The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1897, Page 9

Py THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY JUNE 4, 1897 ANES AT LAST o MAKES HIS £XT Attorney Foote Concludes His Cross-Examination of the Expert. Dr. Sobey Then Takes the Stand | to Violate an Aideged Privi- E leged Communication. The Cour’, Howev.r, Is as Y:t Ua. dzcided Whether or Not to Permit | Sceh a Departure From L w. e baiting of Handwriting Expert \mes by Attorney W. W. Foote was re- med at the morning session of the Fair-Craven trial yesterday, and doubt. ess furnished as much interest as any ippening of the day. Mr. nes’ setto with this cslebrated iss-exam ner on Wednesday doubtless an impression on him, for Le ex- ibited the ureatest of respect for the at. undergoing the finule oi the his former glibness and pen- for delivering lectures instead of iuted answers were conspicuous | ¥ by their absence. To start off with, Mr. Foote reminaed | Ames of his testimony regarding tie pe- | rities of tbe letter “w” as it ap- prared 1o the disputed documents and in admitiedly genuine writings of Sena- | e expert had said that always executed ihis letter 1 ne wayv, and that was w the first stroke “‘whopped up,” or rising above the base line, whereas the second scroke hung down below the line. Fooie pointed out a number of “w’s’’ in one of the enlarged photo- of the deceased’s writings and | Ames was forced to aamit that they had 2en writlen with the strokes s.tuated just the reverse from the rule the expert nad ia:d down. Ames could only cuarac- erize these as excepliol Fair's habits r g the use of hy- phens were next discus-ed ey and expert. by the attor- aid that the led an over- yphens bou ut the word breaks » new line. He fiud this characteristic i writings. In the latter | the end of the and at the bezmuning o e could not in the | HANDWRITING EXPERT AMES in the Throes of Cross-Examination in the Fair-Craven Trial. odate him with that| informati or did you deciine?"’ *1 think 1 declinec “Why?’ | “iecause I was instructed todo so.” | “By whom? | I think by Captain Lees and Mr. | Liova.” hen you had your orders to give our side no iniormation whate “Tdon’t think I had or ers; they just told me not to say anyihing about the matter.” Dr. Arthur L. Sobey was called to the | stand after Mr, Crocker had finished. In answer to Mr.McEnerney he tes:ifiea that | he knew Mrs. Nettie R. Craven and re. | | membered baving been calied to atiend her professiona:ly in April, 189, He further recollected having hal u conver- sation with her regardiog deeds she said | she possessed and waich had been given 10 her by Senator Fa “Iasked Mrs. mentally worried sbe smiled and rep! At this junciure Mr. 1 offered a formxl objeciion. He said it if she was not the doctor, and at she was not.” imas arose and e nyph ore like dots. Mr. ¥oote, bowever, calied attention to some ienated words in one of Senator Fair's ers to Bresse & Augus, and showed Ames tbat the Senaior divided the word clegiam” in a manner entirely different r Bat this, said Ames, was | ¢ other exc-ption. | | s had a narrow escape om losing : caste when he got to teliing Mr. Fooie st ethir about the Greek alpha- | . He was descriving the difference | lween Roman and Greek oy nllli‘ ust them on the black board. Is so-called Greek 'r’ you have | rawn a represeatation of the *f' in | e Greek elphabet ? ed Mr. Foote. " as near as I can produce it,”" re- | A'mes, with assuranc | come to eiter r’ i the Greek ) that, Ames was at 1 was trying to as to illusiTate the m_which e letter.’ is that character? we get the asked mes was | now] it 1s| on the blackboard. A-wes bezged to be excused. H be wasulittle too rus y in hisGreek, | and didn’L want to get Into ¢ He thought that e was | when b 10 as e Greek character referred mem ber. “Isu’'tit a fact of is formed the character ett orney De that his associate, and’ girecting | sion 10 Ames. ert had to give it up. Tthad g since he had been to school. | ded the cross-examination, and | R. B. Mitchell asked the exy ies.ions on re-direct examination. were simply in reference to e did ot think it would as many distrepancies | ppeared in the *‘pencil’ 1 deeds and the Fair let °r 16, 1894, | eit the witness-stand and | ceeded by George A. Story, cashiar | Mutual Savings Bank. All