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All trans via TR B I | Gakland mole connect with San Pablo avenue | electric cars at Seventh and Broadway, Ouk- | Ii: Ii:l II { Jand. Also all trains via Alameds mole con- nect with San Pablo avenue cars at Fourteenth | ané Proadway., Oskiend. These electric cars Wi orv R e S, AN EXTRA SONG RECITAL g it el Saturday Afternoon Next, ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME. Rescrved Seats, §1 and 81856, At Sherman, Clay & Co.s Music Store. CONCERTS AND RESORTS. CHUTES AND Z00. Zxg it — MAJOR MITE, the Smaliest Actor on Barth, and a HAY FEVER umrv;mnr;vu.bnmow. AND l TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), | ASTHMA CATARRH AMATEUR NIGHT! Oppression, Sulocation, Nearalgia, ete, caredby | CONSTANTINOPLE MINSTRELS. Fars, 4 ESPIC. New York, E. FOUSERA & 00. i SULL BY ALL DRUGGLSTA Weekly Call, §1 per Year | taken | e ATTEMPTED T0 Plan of Four Rogues Is Foiled. atsb gl Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 30.—A bold attempt was made to-day to bunko Father Cabeliaria of the Cathollc church. As a result three men are in jail awaiting in- vestigation. Their names are Joseph Drarado, Barito Ferdinando and Dominick Picar. It is thougnt there was a fourth, but he has not been taken. The three called upon Fatper Cabellaria and told him they had just returned from Mexico with considerable wealth which wished to leave with a Catholic father for safe-keeping while they returned to Mexico for more and would eventually settle in San Bernardino and donate a large sum to the church here. The priest agreed to accept the charge, but they de- manded that he place in the box with their valuables $3% as a token of good falth and he could keep the box while t ained the key. He made another pointment with them and went to the 1k to draw the $300. Fortunately he d Cashier S. F. Zombro what he in- tended to do with the money and was ad- ban vised to have officers concealed to watch the men as undoubtedly it was a bunko game. Accordingly City Marshal Hender- son and Policemen Ketring and Worden were concealed in an adjoining room when the men returned to complete the deal They took the money from the ather and with great ostentation placed in the box with locked and handed the box to Father Cabellaria. covering _the them in charge. men with revolvers took On examination the box contained an envelope with several hun- | dred dollars in Confederate bills and sev- eral expired lottery tickets and also a black bag containing a bag inside that only went half-way down. In tom portion was several pounds of iron washers, the top portion being to place a few coins as a blind, but these had been money deposited by out. Father Cabellaria was tied up securely in they | the other valuables, | The officers stepped out and | MAY GET WONEY FOR CREDITORS Important Ruling in a Bankruptcy Case. B i Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSB, Jan. 30.—Referee in Bank- { NCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1900 CLARK INOURY NERRINE A END Interesting Testimony of Witness Geiger. b S5 A WASHINGTON, Jan. $0.—When the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- | tions to-day adjourned its hearing of the ruptey Coulter to-day made an important | charges made against Senator Clark of order in the insolvency case of E. B. Montana, in connection with his election Howard, the fruit broker, who is accused of wrecking the Union Savings Bank. The suit is to secure an accounting of | to 12,558,550 pounds of prunes. question s some that Howard consigned to the firm of Turle & Skidmore of New York. ness is now conducted by Sylvester G. | Whitton, executor of the estate, and it | give an accounting. | | l i the bot- | a white handkerchief, wrapped in paper and was supposed to be a piece of brick. There was also in this box a bag of iron bolt heads securely tied to a cheap watch and chain and & valueless trinkets. | men had a room at the Brad- -house. The bunk: ford lodsg! |ELOPING COUPLE MAY PERISH IN THE SNOW Fears Entertained for the Safety of Oatie Whatten, Who Ran Away From Covelo. COVELO, Jan. 30.—The brother of Oatie Whatten, who eloped on Sunday with an aged man named Tatham, has just re- turned from a vain effort to get over the thony Peak. After getting into , snow and brush, he aban- ttempt to follow his misgulded Fears are entertained for the ¢ of the eloping party. There is a snowfall on the pass. Another at- 1 be made to-morrow by volun- eer friends. Two years ago a man lost his life from exposure on the pass. | GERMAN STEAMSHIP REMUS IS WRECKED Captain and Thirteen Men Perish in a Disaster Off the Coast of Denmark. LONDON, Jan. 30.