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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-13
A PIANO SUIT IN HARTFORD.

Hartford, Nov. 12.-The suit of
Charles H. Cook of this city against
the M. Steinert & Sons company of
New Haven was tried before Judge
Calhoun and jury in the court of
common pleas yesterday. In 1890 the
plaintiff, who at that time lived in New
Haven bought a piano of the defend
ant company for $2S5. He paid $S5
down and signed an agreement to pay
the balance in monthly installments OF
SO. He continued to make the monthly
payments until 1925 had been paid, and
then, owing to adverse circumstances,
his payments became irregular. He
paid $40 at later times, which made
$245 he paid upon the piano. In 1892
the defendant company took the piano
from him, while he was living at
South Coventry.
The plaintiff then brought suit to re-
cover the money he had paid. 1t was
claimed in the trial that the defendant
company had waived the clause in the
contract giving it the right to take the
piano on the failure of the plaintiff to
make his payments promptly. The
plaintiff also claimed that when the
agents of the company went to his
home to take the piano he offered to
pay the balance of $40 due, but the
agents refused to accept it. The de-
PENDANT denied the claims Of the plain
tiff. The case was given to the jury at
3:15 o'clock. At $50 it reported YER
dict for the plaintiff to recover $3.50
damages with costs Joseph L. Bar
bour appeared for the plaintiff, and
William G. Case of this city and Sieg-
wart Spier of New Haven for the de-
PENDANTS
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-13
SPAIN AND UNCLE SAM.

Senator Sherman's Views-No Trouble
Apprehended.
Senator sherman, who is still in New
York, said to-day, in speaking of the
reports from Washington about posi-
BILE hostilities with Spain: Il don't look
for any trouble with Spain. Mr.. Cleve-
land seems to be following the right
policy, that of maintaining neutrality
with all the friendly powers"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-13
Excitement in Clothing CircIes |
We could not forsee the excitement in Trade and Retail
Circles caused by


Startled competitors protesting Eager customers were
waiting for the opening of Great Sale aud such hustng
and busting statesmen accomplished surpassed all our
expectations These days. This not the hour
for tring-not the for experiments Measures must
be drastic The policy adopted for Salvage Clothing Sale
well considered 1t earnest drastic and horoughgong
and will be carried announced Every promise will be
fafed Fifty miles is far travel for the advan-
tages will offer Compared With this great clothing sale
all other clothing sensations sink into nsignihcance
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-13
DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND WEBS
Married to Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, M.
P. in London.

London, Nov 12--The marriage of
the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland to
Sir Albert Kaye Rollit NJ P, took
place to-day in st. Georges church,
Hanover square. The service was full
choral and the church was magnifi-
Gently decorated for the occasion. The
services We're conducted by the Rev.
Arthur Mitchell. a brother of the bride.
assisted by the Rev. A. b. Carpenter, a
brother of the Bishop of Ripon, and the
Rev. DR.. Anderson, rector of ST.
Georges church.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-13
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.

Judge Cleaveland's Campaign Contrib
utions in Detail-Other Candidates
Expenses.
Judge cleveland of the New Haven
probate court, who has just been re-
elected, filed with the town clerk yes
terday afternoon his account of his
election expenses.
In his preliminary statement he re-
marks that the law requiring candi-
dates to file list of their campaign
expenses singularly omits to impose
this duty upon candidates for judge of
probate Nevertheless. desiring to obey
the spirit of the law, which he believes
to be based upon sound public policy,
he has constituted himself his own po-
litical agent by certificate filed with the
town clerk of New Haven.
His contributions to republican party
organizations were:
New Haven republican town commit
tee, $500; and to the republican town
committees of North Haven, East Ha-
ven, Woodbridge, Seymour, Hamden
and Orange, $25 each; sundry republi-
can campaign clubs, $50. Total, 500.
Beside these his personal campaign
expenses were $52913. These were:
Pastors and printing and adj
4s.t ,,t,sr
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15