he tes- was that Senator Fair, who was U of that bank, attended a | e directors on September 27, | s in a “nervous, debilitaied | dition."” | Ros nbaum delayed the game at at the inaugoration of the | i ses-ion by not putting in an appearance on time. The red and per- spiring exbivited when he did ar- | rive, how was evidently sufficient | testimc at he had tried” hard 10 be prompt, for he was not reprimanded. | Cuarles Crocker, general manager of the H. 8. Crocker called to the Dpany, w Garret McEnerney, and | at that gentie s request identified the tarial blanks and proofs thereof printed his firm, and which were the subject of | so inuch discussion during the earlier witnes nd t days of the trial. Mr. Crocker said that | the blanks were handed to him by A. C. | Forsyth, manager of the stationery de- partinent. Mr. McEnerney was seeking to have Mr. | Crocker tell s about the date that | ceriain blanks bearing an alleged typo- | aphical defect were printed, when At~ | torney Delmas of the defense objected to | counsel's method. ! We claym and want to prove that the blanks upon which the Cooney acknowl- eigments to the disputed deeds were made oul_were not printed until fifteen months after the date of lleged ac- wiedgment,”’ said Mr. McEnerney. We understand the claims of coun very well,” said Mr. Delmas with irony “These claims were ushered in here with a great flourish of trumpets and much ado generally, but as yet we fail to see where they have introduced a particie of evi- dence tending 1o suppoit these claims. Now if they wish to introduce any new | evidence on this point, why, we will insist that it be only of suca a churacter as the law demands and recognizes.”’ After some further debate Mr. Crocker was permitied to testify ihat at his direce tion the issue of blanks with the defect were ali gathered up and put in the vauli. They were taken out subsequen iy and [some of them introduced as evidence in prosecution of Notary J. J. Cooney. Under cross-examination by Mr. De!mas witness said he was prompted to | gather up the blanks by Reuben H. Lioyd and Chief of Police lLees. The vlanks were photographed at tne request of 1hose two individuals. “Do vou remember the occasion of Judge Denison, one of the atteraeys here jor the defense, calling at your store and asking for some information regarding those blanks?” asked Mr. Deimas. “Ido,” replied Crocker. |and argued ‘ cision on the was obvious that the doctor was going to confess that he hai pried into the secrets of Mrs. Craven's mind under the garb ot a physician presciibing for her physical ailments, This was cleariy a privil communication, and under the law the doctor could not divalge it. Judge Curtis supported his associate’s ergument with the declaration that notb- ing could be more despicable nor con- temptible than the act of a physician go- ing 1o & sick bed, and in the course of his professional inquiries obtain information from the patient, which information be | afterward * divuizes. Counsel said he | feared not the doctor’s evidence, but was simply contending fo- a sacred principle. Attorney McEnerney admitied that the law was pain on the subjeet, but be thougnt that in order to determine whether or not the conversation between physician and patient was necessary to aid the former in prescribing for the lat- ter that conversation should be given in courr. Judge Slack iurned to the wi asked vim if Mrs. Craven’s statement to him was resnonsive to his inquiry as to her ailment. Dr. SBobey replied that such was the case, and the court thereur ruled tnat the evidence sought to be troduced by le. M sers. McEnerney and Wheeler tried hard to get Judge Siack to alter his ruling long «nd 'oud 10 that end. The argument iasted until the hour for ness and in- the paintiffs was inadmis- ws, | adjournment, and at that time Judge Slack said he would n t give his final ae- point until this morning. -— HERE’S ANOTHER HEIR. ‘| This One Is Alleged to Be a Grand- child of Senator Fair. fo . . civotor arem A new ciaimant for a slice of the iuicy g, Ao sait heee Ti0S | Fuir estate threatens to materialize { cauiso the hand to hewiate | $hOrtly. OF else not at a This time it comes in ths form of an leged seven-year-oid grandchild of the { late millionaire, James G. Fair—or, to ap- proach