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New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
DUEL IN HAp1NA.
Spanish Minister Hurt and
Cuban ReDorted Killed.

Havana. Dec 3O-Sefor Soier Guar
diola. the Spanish Minister, is conhned
TO his house with a serious wound OF the
hand. which. according to general rumor'
he received i'm a duel several days ago
with a Cuban. who is alleged 10 nave
insulted Sonora Soier.
The Cuban. whose name is not known,
is reported to have been killed Every
effort is being made To suppress the
publication of the details of the affair
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
ODD GROUND FOR CONTEST.
Sister of Testator Says Witness Was
Convicted of Stealing Watch.
BY Telegraph 10 The Trihune.1

q.
Springfield. Mass. Dee. 40 Miss L,IIer u
Kennedy. of New York, is contesting in the
Probate Court the $4,000 estate of her
brother. John r. Kennedy, late of Holvoke
on the ground that person convicted of
the theft of a watch is not capable of being
an attesting witness 10 a will. The witness
to whom exception is taken is a man nurse
Because of his conviction Il is contendei
by the contestant under the common law
that the viii is invalid
" Is contended by the beneficiary and ex-
toutor that under the statutes the offence
was not felony or infamous crime
ano Is not therefore an act which incapaci-
tstes the nurse from being eligible as an
attesting witness, Judss Long has taken
the point of law under advisement
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
FRANK Il. SMITH DEAD
Crucible Steel President En-
pres Suddeply at Home.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. I

fittsburg. Dec 3o.-Frank r. Smith
president or the Crucible Steel Company of
America and brother-in-law of Secretary
Knox, dropped dead in his home at Sc
"ickiey at III o'clock tonight. Mr. Smith
had been apparently In the best of health
and had spent the evening with friends
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31

Cardinal Gibbons urges all Catholics TO use
the Manual of Prayers. John Murphy Co.
Pubs. BALTIC. For sale book and dept. stores.
-AdyC
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
THROUGH CARS TO FLORIDA RESORTS

Seaboard Florida Ltd. is the handsomest,
quickest and only club train 10 Florida
Ing Scaboard Air Line. 1883 way.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31

OEWEV'S WINES FOR NEW YEARS.
Special Assorted Cases S4.oo. s.. 90. Ss.i5.
II T. Dewey 4 Sons Co.. lSS Fulton ST., N. Y.
-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31

FLORIDA lOA-CUBA-SOuTH
Via Atlantic Coast Line-ths Standard -a,,
maa VI ,ne south 200 a. m, S.25 y m. e.e5
~ superior service. l2lS B'way-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
Its purity has made II famous. ."-Advt.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE
AGAIN WON BY STANFORD
Carnot Medal Taken by Brother
of Former Winner

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. s.
For the third successive time Stanford
tonight won the Carnot intercollegiate
debate, and the University of Califor-
MIA, which has thrice tried to wrest the
handsome gold medal from the car
dinal college, is again trailing it's blue
and gold colors in defeat The Stan
ford man who won the trophy is j. r.
Shelton, brother of W. c. Shelton, who
won the medal for Stanford year ago.
A huge crowd of rooters from both
universities jammed the big assembly
hall when the debate began tonight
1t is feature of the famous Carnot
debate to give the question out only
two hours before the time set for the
beginning of the discussion. This
year the question was an especially
hard one. but in spite of the fact that
they had to speak almost extempora-
neously, both teams of three members
each acquitted themselves we'll. The
question was:
Resolved, that France should enter
into negotiations with England look
ing toward the exchange of French
Indo-China for the West African pos
sessions of England"
The debaters and the judges were
as follows:
Stanford debaters-D. c.. Boyd, G. F.
Morgan. J. E. Shelton.
B. n. Drury, H. B. Hoover. A. R. Nor
gan.
Judges = Phillip Bancroft. Rev.
Bradford Leavitt, Samuel G. Tompkins
Presiding officer-Raymond NJ. Alden
of Stanford faculty.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
FOOTMAN DESCRIBES
HIS MURDER OF REMY
Held French Banker While
Steward Stabbed Him

