The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1902 *WAST THEFT BY SECRETARY 5 ALLEGED Report of Shortage of From $160,000 to $400,000. Trusted Employe of a Pack- ing Company Turne Over His Property. » Theodore Braemer, Who Collected a Nillion Dollars a Year, Is the Accused Man, but Ee Says It Is Merely an Error. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN WEDS VALLEJO BELLE —Sensational re- 1 here to-day of an al- books of Theodore | as ed last Sunday er of the J. ¥ of this shed alieged a shortage extending over and declared els in trus books by re was 28 e operty to Harlan and Joseph W. J. & F. Scroth talked freely eys were also HBBABAG A WA nt Collects a Million a Year. remer 3 and has been twice that treasurer. The of about $1,000,000 a lected by Braemer. roth died, over a year Governor Carl Nippert ey of his heirs, who in- f the company, a meeting of Sunday, at t nd from which || of to-day ema- ippert, is engagec rney for Braemer, attorney for the the tr aracter this city, as ted per- hat the report ation of the when com- differences er ever Some Errors in the Books. of the matte It months and I ors had been it was mu- 1 expert go over ify the company nd O'F %0 worth conclusion I any short- SANTA FE HAS WORLD'S LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE Railroad Engine Steams Into the Yards in San ster Bernardino. V. ), Jan —No. 488, nstructed, = Fe. It is 1 shelter of the left Ba sixty-one he y firemen were kept 1 into the firebox. efed west m and b all along the auls it has made decapod compound wr mer sur. line i r the engine steamed up and sounds of the same type is on e Two will be used in the y are er system. Licensed to Marry. OAXKLAND. 22.—Licenses to miarry to Gardner Wilson, 23 and Lillian L 15, Dock, 44, and Laura isco, Dutra and Etta Greome, 8. . 32, and Lena ” both of San Francisco; Edwin C. Timerman, over 21, and Emily H. Hil- “on, over 1%, both of Oakland Says Whisky Made Him Forge. LAND., Jan 22 —Emmet Barnes. 3 years and who served seventeen ed States navy, pleaded of forgeyy in Judge morning and was sen- in the State n. He forged Livermore to a for a light sentence, as the cause of his A charming breakiast dish . GRAPE-NUTS Grocers sell them had turned | refused to say | attorney { Columbus, while | .| was led by minent Commander H. D, " | tween dances Frederick K i of To- | expected to | P to | f Redding; Thomas A. | 85, | , C. Gloria, 39, Oak- | | | | PROTO By wU3SH ever ISS FRANCISCA C. VALLEJO and Dr. Charles D. McGettigan were married yesterday after- noon at the Church of the Holy Redeemer. The affair was of double interest owing to the prominence | and popularity of the parties. Father Mc- | | Quade performed the cersmony. The | wedding was a quiet one, only relatives | being present. Miss Angela Vallejo, the bride’s sister, was bridesmaid and Ed McGettigan acted as best man. After the wedding a reception was held at the home of the couple at 4044 Eight- eenth rireet. The bride is a tall, slender brunette of charming personality. She is descended | from one of the old aristocratic families | of the State, being a daughter of Dr. | Platon Vallejo and granddaughter of Gen- | | eral’ Vallejo. The groom is the son of Edward McGettigan, formerly of Vallejo, and a prominent politician. Dr. McGetti- gan graduated from St. Mary's College | and from the medical department of the | | University of California with honors. | During the war with Spain Dr. McGetli- | gan was lieutenant and in the Eighth Regiment, unteers. Upon being mustered out he opened an office in San Francisco and | soon established a large practice. Recog- | nizing Dr. McGettigah's ability, the meai- | cal aepartment of the Staté universily made him a demonstrator of anatomy. He is also one of the visiting physicians | of St. Ma: Hospital. Ei Golden Gate Hall was thronged last night with a brilliant assembly of Knignts Templar, comprising Golden Gate Com- | manaery No. 16. Lhe occasion was the | annual banquet and ball of the Knights | and their fair ladies. The guests wore | | elaborate evening dress. Covers were |laid for 20 in tne banquet room. The tempting menu was interspersed with Shakespeare’s choicest witticisms. After the banguet and toasts were fin- ished, dancing began. The grand march Loveland and Miss Lulu Edawards. Be- Biggerstaff en- tertained the guests with a spiendid piano rendition of