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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-05-14

It was an occasion when ! was returning
from the first-one of the first hearings in
the trial-tax suit-between the Rutland
railroad and the Central Notwithstanding
from st. Adams, and / stopped Mt the Van
Ness house for dinner, and at that time or
dered in the dining, room bottle OF Bass ale
and that was served with the dinner.
Q. Before leave that occasion-when you
ordered the ale. what, il anything. was said
as to the procuring of it. A. ordered 1t OF
the servant girl, the waitress, and she spoke
to the head waiter. The head waiter came to
me and gave the order again to him. He
sent out of the room and got the ale and
brought it in there and served it. There was
nothing said about it.
@. That is what l wish to know. Where
did you pay for that. A. paid at the Office
when paid for my dinner
q. Proceed to the next occasion. A. An
other occasion-I can't tell whether it was
the next occasion-was on an occasion when
had room over the old dining room, and
at that time had some cocktails served in
the room. / ordered them in the usual way.
The bell boy brought them up, and cannot
remember about that payment. Ipresume
may have paid him; don't know. Another
occasion came here with a party of ladies
and gentlemen on a visit of day to the city.
We were served with wine ia the
dining room and that was paid for
at the Office. That was ordered in the same
way, ordered through the head waiter and 1t
was brought in and served to us. On
another occasion, L came here in the evening
and i had supper here with one of the physi-
clans who lectured at the medical college
and some friends of his; we had wine
served on that occasion that paid for at the
Office. On another occasion, the time that
my brother-in-law was graduated, / think in
1883, at the medical school here, came here
and we had bottle of champagne served in
my room. That was paid for at the office, as
remember it. / don't remember of paying
Il think didn't pay--in the room, but /
am not positive about that. On another
| of the railroad In the parlor of the Van Ness
house. and after the meeting we had some
cocktails served in the parlor. Now, those
are all of the occasions that l can-that /
have been able to remember to specify.
| Q. Now, what, il anything, was said to
| you upon any of these occasions by the
party of whom you ordered the liquor as to
4 the necessity of sending out of the house for
/ 1t, or what, If anything was said about it.
| A. Never was anything said about IT.
/ Q. Simply took your order and brought
| the liquor. A. Simply took my order and
brought the liquor.
Q. And what, il any, difference did you
observe between the service upon these oc-
/ places upon similar orders. A. / could see
no difference.
Characterization by Mr.. Foster:-
@. The first occasion to which you re-
ferred, understood you to say was In 1884
or 1885, A. Yes, L think 500
| Q. Can you be more definite as to the
time, as TO the season of the year, for In
| stance. A. / could be definite, think, as to
4I<r. lax~ t<.Tx
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I o. Now. Mr. De We're, Il one OF
more persons should testify under oath
that you had served liquor In the din,
| ing room of the Van Ness house, did
not pay you for the same and you never
asked them for any pay, but the same was
paid for at the office to the manager, Mr..
Clark, or the clerk of the hotel, would that
| person or persons be telling falsehood?
Collected to as leading, as immaterial, ir-
relevant and incOmpetent.)
A. should think they would.
@. Now, did you ever have any instruc-
| lions not to serve any liquors In the dining
room? A. No.
O. State whether or not Mr.. Clark knew
that liquor was being served in the dining
room? A. could not say whether he knew
it or not.
@. State whether or not you ever refused
transient guest any liquor when called fors |
A. No, only in this way told them it was |
a temperance house and that L would have 4
to send out of the house to get it, and II they |
wanted to wait 10 or 10 minutes would try |
and get 1t for them.
@. State, Mr.. De We're, what day in The
week the greatest quantity was served in the
dining room? A. couldn't do that
@. Is it not true that Sundays in particular
| there would be served in the dining room
several bottles of liquor? A. Sunday would
| be the worst day in the week, as everything
| would be closed up and couldn't get it out
side.
served in the dining room by you on SUM-
days? A. can't answer; can't remember.
O. Will you swear that you never served
| anv liquor there on Sunday. A. No.
4 O. DO you remember of having had an in-
i terview with r. A. Perkins of THE RUTLAND
HERALD? A. Yes.
O. When was that interview had? A..
After the suit was brought; early in the
summer.
@. State whether or not you used these
words in answer to question from Mr..
| Perkins, 81 cannot tell how often liquor was
served on the table; some days, particularly
Sundays, there would be several bottles, and
other days none at all"
| Objected to as imm aterial, Incompetent and
irrelevant, and particularly as being in
tended to impeach the party's own witness
A. Yes.
O. That statement is true, isn't it?
(Same objection as to the last question:
A. Yes.
@. Did you ever have anv conversation
with Gov. Woodbury. in the Van Ness house
, relative to going out of the house for liquor
!, A. No.
with Mr.. Perkins on that day? A. / DOM
| know as can.
O. State whether or not Gov. Woodbury.
once told you to take the money when guests
wanted wine and not to bother the Office, o.
= | something to that effect?
(Objected to as leading.
A. don't remember any conversation Xix
= that.
= @. Now, Mr.. De We're, you may state wha
= i conversation that you ever did have with tn
T governor on this subject? A. Id0n't remem
her any conversation that ever had with tn
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we had a conventlon at ]

