The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1895, Page 5

THE SA AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGH, The Traffic Association Pre- paring to Do Better Work Than Ever. MR.HUNTINGTON SLACKS SPEED. Passenger-Trafflc Comblnation Be- tween the Southern Paclfic * and the Southern. News that reached Southern Pacific headquarters yesterday from Mr. Hunt- ington’s special train was to the effect that the party were in no haste to reach this City, and were coming west from Ogden by the easiest stages that could be ar- ranged. Mr. Huntington was joined at Ogden by H. E. Huntington and R. P. Schwerin. Reports that reach here indicate that the Southern Pacific president is in the best of health and his three score and ten years seem to have told little upon his remark- able vitality. He is just as full of plans and projects as ever, is intepested in all details of railroading and eager to see all points of interest along the way. It is understood that the party will go from Truckee to Lake Tahoe and spend Sunday there, and then reach this City Monday evening. The Traffic Association is out for aggres- sive missionary work, with a view to mak- ing the organization more powerful than it hes ever been. Within the next week or ten days every downtown merchant who does any freight shipping of importance will be called upon by a member of the association and invited to cast his fortunes with the association. The committees just appointed to carry on this aggressi¥e cam- aign include B. F. Dunham, Wakefield aker, E. H. Kittredge, W. R. Wheeler, C. M. Yates, A.J. Marcus, S. Dinkelspiel, J. F. Littlefield, Henry Michaels, J. A. Fol- ger, H. A. Williams, C. H. Schmidt, J. Curtis, E. A. Phelpsand L. H. Bonestell. These are all good workers and all enthusi- astic for the upbuilding of the association. There is a great deal of work for the as- sociation to do. One thing that Traffic Manager Curtis has in mind is the water- ways of the State, and he is at present greatly interested in the outcome of the visit of the Congressional delegation to the upper waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. It isan old topic, but one of telling interest—this making navigable the natural transportation routes—and the association cannot do more to endear iiself to the heartsof all producers of the big valleys than by following up this line of work with aggressive earnestness. The latest report from Claus Spreckels and Mr. Whittier of the directorate of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road is that they will return from their European trip about November 1. They went abroad with a view to interesting foreign capital in their project, but just what success has attended their visit no one here has yet learned. Agent Poston of the Southern Railway, one of the great systems of the New South, h; uartered himse!f in the basement of the Crocker building. He has brought h him from the East a patent folder, warranted to induce patronage in any city in the world. Because San Francisco is so »smopolitan, he believes it ought to work 1t is printed in thirteen different ges. The report is that he has been ng the Russian portion of 1t with a view tc t on at the next meeting of licketmen’s - Association, atory =suslly takes sky he southern road is a pushin anization, and just at present while the Atlanta Exposition is 1 progress Mr. Poston has assurance of doing a very re- ble amount of business. s open talk that the Southern Pacific and Southern Railway have entered into a rt of partnership to scoop in passenger c during the winter months. The Southern Pacific’'s new Sunset Limited train will lure travelers to go East by way of New Orleans, and thence a fast train of the Southern Railway will take them to Washington by way of Atlanta. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire is fighting the proposed pooling agreement between the trunk lines, as the big rcads between New York and Chicago are termed. In doing this he and Attorney- General Harmon have been having some eppery correspondence. In his last pub- ished letter the fighting Senator Chandler wrote the Attorney-General : The promptitude with which you have as- sumedin behslfof the railroad conspirators that their coming trust combination is a suc- cessiul evasion of the criminal laws of the United States is oniy equaled by the celerity with which Commissioner Morrison has de- cided that the Interstate Co: erce Commis- sion knows nothing whatever about the noto- rious pooling agreement and cannot possibly find out anything until it has gone into opera- tion. Thus President Cleveland’s subordinates relegate the preventive laws against trusts and monopolies to innocuous desuetude. It re- mains tobe seen what the chief magistrate himself will do. GORTON'S CASE DROPPED. An O1d-Time Stage Robbery Brought to the Fore Again in Judge Mor- row’s Court. H. L. Gorton, who was indicted in 1889 for rifling the United States mail," is no longer charged with that offense, the case having been dropped by Judge Morrow at the instance