The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1900, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900. NEWS OF THE BAY CITIES HAS SAVED IVERMORE, Ja: are sc L) & life saver that they temndere( Merchar who is very popular in Liver ial banquet as thelr recog s heroism. ne that Mr. Merchant has to b Some yvears ago he rescued J Aylward Jr. from the swimming hole i the Arroyo Moucho, near Livermore, a the same year he drew place in time to save his L 2400900040000 00000000 000000000009 H | ANOTHER HONOR FOR | PRESIDENT WHEELER | BERKELEY, jamin Ide Wheel T from the of another recently been week he was of the e of Ger- e arrived from vy Root of the sociation, REMAINS OF MRS- HALL LAID TO REST NTEREST | T0 THE COAST. Groff for Postmaster of | Los Angeles. Disp The Call Representa for P e Lewls A e ommissioner Office under Presi his record as su b ever made in th ige Groff is a well-known California a his selection wi great major Among_the | Flint, John were Mott Los Angele Wask: its necessity When it is k no more than fifteen oOr twer ties in the United States are cons £ enough impor- | i flice, its estab- s may be con- and a full recog- | portance of from commend a | in the | upon | Cali- t Repre- st member | nAdence r Perkins—Providing for the retire- men of the lighthouse and DOCTOR’S PROPHECY. About Grape-Nuts. Dr. J. H. Hanaford, one of the oldest physicians in Reading, Mass., says In the Practical Age: “I firmly belleve that Mr. Post has rendered a greater service to humanity than any other man living in the matter of food. “He claims with propriety, I think, that his new food, Grape-Nuts, made from the most nourishing elements of the grains, contains nourishment in one pound equal to ten of meat, wheat, oats or bread. “From the acquaintance that I have had with this unusually nutritious arti- cle 1 am satisfied the statement is truthfyl apd demonstratable. 1 am in- clined to believe the food will effect considerable of a revolition in soclety, to the extent that it is introduced.” This was written by Dr. Hanaford several months ago. The rapid spread of the use of Grape-Nuts all over the itry has demonstrated that the doc- r's prophecy has already come true, an extent, at least. Perhaps never before in the history of food manufac- ture has such rapid progress been made ae with Grape-Nuts. It especially ap- pesis 10 brain workers. All first-class grocers furnish Grape- Nuts, and the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich,, are the makers. to VE! 3.—The friends of john R. Merchant in this city pleased with his.record as “hristmas banquet in recognition he has done at different times s career. The story of how Mr. saved the life of Nellle Parker last &pring has already id it was some weeks ago Parker of Sacramento sent randsome gold meds) in recognition of his herojc act. Mr. Mer- has been the reciplent of many 4 his friends gave hi:a life of the Parker girl is not the 3angs and Walter Hunter have rescued by Mr. Merchant able watery graves ang t ng life saver has 2 long series MANY LIVES. 1 JOHN R. MERCHANT. of herofc acts standing to his credit. D O R e = § | SHE WAS A VICTIM ‘ OF THE TROLLEY-CAR' OAKLAND, Jan. 3—Catherine Geary - filed suit against the Oakland Transit Company for the recovery of $6000 damages for alleged personal injuries, to- | Zether with $131 70 for medicines and med- | ical treat According to the com- Attorney J. L. Geary n the act of alighting elfth and Chest- iolently thrown f the car sud- warning to plain- ned severe and ght leg and ankle, 'stem was greatly ng her from perform- | shocked, incapacitat ing her home dut WHEELER SAYS MOST POLITICIANS ARE HONEST 2 OAKLAND. Jan. m of govern- necessity exist that all men should be s it 1 cessa t1 iution wili be d of 3 the ary. a_component . and'T think the Burglar Sullivan’s Appeal. KLAND, Jan. 3—C. C. § OA A glar. stating paring a | every direction and JUDGE OGDEN'S HOLD-UPS WERE BOYS ON A LARK They Shouted “Merry Christmas.” Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, @8 Broadway, Jan. 3. The *hold-up” of Superior Judge F. B. Ogden on Christmas eve has been a sul ject of gleeful jibe notwithstanding seri- ous police investigation since his Honor reported that two men with revolvers had tried to stop and rob him. Now it seems that Judge Ogden was not heid up at all and that the highwaymen with revolvers and masks were only three boys on their way home after a Christmas eve celebration. The robbers who wanted either the money or the life of the Judge were largely creatures of his imagina- | tion. When the case was reported to the police searching parties were sent out in the nelghborhood, which is well populated, was thoroughly searched. As a result of the search two tramps were captured near 10 avenue and three boys were found about two blocks below the convent.