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4 NEWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT THE BAY WANTS ABSENT HUSBAND TO SHARE FORTUNE. Mrs. Connolly Hunting Man Who Left Her, Years Ago. Loves Him Yet Though Decade of Trials Has Passed. OAKLAND.

March lf Jeremiah Connolly is still among the living' the wife he deserted ten years xgo at Red Bliiff. Tehama. County, wishes to has inherited $10,000, and ehesaya thf father of her two children should enjoy some ot the benefits of her unexpected her! tare "He was always good to me as long as he stayed." she walled when she went to police headquarters this morning. was a gay man. and the little country town, with oniy two saloons, wearied him.

Of a eudden he left me, and for ten years I have been making: a living for myself and our two little ones by taking In wash Ing at Red Bluff and surrounding towns. "I was cheerful -all the while, although I grieved for Jerry, but I never thought of going after him until my father In Kansas died and left me $10,000. Now want to find the father of my children and -have him share the money I have inherited. I don't want to have him punished', but I will swear to a complaint charging him with failure to provide for a minor child in order to locate him. "My God: he may be dead.

Chief of Police Wilson told me to return tomorrow morning and swear to a complaint against my husband before Prosecuting Attorney Leach. I shall have Justice, although the man who deserted me and his child may not be living." About ten years ago Jeremiah Connolly went to Kansas City from New York. He bad Just arrived from the old country, and a kinsman secured him a position as section boss on a division running out of Kansas City. He had been there but. a short while when he met Maggie Murphy, the daughter of an engineer.

It was a case of love at first sight, and within two months they were married, After a couple of years they went to live at Red Bluff, where Connolly had secured a position as engineer In a mine In the adjacent mountains. Within a month Connolly disappeared and none of his friends, have eeen him since. The deserted woman struggled on, work- Ing as a washwoman and cleaning.windows, but never forgetting her erring spouse. Suddenly the i thunderbolt from the clear sky came, and Mrs. Connolly was advised that she had Inherited.

$10,000. Now she is looking for the man who deserted her and who is supposed to be working in an as an engineer. And when asked, why she. wishes to find a man who left her their two children alone, hungry and unprotected, she answers simply: "Because I love him still." SYNDICATE BEXEWS FIGHT FOR WATER Files Many Suits to Condemn Biparian Holdings. MAKTINEZ.

March Syndicate. Wr.trr alter brief reepite. has renewed its contest to gain possession of further rights along San, Pablo Creek for water-supply purposes. Suits have been filed against Ernest K. Brensel end nearly 150 other property owners along the waterway to condemn the riparian rights to the creek waters for the purpose of giving the new company control of the supply.

Thrse suits are In line with the campaign which the Syndicate people opened when they began construction ef a dam at the reservoir site on the Clancy ranch. The Superior Court of Contra Costa County is flooded with litigation that has. grown out of the battle between the Syndicate and the Contra Costa Water Company. Judge Wells has under advisement thecase of the Contra Costa Company, which has sought" to restrain the Syndicate from building the reservoir. His Honor has given no Intimation when the decision will be ready in -that case.

TELLS QUEER OAKLAND, March 5. Charles Morra, -stfew weeks ago was arrested bjr Sheriff Frank Barnet under suspicion of having shot Canlle on the Henry Borghi" dairy ranch, near Haywards, called' on the Sheriff today and told him that some man had been hired to mprde.r..Canile He also said that his sister. Mrs. Borghi, was trying to "knock" him. His story was Queer and seemed to have so little foundation that It led to the belief that Morra Is not entirely sound mentally.

TO DR. HYDE. OAKLAND, March 6. Dr. Douglas Hyde, the noted Irish leader and president of the Gaelic will be the cruest honor at a reception be held Wednesday evening at St.

Mary's College. LEAVES WIFE AND CHILDREN Prosperous Young Business Man of Livermore Suddenly Drops Out of Sight LIVERMORE, March William a. prosperous' 'butcher of this city, has "disappeared conditions which have caused much alarm. His wife and four children. are distracted.

"No one seems to be able to explain the disappearance. Friday morning Stoven started for Midway to "collect a bill from the Pacific Coast Construction Company furnished for the men working the Western Railway lines. He reached Altamont and there left his team and took a train. He paid his fare to Sacramento and remained on the car until the capital was reached. There he disappeared.

