The morning call., 1893-09-15
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Serious Charge Against
an Attorney.
THE BORAX KINGS RAILROAD.
Sylvia Gerrish Sick, but Not Dying,
Candidates and Percentage Man
and Woman Disappear.

! OAKLAND.-The following petition has
/ been fled ~ he office of the County Clerk :
Ii begns-Iq the matter OF the petition of
I Ca herire Boogar to declare Philip BoogaI
an incompetent person.
/ 1othe Honorable, the superior Court Of the
J Co1olty OF Atanedd-YOur petitioner, Catherine
! Buogar, respectfully represents and petitions:
That on January %, 1891. Philip BooGaf and
! The petitioner inteTmarrled and ever since said
date have bsen and now are-husDand and
wife.
That said Philip BOOGar is now of the age of
! 20 years or theTeabouts, aud is lDe owner aud
! IN The possession of u large amount OF real and
personal property, and that said real and per
! sOnal property is very VALUABLE and needs the
/ care aud attention OF a proper ana competent
/ person and II situated III The county OF Ala
! media. State OF California.
That said Philip BOOgar Is an Incompetent
person, and is insane and of unSound mind and
memory and mentally incompetent 10 manage
/ his property or 10 carry on, conduct or transact
any business of any character whatever
That said Philip BOogar is unable and inca
4 pable unassIsted by reason OF old age, diSeaSs.
weakness of mind and other causes. TO properly
manage and take care of his said property and
by reason thereof is likely 10 De deceived and
| imposed upon. and IS being deceived ana i'm
posed upon by ariiul and designing persons
/ and that by reason of the said weakness Of
/ mind of said Philip Boogar aud of bis un-
! souDdneSs OF mind ana mental iuc0mpetency,
and of his Old age aud from other causes,
L. r. Benson ana one NJ. MhIkS nave I'M
posed upon and deceived, cheated, deifauded
I and wrOnged said Philip BOogar out OF large
4 and valuable paris ara portions of his prop
! eTIy ana received and obtained the same TO
their own use and benefit aad Ihey have and
I others whose names are 10 pF FlltloneT unknown.
/ and who artiul and designing persons, have
said Philip BOOgar absolutely uuder their con
! troll and have cOnsplred and are cOnsulring TO
I cheat, defraud and obtain from said Philip
Boogar all of hls property and TO leave him
pennlless. ana that they VIII, unless guardian
n Ttp ~
be by the cOult appointed, strip, defraud, cheat,
wrong and wiring from said Philip BOOgar every
! part of his properly.
Therefore, your petitioner prays that a day
/ be appointed for hearing this petition, that
notice thereof be given said Philip BoOgar, and
: that thereupon a guardian or The person and
estate of said Philip BoOgar be appointed by
/ the court, and for such other and further order
and relief az may be proper in The premises.
Dated Oakland, September -, 1898.
CATHERINE BOOGAR, petitioner.
knight 4 HeggeTty and Reed x NusbaumeT,
attorneys for the petitioner.
/ A. Old Play by Old Favorites.
( The Od Comedy Company, which is
booked to appear at the Baldwin Thea ter,
/ San Francisco. Will open at the Mac
/ donough tC-night in The Rivals" Sheri-
dams beautiful comedy. This company
consists of such well-knOwn artists as
Mrs. John Drew. Mckee Rankin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew, Charles Werner and
/ o hers. They also appear in matinee
/ Saturday afternoon and again in the
evening.
An Old Story.
There are two papers filed in the clerk ;
Office bearing simply these titles:
William Soaring VS.. Alice Soaring, Mrs.
/ HavIin vs.. W. Il. HavliB.
They are papers in divorce suits, aud
/ they tell very strange story
fpU months w q Ha UlIn " :
switch yardmaster at the West Oakland
railroad yards. and turned Up one morn
/ ing missing. About the same time Mrs
! Alice Soaring. The wife of William Soaring
waa also noted among those marked
missing. This and that was put together
aud it was nightly conjectured that Havlin
! and Mrs. Soaring had gone away together
/ The pair were traced to Los Angeles by
detectives, and afterwaTd to Chicago,
where they are now, no doubt, enjoying
the Worlds Fair.
But the strange part of the story is this ::
In searching for his wife. Soaring acci-
dentally met Mrs. Havln, and to her he
stated that he was going to sue for di-
/ vOTce, because his wife had left with a
man named HaVlin. The lady was very
much surprised. She did not know Scar
ing, and grew confidential after be han
told his story, and told him that she missed
n husband, TOO, and that his name was
Havlin.
They then talked matters over, and the
result is that both have commenced divorce
proceedings.
1t was on July % last that the couple
i were seen to board the train at the Six
! teenth-Street depot, and since then tnev
! have been traced to Chicago.
Agsin the Borax King.
F. Nj. Smith. the borax king. is no doubt
! beginning to feel lonesome. His name mas
not appeared in the public print for so
! long III connection with any big under
taking that be had almost dropped out Of
public view, and this would never do.
a. one time the public would not have
| been surprised # Mr.. Smith had been re-
| ported as having an option on the plan st
Mars, but of late MS name has scarcely
been thought OF, and had received no more
mention than that Of any other Smith.
But the silence was getting too op-
/ presslve and again Mr. Smith must be
made 10 run the newspaper gauntlet. He
is now reported IS preparing 10 incorporate
! all his vast interests. 1t has always been
reported that Mr. Smith was workug
alone. and this he has never denied, nor
has he affirmed ii. But now it is stated
that within sixty days articles of incOr-
pUration will be filed and the streetcar
system and projected ferry line will be
brought under corporation with a good
siZed capital
Work has not yet been resumed on the
/ 11uitI1 WIG p4cI, UuL "a report is out Lnat
bids for two new ferry-b0ats have been
asked for.
Not Dying.
Sylvia Gerrish, the popular songstress,
whose name in her Oakland home is known
as Lillian Rollins, was reported by San
Francisco paper yesterday as dying at the
Hotel Marlborough of peritonitis.
The mother of Sylvia Gerrish is Mrs.
II. G. Rollins, who lives at 924 Magnolia
street, this city.
When seen yesterday by reporter Mrs.
Rollins showed the folio wing telegram: