The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1904, Page 35

BERTHA DOLBEER, HEIRESS AND SOCIETY FAVORITE, LEAPS FROM MONEY AFFAIRS IN GOOD SHAPE Directors of Veterans’ Home Deny a Story That the Allowance Js Exceeded GOVERNMENT FUNDSDUE Federal Appropriation for Six Months Will Soon Be Paid to State Treasurer A press dispatch from Sacramento, 8, quotes W. S. the State Board at Yountvil The expend eded the allow: United States $80.000 per an- tall- |GUATEMALANS . SHOW FAITH IN EXECUTIVE 1 -3 Don Manuel Estrada Ca- brera Re-elected Head of Republic. . PR fALA CITY, July 9.—Man- : 1 trium- ent of the re- A cablegram conveying the news e re-election of President Cab: ceiv ¥ iay by the Mohr Compan of thi o Franz, Portuguese City. iden and neral Jose M e troubled tim f his cou ight to be- of a revolu- Don Man- ot a soldier. He has an able, honest and ful executive. T t of the of $1099 07. E Mr. more or be in o cred says ated it to the State of Cali- the custom of per ding the re- ceipt of the Government money. Now, under the decision of subordinates at Bacramento and in accordance with the views of a deputy in the Attorney General's office, on the State’s allowance can be used each meonth. This ruling carried to its log- ical conclusion would deprive the vet- | erans of fpod and clothing until the Government allowance reached the State treasury, because the State al- lowance of $55,000 per year to the Veterans’ Home is quite meager. One of the directors remarked: “The free-handed, generous appropri- ations made by California for the an- nual support of such Institutions as the Attorney General's office, the Con- trolier’s office and the office of the secretary of the State Board of Ex- aminers do not apply to the Veterans’ Home. If the per capita allowance at Yountville was equal to the per capita appropriation for the maintenance of the Attorney General's office, for ex- ample, the veterans would receive meore than $1,000,000 a year from the State.” GOVERNOR PARDEE. Bince Governor Pardee went away on his vacation an army of deputy' governors has taken the field in Sac- ramento and the leaders of this new army take the view that the old sol- diers at Yountville should be placed on an exact footing with inmates of prisons, reformatory institutions and asylums for the insane. The directors hold to the view that the best the land affords is none too good for the old veterans. Moreover, supplies will be purchased to the extent of the Gov- ernment allowance. The directors do not question the right of the State Board of Examiners to hold up the bills until the Government money comes, but they contend that the statement wired from Sacramento is misleading and uncallc for. More- over, the sympathy extended to the creditors by the Sacramento officials lowance of | one-twelfth of | g ause on one oc- isplaced b n a self-important attache sserted f d his authority in directors bor- known litors. The Government id the cr th in the the money. rence to the deficiency, Hugh M. Burke, chairman of the library and amusement committee of the board, remarks: “The canteen, yield- ing a profit of $80 a month, was abol- ished through a misleading statement made on the floor of Congress by Rep- resentative Bell; hence the directors suggested to the Ge or the advis- ability of a defici for books, amusements, band and certain help in |the hospital until the Legislature should convene. The Governor ex- | pressed the opinion that everything | possible should be done to promote the happiness of the veterans at the home. It was explained that the can- teen, which paid for the books, the band, entertainments and waiters in the hospital dining-room, had been abolished. There was s0 much halr- spliting at Sacramento and 80 many rambling and verbose objections that the board cut out the entertalnments and books and resolved to cut out the band on August 1. The suggestion for a deficiency is therefore withdrawn.” The directors serve the State with- out any compensation other than that which comes to a man who is con- scious that he has performed his duty to his fellow-man. It is a source of regret to the board-that the subordi- nates of the 'State admihistration are | not satisfied with the management of the home. In Napa County the sa- loonmen near the home are fighting | for the pensions of living veterans and | the littie lawyers of the county are | banding together to exploit the