Moszkowski's grand waitz. | Later on a dainty supper was served | under the direction of Sir Knights W, S. | Miller, J. M. Peel, Willlam Ciuff, George E. Dow and A. J. de Lamare. Every feature of the entertainment showed lavish generosity and excellent taste. The decorations in the hall com- prised electric lights forming the com- mandery’s name, & moon, a bear sur- rounded with lights and a basket of foli- | age including 1 incandescent lights. Cal- cium lights were also used. The draper- | ies were white with silver fringe and pale | | blue. A papier mache battlesnip six reet | long was piaced in the gallery and sur- | rounded with two-candle power lamps. | There was also an abundance of foliage |in decorations. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Booth, Mr. > S! Beneaict, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Black, George W. Bauer, C. J, Bauer, Miss C. Bauer, | William H. Beard, Mies Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. { John H. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs, A. A. Batkin, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Biaine, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Buckingham, | ¥. W. Bittleman, Fred M. Biggerstofl, Mrs. | George Buck, Mrs. T. Burgess, Mrs_ C. D. Bar. ows, Mrs. T. J. Bass, C. L. Bigelow, Mrs. J. G. Bloomer, Mrs, Charles E. Blake, Mrs, Paul Breon, Mrs, W. G. Brown. Mr_ and Mrs. J. C. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. ! Campbell, Miss Campbell, P. D. Code, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fessenden Clark, Miss L. F. | Ciark, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Carson, Miss Olive | B Carson, Mr_ and Mrs. Georgé D, Clark, | Mr. and Mrs. M. A. C. Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Cluff, George E. Crothers, Wil- , M, Cumbach, Mrs. A. W, Ca | son, Mr: . Cooper, Mrs. H. A. Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. E. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Car- roll Cook. y Mr. and Mrs A J. de Lamare, Mrs. George E. Dow, Miss Lilliin Dow, Edwin ; . Dow, | Oiiver Dibble, Mr, and Mrs. John L. Deahl, Miss A, L. Day, Miss Dibble, Mr. and_Mrs. Jeff Doolittle, B. L. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. §. | Davie, Major Percival Dolman, Mrs, A. Doud, W. A, Davies. Mr. and Mre. Willlam Edwards, Miss Lulu Bdwards, Mr, and Mrs. R. C. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. 1. A. Eddy, Mrs, 3, W. Edmundson, Mrs, J. H. Bawards, Mrs. H. T. Emery Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Field, Mise Field, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Firth, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Frazer, Mr. and Mrs. John Farnham, Theo. and Mrs. Frolich, Marshall Fairfield, Mrs. F. French, Mrs. M. Fonda, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Flint. Mr. and Mrs. W, 8. Gage, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Growall, Miss Mabel Gunn. atch, € J. H. H: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hosmer. - Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jackson, Miss Alice Jackson, Miss 1da Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Keystone, Mr. Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick, R. T. Kimball, Miss Florence Kustel, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kline, Mrs, O. J. Kron. . D. Loveland, Reuben H. Liloyd, Dr. J. W. Likens, Miss Lyons, Mr. and Mrs, B. H. Langley, Miss Lindley, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Merrill, Mr._and Mre. Robert Me: George B. McKee, Millan, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Moore, Dr. and Mrs. A. W. McKenzie, W. 8. Miller, Charles H. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mangram, William McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Mauzy, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Madison. W. L. B. Mills, Mrs. H. L McLean, Mrs. R. W. Murphy. Miss Georgia. C. Morse. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Peel, Mr. and Mrs. | E. Knights Templar and Their Fair Ladies Enjoy Annual Banquet and Dance. & YOUNG COUPLE WHOSE WED- DING WAS A SOCIAL EVENT OF INTEREST. < w. kins, Frank Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Per- Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Reichart, Mr. and Mrs. B. Ream, Mrs. W. Redding, Mrs. H. D. ertson. Mr. and Mrs, Frank W. Sumner, Mr, Smith, Mr. and Mrs, J. Mrs. ‘Clarence M. Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. 'Ed A. Stevenson, Mr. and G and Mys' Carl H. Schmidt, Mrs. Salsbury. | Mrs. George Spaulding, Mrs. G. L. Spear, Mrs A. Stadtmuller, Mrs. I *s. T B. Smith, Mrs. H. J. R ¥ Miss Emma_Spengler, Austin_Sperry, M. J Savage, W. P. Stinson, Frank Sherman, Butler Sha'w Mr. and Mrs, F. L. Turpin, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Turpin, Miss Clara Belle Turpin, Mr. and Mrs, A. H. Turner, Mrs. T. F. Tracy. Mr, and Mrs. G, H. Umbsen. Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Ware- house, Mrs, D. Walker, Mrs. M. H. Weed, Walter N. Brunt, William Glindermann, Mrs. | William Glindermann, Otto Grundle, Mrs. Otto Grundle, Dr. O, F. Westphal, Mrs, O. F. West- phal 5 . Mrs. N. G. Kittle gave a delightful dance last evening at her residence, Steiner street and Pacific avenue. Miss Cornelia_Scott of St. Louls was guest of honor. The drawing-rooms were done in foliage. The artistic touch of the hostess was apparent in every detail of the deco- rations. were present. Those who received were: Mrs. N. G. Kittle, Mrs. Willlam Taylor, Mrs. George Boyd and Miss Scott. L) Miss Helen Dean gave an informal tea at the apartments of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Dean, in the Palace Hotel yesterday for one hundred of her friends, The guest of honor was Miss McCalla of ‘Washington, a daughter of Captain Mec- Calla, U. 8. N.- The decorations were red, including red roses, poinsettia and soft red shades. Mani’i of the young ladles wore white. Miss Helen Dean was charm- ing in white chiffon over taffeta, with dainty white lace. Those who assisted in recelvlrif were: Miss Alice Hager, Miss Ethel Hager, Miss Elsle Sperry, Miss Virginla Mokes, Miss Madine "Nuttall, Miss Emily Wilson, Miss Maud Bourn and Mrs. Walter L. Dean. S Mrs. David Green gave a pleasant din- ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dibblee, 2717 Pacific avenue, last even- ing to a number of friends. Mrs. Green leaves next week for arents, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers of Colum- Bas, "Ohio. . Miss Jennie Blair was hostess at a din- ner at the Richelieu Tuesday evening®n honor of Mrs. Anson P. Hotaling Jr., who leaves for Seattle on Saturday, ‘after which she will g0 to Furope/for several months. The decorations were most ar- tistic. Red was the prevailing color. The guests were: Mrs. Samuel M. Blair, Mrs, Alexander Garceau, Captain and Mrs. C. Justin Bailey, U.’ S. A, Miss Maud O’Connor, Miss Tinle ‘O'Connor, ~Miss Grace Spreckels, Miss Lillian Spreckels, Miss Florence Ives, General 8. B. M. Young, U. 8. A., Richard M. Hotaling. Frederick Hotaling, Orrin Peck, Edgar A. Mizner, Joseph Tobin Jr., John Charies Wilson, F. G. Bottum and Eugene Murphy. . . . Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miller enter- | tained a number of friends at the P; Hotel on Tuesday evening to celegliig the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Their four children” and five grand- children were all present and the eyen- ing was a very happy one. Mrs. Asa M. Simpson and Miss will not receive on Friday, the z;?y’,"’f,’,i‘{" owing to iliness, but will be at home the following Friday, January 31, e ity The Chrysanthemum Club, t members of which are so acllvehfil gg::lgf of the Children’s Hospital, will give & ball on the evening of February 1. Ad- mission tickets at $1_each can- be pro- cured at Arthur B. Pierson’s stationery store, 318 Post street, instead of 235 Post, as was originally announced. 3 —_— Fremont Club Entertains. An entertainment and dance was givi last evening in Native Sons’ Hall bg‘t;’; Fremont Republican Club. There was a large attendance and the programme ren- dered was appreciated. The feature of the evening was a lecture on the Yo- semite Valley by W. B. Webster. Splen- did stereopticon views were used. J. W. Fisher sang, vocal selections were reri- dered by the Columbian Quartet and W. W. Brackett scored a hit as a_monologist. A. N. Macdonald mystified the audlence with skiliful sleight-of-hand tricks, | refiners) in the latter countries formed | | the rock upon which delegates to the con- | France and Great Britain are practically One hundred and fifty guests Japan with her | CONFERENGE STARTS WAR OVER SUGAR European Nations Will Not Agree on the Bounties. Great Britain and France Demand Suppression of Kartels. Countervailing Duties May Be Im- posed on the German and the Austrian Product in Line of Retaliation. ' LONDON, Jan. 2.