The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1902, Page 2

2 5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1902. PYTHIANS CONCLUDE THEIR DRILL AT PRESIDIO " S— FIVE HUNDRED TRKE THE OATH Monster Initiation -Into the Order of Foresters of America. Impressive Work in Eintracht Hall in the Presence of Many People. racht Hall, on Twelfth street, was fllumined last night, when 500 young men were initiated into er of the Foresters of America. In ats specially re- served for them on the main floor were about 1500 members of the order. The candidates were from this city, Cakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Lean- dro, Elmhurst and Haywaras. They were 10 sections set apart for each assign ccurt and at the right hana of each sec- tion sat the chief ranger of the court. The grand officers, several of whom as far south as Los Amgeles, ats on either side of the chief who had been selected to confer ere large hall was arranged as a court, | ils altar covered with old glory. | were bright with the three coi- ‘mbolic of the patriotic spirit of the | | he candidates had been admitted | y card the as blage was called to or-| der by John G. Chase Jr., chairman of ithe general committee on initiation. He the court over to Grand nger E. 1. Wolfe, who, with the e of a number of the brothers, ped it in due form. The degree was erred upon two candidates, while the | looked on until it was time for all | ake the solemn obligation -that -ce- | cd their fraternal relations with the | 2 | After t a tion. Then each arose in his i aced himself in proper atlltufle‘ the other two candidates stood at tar and in unison slowly and de- ely repeated the words of the fra- eontract. When it came to giving 1ernal the secret work each chief ranger passed down the line of his section and com- municated the grip and password. This in a noiseless manner and with- cut confusion. Those who had the working parts in the conferring of the degree were: Daniel Teare, chief ranger; J. H. Foley, junior chief ranger; Simon Meyer, subchief ger; H. L. Bimon, senior warden; J. O’ Brien, junior warden; John J. Cordy, £ beadle, and Grand Chief Ranger Wolfe as lecturer. The various charges were impressively delivered and after the chief nger announced at the close of remony that he welcomed all the 2s brothers there was deafen- cheers and much applause, pecially designed gold badge was nted to President Chase for his ser- in the matter of the monster initia- s done nior the c Brief addresses were delivered by Grand_Chief Ranger Wolfe, Grand Sub- <f Ranger H. A. Gabriel, Grand Senior ward J. H. Foley, Grand Secretary John J. Cordy and other grand officers. There will be a grand ball to-night in the same hall in celebration of the mon- ster initiation. ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT A SERVANT GIRL Hugh Fay, Son of Late State Sen- | ator, Is in City { Prison. | Hugh Fay was arrested last night by | Detectives Ryan and O'Day 2t his home, | 2014 Powell street, for, it is charged, tak- | ¢ 2 shot at Mary O'Connor, a house ser- | A sister of Fay telephoned to the | 1g her -brother was Grunk and | and the two detectives were at | ¢ led on the case, | Fay was taken to jail in a drunken: con- | Gition and placed in detinue until his | family decide. whether or not they desira | to. prosecute. He claims to have no re- | membrance of the shooting incident. . | e young man is the son of the late Stite Senator Fay. —_———— Peculating Porter Sentenced. Thomas P. Bryant was convicted by Judge Conlan yesterday on three charges larceny and was sentenced to in the County Jail on each eighteen months alto- | Bryant was employed as a porter | P, Fuller & Co. and at different le paint brushes, which he sold. INES ARE ® | L - ¥ ENJo e 2 HAIR "JUGGLER S OF THE TowN HAavE BEE~N Do'~G DuTy o | THE HELMETS.. Knights Make a Fine Showing for .the Prizes. . Trophies Will Be Pre- sented to the Win- ners. AJOR E. E. HARDIN of the Seventh Infantry, Captain Julius A. Penn of the Sev- eénth Infantry and Lieuten- ant E. R. West of the artil- 4 lery corps, judges of the Knights of Pythias Uniform Rank competitive drills, were on the pa- rade grounds of the Presidio yesterday morning bright and early to inspect and pass decision on the men in class A. Gen- eral D. A. Johnston of Oklahoma and Colonel J. L. ®Benepe of San Jose were again in charge of the drills. The attend- ance was far larger than on _the previous day, and the officers and men of the companiés showed their mettle and splendid pluck in their efforis to gain the envied prize. At 9 o'clock Victor Company No. §, Vie- tor, Colo., marched on the parade ground and saluted the judges. At once the spectators resolved that in these men from Colorado was a determination