The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1896 : 9 MR, MARCEAU'S SURPRISE PARTY, Night Raid on His Wife's Apartments at the Palace. TOOK [AWAY HIS CHILD. Has Brought Action for Divorce in the Superior Court From Mrs. Marceau. J. H. MALONEY CO-RESPONDENT Review of the Military Union and the Subsequent Animated Career of the Marceaus. The Palace Hotel was the scene of a sen- sational tumnlt at 2 o’clock this morning. Loud voices, the slamming of doors and hasty scampering in the corridors alarmed the guests on the second floor of the cara- vansarv. Instant investigation followed, when it was discovered that Colonel Theo- dore C. Marceau, a well-known pho- tographer, had made a raid on his wife's apartments and gained possession of his boy, aged 2 years—Theodore C. Marceau Jr. The photograper, in his rush to get pos- session of the child, was so positive that he saw in his wite's apartments one J. H. Mealoney, a borseman and gambler, with whom his wife’s name had been un- pleasantly coupled, that he went as soon as daylight did appear to consult his coun- sel, Messrs. Patterson & Rodgers. The zesult of the consultation was the imme- diate filing of a suit for divorce and for the custody of the child. The complaint dis- tinctly alleges the infidelity of his wife, and mentions Maloney as the co-respon- dent. The story told at the law office of Pater- son & Rodgers, where Marceau passed st of his time yesterday afternoon, is interesting, and may be accepted as the injured husband’s version of the marital troubles. ‘When Colonel Marceau and Widow Amanda J. Fiske of Fresno were married in 1891 at the Sea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz, the colonel’s worldly pos consisted of available cash, and hi property was chiefly lands and Fresno ity property heavily incumbered by mort- gages. So persistent were the creditors in efforts to foreclose mortgages and secure money by attachments that the colonel bad to up as first payment $14,000. He has since been paying out to save his wife's estate, until the payments now gregate $70,000. At various times he ught for a settlement, and even agreed settle on the basis that she should imply repay the money that he had paid om his own personal estate. She re- to make any settlement, but held to dll the proverty, which is supposed to be worth $250,000. About six months ago aserious disagree- ment took place and a separation ensued. Frier however, intervened and some kind of a reconciliation weas patched up. The truce was not lasting, and so two weeks ago the colonel left his sumptuous apartments in the Palace Hotel and estab- lished bachelor quarters in the Phelan building, where he conducts the business of taking pictures. The colonel’s absence from the domestic circle in the Palace apartments did not compel him to renounce all of his obli- gations as a husband, for he continued to pay his wife’s hotel bills. Asa measure of precaution to avoid the payment of un- necessary extras he scanned the numer- ous items of the accounts and found that a great quantity of champagne had been consumed and a large number of cigars smoked. The colonel, whose intellect was then unusually clear, and whose per- spicacity was fully aroused, reasoned in- stantly that the consumption of such an unexpected quantity of wine and cigars indicated tke lavish entertainment of gen- tlemen, and so his suspicions were excited. About this time Mrs. Marceau’s maid brought him intelligence that his boy, Theodore, was being neglected. Other tidings were conveyed by the maid, Sophia Brown, and her husband. 1t was reported that Maloney’sattentions to Mrs. Marceau were causing whispers of scandalin the hotel. The colonel thereupon resolved to rescue the chila and find out for himself the true status of affairs at the Palace. As- cending with the maid, the maid’s husband and two friends he visited the apartments on the second floor of the Palace early this moorning. He was admitted by a side en- trance and enabled to get the child. He was sure that he saw for an instant through the open door of his wife's apartments that some one was there with her. Wartch was maintained until 10 o’clock this morniug, when, according to the version of the watchers, Maloney emerged. e MARCEAU’S COMPLAINT. to Grounds Upon Which the Plaintiff Seeks a Divorce and the Cus- tody of His Child. Marceau’s complaint is brief and pointed. It is written with a marked ab- sence of superfluous legal verbiage. Aiter reciting that he was married to the de- fendant, Amanda J. Marceau, on July 9, 1501, in Santa