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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1903. § MISERY HER LOT IN LIFE'S WINTER Helen Davenport Seeks Divorce After Years of Peace. Says Mun She Married Forty- Four Years Ago Is a Drunkard. i St It is seldom that a couple who have lived together as husband ana wife for | almost balf a century enter the divorce court, but oceasiopally such a thing hap- pens. It occurred in this city yesterday and it is a matter of record that never before in the history of this municipality have a couple who have managed to get ng peacefi for forty-four years their matrimenial troubles into rts for adjudication. The piaintift Helen E. Davenport and is William A. Davenport acturer. They were mar- nd reside at 509 Franklin & carriage ried May ught for on the ground perance, Mrs. Daven- 2 her complaint that for ars her husband has been port alleging the last five so addicted to be ttend to his busi- ays, has rendered e miserable. ss more of an at- Adair McBride does the position of a matron. Such at least is the cizim of her husband, John Bride. who westerday flled a sult for | divorce against her. In his complaint he accuses her of deserting him in June, or less than one year after she be- In an affidavit supporting in the divorce on he states he was infat- 5 the life of ar after leaving him, writt h she said she him a letter in tired of life with forth devote herself fonic honors. They Haute, Ind who was married stember 14, e ties severed 1 She says , when he t saying that her ed to overflowing when, she says, by Etta 2 lon. They i Mrs. N since treated her shame equently threat- atedly beaten her actress and bad, | { years' experiences as a mission- | ary among the wildest of the Thibetan | MRS. RIJNHART TO RESUME tal and Industrial School gained through her several | tribes, to whose country she is now re- turning, is a guest at Hotel, where she is quietly awaiting the departure of the China steamer on Sep- | tember 20. Although she once nmarrowly | | escaped death at the hands of the supery stitious savages who murdered hei hus- band, Mrs. Rijnhart purposes to invade again the territory which recalls to her mind many trying and frightful hard- ships. She goes on a religious mission. Accompanying the brave woman are Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Shelton of Anthony, Kans., who will co-operate with her in a | plan to establish a hospital and found an industrial school near Ta Chien Lu, which is situated on the extreme Eastern border of Thibet. Ta Chien Lu is a trading e into which the Thibetans journey different times of the year from the farthermost fastnesses of their country, | and mainly for this reason Mrs. Rijnhart | destres to begin her missionary work there, planning eventually to push farther into the wild interior. AT THE SACRED LAMASERY. | 1In 1894 Mrs. Rijnhart and her husband, a Hollander, who had previously been do- ing missionary work in the Lama district of Thibet, journeyed after their marriage in Ontarlo back to Thibet, where they hart, which included the loss of and the death of her husband, were en- untered and eventually furnished the material for a book which she wrote un- | der the title of *With the Thibetans in Tent and Temple.” While stationed at RS. SUSIE C. RIJNHART of Windsor, Ont., a woman of con- | siderable International fame, | the Occidental | lahored religiously for four years, during | which the sad experiences of Mrs. Rijn-| a babe | sertion were granted to oes Kor (e Lasar, near the ey from Dantel J. Mooney, | pyjnhart and his wife, who were both e from A. P. Mackie, W.| xineq in medicine, were warmly wel- lice B. Tenpey, Ag0Ston | ., ey by the Buddhist priests; in fact, Haraszthy, Eva Trimbl bas and only white persons ever | { imiam Dipple. | received within the sacred lamasery, 3 - 5 | where they were given shelter during the i s Shartlh o Chinese-Moslem troubles. With these on Which 3. | troubles began the worst of the hardships M. Odell endured so bravely by Mrs. Rijnhart. Pre vious Moslem uprisings had resulted in fearful slaughter, and it was thought by the people there that a recurrence of the troubles was impossible. Suddenly, how- ever, another outbreak occurred and a The San Francisco Eye irritated by d A ng, follow frightful massacre ensued, resulting, so it yelids, ‘are f{he resu estimated, in the death of 100,000 per- E REMEDY gives quick re-| wons, and continued until the arrival of ur arugsiei | the Chinese general, who finally quelled cents. o+ | the disturbance and restored peace. oy fedin Sent to Insane Asylum. 