The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1901, Page 12

2 2 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FORIMER SENATOR BOYCE MAY SUCCEED GLEAVES' Is Asked if He Would Accept the Office of United States Surveyor General. | e oo ALL BUREAU, 146 G STREET,| N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.— Senator Bard to-day telegraphed C 1 | ex-State Senator John J. Boyce | of Santa Barbara, asking him if | he would accept the office of United States | | Su vor General for California, ceed the late General J. M. Gleaves. query was sent after agreement had been reached up: and Bard and after conference with the President. The California v;'(—re not consulted regarding the selec- ton The tender of the Surveyor Generalship to Senator Boyce is believed to have an important bearing upon the question of the continuance in office or removal of Collector of Internal Revenue Lynch President Roosevelt has informed Bard and Perkins that they must agree upon a successor to Lynch if he is to be removed and that if they cannot settle the ques- tion between them he will ask the advice of the California Congressmen. gressmen assert that they sent to be called in to settle a draw be tween the Senators unless they are to be consulted in all cases of California ap- pointments The tender of the Surveyor Generalship to Senator Boyce was made without con- sultation with the Congressmen. the Sena- tors evidently still feeling able to take to suc- Boyce by Senators Perkins ! Congressmen | care of the Federal patronage due to Cali- | fornia. If the Congressmen stick by their assertions it will now devolve upon Bard and Perkins to find a new man upon whom they can agree as a successor to Collector Lynch. Senator Perkins’ approval of Boyce for | the Surveyor Generalship is regarded as an attempt to mollify Senator Bard, the hope that he will now be willing {: cease his efforts to have Lynch removed Boyce was Bard's choice for the office that has been offered the former California State Senator and the acquiescence of Senator Perkins is looked upon as a step | in the direction of harmony between the | two Senators fmm the Golden State, BOYCE AN ABLE MAN. Makes a Good Record : as an Attorney and State Senator. For the past twenty years John J. Boyce The | | his been noted as an able speaker and | ettorney a' law. He-was born in Utica, m IR’B He studied law with the late! Judge Fernald and shortly after was ag- mitted to the bar. He was elected Dis: trict Attorney of Santa Barbara C y in 1882 and served one gt elected to the State Senate from, Santa Barbara and Ventura.counties in 18% and for Christmas REGINA MUSIC at Christmas time brings melody to the happi- est of all occasions. THE RE- GINA plays all the old songs so pleasant to remember and the ! €004 new tunes for singing and > ancing. ’ A REGINA MUSIC BOX is a Christmas gift that brings pleas- ure the whole year round to the whole family. In the home it is an ever-ready entertainer for home gatherings, parties and dances. THE REGINA plays tunes by the thousands and every new tune is added to the list as soon as published. The Boxes are ele gantly finished, solid oak and ma. hogany, and are dainty pleces of furniture as well as entertainers. Price $10 to $400. You are cordially invited to visit our Regina room and kLsten to any selections you choose. 1f you can’t te for cata- logue B—our latest publication. Sherman, Clay & Co, Steiaway Piano Dealers, Cor. Kearny and Sutter Sts.. 8. F. Cor. 13th and Broadway, Oakland. 711 Second Ave., Seattle. { z i and went to Santa Barbara | l term. He was | — - ‘f i [ Lot FORMER STATE SENATOR WHO MAY BE APPOINTED FEDERAL SURVEYOR GEN- ERAL. | | | served in the thirty-second and thirty- third sessions. As 4 criminal attorney he was considered the ablest in this coun- try. Later he became an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association and was a delegate to the last State con- vention held in Stockton. He left Santa Barbara about a yelir ago and took up his | residence at Berkeley. After returning ( from the State Senate he made a trip to Alaska, but returned shortly after. He | Wwas spoken of as a probable District | Judge, but was unsuccessful in this can- Vass, Among the most conspicuous work done by Boyce in the State Senate was the | stccessful campaign he inaugurated for a revision of the codes of California. BANK ATTAGHES TANNERS' FUNDS Garnishees Large Sums Belonging to McKay Company. An attachment was levied yesterday on all the money which the MeKay Tanning Company of Benicia has on deposit in the Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank, and also that | which is due the company from Bucking- ham & Hecht. The suit is bejflg brought by D. O. Mills & Co.’s National Bank of Sacramento. In the Wells-Fargo Bank the McKay Tanning Company has to its credit $197,000, all of which is included in the attachment. A telegram from Sacramento says the announcement that the national bank of D. O. Mills & Co. had attached the funds of the McKay Tanning Company did not surprise the business community of that city, which has been aware for some time of the embarrassment which had over- taken the tanning company. The matter has an important bearing in Sacramento, aside from the bank’s con- nection with it, because of the fact that the soap manufacturing business of the W. R. ights Company of Sacramento and the Dfxay Tanning Company at Benicla are owned by the same people— W. R. Knights, W. D. Knights, John Blair_and James Blair. Both corporations, it was learned from fficials of the D. O. Mills bank, are in nancial trouble on account of losses en- tailed by the tanning company in its sales of leather for several years. The entire indebtedness of the company is said to be less than $150,000, of which about $50,000 is owing to the national bank of D. O. Mills & Co. of Sacramento, which is secured by collateral notes amounting to $197,000, upon which it brought the attachment suit. The remaining debts are owln%to the bank of Wells, Fargo & Co., the Bank of California and Sumner & Co. of San Francisco and John McFarland of Galt, Sacramento County. It is sald that the creditors and debtors are close to a set- tlement on a basis of about 5 cents on the dollar. The Capital Soap Company of Sacramento, although owned by the same parties as the tannery, is not in financial troubles. The McKay Tanning Company has about $50,000 of good assets, consist- ing of leather, cash in bank and accounts due it from Buckingham & Hecht and others. W. D. Knights of the embarrassed firm was a representative of Sacramento County in the last Legislature. He and his business colleagues have always stood high in the business community of that city and their reverses are attributed to their taking the earnings of the local s0ap company to make up for the losses at the Benicla tannery, which has proved a bad investment. ——— GREENWAY HELD FOR ROBBERY.—Wil- liam Greenway, alias *‘Mush,” was held to an- swer before thé Superior Court by Jus yesterday on a charge of robbery. charged with robbing Charles H, Hansen of a watch and §2 at Second and Tehama streets on the night of November 19, S, e Fritz [ ADVERTISEMENTS. Five-Dollar Winler Topcoal or $2.98 Thatis the enticement i Juvenile D:partment; jrom those high - | cut; several pretty shades of 4 and 12. | I1t’s Like Finding Nuggets to-day in Frisco’s most popular made grade TAN | COVERT CLOTHS, the new winter fashion, the new winter tan: has the new turn -back cuff -just the sort of winter coat ' to please chaps between the ages $2.08 HEs R m \ 77/; of WONDERLAND — Our beautiful Christmas spectacle already visited by thousands, who loudly acclaim its beauty- You're invited. MAKES A D1gH FOR LIBEATY Detectives Have Exciting Chase After Frank Contreras. The police were notified a short time ago that a man of good appearance was in the habit of calling at lodging houses and, on the pretext of getting a glass of water, stealing whatever he could lay his hands on during the landlady’s temporary absence. Detective Crockett got a good description of the man and decided that he was Frank Contreras, who has served several terms for petty larceny. Crockett was fortunate in meeting Con- treras yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock and promptly placed him under arrest. | Contreras did not offer any resistance and went along quietly till the corner of' California _and _Kearny streets was reached. Then Contreras made a dash for liberty and dashed along Kearny northward, with the object of reaching a place of safety among friends in the Latin quarter, where he is well known. The detective started in pjursuit and blew his whistle as he ran, but no one joined in the chase. Crockett is a big man, but showed that he is possessed of good sprinting powers, and Contreras, seeing that he would probably be over- hauled, darted into a saloon near Jack- son street, where he was cornered and Crockett put the handeuffs on him. He was taken to the City Prison and placed in the “tanks” pending identification by his victims. His last exploit was to steal a valuable watch belonging to a landlady who supplied him with a glass of water. Contreras