—The German steam- er Remus, which sailed from Philadelphia on Jenuary 4, via Dartmouth, January 22, has been wrecked at Hormsriff, near Aar- huus, Denmark, whither she was bound. Her cargo is a total loss. The captain and thirteen men were drowned. Four- teen of the crew were saved The Remus was bullt at pool In 1889, and registered 1 bails from Hambur, €. Andersen. st Hartle- tons. She & and was owned by —_—— Pionzer Dead. LIVERMORE, Jan. 3.—Marcus Felts the oldest resident of Livermore Valley | and one of the oldest native sons of Cali. | fornia, is dead. He has practiced veter- ounty for many years, and with convulsions while doctort; here yesterday. A few hours later he died without ever rallying. The deceased was born in this vicinity seventy vears ago and always resided in the neighbor- hood of his birth. Coroner Mehrmann was apprised of the death and wili hold an inquest to determine the canse. was soized | inery ‘'surgery around the interior of the | | stated they held 2, BUNKD A PRIEST is this person who has been ordered to Howard claims that Turle & Bkidmore are indebted to him in the sum of $25,000, but the firm declares it only owes him $7000. Trustee Bills recently returned from New York where he examined into the fatter. Some time ago the New York firm presented a state- ment to Referee Coulter In which they 000 pounds of dried fruit that was shipped by Howard and that bad not yet been sold. In New York Trustee Bilis learned that the fruit in question had been sold for about $100,000. The firm also claimed that Howard owed them about $%.000 for money advanced. Referee Coulter holds that the sale of fruit was illegal without an order from | court, as by filing the claim and state- ment Turle & Skidmore had virtually put the property in the custody of the court and under Its control and direction. If this fruit is recovered it means many thousands of dollars to be divided amon the creditors to whom Howard o.,s nearly half a million dollars. DISSENSIONS CEASE IN THE IRISH RANKS' LONDON, Jan. 20.—All sections of the Irish Nationalists were absent from the opening session of Parliament, owing to their attendance at a meeting in commit- tee room 16. Timothy Harrington, mem- ber for the Harbour division of Dublin, presided. Those in attendance included Dillon, Healy, John Redmond and many of their followers. Harrington and Redmond urged that | the time had come to restore unity in the ranks of the Parliamentary representa- tives of Irish Natlonalistm. Redmond de- scribed the prestige of Great Britain as practically shattered and sald there seemed to be no better time for promoting union upon a sound and enduring basis, coupled with a policy of unity in com- bat and entire independence of all the English political parties. He then moved a resolution declaring at an end the di- vision of the Irish Nationalist represen- tatives and t- it henceforth they should act together as one united party. The resolution was carried unanimously. By Mr. Healy's motion three whips were elected for the reunited party. John Redmond made the following statement to a representative of the As- sociated Press: The crisis in imperial affairs, the conse- qu which no man can foresee, has caused & reunion in the Irish ranks. My re: lution wae accepted unanfmously, chiefly be- cause of the desire to enable Ireland to make herself felt at this juncture in pushing Irish reforms and in assisting the gallant South African_republics to maintain their independ- ence. The first act of the reunited Irish will be to move an amendment to the address in favor of the Boers. This duty has been coi fided to me. I regard the reunion on Parnell's principles of independence as genuine. One question, that of the chairmanship, will not be settied for some days. But I think & unani- mous selection will be made. TWO YOUTHFUL TRAMPS WHO ENJOY THE VOCATION Beat Their Way From Kansas City and Are Finally Arrested in Pasadena. Special Dispatch to The Call. PASADENA, Jan. 30.—Bert Howard, aged 15, and Andrew Shaw, aged 14, trav- eled from Kansas City and are now here under the charge of Secretary Parsons of the Y. M. C. A. When a constable tele- graphed to the father of one of the boys he received this reply: ““Turn him loose and let him get his belly full of it.” They are boy tramps and they like it. They were on a freight train and got off the Pasadena depot of the Banta Fe. A constable saw them and began talking with them. They told him that they wanted to be tough and see the world. had beaten their way by ea: having started with $3 in_their pockets, Once they rode in an engine at the invitation of an engineer. That was great sport they said. When the con- stable showed his star they pretended to be good little boys and were sorry that they had told so much. They were taken before the Justice, who decided that would not be well to send them to Jjail and put them under the care of Secretary Parsons. ———— Pacific Coast Pensions. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3).—Pensions have been granted as follow California—Original—Frederick Rudd, Temecula_ Station, $6; Samuel A. Tuttle, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12; Michael Hardy, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $5. Original widows, etc.—Mary E. McNair, Fresno, $8; Sarah F. Funk, Tulare, $3. ‘Washington—Increase—George N. Cro- dle, Tenino, $10 to $12. Original widows— Maggie B, Barker, Seattle, $8. Origiral— James Lawrensen, Seguin, Fresno' FRESNO, Jan. 30.—At a special meaung ng a horse of the Board of City Trustees last night William F Leavitt was elected chief of the Fresno Fire Department. Mr. Leavitt was appointed at a meeting of the volun- teer firemen three or four weeks ago, sub- ject to the confirmation of the Trustees. The board had refused to confirm the ap- pointment until last night. | i : : i ¢ ! '3 GIANT OIL COMPANY Location of Wells, “McKittrick, Kern County, Cal. Capitalization, $500,000. 600 acres of land, U. S. Patent, in the heart of the now famous McKittrick district, selected by ex- perts and proven to be one of the best Oil-produc- ing properties in the State. WILLIAM J. DINGEE, President. J. M. MERRELL, Vice-President. OFFICES Rooms 15-18, Second Floor, Mills Building, San Francisco. 460-462 Eighth Street, Oukland, Cal. 00 e 00 060000000000 [ an o o o o ) it | Q0000000000060 000000000 0 The fruit in | than Monday next. Campbell | The senior member of the nesses would follow each other in rapid firm dfed a few months ago and the busi- | successfon and there would be no delays. | | | H | anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. | i | | financlal control to the United States Senate, it was under- | stood that the defense would be prepared proceed with its witnesses not later sald he | would have only one or two more wit- nesses, and, without stating how many men he would call, Faulkner said his wit- There avas but one witness on the stand to-day—J. H. Geiger, who on a contest was given the seat of State Senator in the Montana Legislature from Flathead County, at first occupied by Whiteside, who is one of the &)(rlndpal movers in the fight against Clark. Geiger voted for Clark, but he Insisted that he did so only because the Republican caucus had de- | clared for him. He confessed to having taken $3600 in money home after the ad- | journment of the slature. Of this sum he claimed to have won $1500 to $1800 layi! faro, and to have found $1100 of r! in $100 bills in his room. This latter amount he thought had been left for him to influence him to vote against bills 132 and 134, relating to corporations, but he did not know who had left it thers. Gei- ger said he had received no money to vote for Clark, and while he admitted having been approached with the view of | bribing him on other propositions, he re- | fused to give the names of persons who had talked with him, saying that to do so would incriminate hi; 3 BRYAN CORDIALLY GREETED AT BOSTON Informs Republicans That the Party’s Principles Have Changed Since | the Days of Lincoln. | | BOSTON, Jan. 3.—Hon. Willlam J. Bryan was the central figure of an un- usual demonstration in this city to-night. After participating In several events of lesser importance during the day Mr. Bryan addressed an immense mass meet- ing in Mechanics’ Hall, a building con- taining a seating capacity greater than | any other in Boston. It is estimated that | there were over 15,000 persons in the hall, | hundreds of whom remained standing | throughout the evening. The speakers | included Mr. Bryan, ex-Governor Altgeld, Congressman Lentz of Ohio and George | Fred Willlams of Dedham. | The first speaker, Hon. George Fred Willlams, was_received with three cheers | and a tiger. During his address he ex- pressed sympathy with the Boers, a senti- ment that was vociferously applauded. The next speaker, ex-Governor Alt- geld, was accorded a_hearty reception by the great audience. He declared that the United States purchased the Philippines from Spain and entered upon the task of | gubjugating the rightful owners of the islands because England desired it Speaking of the South African war the speaker said It was the first time the Gov- ernment of the United States had falled to extend sympathy for a people fighting for its liberties. The third speaker, Congressman Lentz sald of Ohio, was warmly received. He that Abraham Lincoln was not guoted by | the Republican party to-day, and that the | Bryan Democrats