to go in and win. Whether they were succe ful will not be known until to-nigit, when the result -of the judges’ decision will- be made known. Their demecauor was in every sense satisfactory. Capiain H. A. Naylor, in command, and his asso- ciate officers were in fuil dress, while the men of the company were drees. Terre Haute Company No A. C. Duddleson commandin; dress and made a fine and Ty ‘ap- pearance. Their drill was magnificent and almost went like clockwork. The ca- dence was excellent and the lines remark- ably true throughout the drill. Following Terre Haute No. 3 came Ko- komo (Indiana) No. 9, Captain R. L. Ja- cobs commander. The men were well sized and as they marched .on the p rade ground and saluted the judges their appearance warranted the anticipation that they were going to give their earlicr opponents a close run for the prize. Pos- FORMING 3, Captain s in full SovTHERN CaL i FomrmIanS oo LigHT SLuMmBER 5 BE~EA THE S Rt o 2o e SR R FO ForR THE BI1G PORSE e S 1"t >ou OFFICERS MERE ELECTED B> THE RavwBonE SISTER> . . o A PACKAGE THE SEE KMNIGHTS PREPEMNT.. ov THE GENTS A L5550 ~METS s CO HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR = LIKELY TO CHERISH FOR ¥0NTH§ TO €OME. ™ g SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE PYTHIAN CARNIVAL W!;I'H‘ WHICH THE RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCIB- DURING THE PRESENT 'WEEK AND MEMORY OF WHICH THEY ARE e Mimetic Representation of the Battle of Gettysfiurg ‘Will Be Repeated at the Pavilion This Evening. sibly it may have been Que to Captain Jacobs being overanxious, for the fract remains that the Kokomo boys fell into one or two errors that, had the gallant captain not been too cager, might not have occurr His distance was at fault once or twice, and especially when he brought his men on the sward and ai- most put them in the way of a stack of cannon balls. Fordyce Company No. 3, Hot Springs, Ark., Captain A. J. Gunther command- ing, did not make the success hoped for, though the men looked soldierly. Their, sword exercise was far from skiliful. Vigo Company No. 83, Terre Haute, Ind., Captain M. R. Combs, appeared in full dr The men were loudly applaud- ed, and the opinfon at the conclusion of the drill was that the judges will have difficulty in determining between the two ) 2ot R BATTLE OVER WE Terre Haute companies, the- Victor com- pany and' the Kalamazoo company. WILL GIVE SHAM BATTLE. Gettysburg to Be Refought at Me- chanics’ Pavilion To-Night. There will be a reproduction of the Bat- tle of Gettygburg at the Mechanics' Pa- vilion to-night, and the auditorium will be turned into a military” camp. One.of the armies will be led by Treop A, Cavalry, under command of Captain Charles Jan- sen, and the other by the Naval Militia of California, commanded. by Colonel George W. Bauer. The scene will be made as realistic as possible. The bugle will sound to arms and the soldiers will rush from their quar- B o ) Continued From Page One. who tried to stop, and the accident fol- lowed. Peasants who saw the automobile | say it was going at such a terrific pace at some points that it was impossible to | istinguish its color. The firm that sold Mr. ¥air the automobile last June says be paid $12,000 for it, and ordered another at the same price to be of sixty horse- power. The second machine was almost ready for delivery. y Mr. Fair was passionately fond of au- tomobil nd never missed a day on | the road. Several times he attempted to beat the one-hour record. The fatal accident to Mr. and Mrs. Fair | is the sensation of the city and the lead- | ing topic of conversation among Ameri- can residents and in automobile circles. The manager of the firm which sold Mr. Fair thepautomobile in which he met | his death declared in an interview to-day | that he had more than once warned Mr. | Fair that he was too imprudent. He said | that Mr. Fair had the speed madness.‘ and had met with an accident’ the last part of June, when he collided with an-| other automobile on the Avenue des Champs Elysee, in Paris, but luckily no | one was killed. “I attribute the accident,” said (he[ manager of the firm, ““to the condition of | the road where the disaster haé)pened. At | this point there is a steep and treacher. ous incline down which Mr. Fair mufiK‘ have gone at full speed, and his auto- mobile, which was capable of running | about sixty-eight miles on the flat, would then have attained a speed of from | &7 1o 93 miles an hour. Mr. Fair was not | a skiliful driver, like W. K. Vanderbiit | Jr. In fact be had not driven an auto- | mobile very much prior to purchasing | this machine from us.” M. Fournier, who is & member of the| firm in question, has gone to Evreaux. Word has been recelved from him by telegraph asking for a_wagon to trans. port the wreckage of Mr. Fair's auto mobile. He says the condition of the Fair chauffeur is much more serious than was at first reported. Dispatches received here confirming the ssaster do not indicate whether Mr. or Mrs. Fair expired first. 