The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901. 9 TRYING * REST COTTAGE” PLAN TO AID YOUNG WORKING WOMEN| Novel Method to Insure Summer Outings to Those Whose Means Are Limited. July 8.—A novel plan elf-supporting young obtain a summer nominal cost has been ed by the Oakland “hristian Association. ars the ladies of the as- realized and discussed the some place where a few could ¥ enjoyed by wo- a moderate cost. e deliberations a *‘rest lished. These rest been tried in the & success, but the idea the Oakland Y. t to make the ex- m Kirk, first vice president c organization and one tive workers, was the first blem of ways and means inly through her persistent the “rest cottage” is at last st of a charming e very summit of the evond Piedmont, the oid 1k culture station has for past stood vacant and al- e building was erect- 10 aid women and children hem with work in the cul- silkworm, but the experi- e. Now, however, after th hrough the k ent of the it was the house ed by the Association ndis now arge, sunny is delightful, resque aspect, is also SOME OF THE LADIES WHO ARE | INTERESTED IN THE REST COT- TAGE PLA who do not care to take the walk up the trail arrangements may be made to drive to the cottage. To-morrow the ladi be a popular resort, many Oakland ladies going there for a few days at a time, and the association feels that the experiment is an assured success, judging by the number of letters ,that are being daily received asking for information in regard to this long needed haven of rest. The following named ladies form the Rest Cottage committee and are taking a most active interest in it: Mrs. William Kirk (chairman), Mrs. Rees B. Thompson, Mrs. J.. P. Ames, Mrs. H. C. C: well, Mrs. A, C. Henry, Mrs. Mrs, T. Gaytes, Mrs. Goodale, . B. Ei Mrs. J. B. Richardson, Miss Mrs. George D. Gray, Mrs. Eliza Wolfenden, .Mrs. Irving Lewls, Miss Bacon, M. Brown and Mrs. George Terrell. The officers of the association are: President, Mrs. P. D. Brown; first vice presi- dent, Mrs. Willlam Kirk; vice presi- Mrs. A. C. Henry, Mrs. W, H. Mrs. J. J. Scotchler, Mrs. George D. Gray, Mrs.”C. S. Chamberlain, Mrs. H. E. Stone, Mrs W. Kellogg, Mrs, A. Vandergaw. Merrell, Miss Edith M : recording secre- nanclal secretary, rer, Mrs. Rees < 3 & of the Y. W. C. A. B R il give “an al fresco’ luncheon at 'the Thompson; corresponding secretary, Miss K. E. makes the sit- Rest Cottag: hose attending may take w hy one and, thelr own basket luncheons and feast Un- wo m H. Gravee Mra 5. W. 6, Honae: Mrs. ten minutes’ der the trees in true picnic style or they c.'J. Bacon, Mrs. Eliza Wolfenden, Mrs. J. P, Piedmont car may be provided for by the matron in Ames, Mrs. Rees B. Thompson, Mrs, Anson from the charge. Barstow, Dr. ‘H. P. Van Kirk, Mrs. William For those The Rest Cottage is already getting to Kirk, Mrs. 8. G. Chamberlain. e N M I M i 2 2 2 D I o E o B S e [ J NEW PRINCIPAL James H. Pond of Sacra- mento Captures the Prize. e members pres- tion of the High was a short board meeting, ¥ L. Button »mmittee, whose Smith of the made a fight for tion of a princi- esney, but a 1 fixed upon Mr, ton gave way to 1nounced d present the lucator. had been Vice eads of the high school, scus was ended, Evans r Pond, who was given f 2 unanimous selection. en whick High Schooi ( . had been J Campbell High School in the ed J. B. he board b choice suce choice the o nt te of the Univers- s been in State ince he graduat- ears of age. He is a son of C. Pond, pastor of Bethany Church of San Francisco pioneer clergymen of Cali- s a brother known physi- Board of Education absent this evening were D. W. who is in the East, and Dr. Knox, who was called out on pro- fessional duties before the caucus had com In presenting Pond's t rd, Director Button made extolling the new man's = and pointing out par- as a Strong one Amo reasons ich led to his selecticn. fessor Smith, who had been the choice majority of the High School Commit- is 20 bee eted E b speech d ne hich was argued against members of the board. e some important changes to-night affecting the two high schools. 