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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11

"A Mile Minute" is going well at the
Grand. 1t is a play in which vice threat
ems more than once to thoroughly outwit
virtue, and the gallery tremb es lest it
should be baked OF its prey, the said prey
being an avaricious monster who has
committed parricide for the sake of gold
1t Is needless to say, however, that before
the curtain finally falls the unnatural
monster meets with his deserts, not, how
ever, before a mum Der of sensational epi-
sodes have taken place, one of which is
the pursuit of the villain by the hero in q
special engine.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
M|OWEEK THEATER NOTES
"Chimmie Fadden" Continues
Its Success at the
Columbia.
Louis james Has Not Made a Great
Draw of "Sparta acus"-Comedy at
the AIcsZr.

"Chimmle Fadden" at the Colum bia
Theater is proving the dramatic sensation
of the week. Standing room only" is
the nightly rule, and there is not much
standing room for late corners.
The company has acted so long in this
Bowery comedy that the whole perfor-
nance goes with a snap and vim generally
sought for in vain in travelling organiza-
tions. Even the smallest details are care
fully worked out, and the actors and act
resses in the long cast all give an interest
ing rendering OF Townsend's familiar
characters. Miss Marie Baker, as the
bibulous Mrs. Murphy, remains the favor
lite, which she at once became on Monday
night.
"Chimmie Fadd en-" will remain all
next week at the Columbia. Fanny Rice
TO Ilows.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
THE "CALL" RACING GUIDE.


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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

Bliss, 10 try on a suit of clothes. l left
my books and satchel in the saloon,
and when / looked al nv watch it was
ten minutes past 6 and / concluded that
as il was a very nice suit l wanted lots of
time to try it on.
Then / went down Sutter 10 Sansome
and down Sansome to Bush, and met Mr..
Jacobs again and told him l had missed
the 6 O'Clock boat, and that i would try to
make the $3.50. he told me that ii l
missed the 6:30 to come to his house and
back, the watchman, and he asked me if l
was going to work, and 1 told him l had
forgotten something.
Then | met Mr.. Hoffman talking to
Friedman. AS l had no key to the Bat
tery-streel entrance, / asked Mr.. Hoffm an
for his key; that I wanted TO get some
thing inside. He loaned me his keys, and
| opened the door and handed him his
keys back. l walked in nrst-I don't re-
member whether he walked in first or not.
L wanted TO get some ink-the same kind
OF black ink we used in the store. l looked
around and could not find any small bot
ties. Agents often leave sample bottles of
INK there. Then | stood talking to Mr.
Hoffman for a minute or so, and 1 told
him that had to catch the boat.
"He walked out of the front of the store
with me and | bade him goodnight and
left him. The store was entirely locked
up except the Battery-street door. The
usual time for closing the store for the
las. few months or weeks l believe was 8
o'clock"
The witness was shown the revolver
which had been found lying beside the
body OF the murdered merchant and iden-
titled it as one which he had bought of Z.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

after RothchiId went East. 1t might have
been in January or February. l had a
memorandum; L made out stateme mt.
He drew $500 at that time. He said he
would put it back but he didn't say
when"
''Did you make any statement to the
Chief of Police that Hoffman said he
would pay it before the first of the
month";
He may have said that he would pay
before the first of the month. l told him
TO put it on tag and he said he didn't
want any body to see it and ne asked me
how l could charge it up. and l told him
could charge 1T TO the bank again, and
he instructed me to DO So"
(which 5ank2'
London Paris and-no, it was note
account. The checks were signed Hoff-
man, Rothchild & Co. | don't remember
the amounts of each but they aggregated
$9500 There was one for $780,"
Did you make an entry in the cash
book p
"Yes. sir"
(which cash book?"
''The first entry would make would be
IN The petty cashbOok."
"You wrote the total at the time
$95OO?'
II wrote that in the petty cashbook."
DO you remem ber asking Gellert to
make that entry in the petty shbook?"
81 don't RENE mi ber the occurrence, bus
/ remember asking him"
What was your purpose in asking
JOSEPH Rothchild not to say anything
about this transaction? ?'
81 didn't ask Mr.. Rothchild not to say
ANYTHING aboutIt.''
did you ask him not to tell the Chief
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

