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12 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1900 JUDGE TROUTT REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE MATTERS CON SRR e Asserts That He Has Referred Them to the District Attorney, Who Will Call Them to the Attention of the Grand Jury. oodertosfe cffedefodendle et et et bl @) alaldl '»c«/fzy»fl,e’ A T AT PER gy TRYING L 5755? xrssl feelee feletetetet S e + +* i yiva-Simpton statements. claims to be able to show that she shrefredredeodesdesfeefendfeofeferfecfmfofefesfofoofe oo P , B e O e S ol ) Sylva and Simpton wit The 14 the knowledge :st with em- ad no occasicn of her counsel. phasis that their | to buy either the S Marin County Ju A so called “fishing expedi Craven-Fair forces to locate the account books and dlaries of the dead Senator failed, but the attor still entertain | hopes of getting a on thelr hooks. The Fair aggregation of legal talent, with- out admitting the books existed, contend- ed that Mrs. Craven-Fair wanted them to fix dates that 11d dovetall with her story of the marriage contract and subsa- | quent developments in her alleged matri- monizal alliance with Fair. feofoforfonfecfoeris® | Lafe Pence of P flatly, and as evidence of good faith askel | that the documents be sealed and left in foofeeonte ofe ofe ke MRS CRAVEN-[AIR had not visited Sausalito unless accompa- nled by some of her attorneys or their who never left her sice, consequence she could not into the conspiracy with | Fair had completed her testimony. The opposition would not entertain the propo- sition, preferring that Pence should pro- ceed with his “fishing.” et fordoefeofs oferferforforfonorfe ofonforforfnforfonfosfofeconte | ; ; ; counsel denied tnis | | the hands of the court until Mrs. Craven- | s Dead Senator’s Silken Nightgown the Only Sensation Devel- oped Yesterday Dur- ing the Progress of the Celebrated Trial. During the progress of the case yester- day Lafe Pence for Mrs. Craven-Fair and ‘Garrcl McEnerney and Willlam A. Pier- | son, representing the Fair Interests, were { the principals in most of the jawbone ex- ercise. Attorney Knight was in evidence | at the start, but as soon as the Simpfon | part of the play was disposed of he left | the courtroom. | Mrs. Craven-Falr was accompanied by | her daughter and a mutual friend, Mrs. | Hilbert. The latter was an_interesting | figure in the courtroom during the morn- ing session. Rumors were rife that she | was another of the important witnes to be introduced into the ¢ ; but Mrs. Craven-Fair asserts that she is only a friend whose husband handles that par- Son-in-law Koehler. | things had transpired during the adjourn- | ment that he deemed it his duty to call to_the court’s attention. sald so. His Honor stated that he had | tion upon the information gleaned from | their columns he had conferred with the District Attorney. “With the powers he has,™ Judge, “he will vestigate all of these matters, and I pre- fer to avoid a discussion of them now.” Pence replied that there had been some talk of a speclal session of the Jury to take up the charges and counter- charges which have become a feature of the case. ““Pending that, said however,” said Pence, “I would suggest that this court reach | out the strong arm of the law for the gullty, as some court will have to do some it should reach even across the bay, as it will have to point In the same direc- tion when it gets through with the crim- inals in this case.” Mr. Knight made himself heard at this point, and in his most dramatic attitude strove to set his side of the controversy right. . “What I3 before the court that is so serious?’ he Inquired. “Has any one charged perjury here? Is there any testl- mony before this court that perjury has been committed? Mr. Pence wiil not be allowed to create the impression that he and his client are taking the initiative In this matter. Why has not the District Attorney called both sides into consulta- tion in this affair? “I contend_that there is nothing to in- vestigate. No perjury has been commit- | ted; even a Justice of the Peace lawyer should know that much. Let them bring on their charges. We are ready to meet | them.” | "To this Mr. Pence retorted: “If the other side does not think that swearing to | an afidavit one way one day and another way the day after is mot perjury I give es | ticular branch of beer manufactured by | As soon as the Fair case was called At- | torney Lafe Pence, in a tone that gave an | | Indication that he