The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1899, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 HUNTINGTON EXCITES LOCAL INSURANCE MEN Policies for Over a Million on the California- Street Mansion. How the Agents of the Railroad Magnate Made Two Remarkable Appraisements of the Same Property—The Assessor Qutwitted. has | ton’s possession of a $25 sewing ma- ONSTDERABLE excitement local insurance f the largest | chine was duly noted and any a in amonds wa that she pos ever issued on|pudiated. The list as submitted by E. Within the last | Black Ryan was Interesting. It was as of Collis P.|follows: Furniture, $4850; the personal uments, $100; sewing machine, $2 gnate in the | harness, $80; wagons and other ve- lifornia and | hicles, $275; libraries, law, medical and | r one million dol- scellaneous, $250; coal, $20; paintings ous valuation | and bric-a-brac, § billiards, $10 true value of the | typewriter, $50; other property, $200; r insured. Hunt- | total, $14,47 ington f some of the| This was the valuation which Hunt- finest pz o world, and ha | ington’s pald representative placed up- | ¥ {n his Cali- | on the enormously valuable pror 4 | one of the great gal- | the house on California and gtreets. In his sworn statement Ryan declared that the real property is worth | §74,400 and the improvement nited States. | | -ally known that the | is a lover of art if i that in his San| Assessor Dodge scanned the = "~ | carefully, but forgot t the pain has surrounded | Carefuly. 5 owned by Huntington are alone Insured e finest artistic Theso . paintings | f°F the great sum already indicated. ¢4 the Assessor had taken the pains to in- 2k naien Do b ““‘fy quire he wauld have learned facts that asily worth mu h more than that| ;.. ;o of general knowledge. In the | Funtington has also fn his local | {® HOt & BERETS, 0 here are two | great value. Years| ;o arypijlo's works, each insured at | the accumulation | 000. There are two of Ro u's i treasures and Hunt- recognized the wis- m ir ed rusehe each insured for $30,000. Greuze resented by a painting insured 000, and there i Alif) mansion one of Diaz' worth more than $40,000. Two other pictures represent $50,000, but the e collection is as- last in itself, pos- When the California- | | | were induced to ed by Dodge at $28, 000 the paint- been ic-a-brac was also When the local rep- | ntington, E. Black raised the est $28,525. | to place a value| To this estimate has ided the | terial for the As: valuation of the real property and the aintings and bri | improvements, and upon the whole | 3 | Huntington pays $2689 95 in taxes [ R R A R AR A R R R R R AR AR AR RS RECEIV Wil Reach San Francisco This Evening. e The German Vereins Will Accord Them a Welcome. T JAcoB F. PLAGEMAN .\ PEESIDENT. RIONS. from the shores of the Atlantic will join hands to-night with the Arions of the Pacific and a programme of six d pleasure has been arranged the local tainment of its guests from the East. Preparations for the reception and the festivities to follow have been under way for several months, and when the visitors arrive this evening on the northern overland train everything will be in readiness for them. They are coming 155 strong, and of this number twenty-five are members of the singing section of the societ by organization for the enter- the rule which the lisfied Ryan, as the earms or horses. tor and California| 1073, jewelry <pl.u:— or mone that the Assessor of San Francisco m: 3 s ty, real and | She has no stocks in corpors s. Ara- | rafiroads, and she S In the list Ryan| ]y upon one-tenth of as 4 g aniiem ot ngs in the city. This discrimina- paintings which are| figelity the general as: ment b Hunting- SCONCHTH COMES 1K T SPEND NUMBERED DAYS sy | been made in the city. HE RESEMBLES J, C, DUNHAM Description of the Lou- isvil'e Suspect. 3 . S Dying and Destitute i s o He Arrives Home. SAN JOSE, Aug. 10—Sheriff Langford | y received pictures and a description . Dunham suspect recently arrested at Loulsville, Ky., and there i3 a prol bility that the right man has been ar- rested.