The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896 THE SAN JOSE WILL CONTEST, A Witness Tells of Strange Eccentricities of George H. Parker. LOVED NOT HIS WIFE. Nicknamed the Woman “Beauty” Because She Was Plain of Feature. JIN FEAR OF BECOMING INSANE Mrs. Law Says the Decedent Com- plained That He Was Nagged About His Will. BAN JOSE, Car,, May 25.—The contest of the will of George H. Parker, deceasad, was resumed in Judge Reynolds’ court this morning. The room was filled with | spectators, a large number of whom were ladies. The contestant, Emma L. Parker, widow of the deceased’s son, was in court accompanied by several lady friends. The objection made last Thursday by D. M. Deimas to the admissibility of evidence | to show undue 1nfluence exercised in 1874 | over the decedent as too remote was over- | ruled on the ground that contestant’s | counsel in the opening statement claimed undue influence had been exercised over Parker ever since his son’s marriage. | The examination of Mrs, Law was re- sumed by Attorney Coogan for the con- testant. She said she had a conversation with George Parker prior to his departnre | to the East in 1874. He said he was going | 1o investigate the stories circalated about his daughter-in-law. He was gone about three months. When he came back he | #aid some of the stories he heard about his | #on’s wife were not true. He said he had | taken hisdaughter-in-law out riding. The | witness had been very intimate with | r and his wife Delia when | g in San Francisco, between 4 and 1383. Continuing she the years 187 eaid: fter his return from the Eas: in 1874 Parker never engaged in any active | it. At that time the Parker Tesided at 1122 Market street. A when I was married, they were at that bouse. Afterward I lived on Eddy street. During all tbis time I kept an acquaint- ance with the Parkers. We visited fre- quently. 1often saw letters in his posses- sion. He would open the letters and read | them. Then he would hand them to his wife. She would read them, often to me, and then fold them up and put them away in a desk. I was living in_San Francisco | in 1836, and the Parkers, I believe, were living in 8an Jose. Once, while he was in San Francisco, he was sued for alleged defamation of character.” Mrs. Law testified in regard to what G. H. Parker had said when he was sued f defamation of character. He declared | that his money would zll be taken from | him and that he would have to go to the | poorhouse. ‘‘He said he would rather commit sui- cide than have his home taken away from | him,"” said the witness. *‘He then went away to Sunol, in this State, for a while. After his return from Sunol and prior to | his wife’s death in April, 1892, ke resided | in San Jose. While he was in San Jose I saw bim occasionally. “When Delia Parker died I was not at | their home. After her death he safd he | wanted his wife’s effects taken out of the house, as they 2nnoyed him. People were | taking the things away piece by piece and he did not_know what would become of them all. He said I could take what 1 | wanted. He gave her effects to my | charge. I was at the Vendome when he | Was stopping there, after his wife's death.”’ ~'Did Mr. Parker ever say anything to you about being engaged to three women 8t the same time?” was asked. “‘Is that an evidence of insanity ?” asked Mr. Delmas. “I take it that such a state of affairs, if it existed, did not indicate very great soundness of mind,” answered Attorney Coogan. ‘ Well, just go ahead,” retorted Mr. 'Delmn; “I will not object to the ques- ion.” | ‘“‘Mr. Perker told me that he was en- gaged to widow named McCracken in Ala- meda,” said the witness. ‘‘Hesaid he was going to build a fine home, where he could have a good time, plenty of entertain- ment, beer, lots of young girls and no old cranks. He intended, he said, to have the bouse brilliantly lighted up every night. The other lady that he was engaged to lived in San Jose. He could not decide which he would take, and there was still another onein Chicago that he knew he could marry. He said he would go on there first and see her before deciding about marriage. *“Isaw Mr, Parker before he went East, in 1893. He then said his head troubled him very much., He seemed afraid he was going crazy. Reference was made by him at the time to a report that he had received that bis son was ill and had gone to Bermuda. His sisier, Jane, wrote and said taere was nothing in the report that Ed Parker was ill. He said he going East and was going to