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12 THE S FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1898 CLEVER COUP OF THE DEFENDERS OF MRS, BOTKIN They Rob Chief Lees of Right of Appeal. NEW WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CASE GOES TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR SETTLEMENT. Judge Cook Dismisses the 01d Writ and With Other Superior Judges Will Consider the not to lta Bot- )£ Dela~ w writ before that , and howey IN A SAD PLIGHT. Elsie Edwards, the Variety Actress, search war- urt for the re- ch she claimed d by Madam suse keeper at 124 e valued its contents detair that she refused to lead i took the key of her trur nd ve her out of the hiouse. In her despair she attempted to drown herself. She has been provided with a home in a priva imily and the police say y will arrest Smith for vagrancy and petty larceny in stealing the key of her trunk. MINISTERED TO SOLDIERS. Society of Christian Work Receives Many Warm Letters of Thanks. The time and the labor of the Soclety of Christian Work, abundantly donated to the eoldiers of the Presidio, has not pend- | | | been for naught. I 8 b 8 5 3 & S8 o B 8 b 54 8 8 @ ] 2 3 o Terrible Accident to Miss Minerva Luon While Ascending in the Hotel Savou Elevator, ISS MINER ed down the at the Hot o'clock yesterday injuries A LYON pl elevator M wh and sustalned nRRRRR 74 police surgeons fear will result fa~ Miss Lyon, who has been residing with her aunt at 502 Stockton street, started to visit her sister, Mrs. L. Jic , who occuples apartments on the third floor of the hotel. Miss Ls 1d ang ady entered the el tor t ound floor, and cond floor was reached 1y asked the elevator The cage was the cond let her out. wher BN SRS RS R AR NN RSN RN RN RAIRRARRBRRRRRRRNGRS FEL_ GHIRGY FEEG DOWN A SHAFT. in charge, that lady stepped out. He closed the door, at the same time starting up the cage, intend- ing to convey Miss Lyon to the floor above. The boy does not know just how the accident occurred, but he belleves Miss Lyon opened the door after the elevator started, and In attemptines to allght was in some manner thrown under the -cage, which had cleared the floor by near- ly three feet, and do~n the shaft, a distance of twenty-five or thirty feet. The boy gave the alarm immedi- atey Liployes Lusucd to the unfortunate lady’'s assist- @nce. She was unconscious and her head was covered with blood. The ambulance was summoned and diss Lyon was taken to the Re- celveg Hospital, where her sister soon Jjoined her. Drs. Weil and Brunell examined the victim's in- juries and found she had sustained a compound fracture of the frontal bone the skull being badly shat- tered from above the eye to the top of the forehead. In addition one of the bones of the lower right arm was fractured and there were indi- cations of serious internal injuries. It was apparent that Miss Lyon had falien head first and struck the concrete which covers the bottom of the shaft on her head and right arm. After her injuries were dressed she was placed in a cot in the fe- male ward. She did not regain consciousness all the afterncon, and the doctors are of the opinion that her chances of recovery are exceed- ingly slender. Mrs. Gates, the sister of the in- jured ladv, and several employes of the hotel have another theory of the manner in which the accident occurred. They think she left the ge elevator at the second floor and af- ce ter she had allghted, seeing her mis- take, attempted to re-enter ft. They think the door was not latched, although the cage had gone up, and that Miss Lyon unwittingly walked into the shaft. The lady who rode up in the elevator witn Miss Lyon says she left the cage first and cannot say whether the young lady followed her. Her at- tention was first attracted to the accident by hearing Miss Lyon scream as she plunged down the shaft. The elevator was then same distance above the floor. aLu severud BULBBURLURRLRBUAURRARRRNINLBURIININNNNRY 0 00 o0 8RN 88 % 8 &8 8 ¢ R R R R RR R AR R R R R AR AR R AR AR AR Y Its good effects lettel been recently testified to cetved by the presid of the various comy the recipients of kindness and es of soldie = when they were most in need Among the prominent letters are received from officers of the First nessee Regiment, and one from Gov W. A, Richards of Wyoming. Captain_W. J. Whitthorn nessee Infant s have not only been rs, but have given ha »f Com: We hope to make those in Manil: sons and brothers—our friends brothers also.” " Governor Richards warmly cnmp]!m“u}.s the