The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1905, Page 7

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WECOMMENDED BY MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS Uery B T | AGAINST DISORDERS o e STOMACH KIDNEYS ave BLADDER. @he Franciscan Company, .um?;‘:a’%':fi'fisfafifi’;fitmm ou CURE SICK HEADACHE. CARTERS 0 \ ITTLE Genuine Must Bear | IVER Fac-Simile Signature | | ciation. | that *FRANCISCO CALL; ESDAY, DE CEMBER 35, 1905. SHARP WILL IN QUESTION Contest Imstituted by De cedent’s Cousin Goes to Trial Before Judge Coffey SENSATIONS ARE ABSENT ARG Day’s Evidence Fails to De- velop Any Proof Against Legality of the Testament e of the will of the late instituted by Joseph O'Don- a cousin of the is under wing in Judge Coffey’s court. The alleges unsoundness of mind luence, charging that these nditions ¢ d Mrs. Sharp to leave 0 to Park Commissioners Liloyd and ckel for the erection of a memorial entrance to Golden Gate Park honor of her beloved husband, who from this world before her. conditions, alleges the contestant, Mrs arp to leave $25,000 Tojetti and other sums to other to the exclusion of the cousin, who now assails her testament While the statement of con- testant’s cour s full of promises of what would be shown, there was nothing developed during the day to bear them out. Instead of ing at the mental condition of Mrs. Sharp, counsel for the ntestant a mild effort to prove at her sister, Mrs. Brennan, who died any years ago, suffered from a clouded ellect for some ne. Judge Coffey however, promptly the efforts testant a and smile blandly as coun: they held that the mental cor Bre might have on the contest deceased, s in trust passed the ¢ nan ing Sharp. v o h Wheeler, repre g the proponents, stated that such eory w ntirely too remote to have 1 @ possible bearing on the issues in lved in the c at bar. Judge Coffey there was no question as to the 1dness f this contention, and so Counsel for the contestant took an ion to the ruling C. Raickel, May W. nnie C. Connor were the o during the The fi possible assistance so they were S0 mental conditic Attorr sent Tricou and witnesses st two could to the con- Mrs. Connor, in whose mother's home Mrs. Brennan, sister of Mrs. Sharp, died, was questioned more fully. It was through Mrs. Connor that the ant sought to prove that Mrs. ennan was not of sound mind, and tha if she were not, held contestant’s counsel, it would be a umstance favoring their contention that Mrs. Sharp was also in- But outside of the statement that her last illness, which was sudden, Brennan was in good health Judge | Mr | Coffey would not permit the witness to go. Mrs. Connor disposed of, the reading of depositions establishing the contestant’s relationship were taken up. These depo sitions contained only the one material -t—that O'Donnell was a cousin of the ased—though they ' occupied some time in the reading. More witnesses will be called this morn- ing, for what purpose the proceedings of vesterday do not make entirely clear. ———e—————— SWEARS OUT WARRANT FOR ARREST OF HER LANDLORD Miss May Colwell Charges J. H. Barto | of the Larchmont House With Embezzlement. Miss May Colwell obtained a warrant yesterday afternoon for the arrest of J. H. Barto, proprietor of the Larch- mont House, 361 Sutter street. on a charge of embezzlement. She said she had deposited $50 with Barto, and when shie asked him for its return on Sunday he said she should have the money the next day. When she asked him yester- he said he could not give it to her, | declared. She said also that she | had been told by the bellboys that Barto b packed up his belongings nd intended to leave the city. Miss Colwell is the woman who was held up by George E. Smith in her room at the Larchmont on the morning | of November 25 Smith compelled her by threatening to kill her with a razor to give him $30 she had in her room, and to get $20 she had on deposit with the clerk Smith was arrested and charged with robbery. Barto also reported to the police that he had been held up by two men last | Friday morning, robbed of $550 and | tied to his bed. Detective T. B. Gibson, | after making an Investigation, report- | ed that the alleged robbery was a | rank fak ———— Philippine Officials Coming. | The Secretary of the Treasury has requested Customs Collector Stratton | to extend the usual official courtesies to the following officials who are expected to arrive by the steamship Manchuria to-da Luke E. Wright, Governor General of the Philippines; W. Cameron Forbes, Commissioner of Commerce and Labor in the Philippines; W. C. Wel- born, Commissioner of Agriculture, ditto; J. M. Helm, Chief of the Coast Guard Service, ditto; Bronson Rea, editor of the Far Eastern Review, and