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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
A DIVORCE APPEAL.
The Celebrated De la Montanya Case
on Argument Before the Su-
Dreme Court.


on Argument Before the Su-
preme Court.
The celebrated divorce case of Lorraine
de la Montanya against James de la Mon
tanya Jr., possibly involving some inter-
national complications, was before the
Supreme Court yesterday for argument,
and the attorneys talked all the afternoon.
Dorm d Dorm represented defendant, and
Judge CARRIER the plaintiff.
Judge CARRIER will conclude his argu-
ment this morning, and the case will be
submitted to the court.
The matter under debate relates par
ticularly to the custody of the children and
the order granting alimony, and the whole
case is as it was presented in Departing
~ of the Superior Court before Judge
Slack.
Before the suit for divorce was begun,
De La Montanya took up his residence in
Paris, and he is still there. One point of
the appeal is that he was not given the
proper opportunity of answering the
charges against him. There was no objec-
ton to the divorce, but the defendant is
not satisfied with the decree relating to
aIlmony and the children.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
Free This Week.

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Each Pound of Our
EXTRA VALUE bU-CENT TEAS.
GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.'S,
b2-5S Market street, s. F., Headquarters.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
NO new DURRANT JURORS
Judge Murphy Loses Patience
and Expresses Himself
Freely.
UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DEAFNESS,
Most of the Excuses Due to Jurors
Views on CircumStantial
Evidence.

THE DURRANT CASE IN MINUTE.
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
The whole of yesterdays session was con-
sumed in the fruitless examination of jurors.
Judge Murphy lost patience, and made short,
sharp address on the head of citizens lodging
jury duty, as it would seem. Several venire-
men were examined during the day, but no
jurors were secured. Some were excused on
account of their views concerning circumstan-
tial evidence, others for business reasons, and
several because of deafness The Judge
thought deafness was unusually prevalent
Fifteen veniremen were examined and ex-
cused and court adjourned until this morning
at 10 o'clock.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
RECORDS IN DANGER.
WheeIers at Springfield Expect 10 Ac.
compliSh Wonders.
WILL NE A GREAT MEET.
The Cracks Arc I'm Fine Fettic for
Speedy work-Profcssionnf VIII
Ne the Centre of Attractions for
tho Outside Public.
CWritten for the Dlspatchl

What the Futurlty, Suburban. or Brook
lyn Handicap is 10 the horse-world the
Springfield meet of the bicycllsts is to
the wheelers.
So far 1t has been busy season. and
many records have been manufactured
by the pedal-pusners but 1t VIII remain
for Springfield. as IL has in former years.
to put the fine polish in the work OF 1853
The Springfield meet, which begins on
Tuesday, the 10th, and continues Wed
nesday and Thursday. will be remarkable
Tor the reason that the professionals. the
voluntary and involuntary graduates OF
Class d. will receive the bulk Of the pub
lies attention. This was not the case in
former years, although the nominal anna
tours rode as much for gain as their more
frank brethren.
IT Is only right that Springfield should
have the glory OF being the scene OF the
finest record-smashing OF each year, for
Il was there that the first organized effort
was made thirteen years ago to make
the bicycle speed factor. In lss2 bicycle
racing was in poor shape: the best record
was something over three minutes. and
nobody seemed 10 fcly appreciate the
great future OF the wheel. until Henry -.
Quicker, whom no one had ever heard OF
before. suddenly appeared and suggested
the ACCESSIBILITY OF building racing track
for wheelers
A RED-HEADED WORKER.
Mr.. Quicker claims the honor OF having
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
Sir Uumphry Davy Puzzled.

Sir Humphry was alone in his room
one evening attired in dressing-gown
and n night-cap, constructed on the an
Client conical pattern. with n tassel for
the apex. OF which ! suppose hardly a
specimen could be found in these degene-
rate DAYS. Suddenly he saw mysteri-
Gus light on the ceiling OF his room.
for which he could not account In any
way His scientific zeal was reused at
once 10 discover the cause: II must be
a reflected light. perhaps, from some ce-
Iestial phenomenon in the sky. He rush.
81 10 the window and looked out.
hut all was as usual In the darkened
heavens. He extinguished his lamp.
thinking that its fame might have become
singularly polarised on the ceiling: but
there was no change In the circular light
over his head. except that II seemed
growing brighter. He tried every plan
he could think OF to explain 1t. but in
vain. The great man was completely
puzzled-he stood gazing upward OPEN
mouthed. while his acute brain was in
tent on the mystery. Presently. how
ever he became aware that the recep-
tacle In which the wise brain was en-
closed had sensation OF unpleasant
warmth. while an odor. apparently due
10 the frizzling of hair. was making It.
self strongly felt. Involuntary. he
matched OF his night-cap, and then dis
covered that he had set fre to the tas-
eel thereof In bending over the lamp.
while engaged In an experiment, and the
strange circle Of light was at once ex'
planned. 10 his no small indignation.-F.
n. r. Skene.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08

