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sectlon $50 is concerned, for he was never
acknowledged, taken into the family with
the Wlfe.s consent nor treated otherwise as
son. Ii there is a written acknowledge
ment signed by witnesses it pas yet to be
neard from. The papers signed by Ellen
stevens releasing James G. Fair from
further claims will not serve the purpose.
Inc paper must be an acknowledgment
signed by him. 1t is not likely there are
any such papers, and James 6. Fair Jr.
mas therefore no standing.
NOW, as to the talk of there being a
VIE OF the late young Jimmy Fair and a
enid by him about to enter the contest, it
Is Jolly in full flight, and needs to be shot.
All right; l'il do it. Mrs. Fair left will
giving to young Jim when he should be-
come )? years of age $500, 900. a provision
went with it that if he should die before
attaining that age then this sum should go
to s9I his wife or child had he either. Is not
$ooO,oOo worth asking for2 Then, if there
IS young Mrs. Jim Fair and son, why
pave they not come forward to ask for it T?
mat will and its provision have been
printed time and again in the newspapers.
ana wife would not be in ignorance of it.
and, ignoring what is placed in her hand,
some one says that some such woman is
gong to, contest this will. Ought not such
Jolly to be killed? | have done it."
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ment in writing makes the child legitimate
so far as right in the estate is concerned. I"
The language of this is as follows:

Inc Language OF IQ1S Is as fOllOWS:
Every ilegitimate child is heir of any person
who in writing, signed in the presence of a
competent witness, acknowledges himself to be
the father OF such child; and in all cases is an
heir of his mother and inherits his or her es-
tate in whole or in part, as the case may be- in
the same manner as if he had been born in
lawful wedlock; but he does not represent his
father or m other by inheriting any part OF the
estate of his or her kindred, either lineal or
collateral unless before his death his parents
shall have intermarried and his father after
such marriage acknowledges him as his child
or adopts him into his family,in which case
such child and all the legitimate children are
considered brothers and sisters and on the
death ofeither of them, intestate and without
issue, the others inherit his estate, and are
heirs as hereinbefore provided, in like manner
as if all the children had been legitimate; saw
ing 10 the father and mother, respectively,
their rights in the estates of all the children in
like manner as if all had been legitimate. The
issue of all marriages null in law or dissolved
by divorce are legitimate.
at will be remembered" said Mr.. Heg-
gerty, that Judge Coffey decided that
Florence was made legitimate by the let
tiers written to her by her father, addressed
to her as his daughter, and which General
w. H. III. Hart testified to having seen him
address and sign; that the Supreme Court
was divided on this point, bat majority
were agreed that she was legitimized
under section 1887.
'Now, as to this James G. Fair Jr., it is
quiteiclear that he sis outlawed so far as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
THE FIESTA.
Movement to Send Northern Floats to
Los Angeles.

Movement to Send Northern Floats to
Los Angeles.
"The Merchants Association of San
Francisco, said President Dohrmann yes
terday, lis endeavoring to have people of
this city and the northern part of the State
represented at the Fiesta in Los Angeles.
We would like to have number of floats
prepared to send there. The only expense
to those contributing them will be the get
ting up of them and transportation to the
place. We will see that these will be
placed where they will be most effective.
1t is our idea to have views on floats of
Yosemite Valley, Shasta, prominent bits
of attractive scenery of the northern section
of the State, some of the prominent resorts
to let the 10000 or more visitors expected
to visit the Fiesta see that the north has
attractive features as well as the south.
The purpose of this is to draw the atten-
ton of strangers to this part of the State.
| for one believe that such display will
be followed by beneficial results. The as
ISOLATION is now sending out number of
letters to persons who, we think, will take
an interest in this matter, and until we
hear from them we cannot tell what will
be done. We may ask the Union Iron
Works to fit up model of one of the war
ships built there for a float, and the news
papers to build one each, but the floats
Will not bear SO much on the industries of
the State as on the attractiveness of the
northern portion of it,
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Toned wagon built much on the prairie
schooner model and drawn by two ragged
coated mules had halted in the clearing
between the two miniature groves of red
wood, which at this part of
the stream perpetuated the pro-
portions of their gigantic ances-
tors. The wagon was driven by
tall weedy-looking Missourian and by his
side sat one OF those angular females. a
perfect type of the woman of the border.
In the rear of the wagon a blossom in this
wilderness of commonplace, sat as pretty
girl as the miller's eyes had ever lighted up
on. Her cheeks had the healthy apple bloom
that comes from exposure to the sun and
wind. Her lips were full and pouting, and
the tiny hands were as exquisitely nodded
as if they never had broiled slice of bacon
or fried doughnut.
"Say, mister said the driver of the
wagon, 1--WE have come this way from San
Rafael an it's getting pretty late now an
we'd like to camp, an as you're the owner
OF this here piece of ground we'd like to
unhitch and put in the night here"
You're welcome" said Jim Bodden,
heartily, land anything my cabin has is
yourn.h
The miller helped them to stake out the
mules, and the coon he had trapped that
morning some miles up the creek was
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JAMES G. FAIR JR.'S
STANDING In COURT.
The LAWYERS SAY THAT UNLESS
THERE Is A WRITTEN
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
HE WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED
The LAW AS TO SUCH FULLY EX-
POUNDED IN THE BLYTHE
CASE.

