The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 22, 1901, Page 35

NEWS OF -THE BAY CITIES.. | DasLAND -~ - = F'A R [ A CLAIMS PART OF MILLIONS FOR WHICH LILLIAN NORDICA HAS MADE DEMAND Oakland Saleswoman Says She Is Direct Descendant of Ichabod Norton, | myspand Allows Wite's the Continental Ship Owner, Who Lost Through Depredations of French| Privateers, for Which Indemnity Was Collected by United States| -3 Virginia n W. -street claimant for a illions which werz Government as ion of Ameri- y French priva- is a half- Nordica, the 0, as a relative of conti t ship the French privatee: n Washington of closer relationshi is the celebrated singe: was through the publ me Nordica's move It given to French | Ichabod Norton was one of the many ship owners of New England who suf- fered from the activity of the tricolor privateersmen during the troubles be- tween France and the new republic fol- | lowing the Revolution. When France in over to the United States some in settlement of numerous s a number of the sufferers received compensation. Ship Owner Norton was a heavy loser, but the record shows he did mnot benefit by the indemnity. His grandnephew, Thomas B. Norton of Plainsburg, Merced County, who is now more than 8 years old, learned of | Madame Nordica’s move and declded to | to his daughter-in-law, Mrs, n indemn Norton de- | o begin = re of the bout this old story of conti- ys is an interesting narrati h romance of the sea, and the n for more than a hundred he record which, it is hoped by and candy girl, will reap a for- ONTRACT GHYS ¢ WAS, ABROGATED pany Asks for $100,- 000 Damages. Ozkland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 21. A sult that involves the performance of a specific contract ot the payment of $150,00 in lleu thereof w begun to-day by the Pledmont Bath and Power Com- follow suit. The diva is a grandniece of Ichabod Norton. On account of his years the Californian claimant has assigned all of his interests Norton of this city. The transfer was made to-day, and the preparation of the papers to be filed with the United States Court of Claims has been commenced. The Norton claim now amounts to about §2,000,000. Mrs. Norton is a widow, and since her husband’s death has been a leswoman in Standeford’s candy store: bod Norton figures as her great- granduncle-in-law. “I have placed all of the papers in At- torney Dodge's hands,” she said, “and certain contract for the supply of salt and fresh water and power. The contract was entered into before the Pjedmont and Mountain View Rallway was absorbed by the Oakland Transit Company, though it was continued a short time by the latter corporation. The agree- rient entered into obligated the railway ccmpanies to furnish for a period of fif- teen years as much salt water as will be be required by the bath company to fill its swimming tanks and as much steam 2s is needed to heat the water and supply the steam baths. The salt water was to be pumped from Lake Merritt or beyond the Twelfth-street dam from the estuary by means of power furnished by the rail- way company. Another part of the agreement includes an obligation to supply power to pump fresn water from a well on land pear the power-house, and In the event of its efficiency and it becoming necessary to purch: | the railway company must pay two-fifths peny against the Piedmont and Mountain View Rai e Oakland Transit | Compa: the baths and the “iroad were thought to have been work- Zg harmoniously for their own financial benefit, but the suit not only discloses that e been pursuing their separate weys, but that a stubborn war gcing on for some time. Briefly, according to the complaint, the bath company sues the raflway companies for fallure to live up to the terms of a P ————— will be honored in over 1S5S0 storefan the United Stales S F. Salesroom: 200 Postst W.M.Smith Agent has been | of the cost thus incurred. For this ser- vice the bath company agreed to pay $5 a menth. The agreement was entered into April 1, 1895, having appended to it the signa- tures of Charles P. Bishop, president of the Piedmont and Mountain View Rail- way, and Ira Bishop. president of the Piedmont Baths and Power Company. The name of Daniel Grant is signed as secre- tary of both companies, showing the close relationship between the two corporations. About July 14, 1898—just after the Pied- mont road was absorbed by the Transit Company—the contract was arbitrarily abrogated, so the