was about to call the | 2 | court’s attention to the sensational inci- | | dents of the past week, sald that certain | @ Judge Troutt knew all about it, and ne}g than that provided in the fifteenth paragraph hereof — read the newspapers, and basing his ac- | the | be able to speedily in- | Grand | CERNING RECENT SCANDALS IN CRAVEN-FAIR CASE MWMWW@Q@QW@M? Looe Qe eeeQ $PIEE “WIDOW'" CLAUSE IN J. G FAIR'S WILL 11 SR He Left All Such Successful Liti- gants Fifty Dollars Each. GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO SUCH PERSONS AS SHALL BE FOUND, PROVED AND ESTAB- LISHED TO BE MY SURVIVING WIFE OR WIDOW, WHETHER THE MARRIAGE BE FOUND TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE OR AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS WILL,THE SUM OF $50; and to each and every person who shall be found, proved and estab- lished to be my child by birth, adoption, acknowledgment or otherwise, and whether before or after the execution of this will, the sum of $50; and to each person who shall be proved, found and established to be the child by birth, adoption or ac- knowledgment or otherwise -of my deceased son, James G. Fair Ir., and whether before or after the execution of this will, the sum of $50; and I declare that I do intentionally omit to make for any of the persons in this paragraph referred to any other or further provisions. I make no provisions for any children of my son, Charles L. Fair, whether born before or a will, nor any provisions for my said son Charles L. Fair, other 10 S1F LR DXO0H KX G0N0 OO KEOT SLEORED KEDLEO KO KED XGRS r this % L9 QP0HLI DO POORIQ SLOLIOL SO UPDGL L0 Ci0e DO L oLOLK $L%e 3 =3 | @ the assertion that if he had them they were given him by the executors as their attorney and were consequently confi- dential communications in the eyes of the law. Judge Troutt agreed with him, and | held that the petitioner must first lay a | | foundation for the line of questioning by | | the testimony of onme of the executors. Widow Clause in Fair's Will. ST OISO SO SHTIOTISHTIS OIS LOLS LS O MO 50 @ | aFay like a_coy little girl. going hill because she could make better that way, and the Senator wem | after her something after the | Jack and Jill Leading up to her travels during 1899, she told of several tri > San Rafae and three vis occurred durir down | W. 8. Goodfellow was sworn, but knew gust. absolutely nothing about the books in | tifled: Suestion.. The other executors are be-| “I went the first time with Louls Du- yond the jurisdiction of the court, and |nand, an attorney of this city, T | Until they are located Mr. Pence will |ond trip was made with Mr. Duna cease to h.” J“En[hhzrman clerk for W. ‘“H ¥ Mrs, Craven-Fair was then called and |and the last was in company with Charl ‘M‘J\ipx.‘.’l'?m attentton of the court and | Pence. These gentlemen were with me all the attorneys during the remainder of ~h'°‘ time I w in Sausalito, the session. Her demeanor was extrem er ation had not been Iy cogl. She was deliberate in all her | completed when court adjourned until 11 testimbny, took care that she thoroughly | o'clock this mo 8- | understood overy question asked her and - et Was extremely = particular as to detail. | Fair-Craven Lawyers Criticized. Her cross-examination was conducted bY | g o) pyerar {0 Attorney Pierson. He questioned her as | “E0 @ (0 . - to her different abodes and trips about | CARSON, Feb. 19.—The District the country from 1883 up to the beginning | Court was called to order to-day by Judge | of 1900. Then he went back further and | Mack, and after appointing a committee delved into the alleged billing and cooing | consisting « atire bar of the county between her and Senator Fair. to draft resolutic ot Temedt o T Slight reference was made to the mar- | memory of the late Robert M. Clarke, ad- riage contract, but there was a searching | journed out of respect to the dead. | examination of the events that immedi- them the advice I did before—go hire a | lawyer."” | "And there the Simpton matter ended, without once mentioning by name the principals in the Sausalito conspiracy. | Mr. Pence then attempted to get court nish him with coples of the testimony at the expense of the estate. McEnerney | objected, on the ground that it might be | construea as an acknowledgment that Mrs. Craven-Fair had some legal | against the estate, which contention was | sustained by Judge Troutt. ‘Well, then, we'll call Attorney Plerson the | to order the stenographer to fur- | claim | | “Reterring