The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1901, Page 12

1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, PROFESSOR W. A. ROBERTSON PASSES AWAY AT LIVZRMORE Eminent Principal of the Hamiiton Grammar School Prolonged Attack of Dropsy. Succumbs to RESTISF R L | | the capacity e Hamilton SIa8 t o & ] been gradu arge of PROFESSOR W. A. ROBERTSON, LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE HAMILTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WHO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC EDU- CATION IN THIS CITY OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. < Always Always Watch what the swell ‘o . we've marked 3 s s and the ressers arc wearing. you. Peep at our windowss you’ll see ’em. Always Dressy, Smart, Rich and Refined i IS OUR We've built our Sacls for spring with broad mili- tary shoul- ders, body fit- ting, justlike the swell tail- ors build em in New York. The Royal Biue Serge Is A fabrie which we own and control; Suaranteed unfadable for all time— all styles, all sizes. ALWAYS OUR LEADER— $9.50 The Newest Shades, The Newest Fabrics, Sage Greens, Olives, Tans, Such smrt swits special to-day, values will swurprise The swit— Smart Clothes? Smart Fashions «.AND... Y Tempting Values @ Always Bring Crowds. Always? The house to make your little pocket-book go the farthest, Always? Always You Tempnting Novelt ) suit here With ies at Sweet Tempting Prices. That pretty pictured in Tans, Blues, Sagde always to. $4 8 to 8 years. SPECIAL $1.48 R e Russian Blouse Suits In strong, ser- viceable serges, in. Tans and Reds, very pret- ty. worth §7 and $8. SPECIAL $3.95 esesccsgocces Just Like Papa. The handsom.- est of Knee Trouser Suwits in all-wool Secotehes, for boys ages 8 to 16 years, made with separate double-breasted vest, worih §6. SPECIAL $2.98, FRIDAY, MORE DOCUMENTS N HEWITT CASE Discarded Wife Tells How She Was Forc d to Sign Release Missing Children Have Bsen Found to Be in the Charge of an Oakland Charitable Institution. e John B. Hewitt of Bakersfleld, who has | won a fortune within the last few years through lucky speculations in oil lands in ;l:‘ern County, has flled in the County | Clerk’s office an affidavit denying that he married Mary E. Hewitt, who recently brought suit for divorce against him, she charging cruelty. He acmits, however, that they entered into a written agree- ment at Redding, Shasta County, March 26, 1891, to live together, but now claims | that the paper is not valid as a marriage contract. He further sets up the defense that on February 25, 1849, the plaintiff ad- | mitted that she had been guilty of infi- { delity and *“as a just punishment” for | her wrongdoing she walved all claims she might have upon him or his property. This paper, which is made part of the af- fidavit, was acknowledged March 20, 1899, before’ H. P. Bender, a Justice of tne Peace, who is also a partner of Hewitt in his oil land speculations. On the sama the plaintiff, on payment of $20), signed a release on both Hewitt and his fortune, it is alleged. Upon this showing | Hewitt 'has asked the court to dissolve the injunction issued when the suit was commenced restraining him from dispos- ing of any of his property interests during | the pendency of the litigation. | The discarded wife to whom three { children were born while she was living ith Hewitt, intends making a har. | struggle for’ recognition of herself and | babies. 1f she succeeds Hewitt will be {placed in a serious position, Inasmuch as | he has married since their separation. It | the marri declared valid Hewitt scution for big- amy and it is not improballe that he will be arrested on that charge before the civil proceedings are finally disposed of by Judge Hunt, to whom the case has been assigned for trial. Mrs. Hewitt, in reply to the affidavit made by Hewitt, filed with the County | Clerk yesterday’ a counter affidavit, | in which she detafls the alleged circum- | stances_under which she signed the re- |lease. She alleges that the documents | were signed under duress and that she affixed and acknowledged her signature to them believing her life to be in dan- ger. She alleges that at the time of slgn- | ing the papers, February 1899, she was | about to become a mother and that Hew itt threw her on the floor, called her vile and abusive names and threatened to beat her to death if she refused to sign the documents or ever divulge the fact that she had been forced to sign them. She further elleges that after signing the pa- pers she begged Hewitt to be allowed to remain at their home 1n Bakersfield until she could find some other home and taks her children with her. Hewitt permitted her to remain and they continued marital relations until March 20, 1899, when he again became