The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1902, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902 BLAKEMAN SAYS HEW Tesiifles Tnét His Fee| Was Approved by Eas STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER PUZZLES POLICE [HKE[I HAH[I!Mrs Eva Miller and Mrs. Adaline Schaefer, the Last Named Newly Wed and But 18; May Have Perished or Met With Foul Play in the Forests and Hills That Cover the Ingleside District e K 5 ) 5 the Court. Story of the Litigation of thei Bell Estate Told by “ Attorney. ’ Z. Blakeman occupled the| throughout the entire day of the creditors’ contest of | | al administratrix | estate, which was resumed in | ffey’s court yesterday. Blake-| at length concerning the performed by him in be- | said the sum was not paid to | claim had been scrutinized | offey. The court allowed the | » mutual understanding that it » contest by the creditors the other item of expenditure t made was a valuable | tratrix and for Blake- much as it showed that considered excessive by Blakeman was entitled | m. his examination by At-| Blakeman told of the vast n which estate was in- i which occupied his attention ars. He related the circum- | | the removal of George Staacke | | r o the ground of fraud. | ught to compromise a claim »e Robinson estate for $2600, but forced the estate into liguida- secured over $40,000 for the credi- | Bel ate. i1 of expenditures which est by the creditors | | ] by Blakeman. The jdwin, a real estate | | aded in the contested | | d by Blakeman as| { bid in the property | a nt in order to save | £ knocked down at the value morigage | ak of the litigation with Miss | pson for the annulment Laguna ranch on the on_between Staacke and Blakeman said that| Leicester Drown, | Bell credito are also| | s Thompson. The ranch | worth $134,000, but it was ss Thompson with ssistance for _ $58,000, the| | of the mortgage and accrued in- cros mination of Blakeman | was begun, but little of interest was ad-| | ed EJfif"_T_P adjournment of court. The | ter wi on again next Monday ing. COURTNEY INDICTED FOR | MURDER IN NEW YORK| | He Will Be First Tried Here for the | | Killing of Policeman Robin- | received a dispatch | aptain Titus of New James Courtney, alias had been indicted n the first degree and would be mailed at concluded, “Hold e if we can have him.” ent that Courtney would | is trial here first for the | ceman Eugene Robinson The arrival of Frank | s *“St. Louis Frank,” in a be followed by the prose- five men for Robinson's | | | BrE Cap 75 NEY - for which Courtney has been o ew York was the murder of | | rt at her residence, 73 De- | | in that city on October 8, | X Iy —_—— | For Booklovers. | and a Shadle Nooke,” Poet. RS EVA MILLER and her daughter, Mrs. Adaline Schae- fer, who is the wife of O. H. “0 for a Booke Both of these | e e e Schaefer and but 18 years of of tk ooklovers ; ik of ‘which can’ g5 age, left thelr homes Tuesda afternoon to ride in the direction of Ingle- side. It is known that they visited Troca- | { dero, but at that point all account of them | has been lost. Their disappearance was reported to the police and Morgue au- | thorities and since then detectives have | been attempting to unravel what threat- | ens to become a sensational mystery. OMPANY.—John P. Gn]lngher,‘ What became of Mrs. Miller and her | or of the Hotel Langham, filed e suit | daughter is a puzzling question. The | Gae Tigne Choomerday sgainst the | theory that they became lost in the Ingle- a o caniny 1AeE%% | side hills and forests has been advanced. | tting off the supply of | A strong suspicion that foul play is re- | without any reason there- | sponsible for thelr absence from thelr | firesides seems plausible and is strength- | tly as they do at any Branches, taking one ain, Jeaving it there when taking another with them at e booklet at Southern nation Bureau, 613 Market Friday and Saturday Specials. GOLDEN GATE CLOAK »» SUIT HOUSE [ L] High-Grade Tailor Suits, Silk Long Coats, Three-Quarter Peav de Soie and Taffela Garments, Novelty Coats CUT DATES! CUT RATES!