The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1904, Page 16

18 WIL CLAIMS IN FULL AR, Committee of Creditors of Bol- ton, de Ruyter & Co. Makes a Very Satisfactory Report ONE HALF READY IN CASH - X Members of the Concern Stand Ready io Personally Make Up Any Deficiency That Occurs — tors of Bolton, de Ruyter s on the dol- t the firm if that a report is Announcement was the creditors nd it was w £ chairman of . read the re- £ned by himself and W B. Fisher, his mmittee was adjourned it ors in attend- pt the report e of the firm, which of the total in- sid in cash at was 0 reported “that the cents on the the creditors a score or more. ediate pa g the re- ould be paid as WILL AVOID COURTS. bers of the firm, who he meeting of the Thomas the a few sked the report creditors voted e had recom- matter into that ee, going into the a bers of the em a take so the eported, upon which there $30,713 the a second mort- and assessed vements; but 1to cash t mortgage was for about A portion of the unsecured out- s would be slow of collection wou! y prove s, in the opinion ttee, need have no uneasi- son that the individual firm had interests in onal property aside from assets, which should deficlency, should a ness, for t members of t ADVERTISEMENTS. ECZEMA The World's Greatest Skin Humour. Affects Every Age and Condition. The Only Sure Cure is " Cuticura. If there were not another external #kin disease known, eczema would be a sufficient infliction oo mankind. It per- vades all classes, and descends impar- Jally through generations. While some ere constantly enveloped in it, others bave it confined to small patches in the ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs, etc., but everywhere its distinctive feature is & small watery blister, which discharges an acrid fluid, causing heat, inflamma- tion, and intense itching, scaling and crasting. The Caoticurs treatment is at once agreeable, speedy, economical and com- prebensive. Bathe the affected parts freely with hot water and Caticura Soap, to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soflen the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing, and spply Caticura Olntment to allay itching, frritation scd inflammation, sod soothe and heal, and, lestly, take Caticura Resolvent, or Pillg, to cool and cleapse the blood. This treatment af- fords instant relief, permits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching, burniog and scaly hamours, and points 1o a speedy. per- d economical cure of tor- taring, disfiguring humours, eczemas, rashes and inflammations, from infancy 1o age. when all other remedies und the best physicians fail. the world. e Conted Pilis, 3. per vial of #0), Bie... Boap. c. : Bg.; Paris. § fine de : Bastor. 17 Columbus Potter Chem. E aSend for * How e o > falling mmediately available or of THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1904 [ RECEVE |LABROUSSE AT LAST FACES A JURY ON MURDER CHARGE 'Accused of Shooting and Kiliing Miss Marie Jordan Because She | | ; | || Rejected His Suit---One of the Talesmen Frankly Says the y Defendant Should Be Hanged and Is Challenged for Cause - — | 3~ EDMOND DE LABROUSSE, SLAYER OF PRETTY MARIE JORDAN, AS HE SAT IN TEARFUL SILENCE IN JUDGE DU E'S COURT WHILE THE JURY THAT IS TO TRY HIM FOR THE MURDER OF HIS FORMER SWEETHEART WAS BEING IMPANELED. + The task of impaneling a jury to try the case of Edmond de Labrousse, charged with the murder of Miss arie | Jordan in front of her mother’s resi- dence at 1459 Sacramento street on September 29, was completed in Judge Dunne'’s court yesterday morning. The | jurors are M. Ahern, M. J. Balfe, M. T. | Bray, John M. Loane, J. Stamper, F. W. Swan, C. P. Wright, Frankiin White, John McDonnell, A. N. Grant, S. Jacobs and D. Black. When Walter N. Brunt, one of the men, was being examined, he was d if he had expressed any opinion | on the case and he frankly replied that | he had read in the papers about the murder and was satisfied in his own |mind that the defendant should be | hanged. He was led to suppose that | plea of temporary insanity would be | trumped up. | Attorney Alford for the defendant | objected to Brunt making a harangue and the Judge said he did not want | to hear any speeches from any one, either inside or outside the jury box. Brunt was challenged by the defense for cause and the challenge was al- lowed. STORY OF THE KILLING. District Attorney Byington, in mak- ing his opening statement to the jury, recited the facts that led up to the murder. He said that the defendant had been paying his addresses to the murdered girl and had been asked to | cease his attentions, owing to an ob- | Jection as to his ha On September 29 the defendant met Miss Jordan near | her home. She had left the store where ‘she