The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1897. 9 A CRYING NEED FOR 00D WORK The Evils of Chinatown Are More Plainly Shown Every Day. DIFFICULT T0 61 CONVICTION. Workers by the Opposition They Meet. THE GIRLS BULLDOZED IN PUBLIC. A Swarm of Chinamen Make Open Threats Against a Witness at the Courtroom Doors. _Work on the petition to President Me- Kinley, asking ;him to place before Congress some recommendation regarding slave-holding in California, is meeting with the bet of results, and the petitions, of which there are now between twenty and thirty in circulution, are being signed very extensively. After the petitions have been circulated among the churches ana religious associations they will then be presented to Federal, State and muni- cipal officials for their signatures, and then numerous copies will be sent to all parts of the Sgate. he evidences of slavery in Chinatown in this City are so numerous that it is im- possible for a special committee to come here without being convinced that tnere is great need of some action on the part of the Federal Government other than the present laws. Itis claimed by man that all that is needed is an enforcement of existing laws to put a stop o slavery | and illegal landing. and if that is the case then ail the comm ties will have to do will te to recommend that the Federal officials be compelled to enforce the laws. Among the officials it is claimed that 1t | ] st if not quite impossible to get nt testimony to convict in Chinese but those who are working to h enforced say that the tesiir ul, but is not accepte y raw a line between moral and legal proc give the Cninese ali the b technicalities. It is believed that if el commiitee is sent by Congress 1t will see that the pre-ent laws allow too much lee- way for illegal 1mmigration and wiil un- doubtediy suggest some remedy for the evil th constautly growi While the Federal officials in the past have been so lax in their enforcement of the laws against Chinese.immigration, Collector Jacksoxn has steadily set his face against all iniringements of the law and has already done much to put a stop to the incoming horde. He has been so rigid in tis examination that the Chinese importers ¢f women have concluded that there must bea halt called for @ while ana | word «:as gone to their-agents in China to stop ail importations until further orders, Since the present agitation becan the highbinders huve become very activ d those in Chinatown who know of tneir hebits and haunts say there is much | activity among them and that they are | undountedly get'ing ready for work of some k The memb-rs of the Chinese Society for English Education believe this activity means that the lives of certain of their mempbers are in danger, and the regult is that wbhen they appear on the street they are surrounded by body guaygs who look as if it would fare herd with 4, bighbinder who makesthe attemptagajp ¢ them. While the principal memberg of the society admit that they gre taking | every precaution sgainst attack they v they do not fear danger, but will go o with their work just the same. It is known to the policejbat several new high- binders have reached the City within the past two weeks and they are beiug closely watched. There was an incident at the new City Hall yesterday morning when the Chinese girl taken several nights agofrom a house of evil repute was taken to court to an- swer toa writh of habeas corpus. which shows the difficulties under which the ladies of the mission work. When they arrived at the McAllister-street entrance the steps were hned with Chinese and the hack was driven to the Larkin-street entrance. When the girl 1nto the hall the party was met by a gang of Chinese who swarmed about them ana began shrieking at the girl, saying, “Don’t you dare say you are under 20 years oid ! “*‘Don’t you dare%ay von want to go back to the mi‘sion!” This was continued until the girl w=s taken to the courtroom, and when she left the care of the ladies she was escorted to the witnes stand by an interpreter, who whispered ner all the way. the stand she was evidently frightened and swore that she was over 20 and | wanted to go back to the house from which she was taken. At the missiou she told that she was under 16 and that she desired to remain there. In court the attorney for the Chi. nese was permitted to make statements derogatory to the character of the ladies of the mission without their baving an op- porinnity to reply., The Judge decided the case at once and sent tie girl back 10 the house from which she was rescued. Mre. Lake was very indignantat the as<er- tion made by the attorney that the people of the mission miade it a business of res- cuing girls and selling them to Chinese who wented to marry them. The story is 80 absurd that it scarcely demands a de. nial, but as the accusation was made in such public manuer the matter shonld re- ceive as prominent a refutation, end Mrs. Lake wanted the denial to be as emphatic as nossible. The following names of Methodist min- isters were added to the pelition yester- dny: G. R. Stanley J. H. Beard T. . Masters . R. Dille Alfred Knmmer G H. Jones W. W Jes-e ~mith Aug Pe Thomss Blandy H J. Winsor V. Phelps P. G, Buchanan C. J. Larsen D. A Gliian F. T. Jewell J. D. Hammond J. R. Woife C. T Miines &7 Carroll I 7. Vaiverg D.'W. Chilson I, Riephens 0. r. Hotie G. ultz Henry Pearce w rmy . A. Anduran 3. 