The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1901, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901 CHILD OF MISFORTUNE IS RESCUED FROM HIS INCOMPETENT GUARDIAN Eugene Bonnell Is.Removed From Squalid Surroundings for Second Time, His Grandmother Being Imprisoned Until| Experts Finally Decide Question as to Her Sanity N Ty T ITTL Eugene Bonnell, now | tly past his fifth year and cradle originally was =z as been for the second from the custody of Mrs. Eliza M. Tolman, by ndmother, E ary White of the lifornia Soclety | oo - 3 for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. | | ; White acted under virtue of an applica- | | FROM FILTHY ABODE MRS. on made yvesterday before Judge Coffey | | TOLMAN AND GRANDSON for letters of guardianship. The child ARE FORCIBLY TAKEN. has leen temporarily placed in the | ‘ Directory and the grandmother cell last night in the detention a he insane at the City Hail It is a long story that led up to the taking away of the lad, who, d e f wate surroundings. is bright is yvears. Dr. George B. Tolman, the nd of the woman arrested, was for- merly a surgeon in the United States ar- ing with distinetion all through He was stationed at many at P Lut his wife's tendency led him in the same direction, upied One of Tolman’s daughters was married to a cook named R. H. Bonrell, and two chiliren were the fruit of the marriage. One of these is now in an um, and Euzene, who weighed but two and one- balf pounds at his birth, will probably be sent to join him. ried life of the Bonrells was unhappy, and some - years ago Mrs. Bonnell took poison. Her moth- r administered emetics, but Mrs. Bon- neil died two- wee! ter, Frequent complamts have been made to g the soc about_the. condition of the was finally discharged. child. n the officers called there yes- Some time after the physician’s dismis- Tolman received them in ihe Tolmans settled in San Francisco, | what might have once been a parlor. In one corner stood a grand rosewood piano; immediately opposite a cook . stove, with lids Temved and dirty pots and pans scat- In another corner was the ; 2 large house on the side of a t 248 Bright street in Ocean View, from the nearest car line. The hou: v furnished, and Tolman | tered over it. was sumptuously h ged in the drug business, his last | fumily larder.’ consisting of an old tin being at 09 Stockton street scme | bucket, half filled with flour, a fermented teen years ago. | Loitle of tomato catsup, remnants of BOYS! THE FUN OF THE DAY iS$ TO OWN A Ruffalo Lapel Button As shown in picture. You gdet ’em to-day free with your purchase in the Juvenile Department. Not only do youw get- the choicest suits in all Frisco, but you det a Buffalo Button besides. Are You a Buffalo? 9 £ A “l‘(l:l?nmx I I : Saiee Ave THE HOUSE THAT LIKES MAIL ORDERS, | ro T Lran ralsE dvmERE | Howard LODGERS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE People Rush From Burn- ing Structure to Safety. Energy of Firemen Prevents a Serious Blaze on Sixth . Street. | s SR RS What might have been a disastrous firfl.; was averted yesterday morning by the| prompt work of] the loczl fire department. An alarm from box 159 shortly before noon summoned the department to Sixth and | streets. Smoke was issuing | from the Orlando House, a three-story frame building. in dense volumes and for | MYRIADS OF EAGLES ARE PREPARING TO SWOOP DOWN UPON SAN FRANCISCO Grand Aerie of the Young but Remarkably Vigorous Fraternal Organization, Which Will Meet in this City Ten Days Hence Promises to be a Most Notable Event. a short time it looked as if the entire | building doomed to destruction. A second alarm was turned in and more en- | gites and apparatus reached the scene. | hour's hard work the hed the flames. The crowds that gathered Luilding _were treated to some exciting | scenes. Men and women clambered down | the fire nd one old man was so | stifled b cke that he had to be | n the ladder. Another excit- | to jump to th of spectators uaded him from his rash intention. <. Dean, who occupfed rooms on the second floor, was startled out of her | senses by the cracking of the glass in her | lual was abou I | | — e vegetables and crusts of bread, all cov-| ered with grime. 