The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1906, Page 16

16 RUEF PROVES (00D WITNESS Attorney’s Testimony on the Stand Aids Defense in Levy Against Lloyd Trial | ——— { AFFIDAVIT IS TUPHELD AND THEN Dagger-Armed Italian Their Argument in Pol Lawyer Says He Read lm-i | portant Document to Cous- ins, Who Knew Contents Signora Nichola Conrado, keeper of an apartment-house at 418 Post street, was solutely at a loss to account for An- | tonio Stagnaro’s threat to assassinate her. ! She had never done aught to provoke his e, and when he visited her abode, dis- d a long and keen dagger and in- med her that he was there to slay e was greatly astonished, as well as med. What did you say to him then?” in- being sued by the late Isabella Levy for a short while { 3 the state- | attested, he office of where the agreement . in which s to! Lioyd elr | o 3 ha the & nh S quired Police Judge Cabaniss, to whom her narrative was excitedly unfolded. - heem whatta he wanta keel me “an’ he say he letta he proposed to kill you and then g you why he did it?” .ventured his for deeds He The derstand profound basso profundo he talked ani- defendant the English alleged inability to un- language, and in matedly to the complainant, who con- temptuously . tossed her head and shrugged her shoulders and pursed her lips in the way that ladies of Latin nativity are wont to express disapproval. “It is really refreshing,” remarked the Judge to the Prosecuting Attorney, “to have the monotony of our dry procedure here broken by.this discussion. All one has to do is to close one's eyes and find one’s self transported in fancy to within hearing distance of an Itallan grand opera in which the basso and the soprano are engaged in tragic argument.” The debate was still waging when a continuance till today was abruptly of- dered immate- head of rnoor fense ses- ap- the claims of however After his better half had chucked ‘him the afidavit down the stairs of their home, 2377 . laims, but £ Twenty-sixth street, Michael de Costa o e status of the philosophically adjourned to the barn and resumed his slumber while the lady pro- ceeded to demolish the household furni- ture, in which -pursuit_she was making excellent headway when a policeman ar- e cousins Jonas Mock and Mrs, nce submitted Leon by the ent sect of the | rested her for peace disturbance. Judge between counsel oc- ; Mogan will sentence her today. Te attempt by plaintiffs - . 1 to I he death certificate of Fer- | Pauline de Vere, accused of having showing that he died in | taken 16-year-old Lita Baxter away from As it has been sworn to sabella Levy was born in so that the significance her legal guardian and employed the child for immoral purposes at the Hotel Altu- ras, on Mason street, was committed for in relation to Isabella’s|trial by Judge, Shortall, with bail fixed at parentage may be seen. The certificate . $2000. Edward Henderson, similarly ac- was not admitted, on the ground that it | cused, was dismissed, it being shown that was not well authenticated, but the court | he simply introduced the victim to.the low the plaintiffs to offer it later | procure: and the case against Harry certified. | Peck, alleged to have been ithe.girl's para- 8. Eisner, attorney for Lazarre | mour, will be taken up next Saturday. son of Mrs. Reine Welll, the re- | The grayhaired father of Miss Baxter, aunt of Isabella, was placed on the | who came from Sacramento to'prosecute to identify several of the docu-; her betravers, was in court, and she prom- ments offered in evidence by the defense. | ised the Judge that she would return The trial will be resumed, this morning | home with him. The testimony showed o'clock, with Mr. Ruef on the stand. | that the De Vere woman. had kept the ———————— | girl a prisoner and clung to all the money CLAIM “NOT VALID.—City Attorney Burke | procured through her degradation. yesterday advised the Supervisors to refect the | i e uw Bannon for damages sustained | eath of his brother, who fell in a | tion, i For visiting an obscure anathema upon the heads of Bailiff “Mike” Walsh of CURTAZ PIANO SPECIALS Will buy a splendid mahogany case, strictly modern upright piano, very slightly shopworn. We will guarantee this piano for ten years. $247 Buys a STERLING piano, latest design, mahogany case, just as good as new. We will guarantee this piano just the same as though it had never been out of our store. 