The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1895, Page 7

A THE SAN ¥FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, A{0GUST 6, 1895. 7 £ TUKSDAY. UST 6, 1895 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Too Much Johnson.” - CorvMniA THEATER—“All the Comforts of Lome.” o Nonosco's OPERA-HOUSE — By Order of the r IVOLT OPERA-HOUSE—“Martha.” THigh-Class Vaudeville. H THEATER (OAKLAND)—“A Black ARD OF TRADE EXWIBIT.—575 Market Second. Open daily. Admission free. CANIFORNIA STATE FAIR—Sacramento, Septem 2to BaY DisTRICT TRACK.—Races. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS. EXCURSION TO the Southern Pacific Co., on Su TAUCTION SAL N & ELDRI v Salesrooms, REEIN C Thursday. t Salesrc [ "IN BRIEE. Is postponed to Novems com- last evening o residents are eager for the running of eckels and Miss terested ators. suit against for $350, Mrs. Isabella ed yesterday. Mrs. A. J. M her sister, Mrs. Ar n Chinatown last night, the Sam Yups being quietly tate Board of Trade h for the California er is 91 days ont from . About 65 days is Valley road directors will to-day for grading the sec- ician from St. Louis, a charge of battery dlady. viso has been overhauled meke her trial trip from t wharf to-day. Clerk Curry and the Treasurer have #80,000 of inheritance tax, which ¢ goes o the school fund. of Mock Tai, accused of murder in on_the night of July 12, has been 1 until 2 P. 3. to-mOTrOW. 101 meeting of the District Grand ie of colored Odd Fellows was in Alcazar building. d on Alcatraz Island shows that nes are not precre- e cretaceous period. _shoemaker, 63 years old, cide by taking morphine yester- at the Colton House, on Third 1d had an unpleas- ver last SBaturday. fellow beat a hasty on to Congress has been be ready for sig- a former owner of d words about the its present man- able to be used in operating | Fillmore-street line on steep | | me states that bronze would be & > metal thap white metal In ngel for the n, a horseshoer on Jessie was arrested last evenin be argued before Judge morning. railroad companies in the r submitted a report to the rs, as required by law, been notlfied to do so. ¥ of Sciences held a regular meet- and adopted resolutions on Pro- n’s removal which will probably ident Cleveland and to Congress. Sjocum, & cigarette “fiend,” was ty Jail for ten days by Judge day for disturbing the peace, | escaped being charged with | Girardin, a waiter at Delmonico’s res- | n as arrested yesterday afternoon for ring the room of John Byrne, a guest, and | g a diamond scarfpin, diamond breoch | 4 of Supervisors—or the Solid Eight, ially raised the tax rate as | nance Commitiee at the | y. The board adjourned until ,an old-time strect-beggar, was | Toom At 174 Jessie street. The | din ner says death was due to natural causes, She had no money. and no friends and will be buried by the Cit¥. Burglars entered the residence of H. S. ent 702} 4 Post street, on Saturday after- ing the temporary absence of the , and several hundred dollars’ worth of y was stolen. Captain Mathew T 's latest vessel. the | sw schooner Kodia! 1t to take the place rait of that name lost last April on the 1 coast, is lying at the foot of Steuart street almost ready for sea. Manager Dailey of the Alcazar company, sentenced by Judge Murphy 1o three days’ im- prisonment for contempt in _producing “The 1e of & Century,” was released yesterday & writ of habeas COrpus. Italian woman, whose name is supposed frs. Rose Pagano, and her two children, from New Yor! erday morning | her husband, were given quarters Prison last night. juror was sworn to try . He is Horace S At the noon i at the prisoner, but was Chief Jailer Sattler, The officers of the steamer Monticello, which arrived here from Seattie in a dis- lition, are to be prosecuted by the Yederal autnorities upon n charge of taking a vessel to sea without being legally qualified. Frank H. Morrison, the driverof & milk- wagon, was accidentally shot in the® head by Lubinis Vasilicovich, night-cook in the coffe house, 1210 Polk street, at an early hour y terday morning and isin & critical condition. The Congregational Ministers' Monday Club has deci 1o allow reporters to attend its meetings. The Presbyterians and Baptists are clusive and the Methodists are the only who willingly shed their light upon the the Durrant vth of 2127 ain Lees received a letter and photo- rom the Warden of the California State ntiary, which leave no