were celebrating the While Mr, Lentz was speaking Mr. Bryan entered the hall in company with Robert Treat Paine. He was greeted by the vast audi- ence rising to its feet and cheering for several minutes. At the conclusion of Mr. Lentz's address, at 10:10 o’clock, Mr. Bryan was introduced. The first part of his remarks were addressed to ub- licans, who were informed that the party bad changed its principles since the days of Lincoln. Later, he took up the subject of imperialism, the gold standard and trusts, assailing each along the lines al- ready indicated in his speeches. A e ENDS A LIFE OF : g SHAME WITH POISON | Rosita Gonzalez, a Woman of the Half World, Swallows Carbolic | Acid With Fatal Effect. “I have waited for him long enough now; I am tired of life.” With these words Rosita Keller, known | among her associates as Rosita Gonza- lez, a young Mexican woman of the half | world, swallowed the contents of a two- | ounce vial of carbolic acid last evening in her room at a lodging house on the | southwest corner of Broadway and Siock- | ton street. After taking the deadly drug | the womap threw the empty bottle in| the hallway and then sat on the bed in her room to awalt death. | The woman was hurriedly driven to the | City Receiving Hospital. She was in an unconscious condition and efforts to re- store her failed. She died in a few min- utes after reaching the hospital. Deceased was a married woman and about 2% years old. For some time past she has not been Ii\“nfi with _her husband and to her assoclates she confided that her husband had_ deserted her and her two children and had not contributed to their | support for yvears. The children had been | placed in the Infants’ Shelter, while the | mother supported them and herself on the earnings of her shame. The lodgers in | the house say that for some time the woman had been keeping company with a young man, but of late he has not been to visit her and they belleve for this rea- | son the unfortunate woman took her life. | A note gddressed to the matron in charge of the Infants’ Shelter was found in the woman's room. It was a request to find a good home for her little ones. he woman made many previous | attempts to commit suicide. —_————— RUSSIA’S FINANCIAL CONTROL OF PERSIA ‘Widespread Importance of the Czar’s Move in Making the Recent Loan. | infants still. LONDON, Jan. 30.—There is a wide- | pe spread idea here that the Persian loan | has finally accomplished Russia’s long- | 1aid plans to obtain complete political and of Persia, with the | double object of ousting the British and | assuring Russia an outlet on the Persian Gulf. Bl , Jan. 30.—The news of the Russian - loan to Persia is inter- preted in Germany to mean that Per- sia has virtually become Russian. The press takes that view, which the latest diplomatic reports from Teheran con- firm. In Berlin financial circles it is said that the loan will not come to the Ger- man market. The National Zeitung, referring to the Russian loan, says: ‘“There is no doubt that Persia will hereafter be absolutely dependent upon Russia. The latter may have made a doubtful financial bargain, | but, politically consjdered, the transac- tion i{s unquestionably of the highest im- portance.” o DR. GILES TESTIFIES. Defendant in Murder Trial Tells His Side of the Affair. JACKSON, Jan. 30.—Dr. Giles, the de- fendant, testified to-day. He admitted usl) instruments upen the deceased, but Yemisd having used them for illegal pure poses. He denied knowledge of the true condition of the deceased until after the autopsy, Severe cross-examination did not materiaily shake his testimony. —~—— - Held for Homicide. Special Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, Jan. 30.—Charles Hobbs, one of the proprietors of the Waldort saloon, wos utlmth.mhmmmw.rhon 2 on k ling Josep) rran_in a runken row last week. Bail was fixed at $10,000. T e ——————— If you are framing pictures examine our new moldings and matboards in tints to cture can be appropriately vely fitted In our frame de- Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Ml.h- Eet aireet. | should remember her afterwar | movin, | sometimes are in more senses than | tate to sell and conve: DESK STUDIES FOR GIRLS: THE LAW. Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton. VII. THE LAW RELATING TO MARRIED WOMEN. | By the common law marriage had a cu- rious effect on a woman. She almost ceased legally to be. She could make no contracts and her husband kindly relfeved her of pretty nearly everything she had in the way of property. He was the owner even of her clothes, her railroad | ticket or any other thing which he | thought worth having. On the other hand, he was bound to support her, and | even the little bills she might have con- tracted before marriage for millinery, | dressmaking, soda water, rouge and the like, he was legally bound to- p 8o, | too, in the eye of the law and in his pres- ence she could do no wrong, and this was very delightful. She might be a real v rago and thrash a man before her hus- | band's eyes, yet in law (what a curious | thing the law is!) she had done no wrong; her husband was the sinner and had to suffer for it. If she could sue no one for any wrong done to her, on the other hand | no one could sue her alone; her husband | must be made a party in all cases. | This legal relation was based on the idea that by marriage the two persons were blended into one—a kind of Slamese twin affair—and that public policy re- | quired they should be kept as closely to- gether, during all weathers and on all oc-| casions, as possible. Consequently she | could make no contracts, for if this were | permitted she could forthwith assert some | independence, on which the law coldly frowned. She could not even make a will | and give away her property, still less make a gift during her lifetime. In short, from one point of view she was the near- est to zero of any living thing. Then equity, not law, began to have pity on her and come to her relief. It de- clared that, if she had any real estate before marriage or that if any good uncle and give her a corner city lot or a farm, she might still hold it as her own. Her husband might be Eerfeclly willing to take it, but | she could keep it if she wished, and make a contract with reference thereto that would be binding. Such a contract equity upheld as a charge on or against the real estate. In other words, the other con- tracting party might lend her money on the security of her real estate, and in| the end take it if the debt was not pald. Her_ personal property, however, her stocks, bonds and the like, all went by | the common law to him, and thus she | was relieved of all thought of taking care of them. Poislhlil the learned Judges may have thought that by giving her such a unique position among the daughters of women were favoring marriage, which the courts, whatever others may think, have always regarded as desirable for the well being of society. As the trembiing steps of equity in favor of married women did not result in the overthrow of the happiness of the family, but rather tended to strengthen it, the Legislatures gradually began to set aside the common law and permit marricd women to Keep their property and to make contracts in relation thereto. Before giv-| ing tha more important of these changes it_may be note: by common law when a wife’s husband left the coun! or permanently abandoned her she had al- | most the same rights as an unmarried | woman. Again, if he were civilly deaq, | for example, if he wers banished, out-| lawed or Rmprison?d for life (which many | doubtless regard as an uncivil death), his wife could sue and be sued and make con- tracts just as_she could before this strangely civil thing had happened to him. But the insanity of a husband has never endowed her with similar freedom. | It may also be stated that, while lho; happy effect of marriage often is, and | rightly, too, to add somewhat to the dig- | nity and importance of the parties in so- clety, it has not the magical effect of r their minority if they happen to Do inder age at the time of marrying. Marriage may have the effect of takin a good deal out of them in the way of | money, temper and the like, but they are An infant husband may feel very proud over his feat of marriage, but | in iaw he cannot make a contract for a | single more goose egg than he could be: figle Mnd if ‘both are infants, as th they strictly legal one, they are under the same disabilities to make contracts for any other purposes than necessaries until they attain their majority as are other in-| fants. £ By statute law a married woman can in | every State probably make a will and dis. pose of her property as freely as an un- married one, except so far as the husband may have some rights in her property, as she has in’his. Thus in nearly every State. if not all, a married woman is entitied to the use or income of a part (usually one- third) of her husband's real estate afier his death, and he cannot by his will « * her off from thig right. This is cai her dower. If he should give her other property, stocks, bonds, etc., thinking she Wwould prefer them, she could reject these and stick to her rights in_his real estate Sometimes she does so. When she thinks | she can get more from this than the per- gonal estate given to her, uniess her love for him gets the better of her love for the larger possible income, she deciines to