The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1898. THE MYSTERIOUS J B PARKER MATERIALIZES Says He Was Working | in Stockton. WAS PROCURING EVIDENCE DECLARES HE IS NOT A CHICAGO DEFAULTER. ‘Will Return to the Windy City to Answer All Charges Against Him in the Pending Suit. Attorney John R. Parker, who mysteri- | ously disappeared from Oakland nearly three weeks ago, removed all doubts of his supposed natur: th or suicide last night by reappea as suddenly as he departed. A teleg was received at that hostel- . Kirkbeck Loan and Building Association of Chicago, but some time ago a bill was filed in court for a recelver, and I am made a party, I belleve. I have sent on for & copy of the bill. I can answer in the suit and can successfully defend it, for it {s false. Of course, I shall have to 20 to Chicago to try the case, but I know that I am not llable and cannot be held responsible. Before I left I turned all my books over to the board of directors. “This man Olaf Ray, who claims to represent the stockholders, really repre- sents but $50. That.is, he holds a claim for that amount against the assocfation. All the unpaid bills against the associa- tion will not amount to over $2500 and the assets are sufficient to pay up everything. The assets of the company never to my knowledge amounted at any time to over 5,000. The bill for a receiver does not affect me, and ] am not liable, for I haven’t one cent of the money in my pos- sesslon, It does not worry me, and I am amused over the published reports. FUN AMONG THE NURSES. Brilllant Christmas Tree at the City and County Hospital. The nurses in the City and County Hos- pital Training School held a Christmas | merry-making in their quarters at that institution Friday evening, the guest of | honor being Miss Mary Patton, the princi- pal of the school and head nurse of the hospital. Generous donations from | friends interested in their welfare enabled the voung ladies to handsomely adorn a noble tree with brilliant lights, ornaments and gifts. The chief event of the e\'enir_xg was the presentation by Miss Julia M. Kzne, nurse in charge of the general operating room, to Miss Patton of a handsome alligator fitted with_siiver- articles, the gift being on behalf of the members of the hool. Miss Kane, in making ntation, made a touching refer- ] t he high esteem In which Miss Patton is held by her subordinates.. The recipient of the gift in a few well chos skin mounted toilet made training traveling bag, i \ // THE “MYSTERIOUS” JOHN R. PAR! ! O'Donnell & Brady, | ry yesterday from attorneys in Chicago, expressing gre: anxiety concerning his whereabouts. | Shortly after arriving at the hotel Attor- | ney Parker answ ed the telegram per-|g sonall and later wired his wife in Chi cago of his safety. He then retired to hl.\" room word that he wished not | to be disturbed. Parker stated that he| had been to Stockton on stric legal business; that when he left here, nearly three weeks ag: he told the hotel clerk ent se 1 wee urprise that a bevy | n on the lookout for { s n of detectives have b him and that the wires from Oakland to Chicago had been kept warm in the hope | of locating him. “T was in Stockton taking depositions in a case that is pending in the ed Statea Courts, involving over $100,000 of mineral in Colorado. The nature of the suit I do not wish t , for I do not think it proper for a lawyer to discuss his client’s busine “I left Oakland very quie because 1| ‘was anxious st ‘to Jet any one know I was going to Stockton on this particular business. 