The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1896, Page 14

e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896. HER HUSBAND A MONTE CRISTO A. G. Phillips Makes Mil- . lions After .Deserting His Family. The Wife Got a Divorce, but It Was Unlawful and She Claims Him Now. Judge Seawell’s Order Makes a Poor Woman the Wife of a Rich African Gold Miner. By the simple making of a motianin Judge Seawell’s department of theSuperior Court yesterday Attorney P. J. Mogan blocked the game of millionaire A. G. Phillips, who has been trying for some months to have & decree of divorce en- tered against him on a judgment rendered | during his absence in Africa several years ago. g The simple proceedings, however, recail a husband’s desertion of wife and chil- dren, and mark the first step in one of the most unique legal battles ever waged in the courts by reason of the matrimonial status. Reduced to its simplest elements, the story, which will soon be fully nar- rated in the courts, is as follows: A. G. Phillips, who was a poor man at the time he deserted his wife and chilaren some years ago, is now very wealthy. He took a sudden notion to abandon his family, leaving them almost penniless. In 1892 Mrs, Phillips brought a suit here for divorce, on the ground of desertion and failure to provide. Her aftorney was one E. L. Jenkins, whose name never ap- peared in the directory here and who can- not now be found. S In due time after filing of the suit it was heard, and Judge Seawell granted the di- vorce as prayed for. Attorney Jenkins, however, filed no findings and the Judge signed no decree. It transpires that, under the laws of Cali- fornia, when judgments are not entered within six months the court is directed to dismiss, all proceedings. Mrs. Phillips, however, having paid her attorney, be- lieved she was lawlully divorced, and but recently discovered that she was not. The deserted woman, having wondered for years what had become of her chil- dren’s father, was greatly surprised a few weeks ago to get a letter from her old home in Wisconsin, stating that her hus- band was back, and civing details of his reat prosperity. She investigated and ound that he has made many millions in the mines of Africa in the past ten years and that he recently sola his interest to a British syndicate for several millions. He has been spending his money lavishly since his return. On consulting Attorney P. J. Mogan the lady learned of the attorney's error that makes her the lawful wife of the African millionaire. His attorneys have pleaded with the court to affirm the do- cree of diyorces but this has been without success. Judge Seawell at first vacated the whole proceedings and has now simply entered a temporary stay of proceedings. If Mrs. Phillips gets a divorce now she will ask for such alimony as she finds her husband is able to pay. As he is undoubt- edly wortb several millions and is said to be exceedingly anxious to marry again it is probable that the little woman who has been struggling against poverty to rear and educate the children of the man who deserted them will get judgment for asum that will make her and the children com- fortable and happy for life. The case will come up again in a few days, and it is probable, so attorneys say, that there will be 2 compromise that will pay the woman handsomely. If Phillips wants his freedom, it is said, since he has no cause for divorce he will have to let the wife begin & new suit, and this she can do on her own terms. LSHDTOTHE VERGE OF DEATH George L. Fischer of This City Brutally Treated at Corinto. Chilean Passengers of the San Jose Taken Off and . Beaten. They Are Beaten With Whips Till They Almost Yielded Their Last Breath. George L. Fischer, agent of Coburn, Tevis & Co., was a passenger from Co- rinto, Nicaragua, on the San Juan, which arrived here a day or two ago. He says Americans and citizens of most other countries except Great Britain and Ger- many are badly treated in Central America, ? When the San Juan was near Corinto, off Arenas, Costa Rica, a Spanish drum- mer for a liquor-house claimed he had been robbed of about £100 in American gold which he had left on a chair in his stateroom. That was thirty miles from land and on the high'seas. The Spaniard lost no time in reporting the matter at Corinto, and when Fischer went ashore again he was seized by six Nicaraguan soldiers, whose captain demanded his was told that he had better keep his hands off Nicaraguan affairs. After a hundred lashes had been plied on the Salvadoran he finally ‘‘confessed” that he would tell where the money was. He was taken from the rack and brought upstairs, where