—TIt is learned to- night that the international sugar confer- ence at Brussels is practically certain to end in a disagreement between the powers concerned therein, with the result that ! France and Great Britain will take active | steps against the Austrian and German bounty systems. The “Kartels” (organizations of sugar ference will split. Yaves Guidet, former | editor of Le Siecle and one of the best- | known publicists in France, who. repre- sents the various French governmental and industrial interests, recently had an important secret conference with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the British Exchequer, with the result that | | committed to a commercial alliance in an endeavor to suppress sugar bounties. Advices received from Brussels by sugar magnates here are to the effect that both | Great Britain and France have demanded that Germany and Austria not only with- draw their bounties, but suppress the “Kartels,” which are represented as be- ing merely unofficial forms for providing subsidy for sugar producers. Germany | and Austria have so far maintained their | attitude, which expresses intoleration at | what they describe as interference in purely internal affairs, and while they are | willing to amend their sugar bounties | | they utterly decline to discuss the “Kar- | tels.” No “Kartels” exist in France, and un- | | less_some modification of the existing conditions be arrived at France's sugar in- | dustry is likely to suffer equally with | Great Britain’s, in spite of the French | sugar bounty, 'which France has ex- | pressed her willingness to withdraw in the | event of the suppression of the Austrian | and German “Kartels” and bounties. | The best informed opinion here is that | | on the failure of the Brussels conference, | | both Great Britain and France will bring forward in their respective legislatures | { measures providing for countervailing du- | | ties upon German and Austrian sugar, | such duties to cover not only the benefits derived from bountics, but also those pro- fits accruing from the “Kartel” system | of exportation. | _A prominent member of the West In- dian sugar committee points out that in spite of ‘the vigorous action by the Amer- |ican Treasury Department regarding | Russian sugar, ‘that department of the | American Government had not so far | taken cognizance of the German and Aus- | trian_“Kartels,” which have proved an | important factor in the Brussels confer- | ence, and which both the French and | | British delegates to the conference have declared to be more vital than the boun- es. | @ il ool @ | GNES DAUGHTER ML THE ESTHTE ;C’olonel E. B. Jerome’s | Wil Is Filed in Pro- | bate Court. 1118 Broadway, Jan. 22. The will of the late E. B. Jerome, chief | clerk of the Custom-house at San Fran- | cisco, who served the United States Gov- ernment faithfully for many years, was filed for probate to-day by the deceased's | only daughter, Miss Ethel Adag Jerome, wno is the executrix and chief benefi- | | clary. It disposes of an estate valued at | less than $9000—an attestation of the in- | te-rity of the deceased official. | The will, which is olographic, bears the | date of November 10, 1%1, and reads as | follows: | “Being of sound and disposing mind, I I give to my | i | i Oakland Office San Francisco Call, | | | | { declare «.ic to be my will. | son, E. B. Jerome Jr., the sum of ten | | dollars; to my son, Leonard Stanley Jer- | ome, .the sum of ten dollars; to my | | daughter, lsthel ida Jerome, L bequeatn all property of whatever kind I may be possessed of at the time of my death, in- cluding house and lot at 131 Chestnut | s..eet, Oakland, if not otherwise disposed | of before my death; the proceeds of my | life insurance policy in the New England | Mutual, accident policy, ete., and appoint | her executrix witnout bonds and consign my son Leonard to her care. “BE. B. JEROME.” The ages of the children are given as follows: Ethel Ada Jerome, 2); E. B. Jerome Jr., 28; Leonard Jerome, 13 years. Mr. Jerome's wife died a year ago. E. B. Jerome Jr. is practically disinherited, it is stated, because of an estrangement | between father and son several years | ago. #Fhe estate consists of the home at 1331 Chestnut street, valued at $000; the in- surance policy at $4000, and personal prop- erty worth $500, making a total of $8500. STANFORD DEBATER RECEIVES CENSURE Editor of Californian Objects to Pres- ence of Palo Alto Cdrnot Alter- nate at Berkeley Finals. BERKELEY, Jan. 22.