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The herald., 1895-03-10
ADOPTED SINISTER METHODS
Lawyer Bostwick OF Seattle Gets Into
Serious Trouble
Tempered With the Complaint in Case and
Prosecution Is to FoIIow-known
in Omaha

Seattle, Wash, March 9.-Harrison Bost-
wick, a leading attorney, is under charges
of tampering with legal papers in case
in which he was engaged and commit
tee of the King County Bar Association
has been appointed to investigate. It is
charged that he took the complaint in a
lien case from the Clerks offices and in
serted page right under Judge Langtry's
nose. Bostwick was formerly chairman of
the Republican State Committee of Ne
braska and came here several years ago.
Omaha, Neb., March 9.-Harrison Bost-
wick was prominent several years ago in
Nebraska politics. He was believed to be
honest in business matters until about
five months ago. when the City National
Bank of Hastings went to the wall. Then
there was a sudden change in Bostwick' 5
reputation for honesty, and this change
was so marked and so emphatic that the
"boss" concluded it was best for him to
leave the country between two days. His
flight caused great sensation at the time
and it was limited that if he had
stayed in the country there would
have been violence by the angry depos-
itors of the broken bank. In due time
Bostwick was located and brought back to
Nebraska after being indicted for violation
of the United States banking laws. But
the case never came to trial An agree
ment was entered into whereby Bostwick
agreed to plead guilty to one of the in
dictments against him. and upon his do
ing so ne was fined ana the other indict-
ments quashed. Bostwick then left the
country and located in Seattle.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Puget Sound Boasts of a Lovely
Sailor Girl
WENT BEFORE THE MAST
Career of a Young Woman Who Was on
the Monterey
Told the Officers That She Was Daisy Kid
and No One Discovered Her Sex
Till After She Shipped

Seattle, Wash, March 9.-Puget Sound
can boast not only of many gallant sailor
boys but of one sailor girl. She is not
content with sailing on mere merchant
ship but served seven weeks on the
United States coast defense vessel Mon
terey. She also claims she has been on
other ships but it is not believed this is
true. She claims to have served on the
Monterey in the guise of boy as plum b.
er's apprentice, and her story is borne
out by the stories of several sailors.
The girl who has this unique career
bore several names and has had many
vicisstudes, though still young. She was
oorn at st. Cloud, MINI. about fifteen
years ago and was named Ida May
Townsend. Her father died when she
was but years old, and she was adopted
by couple named Blunt. Six years ago
the Blunt family moved to Whatcom, and
last May the girl married a brickmason
named Love. But she had always had a
passion for the sea, ana left her husband,
and donning the clothes of an apprentice,
went on board the Monterey, only three
officers and three or four seamen knowing
her secret. The girl is now living at
Leavenworth, Wash, where reporter
located her a few days ago. She said
that last August she left Whatcom and
went to Port Angeles. Said she:
81 presented myself to the officer of the
deck and told him that would like to
ship. He asked me what kind of a boy l
would make. l told him 1 was daisy
not one of those kind that grow in the
-, -oI I,,t Lo hut
a regular marguerite, like the kind that
comes from the dollhouse. That settled
it, and taking me below he told the man
on watch to call Callahan. Callahan soon
returned with suit. The officer told me
to try it on and showed me little room
where L could change. You ought to
have seen him when | came out. He said
''Why, you do make a fine boy; go to
the surgeon and be examined
II received an examination and was
soon given my rating. / was rated as an
apprentice and put on the starboard
watch.
''Now only three officers knew | was a
girl. All the rest thought l was pretty
husky kid.
I'VE left Port Angeles for Portland. l
was noI Oh long enough " se1 ilpsi'y al
Portland. We stayed there week or so,
and from there we went to San Francisco. ]"
She also claims she was on the Mohican
and the Independence, but her story is
only verified in so far as her trip on the
Monterey is concerned. Billy Fiske, a
sailor on the Mohican, said that three
weeks ago, when the Mohican and the
Monterey were both at Port Angeles, Billy
Root, the plumber on the latter vesse
told him about the girl Fiske related the
story practically as told by the girl and
said he put her ashore because he was
afraid she would be discovered.
The herald., 1895-03-10
4 MOTHER USES POISON
Double Child Murder Committed in a
Texas Town
The Little Ones Were in the Way and the
nother Gave Them Large Doses
of Morphine

