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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-24

CUTTERS AND TAILORS TO ATTEND TIL
- San Francisco Cutting School. 222 Post st.
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TRY ACME HOUSE, EST MARKET ST. BE-
low Sixth, for a room; 25c night: 81 week.
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| WANTED-BY A SINGLE BUSINESS GEN
| w tleman a lady with some cash go to Central
| America; good chance to right party. Address C.
! NJ, box l54, Call Branch Office.
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1921 FOLSOM, COR. SHERMAN-HOUSE
IOo' 2 keeping rooms and others; rent reason
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| OO1 FIFTH-SUNNY FURNISHED. HOUSE,
III keeping rooms cheap.
lie SOUTH PARK-2 OR NEWLY FUR.
IO nished sunny housekeeping rooms; 81 up.
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CHILDREN BOARDED.
nNE OR CHILDREN TO BOARD:
~ mothers care; good home. S66 Folsom st.
DLEASANT HOME FOR OR 2 CHILDREN
l. in small American family; room for parent if
desired. TO Vallejo st.
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nRESSMAKER; FIRST-CLASS RE FEE R
u ences; latest styles; 81 so per day, or viii
take work home 1911 Post st.
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.

w TED-CHAMBERMAID WITH GOOD
W city references for private family, $25; cham
bermaid for frst-clasS hotel S15; Protestant cook,
in family, $50. Apply MISS PLUNKETT, 424
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E'OR ADOPTION-CHILD 2 TO YEARS OLD:
i poor parentage preferred state age and sex
NJ. n. E., box lit, Call Branch.
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CCOTCH GIRL WISHES A SITUATION AS
~ chambermaid assist with homework. Ad-
dress GA Folsom St. bet. fifth and Sixth.
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| WANTED-AN ERRAND-BoY FOR OUR OF
| w nee; must attend telephone; SO week; call
early. w. D. EVER IL CO, 626 Clay ST.
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MEAT YOUNG GIRL WISHES TO DO UP
~ stairs work and mind children, or plain sewing;
references given; no objection to country. Call or
address 1888 FLORIDA ST., near INTERNATIONALLY.
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CiANVASSERS- w ANTED; LADIES AND GEN
y tlemeu. Room 8, $50 Market st.
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I ARGE, NICELY FURNISHED FRONT
large closet, $12 629 Post st.
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ON TWELFTH ST; 9 ROOMS, BATH, LAUN-
" dry desirable in every way; rent reduced
$37 so. DEMPSTER, SO Glen Park ave-, Oh
Twelfth ST
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HOLORED GIRL WISHES a SITUATION TO
~ do general housework and cooking or upstairs
work and of children, second work and
laundress, or waiting table; wages $40 to 1926
Address E., box "a, Call Branch Office.
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dos, who. as Lawyer Trip says, will visit
this portion of the State only under COM
pulsion.
To gather all of this evidence, the attor-
neys for the new claimant have been COM
PEELED to travel thousands of miles and re-
sort to the subtle articles peculiar to the
legal fraternity.
This portion of the work has been done
by Mr.. G.. G. Trip. He has devoted the
last four months to the unraveling OF what
he is pleased to term a profound mys-
terry" and that he has done his work well
is evidenced by the formidable array of
sworn atfidavits, dispositions and similar
matter.
In speaking of the case yesterday, Mr..
Trip said:
II have devoted the last four months to
righting a great wrong, and !! could tell
you enough to fill good-sized book. 1t is
unnecessary to go into detail concerning
my travels, it sufficing to say that have
been to Chicago, New York, Kansas City
and many other points, and succeeded
in collecting evidence that proves beyond
question that E. A. Macmahon is the son
of Mrs. Bensley and rightful owner to the
property now held by Chandos and his
sisters. Not little mystery has surround
ed Mrs. Bensley, but l have succeeded in
clearing that all up.
q Mrs. Bensley was born in Virginia and
was daughter of John and Mary Ingles,
her name being Mary Ingles, and was one
of eight children She was a hayward
girl, and used to travel great deal on the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers. She has been
married three times, the first occurring in
1850 in Iowa.
cat the end of ten days she mysteriously
disappeared and it was given out that she
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was dead. This, however, was mistake,
as the husband secured a divorce year
later on the ground of desertion. The
next heard of Mary Ingles was in
London, where, under the names OF Marion
l.. Chandos, the Hon. Mrs. Greville,
Mrs. Gordon and Minnie Louise Crust,
she led a gay life, a throng of admirers
cons family surrounding her. While in
England she married person who went
under the name OF Mcdonald Greville, but
whose real name was Edward A. Giething,
and member of the Royal Guards.
although the wife of Giething, she had
a powerful influence over Lord Hillsbor-
ough, heir to the estate of Downshire, and
was at length paid $4,000 by the noble
mans family to leave the country.
Shortly after her arrival in America
a son was born to her, which she
left with her mother, changing the last
name to MacMahon that her father might
not be able to locate her. The story of her
arrival in San Francisco has already been
told, but the interest does not stop there.
ION the death OF Mrs. Bensley B. g..
Chandos, whose real name is Zachariah
Ingles, came to San Francisco and claimed
that he and his sisters, Sarah E. Hardesty,
Jennie Goodrich and Lucy Roundtree,
were the sole heirs, well knowing that such
was false.
THAT in brief is the story, though there
are a thousand things Of interest that
could be told. When the trial comes lot
of evidence will be introduced that will
conclusiyely prove all that have said.
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V. Baird, John Rush Baird, Miles Thomas
Baird, David Jennings Baird, John Doe
and Jane Doe. They allege that the taxes
on the three-fourths of the real estate of
the late John III. Baird, and held by them,
amount to $4,000 year; that the minor