—Mr. Loofbourow, the alternate on the Stanford Carnot | team, has been taken to task by Editor A. F. Lemberger of the Daily Californian for attending the University of California Carnot finals, held here Monday. Lember- ger censures Loorbourow in an editorial in this morning’s college paper, and de- clares that it is rather unusual for him to come here through idle curiosjty to listen to the debate. The editorial $ays: The substitute of Stanford’s Carnot team was present at the finals Monday night. It is a rather unusual thing that he should ‘have come here out of idle curiosity. He must then have had some reason. That reason is easy to conjecture. A man well informed on the subject debated cannot help but learn much of his opponent’s line of argument, even if he does not take notes. That Mr. Do attended the finals for the purpose of finding out anything that might be of future use we do not know. If he did not, we are sorry that he made the mistake of coming: If he did, nothing that we can say would adequately ex- press our sentiments regarding such ungente- Taanly action. Were Mr. Loofbourow not offi. clally connected with Stanford’s debating team the matter would not present ftself in ths same light, but representing. it as he does, we cannot let the matter pass unnoticed. "We sincerely hope that the press and student body of Stanford will hasten to assure us that the gentleman’s actions were those of an un- authorized individual and mot of a member of her Carnot team. ' —_————— ‘Weds a Palo Alto Miss. PALO ALTO, Jan. 22.—Charles Quayle, Stanford 00, and Miss Coral Sanor were married to-dny in this city. | crossing over on the C BAIR’S COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS HAVE A T10ST SEDUCTIVE RING lMaker of Bad [loney Says He Was Winning $600 a Month at Races and Buying a Cottage. LYSSES G. BAIR and his wife, | Kate, were transferred by Secret Service Agent Hazen to the cus- tody of United States Marshal Shine yesterday afternoon after Agent Hazen had sworn to three com- plaints against the prisoners. The first complaint charges Bair with having un- lawfully in his possession on January 21 at Emeryville eleven counterfeit dollars, and with having passed six of them on John Doe, true name unknown. The sec- ond complaint charges Bair with having in his possession tools for the manufac- ture of counterfeit dollars. The charge against Kate Bair is that of having passed counterfeit dollars’ upon several persons—restaurant-keepers and street flower peddlers, The prisoners were taken before United States Court Commissioner Heacock, and on motion of Assistant United_States District Attorney Duncan E. McKinlay bail was fixed for Bair in the sum of $3000 and for Mrs. Bair in the sum of $1000. The prisoners were repre- sented by Eugene F. Bert. Next Monday at 10 a. m. was fixed as the time for the preliminary examination. Was Paying for a Cottage. It is more than likely that Bair will walve examination and go before the United States District Court and plead guilty after the indictment shall have been found by the Federal Grand Jury. Balr said yesterday that he did not know what he would do until he had seen his attorney, but he had no hesitation in de- claring that he was guilty. All that he asked was that he might not be dealt with too harshly. He had disposed of the counterfeit money, he said, at tlie race- track, and nobody had been injured there- by except the bookmakers or their pa- trons, to whom they had passed out the bad dollars. He added that his winnings at the racetrack averaged $600 per month, and his surplus earnings went to pay & | building and loan society for the pretty | cottage he lived in over at Fruitvale, on Sixteenth street, the total cost of which | was $4500. He intended after the cottage had been paid for to invest in a small chicken ranch in the country and earn an | honest llving, he said. The plaster molds with which he finished the counterfeit pleces he drépped into the bay while ferry. It was his practice to make a certain number of dol- lars and then destroy the molds, making new ones whenever they were needed. Skillful Counterfeiting. Agents Hazen, Harry Moffitt