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 WESLEYAN ACADEMY sexes, nine w courses. Specialists in Classics, Art and Music Enlarged endowment insures supe- rior advan ages at moderate expense. 79th dress the Rev. William K. Newha, Principal Wilbraham, Mass. jyl0 eod26t THE DESSAUER-TROOSTWYK YK
 SCHOOL OF MUSIC,
 7sl Chapel street. Vocal and Instrumental. Instruction. Apply
 between 4and p. m s3
 NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
 (MR. GILES.) THE Fall Term begins Monday, September \ 9. For admission, please call at the school, Nos. IT and IS Insurance Building. ss eodtf
 SCHOOL, 76 HOWE STREET. MTISS LENA H. NICHOLS will reopen her IVA scnoon onWedne sday, September IS. Kin dergarten, Primary and Advanced Depart uenis. s2 2lt THE MISSES CATLIN'S DRIVATE Gram mar School and Kinder | September Is at
 se3 If No. 6s BISHOP STREET MISS LIVERMORE'S | KINDERGARTEN and School at 3l Olive EA street re-opens Sept. 9. Languages, Music, Drawing without extra charge. Car | flAH6 SPHEIUE cHllufGU., NlObH6TS cdSSeS WILL | be formel. aug It MECHANICAL DRAWING, IRRESPECTIVE, MATHEMATICS, | x MECHANISM, ETC. F. R. HONEY, 179 Church street. | Hartford office, Ballerstein Budg Address | letters to New Haven office. aul5 ly The Dessauer- -Troostwyk SCHOOL OF MUSIC, | 7S1 Chanel Street, l Will Reopen September 2d, 1895. MISS ORTON and MISS NICHOLS | CsUCCES sORS to the MIssEs EDWARDS, will | iD reopen on Thursday, September 26, at 57 | Elm street, their Day School f T Girls. Pri- | mary Intermediate aud Academic Depart ments. Special students admitted. College preparation. Circulars with courses of study | furnished on application. au30 I'm | MRS. THOMPSON | VNyILL reopen her school at 57T Crown | w street Monday, September 9. Kinder 1 garten, Primary and Grammar Depart | ments. au30 It' New Haven Conservatory of Music, S2 CHUntH -fREET. | E. A. PARSONS. l s101y Private Instruction Only. V0CAI, INSTRUCTION
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
FIRST INFANTRY AFFAIRS.
Active Colonel Bush Is Holding
Series of Battalion Drills.

Active Colonel Bush Is Holding a
Series of Battalion Drills.
The second series of battalion drills of
the First Infantry, N. G. c., commenced
on Monday evening. These drills will be
under the command of the captains as
battalion commanders, the lieutenants
acting as company commanders and adju-
tants.
Companies B and G were drilled as a
battalion under Captain Subtitle, Lieu
tenant Blunkall acting as adjutant. Com
panies G and D were drilled under Cap
tain Dumbrell, Lieutenant Sparrowe act
ing as adiutant
Both drills were well attended, and
with the exception of few errors the
movements were finely executed, the men
moving with considerable snap and pre-
cision. This method of detailing the cap
:ains and lieutenants enables them to ac-
quire practical instruction and confidence.
The next battalion drill will be that of
Company f and the cadets under COM
mand of Captain Eggert, Lieutenant
Goodell acting as adiutant, Sergeant Eb-
bert acting as sergeant-major.
Herbert C. Watts has been transferred
from Company G, Third Infantry, to Com
panv G, First Infantry, from which he
will be detailed to the hospital corps of
the latter regiment. Sanford l.. Goldstein
has been appointed by Colonel Bush as
commissary on his staff. The officers for
the cadet company of the First Infantry
will be appointed next week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

