The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 1, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANC — S 02400000000 00000e0 BEAT HER BECAUSE SHE ROBBED HIM Charles Brown Charged With As- sault With a Deadly Weapon on Etta Fitzgibbon. furrow as s chips.” It e eye to turn No wonder t and feeding his team be! work is practical does not the farmer t v as he treats the land b ts back in phos- P es out in crops, or the far The farmer € body the vital e labor. If he does e of Dr. Pierce’s overy is in its vital- ives strength to the 1, »plies Nature d up the crops, g nd after takin T went to w the use of i Pleasant Pellets invigor- ch, liver and bowels. Use m when you require a pill CAPE NOME MACHINERY and SUPPLIES. AMALGAMATORS, Ste ¥ fugal AMZLGAMATORS. AMALGAMATOR. rat 1 S ROTARY EEACH GOLD €O CENTRATOR. < All the Gold by gravit No quick sts, Cent > SFPARATOR. : Ma PLATES FOR SAVING GOLD. r ige, 3 Hardie place, er and Bush street ENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. perfectly. In opera- BYRON JAC EAM PUMPS water for sluice boxes; nas, 33 Market st SAND © Bearing Sands ENGI™ES, BOILERS. ETC. HAMILTON, Engines and Boflers; es on the coast. Pine & Dav TENTS AND .OVERS. LE & CO.. manufacturers, bags, tents, 31 and 3 California st e S Jnan MRS. W. H.L. BARNES, FORMERLY M | disease i supposed to be the cause of ROMANCE N THE LIFE OF MRS. BARNES Weds First Husband in Paris Where She Was Known as a Beauty. e MEETS GENERAL IN DENVER e Comes to San Francisco to Attend Knights Templar Convention. Second Marriage Follows Divorce in the East. el Ay LAk HE marriage of General Willlam H. L. Barnes to Mrs. Anna M. Scott, telegraphed from the East Tues- day evening, was the ruling topic of conversation in San Francisco | clubs yesterday afternoon. To ail but a | very limited chosen few the announce- | ment came as an utter surprise, and even | those who knew of the general's matri- | monial intentions and his unshaken at- tachment for Mrs. Scott were in complete | ignorance of the romantic incidents which e association of both parties to Ex-Sergeant Major Gaughran of the | fhe marsiane o Regular Army Captures | the Plum. ex-sergeant mafor U. S. A, was last ster of the Po- al meeting of He was ordered RS. ANNA SCOTT. S S A A S YD W A ) | POLICE BOARD APPOINTS A NEW DRILL MASTER D e R e I S e o | summation there is hardly an episode in with the colors of romance. quaintanceship began with a railroad journey. Then followed an association which was characterized by the slow, sober and staid pace of a friendship of people in the fall of life. Love, more ar- dent and with a quicker beat, train. when General a member of ten ars and r his bravery men in an was warmly ¢ arill master | and in New York C ivan and | and wife. rmy | Al Bohemia—at least the bachelor end were ap- Barnes and hig present became husband ty time congratulations are speeding across wires to the mariizd coaple. General Barnes numbers his friends by the host, and wherever he appeared, on the forum, the political rostrum or in a corner of his favorite club, surrounded by als friends, he was always the favorite. of Commis- and Penston to give its con- of an_ elabo & 1 f: Police ‘I Famous for Bor Beauty. ter's retiremen: fic While the assoclation of General Barnes ers of the de-|and Mrs. Scott is replete with incidents of color, light and shade, the real interest centers in the iife of the newly made bride. Early in the sixties an American woman known as Mme. Welsh was estab- lished in Paris and was well known to the American colony. She had two daughters, one of whom, ‘“Marie Antoinette,” a girlof 14 at that time, was famous for her child- like beauty and was the talk of all Amer- icans who made the French capital their porary home. Frank Scott, a young which ers of o s of t the memb the charter. reorganize the det up, and ing art in Paris and tooK up his residence comparing with Mme. Welsh. s with @ view | His Parisian education finished, Scott upper office.” The | returned to_his native city, but he did wed by the new | not forget the fair face of “‘Marie Antoi- for nette.” Paris and its associations still unds. | clung fast to his memory and he returned to Europe, thi time to bring “Marle An- toinette”’ Welsh back to Toledo as his bride. In that city Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived the life of people of fashion, the husband acquiring a cilentele in his pro- fession that proved both remunerative and soctally advantageous. Occasionally