The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 13, 1895, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1895. BALDWIN THEAT CALIFORNIA THE CoLUMBIA TREATE MOROSCO'S OPERA-HO! FCHANICS' PAVILION—Ponitry Show. FORNIA VENUS At 16 Post street. "CTION Co.—This day (Fri- rt and Curios, at 22 Geary street, i 1. UnmBsEN & Co.—Real Estate, Saturday, S, ar 12 o'clock noo! salesroom, 14 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. iblican County Committee met last and children are peing ruined he benefit of the Boys’ Guadalupe was cele- i rch vesterday i Howell case yesterday Mrs. Howell ved the “Dear Matt” letter. | he California Girls’ Train- ay indorsed the work of Mrs. al Travelers’ Association will nefit at the Columbia The- h inst. rt of Attorney D.M. Del- nt in the Miller & Lux eorge Gerlach was filed for He left all his property to ghter. n of Morrison, Stratton & For- olved yesterday by mutual con- ten retiring. artists will hold a meeting at the Art next Monday to arrange the details tion. building trades are still rt ablishment of a law fi he e r_is.s he charges that her them apart. ctor Welburn is ask- s present enue Coll Department in ¢ for an increase of clerical force. nhol. maneger of the Ba- ed suicide at the ocean ternoon by shooting him- Fra owley yesterday swore in Dennis J. police officer. Daley is 28 years of | tive of San Francisco and & plumber weatber forecast for to-dayis “foggy in : ally cloudy during the day; fresh northerly rature; to e at the poultry show yester- ement on the day before. ere made during of Forest Home, rested by the Fed- | ctment for tamper- man who registered at the Russ Linse of New York™ tried to vesterday morning by turning 1 his room. i eting at Metropoiitan | v Mrs. A. C 1ls, Mrs. | . Chandler, Mrs. Anna nt. started over he business is to satisfy the any. d H. Mumm & | The other | , Ferris Hartman, | enia. court acquitted R. rge of embezzling nk V., claimed to an old trunk. v for deposit day announced or men would er, who has been In charge i 1 States Army re- t four years, has | his regimentat | relieved and will p: join ed Captain Charles Luch | ¢ Kate and Annie yes the regulationsas to t argo of sealskins was left ony taken in the Hale & Norcross related to the method of taking the percentages of return to be on various assays,and the financial the firm. » in the test case brought by the y Pacific Company against Richard H. lsely personating another was udge Conlen yesterday and de- served till to-dey. Jattle Creek salmon batchery will be )n the 15th inst. The fesult of the sea- < work was 10.000,000 spawn, which is ped to the Sisson and Clackamas os for distribution. 2 J. A. Filcher, who is in charge ia exhibit at the Atlanta Expo- hat the number of gold medals ritorious products of this State has ased to thirty-four. ng to recover $3000 from Gavazzo, which he claims,was collected ome Insurance Company for him by applied to the purchase 1d by his faithless friend. . police have discovered that John Hill, old real estate dealer, has swindled a large e of people out of small sums of money :ly representing that he was about to nt real estate deal. 4 of adjustment of the Brotherhood ve Engineers of the Southern Pa- its annual session in local grievances to the any for adjustment. tch from Washington states that the uiring a certificate of inspection to r export beef has been modifed to t March 1 instead of January 1. f exporters are hignly pleased. or Dockery caught J. W. Rey- ,dland dairy in the act of 1g the milk in_his cans from a trough, Gvenne and Laguna street, early yes- morning, and will have him arrested. n Volunteer Fireman's Associa- ornia held its annual meeting on ¢ ‘evening of the 10th instant for the pur- o of nominating officers for the ensuing ar, to be balloted for at the next monthly eeting. > R ella La Faille, 8 well-known and Mission public school tescher, hss t ed to 2dopt the stage as & profession. will join Belasco's “Heart of Maryland’ ¢ Washington with the coming of company the new Durrant hes been granted 0 ings for twenty days dela his removal from the jail to the State Prison while his con Liall be hard at work drawing up .ptions to present to the Su- tay of proceed- voluminous ex t preme Court for the purpose of pointingiout mistakes in the trial. rs. Mabel Wilson, a young woman, cOm- suicide by taking strychnine early yes- morning at the & House, 957 Mar- t. In letters which she had written, she charged Albert E. Barilett with having abandoned