1. Macomber 3. E. Henderson ¥. 0. Bovaid 3.3 Go:pa A Town Where Nothing In Windsor County, Vr., is about as queer a town as there is in the Uniied States. 1lts name is Baltimore, and it possesses little of interest save a history in which none of its inhabitants expres<es the slightest pride. Baltimore is fairly old, as American towns go, having been setoff from Cavendish and organized in 1793. It then had 275 presumably am- bitious and hopeful inhabitants, butevery -, Almost Disheartened |} was taken | When she wasplaced on | census taken since then has revealed a| steady growth—downward. In 1800~ the place lost one citizen, and the subsequent | record stands as follows: In 1810,207 inhabi- tants; 1820, 204; 1830, 179; 1840, 158; 1850, 124; 1860, 116; 1370, 83; 1881, 71, and 1890, 64’ To-day the numver is 59, and one of the 59 spends his winters in the soldiers’ home at Brattieboro. Nothing ever hap- pened in the town, not even u crime, and 1t has no distinguisced sons or daughter: The houses are scattered over the terri- tory inciuded within Baltimore’s limiis, nowhere forming anything like a village, and there is no store, no church, 0o posi- office, nor even a cider-mill. The people are prosperousenough as Vermont farmers define prosperity, but they keep moving away whenever opportunity offers and nobody ever moves 1 Itis twenty years since a wedaing took place there.—Boston Transcript. A SILVER WEDDING, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nauman Celebrate Their Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Charies Nauman celebratea the twer th anniversary of their marriage on Thursdey evening lastat their residence, street. Among those present uman, Clarence C. Nau- cugene L. Forster, Mr. and er, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. t, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bert, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bert Jr., Mrs. A, Atwood, Edward Atwood, Mrs. J. Marston, s Jessie E. Marston, Miss Cora Marston, . and Mrs. Mack, Miss McBryde, Miss A. Carr, Will H, Carr, Miss Mabel iis Haseltine, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8 Thomason, Mrs. Alice R. . B. Bernhard, Mr. and - and Mrs. William . Goorge Schultz, Miss | Muhluer, Mr, Mr. M Forster, Mrs. rs. L. Mr.and M ¢ Barnbard Mr. and Mr: \hard, Mrs. William George Duffy, Geci, Mr. and My Mrs. Taylor Rodgers and Master Rodgers, Mrs. Laura A. Gasce, Miss Elic Gage, Dr. and : rge K. Frink, Dr. and Mrs. A. G. y nd Mrs. ir. and Mrs, L. | ‘Mobrnardt, Mr. | and Mre. Char.es | Feldman, snd_ Mrs. E. Seaman, M Spader, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. aud Mrs. Will s | ©C. Westphal, Mr. and Mr . und | Mrs. Truman, Mr. and Mrs. Dulzeile, Mr. and | Mrs. Lent, Mr. and Mrs. Sinciar, Mrs. Beils | Swan, Mre. #reeman Trask, Mrs. Cecelis L wald, Miss Z Mohr, Mrs. ljams, Miss Tjams, . Dinsmore. 3 Among those sailing Friday, August 13, on the steamship Australia for l[uh\n_ml_l wert >. F. Adams, H. Z. Ausun, W. E. B Mrs. M wiih, E. N. Bee, Brenig, R. S, Brewster, G. C.'Brooke, Mrs. J. K. Cogsweil, Edward Sooke, W. T. Currier and wife, W. E. s Dresbach, la Ve ckson, J. Fernandez and wife, Mre. N. E. Gedge aud two ¢ R. Grau, Mrs. M. F. Gray, Hon. n G. and wife, Miss D. Heitmun, Miss B. Miss C. Hoadley, T. W. Hobron, Hutehins, W. A, Joue: W. S | Low, Miss Ethel R. 1. Mesick, | David Mollison, W. J. u \hxl)r. Major M S. A. Muhlhauser, Peterson and child W: Kosendale, er,David W. Scott, M. mith, Mrs. T. Welty Among tho: s a " S 3 & & Redwood Jast week terson, Phila- | | delpnin; Mes. 3. Manson, § G. Barr una | Iy, Mrs. J. K. Hewitt s | Howir \aster Kenneth Hewitt, Mrs. T. B. 1 | Ma rénios. Caleb | Sadler on, St. P:ul; | Mrs. ¢ Oaklind; | LHTEAL Club will g1 dance at T between | September The oi- | esident, Mamie | r;treas- —Tottie Phillips, Car- | :ory Louw, Henry Hansen and | | non of 128 Tenth street has | East. | rers will be at home on the | days-of the month at 1718 Ca m the | re Pos | Easte | " Mrs. | X | Nathalic Selling has returned from her | has gone to Harbin Springs | s 1o recuperate. Spear, Mrs. Frank C. Martin and ' have returued to the City ends at Santa Cruz. key bave returned to the | for two, Miss Pt { city af T Lwo months ia the | mounta Mr. & Flittner and their son | | Fra to the City after cam months in the mountains of Nap indsuer and famiiy have tase Sen Rafsel for the moath ing | L | of | Molizen of San Jose is visiting her . K. Russ and Mrs. C. Wagner of M Russ has returned from a week's | visit with her mother, Mrs. M. Brosius of San | Dr. and Mrs. D. Albert Hiller of Sutter street | have been_spending some weeks in various | paris of Scuthern Californis. At Pesadena | they were the guests of Mrs. Hiller's iriend, M . G. Reed. | sun Cailahan and Miss Minnie Calla- e returned from Sonoma and eare the remainder of the summer at the Rowardennen in the Santa Cruz Mouu- Mrs, | han hay end H ta | " Mids Jane Seymour Klink and Miss Marie | | Kiink, with their sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Coy, have returned to the City from thelr sum- er vacation. They have moved to 1418 Post | reet, where they will receive their irieuds on rsday of each we ! Miss Sadie Shem visiting her aunt, M N eet. Tk of Poriland, Or., is | . Y. Goldverg, 7275 Me- | The engagement is announced of Florrie E. on, daughter of Mrs. John Jackson of City, to Harry W. Morosco. The wedding, which