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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
MORE FAIR LITIGATION.
Heirs Will Pay for the Autopsy
Held on the Mil
lionaire.
The Settlement of the Case Recalls
Judge Stacks Interesting
Decision.

One of the most interesting phases in
the Fair litigation-a litigation which in
volved many legal complications. alleged
false deeds, marriage contracts, pretty
and homely women-was the suit ought
by DR.. w. G. Miner. DR.. Marc Levins-
ston and DIR. julius Rosentirn for $3.50
against the executors of the Fair estate.
These doctors held an autopsy on the
dead millionaire and charged $l750 for
their services of settling for all time the
causes which led to the ex-senator s
death. The bill was presented 10 the ex-
ecutors of the estate and they refused to
pay. Suit was brought in Judge Slack s
court to recover the amount named.
The Judge held in learned and lengthy
opinion that a dead man could not pro-
vide the means for holding an autopsy on
himself. Judge Slack allowed DR.. Miner,
however. $500 for medical attendance
during Fair s lifetime.
Yesterday the three heirs to the estate
entered into stipulation with the doc
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
The CASE IS
SMOLDERIuG
Eorebodings of More Sen
sations in the Fair
Litigation.
Talk of a Natural Child of the
Senator as a New
Claimant.
The Child Is Said to Be in This CITY
and in the Care of Mrs. Nettie
r. Craven.

Is Mrs. Craven preparing to interject a
new claimant into the contest for a por-
ton of the vast wealth left by the late
Senator James G. Fair?
rumor to that effect gained currency
yesterday, but the lady refuses to deny or
affirm it. though one of her attorneys, A.
Ruef, denied it vehemently in her pres
ence, while Charles ]. Heggerty, who.
with George A. Knight is conducting the
fight Tor Charles Fair Mrs. Oelrichs and
Miss Virginia Fair, says the report is not
new and so far as he knows is unfounded.
Dame Rumor sailed forth yesterday
with the startling story that Mrs. Nettie
X. Craven now has in her charge a child,
s years old, who, at the proper time. she
intended TO produce in court as a claimant
for share of the estate, on the ground
that it is child of the late Senator. This
child-a girl-according to the report, has
been kept in st. Louis until less than a
month ago, when Mrs. Craven had it
brought 10 this city and has held it in her
possession ever since.
George A. Knight, the principal attor-
ney for the Fair children, is out of town
Tor few days, but his partner, Mr.. Heg-
gerty, when told of the report, laughed
and admitted that it was not the first time
he had ueard it.
THE story that an alleged child of the
late enator Fair would be produced" he
said, reached my ears about three W eeks
ago, but never placed any credeuce in it.
There was similar story circulated over
year ago, but it soon died out and the
child was never produced. 1 do not think
any such move will be made now"
Mrs Craven was in consultation with
Attorney Ruef when seen by CALL rep
sentative last evening. Before she had an
opportunity TO reply to the question as to
whether she mad such child in her pos
session and intended 10 make a fight to
establish its claim in court, the attorney
fastened to answer for her. and in the
most vigorous language denied that there
was word OF truth In the story.
Then turning to Mrs. Craven, he paused
10 give her an opportunity to answer for
herself. Alter moment hesitation she
said:
There have been many stories circu-
lated about me since l became identified
with the Fair estate litigation, and / have
always made it a rule TO neither affirm nor
deny any OF them. | must follow that
rule in the present instance"
Then you will not deny that such a
child eXiSts2"
No, nor do / admit it,"
Did you ever at any time state that
you could produce daugh ter of the late
Senator Fair, and would do so under GER
tain circumstances, and establish its right
to portion of the estate?''
Il must also refuse to answer that ques-
tion," replied the lady and repeated
efforts failed to elicit definite answer.
1t was repor; ed late last night that De-
tective Seymour, of TIE police force. had
left for the East in the interest OF the con-
test over the Fair estate, but none of the
heads OF the department could be found
to confirm the report.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