children, for whose benefit the property is
held, are penniless, and that it is necessary
TO sell a portion OF the real estate The
portion which is sought to be sold has a
frontage of 275 feet on Masonic avenue
and runs back 412:6 feet to Lott street,
along the north side of Waller. The petit
TONERS also ask for construction of the
will of the late John II. Baird relating to
the sale OF real estate.
]. d. Maxwell filed complaint against
the Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Com
pany, asking for the payment of $424 80
due upon account.
The Humboldt Savings and Loan So
ciety complains of John I. Hill. The sum
of $50 rent is demanded, and also the
possession of the building at Is and Is
Geary street.
w. J.. Busk wants divorce from his
wife, Pamphilea Busk, and Catherine NJ.
Kelly asks for the annulment of her mar
riage to John Kelly.
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Vermorcken's best pieces of work, although
some of the portraits he is sending in show
strong technical mastery. The portrait of
the girl reading a letter is full of warm
lights and generally receives compliment
airy comment.
Mr.. Vermocken came to San Francisco
not many mon tbs ago, having been urged
to do so by several well-known people in
society here. He has fitted up a studio
that has been the scene of one or two
small receptions and few jolly Bohemian
lunches. The custom among the Eastern
artists in this country, and in most Euro
pean countries, of giving informal recep-
tons, finds a strong advocate in Yer
mocken, who believes in as much inter-
change OF criticism and art chat as is pos
sible among artists.
1t is often the case that artists with
dainty tastes in decoration spend more
time in the arrangement of their studios
than they do in actual work, but this can
not be said of Vermocken, who has record
of sixty portraits painted in two seasons in
Philadelphia.
Among some well known portraits that
Vermocken has painted are those of Mr..
Clement Griscon, president of the Interna-
tional Navigation Company of Philadel-
phia; Sydney Logan, the poet; General
Barnes and Mrs Barnes of New York,
Mrs. E. Y. Turner of New York, Mr. Bod
man Wister and Mrs. Wister, Miss Bessie
Carpenter, Miss Mita Biddle, Dr. and Mrs
Charles Fox of New York, and many
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man calling himself B. G. Chandos APP
peared at Centralia, Wis, where Bensley
had large interests, representing that he
had lust come from California. In ShoI1
while Chandos held responsible position
with Bensley, it being generally under
stood that he owed his good fortune to the
wife Mrs. Bensley soon became the vir-
tual owner of all her husbands property,
making several transfers to Chandos.
On the death of Bensley, his widow in
order to avoid payment of certain debts
contracted by the husband and herself,
and then very pressing, made several deeds
to Mrs. Marian l.. de Tarente of st. Louis.
The husband of Mrs. de Tarente also
figures in several deeds and transfers
though neither of these persons was ever
seen in the flesh.
On the death of Mrs. Bensley, the rela-
tions of her husband received a shock
when Chandos asked for letters of admins
tration on the estate in behalf of himself
and three sisters, claiming that the dead
woman was their sister, and further, that
they were the only living heirs. Years of
litigation followed, ending. in 1893 by the
claimants securing possession OF the bulk
of the property.
This brief recapitulation brings the story
of Bensley's fortune. down to the suit filed
Yesterday. AS matter of fact the brief
now on file will contain but little of what
will be actually brought out when the
trial takes place. For the first time
the startling announcement is made that
Mrs Bensley had son as the result of a
marriage contracted in England. This son
is no other than Edward A. Macmahon,
who was brought to San Francisco by
Mrs. Bensley when little boy and intro
duced as her nephew. He was sent to DR..
Spauldings school, also to San Mateo and
Berkeley. 1t will be shown that Chandos
IL. L.. Ho - +f,,l
heir, and further that he had three sisters
living besides the ones who became
a party to the suit of Chandos
for Mrs. Bensley's estate, and that he
swore falsely when he affirmed that they
were the only living heirs. The new claim
ant also hopes to show that James de
Farente is no other than B. G.. Chandos
and that Mrs. Marian L. de Farente was
no less parsonage than the deceased Mrs.
Bensley.
If all this can be proven the situation
will become very interesting for Mr. Chan
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guardian of the estate of Frederick Ryer,
valued at $1,000, without bonds.
Henry 2. Umbsen, O. C. Baldwin and F.
B. Surryhne have been appointed ap-
praisers of the estate Of the late Franklin
a. Ramsell.
f. w. LAWYER, P. II. Farrell and John R.
Houner, appraisers in the estate of Nellie
Halsey, deceased, filed the inventory of
the estate. 1t was valued at SIS. 1914 50. of
which $500 was real property
Judge Slack ordered the settlement of
the account and distribution of the estate
of John Sinclair; the admission to probate
OF the will OF Eugene Taniere; and the
settlement OF account and distribution of
the estate of W. J. Andrews.
Judge Coffey ordered letters of admins
tration granted in the estate of Catherine
Joln1k; the settlement and distribution of
the estate of Leonie Fusenot; letters of
administration in the estates of Pierre
Choure, Henry NJ. Joseph and Emery T.
Pease, and of Justin Gates; probate of the
will of Rose Pooler; settlement of the
sixth annual account of the estate of Dan
lei Mcmillan; partial distribution of the
estate Of John Hannah: to execute deed
and discharge the administrator in the
estate of Edward Barrett; letters of admin
istration in the estate of Nils Jorgensen:
sale OF personal property in estates of
Elijah z. Smith and James Freeborn: let
tiers of guardianship in the matters of
Vincent Cali and r. H Morgan, insane
persons, and in the estate of Jones Nc
Cord, granted the motion to Tx the COM
pensation of attorneys and for settlement
of account.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE,
1t Gives an Instructive Enter
tainment in ST. Georges
Hall.
Mrs. FairWeather Talks of the
Progress of the American
Woman.

