The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1904, Page 16

16 DITORCE LAVS ARE NOT RIGHT Judge Graham Deplores the Flood of Suits Brought for Legal Separations — - — ACTIONS ON INCREASE In Written Opinion, Court Says, Interlocutory De- cree Is a Total Failure Judge Graham, who is acting as Pre- sifing Judge of the Superior Court, yesterday ruled against W. A. Samuel, & well-to-do butcher, who sued for divorce against his wife, Catherine His Honor stated very plainly that he believed Samuel's evidence regarding their property rights and other things was false. A cross-complaint filed by | the wife denied his allegations and ac- cused him of consorting with other women The Judge took advantage of the op- portunity to render a pointed written opinion in which he deplored the flood of divorce suits now pouring'into the courts and he said that the “interlocu- tory decree” measure, the constitu- tionality maintained. instead of decreasing the divorces had served to increase them. He suggested that the next Legislature should pass laws which would further restrict the grounds upon which a di- worce may be obtained. A divorce was granted yesterday to ‘Adelatde W. Walden from Charjes J. ‘Walden on the ground of desertion. | The derelict husband 1s supposed to be in Mexico or Central America. The case recalls an old scandal at San| Quentin prison, where, for many years, ‘Walden was bookkeeper. He disap- peared, leaving a large shortage in his | eccounts. { Among yeeterday’s suits for divorce ! that of Josephine Schneider against Emile §. Schneider afforded interest in that she charged him with “beating. bruising and wounding her and threat- ng to kill her.” On April 23 last be 3= said to have “viciously held a loaded | pistol to her breast.” Judge Graham granted a divorce to Mary Stange from Walter Stange on the ground of extreme cruelty, some of the specifications being that Stange told her he loved another girl, threw nis wife against the door, injuring her ulder and drew g revolver on her. its for divorce were filed by Sam- uel O’'Toole against Belle O'Toole, de- sertion; Gustave H. Beisel against Catherine Belsel, desertion; G. G. Ken- nedy against H. E. Kennedy, desertion, | nd Anna E. Fleischer against Herman cher, neglect. Judge Troutt granted a divorce to Mi L. Roy from Charles G. Roy on the .grounds of intemperance and meglect and to Willlam H. Gibson from K. Gibson for desertion. Judge Graham granted divorces to Salome | Wagner from Eugene Wagner for ex- treme cruelty and to Julius Souza from Violet Souza on & cross-complaint elleging infidelity. | e The Cartoon of the Year. The News Letter fe one of the brightest t, and its occasional politi dded to its celebrity Th tures of one of the late can- nation on the Democratic idance of the “‘dumb servi upward with the flood,”" It is & two-page car- Y ted hearty laughter wher- peen exhibited. her features that make N remark- 5 on the i's Fair Commission, the anti- k crusade, the arbitrary dictation of ebor and the deciine of unioniem AR of eresting topics, while the editor! m the reorganization and reinforce- ment the State National Guard is one That oncern all employers of labor who hav §00d of the State at heart, or all of 0 labor and are in favor of free gov- end & just and impartial enforcement laws of the commonwealth. Lady Algy” letter on the “Smart Set he Stage Lion” should interest all woman- politiclans will read the politi- y “Junius” with more than usual s F Sarah racefr un ———— Prominent Artist Here. Edward Cucuel, special artist for the Illustrated London News, is in the city on his to the Orient. Mr. Cucuel is a native Californian. He | first took up his calling as a news- paper artist thirteen years ago on The Call. After serving the usual course in the art department of this newspaper he went to Paris, where he studied art six years. While in the French metropolis he assisted W. C. Morrow in publishing the Bohemian. After completing his studies in Paris Mr. | Cucuel became a special artist for the London Illustrated News and his work has proved so satisfactory that he was selected by that paper to illustrate the Far East. While in the Orient Mr. Cucuel will also contribute to the Illustrirte Zeitung and Ueber Land und Meer of Leipsic. Before leaving for Japan he will exhibit some of his original drawings in San Francisco. He ex- pects to remain here five or six weeks. way for HATS, The best value for the money. The newest and smartest blocks at popu- lar prices, 82.50 and $3.50. We guarantee absolutely the color of our black hats. Pacific GoasTllat Works, 1456 MAREET STREET, Opp. Central Theater. And 605 XEARNY STRERT. of which has been recently | | about letting her go out alone. KILLS HER THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1904. 'BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN SELF IN PARK Miss Clara Gzrson Tires of a Life Threatened by Chronic lliness and Drains Bottle of Carbolic Acid—The Act Is. Deliberately Planned and Her Relatives Are Astonished Siibiaine oo MRS. CARRITY DIES DEMENTED Ier Death Is Found to Be Due to Fracture of the Skull and Heart Disease FAINTS IN THE STREET Loses Her Mind Because of Grief for the Taking Off of Husband and Daughter ——— | An autopsy was made vesterday by Morgue Surgeon Bacigalupl upon the body of Mrs. H. M. Garrity, who was found dying at 1 o'clock yesterday morning by Special Officer Helbush on the sidewalk at the intersection of Lo- cust and Clay streets. A fractured skull was found to have been the cause of death. The decedent was af- fected also with cirrhosis of the liver | and heart disease caused by alcohol- ism. When the unconscious body of the woman was found on the sidewalk it was believed by the police that she had been the victim of a footpad. That her death was the result of an accident her relatives later made clear to the police. She had been reslding with her married daughter, Mrs. Kane, at 414 Locust street, and had been subject to fainting spells. In one of these fits about four months ago the unfortun- ate woman fell off a couch to the floor and broke her collar bone and three ribs. R | | | | UNUSUALLY PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN GOLDEN GATE PARK AND DELIRB! THROUGH SICK! S, HAD BECOM I — — WHO SOUGHT A SECLUDED SPOT IN ATELY PUT AN END TO LIFE THAT, UNBEARABLE. | Despondent because of a long illness, Clara Gerson, aged 22 years, drained | the contents of a phial of carbolic acid | in Golden Gate Park yesterday morn- | ing. She died five minutes later. Miss Gerson was a very pretty bru-| nette. She was a German Jewess and had 1lived in this city only two| years. About six weeks ago she be- came seriously {ll and relatives her to the German Hospital. She returned to the residence of her | brother, Samuel Gerson, at 912 Steiner | street, last Tuesday, apparently cheer- ful "and restored to health. She talk-’ ed like one in the best of spirits and in reply to her brother's suggestion | that she go to the country she main- | tained that she was entirely cured. Yesterday morning she informed her | sister-in-law, Mrs. Samuel Gerson, that | she was going for a walk. Alarmed | at her long absence Mrs. Gerson tele- phoned to police headquarters in the| afternoon. She was told that the body | of a young woman who answered Miss | Gerson’s descrintion was at the) Morgue. Samuel Gerson went to the| Coroner’s office and learned that his| s fears were only too well founded. | From a fragment of a label on the | bottle that contained the poison Cor-| oner's Deputy Brown was certain that the stuff was purchased at the drug| store of Charles J. Abraham, at Mec- | Allister and Fillmore streets. Abraham denies that he has sold any carbolic acld in five years. Late yesterday even- ing Mrs. Gerson remembered that she had purchased the poison from Abra- ham about a week ago. Indications are that Miss Gerson con- templated suicide for several days. She set about it deliberately and en- deavored throughout to conceal her identity. The girl dressed herself neatly 'and spent some time arranging her wealth of dark brown hair. She walked brisk- ly from the door of her brother’s house, turning back once to jest with Mrs. Gerson, who had many misgivings Though she had sent | Miss Gerson seemed. merry, | could not concealed in her dress the bottle of poison and was fully resolved to end her life. Out in the park she walked to the wooded knoll opposite the Cyclers’ Rest. There she sat for a short time on a bench, weighing the problem between a life shattered by illness and a quick death. The doctor had d that she might recover or that she might become a chronic in- | valid. The chances were equal, he said. The morning was clear and all the world seemed pleasant