mentioned so often in the press but |
only DID my duty. | performed my task
conscientiously. l have no apologies TO
m AXE to Mr.. O'Rourke. and l am ready to
enter the ring with Walcott for second
time"
Archie Levy, who represents Solly
Smith, states that ORourke is a hard
loser. Levy says that it would be more
manly on o. Rourkes part to acknowledge
defeat and try again." He admits that
O'Rourke, although hard loser, is good
fellow and Dixon a skillful ring general.
But he adds that Smith is a fighter.
Smith. Levy says, STANDS ready TO defend
the title of feather-weight champion of the
world. Levy pertinently says: Smith
will listen to any reasonable promo ,ition,
no matter from whom. and if O'RourKe
wants satisfaction he can be accommo-
da ted"
AT Alvarado, Alameda County, J. Nc
Mahon OF San francisco defeated r.
Brown of that place in the first round.
The contest was to have been for ten
rounds.
Sammy Kelly, once matched to meet
Solly Smith at 116 pounds in New York, is
coming to the coast. He wants 10 fight
Smith.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
FAKER SHARKEY
CAST ADRIFq
He Will Not Meet Goddard
in the Roped
Arena.
Joe Choynski Expected to Ar
rive in Town This
Evening.
George Green Talks About O'Rourke
and Another Battle With
Walcott.

Joe Choynski, the gallant California
tighter, is expected to arrive tonight
On the eve OF his arrival there was much
talk last night i'll pugilistic circles about
the forthcoming bouts that would be
mapped out for him. All the clubs want
Joe TO battle under their auspices.
1t is understood that the National A,h
letic Club is DESTROYS that Choynski shall
meet Jeffries. and there are rumors that
such match has been made. If this be
so the managers ST the club were reticent
on the subject last night.
The card that ali the clubs are after is a
third battle between Goddard and Cho-
ynski.
Faker Sharkey has been left at the post.
1t was practically decided last night that
Sharkey and Goddard will not meet un-
der the auspices of the Knickerbock er
Athletic Club. The club has decided tn
Oharkey could not draw sufficient crowd
TO pay Tor he gas. There isn't man in
San Francisco, renowned for lis sport.
loving population, that would pay q
nickel to see Shaikey fall to the floor.
simulate being hit by foul blow and
writhe in agony. He had much sooner
WOO fortune by playing the nickel-in-the-
slot machine.
Smith fight, in speaking about O. Rourke's
offer 10 match Walcott against him, the
colored lad agreeinr to stop him in ten
rounds, said last night:
Il am ready and willing to accept
y. Rourke's proposition as soon as Il ght
Zierler.
20 Rourke has formed a misconception
OF the language / used when / spoke of
Walcott as being 'nonentity.' l meant
by that word that WaIcott, like all other
lighters. is nonentity TO me. | did not
wish in any way to reflect on Walcott's
achievements
M y decision IN tie fight was not based
on anlmus, as O'Rourke would have the
| public believe. but on the actual perform-
ance OF the two men. The decision me t
WIN the entire approval of all fair
| regret extremely that my name has Been
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

eraI Barnes for many years. and we have
been friends sill the time"
General Barnes wa, asked last evening
what language passed between himself
and Police Commissioner Gunst In an in
terview on Market street yes erday. The
General SAID: 81 had a plain talk with
Mr.. Gunst. Ny name was used in a man
ntr that did not please me. It was said
that l was put in the Figel case by Chief
Lees. l asked Mr.. Gunst if he made that
statement and he denied that he ever said
anything of the kind. We got a paper
and found that he was reported TO have
made the assertion. He denied that nv
name was used by him. and promises to
have the newspaper interview corrected
in that respect"
When asked what else was said General
Barnes replied: "Ask Mr.. Gunst."
Bystanders give various versions of the
colloquy. One version Is 10 the effect
that The General spoke OF hiring a hall and
giving the public the secret inside history
of an appointment made by Governor
Markham which created q sensation in
San Francisco.
On Ell Lees said last night: II have
simply TO repeat what | have already
stated, that in the present position of
affairs | should not go into any srecific
criticism of Mr.. Gunst's remarks While
L have no desire to withhold from either
the press or the community any infor-
nation on this unpleasant topic that they
are entitled to, still L cannot help feeling
1t somewhat inuelicate, considering his
relation to the Police Commission,
TO engage in newspaper controversy. If
Mr.. Gunst has any specific charges TO
make the commission and the courts are
open to him, Either of them must be
considered the proper tribunal before
which Tie matter may be heard When
such charges are presented l will be pre-
pared 10 meet them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
WHY NOT JOIN HANDS WH TIE CIR AND JURY AND GATH
CITY FATHERS A
CITY FATHE