Paris Texas, March "a shocking
double child murder was committed three
miles southwest of Roxto, fifteen miles
southwest of here.
Last night Mrs. Mollie Caruthers, the
wife of william Caruthers, a respectable
we'll to-do farmer, went up to her room
and gave her three children large quanti-
ties of morphine. Physicians were
summoned, but could do nothing for the
Youngest, one eleven and the other four
years old, and at A o clock both were dead.
The oldest, girl of fourteen, is now out
of danger.
An investigation was begun and in a
few hours Mrs. Caruthers and Jim Strange
were arrested. They were brought here
and lodged in Jail. After her arrest Mrs.
Caruthers admitted that she had given
the children morphine for the purpose
of killing them. She said it was done
to get them out of trouble and said she in
tended to follow. 1t was learned later
however that the woman and Strange hao
planned to destroy the children and Their
leave the country.
The herald., 1895-03-10
Banker Leonard, of San Jose,
Must Serve the State
STOLE FROM DEPOSITORS
Closing Chapter of Big Case OF
Bank Wrecking
The Supreme, Court Reviews the Case Of q
SwindIer, and Affrms the Verdict
of the Jury

San Francisco, March Oh. M. Leon
ard, the San Jose banker, will have to go
TO the pe,nitentiary for three years. The
Supreme Court has just affirmed the. iudg-
ment which convicted HIM of embezzle-
ment.
Leonard was indicted by the grand jury
for appropr iating $s3s4. II in the financial
Juggling that led to the wreck of the Bank
of Santa Clara. The evidence against the
defendant was strong and conclusive, and
the jury convicted him without hes
itation. Leonard aimed to wriggle out
of the net by finding some technical flaw in
the proceedings of the trial. He there
fore appealed to the Supreme Court on a
number of technical points; the instruc-
lions of the Judge when he charged the
i1ry, whether or not he was the actual
manager of the concern that the judge ex-
pressed an opinion on the facts in the
case and that he,, Leonard, did not order
the false entries made in the banks books.
The court swept away the minor obJec-
tions with the ruling. The several OBJ
jectiohs to the evidence need not be men
toned in detail as they involve no error
calling for a reversal.
"Fhe theory of Leonard, reads the de
cision, land of the Court seems to have
been that as the bank was not legally or
gained, its records showing the election
of officers, adoption of bylaws, etc., were
not admissible. 1t therefore became
necessary for the prosecution to show by
oral testimony who were in fact the act
ing officers of the corporation, etc.
The evidence was sufficient to support
the verdict, and the only other question
calling for special mention is that pre-
scented by the motion to set aside the in
dictment.
The court, after proper examination,
found that the grand jury had been regu-
larly impaneled and had brought in the
Indictment against Leonard in regular
form. In summing up, the court said !:
1T must suffice to say that careful
examination of each of the points
named failed to convince us OF any error
The serious errors committed by the court
below were in favor of Leonard and need
not be further noticed"
Leonard will now be taken to the peni-
Tertiary to serve his sentence.
The herald., 1895-03-10
OTHERS BESIDES TAYLOR
New Facts in the DefaIcation of State
Treasurer
Result of the Investigation Of q Legislati We
Communicable Total Amount Stolen
Was $344,o7o

Sioux City, Ia, March 9.-The Jour-
nails Pierre, S. D., special says:
The legislative committee investigating
the Taylor defalcation made its report
Just before adjournment. Proceedings
were in secret, and the report is now
made public for the first time. The COM
mittee declares from the evidence before it
that it is shown conspiracy existed be
tween certa sureties of Taylor and the
defaulter to "hold up'' the state and COM
pei a settlement.
1t SAYS: ''We do not find that there
was any collision among the sureties or
any other persons with him to defraud
the state prior to the time when it be-
came apparent to John I. McChesney, OF
New York, one of the bondsmen, that
TAYLOR would not be able to make his
settlement with the state But we do find
evidence strongly tending to show that
the latter part of December, 1894, and
after McChesney discovered that Taylor
could not raise money enough to make
his settlement, together with Taylor, ID.
X. Tenny and G. H Wells and G. L. Nc
Coy, acting as agent at Pierre, entered
into scheme to gather up all the funds
held by Taylor amounting to over sou, OO0
and the real and personal property owned
| by Taylor, wherever located, and place
| the same beyond the reach of the state
| for the purpose of compelling the state to
| agree not to prosecute Taylor criminally
| or in other words, to compound felony
on condition that property and money to
| the amount of 100000 should be de-
livered up and paid over to the state, thus
relieving the sureties by paying thelI
| liabilities with the funds stolen from the
| state. The evidence showed they had at
tempted to carry out the scheme with
| fraudulent intent to defraud the state.
Tenny and Wells are the Chicago
lawyers OF Taylor and McChesney. The
| committee finds that the total amount
stolen by Taylor was $344. O7O. AS tt
where the money, went the evidence
shows, among other things that NJ
amounting to $29, 900 and that he loaned
| Judge Kellam $4,000 nd purcha sed ne
gotiable note for $4,000 given by United
States Snator Pettigrew, which was repaid
to G. T. Mccoy, Taylor's agent on o.
about January, 1895. J.,
''We further find that during the month
of DECEMBER last he transferred IRON
fifteen banks, where he deposited puDn'
funds, about $50 5000 to himself and 10
his benefit to New York and Chicago
that he appropriated to his own USE PRO
to Decemb Der, last, $l45 900.
1.-THE evidence shows no COLLISION OF
the part of any state officer with the de
fanlting Treasurer. There is, however
testimony showing great negligence e
say the least, on the part OF Thomas II
Ruth, ex-commissioner OF schools AM
public lands
The report states that action to recove
has been begun in thirty different coun
ties, and that services have been had o.
all the different defendants in the case
that suits have also been institutes
against McChesney in New York an
William Taylor, father OF the defaulter, !
Indiana.
The herald., 1895-03-10
State Senate

