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The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
LEFT HALF HER
BIG ESTATE TO
THE RED CROSS
Will of Theresa Mer-
chant Filed.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Can.

Oahlanu Ofnce san Francisco Cail.
SS Broadway. Dec. i3
BY the provisions in the will Of the
late Mrs. Theresa l.. Merchant. which was
nled for probate in the Superior Court
this afternoon by J. Il. Richardson. the
Oakland Red Cross Society will be en-
riched 10 the extent Of about $4,000.
Mrs. Merchant. who was noted for her
charitable traits. died In this city Novem-
Der - last. leaving an estate valued at
over $4,000. including three notes secured
by mortgages on Alameda County realty.
$500; cash deposited in savings banks.
s1Oi so; an undivided one-half interest in
realty at the corner OF Kearny and Cali
fornia streets. San Francisco. $4,000.
In her will, dated October %. lS9s. and
witnessed by J. B. Richardson and L. ID.
Manning. testatrix names Baron ID. Mer-
chant. her son. Frank l.. Adams and Mr..
Richardson as executors, but the two
first named have already fled their re-
nouncement of rights 10 letters and the
petition for these Is therefore filed by Mr.
richardson. To Baron ID. Merchant. re-
sioing at San Jose, testatrix beQueaths
the san Francisco property. also burial
lots I'm Laurel Hill Cemetery and Noun
tain View Cemetery; 10 Anna l.. Richard
Club with which she Is connected: to Jes-
sic Pillsbury Of Rockville. Conn. and
Henrietta Perabeau. children OF Heinrich
PeraDeau, deceased brother OF testatrix.
Baron ID. Merchant, as trustee. expend
not TO exceed $500 per year for not more
than four years. besides $40 monthly each.
In the interest OF the education OF Theresa
and Theron Pillsbury. children OF testa-
triXs niece. to the German Old People
Home at Fruitvale. known as the Alien
helm. 500 Is bequeathed. and the remain
der of the estate. which will aggregate
about $4,000, is disposed Of in the follow
ing clause:
All the rest. residue and remainder of my
property OF every kind and nature / direct my
executors and trustees 10 take charge Of and
Of the Oakland Red Cross Society In California.
and IL Is my wish that n there be hospital
used in connection with the work Of said
ciety In California that the above mentioned
residue be used % equip such hospital 90 far
the same may be necessary. and that the
same be used for soldiers who come from the
Pacific Coast.
The will OF Eleanor Emily Pearne, who
died at Berkeley last Friday. was also
filed for probate this afternoon by Charles
". Jackson OF Berkeley and James T..
Walsh of San Rafael. who are named
therein as executors and trustees The
will is dated February Is. 1897. and wit
messed by Ada +. Robins and Annette
Pcarne. me estate. the total value Of
which Is not known, includes Oakland
realty. $4,000; San Francisco realty, 5000:
Marin County land $500. besides money
in banks. jewelrv and household goods
named in trust for the use and benefit OF
testatrixs daughter Gladys. and In tho
event OF whose death before reaching the
age Of q. IL will go TO Grace Wadleigh
and Fanny Oliver. cousins Of testatriX.
residing at Galena, Illinois
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14

San Francisco. The run through the
freight yards on Alameda point is always
made slowly and with great care. and to
this fact alone is due the prevention of
the disaster.
The San Jose freight train was in the
yards and was being switched around In
making up for its night run TO the Gar
den City.
The freight train was backing toward
the main line on which the local was run
ming toward Oakland, and there was quite
a heavy train of freight cars attached.
the last car being a fiat car loaded with
wood
Whether the engineer on the freight
train miscalculated his distance or got
a wrong signal no one knows OF will say.
but the freight train backed down on the
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
SHIP >AR OS

switch, and the fiat car with the wood
struck the last car of the local as II was
passing the end of the switch. The engi-
neer on the freight train felt the force
OF the impact and Immediately reversed
his engine and drew his train away In
time
The passengers in the last car felt their
car careen until the wheels on one side
were lifted clear of the rails. There was
a grinding and crashing of timbers and
the passengers were thrown about and
expected every instant that the car would
topple over, but the freight train drew
away in time and the car settled back
upon the rails.
Assemblyman Joe Kelly was In the car
at the time and he says that II was as
narrow an escape as he wants TO en-
counter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
TRIED cARBoLIc ACID.
Unsuccessful Attempt at Suicide by
Mrs. John Horton.