2 Mr. Ellis, manager of the Hotel Ritz, who has been at the Chateau Bisson du Mai to-day in accordance with instruc- tions cabled from Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, @ it Piles Cured Without the ilnife, Tiching, Blind, BleeGing or Protruding Piles. No cure, No Pay. All druggists are authcrized by manufscturers of Pazo Ointment to refund money where it fails to cure any case of ‘plies, Bo matter of how long standing. Cures ordinary cases in six days; WOTSt cases In fourteen days One spphcation glves ease and rest. - Relleve: jiching instantly. This is a new discovery, and is the only pile remedy sold on positive guar- antce, no cure, no pay. A free sample will be sent by mail 10 any on» Sending bame.and ad. dress. Price 50c. If your druggist don’t keep it in stock send 50c in stamps and we will for- ward full size box by mall. Manu by PARIS MEDICINE CO., St. Louis, Mo., whe 0 manufacture the celebrated cold cure, Lexative Bro: Tablets. 1 | town_of Passy sur Eure. \JOHN FARNHAM Mr. Fair's sister, to arrange for the re- moval of the bodies and Mr. and Mrs. Fair's belongings to New, York, says he saw Dr. Perrinquet, who was summoned after the accident from the -neighboring Dr. Perrinquet told Mr. Ellis that when he reached the scene of the disaster both Mr. and Mrs. Fair were dead. They had apparently | been killed outright. The gatekeeper and | other persons connected with the cha- | teau also thought that- both the Fairs | were dead when picked up. ! Mr. Ellis found the bodies covered with | beautiful flowers, which M. Borson, the | owner of the chateau, had gathered from ! his garden. Mr. Eliis had the bodies em- balmed and placed in two oaken caskets lired with Jead. They were enveloped in silken shrouds. A special car was en- gaged to bring the remains by rail to | Paris. They will be dispatched to New | York by the first steamer. W. K. Vanderbilt Sr.’ telegraphe@ from Trouville this afterncon asking if he could be of service, but all the arrange- ments had then been completed. FILES PETITION | WITHOUT DELAY | UBLIC ADMINISTRATOR JOHN | FARNHAM flled petitions eariy vesterday morning for letters of | administration of the estates 'of | Charles L. Fair and Mrs. Caroline D.| Fair, and asked to be appointed special | administrator of the estates pending the issuance of the general letters of ndmln-, istration. Argument on the petitions will be heard this morning at 10 o'ciock in Judge Cook’s court and Knight & Heg- gerty, for the Fair heirs, will oppose the Public Administrator’s petition, Should Farnham succeed in his conten- tion and seture the authority of the courts to administer upon the estates it would mean to him fees amounting to 350,000 to $100,000, according to the value the estates prove to have. For estates of such size he would receive practically 1 per cent. No oné places Fair's wealth at a lower sum than $5,000,000, and’ the es- tmates range upward to $10,000,00. The Public Administrator makes. a guess, putting the value at $6,000,000. The estate of Mrs. Fair he places at $100.000. Charles J. Heggerty says Mrs. Fair had property here approximating $150,000 in -value and another $100,000 in real estate in New York, consisting of a residence on River- side drive at Xseat Seventy-fifth street. Heggerty had previously informed Judge Cook and the other Superlor Judges that wills left by Fair and his wife were known to exist and had requested him to grant no petition of the Public Admin- istrator without first giving _the repre- sentatives of the Fair heirs a chance to reply to the Public Adminlstrator's argu- ; ing either of a certified copy of the find- | secure a few tens of thousands in- fées .and payable to the estate of sald deceased and ments. The preliminary skirmish will take place this morning in Judge Cook's court. Knight & Heggerty will ask.that a reasonable continuance be granted. They Wwill contend that legal inrormation of the death of the couple must be had, consist- ings at the inquest, the arrival of the bodies here and their identification, - or similar evidence. Further they will con- tend that common decency should protect them against the necessity of filing the Wills until the bodies have been given burial, even to protect them against the efforts of the Public Administrator go out of the rich estates. Carlton W. Greene, attorney for the Public Administrator,’ expiained the legal grounds on which that official's arguments will be based. He said yesterday: Presuming