The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. THEY TRIED T0 DIE The Repeated Efforts of Mother and Son to Commit Suicide. THE CAUSE WASPOVERTY Arthur H. Dodge Planned De- liberately, but Failed in Execution. BOTH EXPECTED TO LIVE. Wrote Letters to Friends Then Swal- lowed Several Doses of Mor- phine and Chloroform. Arthur H. Dodge, s printer by trade, one time editor and owner of the San Miguel Courier, and well known in this City from his connection with publishing enter-| prises and his activity in reform move- | ments, made several determined efforts to take his life Wednesday night and yester- day at his home in San Rafael. i Heisa zle man and lives with his | mother. She not only approved the tragic plan, but joined him in the effort to cross | the life line. The intimation of the intended suicide was contained in two letters which reached this City yesterday ‘evening. They were addressed to well-known persons, who im- w ely set about to verify the state- | ments made in them and to prevent, ii‘ possible, the double suicide. What the letters contained was found to | be true enough, but the efforts to stop the | rash act came too late. Already the poison | had been taken—repeated doses of mor- | phine and chloroform—and it was only { fate that intervened and kept the would-be | suicides alive. At half-past 6 o’clock Wednesday even- | ing both the mother and son began their | tragic work. It was very deliberately | planned, but not so well executed. Aside from these two letters, both of which were mailed so as to reach this City nearly twenty-four hours after the suicide, no | other intimation of their intentions was | given. At the hour named Wednesday night | both swallowed five grains of morphine and then lay down to die. The dose was too large, it seems, or the | stomachs of the despondent ones too weak | to Id the drug long enough for it to | assimilate and enter the circulation. A few hours later both regained con- City and when they are sold you will be paid. * * * Good-by, my dear friends, the first to encour- age and assist me in San Miguel and the first to do anything for me in my present troubles: Very sincerely, ARTHUR H. DODGE. LATER—MYy last wish is that my few friends will not throw away any money in defraying our funeral expenses. If Single Taxers have any money to spare let it be put into the Dela- ware campaign. My hypocritical, mercenary, wealthy relatives can weil afford to do this. A.H.D. The omitted portions in the above Jetter contain references to purely personal and altogether immaterial matters. In the following letter Dodge discusses, in the ab- stract, the question and the causes of suicide. He writes: SAN RAFAEL, Cal., August 21, 1895. My Dear Friend: * * * If youspeak of this affair of mine kindly state that it is notdue to “despondency,” but & series of misfortunes. A terrible drought, a panic and the foreclosure of a mortgage striking me simultaneously, to- gether with failure to find employment, renders this deed necessary. And suiciaes will increase until every man and woman capable of thinking about matters other than their own petty affairs grapple with the social prob- lem, which, as some one truly says, is “the man out of ajob.” Fifty years ago there was no “labor question,” because no inyoluntary idle labor. Then is not the idle labor question the idle land question? Yours very truly, ArTHUR H. DODGE. Several years ago Dodge purchased the San Miguel Courier, and conducted it ably until two succeeding dry seasons brough* the farmers and merchants of his district h a pass that they could not support the journal. Then Dodge sold out for what he could get, or was sold out by the Sheriff. Any- way he secured some Ocean View lots in exchange for relinquishing his newspaper property. These were not worth much, and he had long since disposed of the last one before he reached the extremity that made him court the inevitable that other men shrink from and fear. He was an active and enthusiastic single- tax advocate and the author of a book called “The Socialist: Popular Errors.” He worked as a printer in this City, off and on, quite recently, and spent most of his time here. He 1s about 27 years of age and comes of a good family in the East. His health has been none the best for some time past, and it is thought by his friends in this City—by those who canuot see a sufficient reason for the act in the | cause assigned by Dodge himself—that it was a state of mind produced by his ill health which brought him to make such determined attempts to end his life. Dodge is very well known in this City, not only among the single taxers, but also among the printers and publishers. They speak well of him, and deplore what they call his rash act. But evidently, from the manner in which it was planned, it was anything but rash. He has many friends here who would readily have tided him over temporary financial