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* Vv & ness. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895. 11 -_— LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Ex-Secretary Garthwaite Given an Opportunity for Revenge. DINGEE'S SERIOUS CHARGES. An Assertion That Rivals Have Wantonly Tampered With Water Mains. The protestz agai Assessor Dalton’s values are now pouring into County Clerk Jordan’s office. The street railroads’ ts made their appearance yesterday, the Board of Equalization will be kept for several days. There will be a rowin the meeting of the board to-day. The assessment of the Consolidatea Piedmont road will come up Jor di ion. For a long time there was internal dissention in the management of the road, and after it went into the hands of a receiver Henry Garthwaite, who had been secretary since the road was built and who was also a stockholder, was sum- marily discharged. As Receiver Bishop 11d not permit him to go into the office, Garthwaite, as a stockholder, got an order of court to inspect the books. Much un- pleasantness followed, but the road was eventually bought by the raseiver for $87,- and nothing more was heard of the sts. as entered a protest ssment of the prop- s that it be reduced h he virtually sold it Dalton has subpenaed Mr. ite to appear to-day and tell what ows about the value of the road. An ineer of the road named Johnson is so subpenaed. These two men know more about the value of the system than any one else, as they helped to superintend ilding. It will be a reciprocal case of ond cut diamond, as Garthwaite still iece of the property which he is hould be assessed at Dalton’s Then again, Bishop is president n Francisco Tool Company, which i all the material for building the He may be required to Erodnce bills | it is said, will show the real about $500,000. avenue, or Twelith-street, protested at yesterday’s gainst the valuation of $35.875 \ the property. The cash value ced by Superintendent W. F. Ru- olph at $14 The franchise, assessed 3 alued at $10 in the protest. k, for the Alameds, t road, submitted a t fixing the cash value of the 1. The assessment was Central d Consolidated Street Rail- ed for a reduction from 25, including franchises. a Park and Fruityale sys- F. J. Woodward, the re- ed areduction from $34,600 to ng the Supervisors, the As- torney Foote and some real es- rts are going to the Adamsestate, | ake Merritt, and will inspect the | ion with a view of determining its as- nt. At both sessions of yesterday’s g real estate men and others were mination in connection with the DASTARDLY CRIMES. Al President Dingee’s Charges Against the | Contra Costa Company. The rival water companies of Oakland | have declared war to the knife, and Presi- dent Dingee of the Oakland Water Com- | pany yesterday made public a statement | over his signature that wall probably find its way into the courts. Among other things Mr. Dingee says: In th place, for months the report has 1 1sly that the Alva- | There | of a | sught 10 satisfy the greatest | v of the supply; and | may be somewhat judged of Oskland that those , mo later th nd at Alvarado ruin work. 1e Contra Costa Water Com- 1 2nd are now ci ipe filled with #aid to have es of houses whi io water. who bav 2 | e been using this nefari- but there is evidence of the meanness of our ppeared upon the occasion of an acci- g to a de! g,on the even- : Fourth of last. The Oakland order to 2dd to the fire- ay on Independence day, extended pipes to the center of Lake Merritt for the ose of an electric water fountain. Extra for tne event. During the 1 our pipes innumer- hours requir mpty or falsehoods w | Costa Water Company. | | | he greatest crime of our oppon: heir efforts to defeat the aims and he Oakland Water Company isy objects to be toid: se days we have been per T at Alvarado. It was found that a | cased flume of Californis redwood, ned with lead, would be of more lasting | er than iron or steel piping,and our shed at Alvarado was accordingly thus ped. Where this flume crosses a some- submerged creek it was of necessity left | ng the construction of the rk, and the fiendish depravity of our op- Aronents may be imagined when, on Monday sht, two 6-inch round holes were bored he fiume, g0 that the rising tide found its pumps. Shavings and chips | upon the banks of the creek, an | one's infernal rascality. | passed before the despicable work was discovered, and_there was not time enough to_prevent the brackishness in the water supplied to the inhabitants of Oakland, sdny and Wednesday, which was caused by the mixture of the fresh’ water from the wells the salt water from the bay. Who per- formed this rascally piece of work I have not vet discovered. Its purpose and who only could be benefited must be surmised. Pierce was seen yesterday afterncon said he was not paying attention to tactics of his rivals. E H, T. Watkinson, accountant for the ;ration, professed to know very little y pumping stations at Alvarado. THE POULSON FIASCO. Medium Lizzie Carter Said to Be on Her Way to Peterhof. 