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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
ORDERED HIS OWN FUNERAL
LED INTO LITIGATION By DE-
SIGNING PARTIES.
His Grandson Accepted Trust
Which He Was Glad TO Relin-
quish - Exaggerated
Stories of Wealth.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

90S Broadway, Jan. H.
A search is being made for a will that
is supposed to have been left by the late
John \. Williams, who died last week
at Claremont. During his lifetime Mr.
Williams was possessed of considerable
money, but lacked all business qualifca-
tons and experienced during the last few
years many vicissitudes that materially
altered the ordinary course of the last
days of his life.
All sorts of exaggerated stories have
been circulated regarding the wealth and
actions of Williams, and although he had
some eccentric notions and some original
ideas, he appears to have found his best
friend in the person OF his grandson u e..
d. Vincent. Mr.. Vincent few years ago
was made the recipient of deeds covering
all his grandfather's property. These
proximately $40 600, instead of $245 900, as
has been reported. 1t was at Williams
request that Vincent accepted the prop
erty and on the agreement that the
grandson pay the old man 500 per month
for the rest of his life.
Some time after the transfer OF the
property Williams was induced by inter-
ested parties TO try to get his property
back He filed a very sensational suit,
charging Vincent with ingratitude. The
suit never came to trial because inquiry
vealed the fact that the obligation was
all on the part of Williams and in favor
of Vincent
Recognizing this, Williams and his at
torneys and Vincent and his attorneys
signed a stipulation which is on file in the
Superior Court, stating that all claims
on either side had been adjusted with per-
feet satisfaction, and also setting forth
that Williams had commenced the suit
without fully understanding what he was
about, owing TO his old age and lack of
ordinary business knowledge
Williams died last week possessed of
much property, which is, however. heavily
mortgaged. Immediately after his death
his landlady found a peculiar order on a
local undertaken, requesting him to at
once proceed to the house and take charge
of the body and take it to his undertaking
parlors. This order was signed by Wiz
hams, and his landlady obeyed it. At the
funeral there were but few mourners, and
these included Mrs. Gray, a daughter of
Williams, and Mrs. Vincent. Mr.. Vincent,
who is contractor, was in the southern
part of the State and could not attend.
After the agreement filed in court dis
missing the suit Mr.. Williams and his
grandson never spoke TO each other, al
though the latter always took good care
to see that the old man needed nothing.
Should a will be found it will probably
lead to some litigation.
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Their WOES HEARD
- !. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
MANUEL BETTENCoURT SUING
FOR DIVORCE.
Antoine Inez Mendoza, an Important
Witness for the Aggrieved Hus-
- : band, Has Suddenly Gone
to Unknown Parts.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
600 4


-, S0S Broadway Jan. Il.
- One of the most sensational divorce
.sui5s:of recent years-that of Manuel Bet
: fencoUrt against Maria BettencOurt-has
!. been on trial behind closed doors before
Superior Judge w. Z. Greene the past
: three days.
:. .!The husband charges the wife with the
grossest infdelity, and yesterday and to-
day over twenty letters alleged to have
rbeen' written by Mrs. Bettencourt TO Joe"
Rose were introduced, and the greater
part: of to-day was occupied with the TAX
ing of the testimony of an expert on writ
ing named Demenzes.
= The contents of these letters are as lurid
as: the purple ink in which they are writ
ten. They contain most damaging state
+" fneRts OF a nature that would not look
g: well in print. These the defendant insists
She never wrote.
The parties have not lived together for
several years They formerly resided at
SausalitO, Marin County, where the suit
was commenced nearly a year ago. They
have been married about twenty-seven
.. years and have two sons, who have
reached their majority. Since the COM
mencement OF TINS ACTON Joe Rose mas
married and by some means the plaintiff
prevailed upon him to deliver up the SEN
SarOHal letters. which were written near
ly eight years ago. Recently the suit was
transferred to Alameda County on the
ground that defendant now resides in
Oakland and because the trial at Sausa-
Ito. would greatly inconvenience about
forty witnesses for the defense, who also
reside here.
p. Antoine fnez Mendoza, one of the most
important witnesses for the plaintiff, has
disappeared and cannot be found. 1t is
said that on Monday next another very
important witness, Joe Rose, the recip-
lent Il the warm letters, will be put on
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ALLEGES PREJUDICE.
j. 2. Ames Wants His Cause Trans
ferred to Another Court.