room for doubt 3. Henderson, the slayer of Clarence 1 8. Sullivan, an ex-convictand con- f nan. A quantity of human bones were unearthed by some workingmen 1n the rear of the Inter- nationsal restaurant, 825 Kearny street. They were " wrap in & piece of newspaper, and Coroner Hawkins is of the opinion that they belonged to & Chinese. Four of the vadancies on the police force caused by the recent resignations and promo- tions, have been filled by thelollowlng:gpolm- ments: John T. Edner, stove finisher, 35 years of age; Cleveland Peters, painter, 2! N. Beach, machinist, 33; and Joseph N. bon, portrait artist, 35. There are still people wanting to adopt little Lois Edwerds, the four-year-old_child who sur- vived the tul tragedy at 1157 Market street Jast v She is now in charge of George K. Edwards, her father’s cousin, but Le Roy Ern- stine of Kirkwood, Tehama County, also wants her, She will remain with her relatives. A. A. Collins of Oakland declares that the di- vision in the Afro-American League will result | luck. On her way down to this port she | shape of all the Mathew Turner craft. Her AROUND THE WATER FRONT The Steamer Monticello Floun- dering in a Zone of Hard Luck. A NEW SCHOONER EKODIAK. Mysterious Trople Visitor to the Ship Ropes Off the Stormy Cape Horn. The little passenger steamer Monticello which arrived here from Seattle recently to run between San Francisco and Vallejo seems to have sailed into a zone of hard broke down, and was picked up by the schooner Bessie K. The towline parted at night, and the two vessels drifted apart. The steam collier San Benito happened to come up, and towed the Monticello into harbor. This rescue was the proverbial passage from the frying pan into the fire, for the rescuer was in the employ of te Southern Pacific Railioad Company. To & man up a treeit appeared as though ago Horace Johnson was an engineer on the company’s line in Nevada. Hisengine was a very hard one to keep in repair and during a long run something went wrong with the injector check valve. Johnson went out on the running board to tap it down and while doing so a lurch of the engine threw him off and he was killed. His widow, Eliza Ann Johnson, brought suit to recover $50,000 damages, and a jury in the United States Circuit Court of Nevada gave her $25,000. Tater Mrs. Johnson offered to take $15,000, but the company refused the compromise and carried the case to the higher court. In reversing the decision of the lower body their honors held that there was con- tributary negligence and that the court below should have so instructed the jury. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ROAD Bids for Grading Section 2—Another Locomotive Arrives at Stock- ton. Ata commitiee meeting of directore of the San Francisco and Ban Joaquin Valley Railroad held yesterday afternoon there were opened twenty-five bids for grading the second section of the road, from the eastern boundary line of the city of Stock- ton to the Stanislaus River, a distance of twenty-three miles. What the bids were the committee declined to state, as the fig- ures are to be presented to the directors at the meeting of the board to be held this afternoon. It was stated, however, that the bids were low. The award will be made at that meeting and the work will have to be commenced within ten days. The company hus received at Stockton AT THE CITY THEATERS, How “Too Much Johnson” Was Received at the Baldwin Theater. “BY ORDER OF THE (ZAR." Farewell Performances by the Frawley Company—The Tivoll and Orpheum. The Baldwin was crowded last night with people so ready and willing to laugh that “Too Much Johnson” need not have been nearly so good & performance to have satisfied them. Gillette’s slightest word, his merest hint of expression was enough. The audience was bubbling over with | laughter before the end of the first act; the company was enthusiastically recalled at the end of the second, and when the play closed there wasn’t & smileless man or woman in the house. There have been funnier comedies than “Too Much Johnson,” but it is long since San Francisco has been invited to enjoy THE NEW CRACK SOCHOONER KODIAC. [Sketched by a “ Call™ artist.] that great corporation was returning good | for evil in assisting a vessel that was des- | tined to bea competitor in bay-passenger | traffic. But the man up a tree erred in his observations, for the Seattle boat was | libeled by the company for salvage. The