will be a very quiet one, will take place agement is announced of Mrs, slary rand John Derby. At home 19th and | s month at 1308 Larkin street. % gement s aunounced of Miss Belle Coun and Charles Barnett. PUSSY AND THE LION. e 1 | A Pathetic Instance of Aunimal In- | | | stinct. Last night a littie purring kitten rubbed berself 1n friendly fashion against the at iron bars of the den of O.d Paul, the i 00’s famed lion, of whom extreme age { bas made a pitiable show these many | week«. It was the kitten’s way of coax- ing Paul 1o come to sav good-night to ner, | for Paul and kittie were the best of friends, | She was the only b t of outside life that Paul was ever friendiy with. Every night for weeks kittie had crept suyiy up in | front of the bars of her old lon lovers| bome, and when she mewed to him e | | came forward and put his creat shagey | { head as ciose to L.er us Lie could, and they | cares el each othur. i Last night wien kittie came and, rub- binz coaxinely acainst the bars, mewed all sofuy for her jungle lover to come and say good-uighi, Puul just lay suill, his! bead between his vaws, and didn’t notice | her at all. Tired of cosxing him, the| faithful kittie stopped and just looked and | looked at the noble, great feliow. Final.y a keeper saw her do something that in- stinct never let her do before. - She shyly crept tbrough the big black iron bars and | going in caressed the great bowed bead in her most loving way. But there was no response. Then kittie siowly went away, and Paul slept on—the sleep that knows no waking. Scores of people who had known the old lion for nearly twenty years had just been visiting him, and hosts of tiny children bad tossed him kisses just as death wi coming on. He died exactly as Superin- tendent Stephan in the Enquirer a month ago said be would, “‘As if asleep, with his head between his paws.” ————— Misunderstood, _A man once entered 2 shop with a ve vicious dog by his side, and ordlredrz muzzle for it. When the shopkeeper brouzht the muz- zle to bim, the customer asked him 1t he would put it on for him. The shopkeeper <aid: *No, I would not put a muzzle on such a vicious animal us that. The customer repli +*Oh, very well, I will put it on mvself.” _ “Yex, sir, and you would look well in it,” said the shovkeeper.—Spare M ments. ————— The Mexican torch thistle, growing to a beight of 50 or 60 fect, looks more like & candelabra than a t{ree. Another variety of the same species bas long, gray bristle: which give it the appearance of the head ot an old gray-haired man, | might to Mr. Hoffman it was about 6: RS, HOFFMAN ON THE STAND She Says Her Husband Was Kind and a Strictly Moral Man, Mr, Justin Sold the Defendant a Pistol the Night of the Shooting, The Deceased Told John Laumer He Was Waiting for Figel That Evening, Some minor cases before Judge Camp- bell delayed the Kigel case until 10:50 o'clock vesterday morning. The principal testimony was given .by the widow of Mr. Hoffman and John Lauver, who saw Mr. Hoffman a short time before he was killed. Louis Frietman was the first witness called for cross-examination, which was conducted by Geoeral Barnes. He went over the witness’ testimouy on direct ex- amination as to meeting Hoffman on the night he was killed. Mr. Barnes asked: ‘What did you say to him ?” “1 said in & joking way, ‘Hoffman, are you happy? He replied, laughingly—" ! “Never mind how besaid it. What aid he say 2"’ “He said, “How can I be happy with a mother-in-law?' ** “Did he use any profane or vulgar lan- guage?” “Idon’t remember.” The court asked: “Do you khow what ‘profane’ or ‘vulgar’ language means?’’ *1 know what vulgar means, but not profane.” The court then explained what profane language was and gave some examples, The witness said he did not recollect Mr. Hoffman using any such language. The witness furiher stated that he fre- quently walked as far as Market street | with Hoffman in the evening; that he knew Fi.gel, and that when he said good- *Did ycu have auy previous conversa- | tion with Hoffman “about his domestic relations?”’ This was objected to and the | court sustained the objection. Dr. E. E. Hill testified that he was at | | the Receiving Hospital the nieht Hoff- man’s bady was brought in. He exam- ined the wounds and noticed a ring of smut around the wound on the cneex. The inside of the mouth was not examined | in his presence. On cross-examination he said the pow. | der mark on the cheek was about the size | of a two-bit piece. | The widow of the deceased, Mrs. Dora | Hoffman, was called, and testified thut she had been married ten years and bhad | four children. She said she had seen Mr. | Hoftman in the rorning and that he leit home in good spirits. | **Was he to bring anything home in the | i evening?” “Yes, my ailowance—some money.” “Did you ever know your kusband to | have a pisiol 2" | Never."” | Were you and your husband on good | terms?”’ | “The very best; we never quarreled. On the Saturday before his death he made me a present.” | She further testified that he was always | kind and affectionate to herssli and the | children, and that he was a temperate | and strictly moral man. He always came home to dinner, and on the evening of bis death when he didn’t come to dinner she hed the nurse telephone to the office, butreceiving no answer she sent the nurse ‘down to the office to see what was the matter. ¥ Mr. Ach asked: *Did you ever hear him express any views as to firearms?” Then turning to General Barnes he asked: ‘Do you object?’ Barnes said he did, end Mr. Ach remarked: ‘‘Objection sus- tained, Lizzie Morrin, the nurse, testified that she had tried to telephone to Mr. Hoff- man that evening, but could not get cen- tral. Mrs. Hoffman then told her to go down to the-store to see what was the matter. Clarence Post, the mailing clerk, was recalled. Mr. Ach asked: *“What are vour duties at Hoffman, Rothchild & Co.’s store?” General Barnes objected. He said the witness had testified as to this once. . Judge Campbell said he didn’t think the witness could be coached. Miss Slaetor read the Cooper letter from her notes. It was a personal letter in re- gard to the proposed purchase of a stock of goods, and it was offered to show that Mr. Hoffman was making plans for tie future at the time of his death. Detective Crockett was recalled, and told what he had done with the pistol on June 2. He pgot it irom the property- clerk that morning, took it to the Morgne | and returned it to the clers. Later he | got it again and took it to the Hoffman- Rothchild store and showed it to Mr. Post. Mark H. Dreifuss, a salesman of the firm, swore that he never knew Mr. Hoff- man to have a revolver. “'On June 1,” he said, “I was talking to Mr. Hoffman and | ne told me to go to San Jose the next Snn- day and he woula go down Mondav. We were going to see some customers. He was also planning to gq to Fresno. I once beard him sav that he was getting atong well, and if his children got along as well s he did he would be satisfi~d.” Hippisley Justin, salesman for Allen & Co., dealers in guns, saii that on June 1, at ahout 5 minutes past 6, he sold Figel n 38-caliber revolver and a box of cartridges. He put them in a valise. The witness testitied that he had meas- ured the distance from the desk in the conversation room to the hele in the wall and he found it to be 237 inches to the top and 13 inches to the center. He said he thought the bullet had been fired from the direction of the telephone door. On cross-examination General Barnes brought out the fact that when Figel bought the pistol be had made the state- ment that he had =old a smaller pistol. Jonn Lauer, a drayman, testified that he had seen Hoffman belween 6 o’clock and 6:15. Hesaid: *“When Icame up to his store Mr. Hoffman was coming out of the door. He mailed # letter in the box in front of the store. He called meinto the store to see if there wasn’t some | ke coming up the elevator shaft. We :vnell‘:z down in the cellar and found it was thing but dust. We went out on the :l‘:'eet Exain and Hoffman locked the d 0or. % “He asked me if I had any money. I loaned him $20. Then my wagon came up and I gotin and drove away. Before this he told me he was waiting for Fi -el.” In the cross-examination he said he went over to Hoffman's store to see schutte. He had sent his wagon down to the docks and after he left the store in the wagon he went up to 418 Post street for some goods. When he got there it was :30. ¢ ‘What did Mr. Hoffman do after you eft him ?'’ ! +He walked toward Bush street.” “What else?” “I didn't look to see. IfI had known what I do ‘now I would bave watched him.” Arrested for Burglary. Frank Defigenere, during the absence of Mrs. Sadie Gregory, 17 Sherwood place, yesterdsy afternoon broke into her residence from the rear. She happened to return while he was ransacking tbe house and notified Policemen Tyrrell and ’l'mcr.-Be They hurried to the house and caught Defigenere before he could getaway. He was booked at tha City Prison on the charge of burglary. He is an old offender. DR, MINTON YIELDS, The San Anselmo Professor Says if Center College Will Kelease Him He Wili Remain Here. Rev. Dr. Minton bas finaily resolved that if the trustees of Center College will release him honorably he will abandon his intention of going to Kentucky and remain one of the professors of San An- selmo Seminary. The doctor has been induced to take this step by thestrong opposition brought to bear to his departure by his Presby:e- rian brethren. Yesterday tie trustees of the theologicul seminary were waited on by a committee appointed by the presby: tery to make special efforts to retain Dr. Minton. The committee, consisting of Rev. Dr. Condit and Rev. Dr. Thompson, represented to the trustees the need of re- taining sucha man as Dr, Minton, and the trustees agreed with the committee. Yi-lding to the solicitations of his brethren, Dr. Minton agreed to remain at the seminary if the trustees of Center Col- lege would release him honorably from the engagement into which he nad en- tered with tnem. It was unanimousiy re- solved that the authorities of Center Col- lege should be at once urged to release Dr., Minton. AFTER THE DELEGATES. Manufacturers Take a Firm Stand on the Pure Food Question, An Inquiry Will Also Be Made as to the State Prison Coal Contract. The regular meeting of the directors of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation was held on Monday, and severa! matters of importance were discussed. Manager Oscar Lewis made a report rela- tive to the case of local Inspector Dockery and the bogus-brandy matter now before the United States courts. A report was received from Tirey L. Ford, one of the delegates to the Trans- Mississippi Congress that met recently I Salt Lake, and he gave the reasons why there was no action taken in