Senor De la Rama of the Municipal Board of Manila. These gentlemen in- appear as witnesses before r with reference to proposed legislation for the islands. There are also on board Captain A. B. Baker of the gunboat Raleigh, Li Fuhen, a Chinese official, and Low Hong, presi- dent of the Yang Wo Benevolent Asso- —————— Body Identificd at Morgue. The body of the man who fell from a railing at 152 Russ street on Sun- day night and broke his neck was jdentified at the Morgue yesterday as f James Kcogh, who was em- ployed at the Columbia auction-house. The identification was made by John Keogh, a son, who lives at 1046 Fol- som: street. Keogh was 60 years of ag The | to | 3| dismissed, but | , 3 | tipodes | 1s quite enthusiastic about the people of | Nebraska, and the conditions in ACIRESS ON Nance0'Neil Returns . From Tour of the - Antipodss. ° WHO RETURNED DAY. FROM ‘A SUCCESS- USTRALIAN. TOUR. STE LA Nance O'Neil has a softer spot in her heart for Australia than has McKee' Ran- kin, her manager. When Rankin re- turned he sald some unkind things about the Australian people. . The~ California tragedienne, who returned.from the An- vesterday on the .liner Sonoma, the British colonies. In Melbourne, she she was given a splendid welcome. The night she ar- rived there she attended ohe of the thea- ters. When she entered the box piaced at her disposal the whole audience arose and gave her three cheers. “She*says she in- tends to Include Australia in all her tours. She enjoved herself, mide money many friend Nance ‘O'Neil, with her company of six- teen, landed from the Sonoma at Hono- | lulu and there played a matinee perform- ance-to a-large audience: ~It-was-literally a “matinee.” The curtain went up at 10 o’clock a. m. The Honolulu people have | to take their theatrical diversions when can get: them. . The earliest 1 was ever in a theater," says Miss O'Neil. P At Honolulu Miss O'Neil, heard that a relative in_the East had left her a sub- stantial legacy. “So you see I had rea- son to enjoy -by call at Honoluly,” she said. ‘““But where I enjoved myself most was at Samoa. It was my first visit there, put 1 hope it will not be the last. It is a beautiful place, and I wonder that the en- terprising tourist has not made it his own long before this.” Miss O'Neil opens at the Grand Opera- next Monday in “‘The Fires of St. —_———— | BRIGGS RECEIVES REPORT CONCERNING WHEAT GROWING Expert Finds Varlety That Withstands Tests in Nebraska, Where . Condi- tions Resemble Califoraia’s. Manager Arthur R. Briggs of the Cal- ifornia State Board of Trade has re- ceived a report by Professor Harry Sny- der, professor of chemistry in the Uni- versity of Minnesota and' also' con- nected with the agricultural experiment station of Minnesota, which is of local importance, as it deals with the im- provement of wheat, a matter that Cal- ifornia is experimentally : considering. Mr. Briggs takes the view that the re- port is important for several reasons. One’is that Turkey red wheat, which is ¢ recommended by Professor Snyder, has been found to fill the requirements of Ne- from It is braska do not differ materially those existing in California. | | | colder in Nebraska than in Callfornia, | but the climate of Nebraska is as dry, in many sections, as is the climate of California. According to the report, Turkey red wheat has been found to be beter able to withstandjdisease than other vari- eties. Crimean wheat, which is'of the same origin, does not equal the Turkey red variety. “There is no gquestion,” writes_ Pro- fessor Snyder, “that the farmel in other localities than Nebraska make a serious mistake in allowing their grain to stand too long in the field after harvest, to becomie overripe before cut- ting, which serlously reduces the qual- ity of the grain for milling and bread- making purposes.” This point, Mr. Briggs says, ought to be noted in Cali- fornia. 3 —_———— Nearly a Ton of Turkeys. According to a custom established almost as long as the business itself the Directors, Heads of Departments and employes of the Mellin'sFood Com- pany of Boston met together at noon the day before Thanksgiving to ex- change felicitations over the comple- tion of another successful business year, the largest in the history of the company. On behalf of the directors, Mr. Thomas Doliber, president of the company, read the Thanksgiving Pro- | the other while in-the- courtroom. | An interesting feature of the trial of the “\lng of the | Collins’ attorney at the time of the suit, and | i | considerable | during which Mever gave many evasive COLLINS CAINS AN ADVANTAGE Many Objections to Testi- mouy Made by Defendant Sustained by Judge Lennon ! WOMEN MEET IN COURT| Claimants to. Name of Wily Lawyer Confront FEach