Lizzie Horton. the wife OF John Horton.
Rho resides In the Orleans Lodging-hou
l0s Mission street, attempted suicide ear
g last evening by swallowing an ounce OF
-arbolic acid. She was removed TO the
city and County Hospital. where the con-
tents of her stomach were removed.
No reason for suicide is known other
ihan a misunderstanding between Mrs.
Horton and her mother. They saw one
another yesterday afternoon and some
sharp words were exchanged. John Hor-
on the husband. was present when the
attempt AT suicide was made. He knock
"a the bottle cut of his wifes HANDS as
soon As he realized what she intended
When questioned In regard TO the wifc's
ruicidal attempt the husband said that he
ia not think Mrs. Horton Intended sui
Ide. but that she was I'm the habit OF
,slng the acid in n decayed tooth and
accidentally swallowed some OF the con-
tents Of the bottle.
Dr. Dray labored with the woman for
some time 10 prevent death. she VIII re-
.over according 10 the physicians I'm at
tendance.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
STABlEMAN REPORTS
THAT HE WAS HELD UP

OAKLAND. Dec. 13.-Manuel Courant
told the police tonight that an effort had
been made TO hold him up this evening AT
the stable Of the Parcel Delivery on Ninth
street, near jefferson. COurant says that
ne went out into the back yard moment.
and as he did so he saw "a man with some
thing shining in his hand. Courant
Jumped back into the stable and gave the
alarm. The police found no trace OF any
man, but Courant Is very sure that he
and thinks that he disturbed the man
while he was attempting some other fob.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Investigating Weeott Wreck.

Captains Bolles and Bulger began yes
terday an official investigation into the
matter of the wreck of the steamer Wee
oft on Humboldt Bar on the afternoon of
December l. on which occasion one of the
women passengers was drowned ami a
member OF the crew killed by the fall Of
the mizzenmast.
H. r. Boomer, chief engineer Of the
wrecked steamer, gave a graphic account
of the force of the heavy sea that broke
stroke.
Owing 10 the absence of several wit
nesses the investigation will be resumed
In "A few dayS
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Lost on the Rav.

SAN DIEGO. Dec. 13.-Much anxiety is
felt for the safety of Guy Gregory OF
Coronado. who left his home about $3.50
o'clock Tuesday morning for a hunt on
the bay and has not been heard from
since. Gregory left Coronado with two
boats, intending TO cross the bay about
three miles below this city. When he
failed TO return at dusk last night his
party started out. One OF the rowboats
was found anchored below the city and
in IL was his lunch-basket and coat
There was no trace of Gregory or of the
other boat. diligent search was made
all day to-day for the missing man but
he could not be found
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
In the Divorce Court.

Elizabeth Preissler has been granted a
divorce from James Preissler on the
ground of failure to provide. Hattie r.
Booth has secured a divorce from Fran
els A. Booth on the ground of desertion.
Suits for divorce have been filed by
Edith T. Hunsaker against Walter L..
-Hunsaker for failure to provide, Susie
failure to provide, Marie l. Burnett
against Marius Burnett for failure TO
provide. Margaret Wentworth against
Charles Wentworth for desertion and
Anna Kramer against c. Z. Kramer for
failure TO provide
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14

