The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1%96. CARLISLE AT A BIG RECEPTION, Greeted by the Members of the Manhattan Club. NOTED MEN ATTENDED. Democrats of Gotham Turn Out to Welcome the Secretary of the Treasury. WAS GLAD TO MEET THEM ALL. And Then He Took Occasion to Advo. cate Cleveland’s “ Sound” Money Principles. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—One of the most notable receptions ever given a pub- lic official in this city was accorded John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, by the Manhattan Club to-night at the club- | house. A more representative body of men than those who gathered to honor the Secretary could hardly have been gathered together. Bankers, merchants, presidents of cor- porations, lawyers, politicians and men of affairs, each vied with the other to do wonor to the distinguished guest. The rooms of the club were thronged when at 9:30 o’clock C. C. Baldwin, Jus- tice Smythe and Secretary Carlisle ap- peared. here was a round of applause as the Secretary entered the rooms and he was at once conducted to the East room, where the reception was held On the right of the Secretary stood Presi- ident Coudert of the Manhattan Club and to the left stood Edward F. Bell, chairman of the reception committee, who intro- duced the guests and members as they pressed forward in a steady stream for over an hour to shake the Secretary’s hand. Every one received a hearty handshake and “I'm glad to meet you'’ from the Sec- retary. This continued until nearly 10 when President Coud: with the Secretary, went to the dining- room. The luncheon was spread in the billiard- room of the ¢ Pres center the room, »udert took his seat at the table at the head of with him at this table were Mr. Collector Kilbreth, E. J W. W. Sher- Robert , C. A. Jordan, McKelway, H. W. Cannon, S. g n, G. G. Ward, M. K. Jessup, ex- Governor Flower, General Ruger, Admiral Erben and W. J. Coombs. In a happy speech he introduced the guest. Mr. Carlisle said that his first thanks President and the mem- guests for the cordial man- r in which they had received him. “1am glad," he said, “to be surrounded v old-fashioned Democrats who have ever repudiated the principles of the Democratic party of sound money, just 1 taxation, economy in finances yand fidelity in the discharge of public duties. “There has been some objection to these principles, but they were good enough for old-fashioned Democrats and they are good enough for us. If there is one pri ciple to which they have ever been true it is that the currency of the people must be maintained on a sound and equitable basis and that nothing but specie be made a le- gal tender. “The Democratic party not dead, and the e has not come to distribute its| assets among the Populists and its allies. [Apolause.] It will never die if it is faith- | ful to the principles upon which it was founded. test in a perfectly sound declaration of principles, and if it doesit will emerge from the contest with victory and an unblem- | ished record.” AT BOIES’ PLEA FOR SILVER. At the Same Time He Declines to Run for President. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. Governor Horace Boies has written a letter to the Des Moines Leader declining to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. He is 1inal and positive on this point. He says he desires the party in Iowa to send a delegation to the Chicago conven- tion uninstructed and uninfluenced by local considerations. He says he insists on construing the platform pledges of the | party for many years as solemn promises to restore silver to the position assigned to it by the fundamental law of the Nation— as money of redemption; and he says: «I conscientiously believe that to neg- Ject to do this, both in theory and practice, is an open, flagrant and continuous viola- | tion of the highest law of the land.” Thi every other. The Democratic party is un- happily divided, and the Republican party is strongly in favor of the single gold standard. Success in the effort to force this standard on the country, he says, will be the death knell of prosperity for the struggling masses. 