The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1895, Page 8

e— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895. FORTONE TURNED [N HIS FAVOR. RILEY GR KING ™y oy IA ITES DIDN'T WIN. VOR vUR THE FA WHITESTONE DEFEATED REY AL- FON many varying re- \ve disheartened many ttor, Dame Fortune - on Riley Grannan, ul day as i the ve been estimated any- ),000 to $1,000,000, will have t regained.|] While the dar- plunger did not in the true turf 11" the ring yester- accred with taking from 000 out of it by the victories Ferris Hartlnan and ny of the bookies that money ned in his favor became very ¥ wo nd when Riley nd the betting ring before the “bet you $400,” the astute 1is sheet and w ery “Am pretty full on that, Riley; , ; missed an oppor- stting some of the ack, for Mutineer did 1st three. day for favorites, every card being downed. After experi verses that wou is beg and with one m Rees, on, red off, tead, the second race being ( bution, the second choice, took the o inally carded r t 315 to 1 It 'was a five and a half nd the Arizopa stable’s led all the w inning handil lengths from’ the even-money b, backed down from 0'to 1, finished third. ardo were both backed found the flag in vear-olds, and e post gave Starter trouble before he ood start. Leon L nced vorite, going to the has been sho up outs and carried a heavy erris Hartman ope ed down se shown N he sprung Crescendo, 1 but 6 to 1 against Con acked down from tarters all re- to a ac but the other s to an excellent filly. Donna Car- Ferris Hartman, not when the flag fell, ight of speed, and the first eighth, led won in romping fashion The favorite Leon L was to beat Donna Carlotta out 5 howed an exceptional the lead ughont and three jengths. ridden aking Richelieu hands a 7 to 0 favor e Captain was 11 to 5 at »0ST ne. Miss Ruth and the others ooked to be in rather too speedy company or them. It was a two horse run_throughout, Cap- ain Rees and the Schreiber horse fighting t out to the wire. A sixteenth from the vire Jack Richelieu looked to have the race von, but by some splendid riding “Moose’’ “aylor got Rees’ head in front the last orty yards and kept it there. Miss Ruth vas & good third. Witn 101 pounds up and Griffin to ride ey Alfonso was looked npon as some- oft and 3 to 5 against him s rly grabbed. A few figured that lashlight would kill off the bay colt and ccepted to 1 against Whitestone. Sue \bbott the rank outsider in the race— ery rank. Rey Alfonso, full of run, at once set sail ut in front as the flag fell, with Sue Abbott at his heels at the first quarter. flashlight then became the contending rorse until well around the far turn, when horn moved u Nhitestone. engths be t e 3 Alfonso until an eighth from home, vhen he saw he would have to do some iding. Running gamely under Chorn’s rging, Whitestone gradually overhauled he favorite, and, despite all of Griffin’s iding on the latter, beat him out a long e Flashli as an ordinary third. or “mongrels” took irst race, declared off. Jenturion, at one time 2 to 1, backed down 0 8 to 5, was a decidéd favorite, but ran econd to Kathleen, a4 to 1 chance, who ed almost the entire distance, wihning by hree lengths, Chemuck was third, three engths further aw .nd he went 1d_he hit the stretch two the favorite. Grifiin took MMARY. 1sco, March 14, 1895. ive and a balf furiongs; T-0lds and upward; purse St. 14 Fin. - i I0:0 38 S @aan ey t4 8131 688 Mahogany, 86 ( .3 4 4n 583 Howard, 104 (1 I5 6n bh 562 May Day, 101 D6 bh 6l 9 8hn T/ .8 Tig 82 0 10% 91 1 117 10% 2 112 pray, 101 (N. Hill) 7 o1 12 ernardo, 90 (A. Isom). 18 18- *13 Time, 1:0715. Win tribution. lush evens, . oward 150 to 1, Lahogany 5 10 1, Sea Spray 100 01, Advance 100 to 1, Motto 12 to 1, Warrago 50 to 1, Kitty L 40 to 1, Bernardo 8 to 1. <5 SECOND RACE—Half a mile; selling; )9.). two-year-olds; purse $300, Horse. wegnt. jockey. Ferris Hartman, 8 Leon L, 112 (Chorr, Z Donna Carlottz 109 (Griffin) ) ch-Rel Con Moto, 112 (. 3 gelding, 112 (Russell). A, 111 (Hennessy) 2 (McAuliffe) :49%, Win- Lconors. 8 o1, Leon L 8 10 5, oun 8 to 1, Nerva filly 12 to , Marionette, 8 to 1. Harry 0, 60'to 1, Virgie A 80 51, Thresa K 30 u ritannia 8 to 1, Con Moto t0'1, Idalia gelding 150 to 1. . 1% Str. Fin. 3::/. 2 1 215 1n 4 44 3 3 3 6r Bh 4h 1., 93 (R. Isom) .....5 31 41f 53 key. 90 (R Taomjs 7 65" 63 3 Wawona 100 t0 1, Tke FOURTH RACE—One mile; all ages; 97. purse $400. nd. Horse, weight, fockey, 566 Whitestone, 100 ( Wh ) 050, 102 v Snarp. estone 13 to 5, Rey Alfonso 8 to 5, to 1. Whi Flashlight 4 to 1, Sue Abbott 200 before the tide | into second place with | p\onto courts, and in which he defended paratively easy down the stretch on | | | | FIFTH RACE—Five furlongs:' selling; + three-year-olds and upward; purse $300. 