The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 29, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1898. matter with her until Dr. Wolf had ana- lyzed ‘the contents of the box of candy and found therein arsenic. He then hinted at the pc ble enemies old Mr..Pennington might :loped in n lifetime as an attorne as a Con- gressman. If he had made no enemies then his life had been in vain. He direct- id suspicton toward the Postmaster and inally " upon all the women who at one time or another had been the companions of Punning in his revels. He railed at the ‘“fettered finger: of the press and asked that the fetters be removed and that all =aid in the courtroom be spread broadcast to the world. Throughout his address Mr. Knight claimed ‘that no motive had been shown. That Mrs. Botkin had Dunning to her heart’s content without the death of his wife, and there was no reason to stoop to mure e £ Dunning bitterly, gaying in mc “They attacked Mrs. Botki arac because of her life with: Dunning. This was only per- mjtted in such a case to show motive. What say you of i other nine women ed his bed and c have not bes who ha whose sh names We don't know whom_h this fine man, who would than tell the names of thes ‘It talking about and Yedring his bed s gentlemanly Because this woman sha he murdered his wife. Could not thers?"” s thronged during-the > William -P.-Lawlor oc- upon the bench as the k, while nd oth to-t conduct ige Cool the result of the present trial in may be, an acquittal or a disagreement, not be brought be- zain. In the . which the de- ie.the case will t and the jurls- urts will be denied. ing v Mr Botkin will n in jail until a decision diction of Californi In such a_cor ree the defendant aced on trial, ber esses emphatically in _here nor wi a second trial nd Wolf are excee = entitled s and witness fees and have made all prepara- tions,_to These professional gen- tlemen particulatly impressed with the methods of our courts, and they t if a conviction of is not rured now it never would be only wasting personal sacri- ng ing here. the »al witness for the prosecution, also desires to get away as ckiy as possible and as soon as he can will depart. From here he is rect to Havana, where he will respondent for the Associated ti fice by Dunning, zton and the other Dela- : it would be futile v the case again if this rably to ‘the defendant. opened the prosecution Mrs. Botkin would be murder of Mrs. .Deane if of kill- - but th idence in the same; and if the de- ot be convicted of-one mur- 't within the bounds of poss would be found guilty of the ttorney Gen- e jury not to let ence them in reach- ) the punishment to. be defendant. - She was not the matter, and they they were doing wrong 1 life, If she were guilty under their oaths to Hé then told of the that reached from the aware, the Diamond led, the' woman then on traced fal. He the box' of candy from the moment of its receipt, at the pos office until it was delivered.ati the Pen- nington home and partaken of/hy the la- dies household and. their guests. told of the death of the two with all the symptoms of arspn- poisoming attend théir demise. then turned to the various articles form exhibits in‘the > parts. they play ase and pointed »d in-the ‘great said three methods of fdentification n given all matikind by Ged in his Thest were the features of | the e " hamdwriting and the human le idéntity|of. the. guilty one in wits to oe shown by:the hand- ind with the-specimens before could -have no difficulty in yonsit . he . He told m not to examine the writing as ex- it a ness men, and. he heid w not tell the various exemplars nother, as ¢ e writing was all s here the Attorney General made \e_one weak point of his argument. He d_Mrs. Dunning undoubtedly . recog- | ing on the wrapper that en-.| »x of candy as being that 3 nd who had taken so much | interest in her as to write anonymously | to her regarding the conduct of her hu: band. Tt has been testifled to repeatedly g did not look upon this her friend and had given or- that Mrs, at noth in that handwriting be delivered to he The speaker went on 10 connect Mrs. Botkin with the purchase of the car 1s another link in the great chain of mstantial evidence. He then reminded the jury of the statements maade i to Miss Livernash and to Mrs. Ruoff by | the accused woman when. the deaths of these women were first made known to d-the effect it hed on her. He laid - stress on the fact that Mrs. d repeatedly the fact ‘of being three anonymous letters, when no_one except the sender of them und Mr. Pennington knew there had been three received. E ked how the defendant knew: there were three letters and how she could -de- tail to Mrs. Ruoff their contents. At this point the speaker introduced Druggist Green’s testimony, but Mr, Knight objected to anything being quoted from it regarding the purchase by Mrs, Botkin of lump arsenic. Terrill was then held up as one witness for the de- fense who had his dates mixed, it being d he visited Mrs. Botkin elthér 1y or Tuesday, and not Sunday. spoke of the alliance between Mrs. Botkin and Dunning as being born only of the devil. “Take him when he lays bare his life,” he said. “It makes man- hood and womanhood -hold their heads in shame. Here was an infatuation without parallel.. 