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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-02
LICENSES.

City Auditors Office
Richmond, Va, February Q, 1897.
OWNERS OF WAGONS. HACKS,
Buggies. Omnibuses. and other vehicles,
for which an annual license-tax Is re-
aiired. are notified that LICENSES for
me same will be issued from this office
on and after the 1ST DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY. 1891, TO expire the LIST day of Febru
arv. 1888 EDWARD ). WARREN,
fe 24-tMhl0 Auditor.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-02
ANTI-nysprpTIC AND TONIC
SASH. pooR. AND Box-MAKER.

WRIT A. CHESTERMAN.
SASH, DOOR, AND BOX-FACTORY,
TAYLOR AND RESERVOIR STREETS.
(fe BTU. Th& Su6m)
The herald., 1897-08-18
DUNHAM DISCOVERED
RECOGNIZED BY A MAN WHO
KNEWs HIM,
The Murderer Intended to Leave fol-
China-The italian Didn't Wait
to See

DENVER, Col, Aug. ia special to
says: Murderer Durham, who killed
five people near Los Gatos, Cal, year
ago, has been seen. ano within sixty
days past He was thsn at Hermosilo,
and recognized by Pietro Quadri, ali
ignorant Italian, who had worked for
him at Los Gatos, and who at the time
CT the murder was working for Nc
saw he was recognized, and greeted the
italian in apparent good will. He had
charged his appearance only in being
shaved He gave the Italian little in
formation, saying, however, that he had
been in Sonora for months, and was
on the point of leaving for China. He
asked a few questions as to the state OF
affairs and gave Quadri an appoint
ment for second meeting in the even
ing at a drinking place near by The
talk did not last ten minutes, as the Ital
ian confessed he was trembling with
fear, anticipating nothing but immedi-
ate uealn at lHe ndUUS VI the IldH' H@
|evening appointment he believed to be
nothing more than a scheme reby he
might be assassinated, and so instead
of keeping it he boarded the afternoon
train. He promised Durham on parting
with him that he would say nothing
about the meeting, and this promise he
carefully kept. This afternoon he dt-
vulged his secret to an officer just be
fore leaving for the mines.
The herald., 1897-08-18
A COLLEGE CRISIS
THE sCHOFIELD CASE
Examination Begun But Little of In.
terest ELECTED

SAN JOSE, Aug. 17-Practically
speaking, the Schofield case is tonight
just where it was on Saturday night.
In the examination this afternoon before
Justice Pinard, Madrone, three Witness
es We're put on for the people Emile
.Menke. teamster, who was first a
stranger at the ranch on the morning of
the killing, was the first witness. He
was there about $50. He was stopped
by butcher, who told him Schofield had
been killed. He got off his wagon and
went to the wooGshed where the body
lay He asked Mrs SchofieDd for the
sheet to put over the body and was given
it and used it. No one told him who did
the killing by name, but he was told that
a man with a beard, riding a brown
horse, did it. Nothing vital was brought
out.
DR.. J. r. Higgins, who was called in
and made the autopsy, was examined
at great length chiefly on an expert
line. He believed when he reached the
ing, or a few minutes before Schofied
had. been dead at least four hours, prob
ably much longer, possibly from twelve
to eighteen hours
Mrs. Schotield was ill all day, but is
better tonight.
The case went over until 10 o'clock to-
morrow Mrs. Schofeld has not yet made
a statement, but admits the truthful
ness of butchers story.
The herald., 1897-08-18
WILL OF DAVIS
Is Decided to Be a Valid
Document
"A MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE
TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO
WOMEN
A MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE
The Contestants Propose to Keep UP
the Fight by Moving for
New Trial
Associated Press Special Wire.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE will
of the late Jacob z. Davis, who died in
Philadelphia a few months ago, which
disposes of an estate valued at over one
probate, Judge Coffee overruing the OBJ
jections of the unsuccessful contestants.
Letters of administration, with the will
annexed, We're issued to Lizzie Muir and
Mrs. Bell Curtis, the nieces, who are
named in the will as the sole legatees.
The bond CT the administrators was
fixed at $3.50, 600. Alexander Boyd, the
partner of Davis. testified that the es-
tate consists of a half interest in
the partnership property of Boyd &
Davis, and that the value of the one
half interest of Davis is $1042, I'll.
The attorneys for the contestants pro-
pose to move for new trial.
Mrs. Curtis is the wife of ex-Assem-
blyman John Curtis. The case was stub
bornly fought by Eastern relatives of
Davis who claimed that the will offered
for probate was forgery.
Jacob u. Davis arrived here in early
days, formed copar:nership with Alex
ander Boyd. and by judicious investment
of his money soon became millionaire
When he died in the Continental Hotel al
Philadelphia last October, he was In the
act of debating a will disposing Of his
property. 1t was then believed that he
| had died intestate. A search of his per-
sonal effects in this city resulted in the
| finding of two wills, leaving all of his
| property to his wife, but as she had died
several years before him, the wills were
not of any value Some four or five weeks
after his death q paper purporting to be
his will was filed for probate in Judge
| Coffey's court. The will was brief and
! disposed of the vast estate in a.feW
| words. Mrs. Belle Curtis and Miss Lizzie
Muir were named as the legatees and a
contest was t once begun by relatives OF
Davis who live in the East. They
claimed that the paper offered for pro-
| bate was forgery, and they asked in
| their petition that it be denied probate
| The will was found in an urn containing
| the ashes of Mrs. Davis. The contestants
| claimed that the paper had been slipped
! into the urn by the forgers, and that IL
| had been drawn several weeks after the
death of Davis. The urn containing the
ashes was brought into court and made
an exhibit in the case.
The herald., 1897-08-18
PERSONAL

