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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-03-31
PaDa said So.

Willie-We have a nice canopy to
cover our. carriage.
Bobbie-That's nothing; we have
mortgage on ours which more than
covers it.-Up-to-Date.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-03-31
Sweet Charity.

He-Don't you think Miss Plainly is
the very image OF her mother2
She-yes, indeed; the resemblance is
something Chicago Daily Eews,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-03-31

Don't crowd the sheep in the stables.
or there viii be disease developed sure.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
AN AGED MASON DYING.
J. T. Jennings, Now in His Ninety. Second Year, Not Expected
 to Survive

J. T. Jennings residing at 43 Van Ness avenue with his daughter, Mrs. Alex ander, is lying at deaths door, and is given up by his attending physician, Dr. Charles V. Cross. Jennings is now in his ninety-second year, and up to Christmas day had never known what 1t was to be confined to his bed by sickness He was born In England and on attaining his majority joined the Masonic fraternity. and remained an active member for over seventy-one years. He Is probably one of the oldest master Masons living The last time Jennings participated in any of the crafts festivities was on October 12 last, when the Grand Lodge dedicated the widows and orphans home at De- coto. On that occasion, notwithstanding his advanced age, he marched at the head of the procession from the railway, where the cars stopped, a distance of three miles, to the site where the building stands.
 Jennings arrived in California in 1850, and settled in Sacramento, where he ob- tained work ins the stores of the future railroad magnates of the State-Stanford, Huntington, Crocker & Co., While in the employ of this firm he acted as the col leetor for the house, and when they gave the store business up he entered the service of Senator Stanford as his private collector.
 Jennings wife died about three years ago, and at the time of her death the aged couple had the honor of being great great-grandparents At late hour last night Dr. Cross considered Jennings case almost hopeless, as he had had relapse. His trouble Is an attack of pneumonia, which he contracted on Christmas eve while out with the younger members of his family making holiday purchases.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
ASSERTS HER CLAIM
 UPON THE DEAD
UNKNOWN WoMAN DEMANDS
 THE BODY OF F. M. PEARCE.
Says the Deceased Is Her Long-Lost Father-Complete Mystery Sur
 rounds Her Identity.

PEARCE - In this city, December 26, 1898. Henry M, dearly beloved husband of Mary Pearce, and father of Mrs M Joseph Mells Mrs. tive of England, aged 63 years 10 months and days
 tend the funeral tomorrow tThursday), at II o'clock, from his late residence, 1925 Oak street Interment private
 Around the above death notice is woven a mystery. Early yesterday afternoon an elderly woman called at the Morgue and asked to see the dead body of Henry M. Pearce, who, she claimed, was her long lost father. She presented the above no- tice and stated that she had visited the late home of her father on Oak street, but his relatives edenied 4@ that he was there. She again visited, the Morgue and the officials told her to go to police head quarters and tell her story to Chief Lees.
 Whether she d. this or not is un- known, but up: to a latehour last night no effort had been made by the police to force the Pearce family to comply with the wish of the woman to view the body.
 The Morgue officials seem to think that the claimant Is ~demented hend, whose momania is that, of reading the. various published records of death and imagin- ing that she bears, a relation to different people whose names appear in the death notices. Others seem to think the wo- mans story is true and credit 1t abso- lntely. =.
 At the late residence of the deceased. however. they. refuse absolutely to allow any stranger in the house.
 The funeral, as the notice states, is strictly private. Where it will be held Is unknown. These and other circumstances certain color to the story of the mys- terious woman.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
V|CT|M|zED HIS
 CLOSEST FRIENDS San Franciscan Wanted
 at Vancouver. GEORGE w. WILLIS FLIGHT. HOST OF CREDITORS MOURN HIS
 DEPARTURE.
GEORGE w. WILLIS FLIGHT.
Mining Broker and Promoter Bor' rows All the Money He Can and Then Decamps for
 Other Fields.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2s.-George w. Willis, one of the best-known min ing brokers and promoters on the coast, who came here from San Francisco about two years ago. has left home and a host of creditors to try his for tune elsewhere. This fact has been no secret for a week, but not until to- day, when some of his creditors became clamorous, was 1t announced at his former place of business that he had skipped" This evening Willis flight
 is the talk of the streets. It appears that before leaving he made cleanup from two trusting friends. His manipu- lations were so glaring that it is diff ficult to see how even his intimates were duped, but they were, to the ex- tent of many thousands of dollars.
 A chronicle of Willis different schemes worked to obtain money and keep out of the laws clutches would make a long story, but he relied for safety on the intimacy of those closest to him, who allowed sentiment to im- pair their Judgment. Willis seems to have made a canvass of the biggest merchants in the place.
 The affair has created a great sensa- tion here, as Willis was a free liver and as a man about town was "hail fellow well met" with every body, but he travelled the pace that kills. Mr. Willis attempted to borrow money at nearly every office on the street, but falling In this, he turned to his friends Two intimate friends, it is said, lost 5000 each and several others from $200 to $500 each. In every case the money was obtained through false representa- tionS and shady transactions.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

