The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1896. FIRE DESTROYS FAIR PROPERTY, A Big Blaze on Commercial Street Last Even- ing. TWENTY THOUSAND LOSS. Frightened Chinese Jump From the Second-Story Windows of the Building. A LAMP WAS OVERTURNED. Firemen Have a Desperate Battle With the Flames Before They Are Extinguished. The carelessness of the Chinese em- ployes in the cigar-box factory of Quong Yong at 213 Commercial street started a tire at 10 o'clock last evening that de- stroyea $20,000 worth of property. The usual festivities incident to the Chinese New Year celebration were going on when a lamp was overturned. It ex- ploded and the burning oil was spread over the floor and bedding of a bunk. The frightened Celestials made no effort to ex- tinguish the flames, but with shouts of terror seized their scanty belongings and fled to the street, Jeaving the fire to eat its | way into the adjoming buildings. A passer-by, H. Dannier, saw the Chinese jumping from the second-story windows and dashing into the street from the en- trances. He hurried to the house of En- gine Company 12 at Commercial and Davis streets, where a still alarm was turned in. By the time the company reached the scene the fire was making rapid headway, ana recognizing the futility of fighting it alone, the foreman of the company turned in an alarm from box 19. By the time the engines arrived the fire had extended to the tent and bag factory of George H. Wright & Company at 211 Commercial | street and the buildings in the rear and | in the center of the block bounded by | Darvis, Front, Commercial and Sacramento ts were a mass of flames over which moke hovered in dense volumes. The walls of the cooperage establish- ment of Andrew Carl, at 219 Commercial, resisted the fire, but the buildings toward Sacramento street were of a more inflam- mable nature aud were soon a raging fur- | nac flame: The salt establishment of F. J. Conn & | who are also ugents of the Mission al Works, were first attacked, and | ale hardware store of Levinson Nos. 206 to 210, followed. Dakin & Libby Soap Company, which occupied offices above 212 Sacra- mento street, went up in flames, as did a trunk and barrel factory back of the Chi- ctory, where the fire started. The Eclipse cracker-factory at 214 Sacra- mento street was flooded by water and the stock ruined. Owing to the nature of the bu s, which had been put together in | small structures, the firemen had great | Ity in getting streams on the fire, | ch was only subdued at one point to break out anew at some place where it was supposed to be under control. Most of the buildings were of wood and burned like tinder, and the contents were no less susceptibie to the march of the tire. The contents of the Wright estab- lishment, which was the second to be at- tacked by the fire, made particularly stub- born material, and though heavy streams of water were persistently played on the smoldering bags and canvas they broke out anew the moment the water was turned on the woodwork. The efforts of the firemen were some- what hampered by the frightened Chinese, who, after dumping their blankets and boxes on the street, refused to budge until moved by the police. After halfan hour of persistent fighting the fire began to show signs of weakening and the flames went down, though the dense volumes of smoke from burning cloth and jute continued to obscure the scene. Finally hose was hoisted to the roofs of buildings to the east and west of the burn- ing structures, which were all two-story affairs of flimsy character, and the fire confined to the houses that had already been gutted. It was not until 10:45 p. M. that the fire was thoroughly under control. The buildings destroyed were rickety af- fairs, and had long since been condemned by the fire authorities. The loss on them is triflin A SECOND BLAZE. Fire In the Van Winkle Block Does Damage of Several Thousand Dollars. Shortly before midnight an alarm was turned in from box 43 for a fire in the Van Winkle building at 413-415 Market street. The fire started on the top floor, which is occupied by Quane, the painter, The flames spread rapidiy and were shooting out of the roof when the Fire Department arrived. As the building had a standing-pipe connection the firemen were enabled to work at a good advantage and soon had the flames under control. The losses are as follows: I. 8. Van Winkle & Co., hardware deal- ers, etc., damaged by water, including building, which is owned by the Van NEW TO-DAY. DISFIGURING HUMOURS Prevented by Clrg SOAP » CUTICURA SOAP purifies and beautifies the skin, scalp, and hair by restoring to healthy activity the CLOGGED, INFLAMED, IRRITATED, SLUGGISH, or OVERWORKED PORES. Fold throughout the world. British depot: F. Nawe Edward. Londc FIEY & Soxs, 1. King Edward-st, London. Forrss Dxvo & Cuzx. Coxr., Sole Props., Boston, U 8. A Winkle estate, $7000; Quane, the painter, on etock. $2000; Excelsior Glove Company, damace to stock by water, $500; Cumber- land Coal Company, $250; ail covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is unknown. Fire at a Tannery. The alarm from 285 at 11:50 was for a fire at the tannery beionging to D. McAvoy at Twenty-sixth street and Bryant avenue. 