- These boys told stories that showed conclusively that .tl)udgu Ogden had mistaken them for rob- ers Filled with the spirit of the hollday they determined to surprise the lone rider whom they saw approaching. When op- | posite the convent they met the man in the buggy and with wild shout they wished him a_midnight “Merry Christ- mas.” There was some walving of arms and acrobatic efforts that startled Judge Ogden from his probable reverie as to whether or not a man should be per- mitted to remain out late at nights. “We saw the man hit the horse a lick and drive on hard, and after a little while he came back with a policeman in the buggy and began to look around,” ex- plained the boys to the police. This is just what the Judge did and it is now becoming known that Judge Og- den’s stand-up was merely the boisterous jest of some boyish revelers, who s ceeded only too well in trying to startle their victim. 1 do not want to say that Judge Ogden is not right,” sald Chief of Police Hodg- kins, “but our men found three young fellows who admit having acted just about as Judge Ogden said the highwaymen acted, The inference is that Judge Ogden may have been mistaken, though 1 do not say that this i —_————————— Eight Years to Reform School. OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—Judge Hall to-day sentenced Freddie Canning, aged 13 yea to spend the remaining eighL. vears of hi minority at the Preston hRt’[’nl‘m Scho | The boy was convicted of a criminal as- sault upon a little Alameda girl named Mary Ewing some months ago. Deacon Is Fined. OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—Police Judge Smith to-day denied a motion to set-aside the verdict in_the case of Thomas Deacon, who was Saturday convicted of gambling, and sentenced Deacon to pay a fine of $100, with the alternative of going to Jjail for fifty days. Attorneys Frick. Church and Puleffer, who represent the defend- . will appeal to the Buperior Gourt. con was arrested in a rald on a'crap - in the rear of Joe Rosenberg's | saloon. n of & | oldt Bay life-sav- | E g . P. Morble, C. P. Gallaghes and Patrick H. Hurley, all sentative Needham--To correct the | rd of John Moody of Tulare. | on Mrs. Louise Adams of San Ber- | | n of G £ Jacob Bean of Kouls of orge C. w. t desertion from the T. Griffith of Natlonal | Waters—Increasing Meigs of the | Los Angeles to | he charge of desertion from the ord of James Dorsey of Los An- to-day ap- | mpbell, Santa enberg, re- at Miipitas, | ty, viee Antonio F. th were recommended | e Loud. to-day had passed by pply Congressgwith all jon, charts, maps, etc., rela- | 5 Cape Nome mining district, Alask: Senator Perkins will v intro- duce a bill for the erection of a monument to Commodore John D. Sloat at Monterey. COLONEL STONE INSANE | MANAGER OF THE EILIPINOS RUNS AMUCK. S Mekes a Ridiculous Charge of Brib- ery and Is Informed That He Is Committing a Felony. Twelve Filipinos called at the office of United States Immigration Commissioner | North yesterday morning and complained at “Colonel” Stone was holding them in a starved condition in a tenement at. 756 Howard street. There were seventeen of them whom the colonel had been using in the show business since the Mechanics’ Institute got through with them, and he bhad falled to feed them sufficiently or | properly, they said, a sack of raw po- tatoes being the extent of their larder. Among the number are four women and thr children. Commissioner North placed himself at once in communication with General Shafter, who promised to send them home by the first Government transport available. The Filipinos came to San Francisco on a Government trans- port and were refused a landing by Com- missioner North. But the Secretary of | War allowed them to come ashore for the urposes of the Mechanics' Institute Fair ast fall with the undem(lndinfl that they were to be sent back to the Philippines by the next transport. Colonel Stone called upon Assistant United Stated Attorney Banning yester- day and displayed his ignorance of the true situation of affairs by chargiug that Mr. North had been bribed to allow the Filipinos to land, whereas the fact was Mr. North denied them a landing. Mr. Banning stated that Stone told him that he wanted to be revenged upon North and get $0 qut of him, otherwise he wished to enter a charge of bribery | against him. Mr. Banning assured the “colonel’” that he was coremitting a felony by offerirg to compound a felony, where- upon Stone admitted that he did not know that he was about to commit any offense. Stone was unable to produce any witnesses In support of his false and slanderous assertion, and left the office after declaring that he would start at once for Wasl Inrtnn to lay the matter before the Commissioner of Immigratio; Mr. Banning expressed his belfef yests day that Stone is insane. e e Death of a Spanish Embassador. ROME, Jan. 4—The death is announced of Count de Benomar, the Spanish Embas- sador to Italy. °| glary. | FANCY JUGGLING WITH SALARIES AT STOCKTON Old Positions Abolished and New Ones Created at a Higher Wage Rate. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.—A shrewd at- " | tempt on the part of the management of the Stockton Insane Asylum, or State Hos- pital, in the polite usage which now ob- tains, to defeat the spirit of the revised salary schedule was disclosed at a meet- ing of the State Lunacy Commission held at a late hour this afternoon. It will be recalled that at a meeting of the commis- sion held a month ago the salaries at all the State asylums were cut down, the ag- | gregate reduction at Stockton amounting 10 $:440 per year. For example, the salary of the medical superintendent was cut from $291 66 to $250, while that of his first sistant was shaved down from $208 33 to 5 per month. Similar reductions were ordered ali down the line of employes. The management of the Stockton asylum to-day submitted its first salary roll since the revised schedule was adopted. It pre- sented the claims of the meaical superin- tegdent and his first assistant at the old figures. Then it proceeded to play smash with the new schedule by advancing em- ployes whose salaries had been cut into positions where their salaries would be as much or more than they had been before. The new schedule aboiished the position of general mechanic, salary $50 a month, but the payroll manipulators have found him a job as carpenter in the female de- partment at $5 a month. The assistant plumber, whose salary was cut, has been promoted to plumber in the female de- partment at restored income. The gar- dener, whose salary of $35 had been cut to $30 by the recent master stroke of econ- omy, has found a new job as orchardist | at $% a month, although it is declared | MR. BANNING BELIEVES ; that there is no orchard at Stockton for him to look after. The vegetable gardener, who under the new schedule was to receive $35 per month, puts in a claim for $45 as some other func- tionary, and a summing up of the payroll as presented to-day shows that it seeks to expend at Stockton $305 per month more than was contemplated by the new schedule. The commission is. resolved that if the medical superintendent and his assistants want their pay at the old rate they must sue for it. Action will doubless be taken 10 upset the promotions made bi- the man- agement as a subterfuge for insuring a return to the original salaries. oy Sty WOMEN’S CLUBS TO UNITE. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.—For the pur- pose of forming a State federation of women's clubs a convention will be held in Los Angeles January 16, 17 and 18. ‘While the women's clubs in the northern part of the State have objected to a State organization, fearing the identity of individual clubs would be lost in the larger oerga.nlntion. this fear has been eliminated, and at a preliminary meeting to-day gratifying reports came from San Francisco saying that a State federation is desired. Mrs. Robert J. Burdette is an enthusiast on the subject. On her recent visit to Sap Francisco she succeeded in re- moving much oflwflxlon. Mrs. F. Bowles and Mrs. H. D. West of the Pasa- dena Club have been appointed delegates to the convention. e Burglar Captured. WOODLAND, Jan. 8—A well dressed young man who gives his namé as J. B. Ray, and who says he recently came from Portland, was caught in the act of rob- bing E. Pra ewelry store about mid- nigkt Tuesday. y admits that early in the evening ne stole fourteen hats and forty caps from the Byrns Hotel sample Toom. Will Prosecute Ross. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3.—At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors to-day a reso- lution was passed directing the District as the resentative of this in the prosecution Ross, who murdered Deputy Sherift W. J. Ward of this county while the Jatter was taking him o San Quentin to serve out a ten-year sentence for,bur- Elton Chosen as Chief. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.—The Police Commission this afternoonelected Charles Elton chief of police to succeed Je Glass, resigned. . DELANOY AGAIN THREATENED BY TTER-WRITER The Given Name of Suspect Disclosed. o R ALAMEDA, Jan, 3.