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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
KEENAN, WILL
HAVE A DOUBLE
DEFENSE LINE
Attorneys Advance
ProVocation.
WHY HE SHOT HIS SPOUSE
TEMPORARY INSANITY BUT ONE
OF THE CONVENTIONS.
It Is Also Alleged That the Prison
er's Divorced Wife Stabbed Him
Four Times Before He
Shot Her.
WHY HE SHOT HIS SPOUSE
TEMPORARY INSANITY BUT ONE
OF THE CONVENTIONS.

Patrick Keenan's defense Is now under
way before Judge Dunno. After the
cross-examination Of Ella keenan,, daugh-
ter of the accused, ]. N E. Wilson, who
with Attorney T. ]. Lennon has under
the opening statement. He said that he
would show that keenan, was not in his
right mind at the time he shot his di-
vorced wife, Anna. Domestic fury, he
said. had unhinged his mind, and when
the fatal shot was fired it was but the
eliminating act in a domestic tragedy of
months. that left the mind of the pris-
oner in a condition Of complete irrespon-
sibility. He also said that he expected
to prove that Mrs. keenan, had stabbed
her slayer four times before he fired the
fatal shot, and hence only did that which
the law privileged him to do-defend his
own life.
Gavin McNab, who was Keenan's attor-
ney, testified that keenan, had acted in an
erratic manner after the divorce, and also
that before that time the prisoner had
frequently asked his assistance in procur-
ing him a position outside the Fire De-
partment, that he might be with his fam
Receiving Hospital, testified that there
were four knife wounds in the defend
ants breast, in the region of the heart.
James Hudson and Thomas McGovern
also testified that Keenan, had acted in
a strange manner after his wife, of whom
he was very fond, secured a divorce.
Henry Fl. Weyman, T. ]. Crowley. Charles
Jams. Charles Hinckley and Mrs. Rather
Inc Wichman testified to about the same
facts, after which the case went over un-
I'll Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
SAYS THAT SHE
WAS CRAZY At
HER MARRIAGE
Bride of But Three
Short Days.
ROMANCE OF A BIRD-TRAINER
UNUSUAL SUIT FILED BYEILEEN
MONTAGUE.
Asks That Her Marriage Be Annulled
on the Ground That She Was In
ompetent-Judge Dunne's
Views.
ROMANCE OF A BIRD-TRAINEF
UNUSUAL SUIT FILED BY EILEEN
MONTAGUE.

On the Sth of this month Edward b.
Montague, who daily exhibits a troupe CT
trained birds at a local department store,
took as his wife Mrs. Eileen wilkins of
this city. Yesterday Mrs. Montague filed
suit against her husband praying for a
judgment declaring the marriage void
The plaintiff alleges that when she ell
tered into the marriage contract with her
husband she was insane, but recovering
her reason on the 18th inst. immediately
left him and refuses to longer dwell in his
home.
Justice of the Peace Dunno, who mar
ried the couple, was greatly surprised
when he heard the news Of the filing OF
the suit and the ground on which 1t Was
brought. In his opinion Mrs. Montague
has simply set forth that she was insane
for the reason that no other cause exists
On the day OF the ceremony Mrs Monta-
que was not only sane but very happy.
Judge Dunno says, so far as outward
manifestations can be accepted by those
unlearned in the diseases of the mind. She
said that she had been married before and
had divorced her husband but she hope0
that the present union would be without
unhappy results. The Judge performed
the ceremony and then for half an hour
they sat In the courtroom and conversod
Mrs. Montague entered into the conversa-
tion with intelligence, and now that tho
claim that she was insane at the time is
made Judge Dunno is naturally looking
for another cause for the brides dissatis.
faction and her speedy efforts to unite the
marital knot
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came to blows and Garcia slapped Valdez
in the face. The latter slapped back and
then turned and ran away. AS he ran
Garcia struck at him with a knife and
stabbed him just below the right kidney.
Garcia was arrested and charged at the
Central station with assault to murder.
Valdez was taken to the Harbor police
station, where DR.. Dorr attended to his
wounds, He is in a precarious condition
and may die.
The transport City of Sydney sailed for
Manila last night with about $50 recruits
and marines. The latter are to relieve
time-expired men on the warships and the
recruits are for General Otis army. The
transport Siam will complete her cargo
of mules to-day and will depart this after
noon.
The American ship Kenilworth has Sc
cured first-class crew of A BIS. thanks
to the exertion of Charles Mccarthy, the
shipping master, and will sail for Europe
to-day Captain Taylor is very much
pleased with his men, and as The ship is In
good shape he hopes to make quick run
to Liverpool.
The schooner Anita has arrived at San
Diego with thirty tons of dynamite and a
lot Of sails and fittings from the wreck
of the schooner Stella Erland. The Err
land sailed from here six months ago on a
cruise to the Gulf of California, but was
wrecked in Magdalena Bay.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
TERESA BELL RESIGNS.