violent, cursed and abused her, struck her in the f ened to kill her. He deman ce ded that she go with him to his office and acknowledge bfore Notary Public Bender the papers signed by her some weeks before. She claims that he again threatened her with death if she refused to obey and instruct- ed her to answer ‘‘ves” to all questions asked her by the Notary. Under these cicumstances and conditions she acknowl edged the papers. The foliowing day Hew- itt drove her from the house and, in the words of her affidavit, “compelled her to g0 to the city of San Francisco and threatened that if she ever returned he would beat her to death or cause her In- carceration in prison.” In conclusion she alleges that at the time she acknowledged the papers on which Hewitt bases his | defense there was no one present but her- | self, Hewitt and Notary Bender, her hus band’s partner, and that she had no o portunity to appeal ig any one for tection or assistance. She asks that Hew- itt’s motion to dissolve the injunction be | denifed and that she be awarded alimony an;{ counsel fees pending the trial of the suit. The matter will come up for hearing this morning before Judge Hunt. ‘When Mrs. Hewitt left Bakersfleld Hew- itt refused to allow her to take their threa children, Myrtle, Gladvs and John B., with her. They disappcured from Bakers- | fleld soon afterward and it was generally | understood that they had been placed in a | private school In Los Angeles by the fa- ther. The mother made several efforts to find them, but she was not successful | until a few days ago, when she learned that they were in charge of a charitable | institution in Oakland. It is said that Hewitt turned them over to the institu- tion, saying that he would never recog- nize them agal RECOMMENDS EMPLOYMENT 1 OF FIFTEEN POLICEMEN Police Commi;sin;ers‘Appeal to Su- pervisors—Lottery Lists May Not Be Published. President Newhall of the Board of Po- | lice Commissioners appeared before the Supervisors’ Police Committee yvesterday with a petition for the employment of thirty-five additional patrolmen. He sald that the men were absolutely necessary and the commission had a fund of $11,000 at its disposal for their remuneration. Chief Sullivan stated that the Sunset dis- trict was in need of police protection and the men would be distributed there, at Holly Park in the Missfon district and wherever needed. The committee decided to recommend to the board the appoint- ment of fifteen policemen. The committee reported in favor of the proposed ordinance prohibiting publica- tion of lottery drawings in newspapers or by any other method. There was no dis- cussion over the ordinance, both Tobin and Stafford voting in its’ favor. The penalty for violation is fixed at $500 fine or imprisonment for six months. The committee recommended that the sum of $250 paid by Charles Rosenberg as fees to the poundkeeper for the release of a band of sheep which was impounded while his employes were driving them to Butchertown be refunded to Rosenberg. The committee reported in favor of the ordinance requiring the Chief of Police and Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart- ment to strictly enforce the fire and police regulations at, amateur boxing exhibi- tions; also restricting the number of per- £ons attending them to the seating capa- city of the place, and requiring clubs giv- ing such exhibitons to be members of the Pacific Athletle Association. —_—————————— INQUEST INTO CAUSE OF REMILLARD'S DEATH Coroner’s Jury Finds That Deceased Merchant Accidentally Stepped Off the Fire Escape. Coroner Leland held an inquest yester- day over the body of P. H. Remillard, the young merchant, who fell out of a second- story window of the Delmonico restau- rant last Tuesday morning. Willlam Sproule testified that he attend- ed the party given by Mr. Remillard. The party consisted of Mr. Reémillard, J. C. Wilson, himself and three ladies,’ whose names were not inquired into by the gal- lant Coroner. They had a pleasant time at the festal board and at half past 11 o'clock Mr. Wilson took one of the.ladles home. Just before the accident occurred Mr. Remillard remarked that he would step outside for fresh air. He opened a window and stepped upon the fire escape. Not seeing_his friend immediately after- ward, Mr. Sproule looked out of the win- dow and saw a crowd on the sidewalk. Other witnesses testified to the state- ments made by Remillard to the effect that he had stepped off the fire escape ac- cidentally. A verdict of accidental death was rendered. ——————————— Cheapest and Most Delightful Ocean Trips in the World Are those now offere? bv the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to Southern California ports. For rates and informa- tion call at office, 1 New Montgomery street. —_—e———— CUSTOMS INSPECTOR APPOINTED.