'Why so no one knows. Even defendant could not tell. She would* not sever her relations with her affinity; hence the motive of “this crime.” . She had mnever given any manifestations of sympathy for any other mendicant nor for her .own husband. He traced thelr lite in: this eity, reveling in the haunts.of sin and vice. In closing, he madeé a plea for the sisterhood of States and asked the jurgmen when embarking on the realm of athy to make a fair division between Richest Elite Limoges French China Decorated in sprays.of purple flowers and gold tracings on ivory body with scalloped pold edge. Dainty shapes Bread and Butter, Cake. and Dessert Plates, Mous- tache Cups, Tea Pot, Puff Box, Sugars; Cream Sets, Pin and . Comb Trays, Jewel Stand and every- . thing that’s handsome Inducing prices’. - g Te (s Great AmericanIm €61 Market, o). Powsll 705 Larkin St 140 Sixth St, 1418 Polk'St. RI,S Third ~t. 1819 Devisadero St. 806 Kearny St - \zgoa Fillmore St. - |- 148 Nintn St, 521 Monl‘omery Av, 2510 Missirn St. 1190 Kentucky_ St. 8006 Sixteenth St.” 3285 Misslon St. 885 ayes St. 52 Market Sk, . OAKLAND STORES: 5 ‘ossw hingtonst. 131 San Pablo Ave, 1 616 E. Twelfth St. Broldwn;. 1510 Seventh St. - ALAMEDA—1385 Park St. SAN RAFAEL~S St., near Fourth, Write for Catalogues he brilliancy of the as- | | the detendant and the child of the dead | woman and her surviving relatives. Mr. Kinght told of the responsibilities of a juror and of a man defending a per- | son charged with the crime of murder. He said that the very charging of a | woman with murder by the use of poison prejudiced people against her and half convicted her. He dwelt on the heinous- ness of the present crime and then passed to the Florence Maybrick and the Drey- fus cases as samples of innocent persons convicted of crimes in which they took no part. France, he sald, was tottering in the balancé because of the outrage | done to Dreyfus. He spoke of “‘the fumes of the Rosser trial stinking through the door,” but did not want the dereliction of the Police Department in that case to be made up for at the expense of his client. “The police,” he said, “may say things | have occurred mear here, but they cannot | on their own wrong build a monument on this woman.” He went fully into the mat- ter of a motive in this case. "It was not for Dunning, the dissolute brute,” he said, | “She had him. He was an incumbrance | | upon her. She nourigshed him, fed him. | He came to her in the dead of night and | { she warmed, fed, clothed and pittied | | him. Did she want him? She had him. | Like « Elizabeth of old, she pledged the jewels in her crown for him. There was a left-handed compliment for | Mr. White, “The Attorney General of | Delaware touched but lightly on any hage of the case.” He also warned the | Jury not to construe the evidence toward | guilt, but toward Innocence. Proof abso- | lute wdas what was required, and he claimed not a scintilla of proof had been offered to connect this woman with the | crime. He let fly at Expert Ames, again | galiing him . “that scoundrel Ames, the | maggot-breeding fly.” ‘“Chief Lees,” he said, “was going to | have you make up your minds to hang | her .anyway. 1If you want to kill her, | send' her some poison in her coffee or have some one stick a knife In her back as she is going down the corridor, but don't com- | | mit legal murder.” He said Mrs. Botkin | | was suffering because she had not led that life of high ideals we all admire so much. She was not on trial, however, for | her violation of the marriage laws, but | for murder. Blot out her previous' sins. | and try her by the evidence, he said. |ALLOWED A Low 3 TO GET CONTROL A STINGING NORTHER HURRY- ING TO DAKQTA. Its Spiral Path Includes This State, All Moisture Following It Along. There is something wrong with the weather sharps in the interfor, They have | |let a “low” settle down in Montana or | Idaho or Dakota, and as a consequence the little rain California has had is get- ting licked up by a stinging norther Blow- ing cold and sharp from a ‘high” off the Oregon coast. Wind blows from a “high” | spirally toward a ‘‘low,” and that is why | this coast is suffering from the negli- | gence of the interior weather makers. Bureka announced the coming of the | norther first. Then it picked up Point Reyes and the Sacramento Valley, and, | spreading over ‘the State, it swept down the San Joaquin Valley, speeding for Te- hachapi and the desert beyond. { | The “low” was a British production. It started north of the line and should never have been allowed in here at all, but it slipped past the weather offices | | and first gave warning by twirling the | wind vanes until they whirred in protest against overwork. ‘Then Nevada became | infected and arranged a little *‘secondary | | depression”—an inciplent low—of her | own, and the wind turned toward the | sage-brush plains and is now carrying | | large clouds of Nevada over into adjoin- ing territory. Seventy miles was slow for Nevada for a good part of yesterday, | and unless she gets rid of her low she | will get it worse to-day. | Here at home the storm will last all day to-day, and there will succeed a cold | snap that ‘will raise the price of _over- | | coats. The soutu will be in a windy up- | roar_until to-morrow and then the cold | wavé will visit there. But there will be | | no rain—and what little moisture is in the | State will fiy along with the hurrying | vind. Forecaster Hammon says this is the | worst norther of the season, but he does | | not think it will do any damage on the | | bay. | "¥r. Hammon is still on Mount