The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 7

PALDWIN TiparER.—Hersmann, The Great. CALIFOENIA. THEATER—* The Widow Jones.” CoLUMBIA THEATER—*AL the French Ball.” s 's Orema-House— “The Runaway T o1 Orsra-Hovsr.—vIxion: or, The Man of the W heel OrrPaErM.—High-C GrRovER'S ALCA New Bren-st. T ass Vaodeville. .—Our Boarding House. ATER.—“A Celebrated MACHONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND)—* Moths.? txcer T CHuTES —Daily at Halght. street re Liock east of the Park EAY DISTRICT TRACK.— Aces. AUCTION SALES. S. SPEAR & Co.—Monday. January 6, ¢, st corner Mission and Seventhsis., at A disruption is s Brewers' Association, T. Spence has petitioned for her share Sullivan’s estate. The “Terpsichoréans” gave their annual 0Odd Fellows' Hall last night. n women aiter.a purse of money ad- in the Lost and Found column. imously indorse the ulsting the sale of mil s refused to oust the direc- re Pacific Bank upon the suit of P. F. to be brewing in the ng to prediction San Francisco will 's pawxishop was looted by ear’s eve and $300 worth of 1 his horse at was thrown foom bones of hris left 1 had both the b vesterday over the wa ¥ was soon settled. e niew theater at Re on Jenuary 20 1 in-“The Senat e Supreme Co ood_ City will bo e Frawley Com- has upheld the consti- ider which Reform payers’ Antl-Water ¥ was f in the interest Bay District Track yester- Yankce Doodle, Mary §, day were: N George Mille to the vacant ion yesterday, g no: son has been arrested on the.com- Monnier, saloon-keeper, 825 Valen- for obaining goods by false pre- i Lainer, e druggist of 699 McAllister s filed a petition 1o be declared in- His liebilities are $3920 18 and his ). Colonel G.W. Macfarlane of Hawail arrived Queenstown last-night, making the trip ie and & half days and beating all pre- ecords. A company of Eastern capitalists wii. en- deavor 1o get the Legislature to grant them rivilege of mining the slickensof the Sac- iver. htwas nafrowly averted on a vacant th and Howard streets, on the after- w Year's day, over the result of a 1 and Almshouse Committee of Health insp The place was found in a most dated condition. f dila Th strator’s account of the Bl July and a petitionfor & distribution of the estate have been filed in the Probate Court. 3 The creditors of Louis Braverman have: de- murred to and will mave to strikecut the com- plaint in intervention filed by lisac K. Konn in the Insolvency proceedines. rls have made a: donation of 's” Daughters' Home for In- dsof & fair given by them it of thet instftution. nor afioat that one of the brew- s withdrawn Trom' the Brewers’ Pro- , which, ii true, will prob. ignal for a:general break. ur Cavenagh, & pediler:6f Japanese sharged at:the City -Prison yesters g & zold watch and ¢ Hollowell, 1120 Broadway. 29 orh in yesterday as a caused Dy:the 0 corporal. d, will be sued in the . Barwick, a former ten- used by a ick had with auxilis irade betwesn They will be to make seven and’ are expected steam. ier “Police Commis- sbing of a drunken pris- of Atwrieys 11 of the Montana State Inst night to as- draft s law similer to the ing the reilroad from The Fire C the de engine terday dismissed Buchanar ct of du F men an. A T Rives, superint o County owned by Editor snd other St.Louis capitalists, is a He seys his mines are paying we stamp mill on the . tion is senc here is ng out a cir- Oregon may be the result. eting of the Richmond District Property- Association took plece last night io the sale o1 burial lots in the mittee will meet the Board g at 10 o'clock. Schoolteachers’ Retirement yesierday through hortridge, J. D. Sulli- & contest to the wil uer and Hermann streets, arry yesterday morning arge piece of rock struck him on the 1, fracturiog (he pones and two of his i€ was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Harbor Commissioners are in a quan- over the letting of the contracts for the depot. Attorney-General Fitzgerald d’s legal adviser do not agree, g0 mey be cerried to the Supreme is stated that expenses rive w previously un- ¥ reducing the sum de- ment given the Jack Demprey, and xposures may leke pfuce in children of of the People’s Home Savings last night. Toey were little en- reports, and resolved (o wait upon Barnes and urge him to i1tmost the remaining charges fcDonald. csterday announced that he at the preiiminary examin: Welehh and Middlemiss on had alrendy decided to hold the de- . which he charecterized as unwar- e T. Gaden, the Mayor's expert, con- the Litumirious pavement inid on Van ilie between Sutter and Bush streets. can be picked from the strect with 1fingers. This job was one of those the nak Hllegells letby the members of the”notorious Solid Eight. of the Port John H. Wise and Inspector Richard Williams charge Surveyor Samuel J. Ruddell with du &ud betraying Custom-house secrets, &0 investigation is thre ened. There hAve been some heated § J sine Licated interviews between ddell-and his sccusers, \.i‘!"