The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1903. GNES FRECOOM | T0 THE CONVIGTS Governor Rewards Men Who Aided Folsom It Was Accidentaliy Officials. Poisoned. 1ts Pardons to Two and tations to Three Others. e atch to The Call —Acting on the State Board of rnor Pardee this o pardons and three the cases of the con- officers on the occa- t break at Folsom. The onal in each instance avior of the prisoner, to fter the date of his 1 convicted of a become void and penalty which may be lony he shall be com- DEATH OF CHILD CRUSES INQUIRY Neighbors Believe That Coroner Decides to Make an Investigation Into the Matter. Special Dispatch to The Call. RAFAEL, Oct. 16—Little Miss| ford of Alto is dead and her | two sisters, Lizzie and Verel, are reported | dangerously 1ll. Neighbors and others | who profess to know say that Mary Red-| ford died as the result of white lead poi- | soning Wednesday night. Dr. Spottis- | wood, the attending physician, vehement- | Iy asserts that her allment was Bright's | iisease, and he issued 2 certificate of | th to that effect. Through his advice | Dr. E. L. Paromore of Mill Valley issued & removal certificate, and the body was | shipped to San Francisco, where it was buried yesterday afternoon in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. The removal certificate, it is sald, was given without the knowl-| edge of Coroner Sawyer or Dr. W. W. J. | Wickman, the county health officer. Dr. | Paromore, however, claims he issued the | removal permit upon the certificate of Dr. } Spottiswood and as deputy health officer. Circumstances surrodnding the death, | together with the iliness of two others of | the same family, has aroused the suspi- | SAN Mary J. Re cion of Coroner Sawyer, and to-night he | asserted that he would investigate the matter. | William and Verel Redford, the parents | of the dead girl, have resided at Alto ns and com- | About three months. Redford is the chief | s s Jardons are ©ngineer of the North Shore power-house > at Alto and occupies one of the company’s | of the ser- Martinez in locking a general ition. Cond Sanitary C. H. ( irely A new system 1 Attack Women. —A highway- t and two at- women were s D. Walters street by a her watch. way. A few an was held a young man, containing $§ DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. i trees: | Apple .. new houses near the electric plant. | His daughter Lizzie, aged 6 years, is sick at home, while her elder sister, Verel, aged 11 years, was taken {ll in San Fran- ol o only a short time ago. The child | t died was ill only about three weeks. | Redford domicile is a new structure, | as is everything in connection therewith | Some tanks just to the rear of the home are used for water to supply the plant | and for drinking purposes. Assistant En- | gineer H. E. Walker, who lives in the house adjoining the Redford home, does not hesitate to say he believes Mary Red- | ford died from drinking the water, which hed been poisoned by white lead. | Others who have been at the plant and | living near by are of the same opinion. In making the connections it is presumed the | plumbers unintentionally let white lead drop into the tank and did not clean it | out before the water was turned in. The | father of the dead girl was particularly non-committal when seen at his home. | He would neither affirm nor deny that his | child died of Bright's disease, but would | simply refer to Dr. Spottiswood. Dr. Spot- | tiswood stated yesterday that none of the other members of the family were ilI, but to-night when ft developed that the other | children were sick he refused to talk. —_——— RAPID GROWTH OF FRUIT INDUSTRY IN SANTA CLARA Some Interesting Figures Are Fur- nished by the Books of the County.Assessor. | BAN JOBE, Oct. 16.—The following in- | teresting figures on the fruit acreage In Senta Clara County are taken from the| Assessor's books. Total number of fruit Bearing. Non-Bearing.