—Another anony- mous letter was recelved to-day by F. N, The missive this time bears mark of San Francisco. There was no handwriting. The envelope con- tained only a published picture of Mr. Delanoy at the bottom of which were (he printed words in large black type, “‘Weak and puny man, beware.” In a letter published this afternoon, De- lanoy discloses the given name of the per- son whom he suspects. He addresses him familiarly as Georgle. The nameless pen- man, Delanoy insists, is well known in Alameda. He knows no motive for the attacks, as the suspect has never had any difficulty with him. The paper on which the first letter was written furnishes Delanoy with 'his ciew to the identity of the suspect. It is the kind of wrapping paper which usually en- folds blank newspaper. Delanoy was for- merly in the paper business in San Fran- cisco. The suspect is himself in the paper businiess. and it is through this fact that he is able to trace a direct connection be- tween the man and the stationery used to threaten him with. In addition to the letter to the pubiic Delanoy gives voluntary indorsements from a number of his friends. They read: A scoundrel beneath contempt. W. W. HASKELL. A cur that should be kicked out of the com- muntty. F. K. KRAUTH, Chiet of Fire Department. The anonymous letters are contemptible. I can hardly think fhat any citizen of Alameda is so degraded. Hunt him down. d GEORGE H. BEW. Those letters are from some scamp who will surely receive the treatment that he deserves. 1 hope you will natl him. R. G. EIMER. Could not come from a man, but from a cur and coward of the worst type. . GEORGE RENNER. The anonymous letters are scandalous, and must come from the brain of some degenerate, whose proper place is San Quentin. E. D. JUDD. When detected he must take any punishment given him, &s he has no defense. JOSEPH MESSER. The anonymous letters you have shown me, iike all communications of their kind, emanate from some cowardly euf. I hope you will ex- pose the author so that we can treat him with the contemyt he deserves F. H. McCORMICK. ENGINEER WILSON TO SUE FOR A DIVORCE OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—George L. Wilson, engineer of the “Owl” express and well known throughout the State as a promi- nent member of rallway labor organiza- tidns, will to-morrow file suit in the Su- erior Court for a divorce from Sarah E. Wilson. The complaint prepared by Attorney Hugh Shafter Aldrich and signed by En- gineer Wilson to-night alleges simple de- sertion. The parties were married twenty years ago at Berenda, Madera County, where Mrs. Wilson in her palmy days | was a social belle of considerable distinc- tion. The fruit of their union was five children, several of whom are now also married, and the couple through frugal hablts of economy have amassed a for- tune amounting to about 325,000, chiefly in real estate situated in Tulare and Merced counties. According to the complaint, Mrs. Wilson suddenly, one day about a vear ago, de- serted her husband and returned to her wealthy parents at Berenda, where she has resided ever since. Engineer Wilson asks that tne community property be divided. ———————— Dr. Wheeler at Stanford. BERKELEY, Jan. 3.—An invitation has been received by president and the faculty of the University of California to be present at the formal dedication of the new library bullding at . Stanford Uni- versity on the afternoon of, January 1L The invitation has been accepted. Berke- ley will be re%resen(ed on the occasion by President enjamin Ide Wheeler, Librarian_J. C. Russell, Professor Isaac Flagg and Professor E. W: Hilgard. —————— Two More Divorce Suits Filed. OAKLAND, Jan. 3—Carrie F. Stedman filed suit to-day for a divorce from Arthur Stedman on the ground of desertion. John ‘W. Bourdette appears as her attorney. Suit for divorce was also filed to-day by Marguerite Kenyon, through her attor- nevs, Fitch & Ormsby, against Frank Kenyon, plaintiff alleging fallure to pro- vide as the ground for her cause of action. MIDWEEK NOTES AT THE THEATERS MMA NEVADA's return is some- thing of a social as well as a musi- cal event. She will be heard in concert at the California Theater Monday evening and Wednesday mati- nee, assisted by Mr. Louis Blumenburg, ‘cellist, and Mr. Selden Pratt, pianist. The subscription list is filling rapidly and fortells success for the engagement. *The Christian” continues to fill the Co- lumbia. It will be seen for one more week. after which the James-Kidder-Hanford combination will present a revival of “The ‘Winter's Tale.” “With Flying Colors” is the attraction at the California for the present week, closing with a performance on Sunday night. On Tuesday, January 9, Pinero’'s “The Princess and the Butterfly” will be given for the first time. s The production of “Chimmie Fadden,” which s still at the Alcazar, will be suc- ceeded by “The Mysterious Mr. Bugle,” in which Irene Everett will make her ap- pearance. “Stnbad" is a success at the Grand and will be continued next week with new songs and specialties. The Tivoli is doing well with “Little Bo- Peep.” It will be