1 ! who has ard of th for several d , f unsound mind yes- bbard and ordered State hospital for the SUCCORED THE WOUNDED. In the midst of these terrible scenes Rijnhart and his wife worked unremit- e | tingly in the towns, temporary hospitals | and in the camps and on the field, admin- istering in their medical as well as their missionary capacity to the wounded and dying. All this time the couple endeav- red to maintain the schools and churches they had established after many difficul- ties, and received much-sfipport from the —_———— Lundy carries largest stock 18-k. plain rings in the city. 4 Third street - better element of the tribesmen, who St seemingly keenly appreciated the self- Fisherman Goes Insane. denying efforts of the two white visitors. Johr as a tt Muller, who has been employed rerman in the Alaska waters for e last three years, was brought to this Toward the close of the third year Rijn- hart and his wife, after providing them- selves with food and other necessities for city, & reving maniac, on board the | a long journey, left Kumbum and Tankar steamer H lzo yesterday. He was| with plans fully prepared for a trip placed in t 1 ne ward of the Emer- | through the valley of the Tsaidam, which gency Hospit anl will be examined to- | extends a distance of 600 miles and is a difficult country to penetrate. 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Genuine imported Fur Bea- ver Hats; untrimmed; $2.50. lamasery of Kumbum, | -| speaking HER LABORS IN THIBET Daring Missionary, Who Has Already Faced Death in That Barbarous Country, Will Endeavor to Establisha Hospi- in That Inhospitable Region ) ~ GROOKED WORK 15 DISCLOSED Bernhard Ettlinger Tells of the Transfer of Bad Titles. Lays All Blame on Jacob Eppinger, Senior Member cf the Firm. LT With the examination of Bernhard Ett- linger before Referee in Bankruptcy Mil- ton J. Green yesterday afternoon the tak- ing of testimony by the attorneys repre- senting the creditors of the ruined firm | of Eppinger & Co. came to a close. Ett- | linger, the last of the three partners in | the insolvent wheat firm to be cross-ques- | tioned,” althougk manifestly an unwilling | o — DARING MISSIONARY WHO IS RETURNING TO THE INHOS- { PITABLE THIBETANS. | o — - trip, just before reaching Naghchuka, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Rijnhart died and buried on the way.- Arriving at Naghchuka, the Rijnharts made further tut were informed by the dignitary of the going farther south. the Attempts to evade officials of the town and enter the ly, with their guides, the Rijnharts left the Thibetan shores and started -home- ward, following the west Shanghai route. The experiences of this journey form the most thrilling portion of Mrs. Rijnhart's life. HER HUSBAND MURDERED. Their guides, who were untrustworthy | and plotting robbery, murder or other crimes, caused the Rijnharts constant | anxiety and finally this feeling on the part of the wife was fully justified when, her husband, after the guide had cruelly abandoned him, left her, saying he wanted to reconnoiter a hill, but he never returned. That the guide had carried out a plot | to murder her husband Mrs. Rijnhart has | every reason for believing. | Left alone ih a strange country, inhab- | ited by treacherous people, the heart- | broken woman accomplished something | that few of her sex would have dared | undertake. A wearisome journey of sev- | eral hundred miles still lay before her, | and upon this she embarked with the de- termination of one who realized that hes- | itancy meant quicker death than a con- | tinuance of the trip. She walked on an | average of twenty-five miles a day, un- | guided by men, who, however, | quently saw. but carefully avoided. Mrs. Rijnhart's story of her travels with blistered feet through densely wooded forests and over stony mountain passes and bruised; crossing streams in all kinds of weather; for weeks sleeping in the open where her only shelter was a bright rapacious and immoral natives, and the object of attack from dogs and other ani- | mals, is a harroveing one. PREY TO MAN AND BEAST. Of these trying times Mrs. Rijnhart says: It would be hard for me to make a very fine distinction between the many frightful inci- dents which I passed through. One of the | worst, perhaps, was the time I slept alone on the ground in a wild part of Thibet and had seventeen feroclous dogs howling about me all night and endeavoring to get their fangs in my flesh. 1 am afrald of a dog anywhere, but these Thibetan dogs are the worst kind pos- | sible. They are half-starved mongrels_and are | kept chained most of the time near the tents | of the shecpherders. 