The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1899, Page 5

ARCH 24, 1899 E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY H BAROLOME MASSO TO COMMAND THE EASTERN TROOPS Now the Cuban Army Cannot Be Disbanded Until the Assem- biy Surrenders the Rolls. | | The ex- | the American authorities. If the As-| semb 1d dissolve t Saturday, | after ordering the sion to accept Ameri- ed will be the with perr arm fcans probably would ediately. If the As- ild not dissolve, it would | key 1session th o the situation, for | proposed y em able to | the re rmy was passed, but un- the action of the them. Therefore, | ly is awaited | unimpor- notified the de- to hold them » come to Havar "hey are now | | 2 , submitt the number of commander St Ciib tions un- Masso a telegram | ger 1 city of Havana alone | on his par 100. The other depart- | have not completed their re-| except Puerto Principe, where | Carpenter reports ninety-three out of | establishing a ba will be published to- court, which institution on the f . wh 1 ti Supreme | intended to | aws of the autonom= | had been thoroughly re- adapted to the pr > island. It will con ge and six associate | sala of the presiding 1 be $8000 a ar in Ameri The law under w an | ven in the case or perpetual death s to iction over its pre- uban territory. and control of the court ding Judge, and | hod be Cubans or : ept the new Government of Cuban territory. | General Brooke has issued an order forbidding the sale or pc ion of lot- | and raffle tickets of any descrip. ation and | ntation | -4 Cuban | The Cuban, ig- hed on, and the | . who was sum- el, arrested the cf- 1 to cake him through General Lee’s camp. While in Marianao the two rccosted by eight Cu- out with rifle leve 1se the h ¢ 1tinel on the ordered an tering to halt the T vesterd. about e: noring As the Cubans I vantage the prisoner was relea . Americans immediately repcrted incident Lee, who sent jor Rus the provost rshal, to 2 Rodriguez, | who instructed that the Cuban should be surrendered . as his 1 4‘14’\] rest. | The Mrs. Lowezynski be- lieves her daughter was hypnotized by the undrel, and she was instru- ntal in having the latter take this neans of ridding herself of a distaste- | ful name ¢ ts ‘unworthy owner. Cannot Escape Swiss;HA'\mVER KILLED BY Authorities THE CHLOROFORM PROCESS The Famous American Thoroughbred Stallion Is Put to Death. | Ky., March 23.—The fam- Special Dispatch to Tha Call LEXINGTON Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel, | ous Americ \oroughbred stallion Han- Washington, March over, 14 years old, by Hindo, dam by :n look- | Bourbg 11, was put to death to-day by the ch s. Ga | left foot ren: e destruction of the horse nec Milton Young declined offers of 00 for l:(nLI Han- ury com- | Over w B of Hamburg, Halma, Jl:), 1 Ben Holiday and the Commoner. He led | nsul 48 | yinning sires for the last three s. 1dition. - his name as| TANGLE OF THE TRUSTEES. : 1 to reside : i 1d. He saic had been o | Trouble Increased in the Los Angeles the Third 1 Volun- Library. | teers, and had E go, San LOS ANGEL March 23.—The im- here in Cuba, and that | broglio of the library trustees, caused by Juan and els a fur He pro- the fusal of Mrs. Harriet Wadleigh papers issued to | Tesign a sing to step out after her | - e cant, is further e s 1 of Editor C. with tt xception | D. Willard, in an :-;.m{ letter, to :\v'vu{vl‘ ons o | the position after unanimous election. At ations. He | (08 B0 0 0™ meeting to-day Mrs. Wad- | insignia, \pted to act as secretary, as is| flags, but | but the board refused to ht-ur‘ vas sus- | minutes or act in any form. Mt ere adopted demanding | He broke n be designated as clerk d that the president of the d that his name was d to assume control of > lived in San Fran- | he had borrowed ] ind serve without compensa- g 4 i‘l '\’lr ‘j] \‘I",e tion. The belief is general that Willard zation papers of A » WhHO | will accept if the appointment is a{mrn\' d akland. Lowezynski was then board, which assumes duty on i ho had in times dangerous s a 3 Registration of Pure Arabs. } of a bottle nrhcan}nnr acid and if he ever | P'mp 000 1q recommended the transfer of | was made with the view to learning what s wife lived | NEW YORK, March 25.