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A WOMAN'S WHIP.
j. II. Wilson Is Sailing
Under a Lucky Star.
Ii He Had Been Found He Would
Probably Have Been Sorry
For IL.

A woman with a whip attracted large
following in very few minutes yesterday
afternoon on Bush and MONTGOMERY
streets. She was very angry, and took no
precautions to conceal the weapon, and
the fact that it was weapon. She first
appeared on Bush street shortly after )
O'Clock, and went from one saloon to an
other, asking in each for j. II. Wilson.
and flour Shing at the same time a short
blacksnake whip.
Mr.. Wilson In every case was not in, but
the woman's violent manner soon at
tracted followers, and when she reached
Montgomery street the number was so
great that she was constrained to give up
her search and seek shelter herself. Fol-
lowed by great crowd she hurried along
Montgomery to Sutter. and entered the
ladies' entrance to The Lick House, passed
through out on to Montgomery street and
was lost in the crowd.
She was a woman a little more than
young, quite handsome, of vigorous frame,
was dressed in black and wore a black
veil. Who she is or who is Wilson, or
what he has been doing was not revealed.
He has lucky star somewhere, however,
and It was active in his behalf Yesterday,
for his woman in black would have % made
him very unhappy if she had met him in
her meteorlc promenade.
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LARKIN WILL CONTEST.
Petition Filed to Revoke the Admis-
sion to Probate Order.