PARIS, Feb. 5.-Interest in the fa-
nous Steinheil murder mystery has
been temporarily eclipsed by the trial
for murder of Renard, steward, and
of Courters. a footman employed by
the late August Remy, wealthy re-
tired banker, who was stabbed to death
in his home in the Rue de la Pepiniere
last June The killing was done with
a dessert knife. and a quantity of
money and Jewels of great value were
taken. Some time after Courters and
Renard were arrested, accused of the
crime, and the former confessed.
Courters today reiterated his former
confession, explaining how Renard and
himself crept into the bankers bed
room at midnight, he holding the VIC
tim on his pillow while Renard repeat
edly stabbed Remy with a dessert
knife.
Renard interrupted Courter's confess
sion with cries of "Liar!' and Mon
ster,'' and dramatically insisted that
he was the victim of a cold blooded
plot and fiendish crime which Cour-
ters alone committed.
The testimony today was of such a.
nature that the justices several times
ordered the courtroom cleared of audi
tors.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
WANTS $4,000 FOR
TEMPORARY HOME
Supervisor McLeran Required
ltemiZe Cost of Departments

The city hall still vexes the city faith
ers. Supervisor McLeran appeared be-
fore the finance COMMITTEES yesterday
with plea for $4,000 with which to
construct a temporary building on
Golden Gate avenue between Hyde and
Leavenworth to house the endangered
auditors and treasurer's departments.
The committeeman asked McLeran for
an itemized estimate OF costs before
agreeing to consider II.
Treasurer McDougald reiterated his
conviction that his present quarters
were not to be abandoned in a hurry.
and the auditor was understood to take
the same view.
Large sections OF the brick sheathtng
about the dome's steel frame were
again hurled to the ground yesterday
by the workmen razing the structure.
and after one particularly heavy fan
the auditors office, according to EN-
ployes in the treasury department.. was
depopulated for a time.
After putting over McLeran's $50. 600
building scheme, the finance COMMITTEES
recommended $1,000 TO buy supplies for
the municipal asphalt plant now ready
for operation and passed upon some
minor appropriations
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
WIRE SHOCK FATAL
IN ELECTRIC PLANT
Dying Laborer Sends Message
to His Mother in Scotland
While Suffering Horribly

Realizing that the horrible burns on
his body, arms, legs and face would
cause his death in few minutes, the
first words OF John Macdonald, when
placed on the operating table in the
harbor emergency hospital yesterday
afternoon, were Of his mother in Scot
land. Calling the nurse, Miss Annie
Bacigalupi, TO his side, Macdonald
whispered his dying message Of love
to his gray haired mother and bade
the nurse tell her that he died with
a prayer on his lips.
When Macdonald was brought to
the harbor hospital from the substa-
tion of the San Francisco gas and cleo
trio company in Sacramento street his
body little resembled that of man.
Both legs were burned almost to a
crisp and the body, face and arms
were a mass of blisters.
Macdonald, who lived at COS Clay
street, was employed as a laborer by
the gas company, and while at work
about a dynamo in the Sacramento
street station he came in contact with
a heavily charged electric wire. APP
proXimately IL 900 volts passed through
his body, and almost Immediately his
clothing became a mass Of flames
When the unfortunate man reached
the hospital Drs. Topham and Pinkham
said his death was inevitable within
the hour. The physicians administered
pain killing potions, while Miss Baci-
gallup took the message for the mans
mother, Mrs. Maggie Macdonald of
Paisley. Scotland
Macdonald was q years old, un-
married and had been away from home
for more than 10 years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
ASKS FOR RECIPROCITY
WITH THE PHILIPPINES
Daniel 0'ConneII to Manage
Campaign in Washington