- Total. | 16,900 7 20,600 3,700 hich they are the superior | several medi- | genuineness e of testi- people, in PENS, MEDICAL ASSO- ARY Buffalo, N. Y. | e is no medicine Medical Dis- SON. ves the body body-building with eound, bby fat, pro the nerves, and people vitality | tem and my beaith is | To gain knowledge of your own body—in nd for the People’s al Adviser. Abook | s in stamps for | stamps for cloth | ess Dr. R. V. Picree, 66 A PLEASANT - LAXATIVE NOT INTOXICATING Not Hungry when you should be means disordered wil lead to nervous dr Miles’ Nervine is 10 benefit you or money Book on nerves sent free. T= MEDICAL Co., Elkbart, Ind. which nerves, [ The agreeable part ot trac is in moneyback goods: Schi: ling’s Best : = wices 4 coffee soda make no trouble for you or you grocer. baking powder flavoring extracts 10,940 21,750 600 | 4,850 P B 38,200 above will cheerfully 15,900 d in lawful money 366,900 United States, by the 38,100 igned, proprietors of :z-g Golden Med- 4,520 y, if they can- 2.300 w the original signa- 20 teering the tes- 320 f every testimo- Totals .. RIMMT. BebE | male | G. W. Walsh, are in jail charged with the | | the tragedy occurred. Amey continued | followed and Walsh, who was with Jen- | kins, The total acreage In fruft trees in the county is not less than 56,000; in vineyards | sbout 5000; the acreage in berries and | small fruits is 1200; in vegetable gardens 50, and in flower and vegetable seed farms 2000, Between 300 and 400 acres are planted in potatoes, and the wheat acre- age is 10,000; that of barley 12,000, and of | hay 30,000. | In 1857 the number of fruit trees bear- | ing is given as 1,365735; In 1888 the num- | ber growing 1548,779; in 1889 trees grow- | ing, 1,59,560; in 189, 2,120,000. —_———— DIVORCED WOMAN KILLS HER FORMER HUSBAND Thomas Amey, a Bartender, Is Shot to Death in a Bakersfield Dance Hall. BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 16. — Thomas Amey, a bartender, was shot and killed early this morning in a local dance hall. His divorced wife, Jennie Castro, and two companions, Edward Jenkins and crime. Amey's wife secured a divorce several months ago, resumed her maiden name and went to work in the dance hall, where paying attentions to his former wife and, it is sald objected to the attentions of Jenkins, who is a bartender employed at & resort. Shortly after midnight Amey and Jenkins engaged in a fight in a sa- loon, but were separated. They met at the dance hall a few hours later, words fired a shot at Amey. While Walsh was being disarmed the woman drew a pistol and fired at her former husband, killing him. Amey formerly resided in Los Angeles and has a brother in that city. —_————— SEPRING VALLEY FILES A DEED OF TRANSFER Bulky Document Becomes a Part of the Records of Santa Clara County. BAN JOSE, Oct. 16.—A deed was filed in the County Recorder's office this after- noon by which the Spring Valley Water Works transfers all its holdings to the Spring Valley Water Company. It is a bulky document, comprising thirty-two pages of printed matter. The filing fee was $51 50. The document covers all fhe real es. tate, water rights and other property of the water company situated in the varjoug counties in the State. The value of the property is not given, but it runs up into the millions, The filing of this deed is £aid to be preparatory to the big bond issue about to be floated by the Spring Valley Water Company. A copy of the deed will be filed in all the counties where the company has holdings. o S ot Jury Vindicates Garland. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16.—The jury in the case of H. J. Crocker et al. against Willlam M. Garland, a prominent real estate man of this city, has returned a verdict vindicating Garland. The plaintiff charged that Garland had used fraudulent means in the handling of a certain piece of real estate in this city belonging to the Crocker estate and brought suit for 60,000 damages. | time. DIVORCED PRINCESS WILL WED THE SON OF THE CZAR'S UNCLE B Betrothal of the Grand D uke Cyril to the Daughter of His Late Grace of Edinburgh, Who Left Her Husband TwoYears Ago, Announced in Bucharest IENNA, Oct. 16.