comes of excellent family, but has apparently decided upon a career of crime. His grandfather was a gen- eral in the American army, and the pris- oner has wealthy relatives in this city. He has been out of the County Jail only two months. Son of Edward Ross Dies. The little son of Edward Ross, concern- ing whose sad condition an account ap- peared in yesterday's papers, died yes- terday. Mr. Ross desires it to be under- stood, however, that though in straight- | ened circumstances, he is not the recipi- ent of charity, as stated. prices? Many purchasers, LADIES' BLACK, red and green Felt Juliets, fur trimmed and hand turned —this is a good article and mighty comfortable these nlny nights; on Friday only .. 5S¢ LADIES' 'n;nx.tsn SLIPPERS, black and u; my only; on ot o Friday: LADIES' ALL-WOOL JERSEY LEG- GINGS—knee length; $1 remllrké on Friday only... B LADIEE' FINE KID LACE SHOES— heavy hand welted soles, with broad extenllon-. regular price $3.50: on Friday only . $2.85 CHILDREN'E and MISSES' BLACK FELT ROMEOS—fur trimmed, hand made. Sizos 5 to 11. Bizes 11% to 2. Lay them aside save money. INFANTS KID Patent, Leather tipe: Frida; TTON mozs— sizes 1 %o —_——— Trusts and combinations do not affect Jesse Moore Whiskey. Its fame is established, its Quality is the finest and it Is always the Dest.* MRS, CONRUM'S TRIAL BEGINS Self-Defense Is the Plea of the Woman Who Shot Daniels. The trial of Mrs. Catherine Coarum, the white wife of a colored cook on the steamer Umatilla, for the murder on April 9, 1901, of a watchman named Charles Daniels at her residence at 1133% Clay street, was commenced in Judge Dunne’s court yesterday. Mrs. Coarum, who, in the absence of her husband, who was at sea, was en- joying herself in the company of Daniels, killed the watchman at her residence after he and she had disposed of several bottles of beer. She fired three shots at him in the kitchen of the house where they were carousing, killing him instant- ly. She then dragged his body to the basement of the house and secreted it. The next day one of her neighbors, hear- ing the woman crying, notified a police- man, who entered the house and searched the premises. He found the woman ¢ry- ing hysterically over Daniels’ body and arrested her on the charge of murder. The pistol with which the crime had been committed was found in the room where the shooting occurred. When Mrs. Coarum recovered from her spree she claimed Daniels had fired a shot at her and that she killed him in self-defense. Coarum, the woman's husband, was the only witness examined yesterday. He said he married the accused woman at Liverpool in 1874 and came with her to this city in 1884. It was while he was at sea that the shooting occurred. He testified that,ten days after the affair he went to his home and made a search of the house. In the kitchen where Daniels was killed he found a razor, closed and in its case, and under the steps leading to the base- ment he said he found a bullet, which corresponded in size and shape to the three taken from the body of Daniels. A further search, sald Coarum, resulted in his finding a bullet hole in the steps. The bullet found by Coarum was placed in evidence, the lawyers hoping to prove by it that the woman took Daniels’ life after he had fired a shot at her, The case was continued at this point until Monday at 10 a. m. Are you interested in Good ' Shoes at reduced who have taken advantage of our Friday offerings, have left our place pleased and surprised to have found just what they wanted, and were as carefully fitted as if full price had been charged. We do this once a week, on Friday, for the advertise- ment that our store gets. Your money back if goods are not found satisfactory in every way. MEN'S VICI KID LACH K SHOES— leather lined; a stout single sole; neat medium toe; you want to see them displayed in the window; on Iriday only ..... ....88.18 MEN'S exceedingly swell ENAMEL SHOES—broad toes, heavy extended goles; made by one of the best mak- ers in the country; on md-y Onls BOYS' SATIN CALF LACE SHOES— with heavy quilted bottoms: full, comfortable toe; there is nothing put together that will outwear them; on CHILDREN'S and MISSES' FINE KID LACE SHOES—kid tips, medium soles and broad toe; as good a shoe as you will find at 80 cents more a pair; DECEMBER 6, 1901. 