The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1895, Page 11

/ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1895. ‘11 Intéresting Iltems From Important Points in Alameda County. POLITICS AT FRUITVALE. Three Tickets Out for an Elec tion of a Board of Sani- tary Trustees. TO TALK CITY AND COUNTY. Serious Charge Against the Executor of the De Ayala Estate by an Attoraey. Fraxcieco CaLL,) S Broadway, Dec. 30. | Politics are very lively just now at Fruit- vale, and all on account of an approaching election of & Board of Sanitary Trustees. The present board consists of J. H. W. Riley, A. C. Fay and P. H. Blake. As things look at present there will probably be three tickets'in the field, but1t is hardly likely that the present board will be ousted. The fight dates back to the Supervisorial election last fall. Riley was a warm porter of Supervis lcott, who was elected by a big majority. There was some dissatisfaction shown,and it has smol- dered till now. Riley is the boneof con- tention, but at las ’s convention he was nominated un Those who OagLAND O objected withdrew and held a convention | by themselves. now two tickets have app: sists of Messrs. Miller, Ht and the other of Thorns dark horse, not yet named. “There have been a lct of scurrilous charges circulated about me in the di trict,” said Riley to-day, “that are abs ‘he district was organized They could not agree, and ed. One con- t and Schulte, Axtell and a and $40,000 w wers. Of this, the contract price w. 00. The money was spent well an mately. The trouble’grows out of my support of Talcott for Supervi these men who are figh would have to ologize for my attitude last year. I told them to wait until after electi nd, Talcott carried the dis- trict by cessity I did not see any n 50 majorit and I told them so. for apolog district, as the Trustees have the ap- ment of spector at a salary of a year, and it is this that the opposi- tion are after.”’ Look Well at Infested Trees. OAK D, —Hortieul- to-day. are freer since he be- The report Their Pay OAKLAND, CarL., De —At the meet- ing of the Board of Supervisors James Quinlan addressed the board, asking that steps be tak be laborers of the bie infirmar ¥ He said the men had worked like horses, and their in- s should be protected. The time- , said Quinian, bad all been turned over to Harrison, the contractor, and he d ¢ desired the bos have them brought in 1 man ascertained. The contract t 1 T. G. Harrison and Alameda Cou the construction of the sewer shows | receive $5679 27. The bill: been owed and he h T 0 on account. This leaves a balance of $3626 which he has not yet re- ceived and ich is available to his cred- itors. The District Attorney advised that the board had no jurisdiction between the contractor and the men, and could not take any legal action. A County of Oakland. OAKLAND, Cawn., Dec. 30.—A petition will be circulated to-morrow in behalf of the project to found a City and County of been paid § Oakland. ayor J. L. Davie, W. J. Kel- ler, mt of the Board of Trade, George L. Fish, president of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, and other leading mer- chants and the prominent bankers of the town have expressed themselves as in sup- port of the measure to form such a system of government, and most of them have already agreed to sign the call. The summons reads as follows: OAK1LAXND, Cal., Dec. 31, 1895, rs of Oakland and all are in favor To the Ele Alameda Cour t i at the earliest da: he City and County of Oak- land: You sre lLereby requested to attend a i g at_the Council chamber of the Hall at 8:15 o'clock on Friday ng, January 3, 1896, when steps will be taken leading to the establishment of said City and County of Oakland. Hoodlums on the Ferries. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 30.—Chief of Po- lice Lloyd received the following letter to- day from A.D. Wilder of the Southern Pacitic Compa Dear Sir: We have of late been & good deal troubled by “hoodlums’ or bad people coming across the ferry late ayand boliday nights and fighting on the pier and on the Seventh- street local trein going ashore. Fhe otaer eyening there was quite a fight, and they kept it up and annoyed passengers by running hrough the train until they got to” West Oak- land, where most of them got off. Also on the night of the day of the Stanford-Berkeley foot- bail gane they hed quite a fight at the pier. Would you please to arrange to_have s couple of your officers_make & _trip down there on these nights. On the 12:15 (midnight) trip from San Francisco on Sunday nights usually & very bad gang comes over, and, as I heve caid, holiday nights are not free from trouble. Yours truly, A. D. WILDER. In the future officers will be on board of all boats on holiday and Sunday nights. No More Street-Cleaning. OAKLAND, CaL., Dec. 30.