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WAS ALMOST SUICIDE.
Nicholas Claussen Pleaded Guilty
to Murder in the First
Degree.
His Plea Was Finally Withdrawn
and He Will Go to Trial on
April I.

Nicholas Claussen nearly drew the moose
around his neck in Judge Wallace's court
yesterday by pleading guilty to murder in
the first degree.
Claussen shot his wife on February 25 at
their home at 81 Everett sire ct. 1t was a
particularly cold-blooded murder, and
when questioned about it Claussen said he
had killed the woman for fun. He was
examined in the Police Court and was held
to answer. He came up for arrai gnment
before Judge Wallace yesterday morning,
and he nearly settled the case for himself
without the help of jury.
The information was read to him and he
was asked to plead. Guilty he said.
Court, counsel and spectators were aston
ished at the plea, for it meant that the
court must sentence him to death, and it
seemed more like suicide than anything
else. He was asked to repeat his plea,
and again the prisoner pleaded guilty.
Then Judge Wallace appointed John ].
Carroll to look out for the prisoners inter-
ests, but the plea was the same and it was
entered.
Colonel OF Byrne then rose as friend of
the court and asked that the plea be not
entered as guilty. He said that Claussen
nad probably mistaken the serious import
of his plea and that he should like q
chance to speak to the pris soner and ex-
plain the situation to him. Claussen was
asked by the court if he understood the
information which had been read to him,
and he said he had. Then he was asked if
he knew the significance OF his plea and the
results which would follow, and said yes.
he did; but Colonel O'Byrne went over
and held an earnest conversation with
him and he evidently found he did not
understand the situation so we'll as he
thought he did. The result was that he
asked the court to allow him to withdraw
the plea and enter one of not guilty and
this was permitted.
Colonel O'Byrne. much to his disgust,
was then appointed to defend the prisoner.
Claussen's trial was set for April /.
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PIANOFORTE RECITAL.
Two Young Girls Distinguish Them
selves at an Entertainment.

Two Young Girls Distinguish Them
selves at an Entertainment.
A pleasant musicale was given last night
at the Association Auditorium, under the
auspices of the Hawthorn Society. Miss
Elsie Cellarius, little nine year-old girl,
especially distinguished herself. She
played HandeTs Harmonious Black
smith" with good execution and wonder
full facility, considering her age. The
piano passages were rendered in particu-
larly pretty and graceful manner.
Miss Aimee Cellarius, young girl few
years her sisters senior, played a "Rondo
Brilliante," by Weber, and selections by
Mozart and Bach. She played with
crisp, clear touch and showed fair appre-
citation of the different styles required for
the compositions of such diverse masters.
Her Weber number was particularly good
In the selections by Mozart and Bach
Miss Cellarius was accompanied on an
other piano by Abe Sunderland.
Hugo Mansfeldt won warm applause for
his playing OF a number of classical piano
forte solos, and Mrs. George H. Parry and
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IA Man AND HIS MOTHER"
Rabbi Voorsanger Makes Pro-
test Against the New
Woman.
Declares Against Innovations That
May Shake the Foundation
of Society.

"Woe betide any woman or class of
women who shall change IN any wise the
maternal relation. The mother must re-
main as she is"
So said Rabbi Voorsanger in his lecture
at the Temple Emanu-E Ell last evening.
He was talking to his subject, ga Man
and His Mother
The whole lecture was passionate ap
peal in behalf of the sacredness of the
home of which the mother is the anchor
and guiding star, and protest against the
"new woman" as that term oontemplates
departure from it.
.s1fhe mother must remain,'' he said,
''unless nature herself is a lie. ] must not
become emotional" he said. 81 would
rather appeal to your mind than your
heart. But this thought must appeal to
us alike. Maternity is the hottest function
that God has created. The mother stands
as the cornerstone of the home; the home
is the rock upon which the cabin of the
state is builded, and the states SO firmly
built constitute or govern the world.
Therefore the mother is the cornerstone
of the world. Her responsibility is the
greatest OF all. Can she hone for higher
places, greater reverence or esteem in any
other station?
ut is hers to mold the destiny of her
husband and give direction to the thought
and sentiment of her sons. Her sons are
the coming rulers OF the world. Woe be-
tide any woman or class of women that
change the relation of maternity.
How true it is what Washington Irving
has said, "A father may leave his children
any time, but mother never
1--WE see the woman of fashion in all her
pride, we see the women striving with ad-
yersity. But it is all the same when the
word mother is used. / cannot imagine
wicked mother as one disloyal to her own.
Mothers may make mistakes, but they are
true.
.sis there man whose capacity is so
great for sacrifice = who can suffer SO
much?
"But where is the man who will turn
from his mother? We see the man Ma
poleon dictator to continent, whose pup
pets were kings, who set up and destroyed
governments. who transgressed all laws.
VINO set nations at defiance, who revered
nothing and cared for no man, who di-
yorced the woman he loved for ambition s
sake, the woman who loved him and
mourned him in death. This man never
entered the presence of his mother without
uncoveriDg his head and paying homage
TO her who had given him birth.
81 tell you the maternal relation shall
not change. it must not change.
~ am talking for but one object. / do
not want the homes oil our City under
mined"
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oath do SO impartially?' Il think can,' /
said, and | was accepted as juror"
GRAND JURY SESSION.
Communication From the Fire Depart
ment-CIose Watch on PooIselling.