Cruz, he declares that on March 5, 1896, the defendant was guilty of infidelity, and J. H, Maloney is men- tioned as co-respondent. The complaint then continues: VII. Plaintiff further aileges that by reason of her neglect of, want of affection for and ex- treme cruelty toward said child and intemper- #1e habits said defendant is notafit and proper person to have the care, control or custody of eaid child. : ; That said defendant has living with her a son, agea about 8 years, the issue of her mar- with one John D. Fiske, her first hus- Ped eald Theo C.Marceau Jr.is the only child of this plaintiff, and plaintift alleges that Te is in all respects a fit and proper person to have the care, control -and custody of said child, and b?‘ reason of the facts hereinbefore gtated should have the custody of said child. VIIl. That said defendant is possessed of a Jarge amount of pro)nen;v] of the value of about $100,000 in her own right and as her separate estate. 5 IX. That there is no community property, except ornaments, curios, furniture and other household articles. : Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment that 'bonds of matrimony existing between him- sclf and the derendant be dissolved, and that the custody of said minor child be awarded to the plaintiff. RS PALACE HOTEL SCENE. Mrs. Marceau’s Attorney Says His Client Is Innocent—The Inva- sion an Outrage. Mrs. Marceau declared last night that she had absolutely notning to say. Her sions | bride’s | attorneys, she said, were cognizant of the real state of affeirs and she would leave them the duty of relating what had hap- pened at her rooms. One direct state- ment she did make and that was: “Mr. Marceau’s charges are all false. But you see Mr. McPike and he will tell you everything.” After that Mrs. Marceau was dumb. McPike had spent the greater part of the afternoon with his fair client and ex- pressed himself in very strong language in regard to her troubles. “Mrs. Marceau is a good woman and has been true to her husband,” hesaid. *‘The charges made by Mr. Marceau are as in- famous as they are false. “Mr. Maloney was with Mrs. Marceau Wednesday evening. His_ attorney, Charles Hanlon, and Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Marceau’s mother, were there, too. They spent the evening singing and with instru- mental music until shortly after 12 o’clock when a servant was sent for an oyster loaf. “This fellow went to Marceau when he was downstairsand told him that Maloney was in Mrs. Magceau’s room. Marceau immediately began to storm. He went to the clerk and declared that there was a man_in his wife’s room and that if the hotel management did not see that he was ejected he (Marceau) would break down the acor. Of course this occasioned con- siderable excitement. The clerk attempted to temporize and then sent a messenger to ask Mrs. Marceau if there was a man in her room. 5 this time the party had completed their lunch. Mr. Marceau’s impertinent interruption came very unexpectedly ana aroused considerable indignation. Mrs. Marceau sent back word that not only was Mr. Maloney in her rocm, but Mr. Han- lon was also there. ““The gentlemen did not remain long. The interruption marred the even tenor of affairs, and, making their adieus, they left the apartments. Mr. Maloney went with Mr. Hanlon. This both of them will swear to. Mr. Maloney, Mrs. Marceau and Mrs. Fisher will swear that Mr. Maloney did not return to the rooms. ‘‘Mrs. Marceau and the others of her family retired about 1 o’clock. About 3 o’clock in the morning there wasa noise at the door. Mrs. Marceau awoke and heard her maid _cry out: ‘‘ *‘Oh, Mrs. Marceau, come -here, quick.’ “Frightened at the woman's tone, Mrs. Marceau ran to the door, asking: “‘What isit? Who is there?’ _ ***It’s Mr. Marceau, and he wants to get in!” was'the answer. “ My God, what can he want at this r an answer there dame a violent aking of the door and a demand for ad- on, accompanied by threats to force a passage. This frightened Mrs. Marceau very much, as her husband has repeatedly he would kill her, and she thought he was about to execute his fell designs. “Naturally Then there was the noise of tue giv locks, and, overcome with terror, Mrs. Mar- k v nothing more till she found herself alone with her mother and her lit- as an outrage, sir, an abominable outrage,” declared Mr. McPike, earnestly. ‘‘Maloney nor any other man was mn Mrs. Marceau’s rooms. She was alone and no one but a perjurer will say she was not.” “What will Mrs. Marceau’s answer be ?”” was asked. “I don’t know yet, Marceau’s