The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1902, Page 29

£ bbb aag | | | : Pages 20 to-46 | | Raaaanac e st e es 20 fo 40 Ao e e ey ] SN JOSE PLANS ROYAL WELGOME Republican State Clubs to Meet There in Convention. Third Week in April Date Selected for a Grand Gathering. me to ates to the conven- te League of Republican meet in San Jose on e in ses: s to be made for the ac- between 2500 and 3000 additon to the dele- ublicans of this and ng of the executive commit- afternoon in the rooms e Central Commit- tel there were pres- n of Suisun, who pre- of Oakland, J. R. Dr. D. F. McGraw, icans of San Jose, State Cen- in the blg has a seating the commit- business and ittees are preparing in listening selectea topics M. Short- 1. L. Barnes 0. As the tion of Lin- the conven. every- e affair a v of the Re- d: wers that e 5 ees—finance, 1 go to San Jose t with those As soon for the It was agreed n should be ve mem- clubs PROVES GOSTLY Protects Himself Against Mountain Frost and super- upon Wood- proceed- for Woodworth. trees better , was still prose- but Mr. , and X after saying that Washington about the as heard on the sub- , when Mr. from Mr. Newhall would be appeased If $0 into Uncle Sam’s ury done to the re- money."” 111 therefore bring sult e United States against damages, and Mr, Tal- money without contest. eads self-defense for He had lost his way s and when night came a camp fire to pro- m the frost. —_—— Railroad Company Files Deeds. for record yesterday covering the transfer of s of property to the acific Company, which has e land for depot and ter- The property comprises nded by Beale, Main, How- m streets, which was for- by the Risdon Works. A of other pieces of property are ribed in the vicinity of the Mail k as part of the transfer. No con- on is mentioned in the documents, being in the form of trust deeds the preperty to different par- ties for the railroad compathy. K be = Jose is preparing to extend a royal | to tb on for three | led to order | ed the time dur- | then load | give to | Wood- | JOURNALISTS OF WESTERN CANADA RECEIVE KERSHOW WILL 13 SUSTAINED Will Entertain Visitors. ALIFORNIA'S hospitality has be- come a byword with the members of the Western Canada ress As- sociation, who arrived in this city yesterday. They sing the praises of the Golden State and are enthusiastic in their appreciation of the courtesies ex- tended them by the citizens of the south- ern part of the State. Seventy-five editors and thelr wives and | familles constitute the party. Headquar- ters were established at the Russ in this city and the weary travelers were | welcomed.. During the last twelve da they Lave traveled thousands of miles on | railroads and have viewed the wonders | |of the country. A welcome has been | given the visitors wherever they stopped | that amply repald them for their long | journey and cheered them on their way. | They ‘have been wined and dined. ery city or hamlet they have been | taken in hand by a reception committes | and shown the sights of the particular section In which they were. During| their stay here they will be the guests uf‘l the Sar: Francisco Press Club. Last night the party was taken through Chinatown under th direction of Detec- tives Gibson and Bailey, chaperoned by | Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bunner, and all | points of interest were visited. On irvi- | tation of Chan Chung, manager of the theater on Wa ngton street, the entire pa‘ty visited the place of amusem nd | were afterward an Chung's guests at | Yuen Fong restaurant on Jackson street, | whers ea and sweets were served. | To-day the visitors will be taken to the | park and CHff on observation, cars, and on Monday many of the party will vi Mount Tamalpais. /The observati will leave the corner of Market and Sec- ond streets at 1:30 o'clock sharp this aft- ernoon. | The officers of the Western Canada | Press Association are: g, Herald, Calgary, ent. H. C. Clay, Al Saults, Town Topics treasurer, John Stovel innipeg, Manitoba: man. C. Crome, Mirror, Winni- tarlo} secretary, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nor'-West Farmer, ager of excursion, pes. The party is made up of the following | named: { List of Visitors. ! John Appleton, Labor Gazette, Winnipeg. | Manitoba; B. Baidwinson, Heimskringla, Win- itoba; W. B. Ballantyne, Journal, E. anitoba; R. Bastin, Western Manitoba; | Brett, | Cypress River, RPN | WORKERS FOR THE POOR PREPARE FOR CONFERENCE | Arrangements Are Being Completed for Annual Session, of State Board of Charities. A meeting will be held at the Young Men’s Christian Ascociation buflding to- morrow evening to arrange the pro- | gramme for the second annual session of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections, of which Horace-Davis is | president. The session, which