The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1902, Page 11

WILL JOURNEY T0 WASHINGTON General Funston Has an Eastern Trip in Prospect. His Parents in Kansas Also to Be Visited by the Famous Soldier. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 10. ht General Frederick rly this morning to from the Philippines at San Franecisco. of official duty that overlooked despite the at- the Blankart home in East first born, who will soon tened Frederick Funston Jr. Oaklan be ch; The general has not definitely arranged bis plans for the immediate future. He tends to en a rest for several days make a trip to Kansas parents and some of his » be a trip to Wash- Secretary of War. Aguinaldo §s _here on eh for rest and recuper began yesterda i in the two months 0 economize every a time is Easterr he expects to funston is in he will abandon the e are all questions nd the compan- baby boy WO ¥ORE TIME ON EXTENSION OF CITY CONTRACTS s Will Exoet That rd of Wo Work B- Finished Within Agrecd Period. ing & Co.. the firm that has | pave with bit ninous rock 1 street, I shing: at the hands yesterday’s up on an da Works cxtension of thirty sioner Ma extension on for public in carrying The firm was finally extension with the ther ~ extensions board decided to uture in regard to to finish thelr con- e originally agreed a awarded the contract for the Nur f the City m & McNeil Home on ti County Hospit their bid being ary was euthorized to invits or the extension of the Sun- sewer from Fourteenth avenue schoolhouse was ac- aving been repaired ations. Mendell was e resident of the board and As- s Secreta: granted a is on ac- Tq Analyze Park Water Monthly. 7 Suy Health Committee met y ended the passage the Board of and bacterio- water used in >mmittee took f the report filed by the water is oni purpeses if regular analy that it is whole- he vsis ~ demonstrated wate kable. r uested of the City to destruction of cer- town is legal —————————— oney by False Pretense:s ers, a drug clerk, surren- the Hall of Justice ye: ked at the City Prigon biaining money by false aining _witness Ayers, streets, who al- 4 to give a mes- per 30 on the rep- whether an on Decemt s for a friend named s for Crothers. R obate of Will. husband ed in Depar: 1 Court yesterda ounds that he was not 1 notice that the docu- eg w e vrobated and that the a isdiction. Mrs. Edelman hus nly $190, giving the rest s Mrs. Minnic Whitmore, a and, Ore- —————— ¥, who is being by Thomas appeared y and ob- of an order ale o sell the pasturage is being ‘sued °f d a bond for g eing payment of the the which Seale accepted and stock was not ordered. e of the POSTUM CEREAL. "BUILT A MONUMENT. The Best Sort in the World. built by Mr. J. G. Casey of Ayers, I himself. He s For year a coffee drinker until at last 1 became a terrible sufferer from dyspep- ation, headaches and indiges- and was a physical wreck. different kinds of medicines I tried not cure me, but finally some one told aid me 1 must leave off coffee and take up | Postam Food Coffee. | was fortunate in having the new coffee made strictly ac- | cording to directions, start 1 liked it. It has a rich flavor and I made change from coffee to Postum without any trouble “Gradually my condition changed. The old troubles disappeared and I began to get well again. My appetite became good and I could digest food. Now I have been s0 that from the the restored to strength and health. Can sleep | sound all night and awake with a fresh and rested body. Everyone who meets me compnents on my getting so fat and rosy. ‘I am really a monument buflt by Pos- tum, for I was a physical wreck, dis- tressed in body and mind, and am now a strong, healthy man. I know exactly what made the change; it was leaving off coffee and using Postum.” Funston will g0 | respects to the Presi- re- | druggist, | of Hannah | month leaving an | probate of his | and from Pos-! \ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1902. 1 L. A. Vandervelde, Who * 'HUNGER CAUSES A FORMER NAVAL OFFICER TO STEAL ! a Holland Warship, Purloins a Bicycle. Served as a Lieutenant on | 4 L { | | - — | { | AND IS NOW IN JAIL. FORMER OFFICER OF THE DUTCH NAVY WHO STOLE A BICYCLE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN FUNDS WITH WHICH TO PURCHASE FOOD ST -+ 2 ADE desperate by poverty and | hunger, L. A. Vandervelde, man of good famil tion. stole a bicycle from the entrance to the public library | last Tuesday evening. He was arrested by Policeman Bert Wren and booked or a charge of grand larceny. Willlam de Boer was arrested the following morning { by Wren and booked on a similar charge, | a= he was with Vandervelde when the { last named stole the bicycle. | _The prisoners appeared before Judge | Cabaniss yesterday morning. Both are | distinguished looking men, and when Vandervelde told his story to the Jud?