the defendant and the child of the dead woman and her surviving relatives:
 Mir. Knight told of the responsibilities of juror and of man defending per son charged with the crime of murder. He said that the very charging or woman with murder by the use Of poison prejudiced people against her and half convicted her. He dwelt on the helnous, ness of the present crime and then passed to the Florence Maybrick and the Drey- fus cases as samples of innocent persons convicted of crimes in which they took no part. France, he said, was tottering in the balance because of the outrage done to Dreyfus. He spoke of 'the fumes of the Rosser trial stinking through the of the Police Department in that case to be made up for at the expense of his client.
 have occurred near here, but they cannot on their own wrong build monument on this woman" He went fully into the mat ter of motive in this case. Tt was not She had him. He was an incumbrance upon her. She nourished him, fed him. He came to her in the dead of night and she warmed, fed, clothed and pittied Like Elizabeth of old, she pledged the jewels in her crown for him.
 There was a left-handed compliment for Delaware touched but lightly on any phase of the case" He also warned the jury not to construe the evidence toward guilt, but toward innocence Proof abso- lute was what was required, and he claimed not scintilla of proof had been offered to connect this woman with the crime He let. fly at Expert .Ames, again calling him that scoundrel Ames, the maggot-breeding fly
 Chief Lees" he said, "was going to have you make up your minds to hang her anyway. If you want to kill her, send her some poison in her coffee or have some one stick a knife in her back as she Is going down the corridor but don't com init legal murder" He said Mrs. Botkin was suffering because she had not led that. life of high ideals we all admire so much. She was not on trial, however, for her violation of the marriage laws, but for murder. Blot out her previous sins and try her by the evidence, he said.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
BOXER JEFFRIEs MATCHED.
Will Meet Joe Kennedy Before the National Club Late in
 January.

The proposed match between Jim Jeff fries, the big Los Angeles boxer, and Denver" Ed Smith has fallen through and in its place has been arranged a meeting between Joe Kennedy, the local neavy weight, and the hard hitting man from the south. This match was in the ar TOT time, but was lost sight of when hesotlat1ons for match between Cor pett and Jeffries were pending.
 The men will meet in Woodward's Pa vil1on on January 27, under National Clup auspices, and will box twenty rounds for purse made up of 50 per cent of the gate receipts. This will be divided 65 per loser
 Kennedy was Sharkey's sparring part ner for long time and stood lot of punishment at the hands of the burly sailor. He is clever two-handed fighter, and possesses a cool head and has a punch that should stop any. mans gallop If 1t is landed. There will not be much difference in the weights of the two men, Kennedy scaling over 190 pounds.
 Jim Mcdonald will referee the bout The men have agreed to hit with one arm free. thus having to protect them selves in the breakaways.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
BONDS ARE ALL RIGHT. Frederick Will Accept Corporations as Sureties for County Officials.