Mrs. Scott would take trips either to the PRESIDIO GARRISON AT MONTHLY MUSTER Transport Thomas to Carry Away a > East or California. Number of Hospital Corps Men, | First Met in =1 Suypoons anil e | Mre. Scott's meeting with General e monthly muster of the| garnes was accidental. In 1883, at the Presidio was held. The | time of the Knights Templar crusade to on the last day of every | this city for their grand triennialconclave, rpose is to furnish data | Mr. and Mrs. Scott were in the party. General Barnes, chosen as a delegate to receive the visitors, went to Denver to meet the advance guard. There he was introduced to the Scotts and on the trip west passed most of his time in their company. Captivated by Mrs. Scott's charm and brilllancy, the general per- suaded both husband and wife to be his guests during thelr stay in San Francisco. All the hotels at this time being packed ut of the payroll, so i is s F and Batte S hom. | with the army of visitors who came to the re. | the coast for the conventlon, General Barnes' invitation was graciously ac- of the | cepted corps, The convention over, Frank Scott re- Batters | turned East, but his wife remained in this city, living at the Palace at first and sub- sequently at a private hotel on Sutter o-Aay | Street. General Barnes’' and Mrs. Scott's < ‘Onder | acquaintance had ripened into a friend- " Glenn, | Ship and the two saw very much of each other. Licute ey, Twenty n” H. Potter, accompany the | Scott Gets a Divorce. Three years after campment of the Knights Templar, Scott secured a divorce from his wife in To- John P. Kelly | Secu “,"\"“:‘\‘,"\\.a’?.“"o"“fi‘., of high position and reputed to be very ing her next trip to | Wealthy. - Mre g Assistant Surgeon | MT* aa edered th oy | tinued to make this city Ot | Then came the death of Mrs, Barnes a on the transport ff.“i ym{;hngn.”snm;‘y after the gsne{‘al i o had laid his wife to her eternal rest his Surgeons Willlam O. | affection for Mrs. Scott asserted it- o “l‘“"f“_ R |self. To those who knew them well 1 qualter R |but one ending to their romantic at- pJduty on the | tachment was expected. Both of General men from. (he | Barnes; sons knew of the attachment and omen from the | were on most friendly terms with Mrs, e at| gogtt. William S. was the recipient of at the training | many congratulations vesterday. The other son John is now a commissioned officer, fighting the_ Filipinos for Uncle x Actin tant lan uis R. Burgess, Fifth ported back from sick | Sarec The mareia; = : arriage had been expected by jgned to temporary 5 e o neempOTary | them for many months. In a few days the general and his bride will arrive in San Francisco. His friends | are now in the midst of preparations to | seal his romance with a fitting welcome. ing his return to his regi- n R. Graham, paymaster, d to proceed to Manila by Thomas. St orders o peacuea™o the | MANY SCHOOL JANITORS = e e e S WILL BE DISMISSED r\h«)dr ‘Hn will(l be away the re- e s Fifteen Slated for Decapitation at a Meeting of School Directors and Board of Works. At a joint meeting of the Board of Ed- ucation and the Board of Public Works vesterday afternoon, it was decided to —_— e | SWALLOWED CARBOLIC ACID. Miss Elizabeth Ewald, School Tacher, Victim of a Mistake. The careless handling of medicine bot- tles d in another death vesterday, | dismiss fifteen janitors now employed in he unfortunate victim this time being | the public schools at to-morrow’s mect- Miss Elizabeth Ewald, daughter of kd- | ing of the last-named board. Commission- d the president of the Sunny- | et Company. | vas continuaily dosing her- e drug or other. Her last as for carbolic acid, a fluld ppreciated greatly on account | fying qualities, and. which, .‘nlymrnm. she was using as a rgle ers Mendell and Manson and Mark, Kincald, Denman and Cass scanned the full Iist of janitors, and ea. name was considered separately. 