OAKLAND, Jan. 1.-THE defendant in
the suit of Ann Harris against her broth
er, j. p. Ames, filed notice to-day that
on Monday, January %, he will move the
superior Court for new trial and to
transfer the cause to some other depart
ment on the ground that he cannot have
an impartial trial before Judge Ogden.
The suit was brought for the recovery
OF certain bonds-twenty-thre of the
cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne
Rallroad Company and twenty of the
OHIO and West Virginia Railroad Com
pany-each of the par value of $1,000 and
pearlng per cent interest annually.
Plaintiff also sought to have Cancelled a
certain receipt dated September 30, 1885,
claimed by defendant to have been given
10 him by plaintiff, wherein is recited
mat she has received full payment of all
demands and which purports to annul a
certain agreement dated February 1885
Judge Ogden, on the Sd inst, rendered
judgment for $61,s62 70 in favor of plain
TN During the trial Ames presented tes-
umony consisting of certain statements
OF account, vouchers and memorandum
which Judge Ogden passed on adversely.
AT q retrial Ames cOntemplates introduce
that Judge ogden, having already dis
credited this testimony, he could not have
a lair and impartial trial before that tri-
bunal.
The case involves about $3.50, 600. The
attorneys for plaintiff are w f. Fftzger-
aid. Bishop & Wheeler, Raymond Ben
Jamin and w. II. Anderson, while the de-
tense is represented by Fox & GRAY. A
A Moore and Everett Ames.
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PATT0N'S BLIGHTED
POLITICAL HOPES
STERN PARENT TAKES A HAND
IN HIS CAMPAIGN.
Wanted to Be Marshal of Alameda
and Unwittingly Used His Faith
er's Funds for Expenses.

ALAMEDA, Jan. 14.-Clarence Patton
young man about % years old, who
made himself famous during the last cam
paign by breaking up political meeting
at West Alameda. when he insisted upon
getting on the platform and announcing
himself as a candidate for the office of
City Marshal, has had all of his political
ambitions crushed. The crushing was
done by his father, the well-known archi-
tect who designed the plans for San Fran
>cisco's new City Hall. The instrument
by which the crushing was done was
stout switch.
Young Patton, who is somewhat eccen-
trio and quite character about the city,
mas had his eye on the MarshaTs office
for some time. He stated to his friends
that he was going to make a hurricane
campaign for the position and would be a
sure winner at the spring election. The
only thing that stood in the way of his
carrying out his plans was the lack Of
funds. A few days ago, however, young
Patton went down the cocktail row and
announced that his campaign for the
Mdrshalship had been started. He backed
up the assertion by treating the boys His
campaign was progressing nicely, and he
felt that his fight was already won, when
his paternal ancestor SWooped down upon
him and in tones that BODIED no good COM
manded the young politician TO repair to
the Patton dOmicile at once and lose no
time in getting there. <
Father and son reached the mouse ABOUT
the same time. The public took no part IN
the interview that followed Out into the
night came the angry tones of a stern
parent and the humble replies of
crushed aspirant for political honors.
Then the dull thud Of a stout stick coming
in vigorous contact with the back of
candidate for the office of City Marshal,
and the lights went out and all was still.
Later it was learned that young Patton
had found a stray gold piece around the
house. and. thinking that some good angel
had left il for his campaign expenses, he
appropriated the coin and went forth to
line up his forces. But it SO happened
that the gold piece did not come from a
good angel It belonged to Patton ST,
and that is why Patton Jr. has retired
from politics
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OPPOSITION IS INCREASING
THE DISSATISFIED ARE TO ACT
INDEPENDENTLY.
May Call Mass Meeting in Every
Ward to Choose Delegates to
Name Full
Ticket.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

