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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
W|LBER'S STRANGE STORY
He Tells 1t After Being Arrested
for Felony.Embezzle-
ment.
Says Attorney Collier and His
Client Threatened Him With
a Knife.

Z. D. WILDER, an advertising agent, was
booked at the Central police station yes
terday afternoon on charge of embezzle-
ment.
The charge was preferred by Attorney
Collier OF IA McAllister street and had its
outgrowth in the refusal of the accused to
deliver up note for $78 in his possession
to his former business partner, Frank
Clark. The note was made payable to
Clark, but Wilber refused to give it up un-
til Clark agreed to secure his interest in
the amount named.
Wilber's statement imparts something
like sensational interest in the case He
says he was decoyed to Attorney Golfers
Office yesterday afternoon and there in
suited and in every way provoked for the
purpose of getting him to make some vio-
lent demonstration.
''It was a vile scheme" he said, while
waiting for bail last evening, land if live
l will have that man Collier debarred
from practicing in the courts. He and
Clark got me into the formers office and
tried in every way to induce me to fight.
Collier fiourished knife under my chin in
most threatening manner, and expected
to get badly beaten before could get out
of the Office. They locked the door as soon
as | entered.
CLARK and 1 were in the advertising
business together, and the note for $78 was
as much mine as his at least our interests
were identical. l offered to deposit the
full amount of the note as token of good
faith until the difference between us was
adjusted, but instead of listening to me
he and his lawyer sought to get me in Jail
on charge of battery. Failing in that
they had me arrested for embezzlement. 1
do not deny having the note and never did.
But you can rest assured will have Col
lier disbarred."
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

Tor thirteen years." she said to General
McComb, "and I want him locked up for
at least twelve months. 1 tried to get rid
OF hlm once by sending him to his Old
nome IN Ireland, but his people, didn't
want hlm. He was sent back. and as be-
"Why don't l get a divorce2 Well. I
suppose don't care to, but just the same.
would like to have him locked up for a
time. believe if this was done he would
go TO work as soon as he gained his free
General cComb is somewhat pe-plexed
over the peculiar case but said Yesterday
that he would probably swear to warrant
for the arrest of the husband on charge
OF failure to provide and drunkenness.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
transaction of the routine business tn,
following resolutions were adonted.

Resotued, That the Mission Street and precite
naLey froperty-owners improvement Clut
1nanks IN the San Francisco CALL for backing the
hicnmond District Improvement Club and
otner t clubs In laboring to secure q reduction
Oh streetcar fares from 5 to cents, including
hesotged, That our president, Peter T. Gem.
iovich, be appointed a committee of one to So
liclt other clubs to indorse the aforesaid cause
OF car 1are, or any other public Improvements,
anu present them to the authorities and news
Resotued, That our said president and COM
mltlee petition the Board of Supervisors to ac-
auire the title to the plaza heretofore petit
south side of Fair avenue, from Mission street
10 California avenue, $50 feet on California
avenue and 17712 on Mission street.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

Association will be joined this year by the
Pacific Coast Association of Vermont.
The orator of the day will be the Hon.
r. B. Carpenter, member of the Yer.
mouters' Association. and also promi-
nent member of the Union League Club.
1t is expected that at least 1000 people
will celebrate the day in the above manner.
The Tuolumne Association, the Veteran
Firemen and the Ancient Order of Forest
ers will also celebrate this day by a picnic,
and have been written to by the president
of this association asking them to petition
the Governor to declare the 18th of June
next legal holiday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
HAPPILY Welded.
Miss Isabel Nash and Portland G. Hunt
United in Marriage at the
Occidental Hotel

Miss Isabel Nash and Portland G. Hunt
were married in the parlors of the Occi-
dental Hotel Thursday afternoon. The
handsome bride is the daughter of James
Nash, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y.
The groom is well known in mercantile
and political circles. Rev Father Flood
OF Sacred Heart Church oficiated at the
ceremony. Miss Lizzie Policy attended
the bride as maid of honor and George
Dillon acted as best man. At the CON-
cluslon of the ceremony a repast was
served in one of the private dining parlors
of the hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt left for
Los Angeles and Southern California on
the evening train. and after a short
sojourn there they will return to this
CITY to reside.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
BUNKER HILLS MEMORY.