1 All through the house the same chaotic | cenditions existed. Decay was eating the once fine furniture; windows were brok- | en, panels of doors were knocked out,! irs were boarded over and plastering | acked from ceiling to floor threatened to | 1 at every gust of wind. Keigning all over this was Mrs, Tol- man, who, in response to queries, entered i a long rambling discussion. of her lon by her husband. She made all s of claims regarding his affection for other women, although he is past 70 and she but five years his junior. Her long blonde locks are scarcely tinged with ay. She were ragged apparel. gene was no better garbed. His coat was many sizes too large for him. His shoes would fit a boy ten years his senior, and his shirt and vest, which were his pride, were made to fit another. “I got this new shirt on v birthday,” he proudly exclaimed. “I wore it ever since.” The anniversary mentioned occurred on March 4. Mrs. Tolman’s devotion to . the child was intense. While Secretary White was talking to her - she . constantly called, “Genie, Genie,” and the lad promptly re: sponded. ‘White left her, taking Eugene with him, | leaving McMurray and Corporal *Shana- han to serve the papers separating her from the child. Tt was some moments before she realized what had happened. She rushed frantically to the street, stili callimg for the child. So violent did she become that it was thought better to take her 1o a place of safety. She was accom- ¢ | found. | She proved a_tractable prisoner and was i The habeas corpr panied by the two officers and allowed to | put on her coat, and throwing a shawl | over her head, she was first taken to the | Ocean View police station, where she was | searched. | In A pocket in the woman's dress were | found two pur: One_contained $§ in | silver and the other $15 in gold and 20 | mall change, a total of $163 20, | a portion of a remittance of | ved from a brother’'s es!atru he East. through the instrumentality of United States Attorney Banning, only a few weeks ago. Tor more than a year past Mrs, Tol- and E ene have been cared for by . Patrick Breen and her daughters, who occupy the adjoining house. They gave them three meals a day, carrying the dishes from the Tolman house to their own to wash. as long ago the Spring Yalley Water'Company stopped Mrs. ‘Tol- n';fln s water supply for non-payment of s. _ One of the daughters, Mrs. Carrie Gad- jen, who lives in San Jose, came to the city about the time her mother received thé money, but the latter'would not give | her a cent. Attorney Banning giving her $ to pay her expenses. Mrs. Gadjen has |, a son about 19 years of age, employed in 2 restaurant in this city, who occupied one of the filthy tedrooms in the house. Mrs. Tolman has been a constant source of trouble to the police and her neighbors. Some time ago she was 'arrested for throwing a cleaver and severely injurin, a child. “She claimed that she threw it ai 2 chicken, and that it glanced off did the damage. She was released on a count of her age. Agaln she drove a po- lice officer away at the point of a large carving knife. She was known to be pos- sessed of a pistol, and a search was made of the premises before the papers were served on her, but the weapon was not The property which Mrs. Tolman occu- Eied stands in the name of the Maine “niversity on the assessment rolls, hav- ing been mortgaged many. vears ago, and came into rousess:on of that institution under foreclosure proceedings. Every ef- fort to dispossess her has been futile. She claims to yet own the property, and has i such portions of the building as were avallable for.firewood. -She has received several remittances from - the . brother's estate, one time as high as $700, which she.claimed to have lost. Officer - McMurray booked her at the Seventéenth-street "station for {insanity. | easily induced to go with the officers on the promise that at the end of her jour- nev she would be allowed to again meet “Her Genie.” The guardianship proceed- lfig ‘i'fl! be heard by Judge .Coffey on ay 1. Lowenthal- Discharged. Pproceedings for the release from custody of Attorney H. H. Lowenthal, who was-held to answer be- fore the Superior Court by Judge Fritz | on a charge of felony embezzlement, came up before Judge Cook yesterday morning. After hearing the arguments of Attorney George A. Knight for the defendant and Assistant District Attorney Deuprey the Judge discharged the defendant on the ground that whatever was done was opei and avowed and in accordance with an agreement for payvment of Lowenthal's | fee. The complaining witness against Lowenthal was Mrs. Clara Knauer, who charged him with embezzling $i%0. ! an investigatio | that the fire was caused smoking cigarettes in a lavatory which | that the Bureau of Streets is expending | the department is top-heavy as regards transom. She did not delay her departure | an instant. With a shriek of horror she rushed out into the smoked-filled hallwa. suffocated by the fumes. | t mind however, to drop. to her knees and managed to reach the stairway - by creeping. The shock un- nerved her completely and for fully an: hour she was flustered. Mrs. Mary. Carroll, the owner of the lodging-house, was thrown into hysterics by the fire. The first knowledge she had | that the