her for another woman. A protest 1s to be sent on to Secrefarv Carlisle J e owners of ihe seized sealing schooners ad and Winchester, through Attorney , complaining taat Coilector of Customs had_strained the technicalities of the asury Depariment, very much to the injury of the sealing industry. Attorneys Foote and Quitzow, chosen as judges in the Yorke-Ross controversy, neld a confer- ence yesterday, but could come to no agree- ment, and as a result new judges may have i0 be named. Rev. Dr. Case replies to Father Yorke's sitatement relauve to his Brazilian cousin and withdraws from the controversy. | Dr. M'OONALD 1S ACQUITTED, The Burden of Guilt Is Thrown on the Brother, Who Is in Exile. IT WAS THE DOCTOR'S MONEY. The Cash Drawn Out on the Eve of Failure Was Carried Off by Frank McDonald. The jury in Judge Bahr's court yes- terday declared Richard H. McDonald Jr., the Pacific Bank wrecker, not guilty of the charge in the indictment for embezzle- ment for his part in getting away with the $14,000, which his brother Frank had announced in the newspapers was lost from his trunk in Chicago. The defense introduced evidence to show that the money which was drawn out after banking hours the evening hefore the suspension by the two brothers Wwas drawn by checks of Dr. R. H. McDonald, signed by Frank V.McDonald as his attorney, and that “Dick’’ had nothing to do withit. Taey claimed that the doctor had a balance at the bank ample to cover the amount, and that the money was drawn to pay back an overdraft at the Chemical National Bank of New York, but the prosecution had proved that there was no overdraft and that the money never was used for any such purpos: succeeded in shifting the burden to the shoulders of Frank V. McDonald, the ier brotber, now in exile, and the jury bad nothing to do but bring in a verdict of not guilty against the ex-vice-president now in jail. The defense at the opening of court in the morning recalledi W. S. Boddy, who had been collector for the Pacific Bank. He testified that neither when he gave the $6000 nor when he gave the $8000 to Frank V. McDonald on the afternoon of June 22 was he accompanied by the defendant and he did not see Richard with Frank after- ward that afternoon. Carroll Cook made the opening state- ment for the defense, promising to show that the money was drawn by checks of R. 1. McDonald Jr. by Frank ney, to be used for the purpose of repaying an overdraft at the Chemical National Bank of New York; that the money when | drawn was charged to R. H. McDonald Sr. and became his property, and that what was done with it could be no affair of the that even if any crime was com- t was committed by Frank V. Mec- ald and not by Richard, because he how that the latter had nothing to tH® money or using it. R Eastland testified that as finan- broker for the Pacific Bank in New cial York in June, 1893, he had gone to the Chemical National Bank and arranged for an overdraft. Joseph K. Carter who was assistant bookkeeper at the Pacitic Bank, exbibited books to show that the Pacific Bank was | indebted in June, 1893, to the Ch-mical National Bankto tiie amount of $121,253 11. On cross-examination he said that this was the secured sccount and th, were no overdrafts drawn after ¥ bad arranged for them. As to the rela- tions of the brothers in the bank he said that they were ‘‘just friendly, as between brothers, except at times { when Frank would want to put through some matters or schemes of his own which his brother would object to. They differed as to methods of banking. When any such friction would occur Frank would prevail.” D. M. Gavigan, a deputy from the Re- corder’'s office, produced the records showing that a power of attorney from McDorald to Frank V. McDonald, dated in New York June 1893, and re- voked in January, 1894, had been filed for record June The power of attorney, how: gave Frank r, only | McDonald the right to transfer real estate er, and not to draw checks or y other business. L. Vescari, who bad been paying-teller at the Pacific Bank for twentv years, testified that Frank V. McDonald had been in the habit of drawing checks in his | father’s name. This closed the case for the defense, and Carroll Cook, for the defense, and Walter 8. Hinkle made short addresses to the ury. Vit Babirs oharoa Uie Ny Chint i they found that R. H. McDonald Sr. had a balance on his account atv the bank suffi- cient to pay the checks and if Frank V. McDonald had authority to withdraw the money and open and avowedly