of United States District At- torney Foote. This will not do Gorton any good, though, since he is now serving a’ life sentence in the penitentiary at Oregon. Six years ago the entire constabulary of Marin County was hunting for the two Gorton boys. One, H. L. Gorton, was bet- ter known as “Jack.”” The other was George D. Gorton. Thetwo voung men had held up the stage running between Point Arena and Cazadero on December ¢, 1888, The driver, James Bland, had been robbed and the mailbags had been rifled for valuables. The robbers were finally captured, but only after a long chase. They evaded the officers at first and went north into Oregon. There they had robbed an express train. Fleeing from the Oregon authorities, they came back to California, only to be taken into custedy here. As the crime committed in Oregon was much more serious than that charged against them in Marin, the Federal au- thorities consented to allow the Oregon case to be tried first. The prisoners were taken north and sentenced to life im- prisonment. " The local indictment still held, but one of the men has died. and as there was no prospect of the other leaving jail alive the United States Attorney decided to clear the case off the calendar. This was done by Juage Morrow yesterday, the postal authorities consenting. o ee———— BROKER FOX HELD. Charged With Embezzlement by Bridget Holland of Nevada. Stockbroker Henry L. Fox, who is ac- sused by Bridget Holland of Nevada of de- franding her out of $1000, was examined before Police Judge Joachifisen yesterday, and held to appear before the Buperior Court, with bonds fixed at $2000. Mrs. Holland claims that in 1888 she sent Fox $1000, to be invested in Spring Valley Water stock. She says that ever since that time up to a few months ago she received $5 per month from Fox, on the representation that the remittance represented dividends. Some little time ago the payments stopped, and then she discovered that Fox had never bought the stock, but had converted the mone)% to his own use. Fox's attorney pleaded the statute of limitations, but the court held that the statute begins to run only when the fraud is discovered and helc Fox. HE WANTS TO DIE. Harley Foster Writes a Farewell Letter to the World and Miss Maud Pabst. A let}er bidding the world “good-by” a_nd signed by Harley Foster, who has lived for some time at 44 Third street, was found by Officer McPherson. The epistle was turned over to Coroner Hawkins yes- terday. It reads as follows: 1 suppose when this is founa I will be cold in death and out of my misery. Let Miss Mand Papst of 1622 Fulton street know that she was the cause of my doing thus. Ikgow there is no admittance in Heaven for a suicide, but nevertheless I am going. HARLEY FOSTER. On the outside of the envelope was writ- ten “My Dear Maud and Daisy” a number of times. There was also, *‘H. R. Foster, room 101, 44 Third.” Foster ¢ould not be found at the lodging-house on Third street. As his body has not yet been discovered, it is not known whether he carried out his threat or not. Miss Maud Pabst is a daughter of Charles J. Pabst, a mining man. She had known Foster in Glenn County, when they were children. She said she had not looked on him as a suitor, though their relations had always been very friendly. She haa not quarreled with him and knew no reason because of financial troubles. . A WOMAN'S INVENTION. The United States Courts Asked to Pro- tect Lutie Kepler’s Patent. A suit in equity for infringement of a patent of more than usual interest has been filed in the United States Circuit Court. It is brought by the Computing Scale Company of Dayton, Ohio, against Park & Kennedy of this City. The nov- elty of the case arises from the fact that the inventor is a woman, and this is the first suit on record in this circuit for in- fringement of a patent taken out by a woman. The inventor's name is Kepler of Dayton, Ohio. The invention is called a ‘“price scale,” and consists of a scale whereby an article sold may be Lutie Florence why he should want to die unless it was | FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1895. ABOUT THE SUNBURNERS, Brief Session of the Durrant Trial-Diagrams and Exhibits. THE BELFRY DOOR EXAMINED. Laying the Foundation for the The- ory That Durrant Was Over- come by Gas.’ THE DURRANT TRIAL IN A MINUTE.