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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896. 0SBORNE'S GREED FOR OSCULATION, The Farmer Tells of ‘Stolen | Sweets Enjoyed in Boston. KISSES CAUGHT IN A CAB But One Witness Testified in the Ashley-Baldwin Suit Yesterday. HE WILL CONTINUE MONDAY A Memory That Cannot Recall the Fact of Having Written Love | Letters. John Osborne, farmer, carpenter, réal estate agent, lady-killer and tattler, was on the stand in Judge Slack’s court in the Ashley-Baldwin swit all day yesterday. During the morning session Mr. Critten- den, the plaintiff’s attorney, subjected him to & severe eross-examination. On Thursday' Osborne testified to the splendid time he had in Boston “seeing hts” in company with Miss Ashley. the He told how he finally tore himself away and went to New York, but refused the lady’s request to be taken along. ‘because of the expense.” Evidently Osborne did not find the me- | tropolis to his liking. Yesterday he ac- knowledged that he was lonesome in | Gotham and only stayed there one day, then hastened back to the Massachusetts city and from there to the home of his charmer, South Royalton, Vt. Hé ar- rived there in the morning and at once re- aired to the Tenney home, where he met | Miss Ashley. g He and Miss Ashley drove to Chelsea, where they bad dinner, and they remaineq in one another’s company until the train departed jor the west at 2 o’clock the next | morning. It was during the trip to Chel- | sea that the conversation about E. J. Bald- win oceurred. Osborne seems {o have been a most af- fectionate chap in his younger days and to have bad a decided penchant for oscula- tion. He told under cross-examination of having spread caresses broadcast through- out New England during his trip. At South Royalton, Vt., he greeted Miss Ash- | ley with a real Oregon hug and imprinted | a sweet kiss upon her lips. He did not know whbether any one saw him in the act, and although there was younz son in Mr. Tenney’s family he took no ticular precaution to conceal his | affectionate demonstrations. Again dur- ing the ride to Chelsea the bumping of the bu y over the rough road was punctuated with divers resounding smacks. He testi- fied to more h and, kisses during his cab rides in Boston and at his home there. “And,” he addeq, “'she kissed me, too.” Osborne’s w0ny as to the letters in- | ence on Thursday was novel. Hisrecollection failed him to such an extent as to provoke the question: “Have vou recently had any disease | that would affect your memory 2’ To which Osborne rep'ied that he was a little deaf, but otherwise all right. he plaintiff’s attorney attempted to draw from the witness the admission that | he wrote to M Ashley a declaration of | love, as indicated in the letters shown in court, but again his memory failed him. | He could think of no injury Miss Ashley | ever inflicted upon him unless it was o | him to loan her $500, a request that | promptly refused. | During the controversy Attorneys High- ton and Crittenden became angry and | harsh words passed, but the difficuity was | quickly quelled by Judge Slack, who | threatened to fine the participants, | Tle fact was developed that Osbourne wrote about a dozen letters, which he| acknowledged may have had in them | some reference to love, and received | but I think my mother sent him one of me at his urgent request. He said I had treated him 50 heartlessly and scorned his love. I never was alone with. John Osborne in any room, hotel or house. My mother was always with me whenever I went anywhere with Mr, Osborne in Boston or vicinity. ; During Mr. Osborne's visit to Vermont, which lasted a week or ten days, he drove me to my father's old farm in Timbridge, Vt., and I vis- jted my father’s grave. On this occasion he asked me if my mother was not pretty well off and how much money I would have for & dowry when I got married. Jans We also went toa little town in Vermont where 1had attended the academy and took dinner with some friends of mine. I never spoke to. Mr. Osborne or he to me of E.J. Baldwin or any other Western man or horseman, Osborne returned to Oregon he per- sisted in writing to me and urgently insisted on sending me $500 to pay my expenses to Oregon to become his wife. I wrote him two or three letters and said 1 would not accept the money if he sent it, and asking his forgive- ness for the “naughty, heartless manner” with which I rejected his love, for I felt sorry for | flirting with him at Royalton, when he told me and afterward wrote me that I had broken his heart. This is all I knew of John Osborne until I lis- tened to his testimony about me two days ago. I never intentionally hurt Mr. Osborne’s feel- ings, but he once told me I would rue the da; Irefused his heart and hand; that he woul live for revenge and that revenge was sweet. I never paid any attention to his threats until 1listened to his testimony about me. I must say that Ifeel thankful that I escaped mar- riage with & man of his demonstrated char- acter. FAILED FOR $10,000. A Montgomery-Avenue Grocer Whose Assets Are Very Small. Joseph Gaestel, a grocer doing business at 927 Montgomery avenue, was yesterday declared an insolvent debtor. His liabili- ties-were over $10,000 and his assets less than $500. 