suppested by C. o. Burton. He took an
active part IN welcoming guests to San
Francisco during the late Christian En-
deavor Convention, and frequently heard
from strangers EXPLANATIONS of surprise
that the low and unsightly buildings on
Market street, in the very heart of the
city, should be permitted to obscure the
view OF the City Hall.
A general outline of the proposition is
that bonds may be issued for an amount
necessary to repave Market street and
provide proper system of drainage for
the whole city. Other Improvements may
be embraced, but the danger of projecting
too many schemes is appreciated by the
Grand Jury and should be closely noted
by the Board of Supervisors.
Mr.. Burton is confident that our per
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
GATHERED IN
gibbs HEAD
He Was a Bit Too Sporty
For the Service of
Uncle Sam.
His Place in the United States
Custom-House Will Know
Him No More Forever.
Federal Authorities Did Not Approve
of the Assistant Cashier Promot-
ing Prize-Fights.

J. D. Gibbs, until yesterday assistant
cashier OF the Custom house, is no longer
in the employ of Uncle Sam. He received
a brief announcement from Collector jack
son yesterday afternoon that his services
would be dispensed with forthwith.
}. D. Gibbs and J. J. Groom. constitute
the National Athletic Club, the organi5a-
ton which mas engineered a score OF t1st1c
exhibitions" in the city, including the
Sharkey -FitZsi i'm mons hasco, and 1t IS 10
Gibbs activity in these matters that MS
downfall is attributed. Though the IN
fiuence which were brought to bear
to accomplish his undoing I'M
doubleday were exerted from this
city Gibbs does rot think Colonel Jackson
was IN any way responsible for his dis
missaL He says he informed his supe-
rlor upon his taking Office that he (Gibbs)
was interested IN boxing exhibitions. and
Colonel Jackson said there was no obiec-
ton on his part.
j. J. Groom, partner of Gibbs in the
Drawn entertainments, says the dismissal
is but another evidence of the farce of
civil service. He believes that Gibbs was
displaced simply to make way for some
one else, and the fact that Gibbs was ath-
letlcally interested was not a material
circumstance except in so far as it fur
nlshed a means of getting around the
technicality of the law in deciding his
friends fate.
Gibbs intends to-day to forward an ap-
peal to the Civil Service Commission and
hopes at least to discover the exact
charges against him.
Immediately upon Gibbs discharge the
civil service machine was set to work. B.
f. Small, fee clerk in the cashiers Office
was promoted TO the place Gibbs vacated,
Cress Unger was made fee clerk, L. o.
borne took Unger's place, and A H.
Meusdorffer was taken from the eligible
list and put on the payroll.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
tors TO pay them $3.50 for holding the au-
topsy out OF the first money which comes
to them from the opulent estate.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
Man Supposed to Be One of the
tkiah Train Robbers in the
City Prison.

The police have been searching for the
two Ukiah train robbers, as it was be.
lieved that they had taken refuge in this
city.
Last night Detective Anthony and Po-
ltcemSn p. j. O. Brien arrested a man on
suspicion OF being one of the Ukiah train
robbers and locked him up In the tanks
at the City Prison.
He answers the description of the taller
OF the two robbers, but from the experi-
ence OF the police in arresting TWO men
from Orego on suspicion of being the two
Mendoclno stage robbers they refuse 10
give any information as to his name or
where he was arrested
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
SUPERVISORS ALL FAVOR 1T.
Members Declare That the City Hall Shoud Have to Match
Its Magnficence.
Its Magnificence.

ehtevew seriyegar
bHt ICmmsson
ofea osesho the
SUPERVISOR LAWRENCE
tdwhhhe
land which understand dedicated
rtnmby ondmn
transfer eancn b.
be
called would tina bHdm
tot tn
: al lie
SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON
Hail. Francisco
other h
:
SUPERVISOR to
and low,
mma
SUPERVISOR
buying back the City Hall
he yfomdon that dix
Jone
onwio
take San and who
beautiful grounds"
SUPERVISOR lots veben
them It's
of eCtvH
Tfavr
twohibe of
bushes way m
CALL
a ~ u j. sss j. u. sa.N
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
Mr.. Gift Is Unhappy.

