The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1897. 9 RS, BACON BAS ANOTHER SUIT Takes Advantage of Some of the Evidence in the Alimony Case. Wants the Sale of the Albany Hotel Block to Be Declared | Null and Void. i Alleges That the Bacon Company and W. . Dingee Entered Into an Illegal Deal, OAKTAND OFFICE BaN FRANCISCO CALL | 905 Broad An.. { scquel to some of the sensationatl tes- ony recently given in tne suit of Mrs. mie C. Bacon developed this afternoon v tiefiling of a suit affecting the Albany Hotel proper Du was te erty nd g the trial of the alimony case it fied that the Albany Hotel prop- s sold to W. J. Dingee for $70,000. resolution was passed by the Baco id and Loan Company ordering its e for $125,000. I:i was stated that the resciution was ¢ntered on the minutes for the purpose of obtaining a loan on the proper and shortly after it was mort- gaged to the Hibernia Bank for $70,000. The cuit filed to~lay asks that the sale to Wi'liam J. Dingee be set aside. It al- leges that at a meeting of the company beld on September 5, 1895, a resolution was passed by the company ordering the sale of the Albany Hotel property to Mr. Dingee for $125,0 This was signed by F. P. Bacon, president, and Ella Eita Eoule, secrelary, and they were author- to 1p a deed and ma the It is alleged that they usion to make the pri dition that when it was »uld be divided between the er (Mr, Dingee) and the company. Dingee borrowed $70,000 from the Sivings and Loan Society and s undersiood that if hedid not secure the transfer was not to be made. allegations Mrs. Bacon asks be declarea fraudulent and 1ts the court to adjudge e hLolds the legal title in | Company only sub- ized draw 1 con Lt t o also asks that Mr. Dingee be ordered | 10 execute a deed to the corporation, and he refuses to do so that a commis- ner be appointed to take charge of the riy and execute such deed. w days ago Mrs, Bacon’s alimony was fixed by the court, and she alleges that she is taking these proceedingsin order to protect the estate so that the se- y for her alimony be not impaired. | MR, KNIGHT TOO BUSY. sic | | Judge Ogden Refuses to Walt for | the San Francisco At- | torney. OAKLAND, Can, Aug. 10.—Judge Og- | den has decided that there shall be no more continuances in the case of Michael Collins, who is charged with the murder i Philip Boogar in the Galindo Hotel. The case was set for to-day, but in- stead of everybody being ready to proceed | uffidavits were handed to Judge Ogden | that proved a great surprise to him, They | d.clared that Attorney George A. | Knight could not be present and they could not procure anyboay else to defend | Collins; that the defendant is entirely out funds, and that Mre, Boogar, Col- | s’ daughter, has no money and that no | other attorney than Mr. Knight can at | this time properly conduct the case. | Judee O :den was not at all pleased with | the affidavits, ana said that Mr. Knight | had not kept hii promises. | “Nearly a year ago,” said the court, | “this case was set for trial, and at that tima Mr, Knight stated to me in the pres- ence of the District Attorney that if the case should be continued for only a short | time no further continuance would be | asked, that either Mr. Collins wou'd be ready and he woald defend him or that else would represent him on trial of the case, When the case was again set for trial, after a continuance at | the req of Mr. Knight, another con- | tinuance rs asked for and the same promise made that no further continu- | ance would be requested. It simply re- | mains that if this case is to go over until Mr. Knight is iree from other work it will never be tried.” | An hour's continuance was granted, and | thie afternoon, as Mr. Knignt could not | be present, Judge Ogden appointed T. F. | Garrity to defend the prizoner and wanted | the case to go on at once. Mr. Garrity said that he would like little time to look into the case and be- | come familiar with the details. Judge Ogden then consented to a continuance | till Thursday morning, at which time Collins will have to be ready. He has al- ready been tried twice for the crime and | in each case the jury disucreed. The | murder occutred January 8, 1895, and Col- | | this city for several years. | panted by parent or guardian, or with the | teams and tuat of the Olympic Club of | cisco Bay, measuring 8 feet in length, 615 in the stable were running loose. The | loss wil! amount to about $300, with no insuran2 | casioned by the taray arrival of the courses ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. ling’ defense has been that he acted in self-defens ew Law. OAKLAND, Car., Aug. 10.—Chiet of Po- lice Lloyd has issued a notice to the effect that hereafter the police will strictly en- force the curfew ordinance, which b been a dead letter upon the statutes of The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor for any minor under 16 years of age to be on the streets or in any square or public place afer 9 o’clock at night until daylight uniess ac- written permission of parent or gnardian, The punishment for a violation of this or- dinance is §50 fine and imprisonment. Preparing for Football Games. OAKLAXD, Car, Aug. 10.—A confer- ence of managers was heid in the County Clerk's office this afternoon, with a view of arranging a schedule of football games for this fail. The Leland Stanlord Jr. Univers was represented by J. M. Sweetzer, the University ef California b E. J. Brown, the Reliance Athletic Clu by J. Cal Ewing. It 1s proposed to ar- range a series of games between these San Francisco, to take place this fall prior to the university Thanksgiving game. An Autumn Fete. 1g. 10.