The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1899, Page 9

THE SAN F¥RANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEP’ 1899, EMBER 14, . ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. EHD OF FIGHT OVER BURIAL LITTLE AL County Will Not Be Asked to Pay. Oakland Off 8 Br There will be no bill dway, Sept. 13. ley undert e San Francisco Call, i with the coun- 1e funeral of little t the last meeting | interesting let- | of Berkeley un- t Coroner Mehr- on of a couple free grave and PHANTOM HAUNTED TO DEATH BY ‘HELLO” BELLS Nettie Friebel, a Telephone Girl, ~ Succumbs to Brain Fever. | | | | ~ Under the Eyes ‘Raving of Imaginary Messages, She Dies of Her Distracted Mother—Switchboard’s Work. | @eoosoeo00ec0e0eD 00000 | LIES SECRET BEVEALED B TUCKERS DBATH Was Once a Noted St. Louis Crook. ——— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Sept. 13. “Barnestly hoping that you will remain where you are and fight un- | der your banners for the good cause, I am very truly yours, “WILLIAM DESMOND, “Chief of Detectives. “P. 8.—Did you know that your old | have to appear in court this morning to | chums, High Gorham and Jen Mec- | | ing the woman in conjunction with Louis Cann, had a ‘difficulty’ a few months ago, resulting in Gorham being shot | O’'Neal of San Jose, says that Madden | brought her to his office Monday night | SAID T0 HAVE PAID MONEY TO "FIX" HER CASE Ruby Raymond Sur- renders Herself. g Ruby Raymond, the woman from San Jose whose bonds of $10,000 were declared forfeited by Judge Mogan Tuesday be- cause she failed to- make her appearance in court, surrendered herself to the police yesterday morning. She told two or three tales as to why she nad not appeared in court. One was that John Madden, a teamster in the em- ployment of E. Martin & Co., wholesale liquor men, had got $150 from her Monday night to “fix" the case so that she would not have to appear in court. Then she told other tales, but Judge Mogan, on being Informed as to Madden, issued a bench warrant for his arrest, and he will explain. Attorney Mack, who is defend- A MELODIOUS COMIC OPERA WELL STAGED EMORY started a rumor that “Fati- nitza” is merry in music and bright in dialogue. Place no credence in the -latter half of the rumor and you have the truth. The ‘dialogue is puerile, formless and full of superflui- ties. Printing the argument on comic opera programmes is a necessary con- cession to the intelligence, for the best | eye cannot see in the dark. To be sure, | the dramatic form, which I shall ever in- | sist should come first in any operatic | work, never lives up to the argument and | hence recalls foreibly the billboards of a circus, but the argument throws a cer- | tain necessary light. And why always | seek the impossible and unreal for comic | opera inspiration? In the words of Locke, | let our librettists occasionally ‘cross their own Inclinations and follow the | dictates of reason”—write a good comedy | in rhyme and have it set to music whosa glee has a leagying to the classic. The music of “Fatinitza” is in the true Von Suppe spirit Melodious and tuneful. Scarcely any one can help yielding to the current infatuations of his neighbors, and | 8o I left agreeing with the audience that ‘Willlam Wolf was a jouy, blush! Kant- chukoff, Arthur Wooley a cle dialect artist, Thomas Persse a trim, sistent war correspondent, Edith Mason a sweet voiced Manova, Hattie Belle Ladd a picturesque lieutenant, the chorus in its first act disguises quite astonish- WILL COLONE ON SN CLEMENTE Party Organized to Take Up the Land. — Special Dispatch to The Call. PASADENA, Sept. 13.—San Clemente, & desert {sland so called, which lies in the Pacific in the Santa Barbara Channel group, is to be colonized, if the plans of Mr. Bolton and forty odd families of this neighborhood he has interested do not fall through. These families have pooled their belongings and propose to squat on 160 acres each. San Clemente is about seventy miles off the coast from San Pedro, lying between San Pedro and San Diego. It is a portion of Los Angeles County, and is about twenty miles long. Its widest place Is six miles across. For thirty or forty years sheep have wandered about the island. Tom Gallagher, who died recently, watched these sheep for over twenty years. The sheep lived off the brush. The winds tore down the trees and the sheep- herders have frequently had to dig into the wind-blown sand for wood. But in the sheltered canyons and valleys there are wild cherries and on the Ylm to the north grain of all kinds will grow pro- r that wa 3 | | | ing and interesting enough to be worthy | fusely. xifel soounty |l dead by McCann, who was arrested? [3"SC [2iq Tim $150 as part of his fee | the Second (rip round the stago that the | _San Clemente is frostlese. There Is water dden by the | | W. D. | of ‘3250, "Any talk of -fixing” the case | gallery demanded and the whole opera | standing in pools In the canyons. Wild well worth the time spent. There is a | goats and quail are there in abundance. 