to her career as a pedagogue | Pierson asked Mrs. Craven-Fair if it was to see if we can get those memorandum | said Pence. | books we are after,” admitting that Pierson, while not had any such books, took refuge behind ' think that he had no license he | reached the front door she happened to Whereupon a member rose and called at- tention to the recent scandalous episodes the Fair estate litiga- », and the highly un- professional methods employed by the at- torneys in the case, where detectives were employed to shadow brother attorneys at night, hiring bullies to intimidate = wit- nesses, and now > would stoop to sub- ornation of perjury and bribery. He thanked God that the Nevada bar had ately followed the consummation of the alleged matrimonial alliance. It 'was during this line of examination that Attorney Pierson asked if the Sen- ator kept his wardrobe at the Craven | residence, $23 Sutter street. “Only a silk night robe,” and an audible titter arose lobby. Pence objected to inquiring into the places and persons Mrs. Craven-Fair had Visited. claiming 1t would disclose the | names and residences of some of her wit- | nesses. The court overruled the ohjec-i tion. was the reply, from the ever fallen to such a depth ADVERTISEMENTS. not a fact that she started as a second grade teacher. o no,” was the quick reply; “I was st-class teacher of a second grade. She repeated the old story of how Fair had taken her one evening to the home of a minister to get married, and when they BS s he ran The Board Listens to Emphatic Protests of Citizens to the Proposed Plan of Shutting| Off Street Lights for Four Months. 4 in the down to t the law ations o telephone people w. Time ly been made tin justice toward drter makers were out of a provision their local e have val majority would mpt at local ilure because fllegall- ities or d is not dis McCarthy taking in. The first introduc- ther and | mark the t Monday the Board iding for slot telephones. ented to Mayor turned by him as spects ille- he cannot it was ambig- 1S and was ob- riminating against Mayor returned it but with its monop- normous profits. arrogance people in thou- pay for what they ) endeavor, threat ded in making the its policy. of doing something Mayor Phels veto his recommenc yesterday Su- McCarthy was ready with an- nce which it is expected will tions and prove adequate the nickel-in-the-slot new proposed ordi- closely upon one sful operation in e Ogden ordinance vigorously as have been s for this city. The Ofden fought the legls- r eing defeated carried the courts, winning a victory ve trial court The authorities of Ogden were not dis- couraged, however, and carried the fight to the appeliate court of Utah. This tribunal sustained the ordinance which is pow in operation in the town of Ogden. The ordinance which Supervisor Mc- Carthy presented yesterday is modeled upon that of Ogden, but adapted to the Jocal restrictfons of the charter. It is as follows Requiring s license to be paid for operatin and maintaining teiephone in the city an county of San Francisco. phone ev Be it ordered by the people of the city and | ow | Reed, county of San Francisco as follo Bection 1 It shall be unlawful for any per- son. company Or COFPCration to operate and Taintain in the city and county of San Fran- Cisco sny telephone instrument for which a rental or charge is made. without first ob- faining ® license for each telephone. instru- ment so operated and maintained Sec. 2. Every person, COmMpany or corpora- tion who shall operate and maintain in the cf | ra | ty Francisco any telephone in- and county of San | strument mentioned in 1of ation of instru- the tor, the list to and name of give I individuals renting ments Any person, company or corporation provisions of this ordi- hall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or imprisonment for ne hundred days, or by both xuch fine and im- it and this ordinance shall take ef- its approval pri fect up This proposed ordinance was referred to the license committee and without delay will take the customary course of legl through the board. On Monday Supervisor McCarthy will introduce ing for an amendment to which the telephone mo- ial regulation and restriction. This v! strike at the very root of the evil and it goes without ng that it will r ceive popular as well as officlal approval. Lawyers thoroughly informed in consti tutional law are preparing the proposed order, and the City Attorney will be asked to give his opinion upon points in which there