The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1898, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1898. MADERA'’S MYSTERY UN Friends of De lector Kro Him In Place Confidence in His Story of the dlleged Robbery of the County’s Vaults. MADERA, May 28.—This community is in a state of suppressed excitement over the facts connected with the al- leged robbery of Deputy Tax Collector ‘William Krohn, which occurred about 11 o’clock last Tuesday night. The presence of a San Francisco detective on the scene and the systematic sift- ing by the county officials of all the details of the case has had the effect of engendering a bitter feeling in the minds of a majority of the citizens, who profess their willingness to stake their lives on the honesty and integrity | of the young official against whom sus- | n directed. this picion has The intensity of feeling was made manifest to-day at the meeting | of the Democratic county convention. The friends of Willlam Krohn, who is still confined to his bed from the ef- fects of the beating administered by unknown men whom, he claims, as- saulted him and then looted the office vault of more than $7000 in gold coin, placed him in nomination for the of- fice of Tax Collector. A whirlwind of cheers greeted the announcement of XKrohn's name and the nomination was carried by acclamation. The present Tax Coliector is Lew Krohn, though the business of the of- fice has been for three or four years entirely under the charge of William XKrohn, his brother and official deputy. Both brothers have a host of friends in the county and for this reason it may be seen that the whisper of sus- picion that h gone out concerning the circumstances of the alleged rob- bery has not met a cordial reception. tory of the alleged robbery as Krohn, as well as the circum- immediately following It, may be briefly retold in order to make clear the facts upon which the county offi- cials have en fit to base their act in ing a rigid examination into the ase, well as the open assertion made by Detective Curtin, who is di- | recting the investigation at the in-| gtance of District Attorney Larew, that he believes no robbery was com- mitted, and that Krohn’s wounds were either self-inflicted or were inflicted by an accomplice for the prec. ncerted pur- mose of making it anvear that the office vault had been looted of money it did s story is that he went to his office on Tuesday evening to work on the delinquent tax roll. At about 10:30 o’clock two masked men entered the office by the rear door and ordered Krohn to throw up his hands. he had complied one of the men took XKrohn's ki locked the front door and then orde to open the vault. Krohn protes that the time lock | was on the safe where the cash is kept inside the big vault. The men replied that they knew that the time lock did 1ot begin to work until 11 o’clock and threatend to kill him unless he open- ed the vault and the safe. He complied with the demand, and while one man stood guard the other looted the vault of a bag containing $7500 in gold coin. The robbers then tried to lock Krohn in the vault, but a struggle ensued, during which the deputy threw an iron bar at the robbers. The missile missed its mark and smashed one of the glass windows of the counter railing. The robbers stabbed Krohn twice, slashed him across the palm of the left hand, beat him over the head with what he belleves to have been a plece of lead pipe and left him unconscious on the floor of the inner office. It will be remarked that Krohn as- gerts that he was attacked at about 10:30 o'clock. At 11:26 o'clock, fifty- five minutes later, Night Watchman Tooker heard the crash of breaking glass and located the sound in the Tax Collector’s office. He tried the door, but found it locked. The interfor was brightly lighted, but no one was visible in the office. As no reply was made to his repeated knockings Tooker concluded that it was a false alarm and went about his business. At midnight Tooker was accosted by Mrs. Krohn, who told him that her husband had nct returned from his office and that she was afraid some- thing had happened to him. They went together to the office, but found the lights were out, the electric cur- rent having been shut off at the power house at midnight. They could hear gome one moaning inside and presently’ discerned Krohn floor toward the front door. repeating somewhat incoherently: #Don't beat me any more. Don’t kill me. Take the money. Don’t shut me up in there.” The door was forced open. Krohn was dragged outside. He was apparently unconscious, but