The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1904, Page 14

14 THE SAN- FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 190 JAPANESE ROBS HIS EMPLOYER From Home of Calvin Nut- ting by Small Brown Man THIEF IS CAPTURED H. Ashimoto Works Two Days in Jones-Street Resi- dence and Ransacks Place arrested last night home of Calvin was d ring valued at ts with dia- and a plain ring worth $5 t turday tele- employment street asking for usework. H. Ashi- and entered upon his s actions were sus- always prowling f the different mem- when through with he was it broken open ned stolen. The come to work as > were notified. etailed on the 10 on the cor- cramento streets. pawn ticket calling s was found on the MONAGHAN AN ASSAULT TO ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Accused of Shooting the Husband of a Young Woman of Whom He Was Enamored. nk Monaghan on a o murder was com- ury in Judge Law- All the wit- 1ed and the case jury this morning. enamored of the er B. Kelly, 844 the night of De- at the Kelly resi- shot at Kelly, he shoulder. He it returned to the g after Kelly rang the bell and opened the door he seized him. olver out of his pocket » shoot her. i the ross the street, e windows in the psterday he ting superficial s ested and taken ency Hospital swore to a com- with assault to 1im give a woman too much her. ADVERTISEMENTS. TORTURING DISFIGURING Skin, Scalp and Blood Humours From Pimples to Scrofula, from Infancy to Age Speedlly Cured by Ceticora whea All Eise Fails. The agonmizing itching and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the fright- ful scaling, as in psoriasis; the lose of hair and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled head; the facial disfigurements, 2s in acne and ringworm; the awful suffering of infants and anxiety of ‘worn-out parents, as in milk crust, tet- ter and salt-rheum —sll demand a rem- edy of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolv- egt are such stands proven beyond all doubt. 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This complete local and constitutional treatment affords instant relief, per- .mits rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczems and other itching, burning end scaly humours of the skin, scalp and blood, and points to & speedy, permanent end economical cure when all else fails. et B YOU WEAR GLASSES 1 suiting and restful? Do they relieve blurring and tiring of the eyes? It use Geo. Mayerle's Antiseptic Eyeglass - Send for the stral not wipers—ibc, 2 for 2bc. German Eyewater by mail, €2c GG, MAYERLE, German Expert Optician, MARKET ST, S. F. The Best Proparation -Colds, Coughs, and Asthma. R, £l 4% B She | house. | o shots at his | | ife DUNNING. (| | | | Johm P. Dunning, husband of the | woman Mrs. Cordelia Botkin is ac- cused of murdering, was on the wit- ness stand yesterday during Mrs. Bot- kin’s trial. Contrary to expectation there were no fireworks about his tes- timony or the manner of drawing it forth. It was thought that when At- torney Knight came to cross-examine the man for the love of whom th& de- fendant is supposed to have sent from | this city to Dover, Del.,, a box of pois- | oned candy addressed to Mrs. Dun- | ning, through partaking of which Mrs. | Dunning and her sister, Mrs. Deane, | died from arsenical poisoning, hide in | large patches would be torn from the witness and that he would be held up n contumely before the packed court- room. This did not happen, at least, not on the cross-examination. District At- torney Byington drew from the wit- | ness all the pertinent facts of the re- lations existing between the defend- jant and Dunning from the beginning | of their acquaintance and there was | little left for the defense to adduce to the disparagement of the witness. What little remained unrevealed was | brought out by the defense, but Attor- | ney Knight was clearly apprehensive | that his cross-examination might de- velop facts prejudicial to his side of | the case. | Indicative of the interest that was | felt by the spectators to the trial was their actions after the noon adjourn- | ment. Fully 200 of them, as soon as | they gained the corridor, lined up | along the walls and fought for places | with much the same spirit as the | holders of tickets to the Corbett-Britt | fight were compelled to do. Half of |the throng were women and they | stood more or less patiently for an hour and a haif until the doors were thrown open for the afternoon session. Many of them had brought lunches | and munched sandwiches and pfe dur- ing their vigil. The attendance yes- terday, while fully as large as in days past, was unmarked for the most part by prominent personages and well gowned women. The police had less difficulty in controlling the crowd than previously. EXEMPLARS INTRODUCED. | Outside