The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1895, Page 8

BUDD VISITS THE HOME FOR FEEBLE-MINDED The Books Are Kept in| the Most Primitive | Fashion. LEAKAGE IS POSSIBLE. The Vouchers Show That the Institution Is Honestly Conducted. TO ADOPT FOLSOM'S SYSTEM. In Every Other Way the Home Is Excellently Managed—The State Saved $5000 a Year. Governor Budd made a careful examina- tion vesterday of the management of the Home for Feeble-minded, located near Glen Ellen, and as & result found many th to praise, and at the same time ch to condemn. iperintendent Osborn was warmly con- g :don the uniform cleanliness of the home, the invariable kindness shown toward the unfortunates under his charge, and the remark : cheapness with which the institution is run. On the other hand, he was roundly scored for not keeping certain records required by law, and for the generally incoherent manner in which the commissary depantment was con- ducted. connection Bookkeeper Knapp for a large slice of the Governor's The system was all wrong, he no ‘leak” had red, it a Philadelphia lawyer to get at the facts desired. ied by Labor . W. Longee | st two bemng f airectors, left the reaching In th he board afternoo: 0. w. They Overton of arrington of Colus The rs was expected, f onthl the board held a at which the gener I ises, from the incurable ward to the commissary department. There was noth- ceor that had the appear- g unkept. The floors were hite and clean, the walls free of cobwebs or dust, and the patients themselves in neat and good physical condition. Down 1n the commissary department, however, the trouble began. After sizing E h: the Governor e bundle of brooms king one at ran- ds a vigorous yank or two and out fell great pieces of rotten straw. It was evidently not confined by the wire, but simply stu in to fill up. Then the Governor grew wrathy. He de- manded of Mr. Osborn whether he had accepted such brooms—brooms he said that the State was paying $2 2¢ a dozen for, but which could be purchased anywhere for §1 10. The superintendent denied anv responsibility in the matter, saying that he never the goods when they came in. Clerk Knapp was then placed on the nd he, too, disclaimed any respon- ecked the goodsand ¥ . The Governor read both a neat little lecture and then de- manded the books of the house. The manner in which the books were kept made the State’s chief officer open his eyes in amazement. 2 Let me see your commissary book,” he d Clerk Knapp did not have a book an- swering that description, though he made the acknowledgement with evident em- b sment. ou mean to tell me,” said the Gov- “Do ernor, ‘‘that you haven’t a record of eve thing that goes into and comes out of the room? What sort of bobkkeeping is The matron, Mrs. Osborn, has charge of the storeroom,” answered Knapp, “and I know nothing about it. My duty is to simply check the goods when they come in and make out a bill for more when those give out. Mrs. Osborn attends to giving out the day’s supply.” Then the whole naked truth came out. The books of the institution were kept in a most primitive fashion. There was no records of goods received, except the bill itself. These bills were audited and paid by the directors each month, and then filed away for possible future reference. The ledger showed a cash entry equal to the amount of the bill, but neither day- book, journal or ledger gave any itemizea statement of what the bills contained. The vouchers for money paid out and re- were produced when demanded, showing that the cash account was abso- lutely correct. i The Governor said this was not the way to transact the State’s business. There must be a system immediately inaugur- ated whereby one cquld turn to the books and at a glance see where the cash had gone, what bills had been paid, the goods received ; and also a stockbook should be kept, showing when and how every pound of flour and grain of coffee was disposed of. “The system of bookkeeping employed in_the institution is ubsoru(ey rotten,” said the Governor later on, ‘‘tkough the receipts and disbursements are correct to a cent. This, however, does not lessen the fact that under such a loose system a leakage could go on for years and not be discovered. Mr. Osborn and his assistants are not wholly to blame for this, because they have simrly followed lines already laid down, and further Mr. Osborn has been doing the work of secretary and superintendent, when the law distinctly says the board of directors must appoint a secretary. We have named W.P. Ed- wards for that position, and he will also have charge of the commissary depart- ment. This will even up matters and I am satisfied that in the future there will be no occasion to criticize the bookkeeping system employed. They will adopt the plan used at Folsom and San Quentin.”” During the afternoon the board held a long executive session, transacting busi- ness of much importance to the State at large. The manner of committing chil- dren to the home is to be looked into. There