The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1895, Page 8

8 i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1895. WITNESS WEST RECANTS, Admits He Was Mistaken as to the Identity of Durrant. SPRINGS ANOTHER SENSATION. 1 Says King and Miss Willlams Were on the Same Car With the Accused. One of the witnesses for the prosecution in the ceiebrated Blanche Lamont murder case, Conductor J. P. West, has recanted his testimony as given in the preliminary | examination, and now makes a statement that is more sensational than anything! at has developed in what are known a: the Durrant murder cases. If this state. ment can be corroborated it will show, at | least, that George R. King, the youthful organist of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, | knows more about the movements of vur- | rant on that tragic Wednesday afternoon of April 3 than he has heretofore admitted. | When West gave nony before | Police Judge Conlan on May 2 in the pre- liminary examination of Durrant on the charge of having murdered Blanche La- mont, he stated that he saw Durrantand Lamont board his car at Powell and street 2 r.M.on April 3, and that they sat inside the car. He was positive on this point, and his testimony was not shaken on cross- It was, howe that of three other witn: ladies—who test ect conflict with sses—all young | Durrant and boarded the car took seats on the dummy.> Their testi- mony 1oitowed that of West dand caused m so much mental and mo: that aiter brocding and wor; al uneasiness | ng himself | into & state of despondency and remorse, mixed somew’ at with apprehension, he er consulting with Attorney : Nagle, resolved to free him er mental torture by confessing, | lled his mistake, to the District He stated that he testified to Durrant’s being - seated inside the car under a misapprehension, and was now | sure that he could not have been, having | been intluenced to make this c! opinion by the ci ter of the t of the three young ladie After he had told his story he was in- formed he need not fear any harm for hav. 1 testified as he did, and he went away a n he had been for many further informed that he zain be called as a witne what he ¢ Attorney. happier man th . weeks. not his tirst rec v at the preliminary R in_important d from that which he had given at the Coro- mer’s inquest, and when at the bearing his attention was called to this he said he was positive of the correctness of his latter al feature of his latest and belief was developed in the v. He was found on | ternoon and frankly made a mistakKe in hjs 1d his lady companion Ked 10 account for such rror, he said : . ‘I got mixed up between Durrant Kin, Let me explain. 1am now firmly | ced that King and Miss Minnie Wil- | seated inside the car and Dur- Miss Lamount on the outside. Be- | i my testimony I was introduced n the otlice of the District Attor- was also shown the two I Miss Lamont and Miss Williams. zed King's face as one I had seen ut could not then place it. I also remembered baving seen both hats. But it was not until after I had heard the testi- mony of the girls who followed me on the | gan to think the whole mat- | ter out clearly. “Then I became firmly satisfied that| ss Williams were inside the | admitted his b 1 Durrant and | ss Lamont on the To my mind there is consider- ablé resemblance between them, and this helped to confuse me. ©1 felt very much annoyed at the notoriety 1 had already acquired in con- nection with the case, and after the way 1 bad already testified I didn’t like the idea | | sition, | $100; Vanderlynn Stow, | well, offering to pay up all of the $500 w tempted to trace the movements of young King on the 3d of April. Inan interview with King he was told { that King had called on a young lady that { aiternoon between 3 and 5o’clock, and that at 5 o’clock he went to the home of hi music-teacher to borrow a piece of mu On calling at the house of the young lady the reporter was refused #n interview with her by the father, and the music-tes stated that she was not sure that it w. the afternoon of the 3d of April that King called. . While King is away at present, his father said he would be” on hand when the trial of Durrant began on July 22, give his testimony, as he bad already been subpenaed, THE REV. DR. GIBSON'S LECTURE. 