Harry e. Brook of the Times returned
yesterday from two weeks sojourn at
Catalina island.
Allen Pollock of the Palace hotel, San
Francisco. is guest at the Van Nuys.
James A. McClurg, a mining expert
from Denver, is at the Van Nuys.
Lyman Tolfree of Flagstaff Ariz., is
In the city.
Joseph Witte has returned from two
weeks outing at Dell Camp, near On
tario.
w. C. Woodward of Lordsburg is a
guest at the Van Nuys.
S. M. Kelsey, an owner of the Lost
Horse mine, is al the Nadeau.
D. S. Unruh, manager of Baldwin s
ranch at Arcadia is at the Nadeau.
The herald., 1897-08-18
A Commendable Act

SAN. FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-Chief
Food Inspector Dockerty is not to be
prosecuted for boring holes into and
emptying the contents of three barrels
of "rectified California grape brandy,
of which the other 102 barrels has just
been sold in the London market for a
higher price than the celebrated Naglee
brandy of the vintages of 1885 and 1887
brought in the same market last March
Commissioner Heacock decided that
Dockerty undoubtedly exceeded his au-
thority, but he acted in good faith, pro-
claiming his official position and having
no criminal intent.
The herald., 1897-08-18
THE CRAVEN CASE
Testimony Indicating Genuineness
of Pencil Deeds

SAN FRANCISCO, August 17.-When
the hearing of the Angus-Craven case was
resumed today Mrs. Purcell, the dress
maker who said that she had known Mrs.
Craven for the past eight or nine years,
stated that while at work in Mrs. Craven S
house on Leavenworth street, in Decem-
ber, 1894, she saw some papers which
looked like deeds. They fell from Mrs.
Cravens dress while she was fitting it.
She picked them up and. after noticing
that they were written in pencil, laid them
aside.
Upon being shown the pencil deeds in the
controversy, she readily identified them.
After recess Mrs. Purcell admitted that
she had lunched with Attorneys Reuf and
benson.
Adolphus S. Newburgh, who was a clerk
in John S. Athens law Office in 1895, con-
tradicted Aitken and supported Mrs. Cra-
ven by testifying that she called at Aitken's S
office and consulted with him in 1895. On
cross-examination the witness admitted
to having been arrested for theft and burg
larry, but said that both charges were dis
missed.
Judge Slack spoke sharply TO Reuf for
making remarks which were considered
suggestive to his witnesses.
The herald., 1897-08-18
A Timely Rescue

NORTH TONAWANDA August H.
Frank Hinkey. the famous football captain
Of Yale, last night saved the lives of eight
men who were foundering about in the
Niagara River. opposite Edgewater a sum
mer resort five miles north of this city.
A sudden squall had swept the river and
in the middle of the storm the boat cap
sized and threw the eight men into the
river. The water was too rough to swim
to shore. half mile away, and the men
were unable to catch hold of the yacht as
she overturned.
Frank Hinkey and Judge Albert R. Smith,
in a small salboat, saw the f1ounderng g
men and started to the rescue, saving them
after a hard struggle.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Arrested for Abduction