—The ladies pal Church decided an out and in door OAKI of Bt I this morn 1o hold festiy ) September 10 at the residence ot George W. Baker, corner Thirteenth and Madison sireets. The grounds and | house wi:l ba gayly decorated and there will be booths and other attractions, The work will be ried on under ‘the com- parish work of the church. are Mrs. L. L. Bromwell sec- | . Frank Brown treasurer, Mrs. | on ttec Serious Fire Averted. OAKLAND, CaAL, Aug. 10.—Tne lower part of Franklin street was threatened by astre fire this morning, but the ompt work of the Fire Depariment ex- tinguished the flames before much dam- age was done. A defective flue at 809 Franklin street caused the conflagration, whicih communicaied to a lodging-house. The whole of the buildings belongs to the Catherine Collins estate. Sues My Lady for a Milk Bill OAKLAND, Can, Aug. 10.—John Stewart has brought a suit against Lady Yarde-Buller on an assigned claim of a | local dairy, in Justice Ohift’s court. It is for 60 alleged to be due for milk prior to her departure for Europe the last time, Her husband is made a party to the suit under the name of “John Doe’” Buller. FOUGHT A MAN-EATER. Berkeley Fishermen Battle Six| Hours With a Big ‘ Shark. Said to Be the Largest of the Species Ever Captured in the Bay. BERKELEY, CAn, Aug. 10.—After a desperate struggle of six hours this morn- ing with a huge man-eating shark, Wash- | ington Eldridge and George Joaquin, two West Berkeley fishermen, succeeded in landing the monster. The scene of the combat was about three miles off the Berkeley shore. It 1s said to be the largest | of the species ever caught in San Fran- feet in circumference and weighing 500 | pounds. About four yearsago a monster of the same order was caucht in the bay, but this measured scarcely five feet in length, It was only with the grea.est difficulty that the fis ermen were able to land the man-eater, wbich had become entangled in their salmon net. It floundered ana spiashed about, threatening to tear the seine asunder in its fury. Before it was | finally Janded it wound 120 feet of net | around its 1ail and had to be harpooned. The big shark now lizs on the wharf at ‘West Berkeley. Dr. Ritter, the biologist at the univer- sity, said to-night that though the man- eater is an inhavitant of nearly all waters of the ocean, it is a comparative stranger in these regions. Some of them grow to be thirty feet in length and have six rows of teeth. This oneis enly eight feet long and has two cows of teeth, indicating that it is comparalively young. Brought to Task. BERKELEY, CArn, Aug. 10.—Health Offi:er Rowell, in his annual repo-t last nigut, took occasion to bring the County | Supervisors to task for revoking the or- | dinance providing for the destruction of diseased animals, which has caused a delay in en’orcingthe Berkeley ordinance. He spoke in no uncertain terms of the buard and presented much data in support of his statements. Burned Alive, | + GRKELEY, CALn, Aug. 10.—A cow | and & calf were incinerated this morning | in the ..re which burned down John Masi- mann’s barn. Eicht tons of hay were also destroyed. It is believed that the fire was of incendiary origin from the fact that she four horses which had be'n tied Registration Postponed, BERKELEY, CAL, Aug. 10.—A delay in the beginning of work for upper class- men at the State University has been oc- of study, and, as 4 consequence, registra- tion and instruction have been postponed until next Monday, August 16, cieties of this part of the county. THE FIRST LADY PRESIDENT. OAKLAND, CaL., Aug. 10.—Miss Alice Wythe, who was recently elected as presi- dent of the Oakland City Christian Endeavor Union, is the first lady to fill that posi- tion. It is one of much'rnpon:&buixy, as the union embraces a large sliare of the so- There was a very neat little contest over the office betwcen two male members, each of whom wanted to yiela to theother. In the end, ark horse' won the race in the person of Miss Wythe. The new president has been active in Endeavorer work for years and has been corresnonding secretary of the city union, She is a member of the First Methodist Church Society. | gates, Mrs. | delegates, John D. McKee, J. 8. Huichinson. 5 ANOTHER SIEGE OF DR. BROWN Ministers Meet and Decide to Hear More in the Matter. A Council Will Be Formed to Look Into His Case. His Suspension Here Must Be Reo- ognized East, Say His Judges. OARTAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, E 908 Brondway, August 10, When the Bay Conference was called to ordey this afternoon by Dr. J. K. McLean the first business was the reading of the report of the Brown committee. This committee, consisting of Rev. J. A. Cru- zan of Berkeley, Kev. W. W. Scudder of Alameda, Professor George Moore and At~ torney 8. W. Condon, was appointed last October to take such action as they might consider proper to vprevent Dr. C. O. | Brown from again entering the ministry. | The committee communicated with the Dubuque Association and the Chicago Conference, but with no result, as Brown was admitted by Dubuque and later trans- ferred to Chicago. Some time ago Brown wrote a lengthy communication to the conference, and to consider this the com- mittee met this morning before the assem- | bling of the Bay Conference. | The delegates to to-day’s conference | were: San Refae Pastor, W. H, Atkinson; aele- lifford, Mrs, W. H. Atkinson. Olivet Ohurch, San’ Francisco—Pastor, A. T. Shepard ; delegaies, Mrs. Isabella Barto, Mar- guerite Osborn, | Third Church, S8an Francisco—Pastor absent; Piymouth Church, San Francisco—D. | Cove. | Richmond Church—Pastor, P. Coombe;dele- | H. N | urner, Mrs. Jauies Nicol. Pastor, Ces; delegate, Mrs. John W. Hayes. % Cooper Church, San Francisco—R. A. Tuttle, Mrs. R. A, Tuttl Bethany—Mrs, A, A. Chamberlain, William Johnston. Sausalito—Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Smith Avenue—Rev. A. O. Bievens, Mra. Miss Merritt. zational, Oakland — Rev. O. g, Fourth Cong Luens, C, E. Irv vional, Oakland—Rev. J. W. Phullips, Miss Walcott, Miss Williams, Mission San Jose—Rev. Henry Perks. em—Rey. W. H.