Auditor Frederick denies the claim set up by Mayor Phelan that newly elected county officials must find personal sure t1es for their bonds, and he says he will accept all bonds brought to him with cor porations or surety companies named as the sponsors. The announcement that Mayor Phelan would accept no such se- curity raised a good bit of a storm yes- terday among the officials his decision affected. Most of them had applied to the surety companies, and as they had only three days more in which to file their papers they were at loss to know what to do in the matter. MT. Broderick came down to his office in the afternoon and after looking over MT. Phelan's law and that in the codes he discovered that section 66 of the county government act upon which the Mayor based his decision Is not operative in this county for the reason that it has never been applied, and the present government Is not working under its provisions. Easing his opinion upon the consolidation act, he announced to all who were interested that their bonds would be accepted whether they were backed by corporations or individ- uals, so long as the sureties were respon- stble. MT. Frederick also says that the bonds do not require war revenue stamps, and in this he has relieved another worry.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
SACRAMENTO'S POULTRY
 AND PET STOCK SHOW
Entry List Includes Some of the Finest Fowls and Dogs on
 the Coast.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2S - The annual poultry and dog show of the California State Poultry and Kennel Club will be held in this city on, January 4, s, 6 and '. The entry list includes some of the finest dogs on the coast. The, last two shows of the club held in this city have largely augmented the ranks of. dog fanciers in this section of the State, and many fine dogs have been, imported from Canada and the East, which publicly will be seen for the first time at the approaching ex- hibition.
 c. D. Nairn of Oregon will judge the dogs in the non-sporting classes, and J. W. Burrell, also of Oregon, will judge the setters, pointers, spaniels. etc., Charles Blom of Sacramento will make the awards fn the poultry department.
 In addition. to the dogs and poultry there will be exhibited number of Mon- golian pheasants, owned by Dr. W. Wood of this city, and guinea pigs and Belgian hares, owned by J. Spencer and l.. D. Romer, residents of this county. The ex- hibition will take place at Armory Hall, which is now being put in shape for the opening. The Sbenching of the dogs will be better than heretofore, since patent woven wire stalls will be used instead of tofore employed. Many of the exhibitors will have their stalls handsomely decor ated. An examination of the entry list discloses the names of exhibitors in both the dog and poultry departments from all sections of the State, indicating that the interest in the exhibition is wide spread. The lists are we'll filled in such classes as the mastiffs, Great Danes, St. Bernards, pointers, English setters Irish settlers, Gordon settlers, cocker spaniels. Irish water spanielS collfes, bull terriers, dachshunds and Italian greyhounds. Sec retary Matt Coffery is constantly record ing new entries.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
GHOST OF THE BLYTHE CASE. Mrs. Florence Hinckley Will Have to
 Pay an Old Debt.

In the early part of 1892 Mrs. Florence Blythe-Hinckley and her husband made out two instruments in writing by which they promised to pay to Thomas I. Ber- gin the sum of s15, ,442 for moneys, etc., ad- vanced by him during the contest for the estate of Thomas H. Blythe. The promise maoe was to pay the moneys year after the case was determined by the courts, and Florence was placed in full possession or the property of her father.
 Tn lSs6 Bergin was obliged to sue the Blythes for the money, and they contest ca his right to do so on the ground that the case had not been finally settled-at least It had not been settled one year be- lore the beginning of the action.
 Tn the lower court Bergin was success LII I, ana Judgment was given in his favor. The Blythes appealed the case to the Su- preme Court. That tribunal reviewed all or the cases branching out of the main cause ea and decided that they had all been disposed Of at the time the action by Ber- gin was begun. Hence the Judgment of the lower court was affirmed and the interest.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
IMPORTANT VICTORY OF
 ECUADORIAN INSURGENTS
Bg Clever Strategic Military Operations They Captured the Capital Of an
 Important Province.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
THE NEW GRAND JURY.
It Is Selected and Sworn by Presid-
 ing Judge Belcher.