1t is reported that Miss Lizzie Carter, the spiritualist medium who declared that Dr. Poulson of Peterbof Castle, Fruitvale, murdered his first wife, is coming to the coast and will attempt to dispossess the present Mrs. Poulson who resides in the castle. Junius L. Hatch declares that he has a will of the late doctor in his possession which will cause much trouble. Very lit- tle faith is placed in the will story, especi- ally when it was known that Miss Carter claims to have a codicil leaving all the doc- tor’s property to her. The doings and vagaries of the Peterhof crowd have been exploited for several years, and Miss Car- ter's visit to Fruitvale is undoubtedly more for notoriety than on any legitimate busi- Maguire on Improvements. The Seventh Ward Improvement Club has inaugurated a new policy. It has de- cided to invite a number of gentlemen of 4nown reputation to address them on | Church of the Good Shepherd, on Bristol | ing. | questions of current public interest. The club has secured the services of Congress- man J. G. Maguire for the opening lecture at Thomas Hall, East Oakland, next Thurs- day night. Forged Deeds. Douglass C. Campbell was charged with felony in the Posice Conrt yesterday. The complainant was S. H. La Shells, a real estate man of Biggs, Butte County. La Shells and N. Harrison of Stockton exchanged valuable Yropeflies with Camp- bell. When La Shells sent his deeds East for recording they were returned with the information that they were forgeries and that Campbell never owned the property. Campbell then offered La_Shells some property in Missouri, but investifation proved that Campbell never owned it. The prisoner’s bond was fixed at $5000. ¥ound in the Bay. The body of an unknown man was re- covered near the broad-gauge ferry-slip yesterday afternoon. The man was well- ressed in a dark suit of clothes, square- toed shoes and a dark-blue overcoat with velvet collar. Ho was apparently about 40 years old and had a dark mus- | tache. He had not been in the water more than two days. HISTORY A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. A Chinaman stuck in the mud in West Oak- 1and yesterday and was drowned by inches. The gornerstone of a brick block on Clay street fiear Eleventh wes laid yesterday moru- ing. | Congressman Maguire is to lecture before the Twenty-third Avenue Improvement Club next Thursday. President Dingee of the Oakland Water Com- pany has made serious criminal charges against the Contra Costa Company. W. W. Blow of Oakland has transferred to his son, A. H. Blow, the real estate business con- ducted by him {n this city for many years. The oldest 0dd Fellow in the world lives in Oskland. His name is Thomas C. Williams and he joined the order seventy-one years ago. The body of an unknown man, sbout 40 | years of age. and well dressed, was washed into | the Oskland broad-guage ferry-slip yesterday. The steam schooner Jewell, from Caspar, is discharging 300,000 feet of redwood lumber for the Puget Sound Lumber Company at Oak- land city wharf. The Prohibition County Central committees of San Francisco and Alameda counties are arrauging for & grand rally, to be held in Oak- land on Admission Day. The handsome new residence of County As- sessor Dalton, in West Oakland, is nearly com- pleted. It is & two-story building and con- tains twenty-two rooms. Mrs. La Rue, & colored barber's wife who wears bloomers and rides a_wheel, thrashed her husband on Broadway Wednesday night for meeting a blonde rival. Assemblyman Hart H. North left yesterday for El Dorado County, where he will' join his brother, Arthur Norih, and Judge Henshaw on s huntihg trip. He will be away about & week. | The new Street Superintendent of Oakland, | M. J. Miller, is draiting an ordinance for sub- | ssion to the Council, placing many restric- tions on companies who tear up the streets to lay pipes. The San Francisco Home Mutual Loan Asso- clation has sued Kittie E. Newsom, L. D. New- som and others on account of a note for $2000, | secured by a mortgage upon & lot on Highland avenue, in the Moss Tract. LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS. | Sanitary Plumber Finds Nu- merous Houses Without Proper Sewerage. Recolil of a Revolver—Marrlage Bells. Helr to a Fortune—Interesting Brlef Notes. During the month of June the Board of | Town Trustees, upon the recommendation | of Health Officer Rowell, created the office | of sanitary plumber, and Frank Thompson | was appointed