3 | He Will Explain His Position in Reference to the Church Murders, To-night Dr. J. George Gibson will de- liver his lecture on the subject of the re- cent church murders. A considerable in- terest is manifested by the public in this address, as Dr. Gibson has not expressed any personal opinions previous to this | time on the subject of the crime. To- night, however, his secret: st i1l take oceasion to fully explain I which he has hesitated hitherto on account of the gerated reports that wer cerning him at the ti s po- to do circulated con- nity to set himself right with the and to explain his personal feelings. The proceeds of the lecture arejto go | toward paying the indebtedness of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, which is about $12,000. Over eight hundred tickets have false and exag- e me of the tragedy. | Fireworks Company on the ground that it | The lecture will afford him_the opportu- | is an Eastern corporation having only an | public | agency in this City. The company had | The Commande: he | ‘THE FRURTH'S FIREWORKS | Contract Awarded to an East- ! ern Firm Has Been Re- scinded. | CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS AHEAD. The Sum of $2950 Appropriated for Parade Expenses—Minor Committee Notes. | The executive committee for the Fourth | of July celebration met yesterday after- noon at the special request of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association. A committee of three members of the association was present to protest against the award of the con- for fireworks to the Unexcelled in its bid, claimed that all the fireworks to be furnished by it would be manufactured in this State, and it was on that distinet understanding that the contract was the first two met with approval and they will probably appear in the parade. “‘Liberty Ruling the Nations” is particu- larly handsome. ‘Liberty,” personated by a beautiful woman, sits on a throne ai | one end of the float, her right hand rests | upon a globe and by her side adjoining a shield of the National colors is perched a live eagle with wings extended. At her feet sit representatives of all nations dressed in appropriate costumes. o “The Declaration of Independence shows the old Liberty bell with the an- cient bellringer and his little grandson, who shouted on that memorable occasion, “Ring, grandpa, ring!” G The committee decided to invite more | designs and bids upon them. { . The authorized collectors of funds for the celebration are having a great deal of trouble witn the swindlers, who still col- { lect money ostensibly for Fourth of July purposes notwithstanding the reward of £33 \Which has beeh offered for their appre- hension. Yesterday one of the swindlers red the office of A.Schilling & Co. | and asked for a subscription. Without | examining his eredentials the head of the firm handed him $20 and took his receipt, | to which was signed the name L. D. Smith. | A good description of the fellow has been obtained, ana’ Charles Ulrich has been ap- vointed a committee of one to visit the Chief of Police and urge his immediate | attention to the matter. [ — GENERAL LAWLER COMING. in-Chief of the Grand Army Will Arrive To-Day. Thomas G, Lawler, the commander-in- | chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, | and his adjutant-general, C.C. Jones, will [Desi “LIBERTY RULING THE WORLD.” n for a float submitted to the parade committee, which will probably be accepted.] so far been sold, and church people gen- erally have taken an interest in the matter. WHITEMAN ON TRIAL. Damaging Evidence Secured From Let- ters Which He Wrote to His ¥riends. A. J. Whiteman, who was extradited from New York and brought back here to answer for the supposed forging of several checks on the Nevada Bank, was on trial before Judge Wallace yesterd The checks upon which the charges are based | are to the Del Monte Saloon, $100; T. D. McKay, Blanco of the Poodle D s the one on which the char, During the everal letters wr the accused to s C. Johnson, were read while Johnson was on_the stand to iden- tify them. They contained some dama ing testimony. - In them Whiteman