The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897. BITTER WORDS FROM A JUDGE Conlan Gives Attorney Hayford a Bit of His Mind. Tells Him He Should Be in State’s Prison Instead of Practicing Law. The Trouble Arose Over a Client of B2, Hayford Asking for a Change of Venue. When Judge Conlan has occasion to talk to an attorney who has incurred | +his displeasure, he does so in language there is no mistaking. Recently Attor- ney Grant was forbidden to practice in his court, but the language used at that time was mild compared to the severe castigation he gave Attorney George Hayford yesterday morning. Martin Walter, a farmer, was ar- rested Sunday for batte; upon Henry H. Bur and was re sed on $50 cash bail. He engaged Hayford to repre- sent him in court, and when the case was called yes 1y morning Hayford presented an affidavit signed by Wal- | ter asking for a change of venue on the ground of bias and prejudice against him by Judge Conlan. Walter was put on the stand, and, being sworn, said that he had never| seen or spoken to the Judge in his life. He did not know what was in the pa- per he signed, and thought he would get a fair trial from the Judge. He caught Hayford's eye and then contra- dicted himself. So finally, at the re-| quest of the Prosecuting Attorney, case was continued for two days, and | the probability is that Walter will be | arrested on a charge of perjury. The Judge then paid his attention to Hayford. He said: “There is no rea- | son, because I have a supreme con- | tempt for some people calling them- selves attorneys who should not be al- lowed to practice in any court, that it should be said that I would not give a prisoner a fair trial. There are some | people practicing law, and who appear | in this court to defend criminals, who by right ought to be charged with | crime them: g | “You vour: were brought before | this court charged with a felony. I held you to answer before the, Superior Court, but you = of the thr case knothole. In- stead of being here you should be in State’s Prison, where you belong. It is that the Grand Jury did not| pgnizance of your case, but I will see that it is brought to the attention of the Bar Association. You ought to be charged with subordination of per- jury. I am sorry for this poor fellow, Walter, who has been led to do this thing by you without knowing what it meant.” Hayford, as he turned to leave the courtroom, muttered: “I would like to meet you outside.”” and the Judge re- | Y torted ould not meet anyone | . e.” The felony charge re! y the Judge was an alleged ement of funds which Hayford had in his possession, belonging to a client, Mrs. Susan Cun- ningham, a poor widow. He was ar- rested on Aug 31, last year, held to r on September 14 on $3000 and acquitted in the Superior Court. Death of Mrs. Gales. Mrs. Elizabeth Augu Gates, widow of the late Dr. Ju 1 G s and mother of I H., Alyce M.. Gertrude E. and | ¥ n C S ed i this city yves ay | at her late r after a long an Gates and he known among the latter, who came being president of the neers’ Associ, wife came to home at Clifton They were marricd shortly _a arrival here and went_ to Sacramento, where the husband had_established the Jargest wholesale dr usiness on the coast. After twenty-one vears' residence in Sacramento they remo to San “rancisco, where Dr. Gates died ten | years ago. Mrs. Gates w yare intellectual attainments and beauti- ful character. She leaves many warm friends to mourn her loss and to bestow the solace of their sympathy upon her sorrowing_child who were all at her bedside when the final summons came. s a woman of NEW TO-DAY. Sens- ible gifts for man or boy vercoat While wearing it he rejoices in its warmth and comfort and at the good sense of the giver 8 $5 to $50 pus - Who can suggest a more sensible gift than a suit to.be worn a year—that’s sense men’s suits $7.50 to $50 boys’ suits $2.50 to $30 Open evenings ROOS BROS 27-37 Kearny corner Post ,, | A LOVE STORY EMBELLISHED WITH FLITTING FAIRIES IS THE DELIGHTFUL FEATURE OF THE ORPHEUM PANTOMIME. that it is now a preceded it. But the truth is that “The Birth of Pearls” ty to musement that it a s o is equally cee far ahead in attrativeness, in The success of the Orpheum man agement in doing things thoroughly and well has become so widely known byword, and it would seem to be a work of superfiui now crowding that popular place of a of 'the Christmas pantomime ul as the attractions which have richness and elaborate- ness of costumes and scenery, and in brilliant effects of any other thing in the spectacular line that has been seen on any stage in thi It required a N dne! agement has done, was mo house last night went simply wild wi y for many a dazzling scene was unfolded to the view there was a rainstorm of hand-clap ping that continued performance. year. ss to lavish so much money on a Christmas spectacle as the Orpheum .man- ey well expended, and it is flowing back at a tenfold th delight. Expectation had been more rate. The crowded than fulfilled, and as each new and throughout the There were bewitching fairy caves with stalactites of opal, pearl, sapp hire, amethyst and diamonds glitter- ing in dazzling beauty, and