when some one said that it would be best to take him back into the office he exclaimed. “No, don't take me back in there.” Physicians were summoned and they pronounced Krohn to be unconscious from the effects of a concussion of the brain. He remained in an apparently unconscious condition until 8 o’clock the | following morning, when he regained control of his faculties. Dr. Hayden says all of Krohn's wounds are superficial; that all could have been self-inflicted; that he might have feigned unconsciousness. He did not consider the latter two surmises were probable. Dr. Reed was of the opinfon that the patient’s unconscious- ness was not feigned. An investigation of the premises dis- closed the fact that the back door of the office was open; that there were bloody finger prints on the railing of the back porch and also on the roof of a low shed over which the robbers are supposed to have escaped to a vacant lot in the rear. There was nothing in the inner office to indicate that a struggle had taken place there, excert the broken glass of the counter rail. There was no blood in the inner office or the one adjoining it, but neai the f ont door were bloody hand prints on the marble flagging, where Krohn had crawled to the door. There was also the print of a bloody hand on a paper covered package in the {: terior of the vault. Forty or fifty dol- lars in silver coin was scattered over the floor of the vault. There were several gold pleces lying ‘When | crawling along the | He was | SOLVED puty Tax Col- hn Believe nocent. MAJOR-GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS Ex-Senator Butler Confirmed. Is MORE BRIGADIERS NOMINATED H. G. OTIS NOT AMONG THOSE APPROVED. Additional Members of the Begimen- tal, Brigade, Division and Corps Staffs Are Selected. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, May 28. The President to-day sent these nom- inations to the Senaté: Matthew C. Butler of South Carolina. | |about. A bag containing about $200 In | ilver was on top of the safe and in the open safe was a package containing about $100 in currency. The robbers had not made a very clean sweep. On | the desk where Krohn had been work- ing at his books was a small sheet of paper containing the following letters | and figures: “Memo S 210 178.50. C 91.00. Small _'{:uml 487.95. Bag 7500.00. Total I stands for silver coin; the ’ for currency; the word “small” for small coins and the word “bag” for | | the bag containing gold taken by rob- | bers. "Krohn explains that this was a | memorandum of the amount of money | contained in the safe. When search was made silver, currency and small | coins were found, but the bag of gold was missing. Though the robbers left behind them more than $300 in cash they carried with them the piece of | lead pipe they are supposed to have | used as a weapon and the bunch of keys. Neither has yet been found. | To-day the tax collector’s books were turned over to Expert M. D. Wood. His | investigation of the accounts has as | vet failed to produce from the books | | any corroboration of the figures con- | | tained on Krohn's memorandum of | cash on hand. It has been Krohn's | custom to make frequent cash deposits with a local bark. The last deposit made by him was on May 12, when he received credit for $230. Those who claim to disbelieve the | story told by Krohn point to the fol- lowing list of what are alleged to be suspicious circumstances: That the | tiine-lock on the money safe should be set so that it would not begin to work | until so late an hour as 11 o'clock at night; that fifty-five minutes elapsed from the time Krohn says he was at- | tacked before the night watchman heard the crash of breaking glass; that Mrs. Krohn should become alarmed for the safety of her husband at so early | anhouras 120’clock; thattherobbers left | behind them several hundred dollars | and carried away with them the lead pipe and keys; that a memorandum of cash should be left in a conspicuous place on the desk, when the books fail to show the amount of cash on hand; that the back door of the office should | be open; that the bloody finger prints | outside the back door show that at| least one of the robbers was wounded, when Krohn has no remembrance of | aving inflicted a wound; that Krohn | was rendered unconscious by wounds that are merely superficial; that being unconscious, he should pro- | test against a suggestion to carry him back into the office; that the night watchman was unable to see the rob- in the office after hearing the breaking of glass; that there is no trail of