50 far as Mack is concerned, he declares absurd, as he told the woman that on the contrary the case was a very strong one against her. The woman Is charged with taking Nathalie Danforth and Daisy Miller, two girls under 18 years of age to her house {n San Jose for immoral purposes without the consent of their parents or Willlam Desmond’s hope can never be | broken, for Dennis Tucker, to whom the | St. Louis chief of detectlves wrote the | letter from which the above is an ex-| tract, has just died at San Jose. { It was always known that Dennis, who | for nine years had been a shining light in General Booth’s army, had a very dark | past, but not until the contents of his Years ago a sheep herder brought over three brown goats and left them corralled while he visited Los Angeles a hundred miles away. When he returned to the island the goats had broken away and were never caught. They multiplied and to-day hundreds of them dwell in the caves or rock shelters and scurry up the canyons. The oniy profusion of simple melos cipals and most of it e sung, but not as much | chorus as one likes the Grand Opera- house chorus to be given. May that cho- | rus never grow less in numbers or value. | That is a good snow scene in the first act, on the lower Danube. A little | stretching of the mental vision, a little | closing of the eyes to the manner of | ¢ for the prin- | ceedingly well work ~ for the mplaint was read to the th the county expert ing held till the Cor- ng the county to provide + paid. It was pald by iia and Nevada Railroad Com: dent which threat- B gnificance inhabitants of San Clemente h ol T heard ally. Coroner will of co arge his fee | { trunk were scrutinized by friends was | guardians. The charges were nltered | spowfall and it is a very good substitute | are a few sheep and cattle berders and a f the work, but the 1t known that Tucker had served more | Yesterday to come under section 267 of | for a first-hand observation of the re- | hermit, Aleck O'Leary, who lives with his the Penal Code, and when they were [ ality. Comic opera is often more satis- | goats and cat and dog miles from human than half his lifetime in jall and Wwas|cajled in court the defendant's -attorney heings. Sometimes he comes to the main- of the cost of | § fying, musically, than it® more ambitio mond, and while containing expressions of encouragement, also teems with sar- ® really an outcast from Chicago. | pleaded hard fo A vear-old 5 | pleaded hard for a continuance, as they | e maki P Ll SR One of the letters in Tucker's trunk tells | had been unable to subpena their Wit | R Lo L o S jaod. making jte tihie s & 3 Albert | ¢ the whole story. It is from Chief Des-|nesses. The Judge held that although |ga simple song that is perfect of its kind | The climate of the place is excellent and | the section under which the charges were | Standa higher than an epic of inferior ex- | the soil good. There is but one obstacle | There was & good house and | In the way of settlement by farmers. This | island, together with Santa Barbara and San Nicholas Island and several of the Santa Cruz group, was set aside by the Government for lighthouse and naval pur- poses. A very plain title cannot, there- fore, be secured by the settlers, but the would-be colonists think that their rights, if they cultivate the sofl, will recelve as much respect as those of the sheep herd- ers and eventually the Government will all the | made had been changed. the facts were | ccution. the same and he did not think the de- | casm not very adroitly veiled. Desmond | fendant was entitled to a continuance, as says: | she had ample time to get her witnesses, “Dear Dennis Tucker: I received your | but he would continue the case after letter a few days ago intnrmmg me | hearing the witnesses for the prosecu- that you are a _member of the Salva-| tion, so that the defense might get their tlon ~Army. 1 am very giad to| witness. Maude Burdette then testified hear that you have found a posi-|to having met the defendant in this city tlon where you can do an immense | and arranging with her to send the two amount of good by showing the depraved | girls to San Jose. The case was con-| » Pro ecessary ord company a Ch %enerous applause. ~ Next week “The rum Major's Daughter” will be sung. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Midweek Notes. | “Othello” has proved so successful at| the Tivoll that it will be sung again next | week, alternating with “La Traviata.” “The Wages of Sin” at the Alcazar has Has Changed Attorneys. dance with s and with | ¢ —The long-threat- “There are quite a number of what you might facetiously call the gang still work- | from here to your headquarters with you [ R et an ol e ol dn o e ol e ot g ! in his court. The_defendant is in the City Prison, as the Judge ordered that she |WILL SEEK TO HAVE It is probable that the first week of| written for the star by Clinton Stuart. | ———————————— | A Mennonite Bishop was chosen by lot | anson being | | rovide th u- | ® element (of which you were once a prom- | tinued till to-morrow. . == | grant them title P . inent disciple) what can be done by self-| An application was made to recall the | flflsefl to the capacity of the theater. | 8 curred because | denial and a resolve to do right. | order declaring the bonds given for the | “Too Much Johnson,” with some wonder- | SeEEE Quellin, 1 | & “The criminal element in St. Louis is | defendant’s appearance forfeited, but the | fully realistic scenery, is the attraction | THEATER WAR TAX. Brc ,and | ¢ about the same as it was when you were | Judge would only agree to stop proceed- | next week. \; | o S i e little girl's | here. possibly It is a little improved for | ings for the recovery of the amounts in| The excellent bill at the Orpheum has | Commissioner Heacock Decides That g the better since you left, but not much. | the bonds till the cases were concluded | crowded the theater nightly. Next week 1% P > four new attractions will be added. | the Proprietors and Not the Lessees Must Pay It. s parents. | r | ing at their old tricks in this city, and should be held without bail. the Modjeska engagement at the Colum- | if a company of them could be s‘flpped e ————— bia will }])e devoted 26 "Marie Antoinette,” | Proprietors of theaters and not the les- | sees will be required to pay the war rev- enue tax_of $100 per annum. This was the purport of a decision given yesterday by D e s o y : " | United States Commissioner Heacock in T INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS | oi \iissmie . nare were four cane | Liiizs Sieis, Commipioogt Hosceck, i ¢ ——— ‘[d'xd?ltes,‘ there weere atm—bm undof‘he flyy l}{em"l\_‘h xxtenonald. lessee of the Alham- 1 similar in every respect, - | bra eater. He CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS IN | of one there wad placed o blank | dudge Heacock said that It was unmis. & ED RE aper. Each minister took a Bi nd | takably the intention of the lawmakers ¢ { NE: OF MO: MONEY. | Do one to whose lot the paper fell was | to tax the proprietor, not the lessee of a 2 3¢ SRS {Rev.” Abram Herr—God's _chofce, Mr. | theater, for the statute tself provides & i | Herr 1s a descendant of Hans Herr, leader | that the on any theater umder lease b ¢ | The Supervisor Bases His Action on | :“one of the pioneer parties of Mennon- | prior to the time the statute went into Vestarday's Tasol | t @ the Need of Improvements of T, Pennsylvania nearly 2)0 years ago. | effect must be paid by the lessee. . Yesterday ey Y OOC O TR O SO R BB A OO Pa 48 34 ALl Kinds in the e v elland ne grower, Santa ., 7] > * NETTIE FRIEBEL, A VICTIM OF THE TELEPHONE SERVICE. | ! *1 City. STATEMENT STATEMENT AKLAND, Sept. 13.—Nettle Friebel, At the very beginning of her iliness a T o —o B— but 15 years old, lles dead at her Physician was summoned. The diagnosis :) ®| When the question of the tax levy —OF THE— Lot el foonil home to-night, a victim to the re- WE&S brain fever. As she grew wors2 other 4 | comes up for final consideration before | markable. effect exercised on her huysicians were called in for consulta- | 4 | £ 4 et Ao N AND AFFAIRS |CONDITION AND AFFAIR GRAPE-NUT AR TR eI Sy & | the Board of Supervisors at next Mon b NUTS, | brain and mind by five months’ wWork who declared then that the ravages of [ 9 + | day’s meeting Supervisor Holland will | " % ———————— | at a telephone s'v\‘n.‘mnrr].xrd. For sovsr?! |_\'|vh(n|ld m}-l ‘heel]x ad{{ml“xn’tht))\sfi of the| ¢ | | submit several amendments increasing —OF THE— il i d she was engaged in mental malady. Dr. W. M. Beckwith was | [ | the appropriations as already decided on AMALALIALAN &S ‘""""mmz fler phantom receiver Summoned, 166, and, like Dr. Dunn, de-| ¢ ¢! 1o certain departments. Holland bases = == | that would convey imaginary messages iectedthe prosence df the second dicease, | ¢ | his proposed course on the need of im- e - == | to her wrecked mind was of no avail 3 ® @ | provements in this city and believes that & Untiring in Stren “Five months ago,” said Mrs. Friebel Mr. and Mrs. Frieb i s w i S -— 14 i i ¥ o 8. el declare that thelr { his reasons will be found logical. = —-———fi—_—gih § (n-mlgbl, as she sat in their cozy but ‘Hr vsllml the wr()rs;]l S\!flfvr:r from the ,g é The amendments contemplate [\(ldilk)nlfll OF AMER‘CA lNSURANCE COMPANY = humble little ho; by two or ere demands of the telephone service, | 7 » | appropriations for paving streets, the : F_NEW YORK, IN THI 5 = == | three sympathetic ettie begged {ie's chum, a Miss Campbell of East | ¢ 4 | proper care of Golden Gate Park] the O O T e T BT e, = . 