- The photos bear a strong resem- blance to James C. Dunham, the mur- derer of the McGlincy family at Camp- re The man, who gives his name as C. F and for a short Test | Noyeenula has been hanging | re for Napa, where he | T oyjcville for a couple of months. On | st of his numbered days | 3y t Chief of Detectives Sullivan s brot! s e is 1ittl S recovery. has suf- hs with a wasting | of that city notified Sheriff Langford that he was watching a man whom he su: pected of being Dunham. Since then a strict watch has been kept on the man, |and a few days ago the authorities b came convinced they had the right man spotted, and he was arrested on a charge f vagrancy to hold him until the local | officers could be heard from. The following is-the letter received with the photos: acters who have in | gagements on the | Sconchin Maloney | His name | B Department of Police, CITY OF LOUISVILLE, August 5, 1839, Sconchin d | tache, dark chestnut b es his age as n was placed in a nd ple | San’ Jose, Cal.—Dear When he had | 1 photos of @ man arrested money s overcoat pocket | here, Who gives his'name as C. F. Netterfield, and it bel. d to everybody. His ready and we found on him letters ad ssed to that | S e Made him popular | Beme, but all dated prior to 1 and not a ar £y won {Himitheempty | Soog yor nas £ (Centifyinim Wince Siwel suss wor! peet lherrr' n to be James C. Dunham, wanted o 3 | by you for murder, as hi d nose, | st came to Califorala | mouth, chin and neck answer escript ¥ he railroad shops on | Dunbam. CRLE | capabilities were real- | He is feet 10 inches tall in his bare | forces of the railroad | feet, weighs 156% pounds, has a brown mus- | | in the Southern Pa- | 4, but looks rs old. He ha 036 destiny was | excoedingly forearms. The Haymond. | suspect is addicted to t morphine bit, and an Seonchin “prog. | Fhile under the inu of the drug admitted | n pros onversation he was wanted in Callf | dreams of his youth | for murder. . From his talk he. hus been in | central figure in"local | Mexico, the Rocky Mountains and all over the | - money rapidly and | country. Wire me if he is James C. Du | Epent it in t me fashion. and if he is send warrant. Very N![u‘r'lfg[hl!’n. | A come, aisy go,” was Sconchin’s WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN, Chlef of Detectives. The plctures bear the closest resem- blance to Dunham of any yet received. H. L. Miller, who knew "Dunham _inti- mately, says ‘there is a strong probability | of the man being Dunham. There is that il was marked les and popped career as a railroad hin took a trip to concern was caused over nobody ever found out why t he tookthe trip. As a Shakespearean | peculiar droop to the left eve that marked quoter Sconchin h o peer in the city. | Dunham, and the description of Netter- He knew near ry passage in the |fleld in all manner fits. | The fact that letters of at bard's works by heart, and his fre- | identification | ent exhibitions of his memory brought | were found on the man bearing da C him more fame. ERL £ 15% is one of the slrungvs[gar;:tuen?;é;;‘ onchin figured In several Police Court | in_the matter. Dunham committed his | escapades, and he nlways defended him- | Crimes on May 26, 18%, and if he is the | Gelf. When the case was called In the | man wanted he probably made these let- morning Sconchin always walked into the | terS to ward off suspicion in case of ar- urt rooj k of law books | Test: . | b moon ather than grappie |, Lhat he is addicted to morphine is also | SR ents the: Judze | thought to be another link in the evi- | . Several ! dence. The pictures show the inroad the e and went to | 4TuUg has made on the man, but many think it Dunham. They argue that a ! he lived off the meagor Biis | man with the generosity former friends. Y ey Dunnaiia | crimes hanging over his head would take health broke down several months ago, M d since then Sconchin has been travel- | tJiquor or some drug. s the road that leads to the hereafter. | o Jociterfleld admits having been in Mexico ng gml 1;115:; e that he is er in California. Shortly after the - der Sheriff Lyndon recefved i torr;a‘?lg;,’ that was considered of a positive nature, | vanted for mur- Ocean Water Tub Baths. 