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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
DURIE'S LOVE LED
HER INTO SIN
All Her Friends Uphold Her
Good Character.

COOO character.
SAN JOSE, Nov 1.-THE friends Of pref
ty little Durie Heithier denounce George
A. Alexander for his malicious attempt to
besmirch the girls character. The girl
bore an excellent reputation among her
friends and at the University of the Pa
cifc. Miss Heithier was always regarded
as an innocent little thing and only her
mad infatuation for the man who branded
her as a Magdalen and a blackmailer led
her to attempt suicide.
Miss Wilma Tannehill, Durie's room
mate, knows more of the girl, perhaps,
than any one else. She became acquaint-
ed with Alexander and Miss Heithier at
Sonora At that time the latter was only
Is years old. Alexander was up there
studying mining. He did little work, de-
voting most of his time to making love
to the injured girl.
Durie never made confidante of her
roommate regarding her love affair: But
she often spoke of Alexander and said
she loved him. 1t was understood they
Miss Tannehill is positive Durie never
demanded money from Alexander.
Miss Heithier gave as her reason for
going to San Francisco Monday that she
wanted to see her guardian. Ben Rucker.
She was dissatisfied with the course she
was taking at the university and wanted
or a commercial course. whereby she
could make her own living after she left
the school
Dr. McCHsh. president of the University
of the Pacific, speaks very highly of Miss
Heither. She was a bright pupil and al
ways very lady like. Miss Bessie Mayne,
the preceptress. also expressed the same
opinion as did all her classmates None
of Miss Heithiers friends have anything
but words of praise for her, while they
denounce Alexander's perfidy. She was
in love with him and often said that If
the stories of his fickleness that reached
her ears proved true she. would kill him
and herself.
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hard on poor mamma, but God only
knows-Tm so tired of it all.
And Durie Heithier sank back IN neI
couch and closed her eyes. She. had toid
her story as clearly as she might with
the terrible pain that racked her;
Young Alexander, the fa1thless lover, IS
apparently endeavoring to escape further
notoriety. 1t is reported that he has left
his home in Oakland and will be away Tor
some time. His family and friends are
deeply distressed at the OUTCOME snners OF hi ms
and they hope the scandal Will soon be
forgotten.
Alexander fatty and emphatically con-
tradicts the statements made. by Durie,
and declares she has annoyed and mar
assed him by threats and opportunities
for money. He denies he is the author OF
the poor girls dishonor and desires to
shift the responsibility upon some un-
Alexander coolly admits guilt to a linn
tied degree only. and says the girl is TO
blame for loving him. With the utmost
NONCOMPLIANCE he asserts that the story
wrung from Durie's moaning lips is a
falsehood from beginning to end. The
sad plight of his erstwhile sweet
heart and the anguish of her widowed
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Almost within hearing of her
eldest daughters pitiful cries for
mamma! Mammal the mother of
erring Durie Heithier is restrained
from clasping her child in her arms.
Crazed with grief, the heartbroken
mother had to be placed in a padded
cell Immediately after her arrival
last night. She became violently
historical, and it was necessary to
give her a sleeping potion. To-day,
if Durie's life will not be jeopardized
thereby. the mother will be allowed
to meet her child.
Although exceedingly weak and
suffering agonizing pains, the would
be suicide has a possible chance to
recover.
Young George Alexander is bit
terly denounced by his discarded
sweetheart and her friends for his
cruel attempt to blacken her char
acter. His letters to the girl, who
accuses him of her ruin, are full of
fervid love and promises of undying
faithfulness. Durie's school friends
understood she was engaged to Alex
ander.
Careworn and exhausted, Mrs. Car
lotta Heithier, the mother of the unfor-
tunate girl, arrived here last evening
from Sonora. She at once repaired to
the Receiving Hospital, and as she en-
tered she completely collapsed.
Miss Mitchell, who is acting as ma
trOn, with the assistance of Steward
Kelly, carried her into the insane ward
of the hospital AS she seemed to be in
a serious condition, Assistant Police
Surgeon Tormey was Immediately sum-
moned He advised her removal to one
of the padded cells and forbade any
one to see her. On account of her con-
dition it was deemed advisable not to
allow her to see her daughter.
To Matron Keane, who attended her
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unable to replace it. While he. was put
ting il together she asked him about
shooting horses and men but her queries
were in a jocular vein. Ryan tried to dis
suade her from carrying the revolver, but
she Insisted and he gave it to her.
Mrs. s. Edell of 1604 Howard street, the
aunt of Alma Tannehill, was with the
SUFFERER for a few hours yesterday afte =
noon. She requested DR.. Thompson to inn
mediately notify her if Durie needed any
thing, and she would supply money or
whatever was necessary to make the poor
A Mr.. Badger also telephoned that he
would call and told the doctor to draw on
him for Durie's needs.
Late last night the doctors reported that
Durie was very weak, but she still had a
chance to recover. During the evening a
message was received from the faculty
of the university asking about the girl $
condition and notifying the hospital that
the institution would give all assistance
possible to aid in the recovery of Durte.
Although the shock from the impact of
the bullet had partially worn off yester-
day Durie suffered intensely. She COM
planned of excruciating pains in her left
side over the peritoneum- This symptom
led the doctors to believe the bullet was
located in that region. Opiates were ad-
ministered constantly to keep the patient
quiet and relieve her agony as much as
possible. So far there have been no IN
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was not immensely overjoyed with the tone
OF your letter. sweetheart-too much 1osplns.
l like sincere and serious letter. You are
not beginning to tire of me are you. my own
love? II say the word and / WILL never
be seen in Sonora again.
You do not know how much or how strong my
love for you is; my dreams, my thoughts are
all for you, my love. love you Durie. darling,
as 1 will never love again. Believe me, dear
heart and only love me as you say you DO
and 1 am your slave. I know very queer
and somewhat erratic but you will know me
better hearts draw nearer, dear. -,
This is all the paper in the cabin. so l VIII
have to close. Write as soon as you get this
and address to Soulsbyville, so I can get 1t
Tuesday Wednesday. Hoping you are feel
forever, GEORGE.
In a later epistle Alexander's affection
seems to be cooling, and he writes only
of his own plans for the future. He says:
My Dear Durie: hope you will pardon my
long silence, but 1t has been almost impossible
for to write before now. I have just re-
turned from work and am very tired. 1 have
been working at Mare Island for the past two
weeks, almost day and night. There are now
seven vessels lying at the navy yard for
repairs and the Government has been rush.
ing them through for some reason or other.
The general belief is that trouble with Spain
and Japan is expected. Two hundred men are
on the island not employed there. and mail
is allowed to be sent or received. Therefore,
pectediy, so had no time to write. I am off
leave for day and return to work to-
night. My uncle has charge of the work and
all my orders come from him. received my
commission in the navy. don't think Will
stay long, only few weeks more.
I will probably return to Sonora when the
water comes again. but one knows when
that will be. How you, dear? 1 am well.
Saw Phil quite time ago. but did not have
much time to talk to him. Well, dear must
close, I nervous 1 can hardly write
Write and address Reliance Club, Oak
land, and I will get it when I get off next
time Hoping you WELL with love and
kiss I remain yours. GEORGE
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GIRL HE DISCARDED.