3 to be allowed to help earn something for and, was taken recently to the insane | & bullding of a new City and County Hos-| ;™ 1, “Teeg “arid for the yvear ending on that | 1898 and for the year ending-on that day, as = 8 hotiie A Batn et ANk W et um at Napa, her mania b"'“fi the | @00+ 6-e oo o+@ | pital and various other propositions | 3y as made to the Insurance Commissioner made to the Insurance Commissioner of the = vall =3 | the house, and said that she could get perpetual ringing’ of the telephone In her which he deems should have more money | o8¥;, 85 JU8C® 12 (o%icornia, pursuant to the | State of California, pursuant to the provisions ~, work at the telephone company, We did ears and the never-ceasing answering of DENNIS TUCKER. than has been already appropriated under 1 sections 610 and €11 of the Politi- | of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, X provisions of on: 3 = 3 not want her to go there, though, and rft!l‘s\ The two girls the pledge of the dollar limit. “I am a | cal Code, condensed as per blank furnished condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- - RESTORED BY only consented after she nad begged hard, [FRilé employed by the company, and went | in command, what a perfect godsend It | firm advocate,” said Holland vesterday in | by the Commissloner. missioner: = 3. For at first, untll she was broken In, she togathar. —When . Slive = Camphell "wet | He boovics bors fov thalt oo Thoy would | et e D e GABTTAL CAPITAL. Sor | 3 s S iy, ogether. ~When Mis was | be leaving here ‘for their country’s good,’ | in our city, and my amendments will by 5 - 5 would receive nothing, and after that only stricken Nettie sorrowed deeply, and|and under your especial tutelage Emu_‘ ‘:uln‘ms( emlre;y HaBed on the mfls\ % pm‘f Almn%nl of Capital Stock, pald up Ag:‘unl"n.lu.c‘aplm Stock, paid up in ik = GRAPE-NUTS very small wages. spoke again and again of the awlil test | would be worthy followers of the Lord. | ting our streets and_public parks in the| '* . = S = 5 “We lmdher o, She was %0 la}ll alnd of gtrength ]1!!1“(3:;‘10151 !\*g:lr ?"r{"{’flmxe:‘:i Very truly yo B best of_condition. e_recent welcome ASSETS. ASSETS. | strong and well, every one thought her 3 d.” s Mrs. ebel las VILLIAN o ND.” |to the First California Volunteers prob- 5 5 Real Estate owned by C 3 = FOOD =5 | mucholder than'she was, and we did not enine, “gate her lite for o mere mothing, | 1n a letter that Tckor wrote to Chief | ably did more to advertise the clty N wa | Boal et O e tes xcfifns on Bonds and Mortgazes o —~ elleve that the work woul hurt her. e B o 8 on e said: ‘“You remember when | any other project, and I am of the opin- s Val f all Stock d ‘ash Market Value of all Stocks = =3 | Bt S tew weeks ago we saw that It was me home 7. Then she came home with 2. | T e B L | O uithe velor s croR e | e oveaan by, Company $507,000 00| _and Bonds owned by Company.... $345,000 00 —" = ma.klng her sick, and soon afterward she The ToSt Spe evER recelved was $1775. | scoundrel I was? I would rob the pennies | ture. San Francisco is destined to make | Amount of Loans secured by o Amount of Loans secured by pledge 7Y YT YRR I TYTIYITYIT fame Rome, after staying at her desk as They docked her little salary of $2) per | off a dead man's eves, but the Lord has | rapid strides from now on. The increase |~ of Honds Stacks 200 SHUee Tt of Bonds, Stocks and other mar- T long as possible, and never was out of mfl‘;lh on Pni'ry possible “excuse. She | forgiven me and now I get out on the|in the appropriations which I will en-| ketable securities as collateral. ketable securitles as collateral bed again. e e e AL it syt | with the army and tell the life I| deavor to bring about ls warranted in Gasit fn' Comapany s Offcs. o A e ot i I “She went to work each morning a ause Miss C: e have le e instance. ash in Banks. = M s T Y A RATIONAL F | haif past 7 and came home at 2 o'clock. {3 for a whole month's work at the build-| Nearly nine years ago after servin For example, I am In favor of afford- | Interest due and accrued on - all Interest due and accrued on all OOD CURE. |l Pa8 [ iihca at 5 and was due back [ng on Twelfth street. Miss Campbell | thirteen years in prison, at intervals wors | ing oroper protection to the property of | , Stocks snd Loans G083 | Btoeks and Losns S B here at 10, but oftener at 11 or half-past. told Nettle that she was ashamed to tell | ering a period of thirty years, Tucker met D P iiohe’ and tharefore have added | Interest due aod sccrued on Fonds R Mo o 5 ll-kn 0 eguiar and ork was so hard, wi T K \ evangelist, an as put_on his feet. A | Fire Department. elieve in having al s ... 