—THE GASBURNERS, As predicted by THE CALL, yesterday’s half- day session of the trial of Durrant for the mur- der of Blanche Lamont was consumed almost entirely by witnesses to prove the character and surroundings of the sun burners, and this proof was not concluded by the time court ad- journed (at noon) until next Tuesday morning. When court opened Mr. Barnes asked for a suspension of the rules in order to prove the condition of the belfry door. This was done by the testimony of Captain Lees, Sergeant Reynolds, Detective Cody and Draughtsman Russell, after which the jurors examined the marks on the door and door-jamb. Edwin Wil- liam Carpenter, a plumber, and Robert W. up on the stand and examined the marks on the door and the door-jamb, Judge Mur- phy mehnwhile cautioning them to use their eyes only and not their tongues. Edwin William Carpenter, a plumber with forty years’ experience and a bushy iron-gray beard, was sworn. He had made an examination of the sunburners and ventilators in Emmanuel Church. He went to the church last Saturday at the instance of the defense and made a most thorough investigation. He wentu in the loft, or space between the roof an the false ceiling of the church, and meas- ured everything within reach. With tedious (to the spectators) particu- larity he described every detail in connec- tion with the investigations. He gave a minute description of the ventilators and sunburners, and told whata man must do in order to reach them. He said a man’s head would have to b held down in order for him to reach through the apertures made by taking off one of the plates and reaching the sunburners. He had also counted the steps leading from the organ loft to the basement floor of the church. There were, in all, twenty- eight steps, divided by a couple of small platforms. . Mr. Peixotto did the cross-examining. It was mainly devoted to showing that the place where the gas was turned on was seventy-five feet from the gasburmers. On_redirect examination witness said that if a man were 1n the church alone and | wanted to test the sunburners he would be | likely to turn on tbe gas before he went up into the loft. Robert W. Martland, electrician, was He had drawn a chart of the electrical apparatus in the church. The | diagram was offered in evidence. Mr. Barnes objected to the offer on the grouna | next sworn. cally and with precision. The article is placed on the scales and a pointer will in- dicate its exact weight while another pointer will indicate its price. The suit is brought against Park & Kennedy, in the Flood building, who are charged with in- fringement of the patent. Interesting pro- ceedings may be expected during the prog: ress of the suit, in which John H. Miller of this City and Messrs. Church & Church of Washington, D. C., represent the plaintiff. THE DOMHUE FOUNTA Ample Money in the Estate to Carry Out the Provisions of the Will. Final Distribution Delayed Only by Litigation With the Selig- mans. The final settlement of the estate of J. Mervyn Donahue will not be long delayed. There will be for distribution to carry out the bequests cf che testator a sum approxi- mating a balf million of dollars. Accord- ing to. the terms of the will Archbishop Riordan will get $100,000 for the benefit of Roman Catholic churches. The Catholic Orphan Asylum of San Francisco will re- ceive $20,000, and St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum of San Rafaei §$20,000. Orphan asylums of other denominations in San Francisco ars to receive $5000 each. An impo:iant provision of the will is a bequest of $25,000 for a public drinking fountain to be dedicated to the mechanics in memory of the testator's father. The fountain is to be erected at the intersec- tion of Market, Bush and Battery streets, opposite First. The executors of Mervyn Donahue’s will are Peter J. McGlynn and J. F. Bur- gin. Mr. McGlynn was seen vesterday and, responding to inquiries regarding the final distribution of the estate, said: All the debts of the estate have been paid and final distribution cannot be much longer delayea. Yes, there wil: be money sufficient to put up the fountain and pay all the sums devised for charitable purposes.” The only de- lay now in winding up affairs is caused by the Seligmans of New York. When we came to transfer the stock of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad to the purchasers we found that the Seligmans refused to deliver stock to the value of $100,000, claiming that they were entitled, under conditions of con- tract with Mervyn Donahue, to hola that amount as indemnity against litigation, We found fourteen suits pending and proceeded to try some of them and compromise others. The Seligmans, however, now decline to sur- render the stock for some other reason, and so we have instituted suit_against Lillienthal, their agent in this City. Service on the Selig® mans in New York has been secured, but the process was during vacation and some delay ensued. The issue will be brought to trial as speedily as possible. As soon as the case is finally determined the charitable bequests will be paid and designs for the fountain solicited. 