is to be | held in this city and will be under the | auspices of the Associated Charities, will | meet on February 1i. The Rev. Samuel | Smith, D. D., of Minneapolis, a well: known organizer of charity, will attend the conference. Many charity workers and delegates from all parts of the State are expected to attend. Citizens interest- ed in charity work are invited to attend the preliminary meeting. Mrs. Foote Cannot Talk. Thomas Galvin and Anita Clark, charged with brutally beating and rob- | Winnipeg. Manitoba; H. | Star, bing Mrs. N. J. Foote in her rooms at the Elysian, 566 Geary street, again appeared Editors Enjoy True Cilifornia Hos- pitality. \ ] (‘;rag and Canyon, Banff, Alberta; Mrs. rett, Cs Crag and Canyon, Alberta; M. C. Ber- algary, Alberta; J. R. Grant, Manitoba: Miss E. Manitoba: H. C Manitoba: "¢ City, Manitoba; J. J. . Winnipeg; J. C. Crome, | Mirror, Winnipeg: Mrs. J. C.'Crome, Miror, | Chevrier, Selkirk, Manitoba; J Pauls, Manitoba; Mrs. St. Pauls, Manitoba; . A. G Dickson, tal City, Manitoba; Mrs. W. D. Douglas, une, W Press, Nee- Mani . Winnipeg: . Alberta: nipeg; W. Miss Mabel Hall, Huckell, Expre: Josie Huckell, 3 ; George Har- per. Standard, Carman, Manitoba; Mrs. George Harper, Standard. Carman. Manitoba: B. S. | Jenkins, ~superintendent C. P. R. teiegraph, Winnipeg; Mrs. B. S. Jenkins, Winnipeg; W. J. Kennedy, Advance, Virden, Manitoba: A. E. Kenner, Free Press, Winnipez: W. A. Myers Shoal Lake, Manitoba; Mrs. W. H. Macklin, ‘Free Press,’ W K. Mclnnis, Standard, Regina, Assa Nichols, _Sun, Grenfel, Assa.: Mrs. Frank Oliver, ' Bulletin, Edmonton, Alberta; J. A. Osborne, Sun, Brandon, Manitoba; Mrs. J. A. Osborne, Times, Fort Frances, Onlarlo; G. Pingle, Volce. Winnipes; Miss G. Pingle, Voic Winnipeg; John Persse, Tribune, - Winnipes George Patterson, Times, Deloraine, Manitob: i Manitoba; I. R | itoba T WARM WELCOME ON ARRIVAL IN THIS CITY Court Holds That - the Yale Man Was Men- £k tally Sound. Dis~ Decision Admits the puted Document tq Probate. The will of Max H. Kershow, the Yal athlete who died at Tortoni’s last Ma; the probate of which was contested by his brother, Carlton M. Kershow, on the ground that when the document was exe- |cuted the collegian ‘was not of sound mind, was sustained in a decision handed down in Department 9 of the Superior Court yesterday. It was also claimed by the contestant that. the signature of the document. was not written by the testator; that the-sig« natures of the subscribing witnesses, J. Morgan Smith and A. J. Meadows, wera not written 4t the time the purported will 'was signed, and that this court had no ju- risdiction in the matter. All these claims are disposed of in fifty typewritten pages, which in addition to being an opinion is a complete review of the testimony offered at the trial of the contest. Wrote Will When Sober. The ‘will was made In April, 190L It is in the handwriting of J. Morgan Smith, who testified at the trial that he wrote it at theé~ dictation ‘of Kershow. By the terms of the will Carlton M. Kershow, a brother of the.testator, was to . Teceive $5000; J. Henry Kershow and P. Kershow, his uncles, were to receive $1000 each; | Alice Kennedy, a nurse, $1000, and J. Mor- | gan Smith $500. All the rest and residue of the estate was left by Kershow to his “sincere and devoted friend, Rhea Get- tings.” It was contended by the brother of the deceased that Max Kershow, through ex- cessive indulgence in liquors, not mentally sound when he made sulh a will. Testimony . was introduced showing that Kershow drank a great deal, but it was | also shown that he at times sobered up and that on those occasions his mind was | clear and capable of dealing with business | matters .clearly and with great.foresight. During one-of these sober spells he wrote | to his brother, who was in Philadelphia, | to come out to him. The court in refer- | ring to this letter, which was written a | short time before the will was made, sald: | “Every element engaged in the defini- tion of a sound mind enters into the structure of that letter.” | Court Takes Fling at Nurse. | The court also commented on the “in- | irmities in the testimony of John Roland {and Alice Kennedy,” the nurses who cared | for Kershow during his last lflness, and |in speaking of Mrs. Kennedy's memory of dates said: “Her memory as to dates was mgre than imperfect, even when her testimony as to | dates was shielded by a card within or be- hind her satchel on the witness stand.” The question of jurisdiction was decided in favor of the proponents. It was shown | that the Yale man had registered In this city and also had property here, which, in the opinion of the court, was enough to show that “‘a foreign record had no force and effect and was not a bar to the pro- ceedings."; | ““Whether the act was mental or