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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-11
WYBRS LAUGH
AT MRS. CRAVEN
Declare She Will Never
Press Her Claim as
Fairs Widow.
George A. Knight Says She Is
Merely Making a Gigan-
tic Bluff.
Attorneys for the Children at One
Time Feared Like Move by
the Daughter.

Nettie r. Craven's threat TO make a
hight for portion of the late James G.
FAIRS millions on the ground that she
holds marriage contract with the dead
Senator has no ierrors from the Fair chill
dren or their attorneys. They affect to be-
Geve the contest will never come up in
court but that the Craven attorneys are
merely following their old tactics of fight
ing their case in the newspapers and if it
should come to trial they say they have a
few cards up their sleeve that will cause
the plaintiff An exceedingly uncomfort-
able time when they are played.
There has been no move made so far
that indicates the intention of Mrs.
Craven or her attorneys to push the
matter in the courts" said George A.
knight of the firm of Knlgut & Heggerty
last n light. Moreover, | am satisfied
that none will ue. They dare not go into
court with that marriage contract Mrs
Craven has had all the litigation with the
FAIR estate she cares tor and | regard this
threat to begin another contest as q bluff,
pure and simple.
Where she made her mistake was in
not having her daughter Margaret come
forward with the marriage contract, for in
that case l am convinced that any Jury
that could be secured would render YER
dict in her favor. And that is Just what
we feared would be done, and when l was
examining Mrs. Craven before Judge
Slack l devoted every energy to securing
from her declaration that she was Fairs
widow before the daugh er could spring a
marriage contract.
If you will remember, when l asked
her what her name was she replied,
'Nettie r. Craven What is vour true
name2' l again demanded The witness
has answered your question: interrupted
Judge Slack, but ignoring his remark |
repeated Tor the third time, What is your
true name?'
Then came the answer--most reluct-
antly, but still the answer l longed for
'Nettie R. Craven Fair l nearly pinched
chunk out OF Mr.. Heggeriy's leg In my
exuberance, and at the same time | whis-
pered to il m, We haze them beaten at
every point now!
You can readily understand how diff
ferent it would have been had Margaret
Craven, young and beautiful, produced a
marriage contract with the late Senator
Fair. Any jury in the world would ac-
cept such a story from Margaret Craven.
But with her mother il is different, and
she will never attempt 10 convince twelve
iurymen that the document she holds,
Importing to be a marriage contract with
Fair. is genuine"
Mr.. knight also intimated that he had
in his possession enough facts concerning
Mrs. Craven's private life. which ne would
produce in court il she ever pressed her
case, to give her a most distressing expe-
rience.
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With MASONIC HONORS.
Funeral of the Late Past
Grand Master Alvah R.
Conklin.
After Services at the Temple the
Remains Are Escorted to Cypress
Lawn Cemetery.

With all the honors due his rank as
Past Grand Master of the Masons, the
late Alvah K. Conklin, ex-Superior Judge
of Kern County, was buried from Masonic
Temple at 1:30 O'CLOCK yesterday after
noon. The services, which were con-
Quoted under the direction of the Grand
Lodge, were held in King Solomon's s
Hall, the great room being completely
filed with officers and members of the
Grand and subordinate lodges.
The casket was deposited on catafalque
in the center Of the hall, and around it
were placed a large mum Der of beautiful
floral pieces. During the services which
were those prescribed by the order, Rabbi
Jacob Voorsanger, grand orator. delivered
an address, strikingly beautiful and elo-
quent Near the caSket we're stationed
the grand officers, as follows: William T.
Lucas, grand master; Carroll Cook,
deputy grand master; F. NJ. Angelo:ti,
senior grand warden Elias G. Hare, junior
grand warden; Charles E. Emerson, grand
treasurer; George Johnson, grand secre-
tary; Edward B. Church, grand chaplain;
Jacob Voorsanger, grand orator; William
II. Edwards, grand lecturer; James B.
Stevens. grand marshal; James NJ. Ellis,
grand standard bearer; viii am j. ?.
Warner, senior grand deacon; John S.
Gorman, junior grand deacon Thomas ].
Richards, senior grand steward; Myers a.
Preston, junior grand steward G. W. H
Patterson, grand pursulvant; Samuel ID.
Mayer, grand organist; James Oselsbv,
grand tyler.
