The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1896, Page 16

18 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1896. WOODS OFFERED T0 SURRENDER, The Police, However, Had No Evidence Against the Man. MR. PARKER'S CHARGES. Denial by the Girl's Brother That He Spoke So Openly as Woods Alleged. BELIEF IN A SUICIDE THEORY. Relatives Declare That They No Longer Think the Young Woman Was Murdered. OAKLAND OFFIcE SAN Fraxcrsco CALr,) 908 Broadway, Jan. 30, 189. §{ John F. Woods, whose story regarding the missing Annie Parker was published in this morning’s CALL, went to the police station this forenoon and offered to sur- render himself if any arrest were contem- plated. He was told that he was not wanted and he then went away. He did not return to his unique collection of cab- 1ns all day. ‘Woods had previously gone to William Moller and told him of his troubles. Mr. Moller is & trustee of the First English Lutheran Church, of which Woods is a member. Mr. Moller advised him to go to the police station and offer to give himself up, and then they went there together. “I know Woods quite well,” said Mr. Moller. *‘He drinks some and I expect he bas been on a spree, but he has always borne a good name. I think the family should have gone to the officers the first thing and asked for help. The papers would be a great help ir locating her and no doubt will eventually find her.” Although there are many circumstances | that seem to connect Woods with the miss- ing girl, the detectives are almost satisfied that he does not know any more about her than is known to her own family, A great part of his excitement is due to the suspicion that he thinks hangs over him, although the girl’s brother said to- THE HOME OF JOHN F. reported as acting in a strange manner in Alameda is not Miss Parker, although At- torney Holland is of the opinion that it is. The portrait published in to-day’s Cary was taken about seven years ago, and was obtained from an intimate friend, who is anxious to help find Miss Parker. “We have concluded that it is time for all publicity to cease,” said "Mr. Parker to- night. ‘““We cannot overlook the fact that Annie left her watch, rings, purse and bankbook on her bureau when she went out for the last time, and this seems to point to a premeditated act on her part. Although I went to Woods’ house very late the night of Annie’s disappearance, I did not, I am sure, charge him with all that he says Idid. I knew he was very well acquainted with my sister, and I went to his place as I did to many others.”’ It transpired to-day that no one haa charged Woods with knowing about Miss Parker’s disappearance, and he went to several of her friends and expressed his deep sorrow that she had gone. It was his apparently unbounded grief that helped to create suspicion. A communication was handed in at THE Cavnw office to-night for publication. The remarks to which Rev. C. H. Hobart re- fers were made in an interview with J. F. ‘Woods, who, when he made them, was personally convinced that he was held re- sponsible for Miss Parker’s disappearance. It is well known that everything contained in the note regarding the Parkersis abso- lutely true, but it is only fair to Woods to quote his exact language. The letter isas follows: OAKLAND, Cal., Jan 31. To the Editor of the Call—DEAR SirR: We ob- serve in an article in yonr issue of the 31st some remarks which seriously reflect upon the Parker family, now in deep trouble. We desire to say that we have been acquainted with this family for many years and know that such at- tack upon their good name is both unjust and untrue. No family in our congregation is worthier of the entire confidence of their fellow-men than this, and none holds the confidence of our congregation more thoroughly than do they. We make this statement as due from us o & family whose unspeakable sorrow and trouble should have protected them from such assault upon their good name. C. H. Hobart, pastor; John H. Stevens, J.C. Caldwell, J. R. Bradway, members of the First | Baptist Church. The belief that Miss Parker committed | suicide is increasing. One police theory is that the girl isin San Francisco or some- where else in this vicinity, staying away on account of some real or fancied un- pleasantness at home. That a prolonged stay away from home was not intended is indicated, however, by the circumstance that the young woman took little clothing and no other personal effects: Detective Holland was engaged on the case all day. THE WOMAN AT SAN RAFAEL. | Lewis Bmith Thinks Tt Was Miss Parker Who Called on Him, SAN RAFAEL, Car., Jan. 3L.—A meat- dealer in this place says that a lady came to his shop on the morning of January 23 or 24. ‘Just after the arrival of the first train from San Franeisco, which arrived at San Rafael 8:45, she came 1nto my shop and was a little nervous. I noticed particu- came from behind the counter and asked her what she wished. ‘‘She then asked in a trembling voice, ‘Do you want to buy a watch? I am a little short of funds.’ She took from her pocket or waist a Jady’s small watch, gold, and as near as I can remember, it had at- larly that she hesitated in speaking. I | VETOED BY THE MAYOR, He Refuses to Sanction the Folsom-Street Appro- priation. EFFORTS OF PROPERTY-OWNERS. Sutro Says the Supervisors Had No Right to Use Money for That Purpose. Mayor Sutro has vetoed the ordinance of the Board of Supervisors appropriating $35,000 to be used in transforming Folsom street into & boulevard by bituminizing the thoroughfare from the bay to Nine- teenth street. Thus, after pleading their cause for years, and importuning the board dozens of times, the efforts of the property-owners to get an outlet into the Mission for the district south of Market street, has come to naught, unless the board passes the ordinance over the Mayor’s veto, as the men who are. most interested in the matter hove and believe it will. For several years the efforts of the citizens who desired to drive, but were prevented by the miserable condition of the streets running parallel to Market street, were of no avail. In spite of their arguments that the south side was being neglected while north side streets were being improved at a great expense, and that the value of property on Mission, Howard, Folsom, Harrison and other streets was depreciating because of the bad conditions of the streets, the Super- visors refused to act, claiming that there Wwas no money to be used for such a pur- pose, and that Folsom street would have to stand the worn out basalt pavement until the Street Department funds had accumulated to a sufficient extent to warrant advertising for bids. Finally the property-owners prepared a monster petition, to which were signed the names of a majority of the landholders on Folsom and adjacent streets, demanding that some steps be taken to place the street in serviceable condition by putting down a bituminous pavement. The peti- tioners declared that it would be an entire waste of money to repair the present pave- ment, as it had been down in some dis- tricts thirty years or more, was worn out, almost dangerous, and must eventually be replaced by more modern material. Under the pressure of these representa- tions, the Street Committee, after looking carefully into the funds in the Street De- vartment allotments, decided that $35,000 could be sparcd to be applied to this pur- pose. As this was not nearly sufficient to finish the work, it was decided to spend that amount. beginning at the bay, make it go asfar asit would and appropriate more for the completion of the work as it became available. An o~dinance making the appropriation and justructing the Péuperimendent of Streets to advertise for bids was accord- ingly drawn up and passed by the board withouta dissenting voice. This is the measure which the Mayor has refused to sign. The specifications as prepared by the Street Department were mainly as follows: The roadway to be excavated to a depth of eight and a half (8)4) inches below the sur- face when finished; al decomposed matter WOODS AT THE EASTERN SIDE OF LAKE MERRITT. [From a sketch made for “The Call.”] day tbkat he does not now believe, that Woods had anything to do with Miss Parker’s disappearance. ‘Woods’ nearest neighbor saia this morn- ing: *“Mr. Woods is a very quiet man and kind and open-hearted, but he will drink. ‘Whenever he has been drinking he breaks down and is very wretched. We have noticed him about this week and could see he had been drinking. Hedid not actany different, however, than ne did at other such times. He often goes away leaving the place open. He talked freely about his troubles and seemed to worry over them. He keeps liquor in the house. ‘At no time have we ever seen a woman at his house, and from what I know of him, I believe he is as anxious to find Miss Parker as is her brother.” Woods showed ¢ reporter a letter from his wife that helps to explain his present pesition. In her (etter his wife refers to the drinking habit that has overpowered him and rendered him incapable of acting the part of a high-principled man. Mrs. ‘Woods is at present with her relatives in Maryland, and she tells how she revisited the old church and stood before the altar at which they were married many years ago. All through the letter there is evidence of a very refined nature. There is not a mention of Miss Parker in the wnole let- ter. E The family is certain that the woman — e NEW TO-DAY. FACIAL HUMOURS Prevented by uring facial humours is the condition of thousands who live in ignorance of the fact that in CUTICURA SOAP is to be found the purest, sweetest, and most effective skin puri- fier and beautifier in the world. For pimples, blackheads, red and oily skin, red, rough hands with shapeless nails, dry, thin, and fall- ing hair, it is wonderful. ut the world. British_depot: F. Nxw- King Edward-st., Lond: Porre) CoxF,, Sois Frope., Bosion, U. 8. 