The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1902, Page 11

JURY'S VERDIGT ACQUITS DALTON Official Will Not Say He Deems Himself Vindicated. Refuses to Declare Whether He Will Be Candidate for Assessor. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 6. Henry P. Dalton was acquitted to-day | by the jury that tried him in Judge Ells- | worth’s court under an indictment ac- cusing him of procuring the payment of felse claims against the county. Dalton refuses to say whether he wlli be a candi- date for County Assessor to succeed him- | self. The jury rendered its verdict this morn- | ing after being out eighteen hours. At the end of nine hours' deliberation jury unanimously agreed upon the verdict of acquittal, but by that time it was after midnight and Judge Ellsworth had gone to his Alameda home, after having left in- | structions with the bailiff to lock the Jurymen up for the night. Judge Ellsworth returned to the court- room at 9:3) o'clock this morning and upon belng informed that the jury was ewaiting his arrival summoned it before him. C. D. Hayes, who had been selected | as foreman, announced that the jury had meached a verdiet of acquittal. SHAKES HANDS OF JURORS. men filed out of the court- ch one and g hand: ks for the consideration Dalton was immensely pleased over his cquittal, as the length of the jury's de- portendea a disagreement and ial. st ballot the jury stood nine d two for conviction and one Several ballots were taken before .st night, but the result d, except that the cast for acquittal, making two. After dinner the ma- vinning over another sained obdurate un- . Upon ing the court's instruc- being convinced that hould be weighed juror capituiated leven colleagues. C. D. Hayes, Clawiter, J. T. E. McGuire, Davis, E. A. Moo McConoghy and REMAINS. the excitement £ the verdict had he felt about it, ress an opin- ow t to exp ictan I 1 deem yourself vindicated?” he was sa) was the reply. e talking to newspaper reporter: against them at all, but two ¥ contradicted me in this ropose to take any more candidacy? Are you to succeed your- Assessor?” it? The s are blue, friends are say- as an independent Assessor and some to win the Demo- ishes a signed statement in to-night in which he ex- =t his_acquittal Moffitt, Nus- s of one Lalton, the one n based on the 3600 maining indictment is ction. -Indl Oakes and Rus. for complicity in the same still pend: The_trials , but Stedman’s will ntil Oakes’ disposed of. of the Licensed to Marry. XD, Aug. 6.—The following mar- e issued to-day: Wil- Hoyt, over 21 years old, San . and Frances S. Hiliman, over and; Arthur Crozier, 24, Hay- wards, and Leanoro Francis, 22, San Lo- renzo; John Lugagn, 21, and Martha Rasehorn, 19, both of San Francisco; Per- oy Weller Hall, 26, and Blanche A. Per- both of 'Oakland; William J. X . and Daisy Sidmas- John.Vosti, 4), and Ju- 8, both of Salinas; John “hapman, 24, Oakland, and Ida . 23, Buckeye; William J. Garibaldi, r and Nellie' J. Bohn, over 18, both Oakland ———— Shot in Hand During a Quarrel. Charles McKnight swore out a warrant night for the arrest of his uncle, A. McKnight, proprietor of a saloon Seventh street, on a charge of at- to commit murder. McKnuight sed that during a quarrel in the sa- his uncle shot him through the left The injured man was intoxicated he time and guarrelsd with his uncle 2 position from which he had been discharged on e Referees in Bankruptcy Appointed. United States District Judge de Haven two reappointments vesterday of referees in bankruptcy. They were Mil- » J. 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The revival of “The Only Way” at the | Columbta Theater this week is proving to be one of the most popular bills of the Miller-Anglin engagement. The whole per- formance is a notable one, and Mr. Mil- ler's assumption of the role of Sydney Carton is one of the most brilllant - stage | portraits of the day. It is Henry Miller at bis very best, and a characterization | that will go down in dramatic .history with no uncertain note. From first to last the conception is wholly artistic, log- | ical, lovable and of high appeal. The ac- | tor's speech before the Paris -tribunal, | where, lilke Marc Antony, he sways the furious and vacillating mob to his desire, | is eloquent; his drunken scene in the first | act, pervaded with an infinite variety of | rich and subtle humor and a pathos that | is true to its least shade, holds his au- | ience between joyous laughter and a sudden tear. No one interested in the player's art should miss Miller “in’ this part. Nothing so fine has been done dur- | ing his season, nor is likely to be done. | Miss Anglin in the role of Mimi fius its !last chink of requirement, and the rest of the cast, incluaing Miss kiliston, Miss Hornick, Mr. Courueigh, Mr. Walcot, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Elliott, is all that the aamirable