Tamal- | pals, but he is coming down next Batur- | day ‘or Sunday. He has prayed for rain | | and threatened, and scattered salt around | | his door and has fondled black cats, but | he can see nothing ahead but clear skies, | 80 he is coming home to await develop- | ments. | Shipping along the front was warned | to look out for the norther, and accord- | inegly all the vessels at the wharves be- | fween Market street and Melggs wharf | got out extra mooring lines and prepared | hay fenders. At Point Lobos at 6 a. m. | | the wind was blowing eight miles an hour ‘ | from the south, at 8 & m. it was six miles an_hour from the northeast, at| noon thirty miles from the northwest and | 'at 3 p. m. forty-four miles from the north- | | west. At Point Reyes the wind opened | {up_at thirty miles an hour from the northwest at 8 a. m., and at noon had in- | creased to fifty-five miles. At 8 p. m, it wag howling at the rate of seventy miles an hour. | | -There wasa slm‘klnfi down of the gale | on the bay at 7 o'clock and a sudden in- crease of the wind force at 9. Along the | seawall at Meiggs wharf the storm fairly hummed, kicking up a heavy foam-capped | swell that pounded against the dock pil- | | ing .with tremendous power. The only | | vessel at the seawall was the British ship | | Fannie Kerr, which tugged at her seven | wire hawsers till they were tentloned like | fiddle strings. Fortunately she lay bow on to the wind, which prevented her from | :angl]ng against the wall and damaging | erself. The little quarantine steamer Sternberg | at Melggs wharf rolled and beat against | the spring piles as i she would shake the smokestack out of her. The gasoline | launch Brisk, bound out to the steamer Weyfield with a party of customs offi- cers, shipped several heavy seas and came near being swamped, | At 10 o'clock the. wind suddenly died | down and the air grew perceptibly colder, but the Jull was but a temporary one. ———e AN AGED MASON DYING. > B4 8 Jenfiingi; N;w in His Ninety- Second Year, Not Expected to Survive. J. T. Jennings, residing at 43 Van Ness | avenue with his daughter, a Mrs. Alex- ander, ‘is lying at death's door, and is| given up by his attending physician, Dr. | Charles V. Cross. Jennings is now in his | ninety-second year, and up to Christmas | day had never known what it was to be confined to his bed by sickness. He was | | born in England, and on attaining his | | mdjority joined the Masonic fraternity, | { and remained an active member for over | | seventy-one years. He Is probably one of | ](he oldest master Masons living. The | | last time Jénnings participated in any of | the craft's festivities was on October 12 last, when the Grand Lodge dedjcated | the widows' and orphans’ home at De- | coto. On that occasion, notwithstanding I his advanced age, he marched at the | head of the procession from the railway, | where. the cars stopped, a distance of | | three miles, to the site where the building | stands. arrived in California in 1850, 6 K 0O RRORIO RO DS LR L DO LI LGN 016 KL 00 S XHOTIO O TIOLO LIS DT L 0 1 0 Kt Jennin, and settled in Sacramento, where he ob- tained work in, the stores of the future railroad magnates of the Btate—Stanford, | Huntington, Crocker & Co. While in the employ of this firm he acted as the col- lector for the house, and when they gave the storé business up he entered the! service of Senator Stanford as his private | collector. % Jennings’ wife died about three years | ago; and at the time of her death the | aged couple had the honor of being great- | great-grandparents. At a late hour last night Dr. Cross considered Jennings' case | almost hopeless, ag he had had a relapse, His trouble is an attack of pneumonia, which he contracted on Christmas eve while out with the younger members of his family making hollday purchases. —_———— Suspected Counterfeiter. The police believe that a man arrested in St. Helena Tuesday under the name of Charles Ring for petty larceny is Charles Irwin, an ex-convict and counter- fetter. Irwin is wanted for having a eomplete outfit of counterfeiter's tools in a deserted house near San Rafael. Irwin ie well known to the police here, having been arrested several times on serious future fame. The watchman on duty ~ fornia street. chnfu Aboyt . ten Tuuxhewu : g% Convicted of counterteiting and sent to lmmmwmmmammm. " San Quentin, After serving several years he was pardoned. Six years ago he and : gnlnn nar?ed V‘I!llll?rins were amntedfinn arge of counterfeiting. Irwin got five years and Williams eight vears. © —————— BOXER EFFEIFS MATCHED. Will Meet Joe Kennedy Before the National Club Late in January. The proposed match between Jim Jef- f‘rles. the big Los Angeles boxer, and Denver” Ed Smith has fallen through and in its place has been arranged a meeting between Joe Kennedy, the local heavy welght, and the hard hitting man from the south. This match was Tn the alr for a time, but was lost sight of when negotiations for a match between Cor- bett and Jeffries were pending. The men will meet in Woodward’s Pa- vilion on January 27, under National Club auspices, and will box twenty rounds for a purse made up of 60 per cent.of tha gate receipts. This will be divided 65 per fg:letrto the winner and 35 per cent to the Kennedy was Sharkey's sparring part- ner for a long time:'and stood a lot of punishment at the hands of the burly sailor. He is a clever two-handed fighter, and possesses a cool head and has a {aunch