COS Broadway, Jan. IA.
After the Republican convention to be
held on Monday there will probably be
another organization effected to name a
municipal ticket. This move is being en-
gineered by those who claim that there
is collision between the Municipal League
and the Republican City Central Commit
tee.
The Central Committee named its dele
gates tonight TO Mondays convention,
and this method has created much I'M
pleasantness. 1t is freely prophesied that
the campaign will be a repetition OF the
tactics employed four years ago, on which
occasion the party organization stood in
with the Municipal League, while the
rank and file of the party voted for a
separate ticket. This led to the election
of John L. Davie, although j. W. Nelson
was the nominee of the Republicans, the
Democrats and the Municipal League.
Under ordinary circumstances Nelson
Shodld have polled about 5000 votes and
DaVie 1000, but Dayie was elected.
1t is new stated that the candidates
nominated by the Municipal League will
be Endorsed next Monday, and that there
is an understanding, TO this effect. The
opponents to this plan are preparing to
hold d mass meeting in each ward, at
which delegates TO an independent con-
Vention may be elected to nominate a
ticket in opposition to the combined ticket
of the Republican Committee and the
Municipal League
1t is known that one of the seven mem
bers of the committee is opposed TO APP
pointing delegates in the proposed man
ner, and as the Army and Navy League
and one of the Republican clubs in the
Seventh Ward and an independent citi-
zens' movement in the Fifth Ward have
already declared their position IL can
easily be seen that the foundation for an
active opposition is already laid.
The plans for the opposition ticket will
not be completed until it is seen what
the Republican convention does on Mon
day.
A proposition has already been made
TO the city committee to change its plan
of calling the convention and to suggest
that a certain proportion of the delegates
be nominated by the Board of Trade and
Merchants Exchange as guarantee that
the campaign Will not be conducted by
any political clique. This proposition has
not met with favor from the committee
and IL is not known how far the sugges-
ton was authorized by the mercantile or
CARNATIONS.
The Democrats will meet next week and
as fusion is already repudiated by both
Democrats and Populists each may put a
ticket in the field, although it is more
than probable that some combination will
be made with the dissatisfied Republicans
and that a union effort will be organized
to defeat the reform ticket.
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MUNICIPAL
81. CANDIDATES
IL: :: m -n
III. IN THE FIELD
3}e League Holds Its
Convention.
u 80:
i.
SNOW CHOSEN FOR MAYOR
SNOW CHOSEN FOR MAYOR
4INsDALE FOR AUDITOR. GIL
-. PIN FOR TREASURER.
Dow Receives the Nomination for
&C.. City Attorney, Miller for City
go Engineer-Those Named
for Councilmen.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

oakland once San Francisco Call,
% 90S Broadway, Jan. H.
The Municipal League, after a long ex-
ecutive session, held its convention to-
night. The nominations were made Sc
.C{etly and the secretary announced the
names for whom the delegates would
vote.
G@R. W. Snow and ]. W. Towle were
named for Mayor. Two ballots were cast
Before Snow obtained the necessary two
thirds vote.
49,. 4. H. Breed and D. c. Hinsdale were
named for Auditor, and after four ballots
Hinsdale was nominated
~. T. Giipin and W. II. Knight had been
Nominated for Treasurer, and one ballot
" was. sufficient to show that Gilpin was the
i&Norite.
=: There was no opposition to the nominal
fion Of. ". A. Dow for City Attorney.
: For. CITY ENGINEER NJ X Miller Mar
;Ston Campbell Monte Clement and J. w
Stray were placed before the convention
sdiller was nominated on the second bal
:. Ben wooIner, AdoIph Uhl, F. NJ. Par
cells, .Anson Barstow, 9. L. Pierce, Mack
..Thpmas, g. A. Chichester, B. &. Cuvellier
and l., J. Hardy were named for Council
men at large. Chichester, Cuvelher and
'BarStOw were nominated on the first bal
=lot and Hardy on the second.
Ward nominations We're made as fol-
lows.
*':Tirst I. X. Mott; Second. r. R. Girard
Third, N. ". Upton; Fourth, ]. c. Rued
Fifth. FELTON, Taylor; Sixth, @. B. NJ
Gray: Seventh. II. d. Rowe.
DR.. Myra Knox. II. A. Powell. John
.Rgss and ]. ". Evans were the only can
. didatas for School Directors at large, and
were nominated unanimously.
For Ward Directors the following were
: Ii cigifnated First, c. Il. Redington; Sec
gud.: F. B. Clement; Third, J. II. Todd !;
:F.suith. c. II. Gray; Fifth, r. o. White
dead: SiNth-D- Rutherford; Seventh, w.
j .WilCOx.
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ORDERED TO HONOLULU.
Naval Tug Iroquois VIII Sail for the
Hawaiian Islands To-Day.

