The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901. FUN RUNS RlOT IN THEIR CAMP Youth Returns to Vet- erans Tenting at Santa Cruz. Ladies Ask That Commander Bryant Be Tried by Court-Martial. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA CRUZ, June 28.—There was & large infiux of delegates at Camp Wallace | Reynolds to-day, and to-morrow a large | delegation will arrive from San Jose. | The court-martial was not held this aft- ernon, but all the women in camp attend- ed the meeting of the Jpcal corps of the Woman's Relief Corps amd were royally | received. They did not take kindly to the eppointment of Captain Schuler as judge | advocate of the court-martial when his | wife was to be tried, and they charge | Commander Bryant with a breach of mili- | tary discipline and ask that he be tried | for having placed an igferior officer in a humiliating position. Commander Bryant | had appointed Captain Schuler to judge | his own wife. They also ask that the trial | be heard by -Superior Judge Smith, as there is no power in Camp Wallace Rey- nolds to try Colonel Bryant. The charges were preferred by Geraldine Frisbie of Evergreen and Laura J. Robinson and | Mery J. Parohni of San Francisco. | . Ida Lewis, who was in command of | the camp to-day, found on inspection that | Colonel D. H., Bryant and Adjutant Briges were abrent from their posts, and she charges that wilifully and with lazy intent they Geserted their command for | nearly an entire day without cause and | without lawful notice. | The tables are to be turned to-morrow, end the officer of the day and guards are all to be ladies. Captain Mallory is to be in charge of the camp. | General Ewers, U. 8. A, of Omaha, who | was in the Cuban campaign, was a visitor camp to-day and is to deliver an ad- dress on Monday evening. He has been in the service thirty-nine years. | Captain Mallory presided at the exer- cises to-night, Oratory ran_riot. There | were stirring addresses by Wesley Den- | nett, D. D., of Evergreen. D. Crummy | of Los Gatos and the Rev. E. D. Mec- Creary, pastor of the local Methodist | churc ther numbers on the programme | were: Recitation, O. V. Hart; piano solo, | Professor Clapp; recitation; H. H. - | ols; recitation, M. B. Woodrul quartet; vocal solo, J. J. Nichol solo, Mi: Gertrude Winans; cences, y Adjutant Moore Briggs and Mr. Mahoney. | piano reminis- COURT DECIDES AGAINST 3 MRS. HELEN M. PEYTON | Millionaire’s First Wife Loses He:‘ Suit for Half of His SPOKANE, June 28.—The sensational | suit of Mrs. Helen M. Peyton against Isaac N. Peyton, the wealthy g m: ing a s finding for the defendant on all points d laintiff, who was the first wife of Colonel Peyton, sued for $500,000, or half | property, claiming the divorce he ob- | ed ip 188 was not legal and asking | that it be set aside, thus invalidating his second marriage. The court held the di- had been voidable at one time, but iff had forfeited all rights by | years of delay. The plaintiff will appeal | to the Supreme Court of the State. Burglars Make Light Haul. LOOMIS, June 28—Burglars effected an entrance to the Southern Pacific depot here at an early hour this morning and opened the safe and made away with $4 The combination of the safe has veral month: change was entrus | | while Shortridge holdd the appointment LEGAL Gage Appoints Senator Building and Loan Commission, L 'GOVERNOR OUSTS McCABE; FIGHT TO FOLLOW Shortridge to the State ES ACRAMENTO, June 28.—Governor Gage has appointed State Senator Charles M. Shortridge to the Building and Loan Commission, to succeed E. D. McCabe of Los An- geles. As McCabe was appointed to the| position for a period of four years by ex- Gevernor Budd in 1895, the mew appoint- | ment comes somewhat in the nature of a surprise. McCabe says that he will not vacate gffice until the expiration 'of hlsi term, and ex-Governor Budd has r\rom-‘ ised to make the fight for him. Mean- | and interesting developments are in order. { Governor Gage has within a week .or two appointed D. W. Field of Los Angeles | to succeed Commissioner Gould on the | same board, and it was not generally