3 The principal creditors are the Central Building Association, $6400, secured by mortgage on real estate; 8. Kiefer, $1100, note, secured by attachment on the store; Naber, Alfs & Brune, $450, merchandise, and several smaller claims. The creditors will appear before Judee Slack on June 15 to choose an assignez, | in the State of California at the present | day is the Continental League. ORGANIZED FOR THE CAMPAIGN, Twelve Hundred and Fifty Republicans in the Con- - tinental League. TO FILL DIRIGO’S PLACE. Leading Men of All Classes Co- operating ‘in the Cause of Clean Politics. FOR PARTY PRINCIPLE ONLY, Larger Quarters to Be Secured as a Meeting Place for the Speakers. One of the most promising infant giants of the Republican organizations existing This club or league—however it may be | recognized 1n political parlance—has for for Congress. He has served on one of the recent grand juries and has had con- siderable experience in Municipal politics having been selected as a delegate to the City conventions on frequent occasions, is friends have been urging him to permit his name to go before the conven- tion at the coming ef Supervisor. 2 % olonel Fisher's activity as an energetic member of the Continental League has spread to Canton, Ohio, the home of Major McKinley, as can be seen by the following acknowiedgment received from the Ohio statesman in reply to resolutions recently adopted by the league and for- warded by Colonel Fisher: hio, May 28, 1896. ® Wil E. rfaherc,‘m"'x?mnmm-’-usu SiR: Your favor of the 23d inst. js.gratefully re- Celved. Please extend to the members of the Continental League my compliments and ex- press to them my warm appreciation of the manifestation of esteem. Yours truly, W. MCKINLEY. As amilitary man he commenced his career as a member of the old F Company, Second Attillery, during the labor riots in 1877. He also served in the Nevada Rangers during his residence in that State. He was born and reared in San Francisco and has been identified with movements to improve and advance the City. Heis a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity ana a Native Son. While all true Kepublicans are welcomed in the ranks there are questions asked which must be answered before a man can become a member, as the following notifi- cation will show: We have the honor. to_inform you that your application for mewmbership to the Continental League was referred to the membership com- mittee, reported favorably, and on motion you Yvere unanimously elected & member of the eague. The regular meetings of the league are held every Friday at 8 o’clock P. M. 8t its headquar- ters. This precaution is to keep rowdies and roughs out where they cannot disturb the meetings and run things in the interest of any boss or posses, for the object of the league is to gather she most respectable class of Re; Presidentiar not to advance the interest of any man or ublicans withic its ranks for campaign purposes only and / / in reply three or four epistles from Miss Ashley. He had purchased for ber two or | three rings, the return of which, with all | his letters, he demanded on receipt of the | letter asking for the loan of $500. He | could not remember, hé said, whether he | got them back or not. Osborne’s examination will be resnm on Monday at 11 . x TR ol LILLIAN ASHLEY’S STORY. What She Knows and Does Not Know of John Osborne. John Osborne’s testimony in the Ashley- Baldwin ‘suit is most damaging to the ! plaintiff, and every effort is being made by her attorneys to break it down. Os- borne testified on Thursday that be had been on terms of intimacy with Miss Ashley in 1887, during a trip he made to | Boston, and went into vile details. Miss Ashley last evening made the following | statement: In the latter part of September or the first of October, 1887, my mother and I attended the | igir at Mystic Park, Medford, Mass. While | traveling from Vermont to Boston we sfopped | at & small station—Caanan, N. H.