2 $310 Here we have a CHICKERING piano, one of the r $700.00 styles, which is, of course, second-hand, but still L in fine condition. * $599 A SLIGHTLY used CHICKERING QUARTER GRAND, in perfect condition. Here is your chance to secure the great- est piano ever made at less than the price asked for other makes. Remember, a little use never lessens the value of a CHICKERING Piano. In addition to the above we have to $1000. Benj. CURTAZ ® Son . Established 1856. 16 O’Farrell St., San Francisco 500 other pianos from $10.00 Terror to Lady of 4 THREATENS TO MURDER TELLS VICTIM Conyeys Surprise and is Land. ice Court Causes Judge in Fancy to Abs¢grb Opera. Conlan's court and former Clerk " Rice of the same tribunal, Francls Tnes was sentenced to six months’ onment by Judge Mogan. complainants were conversing at v and Mason streets when the defend- b money,” and thelr refusal to con- trilite to the allaying of his putative hujger provoked him to hurl at them some of the foulest language ever qupted in la Police Court,-and that is sntg sonething. e severity of the sentence imposedion Mi{. Byrnes was probably prompted ito some extent by the fact that in the saje court he once was given a similar doje fof having brutally beaten his aged mot}- erbecause she would not give him monej ta exchange for whisky. DR Never in all his life was Monsleur F| Pons, keeper of a lodging-house at 12 Sixth street, more bewildered than whe! he discovered that the sounds of chora discord which had awakened him fre nocturnal slumber were emanating from room, which he had rented to a youn, alleged that it wds for singl “My Merry Oldsmobile” wa: being jointly slaughtered by severa| voices of varying quality, and when Mons. Pons hastened to the scene of disturbance he there found four persons, equally divided as to sex, and all youthful. “Well, I like your gall,” sald one of the ladies In response to Mons, Pons' demand for explanation, but her ‘one of utterance indicated insincerity, | which was proved when she immediately ‘added, “How dare you butt in here an’ Kick be- | cause lovin’ husbands an’ wives Is en- joyin’ themselves? We're married, we ;! an’ have th’ certifikitest' show f'r | Somewhat relieved at having his hos- | telry thus redeemed from seeming scan- | @al, Mons. Pons politely reminded the | party that the chamber had been leased | tg ‘one »erson only and was never In- | ténded 10 accommodate two familfes; | also, that' however pleasing the ‘concert | might have been if volced under different circumstances, there were other lodgers |in the house who would scarcely relish — o <%0 A5 FAR AS YOV ) RIKE WIT' ME | v ME MERRY OLosrMoBE 2 -3 | having their sleep murdered by it at 3 o'clock a. m. “‘Then,” sald the other lady, don’t ke it they may lump it.” So the quartet resumed its torture of the popular ditty, and Mons. Pons went forth and enlisted the services of Patrolmen Clancy and Winslow to rid his hostelry of the noisemakers, Refusal to vacate was followed by the arrest of all four for peace disturbance, and they were booked as. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quigg and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper, the ladies being baptismally pamed Mattie and Angelina, respectively, and the géntlemen alleging that their vocation was that of ‘iron- working. It was Mr. Cooper who rented the room, but just why he preferred solitude to the society of his better half was not ex- plained to Judge Conlan, and it was Mrs. Cooper who discovered his retreat and in- duced Mr. and Mrs. Quigg to aid her in pleading that he return to her bed and | board. They obtained admittance to his apartment by utilizing the fire-escape, and the same means was subsequently found handy to enable Mr. Quigg to procure the beer, conveyed in a pitcher, which was shrewdly introduced to mellow Mr. Coop- er’s obduracy. Just how often the pitcher ‘went to the saloon and returned unbroken ere the party burst into song was not stated. “I think,” said Mrs. Cooper to the Judge, “that ‘I had a right to visit my own husband.” ‘“And I think,” said Mrs. Quigg to the same arbiter, “that I had a right to go wherever my husband went.” *‘The question at issue,” said his