4. tached a small chain some four or five inches long, with a small ball on the end. I would have bought the watch, but I thought it was a cheap one. I told her I had no time to deal in waiches, and conld not help her any. *‘She went out, went down Fourth street, toward the center of the town. That was the last I saw or heard of her. I thought nothing more of it until I saw Miss Par- ker’s description in the San Francisco Carn. Then it flashed into my mind that the young lady who was in my shop might have been Miss Parker. I could not be positive, but am almost sure, from the pho- tograph and description, that it was the for. “She had on, when I saw her, a gray small felt hat. T heard she was afterward seen coming from the broad-gauge depot at noon.” Smith is the man who wrote the letter that appeared in yesterday’s paper. IGNORED THE COMMITTEE. Baseball Players Are Suspended, but Stay Away From the Meeting. The committee of judges who met last night at the Olympic Ciub to decide the questions involving amateurs and pro- fessionals in athletic sports decided to create a large vacancy in the baseball club of the Pacific Athletic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. It was accom- plished bv declaring J. Cooney, C. A. Kann, H. Walter, R. Becket, F. Monohan, H. Krug, W. Grumwell and J. Cosgrove, professional baseball players and dismiss- ing them from the association. J. Sheehan was suspended indefinitely. The committee consists of John Elliott, W.F. Humphrey and W. Berry. They had previously sent out notices to all of the suspended men ordering them to ap- ear before the august body and hear their ate, but the ball-tossers did the unique thing of staying decidediy away, and not a single man appeared to hear the ulti- matum. In a few words they gave the committee what is known to the sporting world asthe ‘'glassy eye” and the ‘‘marble heart.” The judges go to Oakland to-night to bold a mutilating session at the Reli- ance Club, where théy will go into the foot- ball question on the same basis. They propose to uphold the dignity of amateur- ishness, even if the{ are the only people who are annoyed by it. In the meantime the Oriel Baseball Club of the Olympics will play together for the year 1806, - The London Lancet says that cities will become much more healthful when horse- less carriages are in common use. Besides the worst part of the street dust, such dis- | eases as glanders will disappear. same young lady which they are looking | cloak coming to her knees, snd I thinka | &nd debris removed, so that the surface shall be formed of good, clean material. The roadbed to be brought to a true arc, with a rise of one (1) inch in three (3) feet from the center of the iuner-way 10 the center of the yoad and thoroughly tamped. On this will be lafd a concrete foundation of not less than six () inches in depth, which con- crete foundation shall be composed of one (1) part of Portland cement, two (2) parts of 800d, clean sand and seven (7) parts of clean Tock of the best quality, well mixed and prop- erly laid. The rock must be either blue or gray sand- stone, or red rock of an approved quality, but either kind must be clean, hard and durable, free from clay or dirt, not subject to disintegra’ tion by the action of air or water, and free from seams or marked lines of cleavage. This Tock shall be crushed or broken to an everage size not exceeding two (2) inches in any direc- tion. All the rock shall be hard rock of igneous character, and shall be such rock only as shall not lose by erosion and fracture more than 25 per cent of its original weight upon testing the same by what is known as_the Rattler test, the said test of rock to be made in the Rattler machine belonging to this City and County, by placing the said.ock in said machine and the same put in revolving motion at the rate of not less than twenty-eight revolutions ver minute for three consecutive hours. All rock losing more than 25 per cent of its original ‘weight shall be rejected as unfit for use. The cement used shall be of the best quality, and the quantity for each block or crossing o be hauled to the location of the work in the original packages. Upon the foundation of concrete shall be constructed a layer of bituminous rock; said layer to be two and one-half (2}5) inches in thickness‘after rolling, and to be preparea and superlaid in the following manner: The bituminous rock used shall be of the best quality, and shall contain not less than twelve (12? per cent, nor more than fifteen (15 er cent of bitumen. The bitumen containe n the material shall be such that none of it will vaporize below a temperature of 250 de- grees Fahrenheit, and of such a qualily as to mske a good cement. 