0! Impr Miss E (‘i Reports janitors were also produced and resulfed in_the joint decision. President Mark declined to disclose the names of those selected for officfal de- capitation, and _Commissioner Manson sald the full list had not been determinod upon. Superintendent of Public Bulldings Bar- nett was directed to visit the schools where there are two janitors employed with a view of dispensing with one of them if he finds it advisable. —_———— The Talk of the Town. To-morrow 1000 pairs child’s tan shoes, 50c, worth $125. Standard Shoe Co., 102 | Market, bet. Sixth and Seventh streets, * ————— MRS. BOTKIN’S APPEAL. Transcript in the Celebrated Case Filed in the Supreme Court. The transcript in the appeal of Cor- della Botkin, under sentence for life for poisoning Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dunning by the means of poisoned candy sent | through the mail, was filed in the Su- reme Court yesterday by the attorneys or the woman. The transeript is a huge ¥ morning Miss Ewald ched for the bottle which ained her throat gargle. z the label of the vial | the unfortunate woman put the bottle to | her lips and drank of the contents, which appened to be carbolic acid without the glycerine. The cries of the unfortunate woman brought the members of her fam- | Two medical students, R. C. Cholson, who live adjoining house, were summoned and did all they could for the suffercr, who lingered for mearly two hours and | ald, who lived with her family Tenth avenue, had been connected he public schools of this city. A | vear ago she was placed on the unas-| signed list of teachers. Deceased was 32 | years of age. el SR L I Found Dead in Bed. Luigi Ferrarl of 800 Seventh street was | found dead in bed yesterday morning and the body was taken to the Morgue. Heart | death. The deceased was a native of | volume of 947 pages. A large albi Italy, 5 years old. 33 pages, containing shotoggapl:s %’tn 1"]{ i s 1N IR R R, the exhibits introduced in the case, was filed with the other documents. It is not likely that the matter will be taken up by the court until the July term. In the meantime Mrs. Botkin is kept in the branch County Jail. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, | Swollen, Tirea, Sweating, Aching Feet. 3),000 testimontals. At all druggists and shoe tores, 2%. Ask to-day. Sample FREE. Address Al- len S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. X. —— e Standard Optical Co., 217 Kearny st., leading | opticians. All work guaranteed; prices low, * From the first meeting to the final con- the life of the two that is not tinctured | Thelr ac- | came in | 1l faster was the consymmation | bride were railroaded across the continent | of it—is mourning its loss; yet at the same | tect of Toledo, Ohio, was then study- | the celebrated en-| He is now living in Buffalo, a man | Scott, save for short journeys, con- | her residence. | regarding the efficiency of some of tha | ISCO CALL, BESSE EVANS TRAGI DEATH STIRS MADERA Townspeople Who Knew the Little Waitress Speak Well of Her. —_— EDITOR NUGENT CONDEMNED B m el Claim Made That Affidavits Have Been Procured From Physicians ‘Which Will Prove Kut- ner’s Innocence. Zapyon Spectal Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Feb. 28.—Excitement over the | tragic death of Bessie Evans and the train | | of sensations following it has not sub- | | sided in the least. The residents of the | | little town of Madera, Including mer- | | chants, bankers, business and professional men, women and even children have but | ! one topic of conversation and that is the | death of the popular waltress. The ghost | of little Bessie Evans will not down. i < R - lw@—rors P+ O es-eoe9 B e i S o S A o B o I o B S e S i e LOUIS KUTTNER. @edeoedeo et 0‘ | i | Louis Kiitner, the young man whom the | citizens’ mass-meeting denounced as be- | ing responsible for the girl's death, was | on close terms with the waltress, but no- | | body suspected that their relatjons were | more than those of ordinary friendship. He talked to her frequently and she, hav- ing a bright word for all, usually replied in a light vein Conversation Overheard. The true story of the suicide brought | out many facts not heretofore published. | Bert Bliss, who was sleeping in a room adjoining Kutner's, heard a scream and | some one say, “Lou, I've done {t.” | next instant he heard Kutner say God, Bessie, what have you done?" girl had swallowed the deadly ecarbolic | acid and made her way, dress. in night- | clothes and with bare feet, from her own room to Kutner's. This was early in the | | morning. \ | Friends Called “Buzzards.” The feeling against the young man re- | ulted in a meeting of women at whlch: little was said or done. Next dnf' the Weekly Times appeared, and in a column, !under the heading of “‘Snapshots,’™ re- | ferred to the women who held the meeting | and other friends of the dead girl as “A | gang of human buzzards.” In the same column the paper declared | that Miss Evans was not the first girl | that had died for love and would not be the last. Further on it advised the gos- | sips “of