‘luhl, Miss Laura F. ss Penolope V. Tubbs, ngregationsl, Alameda—J: H. Gen- ar. Scattering—Rev. F. W, Foster, C. 8. Nash, Loyal L. Wirt. The report of the committee was lengthy, and recited the nature of the dealings with the Dubuque and Chicago asscciations and the little saticfaction ae- rived therefrom. It was as foilows: Conveniently after its appointment your committce met, and in accordance with the fnsiructions transmitied to Dubuque associne tions the resolution adopted by ihis confer- ence last October. Having sent this communication your com- mittee awaited a reply. No reply came. Not even an acknowledgment of the receipt of the communication was vouchsafed. But your committee felt assured thatin due timy fit- ting notice would be tuken of a document at once 80 formal and o {raternal as that trans- mitted to the Dubuque association and awalt- | ed the issue with appropriate patience. It was with something more than surprise therefore that your commitiee received news indirect, but authentic, that tle Dubuque as- sociation st 18 next meeting followiug the sending of a communication from the Bay Conference not only gave that communica tion no proper attention, but proceeded still farther in its course oi antagonism toward the Bay Conference by attempting to dismiss the Rev. C. 0. Brown from its membersbip and to transfer him with what it alleged 10 be proper credentials to the Chicago association. The news reached your committee on the afternoon immediately preceding the day ap- poiuted for the meeting ol the Chicago asso- efation. lnu-r{yrunng the will of the Bay Cou- ference according to the resolutions that Lad passed the conference your committee tele- graphed to the Rev. William Scott of Chicago and also to the moderator of the Chicago asso- ciation, protesting against the reception of the Rev. C. O. Brown, and asking opportunity to be heard i support of the protest.. Chicago’s association listened to the protest 50 far as to defer for a time consideration of the matter of receiving tne Rev. C. 0. Brown, appointing a commitlec which in the mean. time should listen to the statementsof the Bay Conference and reportataspecial meeting. Your cominittee of five thereupon drew up, with much labor and care, a statement of the position occuvied and majintained by the Bay Conference and transmitted the same to the committee of the Chicago association. This presentation of the case of the Bay Conference so far influenced the committee of the Chicago association that tne committee decided to ask whether the Bay Conierence would unite with the Rev. C. O. Brown ina mutual council before which the matter in controversy might be presented by which it might be adjudicated. The Rev.J. L. Blan- chard was empowered to send such a tele- gram. The telegram as received by the registrar of the conference read as follows: W1l Bay Conference unite with Brown {n coun- cll 1n Chicago 1o consider only ecclesiastical pro- priety ot suspension in counci, inds without con- sidering ques:fon of gulit or innocence. Answer yes or no immediately. J. F. BLANCHARD. Such members of your conference as could be seen were shown the telegram, but it was impossible to ALSWeF yes OF 110, [of the reason that the questlon of guilt or innocence is necessarily inextricably involved in the other question proposed lor consideration, Accord- ingly reply was made: Bay Conference wiil join Brown in counell on whole question of alleged injustice. The former reconsideration carried, w] upon your committee nddressed to the Chicago association through its registrar the follow- ing communication: (See document D.) 1In addition (o the action then reheard your commitiee also addressed to the Rev. Henry A. Hazen, editor of the Congregational Year Book, the following communication: (See document E.) This report carries the work of your committee to the present time, save this, thai a letter having beeu recelyed from the Rev. C. O. Krown addressed to the tonference, your commliitee has considered the contents of the ietter and 1s prepared with recommendation of action to be taken by the con- ference if the conference de Ire to Listel o sach recommendation. Respectfully, At the adjourned meeting of the Chicago association several members of the committee recommended that the assodiation receive Rev. C. 0. Brown upon the papers from the Dubuque association, while the two remaining members recommended that action be de- ferred and that Rey. C. O. Brown be recom- mended to call & mutual council with the Bay Conference to consider the ecclesiastical pro- priety of that conference suspending him in view of the findings of the San Francisco couneil. After the adoption of the report the conference listened to the recommenda- tions of 1he committee as to further pro- cedure in the case of Dr. Brown. It was: First—That his request for a mutual council be ncceded to, and that the Bay Coaference unite with him in & mutual conference. Second—That the council be called to con- sider the question, “Was the Bay Conference justified in susperding the Re . 