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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1905. N WOMAN'S FIXED GLANCE QUELLS DRUNKE Mrs. Martha Brautlacht subdued William Avery, a drink-crazed maniac, by her will power, cuarding the maniac’s mother from his assaults for ten hours. quell him, but the woman now feels that the strain may cause her to lose her own reason. The police have not arrested the demon and he wanders unchecked in Berkeley. N MANIAC Her glance seemed to — Plucky Housewife Saves Life of Old Lady. Brutal Son Tries to Kill His Aged Mother. Savior ~ of Fears Loss of Her Mind. Invalid —_—— LEY, Dec. 22.—The stra of 5 aged invalid woman from sane son, and of exert- Il power to subdue the has left Mrs. Martha h a condition that to- of an "y mental excitement, she decla that out of it all might come, rtion, a deranged mind with a fam- r own p Mre. Brautlacht, & matror of ones, use r and o monplace might for tén hours last usky as a mur- he w of a ¢ ughout urs after midnight until d her every order, with- resentment to my. will, ap- antlacht, at her | i Nielsen | hated me, | to speak 1 his arm, and he s dealing with a n ng ¥ leash with no c eye and a will revealing Mrs s extraordinary person, as in which | & c and dreads ASKS FORGIVENESS, night over Dr. Had- with gn ambu- patient to the between esought , and then the night withdrew | the care of her own ack was done. Her the maniac. Hypnotic power—its exact ’ says she is at s ha perated, she be s ai task, and the| woman brain thing: erstwhile His mot} The w ast night has recg maniac, remains on s pre- son who sought widl be kept from her, vered her strength, or 1 by death. The fright- ful shock of experience she under- went last night has lessened her chances r from the ack of pneu- has been struggling with, and lable her phy eature of the ht to-day 8 ught of again mee seemed to have hypno- say e thou sa would take Avery mnto cus- man begged his mother tg jay, and she was unable to I saw turn and glare at hates me and would [ IKED WOMAN. tke me, 1 know that influence over was th person. He could not not profess to ex- fear, nor to explain I him so easfly. 1 it was done. He knew that 1 him with a look at any time, when we feared for his moth- th him alone in the house with when 1 desired to enter, he refused t me. I secured entrance by strategy, e 1 remained he was quist. It was at dinner time that he threatened , and not till 1 could agaln get him control of my will was he quiet. if the police took him away last t of the struggie would kill I t0}d them to let me stay h him which was dome. One look trom was_encugh for him. He obeyed m But to-day I fear him ¥e may o have weakened. My control of him seems wish he could be locked Henry Brautlacht deplores the neces- sity for the ordeal through which she passed and declares he would not have permitted it had he guessed the result that now appears to threaten his wife, Avery he denounces as a drunken, crazy maniac, rendered unnatural by his mental weakness and excesses. The police have made no move to ar- rest Avery. No complaint has been sworn to against him, and he roams West Berkeley, irresponsible and with none to check him. The Brautlachts purpose guarding the woman who foiled him last night, and are prepared to defend the house against any assaults the insane wanderer may conceive, ——— MUST GET A NEW SEWER. OAKLAND, Dec. 22.~—The troubles over the private sewer used by a num- ber of the residents of the fashionable Lakeside district, which has been the basis for a suit brought by George H. Wheaton against M. W. Kales, has been practically decided in favor ot Kales, who wishes to tear up the drain where it runs through his back yard. The sewer has been in use for thirty vears and it is contended by Wheaton that Kales had lost the right to object to it the demurrer to the complaint, hold- ing that the sewer was maintained by mutual agreement, which - gould be withdrawn at .any; time, oid 2 dlong enough | Judge Waste to-day sustained | { \ | { | | i | | | | | { s | 7 i | R — “HIS MOTHER THURSD. i OVER DRINK-CRAZED '~ WILLIAM RRYING OUT HIS PURPOSE OF MAK- AY NIGHT.