receive that given to her by will and elects to take his real estate under the law. Usually when he has tried to cut her off with an inadequate or improper | sum her affection for him has not been | %o far raised by the act as to blind her eyes to the larger possibilities. In this same connection something may be said concerning deeds of real estate given by married persons. As a marr! d woman has a right of dower in her hus- band's real estate, in many States he can- not give a valid deed to such property unless she signs it with him. This is not P aw In ali of them, especially the oid- er States. On the other hand. he must Join with her in a deed for the sale of her Teal estate. At common law, ore equity regarded her, he had an actual es- A ; but even now, though her real estate {s actually ield as her own. he maist in most cases sigi the deed with her to make the sale and trans- Ter valia. Turning from real estate to personal, very generally a married woman can keep her personal estate and the Income therefrom quite as effectively as she could if unmarried. This applies to the rsonal property she may have at the time of her marriage or that is gained afterward, either by gift, purchase or labor. In other words, she can hold and manage it quite as freely as she could if there were no husband around. Nor has any serious harm_resulted from this change in the law. It is true that the husband is less of a family king than he was be- fore, is more docile if she carries the bag and does not lose it, but the great fear of the judges of the olden time that such a change in the marital relation would lead to marital war has proved to be with- | out a real basis. Another change In the law affects the married woman's right to engage in busi- ness. So long as she could make no con- tracts of course she could not be the ac- tive party in any business. The only way she could then act was through her hus- band. If a woman wished to conduct a | millinery store her husband, however worthless he might be. was the only agency through whom che could act. In many cases she went into business be- cause of his inability or unwillingness to support her, or perhapsesupport himself. yet she was obliged to act through him. ~ Pennsylvania was one of the first States to start the new movement by en- acting that a married woman could en- gage in business and make binding con- tracts while her husband was at sea From this mustard seed has_grown up | they are called, which she commits. | cided that a husband ought to pay she indorses for the benefit of another, the money; to do something relating to her separate real estate, whenever she was permitted to Lold it, but she could net give one for any other purpose. Yet it has been ques- tioned whether she could sell, through another, her separate real estate; In other words, ‘whether she could authorize an agent to sign a deed for her. It is said that in those cases in which at the time |of signing a deed she must be exam- ined apart from her husband, for the purpose of finding out whether the saie Is voluntary on her part and free n ail influence by him, she cannot sell through another, because if this wers done she would avoid the needful ex- | amination. In other cases, where such | an examination is not required, she can appoint an agent or attorney to act for this Fer and sign the deed. en 3 done her husband must sign the .— of attorney, just as he would the 4 itself. In other words, the paper or in- strument she signs hé must sign, too By the modern law a married woman is liable for all the wrongs, or torts, as Sha is liable for slander, for fraud, for burn- ing property, poisoning geese, etc. She may be liable even for the wrongs of an agent appointed by her, though at com- mon law she could not be. because she could not contract, and therefors could not appoint an agent. For wrongs of any kird, except those against the man she marries, done before marriage, s is la- ble afterward, the same as though she were unmarried, and generally her hu band is liable also. She also 3 ble for crime committed be: commits afterward, tions in which her husband actfve participant, and deemed the sole offender. An interesting rule of law in it ation to women is the statute of li f A owes B a note drawn in the which is not paid at the end of six vears, the law presumes neverthe- less that it was paid, and B cannot sue A for the money. The statute cuts off his right to sue. B cannot get anything from A unless he is willing to pay, or makes a new promise that he will pay it. This statute does rot apply to married women. Thus if A should owe C (a_ married woman) a note that became due while she was married. and he did not pay it within six