The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 6, 1900, Page 12

o 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1900. AUNGR 1S BUSY | WITH THE NEW POLICE BOARD Meet This| i It Will Evening. NOTHING EXCITING EXPECTED SULLIVAN IS WILLING TO BE| THE NEW CHIEF. | | { S o It Is Reported That Mayor Phelan | Has Accepted Thomas’ Resigna- tion and Will Name His Successor. I - S e e R R 2 sion meets to-night, | Commis- most of the , is out of town Thomas, r ten days. ¥ name t} fact, rumor s bit of gos- as a certainty that so far as to confide mates he h accepted ion and decided on Mr. Thom- y with the name of ., the alayor's ola, alias ded to be onel Sul position call a| date for the position, when informed of ladly ac- at there will be | to-night. t night .\‘nj)' r d and d ola’s ‘exposure, eard of this arms during morning and tion, they m F or, threat n ey sl ight and, spurred on by last attack ¢ oling, helr 1 had eic, the des! ight done would be | LOREL CLUF LA TO REST (0 Funeral Under Masonic Auspices. { Just as the western hills began to eat Into the golden disk of the sun a bugier sounded “taps,” and the immense con- wourse of people that had gathered in the Masonic Cemetery to do honmor to the memory of the late Colonel Thomas Cluft @ispersed to their homes. It was the last sad rite marking the passing of a man bonored and respected by every person with whom in life he had come in contact in_either business or a social way. The funeral occurred at 2 o'ch terday afternoon at the Masonic under the auspic ¢ King Solomon's ee and Accepted Masons, Rev. 5 After the services ed” to the Masc the following esce al Corps, dismounted onal Guard, of Oaklan ational Guard, of San Fra: rision of the Naval Reserve, g under command of Colonel K. Whitton, commander of the Fifth In- fantry, National Guard. Following the militia came the California Commandery, Kpights Templar; the Order of Ei King Solomon’s Lodge, mourners, caisson bearing the remains, members of the fam- lly, General Dickinson and staff, officers of the Governor's staff, other Natiocal Guard officers, active and retired, and em- ployes of the deceased. Directly following the oaleson bearing the remains walked the army horse ridden by the deceased in life, his cavalry boots being fixed in the stirrups and the martingales attached to the bridie reins being wrapped in crape. | e remains were borne to the calsson and from it to_the grave by ten memuvers | of the Naval Reserve, and the honorary | palibearers were as follows: Messrs. Ber- Tere, Halstead, Sanborn, Vall, Hosmer, Evans, James, Nerney, Morton, Downey, Bates, Prince, Manning, O'Brien, Harris, Btock, Hughes, Zeile, Jellison, 'Gunzen- | dorfer, Kellogg and Benedict. The remains were laid at rest on an eminence in the western part of the cem- etery, and there the worshipful master of | King Solomon’'s Lodge read the funeral service, after which the choir chanted a hymn and the band played *““Nearer, My | God, To Thee.” A firing party, under command of Captain Potter of the Fifth Infantry, fired three volleys, and as the #un was sinking behind the hilis & bugler sounded “‘taps.” A | For family use Jesse Moore “AA™ whiskey s | & prime favorite in thousands of homes. ——————— Notable Deaths of the Day. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—William Henry | Gilder, the explorer, a brother of Rich-| ard Watson Gilder, died at his home in Morristown, N. J., to-day. He was born | in Philadelphia in 1534 From 1878 to 1880 he served as second in command of the Franklin search expedi- | tion, conducted late Lieutenant | Frederick Schwatka, U. A which | made & sledge journey in King Williams | Land, lasting twelve months and extend- | ing over 2250 miles. This expedition re- | covered the remains of Lieutenant Irving, | one of Sir John Franklin's cumpunlonu.‘ In 1881 he accompanied the De Lon; pedition under Captain Berry, U. §. N., on the Rogers, and when that vessel was | destroyed by fire on the western shore of Bering Strait Mr. Gllder was agsigned to | station, which involved a winter journey of nearly 2000 miles across Siberia. After accomplishing this task he joined in the search on the Lena Delta for the surviv- ors of the Jeannette. Of late years he had written for various pewspapers and magazines until failing bealth put an end to his activity. | LOS ANGELES, ¥eb. b.