VALLEJO, Jan 14.-The officer COM
handing the naval tug Iroquois has re-
ceived orders to proceed to Honolulu. Inc
vessel was coaIed to-day and will leave
Mare Island tomorrow morning.
The torpedo boat Davis is still in the
hands of the contractors. The yard work
men are repairing the boiler which
gave out on the way down the coast. At
ter she is thoroughly cleaned and painted
she will be accepted by the Government.
Repairs to the Ranger are approaching
peller will be in place in a few days Her
masts were stepped last week. The work
on her sister ship, the Alert, is under
way. The Hartford is ready for her
masts, which will go into place in about
ten days. The Nero is dlscharging 1000
tons of coal at the quay wall. She will
be put out of commission and thoroughly
overhauled, making a model vessel for
the purpose intended.
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be able to extort better terms from
Russia. What America wants in the
East is trade and she will do more by
cooperation will. Russia than by an
tagonizing Russia. The latter already
practically controls China and will
give the United States what she wants,
if friendly. It would be madness for
England and America to attempt to
coerce Russia into concessions. The
combined nations of the world could
not whip Russia, any more than they
could the United States. The most
they could do would be TO lombard a
few coast towns, while Russias rail-
roads could pour so many soldiers into
China that any the United States and
Great Britain could send would be a
handful in COMPARISON.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
The Fletter Funeral.

ALAMEDA. Jan 14-Arrangements for
the funeral of the late F. ]. Fletter were
completed to-day. The services VIII be
held at 1870 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at Masonic Temple and will be under the
auspices of the Masonic fraternity, of
which the deceased was a member. The
city officials will attend in a body. The
Board Of City Trustees met last evening
ard decided upon floral piece represent
ing the City Hall, with the hands of the
clock in the tower pointing to the hour
of Il, the time when Mr.. Fletter died
The following gentlemen will act as pail
bearers: Judge Ellsworth and D. J. Sui
Ivan for the Masons, J. III. Fields and
Charles Metzgar for the G.. A. r., F. Roll
Ter and Mr.. Nesmith for the Vulcan Pow
der Works, and ]. f. Forderer and a. V.
Clark for the Board of City Trustees.
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LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
rRANsATI.ANTIC {

TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.
NEW YORK-Salied Jan 14-Stmr Trave, for
Genoa; stmr Scotia, for Antwerp. stmr Rotter-
dam, for Rotterdam; stInr La Champagne, for
HaVre: stmr Unbria, for Liverpool.
Jan 15-The stInr St Louis, from Southamp-
ton was sighted southeast of Fire Island at
1:45 a m.
QUEENSTOWN-Arrive Jan 14-Stmr Aura
MIA from New York
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jan 1-stmr Paris,
PLEs-SaiIed Jan 1Estmr Kaiser Will
helm H. for New York.
HAVRE-Sailed Jan 14-Stmr La Normandie.
for New York
CoPENHAGEN-sai Jan 10-stmr Thing
valla, for New York.
Observation-Disclosures Jan 12-stmr Neder-
land, from Philadelphia.
Baku, Russia, has 100 oil refineries.
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Alden instead of Temescal.

OAKLAND, Jan. 1.-THE agitation over
changing the name of Temescal-meaning
an Indian sweathouse-to something more
appropriate and euphonious has simmered
down to the selection of the name Alden
for Oakland's pretty suburb. This was
decided upon at a meeting of the North
Oakland Improvement Club held Thursday
evening. This action was taken in honor
of S. C. Alden, founder of Temescal. A
petition is now being circulated for sig
natures, to be headed by Postmasters
Pedrini and w. H Friend. which will be
forwarded TO Congressman Hilborn, and
after being signed by him will be pre-
scented to the Postmaster General
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
DAWSON MYSTERY.
Rumor That Myrtle Brocee Was the
Victim of a Murderer.

