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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

Adds Bryan, revenue officer for
Arkansas with headqudrter at Van
Buren, is here TO-DAY looking after
government business.
Miss Minnie Vaughn, of the west
side, has been made a notary pub
lie. Thus do we see our ladies COM
ing to the front daily.
Don't let it escape your memory
that we need a park for our city.
Who will plank down the first 500
toward buying a piece of ground
for this purpose.
The mad dogs are behaving this
year all right. They have learned
not to monkey with the policeman,
who carries about with him A
calibre far reaching gun.
The Morton-Kress company will
open a three nights engagement
here, beginning Sept, II, closing
Sept. 10. Popular prices will pre-
vaiI-ten, twenty and thirty cents.
81
Mr.. Lively, who has three gin
stands, is keeping them all busy
these days in ginning cotton that is
brought to the city for this pur-
pose. He is making a good thing
out of his plant
The late killing at Atlanta, Texas
has been the cause for drawing on
the west side bar for lawyers to
defend and prosecute. We learn
several of the legal fraternity have
been retained on both sides.
Judge L. A. Byrne is receiving
many inquiries about his property
he has offered for sale, and he ex-
poets to close out soon. We would
like to see some one buy the park
grounds and convert it into a place
of amusement.
Mayor Hardin says he has enough
clay in sight to burn brick all sum.
mer, and that he has a place to put
them when they are burnt, If he
will 90 ahead and put up a lot of
fine cottages of six or eight rooms,
he will find plenty of good renters.
The coroner's jury Investigating
the assassination of the negro
school teacher Faggin, on College
Hill, brought in d verdict to the ef-
feet that he came to his death from
a gun shot wound at the hands Of
unknown party or parties,
The Gate City News has received
as a subscriber to its daily a very
prominent lawyer. The News failed
to say whether he paid in advance
or not but we suppose he did, and
if he did not, he should go round
and hand the editor his subscription
for the compliment,
The 'Coroners jury, investigating
the killing of Prof. Faggin, could
not find sufficient evidence against
the colored men they bad arrested
as suspects, and yesterday they or
dered them released. The officers
will keep a look out and try to find
the guilty parties.
G.. ]. Hollis was notified today
that his bid on constructing the
Pinsch gas plant was awarded to
him and he will go to work right
away. This will give Texarkana
two gas plants Of this kind-one on
the west side, the other on the
east side
Mr., J. e, Morriss came In yester-
day from a two weeks trip in the
cotton belt of Texas, where he has
been buying seed for the mill here,
and reports short crops and no ac-
tivity in getting it out, the wealth
er being too hot for the hands to
pick.
One hundred one gallon cans and
two hundred half gallon cans RED
BIRD" New Orleans molasses re-
ceived Saturday, We will order
again in a few days, LAMBETH &
YARBRoUGH. 8.l3
For bargains in saddles, harness,
buggies, phaetons, surreys, spring
W. as, delivery wagons, road wag.
ons and farm wagons, 60 to the Ed
wards Harness Co., 223 East Broad
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

Dr. 7, A, Sims, the practical dent
list, has earned a reputation for
frst-class work-guarantees every
thing, and his filings invariby stick
Parlors up stairs over the Embry
Drug Co. 93
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

Miss Fritze Porter, of Pine Bluff,
Ark, is visiting Mrs. G. NJ. Reeves,
715, Pine street.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

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The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

Tony Degrazier has gone to Den
yer, Col,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

You will get your moneys worth
by trading at the Globe Dry Goods
store 43
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

The Edwards Harness Company
do not purchase anything but the
best Of leather. That's the reason
for their harness giving entire sat
isfaCtiOn. SO
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

The Kress-Morton troupe have
some fine speciality artists who will
appear at each performance.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

That sickly child of yours cured in |
a day by Chill Quit gil
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

Mr., W. A, Payne, Jr, is reported
very sick.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-09-07