be. lieved that there would be another ap. | pointment until 1903. The plum is a very desirable one, as it carries considerable | honor and involves but little labor aside from the collection of $2500 salary an- nually. The ousted Commissioner is a Demo- n of Spokane, ended this morn- | CTat and a great friend of ex-Governor directed as strongly as possible in favor sion by Judge Richardson | Budd. The fact that Shortridge is of the | of his appointee. same party as Gage and that he might be of some political use is doubtless. the cause of McCabe's removal. The law ap- parently states that the appointment is for a period of four vears, but there Is un- doubtedly some good ground on which the | action can be defended. Shortridge has | recently been admitted to the bar and his legal knowledge probably will be practi- cally tested. | McCabe is very angry and the prospect | of losing the nice job on which he had builded his hopes for the next two years cannot but result in sincere disappoint- ment. “He declares that he is firm in his | positicn; that the appointment of Short- | ridge is illegal, and that the office will not be turned over without a legal battle. E Governor Budd sustains him in his claims and promises that his own efforts shall be STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Springfield Fire znd Marine [nsurance Company condensed as per blank fur- ssioner. CAPITAL Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in | T mciamn Yeveesessnness-$1,500,000 00 | ASSETS. i Real Estate owned by Company $125,000 00 | and Mortgages. 616,800 00 e of all Stocks and | pany. 3,722,694 00 ed by pledge H ther market- 0 ki [ able securities Cash in Comp Total Assets . LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted $63,667 72 | Losses in process of in Suspense 108,388 09 | Losses resiste 20,350 94 Gross prem ning one year or reinsurance 5 684,269 79 reinsurance pro rata : ons and Brokerage due and Total Liabilities . INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire PrOMIUIME .ovvoveovvseeenoesensenr $1,942,320 35 R ved for interest cn Bonds and | idends 32,284 81 4 for_interest and Morte: Recef on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources.. on 150,162 70 Recetved for Rents . 4,653 35 Total Income ..... EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- | cluding $169 losses of pre- Vious vears) . $1T42.707 20 Dividends to Stockholdes 150,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage Pald for Salaries, charges for off Paid for State, Taxes eien - 11 other payments and expenditures Fees and other ers. clerks, ete.... ational and Lo A Total Expenditures .. Fire. | Losses incurred during the year......§1,162,469 94 | 0 D. | Code, condensed as | Cash in Compan: | Recelved for Rents | Received from all other source | Net amount paid for Fire Losses Paid or allowed for Commission or o0 Brokerage .. ... 467,908 20 | Paid for Salaries, Fees, and other . charges for officers. alerks. etc.... 183,241 96 Pald for State. National and Local % taxes - 94,541 63 | Al othy and expendi- tures 355,248 17 I STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— ‘ National Fire INSURANCE COMPANY F HARTFORD, IN THE STATE N- necticut, on the 3ist day of December A. 1900, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provis- ions of sections 6i0 and 611 of the Political per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. A m | Cash | -$1,000,000 00 [ ASSETS. | Real Bstate owned by Company. Loans on Bonds and Mortgages Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. ¥'s Office. Cash in Banks.. B, Premi in due $331,784 94 708,815 00 | J 488,971 26 | 2 28| 45 97 286,594 15 Collec- Total Assets ... LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unvaid... .. $84,755 86 Losses in process of Adjustment or i yl Iln Fu(hn[n-n‘ Sosassersaneses 129,986 22 | ~osses resisted. including expenses 22,7 1 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- aifs ning one year or less. §1,8%,46423; reinsurance 50 per cent........ 2 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run oo 12 ning more than one year. $2,11 581 99; reinsurance pro rata. 1,098,687 64 All other liabilities 165,903 04 Total Liabilities $2,458,812 67 INCOME. Net cash actually recelved for Fire premiums .. -.