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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
WILEY CONTEST HAS
NOW GONE TO TRIAL
Attorney Lyons Says the Deceased
Was of Sound Mind and Worked
for Him Several Months.

The fury TO determine the issues raised
In the contest of the will of the late
Charles Walter Wiley was completed
Yesterday morning and in the afternoon
the taking Of testimony was proceedeo
with Those selected as jurors are +. l..
Dunlap. Robert Currie, James J. Hayes,
Samuel q. Buckbee, Spiro Radulov1ch'
Robert Cleary, d. J. Standish, John j..
Duffy, Samuel H. Heller, 4. h. han1es'
Jacob Deutsch and Henry Schoenoerg.
The facts leading TO the making OF the
will by Wiley, in which Mrs Louisa M
Muirhead is named as sole devlsee, are
well established Wiley was practically
an outcast, disinherited by his father ana
rncared for by his relatives. one day ne
auuroached Mrs. Muirhead on the street
and asked for assistance. she was I'M
pressed by his appearance ana TOOK MIN
10 her place at Larkin and hayes stIeetS
and gave him employment, Later II ue
yeloped that he had legal claIId dS SdliLo l1S !
his fathers estate, SUIT was AlSu an
Judgment was entered in his 1aVor LoT
about $50 Goo An appeal was taken 10 Tue
Supreme Court by the heirs oil tne estate
and The order of distribution setting ASIDE
this portion of the estate Ior the peIeA1
of Charles Walter Wiley was doJuuSeu
invalid motion for a reheaIlnS Was
made howeYheFf hefoTe ana the s5r supreme Court 20 in
hank last August and was submitted Win
the Fair case, the questions arising on Ine
trust provisions OF the Wills DeIHS 4uel!C-
cal This matter is still under SUBMISSION
before the upper court, and even though
il should be decided against Charles w.
Wiley a claim of his estate against that
Of his deceased mother still stands as an
incentive to carry the contest to final
". X. and r. Springer, uncles, and Abb
bic w Bridghdm and Sarah G. Sharrer,
aunts of the deceased, are the contest
ants. Their allegation that Mrs. Muir
head led young Wiley to believe that he
had no relatives TO inherit his property
and thereby Influenced him to devise her
his entire estate is tacit admission on
their part that they did not, as alleged by
Mrs Muirhead, ever assist him and stood
with the rest of the family against its
black sheep, Charles W. Wiley. They
claim. however, that Mrs. Muirhead,
knowing that Wiley was heir to a por-
him In order to inherit his property when
finally carried him Off They also alleged
that he was of unsound mind and that
Mrs. Muirhead took advantage of his
weakness for the purpose of defeating his
legal heirs. These claims were set at rest
by the first witness called yesterday
Timothy ]. Lyons took the stand and
testified that for eleven months prior to
Wiuey's death he employed him in his
office assisting him in his legal business
He also gave the facts regarding the
drawing of the will and testified as to the
gratefulness of Wiley for all Mrs. Muir
head had done for him. Mr.. Lyons re-
futed the statement that Wiley was of
unsound mind and pointed to his capacity
for legal work in proof Of his contention
After a lengthy cross-examnation Lyons
left the stand and an adjournment was
taken until this morning,
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Lord and Lady Douglas Coming.