0. Brown ?” Third—That Dr. Brown be asked to join with the Bay Conference in requesting theé council to consider and pass upon the following ques- tion: “Was the Rev. C. 0. Brov:n justified in secking and sccepting membarship in the Dubuque Association while under suspension in the Bay Conference?’ Fourth—luat a committee of seven be chosen by the conference, whica committee shuil be endowed with full power to do what- ever is necessary (o secure such a council and 10 present before it the case of the conference. Tuis report was unanimously adopted. It virtually takes the whole case out of the hands of the Bay Conference and it now rests with the committ:e. The con- ference appointed its former committee of five to act and authorized it to select two others to make up the complement. The committee will meet at an early date and select Dr. J. K. McLean and the Rev. C. R, Brown of this city to complete the number. “This committes will confer with Dr. Brown and ascertain his wishes as to the time and place for the council,” said Rev. George B. Hatch, registrar of the confer- ence, to-night, ‘“‘and make all of the necessary arrangements for it. TLey will prepare their cas2 and send one ot their number to the meeting-place with the necessary papers, facts, etc. The Congre- gationel custom 1s usually to have eleven churches represented, and their finding would most undoubtedly be accepted, al- thou:h it is not binding. There is no doubt in my mind but that the Bay Con- ference will accept ihe result, even though it be against their verdict, “Dr. Brown has insisted that we wanted to retry him. ‘That is not the case, The whole thing hinges upon his suspension on the result of %ns trinl. He claims to have been vindicated. We claim he was left under a cloud and suspended him pending the clearing of his name. Now the council will decide whether he was vindicated or left under acloud. If we did wrong he was vindicated. If 1e did wrong we were rizht in supending him.” PECULIAR LEGAL TANGLE. Goorge R. Clark Juliciously De- cided to Ve Dend and Alive. OAKLAND, CaL, Aung. 10.—If George | R. Clark conld ta Court docket of this county he would bave a time to tell whether he was dead or alive. He is confined 1n an insane asylum in Oregon and has not been seen nor heard from sine 1880, when he dropped entirely out of existence, as far as any one seemed to know. Public Administrator James Stanley secured letters of administration after duly proving Clark’s death to the satisfac- tion of the court, and then he settled up the estate. On November 13, 1895, -the papers discharging the administrator were signed. The widow did not have sufficient ready funds to pay his charges and consecquently gave him her note for $435, secured by a morgage upon the prop- erty. This was then assigned to William Potts, who recently gave it to Cromell & Leach to collect by foreclosure upon the mor'gage. The suit was brought, but great was the surprise at the answer set up. Mrs. Clark sets up that the note was worthless, a« there was no consideration forit. Bhe claimec¢ that Clark never died, hence there was no estate to probate, consequently there was no consideration, As Clark was judicially dead she must prove him alive. Hence stie brought a suit last spring for a divorce. She alleged that Clark was in an Oregon insane asyium. As the laws of this State forbid the divorce of parties where one is insane, the case was thrown out of court. Mrs. Clark tried another tack with greater success. She applied for letters of guardianship upon the person and es- tate of Mr. Clark as an incompetent. To-day Judge Ogden granted the letters, thus judicially determining that Clark was alive. Now to collect upon the note the attornevs must prove that Mr, Clark is dead, which they claim they can do. An Old Man Run Over. OAKLAND, CaL, Aug. 10. — Isaac L. Given was run over by a wagon on Twellth street and Broadway yesterday and was seriously injured. The doctors attending on him say his condition is very serious. The injured man resides at 1153 Alice street. @ 1s over 80 years of age. Charged With Murder. ALAMEDA, CaAn, Aug. 10.—Officer Kamp this afternoon swore to a complaint charging Clara Fallmer with the murder of Charies Ladue. This he did on infor- mation and belief, basing his oath on the statement made to him by the girl after the shooting. It was expected that John V. Humphrey, who saw the entire affair, would swear to the complaint, but he was loth to do so, and hence the method adopted. The warrant was read to the girl in the hospital Iate this afternoon. Ladue’s funeral will take place at 1 ». . to-morrow, and the remains will be cri mated at the Odd Fellows’' Cemetery in San Francisco. Assessment Upheld. ALAMEDA, Car., Aug. 10.—The Board of Trustees held another meeting to-day as a Board of Equalization and listened to applications for reductions of assess- ment., The principal applicant to-day was the electric railroad. The board unanimously rejected the entire application for reduction, and As- sessor Smith’s figures will siand. Free Speech. ALAMEDA, CaL, Aug. 10.