sought to be commenced six months ago,
but the opposition of Thomas Brown of
the California Bank, who owns property
on that street, prevented the work at that
time, under the impression that the pro-
posed street work was the scheme of some
contractors. But since then the benefits
to be derived by the proposed work had
been pointed out to him and he now IA
vors the improvement, as it will be the
means of opening up new line of travel
from the business center of the City to
that portion of San Francisco lying north
of Montgomery avenue and Pacific street
to the Presidio, known as Pacific Heights.
Through the effort OF the Van Ness
avenue Improvement Club seven blocks
on that boulevard are now being laid with
bitumen, reaching as far north as Bay
street.
Lombard street, which is fourteen blocks
on direct line from Van Ness avenue to
the Preside, will be favorite drive when
brought into line by the contem plated i'm
provement.
This proposed boulevard will give direct
access to the principal hotels, and when
strangers are visiting San Francisco they
will have a pleasant drive through the
Presidio to First avenue, and then to Col
den Gate Park, returning home by way of
Golden Gate avenue, thus making circuit
of the city without the Inconvenience OF
being rocked half to death by driving over
rough cobbles.
Getting Bay street into line will be very
easy, as nothing more difficult than the
removal of sand lies in the way.
1t is the wish of Edward Holland OF the
Commercial Hotel, DR.. III. Morton and A.
Jacobs, who are leading in the movement,
to have the present Board of Supervisors
order the necessary work done efore 1T
retires from office.
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of reopening the litigation was decidedly
offensive to the attorneys for the present
possessors of the Blythe estate and yes
terday w. H. H. Hart filed in the United
States Circuit Court a plea to have the
amended complaint of John w. and Henry
T. Blythe dismissed. In the plea the at
torney reviews the case from beginning to
end and dwells with particular emphasis
upon the decree and Judgment and the
final order for distribution by the State
courts, and in conclusion says:
All of which matters and things these de-
PENDANTS aver to be true, and they plead the
same TO the amended bill of complaint herein
of said plaintiffs and in bar thereof; and
these defendants pray the judgment of this
honorable court whether they ought to be CON-
PEELED to make any answer to said amended
bill of complaint and humbly pray that plain
tiff's bill of complaint be dismissed and that
these defendants be hence dismissed with
their reasonable costs in this behalf most
wrongfully sustained.
Should the Judge of the United States
Circuit Court decide 10 grant the prayer
of the petitioners and dismiss tn other
suit the case will be settled forever.
Should he, however, decline to grant their
prayer the case may be reopened and
tried again from beginning to the end.
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PROPOSE D NORTH
SIDE BOULEVARD
The Old Section of the
City Claims Timely
Recognition.
Montgomery Avenue to Have
an Outlet Toward the
Beach.
The Two Avenues Will Be Brought
Into Direct Connection One
With the Other.

The spirit of improvement is spreading,
and sections of the City that for years
have lain dormant are beginning to feel
the march of progress and to stir them
selves, so they may join before the process
sion has passed them.
Montgomery avenue is the latest to start
in the direction OF lights overhead and
good pavement beneath. Montgomery
avenue is the great artery that connects
the old time business section with the old
time residence section at North Beach, and
for years the quarter that it passes through
has stood still, while progress went to
the south and west. Now. however, the
property have determined to make
the historic old street boulevard, an at
tractive way to the northern and north
eastern portions of the City, and not allow
it TO remain the sleepy thoroughtare 1T has
been since the early days.
The plan at present is to lead the prog
ress of light and good pavement from
Kearny street into Montgomery avenue,
out the avenue to Bay street, and along
Bay street to where it reaches Van Ness
avenue. When the big demonstration OF
the Kearny- street property-owners takes
place next Saturday night the Montgom-
ery-avenue people will join. One will cele-
brate work nearly finished, the other will
celebrate work about to be commenced.
1t is the intention to have arc lights put
in as far as Vallejo street as start and
out at the northern end. The blocks on
Bay street that separate Montgomery ave-
nue. from Van Ness avenue will be graded
and well paved.
This much-desired improvement was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
CLAIMED THE HOUSE.
Livermore School-Teacher Again
Charged With insanity.