1t VIII Be Celebrated on the 18th of
June With Appropriate Exercises.
AT the last meeting of the Bunker Hill
Association the following items of interest
to the public were discussed:
The l7tn OF June, being the one hundred
and twenty-first anniversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill, will be appropriately cele-
brated by a picnic and excursion to Glen
Ellen. Sonoma County. The Bunker Hill
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

and half inches of bitumen. Thus the
boulevard will be an accomplished fact
from Sixth to Nineteenth streets in the
course of few months.
The gas company is now raising its sup
ply pipes to the proper street grade from
thirteenth to Fifteenth streets. prepara-
tory to the railroads and the City I'M
provement Company's work, which will
follow without any interruption.
Assurance has been given the promoters
of this boulevard that the work from
Sixth street to the water front will be done
during this year, and in order that the
street may have a uniform width from the
water to Nineteenth street, Mr.. Mcguire
and his co1aborers have issued the follow
ing circular to the property-owners af-
fected:
The undersigned owners of property fronting
on Folsom street between Third and Ninth
respectfully petition your honorable board to
reduce the sidewalks from 16 IS feet to Is feet.
in order that the width of the roadway and
sidewalks may be uniform with that portion of
said street between Ninth and Twenty-sixth
streets.
This change. if acceded to, will, in the
end, save the property-owners money, in
asmuch as they will have so many feet
less of sidewalk to keep in repair.
When the entire street becomes boule-
ward the Supervisors will be asked to sub
stitute electric light for gas thus having
lne entlre boulevard Drlll1antly ngnteQ.
Even this, it is claimed, will be saving
OF $5 block in the expense of lighting
that street, as one electric lamp at each
crossing does away with six gas lights on
Folsom street and the streets intersecting.
The notoriety and the beneficial results
thus far resulting from the consolidation
of the Eleventh Ward clubs have acted as
an incentive on other sectional clubs, and
movement is now on foot to have a
union of clubs all over the City, this union
to hold meeting on or about the 9th oil
next month. at which representatives. from
all organized improvement clubs will be
invited to attend.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
YOUNG GIRL MISSING.
Lulu Marquardt of Beniofa, Visiting
Friends Here, Suddenly Dis
appears,

James A. Malone, deputy Sheriff of
Benicia, is in the City searching for 10
year-old Lulu Marquardt. He has in
terested General McComb in the case,
and now double quest is being made for
the missing girl.
Six weeks ago Lulu Marquardt left her
home in Benicla on few days visit to
friends in this City. At the expiration OF
the allotted time she failed to return.home
and inquiry developed the fact that she
had not been seen by the friends with
For some reason no regular search was in
stituted until yesterday, when Deputy
Sheriff Malone arrived.
The missing girl is said to be very pretty,
though her beauty is of very peculiar
type. She is described as having very
light hair, an olive complexion ana very
dark eyes.
Mrs. Marquardt is well-known lady of
Benicia. She fears that her daughter has
been induced to follow an evil life.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
Resolutions Endorsed.

To the Editor Of the Call: At a regular meeting
held by Council No. of the Woman's Ameri-
can Protective Association, April %, 1896,
the resolutions and preamble OF the American
Women's Liberal League were read and heart
lily lndorsed by all members present.
II the secretary OF the American Women's
Liberal League will kindly send 500 copies of
building, 800 Post street San Francisco, box 26,
they will be carefully distributed Sarah NJ
Smith, president; Mary c. Lyon, secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
omciaI Records Show That the Crate
full Downpour Was General
Throuphout the State.