1 happened at this time to be traveling without a guide, but had my | passport. It was near midnight when I | reached a sheep camp, and, upon my request to be allowed to pass the night there I was conducted to a spot some distance from the tents. Here I made myself as comfortable as possible with my blankets and was just sink- ing into a doze when I heard the awful howl of the dogs as they bore down upon me. I rose to @ kneeling posture, gathered my blank- etz in beneath me, holding them out from my face with my arm so that the dogs could not bite my head. In this manner I passed the cntire night, the fierce din of the dogs driv- ing away all thought of sleep even had I been 0 composed .as to have made this possible. At another time T slept in a pig sty, the plgs being at one end and I at the other. I have walked for days over flinty paths, with no pro- tection for my feet but my worn Thibetan boots, through the holes of which the blood from my cuts and bruises literally poured. I always carried a revolver, and have walked for miles and miles suffering the most excruciating agony with the gun leveled at the treacherous guides who walked Just before. RETURNING TO THIBET. Yet this brave woman, with all these terrible experiences still fresh in her ,mind, is now bent on a mission to the same country, whither she goes with the view of remaining many years, teaching the gospel and giving medical aid to the needy among those who not long ago showed their hostility toward her. In of the long journey be- fore her Mrs. Rijnhart sald yes- terday that she expects to re- main several months In Central China and will then proceed on to Ta Chien Lu. There she will at once set about the establishing of a hospital and an indus- trial school,- a work in which she will be assisted by Dr. and Mrs. Shelton, who, like herself, are laboring for the Chris- tian church. Concerning Thibet, she said: It is the only country in the world that is not open to the gospel. Naturally it is the last to encourage commercial relations with the outside world, but I believe it will be . A congress i purpose in view. The future access of the outside world to Thibet depends greatly on the political conditions in China, which, indications suggest, are slowly chang- ng. Did Not Take Gypsy’s Coin The case of James Eustace, Henry Meyer and Norbett Meyer, charged with grand larceny, was dismfssed by Police Judge Cabaniss yesterday. The three boys were accused of stealing $4000 from the tent of John Jose, a gypsy on the San Bruno road. The only evidence against them was that of the complaining witness that he had seen them at the tent on the evening of the robbery, but it was explained that the defendants went to the camp to buy a horse. preparations for their advance to Lhassa, | town that they would be prohibited from | southern country proved futile, and final- | she fre- | where her bared feet were cut! Thibetan sky; where she was a prey to | witness, made some disclosures of the business methods of the defunct grain ! broking firm which tally well with the | exposures elicited from the witnesses pre- | viously examined. | By Ettlinger's admissions a piece of | very sharp practice was uncovered in the | form of a business transaction between | Herman Eppinger Jr. of the firm of Btt- | linger & Co. and the firm of Eppinger & Co. in October of last year. He said that {in full settlement of a debt of 35,000 | which Herman Eppinger Jr. owed to the Eppingers the latter firm received the titles to certain properties near Paso Robles, in San Luis Obispo County, ap- praised by Bernhard Ettlinger himself at a value of $41,00. Attorney Freidenrich, +who conducted the examination, then | stated to the witness that he had proof | to the effect that thede self-same lands | were sold by the State for delinquent taxes in 1896, and at that time they were held in the name of Eppinger & Co. Ettlinger was not to be caught in fur- ther damaging admissions, and therefore stated that at the time of the transfer Herman Eppinger Jr., who was supposed to be the possessor of the titles in ques- tion, had said that there was some litiga- tion about delinquent taxes, but that it was not of a serious nature and in no way clouded the title to the land. Btt- | linger denied that the firm had any | knowledge of the fact that the land In question had reverted to the State. SHIFTS BLAME TO JACOB. In detailing the business affairs of the firm Ettlinger, like his partner, Herman | Eppinger, passed the whole burden of the failure up to Jacob Eppinger, the senior member of the firm. He maintained that he had nothing to do with the buying and selling of grain in San Francisco, nor with the details of the warehouse busi- ness, but that his duties consisted in keep. | ing up the business end of the firm in the interior. To every question concerning the | | ventures of the firm in the wheat market | Ettlinger replied that Jacob Eppinger | managed all the financing of the firm and | that he rarely knew what was going on. ““When were you first aware that the| firm intended to call a meeting of its cred- | itors?” queried Attorney Freidenrich. | “Not until the day when Jacob and Her- man Eppinger discussed it in our office— | June 5, T think.” “You were present at the consultation | with President P. E. Bowles of the Amer- ican National Bank when he demanded | additional securities on his notes?"” | “I was.” 2 | “And yet this did not seem to you an ominous proceeding?” “I can't say that it did, since T knew nothing of . the finaneing of the firm; Jacob Eppinger tended to_all that.” “You were present at the meeting on June 5 when it was decided to call a meeting of the creditors,” persisted Freldenrich. “What reason was given by your partners for the necessity of such a move?" | *Jacob Eppinger said that Bowles was | pressing us to take up his wheat loans and that we could not meet the obliga- ttian. That was all,” replied Ettlinger. DISCLOSES COMBINATION. Ettlinger then declared that he had {only a hazy idea at the time of the fact that Jacob Eppinger and Joseph Eppinger | were drawing heavily on the funds of the firm. He maintained that the examina- | tion into the books of the firm, which | had been ordered hy himself and Her- man Eppinger, had been commenced in April, but that it had not been com- pleted. Two weeks before the 5th of June, a shortage of $150,000 had been dis- covered, but at that point all investiga- tion ceased. He further stated that Jacob Eppinger never made any reports to him of the loans he had made in the name of the firm. The questioning of the creditors’ attor- ney then drew forth some light upon the close combination between the firms of Eppinger & Co. and Ettlinger & Co. A£t- torney Freidenrich asked: “Do you know of the amount you ad- | vanced to Ettlinger & Co. for a period of two years prior to the failure?” “I do not.” “In your capacity as manager of the | valley lands for the firm of Eppinger & Co.. did you pay the State assessment upon reclaimed lands owned by Ettlinger & Co.7" “I aia.” “$rom the funds of Eppinger & Co.?” ven.” SHADY TRANSFER MADE. The attorney then took up the subject of the payment made by Herman Ep- pinger Jr. upon his debt of $50,000. “Did you take those Iands in San Luis Oblspo County in full payment of the debt which Herman Eppinger Jr. owed to your firm?"” “Yes."” “If you yourself appraised those lands, what did you find them to be worth?" ‘“*About $41,000."" “The firm of Eppinger & Co. was not interested in those lands before the trans- fer was made?”’ “No.” “You did not know at the time that those lands had been sold in 1896, when they were supposed to belong to, Ep- pinger & Co., to pay for delinquent taxes?” y “No. Eppinger had told us that there was some slight litigtion over back taxes, bult that it was not sufficient to cloud the title."” i Ettlinger was then questioned about the relations between the Pacific Coast Ware- house Company and his own firm. He said that the former concern belonged to Eppinger & Co. He said that as vice president of his firm he signed all ware- house receipts after they had received the signature of the secretary, but that he kept no record of such receipts and did not know where the stub book from which DELAYS ACTION ON PETITIONG Supervisors’Street Com- mittee Refers Requests for Franchises. City Engineer Is Instructed to Investigate and Make Reports. S S The Supervisors' Street Committee yes- terday postponed action for one week on tne application of the Western Pacific Rallway Company for a franchise on Six- teenth street, from Kansas street to the water front. A representative of the company was informed that the only ac- tion the committee would take would be to refer the petition to the City Engineer for investigation and repert. At the request of the Santa Fe Ralil- way system action on its petition for a franchise on Seventh, Eighth, Seven- teenth, Eighteenth and other streets was deferred until next Thursday. The committee approved the plans of the Santa Fe Company for a steel bridge across Channel-street waterway at Third street. The plans have been approved by the Harbor Commission and will be sent to the United States Engineer for his ap- proval. Consideration of the petition of Walter Campbell that the United Raliroads be prohibited from permitting passengers to ride on the steps of the cars went over for one week, when the petitioner and repre- sentative of the company will be heard. B. Lantry appeared to show cause why not be rescinded on the complaint that the operations are a menace to life and property. He assured the committee that the blasting would be carried on in future without damage and that only single blasts shall be fired. On that showing the permit was not revoked. The committee reported in favor of re- voking the permits granted to John Kelso in 1889 and 18% to blast at Lombard and Montgomery streets. The committee ruled that the blasting was being done en a public street to the injury of property. e s e ADOPTS PLANS FOR FLUES IN NOE VALLEY SCHOOL Board of Public Works Awards Con- tract for Completion of the Building. The Board