The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1899, Page 16

16 THE SA F RANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899. THREATEN TO PREVENT THE BOND ELECTIONS Merchants Create Consternation by Unique Proceedings. Registrar Has Already Made an Enormous Deficiency, Which Must Be Greatly Increased This Month. were absolutely sure of bein; law provides that all salar oM b e l}‘TH"’\'(‘ o paid. fod Th 1 b funds of th tedness was fiscal year in which the indeb & this advantage th proceeded, knowing, prevent! ficiency total east $¢ e appr is admitted tk mone; fund appropriation igures were pre- r to show that it ur elections No more would i the election au- Tt MECHANICS’ LIBRARY MAY CHANGE QUARTERS WILSON WANTS POST STREET PROPERTY SOLD. Librarian Teggart Advises the Es- tablishment of Country Branches. town and so on, rary | thos: directors of the Mechanics' ar meeting last d has been M. Wor appointed to the fan, Secretary Slashed Her Own Wrist, A woman named Mattie F\ ide in a saloon at pted t avenue Tuesday morning by slashing her wrist. Her life was saved by prompt n of George Blor . ‘who happen- to be in the plac her effort Aft sh 4 from the between Dupont and K was reported to The matter California poli tion and officers are locking for woman. Mazza, who ted considerable money whil glon, came Baturday night he ited some of the left his hotel an al in the v COLORED SOLDIER GOES TO JAIL | AND;HIS CAPTAIN MAY FOLLOW | \ [ B S S i R e g ] E "ISE ONE O DEm JALKSONS SAR" Company K, Forty ored) Volunteer In held to answer 3 by Police Judge Conlan for shoot- d est Alexander and Edward Stanton, whom he attacked Thanksgiving night with & Krag-Jorgenson. fixed at $3000, was sent to his cell a war il. Before he reached his company for intimidating and pun- ishing witnesses subpenaed to testify -kson. nlan made the order for the YES JEDOE HE ON ONE O DEM C(OCK-EYED UNIFORMS.. ing with intent to kill Patrolmen Ern- His bail was in default of which he t was issued for the arrest of Captain Hamilton Blount of issuance of the warrant for Captain L t is plain to me,” said he, “that <+ Captain Blount has been Interfering o Wwith the processes of this court. The 4 testimony of two witnesses here, Dan- & el Jackson and Henry Morris, is that 2 they are under arrest as a result of . having testified at this hearing. Yes- P ay morning, when Captain Blount . on the stand here, he was alto- & gether too haughty. It was under his * then that Daniel Jackson re- @ d away from court. Mr. Clerk, 4 a warrant for the arrest of Cap- T Blount under section 136 of the & | Code. He may learn that If they * iardhouse at the Presidio, we ¢ a stronger one in the city.” b & e hearing of Andrew Jackson, con- 4 tinued from the day before, was re- & sumed yesterday morning, the prose- ¢ cution putting on a colored soldier ¢ known as “Jesse James” to corrob- ® orate Officers Alexander's and Stan- ? ton's statement that Jackson was the 4 soldter who had fired the shots at the & policemen. James sald he was with ¢ Jackson a few minutes before the ¢ shooting and had had a quarrel with 3 the defendant, who expressed a desire 4 to fill his brains with bullets. James @ . saw the officers have their encounter 4 with the drunken soldier and saw him ® go into and come out of the Presidio . + with a rifle. + "I heard three shots,” he said, “and & 1 says, ‘There goes Mister Krag- 4 Jorg.'” @ 7 Attorney Curtls, who has represent- ? ed any number of soldiers in the Police ? Court with, he clalms, no profit to ¢ himselt, was attorney for the defend- ° o\ =S TH! I MUST ABEEN ASLEEP YO HONAH” TESTIFIED ANDREW JACK ant and put him on the stand, where for the next fifteen minutes he pro- ceeded to take everybody's breath by telling an apparently raightforward story, denying everything. He said he was sober Thanksgiving night; that he went to bed at 9 o'clock and did not get up till mornin; hat he wasn't in Al White's saloon; that all the soldier witnesses were perjuring themselves to get even with him, and that the officers were mistaken when they said they had seen him that night. “Down in Bat row,” he said, explain- ing the genesis of the enmitles against him, *“‘dere was twenty crap games goin’. I shot dice one afternoon and win $46 fum Dan Jackson; dat night I win $2 fum Jesse James. Both tried to borrow fum me, but 1 wouldn't loan, 'cos I had to sen’ money home. Den day swo’ to git eben wid me.” Jackson sald Morris was sore on him because he had been stationed as guard over that soldier when he was degraded to the ranks. He then denied that he wore a khaki uniform on the night of the shoot , and as proof that he could not have been the man he d that he was the sharp- shooter of his comp “You mean to say,” sald the court, “that if you had been shooting at the policemen you would have