At the hall and cemetery the Masonic
choir sang several numbers, including
Rock OF Ages" Nearer, My God, to
Thee" Good Night" and Thy Will Be
Done" The services lasted until O. clock,
when the remains were borne to the
hearse. Friends, relatives and large num-
Der of Masons took carriages and drove
to Third ana Townsend streets, where
special train was in waiting to convey the
cortege to Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
The services were concluded in the
chapel there, and the BODY was placed in
The receiving vault, where it will remain
temporarily.
The pallbearers were Past Grand Mas
tiers William A. Davies, NJ. NJ. Estee.
Hiram N. Rucker and Edward M. tres-
ton; Past Junior Grand Wardens jacob
II. Neff anu Charles E. MITCHELL; Frank
S. Rice. Master of Bakersfield lodge, No.
224, and George +. Weeks master Of Oak
Grove Lodge, No. 215.
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Opinions of Citizens.
Edward LehIett. &c Sever

Edward LehIett, 26 Seventh
street: Il most heartily indorss The
CALLS plan of tearing down those un-
slightly wrecks and letting the City Hall
see the light of day. 1t is a splendid
building and would be a credit TO the city
If only it was SO situated that people
could see it. l think also that the best
plan to raise money would be by tax
levy; then we would be through with the
expense at once"
T.. ". Merle, A5-47 Sixth
street: THE plan is good one and
should meet with the hearty indorsement
OF all cltizsns-particularIy business me n.
The present condition of aft IRIS is a dis
grace to the city and the sooner it is
remedied the better. The best way in
my opinion, is to condemn the buildings
and issue bonds for the amount needed" "
y. M. Sweeney, b Sixth
street: 81 thought years ago that it
would be good plan to tear down those
buildings, which, by the way, should
never have been ere cted. We would then
have an attraction far superior to any
monkey garden in the extreme end Of the
Mission. The money can easily be raised
by tax levy, then we will have the park
and no burden some bonds to pay interest
on.
III. e. Bennett. 53 Sixth street:
II am opposed to the plan OF making
park in front of the City Hall, as it would
ruin Market street as a business street. If
it must be done, however, think the best
plan is to issue bond for the full amount"
l.. Jacobs, 2 Sixth street: The
plan Is good one, as il will not only pro-
vide the people With a breathing space in
the center of the city, but will also tend
to centralize trade where it really belongs,
in the downtown district"
Jeremiah Deasy, 40 Sixth
street: ut was great mistake for tue
city ever to part with that property, and l
said so at the time. Nothing can be done
which will beautiiy the city more than
taking down those old buildings and max
ing pleasure ground in their place. The
best way TO raise the necessary money is,
l think, by a bond ISSUE"
=. r. Walsh of Arnold &
Walsh: 1.-The only proper and correct
way to beautify the city is by making
park where 1T naturally belongs-in front
of the City Hall. l would be in favor of
bond issue to raise the money"
M. Levin, I36 Sixth street:
"By all means tear down those unsigntly
relics and give the city back its property.
They never should have been there in the
first place, but now let US get rid of them
as soon as pos ,ible." ;"
HI. Wolf. eos and 2IO Sixth
street: The idea is an excellent one ii
it can only be carried through. A bond
issue is the correct way of raising the
money"
AdO1Ph Brady. ais and ESQ
Sixth street: The plan is good one
and should be carried out at once, as the
ground can now be purchased cheape
than will ever again be possible. 1t was a
mistake for the city 10 ever part with that
| property"
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Favored by Inprovers.

The improvement clubs which have for
their object the welfare of the properly in
the vicinity of the City Hall may soon join
in the general movement to make possible
City Hall park.
There are clubs for Polk, Larkin, Ninth
and Sixth streets and for Hayes Valley,
and the presidents of all of these are in
favor of having breathing space in front
of the City Hall instead of a line OF shan.
ties.
tionaly for the clubs they represent these
gentlemen sli favor the acquiring OF the
land, either by purchase through a COM
mission appointed by the Supervisors or,
if necessary, a suit of condemnation in the
courts for that purpose.