those caves on the floor of the ocean were inhabited by fairies can furnish. time. In fact the oldest The pantomime abounds in pret were especially noticeable and receiv ing illusion, the graceful fairies of the se: ance. In the Fairy Grotto scene MIl seul. She was equally successful nhabitant cannot remember so many pretty girls gathered on the stage Of the large number of fairies and ballet girls, all of them beautiful, all but one were Californian products. The flying mermaids, the diver ballet, the ballet of ty scene ed generc and well-deserved applause. Madame Filippi was enthusiastically encored. The pantom the beautiful in action, from the risi The remainder of the performanc resent the most modern type of acrobatic development. without missing a trick or making a hitch. very attractive numbers this week. e has a rare quality, and that is that it does not drag for a moment. n on the first briiliant s is of equal merit. The Picchiani Si Professor Doherty’s The Vesuviano Quartet is steadily Servais Le Roy, the magician, does some ng of the cur and Herrmann in their palmiest days could not surpass. Caroline Hull, the triple voice vocalist, presents some new selections this week, and the Three Avolos have a clever vertical pole act. seeming to float in the crystal depths of the Filippi’s dance of the frog was greeted with both laughter and applause and was a remarkably clever such as only California at one the pearls, The mermaid scene was a surpris- enchanted sea. Mons. perform- Ophelita brought down the house with the grace of her movements in the pas h the corps de ballet in the Grand Ballet of Jewels. The pas de gavotte of It is action, or rather ne to the close of the performance. ers are wonderful acrobats, and rep- trained dogs go through their turns gaining in popularity and have some feats of sleight of hand that Heller LIVING IN WANT AND SQUALOR Children Neglected by a Parent Who Is W ell Off. The Sad Plight of McHugh’s Little Ones. James They Are Without Proper Clothing and in Want of Wholesome Food. In an eight by ten room, filled with the perfumes of sour beer and in squalor and rags, last night slept James MsHugh and his four children, aged 16, 14, 8 and 3 years respectively. McHugh is a quarryman who works for Gray Bros. He resides at 19 Dehon street in a cottage which on the ex- terior looks cozy and comfortable. McHugh owns the cottage, but lives in a small room in the rear, which is entered through a window. In a cel- lar, the height of which is three feet and a half, there is.a stove on which McHugh at unseasonable hours does a little cooking, which is seldom shared with his children. Last night Officer H. McMurray of the Society for the Prevention of Cru- elty to Children; Officers Tom Murrin and Timothy O'Grady of the regular force and a Call reporter visited Mec- Hugh. McHugh was in bed and showed evidences of intoxication. In his arms was the smallest of the children, Mary, 3 years of age. Her face was covered with blood. McHugh stated that she, while play- ing with a neighbor’s child, had ben cut in the face with an iron hoop; | that the wound had ben sewed up by a doctor. On a pallet in a corner of the room John, a boy of 14, and Rose, a girl of | 8, were innocently sleeping. The eld- est boy was up, keeping vigil over his father. ; “At it again,” pointing to the beer. “Yes; I always have my beer before i bed,” replied McHugh. “There’s nothing like it when a man works hard all day.” “You have got to take better care of these children,” said McMurray, sternly, “or I shall take them away from you. I understand that you own this house.” “Indeed I do, and lots of other prop- erty too. I have $100 in my pocket now. What better care do you want me to take cf my children? (This was said friendly). 4 “I want you to provide them with another room, a decent place to sleep in, give them comfortable and warm said McMurray, | clothing and wholesome food.” | *“Ain’t I doing that now?” | Officer McMurray went to the house | for the purpose of removing the chil- | | dren and providing them with com-| | fortable homes in_ charitable institu- | tions. The night being cold and the | | clothing of the children scanty and | | insufficient for them to moval, he concluded to wait until a| | more propitious time to take them | | away. | | McHugh's wife has been dead a little | | over a year, and the children have | been left to shift for themselves. Mec- | Hugh states that he goes to work early in the morning, and the officer says that he frequently remains out late nights. He was quite abusive last night, and there is a possibility that his children will not only be removed | from his care, but that his arrest may follow. Criminal Libel. Jane W. Bruner, proprietress of a lodging house at 207 Eddy street, swore to a complaint in Judge Joachimsen’'s court yesterday morning, charging Ce- | cilia Miller, owner of the Illustrated World, with eriminal libel. | The complaint alleg that on Octo- | ber 30 the paper contained a series of | questions that reflected upon her moral character and the reputation of her ho One of the questions was, “Is Jane Bruner still evaporating potatoes for the Klondike at her