1t is impossible that high-priced iabor and low-priced commodities should exist together for any length of time. No combination of men can ever be made with its object to increase the value of labor and its products, as the combina- | tion of the money powers of_ the gren:i commercial centers of the world are to op- | se that end. The policy of monometallism means the issue -of $500,000,000 of interestebearing bonds to take the place of $500,000,000 of as good money as was ever issued. Aordnlaiisbrris D CLAIMED BY A PLASTERER. A Vast Estate Left by the Son of Lord Blake. CHICAGO, Irr., Feb. 25.—A few days ago dispatches announced the fact that a firm of English attorneys having offices in London were seeking to find the heirs to the vast estate of Francis Blake, a son of Lord Bleke, who died nearly half a cen- tury ago at his family estate near Roscom- mon, Ireland. The papers published the story of Francis Blake’s life and it excited considerable interest. Now comes James Gavin, a plasterer, who lives with his family at 4629 Dryer street, in the town of Lake, who claims that he is u descendant of the family and consequently an heir to the estate now worth nearly $3,000,000. Gavin yesterday traced his family tree from the Blakes to the Gavins and was fully convinced that linking arms | n- | I hope it will go into the con- | 25.—Ex- | ssue, he says, completely obscures | he had not only royal blood coursing through his veins, but that he had a good show of getting the money. He claims to be the grandson of the aunt of Lady Blake and the nearest of kin. A sl MISS FLAGLER PLEADS GUILTY. Sentenced to Three Hours’ Imprisonment and to Pay a Fine. WASHINGTON, D. ¢., Feb. 25.—Miss Elizabeth Flagler, the daughter of General D. W. Flagler, chief of ordnance of the United States army, who shot and killed a colored boy who was stealing pears from her father's garden, was brought into the Criminal Court this morning to answer to the indictment for manslaughter. The hearing was brief, and resulted in a verdict of guilty. Miss Flagler was sen- tenced to three hours in the District jail and a fine of $500. Miss Flagler was indicted on October 31 last year by the District Grand Jury for killing with two shots from a navy re- volver Ernest Green, a voung colorea boy, who, on August 2, attempted to pick a pear from a tree in front of her father's house on California avenue. The jury were nearly unanimous in their verdict. Miss Flagler was released on $10,000 bail. - WITH WITHEKING SCORN. Mrs. Mary Lease Too Busy to Answer Every “Barking Cur.” WICHITA, Kaxs., Feb. 25.—When Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease was shown the dis- patch from Detroit to-day saying that Jerry Simpson said she had never been anything but a disturbing element in poli- tics, that she always wants to be the great “Iam,’ and that she is better in the pul- pit than in politics, she said with wither- ing scorn: “Life is too short and my time too fully occupied to pay attention to every barking cur or step on every worm that crawls across my path.” Shesays Simpson’s at- tack upon her is entirely unprovoked. strong fight against him in this t Mrs. Lease has taken no part Ch s Mahoney Is Receiver. LEXINGTON, VA., Feb. 25.—William J. Mahoney. general manager of the Virginia Iron and Railway Company, has been ap- pointed receiver for the company. The approximated ebtedness of the com- pany is over $350,000. | pany was formed in 1891 Casi e Admiral Fyffe Dying. PIERCE, NEsBR., Feb. 25.—Rear-Admiral Fyfie, wno has been ill for some time, is | much worse to-night, and the doctors do | not think he can live more than twenty- | four hours. The present com- STABBED BY T BUTCHER Ed Hickey, a Chicago Tough, Made a Fatal Mistake as a Robber. Was Carried Away by Con- federates. CHICAGO, ILr., Feb. 25.—S8. Haas, a butcher at 2254 Halstead street, was clos- ing up his shop about 8 o’clock this even- ing whem a tough character, who was identified later as Ed Hickey, came in and | said he wanted some meat. As Haas turned to fill the order Hickey | erabbed him by the throat and told him to give up all the money he had and to do it quick. Haas, who is & powerful man, resisted, and had just thrown Hickey to the floor when two masked men rushed In the front door, and, with Hickey’s assistance, again attacked the butcher. Haas backed away from his antagonists | until he reached his chopping-block, and | just as he grabbed a carving-knife the three men were upon him. Before they could floor him, Haas had sent the blade clear through Hickey’'s body, just above the stomach. This ‘summary act frightened the men, and helping their partner to the door they fled. Hickey was fatally wounded and staggered to Thirty-fifth and Halstead streets and fell dead just as he entered a saloon. The other two escaped. HEAVY LOSSES AT TACOMA. | Two Million Shingles and a Residence Destroyed by Flames. TACOMA, WasH., Feb. 25.