The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1902, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, T SOCIETY MAN'S FRIEND N JAIL Chum of Watkins Lands Behind the Bars in Oakland. He Admits Knowing Alleged Swindler and Laughs When Told of His Crimes. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 4. A friend of Philip Watkins, the so- ciety young man who is wanted | by the police of a dozen citles, kecause of his too ready use of his glib | tengue and worthless checks, is a prison- | the city jail here, charged with the rt of crime his fugitive companion ged to have committed. He! r N. Coffey, who, pretend-| ing to be a lieutenant of the| Twelfth United States Cavairy on a se- cret mission, so completely deceived Mrs. | Larbara Allen, proprietor of the Galindo | Hotel, with advance notices of his ap-| roach to Oakland that he had no trouble | gling $100 from her by means | t epurious checks. But when he grew | bold and tried to pass another check on | Lis victim, she grew suspicious and in- | fcrmed the police, who now have him un- Ger arrest. Coffey has a record with the police for | fooling people with his valueless paper. He is not_particular as to the quaniities of vames he wears and is known as New- | He admits | man and has other aliases. that the man Watking was one of his companions and laughed to-day when | he & nt of Watkins' crimes in | e Call. Coffey works his vietims a lit- cifierently than the other fellows of | his species, and until he landed in Oak- | land he had been successful in escaping wn srrest for fooling a lot of people in gton and Oregon. counterfeit lieutenant uses army | to help him in his machinations. ctimizing of Mrs. Allen reveals his | of deceit. He began on her by for-| ng her a letter from Portland that | as follows: Recruiting Station, PORTI e Or., July 31, 1902. ' | , Oakland, Cal.—Sir: Coffey of the eutenant EQgar United States Cavalry, at present at- | will arrive about August | % in Osakland, and for reasons best known to | this department will stop at your house in- | stead of at the military post in San Francisco. e on some delicate business re- end it is requested that his withheld from the papers for 1 carry orders and papers | n him that will satisty | It is too late for me | v money for his expenses before he | ) he has been furnished with | First National Bank of Port- the address of this | eat favor if you will | ; the lieutenant at your | 50. Thanking you in | eey, 1 am, sir, most | GEORGE W. McIVOR, Captain Seventh Infantry. letter accompanied by the fol- g communication, directing the lieu- t to go to the Galindo: Recruiting Station, Unitd States Army, PORTLAND, Or., July 8L | Lieutenant Edgar N. Coffey, Twelfth Ce —Sir: Pursuant to par. | A G. O, dated| | He § you will pro- , without delay, and upon | ur headquarters at the | 1g there instr from £eic No. 169. Letters sent U. A R O, The letter was in a_United States army £ envelope, labeied ‘“official busi- g upon the | loquent and | would have otel proprietor, followed it to destination. He arrived Saturday and presented the promised check , part of which was to pay his ex- ondence Mr len accepted it, giving in | arn $100 cash. She did not suspect the | character of her guest, as he wore fine | clothes, had a polished and military bear- | ing and sported lots of jewelry. | Coffey, made bold by his success, tried for another $100 from his victim the fol- lowing day, which was Sunday. He pre- serted another check and asked for $100, the proprietor grew suspicipus and in- | ed the police, in conjunction with 1 Coffey said he was working. The lice pronounced the man a fraud and he was arrested. | Of the $100 he had received Coffey had but $35 left this morning. On his person were found a number of franked en- | army transportation blanks and | ricus checks. The police have ascer- | ied that he sent advance letters about | val to the Hotel Metropole, an- ng that he would be there on Aug- elopes HEAT OF THE DESERT DRIVES THEM INSANE| Two Men Attempt Suicide by Leaping | From Moving Trains Near Needles. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 4—Edward Kennedy, a discharged soldier, who re- ce rned from the Philippines, way from San Francisco to at Fall River, Mass., leaped window of a Santa Fe train hree mil of Bagdad yesterday af- ternoon, suffering a scalp wound and a ure of the thigh, besides internal in- i may result fatally. Tem- produced probably by the | ert caused the wild leap. red to be all right until in passed Bagdad, when he rous, and, calling out that were after him, suddenly hrough the open window. ved to the Santa Fe Hos- m Tucker, a section foreman em- by the Santa Fe Company, was ured yesterday by leaping moving passenger train | Just what caused Tucker | ap not known, though | _conjectured that the intense heat | driven him temporarily insane. He | lay for several hours where he had fallen | before he was found by the crew of an- otber train. On reaching Needles every effort was made to restore him to con- | sciousn but without avail. Nee: GRAPE-NUTS. FOOD TREATMENT. 0ld Stomachs Made Over. Improper medicine knocks out as many stomachs as bad food, but proper food will nearly always restore the health that Nature intended. “] suffered with chronic constipation for & long time, and two years ago be- came an invalid, being unable to retain anything on my stomach,” says Mrs. F. M. Buss of Millersburg, Ky. “Physicians pronounced it catarrh of the stomach and bowels. In fact, the en- tire alimentary canal was involved, caused, they said, by continued use of purgatives. For several weeks I could not retain more than a teaspoonful of any kind of fluid at any time, and at thas stage of my fliness & friend suggested that I try Grape-Nuts. “I commenced by taking only a tea- spoonful at a time of the water poured, while boiling, over two teaspoonfuls of the Grape-Nuts. In five days I was able to digest a teaspoonful of the Grape-Nuts themselves, and in less than & month could digest an ordinary meal. I can eat anything now, after having used Grape- Nuts for nearly two years, and am en- | while fishing from a canoe. VOLGANIG AGTION IN THE PAGIFIC Unusual Movements in the Ocean Surround- ing Hawaii. Scientist Thinks There May Be a Disturbance in the Aleutian Islands. HONOLULU, July 20.—Professor Curtis J. Lyons, government mineralogist here for many years, says that for the past three months there have been unusual movements in the ocean surrounding the Hawaiian islands. The movements re- ferred to are in the nature of tidal waves. Lyons attributes them to volcanic action in some part of the Pacific, whether near or remote it is impossible to say. The unvsual conditions have been observed by natives as well as by the tide gauges. Professor Lyons suggesis that the cause may be a disturbance in the Aleutian Is- lands. Denis Flynn, Delegate to Congress from Oklahoma, has been spending a couple of | weeks in Hawaii on a vacation. While in Hilo Flynn gave an interview in which he referred to a possibility that the Ter- | torfes would be deprived of their right 1o send Delegates to Congress. Flynn said that there was a growing sentiment in fevor of such action, and that many members of Congress did not welcome the prospect of having delegates from the Philippines and other island possessions. He thought it more likely that the Ter-| ritories would be denied Delegates than that they would be allowed to send rep- resentatives, should the new possessions | be made Territories. Four Hawaiian fishermen from Hook- ena, Hawail, had an exciting battle with sharks on July 23, after being swamped After being thrown into the water, they attempted to swim ashore dragging their boat, when the sharks appeared. They climbed on their upturned boat and battled with the sharks with the oars. Other fishermen seeing their predicament came to the res- cue and the men were towed ashore in safety. The remains of C. Hornef, a jeweler, who mysteriously disappeared a. year ago, were found last Friday in the Dia- mond Head crater. They were identified by the clothes and belongings and the teeth. fillings of the deceased. At the| time of his disappearance many searches were made for him without success. One of the soldiers at Camp McKinley report- ed the find last week to the police, and the identification was easily accomplish- ed. }é is supposed that Hornef committed suicide. @ i @ GAYETY FOLLOWS DAY OF DRILLING. Napa Extends Formal Welcome to First Infantry. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Aug. 4—The First Infantry, Na- tional Guard of California, got down to | business at Camp Smith to-day and put | in some solid hours at drilling. Reveille | is sounded every morning at 5:20 o'clock. | The mess call comes at 6 o'clock and from 7 to 9 o'clock the companies have | military instructions under the. direction | of their captains. The First and Second | battalions drilled together this morning | and the dress parade this afternoon was | witnessed by a large crowd of Napa peo- | ple. Colonel O'Neill and his officers are pleased with the first day’s work of the | regiment in camp and belleve that the | First will derive great benefit from the present outing. The guardhouse is not lacking occu- pants. Yesterday it was full of guards- men who had “run the lines” on Satur- day night and did not put in_an appear- ance in camp until nearly midday. | This morning several guardsmen were | lined up and marched to the 7 o'clock train and started for their homes in San | Francisco. When the train was pulling | out of the station one of them dropped | off the car. Two others went as far as | Thompsons, the first station below Napa, and there left the train. AIl three re- turned to camp. A provost guard was sent out this fore- noon to round up all the stragglers fhat were hanging around the courthouse | plaza and street corners. The guard had a lively chase after the truant soldiers. A ot of them were finally landed in camp. This evening the citizens of Napa for- mally welcomed the First Regiment at a reception in the East Napa Pavilion. | Captain Frank Easterly of Battery B of | the old Second Artillery was chairman of the meeting. Major Fuller delivered | the address of welcome and Colonel | O’Nefll responded. Dancing followed. The | First marched from the camp to the pa- vilion, headed by its band. Captain Jordan of Company B will be officer of the day to-morrow and Lieu- | tenant Nebbert of Company G officer of the guard. ————— REASON FOR SUICIDE IS NO ONE’'S BUSINESS Popular Bank Clerk of Fresno Writes Note and Sends Bullet Through His Heart. FRESNO, Aug. 4—B. F. West, a well- known and popular young clerk in the Fresno National Bank, committed sulcide | this morning by shooting himself through | the heart. No reason can be assigned for | the deed. Last night at 10:30 o’clock West parted from his chum, Otto Schnabler, and ap- peared to be in the best of spirits. He | went to his room at the residence of Mr. | and Mrs.J. W. Henderson and spoke pleas- antly to the children while he was passing through the hallway. This was the last seen of him alive. During the night Mrs. Henderson heard a pistol shot, but it| sounded a long way off, and she did not | pay any attention to it. This morning she found West's door locked, and, being unable to arouse him, called for assist- ance and the door was forced open. ‘West was found stretched out in a nat- ural position in bed. There was a bullet wound through his heart. A letter was found on a table, addressed to President Telfer of the bank, in which West gave no explanation for his act, saying it was nobody’s business but his own. There were one or two other short notes and one letter addressed to a young lady in Chicago, which he requested lhoul((ii be forwarded to her without being opened. In his letter to Telfer West sald that he had been contemplating the deed for some time, but, as he expressed it, had got “cold feet.” 8o far as is known West's accounts in the bank are correct. His few compan- jons say that he was a model young man in every respect, having no bad habits and never going in fast company. He occupled a responsible position in the | bank and had excellent prospects for ad- | vancement. Why he should have taken | his life is a mystery. He never hinted | even to his closest friends that he had any thought of self-destruction. Nothing is known here of his relations with the lady to whom the letter is addressed. West's parents live in Pleasanton, Texas. — e SANTA ROEA, Aug. 4.