1 was il when.I left and also while 1 was at Stockton, hence I did not| see much of the newspapers, but I was| surprised to learn this morning that my disappearance had caused no end of com- ment and attention. To-night I imemdi- ately telegraphed to O'Donnell-& Brady, who are friends of mine at 2lgo. to my wife, of my safety Mention was made regarding a pub- lished account of Mr. Parker's connection with the Kirkbeck Loan and Building As- | sockation in Chicago, and the statement | made by Olaf F v of that city to the | effect that Parker “got away with| a defaulter, and that embezzlement in Chi- cago. . These statements Mr. Parker branded as falsehoods. “There i8 not a bit of truth in them, he continued. *“I am not in any trouble, | except that 1 own extensive real estate | $75,000'"; that he wa he was wanted for interests, very heavily mortgaged, and | property’ values have s ) greatly | that 1 cannot vy longer. T have been out her y_three months, coming from Bat Miss., where I also have property. There I nearly died with malaria, so I came to this Stite for my health and business, too, of course. 1 am now thinking of locating here and | calculate to sena for my family. | “The published report of my being | wanted in Chicago has no foundation at | all. - It's libelous and I possibly shall do | something about it. That I got away with | 000 is ridiculous. | was at one time secretary of the Violets And Lily of the Valley with | Scolloped Gold Edge. Roll Trays, Cracker Jar,| Fruit Plates, Comports. Given away free with AMERICAN'S BEST TeEAs, COFFEES, SPICES breat American Impory Tea (o, 861 Mar] o). Powsll 705 Larkin St. 20 le“h’gt.' 1410 ao % 18 Third st. B rkl 55. Si A evisade: % 06 lnmg St. o Ninth St. 181 2008 Filimore St. 52] Montgomery Av, 10 Mission St. 190 Kentucky " st, 200 Sixteenth St. 88 Mission”St. 8 Hayes St. 52 Market St. OAKLAND STORES: eosaw-mnuonsn ”‘5." Pablo Ave. 616 E. Twi 17 Bl‘old'll'. i fth St. 1810 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1858 Park St SAN RAFAElL—B St., near Fourth. We also sell words expressed the surprise and pleasure afforded by the evidence of thelr goodwill. After the distribution of gifts from the ! tre v one present general hilarity ¥ ongs, with plano and mandolin and other “amusements mads | the ‘evening vanish all too quickly until | supper was announced and the nurses en- | joyed a feast of good things. e THE ROSENTHAL RECITALS. Be | Played by the World’s Great- est Pianist. The 1ong-promised visit of who has been pronounced throughout Europe and the United States as the greatest living planist, will occur at Met- ropolitan Hall on Tuesday and Thursda: evenings, January 3.and 5, and Saturday afternoon, January 7, at half-past 2. | During Rosenthal’s recent triumphs in | New York City an eminent critic re- marked: “That artist has no living rival, and in greatness can only be compared to The sale of seats | G ifals will begin at Sherman, | Clay & Co.'s to-morrow morning, and thé | programmes are as follow: Tuesday evening, January 3—Sonata, Op. 109 (Beethoven); carnival = (Schumann); ' (a) Ber- | o e, (b) barcarole, (c) deux nouvelles etudes, (d) valse, D flat major (Chopin), a study by | Rosenthal; (e) “‘Linden Tree'" (Schuzert-Liszt); (D “'At the Fountain' (Davidoff); fantasie, “Don Juan” (Lisat). ¢ Thiirsday evening, January 5—Sonata, A ma- jor (Mozart); (a) sonata, Op. 3, B flat minor, | (b) preludes,” (c) etude, (d) valse, Op. 4% (Chopin); variations (on a theme by Paganini), Op. 35 (Brahms): (a) romanze, (b) papillons, ienna_Carnival” (Moriz Rosenthal), on | Johann Strauss. 2 afternoon, January A flat major (Weber): etudes symphoniques chumann); (a) nocturne, (b) valse, Op.. 42, rzo (Chopin); (4) miniatures, (e) “To- reador et Andalouse)) (Rubinstein); rhapsodies hongroises (Liszt). The inquiry for seats has already been | very large, and the recitals will = <A1y be Srriking mstoal vy L Tooubt- | Rosenthal, Liszt and Rubinstein.” re for the onata, Op. L RS ) The Story of the Star. Rev. John A. B. Wilson delivered a very able Christmas sermon in the Howard- street M. K. Church yvesterday on ““The Story of the Star.” It was a critical re- view of the origin and progress of Chris- tianity with comments on the successes and mistakes of the early followers of Christ, with comments upon the neglect | which ‘enabled the promoters of Buddhism to successfully spread their