of Dunning’s testimony the day was mostly consumed by the prose- cution in the introduction and proof of exemplars of the defendant’s hanc- writing. The first of this class of wit- | nesses to be called wag Oscar A. Fos- ! ter, a letter carrier, who delivered to Mrs. Botkin her mail in 1888 at the | Victoria Hotel. He was shown two | cards, giving the defendant's address on California street, which he claimed to have seen her write and identified | them as her handwriting. | Captain John Seymour, formerly chief of detectives of this ecity and at the | time of the first Botkin trial a detec- tive sergeant who worked on the case, was next called and his familiar face and ready testimony made a pleasant impression. In company. with Detec- tive Ed Gibson, he visited the room occupied by Mrs. Botkin at the Vic- toria Hotel after the news of the mur- ders had reached this city and while the defendant was under suspicion of being the author of the crimes. He said he had examined the effects which Mrs. Botkin left in storage there and | had looked for arsenic and twine, but had found none. Attorney Knight went at the witness in a ®ellicose manner, but Captain Sey- mour maintained his good nature and answered the cross-examination with- out any show of.irritability. To a ques- tion of Knight's as to whether or not he had placed a seal from Haas & Son’s candy shop on the floor during any one {of his visits, the witness said he had not. a portion of such a seal which William Rosello claims to have found in-the |room vacated by Mrs. Botkin “one month after she left the Victoria Ho- tel. Captain Seymour also said that he had nct noticed during his investi- gation a scrap of paper with writing on it lying on the couch in the room previously occupied by Mrs. Botkin. This scrap of paper was also claimed to have been found by Rosello when | he moved into the room vacated by Mrs. Botkin. CLAIMS A DOUBLE. Julius Fay, formerly a deputy City nd County Assessor, and William ond, tormermlahler of the City of Paris dry go store, both of ! whom claimed to have seen Mrs. Bot- ! This question was in relation to | 7 rozo AT TIN TEN REITRUNING, N NEW Yo PEIRIED AT SIXTEEN VSTREEZ STHZTION- e c—— e et} I HUSBAND OF MRS. BOTKIN'S AL- LEGED VICTIM, WHO TESTI- FIED AT TRIAL YESTERDAY. < - kin write during the year 1898, iden- tified her signature on money orders made payable to her which she had cashed with them. When Raymond was giving his testimony Mrs. Botkin leaned far over to Attorney Knight an;i inquired in a plainly audible voice: “Was that my double?” District Attorney Byington jumped to the conclusion that the remark was intended for the jury and rose to protest. After he had voiced it Mrs. Botkin sniffed contemptuously and Knight sneered and let the matter drop. This was the only time the peace of the day was disturbed. Detective Ed Gibson, Who arrested | Mrs. Botkin at Stockton in the latter part of August, 1898, on a charge of murder, was next called. He accom- panied Captain Seymour to the room once occupied by Mrs. Botkin at the Victoria Hotel and took part in the investigation there. He corroborated Captain Seymour in his statements and denied that he had left any por- tion of a Haas & Son’s seal in the room for future discovery. .William Rosello, who’ claims to have found the seal introduced in evidence, was the next witness. He described finding the seal under the couch in the presence of W. W. Barnes, then a clerk at the Victoria Hotel, on September 7, 1898. He said it was under the couch, and explained the apparent oversight of the detec- tives by stating that it was under the fringe of .the rug and not readily dis~ cernible. He thought that the rug had been partly turned in moving the couch, , On cross-examination the witness grew indefinite and uncertain. He was not sure whether or. not the couch had been ‘'moved at all, and couldn’t state for certain whether the torn seal was under the rug or just at the edge of it. It was also developed that the witness had talked to Barnes after the latter had rendered his tes- timony last Friday and had also read Barnes’ testimony in the newspapers. DUNNING APPEARS. Next came John P. Dunning and in- terest revived among the spectators. Dunning walked into the courtroom placidly and any emotion he felt over the situation was carefully masked. Not so with the defendant. From the time of his entrance until he was final- ly dismissed from the stand she scarcely took her eyes from him, ex- cept to consult the transcript of the testimony given at the last trial. Dun- ning for the most part carefully avoid- ed her gaze, but would occasionally send a wavering look in her direction, which - was quickly withdrawn before her tense inspection. Under questions of the District At- torney he told the story of his ac- quaintance with the defendant and the details of it were not a particularly pleasant recital. He first met her in 1894 or 1895, when he was reslding in this city with his wife and child. She was first known to him as Ade- laide Kirk, but within a short time he learned that her name was Cordelia Botkin and that she had a husband living in Stockton. He detailed at length all the changes of residence the defendant had made during their ae- quaintance and how he had been a constant visitor at each place. tween the two were criminal. In 1897, the defendant said, he went to Salt Lake, where he worked on a paper. During that time he received from Mrs. Botkin many letters and often wrote to her. He had seen her write many times during their acquaintance and said he was fd- miliar with her handwriting. He identified as being the handwriting of the defendant the address on the wrapper of the box of poisoned candy received by his wife at Dover and also said that in his opinion the two anony- mous letters sent to Mrs. Dunning and introduced into evidence were also the work -of Mrs. Botkin. He recognized Even | signed “Cordelia Botkin,” on the direct examination the infer-|that assignment as nurse ence was plain that the relations be- [troopn going to the Phil — TN CRIED OM AVDASO these not only by the handwriting but aizo by some expression in the letters which he said the defendant was in the habit of using. The witness stated that when he first received a copy of one of the anonymous letters from his wife he attributed the authorship to another woman, but after the death of his wife and an inspection of the originals he came to the conclu- | slon that they were written by Mrs. Botkin. On cross-examination Dunning ad- mitted that simost from the beginning of the acquaintance between himself and the defendant their relations had heen improper, even when his wife was with him in this city. He admitted having received and accepted from her while in Salt Lake $40 or $30, which he sald was all the money she had ever given him. Asked if he had ever re- ceived money from other women, he re- plied that at the time of the departure of his wife for Dover he had been friend of theirs. When Dunning returned from Salt Lake he resumed his relations with Mrs. Botkin, and shortly before his de- parture for Cuba to act as a corre- spondent he lived at the Victoria Hotel, where Mrs. Botkin had a room. He de- tailed how he broke the news to her that he was going to Havana, and sald that she pleaded with him to.abandon the project, saying that he would be better off in this city. At that time he informed her that he did not intend to return to San Francisco, but on his return from Cuba would take up his residence in New York City with his wife and child. On the night of his de- parture she accompanied him to the Sixtesnth street station, in Oakland, and cried bitterly.on the ferry and at the parting on the train. * “Did the defendant ever give you _money to cover your defalcation with the Associated Press?” asked Knight. “She did not,” replied Dunning. “Did any woman ever give you money to cover that defalcation?” “No, sir.” Somehow Knight was wary of the ‘witness, who preserved an outwardly calm exterior, whatevey he might have felt inwardly. The cross-examination was not nearly so humiliating and rig- orous as on the first hearing of the case, and Dunning was allowed to go with only & few barbs to rankle as a reminder of his experience on the stand. Mrs. Almirah Ruoff was recalled to identify a card with Mrs. Botkin's ad- dress on it, which the witness claimed to have seen the defendant write, and this writing was admitted in evidence as an exemplar. Mrs. Maggie Smith, in 1898 a cook at the Victoria Hotel, testified that on July 31 she saw Mrs. Botkin ascending the stairs of the hotel in a quiet, glid- ing manner, as though wishing to avoid detection. | The witness placed the timeé as about § o’clock in the after- noon. She said that previously she had been told by Mrs. Price, the landlady, | that Mrs. Botkin was ill and that din- ner would have to be sent to her room. The prosecution lays much stress on this evidence, because that was the afternoon on which Mrs. Botkin is al- leged to have purchased at Haas & Son’s shop the candy subsequently poisoned and sent to Mrs. Dunning. Mrs. Price is ill and it may be neces- sary to hold court at her bedside in order to secure her testimony in cor- roboration of Mrs. Smith. J. W. Erwin, in 1898 a postal inspec- tor, was called as an expert and iden- tified the postmarks on the envelopes inclosing the anonymcus letters as showing that they were mailed in San Fl:lanclll("o. oseph S. Stevens, stenographer in Department 12 of the Superior Court, Where the last trial was held, identified the transcript of the proceedings, when a letter written to