—Charles Krae- | 42 | | almost 25 cents. sizes, but all of them would fit the pistol. between 4 and 5 o’clock,” | “She dia not seem in the least excited | the oldest one had the pistol with which | ana there was no more trace of agitation | about her than if she had asked for a tz Kin. different makes. about it T} | many friends. PISTOL WAS PURCHASED BY PHELAN'S WILL AMY MURPHY ON WEDNESDAY| [§ SUPERIOR TO + £ | L e e e e e e e o I s S i oY ) - . ® . ® . L 4 - * L d . * * /r’ N ® e O R ] sicide theory in the case of Murphy, the girl whose body found in the park on Friday, in the on of the law offi- who Q to it all alo ng, comple when Detectiv Dinan found whe! Wren s Murphy had last Wednesday bought a revolver and car- tridges. These two officers have been searching for two days for this evidence and their fin the myste: On Wednesday afternoon Miss Murphy entered the sporting goods store of George W. Shreve at 739 Market street and told the salesman who waited on her, George Barber, that she wanted a 38-caliber pistol and some cartridges. Barber sold her an American double-acting bulldog of that caliber for $1 75 and fifteen cartridges for These cartridges were of two he young woman came into the store said Mr. Barber. She wore a black veil, but it ot_heavy enough to hide her featur She paid for the pistol and then asked If I would sell her a few car- tridges. I told her I would sell her any number she wished, and she agreed to ake fifteen for 2 cents. There were two ds of these cartridges, because some time ago burglars got into the store and broke open some boxes of cartridges of I threw these all into a tennis racket. box_together and sold them loose “The took three of the cartridges and put them into the pistol herself in my he tried to put in a fourth, der would not revolve fur- she had not half-cocked the presence. but th cylin ause She went out with the other cartridges in the box. Perhaps she got a fourth one into the pistol later.” Barber said he had not reported the sell- ing of the pistol sooner because he had not paid much attention to the case. He i not realize to whom he had sold the stol until the officers questioned him detectives took Barber to McAvoy's king parlors and there he positive- ified the remains as those of the whom he had sold the pistol. Detectives Dinan and Wren Iy identi person to When brought the news of the purchase of tire pistol and the subsequen . remains by Barber as those of the son who had made the purchase Acting said it had been established te satistaction that the girl 1ad shot herself. . ‘The person who stole the pistol from beside the body took the watch, too,” said the acting Chief. “The timepiece was not pawned, because Miss Murphy had plenty of money without pawning it. She had as wwro soLo S\ THE PISTOL 53 | pressed against the head. | Thursday. | is whether Miss Deoed e oo BARBER ‘"THREE B?YS RAN ouUT oF THE PARK \:(‘}; as $5 of her own and Poulin gave more. After giving $10 to her she had at least $15 left. I am of dinfon that a mushroom hunter, f whom go into the park each D] 18, ording to Officer Dow, com- mitted the theft.” Edmund Cook, who lives at the corner of Hayes and Devisadero streets, has probably cleared away the mystery of the pistol's spearance. The glst of Mr. Cook ment_was _published in yesterday morning’s Call. He is a man of means and has been well known here | for years. Mr. Cook was seen yesterday nd “sald: “Thursday afternoon I took a stroll to | the park, as I frequently do, and some time between 4 and 5 o'clock sat down on the piazza at Tom Klink’s place, cor- ner of Fell and Stanyan streets. While sitting there I heard the report of a pis- tol shot. There was only one report. sald to myself, ‘There’s a suicide,’ and started to go over that w. Just then two small boys came running out of the | ark, near Klink's, seemingly excited. Cach appeared about 9 years old. When they saw me they stopped. Following them came a boy about 14 years old. He had his right hand under his left coat breast and seemed to be holding some- thing there. I thought he had stolen something. He, too, stopped when he saw me and looked as if he wanted to turn back “The boys hesitated only for a second. | Then the older one dashed on and the others followed. They ran as fast as they could up beyond Hayes street and out of sight. Of course, I think now that Miss Murphy was killed.” Detectives Dillon and Cody, who were given charge of the main end of the case, have, through believing from the start in the suicide theory, worked out every clew there was in order to leave nothing un- done toward determining whether a mur- der had been committed. They found nothing to connect Poulin with any sus- iclon of having murdered the girl. He ed them at once to the room in the Car- rolton where he said Miss Murphy had | turned on the gas on Saturday week. He says it was 5:30 o’clock before he reached that house in response to the summons of his friend Maile, and found the gas