are 465 patients now in the wards, vet the income from this source is only $300 a month. The law distinctly says that the parents or guardians of children at the home who are able to pay for their keeping must pay. Itwill be the duty of the new secretary to look into this matter. It is thought tbat this source of revenue can be increased to at least $1500 a month, By the action of the board yesterday the State will be saved between $4000 and $5000 ayear. The farm was leased to respon- sigle parties, the home receiving one- fourth the income. This act means the official decapitation of Manager Robert P. Hill and his five assistants, reducing the salary list $2200. As it has cost the home between $4000 and $5000 to run the farm, it is easily seen where the profit comes in. It is possible that Mr. Hill will be given a osition as overseer, though this will not determined until the next meeting. It was shown that the home wasina position to furnish other State institutions with certain suppties now purchased elses where. For instance, in the pork line. Tney already have a large hog ranch, and with a little encouragement this could be increased to any size desired. They are also making fine shoes, which Governor Budd thinks conld be used by other State institutions profitably. During the pres- ent year they have dried 15,000 pounds of fruit, whichis many times more than they have any need for. The directors decided to put in an elec- tric plant, not to cost exceeding $1500. The power will be supplied from a mountain stream lying about a mile to the rear of the farm. It was also determined to ex- pend $1000 in the way of putting in prover ventilation in the various wards. By comparisen with other State institu- tions it was seen that Superintendent Os- born was running the home at an average daily cost of only 39 cents per head. The average cost of other State institutions is about 50 cents a day. Just_before the holidays Governor Budd will visit Whittier School, San Bernar- dino, and such other State institutions as are found in the Southern District. He expeats to start about December 22. FELL DOWN THE SHAFT. Probable Fatal Accident to ‘‘Bob,’’ the Dispenser of Cards of the Races. Sterling lronside, known to racing men as “Bob,”’ met with an accident last even- ing that may prove fafal. He sells the racing cards on the streets and in the hotels of the next day’s events and last z he went as usual to the second of the Bancroft building on First and ket streets for his supply. No one saw the accident, but a few min- | utes after he left with his bundle of cards he was found bleeding and insensible at the bottom of the elevator shaft with the elevator on top of him. It is supposed that the elevator had been on the flat above and while “Bob” was hauling on the rope to bring it down to where he was standing so that he could descend in it he took a_fit and fell down the shaft, stiil clutching the rope and pulling the elevator down. Hisfriends say that he was subject | to fits. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where Dr. Stice found that his skull was fractured and his right leg broken in two places. THEYWANT FEDERALHELP Stockton Ladies Take Up the Fight for Public Im- provements. Will Ask Congress to Improve the San Joaquin and Erect a Building. Mrs. E. Slaughter and Mrs. Joseph Badger, president and secretary respec- tively of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Stock- ton Commercial Association, were in San Francisco vesterday to ask the aid of in- fluential citizens in securing an appropria- tion from Congress for public improve- ments at Stockton and vicinity. The ladies are very much in earnest in their undertaking and determined to triumph. “The first and most important thing we desire,” said Mrs. Slaughter, ‘“is to secure the improvement of the San Joaquin River and harbor. There are five railroads cen- tering at Stockton. The growth of the city has been rapid. All we ask is justice at the bands of the Federal Government.” Mrs. Badger thoroughly coincided with the remarks of Mrs. Slaughter. ““Another object dearto the Learts of the peonle of Stockton,” she said, “is to secure a Federal building for the city. Stockton bas nothing of that kind. Its avsolute need is apparent.” The following letter has been addressed to Mrs. Pheebe Hearst at Washington : STOCKTON, CAL., December 3, 1895. Mrs. Phaebe Hearst—DEAR MaDAM: Knowing you by reputation asa women of enterprise and public spirit, having the courage to champion your convictions with an influence second to mone other in Washington, the ladies of Stockton, Cal,, appeal to you, through the Ladies’ Auxiliary branch of the Commer- cial Association of Stockton, to use your in- influence in supporting our petition to the next Congress for an appropriation of $500,000 for improvements on the San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel, and an_appropriation of $250,000 for a postoffice and Federal build- ing for Stockton. The Government owns the building