The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895. S AFTER THE LOTTERIS, The Civic Federation Prepar- ing an Ordinance That Will Hold. ATTORNEY REED ON THE LAW. How to Put a Stop to Advertising That Incites People to Cheat Themselves. When the Civic Federation gets on the track of anything that really needs atten- tion something generally comes of 1it. Last week the iniquities of the lottery frauds were pointed out to the federation and a move was at once made in the right | direction to put a stop to the indiscrim- inate adverti indul in by these queer gambling institut The attorney of the federation, Charles We Reed, said of the proposed action while talking to a CaLL representative yes- terday: ““There is but one way to handle the is- sue properly, and that is to get at the law which, peculiarly enough, permits it, and make a change so that it will be unlawful. As the law reads now it is not a misde- mesnor to advertise the winning numbers e it is held to be impos- ng that has passed. 1ss or write of drawings then they are aiding because they are to a future event. is clear, and the v of a misdemeanor. y, acting upon recent past drawings, is nce is unlawiul, and efers to past drawings, cence and grandeur inci- capital and approxima- warming the The law i offending party he lottery uct is especially tantalizing, o law to prevent it, though as printed matter reviewing nings is just as service- | ng standpoint as a ertation on what might occur What we want to do is to nce passed making it a mis- newspapers in the City and | Francisco to advertise lot- | their workings at any time, t, present or future. Inthisway | ed to prevent the printing 1 of matter that now incites | to play at the losing game | t do so if the craze was not | hem in tk hape of misrep- : wspaper advertisements. ordinance drafted to- ve it introduced at a g of the Board of Supervisors as | ble after that. I am anxious e anti-lottery element of this City— | is greatly in the majoritv—thor- understands the motive of the| nd the necessity of takingim- | ion to put a stop to the lot- | I have no doubt that | Board of Supervisors will see the ad- | ch & law and attend to it that | ses all right. The necessity of it is| clear, and it is the only way to stop the discriminate and widespread adver- | ng.” | as pos to the necessity of making it a misde- | eanor to assist and aid a lotterv at any | e, and it should be put in such strong | here will be no chance for the to continue advertising on techni- The companies doing business | City are frauds and it is the duty of | the Board of Supervisorsto putastop to | them as soon as possible. Thousands of dollars go into the coffers of these companies monthly that never get back to the people, either in prizes or otherwise, and the fiasco of winning on a lottery ticket is about played out. The | federation now has an opportunity to do some work that will perpetuate the organ- ization and its future will be assured be- cause of its since: of purpose. N0 LONGER EXILES. Pardons and Leave to Return Just Granted by the Hawaiian Gov- ernment. nal pardon and leave to ) lulu bas been granted by | Dole Government to ex-Attorney-Gen- | eral Charles Creighton of Hawaii and | nine other exiles, | Mr. Creighton held His certificate of signature of Hatch, Minister of Foreign Affairs. It s dated September 5 and came on the steamer Australia. Mr. Creighton was of the belief that | Francis M. when the st er Rio Ja 0 arrives she | will bring news of the Qu s full pardon. | The nine whom Mr. Creighton thinks are also allowed to return are: Arthur McDowell red Harrison, ail now of | Peter M. Rooney, now in | County; Fred H. Redward, now in | Fred W. Wundenberg, San Benito ; Michael C. Bailey, Austreiis, and A, nne, address unknown. He gave also five names of persons to whom he thought the privilge would not apply, viz.: C. W. Ashtord, Colonel V. V. Ashford, John C. White, Captain_William Davies and’ Carle Klemme, all of San Francisco, and William Cranstoun, James R. Johnstone and William Muller, all'of Victoria. ““When the next steamer comes in,” said Mr. Creighton, “I believe it will bring news of the paraon of all the political pris- oners in Hawaii except Charles T. Gulick, ex-Minister of the Interior; Major Wil- jiam M. Seward, private secretary to John Cummings, Minister of Foreign Affairs; William T. Rickard, sugar-planter; John F. Bowler, wealthy contractor, and Thomas M. Walker, an enthusiastic Roy- alist.” TONS OF TI_INNIBS. A Company to Can the Fish Supposed to Be Native to the Mediter- ranean. In the future when tunny is out of season and the Italian in this country wants a can of his favorite fish he will not be compelled to pay the extra cost entailed by a foreign label, but will