The Kaleidoscope dance by Miss
Leo Dole Ingram, with the Kress-
Morton troupe, cannot be excelled
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
The Singular Case of
Hilma Lundquist.
DOCTOR SAYS DIPHTHERIA
PARENTS THINK 1T WAS A
DEADLY POTION.
Infant Was in Good Health, but Died
Shortly After Swallowing the
Contents of Bottle Of
Cough Syrup.

e. ALAMEDA, Feb. THE cause Of death
of little Hilma Lundquist, the three-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Lund-
quist of 2l05 Clement avenue, is a disputed
question between the parents and the at
tending physician, DR. Alfred Sander
The child died on the morning of Janu-
airy 30 after an illness lasting but few
hours. The death certificate states that
it was a case of diphtheria, and the doc
tor says it was of the most virulent type.
The parents express the belief that their
child was accidentally poisoned. A snort
time before she was taken i'll Hilma got
hold of a bottle half filled with a cough
mixture and drank the contents. The par
ents think that the medicine contained
opiates or other poisonous drugs in suf-
ficient quantity to cause death.
Within few minutes after taking the
dose the little one went into convulsions
. and exhibited all the symptoms of pois-
fore the messenger reached him Hilma
showed signs of reVivng and word was
sent to the doctor that his services were
not required. Some hours later the par
ents became alarmed at the condition of
the child and the physician was once
more summoned. He pronounced the case
one of diphtheria, and, although he re-
sorted to every remedy known to his pro-
fession to save the little ones life, it died
within five hours.
Up to the time of taking the cough
mixture the child had been enjoying COM
paratively good health. 1t had been play
ing with the children of the neighborhood
within a few minutes of the time it was
taken i'll.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
JEALOUSY NEARLY
CAUSES A TRAGEDY
THOMAS JONES BRANDISHEs A
GUN EXCITEDLY.
a. F. Murdoff Was Talking to Mrs.
Jones and Her Husband Be
came Suspicious.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
9O8 Broadway, Feb T.
A shooting scrape was very narrowly
averted at the Juanita House on San
Pablo avenue this afternoon, and as a
sequel Thomas Jones, an ironmolder, is
the occupant of cell at the City Prison.
charged with an attempt to murder A F.
Murdoff.
Both men have been stopping at the
Juanita for some time past, and. from all
accounts, Murdoff was in the dining-room
this afternoon, engaged in a friendly con-
versation with Mrs. Jones, when her hus-
band entered.
Enraged over finding his wife and Muir
dom talking, Jones ordered his spouse to
leave the room. He then reached to his
hip pocket and whipped out six-shooter
In the encounter that ensued he was pre-
vented from using the weapon with effect.
and 1t was finally secured by a third per-
son.
Sergeant Peterson was summoned. and
placed Jones under arrest. Murdoff nro-
tests that he was doing nothing that
might have aroused Jones' jealousy. He
says he was simply talking with Mrs
Jones upon matter of business regardine o
mine in which he is interested. He in
sists that there was no cause for Jones'
alleged attempt to murder him.
Jones bail was fixed by Police Judge
Smith at $2500 cash or $4,000 bonds.
Jones, when seen at the City Prison.
was very reticent. He said he did not
care to make any statement for publica-
t1on, but admitted that he had had
trouble with Murdoff heretofore He was
formerly interested in the Oakland Iron
Works, and is well advanced in years.
He intimated that he must have been out
of his mind when he pulled his revolver
He recently returned from Denver
whittier he had gone in the hope of re-
covering from asthma.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Oakland News Items.

