The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1899, Page 12

PASSENGERS CLOSE TO DEATH AT A CROSSING San Jose Train Derailed Near the Cityflmits. Numbers of Lives Placed in Jeopardy by the Spreading of Rails on a De- fective Track. er delineation. Surely the carni- ild_be rendered exceptionally at- Three or four charitable socle- streets r = ! ining in the scheme might gain ~ o v Of course it would be necessary 4 for young men and women, well known e for progressive tendencies, to give time and thought to the enterprise.’ “« ———— | : CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. Republican Purity Committee Files Statement With Registrar. K The Republican purity committee filed ¢ an itemized statement of the expenses of & the last campaign with Registrar Step- oy pacher yesterday morning. The total foot ¢ t received by the committee, which el s had in hand the disbursement of all funds, geitigpntadivhs was $528) from This sum was received ¢ the var es. Exactly $433 60 was exper legitimate expenses of the covered the sums orinting and o er t A VICTIM OF THE RACE TRACK EMBEZZLES FUNDS FINANCE KEEPER OF GOLDEN WZIST TENT, MACCABEES. DR R R Y R I S A N R RN S R e d The Order Protected by Bonds, but Members Mourn the Loss of Money Loaned. & BIv- | his signing the instrument. He was| t.| asked as to his acquaintance with Thom- . ih | as E. Cosgrove, whose name appeared a f )ers was dis- | with his on the bond, and he said that he y J Th ) make good the officer. About . wh it sustained e weeks ago as head ¢ notice of his ccured a more night he visited of excusing him P e tent for th om attend- g from his SCHEME TO PORTRAY THE COLONIAL ERA IDEA OF A CHARITY FUNCTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. ure had use e to provide » want. tected from the sure- it was trying to ascertain 3 uccess of the Authors’ Carnival at the Meck on in the Eighties Recalled. a are not | | willing to acknowledge that they had been | taken in ted that Seaman got into trou b aving th straight and narrow path for the broad but crool o | through the influ of the rac He bet his own n v, then that w Ae . borrowed and 1t of the ‘\ e «d on the g hors ' p i ¢ i el { to Tece sse [ t of the city. He still | from prosecution in flight | « E n n for Golden | G hear that | Ladles tatlor-made suits, fur capes, cloaks, the ¥ ic concourse will | Credit M. h 4 Post st, 2 e form by the e e : Spreckeis. | “STRAW BOND” KELLY wan PLACED ON TRIAL f Mr. . = | good 1o EDWARD REILLY TAKES THE= g it | STAND AGAINST HIM. Mr. ve- | Witness Denies That He Signed the Instruments the Defendant Is Charged With Having Forged for Wilson. ex-Police Court clerk, | Thomas A. Kell. n committed in the fill- bonds for the relcase who was in prison oa petty larceny. Du the following jury leged to ha out of Harry | three charges of morning session the continent ler, the Prozent a c was selected 10 try the Henry L. the lines of the authors’ car- | Tatum, Samuel F. Weeks, Meyer Kiuer, nival ere should be fourteen | Albert M. Kohlberg, William Rennie, booths—thirieen to r spectively | Fred W. Dohrmann, James H. G in character and costume the original | David Brown, Moses Bauer, Lachian thirteen colonies at the period of the | McIntosh, William Patterson and Chris- Revolution. The fourteenth might repre- | tian ¥ h\rmann. pent the Pacific Coast that time, or| On the opening of the afternoon session perhaps present the festures in the 'life | Edward ¥ . politician, looking rustic hnd customs of the Indian tribes of the the country, took the o he literature of Longfellow | stand and testified that he did not sigm S ving, the histories of the revolu- |the bonds that bore his alleged signaturc. e ades, the stirring scenes in | He said that the writing on ipe. bonds the phases of life in Phil w not his, that he never authorized w York, and the ‘“l'm‘ | person to sign the instruments and @ition respecting the war for independ. | that he was not acquainted with Wilson, ence, would give scope for costuming and | hence there was nothing to be gained by e Derailed Train After the Accident. be out and in-, never met such a the signatures as missed from the stand. was_em- | to-da THE AT FORTHE DEFENDANT THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1899. YOUNG MRS. WESTERFELDT RELATES THE WOES OF A HASTY MARRIAGE TORNEY / § panmre PROCEEDS ROSENBERG ~vAaS WARNED TO KEEP HIS FACE" JoacHiMSEN GIVES A SHORT SPIEL" FACES AND FIGURES IN A MINOR DOMESTIC DRAMA. DDITIONS to the local colony of rubbernecks were made by the dozen yesterday in Police Judge Mo- gan's court. The prettiest girl that had passed its ,‘_/r_\, “Did he ever thr he would turn the portals in many months was the moving cause. but Ten months ago she was Oroveda Raymond, single and money. 