The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1897, Page 14

| | 14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1897. 2, MASK AND BLUDGEQN Two Robbers Enter the Home of Rodger 0’Connor. THEIR FEATURES WERE CONCEALED. The O!d Man Brutally Beaten and Left Almost Un- conse.ous. THEY WERE IN QUEST OF MONEY. Mat O'Connor, the Victim's Nephew, Saw Them, but Cannot Iden- tify Them. Rodger 0'Connor, an aged man of 70 vears living in a litt'e cottage at508 St. Rose’s avenue, was assaulted and brutally beaten by two black-masked robbers at 0 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The vicious criminals were in quest of money when they entered the old man’s house. O’Connor was in the back of his cotitage when the robbers rushed in the front door, and before he could realize his position he received a blow that left a large gaping wound on his face, and which extended from his left eve to the lower ja: He reeled back, half stunned, but man- aged to n his senses and shont loudly for help. A second blow from the robber laid his right cheex open almost to the bone and he fell unconscious on the floor. The victim’s cries help were heard by his nephew, Mat 0’Connor, who was rolling along the avenue a short dis- tance av He hurried to his uncle’s house, but the for sound of his footsteps on the pavement | ached the the criminals, and hed into the street They pas<ed within a short distance of Mat O'Connor, and although they toze off their masks on reaching the street he failed to get a good view of their faces. O'Connor’s assailants sped along St. Rose's avenue for a couple of blocks and then turned south into the hills and dis- appeared. They evidently knew that the district they were operating in was afforded but little police protection. Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor, sister of the injared man, who occupies a cottage at 510 St. Rose’s avenue, was notified shortly sault that her brother had been dealt with by two unknown rob- She hurried to Point Lobos avenue ase to Policeman H. J. severel bers. and reported the P e. he policeman returned with Mrs. 0’Connor to the house and then set aboat locating the offenders. He was unsuccessitil, however, and last evening the assault and attempted rob- bery was reported at police heaaquarters. Detectives will be detailed on the case, but it is. hardly probable that the men will ever be captured. Mat O'Connor, who procured the best view of the robbers, describes them as short, stout men, probably about 5 feet 5 or6 inches in height. Both wore light clothes and felt hats. In the excitement of the mément he failed to impress as complete a description | of the men as he desired, Maclin E. O’Connor, a brother of the criminals’ victim, who resides at 506 St. Rose’s avenue, 1s confident that robbery was the motive that prompted the assault on his brother, He said last night that his brother drew about §200 from a local bank a few weeks ago, and somehow or other the fact became known around the vicinit He is of the opinion that his brother’s assailants heard that he had the money in the house and determined to get it, even if murder bad to be committed. Martin E. O’Connor’s house was entered by burslars about a week ago aud thor- ouzhly ransacked. He believes that the parties who are guilty of yesterday’s crime committed the | one a week ago, parties of the crimes and wil report his suspicions to the police. STONECUTTERS. PROTEST, They Express Their Opinion of the Ferry Depot Stone Contract. A R quest That the Harbor Commis- sioners Hold the Quarrymen to the Eigbt-Hour Law. The sandstone-cutters of San Francisco will to-day present the following letter to the Harbor Commissioners: SAN FrANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 1, 1896. To the Honorable Board of Harbor Commission €rs—GENTLEMEN: We. the sand-stone Cuiters of tate of California, respectiully call your tion to the way affairs are_being run on the new jerry depoi, and solicit your aid in HUMORS Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red, rough, oily, mothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dry, thin, and falling hair, and baby blemishes prevented by CUTICURA SoAP, the most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest ang sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. (Uticura 804 is w0ld thronghont the world. Porrsn Dava 2300 Conr. Sale Propa. Boston, U & & S " How 15 Plevent Faes Hmon, saiied fiee. EVERY HUMOR ™=, s Sxiiscame He suspects certain | adjusting this matter and making 1t a fair job. By a clause in the specifications read in pur- suance of section 3245 of the Political Code, the contract will contain a stipulation that eipht hours snall constitute & day’s labor on all work done thereunder. All architects or contractors are governed on making estimates for work on the rate of wages paid in_the communily in which the work is to be done, aud the contractors of this State figure 1o pay the rate of wages that have been paid in this State for the Past seven years, viz.: Four dollars for eight hours labor. In answer to an advertisement in the Examiner of the 24tn inst., which reads: Wanted—Four first-clavs stone-cutters. Apply st Sites No letters answered. Four