Attachments for 1500 due Fred Mally, and for $2000 due a cattleman for sheep been placed on Stoven's business. His affairs appear to excellent shape, the books showing that there are ample assets to meet all obligations. So far. as discovered neither business nor domestic difficulties have arisen. His friends believe Stoven has been overworking: and has wandered away In a fit of temporary loss of reason.

He is 34 years 01d, 5 feet 11 Inches tall, weighs 190 pounds, is a blonde with florid complexion and light mustache. His father, Rlemer Stoven, is a well-to-do, pioneer of Llvermore Valley and Is serving as a Juror in the Pembroke trial in Oakland. POLICE CHIEF MAY RESIGN HIS OFFICE Vollmer to Accept Flattering Off er. From. San Francisco Fiim': BERKELEY, March Marshal August Vc-Umer has under consideration an offer from a busloeg; firm of Berkeley which if accepted will call for all of his time and necessitate his resignation as Marshal.

Hip decision is to be made during the next hours, and meanwhile the report that he is to give up the control of the Police Department has been widely spread. There is no hint of friction between Marshal Vollmer. and the governing officials of the town, who have repeatedly increased the numerical. strength of the Police Department at Vollmerjs request aridjla ways have helped the; Chief to -bring, department, to a high state of A r- More, money, and a prospect of advance, ment in the burners world have any! pealed to Marshal i Marshal Vollmer. took office last.

April, He was elected on the. Republican tlcketl The- office pays $135 a besides fees. It, ,8. a chief deputy of the department, is 'mentioned as a logical candidate for the. position.

The Town Trustees will, appoint a -new Marshal in event, of Marshal Voljmer's resignation at their meeting; next Monday, night. i.SAI'A TALBSfJIRB FALSE. BERKELBT, March Stories of alleged ill treatment endured by incoming Chinese have been investigated during the last few months Professor T. W. Page of the 'history department of the university and todffy he gave some of his conclusions to the College of Commerce Club.

He described arrangements' made for the reception of the Immigrants from China and spoke of the increased facilities which the Government officials will have when the new station on Angel Island is In operation. The stories of ill treatment given out by: the Chinese who nave been, detained at the sheds in the city are exaggerated- for the most part according to Professor He believes they are. due to the -alleged practice of some who travel -with coolies in the steerage and cannot be distinguished from the coolies, though they may. be entitled to more consideration. The Tirotessor declared that Chinese who desired could avoid the discomforts or lack of privacy in the detention "sheds by arranging with the steamship people to remain aboard the steamer or to secure hotel I accommodations.

The extra expense involved in such a move usually proved a bar to Its adoption. SIMPSON TKLLS STORY. ALAMEDA, March- 6. State Senator and City Attorney M. W.

Simpson visited District Attorney J.J, Allen today and related his side of his trouble with Miss leabelle Davis, who, seeks to have the lawmaker and lawyer make her his wife. Senator Simpson, reiterated that he did not to marry the young woman and that he had made her no promise of marriage. Miss Davis is to confer with the District Attorney tomorrow and definite action Is then expected with regard to the issuance of a for Simpson's arrest. STEAMER STICKS I.V MUD. OAKLAND, March While being towed up the estuary, to be placed on the drydock ship, yard: this earner which In collision with the collier Tellus at the Harrison-street wharf, on Saturday stuck- mud of Oakland" ta being partly filled with 'and the vessel now -lies half submerged a little to the east of the Peralta-street slip.

As as possible she will be' raised and placed in drydock for repairs. SMELTER SUIT SET. MARTINEZ, March Judge Harrier of Solano County has set for trial for March .13 the- suit "of B. iDemingr against the Selby Smelting- Works rfor 1 damages alleged to have sustained from the fumes of the. Horses "ancl cattle 1 are 'saMlto in the territory around Benlcla and Glen Cove as a i result of vapors blpwn across strait Selby.

Suits aggregating filed ox are in preparation farmers against the company. alleged destruction to products; cattle and TELEPHONE ixQUraY. OAKLAND, March The Board of Supervisors instructed Attorney- Allen. to advise themrwhether, the Suneet Telephone a franchise" torbperatei lii'Alameda County, 'and the "board ity to" regulate" telephone rates; Charles '-St Frti made protest before the board against paying )S monthly rental for a as against 11.50. Irate for-; jnerly, of, wbich is out.