up on the stand and examined the marks
on the door and the door jamb, Judge Muir
ply meanwhile cautioning them to use
their eyes only and not their tongues.
Edwin William Carpenter, plumber
with forty years experience and a bushy
iron-gray beard, was sworn. He had made
an examination of the sunburners and
ventilators in Emmanuel Church.
He went to the church last Saturday at
the instance of the defense and made a
most thorough investigation. He went up
in the loft, or space between the roof and
the false ceiling of the church, and meas
ured everything within reach.
With tedious Ito the spectators) particu-
larity he described every detail in connec-
ton with the Investigations. He gave a
minute description of the ventilators and
sunburners, and told what a man must do
in order to reach them. He said a man S
head would have to be. held down in order
for him to reach through the apertures
made by taking off one of the plates and
reaching the sunburners.
He had also counted the steps leading
from the organ loft to the basement floor
of the church. There were, in ell, twenty
eight steps, divided by couple of small
platforms.
Mr.. Peixotto did the cross-examining
1t was mainly devoted to showing that the
place where the gas was turned on was
seventy-five feet from the gasburners.
On redirect examination witness said
that if man were In the church alone and
wanted to test the sunburners he would be
likely to turn on the gas before he went up
into the loft.
Robert w. Maitland, electrician, was
next sworn. He had drawn chart Of the
electrical apparatus in the church. The
diagram was offered in evidence. Mr.
Barnes objected to the offer on the ground
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
LOST HIS TEMPER.
Architect Mooser Strikes Young Mar
Who Had Sued Him.

Architect Mooser Strikes Young Man
Who Had Sued Him.
Architect William Mooser lost his tenn
per yesterday outside of Justice Groezin-
gers courtroom and struck Frank Dunn.
Friends of the parties quickly separated
them and nothing more serious occurred.
The trouble grew out of suit brought by
Dunn against Mooser for $50 on account of
services rendered Dunn claimed that he
had made drawings of plans for the De
Martini and Roeder orders and had mate
rally helped Mooser in the work. Mooser
stoutly denied this and declared that Dunn
was simply a student whom he had toler-
ated in his office to learn the rudiments of
the profession.
The testimony given by the two men was
very bitter. Dunn was given Judgment
for $40 and costs. In passing ont of the
courtroom the men interchanged warm
words. The elder Mooser lost his temper
and struck Dunn. The blow did no other
damage than to knock Dunn's glasses off.
Then friends interfered and the angry men
were led away in opposite directions.
Mooser is well known locally for his
work on the French Hospital, the Dono-
loe building and the Marlborough Theater,
Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
THE DONAHUE FOUNTAIN,
Ample Money in the Estate to
Garry Out the Provisions
of the Will.
Final Distribution Delayed Only
by Litigation With the SeIig-
mans.

The final settlement of the estate of J.
Mervyn Donahue will not be long delayed.
There will be for distribution to carry out
the requests Ct Ihe testator sum approx
mating half million of dollars. Accord
ing to the terms of the will Archbishop
Riordan will get 100000 for the benefit of
Roman Catholic churches. The Catholic
Orphan Asylum of San Francisco viii re-
ceive $4,000, and st. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum OF San Rafael $4,000. Orphan
asyluns of other denominations in San
Francisco are to receive $4,000 each.
An impo.t ant provision of the will is a
bequest of S25, 900 for a public drinking
fountain to be dedicated to the mechanics
in memory of the testator's father. The
fountain is to be erected at the intersec-
ton of Market, Bush and Battery streets,
opposite First
The executors of Mervyn Donahues
will are Peter J. McGlynn and j. F. Bur-
gin.
Mr.. McGlynn was seen yesterday and,
responding to inquiries regarding the final
distribution of the estate, said:
All the debts of the estate have been paid
and final distribution cannot be much longer
delayed. Yes, there will be money sufficient
to put up the fountain and pay all the sums
devised for charitable purposes. The only de-
lay now in winding up affairs is caused by the
seligmans of New York. When we came to
transfer the stock of the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railroad to the purchasers we
found that the Seligmans refused 10 deliver
stock to the value of 100000, claiming that
they were entitled, under conditions of con-
tract with Mervyn Donahue, to hold that
amount as indemnity against litigation We
found fourteen suits pending and proceeded to
try some of them and compromise others.
The Seligmans, however, now decline to sur
render the stock for some other reason, and so
we have instituted suit against Lillienthal,
their agent in this City. Service on the Selig
mans in New York has been secured, but the
process was during vacation and some delay
ensued. The issue will be brought to trial as
speedily as possible. AS soon as the case is
finally determined the charitable requests will
be paid and designs for the fountain solicited
have had a number of interviews with
artists and others on this subject, but no
fountain design has been accepted or even
closely considered. The executors are sure
that the sum named in the will is sufficient to
construct a fountain beautiful in design and
excellent in workmanship. We shall endeavor
to carry out the idea of the testator and pro-
vide fountain that will be an ornament to
San Francisco and monument to the memory
of Mervyn's father, Peter Donahue.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
GORTON'S CASE DROPPED.
An O1d-Time Stage Robbery Brought to
the Fore Again in Judge Nor
rows Court