—Torelo Olivastri, an engineer employed near this citv died yes- ay from the effects of eating green apples. tirely cured of constipation. It is a wholesome, pure and inexpensive food.” He indulged freely in the fruit Friday nignt, became violently ill toward morning and death ensued within twenty-iour hours. + GGT .good play. | the chance to be surcharged with emo. . tlon. Altogether the opera was m;vlng OF “THE DAY, AUGUST 5, 1902. C T OF T1ISS ANGLIN ADDS TO CHART1 ONLY WAY” Popular Play Revived by Miller Company-=-“‘Trilby” Goes Well at Grand Opera-House=--Other Theaters. — % AlLice JOHIISONT As “TRicwY oPERA L] e Paul M. Potter. Other actors who have appeared in the same role in this city have given us a close imjtation of Lackaye —and Brophy was perhaps the best of these—but they were not the genuine b1 y_was effectively personated by Allce Johnson, a little unevenly at times, but still in good dramatic tone. Her best was in the great foyer scene in the third act, the culmination of which was skill- fully worked up. Theodore Roberts was splendid support as Taffee. The same ex- cellence marked the acting of Gardner Crane, the Gecko. It was correct in dia- lect, a rare quality these days, and thoroughly in earnest. The rest of the cast did the best they could, whiech was up to the average. Orpheum. The Orpheum is presenting a budget-of good things in vaudeville this week. J. K. Emmet does some clever work in the comedietta, “Artie’s Dream,” and is capably assisted by Anna Mortland. Not the least successful feature of the playlet is Emmet’'s singing of some of the songs which his father made famous years ago. Katherine Bloodgood exhibits her beauti- ful contralto voice in two songs, and she also scores a hit with one of the old-time —e e foosm g . THREE CLEVER ACTRESSES WHO MAY BE SEEN AT LOCAL PLAY- HOUSES THIS WEEK. HE Only Way" is leagues oft from being worn thread- bare yet, and last night the | Henry Miller edition of it was warmly approved by a good house at the Columbia Theater. Three times now this Freeman Wills ar- | rangement of Dickens’ story has been | given here, and it is found to be not wanting in most of the essentials of a Its most particular virtue, | however, is the opportunity it affords Mr. | Miller in the role of Sydney Carton, where he unquestionably touches the highwater mark of his achievement. ““Great” is not the word that usually sug- gests itself in this accomplished artist’s connection, but it leaps to the pen here. Great, indeed, is Mr. Miller's work in the role, and the role itself is a singularly lovable and picturesque one. The gay, brilliant, heroic, generous, drunken law- yer, with his brains, heart and pocket at every man’s command, is pictured with rare humor and subtlest sympathy. His drunken scene in the first act is ‘handled with a fine delicacy that wonderfully de- tracts nothing from its strength, and the various stages of the condition—the fatu- ous stage, the stage militant, the affec- tionate stage and the stage philosophic— are all painted to the last tipsy chuckle. The big scene before the Paris tribunal, where Carton sways the many-headed monster for a sublime moment with apt fesl and ready quip, has lost none of ts old power nor Mr. Miller in it. Sym- pathy, humor, spontaneity, pathos, gay- ety and lovableness are all combined in one harmonious whole in the Miller Car- ton, and “The Only Way" will never lack pulse so long as it has this to charm with. Miss Anglin’s Mimi adds many things to the play’'s grip. It is a purely pitiful, gentle and graceful little figure, fully wor- thy of Miss Anglin in every way. It has a little the unlooked-for effect of inten- sifying a certain want of temperament that one feels in Miss Elliston's Lucie Manette, though the latter looks the part delicfously. Ethel Hornick plays the red rag to the revolutionary bull, otherwise “the Vengeance,” with a good melodra- matic grip. E. J. Morgan’s Ernest Defarge, with its deadly, sinister atmosphere, is much missed in the earlier half of the plav. Mr. Courtleigh, however, who assumes the part, rises manfully to the occasion in the tribunal scene and gives a powerful and effective rendering of the wronged easant’s denunciation of the aristocrat, arnay. Charles Gotthold is the Darnay, and here the cast gains pleasantly. Mr. Gotthold is a manly and tender figure as Lucie's lover. Charles Walcott has the important part of Stryver and plays it with his usual distinction and power. Lawrence D'Orsay—there 1s talent to burn in the Miller company—has the small part of a condemned aristocrat and is aristocrat indeed—but irrevocably of the other side of the channel. Arthur Elliott is @ good Dr. Manette and Walter Allen is of the company. . Tivoli. “La Favorita” caught the fancy of the Tivoli audience last evening, and well it might with Pozzi, Agostino, Dado, Cor- tesl