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16 SE ILLNESS IDALZIEL GETS THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, EXCLUSION BAR AS A DEFENSE| COLD SHOULDER| MADE STRONGER Attorneys for Jacob Eppin-| Humane Society Refuses to ger Say He Was Unable to Conduct Firm’s Affairs JOSTA Colonel Beck Testifies That' He Discussed Only Wheat | Loans With the Defendant | ey Counsel for the defense in the case of Jacob Eppinger vesterday afternoon strong plea to have testimony grain king’s present al condition introduced in evi- arguing that by this means it that when the al- dulent deals were made Ep- s not capable of conducting the affairs of the concern. The prose- cution argued, on the other hand, that this evidence would prove nothing, but - introduced simply to influ- ence the minds of the jurors and work made a &s to the former phys dence, could be proved leged fra pinger w as be on their sympathies. During the day Colonel F. E. Beck. manager of the International Banking Corporation, was recalled to the stand and flatly ontradicted Josua Eppinger, who v testified that he had dis- biect « loans with B ositis that d ever taken k with Josua to the collection of an insurance policy and the se of bills of exchange. vinger the first wit- erday morning and he tioned as to his method the list of assets of the versation e and that his t: on was to April 14, 1903, when the negotiated with Colonel He could give no lucid expila- mation of the sudden increase in the walue of certain pieces of property. ror could he explain why in some ceses he used the book values shown by the ledger and in other in- stances jotted down the original cost, &s, for instance, in the case of the Dixon. property, which was rated in the Jedger at $10,000, but valued by Josua At $18,000 JUST HAPPENED TO FORGET. To a series of questions asked by Attorney Campbell the only reply of the witness after much deliberation and eading of questions was, *I don’t ow.” He did not know wheth- er the assets of the firm could be told from the & ks; he did not know how of bills receivable figuring st were outlawed by the stat- tions, he did not how uch f any, was on He h sned to for- the h At this point the witness did remem- ber one thing—he had on on negotiated a loan with the Paris end American Bank and also a loan with Mr. Cohn st week he swore that he had negotiated eny loans with any A Josua testified that Colonel Beck had mnever mentioned the loaning of money on California wheat until April 10, 1802, and at that time Colonel Beck #aid he had an'ad_\ mentioned the J » Eppinger. next called to the stand an Did have any conversa- tion with Josua Eppinger on the sub- | Ject of loani money on California wheat ? Did ¥ he answered u ever have any conversation with any member of the firm aside Jacob Eppinger on the subject of money on wheat?” tively not.” RETROACTIVE EVIDENC Dr. Whitn, ution objes y was called, but the pros- d to his testimony as he did not attend the defendant at the time the alieged fraudulent transac- tions took place. During the argu- ment as to the admissibili of his testimony the jury was excused. At- torn Ach, Dunne and Shortridge contended that Dr. Whitney could prove by the defendant’s present physical condition that he was not able to at- tend to the business of the firm at the time the deal with Beck was made. The prosecution, on the other hand, argued that as fifteen months has| elapsed such evidence would not be| competent. { At the conclusion the arguments Judge Lawlor took the matter under advisement and announced that the case would be called at 9:30 this morn- ing and that a session would be held this evening. ———— GLOSTER 1S BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF MURDER | Another Witness Comes Forward and Makes Statement That He Saw the Fatal Blow Struck. Wilford St. C. Gloster was booked &t the City Prison yesterday on a | charge of murder in connection with | the death of J. A. Funk from a frac- | tured skull. i Yesterday morning H. L. Carney, telegraph operator, who was with Gloster, Funk and Harry Keppler on | Sunday morning, called upon Captain | Martin and made a statement. He | said that when they reached Ke;lrny. snd Post streets he left them to go | back toward Market street and when | he was about fifteen feet away he | turned around and saw Gloster strike | Funk, who fell to the sidewalk. He fearéd notoriety @nd continued his ! walk toward Market street. He also said that Gloster and Funk had trou- | ble in a restaurant, then