The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, BAY CITIES \\ g SUDDENLY DROPS 0UT OF SIGAT George Lindy Cannot| Be Found. w gaine by son e of Ge ag Ka Lind M K r s suppose TROLLEY-CAR VICTIM SLIGHTLY IMPROVED N Jar There is -a slight the conditi down by nth st for- whose ND, Jan. 2—Thomas White ¢ r ians at ihe 1 " S & ' g gave out Alameda -wante it very thoroughl p ng to toke understood that he holds no mo fav ble indica- 1 k of hig sons, is-con- ots in the Als- Mr. White has said r the suit brought May E. Valent ate, and now ihe urt will be full of my soks, of spirituul- rge that White entine through 14 induced the MORITZ HUPERS LEFT away his Property, . spiritualistic tendencies ALL TO HIS WIDOW Ju! L e S EMMA SUTTER DESERTED HOME OR THE STAG Now Her Husband Is Seeking Divorce. a Hupers t her 1 Pacific Gives Notice to Men in Its Employ. The Southern Pa- Dakland Office S8an Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 2. A young wife's weariness of quiet Jan do- 2s made mestic life and her ambition to shine on the stage is the real basis of the divorce suit of Alphonse Sutter against Emma I | Butter, now pending in the Superior Court of Alameda County. Before the couple were married in San Francisco eight years ago Mrs. Sutter was Miss Emma Elizabeth Field, a prominent issued GILBERT, “Master Car Repairer.” 8 s T L about Atty men. | Agure in local soclety circles. Mr. Sutter re employe: the cripple track | Was a bookkeeper with Miller, Sloss & int shop. Recently the hours | Scott, the*big hardware “house in the he brick shop wi t- | metropolis. he wedding was an event t . »t r:dkrr lE.(‘rE:ThLI"‘.&, | of the season, and for a time the couple the em: yves lived in happiness; but the dull and lonely | —_———— | General Wall’s Funeral. | DA, Jan. 2—The funeral of Gen- | Wall took place this after- s late residence, 183 Santa e services were under k Grove Lodge No. 215, | e Caledonian Club, the | ch Soclety and the Bt. An. were represented. Rev. W | ennut, secretly began a course of prepara- tion for the histrionic art, and soon her ambition to appear before the footlights overcame her Jove for home and husband. one day last August, Mrs. Sutter packed her trunk and disappeared, leaving no note explanatory of her sudden de- parture. Recently Mr. Sutter received a letter, tmarked Honolulu, wherein the desert- "Scudder of the First Congregationai | ing spouse expressed her sorrow at havin r e TR % ham explaining that home life hac B. Gilmore. H proved unbearable to her and that she yder, Robert Young, | had determined henceforth to seek fame m F. ) 2| on _the stage. holsen, actress under her malden name of Field. - Damage by the Storm. ALAMEDA, Jan. 2—The strong wind ich swept s8 the city this morning ised congld ble damage to property on the south side. The exception high | tide, aide: the wind, washed tons of earth into the bay. Some property owners H. Keye, J. Austin and senior o | find “their holdings shortened by several | - »r_conductor, | feet. Some of the concrete breakwaters W. Thomas; master of ceremonies. J. | were undermined and toppled over, leav- ing no protection to the embankment. A e small _schooner was wrecked in San Killed by a Bucket of Coal. Leandro Bay. She was not properly LAND, Jan. 2—James Dy .| moored and the wind drove her against X at Long Wharf laie thie ahes, | the Bay Farm Island bridge. The hull and bucket of coal. He was a steve. | TIEEINg are a complete wreck. ved in unloading the coal ship O ARy S TR 2d a bucket of coal fell upon | Death of a Trooper. him €0 that he died on his | ¢ v al. He leaves a widow |, OAKLAND, Jan. 2—Warde Rose, a - g v | trooper in the Fourth Cavalry, dled |at the home of his uncle at —— | 167 Tenth street in this city to-day. Young Reose enlisted in ‘I'roop I of the Fourth Cavalry from Cleveland, O., and served nearly a year In Islands. He was taken sick there and : returned to Oakland in October and died | POSTUM CEREAL. COFFEE HEADACHES When Change Was Made to Postum Food Coffee. As long as 1 drank coffee, once every th regularly I had a billous sick 1 had often read in the pa- Postum Food Coffee, but, to-day. He was a son of A. E. Rose of Left Williamsfield, Ohio. DIAZ FAVORED. PUEBLA, Mex., Jan. 2—The plebiscite tak for candidates for nomina- tion for President of the republic was par- pers about ticipated in by the citizens generally, s of people, I thought you were | and alt h this is a strong Conserva- sing your own goods to sell them. | tive city, a large majority of the voters F S anln . favored the renomination of President , 4 my husband to buy | 1505 Yo another term. Similar results & ckage to try. I boiled it | were announced from the surrounding ite long as your directions | towns. and did mot lke it. The mext| CAXACA, Mexico, Jan. 2.