‘\lfi‘;"" 8500 J. D. Good of British Colum- 2t the Tog cnsrkable interesting discovery .‘f{'y‘;‘q’{‘nlfl‘r 15 0f the north are Gescendnnts day’s Cary ot Wes told exciusively in yester- rent 7.l contribute an article on Sun- i 0, lurther substantiate his discov- cted tie Pesthouse | n from | ears of age. and a native | | Policeman fore- nd 2 fi- | tion Island is included in the coast hne | ng toa siatement in THE CaLL | ;the evidence might not-warrant such a ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Clipper Ships With Auxi iary Screws for the New York Trade. THEY WILL MAKE FAST TIME, The Sealing Schooner Alton Lost Three Men and a Boat in a Fog. The merchants of San Francisco are not satisfied with the arrangement en- tered into by the Southern Pacific and the Panama Railroad Company. As a consequence a clipper line between THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 186. y 4 | over, and if he decided to adhere to his | determination be would arrange for an- | other Judge to preside, so that tfie hearing | could go on Gardiner’s bail was reduced yesterday to $3000. Attorney Ashe has a telegram from | Gardiner’s brother in Eureka offering to | furnish the necessary bonds. BONDS WERE WORTHLESS, ¥red Carlson Arrested for Obtaining Goods by False Pretenses. T. Monnier, saloon-keeper, 825 Valencia | street, swore to a complaint i Judge Con- lan’s court yesterday charging Fred Carl- son with obtaining goods by false pre- tenses. Carlson was arrested Tuesday. Monnier alleges that a few davs ago he advertised his saloon for sale. Carlson called in to answer to the advertisement and entered into negotiations for the pur- chase of the saloon. He produced five bonds of $100 each of the Wheeling Turn- pike Company of Muncie, Ind., which he said were worth their face value anywhere. He had just cut off the January coupon, and three coupons were left, each repre- senting $3 50 1nterest. The transfer was made, and Monnier went to A. Borel & Co. with the bonds, who told him they were not of much ac- THOMAS B, KNOX CHOSEN, He Will Occupy the Vacant Seat in the Board of Ed- ucation. DIRECTOR BARRETT VOTED NO. Henderson and Carew Have a Lively Tilt Over Certain News. paper Articles, Superintendent of Schools Babenck has at last succeeded in finding a candiaate for School Director who is acceptable to the present board, and Thomas R. Knox, the attorney, will occupy the seat vacated by AN AMERICAN CLIPPER WITH AN AUXILIARY NEW YORK AND SAN FRAN SCo. SCREW PKROPELLER THAT COULD MAKE FAST TIME BETWEEN | be a success. Big 2000-ton barks with auxiliary ecrews are to be built, and with these fast time can be made. In calm | weather steam could be got up, and at least six or seven knots could be averaged. Then instead of going around the Horn the steam could be used .and the route through the Straits of Magellan taken, A vessel -of this kind would have all the | carrying capacity necessary, and would | still have sufficient sail area to carry her along in fair weather as fast as the Shen- andoah or any of the other chygvers_. Said.Captain Herriman of Herriman & Mills yesterday : Such & vessel ought to do well on the run be- tween New York and Sen Francisco. Sk would commaud attention, and with a feath ing screw ought to do well. On the Pa Coast she couid stop at all the way porte, and if necessary could load and discharge cargo. With ordinary luck she ought to make the run between New York and this port in about half the time usually occupied. 3 When you come to think of it the thing ought to be & success. The steam schooner Jeanie is built something on the Iines contex plated. She has four masts and an auxiliary screw snd can make from eight to ten knoi under eitner steam or canvas. The venture has been such a success in her cuse that near ali the whaling fleet is fitted out in that man- ner. When they strike a calm, steam is got up and they dodge” ajong uniil a breeze springs up. | feathered and the vessel goes along as casily as | When under full steam. _ | Then, again, if the Nicaragua canal was built, the vessels with an auxillary screw | would be at agreat advantage. They would g £ be independent of towboats, and co | st any nour the tide suited. y 2 pe. Y | be cut to & minimum figure and freizhts