The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1897, Page 5

? vesterday, when she went down town with one of the neizhbors. She left and jewelry. { ! in the house all of her mone: H” L H The woman is ounger than hei BY LINES OF FIRE Chaparral Ablaze in the Foothills of San Joaquin. Ranchers Attempt in Vain to| Stay the Progress of the Flames. Back-Firing by Men and Boys Saves the Town of Burson From Destruction. LODI, CaL., June 29.—Fire} was discov- ered ear s afternoon on the hills three miles west urson on the narrow- zauge division the Southern Pavific. s spread, carried by a| . The dry grass and chapar- ike gunpowder as the ad- of fire passed over. The that neighborhood saw that the was assuming serious dimensions, 7 J GUSTAV ' but before they could check it the flames | were beyond control and reaching out for mileson every side, laying the hills as bare as an Arctic steep. Men hastily began clearing off around | their houses and barns and back-firing on all sides, It was their only hope for sav- ing homes and livestock in the path of the devourinz element. The whole hill country around Burson is covered with dry chaparral and greasewood, and with this to feed the flames little or no progress was made by the fire-figh Water is also very scarce there. The main reli- ance was placed on back-firing and the check that roads and the beds of dry ‘ sireams put upon the spreading lines of flames. | At Burson the greatest excitement pre- vailed as the flames came creeping toward | d bovs, dusty and work with sacks er. The back- firing extended clear around the town and placed it out of danger. 1ng down w the crew havin aud trestlework, safely enough. The fire is still burning and spreading eastward. A vast amount of dry feed and | pasturage has been destroyed already. Over on the hilis a number of buildings were burned, but it is thought few of them were occupied or valuable. They were principally old landmarks. The flames reached the railroad and late in th evening the ties were on fire for some dis 1ance and the trestle also became ignited. There is notelling where the conflagration will end, but as there is litile wind to- night it may gradually die out. The na- ture of the couniry tends to carry it on up into higher and more densely wooded hills | at Valley Springs. H The fire is believed to bave been started by campers. A GRAIN FIRE NEAR GILROY. Carelessness of a Youth W.th Matches Results n Loss to Ranchers. GILROY, CAL., June 29.—yA nephew of Amos Lester from San Jose set fire to | stubble in the rear of Lester’s place at old Gilroy this morning while carelessiy playing with matches. The b.azze spread rapidly, and in less than a half hour had swept over Lester's grain field, on which the crop had been cut and stacked for hay. Only by hard work of the bLired men and neighbors were the stacks suved. The fire made its way to the adjoining ranch of Dr. J. Doane and spread over twenty-three acres, on twelve acres of | which was standing grain, the rest ving | been cut for hay. In all about 150 acres were burned over, mostly pasture lana | and stubble. Flve hundred dollars will cover the loss to Doaue ana Lester on grain. About three miles of picket fenc- | ing was destroyed, making a total loss of over $1000, with no insurance. It was over an hour before the flames were checked, and the workers were almost prosirated with the heat. i s Clovis Depot Destroyed. FRESNO, Car., June 29.—The Southern Pacific depot at Clovis, on the Pollasky branch, twelve miles northeast of this city, was destroyed by fire to-night. The building was a two-story frame siructure, and the loss will amount 10 several thou- sand dellars. The agent and his family barely had time 10 esc: Two ! Astoria Voman iixappears. ASTORIA, Ok, June 25.—paul Aha, | one of the best knowr fishermen on the Columbia River, returned in his boat this morning 1o find that his wife had leit home and had not been heard of since 1 | to suspend operations and | the city is much y has been intimated that woman husband, and it itisac of deseriion Aba does not believe anyibing kind, and fears she” has met with foul play. e BANK FAILURE AT TACOMA. Supreme Court Decis.on Causes the Union Savings Concern to Close s Doors. prise was caused this morning b ure of the Union Savings Bunk and Trust Company to open its doors for business. The bank has never done a cial business, but had been the largest purchaser in this State of county, mun pal and school securities. Its suspension, | thereiore, has not affected the business interesis of the city out-ide of itsim diate creditors. These are few, as local deposits aré quite small Charles F rdson, a well-known law- yer, was to-day appointed receiver of the bank. Receiver Richardson and thec cers of the institution say that ihe sus- pension of the bank is due entirely to last week’s decision of the Supreme Court v case. The bank hoids of city warrants, which, “ure left in suspicion Nicol savs that the in the Bards about $200,00 under tbat decision, of having been paid. | warrants were paid for by the bank dollar for dollar, ana that the city got t!.e money and used it. He belie there i3 no be lia or these doubt that the city wi v ants and for them; but until t large asset is WALTER. for another man. | of the arge commer- | the bank will get its money | JOHN MORRISEY. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDA Y, JUNE 30, 1897. 175 TEN YEARS OF SUGCESS Anniversary of the Open- ing of the Orpheum Theater. | | | Souvenirs Will Be Issued and [ There Will Be a | Banquet. Rise of the House to Its Present| Place in the Vaudeville World. | The Orpheum Theater rounds the first | decade of its existence to-day, and the oc- casion is being made a notable one by the management. A handsome souvenir pro- | gramme has been arranged for distribu- tion. It contains a hisiory of the house and a sketch of its founder, Gusiav | Walter, together with fine hali-tone cuts of the artists wiho have appeared here | during the past ten years. The house bas been handsomely deco- rated in honor of the event, and after the | performance to-night a banauet will be | given to a limited number of friends, in- | cluding City and County officials, news- paper mer: and the artists at present fill- ing dates at the house. Gastay Walter was born in the town of | Osteroda, Germany, in 1848. He came to | America'in 1865, and for nine years re- | sided in New York, where he was en- | gaged in the provision business. Coming to San Francisco at the end of that period, he for three years was in the employ of William Ehrenpfort, the carpet-dealer; but the business of catering to the amuse- ment-loving public attracted him, and he established the Fountain on Kearny street, where the Thurlow block now stands. His next venture was in the Vienna Garden, | Then he piloted the fortunesof the Wie- | wam, and in 1887 he established the Or- | pheum. The place was auspiciously opened June 30 1887, the attraction teing Sander Ros- ner's . Electric Hungarian Orchestra, | brou trom Budu-Pesth, Hungary, ata { cost of $6000. The orchestra consisted of | twenty-three musicians and three organs, | and created a furor in the musical world. After this came light opera, with Helen Dingeon and Harry de Lorme, and 1t was ring this engagement thatone of the biggest svectacles ever given in this City was produced, **Allan Quartermain.’’ The C. D. Hess Opera Company came | next, presenting grand opers, with Guilie, L'Ailemand and other artists of note. Two Spanish companies came later, and { the Hungarian Gypsy band, the first of | the kind ever seen in America. Then vaudevilie was taken up, and now it is the best known nhouse in its line in the West. In the selection of his active manager justav Walter showed keen ousiness acum the selection of John Morrisey. To Mr. Morrisey’s exnerience and fore- sight much of the success of the Orpheum isdue. He is known in the amusement world asa man of abiiity and excellent judgment. | © From a struggling theater, whose very available the ban has found it necessary liquidate as rapidly as may be practicable The bank was organized in 1891 with a capital of §100,000. General J. W. Sprague was its first president. Since his death there has been no president, Cashier Nicol having entire charge of its affairs. One of the largest stockholders is Chester Thorne, president of the National Bank ot Commerce. The bank’s officers believe must redeem its warranis, in which case depositors and stockholders can be paid in fu.l .-— RELEASED AT AUBURN. Milwaukere Detectives Compelled to Free an Alleged Embezzloy. AUBURN, CaL., June 29—On Saturday | 1ast Onris A. Wagner, a well-known hop- buyer, was arrested in Sacramento on a requisition from the Governor of Wis- consin by Detectives Broderick and McManus, of Miiwaukee. Tue charge was embezzlement, preferred by F. Leubning & Co., of = Milwaukee. The papers accompanyinz the requisition state thut in August, 1892, Wagner repre- sented that he had large contracts with the hop-growers of Calilornia which were to run five years and that on Wagner's representations Leubning & Co., advanced 6 cents a pound on 200 bules, amounting 10 $2280, he promising to deliver them in | October and November of the same year. _While the officers were on their way East on Sunday with their prisoner they were detained at Auburn on a writ of haveas corpus. The proceedines were held to-day before Judge Preweit, who decided that the Milwaukee