The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1899, Page 2

[E] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1899, TEN CARLOADS OF THE BRITISH PRISONERS TAKEN TO PRETORIA . @ec e s iede 2 (Delayed British p 2y near Dun. t Dannhauser, rucks. The offi- class and a sep- for two wounded mbled the arrival, ration. When were recefved ORIA, ( as! s crowd EASTON WITH THE BOERS. WAS INGTON w PROTEST AGAINST THE CRUELTIES OF BULL PEN Laboring Men in Mass-Meeting De- mand That General Merriam ourt-Martialed. T1, Oct An e to-night at Music Hall, h were memuers of the of Cincinnati and | Gompers, president n of Labor, , Mont., mous whic n ot d during nounced protest held is subordinate 1 was that ¢ 1 civil offi hich was fi ions wer en with LE MAY HAVE BEEN WAGED BY YOUNG His Column Has Started for Cabana- tuan, Where the Filipinos Were in Force. MANILA, Oct. which, occupied General Young's Isidro a few ly is massed is looked n member of Lowe's ng since Sunday. Californian Huber, y the enemy last gress has elected a priests to proceed to o the Pope the ‘abuses friars and ask ior fon. o= TEACHERS IN SESSION. RED BLUFF, Oct. 26.—The Teachers’ Association of Northern California met ir: ssion this. morning in About 400 teachers from ties of the northern part of ate were present and many more came on the noon train from Shasta and Siskiyou The meeting opened with an invocation by I;r. . H."Gllbert, rector of the Epis- copal churc lowed 'by music by the Lyric quartet of Sacramento, who "responded to hearty letter was read from Judge f nativ plain t f the nt John F. ddress of welcome, regretting his inabil- | ity to aftend, by Dr. G. W. by Professor the Re f nd- the address was made tlake. He was followed O. E. Graves, principal of d Bluff High School, who explained ,the objects of the meeting of the ation. Pears’ Pretty boxes and odors are used to sell such soaps as no one would touch if he saw them un- Beware of a depends disguised. soap that something outside of it. ‘Pears’, the finest soap in the world is scénted or on not, as you wish; and the money is in the merchan- dise, not in the bo: . All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; -all sorts of people are using it. Ellison, who was to deliver the | View of One End of the Race Course at Pretoria, Where British Prisoners are Confined. rom a sketch made when the Jameson raiders were confined there.) R B G e S Y i D W A DU A 1 in | with funereal silence on the part of the crowd. The greatest order and decorum prevailed while they were traversing the streets. The wounded were taken to a hospital, while the other officers and men were marched to the race course, escort- ed by mounted burghers, and were en- camped on the spot -where Jameson's troopers were confined. The officers— | Lieutenant Coloriel Moller, Major Greville |and Captain Pollock of the Eighteenth { late military governor of Porto Rico, dled ch of this city, which was fol- | A e e e e e e e o ] B O e C SRCES SRS SRR S S S | Hussars, and Captain Lonsdale, Lieuten- ant Meuseur, Lieutenant Garvice, Lieu- | tenant Grimshaw, Major Endie and Lieu- | tenant Shore of ‘the Dublin Fusiliers— | 1ooked in good health. They are quartered in a bullding apart from the men. On glving their parole, they will be allowed the freedom of the whole inclosure. men appear indifferent and spend most of their time smoking. They sleep on the grandstand. SAYS CUBA IS IN MIDST OF ANARCHY ‘Complaint Made of the Metbodé of the @merican Military Governors. The Tribune, edited by HAVANA, Oct prominently identified with the Cuban “Cuba {s now in the midst of anarchy, erty, to spread the military supremas world. This plan, proposed by the bus carried out by Mr. McKinley. “Cubans are not such fools as to bel tor by military Governors do not American newspapers. The reports sen They show how false and double-mind govern Cuba at the pleasure of milita undertaken to form partles without p D aPe el Culia iR n iR Cp ANOTHER FLODD 1N THE RID GRANDE Buildings at Fort Brown Threatened. —- 8 o b 2 2 @ Speclal Dispatch to The Call. AUSTIN, , Oct. 2.