mandy has resulted in a week of good
houses at the Grand Opera-house. 1t will
be given for the last time Sunday evening
and Monday evening die Fledermaus"
II is fully nine years since II was last
given here and it's revival should be very
successful. The following splendid cast
Viii interpret II: Gabriel Won Eisenstein.
Thomas III. Persse; Rosalind. his wife.
Edith Mason; Adele. her maid, Hattie
Belle Ladd; Ida, sister TO Adele. Ethel
Strachan; Alfred. music teacher, Win
fred GofI: Prince Orlooffsky, Bessie Fair
BARN; DR.. Frank, William Wolff: DIR.
Blind, Charles Arling. and Frosch, Ar
thur Wooley.
Mother Earth" Francis Powers beau
tiful Mexican play. will close with Sun
day evenings performance; a matinee will
be given this Saturday and Sunday after
moons; The play has done big two
weeks business and has proved a dram
attic success. .'Dr. BIZ will follow for
next week with Earnest Hastings and
Laura Crews reappearing in the cast.
Christmas bill. Fred Belasco leaves for
Europe next month 10 secure new plays
and people.
The return OF the favorite comedian.
Ferris Hartman. to the Tivoli Opera
house and the Tar and Tartar" are
crowding the theater nightly and another
week of Tar and Tartar is announced.
be given next Saturday, and the final
presentation will take place on Friday
evening of next week The annual holt
day extravaganza will receive its premier
on Saturday evening. December p, and
there Will be no matinee at the Tivoli on
that day, owing to- the thorough rehear-
sails for the Christmas piece. which this
year is entitled Little Bo-Peep."
The bill at the Orpheum is being well
received this week, and crowded houses
nightly attest to the excellence of the at
fractions. Edwin Milton Royle in the
"Highball Family" and George Fuller
Golden continue TO be popular. Camille
d d'Arville is. OF course. still the main at
traction on the bill. Hamilton Hill. the
Australian tenor bids fair to become
favorite, and the rest of the bill is well
up TO the Orpheum standard.
The Original Georgia Minstrels at the
New Alhambra continue throughout the
week. Black Patti and her Troubadors
open Sunday night The colered prina
donna is surrounded by clever company.
At the Chutes Theater the feature Of
the amateur performance this evening
will be Pinafore Mnstrels. and Gilbert &
Sullivan will undoubtedly be interpreted
as never before.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
TRAIN
CRASHES INTO A
MOVING LOCAL
Almost a Wreck on
Alameda Point.
PASSENGERS THROWN ABOUT
THE STRICKEN TRAIN WAS
NEARLY TOPPLED OVER.
THROWN ABOUT
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
Q0S RrOadwav Dac 20

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
s0S Broadway. Dec 13
The passengers on the last train from
San Francisco 10 Oakland on the narrow
gauge system had narrow escape from
death last night at 12:l5. opposite the mar
row gauge freight yards on Alameda
point One car was all but thrown from
the track when the San Jose freight train
crashed into the Oakland local, and the
passengers on the local were thrown from
their seats and tossed about the coach In
a serious manner.
The Oakland local was making its last
run TO Oakland, with the passengers that
II had gathered from the last boat from
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Deserted Wife Seeks Divorce.

OAKLAND. Dec. 13-Ada F. FOye. by
her attorneys, Abbott * Fitzgerald, this
afternoon filed suit for a divorce from
George +. Fcye. a well known commercial
traveller. Desertion Is alleged as the
ground for the action. and the complaint
recites that the parties were married In
Oakland I'm 1894 and that the wife was de-
serted in August OF last year. PLAINTIFF
asks for a decree and S35 monthly alimOny.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Signed will ON His peathbed.

OAKLAND. Dec. 13.-The will of Peter
Petersen. who died at Castro Valley No
vember 2s. 1899. was filed for probate to-
day by the widow. Mary Petersen, who is
named as sole devisee and executrix and
who applies for letters of administration.
The estate is valued at about $4,000. The
will was made just four days prior to tes-
tator's death.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Capture of an Ex-Convict.