—A newspaper of Bucharest announced to-day the betrothal of the Grand Duke Cyril, son of the Czar’s uncle Vladimir, to the divorced Grand Duchess Victoria of Hesse, daughter of the late Duke of Edinburgh. Princess Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse, was born November 25, 1876. She is a lady of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert and of the Imperial order of the Crown of India. On April 19, 1894, she was married to H. R. H. Ernest Ludwig, reigning Grand Duke of Hesse, who is a grandson of the late Queen Victoria. One child, Elizabeth, was born of the union. The marriage was dissolved December 21, 1901, GRAN S5S 1 B! “fi‘z!;s: ) o+ o+ ! DAUGHTER OF LATE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WHO WILL MARRY. THOUGHT JEWELS 44D BEEN TRKEN Fifteen-Thousand-Dollar Necklace Cause of Excitement. Conslderable of a flurry was created in | police circles Thursday, when Mrs. George H. Mendel Jr., wife of the assistant sec- retary of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, reported to the detective de- partment that a necklace valued at $15,000 had been lost or stolen. Three detectives | were hurried to the lady’s apartments at | the Richelieu Hotel, on Van Ness avenue, and the case was a perplexing one for a Mrs. Mendel insisted that she had placed the jeweled necklace under the | mattress of her bed and that it had dis- appeared. Later she found that the string of gems had slipped from her neck and was concealed in the folds of her dress. Shortly after 10 o’clock Thursday morn- ing Mrs. Mendel returned to the hotel after a trip down town. She looked about the room for her necklace, and being un- able to find it immediately became ex- cited and raised an alarm. Her friends assisted her In searching the premises, but the search resulted in nothing, and it was decided to call the police. As soon as Captain of Detectives John Martin had been communicated with he dispatched Detectives Mulcahy, O'Dea and Bailly to the place. It appeared for a time as if a big case of theft was on the tapis. Mrs. Mendel clung to the story that she had secreted the jewelry somewhere about the room and that it had been taken. The sleuths accomplished a $ystematic search, but without results, and,soon started to solve the problem by questioning the attaches of the house. The proprietor disputed the theory that a robbery had been com- mitted and urged the lady to make a fur- their search. At the noon hour Mrs. Mendel was changing her dress and after unloosening the folds of her shirt waist was surprised to see the necklace dropped to the floor. The police were then telephoned to and | excitement was allayed. The string had become unclasped in some manner and slipped Into the dress. Good fortune pre- vailed that the gems were not lost in the street and that they remained where they aid. ————— TRAINING SHIP MOHICAN IS READY FOR HER CRUISE She Will Leave Mare Island Navy Yard To-Day and Be Gone. Three Months. VALLEJO, Oct. 16.—Loaded with stores and provisions and having recently re- celved 200 landsmen, the training ship Mohican is lying at the navy yard ready for a three months’ practice cruise. Her itinerary is as follows: Wil proceed from Mare Island to San Francisco October 17, sailing for the south the same day. At San Diego, October 22 to October 27; Mag- dalena Bay, November 2 to November 12; Pichilinque Harbor, November 15 to No- vember 20; Magdalena Bay, November 23 to Decenfber 16; San Diego, December 21 to December 2; Santa Barbara, December 28 to December 30; San Pedro, December 31 to January 4, 1904; San Diego, January 6 to January 10, returning to San Fran- cisco January 13, 1904. . . —————————— Gus Koster to Fight Dunne. The next regular boxing exhibition of the San Francisco Athletic Club wil be held in the Sixth-street gymnasium on the 23d inst. The métches made by Alex Greggains follow: Charles McChesney vs. George Henry, nds; Jack Lenihan vs. Ed Smith, 115: }2 va. James Marshall, 130; Joe Hig s vs. Justin La Grare, 125;: Mike Synfy v: Osteleter, 130; Plerpont Ordway v Jack. Aa< 130; Gus Koster vs. Mick Dunne, 175. ——— Straight Time, Crooked Route. To-day the Mill Valley and Mount Tam- alpais Scenic Railway will put into ef- r::euz a ngy u:lme ::.la ::r the crookedest way e wo s four down on week days .::mlflp “&m trij sun.stuuto fi%nfl:nm;mr . al weeks days and 8 a. m. e p connect with tnlnaddvl.:: ranges. DESPONDENT MEN William Walker Dies by His Own Hand in a Hotel One man committed suicide last night by shooting himself in the head and an- and will probably die from the effects of the