—and Jonhn | Osborne quoted a few lines of Scripture about | the happy land of Canaan in the Bible,and | addressed a few remarks to my mother, teiling her he was from Salem, Or, Conversation ensued at intervals between my mother and Mr. O8borne, and he occasion- aily addressed a few remarks to me during the ride of about 100 miles to Boston. Before leaving tne train he asked my mother for our address and begged to call on us, but my | mother answered that we had not decided | where we would stop. Mamma and I took uarters ata comfortable hotel near Mystic ’ark, where we remained during our entire wisit, with the exception of a fcw days, when we visited in Boston. One day we accidentally met Mr. Osborne on the street in Boston, and he asked where we | were stopping and urged mamma to allow him | tocall on us. Mamma gaye him our hotel ad- | dress near Mystic Park. He calledon us there, and also’ called while we visited in Boston, taking ns to the theater once or twice, to the Museum of Fine Arts and to the fair. A few days later Mr. Osborne astonished me very much by teiling me he had fallen madly in love with me,and wished me to become his wife, to which I replied very decidediy no. This proposal was made one evening in the hall when Mr. Osborne was taking his leave. I t0ld my mother of it. We returned to Royalton, Vt., to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tenney, with whom Wwe were boarding, and soon afier John Osborne came to Royalton, took a room at the Village Hotel, called on us and persisted in paying me at- tention. Girllike 1 accepted them, just to meke the village girls jealous. I wasonly a young schoolgirl, wclghgnz about 110 pounds, ull of fun and mischief. I drove with Mr. Osborne once or twice, and he took me to church socials, prayer-meetings, singing schools and concerts, such being the only en- tertainments we had there, After a while Mr. Osborne began to grow seri- ous, and urged me to marry him. When I told him that I did not love him, and never could, he said he would teach me to love him after we were married. [ still said no, and ne went back to Oregon, telling me I would rue the day I so stubbornly refused him. Mr. Osborne told me in Vermont that he had come East to get a wife; that he had a fine residence in Balem, Or., and was worth $10,000 besides. Had he not believed that I could be ersuaded to change my mind and marry him Ee would have married the daughter of his Shawmut - avenue landlady, he said. Her name is Lillian Pearson. He took her out some when he was in Boston, and she fell in love with him, so he said. They had their pie - s ed | PRINCIPAL OFFICERS QF 14 E.FISHE T \V/ICE R PRESIDENT! 2 ¥ ection for the office of AY READ THE - WHOLE TAYROLL, To Say Nothing of the In- .ventories and Tran- . script. CLUNIE'SAWFUL THREAT Retaliates on the Defense for Refusing Him a Post- ponement. DEPUTY BRIGGS GROWS BOLD. Greatly Exasperates Clunie by Refus- ing to Answer His Questions Directly. Deputy Assessor Briggs, who is re- celving newspaper mentijn to an extent that would drive many a younger person to the stage, occupied the witness-stand most of the time yesterday ih the Siebe perjury case. Only once was Mr. Briggs’ reign interruptea by another chin- whiskered Deputy Assessor, who took the stand merely to refer Mr. Clunie to the omniscient Briggs for the information desired. Mr. Briggs is becoming bolder as he be- | comes familiar with court metnods and attorneys’ practices, He is just as elusive as ever in his answers, much to Clunie’s exasperation. The paternal smile which he bestows on Clunie when he gets the | latter thoroughly riled must also cause discomfiture to the eloquent ‘‘representa- tive of the people,” as Mr. Clunie inno- | cently styled himself yesterday. Mr. Briggs, however, in spite of the few contradictions and mix-ups which he got himself into Thursday in regard to roadbeds and franchises, is doing good | work for Biebe. “The score or so of assessed valnations which Attorney | Clunie read from the tax receipts of the | railroad’s property Mr. Briggs declared | were the actual values of the pieces of | WWm R.T0S5T TREASURER THE CONTI FAL LEAGUE, 1896. SO0H T0 BE A BOULEVRD Folsom Street Assuming a Pre- sentable Appearance Already. Comparative Test of Bituminous Rock and Asphaltum to Be Made. Folsom street is now being transformed ! into a bituminized boulevard from Sixth to Twenty-sixth streets. The railroad company in this varticular instance has agreed to use bitumen between the tracks. THe bitumen, however, to be used by the railroad company will be different from that used by the contract or for the City, who must, according to the resolu- tion of the Supervisors, use the Santa Cruz rock, whereas the railroad company will use the asphalt from the Pacific Im- provement Company’s mine at Asphalto, Kern County. This is done asa test in which the comparative values of bitumi- nous rock and asphalt will