The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 23, 1900, Page 10

10 THE FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 2 1900. MUCH MYSTERY FOLLOWS THE SUDDEN DEATH OF BENEVOLENT MRS. TOWNSEND . Mrs. EllaMurray, : Who Claims to ¢ Be Her Daugh- { ter, Appears on: the Scene. Q Last Thoughts : Were for the ! Flag,the Native - * Sons and Ad- . . 4 mission Day. . @ EEEEES ¢ en death of Mrs. A. ¢ Townsend, announced ex- ¢ clusively in The Call yester- s developed an after- | 4 ystery. A daughter | ! m no one had ever heard has | [ ddenly and mysterious- | scene, assumed charge of o s of the funeral, taken 4 Townsend home on o jed adm “ ate friends of the lady e mother ® ¥ . 1@+T 4040000000000 0404 0004040404000 04-0400000004 060000040 B R R T SRS S S SR P California- Street HouseGuarded and Admission Is Denied to Her Friends. Leaves an Es- tate of Nearly Half a Million, All Disposed Of by Testament. officer and a fireman were detailed to guard the house. The police first secured all the doors and windows to keep out in- vaders. The fireman took up his post im- mediately inside the front door and the officer stood on the outside. Each person wha applied for admittance was required to give his name to the policeman and he in his turn presented it to Mrs If the party was objectionable swer was given that no one was allow 2d inside the house and the officer commu- ated this decision to the person in iting. Some few were admitted. but n w most who visited the house were obliged | to return to their homes without having passed the threshold of the now gloomy FINE WHITE BLANKETS. SPECIAL NOTICE. This week we will commence our ANNUAL SALE of FINE WHITE BLANKETS, and will offer them much cheaper than theu can be bought for later in the season. These Blankets were all made to our special order by the Golden Gate Woolen Mills of this city, They are all’ pure wool, with handsome borders. The ends are bound with fine silk ribbon, 3 inches in width. Theuy are in all sizes, from 5 feet to 7 feet 8 inches wide, and the prices are from $3.75 to $15.00 per pair. mansion. The fireman detailed on the premises seemed more to serve In the capacity of a lackey than in that of a fire fichter. He simply opened the front door and closed | it again when anyone passed in or out. No instructions were given him that would lead him to believe he was there to protect the premises from fire. Chief of Police Sullivan visited the house in the afternoon and Immediately after his departure two detectives re- mained closeted on the premises for a short time. | Result of the Autopsy. Yesterday afternoon Dr. T. B. W. Le- land held an autopsy on the body of Mrs. Townsend and found that death was due to hypertrophy dilatation of the heart. At the inquest it developed that Mrs. Town- | ’ send, in company with Miss Rattigan, had | P sited the Grand Opera-house on Satur- | ¢ evening. During the performance she Housekeepers will save from $1.50 to $5.00 per pair in purchasing their Blankets now. We call attention to our Window Display of above goods. ANISSNELLIE RATTIGAN . a complained of not feeling well, and she and her companion retired before the play i\ THE DEAD WOMAN AND THE TWO OTHERS WHO ARE JEALOUSLY was concluded. Miss Rattigan returned with Mrs. Townsend to her home and re- D R S e R SR e S 4 GUARDING THE REMAINS. & | mained with her untll midnight, when \ 4 | finding that her friend was resting easier >t e e e et et ed BE O WO W T S0 O e ) D o SPe b she left for her own home, on Clay street. ey & *7 % R EDe e e Shortly after Miss Rattigan left Mrs. (39&‘ I am sorry | the banners is a Bear flag and the other | “I want you to come with me,” she sald, Townsend's Chinese domestic was roused to discuss. My full | is the national colors, and they are to be | “to Mrs. Townsend's house. Something |by his mistress’ bell. The Chinaman C the standards of th lor in the big parade Murray and m rmy and Navy Par- | has happened to her.” | found Mrs. Townsend i1l and suffering, | My mothe “Who are you?" sald Mrs. Murray. “I|and at her request went to summon Miss | her man than No Hint of Relationship, [ don’t