more definitely the point, an ai- leged son of the late James G. Fair Jr. Miss Mary Green of Alameda savs she is the mother of young Fair's child, and she has permitted the story to zo forth | that she has taken the preliminary staps toward asking the courts to award the child that portion of the Fair estate which would have gone to Jaumes G. Fair Jr. had he livea, 1t is «aid that she has retained Attorney Harry Morehouse of San Jose and two | otier lawyers to press the proposed suit. According to Miss Green’s story she was | disowned by her parents because she re- fused to divuige the name of the faiher of her child. The little one, she says, was born in February, 1890, two years after she first became acquainted with young Fair. She declares that he promised to care for her and their off:pring, and dia 50 until he died | The attorneys who are looking after the interests of the Fair heirs are inclined to pooh-pooh Miss Green's story. They say they have heard the same thing—or, rather, similar stories—too often beiore to | take any siock in one cropping nun at this late day. At the law office of Knight & Heggerty it was said iast night that even Miss Green's story is oid. | “Wuy, we heard of that two years ago,” | said Mr. Heggerty. “If there was any- | thing in the story something would have | developed long before this, 1 am quite sure it 1s ali & canard or will prove to be ! such eventually. | “‘Why, this is the sixth or seventh al- | legea child of Jim Fair the youuger that | has turned up siuce the Senator died. We | have grown to get used 1o them. But, to | be serious, you wi.l find that, unless i am greatly mistaken, nothing will come of | Miss Green’s alleged claim. There are | more people than Miss G-een who woald | like to get & Whack at the Fuir estate.” PRICKED BY CONSOIENCE A Man Who Stole City Blankets ¥, Ago Pays for Them Pricked by his consc ence an individual | who prefers to remain unknown by name has made restituiion tor a theft committea at one ot the City’s institutions many years ago. Mayor Phelan received an anonymous letter yesterday, in wiich the writer inclosed a well-worn $10 zreenbacs. He stated that ““during the war’ he had ben an inmate of the City and County Hospital and that when he wasdischurged as cured a pair of City blankets went with bim. “In fact, I stole them,” says the | writer. Then li goe- on 1o state that he is now in 2 position 10 repay the City ana desires to do so. The letter concludes with “God bless you,” and there is noth- ing in the missive to identily the writer. enrs | | ested are bezinning to worry. | vessels suffered. WENT ASHORE 1§~ | A HERVY STORM The Norwegian Bark' Neptun Abandoned at | Apia, Samoa. = | | A Race Between tie Mariposa and Aorangi Won by the { Former Easily. Beaten an Hour and a Half in a 126 Mile Rua Into Honmolu'u Harbor. | Among the passengers who arrived the on Oceanic Steamship Company's Mariposa | cas ) ) landing place, immense bowlders by ar carried about like | corks, ation there was utterly | demolished he whaling compan yeslerday was Captain G. Salvesen. He came direct from Apia, Samoa, and has to report the loss of his vessel. In con- nection with the matier the Samoan Her- ald has this to say; United States Consul Biacklock soid the condemned vessel Nep- tun on Monday last. A strong public feefing had been worked up in regard to the sale ol the vessel and covra, most peo- ple regarding the wuole proceeding as— let us say—unnecessary. Mr. Reid becume the owner of the ship for the sum of £135, un absurdly low fizure, wnile the copra (201 tons) was thrown away at £3 83 per ton. The Neptun was a Norwegian bark and was on a trading cruise smong the islands. During one of the storms that rage in Sa- moan waters at this time of the year ber | anchors failed to hold and she dfifted on the reef. All the crew were lunded in safely and tbe vessel abandoned. A diver from the warship Bussard examined the vark’s bottom and on Lisreportthe Neptun was condemned. When the Mariposa left Anpia the vessel was being repaired and it | was the iutention of her new owaer 1o | send ner out on anoiner trading cruise. The passengers by the Maripo-a were: From Sydney—Colonel F. Leckle, Dr. £ 0. Pot r.and Mrs. J. H. Ailen, W. Ci Browna end wife, K. Dulon sna wie, R. stone, Mrs