take Marshall Pom- eroy with him, as his memory was bad and he had to have somebody to help him remember things, as they went from him as soon as he heard them. I met Jane Pomeroy in San Francisco when she first came to California, and afterward we cor- responded together. *‘ The first letter I received from her was & week after Mrs. Delia Parker died. The letters were written by Jane Pumeroy from Hartford, Conn. Tn 1893 1 went to Jersey City and from there wrote to Mrs. Jane Pomeroy and received a response from her. In consequence of her letter I | went to Hartford and saw Noah and Jane Pome home. There I unexpectedly found Mr. Parker. He and I visited Delia Parker’s grave. On ourreturn in a car- riage, be said he was J;oing home as soon &s he could, as he had been nagged about his wili. He declared that he was tired of this and he wanted to get somewhere by himself, where he could do as he %Ieaud and fix his will to his own liking. e said he had not been able to fix his will to his own liking at first. Marshall Pomeroy was also at Hartford at the time. ‘I remained at the home of the Pome- roys that night. They hada siiritualist circle there that night and a darky named Joe was the medium. Mr. Parker and Mrs, Pomeroy told me that the colored man was the medium. He went under control and pretended to be the spirit of G. H. Parker’s mother and also of his wife. On the afternoon of that day I had a conver- sation with Mr. Parker. "He said he had been to Cottage City and found his son Ed very ill. He wanted me to zo to see Ed, and he wanted me to see his son and his wife and see what I thought of her. He said she seemed ali right to him. “He once told me,” resumed the wit- ness, “that be had visited Fred Evans, a slate-writer, at San Francisco. He came into my house and threw his coat upon the lounge. He handed me a pair of slates upon which there was a message. He asked me to look over the writing and see what I thought of it.”” The witness was then handed the slates ibat had already been.introduced in evi- dence. She was not positive, but she { ing the bottle was pretty well emptied. | singer and was frequently heard at fine 8! thought they were the same as Mr. Parker had shown her at that time. ‘¢le asked me,” continued the witness, | “to compare some of his wife’s writing with thaton the slates. I said the signa- | ture on the slaies looked something like | that of Mrs. Parker. He then said he| would go crazy, and went into the bath- | room and let’ the water run on his bare | feet. I took him out of the bathroom for fear he would take cold. I dried his feet | and gave him some dry socks. Before he | went to bed he called for some whisky. I gave bim some in a glass from a bottle | and he said it was a weak dose. After- ward he drank some more, and by morn- “Shortly after his wife's death, Mr. Parker said that he wanted what he bad accumulated to go to his own flesh and blood—his son. I once had a talk with George H. Parker in regard to what my brother wrote me from the East regarding Ed Parker. Itold him that I could not understand why such a feeling against Xd Parker existed, as my brother told me that his son and his wife were in good so- ciety in Hartford, and that she was a good entertainments. My brother, in his let- ter to me, said he had been at Ed Parker’s house and he had been well impressed with him and his wife. “I once told G. H. Parker,” said the | witness, ‘“that his wife was good and economical, and that he ought to furnish | her all the money and clothing she | needed and let otheér women alone. He replied that he did not care anything about his wife, and that he did not marry her because he loved her; he married her, he said, for a housekeeper and companion, as she would do as well as any one else for that purpose. He once said he did not tie up to his wife and would be glad if he could see herin her coffin. He said he was very fond of roung women. ‘“‘After his wife's death he said he was in distress and he never knew what his wife's beauty was till he saw her in her | coffin. He had, he said, durirg her life- | time called her Beauty because she was so homely. The tears came to his eyes when he spoke of his wife's goodness. That was after her death.” Mrs. Law occupied the stand the entire | day, and her deafness made the taking of testimony very difficult and slow. Her testimony was not finished, and she will resume her story to-morrow morning. EUREKA'S FAVORITE SON, Frank McGowan a Candidate for Congressional Honors in His District. Has the Backing of the Republican Leaders in Humboldt County. | EUREKA, Can, May 25.