WOUNDS WIFE AND KILLS SELF Fred to Spouse, Tlieri an End to His Own Life TBAGEDY INfBERREIiEY Carpenter Helpmeet Leaves Him Hunts Her Out anti Commits Bloody Deed OAKXJAND, 1 Fred Bierwirthy a carpenter, 42 years old, residing at 1736 Oregon' 'street, South tonight shot and dangerously i wounded bis wife, Mary, and" then, thinking he had killed her, committed suicide' by blowing out his own brains. The shooting took' place at the home of Prank McMahon, 618 Pleasant Valley avenuej" where Bier wirth had been staying since she left her husband, a month ago. Mrs.jßlerwirth was seated In the kitchen of the McMahon residence when her husband, who had 'discovered "where Tshe was aafte a long the house. 1 He expressed a desire to see his wife for a moment, and after some hesitation Mrs. 1 Blerwirth cohsented to speak to him." Blerwirth entered the room and: without a word drew a revolver and commenced shooting.

The woman, screaming with terror, fell to the' floor at the nrat and the second bullet' fired by her enraged'. spouse' struck her In the right side of the Bierwirth once more at his and then, thinking he had I killed her, turned weapon against himself. Pressing the pistol -to the right side of his head he pulled the trigger and fell dead within a few feet of the body" of the woman- he had tried to murder. i. Dr.

W. D. Huntington-. was summoned to attend Mrs. Bierwlrth, and after applying'a temporary dressing to the.

wound had her removed, to the Central Hospital. He said that" while the wound Is. serious, it was not necessarily fatal unless blood poisoning sets in. The couple have been married for. several yearb.

Blerwirth leaves four children Lester, Arthur and Mildred. SETS ASIDE JURY'S VERDICT Judge Ogden Thinks ence Cook'tfeTictinvbf anj lai sih'! lvl-I9htKHT ysrtt ftfT6 OAKIiANDr to the belief that- Florence the cusef of young A. meda, is to large the of own imagination 'and" thai she testified to matters at the' trlal.pf for having committed her that had no. existence in Judge B.F. Ogden this morning granted a new.

trial, on -the charge of "whlchhe; was found guilty (b'y-f( b'y-f tiQWinS that the evidence did. not support verdict. The. case Lwillbe' called regularly tomorrow. morning I'to be set.

In the the jury, Judge Ogden made asearcnlng analysis of the case and showed by; a compari-r son of the "girl's: statements; that she hsd contradicted herself oh a number of vi.tal points and was impeached by witnesses. the' term, applied to the girl's by the court, ft is understood in the medical world as a condition where one's imagination runs riot, with reason, one. cannot dis tinguish the" false from the true. WESTERN PACIFIC IS AFTER FRANCHISE G. L.

Dillman So States to' the Trustees of Alameda. MaVch' ln the presence of the. largest lobby that attended the of the applications for railroad franchises made by W. -J. Morgan and F.

M. Greenwood! nearly 'four months, ago, "u.Dillman tonight-asked the City, to further' action on the franchises as he had received assurance that the. Western Pacific I would soon make application for. a franchise for a passenger and freight line through Alameda. Dillman is a-.

resident of this city. He was formerly one of; the chief for the Western Pacific and. is" a consulting, engineer that railroad and Is also engaged in constructing the Clear Lake Railroad in Lake; County, a Dillman said. that the Western Pacific -wouldhave applied tor, a before but for the difficulties the corporation is experiencing in Oakland. Attorney F.

Sure protested behalf -of property on Clement avenue against "the granting; of I any freight road franchise on -that thoroughfare to Greenwood. application is to be -by -the City 4 Trustees night' "and Greenwood's 'application will taken up night. filing? niap the projected 'terminal i roent's of Western'Paclflc north of the north training wall brought 1 from Chief Deputy District- Attorney Walsh, representing, the Souttferh Pacific Company tonight before Counc' WOMAN ACCUSES EX-PREACHEII. OAKLAND. March; AUle capheri ot 2108 Peralta avenue has to a complaint before- Justice of the Peace charg ing the Re W.

vulgar, language the It' appears was soliciting for vilbrary fund iof church: that promised 1 12 1 the when ex-mlnlstericalled 1 said' she would it at the W.here^. upon 'ing, brokeT'in was quleted lone woman's I DELAYS; March The" (Uness Mattos Islington today i tfce- tilal broke forA the wrfi Cook ot rrultvBle and the ALLEGED A rnian' vho gave bis name Clyde 'C. Grlffln "claimed to be a deputy," Sheriffs-was arrested yesterday by Under Sheriff I Thomas I Finn '-r co lot'y carrying a 'concealed weapon anl iaoptreonating aa offlctr. BOY BURGLARS GET JEWELRY Berkeley Youngsters Give an Iniitation Secondr Tlieir Work CAPTURE Two Lads Are Brought to tiiev Police Station by Indignant- Downey BERKELEY, March youngsters in so that nursery quarters rather than a Jail celK seemed to be the logical place forl arrested' today by E. F.