patronize home indnstry and buy tunny canned in South- ern California. Heretofore large quantities have an- nually been shipped from Italy to all parts of the world where Italian colonies exist, for the subjects of King Humbert are very fond of the dark flesh of the tunny and gladly take it canned where it cannot be procured in the fresh state. Several years ago the tnnny—naturally a native of the Mediterranean and caught there as far back as the days of ancient Rome, when the nobles were so fond of it as to send their galleys to distant parts of the sea in search of it—began to make its appearance in Southern California waters, greatly to theastonishment and joy of the italian fishermen who ply their trade there. At first it was thought that single fish had strayed out of their own domain san Francisco; Pl |m his office under | and wanderea to the far Pacific shores, but during the past two years the number has increasea to such an extent that the great black fish have come to be recognized as regular visitors. During this season so many have been caught that they could not be disposed of in a fresh state, and a company will soon be formed to can the fish. The projectors of the Dominico Gianettoni, Angelo Massoni, Pasco Montanari, M. Pitaluga and_C. Riseari, the last two being residents of Los Angeles. Each has agreed to subscribe $5000 of the $25,000 capital stock of the con- cern. Within a few days articles of in- corporation will be filed and the equipping of a canuery begun. McBIRNEY’S WIDOWS, The Contest Over a Local Estate Re- newed Yesterday in the Superior Court. When Samue! McBirney died it was found that he had left a small estate and two wives. The original wife, Mrs. Mary McBirney of Ohio, came toclaim the prop- erty and got it away from Mrs. Eudoxie McBirney, who was the man’s wife in San Francisco. The latter was the mother of three McBirney children, born since 1874, and the Eastern woman was the mother of one born prior to that time. 5 The Eastern widow established a claim to the real estateat Pineand Broderick streets, being declared the legal wife, but the local wisow is now suing to recover that propert; This plaintiff declares that she worked as a dressmaker and _supported McBirney, and that she paid for the property in question out of her earnings. She says she had the deed made out in the name of John H. Fenton, her son-in- law. Fenton died and Mrs. McBirney, desiring to mortgage her property, was compelled toobtain a transfer of the title into her own and her husband’s names. So McBirney sued Fenton’s widow and obtained judgment by default decreeing him the owner of the propert; MOKLEY'S ORIGINAL WiFt: She Will Get $37,500 on Ac- count of Her Marriage in 1849. scheme are: While She Lived Aione Husband Unknowingly Earning a For- tune for Her. John Smith Moxley’s $75,000 estate is to be equally divided between Mrs. Eliza- | beth L. Moxley of Baltimore, a wife whose claim is upon a marriage performed in 1849, and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Harrington Moxley of t City, who lived with Mox- ley as his wife 888 to the time of the | ma death in This is accordinz to a decision rendered yesterday by Judge Hebbard. There was no proof of the second wife's ge, and the proof of the marriage in 1849 could not be broken, and no divorce ver been obtained, although Moxley st wife had lived together but a short time. A few weeks after the mar- Moxley came West, and he never re- d to his wife. was deeded to the local v ley shortly before his death, but the original wife has established her community claim. In the opinion Judge Hebbard said: Defendant, in addition to claiming thatshe was the wife and is the widow ohn Smith Moxley, which contentions cannot be sus- tained, claims also that the consideration for the converance by Moxiey to her of the two eces of property in question was more than ove and affection, in that she, believing her- self to be married to him, “toiled and slaved for him, gave herself up 1o him in every wey, yielded him all her earnings, cleaved io him in sickness and in health, and took eare of hiin when there was ne one else t0doso.” A pa- thetic appeal, indeed. \ And it is true that she did all these things; that she performed every office that & wife conld perform for a husband. But this is_insufficient under the law to de- prive plsintiff of herinterest in the community property, particularly as it is not shown by the evidence that the contributions of mouey by defendent to Moxley amounted to anything like 8 sum equal to the valne of the property when it was deeded to her by him; the amount of such contributions of money was not equal in amount to the value of one-half thereof even. John Smith Moxley had a right to dispose of his own half