11 adopted a fiat four-year course for the Ozkland High School and provided courges of two years each in the com- mercial and in the manual training de- parument of the Central High School, the 1 name of which was changed to the Com- mercial and Polytechnic High School. Graduates from the eighth grade of the grammar schools will be permitted to en- ter either high school and to take either of the courses, commercial or manual training, that are arranged in the reor- ganized central school. This move places each school upon a footing entirely independent of the other. Hitherto the courses were arranged so that one year of the four required for high school work was done in the ninth grade. established at the Central High chool. Then the ninth grade graduates who desired to complete the high school work were given the subsequent three years at the Oakland High School. The new arrangement is intended to perpet- uate the former Central High School on an independent basis and to eliminate the cause for the criticista which has been directed against it by past City Councils in tbeir allotments of funds for support of the high school. . YACHTSMEN DISCUSS THE ANNUAL REGATTA Silver Tmphie; "Will Be Awarded to ‘Winning Boats in Each of Six Classes. A meeting of delegates of the Pacific Inter-club Yacht Association was held last night at the Merchants’ Exchange, representatives of the San Francisco, Corinthian and California Yacht clubs being present. R. R. 'Hommedieu and A. M. Clay were appointed a committee to revise the signal code and bring it up to date. A. C. Lee, T. J. Kavanaugh and S. 8. Marshall were appointed a commit- tee to secure scows as stakeboats and to set them in the proper positions on re- gatta day. Orlo Eastwood, secretary of the association, will look after the print- ing of circulars and tickets. Palmer is in charge of the flags and racing num- bers, and T. F. Tracy will control the tug v. A. B. Palmer will look after Postal cards will be sed to the members of the yacht clubs stating that the price of tickets to the regatta committee's steamer or the stakeboats will be $1 apiece. The steamer | will be at the foot of Powell street up to 12 noon on September 9, but those who de- sire to go on one of the stakeboats will have to be on hand at an earlier hour. The secretary was instructed to send spe- cial invitatigns to the judge's boat to Commodore and Mrs. J. ‘M. Macdonough and ex-Commodore and Mrs. H. E. Law, donors of the trophies which will be awarded at the regatta. Entries to the regatta will be received up to 6 p. m. on Wednesday, September 3. The trophy committee consists of S. 8. Marshall, T. J. Kavanaugh, A. C, e,, H. M. Landsberger, A. E. Chapman and A The regatta committee ‘{s . E. Moody. made up of T. J. Kavanaugh, L. Whitelaw, R. R. 'Hommedieu, C. L. Ti: dale, George Warford and a representa tive of the South Bay Club not yet named. ——————————— Appeal in Henarie Case. In order to obtain a final Gecision on the point &s to whether or not the right to contest a will survives the death of the contestant and can be carried on by the heirs at law of the contestant an ap to the Supreme Court has n “taken from the decision handed down by Judge Sloss denying B. F. Brissac and Mnufie H. Norton the right to continue the con- test instituted by the late Mary A. Hen- arie nst the will of the late D. V. B. Henare. Judge Burnett of Santa Rosa held in the Wickersham case that the t of contest does not survive the con- testant, but as yet no decision on the point has been handed down by the Bu. preme Court. HUSBAND LOOKS -~ HOR HI5 BABY |Mrs. Bertram Hill Takes First Born and Flees. SRR ALAMEDA, July 8—Having suddenly become bereft of his through the machinations of the first- named, Bertram Hill of 707 Centra! ave- nue advertises that after this day he will not be responsible for the debts contract- ed by either of them. HIill has been look- ing high and tow and in all manner of out-of-the-way places since Saturday for his baby, but so far he has not been able to strike a lead that will take him to the lair of it and the mother, whom he charges with spiriting it away. Hill says he doesn’t care if his wife never comes back, but he wants the baby. “I don’t know_what's the matter with my wife,” sald Hill this afternoon. “We didn’t have any quarrel at all and we were getting along fine. So was the baby. When my wife asked me last Saturday for car fare to go across the bay to see