88, $50. VETERANS IN CHARGE. Grove-Street Theater Managed by Old California Guard—A San Francisco Girl’s Debut. The Grove-street Theater presents the appearance of a military headquarters this week. The Veteran Guard of California, G. A. R., the only organization of its kina in the world and a self-sustaining and independent body of war veterans, is temporarily in the show business, although the soldiers themselves are not the chief actors. The *“You and I company, composed of Eastern talent, among which Harry Con- ners, the inimitable Irish comedian, is a prominent figure, has almost completed a week’s successful engagement, that will end Sunday night with the rollicking comedy “Fun on the Bristol,” to be first presented at the matinee performance to-day. With this piece Miss Charlotte Sheldon, a young and pretty San Francisco girl, will make her professional debut on the stage in the cheracter of Nora O’Brien, the daughter by second marriage. One of the characteristic features of the evening performances, introduced as a curtain-raiser, is a war camp scene tableau presented by the veterans, who, grouped carelessly about a camptire, are first seen singing “Tenting on the Old Camp- Ground,” and then going through the movements required by guard mount and those necessitated by a usdennuukutmck. WLL BE INESTIGTED Department Commander Wilson, | G. A. R, and the Lyon Post Charges. Commander Norton Explains That the Resolutions Were Not to Be Made Public. The charges made against the manage- ment of the Veterans’ Home at Yount- | ville by Lyon Post No. 8 A. R., of Oa land, last Tuesday, was “like a thunder- | bolt out of a clear sky,” to quote the words | of one of the directors of that insfitution. | The general query among Grand Army | people is why the charges were made _public without proper investi- | gation or why the authors did nct| wait till the time of the Grand Encamp- | ment at Santa Cruz. In a few days the | election for a new commandant for the | home will come up, and in some quarters | it is thought possible that the charges | bave some connection with that coming | event. However, it is known that the matter will be brought before Department Commander Charles Wilson, and fully | investigated. In an interview that official declined to state what course he would take, but ac- knowledged that the charges were 100 strong and too sweeping to be passed over | in silence. He said: “While I do not wish to be reported as making a decision, and while some of the charges are too important to be treated lightly, I must consider several of them as ill advised, to say the least. Iam sur- prised to hear of those abuses, as it was thought everything was going on properly at the home. Regarding the canteen or *saloon,’ 2s Lyon Post_calls it, I am per- sonally not in favor with any liquor being sold there, but what can be done when many of those old soldiers will drink liquor? “If they cannot get it at the home they will get it outside of the grounds where no limit is placed on their drinking. Can- teens have been established at military posts as the smaller of two evils. ‘‘However, the whole question wi!l be examined gnd a correct solution found in due time.” The most prominent candidates for the position of commandant at Yountville are Hon. K. C. Seymour, past department commander, of San Bernardino; H. T. Smith of Oakland, George Waltz, W. Mc- Neil, J. Sheppard, J. Inness, H. Berdell of San Francisco: The publication of the resolutions passed by Lyon Post, G. A. ., of Oakland, was a surprise to most of the members of that post, as it was not intended that they should be given to the public. The plan was to get the resolutions well introduced all over the department and bring them up at the Santa Cruz encampment. Commander George A. Norton of Lyon Post No. 8 said yesterday : *‘The action of Lyon Post in regard to the Veterans’ Home was the result of many reports that have been in circula- tion for several years. It commenced while a former member of Lyon Post was a director and the notorious Royce was treasurer. Since that time earnest efforts have been made to reform the conduct of affairs there,which have been only partial- 1y successful. “I believe thata great step was taken toward reform when General