of the community property, pro- vided he did not thereby charge his wife’s shere with community indebtedness. Under the circumstaneces in equity, the consideration which passed as between John S. Moxley and defendant was a valuable consideration, and is sufficient to secure to her an undivided cne- baliof the property deeded to her, but no more. The title to one-half of this property passed to plaintiff upon the death of John S. Moxley and she is the proper party to maintain this action. She is entitled to the possession of it as such owner and a tenant in common with the defendant. Defendant believed thatshe was the wife of John 8. Moxley,and has conducted herself dur- ing the long years of her life with him and in this litigation only as any woman would in the performance of her duties as a wife and in the endeavor to maintain the rights which she be- lieved y = value to sustain the conveyance by him Lo her of his share in the community property, and to this extent she ought to be permitted to en- joy it. "It would seem from sll the evidence that John S. Moxley did intend to deceive his wife, intiff herein, and to prevent, her from eom- ing into any share of his property, but it does notappear that the defendant herein was a party therein or knew of it,and his designs will not prevent plaintiff from coming into her rightful estate. The case was tried about two months ago. SCHOOL REPAIRS. | Superintendent Moulder Writes to the Mayor Asking Him to Call a Special Meeting in the Premises. The following communication is self- oF PuBLIC EDUCATION, OFFICE, RINTENDENT, NEW CITY HALL, 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Sept. 13, 1895. To Hom. Adclph Sutro, President of the San Francisco Board of Health—DEAR Sir: Referring to the prevaleni discontent in regard tothe serjous effects of the recent rains upon our schoolhouses and school yards, I respectfully but earnestly request you to call & special meeting of the Board of Health, and that you ask them to make an immediate official inspec- tion of the sanitary condition of our school buildings, outhouses and surroundings gener- ally, more eswclnll{ of those ancient but ven- erable mosaics, of which the Inspector of Build- ings. an experienced and reliable officer, re- ports, “That some of them haye gone beyond the stage of repair.” If thus in September what will be the conditions in midwinter? No more important duty, in my opinion, de- volves upon our Board of Health than to care for the health of the 40,000 children enrolied inour public schools, just at that plastic age when most susceptible to the influence of in- jurious surroundings. There has seldom been & iime when all the resources of sanitary science, backed, if imperative, by heroic meas- ures, could be of more efficient service than now in protecting the health of our children. I ask for_the earliest possible inspection, while the effects of the storm are still visible. The gravity of the responsilility resting upon me must be my apology, if apology be nec«r:d. for the emphasis of this lppelf’l am very truly yours, ANDREW J. MOULDER, Superintendent of Common Schools. ———————— Funeral of Mrs. Redding. The funeral of Mrs. May Prescott Putnam Redding took place yesterday aiternoon from Der late residence, 2100 California street. Mrs. Redding was & descendant of General [srael Putnam of Revolutionary fame, and was also connected by blood with Prescott, the histor- jan. She was a native of Massacausetts and came to California in the early fifties. Durin, the Rebeliion Mrs. ding was chatrman o the Woman's Relief and Hospital Corps of the State, and in that capacity rendered distin- guished service. Mrs. Redding was the mother of four sons. William died at the age of 18 vears, in Sacra- mento; Albert Putnam, Dr. G. Huntington and Josepn D. are living in this City, and were at the bedside of their mother when she passed awey. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SANG A Chorus of Five Hundred Voices Directed by Wil- liam L. Tomlins. ASSISTED BY SOLO ARTISTS. The Chicago Conductor’s Puplls Won Much Well-Deserved Applause. It is about two months since William L. Tomlins, the Chicago musical director, came to pay a visit to San Francisco, and at the same time stir up things in musical circles. That he has not lost ary time in fulfill- ing this latter mission was shown by a ! concert given under his direction Ilasf night in Metropolitan Temple. The enter- tainment was under the auspices of the Board of Education, and its chief feagure | was a chorus of nearly 500 High School girls, trained and directed by Wiiliam L. | Tomlins. The young ladies not only filled ' | of the people; also to give such assistance to PROFESSOR TOMLINS AT METROPOLITAN HALL. [Sketched yesterday