UKIAH. Aug. 17-John Gray of Round
valley was arrested here this afternoon
for abductlng the wife of Alvin Cameron
of Covelo. He was taken to Covelo for
trial.
Cameron is a teamster at the Roun d
valley Indian reservation and accuses
Gray of being in a conspiracy to destroy
him. and says that the abduction of his
wife is the first movement in the plot.
Mrs. Cameron went to Cahto Friday la
and was there met by Gray, who accord
ing to Cameron, compelled the woman to
come to Ukiah with him. Cameron is
said to be a gun fighter and serious
trouble is anticipated when Gray Is
brought back to Covelo.
The herald., 1897-08-18
EckelS' New Job

NEW YORK, August ia ispatch to
the Herald from Washington says: Comp
troller James H. Eckels will soon take up
the duties Of the presidency of the recently
formed Colonial Trust Company, of which
Roswell p. Flower is the acting president.
Mr.. Eckels has had an offer of the presi-
dency of Chicago bank under considera-
ton for some time. He finally accepted the
New York offer and will relieve Mr.. Flower
early in the fall, Immediately after he has
finished his annual report as Comptroller
of the Treasury. Mr.. Eckels says the sal
ary in his new position will be $1,000 a
year.
Charles E. Dawes of Evanston, ILL.,, a
member of the Republican Executive Com
mittee OF that State, and a close personal
friend of President Mckinley, will succeed
Mr.. Eckels as Comptroller of the Currency.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Aram's Water Lot

MONTEREY. Aug. ia case of lone
standing in the courts has just come uI
before Judge Dorm in the superior court
Joseph Aram sued the Southern Pacific
company to recover possession of lot
owned by him which he thought was To-
Gated in the lot now occupied by the
Southern Pacific depot at this place. This
lot, he says, was granted him by the
alcalde in early days. County Surveyor
Hare has in his possession a map which
shows that Aram's lot is over 100 feet
in the bay. Aram is one of the few sur.
vivinS delegates to the first constitu-
tional convention held in Monterey in
1851
The herald., 1897-08-18
e--
Pupils at School

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE repor
of the United States commissioner OF
education, DR.. William T. Harris for
the year ended, July l, 1896, has Just beer
completed. 1t shows total enrolment
In that year in the schools and colleges
both public and private, of 15, 997, 1877 pu-
pills. This was an increase of 3OS, ,557.
The number in public institutions was
IA, ,465371, ard in private Institutions L.
535,S26. In addition to all these there
were 41S,0O0 pupils n the various, special
schools ard institutions. including bus
ness colleges, music conservatories, In
The herald., 1897-08-18
The Empress Made-Over Gowns

The German emperor calls his wife a
pearl among women
She is. very economical, and instead of
having new dresses made she keeps q
corps of twelve dressmakers in constant
work remaking her old ones. When she
is going on a journey this passion for
economy expands, and it takes thirty
dressmakers to satisfyit.
Prince Bismarck did more than any
one else to bring about the wedding OF
the emperor and his spouse. Now, the
empress was princess of Schleswig-
Holstein, and Bismarck was not in favor
in Schles'wig Holstein after his rude sep7
aration of those duchies from Denmark
He was, in fact, the DOGGY man" of the
district, and when the princess (now the
empress) Auguste Victoria was little ii
was quite enough to say Here comes
Bismarck to frighten her into ex-
emplary concuct. -Lady's Realm.
The herald., 1897-08-18
A NEW TRADE
Making a Living by Attempts al
Suicide


OAKLAND, August 17.-Mabel Crosby,
who attempted to commit suicide near
Lambertville, N. j., few daks ago, is
we'll known in California. She is known
here as Mrs. Pearl Price and threatening
suicide is her profe ssion. Whenever she
becomes financially embarrassed she per-
mits somebody to prevent her committing 6
suicide. Then she takes up a collection,
has herself photographed in a living pic
ture pose and goes on to another town.
In this way Mrs. Price has been quite
successful in gaining a livelihood. She
used to be on the stage, which gave her a
knowledge of elocution and effective pos
turing Later on she performed in a cir
Gus, where she gained training that en-
abes her to take high dives into the
water without any danger of being
drowned until someone rescued her Last
winter she aroused the sympathy of the
people of Haywards by trying to hang
herself and secured enough money to go to
Los Angeles. Then it was discovered that
under the name of Crosby she had previ-
ously played the same trick and taken up
a collection at Redding. Next she ap-
peared at New Orleans and leaped into the
Mississippi, but was rescued by a fireman
and sympathetic people sent her on to her
starving children in New York.
The herald., 1897-08-18
BOARD OF TEN
Chosen To Direct the New
College
WALKERS CHERISHED IDEA
NOW READY TO BE REALIZED IN
FACT
WALKERS CHERISHED IDEA
Andrews Will Assume Charge Of the
Cosmopolitan University-Not
Political Movement
associated Press Special Wire.

