The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1903, Page 31

.o-o—ofl-o-ow Pages 3110 4 { 044§ T B STEEL IN CORSET STANFORD MEN VICTORIOUS 5 RECOVERED |Consol¢s Grieving Wife, Refers to the Calnness, and in a Steady Voice Says Science Parents of Little Child Again Regain Its Custody. Funk broe £ thelr M : gnor iER PARTS WITH BABY. A Be Pil gs ai yxicants. Mrs 3. Nich s a worker in e of lifor- and N pro- s he e child ¥ E s it was DR. THRASHER'S PART. in Reno Fi earned that when Mrs. | & [ m his wife - k C rectly office of L T where she met Mrs. Beag re Reno woman, nd there paid e him a prom- hed her Thrasher s part in the | in a measure by | y the doctor for- tion & demand | the city and put ned into the posses- White the baby was with the assistance was returned to the cus- ‘ ts | v loss of the baby and the | er have again reunited the es- ple, and- father and mother were all present in Secretary vesterday afternoon ready sundered lives anew ard gad experience. They will ture Bome at 702 Rallroad - ) sician of some He is apparently | age and has been P t allege of the Fies s. Beaglehole he adm 1 as intermedi- ary & for the woman, received any | . er than ar fee for exam- | 4 pronouncing her sound | DENIES COMPLICITY. Be e was ended @ @ Mre. Richards, a 7rfilY°- patient of mine wk in Reno, and 1 was told that she was a wealthy woman who desired to adopt a child. I bad seen advertisements the papers | fr Mrs. Funke offering babies for | adoption, and I communicated with her | on the subjeet. This was my first ac. | e with Mrs. Funke. She agreed y for adoption and when | » arrived in the city I ac- | r to Mrs. Funke's home in re we were shown the child, following, I think, the baby was my office, where I made a examination and pronounced her Mrs. Beaglehole then took posses- ke represented that there was the baby for board and care o its adoption and she wanted nt paid to her. A compromise d, finally, for $8. Of this Mre, Beagiehole agreed to pay $60 in cash and to send the remainder back | ern Pacific Hospital. {man who so | ceived by | res: o > ITH most profound regret the citizens of S: neisco terday learned of the death f Dr. Matthew Gardner, chief surgeon of the South- The passing of the ten administered to the unfortunate and who was always a ray of sunshine at the bedside of the sick was shocking to many thousands of per- sons throughout the State who had known Gardner for nearly a guarter of a centur; The fact that his death was deplored was evidenced yesterday by the mes- sages of condolence received by his grief- ken widow and in a public way by halfmasted flags throughout the city. Arrangements have already been made for the funeral, which will take.place to-morrow at 10 a. m., under the auspices of the Masonic order, of which the de- eased was @ past master. Services wil t the family residence, 301 Clay from there the funeral cortegs will proceed immediately to the ferry, where a special boat will convey the r mains and the mourners across the bay to the mole. There a special train, consist- ing of a funeral car and a private coach | for the wilow and her atiendants, will await the party and carry it to Dixon, where the interment is to take place. The honorary pali-bearers for the sor- rowful occasion will be W. F. Herrin, Willlam Sproul, N. H. Foster, W Worthington, William Hood and T. H, representing the various de- of the Southern Pacific Com- , with which the dead surgeon had been so long connected as viser. At Dixon the remains will be re- the members of the Masonic lodge of Davisville, of which Dr. Gardner was a past master. They will act as es- cort to the burial ground. REPROACHES SCIENCE. The last moments of Dr. Gardner's life will ever be remembered by those who surrounded his couch. The scene attend- ing his death was impressively strange and solemn. With a fortitude that could be expected of few men he anticipated his end by consoling his weeping wife and giving advice to friends as to the manner in which she should be cared for after he had departed from this world. Just before the operation Dr. Gardner made his will, in which he bequeathed his estate to his wife and named her and his secretary, John O'Connor, executrix | of his nearest friend or relative. L e e e e i i i SR T Y as soon as she reached Reno. I don’t re- member whether or not the $60 was paid over in my presence. 