The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1895, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895. SUCIDE OF A FAMILY fiusband and Wife Tired and Discouraged in the Battle for Bread. THE BABE DIED WITH THEM. One Child Recovers—The Husband Was H. H. Edwards of 1151 Market Street. The innocent prattiing of a hungry child ghut in a room with three dead bodies was the means of disclosing the suicide of H. ¥, Edwards and his wife, Kate, in the dodging-house at 1151 Market street last evening. Early in the afternoon husband and wife, £ired of the battle for bread, gave a deadly trug to their two children—Leon, aged 14 months, and Lois, aged 4 years—and then &rossed the lifeline themselves by means of the same poison—cyanide of potassium. Lois, a beautiful wee maiden, with big brown eyes and long blonde curly locks, was the only one to survive. The child H. H. Edwards. [Sketched at the Morgue by a *‘Call” artist.) - e vomited and threw off the poison so com- pletely that she was soon out of bed play ing about the room. Mamma lay asleep in the bed, baby was quiet and papa dozed in his chair at the otherend of the room. Little Lois found a pencil and with it drew rude pictures on the wall-paper. Mamma and papa would scold if they Xknew, so Lois kept very quiet, only cooing softly to herself as she made the marks the pencil. n tired of this she played with kitty. The kitten was in her arms when a lodger opened the door. It was not locked. Lois o t have opened it had she been a few inches more in stature. She tried to do so. By and by she grew hungry, but mamma and papa slept on. How very soundly they slept. . When the child’s hunger increased she began to cry out for mamma and papa to wake. It was these cries that attracted the notice of a lodger in the next room. He came around to the door and looked in. There sat the man stark dead in his chair. On the bed lay the woman and babe, both motionless. She was young— not more than 28—and fair to look upon. He was only four years her senior. Their friends say their domestic relations were barmonious, even happy. They were blessed with good health, and their child- ren were bright and pretty. It was the battle with the shadow of the wo!f that decided them upon their course. They were not actually hungry, but the wolf was always near them, it seems. On a page of a notebook, written in lead pencil by the man, was found this note: SaN FraNcIsco, Cal., July 29, 1895. To Coroner—All took cyanide of.potassium. ®Qired of life. Monday, 11:15 P. M. One dol- 1ar for landlady. The sum of 95 cents was found ina small purse. There were no other assets to speak of, but there were evidences of many small and some larger debts. Mrs. Edwards' trunks were in pawn. Edwards was employed with the Na- gional Photograph and Engraving Com- pany. Two years ago they came from Mrs. Eate Edwards. {Sketched at the Morgue by a *“Call” artist. -— fauborn, N. Y., and settled in this City. He appeartd to be willing to work and ac- epted it wherever he could find it. %‘requenu_v he'was out of employment and “His funds grew low. They went to Los Angeles, but with little succegs. Last Saturday night they moved "§nto the Market-street rooms, Nos. 5 and 6 fon the first floor of the Sunny Delaware Qo%ging-hcuse. 3 esterday morning they went out to ;lhzir meals, and up till 20’clock in the fafternoon they were seen about or heard lking in their rooms. It must have been hortly after that hour when the tired, Miscouraged man and woman deliberately ‘carried out their purpose to end the strug- le. From the date of the note to the oroner, it would seem that the plan had been hatching at least since the night previous. Perhaps their purpose was to die the night on_which the note is dated, and they put it off to see if the dawn of another day would be brighter. Evidently it was not. They had some friendsin the City. A Mrs. Fowler brought them money and needed things at times. She knew them well and speaks kindly of them both. She was coming yesterday to bring them money. She found the orphaned Lois, still hug- ng her kitty, alive. Lois was given food v the landlady. Then she was taken to the Receiving Hospital and examined by the physicians. The found nothing amiss With ter and Mrs, Fowler carried her off to the home of Daniel Skerrett and his w&. other friepds of the suicides, at 113 ‘é%bshr stteet. Bhe took the kitty with t y{:umbe Bard to find a prettier or ore intelligent child, but she is too young ¥o:tell anything about the tragedy. - 1t wlz;iboms o'clock when the nalfi&- g of the Ed- &Ifi, ger opened the door 5 apartments. Of course, the land- &3 potified, then the police,, and it was 7:30 o’clock when Lois was taken from the Receiving Hospital by Mrs. Fowler to her present home. The little girl was crving for her mamma. She was finally pacified by having the ray kitten, which she cailed “Twiddle ee,”’ put to bed with her. When seen little Lois was in bed nurs- ing and watching the kitten beside her. She seemed entirely content and happy in her youthful innocence of the ark tragedy. A Mrs.” Fowler, who has assisted the Ed- wards family from time to time, said