II. L. Gorton, who was indicted in 1889
for rif1ing the United States mail, is no
longer charged with that offense, the case
having been dropped by Judge Morrow at
the instance of United States District At
torney Foote. This viii not do Gorton
any good, though, since he is now serving
a life sentence in the penitentiary at
Oregon.
Six years ago the entire constabulary of
Marin County was hunting for the two
Gorton boys. One, H. L. Gorton, was bet
ter known as Jack" The other was
George D. Gorton. The two young men
had held up the stage running between
Point Arena and CaZadero on Decembe 4,
1888. The driver, James Bland, had been
robbed and the mailbags had been rifed
for valuables. The robbers were finally
CAPTURED, but only after a long chase
They evaded the officers at first and
went north into Oregon. There they had
robbed an express train. Fleeing from the
Oregon authorities, they came back to
California, only to be taken into custody
here.
AS the crime committed in Oregon was
much more serious than that charged
against them in Marin, the Federal au-
thorities consented to allow the Oregon
case to be tried first. The prisoners were
taken north and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The local Indictment still held, but one
of the men has died. and as there was no
prospect of the other leaving jail alive the
United States Attorney decided to clear
the case off the calendar. This was done
by Judge Morrow yesterday, the postal
authorities consenting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

woman as another Mrs. GROCER and de-
cided to let the matter drop and no further
attention was given it until last Wednes-
day, when the woman again made her
appearance, this time at the Durrant home
on Fair Oaks street. She called to learn
what decision had been arrived at concern
ing her proposition and was directed to
call on Mr.. Deuprey at his office, which
she did, and was there informed that II
she did not desist from her Matchmaking
efforts the law would be invoked, where
upon the woman lost her temper and de-
clared she would impart her information
to the Chief Of Police. subsequently Mrs.
Durrant received another note from the
woman stating the defense could not now
have her information at any price,
Captain Lees stated last evening that no
such woman had presented herself at the
Chiefs Office. The woman is of medium
height and build, is perhaps As years OF
age; but further nothing is known of her
identity except that she has been followed
several times to the lodging-house at 1895
Market street The matter is being looked
into with view to prosecuting the woman
for attempted blackmail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

that the measurements for the diagram
were made on the 21st and 24th of this
month, and that therefore it did not pur-
port to represent the sun-burners and cleo
trical apparatus used for lighting them as
they existed on the Sd of April.
Judge Murphy overruled the objection,
holding that the defense had the right to
show the condition of the burners and bat
terry at any time, and that it was for the
jury to consider the difference in condi-
tions that might exist.
Witness then infinitely described his
diagram. There were twenty-four burners
he said, one of which was an electric vi
brating burner. 1t was lighted by an
electric spark from the battery above and
then communicated its light to all the
other sun-burners.
similar to the one used in the church was
offered in evidence.
Mr.. Barnes objected to it because it was
not the original burner. Judge Murphy
overruled the objection and the spark at
tachment went in as defense exhibit.
The morning was spent in considering
the location and description of these sun.
burners and their surroundings, and no
other testimony had been given by the
time the noon adjournment arrived.
Judge Murphy explained that, as the
afternoon was the beginning of Jewish
holiday, there would be no further session
until next week.
Then a couple of the jurors declared
that as Monday was collection day, they
would suffer financial loss unless they were
permitted to attend to their business on
that day.
Judge Murphy is nothing if not mindful
of the jurors convenience, and the end of
brief and pleasant discussion on this
point was that court adjourned until Tues
dor ,ir,r
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
SAL VAT|ON ARMY LABORS,
General Keppel Upon the New
Work Among the UnfOr-
tunate Women.
A THANKSGIVING Dinner for the Poor
Children of the City.
Mrs. Booth.