What do all the lawyers think of James
G. Fair Jr., illegitimate son of the late
Senator Fair, possible claimant for a few
of the millionsP
They think that it is not impossible that
there may be such a claimant. They
think that the reputation borne by the late
Senator Fair in the several communities in
which he had resided did not preclude his
having a few illegitimate children here and
there.
'He lived long time" they say, land
in good many places, and although
deeply absorbed at all times in laying up
sums of money, still" and then they turn
to the legal aspect of it in case one of them,
this James G. Fair Jr. that is talked of so
much, should put in a claim upon the
Senator's estate, and they say, in current
parlance, that it "don't CO."
OF course this James G. Fair Jr. does not
come into the case as complete surprise
to anybody. It was all gone over at the
time Mrs Fair secured her divorce and it
is recalled by those intimate with the cir
cumstances at the time how the Senator
disclaimed to his wife ever having met
Ellen Stevens except once. He admitted
that he had seen her once, but declared
that upon that the only occasion, a fence
separated them. This circumstance, or
declaration rather, it will be remembered,
was a matter of general comment in view
of the evidence that existed of the Sena-
tors paternity of the child.
But suppose the boy is in existence and
sets up his claim?
"The Blythe case, that has trodden all
over the ground again and again in the
public view, makes it all familiar to every
newspaper reader" said Mr.. Heggerty of
knight & Heggerty, for Charles L. Fair,
yesterday afternoon.
There are two sections of the Civil Code
which define the rights of illegitimate
children in the presence of their father s
estate. There are also only two. The
claimant gains recognition under these or
not at all. Florence Blythe claimed under
both, as everybody knows, and, in a
manner, won under both. The first of
these provisions is section 230, under which
Judge Coffey declared in favor of Florence
Blythe, and provides that public &C
knowledgment, the acceptance into the
family, ETC., legitimizes a child. The
| language is as follows:
| The father of an illegitimate child by pub
licly acknowledging it as his own, receiving it
as such with the consent of his wife, if he is
married, into his family, and otherwise trea ting
it as if it were a legitimate child, thereby
| adopts it as SUCH and such child is thereupon
! deemed for all purposes legitimate from the
| time of its birth.
''The other section is number 1887 of the
| Civil Code and under it an acknowledg-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
Opinion of the Attorney General Re-
garding Their Jurisdiction.