1 The bituminous rock must also be free from all coarse sand and pebbles, and free from clay and vegetable matter. In reducing the roci preparatory to laving, it shall not be done in open kettlés, or by any other process liable to burn or destroy the oil or bitumen in the rock. Mayor Sutto’s reasons for refusing to approve the ordinance were given in a very few words. “In the present state of the City finances,” he said, ‘I cannot approve the taking of such a large amount of money from the Cietg treasury when.there ie such 8 crying need of funds to keep business streets in repair. “It would make a deficiency in the Street Department funds at the end of the fiscal year, and, besides, the Supervisors have no right to :p)n‘o?flnu money for such a purpose out of a fund intended ex- vressly to keep accepted streets in repair, especially as it is proposed to improve one section of the City at the expense of oth- ers. For these reasons I have returned the ordinance without my signature.” A Policeman Arrested. A cherge of battery was placed against Policeman O’Conner yesterday on a complaint sworn to by John Bchumanitti, a scavenger. Several days ago the latter was driving along the sireet with a leaky wagon, when he was stoppea by O’Conner. Schumanitti claims that he was jerked from the wagon with such force as to break his arm. A “BOND” SCHEME. It Has All the Signs of a New Lottery Proposition. There is a gorgeously gilded office in the Academy of Sciences building where bonds are sold on the lottery plan. There are Red Cross bonds and bonds of the White Cross. The denominational range is wide and the prospect of winning is thus her- alded. When the Prince of Monaco takes it into his head to redeem bonds he re- deems them, but he only redeems certain numbers of all the bonds sold. Now the lucky holders of the luckily redeemed bonds get all the money received from all the bonds sold. Of course, the prince holds out his commission, but the rest g0es to the lucky. Supervisor Hobbs obtained possession of quite a quantity of these bonds and placed them in the hands of District Attorney Barnes. The attorney admires the beauty of the bonds. The style of the en; raving gains his commendation, but he is §ookmg up the law to prevent their further negoti- ation in the San Francisco market. Should the law be clear on the subject an ordi- nance may be drawn for the Supervisors to cOnsidEl}". = —————— Refused His Approval. The ordinance recently passed establishing locations for a number of police stations in different parts of the City was returned to the Board of Supervisors yesterday without Mayor Sutro’s signature. It is believed that the PAGE. BROWN MEMORIAL William Keith’s Handsome Trib- ute to His Friend, the Architect. WILL BE HUNG IN A CHURCH. One of a Series of Landscapes to Deco- rate the Swedenborgian Meeting-House. ‘When the news of the death of A. Page Brown reached this City it found William Keith putting the body touches ot a big wood scene for the Swedenborgian Church. The Rev. Dr. Worcester happened to be the one who first gave the news to the painter. Keith and Brown had been great friendsand admirers of each other’s works. Keith wasa good deal affected when Dr. Worcester told him of the architect’s for a time and the philosopher ana the .painter sat down before the glowing coals death. He laid down his brush and palette | stain the pages of New England’s history. In all these Instances the church departed from her province, which is to aid the state in making better men. *‘The framers of our constitution did not allow considerations of sect or creed to hamper them in their noble task. While bowing in reverence to the supreme power which rules the universe, they decreed that no church should dominate the Americans of future generations, and placed themselves on record as believers in the great truth that religion is greater than the church. “We would all do well to study our country’sconstitution, and having weighed it well, to look to it as our supreme law. The church must be regarde only as a moral and educational functionary of the government. To believe that any foreign power is above our country’s laws is to be faithless to our duty as citizens. To preach so false a doctrine from any pulpit 18 treason.” NOT HIS MONEY ORDER. Arrest of a Stocktonian by the Federal Authorities for Crooked Work Here. Gus Braunschweigger was arrested at Stockton last evening, at his home there, | by Chief of Police Kingsbury, on the strength of a telegram from Postal In- | spector Munro stating that the man was wanted in San Francisco for fraudulently | collecting a money order of $50. It appears that Braunschweigger came | to San Francisco a few days ago, and call- | | ing at the Postoffice got a letter for hime A Dreamy Wood Scene Painted by William Keith in Memoriam to A. Page Brown, to Be Hung in the Swedenborgian Church. et rom. the original painting a “Call” artist. [Sketched fi hu iginal painting by Call” i Mayor refused to approve the measure be- cause it contained a location for a station- house on Polk and Washington streets, the ordinance for which he recent etoed. COVERED BY STAGE NOW, The Gap in the Southern Pacific’s Coast Line Is Short- ened. Stages Will Run To.Day Between Santa Barbara and the New Terminal at Someo. The Southern Pacific Company’s coast division railway