doctrine among the millions of the Chinese em- pire, to the exclusion of the word of God, Had the behest of the Sayior been obeyed this countless race would now have been among the most earnest believers of Christian teachings and the great battle of redemption that is now being fought would have been unnecessary. The bur- den of the sermon was that young and old should go into the forefront of the contest and stoutly aid in the spreading of the true gospel. s —— Death of Mrs. Whelan. Mrs. Catherine Whelan, mother of Bheriff Richard I. Whelan, died yesterday at her residence, 20 Third street, in the sixty-fifth year of her age. The de- ceased was a native of Ireland, having been born in Tipperary County, but for a number of years she had lived in San Francisco. She was the wife of Danjel P. Whelan, and in addition to Sheriff Whelan leaves the following children: Thomas F. Whelan, Mrs. A. Sattler and Mrs. K. Tracey. The funeral will take place to-day,at 11 o'clock. There will be a solemn reqbiem high mass at St. Dom- inic’s Church at that hour, and the inter- ment will be at Mount Cavalry Cemetery. R — Landed in the Creek. The flying leap of Charles Conlon, the aeronaut at Glen Park, yesterday was not particularly satisfactory to him owing to the fact that he landed with his para- chute in the creek and received a very cold bath. Otherwise his effort was suc- cessful. In the vaudeville amphitheater the prin- Crma, CROCKERY, (GLAGSWARE [+ t Prices in cipal numbers included Badger and Wal- ton, musical artists, ventriloquism by H. C. Hazard, tenor solo by Arthur Salvini died on January 15, death | glven at Turner Hall last night for the | street station. | bitten off. CONVINCED THAT HIS NAMESAKE WAS MURDERED Startling Statement of an ex-Soldier. TRAGEDY AT YOUNTVILLE | HE CAUSES THE DETENTION OF VETERAN RAY. Considerable Mystery Attached - to the Death of an Inmate of the Soldiers’ Home. 2 | John Ray, a Grand Army veteran, was | detained for several hours at police head- | quarters last night. Another ex-soldier | named Edward Tully was responsible for | his detention. Tully informed the police | that Ray was wanted in Napa County | for complicity in the alleged murder of a namesake, whom he claimed was beaten to death in the Soldie ville. Home at Yount- According to hi ory the victim aulted by the steward of the home with a club. His head w split open, but in order to shield the wiclder of the club 8 induced the steward to skip out. he claimed, was a witness to the ssault, and on learning that he was to 8 arres as an accessory to the crime he also made his escape. The victim of the brutal assault, he declared, was put on & train in a half dying condition and sent to this city. Two weeks later he died from the effects of the clubbing, so | Tully claimed. Since then Tully has been looking for | Ray nding to have him arrested as {an a ssory to the alleged murder. Last evening he happened to visit a saloon on rket street and to hi urprise he saw | tanding against the bar, in the act 1‘ of drinking a glass of beer. Tully called the bartender to one side and instructed him to an eye on Ray until he noti- | fied the police. He then hurried to police nd informed Captain Bohen d erime and the part that he believed Ray to have played in it. Bohen at once sent one of his men to the saloon to arrest R When taken into custody he denied ving anything about the alleged murder, but willingly consented to accompany the officer to police headquarte: ully again told his He wa | accessory and to a complaint against Captain Bohen refused t Jail, but took his address wanted he could b sault died from the effects of the beating he received. Ray says the steward struck him with a club, but claims that the blow did_not seriousiy injure him. Tully, he sald, dld not leave the home for several days and then came to this city. Ray declares that Tully is opposed to him and that he made compiaint in order to cause trouble. An examination of the records