—An unprece- dented rainfall along the Mex border | during. the past few days has caused | ther great flood in the lower Rio | de. Advices were received here to- the United States military ervation, upon which Fort Brown is ituated, is being rapidly reduced by the erratic river. The post buildings, which are of a sub- stantial . character, are in the greatest danger of being swept away by the riv Withe mattresses were constructed to- de but they are having little effect in fing the encroachment of the river on sofl of the reservatiod. changed its course Brownsville in its T The river has alread at many points abov present big rise. At one place in Hidalgo | County the river straightened one of its | bends, throwing a large tract of land from Mexico into the United States. The International Water Boundary Com- mission will have a number of important disputes as to the boundary to sett.e wh the river subsides. Thousands of acres of cultivated valley lands along the lower course of the river are overflowed. No loss of iife is reported. GENERAL HENRY DIES FROM PNEUMONIA NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Brigadier Gen- eral Guy V. Henry, United States army, a few minutes before 4 o’'clock this morn- | ing at his home, 139 Madison avenue, of pneumonia, aged 60 years. He had been unconscious for several hours and his end was peaceful. At his bedside were all the members of his_family except his son, Captain Guy V. Henry Jr., who is in the Philippines. Guy Vernon Henry was born in Fort Smith, Indian Territory, March 9, 1839. He was graduated at West Point May.5, 1861; served through the Civil War and Indian wars as lieutenant, captain, major, lieu- tenant colonel and brigadier general. He was successively breveted brigadier gen- eral for gallantry at Rose Bud, Mont., where he was shot through the face while fighting Indians. He received a medal of honor from Congress for distingulshel gallantry at Cold Harbor. He was later colonel of the.Tenth Cavalry, breveted brigadier general, commanding Fort As- sinnibcne, and May, 1898, promoted brig- adler general, volunteers, and brigadier general, United States army, October, 1898, serving In the war against Spain. He was appointed Military Governor of Parto Rico December, 1808, which office he held until May, 1899. General Henry was the author of “Mili- tary Records of Civilian Appointees, U. 8. A.," and other military works. DIES IN NEW YORK. Demise of Mrs. W. H. Foster Jr., ‘Who Was Prominently Known Here. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Mrs. Lelia Love Foster, widow of Willlam Hammond Fos- ter Jr. of San Francisco, Is dead in this city, Aged 53 years. Mrs. Foster was the daughter of the late Judge Harlow Swain Love of the Bupreme Court of California. Her brother, John TLove, was formerly Attorney General of California. She was marrfed to Mr. Foster in 1869, in Hong- korig, where Mr.- Foster was connected with the American house of Russell & Co. She leaves two sons, Reginald Love | Foster and Maximilian Foster, both of whom are journalists in this city. e s i Will Entertain Soldiers. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 26.— Government of that republic, whose President pretends, in the name of lib- formed Washington that our newly formed political parties are not worthy of the name, and that the men who direct them have no prestige, but have LISLHETOV SO LI LTI 0 16 & L HADIES LA Senor Aleunan, formerly revolutionary movement,” says to-da which is aided and abetted by the of the 1ess men United States of America, all over the is now being lieve that the reports sent to Washing- contain more than appears in the t to Washington are craftily worded. ed are the intervening authorities who ry commanders. They have even in- rogrammes. are expected down, with their bands. In the afternoon a team composed of soldiers —an “all star” aggregation—will line up against the Varsity for the entertainment of the crowd. The men will come down on an early train and remain at the uni- versity all day, visiting the various points of interest. FOURTEEN PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH Two Families in the Colony of Emi- grants at Faires Lose Their Lives. MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 26.—News was re- celved to-day that fourteen people had been burned to death at Faires, Baldwin County, about thirty miles northeast of Mobile, The information was brought to the city by Captain Jose E. Jordan, who resides in that localit ing Monday night last fire destroyed the dwellings of Harry Goodlow and Samuel Smithson, cremating all the occupants of both houses. The Goodlow family consisted of father, mother and six children. There were six persons residing in the Smithson home— the husband, wife, three children and a sister of Mr. Smithson.. The fire is be- lieved to have been of accidental origin. The pine trees surrounding the house caught fire from the flames and prevented any assistance from reaching the persons in the houses. The bodies were found in the rooms where the different members of the families been accustomed to sleeping, death having come while they were asleep. The families formed part of a colony of emigrants who had settled in this region. These two families had come from Iowa. GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE BACK FROM HAVANA Detained at Quarantine While Other Persons Were Allowed to Go Ashore. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Majfor General Fitzhugh Lee, who arrived on the steamer Havana on Wednesday, was released from quarantine to-day. He declares he cannot understand why he and his secre= tary were detained for observation at Hoffman Island, while others who arriv- ed on the same vessel were allowed to pass quarantine without detention, General Lee looked the picture of health. He will proceed to Washington on Sunday and then visit his family in Virginia, where he will remain until he returns to Quemados, his Cuban head- quarters, the first week in December. “Why in the world they took me to Swin- burne Island I do not know, but I think it was to feel my temperature,” said the eneral. The reporter tried to talk about “uba, but General Lee sald: “Ask me about the coming election and- don’t ask about annexation. It is a mix- up. Sooner than talk about it I'd rather have you take my temperature again.’’ General Lee said that when he left Ha- vana there were sixteen cases of yellow fever in the city. - KILLED BY ESQUIMAUX. Two Men Supposed to Belong to the Andree Expedition Shot. LONDON, Oct. 2I.—The Times publishes a letter from Rear Admiral Herbert Campion summarizing a story received from his nephew, now at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay, which says some Esquimau traders wp north some time ago shot two white men supposed to belong to the Andree expedition. e P Ury’s Body Found. PETALUMA, Oct.’ 26.—The body of Danjel T who has been missing for several days, was found floating in Peta- luma Creek at noon to-day. The body was badlv _decomposed and the face cov- a gold watch and chain, a check for a‘:m sl?me tzlllll\.'?-.t Itthis me“!llll that U ell into the river while intoxi- cated. %eceuefl had lately become sepa- rated from his wife, who had turned over to him $00 in gold as his share of their joint property: —_——— To Cure a Cold in One Day To-morrow will be soldier day at Stan- ford. Several hundred men ‘from the Kansas, Iowa and Washington regiments Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All .druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. ‘B. W. Grove's siguature is op each box. e, The | Some time dur- | ered with blood. On the body was found | $420 believed | THE YOUNG VANDERBILT Gives a Portion of His Vast Inheri- tance to His Brother ~ Cornelius. CHIEF HEIR a Other children, each . L R o o B B ] ® Cornelius Vanderbilt’s fortune Son dlfred bequeathed . . . . Son Cornelius bequeathed . . . .$70,000,000 . 50,000,000 * 1,500,000 - 7,500,000 4 oile) fuiitalte, fetie NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—The provisions of | the will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt | were made public to-night in a statement by Chauncey M. Depew. Alfred Gwynne | Vanderbilt inherits the larger portion of | his father's fortune and becomes prac- | tically the head of the Vanderbilt family. | The will makes no mention of the mar- riage of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and Miss ‘Wilson, nor of any quarrel between father | and son because of the union, but appar- | ently the father’s displeasure was visited | upon the eldest son, he recelving, all told, under the terms of the will, but $1,500,000, and $1,000,000 of this is to be held in trust by the executors. Alfred Gwynne Van- derbllt is, of course, the residuary legatee, and will possess a fortune of probably forty to Iifty million dollars. Gladys, Reginald and Gertrude (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) will receive about $7,500,- 000 each. | But Mr. Depew states that Alfred will | give from his share to Cornelius to make the latter as rich as his brother and sfs-| ters. Alfred will therefore turn over to Coré)e]lus about $6,000,000. The statement reads: | The will of Cornelius Vanderbilt is dated June 15, 18%, and the two-codicils thereto are | dated respectively April 24, 1897, and April 4, 595, His property is disposed of under these in- struments as follows: 0 ue g | First—A bequest to | vidow, he dwelling house and widow, for her life, of th lling house and jremises on Fifth avenue, bet Unth and Fifty-elghth streets. Also the stable in East Thirty-eighth street, also all the house- hold