The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1897. COLGAOVE TALKS T0 THE PYTHIMNS The Supreme Chancel- lor Presented With a Diamond. Session of the Grand Lodge Draws to a Close at Hanford, To=-Day Citizen and Guest Wil Celebrate the Entry of the Valley Road. HANFORD, CAL., May 21 Lod n of Pythias, adjourned this afternoon after installing its new officers, to meet at Santa Rosa on the thira Mon- day of May next year. The morning saw the completion of the list of oflicers as follows: H. Schaffner of San Frauncisco, G. K. of R.ana 8.; 8. J. f Dixon, G. M. of E.; M. L. Short T. H. Blackman of stcckton, G. L G.; J. O. Johnson of on, G. 0. G.; C. 0. Alkire of River- of Merced, graud trustees. The following commitiees were ap- Joseph Calegans, ,'N.J. Place, E E per diem—George ¥. Burns. Home—Stanton L. F. ii. Farran, C. W. bert E. Bledsoe, F. W. escorted to the opera-house, ivered an address to the The Rethbone Sisters nvited, as were a number dress was an admirable be dv ed prolonged appiause. At sion Stanton L, rier of Fresno, Grand Lodge, ped ijorward he supreme chanceilor tud as a token of the ! m in which he is held by Cali- rois Knights. Eloquent and ready as chancelior could not speak for nent, so affected was he by this ted expression of regard from his However, he replied, fittingly ng his deep appreciation and f the splendid personnel of the 1 this State. Tne later part of the session of the day was devoted to the exemplification of the work of the order by the supreme chan- sented ning a magnificent banquet was members of the Grand while the Rathbone were entertained in the lodgeroom local lodge. And thus the enter- vof the visitors as Knights and rrow the entertainment goes for- ed impetus, as the cily brate the coming of Jozquin Valley Raitroad and the tion of the valley. All is in for the big_demonstration. will bring visitors over the Stockton, ished_visitors who are: Mayor Pheian of S8an Kobert Watt, vice-presi A H. Pa e, director; ector; Alexander Mackie, Storey Jr., chiefengineer; raffic manager; A. D. Schnid- superintendent, of Stocktou; engineer, of Fres. L. W. Storror, al Telegrapn H. C. Bush, general agent 1d Pacific’ Railroad Com- ) s have been engaged for the Artesia. s that Claus Spreckels will not be > be present, and great disappoint- e man the ci t y desired most to honor. g the day’s demonstration, begin wito & salute of 200 guns e, a banquet will b» tendered the g railroad men at the Aborn. To- ow will be a great day in Hanford. KECEPTION Al STANFORD, Entertained by President Jordan Senior Class and ORD U and Mrs. Joraan tendered the mbers of the graduating class a recep- is afterncon in the Roble parlors, entire ciass attended. Mrs. Jane d helped to receive the guests, an appearance during the he trustees of the university ed o attend the reception, and v regrets were received. Several of the wives of members of the facuity, assisted by the voung ladies of Roble Hail, uad decorated tae spacious pariors with cut flowers and potted plants. An orchestra frem San Francisco, which was balf hiaden in a bower of greens, dis- coursed music during the receotion. Light refreshments were served upstairs by young ladies in full evening dress. —_—i SIBRANDED »71 HOHZNBROOUK. Zhe Conductors’ Special Delnyed for Five Bours by a Wreck. HORNBROOK, Car., May 2L.—Four hundred railroad conductors from the Los Angeles convention, and en route to Port- | Jand, were stranded in this little town for five freigut-train wreck in the Siskiyous. A great supper bad been prepared for them fn Asuland, Or., but the wreck threw them upon the hospitality of Horabrook. The Grand | e, C. O. Clarke of Mott and J. F. King | V. | Silent System.”’ - | Fer . | d’Arcy, H. Catheart and Rbys election Supreme Chancellor | It is feared from | nt is manifested on tuis account, as he | | TY, CaL., May th the exception of the members of the | s who bave already departed for the | summer vacation, nearly ail of the pro- | ours this alternoon because of a and Drs. Ruggles and Read, who consti- tute the local commission, have been i1 structed by Governor Budd to re-examine them at the agylum. Similar action will be taken in the case of patients illegally committed to the other State hospitals for | the insane. L MEMORIAL DAY AT SAN JOSE. Graves of the Soid.er Dead Wil B ! D:corated With Ficwers by Scheolchildren, SAN JOSE, Cal, May 21.