8 shade). STRODLER, It Dossesses ’EmAll Fashion, Fabric, Becomingness, Embodied in that long winter over- Sarment pictured here— “The Siroller” and “The Stroller’s” price is SHADES—Dark Mixed Ox- ford, Olive (the real smart Big broad shouwlders; tail- ored to drave gracefully upon the form; 50 inches in length. Bring Your Young Folks to See Our Beoutiful « - Christmas Spectacle, “WONDERLAND."" OPEN EVENINGS. cor.Kcarn St & Union -Squarc Ave. GEORGE ALDRICH IS SANE IN FACT BUT LAW SAYS HE IS INCOMPETENT George Aldrich, a wealthy young man, who mingles in good society and who, according to medical examiners, is gifted with about the same amount of in- telligence as the rest of humanity, finds himself confronted with the statement from the Supreme Court that he is legally insane. Mr. Aldrich is, however, a young gentleman of easy disposition, who does not care if he is legally insane. Aldrich’s parents were Hawalians and related to the illustrious Queen Liliuoka- lani. His father acquired a considerable amount of property, which was be- queathed to the children. George was at that time thought to be insane, but $125,- 000 was given to him in trust. He was to receive the benefit of the income so long as his mental disability lasted, and if he should recover he was to get the whole amount. If at the time of his death he should still be insane, the money was to g0 to the other children. Aldrich was educated at E(evens antl- tute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. It is stated that while there he developed an extraordinary ability to spend money. It is alleged that he then became weak men- tally and shortly afterward became dan- gerous. Judge Hamilton of Alameda sent him to Napa Insane Asylum in 1888. Al- drich escaped once, but was recaptured. His father died and he was paroled. Dr. Gardner is reported to have said that he considered the young man sane, although dangerous symptoms might again set in. These symptoms as far as is known, have not ap) (Feared as yet, and ten years have elapse An_effort to establish Aldrich’s sanity was made once before and the examining physicians regotted favorably, but the young fellow became too anxious waiting for a decision and wrote to the Judge romising a large amount of money for is legal freedom. When this occurred, it seemed preferable that he be still ad- iudged insane. Proceedings were again nstituted in the Superior Court of this city, but Judge Trouttsdecided that he had no Jjurisdiction over the case. Peti- tion was made to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandate which would make a hearing compulsory. This petition the Su; Cflrems Court has de- nied, not that Aldrich is insane, but by reason of legal technicalities. The court suggests that a writ of hal corpus might be obtained, but Attorneys Wood- worth and Spottswood, who represent the young man, fall to see how they can ask or a writ when their client is already free. They have attempted to make the asylum people place the young man in confinement, and the habeas corpus pro- ceedings would be in order. The asylum authorities clalm, however, that they have no right to imprison him. The mat- ter seems to be in a hopeless tangle and no way to settle it is apparent to the lawyers, Since Aldrich has been at liberty he has_traveled over a large part of the world. He is 33 years of age. For some time past he has resided at the Grand [ J [ ] BOHEMIAN CLUB’S EXHIBIT PRONOUNCED GREAT SUCCESS Orin Peck’s Portrait of Benjamin I. ‘Wheeler Is a Splendid Likeness. The Bohemian Club's fifth annual exhi- bition of paintings was opened for mem- bers yesterday and will be thrown open to all lovers of art this evening. Messrs. Dickman, Clawson, Mathews and Bloomer are members of the hanging committee. Twenty-three artists have sent in their work and there are in all 150 pictures. H. J. Breuner has some very clever land- scapes which appeal to all admirers of this class of work. ‘“Near Monterey” is npecin.lly good and won great admira- The portrait of President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, upon which Orin Peck worked for several months, Is very strong and is pronounced a splendid likeness. e en- tire exhibition is very fine and has demon- strated the fact that California has many clever artists, Rionhart’s Flaxseed Balsam WLl cure your coush; 50 cents; at all drugzists’, Hotel. His chief amusement is riding in the park in his new automobile. He is sald to find it easy to spend the income on his fortune and to be strongly pos- sessed with a desire to put some of the principal into circulation besides, but it seems likely that he will have to forego that pleasure for some time at least. Still prevail. we shall offer our SPECIAL reliable ular price, $22.50. fect, Skirt tailor Oxford and brown. 50 AUTO BOX JACKETS, ity, cut to $3.00. 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