BERKELEY, Dec. 13-Antolne Gheiso
an ex-convict. was captured last night ir
West Berkeley by Deputy Marshal FteC
Rawson. Ghelso was taken in the act OF
burglarizing a store on University ave.
nue., between Sixth and Seventh streets
The police have traced several of the re-
cent robberies In West Berkeley TO him
This morning he was taken before Judge
Edgar and sent to the County Jail on q
charge Of burglary.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Mckinley May Go to Utah.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ex-senator To-
seph S. Rawlins. ex-senator Arthur
Brown, William Glassmann and David
Dunbar, committee representing the
Utah Volunteer Monument Association
called on the President to-day and invited
him to lay the cornerstone OF the mon
ument to be erected In honor of the Utah
volunteers. The President signified his
willingness to accept the invitation IL his
duties would permit. The President will
make written reply to the committee
later on.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Found a Body in the Bay.

The badly decomposed body OF a man
was picked UP in the bay near Folsom
street wharf yesterday afternoon by
Henry Peterson, the boatman, and sent to
he Morgue. The body, which had been
n the water for a long time. was
weighted with heavy piece of iron,
which was securely fastened with several
feet Of rope tied in a strange manner
Deceased was evidently a seafaring man.
but an identity will be hard to establish
as the features are gone beyond recogni-
ton
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Laid to Rest.

ALAMEDA, Dec. 13.-The funeral of
Rev. Samuel T. Sterrett was held this
morning. After a short service at the res
idence. 2l04 Alameda avenue. a public
service was held In the First NJ e
Church. The pallbearers were j. B. Vos-
berg. A. Hay. j. Folsom and l.. Burd In
terment was In Mountain View Cemetery
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Thurher Released.

WOODLAND. Dec. 1.-THE criminal
prosecution of A. s. Thurber of Vacaville.
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses. was dropped to-day, he having
paid all demands and costs.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14

Great bargains-Closing out children's
BOOKS, games and dolls. cheap. Sanborn
VAL A Co., "a Market street
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
Steeplechase.

Good crowds are filling Central Park
this week. The bill is a strong one. in
cluding the score or more novelties from
Coney Island. Professor HILL the reckless
and eccentric high-wire comedian. in some
new turns. and the steeplechase proper.
Extra Xmas prizes are being given to the
winners of the races.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14

The revival OF The Chimes Of Nor
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20
Wright's Rearrangement of Blocks %, %, "a
and 25, Annie E. Ramsey's Addition to St.
Taxes and
Scott's Addition to Rosedale Pa
",
PARK
TaYoZ and

Wards Subdivision of Lot of Reserve Gar
den Lots, Ramsey County, Minn.
Taxes and
Name of Owner and Penalty.
Descriptiou. Lot Block. cts.
Josie E. Hoyt.........,..:..-.: 4.5f
Reserve Garden Lots.
Taxes and
Name of Owner ard Penalty.
DESCRIPTION Lot. cts.
]. n. Rogers ct al, 2s ft......5 1913
j. y. Rogers Second Addition.
Taxes and
Name of Owner and Penalty.
Description. Lot BLOCK ets:
7. N Rogers tex Seventh ST.. W
Edward Mullen ..-.-......... al
do 2.05
Park Addition.
Taxes and
Mama Of Owner and Penalty.
Description Lot. Block. 5 cts
Jacob Gorgoschlitz ct al, e.
y of S'ca -
t P Schuffieton. n...........S LOU
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20

Assessment District No. =. City of
st. Paul-COntinued.
Annie E. Ramsey's Addition to the City Of
st. Pau.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20
Thomas Dunn's Subdivision of Lot l, Bio;
6 Rnsedala Park Ramsey Cnuntv Mirr
5.5 IT for ST..
Rosedale Park.
Taxes and
Name of Owner and
Taxes and

Varney and McMantgaPs Encouragement OF
Block !. Annie E. Ramsey's Addition to
G. Dnr,1 -
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20

Assessment District No. =, City of
st. Paul-COntinued.
st. Clair Street and Short Line Addition 10
the City of st. Paul. Plat l.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20
MIMI 8 sofa
HISTORICAL
essment District No. 7, City of
st. PauI-Continued.
Taxes and
Name of Owner ard

Encouragement in D. H. Hunts Addition 10
st. Anthony Park
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-20
Assessment District No. =, City of
st. Paul-Continued.
Rosedale Park.