by @ “Call” artist.] with all possible vigor to the end that the party be thoroughly organized from one extreme of the State to the other.” Various members of the committee favored the plan_of speedy organization, which culminated in the unanimous pas- sage of the following measure: “Resolved, That this committee recom- mend and urge upon the executive coun- cil the importance of at once proceeding to the organization of Assembly distriet clubs not only in this City but all over the State.” The following announcement was duly considered and passed as being the sense of the committee, the same to be placed in the hands of each of the organizers of clubs in the State: We take the liberty of handing you a copy of the constitution and laws of the Republisan executive council, together with club-roll blanks. In doing so we desire to say that tie council ‘was formed after consultation with many rep- resentative Republicans in State and City and after mature deliberation, and its objects are: 1. To foster and promote harmony in the Re- publican party of California. 2. To advoeate the principies of that party. 3. To use our_best efforts for the nomination and election of loyal Reyfluhuuns and honest and capable citizens for office. 4. To effect a more thorough organization of Republican voters, and to give them a larger share in shaping the policy of the party, and in the selection af candidates for the suffrages he State Central and county committees as may from time to time seem reasonable and TOper. Ogg of thernmnry purposes of the couneil is tosecure for the people, in their organized cupaciv.r the means of expressing and enforc- ing their will, in a free and patriotic manner; and to thatend this council has made it one of its faniamental principles, “That of right all the ends of the side galleries, and any one | the platform, theirserried ranksalso packed who has had experience in conducting a | chorus must know that such a large body | of schoolgirls, charming as they were to look at, were enough to make the most | daring conductor quail when it came to leading them publicly in the art of song. It seems that the chorus had only had a few rehearsals with the new conductor, but | the singing done by the schoolgirls last night showed that those rehearsals nad been turned to excellent account. The| word singing is used advisedly. for too often when school boys and girls lift up their voices in chorus they do notsing. Mr. Tomlins evidently realizes, however, that the youthful voice isa delicate and precious thing, to be used gently ana ten- derly, and the consequence was that while there was a singing, sweet body of sound from the large chorus, the girls.always sang within the powers of their voices and without effort. Among the songs, glees, etc., rendered were “*America’’ ; Rubinstein’s melody in F, arranged asa “Spring Song”; that good old English glee,'*Come Out,’Tis Now September”’ ; the old Welsh patriotic march “The March of the Men of Harlch'’; a “Waltz Song” and *‘Good Night” by that charming writer of music for female voices, Franz Abt; several other numbers, | including a setting of the popular “Largo” movement by Handel. In all these pieces the girls sang charmingly, their attack was excellent, they showed no tendency to| slur, and their intonation was good. If there any altos they were scareely audible | to the naked ear, but it takes timeand a| good deal of practice to take a body of 500 schoolgirls and train a sufficient number of them to sing the inner parts well enough to make a well-balanced chorus. The way in which the girls sang Cheru- bini’s trio, “Like As a Father,’:showed their ability for part singing. All their efforts, however, were greeted with the well-deserved applause of an interested audience. Mr. Tomlins’ gestures, when conducting, are almost as erratic and origi- nal as Jobn Philip Sousa’s, but the mere externals of the conductor’s manner are really of no consequence. The int is for his chorus to be able to read his mean- ing readily, and that is what the High Sc%ool girls last night seemed thoroughly well able to do. The solo performers were Miss Jean- nette Wilcox, Willis E. Bacheller and Hermann Brandt. Miss Wilcox sang three times and Mr. Bacheller twice, and both wisely refused to lengthen the con- cert by accepting encores. Hermann Brandt played “La Ronde des Lutins,” a gypsy dance by Sarasate, and the violin solo in the “Largo,” but he also resisted an encore. REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL, The Republicans Determine on Plans for Organi- zation Work. Assembly District Clubs to Be Formed In Each District Over the State. The executive committee of the Repub- lican Executive Council met in the court- room of Department 11 of the Superior