—Fire broke out in the dryhousesof the Cushing Young Shingle Company at Old Tacoma this | morning and destroyed 2,000,000 shingles | together with the dryhouses. The total | loss is about $20,000, and the insurance will not cover 50 per cent. At 4 o’clock this morning the handsome | residence of Collin Macintosh of Seuth | Tacoma was destroyed by a fire originat- | ing in the furnace-room in a mysterious manner. The family escaped with wear- | ing apparel only. The loss is $5000, fully | covered by insurance. B FIRE AT SAN JOSE. The Suburban Residence of Thomas | Chatfield Destroyed. | SAN JOSE, CaL., ¥eb. 25.—The fine suburban residence of Thomas Chatfield | on Moorpark avenue, near the infirmary, | was destroyed by fire last night. The resi- dence cost $6000, and its furnishings were | valued at $4000. There was $3500 insur- | ance on the house and $1600 on the furni- ture, The family was absent at the time, and the origin of the fire is unknown. =R R Sidney Factory Distroyed. SEATTLE, Was#., Feb. 25.—The Sidney | Sewer Pipe and Terra Cotta Works, val- | ued at $75,000, located at Sidney, Kitsap | County, were destroyed by fire last night. | | The insurance is $15,000. For some time | the concern, which usually employed fifty men, has been in only partial operation. | | i A Baptist Church Burned. RICHMOND. Va., Feb. 25.—The Grace- | street Baptist Church, built about two years ago at a cost of $65,000, was destroy- | ed by fire to-day. The Richmond Female Seminary was zlso damaged about $2000. Insurance $25,000 on the church. St g Tt Two Buildings Burned. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Feb. 25.—The four-story brick block occupied by the Binghamton House-furnishing Company and a building adjoining, occupied by Babcock & Stowell, hardware dealers, were burned this morniug. Loss, $200,000; insurance partial. ————— Blaze at Vallejo. VALLEJO, Car.,, Feb. 25.—A house owned by Joseph B. Ford, and occupied by Irene Davis, in the tenderloin district, was destroyed by fire this evening. All the furniture was lost. The loss is about $2200, with $1000 insurance. Sl atie Spoiled Considerable Beer. CHICAGO, TuL., Feb. 25.—A fire in M. Brand’s brewery to-night spoiled a million gallons of beer and damaged the bullaing. Loss $50,000. —— A Foundry Burned. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 25.—The foundry of the Krutz & Buhrer Company was de- stroyed by fire to-night. 88, $90,000; insured. MEETING OF THE BALL MAGNATES, Completion of the Schedule for the National League. POWER OF THE UMPIRES It Is Increased So That Miscon- duct Can Be More Se- verely Punished. FINES AND PROMPT EXPULSION Disorderly Players Can Now Be at Once Removed From the Diamond. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—The an- nual spring meeting of the National League of professionszl baseball clubs was brought to a close to-night at the Fifth-avenue | Hotel. The league schedule, the formation of which is always the most important busi- | ness of the spring or “‘schedule meeting,"” | as it is generally known. was given out for | publication at a late hour. As a rule, the Eastern clubs open the season in the East and the Western clubs in the West. In future umpires must immediately re- | move from the game and field any player | guilty of improper or indecent conduct or | language, instead of having the option of | fining the offender as heretofore. With | regard to coachers or players leaving the | After Being Mortally Wounded He | | one by Arnold and_the other by Young. | side stake any amount from $1000 up to I He has a yearling colt,a full brother to | bounds of their positions, the umpire | | shall, after the first warning, fine the | offender in a sum of not less than $5 nor more than $10. | | In case of a second violation, a fine of | | $25 will be imposed, and for the third of- | fense the umpire must positively order the playver from the game and field. President