me- chanical,” says the court, “Max H. Ker- | show wrote his name on that paper. The estate bequeathed to Miss Gettings, | who for more than a year lived with Ker- | show at his apartments in downtown res- | taurants, is valued at between $25,000 and $40,000. The attorneys who represented her case are H. I. Kowalsky, W. E. F. Deal, Ed- ‘mund Tauzsky and George R. Wells. The | attorneys for thecontestant were M. F. | Michael and Willlam Rix. © it e i @ EXPECTS TO END - DAYS IN PRISON S5 OFFICERS OF THE WESTERN CANADA PRESS ASSOCIATION WHO, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION, ARE ENJOYING THEIR THIRD ANNUAL EXCURSION FROM WINNIPEG TO CALIFOR- NIA. THEY ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY AND "ARE STAYING AT THE RUSS HOUSE. + | Miss'on. House Breaker Willing to Plead Guilty. . Delegation Visits Chinatown as Guests of Press Club, and Will Be| Taken to Park and Cliff To-Day. Glenboro_ Manitoba H. Saults, Town Winnipes: Mrs. G. H. Saults, Town Winnipeg: . W. A. Speers, Dominion iswold, Mani. Walter M. it, ‘al Crispin Smith, Herald, Cal. . Age, Gladstone, Manitoba; . Carberry, Manitcba: John Ross, Herald, Ham: for, Hudson Ba: Mitehell, onewall. . Toombs, 5 Manitoba: Irvin Walker, Times, Brandon, Man: itoba; D. D. Wood, civic representative, Win- nipeg; F. H. Woodhull, Dispatch, Miami, Man. J. Young. Miss Young, Herald, Calgary. here are some very promtnent men in Farmer, Winnipe: ilton, Manitoba; E. rany, Winnipeg Com Stovel, Farmer, Winnipeg: Mrs. John Stovel, | Alberta, is prominent not only as a jour- Herald, Calgary, Alberta; | | City. ion Parliament, and A. F. Pirie, editor of the Banner of Dundas, who is famed 2s the Chauncey Depew of Canada. W. A. Speers is the personal representative of the Premier of the Dominion. Govern- ment, and E. Taylor represents the fa- | ‘mous Hudson Bay Company. President J. 1. Young of the Herald of Calgary, nalist, but "as a politiclan and miniug man. J. C..Crome, who is in charge o the excursion, is a prominent busines: méan of Winniveg. . \| The party will remain here until Tues- day, when they will depart for Salt Lake They are scheduled to arrive in St. Paul on the evening of January 2. Edward Edminster, the cobbler burglar, who was arrested Friday afternoon by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea, was booked last night on six charges of burglary. Bd- | minster, who is well connected, keenly feels his disgrace. | “I know it is all off with me,” he sadly | remarked shortly after he was formailly | charged. *“I guess I will serve the rest of my life’in the penitentiary. . I am sorry for my wife. who is in a\delicate condi- tion, and my lttle girl. God only knows what will become of them. However, I am gwiity and must take the conse- quences.” At least twenty people, who suffered at the hands of Edminster, or who saw him leaving the houses of his victims, visited | the City Prison yesterday and positively | 1dentified him. Late in the afternoon his wife appeared at the prison gate and, with tears streaming down her cheeks, beégged to be allowed to enter. “I must see him,” she pitifully cried. ada Press Association were the guests of the Santa Clara Improvement Club here this afternoon. They arrived from the south this morning. A reception commit- tee of prominent citizens met them at the Hotel Vendome, where they had break- fast. Carriages were furnished by ‘the Improvement Club and the journalists were taken for a drive through the or- chard districts about the city. The visi- tors were greatly delighted with the miles and mi'es of trees. A visit was made to the Santa Clara County Fri Exchange, where the visitors witnessed the packing | of prunes, and each visitor was presented Mrs. George Patterson, Times, Deloraine; the visiting delegation. Among them are ¥ with a sample package of the product. | « ) Vi F. Firie, Banner, Dimdas, Ontarle: 3. G| Walter Scott, editor of the Leader of Visitors at San Jose. Shogtly before noon they left for San | papen ' ‘e police have made a mis- Oracle, Glds, Alberta; W. T. Shipley, Gazette, | Regina, who is a member 6f the Domin- SAN JOSE, Jan. 18.