plaintiffs allege. The railway company refused to further fur- nish power or heat or water according to agreement, and particularly declined to payv its portion of the purchase price of fresh water. By reason of the fallure of the defend- ants to carry out their obligations the plaintiffs allege that the baths upon which they have expended $150,000 have been rendered valueless. To compensate for this alleged loss the plaintiffs demand that the defendants be required either to abide by the terms of the agreement or pay $100,000 in damages. Boy Dies From Powder Burns. OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Despite his older brother's herofc rescue, little = Albert Smok died last night at his home, 224 Second street, from burns received by the explosion of powder with which he had been playing on the Alameda marsh. The case was reported to-day to the Coroner. e Presents for old and young at H. Schellhaas’ furniture store, Eleventh street, Oakland, * water from another company | Kk o HALF-COUSIN NORDICA, FORTUNE. OF LILLIAN WHO CLAIMS A I have no doubt that we shall be able to establish the proof. We are in a direct line of descent from the original claim- ant. “Fortune? Well, I am going to stay right here until something develops.” ARRANGE CHURCH FUNERAL RITES Episcopal Services Over the Late John J. Valentine. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 2L | The funeral of the late John J. Valen- tine, president of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, has been ar¥anged. It will be | held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Church of the Advent, East Oakland, of which the deceased was a member for many years. The interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery. The services will be conducted by the Rev. William Carson Shaw, rector of the church. The Episcopal funeral rites wiil be observed and the exercises will be as simple as possible. The character of the funeral observance will be as closely in keeping with the known desires of Mr. Valentine as possible. Many messages of condolence are being received at the Valentine resldence in East Oakland. From far and near are telegraphed the sympathetic words of sor- row which is felt all along the lines cf the great company of which President Valen- tine was the head. Many there are who will miss the beneficent hand, for upon Mr. Valentine's private list of patrons were many who have more than once felt the charitable hand that he possessed. Few, even among his own family, knew of his broad phil- anthropy. Even his most intimate frieads had little knowledge of his work in that direction. But in the express company's employ are many who have reason to know ex- actly the measure of this man's open- heartedness, for many there are who owe their start to him. Left behind is a family of seven chil- dren. Mr. Valentine was twice married, By his first wife the children are Edward Valentine, Xthel Valentine, John and George Valentine. The children of the second marriage are Dudley, Ruth and Philip Valentine, all under 10 years of age j Send 1t to foreign friends. MRS, WILLIAMS GETS DNORGE Suit to Go Without Contest. of Two Mincr Children to the Mother. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 21 Mrs. Clare Tucker Williams, whose high social connections in Oakland and San Francisco caused her application for a divorce from her husband to be given wide publicity six days ago, was freed from the matrimonial ties to-day by Judge Hall. Neither her husband, Philip A. Williams, the well known clubman, nor his attorneys, Stratton & Kaufman, were present to oppose the young wife in any way. She did not ask for alimony, presumably because her husband would not have been able to pay it if she re- celved the necessary award, and she got all she asked—an absolute separation and the custody of the two minor children. The testimony of the witnesses in Mrs. Willlams' behalf was brief. She was the | first to take the stand. In answer to the questions of her attorney, George E. de Golia, she said that her husband was an excessive drinker, and.that when he was intoxicated he became abusive and de- | structive. Once, she remembered, his | conduct was particularly —mortifying. They were traveling across the continent | and@ her husband attracted great atten- tlon to himself by pounding on the door of the car for admittance, the precaution having been taken to bar him out be- cause of his