The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1899, Page 11

R R o e e R Pages 1l o 20 be NPT e R g + + + + + + + +Ee e+ Pages Il to 20 ¢¢+¢+¢4¢¢++»+ww4: pS * % e % & O b R R RS AN FRANCISCO, SUN DAY, AUGUST 13, 1899 OEEP MYSTERY SHROUDS THE MARTIN AFFAI Police Investigating the Case. SEQUEL TO BITTER LAWSUITS | CHIEF LEES HAS NO DESCRIP- 7 OF THE THUGS. PR e Reluctant to Give an to Whether the At- Was Inspired by Enemie — s Wi M M TIONAL GUARD. nce That the Adjutant’s Big Body and That nd Labor Day Celebration. YOUNG MEN’S INSTITUTE TO ASSEMBLE IN GRAND COUNCIL A Great Organization That Will Meet in Santa Cruz-by-the- Sea About the 21st Inst. ' | 7 RO DEO, PRO PATRIA—For God| Wittmann, | and for Country—the motto of the Fresno—Eugene Rohill. . Iy Young Mer itute, will be wards—Rev. John A. Lally. P33 promir Cruz between srmore—J. D. Whalen, John Des- when the J. R. Gel ession there 5 B e A e S . e e s e e@ List of Delegates From Diifer- ent Parts of the State Who Will Legislate for the Order. San Luis Obispo—Frank McEntee. Santa Rosa—A. M. Bertolani. Sonoma—R. J. Dowdall. ). J. O'Leary, M. J. Con- A. Glover, William M. J. McCarthy, T nerton, Dr. C. Gellispie, George M. Kelly, Frederick F. Dunne, Joseph H. Hoare, Frank J. Stockton—James P. Carroll, P. D. Driscdll, John A. Dunleav Edward Campbell. Miles, Rev. Joseph M. Gleason, P. J. Vallejo—J. Harry Brennan, Frank B aCRt SRR S SO SR S e o B R SO R e i s s ] iV |5 | JAMES T M< NIFF GRAND 4/ PIRECTOR HENRY RUGELBERG™ GRAND DIRECTOR REV. M .D. SLATTERY GRAND. CHAPLAIN SAMVE “HASKIA - SE S. lFowArD GRAND OUTSIDE. 3, ‘o . GRAND GRAND & PRESIDE Nye TREASURER ) & * D O e S e S o ] 2| H. Lee. Watsonville—Joseph Larkin, M. Fitz- ¢ | patrick. & Virginia City, Nev.—George D. Pyne, + | Joseph P. Stenson. * | The present membership of the order in = and Nevada is 4650. During ¢ | year the membership roll has been in- & | sed by about 250. Sixteen of the coun- cils are located in San Francisco. But one council was instituted during the @ | year, and that was Victor, No. 543, a + | Los Angeles. The finances have been SWEENEY & | good, showing an incr of about $3500. The programme for the week at Santa P NTINEL 7 | Cruz includes Monday—Solemn pontifical high mass 4 {by his ace, Bishop Montgomery of +->e-o+6oo+@ | Los Angeles, in the Church of the Ho o L | Cross. After the mass the grand offic Powers, Themas O’Connor. A, J. Daniel T Charles D. Dumont Horan in_the eve Wednesday— ception in the evening at the Del Mar. ng. Business sessions, and re- iness sessions, and ban- San Jose—W. John W. | Thursday—Bu Sullivan auet In the evening, Sullivan. . o riday rming business session, San Rafael—R. W. Johnson, James |paseball match in the afternoon betw: and San Jose teams. Manney ita Cruz an Mateo—John D. Daly. all in the evening at Armo Santa Cruz—E. A. Cook, George S. Saturday—Excursion to | Tait. lunch in the woods. roup voung woman to whom, it now appears, young ndis was engaged to be mar ried. It was inevitable that some would t a love affair figured < death of Landis, but ppears to be wholly have thought th in the mysterio such an inference unwarranted Forgotte BALKS OFFCIALS Lincoln Mystery Grows circumsta are remem- bered now, since the exploita- Deeper. tion of the suicide has T gun. It is recalled that before 9 o 1 of the night Landis met his death some < INVESTIGATION IS CHECKED | women customers at the store re marked that the young grocer appeared T e flushed and excited, and it is said he pleaded with one of them that she YOUNG MAN'S LETTERS KEPT FROM SHERIFF. would defer her business with him until another ti e To-night the mystery of young Lan- dis’ death is deeper, if possible, than on | Perusal of Them Would, It Is the W day morning when his b(l}A‘I‘y s i was found lying on the floor of his Thought, Supply a Clew in Sup- o is Tight hand covering