building was ablaze was when | John E. Cahill, a painter, rushed to her| room and told lier that the house was full | of smoke. They both went to investigate, but were driven back by the flames. When | he fire was subdued Mrs. Carroll informed | re Marshal Towe that she believed that a'bedmaker whom she discharged fifteen | minutes before the fire was discovered had kept his promise to get even by set- ting fire to the house. She stated that he had been in her employ but ten days. | She had discharged him because he had | become ingoxicated. | Marshal Towe scouted the idea after | He of the opinion by some one adjointed a closet in which Mrs. Carroll stored her lamps and 2 five-gallon can of | coal ofl. The building was damaged to the extent of $500 and was fully insured by its owner, Orlando Bozio. M Carroll’s loss was | nominal and was fully covered by insur- ance. Box 62 was Cais for a smoldering fire on the roof of a vacant house on the corner of Stevenson and Fourth streets. p. m. an alarm At 3:44 s rung in from box 261 | e in a house on Mission and First streets. There were one or two | other alarms for minor blazes. MONEY SPENT - FOR SALARIES Little Work to Show by Street Bureau for . Coin Spent. From figures at present being compiled in the Auditor's office on the monthly ex- penditures of the various.branches of the city government it was learned yesterday just about double in salaries compared with the amount spent for repairs to ac- cepted streets. The Bureau of Streets is an adjunct of the Board of Public Works, and the figures demonstrate clearly that | salaries and the results obtained in im- provements to the streets. The figures, so far as they have been | prepared, cover the operations of the Bu-| reau of Streets for six months—Septem- | ber, October, November and December, | 1900, and January and Iebruary, 1901 They show that in September the sum of $8120 25 was expended in salaries for the! Bureau of Streets, incluaing the wages of laborers, while. the amount of repair: made to accepted streets and sewers ag- gregated only $1220°58, of which $429 58 wa for basalt blocks and gravel, and $797 for | teaming ‘and hauling. | Tn October salaries consumed $9702 08 of | the taxpayers' money and the results for | that month slow only $2418 63 worth of re- | pairs to streets. Of this amount basalt| blocks cost $796 09, horse and huggy hire $65, repairs to Point Lobos road %500, and teaming and hauling $1144 25. | In November salaries ate up $9037 12 and still the cost of the work was far less than ' that amount, heing but $5448 32. -Out of | this sum $812'50 was expended for hauling and teaming: :epairs to bitumen, $1880 01: repaving Sixth street, $151 45, and repairs | to Point Lobos road, $150. | Tn December the salaries climbed up to | $9832 64, and the work done in repairs to accepted streets amounted to only $5027 (8. Teaming and Lauling. which appear. to | make up the main item in the expendi- | tures, cost $1191 §7; repairs_to bitumen, $2110 57; San_ Bruno Road, $332 22; Point Lobos road, $150. In January the salary account of the Bureau of Streets reached the enormous total of $10,286 41, whereas a little more than half that sum, or $5701, represents the actual ‘amount spent for repairs .to streets. The construction of storm water iniets cost 20; repairs_to bitumen, 1130 88; San Eruno road, $166 11; Point mos road, $150, and teaming and hauling, In February Lhe salaries dropped down to $8287 75, and this is the only month when the ‘amount of work done exceeded the salaries vaid. The total sum ex- pended in improvements was $15,736 26, but of this the repairing of Fourth street rep- resents $6503 35; Qgrzgm avenue, special {nspectors,'$202; teaming and hau ing, $1097 $0. TWO YOUNG BOYS RUN B AWAY FROM INSTITUTION Roy Taylor and Joseph Clifford Re- ported Missing From the Relief Society Home. Roy E. Taylor and Joseph Clifford, two little boys aged respectively 10 and 8 years, are reported missing. Taylor and Clifford were both inmates of the Ladies’ Protec- tion and Relief Society School, on Frank- lin and_Post streets, and disappeared on April 15, The lads went to the Clement Grammar School and on the day they dis- appeared left the home in the morning, saying they were going to school. On the day of his disappearance Taylor wore a dark suit with knee breeches, golf cap, pink shirt and a white tie. Roy is a rather large boy for his age, has rather ale compléxion, short, dark hair and rown.eves. Joe Clifford is rather smaller than Taylor and considerably stouter. He has a long, thin face, blue eyes and brown hair. On the day he disappeared he wore a dark gray suil. Taylor's mother.is employed at the Jer- sey. farm, San Bruno road. Clifford’s mother is employed in