furniture, pictures, silver, musical in- struments, works of art and all other m‘“c%e-s in his residence in New York, W“l‘x the W\\u" to her to change or dispose’ of them during her lifetime. From this bequest ls excepted, however, ancestral portralts and busts and portraits of himself and certain pleces of Jew- elry, which are distributed among hl§ A’hl} ren, Alfred G., Reginald, Gertrude and Gladys Second—At the death of Mrs. Vanderbilt the property devised to her for llfe is given l)‘ either Alfred G. or Reginald C., as she n 4 appoint by her will, and in default of such appointment it goes to the eldest of his w)ns:‘ then living, Alfred or Reginald, and 1f neither of them be living at the time of her death, | then to Gertrude, if living, and if not, then to Gladys. In case neither of said sons or | daughters shall survive his widow, then (;\e property. is to be divided among the then Hving children of such sons and daugh ters, and if there be mo such grandchildren, | then it becomes part of the residuary estate. | Third—A bequest to Mrs. Vanderblit of his | ew in Trinity Church, Newport, R. I, and also all of his horses, vehicles, harness, equip- | ments and stable furniture in his stables at | the time of his death, excepting such as have been given during his lifetime to his children, | also his box at the Metropolitan Opera-house | | is_given to his widow. 2 | " Fourth—The residence, land and property, with all furniture, etc., and contents of the | | hcuses and stables at Newport, R. L, liu gl\eni | to Mrs. Vanderbilt for her natural life and { upon her death to such one of \flth chlh_iren. Alfred, Reginald, Gertrude and .(:hid,\’!, as she may designate by her will, and in default of uch designation same becomes part of ks residuary estate. | P he Oakiand farm in South Ports- !} mouth, R. I, with all bulldings, furniture, | equipment’ apd livestock upon it is glven to A absolutel the Mrs. Vanderbilt of $2,000,- In securities, or, if she 80 elect, $2,000,000 in money. 2 S A bequest to Mrs. Vanderblt of the ‘nv\:\‘-;f‘(i':wome or sum of $250,000 arising from Securities to be set apart for that purpose by | Rttt the death of Mrs. Vanderbilt the | principal set apart to create the income of | $260.000 1s given to Gertrude, Altred G. Reg- | inala "c."and Gladys, or, i€ any of them be dead, to thelr issue in such proportions as S A nderbilt may direct in her will, and in default of such apportionment the same to be | divided equally. | “A\‘ l.p;.fl"uder a power of appointment as to $5,000,000 held in trust under his father's will he directs that $500,000 thereof be paid to his fon Cornelius and the balance thereof be e vided among his other children. Tenth—One million dollars is given to his ex- ecutors in trust to the use of his son Cor- nelius, who is to recelve the net income during his lite, and upon his death the principal is | to be divided into as many shares as he leaves children and held in trust for them during the | Iife of the "youngest child living at the time of | the death of the testator, the income mean- | while to be applied to their maintenance and | support, and upon the death of such child the principal to be pald over to the respective ben?. Heiaries. But in case Cornelius should leave | no children surviving him, or it any child sur- “iving him should die before receiving his | share, then the principal or any unpalid portion thereot is to become part of his reslduary es- tate. No payment of such funds is to be made in anticipation of income or allenated during | the litetime of the person entitled to the in- CFleventh—Twenty million dollars in_securi- fles 18 to be set apart by his executors, to be divided by them into four équal parts and held in trust, one part each for the use of his chil- | 1krvn Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald and - Gladys, | the income thereof to be paid to each for life, | 7d upon the death of the beneflclary the prin- &ipal of his or her share to be paid to the issue of such beneficlary in such proportions as may e appointed by the wilf, and in default of such appointment in equal shares to such lssue, and | failing issue, then the principal of such share is to be paid to the survivors of the above ed or their issue. P Welfth—The trustees of the several trust funfls are authorized in their discretion to sell | or hold the securities belonging to the testator at the time of his death and to change invest- ments and are directed to invest trust funds arising therefrom in certain specified securl | ties and classes of investment, with additional