—Great enthu- siasm marked the plebiscite, for this is President Diaz's native State and the stronghold of the Liberal party. The peo- ple voted en masse for his nomination as candidate for the presidency during the ming I made coffee for breakfast and had a sick headache. The third morning I tried Postum be ng about twenty minutes. | term beginning next December. tasted good, and the longer I A nk it the better I liked it. That| Return of Attorney Pillsbury. < about three months ago. We have | E. S. Pllisbury, attorney for the Pacific Coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers’ Asso. ciation, has returned from a Northern trip undertaken in the interest of the associa. tion. He sald yesterday that he found ihe Northwest weli informed concerning the issues to come before the Interstate d Postum ever since, and never in t time have I had the least kind dache or been sick in any way. id a brother-in-law of my expe- He suffered with bilious head- g Commerce Commission affecting trade s and was threatened with nerv- | conditions on the Pacific Coast. He went >siration. He stopped coffee and | to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, at all of ng Postum Food Coftee, which 1 not like at the first trial, but 50 he liked 1t very much in- hen they jearned to make it has cured him also. ing friends have been leaving off coffee and using which places there are members of the executive committee of the Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ Association. He talked with many gentlemen concerning the com. ing hearing In this city before the Inter. state Commission. he Northwest will be represented by witnesses. Mr. Pills- D. B. Wieatt, his wify the newspapers of the Northwest have sister; 3. H. Mathews, his wife ana | been b L daughter. We .are paturally very | porth Traflc Aanager lLoveland snd irong advocates of Postum Food Cof- | Angeies. Al sections of the coast have 1 Lille fourth stree E. Mathews, 466 Twenty- visited re, tative t, Detroit, Mich, been visi by the represent es of the L assoclation. trial In the Alameda | days wearled the bride, who, to dispel the | s'Robert Jardin. The hon. | _ Word now comes from New York that | e were W B pone BOn- | o e Butter has partly achleved her ambi- John Reid Martin, C_ | tion and that she appeared there as an the Philippine | bury spoke very highly of the work thnti 'PREFERS MANSIONS IN ALAMEDA TO MANSIONS IN THE SKIES had weird gatherings at their achattending the mestings The stories: of these meet- denizens of the next world in_court at the trial of the n effort will be made to sub- e assertions made in the com- of M Valentine that her husband osed of his mansion in Alameda in the securing a mansion in the skies in after life. the accused broker in realty of life, denies this, and erts Valentine got $1100'for herfinter- state. tine has not the faith of her t would permit of her deod- v the good things of the present articularly when they are in tne shape of Alameda reaity, for any options on the future. and when the sult comes on there will be interesting revelations. Db et ebeieieieie@® %HANNA WILL MANAGE | THE COMING CAMPAIGN Senator Decides to Remain at the Head of the Republican Commitee. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan to the Cleveland Leader, information re- ceived by it from a source second only to President McKinley and Senator Hanna is to the effect that not only will ator Hanna be the chairman of the Republican national committee, but ings wi will be ecase, and told world 2 ~According next he will be both temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican national con- vention. This statement may, be explained upon the hypothesis that such is the expressed wish of Presldent McKinley and that, the President being the only candidate before the convention for the office he holds, the delegates will *heerfully acquiesce. The statement is made that the only Guestion which has ever existed as to the continuation of Senator Hanna's leader- ship in the coming campaign was that re- Farding his health. e bas now an- nounced his willingness to undertake the new task next r, and the President's wish in that res) is to be gratified. The same source of information is au- for the statement that the dele- at large from Ohio to the Republi- national convention will be Senators perhaps, can Hanna and Foraker, Governor Nash and General Dick, chairman of the executive committee. State [AROUND THE | CORRIDORS J‘ Arthur Hapert of Paris, France, is reg- istered at the Palace. Willlam Grant, a wealthy land owner of Biges, is at the Grand, Captain Charles M. Thomas, U. 8. N., is | a guest at the Occidental. H. Doc Barnhart, the San Jose capital- ist, is a guest at the Lick. Thomas Flint Jr. has come up from San Juan and is a guest at the Palace. H. C. Kennedy has come