habits. Mrs. Williams sald that her husband had more than once threatened to- kill her. He came home from San Francisco one night when he was in an ugly mood armed with a shotgun, with which he said he proposed to kill everybody that came in his way. The testimony of Mrs. M. H. Tucker, mother of Mrs. Williams, was corrobora- tive of that of her daughter. She related several circumstances in the clubman’s career that showed him to be anything but a good husband. She was a witneas of some of his alcoholic seances. Another witness was C. F. Willlams, a professional nurse, who took care of his namesake whenever he was unable to take care of himself. He told about the gun episode, where Willlams went on a tour of extermination, and said that he tock the cartridges out of the weapon for fear that he might attempt to carry ou his threats. The witness also told of a fight he had with Wililams, who struck him one day while he was not looking. He returned the blow by knocking his patient down. Judge Hall asked Mrs. Willlams if she | had made any agreement with her hus- band to secure a divorce. She replied that she had not, adding that she had not seen him since his return from the Philippines. R e e e o S e S e e i ol Licensed to Marry. | OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Licenses to marry | were issued to-day to Alexander Pas- | nault, 28 years, and Clemenzla V. Wil- 2, both of Oakland; Alfred J. Alameda, and Jennie C. Connor, 19, Oakland; Willlam C. Gunter, 21, and | Amelia Sands, 21, both of Oakland; Man- uel S. Almaida, over 21, and Thomasa A. | Rogers, over 18, both of Centerville; Wil- liam C. Maddaux, 25, and Gertrude E. lowe, 24, both of Oakland. —_———— Acquitted of Libel. | OAKLAND, Dec. 21.—Willlam J. Atkin- | son has been acquitted by a jury in the Police Court of a charge of libel made by J. H. Mullen and growing out of the al- | leged exhibition by Atkinson of a picture | of Mullen upon which the words ‘“‘grand | larceny” were printed. Mullen is busi- ness agent of the old Building Trades 'i Council and Atkinson is & member of the ‘,Carpen!ers' Union, which withdrew from the council. ———— At the Theaters. | OAKLAND. Dec. 21.—For the holidays the Dewey Theater will present, com- | mencing Monday evening, a spectacular melodrama, “The King of the Opium | Ring,” which deals with life in San Francisco’s Chinatown. There will be lo- | cal scenic effects. | “Hunting for Hawkins,” a comedy with | vaudeville interpolations, will be repeated to-morrow evening at the Macdonough CAPTAIN BAINES BACK I BRIDE Charles Boudrow Steals March and Becomes a Benedict. BERKELEY, Dec. 21.—Captain Charles Boudrow, vice president of the California Shipping Company and a well known master mariner, bas just returned from Seattle with a bride. The captain left his Berkeley home two weeks ago for a trip to the north, ostensibly to attend to some of his business interests, but in reality to meet Miss Christina Herman, who came across continents and seas from her home in Vienna, Austrfa, to marry him. Cap- tain Boudrow's stolen march and romance is the talk of his friends in social and commerecial life, for he kept his intentions secret. Years ago Captain Boudrow and his bride met at the young woman's Vienna home. They maintained a correspondence, although far apart, which finally culmin- ated in a betrothal. As the mariner could not spare the time to go to his bride-to-be it was agreed that she should come to Amerlca. Instead of coming to California the young lady made Seattle her destination, and the gallant captain found it conven- fent to be there to meet her. A wedding took place shortly after the meeting. The intervening time has been spent in a honeymoon. identified Captain Boudrow has been with shipping interests on this coast for a long time and is considered quite wealthy. His handsome residence at 1536 Oxford street is surrounded by the finest grounds in the city. Hollday Rockers, Easy Chairs, Bargains at H. Schellhans’ sale. Corner store, Lleventh street, Oakland. . —_——————— Over 7000 persons are employed in the fishing industry on the Mississippl River and its minor tributaries. ————— Cosmopolitan California lllustrated profusely in Christmas Wasp. Types of all nationalities, |Judge Hall Awards Cus:ody| MISS JENNIE CONNOR IS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO OLLIE MERLE Daughter of Late Oakland Capitalist Becomes Wife of Young San Francisco Business Man, Ceremony Being Performed at Home of the Bride’s Mother AKLAND, Dec. 21.