Governor Budd, and asking e w:)teh the ppines ven the writer, was admitted to be IE‘ her handwriting by her attorney. Another letter was shown to have been admitted to be in the handwriting of the de- fendant in a similar manner. The Dis- trict Attorney offered them as exem- plars of Mrs. Botkin’s handwriting, but an objection was entered and Judge Cook tock the matter under advise- ment. | no weapon had been used. CROSS-EXAMINATION OF J. P. DUNNING TRUGS ASSAULT NOT SO RIGOROUS AS AT LAST TRIAL 'Husband of One of Murdered Women in Botkin Case | Tells of the Relations Existing Between Him and the Defendant Prior to the Poisoning of His W SCHOONER MATE ’ S Joseph Babitts of the King Cyrus Is Robbed of His ‘Watch and $28 in Coin —_— FIGHTS HIS ASSATLANTS Footpads Waylay Vietim at Corner and Leave Him Ly- ing Bleeding on Sidewalk —_—— Joseph Babitts, a seaman residing at 856 Greenwich street, reported to the police last night that he had been held up, brutally beaten and robbed of a gold watch valued at $75 and $28 in cur- rency by two footpads. Babitts' face plainly showed the effects of his en- counter with the robbers. The right side was swollen so that articulation was painful. Babitts said he had been unable to eat anything all day, not being able to open his mouth. The unfortunate man is a mate on the schooner King Cyrus, which arrived Sunday from Tacoma. When in this city he resides in the rooming-house of Mrs. C. Sharplitz, at 856 Greenwich street. About I o’clock yesterday morn- ing he was going to his home and had reached the corner of Chestnut and Mason streets when two men jumped out from a doorway and asked him the time. Babitts reached for his watch to convey the desired information when the taller of the two grabbed the time- piece. The other put the muzzle of a revolver near Babitts’ face and told him to “up with his hands.” Babitts did not comply quickly enough and was dealt a vicious blow in the face with the revolver. The seaman grappled with his an- tagonists and received a kick in the stomach which rendered him uncon- sclous. When he came to, his assail- ants had fled, and he felt for his valu- ables and found them gone also. Babitts went to a nearby doctor and had his face dressed. As soon as he was able to leave his bed he notified the police. Detectives were detailed on the case. They are of the opinion that the job was done by the same gang that has committed so many depredations in the North Beach district of late. —_ e APPEARS FOR ARRAIGNMENT ON A CHARGE OF MURDER Judge Lawlor, After Perusing the Testimony, Increases Gilovanni Fossa’s Bonds to $15,000. Giovanni Fossa appeared before Judge Lawlor yesterday for arraign- ment on a charge of murder, but at the request of hig attorney the case was continued till April 2. Fossa had been released on $3000 bonds, as it had been represented to the Judge that the defendant could not be con- victed of even assault to murder, as « | | | be convicted of murder, as he | { | | | | | ! | | kicked him. Lavagnino was found in given $800 by Mrs. Corbally, a mutual | oy ~ | blunder committed | both. After the continuance had been granted yesterday the Judge said he had carefully perused the evidence taken at the preliminary hearing and was satisfied that the defendant colulg 1a thrown Vincenzo Lavagnino down a long flight of stairs and Lavag.ino had died from the injuries received. Under the circumstances he would in- crease the bonds to $15,000. Fossa and Lavignino were rival scavengers and on June 1 last Fossa invited Lavagnino to call at his house at Bay and Franklin streets the next evening to talk matters over. Lavag- nino called and, it is alleged, Fossa threw him downstairs and beat and an unconscious condition next morn- ing in a vacant lot at Van Ness ave- nue and Union street by two police- men. He died the following Decem- ber. —_———— MEDICAL BLUNDER MADE AT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL Coroner Leland Will Investigate Mat- ter of Hugh Spillane’s Death and False Report of Cause. Coroner Leland will hold an inves- tigation ‘at 10 o'clock this morning to fix the responsibility for a medical in the case of Hugh Spillane, who died on March 17 in the Central Emergency Hospital of a fractured skull, but the cause of whose death was erroneously reported to the Coroner by the hospital author- ities as pneumonia. The surgeon who attended the case either failed to dis- cover the injury or made a false re- port. Morgue Surgeon Bacigalupi found that death resulted not from pneumonia, but from a fracture of the skull. Within the last four years many cases of fractured skull have been wronglv diagnosed and the Coroner proposes to get at the bottom of the matter and ascertain whether the blunder in the present case was due to incompetency or negligence, or He has subpenaed