1 am positive it was not paid to me personally. If it was not paid in my presence then I got my in- formation regarding the amount from the conversaticn of the two women. All I re- ceived was a small fee for the examina- tion, and I don’t remember whether Mrs, Beaglehole or Mrs. Funke paid me.’ ’ TRIES TO COLLECT. When Dr. Thrassher was asked to ex- plan his forwarding a bill to Mrs. Beagle- bole for the remaining $25, although he had no interest in the transaction, he said: “I felt that as long as I had originally vouched for Mrs, Beaglehole on the rep- ntations of my former patient it was my duty to see that the agreement with Mrs. Funke be carried out. She complained to me that she had not received the balance of $2 and I there- fore sent a bill to Reno to be collected from Mrs, Beaglehole for that amount. It was returned unpaid and that is the last I heard of the matter until I was | questioned by the officers of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren.” According to the records of the police, Mrs. Beaglehole was arrested in this city about two years ago for brutally treating a child she had unlawfully adopted by medical ad- | ITH GREAT FORTITUDE nd With cor —r DR. MATTH DISTINGUISHED DIED IN THIS CI — — ' tor without bonds. Quietly and | he then submitted himself | ons, who exhausted all means | sclence to relieve nim of his suffering without use of the knife When the hour of death finally ap- preached, noticeably self-pos- | sessed and with a clear mind, opened his | eyes an 1ed the row of assembled | Southern Pacific surgeons around his bed. Looking sieadily from one to another, the | jentlemen, what does this | mean? Among all of you, men of such 3 able ability, is there not one who can devise means that will prevent my | death? COMFORTS HIS WIFE. Later on, when all hope of prolonging | the patient's life beyond a few minutes | had been abandoned, he quietly summon- ed his nurse and prescribed a potion for | his own use. Again he turned to his wife and bade her be cheerfuf, assuring her | |that God had so willed and that the tears she was shedding would be of no | avail in his hopeless case. Addressing an | intimate friend he remarked with a sigh: | I must announce to you that I am going | | to die. These are pretty hard lines for a | raan to suffer in the very prime of hlfl’ life.” A few seconds later this remark- | able scene in the history of medical sci- ence was closed. Dr. Matthew Gardner | was no more. It is & strange fact that during the three years that Dr. Gardnmer presided over the Southern Pacific Hospital over 1000 cases similar to his were successfully administered to under his direction at the institution. The only unsuccessful | case was his own. Dr. Gardner leaves an estate of an es- timated value of between $75,000 and $80,- | 000, consisting of realty Sacramento, Davisville and this city property. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. | Last evening delegation of Masons from the Davisville Lodge arrived in the city to consult the widow regarding her \ wishes. It will accompany the funeral | party back to Dixon. The party will be composed of all the prominent officials of | the Southern Pacific Company, representa- tives from the other railroads and a large | delegation of surgeons and physicians | from various parts of the State. The offi- | cials of the Southern Pacific Company | have made ample arrangements for hand- ling the funeral party, which will be re- turned to the city immediately after the | ceremontes at Dixon. All along the line of the railroad the | employes have caused the flags to be low- | ered in respect to their former friend. | When the news of Dr. Gardner's death reached the railroad men many of them | cried, for they had learned to love the {man who had so often journeyed long | distances to relieve them of their suffer- ings and had frequently attended their families in the same conscientious man- ner that he would have done in the case in and personal representing to the court that she