The contest over the estate Of William
Larkin has been reopened in the Superior
Court, although it has been out few days
since the parties to the litigation signed a
stipulation of dismissal as regards the first
contest.
Larkin died on the 10th Of last January.
leaving relations except nephews. nieces
and grandnieces. His estate was worth
considerable, though consisting as it did of
stocks, bonds and money in bank.
lie left will, however, III which he be-
queathed all his property TO Mrs Elizabeth
havanagh, and appointed her husband
executor OF the will. The latter applied
ior special letters of administration, and
the Will was fled for probate.
linen did the relations of Mr.. Larkin
come to the front. They are divided into
TWO sections, but each section filed Wig
orous protest against admitting the will 10
prsoata Andrew j. aud Maria +. Claffy,
Margaret j. Cullen and Harriet L. Coogan
In their protest claimed that the Kavsn-
aghs had exerted undue Influence over the
mind Of Mr.. Larkin, who was enfeebled
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twelve of the State association met. |
made the announcement of the decision of
the board of directors, but the chair was
overruled aud the meeting proceeded to
the election of officers. Subsequently the
rollcall was had, but they insisted on
counting AZ votes though only 43 mem mbeEs
had res sponded. ! pleaded and said, La
dies. do you know what you are doing?
But Mrs. Gregory appealed from the deci-
sion Of the chair. the officers of the Equal
Rights League were put in the State assU-
citation. and as they had not enough they
doubled up. Some of them now hold
three and four offices. rat fed it at the
time, but have warned them ever since
that their action was illegal.
This is the adjourned meeting, and it
rests with the members here 10 decide
whether their president. Mrs. Binn, and
the other members were legally elected
Many of the members have appealed from
their election. AS for myself, am not a
candidate for Office"
Mrs FoltZ Immediately rose to her feet
and demanded the right to reply to Mrs
Gordon's speech, but the latter lady de-
clared: 81 have stated facts, and do OF
see that any reply is necessary. If a
quorum is present we will 90 on with the
meeting"
This statement was the signal for a
storm of deafening clamor. Mrs. Foltz
insisted on making her voice heard her
friends eDergetieslly backing up her de-
mands. Mrs. Gordon's partisans rose t.
points of order, and Mrs. Gordon herself
beat the table with her hammer as ener-
getically as the toiling village blacksmith
shifting his anvil.
In the intervals of the hubbub Mrs
FUitz was heard to declare that Mrs. Cor
| don. being president no longer, had no
authority to call yesterdays meeting.
"Alrs Blinn is the president" cried Mrs
Foltz
| Il DO not recognize Mrs. Blinn as presi-
dent" retoIted Mrs. Gordon.
"1f my election was not legal'why did
you say you wanted it certifed?" asked
| Mrs. Biinn. in tragic tones.
| To this remark number of Mrs. Cor
| don's following cried that Whatever might
| be ths private wishes Of their president.
they did not want the election of Mrs.
| Blinn ratified themselves, while Mrs.
! Fotz was heard above the tumult declar-
! ing that yesterdays meeting was contrary
TO every law, moral and political.
At last, after the welkin had rung with
CRIES of ''order" and Mrs. Gordon had
toiled for the space OF several minutes to
drown all other sounds with her hammer.
there was temporary lull, and Mrs. Cor
don proceeded to read article vi of the
code. ''The board of directors-'
Mrs. President. will you call those
people TO order" interrup ed the STATE
suffragists, elluding to Mrs. Blinn and her
| faction, who were talking vigorously. 81
call upon Mrs. Blinn and the other ladies
| to sit down." cried Mrs. Gordon, renewing
! the hammer exercise. There are no
seats. We even called for a larger nal. -
retorted Mrs. Foltz
Yes. and should regret to say why we
| are not in that balP replied Mrs. Gordon,
/ more IN sorrow than in anger apparently
Read the rollcall." Before ordering
the secretary To read the rOllcall, why do
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you not ask Mrs. Blinn to sit DOWN." said
Mrs. Foltz; "she has light to that
chair" After the rival presidents had
been seated side by side question arose
as to who was secretary.
1t appeared that Mrs. Osborne, the sec
retary, had left the ball on the Sd OF July
before the conclusion of the meeting and
each faction claimed TO have her notes
The minutes, according to Mrs. BIinn's
secretary. Mrs. Vidaver. stated that Mrs.
Gordon had LED the incoming president TO
hes chair and congratulated her.
The notes in the possession OF Miss
Hildebrand, the secretary pro tenn. for
Mrs. Gordon, contained no such state
ment.
Mrs. Blinn patheticallY and with consid-
cradle display of elocuiion asked Mrs.
Gordon whether it was ght to have sane
toned her election and then cast her off.
concluding with the statement: - am
president and / will remain president"
alter which she made a dramatic exit, l.
lowed by train of her adherents, while
Mrs. Gordon hurled this anathema after
them: IF you go off you 90 off as a
schismatic faction and are not the State as
ISOLATION"
Mrs. FoltZ, however, remained behind
her friends in order apparently TO harass
the enemy, line of tactics which she exc
cuted very successfully. Her first care
was to insist on Mrs. Emily Pitts Stevens
having the floor on account of her being
the only survivor of the original directors
Several ladies. Including Mrs. Gordon.
also claimed that honor. "What's the
point of all this? ?" cried the latter. Il
don't care il Mrs. Stevens is $50 years old.
That does not affect our election"
Mrs. Chandler of Alameda, having sue
ceeded in getting the floor, proposed that
the rOllcall should be read, and the election
take place again. This proposal met with
much favor, but after much more argu-
ment it was decided that a proposal of
Nine. Louise Sorbier's for arbitration
should be entertained after the rollcall
had been read.
Then delegates we're sent to the FOtZ-
Bljnn faction downstairs, who had been
reading their minutes ard threatening to
go to law. and delegates were sent from
downstairs to confer with Mrs. Gordon
and her followers. 1t appeared, how
ever, that some confusion was caused by
these ambassadors, for one lady spread
confusion by stating that Mrs. Gordon's
friends had 800 proxies. and her rumor
gained currency for a time. though the
united societies do not number 200 men,
bers.
Finally, however, The meeting down.
stairs broke up. and in Mrs. Gordon's hall
Nine. Sorbier's pacific counsels prevailed.
1t was agreed to appoint a committee of
three to confer with an equal number of
ladies belonging 10 Mrs. Blnn's faction.
This joint committee was to select one out
slider to have the casting vote, and to re-
port in fortnight Mrs. Healey, Mrs.
Sergeant and Nine. Sorbier were ap-
pointed.
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their sisters in the cause of woman suf-
frage, locked by the members of their own
association. Together they had hoped TO
fight the tyrant man, hand in hand, and
alas! Owing to a wrangle over the cleo
tion of the association held last July. they
had splt into two factions, and now they
were fighting one another-for what was
the locking up of the hall but a strategy of
war?
81 don't think il is anything to hold Of
fee, but Mrs. Nellie HolbrooK Binn was
not elected legally" observed one lady in
dignantly. The Equal Rights League
had no right 10 rush in all its officers for
the State Suffrage Association. when 1t is
only an affiliated society, anyway" ''Be-
sides, there was not quorum present as
the July meeting" added another, while a
third woman suffragist expressed it as his
opinion that it was a shame to have left
such capable woman as Laura de Force
Gordon out in the cold entirely, particu-
lary as she had been president for the pre-
ceding year.
At that moment Mrs. Gordon herself
appeared on the scene, surrounded by a
large group Of ladies, and a hasty council
of war was held. 1t appeared, on con-
GuAhAhiOn Will IuO Ols NtuI nc , NluO lhIl-
itOr that his hall had been hired and paid
for oy Mrs. n. I. Vidaver. secretary of
the Equal Rights League, who, after CIV
ing strict orders that it was not to be
opened till she came, had gone away to
attend meeting of the league at the Cal
ifornia Hotel. She had further announced
that no meeting would be held in the hall
that afternoon. Mrs. Gordon and her fol-
that there was a smaller hall, where they
could hold their meeting, and thither they
repaired. Scarcely were they seated than
band of ladies' belonging to the rival
faction appeared upon the scene. Mrs.
Bradstreet, standing in the doorway, 10
advance Of Mrs. Blum and her adherents.
cried cut: ''If there are any mem bers ct
the Equal Rights League here l ask them
to adjourn" This challenge created q
momentary confusion. Mrs. Gordon, ris-
ing from the chair, went forth intrepdly
into the veStibue to meet the enemy
1--WE hired this hall for this afternoon.
and we have the receipt. madam" OBJ.
served Mrs. Bradstreet loftily
''If you have paid for that hall you are
out and injured, madam" replied Mrs.
Gordon, com Dlacenty. "Here is the re.
Ceip'S anu dS SIG spUh6 sue O6lQ out q
slip o paper.
where is the janitor?" asked Mrs
Bradstreet. with a fiery glance OF indig.
nation, as she realized that there were
indeed two receipts. The arrival of the
jaEitor, who conducted Mrs. Bradstree-
and her friends to The hall for which she
hell Mrs. Vidaver's receipt produced a
momentary lull, and Mrs. Gordon returned
to her adherents and stiled their rufleo
nerves by a little speech, in which She
declared that she should feel very much
discouraged il she did not realize thai
women were human beings and tnat no
sex had the monopoly OF taking wide
view OF things. at is to be regretted that
the ladies did not come in," she addsd.
"f'r they would probably have found maj
we were ready TO ratity their ticket Of
the 3rd of july"
AT the conclusion of this address there
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in the corridor. Max Pepper did not ap-