full value of the steamer was de- | manded, it being claimed that she was a | derelict with her officers'and crew aboard. | The owners gave a bond, the case was set for heartng and the boat was repaired for her new field of labor. She is to begin running to Vallejo next Friday, with Cap- tain Clement Randall as her master. But the luckless craft is not out of the beit of hard weather, for the Federal offi- cials have been mysteriously informed that she left Puget Sound under officers who were not legally qualified to navigate & vessel at sea. It was also stated that she was not prop- erly cleared at the port of departure, as to | do so her master and engineers would have to show that they were properly licensed to go outside. The Inspector of Hulls and | Boilers has turned the papers over to the United States District Attorney, who will | commence proceedings against the steamer | andher officers. The penalty in the case | of Captain H. T. Stream and Engineers A. | E. Le Ballister and G. F. Park 1s $500 each, and of the Hatch Brothers, owners, $100 apiece. If the vessel was not legally cleared she may be confiscated. Captain Mathew Turner of Benicia has turnediout anotherschooner to take theplace of the Alaska Packing Company’sschooner Kodiak, lost on the northern coast April 14. The new Kodiak ig 117 feet in length, 25 feet beam and 11 feetin depth, and of about 175tons burden. Sheisa pretty vessel with a clean yachtish run, not unlike the famous Vigilant, and has the graceful mainmast is 82 feet long and her main boom 80 feet in length, giving some idea of her great spread of canvas. She lies at the foot of Stenart street, being finished up for her first trip North in a few weeks. In the meantime Captain Peterson - issues an invitation for the crack yachts to come out on the bay when the Kodiak II makes her trial trip. The barkentine Gleaner is out ninety- one days from a Chilean nitrate port, and, view of the fact that she was only pro- oned for the usual run, sixty-five or seventy days, much anxiety is occasioned by her long delay. The American ship A. G. Ropes, while off Cape Horn in the midst of stormy and freezing weather, was boarded by an un- ususl visitor in the shape of a green parrot. As the wind was biowing toward the shore, which was twenty miles distant, it _could not have come from that wintry land, and, as no vessel was in sight, the manner in which that bird of the tropic zone got in that icy locality is a mystery, and its few words of Spanish, “all its stock and store,” cannot make the matter plain, First Mate Boyd is working during his_off-watch hours teaching the stranger sufficient Eng- lish to tell the fate of the ship it left, per- chance foundering off the stormy cape. Ah Loy,a Chinese merchant, who has been living in Los Angeles for fifteen years, was gent back to China last Satur- day on the City of Peking. He committed murder in the Flowery Kingdom twenty years ago, and while serving an imprison- ment for the crime killed a guard and escaped to this country, This coming to the knowledge of the Federal officials he was deported as a criminal under the Geary act. If Ah Loy does not commit suicide or succeed in’ escaping from the steamer in some Japanese port he will be instantly beheaded upon ~reaching his native land. The steamer Homer, which was run into by the Arago off Coos Bay, is lying on the shore near Mansfield, where she was beached to prevent her from sinking. As she was not nadlK crushed by the collision jt is probable that she will be rescued from her berth on the beach. The steamer State of California came down from Portland last week with her engines in charge of Assistant Engineer Scanlan, as Chiet Engineer Kress left the | vessel at Portland to hurry to San Fran- cisco by rail to attend the funeral of his son. The boy was 19 years of age, a prominent Native Son and a very popular young man. THE DISTRIOT OOURT REVERSED. Eliza Ann Johnson Loses Her Suit Against the Southern Pacific. in the reorganizing of the old or the establish- ment of & new organization on non-golitical lines, and refers to the excellent paper of Mrs. 5. W.'Layton as being of a_character in accord with the true objects of a league congress, The Southern Pacific Railroad Company won another victory over unfortunate litigants in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterdav, About two vears another locomotive, the third within ten days. This is No. 1, the others being num- bered 2 and 3, respectively. These are be- ing put in working condition as rapidly as possible. DEATH BY | ASPHYMIATION, Dr. Frederick H. White Unin- tentionally Turns on the Gas. Hls Mother Says He Returned Very Tired and Sleepy From Belvedere. The death of Dr. Frederick H..