was a resident of this State. She was accused of beating, biting and otherwise maltreating the little one, and the child was taken from her custody. Mrs, Funke has figured in' numerous shady stories revolving around the sale dnd adoption of babies. The last time that she came into publicity was when she disposed of a 4-months-old baby named Numann to Carl Assmann and his wife for $50. When the transaction was made public Secretary White interested :l]l‘:melf Ine‘the case and had the baby aken to St. Joseph's Orpha B, whave Itis mow: « o p o n . FUNKE MAKES STATEMENT. Bruno K. Funke, son of Mrs. Emille Funke, representing his mother, said with reference to the Fiest baby: “Last June my mother received a letter from Dr. Marion Thrasher, in which the writer stated that if she had a baby for adoption he could place t with a well-to- do woman in Nevada. My mother did not then have a child in her care that would answer and so informed Dr, Thrasher. A few days later a woman giving the name of Mrs. J. J. Lane called on my mother and said that she had a baby that she desired to have some one else care for, as she had separated from her husband and was unable to provide for the little one. My mother examined | employer, who informed him that Miss | | and began | out | neighbors, who | fired the shots at her. | dance of the | amateurs and professionals in the city. SAVES HER LIFE Joseph Gracia Tries to Murder Miss Grace Kendall. Young Woman Has Narrow Escape From Instant Death. Miss Grace Kendall, a domestic, em~ ployed at 3% Golden Gate avenue, owes her life to a steel in the corset she wears. She was made the target of a bullkt from a plstoi in the hands of Joseph Gracia, a rejected lover, yesterday afternoon and the bullet struck her corset and then | glanced off and the young woman escaped uninjured. Gracla and Miss Kendall had been lovers for some time, but lately the youn woman has refused to receive furthe attentions from the young man. This fact caused him to become insanely jeal- ous and yesterday afternoon he left his residence at 220 Hyde street with the evi- dent intention of committing murder. Gracla went to the house where Miss Kendali is employed and rang the bell, He was confronted by the yvoung woman's Kendall was not Ii. Gracia began to argue with his intended victim's employer nd Miss Kendall, who was In the kitchen at the time, went forward to ascertain the cause of the trouble. As soon as she appeared in the hallway Gracia coolly whipped out a big revolver to fire at her. One bullet struck the young woman in the corset and glanced@ off the steel. She and her employer immediately ran panic-stricken in the vard and this alarmed the | informed the policeman | on the beat. Gracia took to captured at Hyde street by Officer J. |’ O'Connor. He was booked on charges of assault to commit murder and-carrying a | concealed weapon. Miss Kendall con- | | fronted him at the City Hall station and positvely identified him as the man who The revolver was | found on his NATIVE SONS TO GIVE AN ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCE | - < . Affair to Take Place Next Wednesday | Evening and an Attractive Pro- | gramme Has Been Prepared. The first anniversary entertainment and Cative Sons' literary ana zo- cial committee will Be held on Wednesd evening, April 22, at Native Sons’ Hall, on | Mason street. The committee is composed of three members from each parlor in this city f the purpose of giving monthly entertafn- | megts and dances, to bring the members of the order more frequently together. | The officers and members of the commit- tee are: Dr.