in the corridor. Max Pepper did not ap-
pear.
Kelly, whose Congressional aspirations
have received a setback from the scandal
growing out Of the charges made, aud who
Max Pepper claims acted as the go-be-
tween. carving the $3.50 month to Grim
Minis and Kelly. appeared i'll at ease.
After short stay in the ante-room be
disappeared in the corridor and remained
away until summoned TO enter the Grand
Jury room. he was with the Grand Jury
for about ten minutes. He denied the
statements given by Max Pepper to the
press. he declared that he had not acted
as the go-eetween, that he had taken no
money TO Crimmins and Kelly, and pro-
fessed ignorance OF any transaction of the
nature charged. He denied emphaticaly
that he had used any money TO bribe
Supervisors.
Quite an amount of Difference was
shown c. A. Buckley by the Grand Jury.
He came in response TO a subpoena and
with very much OF the old confident air
which he wore prior to that time when he
avoided another Grand Jury by fleeing to
Mon ntreal by way of Victoria.
Buckley entered the aDte-rOOm on the
arm of Maurice Schmitt AS the door of
the Grand Jury room opened he lifted his
hat politely and entered. His examination
lasted about fifteen minutes. The Grand
Jury did not obtain much information
from the boss. He was extremely cautious
in his statements and stated about the
same things which have previously been
credited to him in the press.
Buckley's testimony was Of vague hear
say sort. de could give no clear state
ment of the payment Of moneys for
bribery. The blame of everything was
thrown on Peppers shoulders. He had
sought an accounting from Pepper for
some time, he declared, but had been un-
able to obtain one. Until such an ac-
counting was rendered it would be i'm
possible for him to make a definite stats
ment If Pepper had paid money to
Crlmmins and Kelly to be used for the
purpose Of bribing Supervisors it had
been done without his sanction.
ID. l. Kowalsky was present to speak in
behalf of his friend, Joseph P. Kelly, but
he was not called upon as witness.
The papers in the contempt case against
Max Pepper for refusing to answer ques-
tions Of the Grand Jury have been drawn
and are now In the hands of Sidney Smith,
the foreman. They were to have been
brought up In court yesterday, but in the
absence of both Presiding Judge Hebbard
and Judge Slack. who was to act in bis
stead, they were not presented.
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ADIEU TO EARTH.
K. II. Jensen Threatens to
Kill Himself.
Tired of Living on Dry Bread and
POtatoeS-The Coroner Notified
of the Approaching Tragedy.