was employed to go home to her lunch. The defendant was seen walk- | ing beside her and talking earnestly to | her. When they reached the gate lead- |ing into the garden in front of Mrs. Jordan’s residence the / defendant: opened the gate and when Miss Jor- | dan followed he took hold of het shoul- | der and turning her round till she faced him, fired three bullets in rapid suc- | cession into her body. He fired another shot at her as she lay on the ground. Then he tried to shoot himself in the head, but the cartridge failed to ex- | plode. He looked into the muzzle of the revolver, fired a shot into the ground and then shot himself in the head. WOMAN SEES TRAGEDY. The witnesses examined yesterday were Corporal George W. Russell of the | Police Department, who showed a dia- gram of the scene of the shooting and explained its points, and Mrs. Pearl Dobbyns, who is leaving for the East this morning. Mrs. Dobbyns lived at 1458 Sacra- mento street, immediately opposite the | Jordan residence, and she testified that on the day of the murder she heard Ex ATTORNEY WILLIAM COBB IS NO LONGER A BENEDICT Judge Hebbard Grants Prayer of His Wife for Divorce on Ground of Desertion. Frances A. Cobb was granted a di- vorce from William A. Cobb, the at- torney, yesterday by Judge Hebbard. The decree was granted on the ground of desertion. The corroborative evi- |dence in the case was furnished by Cobb’s father. Mrs. Cobb was allowed 1$100 a month alimony. Decrees of divorce were also grant- ed to W. T. C. Davis Jr. from Grace | Davis for infidelity, Elenore V. A. Her- | zo8 from Henry F. Herzog for intem- perance, Freda Schuler from Her- mann Schuler for cruelty and Paul Zanone from Annie I. Zanone for cruelty. Suits for divorce were filed by Bridget Cooney against Owen Cooney for cruelty, J. H. Mason against Cor- | nelia Mason for desertion, Emma C. | McHugh against Samuel McHugh for cruelty, E. M. Skinner against Mary Skinner for desertion and Leonora M. Achilles against Thomas F. Achilles for cruelty. G. A. Ogden, who on Saturday last was adjudged guilty of contempt of court for refusing to pay to his former {wife, H. L. Ogden, the alimony or- | dered by the court, was released from | custody yesterday. He came into court and deposited the money he owed, $45. —_———— ‘Wilkins Company Sues Lackmann. The J. M. Wilkins Company, which is now conducting the ‘Cliff House, yesterday filed a suit for $10,000 dam- ages against former Sheriff John Lackmann. The plaintiff alleges that it was damaged because Lackmann, in levying a writ of attachment against J. M. Wilkins, arbitrarily took pos- session of the property of the com- pany. e 3 GOPCEVIC, THE CARMAN, IS NOW A MAN OF MEANS Will of His Wife, an Heiress, De- vises to Him the Bulk of Her Large Estate. M. M. Gopcevic, the Sacramento- street carman, who, after a romantic courtship, won the heart and hand of Harry A. L. Floyd, the young and handsome heiress, builded better than he knew when he gave his name to the young lady. Her will was filed for probate yesterday and under it Gopceevic, who is supposed to be the scion of a noble Servian family, in- herits the bulk of her estate, which is supposed to be worth several hun- dred thousand dollars. The only other person who receives a bequest of any size from the estate of Mrs. Gopcevic is Miss Elisa Pritchard, her life-long friend. She is left the sum of $10,000. The will was made nineteen days before the death of Mrs. Gopcevic and names Peter Gopcevic, her brother-in- law, and Henry Matthews, an old friend of the deceased, as executors, to serve without bonds. Evidently for the purpose of warding off a contest, Mrs. Gopcevic makes provision for all of her relatives. ' To Mary F. McAdoo, an aunt, of Knoxville, Tenn., she {leaves $1000; to W. G. McAdoo, a pistol from her collection of arms, and to Rosalie Humes, an aunt, of Louis- ville, Ky., $500; to Cora F. Matthews of Berkeley and Lucky L. Mhtthews and Ida S. Matthews of Louisville, Ky., cousins, she leaves $5-each. She leaves a similar amount to each of the children of Mrs. Isabella Matthews, a deceased aunt. . Exposition Special. One of our $6.00 Trunks will be Just the thing to tal o Bition S St Lasis Regular price of this A 5“ Bmf Trunk is $9.50., | Eriinie 1= #9560, th Co. 1 three shots fired in rapid succession and then another, followed by a wo- man’s scream. She looked out of her window and saw the defendant looking into the muzzle of a revolver and then saw him put the muzzle to his head and fire a shot. She ran outside and Miss Jordan lying on the ground, ng her last, and the defendant was lying near her. The court was then adjourned until this morning out of respect to the mem- ory of the late W. W. Foote. The de- | fendant sat as usual with his face cov- ered with a handkerchief and wip: the tears occasionally from his eye ADVERTISEMENTS. To be a successful wife, to retain the love and admiration of her husband should be a woman’s constant study. If she would be all that she may, she must guard well against the signs of ill health. Mrs. Brown tells her story for the benefit of all wives and mothers. “DEAR Mgs. Povgray : — Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will make every mother well, strong, healthy and happy. 