OAKLAND, Oct. 1S-Mrs Mooney,
mother of Lady Sholto Douglas, has re-
ceived word that her daughter and her
little son, Bruce Francis, Will arrive in
Oakland shortly. Her ladyship left New
York on Monday.
Lord and Lady Sholto Douglas left Cal
lfornia three years ago at the request Of
the Marquis of Queensberry so that the
birth of the heir to the family title might
take place in British territory. The young
man managed very successfully large land
and mining interests for his father, the
MARQUIS. for a year and a half. and then
went to England that his parents might
have an opportunity Of seeing his wife
anG anen+ ch5id in London LORD and Ladv 9 Dongs Ts
resided at the home Of the young Lord (
mother at Is Cadogan place. For the past
six months Lady Douglas has been in
Paris studying art and the languages
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companies. in such way as to COM
pei corporations or associations trans
acting such business to pay such
taxes. Yours very truly,
GEO. W. MCBRIDE,
United States Senator From Oregon.
United States Senator NJ. L. Hayward of
Nebraska holds the same opinion, as the
following letter Will show:
Editor The Call, San Francisco
Dear Sir: Yours of the 26th at hand.
The law forces me to pay the war tax
on leases, checks and other papers is.
sued by myself, and I see no good
reason why the express or telegraph
companies should not pay their tax
as others do. Yours truly,
NJ. L. HAYWARD,
United States Senator From Nebraska
United States Senator Warren Of Wyo-
ming IS ready and eager TO discuss the
problem and make all meet their Just
obligations. He has written as follows:
Editor The Call, San Francisco,
CaL-Dear Sir: I have your letter of
September rs asking me if I would
compel express companies to pay the
war tax on receipts issued to ship
pers and telegraph companies to pay
the war tax on all messages trans
mitted over their lines
Should such an amendment be in
troduced, and should it be shown that
1t was the intention of Congress that
such taxes should be paid by the com
panies and that revision of the law
is necessary to accomplish this, I
would support it. Very respectfully,
F. E. WARREN,
United States Senator From Wyom-
ing.
Members of the House of Representa-
tives as well as United States Senators
take up the question, as the following
reply TO The Calls queries shows:
TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 20, 1899.
Editor The Call, San Francisco
Dear Sir: have your letter Of Sep
tember 26 relative to a proposed
change in the revenue law relative
to its provisions concerning express
and telegraph companies. The mat
ter had not been called specifically to
my attention until the receipt of your
letter, and will now investigate it.
It goes without saying, however, that
I would favor an amendment remov-
ing any antiquities from the present
law and forcing all parties or corpo-
rations to pay the tax which the
trainers of the law intended they
should pay. If the present law does
not satisfactorily meet this condition
will favor its modification until il
does. Sincerely yours,
FRANCIS W. CUSHMAN,
Member of Congress From Washing
ton.
Congressman John F. Shafroth is an
other national legislator who Is firmly of
the conviction that the express compa-
MES and telegraph corporations are vio-
lating the law and should be brought i'm
mediately 10 terms. His emphatic letter
IS as follows:
DENVER, Colo, Oct. 10. 1890.
Editor The Call, San Francisco:
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19

OAKLAND. Oct. 1s.-The annual cleo
ton of the Alameda County Miners AS
sociation was held tonight. The follow
ing were elected: President, Professor s..
B. Christy; vice president, Captain Thom-
q Mein; secretary. E. II. Benjamin: ex-
ecutive commttee-Felix Chapellet.
Mack Webber, W. r. Thomas and Dixon
Brabbin.
The following delegates were elected to
the State Miners Convention: s. r
Christy (chairmanJ. j. w. Wright. E. TT.
Benjamin, f. Chapellet, Thomas Mefn.
w. r. Thomas and Calvert Meade.
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Reese of the institution and taken to the
Morgue. No motive for the mans rash
act has yet been discovered.
Arnold had been employed about the
operating-room of the hospital for a
number of years. He was we'll liked and
never intimated at any time that he had
cause to take his life. He was last seen
about l o. clock yesterday afternoon by
Joe Klaber. one of his associate en-
ployes, and appeared very cheerful.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock one of the doctors
hospital material is stored, and he was
Mortified TO see the body Of Arnold life
less and suspended to one of the rafters.
A thin rope was around his neck and this
was quickly severed by DR.. Charles A
Roese. Life was found to have been eX-
tinct for about two hours.
The deceased was 81 years of age and
was married He resided with his family
on Noe street, near Fourteenth.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
PERJURY NOT SUSTAINED

The case of Bert A. Harrington. ex-
District Attorney of Santa Clara County,
charged with perjury by falsely swearing
as TO his qualifications as a bondsman for
Ruby RAYMOND OF San Jose, was dis
missed by Judge Graham yesterday.
When the case was called Judge Tread
well was again put on the stand. He re-
iterated his previous statement that all he
asked Harrington when he accepted the
bond was If he was a freeholdet and was
worth 5000 He did not think 1t necessary
to make him swear that all of the con-
tents of the bond were true, as II was not
required by the Penal Code.
Prosecuting Attorney Wentworth then
said that he was unable to proceed with
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19