OAKLAND, Feb. 1.-THE preliminary
examination of M. T. Conway and Danny
Needham, the pugilist, on the charge of
will be heard Jointly next Thursday in the
Police Court.
A. Schleuter & Co. have filed articles
900, divided into 600 shares, of which $40
600 has been subscribed by the following
five directors; A, =, schleuter,o $3.50; ]. J:
Anna Schleuter. The purposes are to
manufacture and deal in toys and notions
Mrs. Julia Krauth appeared before
Judge Ogden yesterday to tell why her
first husband, Richard Bradley Should
pay her $415 alimony due and unpaid. She
says Bradley is able to contribute to the
support of his son, because he is cashier
in bank and an heir of wealthy uncle
The matter was continued until next
Monday for final disposition.
The children of St. Johns Church will
give a Mother Goose entertainment at
Dietz Opera House next Friday. Miss
Katherine Gray will be the accompanist
and Mrs. Mary Parkinson the reader for
Ernest r. Wakeman has been granted
change OF venue IN the suit of Lady
Yarde- Butler brought to to- remove him as
trustee of her estate. The case has been
transferred TO San Francisco.
The Grand Jury held a brief session to-
day and adjourned until Thursday next.
Expert G. B. Morgan, who appeared be-
fore the jury to-day, states that thus far
he has found nothing in MS investigation
of county officials books that demands
any action on the part of the Grand Jury.
George Dawson and Ernest Colby, who
were arrested after a lively chase last
week and charged with stealing pair of
shoes, were convicted of petit larceny to-
day in the Police Court and sentenced to
forty days in the city prison
Rev. H. w. Fraser, the new. pastor of
the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, ar
rived here last night from Minneapolis.
He will conduct his first services to-mor-
row evening: His family is expected to
arrive in a few weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
FIVE JURORS ARE ACCEPTED
CHALLENGES OF THE JURY
PANEL ARE DENIED.
Defense Still Hopes to Prove by Ex-
pert Testimony That the
Girl Was Not Muir
dered.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

9OS Broadway, Feb. T.
The trial of William A. Brandes,
charged with having beaten to death his
15-year-old daughter, Lillian, on Novem-
Der 19, 1898, was begun in Judge Halls
court this morning and the entire day
was occupied in selecting five jurors The
trial of Mrs. Eta Brandes on the same
charge was continued one week
Attorney Sawyer, on behalf of the de-
tense, attempted to force a stay of pro-
ceedings by formally challenging the Jury
panel on the ground that it was irregu-
larly drawn for the following reasons:
That the court in January, 1898, desig-
mated 45O men to serve as jurors for the
ensuing year. The law stated that the
selection from this number must be made
ny the Board OF Supervisors Immediately.
This was not done until March Secondly,
cause nearly 150 jurors, and Sawyer
wished his client to have the privilege of
drawing from that number; and finally,
that on January %, 1899, 250 more jurors
were selected by the court and Sawyer
these.
Judge Hall overruled these objections
and the tmpaneling of the jury, which
followed, progressed so slowly that when
court adjourned but five jurors were ac-
GGepted GeI, LAM ana q N sworn. m These are G. w Cor
Charles Book, carriage builder; E. S.
Marston, retired merchant; and A. Jonas,
merchant.
The full panel was exhausted and a
special venire ordered of forty names, re-
turnable at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
Before Judge Hall had so ordered, how
ever. Attorney Sawyer asked that the
names be taken from the $50 excused dur
ing the year basing such request upon
a Supreme Court decision. Judge Hall,
nevertheless, ordered that the Selection
be made by regular venire.
Judging from the questions asked of
jurors, it would be difficult to assert Just
what the defense will be- unless it be that
by expert testimony of physicians and
surgeons an effort twill be made to prove
that the death of Lillian Brandes was not
due to the beating and blows upon her
head.
During the impaneling of the jury
the accused murderer and murderess and
a little son sat beside their attorneys,
seemingly in good health. Brandes wore
brown suit, dark blue woolen shirt and
white four-in-hand tie. Mrs. Brandes
was muffied in a black cloth jacket and
had on a light fedora hat with crepe band
and black veil. The accused couple
scrutinized very seriously the faces of the
jurors, as if to determine thereby what
If any-sentiment they might have.
1t is expected the trial will occupy at
least two weeks
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
CARMEN TO HOLD
A BIG REUNION
ST. VALENTINES NIGHT TO BE
=. MADE MIRTHFUL.
The Past Winter Has Been Very
Hard on the Benevolent Fund
of the Association.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
9Os Broadway, Feb. Z.
The Carmen's Social and Benevolent
Association of this city has arranged for
a reunion and ball at Reed Hall next
grand reunion and ball at Reed Hall next
Tuesday evening. The association has
been in existence for one year. and its
st. Valentines celebration will be distin-
guished by much that is unique in the
way of decorations.
During the past winter, which has been
:unusually severe, there has been a large
amount of sickness among the carmen.
On account of the unavoidable exposure
in the discharge of their duty, the carmen
are subjected to much hard usage from
the weather, and many demands are
made upon their benevolence. The Oak
land association has made a splendid rec
ord for the first year of its existence, and
President Hall is very gratified to be able
70 announce that all the benefits due sick
members under its constitution have been
promptly paid although at present the
cash on hand in the treasury would not
form the nucleus for a bank.
. The celebration next Tuesday is mainly
for the purpose of replenishing the treas
ury and starting this year on a solid
foundation. In addition to the routine
character has been carried out by the
members, and the association very nat
uFally looks to the patrons of the various
roads to help them out once a year. AL
ready a large number of tickets have been
disposed Of and handsome prize is to
be given the carman selling the greatest
humber.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
MISS McCoMB INSANE.
Became Violent at Her Home and
Hurled Dishes at a Visitor.