would be lower in c Just as s0on as the | Puc:fic Mail begins will you see | an opposition line of clippers with euxiliary | serews placed on the route between the East | and West. The following notice to mariners has | been issued by the Lighthouse Board: Notuice is hereby given that a third-class nun buoy, red and black horizontal stripes, has en placed in fiiteen feet of water, as an addi- tional aid to navigation, to mark Mission Bay | rocks, upon the foliowing bearings: Onkland { harbor fight, NE.3{ N.; Potrero Polnt, SSE., Point Avisadero, SE. by S. e merchants and ship-owners in San Francisco and on Puget Sound want a tel- egraph line from Tatoosh Island to Gray | Harbor. This stretch of country is totally | uncovered, und as the dangerous Destruc- | the necessity of a telegraph line is oovious. | The wires are laid from Seattle and T\ coma to Tatoosh Island, but there th | stop. Anything, therefore, that happens | between Tatoosh and Grays Harbor is not reported until some passing vessel picks up the news. A petition for the construc- tion of the line is now being circulated, {and almost every merchant and ship- | owner in San Erancisco is signing it. The stern wilkel sicamer Constance ran into the sealing schooner Kate and Ann yesterday and did considerabie damage. The Kate and Ann was almost ready tor sea, but now she wiil be detained for sev- | eral days in order to make necessary re- airs, | The first of the sealing fleet that has put | to sea during the month to get into trouble | 1s the schooner Alton. | several days has been iooking for a miss- ing boat with three men in it. On De- cember 31 Captain Wester went aboard the pilot boat America and reported that | during a dense fog he had lost a boat, | as the boat was fully provisioned the chances are that they have made land. when spoken by the Ainerica. INGLESIDE ROBBERY. Judge Conlan Announces That He May Not Preside at the Preliminary Examination. Judge Conlan announced from the bench yesterday that he would not preside at the preliminary examination on Janu- ary 7 of Gardiner, Middlemiss and Weich, charged with the robbery at Ingleside. “An article was published in TRE CALL yesterday,” said the Judge, *in which L am made to =ay that I had agreea with the police to hord the defendants, even though course. ““I never made such a statement, which, if true, would have shown that I had be- come bereft of my senses. My purpose was to give the defendants a fair and im- pariial ~ hearing and be guided en- tirely by the evidence. In view of the statement published, which was entirely unwarranted, I think it would be better for another Judge to preside.” After court had adjourned R. Porter Ashe, atiorney for Gardiner and Welch saw the Judge in his chambers and urges upon him to reconsider his decision, assur- ing him that he would rather have him It willinyolye important details. reside than any of the other Judges. Fudga Conlan promised to think the matter tic | When they reach the ice the screw is | she has been fol- | | fowing the herd along the coast, but for | | The three men knew the coast well, and | The Alton had taken twenty-three seals | | bonds were worthless. | Acting on the advice of the police Mon- | nier put padiocks on the doors of the saloon and had Carlson arrested. He will | at once commence a civil suit to recover | possession of the saloon. THE HASTINGS COLLEGE Points for Architects Who Desire | to Submit Designs in Com- { petition, Ground Plat May Be Seen at Mayor Sutro’s Office in the Mont- | gomery Block. The following communication tended for the is in- information of architects who desire to enter the competition for | the buildings of the Affiliated Colleges of the university: 7. H. C. Bonte, Secretary of the Board of Unirersity of California, Berkeley, The Hastings College of Law, one of the four colleges mentioned in the act of March 23, 1895, as requested by the committee of the regents, Tespectiully suggests for the in- formation of Competing architects the follow- ing: First—That a plat of the ground upon which the three buiidings are to be erected ean be hed, or seen, at the office of Mr. Sutro, Mout- gomery block, San Francisco. Second—That the representatives of the sey- eral colleges to be accommodated have re- quested, and- the regents have ordered, that | three buildings be erected, having a uniform frontage as to material, frontline and apparent elevation, Third—That the three buildings should front toward the Golden Gate Park and be separated by streets from 25 to 50 feet, the latter pre- ferred. Fourth—That there should be a separate | structure