—A meeting of | did again she would let him drink it. % 10> | trains it would be necessary to put on | . | When she started to leave the he|an old engine to the Almshouse for fire ancisco, but iodh Of ths Toak e i A el 8 al % he room she 7 to run from Mojave in connection with from her for a year. B 3 eld | put her hand behind her and said: “You'd | protection and a quantity of hose to the | tye gervice of the Valley road, so as to from her fo : y o - following resolution was | better be careful how you talk or you'll | Street Department for flushing purposes. | make the_ through run to Stockton, and ue for per- | adopted: | get your Dbrains blown out”” On March | Thomas Mahoney of truck 5 resigned | later to San Irancisco, with the great- ious offense | +Resolved, That the registration of pure | 13 Gray received a note from Mrs. Adams | and William Cunniffe was appointed to| est convenience to the patrons of the | A pted in the studbook, to bo | Faving the child was dead. He went out | fill the vacancy. ~Maurice Barrett was | road. i z ¢la ed under the head of Arat Such | to the house with the palice officers and | promoted from steward of chemical en-| The road was found in excellent condi- | s city dur- | Arabs, if imported, must either have been | accused the woman of causing its death. | gine 1 to driver of engine 20, and H. Bar- | tion, despite the heavy rains, and the of- vear, and | resistered 1n some Tecognized Studbook | Gray hed an uncomfortable time ot it|cowitz was appointed hoseman of en-| ficlals are confident that sixty miles an gyt He | abroad as pure A ~their pedi- | at the hands of the attorneys for the de- | gine 2. hour will be an easy achievement over it. aeen Count, and was | 8rees for fiv 1 certified by a | fense, but the ?Ourt‘.\(\\'e-d Ih|m frnn:' an- . e | — | ssume unt, an as | & ik, 1t country, to be de- | swering several embarrassing questions, i of a downtown | Shelk It bre oMy | fch as whether he had been arrested fof Liquor Men Dine. | The applic reinstatement | breaking up the turniture of their home | The German Saloon-keepers’ Assocta- ellation ed by Joc G. Dorsey and | and regarding his dismissal from the | {jon held its annual banquet in California P Mre. Trainers John C: nd Luke Tully | army. He sald he had given the child | gy "1 Bush street P night. The cele- dow or the 'y were denled. Jockey George C. Cox was | clothing and toys amounting to less than pon Bas ot 1 - 1 widow of the we O rad o Bll paviloses nrdor the Tockey | $5,/but, had not contributed: tojits support [ibration was & tworold one, FTbe assocta: name, Who Club rules. Zihce his separaiion from the mother, be- | tion has just elected a new set of officers, .3.«1}::'{ d ll'! ? 8 | S B' ;si ‘,(nu‘se Jast July ~t;‘v) trr&vll(t:gi;\‘?f his money | and besides this a somewhat tardy cele- ved her to be po or arned. { and never gave any of : s o a 2 e ; rt ess Bon B, ed. B D bala mext testified to the result of bration of the_ success of the San Fran LOS ANGEL! March 23.—The func- | ¢} O iaciarthaca £ | cisco Protective Association, of which e auto] and sal that death was un this is a part, at the last election was tion of burning $400,000 worth of bonds in | the City Hall lots of ten at a time by | legal process was enacted this morning. | The property cremated was funding | bonds that had been issued March 1, I8! These bonds were by the Supreme Court | declared illegai and Frceman G. Teed, | then President of the Council, refused to | sign them. Subsequent! representing | the liability of the city they could not be | destroyed save in_the manner prescribed | by law. The bonds were declared illegai | Decausé they were made payable o the Chemical tional Bank, New York, | whereas the law requires municipal hondsi e to be payable at the city treasury only. »ed for Europe. | i ped Lo s kuowy throughont /i seAreuvishop Hennessey, Wery LIl ' the country as a clever faker. It w;,,l DUBUQUE, Iowa, March 25.—Arch- his plan to simulate sulcide in front of | ishop Hennessey is seriously {ll at the s D same residence, and on being | archiepiscopal residence here. =He was | = © eslden e found him he | Siddenly stricken after dinner yesterday cared for by those | His speech is affected, leading to the as. would work on their sympathies and | sumption that he is ‘sufferin receive substantial aid to tide him over | ralysis. It is also feared his what ha represented to be temporary | fected. won her nent he secur ; were united by Judge the residence of the | Mrs. von Gerzabek, | At Al after the wedding the | mposter mar d to cure $500 and a of jewelry trom his wife and left | ity for Chicago, where he alleged 3 da medical practice. On his ar- rival in the Windy City he visited his | wife's relatives and borrowed a few | ndred dollars on the jewelry and de- t. k wa disbandment of the | pogIMTYETHE WOMAN POISONED | t & 41 & * @ A * || B 41 ? 1‘ I N o $ \ il AN 11 T 7 h © ks *i S SweeNsY Py & Fore = DEFENSE - 3 R o4 + . ! & & i { L3 5 * T bt 2| ? . + t ! @ | * o + 4| @+ e e e esed C > e HeHbeDOeHeH e sbeHebe @—4-@—%@*’—\%.