— Memorial | day will be elaborately celebrated in this city. In the morning the graves of the soldier dead in the cemeteriex will be dec- orated with flowers by committees from the Grand Army,assisted by schoolchil- dren. There will be a parade of the Grand Army posts, schoolchildren, Company B of the National Guard and several civic societies in the afternoon, terminating in 8t. James Park, where exercises will be | beld. A memorial monument will be | erecteg, and this will be ornamented with | flowers. The Oratorio Socety, & male quartet and several soloists wiil supply vocal music. There will be short speeches, the exercises lasting not over forty-five minutes. Thbe Auditorium has been engaged for the exercises in the evening. They wili be of the usual musical and literary order. Judge Henry C. Dibble of San Francisco | will deliver the oration. - STANFORD ENTELTAINMENT., Professional Talent to Assist im the Semiors’ ZTheatricals. SAN JOSE, CAL, May 21.—Witi the help of professional talent from San Fran- cisco the programme for the senior class entertainment has been arranged, and it is one which will rival in excelience any- | thing in the theatrical line ever given at Stanford. Nat Goodwin and Maxine | Elliott telegraphed 1o those in charge of | the affair that they wou'd play “'The Besides these 1wo artists Hartman, *Jack’ Raffsel, Maurice [homas have consented to take part. : The entertainment is to take place in Encina Gymnasium, and althougt® the . | date has been set at Tuesday a large num- | ber of the seats have already been sold. Besides the attractions supplied by out- siders part of the programme will be de- voted to scenes enacted by universiiy talent. Fora curtain-raiser ‘A Proposal | Under Difficulties” will bs given. | four characters of this amusing sketch | will be represented by F. B. Riley, George Busch, Miss Streeter and Miss Hailie Hyde. Miss Flossie Jones '98 and Robinson '99, both of whom made a hit at the last junior farce, are to take the two charac- tersin ‘A Pair of Lunatics.” e e, CRAZED BY HIS LOVE. French Consul de Saisset’s Butler Ar- rested for Insanity. | BAN JOSE, Can, May 21.—Lomis T. | Tambling, who has been employed by P. de Saisset, the residenc French Consul, as butler and coachman, has been arrested on a charge of insanity. Love for Adele Coscan, a Franch maid employed by De Saisset, is the cause of Tamb:ing” trouble. The man is about 50 yearsof age. A short time ago he had spirit manitesta- tions that the pretty French girl was in | love with bim and wanted him to marry | ber. Tambling at once told his employer | of his luck and started to make prepara- | tions for his wedding. 1t was then noticed that the man was not in his right mind and he was discharged. He hung about | the place for several days and this morn- ing he rushed into the police station to | get help to rescue the young lady from | De Saisset’s household. ~ He was at once | locked up and charged witn insanity. — - WUES OF THE DAVIDSONS. San Jose Orchardist Defendant in Di- rorce Litigation. | _SAN JOSE, Car, May 2L—Mrs. Laura R. Davidson, wife of Henry Davidson, a | prominent orcaardist, has begun divorce | proceedings. In her compluint Mrs. | Davidson accuses her husband of habitual | intemperance and croelty. | The Davidsons were married in Decem- ber, 1871, and bave six children, three of whom are yet minors. Thbey have resided | continuously i1n this couuty since their marriage, Their home place, sitnated on | 2 | the Doyle rosd, near Saratoga avenue, is | valued at $40,000. The plaintiif seeks a decre» of divorce, | the custody of the minor children ana a | | division of the properiy. | Acsiiliatd, 108 ANGELES LAND SUITS. | Southern Pacific Company Defendant in Fire Cascs. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 21.—In the Superior Court five important land cases against the Southern Pacific Company are being heard, the decisions in which will | affect others than the parties to the suits. | The cases are similar in character, the | claims varying .rom $700 to $3000. The plaintiffs purchesed land from the South- | ern Pacific Company on variousdates since | Angnst 26, 1887, at the time expecting to get title at some date in the future. The railroad people have not been able to get patents for these lands and now it is sued | for moneys paid on purchase contracts. Ia the case of Eims, Poindexter and the Farming and Frait Land Comrany the railroad demurred to the complaint, fall- ing back on the statute of limitation, but | Judge Allen has overrruled the demurrer. The | | preceding. SUPREME CHANCELLOR COLGROVE. Career of the High Official Who Is Visiting the Knights of Pythias at Hanford. HANFORD, CaL, May 21.