NEW YORK, August 17.-In the Sep
tember number of his magazine, which
will come out about the 25th inst, John
Brisben Walker will be able to realize his
hopes by making the definite announce
ment that president Andrews will take
charge on September 1st, and work of the
university will be formally begun on
October 1st."
He also describes what is intended to
be accomplished.
''This university" said Mr. Walker,
"has been an idea of mine for mum Der
of years. AS one result of the interest
in and thought on education which have
long engaged me, it could not be under
taken, however. without having ar its
head a man of large ability and position.
While 1 was longing for the right man
to become accessible, the letter of the
Trustees of Brown University to Presi-
dent Andrews appeared. went immed-
ately to Providence and saw DR.. An
drews. and he has definitely accepted the
Presidency Of the Cosmopolitan Univer-
sity.
HE has already begun work by ap-
Advisory Board of Ten: Spencer Trask,
the well-known banker of New York;
President McA,lister of the Drexel In
stitute, Philadelphia; Albert Shaw,
American editor of the Review of Re
views; General Samuel Thomas, the
prominent railroad man, and George F
Seward, President of the Fidelity and
Casualty Company of New York
in hat o;,,a
names ought to dispose of the inference
so freely drawn and expressed, that the
Cosmopolitan University was to be free
silver movement. Politics do not enter
into it at all.
THE method of the university, so far
as now worked out, will be as follows: A
student will forward to the university his
name and address and the purpose fol-
which education is sought and the stud
les which the applicant desires to pur-
sue. Each such statement will go tc
DR.. Andrews. He will map out the
course of study which he deems the best
possible for the applicant in the light Of
information conveyed. He will then dis.
patch his own diagnosis of the appli-
cant's case and prescription therefor tc
the most eminent expert on the particu.
lar study with whom he is acquainte ted
This expert will revise the course and the
accompanying instruction. and will re.
turn the document to President An.
drews.'
A COLLEGE, CRISIS
PROVIDENCE, r. l., August ia mem
Der of the Brown University, who requested
that his name be withheld for obvious rea
sons, made the statement that the twenty
four members of the faculty who signed
the protest against the corporations actor
toward President Andrews would be sum
marily dismissed.
A crisis confronts the college and it is the
opinion Of the most prominent professor
that wholesale designations. some of then
requested and others voluntary will b,
sent to the corporation between now ant
its meeting in September.
The herald., 1897-08-18
California BaptistS

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 1.-THE annual
convention of Baptist churches of
Northern California, at Twin lakes, was
called to order this afternoon by Rev.
c. NJ. Hill of Oakland The following
committees were appointed: Arrange
ments, III. e. Hayden, T. H. Stevens, H.
E. Parker; enrolment, e. B. Jacques,
d. j. Davis. w c. jenkins. This even
ing the convention sermon was delivered
by Rev. A. B. Banks of Sacramento. To-
morrow will be devoted to discussion of
Sunday school work.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Blacks Trial

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1.-THE trial Of
Sam Black on the charge of the murder
of John Patterson will begin tomorrow.
Patterson was killed last December in
the orchard of the San Diego Land and
Town company at National City where
he was employed as watchman. Black
attained notoriety a few years ago by
being a member of possee that pur
sued Evans and Sontag and receiving
wounds which made him cripple for
life.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Birds and Beasts

SAN FRANCISCO. August 1.-THE Brit
ish ship Clipperton, coal laden from Aus
tralia, is a veritable floating menagerie.
Scores of Australian birds of gaudy plum
age and grotesque appearance, as we'll Is
a number of strange animals. have been
brought from Sydney by Capt. Andrew
and Chief Officer Barron. The collection
includes wallabies emus, a kangaroo rat,
a walaroo, an animal resembling a kanga-
roo, and numberless cockatoos, paroquets
zebra finches laughing jackasses and other
uncommon birds They are said 10 be des-
tined for London.
The herald., 1897-08-18
No One Knows Why