be watched with interest. Time will demonstrate which is the better for street pavement in this climate. Good progress is being made by Con- tractor McDonald in his part of the work. He will have finished by to-nizht that por- tion from Fourteenth street to Nineteenth, and probably by the end of next week he will have reached several blocks nearer the end of his contract. o 5 The railroad company is somewhat tardy in its work of putting down the concrete between the rails. The question of narrowing the sidewalks from Ninth street to the City front is still in abeyance. . ADMISSION DAY. Announcement of Sub-Committees on the Celebratlon. G. H. 8. Dryden, chairman of the joint 9th of September committee, N. 8. G. W., hasannounced the following sub-commit- tees: Transportation—L. F. Byington, D. C. Martin, C. E. Mooser; finance—J. T. Harmes, W, J. Wynn, H. Pasquale; parade—Eugene F. Bert, F.J. Muraskey, L, C. Pistolesi, D. E. Murden, J. J. Nacgle; pres<—J. Henry Glas, T. C. Conmy, E.J. Murphy: printing—H.F. Perneau, H. 1. Shepston, Willis M. Brown; music—E. P. E. Troy, D. J. Ellis, G. A. Glover;. advertising—J. C. Bates Jr, W.C. Miller, D. L. Fitzgerald; decoration—Dr. W. J. Hawkins, I. Harris, W. Dean; hotels and accommodations—Eugene W. Levy, Charles T. Rose, Willlam Warren. There is much activity among the mem- bers of the order regarding the coming celebration. The citizens and Native Sons of Stockton have already secured the sum of $7000 for the purpose of entertainment. The hotels of Stockton have agreed ioa reduction of rates duria: the celebration. The railroad and steamboat companies have promised a low rate. Everything points to a successful celebration of Ad- mission da; - tures taken together, he told me, but he never ghowed me the picture. - Inever gave M r. Osborne & picture of myself, . REV. BLACKGUARD HENRY'S INFAMY roasted to a crisp in Barry’s Star. ol | among his young companions as “Billy.” the short time of its existence outstripped and outstepped any similar campaign or- ganization heretofore brnu}ht into exist- ence on the approach of "a Presidential campaign. & The originator of this Continental League is, however, no novice in the way of rally- ing men tohis standard when the exigency of the occasion seems to demand a deter- mined and stubborn fight for the political success of his party. The creation of the league emanated from the fertile brain of Frank D. Worth. This, however, is not his first experience in getting up gigantic political organiza- tions. As early as 1880, when quite young in years and in party politics experience, he oreanized the Garfield and Arthur League, which did so much for the success of the party at that time. Again in 1884 “The Dandy Twelfth,” another club that ‘was an honor to the Republican party and a credit to those who formed it, was the creation of the same individual. . Four years later the Quinn Guard made its lpgenrance and for the time being did valuable service for the party, but unfor- tunately there were bad managers at the head of affairs locally and the gaard laid up no laurels to which its members could Boinz with pride. Yet this was no fault of rank Worth; his organization was as perfect as could be expected considering the stormy political seas over which he had to sail. Not discouraged in the least, he about two months ago conceived the idea of the Continental League. . With the “Spirit of ’76” as a motto, the infant giant was launched on the political sea for 1896, In this work he was not alone, however. He had some of his old lieutenants to give their_counsel and advice. Among them will take place at t St. Louis nominee. Flint, James Kipp, Btrong, Amos Curr{er, M. 8. Torres, H. thews, C. H. Fairall. 29“3 of men for municipal offices of any Kind. It is, so to speak, to fill the vacancy left by the Dirigos, Plumed Knights and kindred political organizations. Its membership is open to all respect- able Republicans, irrespective of districts or political boundaries. Major Frank Mc- Laugklin, chairman of the Repubiican State Central Committee, is 8 member; so are John D. Spreckels, M. H. de Young, S. M. Shortridge and hundreds of other prominent men of the party, the majority of whom take an active part in the pro- ceedings. The headquarters of the league is at 1017 Larkin street, where it will remain, but a larger place of meeting will be se- cured ere long, where weekly meetings will be held and the ablest speakers in the party will from time to time lay down Re- publican doetrines. 