—Supreme Chancellor Philip T. Colgrove, now visiting the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythins in this city, is the youngest of the long line who have ever held his high office. He is but 38 years of age, and his tour of visitation is also his wedding jour- ney. His wife has received the same marked attention at the hands o! the ladies of Hanford and the Rathbone Sisters that he has reseived from the Knights. He isa man of force and character, besides being handsome and jolly. His strong point is eloquent specch, and he has made an excellent impression upon the local Knights, Supreme Chancellor Colgrove’s home is at Hastings, Mich., where he was admitted to prac- tice before the Supreme Court of that State on his twenty-first birthday in 1879. He was elected District Attorney in 1882 and was twice afterward re-elected. He was once chosen to represent his district in the State Senate and declined a renomination. Heis president of the state Republican League, aud has been chairman of the State Centrel Committee for several vears. He was nominated for Congress in 1894 but declined, as he was then in line for his present office, and decided that he could not hold the two offices. The high office which he holds in the orderof Knights of Pythiasisone thatmust be reached step by step through all the chairs ot the local lodges and the State Grand Lodge to the Supreme Lodge. There advancement goes rather by selection. He was elected to the Supreme Lodge at the Milwaukee session in 1890. In 1892 he was made chairman of the com- mitiee on law, which is the position that puts the man to the test. He survived the test and was made the supreme vice-chancellor at Washington in 1894, and at Cleveland last year he mounted to where the order has nothing further to give. Hisoffice is to the order what the Presidency of the United Siates is to the Nation. He is commauder-in-chief of the Uniform Raok and chairmen of the board of control of the Endowment Rank. His term of office is two vears. He receives a salary of $5000 per year and expenses, with $2500 for a secretary. * Colgrove is intensely patriotic, and in his address before the Grand Lodge the flag and country was his theme, and he fairly carried chose who heard him off their fest. He is & member of tne Hastings Battalion, Uniform Rank, and has held the position of left guide in that famous organization, and despite the fact that he is commander-in-chief of all the uni- form orders, he fills the position of left guide in &1l the exnibition or contest drilis of his own bautalioa. Io the history of the order this is but the third time a supreme chancellor hes visited the coast. Colgrove says he thought he would reverse ths custom and give the West a great part of his attention. He has come from British Columbis, visiting the grand lodges of Oregon and Washington on the way. He will spend another week in tais State, visiting Los Angeles and San Francisco; thence he goes to Arizona, Nevada and Utah and expects to arive home the lat- ter part of June. Later he goes to the maritime provinces of New Lrunswick, where there is a grand lodge. Speaking of the order to-day to THE CALL representative the supreme chancellor said: “It is the only fraternal order that is chartered by act of Congress. When we went before Congress in 1894 and asked for a charter the question was put to ns, ‘By what right ao you ask 11?2 The Masons, Odd Fellows, nor any other ordars, are charte: by Congre: Our reply was that all other orders originated 1 otber lands. The Knights of Pythias is essentially American and it must remain so. It is confined to North America; it was organized to cement the brotherhood of Americans throughout ull the States and the members of its Uniform Rank, 48,000 strong, are pledged to the defense of the flag, to exchange their swords for muskets whenever the country calls upon them. On a pageof the records of the earliest grand lodge at Washington are these words, ‘Adjourned for the defense of the flig’ We got our charter. “I consider, for the ressons given, the Uniform Rank to be the most important bratch of the order. Its members are recognized, though perbaps not officially, by State and Nation sg citizen soldiers. The Government hasloaned it horses, tents and other parapheraalia at its eucampments. “The Endowment Rank is the insurance branch of the order and it carries $102,000,000 of insura ¢ Ou the 31st of March it had paid out ¥358,000 upon volicies for the three months 1t has & reserve fund of $750,000. The goverament of the order is formed upon the same lines as that of the Nation, having three arms, legislative, executive and judicial, and is the oaly frateraal order so constituted. Ail questions of law are submitted to the tri- bunals, and appeals may be carried from the lower courts to the supreme tribunal, composed of five judges. Teir judgmen's are printed, and we now have two books of these dec.slons. he order is in the highest state of prosperity.” SAN DIEGO SMUGGLERS. Arrest of Two Men Ckarged With Bring- ing Chinese Coolies Ia:0 Ths Country. SAN DIEGO, CaL., May 2L.