59 Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. 551 Xarhleen, 106 (Chorn). 355 Centurion, 111 (Hennes 561 Chemuck, 98 (Ri] 61 Laurel, 90 (Buru: 590 Mutineer, 102 (R Tirano, 88 lonroe, 100 (Crossin). ... alparaiso, 100 (N. Hill) 584 Sissy Jupe, 98 (R. Isom).... Falr start. Won cleverly. Time, 1:0215. Win- mer, blk. n by Little Alp. Betting: athleen 4 to 1, Centurion 8 t0 5, Che- muck 10 to 1, Valparaiso 10 to 1, Mutineer 10 to 1, El Tirano $to 1, Laurel 20 to 1, Sissy Jupe6to 1, Monroe 100 to 1. Around the Ring. “Moose” Taylor’s. finish on Captain Rees was a very agreeable surprise to his friends, who feared the injury to his leg would'prevent him from riding with his old-time cleverness. Chorn had two winning mounts yester- day. Jockey Chevalier was up in the saddls again yesterday, having entirely recovered from the injury to his leg, caused by being savaged by Jake Allen. The’ judges have removed the ban of suspension from Willie Flynn, and the promising rider will endeavor to’ atone for any past faults by winning a block on every horse he rides, if such is possible. Motto was again heavily backed in the second race, but ran disappointingly. Asked by a friend if Ke beat the first race, Pittsburg Phil's answer was to go down in his pocket and withdraw a bunch of tickets on Royal Flush the thickness of a pack of playing-cards. He met with poor success throughout the day until the ]:M race, when he pulled out somewhat by playing Kathleen. Purser bet some money on the “hot > Joan. The filly ran well at her st attempt and will probably do better next time out. By Holly held some Centurion tickets on the Jast race, Charley Quinn_ placed some bets on El Tirano. The delay at the post killed his chance of winning. Abe Levy did not look as pleasant as usual after the Rey Alfonso race. He had a good bet down on the bay colt. Grannan was reported to have won $5000 by the victory of Ferris Hartman. Harry Harris, the partner of George Wheelock, took one betof $1000 on White- stone from Grannan. One of the happiest men on the racetrack vesterday was Ferris Hartman, the pépular comedian of the Tivoli. Barney Schreiber named his good Woodlands gelding after the man of mirth, and on each of the geld- ing’s two former attempts the latter had been loyal to his namesake and had his che down. Not only that, but Ferris whispered it around among the members of the company of which he is jester supreme that they had better have a bet down on Barne youngster, and on his first start the Tivoli compamy was well represented at the track. The youngster ran unplaced and at his second start the comedian’s horse talk was spent on ears that heard not. This time he finisbed third. Yesterday Ferris was alone in his glory, not even Phil Branson taking stock enough in Hartman’s tip to get there in time to see the race. Well, yesterday he won and won easily, and the way comedian was $300 richerin pocket. Ferris shook Carr by the hand as Felix passed in to the weighing-room, and re- turning to the betting ring was tendered an ovation by his friends. Stepping up on the block alongside of Barney Schreiber, the comedian,. with a face radiant with smiles, raised his hat in acknowledgment of the courtesy. Turning to_Phil McKim he said, “Didn’t I tell you I was no gaod till the third act?” Entries for to-day’s running events: First race, five-eighths of a mile, selling, non- S winners — Mount Carlos 106, Ladameo 88, Kingsley 97, Myron 95, Rosalle 90, Julia Mar- tin 90, Martinet 109, War Queen 108, Val- paraiso 102, Ontario 100, Nipper 96. sSecond race, three-quarters of a mile, handi- | cap—Ferricr 108, Bellicoso 118, Quirt 100, buchadnezzar £9, Cap Soster 86. Third race, one mile, selling—Mollie R 85, Commission 101, t 89, Idaho Chief 104, Hy Dy 101, Miss Buckley 87, Marietta 85 Fourth race, hali & mile, for tw maidens; colts carry 112 pounds, filli geldings 109 pounds; entrics close'at 8:30 A. . Fifth race, five-eighths of a_mile, selling— Burmah 107, Terranova 86, Venus 98, Tim Murphy 117, Joe Cotton 107, Motto 103, Main- stay 103, Clacquer 110, Major Cook 100, Fly 98, Hiram ATgo 105, Ike L 94, Vulcan 102. DAN BURNS WILL NOT PAY. THE GHOSTS OF THE OLD EMBEZ- ZLEMENT CASES AGAIN IN THE LIGHT. He Sayvs THaT HE Dip Not EMm- PLOY ATTORNEY A.L. HART TO DerFenp Him. The hali-forgotten suits which were brought against Dan Burns in the Sacra- himself against charges of embezzlingand misappropriating State money, were once more given publicity in a paper filed in the County Clerk’s office yesterday. The doc- ument was Burns’ answer to the suit of A. L. Hart to recover several thousand dollars in attorney’s fees. He it was who defended Burns when the charges were being pressed against the ex-boss, and Hart thought his services worth a large amount. As his answer