The Equal Rights League OF which Mrs.
Emma Gregory is president held on open
meeting in the hall of st. Georges Club at
317 Mason street last night.
Among those who assembled to listen to
the entertainment were Mrs. Nellie Hol-
brook Blinn, president of the State League,
Mrs Annie Smith, Mrs. Andrews, Mr.. and
Mrs. f. NJ. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Bailey.
Mrs. Z. Anderson, Mrs. Ellen Moore Mrs.
ROBBIE, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Plunkett,
Captain Merriman, Captain Johnson, Mrs.
L. s. Anderson, Mrs Fairweather and Miss
Helen Anderson beside number of ladies
and gentlemen who wanted to hear what
was TO be said.
Mrs Gregory in brief address called at
tention to the fact that in future every
other Tuesday the league will have an open
meeting at which objects OF interest to
those in favor of equal rights would be
presented. She deplored the fact that the
bill to grant women the right OF suffrage
had not become a law, but this should
encourage them to work hard during the
next two years.
Francis l.. Matthew gave vocal solo,
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn, in pleasing
manner, recited "The Woman OF To-day
Mrs. L. s. Anderson, lady with splen-
did soprano voice, sang When the Heart
Is Young" and was loudly applauded.
Mrs. DR.. Mary Sheppard Singer was to
have delivered an address on Woman,
but she was unable to appear and her num-
Der on the programme was supplied by
Mrs. Fairweather, who deliverefS . pleas
ing and entertaining address s4 1.-The
American Woman" The line of argument
was that woman can secure her rights only
through the American woman. She re-
viewed the history of the human race and
the progress it had made, but had always
held woman in the background until the
American woman commenced to tear down
the barrier of prejudice and the political
barrier that barred her way On her progress
sive march? She declared that it was myth
that woman does not want advancement.
She does want it, and will get it. In con-
clusion she said negroes could not vote, In
dams could not, idiots could not, women
could not. We freed the negro, and they
vote; we educated the Indians, and they
vote. Mrs. Nellie Holbrook- Blinn can tes-
tify that some idiots voted in the last Leg
islature, and women-well, they are here
yet.
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PROBATE MATTERS.