to fill the position. Last| Monday Mr. Thompson began a tour of | inspection of the sanitary condition of the | houses in the First Ward, and thus far it has been found that about one-fifth of the dwellings in that ward have no sewer con- nections and are using cesspools and vault closets, contrary to the law of the town. Immediate steps will be taken by the authorities to compel the owners of houses found lac in sanitary facilities to at | once make the proper sewer connections | and to take other necessary precautions for the prevention of disease. His Revolver Recoils. Nugent, a resident of University in shooting at a gopher yesterday | g with a revolver, allowed the | o rebound and strike him near | ight cheek bone, inflicting a deep gash three-fourths of an inch long and making 2 cgt in the upper lip. The wounds were of such a serious nature that the services of a physician were found necessary. | Marriage Bells. L. T. Watson was married to Mrs. C. L. Remington last Wednesday evening at the residence of F. M. Husted on Dwight way. | Owing to the recent death of M. D. Boruck, | the bride’s uncle, invitations were limited to the relatives. Rev. Dr. Bentley of the Trinity Methodist Church performed the ceremony. The couple will make their home in Monterey County. Left a Fortune. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moran, who live on the Editn Tract, have received informa- tion from England that by the death of a relative Mrs. Moran has inherited an es- tate valued at $50,000. It istheir intention to invest the money in Berkeley property. Berkeley Brevities. Bishop Nichols will administer the rite of confirmation to a class of four at the street, West Berkeley, next Sunday morn- The summer school in chemistry at the | university will close to-day, to give the students & vacation before resuming col- lege work at the opening of the fall term, August 15. C. K. Lord, William R. Weir and H. J. Squires. appraisers of the estate of James Dempster, filed their report yesterday. The estate is valued at $2250, J. M. Cohen was arrested by Deputy Marshal Kerns yesterday for soliciting without a licens He pleaded gnilty be- fore Judge James and was fined $10. AN EL CAMPO NOVELTY. Exhibition of Life-Saving, Illustrating a Real Shipwreck, to Be Given Next Sunday. There will be a specially instructive and interesting attraction at El Campo nextl Sunday afternoon. | This will be no less than an exhibition of the working system of the United States | Life-saving Service, showing the method of handling the latest apparatus and gear. | The exnibition will be practically filns-‘ trative of a real shipwreck, concluding with the reief and rescue of those on board. The full programme of action will in- clude the following interesting numbers: 1. The shore patrol on duty. 2. 8hip in distress firing signals. 3. Answered by shore patrol. 4. Thealarm! “All hands man beach-cart.” 5. Unload beach-cart and place apparatus. 6. Burying the sand anchor. 7. Placing wreck gun, shooting lifeline. 8. Sending off whip and hawser aiter shot- ine. ‘- 9. Rigging and sending off breeches-buoy, 10. Baving lives. Working the breeches- 0y, ‘;1’. Launching the lifeboats. 12. Rescuing people from floating wreckage with lifeboats. A 13. Capsizing and righting lifeboat. 14 Metbod of restoring the apparently 0w I 15. Finale, saving hawser with cutting- block. o It is expected thata very larfe number of people will attend the novel exhibition, which will doubtless prove of rare interest to both those engaged in shipping and to the general public. SUBSTITUTE FOR CURRANT General Dickinson Hunts for a Crazy Man in Oakland. ARTHUR PRATT INVESTIGATED. Friends of the Innocent Gentleman Are Angry—Mrs. Durrant Speaks Out. Interest in the Durrant case is at present centered in Qakland. General Dickinson is striving, by every means in his power, to connect the crime with some one other than the man under arrest. The defense has evidently determined not to rely solely on proving an alibi for Durrant, but it has started out on the theory that the crimes of Emmanuel Bap- tist Church were the work of a religious lunatic. From this point it has started out to find a man to fit the crime. At pres- ent its attention is particularly directed toward Arthur Pratt of Oakland. A few days ago General Dickinson, Mrs. Durrant and Wallace Thompson called on Miss Eloise Brown, a member of Em- manuel Baptist Church, but formerly con- nected with the First Baptist Church cf Oakland. Miss Brown resides at present at 1018 Seventeenth street, San Francisco. General Dickinson commenced by ask- ing if Miss Brown knew Mr. Pratt. She replied by stating that she knew him as a member of the same church, She had met him in Oakland and she had also seen