calle himself and and a fool, and said he ad been plunging a little too much, but it would ail come outin the end. Another letter which he wrote to Ma interest, was also read. In Whiteman expressed the belief t could never be convicted of forger: offered to pay the amount of the check to Maxwell if Maxwell would let him go, for, CONDUCTOR J. P. WEST. of being again called as a witness and be- ing under the necessity of changing my | testimony. I got so worked up about the matter that I thought seriously of leaving the State. Before doing so, however, I called on Charles G. Nagle, an attorney, and he advised me to make a statementof the whole matter to the District Attorney. This I did yvesterday morning. I feel much relieved now, and sincerely hope that I shall not again figure in those cases. I have had altogether too much notoriety already.” 3 2 In order to get a confirmation or denial of West’s most recent mental impressions a visit was paid to the home of young King, but his house at 521 Capp street was found locked. Mr. King's father was then called on at his place of business, and he stated that his family, including his son George, had gone into the Santa Cruz Mountains for their regular summer out- ing. e He was told of West's tale, and said it was without foundation, so far as his son was concerned, as at 3 o’clock on the after- noon in guestion George R. King was at home, and shortly after he left on a visit to the house of a neighbor. In this connection it is apropos to state that shortly after the finding of the body hesaid, 1t might as well be spent that way as to be given to his lawyers. The testimony of several witnesses was taken, it all tending to show the circum- stances of the forgery, and that the checks were 1ot genuine. ‘Whiteman is the son of a rich lumber- man, who left him a great deal of money. He has run through it_all, however, and now has to obtain assistance from friends | to defend himself. ——— ‘Wagner Charged With Murder. Edward Wagner was charged with the mur- der of Robert Muirhead by a Coroner's jury yesterday. The crime was committed in & sa- loon on East street last Saturday night. Wag- ner and a friend began quarreling and Muirhead attempted to separate them. Dur- ing the senffle Muirhead was stabbed by Wag- ner and died from his injuries. — e Want Hand-Labor Sweeping. Workingmen and their friends will holda mass meeting to-day at City Hall avenue, op- posite the new City Hall,at 1 o'clock, to peti- tion the ard of Supervisors to have the streets swept by hand labor. e S — A Case of Destitution. Through a typographical error the residence of ‘the needy and afflicted child, Maria Ernon- of Miss Williams in the Emmanuel #hu=h o yanresentative of the CALL at- das, was misstated ye: i fiz.a'xm o yesterday. She lives at | man, apologized nd stated that if su | per cent of all the . D. Maxwell, $500; to Loeder of | 250; and A. P. | The one | ; | see whether he ded. When this was explained to the ing committee, Mr. Saroni, its chair- awa vis tnecase he and his colleagues had no stand- ing. He suggested that the successful bid- ders e required to give a bond for the sum | of the entire contract, gnaranteeing that 80 reworks furnished 1 be of California manufactuge. Thi: ion was approved by the commit- tee, and the representatives of both fire- | works companies were suminoned before 1% hou Mr. Sadler, who represents the Unex- | celled Company, acknowledged that in spite of the allezations in his bid his goods uld be imported from the East, and de- d to furnish any bond as suggested. He offered to withdraw his bid in favor of iome production, but stated that his anly | | object in entering the contest had been would be accorded f: treatment, as he had been unfairly dise inated against in the Santa Cruz carniv matter. He had not supposed that the | matter of the place of manufacture of the reworks would enter into the considera- tion of the bid; mannfactured in the United States. The committee voted to allow the bid to be withdrawn and awarded the contract to he California Fireworks Company, condi- al upon there being suflictent funds to y for any display of the kind. A member of the California company stated after the meeting