1 Seventh street, corner Misslon. Balt | that Dunham had mad | st ey 5 e his way into | rom the ocean. | Mexico, but a thorough search' fafled tq | - - = I i T action has _\‘M\hflon taken in the| | matter, but undoubtedly the Board of lAand SCl'lp | Supervisors will be asked for authority to send a man East to see if the man is Aed really Dunham DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. Another Lake Tahoe Excursion To- Night. Why Not Go? Persons wishing to participate in the highly delightful Tahoe excursions re- cently inaugurated by the Southern Pa- cific should remember that “delays are dangerous. This is an ideal outing and now is the time to take it. The Friday-to-Monday ticket is sold at the low rate of $10 80 and includes a steamer trip around the lake. The famous mountain resort presents numberless attractions to the sight- seer and pleasure-seeker. The train leaves San Francisce at 6 p. m. Fridays. Tickets on sale at 613 Marlkat straat Land Warrants ©f Al Kinds For the Location of Government And State Lands Botb Surveyed And Unsurveyed. F. A. HYDE, 4’ Mocesamery St. San Franclece- * @il s el fefeforlerienfoled] PR AR M MMM RO MR M R M MR SRR M MMM MR ST These societies are not members of any general organization. It was merely by a happy coincidence that the German residents of this city or ganized some years ago a social anc musical society and christened it the Arion Club, to learn some time later that a similar soclety with the s name b been formed in the E Ci by rally a fraternal fe sprang up between t two clubs, which resulted in a bond of frie growing between the Arior East and the Arions of the W of whom have had the pleasur personal acquaintance The Eastern Arfons will be met this evening at Beni by tion rom the local society, by President Jacob F. Plagemann and Dr. Max Magnus, chairman of the musical section and In charge of the pro- gramme of festivities. - Upon their ar- rival at the ferry depot, foot of Market street, they will be met by the German singing societies of the city, who will accord them a musical welcome to the Western metropolis and escort them to the headquarters of the Arions 414 Pine street, where there will be an in- formal recepti At 9:30 in the even- ing there will be a serenade in the court of the Palace Hotel, where the 1 stop during their stay in There will be three numbers of 150 voices from the utonia and Arion socie- visitors w the city. by a chorus Harmonie, tie: there will the Arion Club for tors who are in con- Following the serenade at be a reunion those of the Vis ARIONS OF THE WEST READY TO New York Society Singing BofietieBNiotieNoN R eRNeReNeRNNO 250250200230254 %5+ 2025000254505+ 0 E THEIR EASTERN GUESTS @one%eGe e Ge oot e N0 @ T 4 * ;:: 3An Extensive Pro- K 3 : gramme of Pleasure s Has Been At- ranged. The Visitors Are to Stay in This City Until Wednesday. R R PR AR R AR A S AR 255020020200 k3 Fd + i + Id 2 + bl * 3 - b * 54 + Ed + b 3 o . @ + £ 3 b % 8 * 3 + D, MAx MAGNUS. SHAE AN ENTER TANMENT A ~ommiTEER - @ %0 e e NN NN o £ southern route The Eastern soclety is composed of some of the most influential and ® wealthy of the German-American $ citizens of the Empire City. Their & musical section has the reputation of & being the finest chorys of male voices % in the world. Six yvears ago the so- % ciety visited the Fatherland, and their & tour through Germany was a triumph. $% The local society will spare nothing to $ make their visit to the P: c Slope %% the most pleasant of any of their an- nual excursions. 4 Follow the list of the East- ® ern excurs Mr and Weinacht, Miss Hetty Wei Mi Weinacht, s John Miss nd Mr. the right humc leir long journey th ni urday forenoon the terners will be taken in ges to all poi | t in the city, winding up with h the park and out to the | depot at ¢ House. In the evening com ncing at § o'clock, “‘commers” will cupy the time of the visitors and their entertainers until midnight. | X} ‘Commers” is the German for h | a b jinks, and on this occasion the enter- | E. R John_ Bohne, tainment will be for the ladies as well o S0 s the gentlemen, ts part of the | Mre AL programme will take place at 0dd Fel- | Halbe, Miss - Gennrich, lows' Hall, and it