down from his home in Stockton and is at the Lick. | Among the recent arrivals at the Palace | is B. H. Bunch of Washington, D. C, R. N. Bulla came up from Los Angeles erday and registered at the Grand. W. H. McMinn of Mission San Jose Is at the Lick while on a flying visit to this city. Captain W. Hoffman, U. §. A., is regis- tered at the Grand, where he arrived yes- | terday | Lieutenant P. E. Radcliffe, U. 8. | ¥ | N, is | among those who arrived at the Occident- | al yesterday. | H. E. McKee, one of the prominent bus- | iness men of Los Angeles, is a guest at | the Occidental. S F. Graham, one of the leading busi- ness men and fruit shippers of San Jose, is staying at the Palace. Dr. H. 8. Hill, one of the leading medi- | cal men of Seattle, is registered for a | short stay at the Grand. R. 1. Thomas, an Influential attorney and politician of Nevada City, 1s making a short stay at the Grand, M. Innes, a wealthy mining man of Clif- ton, Ariz., is a guest at the Occidental, where he arrived yesterday. George D. Gear, one of the prominent residents of Honolulu, s among the re- cent arrivals at the Palace. John A. Sanborn, the lawyer and capi- | tallet, has come over from his home in | Fruitvale and taken rooms at the Palace. Frank §. Johnson has returned from his recent trip to New York and is now at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and family. Dr. H. V. Murray and E. C. Macfarlane, | brother of the proprietor of the Hawallan Hotel, arrived yesterday on the Australia and went to the California. | E. P. Vaughn-Morgan, a traveler from London, arrived on the Australia yester- day. He is staying at the Occidental and | is on a globe-trotting expedition. | Among those who arrived yesterday | from Honolulu on the Australia is Lady | Bromley. Lady Bromley is now staying | at the Palace and is on her way East to be present, as report has it, at the mar- | riage of her son to one of the daughters | of Sir Julian Pauncefote. General Manager Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific Company returned from | New York yesterday. He was called East a few days ago to attend a meeting of the board of directors of his road and to con- sult with C. P. Huntington on matters of importance. He only remained at his office yesterday morning long enough to look over his mail, and then left for his home in San Mateo. | | | | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1900. DELANOY NOW N RECEIPT OF ANOTHER LETTER Signed “JudgelLynch” and Menacing. Delanoy, your threats do not in the least concern me. You are afraid to expose me, be- cause if you do you will ex- pose yourself. You are a vil- lain of the worst type. I dety you to put my name in ths newspapers. You will pay dearly for it if you do. JUDGE LYNCH. O0000D0000 0000000000 ALAMEDA, Jan. 2—F. N. Delanoy is in receipt of another anonymous letter. This time the writer boldly defles his victim to expose him to the public. He threatens dire consequences and signs himself “Judge Lynch.’ The letter was mailed in Alameda to 2238 Clinton avenue. The first letter, signed “White Caps,” was malled in San Francisco. It was type- written upon straw-colored Wrapping pa- per. The paper was irregular in shape The typewritten matter was parently struck by mistake. The letter reads: “Delanoy: Your threats do not in the least concern me. You are afraid to expose me, because if you do you will expose yourself. You are a villain of the worst type. 1 defy you to put my name in the newspapers. You will pay dearly for it if you do. JUDGE LYNCH.” Delanoy is undeterred in his defer- mination to make an expose of the anony- mous persecutor. The threats contained in “Judge Lynch’ effect, he says, of urging him to greater efforts in his purpose of clinching his nameless Nemesis. He says: Lynch or the the cowardly act of sending anonymous letters into another man’s home. AS soon as the proofs of his guilt are in proper Shape he will just as surely be publicly exposed as the sun s to rise to-morrow morning.” — e Husband Charges Desertion. OAKLAND, Jan.2.—W. L. Kidd, through his attorney, Carl F. Wood. this afternoon filed suit in the Superior Court for a di- vorce from Helen Kidd, alleging desertion as the ground of his cause of action. Qesoebeiededededebe WOLFSOHN MAY HAVE FEARED AN INDICTMENT Rumor That He Left Los Angeles to Avoid Being Held on a Mur- der Charge. 1.0S ANGELES, Jan. 2.