that she becnmey acquainted with H. H. Ed- wards and wife about two yearsagoat Mrs. Burke’s boarding-house, 325 Haight street. When Mrs. Fowler moved from 115 Webster street to 100 Haight street, a brlardlng- house kept by Mrs. Martin, the Edwards family followed her there. ¥ “They tried to live beyond their means, 1 think,” said Mrs. Fowler. “fl'!lev had evidently been accustomed to living well. Mr. Edwards was paying $18 a week fora suite of rooms. Mrs. Martin, who kept the boarding-house, was taking good care that they did not run into debt, always making them pay & week in advance. “I always liked Mrs. Edwards. She was a lively-spirited woman, with a quick temper. Her husband was a quiet man and rather remorse in disposition. Mrs. Edwards came to see me at 113 Webster street last Sunday. She said it was no use to fight any longer against bardships and poverty. ~She told me that she and her husband "had made up their minds to commit suicide and Kill the children. «] tried to coax her and_make her look on the bright side of life. I bought hera few delicacies for herself and the children. When I left Mrs. Edwards I told her not to worry and that I would see that they get their tranks from the expressman and pay the charges due on them. I also promised to take them some money yes- terday. You may imagine my feelings when I received a letter from her yester- day morning stating_that all the family would be dead when I called to see them.” The letter that Mrs. Edwards sent to | Mrs. Fowler was_ written with a lead pencil. The handwriting is in a round schoolgirl style. The writer seemed to have considered every word before writ- ‘;ng. The full text of the letter is as fol- ows: SAN FRANCISCO, Monday, July 29, '95, My Dear Mrs. Fowler: When this Teaches you | in the morning we shall be dead. We had made up our minds last night. Thatis the rea- son you found me o calm when you were here. Life 1 the present prospects is a little better 0. x| to We were not afraid to die. I thank you many, many times for your love ! and kindness to me. Surely some day you will get your reward. 1am leaving you ail Iown | in this world for love and friendship's sake; accept them from me and mine and let your hand and your kiss be the last I shall ever re- ceive near me. Good-bye, and I hope we shall meet soon again. 1 di¢ happy, knowing all my worry is over. you will have to pay on the trunks, y , Are owing to me. Get 1t also if in looking over my things you think anything my milkwoman would like, Take it to her from me. She was & good friend when [did not know where to turn. No one knows of this letter to you,so you need not show I will inclosé written order for trunks. ing on me do so, that is all. Good-by and may you live happier than I have. Lovingly, your Tend in 1% and death. | KATIE EDWARDS, 1145 Market street, Monday, 10 P. . The inclosed order for the_ trunks was written on a torn billhead of Frank Don- neily, an expressman doing business at Fremont and Market streets. The order was: Deliver to Mrs. W cedar chest on rec f. Fowler two trunks, one of Mes. H. H. EDWARDS, H. H. EDWARDS. The husband had also signed this order. His writing would indicate that he must have been very nervous at the time. | Mrs. Fowler does not know anything about the early life of the Edwards, ex- | cepting that Mrs. Edwards said she was born in Cana d that Mr. Edwards was | from New York State. | I have been a friend to_those people,” continued Mrs. Fowler. “Mr. Edwards al- ways seemed to me to be in_trouble. No ter what he tried everything seemed to othing seemed to go right. his troubles his wife stood by her husband, | as Mrs. Edwards idolized” him and the children.’ Mrs. Fowler does not know what will be done with the little girl, Lois Edwards, but in all probability she would try to get her sister, Mrs. Daniel Skerrett, to adopt the child. Mrs. W. M. Fowler, the lady who hasbeen assisting the Edwards family, is the widow of W. M. Fowler. Her husband’s business was that of bridge-builder. He was killed about five years ago while superintending some bridge work that_his firm was build- ing. Mrs. Fowler could not tell exactly how the accident happened. Mrs. Fowler was left in fairly good cir- cumstances. She owns a beautiful cottage at 115 Webster street. The inquest on the bodies of H. H. Edwards and child will take place at 9 o’clock this mornine. FIXING THE CITY FUNDS Money for the Municipal Man- sard Roof and Paving Eighth Street. Supervisor King Makes a Lonely Fight for Extravagant Appro= priations. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors met last night to pass upon appropriation of funds for the fiscal year. Supervisors Taylor, Hobbs and, Benjamin, comprising the committee, were present and acted with other members of the board as if it was a committee of the whole. Only Supervisors Spreckels and Wagner were absent. The sum of $40,000 appropriated for the fire alarm and police telegraph was divided as follows: Patrol, $31,250; salaries, $7020; material, $1730. For the City Hall conw struction fund $320,000 was appropriated to be expended on the roof. Supervisor Benjamin moved that $25,- 000 be appropriated for the new Home for Inebriates, with the explanation that more could be given to continue the work next year. Kini wanted to have $100,000 appro- priated and Dimond foufiht him on the 5rouud that he opposed saddling any more ebts upon the taxpayers, and he favored the erection of a building as required. ‘Whereupon King assured him quite pleas- antly he was * lking to the gallery.” Morgenstern remarked, ‘“‘make it $50,000.” “You can’t build nothing for $50,000,” King replied, and next offered to compro- mise on $90,000—a reduction of 10 per cent. Chairman Taylor mentioned the Marine Hospital as an illustration of how the building could be constructed from year to If you can keep any crowd from gaz- | | Butinall | JAPANESE FROM HAWAI Dr. Gedge Explains How and Why They Come to This Country. DOLE'S FEAR OF THE MIKADO. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Has a Good Source of In= formation. The little island republic on the big, good-natured Pacific, where the deep blue above and the blue deep below are folded together and riveted with diamond- headed spikes, as Joaquin Miller might say, is just now engaged in the prosaic business of unloading its 26,000 Japanese residents upon this country, according to the belief of Labor Commissioner Fitzger- ald and Dr. Donald McC. Gedge. Dr. Gedge knows a great deal about the methods of Sanford Dole’s Provisional Government, for he lived in Hawaii quite awhile, was prominently identified with King Kalakaua’'s Government, and is an advocate of the justice of Queen Liliuoka- lani’s claims. Dr. Gedge's father-in-law, C. E. Wil liams, who is now in this City, after a resi- dence of forty years in the Sandwich Islands, and his sister’s huspand, Captain Turner, now on the payroll of the Pro- isil Government, are stanch §1|_1g- e visional orters of the Dole administration. octor had extensive sugar interests on the islands once. Speaking of the Japanese exodus to this country from Mr. Dole’s dominions, Dr. Gedge said yesterday: There is no question in my mind about it. The right of suffrage is denied by the Provis- ional Government to both natives and Jap- anese. Queen Liliuokalani’s administration assured the Japanese that this right would be extended to them, and the Provisional Govern- ment assumed the same obligation. Japan now proposes that this promise shall be made good. The fear of & Japanese man-of-war in- Spires the present administration to do some- thing. What more natural than that Mr. Dole’s Government should seek to get rid of the Jap- anese there by so manipulating things that they shall be made unable to obtain work and will, by the very necessity of circumstances, be compelled to emigrate? When they leave Hawaii the most logical thing for them to do is to make an effort to get | into the United States. To obtaln a footing on the American continent is not hard, because they can go first to British Columbia. We all | Xnow the rest. Once in Victoria, B, C., they | come down to California as contract laborers. Tne Japenese have proved themselves more hurtful to the whites in the Sandwich Islands than even the Chinese. How? Well, they affiliate more with the whites and soon learn ell our methods of business. They import everything from Japan, and with the double advantage of cheap goods and knowledge of vs they manage to supplant the white have succeeded in driving out of busi- | ness about all the small Portuguese traders on th lands of Kani, Hawaii and Maui. Ernest ison, the special envoy of the Hawaiian overnment to Portugal, has made great efforts uce the Portuguese to immigrate to the islands, but has failed because the Portuguese do not’ want to come under the unfavorable circumstances. With the Jupanese barfed from labor, the only thing left is trading. The planters want the Jepanese, but the Government discoun- tenances their importation. This was made manifest & short while ago, when several hun- dred of them were brought to the islands for work on the plantations, Commissioner Fitzgerald will make the most searching investigation into this matter, and, as he has a good source of in- formation, it is very probable that he will be able in a few months to lay all the facts before the Federal authorities. FORCED INTO INSOLVENCY, The American Exchange Hotel Company in Financial Difficulty. There Are Assets of $9400 and the Debts Amount to Only $82538 21. The American Exchange Hotel Com- pany filed a voluntary petition in insolv- ency yesterday, with liabilities of $8253 21 and assets of $9400. All the creditors, it 1s expected, will be paid in full, but the cor- poration has found it impossible to meet some of the immediate demands for pay- ment. The schedule filed by Secretary Wiseman is as follows: Liabilities—Hills Bros., $68; Pacific Gas Im- rovement Company, $80; Frank Marty, 70; D. Giovanini, $40; Standard Soav Company, $1 94; La Grand Laundry, $50; Gilli Frait Company, $7 30; Nauman & Co., §28 451 Lyle, Lacoste & Co., 80110, Eclipse racker Company, 8195 American Union Fish Company, $128 10; Tillmann & Bendell, 803 George W. ‘Tindall & c«;. 