know you and I will not go with | Rattigan. When Miss Rattigan arrived I, u3, 1us, 17, 19, 121 POST STREET. < er known by th that Mre. Townsend had a |YOU unless you get some one to identify | Mrs. Townsend was not In her room. A hich was rightly mine, of Town- | - gy i g ] £ T | search revealed her lying dead on the 4 send, but that is also another of those > g A that she l\:x;vx'»(-x’\ml‘ln"@ in After some little delay Miss Rattigan | bathroom floor. e > speak forbidden m wn at the time of the death of the es- | Was properly identified and succeeded in | A prominent attorney of this city, who Murray Is Very Discreet. ““This 1s my to San Francisco. | vy was a great surprise to those | COnvincing Mrs. Murray that it was quite | has handled much of Mrs. Townsend's When or why safe to trust herself to her charge. business, declares that the late lady’s es- “Well, get a doctor,” sald Mrs, Murray, | tate is valued at probably $i0,000. Tt con- stay here T must de- city ana | “and T'll go with you.” Dr. Heintz was | Sists of improved property at 1221 Cali- My mother was born In 5 pressed into service and the ladies, ac- | fornia street, on Van ss avenue and on the h of June, 1831 companied by the physiclan, jumped In a | Mission street, and large investments in ED' DBERE Your fornia in 1850." hack and were driven to the Townsend | 5tocks and bonds and considerable money BOWEN Eye-Glasses point where it was ap- Mu and never made | home. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock | In bank. Are important—even as your eyesight is im- | portant. We mean that every pair of eyeglasses terviewer had exhaust- atlonship what- | Mrs. Murray surrendered her apartment | He sald he was aware of the fact that N N A St Wi ions, ihat Miss Rattigan have existed between | at the Palace and installed herself in the | Mrteq o ohor Aenrs 1} Broperly ex: > ¥ Our mew clip 1s security, S0 to tell of Mrs. Townsend's | them late home of the woman she clalms as | of the fact that Mrs. Townsend had left Mrs. Murray came here from her home | mother. How M tiga a o ai ‘i em- i irs. Murray came here from her hom gan knew of | a_daughter, he said he wa em: Those in the country who said Miss Rattigan, in Dor June, and on the Mrs. Murray was al- | phatic in declaring that her & . Yould net| can’t get clean fresh whole- his time, how long Mrs. Townsend intimately. | d where I have made | gome of these friends had met Mrs, Mur- day morn- to _her by 1y whom Mrs was her mother Introd Ocuiists’ prescriptions filled. Factory on premises. Quick repairing. Phone, Main 1. ster early sers, the finest ever |13 cured irtments of Miss Rattigan, {s | Mrs. Murray. The attorne: state whether Mrs. Townsend had made made of her | manufactured in this State, and they were | at - - Early yesterday | another of the mysterious issues of the y M)Z e . Yai any provision for the daughter, although " S . e B e B e Grea D B i net hestate o decars hat ie| SOMe groceries — such as | OPTICIANS PHIC APPARAT 5 3 2 st creidem n of the com- J showr Mrs. D a) - was of the opinion that no provision thcy need—can have city PrgroGRA St At the request of Mrs. Murray a police | should have been made for the woman. n. One of | room. | 642 MARKET ST. InsTRUMENTS unoeR cumomere Buone, GATALOGUE FRee DR.MCNULTY. advantages by sending their orders here ‘ SPECIAL SAVING SALE Monday Tuesday Wednesday o a1 s CORONER COLE 3| SERIOUSLY ILL NEW CAMP IS | ter success was fmmeatate and assured. 1 coln's Inn Fields; with the King's com- Her voice is a clear, round soprano, o pany. For man: ars it remalned a fa ;Ln.ul compass, admirably trained and | orite among the glish players and used with remarkable effort by one so|the famous actr at_one or another new to the platform. Miss Padgham |time played the “Mrs. Pinchwife” role, ant general, Unitea | 1900, is extended three | W. Craig, First » n;n‘nd'} her 'irqxapp»nr;lm.»o last lw;vok at | now knov\;n o Po;;s:v}.1 But w}glhd the . Soire Elhoimg | the Los Angeles Orpheum and is now | changing fashion of the times, the dain- : TS WL KO AND SR YA Roe transterred tom | He Is Partly Paralyzed and | reguiarly engaged