Drs. Paw- licki and Boskowitz to appear and testify at the inquest to-day. Spillane received fatal injuries by There PERMANENTLY ENJOINS BOARD Judge Seawell Gives Final Decision in Ferry Building News Stand Controversy —— Superfor Judge Seawell yesterday made an order directing that the in- Junction issued some weeks ago to re- strain the State Board of Harbor Com- missioners from awarding the news stand privilege to James F. Rooney at court holds that Foster & Orear, the glven proper treatment and that the Harbor Commissioners erred in refus- ing to consider the Foster & Orear bid of $1500 a month. testimony at the trial that Rooney was offered $300 a month to stand in with Foster & Orear on the old basis of $430 a month for the valuable privilege. Facts brought to light in the contro- versy show that the concession is now and for many years has been worth $1500 a month, or $18,000 a year. The revenue received by the State during the past ten years for the privilege amounts to $51,600. As the concession is admittedly worth $18,000 a year, the State has apparently lost $128,400 by failure of the Harbor Commissioners to get true inside information con- cerning the real value of one privilege at their disposal. There will be a meeting of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners to- morrow. Yesterday afternoon Charles stated that measures would at once be taken to give all interested parties ample opportunity to bid for the news stand concession, and that the privi- lege would be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If this policy is car- ried out the State may get something like the true value of the privilege. A demand will also be made on Fos- ter & Orear for the payment of $1500 a month, the amount of their present bid for the concession. e e.——— PHILIP KLASS LEAVES HOME WHILE DEMENTED His Wife Says He Went to Hunt an ’ Imaginary Swede, Intending to Kill Him. Mrs. Philip Klass of 1910 McAllis- ter street reported at the Coroner’s office yesterday that her husband, who is a painter, had disappeared last Sat- urday night and that she feared he had committeed suicide, as he had evidenced symptoms of insanity. She sald he was jealous of her and imag- ined that a visionary Swede had stolen her affections. On Saturday night | she said, he packed his clothing in a | telescope basket and stopped at the residence of Mrs. Davis on Natoma street, between Sixth and Seventh, long enough to tell her that-he in- tended to kfll his wife and himself. Since that time none of his friends have set eyes upon him and as he had falling in the street, after having alighted from a street car at the in- tersection of Tourth and Howard streets a’ few hours previous to being taken to the hospital. Just now are %elling best all-wool Smyrna Rugs, in their various sizes, at prices below wholesale prices. Don't miss it. » —_———— Japanese Murderer Must Hang. Kohichi Hidaka, a Japanese, who was convicted of murdering Mrs. T. Yoshimoto in Sacramento County in October, 1902, was denied a new trial by the Supreme Court yesterday. The defendant was found guilty of mur- der in the first degree and was sen- tenced to death. N “EASTER MORN,” A Beautiful Colortype, WITH THE EASTER CALL, OUT NEXT SUNDAY. ] Objects to Boycott. ‘H. Pundt, owner of the Poppy cafe at 124 Mason street, yesterday filed a suit for an injunction restraining the a revolver and a bottle of carbolic acid in his possession. his wife feared he had made away with himself. ———— Defective Title Causes Suit. A suit of great importance to real estate nurchasers and sellers was filed yesterday by Henry E. Bothin against the California Title and Trust Com- pany. Itisan action for $10,000 dam- ages and is brought on the ground that the defendant corporation in- sured the title to property on Clay street, between' Drumm and East, and then, when the title was found to be defective, refused to reimburse Both- in, the purchaser, for the damage he sustained ' by the loss of a strip of thirteen feet on one side of the realty on which was a mortgage not reported by the trust company. Attorney George Squires represents the plain- tiff. —_———————— Hotel-Keeper Gets Redress. According to a decision rendered by Judge Kerrigan yesterday, O. P. Ormsby is entitled to $700 damages from Kredo & Co. and A. Sternberg. His claim for damages was based on the charge that Sternberg, represent- ing himself as a representative of Kre- do & Co., fraudulently secured his sig- nature to a bill of sale of the Hotel Florence at 102 Ellis street. In giving Cooks' and Waiters’ Union from noy- | cotting his place. He asks for $500 Gamages. —_————————— Plso’'s Cure—40 years on the market. and still the best for Coughs and Colds. Druggists.