Livermore Schooi-Teacher Again
Charged With insanity.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 14.-Miss Mary
Jane Colehan of Livermore will be exam
ined as to her sanity before Judge Frick
tomorrow at 10: 80 o'clock. The charge is
preferred by Mr.. Ross OF the Wilson
House, who says she suddenly claimed to
own the house and attempted to take pos
session without consulting him.
T he young woman was arrested along
with her sister, Miss Catherine, August
IA, 1895, on complaint of their brother
They were school-teachers residing in
Livermore and declared that their brother
was making an attempt to get rid of them
30 that he could secure all of the property
left by their father. The case excited con-
siderable comment at the time and Mary
demanded jury.
Judge Greene granted the request and
the inquiry occupied several days. She
was set free. Her sister, however, was
committed to the Agnews Asylum after
an inquiry held before Judge Greene.
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MRS, BAKERS SUIT.
Her Application for a sew Trial Denied
by Judge Hunt.

Her Application for Sew Trial Denied
by Judge Hunt.
Judge Hunt handed down decision
yesterday denying the application for a
new trial in the case of Mrs. Susie Baker
against the Board of Education of San
Francisco.
Mrs. Baker was teacher in the Croker
Grammar School for some time, and in
1893 was dismissed from her position,
whereupon she sued for S1051 and asked
for mandate of court requiring the Board
of Education to relnstate her in her place
as teacher.
On the trial Judge Hunt found the facts
to be that Mrs. Baker was elected as a pro-
stationary teacher for the term OF six
months, and that at the end of said term
she was not dismissed, but was allowed to
continue teaching until December ii,
1884, when she was dismissed by the
board.
The position taken by the plaintiff, that
when she was permitted to teach after the
period of her probation had expired
she was thereby made regular teacher in
the School Department, was negatiyed,
the court declaring that the plaintiff was
never elected as regular teacher, and
therefore might be dismissed at will with
out trial.
Judgment was therefore given against
Mrs. Baker and she was ordered to pay the
costs Of court
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15

A Meeting to Take Preliminary
Steps Was Held Here
Yesterday.
Mayor Sutro Says the Battle Must Be
Determined 0ne-Commit.
tees Appointed.

The committee of fifty, which has in
charge the fight against the funding bill
which G. P. Huntington is understood to
be pushing at Washington with all his en-
ergy, decided yesterday to send repre-
sentative to the National capital to make
a personal battle against the measure.
The committee met in Mayor Sutro's
Office at the City Hall, the following men,
bers being present: George K. Fitch, Jo-
seph Leggett, J. D. Phelan, H. E. High
ton, George w. Monteith. William Coward,
Max Pepper, ]. Taylor Rogers and James
II. Barry.
Charles NJ. shortridge, William M.
Bunker, Frank Sullivan, j. G. Jordan and
l. ]. Truman sent letters expressing their
regrets at being unable to attend.
Mayor Sutro spoke at length on the ne
cessity of making an immediate and de-
termined fight against the passage of the
bill which would make slaves of the peo-
pie of California as long as it was in force.
"It is evident that Huntington and his
hirelings intend to make a desperate
fight to pass the nefarious measure at this
session of Congress-" said the Mayor in
conclusion, land it. behooves the people
of California and the whole country to
present statement of the matter to Con.
gress that will block his schemes and send
the outrageous measure on to the shelf
forever. Now is the time to fight, and we
must present such a front that even the
octopus cannot break through our lines"
George w. Monteith spoke of the fact
that Senator Perkins had recently ex-
pressed q belief that the funding bill
would pass at this session OF Congress.
He thought that Senator Perkins should
be questioned as to the basis of his belief,
and that information valuable to those
opposed to the measure could be thus
gained.
He said that he was convinced that an
earnest fight would beat the BILL and that
the California delegation would be able to
lead the anti-funding members to victory.
On motion of Mayor-elect ]. D. Phelan
it was decided TO revise the old committee
on memorial to Congress and to appoint
John T. Doyle as chairman.
1t was also decided to appoint a commit
tee of three to wait upon Senator White
and discuss plans for the fight against the
funding bill. Mayor Sutro selected for the
committee ]. d. Phelan, ]. 81. Barry and
George K. Fitch.
On motion of Mr.. Monteith the same
committee was empowered to select the
representative who will go to Washington
and to collect the necessary funds to de-
fray his expenses while there.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
GENERAL KELLY
! A REPUBLICAN
President Elect Mckinley
Has Given Him Per-
sOnal Assurance.
Senator Thurston's Bill, Vetoed
by Cleveland, Will Soon
Be a Law.
Il Old Lieutenant Railton Was MOI
Killed, but Is in the Amer.
lean Volunteers.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, !

