The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1896. 11 THE FAIR DEEDS UNDER & GLASS The Opponents of Mrs. Craven Searching for Flaws. A MICROSCOPE IN TUSE. Members of the Board of Educa- tion Talk About the Teacher. CRAVEN IS STILL ILL. MRS. No. New Move Made by Either Side to the Controversy Yesterday. All Busy. Mrs. Nettie R. Craven was too ill to be seen yesterday, but her daughter Mar- garet, speaking in her behalf, said: “Mamma does not fear the attacks of her enemies and those who are paid to op- pose ber in this matter of the deeds. Snhe is perfectly secure in her position and her leg ounsel wili do the rest.” “What about this move in regard to dis- cing her in the School Department?”’ “Nothing. Mamma does not believe there will be any such move, whatever may be the unguarded utterances of some individual on the Grand Jury, or even on the Board of School Directors itself. Mamma has been in the department for a number of years now, and her record is oue of nard work and great benefit to the City. She will not discuss ihe question at all, except to characterize the suggested movement as a cowardly and underhanded attempt by some one with a grievance to ao her an ary at this time. It cannot, however, succeed.” Concerning the marriage Miss “Birdie” sai ‘The marriage contract will be made public in court just oon after its arrival here as it is demanded. 7T uere is no dispo- sition now on mammau'’s part to keep back anything that is in reg: o this affair, only that she is advised by her attorneys to say nothing, and as they are in com- mand of the su1p now she must obey or- ders. Besides, she is ill to-day and coula not see anybody.” So far as the attempt to remove Mrs. Craven from ner position as principal of the Mission Grammar School is concerned, Mrs. Craven seems to have been speaking by the card. A poli of the members of the school board made yesterday by CALL reporters discovered only two of the entire number who were disposed to look with any severity upon Mrs. Craven as a resuit of her recent disciosure of her relation- ship to Senator Fair. These two—Scott and Murdock: p! freely expressed the opinion that Mrs. Craven’s usefuiness in tue department was at an end and that she shouid re; to do that, her. . Failing the board should remove Otners were disposed to qualily their ure, but a majority cried ““nands off,” ud @ fair trial. ‘That the matier will fore the board there is no doubt, | possible tuat a special meeting e cailed to consider in the meantime the eyes of the army of lawyers opposing the claim of the teacher are bulging out with an eagerness for the discovery of flaws in the wills submitted to their 1nspection Friday night and yester- day. Yesterday representatives of both sides were present when photographic copies were made of the documents. The lawyers in opposition to Mrs. Craven declared they had found yesterday a vital flaw in the deeds, such as was calculated to head off a few threatened and premature wrinkles and to permit them tosleep again at nights. The flaw was the omission in the de- seription of the property of the words *the City and County of San Francisco.” This, they say, is sufficient in itself to in- validate the wills. “The Supreme Court,” said George Knight, “has decided in so many words that for the same reason—for a similar omission—it could not recognize judicially the location of Golden Gate Park. There may be Golden Gate parks in any city on earth. Likewise there may be Sansome streets and Mission streets and Pine streets in New Orleans or Borneo. “These deeds greatly simplify our case,” continued Knight. *The question of com- promising with Mrs, Craven does not now enter into it. We shall fight her on every proposition. We are in position to prove the biggest kind of a conspiracy, partially carried out in forgery. We have the data, and it will be forthcoming to show that this plot has been long and carefully pre- pared and deliberately carried out.” R. B. Mitchell conversed along the same lines, and Charles Heggerty went away on a vacation. Renben Lloyd was equally sanguine of being able to prove the deeds to be forger- ies. He said that the signature of James G. Fair on one of the deeds was written, to all appearances, over an erasure, also the date, September 8, 1894, He thought that sometbing more might be revealed under the microscope. On the other hand the attorneys for Mrs. Fair are as entirely and quietly confident by the courts. At this time we have hterally no grounds upon which to base any action against the lady. Let us wait until the end of the litigation over the Fair estate in which she is now so actively engaged, and then, if she be Proved to be an immoral woman, why that's a horse of another color. In the meantime, I think it is wrong for us to cast any aspersions upon her character.” “‘There is no better principal in the School Department than Mrs. Craven,” said Director T. R. Knox, chairman of the rules committee, and I know of nothing against her character. The Board of Edu- cation is a semi-judicial tribunal and ua- til charges azainst her have been regularly sworn to and filed according to ourrules I | don’t see that we are warranted in insti- tuting any proceedings against her.”” Director