Court at the new City Hall last night. James E. Field was elected chairman for the evening. the regular chairman, H. C. Firebangh, being absent. Ex-Chief of Police L. Schaffer of Oak- land, R. C. J. Adney of Alameda and Ed- ward H. Boyen of San Rafael were present as delegates from those points. The question of at once reportine back to the Executive Council some effective plan for the organization of Republican clubs in each Assembly district was taken up and thoroughly discussed. “There can be no doubt,’”’ said Judge M. Cooney,*‘of the fact that the enemy is even now active in an unusual degree and that in order to have the Rapuglican party thoroughly and effectively organized we have no time to lose. *‘The work should be laid out and pushed power belongs to and should emanate from the people, and that the voice and will of the people shall ever be a controlling factor in its deliberations.” For the more effective realization of the ob- jects referred to the council has decided u; Assembly club organization; that is, one club of at least one hundred members to every Assembly district in San Francisco and of at least fifty members outside of San Francisco. Louis Schaffer, R. C, J. Adney, E. H. Boyen and Addie Ballou adaressed the council® on the importance of active and efficient work being done to the end that the party find itself in fighting trim to meet the enemy in the coming campaign.” After providing for the routine commi tee work to be done in the interim tbe council adjourned, after first having pro- vided for the completing of the list of or- ganizers in each Senatorial district in the Btate. e Laborers for the Mines. During the last few days many orders for miners have been received at the State’s Free Labor Burean. These orders come from mine- owners in sl parts of the State, and the in- uiry for help indicates & general revival in the mining industry. Yesterday an order was recefved from & company ac Shasta for 100 men to work at grading for the Mountain Mines Railroad. The men will be paid $1 75 a day and they can get board for $4 50 & week. The Labor Commissloner has obtained a re. duced rate from the railroad company for all miners sent to these mines. Hunting for Runaway Girls. Maggie Ward, 18 years of age, and her sister Mary, aged 17, left thelr home at 233 Langdon street last Monday evening. It is believed that they went away in cnmpnn{ with & young fellow who lives in the neighborhood. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren has been requested to hunt for the way- ward girls. Secretary McComb heard that they were in the hopyards near Pleasanion, and he sent a letter of inquiry to see if he could learn if they are or had been there. e Cornelius 0'Connor Retires. Atameeting of the Ophir Company yester- day Cornelius O’Connor tendered his resigna- tion and it was accepted with much reluctance by the other directors. Mr. Hirshield voted against it and highly complimented Mr. 0'Con- nor for his long and honorable connection with the mining companies. Mr. O'Connor, it is said, intends to resign from all other Comstock companies with which he has been connected as a director, including the Consolidated Cali- fornia and Virginia. INSOMNIA. From the Herald, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Jessie Shea isa young married woman whose tidy home s at 855 West Lexington street, Baltimore. For many months Mrs. Shea was a terrible sufferer from a nervous affection, which resulted in general debility and super- induced thatofttimes incurable malady, insom- nia. A Herald reporter called at her residence recently and was shown into_ihe neatly fur- nished parlor and told that Mrs. 8hea would be down in a few minutes. Soon a ligh was heard tripping down the stairway, and Mrs. Shea, radiant with health and the vlw)r of young womanhood, entered the room. When asked if she had used Dr. Williams’ Pink Pi)l. with a smile which betokened the utmost sa isfaction the young lady replied: “Yes, I have used- them, and had I not heard of them I dofibt if Iwould have been here to answer your call. Continning, she said: ago I had an attack of W) nervous prostration. M{ appetite left me en- tirely, and what little sleep I got, and it was very little, I assure you, was not by any means refreshing. On thé contrary, when I awoke from a nap I had such & tired and exhausted feeling that 1 was loth to try to get to sleep again. I continued tolose flesh day after da until I was aimost a shadow compared witl my former self. “Assoon _asI began to take the Pink Pills I commenced to improve. I am no longer troubled with nervousness. I have a good ap- petite, experience none of the feelings {ncident to indigestion, and I sleep as sound as a healthy child. ’l‘he&lll re certainly all they are represented to be, and asI belleve that 1 owe my life to the fact of having used them I shall always cheerfully recommend them to my friends'and other persons whom I find to be suffering from the maladies of which they cured me.