first-class stonecutters, residents of this City, applied for work and were informed that they could have work at the rate of §3 for ten hours. We contend thatitis a gross injustice to re- ours of 1abor on duce wages and increase the 5 g Btate work. It is not the function of State to reduce its citizens to the lowest possible Jiving plane, and 1t is our opinion that this contract was not awarded with such an end in view, but fn good faith that its citizens would getiir play. We ask no favors, but we do ask for the enforcement of the eight-hour iaw, and request the executive officers to see that its citizens got as fair a deal on State work as we get in the field of competition on the out- side. A preference was given on the stone to be used on the_buildiog (a product of this State) of between $7000 and $8000 over and above the stone from Oregon. The only just reason for such & course i3 10 foster home industries and develop the resouc:s of our State und thus help its citizens. The contractors of the City and State are not being fairly treated if such a course is allowed to continue. Whatis the use of inserting a clause in any contract if it has no meaning ? Contractors are wisiead, and the'only thing sccomplished is to give an advantage to nn- fair men 1o the detriment of labor and the en- couragement of inw-breakers. Respectiully yours, GEORGE KNIGHT,) : TroMAS B. Lrx, 't Committee, Hazxy Bruce, § The stonecutters wish to deny the re- port that there are men working at the quarry on the depot stone. It was also reported that fifteen or twenty carloads were readv for shipping, but the stone- cutters say there is but one ready. — e IN CRATERNAL BONDS. The Doings of Some of the Beneficlary Organizations of the oity. During January the grand medical examiner passed on 524 applications. The et gain io mem- bership Guring the yeur 1896 was 215. Unity Lodge, which on last Thursday initiate® a class of twenty-four candidatés, will hereafier meet i Shiels building, aod expects during the current month 1o have & Very interestng meeting. It is probable that Professor David Starr Jordan will lectora before the lodge. Through the efforts of ~pecial Deputy Well ‘he 0dg Newar< was_reorganized iast Saturday | with forty members. New lodges are o be organ- | ized shortly at Ucean View, Morgan Hill, Ocean | Side and Holbrook. Golden West Lodge bas so amended its by-laws that now m embers will te allowe l sick benefits Magnolia Lodge Das removed from Red slen's Ha | t0 Shiels Luliding. Considerable work interest of the order is xoing on in th ) osemite | Fresno at its 1asc b on thirteen candicates | ouz. si0doc County, re ng oont ookout Lodg: y sobmiited five appl cations; Colusa 1 cdge will xoun couter the | on'a cluss of twenty an night th | will be ins tsunol, Alan nk N. Poiand 5. W aril team, instit 1 on odge at hursday Wiliam inter, G. M uted a new lodge a. Mor- gan Hiil, Santa C.ars Coanty. | Next Weanvsaay F. 8. Poand, D. G. M. W.. and | - Dantorih. 6. L., will visit Névada City Lodgs { When the degrees will be conferred dldates. The grand mas in Tulare ava K1 on fifteen c: r workman Is visiting the lodges | County. | There was a large attendanc public meet- | | ing heid in Orov ile lasc Tnes. o x the aus pices of Oroviile Lodge. It is expected that good resuits will 1010w this meeting. Order of Chosen Friends. The officers of Empire Council were installed un | Monday last by Deputy Morgan, sssisted by S, C. Waills, G. R. There was a good prosramme of insirumental and vocal music after the fustalla- | tion. The grand councilor was present On Tueslay evening the cflicersof Home Coun- cil were installed by Deputy rred Taylor. assisted by Grand Reccrder Wallls. The fnitiatory team | initiated thieo candidates. There were present Grand Councilor Boenm, Grand Recorler S. C. Wallis, Grand Treasurer Clara McDona d, Grand | Marshai J. Sweeney and Deputies I'ay.or s C.J | and Homer. i The erand officers were rresent Thursday night | &t the installation of the officers of rysial Couneil by Past Councilor William Go dberg, assisted by Pust_Councilor J. Meyers. There werc many present. and after the ceremony the members und KUES(S S8t down 10 & fine banquet, and during the evening there were shor: addressés and pienty of | small talk. A prominent figure at the tan et table was Samu-l Fizel the o member o the council. The sa the cfticers of Social and | Al iled, the former by T. | H. 0'Brien. P. o luiter by Grand Re. corder Wallis. assisted by the krand couneilor. On_Saturday the ofticers of Bradford Council of | South” €an Francisco led by Past | Graud Counciior ’Brien in_the presence of Iarge number of visilcrs from various counei Past_Grand Counclior 1. H. ~elvege Vice-Counclior £. h. Tisl were in che urday to attend a meeting of the executiv: ctl. | _‘inere will be a meeting of representatives from yaiivus councils in_the hall of Social Council on | Thursday nigh: 10 make arrangements for the re- ception of the delegates to tue Grand Councll | whicn wiil meet in this City next April. The officers of San Pablo Council were Installed Deputy Mrs. Brueck Mrs. L 8. Wolf, the y o in the City last Friday, orts that the council recentiy received several | { applica: jons. Deputy D. J. Hartley, assist=d