counsel make speeches in direct contra
vention of the statute. Mr.. Lloyd sho Id
not make any comments on the matter"
II am not making any comments" re-
plled Lloyd, but simply want the proper
exhibits submitted 10 the Jury"
The Coroner insisted that there should
be no further interruption by the attor-
neys, and the witness .hen gave in
minute detail his reason for believing the
signature forgery. Aines said he noticed
certain similarities between the writing in
the body of the receipt and in the alleged
signature of Isaac Hoffman. He said he
thought there could be no doubt that the
name of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. was
written in the receipt before the amount.
Figel had testified to the reverse of this
Henry Acn related his entire connection
with the case. On the 2u of June he m ade an
investigation of the premises of hoffman,
Rothchild Co. He saw no trail OF blood
between the two offices, sucn as is shown
in the Chiefs diagram.
When the witness had proceeded some
way on this line the Coroner suggested
that he testify regarding the books of the
firm of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co.
When Mr.. Rothchild, his partner, the
witness continued, brought him the $950O
receipt the witness realized that if it were
forgery Z. S. Rothchild, a brother of his
partner, would lose one-third of the
amount; if it were genuine he would lose
nOLhlng.
He took the receipt. looked at it closely
and suspected that the SIGNATURE was not
genuine. He informed Chief lie es of the
existence OF the receipt, telling him his
suspicion OF its character, and suggesting
that If the receipt were a forgery a motive
for murder existed. He related his exam
ination OF the heckbook and his inter-
view with Figel, but brought out nothing
that had not already been iully published.
While he was in the course of explain
ing to the ipry the history of the $500
check the Coroner took an adjournment
until O. clock this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

shop. intending to return and put them
away.
Il then put the question to him, How
could another man have performed this
work and got out of the store in the
short space of ten minutes, when you
when the Fire Department arrived every
door was found fully securecP
"Figel replied that he did not know.
Il then said TO him that that was
pretty story to tell, now that Hoffman
was dead, and asked him if he had any
witnesses to testify that Hoffman had
spoken TO him in regard to burning the
store before the fire occurred. FigeI said:
1 told my wife and Mr.. Atkinson at the
time-they were the only ones to whom
mentioned it,
'Mr. Figel then jumped on a Hayes
strertcar and proceeded down town.
Mr. Naphthaly asked me to-day if l had
any written statement from Hoffman or
Figel regarding this fire and 1 replied that
| had none. After the fire l question cd
Figel very closely as to his movements
and his visit TO the barber-shop; his clos
ing the iron doors preceding it and leav-
ing the books spread on his desk has al
ready been stated fully in the papers.
1.-The difference between Mr.. Figels and
Mr.. Hoffman's department that evening
was very marked. FigeI, as l said before,
was id saucy' and independent and re-
senied my questioning him. Hoffman,
on the contrary, when we reached the
store gave me every facility to investl-
gate.
HE insisted on breaking through the
saddlery store next door and getting his
books il possible. Together we assembled
a ladder and looked down upon the ruins.
We saw several DO KS that mad not been
consumed in the tffice, and Hoffman IN
sisteI upon securing them, although at
the time 1 told him it would be dangerous
to descend, even for an experienced fire.
man. Nothing daunted, ne insisted on
going down into the office and securing
The books, and l was obliged to give way
From Mr.. Hoffman'S actions l am en-
tirely satisfied that he knew no more
about the fire than L did,"
Mr.. Naphthaly when seen last evening,
after fully corrobOrating Fire Marshal
Towe's statement, said:
"As 8 matter of fact on the evening of
the fire there was special consignment
made to the order OF Summerfield, Roman
& Co., which had been delivered from the
railroad company, and was on the side
walk awaiting delivery by the draymen to
the retail concern. This consignment was
of a value exceeding $1,000. Besides this
there were several other consignments
awaiting delivery to several retail firms.
AT late hour, finding that the cases
couid not be conveniently delivered to
the consignees in time 10 have them re-
ceipt for the goods or open them. Isaac
Hoffman ordered them returned to the
store and delivered the next morning
Does 1t seem possible that if ne had an
idea of burning his store on that evening
he would not have had these pood :
delivered and thereby saved several thou-
sands of dollars2
THE CALL is the only paper that has
published the report of the adjusters OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23
AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE.
Startling Disclosures Made by Fire
Marshal TOwe and Attorney
NaDhthalv.