officers had no jurisdiction, as the crime, if any, was committed in California and not in Wisconsin, existence was a matter of doubt, 1o the foremost house devoied to vaudeville in the West isa long step, but this step the Orpheum has made, THE CROPS, Important Report From Many Weather Bureau Stations in Cali- fornin. Thne following sunimary of the climate and crop conditions is based upon reports received from eizht Weather Bureau sta- tions, fifty-two telegraphic reports re- ceived through the courtesy of the South- | ern Pacific Company and many reports received by mail from crop correspond- REPTHS SEGRET CLOSE, General Dimond’s Family Never Heard of Mrs, Abell’s Existence. I Rosent}-l;lji—new of thei Dr. Capitalist’s Troubles and Affection, | The Woman Must Not Tell of the1 Wooing of Her, in Deference | to the Dead. 1 | | The story of thelove of General Dimond | and Mrs, Theresa Abell will probably | never be fully told. Itis not the fault of | the woman. In her suit to recovera life | insurance policy for §10,000 from the | estate of the dead man, Mrs, Abell would gladly recall all the incidents of the re- | lationship that existed between the capi- | talist aud herself, but the law, or to be | more expliclt, the rules of evidence as | daughter of the dead man was unaware. The father's secret was not known to h daughter. Mrs. Tobin said that in 1893 the Dimond famiiy consisted of herseif, ber fatner, a sister and a brother. *There was a girl called Tessie who was our housekeeper.” sAttorney Dimond asked the daughter if ske had opened any letters adaressed to her tather .during his illness about this time and Mrs, Tobin answered that she had not. *Did you open a letter from Mrs. Abell demanding that she be allowed to visit your father and take care of him during his illness?” ‘I did not,” was the reply. Mrs. Tobin did not know that her father carried a life insurance policy. Mrs. Paul R. Jarboe, the sister of Mrs. | Tobin, declared she never heard of N Abell or knew she existed until the. pre ent lawsait was begun. “You neversaw your father and Mrs. Abell come down the stairs of your house | and go out the front door?”’ queried At- torney Cannon. ver,”” was the laconic reply. ou never had any disagreement with your father about nis relations with Mrs. Abell?"” “I never neard of the woman until I saw ber in this court.”” *‘Did you know that your father had in- sured his life in Mrs. Abell’s favor?” I never knew that my father bad in- sured his life or that there was an insur- ance policy in exi<tence,” and Mrs. Jarboe was allowed to take her seat. The “woman” in the case was then catled to tell her own story, but ber dis- course consisted principally in throwing out bones for the lawyers to growl over. She had lived at 1533 Sacramento street since 1890. General Dimond had been in the habit of calling on her four times a week, taking d:nner always on Saturday evening and carrying out the programme to the dot enumerated by Mrs. Barry. “‘How did he greet vou?”’ was the inno- RAN UPON AN ONOSED RAIL | Serious Accident to a Driver | on Stanyan Street : Near Carl, and Rendered Uncon- scious, | i | Driver and Wagon Badly Demoral- I ized—Suit for Damages Will Probably Follow. Guy R. Starrett, & driver for the Boston Ranch, while driving along Stanyan | street, near Carl, Monday afternoon, ran up azainst an unused rail, the end of which projected above the surface of the street, and was pitched violently to the | ground. He was made unconscious and received a number of contusions and bruises about the face and body. Starrett and a companion, Robert Grant, L_.‘Nrmt Bars dos S Tosi THERESA ABELL The Principal Witnesses in the Abell-Dimond Case. laid down in the United Btates Circnit Court, will not permit, because it would be a one-sided ta'e. But after all the skeleton will out. It danced about all day yesterday in Judge Morrow’s courtroom in spite of the efforts | of Attorney Horace Platt to keep the door | of its niding-place closed. General Dimond has been dead for some time. Behind bim he left a heritage of love and a woman back of it. And the woman is now telling the courts that he | was engaged to her; that he made her bis companion for nearly s Xteen years;" that though he haa a family of his own his pleasantest hours were spent at her fire- side. It is an old story, only the char- acters beiug chanced. They all took their seats in Judge Mor- row’s courtroom yesterday morning to bhear the second chapter of this little drama of human nature. Mrs. Abell was | accompanied by her housekeever, Mrs. Nellie Barry, the woman who shared | ner secrets for the past five years, accord- | ing to her own words. And so it followed | that the lawyers put her companion and