Office. A frequent visitor at the
,ital was Mason Colburn. We were
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
MASON CASE DECIDED.
Heirs Have Come to an Agree.
ment and Litigation Is
Ended.
Miss May Mason Paid $425o for Her
Claims on Her Fathers
Estate.

A compromise has been effected in the
contest over the estate of Victor B. Mas
son. Judge Coffey has signed the order
allowing the compromise, and within a
few days the case will be in condition to
be taken out Of the courts.
The contestant, May Mason, was the
daughter of the testator by his first wife.
The principal legatees under the will were
Masson's second wife, Eliza Jane Mason,
and their child Eleonore Ruth Mason.
To May Mason was left $1,000. The
estate was valued at $500, 900.
May Mason contested the will on the
ground of undue influence. She alleged
that in 1877 her father married second
time, and in 1873 the child Eleonore Mas
son was born. She said in her contest that
from the time of the m arriage, and par
ticularly after the second child had
reach ed the age of 10 or II years, her
fathers mind was poisoned against her
that her stepmother and her stepsister had
represented to her father that she cared
nothing for him, and in various other ways
damaged her in the eyes of her parent.
He left her alone, she said, in 1888 and
went to France. she had no money and
no means of support and was dependent
upon friends.
Soon after the will was filed Miss Mason
entered her contest. and since then nego-
tiations have been going on with the OBJ
ject of effecting some understanding with
out bringing the case INTO the courts.
These negotiations have been successful,
and the case bids fair to end at once.
The compromise was MADE with Eleo-
more Ruth Mason. She was made residu-
ary legatee, while her mothers portion
was that of the wife, one-half the estate,
which was all community property. By
the terms of the com promise, May Mason
relinquisnes to Eleonore Mason half the
$1,000 legacy given to her under the will,
and she deeds to Eeonore Mason all her
claims upon the one-half of the estate
which was left to EIeonore Mason and
the other legatees. In consideration OF
this May Mason is to be given $4250.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
aaninst Foreclosure.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March AT the
regular meeting OF the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce this after
noon, the resolution relative to the fund
ing bill came up for the third time for con-
sideration. At the meeting of February 19
some resolutions denouncing the funding
bill as liable to work injury to the CONNER
cial interests of this Coast were offered by
Director Patton, he stating that similar
resolutions had been passed by CONNER
cial bodies in other sections of the State.
After some discussion the matter was re-
ferred to the committee on law and legis-
lation, Director Croft, chairman. At the
meeting of February 26 this committee
reported and offered as substitute the fol-
lowing resolutions, which it asked should
be passed by the board:
Resolued, That the Chamber of Commerce is
earnestly opposed to the passage OF the bill
now before Congress to refund the indebted
ness of the Central Pacific Railroad Company
to the United States, and advocates the imme-
diate foreclosure OF the mortgage held by the
Government to secure such Indebtedness.
ResoLued further, That the chamber urges the
representative bodies of other communities to
take such steps as to them may seem best to
assist in defeating this funding scheme, so
prejudicial to the commercial interests of Cali
fornia and unjust to the people OF The United
States.
InlS TeSOlullOI, aItST SHOrt ulSCuSSlOH
was laid over for one week. At the meet
ing this afternoon the matter came up for
the third time for consideration, and a
long and vigorous discussion took place
At the end of the discussion an aye and
no vote was taken, and the result was five
ayes for the resolution and nine noes
against it, and the resolution thus failed of
passage.
Notice was Immediately given that an
appeal would be taken to the members of
the chamber on the resolutions.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
PRIVATE STREET WORK
The Richmond District Property
Owners and the Sewer
Contractors.