site and at present has some £55,000 in the building fund remaifing from A former appropriation, which is entirely I adequate for our needs. We have the Unite States Land Office and the Revenue Office of the district. The Gaugers’ Office and the post- office are scattered in four different rented locations entirely unfit for the purpose. We have the terminals here of three raii- roeds, operating and building, besides t Southern Pacific Company, and the roadbed is graded fourteen miles out to Lodi for a fifth railroad, Stockton is the present and natural outlet and shipping point of the greatSan Joaquin Valley, the southern minesand the vast mountain trade to the eastof us. Our natural gas and the immense coal veins thirty- four miles distant, upon which are at present employed over 1500 men, insure Stockton be- ing the future as well as the present manufac- turing center of this coust. We have a flour- ing-mill capacity of over 11,000 barrels dail woolen-mills, paper-mills, agricultural imple- ments and pottery output in proportion; and in summing up will say that we are practically & suburb of San Francisco. Any courtesy ex- tended to us from the city of your pride, your home, will return with manifold blessings after not many days. We have addressed statistical letters to many of the Congressmen, setting forth our com- mercial importance and needs, and have some of the largest manufacturing firms in the East, who annually muake extensive sales to our factories of their raw materials, working in our interests, they feeling that our interests are theirs, Facts, enterprise, prosperity and the future areall in our favor, but the millions of dollars taken from our mines, enriching San Francisco and the whole commonwealth, have left de- posits of debris in our chaunels of navigation and drainage that without removal would eventually destroy our geographical advan- tages. We need your help. Respectfully, Mrs, AUGHTER, President. Mgs. JOSEPH BADGER, Secretary. The ladies will write to the Pacific Coast representatives in Congress urging them to exercise their influence in advancing the interests of Stockton, and will solicit Gov- ernor Budd and other State officers to the same end. OVIDE MUSIN CONCERT. First of a Series of Farewell Perform- ances at the Columbia. Ovide Musin has descended so suddenly upon San Francisco that his friends had bardly time to rally in great force at the first of a series of three concerts which the violin virtuoso gave yesterday after- noon at the Columbia Theater. Musin, accompanied by his wife, Anna_ Louise Musin, and by the pianist, Eduard Scharf, ison his way round the world, and as he sails shortly for Japan his present ap- pearances will be his last in this City for some years to come. The programme yesterday afternoon was an interesting and weil-chosen one. Musin’s share in it opened with a suite for vielin by F. Ries, which he played with the grace, expression and virtuosity of a true artist, though his hands have lost some of the cunning they possessed four years ago. There was a slight tendency to be a little out of tune here and there, and the fire and brilliancy that used to distinguish_Musin were not quite so con- spicuous. With a violinist, however, as with his violin, climate and mrronndlng conditions have to be taken into account. The day was damp and Musin had just ar- rived from a tedious journey into the inte- THE SA rior of the State. No doubt to-day he and his violin will have recovered their wonted tone and brilliancy. Nothing could have been more delight- ful than the manner in which the virtuoso played the “‘Prize Song,” from the *Meis- tersinger,” and his virtuosity in Wieniaw- ski’s “‘Souvenir de Moscow’’ quite] brought down the house. Among the encores he was compelled to give during the course of the concert Musin played an air by J. S. Bach, arranged for the violin and orches- tra by Wilhelmj. The Columbia orches- tra, conducted by Eugene Schmitz, accom- panied this number well and sympatheti- cally. Annie Louise Musin warbled charmingly as of vore. She showed her vocal agility and colorature, singing in *‘Sing, Sweet Bird,”” Jomelli’s *‘La Marchande d'0i: eaux,” and other arias. Eduard Scharf is an accompanist much to be desired; he is never aggressive and always subordinates himself to the soloist. In his own solos he was most at home with Liszt, indeed, hig playing of the “Second Hungarian Rbapsody’” left little, if anything, to be desired. His rendering of the Chopin nocturne, on the other hand, was almost as painfully conscientions as a graduating exercise. The second concert of the Musin series takes place this afternoon at 2:30 at the Columabia Theater. CLARKE OROERED 0 JAL The Aged Counselor Held Guilty of Contempt of Court. Deeds Conveying His Property to His Wife Set Aside by Judge Slack. Alired Clarke, more familiarly known as | “Nobby,” is once more at outs with the: courts, and as a consequence he was or- dered to jail yesterday for twenty-four | hours. And this is not all his