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a ¢on- densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also aspecific for “About two months t the aoctors termed troubles peculiar to females, such as suppres- sions, irrezularities and all jorms of weabness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arisine from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pilis are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) &t 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2 50, and may be had of all dr gists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ M cine Company, Schenectady, N, SHE RODE WITH DURRANT, Mrs. Crosett Saw Him on the Valencia-Street Car April 3. SWEET PEA GIRL'S IDENTITY. She Is Miss Rose Holland and Is an Old-Time Friend of the Prisoner. The prosecution in the Durrant case has secured another important witness. It is Mrs. James Crosett, who livesat the corner of Washington and Laurel streets. Mrs. Crosett’s testimony will be very damaging to the alibi which the defense expects to prove for Durrant, but it will be by no means as convincing as would be supposed from the story circulated yesterday con- cerning the evidence she would furnish. Hitherto the prosecution has had no witnesses who saw or claimed to have seen Durrant and Blanche Lamont together be- tween the corner of Powell and Market streets and Twenty-first and Bartlett. It is to connect this break in the prosecu- tion’s chain of circumstantial evidence that Mrs. Orosett is expected to supply tbe missing link. She will testify that she saw Durrant on the Valencia-street car between the pointsmamed on the after- noon of April 3, but this is as far as her memory serves her. She does not remember whether he was accompanied by a lady, or if he was she does not know who it could have been. She professes to know nothing further than that she saw the accused on the car and says the other details of the reported account of the tes- timony she would give are entirely untrue. Mrs. Crosett is able to fix the day by reason of the fact that she had attended a tea party that afternoon and was on her way to the Mission. She rode on the Powell-street carand transferred at Market to the Valencia-street line. Asshe entered the car she saw Durrant already aboard. She says he did not recognize her, as has been stated, nor did she speak to him. She left the car at Twenty-fifth street, instead of Twenty-second; did not stop on the curb to shake hands with Durrant, and was not presented to Blanche Lamont, as has also been stated. In fact, according to her statement yes- terday she merely remembers seeing him, and cannot remember where he left the car. She observed a lady sittine next to Dur- rant, but does not recall their holding any conversation, and she does not remember how the lady was dressed or whether or not she had books in her lap. Mrs. Crosett arrived at the residence of her son, James F. Crosett, at the corner of Twenty-fifth street and San Jose avenue, ata few minutes past 4 o'clock, thus it must have been about the time Durrant is supposed to have made the journey to the Mission with Blanche Lamont that she saw him on the car. Her testimony therefore, indefinite as it may be. will serve as a strong card for the pros- ecution in its effort to trace the steps of the prisoner and his supposed victim from the Normal School to Emmanuel Church. The Crosett family are warm friends of the Durrants, and because of this and the indefinite character of the old lady’s knowl- edge they feared she might have been mis- taken and endeavored to keep the matier secret, in the hope that she would not be called upon to testify. Mrs. Crosett’s eyesight is very uncertain. This fact and the defects in her memory as to details will be made the most of by the defense when it attempts to prove mis- taken identity in the cases of the various witnesses who have testitied and will tes- tify to seeing Durrant thatafternoon. The identity of the ‘‘sweet peas girl’’ and her motive for visiting the courtroom have at last been divulged. Much has been said since the trial of Durrant first commenced of a girl who at first visited the courtroom almost daily and was said to_carry always a bunch of sweet peas, which she inef- fectually tried to induce the prisoner to accept, but whose attentions were frowned upon by Durrant. The young woman did not put in an appearance at the courtroom for some days until Thursday, when she again sought and was granted admission. Because of her frequent