a ragged port of the Theory of wound next to his heart. It appears, Suicide. by the way, that young Landis did not g drink liauor in Matzen's saloon, as was R erroneously stated in the newspapers | of | and by individuals. s a matter o Tne cell fact, the three glasses of liquor which | T v 9 s he is declared to have taken on the e Ao aenioe” | night of his death were obtalned at| tional feature of the Landls m e ccurred to-day when Jehn father, accompanied by a suicide c Landis, | | | the SOME BRING GOLD, law put a stop to the examination of the letters of young Landis in the OTHERS NOTHING office of the 1 tore. This exam- i o ey ); el 9 ”fl'.,"f {l'; T | GEATTLE, Aug. 12—Ninety-five Klon- na and his deputies. he Officers | 41 ors arriyed here to-day on the steamer Il cling to the suicide theory, and it They brought Humboldt from Skaguay. evident that they were searching | gold dust, the value of which fs esti-| the effects of the young man for some- | mated by Purser Carroll at §250,000. Th2 thing which would more clearly estab- | richesc mmers aboard were H. C. Ande Yo, 61 | lish thelr theory. It is not probable the | son and Michael Knudson, who own ) | | claims on El Dorado Creek. They are | Sheri ill stro: y oppose 2 8 ude Sheriff will strongly oppose the attituc Credited with $30,000 betiveen them. of Tara. | of the father, who is an aged man and angers from Atlin bring a report of The Kr Fars have arranged to | an honored citizen of Sacramento. The | . tCl780C vory ‘on Pine Creek. Lyman or 1 ic next Sun-|\armest attachment existed between parwell of Redlands, Cal., has a lot of ' View Pazks ilich bave satherfuud gon jand letters paSScdSbe: firvee mhinsigtiaicrefound near Einite P2 2 s ’-‘:” | tween them every day; in fact, the let- | (oo | mes, danec. | ter which et Landis gave t0 Night | "4 pard-tuck story is told by two pros- | Watchman Redding to malil a half-hour| ;. iors who boarded the Humboldt before his mysterious death was ad-|j,,cqy, from Cooks Irlet. They are John os, with | dressed to his father at Sacramento, |johpson and E. R. Rowden, the last of fission. |and its contents suggested arrange-|ihe Boston expedition which rounded | ments for a trip together to San Fran- | Cape Nome over a vear ago on the oner Robert L. Richardson. Two St. Brigid's Reunion. rs o reunion | wiih the elder Landis and County Clerk | d's Church | 1 oqdis in ciscn later in the week. [ The people of Lincoln, who sympathize men, Nelson and Bansen, died on the way around, About fifteen of the party reached here me ‘time ago on the Gen- eral Siglin. The men put- $2600 each into their grief, and who, like ik on the | i “cling to the murder theory, are | {he enterprise and are now coming back e games | 5 iiling to believe that the former | penniless, but glad to be alive and again tng | B any desire to balk the officials’ in- | In clvilization. e | Tectigation or to do else than guard | — GOLD ON BIG CREEK. FRESNO. Aug been received hwre of a Blg Creek, aboit “resno. ccording 'o the went to the pin and a day. The strike Vas made ago Ly a man namei York. The place had hecn prospected b-fore, but only surface work York went down to b ably below had been_dore. rock, and it was conside: surface of the earth discovered. the that the gold w:;s Excursion to Spreckeis. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 12—A big excur- | sfon left this city this morning for a trip | to Spreckels, Pacific Grove and Monterey. | The outing was for the benefit of the town clock fund, to replace the horolcge | the purely personal matters of his son | from public curiosity. However, his act this afternoon, whatever the mo- {ive, has had the effect of delaying the investigation along the lines of self- murder. What step the Sheriff will take in the matter of continuing the | destroyed during the fire which burned examination of Landis’ papers remains | the Odd Fellows’ building. Ten cars well | to be seen. filled with pass ‘]nx‘er‘:;‘ left ’lhxs[cfl)_iay}d\ i - . passengers boarded the train at Capitola | The popular fg‘j_i"‘;‘m‘"h‘a“f‘e“;‘m;g“’;f‘nnd other way stations. Through the | Landis was hel 0 | courtesy of Claus Spreckels the Immerse more touching ' manifestation than in the appearance of six young women, sugar factory at Spreckels was opened to the excursionists. | | Through CONTRACT WIL PRODUC e e — FILES V ¢ —o— CONTESTED. - PP NDUP D S W SO D D S T ® ? GRAND ywing named grand officers PRESIDEAT during that 9 which had . ch, 1883, » betweer 5 ex-Sheriff Maxwell, W.| ¢ 1. Sheehan. | @ has been | 4 has its coun- | * 5 ? 3 CANTLEN swamm, 1 . CRAND INSIDE t; L. E. M $ SENTINEL Rev + orge « secretary; Do 00-0-000+000-000-0 ® . Curtis, Rev. John J. Clifford, Theo- jward Swee- | dore Engelbrecht. 5 tinel; He Martinez—William J. Reder. . D. Mahoney, James Ma le—Herman Berg. ® TOr1. WwW. KBELLY, e Pilcovich and John Riley Me »ark—Henry C. Hall. . GCRAND MARSHA L. T. E. Collir Fresnc Merced—George A. Beaudet. & ) mento and Monterey—Rev. R. M. Mestres. e P | Napa—William S. Fleming. B+046+0+06+0¢+064+030 s Oakland—D. J. Hallahan, William > : 4 2 Lioyd Stirling, Walter V. SOME NOTABLE OFFICER Redwood City—James D. Hedge. Petaluma—A. C. Seelinger, F. J. Cav- Sacramento—Thomas Sch 1augh D. Ryan, Thomas M. Divi irt Costa—Patrick J. Murphy, Wil- Mahoney, C. D. tings ; liam Tobin. San Francisco Myrick, Joha the | ————— = = = = — = — BexE | averaging the age of 20, dressed all in s W in the role of hono pallbear- 5 er al. Only one figure ap- = peared black and woeful in the spectral coF that of Miss Altha Stenger. the L il Mrs. Craven Is Still | After Fair’s Wealth. ARIOUS PLEADINGS | THE DISTRIBUTION ORDERS ARE the Defeat of the Trust Clause an Opening Has Been Left for Further Liti- gation. T Judge Slack trust clause of the G. Fair invalid left an openi Mrs. Nettie R. Craven to play her bi, card in the game for the dead capita millio Mrs. Craven has ma 11 of the late J property. The application and then the heirs sought distributi the personal property. decision declaring the | ames g for ggest alist’s shaled her | forces around her, and vesterday, through | on of Upon these distri- bution orders the battle will be made. Mrs. Craven comes into court this under section 1664 of the Code of Procedure, which provides for the of heirship and right of dis under. Florence Blythe her fight for the millions of _the Thomas Blythe and she won. What Craven's success will be remains seen. The complaint filed by Mrs. Crav the matter of ascertaining and decl Hinckley time Civil proof ribution there- made late Mrs. to be en in aring the rights of the heirs and all persons to the estate of the late Senator Fair, and all tribution thereof should be made, forth these allegations: First, that she is the wi interests therein, and to whom dis- sets idow of the de- | ceased, who left an estate of great value, | been recovered. 1 the income from which is at present | VENETIAN CARNIVAL 009 a y »».:II T entire est Alf" propertie ire next des M Craven T e e 0 eibod propetic IS TO BE REVIVED e disposed of by James G. Fair by will, , = this allegation based on the defeat | of the trust IT WILL BE A FEATURE OF THE No legal distribution has been made, ) e say the estate is still in process | NATIVE SONS’ FETE. ‘.)