her sister 1 handed it out and she went. That’s the last I've seen of her. “When my wife hadn't come home Sun- day I got suspicious. I looked around and noticed that some of the bric-a-brac was missing, and I think my wife came back Saturday while I wasn’t home and packed the articles off with her. “Later I went to the home of my wife's sister in San Francisco, but she had not showed up there, so I made up my mind that she had run away with the baby. I've been looking all over creation for the child—walked my feet off, pretty nearly— but I can’t locate it. My wife can stay away if she wants to, but I want that baby back, and I'm going to have it.” Friends of Mrs. Hill say that the Hills did not get along amicably, and that the reason she disappeared is that she pre- ferred to live alone and in peace. ¢ SPRING VALLEY AGREES TO DISMISSAL OF SUIT Owing to the fact that Judge Seawell refused to issue a preliminary injunction restraining the city and county from en- forcing the new water rate the Spring Valley Water Company has filed ‘a dis- missal of Jts action. The dismissal was without prejudice, however, and it is probable that upon Judge Seawell's re- turn to this city after vacation another suit will be instituted by the company. The water company’s attorneys were not certain as to what the effect would be in the event they permitted the suit to stand on the records and then proceeded to col- lect from consumers under the new rate. The result was that the company decided that it was best to dismiss the suit. The order for dismissal bore the signa- ture of Attorney M. B. Kellogg. Mr. Kel logg refused to say why the case was dis- missed or what action the company pur- posed taking in the future, but it is a set- tled fact that the company will not vield to_the provisions of the ordinance estah- lishing the rew rate until the same has beenndeclnred valid by the court of last wife and baby’| WILL BE BURIED WITH ALL HONDRS Le Conte Public Funeral ‘Will Be Marked by Simplicity. Private Services Will Be Held at the Late Residence of Deceased. . BERKELEY, July 8—General arrang ments for public funeral services in honor of the late Joseph Le Conte have been completed by the faculty committee in charge. Details are to a certain extent wanting and there is a possibility that certain portions of the general plan may be changed before the date of the fun- eral. To-morrow should see the arrange- ments definitely completed. Services at which the public may pay a last tribute to the beloved seientist will be held Thursday at 5 p. m., in Hearst Hall. With the fact in view that Hearst Hall may not hold the friends of Dr. Le | Conte who will be able to attend the scr- vices, those in charge may possibly change the place of gathering to Harmon Gymnasium, ‘the largest auditorfum n this city. The date and hour will not be changed. Services Will Be Simple Right Rev. Willlam Ford Nickols, Bishop of the California Diocese, assisted by Rev. George E. Swan, rector of St. Mark’s parish of this city, will conduct the Episcopal ritual of the dead. Except for music by singers as yet unselected this simple but beautiful rite will consti- tute the entire service. Professor C. L. Cory, a close friend of the Le Contes, has taken charge of pri- vate arrangements and is carrying out the requests of Mrs. Le Conte. The fol- lowing named are the pall-bearers chosen: Alumni—W. R. Davis and Charles Wheel- er; regents—Judge C. W. Slack and J. B. Reinstein (former students of Professor Le Conte); faculty—Professor A. C. Law- son and Professor W. E. Ritter (from Dr. Le Conte's: department), and Professor Martin Kellogg, Professor E. W. Hilgard, Professor George Davidson and Professor F. G. Hes: student body—C. E. Fryer and J. M. Eshleman. According to the present plans at the close of the public service the body will lie In state until the assembled friends have taken a last parting look at the well known form. Bishop Nichols and Rev. Mr. Swan will conduct private services at the family residence, 2739 Bancroft way, an hour prior to the public ceremony. Members of the Le Conte family and a few of their intimate friends only will be present. The body will be laid to rest in'Mountain View cemetery. The services at the grave will be private. Dr. Le