difficulties, but from some of these Dodge had already borrowed. He saw nothing ahead, so tried to die, but the fates would not permit it. The latest reports from San Rafael last sciousness and began vomiting violently. “It was nearly 10 o’clock when we awoke | and began throwing off the poison,” Arthur | Dodge told friends that went to see him last evening. ““All night long we suffered tortures and vomited at intervals, but the death we prayed for would not come. There was no | more poison in the house to take, and if | there had been, we were both too sick and weak to have gone after it. So we must lie still and suffer, hoping for the end that would not come.” In the morning the son was strong| enough to get up. He went to the drug- store and purchased a bottle of chloroform. This was just before noon. Again mother and son tried what they fondly hoped would bring oblivion with it. : But again the vomiting commenced, this | time sooner than before. The poison re- fused to do its work. At 2 o'clock Arthur Dodge went again to | the drugstore and bought more chloroform. But even this failed. Life was hard to drive away. Later in the afternoon, real- | izing that it was useless to make a further | attempt with the means at hand, Dodge | set about to save his mother’s hife. “T would have purchased prussic acid or something like that,” Dodge explained last evening to his friend, “but I could not | secure that at the drugstore without a pre- seription. I thought the morphine would be enough. I planned badly, after all.” Mrs. Dodge was in a very critical condi- tion when young Dodge decided not to make any further attempts to die. His own efforts to bring her back to conscious- | ness were unavailing. He called in Mrs. Gouldey, the landlady. This was the first intimation she had of tragedy peing enacted in her house. Mrs. Gouldey called in a physician, and after a few hours’ work with the stomach-pump and counteracting remedies he left Mrs. Dodge 1n a very weak condition, but said he thought she would live. Supervisor R. Kinsella was notified, and he made preparations to have the mother and son, both of whom are very weak and ill, taken to the Marin County Hospital this morning. In many ways this attempt at a double suicide isremarkable. The first intimation of itcame from this City. Last evening two well-known citizens of San Francisco rushed with all haste to the telephone and made frantic efforts to communicate with the man who had notified them of his in- tended suicide. After many efforts they succeeded in get- ting a mutual friend at San Rafael to go to Mrs. Gouldey’s residence and tell Arthur Dodge that he was wanted at the telephone immediately on most vital business. The boats had stopped running till late at night, and there was no way to reach San Rafael short of chartering a tug. Tele- grams were sent, but these elicited no answer. Finally the mutual friend performed his errand and returned to the telephone to answer that *‘Dodge is too weak and sick to leave his bed. He took poison last night and again to-day. His mother is in a critical condition. Both of them tried to end their lives.” And why did Arthur Dodge and Mrs. Dodge seek death? Poverty, is the answer. But Dodge’s own words, as contained in the letters that reached this City last even- ing, best tell the story. In one of these he writes: BAN RAFAEL, Aug. 21, '95. My Dear Friend: T've been drswing nothing but blanks for the past two years,so I have decided to leave it all and give up the struggle. night was that Dodge would surely recover and that Mrs. Dodge was yet very low and in a critical condition. A IBLE SCREME, An Important Meeting of Pro- moters to Be Held To-Day. Z. S. Spalding, Who Recently Se- cured the Hawallan Franchise, Will Speak. An important meeting, at which the Pa- cific cable scheme will be discussed,will be held at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. Yesterday Colonel Z. 8. Spalding, who recently obtained a subsidy and an exclu- sive franchise from the Hawailan Govern- ment for an ocean cable connecting the United States and the islands, had a long conference with General W. H. Dimond, and the result was an agreement for a meeting of the directors of the Pacific Cable Company this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The directors of the home corporation are: Hugh Craig, W. H. Dimond, George P. McNear, E. T. Allen, Louis Sloss Jr., L. Parrott, E. B. Pond, M. Bishop, W. T. Schenck, W. J. Adams, A. G. Hawes and Colonel Taylor. The bill granting this company a fran- | chise was passed by the House of Revpre- sentatives at the last session of Congress, but failed to pass the Senate. At the meeting this afternoon Colonel Spalding will probably make a full and | comprehensive statement to the trustees of the company relative to the exclusive franchise w‘;xich he obtained and the sub- sidy which he expects from the Hawaiian