\r rdministration and no proceedings | = 1 ve be taken as required by sectic | 0 > " 1001 of he “Code ‘ot Civil Brocequre for | A Three Days’ Celebration Will Be the purpose of determining the hel Held in the City of Santa and title to th Hence she make Cr | the claim that u widow of the e | ceased she is entitled to an undivided — | one-third of all the real property of the | rhe meeting of the joint committee of estate and to one-third of the profits, i ! R 5 e same traction of the personal | the ninth of September committee of the Droperty, after the payment of the lega- | Native Sons of the Golden West was held | cies, debts and expenses of administra- | last night in #he Native Sons’ building. | tion' have been deducted, and she pi Progress reports were recelved from the | judgment accordingly Several subooraattees o Bl al subcommittees. In an ompanying _petition Mrs. | > : A Crves prays: that: an order be madeyas | | James P Dockery, who presided in: the provided by section 1664, requiring all per- | absence of President Byington, said that sons interésted in the cstate to set forth | he —had Santa’ Cruz, where the the nature of their claims on or before | celebration is to be held and attended a a day to be specified by the court, not | meeting of Santa Cruz Parlor, found the fess than sixty days nor more than four | members very enthusl: anid_that the months’ from the d; of the order, and | committee of arrangements had decidea | that the court ascertain and declare the | on a three-day celebration. On the | rights of all persons to the estate, their | night of Friday, when the train with the | interests therein and to whom distribu- tion should be made. | The petition cf Charles L. Fair, Theresa | _ Oelrichs and Virgir ir for partial visiting Native Sons reaches Santa Cruz, the visitors will be welcomed by the mem bership of the local parlor and citizens and there will be a procession and dis- | @istribution ‘of the pe property of | Play of fireworks. : j | the estate, filed April 23, 1897. is objected On Admission day there will be in the |t au Fecisted by Mrs. Craven. In her | forenoon a grand parade and in the after- noon literary and musical exercises, to be pleadings in answer to the petition M Craven denies the allegations therein th | ts to neadquarters of par- followed by v | he petitionens are the only heirs of the | 10rs and dancing in the evening at several deceased capitalist and alieges “that In | places. fruth and in fact she, the said Nettie R, | On Sunday there will be a number of Craven Fair, i~ the surviving widow and | excursions to points of interest in and e e heirs at 1aw of the deceased.” | around Santa Cruz. In the afternoon ert by the sea. also been ar- 1 be devoted there will be a sacred co seball match ha nged for. The evening w to_visiting headquarters. On_ Monday there will be a clambake She denies that they are entitled to all f the property and that she, as such ow, is entitled to one-third as set forth above. Mrs. Craven further contends that | her attorneys, W. W. Foote, Pence & | the court has no jurisdiction, authority or Pence, Denson, Oatman & Denson and A, | warrant of lu(\\ to :1d_|ut|,r.:e-] or decre (h«; rrlf?‘f‘l"lfu‘lrl‘sllgni'ihinr;;‘::‘k:-‘w:‘i-?‘:rm: the ?nr‘l,v % A % ad . o dt jon of the personal property and | forenoon an veni ere is to be SR ;{lm‘:‘_‘h‘“fl it st uton o e P e pracecdings for | a reproduction of the Venetian Carnival tablish, if possible, her claim that she Is { distribution in“tituted by Charles L. Falr, that given in that place in 189. The ol sible, A abe Theresa A. Oelrichs and Virginia Fair | money that is usually expended for a the widow of the late Senator Fair and | pe finally dismi | grand ball will be used in arranging the entitled to one-third of his entire estate: | Another petition in which Mrs. Craven | carnival. The executors of the will, the heirs and | demands that .ne findings of fact. con- o all persons interested in James G. Fair's :~l;x\sh‘|:\s o(( i;tv\;l‘m((l ;!m‘w:w‘v_;;:”; nly.xlrfl":f} THAT JAMAICAN TREATY. estate are named as defendants. The de- | tribution of red Bl L Al i cision rendered by Judge Slack declaring | ;{;"",';““"d\n“l\‘j{r”‘(‘! Ann (Yirginia Talr, | Kasson Says It Is Not Antagonistiz | the trust clause invalid has made this| cated