shows, Burns, the defend- ant, is of a different opinion. He doesnot want to pay for the services rendered, and therefore denies that he owes Hart any- thing at all. Upon a rtage in hisaccounts amount- ing to $31,734 64, which Burns, the then Secretary of State, could not satisfactorily account for, he was indicted by the Grand Jury of Sacramento and was tried in both the Police and the Superior courts of that county. Hart set forth that he defended Burns on an indictment in the_ Superior Court of Sacramento on November 26, 1884; again on December 2, 1884, he defended Burns on six indictments for embezzlement and four for felony, and on November 24, 1885, he defended him and his bondsmen in a suit to recover the money missing. All these claims of Hart are mentioned in Burns’ answer and his defense in each is the same. He says he never employed Hart to defend him and what was done by Hart was done gratuitously and unsoli- | cited. ‘When the cases came up, the answer states, Hart offered his services, and he made no agreement as to fee or conditions, The defendant thought he was workin; ratuitously, and when it was all over ans urns had been released by the Sacramento courts, Burns went to his friena- Hart and gave him $2000. This was not as a fee, the answer is careful to state, but was given as a sign of émlilude and as a sign that the value of Hart's services were appreciated, Hart held that the $2000 was the first pay- ment on a $25,000 fee, but this Mr. Burns, through his attorneys, Estee and Miller, denies. Tt was purely a gift of gratitude for unsolicited serviceés, and on that line the case will be fought. AT LIBERTY ONCE MORE. Mrs. Dean, the Counterfeiter, Is Now Out on Bonds. Mrs. W. J. Farrow, alias Dean, was re- leased from custody yesterday on bail. Secret Service Agent Harris consented to her bail being reduced to $1000, and Mrs. Henrietta Jansen and Miss Meta Jansen, of Berkeley, became sureties for her. Mrs, Dean will live with the Jansensin Berkeley until after her trial. She was brought over from the Alameda county jail by United States Marshal Baldwit yesterday after- noon, and as soon as her bond was ap- proved she was given her liberty. When she reached the sidewalk in company with her friends she drew a long brez?h and ex- claimed: “At liberty once more, thank "’ Tf Mrs. Dean will only consent to assist the Government by turning State’s be dis- evidence the case against her wi missed. POLO-PLAYERS FROM THE NORTH. ARMY OFFICERS FROM WALLA WALLA WILL PLAY AGAINST BURLINGAME. THE PUBLIC MAY VIEW IT. TALBOT CLIFTON WILL SOON START His DaiLy CoacH—A TaN- DEM CLUB. The public will soon have an opportunity to get a taste of polo, and at (he same time the polo-players at Burlingame will have their first chance to test their prowess against an outside team. The officers of the Fourth United States Cavalry, 'sm-A tioned at Walla Walla, have for some time been trying to arrange to play with the Burlingame people, and now about all the preparations have been made for_n tourna- ment to begin on the 30th of this month. The Riverside Polo Club has been asked to join in the tournment, but it is not certain yet that it will do so. The Walla Walla people will bring down a team of five players, about a dozen ponies and a number of men to care for them. This all wilt cost a good deal of money, and, in order to help out, the Burlingame Club will charge an admission fee to the games. Special trains will be run from this city landing the visitors at the grounds. Tickets will be sold to the public covering the fare both ways and admission to the grounds 3 " The tournament will probably cover a week, with games on Saturday, the 30th inst., and tlre following Wednesday and Saturday. Until it is definitely known whether the Riverside Club will send up a team the schedule of games will not be set- tled upon. The Walla Walla officers have been playing for some time, and several of them have had considerable experience in the The younger officers in the army ying polo of late years con- adds much to their horse- manship, particularly in teaching them command over their horses. Lieutenant Cassat, a son of President Cassat of the Pennsylvania Railway is the most prominent member of the northern team and is an experienced polo-player. The Burlingame team orfuur will be made up from a few regular players, name- iy: Harold Wheeler, H. R. Simpkins, R. M. Tobin, J. 8. Tobin, John Lawson, W. P. A. Brewer, C. P.Tobin, J. P. H. Howard and H. H. Hinshaw. But C. P. Tobin and Brewer will probably be absent, and there remain very few to chose from. Judging from the remarks of visitors, old polo- players from India and the Eastern States, the Burlingame players would not rank very high on their fields. This is due to fhe fact that they have had no opportuni- ties to play with crack players, just as men will never learn to play good billiards un- less they have some practice with experts. So the Burlingame people do not look forward with great confidence to victory over the men from the north and the south, while they welcome the opportunity to get some good lessons. The men at Riverside are reported to play a fine game. The polo grounds at Burlingame are in cellent condition at present—green, ringy and smooth. They become dry and dusty in summer, as the club has no arrangement for watering them. However, a new ten-acre {;olo field is being laid out nearer the clubhouse, with pipes to supply er to keep it green the year round. It will be ready next year for permanent use. Grounds are also being laid out for trap- shooting, and a supply of special electric traps has been brought from the Bast. This was an inducement for a number of trap-shooters to join the club lately, and tbat sport will in future be a feature of the club. Talbot Clifton’s new daily stage line from the Palace Hotel to Burlingame will be started as soon as the coach he had made in England arrives. He will probably run oncea week or so as far as Menlo. The coach will leave the Palace Hotel in the morning and return from Burlingame in the evening. The distance covered will be nineteen miles each way. He will have the use also of the club coach, and two or three other members will take turns with hir at the whip. The charge for passage will be about $250 with something extra for the box seat. To keep up the properly alppointud coaches, care for the twenty-five thoroughbred horses an® have everything “quite fit” will take a lot of money, and Mr. Clifton thinks he will be extremely lucky if he comes out even. But he will, he says, have given the people of San Fran' cisco a taste utg;:oo(l old coaching. Several of the men at Burlingame are starting a tandem club. Five or six of them have traps and tandem _horses, and it is proposed to have periodical tandem meets once a week or so and drive on down toward Menlo or some other place where the roads are good, bave a lunch together and then drive back home. PHYSICGNCHY AS A SCIENCE. THE RIGHT AND TITLE TO A BOOK | ON THE SUBJECT Now ON TRIAL. DR.J. S1MMS SAYS MRs. M. STANTON Has INFRINGED His Copy- RIGHT. The taking of testimony in the case of Joseph Simms against Mary O. Stanton was continued before United States Com- missioner Heacock yesterday. Mrs. Clara Foltz and Joseph D. Redding appeared as counsel for Dr. Simms, while Mrs. Stan- ton’s interests were represented by Whea- ton, Kalloch & Kierce and Fisher Ames. The trouble arose over a book on physi- ognomy which Dr. Simms copyrighted and published. Mrs. Stanton later pub- lished a book on the same subject and Dr. Simms now asserts that she pirated many of his ideas and took copious extracts from his volume. The entire session was taken up by Mrs. Stanton in reading extracts from Dr. Simms’ work and the corresponding pas- sages in her own book. She then quoted from the works of other authors to show that the? had published the same ideas years before Simms had eyer thought of writing a book. She insisted upon making comments upon everything she testified to and Mrs. Foltz vigorously objected. Finally Mrs. Stanton was allowed to have her own way,’as the Commissioner is only emlfmwereu to take the testimony as given and note the objections. Attorney Wheaton had very little to do except correct an occasional lapse of gram- mar on the part of his client. In this respect. Dr. Simms notes a number of lapses in Mrs. Stanton’s book. For in- stance, ‘“Where the noses of scientists is ob- served to be shorter and broader”; ‘‘Pug noses, hence pugnacity, the verb express- ive of a quarrelsome disposition.”” “Any schoolboy versed in grammar,” comments the doctor, “‘could inform Mrs. Stanton that pugnacity is a noun and not averb.” He also accuses her of spelling tury ago. It was bound and had the ap- pearance of a bulky volume. Mrs. Foltz, after a_time, became a little suspicion and going around to Mrs. Stanton’s chair, found that lady reading frem a manu- script cepy of the book.” She at once ob- jected, and Mrs. Stanton’s attorney re- marked that her objection was well taken, as the original volume should be pro- duced. Commissioner Heacock ordered dll the testimony in that line stricken out. The case will be continued this afternoon. ————— A SCHOOL IN THE WOODS. It Will Be Opened at Cazadero for Mis- sionary Purposes. A missionary extension summer school will be held in Elim Grove, at Cazadero, in June. This will be the first summer school held on this coast distinctively for young people. It will be undenominational and without distinction as to sect. The object will be