitimate
price of actual wheat at this season.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF
MILL VALLEY GRADUATED
Diplomas Presented to Students
Of TamaIpais Union
LSpecial Dispatch 10 The Call

lSPecsoi DEpotch 10 he Gall
MILL VALLEY. May 29.-The first
class to graduate from the Tamalpais
Union high school We're given their di-
plomas last night, and the closing ex-
ercises were followed by a dance in the
high school building.
Clinton Folger, president of the
school directors, presented the diploma
10 Francis - Ingers0I. Gladys r. Ha-
zen and Thomas Bunker
Thomas Bunker delivered the saluta-
tory and Principal Z. Z. Woods gave
the students some wholesome advice.
Among those who contributed to
the program were Mrs Kelly. Miss
Florence Rea and Miss Gladys R. Ha-
zen
The trustees Of the high school are
Clinton Folger. E. A Evans. NJ. M.
O'Shaughnessy. Fred Linsley, DR.. Ar
thur Mays and James McAdams.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
APPOINT NEW HEALTH
BOARD FOR MILL VALLEY
Town Trustees Grant Petition
of the Association
T.Soeeini Disooteb 10 The Call

MILL VALLEY, May 29.-On the pc
tition of the Mill Valley association
the town trustees have ousted the
board of health that reigned supreme
until Friday and an entire new board
has been chosen to I'LL the places de-
clared vacant.
No reason is given the sweeping
change, except that the preceding board
did not seemingly get together and att
tend to it's duties as the citizens
thought should be done.
Those who compose the new board
are: DR.. John Kingwell. DIR. ]. j.
Spottiswood, DR.. Jerome Hughes, Mel
vim Staples and w. L. Clark.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
LOVE WILL FIND THE
WAY, is PROVERB TRUE
Youthful Suitor Will Soon
Claim His Bride
Especial Dispatch 10 The ColIl

SACRAMENTO, May 29.-The lack
of a few years and a guardian proved
but small obstacle to F. H. Hart, a
youth of 10 years of age. who was de-
sirous of wedding the girl of his
choice, who is but II. The consent of
the girls mother was secured, but
young Hart could produce no legal
authority to wed. He had q distant
relative, F. ]. Townsend, living here
and persuaded him to ask for letters
of guardianship. Townsend did as re-
quested and today petitioned the supe-
rior court for the proper letters. The
petition will be heard next Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
EQUALIZERS INSPECT
REALTY AT WOODLANDS
State Board Spends Day Secur-
ing Data for Assessment
Especial Dispotch 10 The Cai[1

WOODLAND, May 2s.--Members of
the state board of equalizers, including
State Controller A. B. Nye, arrived mere
from the north today and spent lie
day looking over real estate values in
THIS town and county. Those in the
ton, Jefferson McElvaine of San Fran
cisco, Clerk T. NJ. Eby and Controller
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
DIED

residence of her parents. 1929 Eighteenth
street. Ruth NJ. beloved daughter of JOHN
p and Elizabeth Treanor. and sister Of
Edna Treanor. native of Sonoma county
Cal. aged years and months.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

REVIEW GERMAN TRooPs-Beriin. May %.
Emperor william and the empress reviewed the
Berlin and the Potsdam garrisous at the Temple
HOffeId today. Thirty thousand troops passed
before their majesties. In the reviewing party
we're many prominent Americans.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

BURGLARS ROB CIGAR STORE Burlingame,
May 29.-The cigar store of William Eustice on
San Mateo drive broken into by burglars
last night. who stole $50 worth Of tobacco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
Others Participate

The Bartlett-Patten house has by no
means purchased all the May wheat
that has been traded for its own in
dividual account. Much of it was for
customers. other houses have parici-
pated in the advance. These and
other factors render any attempt to es-
innate the financial gains OF Patten
the veriest guesswork.
Close followers of the market are
content with the statement that he has
made a huge sum, which may grow or
decrease as he merchandises his actual
wheat Half dozen other houses have
been bullish on the market for months
but generally retired with their profits
some weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