Conte's body will be removed to- morrow from the parlors of an Oakland undertaker, where it was placed on its arrival from the Yosemite Valley, and taken to the family residence. There it will remain in private until Thursday. Son Not Yet Heard From. J. N. Le Conte, son of the deceased, who is on his wedding trip in the Kings River district, has not been heard from. The messenger who has been sent in is ex- pected to reach him in time for his arri- val in Berkeley to-morrow night or at the latest, Thursday morning. Quiet prevailed at the university to- day. Over the college and college town where Drf. Le Conte's life work had been mostly done, a feeling of deep sorrow holds sway in all minds. The universit flag floated at half mast and at many pri- vate residences the national colors were displayed in honor of the departed sclen- tist. The following telegram was received to- day by President Wheeler: The president and faculty of the Leland Stan- ford Junior University learn with deep regret of the death of Professor Joseph Le Conte, and beg to extend their sympathy to his family and to the University of California. J. C. BRANNER, Acting President. An_unsigned_telegram came also from the Yosemite Valley as tollows: Students at Yosemite beg to suggest their beloved friend be laid under Le Conte oak. President Wheeler said to-day that so far as he knew no attempt would be made to refill Professor Le Conte’s position in the faculty. Of recent years his work had been left to his own free will and he had attended classes only when he chose. The faculty in his department is at pres- ent full. Last Published Article. Strange to say Dr. Le Conte’s last pub- lished article was on “What is Life?” It appeared in “Science,” a New York week- 1y, in the issue of June 21, of this year. The article was in the form of a short communication and was as follows: ‘WHAT IS LIFE? Some thoughts, started by reading an article with the above title in Nature, in 1838, by Horace Brown, and jotted down at that time but laid aside, I have thought might perhaps interest the readers of science, especlally as the subject continues to be agitated. Heretofore in cases of dormant life, as in seeds kept for vears, perhaps centuries, or in desiccated infusoria, etc., in which under fa- Vorable conditions active \ize 1s revived, it has been supposed that very slow metabolic changes still g0 on during the state of dor- mancy—life is supposed to be feeble but not ex- tinet. The same wawsupposed to be the case in seeds or bacteria exposed to intense cold of —180 degrees to—200 degrees, C., but Pictet or even—250 degrees by Dewar. Tut it is now proved that at this tempera- ture chemical affinity is destroyed and all chemical changes arrested, and therefore the chemical changes characteristic of life—meta-~ bolism—also must cease. But with the return of heat, they revive. Therefore, in this c lite seems to spring spontaneously from d matter. Must we then revive the old doctrine of spontaneous generation? If not we must change or greatly modify our conceptions of 1L, o such expertments it is evident that, al- though life ig, indeed, a distinct form of energy, vet its nearest alliance is with chemism. For as chemism Is completely destroyed by extreme cold and again revived by heat, so life may be completely arrested by cold and again revived By heat—if the molecular structure character- fetic of living protoplasm (whatever that may be) remains unchanged. IWhat then is the necessary condition of life— or, to put it more clearly, what is the difference between dead protoplasm and Iiving protoplasm or rather protoplasm capable of life? Evidently it is not a dlfference in chemical composition, for no change in this regard takes place in the act of death. It is, I suppose, a difference -in molecular arrangement—a difference in_allo- tropic condition. As the necessary condition of chemical properties is a certain equivalent composition, so the necessary condition of vital properties ls, in addition, a certain molecular Cconstitution.. But as equivalent composition Tay remain, even though chemical activity be absent, so aiso the peculiar molecular constitu. fion characteristic of life may remain, even though life—i. e., active life—be absent. As the chemism may