—James D. schooner, which he named the Punta Banda. With his little vessel he would sail down the Mexican coast, put into port on rome pretex: and get away again without exziting comment with from five to ten Chinamen aboard. He knows every 1aile of the coast between Ensenada and Santa Mt}nicn nnéi m‘éflfj last trip he e ran into San Juan and landed eight Celes- Wright and Peter Asmussen were arrested | {81 1200 Son Juah 80 landed eight Celes this afternoon by Chinese Inspector Nor- | gstimate that he has been instrnmental in man charged with aiding Chinese laborers | getting over 200 Chinamen into tnis coun- to enter United States territory. The | try in the past Lwo years. men were taken before United States e Commissioner Knoles and held to answer Sunstroke Kills a ¥olo Workman. in the United States District Court. WOODLAND, Car, May 2L—Henry Wright’s bond was tixed at $2000, in de- Ebele, a farm employe, died to-day at the fault of which he went to jail. It is| County Hospital from the result of sun- claimed that he has for two years past | stroke received whiie working in the hay heen the leader of a band of border rul- | fields. It1s the first fatality of tiis kina s whose principal business has been | that has occurred in this county for smuggling Mexican goods and opinm and | several years. On Ebele's person was running Chinamen across the line. His | found a der.osit receipt for $1024 69 in the iatest venture was the purchase of a small | German Savings and Loan Society. TWO LIVES SAVED BY SKIN-GRAFTING Novel Surgical Cases in Stockton and Los Angeles. Five Thousand Pieces of Cuti- cle Used on a Single Patient. Many Persons Contribute to Save the Sufferers From Death by Torture. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 2L.—A suit tried in the Superior Court to-day dis- closed the details of a most interesting surgical case. A local physician sued the receiver of the bankrupt Los Angeles Iron and Steel Company for $2250, and a drug- gist demanded of the same defendant §357. The bills are for medical services and medicine for a boy named Lamar Moore, who was scalded by stepping into a barrel of boiling water at the rolling- miil in January, 1896, The boy was employed at the mill and accidentally stepped into the barrel which was set into the ground to receive con- densed steam from the engine. When taken from the boiling water he was in a horrible condition and there seemed little hope of saving his life. The usual treat- ment for burns was appiied, and the pbysician who is the plaiatiff in this suit was called to give attendance. The doctor was assisted by others of his profession, and they together planned to make young Mocre whole again by the progess of skin-grafting to replace the cutfcle that had peeled from his legs as a result of the scalding. The boy was a great sufferer, but he stood the ordeal well. In the procass of grafting new skin from kind contributors to the quiveriug Hlesh of the unfortunate boy, 5200 pieces of cuticle were used. They were donated by fellow-employes and sympathizing strang- ers, and one section came from the person of the receiver of the mill, WillisJ. Boyle, the defendant in this suit. The paiches of skm varied in size from a half inch to an inch square, and the persons who sacrificed them for humanity’s sake showed much fortitude. The boy’s lile was spared, but be is not vet well, though the most of the trans- planted cuticle grew upon the wounds. The doctor and druggist sued the receiver of the company for their bill, holding the company responsible for the accident. Judge Shaw this afternoon rejected the drug bill entirely, and orderea that §10 be allowed the doctor. — COLLEGEVILLE HEROINES, Two Young Women Contribute Cuticle to Bdarve a Child. STOCKTON, CaL, May 2L—Quite a remarkablo skin-grafling operation has been performed on