free-for-all es- tablishment at 207 Eddy street?” An- other was, “How many roomers have had their legs pulled for a loan? Has the price of morphine advanced to such a figure that her roomers have to | chip in to keep her supplied?” DELMAS OUITS THE LAW FIRM {Leaves Shortridge and His Other Younger Partn ers for Good. The law firm of Delmas & Short- ridge is no more. The final dissolution of a partnership of four years took place yesterday, | quietly and with good feeling on both | sides. . Since last July the firm, while nom- inally Delmas & Shortridge, has in reality been composed of four per- sons, William A. Beatty and F. S. Brittain having been the silent part- ners. D. M. Delmas retires from the firm, which, while continuing to oc- cupy the well-known and commodi- ous apartments in the Crocker build- ing, will practice law under the name of Shortridge, Beatty & Brittain. The new firm will practically con- tinue the business of the old, and will carry on all the litigation now pend- ing, except a few cases that may be personally attended to and settled by Mr. Delmas. For six months past it has been un- derstood that Mr. Delmas was con- templating retirement from active and nd the re- | is disposed of by the instrument. Abrahams, a child of a deceased sis - §5000; Sarah Rosenshine, widow of the general practice of the law. He has been a constant practitioner for over thirty years. Mr. Delmas’ plans for the future have not bheen definitely outlined. —_—— | Cure your cold with Low's Hore- hound Cough Syrup; price 10c. 417 ] Sansome street. . LEO ROSENSHINE'S LAST WILL. Disposed Of. Leopold Rosenshine’s last will and testament was filed for probate yester- 4 An estate valued at over $100,000 Fol- lowing are the bequests: Er tatc $50,000; «aura Schrieber, a , $5000; Jennie Schwartz, a sister, Bertha Moss, $5000; Mathias Rosenshine, Adolph Rosenshine and Morris Rosenshine, $2500 each; Bertha Frank, a niece, $3000; First Hebrew Be- nevolent Society, §500; Pacific Hebrew te Fureka Benevo- 5 Mount Zion Hospi- 4 $1000 to the executors, , Mathias, Adolph and Morris senshine, to be given to charity as they may see fit. VESSELS ARE VERY SCARCE Three Cargoes for Aus- tralia, but No Ships to Carry Them. Now Over 780,000 Tons of Merchandise Afloat From San Francisco. The Last of the Overdue Fleet of Coasters Has Been Outside Three Days. Vessels for the Australian trade are almost unobtainable. There are now three cargoes awaiting shipment from this port to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and a vessel to take them over can hardly be procured for love nor money. There is at the present time 500,000 feet of sugar pine lumber on Fremont street wharf destined for Adelaide, for which J. J. Moore & Co. would gladly secure a bottom. They offered a lump sum, or, so much per thousand feet, and almost had one bar- gain closed when the managing owner backed out. He preferred to keep his vessel in Oakland creek and wait for the spring trade to the Klondike than to run the chances of not having his vessel here when the season opens. Consequently the charter party was not signed, and Moore & Co. are look- ing for another ship. All kinds of craft are very hard to charter in San Francisco just now. An attempt was made to get the bark Mauna Ala, but she had already been secured to carry merchandise to Hon- olulu. The bark Alden Besse was also sought for, and it is said that the would-be purchasers were willing to bid as high as $12,000 for her, but the only answer they got from the owners was “not for sale.” For the Highland Light George E. Plummer wants $16,- 000, while a year ago she woutd not have brought a great deal more than half that sum. Three months ago the bark Coloma was sold for $7,500, while a half interest in the bark Empire was sold by Captain Krebs for $3,500. It will thus be seen that the value of available vessels is on the jump. The sealing schooner Rattler has at last changed hands. She was pur- chased yesterday by the Columbia River pilots for $6,000, and will be taken to Astoria, where she will be fit- ted out for work on the bar. Another sale was that of the sealing schooner Luisa D. She was sold to Oakland parties for $4,500 to take a party of n ers to Copper River. From that point they will make their way over- land to the Klondike. These schooners have been on the market for months and no one seemed to want them un- til the scarcity came. Shippers are now turning to England for relief. All the vessels on the way are under charter, so available ships have to be purchased. The Star of Italy, now out 104 days from Swansea, is one of these, and on her arrival she will be placed in the Australian trade. At the present time there are over 250 vessels afloat from San Francisco with grain or lumber, and these represent a carrying capagity of 750,000 toms, so it will be seen that if there are few available ships. in port the merchants have not been idle. There is also a great dearth of ships in Australia, and freights from coal ports to San Francisce are now 16s and 6d, whereas a year ago the ruling rate was 8s. All the available coast- ers here have been chartered to go to the Yukon next spring, the larger