5 At those meetings ladies will be present, and in addition to the addresses there will be musie, singing and other literary exer- cises. A glee club is about to be organ- ized from the best material to be found in the ranks of the party. The first public appearance of the league ge zatification of the The officers of the Continental League are; President, Frank D. Worth; first vice-presi- dent, Will E. Fisher; second vice-president, Willfam * T. " Kibbler; Maurice L. Asher; trea Jr.; financial secretary, B. L. Hesseltine; geant-at-arms, Thomas R. Ridin recording secretary, rer, William R. Jost Finance committee—Will' E. ‘i‘ilher Paris Kilburn, Jeff E. Doolittle, John R. Aiken, John D. Spreckels, George Ston: Charles J. King, Dinkelspiel. , Richard Valentine, . 8. Chadburne, H. G. W. Executive committee—H. W. Fraser, .B. P. J._C. Sharp, Geor o . Ma- g Brigade committee—Frank V. Bell, George was Maurice L. Asher, who had done yeo- | W. Sgeeuer, Will E. Fisher, George 3 fllfl?fl'& man’s service in the Repubiican ranks for | William J. Sharp. - years as a county committeeman, a mem- | _Membership committee—G. 8. Graham, L. C. er of the State Central Committee, a dele- | Louderback, Sbl. Miller. gate to all of the State and municipal con- ventions, a shrewd and careful organizer himself, and, to boot, a successful one. The fact that he had rises from the ranks of the party to the dignity of a Supreme Court licensed attorney would prove that he was not content to remain in the lower rut of a ward politician. He'is the secre- tary of the Continental League, and, it is needless to add, a most efficient one. The treasurer of the young club is the well-known W. R. Jost Jr., better known He, too, has had experience in the organ- izing field. He has been with ¥rank Worth in some of the other organizations already mentiioned. For the office of first vice-president new material was found in the person of the popular Colonel Will E. Fisher, of whom no one has an ill.word to utter. “Will” is a general favorite with ‘‘the boys” ele- ment, as well as with the bankers and merchants in the downtown settion, and when cardd of admission are presented to business men to join the Continental League, with Will "E. Fisher's name ap- pearing thereon as vice-president, there are no excuses heard or apologizes made, but a willingness is at once evinced to en- roll among the members. Though modestand unassuming, Colonel Fisher has made bis political influence felt in the past. He organized and com- manded the Hayes Valley Guard, the Fel- ton Guard at the time that Mr, Felton ran after entering her plea of nof ) her place among a number of friends in order to avoid the scrutiny of the crowd in the courtroom. & gang of rough, 3 dler in the lemm, is not the Albert Xe&:- ald residing on Chenery strect. Press committee—John Berge (chairman), A. E. Grossman, George B. Mackrett and George Covey. Application cards can be had from any of the officers of the league, or at the secre- tary’s-office, 402 Montgomery street. The league meets every Larkin street. There are at the present time 1250 names on the enrollment-book.. with more coming. It is not unusual for the ‘secretary to recive over one hundred applications at one meeting. riday night at 1017 MRS. MARTIN'S TRIAL Postponed for Two Weeks by Judge ‘Wallace’s Order. Mrs. Susun B. Martin, who shot and | killed her husband, John F. Martin, ina corridor of the City Halla few months rapgo, was yesterday arraigned in Judge ‘Wallace's court. keenly, and She felt her position ve: e guilty took At the request of her attorney, Carroll Cook, Mrs. Martin’s case was continued for two weeks. eotiecs s amin ATy B R Not That McDon Albert McDonald, described as the leader of who attacked an aged property in question. In fact the witness | even went further—he desclared that the | assessed values of someof the lots belong- | ing to the company were greater than the actual values. Strange to say, however, the company had made no protest against being thus over-assessed. The surprise of the day came just before the afternoon adjournment, when At- torney Clunie threatened to read the whole assessment roll, with its 60,000 statements. Just how long it would take him to complete the task is a ques- tion in higher mathematics. Clunie’s easy, eloquent and rapid delivery is famed, but whether 60,000 tax statements would arouse him to the same noble effort that a contested primary election spurs him to is a question that even his most ardent admirers must stop to consider. Seriously, it looks at present as if Clunie has *‘the bulge on" his opponents. At the close of Thursday’s session of the court Mr. Freidenrich’s little citation from the code limiting the time of posthonement of the examination cast a dark cloud over Mr. Clunie’s chances. It seemed that the defendant could com- pel Clunje to close his case without his allowing him to wait for Secretary Will- cutt’s