capabilities of the company promise. ‘lue mounting is very hand- Some and the famous mob scene a bril- | liant piece of stage management. The play goes on next peek. S Frederick Warde gave a learned and | comprehensive reading of Shylock last night at the California Theater, where a large audience gathered to hear the won- derzul lines of the immortal bard Shakes- peare. Warde has his own idea as-to how Shylock should be taken, and the audi- ence readily realizes the actor’s meaning and depth of conception. Shylock in his hands 1s not venomous only so far as to satisty wrongs that have been heaped upon him. \varde makes it understood tuat Shylock has suffered indignities, hu- millations and degradations, hence when the hour comes wnen he can be avenged he acts, but not without considering and weighing well the provocations. Other actors nave given a similar interpreta- tion, it is true, but it is doubtful, unless | in tne case of Sir Henry lrving, whether there has been any one for many years who has given the great character such treatment. While Nat Goodwin has failed in the part, Henry Warde has gained a triumph, anud the audience gave evidence of its high appreciation of his perform- | No greater compliment could have | ance. been done the actor than the gathering among the audience of many pupiis of the schools of this city. Warde was capitally supported. *“The Merchant of Venice” will day's matinee. A The grand opera season at the Tivoll i erved to introduce the best company singers that the house has ever known and th “La Favorita” and ““Carmen’” are alter- nating this week, and both operas are given with excellent casts. Agostini in the first named opera has added much to his fame, and De Padova, Marie Pozzi and Dado are splendid in their roles, Col- lamarini has again captured the town by Ler Carmen, and Russo and she share henors in the opera. De Spada is a win- sorme Michaela, and D'Albore scores with the toreador Song. The OtWer people in the cast are all well adapted to their re- spective parts. Next week the house offers a splendid double bill. ‘““Norma,” with the famous De Frate in the name part, to alternate with “Carmen,” for which there is_an cnermous demand. That “Tribly” has lost none of its hold on the theater-going public is attested by the large and interested audiences that are nightly greeting the Frawley com pany at the Grand Opera-hquse. The role of Svengali receives its best interpre- tation at the hands of Wilton Lackay the rest of the cast is well balanced, and nine and ten curtain calis_are the rule at every performance. On Monday even- ing next a dramatization of R. D. Black- more’s “Lorna Doone” will be given for the first time in this city. Wilton Lack- zye will play honest John Ridd, Theodore toberts will be congenially cast as Car- ver Doone, and the heroine will be played by Alice Johnson. “Camille” still goes to big business at the Alcazar, with Miss Florence Roberts’ assumption of the name role as chief at- traction. Miss Roberts is the only Cam- ille so far who has played the part in this city for two weeks and her good work has sufficed to draw crowded houses at every performance, and others in the company are useful, notably White Whit- tlesey as Armand Duval. Next week the popular actress will revive “‘Sapho” for one week only. . . Sutton Vane's military drama, “Human- ity,” is crowding the Central. Monday {‘evening Grattan Donnelly's “A Night at' the Circus” will be sumptuously revived, with entirely new scenery and costumes. | and magnificent stage effects. The cast will be an exceptionally strong one and the appearance of a host of handsome girls, who will introduce novel specialties, will be among the many features. Profes. sor Bothwell Brown has invented jockey dance that will be performed by a guartet of attractive dancers. | . s ox Clara Ballerini, the European dancer | and aerialist; J. K. Emmet and Anna | Mortiand in their lively sketch, “A | Honeymoon in & Harlem Flat,” and Ar- { thur Bailerini and his trained dogs, this {week’s new comers at the Orpheum, are pleasing large audiences at every perform- | ance. Katherine Bloodgoad, the Mazettl | troupe_of acrobatic wonders, Zara and Zara, SBtephen Grattan and Maud White and Lew Hawkins are all in their last ap- earances. Next Sunday comes M. Jean | Marcel's famous “living art studies,” in- cluding twenty-five celebrated Parisian | models. 