Oakland. EL S O S S Describes the Holy Land. Henry Payot delivered a lecture yester- day afternoon in the FrankNn Grammar School for the benefit of the Public School Teachers’ Annuity and Retirement Ass: ciation. = His subject was -~““The Holy Land.” Miss Murphy sang “The Holy City"” very nicely. emen round the | | - < 5 o HE arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the dele- gates to the fourth annual session of the Grand Aerie of the Fra- ternal Order of Eagles, to be held in this city May 14 to May 19, have been nearly completed. The several sub-com- mittees appointed from the body of the general entertainment committee have worked earnestly and faithfully and notn- ing has been left undone that might con- tribute to the pleasure of the. visiting delegates. The Fraternal Order of Eagles, al- though a comparatively new organization, is rapidly gaining strength and if it con- tinues to thrive in the future as it has in the past it will not be many years before its roll of membership will equal if not exceed that of any of the older societles in the United States. The Eagles organ- ized in Seattle, Wash., in February, 1S8§, and so rapid was the growth of member- ship that in the following May the organ- izers formulated and _ incorporated a Grand Aerie. Seattle Aerie No. 1, the par- ent aerie, received the first charter. A few weeks later Aerie No. 2 was organized in Spokane, Wash. In November, 1893, the Eagles founded a third acrie in Tacoma, Wash., and then soared over to Portland, Ore., where Aerie No. 4 as organized be- fore the close of the year. The next new home of the Eagles was built by the Gold- én Gate, for in February, 1599, San Fran- cisco Aerie No. 5 received a charter from the Grand Aerie. Since that time the growth of the order has been rapoid but steady. At present there are 140 aeries scattered throughout the United States, Canada, British Columbia and the Ha- wailan Islands. Honolulu in Line. It was only a week ago that Aerie No. 140 was organized at Honolulu and a dele- gate elected to attend the session of the Grand Aerie. Philadelphia Aerie is the banner _aerie with a membership of more than 1500, while New York City comes next with more than 1000 members. At the present time there are nine aeries in Cali- | fornia with 2 membership of more than 000. The present officers of the Grand Aer'e and t6 whom much credit is due for the advancement of the order are: Past grand worthy president, John W. Con- ine, Seattle, Wash.; grand worthy president, Dr. H. R. Littlefield, ' Portland, worthy vice president,” Peter J. Hughes. P delphia, Pa.; grahd worthy chaplain, Maurice Eisenberg, Butte, Mont.; grand worthy judge advocate, Del Cary “Smith. - Spokane, ~W. grand worthy lecturer, H. H. Thompson tle, Wash. : grand worthy secretary, A. Seattle, Wash.; - grand urer, A. Brodeck, Everett, Wash. worlhy conductor, S. b. Shaw, Rossland, B grand inside sentinel Cheetham, Francisco; grand outside guardian, George E. Lawrence, Tacoma, Wash.: grand trustees, A. T. Van de Vanter, Seattle. Wash.. John La- mont, Portland, Or., and W. J. O'Brien, Chi- cago, I ~ il San Francisco Aerie has been at.work for the past two months making all need- ed arrangements for receiving and secur- ing accommodations for fully 2500 visitors, not including the delegates to the Grand Aerie. “An entertainment committee of twenty-five was appointed by the aerie and the committee orgdnized by the elec- MMENSE TENT 5 BLOWN D0WN Red Cross Library Yields to Heavy Wind at the Presidio. o o e The Red Cross Soclety, which. has la- ‘bored so diligently to provide comfortable quarters for the soldiers at the Presidio, suffered a severe setback in its work yes- terday. The heavy winds that have pre- vailed during the last few days proved too strong for the immense tent erected by the seciety and used by the soldiers as a place for reading and attending to their correspondence and razed it to the ground. 3 Luckily no one was in the tent when it fell and the only damage done was that to the tent itself and the destruction of the interior decorations and furniture. The women have already prepared plans for the erection of & canvas-covered frame house which|will withstand the strongest winds and be much more com- fortable than the tent. They will be com- pelled to call on the public for a large portion of the material to be used in its construction. as well as for duplicates of the articles destroyed. CARRIED KNOCK-OUT DROPS.