—The marriage of Miss Jennie Connor of this city and Ollle Merle of Alameda was solemnized this evening at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Jennie Connor, 939 Chester street. The wedding appointments were simple and tasteful, an effective arrangement of follage and Christmas berries constituting the decorations. The Rev. Thomas Mec- Sweeney, pastor of St. Francis de Sales, officiated at the marriage ceremony, which was witnessed by relatives only. The bride's gown was of pale gray silk crepe de chine over pink silk, and she car- ried bride roses. The bride's only attend- ant was Miss Lillle Sandelln, her “chum” and confidante since childhood. Miss San- delin wore pale green crepe de chine over silk of the same shade, and carried pink roses. The best man was W. H. L. Hynes, dep- uty District Attorney of Alameda Coun- ty, whose engagement to Miss Pauline Merle, the groom'’s sister, was announced some time ago. The young couple will make an extend- ed tour of the southern part of the State, after which they will reside in Alameda in a beautiful cottage, which, with the turnishings, is a wedding gift from the parents of the groom. The wedding to-night was the culmina- tion of a long attachment between the voung bride and groom, which began when they were learning their A B C's | from the same book. The groom is engaged in business with his father, A. J. Merle, who is at the head of the Novelty Plating Works of San Francisco. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs.' Jennfe Connor and the late Louls B. Connor, a well-known capitalist of this city. She is a graduate of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. « e A luncheon was given by Miss Lois Stonesifer to-day in honor of Miss Eda Collins, a bride-elect. Holly berries and yellow chrysanthemums were arranged on the table, where covers were placed for eighteen. The name cards were red hearts, on which were mounted ‘‘snap- shots' of the fair guest of honor. A pret- ty feature of the luncheon was the giving of original toasts by each of the guests, the best, decided by popular acclaim, win- ning a prize. Miss Geraldine Scupham re- celved the trophy. Each toast was writ- ten on a red heart and presented to Miss Collins as souvenirs of the occasion. The hostess was attired in a complete red cos- tume, while the guest of honor wore a blue silk gown. The guests were: Miss Eda Collins, Miss Margaret Olcese, Miss Geraldine Scupham, Miss Bessle Eby, Miss Ida Larkey, Miss Edith Larkey, Miss Clara Archibald, Miss May Morrison, Miss Katherine Roberts, Miss Mae Rels, Miss Nettle Stevens, Mrs. R. §. Kitchener, Miss Frieda Pochwitz of San Francisco, Miss Louise Hoellcher, Miss Marian Mil- ler, Miés Grace Dunsmoor and Miss Wil- helmine Koenig. | . . Mr. and Mrs. Lawson S. Adams Jr. wiil be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Curtiss of East Oakland until after the holidays. Mrs. Adams became a member of Ebell on its twenty-fifth anniversary. The Cur- tisses will be among those who will have a large Christmas tree party this year, among others being Mrs. Isaac Requa, Mrs. F. M. Smith, Mrs. D, D. Crowley and Mrs. George H. Wheaton. Miss Helene Abt entertained a number of her friends Wednesday evening at her home in Alameda. Miss Abt is to be mar- rled at an early date, and the gathering was somewhat in the nature of a farewell, as after her marriage she will reside in Vallejo. The evening was pleasantly passed with music, vocal and instru- mental, and the enjoyment of a dainty supper. Among those who contributed were Miss Evelyn Fredrick, who per- formed on the violln, and Miss Edith Cole, who sang. Miss Abt's guests were: Miss Edith Cole, Miss Evelyn Fredrick, Miss Tida Fredrick, Miss Lulu Moulton, Miss R e St e e e o OAKLAND, Dec. 2t.