authority to invest in the mortgage bonds of any raiiroad approved for that purpose by all the executors who may quallfy. They are fur- ther directed to hold securities in which trust funds may be invested in thelr names as trus- tees for the parties respectively for whose bene- fit the trust is created, keeping each trust separate and mnlr;lct. 5 . - ‘hirteenth—Specific bequests are made as fonomes Wiitam K. Vanderbilt, $100,00; Chaun- cey M. Depew, $200,000; Edward V. W. Rossi- ter, $50,000; John W. Hone, 3:0,000; Rev. D: David H. Greer, $0,000; Charles C. Clark, $%, | 000; Franklin Allen, $25,000; Maud Gwyn | Shepard, $25,000; John Ruttgers Leroy, $20,000; Charles F. Cox, $10,000; Edgar T. Chapman, son of Rev. E, T. Chapman of Watervliet, N. Y., 1$10,000; George R. Fearing $10.000; Rev. Dr. Williams Langford, $10,000; George A. Warbur- ton, $10,000; Robert R. McBurney (dead), $10,- ¢ J. H. Hattmaker, $10,000. ~Also the fol- lowing annuities: Mrs. William Turnbull, $1200; John T, Earle, $1200; Jeremiah Simonson, $1200; Mrs, Sarah Simonson, ; Mrs, Cor- nelius Litfell, §200. Upon the death of each annuitant the principal sét apart for such an- | nuity Is added to the residuary estate. Also it is provided that the judgment of the execu- tors shall be final in respect to any division of the estate made by them, and each executor and trustee is relleved from responsibility for the acts or omissions of any other ahd no bonds are. required from them as security. Fourteenth—A legacy of $100,000 s’ given to the Young Men's Christian Association of New York and the desire is expressed that the in- come, s0 far as practicable, be used for Chris- tian ‘work among railroad employes. Also a bequest of $200,000 is given to the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of St. Barthclomew's Church, to be kept Invested by them and the annual income appiled to the missionary work of the parish. There is a further bequest of 200,000 for the erection of a bullding for church purposes in said parish, contingent upon its not having been erected prior to the tes- tator's death, the surplus, if any, to be added to the bequest last above named. 'Also the fol- lowing bequests: Yale University, $100,000; St. Luke's Hospital in New York City, $50,000; the Domestic and Forelgn Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, $50,000; trus- tees of the Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., '$50,000: the Redwood Library at New- ort, $10,000; the Newport (R. 1.) Hospital, $10,- Bio; the Christian Home for Tntemperate Men in New York, §10,000; the Manhattan Working Girls' Soclety of the city of New York, $10,000; the New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Socfety, $10,000. Also the executors are di- | rected to pay to the Society of St. Johnland annually the sum of $2000 and a bequest of $10,- Protestant Episcopal Soclety for Seamen in New York Clty a bequest of $10,000 is given, and Turner's painting of the Grand Canal, Venice, is glven to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Fifteenth—A bequest of $1000 18 given to each of the family servants who have been in the employ of the house or stable of the testator for two years next preceding his death, also the following bequests: John H. Dempsey, $3000; Charles A. Whittaker, coachman, ‘ony, his barber, $2000; John'Allen, his farme: | It ta his eldest son, and so on down from eld- | such residuary estate, is to stand in the place | | he 1s 30, and then half the principal 3 | that | purpose and could 000 is made to the same soclety. Also to the | Sixteenth—The gold medal voted by Congress | & in 1865, at the close of the Civil War, to Corne- lius Vanderbilt, his grandfather, is given to fred, his son. with the request that he leave est son to eldest son. Seventcenth—All the rest, residue and re- mainder of the estate, including all lapsed lega- cles and the principal of annuities, is given to the executors in trust, to hold and invest and reinvest and collect rents, income and profits for the use of his son Alfred, and to vay him the net fncome thereof as received until he be- comes 30, when he is to come into possession of half of 'said estate, the income of the re- mainder to be pald to him as before until he becomes 35, when he is to come nto full posses- slon thereof. 