artly on. The detectives discovered that »an Doyle, employed by the United Car- riage Company, is'the hackman who took s Murphy from the Carrolton on that Saturday evening to 833°Bush street, from which place the despicable Poulin sent her from him forever. Doyle was summoned by a call ring in from the Carrolton. He said Miss Murphy looked pale and weak when she left the place, but was able to walk_supported by her false lover. | Proprietor Maurer of the Carrolton does | not remember the incident of Miss Mur- hy taking a room at his place. Pleuty of people came and went each day, he said, and he would remember few of them. Dr. Brigham and Dr. Middleton viewed the remains vesterday. Dr. Brigham said identification of | he believed there was only one wound and | that it had been Inflicted by a pi Colonel Mid- dleton was of the same opinion. Botn physicians will testify at the inquest on One of the questions that still puzzles Murphy met any person in the park the evening of her death. Ac- cording to Park Policeman Dow sne did \not. He says he saw the girl, whose re- e ORI SO D SO D S S e e O R o The Girl Gave to Maile a Letter and Money for Poulin. Edmund Cook Describes How Boys May Have Stolen the Woman’s New Revolver. |Latest Developments in the Golden Gate Park Tragedy Point Gradually to Le- gal Suicide but Moral Murder. D +0+0 499040000 909904000 4040090 6900 420D 4040 B b ST ISR R S S e S oo o I i o o S IR SR SR SO AP |, @+ e+ 00 0000 e0eQ | | mains he has since identified, sitting on a | bench on the Hayes street walk Thurs- | | day evening. She got up two or three | | times, he says, wrung her hands anxious. | | Iy and looked toward the entrance, as 1f | | expecting some one. Finally she took up | 2 small box lying beside her and disap- | peared down a trail. In contradiction to this is the statement | of Fred Charles Hergen, a__ contractor, | who after looking at Miss Murphy's re- | mains said they were those of a_ girl ie | | had seen last Tuesday, Wednesday and | Thursday evenings In the park near | where the death occurred. | _George C. Maile, the man who was with | Miss Murphy at the Carrolton before | | Poulin went there, was taken to head- quarters vesterday by the detectives to | make a statement. Though he is Poulin’s | friend, what he told makes that individ- | ual appear as a still more cruel and de- | testable character. Maile sald that Miss Murphy telephoned him Saturday forenoon at the Eisen Com- pany’s office asking him to meet her at {12:30 near The Call bullding. He did so. | She was much agitated and looked as If | [ she had been weeping. She sald she wanted him to deliver a letter and somo money to Horace Poulin and asked him | | to_accompany her to the Carrolton. She | | went up first and secured a room—No. 54— | there. She complained of iliness and Maile | got her some brandy, after drinking which | | she revived and told him that Horace | Poulin had promised he would marry her on her eighteenth birthday, which was | | drawing near, but that,he had heard she | had been confined in a Magdalen asylum | and had declared to her that he would |in: have nothing more to do with her. She | told him of her living with Poulin and | sald she did not want to go home, as her mother hated her and set her stepfather against her. Finally, Malle says, she gave him a letter and 32005 to give to Poulin, whom she asked him to befriend. | Maile declared that the girl had been | | drinking, and that after crying some mora | and declaring she would kill herself fell | | asleep on the sofa. Malle then went and | | toid Poulin, who 1éft the office about 4:30 | | or 5 o'clock, and telephoned three.quar- | ters of an hour later to learn the num- | ber of the girl's room. | At Amy’s former home yesterday her | sister’ Winnie found three pages of sentl- | | mental poetry written by the girl| just before she died. It spoke of her “jost | love” and the coldness of writing com- | pared with words. | “On the afternoon of the day on which | Miss Murphy's death occurred Pouiln worked at he Eisner Company’s office, ac- cording to his statement. He left there about 5 o'clock, got his dinner and was then at the White House saloon, 114 Sut- ter street, up to nearly 11 o'clock, when he went to his room. mer, formerly a cigar manufacturer of St. Cloud, Minn., who has lived here for | some timeé. committed suicide this morn. | ing by hanging himself in a shed back of | his residence, He fastened a clothesline around his neck, tied the end snd ste})ped from a_chair. years of age and had been mentall balanced for some time. He leaves five drughters and two sons residing hers. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 5—The funeral of Mrs. Clara Tibbetts held this after- noon from the Congregational church and was largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Orr, assisted by Rev. E. H. Hayden of the Baptist church. Mre. Tibbetts for eight years was an em- ploye in the postoffice, where she won She was very prominent in the Order of the Eastern Star. VALLEJO, Feb. 5.—Frank Hussey, a very popular member of the Vallejo foot- ball team, by the accidental breaking of the seat of a hay wagon fell under the feet of the horses he was driving. His skull was fractured and he was. instantly killed. The accident occurred on Benicia madfs between Vallejo and Robert Gore’s ranc] MARYSVILLE, Feb. 5.~Mrs. Mary Gib- lin, the aged mother of John and Thomas Giblin, well known orchardists of this section, and a ploneer resident of Sutter County, dled to-day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Lamme. SBANTA CRUZ, Feb. 5.—E. L. Halliday, a well-known resident of this city, died this evening. He was interested in the meat and cattle business here. He was a native of Petaluma and 40 years of age. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5.—United States Senator Fairbanks of I.diana arrived at Pasadena to-day. He comes to _take the body of his father, who died at Pasadena last week, to Indiana for burial. WOODLAND, Feb. 5.—The flag was at half-mast over the armory to-day, out of vco’.p;c( to the memory of the late Colonel ut Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose Will stop & cough. Never falls. Try it. All druggists. * to'a beam MACKAY FAMILY HAS AN HEIRESS Daughter Born in a | New York Home. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—A daughter was { born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay on Sunday afternoon at their Madison- avenue house, this city. Mrs. Mackay's parents, the Duers, are with her. The wedding of Miss Katherine Duer | and Clarence Mackay, nearly two years | ago, was one of the most fashionable of the swell weddings in New York during that season. Miss Duer was one of the most prominent of New York belles and was famous as having been bridesmaid at most of the ultra-fashion- able weddings. The Mackays, it Is sald, have taken a castle in Scotland, and will go there in a few months. John W. Mackay has not received the least number of the congrat- ulations tendered the happy family. Divorce for Mrs. McCue. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 5.—A divorce was to-day granted Mrs. Henrietta McCue by Judge Angellotti from James S. McCue, the well known politiclan and circus man. The grounds alleged were desertion and failure to provide. McCue is at present In Alaska, where he carries mail over the tralls between Dyea and Dawson City. JUSTICE MAY BE BALKED. Owing to the fact that Judge Conlan ‘was unable to get the services of a sten- ographer again yesterday the preliminary examination of ex-Policeman Thomas H. Dillon on the charge of murdering Charles Joyce had to be continued till this morn- ing. Attorney Reddy, for the defendant, and the witnesses for the prosecution and defense were in court and had to be noti- fied to return to-day. |, As an illustration of how justice can be | balked throught the lack of stenographers {in the Police Courts, Attorney Mack yes- terday secured a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Carroll Cook for the release of Edward Smith and James T. O'Brien, two boys charged with grand larceny for stealing a horse and wagon and Its con- tents, including $700 which was in an over- coat, on the ground that they are being illegally detained in custody. The writ was made returnable this morning. The usual number of continuances had been granted in the case, and on Saturday both sides were ready to proceed with the preliminary examination. The Judge said that owing to the lack of a stenographer he was unable to proceed. and Prosecut- ing Attorney Weller asked for a contin- uance till to-morrow. Attorney Mack ob- Jected, as it was not a legal excuse to say that no stenographer was present, and asked that the defendants dis- charged. The Judge refused, and Mack intimated that he would apply for a writ of habeas corpus. The Judge sald he was ?erlecfly right and he would appear be- ore the Superior Court and testify that no legal excuse had been offered for a continuance. e Fell and Broke His Skull. John H. Neilson, a painter, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon by falling from a scaffold in a building now being built next the Alcazar Theater on O'Far- rell street. Nellson missed his footing and fell a distance of twenty-five feet, landing on his head and fracturing his skull. The unfortunate painter was taken to the Re- celving Hospital, but the doctors could do little else than ease his sufferings. ———————— Making New Homes. Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Feb. 5—A number of Woodlandites who were in Honolulu at the time quarantine was established, have ‘made the best of the situation, secured A CHARTER LAW Financial System Has Been Changed. SAFEGUARDS THROWN ASIDE MAYOR’S CZAR-LIKE POLICY AGAIN MANIFEST. Sl L Freeholder Clement Declares That No Executive Officer Should Pre- sume to Override a Fun- damental Law. g S [ ] HIS matter was fully + discussed in the Charter Convention by such men as ex-Auditor Colin M. Boyd, ex-Auditor and ex-State Con- treller John P. Dunn, ex-Su- pervisor Stewart Menzies, ex- Supervisor Denman and ex- Mayors Pond and Ellert, all of whom had had long experience in the affairs of the city, and all of whom had more or less to do with the discussion which led to the financial scheme adopted by the Char- ter Convention and subse- quently carried into the char- ter with very little, if any, alteration by those of us who were elected Freeholders. I would not assume in the least degree the prerogative of changing the requirements of the charter, for that is our fundamental law, and no ex- ecutive officer would certainly take the responsibility of set- ting aside the fundamental law of the city.—Attorney Henry N. Clement in an in- terview. @it edeieied dededetedeieie e S RS2 ] trshrrrsrsirsrch e Mayor Phelan has set up a new fee sys- tem, The charter law has been super- seded by the Phelan will. According to the charter provisions an officer receiving a fee has to make out a receipt for the person who pays it, a duplicate for the dally settlement with the Treasurer and a triplicate to be given the Auditor at the end of the month, when the stubs are turned in. The Treasurer has been obliged to make out a receipt for each fee paid in to him, which he turns over to the Auditor, and at the end of the month the Auditor compares the stub books with the receipts he has received from the Treasurer. Treasurer Brooks decided that this was too much trouble and complained to the Mayor, who concluded that it would fully satisfy the “spirit of the charter require- ments” for the Treasurer to send the Auditor a list of receipts turned over to him, instead of making a duplicate for | each slip of paper. He further author ized the giving of a single receipt for se Hale’s. Hale’s. misses’ lackets Emisser 98, not 98¢ jackets, but truly $4.50 jackets cut to 98¢, because we will not *tlke any of this winter’s goods with us into our naw store. are of mixed tweed, of medium shades, with high storm collars, 8 button, double breasted, two pockets; sizss 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. Snews of < cloaks, linens < and valentines. 2 ackets, children’s jackets were £3.50 cut to. tha §1.45 kersey and melton cloth jackets fi that were $10.00 to $15.00 *cutt o 53.35 *ladies’ for this sale . B d $37. g SUItS. el cat tor b linens. - thoss that 50 have trade sale of an ordinary stock. pence. Here’s a sample: gtable damask, bleach only. & valentines. -E* 'Epremest from the different stocks. from.. then, too, are the popular comic ones that delight = every one. g bread ,z‘trays $I'98° - just in by & veilings. the very latest—a fine silk grenadine mesh, with a velvet dot and chenille Grecian bor- der, in assorted colors: per yard, only....... you can get... triple some burnished; sold regularly for $2.25 to $3.25. ki 4 kd _50C not all of the news; not room on this whole page for all of the good thinzs for you to-day at our store, but just a bit about cloaks and than one-fourth their valus—a about the £2100 8 shillings and 2 pencs just imported; a word or two about the 1900 val that we brought from Nzw York for you by express. yesterday’s selling of these goods was large enough to have closed out v ours was not an ordinary stock. i‘ portation of linens ever brought to Frisco; cost us £2100 8 shiilings and 2 come this morning and see the wonderfully low prices that prevall. It would seem as though the art publishers of the world had vied with one another in the issuing of pretty valentines for 1g9oc. we have the 935-917 Market Strect. AP A O SN O S A N stm*wwmw&wwwwwwmw*wm&wwg 3 + + 3 these jackets cut instances—less + + lttle terling worth of linens we have tines and soms new goods * 3 5 $1.65% jackets that were $10.c0 to $20.00 fut for this sa‘y.era“ . 54.653 $25.00, to—in some jackets that wer: cut to. sold for $7.50, $10.00, $20.00, $4.95, $12.50 and $20% P + it was the largest im- 3 3 lace ones 1c to 75C¢} 25 for 5c % sliver plated; soms satin finished, dainty €xXprcss. spangled nettings. black spangled netting, heavily covered, 27 inches wide, very pretty, {rom.......