confidant on the witness-stand to recite of various visits of General Dimond (o the home of the woman who swears he loved ber. For the pasi six years Mrs. Abell lived at 1533 Sacramento street, and, ac- cording to Mrs. Barry, General Dimond was a regular and constant caller at the bouse irom 1890 until the time of his last illness. As a cavalier his promptuess would put to shame the slave of business habits. Never a Sunday passed when his health would permit, according to the house- keeper, but the capitalist put in an ap- | vearance. It was his custom to call about | 8 o’clock and remain until 1¢ On Sat- | urday evening he was booked for dinner just as regularly as the clock went around. His hours on these occasions were from 6to 9 o'clock. Ordinarily be made four visits a week, and this programme Mrs. | Barry declared never varied except on ex- traordinary occasions. For a time in 1893 Mrs. Abell lived in | Mill Valley, but the change in her resi- dence made no_interruptions in the visits of the capitalist. Attorney Cannon was | ents scattered throughout the State: 'he weather has been cool and, in con- n with showers in the nortkern part nect ing. No damage has been done to fruits. Cherries were nearly all picked before the damp weather; the yield was good and the fruit excellent. Having is nearly over—crop generaily light, Grass and dry feed slightly damaged in northern counties. Grain is being harvested in many places, and almost ail reports | speak of the yield as exceeding expecta- | tion. Barley plump and average yield. Fruits generally in excellent condition. Avricols already ripe or ripening rapidly. Driers bu-y curing. Peaches doing nicely—early varieties already ripe. The grape yieid promises to be large. Prunes and pears light. Blackberries are abundant. Greatest honey yield since 1893 1f, weather continues favorable. Oranges reported dropping, but crop good nevertheless. Sugar-be corn and po- tatoes generally doing 4 of the State, hes held back grain harvest- | very anxious to have Mrs. Barry say that in October of this year Mrs. Abell told her that General Dimond had assigned the in- surance policy to her. The housekeeper inadvertently interrupted her mistress in the act of acknowledging the Gocument, and at the same time filling out a blank assignment of itat the reqnestof the capi- talist who was pacing the floor in a parlor across the hall. | Attorney Platt did not Iike this kind of evidence. General Dimond was dead and consequently couid not break the effect of it if it were untrue, and after the lawyers had argued for half an hour in the usual court fashion, Judge Morrow decided that this particular part of the story would bave to remain untold. Mrs. Joseph H. Tobin, who was formerly Miss May Dimond, had never heard of Mrs. Abell—in fact, had pever seen her until she came into the courtroom. Mrs. Tobin vigorously denied the insinuation | and settle upon her an an | vitied cent question of Attorney Cannon. Then astorm broke loose. This vwas the key- note of Mrs. Abell’s declaration thatit was love and affection for her that caused the capitalist to insure his life for $10,000 ty of $200 ver month. Attorney Platt deciared that Mrs. Abell, being the onlv living party to the alleged contract between herself and Gen- eral Dimond, could make no assertions that if the dead man were alive he might not contradict. 1t was a wrangle all along the line. Attorney Cannon strove to let the court know what pet inames had been used in this lovemaking, but it was a labor los *What did be do on leaving the house?” asked the lawyer in a final effort to get at some of the sugar on_the plate. In the end he was defeated. Then he had Mrs. Abell tall of a visit she made to Paso Rovles in the early part of 1891, and idzn- two letters General Dimond haa written her while there from the Pacitic Union Club in this City.” But in the end she was not allowed to say the handwrit- ing was that of ner cavalier because. technically spesking, the man was dead and no taies might be fold in his absence. ‘With that Mrs. Abell closed her case and they put Di. Charies A. Rosenthal on tue stand 1o tell of his eltorts to effecta settlement between General Dimond and Mrs. Abell in November, 1893, Dr. Rosen- thal was the arbiter apparently at that time of the affections of the twoand the money consideration that Mrs. Abell mightdemand for her vears of companion- ship with the dead capitalist. “‘She inquired,” began the doctor, “how General Dimond was. She said she was nearly crazy ana_was going to shoot her- self and Geueral Dimond, because she de- throw her off after ruining her life. I told her tnat the general Lad no such inten- tion; that he had treated her very hand- somely in the past and would undoubt- edly continue 10 do so in the future, and that after hisdeath he wou!d undoubtedly leave her an insurance policy. I told her she was to receive $200 per month asan allowance and an insurence policy for $10,000. She desired proof of this asser- tion, and I in reply told her that as she had lived for years with General Dimond she conld surely trust him a little longer. She again told me that the general was about 1o drop her after ‘ruining my life.’ I re- called to her that they were boih married when they met and that he was willing to pay her §200 a month tor acquaintance. I thoughtsue was pretty lucky,and told her s0, as I would be very glad myself atany time to accept a salary of $200 a month for the simple labor ‘ot having nothing more to do with the donor. I told her that she had no lesitimate claim on the general, and in the end we reached an agreement that she was to accept this amount per month and the insurance policy.” According to the doctor an agreement was drawn up, bui never executed, for several reasons. A provision for a re- lease of the capitalist from any liability under breach of promise proceedings was of Attorney Cannon that she was aware of her father’s engagement to Mrs. Absll This was a woman of whose existence the repudiated by Mre. Abell, for the reason that she declared they had never been en- gaged to be married. The case will go on toeday, clared he was about to desert her and | were driving over their milk route about a guarter past 5 o’clock, down Stanyan street. Suddenly the wagon came to a stop with such force that both Starrett and Grant were thrown to the ground, the | former striking upon his face with such force as to make him unconscious. Grant ‘lm‘dm( upon his shoulder, but beyond a | severe shaking up escaped uninjured. ’ The rail which caused the trouble is | | one that 'is never used. Partof itwas concealed by the dirt above it, but the end of the rail projected from six inches to a foot sbove the ground, according to Star- reit’s story. This projecting end had struck the rim of the wheel and ‘brougat | the wagon to a standstill. The horse | jumped " through the harness, breaking | every strap, and ran_several blocks before 1it was ught. The damages to the | wagon consisted of a dishea wheel, a sprung axle and a twisted shaft. fthe harness had not broken,” said | Starrett, when seen at his home yesterday | afternoon, “'I am sure.that I would have been kicked to death, for the horse when frightencd always begins to kick. As it is | I am pretty well used up. I have not | definitely aecided what I shall do, but | there wiil probably be a suit for damages. | There were a number of witnesses to the | accident, aud aithough a crowd of labor- ers, who were working on the track, hur- ried away as soon as the accident hap- | pened, I'have the name of one of them. | Besides, there were two milkmen, a paper- J‘ carrier and others who saw it. { Alexander Laidlaw’s Estate. | Tne estate of the late Alexander Laidlaw is estimated to be worth $2500. Jetters of administration has been made by Horace Laidlaw. %Pitched Violently to the Ground CHANGES | - THE RAILROAD {C. F. Smurr Made Freight | Traffic Manager of the | Entire System. | William Sproule to Be General | Freight Agent of the Lines South of Oregon. | 0. H. Markham Promoted From Dis- { trict Agent to General Agent | of Oregon Lines. Several important changes were made yesterday in the offices of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The most important was the promotion of Charles F. Smurr from general Ireight agent to freicht trafic manager of the entire Pacific sys- tem of the railroad. Mr. Gray, who still retaina the tile of general traffic manager, has been ill for about two years past and for most of that time unable to attend to the duties of the office. Besides this change William Sproule, who has been assistant general freight agent of the Pacific system, has been made general freight agent of the lines south of Oregon and California State line in the Pacific system. Another promo- | tion was that of Charles H. Markham | from the position of district freight agent 1 at Fresno to the post of general freight | and passenger agent of the Southern Pa- | cific lines 1n Oregon. k. P. Rogers retains his place at Portlana as assistant general freight and passengeragent. At thesame time A. D. Shephard is assistant general | freight agent at Los Angeles. The cause of these changes, asexplained | by Mr. Smurr yesterday, was almost sole- ly due to the strife among competing hines for tne freight business in Oregon. There the Willamette River enters into the problem. | Competitors of the Southern Pacific | have for a long time been cementing their | forces at Portland. It was thought best, | theretore, by Third Vice-President Stubbs, who caused the changes alinaed to, to get | things in such shape as to move on the works of the Webfoot State. In the circular that was given out yes- terday from the vellow building Mr. | Stubbs’ name is signed as authority for the changesand Mr. Huntington’s name, as president, foilows, approving the step. “This is a reorganization of the Pacific system,’’ said Mr. Smurr, “and these cuanges are made in order that we may have a better control of the freizht busi ness. Asisindicated by this circular I am to occupy the head of the ireight bu- | rean, and the others will make their re- ports to me. It was decided to do this because of the Northwestern competi- tion.” | "Mr. Smurr has been general freight agent for the last seven years. All the | changes alluded to are to take place on | July 1. 8. F. Booth of Santa Barbara is !to succeed Mr. Markham as division freight agent at Fresno. | FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, | It Will Be Closed on Monday as Well | as ou Sunday—A New Fiction | Catalogue. As the anniversary of the Nation’s in- dependence this year falls on a Sunday the Free Public Library will be closed on Sun- day and on Monday next, the latter being the iegal holiday. Books that were drawn on the 20th and 21st of June will falt due | in the closed period, and if not returned | before Sunday will have to be returned on | Tuesday, else fines will accrue from the delinquency. A new catalogue of English prose fiction | in the libracy has been in preparation for som= time, It will be 4ssued early next moath and it wi!l supersede the one of 189L. With the introduction of the new catalogue a modification in the charging system will be made so far as the books of fiction are concerned. Each book has been provided with a card bearing the name and number ana having upon it spaces for stamping the date of the issue. Here- | aiter when a book is loaned the card in- stead of the buff call slip will be filed, and that will enable the borrower to retain his slip until the namberson itare exhausteu. In time that system will apply to all books that are permitted to go out of the library. The trustees of the library have decided to devote the funds derived irom the be- | quest of the late Thomas Mootry Jr. to the | purchase of works on American history. An order for such has been placed. —————— Julius Lasker’s Insolvency. | The creditors of Julius Lasker, 120 Powell street, have filed a petition to have him de- | clared insolvent. He owes Christy & Wise | $284 68, Gundlach-Bundschu Wine Company Michalitsenke Bros. $113 65 and J. A, It is alleged that he has at- Wilkins $10. Application for | tempted 1o dispose of his property for the pur- | pose of defeating the efforts of his creditors to “ collect their dues. NEW \, dispo Not to the stern necessity of helping one’s to be on the wane. in the uterine organs. turns to water). and the inside of your lips and inside Vegetable Compound? Mzs. Epwix Enrie, 413 Church St., says: ‘I feel it my duty to write and I am better than I have in my grave by this time if it had not exces: after using it a short time, was troubled pain in my kidneys. This, also, I have publish this letter.” (Insuchcasesthe nay, in five hundred—has perfectly healthy organs of generation. 1f you become anemic, there is no knowing what will happen. en for four years. I used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound, one package of Sanative Wash, one box of, Liver Pills, and can say that I am perfectly cured. “Doctorsdid not helpmeany. Ishould have been medicine. It was a godsend to me. I wastroubled with ve menstruation, which caused womb trouble, and I was obliged to remain in bed for six weeks. Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine was recommended to me, and, Compound, for it has cured me, and it will cure others. I would like to have you TO-DAY. A TALK WITH MRS. PINKHAM About the Cause of Anemia. Everybody comes into this world with a pre- jon to disease of some particular tissue; in other words, everybody has a weak spot. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the weak spot in women is somewhere in the uter- ine system. sistance to disease than the why they give out the soonest. ans have less re- al organs; that’s The uterine or more than one woman in a hundred— This points self just as soon as the life powers seem Excessive menstruation is a sign of physical weakness and want of tone It saps the strength away and produces anemia (blood If your gums your eyelids look pale in color, you are in a dangerous way and must stop that drain on your powers. 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