be completely destroyed by cold and revived by heat, if the necessary con- Qition, viz., a certain eguivalent composition, remains: €0 life may be completely destroyed by cold and again revived by heat if so be the necessary condition—a certaln molecular con- stitution remalns. L eetiel Again, Mr. Br article s Misenters, defnition of fite omcy 40 continuous adjustment of internal tG external conditions,” must be revived, since it applies only to active life, and not to suspended life, 1 think not. Life in the true sense, i, e. actual life, must be active—the essential nature of life, as of all energy, ls activity: but there fs a necessary underlying condition, 1. e & peculiar molecular constitution, which may be called potential life. As equivalént composition is potential chemism, Which may under certain conditions become actual chemism, so a peeu. fiar molecular constitution of protoplasm 18 potential life, which may under certain eon- Gitions become actual life. Death Is not merely an extinction of life, 1. e., actual life, but also the destruction of the Necessary condition of life, 1. e., the characteristic molecular struc. ture of protoplasm. Extinction of life, there- fore, is not necessarily death. There are there- fore three conditions of protoplasm, viz.: (1) living, a condition in which life s ‘actual; (2) potentially living, in which the neces Mmolecular conetitdtion or vital constitution iy ent; an L ch ‘the vi ? Efitution 1s also wanting. fal con Berkeley, Cal, May 24, e Abyssinian Army in Bad Strait. LONDON, July 9.—The Times publishes the following, dated June 28, from Ger- oguby, h:|A %he Sia:'nal! country. “Th yssinian _army, campaigni against the Mad Mullah, has t&"l'l‘gd e find him, Provisions have been exhaust- ed and the troops are now eating the camels and other transport animals. Un- less food is procured in a few days many must starve to death. & 'TWO YOUNG PHYSICIANS ARE JOINED IN WEDLOCK Marriage of Drs, M.. V. Higgins and Vera Hamilton Ends a College Romance. PRINCIPALS IN A PRETTY WED- DING LAST NIGHT AT THE WINDSOR HOTEL. + R. M. V. HIGGINS and Dr. Vera Hamilton were united in mar- riage last evening in the parlors of the Windsor Hotel. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Dr. Sanford of St. Jchn's Church. Only the parents and intimate friends of the young couple were present, the wedding being strictly private. The “bride wore a beautiful gown of white crepe de chine and her head was adorned with a bridal veil. Miss Agnes Fahey acted as maid of honor and the groom was attended by Dr. G. E. Hall of EDNK WALLAGE RETURNS EAST The Little Actress Will Nof Retire From the Stage. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, " 1118 Broadway, July 8. Edna Wallace Hopper left this morning for New York, where she will make her plans for the future. All of the plans upon which she had been working were dropped when she heard of the sickness of her mother at her S8an Leandro home, and it will take the little actress some time to decide exactly what she will do for the future. She is far from strong, the death of her mother having been a great shock to her. When the serfous sickness of Mrs. Dunsmulr was telegraphed East hEdl)]‘a Wallace Hopper was playing with the Floradora Company in New York City. She at once canceled all of her engage- ments and started for California. While on her way Mrs. Dunsmuir died. The sudden death of her mother pros- trated the daughter, and after the funerai she was under a physiclan’s care at the beautiful San Leandro home for many days. As soon as she recovered suifi- ciently to permit her to travel she deter- nined to make her way East, plans ov no plans. All that she wanted to do was to get away from the home where her mother had dled. Everything about u3e place had been built under her mother's direction and everything reminded the actress of her mother. The strain was tso great upon her and she decided to leave to-day, even though she was not thoroughly able to travel. “I have no plans,” she said, as she was preparing to leave. “I am simply trying to et away from all of this that reminds me so much of my mother without her presence. Everything about here was the idea of my mother, and she has gone. Why should I stay here? When I get to New York and have recovered sufficiently 1 wiil make up my miad what I will do. T wil! probably go back to my life work, for it i+ all that is left to me. I will not retire from the stage.” 