—It is stated to- day that the evident reason for the sud- den flight of Aaron Wolfsohn, who came the sulcide of another man supposed to be Aaron Wolfsohn, was because of a rumor that the Grand Jury had been asked to indict him for murder. The County District Attorney lends color to the story by saying that he has been repeatediy asked to bring a murder charge against Wolfsohn. Oscar Bamberger, the attorney for the heirs, has at last admitted that the live Wolfsohn is the man who was insured. He is about the last of the interested parties to go over to that side of the case. Mrs. Maggie O'Neil still insists that the dead man is the real Wolfsohn. ——— SOILS AND CROPS DISCUSSED BY FARMERS Interesting Papers Read at the Sec- ond Day’s Session of the Uni- versity Farmers’ Club. gession of the University Farmers’' Club J. B. Neff of Anaheim spoke on “bleach- ing walnuts”: J. A, Brown of San Jacint discussed “Oiive Trees in California”; Professor A. J. McClatchie, of the Ari- zona experiment station, lectured on “Bacteria in Agriculture” ic of Pasadena spoke upon “Legislation. In the afternoon Thomas H. Means of the Department of Agriculture of Wash- ington lectured on “Soils.” y “Irrigation D(b]lal;d IPulgal w:rs cllhi‘ll;‘:':- . L. Palm - Ject of 8 P esor H. Culbertson of 11 t. Professor H. ?“t\nj'r‘m spoke on “Fertllization of Or- chards,”” ‘‘Green Manuring” was dis- s R. C. Pain of Redlands. c“"ls‘g:desznlrjax‘;ension was devoted exclu- sively to a discussion of “‘Co-operation. Speeches were made by A. H. Naftzger SFthe Citrus Fruit Exchange of Los An- eles, A. H. Sprague of the Deciduous §ruit Exchange of Los Angeles and .T. . White, treasurer of the Raisin Grow- ers' Assoclation of Eesno. Gas Well Ablaze. ARKERSBURG, W. Va., Jan. 2—The hl: Painter gas well, located in Ritchie County, accidentally caught fire last night and all efforts to extingush the flames have been futile. Millions upon millions of feet of gas is going to waste, and the financial loss will be enormous. The roar of the burning gas can be heard twelve miles away, and the fire illuminated the whole surrounding country. - Cheda Wins His Sulf SAN RAFAFEL, Jan. 2—The mandamus proceedings brought by Attorney E. B. E. J. Connell to issue to gompel A ant for 1000 on a consigned claim of Buckman Bros. for work done on a section of the Tiburon boulevard, was decided in favor of Cheda to-day. This virtually means the completion of the boulevard at an early date. Reed’s Will Admitted. SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 2—The will of John J. Reed was to-day admitted to probate ¥ Judge Angelotti. by D et - administrator without Ponds. "The estate is valued at about 90,000 and has furnished food for the tongues of scandal. oo Growth of the Lawton Fund. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—General Cor- bin, chairman of the Lawton Relief Com- mittee, announces that the subscriptions to the Lawton fund received up to to-dayv amount to $39.263, which does not include all the subscriptions made to independent agents in various outside cities. ———— to' the Treaty. 10§ ANGELES, Jan. 2.—Senator Shoup of 1daho and Senator Clark of Wyoming while here last week said to interested artles here (hat they would pledge Poemeelves to do all in their power to de- feat the proposed Jamaica treaty, having become convinced of its harmfuiness. ————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 2—H. 8. Cott of San Francisco is at the Holland. A. Rosan- perg of San Francisco is at the Hoffman, Eagar Rickard of San Francisco is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Lund of San Francisco are at the Savoy. CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—H. A. Hildrede and wife of Los Angeles are at the Nor- mandie; George A. Knight of San Fran- cisco has returned to Washington and is at Willards; H. P. Forsyth of San Fran- cisco s at the St. James. all in capl- | tals except where small letters were ap- | epistle have had the | “It is Judge | hite cap who Is on trial for | here to clear up the mystery concerning | PASADENA, Jan. 2.—At the morning | W. 8. Mellick | Martinelli on behalf of 8. H. Cheda to| Jose Vidal | NOT READY T0 DIE, BUT DEATH CAME QUICKLY The Strange Demise of J. C. Turner. OAKLAND, Jan. 2—“T would not care to have hold of the other end of the wire, | for T am not ready to die yet,” said J. C. Turner to Conductor George Beal on car 128 of the Shattuck avenue line, in Berke- i ley this evening. The words had hardly left his mouth when Turner fell over the seat of the car, and died before he could utter another word. J. C. Turner. who is a brother of Town Trustee E. Q. Turner of Berkeley, board- ed the Shattuck-avenue car at_ Ru street this evening to ride to Be: He ar end of the car and with Conductor the r ied a conversation George Beal. He talked electricity with the conductor, and was asking him what rm would result if a telegraph or tele hone wire should fall across the wires of a trolley line or an eleetric light circuit. t on “It woudn't do you any harm,” replied | Beal Then It was that Turner made his re- mark about not wanting to be the one | | that had hold of the end of the wire. and | almost before the words had died away he was stricken, and