‘ | the latter's sympathies were thoroughly arcused. Vandervelde said: 1 am a native of Holland and belong to a prominent family there. I was formerly a lieutenant in the navy, but resigned and left Holland for Hawaii, where 1 was empioyed as urveyor on a sugar plantation. 1 moved in the best soclety on the islands and was sorry to leave, but my heaith failed and 1 came to this city with $200 in my pocket: I could not get any suitable employment and my money soon gave out. I was absolutely without funds and hungry and when I saw the bicycle I could not resist the temptation to steal it so as to get funds with which to buy food, De Boer, who is also a native of Hol- land, and’'a chemist by profession, met Vandervelde in society circles in the fsi- ands. He admitted being with Vander- velde when he stole the bicycle and knew that he was going to commit the theft, but said he had no hand in the act. George J. Moore, a life insurance agent, | in the testified that he knew De Boer ixlands and that he was of good family and bere an excelient reputation, case against him was dismissed. The Judge reduced the charge against Vandervelde to petty larceny, of which charge he was convicted, but sentence was postponed for a week to_enable him to cable to his friends in Holland for money to pay a fine, so that he might be jsai\]'ed the disgrace of serving a term in ail. @ ittt e O BOERS EXPECT ~ EARLY PEAGE gates in Holland evidently anticipate that some kind of peace overtures will shortly | be made, though they are reticent as to | the reasons for this belief. They main- tain, that the demand for an | unconditional surrender must be aban- | doned. It is privately admitted that the dele- gates will not reject what they call “any fair offer of terms.” If the negotiations are started by a neutral power the dele- gates will earnestly seek to obtain a modus vivendi, which will reconcile Kru- ger's desire for complete independence | with the terms offered by Great Britain. JONDON, Jan. 10.—Thé& Globe's finan- 1 editor said a report which came from | well informed quarters was current in the P overtures to the British Government to | the effect that they were prepared to lay { down_their arms, provided they were not exiled. Wednesday next is the Boer feast day, and it was said the surrender of the Boers would probably occur then. Will Be Held for Robbery. The preliminary examination of Emii Basso and Hans Miller on the charge of robbing James C. Wilson of 2615 Leaven- worth street on Januery 6, on FPowell street, between Francisco and Bay, was | concluded before Judge Mogan yesterday | and the Judge intimated that he would kold them to answer to-day. A similar | charge against them for robbing Robert | Pister of 1615 Lombard street on _the night of January 2 was dismissed. as Pister ad- rr)nntd he could not positively identify them. ———————— Favors Government Transports. 1ght adopted a resolution condemning | the Government’s plan to turn the trans- port service over to a private company | &= a step backward from the principle of the acquirement of public utilities. The | club also decided to suspend for five weeks the by-law regarding the payment | of an initiation fee in order that the mem- | bership may be built up and new blood | brought into the organization. —_—————— Recount Commenced. The trial of the contested election cases was commenced in Judge Murasky’s court yesterday. The seventeen sults were con- | solidated to expedite matters. It Is esti- mated that it will take months"to com- plete the recount of the vote cast at the last election. In the ballots counted yes- terday but few mistakes were discovered. | Most of the changes made during the pro- ceedings were due to the carelessness of the voters in stamping the tickets. B Stole a Hundred Books. Edward Russell, a satior who formerly lived with Mre. Caroline McCarthy, 280 Minna street, stole 100 books\ from her house. They were the property of I. W. Penne, a traveling man. He sold haif of them to a dealer at 704 Mission street, who testified their vaiue was not more than $18. The charge nfegmnd larceny againstL Russell was reduced to petty and he was sentenced to serve six months in the County Jail. | | AMSTERDAM, Jan. 10.