by E. C. Brook of sacramento, insialld the officers of Franklin Council in public recently. There was a large at- tendance, and a splendid programme wus' ed, in address by Depu Iey, 1n which he explained the work of the ¢ leap year party given by Belmont Council Was & grand success. there being many present. Aucient Order of Foresters. The party by Court Robemian last Saturday | might was well attended despite the rain, and those present had & most enjoyable time. J. D, XKing wes the floor manager. Court Lincolu conferrcd the degrees on two can- didates and received several applications las | Thursday. At its last held meeting Court Sherwood Forest initiated seven candida.es, and next Wednesda it Is expected that the degrees wiil be conferred on twenty Jol’ Fa'coner. permaent secretary, instailed the ofica:s of the court at Half-moon Bay las week. Court Excelsior received many visitors in ita new quarters in N. S. Hall last week. There were many prominent FOresters present. A short. in- teresting and lustructive discourse on Forest was delivered by Hieh Court i reasurer G. W. Lunt. Court Fureka, at its last held meeting, instituted one candidate and instailed tha following oficers for the current term: Joseph A. Ross, C. t.: C. Bock, 8. C. R.; T. Vivian, F. 8.: G. Langlord, R. S W, H. Wilisms, T.: W. Roberts, S W.: G. Thompson. J. W.: F. McMahon =. B.: N. P. Nel: son. J. B.: Dr. W. T. Bell, physician. The reports of the court sbow it to be in a presperous condition. Court Star of the West heid a large and interest- ivg meeting on Fridey This court, which has abuut 500 members in good standing, aiter tha business of_the evening was over listened 1o good music and songs. Court Adelaide at its last meeting presented the reuring _chief ranger, 8. Mish, a beautiful past chief ranger’s cer.iiicate 1n a fine frame, and also presented him a set of resoluiions. I he plcnic committee will meet this evening, when new officers wiil be chosen. High Chief kancer k. G, Case. accompanied High Court Audiior k. X. McLenuan, recently visited Cour:* 0vato, at the town of (ha name, 10 were received by s large membership and 1ound the court in a flourishing condition. At the close of busiaess the visitors becatie (he guests of the court at banquet given al_the Novato Hotel. 1t 3 siated (hat & new court will snortly be or- ganized at Navarro Ridge by the officers and mem- bers of Cour- Albion. “The officers of the High Court of the World have appolnted J. Lester Stead permanent secr-tary to fili the vacancy caused by the death of his father. The aupo niment meeis with the approval of the membership, Royal Arcanum. Argonant Council at its meeting Monday, Jan. 25, elected two new members, and one was intro- duced. The meeting was an unusually interest- ing one. Eloquent speeches were made by Past Regent E. Duden, laze of Indians. and RabbiSom- mers. late of Maryland. Kegent Dixon appolnted & committee of five 1o make arrangements for the next quarterly soclal. The new officers of tha council are doing all in their power Lo make the meetings interesting. Under the head of good of e order cigars were passed around and an hour was spent in telling amosin: storice. J. A. Magagnos, collector for Argonsut Couneil, who has been 1il for some Ume. i3 cunvalescing and on the road to_recovary, An_announcemant which il delight his many friends in and out of the or- er. The Druids. L. G. Schord, N. G. A.; J. J. Mollison, grand sec retary. and others paid & visit 1o Waihalla and Acorian groves in Sacramento l1st week and they were well receivel. Both groves made a guod showing, and after the ¢lose of busiuess there was a banquet, at which Judge Hency Davis, P. A., presided. Atits last held meeting Hesperian Grove had three fnitiailons and conferred the third degree. Next Satarduy Golden Gate Circle will give a social in celebration of Its first anniversary. s bt 1¥ your printer can’t get the “Genuise Bank Stock’ payer, send to Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay.* | very STORY OF Th BARRY BLANKS They Were Printed Simply to Test the Skill ef Experts. Lees Fails to Interject the In- cident Into the Cooney Case. | | Magistrate Ccok Will Compare the Pencil-Deeds Certificates With the Crocker Proofs To-Day. Legal cobwebs were brushed aside in | the Cooney case yesterday in a manner | that brought the real issue right up in | plain sight of everybody. | The efforts of Captain Lees and the Fair | children to prove a conspiracy in the | vrinting of fac-similes of the Crocker no- | tarial blanks failed signally. Later in the day the prosecution again lost another that -dhn;;e number of them had been nted. ‘Incidentally the Cooney case was dis- cussed at the time, so far as it related to the issues involved in the civil litigation pending before Judge Slack.” Delmas said he had met Cooney in all about half a dozen times. The attorney then took .occasion to deny some news- | paper rumors that the notary had been a | guest at his country bome. Magistrate Cook inquired if the Barry blanks had been printed for the purpose of deceiving the experts. *‘Certainly not,” was the reply. ‘‘They were to be used to test tneir skill. These men come into court and pretend to be able to detect the smallest flaw in a_docu- |ment. I was simply preparicg to test | their accuracy.” “That was your purpose?’ ight. ‘It was, and isnow,” replied the lawyer. *If at some time before the trial of this case 1 succeed in obtaining what appear to me to be exact copies of the Crocker bianks, I shall present them in the civil action, and mixing them up with the originals, ask the experts to detect one from another. I give you fair warning on this subject. There is no need for secrecy about this—none at all. It would serve no purpose of mine to keep such a secret. 1 tell you now what I intend to do, and you bave a warning.” “Did_vou open the package of Barry blanks?” *“Yes, in the presence of everybody in the room.” “Was the similarity between the copies and the originals discussed ?” “Of course, and by everybody in the room.” Attorney Patrick W. R=ddy was called by the prosecution, but his narrative was €qually unsatisfactory for the cause of the derective. Reddy saia though Barry was an inti- mate and close friend he knew nothing of ueried K. - D. M. DELMAS ON THE STAND. point when Magistrate Cook, in prefer- ence to listening to the evidence of Max Gumpel, the expert, decided he was com- petent to decide if the acknowledgments on the pencil deeds were copies of the Crocker blank. Gumpel was in court to compare the defects in the Cooney nowledgments with those in the proof of the form of January 8, 1896. The court, after listen- | ing 10 both sides, dispensed with Gumpel and ordered that bromide photograpuic enlargements of the various documents e made at once for comparison. The Barry blanks and their object was the subject of some lively legal sprinting in the morning sess on. The prosecution was prim ed to expiode the incident as a regular bomb, bu: the powder seemed wet. At any rate there was no noise, excapt a mutunal interchange of crusty compliments between George A. Knight cnd W. W. Foote. The latter had some insinuations to make about “‘dirty work” and “nawkshaws,” and these vphrases did not improve the temver of | either young Fair's attorney or Captain Lees. The developments established that the | Barry ceitificates Lad been printed for the | purpose of testing the skill of experts, ! Attorneys D. M. De:imas, Patrick W. | Reddy, W. W. Foote and Detective Stii- | well all swore that this was their purpose, and that as far as Cooney was concerned he was 1n no way connected with the | transaction. George A. Knight, who acted | as special prosecuting officer, fumed and roared and intimated that there was some other motive in the printing. He was sure that Cooney's detectives had been collecting deeds, and he saw here the light | he was looking for. Cooney was going to substitute the Barry forms in place of his own printed acknow.edgments. He even read a clas from the Penal Code in a dramatic manner to the effect thatany person who produced fac-similies of books ‘ or papers for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose was guilty of a felony. [ But Knight rang the changes on his lung keys in vain. The blanks had not been printed with any purpose to deceive or with any intention of fraul. They | were to be used in testing the skill of ex- | perts merely, was the answer ot Cooney’s | defense. | They had & right to adopt such means | said the notary’s lawyers. Experts might | swear away a man’s liberty and surely | their testimony was subject 10 the dragnet | of cross-examination. Magistrate Cook was of this opinion. He could not see any conspiracy in the | Barry incident. He could not see how it | concerned Cooney at a'l or what rizht it bad toa place in the case. But Knigit | pegged for more time. He thougnt he | could make the incident a factor against | Cooney and he was given *a day, a week | or a year’ to do it. The Fair people saw in D. M. Delmas | the central figure in the plot they would | materializs and had subpenaed the at- | torney to this end. The attorney began by stating that be had known Cooney | since last July, and was his legal adviser | nowin acouple of civil actions. The way " was then opened to introduce the incident | of the printing of the Barry blanks. Wit- | ness said it was his idea to” have some re- productions of .the Crocker blanks made | if possible. . He discussed the proposition with Deteciive Stilwell some davs ago, with the result that a telephone message called Barry into the deliberations. The printer was shown a copy of the Crocker ‘blank and asked if he could make a fac- simile of it, even to the paper. Barry was doubtful on this last poiné and was sure.he could not get the right kind of type. The attornev then narrated that be bad to leave the conference for the vurpose of catehing a train. Barry and the detective were left to arrange further details. A week ago Saturd; ceived the package ax’ blanks while in Reddy's office. As it happened, Reddy himself delivered it to him “I opened the package,” continued Delmas, “and found about balf a dozen notarial certificates. 