4 s w e The triple bill at Fischer’s, ‘“Pousse | Cafe,” “‘Antony and Cleopatra” and “A | Royal Family,” still continues to hook its thousands. The limit ‘'of the future bills “Hurly Burly” and preparations. o et Jessie Dale, the phenomenal girl bary- tone; the Leando brothers, comedy acro- | bats; George B. Alexander, the “tired tramp,” and Deas and Deas, colored com- edians, are at the Chutes this week. To- night the amateurs will hold forth, con- cluding their portion of the entertain- ment with a new series of living pictures. Hardy Downlng continues to loop the loop on his bicycle daily and nightly. A The big revival of Palmer Cox's extrav- aganza, “The Brownies in Fairyland,” will go on at the Alhambra Theater com- mencing with the afternoon of Saturday, August 9. It is to be the attraction every night and at matinees on Saturday, Sun- day and Wednesday. The wonderfully successful piece has been brought up -to date and all thg old favorites and many new ones will be seen in the cast. The roduction will be the most complete, bril- rlnnt and effective ever given here and among the 100 professional children to ap- vorites. Among those to appear are Madge Woodson, Queenie Tilton, Maude Sharp, Florence Gardner, Helen Darling, Zeala Cook, Carrie Goodman, Doris Cook, Isa Dobbie, Cecil Cowles, Hazel Ott, Maud Lunn, Elsie Anderson, Lottie Sen- | dacz, Agnes Dobbie, Baby Liily, Little Lupita, Irene Silva, Bthel Jones, Walter Catlett, Louis Gregg, Raymond Linder- berg, Rufus Beinfeld, David Wood, Mel- ville Calais, Arthur Blumingthal, Joseph | Ash, Jerome Hurley, Leonard Strauss, y Vincent Murry and sixty others, be repeated to-night and at Satur- | | little theater is packed nightly. | will be set at four weeks and the next;|s “Zaza,” is in active | pear will be found an endless array of fa- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1902. MANY FRIENDS PRESENT -AT A PRETTY WEDDING Albert Windt and His Bride, Miss Lottie Maier, to Spend Honeymoon in South. | | G > Charles Maler. Mr. Windt is the son of Morris Windt, proprietor of the Eagle Tarnery. The decorations were very pretty. The parlors and halls were decorated in green, pink and white .and the dining- room was resplendent” in green and white. There were flowers in great pro- fusion. Miss Carrie Ernst was bridesmaid and George Panarfo best man. The Rev. J. Koehnke, 'pastor of St. Jéhin's Bvangelical Church, Mason -‘and Jackson streets, performed the ceremony. Mr. Windt and, his beautiful bride left on an extended tour of the South. Their permanent residence will be in-a home at 1668 O'Farrell street, which has been arranged for them. b 3 - e s ‘Augustin Aubin, daughter of the ‘well-known local clgar merchant, August, Ff.Atibin, was united inmarriage last night to Robert M. Barthold,” accountant for the Central California’ Canneries. The ceremony took place at St. Markus Ger- man Evangelical = Lutheran ' - Church, O'Farrell street, between Franklin -and Geugh. The ceremony was performed by " POPULAR DAUGHTER OF WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MERCHANT - AND 1 YOUNG BUSINESS MAN WHO BECAME HUSBAND' AND WIFE LAST EVENING AT A PRETTY HOME WEDDING. | | . *4 LARGE number of friends of the contracting parties were present at the pretty home wedding of Miss Lottie Maier to Albert Windt, at 836 Union street last evening. | Miss Maier is the only daughter of BRITONS SCORE | - FORMER PREMIER Salisbury the Subject of Attack in the Commons. LONDON, Aug. 6.—During the discus- |slon of ‘the appropriation bill in the House of Commons to-day the Govern- ment ‘was severely criticised by various }members on its policy in Europe and in { China. It was alleged that Lord Salis- bury had quarreled with France and Spain, had alienated Turkey, had driven |'Italy into the arms of France and had ailed to resist Russia, while persistently ourting Germany with obsequious com- pliments and one-sided secret treaties. | In the course of a general reply, Vis- | count Cranborne, Under Secretary of the | Foreign Office, made an illuminative ref- erence to the 'treaty with Germany by | saying that.if a-secret treaty existed, it was secret, thereforg .it followed neces- } | publish. the terms thereof. He denied the alleged quarrels with Buropean powers, | Geclaring that the position of Gerat Brit- ain was in no way insecure, and that her | influence was high. | _The Government was endeayoring, said | ¥Wiscount Cranborne, to restore a normal | state of affairs in China as speedily as | possible. He thought the sooner Shang- -hai was evacuated by the international forces, the better, as there was no reason |why they should stay. The Government had proposed evacuation to other powers, but it was . quite impossible for Great Britain to evacuate alone. The Govern- ment had hoped that. negotlations for a |'commercial treaty would be successfully concluded before” how. ~ The “abolition of the likin tax was the most important ob- ject. It was Moped, sald the Viscount, that a solution points of defense. In moving the bill the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, explained that he thought it desirable to alter one clause of the bill so as to en- able . 