In answer to a summons thirty tales men for the Grand Jury appeared before Judge Belcher for examination yesterday and the following were accepted to consti- ute the new inquisitorial body:
 Sylvian Levy, 1427 Fulton street; George H. Buckingham, 415 Montgomery street; John P Henry, 3179 Seventeenth street; Charles B. Fenn SIP Market street; George A. Newhall. S09 Sansome street; L. Van Wrinkle, 4lS Mar ket street; c. E. Grunsky. 5S0 California street. Charles B. Jennings 121 California street. Charles H. Stanyan. 2005 Bush street j; L. S. Bachman, 112 Sansome street; James C. Bourbin, 1909 Steiner street; s. M. Smith, l25 Market street; Benjamin Newman, 125 Kearny street; E, Danforth, southwest corner Broad way and Battery street; John Farnham, 317 Bay street; C. A. Murdoch, 5S2 Clay street; A. J. McNcoll. 122 Main street. H. M. Black. 22l Frederick street; Thomas Magee. Montgom- cry street
 E. A. Murdock was appointed foreman by the court, and the oath was admins tered. Subsequently the jury was sworn as a body.
 In the afternoon the jury met and se- lected l.. Van Wrinkle to act as secre- tary. Organization will be completed next Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
FOOD INSPECTORS
 GIVEN A HEARING
CLAIM THAT DocKERY HAD POLITICAL LEANINGS.
Another Leper Arrives From Hono- lulu and Is Chartered at the
 Pesthouse.

The Board of Health met last night to consider the charges preferred by Chief Food Inspector Cookery against Inspect ors J. J. Flannigan and William Brannan, who were suspended on the 18th Inst. for falsifying their time slips. |, Inspector Cookery introduced as evil dence the time slips for December 13 and IA. According to these slips the two tn- spectors reported at the Health Office at midnight and did not leave until o'clock in the morning. MT. Cookery produced
 witnesses who swore that the men did not report at the hours named and also that they had left the office before s o'clock in the morning.
 The accused men then took the stand in their own behalf. They admitted that the slips were falsified, but alleged that Dock cry had at former times instructed them to falsify their slips when they wanted to leave early, and Flannigan openly assert ed that the whole thing was conspiracy and that Cookery had trumped up the charges because Flannigan had worked against Dr, Clinton during the last cam paign. He said that Inspector Lehaney had warned him that if he worked argSainst aga Clinton he would De sorry for it,
 and will be discussed at the next meet ing of the board.
 A communication was received from Dr. Heresford notifying the board that another leper had been admitted to the Twenty-sixth Street Hospital. She Is an English woman by birth, 56 years of age. and arrived from Honolulu by way of Vancouver, taking the overland route to avoid the quarantine. She was pro- nounced leper by the Health Board of Honolulu in 1894 and claims that the au- thorities gave her. permissoin to leave the island provided she could get into some other country. She claims to have con- tracted the disease while nursing small pox patients in the pest house in this city in 1892. She says she prefers the local pest house to the island of Mo lokai.
 communication was received from Superintendent Reddy acknowledging a donation of S250 from Mrs. Phebe Hearst to the Almshouse and a vote of thanks was rendered Mrs. Hearst
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
DUTY FOR GENERAL SKATER
An Order Issued Assigning Him to Command the Department of
 California.

An order has been issued by the War Department reassigning General Shafter to the command of the Department of California, with headquarters in San Francisco Yesterday General Merriam, at present in command of this depart ment, was advised by wire that the of ficial order had been issued.
 Since the Santiago campaign General Shafter has several times expressed de- sire to be assigned to his old command. His remaining family ties, his business interests and many of his best friends are in California; hence it is natural that he should prefer assignment to this depart ment. He expects to resume command here on January 10 next.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Officers Elected.

Court San Francisco, Independent Or der of Foresters, has elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing term: w. H. Green, chief ranger; s. A. Mcdonald, vice chief ranger; J. K. Willis. chaplain; F. A. Mundt, treasurer; J. H. Mahon, re- cording secretary; E. H. Seymour, finan- cial secretary; F. B. Sutherland, senior woodward; T. J. Desmond, junior wood ward; J: Maitland, senior beadle; A; H. land, physician; w. H. Adair Is the court deputy.
 Regular Army and Navy Garrison Mo- 101 has elected the following named: Cap-
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
A UNIQUE SANTA CLAUS.
Appeared as Jolly Dutch Miller at the First Baptist Sunday School.