he pleaded with the irute- that he did not know anything about it and that be had confessed simply to get time to recover, as they were killing him. He was bronght down and again fifty lashes were laid upon his quivering and bleeding flesh. Brought upstairs again he fainted away, and when Fischer interceded to be al- lowed to get the man water the captain told him that ‘‘dirty” Americans should keep out of Nicaraguan affairs or they might get the same treatment. After much pleading on the part of Fischer the suffering victim was brought a glass of water. “I coula not believe my eyes,” said Fischer, “when I beheld the brutal sol- diers take the Chilean and place him on the rack again. isaw them give kim fifty more lashes on his raw flesh and 1 left, sickened at the sight. The mnext time I saw him he was being brought on board the steamer by the soldiers with a docu- ment from the Comandante to the effect that the man had been proven innocent and honorable. They then started io take up a collection on board to pay the Chilean for his torture. They came to me and wanted $50.” HEIR TO A FORTUNE. S. Baldacel Bound to His Old Home in Italy to Pick Up a large ‘Windfall. S. Baldacci, an old resident of Gilroy and owner of a haif interest in a general store there, was among the arrivals at the New Western Hotel yesterday. He ison his way to Italy to file his papers for a large fortune which has been left him by an uncle who has lately died. Mr. Baldacei was in Italy on a visit last year. He is quite well-to-do, but the windfall of the fortune in his native land wn}l put him in far better shape. Itis said the bequest will be upward of $100,000. Mr. Baldacci, when he was apprised that the estate had been bequeathed to him, endeavored to get the matter adjusted through the Italian Consul. He was told, however, that this could not be done and - FIELD DAY AT THE PRESIDIO. lives In Wisconsin, having made a vast fortune in African gold mines. 1t is rumored that he wants to marry again, but it has been discovered that the divorce which his wife obtained from him for de- sertion is not valid, the decree never having been entered as required by law. Mrs. Phillips, who has for years believed her- self to be divorced, now finds Lerself the lawful wife of the husband who aban- doned her and his children. As she lives a very humble life and as she has strug- gled for many years to bring up her chil- dren she is naturally loth to surrender ber position as the lawful wife of a modern Monte Cristo. She, therefore, stands firmly in the position that if her truant husband wants his freedom he must pay for 1t a sum becoming to his rank and station in life. Mrs. Phillips seems to have decidedly the long end of the fight and her obstinate refusal to surrender her hold has caused ber husband great uneasiness. He has hired Attorney W. H. Hart and others to intercede in his behalf and Judge Seawell has issued a temporary stay of pro- ceedings. =The iacts of the marriage and divorce proceedings, that may yet play an im- portant part in the courts and seriously interfere with Phillips’ untrammeled en- joyment of millions, are as follows: A. G. Phillips married his wife, Eva L., * in Western Utah twenty years ago. He was a struggling young civil engineer and, failing in Utah, he moved to Virginia City, then to San Francisco ten years ago. A son, now 18, and two daughters were born to the couple. They are all living now. Phillips did not remain here long, but NEW TO-DAY. EVERY DOT IFA PORE BECOMES CLOGGED' Inflammation and Irritation set in causing PIMPLES Blotches, blackheads, baby blemishes, and falling hair. The only preventive is CUTICURA SOAP ‘because the only preventive of inflamma~ tion and clogging of the Porzs. Sale grester than the combined salen of all other skin snd_complexion sosps. _Sold throughout Porren Daro axn Criix. Coxr.: Soie Propes Boston. " @9~ Send for “ How to Prevent Facial Blomaishes, fros. WON VTHLETIC HONORS The First Infantry Regiment Carries off the Chief Prizss at the Presidio. Exciting Field Day at Which the Third Artillery Was Not Far Be. hind Its Successful Competitor. In the contest between the First Regi- ment of Infantry and the Third Artillery at the Presidio yesterday, in field sports, the former carried off all the honors of the contest. The forenoon was devoted to a pro- gramme of varied athletic sports. The first was a dash of 100 yards, which was won by Picket of the First Infantry in 11 seconds. The same winner came out victorious in a 220-yard dash in 25 2-5 seconds. In the 440-yard run Engstrom of the First Infantry won in 65 seconds. The high jump, 5 feet 4 inches, was