'the Chancellor to borrow funds when necessary, temporarily financing the exechequer, pendlng the gathering of | taxes, by the issuing of treasury, bills in- stead of borrowing on no better Security than an “I O U” of the Chancellor. He added that the Government expected to have to borrow £15,000,000 to meet a de- ficlency in the next quarter and unless the suggested better security should be forthcoming the money’ market might be serfously discomposed. 6 Replying to J. Edward Seeley (Con- servative) who ~deprecated the lack of modern war appliances by 'the British army and, navy and who urged the es- tablishmeént of a department responsibie for the adoption of every invention neces- salg‘m the army or navy the Premier, A. J. Balfour, denled that Great Britain was | behind other nations. He said the Gov- ernment would grapple with the urgent question of a joint strategical department to the best of its ability. | CHIC(% Aug. 6.—Henry Snowden, a farmer of Glenn County. dropped dead yesterday near St. John while in a_field superintending har- vesting worki SANTA. CRUZ, Aug. 6.—Thirty-four em- ployes of Kron's tannery struck to-day. They demanded a reduction of one hour a day and | o increase of 10 per cent In wages. sarily that the Government could not would be found' for all = the pastor of the church, the Rev. J. Fuendeling. ~ After the ceremony newly .married couple and guests dtwn “to an elaborate supper, Both young ‘people are well known in the clusive Gérman soclety circles and great favorites among the young .se! sat the ex- are t. GUNNERS PLEASE - THE PRESIDENT Roosevelt Witnesses the Target Practice on Mayflower. GREENPORT, L. I, Aug. 6.—President Roosevelt to-day participated on board the. Mayflower in mimic warfare. The maneuvers which the ship executed were precisely those which might have to be gone through th an actual battle. The gun practice of the crew -of the May- flower indicates that the men now behind the guns on board American war vessels are even more efficient and accurate than they were in Manila Bay or off Santiago. After witnessing the work of the crew ot No. 9 gun—the winners of the contest— President 'Roosevelt personally went to Gun Pointer W. J. O'Donnell and shaking his hand .cordially said, “You did excel- lently.”" ! The shooting bf the winning crew was phenomenally good. At an average range of 1500 yards they made 80 per cent of hits. They fired twenty shots and made sixteen hits, two of them bullseyes. At the conclusion of the target practice the crew was assembled on the quarterdeck to witness the presentation o offered by the President. Mr. Roosevelt addressed the officers and men.as fol- lows: I hope this will be but the beginning of a practice which will make the Mayflower stand, as the crack gunship of the navy. One of ¢wo, of, the gun -crews had hard luck, notably the marines of the port one-pounder, the gun which fired twenty-elght shots. "The . target drifted and that makes the record no fair tost a8 Tegards the crew. 1am pleased at the show. ing 'you have made and I expect next ime. 1o see o materlal Improvement. . Some . of the crews show the need of it. Now, just one word to the enlisted men and the sailors, both to the men-behind the guns and to those In the engine-room, for without the men in the engine-room the men at the guns can do nothing. It 15 a credit o the navy ‘as a whole when the crew of & single ship does well. Every man who does. well reflects credit upon'the navy; every men wha doeh badly refiects discredit’ upon 1t 1 know I can count upon all on this ship, s u 1 aboard all other ships in the navy 1 orpest that each man so will do his ‘duty ¢ te reflect credit upon the navy as a whote '3 should-like now to see the winning crew. ‘When the four men comprising crew—W. J. Q'Donnell, gun pointer; F. rowley, G. Grim and A, H. Hflde- brand—had stepped forward by order of Lieutenant Commander Phelps, the ex- the ecutive officer, the President, addressing |. them, said: am very much pleased with the work you have done to-day, and I want to say that It you keep up this record it will be difficult to find a better six-pounder crew in the navy. In the trainipg of first-class gun-pointers is the solution of the problem of obtaining the highest efficiency of the navy. The President then shook hands wifh the members of the successful crew, and as he did so pressed a five-dollar bill into the palm of each, but giving $20 to the gun pointer, O'Donnell. ——— —_— SACRAMENTO, Aug. 6.—The sternwheel steamer Sonoma sank in the river behind Wood Island last night. The boat was a small one that ran on Mokelumne River. the | the prizes | CUPID LOSES ROVAL HEARTS Austrian Archduchess Will Not Wed Ba- varian Duke. Marie Annonciade Indignant- ly Upsets a Family Arrangement. BERLIN, Aug. 6.