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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1899. important the members were actively subscriptions were promised ay and then the names of the on expressed himself as Other members of the 1et with equal encouragement. until to-day, as the completed the draft otism ery ma visited and have cor 1b-committee on design has gentleme e artistic tastes, W ave to point wvaila d even the nmittee will have ow the g mittee ivate office, ports, Do tieti et oot e N e e e tetiotie tetietietiotiotie AN D'CONNELLS WIDOW DIES OF = A BROKEN HEART g Passes Away at Her| Sausalito Home. it g RELATIVES PRESENT S FOUR END HASTENED BY PARALYSIS OF THE BRAIN. > Arrangements for the Funeral Not Completed, but the Interment Will Be at Calvary p Cemetery. ek s di of broken 1 nd % relatives a rning the news Mrs. O°C ock yesterday the family en in ward r brain was medical fateful mo- R . ci amp and Mary’ Cemetery Ocean Water Tub Baths. street, corner Mission. Salt cean —_——— Washington Council Excursion. The comm 1 about annual have the FL A4 44 4444444442444 4414444444444+ WILL MARRY IN MONTH OF ROSES + & B e R TR S SR SR o S S SR S S S O R R R S o R R R S s ¥ engagement is announced and nest Stratton Birdsall and Miss The ceremony to be Miss Blair, r ifornfa finance during the last twenty yea The ceremony is to be one of the swellest church weddings that Sacramento will have seen. Miss Blair's maid of honor will be Miss Maud Lilllan Ashley and the 2 bride’s maids Miss Birdsall, Miss Bess Rowell of this city, Miss Florence Williams and Miss Carilee Wilsey. Fred W. Blanchard will act as best man, and the ushers will be James Ely, Whitaker Ray, Dr. Je- rome C. Carrol and Willlam Frazer Quinton of Sacramento. D R R R R e e R R R R R R e e R R R fetieti e NNt et te NN ten Bl CHECKS PROMISED FOR THE DEWEY STATUE HE me committee having in charge the Dewey statue promises to have and gratifying announcements to make to-da Che clan personaily saw several gentlemen during the da The address to the public will not be sub-committee having charge of its preparation of it yes » woman and child in the State. e committee announce Iready nd for the monument, they rk without delay. The Lick statuary in front of the City Hall cost mit fixed for the Dewsy me while the monument to t Key in Golden Gate Park The committee is satis- an erect a monument to Adr Dewey vastly more beautiful than the Lick statuary. € 1 of location promises to be the great bone of contention. imunications are pouring in upon the committee offering suggestions on members themselves are divided in opinion as to the Fortunately, this is one of ample E. S. EIRDSALL and MISS MAEEL BLAIR, to Be Wedded on June 7. nent and popular members of the younger set in Sacramento performed at St. John's Church in Sacramento on Wednesday, June The Rev. C. M. Meil will officiate. Both the con- tracting parties have a host of friends in this city and in Oakland. Mr. raduate of the University of California and is at present lence In this city. He Is the younger son of Frederick Bird- sall, the ire banker and ranch owner of the capital city, and has brillidnt prospeets before him. the acknowledged belle of her set, is the daughter of John a Sacramento capitalist who has wielded an immense influence in Cal- 5%+ RN R RRIRNINeNKR+O Yester- at work, and several surprisingly large s for the amounts are expected to- subscribers and the amounts Wwill be . and late result of his cor that they 923053020 ¢ 5+ 23+ e 48 highly pleased with the imittee informed the Ma The address appeals to the 11 the local news- nted to receive subscriptions to.the that it is ready to receive general rday begun work. The members are 1 knowing in advance just how much prepared to proceed with the last matters to be de- me to carefully its selection. nother meeting at Mayor to be able to make some consider the SRR eNIRNReD fon and picnic of Washington Coun- 4, Y. M. L, to Mirabel Park Thurs- June 22, and everything points to a tul outing. The following are memt of the committe; ST ard (chairman), J. F. Callaghan, J. y. Dr. C. A. Glover, T. B. Hillard, Behn, T. Seary and V. J! M ————————— CHOSEN FRIENDS' DAY. Preparations for the Celebration of Twentieth Anniversary of Foun- dation of the Order. During the latter part of the current month the various councils