won by Miller of the same regiment, while Morris of the First made the broad jump of 16 feet 6)4 inches. The tug-of-war was won by the members of the First in 9 sec- onds. The amusing race known asthe ‘“potato’”’ was won by Divine. The relay race fell to the Third Artiilery owing to Bailey’s speed; as also did the bammer- throwing, won by Musselman. Putting the shot was won by O’ Brien of the First. In the afternoon the sports were con- tinued by alively game of baseball with the following entries and their scores: First Infantry—McLean 4, Engstrom 2, Vine- yard 3, Whittington 4, Fry 1, Divine 0, Kohl. man 2, Noyse 3, Gosnell 2; total 21. Third Artillery—Sherlock 2, Smith 1, Jen- kins 0, Pellycourt 2, Torrey 1, Harris 2, Tiddy 0, Winslow 1, O’Connor 2; total 11. This game was umpired by H. Rogers, who was complimented on thé fairness of his decisions. The result of the whole day’s contest was: First Infantry 48, Third Artillery 28. —_—————— The Hudelson Libel Case. In the Hudelson libel case, before Police Judge Campbell yesterday, the defendant was arraigned and the case was set for trial Tues- day morning. All parties anunounced that they would be ready on Tuesday. —————— Criminals Sentenced. Sentences have been imposed by Judge Wallace as follows: Frank Wilson, for grand larceny, four years; George Orr, grand lar- ceny, ten vears; Charles S. Harrison, burglary, three years. .- ‘WarcHES, Diamonds,Jewelry, at greatly reduced prices; building 1o be removed. 5 and 7 Third st. identity and began to abuse and threaten Fischer, despite the fact that he told him he was an American citizen and innocent of any wrong. “I had $175 in American money on me,” said Fischer. “It was utterly useless for me to argue, but I thought I'would make a stand, which proved to work all right. A crowd just then pushed on shore from the steamer and in the crush I managed to escape and made my way to the Com- andante, inquiring indignently into the treatment received. haughty air. > id you not escape?’ said he. ‘That is enough. Even as your friend it is almost my duty to have you turned over to the soldiers again.” ‘‘The police-boat went out to the San Juan that night and took off one Chilean and two San Salvadoran passengers. The S8an Juan was flying the American flag. The men were searched, but no American money was found on them. Shoruy after & native woman appeared before the Com- andante with $35 in American gold, stat- ing that a passenger on the steamer lying in the harbor had slipped it to her to give to the Comandante fearing that if it should be found on his person he would be suspected of the robbery. She was asked to point out the man and her finger rested on the Chilean. He protested that he was a hard-working man and had earned the money in Panama. But he was stripped across the loins and as far down as the kneesand placed on a rack or bench face downward, with his legs spread apart. A bundle of long lashes of some kind of wood of whalebone tenacity was brought and six soldiers, commanded by a captain, took their places beside him. ‘At the sound of a bugle and the word from the ugmln one of the soldiers took up one of the flails, and with measured beat to the time of the bugle, threw it over his head and brought it down with awful effect on the body of the man. He did this ten times, when, after the expiration of a quarter of a minute, another soldier stepped forward and repeated the opera- tion. The cries of the victim were some- thing heartrending to hear as lash suc- ceeded lash, each cutting into the flesh like a knife. Two hundrea and sixty of these were administered, and still the man could not tell where the money was. He begged and begged for mercy, but the soldiers were brutal soldiers, who tried to make every lash as painful as possible. The man was finally taken off the bench to give him time to recover for another lashing. He was a literal mass of raw meat where the lashes had descended upon him, and he had to be carried away and set down on his hands and knees like a figure of wood. The two Salvadorans meanwhile were imprisoned, and it was thought best to try the lash on them. One of the men was gut on the bench and given sixty lashes, and he could tell nothing about the stolen money and was taken off and the third man puton. The beating administered to him was beyond description.” & Fischer says he could stand it no longer. He appealed to the Comandante, but he He met me with a | that he had better cross the Atlantic a once. He will, therefore, leave here on this morning’s train and will be absent proba- bly two months, Mr. Baldacci is akout 65 years of age. He said last