in the Rich- elieu saloon, about something that | hed happened in a house on Ellis street about two weeks ago. Carney’s statement corroborates that of Harry Keppler and those of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clark. ———— Ranch Sale Confirmed. Since the first sale of the valuable property of the estate of Jose Guardi- ola the disposal of the ranch in Placer mty has been a bone of contention | the courts. At first the land was| d for $6000, but a showing was made hat it had been assessed for $15,000 and Judge Troutt would not approve the sale. Then a bid of $7000 was made in open court and action on it was Yesterday it appeared that . H. wdght was willing to pay $80004 two the property and Judge Troutt or- that the -lc to him be emllnua. | &8 !he was dropped from {ary ' estate. Re-elect a Once Honored Member for Trusteeship CONTRADICTED | ACTION IS A SURPRISE Rebuked Director, Requested to Be Present at Annual Meeting, Is Then Ousted The Humane Society gave Dr. I. B. ’Dalziel a surprise when he appeared t the annual meeting yesterday, whep the board of trustees. The veterinary felt very much hurt about it and made a short | speech to that effect before the as- sembled members. upon him because he testified in op- position to the organization’s wishes in a court case several months ago. As a general thing, death is the only ion for the election of new mem- bers to the board of trustees. The an- lections are cut nual nominations and e The slight was put | | and dried affairs, the result of which | can usually be told offhand a year in dvance. The menotony was broken Some time ago Secretary Holbrook sted the rigs for wusing burr Dbits. were used in some instantes Convictions in all of the cases were secured in the Police courts Subsequently Secretary Hol- brook went to Sacramento and secured the passage of a law by the Legisla- ture forbidding the use of burr bits of any description. Dr. Dalziel had been summoned by the ense in one of the cases where tacks were used in the bits and tes- ar ionable Bristles and tacks in others. drivers of several fash- | tified that in his opinion the device was not cruel. Other members of the | society thought the veterinary ought to know that sticking the business end tack into a horse might cause the animal pain and they were con- sequently incensed at his testimony. Accordingly the nominating com- mittee in making out the list of can- didates for the board of trustees yes- terday, just a few minutes before the 1 meeting, omitted the name of 1. The slighted member, who is a director, might have named an opposition ticket, but he did not find the ficient also three seconds of time allowed suf- | | Wong Kim Ark case. | The finances of the society are in excellent condition. The sum of $6648 07 was expended during the vear and a cash balance of $15,336 30, | some Spring Valley Company and gas compa stock remain in the treas- in the vear's work was 6379, of which 3994 were afforded relief. The trustées are: John Partridge, J. S. Hutchinson, A. L. Lissak, E. P. Heaid, H. S. Holmes, Martin Stevens, H. W. Thorp, Captain J. M. McDonald, 3. M. Mitchell, G. D. Shadburne, Dr. C. B. Currier, J. H. Duncan, Henry Peters, G. A. Smith, A. R. Fredericks. S e BURIAL OF ALEXANDER YOELL AT SANTA CLARA Deceased Left a List of Names of Per- sons Whom He Wanted for Pall Bearers. Alexander Yoell, who 'died at yesterday. sidence harles S. Services yere held at the of his daughter, Mrs. 8. Levy, 2517 Octavia street, and also at St. Ignatius Church, where a requiem mass was celebrated. The interment took place at Santa Clara. Mr. Yoell was a native of Ports- mouth, England, and was 76 years of age. He was the father of Mrs. C. Levy, Mrs. George Theobald, Alice, John H., Gertrude E., Herbert A William A. and Beatrice E. Yoell, Mrs. Emily F. Dunn and Mrs. Milus Parkhurst. Before his death he requested that the following persons act as pall bear- ers at his funeral: Edward McLaugh- lin and A. L. Rhodes of San Jose, S. W, Accused of Making Threats. Maximo Giovannoni, a traveling salesman for G. Fontana & Co., rendered himself at the City Prison yesterday and was booked on a charge of threats against life. The complain- ing witness is Carlo Selori, a carpen- ter at 319 Broadway, who alleges that on July 4 Giovannoni threatened to blow his head off. Giovannoni was released on $1000 bonds. Attorney | Spinneti says that Giovannoni was a witness for Selori’s wife in her divorce suit against her husband and that Se- lori has