ASHEVILLE, N. c., August 17.-At
Hendersonvlle, 20 miles from here, today
Mrs. Ben. f. Hood shot her husband, one
shot breaking the right arm and the
other taking effect in the left breast, in
fiicting what may prove a dangerous
wound. Mrs. Hood then shot herself, dy-
ing instantly. The cause of the tragedy
is unknown. Mrs. Hood was Miss Cowles,
a native of Ohio, aged about so years.
The herald., 1897-08-18
A Church Quarrel

STOCKTON, Aug. 1.-THE Jewish
congregation of this city has split over
the introduction of an English ritual of
service Thirty-three of the members,
calling themselves the orthodox element
have engaged Rabbi Davidson, who was
recently dismissed by the old copgrega
tion because he was not of the new
school. The detection will hold services
in the Hebrew tongue and will in time
build synagogue.
The herald., 1897-08-18
The Peach Season

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. August 1.-THE
first week of the peach season of the Blue
Mountain peach belt, which experts say is
the only peach country in the United States
that will have full crop. has opened with
crowds of buyers from New York and other
cities.
Reports of premature ripenng come from
Smithsburg, Nd, but from other sections
the reports say the fruit is doing we'll
The herald., 1897-08-18
Fruit Inspection

STOCKTON, Aug 17.-Quarantine
Officer Wash Tucker has been having all
he could attend to inspecting the fruit
which is shipped into this city of late
This morning fifty boxes of fine looking
apples were sent to local dealer from
San Francisco, but they were con-
demned, as they were infected with cod
lin moth. Afew consignments of oranges
and lemons have been received here with
gray scale, but all have been returned
to the shipper.
The herald., 1897-08-18
No Breakfast Ready

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 17.-John An
derson, cook employed on the Megow-
an ranch in Yolo county, was, found dead
this morning. He had killed himself
with pistol, and the coroner 8 jury rem
dered a verdict of suicide. Andersen
was a Swede and had worked about
river ranches for many years.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Territorial Taxes

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 1.-THE terri
torial board of equalization adjourned
today after raising the territorial valu-
alton S2,000000, the total approaching
s31, 100000. Railway assessments were
practically Unchanged. The board has
issued a call for convention of super
visors Of all the counties of Arizora ID
be held in Phoenix January "a, 1898, to
discuss with the board ways and means
for equalizing taxation and for placing
the territory on paying basis
The herald., 1897-08-18
Japan's New Cruiser

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Officers of
the navy department were much inter
ested today in the report of the trial trip
of the Yashima, the new Japan .se bat
tleship built in England. She is the
fastest battleship afioat and it is claimed
from the showing made on her trial trip
that she is one of the greatest of fight
ing machines ever built.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Discussed Insulators

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 1.-THE Pacific
Coast Long Distance Electric Trans
mission association held a meeting to-
day. Prominent electricians, officers
and managers of electric companies
from different parts of the state were
present. The subject of discussion was
insuiators, which were illustrated by
samples. Tomorrow the delegates will
visit the Big creek power station.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Coffee Greek Mines

REDDING, August 17.-At the rate
miners are fiocking to the diggings, Cof-
fee creek and it's tributaries will be
prospected as never before. Forty
prospectors arrived on this mornings S
train, and 800 more are expected tomor-
row. Stages are crowded every morn
ing, many going on foot. Pack animals
are in demand, md business houses and
hotels are reapng a harvest.
The herald., 1897-08-18
AMurder Mystery

UKIAH, August 17Sheriff Johnson and
Coroner Baker have returned from Lost
Canyon, whittier they went to investigate
the discovery of newly made grave. Two
feet below the surface of the earth they
found roughly-made box containing the
remains of a man aged about 65, who had
evidently been strangled. The clothes of
the deceased had been cut from his per-
son and piled on top of the grave.
The herald., 1897-08-18
Mythical Treasure

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. T.-Charles
Hartford, who claims to have located the
Cocos Islands treasure, says he will or
ganize an expedition here to go down
and get the treasure unless he hears
from the Costa Rica government, which
placed him on the island. At any rate
steamer will have to be sent to bring
home two members of the crew of the
Aurora, who remained to search for the
treasure,
The herald., 1897-08-18
Bold Bank Robbery

PINEVILLE, Ark. August 17.-Three
young men, believed to be members of the
Collier gang. robbed the bank at Pine
willie today of all its currency, said to
amount to about $780, They forced the
cashier to surrender the money at the
point of revolver and escaped.
The herald., 1897-08-18

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