—The announcement ‘of the breaking off of the engagement of |iArchduchess Marie Annonciade, of Aus- tria, and Duke Siegfried, of Bavaria, made, yesterday, was accompanied by a | statement emanating from the Bavarian court that the betrothal was broken off ‘| by agreement of both persons, but it is very well known in court circles that the Archduchess took the first step. \ /She visited the Bavarian court after the betrathal had been arranged by her fam- ily and the Duke's in June, and had an ‘opportunity ' to learn the Duke’s habils and tastes. The Archduchess, who is a niece of the Emperor of Austria, is of a serfous, meditative disposition. She is re- liglously inclined, is interested in educa- tion and is abbess of an institution of young noble women n Prague. ' The many unhappy marriages in her family doubtless determined her to avoid a mistake if possible. It is said the Duke was positively repulsive to her. He vis- ited Vienna at her request two days ago and she appealed to him, without consuit- | ing her family, to break the engagement; rand he did so without taking counsel of her family. The Duke is the nephew of the late | Empress Elizabeth of Austria, twenty- six years old, the same age as the Arch- duchess, and is volatile and fond of sports and high living. Recently he auctioned | his racing stables because of his debts | and took a year's furlough from the lieutenancy of h heavy cavalry regiment stationed at Munich. e e AN AMATEUR OUTPITCHES Cleveland Youngster Makes Wonder- ful Showing in a Game With the Philadelphia Nine. AMERICAN LEAGUE. | CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—The visitors pounded Patterson savagely at the start, but after the first inning secured but ome hit. The locals batted Carrick for three singles and two dou- * | Dles their first time up, Lee pitching the re- mainder of the game. Attendance, 1760, Scor: rick, Lee and Clark. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6.—Kahoe | breaking game for St. Louis to-day by a wild | throw to third in the sixth inning and stupid base running in the ninth, when with the bases full and a run needed to tle, he was caught off third base for the final out. Attendance, 3000. | Score: | R H E i St. Louts 6 12 2 | Boston ik R | _ Batteries—Powell and Kaho; | Criger. | CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.—Smith, a local am: | teur, outpitched Rube Waddell to-day, Clev | land winning out in the ninth on singles by R: |and La Jole. It was Waddell's first appear- | ance in Cleveland, but rain kept the attendance | down to 2670. Score: | ; Dineen and | R. H E | Cleveland .. -5712 8 Philadelphia . VA T 1 Batteries—Smith and Bemis; Waddell and Schreck. DETROIT, Aug. 6.—Two hits and a steal of third base by McFarland scored Baltimore's first_run_and successive singles by Williams, Arendt and Mellor brought in the deelding one, Beore® R, H.- B Detroit ... o e DD | Baltimore 2 10 0 Batteries—Mullin and Buslow; Wiltz and Smith, NATIONAL LEAGUE. NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—The final game of the | serles between Pittsburg and New York was called on account of rain at the end of the Score: fifth inning. Pittsburg . | New York e | _ Batteries—Chesbro and 0'Connor; Taylor and E. 0 Bresnahan. Umpire—Emslie, BROOKLYN, Aug. 6.—Brooklyn 0, Cincin- | nati 4. Called at end of first inning; rain. BOSTON, Aug. 6.—Boston-St. Louis game postponed; rain, PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6.—Philadelphid- Chicago game postponed; rain. JUDGE TROUTT ANNULS A DECREE OF DIVORCE Learns That the Facts Had Been Mis- represented to Him by the Plaintiff. Judge Troutt yesterday set aside the decree granting Isaac Schwartz of Phil- edelphia a divorce on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction. It appears that in November, 1899, Schwartz, who is a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, inform- ed his wife that he intended going to Chi- cago on business. Instead of going to that city he came here and sixty days {later brought suit for _divorce on the | ground of desertion. Judge Troutt be— | lieving the testimony given before him to | be true granted the husband a divorce | January 19, 1900. ‘When Mrs. Schwartz learned that her husband had secured a legal separation she proceeded to have it annulled on the | ground that the papers were not served on her nor had she notice of the bringing of the suit. She further alleged that the hushband had not established legal resi- { that one must reside in this city one year and be a resident of the city and county three months preceding the commence- ment of the action. Attorney Joseph Rothehild appeared for the wife and upon a proper showing Judge Troutt annulled the decree. e Accuses Roberts of Battery. Arthnr Priddle, who represents Dav- ‘idson Bros., a company dealing in marble in Chicago ard having the contract for supplying marble to the new postoffice building on Seventh street, swore to a warrant befcre Judge Cabaniss yester- day for the arrest of Joser?h ‘W. Rob- erts, the Government superintendent of construction, on a. charge of battery. béen dispgting about’the ownership of fencing material and Saturday afternoon Roberts called him into his office to dis. cuss the matter. The discussion became acrimonious and Roberts ordered Prid- dle out of his office. He refused fo go and he alleges Roberts struuck him on the head and threw him out, . ., ADVERTISEMENTS. . DEAFNESS CURED = - BY THE ELECTRO-CHEMIC TREATMENT. Flectricity and chemistry combined in one grand healing agent cures d. in all stages, even the most advanced. It adds life to.the auditory canals and nerves and- makes the ear drum again resonant. ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY Cures without pain or operations. Cancer, Consumption, Catarrh, tism, Paralysis, Tumors, Abthma, Piles and Fistula; Skin and Blood Diseases and the at of men and women. ELECTRO-CHEMIC INSTITUTE 118 Grant Ave , Sen Francisc-. Otfice hours—Daily, 9 a. m. to 5 p, and 7 to 8 p. m.. Sunday—10 a. m, t m. o 1 . M. * Free consultation and demonstration of Electro-Chemic X-Ray during office hours. Special home electrical treatments. | MIGHTY RUBE WADDELL | | BELTE 1, | Chicago L5 13 - 41 ‘Washingto: .2 4 1 Batterles—Patterson and McFarland; Car- lost a heart- | dence in this city. The statute requires | C MUGH OF LAND 15 TRANSFERRED Friars Dispose of Real Estate to Various Corporations. New Complication in the Pro- posed Settlement in the Philippines. Rl SRl ROME, Aug. 6.—According to informa- tion received by the Vatican, almost all | the real estate belonging to Spanish | friars in the Philippines was sold before American occupation to syndicates and corporations duly registered and legally recognized, headed by Americans living { authority that although the friars hold some shares in these corporations, they {do not own controlling interests. i in view of Governor Taft's proposition to | buy the friar lands, which apparently are | no longer in their control. It is considered | remarkable that Governor Taft, fresh from the Philippines, was not aware of the situation: | WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—The War De-| | partment has known for some time that | | portions of the friar lands in the Philip- i pines have been disposed of to companies | {in New York. It is alleged by the same | The | | Vatican is surprised at this information, | 11 “HILL” S NOW - INOTHER NAME Boston Woman Says Los Angeles Man Was Her Father. Not Salem Charles, She De- clares, but Lorenzo Dow Sherman, g S Special Dispatch to The Call BOSTON, Aug. 6.—“I am the sole and | rightful heir, and there is no question or | doubt about it. He was my father.” | Thus Mrs. Emma Varney of 171 St. Bo- | tolph street expressed herself to-day | when seen by the correspondent of The Call and asked regarding her claim to the estate of $142,000 left by the man known as “Charles Hill” at Los Angeles, Cal. “1 have conclusive proof that the dead man was not Salem Charles but my father, Lorenzo Dow Sherman. Mrs. Varney stated that her father went | West in 1854, leaving his wife and Mrs. | Varney, who was then a mere babe, at | Round Prairies, Ill. It subsequently des veloped that he had taken up his abodé in California from a letter which he Wwrote to his wife a few months after he left her. Her mother later learned that | he had eloped with a woman named Marian Black. She claims that her father changed his name immediately after he and all of the recent negotiations con-| o choq the West. | ducted by Secretary Root have carefully i taken into account any contingencies which might arise through these trans-| | fers. The facts were fully communicated | to the Government by Governor Taft. | The latter aiso explained this matter of | alleged transter to the Senate Commit- | tee on the Philippines. In the course of | his evidence before the committee, Gov-| | ernor 71aft said in answer to the question | whether the frairs were in actual pos-| | session of the lands: “‘Generally, in order | I to avoid hostilities, they have Kmnsferred‘ their titles to companies and retained a | majority of the stock.” Being asked as to ‘these companies, | Governor Taft explained their status as | follow ‘I wish to say that one of these | companies, or a stockholder of one of the ) companies, has filed a protest with the| yacting G rnor, which 1 have with me, | against the condemnation of those lands, | { because of the interest some individual i owners have in them. But I want to add | that I do not think that protest has suf- | ficient weight to vary the truth of any statement that the commission has rea- | sonable ground to believe that, with the authority which it asks, to wit: to issue bonds, it can at reasonable prices pur-| | chasethis land.” 3 As to the bona fide nature of the trans- fers to certain companies, Governor Taft | said that he had cross-examined the heads | of religious orders. He added: “I think after you read the evidence it will become obvigus that while it is true that transfers have been made, they have