‘ | | which_ contained ' !her attorneys, apparently unaware of the ‘damamng testimony being offered against | her by the man who is the father of her | dead boy. Seated well back in her chair, SHAM[ UL PAST | ehe gazed straight ahead, never for one | moment letting her expressionless china blue eves move in the direction of the Preliminary Hearing Begun. ‘mnn who was trying so hard to swear | away her life. While he explained in de- | tail the circumstances of their ‘house- | keeping,”. their final separation and her WILSON GRAY’S TESTIMONY WHEAT PRODUCT WILL BE THE SAN JOAQUIN | | subsequent visits in company with the | that she elther heard what was said or — | | ing the prisoner with the glued gaze of a around the bler of the dead babe | moved, with shining eyes peering Into child and cried, *“Minnie, you have done dering her own child jumped madly, flash- LARGEST FOR YEARS. | dead child to his Harrison-street room | saw the man who was delivering himself . Inspected by Railroad | lynx. | touched her not; the description of burns [ RAINSWERE MOST OPPORTUNE | the distance. It was only when Gray told | this,”” that the fixed stare shifted and ing furtively to either side and then re- WILL BE GREAT not the flutter of an eyelash betrayed | of his testimony, and all the while watch- | The rude recital of the pathetic scene OffiCial S. that disfigured the tiny face left her un- | how he stood beside the coffin of his e L the eyes of the woman accused of mur- d with their long, fixed meaningless THEIR CHILD. re were no ‘“outward trappings of about Mrs. Adams. No bit of black to recall thoughts of the child she claims she loved and now mourns for. Gray had his hat banded with an uncouth bit | of coarse, rusty crepe that appeared in strange contrast with the face of the man that wore it as a badge of mourn- ing. After he had finished his testimony he still hung about the courtroom, eag- Ample Transportation Facilities Will | Be Provided by the Santa Fe and Valley Rail- roads. Two Important Points Brought Out in the Evidence Given by Dr. Zabala, the Autopsy Surgeon. ""i',i”’0"’!’.i‘.'i‘".’iiiii.".’i.i"""”i‘ii..’i CEPRRPRVP PR RPRRY According to the present outlook, as Two points were brought out in the pre- | erly intent upon the testimony of Dr. : L liminar> examination of Mrs. Minnie Ad-|Zabala, vet managing to watch the viewed by a party of officials of the Val- ams, charged with the poisoning of her | Woman he claims killed his child. ley road who have just returned from a > When court adjourned Mrs. Adams | tour of inspection through the San Joa- afternoon that appeared to the defense no small degree of uneasiness. The examination was being conducted ar-old child, nodded a careless good-by to her father, | mother and sister, who had been inter- ested spectators, and followed the officer back to her cell in the City Prison. She went back to the prison with a sigh quin Valley, that section will afford the largest amount of freight that has come out of that valley in many a year. On Tuesday last William A. Bissell, as- ;’:r‘{""fi;‘ “:‘;a:.';“(f:u‘::'d,’fr'\'dn“\‘f;{:r;n"f;:_sz’ ! of contentment and expressed her relief | sistant traffic manager of the Santa Fe 3 £ = ¥ to the interviewer. system, accompanied by Captain A. H. the father of the babe, had concluded his | “«'m glad to get back to the prison” | Payson, second vice president; John | timony without, however, throwing she said. “It a long afternoon in | yr.. el e 1 Willi B any material light on the tragedy that he | court and T am d. I'm tired of every- zaillof manager,gand N ATI g e e | o A red of being away from my chil- engineer and general superin- o e . Ghives | srentireiiofibeigkaway fromimy, Vecj tendent ot tne ¥all oy road, left here for | Ll e oL e orne | ple X have noidoubt but that my; casey 2 ‘tripover ithe line, with ithe ohjectiof] burns or scars on the child’s body caused | @46 454545 46+0+-0+0+>+o+0+0+>+0 0+ @ by the carbolic acid. Under close ques-| ¢ - tioning by Prosecuting Attorney Carpen- | o ! | ter Dr la testified that there were ) | no marks whatever on the littie one's | ¢ %‘:‘R“" ey 1 hands, although the mouth, cheeks, chin | o LFOYL 11 and even the neck were seared with the MECITATIVE ) 3 | fiery stuff. + P This would tend to support the theory | Y o4 | of the prosecution that the child had been | 94 . held and the actd forced down its throat, | & P for it seems entirely probable that had he | 4 T taken the acid himself, when it began | & to burn his mouth he would instinctively | & seek to wipe away the cause of the smart- | $ * ing with his