in vaudeville work. It | tier moral stomachs of the seventeentn | Claret—V Zinfandel 35¢ TS peciniist crores Private. Netvoun and Biocd b century, the coarseness of “The Country eases of Men ouiy. Book on Private Diseases and is safe to prophecy, though, that this charming ballad singer will soon decide her metier to be other than the variety | and for His Voice Is Almost Weaknesses of Men. frae. Over 20y '’ sxperienca, Patients curedat Home. Terms reasonabie. Hoursd Good pure wine—the age regulates ‘Wife"” became moge and more offensive ) ‘the price—rich body—reg’ly 50c gal rs the comedy lay un- 7 b i Gone i = L P 5 to3dafly:6.30 t0 8:10 ev'gs. Sund: 0 1012 - bd h: 4 ¥ . stage, and yet another will be added to | used. Even early at 1709 in the Tattler, | 24 o l'*" n 10 to 12, Consul. ands. | the long list of Californian contributions | Richard Steele, by no means squeamish, | (Coffee—Crescent blend 20C "‘"“"‘P’"&:”“*(‘f‘;';‘-"‘“ RCLEY B Lieutenant Colonel O+ +0+ 04045+ 6-+6-4@ | to the vocal great ones of the earth. | excuses the conception of the hero, h P blended Iv | 2614 K& eNU L - . Forty-seventh Infantr: ¥ C Another success of the evening wag the | Horner, by saying that “Mr. Wycherley Three good coffees—blended properly | 4 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. Tenth T States afled as | ® B i | Joe Sullivan Carrie Webber combina- | had at that time (1673) only discovered his roasted carefully—pure—reg’ly 25¢c Ib | —— = - - . djutant general in the aivi- | @ P ; tion In the farcette “The Janitor.”” Mr. | want of knowing the manners of the o insular affairs ; Sullivan's face Is certainly his fortune— | court he lived in, by a virtuous character | BacOn—Ferris’ New York x7§c | W, T. HESS, the Tw fifth United | but some of us would rather be poor. It's | in his fine gentleman he would show NOTARY PUSLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Presidio Thronged With; Visitors From Morning Until Sunset. ———— New Quarters of the Troops Now in Good Shape—Movements of Army Officers—Presidio Notes. RS scenes le delight of the paying time for resided the Th a. with thi Diego, whick ted is now in camp at the departure intent ure on ¢ e, p He came in the Philippines. »f Private Cardwell, a Cali s held ye association’s hall where they were nterred with military honors. The following orders ¥ A t Washington: Russell P. M of that regiment is transferred Second Lieuten- is transferred from Bat r two months is granted + M, Petite, Thirty- 1 States Volunteers. Arthur W. Chase, Second is transferred from Patiery L to Battery H. ignment to duty in the army ing Major John C. United States Volu: temporary station in New The yetirement from active service by the President, July 15, 199, of Colonel Edward B. Le | to Major John Pitman, Ordnance Department, ny a fond fare- | Assists who will, after the expiration of his present | from his home in this eity to the interior sring from ma- | * | Connor’s cousin and the nephew wanted | 3 | to see her before he went East, | have been issued | | nor with & pocket knife, stabbing him on | Reeder. First | the Tight arm above the elbow. severing ‘‘nCFORUEYE O Hac b R SV SUEIE ntry, is transferred from | the - t. | times on the left wrist and hand. Stephens, Sev- | he closed the door in Connor’s face. Con- | palieve to, Mary Marble, the quaint ang | Police Station. | use his right arm again. and First Lieutenant | Devol is ordered to New | Pettit, promoted from cap- | States Infuntry, to the | & & try, date from i g SO SR S 1 from antry lieutenant the First United ), vice Pettit, pr James Bailies, Tenth T a . will proceed to Cienfuegos, Cu e Le R. Brown, Tenth s e me com- | $ h United | ¢ tates Infantry stationed at Moro Castle, e of absence on _surgeon's certificate | ¢ | ¢ . GO SRS SO S 1 to Chaplain Patrick J. Ao is extended two months | nt Colonel James W. Rellly, Ord- | nence Department, U. S A.. 18 ordered to the | & arsen ate Mass., on offictal busi- : arsenal at Watertown, Mas |@+000-006-00+06006s0s@ n e of absence for two months is granted | DR. R. BEVERLY COLE. ; . §. A. u:A Assistant F\‘lnk‘flnr Aflr“l"!