Fire Marshal Towe was seen last night,
and when asked about an interview said
to have taken place between himself and
Mr. Naphthaly, stated that be had re-
peated yesterday to Mr. Naphthaly a con-
versation that had occurred last Tuesday
between Theodore Figel and himself.
Last Tuesday evening, while taking a
walk, met gentleman on Hayes street,
between Franklin and Cough, who ac-
costed me and asked me if knew him. 1
answered: Yes, you are Theodore FigeL ;
L see by the papers, Figel said, that you
said l was insulting TO you when you
made Investigations into the cause of the
fire in Hoffman, Alexander & Co.'s store. ;
~ did not say so,' l replied. Il said
you were id saucy," and that your
fsther censured YOU for not being respect
full TO public officer. That was the ex-
tent of my comment"
'Figel said: All right. When I get
upon the stand in this case l will tell all
know about the fire. | then So i'd, You
ought to have told it at the time of the
fire. and asked him what hs knew
about it.
HIS reply was that he would testify
that about a week or ten days before the
fire occurred Hoffman had spoken to him
about getting rid of the goods in the store
by means o. fire, as lie could make a
better sale to the underwriters than to
any one else, and had a man who would
do the job.
ITO this l replied: II is a funny thing
TO say now that the man is dead. How
could it have been done2 You were the
last man in the store, and according to
your own sta ement ten minutes after you
left .he fire was discovered. Everything
was locked up and the doors were redhot.'
''Figel replied that Hoffman must have
let the man In the store before it was
closed, and l now understand why he
asked me to remain and write up his
books on that particular evening. | had
TO take them ali out, and as had prom
ised to take my wife TO the theater that
evening and could not get shaved after s
o'clock, l lett the books as they were.
spread on the desk, to go TO the barber
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

The business of the firm had been very
prosperous. and he did not think that there
had been any Justification of the books.
On being pressed for the memorandum
which ne said he had made of the check
Tor $95cO, he said that be didn't know
whether 1T was at the store or not. MIR.
Holman seemed to be in his usual spirits
that morning, although the nursegirl had
said that he had seemed to be despondent.
The books were correct with the exception
of the $500 affair.
The business of the firm was then
touched upon by the witness in reply to
questions put b. the Coroner. There was
duc to Mrs. Alexander about SO, 600 or
$23 O00 At the end of the present year
tie hooks showed a profit to the firm OF
seventy odd thousand dollars, of which
about $4,000 was the profit of the San
Francisco end OF the firm.
When F1gel was asked by the Cnron er
Tor the names of the men who acted as his
agents making bets at the racetrack, he
named w. NJ. Taylor and Edgar L. Akin
son. de paid Atkinson one-third of all
his winnings under $780, and $500 for all
that he won over that. Mr.. Taylor re-
celved no salary. tigel also had an un-
derstanding with George Baldwin to give
him one half of all winnings made on tips
furnished by Baldwin.
Then he told about the deceased having
instructed him not to paw any of Mrs
Hofman's bills. He did not know mat
Holman had any personal enemies. but
he Lad family troubles. He did not know
that Hoffman had had any trouble with
woman. The witness said that he had as
much as $1,000 in bank at one time.
Daniel L. Ames, an expert on hand
writing, testified that at the request OF
Rothchild & Ach he had examined the
signature on the $9500 receipt, com pairing
IL with six or eight signatures of Isaac
Holm an given him oy the attorneys. He
concluded III at the signature on the re.
celpt was not written by Hoffman.
Lloyd objected 10 the witness giving his
conclusions, and asked that the alleged
genuine signatures be produced and sub
mttted to the jury and compared by them
vi tn the signature on the receipt He
also said that the signatures prod uced by
Rothcnlld ana Ach should first be proved
to be nuine.
Ach objected to Lloyd's action, saving:
II don't propose to sit here and have
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

at Aliens. When this witness testified
the first time his testimony was of a char
acter to positively show that Figel had not
bought the weapon there. Figel yester-
day stated that the weapon had been
bought at Aliens some years ago.
Figel was under fire for something over
two hours, and was followed bv Daniel L.
Ames who declared in unequivocal Ian
guage that he believed the $500 receipt to
be forgery.
Ach occupied the stand for about half
an hour and had only begun to get we'll
into the case when an adjournment was
taken for the day.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

tn at fire, and it would be well to supple
mPnt the report with the actual figures"
From Mr. Naphthaly's suggestion the
following figures we're obtained from an
authentic source:
Actual loss fixed by sdjusters, $14S $50 10;
value of stock in store at time of fire, $b49.-
$50 so; actual cost value of same at time OF
fire, less discounts Der statements furnished
by the firm of Hoffman, Alexander & Co.,
$14S520 10; value of goods saved from fire,
as per adjusters' account, $50, 600, leaving a
balance of 1928 $50 10. the amount paid by
the insurance companies
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23
THE INQUEST.
Some of the Most Sensational Tes'
timony That Has Yet Been
Developed.