1d: d through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then noticed a statement of a woman troubled as I was; and the wonderful results she had had from gour Vege- table Compound, and dec¢ided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time, T was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and m{ hus- band fell in love with me all over again. Itseemed like a new existence. I had been suffering with inflamma- tion and falling of the womb, but your medicine cured that, and built my entire system, till I was indeed like & | new woman. — Sincerely ,an, Mzs. CaAs. F. BROWN, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot 8 bn.-. Ark., Vice President Mothers Pproving genuineness o—n'{um"’ L AWAIT ARRIVAL ADVERTISEMENTS. penesiA STITC Dr. Campbell Morgan, Who Works in Path of Dwight L. Moody, to Visit San Francisco GREAT RALLY 'IN VIEW Dr. Egerton R. Young, the Noted Canadian Author, Tells of Life of Dominion’s Indians R\ Many minigters of the evangelical churches of the city met at their re- | spective Monday associaticn gatherings yesterday and a great deal of execu- | tive and general business was irans- acted. One of the important meetings was { that which formulated plans for the visit of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, who came from England some time ago to take up the work at Northfield, Mass., which was instituted by the Iate Dwight L. Mocdy. Dr. Morgan is to be in the city from March 12 to 18, and in all probability the First Congregational Church, Ma- son and fPost streets, will be selected for his work while here. Dr. Morgan | will deliver addresses each evening of | his stay in San Francisco and the aft- ernoons will be devoted to evangelical work in Oakland. All the Protestant | evangelical bodies in San Francisco will unite in the meetings. At the Congregational ministers’ meeting at the Y. M. C. A. building held yesterday the Rev. William Rader, president, was in the chair. W. A. Gates, secretary of the State Board of Charities, spoke of the pau- | perism, crime and insanity everywhere | present and of the necessity of some | State supervision for the relief and re- moval of the same. Mr. Gates said that up to a'year ago there was no such supervision in the | State of California. At that time a | State board was appointed by the Gov- ernor to investigate and report from time to time on conditions. WOULD FAVOR INDIANS, The Presbyterian Ministers’ Associa- tion assembled yesterday morning at | the Presbyterian Mission Home, Sac- | | ramento street, when Charles A. Kel- | sey, the Rev. Levi Gregory and the Rev. W. T. Patchell laid the cause of | the landless Indians in Northern Cali- | | fornia before the association. | The visitors urged the circulation of petitions designed to secure favorable legislatiorf'in Congress in behalf of the | | Indians. | The obfect was heartily indorsed by | A paper was read by the Rev. Rich- mond Logan entitled “Great Men of the Church,” the author taking John | Knox as an illustration of the strong | men of the Presbyterian body. | | Dr. Egerton R. Young, the noted au- | | thor of Toronto, addressed the Metho- dist ministers’ meeting at Epworth Hall | yesterday morning, his subject being | “Reminiscences of My Life Among the ! Indians of the Hudson Bay Territories, | | North of Manitoba.” | | Dr. Young told his hearers that the Canadian Government had never had |a war with its Indians. as the Indian question is kept completely out of pol-| l itics and most stringent regulations are ' | enforced against the introduction of, | intoxicating liquors among them. He | also stated that practically all the Canadian Indians are christianized and | civilized, with, perhaps, the exception | of the Blackfoot and one or two other | | tribes. | | PICTURES OF “PASSION PLAY.” | Rev. W. 8. Kelly of the Centella Methodist Episcopal Church, San Jose, | | gave the ministers an address on “The | | Life of Christ,” illustrated with stere- | | opticon views from the paintings of | the masters. Rev. Mr. Kelly also | showed moving pictures of the “Passion | Play” of Oberammergau. | The Epworth League Alliance will ‘hnld a rally at Central M. E. Church | Thursday evening. All the leagues of | the city will be represented. An ad-| | dress will be delivered on “President | Lincoln” by Rev. E. D. Raley and re- | freshments will be served by the league. | | An executive committee of the San | Francisco Missionary Convention was | | held yesterday afternoon, Dr. G. B. Smyth in the chair. | Dr. Smyth announced that Bishop | Fowler had signified his intention of | attending the convention and giving | a lecture during the week. | Bishop Thoburn of India and his col- | | league, Bishop Warne, cabled Dr. | | Smyth that they will be present and | | speak at the convention, which begins April 28 in the Alhambra Theater. ESTABLISHES A BUREAU. The literature department of the Woman's Home Missionary Union of | Northern California, of which Mrs. E. | J. Singer is secretary, will maintain a | | bureau of information at the Congre- | gational headquarters in the Y. M. C.| A. building. | An executive committee meeting of | the Woman's Occidental Board was held at 920 Sacramento street yester- day, Mrs. Cyrus Wright in the chair. The matter of the purchase of the lot adjoining the board's mission home was brought up and it was announced that more than $1000 had been voluntarily subscribed for the purpose. The sum needed is $3700, which the board hopes may be speedily raised. A Pentecostal convention will open in the Howard Street M. E. Church to- night at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Joseph II. Smith of Philadelphia and Rev. L. H. Baker of Ohio will be the speakers. There will be public services each day at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. conducted by Rev. A. C. Bane, the pastor. The Ministers’ Association of the Christian church held a _meeting yes- terday afternoon, when Dr. Walter M. White presided. Rev. Frank S. Ford read a paper entitled “Fellowship.” The board of the Northern California Baptist Convention was held yesterday afternoon in the lecture room of the Y. M. C. A, Rev. T. S. Young of San Jose in the chair. The board confirmed the appointment of Rev. Henry A. Fisk as superintendent of city missions of San Franeisco. S g a—— Charged With Failure to Provide. Timothy Horgan, a horseshoer, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Of- ficer Young at the instance of the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on a charge of failure to provide for a minor child. It is al- leged that while Horgan is able to earn good wages he has been dissipat- ing too freely. As a result his wife and child j)ave become public charges. —e—————— ‘Warehouse Transferred. Haslett & Co. have transferred the Oriental warehouse, on the corner of First and Brannan streets, to the Southern Pacific Company, which com- pany purposes to enlars2 it to three times its present size. Decides Not to Die. George Bojos, a baker, residing at 535 Stevem&:tnet,‘ took a dose of poison yesterday and after swallowing the drug hurried to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. He will re- cover. s A T it Saves nine. clothing. Brown’s ime That’s true especially about clothes are made so you'll have no trouble with them afterwards, Seams and buttons sewed tight; trousers keep their shape; coat hangs well —all the stitches are put in Brown’s clothes you the before . buy o MILL TO MAN. This label on every garment. BROWN BROS.&C0 SAN FRANCISCO.CAL. " 516518 MARKET, ST. nonicomeny WOULD RETCRY SPECIAL TAES \Supervisors Adopt Resolution Pledging Remission of Coin Paid for Schools and Hospitals —— The Board of Supervisors yesterday | adopted a resolution declaring its in- tention of returning to the taxpayers heretofore paid by them under the special tax levy for new schoolhouses and a hospital if legally possible so to do. The resolution also directs the City Attorney to take no further proceed- ings in the prosecution of the appeal in the case of Whitney vs. the city, | wherein the special tax was declared | illegal, and authorizes him to dismiss the appeal. The Board of Works was requested to investigate and report the adequacy of the chimney of the building occu- pied by the Sanitary Reduction Works to carry off the fumes and smoke without injury to neighboring prop- erty. The Board of Works was requested to report whether the exit lamps in theaters and other places of .amuse- ment should not be lighted only by “incombustible oil” and the ordinance permitting such lighting be an inde- pendent circuit of electricity be amended so as to exact the use of such oil exclusively for that purpose. The sum of $1000 was appropriated out of the urgent necessity fund to continue the work of experting the books of the various municipal de- partments. The City Attorney was requested for {an opinion as to whether under the charter the Board of Supervisors or Fire Commission has the power to contract for supplies used by the Fire Department. The