both the hemale and shemale | varfety” not to express opinions deroga- !or¥1 of their neighbors. | The publication in the Times was the | | first printed comment on the suicide and it goaded the friends of the girl and the | women of the town almost to desperation. | They could no longer conceal thelr pent | up Indignation. The pastors of the town, } Rev. W. B. McElwee of the Presbyterian | Church, Rev. W. S. Phillips of the Meth- | | odist Church and Rev. D. Jenks of the Episcopalian Church, preached sermons upor the suicide and the movement the! women were making to set a better moral | standard for the community. The man who betrayed the innocent and confiding | | confidence of a young girl and he who | | condoned were dencunced in unsparing | terms. In his pulpit Mr. McElwee was unsparing in his expression of contempt for the paper which sought to condone | | an uncondonable offense and so viciously | outraged the moral sense of every decent man and woman in the town. In all the | pulpits announcements were made of | Monday evening’s meeting and the con- gregations were urged to attend and lend their support. Meeting of Citizens. | The meeting was attended by many of | | the leading citizens of Madera and was | | thoroughly representative. The Presby- | | terfan Church was crowded to the doors | and people who could not secure admis- | | slon stood outside in the hope of hearing | what was said. The resolutions condem- natory of Kutner and J. E. Nugent, edi- tor of the Times, were adopted ‘without opposition. Nugent is taking an active interest in Kutner's defense and clalms that he has secured afdavits from reputable physi- | clans to prove from a medical standpoint | that Kutner is free from blame. Accord- ing to the statements of the physicians themselves, however, the afidavits are not conclusive. Nugent says the mass | meeting was intended to ruin him. Kut- ner's friends say there has been no evi- dence of a positive nature to show that he was in any way responsible for the death of the girl. They say the notes Written by her do not indicate anything more than love for Kutner. Kutner has not yet returned to Madera. The excitement is growing rather than subsiding. Threats are openly made on the streets. The sentiment of the com- munity is undoubtedly very strong against Kutner and Nugent. KUTTNER DENIES ALL RESPONSIBILITY Leon Kutner came to San Francisco nearly a week ago to attend the wedding | of his sister, which was celebrated last | Sunday, and he is still in town. While naturally disturbed over the charges against him he declares he was never anything more than a good friend to the girl who is said to have taken her life because of her love for him. “T had known Miss Evans for about a vear,” sald Mr. Kutner yesterday, “and always considered her a respectable, vir- tuous _girl, and her untimely death has caused no change in my opinion. There was never any talk of love between us, however, and my relations with her were only those of a friend. She was of a | somewhat melancholy disposition and | often sald she would like to get out of the | hotel business because people looked down on her as a waitress. T told her it was no disgrace to be a waitress and tried to cheer her up. About a week befors this thing occurred she told me she had de- cided to kill herself. I talked her out of the idea, for good, as I thought. She asked me to take charge of her money and I did so, after trying to get her to lace it in the bank. T think she gave me i and afterward drew $5. “The report printed in the papers this morning to the effect that she had ad- dressed a letter and a poetic quotation to 1 | they | McEnerney’'s objection, me before swallowing the poisort is not entirely correct. The letter probably was | addressed to me, although I have not seen | it. The poetry she had copled from some publication a week or two previous to her ideath and she showed it to me at that time. | _“I repeat I never had an[flrelltlonn with | the gfr! except those of endship. She was a food girl and the only reason I can assign for her act is that of de- spondency resulting from continual brood- ing over her position in society.” THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900. FAR TOLD HER OF HS * MARRIACE Mrs. Craven-Fair's Daughter Objected to It Being Kept From the Public. e SENATOR ASKED FOR TIME e Said He and Her Mother Were as Much Man and Wife as Though the Ceremony Were Cried From the Housetops. g Mrs. Margaret Craven-Koehler testified in behalf of her mother yesterday in the Craven-Falr litigation, now pending be- fore Judge Troutt. There was a simpli- city about her manner and an entlre | frankness about her general demeanor that at once created the impression that she was telling a straight, truthful and | unvarnished tale of the relations sald to | have existed between her mother and the late Senator Fair. If her story is true her testtmony would | ’-0—0-0—0+0—0—0+0—0—0+0—0—0+0—~M4—0-0—0—0—0+0+0+0 B e e o e e I ORI R SR SR SO = + MRS. MARGARET D R R e e B I S S R 2 ) CRAVEN-KOEHLER. 