blood from bloody hand prints in | the vault to hand prints on the marble flagging near the front door, where Krohn was found; that the time was at hand when Krohn would have to make his final accounting for the collection of taxes which became delinquent on April 25; that so great an amount of | money had accumulated between May | 12, the date of the last deposit, and | May 24, the date of the robbery; that | there were no gvidences of a violent struggle. On the other hand, Krohn's friends | rightly assert that there are none of the foregoing alleged suspicious cir- cumstances that are not possible of in- nocent interpretation when considered as possibilities or even probabilities. | They point to the fact that Krohn ha | always been a young man of exem- | | plary habits; that he has never been | known to make use of greater amounts | of money than would be justified by his | circumstances in life. Lew Krohn, the Tax Collector, has | eignified his intention to make good to the county the amount stolen. as, under the law, it should have been turned | over to the Cov-nty Treasurer some | time ago. He considers that this fact| renders him responsible for the loss, even though the money were stolen—a | question of which he has no doubt. | SALE OF TROTTING STOCK. | Grandly Bred Ones From San Mateo | Stock Farm to Pass Under the | | Hammer. | The great San Mateo Stock Farm dls- persal sale will take place at Burlingame | on Thursday, June 2, 189, commencing at | 10 a. m. Under instructions of J. K. Mof- | | fitt, trustee, seventy-eight head will be disposed of, bred by William Corbitt, comprising stallions, brood mares, colts, | fillies and geldings, by such richly bred sires as Guy Wilkes, 2:15%; Sable Wilkes, 1 2:18; Oro Wilkes, 2:11 at four years; Le | Grande, Arthurton, Nutwood, 2:18%, and other sires of more or less note. Killip & Co., the well known auction- | eers, call the ‘particular attention of all lovers of the harness hdrse to the superb quality of the yearlings to pass under the hammer. They claim as their sires Oro | Wilkes and Prince Afrile and should as- suredly have a future in turf history. Trains will leave Third and Townsend streets at 9 a. m. and 10:40 a. m., stop- ping at Burlingame station, which is on | the farm. —_———————— Church Picnic Arranged. The committees appointed by the pa- rishioners of St. Paul's Parish to arrange for the annual excursion and reunion met last evening in St. Paul's Hall, Twenty- ninth and Church streets. The committee on grounds reported that El Campo had been secured for Monday, May 30. the literary committee reported that arrange- ments had been made for a series of pa- triotic addresses by the representatives of the various socleties connected with ot. Paul's Church. The chairman of the com- mittee on prizes stated that seventy-flve valuable prizes had been received and would be awarded to the successful com- petitors in the various games. P. Brod- erick was elected secretary of the com- mittee on transportation, to replace V..i- liam Meagher, who, with his two brothers, has gone with the First Regiment to the Philippines. The boats for the excursion- ists will leave Tiburon ferry, foot of Mar- ket street, at 9:45 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. A band, playing national airs, will accom- pany the excursionists on the first boat. i S They don’t do_things in a half-hearted way in China. Their national hymn is so long that the people take half a day to listen to it. Advances made on furniture and planos, with or without removal. J, Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission, To be brigadier generals of volun- teers—James R. watson of Texas. Nel- son Cole of Missouri, William Coats of Alabama. To be assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain—First Lieutenant Charles D. Palmer, Sixth Artillery; First Lieutenant George M. William- son, Eighth Cavalry; Thomas D. Wee- be of Nebraska, Robert L. Brown of West Virginia, Frank S. Polk of New York, Major W. Kimball I New York, Moses Walton Jr. of Ohio, Charles J. Goft of West Virginia, J. A. Patten of | Iowa, Richard J. Fanning of Ohio. To be commissary of subsistence, with rank of major, Edmund Beach of Montana. To be chief of commissaries of sub- sistence, with rank of Lieutenant Sydney A. Cloman, Fif- teenth Infantry; Philip Mothersill of New Mexico. To be commissaries of subsistence, with rank of captain—Warner Harri- | son of Ohio, Charles E. Cabell of Vir- ginia, John Dubarry Jr. of Pennsylva- nia, Winslow 8. Lincoln of Massachu- setts. To be chief surgeon, with