withdrew it they would not be justified in convict- ing the defendant. At the close of the Judge’s charge Mr. Hinkle threw up the sponge and said that a verdict of acquittal would be rendered. The jury was out but half an hour, and when they came in brought a verdict of not guilty. BIYS" BRIGADE BENEFI, The Opening of the Rendez- vous Is Largely Attended. A Musical and Literary Programme Will Be Rendered Each Evening. The rendezvous of the Boys' Brigade opened auspiciously at the former Y. M. C. A. quarters, 232 Sutter street, yesterday. More than 300 persons were served with luncheon and there were numerous cus- tomers at the booths. The entrance is an index to the charac- ter of the entertainment from the fact that Master M. Letts, in brigade uniform, challenges all visitors without passes. Passing through the hall with its brav- ery of National colors the visitor goes to ! the assembiy rooms, where are the lunch tables, the ice cream booth—an artistic combination of borax pillars and tir, pre- sided over by Mrs. E. J. Lovejoy and other Alameda ladies, who serve frozen delicacies—the old hom®stead, a clever representation of primitive housekeeping in charge of ladies from Howard Metho- dist Church, the cake booth in care of Mrs. 1. Littlefield, all with the setting of ilags and banners galore., The old gymnasium is occupied by a picturesque shooting gallery in charge of L.T. Ward. In the parlors are handsome booths, many of them novel as well. Miss Maud Phullips is the presiding gen:us, Rebecca at the Well, and dispenses lemonade; Miss R. D. Wilson looks after the date booth, which is embowered in paims; Colonel Waiker, Mrs. J. G. Ward and Miss E. W. Ward are in charge of the Oriental booth, where the late Ferdinand Rickardt’s paintings are on sale; Mrs. Isabel Nolte has the fancy booth, and some girls from the Methodist Mission are in the Chinese booth. Miss Ladd and Miss Hew- Jett dispense goods at the floral booth; Mrs. M. S. Hauser tue candy; Mrs. 8. Gray has the_fancy booth, coutributed by Grace Methodist Episcopa! Church: Miss Mary Speakman has the curio gallery ; and the voting booth where bailots will be cast for the most popular lady and gentleman, is in charge of Miss Clara C. Stanbridge. The Edison quarters are looked after by A. Omond. Tuere are photographic views of camp life at the photograph corner, and the boys’ exchange is a bureau of However, the defense | wood-carving and other articles exclusively manufactured by boys. The “Blan of the campaign” is the work of W. D. Kingsbury, chairman of the committee on _arrangements, Colonel Walker, J. H. Martin, Edwin Holmes, Bert Weymouth and others, and Mrs. Holton and Mrs. I. L. Cromwell are in charge of the lunchroom. The membership of the Boys’ Brigade, the rendezvous’ beneficiary, has rgached 2500 in the State. Dr. Ledyard is its presi- dent and J. H. Russell brigadier-general. Churches of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and San Jose are rep- resented at the rendezvous, which will be in progress each (m{ and evening, ex- cepting Sunday, until Wednesday. . Special programmes of music and liter- ary exercises are given each evening. -HIS WIFE TESTIFIES. In the Howell Case Mrs. Howell Tells How She Received the ‘‘Dear Matt”’ Letter. Martin D. Howell’s cross-examination was concluded in the United States Dis- trict Court yesterday. Mrs. Howell wgs put on the stand. She told how shereceived the *‘Dear Matt” let- | ter. She got it, she said, from the Post- master at Lathrop before Howell’s second trial, and it was postmarked *‘Ariz.”’ The letter, she explained, she gave to her at- Her reason for not testifying at sband’s second trial asto how she received it was because she was not asked any questions then about it. Henry Wadsworth of Wells, Fargo & ©., testified as to Howell’s bank account, and A. 8. Loewi and others were called to show that they were in doubt asto the money said to have been passed by Howell having been counterieit or not. Mrs. Edith Green, Howell's step-daugh- ter, testified that Matt Jones once tried to have her take some bad money from him. WITH § SCALPED TCKE, Evidence in the Test Case Against Richard H. Col- lier Heard. Decision Reserved Till the tion of Jurisdiction Considered. Ques- Is Richard H. Collier, the insurance solic- itor, appeared in Judge Conlan’s court | yesterday morning to answer to the charge | of falsely personating another. The case is a test one brought by the | Southern Pacific Railroad Company to | decide whether