-White on Sunday morning at his home, 1002 Polk | street, by asphyxiation was accidental. Mrs. Emma White, mother of the de- ceased, said yesterday that she was satis- fied his death was accidental. He had been over to Belvedere on Saturday night with some friends and returned bome about 2 o’clock Sunday morning. He had worked Dr. Frederick H. White, Who Died From Asphyxiation. [From a photograph.j hard all day in the office of Dr.R. L. Walsh, 8153 Geary street, and after the out- ing across the bay complained of being very tired and as supposed by the family made haste to retire. “The manner in which he dropped his clothes on chairs, contrary to his usual custom oq;{mnin his clothes away care- fully,” said Mrs. White, ‘‘is evidence to me that he was tired and slee; y. I think he must have stood on the bed to_extinguish the gas and caught his sleeve in the key, which was quite loose, and so turned the gas on. My aaughter discovered him at 8 o’clock 1n the morning.” The deceased was born at Aurora, Nev., and came to San Francisco with his mother and sisters five years ago to attend the University of California Dental College, whence he graduated last June, He was 22 years old. The remains will be taken by the mother and sisters to-day to Carson, Nev., for burial. e e New Corporations. The Oaxaca Coffee Plantation Company, to do business at Oaxaca, Mexico, was incorpo- rated yesterday On a $500,000 capital stock the amount already subscribed is $139,000. The holders are: Romualdo Pachegco of this city, $131,000; Carlos Halla, O. D. Greene, P. ). H. Farrell, Hugh Hume, Charles W. Kohl: L. R. saat, W. J. Russeil, Eli H. Murray and Ellert, $1000 each. TkehAmertul;:l Power ‘:sdb'flg;‘ Wlheell;;:om. been incorporat ries Boone, fx'."riu-'fi. , A, lxoflu. Marie, D. E. Alexan- der and R. M. Clements, who have subscribed gxooo in equal shares, on a capital stock of 900, 000. —_—————— The Survival of the Fittest. By retninin'g your baggage checks until you reach San Francisco and leaving same at any of our offices you will save money in the transfer of your baggnse. Trunks, 35 cents each. Morton Special Delivery, 650 Market street éChronicle bnilding), 408 Tavlorstreet and Oakland Ferry Depot.* them. Gillette’s new play is clean and rather clever; it has many humorous situ- ations, a lot of natural conversation, a few excellent scenes and a serious bit 6f acting between Mr, and Mrs. Augustus Billings which is very prettily and effectively done. The play is not alarmingly reason- able, but it is ingeniously constructed and asks for no favor from its audience ex- cept a desire to be amused. The curtain should fall a few minutes sooner. Billings’ leisure, airy departure from the web of lies he has woven on the Cuban plantation is the natural end of the story; the audi- enc[e may safely be trusted to imagine the rest, The company is a capable one. Gillette's comedy consists of continually smoking cigars, in telling falsehoods with grace and facility, in preserving an imperturbable calmnessin the midst of exciting events and in being utterly but sweetly conscienceless— save in the one serious scene with his wife, when his laconic, commonplace sentences become full of expression and suggestion of deeper feehn% Despite all this and his immaculate and extensive wardrobe, Gil- lette is not the star of his own troupe. His calm, white radiance is outshone in the fiery rays of the Johnson, who is too much. Mr. Delmore’s acting makes all of the hagrenings in Cuba almost probable. He fills the role completely; in voice, accent, personal appearance and manner he is just what he should be. The little scene between Billings and Johnson which precedes their drinking together is one of the best in the play. Miss Haslam plays her part gracefully and naturally, with never a suspicion of over-acting. Miss Meek s an excellent mother-in-law, Mr. Bell is a good Monsieur Dathis, and the rest of the cast is altogether satisfactory. Miriax MICHELSON. The Columbia, Last night was souvenir night at the Colum- bia Theater and the first of the farewell per- formances of the Frawley Company. This pretty bijou of a theater was