YOUTH BURNED TO DEATH Spokane.
Wash, May 29.-James Moore. aged IS. was
burned to death in hre that destroyed a store
building at COlville early this morning. Moore
was sleeping in upstairs rOom-
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
John Winters who stole 900 Selby smelling works.
MAKES MILLIONS IN
GREAT WHEAT DEAL
Patten Closes Operations, but
Refrains From Squeezing
the Shorts
Continued from Page IL

gate only 4.7O0,000 bushels. 1t is gen
orally believed most of this belongs to
the bull leader, and that he has paid
in the neighborhood of $5,Oo0,oOo for
it. Before Patten can calculate his
profits on the deal he must merchan-
disc this wheat-turn it back into
money by selling it to millers here
and abroad
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
A Swectheart-and Her Husband

HE had told me where to find the closest
crony of my boyhood. Dick Gordon
without. however, telling me anything Of
Dicks circumstances. SO | set out to look
Dick up. He had been a handsome ruddv
faced, frank eyed boy. as | recalled him of no
particular clevernesS. but wholesome and en-
gaging No doubt l reflected as | poked along
in search OF his home. Dick had made good
He couldn't be other than one of the leading
citizens of the town.
But Dicks home hut ramShackle
smoke grimed hut down near the edge of the
roily river \ lot of ragged frazzle haired
children were playing around the hut As |
approached. An eXOrbItdntly fat woman. with
enormous red arms. and Swaddled III 4 loose
calico wrapper, was hanging odds and ends of
unrecognizable washed garments on black
clotheSline IN the little yard beside the hut. |
addressed her politely. Could | see MIR. Rich
ard Gordon'
The excessively fat woman stared and
stared at me. and then she began to simper
She began to look arch and artless Plainly
she recognized me. This was satisfying But
who on earth could she be- She seemed to
read my thoughts.
And. sure, don't We know who l am, now? "
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

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own blades better th4n send '-iIa 2rs ChIcag
mailing Packase keenets- - ~, -
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

hanging loose he bllnked at me for q long time
Then / addressed hIm. made myself known .
hm He remembered me. But he dldn [
otter 70 shake hands; luSt viewed me ,drdoni-
eallv Not To bc rcbutfcd. however. | seated
myself on a sack of bran IN front of the store
and picked a little talk out OF hIm. wanted
10 know what had become of all OF the feilerS
Of my boyhood He knew what had become
Of ali # thcm-kncw only too well. At the
finish was sorry had asked hlm about any OF
them They had al come. or were coming. to
bad ends It appeared Old Man Fraser told
me about them with manifest delight.
Where's Jim Harvey. that slick haired boy
that used r. be always At the top of the class
and that all OF our mothers threw uP 10 Us
constantly | asked Old Man Fraser.
oh that torn down devil, promptly re-
Piled Old Man Fraser Say. haven't We been
rcadin the papers al these years, Why. Jim.
ne was hung r robbln trains down IN Arki'i-
sas good fifteen year ago.
And links Purcell whose folks we're swe!ls
and lived on the Esplanade,
links he died o drink fore ne vas twenty
five
And smoke Gaylor whose father Vas the
smoke Gaylor want never no good. He
done time f'r stealth fore he come ot age
Haint been back since he got out. Dun no
where Smoke Is now He want never no
good, Smoke want. Mt his father before
him, cf YOU re asln' me.
And thus on down the rest OF the list OF the
names of boyhood pals that submitted to Old
Man Fraser Without exception they had
gone galloping 10 the dogs. or were well on their
way Yes. l was sorry had asked him about
them 1T all
When | was taking my leave OF Old Man
Fraser he suddenly broke INTO an unpleasant
cackle
We might tell yr dad. ef be As he's
livin said Old Man Fraser. showing his tooth
less gums IN u wide but not cheerful grin. ct that
he went away from here OWN me two dollar
n eighty five cent, Reckon he must ha
fergot it. OF course ct he's dead 1t all right
For the sake of the family credit | settled for
the two eightv-fivc without further inquiry
into the Justice of the claim. and then bade ola
Man Fraser an unregretful goodby.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
A Disillusion Disillusioned