the kind attentions bestowed upon members of the Battalion of Wyo: Infantry, which he, while visiting fornia observir S e The inventory and appraisement o estate of Joseph M. Wood was filed terday. The estate is valued at $ The bulk of the estate is composed o the rest and residue being per erty, including stocks and bonds money in bank. —_— e Will Wear a Star. He is a native , 28 years of age, a cal Boston, Mas: city for twenty-one years. t June, had the opportunit Estate of Joseph M. Wood. estate holdings, all situated in this State, sonal prop- Charles S. Taylor was yesterday sworn ter by occupation and has resided in this h from the officer wiho or of it. | two Ten- ‘ ernor | | pany kind tdisl| to homes and comfort to the heart of | many a mother in dear old Tennessee, | and that nothing on earth ca occur | which will ¢ e the members of his company to cease loving the plendid women of California. he . e f) = ordered to Manila, 1\1‘(1‘ the opportunity may occur to prove egree worthy of the | hospitality shown . The Califor- nia soldiers have been our friends, and and m; Cali- ty of f the yes- and e of rpen- ADVERTISEMENILS. OVER-WROUGHT NERVES OF WOMEN. Extracts From Letters R *] am so nervous and wretched.” these expressions are. at se; at u; “DEAR Mgs. 21¥rAM:—Will you kindly allow me the pleasure of expressing my gratitude for the wonderful relief I have experienced by taking your Vege- table Compound. 1 suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, back- ache, headache, loss of appetite, a heavy bearing-down feeling, also burning pains in the groins. 1 could not sleep, was tired all the time, had no ambition. The pains I suffered at times of menstruation were 1 thought there was no cure for it. I saw youradvertise- ment in the paper, and my husband advised me to try your medicine. X took Your medicine saved my life.” Life was a burden to me. something dreadful, five bottles, and now I am well and “I feel asif I should fly.” Little things annoy you and make you irritable. can'tsleep, you are unable to lift ordinary burdens, and are subject to dizziness. That bearing-down sensation helps to make you feel miserable. You have backache and pains low down in the side, pain in top of head, later on oeceived by Mrs. Pinkham. base of the brain. Such a condition points unerringl, rious uterine trouble. If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham when you first experienced impaired have been vitality, you would spared these hour: e awful suffering. nderstand. You need not be afraid to tell her the things you could not explain to the and is absolutely confidential. Pinkham’s vast experience with troubles enables her to tell you what is best for you, and she charge you nothing for her advi Mzs. JENNIE BIERLY, Young Pa., writes: happy. How familiaz Happiness will be gone out of yourlifeforever, my sister, unless you act promptly. %A Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound 4 once, and begin its use, then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if there is anything about your case you do not Procure tor, your letter is seen only by women You y to s of doe- Mrs, such Just will ce. dale, 'S. OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF MISDEMEANOR Burns, O’Brien, Swift, Graham, Charged. THE SCHOOL LUMBER DEAL C. IRVING OF THE GRAND JURY AS COMPLAINANT. He Charges That the Defendants Have Appropriated Five Thou- sand Dollars and a Lot of Property. It is expected that Thomas A. Burns, Jebn J. O'Brien, Edward D. Swift and George S. Graham will be arraigned be- fore Police Judge Low this morning for conspiracy to defraud the city through false and fraudulent bills for lumber pre- sented to the School Hoard. The form for the warrants was drawn up last evening by Assistant County At- torney Dunn, the complainant being Chairman Irving, of the committee on the | Board of Education of the Grand Jury. BSchool Director Burns and Contractor Swift were both at the city bullding yes- terday, prepared to surrender themselves. School Inspector O'Brien and Assistant In- spector Graham are said to be awaiting the Summons to appear in court and wil be on hand to-morrow. The warrants, as drawn up, state that Burns, O'Brien, Swift and Graham have conspired to defraud the city out of cer- tain sums of money and several hun- dred thousand feet of lumber. It charges that between June, 1897, and January, 1898, 1,104,840 feet of lumber was ordered for the 'School Department and only 649,714 feet was delivered, the defendants repre- senting that