of the Order of Chosen Friends will celebrate the twentieth anniver: of the foundation of the order by public entertainments in different cities. In consequence of in- ability to obtain suitable places for hold- ing meetings on the same evening, the celebrations will be held on different dates. In this cf the se al councils nd musical entertain. followed by a dance, in Odd ssembly Hall. in the Odd Fel- building, on the 2§th of the month Angeles the celebration will be on and W, H. Savage, the grand councilor, will preside. In Sacramento it will be held on the 234 in_the Pavilion, and Past Grand Councilor T. H. Selvege will preside. At San Jose Supreme Vice Councilor H. W. Hutton will be the ora- tor at the meeting to be held there in Turn Verein Hall. In Oakland the céle- bration will be on the 2%th, when there picnic at Blair g there will be will give a literar; ment o be e al and literary reises in Cali- a Hall, At amp there will a picnic under tr ispices of th local coun nd at Eureka, Humbol County, the seve uncils of the county will hold a bration in the new wh a capacity for 4000 A letter received from Star which has nged for the cele- asserts t m the deman ent that will be cilion will be Alled e Pz Mayor James D. Phelan has been in- vited to address the audience on the even- ing of t sbration in this city. —_—————————— C. F. A. Officers Elected. Robin Hood Circle >f the Companions of Am elected the ers for the ensuing term: P GO MR D, L. von Puttkammer coulet, R. S.; Miss M Ticoule Cantr, 3.; Mr f the s e following named Miss B cers lla Rapheld, P Carrie *. C.; Miss Belle 850G Rose Kaspar, R Maurice Raph L. G.; Miss or, O. G.; Miss Emma Leder, trustes — e moved utter 441 freight Sig- Contest Carter’s Will. Willlam G. Black nd en Coll! nephews of the onaire ear- builder, Thomas Carter, filed a contest rday to decedent’s last will, alleging the will was executed while the de- d was under the undue influence of Carter, a brother. It is also sald that the deceased suffered f a can- of the throat, and it was while in this condition that the undue influence was ex and as Martin Carter was not ond of the contestants they were disin- herited. Hence the contestants ask that the will be set aside for the reasons named and the estate distributed accord- ing to law. cash will pay for a , 769 Market street. fine pianc at cards are out for the wedding of Er- Mabel Blalr, two of the most promi- soclety. 3 b + + + + + + oo ¢ 3 + P + + + - + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + > + + + + - - + L + . 2 - . + + + + + + + + ’ SRERIRINIRO N+ RN+ R+ ReRERIR RN HE amount of money stolen by | E. W. Spaulding, the abscond- | ing assistant cashler of the Fire- | man's Fund Insurance Company, | is reported by the finance com- mittee to be $7500. The story of the embezzlement and flight published ex- clusively in The Call yesterday caused commotion among bankers and insur- ance agents. Men who knew Spauld- ing and were familiar with his habits | of daily life expressed the greatest | se over the story of his crooked- He was regarded as an exemp- young man who never went to' the races or sought the companionship of the gay and dissolute. He seemed devotedly attached to his family, and when his daily work in the office was | finished went directly to his home in | Oakland. | One of the leading officers of the com- pany made this remark yesterday: “1 was astonished when I read in The Call to-day that Ed Spaulding had gone wrong. If 1 had been called upon to select from the fifty or sixty young men in the office the one least likely to go wrong, I believe 1 would have se- lected Spaulding.” There was a meeting of the directors of the ireman's Fund yesteiday after- | noon in the office of D. J. bStapies, piesiaent of the institution. Figures of the expert accountants were re- viewed. ‘the fact was disclosed that Spau.ding’s career of crookedness be- gan about one year ago. After ine di- iectors’ meeting dissolved, rresiaent Staples, ‘lreasurer ¥. W. Lougee aud vl Lalwn UL e HNance cudunitiee, teceiVeu the Newspaper Iepleselitd- sves. LB bEnucuel aubouliced the ¢XaCl >uii OI money embez- | zied was $0w. ‘Lhe crooked work cov ered a perlud of one year. Sl Suin were not touched. ‘Ahe steaung was | accomplished 0y a faisincation ot | check accounts. The smailest amount laken at any one ume was $50u. Mr. | Lougee, treasurer of the insutution, was confident that the amount sioien by the absconding assistant cashier was not in exce of $500. He said that ail the transactions had been care- | tully checked and that the suin named was the exact figure of the embezzle- | ment. In speaking of the affair yesterday, the otucers of the institution spuac ui the money loss as trivial in comparison with the legitimate losses which the company sustained in its vast opera- tions of insurance. While President Staples and his associates deemed the | loss small, yet they resolved in the n- | terest of public justice, 10 take prompt measures to ascertain the whereabouts of the defauiter, and bring him to an accounting for his wrong-doing. De- tectives have, therefore, been en- gaged to trace Spaulding’s movements from the time he left the office for his | vacation. Much sympathy was ex-| pessed for the parents and wife of the fugitive 1t wranspires that Assistant Cashler Spaulding told his wife and his father | on the eve of his vacation that he was | going on the road for the Fireman's Fund and intended to visit Portland. The first incident to arouse susplcion of crookedress was a message Irom young Svaulding's wife to Vice Presi- | dent Faymonville asking when her husband would return. The fact was then, or subsequently, disclosed | that Spaulding had told his wife that | he was going to Portland in the inter- | est of the company. | The real cashier of the Fireman's | Fund is Thomas M. Gardiner. Insur- | ance men were dazed when they heard | that there had been an embezzlement | of $7500 in a department under the su- | pervision of Mr. Gardiner. The fact was taken into account that Spaulding had handled the funds undeér Charles S. Woods, the old-time cashier, and was familiar with the business of the department. Still it could not be un- derstood how he managed to deceive the accomplished accountant, Tom Gar- | diner. Insurance meh were also surprised inat | the compa | Spaulding was a_commuter at that time | Spaulding’s absenc | fall. | phone_for SPAULDING'S SHORTAGE ADVETISEMENTS. IS RATED AT $7500 knowledgment of the shortage there are many who refuse to believe that young | Spaulding has done anything Wwrong. Everybody has a good word for him and is at a loss to account for any cause that could have induced him to misappropriate the money of the Fireman's Fund Com- pany. If Cashier Spaulding spent the money he is alleged to have stolen before he took his flight he nas squandered it in 8an Francisco, for there is not the least indication that he was spendlng\ than his income in this city. Neither was he absent from his home for any periods that might cause suspicion. His wife declares her entire ignorance of any- thing connected with her hushand wrong-doing and no one doubts her story. In Spaulding’s preparation for flight he did not take his wife or his father into his confidence and both are equally at a logs to account for his disappearance. There Is a general lief that Spauldin wag induced to specuiate In a goid brick and that he may have taken the money eéxpecting to double it and replace it in s treasury. In no other man- the money "be accounted for. was never seen at the race- ner can Spaulding | track and was never known to wager a dollar. Last January Dr. George C. Pardee, in conversation with a Call reporter, said he had heard it whispered several times that a well-known man had been a victim of the gold brick fraud to the extent of $6000. The doctor had not learned any of | the details, but said the story seemed to be accepted as a fact. To-night Dr. Par- dee was asked If he had heard any more of the incident, and he said that he had heard it mentioned since, but only in- directly. The story was common _talk among the commuters on the ferry-boats that it was one of their number, and returning evening from the insurance office ever; to his home on Webster streef. Spaulding was a young man of unusua a Px&( and progressive methods. teres He en- the office of the Fireman's Fund vears ago, and was advanced over of many other clerks because ency. He has never given any uspect that he was leading the life ch he must have been doing ander the money that is reported as one cause to with her sister- Mrs. ulding, at the s home on Eighteenth street. For over a week she has been expecting the return of her