1 have had a number of interviews with artists and others on this subject, but no fountain design has been accepted or even closely considered. The executors are sure that the sum named in the will is sufficient to construct a fountain beautiful in design and excellent in workmanship. We shall endeavor 10 carry out the idea of the testator and pro- vide a fountain thai will be an ornsment to Sen Francisco and a monument to the memory of Mervyn’s father, Peter Donahue. —————— .Sued for Maintehance. Mrs.Inez Merce: has sued her husband Wil. liam Mercer, a sea captain, for support, asking the court to award her $60 of the $100 per month salary he receives. She says that they were married in 1884, that three children have been born to them and that he has deserted her, leaving her no means of support. e e Small Fry Swindlers. Some of the meanest of these are they who seek to trade upon and make capital out Of the reputa- tion of the greatest of American tonics, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, by imitating its outward guise. Reputable druggists, however, will never foist upon you as genuine spurious imitations of or substitute for this sovereignremedy for malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint and nerv- ousness. Demand, and if the dealer ve honest, you will get the genuine aricle. weighed and the price indicated automati- | ot | > WL rhinglon . ) Wi | THE JURY CROWDED ARGUND THE BELFRY DOOR. | [Sketched by a * Call” artist.] | Martland, were then called in turn to explain | the gasburners and point out their location on | & specially drawn aiagram offered by the defense. Sl THE SEVENTEENTH DAY. Only Half a Day Consumed in De~ scribing Minutely the Sun- Burners and Their Location. It was Judge Murphy who was a few minutes late in the morning at the re- sumption of the trial of Durrant for the murder of Blanche Lamont. He looked guilty as he came in and remarked to the jury that he was detained by official busi- ness. It was almost equal to a self- imposed reprimand, and the jury smiled appreciatively and then answered the roll- call. Mr. Barnes asked for a suspension of thi rules in order to offer proof as to the con- dition of the beliry door and the marks found on it, o that the jurors could in- spect the door at once. The court thought this was proper, and sugeested that Captain Lees be first sworn a8 1o the condition of the marks when he saw them on the 19th of this month. Captain Lees then testified that Seymour and Cody had accompanied him to the church on that date and had tried the chisel found in the pastor’s study to the marks on the belfry doof. He said that care was used in the experi- ment and none of the marks were altered or enlarged. Mr. Dickinson asked how the chisel reached the department headquarters, and Captain Lees could not answer the ques- tion as he had no remembrance on the matter. He said the tag on the chisel ought to show that. Mr. Deuprey made a motion that the testimony of Sergeant Burke, given the day before, relating to his conclusion that there was no blood on the shoe found in the pastor’s study, be stricken out. The court—As I understand, the answer was given in response to your question asking why the shoe was not removed. Deuprey—I do not remember that to be the testimony, because Sergeant Reynolds did not bring away the shoe. The court—But that was at a subsequent time, 1f I remember rightly. Mr. Rarnes read the testimony, and as it proved to be as stated by the court, the motion to strike out the conclusion that there was no biood on the shoe was denied. Sergeant Reynolds was recalled and asked who took the chisel from the pas- tor’s study. He had no personal recollec- tion, but promised to look the matter up. As to the shoe, he thought he took that away from the study himself. Detective Cody then identified a small slip of paper containing specimens of Pas- tor Gibson’s handwriting. He found the aper in the pastor’s study, on the table. t was admitted as evidence. Draughtsman Russell was recalled to tell how he removed the belfry door to the courtroom. He said it was done Wednes- day evening :X himself and two police- men. He used a hammer, saw and cold- chisel in removing the frame. He used great care not to deface the door or its framework and to keep it in its original condition. ““The door sags now, does it not?”” asked Mr, Dickinson. ““It does sag, but no more than it did when in place in the beliry.” “How do you know that?” “I drew marks agross the door and the frame before I took it down. When you shut the door niow you see that these marks are in the same position.”” “That is all.” The court—Well, is there any objection to the jury now viewing the marks on the door? Deuprey—We object; there has been no show- ing yet made that the door is in the same con- dition as it was on April 3. The court—I shall overrule that objection, for the testimony is that the door is the same $o far as the marks on it are concerned, and that is the only point at issue now. Deuprey—We take an exception. The jurors then left their seats and went | that the measurements for the diagram | were made on the 2ist and 24th of this month, and that therefore it did not pur- port to represent the sun-burners and elec- trical apparatus used for lighting them as they existed on the 3d of April. Judge Murphy overruled the objection, holding that the defense had the right to show the condition of the burners and bat- tery at any time, and that it was for the jury to consider the difference in condi- tions that might exist. Witness then minutely described his diagram. There were twenty-four burners, he said, one of which was an_electric vi- brating burner. It was lighted by an electric spark from