Thompson was elected commandant, put almost from the commencement of his official career he has been a shining mark for certain directors to get rid of in some way. At last these men have succeeded. It'isun- necessary to say that the resolutions were not intended for publication. It was not authorized by the post or its officers. I see that Director Arbuckle in an interview denies and admits one and the same charge, i. e., that in regard to Treasurer Currier’s salary. He also admits the saloon, but calls it canteen; that the expenses of the San Francisco office are $3000 per annum (it was charged that they were $4000). Perhaps Commandant Ar- buckle could find other expenses to amount to the $1000 additional. “I am not inclined to find fault with Commander Arbuckle, for I believe he has done his very best to fight the combine in their schemes. “The resolutions published by Lincoln Post, reflecting upon the action ot Lyon Post in this matter, might mean some- thing provided it were not a well-known fact that the ring could have been broken long ago had it not been for the aid and comfort it received from certain members of Lincoln Post. The whole matter will now be left subject to the action of the next encampment.’” —_——— OPERA AT THE BALDWIN. Close of the Season by Performances This Afternoon and To-Night.. The Tavary grand-opera season closes with the company’s two performances at the Baldwin this afternoon and evening. For the matinee the singers will give their well-known interpretation of “Carmen,” witn Mme. Thea Dorre in the principal role. The prices at this matinee are to be special holiday rates, having been made 50 cents, 75 cents and $1. To-night the company closes its engagement with a double bill of “I'Pagliacci”’ and ‘‘Trova- tore,” in which will be heard Marie Tay- ary, Anna Lichter, Belle Tomlins, A. L. Guille, Max FEugene, William Schuster and others. Next Monday night Frederick Warde makes his appearance, supported by a strong company of players. He will pre- sent, during the first week of his engage- ment, “The Mountebank,” *“The Lion’s Mouth’ and “Virginius.” ————————— The Marquis of Lorne is engaged upon the history of Windsor Castle, and of which he lately published a guide book, first | MAS: WILLMORE UNDER ARREST. Startling Confession of Archie Majors Causes Prompt Action. BURGLARY THE CHARGE The Mother Is Officially Accused of Tutoring the Two Boys in Crime. STATEMENT OF CHIEF LLOYD. Ina Willmore, the Child, Regarded as a Victim of the Woman’s Unnat- ural Designs. OArLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Feb, 21. | The climax in the story of the boy | burglars was reached to-night, when | Mrs. Willmore was arrested and placed in the City Prison. Mrs. Willmore is the occasionally, but this affair has been going on for some time, and there has always been mare money in her house than was earned. The story she tells of Abe having expiained to her that he was receiving money from an uncle in the East was a very clever one, but I guess Abe did not make it up. “Iwent down to see Abe to-day with a sergeant of police, and he told me every- thing. Tamnot at liberty to give out his confession, but it bears out what I have said all along about the Willmores.” Abe’s confession was complete, and tal- lies so thoroughly with the facts obtained by the detectives that Chief Lloyd says ne believes it to be true. Abe says that Mrs. Willmore prompted the boys in their nightly burglaries, and that she took the money and helped them to hide it in the various places where it was found by Captain Wilson and the de- tectives. Chief Lloyd has always main- tained that the woman was a guilty party, and when Tue Carr published the ex- | clusive information two weeks ago that Mrs. Willmore would be arrested the statement was on reliable information, the source of which could not be divulged at the time. Mrs, Willmore used to return from prayer-meetings and then, according to Abe's confession, lay the plans with the boys for their burglaries. She has been the most active fizure 1n the proceed- ings, and has by her manner successfully prevented any suspicion from being di- rected toward her house. She it was, so the boy says, who proposed that the pro- ceeds of the Girard robbery should be placed behind the picture, and the subter- fuge of the pillows being put to bed to give the appearance of the boys being in their room was also an idea of hers. This was done so that Ina would be deceived and would not be too curious about the bo; hen arrested - to-night Mrs. Willmere Was Arrested Last Night for Tutoring in Burglary and Other Wrongdoing. Mrs. Willmore of Oakland and Her Two Childrem, ‘ihe Woman Her Own Children and the Majors Boys Burt and Ina. [Drawn from a