—The Boer dele- v to-day that the Boer chiefs had madc | he Troguois Club at its meecting last | BRHAN TALIS 10 GHLOREN HOLYOKE, Mass., Jan. 10.—W. J. Bryan visited Holyoke to-day and lectured un- | lumbus. He was given a half hour’s pub- Mc reception and the lecture began at 8 | o’clock. | and went to the West-street School. The children cheered him as he stepped to the | stage and he responded with a bow. He | gave a fifteen minutes’ talk to the chil- dren. education and to strive for a higher edu- cation after graduating from the gram- mar and high schools. He concluded by asking the children to sing *“‘America,” He congratulated them and then sta- | tioned himeelf at the exit, where he shook hands with_ each. The reception in the Knights of Colum- | bus' rooms to-night was not largely at- tended and only a few leading Democrats called. Not more than 500 persons heard the lecture, but the audience extended Bryan a warm greeting and many of the points in the discourse were applauded. Bryan delivered his familiar lecture, “A Conquering Nation. e ——— Sorrow Over Henry’s Death. Representatives of the various socleties of which John P. Henry was a member met last night in Hibernia Hall ard passed a resolution expressive of sorrow for his untimely death and of sympatny for his bereaved relatives. The societles represented at the meeting were: The Anclent Order of Hibernians. Yourg Men's Institute, Mission Parlor of ‘he Native 8ons of the Golden West, and San Franclsco Aerie No. 5, Order of Eagles. ——— | | | | i ! Dies From Poison. i | | Mrs. Arthur King, who took a dose of corrosive sublimate on New Year's day in order to frighten her husband, with whom she had been quarreling, dled lasi night at the McNutt Hospital. Mrs. King did not intend to kill herself but wanted to scare her husband. She lived at :ha Dunlap House on O'Farrell street. ———— LATE SHIPPING m’TELLIGENOE.‘ ARRI\';EB Friday, January 10. Stmr Sequoia, Winkel, 80 hours from Grays Harbor. sromia DOMESTIC PORTS. Al A—Salled Jan 10—Sti Tilamook.” mr Elmore, for Arciv an 10—Ger bark Reinbek, Yokobama; bktn Chehalis, from. Ban’ Foom cisco. PORTLAND—Arrived J; Eider, trom San Alrnlnamz; B o rrive an 10—Stmr St Denis, from Ensenada; stmr v ia, from Ban Francisor . Coe of Califor OCEAN STEAMERS. SYDNEY, NSW—Arrived pri Sumr Miowera. trom Vancouver via Hanorois GENOA—Arrived Jan 10—Stm: § tern, from New York, via Neghe. . SGOW-— an. 10—St Intan, MOVILTE—Salled o—amr S“:hm.' —Salled Jan 10—8t from Glasgow, for New York:m:thrn Corin- thian, from Liverpool, for St John, N B. BOULOGNE—Sailed Jan lHle;lkl: Rotter- o dam, from Rotterdam. for New CHERBOURG—Arrived Jan 10—Stmr Kron- prinz William, from New. York, via Ply- mouth. for Bremen, and proceeded. The | der the auspices of the Knights of Co- | | Bryan arrived in the city this afternoon | He advised them to gain a good | EASY™ MONEY N THE STAMPS Reeves Tells About the Cuban Postoffice Fraud. Interesting Testimony Given by a Defendant at Havana. HAVANA, Jan. 10.—When the trials of the cases arising from the Cuban postof- fice frauds were resumed in the Audienca Court to-day after having been adjourncd since Wednesday on account of the illness of counsel for Charles W. F. Neely, W. H. Reeves, one of the defendants, was again called to the stand and testified re- garding the stamp-burning incident. The witness sald the stamps were not count- ed and that Neely told him Estes G. Rathbone acqulesced In the whole matter. The Government has finished the exam- ination of Reeves and to-morrow he will be cross-examined by counsel for Neely | ana Rathbone. It was evident throughcut Reeves' testimony that the charge against all the defendants is based on Keeves' statements, for the fiscal conducted Lis examination question by question from a typewritten copy of the accusation and Reeves' testimony substantiated the con- clusions drawn in the accusation. Reeves sald that Rathbone had appoint- ed him chief postal accountant, but thut he had originally been appointed to this position from Washington. He said that he had a conversation with Neely about the destruction of stamps, that Nesly told him Rathbone was willing to do bus ness, and that the stamps_ had bee burned at the suggestion of Neely. Ma field did