book, which Ciunie hopes to get by the Supreme Court’s decision in the con- tempt case. Now, however, Clunie may begin to read assessment rolls, transcripts and inventories, and laboricusly consume many days, within which the looked-for decmiéan irom the upper court may be ex- cted. peRnther than do this the defendants will probably consent to & postponement, so that in’ either case Mr. Clunie will not have to close his case until ‘the contempt matter is settled. Deputy Miesegaes, who has been in the Assessor’s office auring the past twenty- eight vears, was the first witness sworn. He had had charge of the making of the assessment -roll. During the past six years, however, he had not been in charge of this part of the work, and was not at resent familiar with real estate valdes. e was not competent therefore to speak with authority in regard to the assessed value of the property of the Market-street Railway Company. The sule of the Assessor’s office has been to assess all property at its real cash value. | had been assessed at its cash value. ceipts, which are the only available evi- dence.”’ Attorney Freidenrich, with a look of weariness upon his face, announced that he understood Clunie’s purpose in intro- ducing the receipts. ‘“‘He is starting off on a new tack,”’ Frei- jdenrich declared. *‘His purpose is merely to delay matters. He hopes by exhaust- ively examining all these tax receipts to ‘delay further progress until the Supreme Court shall have given a decision in the contempt matter. Doubtless when he gets through with the receipts he will go through the inventories, and take up every item separately.” 3 Clunie resented Mr. Freidenrich’s state- meunt about ‘‘going off on a new tack.’” I am not going off on any tack,” declared the irate Andy. “Iam standing upon my legal righis in -this matter. Itis the de- fendants who are compelling me to adopt this tedious process ot examining the re- ceipts. If they really want to expedite matters let them assist me to get the book which will probably have all tne necessary information, and ‘which they professed themseives so ready to assist in‘procuring.’” Thea Mr. Freidenrich heaved a sigh, rxlrot_xped his eyelids and sank back into his chair, ‘When the examination of Witness Briggs | was resumed he said that the assessment of the Metropolitan Company’s property hnd been already made when he was sent by Mr. Siebe to examine the property. Yet the conferences Mr. Briggs had held with the numerous men, since dead, in re- gard to electric machinery and wire, had been held subsequently. Fillmore-street real-estate values occu- pied the attentior: of the court for the rest of the morning session. Discussion on this locally interesting subject was brought about in connection with the witness’ assessment of the carhouses at Turk and Fillmore streets. The land, which occu- pied half a Western Addition block, was | assessed at §32,780. | In detcrming the value of the improve- ments, which he had assessed at $15,000, | witness considered the number of bricks in the building and other items. He was | 21so guided by the contract prices of build- ings, which he received indirectly from the Recorder’s office. He was not always ‘guided by this record, however. Besides, he did not know that there was any con- | tract for this property. He assessed prop- |erty at what he believed it to be wong, not what it cost. Deputy Briggs took his accustomed seat on the witness-stand at the opening of the afternoon session. Mr. Clunie read the assessed values of various pieces of prop- erty belonging to the cempany, and the witness in each case thought the proverty Among these piecas were the old Mission- street stables at Fourteenth and Mission streets, 240x186 feet, assessed at $29,000; the old Fourth-street car stables, on Fourth and Perry streets, 50x80 feet, $1300. A. loton Shipley and Fourth streets, 75x275 Icet, had been set down at $16,070. The 0-vara lot on which the Haight- street carhouse stands had been assessed at $12,000; the land on which the yes- street power-house stands witness believed to be worth about $18,890 and the improve- ments $45,000; the lot on which the Cas- tro-street carhouse stands, 185 by 114 feet, $1250; the power-house at Tenth and Howard streets, improvements as welk as land, $50,000. 