him at Emmanuel Church. He seemed to be cordially received at Dr. Gibson’s church and there was no doubt that Pratt was acquainted with Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. The reason Pratt left the Oakland church and worshiped across the bay is easily explained and dates from an occurrence in the Pratt family about two years ago that ended in a divorce. After being separated Mr. and Mrs. Pratt used to attend the same church, but the weekly meeting with his ex-wife in the house of God proved too unpleasant for him and he made frequent visits to Emmanuel Church. His wife was formerly Miss Fross. Previous to bi marriage Pratt was afflicted with sun- stroke, which for a time unbalanced his mind. After his diverce the worry so preyed upon him that for a time he was considered irresponsible. Very little satisfaction could be obtained from Miss Brown as to dates. although she admitted that she had seen Pratt at Em- manuel Church about the time the maur- ders were committed. Then the visitors started off in another direction and made minute inquiry re- garding the mental condition of Pratt. Miss Brown stated that so far as she knew Pratt was a perfectly sane man and she had never seen anything about his man- ner that was not perfectly normal. “It is very evident,” said Mrs. Durrant, “that the crimes were committed by a lunatic, and I am sure my son is not in- sane.”” Thatis all the part Mrs. Durrant took in the interview. Finally, finding that Miss Brown could not be induced to | drop a hint _that would be unfavorable to | Pratt, the visitors departed. ‘When the fact became known yesterday that the attorneys for Durrant’s defense were showing so much interest in Pratt considerable interest was manifested among members of his own faith, and all treated the matter as very much of a farce. LATE HEWS. OF ALAMIEDA Ole Buch, the Howard-Street Conductor, Is Still Missing. Plasterers Seeking Redress for Un- paid Wages—The Boys’ Bri- gade—-News Notes. Ole Buch, who left his home last Sunday night, is still missing. His sudden depart- ure is causing considerable uneasiness to his relatives and friends. He is a con- ductor on the Howard-street linein San Francisco and is sbout 25 years of age. His parents reside at 935 Taylor avenue, and are anxious to learn of his where- abouts. During the latier part of last week he suffered from fever, and his phy- sician says that his spine isinjured and that the jarring and rattling of the cars has resuited in aggravating his malady and affecting the brain. His parents have made inquiries at all of the police stations and hospitals, but are unable to locate him. Plasterers Secking Redress. The plasterers who were swindled out of their wages by Sub-contractor Flood of the Longfellow School have employed eounsel to prosecute their claims, which amount to $81. Knox & Oook, the contracters erecting the building, are giving the plas- terers employment, but refuse to make good the unpaia wages, having at the time of Flood’s disappearance paid him $350. Several hundred dollars more are due him on the contract, and an effort will be made to obtain the amounts due them from this um. - Boys’ Brigade Return. The Alameda contingent of the Boys’ Brigade, constituting three companies and hospital corps of the Second Regiment, | arrived from its eight days’ camp at Santa Cruz at 6:25 o’clock last evening over the narrow gauge. As a rule the Eoys have leasant recollections of Camp Ledyard. g‘he hospital corps has a record of 272 cases of the aches and ills of the small boy on an outing, of which sixty-seven were sun- burns. Only two of the entire lot were go sick as to have to be sent home. A Bond Required. H. T. Maish, who had charge of G. W, Arper’s coal oil delivery in this city, and who disapFennd on Monday last with over $300 of his collections, has been suc- ceeded by G.W. Caswell, recently driver of Citizens'” Hook and Ladder. Arper now requires a $500 bond from his employes. Dr. Sander Injured. The heel of Dr. Ambrose Sander’s right boot was caught between the flange of the gnard-track yesterday in attempting to board an electric-car at Park street and Santa Clara avenue, badly wrenching the foot and spraining the ankle. Alameda Boating Club. The clubhouse of the Alameda Boatin, Club on the estnary, near the tidal canal drawbridge. is the center of attraction for the small eraft. Since the new course for canoeing was laid out the judges’ stand has been located there. Brief Nows Notes. The examination_of Frank Shay of the Southern Pacific Law Department, ac- cused of perjmz on complaint of the sec- retary of the Chicago Clock Company, has been” set by Justice Swasey for the 25th inst. Henry von der Heide, who is charged with assaulting his stepson, Gem}e