OAKLAND, Feb. Miss Lizzie Nc
Comb, a daughter of the late General Nc
Comb, was brought to the Receiving Hos
pital this afternoon from her home in
Berkeley, and will be examined for insan-
ity tomorrow morning by Drs. Wakefield
and Tisdale.
The afflicted maiden lady is 90 years of
age, and only about a month ago her
brother, John McComb, was committed to
the Napa Asylum. Last night Miss Nc
Comb became violent at her home. She
started in demolishing all the dishes in
the house, and struck Miss Lizzie Rusk
who was visiting there at the time, with
one of the missiles, cutting her lip quite
badly. The demented woman was finally
overpowered, and Berkeley Marshal
Lloyd was summoned and took charge of
her. This morning she again became vio-
examined. Her loss of reason is attrib-
uted to the fact that she has been Ill for
some time
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
"POOR PAPA.n
Miss Irish's Clever Play to Be Pre-
sented Thursday.

. OAKLAND, Feb. IA dramatization Of
Conan Doyle's Poor Papa will be given
at the First Unitarian Church next
Thursday evening. The comedy has been
prepared by Miss Frances Irish, who has
made a decided success of the dramatiza-
;tion. Miss Irish has carefully followed
the sentiment portrayed by the we'll
known writer, and her play has been crit
icized very favorably by those who are
qualified to pass upon such matters. Poor
Papa" will be presented for the benefit
. of the Unitarian Church. The various
characters will be presented as follows:
DR.. Walker, Poor Papa" a retired sur
geon......................... Mr.. G. ]. Marsily
Admiral Hay-Denver, V. c., c. B., a re-
tired navy officer. Mr.. George Meredith
Harold Hay-Denver, his son.. Mr.. Jack Irish
Charles Westmacott, nephew of Mrs. West
macott.- tt.-..-.-...-...-...-.......M Mr.. Frank Hus
James. Mrs. Westmacotts page..............
: Mr.. Genslin Marsily
8. Drayman, who goes out wiser than he
:. Mrs. HayDenver, wife of the Admiral.
:. Miss Lucy Fletcher
Mrs. Westmacott, a widow and a
: woman. n.....-...-..............Mr Mrs. 3. ]. Smith
LARA walker. Miss Clara Funda
'Madge Walker. Miss Frances Irish
=. tDr Walkers daughters. engaged respec-
= lively TO Harold and Charles)
Miss Monica Williams. Mrs n. N. Cameron
: Miss Bertha Williams. Mrs. G. j. Marsily
E.: (Maiden ladies)
Jane, the Walkers maid. Mrs. George Meredith
iEliza..
(By the OrignalsO
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Daniel and Ellen Einstein to Wilford H.
Williams, lot on S line of Oak street, 95 W of
Lyon pan,sI W 26 Py %stiS, 1G9; So 10 pon, ns
G. Campbell trusteesl to Melissa A. Potter
Swife of Jesse So 1856 S48. lot on E line Of
NE 12S:7A. N 66:11. W 1926, trustees deed;
s6600
George A. Rice to John Rice. undivided half
interest in lot on W line of Church street, 50
S of Elizabeth S 30 by w 100; gift
w. J: and Gertrude Z. spotswood to Thomas
N. and Edith Smith, lot on W line of Castro
street, 135 of Twenty-first. N rs by W 125;
Marion Balm Cumming (or Mrs. Marion Cum
ming and George Cumming) to Wolf F1eisher,