8653263 | tion . s D. C. who supplies the | the oAt in her ears that, strong as she She took to her bed, Nettle Erichel suffer. | few years ago he married an elderly wid-| possible safeguards around the public B receivable, Tot Matured, taken Bills rec : of the brainy, represen- | a3t killed her. Roan caueht she said tn thea rf;lm and | ow, but their life was not as hué:py as | health, therefore 1 have added $70000 to | for Fire and Marine Risks, In- for Fire and Marine Ris] 2 Ty ox e After the delirium hegan two weeks ago \wl & "h: n;_}nl-'wh}r’;] 0 hraus: ‘S}Y'M they anticipated. Tucker since 1880 has | the Board of Health figures. In view of | ternal Revenue Stamp: 24 35 | Rents due and accrued, I the country, sa; 1| the child rarely regained conscicusness. SWePt the room s bl ad to work. | heen true to his new vows, and frequently | danger from infectious diseases, now that | Rents due and accrued.. Revenue Stamps 20 04 C an enthust: ¢ consumer | Day and night she raved, begging that e girls when they complained, Nettie| Chief of Police Harrigan and Chief of | we have acquired new Oriental posses-| Due from other Compani Due from other Companies for Rein- G I oo sumer | Day and night S Wng into her poor told her bother, were informed that they | Detectives Desmond have written to him | sions. I allow 35000 for a smallpox hospi- | = insurance on losses already paid surance on losses already paid..... iraj it t has constituted | tnrs be taken away and ahewering hour '‘would have to stand it until new parti-| encouraging him to keep in the narrow | tal, $50,000 for a new hospital and sm&vo : my morning and evening meal |in and hour out m;;mlle:‘s imaginary, l{f-le- toos S gg‘}m'"r the old ones having| path. for Improving the old one, which are new Total assets Total assets ......... ast eight mo s > ssages. Her strength ebbed fast De! H 8 1is, worn out with overwork, broken | their most tearful moments had believed the Garfield Grammar School, where she | prison when he was a very young boy. | no allowance has been made for it, though | Losses adjusted and unpald. $6,241 00 | Losses adjusted and unpaid. 34,715 00 health, dyspepsia. having led | it would. She sank, begging for help o pamcousidercd s bright student and ex-| The officers of the Salvatlon Army de-| the new Charter provides for lis Crea. | Losses n process of Adjustm 2425 o | o558 In process of Adjust e . 1 3 etill the demon nolses that were madden- v stro ysically. e was | clare that Tucker was as loyal a soldier | tion N jati uspense ... 8 in Suspense 23,058 00 el rt trouble and | fol b e ought till She dted to keep known fo some of her friends as Agnes, | as he was degraded as a eriminal. 4 ;‘,;’[’a"m‘;"n}“i'i.'e"';’f;‘.‘,‘ni;"?.a'fé‘sc'&i?}lfl'é‘é‘xgie‘,‘;’, Losses resisted, ‘inciading expenss 250 00 | Losses resisted, 4,330 00 > 1 was given up to dle. {This | from heria phasiton receiver fastened to that being hg:rm?amg pand not Nettl —_— and T allow them $8000.” +7 | Gross premiu ey o Ttes, 17461 50 e b loes. TR e to m e through one of | her head. wi and home name. The increases in detail are as follows: nce 50 per cent. 2 % insurance 50 per_cent...... my custome: : name suggested — — s — — BIGAMIST C. L. WOLF Repaving accepted streets, $105.000; Gold- | grers premiums on Fire Risks Run- e TR i R S something in the dessert Ii ST < WEPT LIKE A CHILD en Gate Park, $10,000; public schools, $70,- | “ning more than one year, $:3,418 77; ning more than one year, §34,631 57; hing lessert line—dried | e e F 000; Board of Health, §10,000; City and| reinsurance pro rata ... . 8258 reinsurance pro rata . .. 2,088 60 fruit, prunes, raisins or the like, and the major. 3 SREa z Cotinty Hospital (new), $50,000; improving | Gross premiums on Marine and In- Gross premiums on Marine and In- when I put it in the store a glan W oll, b you mean £576sy that tonusal |\ QAKIAND, "BODE 3. Gharles L. \Wolt | id= Hokpital 10,000 Smalipox hospital | Cland Navieation Risks, 36305 6; re- T Novigation. Risks, : ; et - S EEncEsn for i e 4 e Tt Sounsel | pleaded guilty before Judge Hall to-day | $5000; Fire Department, $50.000; = election | insurance 100 per cent 630576 | reinsurance 50 per cent. " tsssess persuaded me to make a trial | antd ‘queried the court, and the major re- | to the charge of bigamy, walved time and | expenses, $30.000; park Panhandle, $8000; | Gross premiums. on. Marine. J',',';: Gross premiums on Marine Tim onally. Dlied that “they would do it if they | was sentenced to two years' imprisonment | Board of Public Works, §600; bond elec- oy I € el e e I had at the store for