1 supposed at first that they were some copies of the Crocker blanks, but upon inspection I discovered that they were rather poor reproductions ofit. I'was afterward surorised to learn the attorney re- any attempt being made to reproduce the rocker blanks until the editor handed him the package for delivery to Delmas. I have nodoabt that the project might have peen suggested to my mind,” said Reddy, ‘‘because of an inquiry put to Simon Wade during his examination."” *‘When the package was opened by Mr. Delmas you discussed the similarity of tue Barry blanks 10 the Crocker proof?” ““Unquestionably.” *“Wiat was your idea in comparing the forms ?” “We had expert testimony to meet and we desired something 10 testit. I want to know if an expert can do what he says he can. I showed one of the blanks to J. J. Kennedy, a printer, who told me that |1t was not a goud likeness of the original as the word ‘Crocker & Co.' appeared in aifferent type.” Yere 2000 of these blanks delivered at *'No; that report was a deliberate lie.” “Do you share in the desire fo repro- duce the Crocker blank perfectly “Yes; if the Barry blanks had been perfect’ reproductions we should have given the experts notice that we were going to use them, but no attempt would have been made to deceive anybody with them.” Attorney W. W. Foote desired to add his version of the affair, but Knight wanted to call Detective Stilwell. The court allowed Foote to make a statement. He reiated that he knew nothing of the printing of the blanks until he learnea of it in court. “Bui the idea meets your reco mmenda- tion?’ asked Knight. I think anything is proper to catch some of the dirty work going on in this case,”” was the way Foote returned the compliment. *[ think some blanks have been printed in the East and smuggled into Crocker’s files.” Knight turned aside to confer with Cap- tain-Lees. The acid in Foote's throat trickled out as he said savagely, “Oh! I'll answer any questions the Hawkshaws may suggest.”” Both witness and inquisitor were warm- ing up rapidly. Kuight demanded to know what Foote meant by *dirty work in the case.” Foote replied he knew it was going on, but Magistrate Cook inter- rupted what promised to be a spicy dia- logue by ordering the phrase stricken out of the record. Detective Stilwell knew Cooney only casually. meeting him for the first time ebout six weeks ago in Delmas’ office. ‘*‘Are you working for Cooney?’' asked Knight. “No. ‘*Are any of your men?”’ “Not that I know of.” *‘Who employs vou in the Fair case?” “Mr. Detma: Stliwell then went over the ground al- ready trodden by Delmas and Reddy. It | was he who practically ordered the bianks. After the order had been given Barry in- guired how many copies were desired. Stilwell learned that a ream of paper would supply about 2000 blanks. *I told Barry that we should probably want about 10,000 altogether,” added the de- teetive. “Why 80 many?” “Because if it were claimed hy the other | side that the blank was a genuine Crocker, that claim could hardly be sustained if we produced 10,000 of them."” “Have you served any subpenas in this case ?” o, Knight insinuated that Stilwell was employed to coliect deeds acknowledged by Cooney for the purpose of substituting Crocker certificates upon tiem. The de- tective returned an indignant denial. I have been collecting deeds for the same purpose as the prosecution,’’ he concluded. Foote thougnt the Cooney side of the case had us much right to collect deeds as Captain Lees, ““Certainly you have,” said the court. Bat Knight was determined 10 unearth a conspiracy from some quarter. He put one oi Bulwell's detectives, Miles J. Bulger, on the stand to learn that he had collected three deeds that Cooney had acknowledged. Knight proceeded totarn over this bit of information when Magis- trate Cook called a halt. Knight pro- ceeded to again intimate conspiracy and fraud. He accused the detectives of gath- ering deeds for Cooney for the sole pur- pose of substituting Crocker blanks for the printed certificates on them. He talked of “fact” and ‘‘circumstance” and such like, and then turnea to the Penal Code to read that it was a felony to repro- duce papers for a fraudulent purpose. “‘But these witnesses say they had uo such purpose,” added Magistrate Cook. *Well, we'll prove it.” ““When 2"’ “Not this morning.” “To-morrow morning?” “I don’t know.” “We’ll give you a day,a month ora year,” put in Ready. “Idon’t want to monkey with_this case any such leneth of time,’ said Knight. “Oh, there’s money enough in it 1o keep you going,” rejoined Foole sarcastically, and the prosecution abandoned this line of inquiry for the dav. _The next part calied for the introduc- tion of the expert testimony of Max Gum- pel and the lawyers began at once to quote aw. Reddy opposed the introduction of tuis kind of evidence. Anybody could read what tae printed matter on the Crocker Proofs was and anybody might compare it with that on the Cooney acknowledg- ments. Experts were in the natural order of things prejudiced to the interests that employed them. *And the pias that exists in the mind runs through the magnifying glass,” he concluded. | District Attorney Hosmer 1n reply cited | instances of experts being employed to ! detect flaws in wood. iron, to tell how the | panel of adoor had been whittled out by CALMLY DEEDED ER BABY GIRL Strange Fight for the Pos-J session of Effie Hol- | strom. She Was Retaken by Force and Given Over to Her True Mother. The Foster-Parents” Only Claim Is| Based