—Mrs. Eliza M. Mil- ler, Mrs. Cornelia A. Baldwin and Mrs. Martha Duval!, who were nonsuvited in their suit to break the will of the late Miss Fleanor H. More, filed objections to- day to the probating of the will in this county, claiming that the deceased was not a resident of it and that the courts have no jurisdiction. Thomas R. More. a nephew, who is a contestant in anouier suit, filed a similar petition. | OAKLAND BELLE WHO BE- CAME THE BRIDE OF AN ALAMEDA MAN. ;eme Willlams and Miss Frankie Ha: | kel JWEEP SEAWARD IN_OPEN BOAT Two Men Drift About for Days Without Food or Water. Government Launch Rescues Berkeleyans From Ocean Wave. —_— BERKELEY, Dec. 2L—The treacherous currents of the bay waters swept two South Berkeleyans through the Golden Gate in an unmanageable boat during the darkness early Thursday morning. They drifted about on the ocean untii rescued late yesterday by a Government launch sent from Goat Island. The men wers without food or water and In constant peril of their lives during the days and night that they drifted about on the swirling waters. But for the passing of & lone fisherman, who warned the Gove ernment officlals of the men's danger, their names would probably be added to the list of those who sleep beneath the billows. On Wednesday last D. J. Keane of 2018 Ashby avenue, and Arthur St. Sure, & Southern Pacific overland conductor wha resides in this ecity, went to Tiburon, where Keane purchased a sloop. There was some delay in getting the boat rigged and it was 10 o’clock at night before the men started for Oakland Creek. They were well out in the bay befors it was discovered that the center board would not work. The boat answered her helm badly, but Keane deciied to make the at- tempt to cross the bay, as he had salled it many times before. The mouth of Oakland Creek was reached at about 1:3)0 Thursday morning, but it was found impossible to get im, owing to the strong tide running out. Keane and St. Sure decided to put back and they wers carried rapldly across the bay by the wind and ebbing water. Dur- ing the night an anchorage was secured, the men were not positive where, but since then they have concluded that % must have been near Mission Rock. Drift Out While Sleeping. Keane and his companion were tired out by the night's sail and dropped to sleep in the bottom of the boat. In the night the anchor dragged and when the men awoke the boat was past Fort Point and still going rapidly to sea. The sall was hoisted in hopes of holding against the tide, but the wind was light and the boat refused to answer her helm. At Point Bonita the men shouted them- selves hoarse and fired all their ammuni- tion in an effort to attract attention, but to no avail. A fisherman passed close to them but refused to heed their cries. Boats came and went, but their signals of distress were unnoticed. All day and the next night the boat drifted about. The men became frantio from want of food and more especlally water and through the terror of their situation. Late yesterday a lone fisherman In & gasoline launch heard their faint outcries. He was unable to ald them, owing to & short supply of gasoline, but promised to report them at Goat Island. Fortunately the weather was clear and the Govern- ment launch had but little difficulty im locating them. The sloop was towed to the Oakland mole, where the men were landed, exhausted from their trying ex- perience. Discharge Their Shotguns. The rescued men were given food and drink before being started for thefr homes. They were completely collapsed and feel yet the severe effects of the desperate fight for life. St. Sure said to- day: We had given up hope entirely when that ing-boat picked us up. It seemed as If days passed before the launch overhauled us. With- out food or water and shelterless from the cold Wwind, it seemed as it we would perish miser- ably within sight of land. We had shotguns with us, but after discharg- ing every shell we had ineffectually we gave up hope of arousing any one to our desperate P nlane undergo the expertencs agatn for all of the boats on the bay. Keane has a family that bad become distracted because of his long and unex- plained absence. When he appeared at home there was great rejoicing there. Extensive exper: n the smelting of ore by electricity are being made at Brescia, in Italy. The process is the in- vention of Captain Stassano of Rome. This is one of our comfortable lounging robes. Hea material; novel figurt any surbrise that fhe wearer looks so self-satisfied? a | I |BUY IT FOR HIM MONDAY —one of the thousands of gifts contained in the new Keller store. him—no deubt about it, be- cause quality and style will be absolutely right. lines cannot fail to be “‘just the thing”’: It will please A selection-from the following HOUSE COATS NECKWEAR MUFFLERS SUSPENDERS HATS SUIT CASES TRAVELING BAGS GLOVES HANDKERCHIEFS NOVELTY SHIRTS DRESS SHIRTS HOSIERY SWEATERS Or an always ' satisfactory mer- chandise order. San Francisco: 1028-10 30 Market St. Qakla 1157-1159 ‘Washington St.