Frank Lee Gift has spent two days trying to
convince Judge Slack tina. he ought to be re-
leased from the order 10 pay his ex-wife ali
mony for the rest of his life. He is also trying
to explain why he removed his minor child
from the State in disc bedience to the edict of
the court He says that his divorced wife.
Anna May Gift, is pursuing him with relent-
less animosity, and that unless he is afforded
some protection she will drive him from mis-
posi- ton and deprive him of a chance to make
living. The matter has been taken under
advisement
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

N MEMBERS the Grand Jury are graf
IV lied TO observe that the proposed
plas TO remove the buildings from
the ground between the new City Hall and
Market street meets with such wide
spread public favor. 1t is not disclosing
secrets of the Grand Jury to publish the
fact that every me n Der of that body i'll
dorsed the report of the corr mittee pro-
posing a scheme of municipal improve
ment for submission to the Board OF SUI
pervisors.
The complete report may not be pre-
sented for several weeks. Several Impor-
tant questions of law are involved which
rendered it necessary that the advice OF
the City and County Attorney should be
obtained.
The plan IN the Grand Jury was first
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
Held for Burglary,

Edward Anderson, the man who was ar
rested In the Langham Hotel last Thursday,
was yesterday held by Judge ,Joaehimsen to
answer before the Superior Court on a charge
OF burglary In $1,000 bonds. The charge is for
entering the room of Mrs. Sadie LEROY and
stealing some articles OF iewelry
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

execute the general plan of municipal
progress.
There Is clear appreciation of the fact
that nothing can be done without the con :
sent of the voters OF the city expressed at
the ballot-box.
The CALLS method of ascertaining pub
lie sentiment by interviews with citizens
and taxpayers is commended as the
proper course just now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

The Chinese bureau yesterday issued return
certincates to 100 Chinese laborers who are TO
leave Tor China to-day on the steamer Doric
The certificates are issued under the treaty of
1894, and will entitle the holders TO return at
any time within year,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
Business Failures.

John B. Curtis in his individual capacity
and doing business as the California School
Supply Company yesterday fled a petition To
be adjudged an insolvent debtor He owes
$2134 IL and has assets worth $l3O6 81.
Max Alsenstein, grocer. is bankrupt He
owes $6Ol 80. and claims assets valued at
S400 %0
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12

cent 4o-year bonds would find ready
market in money circles. He has not sug-
gesteu any amount, but incines to the
opinion hat the bonds which may be au-
thorlzed In the aggregate should be
actually issued only as the work OF i'm
provement progressed.
1t is possible that some action of the
Legislature may be equired to en- bic the
city to create the Indebtedness required to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
Defrauding an Innkeeper

warrant was issued by Judge Low vas,o-
day for the arrest of George w. Curtis ON a
charge OF defrauding an innkeeper. He had
been guest ut the Russ House Tor mon.p
and to,k his departure without paving his
bill of $35. p"' MS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
NEW TO-DAY.

What kind
of over-coats
and listers
have we +?
Rough coats
smooth coats
tough coats
fancy coats
coats for looks
coats for service
coats for both
but
no mean coats
Brokaw Bros and Rogers, Peet & Co.
New York's best tailors' coats for sale
here; other makes also
Over-coats from S to $50
listers from s. to SIS
Mackintoshes from S. to
$50
Well help you select with the under
standing that you'll bring back what
yon don't like
Alterations cheerfully made
Money cheerfully refunded
See window display
ROOS BROS
27-37 Kearny corner Post 20
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
The Printer.

Everybody looks after the Printer. If
a newspaper man goes into a store, he
buys his goods like Others. When he
wants a new shirt he does not go from
store to store and take bids. If he gets
a doctor or a lawyer he pays their bills.
He never thinks of asking the grocer to
put in another pound of sugar for a
dollar. When he gets shaved out goes
ten cents. If he buys a cord of wood
or a bushel of potatoes he knows he
ought to pay a little more than the
market price.
When a couple gets married or there
1s a church festival he cheerfully gives
a couple OF dollars worth of notices
free; but when there is a fifty cent job
of printing, the printer is asked to bid.
After going the rounds and getting the
price down below living rates, he gets
the job, providing he donates ten per
cent. These are facts, and there is
nothing remarkable about it only that
the printers are such blooming fools as
to allow it.-Press and Printer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
Pioneer Days in the White House.