self-inflicted pistol wound. Both men, | by a strange coincidence, were from the | same address and, it is thought, were | unknown to each other. There was but half dn hour’s difference between the two tragic occcurrences. At 9 o’'clock a man entered the Tremont House, 523 Kearny street, and asked O. F, Woods, the night clerk, for a room. He registered wunder the name of ““Wright” and was shown to a room by Woods. The night clerk had barely re- turned to the office when he was startled by the report of a pistol shot. He has- tened to several rooms to ascertain whence the report came, and heard faint moans in the room just taken by “Wright.” He entered and found the man lying on the floor in a pool of blood, a revolver resting between his legs. |ambulance was called and Walker was sent to the Central Emergency Hospital, where he died later. He wam recognized as a man named Willlam Walker, who made an attempt to take his life last Tuesday by inhaling gas at the St. Da- vid’s House, Howard street, and was ta- ken to the Emergency Hospital, where he quickly recovered. As he left the hos- pital on that occasion he sald, “I'll make a better job of it next time.” The other case was that of Harry Gas- per, a longshoreman, well known to men employed about the wharfs. At §:30 o'clock Gasper, who has lived for the last two years at the house where ‘“Walker' sent a bullet into his head, was seen to walk along the Washington-street wharf toward the water. He approached Wil- liam Sanders, the watchman, and asked | him, “How is work?” Sanders replied in a jocular way, “Work and I fell out a long while ago.” Gasper, who had evi- dently been drinking, answered, “So it has with me,” and walking about fifteen feet toward the end of the wharf cried out, “Good-by” and, drawing a revolver from his pocket, instantly shot himself. The act was witnessed by several men employed on the Vigilant. Sergeant Ellis of the, Harbor police sta- tion answered a call/ and had the man conveyed to the Harbor Emergency Hos- pital. Dr. Henry Murphy found that the bullet had penetrated the left lung and lodged in the back. Gasper told Sergeant Ellis that he was tired of living. He was later transferred to the Central Emergency Hospital, where his condition was pronounced critical. Gasper s a brother of Frank Gasper, a well-known politician. d ——— ‘Wool Commands a Good Price. SANTA ROSA, Oct. 16.—Three hundred bags of wool, practically all of the same grade, were disposed of at the fall wool sale at Coverdale Thursday. The price was 13 cents, the same price that growers received last fall for their crop. Simon Pinschower and W. T. Brush, local buy- ers, obtained the entire offering at the figure named. San Francisco buyers de- parted for their homes previous to the beginning of the sale. Conslderable of the wool which formerly went to Clover- dale from Booneville, Mendocino County, has been deflected to the wool sales in- augurated at Ukiah, Mendocino County. —_——————————— Law Students Elect Officers. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 16— The LL. B. class of 1904, composed of those law students who are candidates for the degree of bachelor of laws next May, met and organized this afternoon. ‘A constitution was adopted and the fol- lowing officers elected, for the college year: President, f:t;mmwb R{ce; sec- retary-treasurer, ur E. Cooley; his- torlan, Charles A, Cantwell. ¢ The last Australian steamer took out over 7000 boxes of California apples. The WEARY OF LIFE | other man attempted to take his own life | sl DONIES ST *FAGES "ENENY” Madison Square Garden Garrisoned by the Crusaders. Thief Steals $1500 Brooch From the Wife of the Leader. et NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The ‘“restoration host,” under the leadership of John Alex- | ander Dowie, garrisoned Madison Square Garden to-day and completed prepara- tions to sally to-morrow on the work of the “‘enemy.” The first detachment, numbering about 400, arrived early in the morning and the | remaining trains followed during the day | and evening. Leaving the ferry-boat, the crusaders boarded special cars which were | in waiting and proceeded direct to the garden to the music of their bands and | the singing of hymns. | The general