that should stop any.man’s gallo) f it ‘is landed. There will not be muc difference in the weights of the two men, Kennedy scaling over 190 pounds. Jim McDonald will referee the bout. The men have agreed to hit with one arm free, thus having to protect them- selves in the breakaways. —————————— DUTY FOR GENERAL SHAFTER An Order Issued Assigning Him to Command the Department of California. An order has been issued by the War | Department reassigning General Shaftet to the command of the Department of California, with headquarters in San Franciseo. Yesterday General Merriam, at present in command of this depart- ment, was advised by wire that the of- ficlal order had been issued. Since the Santiago mpaign General Shafter has several times expressed a de- sire to be assigned to his old command. His remaining family ties, his business Interests and many of his best friends are in California; hence it is natural that he should prefer assignment to this depart- ment. He expects to resume command here on January 10 next. ———————— Will Represent Guatemala. Felipe Galicia has received the ap- pointment of Consul General of this city from the republic of Guatemala. Immedi- ately after obtaining the necessary sanc- tion and the usual executive power in- vested by the President of the United States in all _representatives of foreign foyermments Mr. Galicia will commence is official duties. Y Will Have a Fire Engine. Judge Coffey made an order yesterday allowing the executors of the estate of Adolph Sutro to expend 870 buving horses and harness to be used in connec- tion with a fire engine that will be loaned by the city to protect the many buildings | belonging to the estate of the deceased out by the CIff. FOOD INSPECTORS GIVEN A HEARING CLAIM THAT DOCKERY HAD POLITICAL LEANINGS. Another Leper Arrives From Hono- lulu and Is Quartered at the Pesthouse. The Board of Health met last night to consider the charges preferred by Chief Food Inspector Dockery against Inspect- ors J. J. Flannigan and Willlam Brannan, who were suspended on the 15th inst. for falsifying their time slips. Inspector Dockery introduced as evi- dence the time slips for December 13 and 14, According to these slips the two in- spectors reported at the Health Office at midnight and did not leave until 8 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Dockery produced witnesses who swore that the men adid not report at the hours named and also that they had left the office before 8 o’clock in the morning. The accused men thén took the stand in their own behalf.: They admitted that the slips were falsified, but alleged' that Dock- ery had at former times instructed them to falsify their slips when they wanted to leave early, and Flannigan openly assert- ed that the whole thh;g ‘was a conspiracy and that Dockery h trumped up the charges because Flannigan had worked against Dr. Clinton during the last cam- Eni n. He sald that Inspector Lehaney ad warned him that he worked against Clinton he would be sorry for it. The matter was taken under advisement and will be discussed at the next meet- ing of the board. communication was received from Dr. Heresford notifying the board that nother leper had been admitted to the enty-sixth Street Hospital. She is an nglish woman by birth, 5 vears of age, arrived from Honolulu by way of ncouver, taking the overland route to the quarantine. She was nounced a leper by the Health Board of Honolulu in 1594 and claims that the au- thorities gave her permissoin to leave the island provided she could get into some other country. She claims to have con- tracted the disease while nursing small- pox patients in the pest house in this city in 2. She says she prefers the }oflnl‘ pest house to the island of Mo- okal. A communication was received from Superintendent Reddy acknowledging a donation of $260 from Mrs. Phebe Hearst to the Almshouse and a vote of thi ‘was tendered Mrs. Hearst. —_————— Officers Elected. Court San Francisco, Independent Or- der of Foresters, has elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing term: W. H. Green, chief ranger; S. A. McDonald, vice chief ranger; J. K. Willis, chaplain; F. A. Mundt, treasurer; J. H. Mahon, re- cording secretary; E. H. Seymour, finan- clal secretary; F. B. Sutherland, senior woodward; T. J. Desmond, junior wood- ward; J. Maitland, senfor beadle; A. H. Wohlstein, junior beadle; F. B. 'Suther- land, physiclan; W. H. Adair is the court deputy. Regular Army and Navy Garrison No. 101 has elected the following named: Cap- LA T rthur Kohler Seeks to HE California Market possesses one of the most novel exponents of pugillsm that ever attempted to tread the paths of glory. Arthur Kohler, a young, husky German, who is emploved in the official capacity as ‘‘chief chicken executioner”” in one of the various poultry stalls in the old market on Pine street, has mapped out a well- defined course whereby his name will undoubtedly descend to poster- ity as one of the most notorious if not one of the greatest of amateur pugilists of the century. During the intervals of time that necessar- ily elapse in the operation of de- stroying the lives of harmless chickens according to the demand SRIFOLIPLSVOROOTOVO0O L O W DEVELOPING HiS & WIND. oo 7 os HIS ¥ AN moURrw:TG RODTRE:fl o @ o & for the palatable carcasses Kohler has improved every moment in de- veloping his biceps and other mus- §& cles that are brought into play in @ putting an opponent “out.” Un- & noticed by his companions he has attempted, with considerable suc- cess, to further ambition to become a star “pug.” Knowing that he could not devote as much time to his mnastic education as he would like, he has devised a novel method of muscle development which has proved an admirable sub- stitute for the punching-bag and other paraphernalia used in the gymnasium, His sense of ambition is so keen that his nights are spent in sleep- less anxiety as to the uncertainty of SRRSTIOLCTOLISIROLI S OLIOLFS LF & XY ST OLYOII S0 A TURKEY FOR A PUNCHING BAG. Amateur Athlete. L OOOODOVINSSTIO W & Become a Pugilist and in the market has repeatedly com- plained that Kohler has made his way secretly into the market in the dead of night to practice his strength and develop his muscles on the chickens that have been killed during the course of tne day. One instance in particular is cited where the watchman was glven no end of trouble by one of these mid- night visits. He claims that Koh- ler stqle into the market the night before Christmas ¢ve and raiged havoc among the poultry generally, How long he was there or when he came is unknown to him. The onl indication of his presence was hai about 1 o’clock in the morning, when he was startled by a number of re- sounding whacks delivered on the breasts of the dead chickens and turkeys hanging on the hooks in front of the poultry stand in the Pine street alsle of the market and violent muffled whisperings of enmity and wrath uttered by Koh- ler of “Take tnat, and that, and that I_can lick :\nfithlng that walks. See!” although the birds were possessed of anything but ac- tion. At first the watchman thought somebody was being murdered. He ran for his revolver that was se- creted in his coat pocket at one end of the passage way. He began a roundabout course among the dif- ferent stalls to obtain a position of vantage over the murderer, who he was well convinced was beating some employe to death. Upon gain- ing a good position on top of an fce-house attached to a fish stall opposite the poultry stall he raised his head above the boxes on top of the housge and took a survey of the aisle below before finally (‘Dmmn‘ld- ing the intruder to throw up hi hands. Instead of a bloodthirsty footpad, however, he beheld nothing more than a confused mass of maimed chickens and turkeys strewn in dis- order on_the floor and the indistinct form of Kohler leaning over a mam- moth turkey which he had just knocked off one of the hooks. He was bareheaded and had his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. The per- spiration was literally pouring from his forehead as he breathlessly counted his antagonists out. All around him were scores of dead chickens, some with broken breast- bones and others with their heads and other parts of their anatomy completely lopped off. After exclaiming to, the turkey that he was the fifty-second man he had ‘“put out” within the short space of time of two hours, Kohler with a supreme air of victory un- rolled his trousers, which had been turned up above hiz shoetops, and started to pick his way through the mass of dead turkeys, chickens, ducks, ete., that covered the floor in all directions. Upon finally extricating himself he pinned on his fnnumerable electric diamonds to the most conspicuous positions on his necktie and vest and walked over to a deserted chicken coop, in the hidden recesses of which he unearthed other articles of jew- elry which he deemed the most val- uvable and had hidden there purpose- 1y that they r{flzht not be lost dur- ing his pugilistic encounters with tiie poultry. After these had been carefully stored away on his person he start- ed to crawl under one of ‘the guard gates erected at the northern end of the Pine street alsle of the market. He hadn’t gone a dozen steps, how- ever, when the watchman heard him sgay, “My God. I.forgot me leg de- velonment!” He retraced his steps to the chicken coop, where he again deposited his valuables. He then disrobed entirely. with the exception of his under garments, and started to circuit the entire market on a dead run. The watchman wishing to have a hand In the fun, secreted himself behind a huge section of beef in front of a meat stall and awaited Kohler's arrival from the opposite end of the market. As he passed panting like a frightened deer the watchman fumped into the aisle, “squared off” and tola_ Kohler to come on: that he would give him more real fighting in a minute than he has ever seen during his entire career as an amateur pugillst. Down Kohler went on all fours, glendlng like a frightened school- oy for the watchman not to hit him, and he would make it all right with him. ~He protested that he just wanted a little exercise and didn’t mean to harm the chickens. The watchman gave way in his determination, but demanded that Kohler pick up every chicken and restore it to its original position on the hooks. After about an hour's work he succeeded in getting them back to their original positions, He was then allowed to dress himself and make his escape through the guard gate, uoon galning which he started on a dead run toward Cali- | | E | | | | © @ o & . tain J. F. Fitzgerald, commander; Rich- ! a L. Deverell, vice commander; W. | Grosh, deputy commander; A. R. Hoit- | zled, paymaster; J. Lansendorfer, quar- térmaster; John Nygren, officer of the | day; George Molitor, officer of the guard. PRI St e GHOST OF THE BLYTHE