Throughout the State.
According to the Weather Bureau rain
fall for the past twenty -four hours was as
follows: Los Angeles L inch. San Luis
Obispo 1.S inches, Fresno 16 inches San
francisco 1.SS inches, Red Bluff O.93
inches.
Showery conditions still continue and
various showers, it is considered, will oc-
cur northward to-day.
The heaviest rain fell in Salinas and San
Joaquin counties, doing great good as it
was much needed.
Snow was literally precipitated in the
mountainous m districts giving great salts
lactlon TO miners as they had anticipated
mer.
The storm was one OF the most general
and complete of the season, extending
from Los Angeles north through Oregon
and Washington and eastward into
Nevada.
extent to infict damage.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
TIRED OF HER HUSBAND.

Mary Mooney Thinks Her Spouse Would
BE Better Man in Jail.
General McComb Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Children has a
very peculiar case on his hands.
On Thursday last Mrs. Mary Mooney Of
1t18 Howard street asked for the arrest of
her husband, John Mooney, for failing to
support his child. According to the GEN
eral it developed later that her chief am
bition was to get RID of her husband,
though she was particularly averse to ap-
plying for divorce.
"My husband has done nothing for me
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
MISSION PRoPERTY-0WNERs.

They Wish Reduction in Rates of
Fare on the Streetcar Lines.
There was a good attendance at the last
meeting of the Mission Street and Precita
Valley Property-owners' Club. After the
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

JAMES D. PHELAN, President,
Phelan Building.
F. w. VAN REYNEGOM, Vice Presid ent.
26 Montgomery st.
GEORGE WALCOM, Sec'y ana Treas.
404 Sutter ST
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
Favor Case Continued.

United States Commissioner Heacock yester-
day continued the Favor examination un til
Monday on account of the absence of i'm
portant witnesses.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25

YAH 1T1elHe1oeoj 1APIII
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors of the City
and County of San Francisco:
The undersigned, owners of property fronting
Dolores street, San Francisco respectfully
your Honorable Board constitute Dolores street bou
levar and to that end reduce the width of the side
walks said street to fifteen feet and reserve strip
of ten feet in the of the roadway ornamental
trees and grass thus leaving driveway of forty feet on
each side of said strip reserved for and grass
Name Address. No. Feet.
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
Mount Vernon.

(The following lines were written on
the back of picture at Mount Yer.
non by Rev. William Day.
There dwelt the Man, the flower OF
human kind,
Whose visage mild bespoke his nobler
mind.
There dwelt the Soldier. who his sword
ne'er drew
But in a righteous cause, to Freedom
true.
There dwelt the Hero, who ne'er killed
for fame,
Yet gained more glory than a Caesars
name.
There dwelt the Statesman, who. de-
void Of art,
Gave soundest counsels from an up
right heart.
And. o Columbia. by thy sons caressed,
There dwelt the father of the realms
he blessed;
Who no wish felt to make his might a
praise,
Like other chiefs, the means himself
to raise;
But there retiring, breathed in pure re-
nOWn.
And felt grandeur that disdained a
crown.
From Gen'l Carrington's Beacon
Lights of Patriotism"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Every boy and girl in America may
well be proud of the bright flag which
waves above so many school houses to-
day; and the youth of other countries
also love their national flag and their
native land, sorthat the patriotic spirit
is not confined to any one people nor
10 any one period of human history.
Just because that spirit is sweetest
where the people are most earnest to
seek the happiness of all their coun-
trymen, it is right that we study the
history of other countries and peoples,
to see if we can learn from them that
which will make us more blessed and
prosperous.
Sometimes we think that there never
was country where everybody had so
much cause for being happy as in these
United States. And sometimes We for
get that nearly all the laws, maxims
and incentives to patriotism which
move our own hearts and bless man
kind had their real origin long before
Greece and Rome were known to his
tory.
The trials of our forefathers when
they first landed upon these shores and
during their gradual attainment Of ma
tional independence never fail to awak-
EN- sympathy. And yet the most note
worthy adoption of new country by a
wandering people was that of the He
brew. The devotion of his Hebrew an
cestors to their native land when they
were captive eX.les, far away from
home, is a sublime type of the pat
riotic spirit in its noblest and best ex-
preston: IF l forget thee, 0 Jeru-
salem, let my right hand forget her
cunning! If l do not remember thee,
let my tongue cleave to the roof Of my
hn-Gen. Henry B. Darlington.
U. S. A.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
THE CITIES OF THE UNION.