—The Bi- metallic Ciub will hold a meeting on Friday evening next, at which will be dis- cussed the action of the United States Judge in West Virginia who recently made an order forbidding the holding of meet- ings on public highways in that State or the making of speeches on behalf of the striking miners. Notes. ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. 10,—James Potter, who has been employed on the electric roa in various capacities for a long time, has been appointed assistani superintendent. William Noakes pleaded not guilty to-day to a charge of malicious mischief for uncoupling & narrow-gauge train and nearly causing a terrible disaster. He will have a jury trial. The improvement of the narrow-gauge mole is progressing at a rapid rate ad the embank- ment is being filled in with gravel brought from down the road. A. Postel will be tried before a jury to-mor- row on a charge of battering M. Spies, a saloon- keever, % FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT. A Pleasant Lvening at Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 of the Odd Fellows. The last held meeting of Golden Gate Lodge No. 204, L. 0. 0. F., was an unusually pleasant one. The lodge was favored by a visitfrom the degree master, A. K. Kingsford, and others, who, in & most interesting manner, explained ana illustrated the secret work. C. Hilzen favored with & recital of his camping trip in the Yosemite Valley. It w made exceedingly interesting by the narra- tion of startling episodes and situations. After that there was an entertaining literar; programme, in which the following name: 100k part: Messrs. Seebe, Mason, Sellers, Kra- gen and Jarrett. At the close of that partof the programme, all present were furnished with refreshments. Sons of Benjamin, Last Thursday L. Krause, district deputy grand master, instal ed the following officers of Pacific Lodge No. 131 of the Independent Sonsof Benjamin: B. Berel, past president; H. Btern, presidents J. Gibbe, vice-presidants J. Label, financial secretary; R. 8. Roberts, re- cording secretary; M. Murks, treasurer; A. Monasch, outside guard; M. Gallick, trustes After the installation a farewsll reception w: tendered to L. Krause, D, D. G. M., who leaves for a brief visit to New York, and while there will consult with the G. M. about the exien- sion of the order on this coast. Meade Relief Corps. General George G Meade Relief Corps, @. A. R, announces a social 10 be given in the social hall of the A. O. F, building on O'Far- rell street on the night of Woflnn‘dl ', the 1st of Scptember. Miss Helen H. Black, chair- men of the committee of arrangements, an- nounces that in adaition to the d which in the main will be old-fashioned coun- try asnces, there wiil be & programme of mu- sical ana lterary numbers 1o be pres:nted be- tween numbeis, and that the tommittee will do all in i1s power 10 give & pleasant entet- tainment to the ola soldiers of General George G. Meade Post, who will be on hand, and to the friends of the corps and of the post, Carpenter Elliott Is Insolvent. W. H. Eiliott, a carpenter, is insolvent. His debts amount to $675 26 and he has no assets. e a look at the Superior | BLOODSTAINS O THE PISTOL Seeking to Prove That Hoff- man Was Murdered by Figel. Mr. Schutte, the Last One to See the Merchant, Tells His Story. T | | Police Officers Were Oareless in| Handling the Death-Dealing 4 Revolver. The prosecution in the Figel case con- | tinued the examination of its witnesses | yesterday, and step by step is building up 3 the evidence to prove the murder of Isaac | Hoffman, Attorney Ach said that he would proba- | bly not finish with his side of the case be- | fore the iav.er part of the week. On ac- | count of this statement the witnesses for | the defense were excused until Monday morning, when the defendant’s side of the case will be taken up. Officer ©Colen took the stand and testi- fied to answering the call of Ferrenbach on thé night of the shooting, and the find- | | ingof the body. He was shown the hat found in the office and said that it was he who picked it up from the floor and not Ferrenbach, as the latter testified. ‘'l picked the vpistol off the table and broke it, finding three empty cartridges and two loaded ones in the chamber. I putitin my pocket and when Detective Crockett came I turnel it over to him. He putit in_his pocket.” In questioning this witness and the | others who had anvthing to do with the handling of the pistol Mr. Ach took great care to bring out the fact that it had not been wrapped up, and that no pains were taken to preserve any stains which are claimed to have been on it. Colen continued, saying: *“I looked at the bullet-hole in the wall of the conver- sation-room.” “You are familiar with firearms and think the hole was a bullet-hole?”’ askea Mr. Ach. | “Yes; it was a bullet-hole.” H Mr. Louderback objected to the evidence | as being a conclusion drawn by the wit- | ness. Judge Campbell overruled the ob- jection. He said: “'I can’t tell whether the witness is telling the truth. He says it was a bullet-hole. This idea that the court is omniscient is all nonsense.”’ In response to questions the witness lo- cated the places where the furniiure had been and wuere a bullet, a blcody newspa- per, a bunch of keys and blood spots on the floor had been lound. He positiveiy | identified the keys, but he would only say that the paper and bullet looked like the | ones he had found. Mr. Ach asked: “Was there any blood on the partition of the telephone-room ?’’ “‘Yes; thers was blood on the doorknob, | the wainscoting and the door. It looked | like some one with their hands full of blood bad smeared 1t.”" “‘Was there blood on the pistol ?” 