CASE. Mrs. Florence Hinckley Will Have to Pay an 0ld Debt. In the early part of 182 Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley and her husband made out two instruments in writing by which they promised to pay to Thomas I. Ber- gin the sum of $15,442 for moneys, etc., ad- vanced by him during the contest for the estate of Thomas H. Blythe. The promise made was to pay the moneys a year after the case was determined by the courts, and Florence was piaced in full possession of the property of her father. In 189 Bergin was obliged to sue the Blythes for the money, and they contest- ed his right to do so on the ground that the case had not been finally settied—at least it had not been settled one year be- fore the beginning of the action. In the lower court Bergin was success- ful and judgment was given in his favor. The Blythes appealed the case to the Su- preme Court. hat tribunal reviewed all of the cases branching out of the main cause and decided that they had all been disposed of at the time the action by Ber- &ln was begun. Hence the judgment of the lower court was affirmed and the Blythes will have to y th y Blythes pay the money and ————— BONDS ARE ALL RIGHT. Broderick Will Accept Corporations as Sureties for County Officials. Auditor Broderick denies the claim set up by Mayor Phelan that newly elected county officials must find personal sure- ties for their bonds, and he says he will accept all bonds brought to him with cor- porations or surety companies named as the sponsors. The announcement that Mayor Phelan would accept no such se- curity raised a good bit of a storm yes- terday among the officials his decision affected. Most of them had applied to the surety companies, and as they had only three days more in which to file their papers they were at a_loss to know what to do In the matter. Mr. Broderick came down to his office in the afternoon and after looking over Mr. Phelan’s law and that in the codes he discovered that section 66 of the county government act upon which the Mayor based his decision 1s not operative in this county for the reason that it has never been applied, and the present government is not working under its provisions. Basing his opinion upon the consolidation act, he announced to all who were interested that their bonds would be accepted whether the were backed by corporations or individ- uals, s0 long as the suretles were respon- sible. Mr. Broderick also says that the bonds do not require war revenue stamps, and in this he has relieved another worry. ———— BLOCK BEHIND TIME. Delays the Auditor’s Report of Mon- eys Due the State. Rattled by the overdraw that he has accomplished on the funds of his office, Tax Collector Block has not yet filed his statement of the late tax collection, al- though Auditor Broderick has been after him for it for the last three weeks. The Auditor is obliged to prepare his regular statement of moneys due the State for the State Controller before the year is ended, and yesterday he quit waiting and fixed it up as well as he could without Block’s assistance. It is as follows: Gross Due the Collections ~ State. Personal property tax (unsecured) .. $ 43,096 78§ 117,027 2¢ Real estate taxes. 3,094,457 65 836,164 64 Personal property (se- cured) ... .. 778,088 78 210,234 18 Delinquent taxes on redemption ... 4.973 59 Due Whittier School. Due Preston School.. Collateral tax to May 2, 138... 14,570 65 Collateral inheritance tax to December .7, 59,462 54 20,629 65 1,205,654 24 BIG SALE OF PROPERTY. Irving M. Sc;té.fifibnnes of Two Fifty-Vara Lots on Laguna Street. The two fifty-vara lots on the easterly line of Laguna street, extending from Washington to Jackson streets, have been purchased by Mr. Irwin of Honolulu. %ne | seller is Irving M. Scott, who bought the Droperql' in 1893 from J. B. Randol. Bald- win & Howell are interested in the sale with Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. The property has a commanding marine view, and at the same time i3 opposite a ublic square, It is surrounded by _the Bne residences of Henry 3. Crocker, W. I\ Whittier, Mrs. Dunphy, M. H. Hecht and Dy. Barkan. Mir. Trwin intends to erect immediately a modern stone residence and stable, to cost not less than $150,000. ASSERTS HER CLAIM UPON THE DEAD UNKNOWN WOMAN DEMANDS THE BODY OF E. M. PEARCE. Says the Deceased Is Her Long-Lost! Father—Complete Mystery Sur- rounds Her Identity. PEARCE —In this city, December 26, 1898, Henry M., dearly beloved husband of 'Mary Pearce, and father of Mrs. Joseph Mells, Mrs. §. A. D. jones and Nelllie G. Pearce, a na- tive of England, aged 63 years 10 months and 9 days. £ Friends are respectfully invited to nt- tend the funeral to-morrow (Thursday), at n al o'clock, from his late residence, 1623 street. Interment private. Around the above death notice is woven a mystery. Early yesterday afternoon an elderly woman called at the Morgue and asked to see the dead body of Henry M. Pearce, who, she claimed, was her long- lost father. “She presented ‘the above no- tice and stated that shé had visttéd the late home of hér fathér on Oak street, but his relatives -denled. -that he was there. S8he again visited the Morgue and the officials told her to go to police head- quarters and tell her"stofy to Chief Lees. ‘Whether ' ghe “d... ‘this or not is un- known, but up’to a late hour last night no effort had been made by the police to force the. Pearce family to comply with the wish of the woman to view the body. The Morgue officials seem- to think that the claithant is a demented flend,” whose momania is that. of reading the. various ublished records of death and imagin- an that she bears, a relation to different people whose names appear in the death notices, Others seem to think the wo- man's story is true and credit it abso- Intely. 