Coroner Hughes received an interesting
addition 10 the curious collection OF letters
and aBte-mortem statements in the archives
OF the Morgue yesterday. The epistle was
written in German and was addressed in a
tremulous hand to Coroner, San Fran
CISCO" 1t was postmarked at o'clock
yesterday morning, and was probably
mailed on MONDAY evening.
Tie writer was Karl Henry Jensen of
1902 Folsom street, who took that way OF
informing the Coroner that life had be-
come burden and that he was going to
commit suicide. The letter concluded with
directions for the burial of the writer at
Laurel Hill Cemetery. Domestic tribula-
tior was given by Jensen as his reason for
bidding farewell TO earth. but be failed to
state when, how or where he would de-
stroy himself.
Il take up my pen, with tears in nv
eyes" the letter ran. "Good-by, my three
children. | can't stand it any longer be.
cause of the way they drive me about. In
the morning they give me for breakfast a
cup of coffee and dry bread. and In the
evening potato and small piece of meat.
MY wife and my Steps0n. Louis KasseI
are responsible for this. / have TO take
this step. Since Christmas eve Of 1892
they have not spoken a word to me. lie
thought 1 ought to stay in the house and
make him a present. They gave me one
present; it was three pairs of wOolen
stockings, worth Is cents a piece, so you
can know il was q big present
"My wife has often said that il | was
dead she would be happy. and what am
wearing now / have TO wear Sunday and
Monday alike. Mr.. and Mrs. Hosshagen
gave me this coat ten years ago, and Au-
gust Meyer gave me this vest. Dear
Charley. you look that l come to Laurel
Hill. 1 want place there. l would like
TO rest along with my children. Good-bv,
Charley, Annie and Adolph Jensen. My
name is Kari Henry Jensen, and live at
1902 Folsom street."
MIR. Jensen. according to his wife and
family, is mentally weak. He is getting 9
on TO the tbTee-scOre years and ten, and
wants to be petted. He has not done any
work for the past two years, and has been
supported In comfort by his family. The
wife and children deny the allegations in
the letter, and Mr.. Jensen himself said
last night that he did not write it. His
wife had previously bsen shown the origi-
nal letter and said it was in her husband
handWritinQ
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by sickness and Did age and was not COM
petent to act Tor himself. The KayaDaghs,
they said, had used fraud and intmida-
tion to get Lsrkin TO disinherlt his nearest
of kin in their favor
In another protest Lucy Sweeny, Maria
Claty and John Claffy, also nieces and
nephew, set forth the same allegations
and objected TO the Kavanaghs getting
any of the property.
After some matters in which demurrers
and amended complaints were freely filed
all sides signed a stipulation agreeing 10
dismiss the actions, and on the 9Th inst.
the will was admitted to probate. Under
the stipulation, though, the contestants
were to have the privilege of fiiug petit
tins for the revocation of the will. This
was done yesterday. and now the contest
stands open once more.
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was worth $4,000 and that he would not
take any less. From that time Drado be-
came QuarrelSome and made affairs very
diSagreeable for his partner. Among
other things he discharged a reliable en-
ploye for no other reason than that
LOrentZ wanted her retained.
Furthermore, LOrenIZ says that he has
drawn money from the business when
bills were due and that it is now impos-
sible 10 pay off debts that are now due.
The court is asked to appoint some CON-
petent person to manage the business
until the partnership can be properly dis
solved, also that the debts be paid and the
business wound up and the share OF each
partner determined
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SHE WANTS TO DIE.
A Young Wife Deserted by Her
Husband Tries to Drown Herself.