may be the slightest gquestion. It seems probable now that fifteen per cent of the electors who voted at the last municipal election must sign a petition if a special election is to be held. As the matter is of such vital importance, it is very likely that prominent citizens will confer wth Supervisor McCarthy and oth- ers relative to the best means of circulat- ing the petitjon. T CITY’S FINANCIAL WOE. Supervisors Still Struggle With Perplexing Questions. The recommendation of the Committee to shut off the lights of the city from March 1 to July 1 met with such a storm of opposition from citizens gen- erally at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors that it was decided to post- pone consideration until the next meet- ing. Many protests from improvement clubs and private citi- sens against placing the city in darkness for four months, and the board was ad- dressed by A. S. Lillie, president of the Mission Federated Clubs, who actel as | spokesman for all the protestants. Mr. Lillie thought that it would be a poor measure of economy to sive $80,000 by turning off the lights which would cause @ much greater loss to property owners by driving people away from the city. “It s a sad commentary on a munici- pality,” said Mr. Lillfe, ““that is about to issue $11,000,000 in bonds and yet is unable | to keep its streets lighted. There are other means to meet the deficlency the Finance Committee will only look for them. The Board of Health and other derarlmenu should be iInquired into for !mg salaries and creating positions, and the St. Mary's Park fund might utilized.” “‘Suppose the Finance Committee,” said “has found it impossible to find a way out of the difficulty?” “Well,” sald Lillle, “we've elected you gentiemen and I suppose we've got to stand the consequences,” which remark met with a general laugh. Supervisor Tobin stated that very little could be gained by scaling down salaries, as they were provided for In most cases ::g'nthe charter. was of the opinion it was absolutely necessary to shut forced to submit to super- | Finance | had been received | if | [nn the lights to help meet the deficiency. , January, 1900, from $158 to $128; same for sta- He suggested that the City Attorney bo ! bling four horses for the month of Januar | requested for_his opinion as to whether | from $§100 to $50; Roth, Blum & Co., rent of salaries for June could be carried o e Station, from $150 to under the charter until the nex: shoeing thus creating an artificial sur 000. If a favorable decision is ren et ard feeding one horse for January, from $25 to 320; Lewls & Spear, for repairing lamp on patrol t of throwing > alleged necessity It he streets in darkness may be avolded. | Wagon i e That e daiasie | o The appropriation of §5.000 allowed by |of ‘the B o T e malntenstcn of the board to the Board of Health until | pupils at the chool to be held over June 3is evidently in danger of being ré- | until July, and that the Police Department be duced, for when the resolutions on that | asked for informalon with a view to consolidat- point ‘came up for final passage Reed |ing some of the police stations moved that it be cut to $20,000. Tobin PETITIONS RECEIVED. amended by postponing consideration unt.l the next meeting, when it is expected the angle may be unraveled. & of bids for official advertis- | s also laid over until the opinion of the City Attorney may be obtained re- garding the validity of the specifications | in Brya The following petitions were received and referred to the Board of Public Work Martin Calmann, asking that appraisers be appointed ~to _ascertain value of property covered by St. Mary's Park condemnation suit; Precita Valley Improvement Club, for a sewer t street, between Twenty-sixth and inviting proposals that the newspaper bid- | Army; same, for a sewer in Hampshire street, ding must bear the label of the Allied | between Henry and Twenty-sixth: Flinn & Printing Tr Council. Treacy, on behalf of property owners, to bi- minize by private contract Hermann street, It w solvec sus; | tu < Vved to suspend temporarily e Buchanan agd Fillmore; the payment of all bills incurred by the | between agpd property city "Quring the preceding . rogime. unti] | QYOerS. for an electric light at H ‘street and such time as a means may be afforded | "cteenth avenue boutevar to pay creditors; and, further, that all | MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. moneys now In the general fund and avail- | Resolutions were adopted granting