The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1902, Page 12

12 - : THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1902. GENERAL J. F. ST1ITH IS GUEST COURT CHARGES - Officer Who Led Men in Philippine Campaign Is Honored| i i i ks of at the Banquet Board, and Amid Hearty Plaudits He Tells|Queer Tangle in*Boo! : : s : Clerk of Justices of Deeds of Those Who Fought in Hour of the Nation’s Peril . . - . Court. - B — . | ENERAL JAMES F. EMITHt, 5 . S | Y former colonel of the - Fis! auer’s ies to Make i California Regiment of Unitéd Agent Tries : Volunteers, was banqueted last Good Many Delin- night by the officers of the 4 . ! First Regiment of Infantry of the Na- quencies. | | tional Guard at a downtown restaurant. . | Major H. T. Sime, now of the regular 2 army, was aiso a guest of honor. AR o/ ordered | M iel T. F. O'Neil of the First Refi- s a result of the examinatfon or ment ot Infancey, N Gr Cl presided. | by Mayor Schmitz into the accounts of | M ) ‘Those present were: Clerk Ed Willlams of the Justices' Court, MColoneln w. g bzcharlhé', J. F}_‘ ‘c,inrz:elg. lciarr_v F. Morris, an employe of the Rauer ajors W. R. Robertson, George Ref < | Collection Company, admitted yesterday | - Frea Donramnn B Sruriecant T B Fe. | that he was short in his accounts wita| N gert, A G Adler, H. T. Matnewson, F, V. | that department of the city government | Warren, E. Fitzpatrick, 0. F. Huber. A. £ | to the extent of $12%5. He made a tender < 3 . P. O'Brien, W. T. 3 T hrier, Cleatevants T B, "0'Biten, | 0f-this amount to the Mayor. He told a A. F. Rann, J. J. West, W. N. Kelly, W. Cor- | 8tory of how he became involved, but the d coran, Jh()gfeffle' Dl R,va gon;mh 1-“5- Mayor did not accept his explanations. 5 . b tenants H, Stolzenwald, L Golly, H. G| - yrpon gy Schmit nded Wil- b 8 . H. Prideaux ,and ayor Schmitz suspe 1 IS a n LI e S riAeatx A% | lams from his position he sald that he k : After the service of a sumptuous re- | had more up his sleeve than was appar- past Colonel O'Neil, the toastmaster, pro- | ent on the cuff. Ixpert Cyril Williams bosed the health of General Smith, | has been examining these books for a few which was drunk in goblets of sparkling | days and has discovered a number of dis- M M wine. 1o | CrePancies in the accounts. Some of these General Smith, in reply, lauded the|may be.straightened qut later. There is deeds of the regiment he had commanded | o' disposition o await fnas cesults. The in the Philippines and asked all present \ Mortis case, howewer, has opencd Up a new to use every means to keep alive the tra- | Jine of inquiry, and the methods of col- ditions of the organization that €alifor- | jection agencies and their dealings with M nia had sent to the front at the call of | the office o0f e Merl ot e Jostioos: ’ ’ peril and that the same spirlt weuld | Court will be closely sertitinized, dominate future generations if _called | Morris, Ragers roprenentagive at the . upon to defend the-flag of the nation. |office of the Justices' clerk, voluntarily The health of Major Sime was drunk | went to Mayor Schiitz yesterday and told & . and the oflicer responded with an appro- | him that he was: indebted to the city for priate reply. | about $125, but how much more he did Speeches” Wwere then made by Colonel | not know, He coiy oot o moae memag Boxton, Captain Dohrmann, Colonel Bar- | Brown, who was at present In Alaska, ry and Colonel McDonald, and the gath- | had given him $12 as 4 loan. He said he ering separated at a late hour amid the [ had invested that amount of money in the - rost pleasant feelings of good fellowshib. | wheat pit. . The money was put.up on : < | MArgins and Morris had to make good. |, “There was an easy road to cover up | the doings of things in the office,” said . ’ | Morris to Mayor Schmitz. *All I had to {do was to take the rubber stamps that | are used there, mark the papers ‘filed,’ | or ‘exccuted’ or any other way and they | passed through the regular channels. In | this way, from day to day, I covered up , | my tracks. 1 do not know just how much A 2 S > 1 got. away with in this manner, but I do-not think it exceeds the amount tei- dered you," | Mayor Schmitz refused to accept the | ;money, and further questioned Morris. !fie recelved but little satisfaction from m - i oI received from fny brother-in-law an amount sufficient to cover the amount. A & | This is the first time I borrowed, money “ll(l’ v from him. 1 decline to give the name of S my brother-in-law,” said Morris. Morris lives at the Aldine, a rooming i N | ELLIS HOLMES PROMOTED ! i BY COLLECTOR STRATTON Several Changes and Transfers Are Store Will Be Closed To-Day, Tuesday house at 404 Turk street. Although the Made in ‘he Custom- : igf’hwfis burning in his apartments last House. ] ;ns t he ‘did not