—The last batch of street-cleaners were laid off to- night, and no_more work will be done ex- cept on a few business thoroughfares until next e. Every street in the city has been cleaned at an expense of less than $30,000. This exceeds the fund for street- cleaning purposes $2000, and the deficiency must be paid out of the general fund. Last year $14,00) was spent on cleaning and the year previous $17,000 was spent for that purpose. No more cleaning will be done on any but business thoroughfares till next June. Shipment of Halied Aimonds, OAKLAND, Cav., Dec. 30.—Livermore has the distinetion thus far of being the only California town to ship a carload of bulled almonds East. Last Monday, through the bank of Livermore, seventeen the hulled article from the Hatch rds were consigned to the Cutting cking Company of Chicago. The wus aea packed in Z5-pound of from 20 to 23 cents a pound or $460 a ton and about $7000 for the carload. Serious Cha Against an Executor. OAKLAND, Can., Dec. 30.—Attorney G. Shaw made a statement w0 Judge Frick this morning alleging that Manuel de Ayala, executor under the will of the late E. G. de Ayala, has been ap- propriating funds from the estate to his cwn use. Under the circumstances Judge There is & bit of patronage connected with | al presented | He Frick ordered that all matters connected with the case be continued, in order that proof could be made of the necessity for placing the executor under bonds. Strange Death of Henry Walker. ND, CaL., Dec. 30.—Henrv H. C. Wa died at his home in West Oakland to-night under very unusual circumstances. ral weeks ago Walker went to Dr. < Institute at Claremont. Walker was | suffering from the effcets of alcohol and he went to the institute for the purposeof tak- ing the anti-liquor cure. Fle_progressed i this morning was so that Dr. Dukes ook him ared him to be cured. This was taken sick and grew His sickness took the Isions, and Dr. C. L. Fisher was summoned Before the doctor arrived Walker was dead. His body was taken to the ‘Morgue and an autopsy will be held to-morrow. Dr. Dukes is quite ata loss to account for Walker’s death and says that when he parted from him this morning Walker said he felt better than he had for years. Walker was an oiler for the Southern i home and dec evening Walk rapidly worse form of convi Pacific Company. He was 52 years old. Fees From an ate. OAKLAND, Car, Dec. 30.—Some big attorpeys’ fees were allowed by Judge Frick to-day. Moore & Martin for represcmmfi the Public Administrator were allowe $4000 and James Stanly was allowed an extra $500 for special services as adminis- trator. T.C. Coogan and W. W. Foote | were allowed $500 in addition to $1500 already allowed for representing certain heirs. Ainsworth’s Will Probated. OAKLAND, Car., Dec. 30. — The will of ! the late Captain J. C. Ainsworth of Port- land, Or., was admitted to probate to-day ! in this county. The estate has considera- ble property in Alameda County. Attor- ney Arthur Rodgers represents the widow, | who is the executrix. Captain Ainsworth of Piedmont. Look Out for * Dockery ™ Pierce. DAKLAND, Cav., Dec. 30.—The amended ordinance ned to-day by Mayor Davie and is now a law. Inspector Pierce is preparing for some early morning visits, but he does not anticipate finding much poor milk for a time at least. Saturday afternoon the inspector condemned twen- ty-four boxes of figs offered for sale at the free market. State Teachers to Meet. OAKLAND, Cav., Dec. 30.—Mrs. Anna C. Murphy, secretary of the State Teach- ers’ Association, has not yet arrived in for visiting teachers will be opened. Many of them are now in town, and from the let- tendent the coming conclave will be the | largest ever held in the State. More Electricity. OAKLAND, CarL., Dec. 30.—The Pied- mont and Mountain View lines will com- mence running electric cars over the Pied- | mont branch next week. iouble motor in the reat trucks. There | are some very steep grades on the new route. HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 30. a4 Den Williams, aged 8 and 4 re- ave been reported to the police as 2 their Alameda home. of the assignee of G, H. Morri- vency was allowed to-day and a ared to creditors of 11-6 cents in Barker of Livermore has received word e death of an uncle in the East whose last ill makes him heir to the snug sum of §: 000 worth of property. Costello was allowed $247 damages in a Justice court for being run into by & car on the Haywards road. cut it down to $106 25. The remains of the man supposed to have commitied suicide in Hays Canyon still lie fied at the Morgue, | The autopey | showed arsenic poisoning. Theinquestwil | held to-night. 