The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER-IN-
LAW WITH FRIENDS IN THE
CITY OF CHURCHES.
BOWLING NOT IN CONTEMPT
JUDGE OGDEN ORDERS ALIMoNY
FROM VARIOUS DEREL1CT
SPOUSES.

the United States, Mrs. Henry E. Perrine,
is visiting in Oakland.
Mrs. Perrine arrived few days since
with her husband and is the guest of Mrs.
H. E. Hall at 1901 Telegraph avenue. Mr..
Hall is a brother-in-law of Mr.. Perrine.
Mr.. Perrine was resident of California
back in the fifties, and has many old bust
ness and personal friends on the coast
He was engaged in the mercantile bust
ness in 1857 in San Francisco and after
ward returned to the East, where he mar
ried shortly after the wedding of his wife's
daugh ter with Grover Cleveland.
Mrs. Perrine is a lady of very quiet
tastes, but owing to her relation to the
President she is rendered somewhat of
national character and is always the sub
ject of attention in travelling about.
She said yesterday that although their
stay in Omaha was but brief she was the
subject of much attention from members
of the press, and they were overwhelmed
by the demands made on their time from
this source.
A part of yesterday was spent by Mr..
and Mrs. Perrine with San Francisco
friends. 1t is their intention to leave for
Los Angeles the last of the week and to
start for a return trip to their home in
Buffalo, n. Y, the last of March.
The Ferrines attended the First Presby
terrain Church in Oakland on Sunday night.
Bowling Dismissed.
Judge Frick yesterday dismissed the
contempt proceedings against D. e. Dow
ling and discharged defendant.
Bowling is the superintendent of the
Standard Soap Works at Berkeley, of
which Captain Thomas, the insolvent cap
italist was the president. When Thomas
became involved he transferred 1920 shares
of stock of the California National Bank to
Bowling, and the assignee of the bank,
John Fleetwood Jr., asked the court to find
out under what circumstances and why
this transfer was made.
Judge Frick accordingly cited Bowling
to appear and show what he had done
with the stock.
the stand to tell his story. He said he had
no further control over the stock, that be-
fore the order of the court was served on
him he had transferred it to man named
Parker of Ogden. This transfer was made
January 81 last. When asked if Parker
was not an agent of the soap company,
Bowling said he was; that he had handled
the goods, but was not employed by the
company.
In considering the matter Judge Prick
said that though there was evidence in sup
port of the allegation that Bowling had been
assisting Thomas to defeat his creditors,
the testimony at present did not show that
he was in a position to comply with the
courts order, and the contempt proceed
ings were accordingly dismissed.
Barthow Ordered to Account.
Hannah A. Barthow died in Oakland
February &c, 1886, leaving considerable
property. William Barthow was made adj
ministrator. One of the heirs under the
will was Miss Rebecca Douglass, daughter
of deceased, who yesterday entered suit
against Barthow. In her complaint she
alleges that she was absent from California
at the time of her mothers death. and
that she did not hear of it until 1891 stat
ing that the fact was concealed from her
She arrived in California in December last.
and has since been investigating thor
oughly the affairs connected with her dead
mothers estate.
She says the mother left large property
in Oakland and San Francisco, and in her
will made plaintiff the beneficiary, but she
now alleges that this property BarthoW
has put to his own uses.
Included in the property is a portion
bringing IN an income of $40 Out of this
Miss Douglass says she has had no ac-
counting and that Barthow has refused to
return into court any inventory of the
estate. 1t is alleged that since 1886 he has
collected rents, but has fraudulently con-
verified the same to his use.
Barthow has been given until March 25
to lille full account of his actions as adj
minis traitor of the estate.
Three Legs for Five Men.
The five crippled beggars who have been
housed on Ninth street, near Franklin for
some time, were all arrested Sunday night
for drunkenness and fighting, and yester-
day morning appeared in the Police Court
a queer tumble of humanity. Three of
these men, of whom two are colored. have
no legs, but go about on stumps. A fourth
man has one leg and the fifth has two legs,
but misshapen feet. The others jumped
on the latter and were preparing to carve
him with knife, when the officers arrived
on the scene. Then there was scattering
and the cripples tried to run away from
the police, but were quickly overhauled.
Most OF the men have been arrested for
begging, but Judge Wood found it impossi-
bic to hold them under the general law.
He gave them strong dose for drunken
ness, however. Sixty days was the SEN
tence for two of them, five days for third
and three days each for the other two.
The Money Lying Idle.
Suit has been brought by Aurelia f.
James and Cornelia E. Booth against the
Oakland Bank of Savings, Grant l. Taggart
and George s. Montgomery, executors of
the will of Francis A. Bell, deceased, to re-
cover from the bank named the sum of
$6350 alleged to be on deposit there in the
name of plaintiffs and Francis A. Bell.
The executors hold that the money in
question is part of the estate, but the
plaintiffs deny this and will make a fight
for the same.
He Wants &a5, OOO Damages.
The Oakland Consolidated Street Rail-
road Company has been sued by w. T.
Wheatley for $25, 900 damages for ininries
sustained by his wife, Sarah Wheatlev, in
March, 1893, in car collision at Sixteenth
and Grove streets, when she received in
juries such as to render her an invalid.
Mr.: Wheatley sues for expense incurred
and for being deprived of his wife's com
fort and society.
The Home Directors Upheld.
Some time since an inmate of the Admit
Blind Home, Herbert Tuck, was expelled
from that institution by the directors, and
he sought reinstatement by the courts.
Judge Ogden decided on a demurrer to the
petition only. The case was finally an
pealed to the Supreme Court, and that
body has just decided in favor of the direct
ors of the home.
Tonks Must Put Up.
Yesterday Judge Ogden ordered John
To, 10 10 l.