that there are no wills, there are no next of kin of either of the deceased who are resident within_the State. - Section 1369 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that no one is competent to administer an estate here who s not a bona-fide resident of the State. This prevents either of the sisters of Charies L. Falr from acting as administratrix. Mr. Oel- richs cannot be administrator in precedence of the Public Administrator, for he s not an heir. If there are wills in existence and no exec- uters named who survive, the same rule will apply. The order of precedence in the appoint- ment of an adminstrator is lald down in sec- tion 1365 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and by it the Public Administrator's claim outranks that of any one else who may be legally ap- pointed, the heirs all being non-residents. This argument, of course, is based upon the assumption that Fair in his will named his wife as executor and that in Mrs, Fair's will her husband {s named as_excoutor. ‘arnham’s petitions recite that Charles L. Fair and Mrs. Caroline D. Fair dl:d in the republic of France on or about the 14th day of August. The petition in the matter of the estate of Charles L, Fair recites further: That the value and character of sald property ®o far as known to petitioner are as follows: Real estate in said city and county of the value of about four million dollars, and stocks and bonds ard securities of the Value of upward of one million dollars. R That, £0 far as is known to your petitioner; the value of the estate and effects of sald deceased for or In respect of which letters of administra- tion are hereby applied does not exceed the sum of six miilion doliars. That, so far as Is known to your petitioner, the deceased has only the following heirs: Mrs, Hermann Oelrichs, a sister, residing in the State of New York; Mrs. Virginia Fair-Vanderbilt, a sister, residing in the State of New York. That there will be considerable. delay in granting letters of administration. That the real estate of sald deceased is much of it fmproved and is rented to numerous ten- ants; that rents and other moneys are now due that since the death of said deceased there Is no persons authorized to recelve, collect or take charge and care for the property of said' dec ceased, nor to care for and protect sald prop. ertyl nd that it is necessary that a special ad. ministrator be immediately appointed for such purpose: That due search and inquiry has been made to ascertain if sald deceased left any will and testament, but none has been' found, " and “ac- ters to the combat amid the discharge of rifles and roar of cannon. While the battle is in progress the lights will be manipuiated to show the dawn of day. The rising sun will show the con- tending forces upon the battle field, and as the smoke lifts the field will be seen strewn with the dead, wounded and dis- armed. The following orders have been issued by the participants: Under no_circumstances should any of the men be in front of the artillery pieces when the same are being fired. The men must keep in the rear of the artillery pieces while being fired. The men should not fire their rifles while any of the men are in front of them; only thcss on'the skirmish line should fire. All firing will be by volley, the command to be given by the section commander. When the charge is made the men will then be given the command to fire at will. LTH OF L KHoaa55A~ GoAaT AvSo WORK ED [ 3 r m ¢ my N AN ) N d X ‘\\\‘\%\ 2 \ AN o \ 1 % a +lunch’the steamer was headed, for Mare ATE CH HILE OTHERS ENJOY EXCURSION ON THE BAY 2 ER TIME LiGHAT EATERR ARE THE KNIGHTS Kbbrassgfn Princes En- joy Trip on the Bay. Pointsof Interest Along the Shore Are Visited. AL B HE Imperial Palade, Dramatic Order of Khorassan, enjoyed a trip on the bay yesterday, last- i . ing several hours, during which time they visited all the points cf interest. ‘The excursion was tendered to the Imperial Palace by the Zerin Kapi Temple No. 52 of this city. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning 600 of the order boarded the steamer Frisbie at the Mission-street wharf and started on a tour of the bay. They viewed the Union Iron Works, and then made for Vallejo. Here the first stop was made. An elabor- ate lunch ‘had been prepared in Samocset Hall in the Red Men's building. After Isiand, where the order was met by rep- resentatives from Washington Legdge No. 7, who_escorted them over the isiand and showed them the points of interest. The pariy rema:ned ashore two hours and then | the Frisbie steamed back to her berth at | Mission-street wharf, which she reached | shortly before 6 o'clock. The day was an ideal one-and the mem- bers of the party declared that they had had