fell over the seat. The stroke occurred just as the car was passing Styles Hall. Beal called Motorman W. S. Lamb to | help him, and they worked over Turner | for a few moments under the impression | that he had only fainted Seeing that | their work did no good Lamb went Back | to his post and hurried the car into Berkeley. They went to one doctor's of- | fice and to a drug store, but at neither | place could they find medical aid, and finding that Turner was practically dead | they took him to Brown's undertakin parlors, at which is located the branc! Morgue. Dr. Payne finally arrived and pro- nounced the man dead, probably from heart disease. Turner was well known in Berkeley, and leaves a widow and one child. — e Plunkett Sent to Jail. OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Nathaniel P. Plunk- ett, the son of ex-Supervisor Plunkett, who_ was arrested for passing bogus checks on Frank Dean, an East Oakland saloon man, and who pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was sent to jail for one montn by Police Judge Smith this morning. | Plunkett was with Dewey on the Olympia I 'at the battle of Manila. B B e ] | MICHIGAN MILITIA | OFFICIALS IN DISGRACE | Accused of Having Defrauded the | State, They Are Believed to | Have Fled. | LANSING, Mich., Jan. 2. Quartermaster General White of Grand Raplds nor Adjutant General Marsh of Allegan can be found to-night, and it is alleged they have left the State. Gen. eral White sent a letter to one of his as- soclates saying he might not be hesrd from for several months, and asking that his business affairs be settled. ter he protested his innocence of any wrong-doing, but declared he was belig made a seapegoat for others in an alleged crooked military deal, and could not hope to_stand up under thé burden. The allegea crooked deal was the re- puted sale of over $0,000 worth of State property by the State Military Board to the “Iliinois Supply Company” for $10,000 | and the alleged repurchase of the by the Henderson-Amer Company of amazoo for about $50,000. (FACTS RELATING T0 THE SEIZURE OF FLOUR ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The State De- partment to-day received from Embas- sador Choate at London by cable a state- ment of the facts he had developed in con- | nection with the seizure by British war- ships of American goods on the three | merchant _vessels Beatrice, Mashona and | Maria. The goods comprised not oniy | flour, ‘but miscellaneous articles of com- mon trade. They were shipped for Lour- enzo Marquez in British and German | ships, but our officials contend that they were not subject to seizure. They couid not, however, lodge representations on the | subject until they possessed a knowledge of the facts, and as soon as Mr. Choate's statement came to hand to-day inst tion was cabled to him to inform the Brit- ish Government that we could not admit | the right of the seizure in these cases. This is the preliminary step usually | taken in such negotiations. Next in order | will be a report from our consular rep- | resentatives at Lourenzo Marquez re- | specting the present condition of the seized | or detained goods and the damage sus- tained. The State Department is not yet fully informed on these points, necessary in the further presentation of the cases. [t is not even known just where the goods are, or If they have all heen seized or only in part. It will be the duty of our consu- lar agent at Lourenzo Marquez to ascer- taln and report these facts, and he is row | engaged in doing this under the original instructions of the State Department. While the department is acting as it { promised in the beginning to firmly pro- tect all American rights of trade, it is | showing no unseemly haste in the pre- sentation of the case. To-day’s instruction to Mr. Choate was not a demand for the release of the goods, nor yet for indem- nity, but rather a precautionary notice to { the British Government to save ail of our | rights in the case. It will be sufficlent to llnfnm- the settlement of the matter by negotiation, the State Department having not_the slightest doubt that the British | authorities will make full amends to the | owners of the goods when the facts are | 1aia before them s A OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Pacific Coast patents were granted to-day as follows: California—Stephen 8. Black, Pasadena, | skate; Cornelius Collins, San Franciseo, metal | partition and furring for bufldings; John W. | Currier, Los Angeles, combined spring hinge | and check; Philo E. Danlels, Oakland, as- signor of one-half to G. P. Coates and A. L. Botham, protector for trousers; Joseph Davy. Onkland, harp fastener; Peter J. Gildea, San Francisco, hydraulic elevator; Charles A. Ham- mel, Los Angeles, oil burner; John Jorgenson, Gan Francisco, nut