Proceedings in Regard to Several Inn
portant Estates Yesterday.
Rachel Morris. widow of Benjamin Nor
ris. has filed petition for letters OF ad-
ministration upon his estate, valued at
$1,000.
Samuel Newman, aged 16 years, asks for
the appointment of his mother, Catherine
Newman, as guardian of his person and
estate.
Rosa T. Herbst, sister of Frank, Emma
and Louis Herbert, children of the late
Francis and Theresa Herbst, applies to be
made guardian of the persons and es-
tate of her sister and brothers. The mat
ter will be heard by Judge Coffey OH
April 25.
In the estate of D. Ghirardelli, deceased,
the executors ask leave to sell the two
fifths interest held by the estate in the
firm business of D. Ghirardelli & Sons.
In the estate of Horace S. Walbridge. de-
ceased, a petition has been filed asking for
the final distribution of the estate in equal
shares to Isabella D. Walbridge. Narcissa
; Grace Secor, Mary D. Newton and Thomas
h. Walbridge. The estate consists OF four
tracts, being 8.45 acres in the city and
county of San Francisco, AZ acres in San
Mateo County, 90 acres in San Francisco
and 20 acres in San Francisco.
John Redican, ID. w. Long and Raphael
Peixotto, appraisers of the estate of
. Michael Bergin, have reported the estate
TO be worth $4,000, being four lots in the
city.
Frederick Ryer has been appointed
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An Architect,s Brainwork.

In Judge Hunts court the case of LAYER
against Hotaling dragged through the day.
This is the case where Architect LAYER demands
$3.50 for having prepared plans for A. P
Hotaling for building to be erected at Hayes,
Larkin and Market streets. The chief point of
interest in the case is whether the plans and
specifications belong to the architect or to mis-
employer. The plaintiff in the case contends
that these no more belong TO the employer
than the hammers and other tools OF the stone
masons, or the briefs and trial statements of
attorneys belong to their respective clients.
This contention is combated by the de-
fendant. Judge Hunt asked from the bench
yesterday: "Do you mean" he asked the at
torney for the plaintiff, "that Mr.. HOtaling is
to be required to pay $3.50 for plans and speci-
fcatiOns which he not only cannot have, but
which you contend he may not even see?'
Tine court has phnsed for reply.
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STRAW BONDSMEN.
e. M. Calvin Arrested on Four Charg
of Perjury.

e. M. Calvin Arrested on Four Charges
of Perjury.
E. NJ. Calvin, contractor, was indicted
by the Grand Jury on August 81 last on
four charges OF perjury. He decamped.
and was traced to Sacramento and later to
Los Angeles, but could not be found.
Yesterday he was seen around the City
Hall by Officer Green and Detective
Handley. He was taken to police head
quarters, where he said his name was
Harry Cole, and that he lived at Ocean
View.
The officers were not to be humbugged,
so they took him to the City Prison, and
four charges OF perjury were booked against
MIN.
Calvin was one of the numerous straw
bondsmen who haunted the Police Courts.
The four charges are based on four bonds
on which he was one of the sureties. He
swore that he owned the lot and house on
Hyde and Bay streets, where his father
and brother live. The owner of the prop
erty is Z. F. Palmer of Alameda
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THE FEMALE IMPERSONATOR.
Ferdinand Haisch Makes a Sensation in
Court.