the battery above and then communicated its light to all the | other sun-burners. An electric spark-burner attachment similar to the one used in the church was | offered in evidence. | Mr. Barnes objected to it because it was not the original burner. Judge Murphy overruled the objection and the spark at- tachment went in as a defense exhibit. The morning was spent in considering the location and description of these sun- burners and their surroundings, and no other testimony had been given by the time the noon adjournment arrived. Judge Murphy explained that, as the afternoon was the beginning of a Jewish holiday, there would be no further session until next week. Then a couple of the jurors declared that, as Monday was collection day, they would suffer financial loss unless they were permitted to attend to their business on that day. Judge Murphy is nothing if not mindful of the juror’s convenience, and the end of a brief and pleasant discussion on this point was that court adjourned until Tues- day morning. D —— ATTEMPT AT BLACKMAIL. An Unknown Woman Tries to Get Money From the Defense for Information. The mysterious medical man with a knowledge of Theodore Durrant’s move- ments on the afternoon of April 3 has bobbed up again. It will be remembered that at various times since the trial of the accused student commencea stories have been published connecting an alleged gen- tleman of the medical fraternity with Dur- rant’s history for that day. In one of these he rode on a Powell-street car with the ac- cused ; in another it was a car of the Valen- cia-street line, and 1n still another he had changed his mind about its being Durrant whom he saw on the car, and would ap- pear as a witness for the defense. None of the stories were ever authenti- cated, however, and the mysterious gentle- man whose name was always withheld when his story was published has been al- lowed of late to sink into obscurity. But he has been brought back into the circle of mysterious witnesses. This time in an al- leged attempt to blackmail the Durrants. A week ago yesterday Mrs. Durrant re- ceived a letter to which was signed simply “Mrs. A.,” in which the author stated she was in possession of information of impor- tance to the defendant in the Durrant trial. She requested that Mrs. Durrant meet her at the corner of Grant avenue and Market street_the following day, and as a distin- guishing mark that she weara bunch of marguerites. Detective Harry Morse was notified of the receipt of the letter, and Detective George Green was detailed to accompany Mrs. Durrant. Together they kept the appointment, and were informed by the writer of the anonymous note that in con- sideration of the sum of $25 she would direct them toa member of the medical profession who could give testimony val- uable to the defense. The interview ended with the understanding that the proposi- tion would be taken under consideration. Durrant’s attorneys, when the matter was reported to them, looked upon the woman as another Mrs. Groger and de- cided to let the matter dropand no further attention was given it until last Wednes- day, when the woman again made her appearance, this time at the Durrant home on Fair Oaks street. She called to learn what decision had been arrived at concern- ing her proposition and was directed to call on Mr. Deuprey at his office, which she did, and was there informed that if she did not desist from her blackmailing efforts the law would be invoked, where- upon the woman lost her temper and de- clared she would impart her information to the Chief of Police. Bubsequently Mrs. Durrant received another note from the woman stating the aefense could not now have her information at any price, Captain Lees stated last evening that no such woman had presented herself at the Chief’s office. The woman is of medium height and build, 1s perbaps 45 years of age; but further nothing is known of her identity except that she has been followed several times to the lodging-house at 1035 Market street. The matter isbeing looked into with a view to prosecuting the woman for attempted blackmail. LOST HIS TEMPER. Architect Mooser Strikes a Young Man Who Had Sued Him. Architect William Mooser lost his tem- per yesterday outside of Justice Groezin- ger’s courtroom and struck Frank Dunn. Friends of the parties quickly separated them and nothing more serious occurred. The trouble grew out of a suit brought by Dunn against Mooser for $60 on account of services rendered. Dunn claimed that he had made drawings of plans for the De Martini and Roeder orders and had mate- riauy helped Mooser in the work. Mooser stoutly denied thisand declared that Dunn was simply a student whom he had toler- ated in his office to learn the rudiments of the profession. The testimony given by the two men was very bitter. Dunn was given judgment for $10 and costs. In passing ontof the courtroom the men interchanged warm words. The elder Mooser lost his temper and struck Dunn. The blow did no other damage than to knock Dunn’s glasses off. Then friends interfered and the angry