a person can travel over its j lines with a ‘‘scalped” ticket, and At- | torney Kelly was present as special prose- cutor for the company. The ticket was issued by the Chicago and | Northwestern Railroad Company to Wil- | liam H. McPhee. In July last Collier pre- | sented the ticket at the office of George | Lippman, passenger agent for the com- | pany, on Market street, and Collier, in his | presence, signed McPhee's name to it. Collier was going East,and on the train | near Port Costa Cenductor Hubbard took | up the ticket and ordered Collier off the tr He paid the regular fare to Reno, | Nev., and remained on the train. When he returned to the City two or three weeks | ago he was arrested. S | George Lippman testified to Collier pre- | senting the ticket at his off e and signing | McPhee’s name to it. § | " Conductor Hubbard testified to taking i the ticket from Collier. He said to him, | “You are not McPhee.”" Collier replied, "‘Yes. Iam.” Then Hubbard asked him | to sign his name to the ticket, and after | he had signed McPhee’s name Hubbard | Jooked at the original signature and at | once took up the ticket and_ordered him | off the train or pay the regular fare. Nathan Gantz, a passenger on the train, corroborated Hubbard as to Collier signing McPhee’sname and the conversation that | took place between them. Collier took the stand and testified that | he got the ticket from McPhee, who is a business man of Michigan, and who au- thorized him to sign his name to it. | _ “If thatisso, why did you not send for McPhee to tes n your behalf?” asked | Attorney Eelly “[ didu’t think it necessary,” replied | Collier. i “Why did you not use your mileage- | ticket?” was the next question. | “I had left it in the pocket of a coat at home with other papers.” | “Why did you not tell the conductor | when he took up your ticket that you were | not McPhee, but that he had authorized you to sign his name?” “[ didn’t think it necessary.” After argiment of counsel the Judge said he would take the case under advise- ment till to-day, as he was not sure | whether he had jurisdiction in the matter. AN ANNUAL BENEFIT. The Commercial Travelers® Association Will Hear Faony Rice in a New Comedy. One of the most interesting benefit per- | formances that bave taken place this win- | ter will be the annual benefit of the Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers’ Association, which will take place at the Columbia Theater on'the 27th inst. The organization has so many friends that it is reputed that the capacitiy of the pretty little theater will be taxed to ac- commodate the audience. The entertain- ment committee has been fortunate in se- curing the Columbia during the run of one of the best attractions that will visit it this winter. Fanny Rice and her company will be the performers, and the Commer- cial Travelers’ Association will see her in hernew play, “Nancy at the French Ball.” This comedy is one of the best that the jovial actress has produced ‘for a long time. In the East it has been highly spoken of by the critics, and the fact of its being a novelty to San Francisco will add considerably to the interest of the benefit performance. —————————— VETERAN FIREMEN MEET. Officers Are Nominated to Be Balloted For at the Next Meeting. | The Veteran Volunteer Firemen’s Asso- | ciation of California held its annual meet- ing on the evening of the 10th inst., for the purpose of rominating officers for the ensuing year, to be balloted for at the next monthly meeting. Following is the list of the nominations: President, Joseph D. Marshall; first vice- president, Stephen Bunner, Charles Wilson; second vice-president, George Carlisle; third vice-president, William Nuder; recording sec- etary, William A. Scollay; financial secretary, V‘us Pohlman; treasurer, William Fahrenkrug. Board of directors—William Kramer, Fran Terramorse, George Pidgein, Thomas Cornell, John Foley, George Warren, Ala Harriss, William Rauburger,, Board of trustees—Fred Will, H. J. Burus, William MeMann, Richard Harrold. The question regarding the appropriation of funds by the Supervisors for the relief of the deserving veterans for the follow- ing year was discpssed at the meeting. Over forty veterans are now receiving funds at the bands of the relief committee. A fund of $12,000 was asked for, but as only $9000 was appropriated, there is some doubt that the amount will be sufficient to carry them through the year, but the officers are in hopes that they will be able to make