love to talk about her and praise her.
1 am feeling little better now. darling, 50
do not worry on my account. But you. dear
one, must take care of that cough. You will
for my sake. won't you, my own sweetheart
You must remember you my baby now, and
that | love you, sweetheart, better than all
the world, so, love, take of yourself. for
you are mine always now. Don't be careless,
dear, and catch cold for my sake When in
the evening you get the blues think of your
true love, sweetheart, and how he loves you,
and that may help to cheer you. / think of
you always, dear one. You are in my dreams
at night and my thoughts in the day time and
love, If you only knew how much 1 love you.
But how 1 tell your. 1 can't. But you
believe me, sweetheart, don't you?
Well. my own, must close. VIII try and
you Saturday evening and we will take a
walk. VIII you. dear? love to have you all
to myself. Good night, my own precious love
and kiss to dream OF. 1 love you, my little
queen better than all the world and am, with
all my heart, yours forever. GEORGE.
Other letters are in the same erotic
vein, full Of endearing terms and prom
ises of everlasting affection. Here Is an
other
My Dear Little Sweetheart: I received your
letter Friday. but could not answer 1 could
not get up to Sugar Pine until Saturday even
ing, that being too late for the stage.
/ am about Disguised with this county, and
believe me. dear one had 1t not been for you
would have travelled long since.
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RELATIVES WATCH OYER DURIE NEITHER.
ternity." This is his letter written to
Durie before she left home:

ternity." This is his letter written to
Durie before she left home:
My Own Little Sweetheart: have just re-
turned from Soulsbyville. but must answer
your dear letter, although 1t is twelve p. m
l am a regular tramp. amt dear?. First at
one place and then another. / think L Will
be in Sonora Saturday evening, So DEAR you
must bear my presence for the entire even
ing all alone. Saturday evening l want you
all to myself, dear one, so you must grin and
bear it. am only joking, dear for 1 know you
will be glad to see me, won't you. my love?
I know you will excuse my last letter, dear
est, but 1 felt terribly mean that day, and,
love, my own, if 1 hurt your feelings Will
love you all the more, If that can be, to make
up for 1t. l know you love me- dear, and
would trust you with all that 1 hold dear in
this world. I trust you with mine and my
dear fraternity's dearest possession, my honor
Our one motto is Love your honor better than
your life" 1t is a grand motto and dearly
beloved fraternity. Sigma NJ. Dear old Sigma
Nj" But the motto is not too noble for the
Sigma NJ If you only know what Sigma M
means. 1t is the iron band. love, for one
another, the band that binds a chosen few in
honor, friendship, love, and IL the road of
life be hard for a brother Sigma Nu' ex-
tends helping hand For life bound
and none regret 1t. Is it not grand thing
dear? If I could only tell you all the mean
ing Sigma Nu'' means, dear, you would be
proud that I am a Sigma M; that one
of a chosen few of that grand, dear, noble fra
ternity.
Well, dearest. you must excuse my enthu-
siasm, but L do love Sigma Nu'' and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
CHE IS A LIAR
AND A COW RD'
D11rie He!thier Bitterly De-
nounces George Alex
an6eP

Tho bullet that shattered the young
life of beautiful Durie Hethier also shat
tered that life's idol. Stripped OF the
glamour of romance with which 1t is the
wont of the maid of the country to sur
round the man of the town, shorn of the
floss of fine verbiage and the polish or
his college, her betrayer appears to her
As he is Through eyes dimmed by suf-
ferfng she sees him coward and liar,
and with lips a-tremble with the awful
pain that racks her, body and soul. she
saws of the things that George Alexander
has said against her that they are lies
all lies And she does not quite under
stand how 1t can be so, for the hero OF
her first fancy would never have robbed
her of her honor and then traduced her.
Does he say that 1 have bounded him
and made him give me money!" asked
she and her voice was eager, strong,
despite her life is hanging by thread
Would l have wished to end my life
If only money had been refused me?
Ask him that. Money cannot pay for
love. and 1 have loved him, as God is
nv Judge Why could he not give me
just that little in return for all that |
have given him? ] gave him all, my soul,
my life I'll not deny that now, and l
hoped and prayed to have him love me
as cared for him. And he led me to
believe that he did, until I discovered he
was deceiving me, and that hasNworried
me until l. am nearly crazy. WneH ne
told me himself that he would deny the
wrong he had done me 1 wanted to die.
He is a liar and a coward said the
sufferer, starting up in her couch again,
land l don't want to die now, * 1t is
only to prove that he wronged me and
has lied SO cruelty about me. 1 want to
go back home where men are men, not
ours l want to be with my mother 1
want to go away from school and all this
life and just live as L used to before l
met George Alexander. Oh, the coward,
to say these monstrous things He knows
they are not true, not one word of them.
There were times when ] suspected he
was deceiving me, and one time they told
me he was, but when l asked him and
wanted to know the truth he laughed IN
| his old way and said he guessed it would
| be a long time before he ceased to love
me. and believed him. But learned he
| had been lying all the time: 1 found it
out when 1t was too late, and when /
asked him to treat me as he ought to-
l don't want to talk about that 1 guess
| I took the only way out Of 1t. 1t will be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
OFFICIALS CHOSEN
FOR THE BIG GAME
GOODWIN AND HARVEY WILL
FIX PENALTIES.
They Will Meet the College Manag-
ers to Discuss and Determine the
Interpretation Of the Rules.