complaint.” “It has the one charge of infidelity.” “That will be denied in whole.” “Will there be any counter charges?” “That 1 cannot say now. Iwill tell you, though, that Mr. Marceau will never get the divorce from her. “Mrs. Marceau is not a guilty woman,” Mr. McPike added impressively. *She may be a little too voluble at times, but she bas done nothing wrong. She was in- discreet in keeping the servants she has about her. I told her so a month ago. She declared that she had nothine to fear from what they might say. Now, how- ever, it looks as'if there might be danger that they will be emploved to swear to lies. There can beno doubt but they are false to her. Still, you may rest assured that the only way Mr. Marceau can sub- stantiate his charges will be by perjury.” The story of Maloney’s acquaintance with Mr, Marceau’s pretty wife is a pe- culiar one. It was brought about through a suit brought by Marcean about a year ago to force the young horseman to pay for some photographs. It seems that Maloney was about to go East, when Marcezu had him held ona charge of attempting to leave the State to defraud his creditors. In order to get a warrant Mr. Marceau had to give a bond for twice the amount involved and Mrs. Marceau went on her shusband’s bond. The sum for which she was responsibie was some $3000, The affair was arranged at the time, and Maloney continued his interrupted jour- ney. He returned a feww months since, and was very wrathy about his detentio: He wanted to get even with the pho- tographer, and went to Attorney Charles Hanlon and instructed Hanlon to arrest and bring suit against Marceau and his two bondsmen for having maliciously oc- casioned his (Maloney’s) arrest and de- tention. 3 “1 heard Malonev and Hanlon discuss- ing the matter one day,” said Mr. McPike, in speaking of the affair. *‘I at once pro- tested against their submitting Mrs. Mar- ceau to the humiliation and annoyance of a suit. We talied it over, and I assured them that Mrs. Marceau was an innocent party to the suit, and Mr. Maloney agreed that'if he could be sure of that he would I have not read Mr. not press the matter. “I saw Mrs. Marcean the next day,” Mr. McPike continued. “I advised her that it would be well for her to see Mr. Maloney about the matter, and she did so. The suit was stopped, and Mr. Maloney afterward made several calls upon her, 1 understand, The last of these was on Wednesday night, when he went to her rooms to call upon Mrs. Marceau and her mother, in company with Mr. Hanlon.” pad - G MRS. MARCEAU’S WILL. It Grieved the Colonel Because His Name Was Omitted From the Testament. Colonel and Mrs. T. C. Marceau have been living apart from each other for the past two months, and their society friends have wondered whether they would ever kiss and make up, or whetlier, in the near future, a divorce suit of Marceau vs. Mar- cean would adorn the calendar of the Superior Court. The wife occupied her luxuriously fur- nished suite of rooms in the Palace Hotel; the husband extemporized a boudoir of almost oriental magnificence in one of the rooms connected with his photograph gal- lery several blocks away. She has her meals served in her rooms and is attended by her own French maid and a colored girl. He has no French at- tendant, but his apartments are looked after by a gentleman domestic whose native place is separated from France by the British Channel and the Irish Sea. In the case bf meals the mountain does not go to Mahomet, and so the colonel dines, a la grass widower, in the high-priced res- aurants uptown. As a matter of fairness it must be said that the colonel did keep his wife ever in his memory. He continued paying her bills just the same as he used to pay them when he was basking in the suunshine of her society, for she is a sunny creature and well knows how to enjoy the good things of life. Eyery month he put up $250 for the rent of her suite in the Palace Hotel, and about as much more for ber board and that of her servants. Then she went out riding almost every day and the colonel paid the bills. ‘When she haa company of an evening, say & lady and gentleman friend, she pressed a button in the wall and ordered champagne, oysters and icecream brought up, for hospitality is one of ber most shining graces. The colonel was not pres- ent to partake of these delicacies, but he had the melancholy pleasure of paying for them after they have been digested He made no murmur of complaint or hour of the morning?’ gasped Mrs, Mar- | she did not open the door. THE THREE PRINCIPALS IN YESTERDAY'S SEXSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT. THE HUSBAND—COLONEL THEODORE C. MARCEAU. [From a photograph by Marceau.] THE WIFE—MRS. THEODORE C. uy) 4//;, MARCEAU. [From a photograph by Marceau.] THE CO-RESPONDENT—JOHN H. MALONEY, [From a photograph by Marcequ.] dissatisfaction, for that is the style in which they have always lived. As her husband, he is responsible for her living expenses, even though he may not have a share in incurring them. Her own separ- ate income, about $1200 per month, would be sufficient to keep the wolf from the | door even should the colonel become an anchorite and betake himself to some lonely isle in the tropic seas, but as the colonel is not an anchorite she is not obliged to spend very much out of the in- come of her separate estate. Henge she was in no hurry to institute a suit for divorce. She said that she had good grounds for divorce, but did not in- tend bringing an action. 3 The big obstacle which stood in the way of an amicable divorce, however, is said to be an indebtedness of between $26,000 and $28,000, which the colonel insists she owes him. This is said to be a balance due on $60,000 alleged to have been advanced to her by the colonel at the time of their marriage, or |horfl§ thereafter, for the purpose of clearing off mortgages on Mrs. Marcean’s property at Fresno. Mrs, Marceau advanced as an offset the claim that whatever money was expended by her during their trip through Euro some years ago should be repaid her by the colonel, as he, being her husband, was responsible for those expenses. This, with some other offsets, it is alleged, would wipe outthe balance claimed by the colonel as being due to him. For two months four lawyers—two on each side—have been trying to settle the matter of property satisfactorily to poth parties, but they have not yet succeeded in breaking the deadlock.” Some of the colonel’s friends say that he has been shadowed by private detectives who would ke glad to catch him tripping lightly over his marriage vows, in which contingency, they add, the dispute about property ar- rangements would besettled very speedily. But thus far they say the detectives have had plenty of walking exercise and a steady job, the colonel having conducted himself” as from time immemorial in a manner befitting the head of a family. Although it Is only two months since husband and wife have ceased to dwell under the same roof they have not lived together in all respects_as man and wife since last September. In that month, it is alleged by her, he got drunk and beat and kicked her, causing black and blue marks to appear upon her arms and hip. These marks she exhibited at the time to more than one person, whose statements are stowed away in a safe place to be produced | in the event of a suit to dissolve the bonds of matrimony. Her story is to the effect that when trav- eling in the East with Colonel Marceau they stopped for a while in Cincinnati, where the colonel has an aristocratic pho- tograph gallery. There he went on a glori- ous spree, and _being very disagreeable in his cups treated her so cruelly that she took her children and came to San Fran- cisco without kissing him good-by. He was very angry when he sobered n‘p and found that his wife had gone to California, and when he arrived here he was in no amiable mood. But the thing which annoyed him most, and which he said almost broke his heart, was the discovery of his wife's last will and testament. One day while in their apartments in the Palace he saw the end of a sheet of legal cap sticking out of a bu- reau drawer. The paper was loose and not inclosed in an envelope or-other wrapper, and he glanced at it through curiosity. He found that it was his wife’s will. In it she had provided for her two children, one ofi whom was by her deceased hus- band, John D. Fiske, and the other was Colonel Marceau’s. The will was terseand well drawn, Mrs. Marceau being a gradu- ate of Vassar College, but what was his astonishment and chagrin when he saw that he was not even mentioned. “There was not even a solitary admis- sion that_she had a husband at all,” said Colonel Marceau to a friend. “‘She did not leave me $1 or her love and affection— just passed me by asif I never existed. That was one of the roughest deals I ever got from her. It almost broke my heart.” In truth the colonel seemed to be more cut up by this mark of a lack of affection than ne had ever been before, even when he thumped the drunken capitalist in Santa Cruz on the night before his wed- ding, or when he had a row in Peters- burg with a