rank of major—Frank S. Bourns of Georgia. To be assistant adjutant-general, with rank of captain—Theodore S. Bot- kins of Kansas, Frederick J. Kountze of Ohio, First Lieutenant William 8. Scott, First Cavalry. To be additional paymasters—Fred T. Jones of Ohio, George E. Pickett of Virginia, Brewster C. Kenyon of Cali- fornia, George H. Ray of North Da- kota, Edward S. Fowler of New York, James S. Harvey of Florida, Willlam H. Rift of Ohio, George D. Sherman of Illinois, John P. Townsend of Missouri, D. W. White of New Hampshire, John M. Sears of Tennessee, Winfield M. Clark of Pennsylvania, James W. Dawes of Nebraska, James Canby of Colorado, Otto Gecker of Georgia, Louis Knapp of New York, Samuel M. C. Hays of Colorado, John W. Fogler of Kansas, Beverly Waugh Cofiner of ‘Washington. The Senate confirmed the nomination of ex-Senator Butler as major-general without reference to committee. The Senate also confirmed these nom- inations: To be brigadier-generals: Colonel R. H. Hall, Fourth Infantry; Colonel E. C. Sumner, Seventh Cavalry; Colonel P. C. Haines, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.; Colonel L. P. Miller, Third Artillery; Colonel J. E. Keene, Twenty-first In- | fantry; Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Ern- est, Corps of Engineers; Lieutenant- Colonel L. Wheaton, Twentieth Infan- | try; Lieutenant-Colonel A. McArthu assistant adjutant-general, U. S. A. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Brooke, Fourth Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Gilmore, assistant adjutant-general Lieutenant-Colonel Randolp] Third Artillery; Major J. P. Sanger, inspector-general; Charles King of ‘Wisconsin; Colonel M. V. Sheridan, as- sistant adfutant-general, U. S. A. To be first lieutenant—T. R. Sullivan of Colorado. The nomination of Harrison Gray Otis, which was presented yesterday with the foregoing, was not confirmed. ATTACKED THEIR LANDLORD. Lively Row in a Photograph Gallery on Market Street. There was a lively row at 751 Market street last night, which for a time threat- ened to result in bloodshed. Some time ago Frederick Haussler, a photographer, sublet part of his gallery to Herman Jans, J. C. Jones and Charles Holsman, who advertised themselves as German specialists. According to Haus- | ler's story he grew tired of the tenants and ordered them to vacate. As they per- sistently refused he turned off the gas supply in their apartments and put a lock on the door. Last night he says he was walking along the hallway with a hatchet in his hand when one of the men struck him in the face, knocking him down. They then repeatedly kicked him, and, when_his wife interfered, she was also brutally treated. The *“German special- ists,” however, tell a different _story. They claim that Haussler attacked them with a hatchet, and to protect themselves they knocked him down. They deny striking Mrs. Haussler, and claim that only a few days ago their landlord walked through their office with a rifle on his shoulder and threatened death to any- body who attempted to stop him. While the row was in progress several olice officers, who were attracted to the Euuse by the screams of Mrs. Haussler, entered the place and arrested the com- batants. They were taken to the City Prison and booked on charges of dis- turbing the peace. ——————————— ROBBED HIS BENEFACTOR. Edward Stanley Arrested for Stealing a Cornet. Captain Charles Hogenson of the Vol- unteers of America last night caused the arrest of Edward Stanley for petty lar- ceny. Hogenson claims that Stanley was recently discharged from San Quentin, and as he promised to lead a better life, | he allowed him_to occupy a cot in the barracks of the Volunteers. To repay his kindness, Stanley visited the barracks yesterday afternoon and stole a cornet belonging to his benefactor. He was ac- companied by another man, for whom the police are now looking. —_——————— WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. General Organizer Rogers and Special Organizer Temple are in the southern part of the State and it appears that they are doing well for the order. Mr. Temple will remain in that portion of the State per- manently. Special Organizer Rutherford having or- ganized San Francisco Camp is now de- voting himself to other fields. A new camp will soon be instituted at Weaverville, Trinity County. On Sundar June 5, the members of the order will observe their memorial day, when they will strew the graves of all de- ceased members with flowers. Last Thnudnty Redwood Cnm? re-slect- ed its officers for the ensuing term, they having proved so satisfactory. ———e RATHBONE SISTERS. The Jenny jinks that was to have been given last Thursday night by San Fran- cisco Temple has been postponed until next Thursday njght. Ida E. Maguire of this temple was at the session of the Grand Temple elected grand senior. At the next meeting of the t.eufirla the offi- cers for the ensuing term will be elected. To be major general of volunteers, | major—First | CHICAGO, May 28.