09000000000+ 00609+6+60600008 030000 PROFESSOR MOSES IS CALLED TO WASHINGTON BERKELEY, Feb. 2% —Professor Ber- nard Moses was to-night hastily sum- moned to Washington to consult with President McKinley in regard to his an- ticipated appointment upon the new Phil- g0 a long way toward proving absolutely that Mrs. Craven-Falr is the widow of | the dead millionaire and theretore entitled | to a share of his vast estate. It is hard | to belleve that one who so completely dis- | arms suspicicn as to her veracity and who | is so charmingly simple in her manner- isms is a conspirator in league with her | mother to plunder an estate upon which | have no legal claim. If she is all that the Falr attorneys hint she is they can make up their minds after | their experience of yesterday that she is one of the most dangerous subjects with | which they will have to deal. | Charmed Attorney Pierson. “ Eliminating any suggestion as to the truth or falsity of Mrs. Koehler's stor: she was an ideal witness. Even Attorney Pierson, who has conducted the cros: | examination for the Fair side of the liti- gation, treated her with marked consfld-! eration. Once or twice when he evinced | & disposition to be unduly severe in his | questions she-swayed him from his pur- | pose with a smile or completely dxscon-} certed him with a little by-play of words. There was considerable comedy in the | proceedings yesterday, especially when | the witness was being cross-examined as | to her theatrical career. Asked what | company she was connected with during the latter part of 1593 she took time to refresh her memory and then without cal- culating the effect her answer might have on the Judge and the audience she frankly | replied: | “Oh, now I know. I played with ‘Tne Other Man' that year.” | “And how long did ‘The Other Man’ | last?” inquired Mr. Pierson “He did not very long; he was not very successful.” By this time the court- room was in an uproar. At another time she stated she playing in “Settled Out of Court.” Snerney suggested the subject was hard on_the lawyers, but easy on the Judge. ““‘Was there a mother represented in that piece?” inquired Mr. Plerson. | “Or a trustee?’ added Lafe Pence, with a great deal of sarcasm. Resents an Insinuation. Much that Mrs. Koehler wanted to tell about the Craven-Fair marriage was not admitted In evidence. The Judge wouid | not permit her to relate any of the coen- | versation between herself and mother | | concerning the contract or the circum- stances under which it was shown her. She testified that she had known Sena- | tor Fair as far back as she could remem- | ber anything. The contract was identified | and the witness sald she saw it for the first time in June, 1892, when her mother handed it to her in New York City. | Arguing against the admission of evi- | | dence on the conversation that occurred | between the witness and Mrs. | Craven- Fair at the time, Attorney McEnerney took occasion tc refer to the ‘bogus | widow clause” in the Fair will whicn was recently the subject of a Supreme Court | decision. This aroused the anger of Mrs. Koehler, and she resented the lawyer's remark. ‘ “Senator Fair did not write that clause, Mr. McEnernay, and know it she | snapped, and by ‘way of emphasis stamped | her foot on the floor. | Much legal quibbling resulted from Mr. but the Judge finally ruied his way. Attorney Pence of- | fered to prove by the witness that ac far | back_as 1592 Mrs. Craven-Fair had 1 her daughter of the Sausalito ceremony, and said his purpose was to contradict the statement that the story was a con- spiracy of recent hatching. Judge Troutt. | however, stayed with his ruling, and vould not admit the testimony. Fair Admitted the Marriage. “I returned to California during the lat- ter part of 18327 continued the witness. “I saw Senator Fair-a few days later in our apartments. I remember it as d tinctly as though it were yesterday. il stepped up to me and, extending his hand, { said: ‘How do you like your new father? 