more elaborate arrangements for the next term. ———————— Cojony-Promoters Sued. The creditors of the old Elmore colony, a scheme started to induce people to invest in Glenn County lands, are suing A. E. More and Thomas H. Downihg, the ~promoters, for 28,338, Suit is brought through A. S. Wariner, who is assignee of over sixty claims. LINCOLN NIGHT CLASSES, How ‘People Who Work All Day Do Their Studying After Dark, NUMEROUS PUPILS ATTEND. Professor MacDonald Says the School Should Not Be Abolished as Was Suggested. If the Lincoln Night School is closed, as has been suggested, it will make the edu- cation of nearly 1500 students ax’d pupils a difficult problem to solve. At the present time there are thirty-six classes under the care of thirty-six teach- ers graduating pupils whose studies after dark make it possibie for them to secure an education which they are denied in the daytime because of the great struggle for bread and fight for existence. It is the largest night school in the world and contains nine grades,which care for the instruction of all sorts and condi- tions of men, girls and boys ranging from 7 to 70 years of age. A visit to the Lincoln Night School will convince any one who cares to make the trip that the work of educating the at- tendants is worthy of the fruit it bears. When the school opens at 7:15 old men and hard-working boys file in and give up the time to study that other people Students at the Lincoln Night School. spend in enjoyment. Women whose days are spent 1n toil bend over primers and arithmetics trying to gain that knowledge that will make them more valuable in some other walk of life. Young girls, whose tongues are only able to handle some foreign language, apply themselves to a common English grammar and strive to learn the standard tongue. Their efforts are sincere, and the result is the spreading of education among those who really have a thirst for knowledge. Elderly men who have long ago passed the age of youthful illusions delve in readers and spellers for that fragment of knowledge that can only come to them through industry and diligent appliance. Tn the adult grades there are different nationalities to be found, and the patience they display in atterapting (and generally with success) to get a fragmentary under- standing of the elements of an education, justifies ihe belief that it would bea foolish thing to abolish the school. Professor A. H. MacDonald, who is rincipal of the school, said when speak- ing of the institution: “I do not think it would be 2 wise thing to abolish this par- ticular place of learning. It has done too much’good already to be called an experi- ment, and some of the brizhtest men we have in San Francisce are graduates from this night school. I can go into any busi- ness house in San Francisco and find pupils who are receiving their education here—men and boys who cannot find time to study in the light of day. Remember that we have enrolled since the beginning oi the July term over 1900 pupils and that we have a regular nightly attendance of nearly 1500. It is possible for a student at this school to graduate into the medical, dental and pharmaceutical college with- out further examination. We graduate our scholars just the same as any common English grammar school and without it there would be a great many men and boys who would grow up in ignorance and never be anything better than unlettered workingmen. “In the children’s grades we have youngsters who are the sole support of mothers and can only attend school after dark, finding it necessery to work in the daytime. We have boys aud girls here who were not able to speak a word of English when they entered, and there is not a single case where they have not suc- ceeded in mastering our tongue so that they are able to converse intelligently. Aside from that we have a Spanish class for those who care to take up the study of that language. The attendance there alone is over thirty, and all of them are getting along well. “We start our pupils in the receiving class and gradually work them up along the line of knowledge until they finally graduate with education sufficient to carr: them through the world reasonably well. Without night school a great many of them would have only the knowledge they were born with.”” A Caru representative walked through the institution with Professor MacDonald and found a most intelligent and capable corps of teachers instilling knowledge into the minds of pupils who were so absorbed in study that