permis- | son to the San Francisco Brick Company able for this purpose be used for the ps o ment of any indebtedness incurred by this & | The application of the Hay and Coast Rail- SUPERVISORS, UNDAUNTED BY FAILURE, DRAFT A NEW LICENSING ORDER TO LIMIT TELEPHONE GREEDi |FELL DEAD ON THE blast on block 14, as per map A of the Castro treet addition; accepting the surrender by the | San Mateo Electric Rallway Company of that | portion of its franchise to operate a street | railway on Steuart street from the south line | of_Market to the north line of Howard to operate a | way Company for a franchise streets steam railroad across certain public of San Francisco was refused. A resolution was passed to print that the | Southern Pacific Railroad Company be notified | to forthwith remove the tracks of its road | | in the Mission district, which is operated with- | | out a franchise. ] Protests of property owners and of the| Brewers' Protective Assoclation against the extension of the present pound limits were re- ferred to the Board of Public Works. | The Board of Public Works was instructed | to recommend the discontinuance of the work | of paving of Oakwood street south from Eight- eenth street by the Union Paving and Con- | tracting Company by private contract. | Quimby & Harrelson were refused permission ‘ln blast on block 9 In the Flint tract until a proper bond has been executed by them. If Buller can cross the Tugela And capture the slippery Boer, He'll find that his name Wil be equal in fame To that of tha old ‘‘Jesse Moore. ;Aulmllnislr.ulr;n during the balance of this | al year. The city undertaker was directed to fur- | nish the board with a monthly statement, | giving the name and date of death of | persons buried by him as indigents, and also of all persons whose bodies are de- livered by him to medical colleges and institutions where the remains of indigent dead are used for scientific investigations. The demands of janitors for ctober and December, 1899, aggregating $1514 85, were ordered approved, subjéct to a uni- form reduction to meet the money on hand available to liquidate them, amount- | Ing to $1235. An ordinance consenting to the aban- | donment_by the San Francisco and 'San | Mateo Electric Railway Company of a | portion of its franchise on Steuart street | was re-referred to the street committee to insert a clause requiring the company to tear up the tracks and put the street In | its original condition. The Board of Public Works was re- quested to examine into and report upon | the petition of the Hospital Lot Park Im- provement Club, requesting the clearing | away of rubbish and the planting with trees and grass of a lot bounded by Wal- ler, Ridley, Steiner and Scott streets. The City Attorney was requested to render an opinion as to the validity of | the order requiring property owners to place at all street crossings signs bearing the names of cross streets. | The request of South San Francisco Im- provement Club for a sixteen-room brick schoolhouse in that district was referred to the Board of Education for examina- t fon. The superintendents of the Whittier Re- | form School, Boys and Girls’ Aid Society, Preston School of Industry and Magda- len Asylum were requested to file with each demand on the treasury for the care of inmates, such information as will al- low the board to certify to the correct- ness of the demands; also to inform the board when the city will be relleved from maintaining the inmates. The bill authorizing the Auditor to em- ploy four extra clerks at $100 per month to held at the pleasure of the board was laid over for one week. Reed objected to | assuming any new obligations in the face of the city’s financial troubles, and it de- \“Plop{eld that the clerks are already em- ployed. The ordinance flxlns the wages of la- borers in the street department at $2 50 | per day for eight hours was passed to print. The street committee recommended that | Gray Brothers abate all nuisances com- | plained of in connection with their blast- ing and rock crushing, within ninety days, or its permit be revoked; also that the tracks of the Southern Pacific Com- pany in the Mission district be declared a public nuisance and abated. The lice Committee recommended that the following bills be reduced: C. Westphal, stabling and feeding eight the heirs of the Crellin Estate Com- horses and hospital expenses for the month of | pany of Oakland, which floated all the CAMILLE JARVILLE ~ mille d'Arville, the famous vaude- HE