my supper a e o in San Quentin. When sentence was pro- | tion, $5000. All other derands against the Com- oI ciher - Gemands g may _be,’ errupte r. Foote, | nounced he blubbered like a child. He PARY. bocqrss esesson 19,373 28 | ~ Company - and a half dish, sed, perhaps and was im- nfavorably, with its g at the same time very appropriately the new food s named. Strange as it may appear, effect was almost at once apparent. ated that evening at my home I re- marked to the family that it was the first time in a whole year that I had felt like myself. T was much elated and natura attributed the change to Grape-Nuts. My Improvement since !l been continuous, my health is better than ever before, I look ten years younger and am untiring in strength.” (The gentleman does not care to have his name quoted publicly, but his store can be found at 726 Eighteenth street, ‘Washington, D. C.) Now for the reason. woman nervous prostration will in in strength by the use of Grarp uts and cream, because of the fact that the natural phosphate of potash obtained from certain parts of the grains one of the strong ele- ments in Nuts, and this is pre- nted to em in the form de- manded by not as a drug. The system takes up the needed particles of phosphate of potash and it s now known that the soft gray mat- The man. or ape- the s u AINTS AND 30 DELAYS TRIAL Aged Defendant Not So Very Spry. AT Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Sept. 13. The spectators who crowded Judge Og- den’s courtroom this morning to listen to | the trial of Jane Hodge's $50,000 breach | of promise damage suit against the aged capitalist, John Nicholl, were sadly dis- | appointed in their hunger or thirst for a worn out with overwork or | «4nd an im- | sensation. No sooner had the jury been polled. and juror O. C. Hyatt reprimanded by the court for being tardy on account of the absence of a clock at his home, than Ma- jor J. B. Mhoon, chief counsel for the de- fendant, sprung a surprise by moving for a continuance. Major Mhoon declared that his aged client had been seized with | & tainting spell yesterday after court had adjourned. He went on to recite that Mr. Nicholl had collapsed at the office of Dr. E. H. Woolsey while the latter was con- | ducting an examination on the capitalist. ter which fills the delicate nerve cen- | The result of the examination, it is un- ters = brain : mad and and renewed from day to n albumen. Albumen is one of the principal elements of all food, but unless albumen has with it in the system a sufficient amount of phos- of potash it cannot be trans- formed into brain matter without the tion of this particular element, for there is no known way to make gray \tter except by the combination of bumen and phosphate of potash. Therefor when one uses Grape- Nuts he makes use of the best scien- tific knowledge of the day in the selec- ti of food for invigorating and revitalizing the body. This food has become famous throughout the-world, and it is to be found in every first- cl grocery store. Grape-Nuts are made by the Postum Co. at their fac- tories in Battle Creek. phate throughout the body as well as |derstood, was to have played an important the solar plexus, can | part at the sensationai trial. To support the motion Dr. Eastman of the action of phosphate of | Berkeley was called to testify that he | had afterward been | Nicholl, and | the family physician, was called in. | Adams was also called as a witness, and | testified that the capitalist was resting | at his home comfortably, but that an called to treat Mr. Dr. Frank Adams, Dr. later examination showed that the patient's Jower 1limbs were suffering a dropsical condition. In the opinion of the doctors Nicholl would hardly be in a fit condition | to reappear at the trial before a week. ‘Attorney Foote, on behalf of the plaint- {ff, expressed briefly some doubt as to whether the aged capitalist might not be “faking,” but Dr. Adams tried to dispel this idea. Nevertheless Mr. Foote “thought it_seemed singular.” ‘Major Mhoon, however, pressed the fis- sue, declaring it would be impossible to Proceed ‘without the presence of his client. “No prudent attorney would proceed. They may execute a man In France that | that that was what was the matter with the defendant yesterday.” | Major Mhoon looked daggers as he re- plie “Well, if you were 76 years old and | were drawn’into a scrape like this you would not like it very well, I think’; but | Mr. Foote objected to the irrelevancy of the confab, though his Honor decided its pertinence, “‘When Major Mhoon gets to be 76.” Foote, “I would like to continued” Mr, hear him speak for himself.” It was finally decided to grant a contin- uance until next Tuesday morning. SONS CONTEST WILL OF ANNEY SWEENEY OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—Edward