little Elsie Galbraith by Drs. Fitzgerald and Hinkle. Two or three weeks ago Elsie, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gal braith, who live near Collegeville, was severely burned while playing with other children. The little ones built a bonfire and the dress of Elsie was ignited. Her legs and back were badly burned and the physicians found tbat the skin was en- tirely destroyed and that ney skin would have to be grafted to prevent the muscies from contracting. The case was explained to the family, and while the father and wother were both willing to part with portions of their cuticle for their child the doctors pre- terred the skin of younger people, They did not have any difficulty in find- ingit, for an aunt of the jittle child and another young iady, who was staying at the house, at once volunteered to con- tribute. The skin was taken.from their arms, several hundred pieces being needed to cover the burned flesh of the child. It was cut as deeply as possible withont causing excessive bleeding. The subjects submitted to the operation without an anesthetic, Lut they suffered many a sharp twitch for the sake of the child whom they loved. Each bit of skin was put on the child’s body, the pieces being placed at a slight distance from each other, o that they might grow together. They were then alil covered and the child is now doing nicely. FPH®EIX'> SENSATION, Blgamist's Muit for a Divorce Meets With Upposition. PHENIX, Ariz, May 2L—Social, re- ligious and financial circles in this part of the Territory are stirred profoundly by the ‘culmination of a scandal that haslong been in the air. E. Irvine, one of the richest men in Pheenix, and a deacon in the Methodist church, recently returnea from California, whither he had gone sud- denly last fall upon the unexpected u:- rival of his first wife, Mary A. Irvine, and her children from New Brunswick. The The cizizens did their best to satisfy the hunger of the jolly conductors, but the one hotel was not equal to the demand so +uddeniy felliag upon it. A« a result of | the raid on the stores, there isnota can of | sarduzes or & bite of cold lunch of any kind left. The specisl train got out at 9 o’'clock, the conductors and their ladies will be able to get their prepared feast at Ash- land, Or., at the delightful hour of mid- night. S B Work for Kockton’s Lunacy Commission. BTOCKTON, Car., May 21.—The new S.ate law relative to the examination of persons supposed to be insane went into effect on the 31st of last March, but owing to inadveriance its provisions were not enforced until quite recently. One of thiese provisions is that all suspected per. sons arrested for insanity must be exam- ined by a lunacy commission appointed under the law. Sipce April 1, fifteen per- sons have been sent to the State hospital bere who were not properly examined, \ VIEW OF THE CAMP OF THE UNIFORM RANK AT HANFORD, [Draun for * The Call” by H. W. Rawlins.) appearance of Mrs. Irvine No.1 compl- cated matters a great deal both for the husband and father of her large family as well as for Mrs, Irvine No. 2 and her fam- ily of nearly grown children, who bhave lived in Pbenix niany years. There was talk of proceedings under the Eamunds law, but Mr. lrvine remained away until such talk had subside . Now he has filed a suit for divorce from his first wife, and she has pat in a cross-complaint for deser- tion, anu claims considerable community properiy. Mrs. Irvine’s complaint sets forth that this community property was conveyed by the husband of both women to the second wife. She demands ber share of it, and a sensational divorce trial is promised. SETl A EXECUTED AT FOLSOM. Benito Lopez Pays the Extreme Penally tor the Murder of George §. Wastburn. SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 21.—Benito Lopez, the 70-year-o!d murderer of George S. Washburn of San Andres, Calaveras County, walked calmly from his cell in murderers’ row, at the Folsom State Prison, this morning, climbed the few steps leading to the gallows and was launched into eternity. Lopez passed a peaceful night, sleeping as calmly as a child. He arose early, ate a bearty breakfast and passed the rest of his brief span of life in the company of his spiritual advisers, Father Santan- dreu, pastor of the Spanish church of San_Francisco, and Father Hunt of this city. When on the gallows, the former stated that Lopez asked pardon for all nis sins and forgave all his enemies. Lopez and his victim, George S. Wash- burn, were residents of