—Joseph Leiter’s, | | the greatest May wheat deal on earth, | | will end Tuesday. The shorts have but | | one day’s grace left. They must get in | before 1:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, | The tip is out that the price will be | marked up to $2. No one disputes Jos- eph Leiter’s ability to put the price up | to $3 if he wants to, as he is a dictator | for the time being, and might, if he de- sired, bid it up to $5. Those very near | him say he will be satisfied with $2. | In the famous Hutchinson corner, in | September, 1888, it advanced 68 cents on the last day of the month to $2, and Leiter has a desire to see $2 wheat again. It will be necessary to take but very little, as there is very little wheat held outside of his office. The tallers who usually follow a deal have generally been driven out. A good many of them sold out yesterday at $1 70, when Jackson Brothers bought | 150,000 bushels for New York short, which was said to be the largest out- standing individual line. The remain- | ing interest is in small lots. The price yesterday was held at $170 to $1 75, and closed at the top figure. For three consecutive days Leiter has bid the price up to $1 75 at the close. A week ago the short interest was over 1,000,000 bushels. It is now less | than 400,000 bushels. In seven days | Leiter has had about 900,000 bushels cash wheat delivered him on May con- tracts. He has also bought 500,000 | bushels cash stuff, paying within 3 cents to 5 cents for May, to keep it out of the hands of the elevator people and the shorts. | His expenditures for cash wheat the | | past three weeks have averaged $200,- | 000 a day, and he is loaded with more high-priced wheat than at any time during his fifteen months’ bull cam- | paign. It is expected there will be a number of defaults on May contracts for New Yorkers and foreigners. There | are only 1,500,000 bushels of contract wheat in store here, all owned by Lei- ter. Tuesday 300,000 bushels will be re- ceived, as it is being rushed in from the country I time for the last day. Trading has been carried on in May wheat since last July, when it sold at 77 cents. That was the low point. It did not get above $1 until February. Since then it has ranged between §1 and $185. There was a reaction two weeks ago to $1 35, but for the past three days | prices have held around $1 75, or nearly | $1 above the low point. Letier’'s larg- est holdings were bought around 90 cents and many of them below that figure. Within the past three weeks | he has been forced to raise his average by buying large quantities in the vi- cinity of $1 50. | _“When May is all cleaned up,” said | Joseph Leiter the other day, “we will have handled 40,000,000 bushels.” This wheat has been merchandized at a profit, so far as they have gone. Since September 1 there have been between | 25,000,000 and 830,000,000 bushels cash wheat merchandized, the greater part | of which was sold abroad, all of it at a | profit. In one instance it pald over § cents a bushel. How much he has left is known to no one but Leiter. It is estimated at from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000 bushels Most of it is either afloat for Europe or in store there. the stock here being about 1,500,000 bushels. He has a little in the Northwest and some at the sea- board, but the greater part of his hold- ings are in transit. The wheat trade of the world has never seen anything like the extended operations of Joseph Leiter, and prob- ably never will again. They were made possible only by the shortage in the for- eign wheat cron. Leiter, with $30,000,000 at his com- mand, and without any speculative ex- perience, was able to cope with exist- ing conditions and to take full advan- tage where an older operator would not have dared to. He operated on the theory that the consumption would overtake the supply and that higher Erlces would surely result. There have een times within the past two months when the conditions didn’t look any too favorable, but as he controlled the greater part of the cash wheat in all leading markets and operated heavily about, he was finally