Sacramento, Cal, March 9.-The coun-
ty government bill was under discus
sion during the afternoon and even
ing. 1t was amended by MCGOWAN OF
Humboldt so that counties may by ordi-
nance provide for organization of districts
for the prevention of overflow water from
streams and rivers and levy taxes for sup
port.
By Gesford of Napa, compelling tex col
lectors to make payments to the treasurer
at the end of each month, or oftener.
Proposed amendment by Denison of AL
amcda, providing that supervisors should
legitimate business, except by majority
vote OF all the electors of the county, pro-
voked long debate and was defeated.
resolution was adopted to adjourn
sine die next Thursday.
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Placed on the Urgency File OF
the Senate
BILLS CONSTITUTIONALITY
Senator Mathews Right to the Front
for the Measure
Much for Southern California.
Some Very Quick Work

Sacramento, March 9.-The Salt Lake
bill has passed the Senate by the hand
some vote of % yeas to IL nays, When
the evening session was called, shortly
after 80 O'Clock, Senator Mathews called
+ up the bill, which he had placed on the
ia 'gency file and for which he has prac-
tica lily sacrificed his own bill, it was taken
nm a. nd read. Only Senator Smith OPP
posed it, for the reason, as he stated
that il was unconstitutional and
that his people would oppose it. Senator
Mathews replied to that by saying he
did not think it was unconstitutonaI
that. the people of his district wanted
il and that it affected only them. Ii the
neonle of Humboldt or Kern counties did
not want to bond their counties that
was their priyileSe, and he did not wish
thew should do so. But the people of his
county did want to issue bonds and build
This railroad, and he asked that they be
given the right to do as they pleased.
While Senator Mathews was talking the
Senators opposed to the bill were hurry
ing around trying to secure votes against
il. The roll was called and the following
Senators voted aye: Androus, Bert, Big
CIV. Burke Dennison, Earl, Faym, Flint
Ford. Frank, Gesford, Gleaves, Holloway,
Under, Martin, Mathews, McAllister,
Pedlar, Seawall, Simpson, VOORHEES,,
Whitehurst. Ayes p.
The following Senators voted no: Arms
Beard, Dunn, Hoyt, Hart, Mahoney,
Mitchell, Seymour, Shine, Smith and
Toner. Noes II.
Before the vote was announced Senator
Hart of Sacramento changed his vote to
ave, making the vote ayes %, noes IL.
He will move to reconsider Monday. Sem
ator Mathews asked Senator Hart not to
move a reconsideration, but the Senator
said his people were opposed to the bill.
Messrs Marble and Longley are delighted
with their success, which, thanks to Sen
ator Mathews, has been phenomenal, Tor
the Salt Lake bill was introduced in the
Senate after the time for introducing bills
had expired and it has been passed in less
than a week. Senator Harris motion de-
laws the bill in the Senate until Tuesday.
1t will pass Monday and be sent to the
Assembly, and there will take its place on
the Senate file on the Assembly calen-
dar. 1t is said the Southern Pacific will
fight the measure and DO all it can to de-
feat it, and the vote tonight rather looks
as if that were true.
The herald., 1895-03-10
Cancer Caused Death