the matter of legislation against the convict-made goods abuse that the delegates were par- ticularly instructed upon. He said that the delegation of this State was aivided and he was unable (0 receive any support in his protective efforts and that the chances of passing any resolution were exceedingly siim. The pure-foods question was bagged in the same way. Tnis report caused the question to be raised as to who were the California delepates who opposed or ais- regarded their instruc'ions. A committee was appointed to make inquiry and find out who they are and report to the board at the next meeting. Attention was called to the fact that recently the Board of Prison Directors let a contract for 5000 tons of Australian coai at a price over $5 per ton, when they might have secureda California coal for $2 £0 per ton. Last year by buyine the local preduct the Siate officials saved at least $3000. A committe, consisting of Di- rectors Bowers, B own and Everett was appointed to make inquiry into the matter. 3 The convict labor committee reportea that information bad been received that | the agents of the Oregon State prison are in this State endeavoring to work upa trade in the stoves made in that institu- tion. They are traveling all over Cali- fornia cifering cheap stoves to the trade at prices that completely kills the busi- ness where free men are employed. It was decided to call the attention of the Jabor uuions and the manufacturers to the re- port and fight this unfair trade in every way possibe. President Kerr states that the associa- tion had gained one victory recently. Certain parties have a contract to furnish codfish to the Almshbouse, the contract calling for the best Pacilic Coast article. | He learned that the contractors had sent out a consignment of cheap Eastern cod- fish and when_this was called to the at- tention of the Health Office the Eastern article was rejected and carted away by the contractor. What the fishermen call a strange fish is on exhibition at the market of A. Paladini on Merchant street. It was caught recently in the bay of Monterey. -The fish is four and & half fectlong and three feet in diameter in the thickest part of the bedy. The head is like that of a green’turtie and the tail resembles the tail of a sturgeon. The fish is of bronze color and has no scales. The weight of the specimen on exhibition at Paladini’s is about eighty pounds. The old fishermen say the fish 18 new to these waters. One man who ex- amined the stranger yesterday said the fish was quite common in Alaskan waters, and that the Indian name tor it was “Baluca.” J. L. DAVIY WILL WAS PROBATED Judge Coffey Overruled the Objections of the Contestants, Held That the Jury's Verdiot Governed the Question of Testamentary Intention. Mrs, Belle Curtis and Miss Lizsie Muir Give Bonds of $650,000 on Letters of Administration, Jacob Z. Davis’ will contest was renewed in Judge Coffey’s court in a new form yes- yverdav morning, when George A. Knight and Charles J. Heggerty presented their motion to refuse probate to the will not- withsianding the verdiet of the jury that it nas the genuine document that it pre- tended to be, and was written, dated and signed by Mr. Davis. After Mr. Knignt had questioned Juror Michael Fiood anda Witness Michael Ryan touching their conversation outside the courtroom, and had learned that it con- sisted only in polite inquiries on the part of Mr. Flood regarding the condition of Mr«, Curtis who fainted in cofirt last Thursday, Mr. Heggerty began his argu- ment in favor of the motion to exclude the will from probate. Six grounas were preseated by Mr. Heg- gerty in his opposition to the will, and he contended that notwithstanding the ver- dict of the jury, it was the duty of the Judge to refuse 10 recognize the document if it appeared that a mistake had been made by the jurors. The formal grounds were stated as follows: 1. The evidence discloses that the document propounded as the will of the late Jacob Z. Davis was not du .y executed. 2. It was not the last will of said Davis. 3. The testimony discloses that if it was ever executed by the haud of said Davis it was not intended that it should have testa- mentary effect, but 0n the contrary that it should not have such effect. 4. Said will, if executed, was revoked by being placed in the urn which contained the incinerated remains of the wife of the said Davis. . It has been demonstrated to a moral cer- tainty tha: the said accument is & forgery, 6. That there i< a contest touching the validity of this document now pending in this court wherein Elizabeth Wilson is the con- testant, and in the trial just conciuded her interests in the said estate have not been con- sidered or adjudicated in any manner, for the { Teason that tiie court ordered the trial to pro- coea for the hearing of (he issues raised .by the contest of Joseph P. Wilson and Catherine Stead. Attorney J. C, Campbell, representing Mrs. Belle Curtis and Miss Lizzie Muir, the proponents of the will, objected to the making of the motion by counsel on the other side on the ground that the court was not authorized to hear such a motion. Mr. Heggerty replied that it was the duty of tue Judge to consider certain things regardless of the verdict of the jury, and thai mainly the court must find whether the said will was in reality writ- ten by the band of saia Davis and if it was 50 written whether it bears on its