overseer himself, accom- | panied by his family and staff, arrived in his special train at the Grand Central station, where, owing to a misunder- standing, his private carriage failed to meet him and he was compelled to go to | the Plaza Hotel in a hack. During the | confusion of leaving the train a thief slipped into Mrs. Dowle’s reception room in the car and stole a $1600 diamond and | { pearl brooch. From the Plaza Dowie went to the gar- den, where he restored order out of the | general .confusion that prevailed and out- | lined his plans in an interview with the newspaper men. He denled that he in- | tended to raise a fund of $50,000,000 while | here and declined to say whether he was | going to found another Zion City here. It |is intended to begin the house-to-house ivlallntlonn to-morrow and the first public | | service will be held in the garden on | | Sunday. | { o R S | PIONEER REMEMBERS ! MINERS IN HIS WILL Creates a Fund for the Erection of Headstones Over Their Last Resting Places. OROVILLE, Oct. 16.—The will of the | late James Lamb, a ploncer, who died | a few days ago in Oroville, was opened | this evening and it was found that the | bulk of his fortune of $20,000 had been set | aside as a fund for the erection of a stone | to mark the resting pluces of the old miners who may hereafter die in Butte | County. The pioneers who helped to| make history for California are fast pass- ing away. Many of the old fellows are | indigent and friendless! Their former | wealth has been squandered or spent in | explolting new diggings and now they are | coming in from their lonely cabins in | the gulches and on the bars to their only | haven, the county infirmary. From this| time on their graves will be marked. | James Lamb was a typical miner, but | found himse]f with a competence when | he was unable to work. He had no| relatives and of his estate $4500 is left | to friends and the balance will be used | to mark the graves of his fellow pioneers. i R TR L PRISON MUTINY LEADERS GET LIFE SENTENCES Five Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Con- victs Are Found Guilty of S Murder. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Oct. 16.—All five leaders of the Fort Leavenworth ! prison mutiny of Noveiaber, 1901, charged with killing Guard aldrupe, were found gullty of murder by a jury in the United States court kiere this morning, with capi- i tal punishment, anu will be given life | sentences. The priscners are Gilbert Mul- | lins, Tabor Barnes, Frank Thompson, Fred Robinson and Robert Clark, all des- perate men and all from the Indian Ter- ritory. Mullins and Robinson had prac- | tically finished their terms at the time | of the outbreak and the otners were short | term men. In the mutiny twenty-eight prisoners | escaped after a flerce fight with the | guards, during which one guard, Wald- | rupe, was killed, and several of the con- | victs were suot. All but one of the con- viets were finally captured, although three of them were shot in engagements with | posses. | LSps il s IMPRESSIVE SERVICES HELD FOR ARCHBISHOP Requiem High Mass to Be Celebrated in St. Louis With Cardinal Gib- bons as Celebrant. BALTIMORE, Oct. 16.—Impressive ser- vices were held this evening over the body of Axchbishop John Joseph Kain at St. Agnes £anitarlum. When the services had been completed the casket containing the remains was borne to Camden station and under the escort of a large party left at 3 o’clock -over the Baltimore and Ohio for St. Louls, where interment will be made on Wednesday. Cardinal Gibbons will leave next Mon- day for St. Louis. A Tequiem high mass will be celebrated at the cathedral in St. | Louls next Wednesday, with the Cardinal |as the celebrant. The sermon will be preached by Archbishop Keane of Du- | buque, Towa. The funeral services in St. | Louts will be elaborate. ——— e CAPTURED CONVICTS MUST STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER Wood and Murphy Are Held for the Killing of Guard Cotter at Folsom. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 16.