AS to the means of raising the necessary
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of any county. incorporated city or city
and county"
Briefly told, the main features OF the
proceedings necessary to condemn private
property for public use are as follows:
the suit against the property-own
must be brought in the Superior Court,
and the complaint must allegc that the
taking of the property is necessary to some
public use. All persons who claim any
interest in the land are summoned as de-
PENDANTS. The case is then TO be heard by
court and jury. whose duty it shall be to
ascertain all the facts and the value of the
land de sired. There shall be tie fullest
inquiry as to the value of the land and its
i'm mprovements, and the jury must award
all the damages that appear as full COM
pensation to the owners for the surrender
of their property to the public.
There are the same rights OF new trial
and appeal N all condemnation proceed
ings as in any other civil suit
The city would be the plaintiff in all
these suits. Ii would set forth in detail
that it was necessary and lawful for the
municipality TO acquire the lands in
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amount OF money, whether by the issu'
ance of bonds or by direct taxation, was
question upon which none OF them were
prepared to hazard a decided opinion
without giving the subject more thought
That the land should never have been
sold In the first instance was the unani-
nous verdict of all. This mistake, they
believed, should be rectihed now, before
the property becomes more valuable or
more money is spent upon it.
In discussing the subject yesterday,
Louis II. kohn, president OF the Polk
street improvement Club, said: "As for
myself, L am heartily in favor of the move
ment. The entire frontage OF the City
Hall property should be open and unob-
structed; that is, no buildings should be
permitted on the north side of Market
street from Jones to Larkin streets. The
ground other than that needed for ave-
nues should be turned into grass and
flower plats.
''As for the Polk-street Improvement
Club, L cannot now say what action its
mem bers would take, but from the evil
dence of their lberality on all improve
ments am prepared to venture the opin-
ion that the ciuo as whole would cheer
fully Cooperate with any other club or
clubs in any measure looking to the ac-
mplishment of the object.
mo doubt during the coming week the
officers of the club will hold consulta-
ton, and perhaps meeting of the club
will be had, when tis matter will be is
cussed.
john Hayden, a Ninth-street merchant
and one of the organizers of the Ninth
street Improvement Club, said:
why. it is just the thing above all
others that The Improvement clubs adja-
cent to the City Hall should take up and
advocate. With new rostoffice on Sew
enth street and certainty that Market
street will be bituminized fl ON the ferry to
Valencia street within the next five years
those old rookeries which are a disgrace
and would not be permitted to stand in a
re 'pectable village, should be pulled down
and a beautiful park made on their ruins.
The idea OF investing IN .Iiions of dollars
in a building like the City Hall and then
surrounding it with shanties is prepos-
ferrous.
whether the money is to be raised by
bonds or by direct taxation cuts but little
figure. The thing should be done in any
event"
DR.. E. E. Hill. president of the Larkin-
street Improvement Club, is in full accord
with the movement and said that 80 far
as his club is concerned it will join with
the other clubs affected in securing the
desired end.
L. V. Merle, president of the Sixth
street Improvement Club, while some
what disappointed over the result of his
exertions to have Sixth street improved
as it should be, yet is in full accord with
the idea. He thinks it is st what will
help 10 build up the south side OF Market
street and the streets leading into the
same from Sixth to Ninth.
Charles Alpers, president of the Hayes
Valley Ciub, said: 'The thing cannot be
done too soon to meet the approval of the
! Hayes Valley property-owners. 1t is Just
( what we in the valley want, and If car
| get the club together we will take action
on it, and, what is more, we favor extend
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VALUABLE
CREYHOUNDS
POISONED
Three High Priced Dogs Die
at Ingleside Cours-
ing Park.
THE TALENT Was BADLY DUMPED.
White Cockade Won a Barrel
of Money for Short-End
Players.
ROSETTE EASILY WON THE FINAL.
The Stake for Non Winners Fur
nished Good Sport for a
Large Crowd.
ROSETTE EASILY WON THE FINAL

When Mike Welch of Port Costa left
home to attend the Sunday races at Ingle-
side Coursing Park he brought along three
valuable dogs. He will probably go back
without any. Two have already died and
the third IS not expected TO live. The
ogs were poisoned by some miscreant
and were all to have started in yester-
days races. They were Tipperary, a
stake-winner in the aged dog division,
Tipperarv Lass a stake winner in the
puppy class, and Galtee More, n young
dog of whom great things were expected.