—In to-mor- row’s Times Hon. Frank McGowan, State | Senator from this district, will announce | thatheis a candidate beforethe Repub- | lican Congressional Convention for Repre- | sentative from the First Congressional | District. News of the announcement, | while it causes little surprise, is received | with general epproval by party leaders | here. Humboldt County desires a man to | look after her needs, and none 1s more conspicuous in his record of public service and populanty than Frank McGowan. MeGowan is 35 years of ageand a native | of the State of Washington. He was edu- | cated in the public schools. In 1883 he | was admitted to practice and in 18%6 was | elected to the Assembly. Then came the | first Senatorial race, in which he defeated Hon. J. P. Haynes, Humboldt's veteran Judge. A second term as Etate Senator was won over Al Stimson. McGowan has been chairman of the Senate Judiciary | Committee for six years. Heisthe author | of the pure butter act, the act giving pref- erence to ex-Union soldiers, the county high school actand many others of im- | portance. an has any hobbies they are the protection of American industries and the restriction of foreign immigration. He isa bimetallist and enthusiastic in sup- | port of the Nicaragua Canal pro; . Inthe social orders to which he belongs he stands | high, being past grand chanceilor of the | Knights of Pythias, a prominent Odd | GRADUATES PAVE STANFORD'S COURT The ’'g6 Class Plate Laid at the Entrance to the Chapel. NOVEL IDEA OF SENIORS Each Retiring Class Will Add a Brass Block to the : Pavement. IRWIN'S FARCE PRESENTED. Students About to Finish Their Work Participate in a Final Celebration. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Carn, May 25.—The senidr class day programme opened this morning with the farce en- titled ““‘An Intercoliegiate Affair,” written by W. H. Irwin '88. At 10 o’clock the Encina Gymnasium was fully occupied, and the clever farce proved a most enjoy- able diversion. It was local in its founda- tion, and all the situations could be under- stood and appreciated by the audience. Many “joshes” were got off on those who have attracted attention by their pecu- liarities. The first act was laid in the lobby of Encina Hall ona Saturday evening; the second in tne laboratory of sporadic mi- crophology on thefollowing Monday after- noon, and the final act in the quadrangle on the same evening. The scenery was excelient and was well arranged. The plot of the play in briefis as foliows: Ned Evans, a Berkeley student, is in love with a Stanford co-ed—Nell Holton—the daughter of a minister. Evans’ reputa- tion js not up to a minister’s ideal on the | temperance question, and the father ob- jects violently to his paying any attention to Nell. Ned wired Latham, his Btanford friend, that he is coming down to Stanford to fix things up with his sweetheart, and by mistake Latham receives another dis- patch addressed to Dr. Jordan from a newly engaged professor in microphology, statting that the latter cannot arrive with- in a week of the tirne at which he 1s ex- pected. In the meantime Nell’s father makes an unexpected visit to Stanford to see his daughter, and it begins to look as though Ned would be unable to see Neil, especially if her pious father knew of his arrival. A brilliant thought strikes Latham; he insists that his friend Ned shall imper- sonate the expected professor in micro- phology, and as such he is introduced to the minister, who takes a great liking to | him. The mistakes which Ned makes in | the classroom, notwithstanding the watch- | fulness of Latham, who has been ap- pointed his assistant in the laboratory and does understand something of micro- vhology, are ludicrous. In the meantime, the new professor arrives and Ned is forced to declare him- self, or, rather, doesso voluntarily; and, as a result, he seems in a fair way to have his chances ruined on account of hisde- ception, when Latham again comes to his aid and induces the old man to consent to Nea as a son-in-law. The acting of those who took part was excellent—especially H. H. Brown as La- tham and Miss Martin as Nell. Baldwin vlayed his part well; in fact, no fanit conld My 7/ o4 ’/l/,; 111 % Hom. Frank MoGowan, Who Has Announced Himself as a Candidate for Congress. Fellow and & member of the Soms of Veterans. el IDG e MISSING FROM POCATELLO. Fears That the Members of a Fishing Party Have Been Captured by Bannock Indians. POCATELLO, Ipamo, May 25.