for the Law College on the westof the proposed group of three, 100 feet front by 75 ieet deep. The contour of the ground is such, sloping from west to east, that the law build ing may be three stories and the other build- ings four stories in height and still preserve the same general appesrance as to the tops of all the buildinps. Fifth—That the central (or middle) building | should contain & iarge hall, to be used in com- mon by ail the colleges, with aseating capacity | of from 1200 to 1500 for commencement exer- | cises and for lectures and lectures of the Uni- | vers'ty extension course. | " Sixth—That the upper (or third) floor of the law building be adapted to and used | clastvely for library purposes, with the neces- sary reading-room, cloak and hat rooms, closets, ete. Dr. | be at least three lecture-rooms, with an aggre- ate seating capacity of 510, or 170 each. | That two of the said lecture-rooms be on the same floor, and so connected by folding or | sliding doors that they mey be thrown intoone room as occasion may require. That in each lecture-room there be all necessary platforms, | rostrums, desks, blackboards, erwc. There shouid be from three to five separate rooms for professors; also one room for the dean, one room for the registrar, one room for the direc- tors (nine directors), one room for the janitor, one room for ladies, including toilet, ete. Eighth—That there be ali necessary cloak and hat rooms, lavatories, closets, halls, ete., | on each floor. That the main_ hallways, Tave. ’(orlcs,c)mfls. cloak and hat rooms be so ar- ranged as to leave the greatest amount of light | and sun é-erammnl for the lecture and other rooms to be used by the students, professors, officers, etc., of the college. For more detailed information in reference | to the law building I will be pleased to confer with any erchitect who may see proper to tall | upon me. T beg ulso to suggest and request that the regents so apportion the 250,000 as to let i architects know how much of the same may be ued in erecting the law building. I have made no suggestions as to heating, elevator, ete,, indeed Iwish to be particularly understood that I have not attempted to give such detatls as to leave the architect the mere duty of a draughtsman. My suggestions for the Law College are not made with the idea of claiming more than can be given and with the expectation of belng cut down. I once more earnesily request that the regents apportion the fund, so that each college may cutits gar- ment according to the cloth. Very respect- fully yours, OLIVER P. EVANs, Acting for the directors of the Hastings Col- lege of the Law. ————— Miss Rocha’s Debut. At the Bush-street Theater to-night “A Cel- ebrated Case” will be presented by & company of iocal amateurs, the event marking the debut of Miss Mabel Rocha. The cast is made up s follows: Jean Renand, condemned to the galleys for life s ..Charles Bates Connt ae Morney, returned from exile.......... va: ..Edmund Crane Duke d’Aubterre, Governor of province........ .......Perrie Kewen betrothed to Adri- enne.... .. eies ..M. Mac Manus Denuis O'Rourke, in service of the duke. M. dell _Mr. Vanella orge Stoddurd ... Mabel Rocha Rosella La Faille -Badl S ton Nlyce Ellyn Miss Gullbert ner, Adrienne, Valontine de Morney. Duchess 4’ Aubterre,.. Chanomesse. Jube, a mald. Cal.— | Seventh—That on the other two floors thers | ohoice. | Mr. New York and San Francisco will be in- | count. At Monnier's request they tele- ‘[ ex-Director Stone when he resigned to augurated, and the chances are that it will | graphed East and received a reply that the | accept the position of Deputy Superin- tendent. After Dr. Drucker was defeated Superin tendent Babcock, who had nominated iiim, stated to the members of the board that he was not going to nominate another man unless he was tolerably sure that he would be confirmed by the board. Consequently when a special meeting was called for yesterday morning to settle the matter a caucus was first held to see what chance there was of agrecing on a candidate. Mr. Knox’s name was pro- posed and all voted for him except Di- rector Barrett, who felt aggrieved that Dr. Drucker, the first candidate for the office, was not confirmed. Dr. Drucker was named at Director Barrett’ssuggestion, and Babcock declined to name another candidate when the majority in the board | Southern Pacific lines and via Yaquina Bay routes, water and rail. : The circular contains this enteresting information to shippers: It is the existence of the route via Yaquina | that has enabled San Francisco merchants to | reach this