II is believed thai some one fed tue dogs
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IN zens and property owners have
Nj expressed themselves in favor
II u of a City Hall Park the ques-
tion of how the property Is 20 be
regained is occupying the attention OF the
legal fraternity.
Is it TO be by condemnation and pur-
chase at valuation to be fixed by jury
or by suit to recover what those VINO
should be well posted claim legally be-
longs to the munic pality?
Ifitis as claimed by Attorney John Lord
Love, who was City and County Attorney
at the time the lots passed out OF the pos
session of the city, that the sale was not
legal, then condemnation proceedings will
not be necessary.
John Lord Love says that the suit, the
determination of which permitted the
sale, was not tried on its merits, and that
certain essential points were overlooked
He asserts that in determining the title
the court did not go beyond the ordinance
of The Board of Supervisors of 1861, in
which fatal flaws were found, and that in
settling the case on that act the vital
point in the title-the dedication by the
United States Government-w was lost
sight OF.
in the right of the city to hold Yerba
Buena Park is contained in the following
paragraph:
Provided that nothing contained in this
order shall prevent the said city and county
from devoting said land hereafter to any pub.
lie purposes. either State of municipal.
On this point the Supreme Court said
1t is on the essential elements of good
dedication that ii shall be irrevokable and
that the land be forever dedicated to the pub
lie uses designated. A reservation of the right
to revoke the dedication defeats the dedica-
tion. Until dedication accepted it may be
revoked.
The Supreme Court however, appar-
emily did not get down to the point urged
by Attorney Love and others who were
then in the employ of the city. They as
sert positively that the ordinance OF 1867
cuts no figure in the title because the
Supervisors-in view of the dedication by
the United States Government, the su-
preme power of the land-had no right to
assume any such control of the land; that
the dedication, as proved by the adoption
of the Van Ness ordinance setting aside
Yerba Buena Park and other reservations,
took precedence over the ordinance oil
1867, ana, lastly, that the congress OF the
United States, by adopting the Van Ness
map, predicated on the Van Ness ordi-
nance, settled all questions relating to the
title to the property and made it impossi-
bic to legally dispose OF it.
They point also to the decision of the
Supreme Court in the cases of Hamilton
and Alta Squares, rendered in 1875 The
decision, which is claimed to apply equally
as we'll to Yerba Buena Park as to Hamil-
ton and Alta squares, is in substance as
follows:
"The legal title to the squares
vested in the city by the operation OF
the Act of Congress of July 1, 1864.
The title which the United States
held in the land, and which was trans
ferred to the city by the Act of Con-
gress, was transferred to the city in
trust, for the purposes expressed in the
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statute of March IL, 1853, and
for no other purpose. That is to say,
the title was granted to the city in
trust, for public use, and the city has
no authority by virtue either of the
statute of March IL, 1858 the Act
of Congress of July ], 1854, to aienate
or in any manner dispose oft, but only
to hold it for the purposes expressed in
the statute. 1t was granted to the city
for public use, and is held for that
purpose only. 1t cannot be conveyed
to private persons, and is effectualiy
Withdrawn from commerce.; and the
city having no authority to convey the
title, private persons are virtually pre-
cluded from acquiring it, The land
itself, and not the use only, was
dedicated to the public. Land held for
that purpose, whether held by the
State a municipality, in our opinion,
is not subject to the operation OF the
Statute of Limitations"
This decision if appl cable to Yerba
Buena Park, as is contended, would seem
TO settle the question of the right OF prl-
vate persons 10 acquire title 10 or pos
session of lands that have been dedicated
~ buOiAS uSCs
Attention is called to another decision
relating to the occupancy OF public lands
! by private persons, IN which it is held
that the occupancy cannot confer on HIM
any rights against the city no matter how
| long suit for possession has been deferred.
| The decision in the park case further
| holds that the city could not show the
! Van Ness map as evidence OF a dedication
of the land to public uses, for the reason
! that whatever dedication occurred in the
Van Ness ordinance was for cemetery.
Speaking of this phase of the case the
| Supreme Court said:
! Where lard, as in this case. was used
by the city of San Francisco as ceme-
terry and so marked on the Van Ness map,
and where the Legislature subsequently
authorized the removal of the dead bodies
| and the dedication of the lands TO such
uses as the Board of Supervisors might
deem proper, and where the board under
took to dedicate the land as park, the
| Van Ness map is not admissible as evil
dence to prove the dedication OF the land
| for park purposes
Taken in connection with the holding
that dedication must be irrevocable and
| for specific purpose. the meaning OF the
decision is interpreted by lawyers to be
that whatever dedicltion there was by or
! dinance or otherwise was for use as a
cemetery and not for a park.