Middletown, n. Y, March. Samuel
P. Hill, late of Sydney, defendant in the
celebrated Peaslee-Hill murder case, was
buried last night. Cancer was the direct
cause of his death. Hill in 1888 killed
Robert Peaslee in Sydney. Peaslee al
legged that Hill had uttered slanderous re-
marks about his mother. He jumped in
to Hills wagon while the latter was driv-
ing and grabbed him by the throat. Hill
drew revolver and shot Peaslee, killing
him instantly. Hill was twice tried in
Delhi, and convicted of manslaughter
both times. He never served his sent
ence. After long litigation, in which the
case went no less than three times to the
Court of Appeals, the attempts to convict
him were finally abandoned. Hill was 6s
years of age. He was born in Roxbury,
of Jay Gould.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Katherine Grey has made marked sue
cess on her tour through the South in
Richard Mansfield s company. The Mem
phis Commercial Appeal says: Miss
Grey as Louka, in Arms and the Man, is
full of fire, yet shows the moderation of
finished actress, who avoids the danger
of OVERRIDING. In the hands of less care
full actress the part would suffer much, for
there is in it much temptation to extrav-
agance" The Louisville Courier prints
THE Louka of Miss Grey is one of the
most picturesque and well-coIored char
acterizations recently seen. The sullen,
low-born beauty ambitious and passion
ate is finely depicted in every detail and
warrants prediction that might seem ex-
travagant for the future OF this young
actress, -
The herald., 1895-03-10
Poster of the Dead

Cincinnati March 9.-Although the
morning papers place the death list of the
Longfellow disaster at twelve, there is only
certainly six, namely-Clerk J. l.. Carter;
passengers, David Aldridge, Rome, n: Y,
and Mr.. and Mrs ull, Dayton, Ohio; Bar
tender August Shauval, Porter Jamesf Mil
Ter. Two given in the list of twelve, Mrs.
Dr.. Mary Anderson and her patient, Miss
harrington. of jamestown, n. Y, expect
to resume their journey to New Orleans
on the Buckeye State this evening.
The herald., 1895-03-10

salina, Kan, March 9--The Right Rev.
Elisha Smith Thomas, STD, Protes-
tant Episcopal Bishop OF Kansas, died to-
night. He was born March ,, 1884. He
graduated from \ ale in 1858, and at
Berkeley divinity school, Middleton, in
1861. At Yale he was Il classmate of
Chauncey NJ. Depew. He was ordained
deacon i'll June, 1851, and priest soon aft
erward. On the death of Bishop Vail in
1889 he became Bishop of Kansas
Milwaukee, March "a. II. Carpenter,
the retired general passenger and ticket
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad, died ut II 40 tonight.
Frankfurt, March 8. Leopold Won
Ricter Sacher Mascih, the novelist, is
dead He was born at Lemburg Austrian
Poland, January u, 1886. He published
in 1851 his historical account OF the in
strrection III Client, under Charles v.
Ills series OF novels entitled Gains In
hpritance was translated into most OF the
European languages. After that he wrote
- number OF interesting works. 5achel
Maseh was special tavorite with the
igcpch. Tie French Republic i'll 1855
Conferred upon him the cross OF the
Legion OF Honor
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parkhurst to Reform st. Louis

st. Louis, March 9.-Rev. DR.. Park
hurst OF New York is coming to st. Louis
for the purpose, it is announced, of en-
gaging in the work of Sunday reform in
conjunction with Sam Jones and the To-
cal clergy. Attorneys have been retained
to prosecute all violators of the statutes
and ordinances and the plans are COM
plete for an active campaign against SIN.
The herald., 1895-03-10
AN UNKNOWN WILL LEFT
Testament Left by the Late Millionaire
James g. Fair
This Will Interfere With Charley Fairs
Fondest Hopes, and Trouble is in
Store With Courts

San Francisco, March 9.-"James G.
Fair made will which no person con-
nected with his estate has ever SEEM"
Such was the startling statement made
Yesterday bv one of the executors of the
dead Senator's estate. The executors OF
Senator Fair and the heirs interested in
maintaining the will on file at present oc-
cupy position of great advantage. They
have in their possession or under their
control the other wills of Senator Fair, I'M
less, perhaps, the one will referred to in
the startling speech of an executor Yes
terday.
Charlie Fair now occupies such posi-
ton that he scarcely knows which way to
turn. He has before him only the one
will, to which he objects and which he
wishes to set aside. Beyond that, every
thing so far as he is able to see, is the
dark. The executors say that if he sue
ceeds in setting aside one will they will
file another, namely, the will coming
next in order to the date OF the one on
file. Perhaps this can be done, say the
lawyers, and perhaps it cannot. Charlie
Fair and his attorneys fear that it may be
done. To act intelligently they must
know the contents Of the wills OF Senator
Fair other than the one which they pro-
pose to attack. That important knowledge
they do not possess, and in that TACT lies
| one weak point in their case.
| AS to the contents of the wills in pos
session of the executors. something is
| known. There was wel.founded story,
when Senator Fair died, of Photographic
! will, by which he had made equal di-
vision of his estate among his three chill
! dren, free from any trust, such as that
created by the will on file, to which both
| Charlie Fair and his two sisters so seri-
The herald., 1895-03-10