—Convicts J. H. ‘Wood and Joseph Murphy, who partici- pated in the break at the Folsom State prison on July 27 last, which resulted in the killlng by one or more of the con- victs of Guard Cotter, were held to an- swer for murder by To: ip Justice J. R. Brown this morning. vict Charles Abbott testified that he saw Cotter pull Convict Davis, one of the escapes, off Guard Chalmers during the melee. The ’delense offered no testimony apd both sides submitted the case without argu- ment. . | Sophomore Grabs the Ballot-Box. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. 16.— The freshman closs was scheduled to elect officers to-day. The polls were open from 11 a. m. until 2 p. m., and many a fresh- man lass or Tad, in fear and trembling, cast his or her first vote in an election at Stanford. But the verdant youngsters had not counted on the ingenuity of the festive sophomore. When the ballot-box was well filled with the precious votes and the election officers had declared the polls closed a wily second-year man, light of finger and swift of foot, grabbed the box and started on a cross-country run across the quad. So far as the freshmen know he is running yet, and it is prob- able that the youngsters will make an- other attempt to elect leaders for their class next week. A ———— Nebraska Greyhound & Winner. FRIEND, Nebr., 16.—Always in | Front, a Nebraska greyhound, owned by ‘W. B. Malcomb of ¥« Nebr., won the all-age stake to-day, the biggest cours< for years. < (% | sian Government, has been instructed to ! explain fully to the permanent sugar com- FATAL SHOOTING ENDS QUARREL Millionaire’s Son Kills Well-Known Mining Operator. Gordon Allen Meets Death at the Hands of Benjamin Aylor. —_—— JOPLIN, Mo., Oct. 15.—Gordon Allen, 32 years of age, a well-known mining opera- tor, was shot and instantly killed this afternoon by Benjamin Aylor of Webb City at the Aylor mine near Prosperity. Aylor is a son of J. W. Aylor, the mil- Honaire mine owner. There were no wit- nesses of the shooting. A loaded revolver was found in Allen’s pocket and it is al- leged that he had threatened to kil Aylor. Aylor was arrested, but not placed in jail, pending the verdict of the Coroner’s jury. There had long been {ll-will be- tween the men because Aylor foreclosed a mortgage against Allen nine years ago. The men met to-day, became involved In a quarrel and Aylor drew a pistol and fired five shots at Allen, three taking ef- fect. —_——————— MAY GIVE ADHESION TO SUGAR CONVENTION Russia Suggests Modifications Which It Is Expected Will Satisfy the Signatories. BRUSSELS, Oct. 16.—There seems to be good prospect of Russia glving her adhe- sion to the sugar convention. Domestic arrangements hitherto had interfered; but | Russia has now volunteered modifications which she considers ought to satisfy the signatories of the convention. Baron Kerff, special representative of the Rus- mittee, now In session, his Government. —_— e ——— Felons Sent to San Quentin. SAN JOSE, Oct. 16.—Joseph Gregg, con- victed of stealing a watch from Charles Rider of Gilroy, was to-day sentenced to five years in San Quentin. He is wanted for a burglary in Santa Cruz and has served one term in prison. STOCKTON, Oct. '16.—Thomas Scott, convicted of burglary for having stolen wheat, was to-day sentenced by Judge Nutter to two and a half years in San Quentin. Scott's mother, who was in court, wept bitterly when sentenced was pronounced. —_— Soldiers Buried at Arlington. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The bodles of eighty-three American soldiers who died in the Philippines were interred at Arling- ton National Cemetery to-day. The re- mains were accompanied to the grave by a platoon of soldiers and there were ap- propriate religious exercises. ————— White House Intruder Is Insane. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Porter Elliott of Minnesota, who was arrested at the White House on the 5th inst. and who made a violent attack on the officers who had him in custody, was to-day officially adjudged insane and removed to St. Eliza- beth’s (nsane Asylum. the proposals of Distinguished Dentist Dies. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 16.—Dr. Jona- than Taft, one of the best known dentists of the country and founder and for many years dean of the dental department of the University of Michigan, dled at his home here last night. —_———— Gasoline Schooner Runs Ashore. TILLAMOOK, Or., Oct. 16.