handsome Russian Count. It'is belieyed also that only for the dis- covery of the will an amicable arrange- ment would have been madz before this of the property dispute, and that if Mrs. Marceau had insisted upon a separation no obstacie would bave been thrown in the way. Shortly after the military wedding the colonel and his bride made an extended tour of Europe, going as far as Peters- burg, and indulging in the festiv- ities of the aristocracy of that gay capital. While there the colonel made the acquaintance of a dashing Russian Count, well provided with both money and good looks. The Count accompanied the newly wedded coupie as far as Monaco, from which resort came a report to the London newspapers to the effect that the wealthy American, Lieutenant - Colonel Marceau, of the staff of his Excellency the Governor of California, U. 8. A., had gone on a spree and had punched the head of the wealtby nobleman from the frozen land of the Czar. There was more scandal of the pugilistic kind after the couple returned to this City. On one occasion, while under the influ- ence of new champagne, the colonel ran a muek in his apartments in the Palace Hotel and literally “knocked the stuffing” out of the plush upholstered furniture. It appears that he was angry with his wifeat that time. On another oscasion he created a scene in front of the Villa, near Golden Gate Park, in the afternoon.” He found his wife’s phaeton in front of the house, and on making an investigation be became dis- pleased and very loudly, too, because his wife was partaking of refreshments with a friend. The last time the colonel’'s name ap- peared in the newspapers was during the Christmas holidays last year when a Christ- mas tree in_his apartments in the Palace Hotel caught fire from the lighted tapers hung upon its branches. The tree was thrown out of the window and the Fire De- partment was called out. TP FAVOR MRS. MARCEAU. Hote! Employes Declare That There Was No Man in That Lady’s Rooms. J. McDermott, the clerk at the Palace Hotel, declares that Mr. Marceau did not find Mr. Maloney or any other man "in Mrs. Marceau’s rooms. *The first I knew that there was any trouble was about 3:15 o’clock yesterday morning,” said Mr. McDermott. ‘“Then Mr. Marceau went out with Brown, the servant, Mrs. Brown and the buby. He stopped in the office and said there was a man in his wife’s room and he wanted him taken out. He was flushed and much ex- cited. “1 at once called the walchman and Mr. Marceau repeated his statement. 1 sent the watchman at once to Mrs. Mar- ceau's rooms and he found no one there. He 1s an experienced man, and if there had been any one in the room he would have known it. Mr. Marceau came back laterand I told him there had been no one in the room."” Mr. Sawyer, the watchman, said he saw Mr. and Mrs. Brown -get into a carriage with the Marceau baby. Knowing they were in_ Mrs. Marcezu’s employ, he thought it was all right. It was not till he got into the office that he learned that Mr.ld Marceau was in possession of the child. “Mr. Marceau told me that there was a wman in his wife's room and he wanted him removed,” Mr. Sawyer said. “I went to - the rooms at once. Mrs. Mar- ceau’s mother told me that Mr. Marceau had stolen away the baby and begged me to stay about the rooms and see that no one did them harm. I stayed about the room all night. I am confident that there was no one there.” Manager Kirkpatrick said he thought Mr. Marceau had made a big mistake. “It is evident that he acted on the ad- vice of the servant,”’ said Mr. Kirkpatrick. ““It is as evident that the servant made a false report to gain the good graces of the man who was paying him to play false to his mistress. It is hardly probable,”” added Mr. Kirkpatrick, “that Mrs. Marceau would be so foolish as to receive a man in the rooms with her mother, even if she were inclined to be bad.” Once on a time Fiske, armed with a club, Mrs. Fiske with a horsewhip and a negro with the gun went to a newspaper office and laid out the editor. Fiskeused hisclub with such effect that the gun and horse- whip were not brought into action. Fiske had trouble with Barton, a Fresno capi- talist, and sought to compel him to pay a large sum of money. 