and set aside, was filed. As befors | to California. possible. When the trust clause fell the | she sets forth that as dec widow | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12—The Chamber | bstate stood as though Senator Fair had | she is entitled to one-third thereof and | o Commerce here has received a com- died intestat far as the larger por- | that the proceedings were without TeERL T S S oo tron Tahn AT Raskon FoHa oo ‘liun of the property was concerned. o | warrant and i-_violation of the statutes. | HUR 0 PR (O O ointed to arrange mediately the heirs at law made applica- = |a iprocity treaty wi a B tion for partial distribution of the real Ocean Water Tub Baths. ga;:l)fn‘g the)lrea(y “he :;Q«Jam e s granted,| 101 Seventh street, corner Mission. Salt ““The treaty, although signed by the | President of the United States, does not e | become operative until -atified by the | Senate. There is no public knowledge ot its provisions now, hence no intelligent foundation for the assertion that the water direct from the ocean. | American Drowned in Mexico. 1L.OS ANGELES, Aug. 12.—E. W. Doane, | | treaty is antagonistic to the interests of | manager of the International Co-Operat- | ive Mining Company, whose headquarters | California. Personally 1 do not consider | are in this city, vesterday received in-| It 5°- 55 | formation of the drowning of Charles | Big Transfer of Property. Hodgdon in the Arroyo el Repardo, State FRESNO, Aug. 18- An indtritaant. was stamps_ever placed on an instrument in Arroyo on horseback. this office. The body has nutl > | wife, the first Lawier, Charles L. Ebner, R. A. Mil- nd delegates will proceed to Native Sons’ ler, John H. Dillon, Rev. E. P. Demp- Hall, where the fifteenth Grand Council sey, E. J. Dollard, W. W. Griffin, Har- will be organized. In the evening the | ry Pinkham, Edward O'Donnell, De delegates will be tendered a reception at iel P Cronin, M. J. Neubau¢ Michael [ Armory by the young ladies of the | Sabardin, Narbert Schneider Frank —_Business session, and concert of Sonora, Mexico, last Monday. Hodg- : | | gt Somora, N ecican. about 50 years oid, | filed In the County Recorder's office to- Who was employed by the mining com- | day requiring revenue stamps to the pany to move some machinery from Ortiz, | amount of $480. It was a deed given by @ station on the Sonora Railway about | the Fin de Siecle Investment Company twenty-five mil north of Guaymas to | conveying property in Kings, Tulare, | | Suaqui Grande, sixty-five miles east of | Kern, Fresno. Merced. Tuolumne, Stan- | Ortiz. Hodgdoh was swept away by the | islaus and San Joaquin counties, 'valued force of the current while fording the | at $460.000. This is the largest amount of | BOARDMAN, SHE SAYS, BEGGED FORHE D Mrs. Gladstone Makes Her Deposition. e WANTS HALF A MILLION S |SHE SAYS THE MILLIONAIRE CRUELLY FORSOOK HER. e Claims It Was the Defendant’s De- ceased Wife That First Proposed a Union Between Them on Her Death. et e | Mrs. Elizabeth Gladstone made her dep- osition yesterday in the offices of Attor- | ny Eugene Deuprey to be used in her tion against Millionaire Joseph Boardman of Oakland for breach of promise. For her wounded feelings, loss i ship, love and affection ar Mrs. Gladstone seeks the modest $500,000. The attorneys first questic ac- st 1 the plain- tiff on the number of times she met Boardman after the death of his wife | She answered that they met five or six times, the meetings ual G\.J!