followed by an elabor- ate production of “The Idol's Eye.” At the Orpheum Fougere and Dorothy Drew are proving themselves popular. The attractions for next week are the Sisters Elinore, who will present George Cohan’s latest piece, “Dangerous Mrs. Delaney,” Frank Latona, John and Nel- lle McCarthy and Charles A. Gardner. De Pachmann will be heard in Chopin recitals at Sherman & Clay Hall this af- ternoon, and ain Saturday. The pro- gramme for to-day is as follows: Sonate, Op. %, In B flat minor, Introducin the Funeral March: Ballade, Op. 23, G 4 Barcarole, Op. €, F_sharp major; Etude, Op. 25, No. 1. A flat; Nocturne, Op. No. 1; oy No. 2 threc Masurkas, Op: 84 No. 2, Op. 61 No. 1, and 6, No. 1; Berce- use, Op. 57, D flat; Grand Polonaise, Op. 23, A flat’ major. Murray and Mack give a professional matinee-of “Finnigan's Ball” at the Al- hambra this afternoon. The next attrac- tion is_the Rentz-Santley Company in “An Affair of Honor.” Gottlob, Marx Company and Belasco & Thall will place a stock company. in the McDonough Theatre, fhBod about the Ist of February. The feature of the amateur ‘pcrfomlnce at the Chutes Theatre to-night will be “Li l?lm:!s" ang's Chinese Rag-Time alists. ‘he sale of seats for the series of Sym- hony concerts under the direction of enry Holmes at the Grand %e“ House Co.’s this 1 be; at Sherman, Clay ;’;mm:l nut 9 o'clock. Francis Schnadhorst Dead. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Francis Schnadhorst, who from l?dw lm:f'h“lflh. chiet or- nizer and adviser of the Liberal §lea "to-aay in his sixtieth vear. Tn 18 he reee‘vu{ 10,000 guineas and an address m the Liberal on the recognition Hom” active political wWork ‘some years SNID "KNOCKERS, WD K SIkceRs AR WAS O Oldest Church Choir | in Disruption. t Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 908 Broadway, Jan. 3. Because of a remark about nockers which was casually dropped by a choir member of one of the leading churches in Oakland, a singers’ war has been inaugur- ated that may end in the disruption of the First Presbyterian Church cholr—one of the oldest organizations of its kind in Oakland, The trouble arose over a most trivial matter, yet, as a result, Benjamin Clark, for twelve years choirmaster <t the First | Presbytertan Church, was asked for and tendered his resignation which was | promiptly accepted. Moreover, two other prominent members of both church and choir have also resigned, an: the church | trustees have been taxed to their utmost to keep the affair from reaching the mem- | bers of the congregation and the general public. Where the war will end is a mat- | ter of darkest conjecture. ‘The innocent cause of the crash is Miss Grace Hipkins, daughter of Dr. Henry | Hipkins of this city. - It appears, from all accounts, that Miss Hipkins had been in- troduced to Choirmaster Clark by Miss Aimee Mervy as a young lady possessed of a sweet contralto voice and an ambi- tion to attain distinction in the world of music. The question of Miss Hipkins' qualifications as a candidate for member- ship in the choir was based by the choir- master upon the condition that her voice prove satisfactory. On the following Sut- urday evening the young lady’s volce was to have been tested, but she failed to keep the appointment. Her absence was men- tioned the next day at a meeting of the quartet of the church choir, consisting of Mrs. J. Alexander Campbell, Mrs. Carrie | Brown-Dexter, Ben Clark and_ Clement Rowlands. An intimation that Miss Hip- | kins had been dissuaded from attending rehearsal bh’ Mrs. Dexter met with an ad- mission. Then the expression “that there | are evidently knockers in the choir” fell from the lips of Choirmaster Clark. The effect was like that of a_thunder- Mr. Clark was personal in his re- ‘er that “if the cap fits, ,”" brought on the storm full raging. Mrs. Dexter and Mr. Row- | lands, taking exception to the rema:ks, immediately tendered their resignations | and on the following Sunday Mr. Clark was called to dance on the carpet before the trustees. He admitted having referrcd | to “knockers” and “the cap that fits,” | and his resignation was asked and| promplli; tendered. Miss Hipkins, who was entirely inno- cent in the matter, expresses her sorrow that such a stormy singers’ war should have followed her failure to keep an ap- pointment. Mrs. Carrie Brown-Dexter shuddered at the thought of making the | whole affair public, yet she volunteered the information that she ‘‘considered Mr. Clgrk’s remarks in the nature of an in- | suit.” She declares she had no words with Mr. Clark, but that there was a trial and a full statement before the trustess, | they join when they are beginnin, T $ s ® H [ 4 $ 3 pes % VICTOR H. HENDERSON. Qieieiesieieisieieieied followed by the request for Clark's res- ignation. When