—The Gerald C, a gasoline schooner, is on the beach at Nestucca. She can probably be floated. DEPOSIT PROVES SHORT IN VALUE Affairs of Dresser & Co. Are Aired Before Referee. Promoter Tells How Effort Was Made to Launch Realty Project. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The hearing be- fore Stanley sW. Dexter, referee in bank- ruptcy, in the case of Dresser & Co. was resumed to-day. The proceedings have to do with attempts to establish the value of certain securities deposited in an en- deavor to settle the affairs of Dresser & Co., of which firm D. Leroy Dresser. who is involved in the pending United States Shipbuflding Company, was head. Dresser & Co., a commission firm, went Into bankruptey and was placed in a receiver's hands in March, 103, with labilities of $1,105,000. April 6 Dresser offered to pay the creditors in full if the business was allowed to continue, offering to deposit securities of & guaranteed value of 380,- %00 as security. Charles S. Mackenzie, one of the receiv- ers, testified that he had learned for the first time to-day that the securities which had been represented to him as standard stocks of a market value of $§50,000 in- cluded in reality stocks and bonds of gold mining and undeveloped railroad compa- ries, which were worth far less than that amount. Elmer Alford identified an agreement signed by him with other guarantors, to- gether with Dresser, to turn over $350,000 worth of securities, the agreement guar- anteeing them to be worth this amount, but he admitted that the securities depos- ited were worth much less. Milton C. Quimby, one of the promoters of the settlement, testified that Dresser was not allowed to know what stocks had been deposited. Learning of the financial embarrassment of Dresser, he said, he had approached Dresser with a plan by which he might be extricated from his difficulties, proposing to deposit securities for the payment of Dresser’s obligations, in return .for which Dresser should be- come president of a Staten Island realty company and be given a large block of the capital stock of $3,500,000. Through Dresser’s influence the stock was to be marketed, the proceeds from a part of Dresser’s allotment to be used to redeem the securities deposited. Dresser consent- ed, and Quimby then interested Alvord and Timothy Cohalon, acting for them- selves and others, to deposit certain stocks and bonds as security and to guar- antee a value of 3$850,000 to them. —_— e DECLINES OFFICE FOR PARTY’S BEST INTERESTS William Henry Eustis of Minneap- olis Refuses Auditorship of Postoffice Department. ST. PAUL, Oct. 16.—The Dispatch says: Willlam Henry Eustis of Minneapolls has been offered the position of the auditor for the Postoffice Department at Wash- ington, recently vacated by Captain H A. Castle, and has declined the same with thanks. A letter was sent to Secretary Shaw yesterday, in which Eustis states that he does think it would be for the best interests of the Republican party in the State to have the auditorship go to Minneapolis in view of the recent ap- pointment of Eugene G. Hay to the“ap- praisership on the Board of Customs Ap- peals. It was intimated to-day that M. C. Fosnes, the present head of the rural free delivery, will succeed Captain Castle. —_— Stock Exchange Seats Cheaper. * NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—A sale of a seat on the Stock Exchange at $1,000 was re- ported to-day, as against 352,000 last week. A year ago memberships were held at over $30,000. ADVERTISEMENTS. ROOS BROS. Direct Attention to Their Boys’ Nortfolk Suits. (. There’s nothing like the Nor- folk suit for boys. They’re good for school--good for dress wear too: for play-—-good Q. The best suit sold for grow- ing boys. Every boy wants one. Get it for him here (. Blues and Fancy Mixtures-—- with and without bloomers---for boys from 6 to 14. The prices: Norfolk School Suits @ ® - $3.50 = $7.50 Imported Scotch Tweed Norfolk Suits 8|2.5u to S|7'50 ROOS BROS. SAY It is high time you were getting that boy AN OVERCOAT. @ Plenty of Staple Styles in Oxfords, Blues and Blacks—also in nobby Tweeds in cuts suitable for the Little Tot, the Schoolboy and the Young Man. ROOS BROS. KEARNY AT POST