\ RS WOMAN'S I EXHUNED ORDE g Bl OAKLAND, Dec Matthews, aged 28 3 culiar circumstances at Hospital on Wednesday. at Mountain View Cemetery a warning from Coroner Mehrmann, Wwho has ordered the body exhumed. The death certificate was signed by Dr. C. H. Wilder of 1404 Grove street, and now the Coroner and District At- torney Allen have begun an investiga- tion that will necessitate the opening of the grave. & Mrs. Matthews was the wife Charles T. Matthews, who lives twenty- two miles from Skaggs Springs, in Sonoma County. Matthews knew noth- ing of her death until lasy night, when he was notified at his home. He imme- diately eame to Oakland and demand- } ed the investigation. He says his wife deserted him. and their twp dhildren and had been acting as housekeeper 22.—Mrs. Mary ears, died under pe- the Central for N. G. Madson of Paso Robles. The woman formerly lived at 517 | San Pablo avenue, and had been in the hospital only a week. According to | Dr. Mchrmann, Dr. Wilder called him up on the telephone on Sunday and told him of Mrs. Matthews' condition. He declared that she had admitted that she had undergone an operation in San Francisco, but that her condition was not dangerous. Dr. Mehrmann says he told Wilder to notify him if she became worse, 80 that he might take her dying statement. Tuesday the Coroner was notified by Dr. Wilder that Mrs. Matthews had sud- denly become a raving maniac. “I told Dr. Wilder to notify my dep- uty in case of the woman's death,” said Coroner Mehrmann to-day. “Instead, he signed a death certificate without again consulting me. He gave the cause of death as meningitis and the con- tributory cause as an abscess. The mat- ter will be thoroughly investigated, and the body will be exhumed.” When seen to-day Dr. Wilder admit- ted that he .had been indiscreet in not notitying the Morgue officials when the woman dled, but stated that he had not'done Bo: because he wished to avold any notoriety. He said: 1 was called to 517 San Pablo avenue about seven .days ago and found Mrs. Matthews serious condition. Bhe sald she had N. G nd who_1ve A . Madson, & frie Robles, who would pay all the ber iliness, and I had her removed To lvolg‘ say unpieasantness, er Mehrmann and told f she grew ~worse, thh.d he ‘expensex of 1o the Cen- o R ! nf’ , 1|nexation carried to-day. | i o — WANTS HIDE (01D AEVEALED | OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—~Charging that her four children have hidden'’from $10,000 to $15,000 left by their father, | the late Frank C. Vogt, of Park street and Railroad avenue, Alameda, a de- mand was made by Mrs. Theresa Vogt | to-day to have this sum included in the | appraisement of the estate of her hus- band to.make it appear at what she | believes is its true value, When J. B. Lanktree, Frank Storer and D. D. McLaren, the appraisers, ap- peared at the Vogt home, they were met with the ‘pécliar request that they take shovels and picks and,go out in the hac% yard and search for the gold Mrs. Vogt' declares is hidden on the premises. As she was not:at all certain where the wealth lay con- cealed, her request was politély re- fused. The estate, exclusive of the amount she says$ has been hidden, was valued ‘at $11,460, of 'which amount' $5835 1s cash and the remainder real | property. ————— ALAMEDA TRAIN CHANGES. ALAMEDA, Dec. 22.—When plans be- ing worked out by the Souithefn Pacific Company- are completed no..through freight trains will enter or leave this clty over the South Pacific Coast, or, 2s It .is better known, the -narrow- gauge line. 1t is expected by the rail- doad management that this’ ehange will be made within the next three or six months. It is also possible that the through passenger trains that have been running over the South Pacific Coast road from Alameda to Santa Gruz for a quarter of a centhiry from the Alameda mole will use the Oakland mole as their terminus. A Through means of a cut-off tifat has already been surveyed from: Elmhurst to a point on the South Pacific Coast road, southeast of that town, trains will be diverted from the old -narrow- gauge road, which is to be standard- ized, #and run to Elmhurst, from which point the cars will go on to the main : line, running through Oakland on First street. Double tracks have already been constructed from a continuation’of the | First-street line, In Oakland, to Elm- hurst. 