little hand | & The second point was developed by the [ ¢ . attorneys for the defense during the | ® & | cross-examination of Dr. Zabala, and as | ¢ | soon as they discovered they had poked | & T Into a mare’s nest they dropped that line | ¢ e B e O o e S e ] ] ; | . kS * 4 ¢ @ > & soebeb e e e e e @ studying conditions relative to the needs of the valley in the way of passenger | and freight transportation facilities. At ! Stockton the party was joined by General Passenger Agent Byrne of the Southern | will come out all right and that it will be over in a few days, and I shall be glad, for I am tired and want to go home.” The modicum of intelligence with which | Mrs. Adams is endowed is just of a qual- of questioning, but the prosecution was not slow to pick it up again on redirect examination 7 had _ testified that the baby's face was burned on each | ide, from the corners of the mouth to | t he lobe of the ears, a uniform line mark- | ity sufficient to make a thinking animal ing the course of the fluld. of her CShe lacks the power either to{ California and by A. D.\Schindler, div The defense sought to show that these | Jove or to hate. She is “sorry her boy is | sion superintendent of the Valley road, | might he n caused by the mother | dond’” but it Is a sorrow that has. its|and at Fresno by General Freight Agent wiping out the little s s mouth with | heing only from the tips of her lips. Gray | Chambers of the same line. he route a _cloth or towe drawing it acrc she “*has no use.for,” and the greatest |Oof travel was to Bakersfield by way of | cheeks. Attor uilfoyle Visalia, returning by way of Hanford. | depth of hatred she can cherish against almily sums up In her senten-| It was found that the rains had done wonders for the crops, though too late | witness for an er on that p UHie dootor iexprossed his oplulon that thell o e tlous description, ““He's a pretty bad lot- marks would not have been 8o d P trcliat in some instances to be of any great ben- he entire length had they been c i % - efit. From reports made by expert i i _ Only one bit of the testimony, seeming- POt Y €XDEry srain in that manner. ym thelr appea |1y Animportant, interested mony, seeming- | men along the line It was learned that d 3 : 28| the wheat crop would average about 60| he was satisfied that the acid had flowe: from the mouth across the cheeks and d not been brushed across with a cloth. torney Guilfoyle appeared to be some- what taken aback at this and dismissed the witness, but Carpenter took him up | the squabble between her attorneys and the prosecution over the bottle that had contained the fatal dose of acid. “T've been tricked,” she declared, with a great show of importance, “tricked about those per cent. year is gri previous y therefor The area planted to grain this | ly in excess of that of any r, and a 60 per cent crop, | means that the yleld will be | The damage to the apricot snormou: again and made him describe the scars | remaining drops of acid in the bottle.|and peach crops was found to be not as > at length | There was none left—they put it in there, | ol RNt et et s iy | v and Dr. Zabala were the only two | and now they will be going to prove it | will be .»r.nsnxnmh{e. i other deciduous witnesses examined and the hearing was | was diluted. T've been tricked, but I| fruits will show excellent returns. continued until this afternoon. Mrs, | have found it out and have told my at-| Traffic Manager Moss, when seen last A dnmsiwas inilcotirt ‘eazly | ettendedt by | loTnEyabputit: evening shortly after his return, was | r counsel, Messrs. Caldwell, Sweeney and | That there is a possibility that she will over the indications for a | Guilfoyle. Her father and brothers, with | be held for murder Mrs. Adams will not season for the valle: 1o few friends, were also pre for a moment entertain. I never killed | stated that while the rains had not been | as heavy in the upper portion of the val- geant DuKe and Patroln " she said, “and they must let - seq the Prosecuting Attorney, ley, about Bakersileld, as was desired, ready to render what assistance lay in = = they had yet been sufficient to insure their power. e el FIRE ENGINEERS FINED. good crops, with late showers and no | Gray first took the stand and told of | e e e his relations with the defendant. He said i u Ve 5 plenty o iy . cerendant pHereald imwo of Tham Opnyinted of (Negloct of LeelEhts fon bo i tiansporiation s compa | 5 ‘They: bepe nies in ralley. olling stock o ::\t’:\&.