since been calling him a per- jurer and making threats. —_————— Oil Company Must Pay Taxes. * The Supreme Court decided yester- day that the Bakersfield and Fresno | Oil Company must pay taxes on land obtained from the Government as a | mineral claim. The corporation leased ! the property to several oil companies. | The argument against taxation was based on the plea that the land was still Government property, as it had not been fully proved up, or that the lessees should be made to pay the taxes in case there was assessable rea! | The court holds that the cor- poration’s rights in the land consti- tute “property” in the meaning of the law. —e—— Charges Lawyer With Fraud. A charge of fraudulent tegtimony was made yesterday in the Superior Court against H. Digby Johnson, LL.D., and Louisa H. Kimball by August Belfrage, against whom a judgment was rendered in the Justices’ | court. Belfrage alleges he was sued by Louisa Kimball and that Johnson, her | attorney, said he had served Belfrage with summons in the case. Belfrage declarss that the statement is false; {that he was never served with sum- mons. He asks that the judgment be annulled. —_—— A’ Chance to Visit Del Monte. Hotel Del Monte is one of the show places of m vm‘u !lm-du- tm between San ‘way, with -v.fi* t !llh children's rate 314 500 Pr ‘l'l' stopover. Ask lom.hm l:l- Phe number of animals involved | sur- | | | by Secretary Metcalf’s First Decision Construes Rights of Native Born Chinese EVIDENCE DISBELIEVED Declares It to Be Usual Ntereotyped Case of Two Men Coached to Perjury e United States Immigrant Commis- | sioner North received by mail yester- day a decision from the Department of Commerce and Labor dismissing the appeal of Yee Ching Ton from the judgment of Mr. North denying him 4 landing. Yee arrived on the steam- ship Doric on May 12 of this year, and claimed to be a native of the United States. The decision as promulgated Secretary Metcalf will render it very difficult for a Chinese immigrant to prove that he was born The following is the of the decisien: ord presents the usual United States. text sterectyped of such cases. Two witnesses tes- remarkable consistency as to the fact and date of appellant's birth- in this the time of his alleged depar- na with his parents, and as(to his identity with the who it is claimed was born, under the circumstances narrated, twenty-six vears ago. Neither of the witnesses | displ, any knowledge of events contem- poraneous with the alleged date of birth, nor do they show any reason for displaying such a remarkable exactness of memory in regard to such a -remote event and one in which it does not appear that they had any personal interest. The only reasonabie éxplanation that the devartment can discover lies in the fact that Loth witnesses have, within the past few re, becn to China, have there met the her of appellant, discussed.the subject, of latter's birth the United States and ture for T the thus acquired this precise information, which | it is to all reason to assume that they coul ollection. It is true there are certain contradictions upon comparatively irrelevant points, but this alone would not justify the rejection of the evidence as unworthy of credence. Such re- jection, however, is justified upon the. broader grounds already stated. If the department were to pt as proof of the claims made such test can see no reason why, little ingenuity, any Ch twenties may United States, but, as well, establish his stand- ing as an American citizen. Without assigning further reasons_the department dismis appeal, although it believes that such a case, where 'a_child s born of alien parents aiready | having offspring in their own home abroad, and leaving shortly after the birth of such child | for a permanent residen in their own home, and where the child so born in the United States waits until he is 26 vears of age, es- ntrary in nese person tablishes himself in his own country and mar- | ries before he attempts to claim his birthright, i not within the reasoning upon which the Supreme Court reached its decision in This point it is not necessary to claborate, the evidence being in- sufficlent and incredible as regards the birth of_appeilant in the United States. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. —_———————— the | MRS. VANDERBILT SELLS VALUABLE PROPERTY | Her Agents 1“!