&FL% RIL[.B?;E(TCR A'P]LCOVICH ipur;)n > of talking over bus . GRAND . DIRECTOR but finally Mr. Boardman talked of other @ | matters, including lov Hence the 4 | Mr. Beardman was the next wit « | he added about the same amount of { |mation to the store already the pos- ¢ | session of the lawyers and an adjourn- @ | ment was taken till Monday. ¢ | . Mrs. Gladstone, who is the mother of o | thirteen living children, four now rest- | ing in the grave beside the bodies of her 4 | two husband mined that Board. & |gnan must for his actions i ["wooing a g her and then, ju a piest in the thought of b i king he 1 a husband and taking Walker, who claims omplishments. that time and a i her as his wife a Mis youth, beauty and ac Mrs. Gladstone say Mr. Boardman begi ime being bt after his wife’s death. She sented, stating, however, that he $ix mon The time had ed. She was busy preparing her au when the knowledge of his un- faithfulness came to her. She further recites a pathetic deathbed scene and her parting with Mrs. Boardman. Mrs. Board- man, she says, implored her to be good to sband and said that sh to see Mrs dstone i in the Boardma and with that 3 her the keys to the man saw this and when the funeral was over and he had regained his composure he hurried to Mrs. Gladstone with his offer of marriage Mrs. Gladstone says that Boardman for twenty he continues, she 1 finally t would has known long hich she now lives fr. r a nominal rent, the agr that she was finally to- rece Now she says Boardman has to nullify the agreement, his object | ing to even up the suit she filed aga | him for breach of promis; | [ COURT NOTES. Police Judge Treadwell appeared befors Superior Court Judge Dunne yeste morning to show cause why he should not sign a bill of exceptions presented to him by George D. Collins, attorney for Georga Upton. who was convicted in the Court of selling lottery _tickets. Dunne accepted Judge Treadwel cuse that he had been too busy allowed him until next Saturday the bill. Daniel Burke, recently convicted on charge of grand larceny, was sentenc to eight years in Folsom prison by Judg Dunne yesterday. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company filed suit vesterday against the State to recover $2384 65, the value of merchandis precipitated into the bay by the collap | of a portion of pier 9 on August 14, 1597. | e | The Odd Fellows’ Jubilee. The executive committee of the Oad Fellows’ jubilee at its meeting last night received progress reports from all the committees. These show that the affair will be a success in every respect. All the local lodges have decided to take part and a number of the interior ones will help swell the number. Permission was grant- ed to the Rebekahs to dispose of twenty- five souvenir badges by auction, and these will be the only ones disposed of prior to September 1. One thousand official flags were ordered, and it was announced that 30,000, instead of 10,000, of “Fity Years of Odd Fellow- ship in California,” the official souvenir, will be issued. GRAPE-NUTS. @ WELL FED BRAINS *OXDHS- | @ [} ® % * o AND HEALTHY BODY Can Do Things. EAT DK K D KOXDHG Bexas GET STRENGTH AND FROM FOOD. One of the surest ways to head off and stop disease is to make a complete change in diet. Food makes the body, and if your body ill cr becoming so the symp- toms are sort of signal flags hung up by nature which plainly sa “Give | me better building materials | Heed the call and change your diet. With good health man or woman can do things in this world. It may be worth a fortune to you to learn of the kind of food that rebuilds brains and, in a way, reorganizes the whole bodily structure. Make breakfast of a dish of Grape- Nuts and cream, a slice of entire wheat bread and a small bit of butter, some fruit and a cup of Postum Cereal Coffee (well made). For a hot morning the Postum can be served cold with lemon | juice. This plain, simple breakfast contains the most powerful rebuilding elements | and goes to the system in such a way as to be readily assimilated without needless effort. In ten days’ time the person will ex- perience such a change for the better that he becomes a convert for life to the plan of warding off disease by the skillful selection of food. |