has been extended to So- meo, a small place in Santa Barbara County, eleven miles below Guadalupe, the last terminus. This new strewch of track is not destined to lie idle, for this morning regular trains, both passenger and freight, will be run over it, and from to-day the new southern terminal of the coast railway will be Someo, until another section of the track shall have been completed further south. Now that the “gap’’ between Santa Bar- bara and the southern end of the road has been shortened sufficiently to make a through trip from Los Angeles by the coast route possible without any degree of discomfort a stage line will be put in oper- ation. Beginning to-day the stnfies will make regular trips between Santa Barbara and Someo, connecting with trains at both terminals. The route lies through pictur- esque mountains, and affords the novelty of a California stage ride, which, it is thought, will be taken advantage' of by many Eastern tourists. 7 The first stage from Santa Barbara will leave this morning. The day will spent in a pleasant drive to Lompoc, where the travelers will rest over night. Starting early from Lompoc the stage will reach Someo._ after half a day’s run and connect with the train coming northward to Monterey and San Francisco. An_Eastern excursion train of -four sleeping-cars, a composite car, a diner and a baggage-car, with 100 passengers, passed through El Paso yesterday and is to arrive in Southern California to-morrow. The excursionists will separate at Colton and scatter throughout California, many of them svailing themselves of the new through route via Santa Barbara, Monte- rey and the Santa. Clara Valley to San Francisco. Railroad men say they look forward to a ]nrio increase in tourist travel to this City by this route, which is certain of popularity. And one pleasing feature of the new temptation to travel north- ward is that Eastern tourists will see some of the prettiest and most prosperous por- tions of California in their ride from Mon- terey through the Santa Clara Valley. The first large party over the coastroute is expected to come from the excursion that will reach Colton Sunday. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, Clarence Turner Is Held to Answertoa Serious Charge. Clarence Turner, who was recently ar- rested in Oakland on a charge of having burglar tools in his possession, was brought over from Oakland last night and booked at the Central station on a charge of assault to commit robbery. Some weeks ago Turner went to the Baliimore House in the guise of a mes- senger boy. He knocked at the door of O.T. Dyer and when that gentleman ap- peared he pointed a revolver at his head and demanded his money. 1t 50 happened that Dyer had about $40 in his pocket. - He seized the weapon and tinally secured it, whereupon Turner took to his heels. Dyer visited Turner when the latter was in Oakland Jail and identi- fied him as the man who had attempted to rob him, ————— All - Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO, Sells Crockery, Chinaware, Glassware and Tinware CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM. Very Pretty Dishes. Very Cheap Prices. 52 Market street, S. ., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. —_————— There is no quicker and_surer road to destruction than a macadam of broken resolutions, : In the latter's studio and—and said noth ing for a while. “Mr. Brown would have liked that pic- ture,” said the philosopher, as he cast a low wood scene on the easel before he left. ‘‘Perhaps he would,”’ said the painter. “I know he liked that kind of work.” And all the rest of the day, as he toiled with his colors slowly on the big canvas, making it more dreamy, putting thought and feeling and evena bit of sadness in his work, with just a tiny patch of hopeful blue sky in the far, far distance, at the end of that long somber path through the woods, the artist thought of his absent friend and wondered if he would have ap- proved the picture. And by and by the answer seemed to come plainly enough, and it was that his friend, the architect, had ever been appreciative. ' Then a wish came 1n the artist’s mind to pay some last- ing tribute to his absent friend, and the thought followed it to make this picture a memorial offering. Dr. Worcester approved of this. Other friends of the late architect and members of the church of which Dr. Worcester is pastor, and for which this picture and some others wera destined to be hung, also ap- proved of it. And so 1t was decided. This picture is to be a memorial to the late A. Page Brown, friend of the artist who painted it and architect of the chiurch in which it is to hang. Mr. Brown was not a member of the Swedenborgian Chuarch, but he was the valued friend of its pastor and of many of its members. The picture is particularl designed for mural decoration, and to this end 18 given a flat tone, =0 that no matter how the light from the windows strike the canvas the tints and shades show in their