—Ar- thur K. Sheats was appointed yesterday by Collector Stratton to the position of customs inspector at §3 per diem. MARCH 15, 1901. MY S IFGO0DS ARF NOT JATISFACTORY YourR MONEY WILL BE CHEERFULLY REFUNDED. LADIES, before getting your Easter costume coms 10 JOE HOSENBERG'S and be ftted to @ CORSET that is made to meet your own particular require- ments. commend boned throughout set would our price FIGURE we have t to show you, ranging in price One style is made of be Italian cloth, bias cut, hand-gored ing bust, trimmed top and and beading. Our motto, ly felled seams. Our special 8 ALSO LADIE: bleached muslin, wit cluster tucks and every sense of the word... TO-DAY we place on Some of the greatest bargains loving public. LADIES' HOSE, made of Egyptian cotton and French spliced heels and toes, the new Parisian lace effects ANOTHER is LADIES' best quality lisle. figured and red and black pol toes and knees, full warranted fast colors. The re is 5oc. £ 5o THO YOUNG LIVES SUDDENLY ENDED Charlie Gandolfo and Wil- liam Connors Jr. Are Killed Accidentally. FElil The crushed and mangled remains of lit- tle Charlle Gandolfo, a 10-year-old: boy, occupy a slab at the Morgue and at the home of his parents, 23 Boardman place, his father and mother are bemoaning the | fate that robbed them of a bright and | manly son. His life was crushed out by | car 41 of the San Mateo electric line yes- | terday shortly after § p. m. on Bryant | street, between Sixth and Seventh. The little fellow had attempted to cross the street and was struck by the car, the approach of which he failed to notice. 'The | motorman, John Powell, stopped the car so suddenly that the front wheels left the track, but it was too late. The accident was witnessed by an elder brother of young Gandolfo, who was standing in the | doorway of a saloon kept by his father. Motorman Powell was arrested, taken | to the City Hall and charged with | manslaughter. He said he did not see the | little fellow until the car was almost upon | him. He reversed the current and threw | | | on the brakes, but his efforts to stop the | car in time were without avail. Willie Connors, a 15-year-old newsboy, was thrown from a cart near the corner of | Powell and Market streets yesterday | afternoon and received injuries which re- | sulted in his death.. The boy, in company with a carrier on the Evening Post. was | driving along Market street In a delivery | cart. When nearly opposite Fifth street | the horse stumbled and the Connors boy, | who was standing on the rear step, was | thrown hackward into the street, striking | on _the back of his head. | Officer Reilly of the Southern Station had the injured boy hurried to the Recefv- ing Hospital, where Dr. Morrison did what he could to relieve the sufferer. The boy | lingered until nearly 6 o'clock, when he | from concussion of the brain. The boy resided with his parents at 167 | Linden avenue and was their only child. — . Paul W. Hack, formerly a corporal of Company D, Twenty-first Infantry, was killed yesterday afternoon by being thrown between a dummy and car on the Union-street line. Hack and a comrade named Leary sig- naled a Unlon-street car to stop at Polk street. Leary boarded the car first, and while Hack, who was slightly lame, was attempting ' to step on the car was started. The jerk threw the unfortunate fellow between the wheels of the dummy and car, and he was dragged a consider- able distance before the car could be stopped. He was taken to the Receiv- ing Hospital, where it was found that he had a fractured skull and internal in- juries. He died a few hours later. The police were sent to arrest the gripman. B 2 2 2 e SLIGHT DELAY IN COMPLETING ATLAS. CHICAGO, March 7, 1901. John D. Spreckels, Proprie- tor of The Call, San Francisco: Owing to delay of Government in compiling and revising cen- sus it will be impossible to ship first carload of atlases or- dered by you before March 30th. They will go forward promptly that day by fast freight. GEORGE F. CRAM. * . @ et @ Civil Service Examinations. The Unitea States Civil Service Com- mission announces that on dates men- tioned, in all citles having postal free de- livery, examinations will be held for the ositions: oo g P 801 _Mechanical enginecr. new 7. 