5 Mr. Briggs is an expert on machinery. In assessing the machinery of the railway company Le merely walked into the build- ing and looked around. He could tell ata glance very nearly what the building was worth. This degree of proficiency 1n siz- ing up machinery, witness explained in reply to Mr. Clunie, had been acquired through his former knowledge ot ma- chinery at the mines and his study of the subject of mechanics. Besides, he had a brother-in-law who_was one of the finest machinists,_in the United Statesand he bad learned much from him. Incidentally the Affiliated Colleges site, south of the park, was discussed. Prop- erty in the neighborhood which witness had recently appraised at $6000 was as- sessed -last year at $2000 an acre. This, bowever, was because the prospect of hav- ing the collezes in the vicinity caused a considerable rise in values. z “Then,” said Mr. Clunie, ‘‘the prospects caused a rise of 300 per cent in real estate values?"” “Well,”” answered Mr. Briggs, ‘‘there are a great many things to zonsider.” About tventy minutes before court ad- journed Mr. Clunie told the witness he thought that wasall. Mr, Btigg! heayed several deep sighs, picked up his shiny | tile, stepped down from the stand and soon disappeared. ; Tuen Mr. Clunie announced that inas- much as Mr. Freidenrich insisted upon it at a former session of the court he was ready to proceed to read the inventories and other documentary evidence in the case. It would also, he thought, be neces sary to read the eniire assessment roll, as he deemed such ‘evidence as essentlal to his case. Mr. Freidenrich said the de- fendant would waive the reading of such evidence, but Mr. Clunie replied that he feared .there was some technicality hidden behind this waiver. “The other day, your Honor will remem- ber,” said Clunie, “defendant’s attorney strenuously insisted on the reading of the documents, and I want to do everything possible to strengthen my case. “Besides, the. code provides that in pre- liminary examinations all evidence must be taken down by the shorthand reporter, so it would seem necessary that all evi- dence should be submitted oraily.”” The court and attorneys, however, were not quite ready to hear the assessment roll read, so an adjournment was taken until Monday at 10 o’clock. 4 This value was determined mainly by im- pression. At prssent Mr. Briggs has ex- clusive charge of assessing real estate values and of improvements as well. Mr. Briggs was accordingly put upon the stand once more and interrogated i regard to his valuations of improvements. He had assessed the improvements at the power-house of the old Metropolitan elec- tric line at $27,500. In arriving at this valuation he had not consulted experts nor made any inquiries of the railroad peo&)lu in regard to the matter. He had made no itemized inventory of the prop- erty, but arrived at his conclusions from jottings made in a memorandum book, which he no longer bad. The witness said it was his custom every year to go to all large buildings contain- ing fixgd machinery to see whether any additions or improvements had been made. He had done this 1n the case of the Metropolitan Company. In 1894 he had examined the dynamosand machines, and in 1895 he went out to see what addi- tions had been made. He kept no record, but could go into the power-house and at a glance tell what new machinery had been put in during the year. He believed he could do the same in regard toany large building in the City. i is remarkable ability in sizing up the value of improvements at a glance was due to the fact that he had been engaged in such business all his life, and in addi- tion had been on_the building committee of the Board of Education while a mem- ber of the board from 1868 to 1872. Mr. Clunie then proceeded to ask about other power-houses and buildings belong- ing to the railroaa company in various parts of the City. As he propounded his questions to Mr. Briggs he continually referred to a formidable bundle of tax re- ceipts which he held in his hand. Judge Wallace, seeing these numerous receipts and possibly seeing therein material for several days’ questioning on the part of Mr. Ciunie, asked him what object he had in examining the witness on all these documents. 2 “The intreduction of these tax receipts,’” said Clunie, *‘is essential to my case. Were it not for the course of the defend- ant and his attorney in refusing to cou- sent to a_postponement until I can get SULANO SOLONS.IN PERIL The Entire Board of Supervisors May Be Sued for Thou- 5 sands. : One ot; the Members Accused of a Dark and Dubious Trans- ‘action. From all indications the Supervisors of Solano County will be in for a lively time witnin the next few days. Several weeks ago one of the members of the board came under the ban for col- lecting the bill of a constable, amounting to $175, and failing to turn the money over, so it was said, to the man to whom it was due. During the investigation which followed the Supervisor claimed that he had met a man on the street in Vallejo who he thought was the cons tableand thathe had paid the money into his hands. That was the first chapter, and