that the Unex- celled company by its bid had offered not less than $4000 worth of fireworks for the $2000. & unnan asked that the sum of 2000 be set aside for the construction of an arch on Market street and for the deco- ration of the Pavilion. He was put off with the plea that no report as to funds had yet been received from the findnce committee. The sum of $2950 was set aside for the xpenses of the parade, as follows: Music, 14; Veteran Firemen, $80; Captain Em-~ mell, $5; Continental Arm $120; Ex- {empt Firemen, $30; public & ban- ners, $5; carriages, $1%0; floats, $900; ro- galia, $140; caval; drum and fife corps, Native Sons, $10; police, Captain Emmell’is the only veteran of the Florida war in California. The Grand Marshal has received the fol- lowing self-explanatory communication: ARMORY, 810 Pacific street, SAN FraNcisco, June 18, 1895. Edwin L. Forster, Grand Marshal Fourth of July Celebration—-DEAR SIR: It affords me great pleasure to reply to your communication of the 25th ult., in which Your honorable committee extends my compeny a cordial invitation to | pardcipate in the grand parade to be_held in this City on July 4 in celebration of the auni- versary of American indepeudence. 1 am pleased to inform you that my company | has unanimously accepted your invitation to join in the parade. We will march with full ranks, and we will do our utmost in assisting to make the demonstration & grand success, as we feel it & sense of duty as representatives of our sister republic of Mexico to inspire the m- glorious independence of the United States. Furthermore, as your committee has adopted a resolution relative to the display of foreign colors in the parade, we will abide by your resolution and will march with the “stars and stripes” with due respect for youf honorable committee and ihe American people. 1 am also pleased to inform you that his Ex- cellency, James H. Budd, Governor of Califor- nia, has granted my company a license to arms on July 4. I have the honor to be, very respectiully, A. DE LA TORRE, | Ceptain commanding Juarez Guard. At a meeting of the entertainment com- mittee, Mrs. Cooper reported that the | merry-go-round in the park was sublet and | that the lessee wants $150 for the use of it | | | on the Fourth. To supply the park amusements to the children free and to provide for each ‘‘a paper bag filled with | popcorsy candy, sandwiches and milk” will cost at least §500. Sonre extra provi- s10n must be made for out-of-town orphans, who, having breakfasted early, wilY need i Mr. Rich reported that Queen Anita of the Santa Cruz Carnival will not accept sthe invitation to be present at the celebra- tion of the Fourth. By the invitation and reception commit- tee a report was received that there will be present 375 children and 125 mothers from the day schools and fifty old ladies from dhe Crocker Home. This makes a total of 1060 children and old women to be pro- vided for. e The sub-committee appointed to draw up a form of invitation to be sent to the anciehts and honorables submitted a form, { whnich was approved. It was ordered that | 2500 copies be printed, and also that 2000 tickets to the grand stand be provided. The members of the parade committee spent some time in discussing designs for | floats, of which five have so far been sub- mitted. They represent ‘‘Liberty Ruling the Nations,” ‘“The Declaration of Inde- pendence,” *‘Signing the Declaration,” “The Thirteen grigiual States’’ and “The Good Shin Constitution.” Of these desizns ch was 1| o long as the goods were | horses for | spirit of patriotism and aid in_celebrating the | some refreshment before going to the park. | i arrive in this City by the Oregon express | this morning and will be here several day ‘This evening a reception will be ten- dered them at Lincoln Post Hall, 35 Eddy st to which only members of the G Army will be welcome. A public | reception will be given at Metropolitan | Temple to-morrow ni General Law- {ler will make’ the Occidental Hotel his headquarters during his sojourn in San Francisc JURORS DO NOT RETORT. The Answer Will Probabli{ Be Forthcoming When Gagan Returns. | Most of the members of the Grand Jury having finished their labors in connection