Communication From the Fire Depart
ment-CIOse Watch on PooIselling.
Only one witness was heard at the regu-
lar session of the Grand Jury yesterday
afternoon. One hours time was required
for B. B. Haskell to tell the jury all about
a partnership accounting suit in Judge
Hunts department of the Superior Court.
The jury did not find an indictment, and
perhaps the finding of one may not be
necessary. The report of the referee in
the proceedings has not yet been made to
the court.
While the jury was in session COM
munication was received from Chief Sui
livan of the Fire Department. The docu-
ment gives the location of all the engine
houses ana shops of the department and
other information which may serve IS a
guide for Edward Malley, A. F. Price and
P. +. Butler, the Grand Jury com mittee
on Fire Department affairs.
1t is believed that the jurors had under
consideration for some time yesterday the
fact which was presented to them that
poolselling is still conducted at several
places on Leidesdorff street while deci-
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DAILY TRAINS TO RUN.
The Coast Division Road to Santa
Barbara Will Have a New
Service.

The stage line service by the Coast line
route of the Southern Pacific will be
opened Monday, March %, and be con-
tinued daily thereafter from Santa Bar
bara instead of Elwood.
Stages will leave Santa Barbara at 7:30
A. NJ. and arrive at Lompoc at 6 P. NJ. The
travellers will stay at that place all night
and leave at 5 80 A. NJ. at 9:15 A. NJ. San
Luis Obispo will be reached and breakfast
will be taken there. The train will get
into San Francisco at 7 :05 P. NJ, or, rather,
that is the scheduled hour of arrival.
On the southwark trip trains will leave
San Francisco at S:15 A. NJ, reach San
Luis Obispo at Sis. Twenty minutes is
allowed at that place for dinner or supper,
and Somes will be reached at GAS P. NJ.
The next point is Lompoc, where night
will be spent. At O'Clock next morning
the tourists start southwark to make Santa
Barbara by 6 o'clock in the evening.
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A NEW CAR FENDER.
It Was Called to the Attention of the
Board of Supervisors Yes
ter6ay.

A new bartender, which is claimed by
it's owners to have been successful in East
ern cities where 1t has been used, was
called to the attention of the Health and
Police Committee of the Board OF Super
visors by Supervisor Dimon.d yesterday.
He said that the circulars of the company
claimed that the fender had been used in
Providence, R. L., for sixteen months, and
in other cities for shorter time, and had
proved highly successful. The company
kept record of all accidents on roads
equipped with these guards, and the circu-
lars contained list of the accidents. They
are several hundred in number, and none
were attended with serious injuries. In
many instances people were picked up by
TIE tenders and subsequently, walked off
uninjured. 1t was decided to call the at
tention of Superintendent Vining to the
fender and ask that it be tested.
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A Brave Journal

The San Francisco News Letter for this
week deals editorially with such live top
les as the Presidential Situation; the
Railroad Commission; the Suffrage Bub-
BILE; the Examiner and the Railroad |;
the DIR. Brown Case, etc. In Pleasures
Wand will be found bright and breezy
criticisms upon happenings in theatrical
circles, and In the literary department. will
be found a mastery review of the late
George Augustus Sala's memoirs. How
ard Sutherland contributes delicate Lea D
Year lyric and the LookerOn relates some
interesting stories, besides giving little
satirical sketch suggestive of late events
connected with the First Congregational
Church. Plate Of the illustrated series
of Picturesque San Francisco also appears
in this issue and greatly enhances the
value of this progressive journal.
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AN ABANDONED CLAIM.
The Owners Were Sorry and Wanted
Possession Again.

