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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1895 THREE MEN ARE UNDER SUSPICION FOR THE SHOOTING OF WALTER P, BLAKE OF THE STOCKTON " INDEPENDENT.” NONE OF THEM IDENTIFIED. THE PoLicE ARe PuzzrLEp OVER THE CASE OF JACKSON HaLL, A PRINTER. Three suspects have been arrested by Policemen Ryan and Tuite in connection with the shooting of Walter P. Blake, city editor of the Stockton Independent, in an alley back of the Palace Hotel on Sunday night. Two of them are William Zeiglerand John Mullin, and the third is Jackson Hall, a printer who was arrested about 5 o’cloc yesterd morning in the S8t. David’s House on Howard street, near Third. The ee were taken at different times to Blake'’s room in the Grand Hotel, but he ely identify any of them. iild and complexion ription of the robber, p that the robber’s hair to be longer. Zeig e sure of, although he w Hall, the printer, b ription, but he was not o stout as beth street, who running along n street toward three men in the y afternoon, but he any of them. He lined to believe that ell the truth. They to considerable trouble yesterday , and they think he was pur- -ping out of their way. ly point against Zeigler is that hat, which is now at the ion, fits him _perfect] printer, mystifies the police. 3 loyed up to Saturday rocker's directory and is known against him. a cut forehead as if made a cane or club. A few > shooting occurred Hall, ling and an has in the alley,” he said yesterday, Id think n stepped out of and without sa; < me a violent blow on d, which knocked me do 1ot attempt to rob me, but ay as soon as he struck me. 1 ran down the alley and home as fast as I could. When I entered the house Steve, the night what had bappened. and him a man had knocked me down vas in such a hurry to get away that aid is the simple truth. I 1 have been employe 1t in working up Cro v St. Dav. I was not drunk, don’t deny that I had had a few I ha House for a long time. but drinks, The police ¢ all's room a 1 not find a_revolver in i they found him sleeping i the two others will be or developments. , who is working on the t that he had nothing s case the mystery was more in- Lt when the hat was taken and it fitted him. He it his hat was a new The one found on edora hat without lin- the decl; real name is Jackson A. Hath- His mother m ied 2 man named Hall and he is better known as Jackson Hall. At a late hour last night Blake, the v d or, was resting easily at the SUBJECTS ON WHICH MRS. STANTON WAS CROSS-EX- W AMINED YESTERDAY. Hap To Cox w Nc EsS THAT SHE THING ABOUT THE c The taking of testimony in the now famous case of Simms vs. Stanton was con- cluded before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday. Mrs. Clara Foltz and Joseph D. Redding appeared for Dr. Simms, while M. A. Wheaton and Fisher Ames upheld Mrs. Stanton's side of the cas In her book on physiognomy, which Dr. Simms asserts is full of plagiarisms from his work on the same subject, Mrs. Stanton writes like a person thoronghly acquainted with anatomy and physiology. During her cross-examination however, she was forced to confess t B did not know the first thing about any of those subjects. “While I have had no medical educa- tion,” explained Mrs. Stanton, *still I have read a great deal, and when I was writing about anatomy I always had my book of reference open before me.”’ ““Please give us a quotation from one of the books you used as a reference?’ asked Mr. Redding. “Iam not a well woman, Mr. Redding, and it would take a person Wwith a strong constitution to stand the mental strain [ have been under,” was the answer. “An- other thing, my memor; creative; I like to work out new ideas and new thoughts in my mind. Consequently I cannot re- member long quotations or speeches.”’ “If I do not tire you, Mrs. Stanton, I would like to ask t a few questions more. In your work you say that the blood flows into the heart from the thoracic duct. Can you prove that?” 0, I cannot.” **Where is the thoracic duct ?” “I don’t know.” “What do vou mean by organic and in- organic life 2" After several attempts the witness got in an answer that suited her. Inorganic life, she said, was contained in rocks and crys- tals, while Webster asserts that *‘inorganic bodies are such as have no organs of life, as minerals.” Mrs. Stanton was next questioned on_ pathology, and she again had to confess her ignorance. The witness then asked to be excused, and the attor- neys for Dr. Sitmms agreed to close the case. The matter will now be submitted to Judge McKenna for a decision. e A LADIEY' OAFE. The Palace Will Open That Kind of an r Establishment. The Palace Hotel has taken a new de- parture in its service -which is a decided innovation upon hotel management in this