and Thom- as B, Foster say that the counterfeit dol- Jars made by Bair are the best they ever saw. The ring is perfect and the molding as sharply done as though the metal were struck from a steel die. The great defect is lightness, they being 25 per cent under N he racetrack Bair made five bets on each race, each bet of $2 or $4, in the first case using a good dollar and a bad one, and in the second two good and two bad doll He placed the good dollars over the bad ones, so that the deflciency in weight might not be detected, and al- ways waited until there was a crowd at the pool boxes. After he had placed a bet with one bookmaker he squirmed through the crowd and placed the other bets with other bookmakers. It was this habit of betting at the different stands and always in silver that first aroused the suspicions of the secret service men, and his hand containing the money was selzed by Agent Hazen just as Bair was passing ft up to the bookmaker. Mrs. Bair Shoved the Queer. As early as last November Secret Ser- vice Agents Moflitt and Foster went to work to trace the bad dollars to their source, and after sufficlent evidence had been gathered to show that Bair was tue only person doing this at the racetrack Moffitt and_Foster, and later on Foster and Police Detective Archie Hamill, were put on_the trail of Mrs. Bair, while Mof- fitt and Hazen shadowed Bair at the race- track and at his_home. Mrs. Bair was accompanied by her sister, Miss Nellie Shicketanz, in her trips to this city. Mrs. Bair visited restaurants, drugstores, dry- goods stores and street flower peddlers &nd passed the bad dollars, receiving change in good money. As soon as she left one place the shadowers went in and recovered the bad dollars, which they afterward marked as evidence. The coun- terfelts were so good that it was with dif- ficulty that tHe sleuths could convince the ictims that the money was bad. One xuy she bought a bunch of violets from | the Bair cottage in Fruitvale watching o CLEVER COUNTERFEITER'S WIFE WHO IS ACCUSED OF “SHOVING THE QUEER” IN THIS CITY, AND THE DWELLING IN FRUITVALE WHEREIN THE SPURIOUS COIN WAS MADE. L an Italian peddler on Kecrny street, near | | Geary, and gave him a counterfeit dollar, | ving 90 cents in change. After she haa gome a little ways Hamill demanded the dollar, but the peddler insisted that it | was good money, biting it at the same | time to test its hardness. The detective | gave him a good dollar in exchange for the bad one. Watch Bair at Work in Attic. Last Monday night Hazen and Moffitt lay in the wet grass in the yard adjoining vork in the lighted attic until 1 Balr 21 imoat up o midnight Miss Shicke- tanz played the piano in the parlor and sang several songs. 5 o Bair had cards printed representing himself fo be the auditor of the Pacific Coast Underwriters’ Union. This was done In order to divert suspicion, lest the source of his income might be suspected. The Bairs slept in the Alameda County Jail last night. Fruitvale society is stirred to its depths at the revelation of the dual existence of Mr. and Mrs. Bair. They were the re- cipients of cordial greetings and neighbor- ly confidences by all who knew them. They joined the local lodges, attended the neighborhood socials and went out a great deal. But it now aceurs to their admirers that the Bairs never entertained. Their house and grounds were groomed and garnished with scrupulous care, but ap- parently for their own gratification, Neighbors Never Got Past the Parlor. Few of the nelghbors ever crossed the Bair threshold and when they did it was only to chat in the parlor. The couple frequently absented themselves from home, going away together for several days at a time. The Bairs always had money and never ran bills. Never ex- travagant, they were always tastefully dressed, and in general purchased freely and never, so far as is known in the com- munity gt Fruitvale, with bogus money. One débt Bair was known to have—a mortgage on the pretty place on Hast Sixteenth street, where he has lived for the last two years. He paid $90 on this indebtedness the day before his arrest. Bair was of regular habits. He came to this city daily and a short time ago showed a friend his “;hgh‘xeu';"?.l;zé sg:: taining his name and giving tion as assistant auditor of the board of underwriters. The Bairs went to Fruitvale after sell- ing out a restaurant conducted by them at Tenth and Howard streets, in San Francisco. They rented a modest cottags on Basseit street, residing there about a year., Then, through H. A. Pleitner, a Fruitvale real estate agent, they bullt the house on East Sixteenth street, which has been a_counterfeiting den as well as the pretty home of the couple. Political and Social Leader. Bair was particularly entertaining and more or less magnetic, for he had resided only a short time in Fruitvale before he L e ! CHURCH BURGLAR GOES TO JAIL FOR FOUR YEARS Edward Neal Pleads That He Was Out of Work and Was Forced to Steal. OAKLAND, Jan. 22.