to this girl, who was beautiful and had many friends and loving relatives. But she shud- dered as she thought of the shadow of life suffering that hung over her. She live under it. After a last look at the blue sky and the green trees she closed her eyes and raised the bottle of acid to her lips. She sprang to her feet with a pitiful moan, then fell to the ground writhing in agony. H. Wigger, a gardener, heard the girl's dying cry and saw her fall to the ground. Policeman Willlams ar- rived In response to the shouts and summoned the Park Hospital ambu- lance, but the girl was beyond any help. Her fair face was distorted and burned and her big brown eyes were glassy in death. Wh Samuel Gerson arrived at the Morgug and identified the budy of the suicidelas that of his pretty sister he was overcome by grief. It was some time before he or his wife could give a lucid account of the girl or explain motives that might have led to her death. Miss Gerson herself took all precau- tions to avold publicity. She left no letters, and before she quitted her brother’s house she destroyed all photo- graphs of herself that were in the place. When the girl first came from Ger- many she worked a few weeks in her brother’s notion store, the firm name of which {s Gerson = & Baer. Dr. Krotoszyner, who attended her while she was at the German Hospital, says that she suffered intensely from ner- vous trouble, — e s SPLUTTERING FUSE STARTS MOCK P. Audience and Actors at Alcazar Dis- play Presence of Mind Where Nohe 18 Needed. A spluttering fuse behind the scenes at the Alcazar Theater almost started a panic at yesterday’'s matinee. Much unnecessary heroism was displayed. At first alarm Miss ©Oza Waldrop shook her diminutive fist at the uneasy audience and told them to sit down. They sat, all except a red-faced man, who explained later that he was as- sailed by an overwhelming thirst. His impatience to reach the refreshment booth spoiled six picture hats and caused most of the alarm. There was no blaze. White Whit- tlesey saturated the spluttering fuse with cold cream and subdued it. Ri- val presence-of-mind men rose in dif- ferent sections of the house and their advice made most of the noise. A lady who had brought an open cloak and a baby to the play seiz2d the cloak and forgat the infant, who claimed a total stranger as his father. The stranger denied the charge and started for the aisle. The infant caught his hair and clung to it des- perately calling him “Dada.” The in- jury to this man's dignity was the chief damage that resulted from the panic, - THOMAS PRICE TESTIFIES AS TO FUMES OF SMELTER Keswick Copper Company Will Soon Remove Its Works to the Vicinity of Martinez. Before United States Commissioner Heacock yesterday Thomas Price, chemist and metallurgist, made his deposition in the case of the United States of America against the Moun- tain Copper Company, Limited, at Kes- wick. The suit was brought to en;oln the company from allowing sulphurous fumes to escape from its smelters and thereby destroy the vegetation in the vicinity. Mr. Price testified that all vegetation within a radius of four miles had been destroyed and that orchards within twenty miles had been injuriously affected. The- suit will probably be dismissed, as the copper company has purchased twenty-five acres of land on the water front near Martinez and will remove its works there. A system for converting the noxious fumes into sulphuric acid will be installed so that no complaint may arise. —_——— RED BLUFF, July 14.—While at work ewitching in the lower end of the railroad yard last night Stanley Teass, a brakeman, lost his footing and fell under a car. One of kis lege was broken and badly mangled, BEver since the death of her husband and a daughter several years ago Mrs. Garrity had been demented and be- came addlicted to the inordinate use of alcoholic drinks. It was feared by her relatives that she would dle in a fainting spell brought on by a weak heart. She was last seen alive at a quarter after 9 o'clock last night by Charles Bayley Jr., a druggist, whose place of business is at the junction of Eddy and Scott streets. Bayley informed the police yesterday that at that hour Mrs. Garrity gave him a promissory | note for $25, signed by Manuel M. | Stolz, as security for payment for a bottle of liquor, which she took away with her. —_——— ROSE COGHLAN TO