not know about the intended fraud. He figured up the amount of the value and markea each package of 1 stamps, amounting to a total of §10.00. Reeves testified that Neely made up a declaration and that some days afterward he, Neely and Marfield signed it. Rath- bone, he said, ordered him to credit the | amount on the books. | Here Senor Lanuza called attention to | Reeves' statement on Assistant Postmas- | ter Bristow's report that Reeves had not { known fraud had been committed when he | made the credit in the books. Beeves said { that before burning the last surcharged | stamps, amounting to $68.000, Neely told him that the amount credited for the first | burning was wrong, and that there was | $15,000 to be divided up between him, | Neely and Rathbone. Reeves testifled that | Neely tola him that Rathbone had paid | off a mortgage in Cincinnati with this | money. | “Shortly after this Reeves said that Rathbone in referring to the burning of \(he stamps said that It was an easy way | to_make money. He also sald that Neely told him that Rathbene would be civil Governor of Cuba -and that they would benefit thereby, because Neely would be | Treasurer of the Island and Reeves Aud- itor. Reeves also testified that Neely had credited $12,00 to his own department in changing accounts to the North American Trust Company, and that he, Neely, had appropriated_this amount. Regarding Rathbone’s trip to the United States in October, 1899, Reeves sald that $1500 had been drawn for expense, and Rathbone returned him $672. He said that he thought Neely gave Rathbone $480 of this_amount, and that Neely sald that | Rathbone was hard up and that be would return it when he got an increase of sal- ar; When the question of daily expense ai- lowance came up Reeves testifled that he told Rathbone that in the absence of any instructions discontinuing this allowanc he should continue it_when Neely went to the United States. Reeves s; further that just before his arrest N ieft an envelope containing $4600 upon his (Reeves') desk, telling him to fix up the accounts. Reeves said he afterward gave this money to General Wood, telling him that Necly had been stealing. Relief Society Elects Officers. The San Francisco Ladies' Protéctive and Relief Soclety held its annual meet- il January 9 and elected the following officers: 3 President, Mrs. George Barstow dent, Mrs. 8. W. Dennis; recording secretary, Miss Alice Brown; ccrresponding secretary, Mrs. P. B. Cornwall: K. F. Hutchinson; vice presi- Mrs. George Barstow, Miss A. Beaver, Miss. Borel, Miss Alice Brown, Charles Clayton, Mrs. N. P. Cole, Mrs. Corn- wall, Mrs. 8. W. Dennis, Mrs. J. L. Deering, | Mrs. Timothy Houkins, 'Mrs. Hugh Hudd . K. F. Hutchinson, Mrs. N. G. . Hugo Kiel, Miss M . Le Roy Nickel, Mrs. E. B. . J. Robinson, Mrs. J. R. S8ims, Mrs. Milan Soule, Mrs. A. P. Talbot, . George Sage, Mrs. Charles W. Willard; honorary managers—Mrs. L. Algeltinger, Mrs. C. 5. Wright; trustess— Mrs. Charles R. Bishop, Mrs. H.' L. Dodge, Mrs, Horace Davis, Mrs.'J. L. Hutchinson and Mrs. George A. Newhall. e L More Stenographers Needed. The old complaint from the Police Judges of the lack of stenographers has again cropped up, and yesterday Judge Frite issued an attachment for Stenogra- | pher Long to be in his court this morn- ng at 10 o'clock. The Judge had three felony cases on his calendar to be heard | yesterday afternoon and Long should . have attended, but did not do so, as he ! had been engaged in Judge Mogan's court till between 1 and 2 o'clock. _An effort will be made to get Mayor Schmitz to appoint the additional stenographer, which will give one for each Judge and do away with any cause for delay or com- plaint. —_—————— League Club Gives a Dance. The second entertainment and dance given by the League Club at Odd Fellows’ Hall last evening was attended by a large and interested crowd. The opening re- imarks were delivered by Ed Shafter. These were followed by a cornet solo by { A. Arriola, an artistic cakewalk by Mar- garet Cronin and Irene Camina, female impersonations by Constantine Belmont and specialties by Elton Lambert lesque—'‘Romeo Juliet”—followed. | The performers were Frank A. Gibson. J. I E. McCormick and Robert Grennan. The piece was cleverly presented and elicited much applause. A dance concluded the evening's fun. = H 3 F] Claims Building Is Unsafe. Selby C. Oppenhelmer, who leased tre Clunie Opera-house in Sacramento from | Thomas