Other for the First Time George D. Collins continued yesterday his spectacular and desperate fight to es- cape conviction on the charge of perjury, the charge being the outgrowth of Char- lotta Newman Colling’ st for mainte- nance. All day long the wily attorney | placed obstacles in the way of rapid trial of the case by interposing technicalities, although many of the objéctions made by the defendant were declared by Judge Lennon to be well taken. | For the first time sfiiee the beginning |of the trial Charlotta Newman Collins | appeared in the courtoom for the purpose of being identifled by Attorney Tom Cur- ran as the woman he' saw married to Collins sixteen years ago by Father Con- nolly. She did not appear until almost the last minute of -the-trial, and her en- trance was unnoticed, until she was point- ed out to the witness by District Attor- ney Byington. Her face was pale, and her mouth pursed determinedly while she bore with fortitude the glances of the curious spectators. Charlotta Collins. was ‘attired in black, the only light touch being a jeweled neck-clasp. Clarice McCurdy Coliins sat | beside her husband throughout the day and gave close attention to the progress of the e Neither - woman looked at attorney “is the presence of a woman in black, who has courtroom “since the begin- case. None of the court at- | taches seem to know who or what she is, but her regularity in attendance at the proceedings brings to mind the mysterious “sweet-pea girl” ' of the Durrant case. Court hangers-on have been speculati as to who she may be, as she gives dif- ferent reasons for her jresence in the courtroom. During the trial the woman in black sits close to the rail on Collins' side of the courtroom, and from ‘time to time takes notes of the proceedings. She is of medium height, quite pretty and dresses entirely in black, with the ex- ceptibn of a white waist. Both defend- ant and prosecution dény that she is in any way connected with their side of the se accused | mysterious | haunted the | e greater portion of the morning was occupied in proving the,simple fact that A. J. Henry, who witnessed the defend- ant’s signature to the - answer to the charge of non-support, is a duly qualified and regularly chosen notary public. The remainder of the morning was spent in | questioning Attorney--Jaceb 8. Meyer, regarding t ond answer. filing of the first and sec- with Judge Graham. After argument “and haggling, answers to Judge Lennon's questions, the second-answer was admitted in evidence and read. TESTIMONY FAVORS COLLINS. Throughout the questioning of Meyer, who proved t6 be a witness favorable to Collins, the defendant . constantly pb- jected and some of his arguments ‘ap- peared so plausible that.the court, while overruling the objections, reserved the right to later pass upon the admissibil- ity of the testimony.; Collins succeeded in having Meyer admit that the answer was filed with Judge Graham without the knowledge of the defendant. Deputy County Clerk: Charles C. Morris took the stand to testify. to the appoint- ment of A. J. Henry as a notary public and produced the index of official ap- pointments to show that, the regular ap- pointmént was made. The index was not admitted in evidence, but the entry in the index concerning . the appointment was admitted. 1% F. R. “Cupld” Danforth of the mar- riage license departmeént was next called. His testimony proved of ‘aid to Collins’ contention that he was married to Agnes and not Charlotta Newman. Danforth testified that he-had no, recollection what- ever of Collins applying for a license. Danforth was unable to say whether he gave the license to the. defendant or to James Mulcahey, who accompanied Col- lins to the marriage license office. Later the license was admitted in evidence on the condition imposed.on the prosecution by Judge Lennon that it shall be proved that the signature on the document is that of George D. Collins. The marriage certificate was then admitted upon the same condition. Collins, in his objection to the admis- sion of the marriage license, quoted many authorities to show that the Jlicense could not be admitted in evidence and that the book recording the license should be of- fered.. Argument on this point will take place to-day and the Judge will decide whether the license shall remain in.evi- dence. CURRAN MAKES IDENTIFICATION. The Rev. Cornelius E. Kennedy told of the finding of the certificate among the parish papers, and testified that ?he sig- nature on it was that of the priest who performed the ceremony. Deputy Re- corder Joseph P. Hayes was next called to testify as to the recording of the mar- riage license. Thomas E. Curran was the last witness, He acted as Collins’ best man at the time