1 No. : A.P. A, will celebrate New Year's night with a musical and literary enter- tainment at_lower Hamilton Hall. The pro- gramme will conclude with the public install- ation of the néw officers. tendent of the California Jute Mills, was held from the family residence, 1028 Second avenue, at 2 o'clock yesterdsy aiternoon, and was at- tended by many f1iends of the deceased. Under the system of rotation arranged by the Judges of the Superior Court Judge Greene will change courtrooms with Judge Frick on the first Monday in January and take the pro- bate and criminal calendars for the next six months. There will be & watch meeting on mnext Wedn New Y 's day, at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Chureh in Oakland by the Pacific Epworth League Union. At the even- ing session there will be & reception to thn State officers of the union. The public is in- vited. STUDENTS AND SUPFRAGE The Question Will Be Taken Up at Berkeley in the Coming Term. Mrs. Haight Wants Women to Prepare to Assume the Duties of Citizenship. BERKELEY, Car., Dec. 30.—Another discussion of the woman suffrage question by the students of the university wiil take place at some time early in the coming term. Mrs. George W. Haight, acting president of the Alameda County Woman'’s Suffrage Society, and president of the Local Citizens’ Suffrage Society will pro- pose the measure in behalf of thelocal or- ganization to the students as soon as they become settled down again. The guestion of woman’s right to vote was diseussed by the students’ congress a short time ago, and the decision, as ren- dered by Vrofessors Bacon, Plehn and Lange, was in the negative. Thistermina- tion of the debate was notaltogether satis- factory to all parties interested in the out- come of the discussion, and the tribunal has been subjected to more or less criti- cism. Itisadvanced that they were influ- enced in their decision somewhat by their own personal views on the subject. Mrs. Haight stated to-night that she looked forward with much hope and anti- cipation to the favorable ontcome of the campaign for woman suffrage which Miss iAnnn Shaw is soon to inangurate in Cali- ornia. *My greatest hope,” said the, ‘“is that the women of the State will te prepared to assume the obligations and responsibili- ties of citizenship should the constitu- tional amendment striking our the word ‘male’ be carried.” Faneral of Captain Peterson. tain C, C. Peterson, who was accidentally killed at Port Costa on last Saturday, will take place to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from his late resi- dence, 2022 Fifth street, The Jordan is the “Descender.” During ii falls over 120) feet. At no it navigable, even by a small craft, to any considerabls distance, and presents the unique spectacle of a river which has never been nzyigated flowing into a sea which contains not one living creature. » ———— When the tomb of the great Emperor Frederick, who died in 1:50,8wu open‘:din 1780, his coronation ring, set with a beau- tiful emerald, was still fund upon his fin ger. was the son of the late George Ainsworth | Qakland, but when she does the register | ters being received daily by the_superin- | Special cars for | hill climbing have been provided with a | 0. appeal Judge Eilsworth { be | The funeral of John Robertson, late superin- | WHY [T IS PRSTORLESS Dr. Chapman Would Divide the Membership of the First Church, RESULTS OF HIS EXPERIENCE. Seven Other Churches Have Only One-Fourth of the Strength of the Denomination. 0AxLAND OFFIcE SAN FrANCIECO CALL, 908 Broadway, Dec. 30. } While the First Congregational Church is without a permanent pastor, the smailer churches of that denomination are gradu- ally increasing in membership. One of the most rapidly growing churches at this time is the Market-street Congregational | Chureh, which has admitted fifty-one | members during the past three months. | Its pastor, Dr. E. S. Chapman, in reply to | a query, said to-day that the First Church t would have a better chance to secure a | pastor if it were not so large. | “We haveeight Congregational churches |in this city, with a total membership of 1600. Of these 1200 belong to the First | Church. This should .not be, and the | cause suffers because of it. | “My theory is that churches should not | consist of more members than could be shepherded, or that can be individually | looked after by the pastor. On that prin- | ciple one big church run by a pastor and three assistants would be better divided | into four churches. A man who occupies | the pulpit Sunday should be the man who | visits the home during the week, just as a | physician who diagnoses a disease shoul? | be the one who prescribes. From four to six hundred members is as many as any singie man may shepherd. It hasalways been my theory of church work that as the church increases in membership new | churcies should be organized and built | up. I bhave alwaysacted upon this theory in the East and in OQakland. I believe it is better for the cause of religion that in East Oakland there are three Presbyterian churches—Brooklyn, Centennial and Pros- pect Hill—than that all the members should be in one church. “Itwould be better for the Congrega- tionalists in this city if the people of that denomination were more equally dis- tributed among the several Congregational | churches. We have had thirty years of | Congregational work in