crowded by the friends of the performers who for months have costributed to the enjoyment of theater-goers by theircharming rendition of the various parts that were assigned to them. That charming comedy,“All the Comforis of Home,” by Gillette was the play presonted. It was given with all iis force and effects, each of the participants doing his or her utmost to deserve the approba- tion of the audience. To-night the same play will be &)l’odnced. To-morrow night it wifl be followed by “The Arabian Nights,” a popular farce-comedy. Last evening each Jady who at- tended was given & souvenir cabinet photo- graph of & group of the members of the com- pany. Morosco’s Opera-House, “By Order of the Czar,” & Russfan play in five acts, was presented last night for the first time at Morosco's Grand Opera-house to a large audience. It is one of the most attractive plays that has ever been placed on the stage at this house, and the stage setting and costumes of the performers are unusually attractive, As the curtain rose on the final scene, showing the reception-room in the Czar’s Winter Palace at St Petenbur§ a round of l'pgl‘ul! was ihe tribute to the skill of the mAchinists who sec the scene. Scenes in theotheracts were equally marvelsofsceniceffect. Thestory of the play is a scandal involving the betrayal of a young woman and the honor of three officers ot the TImperial guard, their denunciation by the in- jured girl who seeks justice, their condemna- tion by the Czar and banishment to Siberia. The situations are striking, the dialogue is good, the tableau at the close of each act a splendid one. In the charseter of Caraissa, a young musician whose accu- sation caused fhe banishment of the officers, Maud Edna Hall showed a clear conception of the part she had assumed and acted it with a naturalness that won for her many rounds of applause. Edmond Hayes gave a splendid representation of the Emperor of all the Rus- sias. The other characters were well sustained. The play will be fiven every night this week, and it is sure to fill the house nightly, The Tivoli. That ever popular lyric opera “Martha,” by Von Flotow, was the one offered to the patrons of the Tivoli Opera-house last evening with Laura Millard in the character of Lady Harriet, maid of honor to Queen Anne, and rge H. Broderick in the character of Plunkett, a wealthy young farmer. The character of Lionel was taken by Martin Pache. Broderick, who s 8 new basso at this house, has a goodl voice and he was well received. In the scene between Lionel and Lady Harriet, who to him was known as Martha, Miss Millard when asked to sing & song rendered with much sweetness “Thie Last Rose of Summer,” her effort being rewarded with loud applause, a handsome bunch of roses and an encore. To-night Alice Nielsen will appear in this role, the two singers alternating during the week. ¥ The Orpheum. There was & crowded house at the Orpheum last night to enjoy & most pleasant emter- tainment made up of many numbers, Les Freres Martinettis, daring and graceful acro- bats,enthused the audience to such s pitch that the performers appeared again and again. The Metropolitan Three, ‘‘soloists, duetists and trioists,”” as they Aare an- nounced, gave & very clever and enter- 1aining musieal number and soow made them- selves favorites. Guibal, a prestidigitateur with a European reputation, astonished those present with & number of well-periormed sleight-of-hand tricks. The other artisis served to make up a splendid programme. M. C.HALEY TOTALLY DEAF The ex-County Clerk Entirely Loses His Hearing and It Is Saild Will Not Recover It. ‘Ex-County Clerk M. C. Haley has been stricken with deafness. He has been deaf in one ear for six or seven years and he has for a long time been fearing further trouble and has been under the advice of a special- 1st. It seems that the nerves of those organs were paralyzed and some two or three weeks ago signs came on that the second ear was in danger. He has been out in the country some time and about a week ago he became so deaf that he could not hear the reportof a cannot. It is said that he cannot possibly recover his hearing. —— THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, Five Very Ordinary Events Make Up To-day’s Rac- ing Card. Suro the Joker WIIl Be Glven An- other Chance to Fool His Backers. Matters in generai around the racetrack are very dull at present, the majority of owners possessing any sort of a