able to start things his way. The war coming on created a rush for supplies among foreigners and add- ed over 75 cents a bushel to the price of wheat. One feature of Leiter’s ope- rations was in his borrowing money. There was never a time when he did not have a sufficient supply, but he be- lieved that in arranging for it it was good policy to get about double the amount that he was likely to use. This enabled him to enlarge his operations and carry his point. et - e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. F. CODY—Subscriber, City. W. F. Cody was at the Bush Street Theater with his show within the past sixteen years. MADEIRA-LONDON—F. S.. Oakland, | cal. No ship has ever made the voyage | from Madeira, Africa, to London In the time named. THE PHILIPPINES—C. N., City. The Philippines compose an archipelago of about 2000 islands, with an aggregate area of 114,000 square miles. UNITED STATES NAVY—A. S, City. For a list of the fighting ships of the United States navy see The Call of Sun- day, May 22, 1898, X A CONTRACT-L., City. From the statement in your communication it ap- pears that there has been a breach of contract, and the remedy for the party aggrieved is to commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction. COMFORT BAGS—Mrs. F. M. H., May- fleld, Cal. The president of the Red Cross %loci:‘tg‘tls San_Francisco tlt' M'rs. JV. ]3 ar) on and the secretary is Mrs. F. Merrill. The office is in the Claus Spreckels building, southwest corner of Third and Market streets. Write to that society for information about the manner of making comfort bags and other ar- ticles for the use of soldlers. IVORY TURNED YELLOW-J. F. S, City. Ivory that has turned yellow may | | | WHEAT TO REACH TWO Joseph Leiter’'s Big Deal Will Be Closed Next Tuesday. By Clever Manipulation the Young Chicago Millionaire Has Made Big Money. WHAT be whitened by washing several times a day with soap and exposing in the sun to A solution of sulphurous acid will also restore the whiteness, but the use of these on piano keys would be a - + + + + + + [ 2 ¢+ + + + + + + + + + + + + ¢ + + + + + + + + 4 + + 4+ + ANOTHER CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS COMING. NEW YORK, May 28.—A Chicago special to the Herald says: An-. other call for at least 100,000 troops is coming as soon as the 75,000 called for can be organized and equipped. Information to this effect, apparently authentic, is coming to Chicago and other sources. Before Governor Tanner left the city he told a friend that he was almost ready to hold up his right hand and swear that this would be the case. “I am informed from Washington,” he said, “so directly that 1t al- most comes from President McKinley himself, that the troops will be called out until there are 500,000 ready-for action. This will be done to prevent any possible interference by European powers, and to make the nation ready for even the invasion of Spain itself. ~The reason why more are not called out at this time is that the contractors and the Government are not in shape to equip them.” DOLLARS 4444444444444 40000 AR R e S e o P R R R R R R R R Rk dhd 1£ belief in the justice of the cal hut f h because of its wish to display ndly i feelings for Austria. The report that Germany has per& an mitted agents of Spain to purchas ship Krupp guns into Spain will be the subject of a thorough investigation by the Government officials. Germany has declined to issue a proc- lamation of neutrality, and th2 author- GERMANY f 7 | ities do not know just where she | stands, but appreciate the fact that she has violated her positioh of neu- trality if she has permitte ship- ment of munitions of war to Spanish territory. If the investigation about to be made should develop the correct- ness of this report there is every reaz son to believe that representations will dangerous experiment by one not pro- ficient. If the keys of your piano have | become yellow with age, better send for a | person competent to restore the color Reported Shipment of 'égggmrm“:r?‘g; oIt yourselt It will be Arms to Spain_ be made to the Berlin Government JURY DUTY—R. J. C,, Vallejo, Cal ANCIENT ORDER FORESTERS. S o =i Court Kensington will keep in good Women not having full political rights tn Washington they are not called upon to perform jury du LADRONES—C. City. The La- drones, or Mariana Islands, are a group of about twenty islands, the northernmost | of the Australasian group. They were | discovered by Magellan in 1321, who | named them Ladrones on account of the thievish propensities of the natives. They | were afterward called the Lazarus Isi- standing all its members who enlist for the war in the army and navy of the United States. A team of married men of the court a short time since played a game of baseball with a team of the sin- gle men, and the ter were victorious. As penalty the losers were assigned all the committee worl INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE THE POSITION OF NEUTRALITY HA! ED. k for the entertain- B BN VO ment to be given by the court to-morrow night. 