with that body have gone to seek rest and recreation in the country. This fact is | largely responsible for the lack of com- | ment made by them yesterday upon Judge m of the Grand Jury’s re- Beatt port filed on Tuesday. ““I prefer to make no refutations of that criticism at present,” said C. W. Iredale when questioned on the subject yesterday. ‘‘All the statements published in the Grand Jury’s report were based on facts that had been verified by the varions committees. Personally I was not on the committee i that investigated the election frauds, though I wrote down most of the commit- tee’s evidence, and I can vouch for the fact that it was authentic. When Mr. W. H. Gagan returns to town it is very proba- ble that some concerted action will be taken } 10 refute Judge Beatty’s criticism.’” i E.W.Wainwright said: “The language | of any report can always be misconstrued, ‘iil is so easy to read a thing one way or Possibly the language of the | another. Grand Jury’s report has been miscon- strued, but though I was not on the com- | mittee that investigated the election | frauds, I know that every statement made |'by that committee was founded upon re- liable evidence. Judge Beatty’s criticism shows at least that the Supreme Court | takes some interest in the work of the | Grand Jury.” | - “Criticism is what the Grand Jury has i to expect if it does its duty,” said’S. J. | Hendy. “Asfor the election frauds I can | make no personal statement, because I was 3 work it was | to investigate them, but the committee thoroughly investigated all the evidence | before making out its report, I am con- | vinced.”” Henry L. Tatum said: “Those election | frauds were investigated six months ago, | and T have forgotten all the facts by this time. The committee attended to all in- vestigation and then reported to us. We ;_\’(m;q’sure that all the facts had been veri- ied. Most of the members of the Grand Jury who were interviewed yesterday stated that they remembered District Attorney Barnes had told them that the Supreme Court was going to grant certificates of | probable cause to Sternberg an®l Cohen, | and that they had at once requested Barnes 1o resist this. W. Iredale stated that from personal knowledge®he had been aware that Cohen was about to be admit- ted to $10,000 hail, It was also remem- l:ered by some of the members of the Grand Jury that the case cited as having dragged on since 1888 was one that in- volved gambling in the Baldwin Hotel. chlr_{ one was confident however that when W. H. Gagan, John MgCarthy, J. Brittan and others, who had taken a personal inter- est in the election fraud investigations, re- turned to town a fall refutation of Judge Beatty’s criticism would be forthcoming. In the meantime they were content to wait. | not, on the commirtee whos e Wanted for Bigamy. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of H. F. Mannion, who was married last April. at the Palace Hotel to Miss Kate Winslow. Man- nion married a wealthy Oskland widow four yearsago. She is still living and has never been divorced. She furnished him with funds With which to engage in the drug business, and it was while so engaged that he met Miss Winslow. The deceived girl is the daughter of a well-to-do family in West Onkland, and ‘it is said that he obtained considerable money from them. Miss Winslow does not yet know that she has been deceived, and is now in the East With Mannion. Her sister learned the facts recently, and the true Mrs, Mannion W euta har trnant spouse, prose- SOCIETY N THE COUNTRY, Movements of People Who Have Gone Out of Town for the Summer. COLEMAN-FRIEDMAN WEDDING. The Scott-Carter Nuptials Next Wednesday—Arrivals at the Summer Resorts. Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Carrie Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carter, to S. H. Scott, to take place at Bethel A. M. E. Church next Wednes- day evening and to be followed by a recep- tion at the bride’s parents, 1113 Pacific street. The marriage of Adolph Coleman to Miss Sara Friedman took place in Arm.ory Hall, Ellis street, last Sunday evening. The ceremony was performed by the Rgv. Dr. Levy in the presence of about 150 in- vited guests. Louis Coleman, the grnomjs brother, was best man, Miss Julia»Barns was bridesmaid and Meyer Friedman groomsman. After the ceremony adjourn- ment was had to the banquet hall, whe(e a collation was served, after which dancing was indulged in until midnight. On Monday morning the young courle started for Santa Cruz on their honeymoon. On their return they will reside in this city. i ¥ On Tuesday evening an interesting musi- cale was given by the Woman’s Educa- tional and Industrial ion lmdpr the direction of Mme. Ellen Coursen. The fol- lowing was the programme: Sacred song, “The Holy City” (Adams), Mrs. H. Lewis: song, “Good-! eet Day’" (Van- hacker), William Butler; air, “La Reine de Saba’ (Gounod), Miss Lottie Calsing; romance, “LaVie”(Nevin),Mile. Julie St. Deni: olin solo “Elegy’” (Ernst); Senor Luciano 1ca; song, “Love Rules the World"’ (Roeckel), Miss Mada- line Leahy, accompanied by the composer; contralto solo, “Vocal Polka” (Arditi), Senorita Andrea M : song, “Chanson Basque” (Stre- lezki), Miss Cathie Coursen. At Duncan Springs the guests are enjoy- ing the many attractionsof the pretty re- sort. Among the amusements of last week were the juvenile croquet tournanient, the weekly hop and a serenade by the brass band of the town. Among the guests are: Mr. and Mrs. H. Westbrook, Crescent City; I. de Turk, Santa Rosa; Henry Lewis, Kenwood Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Parsons, Mrs. Etienne, Mrs. Treyer and son, M . Kahler, Miss Frida Kahler, Miss Anna Kahler, Miss Olga Fleischer, Miss Emma Brookes, the Misses Fannie, Emma and Lucy Egar, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Voorhies, Miss Susie Voorhies, Cyrus Voorhies, Edwin Voorhies, Miss Essie’ Kavanaugh, Mrs. C. W. Taber and child, Miss Daisie Wolf, Miss Blanch Taber, Miss Eva Howell, Mrs. A. D. Ree¢ and family, Mrs. George Morgan and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lang, Mrs. Becker, San Frandisco: Miss Bosworth,:Miss Carrie Ormsby, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Ormsby and child, Geyserville; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ormsby, Winters; J. P. Bean, J. D. Conner, Mrs. M. F. Conner, Cloverdale: H. H. More, Santa Rosa. Late arrivals at Howard Springs are: 0. Ecklund, H. A, Lawton, F. Bellmer, E. Lilienthal, F. W.Richcrs, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stande, James Tayior, Mr. and Mrs. John Neii- u, Agnes Rutter, Daniel Hutchinson, F. fchurst, Walter Scott, Miss Roden, Miss Roden, Miss Quinlag, Mrs. R. Quinlan, Miss M. Evans, Miss M. Fandry. Among the late arrivals at the Pixley Hotel, Santa Cruz, ore the following: C. H. Lux and family, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, San Jose; I A. Moore, Mr. und Mrs. Fred A Stolph, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wolf, Mr. and Mrs, George Tasheira, Mrs, H, Bayer, Miss H. B. Bayer, Mrs, M. F. Bruce, Miss Edith Bruce, M. M. Rosenburg, Mr, and Mrs. Edward Housman, Miss E. Burke, A. P. Hotaling, San_Francisco! H. C. Cutting, Mrs. George T. Mills, Mrs George Cagwin, Carson, Nev.: Horace Dorsey, Mrs. Alex McBean, Mrs.S. F. Cartright, M. J. H. O'Brien, Mrs. Myrah O'Brien, Henry P. Carlton, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stegman, Oakland; Mrs. E E.Gunner, Mrz, A. A. Armstrong, W. Barro San Jose; J. A.Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gold: stone and daughter, San Francisco, Congressman 8. G. Hilborn, Mrs. Hilborn and Miss Grace Hilborn on the '9th of July will leave for the Hawaiian Islands where they will spend several weeks. Mrs. Hilborn and Miss *| Hilborn wiil not go to the Eastern States until November. Miss Ethel Cohen of Alameda, who is visiting the Eastern watering places with her sister, will not return to California until after the summer season. Mr.and Mrs. W. W. Prescott, with their two children, left on the Australia on Saturday last for Honolulu. John Waterhouse, George Waterhouse and H. Waterhouse Jr. left for Honolulu on the Australia Saturday. Mrs. Flood, Miss Jennie Flood and;Miss Lizzie Foliis left Tuesday for Castle Crag, where they will remain for several weeks. Mr. and M . V. Huntington and daughter and Miss Orndorff leit yesterday for Coronado Beach. Thomas F. Dunn of the District Attorney’s office sailed on the Belgic last Saturday on an extended tour of Japan and China. Mr. Dunn expects to be gone about four months. Mrs. Charles Moore isat the Del Monte for the summ; Miss Alice M. Mullens, who has been spend- ing the pastyear in Europe,is againat her home on Gough street. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McCutchen, Miss Alice Me- Cutchen, Miss Eyre and Ed H. Schmiedell are doing the Yosemite. Mrs. Peder Sather of Oakland will leave for the East this week and will be gone about three months. Mrs. L. Douglas Adam, 2037 Taylor street, goes to Pasadena this week to visit her sister, Mrs. Lieutenant George N , U . She has sent ouvcards discontinuing her Saturday evening “at homes” until September. Mrs. John D. Spreckels left Saturday for the Hotel del Coronado, where she will spend the summer. Mrs. A. J. McCone, who has been living at the Occidental Hotel for some months, has gone to Virginia City to visit her daughter, Mrs, T. P. McDovald. r. and Mrs. Henry Brune will leave for the East next Saturday to accompany their daugh- ters, Minnie and Adele, to New York on their way to Europe, where they will remain two years to complete their education. Miss Aninie E. Skelly of 34 Rausch street, with a number of her young lady friends, has just concluded her vacation, which has been Hl(‘nsunll}' spent in hunting and fishing in the elds, glens and streams of Solano County, Miss Tessie Hopkins of Suisun, Solano County, is visiting her friend Miss Annie E. Skell; 34 Rausch street. Dr. W. A, Vigoureux, who has been confined to his home for the {msl two weeks with serious illness, is convalescing. Mrs. Ben Schloss and family are spending the summer at Berrymans station, Berkeley. Mrs. J. Goldberg and her sons, Sol, Harry and Czerny, and her dnnghler, Rena, will leave soon for their new residence, ‘‘Pine Crest,” on Howell Mountain, for a two months’ stav. Miss Nettie Schwartz and Miss Millie Wolff are visiting relatives in Ukiah. * Mrs. Luke Robinson and her family are spending a few days in Santa Cruz. I. B. Young and family have gone to Lake Tal‘me {?rst‘he season. S Mrs. L. Sisemine and the Misses Mamie and Lilla Siseraine have gone to Oakville. Mrs. 8. H. Fischbeck and Miss Henrietta Fischbeck are entertaining Miss Bertha Klotz and Miss Antoinette Shellhorn at their cottage in Ruaga anle{. Mr. and Mrs. Kortjohn and family raiso Springs. ing a few weeks at Py W. N. HART'S ILLNESS. A Well-Knéwn Newspaper Man Near Death’s Door. W. N. Hart, a well-known newspaper man of San Francisco, is in a very feeble condition, suffering with cancer of the face. Heis at thehome of his mother on _Howsrd street, and a message was re- ceived last evening that the patient could not take nourishment and was too feeble to, ;‘penk above a whisper. ‘ r. Hart began newspaper work on the Alta California about sixteen years a 0, and subsequently became connected wfih the Examiner, serving for some time as city editor of that journal. He displayed strength as a writer as well as much vigor i the mmnflament of his department, Among his fellow-workers he has gained many friends, who will regret to learn that the chances of his recovery are yery slight, ————— ¢ Siam has taillesg cats with purple eyes, are spend- NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. GCREAT i SPECIAL PURCHASE OoOF - W ATISTS AND—— MUSLIN UNDERWEAR! To-day we place on sale a gr of the hot weather comes at a m it does of eat special purchase w hich in view ost opportune time, consisting as A Vast Quantity of Muslin Underwear of the Best Manufacture e o N D The Latest and Prettiest Styles and Shapes in Lawn and Percale Waists, ‘Which we bought and in turn - EXTRAORDIN offer at prices that make them ARY VALUES! NOTE.