QOakland, and asa | result we have eight churches with an | aggregate of 1600 members. The Frst Church nas 1200 membpers, and the remain- ing 400 are distributed among the remain- g seven churches. Any general com- | manding an army who would manage his men according to this plan would be de- feated in every battle. That the church is not defeated is due to ti.e infinite power of the Great Commander. It wouid be better for the cause ot religion if many of those now connecied with the great central church should be identified with smaller ones in their own vicinity. “*Possibly it would be less difficult to se- cure pastors for these great churches if they were not 8o big, and better for the in- dividual workers. This has been my theory and practice during all the years of my ministry, and I have been several times in charge of large churches whose membership I have kept within the above limits by persistent colonization,” ELECTRIC-LIGHT WORKS, Plans Adopted for a Large Addition to Those of Alameda. Pupils of the Alameda High School | About to Issue a Students’ Newspaper. | ALAMEDA, CaLn.,, Dec. 30.— At the meeting of the Municipal Trustees last night plans and specifications were read for the installation of additional electrical machinery to the city’s plant, involving an outlay of some $15,000. It will necessi- tate the erection of a new building, the placing of a new engine and boiters and of a new dynamo of a capacity of 4000 in- candescent lights. Proposals will be in- vited at once for the work. The money to pay for the same was raised by increasing the taxation from $1 on each $100 of assessed value to $122. At the time the tax rate was fixed it was not stated what the increase was for, as it would undoubt- edly have raised a storm that could not have been withstood; but as the affair blew over and feeling subsided the new improvements were proceeded with. The electric works absorbed $27,000 of the public funds last year, when a great deal of the plant was renewed, at least $19,000 of it voing for construction. But it is claimed this further outlay is necessary to make the incandescent branch profitable. 1t is the purpose to have a capacity of at least 4000 incandescent lights for the plant. Streets Aill Cleaned. ALAMEDA, CAL., Dec. 30.—The streets of Alameda will have been cleaned by the end of this week from one end of the town to the other. The Superintendent has had a large force of men ut work for a month, and the rubbish has been raked out of the gutters and the culverts all cleaned, so that the city looks spick and span and as clean as can be. It costs the city $1800 to $2000 every g'an toclean the streets in this manner, and a large number of laborers are furnished work just at a time when they need it the worst. Taxes Delinquent. ALAMEDA, CAr., Dec. 30.—City taxes which had not been paid at the close of business yesterday are delinquent. There were $14,000 paid on Saturday last and about $10,000 yesterday, leaving a sum approximating $2000 delinquent. The de- linquency will be a little larger this year than usual. Five per cent has now been added, and if the delinquency is not paid until it is advertised 50 per cent more must be paid. Soclety Election. ALAMEDA, Car.,, Dec. 30.—Webster Council No. 202, Order of Chosen Friends, has elected the following officers: Coun- cillor, Harry L. Zimmerman; vice-coun- cillor, W. A White; prelate, Miss D. Zim- merman; secrelary, Julius H. Wittich; past councillor, G. R. Beardsley; warden, Mrs. E. C. Adams; guard, J. O. Forsberg; sentry, J. H. Hopps. A School Paper. ALAMEDA, CarL., Dec. 30.—The stud- ents of the Alameda High School have made arrangements to start a paper. The first number is announced to make its ap- rance on or about February 1. The paper will be issued under the auspices of the High School Literary and Debating Society, e ——— A New Patriotic Soclety. To Mrs. Sullivan Johnson of Western, avenue, Allegheny, has been delegated the pleasurable duty of enlisting members to 2 new society, of social and patriotic scope, to be formally organized in Harris- burg-on January 8. The society is that of “The United States Dm{lmn of the War of 1812,” any woman eligible who is 4 over the age of 18 and is a de- scendant of a military or naval officer who assisted in the war for independence. Mrs. Flora Adams Darling of Washing- ton, D. C., who was identified in the origin of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is president-general of the new society. Ohio, New York and Louis- jana have already formed State organiza- tions, and Pennsylvania and Kentucky will be the next in line. Mrs. Louis W. Hall of Harrisourg is the State regent for Pennsylvania, with Mrs. Sullivan Johnson the Western representative. On January 8 a meeting will be held at Harrisburg to perfect arrangements. The general anni- versary day is _set jfor January 8. Me- morial day is Easter Monday, when each member will wear a carnation, and State and local societies will hold reunions of social and patriotic nature.