Name of Owner and Penalty
Description. Lot. Block. cts.
The Catholic Ind. School
Mimi. Tex part taken for
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
HYPN0TISM
AND CRIME
Strange Love OF q Won q n
for q Young Girl.

CHICAGO. May Mrs. Matte II.
Miller. a trained nurse. thirty7nve
years old. IL under arrest for shoot
ina Charles l., siebcrt. n real estate
man, because he married Hattie
Leonard.
Fifteen years ago, while Mrs. Mil
Ter was studying for her profession.
she was taken III. ana Hattie Leon
ard. of Lafayette. Ind. nurHed her
through her Illness. Mrs. Miller took
the young woman away from her
home and lavished her income upon
her. They lived together for four.
teen years. Mrs. Miller il a man
hater.
she wrote that she would kin her
self and Hattie. and any man Hattie
ever married" John Leonard. n
brother ~ Hattie. said last night. 1T
Is peculiar case. and ar a family.
we did all we could 60 break the ex-
ttaordinary bond OF affection that
bound Ars. Miller 20 my sister"
II was not altogether surprised. "
said Mrs. aiebsFt. "to hear my hua-
hand had been assaulted BY Mrs.
Miller. II have lived with her four
teen years. and have been held 10
her by hypnotic influence. She fell
desperately In love with me. left
her four different times. and each
time was forced TO so back to her
by the influence OF this hypnoti L.
power she had over me. am not
able 60 explain u any further than
I tried to resist. but could not"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
MINUS THREE LIMBS
4 Difficult Problem Solved In
Lebanon, Ind.

CHICAGO. May 4--wanted--ii-
isths OF an clipping couple. aged 60
and % years respectively. They ara
William +. Bckford and Mrs Bick.
ford. formerly Mrs. Amanda Vans
iek. OF Lebanon. Ind. They have Ia
their possession the proceeds Of the
sale OF a to-acre farm. Address all
Information to Capt. Coileran. chief
Of detectives. Chicago. or TO son Of
missing woman.
This giddy young pair we're mated
n week ago. II was an odd match.
for AFR. Bedford. when. for his
countryfs sake. IN the civil war. he
took up arms. he lost one Of them.
and the bride Is minus her lower
limbs. The people of Lebanon when
they heard o fthe match. ala lit
tie problem In arithmetic. They fig.
ured Mr.. Bickford as seven-eighths
of man and his better half as half
a woman or half a half Of the couple
made one.
This was rather confusing, but
they worked IL out this way. IL ono
man plus one woman makes one
welded pair. then seven-eighths oe
a man plus half a woman equals
eleven-sixteenths Of a married cou-
nile.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
FOUGHT OVER
A WOMAN
Ono Man Had Bought Her for
50 and a New Hat.

DANVtLLE, H.. May a.--Ieshe
sutherland II under arrest as the
slayer Of Joe Albright. Albright
purchased Mrs. Daisy shepard from
her husband. Charles Shepard. at
Geneva, Ind, last fall. for 81 and a
new hat. shepard gfterward regret
ted the trade, and going TO HIS form
or home. opened fire on the inmates.
Three bullets took effect IN Al
hright's body and one Ia Mrs shep-
pard'a limb,
Last Christmas Albright came 70
Grape Creek, After time the two
became estranEed and Albright ask
Cd his friend. Sutherland, 80 inter
eede. lie DID 40 and Tor a short
period Mrs. sheppard and Albright
resumed their relationship, She be.
came weary. however, and again
Albright called on Sutherland. In
stead OF ihterceains he took the wa-
man 70 a dance Tuesday night ON
the way home Albright WaYiaid
them, lie attacked sutherland with
a stone and dragged him from his
buggy Sutherland got his knife
out and then. In the presence 81 the
woman. ensuod life and death
battle. Albright anaily fell uueon-
acioua with EauheH In his throat
sutherland surrendered. The corun-
er's jury exoeerated Sutherland on
the ground Of aelfsdefense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
CAUGHT The
FUGITIVE