San Andreas and near neight Both men were weil ad- yanced in years and had_ frequently quar- reled. Lopez was the possessor of a well, the water of which overflowed and ran onto the place of his victim. On the day of the murder, the 4th of April, 189, Washburn was attempting to dig a smals diten across the road to lead the surpius water away from bis grounds, when he was accosted by Lopez, who demanded that he stop the work he was engaged in and leave. One word brought on anotner, and eventually he called Lopez an old thief, and the lat- ter stepped into his cottage, picked up a revolver and shot Washbura dead. Among the eye-witnesses of the murder was G orge B. Washburn of San Fran- cisco, a son of the murdered man, and Sheriff Ben Thorn of Calaveras County. ‘The latter says Lopez once stabbed a man in San Andreas, and he was suspected of having murdered a man several years ago, but” the authorities were never able to fasten the crime upon him. The Sheriff says Lopez was always considered a dan- gerous man. FINIGAN AT SAN RAFAEL. The Ex-Millionaire Who Swore He Was a Fauper Is Living at Hotel Rafael, .BAN RATFAEL, Ca May 21.—The women’s cell in the Marin County Jail is deserted and its former occupant is ing at Hotel Rafael. Not every man wko swears that he is a pauper can follow the example of Colonel Peter A. Finigan, who entered the County Jail reputed to be worth thousands of doliars and left it without a 5-c2ni piece to his credit. Colonel Finigan on Wednesday night occupied the luxurious apartments that six weeks before he deserted to become a charge upon the County of Marin. Yes- terday was moving day at the County Jail, and all the effects that had come from Hotel Rafael to brighten the life of Colonel Finigan while he occupied the women’s cell were taken back to the big hotel. The cot and the otker articles which served io ease the solitude were loaded on to the wagon which rumbled away to the new home of the colonel. Thie appointment of an assignee and other matters in connection with the in- solvency proceedings by which the col- onel edmiited he was a pauper will come up in the Superior Court next week, and in the meantime Colonel Peter A. Finigan will sleep and eat at Hotel Rafael. < e RECEPTION AT AUBURN. Seeretary of State Brown and Wife the Guests of Honor. AUBURN, OaL, May 2L—8ecretary of State L. H. Brown and wife of Sacra- mento, who are stopping here temporarily, were tendered a public reception to-night at the Freeman House. The affair was the most brilliant in this city for many a day. Mrs. 8. J. Dunlap, sciing as hostess, was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Crutcner, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Willment, Mrs. Hant: ley, Mrs. Geor:e Hamilton, Mrs. Biggs, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Yard: ley and Miss Hamilton. e Zo Develop Rillaboro Mines. SANTA FE, N. M., May 2L.—W. Shop- well, who recently sold the Hillsboro placer mines to a syndicate of Ohio and Pennsylvania iron men for $160,000, is here. He stated final surveys were in progress for a pipe line and reservoirs, and one of the greatest gold mining ventures of the West would soon be under way. The plan is to span Las Animas Ri with a dam of solid masonry 200 feet long by 100 feet high, and pipe the flood water thus stored twenty miles to the placer diegings. The cost of the undertaking will be $75,0000. Do Whitier Trustees in @ Deadlook. LOS ANGELES, Cir, May 21—The trustees of the Whittier Reform School cannot agree in the selection of a man to Il the position of assistant superin- tendent of ths institution, At the meet- ing vesterday three candidates were bal- loied on. Trustee Patton voted for Georze D. Pessel, Trus'ee Rowland cast his ballot for Edward Young. and Mrs. Mitchell voted for Major Oliver of Ohio. How long the deadluck wili continue cannot be stated, as each party to the controversy appears to be determined to win. Sk grgec vy Perished Near tloason. YUMA, Ariz, May 21.—The body of a dead man was found on Wednesday, forty- five 1iles from Yuma, on the road from Gleason, Yuma County’s famous mining camp, to the railroad. The man had ap- parently been dead for about twenty-four bours. Tbe corpse was identitied as that of W. C. O'Brien, a prominent mine owner of Gieason. He left that place for Yoma and camped at night where his body was found. It is supposed that he died from heart failure. e gl Yolo County’s dohool Cemeus. WOODLAND, Car., May 21. — The various schuol census marshals through- out the county have completed their work and filed reports with the County Super- intendent. The census shows a total of 4406 chilllren residing in Yolo County, which is a aecrease of 193 over last year. e i Stockton Damage Suit. STOCKTON, CAL., May 21.