$2,7 2 Recetved for interest on Bonds and o 12 Mortgages .. .. 41,961 04 Recelved for interest and dividend on Bonds, Stocks. Loans, and from all other sources 149122 88 3,02 781 75 ++.$2,932,478 8) Total Income EXPENDITURES. (including $184,196 45, losses previgus vears) ........... Dividends to Stockholders... of $1,524.884 91 Total Expenditures . Fire. Losses incurred quring the yea: ll,“l.gfi 06 Risks and Premiums. | Fire Risks. | Premiums. | Risks and Premiums. | Fire m;lu.{ Premiums. Net smount of Risks during’ | | thel | $236,949,609 | $2,543,613 63 | written year .. Net amount of expired during “Risks !h![ the! year .. -1 202,670,909 | 2,158,990 00 300,568, 245 Net amount in force| Net amount in force| WOS177 | 2,985 16 December 21, 1900......| 307,528,667 | 3,111,241 63 | December 81, 1900....| 401,467,507 | 4,013,048 22 Net amount of Risks written during the Net amount of Risks expired during | $280,426,541 i 43,691,285 08 | A. W. DAMON, President. W. J. MACKAY, Becretary. Bubscribed and sworn to before me, this 234 | @ay of January, 1501 | _P. 8. BAILEY, Notary Public. | PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, S. E. Corner Bush and Sansome Sts , SAN FRANCISCO, &AL. GEO. D. DORNIN, Manager. City Agency, 209 Sansome Strect, San Francisco, H. C. AHPEL & CO., Agents. JAMES NICHOLS. President. B. R. STILLMAN, tary. Subscribed and sworn to before mes.ifi: it day of January, 1901 FRED B. SEYMOUR, Notary Public, GEO. W. DORNIN, Ass’t Mnnggor. | Crooke ranch, three miles east of Cometa, | ) E. D. McCABE'S SUCCESSOR ON THE BUILDING AND LOAN COMMISSION. i % ae't [ e R S e e ] FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH FIELDG Heavy Loss by Fire in the Vicinity of Oakdale. PSS Special Dispatch to The Call OAKDALE, June 28.—Throughout the | entire day, with the thermometer regis- ering 108 degrees in the shade, every available man in this vicinity has fought one of the most disastrous grain fires that has ever swept Stanislaus County. To- night, the conflagration having burned | itself out, there is a chance to estimate the loss, and the figures represent the sea- son’s earnings of many a rancher. A strip of grain fields ten miles long and a mile wide has been swept clean of its crops, a farmhouse and barn lie in ashes and countless trees in the path of the flames will soon wither and decay. The fire started on what 1s known as the just across the line in San Joaquin Coun- ty, and burned in a southeasterly direc- tion, not stopping until the Stanislaus River checked its course. The Crooke | acres are owned by the German Building | and Loan Bociety of San Francisco. From there it spread to the Huffey land, the property of the San Francisco Savings Union. The ranch owned by Dr. Langdon was next swept over and on the Robison ranch 1000 acres of grain was destroyed. Fror he Threllfell -ranch, where the farm.. use and barn were burned, the con- flagration divided into two columns, one ! going in a southeasterly and the other in a southwesterly direction—one denuding everything in its path until it reached the Stanislaus, and the other burning its way through to the county line. A_conservative estimate places the loss at $50,000, but it may greatly exceed those | figures. Most of the grain was insured. — CONSIDINES MAY HAVE STARTED THE COMBAT | New Evidence Makes It Appear That ex-Chief Meredith Did Not Seek a Fight. SEATTLE, June 28.