the dissemination of missienary knowledge and recreation. The mission- ary extension movement has been officially represented by about thirty representa- tives of the denominational boards of mis- sions, including the Christian Endeavor Society. Eminent speakers from the East and West are secured for special gddresses. Hundreds of young people will attend. fiss Mindora Berry, the Pacific Coast secretary of the “‘movement,” is pushing the work of preperation. Elim Grove is the old camping ground of the Bohemian Club, and has a reputation for its natural beauty. The precise date of the assembly has not been officially announced. THE AWFUL STEGE OF DELHL EXPERIENCE OF MRS. HARRIET TYTLER DURING THE REIGN OF TERROR. EXECUTIONS AND MURDERS THE ORDER OF THE Day—AN EVENTFUL LIFE. There are few women whose lives have been so eventful and thrilling as that of Mrs. Harriet Tytler, who is now in the city lecturing on India. Mrs. Tytler en- joys the distinction of having been the Mrs. Harriet Tytler. [From a recent photograph.] only woman who was present at the ter- rible siege of Delhi, which shocked the stoutest hearts and drove men to madness. Mrs. Tytler belongs to a race of soldiers. Her father was an officer, her husband an officer and she is a mother of officers. She is now 65 years of age, and fifty of these years have been spent in Indian gar- risons. She is a pleasant little woman, bright and intelligent. “I was born in India,” she said yester- day. “I am a Hindustanee by instinct, and pray to my Maker in that_tongue. 1 have had an eventful carcer. My mother was a woman of French descent, who married my father in England. They re- turned to India shortly after their mar- riage and a few years later I was born. Almast the first thing I can rememberis a trip with my parents up the Ganges. There was a dreadful famine in the coun- try at ‘the time, and both banks of the river were lined with human_beings who were dying of starvation. We went to the assistance of some, but conld afford the poor wretches but little relief. In time of famine the Ganges is fairly covered with corpses or_skeletons. Thy natives believe the river is sacred, and all they pray for is that their bodies may be Washeg in its waters after life has flec Mrs. Tytler then went to England to be educated, and on her return to India she heard of her father’s death. She was mar- ried to Colonel Robert C. Tytler soon after and followed him into the fever-stricken districts of the peninsula. The great ex- perience of her life, however, was at the massacre and siege of Delhi, where she was the only woman with the troops. “I look b upon that terrible period in my history with pain and horror after all these years,’”” said Mre. Tytler. “1 could have escaped the sufferings that fell to my lot afterward had I not decided to remain by my husband’s side. He entreated me to leave Delhi while there was yet time, but I declined to do so. ‘‘During the siege I lived withmy two children in a cart covered with rugs. 1 was doing nicely until June 21, 1857, when my son, whom I christened Stanley Delhi-Force was born. It was a bright moonlight night and the shells were fall ing about us everywhere. All the clothing 1 hiad for the little stranger was a piece o flannel. I was my own nurse, and had little comforts to enjoiv,buc our danger was so imminent that I did not think of inconveniences. “During the time we were there I saw men butchered by fiendsasif they were cat- tle. I saw battalions mowed down like grass to the cry, ‘No quarter,’ Executions, assassinations, crimes of every description were so frequent we became in a way hardened toall we saw. My family had escaped the massacre with a poor supply of clothing and of course we suffered ter- ribly. The bombardment was incessant, and shells burst about us in every direc- tion. Yet through it all my little baby never winked an cye.” j The story of Mrs. Tytler's life during the great Sepoy rebellion reads like a romance. She gives a curious explanation of the causes that led to the mutiny, the main one being the alleged fact that the English reased the cartridges for the Mohamme- sun soldiers. Her busband’s regiment de- serted him almost to a man, but_he was well thought of by his officers, and as a re- sult, They spared the lives of himself and family. Mrsy. Tytler will deliver the first of a series of lectures at the old Young Men's Christian Association Hall on Sutter street this afternoon. She will relate remi- niscences of the rebellion and with the aid of curios brought with her from India will give an illustration of the scenes of horror she saw and the privations endured for so many years. Dick McDonald’s Note. The Pacific Bank has commenced suit against R. H. McDonald Jr. to recover the amount of 8 note