| AVY BLUE STORM SERGE TAILOR SUITS, double breasted Eton, with peplin, silk reveres and velvet collar, silk-lined jacket with newest graduated flounce, skirt lined throughout with amisilk; - excellent value $20.00— Cut Rate $15.00 ANTIQUE MOIRE LONG COATS, large white satin reveres, ' black velvet trimmed, lined throughout with satin, the newest cut; full value $2000— Cut Rate $15.00 $40.00 and $45.00 NOVELTY TAILOR SUITS, models of perfect tail- oring, richly trimmed and lined— Cut Rate $32.50 BLACK VENETIAN TAILOR SUITS, new box effect, with fancy stitched silk reveres, skirt new flounce, with 30 rows of stitching; honest value, $17.50— Cut Rate $13.50 TAN AND BLACK VENETIAN JACKETS, short, jaunty effect, with dip front, silk-lined, a $10.00 jacket— Cut Rate $7.50 1230-1232-1234 MARKET STREET. | & N | to lunch. FEARESHIL |TRocAPERD & YOUNG WOMAN WHO, WITH HER MOTHER, HAS MYSTE- RIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. o W . ened by the knowledge that the women had more than an ordinary amount of money in their purses and some jewelry when they started out on.the journey. According to Miss Mabel Miller, daugh- ter and sister to the lost ones, and Schaefer, there were no domestic troubles to cause their disappearance. Mrs, Schae- | fer was havpy in her new-found home | and Mrs. Miller never intimated that she | was unhappy with her lot in life. Talked of Taking Car Ride. Where the mother and daughter are or what has been their fate are querles left to the police for solution. As soon as Captain Seymour received the report he immediately detailed Detectives -Bailey and Riordan on the case, but their inves- tigations until an early hour this morn- ing led to naught. Mrs. Miller, residing with her daughter, Miss Mabel, at 845 Mission street, had been {ll for several days and on last | Saturday was forced to temgormly aban- don her employment on_ KEighth street. | She remained around her home and on last Tuesday morning expressed a desire to return to work, but was opposed by her daughter and cautioned to rest until she became strong again. Mrs. Miller replied that she would do so and shortly before 8 o'clock Miss Mabel went to her own work, leaving her mother alone. Before Mabel left, Mrs. Miller sald she would probably take a car ride during the after- noon, but the conversation on the subject was not prolonged. Shortly before thie noon hour Mrs. Mil- ler went to the residence of her other daughter, Mrs, Schaefer, ut 1135 Mission street, and was there when Schaefer, who is employed as a clerk by H. C. Melsel, a grocer, at 114 Eighth street, came home During the repast the subject of the car ride was mentioned, but, as before, it was dropped without any dis- cusslon. Schaefer returned to his work about 1 o'clock and that was the last time he saw his wife or her mother: Ac- cording to an_ Italian bootblack the two women -passed from the house about 2 | o'clock and boarded a Mission street car at the corner of Ninth street. Seen at Ingleside and Trocadero. Miss Mabel Miller came home about 4 o'cleck in. the afternoon and not finding her mother went to her sister’s residence. She found the door locked and thinking the ladies bad gone for the car ride her mother mentioned walked back on Mis- sion street and waited uatil two hours later. At that time she went back to her married sister's home, where she met the latter's husband and’ together they -dis- cussed the vigil they were keeping. As the evening grew a sense of uneasi- ness eame over the clerk and his sister- in-law. Inquiry made in the neighborhood developed nothing and no word whatever was received from either of the missing women. Finally it was decided that some- thing had delayed their return home and that they had stopped at the residence of some friend over night. But the fol- lowing morning brought no word and un- til noon nothing had developed that would glve any clew as to what had happened to them. Friends were conferred with, but no information was gleaned and in the afternoon Schaefer, accompanied by Migs Miller, drove to Ingleside. At Ingleside it was learned that two women answering the descriptions of Mrs. Miller and her daughter had alighted from a car about 3 o'clock and continued on foot in the direction of Trocadero. At Trocadero some of the attendants stated that the wo! 6 o'clock, tfian started to leave the ounds. While at the resort Mrs. Schae- ‘er amused herself by riding a pony and from this she was remember: At this place all trail of the missing had remained until about | STROZZING 3 THE TNGLESIPE _CAR Lae women was lost.. Schaefer and Miss Mil- ler, disheartened and worried, drove back to town and discussed the advisablility