0 57; Jacob tein (representing mortgage), 00; W. C. Brice & Ch 811 70; B Huent & Cor 4278 Dodge, Sweeney & Co., $45 66; William Cluff & Co., £17378; Lake & Co., $4261; Lingan & Co., $1035; 'Max Wolfen & Co., $7 80; Jon. Market, $178 12; J. C. Wilson & Co., $27 Pacific’ Telephone Compeny, $7 10; Union Ice Company, $14 25; Smith’s Cash Store, $25 80: Lompagnia & Co., 831 47; L. Lécare, $74 15; Spring Valley Water Com- any, $44; George Morrall, labor, $50; Frank oberts, labor, #23; Rose ‘Heenan, iabor, $5; George Kean, labor, $30; M. Barbeck, labor, $30: T. J. Welsh, labor, $10; George Eggert, Iabor, 4 Williain Graudy, labor, 15; James M. Boyle, Iabor, $10; Minnie Scheltzer, labor, = o & 85; Thomas Johnson, labor, § B. Con~ roy, labor, $20; H. H. Pratt, labor, $10; W. C. Defang, labor, ¥15; Ada Plummer, labor, $5; William_Griffin, labor, #8: P. H. Donohoe, labor, $7 50; Robert Dudgeon, labor, $20; Merchants’ Exchange, $10; Edison Light and Power Company, $5 50. Total, $8253 21. Assets—Furniture, ete. (mortgaged to Jacop Stern for $6400), 3300060mnw, stage coach, wagon, horse, etc., $400; book accounts, $1000.” Total, $9400. The petition is signed by J. T. Wiseman, secretary and manager of the corporation. Judge Daingerfield, the acting presiding Judge, has issued an order declaring the incorporation insolvent and turning its affairs over to the Sheriff pending a hear- ing on August 19. A Meat-Dealer’s Failure. Louis P. Rosenberg, the wholesale and retail butcher, has filed a petition in in- solvency. His liabilities amount to $6033 76, open accounts with”twenty-eight local firms, and his assets are notes for $5000, which he is unable to collect. Suit against Rosenberg was begun last Satur- year according to demand, and how $25,000 would a good start. Dr. Gavigan re- viewed the law on the subject, but it was finally laid aside to await the City Attor- ney’s decision. Appropriating $10,000 for a City map and surveys was laid over pending advice from engineers. he appropriation of $48,000 to pay for property to be condemned at Dunbar alley and Washington street as part of the site for the proposed police and jail building, was discussed. upervisor king valued the property at $60,000 and urged that an appropriation of $300,000 be made—$50,000 for the lots and $250,000 for the building. The matter was dropped, however, until an opinion is received from the City and County Attorney. For paving Eighth street from Market to Folsom with bituminous rock $6500 was ap- propriated to pay the City’s half of the ex*venu. 'he committee adjourned until Friday evening. « T Damage Suit Compromised. The suit of Charles Mullin Jr. to recover $25,000 damages from the California Horse- shoe Company for the loss of an arm in the comgsny’l factory has been compromised for [ meeting it looks as thouzh the firm day by J.J. Rauer on a claim for §913 38 assigned by J. G. James & Co., the largest creditor. THE LABOBR UNIONS, Furniture-Workers in Fink & Schin- dlers’ Shop May Be Ordered Out on a Strike. Information was received last evening by the International Furniture-workers’ Union No. 15 that the National executive committee have decided to amalgamate with the National body of machine-work- ers of America and Canada. This will make a*labor union 100,000 strong. The Furniture-workers and the firm of Fink & Schindler, on Market street near Tenth, are having a little trouble. 'fhe former state that the firm is working its men over eight hours, on Sundays, and not paying for overtime, which is in violation of the union rules. The committee sent to inter- view Fink & Schindler reported that the latter declined to discuss tbe matter with them. From the spirit manifested at the fifteen workmen will be called out on strike, but the matter was left in the hands of the executive committee. _The Barbers’ Association of S8an Fran- cisco will hold a mass-meeting at 102 O’Farrell street in about a week for the purpose of agitating a movement to close all shops in the Cig at_8 o’clock every evenin%excenting turday and days pre- ceding holidays. The object 1s to shorten the hours of labor. Many shops keep open until 9 and 10 o’clock at night. It is pro- posed, too, that the association’s constitu- tion and hg-lnys be changed. Barbers in many of the interior towns are applying for charters. Reports were made at the Brotherhood of Boiler-makers and;Iron, Ship-Builders, that work is very dull at present. —————— NO OBJECTION TO REDDY. The Civie Federation Will Not Oppose Governor Budd’s Mono County Appointee. The Civic Federation will not present any protest against the appointment of Edwurd Reddy of Mono County as Super- intendent of County Almshouses. Accord- ing to George T. Gaden the society will not meddle with any appointments Governor Buda may make. The executive committee of the Civic Federation held two conferences yester- day. The result of these meetings is kept secret. The only statement that any member of the society would make was that some City officials would soon be brought before the Grand Jury. Mr. Gaden is much wrought up over newspaper articles charging him with making a personal fight against the Super- intendent of Streets. He said: I did not in my