The commanding officers of the Saliva
ton Army are contemplating somewhat
new plan of help-work. The army has the
Lifeboat and other institutions for men,
and the Beulah Home across the bay for
girls, and the idea under consideration is
a refuge or rather a system of giving assist
ance to women. rigadier-General keppel
said yesterday
The Lifeboat on Jackson street, as you know,
has been in commission all summer as lodg-
ing place. 1t Will soon begin giving meals to
those whose finances are low down. That is its
winter work. l don't anticipate the wide
spread distress OF past winters; but something
OF that deplorable character will probably
come and one of the practical ways to touch
ing mans soul is by filling his stomach first.
OF course, we are only the dispensers of char
ity; those who so literally supply us with the
wherewithal are the real givers, and our ability
to give man q meal or nights lodging de-
ponds upon the good people outside OF the army
uniform.
We intend to give Thanksgiving dinner to
the poor children of the City, also Christmas
meal to all the poor people we can supply.
But our pet plan now is an effort to do some
thing for the unfortunate women we meet in
our work in homes and in the public streets.
The trouble has been that we have not been
able to 10 anything with those people having no
place TO put them. There are numerous
squad of those poor, miserable and often in
ebriated creatures drifting around in the
shadows of the City that offer good material
for local missionary work We can't get at
them effectually by preaching to them on the
corner of the street. We must get them some
where and study up their cases. Then we will
sift them out, and those that appear favorable
for some future we may send over to the
Beulah Home if no other place presents itself.
/ am speaking of the utterly homeless now,
understand me. Our women soldiers are work
ing constantly among them and not with the
good results desired for reasons have men
| toned, namely, no way of practically handling
them.
There are other poor women we wish to
reach They are in their poverty-stricken
abodes awaiting help. We want to extend our
work more in that quarter. We want to get
some new women out of even that unfavorable
field. l cannot say just how we will assist
them, but you may be assured in the very best
and most systematic way The Salvation Army
works in practical way. Its experience
among the lowly has taught it how to do it.
We may not always handle the upper people
best, but we know how to work in the slums.
Our plans have not matured yet, but the idea
is being worked up.
At the army headquarters extensive
preparations are being made for the COM
ing OF Mrs. Ballington Booth, who will
arrive and begin a series of meetings about
the 18th of next month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
HAS STOPPED THE WORK,
Payment on the Fell Street
Contract Vetoed by
Mayor Sutro.
PROSPECT OF A LAWSUIT.
Several Legal Questions Involved
and Lot of Money
Tied Up.

Mayor Sutro has vetoed the resolution
of the Board of Supervisors ordering the
payment of the first completed paved
block on what is known as the Fell-street
contract. Only $3557 80 is at stake in the
present bill, but that represents only one
half payment on the block completed.
There are seven more blocks in the con-
tract calling for an outlay of nearly $50, 900
on the part of the City alone. Property
owners along the street in question are
expected to pay the other half.
The work involved stretches along Fell
street from Stanyan to Baker. 1t lies on
the north side of the park panhandle. One
of the legal questions involved is, Shall
the City or the Park Commissioners pay
for the work?
Last July Contractor A. J. Raisch in
duced the property-owners on the north
side of the street to sign private contract
with him to put down bituminous pave
ment. Then he asked the Supervisors to
authorize the Street Superintendent to
sign private contract with him on behalf
of the City. Subsequently a resolution
was signed by the board making this
authorization, but the contract was never
submitted to the Mayor for his approval.
Inc following week Guc DOdIQ Icpcdlcd
the order for the work. A week afterward
it again entered another order of repeal.
Meanwhile Raisch went straight ahead
with his work. He paved the first block
on Fell street from Baker to Lyon and
laid the concrete foundation on three
other blocks. Then he put in his bill for
the City's one-half share of the work done
on the first block, $3557 80.
Contractor Jordan filed protest against
the payment of the money on the ground
that the contract was illegal, because it
had never received the approval of the
Mayor and for the reason that the work
had never been offered to public bidders.
He also claimed that Ralsch's bid was
$4,000 too much and the City was losing
that much.
This protest caused a suspension of the
work Raisch was dubious about getting
his money, and he did not want to incur
any more expense till all the uncertainty
overhanging the contract was cleared up.
There are several questions at issue in
controversy: Is there any authorization
to pave the street? Shall the cost come
out of the City's or the parks funds? Can
the Supervisors let such contract without
first receiving public bids?
1t is expected that the Supervisors will
override the Mayors veto. If they do
there is possibility that the Civic Fedora
tion will try and enjoin the Treasurer from
paying the money.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
ATTEMPT AT BLACKMAIL.
An Unknown Woman Tries to Get
Money From the Defense
for information