Mary A Stevens was granted a divorce
yesterday from James c. Stevens on the
ground of willful neglect. Suits for di-
zolo against Enrica Gazzolo for desertion,
Esther L. Elorduy against Cirilo J. Flor
duy for failure to provide, Hortense
Boule against Henry Boule for failure
to provide and Jessie H. Moore against
John c. Moore for intemperance.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
A West Indian Hurricane

Recently Travelled UP and down the coast al
WILL upset ali calculations and acted In an
entirely different manner from any other
storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acts In the same
way. It refuses 20 yield TO treatment which
has cured similar cases. Then Hostetter'
Stomach Bitters should be taken 1t will effec,
a cure speedily and naturally. It has cured
stomach troubles for half century. Try II
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
SixtY-Three Arrests

OAKLAND, Oct. 1s.-This is the record
day for arrests IN Oakland. This evening
the police were notified to see that the
city ordinances are enforced, and thev
started in on violators of the hitching and
bicycle ordinances, with the result that
five of the latter had deposited bail at
the City Hall before 10 o'clock It is not
generally known that cyclists must carry
q bell as we'll as a lamp.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
HANGED HIMSELF TO
A RAFTER IN A BARN
NURSE AT GERMAN HOSPITAL
SUICIDES.
Herman Arnold Disappears and His
Body Is Discovered Two
Hours Later.

Herman Arnold, an employe of the Ger
man Hospital, committed suicide yester-
day afternoon by hanging himself TO a
rafter in shed adjoining the hospital
The body remained suspended about two
hours before its discovery and was
finally cut down by DR.. Charles A.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYBUF OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system efectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and TO avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. u. 2.
Per sale by all Druggists.-Price 5oc per bottle
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RAGING! RAGING! RAGING!

1099-OALIF0RNIA JOCKEY 0LUB-1900
Winter Meeting, beginning SATURDAY, Sep
tember 90 1889.
OAKLAND RACE TRACK.
Racing Monday Tuesday Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday Rain or shine.
Five or more races each day
Races start at 215 p. m. sharp.
Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at Il m. and
1880. /, 1870. 2, 2:50 and p m. connecting
with trains stopping at the entrance TO the
track. Buy your ferry tickets 10 Shell Mound
All trains via Oakland Mole connect with san
Pablo avenue Electric Cars at Seventh and
Broadway, Oakland Also all trains via Ala
media Mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway. Oakland
These electric cars go direct to the track in If
teen minutes.
Returnng-Trafns leave the track at 4:15 and
4:l5 D. m. and Immediately after the last race
THOMAS II WILLIAMS JR. President
r. B~NILRoY. Secretary
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In the Divorce Court

the case owing to the statement of Judge
Treadwell and the Judge dismissed 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
An Excellent Meeting Place.
Alameda County Miners.

You can meet most of the prominent business |
men every day at zgnkand's for lunch.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19

Corner Fourth and
Market, s. r. Try
cur Special Brew
Steam and Lager.
&c. Overcoats ana
Ialises checked free
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
His Fight With Burglars Be-
IieVed to Be a Dream.
The Young Bank Clerk Still Being Closely
Guarded by His Parents to Prevent
His Being Questioned.

-HE sensational story told by Harry
Harries OF his desperate fight with
burglars, whom he had discovered
in his home. is discredited by the
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-19
COLUMBIA THEATER.

LAST NIGHTS. MATINEE SATURDAY
THE GREAT LAUGH PROVOKER!
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companies. in such way as to COM
pei corporations or associations trans
acting such business to pay such
taxes. Yours very truly,
crO " TToRPTnE
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-06-15
PERNICIOUS PARTISAN PAPERS.