is the intention of | Mr- and M and; Mrs the local Arfons to make it one of the | John Spanha principal features of the festivities. | ™ | " The steamer Pledmont has been | man 3 | chartered to take the Arions around | Dertha Gurre | the bay Su It will leave the ferry W. Kro { 9 o'clock in the morning. The ; amer will go out to the heads and as far up the bay as Mare Island. | | Monday and Tuesday the visitors will | be permitted to enjoy themselves ac- cording to their own inclinations. The festivities will close Wednesday with an excursion to the summit of Mount amalpais Before leaving California the New ; . York Arions will visit Monterey and . Walter Prest- th Yos te 1 and will retu dore Heinroth, he Yosemite ey, and will return i oy to their tern home by way of the DERAILE — 5 Their Mad Career. S0 House Twisted el SCENE OF ACCIDEN HE saloon of John Kunitz, on Tl- linois street, near Nineteenth, wrecked the entire building. saloon and went the building, the house like so much butter. of pounds. the bank just and many tons of sugar being dumped upon the ground. A Chinese Holiday. The. Little Woman’s Festival was ob- served throughout the Chinese section by Liovful pomp and ceremony last night. The D CARS NEARLY DESTROY A BUILBDING A Saloon Stops and received a shock yesterday after- noon at 1:3) o'clock that nearly & One of the biggest boxcars used for freight- ing jumped the rails in front of the tilting up against churning everything in The car was heavily packed with sugar in barrels and weighed many thousands another car rolled over above Kunitz's place, the entire top being thrown outward in sacks ool e % :: 2 .;- i % } L % T 3 T ON JLLINOIS STREET, NEAR NINETEENTH. The cause of the accident was a tilted and was thrust on its side over springing of the rails. A Southren the low embankment. Pacific freight train of about seven Kunitz received moré injury than cars was being hauled from the sugar the effect of the impact upon his i refinery on the point along Iinof house. His glassware, bottles and | street when two of the rear boxc: furniture were ‘given some queer | jumped the rails. The brakeman in twistings and the walls some bad | the forepart of the train did not no- wrenche: | its cars The brakemen on the train could not stop it after the realization that tice the accident at the time of occurrence, and the derailed el o e dragged and cut Into the track from the cars were derailed. The crash Twenty-first to Twentieth street be- came, and with it the two derailed fore cither ome capsized, Between cars ~uncoupled, saving the other | Nineteenth and Twentleth the first CArs. all of which were packed with ) deralled car tiited over and was only juSiL The Sreatest damage was done stopped from turning completely by first derafled car turned over on ’ Kunitz's house. The second car Kunitz's house it slipped its tsucks. ing pots of sprouting barley, symbolical of a glorious resurrection. Paper spotted with silver and gold color was burned with & view of transmitting coin to the spirits of the happy departed. event 1s in commemoration of the descent of the Joss upon earth, which occurred countless ages ago. The celebration was participated in only by young women, Who visited from house to house, carry- | charges | Allister street, | stationed at t! | daughter. Celine Crummey, and his son, | | Kolman, who died April 7 of this y DID COLEMAN SEEK SYMPATHY OR DEATH? An Ensign on the lowa Makes an Awk- ward Attempt Upon His Life. A Caréer of Wine and Unpaid Debts Led to Charges and Court-Martial Which He Dared Not Face. quaintances, and it is also stated that he has not always considered his hotel a preferred account. Matters of an ensign aboard the battleship Towa, at- tempted suicide by shooting, at 2 e ' sort have been called to the atten- 10 o'clock Wednesday night | tion of the commander of the ship since while confined to his quarters | her return to this port and following waliting trial by court-martial. F ign | Coleman’s injuries will not keep him long confined. His hair was consider- | ably singed and the bullet which he | fired at himself out of a Colt's navy revolver flew harmlessly by his head and found lodgment in the ceiling ovei close upon matters of a more serious aspect, of which the ship’s officers re- fuse to spea nd the order for court-mart ult o s probabl harge will t ind that of i s alleged attempt at that the original e temporarily withdrawn be placed against nim. It is the lnophoie C his bunk. S . vnurw] ri‘hu n:hrr:\wl\zt\ Of the reasons for his rather awk- \ithout the stigma of dishonorable ward attempt at self-destruction the|charges attaching either to him or his officers of the boat decline to speak.