W. F. Ambrose shared the views of Director Knox, but Director An- drew McElroy was inclined to look rather unfavorably upon the role played by Mrs. Craven in the Fair will case, although he admitted that-he was unaware of any flaw in her previous record as a teacher. Dr. J. H. Soper, who was recently elected to iill the vacancy for the unexpired term, caused by the resignation of H. L. Dodge, thought that if many of the things which have been said about Mrs. Craven and the late Senator fair were true she ought not to be permitted to remuin in the Public School Department. “In view of the developments of the past few days,’” said Director E. P. Barrett, “I should say that Mrs. Craven was not a fit person to remain as teacher in the School Department. If she had lived openly with Fair it would have been all right. Otherwise, however, her conduct would seem to be very questionable. As to dismissing Ler from the department, the board has not that power until she has been tried on specific charges and found guilty. The rigi:t of demanding a trial, having the benefit of counsel and calling witnesses was given by a law passed not long ago, which also provides that specific charges should first be filed. ‘‘Fault has been found with Mrs. Craven before this for going East and n glecting her duties at the Mission Grammar School, of which she is principal at the salary of $175 a month. - A year ago last December, just before this board camein, Mrs. Craven was expecting that steps would be taken | to remove her. Accordingly she obtained | an injunction against the old board, re- | straining it from taking steps to oust her. The next regular meeting wiil be held in | July, but President Scott may call one sooner. In fact, I understand he is going to call one for next Tuesday. Until actual charges are filed I believe and have advo- cated that Mrs. Craven should be tempo- rarily suspended.” Director Tuomas R. Carew said: “It seems to me that the rule of the board which was in_effect at the time of Mrs. Craven’s marriage to Senator Fair, and which allows no teacher to remain in the department after marrying, would furnisk sufficient grounds for taking ac- tion against her. Ibelieve thatif the mat- ter were properly brought to her attention she would probebly resign. Mrs. Craven certainly must have known of the rule, | which was and had been in effect for a | long time, and was only recently re- | scinded. 1 believe that without a doubt | Mrs. Craven is one of the finest teachers i in the department, and I am personally friendly toward her. I shall, however, do my duty in the matter without any regard for personal considerations.” *‘Mrs. Craven is one of the brainiest and ablest teachers in the department,’” de- clared Dr. C. A. Clinton, “and I should be very sorry indeed to see anything arise whereby we should lose her valuable ser- vices. AS to dismissing her, the board has not power to do so, unless she should be found guiliy, after due trial by the board, on cne of the following specified charges: Violation of rules, incompetency, insubor- dination, profanity, intemperance, un- professional or immoral conduct. “‘Although at the time of Mrs. Craven’s marriage to Fair there was a rule whicl retired teachers when they married I do not believe she could be removed on that ground. The Board of Education has no moral and I believe no legal right to pass such a rule, and my opinion is that it would be held invalid in a court of law."” Director C. A. Hawiey was non-commit- tal, declining to say more than that before Mrs. Craven could be dismissed charges would bave to be filed and an investiga- tion held by the board. A PEOPLE'S PARTY ROk, Populists Jump on Taubeneck for Hinting at Fusion With Democrats. The County Executive Committee Speaks the Local Party’s Mind on Al'liances. The leading California Populists with few exceptions condemn their National chairman (Tanbeneck) for his recent efforts to get his party to abandon the graded por- tion of the road in makingsilver alliances, and especially his talk which encourages the hope that the Populists and Democra ts may unite in behalf of silver. The universal sentiment here is that the Populists must be true to their party and principles; that union with the Demo- crats would kill the People’s party and be absurd and impossible; that the only union will be one with the Silver party, which has renounced the old parties, an that their National Convention can nom- inate nobody but a straight-out Populist. The People’s party men think for them- selves and refuse to be bossed, and if many of the delegates are of the mind of those who will go from California Mr. Taubeneck may get a trimming down_at St. Louis wuen the National Convention meets. The first formal expression of disap- proval made here was made last night by the executive committee oi the County as the others are boisterous. g VIEWS OF DIRECTORS. What They Have to S2y Regarding Mrs. Craven and Her Relation- ship to the School. The views of the School Directors con- cerning the propriety of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven retaining her position in thede- partment, since the publicity she hasat- tained in the matter of the Fair will and its attendant developments, are