hit them.” “Dat’'s w'at I mean, Jedge. But I didn’t shoot at 'em. I came here to go to Manila to shoot ma country's enemies, not to kill p'licemen.” Attorney Curtis said he had caused subpenaes to issue for a number of tentmates of the defendant, who, he was informed, would testify that they saw Jackson asleep in camp at ths time the witnesses for the prosecution sald he was shooting at the patrol- men. They falled to respond when B "\W/////.'f" TS "PARK FOR ATTORNEY (URTIS - ¥ R S R NES LOOKED RATHER SON- called and bench warrants were {ssued for them, returnable at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the court before taking a recess announcing that there might be “somethin’ doin’' " later with Captain Blount. When court reconvened only one of Attorney Curtis’ witnesses was pres- ent. He was Corporal Tyson, and he came far from proving the alibi sought to be established by the defense. He said merely that he had seen Andrew Jaskson take his shoes off Thanks- giving night as if going to bed. In rebuttal the prosecution put on four witnesses who added their testi- mony to that of the others that the defendant had shot at Stanton and Alexander. Daniel Jackson was one of these; Harry Briggs, bartender for Al White, was another; James Good and James Burns completed the quartet. Daniel Jackson explained that the rea- son he had not answered the sub- pena was because his captain had or- dered him to camp and ordered him under arrest on a charge almost for- gotten. At this statement the court boiled over and said things about Cap- tain Blount. Henry Morris, an earller witness {n the case, also informed the court that he had been ordered under arrest by Blount for attending the trial on the pretext that he was away from camp without leave. Judge Conlan then ordered the issu- ance of a warrant for Blount and held Andrew Jackson to answer. The Forty-ninth being so near the time for embarkation for the Philip- glnes‘ it Is suspected that Captain lount may attempt to evade the serv- ice of the warrant by taking refuge under the wing of the military law. In mil‘chhnn event lv.hi(l‘rlz may be a pretty cras etween clvil and ‘milita - thorities, i * D4040404 040404040404 040404040000 040000040004 00040484 40404040 404042400 00 a0 Mo. siderable and was joined by a woman at t entrance of Bacon place. He accom- saloons and later the lifornia street. N the woman a short time afterwar when he felt for his purse he found it had disappeared together with $61, h it contained —————————— One dose Wil stop All druggists. * d her to seve that whic Dr. Parker's Qough Cure. a cough. Never fails Try it Unknown Drowned. known man about six feet tall in _the nelghborhood of 200 ound floating in the bay yes- noon near section 3 of the e body was dressed in vlue 1 heavy blue flannel overshirt an shoes. The body had bee: the water ob two or three weeks. KLONDIKER LUNNUN ADMITS HOW SOFT A MARK HE WAS ENRY LUNNUN, a guest at b Russ House and one of things that ever t of the Arctic Cir- n an hour yesterday ham’s court telling K he had been for as Charles Niles, a K as good as a farce s Honor and the court- r re kept on the broad grin at the ndiker's confessions of & verdancy. Lunnun himself was com- pelled to smile at the good thing he had been The story he told was a long one, starting from the time he got in from the Kiondike with his pockets full of dust until he discovered the duplicity of Burke. By chance he met that indi- vidual one day, and Burke, after mak- g the Klondiker believe he was an ex-soldier back from Manila, com- menced operations by touching Lun- nun for the price of a shave. He fol- Jowed this up by dining with the miner and sleeping with him, putting up fer the bed and board a woeful tale of longtime starvation. Next morning, as Lunnun said, he routed cut Burke, gave him a dollar and told him to hunt for work. The ex-soldier came back, saying he had found it, borrowing $5 on the strength of his representations and keeping up his little touches on various filmsy pretexts, all of which have since been proved false. ot Lunnun to give him $11, with which he redeemed his watch, after which operation he borrowed $13 more from He became bolder and the Klondiker. Later on he made sev- eral other descents on the miner's pocketbook, finally concluding, the wit- ness said, by robbing him of $25 in gold coin and $50 worth of nuggets as he slept in his room at the Russ House. The oddest part of the story is that @ A L G G S N A N N L L R R L NN LGN G RN SN NN NSNS EENRNNNNERS dealing with the arrest of Burke, allas Niles. Two nights after the robbery Lunnun and a fellow Klondiker, Wil- liam H. Finn, met Burke, all togged out in new clothes, on O'Farrell street. “I guess you're dressing up on my money,” sald Lunnun. “What do you mean?" asked Burke, “‘I mean that