—Fred Ran- uest was sentenced to six months in the ‘ounty Jail by Judge Mogan vesterday on the rh-sz;se of having knock-out drops in-his pos- session. tion of A. C. Berthier, chatrman: H. 1. Mulcreavy, vice chairman; Charies G. Nagle, secretary; William Clack, treas- urer, and R. M. Donnelly, marshal. In order that the work might be simplified and more satisfactorily performed the fol- lowing sub-committees were then ap- pointed: s Sub-Committees Appointed. Auditing—William Clack (chairman), R. M. Donnelly, Oscar Hocks, Charles G. Nagle, H. I._Mulcreavy. Badges—Fred Williams (chairman), J. B. Marshall. A. T. Anderson, Robert Rusch, James Moffett. Banquet—E. F. Burns (chalrman), George Sharp, Charles Fisher, J. F. Cheetham, Jerome Bassity. Carriages and local transportation—Charles Long (chairman). Willlam Flaherty, Charles McClafn, Gus Pohlmand, D. J. Creamier. Decorations—William Flaherty (chairman), Charles Fisher, E. L. Head, E. L. Wagner, Robert Rusch. Excursion on bay—R. M. Donnelly (chair- man), H. I. Mulcreavy, Jerome Bassity, George Sharp, Willlam Clack . Literary exercises—! I. Mulereavy (chai . J. Creamer, G. Pohl- . L. Wagner (chair- man), 3 . Charles Fisher, J. F. Cheetham, Robert Rusch. Hall and headquarters —J. F. Cheetham (chairman), William Clack, R. M. Donnelly, William Fiaherty, Fred Willlams. Hotels and accommodations—Charles Clain (chairman), George Sharp, J. J. nedy, Oscar Hocks, Robert Rusch, Kuhls, Charles Long. Music—J. J. Kennedy (chairman), Henry Kuhls, James Moffett, Willlam Flaherty, James Marshail. Printing and suppliesgOscar Hocks (chair- man), E. L. Wagner, A. T, Anderson, E. L. Head, Charles McClain. Press—Charles Fisher (chairman), H. M. . Kes Henry I. Mul- creavy, E. L. Wagner, Jerome Bassity, Gus Pohlmann. Reception—E. L. Head (chairman), E. F. Burns, Oscar Hocks, J. F. Cheetham, James Marshall. Rules_and contracts—Henry Kuhls (chair- man)., Robert Rusch, Fred Williams, J. J. Kennedy, Charles G. Nagle. Souvenir and programme — George Sharp (chairman), D. I . Creamer, Charles Me- Clain, William Flaherty. James Moffett. Park and CHf drive—Jjerome Bassity (chair- man), J. F. Cheetham. Charles Long. Charles G. Nagle, Charles Fisher, Georze Sharp. ay! ames Marshall (chair- | man). GUS~Pohimann, James Moffett, D. J. Crearver. Fred Willlams. To Meet in Pioneer Hall. held in Pioneer Hall. which will be han somely decorated for the occasion. A re- ception will be tendered at the hall to the to the convention on the evening of Tues | day, May 14, followed by a musical and literary entertainment. The following day will be entirely devoted to the business of the order. There will be a drive through Golden Gate Park and lunch at the CIIff House on the 16th and the delegates will meet in the evening to continue the work of the session. It is believed that they will be able to conclude their labors by The sessions of the Grand Aerie will be | officers of the Grand Aerie and delezates | CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES l ARRANGING FOR RECEP- | TION OF GRAND AERIE. e midnight. If they fail to do so there will be a morning session on the 17th and the visitors will be tendered a banquet on the evening of that day at the Palace Hot-] A steamer has been chartered for ai excursion on the bay on the 18th a delegates will be afforded a grand opyor tunity to witness the launching United States battléship Ohio. On the lowing day, Sunday, May 19, the Eagl with their families and friends, will_hold | a reunion and pienic at Schuetzen Park. Eagles Coming in Flocks. Chairman Berthier sald yesterday that he expected that there will be between 2000 and 3000 Eagles in this city during con- vention week. “Many Eagles who are not delegates said he, “have written to Secretary Nagie asking that accommodations be secured for them, as there will be a large crowd here that week owing.to the presence of President McKinley. We expect from 00 to 400 members of the order from V - ington and the Seattle aerie is now con- sidering the advisability of chartering a steamer. We have also heard from Jose. Stockton, Sacramento, Vallejo, kersfield, Los Angeles, Watsonville and Sacramento and they are all going to send large delegations. Every mail brings let- ters from all over the country from mem- bers who are coming here and many of them are bringing their families with them. Among those for whom we have already secured acecommodations are et Congressman Timothy J. Sulllvan, better i known 3 Sullivan. presi- j dent ot ie: Fred Schiffma: Councilman John E. Shee- { ass.: J. Fanning O'Reilly | secretary New York Aerie: Dr. J. H Feist, Nashville, Tenn.: J. J. Fitzgerald Mavor of Pawtuckets R. I.; Judge P T. Hughes. Philadelphia; Thomas F1 J.; John A. Tuthill, Om . O'Connor, Winnipeg, Mani Ba- | toba: D. T. Barnhart, Victoria, B. ¢ ) W. J. Venner, R B. C.;: Chris B Callam, San Anto; Texas: | Burns. Republic, Wash.; J. M, C | Oklahoma: R. Scoffern, - Chic fgh Wie ; and Senator A. T. Van de Vanter . 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