troubles, for Judge Slack has set aside all the deeds conveying Clarke’s property to bis wife, and this leaves it open for attachments by his creditors. The contempt case has egrown out of Clarke's action in disposing of some boilers and an engine for $275 after the court had ordered him to turn them over to Eli T. Sheppard, who was appointed assignee of the Clarke creditors and who is bringing the var: suits now pending over the Clarke affairs. The property, having been sold in violation oi the order of court, Judge Slack held Clarke in contempt, and in addition to sentencing him to one day in jail the court made an order directing Clarke to pay Sheppard on or before to- morrow, December 6, the §275 realized from the sale. § Regarding the real-estate transactions which bave been tangling Clarke’s affairs to such an_extent that but very little can be made from them, Judge Slack has or- dered set aside all the deeds made out by Clarke and conveying over $200,000 worth of property to his wife. Fhe Arst of the deeds was dated August 10, 1891, and the second June 24, 1891. On | October 2, 1891, Clarke filed his petition in insolvency, and on May 10, 1892, the deed | datea August 10, 1891, was recordea, and on May 1802, the insolvency proceed- ings were commenced in court, and on June 27, 1892, the other deed was recorded. Counsel opposing Clarke avers that these deeds are fraudulent, or if they be genuine they conveyed property to Mrs. Clarke with the intent to defraud_the creditors of its_value as an asset. These two deeds Judge Slack has set aside, and Nobby's creditors at iest have somethingtolevy on. HORSEMEN INTERESTED. Dr. Westphal Discovers a Tumor on & Mare's Frontal Bone. Horsemen are greatly interested in a case that recently came under the observation of Dr. C. H. Westphal of the Park-avenue Veterinary Hospital from the fact that it is something of a rarity in diseases of horses. About a month ago a valuable mare was sent to the hospital for treatment. The owner said that she was lazy and dull, She would lie down all night and four or five times during the day and it was hard work to get her up. At times she would eat more than two horses, then she would lie down and commence to eat her bed- ding. At other times she would scarcely eat anything for three or four days. Dr. Westphal watched the mare for days, and finally he noticed a slight swelling on her frontal bone. It increased in size till the left eye became very much enlarged and was almost closed. He percussed the swelling and found a dullness, so he diag- nosed it as a tumor. On Monday last the operation of trephin- ing was performed by the doctor. It was performed while the animal was in an up- right position, backed into a stall. He made a V-shaped incision through the skin, cut the periosteum and laid it back, and then took the trephine and drilled through the frontal bone till he got two tumors out. He next put a seton through it from the frontal to the nasal sinus and washed it with antiseptics, The swelling has now been reduced al- most to normal_ size, and in about_ ten days the mare will be in perfect condition again. She is already showing signs of vitality and friskiness that were wanting for months before. “A bony tumor on the brain,” said Dr. Westphal, yesterday, “isa rare disease in horses, and, I may say, it 1s also rare to diagnose such a case. It’s my first case of the kind, and I may practice for the next fifty years and not get another. The case is a most interesting one, [ can assure you, to me and to those interested in horses.” 3 e 4l ")h i\ = “OLD GLORY” AT SUNDO | P. Sullivan, of course. THE BUCKLEY-RAINEY WAR Junta People Getting Ready to Throw Over Rainey and Daggett. A BUCKLEY ARRAY FRIDAY. The Fire Laddies In and Out Prepar. ing for O0ld-Time Pri- maries. The Buckley primary committee has called a meeting of the regular general committee for Friday evening at B’nai B'rith Hall, when a lot more primary and other business will be transacted. It was practically decided at the last meeting that the enroilment for the pri- mary should begin December 9, and that the primary should be held January 4. Wanting a little more time, the primary committee of twenty-five has now changed the programme to the extent of setting the dates for the enrollment, primary, etc., one week later than those named before. This will start the enrollment on the 16th | inst., and it fixes the primary for Janu- ary 11 When the constitution of the general committee was amended over a year ago | it was provided that the general commit- tee to be elected at the primary ordered at that time was to consist of fifteen from each district, instead of twenty-five. That primary was choked off at the last minute and the existing committee remained in power. At the meeting Friday evening the constitution will be amended by pro- viding that the old number of twenfy-five shall be elected at the coming primary. Buckley wants as big a committee as the other people have. Night before last the district