THE FINISH LINE
the reddest hair in all the land, and he
said afterwards that If IL We're not Tor
his red headed way Of going TO WORK tho
bicycle track might never have been huilt'
lie sized up the trottlng folk Of SPRING
field as the proper men for his purpose,
and told them that the bicycle could be
made 10 beat all trotting records. They
laughed at him. but built a fine half-mle
track in the beautiful Hampden Park, and
before the workmen had completed the
track ambitious wheelers who were $40
men made the mile in less than 2:5O. This
was all marvellous. and the success or
the venture was assured from the start.
The Springfield people have not rested
content with their initial labors, but have
kept the track and It's equipments strictly
up TO date, making improvement after
improvement, 50 that to-day 1t little re-
sembles its original appearance.
OFFICIALS or THE MEET.
These are the officials chosen who will
look after things on the three great days:
Referee, II. w. Robinson, Boston;
Judges a. o. Knight. of Worcester; David
J. Post, OF Hartford; William Pitman, OF
New York, and George II. Wing, Of
Springfield: timers. .. y. Whlppl. Of
Springfield; c. +. Wh.pple, of Springfield;
w. II. JOrlan, OF SpIlHbhciui imam -
Marsh, Of Springfield, and Charles j.
Sheau, OF Springfield; starter, a. ID. Peck,
OF Boston; announcer, Charles q. Adams,
of Hartford: official Handicapped. Henry
Goodman, of Hartford; scorers. |. S. Pull
sifor A. $. Haskins, III. Il. Witherell and
Charles b. Harris: clerk of course. Frank
X. Mackenzie; assistants, S. o. Miller. Il.
y. Damon. and q. q. Grimes; umpires, \.
j. Skinner. Charles a. Frazier. l.. l.
Martin. G.. c. McGregory, III. j. Mat
thewson. and n. b. Fowler.
Entertainments have been arranged for
the visiting wheelmen as follows: on Sep
TENDER 10th. Tuesday. a smoker and
concert atVhe clubhouse. beginning at s
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
POVERTY PLEASURES.
How Children Of the TenementS Are
Made Happy.
THE RICH TO THE RESCUE.
Summer Outings for Women and
Children Gotham's MiiiIOnafrcs
They Are Sometimes Pictured to Bo
fCorrespondence Of the Dlspatch.)

Correspondence Of the Dispatch)
NEW YORK. September 6.-The great
milllonaires OF the metropolis are often
the targets of many shafts OF bitter criti
cism. They are called selfish, autocratic.
grasping, grinding. and are pictured with
having an Unsuitable hunger for more.
This description may be true as far as
an Isolated few are concerned. but far
the larger number are men and women
with broad charitable impulses. The very
wretched poor Of the city can testify to
this.
1t only requires a hurried glance at any
OF the numerous summer homes in and
around New York. where tens OF thou
sands of babies and children are given r
substantial airing during the hot months,
to appreciate the broad charity OF the
rich folk of New York.
1t Is popular belief and common mis-
take that the poor only suffer in the win
ter time. IL is true the cruel blasts OF
winter create acute suffering and misery
In the tenement house regions. but Il Is
the summer that does the deadly work
In the great double-decker tenements, in
hablted by two and three hundred men,
women, and children, in many cases
whole family living I'm n single dirty
squalld room, the poisonous air soon
wrecks the hardest constitutions. Little
children are born and reared in It. Tens
OF thousands OF them die from June TO
the end of September, as the cold, hard
records Of the Health Department tell In
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
DIdn't Remember the Jones Part.
Detroit Free Press