city. A ladies’ cafe is now one the fixtures of that model hostelry. The old city cafe, at the corner of Market and Annie streets, in the Palace building, has been thoroughly renovated and arranged for this purpose. The old cafe was used principally as a re- 1alf-past 11 o'clock | . | possession of damaging nothing of any shooting, and | | sort for family parties in the past, but it was thought by the management that a cafe devoted principally to the uses of ladies with or without escorts would prove an ucceptable move in the eyes of the pub- lic, and so the change was made. “There are very few places downtown where a lady who is out shopping by her- self, or who for any other reason is without an escort, can secure a_lunch at moderate cost and be assured of first-class service and comparative privacy,” said Manager \\l\'nrrcu in speaking of the matter yester- ay. New York, Chicago and all other East- ern cities sustain establishments of this character, which are kept up in fine style, and where a lady may secure “a bird and a small bottle” or a dainty lunch when she feels that such is desirable. Mr. Warren says that the service will be kept up to the standard of the other de- partments of this fine hotel. ) THEY READ THE “OALL. Why C. B. Holbrook Is a Miserable Man. Secretary C. B. Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a miserable man. Several days ago the CaLy published the fact that his valuable Japanese pug, Tiny, was ill from a com- plaint which baffled the skill of three well- known physicians, and his tribulations date from the appearance of the article. “I have received dozens of letters,” said containing recipes, all of h are recommended as sure cures for y. Some of these writers recommend one’ thing and_some another. If I tried them all poor Tiny would be a dead pug in short or¢ I fancy. In addition to letters many visitors, nc v women, have called | at my residence, each” offering suggestions as to the best treatment in Tiny’s case. If these ts continue I'm afraid I'll have to_move Tiny was taken to another physician yes- terday, who declared that the animal would never recover the use of his limbs. He stated that it wonld be an act of mercy to kill the animal, but this the Holbrook family are unwilling to do, declaring that | their tiny pet suffers no pain whatever. THE MINT AT CARSON CITY. ITS PRESENT SUPERINTENDENT, J. W. ADAMS, COMPLETELY EXONERATED. THE SHORTAGE OF $60,000 Was INCURRED BEFORE His AP- POINTMENT. The recent offer of the Mining Stock | Association to assist the Government in | fixing the responsibility of the shortage existing in the Unitdd States mint at Car- son, as published in the CALL on Sund | was the subject of general commentin mining circles yesterday. | As already stated, the association is in testimony and. documents in proof of its assertion that | the real shortage will be found to be much {is made. The association is anxious to expose what it terms the ‘“looting of the Comstock mines, which could only be | accomplished by the aid of the mintat rson, of which T. R. Hofer was the act- Superintendent for many years.” here is no attempt to drag J. W. s | Adams, the present Superintendent of the said Secretary 3 “Mr. Adams has only oceupied his position since July last, and | he could not, therefore, be held responsible | for the existing shortage. Mr. character is above reproach, as is shown in the confidence reposed in him by the eople of Nevada, when they elected him Jdeutenant-Governor some years ago. He s unfortunate in taking charge of the mint at a time when its affairs were in a shaky condition, as the subsequent discovery of the shortage proved.’”” Mr. Tingman states that he is hard at work preparing his documents for the use | of the Government inspectors now at Carson, and that if these officials avail themselves of the testimony to be placed at their disposal some interesting develop- | ments may be expected. | *“We have been awaiting this occasion for years,” remarked he, “‘and now that it has come every stockholder in Comstock mines will be interested in having a rigid investi- gation. If we are permitted to do so we will expose the methods of the mill ring in every particular. We will show how the mint at Carson has been used as a de- pository for stolen bullion, and how some of the bullion was subsequently abstracted from the mint. We will show how the records of the mint were falsified in order that the tracks of the ring might be covered up. “We wiFl show that the mint was out- rageously managed, and that when it suited the purposes of the ring no record of the receipt of bullion was kept at all. We will show that Mr. Hofer was himself in the mill ring. and that he was apvointed as Superintendent solely for the purpose of aiding the ring