fairish racer giving their horses a let-up prepara- tory to the Sacramento race meeting, where some very tempting inducements are offered owners. Joe McCarthy, the popular young trainer of the Pleasanton stable, will shortly take up some two-year-plds that he thinks will take their place in the crackajack division. Dick Ledgett was out driving at the beach Sunday in a cart behind Favor Jr., a horse belonging to Nick Hall’s string. He showed up well in his work, but went wrong, and was thrown out of training. Lovdal and the other recent purchases at the Haggin sale belonging to Burns and Waterhouse will soon be on their way to California under charge of Jimmie McCor- mick, the firm’s new trainer. Lovdal was sent to Chicago to win the Ullman handi- cap, but_judging by his performances in the far East he would have cut but a small figure in the classic Western event. The colonel, it is said, has his eye on some handicap horses in the Bast and may bring a couple along with him to race in the Burns and Waterhouse colors at the com- ing winter meeting. %he big Mariner gelding Suro is receiv- ing a course of instructions over the sticks. Not many moons ago Suro was one of those ‘“‘real good things” of which the turf furnishes so many. To the rail-birds he had beén known for some time back as Little Willie and they had notoverlooked hisfast work-outs. Little Willie was hard]{ an appropriate pame for the gelding, for 1 Froportion! he is little smaller than a armer’s barn. Althoush keyed up under “Happy Jack” Winfield’s tutulage, Nick Hall was understood to be his owner. On the auspicious day Little Willie came up in a sprinting dash under the name of Suro and after the usual “‘end stall confabs” those let in on the dark secret hammered his price down in the books from 10 to 4 to 1. {‘)he common rabble was wondering who Suro was. Could it be that mountain of bone and horsehide, with the blanket on and bunches on his legs resembling a baseball- catcher’s hands, that had warmed through the stretch in about a minute “fanned out’’? Surely he wouldn't do. Well, that might have been Suro, but it wasn’t. Suro was warmed up out on one of the by- streets: and was receiving his finishing touches in his stable while the counterfeit SBuro was beguiling the public. It wasa piece of strategy worthy the brainof a Napoleon. It went, through; at least the race did. But.Suro! he was numbered among the also rans, and turf history re- cords another *‘good thing” that crawled. Racing will be resumed to-day with five very ordinary events. The entries are as follows: First race, five-eighths of & mile, selling— Red Will 100, Royal Spirit 109, Favory 156, Red Dick 104, Morgan G 97, Little Pete 96, Lee Stanley 106, Model 100, Addie M 95, Claire 105, Monarch 97, Josie G 102, John Capron 97. Second race, five-eighths of & mile, selling, for two-year-olds—Charles Boots 112, Encino 102, Irene E 91, Dancing Girl 97, Sir Collier 95, Josephine 99, Cheripe 94. Third race, apout three-quarters of a mile, selling—Vernon 91, Sir Richard 107, Bernardo g;!, Ricardo 98, Mamie Scott 89, Greenback Jr Fourth race, seven-eighths of ‘s mile—Thorn- hill 108, Royal Flush 114, Ali Baba 100, Charmion 85, Howard 109. Fifth race, one mile, nuin%—chnmer 101, Bell Ringer 106, Miss Garvin 88, Harold Lewis 101, Bobolink 104, Tke L 90 CABLE AND ELECTRICITY. The Auxiliary Rope on the Fillmore- Street Line ¥ound to Work Well. The new auxiliary cable to be used in moving the cars of the Fillmore electric line up and down the steep grade between Green street and Broadway was tested yes- terday morning for the first time in the presence of H. H. Lynch, superintendent of construction of the Market-street rail- way system, other officials of the road and a large number of citizens. The grades, the steepest in the City on which cars run, had been found to be too steep for cars to be moved on them with safety, and it was concluded to use a cable for a distance of two blocks from Broadway to Green street. Vallejo street is 70 feev higher than Green street and Broadway 76 feet higher than Vallejo street. In the center of Fillmore street, south of Broadway, there was constructed a brick vault in which was placed a heavy castiron wheel. A similar wheel was placed under- ground south of Green street. Around these there is a heavy wire cable running through channels similar to those used on cable-roads. Under each slot there is a strong steel carriage