.roon,. Won remember" he began, as he
.ot down beside an acquaintance In
woodward avenue car; don't you remem-
her Of my being in your Office some time
in March,"
81 distinctly remember It," was the re-
ply. D.. , o,so
remember OF my telling you that day that
a man named Jones had threatened to
assault meY'
''%o, I do not"
"2ut wait a bit. When entered your
Office you were talking with man with
a red nose about a horse"
"Exactly-wanted to sell me horse"
81 stood by the window while he talked
to YOU for several minutes"
eyes, l think you did"
"yyhen the red-nosed man left T men,
toned the fact that IT was showing"
eyes"
"And then I spoke to you about the man
Jones-how he had threatened to lick me-
Must have been in some other ONCE.
1t is all new to me about Jones"
"But | am sure It was in your Office"
persisted the other. ~ called in the fore
noon"
Eyes"
you had Just come back from Chi
cago?"
eyes"
"And ] said that Jones"
"No-not a word about Jones"
"Well, then, what did say?'
"When the red-nosed man went out
you asked me IL could lend you ten dol
!arsT'
"And what did you say?'
II said / couldn't"
"And was that all?"
'"rhat was all, except that you tried
three or four other men on the same floor,
and all we're short. You are surely mis-
taken about Jones. Your object In coming
I'D into our building was TO borrow ten
dollars. You must have gone into some
other building with your story about
Jones. You have certainly gotten the two
objects mixed up. Can't you recall
whether you-
But the Jones manswas there no longer.
He had flushed up like man hit IN inc
eve with a tomato. and gone out on the
rear platform to figure UP how the mix-up
could have occurred.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08

the height Of three feet incIoses each
yard, and above that is n strong wire
fence Of nearly eight feet supported
on a substantial oak frame. The inc.os-
ures are built In a manner more sugges-
tive OF pens for captive lions than yards
for the mid-tempered collies. The middle
section OF the building is divided into
three large rooms on the ground floor,
one az each SOUTH and two at each north
end. The first is for storing travelling
hampers and for ali work which HIS 10
be done indoors, and the atner two are
the cooking and bathrooms. These
three have wooden floors, bit the fennel
rooms all have concrete floors, so IS to
be easily cleaned.
In the kennels are the finest lot OF
coilies in the country. and TO reclte their
victories AZ prize shows would take a
deal Of space. Incidentally IT can be said
that Mr.. Morgan knows as much about
collies as he does about finance.
AS an evidence OF the way he is regard
ed by the great financiers Of the city,
it need only be said that some years ego
they quietly made him a present OF a
$4,000 gold dinner service More than one
OF the donors had been hauled over the
coals-by the recipient, too.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
GAMES AT BATH BEACH.

upon the city-bred gaminR Ntltlfr can
they understand the kindness siIwerd
upon them by the officials In r.irs-.
They stand in awe Of the h.li.y m 'i0r
but. as one OF them Is put ln bis It-i-
side lingo, 'Der bloke wild do collar s aA
right. He gimme two hunks ~ pie 10
day. He's hot stun all the time The
approbation was not very elegantly lli
but Il had the true ring and meant l--
as much as II Il had been expressed u
polished language.
A CONEY ISLAND PARADISE
The Association for Improyins tie c3n'
dltlon OF the Poor has fine quarters ~
the extreme westerly end ~ Coney lr.lni
II has a dozen acres 0ver!ookinF % oAi
side the rolling waters OF the ocean, l.l
on the other the quiet waters '. 'fif'-
send bay There are four lar-o cntt'f
ON the grounds. Every other iiy ftU'r
ranging In number from So % l'A afa
taken there where the children can pay
IN the sand and battle IN 'ae "i'"
Whole families are taken or me UIi.
the tickets being carefully dis.rli.tl
where they will DO the most g''d a
good substantial meal g. furnished a'
OF these eXcursionisJs. Each inp t'''
500. and as they are made thfee lN.'
a week during the four hot mouths 10
can be seen that 20 takes cou~ief'''
money 10 support the charity.
ST. Johns Guild IS another charity Inl'a
in the same line. Mayor stronr, 81 NeF
York. is one OF rs most liberal support
ers. and takes an active interest DO -
welfare. Anlng babies and small eng
dren. and their oyer-worke1' uHI.''..
t,red-out mothers are taken every tF
IN the week on a sail down The Day -
the home OF the guild on the s}i.h ', ,.
of staten Island. Each rip COSTS s-.'
and sometimes as many as lr' "''N'
and children are cared for In a af}. AL,
or the individual charities. mat ol M''
Helen Gould at her place, Woody .ie',
near Tarrytown, on the HUDSON , ,-
among the frst. While her gayer pr.
theirs and sisters are pleasurlhb in ~ 81.
rope. on yachts, or NJ the fasll''i-.,
summer resorts, Miss Gould spends i.''.
~ the season entertaining the ch'i. ,
OF the tenements or the haTd-"'fA''
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08