1 “Yes; between the handle and the chamber—twelve or thirteen spots.” | The court asked : *‘Dian’t you know that | in putting the pistol in your pocket you | might destroy evidence?’ | ‘[ thought it was a suicide. Ferrenbach told me 1t was, but arterward I heard it was murder.’” “On June 2 I swept the room and found several pieces of bone and a half of a pul- let, which I gave to the detective.” Colen told of a woman coming to the office that night and ralking to a man. She was the nurse of Mrs. Hoffman and came to see why Mr. Hoffman did not come bome to dinner. Mr. Ach objectea to this, saying,3‘*We don’t want any more | volunteer statements from the police force.”” The court overruled the objection and Colen was dismissed without cross- examination. E. F. Schutte was called next. He is the entry clerk for Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., and has held tne posit:on for some time, He testitied that he never knew Hoffman to carry a revolver, that there were only three keys to the Battery-street door, of which he had one and Figel and Hoffman the others. *On Junell worked at the store, as did Hoffman and Figel. At 5:30 1 asked Figel for my salary, but he said he had forzoiten it. He left the store & short time after that. He had asked me to wrap up some books for him, but I had not done 1t. ‘At live minutes of 6 I left the office. Mr. Hoffman was still there and told me not to close the iron doors as they were too hard to open. He was writing a letter at the time on the firm’s letter paper. It was addressed to ‘Dear Ed.” Before I left he asked me if T could let him have $15 or $20. I told him I could not.” “During the month of May did Figel owe you money?”’ The defense objected to the question and it was witadrawn. “Did you ever see any small bottles of ink in the offices?” “Nothing but three large bottles. “After leaving the store on the night of the 1st of June I[saw Figel in front of Allen’s gun store, he had a satchel and a package.’’ Tue witness further stated that he had been present when the bonesand buliet had been found the day after the finding of the body, and that when he left Mr. Hoffman on the night he was shot, he haa been in a good humor and jolly. General Barnes conducted the cros: amination. He went over the testimony given in the direct examination and tried to bring out the fact that the iron door had been locked from the outside, ana that Schutte had loaned Figel money at different times. Figel and Hoffman were on good terms. Rothchld had wanted Figel discharged atone time, but Hoffman had insisted on retaining bim, “Were not you and Figel in a continual squabble while you worked together?” “No, sir. We may have had some little trouble over our work, but we didn’t squabble.”” Officer Burr Love told of his coming to the store and taking the body to the Re- ceiving Hospital. Charles Crockett testified that he was a detective; that he had been detailed on the Hoffman case the night of the shoot- ing. He identified the pistol as the one handed him by Colen, and illastrated how hie putitin his pocket. “Was there blood on 1t ?'' asked Mr. Ach. “Yes, bubbles on the left side.” “Did you show the pistol to any one?” “Yes, to Detective \g aker.’ “You took it out of your pocket to show it to him?"” Y es. " “Did you show it to Mr. Bishop, a re- porter of THE CALL?"” “I may unave shown it to him after Capuain Lees saw 1t. I showed it to seve eral. Old man Figel saw it.”” “Didn’t this taking it out of your p;c?.'k‘i! and putting it back rub the blood 0! “The'blood was on it for a couple of days.” General Barnes here asked that a recess be taken until this morning. MORE DELAY FOR DURRANT. The Supreme Court Centinues It Until the October Term. The case of Tbeodore Durrant, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Blanche Lamont, came up on Monday be- fore the State Supreme Court on an i | appeal from the Superior Court. It was continued on account of the whole matier being on appeal to the United States Supreme Court. When Durrant | was sentenced by Superior Judge Bahrs | the sentence was that he was o be hanged { 0n June 9, and that he b* confined in San Quentin until the date of the execution. ‘Lhe apyeal from this was based upon the fact, as claimed, that it was really a double sentence, imprisonment and death, for the same offen:e. While the appeal was pending the at- torneys took the case into the Federal courts on habeas corpus, and the writ be- ing denied, still another appeal was made to the hichest tribunal. ’Fhu court does | not meet to take up the matter until | October. When the case came up yester- | day the defendant’s attorney made the | voint that the case is now on appeal to the highest court in the land, and that until a decision be given there any action by a State court would be null. The Attorney-General giving his consent to a coutinuance, the same was granted to the October term. ————— Another Bad Check. W. C. Kirketerp is wanted by the police on a warrant charging him with obtaining money | by false pretenses. The complainants are the Green Bros., liguor-dealers, 13 Powell street, upon whom Kirketerp paesed a valueless cneck for $40 on the American Bank and Trust Company, | The United States uses nearly halt of | the quinine u-ed in the world. | y Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, G25 KEARNY ST. Established | b in I834 for the treatment of Private wses, Lost Manhood. Debility or drand mind doctor curesw he Try him. Charges low, arsnterd. Callorwrite %o x 1957. San Francisce. i reag BON. OCEAN TRAVEL USTRALIA for | INOLULTU A ) *pecial e~ N, 3 HONOLULU AUCKLAND for 19, 2 P, M. lia ‘and CAPE J.D. SPRECKE ROS. €O, Agents. 