Richmond district is now wrestling with
the street contractor question. According
to the residents of the locality that place
is fruitful field for the man after private
contract to grade the new thoroughfares
or construct sewers, and often the methods
practiced by those firms to get the jobs and
then to make them remunerative are sim
gular.
"The district" said President HUBS OF
the Richmond Property y-owners' Protec-
tive Association yesterday, ''ls and has
been having a great deal of improvement
work done and the street contractor IS ever
busy there. The old game OF getting the
necessary majority Of property owners of
certain section to sign contract for
work, running in dummy signatures. and
then forcing the non-slgners by some
means to stand in is of course played
there, But the best scheme is this: Let
me say first that all the private contract
ing firms are in perfect understanding
with each other. 1t is a sort of syndicate
and there is no relief from 1t.
"a contractor will get the building of a
sewer on block from one cross street to
the other. Nothing has been said about
extending the pipe to the center point be-
tween the four corners. and you may be
sure the sewer stops short at the crossing.
This leaves an unsewered space at each
end of the line of piping. and when a
block has been finished (?) all four corner
crossings have never been touched.
"The property-owners complain. of
course, but they are told that the connec-
tions must not be made between the diff
ferent blocks of sewers because the official
grade has not been established and the
City Street Department would not permit
such. After awhile another contractor
gets the job of sewering the crossings.
The ordinance governing this work per-
mits him to charge the property owners
on each side half way down the block for
work on pipe that does no: extend a
small fraction of that distance. So you
see. they pay twice for the work. 1t is one
OF the impositions practiced by private
street work firms in thiy contractor-ridden
town. some day we may hope to have
these matters placed upon just basis.
possibly"
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
new LIGHTHOUSE TENDER
It Will Be a Steamer of the
Latest and Most Improved
Pattern.
1t Is Expected That the Launch Will
Be Ready for Service in About
a Month.

Work has lately been commenced on a
new steam launch or tender for the in
spectors of the Lighthouse department,
and it is expected that 1t will be ready for
service in about month. The new vessel
is intended to supplement the steamer
Madrona. and do such work about the bay
as may be required when the larger vessel
is at sea. There has been a demand for
such boat for long time, and when it
is completed it will greatly add to the eff
cheney of the department..
The hull is being built tsby A. NJ. Wilson
on Stanford street, near King, and the
work is we'll under way. Only the best OF
selected material is being used, and all of
the timbers are of oak and extra heavy.
From the appearance of the hull at pres
ent it should make strong and servicea bic
craft. The dimensions are as follows
Length over all 3S feet, depth of hold amid
ships feat1 inch, beam 5 feet. The cut
water rises over seven feet above the keel.
There is very little sheer to the line of the
gunwale, but the general appearance OF
the hull is graceful. A cabin will extend
over two-thirds of the vessels length. The
forward part will contain the wheel and
also seats for several persons. lmmedi-
ately aft the engine and boiler room will
DS iOCdtSu. uey Will OCCupy dDOut sNClNC
feet of the vessels length. The after por-
ton of the deck will contain a cockpit,
with an arrangement for covering 1T with
an awning, and seats around the sides for
about ten people. All the woodwork about
the vessel will he oak and walnut highly
finished and varpished.
The engines for the new tender are be-
ing built by William H. Birch on First
street. The boiler is of the tubular ma
rine type. 1t is forty-eight inches in di-
ameter and five feet long. The engine is q
double compound, with cylinders four and
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05