for $51,338 93, made by him in favor of the bank. The note doesnot represent a single loan, but has accumulated smaller sums at va- Bradlaugh Brndlnw; Laocoon, Laokoon; gerc\xle«. Herakles,” and Patrick Henry, enri. Toward the close of the session Mrs. Stanton began reading from a book written by Professor Ross of fiim burgh over a cen- rious times, until its present figure was reached. It represents Dick’s indebtedness to the bank with the exception of about $140. ————— CovanING is at once stopped by Dr. Bull's Cough. Syrup. Keep it always in the house. MR, IBIRNEY'S - PAIR OF WIDOWS, ONE COMES FROM THE EAST TO CLAIM THE HOMESTEAD OF THE OTHER. A QUEER LEGAL TANGLE. How A Gay DECEIVER Was Sup- PORTED BY Two CONFIDING WOMEN. Samuel McBirney was a gay deceiver who lived and died in the trusting smiles of two wives who loved and supported him, and he is probably even mow chuck- ling in glee over the legal tangle which his evil ways made of the women’s affairs. He was married first in Ohio. In 1874 he came to California, and while still fettered to his Ohio love he bestowed the remnant of his affections upon a Western woman who was divorced from her husband, and, as she thought, legally married her. With extensive assistance from wife No. 2 MeBirney succeeded in acquiring some little property, and upon this and a trifle that now and then came from Ohio he managed to live in peace and to work but little. When he died his local widow filed a homestead upon the property which she and McBirney owned in commen. But the news of the death of the doubly wedded McBirney tfraveled eastward rapidly, and the widow in Cincinnati sent eut here to see what property herlong-absent husband had left. “She found first of all a house and lot on Pine street, near Broderick, in this city, and living upon it was Mrs. McBirney No. 2 and a family of three grown-up chil- dren. Mrs. McBirney found, too, that a homestead had been filed on the property, and this she moved to set aside. The case was tried yesterday before Judge Slack, and for purely legaf reasons the Eastern Mrs. McBirney’s petition was granted, and the homestead has been set aside to her. By the testimony submitted yesterday it was shown that McBirney's course of de- ception was complete ana premeditated. Mrs. Mary A., who was the Ohio wife, through her attorney, submitted letters which her recreant spouse had written to her, and also the marriage eertificate dated years ago back in the ’60’s, which bore testi- mony to the fact that she and McBirney were one. Mrs. Eudoxia McBirney, who was the California wife, had an answer to the certificate, however. Her husband had told her, she said, that years before he had married her he had met a woman in the East, that she had borne him a son, but that the woman had never been anythin, to him. To quiet her hehad said, he ha forged a marriage certificate, and although she kept it and believed in it, it meant nothing. It was wife number 2, however, whom he was deceiving, for the certificate showed on its face that 1t was a legal docu- ment. Mrs. Eudoxia McBirney showed also that the firoperty upon which the home- stead had been filed was purchased almost entirely with her money after her mar- riage with McBirney, but here a strange turn of the law takes it from her. Unfor- tunately, as was said by the court, she never had been the wife of McBirney and could therefore have no claim upon com- munity property. On the other hand Mrs. Mary A. McBirney had always been her husband’s wife, so to speak, and half of all roperty which he left at his death be- onged of right to her. It made no legal difference, so far as the case under trial was concerned, whose money purchased the property so long as McBirney had a lawful titie to it, and it then became com- munity property between himself and his true wite. She, therefore, was given the homestead. Mrs. Eudoxia McBirney has still another chance, however. In a civilaction she can show that it was her money which bought the property, and so little was McBirney financially interested in it her attorneys have no doubt that it will all be given back to her. MUST PAY THE BOND. Charles A. Bayly’s Drugstore Attached by the Sheriff. Sheriff Whelan placed a keeper in charge of Charles A. Bayly’s drugstore at 227 Grant avenue yesterday morning. Bayly is one of the bondsmen of Alice Adrien, the keeper of a disorderly house at 722 Commercial street, who was charged with keeping two minors in her resort and who forfeited her bail after a ruling of Judge Wallace made it apparent that she stood a good chance of conviction. Bayly qualified in the sum of $5000, saying he owned $10,000 worth of property. The defendant did not appear in court when her case was called on_Tuesday last and Judge Wallace ordered her bonds forfeited. It was in a suit begun by the city and county to recover the amount of the bail that the attachment was levied. The other bondsman, P. Mialana¥a saloon- keeper at 142 Geary street, has, since the bond was given, sold a portion of his property, saying that the woman told him that she had obtained other sureties and that he was released. Three Kinds of Smokers Converts to the “Robert MANTELL” Cigar are of three kinds: 1. Those whose brand was a 10c cigar and who found that the “Mantell” was much better. 