— Pittsburg Dis- patch. INDIGNATION AT MT, EDER, Demand That School Trustees Re-elect a Principal on Sunday. NO SENTIMENT IN POLITICS. A Charming Young Lady and Loss of a Bogrder Caused All the Rumpus. OAKLAND OFFICE, 8AN FRANCISCO CALL.} 908 Broadway, Dec. 30. Mount Eden is now enjoying a subject for gossip such as rarely falls to the lot of the many towns in Alameda County. The calling of a special meeting of School Trustees on Sunday, the re-election of a popular school principal in response to the demand of an indiznation mass-meeting, a young lady’s smiles and an unsuccessful wooer all figure in the little pastorai melo- drama. N. Meniger, Peter Christensen and B. Clanister are the Trustees of the Mount Eden public schools. Professor W. E. Rowlands is the principal, and for a long time he resided with Mr. Meniger. The companionship of the schoolteacher and principal was very agreeable, and the com- bination was acceptable from more than one point of view. A few months ago a very charming young lady named Miss Eichler either met or was met by the school principal, and they met several times afterward. At last an engagement was announced, and as Mr. Rowlands and Miss Eichler were both popular, Mount Eden was a unit in extending congratula- tions. Trustee Meniger has a very intimate friend living at Alvarado, who frequently took a trip across the salt marsh to see the Mount Eden Trustee. This young man’s name was Rovins. He also met Miss Eichler in Mount Eden, and he found i¢ very agreeable to tarry long where the oung lady happened to be. He finally ost his heart and with its departure tie green-eyed monster appeared with the at- tractive schoolteacher as its objective point. After this things were not so pleasant at the home of Mr. Meniger for the school vrincipal, and some tirie ago he found it more congenial to go and board with Mr, Peterson, across the street. With his de- {mnure Trustee Meniger thought it would be advisable and for the best interests of Mount Eden that a successor be appointed to Mr. Rowlands. Trustee Meniger al- most won over Trustee C! ristensen before the dark plot was discovered. Then Mount Eden stormed. The citizens were determined that the blizzard of indigna- tion should wreck snmethmg, and that something should be Meniger’s plot. Although it was as tranquil a Sunday as ever enticed hunters to the bleak marshes, the fact went forth that an indignation meeting should be held forthwith. The matter was looked upon as of too serious a nature to wait, even for one day. Sowhen the morning service was over the citizens assembled before the village hall and for over an hour their indignation ascended to heaven. But it also had an effect down here, and Mount Eden felt it. Many things were said from the hastily improvised platform that their speakers wonld not like to see in print. The burden of each speech was the same. Mount Eden was threatened with a calamity. That calamity was the removal without cause of the principal of the school. Trustee Meniger was charged with being influenced by two motives. One was the loss of the principal as a boarder; the other was boldly declared to be thein- fluence of Robins, who was credited with inking he saw a clean road before him, if he could only succeed in having his rival thrust out into the cold, cold world. The honest villagers, considering them- selves aggrieved, said a great deal more, and had not cooler counsel prevailed there might have been laid a substantial basis for a damage suit. The meeting broke up with a resolution demanding that the Trustees call a meeting forthwith and re- elect Mr. Rowlands principal for another year. The petition was signed by about nine-tenths of all the parentsin Mount Eden and was at once presented to the Trustees. It was Sunday, and of course anythin; done by the Trustees'on that day’ woulg be clearly illegal, but such_a trifle did not stand in the way of the indignant Ede- nians. The Trustees met on the Sabbath afternoon and by a majority elected Pro- fessor Rowlands principal for another year, A little knot of uitraindignant citizens wanted to make it particularly warm for Trustee Meniger, but he escaped with a whole skin and ‘‘a warning.” Just what the latter meant 1s not worded in the minutes of that indignation meeting, but as this is the turkey season it is surmised that feathers might constitute a large part of the judgment if the warning was dis- regarded. rustee Meniger denies that he had any ulterior meotive for advocating Mr. Row- lands’ dismissal, but he has not vet suc- ceeded in conv!ncinf Mount Eden of the sincerity of his denial. The Trustees will ratify the appoint- ment of Principal Rowlands at their next meeting, as his hurried election on Sunday was not legnl. ————— Beating the Bank at Monts Carlo. It is said to be the custom at Monte Carlo to fill the pockets of suicides with banknotes, so that it may be assumed they did not_ kill themselves on account of losses. The story goes that an Irishman knowing this custom succeeded in getting his pockets filled a short time ago. After losing a small sum at the gami table he suddenly J'umped up, exc nimo(f; “Iam ruined!” and rushed into the gar- dens. Almost immediately afterward the guards heard a pistol shot, and then a cry of pain, and, rushing to the spot, found the Irishman apparently dead. It was dark, with no one about, so they filled his pockets with money and left him to be discovered in the morninfg. They had hardly gone out of sight, how- ever, before the Irishman was on his feet again, and the next train conveyed him to g-ribs, en route for his native country.