Government. The question is one of so much importance to the people of San Francisco in particular that the Pacific Cable Company’s trustees will, it is spid earnestly request a frank statement of all the facts in detail. The Hawaiian Consul in San Francisco, C. T. Wilder, sailed for Honolulu yester- day on the steamship Mariposa. Prior to his departure he had an extended inter- view with Colonel Spalding. It is under- stood that his sojourn at the islands will be brief. Ex-Minister Thurston is the attorney for Z. S. Spalding. FROM GENTILE TO JEW. Rededicatory Services Held by Congre- gation Tifferes Israel at St. Paul’s Mission, 8t. Paul's Church, on Mission sireet, near Fifth, will be rededicated on Sunday. The building has been rented by the Con- gregation Tifferes Israel, which formerly worshiped in a hall at 1036 Folsom street. Rabbi A. Hersovitch of that congregation will be assisted in the dedication ceremony by Miss Ray Frank, who will give the inaugural sermon. Music will be provided by seventeen children from the Jewish Orpban Asylum. he hour of the dedicatory or inaugural service has been fixed at 5 p. M. for the con- venience of the large number of Hebrews to whom invitations to be present have been sent. Although the conversion of a Christian place of worship into one for Jews is some- what novel, the exercises on Sunday will differ in no way from those used in the inaugural service of a new synagogue. The basement of the church was for- merly used for a mission school, and an effort will be made to establish a perma- nent Hebrew school in those quarters * * * Iregret exceedingly that I can't pay you that $5, but I leave about 500 books in the under the direction of the Congregation Tifferes Israel. Highest of all in Leavening Power..,—Latcst U.S. Gov't Report Royal ¥ Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ONEMORE JURORSECURED The Ninth Man Sworn in Yes- terday to Try the Dur- rant Case. DURRANT AND HIS EVIDENCE. More Than Likely That the Defend-~ ant May Testify In His Own Behalf. THE DURRANT CASE IN A MINUTE—BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PROCEEDINGS. One more juror, the ninth, was secured in the Durrant case yesterday in the person of Warren Dutton, a retired merchant, residing at 1328 California street. The morning session was without peculiar incident, except in secur- ing the additional juror. During the after- noon session the defense exhausted its ninth peremptory challenge in the dismissal of Peter Lynch. Some interest wascreated in questions put by Mr. Deuprey to two of the veniremen, which led to the general beliet that it was the intention of the defense to put Durrant him- of this case being heard. I donot care to have the McDonald case brought in this department for some time to come,” said his Honor. “‘I ask then,” said the District Attornege, ‘“that it be ordered off the calendar, to transferred to some other department.” The court so ordered and “Dick” McDonaid and his cases wafted out of the department forever. After the jurors in the box had answered to their names the court ordered the call of the citizens who had been summoned on the venire. The responses were liberal, and his Honor was so well impressed by this omen that he was a little less severe in his laying down of thelaw of excuses than usual. i *‘All those gentlemen who wish to be excused will please come forward,” he said, and the usual spectacle of the whole courtroom rising as one man was pre- sented, glving bFs Honor the dmlg oppor- tunity of springing his pet joke about the anxiety citizens were displaying to do their duty. Fully three score of them marched up in line to pour their tales of woe into the judicial ear and about twenty of them were let off, and the real effort to secure jurors was begun. Henry Michaels was the first venireman sworn. He testified thathe bad no con- scientious scruples against the infliction of the death penalty, but was certain that he would not vote to hang a man on circum- stantial evidence. He was challenged by the prosecution and excused. J. C. Bour- win was excused for the same reason. L. Daly was challenged by the prosecu- tion and excused for the reason that he THE NEW JUROR IN THE DURRANT CASE. self on the stand. Seen later, counsel for the defendant were not prepared to state just what they intended doing in this regard. The knife brought by Constable Palmer from Walnut Creek, supposed by him to have been lost by Durrant while camping in the barn on the Moses ranch, turns out not to be Durrant’s at all. It is the property of Captain G. C. Boardman of the signal corps, who was the lieutenant when the trip to Mount Diablo was taken, and has been identified and claimed by him. The stains upon the blade are rust and not blood. Captain Boardman purchased the knife from John Todt of 116 Leidesdorff street. The newest thing in the hunt for wit- nesses and evidence in the