that runs on a special track and is attached to the cable and so arranged that each moves as if in a top and bottom groove. Through the slot there is heavy projecting rod with an eye at the end.” At one end of each car is a long V-shaped iron attachment which is free to rise or fall with the grade over which the car passes, This, by a heavy bolt, is con- nected with the rod of the tnvaling car- riage, and the car is ready to move. In order to operate this portion of the road an ascending car must be at the foot and a descending car at the top of the ade. When the descending car starts own the grade, moved by the trolley cur- rent, the weight of the seven and a hall ton vehicle starts the cable, and at the same time the ascending car is hauled up- ward, the trolley and current nuiafi:n. ‘When the current is shut off the cars come to a standstill on the steepest por- tion of the grade. The trisl made with two cars was a per- fect success from the start, and these were run all day, As soon as all the cars are provided with the coupling attachments they will run to Bay street, the northern terminus of the road, ——————————— Suicide by Morphine. An old shoemaker named John Bennett, 63 years of age and single, committed suicide in room 85 of the Colton House, 220 Third street, Knurd. afternoon by taking morphine. He ad been away from where he was employed for ‘:avrenlpldnyl unnd had nygh :non:'y -li‘ t. n}: note of explanation nor an ing oW he had any relatives was found on him. ANSWER TO BABY JOHN." f The Charges of Fraud Made by Mrs. Isabella J. Martin Denied. NO BRIBES FOR THE JURORS. Defendants Declare They Had No Communication With the Jury During the Trial. The first of the answers in the suit of Mrs. Isabella J. Martin, as the guardian of John B. Martin Jr., against E. B. Pond, administrator of Henry Martin's estate, Arthur Rodgers and May E. Martin, was filed yesterday by Attorney Van R. Pater- son, representing Arthur Rodgers. The general facts relating to the will and the celebrated contest are admitted, though it is denied that fraud was used in obtain- ing a verdict, and then the defendant says: This defendant denies that said defendants or any of them combined or conspired together or with any persou to corruptly or collusively or at all influence several or any or either of the jurors in said case, and denies that the de- fendants or any of them or this defendant did lmgroper}y or corruptly or at all influence sev- eral or any or either of the jurors in said case to render a verdict in favor of said defendant, May E. Martin, or against the validity of said alleged will of February 23, 1893, or at all. And this defendant aenies that said May E. Martin furnished the money or any money for said alleged purpose, and denies that the said defendants, Pond and Rodgers, or either of them, at any time while said cause was on trial, gecretly or in_any way interviewed said jurorsorany of them, or learned from said jurors or from any of them that they or any of them thought ‘Baby John," meaning the plaintiff, was entitled to the money, to wit: To the one-third mentioned in said alleged will of Fenruary 23, 1893, or any money or property: and denles that thereupon, or ever, oratall, said defenddnts, Pond and Rodgers, or either of them, said to said_jurors, or to any or either of them, that they, the jurors, would never et e cent outof Mrs. John B. Martin, for she has mothing. It is denied that any Weaverville clothes- closet evidence had been intentionally left out of the case, that any money was used to bribe the jury,or that there was any collusion or frand. The following admis- sion is the conclusion of the answer: This defendsnt admits that it was not pos- sible to discover the alleged facts constituting such alleged fraud 8o as to present the same to the court for rellei on that ground for more then six months after the judgment was pro- nounced by the court on such verdict, and after the time prescribed by law for relief by motion or appes; or any other proceeding in said cause, and further alleges that it was not possible for the plaintiff to discover the said alleged facts at any time; but this defendant denfes that said impou(bfiit{‘of dfscovery was on account or by reason of the Ille"ed wls or manner in which such verdict was obtained as in said complaint alleged, and alleges on the contrary that said impossibility was on _ac- count and by reason of the fact that said