—New light is thrown upon the Meredith murder case by the investigation which has been pros- ecuted since the tragedy. It is learned that Meredith left his home on the after- noon of the murder with the intention of visiting his room in the police station and transferring hlsnger!onal possessions to his home. e h packed up the articles belonging td” him, among wglch was the short gun with which he fired at Consi- dine. About five minutes before the shoot~ ing occurred Meredith was seen by De- tective Philbrick at the corner of ¥esler way and Second avenue. The ex-Chlef Efld his arms full of packages at this me, It has developed that the Considine brothers were walking about in the neigh- borhood of the drug store for some time before the shooting and nlzpeared to be looking for some one. The latest develop- ments point to the supposition that the Considines found Mared}l)?h on his way home and provoked him to the shooting. GOES TO HER DEATH IN THE SACRAMENTO Mrs. J. J. Dwyer of the Capital City Is Drowned at Grimes Landing. SACRAMENTO, June 28.—Word was }ecelveg by tele'phgne to-night that Mrs. . J. Dwyer of this city was d to-day at Grimes Lal:djgs?' Caf‘u‘hl é"g'n':fie‘? No_particulars have been received. T | and Mrs. Dwyer, Will Dwyer and Miss Edna Carroll went up the river a few days ago on one of the regular steamers and were expected home to-l}lormw. Murderer 0’Brien to Hang. SEATTLE, June 28.—Word was brought by the steamer City of Seattle that George O'Brien, who killed Lynn Relf, Fred Clayson _and Lawrence Olson on 'the frozen Yukon River trail in December, 1859, has been ‘found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged in Dawson on August 23. The case was begun on June 9 and was the greatest criminal trial in the, history of the Northwest. The expense of the trial is estimated at $100,000, °| favor the offende CUTS DOWN THE GOLORS UF BRITA American in Skaguay Resents a Foreigner’s ‘Effrontery. Objects to English Flag Fly- ing Without Old Glory Above It. Action of a Brother of Joaquin Millexr May Cause International Complications. g Special Dispatch to The Call. SBATTLE, June 28.—International com- plications may follow an episode that oc- curred at -Skaguay om June 22. The en- sign of the Canadian customs office was cut down by an' Amarican citizen, rolled into a ball and afterward thrown into the grime and dirt of a nearbv building. George Miller, an attorney whose home is | in Eugene, Oregon, enraged at the sight of the British flag flying on American ter- ritory without the stars and stripes float- ing above it, took ‘the British colors and, figuratively, “spat’ upon them. In the face of much deteymined opposi- tion Colonel Busby, in charge of the Canadian customs office at Skaguay, had | raised the British flag. without the Ameri- can colors flying above it. Mr. Milier, who I a brother of Joaauin Miller, the California’ poet,- and, who was visitng friends in Skaguay, walked up to the flag- staff, drew put his pocket-knife, ran down the flag, cut the halyards and trailed the offending flag in the dirt. witnessed by. several who had gathered. Gives the Briton His Card. Colonel . Busby was angered, and it did not take him long to go to the defense of the flag of his country. ‘When he reached Miller the latter calmly drew a card from his pocket, and, handing it to the aston- ished official, turned on his heel and walked away. On the card wa “‘George Miller, attorney at law, Eugene, Oregon.” ‘When requested for a statement as to the reason of his action, Mr. Miller said: | “I cut down the British ffag on my own authority, by virtue of rights resting in every American citizen." he would say. The incident caused great excitement at | Public sentiment seems to The Skaguay News further explains the incident as follows: “On this strip of land which the United States has occupied undisputed since the days of the transfer in 1867, the Canadian officlals have gradually encroached, un- Skaguay. restrained by the American Government. | By leads and bounds the Canadian cus- tom-house . had advanced toward tide- water—from Tagish to Bennett, then to | Log Cabin and lastly to the Summit, and when the customs ensign of Canada was hoisted at Skaguay it is small wonder that some John Brown would not wait for the tardy action from Washington, but cut down the flag. 4 Feeling at High Pitch. ““With the flasco of the modus viverd: in the Porcupine district fresh in the mirds of the Skaguayans, together with the anything but cheerful news that the joint “high- com fon would resume its sitting, it can be wondered that an in- ternational complication has arisen