Hart of Chicago offered a reso- lution to dispense with the temple cup series, but the motion was not enter- tained. | The double umpire system was not dis- | cussed, nor was the new member elected on the board of arbitration. . The latter matter was laid over to the next meeting of the league, which will be | held in Chicago some time 1n November. | The other business before the meeting was of an unimportant nature and the | league adjourned at 5 o'clock. | The minor league magnates were much perturbed over the -action of the National body in altering the National agreement in such a manner as to impose new hard- | ships on the minor organizations. There was much bitter feeling among the repre- | sentatives and a meeting was held during | the day to consider a course of action. It was decided to postpone action until the 26th of March, when a meeting will be held at Washington. Under the new National agreement on the aggregate population basis some of the minor leagues will be forced into lower classes than those in which they are now classed. A tainy | BASEBALL AT STANFORD. | Juniors Defeated by the Sophomores in a Ten-Inning Game—A Battle of | Pitchers. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., Feb. 25.—The finest baseball game of the season took place this afternoon on the campus between the classes of 97 and 98, and was won by the latter team. The work of both pitchers was of the professional crder, and for ten innings the two men held out. | ‘Lhe score at the end of the tenth inning | | was 11 to 7. Up to the seventh inning the juniors had the lead, but in that inning the score was tied, and the excite- ment among the rival factions that lined | the diamond became intense. For two | innings after the seventh neither side | | could score, but in the beginning of the | tenth the juniors became rattled and | threw wild, with the result that the sopho- mores tallied five times. The infield did much better work than the outfield. The battery work of both nines was of a high order. The juniors’ battery consisted of Ruddell and Osgood, while Whipple and Jeffs did work for the sophomores. Two home runs were made, The championship inter-class game takes place Friday between the scniors and the sophomores. COMM ITTEES. Announcement of Appointments Made by President Elliott. BOSTON, Mass.,, Feb. 25. — President Elliott of the L. A. W. has appointed the following National committees: Membership committee — Parker G. Reed, Chillicothe, Ohio: W. A. Howell, Rockville, Conn.; Charles Culmore, Houston, Tex. Rights and privileges committee—George L. Cooke, Providence, .; Herbert W. Knight, Newark, N. “onway W. Sams, Baltimore. Rules’ and regulations committee—W, C. Freichenbach, Topeka, Kans.; F. Kostemlatsky, Oskalooss, Iowa; C. C. Monaghan, Santa Ana, Cal. Highway improvement committee—Isaac B. Potter, New York; Otto Dorner, Milwaukee; A. B. Choate, Minneapolis; W. A.Connelly, Dan. le, I11.; Percy H. Richardson, Portland, M T. Wallace Sherwood, Indianapolis, Ind.; G. R. Richmond Parsons, Providence, R.'T. i Transportation committee—George R. Bid- well, New York; H. C. Nickerson, Boston; Burley B. Ayers, Chicago; A. R. Edmiston, Lincoln, Nebr. Racing board—George D. Gideon, Philadel- phia; H. W. Robinson, Boston; A. G. Batchel- der, New York; E. C.Croninger, Cincinnati; Fred Gerlach, Chicago; D. W. Robert, St. Louis; | R. M. Weleh, San Francisco. | L. A W ——me CURBETT 1S DEFIANT. Dares Fitzsimmons to Meet Him for Any Sum. CLEVELAND, Onro. Feb. 25.—Upon learning this evening Fitzsimmons’ objec- | tion to accepting the Bolingbroke Club’s | $8000 offer on the ground that the amount of the purse was too small, Corbett wired Fitzsimmons a proposition to bet him as a $100.000. Corbett said to-night: | “Fitzsimmons’ agreement to the second postponement at El Paso resulted from the decision of a ‘jury’ of sporting men. A jury must decide if he is afraid to fight me or not, or if he has any sensihle excuse for not doing it. Idon’t think the size of the purse or any side bet is being consid- ered by the Australian, because he knows | that all he will get out of the encounter will be a good finrd whipping and the loser’s end of the purse.” B2 i ARBACES LOSES AN EYE. Serious Misfortune to a Full Brother of the Racehorse Diggs. WOODLAND, CaL, Feb. 25.