The officials for the Thanksgiving day
football game were selected yesterday
morning after much labor on the part of
the college managers. They will be the
same as last year: William Goodwin of
Yale and Fred H. Harvey of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Both men are well known on this coast
as prominent athletes and versed in the
laws and rules of football. Harvey was
formerly center rush of good reputation
He has quick eye, is keen on the discov-
cry of any infraction of the rules and is a.
determined judge. He is prominent
member of the University Club of this
city.
Goodwin resides in Portland and will
come to this city especially to referee the
game. Harvey and Goodwin will alter
nate as referee and umpire
A meeting of the officials and the COL
1ege managers will take place in this city
early next week, when the rules will be
read in concert and the Interpretation
fixed before the day of the game.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
YOUNG ALEXANDER'S
BURNING LOVE
His Letters to Dur1e were
Full Of Endearing
Tepr1S

In his letters to Durie Heithier, George
Alexander expresses the tenderest love
for her He wrote long epistles teeming
with burning words of affection, and De
slowed upon her all the pet names IN the
ardent lovers vocabulary. So great Is ms
affection that he takes her into ms Dear
ly loved university fraternity-Iheo sigma
Mn, and tells her she, like the motto
of the fraternity, is his guiding star. He
saws. in one outburst: Il trust you with
nv dear fraternity's dearest possession,
my honor Sigma M stands for honor
friendship and love, and 1 am one OF
chosen few of that dear, grand fra
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Services at St. Ienatius.

At st. Ignatius Church next Sunday the
sermon at the 1880 o'clock mass will be
by Rev. George Burkard. S. j., who will
preach on the gospel of the day. The
evening sermon, on THE Sins of the
Tongue, will be preached by Very Rev.
morning, November "a, at o'clock, a SOL
emn mass of requiem will be celebrated
In st. Ignatius Church for the repose of
Ladies Sodality Also on Thursday
morning at 5 O'Clock the annual mass of
requiem for the repose of the souls of the
deceased members of the Gentlemen's So
dality will be celebrated in the Sodality
Chapel
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Sailor Fatally Stabbed.

Andrew Nelson, a sailor. 40 years Of age.
was stabbed in the abdomen by Gus Schil-
ling at the corner of Oregon and Drumm
streets last night. Schilling was arrested
but was too drunk to make statement
and will be held awaiting the result of
Nelson's injuries. Nelson was taken to
the Harbor Hospital; wnere his injuries
ably die.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
BECKER AND CREEGAN
WERE NOT CONVICTED
THE TRIAL JURY FAILS TO
REACH AN AGREEMENT.
Case Will Go to Trial Again Next
Observation-Disclosures Counsel
Objects to Unseemly
Haste.