$2.50 to $5.00 per yard P + white spangled netting, an entirely i 27 new design, inches wide—per yard $4.00% ‘mo and is paid a monthly income of $418. | eral items by any official who should take | a number of fees at one time from the same person. While the charter is very exacting as regards_the routine of ‘fee handling, Mayor Phelan has decided that his solu- tion satisfies the ‘‘spirit of charter re- quirements” and therefore adopted. The absurdity and presumption displayed by an executive official in not only interpreting but changing charter | requirements is shown in_the following intervisw with Attorney Henry N. Cle- ment, a member of the Board of Free- holders: “Section 35, article 16 of the new charter provides that when any officer, board or department finds it necessary in order properly to conduct offic business to have more assistance, he should so inform the Mayor. Upon investigation, if the Mayor decides such to be so, he may rec- ommend that the Supervisors permit the employment of such additional clerks or assistants. and by an affirmative vote of not less than fourteen members it may be authorized.” “This provision comes under the head of that portion of the charter marked ‘Miscellaneous Busines: and provides for certain contingenc which might arise when the charter should be put into operation. One of the first contingencies we thought might arise was that in the reorganizing of the various departments more work might be imposed upon the various officers or boards than had been calculated upon. Therefore section 5 w s ted to meet just such a contingency. Now, I have recently found by going to r's office he was complainin, that the charter caused his clerks to l\g overworked by imposing so much detail in the matter of small receipts. He want- ed to know of me what should be done. I immedlately referred him to section 3, article X VI, and told him to call the mat- ter to the attention of the Mayor. Mr. Brooks said he could not see the necessity of so much detail in small matters, the importance of which was not commensu- rate with the trouble imposed. I told him 1 did not see how he could fall to comply with the provisions of the charter with- out setting it aside entirely, which of course no one would be authorized to do. 1 then said to him: ‘General Grant once said the best way to make a law obnox- ious is to enforce it in Its entirety," Therefore, said I, carry out the provisions of the charter precisely as they are writ- ten and the blame will not rest upon you. If your force of employes is not large h to do it, then fall back upon sec- of article XVI and get additional deputies from the Supervisors, “The financlal system embodied in the charter was originally drafted by a com- mittee in the Charter Convention of One Hundred, headed by ex-Auditor John P. Dunn, who is also ex-State Controller, a man we all thought to be thoroughly con- versant with the subject. He was a man in whom we all had great faith, and I know that this very system of checks upon the Treasurer, involving the entry of all the receipts of which the Treas- urer now complains, wa‘a part of the system devised by Mr. Dunn and his com- mittee to keep the Treasurer's office un- der such checks as were thought neces- sary for so important an office. "¥he matter was fully discussed in the Charter Convention by such men as ex- Auditor Colin M. Boyd, ex-Supervisor Stewart Menzies, ex-Supervisor Denman and ex-Mayors Pond and Ellert, all of whom had had long experience in the af- fairs of the city and all of whom had more or less to do with the discussion which led to the financlal scheme adopted by the Charter Convention, and subse- quently carried into the charter with very lf'tlle if any alteration by those of us who were elected Freeholders. “I would not assume the prerogative of changing in the least degree the require- ments of the charter, for that is our fundamental law, and no executive officer would certainly take the responsibility of setting aside the fundamental law of the city. McMULLIN ON THE STAND. Presents His Grounds for Divorce. Other Unhappy Couples in Court. The action by which Thurlow McMullin, for years past connected with various big wholesale houses In the city, seeks to ob- tain a divorce from his wife, Virginia M- Mullin, on the ground of desertion, went to trial before Judge Bahrs yesterday. McMuilin_alleges that his wife, whom he married February 15, 1871, deserted him on April 10, 189. In her answer Mrs. Me- Mullin_denies her husband's lllega(lona. and alleges that she Is the Injured party, having been deserted years ago by her husband, who has since refused to con- tribute toward her support. Charles Wheeler appeared on behalf of McMullin when the case was called yes- terday, and the firm of Denson, Oatman & Denson prosecuted the case on pehalf of the defendant. McMullin was called to the stand and occupied the day giving tos- timony In support of his side of the coa- employment and may ‘become permanent residents of the Hawailan Islands. troversy. Mrs. McMullin -u:fe- that he 1s in possession of property valued should be | at $30.