— Tidbits. ————— Simon Bolivar, the liberator of Venezu- ela, is represented by an equestrian statue in. Central “Park, New York, while George Washington is honored by a statue in a square in Caracas. “he achievements .of these men were very much alike in many particulars. The Venezuelans venerate the memory of ‘Washington almost as much as they do that of Bolivar. There is hardly a house in Caracas that has not in it & picture of ‘Washington. BAD EASTERN AECORD [ Continued from Eighth Page.] before Christmas of 1894, and she is quite sure she saw him in the same neighbor- hood two or three weeks before that. She says, though, that she would not be wili- ing to swear to the identity of the man she saw the first time, though she thinks it was Dr. Brown. “I am sure it was Dr. Brown I saw near Christmas time,” said Mrs, Gillie. “I had been teliing my husband of trouble I had with Dr. Brown when I applied to be taken into his church. Dr. Brown didn’c want me because I said ‘Amen’ during service, and I felt very hurt about it. On the day I saw him we had been discussing minis- ters, and I was looking to see if my daugh- ter had got off a Mission-street car which had just stopped. “As I looked, T saw Dr. Brown. out, *There he ig, now!’ “ ‘Who? my husband asked. “*Why, the man who wouldn’t let me join his church because I said amen,’I answered. “Then my husband rushed to the win- dow. He wastoolate,though. Dr.Brown had just turned around the corner, going toward the side of the house in which the entrance is situated. “But that was Dr. Brown, just the same,” Mrs. Gillie added. “If it wasn't be it was his ghost.”” Mrs. Gillie says she has not communi- cated with Mrs. Davidson or Mrs. David- son’s friends, and thinks she never saw that lady. She had told no one about sce- ing Dr. Brown in the vicinity of the Sixth and Bryant street lodging-house till a man came and questioned her. He was sent by Mrs. Frank French and knew that Mrs. Gillie had hved at 803 Bryant street, and suggested that she might know something of Dr. Brown’s visits in the vicinity. “I never saw Dr. Brown enter the lodg- ing-house at Sixth and Bryant streets,” Mrs. Gillie said. “You see, the door was around the corner.” “Did you ever see him with any young women?"’ “No,and T never heard any gossip of improper conduct concerning him.” Mrs. Gillie told of her troubles with the church, and explained why she thought Dr. Brown was guilty of what Mrs. David- son accused him. She also thought her evidence was valuable, since, she said, Dr. Brown denied having ever been in the neighborhood of Sixth and Bryant streets. Detective Seymour, accompanied by Dr. Brown, visited the lodging-house on Sixth and Bryant streets, which has been kept by Mr. Mahoney for the past three years, Mr. Mahoney on being asked if he ever saw Dr. Brown there gave an empbhatic nega- tive to the question. They next called upon Mrs. Julia Gillie, who formerly lived at 803 Bryant street. Sle said she saw Dr. Brown walking along Bryaut street in the direction of Sixth street about a year ago. He was alone and did not enter any house. Dr. Brown’s explanation of his presence on Bryant street at that time, which was the only occasion on, which he had been in that neighborhood, is simple. He says that at a socialist meeting the clergy had been denounced for not visiting the flot- sam and jetsam of humanity who lived at the dumps. He was impressed with what the speaker said and went to the dumps. He walked along Bryant street on his way back to Sixth street to catch a car there. 