of Public Works yestcrday approved the plans of the City Architect for terra cotta flues and galvanized iron chimneys for the Noe Vailey School. The estimated cost of the work is $1035. The original plans called for a heating plant in the building and no provision was made for stoves, which are now to be used for the sake of economy. The Board of Ed- ucation also approved the plans. The board awarded the contract for constructing retaining walls, coping, steps, pavements, etc., for the Noe Valley School to Flinn & Treacy for $2897. The board also approved amended plams for the Almshouse Chapel to cost $i000. Rl s Wants to Purchase Maps. ‘The Board of Works recommended yes- terday to the Board of Supervisors that of the Tuolumne water shed be printed for $200. The coples are to be used In fully presenting to citizens and Congress- men the subject of the acquisition of the reservoir rights of way heretofore ap- plied for. Sl Light for Ocean View. The Supervisors’ Committee on Arti- ficial Lights yesterday reported in favor of requesting the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company to extend its wirzs so that the residents of Ocean View may have the benefit of incandescent lights. Action was taken on the petition of the Ocean View Improvement Club. —e—————— ‘Want Teachers’ Certificates. Eight applicants took the examination vesterday for teachers' certificates. examination was under the supervision of Deputy Superintendents of Schools Shel- ley and Howard. The subjects included music, stenography, typewriting and bookkeeping. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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He professed ig- norance as to the whereabouts of the warehouse book, as well as the receipt book. Ettlinger also stated that no meet- ing or election of officers of the Pdcific Coast Warehouse Company had been held since the inception of the concern in 18%0. i cr At . FT T Fountain Pen News. Let us fit your hand to a good fountain pen. The “Waterman,” “Swan™ or “Mar- shall” are the only ones worth consider- ing. ces $1_to $5 each. . Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market st. * ———————— Dr. Leonard Dangerously Ill. Dr. J. V. Leonard, one of the young physicians of the Emergency Hospital staff, is lying rous| il at the French Hospital. Dr. Leonard contracted a severe cold that settled on his kidneys. ————————— Day and night the big printing Louse by the ferry labors for ycu. Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay. * chafings, for annoying irritations and inflammations, or too free or offensive perspiration, for ulcerative weaknesses, and many antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Complete treatment for every hu- mour, consisting of Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin, Cuticura Olntment, to heal the skin, and Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood now be had for one dollar. A s set is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning ‘and scaly humours, eczemas, rashes and irritations, from infancy to age, ‘when all else fails. b R o o e e TR R e S his permit to blast in the Potrero should | five additional copies of the relief map | ADVERTISEMENTS. BUFFALO LITHIA WATER No Remedy of Ordinary Merit Could Ever Have Received Indorsations from Men Like These. Alfred L. Loomis, M. D., former .., Pathology and the Practice of Medicine i . Medical Dept. of the University of New ¥ Wm. A. Hammond, M. D., Swrgoon General (retived) U. S. Army, and for..y Prof. of Diseases of the Mind and Nervoys System in the University of New York. Geo. Halsted Boyland, A.M., M.D | Doctor of Medicinz of the Faculty of Par.: and former Prof. of Surgery in Baltimor; Medical College. Wm. B. Towles, M. D., former »» of Anatomy and Materia Medica in the Med; cal Dept. of the University of Va. 5 InBright’s Disease Albuminuria and Post-Scarlatinal E. H. Pratt, A. M., M. D., LL.D. Nephritis. Prof. Orificial Surgery o the Chicago FHypm: pathic Hospital. C.W. P. Brock, M. D., Zx-res. Na tional Assn. Railway Surgeons, and Membey Medical Society of Va. - J. T. Davidson, M. D., Zx-Pres. Mo Orleans Surgical and Medical Assn. Dr. A. Gabriel Pouchet, 707 of Phay. macology and Materia Medica of ihe Facuity of Medicine of Paris. J. T. LeBlanchard, M. D., Prof. Mon. treal Clinic, SM., SN., V. U. James K. Crook, A. M., M. D., Por. Clinical Meditine and Clinical Diagnosss, New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Jos. Holt, M. D., Ex-President o Louisiana State Board of Health, ctc. In Renal Calcull, Stone in the Bladder and Robert Bartholow, M. D.,, M. A, LL.D., Prof. Materia Medica and General Therapeuntics, Jefferson Medical College, P adeiphia. Jas. L. Cabell, M.D.,A. M., LL.D., Sformer Ph;[ of Physiology and Surgery in the Medical Dept. of the University of 1z and