VICTORIA, Jan. AR. NJ. Mccoy, who
left Dawson December 10, brought news
to Skaguay that when he left Dawson the
rumor was abroad that Myrtle Broeee
had been murdered instead of committing
suicide. as reported. There are several
circumstances connected with her death
that caused suspicion, and the police were
watching suspected persons. No arrest
had been made up to the time he left.
Mccoy says the Klondike received a
surprise on December IA, when the news
came in from Gold Run that gold had
actually been found. This is the first
tributary to Dominion Creek that has
proved gold-bearing to any extent. The
strike ran 81 cents to the pan.
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En- gineer Woods Funeral.

OAKLAND Jan 1.-THE funeral SER
vices of William NJ Woods, the engineer
killed in the owl train wreck. near In
gonar. were held this afternoon from the
family residence, 1872 Twelfth street. and
the remains were inferred in Mountain
View Cemetery. Rev d. Z. Potter Off
ciated. The pallbearers were: Harry
Bridges, Charles Thomas. Tom Ambrose,
William Lumsden, G. Leon and Jerry Sui
Ivan. A trio. composed of Mrs. A Pol
lit Clifton, Miss Lillian Cooper and F.
Brown, sang Nearer. Ny God, to Thee"
The floral tributes were numerous and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
Justice Hard Has Lost.

OAKLAND, Jan. 14.-Judge Hall has
rendered judgment for the defendant in
the case of T. H Hard against Constable
George D. Gray and his bondsmen for
5000 damages, alleged to have been sus-
tanned by reason of an attachment levied
on plaintiffs courtroom furniture in Ala
media Hard at the time was Justice of
the peace in the encinal city, and the de-
PENDANT locked up his temple of justice,
whereby Justice Hard claimed he was in
iured in the estimation of his friends and
Justice had been outraged.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15
CHINESE LABORERS
SOLD INTO SLAVERY
Hundreds of Asiatic Coolies Sent to
Mexico to Work on Plan
tationS

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. IA story
of alleged Chinese slavery has come to
light here since the arrival of the steam
ship Empress of Japan from the Orient.
She brought from Hongkong 406 Chinese,
of whom 191 were reported to be destined
for Tampico. Mexico, to work on pIanta-
lions. They were under the care of a
Chinese named Ma Chop, who said thir-
teen hundred more were to follow
While herding the Chinese from the
dock to a special train a stampede en-
sued. In their frenzy a number rushed
toward the edge of the dock. They would
have fallen into the bay had it not been
for a police officer, who stopped the rush
by knocking a score of them down When
that eight were missing. After several
minor stampedes the Chinese were per
suaded TO get on the train.
The cause OF the frenzy and stampede
was the arrival of a Chinaman from San
Francisco, who told them they had been
sold as slaves by Hongkong men. and
that they would never go back to China
Local Chinese here are helping the men
still in hiding in every possible way. as
all are convinced that they and the re-
mainder of the 1900 TO follow are being
send word to the Chinese government
about it.
The city police are hunting down the
missing Chinese for evading the $50 poll
tax. The Canadian Pacific officials also
are hunting them. because they have con-
tracted TO take the party safely over their
lines and are liable to a heavy customs
penalty for every Chinese landed in Brit
ish Columbia who does not pay poll tax
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Alameda Boys Again Victorious.

ALAMEDA, Jan 1.-THE Alameda High
School football team added another vic
rory to its unbroken string to-day, when
it defeated an eleven representing the
Goldsworthy Underwood and Thomas.
five of the best players of the local team,
were unable to take part in the game, but
despite this handicap the Alameda boys
won out by a score of to 0. This is the
last game that the high school team will
play during the present season.
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Forbids Fishing with Nets.

SANTA ROSA, Jan. 1.-THE Board OF
Supervisors passed an ordinance to-day
forbidding the setting of any kind of net
to catch fish in Sonoma County streams.
The offender will be punished with a fine
of 500 or fifty days Imprisonment in jail,
or both. The ordinance goes into effect
on February l.