of requesting police assistance. Early in the evening they called at the Hall of Justice and the Morgue, where they related the story of the disappearance and their fu- tile search. Detectives Bafley and Rior- dan took charge of the case, but there is little that either of the officers can ac- complish until .to-day. When seen at her home last evening, Miss Miller was _griefstricken over the disappearance. She could not give the slightest clew as to where her relatives were or might possibly be. She empha- sized her belief that they had met some evil fate. “My mother was ill,”” she said, “and I advised her not to go to work on Tues- day. When I pleaded with her she con- sented to remain at home, but said a car ride would do her good if she started early in the afternoon. She Is subject to attacks of heart prostration and suffered much from a cold that had settled on her lungs. Fear They Met Robbers. “It may be that while walking back from Trocadero to the car at Ingleside she missed her way and was overcome by one of those spells. Night may have over- taken them and both may have wandered about through the_ hills, unconscious of where they were.. Between the two they had $28 in coin and my sister wore a large band wedding ring and a gold watch and chain. 1 fear they may have been murdered by some villains who mwight have discovered them roaming about, after having robbed them of what they possessed.” Schaefer is in the same excited frame of mind, but can say no more than his sister-in‘law. He will renew his search yithifHe natatance of the detectives to- a ‘When last seen Mrs. Miller wore a navy blue skirt, a light brown coat, extending orly to the waist; a light felt dude hat, banded with black ribbon, and a black vell. Mrs. Bchaefer was attired in a gla‘ck tailor-made suit and a white straw at. Alleged Robber Is Arrested. Martin Oates was booked at the City Prison yesterday on charges of burglary and tilltapping. He is accused of enter- ing the store of Mrs. Mary Kennedy, on Second street, and rifling the till of its contents, while his confederate kept Mrs. Kennedy in conversation: ,Mrs. Kennedy positively identified Oates’in the prison. He and another man not vet caught are supposed to be the two who have tricked a number of storekeepers recently in the same way. —————————— WASHINGTON, April 10.—Rear Admiral Norman H. Farquhar will be retired to-mor- row. His retirement promotes Captains Joseph B. Coghlan and James H. Sands to be rear admirgls. ©000300000000006000060 When Fannie Bloomfield ZEISLER Comes She Will Play the STEINWAY PIANO SHERMAN, CLAY & C6., Steinway Dealers, Corner Kearny and Sutter streets, San Francisco. Corner Broadway and Thirteenth sts., Oakland. DONATES GAGH - FOR A LIBRARY Andrew McCrecry Sends Big Check to Mayor for Purpose. Believes Additional Branch Institutions Are Ad- visable. Andrew B. McCreery presented a check for 325,000 to Mayor Schmitz yesterday to be handed to the Public Library Trus- tees for the purpose of erecting a branch library building on a site to be selected and supplled by the city. It is j-obable that the site will be that on Sixteenth street, near Sanchez, which is under pro-; | cess of being transferred from the School | Department to the Library Trustees. The donation by A. B. McCreery was made through the efforts of Joseph O'Con- nor, a Public Library Trustee and prin-| cipal of the Mission Grammar School. A personal communication regarding the of- fer was handed by Mr. McCreery's pri- vate secretary to Mayor Schmitz WhfleJ the Jatter was in court listening to tbe‘ argument in the Health Board injunction case. { The following letter was also received by the Mayor from Mr. McCreery: Urges More Branch Libraries. N FRANCISCO, April 10, 1902. Hon. E. Schmitz, Mayor of City and County of San Francisco—Dear Sir: 1In view | of the fact that San Francisco Is soon to have a free library bullding, and believing that the | usefulness of that institution will be greatly | enhanced by the establishment of additional branch libraries, thus bringing the benefits to be derived more closely home o the masses of the people, 1 have to-day deposited my check for 25,000, payable to your order, With the Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco for the purpose of establishing a branch of the Free Public Library of San Francisco in such a locality, at such time and in such manner as you, the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Library Trustees in your best judgment may determine. 1 make this gift unconditionally, having from your course to this date confidence that the sum. thus offered will be employed solely in accordance with the right, and to the best ad- | vantage of the citizens of San Francisco. Very T tfully yours, S i A. B. McCREERY. | P. S.—Personally I am in favor of the Lin- | coln School as the site for the new Free Public | Library building. A. B. McCREERY. The Mayor wrote the following reply: Mayor Expresses Thanks for Gift. Executive Department, Mayor's Office. April 10, 1902. Andrew B. McCreery Esq., 510 Pine street, city—Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowl- edge receipt of your esteemed favor of the 10th inst. announcing that you have deposited with the Mercantile Trust Company of San Fran- clsco your check for twenty-five thousand | (§25,000) dollars, payable to my order, to be | | i used for the establishment of a branch library in this city. On behalf of the people of San Francisco I thank you for this exhibition of munificent pub- | lic spirit, and I assure you that they will ac- | cept- your generous donation with the feelings | of kindly sentiment and with warmest appre- | clation. Gifts of this character from citizens of your standing go far to make us realize the actua! brotHerhood of man. I shall be pleased indeed to co-operate with the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, and with the trustees of the Free Public L brary, as to details of disposition of your mo: liberal gift, and shall consider it a pleasant duty and privilege, also, to consult your own personal viewsy and preferences in this con- nection. Permit me, sir, in addition, to express my profound appreciation of the confidence you have 'manifested in me personally, and believe me most sincerely yours, E. E. SCHMITZ, Mayor. SETS DATES FOR TRIALS OF ACCUSED TEACHERS | Board of Education Will Hear Pria- cipal Blanchard, Miss McKin- ney and W. Zimmerman. The Board of Education met yesterday and set dates for the trial of three peda- gogues against whom charges of a more or less grave nature have been flled. The date on which to try Principal M. E. Blanchard of the Hancock Grammar School on the findings of Superintendent ‘Webster that Blanchard is guilty of un- professional conduct was fixed for April 2%, at 9 a. m. Miss Mary McKinney, | against whom charges of incompetency | have been filed by Principal Lyser of the John Swett School, will answer them on April 21, at 9 a. m. Professor William Zimmerman, who is charged by Principal Bush of the Polytechnic High School with a lack of discipline, will have a hearing on April 18, at 9 a. m. The City Board of Examination filed recommendations for the issuance of teachers’ certificates, as a result of the recent examination held for the purpose, as follows: Grammar school certificates—Miss Harriett M. Burnett, Miss Ann Evans, Shirley C. Walker, Miss Alice Mercle Reder, Miss Vida Mae Vervalin, Mrs. Beatrice P. Wilmans, Miss Williette B. Ross. Special certificates: Music, of the grammar grade—Miss Stella L. Eaton, Miss Martha H. Poppe, Miss Belle M. Stanford, Miss Bertha Roberts, Miss Lilllan M. Simpson, Mrs. Angie McManus. Instruction for the deaf and dumb, high | school grade—Almon N. Holden; Miss Zerene Kirkpatrick. Free-hand drawing. of the high school grade | —Miss Amy Bronson Dewing. Naval architecture drawing, the high school grade—Vicente Legarda. Physical culture, of the high school grade— Robert H. Barth. Cookery, of the grammar school grade—Miss Louise Bartlett. of Stenography and typewriting, of the high gchool grade—Miss ~"Maud . Eiene = Hultbers- Smith. ———— POLICE SERGEANTS TAKE TEST FOR PROMOTIONS Twenty-Three Would-Be Lieutenants Answer Questions Propounded by Civil Service Board. Twenty-three out of the forty-five ser- geants employed in the Police Depart- ment participated in an examination for promotion to the position of lieutenant which was held yesterday in the City Hall by the Civil Service Commission. The sergeants labored from early morn- ing until dusk in an endeavor to answer correctly the questions which related to three subjects—general knowledge of du- ties, writing of reports and arithmetic. Among the questions on the first sub- ject were: ‘““What is. the law regardin inhumanity to prisoners?” ‘How woul you treat a person, suffering from gas asphyxiation or asphyxiation from | drowning?"” tate in full what consti- tutes riot”; “What authority must you have to make an arrest for misdemeanor, upon a warrant, at night?’ and others. Questions were asked regarding the com-; mands to be given when policemen "are on parade. One question in arithmetic which the sergeants found easy to an- swer was: “If it takes you cne minuté and three-quarters to walk a block how long will it take you to walk seventeen blocks?” The results will be announced in three weeks. Those who took the examination were: James Herod Anderson, John C. Ayers, Richard,Bidwell, Joseph James Burnett, Henry H. Colby, Michael Joseph Conboy, Clarence Coogan, James Thomas _Donovan, ~Thomas Samuel Duke, John Duncan, Thomas Patrick Eilis, Henry Gleeson, John Thomas James Harker Helms, James Kelly, mi Mahoney, Bernard McManus, Frank Henry Norman, Lionel Shaw, Patrick Shea, Patrick: J. Tobin, Reuben A. Wolf, Herbert James Wright. —_——————— Big Deeds Filed for Record. A deed was flled in the Recorder's of- fice yesterday in which A. H. Payson transfers to the Santa Fe Land Improve- ment Company all property in the Po- trero held in trust by him for the Santa Fe Railway Company. Another deed filed é&;vgn the gmu!erpu( }lhe gld [Cusmol ub property, on Powell street, near Geary street, by Danfel L. Randolph and wife to Chq;'le- Templeton Crocker and Jennie Adeline Crocker for a considera- | tion of $220,000. Adams' Hair Restorer promotes growth, re- stores color and beauty to thin gray hair, §0=.* ADVERTISEMENTS. Wholesale. 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Nyhan, Mar- aret Peacock, May Curley, Mrs. Wel- Shons, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McGuire, Emma Burke and Fanny Dougla: ‘ —_————————— PARSONS, Kans., April 10.—At the annual meeting - of the Missourl, Kansas and Texas Railway here to-day the board of directors was ye-elected and In turn re-elected the old of- ficers for the ensuing year. Sutro Estate Loses Suit. D. L. Farnsworth and Edgar C. Hum- phrey, assignees of J. J. Haley, were given judgment for $5000 against the es- tate of Adolph Sutro yesterday by the Supreme Court. Haley and Farnsworth did work for Sutro for which they wers to be paid $5000. When they came to col- lect their pay Haley was insolvent and Humphrey acted as his assignee. Pay ment was refused, and when the suit was instituted it was claimed by the defend ant that the complaint failed to show that Humphrey was an interested party. —_———— American pine when green weighs for- ty-four pounds twelve ounces to the cubi. fcot. When seasoned its weight is re- duced to thirty pounds eleven ounces. Low shoes or Oxfords anywhere else considering shoes. Ladles’* fine kid Oxfords, either patent leather or kid tips, extended Goodyear welt soles, correct toe; Friday and Saturday only..$2.15 Ladies’ patent leather Oxfords, light hand-turned ‘or Goodyear welt soles; Friday and Saturday £3.10 Children's and misses’ tan . calf Oxfords, broad orthopedic toes, ex- tended soles; Friday and Saturday only: Sizes 6 to 8, 81.10; 8% to 11, $1.30; 11% to 2, 81.65. Children's and misses’ patent leather Oxfords, stylishly extended soles, the cutest you ever saw; Friday and Saturday only: Sizes 8% to 11, $1.60; 11% to 2, $1.80. Country Orders Fill HAUFMANN’'S , Friday and Saturday Shoe Specials are the proper caper this season. As we offer only seasonable footwear at our two-day special sales we have this week selected Ox- fords for.men, women, boys and girls. reduced for Friday and Saturday only. We know that the goods are the best of their kind, that the shapes and colors are right and that ihe prices are lower than The prices are the good quality of the Men’s velour (soft) calf Oxfords, Goodyear weit, extended soles, an up-to-date, becoming shoe; Friday and Saturday only.. ..82.85 Men's tan calf Blucher Oxfords, real high-toned style for particular dressers; Friday and Saturday only . - -83.15 Youths’ and boys’ box calf Ox- fords; the last assures perfectly shaped feet; a positively. nobby style; Friday and Saturday only: Sizes 9 to 13, $1.80; 13% to 2, $2.10: 2% to 5%, $2.30. Youths" and boys’ tan calf Ox- fords, Goodyear welts, a summery shoe for little men; Friday and Sat- urd:g only: Sizes 13 to 2, $2.30; ed. 4 832 Market Street