and Padova in the singing roles; and Anna Wilson also was there to do a clever bit of vocalization. There was a flood of melody, color without end and love-making in abundance. The French horn, with its moaning-dove voice, added a new pang whenever the audience saw to eyes and to ears about equally. Pozai, as Leonora, sang with fervor; Agostino as Fernando. Dado was splendid voice, and his rich tones and good phrasing made much of his work very delightful. De Padova scored a dis- tinct success as the king, especlally in the vocal direction. There were cries of “bravo’ repeatedly. Of course the “Spirito Gentil” song in the last act brought to Agostino the applause of the evening. That is the culmigation of the 5 opera in a musical sense. There Doni- zetti, after much uneven and hasty writ- ing_put on paper an aria of his best, one that wllr probably survive the re- mainder of the opera. Paul Steindorft conducted the work with a great deal of sensibility. The chorus was strong and tuneful. The orchestra fllled up the measure of the work. ‘“La Favorita’ will be given Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. ‘‘Carmen” will be put on this evening, with Collamarini as Car- men, and will be repeated on Thursday and 'Saturday evenings and at the Satur- day matinee. California. Frederick Warde and his able company are presenting D'Ennery’s romantic play, “The Mountebank,” in a masterly manner before large audiences at the California this week. Warde in_ the title role has ample opportunity to display his remark- able versatility. ~ The support accorded him by Aileen Bertelle, Charles D. Her- man and May Warde is excellent. They were called before the curtain many times last night. Antoinette Ashton, as the wife of the persecuted Mountebank, does some very clever acting. Allcazar. Miss Florence Roberts is repeating her former successes in ‘‘Camille’” at the Al- cazar Theater, which was crowded to the doors last night. This emotional play never seems to lose its attraction, par- ticularly for the fair sex, and it is seldem that the queen of the camellias is so ad- mirably portrayed as by Miss Roberts. She is ably supported by White Whit- tlesey as Armand Duval, George Osbourne as Monsieur Duval, Howard Scott as the Count de Varville, Miss Georgle Wood- thorpe as Mme. Prudence and the other members of the company. Next week “Sapho’” will be presented. Grand Opera-House. Wilton Lackaye, the original Svengall, filled the Grand last night with an audl- ence that admired and applauded his unique and original conception of the character of the mercenary mesmerist, in Du Maurier’s “Trilby” as dramatized by Pears’ Agreeable soap for the hands is one that dissolves quickly, washes quickly, rinses quickly, and leaves the skin soft and comfort- able. It is Pears’. ‘Wholesome soap is one that attacks the dirt but not the living skin. It is Pears’. Economical soap is one that a touch of cleanses. And this is Pears’. Established over 100 years. g3 ballads. The Mazetti troupe of acrobats performs the usual athletic stunts with remarkable dexterity. A. Ballerini has only four trained canines, but they are just as entertaining as the large number dog trainers generally carry around. Mille. Ballerini is a skillful trapeze performer, and the rest of the programme is well worth seeing. Fischer’s. The triple bill at Fischer's is drawing crowded houses nightly and is likely to run for many weeks to come. Variations in the songs and language of the bur- lesques are made from time to time, so that there is always something new for those who have attended earlier perform- ances. Kolb, Bernard and Dill never fail to keep their hearers in convulsions of laughter. Maud Amber receives encore Tfter encore and seems to constantly grow n public favor. Blake and Hermsen are also particular favorites. “Hurly Burly” and a travesty on “Zaza” are announced to follow. Knights of Pythias Benefit. A monster performance for the benefit of the fund of the Knights of Pythias en- tertainment and reception will be given next Friday night at the Grand Opera- house. The Theatrical Managers’ Asso- clation, in addition to the $500 cash already contributed to the fund, has decided to give this benefit to further aid the project, | ecause of the inadequate contributions from other sources, They propose to pre- sent the best