Pope, with a blacksmith’s file, has had his ex- amination set for 1 o’clock on the 25th inst. Mrs, C. A. Heuer has entered a home- stead declaration on the property on the south side of Alameda avenne, 100 feet west of Oak street, valued at $3000. Mrs. M. L. Nauman has entered a home- stead on the property on the north side of Railroad avenue, 150 feet east of Wood street, valued at $500. Died by Inchi A Chinese clam-digger was drowned yes- terday morning opposite the railroad-yards in West Oakland, He was digging for clams and became stuck in the mud. He sank up *o his waist and all his efforts to free himself only resulted in boring further into the mud. Several people saw him, but could render no assistance, as his danger was not_realized till the tide had reached him. Graduelly the tide covered him and he was drowned. When the tide went out the body was recovered and taken to the Morgue. Mayor's Veto Disregarded. Mayor Davie's veto of the ordinances creating the offices of hight watchman and janitor of the City Hall were passed last night, notwithstanding the Mayor’s oppo- sition. *“Old Pard” Bassett was the oniy member voting no. There was quite a contest over the office of janitor. John D. Wilds and Thomas Pierson, both colored, being put in nomi- nation. Wilds received eight votes and was elected. James Hill was elected night watchman. A.J. MacMurtry was elected city numberer. Councilman Bassett ex- plained his vote by saying that he did not think the charter gave the power to the Council to create these offices, ————————— The Oldest 0dd Fellow. It has just been discovered that the old- est Odd Fellow in the world lives in Oak- land. His name is Thomas C. Williams. He was born in Cumberland eignty-nine ears ago and joined the Order of Odd i‘ellows when he was 18 years of age. He has thus been in the order seventy-one years. Mr. Williams is a member of Cali- fornia Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. of San Fran- cisco. He appears hale and hearty and seemingly enjoys the best of health. His residence is at Second and Webster streets. NOT I THE STATUTES, The Resolution Condemning the Reilly Refunding Bill Missing. . Assemblyman Dodge of Oakland Makes the Discovery—Who Is to Blame? Assemblyman Dodge of Oakland made a discovery yesterday that fairly astonished him. He received an official copy of the statutes of the State of California fresh from the State Printing Office, but there was one startling omission. The amendments to the Oakland charter were all in due form and the manner in which Humboldt County shall elect her town clerks was set forth, but the measure in which Mr. Dodge had been especially in- terested was not there. The resolution condemning the Reilly refur.ding bill is not in the State report. It was passed January 30, and in the in- dices of the prcceedings of both houses it is duly recorded, but in the index to the statutes it is missing. It is known as con- current resolution No. 7, but although its two neighbors are officially preserved the resolution which caused the most noted struggle on the floor of the Legislature of 1895 is not in the book. I have looked through every resolution in the statutes,” said Assemblyman Dodge last night, “but I fail to see concur- rent resolution No. 7. Mention that there was such a resolution is found in this paper-backed pamphlet, but not the text, and this is not official, anyway. *‘In this book of statutes that is the his- torical archive of the proceedings of the last Legislature, the anti-Reilly resolution isnot found eitherin the index or in the body of the book. Neither is it in any other part of the statutes by accident. “I have looked through the book twice, and each time with the same result. Sen- ator Earl, Assemblyman Belshaw and my- self formulated the resolution and worked it through. There was danger at one time of its not passing on account of McGowan in the Senate and Bledsoe in the Assembly, but after a hard struggle it went through. ““Congressman Maguire said that the assage of the resolution by the California egislature contributed materially to ths defeat of the measure in Congress. I sup- pose it is one of State Printer Johnston’s mistakes, although it is a lasting shame that the resolution should not be pre- served, along with the rest of the doings of the last Legislature.” DRARK CARBOLIC ACID. Sophia Arp, a Domestic, Com- mitted Suicide Yesterday Afternoon. The Body Was Found by Ex-Mayor Ellert and Police Officer Armstrong. Sophia Arp, a domestic employed in the family of A. J. Wetzler, an insurance ad- juster, living at 1908 Webster street, com- mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by taking carbolic acid. She was of German parentage, of prepossessing appearance, 23 years of