|ship, and it was understood 1 ‘A soon as It was discovered that news jthat this.chance would he 7 ihe atfais Lad reachad ahore orders| e s sl ganfined fo hio aus were issued by Captain Terry that no | niace 5 g & newspaper representatives should be allowed aboard and every man from jackie up was instructed to say abso- lutely nothing of the affair. Shore leave was limited last night to only those of the crew who could be trusted to keep close-mouthed upon the ship’s affairs. Those of Coleman’s w officers who speak of the matter all smile when suicide is suggested; they incline to the belief that his attempt was a bungling play for sympathy rather Ks- than a bona-fide effort at good ma manship. Coleman’s trial, which was|—————— e to have occurred before thé court- martial sitting on the B was ta have been upon seric which were the natural result of the career he (LATE SELBORNE), has led since 189, Among _naval people he has the repu- SAN RAFAEL. August 29, with This school will reopen on tation of a good fel but a hard nandsome neated by ‘seeam and . Ehted ery pupil has sep drinker and not to be altogether relied | lighted b LA e upon in matte of busine He was floors. S n fr t no furnace, no f & z : ew. York no flues in b s. The nearest appointed an ensign from New Yor ’Arrangements in 1841 and in 1893 was made the junior hoarding pupils and carry- member of the examining board sta- | {he'Hotel Rafael until the tioned at the Carnegie Iron Works to R e iy nt armor plate made CHARLES HITCHCOCK, Rafae inspect Govern ethlehe at the B n mill ™S SCHOOL, The history of that board and the HOIT scandal that attached to it those of MENLO PARK. SAN MATEO COUNTY, CAb., ‘ St is o discuss. rebullding Wi all modern Improvements. the navy circle still dislike to di \renulldiieswith AU eateny impreremeste There was every evidence of collusion | yipy year August 15th, Beautiful surround- to defraud the Government between | ings, bome ‘:nnuence!, dofl:rs superior fivui Some e & Carnegie Com- tages for the care and thorough training ol the offic and e yaipce Loye Accredited at the universities. a result of thdrawn and brought individual members, of whom Coleman was one. As is usual with matters which attack the honor of the navy the affair w s | finally lost sight of and the officers were never brought to trial, but the| record has always clung to Coleman | and hampered him, it is said, in his | efforts to secure promotion. | It also left him with a big lawyer’s bill and with other debts which he has | since been trying to pay off and at the | same time live a peg or so ahead of his | income. It is said he has scattered I | O U’s in nearly every port where h01330 | and a pany’s manipulators 0 IRA G. HOITT, Ph. D.. Principal. it the board was fin - _— STT MATTI-i;EW'S MILITARY SCHOOL, AN MATEO, CAL.—FOUNDED A. D. 1568, by the late Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer, D.D. ¥or catalogue and illustrated circular address REV. W. A, BREWER, A. B, Rector and Head Master. UNIVERSITY ACADENMY, ALAMEDA. A SELECT SCHOOL F Next term begins on TUESDAY. August 8. W. W. ANDERSON, Principal. TRINITY SCHOOL WASHINGTON ST. OPE: NS AUG. was possessed of friends or social ac- e versity; twenty-second yea corps of 11 pr | fessors. Accredited with the University. For CO000000000000000 TRIED TO CHOKE HIS YOUTHFUL CAPTOR catalogue of information apply to DR. E. B. SPALDING, Rector. | Ham'in School and Van Ness Seminary, — | 1849 e, o oosem st 5. . ARREST OF A SUPPOSED BICYCLE | jccredited by the University of California. st 14, 1899, Send for prospec Opens Augu: | SARAH D. HAMLIN A Week EREE] | Treatment