proframme ever given in this city, including “Trilby” and a_gem | from each of the performances being given in the different theaters at present. The management has voluteered to remit all expenses for the evening. Tickets will | be sold at $1, and 100 local Pythians have | voluteered to sell them to help the cause. | Central. Sutton Vane's sporting and military drama, “Humanity,” was received last night at the Central by a big audience with the utmost enthuslasm. As a spec- tacular production it completely eclipses all previous efforts at this theater. All the scenery is new and beautiful, and a very picturesque effect in the first act is produced by the appearance of a number | of huntsmen In scarlet uniforms and on ' horseback who are followed by a pack of yelping hounds. A broadsword duel on horseback between the hero and the champion breadswordsman of America, Professor W. J. Clements, was received with great applause. But the most thrill- ing sensation of the play is when the heroine leaps to the shell which has been filaced by her lover, seizes it between er hands and dashes it through the | window. As it clears the window it ex- plodes; then one of the most wonderful scenic effects ever gresented takes place. The sides of the house fall apart, the roof falls a mass of ruins, and the cur- tain descends amid intense excitement. —chlxtes. Jessle Dale, the young girl barytone, completely captured both audiences at the Chutes yesterday afternoon and evening, and had to respond to numerous encores. The Leando brothers presented an amusing acrobatic speclalty. ' George B. Alexander, styled “the tired tramp,” | had an unexpectedly pretty finish to an otherwise ordinary act, and Deas and Deas, colored comedians, filled in twenty minutes with the latest ragtime stunts. The Leonards made a hit with their odd muslcal act and Hughey ett re- peated his ventriloquial success. The mew moving pictures were well received. H. y Downing continues to loop the loop on his bicycle at 5 and 11 p. m. daily. Billiard Tournament. There was a large crowd of interested spectators at the Waldorf billiard parlors yesterday afternoon and evening, watch- ing the games in the class B tournament. In the afternoon Roggen beat Du Bois by a score of 150 to 140. Du Bols' average was 4 4-34, while Roggen’s average was 4 14-34. In the evening Pechart defeated Whitney by a score of 150 to Pechart's average was 5 E‘E.wn;l‘hla tl.tttemgnln tg:vh and Whitney - contest an In evenln‘ ,Burns and White will play, : | | { VITEMPTS TICE TO EAD HER LIF Miss Nettie Wilson Tries to Jump From Ferry- boat Berksley. Passengers Grasp Her Just as She Is About to Leap Into the Bay. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 4. Comely Miss Nettle Wilson, who gives her age as 20, and who says she never had a sweetheart, tried twice to jump from the ferry-boat Berkeley this morn- ing and end her life. Both times she was prevented from carrying out her rash | intention by gentlemen passengers, who grasped the young lady as she was just about to leap overboard and compelled her to complete the trip like other pas- sengers. When the local train arrived at Center-street station Miss Wilson was given into the keeping of a police officer and escorted to the City Prison. For some hours the would-be suicide maintained a determined silence and re- fused to divulge anything concerning he: self or why she wanted to die. She final ly stated that her name was Nettie Wil- son and that she made her home with Mr. and Mrs; Frank A. Martin of 770 Howard street, San Francisco. “There is no man in my case,” sald Miss Wilson in reply to a question as to whether love or a false lover had driv- en her to seek a grave beneath the waves. “I have no sweetheart and I never had one. Neither was it the want of money that prompted me to do away with my- self. I have always had all. the money I needed and everything else. 1 just wanted to die. That's all, and it was no- body’s business but my own.”” It was on the 9 o’clock trip of _the Berkeley from. Snr‘wFranclsco that Miss Wilson made her two attempts at self- destruction. When the vessel was off Goat Island the young woman descended from the top deck, walked aft and passed under the guard chain at the stern of the boat. Her action attracted the at- tention of a passenger, who, anticipating that she was