estates | of the dead. | —— : Stenographers in Demand. | The United States Civil Service | Commission announces an examination at San Francisco on September 10 for | stenographer ana typewriter, depart- ment service, and stenographer and typewriter, Philippine service. The | age limit is 18 to 40 years. Entrance | salary, departmental service, $600 to | $1200 per annum; Philippine service, $1200 per annum. Apply to the United ;S(ales Civil Service Commission, Wash- {ington, D. C., or to the secretary of | the Board of Civil Servicé Examiners, 301 Jackson street, San Francisco, for application form 304 for the depart- mental service and form 2 for the Philippine service, which should be | filed with the commission at Washing- ton not later than August 30, 1904, |and Dogma.” HIGH MASONS LA A STONE | Albert Pike Memorial Tem- ple Is Begun With Cer- emonies of Ancient Rite ! | e |1 | | GRAND LODGE PRESENT Scottish Branch of the Order Preaches Liberty, Equality and Fraternity P Scottish Rite Masonry had a glori- ous outing yesterday, the occasion be- |ing the laying of the cornerstone of the Albert Pike Memorial Temple on | Geary street, between Fillmore and | Steiner. The ceremonies were con- | ducted by the Grand Lodge, Free and | Accepted Masons of California, and | the grand officers were escorted to the }sue by a large concourse of Masons of the York Rite and the Scottish Rite. Albert Pike was grand commander of the Supreme Council, A. and A. S. R., with headquarters at Charleston, C. Many years ago he and H. C. | Caswell went to England and con- |ferred the thirty-second degree of | Freemasonry upon King Edward, then | the Prince of Wales. Albert Pike, out- | side his great services to the order, {is best known by his book, “Morals It is a comprehensive system of Masonic philosophy, advo- ting the principles enunciated in the Scottish Rite motto, “Liberty, equalitiy and fraternity.” The work is used as |a textbook in all bodies of the rite |and has been translated into the lan- guage of ry civilized people on the | face of the globe. | The Memorial Temple will be the | home of the four “California” bodies | of the rite, name California Lodge | of Perfection No. 10, organized Octo- i ber 1, 1902, Franklin B. Ladd, thirty- third degree, venerable master; Cali- | fornia Chapter No. 7, Knights Rose | Croix, organized February 10, 1903, | Walter A. Scott, thirty-second degree, | wise master; California Council No. 7, Knights Kadosh, organized July 8, 1903, Louis A. Murch, thirty-second degree, preceptor, and California Con- sistory No. 5, organized August 18, | 1903, Fred J. H. Rickon, thirty-third | degree, commander. R original Scottish Rite bodies, | out of which the California bodies | were taken, turned out a large delega- tion to escort their brethren. There were represented Yerba Buena Lodge of n No. 1, Yerba Buena Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; God- frey de St. Omar Council, Knights losh, and San Francisco Consistory, under command of William P. Filmer, | thirty-second degree, and F. H. Kees- | ling, thirty-second degree. |. In the van of the parade was Cali- | fornia Comandery, Knights Templar, preceded by a column of Knights | mounted on black horses. Then fol- | lowed delegations from Golden Gate Commandery, Knights Templar; the | Royal Arch and Blue lodges and the | Scottish Rite bodies, whose rich and | brilliant uniforms elicited admiring. | comment. | The ceremonies at the site were con- | ducted by the Grand Lodge of Califor- nia (York Rite); Charles W, Nutting. grand master; George Johnson, grand secretary; Edward Coleman, grand treasurer; Rabbi Nieto, grand chap- lain, and others. Fred J. H. Rickon, commander of the “California” bodies of the Scottish Rite, made the address of welcome to the grand master,’and the cornerstone was laid with | usual Masonic ceremonies. George Varcoe (thirty-second de- gree), San Francisco Consistory, de- | livered an address, in which he spoke | with feeling of the principles and work | of Freemasonry and particularly em- phasized the motto of the Scottish Rite; “Liberty, equality and frater- nity,” Commander Rickon in his address quoted the following words of Albert | Plke: “When I am dead I wish my monu- ment to be bullded only in the hearts and memories of my brethren of the | Ancient Scottish Rite, and my name |to be remembered by them in every |country, no matter what language | men