Court.
Ferdinand Haisch, carpenter, of 407
McAllister street, who was arrested on
Monday night while masquerading in
female attire, appeared in Judge Lows
court yesterday morning in all his tawdry
fnery.
He seemed to enjoy the sensation
caused by the ludicrous figure he pre-
sented. The case was continued till to-
morrow, and Haisch was taken back to
the prison.
Haisch is an inventor and has secured
several patents, which, however, he de-
clares have not been remuneratiye. He
has been known to parade the streets at
night for several years back, and yesterday
spoke with glee of being able to deceive his
most intimate friends while riding on the
cable-cars beside them on different occa-
sions. He has an extensive wardrobe of
female attire and is nimble with a needle,
being able, with the help of wire frame,
to make all his dresses. The police are
puzzled to know what to do with him.
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Quentin few weeks ago, were arrested on
suspicion of having commit tied burglary
at the corner of Kearny street and Mont
gomery avenue about week ago.
A little cigar-stand had been broken into
and the bulk of the stock removed. John
son was seen passing along Montgomery
avenue the day preceding the crime. He
still wore the suit furnished by the prison
authorities given him when he was re-
leased. Both men had numerous drugs in
their possession, and the belief of the police
is that some other crime has been COM
mitted. Officers Barry and Freel learned
of their actions and arrested them on sus-
picion
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tor says I must keep in bed. Now
place myself under your care. am only
twenty-one years old, and too young to
suffer so much. ~ Mrs. CHAs. PARKER.
The above letter was received by Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, May Is, 1894,
which received a prompt reply
The following letter reached Mrs.
Pinkham about five months later. Note
the result.
LITTLE FALLS, MINI, Sept. 81, 1891
I" / deem it my duty to announce the
fact to my fellow-sufferers of all female
complaints, that Lydia e. Pinkhdm's
treatment and Vegetable Compound have
entirely cured me of all the pains and
suffering / was enduring when wrote
you last May. followed your advice to
the letter, and the result is simply Won
derful. May Heaven bless you and the
good work you are doing for your sexl"
Mrs. CHAs. PARKER
All the druggists in town say there is
a tremendous demand for Lydia e.
Pinkhan's Compound; and it is doing
lots of good among the women.
If you are sick and in trouble write to
Mrs. Pinkham. Relief awaits You. -,
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AN EXHIBITION PICTURE.
F, M. Vermorcken'S Sailors and
a Little Chat About the
Man.
BOHEMIAN STUDIO LUNCHES.
The DaintIIy Decorated Working
Place of an Energetic
Artist.

Among the pictures sent to the Spring
Exhibition there are several clever pieces
of work by F. NJ. Vermorcken, and his
The Young and the Old Sailor" is espe-
cially noticeable. The idea of the picture
is that the old man, retired from the sea,
has given over his vessel to the young
sailor. The latter, however, is anxious for
the daughter as we'll as the ship, and from
the expression on the woman's face she
shares the young mans hopes.
In color and composition this is one OF
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NEW LITIGATION.
Suits Begun I'm the Superior Court Yes
terdaY.

Suits Begun IN inc superior COURT 7 es-
terday.
Annie R. Osborne, widow of Elihu G..
Osborne, has sued the Home Insurance
Company for $4,000. Her husband died on
January q, 1895, and had, according to the
allegations of the complaint, fulfilled all
the requirements of his policy in that COM
pany. The company resists payment on
thelground that one premium was not paid.
W. S. Goodfellow, James S. Angus, Louis
c. Bresse and T. G. Crothers, special ad :
ministrators of the estate of James G. Fair,
deceased, have sued Tuck Gin for $98 rent
for the upper part of the building at 213
Commercial street and possession of the
premises.
Veronica G. Baird and Ebenezer Scott.
trustees, and 3. H. Baird have sued Marie
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The w. t. Coleman Estate.

The first and final account in the estate of
the late William T. Coleman was fled yester-
day by the Union Trust Company, executor of
was SAC 1853 %, of which about S47, 500 has
been used in matters OF expenses in its man
agement and for family allowance, leaving
property OF the net value OF $402, 1873 ~,
which the executor corporation now asks leave
to distribute among the heirs and legatees
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Mary sheehan Missing.

The police were notified yesterday of the dis
appearance OF Mary Sheehan. She is ID years
Of age, dark complexioned, medium build,
dark halr, which eurls to the shoulders, and
wore q blue dress, navy blue cape and brown
hat. She is a daughter ofTimothy Sheehan OF
Vallejo, and LETT home last Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock to visit relatives in this city. If
she reached this city all efforts to ascertain
where she went to have failed