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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-12-02
An inconsistent Woman.
Woes Compared.

Perry Pattie -"Well. what luck %
Wayworn Watson-''Worse IN the
world. He gimme a meal ticket. !"
''Oh, it might o been worse. I
struck Il guy yesterday that gimme q
order on bath house. .''-Clnclnnati
Enquirer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-12-02
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Miss Boston How rougn this
sport Of football is What shocks OF
irresistible bodies
Daisy Iorke = Humph. What
shocks Of Irresistible hair
An Inconsistent Woman.
Well, for man -hater / think
Won re lust too inconsistent for any
thing.
Why, what DO you mean
''Wel, every time you laugh YOU say
sHe-heI''
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-12-02

Icebergs sometimes last 200 years
before th Y entirely melt away.
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themselves d5Voured by q variety Of
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-12-02
NEW SERIES-VOL. XVI. NO.3l.

NJ w SERIES
IHE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
,ToREES TAT ARE TOLD BY TIE
FUNNY fisA OF TIE PRESS.
\ little OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Point OF
sier--The >hock-Works Both WAY.
Head o. the Cias<-Cuisure's CaadIu-
Tor Expert Testimony. Etc, ftc.
little Quakcre>s. - quaint,
- modest and "a sweet
she looked a veritatle =
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indianapolis Journal.
The Point Of View.
Cholly Chapleivh oh, I'm aw-
fully glad you're no. man.
Penelope-"And I'm just as sorry
you're not
Cultures Coaaintor.
What aa air-of ~ell-bred reposa
young Newrich has"
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peSiti "t'H' >~iii''a7' i'sco'o.
"oThs '."th ways.
She Il i wasn't Tor the Oil bach
elors there would he no hirts
He-''If it wasn't for the tllrts there
would be 10 Old bachelors. lineage
News.
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heard ne lady swear II me io1e' slf
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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
ANGELINA SCOTS WILL.
1t Disposes OF an Estote Tbot Is
Valued at Over Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars.

The will of the late Mrs. Angelina R.
Scott, who died December 16, was filed
for probate Wednesday. She left an es-
tate valued at over $500, ,000
The bequests are:
To Apollo Lodge, I. 0. o. F., in trust
for the preservation in good order the
lot in Odd Fellows Cemetery where
the remains of her first husband, S. p.
Collins, and her nephew, John Quincy
Collins, are buried, $4,000: to DR.. Hora-
ito Stebbins, to be expended in behalf
of the Unitarian Church, $4,000; to her
coachman, Carl Anderson, $500. and to
her nieces, Helen Garish and Ella Per-
kins, and to Mrs. Rachael Johonnet
and Mrs. Garcia all her jewelry and
personal effects. Aside from the be-
quests above mentioned the estate is
to be distributed as follows:
One-fiftieth each to the following
children Of the testator's deceased
brother, Andrew Warmell of Dover, N
H; Charles and William Warmen of
Sundbury, Ohio, Eugene Warmeu of
Livermore, Ne, Lottie Warmell of
Colorado, S. W. Warmell of Phillips
Me; two-fiftieths to Louisa z. Poe Of
Island Pond, Vt: six-fftieths to her
sister, Mary A. Cowan, and TO her
daughter, Amanda Miley; six-hftieths
TO NJ. S. Chamberlain of Concord, N
H; one-f1ftieth to Rachael Johonnet;
one-fiftieth to Florence Swall of Noun
tain View, Cal; one-fiftieth to Eugene
Warmell of Washington; one-eighth to
Frank Garcia; one-eighth to Helen
Garish; one-eighth TO Mrs. Ellen Per-
kins of Santa Clara, Cal; one-tenth to
Mrs. Louisa Garcia; one-fortieth to
Chester and Nellie Swall. and two
fiftieths to E. W. Scott, the husband of
the testator.
The property consists of 500 acres of
land in Santa Clara County worth
100000, lots in Tulare, money and per-
sonal property and other real estate
holdings
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
A VAGRANT HOUSE.
Charles M. Tonsy WoDts Heavy
Damages for Its Re-
noVCl