answer. Morris is said | ~ to be an expert bookkeeper and as such had charge of the payment of the court | fees in all of Rauer's cases. Owing to the | methods obtdining “in the office of the Justices’ clerk the multiplicity of costs accruing under the collection agency ector Stratton made several | transfers | | promotions and | afternoon. The changes are not | as a result of the death of Chief ! | Jerome, but in accordance with the | | | * 1416 Kearny Street S i - o % | tem were thereby, easily dispensed with, / recommendations of Special Treasury but to whose benéfit the examinations of Agents V ning as being the Mayor's expert have not yet deter- he increased bus mined. (g kgt Cyril “Williams, the city’s financial ex- pert, declined to discuss the matter last night. He was willing to admit that there was a deficiency in Clerk Williams’ ac- counts, but,acting under the instructions of Mayor Sthmitz he was precluded from discussing the matter. Ed \\’}lliams, the deposed clerk of the Justices' Court, says that the peculations of Morris extended over a series” of months. He sald: “'it is the habit of this office to check up the books once a year. We were ready 1or | this work at the time 1 was suspended, Ellis A pointed to clerkship in power to act 8s spe alary $1000 per annum assistant storekeeper, 1s kship at $1400 per annumi, nt weigher, is trans- | | ne division at $1200 has been pro” p tant storekeeper at per annum to act in the Ori- transferred to position eputy Collector Hamilton. assistant weigher, vice D) per annum. ish the thought of a ride through the office, say about noontime, would use the chilly air of & frosty night to lodgment u Morris had free access to the desks and | escape Sunday night from the O'Farreil- e ki womote | © the paraphernalia of the office. This work ! street station. He was arrested by OM- 4‘ 2. Scamager. has becn promoted | commenced about six months age, i &E Wedelcind andtaken %o the station on Y e B S e rate | | DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIAN WHO WAS THE GUEST OF HONOR occurred at regular intervals. He looked 3 _(gFflrrelll) s:l:e;‘. fiesr evlsadelrn‘, ;\ ere omoted to position of mes- | | LAST NIGHT AT AN ELABORATE BANQUET GIVEN BY THE OFFI- up for Rauer the status of suits, filed 1 | e“W?,St e . n‘gt‘p o & senger first division under Deputy Farley at 3 i complaints and in a generai way had cell, but was allowed to sit in the $540 per annum ' " | CERS OF THE FIRST-REGI..ENT, G. C. charge of his interests in this ofiice. o Defil'dll:ls the tarrlval of hR\ pfl[lml'hwam' Geor g e i v | v y which was to convey him to the ¢ FREE T0 WED —_———— Major Lewis Sues for Support. erly a copyist Major Edwin Lewis. form in the Recorder's office, has filed a suit | it WILL 15 FILED for maintenance against his son. John R Lewis, who is a_police office The father claime that owing to phy & i age he is unable t rn sufficient 1c support ——————— WASHINGTON Jan. 27.—Chief Justice Ful ced that the United State. uld take & rec from next RICH SPANIARD'S |Jose Guardiola Leavas Fortune to Widow $4.00 SHOE The Perfection Hygienic Footwear. . Made according to the highest hy- gienic - principles, andinsure the per- fection of comfort and beauty. They do not distort na- ture, but accord with correct foo anatomy. They permit a perfect fit for every ‘foot —a style for every occasion. a&w SANUFACTURERS. 9 and ! Sensome St. Factory, 134 Main ]u?, San F“rn:nclh.- co, Cal. If your dealer does not carry the PHIT-U Bhoe, write direct to and Daughter. A document disposing of an_estate | valued at many millions of dollars: was | filed in the office of the County Clerk yes- ter it is the will of Jose Guardiola, | 2 Spanish ‘merchant prince, who died at Piris recently. The deceased owned prop- erty in Spain, Central and South America { and in this city. His realty holdings here | are worth $500,000, and are located at Cali- | : and Sansome streets, Pine - and Front streets, O'Farrell and Mason | treets and Ellis and Stockton streets. He also’ held “stock .in - the Omnibus Cable Company worth $25,000, and $40,00 worth of stock in. the Market-street Rallway Company.. His income from his real es- tate in this city amounted to $25,000 per | year. Although the deceased Spaniard resided | in Paris, the greater part of. his estate | was located in Guatemala. There he | owned wharves, railroads and planta- tions which yielded him an income suf- ficiently large to enable him to live like | &-modern- Creesus. Most of Guardiola's | great wealth is bequeathed to his wife and daughter, who reside in Paris. A bequest | of 50,00 " pesetas ($10,000) Is made to| George T. Ames, son @ Theodore Ames, Who was once an_engineer in the employ of the deceased, ‘He also left $4000 for the improvement of a_cemetery in his native town