report to the Civic Federation accuse Mr. Ashworth of incompetency, nor did 1blame him for the present condition of our streets. My report was that these streets had been paved before the present Superintendent had assumed control. Ihaveno fight against Mr. Ashworth. My claim is that the streets of San Francisco are in a bad condition. There is no excuse for bein, in such a state, and my efforts as a citizen an chairman of the street committee of the Civic Federation is simply an effort to bring abouta better state of affairs. THE RED MEN ADJOURN. Substantial Reduction Made in the Initiation Fees of the Order. Appointment of District Deputies and Standing Committees. The Banquet. At the session of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Red Men yesterday it was decided to reduce the initiation fee from $11to $7, which amount is to cover the conferring of three degrees. The following newly elected officers were installed under the supervision of District Deputy Grand Past Chief J. B. Reinhardt of San Francisco: Grand ober chief, Jacob Wager: grand unter chief, John Mangels; grand bei-chiei, Charles Schlesinger; grand priester, Valentin Hum- burg; grand seoretary, B. A. Sammann; grand treasurer, Jos. Gutberlet; grand marshal, Jacob Beck; grand Xneger, ‘mmel; grand herald, R. Muller; grand woodward, 'A. Dreimannu; grand inside sentinel, H. Wetzler; grand out- side sentinel, H. Beck. Grand Ober Chief Wagner appointed the following district deputies: Distriet No. 1. Jacob Wagner, Pacific Lodge No. 78, San Francisen; district No. 2, Fred Schumacher, San Jose Lodge No. 77, San Jose; district No, 3, F. A. Falkenstein, Sacramento Lodge No. 124, Sacramento; district No. 4, F. Waldi, Santa Cruz Lodge No. 125, 8anta Cruz; district_No.'5, Arthur Eyssen, Los Angeles Lodge No. 252, Los Angeles; district No. 6, William Hille,” Concordia Lodge No. 268, Alameda. : Past Chief A. Linderfeld of Los Angeles Lodge No. 252, Los Angeles, received the grand past chief degree in honor of services rendered as a district deputy for three suc- cessive years. Jacob Rumetsch of Herrmann Lodge No. 224, San Francisco, was elected the dele- gate to attend the session of the Supreme Lodge, which will meet August 27 at Bridgeport, Conn. _ It was decided to reduce the per capita tax for the ensuing year to 20 cents. Here- tofore it had been 35 cents. It was resolved to donate $40 a year to the Red Men's Scheutzen Camp. 5 Standing committees were appointed as follows: Committee on Examination—L. Krumb, San Jose; J. Rumetsch, C. Cordsen, San Francisco. Committee on Appeals—J. A. Falkenstein, C. Weisel, J. Kiauss, all of Sacramento. Comumittee on Finance—H. Metzler, M, Fuet- scher, A, Dreimann, all of San Francisco. Committee on By-laws—C. Klein, F. Schu- macher, P. Workentin, all of San Jose. Committee on Credentials—C. Ber?mefier, C. Weckerli, B. Moser, all of 8an Francisco. Committee on Welfare—J. Bernhein, Theo- dore Beck, F. Waldi, all of Santa Cruz. Commitiee on Complaints—J. B. Reinhardt, Theodore Blodes, William Geistlich, all of San Francisco. After Past Grand Chief L. Krumb had returned thanks to the retiring officers on behalf of the Grand Ludge, the session was declared ad jonrned until next year. Last evening a banquet and ball was ten- dered the grand officers and delegates by the local lodges at California Hall. About 200 sat at the board. After the feast there was dancing far into morning. THE NEW FERRY DEPOT. Only California Materials to Be Used in Its Construction. Hugh Craig and 8. H. Tracy, represent- ing the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association, called upoh the Board of Har- bor Commissioners yesterday and requested them to use only California productsin the construction and furnisning of the new ferry-depot at the foot of Market street. Mr. Craig stated that there is no necessity of going out of the State for any of the ma- terial required in the ¢ :pot, except plain glass. Ornamental glass can be obtained here. Tke other materials, such as bricks, glazed bricks, tiling, slate, iron work, steel work, furniture, etc., can be pumhuzd from California producers and manu- facturers. 3 The committee was highli’?le_ued with the result of their visit, for President Col- non_assured them that all the materials used in the construction and furnishing of the depot will be of California l)roduchon. The Harbor Commissioners will alter their lans and_specifications so that only Cali- fornia products and materials will be used. The other Commissioners assented to Mr. Colnon’s promises. ————————— Nervous Prostration. 8. B. Sumner, a stenographer in Judge Cof- fey's court, fainted in court yesterday after- noon. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where Drs. Somers and Deane attended to him. They said he was suffering from nervous mu- tration caused by overwork. He had not n well for some time, and the heat in the court- room was too much for him. —————————— A New Bank. The Bank Commissioners yesterday received an application for a license for the Exchange Bank of Santa Ana, which will comz::enu busi- ness on August5. The license will be issued. The ctpiulglmck 15 $50,000 divided into 500 shares. Fifty per cent has been paid in. directors are: gghn McFadden, J. W. Towner, D. M, Dorman, 8. W. Smith, J. R. Keliy and M. M. Crooksbank. - NEW YORK—Arrived July 30—Stmr Aurania, from Liverpool and Queenstown: stmr Munchen, fi%‘:\lfd RJ l.m Stmr Havel, for Bremen. ul %— . QUEERB’{'O N—Arrived out July 30—Stmr Majestic. Ffi'mmnnavxn—Amm out July 80—Stmr GIBRALTAR—Arrived out July 80—Stmr Kai- ser Wilhelm 1L ‘GLASGOW—Arrlved out July 30—Stmr State of ebraska. SCILLY—Pagsed July 30—Stmr Spree, from New York for Bremen; stmr Prussla. from New York for Hamburg. LIZARD—Passed July 30—Stmr Indians, from Hamburg for New York. CON SULLIVAN'S CAREER, Clarence Barr’s Slayer Identi- fied by an Eastern News- paper Man. EX-CONVICT AND GAMBLER. A WIld Life of Crime and Bloodshed In Colorado and New Mexico Territory. The efforts of the man who killed Clarence Barr to convince the public that heis C.B. Henderson and not Con Sulli- van, the ex-convict and sure-thing gambler, will prove futile. Yesterday a well-known newspaper man, who has worked in the East, called at the City Prison and posi- tively identified him as Con Sullivan. He said: IXknow Sullivan and saw him soon after he came out of the State prison at Colorado, where he had been serving a term for shooting a man, but he was pardoned by the Governor before his term expired. That was about six ie." ago. He went to Albuquerque, New fexico, and there made his headquarters at the Mint saloon, which was then run by John Collingsworth. 'There were ail kindsof gam- bungfiolng on there;under the management of Lew Davis. Shortly after Sullivan arrived there were quite & number of complaints made by men who had been bunkoed. The method was this: Sullivan had made a set of dice that he could make turn up any number he desired. There was & train arriving on the Atchison and Topeka from the Eastat11 P.M. A train would depart for the south on the Atlantic and Pacific at 1 o’clock in the morning. Sullivan, who was a smoeth talker, would go to the depot and pick uj sucker and take him to & saloon called “The Little Hell,” the proprietor of which was in their confidence, and there shake for money with his loaded dice. After being fleeced the Victim usually went away on the 1 A. . train. One night Suliivan and Collingsworth, who was his confederate in these operations, picked up a Jewish peddler from Chicago on his way to Texas. The sharpers represented that they, 100, were going to Texas, and nsked the peddler to go out and have a drink. He would not shake dice, so they hit him on’the head with a slungshot and took his goid watch and chain and about $160 in money from him. The peddler could not get away On the train, so he had Collingsworth and Sullivan arrested for robbery. They had skipped out of town and were caught in a Mexican ranchero several miles away, where they were in hiding. Owing to numerous legal delays they wore out the patience of their victim, who, aiter spending about three months in Albuquerque, left in dis- gust, and the prosecution of the case fell through and they escaped their just deserts. During the progress of the prosecution against them they became hard up for ready cash and began to cast about for a means of Eemng money. At last they hit upon a plan. avis, the gambler in Collingsworth’s saloon, had a beautiful daughter,17 years of age. She was acknowledged as being the prettiest girl in that part of the Territory. Davis, it seems, was in some manner in Collingsworth’s power and the latter insisted upon marrying the girl, who, t0 save her father, complied with his demand. No sooner were they married than Collings- worth placed his girl-wife in a house of iil re- pute and soon after he was known to have money in plenty again. During the troubles he had lost his saloon. By the liberal use of money he and Sullivan managed to have the robbery cases continued until it was dropped for want of prosecution. The girl shortly aiter became so_thoroughly disgusted with her husband that she leit bim. The next heard of Suilivan he was in Los An- geles, and Collingsworth was aoing tin horn gambling in Denver. Sulliven, a little later, drifted into Oregon, where he was arrested in Portland and served a three months’ term for vngrnncy. His next ?romlnent appearance before the public was his killing of Barr in the Baldwin Hote! CALIFORNIA AT ATLANTA, Preliminary Waork for a State Exhibit at the Big Fair in Georgia. The State Board of Trade Appointsa Working Committee With Power to Act. e An interesting meeting of the trustees of the State Board of Trade was held yester- day to begin the work of sending a special exhibit of California products to the big fair that opens in Atlanta, Ga., in Septem- ber. The trustees decided to accept the space offered and make up the exhibit at once. Also to call upon the counties for the money as apportioned at the recent Su- pervisors’ convention. The Half-million Club will be asked for its stereoptican views, which will be used at the lectures at Atlanta. All the press associations and the San Francisco papers will be requested to support the efforts to make the exhibit