in looting the mincs and de- frauding the stockholders. In short, we will locate the responsibility for the short- age and in many other ways aid the Gov- ernment in pursuing its mq{uu’_le,\.” M. W. Fox, the plaintiff in the suit against the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company, which was heard in Judge Heb- bard's court, is preparing a digest of the testimony taken at the trial, which he will place at the disposal of the Govern- ment. Much of this is of a damaging nature and clearly proves that the mint was used for other purposes than those countenanced by the Government. The record of bullion receipts for the years from 1887 to 1892, showing startling discrepancies, is also being prepared. A suRE compass for the voyage to good housekeeping is Dr. Price’s Baking Pow- er. GOING TO GUATEMALA. Trainmaster Phelps Will Take a Good Timepiece With Him. The retirement of G. W. Phelps from the position of trainmaster on the coast divi- | sion of the Southern Pacific Railroad was made the occasion for a pleasant gathering and presentation by the employes of the road in the conductors’ room at Third and Townsend streets yesterday. All of the trainmen and other employes paid their respects to Mr. Phelps. Xs a4 memento of their kind wishes they presented him with a beautiful gold watch and locket. J. L. Frazicr, division superintendent, made the presentation speech, which was responded 10 by Mr. Phelps. He leaves the Southern Pacific Company to accept a position as general manager of the ¥erro-Carril Occi- dental, a railroad in Guatemala, which is owned by the Barrios and Aparico families, _Among those present were: J. L. Fra- zier, J. J. Malone, C. C. Bassett, R. M. Dorne, J. C. Kenyon, H. W. Clark, Geor e 8. Smith, C. B.” Gould, P. Parrell, F. E. Katon, J. Leary, Frank Farley, C. Walters, R. H. Plant, Georfi Merritt, Geor}e Utley, (x’corge Ewers, . Engwicht, Jefferson O’Connors, E. F. Verrill, W. E. Kelly, R. J. Kelly, 8. B. Harris, W. G. Brown, Wil- liam Gallagher, C. Curran, Frank Parnow, J. Madden, Thomas Butler, R. A. Rogers. s e . The standard Chinese work on coinage is in twenty volumes, and Chinese money itself is not less bulky, asa string of “‘cash’’ weighing five pounds is worth less than 25 cents, ——————— King Lear, Driven Forth Into the cold and rain, had no Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to counteract their effect. But the modern traveler In Inclement weather can baflle its hurtful influence with this genial protector. Chills and fever, rheumatism, neuralgia, colds are forestalled by this warming medicinal stimulant and safe- guard. Take a wineglasstul immediately before and after exposure. Use it, too, for dyspepsia, bil- lousness and constipation. | more than $60,000 if a close iuves(ig_'mir)n\ Adams’ | A SUBSTANTIAL VIGTORY GAINED. THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY WINS TWO IM- PORTANT POINTS. BOYCOTTING IS NOT LEGAL AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT DoeEs NoT PLEASE THE UNDERWRITERS. Consternation reigns in the ranks of the insurance combine. An apparent victory in the United States Circuit Court turns out to be a virtual defeat, and the mem- bers of the Board of Underwriters and the management of the Firemen’s Fund In- surance Company are wondering what the end will be. So serious did the members of the combine consider Judge McKenna’s decision that a consultation was called late vesterday afterncon, and almost unani- mous decision was arrived to employ the law firm of Garber, Boalt & Bishop to de- fend the next suit which the Continental Insurance Company will bring against the Board of Underwriters. This suit which Judge McKenna decided yesterday was filed a month ago. It is, perhaps, the most interesting casc to in- surance men and the public that has ever been tried in a court of iu' ice. Narrowed down it meant simply this: Can a combi- nation of insurance companies resort to a boycott to maintain rates? The Continental Insurance Company would not_join the combination called the Board of Underwriters of the Pacific Coast, and in consequence the whole strength of that organization was brought against it. An advertisement was put in the San Jose Mercury which in so many words said: ‘“‘Have you a policy in the Continental Insurance Company? If you have, bring it to us and we will renew it at any rate necessary to get the busine: It was further proved by J. E. Duncan’s affidavit that the compact’s agents went to prop- erty-owners in Salt Lake City and said in so many words: ‘“Have you a policy in the Continental Insurance Company ? 'If you have cancel it, or we will not carry any of your insurance.”’ These were the princi- pal things complained of by the Conti- nental Insurance Company, but it also | asked_that the defendants be restrained from interfering with its agents in regard to the non-intercourse rule. On this showing the plaintiff tied up the defendant_companies completely for a month. Naturally in a preliminary com- | plaint in equity much is asked for that | may be granted temporarily, but which | would be set aside on a deliberate exam- ination of the meager testimony submitted | during the preliminary hearing. However, during the trial of the suit for damages | which will be begun in a few days, sworn | testimony from Montana. Utah, Washing- ton, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada and other | points touching on facts which were only | given during the last trial upon informa- tion and belief will be introduced, and the Continental Insurance Company confi- | dently expects a yerdict on all points. | _ The practice in the Federal courts is to | first of all grant a restraining order, then | an injunction which holds zood during the trial, and finally an absolute injunction or the setting e of the preliminary in- | junction. ~In the case of the Continental e Company vs. the Board of Un- derwriters of the Pacific Coast the injunc- tion against the acts of the combine done in San Jose and Salt Luke or any similar acts in any city and county on the Pacific Coast was made absolute, while the in- junction against the non-intercourse rule was set aside. From this it will be seen that the court grants much but not all, At this stage of the game, however, it wasall that could be consistently allowed for lack of evidence. The controversy was limited and prelim- i inary to the trial now coming on, but just the same the Continental Insurance Com- pany has %ainml the point it was fighting for, and will now push the matter with re- newed energy. Leaving aside the legal phraseology Judge McKenna's order is to the effect lfmt the agents of the “board companies” must not | advertise that they will cancel Continental Company policies and reinsure the prop- erty involved at any rate in companies in theé combine. Neither is the compact to be allowed, through its agents, to go to the property-owners and threaten them with tho statement that they must cancel their policies in the Continental or be debarred from any insurance in board companies. In other words, Judge McKenna reaf- firms the doctrine that boycotting is ille- #al. aniiasiswemarkca on this point apply to every town on the coast as well as Jose and Salt Lake, those specially men- tioned, it will be seen that on this impor- tant point the decision gives a substantial victory to the Continental and other non- board companies. SEQUOIA CHAPTER RECEPTION. Daughters of the American Revolution Make Arrangements. A special meeting of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held March 25 at the Occidental Ho- tel. About forty members were present to discuss and make arrangements for the re- ception which will be given on the 19th prox., in the parlors of the hotel, between the hours of 4 and 7 p. M. The regent, Mrs. Henry Wetherbee, called the meeting to order and appointed committees as fol. lows: Committee of arrangements—Mrs., Wil- liam Alvord (chairman), Mrs. D. W. Hors- burgh and Mrs. Charles W. Keeney. Committee on invitations—Mrs. Y. Z. Blakeman (chairman), Mrs. George A. Crux and Mrs. L. C. Branch. Committee on music—Mrs. SeldenWright Schuirmnn). Mrs. Joseph Moody and Mrs. ohn D. Tallant. Committee on decoration—Mrs. William Smedberg (chairman), Mrs. Alfred Hoff- mann and Mrs. Joseph Durbrow. Committee of Young Daughters of the American Revolution—Miss Cora Smed- berg (chairman), Miss Salie Hine and Miss Marie Voorhies. The reception committee will be com- posed of the officers of the Sequoia Chap- ter, honorary State Regent Mrs, William Alvord, honorary State Regent Mrs. Wil- liam R. Smedberg, State Regent Mrs. V. K. Maddox, Regent Mrs. Henry Wetherbee, Vice-Regent Mrs. Joseph L. Moody. The ot‘i’:er ladies are Mrs. L. C. Branch, Miss Maddox, Mrs. Cyrus E. Brown, Miss E. M. Jones and Mrs. Frank J. French. Much interest 1s being manifested in the coming reception, the society being com- sed of so many prominent women who eel a deep interest in this patriotic organ- ization. Many of the ladies will wear colonial Eowna, several of which will be exceedingly andsome. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. Emanuel Longo’s Sleeve Got Entangled in a Revolving Shaft. Emanual Longo, an oiler in the branch of the Union Iron Works at 127 First street, met with a horrible death yesterday morning. He was oiling the shaft over which the belting runs and somehow be- came entangled in it and was whirled to death. Just how Longo became entangled in the machinery will never be known. He was oiling the works on_the raised floor in the blacksmith shop when a cry from him drew the attention of one of the workmen. The unfortunate man was then caught in the dgeurmg, and before the machinery could be stos]\ed he was crushed to death. His back and left arm were broken, and he died before the Receiving Hospital was reached. ¥ The deceased was a married man and lived at 1430 East Ninth street, Oakland. He had been employed by the Union Iron ‘Works as an oiler for more than five years. The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental death. — - THE OITIZENS' COMMITTEE. Enthusiastic Meeting Over the Proposed Los Angeles Excursions. There was an_enthusiastic meeting of citizens having in charge the excursions from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Santa Barbara during the coming festivals in the southern towns at the committee beadquarters, in the Mills building, yester- day afternoon. W. M. Bunker presided, and in a brief speech explained the origin_and growth of tfle movement which resulted in the ex- cursion idea. He spoke of the necessity of union and co-operation among all the towns and cities in California, and said that the invitation from the Merchants’ Association of Los Angeles to the Mer- chants’ Association of San Francisco to at- tend the approaching fiesta had been sup- plemented a request from Santa Rosa to aid the rose festival which will be given in that ci next month by arranging a series of sions to bring visitors from Los Angeles to the north. Mr. Bunker said that the invitations to the different organizations of the city, ask- ing their assistance, had met with en- thusiastic responses, and he had no doubt but that the outcome would be most satis- factory. Othersspoke in a similar strain, and a’permanent organization known as the Citizens’ Committee was effected. The following sub-committees were appointed : Committee on finance—H. P. Sonntag, I. W. Hellman Jr., George A. Newhall, H. J. Crocker and Frank Dalton; committee on transportation—B. M. Carman, C. C. Ter- rill and George H. Butler; committee on publication—Frank A. V; F. W. Dohr- mann and William Doxey 70 MAKE THE GRAND TOUR M. H. DE YOUNG AND FAMILY GOING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FOR PLEASURE. ‘WanTs More CURIOS FOR THE Mu- SEUM TO BENEFIT STUDENTS. Ir HE CouLDp ONLY PAINT. “I had intended starting ona touraround the world by the steamer that is to sail for China and Japan to-morro®,” said M. H. de Young yesterday, “but after consulting with those who have made the tour, dis- covered thatit wastoo late to start that way. By the time India was reached it would be so extremely hot as to be uncom- fortable. For that reason 1 have concluded to start by the other route. I shall leave during the latter part of the week, going from here to New York, thence to London and Paris. I shall visit Sicily and Naples, go to Rome and the principal cities of Southern Europe and then go to Egypt and return home by way of China ana Japan. “The time I expect to be absent? Well, about three months, and this trip is be- cause I am need of well-earned rest. “While I am on this trip, if I can find any good collections that will serve to en- rich the new museum in the park, I shall secure them, if they can be had cheap. It is not my piirpose {o get high-priced relics simply because they are relics of antiqui- ties, my purpgse is toget such objects as can be of ‘some service to the students of the university and of the art school— something that will serve them as models in any work they may attempt. “Do _you recollect how the Examiner some time since poked fun at me because I had purchased some small figures for the museum, which it called dolls? Yes; well, T'll tell why I secured them. These figures or dolls, as they called them, are dressed in the costumes of the people of the coun- try they represent, and the colors of the garments are true to life. Now, on this trip, if I can find more of these dolls, I will get them. My object in this is to help the Fninter and the sculptor in their work. With these figures, not dolls, true to na- ture before him, he can get ideas that nei- ther drawing nor sculpture would conve; Why,” said the ex-director-general, grow- ing enthusiastic, “if I could only paint a picture. With such models before me 1 could make a picture that would be a speak- ing one. “There is one thing which the public should understand, and that is that this tour of the world on which Mrs. de Young and the children accompany me is at my own expense, and that the hunt for collec- tions for the museum is merely incidental. Some might believe that what there is left of the surplus is to be used for meeting the expenses of this voyage, but such is not the case, no more so than when I went East and made the purchases of the articles now in the exhibit. 