rumor of the engagement of Ca- one of ville star, to E. W. Crellin, OWNS TO THE PRIMA DONNA ‘way from Philadelphia, where Miss d’Ar- ville Is now playing, was yesterday con- firmed by the prospective groom. ‘Yes, it is true that I am to marry Miss d@’Arville,” said Mr. Crellin. “We have known each other for six or seven years, and when she was playing at the Orpheum in November and December of last year we became engaged. “The wedding date has not been set as yet. I intend to go East and join Miss d’Arville early in the summer, and we will be married on my arrival there.” Mr. Crellin is one of the best known young men In Oakland. He 18 superintend- ent of the Morgan Oyster Company and president of the Ruby Hill Vineyard Com- | after saying a few ! Miss Mary Ford Expires on Her Way Dr.PIERCE'S | GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY 15 A TRU MUSCLE MAKIN . MEDICINE It makes muscle by health It makes health by curing the dis- eases which undermine the strength. The starting place of physical de- terioration and ;:lkl_ is generally the stomach. e " Discovery ” itively cures diseases of the m?; and organs of digestion and nutsh- tion. Take “Golden Medical Dis- covery” and you'll get well and STEPS OF A CHURCH G Home After a Visit to the - Confessional. Miss Mary J. Ford, who conducted a variety store at 2572 Market street, died of heart disease on the steps of St. Igna- | tius Church yesterday afternoon. The woman, who was very pious, had just been to confession and was passing ovt of the church on her way to her heme when death overtook her. Miss Ford has been under the treatment of Dr. C. C. Mohun for some time. Her ailment was heart disease, and she wus about to have an operation performed. Yesterday she went to confession, and rayers In the church assed out of the door. She was about alf-way down the fong flight of stone stalrs when she was seen to topple over and fall. When help was at the side of the unfortunate woman she was dead. Miss Ford was 44 years of age and has relatives in this cit —_———— WHEELS OF JUSTICE ARE BADLY CLOGGED | | | Lack of Stenographers Causes Delay | | | | in Criminal Trials and Attor- neys Are Complaining. The practice of trying all misdemeanor cases In two of the four Police Courts and felony cases in the other two courts is not working well. It was started oe- cause of a lack of stenographers, but the Police Judges say it is worse than before. There are so many felony cases in Judge Mogan's court that it will be a consii- erable time before they are all reached, and as a result the attorneys of defend- ants are protesting against their clients | being kept in prison an unnecessarily long | time. Some of them threatened yesterday to apply for writs of habeas corpus in the Superior courts. In the case of L. R, Hare, charged with | felony embezzlement on complaint of Dr. ‘Walters, it was announced yesterday that | Come Just to Look Big Value it will take ten days at least to examine Chinaware all the witnesses. M. M. Estee represents | the defendant and Attorneys J. J. Dunn | Crockery an . Sweeney the complaining wit- | ness. The case had to be contipued tll Glassware to-morrow as three other cases had pre- cedence, and they waited upon the Mayor Lamps to urge on behalf of the bar that another | stenographer be appointed so as not fo Ornaments clog the wheels of justice. Judge Conlan is in a similar predicament. Novelties e b Clocks Patriotic Mission Parlor. To-morrow night Mission Parlor of the | Native Sons of the Golden West will hold an open meeting in its hall on Seven- teenth street, near Valencia., when there will be a patriotic entertainment, a smoker and high jinks in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the “father of his country.” The entertain- ment has been arranged for the members | and their gentlemen friends. —_————— Finest Service on the Coast. Theatrical people say this of Zinkand's. They | never come to 'Frisco without visiting there. * | ————— American Miners Abroad. | The steamer Coptic brought from Korea | 1840 sacks of ore concentrates consigned to Selby’s Smelting Works. This precious cargo came from the mines of an Ameri- | can syndicate in Korea, and is the second similar consignment within a few months. The syndicate has secured from the | Korean Government valuable mineral and | agricultural land thousands of acres in | Come Just to Look. (ireat American Juporting Tea Co Stores Everywhere, 100 Stores. 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