face the animustestandi. If it be lacking in the testamentary intention then it mus* be denied probate, as that was a question never submitted to the jury and concern- ing which they bad nothing todo. The verdict of the jury is 1o the effect that they believe tha paper to have been writ- ten by Jacob Z. Davis, but the question of testamentary intention must be de- termined by the court. When it came to the marter of Mr. Davis’ alleged 1ntention to destroy the will by placing itin the urn containing his dead wife’'s ashes Mr. Heggerty de- clared that it wasjust the same as if the deceased had written that it belonged fo the dead and that it should not live. It was in law a destruction of the paper, he thought. If the will had been placed in the urn to test the affections of the young ladies who now appear as proponents then it was a contingent will and must be 80 treated. A spirited colloquy occprred at this point between Mr. Heggerty and Mr. Campbell concerning the anecdote p b- lished in a local weekly vaper, in which it was_stated that a historical narallel ex- isted in the case of the poet, Rosetti, who deposited a beautiful poem in the grave of his dead wiie, and that when the coffin was opened yvears afterward the scroll was found in the coils of her golden curls. *‘You didn’t netice that case of a simi- lar character reported to have happened in Indiana, did you?” asked Mr, Camp- bell. “I read something of it,” replied Mr. Heggerty. “And it was reported by the Associated Press and not by Mr. Kytka,"” continued Mr. Campbell. “Concerning that I have no mforma- tion,” said Mr. Hegeerty, drily. Judge Coffey arched his brows quizzi- cally as he inquired, “Did you have any idea that it was put up for the purposes of this case?"” “I did not say that, your Honor, but stranger things have happened,” was Mr. Heggerty’s closing shot and the argument went over until the dfternoon. In the afternoon a brief reply was made by the attorneys tor the proponent of the will, after which Judge Coffey denied the motion of Knight and Heggerty, and said he considered it Lis dauty to admit the will to probate. Alexander Boyd, partner of the de- ceused, was called as a witness to prove the vailue of the estate and gave a detailed statement of the nronerty belonging to the firm of Bovd & Davis, it being under- stood that Mr, Davis was owner of halr of the assets. Mr. Eoyd's statement contained the fol- lowing pieces of property as belonging to the firm, the figures given representing the cost price mn each instance. It is thought that the property has not ma- terially sdvanced since it came into the bands of Boyd & Davis. Following is the statement: Thurlow block, frontage of 122 feet on Kearnv street and 97:6 feet on Sutter, cost $557,658. g On south side of California street 44:10 feet and 126:6 feet on Market, cost $126,489 91. Corner of Battery and Pine streeis, 45:10 feet on Battery and 137:6 feet on Pine, cost ,000. Northeast corner of Market and Front streets, 100 by 67 :6 feet, cost $223,400. Front-etreet property, irregular in shape, cost $159,046 . lgaoof Battery street, 35:9 by Lot on east s 109 :9 feet, cost $150,000. Lot (40-vara) cerner of Second and Folsom streets, 137:6 by 275 feet, cost $218,621 80. Mr. Boyd gave a mass of -figures, and it was difficult for any one excent a profe: stonal bookkeeper to follow the tinancial trail, but it was ~atherea that the estate of the late Jacon Z. Davis will foot up no less than $1,042,721 50. The rent« of the firm of Boyd & Davis amount to $7330 a month, and the interest is $2304, whieh Mr. Boyd said he kent col - lec ed up promptly, as he had found that to be the better method. The outsiand- ing mortgages due the firm are $451,225, all gilt-edged and collectable at a mo- ment's warning. Attorney W. D. Treadwell made a cal- culstion and said he thought a bond of $650,000 would be sufficient to cover the re- sponsibility of the persons who would undertake to administer the estate. He moved that Mrs. Curtis and Miss Muir be granted the usual letters, with bonds fixed at that figure. This request was granted, and the Davis will contest was at an end. There is talk of contests to be made by other relatives of the dead man. GRAND JURY HOURS. Meetings to Be Held Twice a Week. Rules to Govern Investigation. The meeting hours of the new Grand Jury will be 3:15 p. ., every Tnesday and 2 o'clock every Friday. It is surmised that the jury will take up the subject of textbook changes recently ordered by the Board of Education, but notning definite on this course has been discloset. The foreman and several members of the jury held a long interview with District Attorney Barnes yesterday forenoon. In order that time may not bs wasted in dis- cussing frivclous charges and in the con- sideration of cases which belong properly to the Police Courts, the following rules have been adopted: All communications submitted to the Grand Jury of the City and County of San Francisco must be in subsiantially tne following iorm. Any commun;cation which deviates from th preserived form will not be considered by the Grand Jury: 1. Communications must be in writing and must be signed by the compiainant or his at- torney. 