R. Golusione, Mr. and M J R Walker, H. A. Wililams, wife, three chiluren and nurse; W. H. Wi wud wife, Mrs. L J. Davis, chiid and nurse; Mrs. C. J. Robiuson, Mrs H.Smitu, J. Brigsioue, C. E. Buchauan, J. L. Costner, H. M. Courage and servait, N. F. Hall,J R. mbert, W, Unr, A. E. Walker, ¢ A. Walker. C. A. Williams, R J. Wilson. From Aucaiand—Colonel Le Messurie, F. Bowaen ana wife, H. Cox, wite and child; James Knight, wije and child; A. L. Sarlc, wiie aud child; Miss Grothe, Miss . O. Grothe, Percy Brown, Stephen Brown, P. Camphuis, G. Camphuis, A C. Collins, E. Grogan, A. Grothe, J. A. Juck<on, L. Lesu Alex Mcbou- gnil, J. W, Murphy, 8 B. M s, Eugene O’Conor, Miss O'Conor, R. Paynon, Ed Bad- bone, H. O. Ritchie, J. 5. Rutherford, G, Wil-y Clifford Youug, E. Young. From Honolulu—G. C. Broome, Mrs. H. Gals ford, Mrx. Charies 8. Lowis, Mrs.'C. McLenuau, Mrs. M. J. Summertield. The Mariposa ard the Canadian Pacific Company’s Aorangi had a trial of speed between Sydney and Honoluiu, in which the latter was disgracefuily beaten. The Aorangi bas an o.d hu'l, but new engines and boilers, aud on her trial is said to have made seventeen aud a half knots ar bour. Her course was trom Sydney via | Levuka, Fij , and Honoluluto Vancouver, B. C., whilé (he Mariposa’s was trom Syd- ney via Auckland, N. Z., Apis, S:mon and Honolulu to San Franciseo, a differs ence 0! 840 miles in favor of tie Aorangi. Under ordinary circumstances tue iatter steamer should bave reached Honoluin three days ahead of the Mariposa, but wiat was the surprise of Captain Hay- ward when 126 miles from Honoluiu he sighted tie scvenieen and a half knot bual. Smoke was pouring out of her tun- nel, and in a few moments the Mariposa funnel was also belching forth smoke. This bappened on May 26, in the mornin, and at 1 A. M the Aorangi wasabeam, fourteen miles to the westward, at sun- down she was hull down astern, and an | hour and a Lalf aiter the Mar posa | come to an anchorage in Honolulu harbor | the Aorangi came steaming in. | Considerable anxiety is being felt for | the safety of the four-master schooner E. K. Wood. On February 21 she left Che- mainus, B. C., for Tientsin, China, wiih a toad of lumber and has not been heard from since. This is an unusually long | voyage and her owners and those inter- ‘The steamers Mary Garrattand Colum- | bla were in collision yesterday, snd both | The stern-wheeler was | backing out from the Washington-street | wharf and the Columbia was proceeding | to sea. Neither stezmer could gei out of the way, and in consequence the Garrait’s | stern wheel was baily dumaged, and the | tug's upper works were injured 10 a con- siderable exient. An investigation wiil | be he'd to piace tue blame where it be- longs, The Pacific Mail Company’s steamer | City of Panama arrived from Panama and | way ports yesterduy. She had 1.0 passen- gers and <s the captain showed a clean bill of beaith «he was ailowed to dock at | once. The ship's surgeon insisis :hat there bave been no cases of yellow fever on any of the company’s vessels. tweeper Delury, one ot the force em- | strument down .15 of an inch, and from that time unti! 4 M the squal.® were continu- | ous and witn icane furee, the barometer ri g all the m the time inst men. oued the & s began 10 take off a iittl | but for seve hours afterward it blew a | strong gn W the southwest, when it calined down. 1 The was « good dealof damage done at the | | ages for the exciusion | the piainti | 8100 and took no steps to have the resolu- vloved by the Harbor Commissioners, was derelict in his duty yesterdav and was eprimanded by ex-Senator Kane. who has charee of that department, Delury resented Kane's remarks and a free tight | followed. The matter was reported to the | Commissioners yesterday and Deiury was | promptly diemissed from the service. The Ameriean ship Challenger and the | steamer City of Panama both had rough passa The steamer canght it off the | Farallones, but the ship bad a bard time of it all ihe way from New York. | The following information has been re- eived from Isaac Robinson, United States Con-nlar Agent at Norfo'k Island, South Pacific, by the branch bydrographic of- fice: The isiand was visited by a terrific storm on the 28.h of Junuary, beginning in the early MOrniug from esst-southeast