—Great anxiety is felt in this city to-night over the continued absence of a fishing party of seven employes in the mechanical de- partment of the Union Pacific Railway. They left on Saturday morning for the bottoms on the Fort Hall reservation, ex- pecting to return on Sunday. Itis feared the treachero us Bannocks have captured them, as it is known that these Indians are biding their time to avenge the death of their comrades last summer in Jackson Hole. An srmed posse ieft late last night for the fishing grounds in search of the miss- ing party, and if it is unsunccessful several parties will start at dayiight. A courier has been sent to the Indian agency at Ross Fork to _ascertain if any intelligence has been ree¢eived there. ——r Tule River District Strife. VISALIA, CAr., May 25.—An injunction has been issued by Judge Gray restraining George 8. Owen, collector of the Tule River Irrigation District, from proceeding vossibly be found with the characters in Following was the cast: any particular. Rey. D. Holton (Yale '84) J. Wilson Wilkins (Stanford lector of everything.......... H. 8. Hicks . W. Riter sporadic micro- Students In nc Minnie Microbe. S Pphology. Lottie Lenz.. Nell Holton. Flossio Fresh Matilda Prim The Telegrap! In the afternoon the senior class met in the quadrangle for the annual class exer- cises. Last year the ‘‘Pioneer’” class es- tablished the precedent of dedicating n brass plate, which was affixed to the '95 tree. This year's graduates determined to outdo their predecessors and obtained the permission of the university authorities to take up cne of the concrete blocks in the corridor of the quadrangle at the entrance of the Stanford Chug;’l that is to be and substitute for it a brass block, with the class figures, '96, molded therein. It is the intention to take up one of the concrete blocks each year and allow the students of the graduating class to follow the prece- dent established by ’96. A very unique programme had been pre- pared. President R. L. Wilbur of the class opened the exercises in a short speech, stating the expectations of the class in orig'nating such a precedent and the right of the class to enjoy distinction as such with the sale of property within the dis- trict upon which the irrigation taxes are -delinquent. The injunction was issued at the instance of Chris Floter of Woodville. originator. The “‘Class History,” written by Miss Grace E. Clark, was read by John Gregory. It contained & brief review of the achieve- ments of the class in university affairs; t the record on the track, in football, base- ball and Kindred sports; the memorable accomplishments of certain of its mem- bers; the work of '96 classmen on the col- lege papers and in intercolleziate debates, and iéom these records ukecil the audience to_judge of the graduating class. l;roleuor EJI Barnef addressed the class. He characterized the graduation of students as tue greatest examination in a student’s life ana one too often not appre- ciated or understood. *‘The greatest good that can come to us from our jour years’ association here,” said Professor Barnes, *‘is seli-understand- ing—a rational self-consciousness, tem- gored and sweetened with faith and hope. Self-knowledge is the first requisite to sane living.” Professor Farl Barnes exhorted the graduates to remember that the only safe | shelter under which a man or woman | could rest in law was recognition of the never-changing will of the Omnipotent Rauler of the universe, for the discovery and furtherance of which the Stanford Univer- sity was founded and maintained. Pro- fessor Barnes then illustrated the neces- sity of having one’s real companions—the invisible intimates of the soul—shown from the study of the world’s neroes or their work in tie spirit of art and liter- ature. Unless the student showed & fair degree of proficiency in power to love he was unworthy of graduation, for it was that which gave the right to man to lead men. “Love is a finer sort of understanding; it makes possible the appreciation of a that is elevating and inspiring,” he said. The class song written by J. A. Tucker to the tune of “Vivels camgnuie" was sung at the conclusion of Professor Barnes’ address, and Mr. Tucker read the “Last Will and Testament” of the class, in which, with all legal form and cere- mony, the; ueathed to under-classes or under-classmen all the things on which “‘joshes” have been got off to a point uldnn]usuelg. The willl was very humorous and elicit at applause. H. H. Bro‘?:unreiled the plate and de- livered the finest address of the afternoon, (ORANGE COUNTY ~ WATER RIGHTS ~ | Land-Owners Deprived of the | Supply From Santiago Creek. | |LARGE TRACT AFFECTED | e Lt The Irvine Company Declared the Owner of Irrigation | Privileges. | SOUTHERN PACIFIC 10SES LAND Judge Ross of Los Angeles Decides a Case Relating to Grants and Patents. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 25.—Judge Ross of the United States Circuit Court this morning filed an opinion of great im- vortance, affecting the water privilege fo W. H. Irwin of Stanford University, "98. mree9t0000 IGO0 R. L. Wilbur, President of the Gradu- ating Class at Stanford. “In a few short hours we go out into the world to line up with our predecessors, to begin our carecer as alumni. Whether we prove worthy members, whether we suc- ceed or fail, depends largely uvon what we haveor have not done in college,” said i e. The speaker compared the student to the tree which grew as it was inclined while still a twig. A comparison was drawn between the inducements at older institutions ard at Stanford, ‘“where everything is new, unique and wholesome and a new die i{s brought to bear on student life and a new type goes forth. The speaker did not believe that if a grad- uate left with the Stanford impression and fitled with the Stanford sentiment he would fail. He continued: ““The '96 plate to the donors marks a be- ginning and an ending. College days are over, and '96 must pitch into the rough and tumble of life. But in a sense it will be history repeating itself. The period- icity of college life will recur to mark the stages of after life. To-morrow we will be freshmen again. We shall be looked upon as uncouth, untried. We shall be laughed at and imposed upon ; be rebuffed and dis- appointed. Weshall pass again through '.ge sophomore, the junior and the senior periods to the conclusion of full, eventful and intense lives.”’ ; The speaker described the expectation of the ’96 class in laying their first stone, and when the event had recurred for ninety successive years the last of '96 classmen would have passed away. ‘“‘As years go by this line of class blocks will have swept down the arcade: genera- tions will have come and gone, for a cen- tury is a short space in the life of an insti- tution. But when all memory of the origination of this custom has passed into oblivion, "96 will still remain embedded in the rock.” Dr. Jordan in a neat talk accepted the gift, and the exercises of the aiternoon closed with the college anthem. MEMORIAL DAY FEATURES. Order of Exercises at the tery, Presidio. John Tuttle, W. R. Parnell, Isaac Onyon, Joseph Simonson and E. A. Bullis, com- prising the general Memorial day commit- tee of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R. met last evening at the residence of Post Commander A. J. Vining, 2112 Pine street, and adopted a programme of exercises to be observed May 30. Irving M. Scott’s acceptance of the in- vitation to deliver the address at the Na- tional Cemetery was received. Edwin Bonnell, speaking for the Cali- fornia Sons of the American Revolution, signified acceptance of an invitation to attend. General Graham, U. 8. A., commanding at the Presidio, wrote that he would be :1-;1 to nndli: the Thomas Post all the assistance in his power. The following pr:)grsmme was adopted: Members of the post will assemble on Presidio perade field at9:50 A. M. , Column will move at 10'A. X. sharp in this ational Cem- order: Fifth Artillery band, Fifth United States Artiflery, flv:’ batteries, Genmeral W. M. Graham, & !linv.lne 1l}xixenthl\' ngonlll d(;und of California, Colonel William Macdonald: val Battalion, N. G. C., Lieutenant-Com- sonfler{l..fl.];urner. EaTs ns of American Revolution. George H. Thomas No. 2, G. A. R, A. J. Vining, commande: Valentine Hoit Boclety of Sons Daughters of the Amarican Revolution. Children of the public schools. Guests in carriages. At the cemetery the exercises will con- sist of the decoration of the graves by ?rt‘dml children, while minute guns are and The other exercises will be as follows: Overture—Fiith Artillery Band, Frederick Frank, leader. Introductory address—Post Commander Vin- ing. 1 |gruer—l. A. Cruzan, departmental chap- ain. Vocal music—Knickerbocker quartet. Lincoln's Gettysburg address—Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn. Music—Band. Oration—Irving M. Scott. Music—Knickerbocker quartet. Music—Fifth Artillery band. In response to a