to an ex- tent divided. A few of the directors are avowedly hostile to the lady, and say that if not willing to resign steps should be taken for her removal, but in the opinion of the majority there exists no sufficient reason for any such action. President ‘H. T. Scott of the Board of Education, while unwilling to discuss the topic, expresses the opinion that Mrs. Craven should at least be suspended from duty pending the decision of the court in the Fair will case. “Her continued presence in the depart- ment under the existing circumsiances,” said Director C. A. Murdock, the chairman of the classification committee, “is very demoralizing and ought not to be toler- ated. The interest of a school is always of greater importance than the personal interests of any principal or teacher. It is immaterial, in my judgment, whether Mrs. Craven be right or wrong in_her con- test over the Fair estate. In either case ehe should resign from the school depart- ment. Idonot know yet what we can do about it, but shall look into the circam- stances at my earliest convenience and recommend some definite line of action.” “The professional reputation borne by Mrs. Craven,” said Director H. C. Hender- son, *1s deservedly high and second to that of nobody in the department. Sheis a fine principal, popular alike with her teachers and pupils, and her school, the Mission Grammar, is not surpassed by any other school in the City for its ex- Committee, and this expression is about the sentiment of the State Committee. The foliowing resolutions, offered by Sec- retary George D. Giliespie, who 1s a mem- ber of the State Committee, also were dis- cussed with approval and unanimousiy adopted : WHEREAS, The People’s party is a National party, whose platform declares for the abo- lition of monopoly in all its heinous forms; and whereas, the formation of this grand new party has cost years of patient toil and great personal sacrifices; = and whereas, we leel from the depths of our hearis that uniess the People's party principles are put into practice and. the Government returned to the hands of the common people, that despotism will rule the land and tne Repubiic be desiroyed; and whereas, it is apparent by recent publications that tué Na- tional chairmon of the People’s party, H. E. Taubeneck, has seen fit to convey the impression that the People's party would be willing to cast aside the cardinal principle of cnti-monopoly and di- rect legislation and assume the humiliating position of heln% a tail to the Democratic party kite, if the Democratic pariy would only pominate a free-silver man for President of the United States and adopt a free-silver plat- form as its pretentious creed. Resolved, That we deprecate the thought that the National Convention of the People’s party would be willing to fuse with the Demooratic party, and its confused conglomeration of theories of how to run the Government in the interest of the people of these United States and &t the same time in the interest of foreign capitalists, Resolved, That we believe that the present boom for free silver in the Democratic party is based upon th? faise assumption that the Pop- ulists would indorse their candidate, and nothing else. Resolved, That we deem it entirely unwar- ranted and wnolly at variance with the trne spirit of Populism for any official or commit- e to place themseives in the position which should be occupied only by the National Con- v;s‘tjion. ‘which will meet in St. Louis July 22, 1896. “Resolved, That all rersons who are in favor of the free and uniimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, who are not Populists, should give their allegiance to the Silver party, PREPARING FOR THE FINISH FIGHT, Mr. Corbett Will Go to Bartlett Springs for Recuperation. SHARKEY AS AN ACTOR. The Sailor Lad Will Train in the Climate -Chosen for the Fight. IN MEXICO OR ELSEWHERE. The Adventurous Career of Thomas Sharkey From Ireland to the Golden Gate. The sporting world, with its ear to the ground, is listening forno other news than that of the coming Corbett-Sharkey fight, and from day to day the sailor (they call bhim commodore now) gathers impor- tance. There is talk and talk and talk over the “finish” to take place six months hence but stripped of its verbiage the nude fact stands out that both men must “build” for the event. Sharkey must get some science to back his wind, and Corbett must get wind to back his science. En passant, what a composite man the Corbett-Sharkey man is! Well, the ‘“Com- modore” and the “Pompado ur’’ will have it out and the end will be known. In the meantime there will be more talk and talk and talk. SR THE SAILOR LAD’S FUTURE. Will Train in Mexico or Any Other Place Where He Can Be Acclimated. Speaking for Sharkey Dan Lynch, his manager, said last night that it had not yet been determined where Sharkey would begin training or when for his fight with Corbett. In one of the underground pas- sages of the Alcazar Manager Lynch said last night that Sharkey’s training eround would not be chosen till it was settled, as near as could be, where the big battle would take place. f it was in Mexico Sharkey would go to some point in that coum.ry(t’o train, where be could become accliimaied and get into the best condition for the contest. In the event that the territory of the battle is located in salubrious Mexico, instead of the United States, Sharkey will engage at least one Mexican sport to in- struct him through all his practice. 