going to jump overboard, hurried after her and grasped her around the walst as she was ready to spring into the bay. The young woman was carried to a seat on the lower deck, where she remained quiet for a few minutes. She then rushed toward the side of the boat and was in the act of climbing over the railing, when D. M. Morris and D. M. Todd, traveling salesmen, caught her and ulled her back. They watched her close- y until the Berkeley docked and when the train reached Center street turned the young woman over to a policeman. Miss Wilson was detained at the City Prison until evening, when she returned Frank A. to San Francisco with Mrs. Martin. TOUGHES LIVE WIRE AND DIES Eleven Thousand Volts Received by Chiropo- dist Lack. W. B. Lack, chiropodist, with rooms in the St. Ann building and who resides at 801 Golden Gate avenue, re- ceived 11,000 volts through his body last evening at an Eighth street power house while explaining to a friend certain mech- anisms, and died before he reached the Receiving Hospital. Last night Lack, who, besides being a chiropodist, is an electriclan by _trade, went to the Orpheum with B. B. Robert- son, a friend. After the performance at the Orpheum Lack took his friend to the power house at Eighth street, below Mission, and be- gan to explain to him the workings of the machinery. While instructing his friend he inadvertently touched a live wire switch and received the current, which amounted to 11,000 volts. After re- ceiving the current he was able to say to his ‘riend, “I am all right.” Presently he collapsed, and while being driven to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol wagon he expired. e e AGED WOMAN PERISHES IN FLAMES AT RIO VISTA Mrs. Joseph Hall Meets Terrible Death, Blind Husband Is Saved by Servant. SUISUN, Aug. 4—Mrs. Joseph Hall, an old resident of Rio Vista, met a terrible death early Sunday morning. Mrs. Hall had arisen from bed and lighted a lamp. Shortly afterward her husband, who is blind, heard her scream that her clothing was on fire. He rendered what assistance he could, and in the meantime the cries of the aged woman awoke a servant girl, the only other inmate of the house. She rushed into the room, which was then filled with smoke. Her first thought was to assist Mr. Hall, and she took him out of the burning building. Then she re- turned to the room, which was now en- veloped in flames, but could not find Mrs. Hall. The faithful servant searched for the unfortunate woman until she was com- pelled to flee for her own safety. The residence and its contents were destroyed in a short time. Afterward search was made and Mrs. Hall's remains were found in the/ ruins at a point about where her bed had been. Tt is supposed the fire was caused by an explosion of the lamp. Mrs. Hall was 60 years of age. 7 Root-Gardner Fight Postponed. SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 4—Owing to objections raised by the Grand Lodge of Elks the Root-Gardner fight has again been postponed. It is announced to-night that the fight will take place August 1s. DALTON'S TRIAL COMES T0 END Lawyers in Controversy Agree Upon All-Day Argument, County Assessor Tells How Much Editor Oakes Owes Him. e Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 4 The trial of Henry P. Dalton for com- plicity in the alleged conspiracy by which the county was defrauded out of $13T5 on orders for books came to an end to- day in Judge Ellsworth's court, neither side in the controversy having anything | more to offer in the way of testimony. In rebuttal of some of Dalton’s state~ | ments denying the published interviews with him over the scandal in his office over the pald for but undelivered books the prosecution offered the testimony of two newspaper men and closed its case. Both sides then agreed to argue the case to-morrow, each taking an: hour and a half apiece. The court will follow with its instructions, which are somewhat vol= uminous, and the case will be given to the jury some time during the day, ter- minating a case that has occupied eleven days of the court’'s time. When Dalton resumed the stand this morning Special Prosecutor Foote went at him to find out how much George A. Oakes owes him for money advanced. Dalton had been admonished to figure up from his checkbook how much it was. “He owes me $2700 45,” replied Dalton to the first