1 went to just sixteen, when she ran aw with Herman Westerfeldt and got married. Five times in as many succeeding months she deserted his bed and the board she says he promised, but never provided, and five times she went back because she loved him. Two months later she deserted again never to return. Only last we she says, he threatened to kill her and her in court was in the role of prosecuting witn twent ar-old ou mean the Ces, sir,” replie Did revolver, or—or a ci him on that charge. <Not that I kno 4 ling to the story of the bride Westerfeldt was Mrs. Westerfeldt a poor provider, giv her but little more than love husband had never upon which to live during their many times interrupted married love. Considering the airiness of that diet the g woman presented a decidedly healthy appearanc: as she sat in court beneath a fetching red hat, awaiting the calling of her case. s supported on either side by young gentlemen who h ed the last meeting the maintenance of pelled to sing in the table going. David L. Rosenb of Mrs. Westerfeldt, alleged t yo between herself and Westerfeldt, out of which had grown “Westerfeldt told me,” said Rosenberg, “to keep my the pro defend, . pale young fel- face out of it—it was none of my affair. He made a low w . sat to the left s attorney, who break to hit me. When he left Mrs. Westerfeldt he said was flanked on the left by Paul de Bauge, accused of ‘Il be up to your mother's this evening at 7:3) belng a strangler of women. 1 be properly armed for whatever may occur.’ ™ The bride was her own first witness. She sald she , I see,” said the court, “he was preparing to call would be seventeen next February; that she had been on his mother-in-law!" married ten months, had deserted the defendant six Frank de Marcelloni told substantially the same story times in the first seven me f that period; that she enberg: didn’t want to live with any more, and that she e defendant admitted the meeting, but denied the d instructed her attorr sue Westerfeldt for di- d he had merely wanted to tell the girl In answer to questions from the court she de- if she wanted a dive s d the meeting at which she said Westerfeldt had get it he would. H threatened her. It occurred at noon one day last week to shorten Mrs. W on Market street nd was positive he ie grabbed me by the wrist,” she said, “and dragged - hair brush at her. me up the street. I screamed and he told me to be care- his a 1 consider what I was ful, doing—if I didn’t go with him 1 would be sorry.” impa The court will ¢ B R R R A e A e R McDONNELL IS STILL AT LARGE Police Working in the| Dark. Detective Ed Gibson is still pursuing his investigation into the mysterious cut- ting of Willlam McDonnell, the marine | firemane who, after being stabbed a num- ber of times, was thrown into the oay by his murderous assailant. Larry Powers, who was at first thougnt to know something of the desperate crime, was interviewed last night by Gih»- son in his_room on First street, near Brannan. He emphatically denfed that | he knew anything about the cutting. He | admitted “that he was acquainted with McDonnell, but disclaimed the idea that | he was in’ any w onnected with the bloody crime. The detective is satistied that McDonnell had a row with some un- | known man who, after repeatedly stab- bing him, threw him into the bay in the hope of covering up the crime. McDonnell was visited by his sister-in- law yesterday forenoon at the Marine Hospital. She endeavored to get him to give further particulars of the assault, but he refused to do so. and stated that he had no desire for the authorities to deal with the man who had stabbed him. He intimated that when he got well he arty. He pronounced orgeries and was Gis- The case goes on “A number of time he turned it off again on my promise to get some Mayor's fund and gave it tened to kill me and threw combs and brushes you ever sec him have been mad lity as a side-stepper had saved his pate from the ct of a perfume hottle thrown by the bride. eaten to kill you?" asked the court. replied the young wife, “he sald gas on me. Once he did turn it on, the City Hall and got $2 from the to him. Robinson bequest fund,” said his 4 the witness. ‘“Many other times he at have any deadly weapon, a garette.'” w of,” was the reply. said that in all her married life her