been colorable in this sense—not fraudu- lent. I do not say that; but they have been colorable in the sense that the trans- fer made was for the purpose of giving the public the impression that the friars | had parted with their titles and thus fa- cilitating the collection of rents, while in | fact the ownership is still retained. That is my information as to the condition of the titles now, in spite of a protest filed i by some stockholders with respect to the ownership of some haciendas.” Having in mind this information that the friars had sold portions of their lands to pompanies, Secretary Root said in his | last dispatch of instructions to Governor ! Taft, sent to the latter at Rome, that in | case of a suecessful close of the negotia- tions, lists must be furnished not only of the lands, but also of titles which had been merged in the stock of corporations, with the total stock of such corporations and ‘the amount of stock held by the re- ligious order. Aside from this information given by Governor Taft, the War Department has been advised from time to time of certain individual transfers made by religious in- stitutions in the Philippines to persons and organizations in this country. One such transfer is represented by a leading firm of attorneys in New York and another is represented by a Washington: firm of attorneys. The negotiations have pro-, ceeded, however, with the idea that these transfers were not of a character to inter- rupt the consummation of the main object of securing a transferrence of the lands as an entirety. REFUSED TO AUDIT NINE ILLEGAL SALARY DEMANDS Auditor Baehr Opposes Attempt of Board of Works to Ignore Muni- cipal Budget. The Board of Public Works ran up against a snag yesterday in its attempt to retain officials in its employ whose salaries are not specifically provided for in the budget. Auditor Baehr refused to audit nine demands of as many employes which were drawn on the maintenance fund of the board. Baehr holds that the Boeard of Supervisors specifically provided for the salaries of all officials in the De- partment of Works, and that the commis- sion has no right to use its maintenance | fund to pay salaries. The Supervisors de- sired to abolish unnecessary positions in the department named and failed to ap- propriate money to pay the salaries of certain employes. The following named had their démands ‘“held up": |, Benjamin Heath Jr., chief of the Bureau of {'Streets, $200; W. R. one, inspector, Charles J. Gallagher, ing, $150; E. J. Brandon, Superintenden of Sewers, $150; J. B.-Cowden, deputy, Bureau of Streets, $150; George W. Dutton, inspector of | | | | | | street sweepings, $100; E. J. Dalton, keeper of bunker: §75; Franeis Moran, keeper of bunk- John F. Stewart, keeper of bunkers, S A | Robbed His Employers. | T. P. Bryant, an employe of W. P. | Fuller & Co., was afrested last night by | and locked up in tke City Prison pending ! an investigation of his past record. The | detectives located about $200 worth of | paint brushes in the pawn shops and | from the description given of the man who sold them they arrested Bryant. Soon . after being taken into -custody, Bryant broke down and confessed that he had been stealing from his employers. How much .he has stolen, the firm is not able to say at present, but it is known that fully $1000 worth of goods are gone. ———————— George Martin Is Convicted. George Martin was tried before a jury in Judge Dunne's court yesterday on a | brought in a verdict of assault with a vdeadlgy weapon. He will be sentenced Sat- | urday. On May 13 Martin called on his | sister, Mrs. Marie Dorfler, %7 Harrison |'street, and pulling a revolver out of his | pocket said he was going to kill her. L. | P. Matkin, a friend of Mrs. 'Dorfler, was resent and jumped for the revolver. Dur- ng the struggle the weapon was dis- charged and the bullet struck Matkin on the arm. e e Falling Wall Breaks Leg. William Cahill, a fireman employed in the United States Laundry at 3111 Six- teenth street, had his leg broken by the fall of a firewall yesterday afternoon. Cahill was in the-furnace room making some repairs when the wall slipped from its foundation and crushed his leg under its weight. The injured man, who re- sides at 1363 Minna street, was removed to St. Mary’'s Hospital, where he was attended by Dr. Hopper. — e Explosion of Gas Burns Workman. An employe of the Independent Gas and Electric Company was burned about the head and face yesterday while connect- ing the gaspipes in the store of Mrs. T. Harold at 2728 Twenty-fourth street with the street main. He was using a lighted cnn?le, when a slight explosion occurred, setting fire to the building. Engine com- pany responded promptiy to an alarm and extinguished the fire. The loss to the building and contents will not exceed $200. ————— FLORAL SOCIETY MEETING.