The owners Werc sorry ana Wanted Il
Possession Again.
The Supreme Court rendered decision
in the case of Trevaskis against Thomas
Pease ct al.
The defendants scorned claim which
Law IN two sections OF land. 1t was sold out
bv the Sheriff, but the deed of sale was
mi ade out so as to describe the claim as Iy-
ing in only one section, invalidatlng the
transfers 1t came into the possession of
Henrietta Trevaskis and she started to de-
veiop It,.
The defendants had practically aban-
doned the claim, but when an attorney
called their attention to their defective
sale. they kept their eyes on the properly.
The idea was that if in developing the
claim the plaintiff struck ''pay-dirt, then
they would step in and get it back, but if
the claim still continued worthless they
would say nothing. The clam did de-
velop into paying property, and the de-
PENDANTS came in and took possession, un-
der the theory that 1t had never been
legally sold.
The lower court confirmed this posses
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THE CONTEST UNDECIDED.

Supervisors Ballot for a Design for the
New Municipal Building.
The Board of Supervisors met last night
as a committee OF the whole to select de-
sign for the new municipal building at
Kearny and Washington streets. -Four
teen ballots were taken, but of the five
candidates voted for there was no choice
and the meeting adjourned. At first the
vote was scattering. The result of the
sixth ballot showed Shea 81 Shea in the
lead as follows: Shea & Shea 6, Banks 4,
Moosier l, Callet L. This vote remained
unchanged until the fourteenth ballot was
cast aud an adjournment was taken.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER.-"A Milk White Flag"
CALIFORNIA THEATER-" Capt. Impudence;" or
"Mexico."
COLUMBIA THEATER-"A Texas Steer"
MoRosco's OPERA-HoUsE-" Hoop of Gold."
1IVoLI OPERA- HOUSE, Mariana
CRPHEUM.-Hig Glass Vaudeville
trovFR's AIcAzAR.-"My Wife's Husbands,'
"Open Gate"
THE AUDIToRIUHI-Corner of Jones and Eddy
streets-Anna Eva Fay.
SHOOT THE CHuTEs-Daily at Haight street.
6Te block east of Tie Park.
LAY DISTRICT TRAoK.-Races to-day.
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Captain Dreyer Of the Lyman D.
Foster Stabbed in the
Back.
WAS A COLD-BLooDED MURDER.
After Being Reprimanded the Cody
Sought to Revenge Himself
at Once.

Those that go down to the sea in ships
hold their lives in their hands, but their
fate does not come on all occasions as
result of the elements. Many sailor has
lost his life at the hands of a revengeful
shipmate when out furling the royals or
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
AUCTION SALES

BY II. J. LEUTHoLTZ.-This day Saturday
Furniture, ETC.. at 77S Market ST.. at IL O'Clock
BY 5. BAscH-This day (Saturiay), Upholstery,
etc, at 319 Sutter street, at II O'Clock.
BY SHAINwALD BUcKBEE & Co-Thursday,
March %, Real Estate, at salesroom, 2lS Mont
gomery street, at IL o'clock.
by VoN REEIN CO. Thursday, March 20,
Real Estate, at Salesroom, 5l3 California street,
at IL o'clock.
BY 6. II. UMBsEN & Co.-Monday March 80
Real Estate, at salesroom. IA Montgomery street
al 12- O'Clock noon.
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non,t he Too Late FOR the Steamer.

And don't omit when you are packing up your eff
fects preparatory for the voyage to include among
them supply of Hostetter's stomach Bitters, the
great remedy for seasckness. Travellers for
pleasure or business seeking foreign climes. who
locomote by steamboat or train, besides yachtsmen
and mariners testify to the remedial and prevent
i've efficacy of the bitters which is Incompatible
for nausea, headache, dyspepsia. biliousness rheu
matism, nervous and kidney trouble
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21

sion is pending in Police Judge Lows
court.
Wallace's recent decision settled the con-
troversy, and that the poolmen without
further resistance in the courts would close
their commission" houses. The selling
of pools therefore, while Judge Low was
revolving in his mind some other ques-
tions of law. was taken as hint that the
booksellers had resolved to reopen the
campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
A Small Judgment.