At the special session Of congress
which VIII be called TO revise the
tariff there viii be opened campaign
for reciprocity with the Philippines.
The Manila merchants association has
sent Daniel O'ConnelI, it's financial sec
retary. to head the fight O'Connell
addressed the reception committee OF
the California Promotion committee at
luncheon in the st. Francis hotel yes
terday and was assured Of its CO.
operation.
O'Conneu said that reciprocity with
the Philippines meant millions of dol
lars worth Of trade yearly for Califor-
MIA manufacturers and producers.
OConnell brought the information
fhat the famous Constabulary band, or
ganized by President elect Taft, and
which is TO play at Tafts Inaugural
tion, viii arrive in San Francisco on
the Buford about February II. The
band will serenade the California Pro-
motion committee in Union square.
". II Hammer urged a large and
representative exhibition of California
products at the Golden West and
American States exhibition in London
next May
A committee OF four was appointed
champion Rugby football team, which
arrived last night. A trip UP Mount
Tamalpais and an automobile ride will
be given the visitors by Charles L.
Runyon and Max L. Rosenfeid.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
COURT SEEKS LIGHT
ON FORGERY CASE
Frederick B. Signor VIII Be
Represented by Attorney
Before Judge Brown

OAKLAND, Feb. 5.-Attorney Robert
n. Fitzgerald viii appear with Fred
srick B. Signor in Judge Browns court
tomorrow morning at session ordered
for the purpose Of enlightening the
court on the status of the forgery case.
Though Signor pleaded guilty TO two
indictments for forgery and gave a
long explanation Of the circumstances
under which he forged the name Of Mil
lionaire James A. Murray of Monterey
TO paper totaling Ss6o,oe0, which after
ward came into the possession Of
Bankers William G. and Tyler Hen
shaw. the jurist admitted that he
lacked informa tion to enable him to
deal justly with Signor- Murray and
the Henshaws VIII appear as witnesses
and will be subjected to a long ex-
animation by the district attorney.
Dr. o. .. Hsmlin and Doctor Cooper
OF San Francisco have been subpenaed
10 testify regarding Signor's mental
capacity Signor alleged that his mind
had been affected by the continued use
OF morphine.
Mrs. Charlotte Signor, mother of the
defendant viii be called. as she has
stated that her son had changed to an
alarming degree since she last saw him.
Signor entered his pleas of guilty with
out the advice Of an attorney, and his
plea for probation at that time was
made by himself and informally denied
Attorney Fitzgerald consented TO ap-
pear in his behalf late today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
JUDGE HfBBARD TO
SUE Ills JAILERS
Incarceration at Napa Hospital
and in Private Sanatoriums
Declared Illegal

Former Judge j. H. Hebbard, who for
20 years was on the superior bench o<
San Francisco. is to open law offices
here next week. The judge Will be
alone. taking no partners. in his bow
to the bar over which he has held the
scales of justice for so many years.
Judge Hebbard intends to bring suit
against the persons he deems response
BILE for his incarceration of more than
a year at Napa state hospital and in
two private sanatoriums. Belmont san
atorium and wilson's inn. 1t is under
stood that Judge Hebbard will alIege
that his commitment was Illegal and
that he was kept under surveillance
constantly without the shadow of legal
warrant. This constant spying on his
movements was relaxed only once. 1T is
declared, and that was when Judge
Hebbard married Miss Gertrude Gates
of San Francisco at Napa January 90
All his expenses and the remunera
tion for his private jailer were paid out
OF Judge Hebbard's private purse. un-
willingly. he says. When the suit is to
be brought has not so far been deter
mined
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
N THE COUNTIES BORDERING On THE BAY OF SAN FRANCSCo
MlTCHflLS WILL
NOT Be RECONCILfD
Mayor Taylor, Wife's Attorney,
Declares Suit for Divorce Is
to Be Pressed