—The reg- ular monthly meeting of the State Floral So- clety will be held at 223 Sutter street to-mor- row afternoon, instead of Saturday afternoon, as previously announced. $125; | Superintendent of Pav- | Detectives Ryan, O'Dea and Armstrong | Briddie alieged that he and Roberts nad | CarEe Of Ao A e e ™ | “Up to the time my mother died, about twenty-one years ago,” says Mrs. Var- ney, “I had been made to belleve that my father was dead. Some time ago I heard from my aunt that a traveling man told & story to one of my husband’s brothers, who live in Iowa, that he knew that my father was living and was in the grape- raising business in California and was very wealthy.” Mrs. Varney claims that the letter recently found among her which she mother’s possessions and which is the one her father wrote to her in 1854 bears a striking resemblance to the handwriting of certain words in,the Bible which was foull'ldh)ré "iflll's}" 'se;sh)n. Cy ad that letter phaqgo; hed and sent a copy of Kellogg, the administrator, and have heard from him. He wrote that at last we were on the’ right track,” said Mrs. Varney. “A photograph which I for- warded bears a perfect resemblance to those published of the dead man.” Mrs. Conrad Is Located. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 6.—1Irs. E. A. Con- rad, who is accused of having kidnaped Lillian Ventura, the 9-year-old daughter of herself and Professor L. D. Ventura, her former husband, has been located in Minneapolis. The warrant for her arrest was sworn out some time ago, but al- thou, Sheriff Taylor has made diligent search and inquiry, her whereabouts was not learned until yesterday. The Chief of Police of Minneapolis notified the Sheriff that the woman was there and under sur- veillance. Attorney Thomas Boyd, for the father of the kidnaped child, sought to get extradition f)aTrs to-day, but District Attorney Mclsade refused to petition Gov- ernor Gage for them. it Bull Fighting at Point Richmond. POINT RICHMOND, Aug. 6.—Interest in the bullfighting here does not wane. | The number of spectators was largely in- creased to-night. Four savage bovines | were secured for the exhibition. The fights were Initiated by a Mexican steer. The matador, toreadors, picadors and banderillos marched into posifion at the bugle call. The steer, teased by flaunting capes, started for the men, who were afoot. They took refuge behand wooden guards, which the enraged animal would | strike with its horns. The Mexicans expect to parade the streets of San Frafciseo to-morrow. ————— | Executor Finds Second Will. | A second will executed by the late Mar- garet Lang was filed for probate yester- day by Judge Carroll Cook, who is named as executor in the document. It is holo- grarhic. The will filed by Judge Cook & | few days ago is being contested by rela- tives of Mrs. Lang, who reside in New York. In the document flled yesterday Mrs. Lang leaves her husband, Fritz Lang, $2000, though she left him but $ in the will filed several days ago, and leaves the residue of her estate, after payment of several legacies ranging from $200 to $4000_to relatives and friends, to Bessie G. Ceck, wife of Judge Carroll Cook. ——— Contractor Accused of Battery. Arthur Priddle, representative of Da~ vidson Bros., a Chicago firm, which has a contract to supply marble to the new | postoffice building, swore out a warrant | yesterday for the arrest of Joseph Rob- | erts for battery. Roberts is employed as | stperintendent of construction on the new building and he and Priddle got into a | diseussion last Saturday afternoon about some material for the structure. Rob- erts ordered Priddle out of his office and when he refused to go the superintendent beat him about the head and then kicked | him out, so Priddle says. —_——— 1 Hard Times Party. The members of Redwood Circle of the ‘Women of Woodcraft have arranged for an old-clothes and hard-times rod Native Sons’ building te-morrow night. The circle has had a very heavy tax upon | jts funa for the relief of sick and Sl | tressed members, and the party is to be given for the purpose of replenishing that fund. | | y | | retards the circulation, weakens the stomach, deranges digestion, pollutes the’blood, destroys the nervous force and saps the vitality of the whole | It causes pains in the side, pal- | pitation, shortness of breath, | smothering, dropsical swellings, sinking spells, and frequently ends all suffering in sudden death. Why tempt death when a cure 1s within easy reach? “My head would get so hot it seemed to be burning while my feet were like ice. limbs would swell and get numb. I hadto sit in a ¢l day and night for months and my heart throbbed and pained me terribly. After using three bottles of Dr. Miles’ Heart: Cu’r,e I could do » o daalworfi M. MACLAY, Shippensburg, Fa. ’ . Miles Heart Cure never fails to relieve, and few cases are too severe for it to cure. 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