opinion of the Attorney General Re-
garding Their Jurisdiction.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners
met in regular session yesterday. A COM
munication was received from Attorney
General Fitzgerald in which he stated that
Sin acting under the section of the consti-
tuition quoted, your duties in regard to fix
ing rates, passenger and freight, both for
railroad and other transportation COM
panles, are confined strictly to trans
portation wholly within the State
In other words you cannot interfere in
any manner with interstate commerce,
your jurisdiction being limited to fixing
rates Tor such passenger and freight traffic
as is conducted between different points
within the boundaries of this State"
General Passenger Agent Goodman of
the Southern Pacific gave the board a list
of passenger rates of its Sacramento and
Feather River routes and stated in his
letter that he did not believe the creek
ferry route comes under the head of river
streams.
Through General Freight Agent Smurr
the Southern Pacific asked that coal oil be
reclassified, as the present rating, it is
claimed, in less than carloads is not
just. Oil is now placed in the third class,
according to the western classification, but
the railroad company wishes it placed in
the first class.
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now, and broken spars and rails adorn a
number of craft in that locality. Tuesday
afternoon the schooner J. NJ. Colman col
lided with the Jabez Howes and the big
ship lost her jibboom.
Yesterday morning the steamer Walla
Walla, while coming into the landing at
the Beale-street coal bunker, smashed into
the wharf, tearing away several stringers
and otherwise giving the structure a very
damaged appearance.
Yesterday afternoon another schooner
the Robert and Minnie-tried her hand
upon the already disabled Jabez Rowes.
The ship was lying in the stream when the
schooner, which was bound to sea, sailing
out on a strong ebb-tide, attempted to
cross her bow. The maneuver was wit
messed from the wharVes and the temerity
of the skipper commented on before the
catastrophe occurred. The schooner fell
off in her efforts to clear the big broken
bowsprit that was pushed forward in her
path, but the current dragged her down
and she came to standstill, fmpaled upon
the ships spar, with the starboard rigging
wrecked and an enormous hole in the
mainsail
The schooner hung upon the ships
chain and she was in imminent danger of
capsiZing, when the tug Alert came to her
relief. She was finally towed from her
awkward position and taken to China
Basin for repairs.
The Robert and Minnie is the famous
schooner that carried the arms from this
port TO Santa Catalina, where they were
finally transferred to the steamer Itata
during the Chilean revolution.
Captain Clapp of the Jabez Howes says
that one schooner a day is q pretty good
catch, but he is not cruising for that kind
of game, and begs that the small vessels of
the bay will keep away from his ship till
he gets her repaired.
The steamer Al-Ki departed for Alaska
yesterday with a large number of prospec-
tors and hunters on board, the former to
engage in mining on the headwaters of
the Yukon River, and the latter to trap
and hunt in the forests of the interior.
The ship Skolfeld sailed yesterday for
the north with a cargo of supplies and
machinery for the Alaska canneries. She
also carried the sections and equipment of
a steamer which will be launched to run
between the fishing stations on the north
ern rivers.
The whaling fleet is preparing for its
summer cruise, four of them, the steamers
Jeanette and Karluk and the sealers Lydia
and Mermaid, undergoing extensive re-
pairs and reftting.
1t has been reported that the schooner
George Peabody, formerly a pilot-boat of
this port, but now of Yokohama, was re-
Gently wrecked on the Japan coast. The
crew and part of her cargo were Saved.
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welcome addition to the standard meal of
fried pork and flapjacks of the travellers.
And when the meal was over and the
brown-eyed Bessie made the coffee and
Jim Bodden and his guests (the old woman
included) smoked their pipes, the miller
hermit felt in looking upon the pretty,
graceful girl that there might be some
thing for him in domestic life after all.
AS soon as the sun was well up the next
morning the travellers had gone, but the
mlller's heart was in the custody of the
brown-eyed lass.
Two months after this incident there
was an addition built to the miller's cabin,
and the heroine of the prairie schooner
was the mistress thereof.
MerriIy and musically as the little river,
life glided on under the shade of the old
mill. Bessie found in the grave and some
what elderly miller a congenial companion.
He showed her the redwood lily, that most
beautiful of California forest flowers, and
with his traps and gun and her skill in
cooking and the novels and newspapers
they got from San Francisco and the cul-
tivation OF little garden around the mill
the days passed pleasantly enough. Jim
Bodden didn't mind if he half paid ex-
penses, so pleasing was this dream of love
that had come to him in the autumn of his
life.
But a cloud was gathering over that
humble homestead and the bursting of that
cloud ruined happy home
On the Fourth OF July in 1852 a merry
party drove up to Mill Valley. They
camped in the circus of the old grove
made their coffee and found they had for
gotten to bring any milk with them Sc
one OF the party was dispatched to the mill
er's cabin. The miller was not at home
He was far up the creek arranging for the
floating down Of some big logs cut in that
grove where the reservoir is now con-
structed for the furnishing of water to peo-
pie in the valley
What occurred there and then was never
known. Yet that picnic party marked a
startling epoch in Jim Bodden's life Three
days after this visitation his pretty little
wife went to town to buy some groceries
When she returned the miller observed a
complete change in her demeanor
Jim" she said to him, 'aint you tired
Of living by this old mill?"
Bessie" he said, ''are you tired of it?
We've been pretty happy here and l hate
to leave the mill for somebody else to
run"
There are no theaters in Mill Valley
she said
but we can go and see them from time to
time"
I'm very young woman" she said,
"and I'm tired of this mill"
AS you please; I'll go anywhere you
say" said Jim Bodden, humbly, and he
lett the mill and the lumber. And the end
was woman led to destruction, and big,
strong man found dead in a doorway.
cause unknown"
Still they say that sometimes on moon
light nights sturdy figure is seen seated
on the old mill waiting for the redwood
logs to come down with the current.
D. OC.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
THE PARK MUSEUM.
LII Is to Be Opened to the Public on the
Return of Commissioner Scott
From the East.