I've a good notion to call a policeman and have you arrest- ed,” replied the Klondiker. “You needn't do that,” sald Burke. “I don’t know what you mean, but I'll £o along with you.” Burke objected, however, to going on Market street, and proposed that they proceed to the City Hall by way of the side streets. The. route was changed accordingly and they got to Hyde and McAllister streets. Lunnun left Burke in charge of Finn and went for a policeman, returning with OM- cer Hightower, who took the young man into custody and charged him with grand larceny. While Lunnun was gone for the policeman Finn no- ticed Burke take some things from his pocket and throw them away. It was arterward found that they were skele- ton keys. It having been proved to the satis- faction of the court that all the stories told by Burke to Lunnun were lies and the testimony going to show that he had “rolled” as well as touched the Klondiker, Judge Graham held him to answer for grand larceny, with bail fixed in the sum of $2000. CEE) 2 BRVRUBURLRRURIRRNNRIRINNNS @ E £ in | | | | a regular attendant at the church that MRS, PHELAN'S LONG LIFE 1S EBBING AWAY Mayor Watches by Her Deathbed. e DAUGHTERS NOT AT HOME L eril o FAMILY HAD ARRANGED A CHRISTMAS REUNION. e A The Banquet to the Municipal Officers-Elect Has Been Post- poned Indefinitely by Mayor Phelan. i QT Mrs. James Phelan, mother of the Mayor, suffered a serious relapse early yesterday morning, and her physiclans at | once declared that there was no hope of | her recovery. Throughout the day she lay unconscious, between life and death, but last night a slight rellef of the ex- treme congestion was noted, although the doctors would not acknowledge that it was ground for hope. The severe illness of Mrs. Phelan is especially unhappy at this time, as a grand family reunion had been planned for Christmas. At present none of the children are home, with the exception of the Mayor. Miss Mollie Phelan has been in Europe for over two years and left Hamburg last Saturday for home. Mrs. F. J. Sullivan, the other daughter, has left for New York to meet her sister, and they cannot return, under the most fa- vorable circumstances, for at least a week. Mrs. Phelan has been seriously ill fors some weeks, and on more than one oc- caslon her life was despaired of, but no | attack has been so severe as that of yes. | terday morning. Drs. Bazet and Devlin and Mayor Phelan were at the dying wo- man’s bedside throughout the day and in the evening their watch was joined in by Colonel Sulllvan, secretary of the Mayor. The greatest anxlety of the family was in regard to the absent daughters and that they might return in time to see thelr mother in life once more. | Mrs. Phelan has lived in San Francisco and its vicinity since pioneer days. Her late husband camie to the mines in 1848, | and shortly afterward he went East and | married, brlnglnfi Mrs. Phelan to this | city, where she has mostly resided ever since. For many years <“e has divided her time between the fam. - residence on Valencia street and her place in San Ma- teb County. She has never been desirous of publicity, and even her many acts of charity have been devoid of any osten- Mrs. Phelan’s affiliation with St. Ignatius Church is probably of longer duration than that of any other member, she having been for years a pewholder in the old building on Market street that preceded the handsome structure on Hayes street. She has made many gifts to St. Ignatius and until his death two | Years ago, her favorite priest was Father Muraskey, who was her spiritual adviser for a generation. It was at St. Ignatius that Mayor Phelan was educated, and until a few weeks ago Mrs. Phelan was contained for her so many associations, and where in the past she had worshiped with her husband. Mrs. Phelan’s advanced age s greatly against her chances of recovery, she hav- ing been born in Ireland seventy-three years ago. Mayor Phelan was to have presided last evening at a banquet to which he had invited the municipal early in the day the canceled. officers-elect, but invitations were —_— —_— VAN DEN BERGH'S WILL. Disinherited One of His Da Because She Abused Him, Some people make str. among the number may be count testament ot John P. P. Van den ;dr-rlg’;ue who died November 30, at his home, 543 Sixth street. Van den Bergh's will was filed for probate yesterday and an estate of considerable value, perhaps $50,000, 1o disposed of. In the Wil proper the de. ceased ’de\'l S his entire estate to the Unlon Trust Company in trust for his two youngest sons, John P. P, and Liters Caspard Van den Bergh, until the young- est reaches the age of 2 years, at which time the trustee is directed to convey the estate to them in equal shares. In event of thelr death, however, the tegtator gi. | rects that the estate be | share alike