IIInOTlY ] IIdN II1o &C DUGII
Developed.
C. Johnson, assistant agent of the N. P.
r. r. Co. at the ferry. was the first viii
ness at the inquest yesterday. He told
about Figel buying a commutation ticket
on June 1, between 6:15 P. NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
He was certain as to the time, because he
opened the office at 6:15 and closed it at
$3.50, and it must have been within that
period that Figel bought the ticket.
at the request of the Coroner the wit
ness went through the motions of making
out the commutation ticket. According
TO the stopwstch of Lawyer Lloyd the
tire coupled was 90 seconds. The wit
nt IS was positive that the gates leading
to the boat were closed at 6:31. After
Figel had obtained his ticket two other
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23

Case Against FIRel Dismissed.
The suit which was filed yesterday by
l. jacob against Theodore A. FIgeI to
collect a promissory note of the latter to
!. Gellert was to-day dismissed by tn
plaintiff in the case
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23
DE-. WoNG WoO,

CHINhSE PHYSICIAN AND
~ surgeon, graduate of the most TA
famous medical cqlleRe in China
has prscticed his profession IN
san Francisco for over twenty & q
years with III ara ed success. Thou kAr%
sands OF patients testify to ) va
skill and knowledge. Natures es3&AM
incidence used. y o minerals. lie HESf4 sNY
cures, not attempts to cure, Rheu- SEZkYsTgfskSr
matism Paralysis. Piles, Dyspep- ~Ett@f7'1S"
STA, Consumption Asthma, Brtgh g and ali Kid
ney Disc ases, Blindness Heart Dlseass. Diseases
OF the Throat, Cancer, TumOrs and Blood and
SIX n Diseases Male and fem lie malades sue
cesslvely treated and cured. Consultation fire.
Office, 776 Clay st, wher he NAV e consulted at
any lme during the gay o. eve ing. Hours-9 80
to IL A. N, l 80 TO & To p N.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
DoMoKo IS FALLEN.
Ths Greek Routed aai Turkey Osdersi to Cease
HostIities.

LoND On, Elgllnd, May. IS --Domo-
ko has fallen, the news being c,n-
firmed, this morning. The Greeks
were routed, horse, foot and dragons.
The political phases grow more COM
plicated. Turkey Is doing as she
pleases and the powers seem powerless
to stop her. Patriotic Athenian Greeks
point to Moscow and say they will give
history another sublime spectacle of a
city burned. rather than city coz
quered. They feel they have been
grossly cheated.
CoNsTANyINoPLE, Turkey, May 1S.--
Z Them Pasha, commanding the Turk
ish army operating against the Greeks,
has been ordered TO cease hosiilities.
BRussELs, Belgium, May 1s.-The
Greek government is endeavorIng to
raise loan in Belgium, but the at
tempt will probably fail.
ATHENS, Greece, May 18.-The
Turks have hoisted flag Of truce at
Imaret, and have sent delegates to
Arta to arrange the terms of the
armistice. Same done by the Turks at
Domoko.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
MORGAN RESOLUTION
It Recognizes the BeIIigerency
of Cuba and It VIII Pass the
Senate EasiIyE Enodph.
BUSY WEEK FOR BAPTlsTs
The Sugar Scandals in Which
Senator's Figure VIII be
AIRED by the Car0linian.
EASTERNWAR ABOUT OVER

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 18 The
prevailing opinion Is that the Morgan
resolution, Recognizing the belligerency
OF Cuba, will pass the senate by q
majority of from to 10. 1t will not
be party vote. The democrats Of the
house, populists and quite number Of
r publicans, are understood to be ark.
ious to face Tnursday's session with a
direct vote on the belligerency question.
Speaker Reed is opposed to it. but
rough methods must prevail to prevent
its passage.
New YORK, N. Y. May I8-A
SIM special, to- day, says that the senate
is most reluctant to take up the sugar
scandals. This is 50 apparent that
Tillman sees his opportunity, and IS
preparing TO pitch in yiciously as soon
as the Cuban debate ceases to mo-
nopolize the senate's attention.
Consideration OF the Morgan resolu-
tion was resumed in the senate at 2 p.
M. Mason, of Illinois, was the first
speaker. He spoke Of the ''polite de-
lay" and eulogized Mckinley.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
"oooD CITIZENS.
A New Organization To Be Brought Into Rx-
istence at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May. IS ~
large number OF reformers from the
east, west and south assembled here,
to-day, IN q "national good citizs ne
convention" for the purpose OF bring.
ing into existence good citizens
league in which lovers of liberty, pros
perIty. truth, righteousness and good
government may unite and work for
reformation of social and political life
and the uplifting of humanity.
The movement had its origin in
call signed by representative men OF
twenty-four states, among the number
being Rsv. DR.. George G. Lorimer,
the eminent Baptist divine of Boston
Rev. DIR. Theodore L. Cyler, OF Brook
Ign; Kerr Boyce Tupper, D. D., of
Philadelphia; President A. b. Miller,
of Waynesburg college, Pennsylvania
the venerable Neal Dow, of Mainei
Methodist Bishop w. X. Ninde, of De-
troit. and Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong, OF
New York.
The call for the gathering b.istles
with pointed remarks, among them be-
ing the following: "We have been
selecting and appointing far too many
bid and incompetent men, all the way
from courts of justice Of the peace to
the halls OF the United States capitol"
The convention opens, this afternoon,
and will continue for the two follow
ing days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
ANNIVERSARY WEEK.