1In this trouble Mrs. Fiske’s name was unpleasantly involved. While the dis- pute was pending and creating a great sen- sation in Eresuo society, Fiske was shot and killed on the street by Joseph D. Still- man. The slayer was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary, and is still alive and in prison, i On the death of her husband Mrs. Fiske collected life insurance policies of a large amount in the aggregate. She also came into possession of a vast deal of incum- bered real estate. She soon had money enough to gratify her luxurious tastes, and by a generous use of her wealth attracted the attention of society and suitors. Theodore Marceau, handsome, prosperous also in a pecuniary sense, and holding the exalted military rank of lieutenant-colonel on the staff of the Governor of the most prosperous State in the ion, presented advantages of a prospective husband that a woman of forethought could not resist. Marceau, thus equipped, entered the field and won the irealest triumph ever achieved by the National Guard of Cali- fornia. The engagement was brief and the wedding gorgeous. The ‘‘nuptials were celebrated,” as soci- ety editors would say, at the fea Beach Hotel, Santa Cruz, where John T. Sullivan, the landlord, was at the zenith of his glow- ing career as a manager. Auspiciously it happened that-all of the troops of the guard were encamped at Santa Cruzat that time, so the display of gold lace, shoulder- straps, plumes and all the glittering para- hernalia of militia on a peace footing was indeed picturesque and astounding. The wedding was flashed up with the most alluring headlines, and ‘‘among those present’’ were many who had pri- vately telegraphed to San Francisco man- aging editors to have their names omitted. The cause for this requested suppression may now be stated. It appears that an inebriated individual, whose name was iiven to the world as ‘‘Hanscombe,” made imself conspicuous at the hotel by de- manding admission to the apartments of the prospective bride. He would not take her “no” for an answer. So Lieuten- ant-Colonel Marceau was advised of the invasion and proceeded to repel the im- vader. In doing so he blackened the eyes of Hanscombe and then tumbled him down- stairs. This impediment being removed, the marriage proceeded without further obstacle. Some of the society ladies of San Francisco who were willing to be re- ported as attending the wedding did not want their names published as attending the fight, so the wires were hot with pri- vate telegrams to the managing powers of the press in this town. W. H. Maloney, who lives at the Palace Hotel with his two sons and a danghter, is in no way associated with or related to the horseman, J. H. Maloney, the co-re- spondent in the Marceau divorce case. JOBN F. FINERTY DINED The Irish Nationalist and Orator Entertained by His Com- patriots. He Makes a Brilliant Plea for the Union of the Race in the Cause of Freedom. The Hon. John F. Finerty of Chicago was given a recepticn and banquet by the Knights of the Red Branch at the hall of the society on Mason and O'Farrell streets last night. Fully 500 Irish-American citizens were present to testify their appreciation and|| respect for the distinguished Nationalist | as well as their loyalty to the cause of Irish independence. Banquet-tables were extended about the hall, which was appropriately decorated with American and Irish National colors, while a ““Welcome to Finerty” in gilded letters bung from the ceiling, The scene was one of great animation. Dr. P. J. O'Neill presided and on his right was the guest of honor. Among those present were J. J, Q’Brien, Judege Cooney, Colonel O’Byrme, Super- visors Dimond &nd King, Frank T. Shea and Captain Sheehy. The toast to Colonel Finerty was drunk with enthusiasm, and when the orator rose to speak he was cheered repeatedly. He made an eloquent plea for the unity of the Irish race in the cause of national in- dependence for the old land. He did not believe that legislative methods would ever accomplish the desired end for the fatherland. That could only be secured by resorting to physical force. This senti- ment was loudly applauded by the gather- ing. Colonel Finerty went on to say that an effort should be made to unite the Prot- estants and Catholics of Ireland in acom- mon cause for the absolute release of the island from British control. There were other speeches in a similar strain, and the gathering adjourned at S e MALONEY LACONIC. The Co-Respondent Makes a Brief but Emphatic Denial of Mr. Mar~ ceau’s Charges. John H. Maloney, the co-respondent, had very little to say last night. That little was to the point, however. “The whole statement made by Mr. Marceau is false and absurd,” he declared. “I have plenty to say, but I do not intend to say it now. When the time comes I will speak more freely."” Mr. Maloney explained that he did not wish to be discourteous. He