«;{“‘]‘)0-I Affecting | | | Holliday, W. W. Montague and D. | M. Delmas of San Francisco; also J. La Violette of the sodality of St. Ig- natius in this city. — e | { | five tenants for $470 a month. Highland Springs July 15, was buried | Realty in Commission Section for $75,000. The first sale of Mre. Vanderbilt's | real estate in this city under the au- thorization given to Thomas Magee & Sons to sell ail her properties in sub- divisions has just been made for $75,- 000. The property sold is on the southeast corner of Davis and Wash- ington streets, fronting 91 feet 8 inches on Davis street by 137 feet 6| inches on Washington. The improve- ments on this\property consist of one- story frame buildings, which have been renting for a long time past to 1t is the intention of the purchaser soon to erect a new building on this proper- ty, as there are now no leases on it. The purchaser is one of the shrewdest capitalists, whose name is withheld for the present. This property is in the produce and commission section, where Senator Fair bought so heavily years ago. Many of the Oelrichs properties bought by the Spreckels-Phelan syn- dicate in this part of town, it is said, will be improved and it is confidently believed that the oft repeated and long looked for movement in the sec- tion north of California and east of Montgomery is about to take place. Modern buildings, and these alone, are needed to hold and increase business in this level and convenient portion of the city’s wholesale section. ———— CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED . FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES Dealers in Tinware Secure Chance to Sell Goods to Government at Small Margins. Another lot of awards of contracts to supply the Indians was given out by Indian Commissioner Jones yester- day. The awards were all in the tin- ware and stampedware schedules. The awards in the large class of hardware will be made some day this week and also, probably, in the glass, oils and paints schedule. Great interest is man- ifested in the awards. Representatives of large commercial houses g0 daily to the warehouse of the Indian sup- plies on Washington street to acquaint themselves with the details. The con- tracts awarded yesterday went to the parties and at the prices mentioned in the following: Wash boilers, Joseph Sloss, 80c; water buck- ets, galvanized iron, Joseph Sloss, 25c; kero- sene cans. A. A. Watkins, $1 50: milk cans, Andrew Carrigan, $1 47; coffee boilers at 15c, o mills at 28c_and Sbc. all to Jobn ¥. Merrill; coffee mills, Joseph Sloss, $17; tin cups, 48c and 95c, Andrew Carrigan; Wldel' dippers, ' Joseph Sloss, 98c: funnels, A. Watkine, 5oc; full-size. nmnm at §1 10, wis rought steel Kkettlen at $1, $1 50, $1.75. to .'lohn F, Merrill; water pgils at 20¢, 3ic and mnt at 13c, 18c and 22c to Joseph Sloss; dish Joseph Sloss, 26c; dust pans, John F. Merrii, $1 85; fry pans, Joseph Sloss, 11%c; tin' pa at 38¢, Blc, Toc, 98¢ and $1 13 to Andrew Ca rigan; tin’ plates, 32, John F. Merrill; tin plates, Andrew Carrigan, 2bc, and also scoops at 18c; grocers’ scoops at 18c; shears at $4 and $1 03 to John F. Merrill; solder at 161-fc and soldering irons at 193¢ to Joseoh Slose; basting spoons at 60c, An- drew Carrigan; ‘table spoons at 18%c and 9c, Joseph Sloss; milk strainers, John F. Merrill, 12c; vegetable strainers at 1lc and $in_teapots 54 46c. Andraw Currigan: sheet tin «t-35 60 and $5 50 to John F. Merrill, 12x12 420 mcne- sheet tin, $6 75, $7 25, $13 Bo and $9 25 o A. A. -tkln sheet tin 14x30 to John F. rd, 50; stamped tin wash ba- alnl‘ Andre- Carrigan, T0c; galvan! iron washtubs, 42c; galvanized iron washtubs, Jo- seph Sloss, 46¢c; galvanized iron washtubs, 231 inches in diameter, John F. Merrill, 54c; sheet zine, A, A. Watkins, T%c. - ————— Ye English Inn, 144 Mason st. Just one trial at Bnb- & Jules’. That's all. —_———— MRS. LIPPE INBANI—Hn. A. P. Lippe, after an examination by Drs. McGettigan and Rethers, experts on mnw disease, was com- mitted yesterday by Superior Jufln Frank Ker- rtlln to the State Ho:ml the Ineane at Agnews. < Dr. M. X. Schord, Dentist—Now located In Grant building, 1005 Market st. cor. Tth. * in the | d have obtalned solely from their ree- | hat contained in this record it | v the exercise of a | the | not both secure admission to the | s the | H. S. CROCKER SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS i PlLv\EFR MERCHANT WHO DIED YESTERDAY i i ————— | Well-Known Merchant Passes Quietly to Rest. | ! Henry 8. Crocker, a pioneer of Cali- fornia, who, for nearly half a century, | | was prominently identified with the| | stationery business in this city and Sacramento, died