8 POINT RICHMOND; Dec. 32—An- The majority outslde of the town in, the Ty J d; “‘gfi’" vote being 111 ‘against. side the town the I gained the impression | vote for annexation was practically from my second talk with the | Rohing Sam e o o, 8 on o™ avi | e eaceen Wil precosd o seen e the mn. l‘m BB a .ii’ the “‘mi of the election. The added " . ved st 17 Son | tersitory includes all of Richmon Bkl alie T i i e . R 82 SETE S S SR | ot o b g ol ol O 2peration had been pertormed by'a Dr. 2‘-’: “Tewksbur _the Richmond Lpam in akiund. - Her miatements ‘were ns sooar | and oy and the John dictory. that 1 believed they would 4o no good _Nicholl . orp in case of a poséible prosecution, - . - . “Will EWS OF THE COUNTIES ABOUT TH KLEPTOMANIAC [ MASTER MASON 1S RELEASED Owners of Stores Robbed by Mrs. Schnoor Believe She Has Been Punished Enough —_— —— JEWELRY IS RETURNED | Family Physician Declares Woman Is Not Mentally Re sponsible for Her Crime OAKLAND, Dec. 22.—Believing that Mrs.- Emilie Schnoor, the young matron who was caught in the act of stealing Jjewelry from a number of local stores, has been punished enough by her twen- ty-four hours' confinement in the €ty Prison, and feeling only deep sym- pathy for the woman and her only child, the jewelers who were robbed by her have refused to swear to a com- plaint and she was released frem cus- tody this morning. Dr. H. N. Rowell of Berkeley, who has attended = Mrs. | Sehnoor for the last seven vears. said to-day that he was satisfied that owing to continued ill health her mental facul- ties have become impaired and chat she was not responsible when she com- mitted the crimes which caused her ar- rest. WHen the woman was réleascd from the City Prison this morning it was plain to be seen that she felt keenly the disgrace which she had Lrought upon herself, her husband and child by her crime. Sobbing with grief, she was taken from the station by her husband and at once went to her home in Berke- ley. The stolen jewels were returned. Detective George Kyte, who arrested Mrs. Schoon, said this afternoon that he believed the woman had suffered far more during her brief imprisonment than would many persons who were forced to serve a ten-vear sentence In the penitentiary. This was also the opinion of the Chief of Police. YOUTH GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE BT —John Schneider, 16 vears of age, was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin meorning by Judge John Ellsworth for the murder of Thomas Cook out at Fruitvale on the night of July 22 last, He is the second of three youths charged with the murder to get a life sentence and received his punishment without a sign of emotion. The boy's OAKLAND, Dec aged father sat in the courtroom and | the Judge that listeried to the words of without betraying. the anguish must have been his. In passing sentence Gpon him and giving him the limit under the law, the jury having found him guilty of mur- der in the second.degree and recom- mended him to themercy of the court, Judge Ellsworth said: The jury has recommended Schnelder to the mearcy of the court, but 1 believe that this court showed all the mercy it should under the circumstances in allowing It to bring in a ver- dlet in the second degree. The evidence showed him clearly guilty. The crime was an atro- tlous ‘one and there 18 Hiitle 10 be sald for this defendant when it i3 taken into consideration the way the crime was committed. He and his companions waited for their victim and fol- lowed him until he was aione and in the dark and then beat him with iron clubs. It Is no defense to say that they did not intend to kill him. Schneider, who will not be 17 years old until next February, with Percy Pembroke, who is still 16, and George Blaker, who is only 17, were all charged with the offense and Blaker and Schneider have received their pun- ishment. 