asked whether she ba advised Miss Hipkins not to join the cheir she sald: “I always advise my pupils to be careful as to what choirs or singing societies to sing. 1 intend to keep on doing so and I don't want to be stepped on, rolled in the mud and then have it rubbed into me.” Mrs, Clark is deeply moved by the treat- ment accorded her husband, yet finds con- solation in the expressed appreciation of members of the church that they are sorry for what has happened. Mrs. J. Alexander Campbell declares she aid not consider Mr. Clark’'s remarks jectionable, and Mr. Rowlands refuses to be interviewed on the subject. FIFTY YEARS A * . & . * * b ¢ * * RESIDENT OF CALIFORN!A | NILES, Jan. 3—A unique Christmas celebration was held at the old family home of the Tyson family in Niles, when Mrs. Emeline Tyson, surrounded by a large family of children and grandehil- dren, celebrated her fiftieth Christmas day in Chlifornia. Of the thirty-faur uests who were present twenty-six were fier direct descendants and the others were all closely related to her, among them being her two brothers. Not the Jeast interesting thing connected with the dinner was the fact that Mrs, Tyson, with her own hands, prepared the old-fashion- ed Christmas dinner which the guests en- oyed. I s, Tyson is the widow of the late Wi ifam H. Tyson and is 71 years old. They settled on the old homstead, where the celebration was held, in 1849, ‘Those pres- ent on this occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tyson Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. John Tyson, Mr. and rs. David Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- jamin Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mor- tenstein, Mary Fitzgerald, David and Percy Morrison. —_—e————— Foster’s Condition Critical. OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—The improvement noted last night in the condition of John A. Foster, who was run down by a trolley v Year's day, was not evident to- day, Foster is still delirious at times and food is administered with difficulty. The Receiving Hospital physicians give out no hopes. ERKELEY, Jan. 3—Victor H. @ Henderson, the newly elected pri- $ vate secretary of President Ben- 2 jamin 1de Wheeler of the Untver- § sity of California, assumed his dutles o on the first of the year. The position & was created by the regents and Mr. ": Henderson appointed thereto at their & last meeting of the old year. The ap- $ pointment is & popular one at the uni- 4 versity, for Mr. Henderson has ma § himself an important part of the new 3% organization of the university. Since J President Wheeler has been in charge & Mr. Henderson has been in charge of § the press work of the university and has ¢ been doing much work that should fall upon a secretary, and it wis finally de- o cided to reward him with the position. % Mr. Henderson s a newspaper man. : He has been assistant ity editor of the Los Angeles Times and has done much ¢ newspaper work of various kinds, t though he is still a young man. > L4 | - WATSON HEIR FOUND IN FAR - OFF BRITAIN Sister Lays Cjaim to Entire Estate. | . —— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, %8 Broadway, Jan. & After nearly a year's search an heir hag | come to light as a claimant of the estata left by Alexander Watson, who dled ia | this city January 16 of last year. The estate, though its value in a peti tion filed by Public Administrator B. C. Hawes, who applied and obtained letters is given at less than $1000, include able realty situated in the aristocratic residence section of Telegraph avenuas and Thirty-second street. There was also Bome personal property which the Public Administrator has been authorized to sell to defray the expenses of administration, | and he has now flled a tition for an order of sale of the valuable real estate. The proceeds of the sale, In the event of no heir-at-law being found, would escheat to the State, but such an heir has been discovered In the person of Mrs. Jane Mil- ler (nee Watson), residing at far-off Gran- town, North Britain, England. She is a sister of the deceased, from whom she had not heard for many years. and through Attorney Darwir C. de Golia, Mrs Miller to-day had notice served on Public Ad- ministrator Hawes that she lays claim to the_entire property left by her brother. “We shall probably make no further | move In the matter,” said Attorney Je Golia to-day, “‘until the Public Adminis- trator has succeeded in selling Watson's | property at Thirty-second street. There. after we shall file a petition asking t the whole estate be distributed to Mrs. Miller, who has now appeared as the only | hetr.” CIVIL SUIT FILED AGAINST SWEIGERT Mrs. Schmoll Charges Him With Embezzling Money Belonging to the Heirs. SAN JOSE, Jan. 3.