claim of Mrs. Sarah Henney for $3000 for the death of her daugh- ter was rejected for want of authority. The appeal of property-owners from the assessment issued to W. C. Raisch |for the expense of constructing a| sewer in Hodges alley was referred to the Street Committee. HOUSES READILY AND LOTS SELL UNDBR HAMMER Results of Auction of City Property That Is Conducted by G. H. - Umbsen & Co. G. H. Umbsen & Co. sold realty at auction yesterday. No. 770 O’Farrell street, a two-story and basement dwelling and lot 23x137:6 on the south line of the street, between Hyde and Larkin streets, sold for $12,600, sub- ject to the approval of the court. No. 839 Castro street, a house of | seven rooms and bath and lot 21:4x 80 feet, brought $2400. Lot 25x137:6 on the east line of Oak street, between Broderick and Baker, was sold for $2500. Two building lots on the north line of Twenty-seventh street, between Church and Sanchez, were sold for $820 for the two. The northwest corner of Sanchez and Duncan streets, unimproved, 80x 114, brought $1900. Lots in the South San Francisco Homestead and Rail- road Association went for various prices ranging from $350 for two lots to $680 for two. ——— Murine Eye Remedy. A home cure for Eye troubles. Never fails to win friends. Used for infant and adult. Murine doesn’t smart. Druggists and opticlans.* —_———————— Storm Goes Southward. Forecaster McAdie of the weather bureau said last night that the whole of California should get a good drenching to-day. The storm was quite severe and of considerable ex- tent. The rainfall in San Francisco yesterday was .15 of an inch. The seasonal rainfall is 10.87 inches, which is about two-thirds of the average amount at this time of year. Snow fell generally in the mountain dis- tricts. The velocity of the wind was 62 miles an hour at Point Reyes, 48 at the Farallones, 24 in this city, 50 on Mount Tamalpais and 32 in Red Bluff. More rain is predicted for this city to-day. 1If your breathing is difficult, or your lungs sore, rely on Plso's Cure for relief, . —_—— Miyagawa Dies. T. Miyagawa, a 17-year-old Japan- ese servant, died at the Park Emer- gency Hospital yesterday morning from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. On Sunday morning he was found in his room at Dr. S. residence, 1153 Oak street, uncon- scious, with the gas escaping from an open burner. It was evidently a case of suicide. ———— Peter Thompson filed a libel yester- day against the American barkentine Northwest to recover $1676 on as- signed claims for sailors’ wages, sup- plies and tug transportation. by Mrs. | theabeniberg of. the timms | of San Francisco the various amounts | C. Mish's | | CELEBRATE EIGHTY-FOURTH BIRTHDAY OF THEIR LEADER Members of Woman’s Club Meet to Observe Anniversary of Their Venerable Founder. The ladies of the Susan B. Anthony Club held a meeting in Golden Gate Hall yesterday afternoon in celebra- tion of the eighty-fourth birthday of their founder, Susan B. Anthony. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Isabel A. Baldwin, president of the club, who, assisted by the com- mittee of ladies on arrangements, had arranged a very delightful programme for the occasion. Quotations from Miss Anthony on several important subjects were read Sloss Mrs. Newmann and Mrs. Harndn Personal reminis- cences were read by Mrs. Hobe, Mra. Austin Sperry, Mrs. Lemman, Mrs. Sanborn and Mrs. Olton. Mrs. Orr gave an Interesting ad- dress on the “Status of Women of the Present Day,” and music was rendered by the Brodea aquartet. At the conclusion of the meeting Mrs. Baldwin was the recipient of | many congratulations from the mem- bers for the delightful manner in which the programme was carried out. ——— e ADAMS" Irish Moss Cough Balsam, the safe, sure, guarantsed cure. 26c, §fe. Druggists. * ———————— Leaves Estate to Widow and Children. The will of Dennis Hayes of 1224 Buchanan street, who died several days ago, was flled for probate yes- terday. It disposes of an estate worth considerably more than $10,000. The devisees are Anna Hayes, widow of the deceased, and his three children. ———— See the gorgeous “King of Rugs” at Benguiat's Rug Sale. To-day is Exhibi- tion Day, Palace Hotel (Marble and Ma- ple rooms). F i —_—— ‘Wants Judgment Set Aside. A. White Brown, against whom a judgment was recently obtained in the Justice’s Court by L. Laz Lansburgh, filed a suit yesterday to have the judg- ment set aside on the ground that he | was not given a chance to defend the suit. He claims that Willlam Tomsky, the attorney who appeared for him, acted without his authority. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. e DISCRIMINATING LADIES Enjoy Using Herpicide on Account of Its Distinctiveness. 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