Honor, “is not the marital rights of you ladies, but the disturbance of this complainant's peace. You had no right to do that.” “Well,” sald Mrs. Cooper, ‘“as we've been in jall &11 night I think we've pald up for 1t.” R “I think 80, t60,” said Mrs. Quigg. “In that respect I'm inclined to think with you,” was the pronouncement. « s e Judge Mogan's court rang with the whirring of machinery of a mammoth slot machine, which was produced in evidence to prove that John Holst, saloonist at Sixth and Mission streets, had violated section 630 of the Penal Code, which prohibits the playing of such games of chance as are designated “pbanking.” Not only did Prosecuting Attorney Duke . and the Judge himself drop nickels into the slot and fail to win anything, the ‘indicator marking black when they wagered on red, and vice | versa,” but they had an expert remove the covers from the devicé and show how it automatically disposed of the coins dropped into its rapacious maw. Then they listened to a technical dis- H quigition from said expert, George Mul- ler by name, and tried to look intelli- gent while he told them of how the various parts of the jnechanism related to each other in the operation of the complete whole. The machine was of the species titlea “Monadnock” and 1t wi shown how $2.50 could be won on a b6-cent invest- ment—if the investor were born with | & caul, or.were a seventh son of a sev- enth son, or even a member in good standing of the Mique Scanlon clocking and bookmaking syndicate. The prosecution alleges that the “Mo- nadnock” is a “banking game,” be- cause the investor plays against a cash fund within the. machine, and the de- fense, conducted by Attorney J. J. Bar- T apparently hopes to convince the court that the “Monadnock” does not fairly come within the- scope of.the prohibitory statute, for reasons yet to "If they N | .THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNES CLOVER CREEK MINE ATTACK( Aubury Is Notified F' Order Isspes. Ag: It by the Governmejt MAY C€OME TO COU -+ =~ Inspector Stice’s Repo: AY, Is That the - Postoffic Department Takes Aection| WEEE In a letter that was received yester- day by State Mineralogist Aubury the statement was made over the signature of J. S. Stice, postofiice inspector at St. Louis, that a fraud order has been issued against the Clover Creek Quick- silver Mining Company, dated March 1. The mines of the company are in Shasta County, near ~Redding, .Cal. State Mineralogist Aubury #as been seeking to have proceedings begun ever since October, 1904. At the instance of Aubury, William Forstner, the quicksilver expert of the State Mining Bureau, was sent to Shasta “County to personally examine and re- port upon the actual condition of the mining property, to submit a statement relative to the value and amount of ore in sight and to learn all other facts bearing upon the accuracy of state- ments that had been sent broadcast in literature bearing the name of J. B. Goode. Forstner’s report contradicted the glowing representations that were made when Clover Creek stock was of- fered to the public. ‘When Aubury sent out Forstner's res port Goode attacked it in communica- tions written to Governor Pardee and Lo others. Aubury persisted in asking for an investigation by the postoffice authorities, and this has finally been procured. Postoflice Inspector Stice writes that the facts relating. to the Clover Creek Quicksilver Mining Company may be »rought up in the Federal court at St. Louis in November. Aubury said yes- krday that the matter would also be trought up in this State after the Fed- @al courts in the East are through With it. PI(;KPOCKETS PLY 1 TRADE ON CARS L \\Tadich, Restaurant Man, Relieved of $180 by | Thieves. The golice have been aware that three ¢ time, but no arrests have been he thieves have devoted their at- suspects in each case reported is the sépe. They aré two young men accompamd by an elderly man with gray whiskers. They are all well dressed. The lated victim to make a report to | the police AT, V. Tadich, proprietor of a | restaurant 221 Leidesdorff street. He | lives at 408 \yon street, and on Sutiday afternoon heynd his wife boarded a Mc- Allister stree\car at Steiner street to go to Golden Gat\Park. The car was crowd- led and T had to push his way through severd men