Congress first assembled in the new
Capitol on November II, 1900; and
John Adams, then President, took up
his abode in the Executive Mansion"
writes e x,President Harrison of THE
Domestic Side of the White House.
in the May Ladies' Home Journal.
"Neither the Capitol nor the Executive
Mansion was fully completed. The
proportions of the house seemed to
Mrs. Adams as grand and superb
The plan was taken fro the palace of
the Duke of Leinster in Dublin. If
they will put rue up some bells and let
me have wood enough to keep fres,'
wrote Mrs. Adams, L design to be
pleased But, though literally in the
woods, no one could be found to cut
and cart firewood. The few cords of
wood that had been provided had been
expended to dry the plastering. A
Pennsylvania wagon, secured through
a Treasury clerk, delivered a cord and
a half of wood, which is wrote Mrs.
Adams, all we have for this house,
where twelve fires are constantly re.
quired, and VIZ are told the roads will
soon be SO bad that it can not be drawn.
THE society ladies were impatient for
a drawing room in the Executive Man.
sion, and this when Mrs. Adams had
mo looking glasses but dwarfs,' and
not a twentieth part lamps enough to
light the house. There was no Enclosure,
and she made a drying room for her
clothes OF the great East Room. The
original cost Of the White House is said
to have been u little more than three
hundred thousand dollars, and some
thing more than that amount was ex'
pended in restoring it latter its de.
struction by fire in 1914 and in the
building of the north and south
porticos."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
The Opening.

The opening of the Centennial Expo
sition at Nashville has not been q dis
appointment. 1t was a grand success
in every respect, in attendance, in the
condition of the buildings and the ex
hibition. The management have
abundant reason to congratulate them
selves upon the beginning made.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition
begins with some disadvantages. 1t
comes close upon the heels of the
Worlds Fair at Chicago and the mag
nificent exposition at Atlanta. Visitors
will draw comparisons. No one ex-
poets to see an exposition on so large a
scale as that witnessed at Chicago, but
the two will be compared and to give
satisfaction the Tennessee exposition
must be something of unusual excel
lence. 1t is from accounts, all that.
1t comes fully up to public expectation
and the beginning is magnificent.
1t is not what it will be. 1t is not
yet complete. Additions will be made
to IL for weeks to come and it will be a
show worthy of the State and of the
enterprising people of the State capital
to whose enterprise and liberality it
owes its existence. The Nashville and
Davidson County people showed their
faith by going deep down in their
pockets and putting up their money.
That they expect reward is a matter
of course, and The Journal trusts that
their most sanguine expectations will
be fully realized.
This article will not be closed with
out expressing pride in Knoxville s
showing made already at the Centen.
NAL grounds.
The Knoxville building is spoken of
in terms of universal praise. Knoxville
was the first capitol of the State.
Around Knoxville cluster memories of
thrilling events, connected with the
early history of the Volunteer State.
1t was here that our fathers assembled
to draft the first constitution of Ten
nessee to pass the first laws for the
government of the State, and to inau.
gurate the first Governor in the person
of the matchless John Sewer. Knox
vile people who visit the Centennial
will be glad to see there a Knoxville
building over which floats the flag OF
the first capitol of the State.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-05
What an Old Resident SAYS.
VAUGHN, BENTON Co ARK,

VAUGHN, BENTON Co ARK,
APRIL 20, 1897.
ED. HERALD AND TRIBUNE-JoNEsBoRo.
Enclosed find one dollar, for which
send me your paper. l am a native of
your State and county, and moved to
this State nearly a quarter of a century
ago. My ancestors settled in your val
leys and Aills long before Tennessee
became a State. They helped to fell
your forests, build your school houses
and churches, and in those perilous
conflicts that tried men s %souls;n with
Sewer and Jackson as leaders, they
went with those who hallowed King e
Mountain and the plains lea New Or
leans with a renown as immortal as the
source and channel of the Mississippi
and as you have taken an interest in
the early history of Tennessee, it makes
your paper very interesting. Sure,
fixed on virtue, may your great State
stand, and public evil never touch your
land, is the desire of yours truly,
j. A. MURRAY.