STAR IN VAUDEVILLE SUNDAY | | Ethel Barrymore Will Give Double | Bill of “Cousin Kate” and French Playlet. Rose Coghlan, the eminent Ameri- | | can actress, who made such a hit here last year in “The Second Mrs. Tan- queray” and starred but a few months 2go in “The Greatest Thing in the ‘World,” will make her first appear- (ance in vaudeville in this city at the Orpheum on Sunday afternoon. She | will present a one-act playlet entitled “Between Matinee and Night,” in :whlch she plays the part of the ac- |tress. The action takes place in a dressing-room of Wallack's Theater, | |New York. She will be adequately | supported by Lynn Pratt, Agnes Ros- lyn and Helen Barton and will un- | doubtedly receive a welcome well J‘worlhy of her position on the stage. Ethel Barrymore is to give San| Francisco theatergoers an opportunity to enjoy her versatility. The manage- | {ment of the Columbia Theater an- | nounces that the charming actress is | lto appear in a double bill commenc- | ing with next Monday night. She will ;(‘onlinue to appear In the delightful | three-act comedy, “Cousin Kate,” and | | will follow it with a one-act study of ihuman life entitled ‘‘Carrots. "Car»‘ rots” is a study from the French of | Jules Renard and was one of the fam- ous “bits of life” produced at the The- ater Antoine in Paris. It tells the |story of a naturally affectionate but | impulsive boy, who is the butt of his | mother’s scorn and ridicule. The role | is so sympathetic and natural to life | that Mr. Frohman obtained the play |for Miss Barrymore and surrounded her with an excellent cast. —_———— WANTS ASSESSMENT ON ITS FRANCHISE CANCELED | | | ‘Wells, Fargo & Co. Joins Those Who Petition for Reduction in As. sessor’s Valuations. Wells, Fargo & Co. yesterday filed a protest with the Board of Equaliza- tion against the assessment of $200,000 on the franchise of the corporation. The company makes the claim that the franchise assessment has no money value and is void and unconstitutional. On that account the corporation asks that the assessment be canceled. Wells, Fargo & Co. also petitnoned that the agsessment on real estate at the corner of Misslon and Second streets be reduced from $417,000 to $276,000. The company claims the market value of the land is $420,000. Other applications for reductions were filed by the Shiels Estate Com- pany, Mission street, near Fourth, from $275,000 to $222,150; Bush street, near Trinity, from $89,375 to $72,120; Bush street, near Montgomery, from $112,- 800 to $103,125. Schroth Company, Market street, near Sixth, from $60,890 to $55,000; Geary street, near Taylor, from $43,640 to $30,000; Geary street, near Mason, from $79,520 to $50,000; Stockton street, near Post, from $42,- 060 to $30,000. H. Levy, corner Stevenson and Third streets, from $106,400 to $75,000. Crocker Estate Company, corner Bush and Sansome streets, from $406,560 to $267,250. H. Levy, O’Farrell street, near Stockton, from $116,740 to $90,000. Frederick Baruch, corner of Sixth and Jessie streets, from $116,250 to $100,000; corner of Third and Stevenson streets, from $97,760 to $84,000. ———————— Issues License for New Bank. The Board of Bank Commissioners issued a license yesterday for the establishment of the Pomona Savings | Bank and Trust Company at Pomona. The new institution is capitalized at $50,000 and will open its doors for business August 1. L. F. Gillett has been elected president of the bank and F. C. Eells cashier. . First clearance sale in 22 ngl Crvg'c:: et o T wad Thanion sta - O e | Mrs. MAN'IS MISSING FOR SIX WEEKS Clarence Wilson Goes From His Home at Dawn and Does Not Return or Write FOUL PLAY IS FEARED His Wife Declares He Owned ‘ Property More Than Suf- ficient to Pay All Debts Clarence Wilson, whose home was at 1655 Forty-eighth avenue, has been missing since June 1. His wife has been compelled to break up housekeep- ing and take up her residence with a sister at 22 Moss street, in order that she and her 2-year-old child may have shelter. She is without means of sup- port. For over six years Wilson was the engineer at the Poodle Dog restaurant and ‘was known as a sober and saving man. Some time ago he began invest- ing in Richmond property and erected | three houses, one of which he sold early | in" the year. In May he sold the prop- erty adjoining his residence to Ring- holm \Brothers, the butchers. That property