lock; Enoch L. Lowe, San Francisco, clamping device for seat posts and handle bar posts for bieycles; Emil Marsky, San Jose, temporary cover and binder for papers; dames Maxim. Los Angeles, street fweeper; Vietor A. Pernot. Colgrove, bicycle support; George E. Standish, Seiby, cartridge loading apparatus; George D. Whitcomb and W. K. Milholland, Glendora, rock drill; Frank Wulff, Colusa, paper folding’ machine. ‘Washington—Joseph G. Evans, Waitsburg. combined header and_thresher; Willlam H. Pariin, Seattle, and E. M. Heylam, Pekin, plow: Charles P. Tatro and G. Dedlits, Seat- tle, process for extracting precious ‘metals two patents). O regon- Wiiliam M. and E. G. Hodson. Rose- ~Neither ex- o burg, railway tie; Parrott, Portland, car burster. E. N. Gill was to-day appointed st- master at Ono, Shasta County, vice B. F. Boyd, resigned. The postoffices at Lynch, Whitehouse and Tredalba, Cal., will be made domestic money-order postoffices after to-day. Pensions for Californians: Original— John S. Barnum, East San Jose, $i; John Stokes. San Mateo, $8: William W, ‘Hill, San Francisco, $8; Robert F. Patterson, Soldiers’ Home. Los Angelel. fi& Increase liam H. Forshee, Scott River. $ to fls!nnl. widows, ete., special, ac- crued December 19—Phebe A. ay, Oak- Jand, 38 ‘Washington: Original — William A, Welles, Walla Wn.lf‘a. $6; Joseph Early, Seattle, $6. Ori, . widows, etc., spe- cial, accrued ecember 19 — Ettie L. Jones, Griswold, $8. — Wi 8. In the let- | EARLY QUARTER OF A CENTURY A MISSIONARY Death of Rev. F. J. Masters, Berkeley. BERKELEY, Jan. 2.—Rev. Frederick J. Masters, superintendent of the Pacific Coast Methodist M on this coast and in China this morning at his home, 1740 Oxford | street, Berkeley. He had been suffering for some time, but his family hardly real- | 1zed the seriousness of his illness. Dr. Masters spent twenty-four years of | his life in the missionary service. He was | born in Evesha near Strat- ford-on-Avon, f rs ago. After Beosse0eeriesese® @ B e e e o o o o S S S L S g @ +O 00404040+ 0+0 THE LATE DR. F. J. MASTERS. graduating from Richmond College he en- tered the missionary fieid in China. He spent ten years in arge of the Ca mission and did splendid work. turned to England for two years to preach in_an English Wesleyan church. Fourteen years ago he came to this coast and entered upon his duties as su- perintendent of the Methodist Chinese missfon. Dr. Masters leaves a widow, a daughter and three sons—Stuart G:, George Herbert The two elder boys attend 'LIGHT ON THE DREDGING OF LAKE MERRITT Mayor Snow Prepares a Statement. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 98 Broadway, Jan. 2. The questicn of dredging Lake Merritt has been a vexed one in Oakland for some time. The park and boulevard fund has been almost completely depleted. The great point of contest is whether the mud from the lake should be deposited around the lake in convenient places or forced over the site of the proposed park below Twelfth street. Mayor Snow has pre- pared a statement showing the condition of the entire dredging situation, which statement has been sent to the Board of Public Works and other municipal bodles and officers for their guidance, as follows: It was declared in the original dredging specifications, upon which the original (in- valid) contract was let by the former Board of Public Works, that the mud dredged from the lake should be deposited upon the fol- lowing places, to wit: The northwest arm of Lake Merritt, the northeast arm of Lake Merritt and between Eighth and Twelfth reets. Only $63,000 has been provided by the Council for both the dredging and the flushing gates, notwithstanding the at- tempted appropriation by ordinance of $50,- 000 for this purpose, August 29, 1898. And it was understood by the former Board of Public Works that dumping grounds conve- nient for the contractor must be provided in order to secure a low bid for the whole work. The original contract having been pro- nounced invalld, the present Board of Puble Works advertised for bids and let new and valid_contracts for dredging Lake Merritt; and in the interest of the taxpayer the board has endeavored to secure the accom- plishment of this work at a price not greatly to exceed the original Invalld contract. In order to do this it will be readily seen that the specifications which were originally bid upon could not be materially changed, and they were not changed. But the de- sire on the part of the public, and the de- sire of the board as well, to have the area between Eighth and Twelfth streets filled has grown to be a demand. Contract No. 5 is for dredging nearly all of the lake not al ready dredged under contracts from one to four. The Board of Public Works has drawn this contract in such a manner that the ecity may, if it chooses to do so, have the