3 ‘“‘Exactly what places we shall visit will depend very much on the climate. When once on the Continent it does not take long to move from place to place, so it does not require much time to determine to which place to go.” ——————— MARRIED ON A TUG. A Couple of Children Wedded by Cap- tain Brokaw. A young couple hailing from Fresno were taken out to sea on the tug Vigilant on Sunday afternoon and made man and wife by Captain Gilbert Brokaw of the tug. The bride was a mere slip of a girl, a short skirt and waist covering her slender figure. She appeared to be about 16 years of age and the groom was apparently 19. TEe latter told the captain that he would be of age next March, when he proposed to marry the girl according to the rites of the church. Captain Brokaw refused to disclose the names of the young couple yesterday and would not give any information concern- ing the ceremony. The tug went out eleven miles from the shore, so that the knot was legally tied. The bride was frightfully seasick and the groom was aler than even the most timid men who ave in contemplation such a step. He was very fearful though lest the tug should be overtaken or the newspapers would get hold of the runaway match and implored the captain not to disclose his identity. When the tug returned to Howard-street wharf a hack was sent for and the seasick couple were hurricdly bundled inside and driven away. The hack drove up to the Baldwin Hotel, where the couple alighted. Instead of going into the hotel they dis- appeared into Powell street. —————— Langley’s Directory Out. The publishers desire to thank the public for its generous support. Their book is now in the bindery and will be out the latter part of the week. Tts not coming out as soon as the opposition is owing to the fact that it has several thousand more names than the other, that it has intro- duced many new features and that the number of advertisements and subscrip- tions to be handled is so much larger than the opposition. It is bound in green ciolveru and red back, stamped in refir and silver. —_—— Frank Sharpe Denies the Story. Frank P. Sharpe denies that the woman who is now lying sick at the American Exehange Hotel can possibly have been married to his brother, C.C.Sharpe, and have been de- serted by him within three weeks, as she claims. He says the brother and his wife went down ‘with & vessel between Melbourne and New Zealand in 1875 and_have not since been e s s eniens at the time W Wi -to- 3o farmilies in Melbourne, | Pred oY Well-to YOUNG FAIR AND COUSIN' GROTHERS. THINKS HIS EXECUTOR RELATIVE HAS BEEN Too MUCH OF A MEDDLER. ALWAYS WITH HIS FATHER, A BROTHER OF MaRY ELLEN LamMPMAN DENIES MRs. GREGORY’S STORY. Charles Fair is disinclined to believe that his father was engaged to marry Miss Pheebe Couzins, but he believes that her statement that the senior Fair was sub- jected to undue influence by Angus and Bresse is true. He says that it is probably true that Angus and Bresse were notin Chicago at the time Miss Couzins declares they were, and he thinks she has confused the two with Herbert Clark and Crothers, his cousin. He describes Clark as “lippy and saucy,” and coincides with the opinion ggpresscd by Miss Couzins with regard to im. Of Angus and Bresse young Fair says: It was my father’s intention to dismiss them from his service. He told me so a month be- fore he died, and that was some time after the making of the will which made them two of the executors of the estate. _Charles Fair does not entertain a very kindly feeling toward his cousin Crothers. He declares that he was constantly with his father, and sought to prevent any meet- ing between father and son. When I would go to call on my father at the Lick House I would always find Crothers there. He would neyer leave us alone, but wanted to remain to hear everything that was said. Once I met my fatheron Market street near the Baldwin. That was, Ibelieve, a short time after the date of the Pierson will. Crothers was with him. In order to get rid of him my father walked out into the'middle of the street with me. He left Crothers on the sidewalk. We stood out in the street by the cable tracks, and my father spoke about making his will, stating that he was going to leave me a portion of the estate. He asked me how he should make the will, and I said; “Father, if you wish to leave me something the will” in your own way, that will suit e He spoke affiln about what method he should pursue, and I told him thatI would leave that to his judgment. He then joined Crothers on the sidewalk and walked up the street. I never had the least idea that he thought of making a trust of the property. He was always u{)pm\ed to trusts and expressed himself so, de- claring thata man could look