PITTsBURG. Pa. MAY IS For Q
W eek to como, the no.longer "Smoky
City" will bs the Mecca Of distin-
guished dIvines, laymen and women
workers OF the Baptist denomination
from all parts OF the uulon. II Is san
niversary week. In the Baptist
calendar. both In this country and In
England, and the ruling powers and
lights OF the church assemble to legis-
late concerning the home mission
society, the historical and publication
societies and the missionary union.
In accordance with time hon ored
precedent, the women have been give u
the right OF line, and the annual meet
ing OF the Women's Baptist home mis-
sion society opened, yesterday after
noon and evening, with fellowship
meetings and greetings. To day, the
delegates assembled in the Fourth
avenue church and after u dc
votional service there was an
open parliament conducted by
Miss Frances M. Schuyler. A special
hour was devoted TO short talks by
home missionaries. Miss Jeanette
Gedalius told how the Bsptists we're
proclaiming the Messiah to the Jews.
Miss Fannie Elliott narrated some ex-
periences in the lifting up OF the Afro.
Americans, Mrs Marie Corielle Davis
showed how the Great Spirit was being
revealed to the Indians, Mrs. Kerr b.
Tupper talked OF the opening OF the
eyes of the Chinese, while Miss Emma
+. Parsons dilated with earneslness
upon the topic: "Standing for truth
among the Mormons." After service
of praise and prayer recess was
taken.
Tonight there will be demonstra-
lion in ceIetra. ion OF the twentieth an
niyersary Of the society. Mrs. l., c.
Barnes will deliver the address of wei
come, Ms. j. N Grouse, the president,
will respond, and an historical address
will be delivered by the frst chairman
of the executive board, Mrs. +. X.
Dickerson. Tomorrow will ha devnted !
to the anniversary meetings Of the
Home Mission, Historical and Pub
lIcation societies.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
ENGLISH MASONRY.
A Special Grand Lodge Has Been Convened by
the Prince of Wales.

LONDON. England, May 18 The
Prince of Wales, who for TWEEN y-three
consecutive years has been grand mas.
ter Of English Free AIasons, has con-
vened special grand lodge, to be
held on June 14th, in commemoraton
of the diamond jubilee OF the queen.
All the high dignitaries of the order
from every town and county in the
united kingdom, as we'll as many dis
tinguished Masons from abroad, will
be PRESENT. and the event will, it is
given out, bAthe most brilliant in the
records of Enslish masonry.
The Freemakons' hall is the perma-
nent meeting Place of the grand lodge
and has been thS scene of the success.
sive installations OF the Prince of
Wales and othAr notable Masonic
events, but owing ITO the immense at
tendance that will4ark the forthcom-
ing special assembly, the spacious and
magnificent Albert Nall has been en-
gagged.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
A DAY OF TRAGEDIES
More Than the Usual Number
Of Fatalities Occur in DIFF
ferent Parts.
SOME INDEED HORRIBLE! !!
The Expected War Between Dem
ocrats not Reached In Ken
lucky.
THE OHIO CONVENTIONS

DENVER. Colo, May 1S.-The
Epening Post gives the particulars Of
a whole family Of prominent Denver
ties being murdered In cold blood, in
small settlement, near Helena, Mont
The bodies were found with their
ttroats cut from ear to ear. The
daughter had been outraged and the
house was bespattered with blood
showing evidences OF the feaif full
struggle for life.
They we're William ii. Hamilton,
Mrs. Catherine Hamilton. EIizabsth
Hagus Hamilton and Lee Hamilton.
None knew Of the tragedy in Denver.
until the dispatch was received, this
morning, which gave the details OF Il 0
crime. Although 1t happened three
weeks ego 1t was buried IN an obscure
settlement. The motive was robbery,
the butchers getting $500. The
Hamillons resided before their depart
ure for Montana, three months ago, on
Pennsylvania avenue, and Miss Bessie
was engaged to Denver man.