—Another move was made to-day by Mrs. Caroline Schmoll and other heirs of the late Adam Sweigert | to prevent Jonathan Sweigert from acting as executor of his father's estates Last | Friday an opposition to him was filed by Caroline Sweigert, a grandchild of testa- tor, which made sensational charges of embezzlement and attacked his integrity. This time the move is in the shape of a clvil suit and attachments by Mrs. Caro- line Schmoll, for herself and also as as- signee of four children of a deceased brother: The action was commenced in San Mateo County, and to-day Sheriff Tangford and his deputies were busy making wholesale attachments of inter- ests and property of Jonathan Sweigert. In the suit Mrs. Schmoll seeks to re- cover $12,500 alleged to be due her and for $12,500 more as assignee of Carrie, Wil- Hlam, George and James Sweigert, chil- dren of a deceased brother. It is claimed these amounts have been due the plain- tiffs since December 29 last and are sums collected by Jonathan Swelgert for them but never turned over. The interests of Jonathan Sweigert in sroperty at First and St. John streets, ‘Vest San Fernando, near First, Second and Jullan streets, and six lots In Cook and Branham Addition, this city, have | been attached, also the Sweigert estate | f\ropeny lnksan Francisco and 37,00 cash in_the bank. In the opposition presented against Jonathan Sweigert being granted letters of administration on his father's estate he is charged with having appropriated $25,000 collected as rents and profits of the estate to his own use and also with re- taining $70,000 received for sale of a build- | ing l;le‘ungin to his father, and the suit I e "Mateo 1s evidently based on | hese transactions. { 2 The fight over the admiristration of the Adam Sweigert estate will be a long one and the nenrl?’ half million estate of the old ploneer wiil shrink considerably before the attorneys are through with it. prtdiagin ol ELMER NICHOLS MISSING. ‘Discovery That He Has Sold Dupli- cate Salary Warrants. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3.—Elmer Nichols, a deputy in the office of his brother, County Auditor T. E. Nichols, has not oceupied his desk for two weeks. He went away on a vacation, and in his absence it was discovered that he had sold his salary claims to various persons for many months in advance, that now prove to be cates. d‘;?uu understood ‘that he has employed this method of raising money for many months. The full amount is not known. Nichols has a daughter by a former wife, and was engaged to marry a ‘young woman well known in the northern part of the State. The missing man is a son of John C. Nichols, the tirst Mayor of Los les, and 2 brother of D. B. Nichols, a nown mining engineer residing in —_—— Hartford Again Afloat. VALLEJO, Jan. 3.—The Hartford was floated out of the drydock to-day, where she has been detained for nearly three ths. The detention was caused by the ?t:govery of unsound outside planking by Naval Constructor Hibbli who was deter- mined that the Hartford's condition should be as good as her record when the nstruction department was through tn her. “Ine Hartford is now in prime condition. Incendiaries in Tuscon. TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 3—At daylight fire destroyed $10,000 worth of lumber in the Tucson Lumber Company’'s yards. The fire started in five different places and was no do:;lranl lneea-dllry origin. d‘l’hl- is econd fire under r circum- :’i‘:ng- in these yards within a month. e Inquest on Thomas. MERCED, Jan. 3.—After examining the ‘witnesses the Coroner’s jury in the case ‘of Charles Al'u n;::nl; ‘who was ;hot on ednesda. it the girl he had de- %:d, “!ld&f.fl the fol ML\: verdict: 2 t Thomas came to his death Wy gunshot wound - by Miss Silvey while under extreme mental ' Miss Siivey did not appear at the inguest, but er attorney, J. W. was represented by h Knox. —_—— DROWNED WHILE HUNTING. Frank Hausmann of This City Meet: Death Near Fairville. SONO! Jan. 3—Frank Hausmann was accidentally drowned near Fairville at about 10:30 o'clock this morning while out hunting. He was standing erect in a boat preparatory to making a shot when he lost his balance and fell into the water. His home 18 in San Francisco, where he Worked at his trade as carpenter. was @ mative of Michigan, about 3 years of age and unmarried. The body has not been recovered. ROYAL YACHT VICTORIA AND ALBERT DAMAGED Attempt to Float the New Craft Pembroke Proves Dis- astrous. LONDON, Jan. 3.