speak there, where the light of i the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite | shall shine, and its oracles of truth |and wisdom be reverently listened to.” —_————— ‘Warrants for Strikers’ Arrest. i Harry Davis, who lives at 1205 | Stockton street, secured a warrant from Police Judge Fritz yesterday for | the arrest of “John Doe” Jiminez and | Bert Gordon on a charge of battery, | committed upon him on Friday. The accused men are striking stablemen. Charles Gaines of 724 Ellis street se- cured a warrant for the arrest of Wil- |liam Kane, a striking leather worker, | on a charge of battery, alleged to have been committed on the complainant yesterday. —_——— ‘Will Discuss Wheat. At a regular meeting of the Califor- nia State Board of Trade next Tyes- day afternoon the merit of California wheat in competition with wheat grown in other States will be dis- cussed. Representative men from the University of California, farmers, mil- lers and merchants will be present to |speak. The question of ceding the Yosemite to the Federal Government has gone over until August for con- sideration. | the | l Had Been an Invalid for the Last] Six Years and lllness Is Given as Cause. NEW YORK, July 9.—Though an:world called desirable to her feet andi heiress to millions and with no ap- parent griefs, Miss Bertha Dolbeer of San Francisco flung herself from a| window on the ninth floor of the Wal- | dorf, Hotel. She was instantly killed. | After an investigation Coroner Scholer declared it was a case of suicide. The woman’s body fell on the cement | roof over the ceiling of the red room, where other women patrons of the hotel were writing at the time. But for a very ordinary mischance | Miss Warren, cousin and companion of Miss Dolbeer, might have been able to | prevent the fatal leap. Miss Warren's | skirt was caught on the knob and the | key of the door of their apartme she was following Miss Dolbeer into a | corridor. While her attention was at- | tracted in disentangling her dress and | before she had succeeded in doing so the other woman walked across the hotel corridor, stepped upon the broad- | side of a window opening on the air| shaft and disappeared. Turing from the door to follow her | cousin, Miss Warren saw her body ! disappear through a window. She screamed and started to run mwm-di the window, but fell in a dead faint be- fore she reached it. “Suicide while suffering from neuras- thenia,” was the verdict of the Cor- oner’s jury. That Miss Dolbeer jumped from the window, and did not fall, was also the statement of Miss Warren to Detective Sergeant Cornelius Sullivan of the' West Thirtieth street police sta- After the Coroner’'s inspection the body was taken to an undertaking establishment and prepared for re- moval to San Francisco, where inter- ment will be made. No friends or rela- tives of Miss Dolbeer except Miss War- ren live in New York, or nearer than San Francisco. Miss Warren commu- nicated with relatives in the latter city. Miss Dolbeer was 28 years old and the only child of the late John Dolbeer of San Francisco. The news of Miss Bertha Dolbeer's tragic end comes as a shock to local society. She was exceedingly popular and well liked among the members of the younger set. Apparently Miss Dolbeer had every- thing to live for. On the death of her father, John Dolbeer, the lumberman, she inherited a fortune of over a mil- lion dollars. All that money could buy was within her reach. Her beauty drew suitors whom the ; and ev | mobile. | pains across her eyes women admitted her graciousness. But there were times when she became moody. Once she expre tempt for mankind to an intimate friend, saying that she feared that men liked her only for her mone One of her most persistent suitors was Samuel Hewston, now a Chicago millionaire. Seven years ago he was an ardent aspirant for the affections of the young heiress. So marked were his attentions and so gracious was Miss Dolbeer to him that tongues be- gan to wag. Suddenly and unaccount- ably he was dismissed. About a year ago Miltcn Latham became particular- | ly attentive to Miss Dolbeer, but noth- ing came of it. Friends scoff at the idea that the nt as| young lady ended her life because of | an'anfortunate love affair. She was of a cheerful disposition when not in one of her moods. 