esterday in his| |apartments at the St. Francis Hotel. | { He had been ill for a number of years | with organic troubles, and during the | | last few weeks he had been at death’s door several times. Deceased was a native of Troy, N. Y years of age, and is survived by a widow and a son, | Charles H. Crocker, who has been as- | sociated with his father in the man- agement of the firm of the H. S. | Crocker Company for more than ten years. In the early days of California Henry | $. Crocker went to Sacramento, where | he founded what later developed into the largest stationery concern in this State. Through the influence of his brother, Charles Crocker, one of the| trio of millionaires who built the Cen~ tral Pacific Railroad, the printing firm in Sacramento obtained a contract for the stationery and printing supplies for( the great transportation corporation | and enjoyed the latter’s patronage un- | til late in the 80s, when the raflroad | company concluded to do its own work. | By that time the stationery firm had’ practically gained a monopoly of the | printing business on the coast and con- | tinued to maintain its lead for many years until Eastern competitors en- | tered the field. Meanwhile H, 8. Crocker had ac- supposed that he leaves several mil- lions. He was the last of four broth- ers, the other members of the origigal | Crocker family being Charles, E. B. and Clark Crocker, all of whom were | connected with railroad projects in | California. For nearly ten years H. | S. Crocker had not been in good health and this fact resulted in his| son taking his father’s place at the head of the firm as its active man- ager. The Crocker family was among the first to move into the new St. Francis Hotel and during the resi- dence of its members there H. S. Crocker had been confined almost continuously to his rooms. In his last hours he was attended by his devoted wife and his son, who had been pre- pared for the end for a week. The funeral will take place to-morrow at 2 p. m. from~ Masonic Temple under the auspices of Golden Gate Com- mandery, Knights Templar, of which Mr. Crocker had been a member for years. Interment will be private, P S PIONEER LAWYER DIES. Aged Julius C. McCeney Summoned | ‘While Seated at His Desk. About the hour of noon yesterday Julius C. McCeney, a pioneer of the California bar, was stricken by death | in they rooms he had occupied for twenty-three years at-419 California street. No friend was near him when the summons came, but it was just as well. The attitude of his body, when it was found- shortly after 1 o'clock, showed that he had passed from ' life as. though beckoned into sleep. W. L. Bromley, a friend, called to pay the venerable lawyer a visit and found that death had preceded him. He informed the authorities and the Society of California Pioneers, of Wwhich the deceased was a member. As it was evident that death was due to heart disease, the body was not re- moved to the Morgue, but, at the di- rection of ¥ L. Duncan, marshal of the Pioneers, an undertaker took charge of the remains. The funeral Wwill be held to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock from the rooms of thg Pioneer Society. JULY 19, 1904, | in the Second Distriet. | ter Ashe and 1116 for Dr. Julius C. McCenery was 74 years of ., He arrived in the port of San Frm)lcilco in July of 1849 on the ship Jane Parker, an around-the-Horn pas- senger”vessel. He soon became asso- clated with the firm of Dall & Austin, commission men, whose place of busi- ness was at Leidesdorff and Sacra- mento streets. In 1854 he left the firm and went to Harvard, where he took a course in law. Returning to this city in 1858, he began the practice of-law and when death found him he was seated in his chair before his bonkl and briefs. His most important work here was CETTING READY FOR ELECTION SeR Judge Dooling of Hollister; Will Eulogize Sage of Esopus at Ratification TRIP OF UNION LEAGUE Gossip Touching Republican Nominees in the Several Congressional Districts Al A Parker and Davis ratification meeting will be held in the Alhambra Theater on the evening of Thursday, July 28. Judge Dooling of Hollister is slated to pronounce the STATE SUING WELLS-FARGO Corporation’s Unpaid Taxes on Franchise and Realty Form Basis of Action ASSESSOR IS INDORSED Presidenf of Company Makes Statement Not Including Value of All Property —_— The State of California has decided to find out on its own account whether o: not the Tax Collector of the city and county of San Francisco has the | POLICE LOCATE THUG GOUCHER Last of Gang Implicated in Murder of Policeman Rob- inson in Stillwater Jail IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPH When His Term Expires on March 19 Next He Will Be Brought Here for Trial Ever since the murder of Policeman Eugene C. Robinson at Sixteenth and Valencia streets on the morning of January 21, 1902, the police Bave been eulogy on | right to sell at delinquent tax sale the | keeping up a dogged and determined Judge Parker of Esopus. There will be ! real property of corporations holding ! search for Allen Goucher allas “Kid"” other orators, but Dooling is to be the star speaker. Tim Spellagy, chairman franchises beyond the city. Within | the last few months the Tax Coll-ctnr Goucher, one of the crooks implicated in the crime. He disappeared Immedi- of the Democratic State Lenlral Com- | of this county. advertised for sale th | ately after the murder and all efforts mittee, will occupy a conspicuous place | on the platform and shed the light ot ! his angelic countenance on” the audi- ence. It is said to be a sure go that Thomas J. Geary of the Jeffersonian | Democracy will address and perhaps J. V. Coleman, who has rendered the party illustrious service as an orator and angel, speak. The silvery voice of Franklin K. Lane will not enrapture the local war horses of the party on that occa- sion, as he is listed to speak to the Oregonians at a Parker and Davis gathering in Portland. The special Pullman train chartered by the Union League Club of San Francisco for an excursion to Los An- geles, will leave the Third and Town- send streets depot of the Southern Pa- cific next Thursday at 7:30 p. m. The members of the Union League of the southern city will dedicate their new home by a round of festivities begin- ning next Friday evening and termi- nating on Saturday night. It seems to be definitely settled that the Republicans will renominate J. N. Gillette for Congress in the First Dis- trict, J. C. Needham in the Sixth and James A. McLachlan ‘in the Seventh. It is also clearly foreshadowed that Joseph R. Knowland will be nominated in the Third and Duncan E. McKinlay In the Eighth there is a sharp contest in the Repub- ! lican camp between M. L. Ward of San Diego and $. C. Smith of Kern. The political atmesphere in Fourth and Fifth districts is hazy. There is a rumor in political circles the | that the Republican nomination in the Fourth District has been promised by somebody or by some so-called ization” to G. B. Benham. Reference to the State blue book shows that Ben- ham ran for Congress in this district in 1900 as the nominee of the Social Dem- | ocrats and received 969 votes, against | 2 for R. Por- C. C. 17,111 for Julius Kahn, 11, nell. The report goes that R. H. Country- man of San Francisco has a good chance of winning the favor of the Re- publican convention of the Fifth, but party sentiment seems to favor the se- lection of a candidate from the Repub- lican hosts of Santa Clara County. There are many indications that the | Congressional and Senatorial district conventions will not take orders from | small bosses who have elected to speak of themselves as the “organization.” ————————— ON JLLY 24 Bc:ln in The Sunday ! Call Magazine There Will | A new scries of the famous Mr. Dooley ‘ ‘ articles. Finley Peter Dunne, the | | ereator of Mr. Dooley, is under an ex- cumulated immense wealth and it is clusive contract with McClure's, and MRS, l\lL\\D SUFFERS The Call, in the face of keenest bid- ding on the part of other large news- papers on the coast, has secured the sole right to publish these articles north of Los Angeles, —————— Sues Gas Company. Thomas E. Curran of 3326 Twenty- | fifth street brought suit vesterday in the Justices’ Court for $299 99 dam- ages against the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. leges that he has paid all his bills and | owes the company nothing. He says that on July 13 an agent of the com- pany came to his house and demand- | ed payment of several gas bills, and upon his refusal the agent demanded | immediate payment in lowd tones and in the hearing of neighbors and then had the gas meter removed. Curran demands the damages to soothe his ruffled feelings. —_———— Your wedding invitations should be made by ‘Edward Knowles Company, 24 Second st. * e | as counsel in the litigation over the estate of which the Russ House was the principal holding. He accumu- lated some property and it is said that his estate probably is worth $20,000. He leaves no immediate relatives. SRR ) Death of a Noted Astronomer. LONDON, July 18.