3 At the late residence of the deceased, however, they refuse absolutely to allow ¢ stranger in ‘the house. the notice states, is strictly private. Where it will be held is unknown, ese and other circumstances consequent upon the death of Pearce lend a certain color to the story of the mys- terlous woman. —_—— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All wglsta recund the money i it fails to cure, e genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Bogus Quarters. Some handy man has caught the com- bination of making real lifelike quarters and floating them on the holiday crowds. Nearly every one of the big houses has been victimized to a considerable extent and all have at least a few doilars rep- Tesented by the light weights S0 cleverly fashioned. The weight of the coin is its only telltale, otherwise it is practically gerfect. and with aluminum enough in it 0 give it the true ring. ———— A Defective Chimney. A defective chimney nearly caused a disastrous conflagration in the neighbor- hood of Clay, between Central avenue and Lyon streets, last night. The Fire Department responded to box 325 and ex- tinguished the fire before it had made hml;‘dwa han% & nominal loss ,wE.uhthe re- sult. use was occupie T, Nannings “and owned by Mbs: Marsaret | is the talk of the streets. By Clever Strategic denevia, defeating the government The Call-Herald correspondent forces in Tulcan. turned, trying to reoccupy his-lost were still held by the invaders. Colombian contingent. Herald from Panama stated that over the country. 0000000000000 0000C000000000 PANAMA, Dec. 28.—Ecuadorian political exiles here have received a telegram through the Colombian frontier saying that Tulcan was taken recently by invading revolutionary forces under General Riva- The invaders pretended to march on Ibarra with the intention ot in- tercepting the artillery on the way from Quito for General Arellano’s To frustrate the revolutionists’ abandoned his military positions around Tulean, marching out all his . forces to prevent the artillery falling into the enemy’'s hands. Imme- diately after the rebels had occupied the town General Arellano re- Important details of the significant battle are momentarily ex- pected. The invading army is said to .be Tulcan is situated on the Colombian frontier. It is the capital of Carchi province and is well fortified. situated between Quito and Tulcan. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—A recent special cable to the Call and tionists to invade the country simultaneously from the Colombian and Peruvian frontiers the Council of State had conceded.extraordi- nary powers to President Alfaro, who had assumed a dictatorship 000000000000000Q0Q00C0 IMPORTANT VICTORY OF ECUADORIAN INSURGENTS Military Uperatlon_s They Captured the Capital of an Important Province. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon nnett. troops. at Guayaquil confirms this news. strategic plans General Arellano positions, which at last accounts largely composed of a Ibarra is owing to attempts of the revolu- 00000000000 0000000000000000 0000C00CO00000 VICTIMIZED HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS San Franciscan Wanted at Vancouver. GEORGE W. WILLIS’ FLIGHT. | i HOST OF CREDITORS MOURN HIS DEPARTURE. Mining Broker and Promoter Bor- rows All the Money He Can and Then Decamps for Other Fields. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUYVER, B. C., Dec, 28.—George | ‘W. Willis, ong of the best-known min- ing brokers and promoters on the.coast, who came here from Sam-Franciseo about two years ago, has left ‘home and a host of creditors to try his for- tune elsewhere. This fact has been no secret for a week, but not until to- day, when some of his creditors became clamorous, was it announced at his former place of business that he had | “gkipped.” This evening Willis’ flight It appears that before leaving he made a clean-up from two trusting friends. His manipu- lations were so glaring that it is dif- ficult to see how even his intimates | were duped, but they were, to the ex- tent of many thousands of dollars. A chronicle of Willis' different schemes worked to obtain money and keep out of the law’s clutches would make a long story, but he relied for safety on the intimacy of those closest to him, who allowed sentiment to im- pair their judgment. Willis seems to have made a canvass of the biggest merchants in the place, The affair has created a great sensa- tion here,'as Willis was a free liver and as a man about town was a “hall fellow well met” with every body, but he traveled the pace that kills. Mr. ‘Willis attempted to borrow money at nearly every office on the street, but, failing in this, he turned to his friends. Two Intimate friends, it is said, lost $1000 each and several others from $200 to $500 each. In every case the money was obtained through false representa- tions and shady transactions. SACRAMENTO’S POULTRY AND PET STOCK SHOW | Entry List Includes Some of the Finest Fowls and Dogs on the Coast. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 28. —The annual poultry and dog show of the California State Poultry and- Kennel Club will be held in this eity on January. 4 5, 6 and 7. The entry list includes some of the finest dogs, on ‘thé .coast. The last two shows of the;club held in this city hayve largely augmented the ranks of, dog fanclers in this section of the State, and many fine dogs have been -imported, from "Canada and the East, which.publicly will be seen for the first.time at the approaching ex- hibition. RE & ot C. D. Nairn of Oregon will judge the dogs in the non-sporting classes, and J. | W. Burrell, also of Orégon, will judge the setters, pointers, spaniéls, ete.,’ Charles Blom of Sacramento will “make the awards {1 the polltry départment. In addition. to the dogs and poultry there will be eéxhibitéd a number of Mon- golian pheasants, owned by Dr. W. Wood of this city, and guinea pigs and Belgian hares, owned by J. Spencer and L. D. Romer, residents of this county. The ex- hibition will take place at Armory Hall, which is now being put in shape for the opening. The ‘benching of the dogs will be better than heretofore, since patent woven wire stalls will be used instead of | the unsightly stalls of rough boards here- | tofore employed. Many of the exhibitors will have their stalls handsomely decor- ated. An examination of the entry list discloses the names of exhibitors in both the dog and - poultry departments | from all sections of the State, indicating | that the interest in the exhibition is wide- | spread. The lists are well filled In such | classes as.the mastiffs, Great Danes, St. setters, Gordon setters, cocker spaniels, Irish water spaniels, collies, bull terriers, dachshunds and Italian greyhounds. Sec- retary Matt Coffery is constantly record- ing new entries. —————— Hammered His Son. James Ryan, a shoemaker, living at 872 Howard street, auarreled with -his son The Enormous Gold Product of 1898. This will be the greatest gold year In his- tory. From South Africa, the Klondike and Australla the precious metal Is being shipped in large quantities It is believed that this year's output will be nearly double that of any previous twelve months. The sales of Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters are also Increasing very fast, and this year that famous remedy -wiil | Tuesday night. Bernards, pointers, Englizh setters Irish |} ‘cure more people of dyspepsia, indigestion, con- ;'u?mon. nervousness and weakness than ever | ore. Frank last Monday and corrected him by hitting him over the head with a ham- mer, inflicting two ugly wounds. = Frank had his father arrested for battery, and yesterday Judge Low sentenced him to six months in the County Jail. —_— THE NEW GRAND JURY. It Ts Selected and Sworn by Presid- ing Judge Belcher. In answer to a summons thirty tales- men for the Grand Jury appeared before Judge Belcher for examipation yesterday and the following were accepted to consti- tute the new inquisitorial body: Sylvian Levy, Fulton street; George H. Buckingham, 415 Montgomery street; John P. Henry, Seventeenth street; Charles B. Fenn, ‘512 Market street; George A. Newhall, #09 Sansome street: L. Van Winkle, 413 Mar ket street; C. B. Grunsk 0 Californta street; Charles B. Jennings, ‘121 California street; Charles H. , 2008 Bush street; ‘Bachman, 1i2 treet; James C. L Bourbin, 1309 Steiner street; S. M. Smith, 125 Market street; Benjamin Newman, 125 Kearny street; E. Danforth, southwest corner Broad- way and Battery stree John Farnham, 317 Bay street; C. A. Murdoch, 532 Clay street; A. J. MoNicoll, 122 Main street; H. M. Black, 221 Broderick street; Thomas Magee, 4 Montgom- ery street. E. A. Murdock was appointed foreman by the court, and the oath was adminis- tered. Subsequently the:jury was sworn as a body. In.the afternoon the jury met and se- lected L. Van Winkle 'to act as secre- tary. Organization will be completed next ‘Wednesday. e A UNIQUE SANTA CLAUS. Appeared as Jolly Dutch Miller at the First Baptist'Sunday School. A novel Santa ClAus was introduced as part of the Christmas entertainment at the First Baptist Church on Eddy street 4 On one corner of the ‘stage an old-fash- joned Dutch windmill was erected ahd a jolly old Santa emerged.from the door- way. He looked up at the sails of the mill and immediately his face became troubled, as there was no wind to grind out his 'grist. He then bethought him- self of the brownies and'summored them to his aid. They set to work. with bel- lows and soon had the mill grinding out grist in the form of goodies of- all sorts, which came sliding down a chute. The mill was kept at work until every mem- ber of the school, old and young, had some memento of Christmas, 1898, —_————————— Armed With a Revolver. Solomon Shahaddy, an Arabian, was.ar= rested on a warrant yesterday’ charging him with threats to kill. Solomon's wife is the complaining witness. She says she travels for an Egyptian curio house, and every time she returns to the city Solo- mon threatens to kill her unless she gives him money, although she is divorced from him. For some nights he had been stand- ing in front of her house at 662 Howard street watching for her. When searched a revolver was found in-his pocket, and he was also charged with carrying a con- cealed weapon. e . Grand Duke Cyril Departs. The Grand Duke Cyril of Russia left Ban Francisco at 6 o'clock last night for New York, whence he will sail next week for Italy. 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