included a butcher shop. The payments were to be made from the receipts of the shop each week. Ring- holm Brothers say they paid Wilson $40 in cash the day before he disappeared. That statement Mrs. Wilson denies and has asked to see the receipt. Mrs. Wil- son says her husband had only $15 or §20 when he left home at 6 o'clock in the morning of June 1, and she can think of no reason for his failing to return unless he has met with foul play. On May 9 he was to have given An- tonio B. Blanco, the proprietor of the Poodle Dog, a mortgage signed by Wilson and his wife, but the paper was never signed. Wilson had borrowed about $1600 from Blanco and had used the money in building. The mortgage was to have been security for that amount. Wilson's friends say there was no reason why the man should have left home, as his property would more than cover his indebtedness. He was a mem- ber of the Engineers’ Union' in good standing and that organization has taken up the search since the matter was reported to the police. A week ago the property occupled by Ringholm Brothers was on fire. The matter was reported to Fire Marshal Towe and an indirect charge made that Wilson had attempted to burn the building. The story was {nvesti- gated by the Fire Marshal and found to be without foundation. The police have found no trace of the missing man. VAT Machinist Reported Missing. Herbert Doll, a machinist residing at 339 Ninth avenue, was reported last night at the Morgue as missing by his employer, F. Baker, of the Baker- Chapman Machine Works, 33 Clemen- tina - street. Doll has been missing since Tuesday morning and his friends fear that he may have taken his life. Doll's wife had been insane for some time and he worried himself ill. He was 46 years of age and had a tattooed star on his right arm. - ———— Red Men Will Go on Outing. Bald Eagle Tribe No. 75, Improved Order of Red Men, will celebrate its eleventh anniversary by a picnic at Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, Sun- day, July 29. A feature of the games will be a tug of war between a team of White Eagle Tribe, captained by Mi- chael Casey, late of the Board of Public Works, and one of Bald Eagle Tribe, captained by O. Dalin, late captain of the Irish and Danish teams at the in- ternational match in the Machanic: Pavilion. There will be a good pro- gramme of entertainment and dancing. H. Dilges is chairman of the commit- tee of arrangements, L. F. Guedet floor manager and H. Enemark assistant. Thompson, of Lillydale, N.Y., Grand Worthy Wise Templar, and Member of W.CT.U,, tells how she recov- ered by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. * DEAR MgRS. PINkEAM :—]1 am one of the many of your teful friends who have been cured through the use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and who can to-day thank yoa for the fine health I enjoy- When I was thirty-five years old, I suffered severe backache and frequent bearing-down pains; in fact, I had womb trouble. I was very anxious to gzt well, and reading of the cures your mpound had made, I decided to try it. I took only six bottles,but it built me up andcured me entirelyof mytroubles. “My family and Trelatives were naturally as gratified as I was. My niece had heart trouble and nervous prostration, and was considered incur- able. She took your Vegetable Com- pound and it cured her in a short time, and she became well and strong, and her home to her great joy and her hus- band’s delight was blessed with a baby. I know of a number of others who have been cured of different kinds of female trouble, and am satisfied that r Compound is the best medicine for sick women.” — Mzs. ELIZABETH TrouPsoN, Box %’;‘iuydfle. N.Y. WA to-morrow only A Remarkable Offering for Friday and Saturday LADIES’ SHIRT IST SUITS Made of black and white shepherd plaid washable ma- terial; long shoulder effect; Windsor tie; suit stylishly tucked and trimmed with fancy braid ; our own make ; sizes 32 to 40. Former price $5. Spe- cial for to-day and $350 To Close Out Our Colored We have reduced the pr cost of the material and the Children’s White and Former Sala ) Former Prices. Prices. | Prices $1.50—Sizes 2 to 7. Now -5‘;4 50— o 14 $2. |35:30 014 ¥ 136.00—Sizes 2 o 7 B2.7537.50—Sizes 4 to 14, Entire Line of Dresses ices to less than the actual expense of making Unusual Inducements in Children’sW Former Sale |Former Pr! Prices. | Prices. 