of the Coroner’s office shows that Tom Tully , the cause of h being given as cirrhos namesake claims » worse and he was forced to go City and County Hospital, a short time afterward. intend to further investigate s story. = A Symposium. The regular meeting of the Theosophical Soclety was held last night in the hall in the building of the Academy of Sciences. H. H. Summers presided and R. C. Krouse presented the objects of the universai brotherhood organization. The meeting was in the nature of a symposium and the speakers of the evening were H. P. Lead- er, Mrs. H. H. Summers and Dr. Allen Griffiths. The subject that was discussed was “The Savior of the World.” The lines along which the addresses were delivered were that there is a common religion, that nccording to the belief of the differ- ent sects it is presented in a different form, but that virtually they are all one and the same in that they have a com- mon end, the salvation of man. ——————— Christmas Festival. There was a grand festival and ball benefit of the San Francisco Tageblatt. It had been arranged for by the ladies’ auxiliary of the soclety. The children were each given a beautiful present, and there were also a number of handsome prizes that were raffled for by those pres- ent. The occasion was a complete and most gratifying success. ————— The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY 1s recommended by physiclans for family and medicinal use because it is pure. e Bit His Partner’s Ear. John Domondin, a baker, was arrested last night by Officer Cleve Peters and charged with mayhem at the California- Domondin and his partner, G. Latopia, became engaged in a drunken brawl at their bakery at the.corner of Montgomery avenue and Vallejo street, | and Domondin getting the worst of the fight secured a good hold on Latopia’s ear with his teeth. When the two men were separated Latopia’s ear was nearly Domondin was placed under arrest and Latopia was treated by a doc- tor. i ——————— Anakesis cures Piles, nothing else. Sam- ple free. Address Anakesis, New York. * —e—————— Tt is stated that squirrels are becom- ing very common in Ireland. | established his | pushed along to third on bases on_balls "TACKS" TAKES A FRESH GRIP ON THE GAME Parrott Appears With a Rejuvenated Face. OAKLAND DEFEATS SEATTLE OPENING GAME OF THE PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP. Several Episodes, Including the Eclipse of Napoleon Bonaparte Fa- gan and McDonald’s Wild Dream of Turkey, Yesterday marked - an epoch in the career of Mr. “Tacks” Parrott. When Tacks came down here with the Seattle ball aggregation to contest championship honors with the California League teams, his face was concealed under a bunch of whiskers resembling a stack of alfalfa. Tacks was not beautiful, but he bore the adverse criticisms until the Chinese chambermaid at the hotel where he is stopping plunked into his room yesterday morning while Tacks was lying in bed and spying those whiskers made some audible and slighting comments on the shameful conduct of a man who would rip open a nice hair mattress and strew the contents around in that fashion. So Tacks got a shave and felt So re- juvenated that in the afternoon he went out to Recreation Park and covered him- self with glory and the lot with base hits. Parrott was the central figure in the opening game between Seattle and Oak- land, and although he went down to de- feat with his associates, the fault was not his. Tacks did more than his share to win the game, tearing off five hits, includ- ing a double and a triple, and had not Scotty McDonald been so overcome by visions of turkey and its accessories that he could not see where the ball went when Andrews e the result might h It was not until the seventh that Scotty got hit in the eye with the wraith of the bird of freedom. Up to that time he had got along comfortably, giving his de- cisions with judgment and impartiality. Then he became crosseyed, gave An- drews a bad time