}r:""l‘! l’:{npll. v ill at his ranch near Cali will_report at Fos e, Me., 4 epprt by letter to the commanding gen- toga. He was stricken with apoplexy Trepartment of the East, o relleve Acting for the second time last Friday. His friends took him on Saturday and a pioneer physician, is era ¢ Surgeon Lewis T. Griffith, U. S. A., £ absence, to tlippines. leave of absence, proceed to the Philipp! | of the State in the hope that the change | of climate might better his condition. STABBED WITH A KNIFE | Twa vetes ago e wae sehen wion oo plexy, but partially recovered. The stroke Martin Connor Viciously Attacked Friday night left the doctor's body partly paralyzed and his voice is almost gone. ‘Without App-rent Cause by His Cousin’s Husband. Martin Connor, coal and wood dealer, | Tenth street, called upon James Irwin, | AST night “Rush City” was pre- | carpenter, 3610 Stxteenth street, yesterda iRl fternoon with his nephew. Mrs. Irwin i lhz':,’l 3x§r¥-3§?i¥’nfin?;’ie§zfiz§3 at the California Theater. ‘“‘Rush City” affords several admirable opportu- nitfes to the all-star cast. One well taken by Miss Whalley 1s to look pretty and | wear some most fetching gowns, also to demonstrate the truth of her own state- Connor rang the bell and Irwin opened the front door. *Hello, Martin,” he sald, and without another word attacked Con- Itoid muscle, and cutting him three | Then | one can or cannot act, don’t you know, if one looks beautiful while one is making nor was led to a nearby drug store by his nephew and the patrol wagon was summoned from dainty, also lakesh!hfir opportunity in r | some cute songs, which are well enjoved. 4 lheksm"meen:‘h?"”‘ Mathews & Bulger have a chance in a B g Hook the wounded an | famous old specialty and are loudly ap- to the Recelving Hospital and Dr. Alex-| niauded for the same. Bessie Tannehill ander stitched and dressed his wounds.| Ryiay"and Hart and the Mascottes also It will be some time before he is able t0 | whila away a pleasant moment. As for Irwin was arrested by Policeman Shee- han and bosked on the charge of assault | 1€2Son. plot or plan, a kaleidoscopic ar- . e rangement in cyclones, steam cars, sex- with @ deadly weapon, Sheehan and De- | tets and the rest of it. But it serves to tective Fitzgerald went back to the house | 155 and the rest of it But it serves to Fe e el to s:(:;rfh fa; the knife and found it se- Greied Ip 8 drawer, 1t was held 45 ¥1:| There 1s an excellent bill st the Or. sane Asylum some time ago, but was dis- | Pheum this week. A notable engagement charged as cured. Recently he has been | is that of Miss Jessie Padgham, a new acting queerly again. Californian songstress from Los Angeles. | ernor,” | shall. Tt will be presented for the first D R. R. BEVERLY COLE, Coroner of | AT THE THEATERS “Rush City” itself, it is without rhyme or lerful make-up. Mazie King's and deserved even more erous recognition accorded Jurkhart—always a favorite—in . Willlamson and Stone and a big success. The fifth week of the Henry Miller sea- | son at the Columbia Theater wfll begin to-night with ‘“His Excellency the Gov- cleal romance by R. Mar- time in San Francisco this evening, and to judge by the reputation which has pre- ceded it from London and New York should prove to be fully as successful as the rest of the brilliant reportoir Mr. Miller and his clever company have so far The cast In “His Ex- cellency the Governor” will include al- most all the members of the company. Burton Holmes of Chicago pleased a large audience last evening at the Colum- bia Theater with his illustrated lecture on Manfla. His carefully chosen pictures, in- teresting personal anecdotes, beautiful English and particularly his dissertation on late Philippine history were delightful. The lecture was patriotic, instructive and thoroughly enjoyable. Prarets The new Frawleys will begin thelr sec- ond week of ‘“The Great Ruby” at the Grand Opera-house this evening. This perfectly staged and excellently acted melodrama is crowding the house every night and will be continued until further notice. o e e This week sees the close of one of the most successful seasons of comic opera that