—Irvin Diggs, who recently sold Sutton for $3000, met with a streak of bad luck yesterday. | afternoon by shooting himself mouth with a revolver, the ball passing | | examination® into the charges Diggs and Sutton, which he calls Arbaces. This youngster is a very valuable animal, and is fully as promising as either of his older brothers. Yesterday Mr. Diggs found that the colt had cut the ball of one eye, and that sight had been destroyed. In searching for the cause, he found a strand of barbed wire three or four feet in length stretched on the paddock fence at one place. He has no doubt but that Ar- baces gouged his eye out on one of the barbs. The injury may probably not in- terfere with the running qualities of the colt, but it will certainly injure his sale. ——— Track Athletes of America. NEW HAVEN, Coxx., Feb. 25—The annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Track Athletes of America will be held next Saturday. The session will be held at 2:30 o’clock in the Fifth- avenue Hotel, New York City. A number of important amendments to the consti- tution have been proposed by mail to the various colleges belonging to the associa- tion, and will be voted upon Saturday. s Gideon Accepts. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Feb. 25.—A dis- patch received by a L. A. W. official from Boston to-day stated that President Ellioct of the L. A. W. had received a letter from George Gideon accepting Mr. Elliott’s wroffered appointment to the racing board chairmanship under conditions. EXPELL 'ROM TH BOARD. A Wealthy Broker Who Carried on 4 Bucket-Shop ” Dealings. CHICAGO, TrL., Feb. 25.—H. M. Greene, a wealthy broker who has been operating on the Chicago Board of Trade for several years, was expelled by the board of direc- ters of that institution to-day for violation of the code against ‘“‘bucket-shop” deal- ings. Mr. Greene responded to the summons to appear for trial, and to the surpise of the directors pleaded guilty to the charge. Evidence was taken, however, to sustain the charge. When Mr. Greene was cited to appear for trizl on the same charge two months ago he showed fight by securing a temporary injunction against the direc- tors. but the writ was dissolved recently. ——— Objects to Stars and Bars, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 25. Joe Shelby, United States Marsaal of this city, opposes the parade of ex-Confederates in gray uniform with the stars and bars | and the G. A. R., in national uniform in New York City July 4 next, for the patriotic reason that there is but one flagin the | United States, and that is the starsand | stripes. The colors of the Confederacy, he holds, were baried 1n Appomattox. B Edgar Nye's Funeral. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Feb. 25. — The funeral services of the late Edgar Wilson Nye were held at noon to-day at the Cal- vary Episcopal Church, near Fletchers. The services were conducted by Rev. H. H. Phelps, assisted by Rev. ThomasWet- more. ‘The grave is beneath a large white ine and beside that of Mr. Nye's child. Mrs. Nye was unable to attend the funeral. i ey Strangled in the Wooda. APPLETON, N. J., Feb. 25.—Nellie John- son, the beautiful daughter of S. R. John- son, a wealthy farmer of this place, was found by her sister this afternoon in the woods near her home strangled to death. A tramp is supposed to be the murderer. TRAGEDY AT SACRAMENTD Suicide of a Man Who Feared That His Reason Was Tottering. Lefi a Letter In Which He Declared That He Preferred Death to the Asylum. SACRAMENTO, CaiL., Feb. 2.—D. J. Brooks, who for several years past has been connected with the firm of Hall, Lubrs & Co., committed suicide out through the top of his head. His body was discovered shortly after- ward by his landlady, Mrs. Menke, who went to his room to deliver a telegram which had come for him. It lay on a bed, | with a revolver clutched in the right hand. In a pocket of his coat was the following letter, addressed to the Coroner: Friend George: My father and elder brother both died in &n insane asylum from sottenin of the bran in the last year. I am satisfied that I am the next victim. I don’t propose to die in any asylum, I shall cut the Gordian knot and fly to the itls we know not of. ~Yours, BROOKS. The deceased leaves a widow and child, the latter being a protege of Mrs. Green, mother of Will 8. Green