Judge Hunt is trying the suit of a
man who claims his house was stolen
from over his head or under his feet,
as the case might be, but anyway in
such q. manner as to damage him TO
the extent of 1000, and he asked that
punitive damages to the extent Of $780,
600 more be added.
Charles NJ. Tansy lived at 75 Harri-
son street He says that on Septem-
Der 30 last a house-mover descended
upon him, and without so much as a
by-your-Ieave proceeded to move the
house away, to where he did not and
does not know.
. The other side of the story is that
there was an agreement by which at
anv time the real owner of the house
wished he would have the right, hav-
ing previously provided his tenant
with a home, to move the house to
where he pleased. The time came and
Tansy was not ready, but the defense
alleges he agreed to allow the mover
to move the house, .and they claim ne
was not damaged in any way.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
THE GOOD ROADS LEAGUE.
Another Bill to Be Brought Be-
fore the Legislo-
ture

A meeting of the California Good
Roads League was held on December
13 and the following officers elected
for the ensuing two years: President,
George A. Newhall; e-presidents-
w. s. Hobart, Seth Mann, A. B. Lem
on, George A. Pope; secretary, ]. l..
Moore; treasurer, r. NJ. WEIGH; di-
rectors-Julian Sonntag, Daniel E.
Hayes, Charles Albert Adams, E. A.
Denicke, John J. Valentine, Wakefield
Baker, A. L. Young, T. ]. Vassault,
H H. Taylor, Robert Nixon, j. NJ.
Gleaves, ]. II. Neff, G.. NJ Francis, z.
S. Gray, George Davis Boyd, Charles
Luhrs, Robert NJ. Fitzgerald. E. B.
Jerome, John 4. BrittOn, W. T. Jeter,
A. p. Stanton, T. J. Field, Robert n.
Bulla, Arthur G. Mason, George II.
Strong and ]. A. Filcher.
Permanent headquarters have been
established by the league in room 33,
second floor OF the Mills building, and
it is proposed to begin an active cam
paign at once. Branches will be or
ganized in every city in the State, if
possible, and the members will all be
pledged to use their utmost endeavors
to have a good roads bill passed at
the next session of the Legislature
similar TO the one which was passed
last year, but was vetoed by the Gov
ernOr.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
MRS. HEARSI'S
GIFT TO THE POOR
On the Approach Of Christmas
She Kindly Remembers the
Hospital Inmates.
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Is
Given for Dinner to Conneno-
rate the Anniversary

There was rejoicing at the County
Hospital yesterday, and the inmates,
from wondering if they were to have
anything at all for their Christmas
dinner which would bring home to
their appetites as well as their minds
that there is such a thing as holiday,
fell to speculating on what they would
have 1rst-for their Christmas dinner
is assured and the unfortunate wards
Of the city will have full and plenty
for that day at least.
Mrs. Phebe Hearst has donated $3.50
to the institution to be used in the
purchase of holiday fare. The super
intendent received the unexpected gift
yesterday morning, and before an
hour had passed in every ward and in
every hall the inyalids knew they were
provided for, and doubt and uncer-
talnty had given place TO expectation
and the gathering of an appetite to suit
the auspicioUs occasion.
The $3.50 will be no more than enough
TO fill the hungry mouths Of the three
hundred and over inmates of the big
barnlike structure, for the appetite
stayed with the homely fare that daily
graces the hospital board is stretched
by the general air of good cheer in the
outside world at this time of the year.
the smell of the red berries and the
evergreens and perhaps the memory
that will keep alive Of the way things
were before their home became limited
TO cot in the sick ward
Already the money so freely given is
starting on its errand of good cheer,
and the piles of Christmas dainties
that were stacking up at the hospital
door as early as last night showed that
no delay was being allowed In putting
the gift to its proper use. The menu
will be as good as any and the guests
will send no regrets; the tables will be
large enough to accommodate all at
once, and so the patients may take
their exercise in peace and with the
full knowledge that any cravings they
may cultivate thereby will be we'll
gratffied
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
A GOOD EXHIBITION.
Young Gymnosts Show Their Met.
tie at TriDity School.

liS IL ItIJlNy S(iiOOi
An exhibition was given by the pu-
pills of Trinity School Wednesday aft
ernoon, under the direction of Pro-
fessor William Smyth, formerly in
structor of physical culture for the
Olympic Club, but now occupying a
similar position with Trinity School,
which was another demonstration of
Professor Smyth's excellent system of
training and spoke we'll also for the
aptitude Of the boys.
The entertainment opened with an
exhibition on the parallel bars, par
ticipated in by Frank Woods, Claude
Starr and Reginald Kelly. While the
work of all three was meritorious and
showed many new and interesting fea-
lures, that done by Frank Woods was
especially worthy of mention. Next
came a very neat and effective club
drill by Hanson Grubb, a. L. Kenyon,
Sellar Bullard, G. Backus, J. Moffitt.
George Roe and W. Dietz. The work
was very graceful and promises Won
derful things for the boys, who are
making a speciality of this branch of
work. The work on the horizontal
bars was cleanly and cleverly done,
but the crowning piece of all was the
pyramid building, which was accom-
plished with a grace and ease worthy
of professionals. 1t was participated
in by Ed Dietz, Claude Starr, George
Smithson, Frank Woods and G..
Hedges, assisted by Professor Smyth.
The exhibition was witnessed by a
large number of the parents and
friends of the boys, who went away
well pleased with their entertainment
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
GRAND JURY IS
AFTER WELBURN
Pertinent Questions Answered
in Court by District Judge
De Haven.
The Jury Will Probably Report After
the Christmas HOli-
days.