a good time generally. -Among the notables on board from the Imperial Pal- ace were the following named: Imperial Prince John H. Holmes of St. Louis, Past Tmperial Prince Frank H. Clarke of De- troit, Imperial Secretary H. W. Belding of St. Louis and Imperial Treasurer C. B. Frase of Garden Grove, Iowa. Stout Declared Insane. Perry Stout, the young man who had been confined in a cell at the Detention Hospital for the Insane at the City Hall for the last week, pending an examina- tion as to his mental capacity, was ad- judged insane yesterday and committed to the Stockton asylum. Stout is the man who was arrested for beating his aged mother because she declined to fur- nish him with spending money. | cording to the best knowledge, information and lbel{el of your petitioner sajd deceased died in- estate. Wherefore' petitioner prays that general let- ters of administration upon the estate of said deceased fssued to himself, and that he be ap- pointed special _administrator of said estate pending the issuance of general letters of ad- ministration thereon. In the matter of the estate of Mrs. Caroline D. Fair it is recited: That the value and character of said prop- erty, 2o far as known to petitioner, are as fol- lows: ‘Real estate in said city and county of the value of upward of $10,000, and checks. fidl and other securities of the value of §10,- That, so far as is known to your petitioner, the value of the estate and effects of said de- ceased for or in respect of which letters of administration are hereby applied does not ex- ceed the sum of $100,000. “That, so far as is known to your petitioner, the deceased has no known heirs. That there will be considerable delay in granting letters of administration or testas mentary on said estate. i That the real estate of sald deceased is much of it improved and-is rented to numerous ten- ants; that the rents and other moneys payable to the said deceased are many of them now collectable, but that there is no person or persons authorized by law to receive or collect the same nor to take charge of, care foy or protect any of sald property, rents or other property of taid deceased, and that it is nec- eesary that a special administrator be imme- diately appointed for such purposes. BANK VAULTS ARE SEARCHED FOR THE WILLS HE search for wills began yester- day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Her- mann Oelrichs, Charles J. Heg- gerty of Knight & Heggerty and Charles S. Neal, manager of the Fair estate, participated In the quest. Bearing an order from Judge Cook, secured yes- terday morning by the attorney, the three Visited the vaults of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, the First National Bank, the Union Trust Com- pany and the Crocker-Woolworth Bank, in all of which the Fairs had boxes. The discovery of a single will rewarded the search. In the vaults of the Unfon Trust Company was found the will pre- pared by Knight & Heggerty 'in’ April, 1900, and witnessed by Charles J. Heg- gerty and John B. Cashin. This s the will of which Mrs. Fair told Mrs. Joseph Harvey, and by which, it is presumed upon the evidence of her statements to rs. Harvey, she left legacies to. her mother, brothets and sisters aggregating the total amount of her indlvidual fort- une, variously estimated to be worth from 0 $400,000. In Knight & 4 T ,000. No other will was found. Herxer%f’- custody there has been. the will of Charles L. Fair drawn about the same time—April, 1900—the ' contents of which _were published in The Call yes- terday morning. This_and the wil of Mrs. Fair found in the Union Trust Com- pany vault are the documents that will be filed by the attorneys for the Fair helrs whenever it becomes necessary in their opposition to the petition of the Public Administrator. The search for the wills occupled a large part of the afternoon and at 6 o’clock Charles J. Heggerty called the waiting hewspaper men into his private office. He told of the result of the search, but an- nounced that the provisions of the wills Wwould not be divulged until the documents were filed. He sai y We will go into court to-morrow and ask for a reasonable continuance of the matter of the Public Administrator's petition for letters of administration. . There must be time Rermit- ted for some sort of legal confirmation of the cabled reports of the death of Charles L. Fair and his wife. A certified copy of the findinzs of the Coroner would suffice. If delay is granted until the arrival.of the bodies of the deceased, the presence of the bodles of courss would settle the question. Again we contend that common decency would demand that the relatives of the de- ceased millionaire should not be forced into court now, before burial has been given the bodles, to’ defend the estate against the de- signs ‘of the Public Administrator, and we eball 8o argue in our request for a continuance, We do not anticipate that a continuance will | be refused. If it is refused, we shall oppose the petition on the ground that there is no necessity for the appolntment of the Public Administrator_as special administrator of the estates, since Hermann Oelrichs holds the power of attorney of Charles L. Fair, and as Fair's agent it Is his duty to look after the Interests of the estate, now that Falr is dead, just as it was during the simple absence of his brother- in-law. Fprther, Charles S, Neal has been manager of the entire Fair estate, and has col- lected rents, looked after repairs and paid claims for Charles Fair and his wife just as for the other heirs. His duty as agent demands continued attention to those details until an executor or administrator be appointed. No danger of loss to the estates exists. MRS. FAIR HAD PRESENTIMENT . OF A TRAGEDY Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1002, by the New York pinobiles. =There is Herald Publishing Company. RIS, Aug. 16.—M. Wineburg of New York, ‘who was an intimate friend of Charles L. Fair and who was with him when he bought the fatal Mercedes machine from M. Fournier at the end of June, was seen at the Hotel Ritz to-day by The Call correspondent. Mr. Wineburg had come on from Aix-les- Balns on the preceding evening. in the hope of meeting Mr. and Mrs. Fair, He was inexpressibly shocked by the terrible news which awaited upon his arrival “It was by a mere chance,” said Mr. ‘Wineburg, “that Mr. Fair bought this particular machine. The one which he was to have taken was not quite ready, and one day toward the end of June or at the beginning of July Mr. Fair-and I were at M. Fournier's place. This Mer- eedes machine, of forty-five horsepower, a red-painted automobile, was there, and M. Fournier, -turning to Mr. Fair, said, ‘You can have this one right away, if you choose.’ Mr. Fair examined it and found it to his liking, and we got in and went down to the Hoétel Ritz for Mrs. Falr and drove off for a trial spin in the Bois. Mr. Fair was so satisfled with the machine that he bought it there and then, the pur- se_price being 65,000 francs. It is a.strange circumstance that on the trial run in the Bois we met with a slight accident, another automobfle run- ning into us with a rather violent shock and giving a ‘severe shaking to all of us. In fact, Mrs. Fair received a blow on the forehead, and had I not caught her she would have been flung out. It is sad to |} think of now that Mrs. Fair did not like the new machine, and on morc than one occasion expressed her presentiment of an accident owing to its speed possibilities. “Mr. Fair, however, was not only pru- dent, but also a very expert automobilist, and something exceptional must have happened to have caused such a catastro- phe. I am overwhelmed with grief for Mr. and Mrs. Fair, who were the most charming and amiable young people you could possibly imagine." M. W. T. Dannat, a well-known painter, sends a letter to the editor of the Paris editor of the Herald, referring to the death of Mr. and Mrs, Fair. He declares: "I would say that the bursting of the front tire even at a speed of a hundred kilometers an hour, or even more by no means indicates that the machine must immediately leave the road.” The Figaro reporfs a conversation with “‘une haute personnalite” of the auto- mobile club, who states that at the rate Mr. Fair was traveling if the front tire burst a catastrophe was inevitable. 'this statement is inexact and is calculated to injure the sale of foreign power auto- denying the fact that at high speednfl is better to keep on the road as much as possible and that the bursting of any tire has a tendency to cause a digression, but that one is in- stantly hurled into _a ditch or against a tree is nonsense. Every one who has really driven fast cars a great deal has ‘had tires, both front and back, not only burst,” but come off without serious re- sults. “When traveling at very high speed tha least unusual side motion of an auto- mobile, independent of the will of the driver. has always a more or less terrify- ing effect, and If he has not complete control of his nerves an accident can easily haj ‘The “Auto Velo” reporte this shocking accident. -as -having- been FRUIT DRYING INTERESTS HIM Argentine Statesman to Learn California . Methods. Says Art of Preserving Has Not Been Introduced in Buenos Ayrgs. Meliton Panelo, an ex-member of Con- gress of Buenos.Ayres, accompanied by his three sons and a friend, Alberto del Carril, arrived at the Palace yesterday. They are touring the United S*ates for pleasure and meanwhile Senor Panelo wl_ll investigate the dried fruit industry in California. He says that at Buenos Ayres there are large quantities of fruit grown, but the art of preserving or drying has not been introduced there and he thinks it would be a paying investment for him to embark in the business. His three sons, Julio, Fernande and Raul, are all students at the Agricuitrral College at Guelph, Canada. They intend to farm and raise fruit at their home in South America at the close of their studies in Canada. 