many of them were uncon- scious of the presence of a stranger. NORTON BUSH'S WORKS. Auction Sale of Some of the Late Artist’s Paintings at Low Prices. The sale of paintings belonging to the estate of the late Norton Bush did not at- tract a crowd at the salesrooms of Bovee, Toy & Co. yesterday. When Auctioneer Butterfield began his oration there were four women and ten men present. None of them seemed anxious to possess the pictures. The bidding lagged fromwthe start. It seemed impossible to get more than $5 for anything, but at last J. D. Phelan was prevailed on to offer §60 for ‘“Adriit on a Lee Shore,” and it’was knocked down to him for that price. A choice tropic scene went to Russell Wilson for $37 50. It was the last painting touched by Bush’s pencil, and probably the gem of the collection, for it shows the best characteristics of Bush’s work; not- ably the softness of tone and the delicacy of touch that gave him whatever fame he possessed. It was upon his tropics that Bush based his claim ,to recognition, A few years ago—it seems only a few days— Norton Bush was the voguein San Fran- cisco. It seemed a confirmation of the ofttold tale of human forgetfulness to note that but few of the artist’s old-time friends and associates were present. Among the works sold were the follow- ing: *Marine Szorm," $2; “Napoleon, Eve Before Waterloo,” $250; ‘“Landscape in New York, $3; “Off the Heads,” $3; “Golden Gate,” $6. These were all taken by Mr. Buckingham. Mr. Eddy paid §1 75 for a “Rock Scene” and $3 25 for *'On the Hudson, New York.” ‘‘Mount Diablo,” an imposing view of our nearest height, sketched from the Sacramento River at the head of Suisun Bay, was bought for $22. Others went at these figures: “Flowers” (tulip),. $425; “A Gray Day” (marine), $6 50; *‘Scene in Central Park,” $350; ‘“‘Fishing-boat,” $350. Forty-two pictures were offered. INDORSED MRS. FRENCH. Action Taken by the Directors of the Girls’ Training Home. Mrs. Rose M. French was heartily in- dorsed by the directors of the California Girls’ Training. Home at their meeting yesterday. Their action was ratified by the association, which met later. The matter of a formal reply to the charges Mrs. George W. Kneib is said to have made against the management was broached, but the ladiesdeclared the home was above suspicion in every particular, and its books were open to public inspec- tion. It was decided to make the fee of life membership for gentlemen $50, for ladies $25, and for young people $10. Most of the directors arranged to be enrolled as life members. Mrs. Frank J. French and Mrs. A. M. Nash were elected delegates to the ‘Women’s Federation for Public Good. FAILED TO OBTAIN WORK, Without Any Hope Left Max Linse Tries to Commit Suicide. Turned on the Gas in His Room at the Russ House, but He Was Caught in Time. An attempt at suicide by asphyxiation was made by a young Austrian at the Russ House early yesterday morning, but failed because of a timely discovery. About six weeks ago the would-be sui- cide came to this City, and on November 8 he registered at the Russ House as ‘‘Max Linse of New York.” This, according to his own confession, is not his right name. He is a dry-goods salesman by cccupation, and inability to find work is his explana- tion of why he wanted to destroy himself. He told an acquaintance at the hotel on Tuesday that he “‘would like to die,” and “yesterday morning he proceeded to put his wish into execution. in his room, No. 57. Frank Hansen, a bellboy, happened to smell the escaping gas while passing by and reported that fact to the manager, Captain J. S. Young. The door of the room was at once opened and ‘*Linse’’ was seen lying on his bed, with his head covered by a blanket. Gas was flowing with full force from the burner. It was turned off and a cup of hot coffee was pro- cured and forced down his throat. In about a haif hour he wasresuscitated. His first words were: ‘‘Let me die! Don’t try to bring me to!” and when he had fully recovered he asked Captain Young: “Why did you not take the money out of my pocket and let me die?"” Captain Youn% remonstrated with him, teliing him he had a good future before him, and prevailed upon him to go for a walk, accompanied by one of the bellboys. “Linse” went only a block, and then asked the boy to take him down to the bay. The boy took him back to the hotel instead, and then Captain Young turned him over to Lieutenant Esola at the California-street police station. Lieutenant Esola had him sent to Chief Crowley. A