The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 21, 1897, Page 4

4 THE SAN .FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897. WRANGLE OVER (NPATD BILLS San Jose’s Council Con- siders Claims Against the City. Nolting Accuses Dittus of Show- ing Partiality as an Official. Number of Debts Canceled After Merchants Had Become Importuate. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. -There was more wrangling at the meeting of the Com- mon Council to-night over alleged ille- gal clair In the course of the after- hoon Councilman Dittus had signed about $3200 worth of bills, and these | were passed at to-night's session. A recess was declared to enable Dittus to look over some of the other unsign- | ed bills, but when the council was again called to order an adjournment was taken until next Monday night, as Councilman Dittus wanted more time to investigate the various claims. The ebr: d Mabury & Farrell| claim for §3 ain laid owvi though Att: made a stren- uous effort to have it considered to- night. It was the intention of the council to suspend to-night those provisions of the charter which would permit claims created this quarter to be paid out of the funds for next quarter. This im- portant matter, however, was lost sight of in the discussion over the disputed claims. At the opening of the session of the council to-night Fay stated there was enough money in all the funds to pay every claim outstanding. Nolting call- ed attention to the fact that a large humber of bills had not been signed by Councilman Dittus, and that people at this particular time needed money very badly. ills to the amount of $3200 were p: Nolting read a long list of bills which he said were for supplies and labor for the various departments of the city government, and which had been ordered by the heads of the dif- ferent departments. He added that he had not ordered a dollar’s worth of anything himself without authority. “The merchants,” he continued, “have got to have their pay. I under stand that some of the citizens will be gin suits to-morrow if their claims are ed paid to-night.” asserted that there were many biils which had not been authorized by the Council, and these, he said, he did not propose to si e did not con- gider them legal. Suppl he declared, ought to be ordered by the city officials only after they were authorized to do B0 by the Council. It was only in, this way that expenditures could be kept within the bounds prescribed by the new charter. Nolting charged that Dittus had picked out certain bills and had al- lowed them to be passed, while others equally meritorious had not received gested that Dittus go over gned biils then and there all that he considered il- C d that many claim- & men in particular, were , owing to the failure of allow their bills. V. Sullivan, who stated he was there as the legal representative of Street Superintendent George M. Mor- rison, asked that the Council pass on the claims of that gentleman for sal- ary for the months of August, Sep- tember, October and November. He wanted th either allowed or re- Jected. ¥ informed the Council that if they re rejected his client would bring to enforce payment. The claims were rejected, there is a difference of opinion between the Council and the Street Superintend- ent as to the amount of salary the latter was entitled to. He claims $125 a month under new charter, and the Council holds that he is en- titled to but $100 a month, as the new salary schedu not go into effect g ty election. was taken to give Dit- tus an opportunity to go over the un- signed bills, When the Council was again called to order Attorney Hardy, after Nolt- ing had made motion to adjourn until asked for a hearing on labury & Farrell. Nolt- sked for a continuance until next v night, as he wanted to obtain information relative to the ants, labori e C uit a Mon further claim. v in the in- terim. The Council then adjourned. After the adjournment Dittus stated that during the week he would go over all the unsigned bills and approve all those which he considered just, even though they had not been properly au- thorized. He had agreed to do this, he said, upon the understanding that hereafter no indebtedness would be created by any official or employee of the city without first receiving the authorization of the council. In conversation Mr. Sullivan made no denial of the fact that it was a matter of public notoriety and report, and so generally understood by the public, that he and Councilman Nolting were partpers in the law business. He ad- mitted further that the books in the law library in the office jointly occu- pied by them were paid for by their joint money, and bore both their indi- vidual names on their backs. Among the best attorneys here it is stated that a fee of 31000 for even a matter involvin $13,000 would set a new standard for fixing attorneys’ fees. NOT A PAR TIIE7? OF NOLTING. Attorney Sullivan Writes of Julian-Street Sewer Affair. JOSE, Dec. 20.