* —— e Insolvent Clerk. George JA. Chabot, clerk, residing in this city, filed a petition in insol- Practically all the testimony .for the | vency yesterday in the United States prosecution, except that of handwrit- District Court. He owes $3064 and ing experts, is now in. It is thought the' has neither assets for exempt prop- case for the State will be submitted erty of any kind. this week. The hearing will continue this morn- ing at 10 o'clock. e Stock certificates and seal presses at”short notice. Edw. S. Knowles, 24 Second st. * judgment Judge Kerrigan declared the bill of sale void. —_—— Gordon Fletcher Poisoned. Gordon Fletcher, a roomer in the lodging-house at 417 Bush street, died in the Central Emergency Hos- pital at 3:45 a. m. yesterday, suppos- edly of morphine poisoning, self-ad- ministered. Powders resembling that were found his pockets. He was about 24 years old and had been working as a solicitor. Murine Eye Remedy Cures: Eyes. Makes Weak Eyes strong. Doel.n‘t . smart; soothes eye pain. $1200 a month be made permanent. The | occupants of the news stand, were not | It was shown by uncontradicted | H. Spear, president of the commission, | Will Be Something Doing At Pragers To-Day. Don’t Miss It. PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTION Enrollment of Voters in Assembly Distriets Since Opening of Registration The registration of voters is proceed- ing with considerable alacrity. The | gratifying progress is due in a mea- | sure to Registrar George P. Adams, | who lcses no opportunity to make the {fact known that the law requires a new registration throughout for the elections of 1904. The first primary election this year | will take place on May 3. It is time now to register, as the list for this ‘;-artlrular primary event will close on | April 13. The Registrar furnishes the follow- g statement of registratien of 1902 | in {and 1904 by Assembly districts from | January 2 to March 26: District— 1904 Twenty-eighth Twenty-ninth . Thirtieth I Thirty-third .. Thirty-fourth | Thirty-fth | Thirty-sixth .. Thirty-seventh Thirty-elghth . Thifty-ninth ... Fortieth | Forty-first Forty-second ... Forty-third Forty-fourth Forty-fifth Total 5 ...4153 At a meeting of the Board of Elec- | tion Commissioners yesterday afternoon | the following resolution Introduced by Commissioner Devoto was adoptede “The City Attorney having filed his | opinion with the Election Commission that Justices of the Peace of the city and county of San Francisco hold of- | fice for a period of four years, and “Whereas, as a matter of safeguard, being a matter im dispute and unde- cided, we deem it advisable that Jus- tices of the Peace should be elected at the next general election; therefore be it “Resolved, That the Registrar of Vot- ers be directed to place Justices of the Peace on the ticket at the next general election.” —_———————— Partners Have Fistic Encounter. Leonard Miller and George Jewett are partners in a restaurant at 211 Sixth street, but differences have arisen between them and they are seeking a dissolution. Yesterday Jewett secured a warrant from Police Judge Cabaniss for Miller’s arrest on a charge of battery. He alleges that Miller attacked him yesterday morn- ing and a badly swollen eye was point- ed to as an evidence of the power of Miller's fists. ————e. Supreme Court Ends Disputes. The Supreme Court decided yester- day that it could not entertain an ap- peal in a probate case where a home- stead had been set apart for Anas- tasia Cahill from the estate left by her husband. The court also declared that James Smith need not pay his di- vorced wife, Catherine, any alimony. The couple had made a compromise and then the wife changed her mind. - < AGENTS AND NEWSDEALERS Should Place Their Order Early for THE EASTER CALL. OUT NEXT SUNDAY. — — Gets Judgment on Notes. Judge Hebbard yesterday gave Samuel Dinkelspiel judgment for $6991 against S. J. Peterson of Green- view, Siskivou County. The plaintift sued to recover on two promissory notes made by the defendant in March of last year, only part of the face value of which he had pald. In his decision Judge Hebbard incorporated judgment for interest and for costs of theé suit. % —_———— Beautify Your Home. “A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.” So In making a gift 'tis well to remember this and pre- sent your friends a lasting thought. Beautiful framed pictures are now being shown by Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- ket st. * —_——— Bids Are Accepted. At a meeting of the-Election Com- mission yesterday afternoon the bid of Brown & Power of .0273 per name for printing the indexes for two primary and the general elections was accepted. The firm will receiye about $3500 for the work ~- the basis of its bid. The bid of the Carlisle Company of $1150 for adjustable binders was also accepted. ——— s || Log Cabint * bread with a flawor.” Ask -