1n the case of Pembroke the jury disagreed and he will be tried again next month. WOMAN RNDYS M SHE LOVES OAKLAND, Dec. 22—Love for a married man, who says he repulsed her whenever the opportunity offered, has resulted in the arrest of Molly Mauerhan, a seamstress, - who is 46 years old. She was arrested by Po- liceman Murray this afternoon at her home, 564 Ninth street, and was re- leased on ‘$25 bail John W. Bassford, who lives with his wife at 1228 Second avenue, is the man with ‘whom .the woman is alleged to be in love, and it is he who caused herarrest for disturbing the peace. Bassford says that about a year ago he boarded at the home of ex-Super- visor Charles Roeth, where the wo- man was employed as a domestic. He says she became infatuated with him and her attentions became S0 annoy- ing that Roeth was forced to discharge ber. Since then. Bassford has mar- ried, but that fact seemed only to in- crease her ~infatwation. She began writing letters, Both to Bassford and his wife, swearing undying devotion and declaring that she would never marry any.one else, but would wait until r make her his wife, lovesick schoolglrl order. They were of the The letters were not answered, but lexlo;\'llory decree the woman persisted in writing and finally Bassford decided to have her arrested. - . LEAPS TO HIS DEATH this | 18 Yery feeble at his home, FROM SECOND LOOR| SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—Crazed with pain and acting under the hallucination that - GETS A JEWEL Retiring Head of Mill Val- ley Lodge Is Presented With Handsome Insignia PUBLIC INSTALLATION Banguet Served by Women Relatives of Members of Order Pleases the Guests POSBESAE S Special Dispatch to The Call. MILL VALLEY, Dec. 2A—Mill Valley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons No. 256, held a public installation of its newly elected officers in their hall last evening. The hall was tagtefully decorated With smilax and red crepe paper. San Fran- cisco and San Rafael were well repre- sented. A delightful programme, consist- ing of vocal solos by Mrs. L. L. Janes, Irene Coffin, the Misses Kelley, the Knickerbocker quartet, with instrumental accompaniments, was well readered. Grand Marshal George F. Roden in a very able and impressive manner. At the conclusion of the installation ceremony Worshipful Master James Newlands Jr., in a very pretty speech, presented retir- ing Worthy Master Louis L. Janes with 2 beautiful past master's jewel, the gift of the lodge, as a slight appreciation of | Janes’ lodge. untiring efforts- in behalf of the In the parlors of the Outdoor Art Club | the women relatives of the Masons, under the direction of Worthy Matron Mrs. K. J. C. Seymour, served an elaborate ban- quet. The following officers were in- stalled: James Newlands ‘ Jr., worshipful master; Samuel Burt senior warden; Thomas T. Greaves, junior warden; John Burt, treasurer; Charles J. Brockhoff, secretary: Clinton Folger. marshal; Alfred Bush, chapiain; W. G. Sel- wood, senfor deacon; Alonzo Cofiin, junior deacon; Kent J. ¢ ymour, senior steward; George H. Harlan, junior steward, and George Urquhart, tyler. ALAMEDA GOUNTY NEWS CRANE GIVEN TWO YEARS.—Oakland, Dee. 22— Arthur Crane was sentenced to serv two years in San Quentin this afternoon b Judge Waste for forgery. Crane passed a check for $18, forging the name of D. J. Hall to it. FORMER MAYOR SERIOUSLY ILL.—Oak- land, Dec. 22.—Former Mayor Anson Barstow 1356 Franklin street.. He is under the care of Dr. ? Brinkerhoff and is suffering from an abscess in the head. MAY NOT FLY MACHINE.—Oakland, Dec. 22 —A permanent injunction was granted to- day to Professor J. J. Montgomery restraining Frank Hamilton and Dave Wilkie from ex- hibiting an aeroplane construct:d on the prin- ciples discovered by Montgomery NURSING RENEWS LOVE.—Oakland, Dec. 22.—Etta M. Price. who nearly a year ago was divorced by John H. Price for desertion, went to nurse him during an iliness and to- day a request was made to have the Interiocu- tory decree set aside as their love had been renewed. DOYLE H Dec. 22 ELD TO ANSWER.—Qakland, P. Doyle, former business man- s city of a'San Francisco morning newspaper, was held by Police Judge Smith to-day to amswer before the Superior Court for embeaziement. His bonds were fixed at $3000. He s accused of embezaling $1500 from his employers. SUSPECTED FOOTPADS RELEASED.