—Professor Isaac Roberts, the distinguished astronomer, died to-day at the Beacon Observatory, Crowborough, Sussex County. His original investigations in the do- main of astronomy have added -largely to the world’s knowledge of the stars, clusters, nebulae and the structure of the universe. He also made a study of geology and up to 1880 pursued his sci- entific investigations at Liverpool. On leaving that city he was present- ed with an illuminated address signed by the Mayor and leading citizens of Liverpool. The honorary degree of doc- tor of science was conferred upon him by the University of Dublin in 1892. In 1895 he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Soci- ety, on the council of which he served for several years. Since 1890 he has been conducting his studies at Star- fleld, Crowborough. ey Funeral of Turner Schultes. Turner Schultes, lately of the ‘Wholesalers’ and Retailers’ Review of this city, but formerly a well known San Jose hotel proprietor, was buried at Cypress Lawn Cemetery yesterday. The funeral took place from the resi- dence of J. B. Garland, his brother- in-law. - Mr. Schultes died from in- Jjuries received in a runaway at Napa a féw days ago. He was a prominent *| Eagle and a popular man in business circles. A widow survives him, will consent to | “organ- | O'Don- | Curran al- | {realty of several franchise-holding | corporations, including Wells, Fargo‘ & Co. and the Central and 50u'hern! t Pacific companies. All of the corpo- |rations, at the proper moment, se- the meeting | cured injunctions from the Superior{tiary at Stillwater, | Court preventing the advertised salfi.’ {There was no provision in the law for ' setting the sale for a further date and | |it was supposed that the incident | { would close for this year. | | Yesterday, however, Attorney Gen- | eral U. S. Webb, on behalf of the peo- ple of the State of California, filed an action in the Superior Court against | Wells, Fargo & Co. for the collection of $30,600 53 due for unpaid taxes penalties and costs of litigation. | The complaint is a model one in ity recitation of the causes leading up to | the necessity of. litigation and in set- | ting forth, in detail, every official ar-} | tion of the city and county and State | officers since the issne was first raised. | The complaint alleges, in the first | ! place, that the defendant corporation | was engaged in the banking and ex-| | press business and was the owner of | real estate and franchises on the first | | Monday in March, 1903, when the as- sessment was levied. A demand was made ugon the corporation for a writ- ten statemhent of its property by the city and county Assessor. In respons to the demand Dudley Evans, pres dent of the company, made the fol-| lowing return: Money, $550,169; sol- vent credits, $4,450, ; solvent debts, 184,470,020; 85 harnesses and saddles, $1190; 128 horses, $6400; 6 trucks, 1$900; 70 wagons, $5720; 20 pairs scales, $200; 18 safes, $840; office fix- | tures, $15,081; two typewriters, $80. To the above list was attached the af- fidavit of Mr. Evans that it was “true {and correct list.” | It was set forth In the complaint { that Mr. Evans did not value the real property or the company’'s franchise. | When the Assessor got around to it he decided that the real estate was | worth $81,500 and the improvements | | thereupon $280,600, and he also as-| |sessed the company’s franchise at | | $450,000. The complaint of the Attorney Gen- | eral recites every detail of the action | of the Assessor and the State Board of Equalization, which boosted property | values 30 per cent and fixed the .\'tat»i making, when the city and county tax was tacked on, | a total rate of $1.076 on the hundred | dollars. The whole story of the as- sessment is told up to the point of at- | tempting to sell the Wells-Fargo real | | estate. When the injunction was ob- tained by the banking and express company the real estate was saved | and the taxes against the company for | its franchises were still in the air. | —_——— | assessment at $0.361, FROM HUSBAND'S ACTS | S Wife Alleges Cruelty as Grounds for | Divorce—Other Divorces Granted | or Applied For. | The acts of cruelty alleged by Mary Katherine Umland in a suit for di-| | vorce against her husband William are | | more than the mistreated wife is com- | monly called upon to relate. The first paragraph of the document has to do | with the results of his dissolute life, by