attendance, and the fact that there seemed to be an under- standing between herself and the prisoner, Captain Lees conceived the idea that her acquaintance with Durrant was of such a nature as to render it more than likely that she was possessed of certain informa- tion concerning him. Detectives were therefore detailed to trace the girl, and if possible to discover her identity and her secret. She has proved berself too clever for them, however. and the police are as igror- ant of who she is as they were the day she first appeared in court with a bunch of sweet peas on her breast. It has developed that the girl is Miss Rose Holland; that she lives across the bay, between Berkeley and Alameda, and that she is an old-time friend of Durraut. The two met at an Endeavor meeting herd at Oakland once upon a time and have since been warm friends. Miss Holland denies that it is because of any infatuation for the prisoner. Her reason for wisking to elude the detectives, she explains. is to avoid the notoriety she was afraid the disclosure of her identity would give her. KILLED IN CHIHUAHUA. Thomas Fletcher, President of the Mex- ican Industrial Company, Dies on His Son’s Railway. A letter was received in this City on Thursday from Chihuahua, Mexico, bear- ing the news that Thomas Fletcher, the prominent foundryman and machine manufacturer of that city, was killed last Sunday not far from his works. The statement was a shock to Mr. Fletcher's numerous friends in San Francisco, for he was well and favorably known here for many years. Indeed this was his home, and all the most intimate friends and family acquaintances of the deceased are residents of San Francisco. Mr. Fletcher was a machinist and founder here for years. Then he went down to the mining district around Chihua- hua, and engaged 1n his trade with his son, Frank Fletcher. The new enterprise met with extraordinary success from the start, and in time received the financial backing of a wealthy Mexican, which extended the business to a great magnitude, and enabled its managers to push theifmanu- factures in several of the northern States of Mexico. The works were incorporated under the title of Compama Industrial Mexicana, and as such have carried large contracts for the Mexican Central Railway and the large mines at Batopilas, Jesus Marie and La Candelaria, the last being Daniel M. Burns’ place in Durango. About two years ago Mr. Fletcher came to the conclusion that he had made his fortune, and could retire for the rest of his days. It was his intention to withdraw from Mexico and return to 8an Francisco, to live here permanentiy. He did come here, but found that the rate of exchange on silver was 20 ruinously low, beingabout 51 per cent, he changed his resolve and de- cided to remain in Mexico until silver would rise to its old-time normal stand- ard. So he returned quite lately and went into his business as usual. His son, who has been vice-president and manager of the works, entered a new enterprise, buy- ing an immense tract of timber land near Chihuahua and opening it up with a rail- road and sawmills. He took his father over the new railroad last Sunday. At one point they came upon a washout in the track. Mr. Fletcher got out to ex- amine the track and attempted to get on the locomotive when it had started again. He slipped and fell under the wheels and was instantly killed. The deceas=d leaves a widow, a daughter and a son in Chihuahua. He was a native of England and aged 53 years. In alarge circle of friends and acquaintances in this city he was highly respected, and his loss will be deeply feit. - INTERNAL REVENUE NOTES. Chinese Illicit Cigarette Factory Scized. The Quinn Appeals. Several internal revenue officials have just paid a visit to Fresno and vicinity in their official capacity, among them Assist- ant Collector Loupe, Internal Revenue Agent Cromwell and Assistant Agent Thomas. Mr. Loupe returned yesterdav. A Chinese named Wong Kee was caught by Deputy Collector Griffin running an illicit cigarette factory at Fresno from which he had been supplying Cbinese with a great many cigarettes without paying the Federal tax. The revenue officials seized 300 large Amckazes of them. Wong Kee was arrested. The appeals in the eleven cases against ex-Deputy Collector John C. Quinn brought by commission merchants to re- cover liquor taxes amounting altogether to $3300, are to be heard by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals during the latter part of next month. The Williams, Di- mond & Co. case is set for October 23. The question involved is the right of the Government to collect the $100 annual rev- enue tax and the $50 penalty for the non- payment on liquor expo: from this country and not intended for home con- sumption. The