Santa Cruz, March 9.--The Board OF
Supervisors today decided to rebuild,
on the same site, the court house which
was destroyed by fire last year, the cost
not to exceed $4,000.
The herald., 1895-03-10

False teeth for horses which were sug-
gested by the president of the French
humane society few years ago. have
actually been invented and are coming
into general use in Europe.
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And Still M Choice

Dover, Del. March Gone ballot was
taken for United States Senator today
Higgins, 6; Addicks, 8; Massey, 3; VOL
oott, 6; Tunnel, 3.
The herald., 1895-03-10

The Legislature at Raleigh, N. c., has
passed a bill which will drive railroad
ticket scalpers out OF the business in
that state.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Guns are said to have been used by the
Chinese before the beginning of the Chris
tian era. The Oldest dated piece OF dated
European artillery bears an inscription
declaring that the gun was cast in 1903.
The herald., 1895-03-10

The Alabama Legislature has recently
passed two unusual acts. One makes the
birthday of Jefferson Davis and Robert E..
Lee legal holidays, and the other adopts
state flag, crimson st. Andrews cross
on field of white.
The herald., 1895-03-10

In several European countries butter is
sold by the yard. The rolls are yard in
length, and are sold in sections to suit
purchasers.
The herald., 1895-03-10

The people of Great Britain consume
less tobacco per head than those of any
other civilized country, only twenty-three
ounces to the inhabitant.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Bread as daily food is used by only
about one-third of the 1900, 600, COD that !
constitute the present population OF thsf
earth.
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The estate OF Edwin Booth, by careful
management on the part of the executors,
has been considerably increased, and now
stands inventoried at 1878, 623.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Tagleigh girl dresses out of sight,
doesn't She?
Wagleigh-Of course she does. Where
would you have her dress?
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pernvian INSURGENTS, Lost Cause

Buenos Ayres, March "a special from
Lima says the position OF the Peruvian
insurgents is hopeless.
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For Over Fifty Years

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for children teething. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind
collie and is the best remedy for Diarrhea.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
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intense itching had as good . doctor a. was
in Philadelphia, but he failed to relieve him.
read of the CUTIcuRA REMEDIES, and at once
purchased them. Strange to say, that csry night
that on he improved and soon tods entirely cured,
would like anyone suffering from this terrible
disease to see my boy now; his complexion is as
clear and smooth as can be. This is an unso-
licited testimonial, and every word is true. !
thank God for my childs recovery, and thank
the manufacturer of CUTICURA.
MRS. e. 3. GAMBLE,
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rhe medura is true sea water Jelly
w.licb, wnen abandoned by the waves on
Thy oeach lneI.S .sAd disappears.
The herald., 1895-03-10

The Siamese have great horror OF odd
numbers, and were never known to put 5,
Z, 8, or II windows in a house or temnle
The herald., 1895-03-10

The total weight of diamonds exported
from South Africa down to the end of
lS92 was 900 karats, or something over
ten tons. The value of this mass of gems
would amount to about $3.50, 600, 900.
The herald., 1895-03-10
CuTICuRA WORKS WONDERS

And have effected the most wonderful cures Of
torturing and disfguripg skin and scalp diseases
of infants and children ever recorded. They
afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and
point to a speedy cure when the best physicians,
hospitals, and all other methods fail.
The herald., 1895-03-10

60c: soar, 25c. REsoLvENT, 81. POTTER DRUa
AND CHEM. Corr, Sole Proprietors, Boston.
A4-"How to Cure Skin Diseases" mailed free.
The herald., 1895-03-10

Uncle Sam has IS, 4Oa postoffices.
The herald., 1895-03-10

A. A. Eckstrom has removed to 324 South
Spring street with his stock OF wall paper,
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London has so, 600 women clerks.
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II spread and itched 30 the poor
little fellow had no peace night
or day. Then it started on the
other cheek and chin, until all
were raw as q piece Of beef
steak, like a burn where you
would rub off the skin, and
bloody water oozed out con-
stantly. His sufferings were
terrible. ! tied his hands that
he would not scratch, then he
would rub his poor little cheeks
~, h;o sbo,lldara ~ ra1iaua thu
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Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.