—Herewith SAN is a letter from Attorney John W. Sullivan, giving his version of his connection with the Julian-street sewer matter: San Jose, Dec. 20, 1597 To the San Francisco Call: 1 noticed in The Call this morning that you state that T was a partner of William 1. Nolting at the time, and when ap- proached by Maybury & Farrell 1 asked a fee of $1000 to collect a bill of $3%00; all this referring to the Jullan-street sewer matter. I ask that you correct the article above referred to by giving my state- ment of the matter, which is absolutely in every respect correct. I do not like to speak of my private law affairs, and only secure the professional right to do so by the fact that Mr. Farrell has discussed in public the interview he had with me in my office. Though Mr. Far- rell has denied in private to my friends that he ever said anything to news- paper representatives ~ reflecting upon my reputation, he has never taken oc- on to deny the interview with him several newspapers have published about the matter. In the first place, Willlam F. Nolting and I are not rarlners and never have been. He and 1 are associated together S only that we occupy two rooms togeth- er in the Ryland building and act as in- dividuals taking business and transact- ing it in our individual names. ‘When it was discovered that the Ju- lian-street ntract was probably illegal, Maybury & Farrell engaged me to give my opinion on the matter. I proceeded to look the matter up, when was interrupted by instruction from Maybury & Farrell to go no further as they had engaged the services of Attor- ney H. Herrington. Some days later Mr. Farrell came to my office and asked me again to look thesame matter up. He askef me to find a legal way out so that he could go ahead with the contract and get the entire §13,000 or whatever the en- tire sum was. I had not been satisfied with Maybury & Farrell's treatment of me at the time of the interruption of my first employment, and I frankly so in- formed Mr. Farrell on this later occa- sion. I informed him that I did not see how I could solve the problem for him. He stated that he refused to pay was nothing but a political job anyhow. I informed him that if he wanted me to go over the question of the legality o the contrac t again I would & a fee of $1000 contingent on my Succes wer 1 distinetly gave him to understand that his firm could not afford to put in any ntinue the sewer work more money to c unless the co could not be of the contract he ahead with the work. ter into this contract of empl with me. This (\{rurx fl;e Sa urn]n}‘ Judge Lorigan decided against the con- trzu-gnrs. Nothing was said about a bill 200 or any other bill. Mr. Farreil s hunting for a way tosafely go ahead with his contract. He at this same time ked my opinion as to whether or not sub-contractor had not broken an greement with him about the same work that the sub-contractor had faiied to do in the sewer. Just as he was about to leave my office he remembered at he would take my employment un- He refused could do for him about that sewer mat- ter, and I informed him that I would have nothing further to do with the mat- i hole that 1 could not pull him out of. a ier that could ail there is or was about my con- atter. I have written ave noticed that repor- t t things wrong in tak- | ing oral statements. Would The C: | give my statement of the affair, I would be under great obligation, as I was born | and reared in the city of San Jose, and put before the | expect to stay h [ Staté as a pro onal ‘;lnfikl:ll(l and se drel. Yours respectfully, e JOHN W. SULLIVAN. LUETGERT'S LAWYER ACCEPTED FORGED NOTES. And Now the Son “of the Sausage Maker Coolly Admits the Bold Swindle. CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Arnold C. Luet- | gert admitted that he forged a name to | | notes amounting to $4750, turned them | over to Attorney Willlam A. Vincent and victimized others to the extent of | over $1000. | | Arnold Luetgert is the son of Adolph | | Luetgert, now on trial charged with | murdering his wife, and Attorney Vin- | cent was the chief counsel of the sau- | sage maker during his first trial. The iL\\\ ver withdrew from the case when | he realized that he had been deceived, {and when the story that he had been {an easy victim to young Luetgert was | first suggested, endeavored to suppress | the details. He finally admitted that | the young man had told him of hav- | ing forged indorsements on three notes and deposited them with him to secure | his fee in the murder case, and Luet- gert himself, in the presence of wit- | nesses, corroborated the story. { Arnold Luetgert laughed when it | was suggested that trouble might come | of his free use of signatures not his |own and said that he considered it a | good joke on Attorney Vincent. Tho eignature which the lawyer supposed | was indorsed upon the notes is, when | correctly written, ““Paul Jaeschke,” the | name of an old acquaintance of A. L. | Luetgert. He is a plumber. Arnold Luetgert said to-day: don’t see nothing so bad about it. It wr | |is 2 matter between Vincent and me. If he don’t holler, its nobody’s busi- | ness. I did admit to Vincent that I| | signed another name besides my own | to the notes and I am ready to stand by it. There is somebody else in it, too, | but I am willing to take the blame and | and for the whole thing. I ain't raid and Vincent’s holler won't do him no good.” e NO LONGER ANY DOUBT OF McKENNA'S CONFIRMATION. Charles Page Bryan Also Thinks He Will Be Sent as Minister to China. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.— Among the President’s callers to-day were Attorney-General McKenna and Representative Loud of California. There is no longer any doubt of Mc- Kenna’s confirmation. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate expectéd to hold a meeting to-day to consider the matter, but it was postponed until after the holidays. The nomination of ‘Charles Page Bryan as Minister to China will be sent in as soon as Congress reassem- ble Mr. Bryan says that he has al- | ready assurances that at least thirty- five Senators wili vote for his confirm- ation, and he has no doubt but that he can secure the necessary forty-five. The nomination has not officially | reached the Senate because the Presi- dent has desired to ascertain the strength and motives of the opposi- tion to Mr. Bryan. His investigation has not led him to believe that the op- | position is sufficient to withdraw tne nomination. e LA EX-CONGRESSMAN DANIELS DIES FROM PARALYSIS. From a Shoemaker's Apprentice He Became a Prominent Statesman and Jurist. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 20.—Charles Daniels was stricken with paralysis in his office in this city this afternoon and died to-night, Charles Daniels was born in New York City in 1828 and was apprenticed to a shoemaker at an early age. While working at his shoemaker’'s bench he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Buffalo. His legal career was brilliant. He was first a county judge and was elected to the Supreme Court in 1863. He was appointed by Gover- nor Seymour to hold the office of Chief Justice of that court until January 1, 1864. He was twice re-elected and -held office until the last of December, 1391, a period of twenty-eight years. After his retirement from the bench on account ¢f the age limit, Judge | der consideration and call again. He | cavght up with me on my way to the court-house one ning shortly after Judge Lorigan ded against May- bury and rrell, and asked me what I |- |nard Mayer, Mayfield; YOLO COUNTY TEACHERS IN SESSION. ‘WOODLAND, Dec. 20.—The annual Teachers’ Institute of Yolo County convened in the Christian church at 1:30 o'clock to-day and was called to order by County Superintendent Pendegast, ex-officio president. The exercises opened The roll call disclosed the fact that there with music by the Ariel Quartet. Rev. J. C. Hay offered an invocation. was a full attendance of the Yolo County teachers. Superintendent Pendegast delivered a brief but lnterentlné opening address. F. E. Ellis, chairman of the com= mittee on course of study, submitted a report. Superintendent Pendegast announced that he had made a departure from the usual course of procedure in in- stitutes and had invited a number of gentlemen representing professions and callings to contribute a symposium upon educational matters, written from the standpoint of the calling in which they have received special train- ing. Interesting papers were read by Rev. R. T. Gray, Attorney C. W. Thomas, Dr. Ward, Banker C. Farmer C. W. Pierce and Editor Leake of the Democrat. These Papers prov cussion, in which many teachers participated. The institute will be in session for three days. Dr. Elmer E. Brown, Miss Stella Ames, Miss Margaret Shall- oked a spirited and entertaining dis- Bt ‘W. Bush, enberger, Prof. Joseph Baldwin and Prof. Edward H. Griggs have been engaged as lecturers and instructors. This evening was devoted to a literary, musical and social entertainment, to which the best of the local ama- teur talent contributed. The event was largely attended and highly appreciated. the city Board of Education, delivered the address of welcome. Professor McConnell, president of Parr, Campbell; E. W. Conant, Willow Glen; Edwin G. Hall, Moreland; Ber- Isaac Lipsett, College Park; George T. Dunlap, Gil, roy; A.W.Muncy, Mountain View; Gus Daniels was iwice elected to Congress from the Thirty-third District, serv- ing with much distinction in both the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Con- gresses, Since the close of his Con- gressional career he has practiced law in Buifalo. ———— Panel for a Grand Jury. SAN JOSE, Dec. 20.—Superior Judges Lorigan, Hyland and Kittredge to-day selected the following panel of thirty names from which to select a grand jury on December 31: George B. Pol- hemus, Burnett; Josephr Deacle, East San Jose; Sam T. Moore, Gilroy; J. H. M. Townsend, Orchard; A. L. Kellogg, Santa Clara; J. F. Westlake, Sarato- ga; Thomas Fowler, Gilroy; Thomas J. Sinnoft, Milpitas; Isaac Bingham, Evergreen; Charles H. Woodhams, Santa Clara; Edwin Wilson, San Ysi- dro; Charles J. Martin, San Jose; E. N. Lion, San Jose; C. W. Proctor, West Side; Walter A. Clark, Mountain View; R. D. Fox, Orchar S. WL Churchill, San Jose; A. Normandin, San Jose; Harvey Marckres, San Jose; George Taylor, Mountain View; Carl F. Freitag, San Jose; Charles R. Williams, Willow Glen; H. S. McClay, Evergreen. DI RUDINI FORMS A NEW CABINET FOR ITALY. Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies Makes a Fierce Attack on the Government. ROME, Dec. 20.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Marquis di Rudini announced the formation of the new Cabinet, and a debate on the subjec! was opened. The debate occupied five hours, all the prominent leaders speaking. The opposition fiercely attacked the Gov- ernment and the small majority ob- tained by the Government is regarued as equivalent to a moral defeat, espe- cially as several former friends of the Ministry abstained from voting. The Ministers had expected a majority of quite fifty. It is understood that, though disap- pointed, the Premier, Marquis di Ru- dini, will not resign, but as all the | friends of the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, the Marquis Visconti Venosta, voted against the Government, it is ex- pected that he will tender his resigna- tion. After criticism upon the opposition of the Ministry, Signor Colombo, for- mer Minister of the Treasury, sub- mitted a resolution of want of confi- dence in the new Government, but the Chamber rejected it by a vote of 200 against 184, TAKING KASSALA FROM THE ITALIANS British Government to Have Possession af the Important Stronghold. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Parsons Pasha and other officers have arrived at Kassala to arrange to take over the place from the Italians. The troops will not arrive there until Thursday. The town of Kassala, which, under an arrangement with the Italian and British Governments, is about to be taken over by the latter in the inter- ests of Egypt, is one of the three keys to the Soudan, the others being Don- gola and Berbher. It is an important strategical center, between the River | Nile and the Red Sea, situated on a torrent named Elgansen, which during the rains is 500 yards wide and pro- tects one face of the defenses. When the Egyptians first occupied the town they fortified it and made it a “place of arms” against the Abyssinians. On the outbreak of the Mahdi revolution a force under Osman Digna was sent to capture Kassala, then held by a small detachment of Egyptians under Mudir Ahmid Bey Ifal. For twenty- two months Ahmid held out heroic- ally against the Dervishes, frequently sallying forth in search of food. On one occasion the starving garri- son made a sortie and succeeded in capturing 2000 head of cattle, against overwheiming odds. When at length all the ammunition was gone Ahmid surrendered, in September, 1885, on condition that the lives of the in- habitants and soldiers should be spared. < In spite of a promise to respect the condition the Dervishes committed terrible atrocitles, and Osman Digna had several of the officers executed. In 1891, when Great Britain and Italy settled their boundary in East Africa, the latter power was permitted to oc- cupy Kassala until such time as the Egyptians should be in a position to resume possession of the town. In 1894 General Baratieri availed himself of this permission and captured it by a brilliant attack. On May 8, 1896, the Italian Government, answering a question in the Chamber of Deputies, announced that Kassala would be re- tained. It was to Italy’s interest to fulfill claims to Great Britain’s friend- ship, which, it is understod, called for troops, but even then it was believed Italy would hold the place only tem- porarily. Since that time events have caused the practical abandonment of Italy’s colonization schemes in Africa, and Kassala therefore is to be occu- pied by the British. Siontasr RN ‘Bemng Rapidly. Christmas’ News Letter. miss it e Don't CONVICTS T SPPLY ROCK Work Soon to Begin on the Boulevard to Folsom. State Board of Examiners Will Allow a Deficiency to Be Created. No Truth in the Rumor That the Building of the Road Is to Be Delayed. Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20.—The rumor that there is danger of the State high- way to Folsom not being built is with- out foundation. The appropriation of material by the Legislature was con- tingent upon the county's agreeing to do the work. The county has fulfilled its part of the agreement by almost unanimously voting for bonds, and the State is obligated to fulfill its part. The fact that no money appropriation was made by the State and that the Board of Examiners would have to provide for a deficiency has been known since the bill passed the Legis- lature, and it has also been understood that the Board of Examiners would al- low such deficiency unanimously. The question affecting the great Fol- som boulevard was discussed by the Board of State Prison Directors at its monthly meeting Saturday night, at Folsom prison. At the meeting were Directors Wilkins, DePue and Devlin. Directors Fitzgerald and Hayes were absent. 