The mysterious medical man with a
knowledge of Theodore Durrant's move
ments on the afternoon of April 8 has
bobbed up again. 1t Will be remembered
that at various times since the trial of the
accused student commenced stories have
been published connecting an alleged gen.
tleman of the medical fraternity with Dur
rants history for that day. In one of these
he rode on Powell-street car with the ac-
cused; in another it was car of the Valen-
cia-street line, and IN still another he had
changed his mind about its being Durrant
whom he saw on the car, and would ap-
pear as witness for the defense.
None of the stories were ever authenti-
Gated, however, and the mysterious gentle
man whose name was always withheld
when his story was published has been al
lowed of late to sink into obscurity. But
he has been brought back into the circle of
mysterious witnesses. This time in an al
legged attempt to blackmail the Durrants.
A week ago yesterday Mrs. Durrant re-
ceived a letter to which was signed simply
MRS. A., in which the author stated she
was in possession of information of impor-
lance to the defendant in the Durrant trial.
She requested that Mrs. Durrant meet her
at the corner of Grant avenue and Market
street the following day, and as a distin-
gushing mark that she wear bunch of
marguerites.
Detective Harry Morse was notified of
the receipt OF the letter. and Detective
George Green was detailed to accompany
Mrs. Durrant. Together they kept the
appointment, and were informed by the
writer of the anonymous note that in con-
sideration of the sum of $25 she would
direct them to mem Der of the medical
profession who could give testimony val
liable to the defense. The interview ended
with the understanding that the PROPOSE
ton would be taken under consideration.
Durrant's attorneys, when the matter
was reported to them, looked upon the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
INDIGESTION.
From the Standard Union, Brooklyn, N.

From the Standard Union, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Few women have had more miserable
existence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs.
Anna L. Smith of 311 Pulaski avenue, Brook
Ign. With all the comforts that money affords,
with all the happiness that many loving
friends can give, the joy OF Mrs. Smiths life
was blasted for years by the terrible ravages of
sickness. The story Is most interesting as told
to reporter:
81 was an invalid for years, suffering first
with one complaint and then with another.
My case was truly that of complication of
diseases, due to an accident which l received
some years ago. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me offensive
to my family was the worst case of indiges-
ton Imaginable. | made all around me mis-
cradle by my sufferings, and was most miser-
able myself. 1 had the best physician we
could find, and occasionally his prescriptions
relieved me temporarily. But the pains and
misery would all soon return again. / be-
came desperate and started in to try RENE
dies of which read Among them were the
Pink Pills. Their appearance captivated me
instantly, for l am a great believer in the
beautiful l took the pills and followed out
the directions to the letter, and before many
days l began to feel like q different woman.
For six weeks took the pills regularly and 1
can truthfully add after that was as well as
any one in the family. This change for the
better in my condition has caused my relatives
and friends to take the pills.
81 assure you it was impossible for me to
oversee my household for three years. Now
l visit my kitchen every day, do my own
marketing and shopping; in word, look after
everything connected with my home and
family.
"Oh. yes, I still keep taking the pills. I take
one daily after dinner. Prevention, you know,
is better and cheaper than cure. verify be-
lieve one-half of the women who are suffering
from the ills which our sex are heir TO would
be UP and we'll if they could be induced to give
the Pink Pills q fair trial. l certainly recon-
mend them heartily, and feel grateful to the
physician who put them on the market"
VILLA ms; PINK Pi1ia Pale PaOnla
tain all the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y, at so cents per
box, or six boxes for So so, and are never sold
in bulk or by the dozen or hundred.