photograph.] mother of Burt, the youthful companion | in crime of Abe Majors. As told in this morning’s Carr, Abe | made a confession to-day. He was visited | in jail by his brother Archie, who came up from San Luis Obispo with James | Wagner. To Archie, the young prisoner | confided all that he had hitherto kept to | himself out of love for Ina, the daughter | of Mrs. Willmore. Archie told his story very freely to-night | toa CaLL reporter, and his manner was | that of one who was telling the whole | truth. “The story that I told the Chief of Po-| lice three months ago,” said Archie | Majors, “‘and which was publishcd in THE CaLL at the time, has come absolutely true. Itold of the carryings on in the Willmore house and of the influence of Mrs. Willmore over Abe, but as I was forced to leave home at that time, the statements I made could not be proved. Now everything is out ana there is noth- ing to conceal. I want to see this whole matter set right. “I was forced to leave my mother’s house because she was so completely con- cerned about her own troubles that she dia not pay any attention to me, and I thougbt I was looked upon as a machine. I tried every way I could to be good to mother, but it was no use, and the crown- ing point was when she garnisheed my wages and I could not get enough to eat. Then I threw up my job and went away. This was about Christmas time. Abe had disappeared several weeks previous to this and I made every effort to find him. I lived some time at the Willmore house, but hed to leave. The reason I did so cannot be told. ‘“Abe’s trouble at home commenced with his regard for Ina. When my mother heard of it she was wild. She quarreled with the boy, and instead of trying to settle matters, I took her part and got down on Abe,and he went to the Will- more house to live. I knew it was no place for him, but what could I do? Isaw that Mrs. Willmore had a strong influence over him. She used her daughter to re- tain her hold of Abe. **He does not care a snap of his finger for the mother, but he does honestly love the girl. He is sincere in his attachment for her and I believe he 1ntended to marry her. “‘About a month before Christmas Abe disappeared and I hunted everywhere for him. I wasworking hard myself then and did not have much time to spare, but I put in all I could looking for him. I know now that he was being secreted by Mrs. Willmore. “One morning, about two days before Christmas, I saw Abe, Burt Willmore and Ina as I was driving across the Webster- street bridge. I jumped off the wagon and Abe refused to recognize me, but aftera little coaxing he was tractable, and 1 saw him again the same night. The morning of Wagner’s petition for the children be- ing heard in San Francisco I crossed the bay on the same boat with Mrs. Willmore. 1 asked her where Abe was and she said he was in Sacramento, workinz under an as- sumed name, because he was afraid his mother would have him arrested. Mrs. Willmore was lying to me, and at the very time he was in her house. “Mrs. Willmore is not the hard-working woman she is said to be. - She used to work was at her home on Franklin street. She expressed no surprise and readily con- sented to go to prison. She was accom- panied by her daughter Ina, who was de- tained in the chief’s priva‘e office till Mrs. Lydia Prescott of the Children’s Society was sent for. When Mrs. Prescott arrived she took charge of the prisoner’s 1l4-year-old daughter. She has her where no evil in- fluence will reach the child. Mrs. Pres- cott is greatly worked up over the case and will make an effort as soon as possible to’ have the girl separated legally from her mother. In speaking of the case she said: “I have taken a great interest in this case on account of the child Ina. I have now decided to apply for letters of guar- dianship on the grounds that Mrs. Will- more 1s an immoral woman and nota fit subject to have control of the child, We have known this for some time, but have not had the evidence before to prove it. Now, however, 1 have all the evidence necessary to prove the kind of woman she really is. “I hope it will not transpire that the girl knew of all that was going on,as 1 believe it is possible that she will make a good woman.”’ Mrs. Willmore, Ina and Burt have, all three, been carried on the rolls of the First Baptist Church of this city as members for some years. Mrs. Willmore and Ina are regular attendants at the various church services, and* the former often takes part at the midweek prayer-meet- ings. She has hitherto borne a good name, and her arrest has come as a great surprise to her many friends. ““Mrs. Willmore is a remarkable wornan,”" said Chief Lloyd to-night. *‘If it were not for all the evidence that we have I should doubt that such a woman ever existed. She has posed as a member of a church and has led a lhife of the most depraved nature imaginable. It is impossible to re- peat the story told me in detail by Archie Majors. *‘She has ruined her own boy. Iam in- formed that she has sacrificed the honor of her daughter for the purpose of further- ing her ends, and she has blasted young Majors’ life. She was commencing to ex- ert a fearful influence over Archie last November, but he came to me and had the manliness to quit. Had he not gone away I should have been able to have brought those charges home to her at that time, but without his evidence I was powerless. I have arrested Mrs. Willmore on the ad- vice of the District Attorney, and will charge her with burglary. That is the gig}zgsl crime that can be brought against er. This sequel to the death of Majors, who was executed at San Jose twelve yearsago, is remarkable. His wife, Mrs. Wagner, is a nervous and physical wreck, and her children will probably have to be taken care of in some institution. Wagner, her second husband, is at present in the Oak- land jail for refusing to support his minor children. Abe Majors is in jail awaiting trial for burglary. Mrs. Willmore, who enticed Abe from his mother, is in_jail, her daughter, Ina,is in charge of the Chabot Home, and her son, Burt, is in the County Jail. Archie Majors said to-night that his brother 1s several years younger than young Willmore, and that he is prepared to prove it. Mrs. Willmore has frequently stated that her boy is the younger of the two, andAt at Abe led hrilm inwalih‘il( ¢rime. Archieis prepared to prove dif- ferently, B L DARING WORK OF GRAVE-ROBBERS, Body-Snatchers Disturb the Remains of Mrs. Rose Clarke IN CALVARY CEMETERY. The Deceased Woman Had Been II1 for More Than Two Years HERS WAS A PECULIAR CASE. It Is Supposed That Medical Students Are the Perpetrators of the Crime. A sad illustration, as it were, of the visi- tation of misery always being in the plural has been impressed upon William Clarke, | his sons and daughter, of 317 Fell street. | It was only on Wednesday last that they buried Mrs. Rose Anna Clarke, the mother | of the family, and force of circumstances compelled a repetition of the ceremony yesterday morning at Mount Calvary Cem- etery. It was a tearful and perplexed gathering in which some detectives in civilians’ | clothes and the officers of the cemetery | mixed, | ALL of yesterday morning gave, v, the cause of the reburial of Mrs. Clarke. Further investigation, however, reveals | a story of ghoulish work which, although | heard of from time to time in the North- | west, has been almost unknown in this City. B Superintendent Peter Mohun of the cem- etery said yesterday that there were 75,000 people puried in his graveyard and never before had an attempt been made there to disinter a corpse for illegal purposes. But | the superintendent, faithful to his pledge given the family of the principal in the | “resent case, refused to give the name of | dead woman. I cannot tell you who she is,” he said. Gregory, when spoken to on the subject, I have little to say. The Lombard-street flat was taken by my daughter and her husband and Mr. Gregory and I boarded with them. We could not_be called upon to _pay the debts of Dr. Flesher and his wife. The talk about its being hard to serve the order upon me is a pure fabrica- tion. The device of having a woman pre- sent it to me at a public meeting was sim- ply an invention. of Mrs. McCluske; whereby she sought to humiliate and wor- 3: me. I had never cared to meet the Mec- luskeys on terms of equality, hence the feeling against me. The envelope contain- ing the document was not sealed, so I did not open it until after the meeting.” ““I do not consider myself indebted to McCluskey,” remarked Dr. Flesher, who was sitting by his mother-in-law. I treated two of "his children, one for three weeks and the other for about twomonths. I received no fees for my services and even supplied a large part of the medicines at my own expense. McCluskey sued me for $120. My bill, which has not been paid, was $175. The court reduced the amount of my claim to $75, which would leave me owing McCluskey $45, but then no account was taken of the medicines furnished and the damage to my practice. I am willing ‘to do almost anything in order to keep the peace, but I do not relish being bullied and imposed upon.” “I also have suffered by reason of this affair,” interrupted Mrs. Flesher, “I have just bought a weekly paper and was in negotiations with an artist for anew design for the title-page. 1 could not pay cash for the work, but arrangements were almost concluded. Now comes this article destroying our credit and the artist forth- with refuses point-blank to have anything further to do with the matter. It looks as though our credit had been destroyed through the revengeful intrigues of the McCluskey people.” “Come what may,” resumed Mrs. Greg- ory, “I shall obey the summons and go to court. I have not barricaded my door against the ministers of the law and I hold mvself always in readiness to obey its commands. Before long this affair will be cleared up and the blame made to rest where it belongs.”’ TYPOS PRAISE «THE CALL" Its Liberality in Employing Labor Applauded at the Council. Indorsement of a Movement to Organize the Local Garment- Makers — Notes. T. F. Burns presided at the meeting of the Labor Council last evening in the ab- | sence of President McGlynn. There was a good showing of delegates present and much of the discussion was of unusual | interest. | An invitation from the San Francisco | ¢She was buried Wednesday morning.and one of the workmen waited until Thurs- | day morning to place the hedge around | the plat. He went there at 7 o’clock and | found the grave dug out and the cotfin | exposed. He reported the matter to my | nounced that there would be a mass- | cure the coming foreman and then to me. police and 1 notified the she family of the deceased. | | The corpse had not been touched, and | | prompted the crime, or who were the | Union reported that there were a great | t, while we are unaware of the reason that | perpetrators, we do not want to speak on the subject.” ‘ The following death and burial notice Tageblatt Association to attend the cele- | bration of the paper’s anniversary was re- ceived and accepted. A delegate from the Bakers’ Union an- | meeting of that union at the Labor Temple | on Turk street next Sunday afternoon. Mr. Ackerman of the Typographical many printers out of employment now owing to the introduction of machines in most of the offices. The only resource ANGRY 1ROQUOIS BRAVES, Buckleyites Are Charged With Trying to Spoil the Big Annual Supper. THE STATE CONCLAVE TO-DAY. Anti-Rainey Leaders of the Junta Still Wrestling With Sam and the Primary. There is more war for the Iroquois Club, and it’s about the big and fine annual banquet which the club will give to-night at Delmonico’s in honor of Washington's birthday and the country delegates to the State conference of Iroquois clubs, which will meet to-day. During the discussion of the banquet at the regular meeting of the Iroquois Club | last night it was announced two or thres | times with indignation that certain mem- | bers of the club had gone about yesterday | trying to produce a frost for the annual feast, asking other members not to put up $3 for a ticket, and offering to bet new hats that Governor Budd would not go there. They are of the defeated Buckley element of the club who are thus indicted. The anti-Buckley element captured the club at the recent aninual election and now it is said that some of them look with jealous eyes on the proepect of their ene- | mies shining at the annual banquet before the county Democrats and the Governor. Max Popper and Louis Metzger made this announcement of traitors in the camp and when E. P. Troy moved that the out- | rage be investigated and the offenders | properly dealt with it was decided to attend I to that when the feast is over. A state of war is the normal one for the Iroquois Club, but such a serious issue has | not been rsised for a long time. The braves | enjoy a banguet, a picnic and a bulls head | bréakfast annualily, and on tnese occasions all hatchets are supposed to be buried. When the supper is eaten hatchets will be | dug up for those who tried to spoil it, and | meantime the wine will be watched until | supper time comes. The State' conference will assemble at Pythian Castle at 10:30 this morning, Lawrence J. Welch, secretary of the State League, announced that the appointe | ment of thirty-eight d tes from oute side clubs had been certified to him. | _Grand Sachem Raleigh Barker of Vaca- ville did not arrive last night, as expected, and no definite plans asto what will be done were arranged. There will be resolu- tions expressinz the Democratic sentiment of the body on ail sorts of things and dis- cussions supposed to be for the good of the party. Governor Budd and Frank Gould, chair- man of the State Central Committee, are among. the delegates appointed by the Stockton club, and this deleation’is ex- pected to do what it can while here to se- State Convention for that city. The banquet is tobe a gem and “out of | sight,” it was so announced by L. V. Merle and Louis Metzger of the board of rustees last night. There are to be palms and flowers, music galore, eloquent Democrats and an astonishing menu. | The Governor is to respond to the toast appeared in Monday's