4 The members of the Commission of Highways—Marsden Manson, J. R. Price and W. L. Ash—appeared before the board to engage its co-operation in the construction of the boulevard. The last Legislature made a law providing that the convicts incarcerated within the walils of the Folsom penitentiary supply the Commissioner of Highways with rock and cut stone for bridges in the construction of the Folsom boule- vard free of charge. The Prison Di- rectors found themselves in an exceed- ingly tight place. To furnish this rock and comply with the law, the directors figured, would cost $2000 a month for powder, tools and maintenance of rock crushing plant. Various plans were suggested to remedy the evil. The en- tire cost would be something like $25,- 000, and would necessitate the working of the entire force of convicts for twelve months. During this period of the year the $1000 a month revenue which the convicts furnish the prison through their labors and by the sale of the rock for roads would be entirely shut off. However, the rock must be supplied. To accomplish this out of the funds allowed by the Legislature for the sup- port of the State prison at Folsom was absolutely impossible, for the expense of the highway thrown on the prison equaled a third of the total sum avail- able for the current fiscal year. The directors pondered for some time. Finally they decided upon a plan. They prepared a statement of the probable expense confronting them and sent it to the Board of Examiners. In this statemernt the directors set forth that they were ordered to supply the rock, but had no money with which to meet the expense incident to the work, and requested that they be al- lowed to create a deficiency of $25,000. The State Bank of Sacramento will, if the Board of Examiners approves and | allows this, take up the debt and the work of furnishing the much-needed rock for the great Folsom boulevard will be commenced. SANGER BOX FACTORY DESTROYED BY FIRE. Volunteers Save Adjoining Mills and Lumber Yards by Untiring and Valiant Efforts. FRESNO, Dec. 20.—The Sanger box factory was burned last evening, en- tailing a loss estimated at from $15,000 t0 $20,000. The fire started near the en-~ gine in the west end of the building, and was discovered by the night watchman, W. H. Boyd, He endeav- ored to unreel a hose and turn water on the blaze, but the hose e tangled. The mill and electric light whistles sounded the alarm of fire, and as it was only 8:30 o'cleck a large crowd of volunteer firemen was soon on the | under the will. ground. The fire had gained such head- way, however, that the efforts to check its spread in the building were futile, but the adjoining lumber-yards and the planing-mill and door factory were saved by the work of the volunteers. Fortunately, there was but little wind. The box factory made a great blaze, and with everything favorable it re- quired the efforts of every able-bodied man in Sanger to prevent the fire from spreading to the big mills and lumber- yvards. The light made by the fire could be seen in Fresno. The building destroyed was 150x65 feet and contained 50,000 feet of lumber. A low estimate of the loss is $15,000, partially covered by insurance. STABBING AFFRAY THAT MAY CAUSE A DEATH. Brothers-in-Law at Napa Quarrel and One Gashes the Other With a Knife. NAPA, Dec. 20—A which will probably prove fatal oo- curred at Calistoga, twenty-seven miles north of Napa, last night at about 10 o’clock. Frank Rumi stabbed Felice Pelandini, his brother-in-law, in the abdomen with a pocket-knife as the result of a quarrel over a bili. There has been bad feeling between the two for some time. Rumi says that he was drinking and has a faint recol- lection of what occurred. The stabbing occurred on the public street, and from latest reports Pelan- dini is dying. Rumi was arrested without much difficulty. He appeared cutting affray very penitent and sorry for his act. He is an Italian and his victim a Swiss. Both have lived in Napa County for more than ten years. — FIGHT FOR THE BARRON RICHES Date Set for the Second Trial of the Famous Will Contest. Trqstees of the Trust Fund Balk All Efforts of the Litigants to Compromise. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Dec. 20.