1 replied that 1 did not like the idea of . and refused to shake hands with . He told me it would be all right in a little while, and so it would have beea had he lived. I remember also that he sald he and mother were as much man and wife as though it were cried from the housetops.” According to Mrs. Koehler, Senator. Fair offered her money and letters of credit on many occaslons, but she never accepted. She visited once at his office to get him to sign a document for her mother. When she first entered he was overjoyed that she took enough interest in the *‘old man”™ | to visit him, and was greatly disappointed | when he learned that she called on busi- ness. Lee Craig. the notary, will be put on the witness stand when the case is called this morning. —— It Was Grand Larceny. The Supreme Court has refused to In- terfere in the case of Samuel de Graaff, who was convicted in this city of grand larceny and sentenced to flve years’ im- risonment® De Graaff promised to obtain gur M. W. Healy a position on the local olice force and induced him to part with &00 claiming that the money was to be used to “Influence” certain persons. The appeal was taken on the ground that if a crime had been committed it was not grand_larceny. The higher court hoids that the crime comes within the scope of grand larceny. —_—e—————— A Pugilistic Waiter. John Robinson, a walter, appeared be- fore Judge Cabaniss yesterday on charges of obstructing the sidewalk and battery. Monday night_the waiters in Marston's restaurant on Market street went out on strike and gathered on the sidewalk in front of the place. Marston telephoned to the Southern police station and Police- man Beamer was sent to disperse the crowd. Robinson refused to move on and struck the officer. The Judge convicted Robinson of ‘batterv and dismissed the other charges. He will be sentenced to- day. For Wireless Steering. An English invention for steering any cratt, whether submerged or otherwise, by means of an ether wave on the wireless telecrah pri ciple has been perfected. In naval war it expected to make the torpedo boat almost nf lible. In this respect it will equal the great American dyspepsia cure—Hostetter's Stomach Bitters—which never fails to cure constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, fe- ver and ague. Every one needs it and all druggists sell it. BEECHAM'SPILLS 10 cents and 25 cents, at all drug stores. ippine Commissfon, and the professor will leave on the morning train for the capital. The notification to hurry to Washington came In the shape of a telegram from United States Senator George C. Perkins telling Professor Moses that his appoint- ment upon that commission was being considered by President McKinley and that the President wished to consult with him upon the matter immediately, and asking him to hurry to Washington at once. The telegram did not arrive until this evening and Professor Moses at once made arrangements to depart to-morrow morning. It is believed from the tenor of the tele- gram from Senator Perkins that Presi- ent McKinley has decided that he will appoint Professor Moses and that he is only waliting for a personal conference with him in order to ascertain his views upon the civil government to be estab- lished for the islands before he announces the appointment to the Senate. KIMIC DESERTED HIS WIFE TO AVOID WORK ALAMEDA, Feb. 28.—Miss Sophle A. Ohme and Charles R. Kimic were married in San Jose in September, 1898. Threa months later Kimic left his wife in a man- ner that was unique and now she is suing for divorce for desertlon. Young Kimic and his wife lived hap for a time with his parents at San J Later he secured a position as brakeman on the rallroad and the couple came to Alameda to live. Kimic had not been ac- customed to work and soon there was trouble. He confided to friends that mar- ried life had no charms for him. In May of last year Kimic drew all the salary coming to him and left town and wife, also a letter stating that he wculd never come back. He rald he ldbved her more than she could know, but that he could not longer endure the hardships of a brakeman’s life. Mrs. Kimic has never seen her husband since. JURY SECURED FOR MRS. KINSNER'S CASE Feb. 28.