The museum in the Fine Arts building
OF the late fair in the park will be opened
IN about three weeks. The objects to be
displayed are all in place, and the execu-
tive committee of the Midwinter Fair is
only awaiting the return of Park Commits
sioner Scott to turn it over to the park
authorities
AS yet none but those in charge, under
Colonel I. P. Robinson, are allowed in the
building, and the contents are a secret as
far as the public is concerned. However,
it is stated that the collection is in place
and nothing is delaying the opening but
the absence of Mr.. Scott, who is in Wash
ington.
On his return John Rosenfeld will take
his seat in the commission.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
Profanity and Pain

Too often go together. Refrain from swearing If
you are suffering the tortures of rheumatism, and
seek the aid of Hosetter's Stomach Bitters. which
will expel the rheumatic virus from your blood.
Kidney and malarial complaints, dyspepsia, con-
stipation neuralgia and bilousness all relieved
by this sterling and comprehensive family medi-
cine, which should be kept always on hand for
emergencies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
A Good Showing for the Month o
February.

a Good Showing for the Month OF
February.
The monthly meeting of the Society fol-
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was
held yesterday. DR.. W. L. Dickinson and
Mrs. NJ. H. Heynemann were elected mem
bers.
Secretary McComb reported that 12c
cases involving POP children were reported
in February. OF that number 43 cases
were prosecuted. There were "a convic-
tons, 6 disInissals and 8 are pending.
Fortty-three children were placed in public
institutions, 3 in families and 100 were re-
turned to their homes.
The matter of the Indebtedness of 5000
of R. II. Mcdonald came up. Mr. Nc
Donald some time ago announced his in
tention of paying that amount to the
society, but thus far he has not done So
Secretary McComb was instructed to cor.
respond with Mr.. Mcdonald relative to the
affair without delay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
Selling Pools.

Louis Scheerer, 1900 Market street, was
charged in Judge Campbell's court yesterday
with having poolroom in connection with
his pawn-broking business contrary to the pro-
visions of the ordinance which prohibits the
selling of pools on races outside the rscetrack,
Charles Fifer, messenger-boy, who had been
employed by the police, testified that he went
to Scheerers place and paid 81 pool on the
races He was told to call next day to learn
the result. The Judge reserved his decision till
Saturday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
San RAFAEL DRYDOCKED,
A THING OF GRACEFUL LINE AND
A MODEL OF MARINE BEAUTY
Is SHE.
HER TRIAL TRIP WAS THREE
THOUSAND MILES ON
'REIGHTCAR.