1If he dies before coming into possession of any or all such estate and leaves children surviving the undistributed portion is to be divided into equal shares and held in trust for such children until they become of age. But in the event of there being no children living at the time of Alfred’s death, or of their dying before coming of age, then the testator's son, Reginald C. Vanderbilt, in | all respects as to the undistributed portion of instead of Alfred; receiving the income until d the income of the balance until he Is 35 vears of age, when he is to be put in possession of the rest. In the contingency that both Alfred and Reginald die without issue before being put into possession of sald estate, then the testa- tor's daughters, Gertrude and Gladys, are made residuary legatees in equal shares, thelr child- ren taking the parents' share In case either dies before that time. Eighteenth—The exccutors are directed to pay out of the estate all inherltances, legacy and transfer taxes chargeable on account of any | glfts, devises or bequests under the law of the State of New York or of the United States or any State therein. Nineteenth—Alice G. Vanderbilt, his_wid: Is appointed executrix, and his son, Alfred G Vanderbilt, Willlam K. Vanderbllt, Chaunc M. Depew’ and Edward W. Rossiter are ap- pointed executors, together with Reginald, who may qualify as soon as he becomes of age, and it is provided that no commission or com- pensation shall be pald to any executor or trustee’ for bis services, A codlcil gives $200,000 additional to the rector, churchwarden-and the vestrymen of St. Bartholomew's Church, to be in- vested and the annual income thereof to be applied to the ehurch missionary work of that parish, A second codicil bequeaths §1,000,000 -ad- ditional to his daughter, Gertrude V. | Whitney, and $10,000 to John A. Peterson. | Senator Depew’ gave out the following statement regarding the action of Allrcd‘ anderbilt: When Alfred Vanderbilt returned he decided, | from brotherly affection and for family har- | mony, to take out of his own Inheritance and | give to his brother Cornelius a sum sufficient | ta make the fortune of Cornelius the same as of his brother and sisters. This has | been accepted by Cornelius in the same spirit. | This. actlon was _altogether _voluntary, 1o | threats having been made. Of course there | might have been a contest under the terms of | the will, but there never was a suggestion of | one. " The whole thing was done In & most beautiful, brotherly way. The entire fortune is estimated to be | about $70,000,000. When some surprise was | expressed at the smallness of the amount | Senator Depew said it was not strange | when it is remembered that Mr. Vander- | bilt had been giving away perhaps half of his income for the last twenty-five years. The exact amount of the fortune that Is distributed will not be known un- til it is appraised by the State officials. The inheritance tax will be very large. It is estimated by good authorities that it will amount to at least $1,500,000. WOULD CAUSE THE EXPULSION OF ROBERTS ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28.—At to-day’s session of the Misslonary Council of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church Bishop Tuttle of Missouri asked permission to introduce a resolution. This was accorded him and he read the following, which he asked to ha ‘;dupted!’r 2 ereas, The people of the State of Utah have by thelr suffrages elected Brlé‘ht:}m fl t!}‘:Dbel"ls to. be their repre- sentative In e Congress of Ji Slaées. {hegerm;‘e, bo 1t the Unitad ‘‘Resolved, That a memorial - warded by this Missfonary Counci!l’sw !t(.)):e House of Representatives praying members to secure by a concurrence of two-thirds of their votes the expulsion from the House of the sald Brigham H. Roberts. ipple, the presidin, | resolution out of order, :?fi%‘;" that the council had met for a specific not consider outside | matters. | Skinner schoolhouse, DISPPEARMNCE OFAWITHESS New Sensation in the Wilcoxson Case. ——— W. H. TOWNSEND IS MISSING COULD GIVE VERY IMPORTANT TESTIMONY. —_— Telegram Inquiring as to His Where- abouts Answered by a Person, Unknown to Any of the Principals. el it Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 26—Who is W. H. Townsend of 118 Broadway, Oakland, and where can he be found? This question arose to-day in a side issue of the now more or less famous Austin-Wilcoxson case, and it is one which may have much bearing on Miss Amanda Austin’s claim of $150,000 against the éstate of her de- ceased uncle. For over two weeks the battle has been fought in the courts, and it was only to-day that the defense cpened its case. The effect of Miss Aus- tin’s mass of testimony was to show that twenty years ago her millionaire uncle, a bachelor, sent for her to leave her home at Carrollton, Mo., to