letter from T. H. Good- man Superintendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park said all the flowers desired wouid be readily supphed. Early on the morni f May 30 ladies of Seven Pines Circle will place on each grave a wire basket of cut flowers. On Friday, after 10 o'clock, the Iladies will assemble at Red Men’s Hall, 320 Post street, to receive floral contribution: and prepare wreaths. | about 60,000 acres of as fine land as South- ern California possesses. The case is that of the Irvine Company vs. John S. Bond | et al, wherein the court overruled the plea of the defendants, with leave to answer. Itisa suitin equity brought by the complainant, & corporation organized under the laws of West Virgini: a large number of citizens of California to procure a decree guieting the complain- ant’s right of way to the waters of Santi- ago Creek in Orange County, and an in- junction emjoining the defendants from interfering with the waters or its.dams, flumes and ditches. The complainant based its right upon its alleged ownership of the rancho Lomas de Santiago in Orange County, containing 48,000 acres of land, and an adjoining tract of 12,000 acres of the ranch Santiago de Santa Ana, through which latter tract the Santiago Creek runs in its natural chan- | nel, and riparian to which, it is averred, are all the lands owned by the com- plainant. The Judge said that the allegation that Irvine fled from Orange County to avoid service in an action brought in the Orange County Superior Court, and remained in hiding until after he had executed the deed in question, is not trre. In view of the testimony he holds that he would not be justified in deciding that the convey- ance made by James irvine to the com- plainant company was fictitious and not real. Judge Ross also filed an opinion to-day in the case of the United States vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and E. M. Wright. This is a case in which certain lands were patented by the United States to the raiiroad and were also claimed by the State as school land. ‘Wright had a deed from the railroad and also a patent from the State of California. | The court held that the land did not pass | under the raiiroad grant, nor by reason of the fact that the State had selected the land as school land; and further that ihe land was not granted to the State for the reason that the State’s selection had not been approved by the Department of the Interior. The court therefore entered a decree in favor of the Government against the title held under the railroad and that held un- der the State. e THE PUENTE MURDER. Postmaster Hayes’ Life Had Been Thr eat- ened by the Mings Brothers. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 25.—The case of the People vs. George and B. W. Mings, brotbers, charged with the murder of Postmaster John Hayes st Puente on April 9, was called this morning. One affidavit was by Detective Burns, who stated thatonly a few days ago he ob- tained information that ‘made a man named Clark a material witness, and if time could be gained he would be able to vroduce Clark. The prosecution expects to show by Olark that a tew days before John Hayes was shot in his store by masked men Clark had a_ talk with Georgze Mings. Clark asked Mings how he was getting along and the latter replied, “Very bad.” Mings said money was scarce, but that if he could get into Tom Hayes’ safe things would be much better. Judge Smith granted a continuance un- til to-morrow. It is claimed that a mortgage for $2000 was held by Hayes against Georze Mings, which was past due, and for which a new note was made by Mings. The theory of the prosecution is that this mortgage fur- nished the motive for the murder. They say that a short time before the murder Hayes lost the note, while the mortg-g- was in his safe. The note was found by a man who took it to Mings and tried tosell it to him. He said it was of no consequence unless he had the mort- gage. The ‘rrosecntion claims that the Mings boys did not know that the posses- sion of the mortgaze, which had been re- corded, would do them no dgood. but be- lieved that by securing that document and za :o‘:z they would be able to wipe out e del ZLewiston Shooting 4ffray. WEAVERVILLE, CiL., May 25.—In a fight at Lewiston between Frank Canfield and Ad Hay last night Hay shot Canfield through the head, the bullet lodging in hisleft jaw. The wound is not fatal. fiay came to town and surrendered to the heriff. He was taken before Justice Philbrook and released on his own recog- nizance. He pleads self-defense. e CONVERTING SANTA ROSA. w The Equal Suffrage Leaders Open the Campaign in Sonoma County. SANTA ROSA, CiL, May 25.