the entire amount had been received, and submitting false claims for 226 feet at @ value O . The war- rant further charges that the defendants collected this money and appropriated it to their own use, and did thereby willfully and unlawfully, fraudulently, knowingly and designedly cheat and defraud the safd city and county. he warrants are sworn to by 8. C. Irving and the specific charge made is misdemeanor. FORESTS MUST BE PROTECTED. A Determined Movement Started by the State Board of. Trade. For some time past the manager of the State Board of Trade has been receiving commurications from people in the coun- try relative to the destruction of the forests of the coast by fire, and yester- day at the meeting of the board actton was taken. The seriousness of the subject was full appreciated by the members of the board, who passed a resolution declaring that the destruction of forests demands the immediate attention of every peace offi- cer and citizen of the State. The board will request the Board of Yosemite Commissioners, the Slerra Club, the For- estry Commission, all of the prospective legislators and county officers to co-ope- rate in preventing this destruction. Re- quests will be made to the State officials and county officers to use their best ef- forts to cause the arrest of any one even suspected of forest arson. Hvery legis- lative candidate will be asked to do all in his power, if elected, to provide for the proper policing of all of the forest lands of the State and for the punishment of any one found setting fires or causing fires by carelessness, while camping or prospecting. The members of the board will mlkeaié A Million Women Have Been Benefited by Mrs. Plukham’sAdvice and Medicine a personal matter to have laws pass for the preservation of California’s tim- ber. Communications will be sent by the board to all of the counties where there 1s any timber asking that the people and the press co-operate in this movement. The members hope that by the time the Legislature meets the subject will be so well understood that protective measurcs will be passed and provision made for their enforcement THE TROOPS SELECTED. First Washington Will Be the First of the Regiments to Go. ‘While no definite orders assigning the troops to the various transports have as vet been issued by Major General Mer- riam, it is generally understood at de- partment headquarters that the forces to sail upon the Senator, Valencia and Ohio have been determined upon, and that in ten days these vessels will have left for Manila. The Senator is to carry the Third Battalion of the Twenty-third In- fantry, the recruits of the Second Ore- on Regiment and enough men of theCal- fornia Heay Artillery to make up the Senator’s qucta of 800 men, which is the number allotted to the ship. The Valen- cla and the Ohio are to take between them the First Washington Regiment and the remainder of the California Heavy Artillery. The departure of these three transports will leave only the Twentleth Kansas, Fifty-first Towa and Tennessee regiments. hese commands, with General Miller and his headquar- ters, will sail just as rapidly as the trans- ports arrive and are fitted out to make the return trip to Manila. The Senator will doubtless sail the first of the week and the Valencia and possibly the Ohio may also get away next week. General Miller wants to sail on the Newport, and this transport should be the first to sail after the Ohio Teaves, so that General Miller may be able to overtake the troops first len.vln% before they reach Manila. There will be no effort made to get the transports away as a fleet, but upon the contrary they will be dispatched just as rapidly as they are ready. Most of the soldiers of the Sixth Regi- ment left ‘yesterday upon their furlough of thirty days. Onliy a detail for the pur- pose of guardlnf the regimental property remained behind. The Seventh Regiment will break camp at 6 o'ciock to-morrow morning and leave the Presidio for good. The line of march will be down Van Ness to Golden Gate avenue and thence to Market and down Market to the Ierré'. A dispatch received at department head- quarters yesterday afternoon announced that the companies would proceed to the town nearest the homes of the men. This is done for the convenience of the soldiers, and it will also save them the Lx{)ense of transportation from Los An- geles to their homes, which In some in- stances is a considerable item. e Lurline Salt Water Baths. Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths. Sait waterdirect from ocean. —_— e THEY WANTED TOO MUCH. Legal Obstruction Met by the Ap- praisers of the Sutro Estate. The accounts of Mrs. Emma Merritt, as guardian of the late Adolph Sutro, were settled vesterday by order of Judge Cof- fey. One item necessary to effect a set- tlement of the account was found too high, that of the three appraisers, Thomas Magee, David Rich and Colonel Thomas Little, who asked $250 each in compensation for their services. Judge Cof- fey refused to allow this charge on ashow- ing that only three days had been occu- pied in the appraisement. But $ a day s allowed by the law and as the court failed to find a reason why a greater amount should be allowed Colonel Little and Magee waived their fees and the mat- ter of the compensation of Rich was left open. The appraisers, it is thought, will look to the heirs for compensation independent ot the order of the court. —_———— You will find the latest things in wall paper at Clark's, 653 Market street. * — e In the Divorce Courts. W. R. Spence has been granted a divorce from Ella L. Spence on the Zmul’d of ex- treme crueity. Decrees of divorce on the ground of de- sertion have been ted Mareania Ca- bial from Joseph P. Cablal and Alice Green from Samuel Green. Julia Gervais Chabot has n:’plled for a divorce from C. Chabot, alleging cruelty as a cause of complaint. Suits for divorce on the und of de- sertion have been filed by Albert Matzen against Nellle C. Matzen, Frederick Al- brecht nst Fredericka Albrecht, Mag- dalena ley against James J. Foley and %ltiymge M. Styche against Arthur J. che. “Anakests"” fles. For fre i a0 ¥Xngkosts ! Fridune bullding, N. T+ NRNARVENURNRINVBRNIN MAJOR SIMPSON BRINGS GENERAL OTIS" REPORT Troops May Be Kept in the Islands. RETURN OF THE NEWPORT GENERAL MERRITT WAS GLAD TO LEAVE MANILA. Several Sick Soldiers Home Again, but the iuain Body Will Come on Board the Rio Janeiro. I The Newport, which left San Fran- cisco on June 28 with General Merritt and staff aboard, arrived from Manila vesterday afternoon. She left there on September 13, via Nagasaki, but did not call at Honolulu. The Newport car- ried only ten passengers, among them being Major W. A. Simpson, formerly adjutant on the staff of General Otis, and who ison his way to Washington; Captain James G. Blaine Jr., Lieuten- ant Conklin, Douglass White, C. C. Carl- ton, Washington correspondent of The Call; Pierre Boeringer, The Call's ar- tist, who accompanied the first expedi- tion to the islands, and five or six pri- vate soldiers, viz., J. Vetenburg, Wil- liam Roe, W. 8. Saylor and O. R. Barnes, of the Twelfth Minnesota, who has either been honorably dis- charged or granted leave by reason of physical disability. The main body of sick and disabled soldiers will, however, come on the Rio Janeiro. There will be nearly 150 of them in all, in charge of Dr. Daywalt, and among them are a number of Californians, whose names are published elsewhere. There is still & large number of sick soldiers left in the bospital at Manila, for it was thought best only to remove those who were well able to stand the long voy- age. When the Newport sailed it was understood that the Rio Janeiro would leave on Thursday, September 15, two days later than the Newport, although it was not absolutely settied that she would sail on that date. The Rio was to cross to Hongkong and then steam to Nagasakl, If she sailed on the ex- pected date she will be due in San | Francisco in about four or five days, as she had orders to sall only ten knots an hour, the same slow rate of speed made by the Newport. The latter vessel brought little news. Everything in the Philippines was in statu quo, the Americans, Spaniards and Filipinos alike awaiting news from the Paris commission, as well as from the “Filipino ngress, which was called by Aguinaldo to meet at Malo- los, just north of Manila, in October. Rumors of a conspiracy among the Spanish clericals were rife, and were given some credence at the army head- quarters. It was thought that the Spanish clerical party was endeaver- ing to create discord among the Fili- pino soldiers, already disappointed and discontented, at not being able to enter Manila under arms, and that General Juan Blanco might be incited to com- mit some overt act against the Ameri- can troops, so that active warfare would seem to be yet in progress when the commission met Iin Paris to c | sider, among other things, the disposi- tion of the Philippines. Indeed, an out- break was looked for at any tinie. On September 12 there were reports of