1f the place of the contest finally appears to be Mexico, Sharkey will devote about five of the remaining six months to trav- eling around the country in theatricals. He says: “It requires only from five days to three weeks for me to get into condition, for I am in condition nearly all the time. I have been training for sev- eral years now, and I desire 4 littie rest, so that I may regain my natural energy if I bave lost any.”” Sharkey has numerous theatrical offers | from New York, Philadelphia and Chi- cago, but he does not yet know which one, if any, he will accept. Offers of from $100 to $500 a week are coming his way almost as fast as the wires can carry the news. He will not accept any pugilistic chal- lenges, however, till the Sharkey-Corbett fight to the finish is a thing of history. At the theater Sharkey appeared in green tights, and though the bouts are friendly, he gives Neednam, his trainer, all the work he wants. Sharkey has no time which is exclusively his own now except in bed. Eight hours out of the twenty-four are divided up be- tween business and visitors, It dces not make any difference whether Sharkey is engaged in an important business proposi- tion or is on the street with friends, his time is fully occupied. He is inclined to complain that he has no time to himself. P £ e SHARKEY’S CAREER. It' Is a Panorama, and It Extends From ths Antarctic Around the World. Life has its commas, its dashes, its ex- clamation points and its full stops. Tom Sharkey is now at that point best ex- press d by the period or the semi-colon, which mean the grand divisions of things. He has been a wanderer all the days of his life up to the present. Heis now at the velvet period ot his career. He has had his ups and downs, but be now poses as a pugilistic wonder before the glare of the footlights, and when off the stage and out of sight reclines, with the purses and the ‘‘glory” he has won, like the Caliph of Bagdad, on soft cushions at his ease. Sharkey’s thoughts are no more poetical than the Equator is like the North Pole, but after the years of storm the sunshine has burst from the clouds, and he may now say with the poet: The night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shuil fold their tents, 1ike the Arabs, And as silently steal away. This sailor lad, without even a common school education, is now a gem for him- self and for theatrical managers. Be- tween the acts yesterday, when the lights were low, the music hushed and the stage in a shadow, the man who came out grammatically and comparatively better but pugilisticaily and superlatively best in a four-round go with “Pompadour Jim,"” the world’s champion pugilist, related some incidents of his career. Sharkey has been shipwrecked, frozen at the south pole, hungry, desperate and self-dependent. and he bas, which he con- siders of greater credit than anything else, “Jicked” every man ard boy whom he ever faced from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, where he was born in November, 1872, to San Francisco and June 23, 1896, The sailor lad ran away from his home in Dundalk when he was 10 years old. He kissed his mother one night more af- fectionately than usual, and his share of the peat piled up on the hearth wasa little larger than usual, and that night while the moon shone full on the green isle’s *iakes and rills” the boy slipped quietly from his couch and the next morn- ing was a seaman’s apprentice aboard the good ship Madeline Ann, bound across the stormy English Channel. He was as wet with dashing foam as he was full of ambition beiore the end of his first voyage. “The sailor Jad” was eighteen months in the coastwise trade around the_ British isles. Then he sailed away for Calcutta, and before he finally returned to the mouth of the Thantes he had touched at Hongkong and Nagasaki. Sharkey has been around the world. Port Said, Syd- ney, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope are as familiar to him as the Golden Gate. Sharkey is one of fifteen children. His fatber, mother and the whole family are all aliv-. He has been back home only once since he left it in the moonlight fourteen years ago, but he said yesterday that if he bested Corbett in the coming which will also hoid its National Convention at St, Louis, July 22, for we can rest assured that there will then be formed one of the cellence of scholarship and discipline. There is not now anr anti-marriage rule in existence, and if there were it would undoubtealy be declared unconstitutional gnndest unions that has ever occurred in the istory of American politics. ——————— Every man should read the advertisement of ‘Thomas Slaier on page 30 0f this paper. contest, which means at least $40,000 in pocket, ne would be homeward bound again, and, in addition to his presence, otherwise “cheer his parents’ decliniog years. Even in the bloodiest battles of life there is some pathos and some affection, Aboard the United States cruiser Phila- delphia, on which he first sailed into San Francisco barbor in 