J. Clunie, is suing the latter for | an annulment of the lease on the grounl that the building is unsafe and unfit for the theatrical business. He alleges that Clunie misrepresented to him the corndi. tion of the opera-house, and He asks the court to award him a verdict for $5000, the amount which it was agreed shoald be paid in the event of any of the cov- cnants of the lease &e!ng broken. He also 0! asks for interest on\ $3000 he deposited as @ guaranty when t lease was made. M. H. Payot Lectures on Spain. jupervisor M. H. Payot uelivered an in- teresting lecture last evening on “A Trip Through Spain” before the members of the Alllance Francalse .at Sherman & Clay Hall. During the course of the lec- ture beautiful ‘enes of Spain were thrown on the canvas and Mr. Payot was listened to with rapt attention and warm- ly applauded at the close of his discourse. Seizure of Smuggled Goods. Customs Inspectors Sackett, Benninger, Carter, McDonald and Head made several important seizures of smuggled goods yesterday, consisting of 1550 cigars, 19 pieces of cloth and 18 silk shirts on board the 'man steamer Denderah from «Hamburg; 2 pieces of cloth on board the Ventura, and 2000 cigars, 10 silk caps and three silk shawls on board the &:y of Peking. £ DIED. JONES—In this city, January 10, I ' Rose Maris Jones, beloved daughter of Michael J. and Rose A. Jones, and sister of James H., Evelin M. and George S. Jones, a native of ll}!n,lgri‘.nnlm. mz‘.l‘lrlltl:lhu and 10 day: ends an jices. are respect fully invited to attend the funeral TO-MOR- ROW (Sunday), at 1 o'clock p. m. from the resjdence of his parents, 39% Ringold street, between EI’hlh and Ninth. Interment Holy, Cross Cemetery, i death last night at the crossing of Twen- C 11 SHOWER PRAISES ON HEROINE OF ENCOUNTER WITH A ROBBER Miss Maud Stevens, Who Stopped Highwayman With a Slap o f— AKLAND, Jan. 10.—Miss Maud Stevens, the pretty and athletic heroine of last night’s encounter with a footpad, has been devoting the major portion of her time to- day in holding an informal reception of her admiring friends, who shower con- gratulations upon her for the plucky stand she made when she delivered a stinging slap on the robber's jaw in re- sponse to his demand for her money. Notwithstanding her exciting experience Miss Stevens after a night's rest at her home, 820 Thirteenth street, entirely re- gained her self-possession to-day. The young woman was very modest in her narrative of the episode. She did not think it was such a daring thing to do, but there was a firm ‘set to her pretty mouth that meant she would repeat the blow if the occasion required. “Really,” sald Miss Stevens to-day, “it wagen’t so brave. Don't you know, 1 haye been afrald to go through Thirteenth street,. where 1 was held up, ever since that young woman was robbed there in November. ‘The shade trees on both sides of the block between Castro and Brush streets make the street so dark that after sun- down one feels a bit timid about walking there, especlally with mental visions of robbers to worry about. “Anyway, I left the store last evening at 6 o'clock, as usual, and started home. JUDGE MORROW WILL ATTEND THE MEETING United States Circuit Judge Morrow has made arrangements to attend the meet- ing of the trustees appointed by Andrew Carnegle to take charge of the fund of $10,000,000 donated by him as a fund for the founding in Washington of a univer- eity devoted to higher educatlon. Judge Morrow recelved a telegram yesterday from Mr. Carnegie informing him that the meeting will be held at Washington on January 20, . Judge Morrow was In receipt yesterday of many congratulatory messages from his friends upon his appointment. He will represent the entire Pacific Coast, the only otfier member of the board of trustees mentioned as a Californian being D. O. Mills, who is a resident of New York. Judge Morrow became acquainted with Mr. Carnegie while the Judge was en- aged In his duties as a Congressman, and r. Carnegle became very much inter- ested in the affable and brainy Califor- nian. 1 The appointment was quite a surprise to Judge Morrow, and he accepted it as | a rare honor to be named one of the| foster-fathers of an institution destined | to become unique in the world’s history, both because of the lofty ideals it will | endeavor to establish and the tremendous | influence it will exert upon the philosophi= | thought of the century, —_—— Three Ex-Soldiers Acquitted. The