years. her right to sue him Is not cut off. The reason given for this appli- rule is that a married woman cannot sue right to col- long as Of course, she years alone, and therefore her lect the note 19 not perfect as she is a married woman. would be obliged to sue within six after the end of her marriage rel lose her right to recover 11 tended in some of the S right to sue on contracts is as perfect as though she were unmarried that thi 1la no longer prevails, and that there is no exception in the statute of limitations in her favor. The wide departure In the respect to the legal rights an of a married woman by a recent case in Ke ried woman died and clined to pay the of the physician and undertaker. urally enough the law has gone so far in permitting a mar- ried woman to keep her property and make contracts that the sorrowing hus- band may have had made a contra 1 tor and the undertaker, respeet for her memory from interfering. The court law with bills, but if he failed to do could be held for them. A her similar de- eision was rendered not long ago in Penn- sylvania. In lilke manner if a dying woman should make a contract for her gravestone her estate clearly could be held for the amount RllardfT oy University of Pennsylvania. Note—This paper concludes the “Des ium»{. for g:[rlxjs."l An examination Wi} set as the basis for th ntin certificates. . . WATIVES AMBUSH SCOUTING PARTY Four Americans Killed Near Subig. MANTILA, Jan. 30.—A scouting party of the Twenty-first Infantry while operating near Subig was ambushed by insurgents and a leutenant and three privates wers killed and two or three privates wounded. A company some distance in the rear, on hearing the firing. hurried to the scena and recovered the hodies. The local papers assert, although the statement is not con- firmed, that the insurgents lost forty in killed and wounded. COLONEL WILLIAMS DIES VERY SUDDENLY Commander of the Marine Corps Bar- racks at Vallejo Succumbs to the Grim Reaper. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, Jan. 30.—Colonel Charles F. Willams, United States Marine Cor morning at 2:3) of a few hours Last Friday he was in San Francisco and acted as a pallbearer at the funeral of Commander Carlin. The cause of Colonel Willlams' death was hemorrhage of the stomach. Calonel Williams was one of the men of the navy who rose from the ranks, having been ap- ointed a lieutenant in the Marine Co: rom_the First Connecticut Volunteers, in which he enlisted as a private in April, 1861 He served with gallantry during the war and was brevetted captain at its close. Since April, 1868, he had been in command of the marine barracks at Mare Island The body will be sent to Baltimore, Md., for interment. Friends of Luigi Ferro Have Present- ed a Strong Defense. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 3.—Lulgi Ferro, charged with the murder of Giovanni de Rossi, to-day took the stand and swore that he killed his victim in self-defense. He said De Rossi had repeatedly threa ened to kill him. and as he entered th store De Rossi reached for a couple of sharp knives used in cutting hams, ‘The evidence is in direct conmtradiction to that given at the inquest, and Ferro's friends have manufactured a complete de- fense for him. The case was argued to- the law around this subject. lay, al- aa; e y and will be given to the jury in the freedom as an unmarried woman. One | Pected. limitation on her power relates to the in- dorsing or guaranteeing of notes. She cannot indorse or guarantee the debt of another. But she can 'ndorse a note of her own. Thus, if A made his note pay- able to B, who wished additional security, its indorsement by a married woman for A’s accommodation would not be valid and she could escape payment if she leased. But if she took a note in her usiness for goods that she had sold, pay- able to her order, and she wished to raise Money on it by having it discounted, she could indorse it, and If it were net paid by the maker she would be held as in- dorser if the Drorer steps were taken to fasten her liability. e difference be- tween the two cases we think is plain. Though the form of indorsement in. each case may be the same, in the one ase e MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Tells of the Safety of the Schooner Okanagan. VICTORIA, Jan. 30.—A bottle contain. ing the message “All well” from the schooner OGkanagan, In latitude 47:28 north, loagitude 127:3 west, has been gk‘ked up at Kyuquot, setting at rest the ears expressed that this vessel had been lost on the west coast, where wreckage was reported a short time ago. The Okan yn.n was bound from Puget Sound for onol lulu with lumber. _— The friends of the Old Government ‘Whisky are never .