men were led away in opposite directions. Mooser is” well known locally for his work on the French Hospital, the Dono- Loe building and the Macdonough Theater, Oakland. SALHNTION ARY LABORS General Keppel Upon the New Work Among the Unfor- tunate Women. A Thanksgiving Dinner for the Poor Children of the City. Mrs. Booth. The commanding officers of the Salva- tion Army are contemplating a somewhat new plan of help-work. The army has the Lifeboat and other institutions for men, and the Beulah Home across the bay for giris, and the idea under consideration is a refuge or rather a system of giving assist- ance to women. Brigadier-General Keppel said yesterday : The Lifeboat on Jackson street, as you know, has been in commission all summer as a lodg- ing-place. It will soon begin giving meals to those whose finances are low down. That is its winter work. I don’t anticipate the wide- spread distress of Ynnr. winters; but something of that deplorable character will probably come, and one of the practical ways to touch- ing a'man’s soul is by filling his stomach first. i course, we are only the dispensers of char- ity; those who o liberally supply us with the wherewithal are the real givers, and our ability to give & man a meal or a night's lodging de- pends upon the good peeple outside of thearmy uniform. We intend to give a Thanksgiving dinner to the poor children of the City, also a Christmas meal to all the poor people we can supply. But our pet plan now is an effort to do some- thing for the unfortunate women we meetin our work in homes and in the public streets. The trouble has been that we have not been abletodoanything with those people,having no place to put them. There are a numerous squad of those poor, miserable and often in- ebriated creatures drifting around in the shadows of the City that offer good material for local missionary work. We can’t get at them effectually by preaching to them on the corner of the street. We musi get them some- where and study up their cases. Then we will sift them out, and those that appear favorable for some future use we may send over to the Beulah Home if no other place presents itself. 1 am speaking of the utterly homeless now, understand me. Our women soldiers are work- ing constantly among them and not with the good results desired for reasonsIhave men- tioned, namely, no way of practically handling them. There are other poor women we wish to reach. They are in their poverty-stricken abodes awaiting help. We want to extend our work more in that quarter. We want o get some new women out of even that unfavorable field. I cannot say just how we will assist them, but you may be assured in the very best and most systematic way. The Salvation Army works in & practical way. Its experience among the lowly has taught it how to do it. We may not always handle the upper people best, but we know how to work in the slums. Our plans have not matured yet, but the idea is being worked up. At the army headquarters extensive preparations are being made for the com- ing of Mrs. Ballington Booth, who will arrive and begin a series of meetings about the 17th of next month. ——————— For Maintaining Sidcwalk Signboards. Another series of arrests were made yester- day afternoon for violation of the recent ordi- nance against maintaining signboards on the sidewalk. Following are the victims, all of whom put up $20 bail at the Central station: Joseph F. Bertherlin, storekeeper, Market street; J. D. Smith, storekeeper, Market street; William W. Wolmsley, Market street; William Gundlach, saloon-keeper, Stockton street; P. T. Bennett, lunch parlors, Stockton street; N. M. Adler, oyster-house, Stockton street; Thomas McGinnis, lodging-house, Market street; An- drew Wallin, salood-keeper, Market street. e ——e—— A Note Raiser Sentenced. Bert Hyde alias Charles Howard yesterday pleaded guilty to having had a raised treasury note in his possession. Judge Morrow then sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment at hard labor in the County Jail and fined him $100. The note found in Hyde’s posession had been changed from its original denomination of $2 to $10. The prisoner answered the de- scription of a man who had attempted to pass such a note on Edward Fisher and William F. Josephs. These counts in the indictment were dropped, however, in consideration of the prisoner not fighting the firsi charge. e ——————— A Painter Badly Injured. W. H. Morehouse is lying at the Receiving Hospital, suffering from a severe scalp wound and a badly contused back and shoulder. He is a painter in the employ of Callahan & Me- Carty, and was at work in the Selby Smelting Works, at Howard and First streets, yesterday, painting about the machinery, when his ladder slipped. He was thrown against the belt run- ning to the engine and narrowly escaped being crushed to death. As it was, he was severely though not dangerously injured. He was treated by Dr. Weil at the Receiving Hospital. He lives at 1186 Park avenue. —————————— The Grand Jury. The Grand Jury held a long session yester- day afternoon