a grand success. The Califorria Fish and Game Commis- sion will be invited to make an exhibit of the food fish in the waters of the State; the California Woolen Mills to display their roducts, and the Union Iron Works to Sn lay models of the warships constructed in San Francisco. Special exhibits of sugar ine and redwood lumber will be made. | gll of the counties will be asked to con- tribute literature descriptive of their locali- ties. A resolution was %:ssed that the State Board of Examiners be requested to expend in advertising the State the unap- propriated money not eernded for the “‘Resources of California” that was sent to the World’s Fair at_Chicago. A request will be made to all the counties having electric power facilities to prepare maps and give descriptions of the resources and and possibilities in this direction. The idea is to show the yast amount of electric energy that can be developed from the water power of the State. All of the Cah- fornia railroads will'be asked to contribute énnpa of all the railroad systems in the tate. The Chamber of Commerce of San Fran- cisco will furnish literature and a map, showing the commercial relation of San Francisco and means of communication with the world, and also furnish a map showing the commercial advantages of the construction of the Nicaragua canal, and the relation of the sea coast of California to the shortest practicable sailing route be- tween the western terminus of the Nica- ragua canal and the Asiatic ports. ice-President Emery and E. W. Maslin were ap ted as a committee to advise with and ' consult Manager Filcher in re- rd to contracts and other matters per- g to the details of sending the exhibit to Atlanta. This commiitee has full power to act. FOR HER ESTATE. Mrs. Hinckley Will To-Day Ask the Public Administrator to Surren- der the Blythe Property. Attorney W. W. Foote, representing Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley, filed the required $150,000 bond in Judge Coffey’s court yesterday to meet the payment of any judgments that may yet be obtained in the case. To-day he and his client and the other attorneys will appear before Public Administrator Freese to demand the distribution of the property as ordered by the court last October. The bond given is by the American Surety Company aud L. P. Dre: REDUOTIONS TO LABORERS, Cheaper Railroad Rates to Workmen Going to Fresno. Several days ago A. D. Owen of the Butler vineyard near Fresno sent to Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald for 150 to 200 men to pick grapes and cure raisins from September to November. The great ob- stacle in the way of filling this order was the railroad fare of $11, as but few of the unemployed have so much money to spare for any purpose. De uté C. L. Dam yes- terday called upon Mp oodman of the Southern Pacific relative to getting a re- duction. Mr. Goodman said that to the State’s Free Labor Bureau he would reduce the fare to $4 per man, one way, in carload lots of fiftg. The order for help was .quickly filled. Yesterday over 250 applicants for work registered.” Work was found for twenty- one men and eleven women. ALL FOR BELVEDERE. Spreckels’ Line of Red-Stack Tugs Will Be on Hand at the Night In Venice. In order to add to the features of the Night in Venice, to occur on the 3d of August in Belvedere, the Spreckels brothers have agreed to decorate their red-stack tugs and convey a throng of friends to the land of summer homes. They will line up bow on behind the yachts along the bar, and thus completely hedge in the scene of the water parade of launches, rowboats and arks. This will permit those occu- pying the tugs to have a magnificent, unobstructed view of the entire pro- gramme and at the same time lessen the crowd on land. Owners of yachts are spreading them- selves on decorations, and Photographer Bushnell says he will win the pennant offered as a prize for the most beautifully decorated yacht if he has to spend $500 1n ribbons and elegance. Others are operat- ing on the same lines, and it looks as if something very fine would be the result. The Belvedere Land Company have agreed to furnish a sufficient quantity of lanterns tolight up the places not occupied by dwellings. In order to accommodate those of the visitors who wish to ride about twenty buses will be on hand. Half of them will carry a white flag during the day and a white lantern in the evening, They will roceed up the road to the first turn at Dr. aines’ residence and then turn to ‘the right and go back to the boat by way of the scioolhouse road. Immediately after the fireworks, lasting until 9:30, this route will be reversed. Tfie remaining buses, carry- ing the red flag or red lantern, will take the beach road to the second turn at the Log Cabin, move to the right and return to the ferry slip by the schoolbouse road. Immediately after the fireworks this route will be reversed also. During the pyrotechnic display all teams must be off the beach road to the first turn at Dr. Haines’, driven to the bank at the wide portion of the road and tied until it is over. A diagram and a list of the residents of the island will be given