CaLy, and is the | for a newspaper prinier now,”’ he said, “is | ““California.” only one fitting the case at issue: CLARKE—In this city Febranary, 16, 1886, Rose i Anna, beloved wife of William Clarke, mother of Mag ie, Wiillam J. aud_Cornelius Clarke, and | sister of Mrs. L. Walsh, Mrs. B. Kell Mrs. D. | Kenny and Daniel Curran, a native of County | Armagh, Ireland, aged 56 years. BF Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully iInvited to attend the funeral WEDNE: Y, February 19, at 9 o'clock . M., from her | late residenc 817 Fell street; thence to Sacred | Heart Church, where a solemn requiem miass | provided for more commodious sleeping | contests with Sam will be celebrated for the repose of hersoul, com: mencing at 9:30 o'clock A. . Interment Moun: Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Clarke, the widower, his sons and | his daughter, were called upon at their residence last evening and their statement | of the case is somewhat at variance with | that of Superintendent Mohun. | The eldest son, broken down by sorrow, | but manfully attempting to repress his tears, told the following story: ““Yes, we had to bury mother over again | this morning. ‘When we were notitiea | that something was wrong we went out | there and found that some people had dug i away all the dirt over the box containing the casket. The lid was cast aside and the | entire top of the casket, plateglass a quar- ter of an inch thick and all, was smashed as with an ax. The body of mother w found to be in full view, as if the thieves or whatever they are, had not had time to | do their work and had fled. The shroud | had been pulled up and lay over the face. | This fact makes me believe that some | medical students did the job and intended | not to carry the body away, but to make an incision right there.and take away | those parts they wanted. “You see,’”” he added, “mother’s case was a very peculiar one. She died of heart disease after lingering over two vears and a half. and Ler condition during that time excited much comment. I and my family believe that it was on this account that some medical people wanted to make an investigation to satisfy their own curi- osity. Our family physician, I want it to be understood, 18 a good and honest man and we do not want any aspersion cast upon him. We think that medical students are the guilly ones and if I could only find them out they would never again have an opportunity to go grave-robbing.’” he young man, like Superintendent Mohun, did not believe that the guilty parties were after plunder. The rings and other valnables possessed by Mrs. Clarke had been taken from the body and dis- tributed as mementoes among her rela- tives. % Chief Crowley, when apprised of the case, detailed two officers to watch the cemetery. They were there again last night, but it is not likely that the ghouls will return. The chief is speculating on the cause of the hasty departure of the robbers from the graveyard and the fact that they left their shovel behind. He believes that they must have been scared away by the noise of people passing by the cemetery on their way from a wake held Wednesday night on Masonic avenue. Young Clarke, the son of the deceased, believes that the robbers became frightened at the noise they made when they broke the plate glass in the casket. THE BLUE EIVELOPE CE Mrs. Emma Gregory Resents Any Word of Doubt as to Her Honesty. Dr. Flesher and His Wife Give Their Version of the McCluskey Claim for Rent. Inaignation reigns in the cozy flat on Haight street occupied by Mrs. Emma Gregory, her daughter, Mrs. Flesher, her husband, Mr. Gregory, and her son-in- law, Dr. Flesher. The casus belli is a pub- lished account of the serving of an order of examination upon Mrs. Gregory. Ac- cording to the newspaper article the docu- ment was long in being served, owing to the astuteness with which Mrs. Gregory impeded its delivery into her hands. The matter at issue 18 a claim for rent on the part of one McCluskey, landlord of a flat which the family once occupied on Lom- bard street. 