OANLAND DAN FRANCISCO GALL
sos Broadway, Dec IA
General Kelly has no longer any use for
.commonwealism. and it will 40 doubt sur
prise tens OF thousands of people to learn
that he Is now sincere Republican. Dur
ing past campaign Kelly, according to
his own statement, did very effective work
for the Mckinley cause in Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas.
Mr. Kelly recently returned to Oakland
and is very much satisfied with the result
al his mission. He did not bring about
. TIE amelioration of the condition of the
Trklng classes in the manner which he
Nrposed when he started out, but the de-
. sired. result, he feels confident, will be at
tanned through another channel
o The leader of what was known as the
Industrial Army entered into com
munication with Major Mckinley several
o months ago, and he now asserts that he
has personal assurances from the Presi-
dent-elect that the bills for the appro pria-
D.; tons for public works which were passed
through the Senate by the efforts of Sem
ator Thurston over the veto OF President
Cleveland will become a law as soon as
the new administration can make them
= operative.
Il am still Of the same opinion re gard
ing the duty of governments to provide
work for unemployed" said MIR. Kelly,
but experience has shown me that the
manner in which we attempted to bring
the Governm of this country to a sense
OF its duty was not perhaps the mos. ex-
pedient. However, it accom- plished a
good purpose. 1t gave US an opportunity
to show to the country a condition OF
affairs that many were loath to believe
had an existence, and it also proved a re-
markable object lesson to many of the Ma
tional legislators. l have personal letters
from Major Mckinley to the effect that as
soon as practicable he will put into opera
ton laws already passed for the benefit of
the unemployed.
''Alittle error crept into the story in The
CALL published few days ago. 1t is true
that man named Railton was killed in a
railroad accident and it was reported at
the time that he was one of my supporters
during our campaign in Oakland three
years ago. This is a mistake. The Rail-
ton who was with me is now IN charge of
the American Volunteer Corps in this
City. | do not think there will be another
industrial army for the present"
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Will Continue It's Work.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 14.-The work OF
caring for the needy that was so thor
oughly done at Thanksgiving time will be
made a permenent work OF the young
people. The executive committee of the
Alameda City Christian Endeavor Union
met tonight at the home of Vice. Presi.
dent Ira Sanford, 2244 Alameda avenue,
and took the necessary steps toward this
end. T. L. Hierlihy, who made so eff
cient chairman of the Thanksgiving
committee, will be placed in charge of the
permanent committee. He will be sup.
ported by delegates from all of the
churches which may desire to join. These
will investigate. report and relieve cases
where they can and solicit funds for the
same. Mr.. Tabor of the Alameda Bank
will continue to be custodian of the funds
for this work, and all desiring to aid in
the undertaking are asked to leave their
donation with him. Headquarters will be
selected where donations of fuel, food,
-four, groceries, clothing, ETC., may be left.
Raised the Neighborhood.
ALAMEDA, CAL. Dec, 14.-Mrs. Will
liam Folrath aroused commotion last
night about IL o. clock on Bank street by a
series of yells that made the neighbo
believe that she was being murdered.
Deputy Constable Day was summoned,
and after finding that Mr.. Follrath was
the cause of all the trouble, marched him
off to the City Prison and locked him up.
While Mrs. Follrath declares that her
husband beat her severely and wanted
him locked up last night, she refused to
swear to complaint to-day.
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pried open with a pair of shears, and.
after ransacking every room, made good
their escape, taking with them diamond
studded gold watch, $40 In coin, loaded
revolver and an umbrella. Though it
was a stormy night the housebreakers
left the UNI brella in neig boring yard.
The family were away from 7:30 to 8
o'clock at service, and upon returning they
found that their house had been looted.
An aged grandfather who returned be-
fore the rest of the family, found that
some one was in the house upon his arri-
val, but thought that it was relative, and
consequently did not make an investiga-
ton. 1t developed later that the person
whom he had heard was the robber Crop
ing about in the darkness.
To Relieve the Starving.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. IA numb
of the charitably inclined citizens of
Berkeley have taken up the cause of the
starving millions in India, and are COL
lecting funds to be used in the purchase of
food for them A union meeting was held
at Trinity Methodist Church yesterday, at
which the matter was discussed. A mass
meeting has been called for next Thurs
day evening at Shattuck Hall, when
further action will be taken toward raising
funds. About $50 has already been raised,
and the projectors of the relief fund hope
10 increase III TO $loOo peioio luey nave
finished.
Will Go South.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. Manager
Reinhardt is preparing 10 take the Varsity
foot ball team and a number of substitutes
TO Los Angeles, where the examinations,
which are now going on, are over, and
play on Christmas day with the Los An
geles Athletic Club eleven. Among the
men who are listed to go are Captain
Ransome, Kennedy, Hall. Carr Sherman,
Wallthall. Greisberg, Arkley, Castlehun,
Ludlow, Simpson, McNutt, Hopper and
Craig
The Gee Club will also go south during
the Christmas vacation. ana Will give
series of concerts en- route.
They VIII Investigate.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. lathe execu-
tive committee of the University Athletic
Association has appointed Colonel George
G. Edwards Manager Reinhardt and Steri-
ing Carr as committee OF three to inves-
tigate the cause for the defeat last Thurs
day of the measure to appoint football
executive committee with power to act in
all football questions.
The reason why the plan did not carry
is thought to be that the captain might be
deprived by such a committee of his pre-
roestiye. The proposition will probably
be put before the students again, but in an
amended form.
Music by tho Blind.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec 14.-The blind
pupils of the State Institute for the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind will give their annual
sacred concert next Sunday afternoon in
the assembly hall OF the institution.
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MAY YET BE A PRIMARY.
The New Plan of Arranging for the
City Convention VIII Probably
Be Modified.

~ OAKLAND. CAL, Dec. 14.-Politicians
IF all parties are discussing the surprise
that was sprung upon them Saturday
night by the City Central Committee.
For such q uni between two conflicting
elements to have been brought about in
such quick manner is something UMPIRE
cedented in Oakland politics.
The consensus of opinion seems to be in
favor of the plan proposed by the COM
mittee appointed by the City Central
Com mittee-i. e., to appoint 147 delegates
10 the city convention. While this is in
direct conflict with the great fight mad e
to secure a primary in the Hilborn- Frick
contest it is in keeping with the policy
hitherto followed by the Nom Partisans
since they were organized.
The ENQUIRER, which is the recognized
organ OF the Non-Partisan element in
municipal politics, prints tonight what
will undoubtedly be the way in which the
committee will preserve themselves with
dignity from any charge of inconsistency.
1t says:
Ithas been suggested that there is a way
out OF the confusion created by this last act of
the city committee, which is consistent with
past declarations, with party principle and
with the interests OF good government. This
is that the twenty-one gentlemen named shall
meet and name LAT persons Fl { TO be delega ties !;
that they shall then call primary ana submit
these names for approval, giving the voters an
opportunity TO vote for any others whom they
may prefer. This is a proposition which has
been mentioned by q number of prominent
Repu biicans, which seems to be fair and which
would probably give general satisfaction.
The great point of interest now is re-
garding the candidate of the harmonized
Republican party for Mayor. 1t has been
generally supposed that the NonPartisans
would present the names either of Coun-
Gilman Towle or Auditor Snow, ana that
the Republicans would put up either John