ALAMEDA, Feb 5.-That he re-
peatedlye declared that he believed she
was of unsound mind will be one of
the charges made against Frank 5.
Mitchell, clubman, businessman and
choirsinger. by his wife, who is suing
MIN for divorce on the ground Of
cruelty. according to her attorney,
Mayor E. X. Taylor, if Mitchell decides
TO fight the case Mrs Mitchell's at
torney also says that he does not think
that there will be any reconciliation
erected. Mitchell has not yet answered
the suit and he has but three days
more in which to do so.'
The Mitchells have closed their home
at 1011 Morton street The wife is said
TO be stopping in Oakland with friends
and the husband in San Francisco.
If Mitchell decides to contest the
action IL Is probable that some details
concerning the alleged relations of
Mitchell with a maid servant and esca-
pades with two stenographers will be
brought out.
According to Mrs. MitchelTs attorney
an affidavit has been obtained from the
maid, in which she is said to have con-
fessed. Mitchell has said that the di
vorce suit will not be pressed and he
mas intimated that a reconciliation
may be effected
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
Local Brevities

AGED WOMAN AsPHYxnTED-Mrs Hopora
Burns. -idoU. aged 20. was found asphyxiated
n ner roc II Dol Waller street yesterday by
Mrs ~ Fitzpatrick. with whom the woman
lived tn police believe it accidental
THREE TENED GREEK PRIEsT-Rev Ste
fanos NJ saronis. 3GB Moss street. priest of the
Greek 81 urch az Seventh and Howard streets
obtsined warrant yesterday for the arrest Of
Nanthos Picoulakis on charge OF threats
against lie.
vIo -ATED MILK LAw-Frank Soares. dairy
man 4 San Mateo. was fined SIS yesterday for
sfsilH watered milk y. s. Ward. proprietor
OF restaurant AT 1896 Fillmore street and
Bachmann. baker, sT4 vsiencia street were
-ich hued SO.
MERCHANT UNABLE TO PAY DEBrs-4 p
Filhel Of the firm OF Conrado & Co. merchants
II San francisco. hled suit as an Individual fp
bankruptcy yesterday 10 the United States dis
frict court His liabilities are Sc COS 76. with
Sl.99S. 80 assets.
BURGLAR IEsANE-Msrun cbeIovicb. &C.
cuseo ~ breaking into the residence Of Mrs
California Newton, zoos Vallejo street shove6
signs OF insanity when brought into court ves-
terGsy. Judge Shortail dismissed the case against
him and ordered him 10 be sent for exafnina-
tion
SAYS HE WAS RoBBED-Pierro ee sarssst !.
mining broker. living at 756 Golden Gate sTe-
nuc, claims that while drinking iu saloons on
Thursday night he was robbed OF $500. some siI-
and diamond sfickpfn. lie did not dis.
cover his loss TIL he got home carly yesterday
morning
IN JAIL FOR VIOLATING POSTAL LAWS
0rou B strong was arrested yesterday st Red.
lands for opening registered mail and signing
for n money order that was contained ia the
letter. Jobn c. Cole OF Beovawe. New, has
leen arrested for the robbery OF the postofHce
January % al Tenabo. New.
POLICEMAN o'DowD MAY LOSE sTAR-Po-
licetna1 Jeremiah O'Dowd. charged with uuoff-
cerifke conduct. failure report for duty and
intosfcation may lose bis star at the next
meeting of the police commissioners. Delbert 81
Seeiy. the chauffeur who preferred the charges
aEainst o. Dowo and who practically repudiated
them when he gave his testimony, IS also In a
position lose his license.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
FLOODS CAUSE GREAT
DAMAGE IN GERMANY
Many Persons and Cattle Per-
ish and Bridges Ruined