5 “So far as I am concerned,” said Mrs. | Delegates TrE CALL, which has about 150 men on its payroll.” It was stated that Tue CAvry is the only morning daily paper in San Francisco that does not use type-setting machines. . Rosenberg of the Coast Seamen’s | Union reported that there were several | held on Monday evening. bills before Congress now whi very beneficial to seamen. ch would be | One of these | quarters for sailors, and another for making shippers liable for injuries sus- tained by seamen. Otner delegatesreported | the conditions of their various crafts. { A. Goodman secured permission to ad- | dress the council. He declared that almost all the ready-made clothing in the City | was made in Chinatown, and that even a | large portion of the custom-made clothes | was made by Chinese labor. He stated | that he had been working to organize a | union among the tailors. He bad secured | about 100 men, and 500 or 600 men who were | willing to join a union if some one would | assist %)im in the work of organization. He invited the members of the council to be { resent at a meeting to be held at 9 fission street, next Tuesday evening. Holmes, McArthur, Milne, loore, Ackerman and Schubert were ap- | pointed a special committee to act with | the organizing committee in the matter. | committee appointed to interview | several larre clothing dealers, who were | handline goods made by non-tinion firms | in the East, reported that negotiations | were progressing toward a settlement. MWOTHER PIVER GONE, B M. Esberg Passes Away After an Illness of a Few Weeks. He Was a California Pioneer of the Fifties—His Successful Busi- ness Career. M. Esberg died at his residence, at 2211 Pacific street, Thursday night. He had only been ill a few days, but being ad- vanced in years he soon succumbed to the attack. The deceased was a native of Germany. He came to California as a youth. This was in 1850. He arrived by way of the Isthmus of Panama, immediately com- ing to San Francisco. 1 His first venture was a cigar factory on Kearny street, but after a few years he moved downtown and enlarged his busi- ness. He succeeded S. Rosenbaum & Co., tobacco- dealers, California and Battery streets, when he was associated with Mr. Bachman the junior member of the firm at present. £ Mr. Esberg was quite successful in busi- ness, and was possessed of a considerable fortune at the time of his death. He was of a kindly, charitable disposition, and generous in his gifts, and always willing o assist in every good work. His death was somewhat unexpected though he had been failing some time. He left a family of five children, two of whom—Alfred and Henry — were asso- ciated with him in the business. —————— Charged With Seduction. Anton Haliman, a brewer, was arrested last evening by Policeman R. J. Kerrison on a war- rant sworn to by Margaret Hambert, a domes- tie, charging him with seduction. When uestioned at the California-street station he enied having wrohged the young woman and said that she had a grievance against him of entirely different character, and had taken this meaus of getting revenge. —_———— Poisoned by Quinine. Thomas Twohy, a helper at the Bay Dis- trict Track, prescribed quinine for himself to cure a chill, on Thursday. The chill was abated, but Twohy could neither see nor hear yesterday morning. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital. — e -————— Acknowledged by All GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S Teas, Coffees and Spices Up at the Junta headquarters in the Flood building Chairman Sullivan, Chiet | Boss McNab, A. A. Watkins, M. C. Has- | sett, John F. McGovern and two or three | more of the committee wrestled with problems involved in the primary to be They settled on the lists of election officers and polling- places and then tried to settle some of the Rainey, particularly the one in the Forty-fourth District, but they didn’t succeed in settling anvthing. Chairman Sullivan said that they would probably succeed in compromising on_one ticket in every district, but George Max- well and some others have not yet dis- Jlayed a comprowmising disposition. More will be known about Rainey’s grip on the Junta after next Monday night. A SELECT READING. J. J. Ayers Entertained an Audience in Pioneer Hall Last Night. J. J. Ayers read a number of selections from his “Biographical Historical Sketches of California,”’ to a small though attentive audience in Pioneer Hall last evening. Mr. Ayers besides being one of the pio- neer journahsts of the State is a versatile vriter and a pleasing speaker. His read- ing was listened to with marked interest. e began with a picturesque descrip- tion of his entrance through the Golden Gate in 1849, and by a number of careful and appropriate selections led his hearers up to the dawning of San Francisco’s per- manent prosperity, touching entertain- ingly on phases of the City’s earlier history most replete in romantic incidents of a stirring character. Among his personal reminiscences which gave his hearers much amusement was an | account of his short experience as a mem- ber of a barn-storming theatrical troupe. It was in the early days, and with the usual receptions accorded by mining-camp audiences fighting a way out of town and swimming ice-cold streams in the moun- tains, the experiment was enough to last the writer and reader a lifetime. 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