on a Bit of Paper and Her Affection. Office * of Marion Thrasher, M.D., Twenty-Afth and Yalencia Jir-ets,¢ Sau Francisco, December 21, 1892 | | | | | a jack-knife, and many other instances, Wy then, 'he asked, should an expert | printer not be called to point out the de- | fects in type visible on the Crocker proofs? | Reddy'said even if the Crocker blanks | and the Coon ¥ certificates were identical | typographically, it did not follow tiat | they were printed at the same time, as | *'both were machine made, and the world | was full of type.” | Macistrate Cook, in giving his decision, | said that exvert testimony at best was | unsatisfactorv. He would be his own ex- pert and compare the certiticate on the vencil deeds with the Crocker proois by means of naving bromide photographic | enlargements made of both. “Itthey are ulike I can see for myself, and upon this T think the case of the pros- ecution must stand or fall.” Cooney’s attorneys readily assented to | the idea ana Lees and the Prosecating Attorney fell in line a moment later. This mormng at 10 o’clock the attorneys and Magistrate Cook will meet in conrt to supervise the photographing part of the nrogramme. The Couney people say | that tuey eXpect that the camera wiil | win the case for them without the trouble of calling any witnesses for the defense at all, The civil case on the pencil deeds is down on Judge Slack’s calendar for to- day, but will undoubtedly be postponed | owing to adelay in preparing the jury List. RUBAL RESIDENTS' MAIL. | Opening of an Extensive Experi- | mental Route Belcw San Jose. Twenty-Sev:n Square Miles to Be Covered Oace Every Twenty- Four Hours. = | The first experimental rural free mail | delivery route in Oalifornia began overa- tions yestercay, and theresult of 1ts work- ings is looked jor with much interest by the Postoffice authorities. The route embruces a territory of twenty-seven tquare miles, just south of San Jose, with Campbelis as a starting and collection point. This section is thickly populated, con- taining some 1600 well-to-do people, who own small tracts of land from five to twenty-five acras. Congress recently made an appropria- | tion of $40,000 to try the exveriment of rural delivery in some twenty different States, and Postofhce Inspectors Erwin and Thrall were intrusted with the im- | portant duty of selecting a route in Cali- | fornia that would make a fair test of the | feasibifity of the plan. { They chose the section mentioned after along search principally because of the character of the inhabitants, and also be- cause of the magnificent highways that | the ranchers have constructed. There are three carriers, each baving | his own conveyance and the twenty- | seven square miles is divided between them. The mail from San Francisco reaches | Campbells at 10:32 &. 3., and the carriers | are expected to leave on tneir routes by | 11 o’clock, returning with the mail col- | lected about sunset. | They receive only a small remuneration from the Government, but are permitied | to carry ou an express and delivery busi- | ness as long as theiwr mail is delivered on | time. i | T.ose who profit by the daily delivery are expected 1o put up boxes for the re- ception of mail at convenient points, so that the cariers may lose as littie time as possible in delivering it. The experiment will end on July 1, when ft is expected that the appropriation will be exhausted. From the uata that is | 10 be obtained in the meantime the Post- | office Department will decide whether 1t | is worth while (0 make the service per-| manent and establish it 1 various pars | | of the country. — WOMAN EMBALMER. Mrs. Preston Will Probably Inaugurate @ New Departure Under Federa- tion Auspices. The Federation of Women is consider- ing the question of opening undertaking parlors for women, managed by women. Mrs. 8. M. Preston, a graduate from the School of Embalming in New York, will | have charge of this new departure, if it is decided to inaugurate it. The following ladies form the reception committee for the Curiosity Bazaar, which will be held on the 16th inst., for the Fed- eration’s House of Refuge for women and | children: Mrs. Eva E. Bates, Mrs. Nellie | Blessing Eyster, Mrs. E. K. Sevenot, Mrs. | E. ¥. Drumeold, Mrs. Lila May Kimbali, Mrs. D. K. Farr, Mrs. Dr. T. B. Janes, Mrs. K. Aitken, M . J. Phillips, nided by the members of the Woman’'s State Federation. Lociona b Dined on the Perry, The officers of the United States revenue ciit- ter Perry gave a little farewell dinner and on- | terainment aboard last nignt to some of their | young lady friends. To-day the Perry will | leave for Seattie, Wash., after having been stationed here for over three months. She has been anchored off Meiggs wharf for some tilme and was originally to uave becn used by the United States marshals, Australian detectives and numerous press representatives in going out to the Swanhiida immediately that ship should be sighted approaching port, but she was relieved by the Kichara Rush. Those at tabie last night composed & number of soclety ladies and their escor —_——— New Tomb of the Savior. About twenty Episcopal ministers, mem- bers of the Clericus Club, participated ina banquet last night at the Occidental Hotel, Bishop Nichols presided. The main feature besides the banquet was a talk by the Rev. Hackett-Smith, D D., an the newsy discovered tomb of the Savior in Palestine, The reverend geutleman treated the subject irom an archeo- logical point of view, and his effort was reai| toward the estabiishing of a new place of burial of the favior. Rev. Hackett-Smith has spent much iime in the Holy Land, and espe- cially in the vicinity of Jerusalem, in recent years. — JEWELRY store, 5 aud 7 Third street, remove; do 303 Kearny street, | Exghth street, and *forcibly took and car- | To Whom It May Concern: 1 this day, in the presence of the withesses herein mentioned, convey and bequeath my | bluc-eyed, dark-haired girl baby, born | December 15, 1892, Francisco, | California, to Mrs. Lou Holstrom of Empire City, Oregon, to raise, to edu- cate as her own child, and to adopt Sun thus legally and to inherit the said | Mr. and Mrs. Holstrom’s property as | a legal heir. (Signed), M. THRASHER M.D., MRES. M. HANCOCK, MRS. M. L. RANKIN, Witnesses. I accept the conditions above. | (Signed);, MRS, LOU HOLSTROM. | The signature of the voung girl - who signed this agreement with Mrs. Hol- strom is purposely omitted, as she is now happily married and is doing all in her power to make amends for the mistake of her earlier life. | This quitclaim deed to the person of & bright little girl now about four years old | isa strange feature relative to the posses- sion of the human property in question. Back of it lies a story with a moral, the moral being, “Never adopt a child with- out the fact being Jegally recorded.” Early yesterday morning Secretary Frank Kane of the Society for the Preven- | tion of Vice, accompanied by Police | Officer Tom Coleman, went to the resi- | dence of Mrs. Lou Holstrom. at 476 ried away litile Efie R V. Holstrom, a child that Mrs. Holstrom has cared for and loved for the past four years. Later | in the day Mrs. Holstrom ‘went to the secretary for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and made a bitter complaint | against the secretary of the other society | tor taking from her the little girl. In substance she told the following story: “Four years agzo my husband wasat | Empire City, Or., engaged in .working upon the Government jetty. Oneday I| et Dr. Thrasher, who was then on | [wenty-fifth ana Valencia sireets, and told him that 1 wanted to adopt a little girl. He said that he had one on his | hands that he would be glad to get rid of, as the child was born out of wedlock. I saw the child and took a liking to it. “The mother was at the doctor’s house, and she freely gave up the little one to me upon my promise that I would give her $10. 1agreed to her proposition, and she asked me to send the money to Dr. Thrasher, as she was not lizely 1o remain | K may have taken an overdose of morphine | by mistake, or 1t may have been teken | with suicidal intent. Her husband, Robert Hall, - was placed under arrest early this moraing pending an investigation. The woman died about 2 o'clock thl morning. DETEQTIVES PHOTOGRAPHED. Another Day of Weary Waiting for the Swanhilda to Appear Off the Fort. The detectives waiting on Meiggs wharf for the Swanhilaa cut another notch in their sticks yesterday and talked -learned- |1y of how the foul bottom of the long- looked-for ship is holding her back, but. that she must be off the coast even now. During the afternoon several group phos tographs were made of the detectives at the little harbor police station on Meiggs wharl. They were obtained for Agent Hoeue of the Swanhilda for the purpose of sending them to Australia as souvenics-of the present notorious vovage. The last picture, taken in front of the station and in the presence of -a hundred or more curious onlookers, - was a group with McHattie, Roche and Conroy, the Austraiian slenths, seated in the fore- ground, and Egan, Serceant Bunrer, Ferguson and Silvey, -the local officers, standing behind. In the evening Sergeant Bunner pre- pared a genuine Irish stew, and there was enough of it to feed a dozen men, but when the detectives finished eating therp was not enough left to offer McHatti»'s pet parrot, perched alwaysabove the tabla on an unused gas fixture. HELEFT ANY MOURNERS Attorney Loughborough - Buried With Catholic Cere= mony. Archbishop Riordan Pays a Tribute to' the Worth of the Dead Lawyer. The remains of the late attorney, Alex- ander H. Loughborough, were interred yesterday morning in Catvary Cemetery. The obsequies were. celebrated at St. Mary’s Cathedral in the presence of & throng of friends of the dead man. Arch~ bishop Riordan officiated, assisted by Vicar-General Prendergast and acolytes. The floral offerings were slaborate and varied, almost burying from sight the casket and chancel-rail. The services wére opened with an orean voluntary, after which Vicar-General Prendergast celebrated a solemn requiem mass. The eulogy was delivered personally by the Archbishop, who was an intimate friend of the dead man. Along cortege followed the remains 1o the grave. The pallbearers were ex-Judge E. W. McKinstry, Judge J. V. Coffey, John Burnett, Adolph C. Weber, Louis B. Parrott, Joseph A. Donohue, J. Downey Harvey,” J. K. R. Nuttall, Jolin Parrott and