contributed, all told, more than $2 to the menage and she haa been com- Tivoll chorus in order to keep the erg, late of Indiana, a second cousin was with her wheh the threat was wree she could get it and if she didn't @ denied having turned on the gas sterfeldt’s troubled marital career e had never been so ungallant as to On the contrary, he asserted, decide the case Monday next - R A A A R R SRR A AL R AR Y ) refused to sa man or not. ¥y, whether Powers was Mrs. McDonnell insists > told her, as_published Il yesterday morn- her brother-in-law He th s exactly had told it to her. by the police bear out the story. The wounded man is slowly recovering and is now practically out of danger. It is expected that he will be able to leave the hospital by the end of th When first seen by a Call reporter, Powers pretended ignoran the at- tempted murder of McDonnell, and even denfed that he was acquainted with him He afterward admitted that he had work- ed with the wounded man’s brother anc knew McDonnell for about twenty yvear: As his statements were anything but s isfactory, Detective Gibson and he at once sought an interview with Powers. He readily consented to answer the questions of the detective, but quently stopped to proclaim his inno- ce of any connection with the crime. Gibson will continue his investigation to- day and is hopeful of apprehending the murderous assailant of McDonnell. —_——— Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop & cough. Never falls. Try it — e REPUBLICAN EXPENDITURES. The purity committee of the Republican party for the election held November 7 vesterday filed a statement of its receipts nd _expenditures during the last cam- paign. The recapitulation shows that the fre- ce tures $453 60. The item: included those for music, redfire, hail rent, advertising and orators. The nom- inees who contributed to the fund, an the sum contributed by each, follow: J. H. Scott, Tax Collector. $200; L. Feusier, Treasurer, $200; W. C. Tiffany, Recorder, 2 , Assessor, $200; A. ; Horace Davis, . H. Jackson, City y. $2% _ackmann, Sheriff, $250; W.A. Dean County Clerk, $200. The Horace Dav Central Republican Club donated $1000 A. Bouvler gave $210. Mr. Lackmann do- of expenditures e, would attend to the punishment himself. nated $150. Roval Baking Powder Imparts Healthfulness to the Food fulness of i Royal Baking Powder leavens the by its own inherent power without impairing any of the elements of the leavening arise from Royal Baking Powder possesses peculiar quali- ties not found in other agents, which the superior fitness,purity and health- ts ingredients. food perfectly changing or flour. Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls and muffins, and the delicious hot griddle-cakes raised by the Royal Baking Powder are wholesome and digestible, and may be eaten without distress, even delicate digestion. Alum baking powders are low p two cents a pound ; but alum by persons of iced, as alum costs but a corrosive poi it renders the baking powder dangerous to use in food ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Investigations made was notified | All druggists. * | receipts aggregated $5280 and the expendi- | MORE NAMES ARE - MENTIONED FOR Health Board Under Discussion. s s LACKMANN’'S PATRONAGE GOES TO THE PARTY. gl It is said upon excellent authority that Dr. Louis Bazet and Dr. J. M. Willlam- son will be the first choice of Mayor Phe- lan for the incoming Board of Healtn, and it is further said that the Mayor will be guided largely by their advice in mak- ing subsequent appointments to that body Both the physicians named have served tional reputations. The news of thei probable appointment is being well ceived by their medical colleagues. | Whether or not Dr. Bazet will accept | the proffered office is another question. | His practice and the studies he is pursuing along sclentific lines were greatly ham- | | pered by public _duties during the | iast admin ion, and it is known that he would rather not get into harness | again if he can keep out of it. He is, | however, a warm personal friend of Mayor Phelan, and is also his Honor's amily physician, and that influence will | | probably prove strong enough_to ol | kis tance. Dr. Thomas Shu is | rally ntioned as a pre 2 | » board, but he m: position of chief surgeon of (he iving Hospital instead. Dr. W rr and Dr. R. W. Murphy ly be tendered offices at eit harbor ‘or central station. Dr. Dorr has | | been attached to the harbor station dur- ing the present administration, and also made an excellent