plaintiffs to avoid seizure paid the taxes under protest. They pur- chased wines here for shipment in their own firm names, but allege that they were acting merely as commission merchants or agents of toreign firms, and not as liquor- dealers. Judge McKenna of the United States Cir- cuit Conrt found that the plaintiffs were not engaged in business as liquor-dealers, and consequently were not subject to_the revenue tax. From this finding the Gov- ernment has appealed. Deputy Collector Loupe, while at Fresno, paid a visit to George Malter's place at Maltermora. Mr. Malter, he says, has a crop of grapes that will average eight tons to the acre, due to judicious fer He is building a 100,000 gallon wine tank and tas three others of 50,000 gallons each. “The wine men say the rain will not in- jure the wine grapes,” Mr. Loupe observed. AMATEUR THEATRICALS, Minstrel and. Vaudeville En- tertainment at the Cali- fornia Theater. Given Under the Ausplces of Igna- tian Council No. 35, Young Men’s Institute. The amatenr minstrel and vaudeville entertainment given last evening at the California Theater under the auspices of Ignatian Council No. 35, Young Men's In- stitute, was a success quite unprecedented in the history of amateur theatricalsin this City. The entertainment was given in aid of a fund which will be expended in securing more commodious quarters for the City councils, which have entirely out- grown their present headquarters at the corner of Tenth and Market streets. The young men played to a crowded honse. It was a good-natured and appre- ciative audience that cheered the various numbers vociferously, and further attested its approval by now and then sending up bouquets when anything especiaily good was rendered. The first part of the programme was of the burnt eork order, and made an hour of uproarious fun. The cast was as follows: Bones—Engene Beauce, Robert Mitchell, John Catheart; interlocutor—John T. Greany; tambourines—William J. Hynes, James C. O’Donnell, Dave McLaughlin; soloists and uartet—Dr. Gilbert F. Graham, tenor; W. J. 'Brien, tenor; D. M. Warde, first bass; George V. Wood, second bass. Chorus: Tenors—Sid- ney Hoperait, Professor P. Van de Kun, George Knox, Francis Dolan; bassos—Geo: Connelly, Frank ¥. Haynes, George Devine, C. E. Hildebrecht, Frank McGlynn. Chorus— Twenty-five madrigal boys. The following programme was given: Introductory overture, company; song, “The Band Played On,” John Catheart; tenor solo, “My Dearest Heart,”” Dr. Gilbert F. Graham; song, “Move On.” Robert Mitchell; baritone solo, “Brigand’s Love Song,” Daniel M. Warde; song, “C (original), Eugene Captain _Cook” Beaiice; tenor solo, “Say au Revoir,” William J. O'Brien; funnyisms, Dave McLaughlin; song, “Can’t Change It,” William J. Hynes; bass solo, *The Diver,” George V. Wood; song, “patsy McCann,” James C. O'Donneil; bass solo, “Donkey Song” (by special request), George V. Wood; finale, competitive drill by company. Part second—Overture, “Around the Metro, olis,” Knell’s orchestra. Spanish rings, E. T. Barr and J. B. Arzt, Olympic Club. Impersona- tions—(a) An Old Man (poem, “Gettin’ On,” Eugene Field); (b) imitation Sol Smith Rus- Sell' in song of “The Owls and the Mice.” as- sisted by Matthew Canavan and John Flatly, Frank McGlynn. Female impersonation, gayety dance, George Hammersmith. Specialities, Alexander Rosborough. E Triple silver bars—G. C. Rathbun snd R. P. Starkey; whistling soloala Mrs. Alice Shaw, 0. Crabill; grand drill, League of the Cross Cadets, Company C; up_to date specialties, Dave McLaughlin; ‘comicalities, Richard 1. Whelan; ““The Frog Song,” Plymouth Quartet— first tenor, Frank Coflin; second tenor, George A. Rice; first bass, Daniel M. Warde; second bass, C. L. Pareat Jr. George Hammersmith as a female im- personator in the gayety dance made a decided hit. 8 : Frank McGlynn’s impersonations were excellent and called for a good deal of ap- plause. 2 The programme will be repeated this evening. e All to His Partner. Gustave Wihl of this City, who died at For est Hill, Placer County, on July 26, ieft a £5000 estate, which by a_will dated 1887 is bequeathed entirely to William Dieffenbacher, for many years the partner of the testator. Mr. ‘Wihl, it’is stated, had no relatives. —_—————————— The flowers of the Judas tree, Cercis Siliguastrum, of Europe have an agreeable acid taste and_are sometimes mixed with salads or made into fritters with batter, d the flower buds are pickled 1n vinegar. SOUTH SIDE, One of our Bet. Fifth and Sixth, ‘Customers. Flve doors above Hale Bros. DON'T PAY FANCY PRICES FOR ELECTRIC BELTS! - We Have Them From 85 to 825. EYE-GLASSES AT CUT PRICES Eyes Examined by a Scientific Opticlan Free of Charge. 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