in a city whose patriotism has been tested time and again by the lazy indifference of their own Government as against the ! aggressive activity of the British. With | feeling as it is, the action of the Cana- diens -was little less than an invitation for trouble—a chip on the shoulder. “‘Some inquiry has been made as to how the Canada customs comes to have an office in this city. Mr. Busby bears the title of ‘supervising officer.’” By an agreement between the American and the Canadian governments, the office is main- tained for the purpose of facilitating travel. On Monday morning following the Miller incident Busby ran up his flag again. He was told to either put the stars and stripes above or it would come down. ‘“‘Rather than have trouble Busby low- ered his colors. The matter has been re- ferred to Washington.” OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE ON THE PACIFIC COAST Changes Made by the Postoffice De- partment and Pensions Issued in Three States. WASHINGTON, June 5.—The Postof- fice Department to-day issued the follow- ing: Postoffice established: Washington —Valentine, Garfield County, Alfonso S. Vallen Postmaster. Postmaster commis- sioned: Oregon—Sarah Shearer, Garibaldl. Postmasters appointed: California—M. J. Casey, Iomosa, San Bernardino County, vice William Johns, resigned. Oregon— | F. C. Getty, Empire, Coos County, vice | C. M. Byler, resigned. Washington—C. S. Booth, Washtucna, Adams County, vice T. C. Martin, removed. These pensions were issued to-day: California: Original—James Griffin, San Francisco, $8; James Carlyle, Los An- geles, 38; William H. Brown, Arcata, $10; Henry 8. Boos, Pomona, $6; Sam Hughes, Dutch Flat, $6; Aquila W. Hanna, Eureka, $6; Michael Enright, Martinez, $10; George W.mzlms(ead. Vallejo, $6. Additional— Lemin D. Reynolds, Santa Ana, $8. Re- newal—Patrick Conlin, Colusa, §$6. In- crease—Archibald G. Taylor, Latrobe, $1 Hugh Bates, Cornwall, $12; Lowell C. White, San_Francisco, $8; Charles M. Price, San_Francisco, $8; Lee Moy, Val- lejo, $17; Henry H. Hull, Stockton, George Helfer, San Francisco, $8; Willlam Raver, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $10. Original widow—Sarah Fifield, Los An- geles, $8. Oregon; Additional—Charles White, Willows, $8. Increase—John W. Mikel, Lakeview, ; Frank L. Pounds, Aums- ; Francis H. King, State Soldiers’ Roseburg, $8; Jean Laurent, Original widow—Minor_ of ‘War with Spain widow—Helen 8. G. Anderson, mother, Portland, $12. Washington: Renewal—George H. Ba- ker, Tenino, $6. Increase—James Bridley, Orting, $10; George M. Kuhn, Tacoma, $8; Herman Culver, Port Angeles, $10. War with Sp.%ln, original—-Willlam H. Tucker, Goran, § e e CONGRESSMAN BURTON ON RESTRAINING DAMS Cheirman of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee Gives His Views. SACRAMENTO, June 28.—Before his de- parture for Oregon last night Chairman Burton of the Congressional Committee on Rivers and Harbors i&ve to the Bee correspondent at Marysville his views re- specting the grojected restraining dams at Deguerra Point in the following lan- guage: Home, Vinton, $10. Francis M. Ledman, Portland, $10. The project for impounding the debris of the*| Yuba River is one which presents a great deal of uncertainty. There is a question whether if the dams are constructed the discharge of slickens and sand into the Feather and Sacra- mento rivers would be prevented for a long period of ten years, although, perhaps, the plan Dropoged by the engineer would prove effec- tive for a considerably longer period. As I stated yesterday, this is one of the most perplexing questions before the committee. We have 4 great deal of new light on the subject, as the result of to-day’'s visit to the site. We cannot help being influenced by the fact that the State has considered this undertaking of such {mportance that the Legislature has pr vided that the State shall pay one-half the expense of the improvement, 1t hydraulic mining should continue I do not see that any device could be adopted which would prevent the deposit of debris into the Feather-and its transmittal to the Sacramento River. The problem is how to deal with the immense ‘mass of debris already deposited In {he Yuba, part of which goes down with every reshet. The affair was | hundred persons,‘ That was all | | | | | i | | ! | ] GOMPERS BADLY HURT IN STREET CAR ACCIDENT e President of tke American Federation of Labor e o+ PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. L ASHINGTON, June 28.