of it on balls and strikes until the visiting pitcher lost his nerve and the One of the mc incidents of the day was the poleon Bona- | parte Fagan from the field of what may be exp n management takes poss: California League the first e upon a time N. B. lled manager of an all or since those memorable days the id N. B. F. has been unable to see 4 game from the grand stand, but insists upon getting out on the field with the players, distracting the attention of the Spectators from the game to his own com- manding figure and otherwise interfering with the proc i terday Fagan ack against hig favorite got settled before | being a fore- :ted when the on of the the year. plank, but had hardl a policeman was given the tip and ran him and veral satellites under the grand stand. And the crowd applauded Napoleon’s exit. As for the game itself, it was Interest- ing, though far from thrilling. The Se- attles are a likely lot of young men who hit the ball hard and often, but they were unfortunate in the matter of bunching or in placing it safe when runners were on the paths. However, Manager Drydale is so well satisfied with his team that he wagered $100 with Cal Ewing that Seattle would beat Oakland in the game scheduled January 2, both teams to be made up the same as yesterday. iorthiee innings they went along on even terms. Then Oakland began the trouble in the fourth on Lange's double and Hammond’s long fly to left, Lange beating the ball in. Seattle went the Athenians one better in the fifth, when Hopkins reached first on Schmeer's error, was sacrificed to second by Rand and scored on “Soap’” Babbitt's single. Soap slipped down to second and was driven home on Parrott's shot left. A balance was struck in Oakland’s half, Sullivan being soaked in the slats, going to second on O'Neil’s grounder to right, third on a passed ball and scoring on the throw down to second to catch Doyle. Then in the seventh the Californians took two more. Hardie was safe on O'Dea's error (that young man made a hatful of them during the day), went to second on Sulllvan’'s grounder to first, was to O'Neil and Doyle and scored on Dono- van’s long fly to left. O'Neil and Doyle tallied on Schmeer’s single to left, the latter crossing the plate on Murphy's double. After Seattle had made two runs in the eighth and three singles, an out, a steal and a wide throw, Oakland clinched the game with four more runs. By that time Andrews had become discouraged and let down In his work, and the tallies were due to a combination of hits and errors. Seattle got two more men around in the ninth, but were still four runs shy when the trouble ended with the following score: SEATTLE. AB. R. BH. § 5ite it} Babbitt, & s.. Parrott, 1b. Clark, ¢. f. Anderson, 2b. O'Dea, 3b. Hartman, c. Hopkins, r. f Rand, 1. ‘Andrews, p. Totals ..... Bl mmcommaoon ©lroocoomman wlnoocorre. 2| comarnormand | crmmmo 3 Blooconmwrorne? ol coocsmrcontd OAKLL. = [} Sepm L} o PO ] Donovan, c. f. Schmeer, Murph; Lange, Hammond, 2b. > et mronol & ol monooomm meEam connnl | the Hardle, r. t. 25700 10U 00 Sullivan, c. e sl R Gl O'Neil, i 20 00 Doyle, p. SR e Rl .6 ¢« nmu s INNINGS. 00002001228 1°01020131—9 0001104410 <10.03170°1.3 1 %6 SUMMARY. Runs responsible for—Doyle 1.Three-base hits —~Lange, Parrott, Andrews, Murphy, Sullivan. Sacrifice hits—Rand. Double play—Hammond to Murphy to Lange. Hit by pitcher—Hopkins, Clark, Sulllvan. Left on b: attle’ 1. land 3. First base on errors—Seattle 1, Oak- land. Base on balls—Oakland 5. Struck out— by Doyle 2, by Andrews 4. Wild pitches— Andrews. Time of game—Two hours. Umplre, McDonald. - Scorer—Stapleton. To-Day’s Game. The Athletics will go against the visitors to-day at Recreation Park. There will be several changes in the Seattle's make-up. Babbitt will pitch, Drydale is likely to catch and Klinbur is slated for ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ Colored and Black DRESS GOODS. - We will place on sale this week some Extraordi- short. The