wnd oast, a cowpanied with rain, It blew with violence | until midday, when the wind veered to the northeast and north, blowing If anything | reased force. Just before dusk it | ¢ 1o the westward and calmed down, eter still falliug, reaching its lowest , Temaining stationary at that point , when a terrific squall landed, sending the in. with i jus from the sout and & good many tanks with one boat | were carrie togeths which happ be there. Indeed, the No, 4 compauy lost \ryhouse works and ever thing. In town («outh side)(wo houses werq unroofed, and there was u good deal of damaga dene 1o the bananas and growing crop:. The Jowest remding of Lie barometer was 25.55 at . M, on January 28 WS DCIHG DUUBLE DUTY The Driver of a Bakery Wag'n Arrested for Cruelty to Animals. Surreptitiously Uscd His Neiglbor's Horse at Night While It Was Suprosed to Be Res'ing. Gustave Vehse, driver of a bakery wagon, was arresied yasterday morning on warrants charging him with eruclty to an- imals and driving off with a horse with- out the consent of the owner. He was re- leased on $100 bonds in each case, The com ing witness is E. M. Com- pagno, game and poultry dealer, 1320 Polk street, who has a stable adjoining that of Vense's emplo, Campagno in staiing his case to As- sistant Prosecutinz Attorney Hogan of | Judge Conlan’s court sald that he had noticed for :ome days that bis black horse, a more than usually spirited animal, was always in low spirits. A veterinary sur- geon was culled in and made a careful ex- amination of the snimal but could find nothing wrong. Tuen Campagno put the horse in his light wagon, but to his sur- prise it seemed unfit even for light work. Finally Compacno, thinking that some one was tampering wiih tue horse, em- ployed two men to watch his stabie, The men went on duty at 6o'clock at night, but nothing oceurred. About midnight they went to a restaurant for a cup of cof- fee wnd were away about three-quarters of an hour. When they returned to the stable they | found to their surprise that the biack | borse had disappeared. Thev remained on watch and between 5 and 6 o’clock in the morning the black horse, hitched 1o 4 bakery n ¢r ven by Vehse made its appearaice covered with perspication, as if it had been dr.ven at a rattling pace. Compugno alleges that Vehse had boen | systematically using his blzek horse in- | stead of his employer's horse, and it had been doing double work, being used by Compagno during the day and the baker's driver during the night. e HAVE NO REDRESS, Why the Meherin Eros.. Are Outside the Produce Exchange, The_decision of the Superior Court of San Francisco in the case of Meherin Bros. against the San Francisco Produce Exchange was sustained by the Supreme Court yesierday. On November 12, 1884, the defendants, by a unanimous vote of the governing body of the exchange, were suspended from the membership priv- ileges until certain conditions imposed by the arbitration committee of the board should be complied with. On June 4, 1892, the plaintiffs brought an ection in tie Superior Court to compel the exchange 1o permit them to exercise all the rights of a mewber 11 ereof and for $20,000 dar- thereirom. The paintiffs lost their case and appealed to the higher tribuna . Ju-tice McFarlana agrees with the find- ingof the lower court, whicn ruled that and esch of them for more tras seven and o half years afier the pas- sage of the resolution of their sus; ension as members acquie-ced in such suspen- tion of su-pen<ion set aside. Therefore they are in equity barrea irom any relief, There was no cause for such a delay, snd ihe judzment and or ler of the lower court was affirmed. Justices Temple and Hen- | ton | this or any other country | 1or the convention. IT WILL GIVE WINING A BOOM The Big International Con- vention Meets in Denver. California Is to Be Well Repre- sented at the First Gathering The Nexi Ancual Reunion of Miners Will Probibly Be Heid in S:a F-ancisco. The international gold mining conven- tion will convene in Denver, Colo., in July, and the miners of this State are par- ticularly interested in the proceedings that are to be heid. Delegates will be present from every mining State and Territory in the United States, as well as from every couniry on both continents where mining is carried