-) 1 Of this she seeks her lawful share, and | Mr. McMullin ught to set her conten- | tions at rest. othing of importance was | developed during the day, and Judge | Bahrs continued the case until this morn- ing for further hearing. Decrees of divorce have been granted J. Callaghan from Anne Callaghan on the ground of intemperance, James H. Me- Grath from Mary E. McGrath on the ground of extreme cruelty, Mary G. Greene from Willlam A. Greene on the ground of fallure to provide, Amelfa Mar- Cowitz from Henry Marcowitz on the ground of extreme cruelty. Frances McDonald has sued John F. McDonald for a divorce, alleging *failure to provide as cause of action. JOSEPH HAYES BODY IS FOUND Cause of Death Still a Mystery. ot 1 Special chmfito The Caill. SALINAS, Feb. 5—Whether Joseph B. Hayes, a liquor merchant of San Fran- cisco, who was sojournir~ at Paralso Springs, in the mountain: of southern Monterey County, last summer commit- ted suicide, became lost in the mountains or was murdered is as yet as deep a mys- tery as ever. Hayes has been missing since August 20 | and no trace was ever found of him until | yesterday when his body was discovered in a deep ravine about a quarter of a mile from the hotel. J. R. Gilkey, a | rancher of the Paralso district, while chopping wood became attracted to the | spot by the loud barking of his dog. Upon investigation the body of Hayes was dis- govered. All of the head except the lower jaw was gone, both hands were missing and other portions of the body were de- composed. The man carrying mail from Soledad to Piney passed along the trall six feet from where the body was discov- ered four times each week, but he never made an investigation. The whole affair i{s causing much comment. Coroner Mul- ler was notified and went at once to the scene. A thorough investigation will be made. MORE MONEY FOR TEACHERS. Latest Agreement Between Them and Merchant Creditors. As a result of a consultation of the merchant creditors of the School ment, Attorneys Heller and Powers and a committee of teachers, an agreement was reached yesterday whereby the lat- ter will recelve about 15 per cent more of their salaries for the month of No- vember, 188. It was malnly owing to the efforts of Auditor Wells that the teachers recently received 61 per cent of their unpaid salaries out of $9,000 made available from money collected as cole lateral inheritance taxes. Besides this amount there is now $27,000 now in escrow in the Union Trust Company's vault to be distributed under a former agreement. At the time the $1 compro- mise was made between the teachers and merchants, whereby the $9,000 was devoted to unpald salaries, $8000, also recelved from inheritance taxes, was to have been turned over to the merchants. The latter, however, have never made a demand for this money, and it appears that by the terms of the latest agree- ment between the interested parties the teachers will receive $15,000, while the merchants are to get $20,000, thus a plg» ing the $27,000 now in escrow a.ndpt 3 $8000 anortloned to the merchants to the partial settlement of their claims. This will give the teachers about 80 per cent of their salaries for November, 1898. The agreement also provides that as more moneys are received from inheri- tance taxes they will be applied to liqui- date the 25 per cent of the salaries re- maining unpaid for November, 1888, after which, If there is any left over, the mer- chants' claims will be satisfied. In this way the entire November salaries will g;o ably be paid and money may also por- 1898, made available to pay at ieast a tion of the salaries for December, still remaining unpaid. Pyrography outfits and things to burn in Artists’ Material Department at San born & Vail's. . ————— Roberts Pleads Not Guilty. SALT LAKE, Feb. 5—B. H. Roberts, by his attorney, appeared before Justice Kroeger to-day and entered a Ylea of not gullty to the charge of unlawful co- abitation, upon which he was arrested on Saturday. He was held in $300 bail for urther hearing. 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