-J. A. McGough, chairman; | Dr. E. L. Betterton, secretary; W. M. | Martin, treasurer; A. J. Mazzini, H. Dall, : H. H. Keene, J. F. Twermey, W S | Kaiser, C. L. Licht, H. F. Konrad, Theo | Forbes, F. P. Cushing, N. W. Hail, | H. *. H. Eckenroth, J. Rose, C. F. Turner, H. Harrison, J. Eppstein, H. O. Rog rs, W. P. Johnson and N. W. Squires. The following -most attractive pro-| gramme has been prepared and will be participated in by some of the cleverest e Selections by Groth's orchestra; quartet, | College of Physicians and Surgeons; spe- | clalties, Master Montague Barton and | Eunice Gillman; vocal solo, Miss Bertha | Campe; dialect storles, R. C. Ayers; con- | test with foils, Miss Gladis Gordon and | Miss Gertrude Donovan; vocal solo, Frank Thompson; ‘““The Curse,” Miss Malise Campian and Willlap E. Boyce; “A Pair | of Lunaties,” J. A Carroll and Miss | Gladls Gordon. WILL HOLD RYMMAGE SALE FOR CHARITY | Ladies’ Aid Society of Memorial Pres- | byterian Church Solicit Assist- ance for Worthy Cause. The members of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Memorial Presbyterian Church are planning a rummage sale for the benefit of charity. The sale will probably take | place some time during the first week of May, the place to be named later. The ladies are working hard and will do all in their power to make the affair a big success. They request all the chari- tably inclined to send them anything in the way of old clothing, bric-a-brac or hcusehold utensils. It is the purpose of those in charge to collect anything of value and let nothing go to waste. The following members of the church | are in charge of the enterprise and will | recelve all donations sent to the societ; Mrs. 8. L. Kelley, 15617 Eleventh avenue | South; Mrs. David Dodge, 1811 Fifteenth avenue South; Mrs. P. J. Ayhens, 1223 Rhode Island street; Mrs. H. N. Bevier, 1606 Fourteenth avenue South. Packages will be called for upon notification. R S N Sy . Entertainment for Colored Church. The parishioners of Bethel A. M. E. Church (colored) will give an entertain- ment and stereopticon lecture next Tues- day evening at the church, Powell street, near Jackson, for the benefit of the church fund. C. H. Parsons will deliver the fllustrated = lecture of Booker T. Washington of the Tuskogee Institute, which promises to be exceedingly inter- esting. ——— Sermons by Rabbi Myers. To-day will be the last day of the Jew- ish passover and Rabbl Isadore Myers will delive# two interesting sermons at the Bush-street Synagogue. In the morn- ing he will speak on ‘“What Is Meant by Jewish Faith?” and his text in the even- ing will be “The Use and Abuse of Jew- ish Ceremonies.” L e e o e e A Y. the child, as did also Dr. Thrasher, and finding the infant to be well developed and healthy sald that the baby would be just what the woman.in Nevada wanted. “Mrs. Lane later signed papers aban- doning the infant to my mother. The brother and sister of the baby's mother were witnesses to the quitclaim. After keeping -the infant for a short time my mother turned the little one over to Dr. Thrasher, who, I understand, sent the child to the woman in Nevada. Some days ago a man giving the name of C. H. Fiest called upon my mother and de- manded the return of his child. My mother said that she had no child of his and that she did not even know who he was. He thereupon explained that the woman who_signed the infant over to my mother last June under the name of Mrs. J. J. Lane was his wife. He said that they had been separated, but that they had again made up and wanted thelr little one back. My mother referred.him to Dr. Thrasher.” 2 heels, but was soon |, ! / ON PATH FOR FIRST TIME Intercollegiate Field Day Ends in Favor of the Cardi- nal Athletes by One Event in Which a New Record Is Established—Berkeley Wins at Tennis tened to bar with a noon on *1 last, after'a heart-breaking hour of keen- est competition, three of the contestants wearing cardinal jerseys shot over the bar at a record breaking helght and the victory which had been hovering fitfully over first one side and then the other settled upon Stanford’s banner. tenth annual field day the University of California had been beaten by the close margin of 64 points to 58. two universities taken place. time the first tape was broken down to the final leap of Dole, which set the mark of the pole vault beyond Berkeley’s reach theicloseness of the competition kept the — | | | | e o K e S AaRD HURDLE HANNIGAN WINNING | i i | | | | | | | THOUSAND breathless students | gripped their seats hard and ls-| | | the beating of their| | | hearts while five lithe young men | | In scanty attire tilted at a lofty | ! long pole’ yesterday after-| | e Berkeley athletic fleld. At| ‘ | it | i | | { In the 23 ! Never has such a field day between the ¥ From the MEN WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES YESTERDAY IN THE | SENSATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FIELD DAY AT ! BERKELEY. OVAL, IN WHICH STANFORD UNIVERSITY WON. Fes A nerves on the jump. When |, L3 - HE tennis players of the Univer- spectators’ the pole vault alone remained Berkeley was three points in the lead, with every prospect of winning. Then the unexpected happened. When the bar was at 11 fest Symmes and Wil- cox of Berkeley and Dole, Beech and ‘Whitaker for Stanford had all cleared it. The bar was raised to 11 feet 3 inches. A | first place for Berkeley meant victory. Dole of Stanford went over easily, fol- lowed by Beech. Both the Berkeley men failed. Then, to assure the victory, Whit- aker, the third of the cardinal vaulters, went over, and the day was Stanford’s. Luck played a large part in the con- test. Stanford entered with a team ma- terially crippled by the loss of Turpin, the crack sprinter, and Taylor, the hurd- ler. Berkeley, on the other hand, lost all chance of winning the day when Cado- gan_ her star performer in the sprints, wrenched a tendon In his first race and had to retire. The field day opensd with a snappy mile race in which Hackley, California, was considered an easy winner. Holman of Stanford finished strongly and won by a zood margin. Then followed the first heat of the 100-yard dash, in which Cado- gan, far in the lead, turned to look over his shoulder, turned his ankle and went down with a strained tendon. .Brown of @alifornia won handily from McCaughern. In the second heat Abadie and Hawley put up a fast race, Abadle winning and equaling the coast record time of 10 sec- onds. In the trial heats for the 120-yard hur- dles Hannigan and Meaney of Berkeley and Kuhn of Stapford qualified for the final. Then came one of the spectacular races of the day, the 100-yard final be- tween Abadle, Hawley and Brown. The Stanford man gained a momentary lead, but Abadie came with a wonderful burst of speed within ten vards of the tape and beat Hawley by ‘inches, Brown taking third place. The final of the 120-yard hurdle yielded first and second to Hannigan and Meaney of Berkeley, while Kuhn took third. The 440-yard run started with a terrific pace, with Stanford in the lead. Howard, the man upon whom the blue and gold de- pended for a victory, did not make any showing, and Dunn, Smith and Crossman of Stanford won in one-two-three order in the slow time of 52 1-5 seconds, The two-mile run was all Californi: Tibbetts came in first and Lundy, Hack- ley and Newhall trotted in hand in hand for second place. Hannigan and Meaney of California and Weller and Kuhn of Stanford then alalified for the final 220- yard hurdle in two slow races. The trials for the 220-yard dash left Hawley and McCaughern of the cardinal and Town- send of the blue and gold for the final. In the 8%0-yard run Graydon of Berke- ley and Smith of Stanford fouled one an- other in the early part of the race and WINNING TEAMS OF THE PAST Stanford Stanford. Stanford Stanford. + were thrown out. Thompson, Stanford, won easily in 2:01 3-5, with Clifford, Berke- ley, second and Holman, Stanford, third. The final of the 220-yard hurdle and 220- yvard dash were the best races of the day. In the former Weller, Stanford, fought Hannigan hard for first. Townsend, the Berkeley sprinter. beat McCaughern for iecond in the hurdle race by a remarkable urst of speed at the finish. The fleld events, with the exception of the high jump and pole vault, were fea- tureless. In the high jump Cooley won out with 5 feet 9% inches. e then made a record jump of § feet 11% inches, which sets a new mark for the coast. The pole vault by Dole, Bell and Whitaker of 11 feet 3 inches breaks the former coast re ord by 5 inches. The results in detail follow: 100-vard dash: First heat—Won by Brown, California; _McCaughern, Stanford, second. Time, :10 Second heat—Won by Abadie, Calitornia; Hawley, Stanford second. Time, 10 seconds. Final—Won by Abadle, Caltfornia; Hawley, Stanford, second; Brown, California, third, Time, 10 seconds. 