— Alameda, Dec. 22, Mitchell and_John Hedigen, who were d ained in the City Prison on suspicion of having been the persons who | held up and robbed Wong Luck last Saturday night, . were released to-day, Chiet of Police John Conrad having satisfied himself that the men were not Implicated in the holdup. UNEARTH HUMAN SKELETON. meda, Dec. 22—Workmen engaged in excavat- ing for a sewer near the corner of Eagie avenue and Stanford street unearthed & hu- man skeleton. It is supposed that the bomes are those of an early Indian inhabitant, of Alameda, there being several mounds Here where such relics are occasionally uncovered. GERMAN FEARED DEATH.—Oakland, Dec. 22.—Adolph Wittenberg, who left a note stating that he feared he would die suddenly, was found dead In bLed at Ruedy's Hotel at Seventh and Franklin streets. It is belleved that he was the victim of heart disease. In the note, which was written October 24, he asked that his property be given to F. H. Wilshuser and his wife, Kal was waylald by a thie? who stole her purse containing $45. The purse was attached to her belt by a chain, which was broken by the robber. Miss Campbell screamed and several persons in the neighborhood gathered, But the footpad disappeared. WIDOW LOSES HER MONEY.—Oakland, Dec. 22.—Judge Melvin decided that he could not help Rose Albers, a widow of Fruitvale, to recover money loaned to Ira Aymar with out any other personal security than his pro- fession In her religion. as she had practically made a settlement with him, which cannot be reopened. Judge Melvin received an anony- mous letter in regard to the case and as this s the second unsigned letter written to Judges recently he turned it over to the authorities tor investigation. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Oakland, Dec. 22. The followng marriage licenses were issued Emanuel Julio, 29, and Emilla Perry, , both of Oakland: Manuel W. Fosta, 22, Oakland, and Anna P. Rose, 21, Mission' San Jose; Joseph G. Heer. mance, 34, Oakland, and Nettie M. Kays, 21, Los Banos; Charles' Brundage, 25, and Emma Phillips, 21, both of Suisun; Willlam J. Har- per, 24, San Francisco, and Amelia T. Kuss, 24, Oakland: Erlc Ruus, 28, Mount Eden, and Marla S. Nieleen, 20, Russells, 18 SARGENT INSANE?—Berkeley, Dec. 22, Earl A. Sargent, & former student of the uni- versity, who was shot by an Oakland police- man while fleeing from the officsr, and whose case excited great interest in thedical and police circles, Fas #ent a letter from San Quentin t Dr. J. T. Farrar, which is taken to indicate his mental unsoundn:: Some there are who, think Sargent is clever enough to fefgn this partial insanity. His letter to Dr. Farrar is brief but abounds in misspelled words, and is regarded as of interest when con- Bassford was in a position to | sidered as an exhibit of his mental status. UNHAPPY S8POUSES.—Oakland, Dec. 22— Ors. Winter of Livemore was granted an in- diverce to-day from Reb- ert Winter for desertion and allowed to Tesume her maiden name of Kenneds; (harles E. Page was granted a decree from Charlotte Page for desertion, and Harry Starber was given a decree from Rose Starber for cruelty % Qivorce sult has been brought by Jull Keogh against Peter Keogh, alleging desertion. and Hattie S. Armstrong asks for an annui- ment of her marriage to Frederick J. Arm- strong on the ground that he has deceived ber. SAYS LAW IS INVALID.—Ockland, Dec. 22.-0On_ the ground that the ordinance’ limit- he was {n prison, John Wincapaw, aged | ing the speed of automobiles was in conflict 75, Jeaped from the second-story win- | with an act of l{n‘: .:- dow of the Pacific Hospital at First ave- nue and Vine street to the ground last Mondey night. He died at 1:30 this morning from the injuries sustained. With one leg broken, his nose broken and the facial bones crushed to a jelly, he lay on the ground clad in a thin night shirt for hours before an attend- ant discoverpd him. The barking. dogs brought the attendants to the prostrate R g The deceased came to Seattle twenty- five ago with his brother, Rob- ert, who is still alive and in his eightieth year. The decedent's grand- father- owned a merchantman, which “France Pt ! ® te Legislature, Prose: s 13 5 asked that a_ charge of Viplating the law against ex-Councilmey W. G. Manuel be dismissed. When the ogse fllu Yamuels to- t the ordinance was in. s pastad Drior tothe, et which Nimits the spoc of cacr B 8] el 'S an h took the ‘matter under sdvisement that it Legislature vebicles to 1imits the Samuels mmn PRESIDEN’ I MA T.