i Downey 'of 3237 Ellis street Faf ter. breaking' into her house and 'stealing Jewelry- belonging to Downey, in Indignant" frame of mind, marched James Grant Freddie aged, respectively, 9 and 10 years, to the police and to Marshal of their burglars. -two lads planned to" enter the Downeyj-mansloniln the style that dime novels had informed them: was the approved thlrtgV They had seen Mrs. Downey wearing jewelry which appeared jto them worth Their was accordingly laid" to get hold of the The youngsters noted the time when Mrs. Downey, was absent from i her home and procured a ladder, up which they -climbed.

Then making their into bedroom: they stole; three gold rings, one set with pearls and emeralds other, two with rubies. gold lodge' piri also The lads hid behind a barn in the neighborhood gloat over their loot, and there 'Mrs. Downey found them ten minutes later. Their guilt was undeniable, but Marshal Vollmer, i because of their tender years, merely 7 reproved them- in such fashion as to thoroughly frighten the culprits, and. they were sent home.

"SOPHS" NO LONGER SEEK ADVERTISING BERKELEY, March" Fearful that the accounts or th.c sulphurous character of the sophomore burlesque, which have In ''various' publications, may -ihduce the university' faculty to" censor; play, I the managers to-day issued an announcement deprecating- the advertising: they received and that the" burlesque eptltled "A COmedy of or -All' -Well That Ends in Is really In the best of taste, with nothing in lines or situations that, could offend the- most fastidious. The scene ot the second act is laid in Hades, and It had been reported that various members of ne -laculty Were to' given Hudean appellations calculated to groundlings. managers' bulletin in part: follows: "No 'attempt made to. burlesque any of Shakespeare's works or the other, clas-. The plan ot authors ha's I been t6 produce an original plot -an! ludicrous Incidents hits -on college men and affairs to.

add feels 'coafldent: the will receive the' approval' 6t every'onewno ices Prof esMwr. Jacques to have lectured the. College: of Commerce. Club. this ait' emoon on "Economics and the -Natural but V-aS unable' to 4 be present." Professor Page took his place." The lecture Dr.

Loeb will be delivered later la the term. The. students who are raising money. for the widow -of James- Tate Announced to-day that JPresldftnt'" "Wheelier has' consented pitch the first ball 'ln the baseball 'game' to be played on the 'campus next. Saturday for the project.

The varsity team is to 'meet the Gantner-Matterns on that State. University debaters will take the negative side of the question jln the Intercollegiate debate when the following, question to discussed 'Resolved. That be American game- of football has more barm than good to the Ideals for which universities should The finals. 'In the competition for places on the team, will be -held on March 2-i at stiles -Hail." CAUSES THE AEEEST CIGAR MERCHANTS Rev; P. vC.

Kacf arlane Good Threat lAlleged Poolsellers. March to his statement made In a sermon delivered night that he would cause the" arrest of Zingg and John Rew, prietors' of local cigar storesron' charges of' violating. the city- ordinances lng pool Belling and the selling of cigarettes, the Rev. P. Macfarlan'e today went bef ore City R.

7.B.l Tappan, In I company with 0. Butler and M. "Alley, and the latter two. swore to three complaints against Zingg, two, -against Rew and one against E. Roberts," ter known as Roberts, an 'employe- Of Zingg.M- 7 All of were arrested -and leased -on the bond on each count being Leon Konlgshofer and Bert Fisher, went on the bail df Fisher.

bondsmen are Mike Spies i arid defendants are before City. Tappan tomorrow morning Theaccused -have announced their contesting the the anti-cigarette law.f As to alleged the: ordinance; assert that they prove that- they sold no- pools and that tha money placed with them. was taken to the "Emeryville and bet "according lpstruction in order to accommodate patrons of. the stores, who themselves unable tolgb to' the. track.

1 "fNTELLIGEXCKJ" Monday B.V. Stmr Santa Monica, 101 hours froni Grays Harbor, south, r- Cutler. 102 hours: from vV si Monday. March 5. North Kelson, Stflsr liomer, 'Coos Bay.