2. Communication must state the names nuld addresses of witnesses, 50 far as obtain- able. 3. Communication must obtain a briel state- meat of the act colplained of. 4. Communication must state the. reason why the compirint is presented to the Grand Jury, instead of proceeding in the ordinary course by warrant in the Police Court. Under 1o circumstaices wiil any_anony- mous or oral complaint be considered by the Grand Jury. STORY CF AN OLD DEED. Title to a Block of Land in the Center of the City. A Surprising Announcement Made at the Hall of Records Yesterday. A man sauntered into the Hall of Records yesterday and surprised the clerk of the Recorder with the announcement that be held a deed to a block of valuabie land in the center of the City. The man gave his name us Joseph Schamberger and his residence 78 Ninth street uf this City. The statement was made to the clerk in charge of the records that the deed to the land was acquired in 1850. Mr. Scham- berger inquired if such a deed had been recorded, but the clerk was not able to find any record of a deed of that year to the piece of property described. Last evening Mr. Schamberger said that the property was acquired by his father- in-law, who came to this Statein 1849, but who is now a resident of Knepperville, IiL, a place twen:y miies from Chicago. He said the tract was a sanddune when bis father-in-law was here and was not considered of much value. Concerning the deed to the premises Mr. Schamberger said the document was in Sacramento. He had sent for it and it should have been here yesterday. He was confident that the deed would -be here to- day. When it came he would know the exact cescription or location of the land and would be able then to determine the true condition of affairs regarding the title to the nroperty. Mr. Schamberger was formerly a resi- dent of Sacramento and lived in that city eight years. He said last night that he had not engaged an attorney to look after his interests and would take no stepsin that direction until he had carefully ex- amired the deed. The claimant, for such he may be called, seemed to appreciate the fact that the property has been in undisputed posses- sion of other than his father-in-law for more than forty years. If the deed shall describe the premises which he has in mind, he will take steps to establish his title. He discusséd the subject with some reluctance, preferring that nothing should be said until he had acquired such in- formation as the deed mignt not impart. ‘Yhe matter was freely taiked about by the deputies at the Hall of Records. ROTTANZI MAY PETITION. Wants a Special Session of the Super- visors to Straighten Out City Finances. Mayor Phelan has decided not to call a special session of the Board of Supervisors for the present for the purpose of reliev- ing the financial stringency in the City treasury and the situation that presents itself to some of the contractors and em- ployes to whom the municipality is in- debted is more than ever complicated. Auditor Broderick sent word to the Mayor yesterday that he did not see s way clear to signing any more demands on the treasury until there was some guarantee that there would be money in the treasury to meet the calls for funds, and that something must be done at once or there would be more or less annoyance and loss to contractors and City em- ployes. His idea of the best way out of the mud- die is to hava a special session of the Supervis called for the purpose of pass- ing a resolution authorizing the auditing of bills on the basis of last year's appro- priation, so that he will have some legal basis for signing demands until the tax levy is fixed and the City’s revenue begins to materialize. When the Auditor learned that the Mayor had declined to call a_meeting he stated that he proposed to sit quiet and await the outcome of affairs before irying furtner to bring mattersto a focus. Supervisor Rottanzi, chairman of the Finance Committes of ¢he board, stated last evening that if matters were not straightened out within a few days he would petition for a speclal meeting of the board to or.ng the questiou to an issue, HER SANITY DOUBTED. Mrs. Mary Gordon Who Shot at Paul Tillaux to Be Examined. The preliminary examination of Mrs. Mary Gordon, charged with assault to murder, was Leld betore Judge Low yes- rday afternoon, and the Judge after hearing the evidence thought it advisable to send her before the Insanity Com- missioners, as it was evident the woman is subjeet to halluci ons. On August 6 she entered the restaurant at 320 Bush street, approached a table at whicn Paul Tillaux sat, and fired a shot at him from a revolver which che took out of her handbag. Before she could fire again sbe was disarmed and placed under arrest. Tillaux_has known her for about four years, and recently sought to end the ac- quaintance. Mrs. Gordon accused him of trying to poison her on several oc€asions, and having her completely under his control, to her injury physically and mentally. ————————— Brandished a Knife. William Evans, & laborer, was arrested last night by Policeman Perry and book:d at the City Prison on the charge of assault witha deadly weapon. Yesterday he went to the house of Mrs. George Peters, 446 Natoma street, who is his aunt, and demaunded some- thing to eat. As her husband had obfected to Peters vumnf the house she told him to go away. He pulled a knife out of nis pocket and brandishing it threatened to kill her. e A e vy Tailors’ Furnishers Attached. - The firm of Rothsctild & Schoenberg, deal- ers in tailors’ trimmings and farnishings at 209 Post_street, was attached on Monday