evening, in speaking of the bequest, that he felt he was getting along in years and must take better care of himself. HEROES OF SEVENTY-SIX. Patriotic Drama Successfully Performed Lust Night at thé California. A performance of ‘‘Heroes of ’76,’ a patriotic drama by J. Eliot Trowbridge and Charles E. Cobb, was given in the California Theater last evening. The drama was arranged and dramatized under the direction of Alfred Wilkie. The performance was under the auspices of all the California societies which em- body the remembrance of the American Revolution, including the California Society, Sons of the American Revolution; Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution; Colonial Dames oi Ameri- ca, California Branch; Puerto Del Ora Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; California Chapter, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution; Valen- tine Rolf Bociety, Chilaren of the Ameri- can Revolution; the California Command- ery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States and the French colony of San Francisco. The house was decorated with Ameri- can and Krench flags. A. F. Schleicher acted as stage manager. Patriotic songs and choruses were sung by children from the public schools, under_the direction of F. Dellepaine and Leo Bruck, and there were dances, military exercises, marches, drills, etc., appropriate to the occasion. The drama went off very well. The dramatis persons was as follows: Farmer of Auburn, Charles L. Parent; Roger, the gallant and heroic, Alired Wilkie; Alian, the courageoue captain, Robert 8. Duncan; Uncle Eph, the village gossip, J. K. Mil- ler; Clover, comical, brave and faithful, A.F. Schleicher; sergeant of the minute men, A. E. J. Nye; soldier, H G. Blank- man; the little corporal, Master Fred Wilkie; Anna, betrothed of Roger, Miss Gretta Wittram; Ruth, daughter of the farmer, Miss Nelye Giusti; farmer’s wife, Mrs. Emilie Parent; Dick, the dog, by himself. ——————————— 3 Those ‘“Mulrooney’’ Letters. The series of letters purporting to have been written by a local statesman to his relative 8cross the seas forms one of the cleverest of the many clever features that the Wasp has produced in some time, showing u‘p in rather scathing fashion the way im which our law- makers legislate bills, Sporting matters re- ceive especial attention in the Wasp this week, and emong the pictorial attractions are four full-page portraits in halftone of Fitzsimmons and Sharkey, together with views of their training quarters, taken expressly for the Wasp by Bushnell the day beiore the fight. The Old Maid's Diary contains some amusing comments on masquerads balls. v NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. A GREAT DAY FOR BUYERS'. WE CLOSE THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER WITH A GREAT SPE- CIAL OFFERING OF CHOICE LINES AT PRICES THAT ARE FORCIBLY INDUCIVE! HANDKERCHIEFS. At 10 Cents Each. 100 dozen LADIES’ SHEER WHITE LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, with Spanish-work corners and Valenci- ennes-lace edge, regular value $2 40 per dozen, on special sale at 10c each. At 25 Cents Each. 100 dozen LADIES’ LAWN HAND - EMBROIDERED, HEMSTITCHED, LACE-EDGE AND SCALLOPED - EDGE HANDKER- CHIEFS, regular price §6 per dozen, on specia! sale at 25¢c each. Ladies’ Wool Hosiery. At 25 Cents. LADIES'’ BLACK RIBBED WOOL HOSE, double heels and toes; also natural gray fast color; wortk $4 20 per dozen, on special sale at 25¢ a pair, . At 33% Cents. CHILDREN’S IMPORTED BLACK RIBBED CASHMERE WOOL HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, fast black, worth 50c, on special sale at 3 pairs for $1. WINTER UNDERWEAR. At 25 Cents. 3 cases MEN'S HEAVY AUSTRA- LIAN LAMB’S- WOOL = SOCKS, in camel’s-hair, vicuna and sanitary colors, warranted shrunk, good value for $4 per dozen, on special sale at 25¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 4cases MEN’S UNDYED SANITARY WOOL UNDERSHIRTS and DRAW- ERS, warranted shrunk, regular price $1 25, on special sale at 75¢ each. LADIES’ KID GLOVES. At 59 Cents. 125 dozen 4-BUTTON UNDRESSED KID GLOVES (large buttons), colors tan, mode, slate and brown, regular price $1, on special sale at59¢ a pair. At $1.00. 