OUTSIDE BOUND IN. Tuesday. 1 Schr.OttUU, Fjord. -V: Per. sttnr Welllta ytbn." from Ladysmlth Mar 5.

off i Br etinr Cam-" -brlan 1 i rom Nanalmo, for, Ban Dlero. Arrived Mar Stmr from Tacoma f'- Br etmr Doric, POREiaNrpORT. SaiIed Mar, 5-r-Brv otmr, Yokohama. OCEAN STEAMERS. r- NEW.

Mar Stmr for and Genoa: Btinr Minneapolis for liondon. Arrived." Mar nlan.f from Boston. 1 vr Arrived -Mar from' for 1 i Mar Now i Vt -v Arrived i Mar, Perurta? from Kew Tork. i V- Sailed Mar': Stmr Seloi- for Ban i Arrived Mar CanoplO ronv-Boston. for Algiers Genoa.

Naples and" and proceeded. SaiIed Mar Stmr ') for ew york. jv.fci. MEMORANDA; March The schooner Mary Foster is a nd In ChanneL BOYS TRY TO DERAIL THE TRAINS Joseph to; Be gang's Is Taken at Motive AtteniptK If Mscnieypus March with attempting to derail Joseph year? old -was: arrested today by Southern Pacific, Company Detective Maloney, who has been' lnvestigating for'sev- eral; days work in with tracks near this "the criminal work bee'a. done in more than mere thoughtless iinis-.

chievousness -la a question the railroad officials are not ready" to answer. The' boy under arrest is. said to be a member of a gang of youths his" own who have, been. Imperiling lives of- travel-, by 'placing obstacles on', the- tracks' ahead and freight. trains.

some time tlie 1 Southern 1 Pacific Companyf'has been "disturbed by- rjepbrts of track' tampering in the of L4v ermore.ywhich seemed to be of seriously, malicious It was discovered that spikes bad been pulled- from the ties, loosening the support the rails and causing; great of. their spreading when the "wheels of heavy- engines; and cars came upon them. The spikes were thus withdrawn in many cases bad been Jammed between the ends of. the rails in such shape as to leave them above the surface, so that an engine or a car wheel striking them might easily be' thrown off the track. Such an accident might be accompanied by serious results.

A rapidly running passenger train; thus derailed could easily have been ditched, with heavy loss of life. After considerable investigation the Southern Pacific Company, by the city authorities, secured evidence sufficient to warrant arrest They regard -young Foscalina as the The boy refuses to talk concerning, his arrest. He asserts that he knows- nothings of the track tampering-, ahd persists in a silence when approached on the subject which it was 'impossible to' "I- -That no serious accident has occurred is due to -the qf the track inspectors, who have been paying very close "attention-, to the Livermore district since the troubles' with rails -was first; re-' ported. "What the motive, of those concerned in the attempts at train-wrecking has not been uncovered as yet, though officials -believe they wilt settle that point" In a few days, now that they in custody, young Foscalina. The boy will be" bound over to the' Superior.

Court for trial on the serious charge which has been made against him. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. XEW TELEPHONE' OakIand, March The Sunset Company has applied for a permit erect a building- to be used as a substation OttJ East -Seventeenth street and Twelfth avenue. The structure will be two 6torles, and will cost $14,000. CONCERT FOR" STARR KINO March pupils of Mrs.

Olive Reed Cushmcn, assisted pupils of John Metcalf, wlll give a concert for the members of the Starr Kin? Fraternity at the First Unitarian Church evening. DEATH CALLS' L. Pleaaanton. March 8. T.

L. Skapgs, former proprietor of the Rose Hotel of PI eas ant on and an old resident- of Llvermore Valley, died today at his home of. pneumonia, leaving. a wife and two children. The.

funeral will "be in Ban "Francisco. ELLIS SUES' Oakland. March .5. William Ellis, Australian' horseman who was i assaulted -by Milton Franklin has sued Public Administrator recover; $130 reaJUed from; the sala of Andrews' efttcts; -i on the i ground that Andrews robbed him of DIVORCES, ARE Oakland' March lnterlocutory decrees of divorce were granted to Sadie Downing from Charles Downing for neglect and C.W. Killian from Carrie E.