For over a dozen years the San Fran
cisco bay people have observed graceful
white shape move out from its place at
the Union ferry landing and slip swift
and swan-like away over the water, passing
from view before the wakes from her twin
wheels had dissolved back to tranquility
again.
Only the latest arrival would fail to pick
the fleet North Pacific Coast Railroad
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14

jury in Judge Hunts court yesterday. The dog
had been Killed by being run over by milk.
wagon belonging to Charles Sexton, and Speirs
brought suit for 1893. The lower court award
ed him 1925, but being more conservative the
Superior Court jury gave Speirs $50, and he
was satisfied.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
RBSORFING TO
BRIBERY AGAIN
NJ. D. HOWELL MAKES ANOTHER
EFFORT TO GET RID OF
WITNESSES.
SECRET SERVICE NOTIFIED.
LAURA WEEKS, ONE OF THE Gov
ERNMENT's WITNESSES, Re-
PORTS THE MATTER.

The fact of another attempt to bride
three of the principal witnesses for the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
A Fifty-DoIIar Dog.

On an appeal from the Justices court the
matter of the death of Great Dane pup belong
ing to Gottlieb Speirs was Investigated by q
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-14
NEW TO-DAY.

EIETv nEMTQ Buys a Decorated
China Fruit Dish,
Different shapes to
select from.
ONE DOLLAR Buys one dozen
Decorated China
Dessert Plates.
FIVE DOLLARS Buys Fine Dec
grated China Tea
Set complete.
TWENTY DOLLARS Buys a splendid
Decorated China
Dinner Set, COM
plete.
HALF PRICE Buys Bohemian
Glass Ornaments,
Bisque and Marble
Busts, Berlin
Mounted Orna-
ments.
HALF PRICE Buys Beautiful Fish
and Game Sets and
Marble Statuary at
our great Surplus
Stock Sale.
HUNDREDS OF other articles
new, handsome,
useful and orna-
mental, are going
at from 20 to so per
cent below the
usual price.
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SEE CAUGHT ONE
SCHOONER A DAY.
The AVERAGE CATCH OF THE SHIP
JABEZ HOWES DURING
TWO DAYS.
COLLISIONS GROW COMMON.
DEPARTURE OF HUNTERS, MINERS
AND GAMERS FOR THE
NORTH.
COLLISIONS GROW COMMON.

Collisions between vessels are quite the
thing on the bay and along the city front
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-28
Notice Of Sheriff Sale on E~xecu.iop.

Notice 10 hereby given that by virtue Of an e.
ecution issued. out Of the circuit court Of tae
second judicial circuit OF the state OF south Da-
kota within and for the county OF Lake, In the
case OF II. C. Jewatf, II. w. JewetJ aud Mary
Jewett, doing business under the Arm name and
etyle of Jewett Br 2. q Jewett, plaintiffs, vs.
Peter Casey, defendant, upon u judgment de.
scribed In the complaint In said action TO raise
the sum OF Twenty nine dollars and Twenty
cents, damages and cOete, with interest there n
from the date of snit judgment, which said judg.
ment wac dated the ath day of April, 1S95, be-
fore -. d. Holdfidge, police Justice, city of Mad
Iron, y. - one Of the ~jnstices OF the peace for
said county, and was duly transcrIpttd, 6led and
docketed In the office Of rhe clerk OF the circuit
court Of tss second judicial circuit of the state
Of South Dakota, within and for the county Of
Lake, upon the 9th day of April, 1895, II have
L. wed npon che following described real estate
situated In the county of l. AXE and state of South
Dakota, aud described AS follows to-wit: The
south half GA OF north west quarter (nwA) of
section thirty five (35) township one hundred and
eight (1CS) range ffty-three (53) Lake county,
>outh Dakota, and that the premises aforesaid
viii be sold 10 safety the said Judgment together
with the costs a"d expenses OF said sale in the
manner directed by said execution ut pnblic
%auctiop to the highest bidder for cash, ut the
south front door of the court house In the city of
Madison and county OF Lake. state of South Ia.
kota, Saturday the Sth day of June A. ID. 1895, at
the hour of = o'clock Ia the afternoon of that day.
Dated at Madison, il the county OF Lake, state
of South Dakota, this lat day Of May A. d. 1895.
N. A. FOX.
sheriff of Lake County, South Dakota.
A. FRIZZELL,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.