100 dozen 4-BUTTON GENUINE FRENCH KID GLOVES, embroid- ered backs and large buttons, colors brown, tan and mode, also black, reg- ular price $1 50, on special sale at $la pair. SHEER LINEN Cloak Department. "Blankets! Blankets! Our great Cloak Department is under a new management and has been thoroughly reorganized. [t now displays A STOCK THAT IS UP TO DATE IN EVERY PAR- TICULAR, and our prices, as heretofore, are by far the lowest in the city. 7 ity —LADIES CHEVIOT CLOTH JAGKETS, new At $5.00 sleeves, lap pockets, colors black and navy, worth $8 50; special sale price $5. e P e P ARRB B nAw At $6 5 —LADIES’ ENGLISH »0. SEAL PLUSH CAPES, linea with silk serge, storm collar edged with marten fur, tail ornaments in front, worth $10; special sale price $6 50 each. z_Wa have everything in Blankets from he lower to the fiqen grades. We handle enormous quantities, because our prices arerightand our goods reliable. When we offer a Special line it will be a Bargain, and the price 1s NOT FOR AN H\)UR.‘ but for the entire line until sold. We want none of our customers to be disap- pointed. This week we shall give values that will mean large business. Finest Grade LAMB’S-WOOL MISSION BLANKETS, bound in deep ribbon; $15 goods; this week at $10.00 AUSTRALIAN - WOOL FINE WHITE BLANKETS, 8 inches wide; every thread wool; the $10 50 grade; on sale this week at.... $1.75 200 pairs 12-4 EXHIBITION MISSION-MADE WHITE BLANKETS, beautifully fin- iched; the $750 grade; on special saleat............ o $4.90 100 pairs HEAVY CALIFOR- NIA WHITE BLANKETS, full size, solidly made; the $5 grade, on sale at........ $3.50 2 cases 10-4 GOOD WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, a service- able fabric; the $4 value week 1 case Eastern-made WHITE 10-4 BLANKETS. close and soiid; slight mixture of cot. ton; the $2 kind; this week... $1.45 200 pairs 11-4 WHITE BLAN- KE TS, fluffy finish; nice and warm; the $1 75 kind; on sale Bbeeciiiiianiadiaiaionenstads $1.25 About 75 pairs FINE GRADE SILVER-GRAY BLANKETS, beautiful borders; an elegant article; on special sale at $2.85 K& STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. /l Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. WMurphy Building, Market and Jones Strsets. e ————————————————eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee A ——————————————————————————————— OALY DEBUTANTES IN THE FIRST SET The Friday Night Cotillon Club Danced Last Evening. E. M. Greenway, Assisted by Miss Kate Salisbury, Leads the German. 0dd Fellows’ Hall Ablaze With Lights and- Draped in Blue and White. 0dd Fellows' Hall was the scene of a bril- liant gathering last evening, the occasion being the first cotillon this season of the Friday Night Club. This opening german was not a very large affair, but what it lacked in numbers it made up in smartness. Society still lingers at the country homes, and the wanderers who spent the summer months tramping abroad or lingering at fashionable Eastern resorts have not yet all returned. Last evening was the debutante’s night. Itsecemed as though the Friday Night Club had met but to do her honmor. Miss Kate Salisbury, a pretty *“bud,” assisted Edward Greenway to lead, and the first set was given over entirely to the debutantes. The hall was draped and festooned with baby blue and white bynting—debutante colors. The hunting was arranged in sucha manner asto form a canopy of delicate blue and white overhead. At regular intervals from the canopy, depending on long streamers of the bunting, swung_Japanese lanterns filled ;o oxerflowinl with long delicate ferns and ronds. Gleaming in the midst of festoons and dra- pery were numberless electric-lights. The effect of the whole was brilliant and beautiful in the extreme. Six figures were dancei—the serpentine, the figure 8, the Maltese cross, four circles, the debutantes’ march and the wheel. The music was the latest and best, inter- spersed uow and then with the rhythmic measures of Strauss and Waldteufel, which, by the circuitous march of fashion, are new once again. After the cotillon the following elaborate supper was discussed: Oysters on the halt-shell. Oysters a la poulette. ‘Terrapin. Chicken salad, Shrimp salad. Turkey. Ices, gateaux assorte. G. H. Mumm champagne. After supper there was general dancing and the clock in the tower of the Odd Fellows’ building had chimed the second hour of early morning before the last guest departed. In the first set were: E. M. Greenway and Miss Salisbury, Miss Caro Crockett and Bryant Grimwood, Miss Bernie B. Drown and Lieu- tenant Bent, Miss Jessie Hobart and Percy L. King, Miss Alice Hoffman and George E. de Long, Miss Alice Sprague and A. B. Russell, Miss Floreuce Stone and H. S. Dutton, Miss Helen Stubbs and Herbert Mee, Miss Helen Wagner and J. A. O'Sullivan, Miss Helen Hop- kius and Lawrence Van Winkle, Miss Lucy Jackson and A. H. Smasll, Miss Margaret Jol- liffe and Lieutenant Nolan, Miss Bernice Lan. ders and E. C, Sessions, Miss Frances Moore and Atherton Macondray, Miss Preston and Lo\fl} Masten, Miss Rogers and Southard Hoff- man Jr. In the other