READING. Pa. May t.-iiiram Y.
Kaufman. the fugitive embesxIinR
lawyer. has been captured In Jersey
city. AZ the home Of his mo,her-in-
law. after a chase Of thrc. months.
ksufmAn IL under sentence 81 nine
months Imprisonment for embcEEiinE
i9ts 80 as guardian Of James v. I'm.
James = Ruth became his surety
and paid the money. following 4, up
with a criminal prosecution for EN-
beEsiement.
kaufman was appointed guardian
in isss. when he was supposed TO be
a rich man. He was a well known
member 81 the iierkn County Har.
and had been District Attorney
when his ward became Of age khuf-
man did not pay. and on September
~. isss. the grand jury found true
bsii against him. and he was con
vieird ard sentenced 90 pay a fine
81 500 and undergo min. months
imprisonment. T'hin was followed by
an appeal 20 the superior court.
with a decision against him. and he
then appeaied from the superior TO
the supreme court. and lost there.
lie was sentenced By Judge Endiieh.
After tho supreme court vent
against him. kaufman disappeared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
NEW STYLES IN Bl0USES

blouse Of rcd silk with white spots.
This IL made with both tueks and
box plaits.
The yoke and the shoulder caps
are cut In points
The sleeve n finished at the wrist
with a plain turnover cum.
cravat Of black satin.-Le Costume
Elegant.
Blouse Of dark blue silk spotted
with white. The blouse Is tucked
iengthwise and diagonally. the dag
onal tuoks appearing TO continue on
to the sleeves.
The. plastron Is made Of plated
white mousseiine de sole. and the
cravat IL OF white silk edsed with
Iace.--I1e Costume Elegant.
Pretty blouse of old rose foulard
trimmed with bands OF the same,
silk embroidered In black.
The yoke and the top Of the sleeves
are OF white silk, arranged in hori-
zontal and orossway folds.
Turnover collar and cuffs and
small clravat Of black satln.--fe Cos
tune Elegant.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-04
Women and Jokes.

That species OF humor sometimes
described a. sroiiicking." which men
complain that women cannot see. ls
often more or less In the nature OF
practical joke. that is 20 say. Il lies
in the matter rather than the man
ncr. II appears. for instance. In
much (hy no means alb OF the humor
Of "Piekwick." or In the farcicai
situations on which the dramatists
u the restoration rely so largely.
strong as they are also In humor OF
a different kind. The point. N we
must say go. IL not unfrequcntly eN-
hibited in a more or less un dignificd
position. II may be freely and at
once conceded that women are not
amused by humor OF this class.
They think u silly. undiEnified. and
often coarse and, 30 far as the laHt
Indictment In concerned. the prnc.
ticAi Jokes that smuse a boy are
often enough. not only coarse. but
cruel. and II may very well be that
a woman rcfrainE from laughing at
them. not so much because her per-
ecptions are dun in one direction as
because they are keen in another.
To sec n HulHhu Ntfhk IlAJt ~ lRhl
Of Ia too painful TO be amusing.
Moreover. she often finds that the
Joke consists IN some tlme-honored
witticism against her own sex, sup
ported rather by observation, and.
IL she has any spirit, she naturally
resents 70.
II IL n curious evidence OF the
strength df custom, by the bye, this
nalvette with which women are ex-
pected to join In Jokes against them
selves by men" as has been we'll
said in n different connection. I'm
capable OF deliberate insult" But
because woman does not laugh. It
does not always follow that she does
not see what che Is expected to
laugh at. 4 brother once COM
planned TO his sister that sohe could
not see Joke. and the criticism was,
of course, duly conveyed to her.
NO. don't see any Joke" was the
reply. There isn't any Joke. see
what amuses him. but you don't
really expect me TO laugh at THAR"
--Cornhill.