—The following jury was secured late this afternoon in Judge Ellsworth's court to try the $50,000 damage sult of Mrs. Helena E. Kinsner against the Oakland Transit Company: A. A. Williams, O. F. Breiling, Otto Emmerson, A. T. Newth. W. D. Thomas, S. Back- rach, J. R. Taylor, S. A. Cohen, C. L. Broadwater, John H. Chipman, B. Ru ley and Charles Flatman. Mrs. Kinsner's chief ground for damages is the allegation that the injuries she received by being violently thrown from a suddenly strating | car resulted fatally to her unborn child | a month after the accident last July. —_———————— Queer Land Suit Begun. OAKLAND, Feb. 25.—Rather unusual proceedings were begun in the Superior Court to-day by William and Fannie Tip- ton to compel Minnie Belle Briggs to ac- count for the rents and profits of property | at West Oakland purchased at Sheriff's sale by Mrs. Briggs last April. In May of last year, after the Sheriff's sale, Ida B. Smith, former owner of the land, con- veyed to th= Tiptons, who have since made a demand on Mrs. Briggs for_the | last April. Mrs. rents collected since Hence the suit. Briggs refused to pay ‘! MRS. BURDETTE ADDRESSES | YOUNG WOMEN STUDENTS BERKELEY, Feb. 25.—Mrs. Robert J. Burdette addressed the young lady stu- dents of the University of California In Hearst Hall this morning ¢n “The Ideal Wife.” She sald the ideal wife was the one who, though she enters into matters which will benefit the world, will make her home work pre-eminent above all others. She said her ideal wife was the one spoken of by Solomon. She called espacial attention to the power of woman- hood, and said that her progress will be signal, not by the degradation of man but by the advancement of man and woman. Rev. Robert Burdette made a few hu- morous remarks, in which he said that fn the chapter of Proverbs, which Mrs. Burdette mentioned, the husband Is men- tioned only once, and that when it sald, ‘“‘Her husband sitteth in the gates.” This impressed him because that would seem to be all that was necessary for a man having such a wife. He would have no other place to go when she was house- cleaning. HORACE DAVIS WILL DISCUSS STARR KING OAKLAND, Feb. 23.—‘"Life and Service of Thomas Starr King” is the title of a lecture to be delivered by the Hon. Hor- ace Davis of San Francisco before the Starr King Fraternity on Friday evening, March 2. Mr. Davis had a personal ace quaintance with Starr King. On March 23 and 30 and April § John Fryer, professor of Oriental languages and literature at the State Universit will deliver three lectures before the fra. ternity on commercial subjects relating to China. - e SAYS CITY VIOLATES THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW OAKLAND, Feb. 8.—S. W. Ketchell ap- peared before the Board of Public Works to-day and protested against the violation of the eight-hour law by the city in ses lecting labor for sewer work. Gity At- torney Dow declared that all such work is let by public contract, and that the city has no control over the labor em- ployed. It is probable that the unions will proceed against the contractors who | are engaged on city work and who are | working their men over eight hours in | violation of the State law. | EASTERN STAR IN THE REALM OF MIKADC [ QS | OAKLAND, Feb. 2.—The entertain- ment of Oakland Chapter, Order of East- | ern Star, “An Evening In Japan,” will | take place at the Masonic Temple on | Thursday evening of this week. The affair is looked forward to with great ex- pectancy. The feature of the evening will be & fan drill by twenty-four of Oak- land’s fairest daughters.. A Japanese high tea will also be given and dancing will follow. e Lecture on New Zealand. ew Zealand, a Land of Scenic Splen- dors,” was the title of the Lick lecture | delivered last night before the Soclety of | Ploneers by Isaac Selby. The address | was entirely descriptive of New Zealand, | its history, people and scenery, and proved very interesting to the large nu r of | people who had gathered in Ploneer Hall | to listen to it. A good suit made to your measure $13.50. And a good overcoat at the same . price. The suits are made In six styles and the overcoats in two— you have your choice of .any par- ticular one. They are each $17.50 values— our price is $13.50 because we can afford to sell them for that. Here is how we afford it: Bought the cloth long before trade prices went up—bought largely at low i figures. i Then we make the clothes a 1 special price. The amount saved through these channels is $4.00. You'll see it’s so when you see the suits. Samples freely given—ask for them. Out-of-town orders filled—get the samples through our Catalogue No. 2. S. N. WooD & Co. 718 Market Street and Cor. Powell and Eddy.