—Berkeley, W was made nerm-mnt'p.'::fi dent of the recently organized Chamber of Commerce it A o Do Yol o ehtsorng T mayh th Riread R Serte T ley to construct a large unlon depot, to cost sbout _§75. that the. of both the Southern Pacific and ?.:y-t companies on Shattuck ave- Shunged w0 give w'«q"gg_m Tor ths. pute.”" B e . D 22, —he S A The | installation ceremony was performed by | E. | brought an ever-recurring joy into the world. LEAE COLLEGE FOR HOLDAYS {Work for Students at Stan-| ford Ceases Until After the First of Next Month! P SECE NOW DESERTED| . v i Registrar TIssues Schedule| Giving Dates for Entrance Examinations in January i STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. “gllege work in Stanford University was | brought to an end to-day at noon, the university formally closing at 12:15 p. m. | All during the afternoon the bus-drivers | | have been kept busy hurrying students | home for the holidays. ! Work for the students will not begin! again until January 9 of next year, which will be registration day for the second} ! semegter. The Registrar's office has an- | nounced the dates for the midyear en- trance examination, which will be held January 5, 6, § and 9, 196. The complete! schedule is as follow: ¢ Friday, January 5—8:15, elementary algebra :15, advanced algebra’ American history ), plane geometry, batany: 3:30, solid geom- trigonomietry, medieval and modern his- CAMPUS 2.~ |10 1 etry ! tas Saturday, January 6—8:15. physioiogy, ele- | mentary French; 9:15 English composition; | chemistry, intermediate French; 3:30, { h history, bygiene. 8 clementary German, ph: i 1:3 200108y 15, physics, element- in- al termediate S mediate Germ: an, man, elementary La T . Janua biology. al drawing. advanced Latin: 10:15, ¢ Greek. woodworking, forge: 1:30,” advanced reek. freehand drawing, foundry; 3:30, an- clent ‘history, machine shop. ' FASHIONABLES TOO BUSY NOW TO ENTERTAIN BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Dee. 22.—The crowd of fash- lonables that fills the big storss now makes one feel as If a sort of continuous perform- | ance “tea” was going on—minus the inevitable | cup that cheers. But there is this difference— my lady of the smart set rubs ers with | her poorer and less favored nmeighbor in the | most_ democratic fashion. In the busy strug- | gle that makes for the happiness of others, | selt Is forgotton, and rich and poor smile hap- | pily at each other under the influencs of the | child of peace, whose birth centuries ago hing of much social import has occurred |or will occur until after the lights .on the | Christmas have done their duty and sputtered !into darkness. Here and there a few enthu- | stastic card players have gathered for a merry evening, a dinner, a luncheon or two and an in- formal skating party, which are about all that even the most leisurely have tound tim: to en- joy. Last night the Charles Lovells entertained & score of friends with several games of the still popular 500 and after prizs had been awarded to Mrs. Harry Cariton and Montell Taylor a chafing dish supper was enjoyed. Among their guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Willam E. . and Mrs. William High, Mr. and rederick B. Dallam. Mr. and Mrs. Seth R na Mrs. Felion Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Harry P. Carleton. Yesterday the Monday Club—a chub of | clergymen—gave Rev. C. T. Walkley a fare- well luncheon. It was a pleasant affair and as a dozen or more bright men were in the party about the festal board it was an intel- lectual treat as well. Miss Jean Howard and her fiance, Mr. Cari | Schoonmaker, were guests at a_dinner com- plimentary to them at the Le Fremery home this evening. Mrs. James L. de Fremery was hostess and covers were placed for