4 Montgomery street. 11 Frelght office 327 Market street. San Erancisco. PACIFIC COAST NTEAMSHIP (0. TEAMERS LEAVE BROADWAY | whar!, San Francisco, as follows: i For norts in Alaska, 9 A. . Auzust 4, 9, 14, 19 24,29, and every firy day thereafter, ror Victoria and Vanconver (B C.), POrt Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes sai | New Wratcom (Bellingbam Bay, Wash. A M | ‘Aug. 4, 9,14, 19, 24,29, and every fifth day there- | after, connecting st Vancouver with the C. P. B | R., at Tacoma with N. P. R. R, at Seattle with G N. Ry., at Port Townsend with Alaskaateamers. | For I:ureks, Arca'a and Fields Landing (Hum- | Pomona ¥ P. M., August3, 7. 11 Se er 1,8, 10, 14, 18, 22, 27, , Monterey, ford (San_iufs Obispo), Gaviots, Santa | Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, ast San s, an Simeon, Cayneos, Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, at 9 A. M. aug. 2. 6,10, 13, 18, 22, 26, B0, and every toarch Qay thereatter. For Sen Diego, stopping only at Port Harrord {(San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port An feles. Redondo (Los Anceles) and Newport, 11 4. . Aucust 4, 8 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, and every fourth day thereafter. | For Ensenads, San_Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, La Paz and Guaymas (Mexico), steamer Orizaba, 10 A. M., the 24 of each month. The Company reserves the right to change withe out previous notice steamers, sulling dstes aod bours of sailing. Ticke: office—Palace lotel, & New Montgomery street. @UODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents, 10 Market si.. San Francisoo DISPATCH FAST SIEAMERS TO PORTI.AND From Spear-street Whart, at 10 A . FARE(SS Firsticiase ), Iocipdlos £ $2.50 2d-class fberth & mealy | SCHEDULE U¥ SAILINGS. | Columbla. Aug. 1, 11, 21, 31. Sept- 10 | State of California... Aug. 6, 16, 26, Sept. 6 | Through tickets and through baggagze to all Esstern poluis. Katesand folders upoa applicas tion W F.F. CONNOR, General Agont, 630 Market strect. _SO0ODALL PERKL & CO.._Superintenden COHPAGNIE GEXERAL TRANSATEANIIYUD French Line to Havr OMPANY'S PIER(NEW) 42 NORTH River, foot 0f Morion si. ‘Traveiers by this line avoid beih transit by English rail the discomfort of cml:m)z :II:‘B:L;IIHQL 1 boat. N Y lexan K D08 1ae $160; second ciass $116. " LA BRETAGNE .August 21, 104 € E Ang.28 1Wa ¢ L Bep, & 104 X mieril. 101 ¢ Sop'. 18, 10a 3 rticulars apply to A. FORGET, Agent, Xo. 3 Bowiing Green, New York. J. F. FOuaZl & CO, agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, Ban Francisco, NTOCETON STEAMERS Leave Pier No. 3, Washington St., At 6 P. M, Daily. Freight recelved up to5:30 P, M. ¥ Accommodations Resirved by Telephona. ‘The only Jine seiling through tickets and giving throueh freight rates to all poin:s en Valley Railroad. | STEAMER T. 0. Walker, J. D. Peters, Mary Garratt, City of Stockto: Tel Main 805. CaL Nav. and lmpt. Bl;l]. S. NAVEYARD AND VALLEJO, | STEAMER “3MONTICELLO,"” LA ERETAGNE. A&~ For iurther x| . Landing and offices, Mission Dook. Plerd. 381 Telvpnone FOR SANJOSE, 108 GATOS & SANTA (RUZ | JTEAMER ALVISO LEAVES PIER 1 DAILY | (Sundays excepted) 8. 10 A M. Alviso dailv (Saturday excepted) At 7 P. i Freight and | Passenger. Fare between Nan Francisco and | Alviso, 500: to San Jose, 75c. Clay et PierL | 4 ara st San Joss RAILROAD TRAVEL. SANFRARCISCO & NORTO PA- CIFIC RAILWAY 0. | Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market3t. San Francisco to San Rafael. DAYS—7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.3.: 12:33, 5:10, 6:30 P. X. Thursdays—kHxtra trip | P05 0 Swurdays—Exica triga e 1150 | " M 1 00, 9:30, 11:00 aa; 1:30, 3:30 | 20 p. . - WEEK 8:3% <an Francisco. 6:10, 7:50, 9:20, 11:10 A w.; 5:10 . . S&tnmgyl—lm‘nulu SUNDAY St o T 1:40, 3140, | 3 0 0% 110 4 s 2:40 81 6:00, 6:25 125 2. 1 Between San Francisco and Schuetsen Park same schedule as above. 5P Suction Bales ROYAL fUK\'Ll‘Q{_E_AT AUCTION, THIS DAY. Wednesday. ..Augast 11, 1897, At 11 o'clock A. M., at priv. te mansion, 524 SUTTER ST., BET. POWELL and MASON We Are Instructed to Sell. By order of J. HARVEY DAVENPORT Esq., ALL HIS SUPERIOR FURNISHINGY, Costly Works of Art, Rich Parlor Upholstcr:: Irish Polnt Curtains: Bronze Ornaments and Chinaware: Ename, ed Peds and Iressers: Slik Corduroy « ouches: Oriental Cornits and Drapings and every- thing app Ttuinin: to house furnishings. AS LEVY & CO, Auc. oneer:, ——— RAILROAD TRAVEL IMPORTANT CHANGES Have been made In the train service of the COAST DIVISION of the Southera Pacific Company between SAY FRANCISCO AND SAN JOSE. READ IMPORTANT NOTICE To Passengers, showing stations at which *Trains Wil Not Stop,” posted In station walting-rooms. Passengers fcr intermediate statlons are cau- tione not to take the wrong train. T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) lenve and are due (o arrive N FRAN __(Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) LeAvE — Fros AUGust 1, 1897, 004 Niles, San Jose and Way Statiens. DOA Atlantic den and Kast. . lle and Trab ARRIVE ing a and Santa Rosa. Jose, Bto ® Red Blufl. *8:304 Peters, Milton aud Opkdale 9:004 Now Orlear Baki Aug Orleaus aud 1:00p Niles, San Jose and 1dvermore. 1:30p Martinez and Way Stations ......... 4:00r Martivez, San Ranion, Vallejo, Napa, Oalistog Verano and ta Rosa. 4:00p Benicia, Winters, Woonland, Marysvill, Oro: n ; Bento ... 