2. Those who smoked more expensive ones and found the ‘‘Mantell” just asgood. 3. Those who smoked the best 5¢ cigar they could find and found in the ‘“Mantell” (for the first time among 10c cigars) an inducement to pay the difference. A high-grade NATURAL flavor Havana. 10c, 2 for25cand 3 for 25c—according to size. All dealers. THE WERTHEIMER COMPANY, Wholesale Agents, 13-15 Battery St. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. SISt Eodisosd b s Suiset BARGAIN-DAY SPECIALY A SC STt NEW SPRING GOODS The EXTRAORDINARY VALU ECLIPSED in ES that have thus far attracted so much attention to our new Spring stock are TOTALLY TO-DAY’S GREAT LEADERS. COLORED DR ESS GOODS. At 15 Cents. extra value for 25¢, will be offered at 15¢c At 2S5 79 pieces 38-INCH PLAIN COLORED FRE! of shades, value for 50c, will be offered a: ALULS 50 dozen BLACK LEATHER SHOPPING pocket, worth 35¢ each, will be offered a RIBBONS! closed out at 3¢ per yard. will be closed out at 4c per yard. At 7% Cen closed out at 7)4c per yard. GLOVES! At 4O fered at 40c a pair. At 2O 80 dozen LADIES’ BIARRITZ DRESSED price $1, will be offered at 40c a pair. At 10O good value for 25¢, will be placed on sale beaver cloth, worth from §10 to $12 50. at $1 95 each. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS nal and Havana brown cheviot, with ful be closed out at $3 50 each. | 500 pieces HEAVY DARK AND MEDIUM yard. 146 pieces DOUBLE-FOLD SUMMER SUITING, in mixed and checks, spring shades, a yard. Cents. NCH SURAH SERGE, ina great variety t 25¢ a yard. LADIES’ SHOPPING BAGS. Tents. L BAGS, 9-inch size, plain and with outside t 15¢ each. RIBBONS! At 3 Cents. : No. 5 ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS GRAIN RIBBONS, in all bright shades, will be At <« Cents. No. 7 ALL-SILK AND SATIN AND GROS GRAIN RIBBONS, in all bright colors, ts a Yard. No. 12 ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS GRAIN RIBBONS, in all bright colors, will be GLOVES! Cents. 50 dozen LADIES' 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUSQUETAIRE AND BIARRITZ UN- DRESSED KID GLOVES, in fancy shades (odd sizes) regular price $1, will be of- Cents. KID, in tans and black (odd sizes), regular MEN’S NECKTIES. Cents. 50 dozen MEN’S SILK SCARFS, in teck and four-in-hand shapes, satin lined, extra this day at 10c each. LADIES’ J ACKETS. At TS LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of diagonal twilled cloths, These are odd sizes and will At $3.50. cheviots and be closed out | of Oxford gray, mixed brown, tan diago 1 sleeves, large revers, etc., worth $8 50, will EXTRA SPECIALS! 5 cases SHEETING, TWILLED MUSLINS AND CANTON FLANNEL, badly dam- aged by oil, to be sold to-day at half cost. TENNIS FLANNEL (10c grade), at 6%4c a Mkt Street, corne o Joneg, SAN FRANCOISOO- BUILDING, ANOTHER TERM FOR SMITH. | HE WoULD HAVE DONE BETTER | HAD HE HELD HIs TONGUE LAST FRIDAY. A Quick CONVICTION FOR THE CAR ROBBERY—WILSON’S RECORD. John Smith, who raised such a scene in Judge Wallace’s courtroom last Friday morning, is probably wishing he had held his tongue. He was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment for robbing a gro- cery, and it was intended to let the charge | of robbery for holding-up a Jackson-street | car drop. On account of his behavior, | however, the charge was brought to trial | yesterday, and within a few minutes after “ the case went to the jury he was convicted. | He will be sentenced for the second charge ‘ next Monday. Some sympathy and considerable criti- cism were caused by the sentences which Judge Wallace imposed on Smith and his partner in crime, John Wilson, last Fri»; day. Wilson was given forty years on two | charges of robbery and Smith was given | twenty years on one charge. It was | pleaded 1n favor of the two criminals that both were only 17 years of age, and also | that they then appeared for the first time | before a” court as defendants. In view of | this fact and because Judge Wallace im- | posed the full limit in each case, the court | was severely commented upon on all | sides, but a fetter from Portland, Or., set- | ting forth the record of John' Wilson, | shows that JmiFe Wallace was not far | wrong in his judgments. . | The letter is from Detective H. D. Griffin