The United States Grand Jury yes
terday presented an indictment
against Charles B. White for mailing
from Stockton, Cal. to Mrs. Alice
Asher. residing in Bridgeport, Mass,
a medical circular Of an unlawful and
obscene nature. The indictment sets
forth that the circular was too inde-
cent to be copied in the indictment or
to be spread upon the minutes of the
court.
Judge de Haven gave answer to two
questions asked Of him by the Grand
Jury. The first was TO the effect that
sections 1044 and 1915, United States
Revised Statutes, are applicable to the
prosecution of a Collector Of Internal
Revenue for a violation Of sections
5OSS, 50S3, 508S or any Of them. In re-
ply to the second question he in
structed the jury that no person could
be compelled by subpoena to appear be-
fore a Grand Jury to give testimony
as witness against himself. but that
a defendant at his own solicitation
might be permitted to appear before
the Grand Jury and explain matters
in connection with the charges against
him.
These answers indicate that the
Granu jury mas Deen investigating the
conduct Of ex-Collector Q. VI. Welburn
with a view to finding an indictment
against him. The investigation has
been in progress for about three weeks,
and it is expected that when the jury
meets after the holiday vacation end
ing January 4 ii will report finally upon
the case.
The jury ignored the charges against
Deignan and Jones, the whalers ac-
cused of setting fire TO the whaler
John and Winthrop.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
Peter Walsh Run Over on
Mission Street While
Going to Work.
Is a StOnecutter, but Works as
a LabOrer on the Hall OF
Justice.
John WOodhead Fell Two Stories in
That Building and Was Crippled
for Life.

Two men employed on the Hall OF
Justice met with serious accidents yes
terday. One of them received intu-
ries from which he Will probably die,
and the other will be a cripple for life
Patrick Walsh is employed as a
laborer on the Municipal building and
was on the way TO his work at an early
hour yesterday morning. While cross
ing Mission street, between Third and
Fourth, an electric car came along at
high rate OF speed and knocked him
down. Walsh was knocked partly un-
der the car and was dragged nearly
the whole length of the block before
the car could be stopped. Even then
the unwieldy machine had to be raised
before the unfortunate man could be
dragged from under IL. The patrol
wagon was summoned and Walsh was
taken to the Branch Receiving Hospi-
tai on the water front. A careful ex-
animation by Drs. Deas and Zabala
showed that the poor fellow was ter
ribly bruised about the head, that his
right leg had been skinned from the
hip TO the ankle, the backbone was in
jured, the hipbone broken, and that
there were internal injuries from
which he will proba bly, die.
Walsh is Stone-cutter by profession
and lived with his wife and seven chill
dren at 361 Minna street. He had been
out of employment for long time and
not being able to get anything to do
at his trade had accepted a job as la
borer on the Hall of Justice.
Should he die his wife and family will
be left in destitute circumstances. Eye
witnesses say that the car which struck
Walsh was running at a rate of at
least twelve miles an hour And it
must have been going at that rate or
else the impetus would have beeu
stopped by the brakes long before the
car had travelled three-quarters of a
block
John Woodhead, a stationary engi-
neer, who lives at Potrero, was the
other unfortunate. He was at work
on the Hall of Justice, filling a tank
with water on the second story. He
was standing on a platform while at
work, and, someone attra acting his at
tention, he stepped backward and fell
to the ground fifty feet below He
struck on his side, breaking his shOul-
/ der-blade and also his hipbOne, and re-
ceived a very severe rupture from
which he viii never fully recover.
Woodhead was also taken to the Re-
ceivtng Hospital on the water front
and treated by DR.. Zabaia
J. c. Collins, while in the building on
the corner Of First and Market streets.
accidentally fell down two flights of
stairs and lay in the Receiving Hos
pital for an hour unconscious He re-
ceived a very severe wound over the
right eye, and had the side of his face
and neck skinned. He cannot account
for the accident, and the chances are
he must have had an attack of vertigo.
The doctors at the hospital were
kept busy all yesterday forenoon,
there being six calls for the ambulance
in the space of forty-five minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
HOFF ACCUSED
OF THE MURDER
COrOner's Jury Decide He
Was the Slayer of
Mrs. Clute.
Prisoner Dissatisfied With His
Counsel Of the Day
Before.
Shoemaker GOppel Tells a Different
Story Before the
Coroner.