territory. Were we depending en- | tirely upon the rail lines and without this | active measure of competition to zontrol the all rail rates from San Francisco, the difference in distance in favor of Portland would result in stlacurin( entire control of the trade to that clty. Accompanying the bulletin isa schedule of rates from the Western classification to Albany, Tangent, Sheads, Helsey, Muddy, Harrisburg, Junction City, Lupers, Iry- ings, Eugene, Henderson, Goshen, Cres- well, Walkers, Cottage Grove, Latham, Divide, Comstock, udson, Roseberg, Ashland and other points in Oregon reached by the Yaquina and Souihern Pa- cific routes. These figures were given ex- clusively to THE CALL, and show a wide margin_ in favor of the water and rail route via Yaquina Bay. What the effect of this expose of the rates between San Francisco and the Wil- Jamette Valley will be is awaited with in- | terest by Traffic Manager Curtis. It is | thought that the Southern Pacific Com- | pany will have to reduce its figures, and in | that event a rate war between the two | trandsportation companies may be precipi- tated. ‘THE GAY TERPSICHOREANS | Their Annual Party Given in | 0dd Fellows’ Hall Last | Night. : A Pretty Cotillon Followed by a Sup- per of the Best—Those Who Danced. The young ladies who comprise the club called the Terpsichoreans gave their an- nual party at Odd Fellows’ Hall last even- ing. The affair was one of the most suc- cessful society functions of the present season. The young ladies are all pupils of Miss West’s school, and though youngin years showed that they were well versed in the requirements of a party. The decorations of the ballroom were most artistic and suited to the occasion and the company. The cclors used were of the lighter hues with a dark back- ground of greens. The galleries were fes- tooned with pink and white gauze, over whicn were garlands of evergreens, and above all pretty blue and white fan crea- tions. From the ceiling were pendent pink, blue and white streamers, to which were attached Japanese lanterns. The stage was & mass of plants, ferns and flowers and over all was a canopy of gauze. Red shades covered the gasjets, giving a pretty | effect. The hallways were canvased and punch and lemonade were dispensed from ‘ tables placed near the entrance. The guests were received by Mrs, Charles | M. Keeney, Mrs. William Alvord and Mrs, | Blakeman, who acted as chaperones for | the young ladies. The cotillon was started at 9 o’clock | with the figure of “Gliding Lines.”” Mr. | Greenway led with Miss Ethel Keeney. | The first figure was followed by the “Fig- | ure Eight,” “Double Columns,” “‘Gray's Figure,” “Driving” and the ‘Serpentine.’’ Those who took part in the cotillon be- i sides the leaders were: Laurence \_'n’rz Winkle, Miss Flora Dean; Mr. Fernald, Miss Helen Wagner; Lieutenant Rutherford, Miss Vioiet Carey; Thomas Van | Licutenant W. R. Smedberg Jr., Miss Leontine | Blakeman; M. S. Letham, Mizs Marie Wells: | Lieutenant D. W. Kilburn, Miss Rose Hooper; | Southard Hoffman Jr., Miss Charlotte Elling- | wood; Mr. Veeder, Miss Sophie Pierce; | Lieutenant’ T. Carson, Miss Lila Burton: | Mr. F¥rench, Miss Travers Curry; A. | P." Williams, Miss Clma Huntington; Marry Parker, Miss Ine Blackmore: i | Ness, Miss Mary Bell Gwin; R. M. Dupern, | Miss' Duisy Van Ness; L. McMuilen, Miss [ Mollie homas; Fletcher MeNutt, Miss Mary Polhemus; Ogden Hoffman Jr., Miss Gertrude THOMAS B. KNOX. signified that it did not approve of the Other influences were brought to bear on Buperintendent Babcock, however, and be decided that as Mr. Knox seemed to be acceptable to the majority he wonld name him. Before the secret session was merged into the open meeting Director Clinton took occasion to remark ¢hat he under- stood that at the next regular meeting of the board the intention of the majority was to reorganize the committees soas to give the minority very little representa- tion. He was assured that the majority fa- vored harmony and that few if any radi- cal changes would be made. When the board was called to order by President Dodge Suverintendent Babcock officially announced the nomination of Mr. Knox, who was confirmed by the en- tire board with the exception of Director | Barrett, who voted vo. In the caucus Director Henderson tried to open a discussion on the matter of leasing the Lincoln School property. He intimated that Director Carew had in- spired certain newspaper articles intimat- ing that he wasin collusion with a syndi- cate desiring to obtain control of the entire tract, and that tis advocacy of the abolition of the Lincoln and