line-up of both teams follows: Seattle. Athletics. Babbitt...... ...Iberg Hartman or nary Values in Colored and Black Novelty Dress Goods, and ask special attention to Right feld ON ASPHALT COURTS. Much Close and Exciting Lawn Ten- nis Played During the Christ- ‘mas Holidays. Many close and interesting games were played on the asphalt courts of the Call- fornia Lawn Tennis Club yesterday and on Saturday afternoon. A. Buckley and L. Harris played against J. McBride and ‘W. Landry for the ‘“Alaskan champion- ship,” the best out of flve sets. On Satur- day the score was two sets all, Buckley and Harris winning the first and third sets and McBride and Landry proving victors in the second and fourth. Yester- day, after an.exciting contest, the fifth and deciding set was won by McBride and ‘Whitney. he score stood thus: 1012, 6—2, 6—3, T—5. R. Whitney beat George Whitney, 6—4, and George Whitney beat R. Whitney, ;J.' Dally beat W. . McGavin, 61, 61, H. Walter beat W. S. McGavin, 6—4. H. Walter beat A. Carrigan, 6—%. A. Carrigan beat Grant Smith, 6—4. Grant Smith beat A. Carrigan, 7—5. , Grant Smith beat Chesebrough, 63, —6, 6—4. George Bradshaw and R. Whitney beat G. Whitney and Werner Stauf, 7—b, 5 beat S. Salisbury, Barclay Henley Jr. 61, 1 10—8. To-day there will be a double tourna- ment, the pairs belng drawn by lot, for two Tacquets or other prizes suitable for lawn tennis players offered by the direc- tors of the club. It is quite likely that Dr. J. Warne Phillips, a professor In the State University of Nevada and holder of the Nevada single championship, who is visiting this city, will play to-day in the courts. J. Hoffman is down from Jamestown, and will take the opportunity of renewing his acquaintance with the game. Miss Alice Hoffman, the champion among the lady members of the Cali- fornia_Club, is enjoying herself in_the Hawaiian Isiands, where there is no lady who is a match for her. Miss Marian Jones, lady champion in singles of the ific Coast, and who came within an of winning the United States cham- pionship, intends to try again for the honor, and previous for her departure for the East will practice for a few weeks with J. Daily. The exhibition games re- cently played on the club courts for the benefit of J. Daily, the courtkeeper, were very well attended, many old players of note being present and taking a hand in game. J. Daily desires through the press to thank all those who kindly con- tributed toward making his benefit a suc- cess. —_————————— RACING AT INGLESIDE. The Christmas Handicap at Two Miles the Feature of the Card. The feature of the racing card at Ingle- side this afternoon will be the Christmas handicap, over two miles. A race for gen- tlemen riders is also down for decision. To-Day’s Entries. Race—Five furlongs; two-year-olds; First .106] 48 Dunpralse ‘100| 353 Abano - 1100( 394 Cosdale . JM]‘ 391 The Fretter 03! Good Hop ... Florence Fink. 42 Stamina .. cond Race—One and a quarter miles; han- Se dicap; over five hurdles: 435 Reddington 2| 285 Kaiser Ludwig..135 405 Viking . 5 Rossmore 30 233, O. C. 405 Durward . 405 Granger 384 University 405 Tortont 303 Diablita 405 P. F. 357 San Carl Third Race—One mile: 701 gentlemen riders. 411 Hazard Mr. Fors 374 Colitns Mr. Skinner. 358 Filou 170 Mr. Hugh Hume, fles; Christmas handi- | 352 Buckwa . 121 387 Dr. Bernay 90 376 Morellito 17 410 Lady Hurst 01 381 David Tenny.. 410 Prince Blazes .. 9 Fifth Race—Six furlongs; handicap: (389)Bendoran .......110/ 39 Valencienne .... 87 (@4)May W . 119/ (413)Ed Gartland 1I. 92 (406)Paul Griggs.....115 406 Novia ... 90 413 Mainstay .......107' 413 Bonnie To 81 Sixth Race—One and a sixteenth miles; han- dicap: 389 Mistral II . (414)Rey del Tie 352 Our Climate . Selections for To-Day. First Race—Casdale, Good Hope, The Fretter. Second Race—Durward, Kaiser Ludwig, J. 0. C. Third Race—Collins, Anabasis, Una Colorado. Fourth Race—G. B. Morrls, Buckwa, Lady Hurst. 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