The jury in the Becker Creegan case
was unable to reach a verdict as to the
guilt or innocence of the alleged forgers.
and yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
Judge Wallace ordered 1t discharged. The
jury retired to deliberate Tuesday even
ing at $50 o'clock. The hours dragged
along with no word from the jury and
Judge Wallace ordered it locked up for
the night. Wednesday afternoon the in
structions were again read to the jury
and it again retired. All Wednesday night
it delberated without result, and yester-
day morning the members asked to be
discharged. The request was granted
without comment, and Judge Wallace set
the 21st as the date for the opening of
the third trial.
Attorney McPike, who was present in
court in the interest of the defendants,
objected to such an early date. Henry
Ach, special counsel for the prosecution,
objected to a further continuance and de-
manded that the case should again go
to trial on the date set. Mr.. McPike pro-
fessed great indignation at the haste dis
played, and stated that when the case was
again called he would make a legal show
ing for transfer to another department
of the Superior Court.
It is stated that Edward Lange, David
Brooks and E. H. Seaman held out for
acquittal, while the other nine jurors in
sisted that the defendant should be con-
victed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
Ra+urn Of Rev. A. A. Loude.

Rev. A. A. Loude, pastor of the French
church on Bush street. who has been So
journing In France for the past four
months. will shortly arrive in this city
neonIe here. He arrived at New
York last Sunday on the steamer La
Champagne and is expected here before
the end of the present week
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
In the Divorce Courts.

James e. Bassity was granted di-
vorce from Josephine Bassity yesterday
on the ground of willful desertion. Alice
NJ Sinclair has sued George S. S.nclan
for divorce. alleging as ground of &C
ton that the defendant has been convict
ed of a felony. Joseph c. Gianini has ap-
piled for divorce from Grace Gianini, al
leging intemperance as cause OF COM
plant Emma Brodt asks for divorce
from Joseph Brodt on the ground of de-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-18
Why We Should Be Thankful This

Why We Should Be Thankful This
Year.
BY Secretary Lyman Gage,
Governor Theodore Roosevelt,
General Nelson A. Miles,
DR.. Henry M. Fields
President Jacob Schurman of Cornell,
Russell Sage,
Commander Philip, North Atlantic
Squadron,
Andrew Carnegie,
In next Sundays Call.
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AND THE COLLEGE YOUTH PLEDGED HIS LOVE FOR-
EVER" TO THE PRETTY MOUNTAIN MAID.

favorable symptoms and unless a relapse
follows soon Durie may recover.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-20
B0YSMAY CONE HOME.
Said That the Fourth Will
Be Mustered Out.
WAR OFFICE STATEMENT
Robbed an old Soldier. Tho Shepherd
Case Settled. Today's Republican
district Meetings. other
Items of interest.

News which will be read with pleas
ure by scores of people who have
friends in the Fourth Virginia regiment,
now at Jacksonville, has been received
here. 1t came from Washington and is
the statement of high official OF the
War Department.
Not long ago Mrs. Powell, well
known lady of this city, wrote to the
Secretary Of War in the hope of in
duclng him to order the discharge of
her son, who is a member of Company
D, known as the Peninsula Guards.
Saturday night a reply came informing
her that it would hardly be necessary
to take the step suggested in her letter
ment is included among those to be
mustered out of the service. Proof
that such action is under serious con-
sideration by the department is to be
found in the fact that Mrs. Powell Is
advised thar, in case it. should be de-
cded to retain the Fourth for garrison
service. her application for the release
of her son will receive the endorsement
of the Secretary of War.
The men, the letter says. will be
granted thirty days furiough with pay
and rations before they are mustered
out While, according to Lieutenant
Couch and others. who left Jackson
Vile but a few days ago, the impress
sion prevails among well informed men
OF the fourth that the regiment will
go to Havana. there seems to be no
room to doubt that Company D will
soon be at home. It is not at all likely
that such information as that contain
ed in the communication to Mrs. Pow
ell would be impaired to an individual
iii private life in advance of its final
settlement by the war officials.