4130 Lathrop, Stockton, Modesto, 3 ced, Raymond (for Yosemite Fresno, going ia Martinez. Fresno, Mojave (for R Santa Darbara and Los Angelos. 5:007 Sauta Fo Loute, Atiautic Ixpress for Mojave and Jast, s 6:001 European Mall, Ogden and 6:00p Haywards, N S 18:00p Vallej: 8:005 Oregon ville, Sonnil NAN LEANPE( (F ) ANg HAYVWALDS LOCAL. ot of Market Street.) I 1112:00p CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). (Foot of Market Street.) xcursion, Sauta Cruz 18:05¢ Melrose, Seminary Park, hhurg, Elmhurst, an Leandro, South San Leandro, Estudillo, Lorenzo, Cherry and Haywards. Runs througl: to Niles, From Niles. 17:454 Santa n and Principal Way Stations....... 86154 Newark, Centerville,Su Jose, Felton, Boulder! Stations. biser #3:15p Newark, Centerville, San Jos Almaden, Felton, Bou Sauta Cruz and Privei Statio 4:15 1 Kb Jose and 4 «[4:13¢ Felion and Santa Oruz. CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAK FRANCISCO—Foot of Market Streel (Slip § *7:16 9:00 11:00a.m. $1:00 *2:00 $3:00 b $5:00 *6:00r.m. From OAKLAKD—Foot of Broadway.—6:00 8:00 10:004.M. $3:00 *3:00 $4:00 “B:C0v.e. 34 San Jose and Way Stations (New Almaden Wednesdays only)... ... 1:302 $7:304 Sunday Excursion for San Jose, Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove and Principal Way Stations, 18:35¢ 91004 San Jose, Tres Pinos, Santa Criz, 4 Pacilic ¢ Paso Roles, San Surf and 4:15¢ 9:d3A S:307 Hollister, Santa Cruz, Sa Monterey and Pacitic Grove ... *3:15p San Jose, Sauta Cruz, Pacific Grove aud Way Stations,.... *4:15p San Jose and Way Statious. #3:00p San Jose and Principal Way Sta @91 San Jose aud Principal Way Stations 20r San Jose and Way Stations 151 and Way Statious . A for Moruing. T’ for Afternoon. ¢ * Sundays excepted. § Sundays only. 1 Saturdays only +} Monday, Thursday and Saturday nights orly. 4 8aturdays and Sundays, & Sundays and Mondays. Sania o] i PACIFIC Route. |y | Trains leave from and arrive at Market. street Ferry. SANTA FE EXPRESS TTIA DIRECT LI DAILY 8 7. 3. arrives daiiy 6:10 b, & sc Pullman Drawing-room, also n o lern upholstered Touriss Sleeniug (ars, Cakland pier (0 Clilcago, via Kane sas City. Annex tars for Denver and *t. Louls. sania Fe Express via Lox Anzeles—Leaves daily 94 M. arrives daily 7:45 A M. Boston Excursions Kuusas City, Chicago, Montreal and ihe White mountains leave every Tuesday. The beat raflway from Califoroia to the Kast. New ral's, new ties, no | ust, inierssting scenery, anlgo d meals in Barvey's dining-rooms. San Francisco Ticket Ofice—644 Mar- ket street, Chronicle Buildlug. Tele phone Main 1531. o —1118 Broadway, THB $4¥ FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY RAILWAY CONPAN. Fnon JUNE2, 1897, tralns will run as followss nday Exc prd AM|.Stookion.| 2:30 px!8:40 Pu ™~ 0 P Fresno | 815 aw | 2:10 Py 3| 5:30 Pyl Hansord..| 8:15 am 1:00 P ermediate sin'lons when required. Stockion with steamboata of ger. | pany. 7 T 2 v C. N. & L. Co,, leaving San Francisco and S.ockton San Francisco, | Ineftect gan Franclsco, | & 6 P.M.'dally: at Merced with stages ., « o from Pe Julrll';;-" boci ings, Louitervilie, Yosemite, eb&; & 0 w tu : = ¢ = s 101 HOr 1105 Maripots, & ¢ ; ab Lank Prp | Sux. | Destinacion. | SUX | WREE | liim wich stage fo aud tro Aluie ] Novaio, [10:40 AM| 8:40 Ax TR OO BRI R | _peiaiumn o0 b pozs i | NORTH PACITIC (0T RAILROAD {Santa Toss.| 7:35 ru| 6:22 Px | £ : . - | (Via Sausalito Ferry). iton, | Windsor, 10:25 4% | From San Francisco, Commencing May % 1897, Healdsburs, — ol tion WEEKDAYS. 4 2 e 3 For Ml Valley and san Rafasl—7:00, *8:18, 8:30 ru|8:00 ax| Cloverdals. | 7:38 el 6:232w | P35 35T 7T3I07 M, 50145, ¥ 0, 4200, b1, 7180 AM Hopland & |10:28a% *6:00, 8:30 P. . £:30 #a| 8:00 ax| " Ukiah. | 7:36 7w G:39ea | Extra trins for San Rafasl on Mondays, Wedzos: 0 g To:g5aw | 9A78ARd Saturdays at 11:50 r. . [8:00 ax|auernevite. | 7:58 = SUNDAY s :30 P S8t wic] Berutll Maley ana Sun T fasl 2800 2900 THH0 Ax| 8100 ax| Sonoma | 10:40 Ax| 640 4% 00, 5 130. 640, 11200 7 meHE G an: 0 73|5:00 x| Glen Ellen. | 6:10 rxr| 6:22ex | T11:00 P b do nor run 16 Mil Cailey- 0 A 800 Ax T0:40 x| 10:35 aw | ‘TEMDS marked = run to San Quentin. 0 7ot 3100 7as| Sebastopol. | 17148 AX[ 10103 ot THROUGH TRAINS. Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark Wes: @prings; ar Geyserville for Skagzs Springs: at Cioverdale for thie Geysers; at Ho;land for Hizh. Iand Spriogs, Keiseyville, Soda Ha, and Bartiett Spriags: Lak 3 Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley. John Day" Riverside, ' Lierley's, Bucknell's, © Sanbetriy | Heights. Hullville, Boonevill= Orr's Hot Springs, Mendocino City, Fort Bragg, Westport, Usal. Saiurday o Monday round-trip tickets at reduas) rates. On Sundays round-trip tickets 1o rond San Rafacl &t hail raen . o A Poiea be Ticket Offices, 650 Marke: st., s Chrontele buflding Pres. and Gen. Manager. m:xr‘.:'&fh T00 A u. weekanys for Uszadero and way sta- tions: 1:45 r. w. saturdavs for Cazadero and way stations: 8 A M. Sundays for Cazndero 9:00 a. i Sundays for Jomt stious way stal Reves and wav MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY (Via Ssusslito Ferry). Leave San Fraucisco Commencing May 2, 189 WEEK DAYS_9:45 4 X.: 1: BUNDAYS—8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11 & 2; 1:48, 180 P. M. iy 61897, tratns will ru~ on Sanday time. ‘Tickets 1or sale at MIiL VALLEY or THOS COOK & SON, 621 Market s. San Francisca (unaer Palace Hotel), Telephone Main U6 5,05:15 P, .