8. Mint at Philadelphia; salary, $ per }fiem. Chief engineer and electrician, same place; salary, Assistant chief engineer and electriclan, same place; sal- ary, $5. April 23, 190l—Acting assistant Surgeon, marine ' hospital = service, at Shreveport, La.; salary, $600 per annum. Physician, Indian service (male), Chey- enne River Agency School, South Dakota; Salary. $1000 per annum. Senior architect- Ural draftsman in the supervising archi- tect's office; salary, $2000 per annum. Top- ographic draftsman in the office of the at San Francisco, Cal.: ey e e e ot Cand ;eodenc survey ; ary, per annum. ersons who desire to compete should ap- ly at once to the commission at Wash- ngton, D. C., for application forms 304 and 375. If you are stout and hard to fit we re- the Majesty It made of best quality rust-proof steeli comllng‘:g! jum and extra long lengths. Thi sould * il readily for $3.50. If you wish the The best for (hi Jeast S’ DRAWERS, made of good h wide, umbrella flounce of embroidery with embroidery edge of insertion. ever been our good fortune to offer the bargain- warranted fast black, in all uine half-priced offering. This is indeed a gen !}I)OSIERY, X in fancy colors, polka dot plain effect, in biue and white, length and very elastic, all Our way of disposing of goods. E ROSENBER +...Mail Orders Solicited succumbed to his injuries. Death resulted | * Dragged to His Death. | ADVERTISEMENTS. LA Ita Ttalian cloth, and with best-tempered, -hgrréi med- s cor- o SuUIT new KANGAR We wool urprise ........ 190 LADIES, here insertion, finished A bargain_in 69¢c .~ sale in our HOSIERY DEPARTMENT in_hoslery it has best quality bt high Lisle Thread, ribbed. 5S¢ of or black and white ka dot, double heels. or fancy ; BATTENBERG braid, fancy leaf pa BATTENBERG gular price of these Why wear your ey 25¢ CZ o 2 e & ot T3 £ N Made of best quality f with umbrella flounce, than we ask for s pure linen center, 14x14 all pure linen braid, pure linen tenberg at these prices B () v DIES’ UNDERSKIRTS, lian cloth. highly merc trimmed with narrow flounce faced up with X Colors—red, purple. and black Corset. is The goods alone would cost m t complet .00. Some Very Special Easter Offerings in Our DEPARTMENT. urge intending customers not he NEW STRAIGHT only to make comparison of our FRONT, OR ERECT FORM CORSET stock with others, but also to make ¥ I a careful comparison of price; the % .00 to $3.00 workmanship is -class and the st quality fast black materials the best For {instance, and low slop- Ladles’ tailor suits, strictly man- bottom with fancy lace tailored. made of best quality all cioth, with seven gored skirt lined with good percaline and bound % S ety S o s 4 lined with good percaline and bo IN 4 front_effect, lined thrc v our UNDBRMUSLIN.DBP T Dest Ttalian cloth, new L Aimion ‘coL. we have some very Special Bargains to offer lar; in tan, navy Our 8 our customers this week. 3 price, ready fo 75 3 LADIES' SKIRT CHEMISE, made of good soft ALSO LADIES' GOLF TSt bleached muslin, ncck and arm size finished with all wool golfing, welted seams. stitched bottom, new datnty pattern "of Normandy lace, with in- fan inverted back, perfect fitting and well finished, o Patross the bust, ruffied bottom, finished all being man-tailored. Our sacrifice offering. with lace edge. All well made and finished, neat- $2.50 Sale at O'Farrell-street Entrance. p Is a chance to buy BATTENBERG At prices far below cost, and made just as fine as you make yourself. They are ‘a travel- er's sample line and comprise some of the finest patterns and daintiest braids imagin- able. Some are made with fine lace Duchess or Honiton braid, others made of fincst linen Battenberg brald. Following are two samples of low selling: SQUARE, made of best linen ttern, all new stitches, with SQUARE, out when yo [Re 816 MARKET STREET, 9 Running throughto 11 0’Farrell, PHELAN BUILDIN ) (YTKA SWEARS T 15 FORGERY Sensation in the Smith Bond Case in the Circuit Court. —_— Theéodore Kytka, handwriting expert, created a sensation In the United States Cireuit Court yesterday afternoon when he swore that the bill of sale of California and Nevada Raflroad bonds purporting to have been signed in August, 1895, by J. W. Smith, deceased, in favor of his son. Charles H. Smith, was evidently the fiv leaf torn from a book and bearing the genuine signature of J. W. Smith, as J. | W. Smith used to write fifteen years ago. He swore further that the body of the bill of sale was written about ten vears later than the signature, and that ink of two different kinds and of different ages ap- pears in each. In proof of his statement he showed Judge Morrow _the admittedly genuine signature of J. W. Smith to several bank checks written on the day and on the day after the date of the bill of sale, showing | that at that time, which was In August. 1895, J. W. Smith wrote his name tremu- | lously, whereas fifteen years ago his sig- nature was firm in every line. The signa- ture on the bill of sale showed no tremor whatever, he said. The bill of sale was of 304 bonds of the California and Nevada Rallroad Company valued, at the present time, at about $65. 