M. Swee- ney, a San Francisco attorney, and John J. Sweeney to-day filed a contest and opposition to the probate of an alleged will of their mother, Anney Sweeney, filed a few days ago by B. McFadden, who is named as executor. The estate is valued | between $6000 and $10,000, and by the terms of the alleged will the bulk of the estate, | mostly money on deposit in_the Hibernia | Bank, is bequeathed to J. J. Sweeney, one of the sons. To Edward M. Sweeney | originally $1000 was bequeathed, but a | codicil reduced this to $500, and to the | pastor of Sacred Heart Church $ was bequeathed for masses for the repose of testatrix’s soul, toward a new church building and $25 for the aitar society, In their contest, prepared by George D. Collins, the two sons allege that their | “mother was of unsound mind and that the execution of the alleged will was {n- duced and procured by the Rev. Lawrence | Serda, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, actively aided and abetted by B. McFad- den; that the latter drew up said will at | the ‘request of the pastor, b whom tes- | tatrix, as a member of his church for | years, had implicit confidence.” That the d{rect on. In short, that tfig %Zc'l,’mi’fi‘; was not executed by ‘decedent freely or voluntartly. ——————— Defendant Is Granted a Divorce. OAKLAND, Sept. 13.—In the divorce sult of Refugio Bernal Fells against Jose Felis, brought on the ground of cruelty, Judge Ellsworth to-day rendered a decrée grant- ing the defendant husband a divorce on the ground of willful desertion alleged in his cross-complaint. By the decree the plaintiff takes nothing. T¥le suit of similar title over certain real estate at Livermore, | which the husband claims his wife deeded to him some years ago, has ted to the court for decision. been mmt—] explained to the court how he had been deceived by Rosle L. H. Wolf, who pre- ferred the charge, also by his first wife back in New Jersey, but Judge Hall re- minded him of wrongdoing. “‘No doubt Vou now realize,” said Judge Hall, “what it is to get married too often.” When seen in the County Jail this after- noon Wolf's tears had dried away and he expressad himself as fortunate with the light sentence. He reiterated his defama- tory words about the women he had mar- rieg. and exhibited a letter received yes- terday from Mattie Tyrer, with whom he had eloped to Tesla, where he was ar- rested. In the letter the girl asks for a lock of his hair and promises to visit him at San Quentin when he gets there. Mattie Tyrer has been missing from her home several days. Her father, W. At- wood, is greatly worried over her where- abouts, but the letter in Wolf's possession shows that she is in Stockton, whither she went last Saturday in the company of a colored man, with whom she became ac- qualinted at Tesla. “T have been a victim of conspiracy,” sald Wolf this afternoon. ‘‘But for my tender heart I never would have married my second wife. I meant it all for the best. My attorney produced_a letter wherein it stated 1 was in a New York hospital, and he tells me that letter he got up as a blind to throw the authorities off my track. Well, I have always heen a law-abiding citizen, but perhaps 1t would have been better had I been born in Utah or Turkey. I g0 to San Quentin with a clear consclence, and when I come out I will prove myself as good a man as when T went there.” —————— Dr. Coyle;s Successor. BERKELEY, Sept. 13.—The resignatl of Rev. John Coyle, D.D., of the Fl:sr(‘ Methodist Church of this city was handed in to the conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which closed at Pacific Grove.yesterday. Dr. Coyle's resignation was made necessary owing to {ll health, The conference has appointed as his suc- cessor Rev. C. K. Jemmess. Dr. Jenness is a graduate of Stanford University and is one of the most talented young orators in the Methodist pulpit. “Hannybody with arf a heye could see was a typical Hamerican."” ‘And what is a typical ‘American?”’ “One that gives tips freely, sir."—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Send the SUNDAY CALL to your friends abroad—wrapped ready for mailing, 5¢c per copy. A Three Men of the Same Name Figure in a Story of Robbery. A peculiar case came under police ob- servation yesterday, and it is now in such a tangled condition that the officers do not know what to make of it. It is one of alleged robbery, and apparently three men of the same name figure in it Yesterday afternoon John La Grange called at police headquarters and stated that he had been robbed of considerable money and valuables by two men repre- senting themselves as police officers. He stated that he was asieep in a house at 807 Pacific street and that a short time after 12 o'clock on ']"nvsd&{‘ night both of the fake officers entered his room. One of them drew a revolver and forced him to hand over $14 in coin, a diamond ring and a silver watch. Detective Wren was detailed on the case and he located a by the name of John La Grnn%’e in the house at the above address, but this party disclaims all storiee of any robbery. The detective also ascertained that another man of the identical name had been found in a drunken condition on Bacon Flace at about 3 o'clock yesterday morning and locked up in & police station. This latter La Grange was released as soon as he was sober. he detective is still working on the case and expects to secure additional light upon it to-day. —_——————— In the Divorce Court. Margaret Martinetz was granted | adi- vorce yesterday by Judge Belcher from A. R. Martinetz on the ground of deser- tion. Frederick Querren was granted a di- vorce from Nellie Querren on the ground of desertion. Suits for divorce were filed yeltel’dg lg’ Josephine Kean Hughes against T. G. u i S tob SigEeinT - TANGLED CASE. hes, for failure to provide; Willlam . Herman against Alwine Herman, for desertion; Sarah B. Klng against George King, for desertion; Hulda Meyer against Gustave Meyer, for cruelty; Emma Brown against Joseph A. Brown, for fail- ure to provide; Jessie Hopkins' against Charles C. Hopkins, for failure to pro- vide and Joseph E. Peters against Agnes Peters, for cruelty. Volunteer Baseball. The boys of the First Regiment are taking a great Interest in the baseball game to be played next Sunday between the First California Volunteers and the Oakland Heesemans. The volunteers are hard at work every day. The game is to come off next Sun- day at the Presidio athletic grounds. Total labilities .. $172.479 02 INCOME. Net Cash actually recetved for Fire premiums . $157,246 84 Net Cash r Marine premiums 6,634 96 | Received for interes! all other sources Received for Rents .. Total income EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including $————. losses of pre- vious years) ... 5 ... $134,808 14 Net amount pald for Marine Losses {Uncluding $————, losses of pre- vious years) ... T 90527 Dividends to Stockholders T 300000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage . see 62,534 48 Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc. 3,47 00 | Paid for State, N | taxes . 6,873 80 | All other paym 2,961 20 Total expenditures. . $205,568 84 re. Losses incurred during the year . Risks and Premiums, | Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the year . -[835,889,507 00] $344,312 12 Net amount of Risk: expired during the| T ....| 60,894,635 00] 441,883 38 Net amount in force December 31, 1898....| 21,655,108 00; 215,881 67 Risks and Premtums. |Mar. Risks.|Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written® during the| v $327,117 00| $13,352 88 Net am: expired during the year 928,791 00| 83,125 06 et amount in_force| December 31, 18%. 149,036 00 ! 6,305 76 ROBERT C. RATHBONE, Prest. R. BLEEKER RATHBONE, Secy. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th day of January, 1869. GEO. O. RUGER. Notary Public. WINFIELD S. DAVIS, GENERAL AGENT, 21S SANSOME ST., SAN FRANCISCO. TELEPHONE MAIN S968 Total liabllities . $156,568 56 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums ... oo $167,894 67 Net Cash actually recelved Marine premiums ... 6,634 97 Recelved for interest on Bonds and Mortgages .. Recelved for_interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources.. e Recelved for profit on sale of Bonds 18,986 1. 639 20 655 6: $198, ‘Total income EXPENDITURES. Net amount pald for Fire Losses (including §————, losses of pre- ouS YEArR) Lo 18T 07 et amount paid for Marine Losse inelnding $—— loases of pre- vious years) .. 5 20,301 73 Dividends to Stockholders 24,000 00 Paid or. allowed for Commission or BraleniR: o oxess s drssagsavisn ss 59,375 08 Paid for Salaries, Fees and other Charges for officers, clerks, etc.... Paid for State, National and local and’ exp taxes .. Al other pay Total expenditures ... 152,773 07 Losses incurred during the year. Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the| year . .$34,370,133 00! $305,491 43 Net am expired during the| ye ...| 46,249,081 00| 405,507 10 Net amount in_force| December 31, 1898....| 16,526,034 00| 168,607 58 Risks and Premiums. [Mar. Rukmimmmm-. Net amount of Risks| written during the, year . $654,964 00| 925,958 62 Net amount of Risks expired during the year ..... .| 157,99 00] 86,247 19 Net amount in force, December 31, 1598 425,83 00 15,550 55 E. C. CONVERSE, Prest. R BLEECKER RATHEONE, Secy. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 25th day of January, 1899, GEO. 0. RUGER, Notary Pubilc. WINFIELD S. DAVIS, GENERAL AGENT, 2ISSANSOME ST, SAN%. FRANCISCO. TELEFHO®E MAIN sSosa