on. The matters to come before that body will be unusually imvortant and the ef- fects of the convention’s sction will be fe all over the country in a very short time. The creation of a Cabine: officer to look after s department of minmng will be fa- vorably discussea without doubt; also the revision of the Federal minix laws, which are conceded to be a great neces- sity. The executive committee and the subcommittees are all appointed and the following letter to Julian Sonntag zives some idea of now far-1eaching the results will be: | TVE COMMITTEE CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS EXECT INTERNATIONAL GOLD MiN OFFICE 1709 70 1713 CALIFORNIA STREET, { DENVER_ Colo., May 31, 1597, Julian Sanntag, Fsq., Sccretary California Min- ers’ Association, San Francuco, Cal.—DEAR SIE W. notice through an ariicie’ publisied in the San Francisco CALL of the solid interestyou us secretaryof the Miners' Association of your city are taking in the coming interuational goi mining convention, convening in Denver Jul 7,1897. In th u and your associa- ve taken upon this question of proper Tepresentation sincere cougratulations are in order, not ouly for the people of Ca {a, but for ail the mining States and Territorieson the American continent, as we now h nrance that this coming in foiog convention will, toell purposes, be the most memorable gathering ever assembied in the interest of miuir and the mi State or Territory that fatix’ 10 taxe part in i will have many regreis when its jroceedings | pass into history, The vigorous champlonship of TiE CALL in behail of your efforts is well worthy of t highest commendation ot &ll loyal citizens of the great commonwenlth of Culifornia. It strikes the nail squarely on the head 1n stating that “the crea.ion oi & department of mining in the Federal Government and a Cabinet officer, representing this vast interest, will be vigorously expressed in the conven- tion,” as will aiso be “‘a ievision sud exien- sion’ of the Federal m Inws.” But this is notali; the purposes of this con- vention max It is ihe initial ste for a thoroughly r of education in all coming, as it does, ata 1 aizn and man 38 secking the prec.ous it s | deemed especiaily opportune for North and South America 10 shuw what they can do the production of the precious and base metals, and nt the same time answer th greet demand now being made b for reliabie inf rmution on & Itis true, as THE CALL puts it, ¢ breparatio is short,” but muen ca piished in a short time if the min are in earnest and mean b the second and greaicr conve meets, asit | may in San Francisco, there isno telling at | this writiug, with plenty of time, aided by tne topies. i he time for and when enterpris: and inteliigence of ‘your people, how great its magniude and influence may be. Jam iuchined to bel tbat California has many friends in Colorade, for ke remsou that the id a of holding the second meeting in | San Francisco has aiready been suggesied by } | more than one ciiizen of this State. Now with reference 10 your mineral display, and I am prompted to mention this at this time, having just receivea s from your question, and that'no mi-tuke is'made I quote tae letter in tull: | CALIFORNIA “TATE MINING BUREAU,) | SAN FEANCISCO, 187 tional_Gold Mining Convention, Denver, (ulo | i Your faver of M gard 10 | disp av of ore and minerals at the ernaiional Go d Mining ¢ o n tobe heid | Denver Juiy 7, 8 und 9, 187, dul - recetved. 1 have carefully considered have been very pieased he matter aud would to compiy with vour re- quest, but umortunately our income hus recentlsy suffered a serious retuction, whien will ne. essi- tate the ciosest economy fOF the DEXt (WO years at Teast. J his misfortune makes it 1mpracticabie for us t0 incar necessary expendituzes for any suea pur- pose. Regretting our inability (o comply with your re- quest, T remalu, respecifally, A. < CoOPER, State Mineralogist. (Per V. W. 1) I judge from the tone of this letter that Mr. Cooper has a wrong impression of the nature of the display propo ed. It is notexpected 1 b ihat the exhibits w made iu the rame | elaborate and exp: manner usually | adopted ut iarge exposi.ions, but su nily atiractive and educationsl to comwmand ai- tention and stimuiate the Erowth of people’s interest, that isa l. The