of Aleixar, Spain, and he provided for the distribution of a like amount to'| the poor of his native place on the day | of his: funeral. ¢ The Guardiola estate here is_under the management -of the London, Paris . and American Bank, and Sigmund Green- baum of ‘that institution has applied for letters of administration. His application | is opposed by Public Administrator John | Farnham, who claims that Greenbaum i has no power to act. - Greenbaum claims, however, to have the written consent to apply and serve from the widow of the deceased. | _The will of the late John A. Russell, \| . wha for ‘more than thirtv yvears served | ‘this city as clerk to the Board of Supe- Visors, ‘was filed for probate yesterday. His holdings not deeded ‘to his wife prior | to his death -consist of real and_personal property valued at only $6000, and are left o his widow to dispose of as she may see fit. Mrs. Russell is named as executrix. X — — ASKS COURT TO BE APPOINTED EXECUTRIX Mrs. Teresa Bell applied to the Superior Court yesterday for letters of administra- tion upon the estate of her late husband, Thomas Bell, who died in 1882. She claims that there is.$300,00 worth of property to be 2isposed of. George W. Staake, J. W. C. Maxwell i and Henry Pichoir were appointed ad- | minfstrators:of_the «state shortly after Bell's death. Contention® arose, and in 1892 Pichoir resigned and in 1898 the resig- | nation of Maxwell was filed. .Staake con- ‘tinued in the performance of his duties as administrator until March, 190, when the order appointing him was revoked by Judge Beawell after a long wrangle over an application .for trial of a suit for the reyocation of the order brought by Mrs. Bell. He appealed from the decision to the Supreme Court, and Judge Seawell’'s opinion ‘was sustained. Mrs. Bell's appli- cation is the result of the Supreme Court's refusal to set aside the decfflon of Judge | Seawell, A nor for patrolmen for promotion to the BULLETS SPOIL DOUBLE ESCAPE, to Leave Alcatraz on Planks, ‘ | man hunt on the waters | Island Sunday evening and | the 1wo escaping prisoners who formed | the quarry were only brought to bay by | i the g00d target practice of half a dozen | sentries. The hunted men were well off | from the island, afloat on planks, when |. the shooting commenced. and had the tide been more in their favor or the night darker, two more of Uncle Sam’s pris- oners would have got away to freedom or deaih by drowning. ‘With a number.of others they were being marched from one of the prisons to the | messhouse for their evening meal. Lack | of vigilance on the part of thelr guards | I enabled the two to slip out of the ranks. | | | ] | rubber stamps that are used,to mark the payment of fees. So far as my books have been experted everything balances *| cent, with the exception-of Morris’ work. His “graft’ was small, ily discoverable until a complete exam! | ation of the books had been made. W | . | denced by the reports of Ixpert Cyr Williams, we can do but little to him, ex- cept to expose him. The Mayor has the matter in hand and will do what is right in the matte: Two Prisoners Attempt | aren mazes & sazes | He Now I.ead;“tgfipublican Can- ahead of George Alpers the seat of Supery! cincts. counted yesterday were the nina- teenth of the of the Forty-fijth and. ihe fifteenth the Thirty. cinéts Alpers lost thirty-eight votes and Walsh si day to Wals | ber, with the forty-five he had gained up | to the close of The prisoners got away at' supsar time. | 517 2 Walsh didates Wilson, to a but was not ea: GAIN OVER G. ALPERS didate by Seventy-Seven X Vote=. Edward I. Walsh is venty-seven® votes in the contest for or which is going on count. The pre- n Judge Murasky Forty-first, fifth and stxth of eventh. In these four pre- giving a_net gain h_of thirty-two. for the This num- the, recount Saturday, lead a of seventy-seven ; losses sustained by the other can- t, 14; Braunhart, 16; 9, and’Cog- an, 6. ‘Lhey remained under cover until the do of the messhouse closed on their compan- ions. Then they made tracks for the beach, where they had previously staked out a couple of planks. With these crude life preservers they launched themselves into the icy waters of the bay and pad- dled out into the tide. Mcanwhile the roll had been called and | their absence discovered. The alarm was | given and out turned the guard. The beach was searched and very soon the tracks of the runaways were traced to the water's edge. Searchlights were- called into requisition and two struggling forms were discerned in the water at some dis- tance from the island. ? “‘Come back or we'll shoot,” ‘rang out the voice of a guard. | “Shoot and be damned!” came back in duet. “‘Somebody said “Fire! . The water spurted up all around the prisoners. They continued to paddle, how- | ever, until