The city of Syracuse, N. Y.,is worth
S4S, 900, 900 and owes $l,93I, 500; tho
population is 105, 900 and the area i5x
square miles.
The $4,000 people of Columbus,
Ohio, are not in the least crowded to-
gether, for their city is laid over 1914
square miles Of territory.
Toledo, Ohio, has 10000 people
living on 2s1s square miles of ground;
the city is worth S44, 1888. 440, and its
bonded debt is $4,6Js,275.
Cincinnati is one of the few cities
whose growth has not been proper
tionate to the increase of wealth of
the State in which it is located.
The 10000 people of Nashville,
Tenn, live on eleven square miles of
territory. The bonded debt of the
city is $3,O57, 200, and the assessed val
uation S37, SEQ, 500.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

| wrote for him. If l were asked to men
| ton the finest exhibition that COM
mander has ever given of great quail
ties, both of heart and mind, l should
answer: Washington at Valley Forge.
| One unexpected consolation that he en-
| joyed at this period was the affection
ate enthusiasm of Lafayette, then just
recovering from his wound received at
Brandywine. The young and ardent
Frenchman, in his letters to his wife
and family, gives the warmest express
sion to his love and admiration. He
speaks of Washington as man ex-
pressly made for" the work he was
doing, he alone having the patience
and tact to conciliate the discordant
elements
Every day" wrote the marquis, Il
admire more the beauty of his charac-
te- and of his soul. Jealous intriguers
wish to tarnish his reputation, but his
name will be revered in all ages by
every one who loves liberty and hui
mainly"
Many such passages, written in one
of the log-cabins of Valley Forge, l
notice in the family letters OF the
youthful enthusiast. In such circum-
stances. the American army was recon-
structed, reinforced, becomingly clad,
well drilled, and at last abundantly
supplied, while the English were cir
cumscrbed so closely that it required
two regiments to escort foraging par
ty. if it went more than two miles into
the country. Valley Forge it was that
rendered the possession of Philadelphia
a trap instead of a capture. June Is.
ITS. Gen. Washington received infor-
nation that the British had secretly
and suddenly evacuated Philadelphia.
He was in such perfect readiness for
the news, that, within an hour, six
brigades were on the march for the
Delaware river. The next day, he him
self joined the advance. Ten days
after the first troops left their cabins
in Pennsylvania, he fought the battle
of Monmouth, which turned their re-
treat into fight and shut them up in
New York. If neither congress nor
Pennsylvania shows an inclination to
possess the scene OF so many memorable
events, then let some patriotic capital
list convert it into summer resort,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known T.
]. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transac tons, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price, 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills, s5c.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Como West for Your Seed.

That's what We say, because it's the
best Salzers Wisconsin grown seeds
are bred to earliness and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other seedsmens' earliest,
his are 20 days ahead! Just try his
earliest peas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage.
etc! He Is the largest grower Of farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes. grasses.
clovers, etc!
II you will cut this out and send
Il to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, with 10c postage, you will
get sample package Of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days. and their great
catalogue. Catalogue alone SC postage.
GLIDING above oats, free. w.n.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
A New POstomce.