ONE or more of the newspapers
that come to our sanctum are so vile,
venomous, vicious, vindictive and
vinegary in their censures, criticisms
and comments on all the men and
measures of that political party of
opposite opinion and faith to their
own that they have really gotten to
be disgusting and indecent. "Noth-
ing good comes out of Nazareth" to
them, unless it comes branded with
the name and creed of that particular
party to which they belong. McKin-
ley's best action is hypocracy; Cleve-
lands great speeches are foolishness,
and Brvan's belief is socialism and
anarchy. They see always through
glass very darkly, if they see at all;
there is no '.other side to them in
anything; they give no man credit or
honor for believing anything right, or
proper save what they believe them
selves; they rarely treat with fairness
that which comes from the OPP
position: they are never clean or con-
sentative in any thing about anybody
of the ''other party Can't their
editors wake up to the realization
that everything that is true, patri-
otto, right or honest in politics is
not confined exclusively and solely to
theirs particular party? Somebody
else may, by possibility, at least, be
right, and they may be wrong. We
suggest that in their blind-partisan
zeal and consummate conceit they
for one moment, just one, give some
body else the credit, at least. of
thinking he is right-that is all
Durham Sun
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-06-15
kittreIl Letter.

kITTRELL, n. c.. June II, '99.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-Miss Maggie
Reid returned several days ago from
Neuse, where she was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Walters.
Mr.. K. G. Kittrell has returned
from Chapel Hill, bringing with him
his diploma. We note that he grad
uated sscum laude."
Mrs. j. P. Sugg has been quite sick
for several DAYS.
Mr.. c. H. Williams. Jr., went to
Wake Forest a few days ago to visit
relatives. His brother Mr.. +. l..
Williams, of Raleigh, accompanied
him home.
Some of our people have no idea as
yet of adopting the automobile as a
means of locomotion. Miss Ellen
Crudup has just possessed herself Of
beautiful new buggy, and Mr.. j. L.
Reid has recently purchased fine
spirited horse.
Work has been begun on the new
brick store which Hedgpeth and Finch
will erect.
Prof. W. F.. Gill and Mr.. b. &.
Allen returned Saturday morning
from Trinity College.
Mr.. Josiah Crudup. of Louisburs,
was the guest of Mr.. Tom Crudup last
week.
Mrs. c. B. Ellis and her daughter
Miss Alice attended Henderson Fee
male College commencement. Miss
Alice remained over to visit friends
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. kittrell. of
Edenton. have arrived to spend the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. &. w.
kittrell.
Mr.. Guy V. Barnes, of Raleigh,
spent Sunday here with his family.
We have had much weather re-
Gently. The lightning has flashed,
the thunder has crashed, the rains
have poured and floods descended.
We have heard of no damage done,
with the exception of horse being
killed by lightning.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Cheatham. of
Louisburg. are here to spend some
time with Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Ranev.
Mr.. Ed Sugg has Returned from
Rockingham,
Rev. c. H. Whitaker, of Dabnev. is
in town to-day. p.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-06-15
TWO CELEBRITIES.
Gov. Vance and "Aunt Abbie' House
Both Famous In their Way.
KITTRELL. Y. { June 8, 1899.