delegations in the Junta met at the respective places apnounced and organized for the work of enrollment by electing officers and can- vassing committees. Everything is now ready for the Junta’s district enrollment, which will begin this evening and continue for three nights. Blank rolls have been given out, and at the top of each page 1s the following pledge: Iam a Democrat, am opposed to all forms of bossism in the Democratic party and pledge myself to support the nominees of the Demo- cratic party at the next general election. The primary committee has also an- nounced the following rules regarding the enrollment: Enrollment is to continue each evening from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock. At the close of each evening’s enrollment the chairman and sec- retary shall sign their names in the line fol- lowing the last name enrolled. Reports of the number enrolled shall be made at headquarters each evening. No person can sign for another unless the person wishing to sign is unable to do so himself. In such cases the signature must be attested. During the hours of en- rollment an officer of the district committee must be present. As the Junta rushes on 1ts way toward its primary that is to be ordered very soon, | the talk and promise that Rainey and probably Daggett, too, will be ‘‘dumped” by the rest of the combination grow stronger and more definite. That 1s the progiamme that several in- fluential elements of the anti-Buckley com- bination have in mind, and some of them are confidentially declaring right along that Rainey will be thrown out as soon as it can be done conveniently. Those who do not go this far predict a splitand a shake-up of some sort before a great while between the firm of Rainey and Daggett on one side and their enemies, including Max Popper, Sam Braunhart, Ed Lanigan, | ‘Welburn and others who may or may not beioined by Gavin McNab, W. P. Sullivan and others in that play. ‘Whenever Rainey talks about any of those fellows or the whole anti-Buckley outfit, of whici: he has been a mainstay for his own purposes, he never fails to use terms unfit for publication. Only Judge Maguire holds a higher place than Max Popper in John Daggett's disesteem, and now Max is the strongest and most active of the co-operative bosses of the outfit, with a large following in the new general committee. Popper denies any possibility of the truth of a new rumor that he is to | be chairman of the new general committee | to be elected, and says that it will be W. He says tnat he has had quite plenty, thank you, of chair- manships, and is simply interested in the good cause of keeping Chris Buckley from starting in where ge seft off. But ne execrates Sam Rainey just as | the attendance. FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 18Y5. loudly right now while planning work for Rainey’s forces, and Daggett'snameleaves a bad taste in his mouth. Braunhart shares Popper’s political emotions. Lani- gan quarreled with hisold friend Rainey last year and they are hostile yet. McNab always puts Sullivan in Rainey’s place and declares himself a friend of Sullivan, keeping still about the stableman. He is not credited with having much love for Daggett. Neither is Welburn, who has just the same aspirations that Daggett has toward State and National conventions and party power, though he keeps back there from where he silently peeks at the row and waits to see how it will turn out, instead of going into a Donnybrook Fair with a club, as does John Daggett. Besides theseand other political and per- sonal hostilities there are among the rather independent Democrats who have got into the Junta movement no greater a proportion of friends and admirers of Daggett than exist throughout the local party generally, and these independent and pretty decent elements, who are be- ing led and worked by the managing bosses, are about as hostile to Rainey in principle as they are to Buckley, whom they consider no worse a rascal, though a greater one. The Junta has been a grotesque outfit from the start, being composed of all sorts of enemies and discordant elements, who rushed together throngh a variety of mo- tives to keep Buckley from getting his feet too far into the trough. When it came to getting up the new organization the dif- ficulty of the division of power nearly pro- duced a wreck at the start, six weeks or s0 ago. Rainey and Daggett were the king- pins because of their large strength in the regular general committee. ‘Without them no anti-Buckley organi- zation could have made a pretense at a start unless it was a purely revolationary one gotten up outside the regular party organization. So when it came tos ap- pointing the new 450 Rainey and Daggett wanted control, and there were wide dif- ferences of opinion as to the political im- | portance of Ed Lanigan and others and their consequent share of power. That was a critical time. Lanigan thought he was getting shut out two weeks age and declared himself. He said that he might as