case of Frank D. Smith, Frederick | Maydell and John Edwards, ex-soldiers, charged with grand larceny, was dis- missed by Judge Cenlan yesterday. They were accused of robbing Howard Smith, | another_ex-soldier, at 11 Larayette street, of $80. It was shown by the evidénce that another ex-soldier, named Sagendorf, was the one who drugged and robbed Smith and was to give him a discharge from the armf as sergeant. Sagendorf had been emlj)uoyed in the adjutant general's office in Manila, and, it is supposed, stole the | blank forms of discharge. | ———— Runaway Horse Killed. A horse hitched to a butcher’s cart met ty-third and Mission streets. The animal | in {ts mad flight ran against a_trolley car | g&the Mission-street Iine and fell dead. | rtunately there was no one injured on the car and save the breaking of the front windows of the car no damage was done. Who the owner of the horse Is was not ascertained. —_—— Californians in New York. | NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—The following Californians are in New York: t From San, Francisco—H. Burtwell, at the Grand €nion; W. Mintseer and wite, at the Victoria; Mrs. M. A. Wills, at the Holland; G. Flamm, F. H. MacDonald, D. M. Moses, at the Herald Square, From Los Angeles—C. MacKall, at the Morton. A ——— Ensign James A. Hand Dead. VALLEJO, Jan, 10.—Ensign James A. Hand, U. 8. N., passed away to-day in the Naval Hospital, where he was operated upon for appendiecitis on Baturday. He was attached to the Philadelphia. Hand was a native of South Dakota, aged 2, and was appointed to the service from that State, e 'HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. J M Longbroke, Dawsn|E H Akin, Texas E Fioia, Ameatn | iane i ens Miss C McKay, Angels|V A Wolté. Denver A Jedge, Minn wWson, ood Miss McKay, Helena i ex ;;V gfl:“m‘ h’%"wen 5 G Yorks Wichie™ e, Ever orks, Wichita I Smith, § Jose F Bush, Nebr T B White, Tacoma # M Woeiner & w, Cal ————— Timber is seasoned by the evaporation of the water, the extraction of the vege- table juices and the solidification of the woody tissue. TR LS on the Face, Receives Praise of Admiring Friends. BUSHNELL OAKLAND GIRL WHOSE PLUCKY FIGHT WITH A FOOTPAD HAS MADE HER A HEROINE. —_— “I started back and then the man grabbed me. I was startled T didn’t know what to do, when he said: ‘“*Give me your purse and money." “Then, summoning all the sti could, I just struck him a hard blow with my gloved band on the face. “ ‘That's grit for you,” I heard him say as he half-staggered, more from surprise than the blow, I guess. Then I ran, and that’s all there is to it. “Once before I was robbed. It oceurred at El Paso del Norte, across the Rio Grande from El Paso. There was a b fiesta in progress and I had gone over to witness the festival. While I was stand- ing in a church dcorway a Mexican grabbed me and snatched a girdle from my walst to which was attached a chate- laine bag. Before I could do anything the thief had disappeared in the crowd. “T made up my mind then that I would not be robbed again without ng a fight to save my possessions.” Her fellow employes at Gold , Bowen & Co.’s store sound praises of Miss Ste- vens without stint. e robbery to which Miss Stevens re- ferred as having alarmed ber was that of Miss Ellis Brockaway, who was relieved by a footpad on the night of November 14 of a purse containing 310 at almost the identical spot where Miss Stevens had her encounter. Miss Brockaway was walking toward her residence, 763 Thirteentn street, about 11 o'clock when she was ‘When the robber came upon me I was stopped by a masked highwayman, dreadfully startled. The first- thing he sald was: The man arrested last ht shortly after the attempt to rob nij Mfu Stevens ‘“ ‘You're a pretty plucky woman to be could not be identified as the footpad who ‘walking alone through a street like this.” waylaid her. T e e o O e e o ] LOSES BEQUEST ON TEGHNICALITY Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 10. Because of the fallure of Walter Mo- rosco, the deceased promoter of theatri- cal amusements, to have the witnesses to the codicil to his will sign their names in his presence Judge Ellsworth refused to- day to admit the instrument to probate. This decision deprives Hejry H. Bishop, a brother of the deceased, in whose favor the codicil was drawn, of a bequest of According to the terms of the codicil, which is dated at San Franciseo, August 21, 1901, the deceased bequeaths