and listened to several wit- nesses. Fire Department affairs were not dis- cussed during the session, but reports of Prog. ress were received from committees appointed to investigate the management of municipal oftices. The jury adjourned until next Tues- day, as Monday, September 30, will be collec- tion or steamer day. ‘Wants Romig to Keep His Promise. J. H. Cummings has begun suit against Her- man Romig to compel the latter to transfer the property at 1331 and 1333 Scott street to him. Cummings declares that Romig agreed to sell him the property for & certain sum and then backed out. He wants Romig forced to keep his agreement. ROYAR Baking Powder Absolutely Pare HAS STOPPED THE WORK. Payment on the Fell-Street Contract Vetoed by Mayor Sutro. PROSPECT OF A LAWSUIT. Several Legal Questions Involved and a Lot of Money Tled Up. Mayor Sutro has vetoed the resolution of the Board of Supervisors ordering the payment of the first completed paved block on what is known as the Fell-street contract. Only $3557 33 is at stake in the present bill, but that represents only one- half payment on the block completed. There are seven more blocks in the con- tract calling for an outlay of nearly $30,000 on the part of the City alone. Property- owners along the street in question are expected to pay the other half. The work involved stretches along Fell street from Stanyan to Baker. It lies on the north side of the park panhandle. One of the legal questions involved is, Shall the City or the Park Commissioners pay for the work? Last July Contractor A. J. Raisch in- duced the property-owners on the north side of the street to sign a private contract with him to put down a bituminous pave- ment. Then he asked the Supervisors to authorize the Street Superintendent to sign a private contract with him on behalf of the City. Subsequently a resolution was signed b{’ the board making this authorization, but the contract was never submitted to the Mayor for his approval. The following week the board repealed the order for the work. A week afterward it again entered another order of repeal. Meanwhile Raisch- went straight ahead with his work. He paved the first block on Fell street from Baker to Lyon and laid the concrete foundation on three other blocks. Then he putin his bill for the City’s one-half share of the work done on the first block, $3557 33. Contractor Jordan filed a protest against the payment of the money on the ground that the contract was illegal, because it had never received the approval of the Mayor and for the reason that the work had never been offered to public bidders. He also claimed that Raisch’s bid was $9000 too much and the City was losing that much. -, This protest caused a suspension of the work. Raisch was dubious about getting his money, and he did not want to incur any more expense till all the uncertainty overhanging the contract was cleared up. Fhere are several questions at issuein controversy: Is there any authorization to pave the street? Shall the cost come out of the City’s or the park’s funds? Can the Supervisors let such a contract without first receiving public bids? ) It is expected that the Supervisors will overrule the Mayor's veto. If they do there is a possibility that the Civic Federa- tion will try and enjoin the Treasurer from paying the money. FIRST INFANTRY AFFAIRS. Active Colonel Bush Is Holding a Series of Battalion Drills. The second series of battalion drills of the First Infantry, N.G. C., commenced on Monday evening. These drills will be under the command of the captains as battalion commanders, the lieutenants acting as company commanders and adju- tants. Companies B and G were drilled asa battalion under Captain Sutliffe, Lieu- tenant Blunkall acting as adjutanf. Com- panies C and D were drilled under Cap- tain Dumbrell, Lieutenant Sparrowe act- ing as adiutant. Both drills were well attended, and with the exception of a few errors the movements were finely executed, the men moving with considerable snap and pre- cision. This method of detailing the cap- tains and lieutenants enables them to ac- quire practical instruction arnd confidence. The next battalion drill will be that of Company F and the cadets under com- mand of Captain Eggert, Lieutenant Goodell acting as adjutant, Sergeant Eb- bert acting as sergeant-major. Herbert C. Watts has_been transferred from Company C, Third Infantry, to Cor- pany G, First Infantry, from which he will” be detailed to the hospital corps of the latter regiment. Sanford L. Goldstein has been appointed by Colonel Bush as commissary on his staff. The officers for the cadet company of the First Infantry will be appointed next week. ———————— Haviland Estate Appraised. The appraisers of the estate of John T. Havi- 1and have compieted their report and estimate its value at $199,862 41. Of this $14,239 27 is cash and about $5000 promissory notes, which are reported as valueless. The personal property belonging to the estate is valued at $44,973 14. Included in this are 400 shares of stock of the California Casket Company, valued