lot on NE line of Ritch street, 225 Sc of Fol-
som, Sc 80 by NE 80; $40.
Samuel w. and Margaret p Cowles to A.
P. Hotaling & Co. "a corporation), lot on NE
corner of Fulton CD and Sixth streets. 32.67,
n lo5:s. 70. N 15:71A. E 1876 N s:41a, W 12O.
William and Caroline T. Nicol to California
Guarantee Investment, Company lot on NE
n 400 by E 12o; $40.
Estate of Mary e. Pearl (by executor) to Ed
avenue and dis street, IS 100 by s2:s; s405. u
Albert NJ. and Elizabeth A. Whittle to r. e.
A. and Annie NJ. Isenbruck, lot on W line Of
120; So
Sarah M. and Edward Carroll to Clara E.
Cathey. lot e line of State street, 15s OF
railroad. % by E 100, lot II, block 80. City
Land Association; 500.
Marten B. Joost to Walter W. Lacey. lot on
n line of Casselli street. 425 w of Douglass,
N 121 by w 25 lot II, block l. Phoebe and Rob-
inson subdivisions; $3.50
Henry A. and Alice M Olmsted to Elmer and
Helga Carlson lot commencing 56sh E Of
Chapultepec street and rs N of Henrietta, %.
z 56:Sia, S 1855, w to beginning, lot 222, Hey
mans subdivision of Cobb Tract; $780,
Alice J. and G. w. Nichols to c. c.. Beldin,
lot p; block %, Lakeview; $3.50
william ]. White to William F. Lewis, lot
on NV corner of Ripley prospect place. and
Folsom streets, N so by w so: lots 20 and 80.
Cheeseman's map of P. " lands; So
i, EreVert IOt
line of Everson street, 173:7% E of Beacon, E
80 by n 100, lot 65, block SO, Fairmount Land
Association: $500
Alameda County.
James McCloskey to Mary A. Brown. lot on
w line of West street so S of Twenty eighth,
Whitcher Tract Oakland; 5000.
Alfred w. Hare to c. I. Dieves. lot line
of Lincoln street, 20S w of Peralta, w q by
s 102, block 712, Oakland: $500.
J. and Theresa Kitchener to Henry Coffey,
lot NV line of Thirteenth avenue, 6s:4 SW
of East Nineteenth street SW AIS by NV lis,
block III, Clinton. East Oakland; $40.
Apollonia Wadlinger to Peter Wadlinger lot
line OF Auburn avenue or Forty
street. s1324 E of San Pablo avenue, E so by
S 151.57 being lot 43. Coggeshall Tract. Oakland
Township; gift.
James McCloskey to Mary A. Brown, lot on
N line Of Forty-firs street, 265 w of Grove,
w 25 by N 1875, block 20S9, Paradise Plat
Map 2, Oakland Annex; 800.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Builders Contracts.

McNab & Smith (owners). with Henry T.
Grieb; architect, none Addition to stable on
S line of Brannan street, between Seventh and
Eighth
Thomas Ashworth (owner) with w. L. Hol-
man (contractor); architects, Newsom & They
er. Wood and machine work, etc. in connec-
tion with passenger elevator TO be installed
Mason street and O'Farrell alley, y 32:6 e
1876, 50:101k, w co. 124k, w 77:6.
Southern Pacific Company (owner) with In
gerson & Gore contradictory; architect Henry
A. Schultze. Carpenter, Joiner, mill work. etc.
for the buildings in or erection
for proposed hospital SW corner of Mission
and Fourteenth streets. 24O by w 1872
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
A PIONEER PASSES AWAY.
Benjamin G. Austin Dies in Alameda
After a Brief Illness.