Mrs. Helen Burehool. driven to despair
by the desertion of her husband, jumped
into the bay al the Oakland ferry-slip,
foot of Market street, yesterday morning
Some workmen employed near the slip
saw her disappear and rushed to the spot
They succeeded in rescuing her and she
was driven 10 the Receiving Hospital in
the patrol wagon. She was not uncon-
sclous and will soon be all right again.
She said she was married in this cjtr
about fourteen months ago. her husband
being at that time cashier at the Louvre
He had been out of employment for some
Tune and was consequently despondent,
On Saturday night he left her. telling her
that he was going 10 leave her forever. She
had not seen or heard of him since, ana
she had made up her mind to die rather
than live without him. She was sorry she
was not allowed to drown in neace
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was an adjournment of fifteen minutes.
and the members of the Equal Rights
League, who had in the meantime decided
to adjourn their meeting at the California
Hotel, entered the hall. headed by Mrs.
Clara FollZ and Mrs. Nellie ROlbrook
Blnn. The former lady seated herself
beside Mrs. Gordon and began a fierce
argumenf, which soon involved other
members, and onsiderable cOmmotiOn all
round was the consequence. When some
thing like order had been restored Mrs.
Gordon, after a sharp controversy with
Mrs. FOltz as to which should hold the
floor, observed that she Intended to make
few remarks TO fill iG the few remaining
minutes of the quarter of an hours recess.
II did not believe" she declared ener-
getically, 'that women who believed in
TIE enfranchisement of their sex could
have been capable of tile unreasonable
rudeness that has characterized them tc-
day. You all know that the annual meet
ing of the State Suffrage Association is 10
be held on the first Tuesday in July. The
constitution and bylaws are silent as
to the manner of calling that meeting, so
We are bound to act according TO the code
of the State. which provides that meet
ing must be advertised two weeks before
hand. According TO that there must also
be present a majority Of the members.
Now, Mrs. Chandler of Alameda failed to
do that. although Mrs. Gregory did state
at the meeting that some man had told
her on the street that some other man had
seen something about it in a weekly paper.
son the morning of the 80 of July the
board of directors Of the State Suffrage
ooS, linn o1xTd dor an
that in consequence of the failure TO ad-
vertise the annual election should be de-
ferred till the second Tuesday in Septem-
Der. In the afternoon thirty members of
the Equal Rights League and about
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Warmers Trial for Murder.

The trial of Wesley Warner, a colored
man. for murder was begun In Judge Wal
lace's court yesterday. On the 9TH of last
June Warner shot and killed a white
woman named Maggie Messeck, with
whom he had been on intimate terms.
The following jury was secured: C. f.
Stone. Henry W. Heyman, w. B. Webster.
n. Galinger, Martin Jones, j. Fl. Peters,
b. Brown, }. j. Haughy, Charles S. Nose,
George d. Eiwards. Joseph Winterburn
and l.. L. Waller. The testimony intro
duced was similar to that given in the Po.
lice Court examination. The defendant
testified that he had shot the woman in
self-defense as she had attacked him, The
case will be concluded TODAY.
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PARTNERS FALL OUT.
They Disagree in Conducting Res.
tdurdnt BUSINESS

Robert LorentZ commenced an action in
the Superior Court yesterday against his
partner in business, Paul Drado. He al
leges that they formed a partnership in
November. 1892, to conduct a restaurant
business at 112 Grant avenue. Drado's
share was worth $2500, of which $1,000 was
paid.
Their business prospered and things
went we'll with them until the latter part
of last mouth, when Drado became dissat-
isfed and restless and wanted TO sell out
his share and 60 10 Sacramento for the
purpose of going into business for him
self.
L0rentz says that he offered Drado
$2500 and $500 bonus, but the latter be-
came angry and declared that the business
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"Why, they have hired the hall and
locked it up, just to keep US from holding
our meslinGW
This is worse than the work OF low
down politicians. Even they would not
be guilty of such a trick"
ITO think of women with brains enough
to join this association doing thing like
that"
1t was with exclamations such as the
above that group of ladies belonging to
the State Suffrage Association stood out
side the larger hall in the st. Georges
Club, ST Mason street, yesterday after
noon, aud realized the bitter fact that its
portals had been locked in their faces by
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The Boss Goes Before the
Grand Jury.
KELLY IS A WITNESS TOO.
He Makes a Flat Denial to
Peppers Charge.
EVAsIvE ANSWERS BY BUCKLEY
Papers in the Foreman's Hands to
Bring Max Pepper Into Court n
for Contempt.

G. A. Buckley and Joseph P. Kelly ap-
peared before the Grand Jury Yesterday to
answer questions regarding the charges of
bribery in connection with the street.
sweeping contract in which they, with
Max Pepper, were interested.
Kelly was on hand early and sat in a
corner of the anie-room cOnversing with
Ii. l. KowalsKy and General Bamberger
Boss Buckley was with Maurice Schmitt
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Assault to Murder.

Edward Luhrs, barkeeper, was ar
rested Yesterday for assault to murder, on
com plalat OF julius Kaiser, proprietor of a
saloon at 1926 Point Lobos avenne The
prisoner says that Kaiser owes him four
months wages, and tnat when ne called to
collect the bill last Friday night Kaiser
smut the door in his face. He admits tha
ne smashed chair against the closed
door, but denies that he struck Kaiser.
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To Eject Ned Ensfer

An ejectment suit was begun in the Su-
perior Court yesterday by Antoine Borel.
executor OF the will OF Paul F. Roulef.
against Ned Foster of theatrical fame.
The plaintiff states that Foster is deliD-
Quent S1025 on the rent OF the Bella Union
Theater. and he therefore seeks to ousi
him from the place.
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