LS. Pease. In many respects the funeral was the largest that has left St. Mary’s Cathedral for many a day. Amony the audiencs and mournerrs were prominent in every walk of life. rEW TO-DAY! LEVIN BROS. Wholesale and Retail there long. Then she gave me the child and this writing, promising never to ask me for :he child. ¢ | *I went to my husband at Empire City | with the child and sent the $IC to Dr. | Thrasher to be given to Effie's mother. | Since then I have taken excellent care of the chitd, whom we all love dearly. % “A while ago, after my return to this | City, Dr. Torasner called on me and told | me that the mother of my little girl | wanted to get the child - pack again. He | said that the woman had married well | and had induced her husband to let her | adopt a little girl, as they were both very | tond of cnildren. 1 refused to part with little Effie, telling him toat I loved the | chiid too well to part with her. | “‘Several days Iater Mrs. Thrasher called | upon me on the same errand, and when I t0id her that I would not let the little one £0 on any consideration she threstened to take her from me by force and told me that the paper I had was of no account. “Last Saturday a womaun called at my house, saying that she was in search of rooms, but no sooner did she see Effie than she declared hersell to be Effie’s mother, and she made the same demand upon me that Dr. Thrasher and his wife | did. Itold the woman what I thought of | her for selling the child to me in the first | place and for demanding its_return in the recond place, and again I said that I would never part with the little one. “To-day the officers came to my house and I let them in. No sooner were they inside than they opened the door and ad- mitted that woman who had sold the child to me. Wetl, by showing their police stars | they took the child away from me by | force, not even giving me a chance to | wash or dress her. One of my family fol- lowed them to the Youth’s Directory. I will go to law. In some way I will get the child back again.’’ Depuiy Holbrook stated that the mother of the child had calied at the office of the socicty and complained that Mrs, Hol- strom was not a fit person to care for the chila. The ofticers had investigated the woman’s character and they could not find anything wrong in the child’s sur- roundings. There would have been but little trouble, they said, if the Holstroms had legally adopted the little one. { Secretary Kane of the other society stated that the part he had played was to see that the real mother got possession of | her child, as she had a perfect right to do, seeing that the writing held by Mrs, Holstrom was not worth the paper on which 1t was written. He, too, maintained | that Mrs. Holstrom was not fit to raise | litlle Effie. Kane added that the child | had been given into the custody of its true mother. He positively declined to give the name or address of the mother, saying that the mother had married a worthy man and was living happily, and to bring her into notoriety wouid be to break up the family. FOUND IN A DOORWAY. A Woman Apparently Suffering From Morphine Poison Taken to the | Rece.ving Hospital. A woman aboat 28 vears of age was found last night by a citizen ia a doorway on San Jose avenue, near Thirtieth street, | in an unconscious condition. The patrol | Wwagon was summoned from the Seven- | teenth-street police station, and she was taken to the Receiving Hospital. Dr. Fitzzibbon found that she was in'a critical condition, and was evidently suffering from morphine poisoning. | In her pocket was iound u phial on ! which was printed “morphine and atro- | bine,” aud a prescription from Dr. Jumes | Frost for morphine and atropine tablets, dated February 18, 1896." | A memorandum-book was also found in | her pccket, on which was writter, in pen- | cil the adaress, “Mrs. Robert Hall, | Diamond and Surrey streets, Castro- | street Addition.” Captamn Gillen was notified of that fact and of her condition, and be detailed an officer to make an in- vestigation. Itis thought probable that the woman JS’ supplied by Redington Grocery Estahlishment. SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. GRANULATED SUGAR. Western Refinery Cane....... b e S T PR Ll L S WEISBARDEN NTRAWBERRIES, Whole Preserved Fruils, regu- s 1» lar 25c.....0 Jars 174 WHISKY. Bourbon or Rye (5 years), reg- ular $3.50 gal.... .23 Ihs $1 $2.50 gal. Telephone South 292. 1324 and 1326 Market Street And 134 Sixth Street. H. WOLF & BRO,, PROPRIETORS. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. Bicycle Trade Sale We have Impérative instructions ffom Messrs. Walls Bros., Commission and Storage Warehouse- men, 381 West Madison street., Chicago, ILL, 10 close out at auction 603 Ladies’ and Gents’ and Juvenile Up-to-Date 1897 Bicyeles. On THURSDAY, FEB. 4, at 2 P. M. Sharp And Wheels tvill be sold in lots to sult the grade. Wheels are guaranteed Al and will be sofa wiih out reserve. There has never been an offering | like this made in the United States outside of Chi- cago. :amples will be on View January willgive you an opportunity 1o be and summer s 0ck 4t your own_ price noreserve. We will be glad to see you. C. M. 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