care for him in his old age, and that she perfornied this duty with the utmost fidelity up to his death, a couple of years ago. “The testimony-es- tabiished the fact that Wilcoxson had told various persons that he had $150,000 locked | up in his office safe in Sacramento which was intended for Amanda, and that there was a letter with the money addressed to her making known the gift to he 3 fore he died Wilcoxson deeded ovi sixteen nephews and other relatives s $600,000, but he left Amanda out of the transaction entirely and out of his will, explaining to various persons, according amounting to $150,000 in bank notes, ly hers, but that it was not tiis death. opened and inti; red to her until death the safe ¥ the money found, but it is claimed that there w; no letter with it. The executor, George Wilcoxson, refused to recognize Amanda Austin’s claim, and as no writing was produced to prove it the money was turned back into the estate to be divided among the sixteen heirs, of whom, owing to her omission from the will, Amanda was not on The attorneys for Amanda Austin to day produced a letter signed by W. Townsend of Oakland stating that once, while in Wilcoxson's office in Sacramento, he saw the money and_the letter ad- dressed to M Austin. He remarked to W oxson that the little safe was a ange place in which to keep money, nd_Wilcoxson replied: Yes, that is so, and it shows what what great confidence I have in George,’ meaning George Wilcoxson, the executor, | “‘for it represents a legacy to one who has spent the better part of her life in my service and that letter contains my last instructions to her.” Townsend added that there were cir- cumstances which could be recalled to bear out his story. Miss Austin's attor- neys wired Townsend to come up imme- diately, but received no reply. Again he was requested, and under date of the 24th inst wired that he would leave that night or yesterday morning sure. But he did not come, and so another message was sent. This last telegram elicited this re- OAKLAND, Oct. 26.—Left last night on Oregon express. Have not seen him since. MAUTALEN.” Who Mautalen i{s and what has become of the important witness are ‘mysteries in a case which has already developed more_than one sensational feature. OAKLAND, Oct. 2. V. has been hunted for in Oakland for sev. eral days, but no one has been able to find him. There are several telegrams waiting for him. At the address given, 81 Broadway, no one ever heard of It is a cigar store only and there are no facilities for lodgers. GIRL STRANGLED IN A SCHOOLHOUSE WINDOW It Closed on Her Neck When She Was | Trying to Climb Inside. OMAHA, Nebr., Oct. 28.—A special from Fort Dodge, Iowa, says: A grewsome find was made this morning at the D. J. five miles sout Manson. With her body hanging ou&,éfé of the window and the heavy window on her neck was the lifeless form of Lavinia Fitzgerald, a 9-year-old girl. She had started for home the previous night, but discovered that she had for- gotten some books. She returned to get them and, finding the door latched, at tempted .to get in through the window. | The heavy sash fell on her neck child was strangled to death. sadiine Ninety u ,\4\' p Cents You should not draw conclusions that “a hat for 9o cents will not wear, because it will. Style is sacrificed to some extent, but you get your value in quality. The shapes are what is often seen, but there are no ‘‘late”’ shapes among them. That is one reason why the price is so low. : : Stiff and soft in all the usual colors. OLES. % 718 MARKET ST Out-of-town orders filled—write us. H. | him, | | | each 50 feet after. | fuel and water. ir testimony, that the money in the | | | | | | | | H. Townsend | Ip 114 ADVERTISEMENTS. PEERLESS OIL COMPANY, Room 47, Eighth Floor, Mills Building (SEE OUR MAP). CORRESPONDENCE, BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Oct. 25, 18%. Mr. John M. Wright, San Franci 0, Cal. Dear Sir: Inclosed find clipping of this morning’s Echo. You will see that this report® takes in your land, and further will say that they have got ofl on N. W. % of Sec. 4 and S. W. % of Sec. 32, and that they are drilling on Secs. 30, 20 and 24, With good prospects. If you have not made any arrangements in regard to sinking a well I would be pleased to put 2 machine on your land immediately. If you do not want the trouble of attending to getting your pipe hauled, ‘ete., I can do that for you, as I can hire it done by teamsters that doing that kind of work. . I would ther not contract to furnish the same. 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