The CIute inquest was concluded at
noon yesterday and the jury twenty
five minutes later returned a verdict
accusing Hoff of the murder of Mrs
E. r. CIute
Hon had changed his lawyers or
they had given him up. and w. H.
SchOoler appeared on his behalf. Wal
ter Gallagher and George K. French.
his counsel Of the day before, did not
appear, and Hoff in answer to in
quiries by the reporters said that he
had heard their plea in the Police
Court on the day before and he added.
That was enough, and 1 decided to
change lawyers
The smile and sneer of the preceding
day did not reappear on the prisoners
face, and While the testimony was be-
ing given he was grave and attentive.
He had no doubt been warned by his
counsel of the danger of such unseem-
" behavior. When the jury had re-
tired TO deliberate upon their verdict
he chatted with the reporters and
smiled and blinked blithely.
Not much that was new was elected
in yesterdays examination of the wit
nesses. Ex-Rabbi Maier May identi-
= .
He had it in his hand about three
years ago when Hoff was doing some
work for him. He was enabled to be
so positive in his identification because
Of the peculiar marks and indenta-
tions on it. 1t was in Hoff's tool bag
at that time He had ceased employ
ing the prisoner because Hof had
come TO his house one day drunk and
" TO n Of
the premises.
J. McLanag gan, a street railroad sup
erintendent, who occupied the house
at 500 Guerrero street before the
Leggs moved into ii, testified that he
never saw the coupling pin before, that
he never had a coupling pin Of any
kind and that the one in evidence was
used on steam roads and not on street
railways.
J. GalIetti. the fruit-stOre man at
the corner Of Twentieth and Guerrero
streets. told how he had been sum-
rnoned by old man Legg and saw the
body of the murdered woman, and how
he became frightened and ran out Of
the house.
shoemaker Goppel of 703 Van Ness
avenue varied the three or four differ
ent stories already told by him. This
time he said that on the evening Of
the murder HOff came TO his Cop
tseFs) room between 6 and o'clock
and went TO bed. Goppel had already
retired. it seeming to be his custom to
make and cobble shoes in the daytime
and to go to bed at chicken time. Hon
did not show him or say anything
about his wounded left hand, and
strange to say did not say anything
. whatever TO him, nor did the shoe
maker make any remark TO the man
who had entered his house and shared
his room.
DR.. Bunneu, who dressed the wound
in the prisoners hand, was positive
that the injury had been inflicted by
an instrument of similar character
10 that of the coupling pin. II could
not have been caused by nail or a
g.. tack
= House. told about HOff coming home
: at about a quarter of 6 o'clock in the
D.. evening of the murder with his sack
of tools, and his hand cut. He told
:TIiemever that he had received the in
f.7r-v from a nail in a plank.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
MANY CHARITY BOXES.
Christmas Shoppers Given an Op-
portuDity to Help the Poor.

The Saturday and Sunday Hospital
Association has stationed about the
city, in stores and other public places,
300 glass receptacles, to receive holi-
day offerings for the following charity
hospitals. The Woman's and Chill
dren's, Mount Zion and the Kings
Daughters Home for Incurables.
These institutions are doing a great
work in caring for and relieving
homeless, suffering ones. But they de-
pend largely upon the public for main
tenance, and this year the Hospital
Association is using the charity box
method for securing means to con-
tinue the work. Holiday shoppers are
asked to remember that every coin
dropped into these boxes will be used
to ease or make comfortable some
destitute ones who are Ill and suffer
ing. The boxes will remain out dur
ing the holiday season; then they are
to be collected and the contents count
ed. The result will be made public
through the city newspapers. In or
der that the boxes may be legitimate
ly collected it has been provided that
no box shall be delivered to any per-
son without a written order from
Chief Of Police Lees.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
MUST PAY THE POLICY.
Executors OF WillioD Westerfeld' s
Estote Win Their Suit for
Unpaid Life Insurance.