BERLIN. Feb 5.-Dispatches re-
cefved here from all the river districts
of Germany indicate that the floods
that are raging as result of several
days of heavy rains and warm weather
are increasing. More than 80 fatalities
have been reported and great damage
to property has resulted.
In many western provinces traffic has
been entirely suspended owing TO
bridges being washed away The gov
ernment has ordered all available mill
tary engineers to proceed to the strick-
en- districts to build dams to prevent
further eneroachments by the water
At Muenden hundreds of cattle have
been drowned
At Eilenburg nearly all of the fac
tories have been compelled to cease
work and the residents of the town are
unable to leave their houses because of
the height of the water At Regens-
burg the Danube rose 10 feet during
the night.
At Cologne traffic on the right bank
of the Rhine is at a standstiIl Three
bridges over tributaries of the river
have collapsed
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
CHARGE OF FORGERY
AGAINST TEACHER
San Mateo High School Row
Leads to the Airing of
Another Scandal
Isnee;ol pnealeh % The "a

Especial Diseateh to The Call
SAN MATEO. Feb. 5.-A secoEd scan
dal has followed the clash between
Principal F. G. sandsrson and Prof H.
G. Harwood of the San NIateO Union
high school. There are rumors OF
charges against Harwood accusing him
of having forged letters OF recon-
mendation- The trustees OF the school
have been hastily summoned for spe-
ciaI meeting to be held tomorrow. At
that time the charges viii be investi-
gated
Although the accusations are 10 soms
extent general in their character. there
is one allegation that HarwOOd wrote
for himself a letter of recommended
tion purporting TO have come from
Prof. +. $. ROssiter. at one time pFfnct-
pal of the high school at Redwood City.
Harwood was a member Of the faculty
under Rossiter. The letter has now
asserts that the charges have sprung
from spite.
When the trustees cOnvsne tomorrow
they will be deluged with complaints
and accusations from both Sanderson
and HarwOod. Sanderson will make a
IOEHdl CHdrSo OF OlSODc1lencS dBdiuSL
his associate. He declares that Professor
has sfeadfastly refused TO
comply with his orders. that he has
neglected TO render such reports al
were required. and has absented him
self from faculty meetings.
HarwOod will charge his chief with
He will allegs that
Principal SandersOn lacks the ability
and poise to direct the affairs Of a big
high school.
So prolific of charges have been the
two educators that il is not improb-
able that both win be dismissed. 1t is
expected that at least one Of them will
be Ousted.
Although 1t has been known for
some time that Harwood and Sander
son had carried on a suppressed feud
in the schoolroom. their differences did
not take sensational turn until early
In the week, when the two engaged in
a whirlwind fist fight before the pupils.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
DUTCH COTTAGE
WINDMILL'S MATE
Commissioners Accept Plans for
New Attraction in Golden
Gate Park

Plans for a small cottage Of Dutch
design, to make an appropriate addition
to the Dutch windmill in Golden Gate
park. were accepted by the park COM
missioners at special meeting yes
terday. Work upon the artistic struc-
ture will begin at once. In this new
building will be housed the care taker
of the windmill, and, according to S..
@. Murphy, the well known San Fran
ciscan and donor of the windmill, the
little cottage conforms in every re-
spect to the Dutch style of architecture
in vogue in Holland. Murphy, in voic-
ing his approval of the plans, declared
that the Dutch windmill in the park
was the largest in the world. He
has just returned from a three years
trip abroad. ]. w. Reid of the firm of
Reid & Bros. designed the cottage.
The request of the police commission
ers for a plot of ground on the Stan
van street side of the park for police
station and stable purposes was tenn
porarily denied. President Reuben H.
Lloyd even doubling as to whether the
park emergency hospital was legally
entitled to exist on park property. He
incidentally remarked that the central
emergency hospital in Hamilton square
and the building occupied by the Cali
fornia Promotion committee in Union
square were occupying park ground in
violation of the charter. The matter
was referred to the city attorney for
an opinion.
DR.. Rupert Blue, United States ma
rine hospital service, was given permis-
sion to catch as many rodents in Golden
Gate park as he pleased, but the secre-
tary of the commission was instructed
to inform DR.. Blue that only rodents
must be trapped-not quail
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
COMPROMISE REACHED
IN WEBER LITIGATION
Trouble Over Estate Result Of
Murder of Whole Family
Especial Dispatch to The Call