Webster schools arose from this interest. Director Carew denied responsibility for every new?nper article that happened to appear, and refused to make a public de- nial, as demanded by Mr. Henderson. On Director Henderson declaring that he would insist on & retraction, Director Carew shouted that he would not be intim- idated, and a first-class row seemed brew- ing until President Dodge deciared the matter out of order. The same course was followed in the open meeting, and the matter will not come up until the next regular meeting, when a lively time is expected. RATES TO OGDEN. Possibility of a Conflict Between Two I ransportation Compunies. The Traffic Association of California is distributing among merchants who are members of the association its fourth bulletin on freight rates to points in South- ern Oregon from San Francisco, and from Portland, showing rates from this City via a \ Farman; Fred Knight, Miss Gertrude Bates; | Robert M. E; fiss M. Collier; Bert Conner, fiss Rambo; George de Long, Miss de Long: Edwards, Miss Whitney; Ira Boss, Miss usie Blanding; Mr. Selfridge, Miss Edith Stubbs; Theodore Lawton, Miss May Stubbs; H. Smith, Miss Helen Stubbs; Percy King, Miss Jossie Hobart; Mr, Boulding, Miss Hutchins; Mr. Carson, Miss Palmer; Douglas McBride, Miss Hinds; Clinton Morse, Miss Marie Messer; Dwight Hutchinson, Miss Helen Landers; Joe Powers, Miss Eloise Davis; Lieutenant W.G. Hahn, Mrs. Jewett; Addison Mizner, Miss Ethel Hager; B. Upham, Miss Edwards; Mr. Plate, Miss Lawler. As 1t was determined to close the party at a seasonable hour the supper was served at 11:30 o’clock. The lower hali where the tables were set was made warm and comfortable by canvas spread on the floor and portieres over the doors, preventing all drafts. : The dancers again sought the ballroom. where the festivities were resumed an kept until 1 o'clock, when “Home, Sweet Home,” played by Huber's orchestra, brought the delightful affair to an end. LR S LITTLE GIRLS' DONATION. ¥air for the King’s Daughters’ Home for Incurables. The board of managers of the King's Daughters’ Home for Incurables has re- ceived $211 from nine little girls, all under 11 years of age, who recently gave a fair at the home of Mrs. A. Salts, 2734 Pine street, for that purpose. The money will be placed in a fund for anew buildins, of which the institution is greatly in need. The little girls whose names are ap- pended to the letter inclosing the check are Minna Salts, Claire Kaufman, Mabel Burns, [rma_Livingston, Marion Hess, Adele Clot, Lloyd Liebman and Helen Greensfelde: e ——.—— Lectures by Local Rabbis. Rabbi M. S. Levy of the Congregation Beth Israel will lecture to-night at the place of wor- ship over which he presides on “Sabbath in Cologne in_the Oppenheim Synagogue,” and alsoon a “Ride Up the Rhine.” The Oppen- beim Synagogue is one of the notable buildinzs | THE TEACHERS OPEN FIRE Run Down and Killed! Delmas and Shortridge Have Filed a Contest to the Fair Will, THE PENSION FUND BEQUEST. It Is Alleged That the Pencil Will Is Genuine and Revokes All Former Testaments. The Board of Schoolteachers’ Retirement Fund Commissioners is determined to be- come the possessor of the $30,000 be- queathed to that body in what is alleged to be the last will and testament of James | G. Fair, dated September 24, 1894, and left in the custody of Mrs. Nettie Craven. document was written with a lead pencil and is known as the “pencil will.” Late yesterday afternoon two contests to the will dated September 21, 1894, were filed, one over the signature of Dr. Marc Levingston, the other over that of the Board of Schoolteachers’ Retirement Fund Commissioners. The attorneys acting for the contestants are Delmas & Shortridge, J. D. Sullivan and Lansing Mizner. Both contests are substantially the same, differing only in a few minor details. Dr. Levingston, in the will dated September 24, is named with James. S. Angus and Thomas Crothers as an executor, and by virtue of his executorship be becomes an interested party in the contest of thé- pre- vious will. Both contests submit the fol- lowing as to their grounds of opposition to the probate of the will dated September 21, 1894: 1. Said will was not executed by said James G. Fair, nor was it attested by thé subscribing witnesses in this, to wit: (a) It was not subscribed at the end thereof by said James G. Fair himself; nor did any person, in his presence and by his direction, subscribe his name thereto. _(b) The subscription of the name of James G. Fair, at theend of said will, was not made in the presence of the attesting witnesses, nor was it acknowledged