lake completely dredged to a depth of four feet, in accordance with the original speci- fications regulating the deposit of mud, for $6880, or the city may require under the same contract all of the mud to be forced the greater and more expensive distance to be- tween Bighth and Twelfth streets. The lat- ter requirement will cost §12,000 additional. Now because this sum of $12,000 will all be in excess of the money in the park and boulevard fund; because the contractor will not continue the work without pay, but will discontinue dredging at once, leaving a great portion of the lake not dredged; be- cause the $6530 will remain in the treasury unused until after July 1, 1900; because this sum of §6880 is sufficient to dredge the whol lake, If dredged In accordance with the original specifications for dumping grounds; because the city claims as its own park property much of the northeast and north- West arms upon which the mud may be de- posited, and is therefore Improving its own property by placing dredgings thereon—for these reasons the Board of Public Works is of the opinion that the filling between Eighth and Twelfth streets may wisely be delayed until July 1, 199, and be then com- pleted and paid for to the amount of $12,000, out of the funds of the new fiscal year, or If the Council deem it advisable this sum may be added to the proposed bond issue for parks and boulevards. The mud for filling can always be obtained either by the further deepening of the lake or from the estuary, between First and_Eighth streets, by per- mission from the Secretary of War, which permission can doubtless be readily secured. MANY MOURN THE DEATH OF MRS. WILLIAM FORD OAKLAND, Jan. 2—Mrs. Willilam Ford died at her home at Twenty-third avenue this morning at the advanced age of 75 years. Mrs, Ford was well known in the Scotch colony of that section where she leaves a large and sorrowing family and a still larger circle of friends who mourn her death. She was a native of Scotland, but had lived many years in East Oak. land. She leaves the following children: ‘William Ford, Mrs. John Doig, Mrs. John Robertson, Mrs. Robert Kessick and Mrs. William Petit. She was the grandmother of Alexander Doig, the foreman of the Tribune Publishing Co ny, and Wil- liam Doig, a foreman of one of the de- partments of the California Cotton Mills at Twenty-third avenue. sions and well known | died suddenly | nton | He re- | BITTER CONTEST BEGUN OVER THE BRODKS ESTATE Widow and Her Step- daughter at War. Oakland Office San Francisco. Call, %8 Broadway, Jan. 2 What promises to develop into a most | bitter contest over the $,000 estaté < Lafayette ks, who died December 18 last, was late this afternoon in:the Superior Court. Alice M. Wilkinson, sole. surviving daughter of decedent, appears as contest- ant, opposing the probate of the. will dated April 14, 1899, fled December 22 last, by the widow, Mary P. Brooks, and.J. H Brooks, a son, who ask for letters of. ad- ministration. According to the wiil, typewritten' in form, testator, on March -, 1588, deeded certain realty to the widow, and on the date of the execution of the will he fur- ther deeded to er four valuable. lots on Twelfth avenue, East Oakland. A b quc=* is made to the daughter, Mrs. Wi kinson, in the way of a cancellation of a $3000 note held against her on a loan with which she erected her home; to a son,’S. H. Brooks, a newspaper route Is -be- queathed; and the residue of the estate is ordered divided between the widow: and J. H. Brooks, who in thefr petition- giye the value of the estate as -bout $13,000. Mary P. Brooks was Brooks'- second wife, they having married. about-. ten years ago, and Mrs. Brooks' relations with Mrs. Wilkinson, her stepdaughter, according to the contest filed to-day; to- gether with a suit wherein Mrs. Wiikin- son seeks to have the deeds mentioned in the will canceled and set aside, have not been congenial. In Mrs. Wilkinson's contest, prepared by Attorneys Chapman & Clift and Lloyd P. Larue, it is alleged her fathier was. in- sane at the time of executing the alleged will and had been of unsound mind for at least six years prior thereto. Contest- ant denfes that Lafayette Brooks, who was aged 68 years, ever executed the al- | leged will or that it was subseribed either by himself or any person In his -behalf, | or acknowledged by him to any attesting witnesses. The contest recites that Capitalist Brooks “for a period of six years prior to his death was a confirmed Invalid and had been afflicted with frequent severe at- tacks of mental paralysis which pro- gressed In violence up to the time of exe- Cuting the will, that his mind had hecame so weakened that he could he easily in- | fluenced by those around him, and that he was Incompetent to transact any business whatsoever.” Contestant charges that