A novel Santa Claus was introduced as part of the Christmas entertainment at the First Baptist Church on Eddy street Tuesday night.
 On one. corner of the stage an old-fash- toned Dutch windmill was erected and a jolly old Santa emerged from the door way. He looked up at the sails of the mill and immediately his face became troubled. as there was no wind to grind out his grist. He then bethought him self of the brownies and summoned them to his aid. They set to work. with bel lows and soon had the mill grinding out grist in the form of goodies of all sorts, which came sliding down a chute. The mill was kept at work until every mem Der of the school, old and young, had some memento of Christmas, 1898.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
suspected counterfeiter.

The police believe that a man arrested in St. Helena Tuesday under the name of Charles Ring for petty larceny Is Charles Irwin, an ex-convict and counter feiter. Irwin is wanted for having a complete outfit of counterfeiter's tools in a deserted house near San Rafael. Irwin is well known to the police here, having been arrested several times on serious charges. About ten years ago he was convicted of ceunterfeiting and sent to
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Gross Due the Collections State.
Personal property tax
BIG SALE OF PROPERTY.
Irving M. Scott Disposes of Two Fifty-Vara Lots on Laguna
 Street

The two fifty-vara lots on the easterly line of Laguna street, extending from Washington to Jackson streets, have been purchased by MT. Irwin of Honolulu. ne seller is Irving M. Scott, who bought the property in 1893 from J. B. Randol. Bald win & Howell are interested in the sale with Shainwald, Buckbee & Go.
 The property has commanding marine view, and at the same time is opposite public square. It is surrounded by the fine residences of Henry J. Crocker W. r, Whittier, Mrs. Dunphy, M. H. Hecht and pr. Barkan.
 MT. Irwin intends to erect immediately a modern stone residence and stable, to cost not less than S150, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Will Represent Guatemala.

Felipe Galicia has received the ap- pointment of Consul General of this city from the republic of Guatemala Immedi- ately after obtaining the necessary sane tion and the usual executive power in- vested by the President of the United States in all representatives of foreign governments MT. Galicia will commence his official duties
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Armed With a Revolver.

Solomon Shahaddy, an Arabian, was ar- rested on a warrant yesterday charging him with threats to kill. Solomons wife Is the complaining witness She says she travels for an Egyptian curio house, and every time she returns to the city Solo, mon threatens to kill her unless. she gives him money, although she is divorced from him. For some nights he had been stand ing in front of her. house at 662 Howard street watching for her. When searched a revolver was found in his pocket, and he was also charged with carrying a con caaled weanOn
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Bogus Quarters.

Some handy man has caught the com bination of making real lifelike quarters and floating them on the holiday crowds. Nearly every one of the big houses has been victtmi7ed to considerable extent and all have at least few dollars rep resented by the light weights so cleveriy fashioned. The weight of the coin is it's only telltale, otherwise it is practically perfect, and with aluminium enough in 1t to give it the true ring
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Grand Duke Cyril Departs.

The Grand Duke Cyril of Russia left San Francisco at o'clock last night for New York. whence he will sail next week for Italy. He goes by the way of Chica- go. where he will stop for a few hours
 Yesterday he was entertained by the Rus sian Consul and he also enjoyed a drive through Golden Gate Park and along the beach. Genoa is the point in Italy that the Grand Duke will first visit From there he goes to Rome to pay his respects to the Pope, and then to St. Petersburg.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

This will be the greatest gold year In his tory, From South Africa, the Klondike and Australia the precious metal Is being shipped In large quantities. It is believed that this years output will be nearly double that of any previous twelve months. The sales of Hostet- ters Stomach Bitters also increasing very fast. and this year that famous remedy will cure more people of dyspepsia. indigestion, con stipation, nervousness and weakness than ever before.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
Will Have a Fire Engine.

Judge Coffey made an order yesterday allowing the executors of the estate of Adolph Sutro to expend $75O buying horses and harness to be used in connec- ton with a fire engine that will be loaned by the city to protect the many buildings belonging to the estate of the deceased out by the Cliff.
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29
A Defective Chimney.

A defective chimney nearly caused a disastrous confiagration in the neighbor- hood of Clay, between Central avenue and Lyon streets, last night. The Fire Department responded to box s25 and ex- tinguished the fire before it had made headway and nominal loss was the re- suit. The house was occupied by MT. Nannings and owned by Mrs. Margaret Ross