3 CROOES ESTATE REALTY SOLD BY ORDER OF COURT Devisees and Legatees, Counsel and Creditors Enriched by Distribu- tion of Proceeds. All of the reai estate of the estates of the late Jackson G. Crooks, the late Mat- thew J. Crooks and the late Susan Crooks has been sold and the proceeds of the sale ordered distributed among their devisees and legatees, counsel and creditors. Under the decree of the court the pro- ceeds of the sale were placed in the treas- ury, and Chief Deputy County Clerk Jo- seph Goddard is now dnsmbutlnf the same among the owners. Following {s the court's order for the distribution of the proceeds: To Margaret J. Morffew, $16.- 307 85; to Ida Olive Hodgon, $16,307 &; to Susan Smith, ‘§7674 27; to Beatrice M. Crooks, $2158 39; to Beatrice M. Crooks as di 'of Helen Irene Crooks, gf’asg?{o Jonathan J. Crooks, $1085 36; t o Thomas A. Keogh as trustee for Robert Tee Crooks, $7547 20; to Mary E. Hughes as executrix of the will of John Smith, $2658 39; to Frederick W. Boole, $1620 50; to the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, 83; to Lloyd & Wood, $9842 03; to Mul- any, Grant & Cushing, $38209 41, being the amount due to Thomas Ambrose on & mor executed to him bx Robert Lee Crooks et al.; to Florence Adele Brown, $867 02; to Florence Adeie Brown as trus- tee for Jackson Blas Crooks, $867 02; to Jeremiah F. Sullivan, $150; to Annie T. Crooks, $2008 39;- to Samuel R. Crooks as guardian of the persons and estates of Bete Coska SRR, 3 1o, stian Strobel, mln of $16,307 86 due to Jonathan J. Crooks is, with his consent, withheld until the further order of court. o Palo Alto. After the ceremony the wed- ding guests sat down to supper and the health of the bridal couple was toasted in bumpers of wine. ‘The marriage was the sequel to an en- gagement that dated back to the time both physicians were students at the Cal- ifornia Medical College. They were class- mates and studied lessons of love while preparing for their future profession. On graduation the bride continued her stu- dies under the supervision of her father, Dr. J. W. Hamilton, a well-known physi- cian of this city. She is an accomplished young woman and will be of great assist- ance to her husband in the practice of medicine. Dr. Higgins, although comparatively a young man, has had quite an experience as a physiclan. He has been practicing at Cambria, San Luls Obispo County, for the past year. Previous to taking up his residence in that town he was in the United States Army Medical Corps, at- tached to the Eighth Army Division. He did_good work in the hospltals at Manila and also saw service on the firing line. His parents are residents of Contra Costa County and are highly esteemed. Dr. and Mrs. Higgins will leave shortly for Cambria, where they will reside. They Wfi:‘e the recipients of many handsome gifts. B I U e e ] ARGUMENT IN MARIPOSA WATER CASE IS OPENED The final arguments in the action insti- tuted by Johm R. Hite against the Madera Canal and Irrigation Company, an action involving millions, were opened in this city yesterday morning before Judge John M. Corcoran of Mariposa, sitting in Judge Kerrigan's department of the Superior Court. The point in issue is the right to the use of the water of a small creek that flows into the south fork of the Merced Rl:‘er, high up in the Mariposa Moun- tains. Behind the plaintiff, Hite, is the Crock- er-Huffman Land and Water Company, which controls a large body of arable land, where the water is needed for irri- gation. On the other side is the Madera Canal and Irrigation Company and the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company, operating large sawmills and distributing water for the irrigation of thousands of acres of land in fi:dem County. On be- half of the plaintiff it is claimed that since- 1863 up to the present day Hite has been a riparian owner. The testimony in the case was taken in Mariposa County and was transferred to this city for argument on motion of coun- sel, who wanted to be in reach of the many big law libraries in the city. James F. Peck of Merced