by said James G. Fair to them to have been made by him or by his au- thority. {c) The sald James G. Fair did not, atthe time of subscribing or acknowledgitig the same, dgelare to the attesting witnesses that inslrument was his will. (d) Sald subscribing witne their names at the end of s, tator’s request, nor in his pr 2 2. Said will dated September 21, executed at all by said James G. Fuir, was by him thereafter revoked, forasmuch as, aiter said execution. to wit: on the 2 day of September, 1894, said James G. Fair, being then of sound mind, did make a writing declaring such r ing was dated at San Fran September, 1894, was signed b ses did not sign said James G. Fair, contained the words, “I revoke all former wills by me made,” and was entirely written; dated and signed by the hand of said James G. Fair himself. Whereiore, contestant prays- that said wili, dated Septern er 21, 1594, be not admitted to probate, and equests that the issues of fact raised by this contest be tried by a jury. | The bequest which appears.in the will | dated September 24, in which the school- | teachers are interested and u their contest is filed, states: Should an act be passed by the Legislature of pon which this State creating a pension fund foraged | teachers, I bequeath ‘to said fund and direct my executors {o pay to said trustees of said fund the sum of $50,000, to be used for the pensioning of aged teachers who have teught iwenty-five years or more in this State; - The State Legislature did, on March 26, 1895, create such a fund providing for the appointment of a Board of Schoolteachers’ Retirement Fund Commissioners. The passage of this act was due, t0 a_great ex- tent, to the efforts of Mrs. Nettie Craven, and the teachers desire the bequest which Fair left subject to the act to be securéd to them. AFTER THE EOODLE. An Honest Woman Who Refused to Receive a Purse Full of Money. A modern Diogenes could find a few honest people leit on this edrth .if he would but focus his lantern on the “Lost and Found” columns of the daily papers. For instance, on Friday last Mrs. Sachs, the mother of Samuel Sachs, the well- known merchant, found a weli-tilled purse or one of the broad thoroughfares of this City. Mrs. Sachs is wealthy and honest and would cheeriully have put herself out | to find the owner of the wallet. She turned it over to her son, however, and New Year’s has been anything but a holi- day ever since. | M r. Sachs thought the best way to find the owner of the purse was to advertise that it had been found, and he did so. Two lines only told the tale; as follows: FOUND—Purse, containing money. awalting the owner upon identification, at 214 Pine st., rm. 2. Up to yesterday aiternoon, when Mr. Sachs hurried himself out of his office, ho less thanlthirtcen people had come around to claim the purse. They were all ladi not a single individual of male persuas showing up as a loger. “I felt sorry for the poor things,” Mr. Sachs said when asked about the claim- ants yesterday by a CALL reporter. “Some of them looked as if they needed "the money badly. Others, I really believe, came along without having Jlost a single thing, but simply on the proposition that they might correctly guess the amount of money in the purse and get it. But, I was pleased in one instance. “A lady stepped into my office and said she was one of the unfortunates who had lost her purse during the holiday shop- ping. She described the purse I held al- most toa nicety, excepting that she did not know of one foreign coin it. In all other respects, however, she was right to a dime. ‘ ‘Madam,’ I said, ‘I believe you are the rightful owner,’ and I handed over the urse. “Iv was astonishing to ses that woman’s ace. ‘*That isn’t mine!” she exclaimed. ‘Mine was all worn on this end.’ “From this time on,’”’ added Mr. Sach ““I'll have to believe there are some honest people abroad. There was enough money in that purse to cFrove a temptation to many people, and this woman, who did not appear to me to be very greatly blessed with this world’s goods, and who could have taken the purse, refused it be- cause she recognized it was not hers.’’ But Mr. Sachs does not speak so highly of some of the women who called at his offis NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS. SHOOT THE CHUTES! DAILY FROM 1 TO 11 P. M, SPECIAL—SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MISS ESSIE VIOLA ‘Will Give a Wonderful Balloon Ascen- sion and Parachute Drop. ADMISSION. 10 CENTS Children (including a Merry-Go-Kound Ride), 10c, RACING! RACING! RACING! 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