TIRED and embIttered. | turned and trudged
III the direction whence had started upon
tins final leg of my SOrely punCtured pilgrimage
\ little way up the street framed IN the front
doorway of the only neat cottage in sight |
noticed trlg little elderly woman in fresh
blue gingham dress. She had stepped to the
door, in the midst of her houSework to get 4
breath of air: for the atmosphere reeked with
the close. languorouS humidneSS of spring
She was leaning slightly against the iooriamb
and seeming to be IN q bit of day dream. did
not notice my approach. but gazed musingly
into uothingneSs
But knew her At once Somehow or other.
SpinSterS-agreeable SpInSterS. particularly
never seem to change much n appearance
Little Miss Crowell had been regarded as a
settled SpinSter even when | had been u
small boy. But she had always been quite
gray, ever since | could remember Now her
hair was snow white But that made no
difference. There could be no miStaking her
bright always interested brown eyes with the
little lines of kindlineSS running away from
them at the corners. She had been-and still
was, tOund-a music teacher On Saturdays.
in the cd faded time. she had allowed me to
pick out scales and ChopStickS and drum at will
on her tlnny old square piano She had let me
read her set of Dickens and explained the
difficult characters to me- like the old man who
made shoes IN the BaStile and what he was
there for and what had Steerforth done to
come to such tragic end and Quilp and his
boy who was always standing on ms head and
why were the people who hadn't done anything
except owe folks money kept III that dull Mar
Shalsea prison. She had liked me because |
liked Dickens. who was her deity. and had
never left her neat little home, with its rag
carpets and whatnots and things without an
apple a cooky and yet another Dickens
book to read. 1t was good to see her framed
IN that doorway | had to swallow a bit of
gulp before | walked into her little ward and
addressed her
Good afternoon Miss Eliza. said. address
ing her had been my wont as a boy Il
certainly would be powerfully obliged to you
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
The Boyhood Home

She askei me calling me by nv name. % my
intense ,tstonIshment. and she began to look
more languiShing and sImPering than ever
| assured her that my memory was so tredch-
crous | had not the remoteSt notion As to her
identity / supplemented this by expressing
my aruaze1nent that She should have recognized
me
And. sure. why should 1 not have, sh~
asked me shaking red. pudgy. moist forchngeI
al me roguishIy Do sweetheartS forget 81
easy as all that would come tor
Sweethearts' | was too stunned 70 say
word
Sure and can't YOU see that I'm Maize
Greenwood" she asked me, not IN the least
abaShed by my silence
Maize Greenwood Maize, the sylPh, the
sprite the elf the fay, Maize Greenwood OF my
boy dreams. for whose idozed sake l. at the
age of ten. had contemplated a sangu1nary
career on the Spanish Main2 This Stupendu-
OuSly fat woman III the tiIppy calico wrapper
nv bOylSh sweetheart
| can't remember a word that | SAID IN reply
70 her stunning self revelation. | emerged
from the trance only when large. clumsy
round ShOuldered man, dressed Is "a coal miner
ready for work. the lamp IN his cap and all,
appeared in the doorway And | heard the
sweetheart Of my boyhood saying 10 me m her
wheezy voice. This Is Dick
Yes, Dick Gordon the particular buddy
OF my bovhoOd. was q coal miner. and very
Sulky, ugly customer of a coal miner too From
the hut he had heard me talking with his wife.
the sweetheart of my bovhOod and plainly he
Sullen and uppiSh Yes, he remembered me.
but what of it, He remembered lot o folks.
What was the USE o rememberin'2 He didn't
have no time f'r rememberin' Renemberin
didn't git him nothin'. And SO on
That was ms tOne.-nO encouraging one. You
may SurmiSe. / wasted no time at this leave
taking | was not wanted And, to be per
fectlv candid. | was rather glad of It
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
STAMPS AND Coins

FOREIGN STAMPS FREE 51--t-leg,. b sr''-~ ID ,,e-i
mention gift u.s. send D. postage -,5 Eiiu5n
Iogue OF Worlds stamps, rs.N a'.'. 4 --' 5odon.'
pages. a. postpaid. Bright X >" .''
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
The Old Schoolmaster