a few more volleys, each one ;.llclser than the previous, induced them to | alt. - “‘Stop shooting and we’. came over the waters. The shooting stopped. ' A boat was | launched. Within. fifteen ‘minutes two cold, wet and .disappointed prisoners climbed up the ladder to the prison wharf and surrendered themselves to the men | with the guns. They were given dry | clothes and locked up. To-day they were sent to the “black hole” to reflect on the dangers involved in taking French Mb- erty while involuntary guests of Uncle Sam. 11 come back,” —_— Removal Noties. Nolan & Co., who for many years have conducted a shore store, corner Seventh and Market streets, Odd Fellows’ buiid- ing, have moved across the street to thel new Callaghan building, where they have a more commodious store. A new stock | hag been bought for their new location and they will be pleased to welcome thei old patrons in their new quarters. ————— Police Sergeants First or List. The Board of Civil Service Commission- ! ers decided to hold an examination of | sergeants for promotion to the grade of lieutenant in the Police Department at the City Hall on the afternoons of Febru- ary 18 and 19, commencing at 1 o’clock. From those who pass four will- be se- lected to fill the vacant positions. At a date yet to be selected there will be an examination of lleutenants for promotion to the rank of captain. No date has yet been set for the examination of corporal; for promotion to. the rank of sergeants, Tank of corporal. ] Hofmann, the great‘pianist, now at the Columbia Theater, en- dorses and orders a Pianola. “I am completely won over to 'order made by the.Nevada courts, which the vast possibilities of the PIANOLA. You can take my order for an ebony Pianola.” JOSEF HOFMANN. It is a significant fact that Hofmann has never enGorsed. any other piano- _player. He is only one of the great masters who en- dorse only the Pianola. Played daily in the Pian- ola Parlors of Kohler & Chase Exclusive Agents for California. HBADQUARTER?: 286, 28, 30 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco. | pair were purchase Judge Hebbard QGrants Divorce to Wife of Insane Man. Mrs. Margaret Eldridge is now free to try her luck again at choosing a husband if she cares to. She was married to Bd-| ward E. ridge in 1882, and very soom | covered that she had not to her happiness. Her s unhappy until a few n her husband was com- mitted to ‘the State Hospita. at Stockton as incurably insane. In her distress she applied to her wealthy father-in-law for assistance, but, denying her that, he ad- vised her to get a divorce and marry again. She took legal advice and com- menced an action on the grounds of cruelty and failure to provide and yes- terday Judge Hebbard signed the decree in_her case. Ex-Judge Belcher represented Mrs. Eld- ridge. His contention in this case has just been sustained by the Supreme Court in the case of Neliie Harrigan against Joseph T. Harrigan, wherein 1t was held, reversing the Supericr Court of Merced County, that a wife could have a divorce | from her insane husband for causes ex- isting prior to his insanity. Pauline Bergstein filed uit yesterday to establish an ‘order for alimony made by the District Court of the Second Ju- dicial District of Nevada in May, 1899, when she was granted a divorce Irom her former husband, Dr. Henry Berg- stein. Bergstein was ordered to pay Hs wife $100 per month for the support of herself and three minor children, which order was subsequently modified, and Bergstein was then ordered to pay $76 per month, Mrs. Bergstein alleges that her former husband has failed to obey the court’s order since May, 191, and is now indebted to her in the sum of $675. . Bergstein is now.a resident .of this city and the suit is brought to estaviish the order, owing to the defendant's removal from the State, cannot be enforced unless established here. Mary Rellly filed a suit for maintenance against her husband, Patrick Rellly, yes- terday. She also asks for an order re- straining Reilly from disposing of a house and lot on the cormer of Rhode Island and Nevada streets, which she claims is her separate property. Max Weiner, proprietor of a store at 222 Kearny street, filed a suit for divorce yesterday against Celia Weiner. His suit is based on statutory grounds and he names as corespondents Tim Leonard, James Dugan and Harry Stotet e says his wife left him January 21 of this year and went to Chicago, accompanied by Leonard. He also says the tickets for the with money fur- nished by him, and accuses his wife of taking all the jewelry he had given her since their marriage. The Weiners re- sided at 1663 Geary street and have three e or ats a uits for divorce were filed yesterda: by Fredericka Buchmuller n(a}’nsb Wll}: liam Buchmuller for desertion and Chris- tian