Killian for desertion." Suit begun Auguste Rasmussen against Sigfreld Rasmussen or. ATTORNEY PASSES March' After an -Illness lasting nearly two years Attorney Frank B.J a prorolnent member of the local Portuguese colony, i died Sunday at his 80 -Third street. The funeral will be front the Portuguese church at i 10 a- m. PROSECUTION, Alajneda, March 6. The City tonight Instructftd the City Attorney to prosecute tha charges of "violating the gambling and antlcigarette selling ordinance preferred against i Zingg.

J. -W. Rew and E. E. Roberts, through fthe efforts of Rev.

p. c. Macf arlane. -YOUTHS PLEAD NOT Oakland March 5. Frank.

Bowen and Donald McKisick two prominent Alameda entered a plea of I hot guilty to a charge of having attempted to'enter" the Southern Pacific station at Seventh and Center streets In Alameda. Bowen's trial set for, Thursday and -McKisick'B fop -APPOINTS March 5. Henry p. Dalton today appointed H. 1 Alnsworth, F.

Murphy W. Rlgney.l J. kNlckolas, M. Shay Davis," C. 'Stoddardiand A.

Blalkie "field deputies to i begin work of assessing, which began i vi'WOULD REDIVIDE Oakland March William morning sented "petition signed, by 3Qo, residents the i section'; about I San Leandro and San I Lorenzo asking that Eden Township be divided It" te' proposedjto make Sa.n Leandro the seat of i the new township, which will be known LABOR 5 COMMITTEE V' Two: 1 one headed by Af Onniby and Sthe otherj under- the leader; ship of B. Calhou are flghtlng-j for tha control ot the i Union Labors Party County Central meeting of the former faction! has 3 been called'j for tomorrow and llf I the. members sof the rival i faction i K'ACCUSEDi MEN OakIand" March i 5. Edward B.i-and i 1i 1 Frank Burke.t A.l Kelly and Edmond charged with assault: Ing -wrvT. ils vat once.k: aXbandanaster ai private i surrendered to' the I today when they learned that I sworn to'; complaints against Kahler; assigns many motives the kllesed but "the he" Is eccentric.

March 5. following marriage licenses r. were issued by the County: Clerk. today William Z. Coy.

San I Francisco. and Annie I King." 20, Oak.land; John ii Thompson, ,5 and Mariah I Meyer; 20.V Antloch i William IP. 29 1 and Annie I Dwyer.t 30.iboth of i Ban Francisco: Peter Bokariza, i 22. and Glavlch.t i San Francisco; Paul Heilmanri Chico.f and Eva Smithy. 44.

i A lameda Mills 25, i and May RT Clephoae, 22,1 both 'of Berkeley. TRUSTEES HEAR NEW PETITIONS vApplications or Franchises Filed' ael Board Is Any -Way Special Dispatch Call. SAN March' meeting of the Board 'of City Trustees today was attended by. a large -Jiumber of citixens anxious to ithe franchise matters dlscussed. ne franchise applications presefttVd to the board.

E.lil- Van der NaUlenifaTj-ailway contractor, presented a 1a 1 request far. a half hourly street over Fourth street from corporate limits to the Vestern -two; branches, one i northerly Pe aluma s'aveaue, and the. Other fofty years. The Marln' Cbmpany. presented the other franchise with a pror posed' ordinance providing for hourly trips.

applications. and, the proposed were referred 'I to City Attorney Hawkins. He report ion them at board to weeks hence. Charles B. "Wheeler, attorney.

for the Marln Terminal Company, mads a strong" argument in of hia course of remarks, he -'The Marin Terminal the franchise, be a strong- competitor agalaat the Southern Pacific "for business. We will itlve you an excellent The Sonibern Paciflo ladplng 1 Its utmost to prevent aay new company encroaching upon its vterrjtory. The franchise wo 'ask for Is to 'be stanted. not sold. Southern Paciflo wUlf bay no any street car franchise i you may adTertlse, and then your city will be completely- in lv grasp.

strongly hinted' that -the be taken courts. Van der. who represents citizens, said -that- he had been-" considering San Rafael street railway matters previous to incorporation of the? Marin' Terminal. Company -and" that his was non-Southern and bona flde. 3iedical knowledge origin Vane Schood In an" essay on evolution jinedicineJ accentuates the truth of the "Nil novf sub sole." Some" of his illustrations are worth giving.