standing on the rear platform. H{ noticed particularly two Tadich felt forhis pocketbook and found that it was gde. It contained $180. He went to the req platform, as he suspect- | | ed the two youlg men, but they had dis- appeared. Thef had apparently dropped off the car as gon as they got possession of the pocketbdk. Commit§e Elects Officers. The commifee appointed by Gov- ernor Pardee fto suggest ways and means to raisffunds for the purchase oi a silver sdvice for the armored eruiser Califohia met at the Palace { Hotel yesterdy. W. W. Hobart was chairman. J. §. Gallagher was elected secretary andjA. Sbarboro treasurer. Others presen§ at the meeting were Lieutenant Gd@ernor Anderson, Rufus P. Jennings ajd T. Carey Friedlander, the latter repsenting John A. Hooper. No other busir§ss was transacted at the meeting. SIS S be disclosed. {The hearing will be re- sumed next day morning. . Incidentally§t was revealed that 1600 slot machinesjare yielding revenue to the city as wdl as to their lessees. o 505 Wi i ss continued till tomor- row the cased of the men accused of having been #strumental in bringing about the death of Harry Tenny (Ten- nebaum), whd expired within a few hours after hed was beaten in a prize- fight with Fréhkie Neil dt Mechanics' Pavilion. The| only testimony heard was that of Ashtopsy Surgeon Kucich, who swore thht the little pugilist's demise resultedifrom hemorrhage of the brain. Then the prosecution announced that it could not proceed until Police Sergeant McMshus is ready to testify, 8o the continuence was accordingly or- dered. / ‘Attorney Porter Ashe represents four of the defendants—Frank James Neil, John Robert Frayne, Timothy Me- Grath and James Kelly (nicknamed “Spider” and born Curtain) — while Colonel Choynski is protecting the in- terests of Willlam. Roche, Thomas Burke (Thomas Hyland) and Mark Shanghnessy (Frank Connolly). The family of the deceased is represented by Attorney Charles Nagle. Mrs. Rachel Tennebaum, mother of the dead boy, swore to the formal com- plaint charging the defendants with “killing and slaying without malice” her s»n during a fistic encounter held the evening of February 28 at the Me- chanics’ Pawvilion. . As she was unable to write her.mark was affixed to the document, with George M. Lipman and C. G. Nagle as witnesses. «, e e Valentine Hush of Alameda, who was dismissed by Judge Cabaniss last Monday, after arrest on a gcharge of having violated the park ordinance relative to automobiling, reappeared on a similar charge flled by Patrolman _Judge Caba Gaple. > “He wai ing at a twenty-miles-an- hour clip,” & e the complainant. “Dear me,” id the defendant; “I h‘:d no idea I\Wll ‘going so fast as that.” “It is $10 or ten days for you this time, Mr. Hush,” said the Judge. —————————— nutrition by using Liver Bitters. * Secure healthf: Lash’s Kidney - rest of R, B. Blaine, driver for the San Francisco Parcel Delivery Company, on a charge of misdemeanor embezzle- ment: It is alleged that on February 24 he embentuw o E. B. Dudley, esident says that. Blal MARCH 21, 1906. NOFUSTON, INNDUNCES - SPELLALY Democratic State Chairman Declares the Democrats ‘Will Steer Clear of Any Affiliations in Campaign ALREADY PREPARING FOR LIVELY WORK T T ommittee Called to Meet in Los' Angeles April 18, | Indicating South Is to Be the Chief Battlefield S R Timothy Spenacy of Kern County, chair- man of the Democratic State central com- nitiee, was at the Palace Hotel last even- ihg. He safq that the Democratic party of ‘alifornia had no intention of fusing with any other political organization in the coming campaign for Governor, Legisla- ture and Congressmen. Democrats throughout the State will be surprised and perhaps gratified tg learn \that the next general meeting of the State central committee of the party will be held in Los Angeles on April 13. The reason assigned for a meeting in Los Angeles is that the Democratic Club of that city desires to give the members of the committee a banquet and a good time. The committee at the Los Angeles meet- ing will discuss. toples of party policy, but may not fix the time, place and ap- portionment of the Democratic -State convention. It may be deemed advisable to hold a session later on in San Fran- cisco, where the committee usually meets to arrange for the nominating