The morning call., 1894-08-15

shalt.be sent back tothe old country and
be. given burial in tile grounds Of the
B.antyres of SCOTLAND. J: q.
:,.:Those who. know. the life history Of the
late Mrs. TolmsD, the daughter of Ger
man baron and the granddaughter of
Baron: Bantyre of Scotland. are reticent
Id explaining the differences which led to
her separation from.h nome and family and
the seeking. of new home in Australia.
IT is stated that Mrs. Tolman ard her
brother disagreed. Wien Mrs. Tolman's
. mother married second time she, too.
quarreIed with her family, and the quarrel
: with her son was an especially bitter one.
She wrote to her daughter in Australia,
and Mrs. Tolman, then Mrs. Taylor,
wrote back. 'Oome,". and her mother
joined. her. in Australia, remaining in the
Antipodes until she died.
BY the terms of will Mrs. Tolman and
her two sisters were made equal heirs to
an estate valued at several hundred thou
sand dollars. but the will provided that if
any of: the three married her share in the
estate should be withheld and should de-
,sGend TO her children: All three Of the
sisters. married. Mrs. Tolman having be-
come "a: wife a second time before she
leoTned of the will. =
.As it is, her share in the estate goes to
her children, of whom four are living, one
son and two daughters, the children of
Captain Meyers, her second husband, and
LITTLE boy of years. the. son. Of DR..
George B. Tolman. The, children. of Cap
tain Meyers are in England. The oldest
boy; now n early 90 years of age, is attend
;,,r ~. Epu nj ba alya
their homes with their: English relatives,
so:fhat it seems that the family troubles
have 10 measure been healed They are
supported out of the estate which their
mother might. have inherited' had she
chosen to remain spinster.
" Whitaker S: Almanac: for 1898 makes
Charles Stewart. Baron 5of Blantyre born
fIi 1878 and widowed. id 1880. one, of the.
twenty-four Barons in the, peerags of:Scot-
land The baronetcy dates back TO: 1906. =
Dir: George b. Tolmah. her husband, has
had an interes ting history. He served in
the Mexican war and: came 70 California
in. 1913. He was coma eeted with. the COM
mission which ran the: boundary line be-
tween this country and Mexico. In. 1S6O;he,
attended Cooper Medicar College. He was
snbse quently licensedeto practice as a ply
). sfclan o f. the eclectic school: 80.
During the. campaign against the In
dians in: Eastern Oregon and Idaho he
served with General Crook,
One 5of the stEangest Incidents connected
with the strange history of Mrs. Tolman,
which may have been an accident, but
which some believe was crime, was an
explo sion which took place in the room
where the woman was awaiting linger-
ing death. about o'clock on the morning
of Sunday, July 90.
w. H. Wickham. a jsweler, who occu-
pied the lower portion of the premises at
344 Third street, the number at which
Mrs. Tolman died. declared that the ex-
plosion was so severe that the floor above
him seemed to sink down for moment
aud then fly back into place. He thought
that bomb had been thrown into the
roenl. He knew that Mrs. Tolman had
one bitter enemy, for she had told him so;
but beyond that he could give no clew.
The nurse who had attended Mrs. ToIman
had been so severely buried that she was
taken TO the County Hospital and heahad
not seen her since.
g. IL was while relating these facts last
evening that Mrs. Jacobson. the nurse,
who had just been discharged FROM the
hospital. came in to inquire about Mrs.
Tolman, of whose death. she was ignorant.
She was greatly shocked TO. hear of her