question that was asked him by Attorney Foote. Dalton explained that he began to loan Oakes money as far back as 1865, and that at one time the Haywards editor was indebted to him 40. “Don’t you know that most of _this in- debtedness is cutlawed?” asked Foote. “It Is !f Oakesjwants to take advan- tage of the statute of limitations.” Dalton testified last week that he could not have got the 3800 on a hypothecated order that Stedman says he paid him in a doorway on Tenth street because he was injured at the time of the alleged delivery—January 14 last. A local paper had a story about an injury to Dalton some time previous to this date and the prosecution was proceeding to tangle Dal- ton up, when he suddenly recollected that it was his brother who was hurt and not he. Attorney Foote showed Dalton the bill for sixty index books that the witness admitted he had attached his autboriza- tion to when it was in blank form so that Stedman could put in anything he pleased and pass it through the Board of Super- visors. “Is that the way you do business? Is that the way you run your office?”” asked te. 'Well, that was the only time I ever did such a thing,” replied Daiton. “I had every confidence in Stedman. I ex- pected him to do everything necessary with Mr. Lanktree regarding the substi- tution of those sixty books for the thirty mortgage books.” “Oh, we've heard about your confidence in Stedman a half a dozen times,” re- torted Foote testily. The witness was asked if it was not a fact that he is largely indebted to Charles Ruppricht, his deputy, to which he re- plied that all he owed him was his sal- ary from month to month. He was asked as to the correctness of his published i terviews in the newspapers, but he d nied that he ever said he had never re- ceived the. $1575 from the hypothecated orders for books. With this short questioning the prose- cution announced the end of the cross- examination, and the defense then in- fcrmed the court that its case was closed. The prosecution said it would finish with the introduction of two wit- nesses in rebuttal of Dalton’s denial of the interviews, and at the afternoon ses- sion two newspaper men were called who asserted that Dalton had been reported correctly. Dalton was recalled and asked if he had ever had any money transactions with Stedman, particularly one in which he is said to have turned over $544 to Stedman on May 14 last. Dalton exam- ined his books, which showed he had drawn $660 from the bank that day, but he denied giving any of it to Stedman. Dalton having been dismissed and the case finished the defense announced that it was perfectly willing to submit the case without argument. Foote declined to submit to this proposition, saying: “The proposition of the defense is re- spectfully declined with thanks.” \ Juror McGuire asked if the jury would be permitted to examine the documentary evidence submitted during the trial, and was assured that the jury could have it. Judge Ellsworth then continued the case until to-morrow morning. Late Shipping Intelligence. i DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Arrived Aug_4—Stmr Alllance, from Sen Franeisco; stmr Elmore, from Tilla~ ‘mook. PORT GAMBLE—Arrived Aug 4—Schr Allcs Cooke, from Honolulu. NEAH BAY—Passed In Aug 4—Schr Vegs, from Nome. COOS BAY—Salled Aug 4—Schr Chas B Falk, for San {aco. SEATTLE—Arrived Aug 4—Stmr Bertha, from Illamna. Sailed Aug 4—Stmr Roanoks, for Nome. BAN PEDRO—Arrived Aug 4—Stmr from Portland. - FOREIGN PORT. VANCOUVER, B C—Sailed Aug 4—Br stmr Tartar, for Hongkong. OCEAN STEAMER. NEW YORK—Arrived Aug 4—Stmr Aller, from Genoa, Naples and Gibralt: Licensed to Marry. TAND, Aug. M4.—The following mgrArlKnge licenses were issued to-day: Charles E. Page, -ied , and Charlotte E. Ward, aged 21, both of Oakland; Fred L. Shaw, aged 31, San Francisco, and Eva de Poy, aged 3, Oakland; Coxhead, over 31, Berkeley, and Helen B. McHaffle, over 18, Oakland; Gustave W. Banmann, aged 2, and Jennie Seat, aged 22, both of Oakland; Willlam H. Burr, aged 33, and Ada J. Broderick, aged 34, both of Oakland. FRESNO, Aug. 4.—A great congregation was assembled yesterday at the laying of the cor- nerstone of the mew Catholic church, _which promises to be the finest church edifice here, and when completed will cost about $50,000. 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