for $16,671 16 as the result of a suit brought by Joseph E. Bier, who holds notes to the amount of the ciaim. FODND A FORTONE [N FOUR DATS How Two Early Californians Struck a Rich Find and Lost It. One Hundred and Sizty Thou- sand Dollars in a Pocket in Nuggets. But the Gambling-Houses Got All the Money and the Boys Found No More. While Klondike and Peru are now at- tracting the attention of the world with their stories of vast wealth to be gained by finding gold and while many tales of fabulous discoveries are being told, none of them have yet reached in magnitude many of those told about the early days of California—*the days of old, the days of gold, the days of '49.”” Nor have they even equaled the more recent discoveries where $42,000 worth of the yellow metal was taken from one pocket. Dr. Boutier, who is now living in peace and guiet at San Blas, Mexico, after a most exciting and eventful life, was one of the early arrivals in California, having come to this State when a boy. He'tells a most interesting story, one that prob- ably carries with it a moral that can be observed vy those who have rushed to Klondike, in that it shows how easy it is 10 lose your gold after you find it. This is his story: ““Yes; I went to San Francisco when it was but a little place. Oh, so many peo- ple, but no town. Everybody was after the gold and everybody he get it. Some he get ‘it in the mines, some he get it in the rambling-room. I get it in the mine and I‘lose it in the gambling-room. “Me and my partner we were boys. We were very green boys. We know nothing about anything. We went prospecting and find nothing for many days. One day we washed sand in a little creek and find some gold; not much—very little. We follow the stream up and then we follow the stream down. No gold—just little bit. We think we have to go back to San Francisco. One day we go down the stream and find it go over and falldown maybe hundred ieet, We could not get down so we go around and look up. The stream break and strike the rocks about hundrea feet from the top and we thought we try to get to that place. We got long ropeand tnen got another long rope and tied them together, and, as I was the smallest, I climb down. “Iclimb down, climb down, climb down, climb down. At last I reach the bottom, and then I call un.. My partner could just hear my voice, and then he climbed down to me. We look all around but see no gold. The water made a little nole in the rock, and in the hole were many little black rocks. I scoop these rocks out and find them very Leavy. I take my knife and cut the rock and find it pure gold. ‘We pick up the rock anuil we got all of them, and then we try to get out. It was hard, but we got out and buried the gola and went to San Francisco for a burro to pack itdown. We tookit to San Kran. cisco, and it was worth $160,000, and we got it all out in four days. ‘‘When we got to San Francisco we put the gold in the safe in the hotel and then went to the gambling-room. We were known to be the boys who brought the big pile of gold, and we were given adrink that made us crazy. We played all night and went to the notel and got our gold and played it all away. When we woke up in ihe hotel after it all our $160.000 way gone. We went back to the gambling- room and said they stole our money, but the man said ro, we lost it gambling. He gave us $100 each and told us to go find more. We went back, but never found any more."” f W. T Baggett Cited for Contempt. Attorney Teuszky has applied to Judge Daingerfleld for an order citing Attorney W. T. Baggett, M. W. Fox and R. U. Collins for contempt of court, pecause they have dis. obeved an-order of court in conducting a sals ot delinguent stock of the Hale & Norcrosy Mining Company. The citation has been is. sued, and the case will be heard on next Fri. a2 Coo s oER L LT Chun Anh Chun Acquitted, Chun Ah Chun, aceused of the murder of & Chinese druggist several months ngo, was tried in Judge Dunne's court yesterday ana the jury returced a verd:ct of not guilt; KEW TO-DAY. A LETTER TO WOMEN From Mrs. James Co@gm For seventeen years I have suffered. Periods were so very painful that I would have to go to the doctor every month. He said thatI had an enlargement of the womb, and told my husband that I must undergo an operation, as I had tumors in the womb, and it was a case of life or death. I was ope- rated upon twice, but it did not seem to do me any good, it made me very weak. I was troubled with the leu- corrheea a great deal. I also suffer- ed with the sick headache, vomiting spells, back- - ache all the time, terrible painin myleft side, chills, loss of appetite, and could not sleep nights. After taking several bottles of Lydia' E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, some Liver Pills, and using your Banative Wash, I recovered. I can eat well, and every one that sees me tells me I am a different per- son. Ican doall my own work, sleep well and feel well. I am growing stronger every day, and am able to go out and enjoy a walk and not feel all tired out when I return, as I used to. I doctored for sixteen years, and in all those years I did not feel as well as Ido at the present time. I wish that every woman that is troubled as I was, would try that medicine. Oh! it is so good to feel well, and it 1sall owing to Mrs. Pinkham's kind advice and medicine. —Mgs. JAMES CORRIGAN, 284 Center Stuy Jamaica Plain, Mass. -