sets were: Miss Gertrude Bates and Lieutenant M. 8. Davis. Miss Laura Bates and Lieutenant Dana Kilburn, Miss Bessie Bowie and George H. Mendell, Mrs. Charles A, Baldwin and Charlés A. Baldwin, Miss Eliza. beth Carroll and A. F. Allen, Miss Ethel Co- hen and R. McKee Duperu, Miss Elizabeth Cole and R. H. Montague, Miss 'Frances Curry and F. C. Pardee, Miss Genevieve Carolan and Thomas Breeze, Miss Dottie de Noon and A. A. Cotton, Miss Bertha M. Dolbeer and C. L. Davis, Miss Gertrude Forman and A. F. Wil- liams, Miss Jessie Glascock and A. R. Baidwin, Miss Geneyieve Goad and Philip Tompkins, Miss Mary Bell Gwin and Alfred Clement, Miss Emilie Hager and Allen St. J. Bowie, Miss Louise Harrington and Edwin McAfee, Miss May Hoffmsn and Raymond _Shermsn, Miss Rose Hooper and W. H. Howard Jr., Miss Florence Josselyn end Staniey Jacksom, Miss Mary B. Kip and Danforth Boardman, Miss Clementina Kip and Lieutenant Winn, Miss Fanny Loughborough and A. D. Keyes, Mrs. Magee and Thomas Magee, Miss Edith Merry and Lieutenant Newton McCully, Miss Belle McKenua and Peter D. Martin, Miss Florence Milis ana Geraid Rathbone, Mrs, Percy Moore and Percy Moore, Miss Mai Moody and Edward Houghton. Miss Eva Moody and Douglas Watson, Mrs. Moulder and A. B. Moulger, Miss Mary McNutt and F.S. Butterworth, Miss Alice Owen and Frank Owen, Miss Ethel Paton and Leonard Chenery, Miss Bertha Smith and Allen Garwood Wright, Miss Schnuly and S. Clark Porter, Miss Cora Smedberg and H. C. Breeden, Miss’ Tobin and ‘A, Taylor, Miss Mollie Thomas and Lawson 8. Adams, Miss Daisy Van Ness and Latham Me- Mullin, Miss Marie Voorhies -and Lieutenant Winship, Miss Romie Wallace and A. Perry Hayne, Miss Juliette Williams and 8. H. Board- man, Miss Eleanor Wood and Burbank Somers. The next meeting of the Friday Night Club will be held on the 18th. It is to bea fancy- dress leap-year cotillon and will be led by Miss Alice Hager. WONG GIM CAPTURED How the Lights Suddenly Went Out on the Pursuing Officers. The Runaway Witness in the Dick Williams Case Safe in the Mar- shal’s Custody. Wong Gim, an exceedingly slippery Chi- nese, who is the principal witness in the Dick Williams case, now in the Urited States District Court, was yesterday re- manded to the custody of the Marshal. On the day he was to give his important testimony against ex-Inspector Williams he disappeared, and has been diligently sought for by the officers. Day before yes- terday 8pecial Agent Moore, Assistant Agent Cnanning and Deputy Marshal Moffitt went to a room_in Chinatown in search of their man.. Upoa entering the building a bell tingled and all the lights went out. The officers groped around in the darkness, and finally found the fleet- ing Mongol under a bed occupied by two of his countrymen. He was enveloped in blankets and was snugly hidden away. District Attorney Henry S. Foote has been informed that Wong Gim was paid $100 to make himself scarce, and as he is now safely in custody there is no doubt that his testimony will uncover the guilty party in the case. However, he will be punished for contempt in not appearing in court when wanted, and Judge Morrow will probably give him a severe sentence a8 owing to his flight one of the indict- ments against Williams was quashed. At the reanesz of Judge Dibble, repre- senting the defense, a continuance of the case was granted until next Wednesday. A PAINTER INJURED. His Staging Comes Down by the Run, Dropping Him a Distance of Fifty Feet. James Boyle, a painter in the employ of State Senator L. J. Dwyer, while at work on a building yesterday, on Nebraska street, near Twenty-fourth, met with a serious accident. The staging upon which Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. he was standing came down by the run, causing the luckless painter to fall a dis- tance of fifty feet. He received a con- cussion of the spine and otherwise re- ceived severe injuries. It is thought he will not recover. ————— Divorces Granted Yesterday. Divorces have been granted in the Superior Court as follows: Agnes M. Bomke from Her- man Bomke, for cruelty; Marie L. Strohlin from Carl A. Strohlin, for desertion. NEW TO-DAY. TEIE NEW Orchestral Regina! PLAYING The Largest Music Box TIME OF EverMade e Plays an U MINUTES. A limited num- ber of Tunes- : Complet %evflation 0"&8‘9{ rea o Lovers 2 Of Music! In Kiself! No. 5, In form of an Automaton With Nickel- drop Attache No. 4, For Parlor Use with starting lever. Long-running movement.. & movement. Dimensions of the Case, 7 ft. high, 3 fi. wide, 15 inches deep. Dimensions of Tune Sheet. 27 In, diameter. Cases In Oak and Mahogany. 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