A jury in Judge Bahrs' court yester-
day decided in favor of Pauline West
erfeld and Louis Westerfeld, executors
of the last will of William Westerfeld,
deceased, in her action against the New
York Life Insurance Company, and the
corporation must pay them $S7SS, the
balance due on the life insurance pol
icy of the decedent Of so, 1000. William
Westerfeld originally took out a Tim
tied endowment" policy of $4,000,
which amount was to be paid his heirs
in event of his death within the period
of fifteen years. Westerfeld piad the
premium of $500 a year on the policy
for a period of four years, and then dis
covered that IN case he outlived the
limit of his policy his heirs would not
benefit as he desired. In consequence
he made an application for an un-
limited policy for the same amount,
and by the consent of the insurance
company the cash value of the old
policy was to be transferred towards
the payment of the premiums on the
new. The new policy was made out
and handed to Westerfeld, and as the
amount of the value of the old policy
had not yet been computed he was al
lowed to retain it untl suca time as
the amount could be decided upon and
transferred to the benefit of the new.
During the process of computing the
amount Westerfeld died and the insur-
ance company refused 20 recognize the
new policy, and paid the executors of
the deceased's estate S2666 Sc, the cash
value of the limited policy. In con-
sequence suit was commenced to re-
cover the balance due, 1888 SO, and in
terest from the time of the policy
holders death, February IS, 1895. The
case occupied several days in trial and
yesterday it was decided in favor of
the plintiffs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24

tary. The baIIoting, which was under
the Australian ballot system, began at
Q clock in the afternoon and went along
steadily until S o'clock in the evening,
when the polls were closed and the count
ing of votes began. The officers elected
are as follows: f. Dellepiane, president;
l.. Bruck. vice-president; S. Davis, Sec
retary; T. Eisfelt, treasurer; trustees,
L Frank, ]. J. Mundwyler and ]. Stress;
executive committee. II. Bell, NJ. NJ.
Blum. NJ. Davis, P. Johannsen, w. Ma
hood, r. Patek, a. Pausen and f. Sigel
The total number of votes cast was 500.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
In the Divorce Courts.

Mrs. Cycil Holmes was granted a di-
vOrce from Henry V. Holmes by Judge
Hebbard yesterday on the ground of will
full deSertion. The plaintiff was allowed
to resume her maiden name. Cycil Lynn
Yulah Grove Burlingame was granted
her application for a divorce from Roger
Burlingame. The plaintiffs allegations
were substantiated, and as the husband
failed TO make his appearance, the case
went against him by default.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24

enlightened, for there is not a salary
position in the State with which the
Governor is not familiar.
The salaries OF the employees in the
State hospitals must be adjusted by
the first of the year, and to effect this
a meeting will be held on the 2Sth
inst. 1t is expected that when the
matter is settled there will be a saving
of between $20,0 and $30,000 to the
State. 1t is not the intention to make
any great cuts, but rather to equalize
the pay, so that the compensation will
be in proportion to the services rem
der6d
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
ASYLUM EMPLOYEES SALARIES
The Commissioners Will Make
Several Changes Next
Week.

There was conference Wednesday
afternoon among several of the men,
bers of the State Lunacy Commission
ers relative to the proposition of ad-
justing the salaries of the employees
of the State hospitals, as required by
law. The meeting was held in the
Office Of the Attorney General, who
has not been fully informed on the
salary question. AS Governor Budd
was present Mr.. Fitzgerald was soon
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
Bio Importation OF onIun.

Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars worth of opium arrived here yester-
day on the steamer China. The duty on
the lot will aggregate $3.50, 900. At the
time Collector Jackson took office on
June l there was in the warehouse 81 O00, =
COO worth of the drug. This has been
about all consumed, and yesterdays i'm
portation was the first since that time
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
The Driver Exonerntad

The Coroner's jury in the case ot
George w. Holmes, who was killed by
being run over by truck driven by
Harry Smith on December II, rendered
a verdict yesterday generating the
driver from all blame. In the case OF
William Louis Mccormack, run over BY
an electric car, the verdict blamed the
railroad company for not having proper
tenders attached to their cars
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
For the Chinese

!. The Occidental Board of Foreign Mis-
zions have arranged for a Christmas tree
n their rooms at 920 Sacramento street
tomorrow afternoon for the inmates or
the mission.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
The MusIcIans, Union.

The annual election of officers in the
Musicians Union was one Of the great
events of the year in labor circles, par
ticularIy as there were two hot contests
the Offices of vice-president and secre-