1894, Sharkey was ‘‘master of arms.”” That means a_sort of policeman. Among other things it is the duty of the master of arms to see that no man leaves the ship without leave and that no whisky is smugegled aboard in canteens or oilcans. Thisis a responsible position, and, while Sharkev says he was not hard on tke boys, the official record of gia department show that he did his whole uty. Men aboard a man-of-war love no other tune so well as a mariial one. The waltz thrills, but the time, the tone and spirit of battle and the march enthuse. The true soldier does not shun battle in any form. Accordinglg' it is related of Admiral Beardslee that when he heard of Sharkey's first battle with Allen, he said: “They are in the navy to fight. If they want to fight let them.” This increased the sailor lad’s admiration for his admiral. ‘When Sharkey spoke of Quartermaster Hermann, now at Santa Cruz with the Philadelphia, he did so with a smile. He says Hermann is a friend of his, and is a ood sport as well as a good soldier. Krom harkey it was learned, though he was unable to furnish any of the particulars, that Hermann has a patent on a gun for which he was offered $10,000, a patent on a bicycle for which he was offered $5000, an invention on punching-bags and their vlatforms, which is a good thing, and that Hermann is not only, in_the language of Mark Twain, an ‘‘ingenious cuss,” but a man who has the $10,000 to back Sharkey that he said he had and would put u The future ‘‘coming champion,” be- sides cutting ice off the rigging of the ship George Howes in latitude 64 south, in which latitude they found themselves be- caus? the captain had not been able to see the sun for a week, had his hands, feet, nose and ears frozen in the work. He took a course of treatment for frozen flesh from the ship’s medicine chest when he got north into warmer air., Sharkey was never licked at school. He eonguered all comers, and by so doing ex- cited not only the envy but the designing strategy «of his schoolmates and of the other boys of the village. Once or twice | the boy who is to go up against the cham- | pion of the world in the next six months was decoyed into a field, he says, and set upon by four or five boys whom he had lickea singly. Bharkey said: “They did not job nie a bit. 1 licked them all. Pretty s00:1 they gave up tryine to lick me.”’ Sharkey was in a shipwreck off Sydney Heads, Australia, in 1887. Then he went into the Australian gold mines in their excitine time. He did not make his for- tune there and again took to the sea. He was wrecked again off St. Johns, New Brunswick, and was four days adrift ona lumber-laden Dutch ship bound from Quebec for Londun. They kad to throw the deck lumber overboard to save them- selves and the ship’s stores were soaked with the briny. Once, when coming across the Atlantic, | Sharkey was pitched from a boat in the davits to the deck and, plunging head- long against a steam windlass, broke hig jaw. No fist bas ever done the same. Having ieasted on yellow-back litera- ture Sharkey started out in the East Indies to hunt Indians. When askea for the par- ticulars of the expedition Sharkey laughed, looked foolish and declined to relate them, from which it is inferred that the sailor lad is more successful 1n making sparring matches for $10,000 a siae than heisin scalping Indians in foreign parts under a torrid sun. His trainer, Danny Needham, could not be prevailed upon to relate the story either, Sharkey gave him the other eye. e CORBETT’S PLANS. He WIill Go to Bartlett Springs and Regain Strength and Conditlon Speedily. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett went out to spend last evening with friends. Realiz- ing the importance of geiting into con- dition early, the champion went to bed last night as early as 11:30 o’clock. He will leave next Tuesday morning for | Bartlett Springs and begin getting into condition at once. Mrs. Corhett may ac- company him to the Springs, but beyond that period the champion will have the most of the time to himseli and get into the best possible condition. | _ The champion kuows that the scientific | degree of his sparring is all right, but he | recognizes that his stamina requires some cultivation. If Corbett does not put Shar- key out in their finish fight for $10,000 a side there will be much money and more confidence lost on the champion pugilist | of the worid. | After Corbett visits the springs and | among California friends a few/Sweeks | more he may go back to Asbury Park, N. J., to go into training. The champion recognizes that he will require much good food and rest, in addition to his training, and that the actual hard work of getting into condition may be accom plished in a coup e of month! NEARING FINANCIAL FREEDOM. Good Work Accomplished by the Offi- cials of the Y. M. C. A, Largely througn depreciation of assets relied upon in the erection of the new building of the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation the board of management found themselves about a year ago suhject to an indebtedness o f $150,000. 