letter was found in his room written in German and addressed to Coroner Hawkins. Init he had expressed a desire that no effort would be made to ascertain his true name, as he did not want his parents to know that he had been ‘“‘a can- didate for suicide.” He had directed that his trunk be sent to Miss Kanny Epstein, 144 Second avenne, New York, and that his body be buried in the Jewish cemetery. Part of the letter, as translated, reads: Not be ing successful in my efforts to secure work of any kind, and having spent'all I had, 1 see no other way, as I do not want to become a beggar or a thief; but so ending my life. To me personally it is hard to part from a world that has brought me from my childhood nothing but hard work and insulits of every He turned on the gas ind. 1f I nevertheless find it hard to act the way Iam compelled to it is on account of my love o my prrents, to whom lgromlled to support them when they are aged, which promise I cannot keep now. The man will be detained for examina- tion as to his mental condition. His rela- tives live in New York. FORCED FROM HIS WIFE. Mrs. Ettlinger Charges Her Father-in- Law With Enticing Her Husband ¥rom Hor. Leonora Ettlinger is sning her 21-year- old husband for support. The husband is TIsaac Ettlinger, junior partner of the grain firm of Eppinger & Co. They were mar- ried in S8an Rafael, November 3, 1894, but the marriage wus kept secret from the hus- band’s father until a few months ago, when a child was born to them. Then the girl’s mother told Ettlinger of his son’s marriage and there was trouble at once. Mrs. Ettlinger’s attorneys say that every- thing possible was done to keep the young people apart, and finally the young man was sent East. He has not been heard from since, but in the meantime his wife and child have been left with very little means, so when'it was learned that he had returned to this City, suit for maintenance was commenced against him. The young wife will not sue for divorce, and her attorneys say that if plren_ui maneuvering were stopped young Ettlin- ger would rejoin his wife at once. The young wife was a Miss Leonora Midgley. .. — FEDERAL COURT CALENDAR. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COUBT. [McKennay. J.] E. Riley vs. O. M. Welburn ot al.—Time for defendant to plead extended fitteen days. Blythe et al. vs. Hinckley et al.—Plaintiff al- lowed to file amended complaint. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. [Morrow, J.Jy United States vs. Howell—On trial. mony for the defense being taken. Testi- —-———— Howard Club Revives. A reorganization was effected Wednesday evening of the Howard Club of this City, which was once a potential organization in the Re- publican party. Thepreliminary organization was placed in the hands of the following com- mittee of five: Daniel J. Crowley, William J. Blattner, John P. Glynn, ThomasJ. Fleming and Fred Eggers. This committee has under copsideration a plan of permanent organiza- tion which will be submitted to the club at its initial meeting. It is the intention of the old members of the Howards to revive the club and make it the important factor politically in the future that it bas been in the past, ——————— A. 0. U, W. Elects Officers. Harmony Lodge No.9, A.0.U. W, held its apnual election last night. The following officers were chosen and installed: H. D. Dohnken, past master workman; M. Crane, master workman; J. J. Gillmore, foreman; 8, F. Luck, overseer; L. Johnson, recorder; E. A, Smith, financier; C. Schwerin. receiver; T. J. Foley, inside watchman; 8. McFadden, trustee; medrul examiners—Dr. rd and Dr. George Adam. FORTY YEARS AND FAILS, The Bacon Printing Company Turns Everything Over to Its Creditors. ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEM. A Pioneer Printing Firm Is \Unsno- cessful and Assigns to Cancel $16,000. The Bacon Printing Company that has done business in this City for over forty years has gone to the wall. The firm has finally decided to abandon an uphill fight and to turn its affairs over for an assignee to handle for the banefit of | the creditors, whose claims amounc to $16,000, which, it is believed, is amply cov- ered by the value of the plant. I. Zellerbach assumed control of the business yesterday as a result of a meeting of the creditors held Wednesday, when the stockholders decided to turn over every- thing to make a complete settlement. The principal creditors are Blake, Moffit & Towne; Zellerbach & Sons and Bonestell & Co., local paper