of the wedding in'the Eddy-street church before Father Connolly, in 188y, The cross-examination by Collins was an attempt to show that Curran did not know Agnes from Charlotta Newman and could not swear as to which one Collins married. Curran was compelled to admit that he was peid to go to Victoria to give evi ———— King Calf is specially selected European calfskin, slow chrome-tanned. Its smooth, flexible, firm-fibered toughness makes it actually indestructible as far as shoe-wear is con- cerned—the finest leather ever tanned for shoes. King Calf could not be built-into a shoe that cost less than $6 except by the Regal tannery-to-consumer system. It is made into Regal shoes without the usual tanner’s profit. The finished shoes go to our own one hundred and two Regal stores direct. There’s no leather-profit, no job- ber’s’ profit, no useless commissions to figure into the price you pay for the shoes. The Regal is simply a six-dollar shoe at the wholesale price. The average six-dollar shoe is a six-dollar shoe only because there are five profits invit.” There’s only one profit in the Regal. Seventy-five Regal styles—and the regular price, right through the whele list, is $3.50 asusunal But to meet an insistent demand, we have made u to bulld a wholly new Line of shoss that 4 .50 Regal ars their extra custom BEST of the BEST and they have a little more hand-work, stc. They are true made 81 ‘equal their handsome appear: models over thc 2 shoes Send for Style-Book Sold direct from tannery to consumer. Largest retail shoe business in the world. 15 special models at $4 before include in the “features. ‘we could never o other -made shoes and few genuins custom- Mail Orders Prompily Filled REGAL = THE SHOE THAT PROVES FOR MEN AND WOMEN MEN’S STORES 820 Market Street 17 O’Farrell Street SAN FRANCISCO Oakland Store. 22 San Pablo Avenue WOMEN'S STORES S20 Market Street 17 O'Farrell Street dence, but was not allowed to tell how much he recefved. He identified Charlotta Collins, who had entered the courtroom accompanied by Detective Tom Gibson, as the woman whom Collins married. ‘At the conclusion of the cross-examina- tion an adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock this morning, and Collins accom- panied Deputy Sherift Welch back to the County Jail. Judge Lennon declared that it the trial comtinues to drag. sessions will be held from 9 to 6 o'clock in the daytime and %lgo during the evenings. Word was- recefved by Collins that on the .petition’ of Frank B. Deering and Willlam Denthan, the disbarment pro- ceedings before the Supreme Court were put over for thirty days. —_————— In the Divorce Court. Frederick J. White, manager of a local wire concern, was divorced yes- terday by Olivé V. White. Mrs. White proved her allegation that her husband occupied much of his time in the com- pany of other women. A decree of divorce was also granted to Hazel K. from Warren King for desertion. Suits for divorce were filled by Kittie Capps against Harry F. Capps for failure to provide; Josephine T. against Chris F. Leuterdt for desertion; Christina M. against Edward N. Boukofsky for failure to provide; Ina D. against George W. Bennett for desertion; Lillian against Andrew J. Fagely for desertion; Jennie L. against Ransome G. Fisher for desertion, and Lu Emma Mary against John Willlam Dollar for cruelty. Dollar is a realty broker. Lotta M. H. Hobbs has sued Howard S. Hobbs to annul their marriage, alleg- ing statutory grounds. —_———— ‘Workmen Find Copper Urn. Workmen who were excavating yes- terday on a lot on 'Farrell street, be- tween Hyde and Leavenworth, uncov- cred a copper urn, supposed to contain the ashes of Hattie Hoadley Johnson of 3708 Sacramento street, whose body was cremated at the 0dd Fellows’ Cem- etery on December 8, 1900, It was thought by the workmen to contain gold, but Policeman T. J. Carroll, who was notified, satisfled them that it only contained ashes. Inside was a card bearing the name and address of the dead woman. The urn was turned over to the undertakers who had prepared the hody for cremation. and the police are trying to solve the mystery of how it got to the lot on O'Farrell street. e Deputy Sherifis Are Dismissed. | FRAUD IS ALLEGED ! \ IN A WOMAN'S SUIT| arch Company in Hands of Receiver as Result of Complaint. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA Dec. 4—Oscar F. Cosher was to-day appointed receiver of the Pacific Starch Company, owning plants at Ta- coma and Jackson, Mich. The company has a capital stock of $575,000. The local plant has been closed since last Febru- |ary. It is claimed that the closing re- sulted from the failure of last year's wheat crop to produce an average amount of starch. The receivership is the result of a suit brought by Mrs. Piggott, a mi- nority stockholder, who alleges the com- pany’'s property in Tacoma and Michigan is worth less than $30,000, while the com- pany’'s indebtedness is declared to exceed $150,000. She alleges the officers and agents of the company were guilty of fraud in soliciting subscriptions to stock by repre- senting that the corporation owned pro- cesses and formulas worth over $300,000. —————————— Promoter Becomes a Maniae. AUBURN, Dec. 4.—Israel Meyer, a prominent resident of Placer -County, has gone violently insane. Meyer first | showed signs of a failing mind on Thanksgiving day. He resides near Lincoln, and for several years past has been endeavoring to promote an electric rallroad to connect Grass Valley, Lincoln, Marysville, Sacra- mento and Fair Oaks. It is believed that worry over his railroad project unbaianced his mind. ) i MEAT IS PLENTIFUL IN TANANA DISTRICT Miners Obtain Supply by Shoeoting Caribou From Their Cabins. TACOMA, Dec. 4—Miners of Tanana have been provided with an excellent winter meat supply by a great stampede of caribou which swept through the val- ley during October. Thousands of the brown animals passed within plain sight of hundreds of miners. Many cazibou were shot by miners from their cabins. One hunter killed more than twenty. The miners, however, shot only enough to provide meat for themselves and their neighbors. Residents of Chena and Fair- i WILL BANQUET THIS BVENING. —The annual dinner of the Merchants' Association will take place in the Palace Hotel this ing. Willlam Barclay Parsons of New York, Frank J. Sullivan, Patrick Calhoun and John W. Taylor are t ery announced. _The tople for discussion s ““The Future Street Traf- fic of San Francisco.” i N brew a beer in Cincinnati, that is . mvui:HyTood:ll«l Mocrlein’s. German people (and they know best) prefer it over all other beers for 3 reasons: its unexcelled flavor, its mature ageisg HOTEI. ST FHANGIS pb!::‘tiead“usnt:m:f ag]ie tl;:es‘gggér:tor "2% Sheriff Culru: ytesdtex!-da';; dls::;lsu::c;(:: or 1 3 3 s sbeclute o . i M. husetts, and then in order alleged neglect of duty Deputies ) 4 m’?f;&f :‘zgordinx to years of service Laskie and John J. Feehan, who have wholesomeness. been acting as jailers at County Jail | ach employe with the best BAVE 3055 s No. 2. Curtis sdys that the men had { f ‘wishes of the company a large, fat tur- Sunday Evening Table d'Hote. ‘fi i' that 'h ht' — Will be served in the white and room e S £ keyirAnoutsbreb quasterd gr s ton of become careless of thelr dutles, proba- s g . g B e e A M turkeys were thus distributed. biy owing fo the fact that the present at Moerlein’s is 2 past master at brewing regime retires next month. John L. Kelly and Aimwell Robertson, guards at the jail, were promoted to the vacan- $2.50 per plate. Huber’s Orchestra Souvenirs to the Ladles, —the man behind the beer. Good beer— Theater M: ger Must Pay. For an alleged breach of contract X1 : . rable at hould Y 0 ; 5F [ T o the Mattre THoc1Hs | | (1] Justice of the Peace Lawson yesterday clos. " Curtis called in his subordinates Moetlein’s Extra Pale—costs the same as com- later than Thursday of ecach gzave John T. Bush, a vaudeville per- to his private office and informe em 7 » A - Y | former, - judgment _against ' E. Fried, that they must not be lax in their du- mon beer, the difference is in the quality. 2. - £RRE) manager of the Mission Amusement ties under pain of dismissal. Moetlein’s beer is an homest brew—mvigorating— | Company. The plaintiff alleged that = Fried engaged him for a season of sev- B en Are Reported. @ oral weoks at a salary of $70 a week, James GIbb, Saloon-kecper, 517 Mer- wholesome—delightful. : and after the contract was signed the chant street, repo; o the police yes- manager refused to pay hfm that sal- terday that an attempt had been made THE CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN BREWING CO. ary. ‘He asked judgment for $70-salary between Saturday night and Sunday CINCINNATI, OHIO orning to break into his saloon. There :er. ‘marks of a “jimmy” having been used to force open the door. The sa- loon is within half a block of the Cen- tral Police Station. Patrick Dempsey, and $299 damages, but was allowed $70 - oo o i e JOFIN H. SPOHN COMPANY (Tacotporated) Pacfc Coust Ageats 16-18-20-22 Front St., San Francisco, Calit RUNAWAY GIRL IS FOUND.—Miss Alice Gleeson, who ran stepfathér, ‘8. Kernick, a farmer 44 Ho - street, reported that his 'y 16 Pages. Sl per Year 25c. per bottle. Al dealers i, | was, Tound, ven by Detective Ed._Gibsor o m"“‘b;,n “entered on'Sunday 7 E v Drug Co. Market and f An; Smith. Her morning and a gold piece and ‘a i x > -‘33.?,’ 2." vl o msngflfl‘gh‘m has been .| silver chain stolen.