natural colors and the whole picture is discernabie from any point in the room. A black and white reproduction hardly does the work justice. It is dome in Keith’s best style, and in the blending of the shades and tints lies its greatest glory. A. Page Brown would have said, “Itisa picture that will bear looking at, and the more one looks at it the more one sees.” TREASON IN THE PULPIT, Rabbi Voorsanger Is VOpposed to the Domination of the Church. Religious Bodies Considered as Educa- tional and Moral Aids to the Government. A new solution of the church and state problem was given by the Rev. Dr. Voor- sanger in his lecture last night at the Temple Emanu-El. He appeared to ignore the supernatural idea of a church, divinely constituted and supreme in the domain of faith and morals, and disap- proved any such claim to spiritual sovereignty on the part of any religious body. ““There is nothing supreme in this glori- ous country of ours,” said the reverend gentleman, “but the constitution. To my mind, all religious organizations are merely moral agencies for the formation of good citizens. And yet how different an idea is entertained by many of our fellow-citizens, and inculcated in numer- ous pulpits. 4 There is among us a body of believers, claiming to be true and g:u;nouc citizens, while recognizing and obeying a foreign spiritual power. What can we think of sucha system? Only this: the tribute of loynlex and submission which this body is vowed to pay to its distant sovereign must detract from their fealty to the con- stitution of our country aud make them less perfect citizens. I could néver see any reason for regard- one church as being superior to an- other. To mf{ mind the Roman church, with its well-regulated and aristocratic hierarchy, is on .an equal plane with the Salvation Army or any other sect. All churches are more or less alike. They all teach mildness; and they all have perse- cuted when they had the chance. Read the sad story of the revocation of the edict of Nantes; Iook, if you can bear the sight, at England during the reign of Elizabeth; while even in our own .country we have to in last glance at the dreamy green and yel- | | deplore the persecutions Wwhich so deeply | self and also one for s nephew named | Edward. He opened the latter letter and deposited the money order found in it Wwith a saloon-keeper until next day, ana | then went to the Postoffice, and, getting some one to identify him, the order was paid. He spent the money and returned to_Stockton. ‘When arrested hesaid: ‘“When one does a jig they generally have to pay the fid- dler.” A Deputy Sheriff will go to-mor- row and bring the prisoner to this City. He has a brother who is a prominent liquor-dealer here. | THE COUNT CARLES Ci, An’ Italian Nobleman Who Has! Come to Greet the Duke of Abruzzi. The Count’s Story of His Struggles in Taking Wild Game in tl2 Sierra Nevadas. The notable arrival at the Palace Hotel | yesterday was that of the Count Carlos Cini of Rome. He has been in New York, Colorado and the Sierra Nevada Moun- | tains of California, where he has been hunting and enjoying himself in other | ways. He has come now to greet the Duke Abruzzi, an old friend, who will arrive here | from Victoria on an Italian warship. The Count is a man to cause a flutter in the hearts of susceptible young maidens. He seems not over 28 years old, 1s of rather more than medium height, inclining to | spareness and has a pleasant, resonant | voice. He wears a closely cropped beard and is altogether what may be called a handsome man. He told the story of his coming yester- day, referring to. his friend, the Duke, meanwhile. “I arrived in the country first about four months ago with the Count des Garretts, who is interested in mining,” he said. *I spent considerable time with him, and then turned my attention to bunting and fishing, for I enjoy the use of the rod and gun. It was up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I hoped to kill some bear, but was mnot fortunate enough to get any. However, I succeeded in killing a number of deer, and as fine ones, too, as L ever saw. I thought I might get a few California lions, but there were none around where I was. I, however, got a large-number of different kinds of California wild fowl. +It is my intention to remain here about a2 month. I want to meet the Duke Abruzzi, who is to come down from Vic- toria on Monday.” The Count’s card speaks volumes for his family, as the words indicate not only the name and title, but the palace and street of the Eternal City, being in full: “Comte Carlos Cini, Palazzo Cini, Piazzadi Pietra, Rome.” The Cinnas are of the time of the Ceesars, some 2000 years ago. One of them was a prominent co-worker with Mark Antony when tne latter made his famous Speech over the body of Julius Casar. ! Another, as will be recalled, was a poet, who though Do relation to the conspirator of his name, was taken for him by the mob, and suffered deatn. The Court did not say whether or not his