—These goods will be ON EXHIBITION IN ONE OF OUR MAMMOTH SHOW WINDOWS as well as in their respective de- partments this morning and we particularly invite their early in- spection by our regular patrons as they only need be seen to insure their rapid sale at the BARGAIN PRICES PREVAILING. Harkel Street, SAN FRANOISCO- COTIer of Jones, AS AN ADJUSTABLE NET The Ingenious Car-Fender In- vention of James E. Markley. That Mechanic Offers Himself as a Dummy -to Be Experi- mented Upon. The Board of Supervisors is considering the merits of the diverso streetcar-fenders presented for their approval on Tuesday. The applicants included: R. M. Edwards, J. Lucas, Peter Dononoe, J. V. Clark, Olof Peterson, Charles Schultze, H. W. Litile and James E. Markley. One of the most ingenious devices offered was that of James E. Markley. The chief points of the invention are the ease with which the fenderis extended, withdrawn and adjusted at either end of | perfected, consist of two telescoping bars A4 | sliding inf tubes 15, oblique o ihie srgtace ot | the ways or flaor of the car, drawnVinward when released by a coil spring'C and tackle D, k Eat the same time folding ck, as seen at F, Fig. 1. The normal position | of the guard is shown at G, Fig. 1, where the frame is extended, the height_above the rails | at # being reguiated by's lever I, and ita ‘l weight sustained by a rod or rope J. | | | { the web ot netwo! back When oceasion requires, the guard is housed, as seen at K, Fig. 1, by means of the tackls shown at D, ana is extended or protruded by the tackle at L, Fig. 2, in both cases operated by the attendant on the car. 1do not particularly describe the mechanism empioyed in my in changed in various w completing my invention, the essentinl ele- ments of which at this time_consist of an ex- E ntion, as this may be | tensible safety guard, capable of being housed | | | | by experiment and in beneath the car, such movements he!nE con- troilable by an attendant on the car, the de- vices and functions being in substance as here set forth. Mr. Markley hopes to obtain from the Supe: | tion in a practical way upon a streetcar | and prove its special adaptability for sav- | ing life while being peculiarly convenient | for the railroad men to handle. sion to try his inven- Ors permi: Woman’s Suffrage. | “Woman's Suffrage” will be the topic of dise | cussion before the Union for Practical Progress . JAMES E. MARKLEY’'S INVENTION. the car. He claims that whenever his fender strikes an object it must fall into the protruded net guard shown in the cut. He isso confident of the entire practica- bility of his fender that he will offer to be the first subject to be experimented upon, rather than the dummy, which has hitherto been used : In describing his inveption, Mr. Markley said yesterday: My invention rclates to safety guards, such asare applied to passenger cars, especially those for strect service, to prevent accidents to people caught on or between the ways in front of the cars, and to prevent such persons or ob- Jects from passing beneath the cars. My improvements consist essentially in & protruding and receding framework that can ¢ when required drawn back and housed be- neath the car, or be projected out in front, as shown in the drawings, {n which [ Fig. 1 is a side clevation of a car provided | Wwith my improvements, the safety guard at one end’ being protruded to guard the track, ;:g at the other end housed beneath the car y. Flg. 2 is an enlarged detail of the operative parts and the mahner of constructing nd ots this evening at the rooms of the P e Schange on_ Post street. Several well.known speakers will take part in the de- | bate, which promises to befof unusual interest. Powers of Vision Still Fair, Lawyer—Now, sir, did you or did you not say you saw the defendant at the time this occurrence took place? You did see him? Very good. Now I should like to | have you state to this jury, sir, whether or | not your eyesight is defective? Witness—Why, as to that— Lawyer—Address your remarks to the jury, 2 ’ \e',itness (to the jury)—He’s 1ight, gen- tlemen, My left eye’s no good, but I can see tol’bly well out of the other. I cansee that this here lawyer dyes his whiskers and they've grown about a sixteenth of an inch, I should say, since he dyed 'em last.— Chicago Tribune. — e Steel, when exposed to the action of sea-~ water and the weather, corrodes at the rate of an inch in eighty-two years; an inch of irgn under the same conditions corrodes in 190 years. When exposed to fresh water arranging the same. Tha alamants af aw fnvantion. sa far 4% BOW and ‘the weatner the periods are 170 years forx steel lndmymfir iron. 4