2 v st., M. Boehm, H. Rl:-n.;!.fliifilhe 20th inst P o}e() n on ands, and then the Mariana Islands by C R nderson, H. S. nd the missionaries who settled In 1667. The | Concessions Such as Were Extended | George Brown, H. C. J. B.. paid an offi- largest of these islands, which are west | clal visit to Court Apollo a_nd a nuniber to Italy May Not Be Expected, |of interesting and Instructive addresses of the Philippines, is Guajan. i or the good of the order. NATIONALITY OF SOLDIERS-S. E. official visits by and_other grand were delivered f Last week there were the high chief ranger as They Were Simply G., City. There are no exact figures of Acts of Courtesy. % > s “ourt Adelaide, Bohemian and the nationality of the soldiers Who en- e Grave. AT each candidates were ini- listed In the Federal army during the tiated. A new court, to work in the Italian lan- guage, was instituted in Los Angeles last week. War of the Rebellion. Such figures as | are given are only estimates. In reply to a question on this subject the office of the adjutant-general of the United States army asserted some time since ;.‘hlt}]l no official comx_:l!;latlon of r;lnuvuy; ad ever been made. That being the case | njty pecause of the death of Italians in h be given. ¥ « 5 Sibg iUl U el e L New Orleans riots that in paying in- DIVORCE AND PROPERTY—D. E. P.,| demnity this Government did not es- C{ny. it The !a‘;l E;?h!gzgasvmilf:flf;fleie tablish Italy’s right to claim damages of a divorcee in this v rear i O oo b GF thie divorce was ap: | for injurles offered by her subjects. n proved February 2, 1897. If a person | fact, it was stated that it was merely was xd!dvm-c‘ail1 a?ter th?}t‘ d?:eraz?mc Wdflis an act of courtesy. Should the Aus-| married_within a month afte: - | e D tage '8 not only void, but {4rian claim of indemnity for damages | the divorcee is liable to prosecution, If | because of injuries to Austrian sub- | | Jects In the Hagzelton riots of last | summer be settled, as Austria confi- there Is any community property at the time of the divorce that is settled by the | dently believes it will, that Government | will also be notified that the action of | court before the decree is signed. After the United States is not basei upon its NEW YORK, May 28.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Presi- dent McKinley expressly stipulated in settling the claim of Italy for indem- —_—————————— THE OHIO SOCIETY. The Ohio Soclety of California at its meeting in Mystic Hall in the Red Men's building last Friday night received a num- ber of applications and elected the follow- ing numed, who were recommended at the previous m(‘ellnf: H. A. Wa. vorth, John &. Spence, J. M. Long, H. C. Firebaugh, E. J. Ensign, George E. Bates, R. Bourne, Charies H. Murphy, Henry Bosworth, Eber G. Mathena, A. W. Jac son, Theodore F. George, Theodore Relc ert, Ell T. Sheppard, Elmore A. Kldd, Henry Hilp, John T. Harriss, L. E. Claw= son, John L. Griffing, Do ch George E. Gaylord. ciety i flourishing condition and eedingly pa- triotic. When the Ohio troops reach here the society and as many Ohloans as can will turn out to receive them A. the divorce the former husband and wife are, in law, strangers to each other, and nelther has any rights in the property of the other. ARE / /', e -, /’ ARE YOU ASHAMED OF THEM: Nearly every man has ‘“‘a skeleton in the closet.”” Have you one? The tell-tale signs are often seen, but sometimes there is little to go by. Take the cases of those men who have to acknowledge to themselves that they have lost most, if not all, of their vital force. Some look worn and tired; their cheeks are drawn; they are depressed and full of gloomy thoughts; their knees shake and they have spots eontinually before their eyes; they get giddy. All these are eertain signs of weakness. But there are men who look quite healthy and happy who are in reality weaklings and puny mortals. They have their *“skeleton’’ nevertheless. But both of these elasses of half-men ecrave for full strength and power. 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