world kuows, now- ever, what California has done iu the past in | tnis respact, consequentiy if time and cond tions are too limited now for her to acconi- Jish all we know sho can do, the presence ana Taftiuence of her delegation will of itself, with: outa display of resources, do much toward promotiug the business interests and develop- ment of resourcesof the mining industry in this great Western empire. New York and Fennsyivania are now ar-| ranging 10 come here in force, The West | should veon han ¢ togive them a heariy wel- come. Montana, Iiano, Texas, Georgia, North | Carolina, Nebrasks, Missis<ipp! and Neiw Mex- ico huve sll appointed their delegntes, und we have very encouraging letiers frum represe tatives of all foreign powers residing in Wash- ingion. S0 you see, <hOTt as the time has been, we have covered the territory and won success Hoping to hear good news from the Golden Gate at an eeriy date, [ rema! IRWIN MANON, Secretary Executive Commiitee. The California Miners' Association will be renresented by five deiegates. The pres.dent, Jacob H. Neft, wili be in the City in & few days and announce the names of those who are to %o to the con- vention. In speaking upon this subject Mr. Sonns tag stated that not only tue miners but ather large local industrial bodies shouid be repre-ented at that gathering. 1ithe international convention of 1898 could te beld in San Francisco it wouid be a iz feather in California’s cap, and all efforts to accomplish this should be encouraged, he said. It would bring together in this | City one of the most representative bodies of business men in the indusirial world. He stated further that the California Min- ers’ Association has made strenuous ef- forts to bave the Felerai mining laws re- vised and a Cabinet zofficer on mining created, and every miner in this Siate shouid ‘do all 1n Lis pow: rto assist and encourage the International Gold Mining Convention and particularly to have the next gathering held in San Francisco. | | | | I R WALKER IS BACK The Millionaire of Salt Lake Much Im- proved by a Cruise to the South Seas Joseph R.Walker, the millionaire banker and real e:tate owner of Salt Lake, who has been quite unwell for overa year, ve- turned here on the Mariposa yesterday, after several months in Hawaii, New Zea- | land ana Aus ralia. Mr. Walker is con- siderably improved in health, and feels | that the trip has done nim much zood. He wa< accompanie! on his travels by Mrs. Walker and C. A. and H, E. Walker and by his physician, Dr. 8. O. L Potter. Mr. Walker and his family are at the Oc- snaw concurred in the opinion. cidental, ¥FW T0-DAY—DRY GOOD= SEdo This sale is a dead G | If the surely will be. 19c¢. printed. TRUE. OXE"- — E-1 THE MAZE B e ate o Let us urge upon you the necessity of be= ing prompt in your purchases from ti We are liable to close our doors any day now. loss to us, and we possibly sell The Maze in buik any moment. As disinterested persons let us teil you that you cannot purchase as cheaply ifrom any one, not even the party that buys it. CLOAK AND SUIT DEP Here is a veritable bechive of bargains. Coats, Jackets, Suits, Dress Skirts, Under= skirts, Chiidren’s Jackets and Dresses, Shawls, Shirt Waists, Silk and Cotton, are oifered vou at from } to ! of their former prices. pers, Umbrellas and Parasols at like reductions. DRESS GOODS. If you are going to buy anything in Dress Goods or Silks, before so doing look at ours. patterns are to your liking the prices We bought very heavily Dress Goods this spring, intending te d> an immense trade, so you will find an unusually good assortmeant of fine dress fabrics. WASH FABRICS DOWNSTAIRS, Nice elegant gcods that sold before this sale at 30c and 35c are offered you at 15¢ and They are as fine as can be woven and A mass of Wash Fabrics from 5c up. We can’t particularize, but every article in our house has been marked down. is stock. may T, Wrap= in THIS 1S Ginburger(o %@ g Propes & SHe Mewxe - MARKET ST, COR VON TIEDEM:AN NOW & CONVICT | Declared Guilty of Perjury in a Deed Forgery Case. Qutcome of a Remarkab'e Strug- gle Against the Law's Penpalti=s. Five Times H: Was on Trial for Feleny and Each Hearing Occu- pied a Month. v Carl W, von Tiedemann was convicted of perjury by a jury in Judge Waliace's court yesterday