him to so to the California-street station:
He refused to go with me and Officer Floyd
persuaded him to go with him. On the
way to the station he asked different peo-
pie II he was drunk. and at the station he
made use of abusive language. l ordered
Officers Floyd and Young 10 take his star
from him and then told him to go home. "
In cross ss-examination by Attorney
Dunno the sergeant said he first saw Nc
Laughlin about s O'Clock and he did not
appear to be drunk. He took hold OF Nc
Laughlin's arm and told him not to make
fool OF himself. He denied using an Of
fensive name to Mclaughlin.
Policeman Floyd corroborated the ser
geant as to the language used by Nc
Laughlin on Morton street and at the Cal
ifornia-street station. Mclaughlin was
very much excited, but he did not think
he was drunk. He did not think the ser
geant could have called Mclaughlin an
otfensive name without hearing it, and he
did not hear it. The sergeant treated Nc
LanghHn like gentleman.
Policeman Ward could not say that Nc
Laughlln was drunk when the sergeant
called his attention to him, Policemen
Young and Mullender, who were at the
California-street station, testified to Nc
Laughlln using abusive language to the
sergeant and being excited, but they saw
no sign of liquor upon him.
For the defense several citizens testified
to having seen Mclaughlin on the night
OF February g. and that he was sober. DR..
Lee OF Geary street created mild sensa-
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05

eight inches in diameter respectively, and
having a stroke of six inches. They are
expected to develop about IS horsepower
and should drive the tender along at a
good rate. The engine is constructed on
the expansion and condensing principle
and will not require very much coal. The
propeller wheel is thirty-two inches in d :
ameter and made of bronze: The engines
are to be placed exactly amidships and the
boiler forward of them, with an alley be-
tween, so that one man can ''hre'' and at
tend TO stopping and starting. Coal will
be carried in bunkers on both sides of the
boilers. The space on the sides OF the en-
gines will be used to carry resh-water
tanks, connected by pipe SO that both
can be emptied from the same faucet. The
smokestack will be of sheet iron and rise
about ten feet above the furnace. No
name has yet been selected for the new
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
SUICIDE At Los ANGELES.
Beautiful Young Woman Throws
Herself Into the Lake at
WeStlake Park.
Identified as Minnie Judy, Who Had
Worked at a Hotel as
Chambermaid.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, March A
beautiful young lady about the age of "a,
richly and elegantly attired, committed
suicide by throwing herself into the lake
at Westlake Park last night. She had on
a black silk dress of the finest texture, and
her lingerie and hosiery were expensive
and in good taste. 1t was evident that the
unfortunate woman was accustomed to
good apparel, and the tout ensemble of
her habiliments were in the most ap-
proved taste. 1t was evidently a suicide
There were no marks at all on the body of
the woman showing that she was foully
dealt with and there were no indications
of poisoning.
The mysterious unknown as she lay on
the cold slab at the Morgue presented an
ideal ngure for an artist. 1t was the body
of the handsomest and most comely
woman that has ever been called to the at
tention of the Coroner.
This afternoon Mrs. Davis, proprietor of
the Pacific restaurant, visited the Morgue
Minnie Judy, who had been in the employ
of her mother for the past two years at the
Menlo House as cham bermaid. She left
the place, it is stated, with the intention
of leaving with a man with whom she was
! in love. The man is not known. He
urged her to leave with him and it was the
/ supposition of the Davises that she had
] done so.
/ 1t Is unquestionably a fact that the girl
! was betrayed and that suicide was induced
! by her disgrace. The Davises spoke very
/ highly of the girl. She came from the
/ East recently and constantly kept the
name and location of her parents secret.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
FOR THE VISITORS.
Hotel Men Preparing to Entertain Some
Six Hundred Guests Here in
AnriI.

The hotel men of the City. aided by sew
eral from outside towns, yesterday held a
meeting and completed arrangements for
the reception of the members of the Ma
tional Association who are to meet here
from April % to %. 1t was stated that
there had been collected among the hotel
men $3400 for the reception. It was also
stated that various wine-growers and deal
ers had agreed to contribute literally from
their stores.
s F. Thorn OF the Grand, J. F. Kirkpat.
rick of the Palace, K. B. Soule of the
Lick, the proprietor of the Vendome and
others were present at the meeting. About
600 guests will probably be present. They
will consist of hotel men who are members
Of the association and their families. The
hotel men will enter the State by the
Atchison road and will hold their annual
meeting at Los Angeles.
They will remain in the northern part
of the State about five days. The South.
ern Pacific Company has agreed to furnish
trains free for side trips. Santa Cruz, Mon.
terey and Stockton we're represented a,
the meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
they presented him with a magnificent