name was slightly modernized from this, but at any rate it appears to be as old and existing fully as long in Rome. The Count has been lafely in the mines. ———— The Newport News Shipbuildine and Drydock Company’s capital has been in- creased from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000. NEW TO-DAY. People Who stand or walk much need comfortable shoes. “ Foot Comfort” tells you what shoes are’ comfortable, and how to get them. We send ‘‘ Foot Comfort?” free. Write for it. | paid any of the livery bills. | and respectable parents in the East. SUING LUCKY BALDWIN Sensational Action for $75,000 Pending Against the Millionaire. LILIAN ASHLEY IS PLAINTIFF Depositions in the Case Telling the Story Upon Which the Suit Is Based. To the suit of Miss Lilian Ashley against E. J. Baldwin, there have‘ been added three depositions which contain the | main allegations in the case against the millionaire. The depositions are those of Dr. J. W. Trueworthy and Nancy C. Dren- nen, who atiended Miss Ashley when the child, of which Baldwin is alleged to be the father, was born; and also of E. Porter Ashley, brother of the plaintiff. The suit is one brought by Miss Ashley against Baldwin for $75,000 damageés for betrayal. Dr. Trueworthy testified he had made a return of the birth to the effect that it was Baldwin’s child, because the mother had told him such was the fact. The nurse, Nancy Drennen, testified to the same offect, and both witnesses said | that the p]aimifl"s reputation was good. Porter Ashley stated that he came hers from the East in March, 1893, and that he met his sister at Arcadia, at which place is Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch. On April 19, 1893, he and she came to this City, where they stopped at the Baldwin Hotel. He left San Francisco June 9 of the same year. Hesaid hedid not pay any bill at the Baldwin Hotel, nor did_he work durin his stay un the City. Mr. Baldwin ha romised to give him a position in the Emel, but the promise was never fuiilled. He said, further, that Baldwin’s business manager had offered to help pay his pas- sage East. X While at Arcadia, he said, he and his sister used to go horsepback riding around the ranch (the Santa Anita), but he never During that time, he said, Baldwin treated his sister with marked attention, but the brother saw nothing out of the way between them. Sometimes Baldwin took her out riding or driving, but his attitude toward her was always respectful. He used to play cro- quet with her, too. It was on_April 16 that Ashby first learned that Baldwin had led the young woman astray. The suit_was originaily filed by Miss Ashley in Los Angeles. It created a sen- sation at the time, although but few of the .| facts of the case were given to the public. Miss Ashley is the daughter of well-toétlilo She was born in Royalton, Vt., twenty-seven years ago. Baldwin had the case transferred to the San Francisco courts, and here it will be tried. The child was born December 7, 1893, KING'S POOL ORDER. A Substitute Measure for the One Re- cently Before the Board of Supervisors. The joint Health and Police and License Committee held a meeting yesterday to consider the poolroom license ordinance | recently submitted to it by the Board of Supervisors. Dr. Filben of the Civic Federation ap- peared before the committee to protest against its acceptance. He said it would be an outrage upon the community to give the sanction of law to the business of sell- ing pools on_horse races, and commented upon the evils resulting from the business. esaid it was particularly injurious to minors, but that it shouid be prohibited on general principles. The minister was listened to patiently, and Supervisor King introduced a resolu- tion “providing for and imposing a license on commission brokers who receive money to place on horse races.”” It differs from the original in that it does not impose a license on bookmakers engaged in their vocation at the racetracks. Those selling pools outside the tracks are required by the proposed ordinance to pay a license of $50 a day or $500 a quarter, and minors are prohibited from entering the rooms. Action was postponed until the legality of the Ellert ordinance, under which a number of poolsellers were recently ar- rested, is passed upon by the courts. ——————— A Would-Be Suicide. The following letter, showing that the writes has tired of the buffetings of the world and intends to depart this life by a very nopular Toute, was yvesterday received by Coroner Hawkins, and has cast a deep gloom over that gentleman and his corps of assistants: “‘To-day I will seek rest in the 1impid waters of the bay, good-by.” WASHINGTON WILLIAMS. The envelope was addressed *‘Cornor Hawkins.” ——— The Kentucky woman who proposed at 12:01 o’clock on January 1 meay merel have been taking a quickstep to unhappi- ness. She accepted. NEW T When Paderewski” Gomes HE WILL PLAY THE STEINWAY PIANO SHERMAN (LAY & (0, Cor. 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