husband, but has Q;:lhll\_g of him since he left Oakland on May 6. am quite at a loss to account for Mr. said the cashier’s “He left home two weeks and “told me that he Spaulding i N. W. S in-la wife tp-day. ago last Saturda) was going to Portland on business for the company. He was to have returned in a few days. and then we were both to have gone off on a vacation. He did not re- | turn and I have heard nothing of .him since. T will never belleve he Is gullty of any wrongdoing. There must be some great mistake somewhere. Some accident must have happened, or he would have returned over a week ago. where he is, but I feel sure that every- thing will soon be cleared up.” Mrs. Spaulding is quite sick, and her two little children are also ailing and constantly calling for papa. The aged parents of the missing cashier are heartbroken over thelr son's down- They will not be consoled by friends, who have extended sympathy and hope and they fear for the worst.” The father, N. W. Spauldin committed suicide. “Two weeks ago last Saturday my son made an engagement with me by tel luncheon in_San Francisco, said Mr. Spaulding. “‘When 1 called at the office he changed his mind. He told me that it was Impossible for him to get away for lunch just then, because he was working on his books at the tim and inasmuch as he was gumg on hi vacation in a few days he wished to have his books in such shape tnat it would be easier for Mr. Gardner to take up the work where he left off. “On this occasion Ed betrayed no rest- lossness and seemed perfectly composed. I excused him and I thought no more about it. An hour later he left the of- fice and he has not been seen since. “on the following' Wednesday my daughter-in-law called on me very much alarmed and informed me that her hus- band had_gone to Portland, Or., on the previous Saturday, but had not written since his departure. She was In great more | heard | 1 do not know | , fears that his son has | The Fireman’s Fund Cashier Was Considered Exemplary, and His Defalcation Remains a Mystery—Has He Committed Suicide ? A Curiosity of Human Nature. Detectives Employed. | distress, for when Ed left his home he had told her that he had to go to Port- land and would return by ednesday morning, and for her to have the things | all packed and ready, so the falaily could leave on the same day for Madrone Springs for the usual summer outing. Be- fore Ed left she had packed his small va- lise with such underwear and articles as he might need on his trip north, but he | had removed the articles, taking only the | valise with him. Moreover he had stripped himself of all jewelry. His gold watch and even his scarf pin_are now V] l”ll&h\ the bureau drawer at his home. is whole matter welghs very heav- ily upon me and his mother. for we haven't an inkling as to his whereabouts. As a son Ed was always very correct. When 1 gave him a $ piece it always | went further than it would with the | others. He never gambled: never at- { tended a horse race that I know of, and if he had speculated I should have heard of it. As a husband and father he has always been kind and faithful. From his office he usually would come directly to his home, and If he went out evenings | his_wife was with him. “What he could have done with the money charged to his shortage Is a mys- tery to me, and I cannot understand how any such shortage could occur anyway, since he always settled up his accounts with the cashier each evening. If he had been withholding anything it certainly would have been detected sooner. “‘Being his father, I naturally doubt it all, but of course where there is such a clew as they claim, there must be some- | thing in it;” but if he did it, then what | on earth could he have done with all this | | | | | | money? | A gold brick? Why, no, Ed could not have been imposed upon that way. He was too clever a young man to have been | led to part with money on such a propo- sition. Yet. where did the money go? “I have feared that perhaps Ed, real- shortage, has committea suf- Yes, that may be the solution of his absence, and yet it would not be his . Well, T do not know what to 7 | 'THE LOYAL LEGION | ELECTS ITS OFFICERS ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT | THE OCCIDENTAL. The Loyal Legion held its annual meet- ing and election of officers last evening at the Occidental Hotel. Pursuant