out for his own better than anybody else. He furnished me with the means to fight one trust that is in my mother’s will, and I think it looks very irregi- lar that he should make a will after that with a trust in it. It was the last thing that I an- ticipated that he would make a trust will. Young Fair declared that Miss Couzins had written to him after his father's death expressions of condolence, and _assuring him that she would do all that lay in her power to assist the children to receive their rights to the estate. Another thing of which Charles Fair complains js the action of Angus and Brusse and those who are with them with respect to his father’s effects: He says: The breath was scarcely out of his body—it was not fifteen minutes after his death—before they ransacked the room and took all the pa- pers, valises and everything they could find over to the office. Now, it is better that the family should have those papers. There are some which it might be wise to destroy and others which should be kept. You can under- stand that strangers should not have posses- sion of all of his private papers. Charles Fair was not more explicit in his feference to these private papers. It has been hinted by those opposed to the holo- graphic will that the contest for the Fair estate would be I‘;roductive of greater sensations than the famous Sharon case called forth. Did young Fair refer to this when he spoke of the private papers which the executors under the Pierson will now possess ? There is one thing definitely known about the holographic will. It was not written at the Lick House in Fair's apart- ments. That is admitted. Beyond that neither attorneys nor Mrs. Craven will make a statement. It is now regarded as almost certain that the information which R. H. Warfield and Mrs. Blixt Paxton possess relates to the holographic will. Application for letters testamentary on the Fair estate were filed yesterday in the Probate Court on behalf of Dr. Marc Levingston under the provisions of the holographic_ will of September 24, by Attorneys J. D. Sullivan and Lansing Mizner. The other two executors, James S. Angus and Thomas Crothers, named in the latest will, have already qualified under the so- called trust will, so there is no further action required on their part. In referring to the comBIicutions over the Fair estate Attorney J. D. Sullivan put an entirely new phase on the matter and said that the situation wasa comparatively simple one. He said: 1t will, of course, be necessary to prove the genuineness of the holographic will, and this there will be little trouble in doing. There will probably be no opposition to the robating of this will, as ouly those dircctly rnbereile in the estate, by virtue of being nat- ural heirs or legatees, have any standing in court. All the legatees mentionied in the trust will have been equally well remembered in the holographic will, orvirtuallyso. Consequently no one will be interested in contesting the tes- tament of September 24 except the executors nemed in the trust, and_they, according to de- cisfons of the Supreme Court, have 1o right to contest the validity of the later document, as they are not parties in interest. One possibility of contest, however, does ex- 1ist, but no great importance is attached to this, It Is that the alleged illegitimate daughter of the late James Fair Jr., said to have been adopted by Mrs. Gregory, may find some one to interest himself in herbehalf. If it can be proved that the deceased son of the late Sena- tor was the child’s father she will have a legal claim on the estate and will be entitled to con- test the probating of the holographic will. George W. Lampman, brother of May Ella Lampman, the dead girl who is said to have married James G. Fair Jr. by con- tract and born him a child, repudiatés the story as a base fabrication and malicious slander of the dead. 1n an interview last night at the Baldwin Theater, where Mr. Lampman is employed as usher, he said : “Itisall a lie from beginning to end. My sister never knew young Jim Fair or any of the Fair family. This woman, Mrs. Gregory, has concocted the story in order to get hold of some of the Fair estate, that’s all there is to it. All the dates that Mrs. Gregory has given of the alleged con- tract marriage, birth of the child and my sister’s presence at certain places make the whole story absolutely impossible. My sister never wasaway from my grandfather and grandmother more than three months in her life. *‘The truth of the matter is simply this,” he continued. “Mrs. Gregory got gold of the child she now has somewhere else, for reasons that she only knows. She has waited until all the persons named by her as being witnesses and parties to the megfid contract are dead—all except old Mr. Rippey, and he is of unsound mind. And now she springs this ridiculous and shameful story at the expense of my sis- ter's good name and memory. ‘“After this report came out I went with my attorney, Thornton Merzbach, to see Mrs. Gregory. She said to me, at the same time pointing to the girl in her pos- session: . 