1In order to raise this amount they organized an aggressive canvass, soliciting subscriptions for the cancellation of the tloating indebtedness and the balance due on the new building. The solicitation for funds was made with the condition that no pledges would be binding or collectible until at least $100,000 of the $150,000 was secured. On Monday evening, June 15, it was announced to the board of directors of the associgtion that this amount had been pledged Which would make the $100,000 the amount has been paid in during the past week and the balance will be forth- coming immediately. Theinstitution will need at least $60,000 more in order to can- cel ull indebtedness and dedicate the building entirely free of lncumbrance, and the efforts of the trustees and di- rectors will not be relaxel until the entire amount is wiped out. The following cir- cular letter, !if{ ed by J. J. Valentine, president, and H. J. McCoy, general secre- tary, has been sent every member of the association: To the Members of the Young Men's Christian Association, San Francisco, Cal.: In june, 1895, the board of management of the association undertook to raise by subscription $150,000 to meet the indebtednes: then outstanding against the institution, pledges peyable on condition that no money would be called for until $100,000 was subscribed. On Monday evening, June 15, it wes announced at the meeting of the boards of directors and trustees that_the latier sum had been pledged, leaving a balance of $50,000 (with accumulated inter- El’}) {el to be secured. aking a retrospective view of the situation we realize that the raising of the remainder will be & harder task even than the securing of the $100,000, which is now collectible, yet the board of management will not cease their ef- forts until the entire indebtedness 18 paid and the property of the association and the wel- fare of the work assured. Uuntil this result is reached it has been unanimously decided that under no circumstances shall turther debt be incnn’ed‘nd that the current expenses of the associution must be met by revenues derived from rentals within the building, membership fees and such special donations s may be ex- pecied from interested friends. In order to do this each month the member- ship of the association should and must be greatly increased, as this is one of the princi- pal sources of neces gular income. We urge every member to assist us immediately by bringivug into the association at least one new member. We believe this can be done, and if accomplished, us 1t certainly ought to be, it will place the association, so §n as ordinary expenses are concerned, in fairly enr circumstances, We trust every member will heed this appeal and Lestir himsalf now to assist in doubling the membership of the association. A grand mass-meeting of members will take place at the association parlors next Tuesday evening, June 30, for the purpose of arousing new interest and largely in- creasing the membership, AT R Champion Sharkey Will Umpire. At Sixteenth and Folsom street baseball groundas to-day Sharkey will umpire the afters noon game, - coliectible; and, in fact, nearly $50,000 of | THE CONTRACTORS ARE CONDEMNED. Verdict of Coroner’s Jury in the Fifth - Street Fatality. THEY WERE CARELESS. The Architect and Original Con- tractor Especially at Fault. THE EVIDENCE CONFLICTING. Employes of the Various Con- tractors Hear Things Differently. Coroner Hawkins commenced an in- vestigation into the disaster on Fifth street by which four lives were lost through the collapse of a building last Monday. 8. Kelly, owner of the collapsed build- ing, testified as to letting the contract for its repair to Sibley & Gleason, and that Sibley had charge of the excavation. A. C. Lutgens, an expert, testified that he was a contractor and had considerable experience in that line of business. He was of the opinion that gross carelessness had been displayed in the bracing of the building. He explained that from all appearances the jackscrews supporting the building had slipped to one side, thus allowing the building to fall. On the south side, facing Mint avenue, laterai braces had been placed, resting against the cradles. In the opinion of the wit ness such braces were wrongly placed and not sufficient to fulfill the work re- quired of them. Jobn Sullivan and M. S. Stratton cor- roborated Lutgens. L. B. Sibley, the grader who made the excavation under the building, was called, He did not commence work, he said, until the house had been raised by Contractor Gieason. Then he excavated around the old foundation, bracing the basement wall as he proceeded. Several braces were put in, he said, from the wall to the cribs | with the permission of the house-mover. These braces, he believed, were safe and strong enough to hold much more weight then was placed upon them. ‘The sand,”. said Mr. 8ibley, “‘was damp and should have been held up by its own con- sisteney. I don’t think there was force enough on these braces to n}Eut the equi- librium of the building. The height of the building itseif was great enough to overcome any tendency of the sand to crowd the wall inward. Besides these braces there were several supports from the ground to the wall. The Coroner subjected the witness to a close cross-examination on this point, but he stated positively that the braces were in place and that he had seen them since | the disaster. 