opened the argument on behalf of the plainuff and continued up to the hour of adjournment. It is ex- pected that two weeks will be occupied in the arguments. e SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DROWNED IN CHANNEL Milton Kamlade, the 6-year-old sonm of Fred Kamlade, a teamster, residing at 436 Gilbert street, was drowned at Seventh and Channel streets last evening. The body was recovered an hour after the ac- cident and_ taken to the Morgue. Young Kamlade was playing in com- pany with two other boys on a large water pipe that runs parallel with the bridge when he lost his footing and fell into the stream. The alarm was quickly given, but the boy's body had sunk from sight before help arrived. The body was recovered by means of grappling irons by four men who live in the vichnity. MORE TESTIMONY FOR MAS. CRAVEN Counsel Say They Have Discovered New Evidence. Mrs. Oraven Intimates That Heirs Would Better Compromise. P SR Counsel representing Mrs. Nettle R. Craven announced in Judge Troutt's court yesterday. that they would require more than three months to present their proofs that Mrs. Craven is entitled to share in the final distribution of the estate of the late James G. Fair—that she is entitled to the widow’s portion. As counsel representing the executors of the deceased millionaire’s will are anxious that the court pass upon their petition for attorney fees, this statement caused them dismay. Attorney Lafe Pence, represent- ing Mrs. Craven, stated that the last trial occupied ninety days, and that as he had ome possessed of additional evidence the coming heflfln§would take more time than the former. Pence asked that a day be set for the beginning of the siege, but the court put the matter over for reflec- on. Pence then became silent and Judge Troutt ordered that the hearing of the application of Theresa A. Oelrichs, Vir- inia Vanderbilt and Charles E. Fair for istribution to them of the personal prop- erty of decedent’s estate proceed. Charles Neil, manager of the Fair estate, was called to the stand to testify as to the value of the property in question and the amount of the income therefrom since the death of James G. Fair. He said that the rents had amounted to $1,370,000 and the sale of personal property, including wheat, brought in $3,58,000. Then for the evident purpose of proving the claim of the attorneys that the estate had increased in value till it is now worth §17,000,000 Mr. Neil testified that stock in the Monongahela River Railwa Com- ny, which was appraised for $240, had een sold for $60,000, and that the Hart: horn block, which was inventoried at § 500, had been sold for $45,000. There was some discussion as to the value of the North Beach water lots and other holdings of the deceased, after which an adjournment was taken until this morning. 2 In regard to the statement that a brand new heir was to be produced to claim the Fair millions, Mrs. Craven said last night: “I will neither deny nor affirm the sto: that Senator Fair adopted a child. I have already stated on the witness stand that Senator Fair had no child by me, nor did both of us adopt a child. When Mr. Pier- son asked me on the witness stand wheth- er the Senator nad adopted a child my at- torneys objected to the question and the court sustained the objection. On the ad- vice of my attorneys I will have to be ex- cused frcm answering your question.” Mrs. Craven was asked whether she was going to continue fighting the case if a settlement was ways been a. fri . “‘Both sides have learned by th litigation is expensive, but they press me to go into court for a se ond trial I will spare no one. I.wi duce new witnesses and evidenc introduced by others that will be st T to the other side. I hope the children will save the Senator's money by not continu- ing tke litigation.” MEMBERS OF BOHEMIAN CLUB FEAST H. J. STEWART Banquet Given in His Honor in View of His Departure for Boston. In view of his approaching departure for Boston, whither he goes on the 30th of this month, Dr. H. J. Stewart was ten- dered a banquet last night at the Bohe- mian Club. The delightful affair took place in the Red room, which was lav- ishly decorated for the occasion. The tables and walls were decked with red carnations interspersed