age, and had been in the service of Mr. Wetzler some three or four months. The first that was known of the matter was when a letter was received by mail by John Madsen, who is foreman of the Santa Clara stables, on Webb street. Upon its receint Madsen hunted up her brother-in-law, William Ahlstrand, a hotel-keeper at 28 Bacramento street, They went to the ad- dress, and in company with Peliceman William Armstrong and ex-Mayer Ellert, who resides opposite, brokein the door and found the girl lying on the floer dead, with an empty one-ounce bottle by her side, labeled carbolic acid and bearing the name of D. M. Gove, druggist, northwest corner of California and Fillmore streets. She was alone in the house, her employer geiug away visiting at Eu.relm, Humboldt ounty. The only relatives living in this countr; are her sister, the wife of Mr. Ahlstrand, acd a half-brother, John Jen, who hasa rocery at Folsom and First streets. Bhe Eas parents living in Europe, to whom she was in the habit of sending money at stated periods for their assistance. The cEnfie was reported to the Coroner by Mr. ert. John Madsen, to whom her letter was addressed, has been keeping company with her for some time, but says that no engage- ment of marriage existed between them. They had had some quarrels, yet she gave out no intention of of committing suicide. The letter was the first indication of such a step being considered. - The following is acopy: 18 July, Dear John : You say you cannot forgive e, at least to forget. 1f you knew how I have wor- ried about you. There is not ene moment I don’t think of you. I cannot stand thisany longer, and I am about to take my life. Life is not worth living. O, if only they could keep it from my father and mother and try to con- sole my sister. Dear, will you accept my pic- tures which I have taken from you, and ‘dear, Dear, will you please see for yourself first be- fore you let any one elte now, and when I am dead please let Mrs. Wetzler's brother now so he can tend to the dog and flowers. Iam sorry I havenot left the house, dear, but Iam really mot able to do it., I1f you go where the tele- phone is there you will find & paper pinned on the wall, and at the bottom §m will find how to get Mrs, Keppler, that is her mother. Just tell them to come over to the house at once; if you only, only knew. 1 will be in my room, or my body at least. Good-by forever. Good-by o al The woman with tte longest hair is Miss Asenath Philpott of Gainesville, Tex,, ‘whose ‘‘cro’ g glory” is ten feet seven inches, 5 WANTS SIKTY THOUSAND. described, consists 10 a forward movement of the carriage which brings the log in contact with the teeth facing one way, while the retreat of the carriage utilizes the teeth facing the other way, assuring a considerable economy of time and wear of the saw. Any difficalty in reversing the That Is the Sum J. P. McEIroy | “lead” or angle of the saw face toward Says J. C. Jordan Owes Him. ALL FOR LEGAL SERVICES. Interesting Reading Furnished by the Voluminous and Specific Complaint. James G. McElroy wants to collect §60,000 from James C. Jordan for legal services performed. As a step in the direction of securing the money he has attached the Jordan Tract. comprising about 52 acres, or 500 lots, and valued somewhere in the vicinity of a $1,000,000, last week. The tract is immedi- ately west of Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mr. Jordan says the suit is the part of a blackmailing scheme to extort money from him that he does notowe. He further states that he gave McElroy employment. Mr. McElroy says he delivered the goods —his ability and iegal services—and is now simply trying to collect a just and equit- able claim for their value. In corroboration of the justness of his claim and the propriety of his present po- sition as a $50,000 plaintiff he refers to the offer he made Millionaire Jordan to have the claim arbitrated by a disinterested law- yerand business man, both to beappointed by Judge Coffey. Mr. Jordan, he says, de- clined the proposition on the ground that all legal gentlemen are stuck together with shoemakers’ wax, and that he would have nothing to do_with any arbitrating arrangement in which an attorney was in the remotest degree concerned. McElroy’s suit against Jordan is for $50,000, and he also brings suit to collect $10,000 from the Jordan Bituminous Rock and Street Pavin Company for legal ser- vices rendered. &hen questioned closer asto the specific nature of the services rendered in the interest of Defendant Jor- dan he referred the inquirer to the com- plaint prepared by Dunn & McPike. According to this complaint Mr. McEl- roy was in the employ of James C. Jordan from 1890 to the latter part of Janu- ary, 1895. "“He at first employed