4 | _Here Sibley was excused, and Engineer Shaughnessey being calied flatly contra- | dicted Sibley on the position of the an- gular braces. This contradiction led to the jury pay- ing a visit to the premises. On their return Architect Koliofrath, being examined as to the weight of the chimney on the south side, said it would be between five and six tons, This, how- ever, was supported by three shores or nead les. Sibley was again called and asked as to the height of the cellar and the manner in which the bulkbead was braced. He said the timbers used were 2x12and ten feet long, while the braces were 6x6 and braced from both ends. He did not notice any braces under the chimney. The sills were sufficiently strong to support the building. Matthew Kelleher, house-raiser, was ex- amined. He observed one brace from the lateral to the shoe. He could not say if the brac- ing was all that was necessary, because conditions might alter and no two. cases would be alike. His opinion was that the brick wall which was being set on the north. side of the basement had a good deal to do with the accident, and to his mind this was the cause, as the water washed away the sand upon which the crddle rested. Ellis Davis, a colored man. who was Sibley’s foreman, was examined. He was under the buiiding at the time of the col- lapse. He described bow the bracing was done acainst the rustic and not against the studding. He considered it to Gleason’s business to see that the building was properly braced up from the outside. P. Gleason, who had the sub-contract to support the house on siilts during the time that the brick foundation was being ut in, explained how he secured the Euilding, which was on the same principle | as houses are moved along the streets, and | in this condition he said it was perfectly safe. He attributed the accident to the care- lessness of Sibley in placing tie braces which supported the bulkhead on the Mint-avenue side against the cradles upon which the weight of the building rested. Those braces tripped the house, so to speak, and caused it to fall. He ha:( cautioned Davis against putting the braces in that position, and, in fact, he was so angry that he swore at him and told him to brace his bulkhead wi'h slant- ing timbers and when he had it secured to take those that were against the cradles away. He was positive that that was what caused the disaster. The Coroner had Davis recalled to ques- tion him on this conversation, but the man of color denied it point blank. This brought Gleason to the witness - chair again, when he positively affirmed his previcus testimony. Arthur Milier and Michael Howard, who worked for Sibley, were examined as to their conversation, but they heard noth- ing. fhrvey McGowan and Dennis Sallivan, both of whom worked for Gieason, corrob- orated their employer in his testimony re- gnrding his statement about Davis and the races. E. Jewett was one of the men who was under the building at the time of its col- lapse. His attention was attracted by hearing one of the jackscrews fall from its position on top of the cradle on the side next to Mint avenue. When he saw it fall be ran and savad his life. Florin Bailey corroborated the last wit ness on seeing the screw fall, ana he, too, ran out. Cornelius Cronin, a brick-cleaner, said that the braces put between the bulkbead and the cradles knocked the pinning from under the house and caused 1t to fall. This ended the testimony, and after some hours’ deliberation a verdict was re- turned which, after stating the situation in tegal form, condemeced_the contractors in the following language: We further find that the architect, E. Kollo- frath, and the original contractor of the build- ing, Adam Miller, while said building was un- dergoing repairs and alteratious, were cieariy at fault and in error for allowing ghe bracing to be done in what we consider a dangerous and faulty manner, and in not ordering said faulty bracing removed, and properly and safely replaced by other and more e ive bracing. We u‘uo consider that the house-mover, P. Gleason, was at fault, for the reason of allow- ing what he considered unsafe bracing placed against his work, We further hold that the excavator, L. B. Sibley, was negiigent and careless in placing braces against the cribs, sills and hoes, and should have made all his braces independent of them. We fina that the above parties are guilty of blame for exercising undue negligence and carelessness in pursuancs of their work, and we belieye that with proper care and judg- ment _the accident could have been avoided by all the parties interested in the re- pairs to the premises and we hereby charge the above parties with gruss carelessiess. The following composed the jury: D. Ross (foreman), J. Gallinger, F. Mc- Gaughey, J. Erlanger, R. Gilbert, H. W. gnlzison, A, E. Martinitte, Max Loebner, . Zan. A Reactionary Play. The long-threatened reaction seems to be setting in against the problem play in London. “Rosemary,” a play which Charles Windbham has just produced, is an idyl, an exact opposite to the problem play; it is full of roses and sentiment, and the old-time picturesquenessof sixty vears ago. ‘“‘Rosemary” has achieved a great success. 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