—Sam- uel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is suffering from concussion of the brain and a possible frac- ture of the skull. While his condition is critical’ his physician says he probably will recover. He was injured last night as he alighted from a car on which he had been taking his two children for an outing. Gompers was reported resting easier to-night. An investigation has not developed any fracture of the skull. to be i 3 <o ® B B R XY 9 l DEATH GOMES SWIFTLY T0 GEORGE A, NOURSE Son of the Fresno Lawyer Finds Him Lifeless in His Office. MULLENEY CONTINUES IN THEIR CONFIDENGE Sacramento Trustees Dismiss Charges Against City Surveyor. IEDCRI SRR, Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, June 28.—George A. Nourse, one of the oldest members of the Fres- no bar, was found dead in his office as 8 o'clock this afternoon. The discovery was made by his son, John C. Nourse, who had been sent for early in the after- noon by his father to transact some busl- ness. The body was lying on a cot, where Mr. Nourse evidently had been resting. At the Coroner’s inquest this evening it was decided that death was due to heart Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, June 28.—The charges sented by Mayor Clark, charging City Surveyor William Mulleney with dishon- esty and malfeasance in office, were dis- missed by the Board of Trustees to-night. Mulleneys complaint on the ground of insufficiency, ters as did, sustained the demurrer. failure. againsf Mulleney, covering many of the Mr. Nourse was a native of Maine and | points fald before the City Trustees. The was 77 years of age. He was a son of Dr. | matter is now pending in the Superior Amos Nourse, who succeeded’ Hannibal | Court. Hamlin in the United States Senate in 1857. Mr. Nourse graduated from the Hai vard Law School and commenced prac- ticing in St. Anthony, Minnesota. He held several offices there and was Repub- lican candidate for Attorney General of the State in 1857. He practiced law in San Francisco for sixteen years, gaining a reputation as an able land lawyer. In he moved to Fresno and engaged in the practice of his é)mtesslmm He was an _unsuccessful candidate for Superior Judge in 1886, running on the Republican ticket. Since the campaign of he has been a Democrat. Mr. Nourse leave a wife and three children. BRINGS DAWSONITES AND THEIR TREASURE Steamship City of Seattle Lands Nearly Two Hundred Klon- dike Passengers. of Seattle, the second treasure boat from Skaguay this scason, arrived here to-day with 175 Dawson passengers and a large amount of treasure. T. S. Lippy, the gk s i A Fred A. Wickersham's Will. | fwelve Aecompantad bt LEo ol SANTA ROSA, June 28.—The will of the | the largest indivdual holder. late Fred A. Wickersham, the Petaluma | ¢, o ige g oited two days at Skaguay capitalist, was filed here for probate this | Parmeles had sacli::vit;nr:i g:opleél P\‘xfir morning. It is a short and businesslike | his safe which he estim; oo 55 o document and bequeaths the entira estate Ry to the widow, Mrs. Mary C. Wickersham, to be hers as long as she remains a wid- ow. In the event of her marrying again half the property is to go to the two chil- dren. The estate {s valued at about $300,- staterooms of which they would make no estimate, and the true estimate of the S;talobbtzguz;n mfil] or}: the steamer cannot ned until the return i the assay office. A e LR The Fourth at San Rafael. SAN RAFAEL, June 28.