conven- tions of the party. OPPOSES EARLY SESSION. George Stone, chairman of the Repub- lican State Committee, cannot see that anything is to be gained by calling for an early session of that committee. It is the impression. that members of the or- ganization will not be called together un- til late in May or early in June. It is understood that Santa Cruz, Saeramento and Santa Rosa will bid for the prestige of entertaining the State conventlon. It is gossip in political circles that the con- vention will consist of nearly 1000 dele- dates. A topic of conversation among politi- clans at clubs, hotels and exchanges yes- terday was Judge Morrow's decision in the litigation between the Southern Pa- cific and Western Pacific rallroads. The general trend of comment was that the decision, however correct it might be in maintaining the principles of law, was very unfortunate at this particular time. A well known Republican leader at the Palace Hotel last night made this re- mark: Judge Morrow's decision may be right in 1aw, but {t is unfortunate and unpopular. It is particularly unfortunate at this time, when the people of San_ Francisco are extending thelr hand to welcame new raflway enterprises. The Southern Pacific will not be the galner by this decision and I would say this to E. H. Harriman and W. F. Hefrin. The Western Pacific will get here in spite of all obstacles. The Chicago and Northwestern will also come. The business which the companies want is in San Francisco and the rallroads will come here or 1t REPUBLICAN CLUBS MEET. E. I. Wolfe, Orrin 8. Henderson and J. Harry Russell of the committee of ar~ rangements for the fifth biennial con- vention of the State League of Repub- lican Clubs met yesterday afternoon at the Union League Club. The committee decided that special efforts should be made to make this a golden jubilee celebration in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the first Na- tional Republican Convention. The convention will meet in Santa Cruz Casino Hall on Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 15. The first day after the preliminary ADVERTISEMENTS. AWFUL PSORIASIS 30 YEARS Terrible Scaly Humor in Patches All Over the Body—Skin Cracked and Bleeding—ltching Unbear- Days at Cost of $4.75. ANOTHER WONDERFUL GURE BY CUTICURA 1 affticted_with {glorhda for thisty-five years. It was g&:\‘:;hea all over my body. I used e cakes of Soap, six boxes Cuticura Oint- ment, and two bottles of Cuti- cura Resolvent. ‘I bathed with the \ " rected. Int 1 was completely cured, and permanently, as it was about five = X . "Tl::o riasis first madeim erally s time would form a heavy dry scale of a white slll_:ery ;ppennm:e and would off. able—Cured by Cuticura in Thirty *Connor, Moffatt @& ..Drapery Department.. We are now showing a new assortment of plain NET CUR- TAINS; made of a good with Battenberg, Cluny Lace and Arabian Braid. large variety of patterns. quality of French net; trimmed A From $2.50 to $15.00 pr. We are also showing a very large variety of COLORED MADRAS and CRETE CURTAINS, in very beautiful colors and designs; suita hall windows. ble for living-rooms, dens and From $4.50 to $18.50 pr. A new importation of the season’s latest novelties in IRISI_’I POINT CURTAINS, such as Venetian Point, Paris Point, Brussels Lace and Art Nouveau effects, in white, cream, beige and champagne colors Excellent Values, $3.50 to $18.50 pr. Just received—A new invoice of TAPESTRY PORTIERE.S: very handsome patterns in Rep, Armure, Brocaded Silk, Plush, Velour and two-toned Tapestry, in a large va- riety of colors. From $5.00 to $25.00 pr. Flax Velour—s3o inches wide, red and green shades, $1.65 yd. French Velour—so inches wide, variety of colors. $2.25 yd. French Velour—Double faced, fifty inches wide. $3.28 yd. We are displaying a very fine assortment of all kinds of TAPESTRY and UPHOLSTERY materials. From 885c to $4.00 yd. bripery Silks Splendid assortment in Turkish, Persian, Egyptian and figured designs, at B50c and 75¢ yd. Door Panels and Laces We carry a very extensive line of PANELS and yard goods, in white and ecru shades, and make initials and all kinds of designs to order at very reasonable prices. Ruffled Lace Bed Sets A complete new line of LACE BED SETS, in Battenberg, Marie Antoinette and Arabian, with bolster sham to match. SPECIAL PLAIN NET CURTAIN, with 3-inch hem; ' well finished. $2.75 pr. T ‘%fi.