among his Gust, Flora and D: children of his div den Bergh, and L. C. den Bergh, children o Katle Van den Bergh. In his will the dece: purposely omits making is children, Eleonore Gust Flora, Albert and Julia Van because he conveyed the largest of his property to their mother use at the time of the dl\‘nrrv:‘ provecr}l{lnks, omitted to make provision for his s Willlam C. Van den Bergh, hm{‘s(fuuewy'x'é succeeded to his mother's estate. His rea- sons for disinheriting his daughte: Ella Van den B y Van den Bergh, *d_wife, Julla Van and Willlam J. Van ¢ his deceased wite, sed says that he and Dals den Ber; ortion or her settlement of the He also ergh, “‘as she struck me in my old age in m face a abuses, such as cum¥| me ln"%ldog;z‘; and saying to her mother, ‘There comes ‘l’hn old fellow with his lip hanging own." " The will, which bears date of Ay, 1898, is olographic, but a codicil, In“::?lflg:' the ‘delccnsfd, n&lly devises his son Albert an interest In the property. is witness 5L Tethr & by J Samuels and New Game Law for Marin. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 5.—The Supervisors threw down the gauntlet to the opponents of the Marin game laws at their session to-dey by adopting an ordinance Inter- dicting the use of every kind of repeating shotgun By this procedure the ‘class \e;l! ation” objection is overthrown. he amended ordinance was the product of the genfus of a committee from the Marin County Game Protective Associa- tion, consisting of District Attorney Mc- Isaac, Attorney B. Martinellli and Chalrman Barr of the Supervisors. The new ordinance will’provoke bitter antag- onism, as many lea lnF sportsmen assert thelr intention of carrying the question in- volved to the Supreme Court. ange wills and | B R T T e R R A S SR MyNOTLY NEW PIPE LINE | Injunction Against Bear ughters | ADVERTISEMENTS. —— IMPORTED DRESS FABRICS! PRESENTS. THREE NEW LINES this week, all very appropriate for HOLIDAY waists. effects. $21.50 Dress Pattern. $1.50 and §2 per yard. 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REDWOOD CITY, Dec. 5.—The divided share anq | children, Eleonore | provisions for | | b purposely | | r, Katle | Gulch Water Company, now engaged in replacing the old seven-inch pipe with fifteen-inch pipe, will be compelled to re- lay its new pipe on the line of the old and will not be permitted to lay another | e of pipe adjacent to the old one. \nlin xht" psup\‘rmr Court to-day Judge | Buck granted the injunction prayed for by the Spring Valley Company, thereby restraining the Bear Gulch Company from | laying its new pipe in any other place than that set forth in the old right of | way, which was obtained in 1867. A estion that greatly interests the people of Menlo Park was touched upon but not decided during the present court proceedings. 1t is the amount of water to which the Bear Gulch Company is en- titied under the old decree of condemna- tion. The Spring Valley Company claims that the Bear Gulch Company never ob- tained by the decree in condemnation the right to take one drog of water off the land on the banks of the stream, but that y prescription they have the right to take seven inches, the size of the present pipe, and no more; this for the reason that in the original condemnation pro ceedings all riparian owners were not made parties and hence there are some | who are still entitled to all the water over and above seven inches. Miss Flood held three-fourths of the stock in the Bear Guich Water Company, and it is this interest that passed to the State University a few months ago. The balance of the stock is held by Charles ‘W. Felton of Menlo Park. There prom- ises to be further litigation before the matter is finally settled. NAVAL ARCHITECTS MEET. BERLIN, Dec. 5.—The Boclety of Naval Architects met at Charlottenburg to-day. Emperor Willlam, the Secretaries of State, the Prussian Ministers and many high military and naval officers were pres- enLd The Grand Duke of Oldenburg pre- sided. Geheimrath Burley read a plrer on sub- marine boats, in which he said they of- fered no good prospects for the future and congratulated the German admiralty on abstaining from costly and protracted experiments and confining themselves to the construction of battleships, cruisers and torpedo boats, adding that there was no reason to expect that the creation of a strong navy as initlated by the Em- peror would be disturbed by fear of sub- marine boats. The paper was much ap- plauded. CLARK WISE & CO., Cor. Geary St. and Grant Ave., San Francisco. PIANOS.... We are the Exclusive Agents for the WEBER PIANOS, and have just received a large number of them In all *styles of cases, uprights and baby grands. We are prepared lo make special prices for a limited time—cash or Installments. 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