well be “‘done up’’ by Buckley as “‘those fellows,” and he bad a hot few minutes with Daggett in his outer office at the Mint just while McNab and Fire Commis- sioner McDonald were having another row in the inneroftice. Things were temporarily patched up, but out of such a noble combination with such force of cohesion early war is ex- pected to come. The anti-Raineyites and the anti-Daggites realize that both are sore handicaps in their fight for alleged purity and things that repel desirable support- ers from the faction. —But their tactical strength and their district politiciansin the Mint and the Fire Department are badly needed for an anti-Buckley primary. It is hinted that unless the primary for choosing delegates to the State and mu- nicipal conventions can be held under the new primary law the Junta will find out that 1t will be impossible to hold a pure rimary and appoint delegates, as was one two years ago. That would be one opportunity for the dumping. Itisexpected that clashes will come in the enroliment now at hand and in the club ?rimnry tofollow. Rainey and | Daggett help form the nucleus, and as soon as the faction gets a little stronger the unpleasantness is expected to begin. Both factions know that Rainey person- ally is merely opposing Buckley at the moment because he can’t get his new and big price. Rainey, however, has not the | grip on the Fire Department that he had, through the fact that Chief Sullivan has | acquired a very strong control of the de- partment through his reorganizing the force and through the popular backing he has acquired. Sullivan is sincerely anti-Buckley, and though Rainey and he are as stroog friends | 2s ever Sullivan has ‘grown to where Rainey does not own him wholly. So Rainey can’t run or sell out the Fire De- partment as readily as a little while ago. The Fire Department is deeply in poli- tics now and it is wadingin deeper. It will keep on wading and it is against Buckley. For along time Chief Sullivan has been systematically “firing” all Buck- | ley men, until the old Fire Department | guard that used to stand by Chris is out | and a new gang is in. These ex-firemen are | now being organized by Buckley into a regiment, and somewhere between 400 and 600 of them have signed a ro!l of organiza- tion. They are ready for an old-time Buckley primary and thev are eager to knife Sullivan and Rainey and anything | they are into. | On Sunday, at a meeting of the district | engineers and foremen of the department, political orders for the coming Junta primary were given. Every one of the 500 or 600 men in the department is _expected to be an anti-Buckley soldier. Under the rule taking the department out of politics they cannot join any political ciub, They won’t. When the three days’ enrollment is over on Saturday night an army 18 to go out soliciting signatures to the rolls to get |up a_big showing of strength to help | establish the claims of the anti-Buckley | faction to be the party. It is in this en- toliment work that the men of the Fire Department are ordered to hustle to help keep Buckley’s hands off the department. All'around, Fire Department politics are about to become interesting, MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART open daily and Thursday evenings. The desire to see Murillo's great paintings is steadily increasing A musical programme is pro- vided every Thursday evening. . B A feature of several great houses in Lon- don is a passenger lift. . \\‘ 'WN TO THE MUSIC OF “THE STAR.SPANGLED BANNER,” ACCORDING TO NEW ARMY REGULATIONS NOW OBSERVED AT THE PRESIDIO. [Sketched by a “ Call " artist,] " FAIR'S. HEIRS BOUGHT OFF Compromise Effected Which Leaves an Open Field for the Contest. MONEY FOR COLLATERAL HEIRS. The Dead Millionaire’s Children Pay Out a Handsome Sum, as ‘Was Expected. Some of the collateral heirs of the James G. Fair estate have been bought off by the dead Senator’s children, and negotiations are pending with the remaining collateral heirs for an amicable settlement. This is in line with the statement re- cently made exclusively in THE CarL to the effect that the Fair estate contest was drawing near a final settlemeut by arrang- ing matters with.the collateral henrs“ The other difficulty was the trust, and this the children are endeavoring to abolish through the case now under consideration of Judge Slack. Should the trust be de- clare illegal, then the great conflict will have been settled for all time, and Her- mann Oelrichs, hi3 wife, Charles L. Fair and Miss Fair will come in for their vast inheritance. The announcement made by THE CALL that the secondary heirs would soon be bougit off was confirmed when the chil- dren borrowed $400,000 from the Nevada Bank and at once distributed that large sum among the collateral heirs a few days since. These heirs with the bequeststo each are as follows: To Mary Anderson, sister of James G. Fair, $250,000, to be divided among herself, her husband and her children; to Margaret J. Crothers, 250,000, to_be divided