to his Lrother all real estate standing in his name in Guilford, Conn., and $5000 in cash. The Guilford realty consists of 160 acres, with improvements, which s valued at about §15,000. So that $20,000 is the total value of the property disposed of by the codiell. The names of H. H. Campbell and George Reilley are affixed to the -codicil as witnesses. On the witness stand this morning, while proof of the will was be- ing offered, these witnesses testified that they did not sign. the codicil in the pres- ence of Walter Morosco. They said they understood that Louis H. Bishop, dece Gent’s. halt brother, who drew up the will and is the executor, also drew up the codicil. When Morosco signed the codicil in his office in the Grand Opera- ouse he said to some one present ow, take this downstairs and have two of the boys sign their names to it.” On the stre: h of this testimony Judge Elsworth decided that he could not admit the codicil to probate. Under_this decision the property which Henry. H. Bishop would have received will now revert to the son, Harry rosco, to whom the residue was queathed. There was no opstacle in the way of the admission of the will itself to pro- bate. Louis H. Bishop was appointed the cxecutor. To Harry W. Morosco the bulk of the estate is left. Louls H. Bishop gets an interest in the Moresco Grand Opera-house Company and Oliver. and Leslle Mitchell get equal interests in the be- | Burbank Theater, Los Angeles. Eloping Couple Elude Police. QAKLAND, Jan. 10..-After eluding the police Miss Belle M. Nickels of Los Gatos and Charles H. Park of San Francisco, an eloping couple, have been married in Cakland. Relatives of the young woman declare_that she is only 17 years old, and that when Park secured the license by swearing that she was of legal age he latid himself liable to prosecution. The pursuing relatives tried to Prevem the marriage by calling in the police, but the young people successfully evaded them. —— - Married at Martinez. OAKLAND, Jan. 10.—John A. Massie and Mae Green, both of whom are weil knowa in theatrical circies, went to Mar- tinez last Monday and were quietly mai ried bLv Justice of the Peace Carpenter of that place. Massie is the son of the late Conductor “Jack” Massle, who died a few weeks ago. The bride is better known by her stage name of Felice Da- vis. —_———— ‘Who Owns the Cigars? John Quinn, who has served three terms recently for petty larceny, was arrested on Montgomery street yesterday after- nocn by Detectives Dinan and Wren and locked up in “the tanks” pending further investigation. He was driving an express ‘wagon, which he hired at Fifth and nn; of non streets, and in jt were 5500 different brand: He said he got the ci- gars from a man at Baden and brought them to the city in to be sold. detectives will endeavor to find the owner of the clgars. W. Mo- | | | | i | i FARO MEN ARRAIGNED IN THE POLICE COURT *Patsy” Carroll, Edward Sutton, Walter J. Lane and Charles Stickney, allas Fa- genbush, were instructed and arraigned in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday on the charge of grand larceny by trick and de- vice for swindling A. Miller, the hotel man from Nome, out of $1500 at faro in a room in the Palace Hotel. They were rep- resented by Attorney W. S. Barnes, and ex-Judge Ferral appeared as special pros- ecutor. By consent the case was contin- ued till to-day to be set. Sutton was released yesterday morning on $2000 bonds and later in the Lana was released on bonds, the reduced amount in his case being made by the Judge with the consent of the special prosecutor. Stickney, alias Fagenbush, is still in prison and will be ke%ththere. as Superintendent O’'Neil of the Chicago po- lice has wired Captain Seymour that he will send an officer with the necessary pa= pers for his extradition. Chinese Deported From Maine. Bernes O. Norton, office deputy of the United States Marshal at Portland, Maine, arrived yesterday with twenty- three Chinese laborers who have been or- dered deported. They sneaked into tha United States over the Canadian border. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Furrows The wear, the tear and the worry of life plough deeply. Physicians prescribe a tonical stimulant. is their choice for strength, cheer and com- fort. when recom- mended, it is the purest tonical BariMore RYE Wu Lananan BALTIMO d asthma. MES. S. A. WATSON, Temperance “ Pre-eminently the best.” REY. HENRY WARD BEECHER.