—An attempt made to undock ime new royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Pembroke this morning proved disastrous. Immediately after she floated the vacht listed thirty degrees to port and her starboard bilge keel became jammed. The strain was so great that Shores sixteen inches square used in an attempt to prop hgr wedre doubled up and d like matehwood. Sl extent of the damage cannot yet be ascertained, but it is understood that coal bunkers - and bulkheads are twisted, the engines strained and the bot- tom plates bulged inward. A large gang of workmen is employed sheering the ves- sel so as to prevent her capsizing tons of iron ballast have been taken out. It is hoped that the yacht may be gos out to-morrow. . BOARDMAN'S YOUNG WIFE PRESENT TO CHEER HIM| MRS. GLADSTONE TELLS OF HER ALLEGED BETROTHAL. Many Witnesses Give Evidence in the Breach of Promise Case and the Defendant Speaks of His Lands. Aged Joseph Boardman's young and pretty wife was an interested spectator in Judge Hunt's court yes(erdag' d‘urlnc l‘he hearing of the $500,000 breach of promise suit lngtlluted by Mrs. Elizabeth Glad- stone against the aged Oakland million- alre. 2 Mrs. Emma Stimson o¢ Oakland was the v . She testified that Boardman A ey friendly with Mrs. Gladstone was _very - his first wife's death and after iat fime seemed to be even more affec- e Emma Waldron, the . clalmant’s daughter. testified _that the old man seemed to be very affectionate toward her r, and one day, when he entered the x:g:‘ll:e where she was seated, he saw a picture of Mrs. Gladstone and said, “Oh, there is a grand woman—a \'ez grand woman.’ Again Boardman visited at ber home and ls%(ed her to play on the piano. He asked her to play “The Heart Bowed Down,” but she couldn’t, so she played him the “Black Hawk Waltz. Mrs. Lucretia Graham said that Mr. Boardman acted toward Mrs. Gladstone as a man in love. H. Hassle, a Jaj cook, testified that the couple used to go to a rg,-mur‘u'n whleve he worked and par- t frugal meals. s~ c{-dmng testified that he owned land in_about _half of the counties of the State. ‘Mrs. Gladstone was the next and last witness called. She testified that Board- man frequently asked her to marry him: that he told her to have her house painted in honor of the event and expressed a de- sire that Dr. Dille should tie the knot. Mrs. Gladstone’s cross-examination was not concluded at the time of adjournment. —_——————————— Continental League Jinks. Continental League changed {ts pro- me last night and dispensed with ordinary routine business and went for a New “r;’rohhh Jink _entert t. Music b{ fessor A. Sichel and his quartet from '(he Claus build- Eg‘wmx recitations from D. Bk Hanlon, the principal features of the enter- tainment. He | SOCIETY MM ARRESTED BY ~ [BATE TAILOR Hiller Allen Is tained.” uDe_ | Hiller Allen, stepson of J. M. Costigan, the prominent wool merchant, and well known in Oakland society, 13 at outs with his taflor and is also languishing in dur- ance vile by reason of his inability to make good for a suit of clothes be ob- tained. He was taken into custody In Oakland late last night by Arthur H. Willlams of [ the firm of Williams Bros., taflors, at 11 | Sutter street, and his aristocratic name was entered on the “small book” at the | City Prison. | Some weeks ago Allen clothed his | graceful form in natty raiment and ! posed as one of the local swells. He feil rom grace last night while walking past the City Hall oung Willlams visited the Athenian city last night for the pur- of coming to an understanding with is customer, and when he saw Allen near the City Hall, Willlams accosted him and invited him to step into the Chief's office to gxplain the transaction over the suit of “clothes. Allen was unable to explain the matter atisfactorily to those vitally interested, is name was entered on the detenue book and he was heid until Williams could swear to a warrant for his arrest. It is said that Allen gave a Xm-e of pa- per in lieu of money as consideration for the clothes. After he had left the store it | was found that the note or check was worthless, and Willlams Brothers, dislik- Ing to cause such an illustrious person trouble, wrote him that $50 was due them for the garments. Young Allen overlooked the :Slsde. and as a result the tallors decid to take summary action. The consequence was that Allen and his clothes were locked up for the night. It is probable that he will be ¢ ed to-day with having obtalned money on false pretenses. —_——————— Miners Strike in Styria. VIENNA, Jan. 3.—Three thousand min- | ers have struck for an advance of wages in the Koflach coal district of Styria. ———— ADVERTISEMENTS. Gures Blood Poison A Trial Treatment Sent Free to All ‘Who Suffer From Any Stage of the Disease. to Even Help. There has been discoversd by the State Medical Institute, 28 Elektron building, Fort Wayne, Ind., the most remarkable Blood Poison cure ever heard of. It has cured ail such in- as mucous patches in the mouth, | condition of physical heaith. running into Wayne brings this new and marvel-