which she was made a physical | sufferer. In addition thereto he is said | | to have beaten her, pulled her hair and | | abused her with vile epithets. She de-| ‘clnres that he owns property on Sixth| ‘avenue near A street worth $2000 and [a grocery and saloon business at 311/ Franklin avenue worth $1200, and that | he has an income of more than $100| {a month. She asks for $75 a month ali- mony for the support of herself and | two children. Judge Kerrigan, upon application of | Laura Spohn, signed an order for the taking of the testimony of Julia Long. Mrs. Spohn apparently contemplates | an action for divorce against her hus- band, Charles Spohn. She avers that she is contemplating a suit against him and that Julia Long is able to give evi- dence of Charles’' cruelty. Not only has Mrs. Spohn, according to her alle- gations, been cruelly struck and beat- en, but Spohn took all of their com- | munity money, amounting to\ $1000. Divorces were granted yesterday by Judge Kerrigan to Violet O’Neil against | James O'Neil for failure to provide; by | Judge Troutt to Mary L. Delany from | Joseph Delany, habitual intemperance; Eva Sohr from Arnold Sohr, desertion. Suits for divorce were flled yesterday { by John H. Musgrove against Emma | Musgrove, intemperance; George P.| Hetzel against Freda Hetzel, intemper- ance; Eugene O’Hare against Kathleen | O'Hare, intemperance; Helen J. Peters | against Prentice C. Peters, neglect. ———— Judge Morrow Returns. United States Circuit Judge W. W. Morrow and Mrs. Morrow re!urned| yesterday morning from a seven weeks' trip through the East and Can- ada. With the party were Arthur | W. Foster, president of the California | Northwestern Railway, and his wife and four children. Jesse W. Lilienthal and wife constituted the third family. Judge and ‘Mrs. Morrow remained ten days at the St. Louis Exposition. Then they visited Washington, where they were entertained by President Roose- velt and wife and Admiral Dewey and wife. Baltimore, the battlefield of Gettysburg, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, West Point and New York were next visited. The return was made over the Canadian Pacific Rail- ‘way, with stops at Mon¢real and ‘other places, | 1 | | | | a term for grand larceny | Jackson County, i TO MAKE | under to get a clew to his whereabouts failed till a few weeks ago, when Chief Witt- man received information that a young man answering Goucher’s description was an inmate of the State peniten- Minn. The Chief at once wrote to Warden Henry Wolfer inclosing a photograph of Goucher. Yesterday the Chief re- ceived a reply from the Warden in- closing a photograph of Roy Willlams, one of the convicts, who was serving committed in Minn.,, on December 13, 1902. His sentence expires on March | 19, 1905. The Chief is satisfied that Roy | Williams Goucher and on the sentence Goucher is expiration of “Kid" the | will be brought here to stand his trial on the charge of murder. There were six crooks implicated in the murder of Robinson. Frank Woods, alias “St. Louls Frank,” was arrested in Portland, Ore., was tried and con- victed of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. The case is pending on appeal in the Suprems Court. William Kauffman, alias “St Louis Fat,” was arrested in Port Ar- thur, Canada, was tried and convicted of murder in the second degres and sentenced to serve twenty-five years in San Quentin. John Courtney, alias “Leadville Jimmie,” was arrested in Tracy, Cal., pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to serve six years in San Quentin. Wil- liam B. Kennedy, alias “Yellow,” was arrested in Grants Pass, Ore., was tried and cofvicted of murder in the second degree, was granted a new trial by the Supreme Court, was released from cus- tody by Judge Cook and is now waiting trial before Judge Lawlor on a new indictment. William H. Henderson evidence, was allowed to manslaughter, but been sentenced owing to Court’s not having ren- on the Woods ap- turned State's to plead guilty yet has not the dered a de peal. time by AMMUNITION ON SCALE IN CANADA LARGE Sir William lrvnqn:mz Has Cantract to Establish Factory of Huge Capacity at Ottawa. OTTAWA, Ont., July 13.—Sir Fred- erick Borden,) Minister of Militia, has way a contract with the Eng- lish firm of which Sir Willlam Arm- strong is head, for the construction of an ammunition factory in Ottawa, capable of turning out twenty million rounds of ammunition a year. ADV. hRTl\E)(L.\TS. 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