me,” says the plaintiff in his complaint, “'to obtain a di- vorce from his first wife, Helen C. Jordan. He had been endeavoring to secur separation for several years, and he was in doubt whether he eould obtain it at all: that his wife's people had kept detectives on his track and had discovered certain things against him, and it was therefore doubtful whether he could succeed in get- ting a diyorce. He was anxious to geta divorce because, he said, he wasa wan- derer on the face of the earth, without a family and a business, and that he could not englge in business on account of his wife’s interest in properly. Hence his reasons for wishing to get the divorce. After looking over statements he fur- nished me I decided that it would be necessary to go to Boston to secure the necessary evidence, and I told him would charge him $500 for the trip whether I was successful or not. To that he agreed. I remained in Boston about one month. His father, who is a multo-millionaire, had to be consulted, and the whole founda- tion of operations had to be changed. The matter was finally continued to June, 1891, and the character of work performed to rescue Jordan from the result of the false steps he had taken in the matter was worth $50,000. “A few days after the divorce was granted he qnve me $1000, saying tbat I must_be satisfied with that for payment in the divorce matter, as he would have a E““ deal of work for me in future, and e expected to pay me well. T accepted this, with the understandin that he should Xny me large fees for the matters 1 then had on hand. I frequently reminded him of tais understanding—first about two years ago, and again in July, 1893, when he signed an agreement to walve the statutes of hmitation and made me a payment of several hundred dollars.” he complaiut, which covers thirty odd pages of typewritten matter, goes on to specify the numerons cases in which the plaintiff was engaged in Jordan’s service, among them suits brought by the Carnall- Fitzhugh-Hopkins Company and Warren & O’Malley. ~After particularizing in the suits mentioned, the complaint con- tinues: “One Macomber, Jordan’s private secre- tary and roommate, was privately conspir- ing with Jordan’s enemies to get the bet- ter of him and defraud him out of the Jor- dan Tract. I was under great stress in protecting my client against the subtle machinations of his enemies, open and secret. *‘In December, 1891, he consulted® me as to the advisability of marrying again, and in January, 1892, ne returned irom Beston with his second wife. In April, 1892, I went to Boston with him again, as his former wife had complicated matters there by signing deeds to property inpFarming- ham, Mass. I fixed his affairs so that he sold his house on Beacon street for $75,000.” Cbarges for numerous litigations and various services follow. The complaint sets forth that plaintiff was before the Oakland City Council on divers occasions, that he worked hard among the Oakland and San Francisco banks to raise $30,000 for his client, and played mecf--rt of peacemaker between plaintiff and his present wife when the latter threatened to leave him. “At the wife’s request,” the complaint recites, **I went in search of Jordan for two days, and tried to get him to return to the house. It took me two days and two nights to adjust the family difficulty”—for which & charge of $500 is itemized. “In February, 1893, I brought about a second marriage service, as there was some doubt as to the legality of the ceremony performed in Boston.” z Other items of less importance are speci- fied in the complaint, including the one of $10,000 for bringing about the organization of the Jordan Bituminous Rock and Street Paving Company, and acting in a legal capacity for the company durlng an ex- tended period. ) Mr. McEiroy supplements his formal allegations with the assertion that he was instrumental in saving his client’s life, as he was threatened with dire disaster and destruction at the hands of J. T. Carnali, who was connected with the Fitzhugh- Hopkins Company. That gentleman, he says, wanted to accelerate Mr. Jordan's shuffling off this mortal coil, and laintiff was under a great strain in keep- ing a watchful eye over his client’s safety and welfare. And he wants $60,000 for all this and more that is not recorded. ‘With Two Sets of Teeth. It must be a valnable mechanism, indeed, which fulfills the service claimed for a newly invented band saw, viz.: The capacity to saw during both the forward and backward courses of the log carriage. In this case, the saw itself is provided with two sets of saw teeth facing in opposite directions, and 1s sustained by the regula- tion band wheels, and the operatio } the log to accommodate the alternate motions of the