220-yard dash: First heat—Won by Hawley, Stanford: Townsend, California, second. Time, :23 2.5, Second heat—Won by McCaughern, Stanford; Dewing, California second. Time, 23 Final—Won by Hawley, Stanford ‘Townsend, California, second; McCaughern, Stanford, 'third. :23 2-8. 440-y run—Won by Dunn, Stanford: Smith, Stanford, second; Crossman, Stanford, third. Time, :52 1-5. 880-yard run—Won by Thompson, Stanford; Clifford, California, second; Holman, Stanford, third. Time, 2:01 3-5. One-mile run—Won by Holman, Stanford; Hackley, Callfornia, second; Lvell, Stantord, First heat—Won by Han- third. Time, 4:41 3-! 120-yard hurdle: mnigan, California; Kuhn, Stanford, second. Time, :16 2-5. Second heat—Won by Vara- more, - Stanford; Meaney, _California, _second. Time, :16 3-3. Final—Won by Haanigan, Cali- fornia; Meaney, California, second; Kuhn, Stanford, third. Time, :16 1-5. 220-yard hurdle—First heat won by Han- nigan, California; Weller, Stanford, second; time, ' :26 2-5. Second heat won by Meaney, California; Kuhn, Stanford, second; time, 127 Final won by nigan, California; Stanford, ; Meaney, California, ime, :26 1-5. Two-mile run—Won by Tibbits, California: Newhall (California), Lundy (California) and Hackley (California) dead heat for second place; time, 10:28 4-5. Hammer 'throw—Won by Crawford, Stan- ford, 138 feet 1034 iInches: Hartline, Californla, second, 125 feet 10 inches; Weller, Stanford, third, 125 feet 71§ inches, High jump—Won by Cooley, California, 5 feet 9% "inches; Hickey, California, and Bell, Stanford, tied for second at 5 feet §: Cooley then made a record jump of 5 feet 11% 2- | | tournament. sity of California repeated their performance of the past two years by taking all three points yesterday in the intercollegiate The games were played on the California Club courts The matches were much closer than was expecte?.’ That between Drummond Mac- Gavi' of California and Harry Weihe was exceedingly interesting. When Weihe had a lead of 5-4 in the first set and Stanford’s Baker had the first set to his credit, 6-2, matters looked bright for the cardinal. At this point the | Berkeley boys settled down to work and the Stanford men could make little head- | way. In the second set Weihe had a lead of 51 and it seemed almost a certainty he would take the set. MacGavin settled down to steady play and with his clever drives down the side lines and his net work took the next six games. The score in MacGavins' favor was 7-5, 7-5. Weihe deserves credit for the admir- able stand he made in the singles. He was In poor condition, but made his lengthy opponent play his best to win. In the other single match George Baker of California, after losing the first set to Cleveland Baker of Stanford, took the next two handily, the last being a love set. The loser played a good game in the first set, but the steady and well placed lobbing of his opponent wore him down. The outcome of the last two sets was never in doubt. The doubles event was robbed of con- siderable interest owing to the fact that Berkeley had already won two peints. MacGavin and Robert Variel, a crack pi@yer from Southern California, repre- seted California and proved much too strong for Weihe and C. Baker. Mac- Gavin was a tower of strength on his side of the net and his strokes were both accurate and strong. He was ably assisted by his less brilllant but steady partner. The Stanford players tried hard to stem the tide of defeat, but they proved no match for their cleverer op- ponents. The score in favor of Variel and MacGavin was 6-3, §-3. The material at Stanford is fully as good as that at Berkelev and the defeat of the former in the past two years is entirely attributable to the lack of courts at Palo Alto. One court has been laid out recently and Stanford is expected to do better next year. The cardinal players made a showing of ‘which they should be proud under the circumstances. @ il @ inches. - Shot-put—Won by Hyde, Stanford, €2.2% feet; Snedigar, California, second, 9.4 feet; Fautz, California, third, 39.35 feet. One-mile relay—Won by Stanford. Broad jump—Won by Chaplin. Californa, 21.6 feet: Weller, Stanford, second, 21.4% feet: Nefghbor, Caiifornia, third, 21.2% feet. Pole vault—Dole (Stanford), Beach (Stas- inches. | ford), Whitaker (Stanford), tie at 11 fest § inches. Coast record.