Durrant case cropped up in a general way yesterday afternoon. A fairly well authenticated rumor was current in the neighborhood of Emmanuel Baptist Church that an ex- pressman had driven up to the church on Saturday morning last and driven away shortly afterward with a suspicious-look- ing bundle, at once supposed to be bloody clothes cast off by the fiend who had so murderously desecrated the church. The first person prominently connected with the Durrant case to hear of it was Mr. Vogel, father of the dentist in whose house the Christian Endeavorers offEmmanuel Church held their meeting on the night Minnie Williams was 'murdered. He at once notified Detective Seymour. He was first told of the circumstance by Mr. Spalding of 405 Castro street. The latter gave him the name of the express- man as Watson, residing on Turk street. As the story goes, the expressman drove up to the church at 8:15 and took from the edifice two bundles, supposed to have con- tained clothing. Where he deposited the bundles has not been stated. The vpolice attach little importance to the story. The expressman, it is under- stood, does ngt know Durrant. Policeman Michael Murphy was seen at the church Jast night, where he was on duty. He said that no bundle of clothing or any other article was_taken from the church or Saturday during the hours he was on duty there. “I went on at 6:30 A. M, on Saturday,” he said, “and I was relieved at about 2 o'clock in_ the afternoon by Policeman Norton. No one came into the church on Saturday, and there was no expressman nor express wagon about the church. Iam sure there was no bundle taken out on that or any other day that I have been on duty here.” Policeman Norton said he went on duty at the church shortly after 2 o’clock. “Saturday was drill day,” said Norton, “and I was late relieving Murphy. 1 should have been there at 12, but was not there till after 2 o’clock. Iam positive no bundle of clothing was taken from the church that nor any other day that I was on duty, nor did I see an express wagon or expressman about there. “T had been off the Emmanuel Church watch two or three weeks and was recently puton again. I remember that when was there betore there was a big bundie of table-linen tnere, and it is not in view now. If it has been removed it was not removed while I was on duty.” e NINE JURORS IN THE BOX. One More Citizen Secured to Try Theodore Durrant. The traces of his recent illness were plainly visible on Judge Murphy’s face when he took his seat on the bench in De- partment 3 yesterday morning to direct the search for jurors in the Durrant case. The courtroom was filled with veniremen, who had responded in large numbers to the Sheriff’s summons, while that portion of the room beyond the rail was crowded with fair. spectators. The outside corri- dors were jammed with people clamoring for admission, among them being many absolute youngsters. Deputy ughes could not see how the little ones could be benefited by attendanceat the trial, and he gave them’ a fatherly gight-about which will probably keep them away in future. “Dick” McDonald was on hand with his cases and his attorney, Judge Darwin, and as soon as court was rapped to order, Dis- trict Attorney Barnes arose and addressed the court concerning them. “In the case of McDonald, your Honor,” he said, “I would suggest that it be continued {ill ‘some other day when it can be set.” ; “I donot think there is any probability had an opinion which would take evidence to remove. The challenge was allowed. Warren Dutton of 1328 California street, a retired merchant,was next taken in hand b{’ the District Attorney. He answered all the questions of the prosecution satis- factorily, stating that he knew neither the defendant nor any member of the family. In answer to questions by Mr. Deuprey he stated that he had read what purported to be the testimony taken before the police magistrate and had formea an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. “Have you that opinion now?” asked Mr. Deuprey. “I have,” was the answer. “Is it of a very Eositivn nature?” “Well, until I hear the evidence in the case I have that opinion yet.” “Would you be in that state of mind that it would require strong evidence to remove your opinion before you could be in an impartial state of mind as to this charge?’’ “I think I could lay the opinion aside and hear the evidence,” was the reply. **And be guided by the evidence and that alone?” **And that alone.” “You would endeavor as best you knew how to cast this impression aside and be guided solelv by the evidence?”’ “I would."” “And take the instructions of the court as to the nature and character of the law that should guide you in weighing the evi- dence?” “Yes, sir.” In answer to further questions Mr. Dutton stated that he viewed circum- stantial evidence, if it was connected, as the very best form of evidence. He recog- nized, however, the liability of perjury and the wrong inferences a juror was likely to draw from such a class of evidence. He was also firmly of opinion that circum- stantial evidence should be taken with the greatest amount of caution. “Mr. Dutton,” said_ the District At- torney, “if by the evidence presented to you here in court you become satisfied of the guilt of this defendant would you find your verdict accordingly and not be swayed from your verdict by any feeling of sym- pathy or sentiment or compassion for this detegduqt or any member of his family ?"” “No, sir,”’ was thereply. “And if,” said Mr. Deuprey, “after you were sworn as a juryman and your eyes should light upon “the headlines of an article in the newspapers that seemed to be against the defendant, or if there was any possible influence suggested tbroufi the Police Department, you would not swayed either, would you?” ‘“No, sir,” said the witness. “Gentlemen,” said his Honor, “what do you say to Mr. Dutton? The people’s challenge first.” & ‘‘We are satisfied,” said Mr. Barnes for the prosecution. . Mr. Deuprey then asked the venireman if he were not acquainted with Judge Thompson. Mr. Dutton replied that he was through some litigation in a Petaluma bank in which Judge Thompson had rep- resented a Mr. Van Doren, who had evi- dently been opposed to Mr. Dutton. This, however, he replied in answer to a ques- tion, would not' influence him in weighing the evidence in the case. ‘“We are content with Mr. Dutton,” said Mr. Deuprey. “Swear the juror,” said Judge Murphy, and the ninth’ man raised his nana and was duly sworn to try the case. Charles Gay stated that he had a ver, decided opinion on the case, and was chal- lenged by the defense. The challenge was allowed. C. Nobman was challenged and excused on the same ground, as was also C. A. Castner, 8. Mendelbaum, J. B. Whitney, ‘W. D. Hogro and A. H. Aubin. F. L. McCormick and A. Meyer stated that they would not consent to a verdict involving a hanging where the evidence was circumstantial. They we both chal- lenged b§ the prosecution und excused. E. W. Butcher wasexcused by reason of the fact that he had a strong opinion on the case; and G. 0. Staacke because he would not hang a man on circumstantial evidence. H. H. Hartmann stated that he had such an opinion on the case that strong evidence _would be required to remove it. He was challenged by the State and excused whereugon the court took a recess unti 2 o'clock. The courtroom was cleared and a rush of people was made to the stairway to see the prisoner come out on his way to the ail. For an hour, some of them waited, ut he failed to appear. He was safely guarded in the ante-chamber to the court eating the lunch ordered for him by his father, safe from prying eyes till court re- onvened. This concession was granted by the Sheriff as a means of baffling the 100 utterly curious, and will be taken advantage of during the trial. The hunt. for jurors was renewed with vigor when court convened after recess, the fact that one more juror had been secared in the morning adding new in- terest to the work. C. H. Cohen was excused by the State on account of his conscientious scruples on inflicting the death penalty. Charles Dumont _was dpassed by the fi;osecution and challenged by the defense cause he said he thought the opinion he had formed would require evidence to remove it. In respouse to questions by the court he said it was not a positive opinion, but it could not be changed with- out evidence. The defendant’s challenge was allowed. M. J. Kern was excused by the State be- cause of his opinion. N. Kitzmuller required considerable ex- planation of the theory of circumstantial evidence. He said he could hang a man on such evidence. He was passed by the State, but, in answer to questions by the defense, stated that he had an opinion and ‘was excused on that ground. J. Bremer was excused by the defense for his opinion. N. Gallinger said he could not convict on circumstantial evidence where the enzalty might be death. He was excused y the State. C. M. Arnold was excused by the de- fense on the ground that he had an opin- ion. N. Wynne said he had given the case a freat deal of attention and did not believe he could sit as a fair and impartial juror. He was excused by the prosecution. Peter Lynch vroved satisfactory to the State, but was examined crtically by the defense. He said he was acquainted with members of the Police Department and though he had not read all the newspaper statements concerning the case he had heard it discussed and heard some very strong opinions expressed. Yet he said he had formed no opinion of the guilt or innocence of the defendant. “Would you be willing to be tried by twelve men in the same frame of mind as your own?” asked Mr. Deuprey. “I would,” was the prompt reply. “You take and read Tre Cavy, Chronicle, Examiner and the rest of the papers, do you not?” “‘Noj; I take THE CArLand Post—with the Monitor.” “Did you read the articles cuncerninfi this case printed in the papers last week?’ “No; Isaw the Judge's charge and was careful what I read.” ‘‘You are positive that you could try this case?"” “Yes, I could.” Mr. Lynch was passed for the time, and the court informed the District Attorney that Mr. Lynch was_then subject to per- emptory challenge. Mr. Barnes expressed satisfaction with him after considerable consultation with Captain Lees. The de- fense exercised the peremptory privilege and excused Mr. Lynch. Three more names were drawn from the round box and the examination was re- sumed. J. Miller said he was opposed to the death penalty in any case, and upon being questioned by Judge Murphy, expressed the opinion that convicted persons, no matter what the crime, should be pun- ished in life and be permitted to live that they might be punished. He was cx- cused. C. Klopstock was challenged by the State because he was conscientiously opposed to the death penalty on circumstantial evi- dence. He declared he did not believe in circumstantial evidence. He was excused. H. H. Hogan answered the questions with a promptness and clearness of tone, so unlike anything that had been heard formany, many hours, that Judge Murphy seemed surprised and greatly pleased. He was excused as nrom&)tly by the defense, when he said it would require strong evi- dence to remove the opinion that he had formed and still possessed. R. C. Cunningham lent a deafened ear to the District Attorney, and Mr. Barnes was obliged to shout in a loud voice: “You think you would not make a good juror on account of your opinion ?"” I think not.”” ““Mr. Cunningham,” said Judge Mur- phy, in a still small voice, “‘you are ex- cused.” Mr. Cunningham passed from the box, and the Judge in a court whisper re- marked, “He heard that.” John Connor proved satisfactory to the State. When he was asked by Mr. Leu- prey if he would be willing to be tried by twelve men of the same mind as his own, he hesitated, but finally said: “There is nothing to hinder me from giving this defendant a fair and impartial trial.” Mr. Connor had about shown himself qualified to sit when he recalled a circum- stance in which Mrs. Thompson, wife of one of counsel for the defense, had made an impression on his mind, yet he would feel it a duty to act fairly. Mrs. Thomp- son had told him something in Durrant’s favor, he said, and while he would divest his mind of whatever opinion he might possess, yet he did not really feel that he ought to try the case. Mr. Barnes re-examined and challenged him. The court then took him in hand, and again Mr. Deuprey examined him. He stated that Mrs. Thompson had told him she knew Durrant and knew he was in- nocent, and the impression of her state- ment was still in his mind. The challenge was allowed. George Kamerer was excused by the de- fense on account of his opinion. R. R. Raphael said he had an opinion, and was excused by the State. J. Fields stated that he was not on the assessment roll and was excused. J. Fiegel stated that he had conscientious scruples against the infliction of the death penalty. e was excused by the State. . H. Lemon was excused by the State. He stated that it would require strong evi- dence to remove his opinion. J. M. Goey was easily passed by the pros- ecution, but he proved unsatisfactory to the defense because he said he would not give the same weight to the testimony of a per- son charged with crime as to other wit- nesses. 5 “You take it thata person is guilty be- cause he is charged with a crime,” said Mr. Deuprey. “Noj; butif heis an interested party I would look upon his evidence with more doubt.” Besides that Mr. Goey said he had formed an opinion. He was éxcused on defend- ant’s challenge. E. H. Knignt said he bad served as a juror many times, had no conscientious scruples as to_the death penalty and no prejudice against circumstantial evidence. He was passed by the State. In answer to uestions of Mr. Deuprey he said that he id not consider newspaper reports as evi- dence, and that the opinion he had formed was based on the merits of the case as he considered it. In reference to the testi- mo‘;ly of a person charged with a crime, he said: ““In a case of this kind I would not give as much weight to his testimony as to other witnesses."” ‘‘Suppose,’”’ said Mr. Deuprey, “a dozen witnesses corroborated ihe defendant’s testimony 2" _“Then his innocence would be estab- lished by the dozen witnesses.” Mr. Knight said it would require evi- dence to remove, the opinion he had formed of the guilt or innocence of the defendant in this case, and he was excused by the defense. P. Bethelbeim and L. H. Eckart were ex- cused for their opinions. ‘W. S. Rainey was passed by the State. In answer to Mr. Deuprey he said he thought circumstantial evidence was a good form of evidence. He said he would consider evidence of