of the Colusa Sun, in whose family she resided for years. For the last six months Mrs. Brooks has been in poor health. She has been visiting in Colusa County, and a few days ago her husband received a letter from her which he claimed con- tained bad news. This missive is probably in some way connected with the cause of his committing suicide. Mr. Brooks was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and served with distinction during the late war. Mrs' Brooks is a superior woman, highly edu- cated and refined. AT L CAPTAIN GREEN'S FATE. Reduced to the Ranks for Conduct Un- becoming an Officer. SACRAMENTO, Carn.,, Feb. 25— The against Anthony Green, captain of police, was re- | sumed this evening before the Board of City Trustees. But little new evidence that had material bearing on the subject was introduced. At _the conclusion of the ‘evidence the board found by a vote of 5 to 3 that Cap- tain Green had been guilty of conduct un- becoming an officer, and ordered that he be reduced to the ranks and suspended from duty on the force for a period of six months. A DT SANTA CRU ACCIDENT., Three Women Seriously Injured in a K Runaway Collision. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Feb. 25.—A runa- way accident that occurred at Soquel late this afternoon may prove fatal. Mrs, W. H. Truman, Mrs. George French and Mrs. Charles Crabb were driving down the Daubenbiss hill, when their team be- came frightened at a bicycle, ran into | town and collided with a standing buggy. Their equipage was overturned, pinning the three women underneath. Mrs, French, an old lady, sustained a bad scalp wound and is believed to have been injured in- ternally. The others were cut on face and | bead, and while not in a dangerous condi- tion Mrs. Truman is very badly injured. Ty Tacoma Child Abducted. TACOMA, WasH., Feb. 25.—Julia, the five-year-old daughter of Nels Bladd, dis- appeared yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock after starting, home from a schoolhouse but a few blocks away. The circumstances indicate an abduction. The entire police and detective force is scarching for the child. : —_——— Carson Witness Sent to Jail. CARSON, NEv., Feb. 25.—Joseph Lan- gevin, who has been the principal witness in the Mint cases, was to-day sentenced to imprisonment in the County Jail for thirty days or a fine of $60, for using obscene language on the street. General | this | in the | SANTA BARBARA FRAUDS EXPOSED. Professional Beggars Who Have Been Enriched by Charity. SOLD THE DONATIONS. Gifts From Philanthropic Citi- zens Disposed of in Other Cities, LIVED IN LUXURIOUS STYLE. Profligacy of the Seelmingly Penniless Itinerants Revealed by an Investigation. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Feb. 25.—A trio of as sleek professional beggars as ever traded upon the sympathy of a com- munity has been operating among the upper circles of Santa Barbara society for the past five months. The fraud they have practiced hes just been uncovered, and it is believed they have beeome hun- dreds of dollars richer through the mis- directed philanthropy of Santa Barbara citizens. An elderly French woman named Le | Febre with a putative daughter, Mrs. Rob- erts, a young woman of decidedly Scotch- | Irish cast, the latter’s husband and four | young children, came to this city last fall. Mrs. Le Febre professed to be looking for | French scholars to teach, aithough her in- dustry and gifts have been chiefly directed in other directions. Son-in-law Roberts was a civil engineer | who was sent to the World’s Fair to run an engine used with the captive scenic balleon, but who has since been out of an engagement, Mme. Le Febre everywhere told a tale of poverty and woe, with the result that charitable women united to sustain the family, paying rent, sending wagonloads of supplies of all sorts,donating money and hiring a trained nurse to carry the young woman through sickness, and raising money to pay the passage of her husband to Guatemala. With a house overflowing with eatables and clothing and comiorts of every kind, donated by sympa- thizers, the old woman industriously worked the city, going from person to per- | son with her tale of distress, and every- where receiving generous aid. The extent of the woman’s schemes has just become known. She offered donated garments for