and he can buy or sell. as he pieases.
With this great power always at his beck
and call he can make or break corpora
lions as he fancies But 1t is always
exercised in the making. This is where
Morgan and Gould differ.
NOT A sEPCULAToR.
Mr.. Morgan IL popularity supposed TO be
worth 100000. 1t Is doubtful IL no Is
worth more than half that sum. Yet
II he were Spectator In the gambling
sense of the word. he could accumulate
almost untold wealth. But he is sturdy
and unalterably opposed % speculation.
The bubbles of the bulls and bears on the
floor OF the Exchange, fighting and shout
ing to get the best Of an eighth huctua-
ton, he regards as species or petty
finance.
Finance to him Is n great science. TO
have a bankrupt railroad placed in MS
hands for reorganization Is a pet Job, ana
he works and labors over the problem
with keen love OF the task. To convert
financial chaos and ruin into smooth-run-
ming order and prosperity he regards as
his particular mission In life.
Is TERSE AND GRUFF.
Personally MIR. Morgan is not pleas
ant man for the stranger to meet. lie IS
gruff and emphatic in speech, wasting no
words. and putting all OF his tremendous
energy into the little that he does say.
To newspaper men he Is the worst man
I'm New York to try TO interview. There IS
not one chance in a hundred Of the inter-
view being successful, and the chances
are ninety-nine TO one that he will leave
the Office feeling that h. has been Jumped
and trampled upon and smashed generally
by some ponderous machine. Newspa-
per men are not the only ones who have
passed through this experience. Men VINO
have five and ten millions behind them
have been treated the same way by Mr..
Morgan; governors Of States in search OF
loans have been grufiiy set upon; the
financial agents Of great European ma
tions have felt the force OF this animated
lump OF dynamite.
PHYSICALLY AND MbNIAlLf
ALIKE.
Mr.. Morgan never handles anybody or
ANYTHING with kid gloves. His y1ysical
makeup is the counterpart OF his mental
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08

90. 900 In cash to perfect the New YORK
Central road a dozen years ago. Motsa"
took charge OF the matter. and through
his English connections secured the
amount from abroad. When the west
Shore road got into trouble Morgan tooh
hold. and in the face OF fearful Oppose
ton secured life for 1t by selling II 10
the Vanderbilts.
His connection with the $780, 600 bond
syndicate. formed for the purpose OF keep
ing the government gold reserve from
fading away 10 nothing. is OF sucn recent
date that IL scarcely needs mention. Du-
ring the administration OF RUTHERFORD IS
Hayes he formed the syndicate which ois-
posed Of the s20O,0o0.OOo bond Issue, en-
abling the government to resume specie
payment.
HIS MANY CHARITIES.
There is another side to this man who
handles millions like the ordinary mortar
handles dimes. This Is his broad cnari,y'
How much he gives year VIII never DC
known. lie always enforces the stricles.
secrecy upon the few who may kho" Vi
a gift Whenever public fund is START
ed for any laudable charity, his doha,
tons usually ranks away beyond an
others some one gave 600 toward the
building fund of the Cathedral OF 81.
John the Divine. now in progress OF
construction in the upper END OF the
city. Those who claim to know say
that Mr.. Morgan was the giver.
Bishop Henry c. Potter Is better ac-
oua,nted with the charitable gifts or MI.
Morgan than any one else but ne 10
man who can never be induced 10 'aih
when ne has been cautioned to keep ST.
lent IL has been said that Mr. Morgan
gives a million a year in charity. Cor
neIius Vanderbilt, who is generally sup
nosod 10 be the most liberal man in the
CITY. does not give this amount.
HIS ONE FAD.
rbere "a only one fad that Mr.. Nor
gan has, and that Is the raising OF col
lies. At Cragston on the HUDSON MS
country seat, he has fine kennels IN
habited solely by his favorite variety OF
dogs Some years ago he had NUMBER
~ fine mastiffs. but these he discarded
so that he could devote his attention 70
nerfecting the breed Of collies. Even IN
his hobbies, concentration, his great iorte'
IL brought into play.
THE KENNELS.
The kennel is substantaily-pullt
structure. surrounded by thick wocd'
affording shelter both from TIE northers
ubicb sweep down the valley in win
Ter and from the excessive summers heat,
60 irving to heaylly-coated COLES. Inc
,,Jeyy of the kennels ia taken from the
south and shows a main centre pullulhs
with wings. The lower hoor is ehtrely
devoted 10 dogs, the wings being each
subdIvIded into commodious rooms or
kennels. each OF which connects with a
separate exercise yard. brick wall TO
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08