—The Western Can- | Francisco. Edminster was taken from his cell and i el e e R e @ | SoSins his wife standing near the booking before Judge Mogan yesterday for prelim- inary hearing. Lucius H. Foote was called and testified that his wife was still unable to talk owing to her fractured jaw, and a certificate was produced from Dr. Sher- man that it would be two weeks yet be- fore she could appear in court. The case ‘was continued till to-morrow, and the de- fendants’ bonds were raised from $2000 to $4000 each. 4 —— Bogus Check Man Sentenced. Captain Seymour received a letter from Chiet 8. North of Vancouver, B. C;, yes- terday informing him that Willlam Robin- son, alias C. Janes, had been convicted of passing bogus checks there and sentenced to two years in the pentitentiary. Robin- son passed a number of worthless checks in this city in December last, among his victims being Frank H. Moon, saloon- keeper, O'Farrell and Taylor streets, and W. Smith, 370 Bush street. He forged the name of Rev. Father Sesnon of San Ra- fael to the checks, —_—————— Ignatian Council Party. The committees of Ignatian Council of the Young Men’s Institute have complet- ed all arrangements for the party that will be given on next Friday night in'the Assembly Hall of the Native Sons' build- ing. This is to be an invitation affair and a feature of the evening will be the excel- lent music that is to be provided for dancing. ———— Fail to Get the Coin. John Riordan, alias Regan, and Charles. allas Chippy Aikens, were brought from San Jose last night by Detectives Ryan and O'Dea and Policeman Winzler and charged with burglary. Several days ago, it Is claimed, the two men entered a sa- loon on Howard street, near Third, after the place had closed for the night’ and attempted to get away with. $650 which was in the cash drawer, but were- frus- trated by Mrs. Smith, the proprietress. Riordan, the -police say, wore a mask, which he dropped in his anxiety to get away from the saloon. Both men have been p(‘?ui(lvely identified by Mrs. Smith. STOCKTON, Jan. 18.—Title to high_school site of four blocks pa city ‘to-day when the High School Board paid to the representative of Miss Julla Weber, the owner of the property, $24,000. Sieps wiil be taken at once to advertise for plans for a building to cost about $130,000. the new N B HEIRS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN ACCIDENT BRING SUIT Gray Brothers Asked to Pay $25,000 for Deaths of Mr. and Mrs. - Gardner. Nathanie]' F. Hértz, administrator of the estate of Eugene Gardner, a machin- ist, who was killed by the explosion of a | boiler at the brickyard of Gray Bros., at Sixteenth and Douglass streets, last Sep- tember, filed a suit for 325,000 damages against the firm yesterday. Mrs. Gard- ner, who was with her husband at the time the explosion occurred, was so se- verely burned by the escaping steam that she died within a few. weeks after the gecident. It ‘is alleged in the complaint filed on beha!f of the heirs of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gardner that Gray Bros., krowing that the boiler was unsafe, were guilty cf carelessness in allowing Gardner to go to work. = John T. 'O'Rourke, who was severely beaten in a fight he had with Frank J. O’Rourke last December, filed a suit for $5470 yesterday. He asserts that he was damaged $3000 worth and was compelled desk he ran to her and, throwing his arms around her neck, asked her forgive- ness. “I know I deceived you,” he remarked as teats gathered in his eyes. “For the sake of our little girl let me be buried within the walls of San Quentin or Fol- som. Don't tell her that her father was a thief; teach her to forget me.” Thinking that the unfortunate woman was about to collapse Detective Tom During the past week the Police Judges | RYan, Who was present, led her from the prison. After considerable persuasicn held over to_the-Superior Court for trial | ghe was induced to leave the Hall of Jus- twenty-elght prisoners charged with fel- | tice, after saying she would call again to- onfes. This is the largest number ever | day to see her burglar husband. held to answer in one week. The next| It was learned last night that Edmin- largest week was in 1576, when Judge | ster, prior to his being sent to the peni- Joachimsen” passed a similar judgment | tentiary from Oakland, atiempted to com- upon eighteen prisoners. s mit suicide by jumping inta the bay off —_—— Fishermen's wharf. He was rescued after _A. I. Clunie Is Recovering. considerable trouble, and when asked for an explanation said he was tired of Andrew J. Clunie, State Insurance Com- | and wanted to die. Shortly afterwa missioner, who has been very ill at his| he went to Oakland and committed the residence, 115 De Long avenue, with un [‘burglary for which he was sent to San attack ‘of pleuro-pneumonia, is reported | Quentin for two years. by his physicians to be on the road to re- | Detectives Fitzgerald and Graham have covery. He has been confined to his.bed | recovered” a lot of property which was for over three weeks and it is probabie | stolen by Edminster from residents of the that as many more will pass before he is | Mission. It will be booked as evidemce entirely weil- ~ 7 2 to expend $970 to restore him to his usual good health. Patrick Joseph Cotter, a street sweeper, who was knocked down by a Turk-street car near the corner of Turk and Fillmore streets last January, filed a suit for $8100 damages. . —_——— Many’ Held for Trial. dgainst the prisoner: -