—The suit of Harry Vizslich against the Southern Ps- cific Railroad Company for $50,000 for the loss of bis lez in a train wreck here on March 2, 1896, was begun in Judge Jones' court this morning. Most of the day was taken up in the selection of a jury. Sus g Tembdlor Jars Sania Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, CaLn, May 2L—A slight earthquake shock was felt here at 5:50 P. M. The oscillations of the earth were from morth to south. The shock lasted about five seconds. —————————— The Army and Navy Is a new feature added to the San Fran- cisco News Letter to-day. Itisacomplete resume of the movements of the United States army and tne United States navy on the Pacitic Coast. CLAMS KNSHIP 10 A DEAD MAN Dora Wilson Contests the Will of James Quentin. Will Seek to Prova Tha* She Was a Daughter of the Deczdant. In Life the San Maie> Capitallst Declared Her Pretensions False. REDWOOD CITY, Car., May 21.—Dora Wilson yesterday filed a coniost of the will of the late James Quentin, who died at San, Gregorio last October and left an estate which has been appraised a: $103,- 000. It consists of real and personal prop- erty and money in bank. Quentin left a will by which he disposed of all his estate, leavingit to friends and to orphan asylums, as he had no relatives. In the will there is an express provision that none of the property siacud go to Dora Horn or any member of the Horn family on the ground that they have no claims upon him. Dora Wilson (formerly Dora Horn) now seeks to break the will, claiming that she is the daugnter of the deceased. Itis beiieved she has a good case. Mrs. Horn, the mother of the contest- ant, was at one time married to James Quentin, but they werc divorced before Dora was born. 1n the will it is alleged that Dora is the aaughter of James Horn. The case may possibly be compromised, but should it come to a hearing sensa- tional evidence will be introduced. After setting forth her relationship to the deceased the ccntestant alleges that at the time when the wili was mads James Quentin was not of sound and dis- posing mind, and by reason thereof was incompetent 1o inake any will. She charges that undue influsnce was exerted over him by Thomas Stealey, who, with his wife, is a devisee to the extent of one- third of all the real and personal estate of Quentin, POINT LOMA’S UNIVERSITY. Plans of the Theosophists Carried For- ward W.thcut Regard to Expense. 8AN DIEGO, CaL, May 21.—Dr. R. A. Partridge and wife of Cincinnati to-day took formal possassion of the hand- some Queen Anne cottage that has just besn finished jor tiie use of the caretakers of the property known as the site of the School for the Revival of the Lost Mysteries of Antiquity, the corncrstone of which was racently dedicated by Mrs. Kate Tingley and the theosophical cru- sadersaccompanying her. For saveral weeks following Mrs. Ting- ley’s departure little was done by the theosophists, and the opinion becams general that the scheme to establish a | university on Point Loma was visionary and unreal and would probably never materialize. Soon, however, money began to arrive from the East, consigned to Ballou &, Cosgrove, the wholesale me: chants who are acting as financial agents for the achool. This was followed by the building of the cottage and other improvements, such as grading and fencing, and then more land was purchased at a nigh price. The other day a drait of $3500 arrived to pay for 1and, and te-day $4000 more came by bank draft. The sociely is now owner in fee simple of 300 acres of land magnificently situated in one body overlooking sea and bay and surrounding country. The latest arrival in the city is M. A. Oppemann, a wealthy manuiacturer of Providence, K. L, and personal iriend of Dr. Lorin F. Westerly, R. 1., who is one of the wealthiest of the crusaders. The two gentlemen to-day approved the plans for a splendid sanitarium to be built ona tract according to (he description given in THE CALL rome weeks ago. The building wiil be of old mission architecture and will cost $40,000. Work will be begun at once. It is prosposed io build an electric line around the bay to furnish communication 10 the rapidly growing settlement on Point Loma. 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