A LAMBDA, Feb. benjamin G. Aus
tin, pioneer of the State, died last night
at his home, 917 Chestnut street. Death
was due to inflammation of the bowels,
from which he had suffered but a few
days. Deceased was born in Albany, New
York, and was 6S years old. He came to
California in the days of gold Twenty
years ago he was prominently identified
with the business interests and municipal
charter member of Abou Ben Adam
Lodge, l.. Q. O.. F., of San Francisco one
OF the Oldest branches of the order on
the coast.
Mr.. Austin leaves four children-B. C.
austin Jr., who is in Dawson City. Mrs
X. G: Elmer and Misses Stella and Har-
rlet Austin, who are at Mount Clair. N. J,
Inc funeral will be held Thursday
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
EW WESTERN HOTEL.
San FRANCISCO CALL.

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco
Call corner OF Market and Third streets. open
until 12 clock every night in the year.
BRANCH OFFICES-527 Montgomery street,
corner Clay; open until $3.50 o'clock.
zs7 Hayes street; open until $3.50 o'clock.
621 McAllister street: open until $3.50 o'clock.
615 Larkin street: open until $3.50 o'clock.
194l Mission street: open until 10 o'clock.
2261 Market street, corner Sixteenth; open
until 9 o'clock.
JOG Eleventh street; open until O'Clock.
2526 Mission street; open until o'clock.
NV. corner of Twenty-second and Kentucky
streets; open until o. clock.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Alameda News Notes.

ALAMEDA, Feb. TT. C. Daniels of
the Alameda Argus left this afternoon for
st. Louis to attend meeting of the ex-
ecutive. committee of the National Edi-
torial Association.
Harry Hammond, son of c. J. Ham
mond, a prominent business man of this
city, Will return tomorrow from Central
America. He went there several months
ago to accept the management of rail-
road, but found malaria so prevalent that
he had to return to Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Death of a Bridpe-Tander

'."OAKLAND, Feb. THE death of I,or-
EMO G. Littlefeld, which occurred at
Fabiola Hospital early this evening,
marks the first victim of the new Harri-
son-street bridge. Littlefeld was the
hridge-tender, and last Saturday morning
while oiling up the machinery at the
bridge, was struck by the new broad
gauge. He was thrown off the bridge and
on to some piling below, where he was
picked up insensihle. He has remained
anconscious at the hospital ever since.
Torced. An inquest will be held to-mor-
row night
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Site for Jew Gas Plant.

OAKLAND, Feb. 1.-THE Oakland Equi-
table Gas Company has purchased site
for it's proposed plant on First street, be-
tween Market and Castro. The property
fronts $3.50 feet on First street and extends
to the water front, a distance of 1040 feet,
and carries with it the privilege of the use
of the Market-street wharf. The site in
cludes a part of the old Pacific Mail Com
panys property.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Pulliam Is Still Here.

OAKLAND, Feb. 7.-Lawrence Pulliam.
who is wanted in Asheville. N. c., where
he left five years ago, short in his ac-
counts as cashier of a bank, is still at
the Alameda County Jail, where he was
brought by Deputy United States Marshal
Harry Moffitt on January 81. Meanwhile
the authorities of Asheville have been tele-
graphing TO Stockton, where Pulliam re-
Gently surrendered himself to the Sheriff,
asking for information as to when the
prisoner is to be sent on his journey
homaward
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
Attorney Cohen Held to Answer

ALAMEDA, Feb. THE preliminary
examination of Attorney A H Cohen
on on charge of battery preferred
Artesian Water Works, was concluded to-
night. and Justice of the Peace Stetson of
Oakland, sitting in place of Justice Nor
r1s, held defendant to answer before the
$500 ~ N