trouble in the Malate district. Troops were hurried across the bay from Ca- vite and from other points, but upon their arrival at Malate found every- thing quiet. Major Simpson has been assigned to duty in Washington, and carries with him to the capital official reports from General Otis. The major politely de- clined to discuss the nature of General Otis’ report, but it is generally under- stood to contain nothing of importance, it being merely a report of the condi- tion of the various troops; but from the fact that most, if not all, of the trans- ports have elther returned or will in the near future, it would seem to be the plan to keep the troops in the islands for an indefinite period. Nothing posi- tive will be known concerning the dis- position of the island troops, however, until after the conclusion of the Paris conference. ~Captain Blaine did not have long to remain in the islands. He went over on the St. Paul, one of the last vessels to arrive at Manila, and had hardly a chance to look around before he was ordered to return. He is on his way to ‘Washington. Mr. Carlton, Washington correspond- ent of The Call, rcalizing that the dis- position of the Philippines would be one of the most important matters dis- cussed in Washington at this winter's session, especially when the Senate is called upon to ratify the treaty of peace, made a trip to Manila, going via the Suez canal. “In Hongkong I had the pleasure of meeting General Merritt, who was en route to Paris,” said he to a Call rep- resentative last night. “I think he was very glad to leave Manila. He did not find it a desirable place even for temporary residence. I was one of a small party congregated in the Hong- kong Hotel, where General Merritt was stopping. Some one put this very frank, although abrupt, question to him: “ ‘General, what shall we do with ‘the Phiiippines?’ “‘How are we going to get rid of them? he asked in return. “This was considered by all of those present as quite significant of General Merritt’s attitude with respect to the islands before the commission at Paris, and it was thought, too—and very rea- sonably—that General Merritt’s advice might be a very considerable factor in shaping the policy of the administra- tion. As for my own personal views as to our retention or rejection of the islands, I will not intrude them upon the public, for I do not believe any one would be interested in knowing. “As for the situation m the islands when we left Manila, The Call's read- ers may find it fully reported in a let- ter from Mr. Sheridan, correspondent at Manila. “At Nagasaki we saw the Zealandia, which, as you have doubtless been told by the China's passengers, was caught in a typhoon off the island of Formosa. Her repairs were nearly completed and her captain thought that possibly she might be ready to sail on Sunday, fol- lowing the Newport's departure. This would be five days later. “Doubtless you have heard of the suicide of Chaplain Freeman of the Baltimore. He was on _the Zealandia, bound for Yokohama, where he was to meet his wife, after a long absence from her. According to the Zealan- dia’s officers and passengers, the chap- lain was a man of delicate physique and nervous temperament. He was moody and subject to fits of melan- choly. When he spoke, which was at rare Intervals, it was of his wife and of his home at Logansport, Indiana. | His companions on the boat attributed CLOTH DEPARTMENT! Our FALL IMPORTATION of NEW CLOTHS is now complete, and we call particular attention to the following lines, which are exceedingly good value. 52-INCH FRENCH AMAZON CLOTH 52-INCH FRENCH CLOTH... $2-50 Yard. $1-75 Yard. 54-INCH ENGLISH MELTON $1.25 Yard CLOTH CLOTH 54-INCH AMERICAN CLOTH.... $1 .OO Yard. T 1BG v All of the above cloths we are showing In the very latest SHADES AND MIXTURES. We also have a splendid assortment of ENGLISH COV- ERT CLOTHS AND VENETIANS; GOLF, KERSEY AND BOURETTE CLOAKINGS, and a complete assortment of 27-INCH ENGLISH CORDUROYS. DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. We have recelved this week a Ffull line of NEW GOODS for this department, Including PLAIN AND PRINTED ART DENIMS, PLAIN AND PRINTED ART TICKINGS, HUNGARIAN CLOTHS, DRAPERY SATEENS, DRAPERY SILKS, PRINTED SILKOLINES. TAPESTRIES AND PLAIN AND THLHPHONH CGRANT l124. 9 892 m, u3, us, uT, 19, 121 POST STREET. his melancholy condition to a plain case of home sickness, while the ship’s surgeon pronounced it, in more techni- cal language, ‘nostalgia.’ The chap- lain’s actions were so eccentric finally that a board was appointed to inquire into his physical and mental condition. As a consequence, he was placed un- der strict surveillance, while not being actually restrained. The Zealandia had been in the port of Nagasaki for several days, when one morning a sea- man discovered Chaplain Freeman standing at the taffrail with a number of sounding leads tied to his walst. Send this letter to my wife!” he shouted, at the same time leaping over the rail before the sailor could reach him. His body sank immediately and | was seen no more until it was recovs ered by grapling hooks several hours later. The body was shipped to his wife, who was waliting for him at Yo- kohama.” The Newport's voyage back was without incident with the exception of some heavy weather and rough seas encountered after leaving the coast of Japan. A NINETY-EIGHT DINNER. Rev. John A. B. Wilson and the King’s Daughters Now Making Ready- The Rev. John A. B. Wilson of the Howard-street Methodist Church, with the King’s Daughters of his congrega- tion, has mapped out a plan for giving to the poor of the city, irrespective of sect, a Thanksgiving dinner this year on a new idea. Instead of drawing together those who are in need of a good dinmer on _this day, it is the intention of the people of the Howard-street church, provided the funds justify it, to provide a family din- ner for such of those in need, the meals to be carried in baskets to their homes. The Daughters have made & hasty canvass of such families as are now in the city, and have found as many as 500. Of course there will be more be- tween now and Thanksgiving day. But this makes no difference, all will be looked after without partiality if the funds collected be sufficient. Added to this the pastor and his cheer- ers have another Innovation for a Thanksgiving dinner to young men who are scattered about the city in lodging. houses far away from their homes. To these it is proposed to sell tickets at 25 cents which will admit the holder to the dinner table, and no_questions asked or obligations_exchanged. At this table a first-class Thanksgiving dinner will be served—as good, if not better, than at any first-class restaurant in the city. In this way merchants and others can aid a worthy person, man or woman, by pre- senting him or her with a dinner ticket, at the same time relieving the holder of | the embarrassment of being looked upon as eating at the table of charity. —_— e oe————— DONNED MALE ATTIRE. Mrs. Esther B. Carter of Oregon Ar- rested in Chinatown. Mrs. Esther B. Carter appeared in Judge Joachimsen's court yesterday to answer to a charge of masquerading in male attire. She pleaded guilty and the Judge allowe;’lu her to g0 on her own recog- T thirty days. T e e fusband _and _two children reside on a ranch in Oregon. They came to the city a few days ago and are stopping at the New Western Hotel. Monday night her husband sug- gested they should take in the sights in Chinatown, but advised her to don male attire, as it would in his opinion be safer. They were walking on Washington street when Policemen Meredith and Tay- lor's attention was attracted to them, and they interrogated Mrs. Carter. She ad- mitted her sex and was placed under ar- rest. Her husband put up 350 bail and she was released. Miss Heyman’'s Recital. The initial recital of Miss Katherine Ruth Heyman at Sherman & Clay Hall, after her seven years' absence studying in Burope, was a marked success, her ex- ecution and technique showing her to be an artiste of high merit. Her touch has h of the masculine, show! perfect Sont bdyundmfim trol with strength t ex- sonted! W% fady-“'In Brabms' Bonata op. T, her rendition was’' perfect, espe- clally ‘noticeable in the intermezzo, where the ‘softer tones gave full play to ex- pression and feeling. The ~programme of the evening was selected from numbers that gave wide range of expres- slon, and closed with Liszt's Rhapsodle XIV, the rendition of which gave full scope to her powers of execution. —_——— Held for Arson. The preliminary examination of Mrs. Margaret Shields and Henry Beacom on the charge of arson in connection with the fire in Mrs. Shields’ house on Virginia avenue was concluded before Judge Mo- gan yesterday afternoon. The Judge held the fietfndnn!sgto answers:vetore the Su- erfor_Court, Beacom in $1000 Kirs. Sniclds in 82000 bonds.~ Conds and ADVERTISEMENTS. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY’S NEW BOOKS. A Herald of the West. A Romance of 1812. By J. A. 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