AUBURN. Feb. 5.-The famous Weber
litigation is at an end and the suit of
Mrs. w. P. Scott an aunt of Adolph
Weber, against Executor f. S. Stevens
for the accounting of $11.340 has been
compromised and all suits dismissed.
November 10, 1904. Adolph Weber,
aged 20 years, shot and killed his
father. mother, a sister and brother,
and then set fire to the house in which
the deed was done. The house was
burned. but some of the bodies were
removed from the building and the
murders discovered. Weber was ar
rested, tried. convicted and hanged at
Folsom penitentiary.
1t was also. proved that he robbed
the Placer county bank five months be-
fore the murders of $4,000, the money
being subsequently, found buried in the
Weber barn by Coroner w. A. Shepard.
Weber fell heir TO his fathers estate
of about 100000, most of which was
used in his defense. The day before he
was hanged he gave F. s. Stevens, his
attorney in fact, the balance of his
money on hand amounting to s11,34O
Mrs. Scott claimed that it was not a
legal gift and was hers by right of in
heritance.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
SISTERS Go TO COURT
OVER MOTHERS ESTATE
Administrative Charges Fraud
in Procuring of Signature

Mrs. Nellie Freclx and Mrs. Katherine
Williamson. sisters, quarreling over the
estate of their late mother. Mrs. Susan
Asmussen. have gone TO law. Mrs.
Freck is the Administrative of the es-
tate. In a suit filed by her yesterday
against her sister she seeks to have set
aside a deed by which Mrs. Asmussen
shortly before her death in April, 1906.
conveyed TO Mrs. williamson her entire
estate. consisting of money in bank,
shares OF stock in the United UNDER
taking company Spring Valley stock
and promissory notes.
The deed was signed three days be-
fore Mrs Asmussen died. Mrs. VIII
having frauduiently procured the sig
nature. Tho decedent left no will
Mrs Freck was appointed admins
tratrix of the estate last December.
over the property to her. but has met
with refusal
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
PORT WARDENS SUSTAINED
BY COURT OF APPEAL
Nickel and Thompson Assured
of Right to Hold Office

The decision of the lower court In
the case of the people against r. E.
Nickel and II. A. Thompson, wardens
of the port of San Francisco, in which
proceedings were brought to oust the
defendants from their offices and
which failed in the trial court. was
affirmed by the district court of APP
peal yesterday afternoon
Nickel and Thompson were filling
unexpired terms as wardens and the
people asserted that their terms should
have expired at the same time their
predecessors terms would have ex-
pired, but the court held that the Of
flee of port warden is to be held for
four years and there is no time speci-
fed to when the term shall begin
or end. The court held that the term
commences on the date of appointment
and does not terminate at the same
time the preceding appointment would
have terminated.
The motion of Joseph o'Donnell to
dismiss the appeal in the matter of
the estate Of Honora Sharp was de-
MED by the same court yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-06
ATTORNEY OBJECTS TO
ADMITTING CONFESSION
Police Accused of Confining Man
Without Food or Water

The preliminary examination OF
Archie Band, ex-convict, charged with
breaking into the store OF Koenig &
Collins, 1919 Van Ness avenue, on De-
cember % and stealing $4,000 worth
of goods, was called in Police Judge
Shortalrs court yesterday Albert s.
Ross and James Hollander, also
charged with the same offense, testi-
fed for the prosecution and their cases
were dismissed. They said that Band
had given them a quantity OF the
stolen goods to take to Los Angeles
for sale.
BILLY" Abbott and Margaret Will
liams, 10 Sacramento street, also tes-
titled that they purchased some of the
stolen goods from Band.
Detective O'Dea was called to testify
to conversation with Band, bnt At
torney Greeley objected, asserting
that a confession had been forced from
Band by conffning him in dungeon
in the prison without food, water, air
or light for 4s hours. The case was
continued till Monday.