to the nominations made at the meeting of the California Commandery on March 13 the follawing officers were elected for the ensuing yvear: For commander, Rear Admiral John Crit- tenden Watson, U. S. Navy; for senlor vice commander, Brevet Colonel 'Willlam Russell Parnell, U. S. Army; for junior vice com- mander, Brevet Major Ernst August Denicke, U. S. Volunteers: for recorder, Brevet Lieu- tenant Colonel William Renwick Smedberg, U. S. Army; for registrar, Major Henry Thomas Lee, Volunteers; for treasurer, Captain | Charles Mason Kinne, U. S. Volunteers; for | chancellor, Major Myles Movlan, U. S. Army; for chaplain, Rev. William Angus Hamilton (in for the council—Captain Charles succession) ; Allen_Sumner, . Volunteers: Captain Pat- rick Francls Walsh, U. S. Volunteers; Major Willlam Hawley 8. Army; Brevet Lieuten- | ant Colonel Jesse Beech Fuller, U. teers; Captain John Charles Currler, U. unteers. The following were elected to member- ship: Lieutenant Colonel James F. Rand- | lett, U. S. A.; Major John L. Tiernon, First United States Artillery; Major Leo- pold O. Parker, Twenty-second Infantry Captain H. J. Reilly, h Infantry; tain Charles Humphreys, Third Artillery Captain S. A. Burnap, Ohlo Light Infan try; Captain E. B. Timony, Fifteenth In- Volun- 8. Vol- fantry: Lieutenant Lancaster, First 1D url__Engineers; Lieutenant Henry Lochte, First Texas Cavalry; Lieutenant W. R. Savage, First California Cavalry; Ensign N. . Conklin, U. 8. N.; Charles C. Waite, Lieutenant Commander George P. Colvocoresses, U. S. N.; Ensign Yate: Willlam' Ragan_J rdan Jr., U. 8. N. r., U. Stirling, U. S. 8. AA;%‘ranan Jo The' election of officers did not consume all of the evening. A dainty banquet was spread in the hotel cafe, and there were a dozen and more guests from all quar- ters of the world to tell of their experi- ences during the late war and the present affair in the Philippines. + X ARE YOU i (4444444444444 444+t 4444444444444+ | that he must have plunged a little in | brick? This theory has been‘advanced by | : \ | to learn that the experts in the office | % of the Fireman's Fund had checked | + up all the agency accounts since the | 4 defalcation: was discovered, and were | able to show that only $7500 had been stolen by Spaulding. One insurance man remarked: “The Fireman's Fund is represented in the United States by nearly two | thousand agencies. The company trans- acts a business of two miliion dollars annually. I cannot understand how aii | these agency accounts have beeu | checked up since last Monday.” There are various coniectures re- | garding the whereabouts of the an- | ding Spaulding. He left his watch welry at home when he went | but it is surmised that he lert valuable articles to create the suspicion that he intended to commit suicide. Some of the officers of the company fancy that he got aboard one of the transports and sailed for Manila. Oth- ers helieve that he went to South America. The notion that he enlisted in the army mnder an assumed name finds some adherents. The oni~in= is almost universal that Spanlding did not spend his money in gambling, drinking or at the race course or in the company of dissolute people, hence there {8 an impression TretE e R ryrrrTTTreTTreeeeTTYSTSTSETSESEESE stock speculations. Rzl U DID HE BUY A GOLD BRICK? Tre-ory Thet Spaulding Was Eunkoed in a Fraudulent Speculation. OAKLAND, May 24 — Was Cashier Spaulding bétrayed into buying a gold some of the young man's friends and there 1s good foundation for their belief. The story of the defalcation and ab- sconding of Edward F. Spaulding, pub- | lished exclusively in to-day’s Call, fell as a thunderclap in this city, where the Spaulding family has been known and honored for a generation. The default- er's father was Mayor of Oakland many years ago and his brother was secretary of the Board of Public Works, Even in spite of President Staples’ ac- [ Y4 ¢+t rttttt++ 4+t 4+ttt 4+ttt 424t 4 4 A WOMAN? Are vou a woman with a woman’s ills, with a woman's nerves, with her pains and her mental and physical misery? Are woman? Then I appeal to you. There is relief from periodical backaches, headaches and nervousness. There is st and health for you in my yon't take any more drugs. They only late for a day. You must restore the st and then nature can cure you. 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