carriage is overcome by the log carriage performing the reversal move- ment. The upper band-wheel, which is movable, is connected with the carriage b; means of a series of screw shafting, well geared. The carriage runs its course in one direction clear of all mechanism, and with the wheel face and saw resting there- upon, tilted at the angle required to saw a slab from the log—completing this course, and reversing for the return, the carriage is instantaneously bronght in contact with pawl and ratchet, which, working in con- junction with a rock shaft and pitman, transmit, by means of the screw shafting, a motion to the upper band-wheel which throws the latter at an_ opposite angle, and holds the saw in_readiness for its work upon the log while the carriage retreats. At the end of the retreat the connection is again broken automatically and the carriage again makes its clear run.—New York Sun. A FORTUNE [N STAMPS Facts of Interest Regarding W. H. Crocker’s Collection of Labels. His Accumulation Pronounced the Finest Owned on the Pacific Coast. San Francisco is fast winning a foremost place among the cities that are known as philatelic centers. How strong a hold the hobby of stamp-collecting hason this com- munity is shown to some extent by the fact that there are eight private collections in this City that are alone worth in the aggregate $100,000. Among these the two most valuable are the property respect- ively of W. H. Crocker, president of the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank, and of his cousin, H. J. Crocker, president of the Half-million Club. The former’s is valued at about $30,000 and the latter’s at $20,000. ‘W. H. Crocker has been a stamp collector from boyhood, though his interest has been more or less intermittent. At pres- ent, however, he is more deeply engrossed with the task of trying to fill the vacant space in his album than ever. Speal inE of his philatelic experiences, he mcf T have been interested in collect- ing stamps ever since I was a boy, and have never been completely weaned from the pastime, though there have been eriods, and long onces, when I have en- irel( neglected my albums. But through it all T have never felt the least temptation to part with them, as some do when they have temporarily lost interest in their col- lections. “While most of my stamps have been gradually acquired I have on a few occa- sions amalgamated other notable collec- tions with my own, The most notable of the collections which I acquired was that of Mrs. Craig, who, up to about eleven years ago, was in the business of sellin; stamps and philatelic supplies to the local members of the fraternity of stamp-col- lectors. She accumulated one of the best, if not the very best, collections of stamps owned in this City or on this coast. Noth- ing could ever induce her to sell a stamp from this collection. She has been in the business for many years,and in conse- quence was the owner of many extreme rarities. “In 1884 Mrs. Craig got into financial trouble, and made up her mind to sell her treasured collection in its entirety. The result was that the album was fiugmitted to me for inspection, and it did not take me long to make up my mind to pay her the price she nsked‘f “Among the extreme varieties was a Brattleboro (Vt.) local, for which alone I was offered not long ago the sum of $500. There were alsoa United States Franklin carrier stamp‘;‘many scarce United States and British Colonials. including what are known as S{gney ) . the first issues of New South Wales.” “What would be the value of such a col- lection to-day ?”’ was asked. “I don’t suppose it couid be duplicated for $10,000. “Another unusual opportunity to make anotable addition to my collection came in 1887. A Mr. Fisher, who had been dabbling in stamps as a dealer, and who possessed a fine collection of Western ex- ress franks, entire stamped envelopes, nited States and foreign revenues. in- cluding United States cigar and beer stamps, offered to sell it fo me for §350, which offer I promptly accepted.” Mr. Crocker produced a number of small cases measuring about 12x14 inches and with a depth of about three inches. The franks were arranged on loose sheets of cardboard that fitted intoithe cases,the en- velopes being lapped over one another in such a manner as to display both the Gov- ernment stamp and the private frank of the different express companies that had issued them in the early days on this coast. The collection is pronounced a remarkable one by the initiated and contains some of the rarest of these interesting labels. HER LETTER TELLS A WOMAN’S STORY. ' Written for Eyes of Other Women, - [SPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS.) 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