Hippocrates of patches the intestines, the discovery of which is generally ascribed to Peyer (1680) and Casper Aselli wrongly said to have discovered the chylif erous vessels to which Herophllus and Eras latratua drew attention t2W B. C). The pancreatic duct, the discovery of which is attributed to Hoffman and Wirsung (1630) is mentioned by Euderauj, a contemporary of Again. 'Alcaeon, who lived In the fourth Christ, fers to the auditory" which afterward bore the name of eustachlan tube." same, thing has occurred In Many -remedies 'that employed 'in ahtlQtrity "fell- dlsr use and were -again Introduced Into a arsenic- 'was 1 as a febrifuge by Lentilius, and Hippocrates recommended it. cancerous The most recent.

researches have resulted in the" employment of arsenic for the same purpose -in the form of 'organic c. the 1 cacodylates and arrhenal. recognized the- diuretic value of bat Its use lapsed fora, long period. Opium has found in the dwellings of the Inhabitants" of the lake villages of Switzerland, as well as In ancient tlan but afterward it appears to, have'been forgotten during several ccn turies. Hippocrates employed this drug freely as a sedative and afterward it had a vogue in the middle ages.

Even Paracelsus' did: riot scruple' to use this vegetable drug In case of one Kornel yon Llchterifels, had "vainly tried other practitioners without being cured, but -it ls of interest to. the patient refused to pay the fee had been agreed. upon before the treatment was bei gun. The case was tried. before the court at with the result fee was reduced to a This so 'angered Paracelsus that he reproached the judge and so brought about his and" the loss of the chair which he occupied in A remedy known to 'the male fern." which; the lapse of "centuries, was brought to 'the notice of Louis' XIV In surgery it Is no less true that some of the.

methods employed by modern advanced surgieous were known to the ancients. Thus Hippocrates mentioned Intubation the" larynx and Coellus Aurelianus gave instances of successful erations of tracheotomy. Phaxagoras ventured to perform a laparotormy and' employed Intestinal sutures." Operations for hernia were performed 250 B. I C. and Serapion removed diseased Puncture of the thorax in eropyenia was rediscovered in 1630, after having been forgotten- apparently for centuries.

That the practice of asepsis is nofentirely modern Is shown by fact that the' contemporaries jof Hippocrates were in the habit of dipping' their instruments' In' boiling water. ln. the. thirteenth century It was administer to patients." by means of sponges placed to the" nose, the Juice of I sedative this is, stramonium, belladonna and i being regained by the application of vinegar compresses. "Among.

other, methods of treatment now in yvbgiie hydrotherapy.i gymnastics and the treatment by fhet'Romans 'and Greeks. highly of by the. priestly physicians In the -temples of Isls in ancient pf oldest' forms of medication is organotherapy, whlchl after period decline has again come into vogue." In xnedlclrie and surgery, as 'in all other, arts and sciences; methods i become general, then lapse into to be i revived possibly at a later period then 'to achieve a popularity which attaches' to a supposed new Chronicle. 1 Odd or that DiC i Parkhurst'V church is' showing exterior be In bygone big private" banks of 'the East" Side," Grand architects 'make It stand romy the great "'white of f- have furnished the; with of Ypale green golden while the 1 donie' gradually- being covered with glazed Zjttles "of green and In 1 natlng.rbw*. crowning point of all gorgeoiisness aya big gilded top of i.

Between' its minister's po; litlcal 1 and Vrolor, "scheme, there of this being foot tower that la; to be across? the. "froin It some New- York WARM WELCOME FOR PEDAGOGUES San Mateo Will Magnificent Headquarters During Vfsit of TO BbOM THE COUNTY! Literature Telling of Educational Advantages of to Ec Distributed Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD, CITY. March. 5.

TheJ county of San Mateo has decided to maintain in San Francisco during- sessions of the Educational Association a county headquarters'tnaQ will. reflect credit upon the educational institutions of the. county. It is twenty years since the national educators werei the guests Calif ornians, and the) memory of their visit and of their men is still At the held, then San Mated County maintained a headquarters and had the tion of receiving: more than 1000 visits ors every This year the San Mateo headquarters in San Francisco will under direction of Miss, Til ton. County Superintendent of PuMiq Schools.

Fruits and flowers will be tributed arid educational literature, plotting scholastic advantages oi San Mateo; will be given to all visitors, The national educators will meet IS) HOME OF PR I.VCE PO.VUTOTVSKI Ef SAN MATEO TO BE SOLD Beautiful Country Place of Pol Xii Tf(M bleman rV ear iDarlln sa mo Is the Market. 1 BURLINOAME. March The try home of. Prince 104 cated in the foothills back of here, 13) for, sale. The home Is one- of tha'-mosC beautiful country places the coast and was only recently erected by ltsj owner.