He had told me that Decker, my school
master as a boy had gone into politics
and was then city clerk | had long cherished
the dream of once more seeing Decker and
shaking him 10y the hand He had been a
clean cut young fellow as | remembered HIM
The only thing | had held against him boy
was his excessive piety Outside of that had
considered Decker strictly all right And so he
had gone into politics He was the last human
being | should have imagined that OF But
looked him up, nevertheless l found him at
the City Hall Oh. what mean, close huddled.
squat orncry little City Hall | found 1t to be
after | had been imagining IT during all the
intervening years to be at least as big rs the
Capitol at Washington
| had no trouble IN finding Decker But I
never should have known him. He had Il
ward heeler's thick bristly mustache His
nose was rcd-and not from weeping. His face
was coarse So was his manner All his old
air of refinement even of distinction. Is | re-
membered It. had departed He was the little
town politician all over. Moreover he was
about three parts drunk when | walked in on
HIM
No need 70 recaptulate our brief converse
ton. | grateful TO him for thing: he
gave me a good sound slap on the back Drunk
or not he did that, and it felt good He did
me the honor to tell me that I'd been 4 pretty
fly little gink (whatever the last word neanSl
back in the years when he a taught me readin'.
wrtin', n rithmetiC. But | hated to see my
old SchoomaSter IN the shape he was in. and
left him with his bottle which he kept in the
second drawer of his desk, together with
collapSble aluminium cup from which he took
several gulps during the short tune | spent with
him
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
The Sad Start Back


I STOPPED at the Mansion House and III
reCted that my unopened baggage should
be removed at once TO the station | was for
the night train out from the town of my boy
hood Then, fultIlment of a duty. | trudged
through the dwIndling sunshine of the after
noon to the street where stood the little frame
house in the big ward where had lived as a
bOV
The house still was there. but It was gradu
ally falling apart. Brace poles were stuck
against the wcatherboardS all around It to help
hold 1t up. Polish family, with many Squall-
ing children lived in the house
But the dozen and odd old apple trees were
at the height of their towering and the bios
SONS Slfted Sfted down from the fragrant
vaguely ptnkiSh boughS.
And so. my quest. having been InStigated by
a haunting apple blossom memory bIde fair
TO end with mere revISualIZatIon of that mem
ory disappointment drummed IN my ears
DSllluSionment, bleak and drcar swept me
like the chilling breath of 4 raw mIStral The
engaging picture had mentally painted OF my
return to the boyhood home had faded into 4
dull hlOtchV blur
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-02
LOCKWOOD Will RUN
LONG RACE IN BUTTE
Well Known Local Long Distance
Runner Will Go to Montana to
Compete In Big FifteenMIe
Event There.

Charles y. Lockwood, one of the best
long distance runners in the west, and
the best in the state expects to leave
Sunday for Butter Montana, where he
will represent this city in the 15-mile
modified marathon race for a purse of
$1,000. Runners from all parts of the
county wi ! b" e~ter d, and great in
terest is being taken in the coming
event.
Mr.. Lockwood who has been train
ing for several weeks for the race from
Walla Walla to the Seattle exposition
is in fine form, and expects to be m d,
the finish in the Butte race. His many
friends in Walla Walla will watch the
results with interest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-02
UNITED HUNTS MEET
HAS VARIED PROGRAM
RepIete With Events of Interest to
Gentlemen Riders-Changes Will
Add to Comfort of the Specta-
tors.

BALTIMORE, Sept. with a pro-
gram replete with steeplechases and
other events of interest to gentleman
riders. ten Maryland United Hunts fall
meeting opens this afternoon at PIN
leo. Smart society in all the eastern
and South Atlantic coast states is rep
resented. The dates include two holt
days. Saturday and Labor, and it is
thought that this will aid in promoting
large attendance.
Some changes have been made at
Pimlico since the spring meeting,
which will add to the comfort of spec
tators and the completeness of the
course
North of the grandstand the open
steps have been extended about so
feet. so as to afford additional room
for trainers, stable boys and others.
who like to view the sport at close
range. while the removal of the water
jump to a point opposite the paddock
and the relocation of the brush jump
will add to the safety and attraction OF
the steeplechase course.