was acting on the advice of his attorney, Mr. Hanlon, and he must, therefore, be excused from speaking further. He intimated that he could refute the statements concerning himself, but refused positively to discuss them. Lo A SENSATIONAL CAREER. Chapter of Fresno History—Mar- ceau Military Wedding at Santa Cruz—Scenes in Europe. Duricg her career in Fresno as the wife of J. D. Fiske, and since the tragic death of her first husband and her sub- sequent marriage to Colonel Marceau, the defendant in the divorce case has fur- nished the newspapers with a variety of items. She is a native of New Jersey and was fiot more than sixteen years old when she married Fiske. The story was told at the time of the wedding that Fiske made love to the mother, carefully concealing the fact that the true object of his affection was the daughter of “sweet 16.” The moiher had property, and to allay sus- picion that he was ueklng by marriage to obtain her worldly goods Fiske advised her to deed all of her property tc her daughter. The deeds were so executed by the credu- Jous widow, and then Fiske married the daughter and hied to Fresno. Surely, Fiske did cut a wide swath in Kresno and supplied the daily press of that city with material for many sensa- tional articles. He owned the Fiske Opera- house and conducted what was known as the “Water Tank Theatrical Circuit.” He engaged Eastern combinations of talent to produce great dramatic attractions at water-tank stations, and when the advance agent came along and saw that the station could not turn out an audience of more than twenty people the engnfemont was canceled. Fiske promptly claimed the forfeiture of $100 for violation of contract and was often successful in collecting judement. z Fiske and his wife had trouble in Fresno. midnight after singing “God Save Ire- land.”” BLOOMER SMUGGLERS. Arrival of the Bloomer Girls Who Were Convicted in the Hawaiian Courts. Mrs. G. Rodriguez and Miss Annie Gon- zalves were the most interesting passengers on the steamer Australia thatarrived from Honolulu last Wednesday night. They were arrested in the island republic on a charge of smuggling and were found guilty of landing thirty-three tins of opium. were sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve a month of hard labor ‘“‘on the reef.”’ Their companions in trouble were S. Mer- sich, the second messboy in the officers’ quarters, and a man named I. Bonni- antia, who lived in Honolulu. All re- ceived the same sentence, but Charles Creighton, the attorney, took up their case and carried it to the Supreme Couzt, secur- infi an acquittal. r. Creighton was Attorney-General of Hawaii under King Kalakaua and was a long time an_exile in San Francisco. ‘When pardoned he returned to Honolulu and went into partnership with Paul Neu- mann. He has now resumed practice and 18 doing well. His mother and sister make their home in San Francisco. Mrs. Rodriguez and Miss Gonzalves are from Halfmoon Bay. The young lady was said to be sick, and the trip to ‘“The Para- dise of the Pacific” was taken on her ac- -count. When they reached their destina- tion they walked ashore without question, but some informer went to customs au- thorities, and officers were soon on their trail. They were located at the home of Bonniantia, and under his bed were found two pairs of bloomers with thirty-three pockets, in each of which was a five-tael can of the best Hongkong opium. The drug here is worth about $15 a pound, while in-Honolulu it readily brings about $40, so that the smugglers would have net- ted $662 50 if their scheme had carried. The defense made in the Supreme Court by Messrs. Creighton and Neumann was that there was not a tittle of evidence to connect the prisoners with the bloomers and the opium. The Judge took that view of the matter and dismissed the case. The women and Bonniantia lost no time in taking P““f: for San Francisco on the Australia, while Mersich is coming on the barkentine S. C. Allen. Mrs. Roari- fi'" and Miss Gonzalves will return to alfmoon Bay,where they will rest and re- cuperate after their adventures in Hawaii. Both of them almost went into hysterics on the wharf yesterday when questioned about the bloomer episode. NEW TO-DAY. “Red Letter Dgs” Imagine yourself the owner of a pretty Sitting-room Desk, like this picture shows. It’s easy. * That is, if you buy it during “Red Letter Days” it’s easy. Dozens of them are reduced— this is just a sample. Sitting-room Desk . S 1] |"|l|”! m I e lime The picture shows it exactly. 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