others more sensational are about to follow. Be- sides the individual civil and criminal suits in the wind it transpires that the whole board is to be sued for several thou- sand dollars due in payment for road work. Work, it seems, was contracted for and carried out in excess of the funds ap- g;opghted to the use of two of the large istricts. According to the county gov- ernment bill the Suparvisors are liable collectively and individually for the amount due, and a well-known lawyer of this City has been engaged to bring suit. It has also leaked out that one of the Suqervlsnts is to be prosecuted on a crim- inal charge for having raised the warrants of certain under officials and ap?roprlaud the money thus obtained to his personal Secretary Willcutt's book, I could dispense with the tedious examination of these r_ecei{tu and probably get all the informa- tion I wanted from the book in question. Since the defendant, however, does not wish to aid me in getting the book and takes advantage of the section of the code which pronibits a postponement without the defendant’s consent, I am compelled to obtain the desired facis from these re- use. Sensational developments are expected to occur any day. ; . The Farren Estate. The estate of John W. Farren has been ap- praised at $105,033 88, of which $4506 55 is Ccash, $10,000 stock of the American Bank and Trust Company, and about $80,000 i Trost s al $8 n real Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. SUNSET IN A FIERY SKI. The Remarkable Painting by Von Perbant at Schmid’s Studio. It Contains a New Discovery Which Gives Luminosity and Fire to 0il Colors. Critics and admirers of painting have found a new subject for discussion in & picture which Carl von Perbant has on at the studio of Rupert Schmid at Van Ness and Pacific avenues. Many of them have visited the studio and seen the picture. It was first exhi- bited about a week ago to afew intimate friends of the artist, and since then some of the best-known artists and quite a large number of fashionable people have viewed it critically. As a result of this inspection Von Perbant’s remarkable painting has been commented upon in various art circles. S In the opinion of more than ‘one com- petent judge tue painting presents quali- ties which mark a distinct advance in the art of depicting luminosity on canvas. It requires no knowledge of art to appreciate the fact that an extraordinary effect has been produced by the panter in his treat- ment of artificial and natural lights. In- deed, his picture conveys the impression that the canvas is provided with tiny specks of colored glass and that a bright light is thrown upon it from behind to illuminate the openings. % The painting is about 7 feet 6 inches long and 2 feet 6 inches high. Icrepresentsa view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate from Goat Island and is called “Sun- set at the Golden Gate.”” Mr. von Perbant has painted and sketched industriously for months to eather material for this masterpiece. His work covered a wide range — marine, landscape, sky, architec- tural subjects, and over and above all an atmospheric and a light effect that domi- nated and gave color and life to the whole scene. Telegraph Hill. in the middle dis- tance casts a somber shadow down upon the wharves ana shipping, and stands out a bold, dusky silhouette, behind which the sky and air are ligiited with a fiery fierce- ness. The sunset is warm and tinges everything in the picture with its ruddy and burning hues. So the whole painting is in a key that would appear extravagant, though any one who has taken the pains to watch sunsets at the Golden Gate will freely admit that such marvelous effects are in nature. Wherever the inflamed glow falls there is warmth combined with Iuminosity. The waves are reddened, as is the cloudy sky, and immediately over where the orb of day is sinking behind the hilis there is a burst of white light that fairly glistens. The influence of this wonderful light is spread upon. the City, the shipping, bay and mountains so that the picture is ail sunshine. A curious feature of the work is the re- flected glow upon windows and the red and green lights on the wharves and ships. These are so treated that they actually ap- pear to be so many lamps burning on the canvas, and with the effect of a conflagra- tion of the skies represent an innovation in painting. Mr. 8chmid, the sculptor, thought it out in years and Mr. von Perbant has now applied it with singular success. —_———— - A French railway company has ordered clocks to be placed on the outside of every locomotive. NEW TO-DAY. G TER HOUSE Beautiful articles richly decorated. 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