even the popular Tivoli has ever seen. “Wang” will retain the stage until | next week, and the revival of this favor- ite musical farce is a most popular one. Next week the Tivoll Opera-house will celebrate its coming of age, with the be- ginning of one of the most notable sea- Eons 4 w8 s of grand opera that has ever becn | ‘money. given In this city. Salassa, Avedano, Rus- so0. Nicolini, Ferrari, Repetto, Lichter, Stewart, are names to charm.'and thesd are not all. Many old favorites will be heard, William Schuster, Quinto Zani, Frances Graham, Lia Pollettini and the excellent chorus and orchestra insure a rarely worthy performance in the domain of grand opera. S The Alcazar will present this week “The Country Girl,” the quaint old comedy of manners by Willlam Wycherley, written in the year of our Lord 1672, at the town of London. Florence Roberts, who will appear in the name role, has secured the edition revised by Daly for the use of Adu Rehan, and Miss Roberts’ appearance in this famous olden time part is awaited with considerable_interest. “The Country Girl” was first produced in this country in 1789 at the John-street Theater in New York, and last performed before the Daly revival in at che old Park Theater. Its first production fi. England took place between 1672 and 1674, at the 'I.heater in Portugal street, Lin- her tip-tippy toes is a wonderful | -Baker Trio were warmly wel- | ed. he return engagement of our | clever Etta Butler s als . | days of the old Bu | early to the Alcazar th | good luck to the courageous little com- which | his ignorance by drawing a vicious one to please the present audience.” Then Garrick, in 17v6. at_that time in the full zenith of his powers, revived the play, but expurgated and rechristened it, and very considerably changed the un- pleasant plot. ““The Country Girl" has not been_played for a long twenty years in San Francisco—not since the palmy h-street Theater, and may not be played for a long twenty vears more. Therefore we shall flock evening to wish pany in its worthy adventure. At Fischer's Concert House a pro- gramme full of novelty has heen pre- pared for this week. It includes Mae Tunison. the well-known soprano; John E. Nichols, an Eastern tenor: Daisy Bishop, singing and dancing soubretie Westin, “the man of a hundred faces™": Deets and Don, the worthy duo. and others. Edison's projectoscope will change the moving pictures and Hinrichs’ orches- tra will give a new programme. —_—e—————— TO DISINTER SOLDIERS. HOUSTON, Tex., July 22.—Colonel J. W. Scully of the quartermaster’s department, U. 8. A, has gone to Mexico to disinter and bring back for burial in the San An- | tonlo Government cemetery the bones of American soldiers who fell in the batfle of Buenos Vista, fought near Saltillo, Mexico, in 1346. between the Americans under General Taylor and the Mexicans under Santa Ana. The remains of about 700 Americans lie where they were burfed on the battlefield, but a new railroad will go squarely across this spot, and this has caused the American Government to act. —_————————— Broke Into the Oberon. George Williams, an ex-emplove in the Oberon, on O'Farrell street, which is tem- porarily closed, forced an entrance through the basement yesterday morning and broke open two nickel-in-the-slot ma- chines in the expectation of getting some He was discovered by Carl A. Thilo, one of the proprietors, and held till the patrol wagon arrived with Policeman Morris. Willlams was taken to the City Prison, where a charge of burglary was booked against him. — e e Trapper's Oil cures rheumatism and neuralgia. Druggists, 50c flask. Ricbards & Co., 406 Clay. —_—e———————— Entertained a Mother Superior. A reception was given to Mother Su- perior Josephine of the Powell-street Presentation Convent by the alumnae of the school yesterday afternoon in honor of her return from Europe. A basket of flowers In which was hidden a purse containing $800 was presented to the mother superior by the Nano Nagle De- bating Soclety. The following alumnae officers were elected: Mrs. C. A. Steuart, president; Mrs. H. 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