they presented him with magnificent
toilet set
Everything was of silver, even to the
handles Of his raZors and the backs OF his
hairbrushes, and all had his initials carved
on them. The captain has had plush
lined case made for the precious articles
and the chances are tnat they will not see
much service. Captains Debney OF the
Puebla and Wallace OF the Walla Walla
are two of the most popular men on the
Puget Sound run.
When the Puebla sails tomorrow she
will take over fifty miners for the Alaskan
gold fields along. They will join the Al
Sitka will begin their march to the head
waters of the Yukon. Those who leave on
the Puebla to try their luck at mining are:
w. H. Blaylock, Louis Wilson, James Or
chard Hugo Ahlbeck, A. Olsen, Gus Johnson
A. Swanson. J. r. Corson, Hy Gadin, a; W.
Karn. w. A. Kersting, [. Genazzi, A. b. Pres
g. Wyles, A. J. Breiling. D: H. Trembly,, H. NJ.
Turner J. Smith, S. A. Sniffer, J. W. Dukes, J.
L. Bell, Harry Martin. J; N. White, John New
Jonas schwartz, A. Curtain, W. 0. Durham,
Thomas Clark, A. II. Winter, Edward Fredrick,
H. P. Leurim, W. E. Reavis, T. G. Gibb, George
e. A. Warnicke, J. F. Haverfeld, E. Crutcher,
William Zahn. f. J. Wright, j. Noon, A. c.
Spencer. R. NJ. Brooks, J. b Choate, Carl
Lecntl, j. u. SpOnagle, y. L. Dell, y. w. DuhoS,
A. H. Dutton, P B. Noble.
The revenue cutter Rush that was in
collision with the collier Peter Jebsen
will dock at Main-street wharf to-day for
repairs. The chances are, however, that
she will have to 60 on the drydock, as her
hull has been much strained by the glanc-
ing blow she struck the big steamer. The
Jebsen will also have to be docked for
survey.
The American ship Barring Brothers ar
rived from New York yesterday after a
passage of 145 days. Both she and the
Dirigo have considerable railroad iron
aboard for the Valley road. On February
81 last David Williams, one of the sailors
on the Barring Brothers, died of consump-
ton and was buried at sea.
When the birth of Ethel Corona Seidel
on tho steamer Corona was recorded it
was stated that the father tried to keep
his name from getting into print. and first
said it was May and then White. This
was owing to Misunderstanding, and
Mr.. Seidel wishes it thoroughly under
stood that he is proud and happy to let
the world know that he is the father of
bouncing baby girl.
The bids for the erection of the shed
over Pscific-street wharf will be opened by
the Harbor Com nissioners to-day.
Six deserters from the cruiser Philadel-
phia arrived on the steamer Corona yes
terday. They did not like their ship
mates and took the first opportunity to
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05
VISITING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Goceruor Badd aud State Examiners
4rrJce at Los AnJefes.

Goreruor Badd aud state Erdmfhefs
5rrice at Los ARgefes.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, March 4.-This
morning Governor James Budd and sew
eral mem bers of the State Board of Ex-
aminers arrived in Los Angeles from the
north and went to their hotel.
Accompanying Governor Budd are
Joseph Steffens of Stockton; Ed White,
brother of Senator Stephen NJ. White, OF
Agnews; S. E. Black, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction; L. H. Brown, Secre-
tary of State, and Secretary Watkyns.
Two members of the board, Attorney
General Fitzgerald and DR.. Gardiner, are
not with the party, being unable to Join
it at this time. The Governor stated that
there is no particular significance in the
visit of the board at this time. 1t is here
TO look into the workings of the Highlands
Insane Asylum and the Whittier State
School.
The affairs of the latter institution Will
be given attention, and the Governor viii
decide as to the appointment OF trustee
TO fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of Andrew Mullen.
The Governor and party left this alter
noon by the San Bernardino train to visit
the Highlands Asylum. 1t is expected
that they will visit Mount Lowe on Satur-
day night upon their return from an in
spection of the Whittier School.