dealers; Mrs. Bacon and James E. Agar, the stockholders, for per- eonal loans made the firm, and some East- ern indebtedness. All- the contracts on hand will be ful- filled by the assignee, but at a meeting of the creditors, to held to-day, measures will be taken to sell the business outright, as the creditors have no intention or de- sire to continue the enterprise. James E. Agar, president of the com- pany, when'seen yesterday said: “The business was established in 1854, and the firm had a long and honorable record. Naturally, I feel sorry to see the old business abandoned, for it is just thirty years ago this week since I entered it as a boy in the employ of Bacon & Co. “But the stockhclders thought it better to let everything go to satisfy our cred- itors. Though the indebtedness is about $16,000, the assets nominally very greatly exceed that. Mr. Bacon and I used to think the busiuess worth $46.000, but it would not seil for so much as that. Mrs. Bacon and I are the only stockholders. ““About eight months ago Mr. Bacon died and I became the president of the corporation. There was quite a large in- debtedness upon the business at that time, and perhaps 1t would have been better if we had had a meeting of the creditors then; but we were desirous of maintain- ing tue integrity of the business and of keeping our obligatious as in the past. “I put a considerable amount of money into the busigess shortly after taking charge eight months ago, for I hoped times would be better and that business would be more prosperous, and that we would be able to work out of our difficulty. For several months business was vrosper- ous and then it became greatly depressed. “‘About a year and a half ago several of the larger creditors granted an extension on the amounts due them, with the under- standing that payment was to be made in monthly installments of $i50 on their united claims. This payment, in addition to the running expenses of the business, has had to be left unpaid. “The pressure in business, the falling off in the volume of our work and the keen competition that has prevailed have com- bined to make the business unprofitable. “The firm printed the first number of the Overland Monthly and the first issue of the Bulletin. In the early days it was known as Whetton, Towne & Co. That was the original firm, Mr. Bazon being the silent partner. In the later '50’s Whetton retired and the firm became Towne & Ba- con. Then in 1867 Towne retired and en- tered the paper business asa member of the present, firm of Blake, Moffitt & Towne. In 1868 Mr. Bacon associated with himself Robert E. C. Sterns, at one time secretary of the Board of Regents of the State Uni- versity, under the firm name of Bacon & Co., and three years ago it became a cor- poration with its present name.” The senior member of the tirm of Zeller- bach & Sons, one of the creaitors, said that the affairs of the Bacon Printing Company had been in a dubious state for several years, and that latterly the firm had really lost money in trying to keep up the business. One reason, he thought, for the unpresperous decline was a setback given the business by a boycott imposed by the Typographical Union about five years ago becavse this firm bad neglected to comply with its demands. At a meet- ing of the larger creditors a vear and a half ago, he explaineq, the stockholders agreed never to mortgage the property, but to it free as a security agalnst their ‘This has been done, as the present ar- rangement shows. 1. Zellerbach, the assignee, explained that his appointment was the result of a desire to avoid the necessary expense at- tached to insolvency proceedings and to secure the full amount of each creditor’s claim. DR. GERLACH'S WILL. He Leaves a $10,000 Estate to His Wife and Daughter. The will of Dr. George Gerlach, who commitied suicide two weeks ago, was filed for probate yesterday. It was entirely written by himself and reads as follows: My last will: In case of my death I give and bequeath all of my property, real and personal, to my wife, Annie Gerlach, and 10 my adopted daughter, Annie Marie Gerlach, to be divided share and share alike; my said wife to be ex- excutrix without bonds. EORGE GERLACH. DR. G £an Francisco, August 15, 1892. Dr. Gerlach had an estate valued at $10,- 000, consisting mostly of real property. e Ann Callaghan’s Estate. The estate of Ann Callaghan has been ap- praised at $130,281 63. It consists mostly of real estate. 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