3 $5.50—Ages 4 to 14 $2.50| years Now . 83.75 $10.50—Ages 1 to & 5. years. Now 88,00 oolenCoats 918-922 MARKET STREET WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORES. FO Nt 8 e BT R_WOMEN AND CHILDREN \;\A A -’ e 7 FORGETS CHILD IN HER WILL | never reach | and imvolved much laborious consulta- Davids: Alaska.” Ph. D., entitled This iz the Glaciers of first complete | and accurate description of our glaclers which has yet appeared, including sev- eral which the excursion steamers It contains eleven maps, tion of Russian and other authoriti s, The work s a useful addition to our Mrs. Luhrmann Neglects to | *nowledse of the icy north. Provide for Her Adopted{ Daughter, Who Will Sue A suit attacking the will of Mrs. | Sophie Luhrmann, who dled on Jun 30 last, leaving an estate valued at | $40,000, will be filed to-day by Minnie | Luhrmann, the adopted daughter of | —————— Burnett's Extract of Vantlla impa & superior delicacy of flavor, try it, use it. -— Takes an Overdose of Strychnine. NAPA. July 14.—Rudolph Hatt well-known resident of Napa County on Tuesday last from an over- dose of strychnine. Hatt had been in the habit of taking the polson as a medicine, and it is belleved that he 1 the deceased, who claims she was un- | accidentally took an overdose. He justly disinherited by her foster | Was a native of Germany, 50 years mother. The action will develop some interesting details of the dead woman’s | - = career, for it appears that she had | _ADVERTISEMENTS been married three times and that her last matrimonial venture was with Bernard Luhrmann, who, /although joining in the suit with the adopted daughter, is indirectly accused of hav- ing married his wife for her money. | Mrs. Luhrmann was 70 years of age | when she married Luhrman, who.was | then only 35. Nearly eighteen years | ago the woman offered a home and her protection to Minnie Batlomaer, then | only a year old, and continued to pro- | vide for the child up to a few months before her death. In 1893 Mrs. Luhr- mann, who was then the widow of a | man named Koster, from whom she had inherited quite an estate, married | Bernard Luhrmann and shortly after | her marriage she conveyed to her hus- | band half of her property. Four years | later the wife and her husband for- | mally adepted Minnie Batlomaer and the latter continued to live with them as their child. A few weeks before Mrs. Luhrmann dled the daughter went te Sacramento | on a visit and during her absence, as | it afterward developed, the mother visited a local legal firm and had her will executed, in which she bequeathed her estate to her collateral kin, among them a brother, Henry Louls Maas, and several relatives in Germany, and named Frederick C. Siebe her execu- | tor. The attorney employed to draw up the will received no intimation from his client that she had an adopted daughter and the question is yet to be settled as to whether ‘the mother | purposely concealed the truth, or, in absent-mindedness; forgot the fact. In the complaint to be filed to-day | | | | Nearseal Jackets $25 to $45. The best values we have ever :folcred—thatmyolmnot anywhere near as well with your money elsewhere. Our full Fne of Furs is now on by Thomas E. Curran, attorney for the daughter, the omission of any refer- ence to the daughter in the will is chosen as the basis of the suit, in which it is also alleged Henry Louis Maas, the brother of the de- ceased, exercised an undue influence over his sister, when her mind was weak, and continually tried to impress her with the idea that Bernard Luhr- mann simply married her for her money and that the adopted daughter had left her for good and entertained no filial spirit toward her protector. ——————— Robs Chinaman’s Room. Lum Tie Loy, a merchant at 615% Jackson street, reported to the police last night that his room had been burglarized yesterday of $33 worth of goods and $9 in cash. The thievea forced an entrance through the front door during the man’s absence at din- ner. —_—————— . Geographical Bulletin. The Geographical Society of the Pa- cific has published, as a bulletin for 1904, & monogram by Professor George I3 Dentist Painless Fillings . . ..25¢ Painiess Crowns. . Fu'l Set of feeth. .$4.00 “VAN VROOM” Sixth and Market m H. S. BRIDGE & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS, 622 Market Street. tairs. _ Opp.