2 Senor Panelo is a former vice president of the Argentine Railroads, which are contrelled by the Government. He says that he is in favor of governmental s pervision of roads and also considers that lower rates can be obtained by this means. The party will remain in this city sev- eral days and will visit San Jose and the ;:n"“ Santa Clara Valley before going ast. * LOYALTY OF THE NEGRO TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE Rev. .G. H. Brown of Philadelphia Speaks at the Methodist Zion Church. Rev. G. H. Brown of Philadelphia ad- dressed members of the A. M. E. Zion Church, Powell and Jackson. streets, last night, upon the history of the colored race and fhe important part they have played in American history. Mr. Brown's lecture went back to the time of the building of the.ark and traced the wanderings, the woes and the glories of the decendants of Ham to the present time. The speaker was very warmly applaud- ed when he referred to the achievements of the colored regiments, and the struggie they made to uphold the flag during the Civil War, and more recently in the Phil- ippines. The speaker said that one of the first statues erected in this country was put up to commemorate the valuable services given by Crispus Attucks to the American cause during the Revolutionary War, and that it js still standing in Boston Com- mons. Rev. Mr. Brown predicted that the brave conduct of the colored regiments now battling in the new possessions would find expression in some enduring manner. The lecture was for the benefit of the A, M. E. Church, agnd quite & sum was realized. ———— Delivers Interesting Lecture. More than one thousand people were present at the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation auditorium last evening to en- joy the interesting illustrated lecture given by Walter C. Weedon of Hawaii. His lecture was entitled “The Wonder- land; the Paradise of the Pacific.” The lecture dealt with the climate, scenery and commercial advantages the Ha- walian Islands. A superb collection of views assisted in making the lecture a very enjoyable one. Owing to the great demand for admittance, the lecture will be repeated next Tuesday evening. —————————— Camp Stew for Knights. Nevada County is preparing to give the greatest reception in hef history, when the Pythian Knights, together with thou- sands of other excursionists, go there on August 22 for three days’ festivities. Hunters are out, hoping to secure 1500 doves, 25 deer, 10 bears, 400 rabbits and other varieties of game for the big camp stew which will be served at Glenbrook Park. Besides this 2000 trout will be served- for breakfast. Quick as game is secured it is placed in cold storage until the time for the stew. ARLES L. FAIR caused by an attempt to avold a hay cart. It 1s more than likely that it was some- thing of that sort. TIRE OF REAR WHEEL CAUSED CATASTROPHE 1S, Aug. 15.—Manager EIls of the Hotel Ritz says the accident occurred at a point four kilometres from Pasfy sur Eure, and just at the top of the long hill which leads down from the plateau which Mr. and Mrs. Fair had traversed on the way. from Evereux to Passy sur Eure. The automo- blle was yet on a straight read, having perhaps fifty metres more to go before commencing the descent, which winds about considerably. The big Mercedes automobile is oniy slightly damaged. The tires are flat, the steering gear is turned out of true, the mudguards on the right side are smashed and various other parts are twisted and bent, but the automobile practically re- tains its original appearance, instead of being broken to pieces. There seems to be no doubt that it was traveling at a very high rate—some persons say eighty kilometres an hour, others 100 or. 12), At any rate the force with- which the auto- mobile struck the tree was sufficient to detach a large section of bark and make a deep dent In it. It was the swerve to the left that was the Immediate cause of the accident. . Fair was not, as was first reported, trying to pass a hay cart. The machinist says that the left rear tire exploded, not one of the front tires, as Continued on Page Three. Eeeeeeeee——————— 1 Qtlc/('qurcd Skin havoe! Scroftla, let alone, Is capable of all that, and more. 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