—Great prepara- tions are being made here for celebrating the Fourth of July. The local fire" de- partment is in charge. There will be a parade in the morning, a picnic and dance at San Rafael Park in the afternoon and fireworks and music on the Courthouse Square in the evening, 120 Interest ) You That is 'tho saving in ice by using the Alaska : Refrigerator! lts construction has rev:r been equaled—the ALASKA will keep prov'sions tonger and USE LESSH ICE than ary otier refrigerator, W. W. MONTAGUE & CO., Sales Agents for Pacilic Coast, €an Francisco. —— Caught in Seine’and Drowned. GUTHRIRE, O. T., June 28.—Charles Gar- rison was drowned in the Washita River this afternoon while setting a selne. He step;{ed into_a dole hole, becoming en- tangled in the net and drowned before help could reach him. He had been mar- ried but two weeks. Does suggested by the Grand Jury and pre- | attorneys demurred to the| and the Board of Trustees, viewing mat- | The Grand Jury returned an indictment | SEATTLE, June 28.—The steamship City | owner of the famous No. 16 El Dorado, Many of the passengers nad gol in thes | NTTORNEY FIGES GRAVE CHARGE Witnesses in Haskell Case Accuse Henry French. Declare the San Josean Is Guilty of Compounding a Felony. A Sy Speciai Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, June 28.—Sensational | charges of compounding a felony and | fraud were made to-day against Attor- | ney Henry French, a prominent Method!st churchman, who a few years ago was the Prohibition candidate for Governor. The | accusations were preferred in Judge Rhodes’ court this afternoon in the trial | of the suit of Mrs. Lorinda A. Haskell to | have a mortgage for $1287 made to ex Assemblyman J. K. Burnett in 1899 set aside on the ground that it was obtained by fraud. It was further intimated that French had signed Burnett’s name to the mortgage without his consent. Attorney Sam B. Terrill, who figured in | the case a few years ago, became in- | volved in a shady transaction with W. A, | Cline and gave Cline a worthless mort- gage to secure a loan of $1200. Cline con- sulted Attorney French when he became | aware he had been duped. French threat- | ened to bring the affair before the Grand Jury unless Terrill paid Cline the money | Terrill said he understood at the ti | that the making of the raortgage was t | save him from grosecution. Under these | threats, so Terrill testified to-day, he in- | duced his mother-in-law, Mrs. Haskell, to | give French a mortgage on their home at | College Park for $1200. French then of- | fered to obtain the bogus mortgage from | Cline_and all incriminating papers and save him (Terrill) from San Quentin. | When it came to making out the mort- | gage, Cline declined to have it made to | him, and French made it payable to Bur- nett. Later it was transferred to W. C. Edwards of Arizona. While Terrill did not so testify, he claims Cline never re- ceived the money from French, and that | he will prove the assertion. Burnett, on the stand to-day, testified that he had never loaned Mrs. Haskell any money on the mortgage nor had h recelved any consideration when it was | transferred to Edwards. In fact, he did | not believe he had ever signed the mort- gage, although the signature looked Ilke his. Terrill had not finished his testimony when court adjourned, and he Is expected to give some sensational evidence to- morrow. French’'s attorney declares the transaction of French was perfectly ‘““square.” He had been doing business for Edwards and merely took the mort- gage In his name to secure Cline. He said French would deny the charges made by Terrill. —e Succumbs to His Injuries. ANTIOCH, June 28.—D. M. Pitts, who fell from a passenger train and was run over yesterday afternoon at Cornw died this morning. | | | 5 | | ADVERTISEMENTS. Loss of Appetite Becomes more common as the weather | becomes warmer. It is a symptom of functional weak- ness which will manifest itself more | seriously if neglected—in a generally run-down or debilitated condition of the system. The stomach and other digestive or- | gans need attention—they must be strengthened and toned. “I had no appetite and was fast falling away and getting weak. I began taking | Hoed’s Sarsaparilla. It gave me a good | appetite, so I can eat almost anything placed before me, and I am gaining | strength and flesh. 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