identification with a good deal of caution as he had been mis- taken for his brother, Samuel Rainey, a number of times. In regard to the question of reasonable doubt and the instructions of the court Mr. Rainey was not satisfactorily clear and the State consented to the challenge of the de- fense and he was excused. J.J. Hauser and J. Abranam both said they had opinions and were excused. G. Gibbe said he had never received a tax notice and was not on the last assess- ment roll. He was excused. The court then admonished the jurors in the usual form and an adjournment was taken till 10 o’clock this morning. FORGERY IS THE CHARGE, Ciprico Is Accused of Imitat- ing Prior Resident Certificates. A CLOSE CONTEST IS EXPECTED. Stidger, the Government Witness, Reveals All the Facts In the Case. Ferdinand D. Ciprico was on trial in the United States District Court yesterday. He is charged with forging and issuing Chinese residential certificates. In his opening statement to the jury As- sistant United States District Attorney Schlesinger said that between October, 1894, and March, 1895, the conspiracy was formed to forge Chinese certificates. Be- tween the dates named Moses Greenwald, Max Katzauer and H. L. Foss told 0. P. Stidger, who was at that time in Govern- sheaves of all varieties of grain and grasses arranged about the wall and partitions. a fine collection of Jforage plants, canaigre seeds and roots 'and prepared tunnin, specimens of coffee, camphor and cinna- mon plants and sugar-cane and beet. . In respectto quality, number of speci- mens and arrangement it is one of the fin- est agricultural displays ever made in the State. The art display from the university occupies consideragle space in the art gal: lery, and most of the original designs are very meritorious. ‘The bulk of thisexhibit is made np of designs and wood-carving, in which those designs are cleverly carried out. To-morrow there will be free admission to the students of the high schools, on the following Saturday the University of Cali- fornia and the Leland Stanford University will be extended the same courtesy. Next week the pupils of the first grade will be admitted on some day not yet decided upon. Thereafter the various grades will be admitted in their order. The attendance yesterday was about 3000, the majority of that number filin out of the Pavilion as Scheel’s ban was playing “Home, Sweet Home.” To-day the musical programme will be as follows: Afternoon—March, “American Ideal” (Horst); overture, “Franz Schubert” (Suppe); walt “Wine,Women and Song” (Strauss): patrol, | A. R.”" (Fassett); fantasia, *‘La Kamarinskaja’ | (Glinka): overture,‘The Mason” (Auber);waltz, | “New Vienra' (Strauss); “Indian War Dance” (Bellstedt): grand selection, “Robin Hood" [(De | (Koven): harmonistic polks, “Joys and Sorrows of Married Life” (Popp). Evening—March, * Mechanies’ Fair"” (F. Scheel); overture, “Ruy Blas” (Mendelssohn); ment employ, that it would be profitable to engage in the manufacture of certificates to be sold to unregistered Chinese. Stidger was the only witness examined yesterday, and among other things he told of Katzauer's connection with the matter. In fact, according to him, Katzauer had more to do with the whole transaction than any other man in the gang. ‘‘Kats- zauer,” said the witness, “had some friends in the north who were doing a thriving business with the Chinese, and he was satisfied that a great number of forged certificates could be sold to them. Ac- cording to him (Katzauer) there were at least 30,000 unregistered Chinese in the United States, and it would be the easiest thing in the world to supply them with bogus certificates. “‘Shortly afterward a Chinese named Louie was introduced to Ciprico bty Kat- zauer,”’ continued the witness. “The lat- ter had by this time received the forged certificates and was ready for business. They were shown to Louie and he pro- nounced them as good as the genuine article and promised to secure ali the photographs of unregistered Chinese he possibly could. “At this time Mr. Foss becarne an active artner in the scheme. Being an old yriend of Ciprico he was at once taken into the fold. e brought a Chinese named Sing Fat along with him, as he said he (Sing Fat) could obtain 400 photographs of Chinese who had not registered. In the meantime the printing of the certificates had been arranged for in British Columbia and all that remained to be done was the forging of the names of Collector of Inter- nal Revenue O. M. Welburn and Deputy Thomas P. Cusick. “A man named Grant came from Vic- toria, B. C., with 400 of the fraudulent cer- tificates last December and after they had been signed and sealed they were handed over to Foss. They were shown to_ the gang and pronounced a good job. Kat- zauer was the man who was to handle them in Chinatown, but he wasafraid, so I was deputed to act for him.” Later on Ciprico took the matter into his