her stepmother, Mary P. Brooks, “for many years exer- sed complete control and dominion over | the mind ard conduct of decedent by rea- on of his mental weakness,” and “that decedent had always regarded contestant | with utmost kindness and she never did an act to forfeit this kindness and es- teem; that from the time llary P. Brooks gained ascendency over decedent’'s mind she never, except on onme occasion, per- | mitted contestant and decedent to be to- gether alone; that, though contestant re- sided but 600'feet from his home, she was never made aware of his dangerous con- dition; that by reason of the undue influ- ence exercised by Mary P. Brooks over him he executed conveyances to her of all his real property, of the value of $15,000, which was acquired prior to his marriage; that the total value of his estate, includ- ing the said realty, was $0,00 and up- ward; that contestant is excluded from the provisions of sald will and that the $3000 note mentioned In -said will was never intended by either party to be gel~ lectible." In the complaint to have the deeds can= ceied A. E. Wilkinson, husband of con: testant, 1s joined as a party plaintiff, and the allegations on which she bases her cause of action are almost identical to those recited in her opposition to the pro- bate of the will. —_— BLACKBURN CHOSEN BY ACCLAMATION FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 2—After four years of retirement Joseph S. C. Black- burn was chosen to-night by the joint caucus of the Democratic members of the Legislature as the successor of Willlam Lindsay in the United States Senate. Not- withstanding Blackburn's nomination was a foregone conclusion and his election morally certain, the proceedings of the caucus to-night were enacted in the pres- ence of a galaxy of Kentucky beauty and a dense throng of Blackburn admirers. The caucus convened at 8 o'clock and was called to order by Senator Goebel, chairman of the joint caucus. There was a wild demonstration in the galleries when Goebel came into the hall before calling the caucus to order and the cheer- ing continued for several minutes. Sena- tors Alexander and Hays (Democrats) and McConnell (Populist) stayed out of the caucus. Blackburn was placed in nomination by Senator Goebel, who said that the long- est and bitterest fight ever waged fc Senator in this State, which be years ago (when Deboe defeated Black- burn) was about to reach its just termina- The State Capitol rang with cheers nomination. h tion. as he placed Blackburn in Senator Harris made a seconding spe and was followed by other members wi eulogized Blackburn and congratulated the party on the union of all of the Demo- cratic members in returning him te the Senate. Senator Thomas asked that the roll be called so that every Democratic member might_have an opportunity to go on record for Blackburn. Senators Alex- ander and Hays failed te respond to their names; otherwise the vote was unani- mous. Goebel was applauded when he voted for Blackburn Governor Taylor submitted a message of over W0 words, covering State affairs and presenting elaborate reasons for the repeal of the Goebel election law, which he called the “infamy of 1888 that has demoralized, disturbed and disgraced the State.” He recited at length how many citizens had been disfranchised, and claimed that even after the ballots were cast there was injustice in counting them and in making returns. The Governor recommends stringent laws agamst lynch= ing. }t'hn H. Whallen, who is accused Senator Harrell of having attempted bribe him by offering him $4500 to vote against Goebel in the gubernatorial con- test, arrived here this afternoon and gave bond in the sum of $10.000. He was ac- companied to the Sheriff’s office by Gen- eral P. Watt Hardin and other anti<Goe- bel leaders. His examining trial is set for 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, when his attorneys will enter a plea against the jurisdiction of the local court, claim- ing that the offense, if there was one, was committed in Louisville. . — Validity of Olographic Will. SEATTLE, Jan. 2—By reason of a pe- tition filed In the Superior Court to-day Judge Moore will decide whether an olo- graphic_will made in California is valid in this State for passing the title of land. In June last I G. Wickersham of Peta- luma, died and In September following his olographic will was probated in Cali- fornia. Among his property a_half section of land in King County, Wash- ington, which it is sought to dispose of. bt General Bliss Dead. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Major General Bliss, U. 8. A, retired, died at Providence Hospital In this city to-day after an ill- ness of some weeks. He was a native of Rhode Island. He had a distinguished {litary record during the War of the Re- bellion. - to