with verdant ferns. More than forty guests gathered around the festal board and wit and jol- lity flowed unconfined until a late hour. A ‘cartoon, wrought by Gordon Ross, and Tepresenting the guest of honor arriving among the sages of the Hub, was pre- sented to Dr. Stewart as a memento of the feast. Among the prominent eclub members who were present and some of the friends of Mr. Stewart who responded to_toasts were: Professor Barret Windell, Profe: sor Stephens of Cornell, President Frank Deering, General W. H. L. Barnes, Sam- uel D. Mayer, Colonel Isaac Trumbo, Ed- gar Peixotto, W. Goad, F. A. Green- wood, Dr. Julius Rosenstirn, George T. Bromley, Dr. Benjamin Swan, Donald de V. Graham, Dr. Russell Cool and A. Ger- berding. —_—————————— FIVE YOUNG MEN HOLD TUP ROBERT BORRISCH One of the Thieves Is Captured Aftey a Long Chasé by Policeman Peters. Robert Borrisch, a Pacific-street cigar dealer, was held up by five young fellows on Webb street, a small thoroughfare between Kearny a2nd Montgomery streets, near California, shortly after midnigh The robbers emptied his pockets of every thing they contained. Borrisch’s shouts attracted the attention of Policeman Peters and Special Officer Harris, who_chased after the gang. They ran down Kearny street, and at Sacra- mento street separated. Officer Peters pursued a lone thief, who ran up Sacra- mento street, while Harris kept after the other four. Peters gained on the culprit and finally fired a shot in the air from his revolver, which brought the thief to a halt. He was taken to the City Prison and charged with robbery. He gave the name of Vin- cent Mohr and his residence at 208 Town- send street. ‘When arrested Mohr attempted to hide a watch about his person, but was pre- vented. At the prison it was identified by Borrisch as his property. CATARRH A Constitutional Affection. Sprays, washes, powders, salves, medicated tobacco and cigarettes, however lon%land persistently used, do not cure Catarrh. They relieve tem y the inflammation in the throat and nose, an you to breathe more easily and freely, but the con- tinual rush of impure blood to these parts keeps up enable the irritation and ultimately produces ulceration of the glands, when the breath becomes offensive and the soft bones of the nose are f: destroyed. The catarrhal inflammation exten A surface of the mucous membrane;or inner skin ; the stomach, kidn and lungs are often inyolved ; the whole system soon becomes affected by the rapid oped the entire absorption of exceedingly uently over isonous matter into the blood, and the disease that you had h to cure with simple local remedies, assumes a dangerous form. I had Catarrh about 15 years, and time ald tried during the everything Ico hear of, but nothing did me Catarrh must be a blood disease, decided to give 8.8.8. a trial. I see a littlo any good. At last T came to the conclusion that , and could improvement from the first bottle, and continued it three or four I had Catarrh so bad was entirely deaf in one ear, and all the inside of my nose and part of the boume sloughed off. The physicians gave me up as incurable. Idetermined to try 8. 8. 8., and began to improve at once. It seemed to get at the seat of the disease, and after a few weeks’ months, or until I was Have | treatment I was entirely cured, and . not taken anything for years, and | for more than seven years have had am just as well as Tever was.—M. MAT- SON, Lapeer, Mich. no sign of the disease.—MRS. JOSE- PHINE POLHILL, Due West, 8. C. Catarrh is a constitutional disease—a blood disease which is frequently inherited, and only a blood medicine, such as S. 8. 8., can remove the hereditary taint, destroz the poisons that perhaps, an have been accumulating in the system for years restore the blood to a healthy and The inflamed condition. membranes and diseased glands are healed by the rich, pure blood which is carried to them, and the offensive discharges 1y , have been cured " by their advice, We : f;v';x the no;;, and the terrible he;dad:e and neuralgic pains cease. Chronic cases of the most te character an ap&uent- S completely and St theuseof S.S.8. tly b case and they will cheerfally assist you whatever for this service. Book free om SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. -