sale and shipped others to a Stockton woman. She has assistants working the country districts, gathering food, groceries, clothing and money, the same pitiful tale of want being everywhere | repeated. During the young woman’s illness, it was discovered, numerous trunks were brought to them, already filled with elabo- rate underwear and rich clothing, while the grossest waste was going on within the household, whole loavesof bread being burned and preserves thrown away. Interesting incidents could be recounted of how the family spurned Mrs. Admiral Harmon'’s best curtains; of how the kind | offer of Mrs. Gaty, wife of the manager of the Arlington, to supply left-over meats was tagen advantage of, with a written or- der for so much butter, sugar, tea, etc.; of an honest little neighbor, the mother of a family of children, the wife of a struggling | mechanic, obliged to deny her own little | ones butter upon their bread, but who was | imposed upon for loans of every sort to the seemngly penniless family. The community at last awoke, investi- gations were quietly conducted, and it was | proved that this family’s operations in Santa Barbara were but a repetition of what has been carried on for yearsin other places, notably Chicagoand San Francisco. They were helped away from these cities by people who wished to shirk the burden of their support. They have been grow- ing rich upon the charity of others, and now that they will be ejected from Santa | Barbara, some other unfortunate commu- | nity will probably contribute to their bank account. | Pt G SHIFMENTS TO STOCKTON. Expensive Millinery Bills Paid Out of Madame Le Febre’s Donationas. STOCKTON, CaL., Feb. 24.—Mrs. Sarah Avey of 477 North Hunter street, in this city, who has been accused of receiving goods from Madame Le Febre and daugh- ter, the Santa Barbara swindlers, was seen to-night by a CALL correspondent. Mrs. Avey promptly acknowledged an acaouaintanceship with the madame, but when asked if she had been receiving any goods from Santa Barbara, said: “If there is anything wrong, I do not want to get my friend in trouble.” Bhe was pressed for an explanation as to her connections with the woman, and said: “Mme. Le Febre is no kin to me, and I became acquainted with her while she was teaching French in this city. Iam a dressmaker, and she ordered several dresses from my place. “I never got a cent of money out of her in payment and accepted second hand clothing, which I made over for my chil- dren. On the 10th of last December I was surprised to receive a large sack filled with dresses and other clothing which had been worn, but was still quite valuable. “A letter accompanied the box, and I replied, thanking the madame for her kind- ness to me. I never asked her for the clothing and did not even know where she had gone. On the 20th of January 1 received another consignment. That is positively all the goods I received.” Detective Oscar Marshall, who accom- panied the correspondent, asked to see the ciothing, and Mrs. Avey demanded by what authority he made the request. He replied that it was at her own option to do s0, and that it was merely to give her an opportunity to verify her statements, The lady then exhibited several gar- ments which she said she haa regeived from the madame. She said she had never asked for any of them, and that they were all she got from the French teacher for her work. Mrs. Avey has resided here for some time with her sister, and, in default of any further information on the subject, the officersacceps her story as true. Seattie Foreclosure Suit. SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 25.—The Seattle Safe Deposit and Trust Company sued D. H. Gilman, a capitalist and railroad builder, in the Superior Court to-day to foreclose a mortgage for $100,000 on’ real ‘estate in this city, NEW TO-DAY. " | N NN N\ \\ N\ \ NN AN YOU SEE THE CHARMING AND CLEVER GARMENTS. YOU SEE THE PRICE, It’s effect upon the swell dressers of Frisco has been oz ELECTRICAL! Y U S o S i) T A ] It's a challenge to make our competitors NEED WE SAY MORE? PUT UP OR SHUT UP! THEY HAVEN'T PUT UP, But they have shut up. They haven't the nerve to take $18, 817, 816 and §15 Suits and Overcoats and mark "em WE HAVE, AND THE SALE ENDS IN A DAY OR SO. RAPHAEL. INCORPOR.ATED). THE FRISCO BOYS 19, 11,13 and 15 Kearny Street.