é ;’\Iflfy‘stpdruted three or four Duty and Carelessness. The Valley road. will: be m“gflmm e ser. Aftel g The Fire Commissioners met yesterday | that of the Santa Fe, as by the time the with her. After t y crops are ready to he moved the track arrangements between the Southern Pa- ific and_the Santa Fe, between Bakers- field and Mojave, wiil be in operation. General Passeriger Agent Byrne's trip afternoon and fined Engineer McLaugh- lin of engine 18 thirty days’ pay, and En gineer McShane of engine 24 ten days’ pay for neglect of duty and carelessness. his room, 1147 Harrison street, about once a week. He wanted to put the child in a home, but she would not consent to it. Once she told him the boy had got hold FO+D4040+ Q4O 40+ O+ CHO40+04O40+04C4 04040404 00000‘6000‘000000#06 Q40404+ 0404040 +04D4D404 04+ O+ 0+ O+ O+OHO40+O4040404 04 0404 doubtedly due to carbolic acid. He visited the house when the child lay dead in the absence of Coroner Hill and Prosecuting “ttorney Carpenter showed him the bottle the acld. The doctor was of the opinion that it was empty, or practically so, when he saw it at ‘the Bouse and the defense intimated pretty strongly that it had been tampered with | by the police. They asked the Judge to | order it into the keeping of the court, but 98 it had not been formally placed in'evi- dence he refused to do so. The hearing goes on again this after- noon. held. The association indorsed ten can- didates for members of the Board of Su- perviscrs and every one of them was elected. Representatives off the Brewers’ Union, the Liquor Dealers’ Protective As- sociation, the Soda Water Dealers’ Pro- tective Association, the Beer Bottlers® Protective Association, the Grocers' Pro- tective Association and the Barkeepers' and Saloon-keepers' Protective Associa- tion were invited to the banquet. ‘After an excellent dinner speeches were made by John Hagler, president of the Baloon-keepers’ Assoclation, J. T. Hurley of the Retall Grocers’ Protective Union and many others. The officers of the as- AN EGGSHELL Venturesome Sol- dier’s Sad Fate. A LAt MRS. ADAMS IS NOW | QUITE INDIFFERENT A fatal accident marred the (‘rlp of the Ninth Infantry regulars, bound for Ma- 2 = | sociation ;a\re: Jollm dHagle[y, president; | nila, about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. _ | Richard Kummerlander, vice-president; | It happened at the Broadway wharf Pays No Apparent Attention to Wil-| S0 Gunther, treasurér; F. Fortmann, | where the troops were boarding the City secretary. Finance committee—D. B. Fak tor, Richard Kummerlander, John Hag- ler; trustees—Valentine Hassmer, Captain Stevers. The assoclation is already laving plans for the fall campaign. Puebla_praparatory to their ocean voy- ago. The victim, Henry McCall, was a member of Company 1 and was among yesterday’s arrivals from the East. Shortly after the soldiers left the ferry son Gray’s Damaging Testi- | mony. 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Port Wine—cgood quality—this week, per gallon. renuine French Vermouth—this week, per bottle, only... vered with good jean— 40 panel size— °§ 5 P 5 % 5 P 3 % A CRUSH GREETS MELBA IN THE ROLE OF JULIET Picturesqueness and Vocal Grace Mark the Personation. BY ASHTON STEVENS. ELBA sang. and as a matter of course it was an “on” night with a swell crush. The Ellis season will be remembered for two sorts of nights: The Melba nights and the others: for 2 one sort the Grand Opera-house has not been big enough. for the other it has been too big. Such is the fancy of the crowd. And yet every opera produced has been given the best cast possible in the re- sources of the company; the singers have been selected for their special accomplishment ‘in certain parts, and wisely selected. Gadski's Alda is a thing to treasure, so is De Lussan's Carmen. But the passionate thou- sands have not congested on Gadski and De Lussan nights. Tt were a different tale had Melba sung these parts, and sung them never so . badly. Not the opera but the singer has been the thing all through the season. Fortunately Melba's endurance is as limited as her stock of parts, and we have heard her only in the pleces that provide special vent for her easy temperament and canary vocalization. Tast night it was the “Romeo and Juliet” of Gounod. a work musically notable for increasing one’s admiration for “Faust.”” There is a great balcony scene in “Romeo and Juliet,”” full of voluptuous “Faust”-like music and incongruously parted in the middle by a second rate male chorus: a Queen Mab song for the barytone: a concerted gem that includes a trio and a quartet, and a dinky little waltz song. as good as Arditti at his worst, for the soprano. Melba had to sing the waltz twice last night. The audience gave it a perfect ahash” reception. Melba’s