twenty- four. { Mrs. Roy McCabe (Edith Gaskil) Is spend- season with her mother, . on Fifteenth street. To- morrow Mrs. McCabe will the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Palace and subse- quent matinee, when Mrs. Charles O, Scott will be the hostess. The party will witriess a per- formanee of ““The College Widow." In January, premising a plano re: on the 9th, cne of the most . I. McCoy’s pupils will give tal ‘at Reed Hall. Albert David Cohn, & boy of not more than 16, will give | the pfogramme with the assistance of vocal | talent. Young Cohn plays unusually well. Among those who are seen frequently at the sketing rink these days are: Mr. and Mrs. Montell Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. George Humph- reys, Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Titus, Misses Dabney, Miss Grace Wishaar, Misses Sue and Esta Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Van Court, Mrs W. W. Kergan and Miss Delight Wood- ury. NANCE O’NEIL DOES HISTRIONIC DYING Miss O'Neil (the name Nance she has certainly outgrown) is b dying these days. Wednesday and Thursday nights she was dying pathetically as Camille. Last night she was dying horribly as Elizabeth, Queen of England. Horrible is, or used to be, a strong word. But it is inefficient in describing that agony last night. It was not death horrible, but death obscene, a performance of vividness almost monstrous. The Queen of England dies with the gold crown upon her head and the purple mantle about her body. Crown and man- tle probably intensify the horror by contrast. But it is not they that pro- duce those eyes that are like holes. That's Nance O'Neil, that is her art. Nor do they make those cheeks that seem gnawed from within by some sub- tle parasite. That also is Nance O'Neil, jand nothing else. And ey could be wanting without reducing a whit the grisly effect of that dropping lower jaw. That dropping lower jaw is one of the finds that make Nance O'Neil wonderful in spite of her limitations. Really it does not exist in the dying. It exists in the already dead. It is one of the undeniable stamps of death. And that is Miss O'Neil's find, to put in the dying what is seen only in the dead. and thus, by a sort of diabolical anticipation, to reach the climax of horror. Her dying is more than a dying; it is aiready half death. And that crumbling royal body, wrappeu in its regal purple, even while dying is already half putrefaction. It is a per- formance poisonously realistic, but it is not pleasant. Nor is that ery, part whistle, part pig squeal, part shrilling of storm-wind. which the ghosts of her { victims draw from her, pleasant. But l‘!.;: convincing, there’s no doubt about t. “Elizabeth”” is a new play by Paolo Giacometti and will be repeated Satur- day and Sunday nights. —_— Two Car Victims Suceumb. Joseph ' Cronan, boiler-maker, 2934 Folsom street. died” at County Hospital yesterday morning and his body was taken to the Moxgue. He was struck by a car at Sixteenth and Folsom streets on Thursday evening while crossing the track and his back was broken. streets on Thursday ufternoon and died a few hours later from a fracture of the spine at the FPresidio General Hos- B . rested. Incuests will be held. By E BA — ————————ep | gToom, but every the City and | JOHNSTON HERS SCORE A PONT Find That Stepmother Swore he Was Widow When Ap- plying for License to Marry ONE HUSBAND IS ALIVE Minister Says He Would Not Have Wedded Pair if He Knew She Was a Divorcee Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFAFEL, Dec The deposi- tions of Frank S. Holland, the deputy- clerk who issued the marriage license the late ex-State Senator Willilam Jehns- 2 to ton, the 79-year-old capitalist of Co: land, Sacramento Coun and Mrs. Jo- sepiiine A, C. Goodwin, o gave her age as 59 vears, and of Rev. Willlam H. At- kinson, the pastor of the Congregational Charch. who made tk and wife, were taken before public to-day. Attorneys representing Mrs. Johnston, who has applied for latters ! of administration upon the estate of John- ton, and the sons and daughters of the deceased, who are questioning Mrs. Jobhn- ston’s right to the letters, were prese: | The estate is valued at $150,000 and consisis chiefly of valuable fruit-producing lands on the Sacramento River. The testimony taken is to be used for the purpose of proving the marriage e emony. Several times an effort was made to draw out of the depoments their opin- fon as to the mental conditton of the aged time the attempt was made a strong objection was interposed It was brought out, however, that Mr Johnston, in appiying for the license filling out the record for the State Bureau of Statistics, swore that she was a widow. Dr. Atkinson said: “If I had Known that she was a divorcee I would not have performed t(he ceremony, as I nev knowingly marry divorced persoms. Only in extreme cases should divorced peo- ple be united. She should have said that she was a divorcee and had that fact re- cordea.’ One of Mrs. Johnston's husbands 1s still allve. He is a resident of Oakland. A INCORRIGIBLE GIRL IS SENT TO SCHOOL SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. —Incor- rigible Clara Walsh, the 13-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Fregoss of Redlands, was yesterday committed to the Whittier Reform School by Judge Bledsoe. Only a few days ago she scandalized the community by prefer- ring serious charges agalnst a young man named O'Brien. The Jatter established his complete innocence to the satisfactior of Deputy District Attorney Willis. No soomer was the girl out of this scrape than she ran away from home. Officer Swisher of Redlands finally ,effected her capture yesterday, but not before she had thrown into the sewer a bottle supposed to contain poison. It was further de- veloped that Clara had op July 4 lasc deliberately poured a quantity of am- monia into a dish of macareni served at her home, but it had been discovered by the family before anyone had suffered any injury. s LITTLE BOYS INJURED BY FRIGHTENED HORSE RENO. Dec. While eating their lunch with several children within the grounds of Southside School yesterday at mnoon Harry Ramsay and Frank Kitseke, two little boys of the fifth grade, were run over a runaway horse and quite badly injured. The little boys were sit- ting on the walk leading to the main en- trance of the school building, when frightened horse dashed through th. school grounds. The animal was upon the children before they saw it, and in another minute they were being trampled beneath the frightened animal's feet. The wagon to which the horse was bitched passed over their bodfes. RROTHER OF THE LATE WAYOR OF RENO STARTS LEGAL FIGHTY RENO, Dec. .~—Further complica- tions have arisen in the Mayor O'Con- nor estate. Yesterday James H. O'Con- nor of El Paso, Tex., a brother of th deceased, arrived in Reno and immed ately went into consultation with Cu ler & _ King, who represent a large namber of the heirs. This morning he fied a petition for letters of adminis tration, protesting against the issuanco of letters to Jobn T. Read, Publie Ad- ministrator, or to Bernard H. O'Connor of Lakin, Kans., alleging that the lat- ter is a gamble? and not a fit man to entrust with the property. Three other heirs join in the petition of the El Paso brother. e — DEALER IN LOTTERY TICKETS TRIES TO BUY OFF WITNESS SAN DIEGO, Dec. ~In the trial of A. H. Jake, charged with selling lot- tery tickets against the law, the jury could not agree, and at 10 o'clock last night was dis- charged after having received a pe- culfarly severe roasting from the bencn for their failure to agree. During the day it developed that A. H. Jake had committed another offense against/the law by attempting to procure the ab- gsence of a witness from the trial. He offered to pay the witness not to at- tend and told him that the officers could not make him attend. For this plece of work he may be prosecuted. _—————————— New California Postmaster. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—James W. Hyatt has been appointed postmaster at Emigrant Gap, Placer County, Cal. EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 22.—There are thres feet of snow between Carrizozo and Santa Rosa, M., on the prairfe, and Rock Island trains from the East are snowbound. Tho cuts are filled to the level with smow.