about 5000 mothers and chlld,sn
days excursion to some nearby r,,.'s
HOW CHILDREN ARE sELEcrrn
Great care Is taken in the ssl,e,,,-.
the children. The officials OF h,.,l..N
missions. dlspensaries. n1rser.es ,.~
trial schools recommend most a ,A-..''
officers OF the fund. In this Va
need!cst and most forlora are bs-se.ut.s
They are distributed In many de
sections. Little difficulty is en,,r-,'1s
when arrangements are being MAJ. -
I'm the season for the housing ~ ~. ~
dren. A local committee OF chufc,r,. az
each small village makes a cany1.,-. ~, -
country folk. and has no trouble !, '-'
Ing quarters at nominal rates Tor tb, -
charges. Some families have taken 80
readily year after year.
Before a child IS accepted f0r a, o....-
II il carefully examined by A rFvs'.,-s
Great care II taken against the er,s,., i,
a contagious disease. and IL a CHA ~
evidence OK any Infection f. Is NJ.
cepted, or II it lives in a house ~,
there has been any infection of -,
date Il Is left behind. This Is r.s..,,-'
for the safety Of the other chlllfs, ~
for the country folk shelter .ng thar,
one OF the most abiy-managel rt,,.,t..
OF this particular kind. ana one which 80
saved the lives Of hundreds " v8,,--'
sters. IL tbs Summer Home. located !,
Bath Beach. John Jacob Astor. W.',-,
Waldorf Aston. J. Hooker Hammers,-,
Mrs. Benjamin HuXton. and many p-.-,i.
nent society people are its main s..-,,,.
Andres b. Stone founded the home s.r.,
years ago. and had no trouble ln erns,.r.
the sympathies and financial aI az W.
Yorks gilded set. The buildings lre.rs.
separate cottages erected hy o., tvs
Astors, and a third erected by Mrs. H.r.
ton.
POVERTY A RECOMMENDATION
Mothers and young children are Ia,
there week ana sometimes l,rrs,
Nearly seven thousand women ana GA.
dren will have spent a happy time ,bs-.
when the season closes. The only 10.
commentator required "a absolu., rrv.
erty and want. This recommer la,..,
counts Tor little with the rest q ft'
world, but Is an open sesame here
Many Of the children taken "a ,b.s,
outings make their fret bow O. r,,r-,
on going 20 the country. and aye ,s,s-.
ished at what they see. The wonder b,
the country child on IT'S first yls.t t,s
large city Is nothing COMPARED with th.
eject Of the fine air aud unlimited scae,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-08
A VAST ARMY CARED FOR.

To rescue some portion OF this vast
army. and give a dash OF paradise 20 Us
cup of misery, has been the WORK ior
some years OF n whole brigade OF mn
lonaires. Upwards of 10000 Of puny niue
boys and girls and babies, and worn
out despairing mothers. are gwen an
outing I'm the country. IL may ohly ~
for a day or two or fortnight q. 'n0
most. but the changes from Vitated ar
hiietering pavements, filth and sunering'
10 the cool, green fields OF the country
wholesome food, cleanliness, and happi-
ness. saves scores OF tiny lives.
There are upwards OF fifty charities, or
ganized particularly 70 delye into tho
well of suffering OF the tenements' seek
ont the most needy, and transport them
10 the country. Many OF these charltleS
have a speciality. one looks out FOR the
very Young babies and the halt-slck
mothers. Another takes care or the GRIP
pies. Working girls are given rest py ii
third. Some Of the organizations give
whole families a days outing TO near
bv point. These charities cover WHO
field. and are universally wen nlahaseu,
as each one is earnestly looked atter Dy
a few individuals who are its main sup
port. ..,, ,,,,,r, 1rOpv
II IS only eighteen years ago that the
arst venture OF the kind was made, ana
the honor belongs TO a Pennsylvania MN
ister Willard Parsons. OF the little village
Of sherman, Of managing it, In the sum
yner OF 1871 he made a visit TO New YORK
and n tour OF the meanest tenements nor
idol him. He determined TO DO what no
co,Id and, gathering ten OF the pool -.
80 sicIxest children he could nnd, took
them back with him to his Pennsylvania
hn r There he explained the condition OF
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a
be more than compensated for, but the
chances OF his appearing there are re-
mote.
Harry Maddox. the pride OF Asouly
Park, is now in frst-class trim: al,e,
riding indifferently during July and carry
August. and will probably take ,he
measure OF any OF the cracks In the as
tances around ten miles. Tom Coopsi'
the Detroit wonder. is also rounding INTO
splendid shape. and he can now be fair-
" ranked in the very first flight Cooper
is prepared to do great things at Spring
field.
Owing 10 the Widespread OF the spol''
the meet is bound 10 unearth many here-
tofore unheard-of riders. Men VINO never
rode a wheel before last spring are
now permeated with the racing-iever,
and out of the vast number or theih 49,
is bound to be some good ones. MANY
of these will make their initial DOW IN
the lesser events. and a few VIII RANK
with the cracks OF 1856.