ves- sels being chartered by the day and the smaller ones by the month, so Aus- tralia can look for no relief from this portforanother twelve months at least. Owing to this fact there will be very few vessels to carry coal and lumber next spring and the price of those commodities is sure to advance. Captain Davidson, late of the wreck- ed ship Commodore, has been appoint- ed master of the ship Wachusett, vice Captain Hogan, resigned. The Com- modore was wrecked on Malden JIsland some months ago, and Captain David- son only got back from the wreck on the last Australian steamer. The steam whaler Thrasher arrived from the canneries last Saturday night. She brought down the fisher- men and salmon that should have been brought by the Jennie, but as that The coasting schooner Confianza cannot get a slant of wind with which to cross.the bar. She was caught in the recent southeaster, and is the last of the overdue fleet, but the captain will not accept a tow. has been outside for three days and NEW TO-DAY. 20— 00—k FOR BARGAINS GALORE HOLIDAY TRADE! OUR o o p=1 ing our expectations. the West at prices below possible We were bound to do an unprecedented business during the holidays this year, and we are pleased to say that we are exceed- To accomplish our purpose we made‘sueep- ing reductions in prices in every department and are offering the public the largest, finest and best selected stock of Dry Goods in competition. STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK. LADIES’ JACKETS. 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M KID OR DOGSKIN GLOVES, in new shades of tan or English reds, at $1 and $1 50; fur- top and lined gloves in all the new season’s colors, at §1 and $1 50 pair. SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. At 250 ME JAPANESE SILK * HANDKERCHIEFS, with embroide; initials and wi titched borders, at 2c each. EXTRA LARGE JAP. ESE HAND- RCHIEF} with hem- stitched borders and em- broidered initiais, at 3¢ each. At 75C M 'S JAPANESE SURAH s SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, extra_size and wide | hemstitched borders and | hand-embroidered initials, at T5c each, or half-dozen ' in fancy box, at $4 a box. ith CHILDREN'S STORY-BOOK value 10c, will be offered at At 5c. HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. At l.c CHILDREN'S STORY-BOOKS, in heavy pasteboard covers, large . size, value 20c, will be offered At 1 CHILDREN'S STORY-BOOKS, o 25c, will be offered at 15 A' CHILDREN'S STORY -] e 30c, in colored pictures, will b BOOKS, very large, extra good value for , in assorted styles, colored pictures, at 10c. , in large size, heavy covering, value e offered at 20c. Murphy Building, T Market and Jones Sreets 08— 0RO I — IR0 0 Murphy Building, | Market and Jones Strests, e 00000 vessel was caught in the ice with the other whalers the Thrasher had to be sent up to bring the men down. The fishermen were all in good health, but none of them enjoyed the enforced stay in Prince William Sound. The last of the Iumber fleet that was caught in the recent southeaster is now in port, and has been for the last three days. The schooner Confianza was seen from Point Lebos last Satur- day and was posted as two miles out, and the same story has been repeated each day since. The captain will not take a tug, so he will have to await the first slant of fair wind to sail in. The children of the Good Templars’ Orphan Home at Vallejo were all in the city yesterday. They came down on the steamer Sunol as the guests of Piper-Alden-Goodall Company,and had a splendid time out at the park. CHARLES WILLEY SENT TO JAIL. He Was Adjudged G_ullty of Con- tempt of Court. Charles Walter Willey, who recently recovered a legacy of $125,000, was yes- terday adjudged guilty of contempt of court by Judge Hebbard for refusing to pay his wife alimony, and was or- dered to pay a fine of $100 or spend five days in the County Jail. Willey’s wife secured a divorce from him in this city on the grounds of intemperance three years ago, and he was ordered to pay $50 a month alimony to his wife. Wil- ley paid the alimony for two years and then refused to pay the monthly sum, claiming inability to do so. In the meantime Willey's father died and left | a valuable estate, but in the will the son was ignored. He contested the will and after a long trial the entire estate was awarded him. Recently $1500 came into possession of the trustees of the estate lately awarded to Willey and steps were taken before Judge Heb- bard to enforce the wife’s claim for un- paid alimony, but Willey, to defeat his wife’s claim confessed judgment in favor of J. Muirhead, a hotel man to whom he was indebted in the sum of $1500. Judge Hebbard considered this action in contempt of the order which was in effect that the claim for alimony had precedence over all others. He therefore fined Willey $100, with the alternative of spending five days in the County Jail. As soon as the fine with alternative was imposed Willey arose and said that he had no money with which to pay the alimony, so he would go to jail. He was therefore given into the custody of the Sheriff. NEW TO-DAY. 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