3 *“ ‘That is your sister’s child by youn James Fair and you must prove it. If necessary I will i}ve you a check for $3000 on Wells, Fargo & Co.’s bank.’ “I scornfully declined the proposition, of course. The Mrs. Clark who has been mentioned as_having papers to prove the contract marriage in her possession—pap- ers said to have been left by Judge Lorenzo Sawyer when he died—positively denies having any such documents or ever having seen any. 1In short, it's all a lfe.”” Edward R.Perrin and his wife, grand- parents of May Ella Lampman, were seen at their place of residence, 529 Turk street, last night. They emphatically deny Mrs. Gregory’s story as false in every articular. ‘“Mrs. Gregory’s story is a cruel lie,”” said Mr. Perrin. “Iand my wife raised that poor girl from her birth. She was always Wwith us until she went on a short visit to her mother in Carson City, Nev., where she died. May never saw young James G. Fair; Tam positively cerfain about that. She was a dericm,e girl and a quiet home- body. She would rather sit on my knees in front of the fire of an evening than go to any party or ball. She kept company with no one. “‘She was born in our house on our ranch at Elk Grove, Sacramento County, May 16, 1872. She never left our home there or here until the last day of March, 1888, when she went on a visit to _her mother at Car- son City. She returned to us on May 16 to celebrate her birthday. About the last of the following July she went back to her mother in Carson, where she died within a month, on August 26, 1888. ‘‘The story is an outrage, and does not admit of comment. The girl was most timid, modest and childlike. Asto Mrs. i Gregory, we first became acquainted with her about four years ago. less said of her the better. I will say this, however: If she werea man instead of a woman I should do her bodily harm. My poor wife is nearly dead with™ grief, and I, too, suffer more than I can tell. To think that the good name of our poor dead dar- ling should be so traduced! It is terrible.” She is—but the Varx are the attacks of beaten competi- tors on Dr. Price’s Baking Powder. Its advance cannot be checked. . — Meyers Is Discharged. Harry Meyers, the bunko man, charged with shooting and robbing Robert D. Hagerty in his saloon at the Cliff House on the night of Sep- tember 25, had his case dismissed by Judge Low yesterday. Several witne ined, including Hagerty, who d could not positively swear Meyers was the man, The Judge asked who had® been falking to him since he had stated positively that Meyers was the man, and he replied “Nobody.” e Mrs. Hager’s Departure. Mrs. J. 8. Hager and her daughters will leave by the China to-day for Japan, where the fam- ily will remain for a few month NO SENATE INVESTIGATION, H. M. LA RUE, FOREMAN OF THE SACRAMENTO GRAND JURY, TALKS. SENATOR BIGGY'S CHARGES May NEVER BE BROUGHT BEFORE THAT Bobpy. H. M. La Rue, the foreman of the Sacra- mento Grand Jury, says he does not know as yet whether the Senate combine scandal exploited by Senator Bigey will be investi- gated by the body of which he is the head. He asserts positively also that the matter has not yet been discussed by the Grand Jury officially. Since this is so, itis hardly probable that any action will be taken in the capital city unless interested persons initiate the movement. ‘“Of course the various members have discussed it,” Mr. La Rue explained as he walked along Montgomery street yester- day. “But, I assure you, it has not been considered by the Grand Jury at all. Any talk that may have been held has been be- tween the members as individuals.” “But will not the subpenas be issued to summon the Senators as witnesses after the expiration of the fifteen statutory days during which they are exempt from the service of civil papers?”’ was asked. “This is a criminal case,” answered Mr. La Rue. “There was no necessity of wait- ing fifteen days or any other length of time if the Grand Jury had wished to sum- mons any of the Senators. But as I said, the matter has not come up before us. “When will it come up? Really I don’t know. We have not discussed the matter, and I don’t know that it will come up at all. ““No one has brought the matter before us. No one has made any complaint. = All that we know of the matter is what we have read in the newspapers. “The papers have had a great deal to say about wEat the Grand Jury was going to do in the matter, I know. 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