—Edward Neal, who was caught ransacking the First Presby- terian Church of Alameda, pleaded guilty this morning to a charge of burglary in Judge Melvin's court. Neal was stopped in his tracks at the point of a pistol in the hands of Policeman Keyes just as he was leaving the church, and the evidence was too strong for him to combat. His attorney told the court that Neal's rea- sons for becoming a burglar were that he was out of work and hungry. After lis- tening to this story Judge Melvin declared that four years at San Quentin was suf- ficient punishment for the crime. CHICAGO, Jan. 22.—The campaign for pure food has already borne fruit. Eighteen grocers faced Justice Richardson and paid fines of $5 and costs for selling impure vinegar. \ BULLY HILL TIMBERMAN INHERITS LARGE FORIUNE REDDING, Jan. 2.—John Hurley, tim- berman at the Bully Hill mine, has re- celved word that a fortune of£98,000 has been left to his brother, Cawley Hurley, and himself. John Hurley hails from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and Cawley Hurley is a papermaker in Walt- ham. The fortune was left by their great- grandmother, Hannah Condin, who died two years ago at the age of 98 years. Lawyers have been seeking John for two years. Recently a newspaper man new of the extensive bequest visited the B\mll{l Hill mine. While in the_timber shed he heard some man speak to Hurley. He asked the latter if his name was John Hurley. “It is, sir,” replied Hurley. Do you come from Massachusetts?" | “I do, sir,” answered the brawny tim- berman. As the result of thid fortunate conver- sation Hurley is to come into on of his fortune, N - became a prominent figure, not only in the social life, but in a political way. In fact, he had been mentioned as a possible candidate for Supervisor in the Alameda district, now represented by Supervisor J._R. Talcott. : It was known among his friends that Bair ‘“played the races.” That had been a hobby of his before he went to Fruit- vale, and those who knew him well say he sold out his restaurant in_ this city to raise money to follow the horses. That Bair only utilized the racétrack as a means of disposing of his counterfeit coin is now believed to be the fact. Quite re- cently he had become affiliated with the ‘Woodmen, the Red Men and other frater- nal organizations, and there was not a question concernlni‘ his standing. His friends say he will have no trouble in se- curing the release of both himself and his wife on bail, arrangements to that end being in progress. ADVERTISEMENTS. THREE CHICAGO DOGTORS o Failed to Do for Miss Mabelle L. LaMonte What Was Aceom- gmm by Lydia E. Pinkham’s egotable Co_-!nd. “Dpan Mas. Prxxmaw:—1 was in sn awful state for nearly three years with a complieation of female troubles which three physicians ealled by dil ferent names, but the pains were all the same. 1 dreaded the time of my MABELLE L. LAMONTE. monthly periods for it meant a conple of days in bed in awful agony. I final- ly made up my mind that the good doctors were guessi ing ; and hearing from different friends such good re- ports of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound, I tried that. I bless the day I did, for it was the dawni of a new life for me. I used lvm{les before I was cured, but when they were taken I was a well woman once more. Your Com; d is certainly wonderful. Several of my friends have used it since, and nothing but the best do I ever hear from its use.” — Yours, MaBELLE L. LAMonTE, 222 E. 31st St., Cbicxo. 11l.—gs5000 Fforfeit if above testimonial is not genulne. If Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound could cure Miss LaMonte—why not you? Try it and see for yourself.. Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo- men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.