at$36,000. A lot on the east side of Drumm street, south of Sacramento, 46x100 feet, is appraised at $46,000, and another at Trinity and Sutter streets, 18x62 feet, at $35,200. INDIGESTION. From the Standard-Union, Brooklyn, N. Y. Few women have had a more miserable existence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs. Anna L. Smith of 311 Pulaski avenue, Brook- lyn. With all the eomforts that money affords, with all the happiness that many loving friends can give, the joy of Mrs. Smith’s life was blasted for years by the terrible ravages of sickness. The story 1s most interesting as told to a reporter: “1 was an invalid for years, suffering first with one complaint and then with another. My case was truly that of a complication of diseases, due to an accident which I received some years ago. The thing which caused me the most discomfort and made me offensive to my family was the worst case of indiges- tion imaginable. I made all around me mis- erable by my sufferings, and was most miser- able mysel”. I had the best physician we could find, and ocecasionaily his prescriptions relieved me temporarily. But the pains and misery would all soon return again. I be- came desperate and started in to try reme- dies of whichI read. Amoug them were the Pink Pills. Their appearance captivated me iustantly, for I am a great believer in the beautitul. I took the pills and followed out the directions to the letter, and before many days T began to feel like & different woman. For six weeks I took the pills_regularly, and I can truthfully add after thatI was as well as anyone in the family. This change for the better in my condition has caused my relatives and friends to take the pills. “I assure you it was impossible for me to oversee my household for three years. Now 1 visit my kitchen every day, do my own marketing and shopping; in a word, look after ?:exfithlng connected with my home and mily. “Oh, yes, I still keep taking the pills. I take one daily after dinner. Prevention, you know, is better and cheaper than cure. T verily be- lieve one-half of the women who are suffering from the ills which our sex are heir to would be up and well if they could be induced to give the Pink Pillsa fair trial. I certainly recom- mend them heartily, and feel grateful to the prglichn who put them on the market.” r. Williams' Pink Pille for Pale People con- tain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. Theymay be had of all druggists or direct by mail from the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectad: box, or six boxes for 0, in bulk or by the dozen or hundred. RIGGS HOUSE, n, D. C. The Hotel ‘‘ Par Excellence’” Of the National Capital. First class In all appoint- ments. G. DEWITT. 'KPIOIL Amerfan plan, $3 per day and 5 NEW TO-DAY. To= Night. The store is closed to-day, but opens promptly at 6 p. Mm.—for theclosing chapter of the most genuinely sensational clothing sale ever known in this City. Just for a huge advertisement—just to show that for daring price-making the genuine rivals of this store are yet un- born—we have reduced our entire stock of Fall Suits and Overcoats, ranging in price from $16 to $20. to the uniform price of s o ® (specian) Look at our windows—TO-NIGHT is the grand round-up and close. MEN’S Cheviot, Cash= NINE mere and Serge Suits Dollars|in single and double breasted Sacks and and latest cut Frocks. NINE- Latest Fall Overcoats TY — Meltons, Vicunas, Beavers and Serges— biue brown and black. Cents. | i Better come early—6 P. M.—oOr else as late as 10—to avoid the crowd. H. Summerfield & Co., 924 to 930 MARKET ST, To= Night. MME. A. RUPPERT'S FAGE BLEACH FOR, THE (OYPLEXION. Removes Freckles, Pimples, Black Heads, Tan, etc. Absolutely cures Eczema and all kindred skin ailments. Price $2 per bottle, or $5 for three bottles (usually required to clear the complexion). To show that the Face Bleach is harm- less, yet beneficial, a small sample bottle sold for 25¢. ' A book of useful hints sent upon receipt of 10¢ in stamps. TO THOSE OUT OF TOWN, Send 35 Cents for Sample Bottle of FACE BLEACH and Book, “HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.” CALL OR ADDRESS MME. A. RUPPERT, 26! Kearny St., Room 8, SAN FRANCISCO. Main Office—6 East Fourteenth Street, New York City, N. Y. LI PO TAI JR. Chinese Tea and flerh Sanitorium, No. 727 Washington St., San Francisco, Cal. Cor. Brenham Place, above the plaza. Office Hours: 9to 12, 1to4 and 5 to 7. Sun- day, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Li Po Tai Jr., son of the famous Li Po Tai, has taken his father's business, and is, afier eleven years’ study in China, fully prepared to locate and treat all diseases. " STHEVERY BESTONETO EXAMINE YOUR eyes and fit them to Spectacles or Eye, with instruments of his Try DR SON. 704 Sacramento street, corner Kearny, San Francisco. Estab- lished 1875. 8@~ De- scriptive pamplet free, NEW WESTERN HOTEL. EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- per Bttt s S B room; elevator mmd.\rlylld& : JATENTS ¥ Best Osranco B DEWEY & €O, 220 MARKET ST., 8. Fo, Ol