KITTRELL, y. c. June 8, 1899.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-In letter re-
Gently received by Mr.. Geo. H. Merritt
from his old company commander capt.
W. p. Oldham, Co. h. 44th, y. e.. he
quotes, among other war remlniscrnces.
n letter written by Gov. Vance for Aunt
Abbie House to Gen. Lee. Capt Oldham
says thi. letter has been published, but
this writer has never seen it in print anu
probably there are Others among your
subscribers who have not; anyway It Will
bear repetition. especially with those
who were personally acquainted, Is were
most of the older people of Vance and
surrounding counties, with Old Aunt
Abbie House. After repea ted and urgent
appeals to Gov. Vance by Aunt Abbie to
get her nephew home from Richmond
Gov Vance wrote az follows to General
Lee:
"GESERAL:-The ubiquitous and in
dtfatignbIe Mrs. House will hand you
this letter She asks me to say that her
nephew Marcelus of the reg iment OF
North Carolina troops, is now at home
sick, thirty days over his furlOugh, ID still
unable to attend to duty. She says he
has most distressing kof. | have not
graduated in medicine, nor have | seen
this patient, but Judging from the symp-
toms as detailed by Mrs. House | venture
the opinion that Marcellus, like his great
numpsak-, has his thoughts bent on
fever, fear that the air here is too lar
South for his lungs and earnestly recon-
mend the more salubriOus atmosphere
OF the Rappahannock and that when
comfortably established there he be made
to take for his koff a compound OF sulphur.
saltprtre aud charcoal, to be c02iOusly
administered by Inhalation.
Il should he happy to learn the result
OF this prescription, and have the honor
to be, Gcueral.
''Your obedient servant,
81. &. VANCE"
Gov Vance said. 81 read the letter
over to her in loud and pompous tone;
she was delighted with it and slapped me
on the shoulder, saying, Lord bless We,
honey, that's it, why couldn't you
a-dOne that at first without all this fool
shnesso
CAS- folded and addressed the letter |
said to her that there were many people
in the army who didn't like me and per-
haps some OF them would makefun of my
letter and if so she must let me know
Just let 'em dare to laugh at it, she
said, and with many thanks she left me.
In couple of weeks she came into my
office again with a very long face.
''What luck, Aunt Abbie?" said |.
"Did you get Marcelus excused?'
"Lord bless We, honey, it never done q
grain of good. | carried your letter to
Gen. Lee, who read it, but they tuck him,
Lord bless your heart, they tuck that
child back just the same as if you hadn't
er writ that letter.
81 expressed my concern. of course, and
added, L hope Gen. Lee didn't make fun
of my letter, did he?
"No," said she, che begun TO laugh
wonst but told him to dry up, and he
read it through mighty solemn and said
it was a mighty smart letter. L.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-06-15
EX-ADJUTANT GENERAL COWLES
on THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Every citizen Of North Carolina
should read the open letter OF eX-
Adiutant General Andrew d. Cowles,
OF StatesviIle, to DR.. 5. Angle. mem
Der Of the Republican executive com
mittee Of Iredell county. Its writer,
a is known, i a son Of Col. Calvin
ID. Cowles. Of Wilkes. and a Republic
can from birth. He was postmaster
at StatesvilIc during the administra-
ton Of President Harrison, was the
Mckinley clcctOr for seventh dis
trict in 1896. was AdJutant General OF
the State by appointment Of Governor
Russell until his resignation, and
afterwards. until the muster-Out.
captain Of the Durham Company,
First Regiment, North Carolina
Volunteers. His lifelong record as
a Republican. his prominence IN the
party, and his ability and character
a a man, give weight to his utter
ances upon the proposed constitu-
tional amendment and should secure
for him the ear Of every Republican
in the State
General Cowlco gives Us an over
whelning argument in favor OF the
adoption Of the amendment over
whclminn whether considered from
the standpoint Of Democrat Or a
Republican, q white man or a negro.
The ignorant and in frequent cases
purchasable vote is constant menace
to peace and good Government; it is
therefore the duty Of good citizen,
without reference to party, to vote
for its elimination. With 1t out OF
the way, Democrats, will have more
liberty Of political action and Republic
cans will for the first time be able
to hold up their heads and for the
first time be able to indulge a hope
Of bringing the State into the Re-
publican column. 1t will be better
for the negro himself, to whom
politics has ever been but Il curse and
whose participation in which has
been a constant cause Of friction be-
tween the races.
This is the faintcst Of General
Cowlcs' fine argument, to which there
i much more than is here even
limited at-for instance, the bad
treatment of Southern white Republic
cans by the national party, and its
imposition upon the South onlv-not
upon the North-of negro office
holders. We but spoil the letter by
an attempt to summarize it
1t is notable that General Cowles
names three prominent Iredell
county Republicans who are with him
in the purpose not to oppose the
adoption Of the amendment. These
are A. {. Sharpe. who represented
Iredell, Davie and Yadkin in the Sen
ate branch of the Legislature OF 1895,
and who was lately clerk Of the State
board of equalization; Lee Morrow.
who represented his county in the
lower house Of the Legislature of 1895,
and j. f.. Colvert, who. like DR..
Angle, to whom this letter is add
dressed, is a member of the Republic
can executive committee OF the
county.
This letter, alike creditable to Gen.
eral Cowles' ability and to his sense
of what is due his State in the
presence Of this great issue, is the
most important political document
that has appeared in the State this
year, and will be given due weight by
our readers. Charlotte Obserrer.