—The proposed ~ [JUMPS FROM A | have had friends who aided him | place of safety as soon as he got out | compromise of the contest of the will | of late Millionaire Rdward Barron has been balked by the opposition of the trustees to the termination of the fund created for the benefit of George E. Barron, the contestant. The case will now go to trial, and a long and bitter legal fight between George E. Barron and Eva Rose Barron, the widow and principal legatee of the will, com- mence. When Edward Barron dled he left an estate valued at $1,800,000. His son, George, was given the income from | $100,000 placed in a trust fund, and al- most the entire residue was given to the widow. George Barron was not pleased with this, and began a con- test, a trial resuiting in the win being set aside on the ground of unsound. ness of mind and use of undue influ- ence. A new trial was subsequently granted, but before it was called ne- gotiations for a compromise Were pro- posed. George E. Barron was to be given $100,000 outright of the money held in trust for him, and $19.600 ac. crued interest on the fund; ance of $50,000 to he to have the income. This had been agreed to by George Barron and Eva Rose Barron, but the compromise was upset by the trustees of the trust fund—Maurice O'Brien and John E. Auzerais— who objected to a termination of the trust created Now the contest will g0 to trial for a second time. If the will should be broken George Barron's share will be about $300,000. Judge Hyland to-day set February 15 as the date of the second trial. —_— Brakeman Killed at Kern. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 20.—Jesse Henderson, a well known Southern Pacific brakeman of Kern, lost both legs in an accident in the railroad yard this morning and died about four hours later. He had thrown the switch to allow his train to pass to the main line and stepped back on to another track, when he was struck by a flatcar being pushed by the switch and run over. He leaves a young wid- ow and a large circle of friends. e Mob Threatens Murderers. SPOKANE, Dec. 21.—A telegram from Colfax, received at 12:30, says all the electric lights had just gone out, and it -was thought a mob was prepar- ing to raid the jail to lynch the mur- derers of Orville Hayden. The Spokes- man Review correspondent has gone to investigate. change in application 10 business. CAR WINDOW Burglar Fili&in Escapes ‘While En Route to San Quentin. He Eludes Searching Posses, Though Hampered by an Oregon Boot. Believed to Have Been Aided by Friends. Who Bore Him in a Carriage to Safety. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—Charles Filkins is at large with an Oregon boot on his right foot and a five year sentence to San Quentin resting over his head, not to speak of innumerable bruises which must be on his body, for he jumped through a car window of a moving passenger train. Late on Saturday Superior Judge Smith sentenced Filkins to serve five years in San Quentin for burglary. Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Barnhill de- varted for the north to turn Filkins over -to the prison authorities. Just before the train reached Fresno Fil- kins jumped through the car window. A heavy Oregon boot which was at- tached to his right leg must have im- peded his progress, but up to date he has not been captured. Filkins must in his escape and who were on hand with a horse and buggy to carry him to :\4 bel of the car. The officers have as yet found wo trace of him. Sheriff Bur- | rand and his best deputies have gone | north, and a strong endeavor will be | NEW TO-DAY. T A little boy—not over 12— came in to buy a desk the other day. Shows that parents have con- fidence in the store. Boys, girls, papas, mammas— all buy alike here. Prices marked in plain fig- ures; your money back if you want it. The desk at the top, polished oak or mahogany finish, $7.50. Neatly carved—not gaudy. Drawer low, small one inside and a world of pigeon-holes. Open evenings until Christmas. California Furniture Company | (N. P. COLE & CO.) g:rxp;eu 117-123 Geary St. Mattings made to recapture the man. Filkins is-known to have a consider- | able sum of money. Before he was caught in his career as a burglar he was a shrewd trader, exchanging ranches and lots in such a way that at the time of his capture he had about $2000 in bank. He had also what was | worth more than money to him in his | trouble, and that was a little black- | eyed girl of the half-world, who was | infatuated with him, and who since his | arrest has left nothing undone to aid him. It is thought that she was the | woman who sent to the jail the big | cake which was filled with saws and muriatic acid, and who also providéd | him with the box of red pepper which was discovered on him in the court room a few days ago while he wa$ on trial. The girl has visited him con- | stantly and has shown a devotion | which would be heroic if it were direct- .ed toward a respectable man. —_——— Santa Clara Pioneer Dies. SAN JOSE, Dec. 20.—Jacob Meyer, a | pioneer resident of Santa Clara, died | at his home there yesterday morning. | He was a native of Ohio, aged 56 years. | He settled at Santa Clara in 1859, and | resided there ever since. Meyer served | three terms as Constable and was also Town Marshal. He was a pioneer fire- man. His funeral will be held to-mor- TOW. E——— Pensions for Californians. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Pensions have been granted as follows: Cali- fornia—Original widows, etc.—Frances E. Newton, Nordhoff, $8. Mexican War widow—Martha Hardin, Modesto, | NEW TO-DAY. ——— e e WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DOCTOR SWEANY. 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