There is no doubt in the minds of law.
yers that the city might legally regain lis
title to the land in question by proceeding g
IN accordance with the general law OF
eminent domain, a law which gives
the sovereign power the right to con-
denim and use any private property
! for public use. This law is based on
the general principle that the rights OF
the whole people are superior TO those
of any private citizen, and whenever
the public needs overshadow the private
theirs is a way provided for the surrender
of the individuals rights OF property by
| 'due process of law"
Under section 1888 of The Civil Code it i.
provided that private property may be
| taken for public use when needed fol-
public buildings and grounds for The use
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csnviction OF the man who she says has
prosecuted her without cause. Jeannine
says she will have Delmas, Detective Still
well and possibly others prosecuted for
conspiracy. And her attorney, H. w.
Hutton, who is inclined to be conserva-
tive in his threats, admits that there is
trouble and plenty of it about to overtake
the big little lawyer.
The lime has passed" "said Miss Young
In an interview last evening, when there
was any chance of there being an ami
cable settlement between Us. Had he
come TO me before all this trouble and
said. 'Jeannine, it is better that we part il
would have been different but now
know that all the time he was caressng
me ana sending me flowers he was put-
ting up these tricks.
Think of the horrible things he has
done. Why the Chief OF Police of London
told me that if they had ever got rue
into one of those insane asyiums
in France as they intended,
would never have got out as long
ways pretended to have affection for his
child. What kind of affection is it that
would allow his child to accom- pany me
TO such destiny? See the condition in
which we were in London. Why if l had
not had my jewels l would have starved
to death.
81 have no intention now of trying to
establish myself as his wife. What l will
do is 10 prosecute him and Stilwell FOR
conspiracy. / will have no trouble prov
ing the charge. Turkheim is now in
America and he may possibly turn States
evidence. AT present he Is being well
paid TO keep away, but that cannot keep
up always. Deimas has not got money
enough to stand the drain"
No definite ARRANGEMENTS have been
made yet for the proceedings which Miss
Young indicated were to be taken, owing
10 the fact that her attorney has not yet
had time to arrange the details.
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question for the uses desired. There
would b, a speedy trial and the jury
would bs asked to determine the value of
the property and all its impr )vements. Ii
the damages awarded did not suit there
might be an appeal. The judgment finally
entered would operate as transfer of tn a
title from the individual owner to the
city and that would end the proceedings,
unless the case should be sent back Tor
retrial by the Supreme Court.
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Declares She Will Prose-
cute Delmas Grim
inally.
She Thinks She Can Prove a
Conspiracy Against Her
Erstwhile Friend.
Won Turkheim May Be Induced to
Return and Tell What
He Knows.

Miss Jeannine Young, self-styled Mrs.
Delmss and for brief period supposi-
tiously the Baroness Won Turkheim
has not yet deserted the warpath. No
longer will she content herself with smit-
ing the face of the little Napoleon or
playing havoc with the brio -brac of his
law offices. Now she means business and
nothing will satisfy her but the crimina
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Bert
booked Prison
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A Beautiful window Display.

The art of window-dressing is shown in
its highest point in the window display OF
laces, trimmings, evening silks, etc, a,
the fancy y-goods store of Newman & LEVIN.
son, keagny street.
The tasteful ar: angement of each single
article has earned a good deal OF credit 1c
the wlndow-dlessers of the above m en-.
toned firm.
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|.
( "In an action to quiet title to =
{ lands in a city, which has been
+ dedicated to public use, the oc- 4
cupancy of such lands by a ;
: private person cannot confer /
on him any rights against the
; city, no matter how long con- I
tinued. 4
"i he city OF San Francisco, as Z
x successor of the pueblo of that 4
name, had the right to take
( pueblo lands in the possession i
of others for public squares,
without making compensation :
4 therefor - HoadIey VS.. City Z
: and County of San Francisco,
< 20 Cal, $50.
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ing the Golden Gate Park right down (,
Market street."
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The railways of world carry owe
40, COO 900 passengers weekly.