‘é L “% 1866 From $5.00 to $25.00 set SPECIAL COUCH COVERS — Veary heavy quality in Kashgar Couch Covers, 60 inches wide; 4 different pat- terns in very soft, harmonious colors. $3.50 ea. o) 111 to 121 Post Strect proceedings will be devoted to the pre- sentation by the Union League Club of Stockton of a fine ofl portrait of General John C. Fremont, the first Re- publican nominee for President. This will be followed with greetings to the pioneer Republicans who voted for Fremont in 1856. A special invitation to attend the convention will be mailed to every one of the Fremonters whose name and address can be obtained now residing In the State. In tne evening there willjbe a mass- meeting to be addressed by some of the best known Republican orators, who will speak on the times and administra- tions and careers of Fremont, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfleld, Arthur, Blaine, Harrison, McKinley and Roosevelt and on other appropriate topics. On the second day will be the recep- tion to the veterans of the Mexican, Civil and Spanish-American wars. This is to be followed by exercises com- memorating the services rendered to the party by distinguished national and State Republicans. The second afternoon will--be set apart for short speeches, general busi- ness, election of officers and election of delegates to the National League Convention. In the evening there will be a social reunion at the hotel in honor of the retiring and newly elected officers. At a’vell attended meeting of Repub- licans ‘at Santa Cruz a few evenings since it was decided to authorize the printing of a very handsome souvenir for the delegates and to make all neces- sary arrangements for the reception of the delegates, accommodations and en- tertainment, the details of which were referred to the executive committee of the county committee. M. B. Harris, chairman .of the Fresno County Republican committee, denles that he is a candidate for Attorney Gen- eral, saying that he would not accept the nomination under any circum- stances. The opposition to the nomina- tion of the incumbent, U. 8. Webb, seems to'be vanishing. OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF EMBEZZLER'S DEATH Chief Dinan Receives Papers in the Case of Allan How- * ard, Broker. Chiet of Police Dinan received from the State Department at Washington yester- day a communication inclosing coples of cablegrams and letters sent by Alfred A. ‘Winslow, Consul General at Guatemala City, relating to the death there on Aug- ust 20 of Allan Howard, who was a broker in the St. Ann’s bullding in this city up to the middle of last year. Howard fled from this city last July, taking with him, it was alleged, over $60,- 000 which had been intrusted to him by various people for investment. A warrant for his arrest- was sworn out by one of his victims after his disappearance. He fled to New Orleans, where he boarded a steamer for Guatemala. He arrived at Puerto Barrios on August 7 and started for Guatemala City by a eircuitous route owing to the prevalence of yellow fever along the railroad track. He became sick after traversing about three-quarters of the distance and died at Santo Tomas, a small hamlet several miles from a settle- ment of any importance, on August 30. The most extraordinary develo, was the fact that only 7 cents _in the clothing of the d were no drafts or bank pment found There the deposit of any money, and what became Was Not the Architect. Smith O'Brien of the firm of Mey & O'Brien, architects, wishes it to, be known that neither he nor his firm was the architect of the theater building in the Mission which recently collapsed during course of construetion. INTEREST . N SAVINGS CAPITAL,SURPLUS & PROFITS $3.000,000.00 A Certificate of Deposit Is a form of investment which answers the requirements of parties who e momey to in- wvest, but who are desirous of taking time to investigate theroughly before Investing. CALIFORNIA Safe Deposit & Trust Company California and “ Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ASSETS OVER | TEN MILLION DOLLARS | ¢ 40c; 4x5 a , 4. do photo printing at cut_prices. orders promptly fllled. Postage THAT MAN PITTS, F. W. PITTS, the Stationer,