of the Portland ];oli(‘,e force, to Detective Ed Griffin of the local police. It is as fol- lows: Sir: Yours of the 10th came to hand, and | also the photos. Among the bunch is one very | familiar face, No. 12,583, whom you call Wil- | son. He is known to us from chiidhooed and was raised near here. In the year’89 he was | arrested here by Detective Barry and myself | for stealing a watch from a man on the East side of the river, but was turned over to his parents, who lived in the State of Washington | ataplace called Washongal. In 1891 he was arrested by Detectives Summers and Day for Tobbing a boat house with two others, and was turned over to the Boys’ and Girls' Aid Society. He was at that time registered as 17 vears of age.” His name is Charles Donnelly, alias < Kia” Donnelly. On March 22, 1893, he was arrested in com- pany with & man named Lewis by Stmmons, actzmacher, Hoklg le and Grifin for robbing the residenee of L. F. Chemin in this city. It was a daylight job and the property was recoy- ered. This time he gave the name of John Keiman, and after a triel he was sent to the Oregon “pen’” for & term of four years. Aftera short time he was sent to the reform schoel, and remained but & short time there. Then he esca and the next thing we heard of him was from Seattle in 1898, when he, in company with some one else, was arrested by an og\ner for doing & 20!7 in' the nighttime. While the officer was in_the act of ringing for the patrol wagon Donnelly showed fight, and after an ex- change of shots Donnelly was wounded by being shot in the stomach. He recovered some time l,f,ter when hre was sent to the Walla Walla ‘‘pen.” for one year and was released in | with fawn-colored hair entwined wi | leaves; Diana, with crescent aris; the latter part of 1894. We heard he spent one night here after his release, but which way he went we cannot tell. He is a first-class man; he is also dangerous; he has been paying some attention to safe work of late years, * * * H. D. GRIFFI¥N. Wilson has been taken to Folsom prison. On the way up he fought several times to free himself from Deputies Riley and Gib- ney, who went with him, and it was only after putting all the shackles possible upon him that he was finally safely landed. The police expect to receive record of Smith in a few days. QUEER DINNER FAD IN PARIS. | From the Shoulders Up the Guests Ap-~ pear in Historical Attire. Paris has a novelty in the way of din- ners. The discovery that there were twenty-six carnival days in February led to this innovation in the fashionable world. The new function combines the attrac- tions of a masquerade with those of an elaborate set dinner. The guests are en- abled to dress to suit their individual fancy, selecting characters from history or fiction for their models, and yet are not encumbered, save as to their heads, with inconvenient apparel. The guests come in ordinary evening dress, but from the shoulders up they are obliged to be in some fancy costume. For men of middle age the following are some of the favorites: The head dressed as an Alderman of Paris, with the beret and scarf twined around the neck, framing the picture; as a Leaguer, with a high felt hat covered with plumes; as a nc\ilemm of the time of Louis XIV, with curled wig, and Louis XV, with powdered wig an peruke tied with broad black ribbon, The younger men select such head- dresses as Pierrot, Harlequin, Arab, Me. phistopheles or Watteau shepherds, ac. cording to their age and types. 7 Brunettes aspiring to be blondes for one night choose the golden tresses of a Cybele or Ceres crowned with grain; Pomona, ith grape ing from or the pearl- the waves of her light hair, p of a Venetian with blonde studded ca; curls. Blondes in turn may don Titian, bro or gray locks, but to complete the illusion the face must be powdere.!. Eyen the men use powder, but the powde: with discrimination lJ:nd sk‘%l:’.a!w e vas For the table decorations of the de tetes” the table should be dress: flowers, which, however, can be re laced by sprigs of mistletoe, 'intersperse: with nice roses and chrysanthemums, The table-cloth sheuld consist of a long strip of bolting cloth, enbroit ered in nat. ural colors and bordered with surah upon which are placed the dessert dishes. Distes of marrons, glaces and candied cherries are also apprepriate. Fancy lace - bordered di)yhest m:tl’;m vzhile gaper have given ace to circles of fine lines i ne lace.—New York Herald SRR —————— The widow of one of the passe: board the Elbe has given xheplO0,0(')log;xr:r(l’(: for which his life was insured toward the fund being raised for the widows and orphans of the drowned passen, ers and crew. Her name is Schull, and ier hus- band took icy i j bandd sgil i%‘g. tye policy in Cologne just ‘‘diners ed with