among her- self, her husband and her children; to William Fair, $50,000, to be divided among himself, his wife and children; Edward Fair, $20,000, to be divided among himself, his wife and children; Andrew Fair, $50,000, to be divided among himself. his wife and his children; Mar J. Lundy, $10,000, to be divided among herseli, her husband and her children; James H. Fair, §10,000, to be divided among himself, his wife and children. It can be seen from this list that the bequests are far larger than the money paid by Fair’s children to effect a compromise, and besides the collateral heirs have held that in addition to the bequests they were very deeply interested in the trust. The $400,000, however, does not buy the coi- lateral heirs’ bequests, but simply binds them to relinquish their rights of any or all kinds, under the trust, in which is a clause in favor of the collateral heirs. The will provides that upon the death of the three children, one-fourth of the estate shall go to the children of either or both daughters, and one-half to the children of Fair’s brothers and sisters. Should both daughters die without issue, the whole estate would go to the collateral heirs. Here was a prospect for the latter—a dis- tant prospect it 1s true—but then the un- expected has an awkward faculty of hap- pening when least expected. With such a prospect the children wisely decided on a compromise, and no doubt the collateral heirs concluded to forego the uncertainties of years and tedious battles in law courts; and they accepted the compromise in good grace. The children undoubtedly feel they have gained a victory in one step of their fight, for with the collateral heirs out of the way a clear field remains open for the conflict with the trustees. It was stated yesterday by a man who has been familiar with the Fp;irs' business that this large sum of money—nearly half a million—nad in all probability done much more than effecting a compromise with the collateral heirs. More than likely it had bought off the trustees as well, and left the whole matter settled and the es- tate in the hands of Fair's children. The Craven will long since had dropped be- neath the consideration cf all parties con- cerned, leaving only the trust to be de- cided. This wasdenied, however, by Garret Mc- Enerney, attorney for the trustees, “The trustees know uothing of a com- promise between the heirs,” said he. “But no compromise has been effected with the trustees, who will concede nothing until the case is finally decided in the courts.” MANAGER SHEEHAN TALKS, He Tells Upon What Conditions He Will Tender His Resignation. Says the Money in the Trust Com- pany’s Vaults Should Be Distributed. “All there is about it,’”’ said General John F. Sheehan, manager of the People’s Home Savings Bank,in liquidation, yes- terday, “‘is that if something is not done to relieve the wants of these poor people very soon I will throw up the position. “When do I intend to resign?” con- tinued the general, repeating a question. “That is contingent upon what will be done. Yesterday afternoon I met oneof the depositors at the office of the Bank Commis- sioners and I told him that I was becoming very tired of hearing the complaints of hundreds of poor people every week, peo- ple in need of their money; that the posi- tion was becoming very unpleasant and unless something was done to help these people out I would certainly resign. “1f it had been in my power I would have last September distributed the $50,000 or §60,000 now held for the depositors by the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company. That would have been some belp to them. “The assertion of some one at the meet- ing of depositors last night,” said the manager, “‘that it would involve consid- erable expense to disburse that money is nonsense. 1t would not render any ad-| ditional expense. It would simply mean | extra work for Mr. Palmer and myself for about two weeks in preparing the checks. “‘That meeting hela last night is not one that was attended by the class of peovle who come here with tears in their eyes and plead for their money. One half or more of the depositors no longer have any inter- est in the bank affairs, as they have assigned their claims to the Trust Com- pany, and it is to that institution that they must look to for what they will receive.” The managerdeclared that in his opinion the creditors of the bank, if times improve, will realize over 55 centson the $1, possibly 60 cents, He was of the opinion’ that by careful management and reasonable im- provement in values, 70 cents ought to be obtained for the depositors. As to the proposed reduction of expenses, the manager said theaffairs of the bank can not be run cheaper than they are now. ———— A Tatlor’s Woes. Charles Pashold, a tailor, was arrested in Oakland last night and brought to the Clty Prison on a bench warrant issued by Judge Conlan yesterday. Pashold and his wife agreed to separate some time ago. 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