—The Woman’s Suffrage mass-meeting opened bere this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the M. E. church. The meetings will continue to-morrow afterncon and evening. The women in charge are Miss Harriet May Mills of New York and Miss Elizabeth U. Yates of Maine, who will be re-enforced | to-morrow by the Rev. Anna Shaw. The afternoon meeting was opened yith an eloguent prayer by Rev. E. B. Ware. Aditer a short musical programme the Rev. Mr. Ware delivered an address of wel- come. He said that he greatly enjoyed the privilege of extending a welcome to the first Women’s Congress of Sonoma County. Among the many striking things of this address of welcome was the speak- er's mention of the fact that his daughter would graduate next November from one of the ladies’ seminaries of this Bute;_thnt employed at the seminary was & Chinese cook, who, by reason of being born in Cali- fornia, would be a voter in November; but the score or more ot bright young women who would graduate that month, with all the learning and sccomplishments of modern schooling, how about them? ‘Would the voters of California declare at the polls next November that the China- man was more entitled to suffrage than | young | those briliiant and accorplishe American women? “No,” said the speaker, ‘“there is too much intelligence in California for that. The witty divine compared the frage movement toa train of cars, with An- thony and Shaw as conductors and Yates and Mills for the other train officials. The train traveled northward to Sacramento and took aboard the G. O.P., he said, and every Republican there was fur- nished with a reclining-chair. The next | gany procuring throuzh tickets was the | 'opulists. Then, steaming down to Stock- | ton, the Prohibitionists got safely on board, and, he declared, the Demoecrats | better be on time or they would get left. Miss Mills addressed the convention briefly. She said they were not new women, and they presented no new ques- tions, but a contention which men had died for in ail ages. Piato advocated equality of the sexes and Abagail Adams pleaded for equal suffrage at the forma- tion of our constitution. In speaking of the press, Miss Mills said that most papers were treating the move- | ment fairly and the fact that one great daily, living up to its motto and “‘speaking | for all” as the San_Francisco Cary did in | its avowed championship of the sufirage movement, was a mighty stride in the di- rection of equality. 1 A paper by Mrs. Dr. Thompson entitled, *Do Wives and Mothers Need the Ballot?" was a feature of the meeting and evoked continued applause. Many prominent men attended the even- | ing session. _The proceeding by the Rev. Mr. Hayden off. which was followed by R. W. - in a stirring address. Miss Hahman of Santa Rosa and Miss Alice Yates of San Francisco sang and Miss Van Davis of Ohio delivered a recitation. Then followed the principal event of the_evening, the ad- dress of Elizabeth Yates. Her talk abounded in anecdotes and happy aliu- sions, but at times her eloquent voicerang with earnest indignation, when speaking of the unjust laws of different States. She spoke of the laws excluding women from a voice in ber own Government, from the Magna Charta to the eleventh amendment to the constitution of California. and gave many facts and figures concerning the op- Eruuou of woman's suffrage laws in other tates. B MRES. BAREON LOSES. A Motion for the Dismissal of the Will Contest is Denied. SAN JOSE, CaL., Mav 25.—Judge Rey- nolds this afternoon denied the motion of Attorney E. W. McKinstry on behalf of Eva Rose Barron and her minor children for a dismissal of the contest of the will of Edward Barron, deceased, instituted by | George Barron, on the ground that the | widow and her minor children had not | been properly served with a citation. Judge Lorigan concurred. The court granted McKinstry thirty days in which to file a bill of exceptions. were opened ng a praver, Miller Es: e Committed to Agnews Asylum. SAN JOSE, Car., May 25.—Frank A. | Mansfield, an ex-Congregationalist min- | ister, and recently a student at Stanford | University, was committed to Agnews In- | sane Asylum by Judge Lorigan this after- noon. Mansfield imagines that a secret society is persecuting him. He is a native of Maine, 30 years of age and unmarried. e Foundered Off Toulon. TOULON, Fraxce, May 25.