'y form of athleti an expert golfer le. Before she left on her recent trip to Europe she sold her machine and ordered one cf a more recent make to be ready on her return. A few months prior to her departure from this city Miss Dolbeer complained of sharp and forehead. This fact may throw some light on her suicide. Thirteen years ago her mother was found dead in a bathtub. The case did not go before the Coro- ner, but it was whispered that there were indications of suicide. Miss Dolbeer was 28 years of age and a native of California., Her father, John Dolbeer, amassed several millions of dollars in the lumber trade, most of which he left to her on his death in 1902. Since his death Miss Dolbeer, who was an only child, had been living quietly at the family residence at 2112 Pacific street, until she started on her European trip in quest of health and found death on her return to this coun- try. Her only close companion, since the demise of her father, was Miss ‘Warren, her cousin. It was at one time rumored that this lady came very near becoming Miss Dolbeer's stepmother. The only surviving relative of the unfortunate heiress in this city is Mrs. Douglas Sloan Watson ~° 2732 Vallejo street. Mrs. Watson, who is first cousin to the dead girl, was not home last night. The deep regret for Miss Dolbeer’s tragic end is universal in this city and a 4 GENTHE PHoTO. L — = sed a con- | She lcved the open air | s. She was | and ran her own auto- | THE WINDOW OF A NEW YORK HOTEL AND IS INSTANTLY KILLED T ety Gl BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY GIRL 4 SUICIDE IN A TRAGIC M ING FROM AN ACUTE ATTACK OF CHINA TO PAY Will Send $25,000, Mexican.{ to Relatives of Correspond- | ent Shot by the Soldiers - | WASHINGTON, July 9.—Minister | Conger has cabled the State Depart- ment that the Chinese Government, after making a thorough investigation of the incident, has ordered the pun- ishment of the officer and soldiers who fired on and killed Louis Etzel, the newspaper correspondent. In addition it has undertaken to pay an indemnity of $25,000 (Mexican), which sum will be turned over to the widow and mother of Etzel in Denver and to other members of the family, accord- ing to the decision of the dead man's administrator. | Snake Poisons Its Trainer. SAN JOSE, July 9.—James Kelley, a snake trainer, is at a sanitarium suf- fering from the sting of a copperhead snake. He came here several days ago with a box of snakes, which he in- tended exhibiting, among them a lot of copperhead and rattlesnakes. Yes- terday one of the copperheads needed a bath and Kelley undertook to wash the reptile. The soap and water aroused the anger of the snake and it | sent its fangs into the forefinger of | Kelley’'s right hand. Kelley is quite il, | but will be out in a few days. | —————— Former Postmaster Kills Himself. l ! PHILADELPHIA, July 9.—~Former Postmaster John Field, a leading busi- NER IN NE NEURASTHENIA. it will be some time before her friends ness man of this city, committed sui- in rthe younger set will recover from cide by shooting himself at Vernon the shock ;i ' Park, a suburb, late to-day CITY WHILE SUFFER- WHITE'S WIDOW - SUES FOR FEE Dead Senator’s Services as the Attorney for Catholie Church Subject of Action —iie The widow of the late Senator Stephen M. White, who is also admin= istratrix of his estate, yesterday began suit in the Superior court against John Doyle for $20,000, claimed as due for ‘White's services as an attorney in the litigation of the Roman Catholic church against the Republic of Mexico over the Pious fund. The contest was that of the bishop of San Francisco again: Bishop of Montergy, Mexico, in interest on the fund due to Califormia™ from 1869, and amounting to $1,426,089 67. Doyle was attorney for the church in California and Mrs ‘White says that he received $62,853 for his fee. She declares that White's services began on May 5, 1894, and that he was engaged to assist Doyle be- cause the latter was ignorant of the methods cf procedure in the which was prosecuted through United States Government. Mrs. White declares that Doyle, or- ally and in writing, has promised the payment of White's fee but has failxd case, the | to keep his word. — e Agnew’s Will Is Filed for Probate. SAN JOSE, July 9.—The will of Hugh C. Agnew, the seedsman, who recently died at Santa Clara from 8:..aders, was filed for probate in the court here to-day. Mrs. Josephine B. Agnew, his widow, is the sole heir and he names her as executrix without bonds. The estate is valued at $31,~ s0e