The grounds surrounding tha mansion consist of more than 100 In placing the estate on. sale no prica has been fixed, but It. is understood that; 5150,000 is the least sum that will bo GEOLOGY GET STANFORD UNIVERSITY. March Four Stanford" students in the department-fit geology and mining have accepted a flattering 1 offer made "by an Alaska placer firm and will take, positions In the vicinity of the Yukon River as assistant 1 engineers "for several months. The fortunate students aro E.

Austin." a senior regfsterlns from Stockton; B.R. Saunder 'OS, registeringr from Redwood City; C.B. Nlms'o6 of Muskegon. and H. C.

McNaugat, a of from "Denver. Colo. EXTERTAUfMEXT A. SIICCKSS. SAX MATEO, March TheTlast of the Young Men's Club, given at to.c pariah house, perhaps most.

successful in- the -history of the' organization. "Amohf; those who contributed I to the tha evening. a.n.o|;.wojn deserved applause from large audience were tha following: Fritz Dickie, Miss Grace Bromfleld, H. Folger. Gordon Bromfleld, Arthur Perrln.

Miss HJ Smith, Miss Mabel Carter, and W. H. Cone. IS FEVED PIPTV DOIXARSi SAX March Joseph who indicted by Grand Jury and charged with assauli with intent to murder Julius vlch at'a Polish-picnic at Fairfax Sep-. temher 10, was found guilty of simple ussault by a Jury this afternoon.

Jer-. ezynsky waived time and Judge of San Connty Imposed- a flna of $50. A Hnotrr'i Paradise. There Is probably up cotmtry In thi world where- fpod easily talned than along the Behring- Sea' coast In spring thne. Caribou ara ous.

and the long winters, tha flesh of the young; bulls is good. Harboi seals frequent, the bays, and seal with bacon makes a grand breakfast. Sea gulls nest thousands on the washed Islands, and their eggs, fried oj scrambled, are delicious, though taste fishy, when boiled. Scallops and clams are abundant. aaJ the waters teem with salmon and cod.

Tha country is very mountainous, and there is no timber. The only wooi! Is and alder. Tha willows 'small and. do not count much as game cover, but the alders grow to a gootl size and form tangled thickets. thickets are the home of.

the brown bears. In summer, bear hunting Is prac. tlcally Impossible because of the growth of grass, which covers the try." The grass reaches height otovei six feet, and flourishes on tha mountain sides," as well as In the sheltered valleys. At -this time- of year the bears' skins worthless." The: hajr thto. and wearj "away In large "patches, giving the brutes a.

decidedly ragged appearance. the spring the. grass pressed flaf by the winter's and the new has not- grown to any height. These conditions make 'ideal huntlny, as game can be seen at a great distance French. Gulch, "CaL.

has no -Jail city orison, and men arrested there an handcuffed -and: tied to an anvil till released on preliminary examination removed' to' the comity jalL" has a prof essional "ftnder." FO9 some years," pajt 's9 Baa averaged about $4.50 a day, Sundays 1 nclu ed, a 3 his income from nosing, around in, places women and men are likely to drop money and: other; things, of. value Many" a trial Is a -V, gCOTTf- EIWTTT.SIOIT. FOOD OR STIMULANT. Ask your doctor if when he orders patient to lots of pure milk he advises the addition a large quantity of whiskey. He'll tell you "no" very emphati- cally.

Yet there are people who, when get Scott's Emulsion, will -iaccept some wine, cordial or extract' of cod liver oil and think it is the same thing or If you want and need; cod oil in its best, purest and' most easily digested form, get Scott's Emulsion. want whiskey, angther- fmatter, but don't look for the same results. JSti Kew Tortfc SIGKHEADAGHE PABfTrtfQ Uusse wM Pi I wttsTa Dto- tress Ircra In- 1 "Jlsresaoaaad Too Hearty I A rtm- Bl riiif I PILLWs Dr Bad 'Ja -H' la. tie Monta. Coated Tongne.

Pala- TORPID UTTER. Tiny Bowtla. Purely SMALL PRIGL carters! cIIRE SICK Gaauina Must Bear a FaoSimila'Signaturt.

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