Pres. of the National Board of Heaith Horatio C. Wood, M. D., former Prof. of Materia Medica, etc., in the Medical Dept. of the University of Pennsylvania. Chas. B. Nancrede, M. D., Prof. of Surgery, Medical Dept. a/‘ the Untversity of Michigan. Wm. T. Howard, M. D., /ormer Prof. of Diseases of Women and Children in the miversity of Maryland. A. Alexander Smith, M. D., Pof. of Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine, Bellevue Medical College, N. ¥. In Gout, Rheumatism and Uric Acid | Gonditions. Voluminous medical testimony mailed. mrm mm for sale by the general drug and mine eral water trade. PROPRIETOR. BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGCS, VA. GOLDBERG, BOWEN & CO. (Incorporated), San Francisco, Cal. Mogan yesterday on a charge of murde He shot and killed his wife, Mrs. N Sabins, from whom he had be ed for some months, on August tempted suicide by shooting himself the head and cutting his thre T murder was at 1812 Mason street SALVATIONISTS SING THEIR JOY In the office the loose leaf ledger h saved a great deal of work, bu home the gas range will save r The | Consecrate New Home With Fervent Prayer and Hallelujahs. ‘With volleys of hallelujahs and songs of joy and praise the Salvation Army took possession last night of their new | Congress Hall and provincial headquar- ters, 1271 Mission street. The building un- | til recently was devoted to the sacred ser- vices of the Swedish Lutheran Church. The army took leave of its old head- quarters, 1139 Market street, during the | early part of the evening and then with its band leading marched to the new quarters, where saving work is to be done and where the lost and weary may find consolation and assistance. NO SET CEREMONY. The “house warming” and dedicatory exercises were without any particular or set ceremony. In the absence of Colonel French, whose arduous duties have been such as to have compelled a retirement for a few weeks from active service in or- der that he may regain his strength, Mrs. Colonel French conducted the exercises with the assistance of Brigadler Wood, general secretary of the army on the Pa- cific coast; Staff Captain Boyden, one of the first Salvationists to settle on the coast; Major Finn and Mrs. Finn, Staff Captain Day and Adjutant General Mont- gomery. . Mrs. French in asking praise for their latest achievement in being able to pro- cure the sacred edifice for their new home, touchingly reviewed the methods of the army. Those of the public, she sald, who were unfamiliar with -their work must not judge them by their trumpet sounds or by the shaking of their tambourines, or the beating of their drums, but would find their work at the bedside of the dying, softening the pillow of the sick and offering the hand of help to the forlorn, the friendless and whoever sought salvation, for as best they could they showed the wanderer the way of light from the darkened path. ALL GIVE PRAISE. Mrs. French asked the great assem- blage, which included men, women and children, Salvation Army soldiers and several of the nation’s soldiery and nu- merous Orientals, to give praise, and with bended heads all joined in a prayer of thankfulness. Then numerous souls arose in turn and testified in a few words how happy they were for the better life they were leading, and then the band, under the direction of Major Finn, discoursed hymns and a grand march. and the major and Mrs. Finn sang the duet, “On the Cross of Calvary.” It was a great night of joy and appreciation with the Salvation Army. The building was purchased for the sum of $23,750 and there is a mortgage on the property for $18,000, which the army is sanguine of lifting with the aid of its friends. —————— Claims Real Rosewood Was Used. Whether the furniture manufactured for Willlam Dingee, the capitalist, is real rosewood or imitation is the cause of an action in the local courts. Dingee claims it is imitation, '‘and the man he is suing and who made it claims it is the real ar- ticle. He is N. Braendlien. His an- swer to Dingee's suit was filed yesterday and in it he denies that he made the fur- niture of an inferior article and covered it with veneer to hide defects. He also says that Dingee owes him $1134 on ac- count of his labor. He' states that the bed alone is reasonably worth $1000. —_—————— Sabins Held for Murder. ‘William Sabins was held to answer be- fore the Superfor Court by Police Judge proportion. , Buy one from the Sa cisco Gas and Electric Company. —_———— Prisoner Attempts Suicide. James Flood, a prisoner confined in Branch County Jail No. 2, attempted to butt out his brains yesterday aga . walls of his cell. He was taken to the Detention Hospital at the City Hal where he will be examined by Commis- sloners Drs. McGettigan and Retherg on His mental capacity. 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