each bus-driver to assist guestsin the location of their friends. Only invited guests will be allowed to en- ter the grounds or use the buses. The fare each way is set at 10 cents and compe- tent drivers will be provided to answer all questions for information. NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND —the bad habits and early vices of young men and their dis- astrous conse- quences. Young men and old men, those who suffer from nerv- ous debility and {3 exhaustion, the wasting away of " the vital strength and power from hidden drains or intemperate habits can readily find relief for body and mind by writing the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N. Y. They em- ploy a full staff of physicians and Spe- cialists, who treat at a distance by cor- ndence or at the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, all this class of diseases. Those who suf- fer from low spirits, irritable temper, a ‘“broken-down’’ nervous system, an such distressing symptoms as backache, dizziness, shooting painsin head or chest and indigestion, sexual excesses or abuses, all the result of exhausting dis- eases or drains upon the system,—will find a permanent cure after taking the special prescriptions sent them from the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute. This association of medical men have prepared a book written in plain but chaste language, treating of the nature, symptoms and curability, bfi‘home-tuat- ment, of such diseases. 'he World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Propri- etors, will, on receipt of this notice, with 10 cents (in stamps for postage) mail, sealed in plain envelope, a c;i; of this It should be re: y every useful book. ly:;mg man, parent and guardian in the The Key to the Situation —if you suffer from Sick or Bilious Headache, Constipa- tion, Indigestion, Bilious At- tacks, or any derangement of the stomach, liver and bowels —is Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel- lets. Mildly and gently, but thoroughly and effectively, . they cleanse, renovate and regulate the entire system. One little “‘ Pellet ” for a gentle laxative —three for a cethartic. 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FREE AS AIR Dr. McKenzie’s Catarrh Cure Can be Had at Joy’s. The celebrated Catarrh Cure of Dr. McKenzie has made a name for itself in the remote places of the Globe. Hundreds of testimonials by rich and poor attest the value of this Catarrh Cure. To prove its efficacy, FREE To prove its relief, To prove its worth, To prove its merit. A SAMPLE will be given to you free. The more chronic the case the better. CALL for free sample or treatment. E. W. JOY, BALDWIX PHARMACY | Cor. Market and Powell Sts. NEW TO'DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE C0. Cosing On Sl TAN SHOES THIS WEEK. We Have on Hand About 5000 Pairs of TAN SHOES “Which We Will Close Ont af less than WHOLESALE PRICES, As the Following Price List Will Show, ‘We have the Goods and will close them out. Pricesno object. Read the follow- ing net cash Price List of TAN SHOES And you will see that we are selling TAN SHOES for about one-half what you have been paying for them. It will pay any one to buy all the TAN SHOLS they need for this season during this sale. CH!SLDBE:N'S AND MISSES TAN BUTTON d tivs. LADIES' TAN BUTTON SHOES, heel or spring Teel, square toe and tip............$1 50 per pair. Regular price $2 50. LADIES' RAZOR TOE TAN BUTTON OR LACE SHOES, flexible soles ...81 75 per pair egular price $3. LADIES' FINE TAN KID BUTTON, latest style pointed or narrow square toes, light flexi- ble soles, a perect finished shoe.... B2 per pair Regular price §3 50, LADIES' FINEST QUALITY TAN KID BUT- TON or LACE SHOES, hand-turn soles, latest style pointed razor toes. ...83 per pair Regular price $5 per pair. LADIES' TAN OXFORD TIES, polnted or nar- TOW square toes. ..$1 per pair LADIES' TAN SOUTHERN TIES, pointed or DArTow square toes .81 50 per pair. LADIES' FINE TAN KID OXFORD TIES, hand turn soles, latest style pointed or square toes. $2 per pair, YOUTHS AND BOYS' TAN LACE SHOES, solid soles. Youths’ sizes, 11 to 2 $1 50. $175. Boys’ sizes, 2% to 534 1000 PAIRS OF MEN'S TAN CALF SHOES, Feguiarprice o WE WILL SELL ALL BLACK SHOES at the SAME PRICES. By the Above You Will See That You Have All to Gain and Nothing to Lose by Buying Your Shoes at NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. 812814 MARKET STREET, PHELAN BUILDING. Telephone 5527. LI PO TAI JR.’S Herb Sanitarium, No. 727 Washington St., Cor, Brenham Place, above the plaza, San Francisco, Cal. Office hours—9 A. M. to 2 M.,1to4and 5to 8 > = SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 1895. 618 Geary street. After three years of acute suffering from bron- chitis and insomnia and having been treated dur- Ing this time by physiclans of both the old and new schools without the slightest tmprovement I con sulted Dr. Li Po Tal Jr., who at once found the direct cause of the troubie. After a course of treat- ment with him I can pronounce myself ¢ 1 feel I owe my life to his skill. DORA LONG. 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