reputation as surge in charge of the big adwell Ho: at Fort Wrangel, Alaska. Dr. Cha is making a hard fight for the position of n mers City Physiclan and has some strong friends behind him. | James H. O'Brien is the latest candidate | who has come prominent » notice as a probable member of t il Service Commission. Mr. O'Brien wields a pow- erful political influence in the city and | has always heen a consistent supporter of | | Mayor Phelan, and it is said his services | | will be rewarded with some one or other | of the chief commission: \ e is little change in the Sup visorial situation. Although v Jennings has retur not likely that the hoard will | after the 1st of the month. M will_tender both Republican tic members a b week, and it is expe the organiza d from the cus until | r Phelan | Demo- | that time. The fight ship of the Finance Committee ha rowed down to ( Wesley Reed, H U. Brandenstein and “Dick” Hotaling Sheriff Lackmann Intends to o far kesp his pre-election promises to the Grand Hotel organization that he will accept from the committee, through the district suggestions as to_the of his office organization wiil tter; the of the foubt- disposition of the na No one member of the anything to fons will be e organizatic there will be co ard work done ‘n » next among_district dele- gations. » and Sig Simon will remain in far the comm tee ordered meeting of the county com: investigate the course of the ca fight has dc districts but committee during hing. A num ofnted their rty-seventh, of committeemen, Thirty-eighth 'and have refused to appoint or take any the T Forty-fourth districts in the investigati SLOWLY PASSING AWAY | WORKMAN’S GUARANTEE FUND ABOUT TO DISSOLVE. No Money to Meet Obligations In- curred—An Association That Did Not Start Right. | The Workman's Guarantes Fund, an | organization composed of members of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, but {in no way connected with that or; iza- tion, not being recognized by the Grand or the Supreme Lodge as a part of tne| order, is on the verge of di lution. | About fifteen y rs ag0 a number of members of local lodges of the Ancient | Order of United Workmen met together and concluded that it would be a good idea to get up an association in which | none but Workmen in good standing in | their lodges, of sound bodily health and under a certain age limit would be eligi- er should pay a nual dues s $2 y a limited s ssment on the death o member, the beneficiary of the deceased to re $1_for member of the Guarantee Fund, the gregate amoumt received not to exceed $1000. If at any time there should be more than 100 members whatever money | was derived over and above (he amount | required Lo pay a $1000 claim would be ap- plied to the payment of another cl:nm,’ and then ve If there was any number less than 1000 the beneficiary would have to be con- | tent with the rate of $1 for each member. | For a time project took and a great | number joined the assoc which | was a pure and simple business’ proposi- tion, having no lodge meeting or any | fraternal feature other than fact { that the members were fraternal men. | 8o long as e d was no discontent, but when rate became large and the sessments increased the fund t.xn;lr d out and the fund mem- bership dwindled down from about w0, g‘s highes: limit, to a very small num- % | Some tim2 ago one H. M. Shephard of- | fered his services to rehabilitate the as- | sociation, and he was engaged not oniy | as an orzanizer, but stant to Se retary H. G. Prince at y of $25 | per month for the duties of that offl At a meeting of the directors of the asso- ciation last Tuesday night it was dis- covered that there was a discrepancy of $225, which should have been on The secretary made and laid the the shor good | s, kept n rs of the assoclation were discuss vered that th, re and only money enough o hand to pay 10 per cent of ‘four of t claims. The assoc wanis corporate, but it cannot. unle members consent, but_there who will not consent. It is probable that in order 0o wind up the affairs an as: ment suificient to meet the claims will be levied and that it will be so heavy that the members will not pay it; 'hen the foundation for disincorporation will be laid and the organization, which was | not started on correct business princi- ples, will pass out of existenc The present officers of the a are: President, D. yresident, Sam’ Booth; Brince: directors—b. D William Broderi Prince, E. D. Feusier A. Smith, P. Brazil, Frank 8. 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