own hands and Stidger took up his role as Government detective. The price set upon the certificates was $250 for unregistered males and $600 for unregistered females. The conspirators had a full supply of blank certificates and over 6000 photographs of unregistered Chinese which they had se- cured before the Federal authorities swooped down on them. Stidger was on the stand all day and Carrol? Cook, the attorney for the prisoner, contented himself with taking notes. Once ortwice he noted an exception, but as a whole he was very unconcerned. After the court adjourned the Government sud- denly discovered that it wanted Mr. Foss as a witness. A subpena was accordingly made out and a United States Deputy Marshal will start this morning for San Quentin to have him in attendance when the court opens. AN EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT Some Interesting New Fea- tures at the Mechanics’ Institute. School Children Admitted To-Mor- row and Next Week—Fine Agri- cultural Showing. ' The crowds that visit the Mechanics’ Fair are so well distributed by means of the admirable arrangement of exhibits and aisles that there is no discomfort, no mat- ter what the number of persons. Theordi- nary stiffness of arrangemeut has been superseded by an artistic and, in a meas- ure, irregular placing of the exhibits, so that iunumemgle small side aisles and divergent pathways are formed, providing anetwork of channels into and through which the stream of humanity may flow. This departure in the grouping of ex- hibits is one of the most commendable features among the novelties at the Me- chanics’ Pavilion. e = The last addition to the educational de- Finrtment was sent yesterda; ti‘y Professor ilgard of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California. It 'was placed in an advantageous position in the annex and consists of more than 300 waltz, “News From Vienna” (Stravss); cava- ting, “Der Freischutz” French horn solo, J. Reiter; medley overture (new)“On Broadway” (Beyer) the latest popular melodies: “The Belle of Avenue A,” “I Don’t Want to Play in Your Does You Love Me,” “Girl Wanted,” “Only Ono Girl in This World for Me,” “Four A. M. at the French Ball”; overiure, “Comiqué” (Keler Bela); waltz, “Dresden Children” (Weiss); trombone solo (selected) F. K. Tobin; finale from “Ariele” (Bach); galop, “‘Carrier Pigeons™ (Sahan). Bl e Free This Week. 12 BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE 50-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.’S, 52-58 Market street, S.F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERY WHERE. SUFFERING WOMAN And Her Heroie Fortitude to Endure Will Be the Subject of Professor Hall's Lecture at Metro- politan Temple This P M Our Disobedience of Nature's Laws—To Gentlemen Only—This Evening. Seats Free. Never before in the history of California have such remarkable cures been effected in so short a time as were accomplished by the HUMAN MAGNETS at Metropolitan Temple last night. 1t was their introduction to the public of San Francisco, and while the admission was free still they were greeted by an audience comprising the better element of our population, which filled the vast Temple to overflowing long before the hour/of opening. Apparently it seems almost incredible to state that the paralytic, rheumatic, deaf, blind and lame, whose infirmities for years had defied the most learned medical experts and whose afflictions had been considered hopeless, were really cured upon the public stage, and that, too, ina few moments of time, but that such aston- ishing cures were positively accomplished isan incontrovertible fact, as thousands of our best citizens who were present will attest. The successful treatment of chronic dis- eases by animal magnetism is no longer an experiment. In this nineteenth century of progress and enlightenment it is con- sidered one of the most important discov- eries known to the medical world, and the rapidity with which 1t 1s being adopted in all the colleges throughout Europe has no equal in modern medical research. This afternoon at 2:30 another demon- stration will be given to which only ladies will be admitted. Professor Hall will de- liver the ladies a private lecture, the sub- ject of which is, “‘Suffering woman and her heroic fortitude to endure.” To-night at 8 o'clock a private lecture will be delivered to gentlemen only. Sub- ject: “Our Disobedience of Nature’s Laws.” To-morrow, Saturday, from 10 to 11 A. M. and continuing all next week, the crippled, those on crutches, paralytic and rheumatic will be treated iree on the stage at Metro- politan Temple. Dr. Bryant has established permanent quarters for the Pacific Coast Magnetic Institute at 930 Market sireet, where those ‘who desire consultation, examination and "advice may receive same without cost any 2‘! except Sunday between 10 A. x. and PM. Back Yard,” ‘‘Pretty Jennie Slattery,” “Lindy, 4