Frank c. Coiville has been given Judgment
against the Southern Pacific for ST. Is. He
bought ticket to Redding about a year ago,
but the conductor after taking it up thought
it was only for Red Bluff and he demanded
Colville's fare from Red Bluff to Reddi,g.
Colville paid it under protest and afterward
he brought suit for 5000 damages Tor breach
of contract and 500 damages to his feelings,
besides the 81 Is overcharge. The conductor
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
Fell Twenty Feet.

street, near Kearny, fell from building on
California street, near Larkin, distance of
about twenty feet last evening He was taken
to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found
that he had been internally injured.
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railroad had acknowledged the mistake and
offered to refund, damages were denied the
plaintiff. He was awarded the amount of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
UNIVERSITY LECTURES.
A valuable Course of Lectures Free
to the Public.

valuable Course of Lectures Free
to the Public.
The University of California announces
the following courses of university exten-
sion lectures, free to the public, during the
snrjng term of 1896 at the Mark Hopkins
Institute of Art, corner of California and
German. "Goethe's Faust; six critical
exposltory readings by Professor Putzker
Tuesday afternoons, beginning March "a,
at O'Clock.
Mathematics. "Some Historical Prob
lens of Mathematics" SIX lectures by
Associate Professor Haskell. Saturday
mornings, beginning March 2o, at III
O'Clock.
spondence regarding extension
courses should be addressed to William
D. Armes, secretary for university extern
sion, University of California, Berkeley.
NEW leather goods for spring trade, pocket
books, card-cases, valises, dress suit cases,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21

Hugo Mansfeldt played a duet, an air with
variations by Beethoven. arranged by
Saint Saens.
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+ ion, but the Supreme Court has reversed
nat ruling. The claim was abandoned,
In fact and in law, it says, and orders
new trial of the case under that theory.
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NEW leather goods for spring trade, pocket
books. card-cases, valises, dress suit cases,
grips, etc. Sanborn, Vail d Co., 74l Market
street.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
THE CHIEF MEDIUM.
New York Journal.l

The scarcity of greenbacks in the
hands of the public was illustrated by an
incident which occurred yesterday (Satur-
day. in an office at No. 10 Wall street
There were present six persons, including
e. K. Holden, n banker of Colorado. who
said: Gentlemen, 1 will wager that
there is not man in this party who has
other money than silver or silver certifi.
Gates in his possession
There was a prompt turning out of the
contents of wallets and pockets. While
at least three of the party had in excess
of 500 in bills in their possession, every
one of them were silver certificates. Mr..
Holden then remarked:
II had observed for several weeks that
all money was in silver certificates. Find.
ing that several of my friends had noticed
the same, L accompanied one of them TO
we'll known bank in Wall street, where
he presented check for $4,000 to be
cashed. The larger portion of the money
was paid in new silver certificates and
the balance in national bank notes Peo-
pie are talking in such narrow way of
the dreadful result of Mr.. Bryan's cleo
ton and the infinite harm that silver will
do. They seem to forget that the only
medium now in circulation among the
people is silver or silver certificates. II
we depend for our currency upon gold or
its specie form of circulating note there
would be hardly dollar in the country
except the holding of the banks or the
Treasury department.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
FREE COINAGE.

What is meant by free coinage is that
silver shall be coined upon the terms and
conditions which apply to the coinage of
gold This was the case from time
immemorial previous to 1873. The Gov
eminent always charges sufficient for re-
filming the metal and preparing it for coin
age, added to the profit on the alloy, to
pay the expense of the mint and make
that institution self-sustaining Free
coinage means that gold and silver shall
be coined with no charge for profit to the
Government and only sufficient charge to
defray the expenses which the Govern
ment incurs. Under free coinage the
Government will neither lose nor make
by the operation of coming either gold or
silver, but it will coin all the gold and
all the silver presented for that purpose.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25