and Medicine FOR ooie | Willlam Purcey, a supposed bicycle thief, was arrested vesterday atternoon | alan’h' ga “ess' by Detective Ryan and Policeman Rooker | =50 x\‘i’ter(z\(n exciting chase, and charged wllh‘ NOISES IN EARS AND THROAT DISEASES. grand larceny NEW INV THIEF. Pri After Giving a Fictitious Name He Is Recognized as a Deserter From the United States Army. claimed, is a deserter from | tationed at the | so the police al-| ¢ Purcey. it o the casualty detachment Presidio. Last Sunday ! | L lege, he rented a bicycle from a man it named Menson, who has a cyclery at 6i2 Jfall, Over. Golden Gate avenue, sold the ‘wheel | et Shoitl e tment that T make charge to try it one week Write for literature or call at once for FREE TREATMENT. DR. COTTINGHAM, 632 Market St., opp. Palace Hotel. 911 A. M., 1-3 and 7§ P. M. failed to return with the armed and no- no for §7 60. As he bicycle Menson became al tified the police. Yesterday Purcey cyclery on Larkin street, near McAllister, and after announcing that he was anxious to meet a relative in San Jnflfs rented a wheel. Shortly after leaving the| ¢ylery Purcey rode to a pawnshop on ‘hird street a empted to dispose o enter the shop. had stolen the wheel Svidently aware that GEvidently, ey quickly remounted the wheel and st rted for the l.urkm—slrt:evt' Sery, intending to “explain maters, xpressed it. Jg‘see;hp\\'ah‘)slfln. who is employed in the cycle on Golden Gate avenue from e Y ereey secured the wheel which he sold at a sacrifice, was standing on Mec- and he at once recognized s the man who was wanted vele from his employer. d him by the arm and visited another Hours- TURKISH Antique, RUGS and concluding that he followed him. he w; being Rare, Select the deserter a: for stealing a bic AT wa 1elwn-n’\;xm!l\)xl;§ for the cyclery on | plaried el i tor” (he S 07| A BSOLUTE AUCTION GO eized him by the throat and at- 5 Ste rangle him. Just then De- tempted_to st Ryan . peared and Rt'the City B James Butler, TURKISH RUG C0.’S ART ROOMS, 125 GEARY ST., and_Policeman Rooker ap- aced Purcey under arrest. ficon he gave his name as but subsequently changed tective #15 James Gray. Several hours later he | Commencing { wi ified a villiam G. urcey, a | . was identified a5 WAL & Ctichuient | THIS DAY, Friday, August 11, at 2:30 P. M., for one week. 7 Connoisseurs and Home and Office Fur- nishers are invited to this Important Sale. A. W. LOUDERBACK. Auctioneer. he Presidio. S e “Cars stop here this is the sign The Market-st. Railway wish to deflne. Pegamotd Aluminum does it for them; Opposite *Call Bldg.” 'tis a gem. e el ESTATES OF THE DEAD. Wills .of James Crummey and Wil- liam W. Davis Filed. The will of James Crummey, who died July 14, leaving an estate valued at $10,000 Wwas filed for probate yesterday. Deced- ent bequeathes his entire estate in equal shares to his widow, Celine Crummey; his It's Good Coffee YOU'LL SAY SO AFTER | i | | Jumes Crummey. Decedent further pro- Vides that should Elizabeth Crummey, a Saughter by his first wife, be living, she TRYING IT. shall have $ and no more. "Fne will of William W. Davis, who died on the 4th inst., was also filed. The tes- | GreatAmaflnafilmunrnnE Tea Gfl' tator devises an estate valued at $1000 to | nig friend, Belinda M. Greene. Big Presents Free. Amelia Kolman has -applied for letters e strati 2 es STORES EVERYWHERE. of administration on the estate of 4. A. e rORES: Honduras. The estate is a small one. S Gentlemen’s Sodality. On Sunday morning, August 13, at the 7:30 o'clock mass the Gentlemen's Sodal- ity attached to St. Ignatius Church will assemble at their chapel on Hayes street and march Insolemn procession,. neaded by the officers and banners of their so- ciety, to the large church of St. Ignatius, where they will receive Holy Communion in a body, after which there will be a reception of new members. —_— e Dr. R. L. Walsh, 815% GEARY ST.. bet. Hyde and Larkin. Painiess Extraction.. = 500 Crowns $2.00 Flesh-colored Plates %5.00 Continuous Gum Plates (no ‘bad Joints) our ; TEN first prizes for Trunks moved, 2c; freight «ansterred. Sig- | SPECIAlD. Have recelvec Dal Traoster Co., 530 Jones; tel. Sutter 4L T e e