000., It was written on a small scrap of unsized paper, such as is used in printed books. Mr. Kytka turned the microscops upon | the writing and showed the Judge how the ink in the signature had become oxid- ized, thus proving its age, while the con- | trary was the case with the Ink in the body of the bill. He swore that the body of the bill could not have been written | earller than five vears ago, and that it as written probably as recently as three years ago. C. K. King, the administrator, testifled as to_several conversations he had had with J. W. Smith regarding the intentions of the testator as to the disposition of his property. Mr. King said that in those talks J. W. Smith s:fld him that he ha | given his children the greater part of his property, and that he had given h! n Charles his interest in the rallroad. That was a month previous to the death of Smith. It was for that reason that the witness had not entered bonds as a part of the estate. Mr. King jdentified the signature on the assignment as that of J. W. Smith, although it lacked | the rubric apparent on the bank check signatures. He declined. however, to ewear positively to the genuineness of the | signature. Then the claimant, Charles H. Smith, was put upon the stand. He told about his coming to this city from Denver, Colo., in July, 1895, and about his father dying on November 15 of the same year. He was in his father's room on August 14. 1885, on which occasicn he handed the witness a small scrap of paper and requested him to write upon it a bill of sale of the rail- road bonds. The witness did so, and wrote the assignment, which was afterward pro- duced in court. His father then read it. said that it was “all right,” got up out of bed, sat down at the table and signed his name to it. He looked at his signature and remarked, ““That is a pretty good sig: nature,” and handed the witness the | paper. The witness went on to say that after that_occurrence his father told Captain | W. R. Thomas and Abner Doble that he | had given the railroad bonds to his son | Charles. He said to the witness: “Char- ley. I have given Mr. Doble an order to deliver those bonds, and I have told him that they belong to you.” Doble after- ward delivered the bonds to the witness, who, at Doble's re?ue!!, gave him a re- ceipt in the name of “J. W. Smith, per C. H._ Smith."” On cross-examination the witness said that he wrote the body of the assignment on a desk in his father's room, and that his father signed it on a table about an hour later. He was not sure as to wheth- er or not the signature was or was not made with the same pen and ink as was u!l@d in writing the body of the bill of sale. | The case will be argued this morning. —_—ee————— Recruits Start for Manila. The first battalion of the Twenty-eighth Infantry will leave the Presidio for ths men will embark on the Indiana for Ma of the battalion. The other officers are Lieutenants Halstead, Dabney and Pec' he Meade will sall Saturday with two troops of the Fifteenth Cavalry and head- quarters’ band and a squadron of the Fifth Cavalry. The last named command is due to arrive here from Fort Meyer t night. Seven companies of the Tenth In- fantry will sail on the 1Sth on the Penn- sylvania. —_———— “In time of peace prepare for war. There is a suggestion of summer days in Nathan-Dohrmann Company’s annou.ice ment of the receipt of two carloads of Automatic refrigerators and one car of White Mountain freezers. . the_raflroad | | transport dock this morning, where the | nila. Major Yeatman goes in command | GHSOLINE LAUNCH CHTCHE FIRE Soldier and Embalmer Dive Into Bay When Flames Are Discovered. A_fire that occurred on the gasoline faunch Willlam D. of the Peterson Boat- ing Company caused considerable excite- ment in the vicipity of the United States transport dock at the foot of Folsom street shortly after ¢ o'clock last night. The cause of the blaze Is unknown, and | the launch did not suffer to any great ex- | tent. A. Nichols, an embalmer in the employ of the Government, and Harry Holden, a soldier, were In the cabin of the boat when the alarm was first sounded. N. Ol- sen, a special policeman in the transport service, noticed clouds of thick smoke arising from the small deck near the stern and shouted to the men. Both were asleep on the cushioned seats and were so startied when ey suddenly awakened and discovered e presence of the fire that they leaped overtoard and had to be pulled out of the water. Chief Stevedore Dunne, Pay Clerk F. A, Campbell, Henry Lunderland and Olsen soon secured tire apparatus and put out the blaze, which had not yet reached the e tank. The paint and ofl house transports is near where the bur ing launch lay and. had an explosion oc- curred. the destruction to property might have been great. 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