1 cried —_—— EDITOR SIMPSON TALKS. Says a Woman Answering Miss Overman’s Description Vis- ited His Office. E. 8. Simpson, city editor of the Chroni- cle, makes the following statement con- cerning the woman who visited his office some months ago and offered for sale a sensational article about a prominent man of this City: One afternoon nearly four months ago, & woman, whom I believe to be Miss Mattie Over- man, called at the Chronicle office and offered to sell a sensational article about a prominent man, & resident of this City, for $1000. She refused to give her name to the attendant in the reception-room, stating that her business was of a confidential character. Our conver- sation was held in my private office. The woman ref1sed to give me her name or ad- dress, nor would she tell who the prominent man was. She said, as I recall it: “This story will make a great sensation here and in other places—even in the East. The man stands high in the community. The article I can give would shake society to its'center.” I refused to pay any money for information | without first knowing what it was. The woman said she was 00 clever to be fooled that way and that when she had the money she would give the information. I asked if there would be any legal proceedings or any public investigation, and she replied, vaguely, that there might be and probabiy would be some- thing of that sort. Upon further questioning she reiterated her statemeuts as to the sensa- tional character of her information and the prominence of the man involved. I asked her motive for wishing to make the matter public, aside from the pecuniary feature of it. She ad- | mitted that it was personal and gave me to un- derstand that she was seeking revenge. Iasked, -“Has this man wronged you?”’ She replied, «He has wronged me deeply.” 1left thewoman slone for a few moments and consulted with the managing editor about the woman’s proposition. in the day. A reporter who followed the woman out of the building stated to me later that she doubled and turned several times,as if afraid that she was being watched, and that ghe finally met a gray-haired, elderly woman on the south side of Market street, near Third. The two were together some minutes, the re- porter said, and then the woman who had visited the Chronicle office was driven away in a hack. The woman did not return and noth- ing more was ever said about her visit until after Mrs. Davidson’s arrest. SRR B HER EASTERN RECORD. Sent to a House of Correction | for a Period of Thirty Months. LYNN, Mass, Dec. 80. — Mrs. Mary A. Davidson is well known in Lynn, as she formerly kept a piano and music store on Market street in this aity, and her operations there brought her before the Judges of the Superior Court at Salem February 4, 1887, and eventuated in a sentence to the House of Correction for a period of thirty months. After her sentence she went to Lynn, then to Colorado, where she is said to have joined Lawyer Edgerly, who bad marriea ber adopted daughter, Miss Cora David- son, and afterward, according to those who knew her, to Omaha, Neb., where ‘When she left the | office she promised that she would return later | she was lost sight of until the episode re- | lated above occurred. Her transactions in | Lynn are fresh in ‘he public mind. She conducted the piano business on a magnificent scale, giving to Oliver Dit- son & Co. mortgages to the amount of $4500, including not only pianos, belonging to that firm, but also upon four Bourne pianos belonging to another firm. The first mortgage of $200 was discharged, but the last one was never paid. After mertgaging the goods she sold them to various parties in Lynn. There were twenty-three pianos in all thus disposed of. At the time she also ob- tained money from various sources—$600 of Mrs. Bushby through Ira B. Keith, Esq., giving leases on pianos as security. She is also said to have ob- tained money from D. H. Murphy, giving him a mortgage on stock which had just previously been mortgaged to her own father. Some time in June, 1885, her affairs were in such a shape, and she owed grocers, provision-dealers, rent of store, ete., that she concluded to leave the city. Prior to doing this she obtained money from various money - lenders at a high rate of interest, 3 per cent per month in some cases. The night before she skipped from Lynn ail the valuables were removed from her store, nothing but a small safe, showcase and counter remaining. Between two days in June, 1895, she fled from this city and went, according to her own story, to Albany, N. Y., where she interested several clergymen in her behalf and obtained a home with a widow in that city, with whom she remained for nearly eighteen months. In Albany she professed great religious fervor and became prominent in the churches of that city under the name of Mrs. Mary. P. Stur- giss. She was apprehended by Joseph E. Shaw, then State detective, who returned to Lynn with her. On the way back she professed a loss of memory, and when she arrived in this city one Saturday night she asked what the name of the place was and when informed pretended never to have heard of the place. She re- mained at the Lynn police station untll Monday morning, and was then removed to the jail in Salem. Her trial for her criminal operations began February 2, 1887. She being charged with selling mort- gaged pianos, the other charges were not pressed. Among those who testified against her were Mrs. Mary E. Judgkins, George D. Stiles, George Fuller and H. 8. Johnson, all of whom had purchased pianos from her at prices varying from $180 to $390. 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