Juliet, which is new to us except for the nervous balcony scene that she participated fn on the fateful night at the California Theater last season that ended /n a fire, is a feat in sentimental and ornamental singing and pretty deportment. Tt is sweet to hear and gaze upon. Tt makes not the slightest dent in your serious emotions, but gives vou a deal of graceful entertainment. In fact. that is the scheme of the Wwhole opera, and the less vou think about William Shakespeare the more vou enjoy it. Perhaps one of our amiable young composers—De Koven, for instance—will even up with France one of these days in an yrano de Bergerac.” I wonder that “Cyrano” isn’t tuned up opera on “C already. But, as T was saying, Melba's Juliet is very picturesque and very fragrant. She really looks amazingly young and comely in the part, and she sings the music with the best voice and art that modern vocaldom has to offer it. Once get your expectations on a level with the opera—forget the subtle character, the enthralling life-likeness of Melba's Mimi in the “Boheme’—forget that modern music has come into jts own dramatic idiom, and that Shakespeare’'s Juliet is the most thrilling woman in the literature of passion—in a word, accept her as Mile. Capulet, nothing more, and you will pleasure in the graces of Melba’s performance. Not the least remarkable feature of this season is the fact that Melba has not had a single off night. Others in the company have had their vocal ups and downs, but Melba has been in perfect voice at every appearance. Her first note last night gave us the sense of se- curity; and she continued the same to the end, singing the waltz with indescribable delicacy of tone and articulation, the balcony scene with tender nuances in the “half voice’ and the big duet with telling sonority and a fair measure of excitement. In the concerted music in the friar's cell her tone came out at its fullest, true, spotless, ringing. and with never a blare to indicate that the actual limit was reached. With the rest of the cast I can deal in milder terms. The pro- duction as a whole was not all that it might have been. The orches- tra, undet Seppilli, was in good hands, but the choruses were not as firm as usual, and one important part, Mercutio, was wretchedly sung by De Vries. Of course iliness is the only explanation, for we have heard valuable singing from De Vries time and time again; but what- ever the cause, a prominent part was ruined in all but the acting. and even that was not up to its mark for vigor. Bonnard ended up with a Romeo that stormed the whole house: but as before he started badly. His volce was choky and evasive of the pitch until the scene at the Friar's; there he got himself in control and after that the notes rang round and honest and the honors were well balanced between him and Melba. 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He has a brother in Company G of the same regiment, who him when the affair happen- is almost heart-broken over s misfortune. He has made arrangements for the shipment of the he plles S dner, fokerta Himsei into p 7 brain it. & OrdeT ely had he reached his perilous |y than the huge hull hove sideways ind pinioned his head between | de and a stout wharf timber. | the jam crushed the soldler's | 2 mentarily endured his in- | skull, yet Be v vitality. Those who wit: alling affair expected to see | sel righted itself again. | sel T 0o (his McCall clung to the | Whatf Jong enough to enable bystanders | o place a rope around his body and haul | him to the dock. this operation he dsisted them and did not loose fonsciousness untll he had been landed. position ¢ on a wave its iron si The force 0 Bogus Count a Defendant. At a recent date it was exclusively an- nounced in the columns of The Call that Mrs. Anna W. de Lawczynski was about | to bring sult against her husband, | “Count’ Theophile Floryan de Lawczyn- ffe was sent with all posgible speed to | sii, for a divorce. Yesterday the suit was the Presidio Hospital, but was soon be- | filed, the plaintiff alleging desertion and vond surtgcfll aid and In an hour after the | fajlure to provide as a cause of action. accident happened he was dead. The defendant, it is believed, is now in The accident was characterized by those | Vienna. who witnessed it as sickening In the ex. | e me. As the unfortunate boy's ea ’ treme, iy eround in the vise-like ciamp | - James Beavis’ confession of how the skull split, opening a gap about five | he forged the great Reavis Peralta inches in width. That death did not re- Suit instantly is a perplexity. Every bone land claims, in next Sunday’s Call.