morning. Von Tiedemann bas bscome a familiar figure about the criminal courts of this City on account of the many charges of felony that have been brought against him. H:s first trouble grew out cof a fraudulent deed transaction, in which an sttempt was made to sell some real estate belonging to Mrs. Herriet Christy of this City. Von Tiedemann was a real estate agent and negotiated the sale of the prop- eriy. The purchaser soon found out that he had been victimized and ttat the per- gon who signed the deed was not Mrs. Christy. When Von Tiedemann was placed on trial for complicity in the foreery of Mrs. Curisiy’s name be offered us a defense that he bad been imposed on by womun who had impersonated Mrs. Curisty, and a photograph was shown him which be said he thought was a pic- ture of the woman who represenied he self to be Mrs, Cbristy, the owner of the property. This pictare was at once 1den- tified as a portrait of Mrs. Sarah Owen Speucer. As Mrs, Spencer had previously veen implicated in some questionable real estate transactions the jury believed that Von Tiedemann was another of her victims and returned a verdict of acquittal. Then Mrs. Spencer had her say in the case. It happened that Mrs. Spencer was net in this State at the time of the alleged transaction, and it followed as a matter ot course that she couid not have been the guiity party in the transaction. When she heard of the testimony that had been given by Von Tiedemann she hastened back to Calitornia and for nearly four yesrs has devoted all her emergies to establishing her innocence, and as a neces- sary corollary she has deemed it a logical requisite that she shouid prove Von Tisde- mann (o be the guilty one in uttering the forged document. As Von Tiedemann had been acquitted of the charge of forgery ue couid not be tried agzein on that indictment, and so he was accused of perjury ior falsely swear- ing that the woman who acknowledged the deed lookea like Mrs. Spencer. Thereupon followed one of the most re- markable legal «trugg es ever known in the annals of the Suserior Court of this County. For three and a half years Von Tiedemann fonght for bis liberty, and by the ussistance of Alexander Campbell, his attorney, he succeeded in keeping out of the Siate prison. Five time« he wastriea, and each time a month or more was occu- pied in the taking of the testimony. In TAYLOR AND GOLDEY GATE | | | | | | some | AVE. Mr. Campbell referred sarcastically to the strenuous efforts on the part oi the prose- cution to secure a conviction and declared that there was not a deputy in the office of the District Attorney who had not at some '1me been engaged in trying to send lbns client, Von Tiedemann, across the ay. Deputy District Attorney Black met this assertion wi statement that the office of the public prosecutor rezarded Von Tiedemann as a dangerous character, and declared that the record of his transactions in this City justified the untiring enersy on the part of the District Attorney’s office in conducting the case. Judge Wallace delivered an elaborate charge to the jury, He reviewed the facts brought out in toe triai and clearly ex- piained the law pertaining to the crime of perjury, letting them understand that no conviction couid be had unless they were convinced that the accused had willfully sworn falseiy; that if ne was hones mistaken when he identified the photc graph of Mrs. Spencer as the picture of the woman who impersonated Mrs. Christy, then he was entitled to an ac- quittal. After deliberating for twenty-five min- utes the jury returned a verdict of “zuilty as charged.” “I would rather have a verdict of con- viction recorded against me than to have adisagreement of the jury,” he said, ““for I am sure that the prosecution would never let up on me. Now there will be a chance to test the validity of these pro- ceedings by appeal to the Supreme Court of the State.” NEW TO-DAY. e — Notice the Shape! This is one of the newest par~ lor chairs—only one of dozens of odd ideas. Let your imagination run riot —and you can’t imagine more unique shages and coverings than we have to show you here—now, The prices range from $4 up; it’s just as your purse dictates. Carpets, too. INDIANAPOLIS FURNITURE CO. 759 Mission St. bis argument to the jury on Wednesday | pmemss s e i i |