OF the question, and afterward the State
of West Virginia, which was formed dur-
ing the war, claimed she was not bound
by the Michler line, as Virginia had never
ratified it. West Virginia in 1868 passed
an act for joint survey, but none was
made, and Maryland took no further
steps until 1886, when the governor was
requested to bring the matter to the at
tention of the governor Of West Virginia,
and the legislature of the latter State
then passed an act ratifying the Michler
line, but with such restrictions as were
not acceptable to Maryland. The present
suit was afterward entered by Attorney
General William Pinkney WHITE and
John p. Poe, his successor. Attorney
General Harry NJ. Clabaugh having sue
ceeded Mr.. Poe in office, will try the case
before the supreme court Washington
Star
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
M'KINLEY AND THE TARIFF

Major Mckinley in ii recent speech at
Canton to- deputation of Pennsylvanians
spoke strongly for protective tariff and
alluded slightly to the silver question. 1t
seems to be evidently his purpose and
that of his manager, Mr.. Hanna, to make
the tariff the leading issue of this cam
paign, and, as the platform of the great
parties stand, that is about all they can
do; for the Republicans themselves favor
international bimetallism, which, while
everybody knows it is utterly impossible
to secure, is an admission on their part
that silver ought to be remonetized. They
however offer no remedy for existing
financial evils, save the old and worn ont
cry OF protection, while the Chicago plat
form calls for the immediate restoration
OF silver as money metal on basis OF Ia
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25

to without waiting for foreign co-opera-
ton. Here is remedy which all can re-
alize the benefit Of; whereas the Mckinley
tariff has already been tried and found
grievously wanting in effecting satisfac-
tory results. The people have not forgot
ten that hard times began with the over.
production and monopolies of the latter
part of Harrison's administration under
the 'burdensome duties of the Mckinley
tariff and they are not to be beguiled by
honeyed words and smooth-fiowing
phrases into believing that such protec.
ton will bring prosperity any more now
than it did then. The people are not
fools. They have good memories.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
A LAUGHABLE PLAY. e
Betsy Jane" Will Hold Forth Tonight
at the Academy of Music.

Betsy Jane" Will Hold Forth Tonight
at the Academy of Music
One of the latest and, from all reports.
the most successful theatrical ventures
is the musical comedy farce written and
produced by the well-known author
actor, Mr.. j. G. Stewart, whose former
plays scored unequivocal successes
wherever they were presented Mr..
Stewards new comedy is entitled ''Betsy
Jane, and is built on very farcical lines.
having for its motive the ups and downs
ills and wills, fads and foibles of the
new woman" who not only dabbles in
the Various cults, butts seeks emoluments
in the mysteries of the ,Mahatmas, takes
shy at the serious sciences by means of
the A-rays, compels compliance with her
demands by placing her subjects under
hypnotic influence and terrifies them into
following in her wake by the use of her
supposed spritualistic powers; in fact
"Betsy Jane" leaves no way untried that
Will tend to show up her superiority over
mankind Believing, as she does. in wo-
man rights, she also possesses the happy
faculty OF making man as weak as woman
ana woman as strong as man is supposed
to be. Throughout the comedy Mr.
Stewart has introduced numerous conf.
cal situations and complex climaxs that,
VIII test the risibilities of the audiences
and to add additional interest To the per
Torrance the various characters enacted
VIII Introduce variety -of bright songs
and specalties, The role of Betsy lane,
will be enacted by Mr.. Stewart. whose
unctuohs humor will furnish food for
laughter for month at least
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-25
DANIEL WEBSTER ON BIMETAI,
LISM.
(From the Denver Republican

(From the Denver Republican,
They tell us now that the Constitution
of the United States does not recognize
the right Of silver to free coinage, or of
gold, either, for that matter, but Daniel
Webster, who has always been esteemed
as the greatest of all of our constitutional
lawyers, evidently thought differently,
for in speaking on this subject he said:
81 am clearly of the opinion that neither
Congress nor any other authority can
legally demonetize either silver or gold.
If one coin can be dethroned as money
then the other one can be, and thus the
Constitution can be disregarded, yes.
overthrown. The command to Congress-
is to coin money, not to destroy it; to
create legal tender money for the use of
the people, and the grant of authority to
create money cannot be construed to mean
authority to destroy money"
There may be some Americans who
prefer to take the opinion of Little Eckels
or Dog-Fennel Morton, or Grover Clcve-
land on that subject, but for our part we
would rather accept the Judgment of
Daniel Webster, and we fancy that a vast
majority of the voters of this country
agree with us in this matter