Larsen against Nellie Larsen for de- sertion. —_— Symphony Concert Friday. The first of the second series of sym- phony concerts under the auspices of the San Francisco Symphony Society will take place at the Grand Opera-house next Friday afternoogy at 3:15 o'clock. Paul Steindorff hag prépared a programme bet- ter than any ever given in this city be- fore. His excellent orchestra, with Giulio Minetti as concertmeister, will play the “New . World” symphony by Dvorak, Tschaikowsky's “Nutcracker Suite,” the “‘Rhapsodie” of Lalo and the “Euryanthe” overture of Lalo. will begin this morning at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s, prices, as usual, ranging from 50 cents to $1 50. Come Right Along. $2.50 shoes for men and women for $1.00 at the Manufacturers’ .salo of shoes, 717 The sale of seats Young Cleve Identifies Prisoner as the As- sassin. William Buckley, who is on trial in Judge Lawlor's court for the murder of George E. Rice, a non-union machinist, on the evening of October 11 last, was positively identified as the assassin by Witness Arthur Cleve yesterday. The scene was a dramatic one and held the at- tention of all in the courtroom. Cleve is a lad of les than 15 years. On the evening of the murder he left the McNicholls elevator works and boarded a Howard street car at Main slreetj;(: g0 s B reached Twen- D e e e e oty wark M ran standing on the forward steps of the car. Moran looked back at intervals, as if® waiting for some one in the rear to jump off, while Buckley held on with one hand, the other being constantly in his hip pocket. When Twentieth street was reached Buckley and Moran sprang off and stood by as another man began to club Rice. Suddenly Buckley drew a re- volver and fired four shots into the body of the man, then lying on the ground. A moment later Buckley and Moran dashed down the street toward Shotwell street. “Do you know who it was that fired the shots at Rice?” inquired Prosecuting At- t “Put your hand on his shoulder.” Young Cleve arose and stepped outside the railing to the place where Buckley sat, with blanched face, near his attor- neys. The crowd watched curiously as Cleve stepped to Buckley’s side and ‘lightly placed his hand on the prisoner’s left shoulder. “Is that the man who shot George Rice?” “That is the man who shot George Rice.” Buckley glared viclously at the retreat- ing form of the young witness as he re- sumed his seat on the stand. The defense then took him in hand and he was sharply cross-examined. Cleve stoutly repeated his story, and. he was little shaken under the steady fire of uestions hurled at him. Cleve identifled the light hat worn by Bu&le{ at the time of the arrest, and while his testimony varied in some respects from that given on the prelimnary examination it was evi. 'dent that the lad spoke with sincerity, His was the first direct evidence adduced during the trial, and it had evident effect n the jury. “Rirs. Henry E. Curzon, residing at 21 Folsom street but living at 3380 Twentieth street on the night of the murder, testi- fled that she heard pistol shots, and opened her front window and looked out to see what was the matter. As she did so ! she saw two men running under her win- dow toward Shotwell street. One of them wore a light hat, and her description of this man tallled with that of Buckley. On being shown the clothes worn by Buckley on the day in question she said that they resembled those worn by the fleeing man. The case went over until Thursday, at which time a young woman now on her way from Mexico will take the stand. She was a passenger on the car and will iden- tify Buckley as the man who stood before i her on the steps and who shot Rice im mediately after the last named was knocked down with a club. PRISONER ESCAPES AFTER HE HAS BEEN CHARGED John Madalena, Morphine Fiend, Quietly Walks Out of O’Farrell- Street Station.- John Madalena, a morphine fiend, af- ter having been and charged Market street, near Thizd. with vagrancy, succeeded in making his a in a frigid cell, so while the attention of the officer in charge was diverted he quietly slipped out of the door. Chief Wittman has detafled Lieutenant Birdsall to make an investigation, and the officer who is responsible for the pris- oner's escape will be punished. Captain Seymour detailed Detectives Wren and Dinan last night to search for Madalena. —_———— REMOVAL SALE. We offer our immense stock of OF- FURNT' at greatly reduced prices until Febriary 1st. 638-640 Mission Street, GOLD CROWNS $4-00 Made of heavy 22k gold by experienced work- men. Usetul and artistic. Bridgework in serted at lowest prices. High-grade plate and porcelain work, guaranteed satisfactory. CHALMERS DENTAL (0. San Francisco. 133 Powell Street. DR. MCNULTY. 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