al- leged facts were and are wholly untrue and had and have no existence. OHARGES BY HER SISTER. Mrs. Arthar Rodgers Appears as the Defendant in a Suit for $350,000. A suit against Mrs. Elizabeth A. Rod- gers, wife of Arthur Rodgers, for $350,000, was filed in the Superior Court yesterday by the defendant’s sister, Mrs. Kittie Mor- rison. The claim is based on alleged as- sistance given to Mrs. Rodgers eleven years ago in bringing about her marriage to Alexander Montgomery and in securing to her the immense estate of the million- aire. Arthur Rodgers, the attorney, is made a arty in the suit as the husband of the de- endant, and in the same manner Andrew J. Morrison is made a co-plaintiff, though hie really is not concerned in the litiga- tion. Attorney Arthur Rodgers was informed of the filing of Mrs, Morrison’s complaint by a CALL reporter. “I had no knowledge of such a condition of things said Mr. Rodgers, ‘“‘nor did Mrs. Rodgers. We have been summering at our home in Marin County near Camp Taylor for the last two months,and neither o§ !‘cs’ so far as I know, had an intimation of it. “As far as the relationship between Mrs. Rodgers and her sister Kitty is concerned it has been of the most affectionate nature and Mrs, Rodgers has more personal re- gard for her than for any other individual living. What the complaint means I am at a loss to know. “‘So far as the Sanitarium at Livermore is concerned, and the charges that Mrs. Rodgers and myself had Mrs. Morrison in- carcerated in the same, that only presents itself to me in this way: Mrs. Morrison not lonf ago became seriously ill after the birth of her child. The strain upon her Bhy:ic;l nature made her nervous, and r. Henry Gibbon instructed ber to go to the Sanifarium at Livermore where she could find rest and medical attention, to- gether with quiet. “However, I am completely at sea re- garding the whole thing, and until my wife and I have read the complaint, neither of us will be prepared to discuss it intelligently. ANTI-BOSS DEMOORATS. A Club Organized in the Thirty-Seventh Assembly District. Between 300 and 400 Democrats in the Thirty-seventh Assembly District met in Mowry's Hall, corner of Grove and Laguna streets, last night to organize a club. The district was well represented and enthu- siasm found expression in numerous anti- boss speeches. The meeting was called to order by Harry Mulcready. Harry M. Kelley was elected temporary chairman and Joseph F. Curtin secretary. William Brannan was elected corresponding secretary, to hold office until the permanent organiza- tion is effected next week. A committee on permanent organization was appointed as follows: James Burns, Martin Hughes, Harry Mulcready, Tim Nuhan, William Egan.” After a short_dis- cussion bearing on the Democratic welfare of the district the meeting adjourned until next Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Chairman Mulcready said the club was anti-boss from beginning toend. * “FROM THE LOWEST LEVEL" A STORY OF MINING LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. By J. H. WyTHE JR. { TrE CALL has secured the right to pub- lish this charming story in serial form, and the first chapter will appear next Saturday. It is customary to publish such contribu- tions in the Sunday edition of Tae CArLr, but the author has conscientious scruples against having any of his productions pub- lished in the Sunday edition of any paper, and in deference to his convictions THE Cary has agreed to print this story in the Saturday issues only, beginning next Sat- urday. TrE OALL devotes a great deal of attention to excellent articles on Western Themes by ‘Western men and Western women, ROYAL Baking Powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.—U. S. Government Report. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. — e e AL AT HEATRE Y PROPS. l NOTHING DISTU .BS ME! | Tu’“'GHT' Every Evening This Week. Matinee Saturday. THE IRRESISTIBLE COMEDY, TOO MUCH JOHNSON A STUDY IN LAUGHTER, with WILLIAM GILLETTE ana ALL THE ORIGINAL COMPANY. (Management of Charles Frohman). Aefnbio Ghaalte, PRICDLANOLR.GOTTLOD & Co- LESSES ATDMANAGERS -+ 1T THE INAUGURATES | FAREWELL FINELY WEEK oF THE ——FRAWLEY COMPANY—— Packed Again Last Night. — T O=INIGEXT" “ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME.” Wednesday and Thursday.... B s THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’? 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