The United States government has
established a branch office in the great
seed establishment of the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., La Crosse. WIS. So large
and extended is the trade of the Salzer
Seed Co. that the government for their
own convenience to promptly expedite
mail ma tier, located an Office in their
mammoth buildings. The editor is
told that Salzer's great plant, seed and
grain catalogue is mailed to any one
upon receipt of cents postage by ad-
dressing them at La Crosse, Wis.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Washington inherited Mount Vernon
in 1859 from his half brother, Lawrence
Washington, who died in 1857. This
brother had daughter Sarah, who was
hoiress to the estate, but she died two
years later and the property then re-
verified to George, who was then just q
wears old. The estate then comprised
less than 5000 acres, but soon after he
came into possession he added $500
acres by purchase, which gave him ten
miles of river front. Then began the
system of improvements and cultiva-
ton which subsequently made Mount
Vernon the most valuable landed prop
erty in Virginia. He drained the land
wherever needed, he rotated crops, got
the best farm implements then in exist
ence, built and repaired fences, had his
grist mill, his own distillery, had his
own smithy for repairing tools, his own
carpenter shop, looms, and he built
scores Of houses and cabins for his
slaves. His five farms ranged from
1000 to 1000 acres each, and each farm
had it's overseer and it's allotment of
negroes and stock.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
Notice.

Drs. II. II. Green & Sons of Atlanta,
Ca, are the greatest dropsy specialists
in the world. Cure more patients than
the entire army of physicians scattered
over this beautiful land OF ours. A val
ia BILE discovery outside any medical
book or published opinion. A purely
vegetable preparation. Removes all
dropsical symptoms rapidly. Ten days
treatment mailed to every sufferer. See
advertisement in other column.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
MODERN MAXIAIs.

Soap makes dirty politics. Puck.
The extremist is rarely man of
means. Truth.
Epigrams are the tacks in the car
pet of literature. Puck.
How easy 1t is for lazy man to
prove that luck isagainst him. RAMS
Horn.
The only secrets that are never dis
closed are those which are never
known. The Jury.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
Inevitable Result.

Inspector, counting them-Say, you
have got ten dogs here. The law al
lows you only six.
Occupant of the Flat--My son and
his family live with me. Six of these
dogs are his and four are mine. We're
entitled to two more dogs. What are
you beefing about? Chicago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

"This, ladies and gentlemen" said
the dime museum orator, leading his
auditors over to the other platform,
sis the armless wonder Sig, Basil Bag
stock, who was not only born without
arms. but is also deaf and dumb. The
great grief of his life, ladies and gen.
tlemen, is that he can neither say
anything nor can he saw wood.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
The New lila wathn.

The Winona, Mimi, Herald has on
its staff second Longfellow, who has
written of the dubious escapades OF
the modern Hiawatha. The sequel to
the doleful story is hereto appended:
Thus dppartc IIi:watha
To the lend of the Dakotas.
To the land o. hand ,ome women.
And ia ninety days returning
A divorcelet he brought with him.
To his vito he gave the ha-ha.
Scnt hHr back unto her mama
In the outskirts of Chicago
Nebraska State Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

let us create town for ourselves, here,
close to the enemy, limiting his range,
.urtailing his supplies, protecting
PENNSYLVANIA and holding ourselves
ready to resume the aggressive as soon
us he abandons the city, in which he
will be by us practically bcsieged. He
chose Valley Forge, a deep cleft in Il
lofty NIL. with stream at the bottom
of it emptying into the Schuylkill.
There was nothing in this valley for
human use except the primeval forest
that densely covered it and the streams
Of water that flowed by and through
it. But Washington, himself well
skilled in woodcraft, commanded SOL
diers most of whom had built or inhab-
tied log -cabins. When he told them
that log huts could be quickly made
warm and dry, he said what they all
knew to be true. He also knew pre-
cisely what was necessary for the con-
struction of the huts, what tools were
oeeded and what materials. His or
der of December 10, 1777, transformed
the whole army into a cabin-building
host. Evefy man had his place and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
Vocal Chords PHOTOGRAPHED.

The vocal chords in action have
been photographed, showing that the
pitch of the note is raised by rotating
the arytenold cartilage without
stretching the chords at all-much as
the violinist makes high notes by
shortening the strings by the pressure
Of his finger.