—The yacht Pinson foundered off this port yesterday. ‘fhere were nineteen persons aboard of ber, four of whom were drowned before assistance could reach them. A HEALTH T0 THE QUEEN, Victoria’s Seventy-Seventh Birth- day Patriotically Com- memorated. Flattering Reference to the Battle. ship Oregon in the Toast of *“California.” God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen. Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, | God save the Queen. With wine, speech and song twoscore loyal Britons commemorated the seventy- | seventh birthday of the Queen last nizht | at the anniversary dinner, given under | the auspices of the British Benevolent So- | ciety in the Maple Hall of the Palace | Hotel. | The hall was decorated in a fitting man- ‘ ner, on three sides of the room being hung together the Britishand American national colors, Delicate ferns and sprays of pink sweet peas ornamented the long banquet- table. At half-past 7 the guests took their seats | where an elaborate menu was | at the board, neay:d. e toasts to the Queen, the President of the United States, the Prince of Wales and the royal family were drunk sundmfi by all gresent. The toast ‘California, roposed by W. Doxey, president of the nevolent society, was enthusiastical Iy rece'l,veq. ‘‘California is a young coun- try.” said Mr. Doxey in his remarks, “‘but In many respects it stands without a peer :i:the‘w?:le world. The beautiful gran- ur of e scenery of the count iny within halfa day's Jjourney of Elrl{ rang- Cisco is to my mind unsurpassed by any- thing elsewhere, *In the grand natural beauty of Mount Tnmalpmg, of Napa Valley, of the Sierras, of Yosemite and Lake fahoe there is a sousce of perpetual pleasure. Although young, California has already made a mark in science of which any countr: might be proud. And the glorious tri- umph she " has achieved within the past fortnight in the construction of a great ship, such as not all the East or Europe can maten, makes me feel it a mat- suf- | each of which was warmly zpplauded n# interrupted by frequent cries of “‘Bravo and “Hear, hear.” | “ en’’—] ed b the chatmen. 196 President of the United States’—Proposed by thechsirman. ‘‘Prince of Wales and the Royal Family”’—Pros J.W. Warburton osed by the . chairmsn. “The Land We Bame From’_Pro,osed Dby the . chair man; response by Dr. W. F. McNutt. “Califoania”—Proposed by W. Doxey ; response by B. B. Forman. “The Merchant Service”— Proposed by J. Wellesley Moore; response by Ceotaift J. Metcalf. “The British_Benevo- lent Society”’—Proposed by W. B. Chsp man; response by the Rev. W, W. Boiton. “The Ladies”—Proposed by F. D. 0 response by William Balnaves. *“The Press | Proposed by J. F. McGauley. ““The Chairman” Proposed C. F. Mullins. NEW TO-DAY. { SOLE AGENTS FOR THE MAGGIONI KID GLOVES. CHILDREN'S AND MISSES! (Inderwear Sale, The equal of which has never been seen on this coast. All of the following lines are broken in sizes, hence the enormous reduc- tion. At 35¢ p;r— Garment. EGYPTIAN COTTON SHIRTS, TIGHTS AND PANTALETTES, former prices 85c¢, 75¢ and 85c o Sale Price 35c Each. ALL-WOOL SWISS RIBBED COM- BINATION SUITS, in small sizss, former price 75¢ per suit, Sale Price 35c per Suit. ALL-WOOL SHIRTS AND PANTS, former price 75c each, [ Sale Price 35c Each. | PURE SILK IMPORTED SWISS RIBBED SHIRTS, in small sizes, former price 81 each, Sale Price 35c Each. [ At 60e p;Garmeut. SILK AND LISLE MIXED, WOOL MIXED AND ALL WOOL SHIRTS AND PANTALETTES, former prices $1, $1.25 and $1.50 each, Sale Price 6oc Each. At 75¢ per Garment. ALL-WOOL AND WOOL-MIXED UNION SUITS, former prices $1.50 and $2.00 per Snit, Sale Price 75c per Suit. PURE SILK IMPORTED SWISS RIBBED SHIRTS. former price 175 S e ale Prlcs 7% Each, Mail Orders Promptly Filled. NEWMAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129, 131 Kearny Street. | BRANCH STORE—742 and 744 Markes Street. PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE! WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896, AT 12 O’OLOCK NOON, SAN FRANCISCO Pioneer Woolen Factory ‘Without Limit or Reserve. Seven 50-Vara Lots at the head of Van Ness Avenue, opposite the Black Polnt Reservation. Three Brick and one Frame Bulld- ing. One Four-Story Brick Factory Bullding, 64x383 feet. AF Send or Call for Circular with all details and description. SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & C0., AUCTIONEERS, 218-220 Montgomery St. MILLS BUILDING. 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