Robina NJ. Muriel, Reginald and Eustace
Bell have left the House of Mystery
and their mother, Teresa Bell, and have
gone to live with Marie Bell, whom they
believe to be their sister. but whom Mrs.
Bell claims is not of their blood Yester-
day Mrs. Bell filed her resignation with
Judge Coffey as the guardian of her chill
dren and the duties incumbent upon that
position will be assumed by Marie. On
June Il the children, according to the res
ignation filed by Mrs. Bell, went to 1--WE
with Marie and have since remained in
her custody. Mrs. Bell says that at that
time she was led to believe that Marie
had been appointed their guardian in her
stead but she has since discovered that
she was in error. Hence her resignation.
In an accompanying report Mrs Bell
says that no estate remained in her hands
by her in the matter of their guardian
ship. She has received no money since.
and hence her application for discharge
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
LABOR COUNCIL AFFAIRS.
Newspaper-Carriers' Delegates Were
Refused Admission to the Body.


The application of the newspaper car
rlers for admission into the Labor Coun-
Gil provoked long and tedious discussion
at the meeting last night. The principal
objection was that the carriers are not
wage-workers within the strict meaning
of the constitution of the Federation of
Labor.
Delegate P. H. Mccarthy made strong
plea for the admission of the men who
distribute the newspapers, but on final
vote they were refused admission by II
noes against II ayes. Delegate Furu-
seth moved as an amendment that the re-
lection be only temporary and the secre-
tary be instructed to correspond with the
Federation of Labor as to the standing Of
the newspaper carriers under the supreme
laws governing the labor organization
The boiler-makers delegate brought I'M
the question of the men of his union who
are working on the transport Hancock
at the Union. Iron Works and who are
compelled to labor nine hours a dav. a
special committee of three was appointed
TO interview Major Long on the subject
and If the necessary satisfaction cannot
be obtained from him a communication
will be forwarded to the Secretary of the
Navy.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
NOTABLE REUNION OF
ST. BRIGID'S PARISH
A Big Picnic to Be Held in Schuetzen
Park on Admission .Day-List
of Committees,

Admission day will mark an epoch in
the annals of st. Brgid's Church On
that day the parishioners will hold a
grand reunion IN Schuetzen Park. Music
will be furnished by the Second Artillery
Regiment band, valuable gate and game
prizes will be offered and a general good
time is anticipated. The committee of
ARRANGEMENTS is anxious to make the an
nual outing a big success and is working
assiduousiy to that end Tickets will be
sold for IS cents for adults and so cents
for children The committees having the
picnic in charge are as follows:
Reception commttee-Dr. T. L. Ma
honey; chairman; man Hon 99 J. F; Sullivan,
Giimartin, Charles Mccarthy, T. F.
Prendergast, W. Kennedy, J; Rourke,
w. E. Haley. E. Convey, William Nc
Mann, J. Thornton, j. c; Welch. ".
S. SILK, d. Mccarthy, P. McDonough,
r. Ring, Thomas F. Boyle, J. j. Boyle,
Hon. J. M. Burnett, g. Fl. Kavanaugh,
W,am r. G maSRsM McMann 1 'oPh p T. T6o@as MeH0amick'
Bateman. c. Pechin, D. Cratic, w. F.
Terry. G. Murphy, Ross Mcmahon, w.
Hay, w. Larkey, f. Kreuz. James Att
ridge, w. Smith, E. o. Connor. P. Nc
Executive committee-E. ]. Convey,
chairman; Rev. M. p. Ryan, treasurer;
dTitb Pgffyb sesrfssay E RSag + j. H f. ssdnlan sRdda
E. g. B. Thomas. Thomas: W. II. McGeeney' SAr,aJ' d. j.
Ring. b. Hyland; s; D; Russell P.
Creede, William J. ,O'Neill, DR.. T. L.
Mahoney, III. M. Sullivan, E. j.. Power.
j.. NJ Hyland, J. H. Powers, Al Sey-
mour, William Dixon, James ]. Toohy,
]. r. Kentzel, William Terry and j. e.
Derham.
Floor committee-John P. Duffy, floor
manager: A. j. Griffith, assistant floor
manager E. ndrSs J, convey'' N W. Il IoH McGee-
]. O'Brien. ]. Fl. Scanlan, H. F. SuIii
van, ]. ]. Toohy, j. j. Kinucan, w. d.
Shea Shea T MccIrfhn ahqnaJ s Scot E a Rofey RPufy r
Games committee-John NJ Hyland.
chairman; F. Creede,4 A. P. Muiligan'
j. H. Powers, ]. Holland, William
Terry. e. J. Power. D. Mahoney, J. r.
Kentzel. T. Ryan, William Dixon, Will
liam Kennedy.
Press committee-James H. Scanlan,
chairman; T. F. Prendergast, NJ s.
SILK, Thomas F. Boyle and William
O'Neill.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

of amateurs. The wrestling scene was
absurd because the combatants were SO
be thus easily deceived. The entrance of
LIE Beau, Mr.. Mathun, was a disappoint
ment for he was not the couruy Simple-
ton, but a counterfeit, trying earnestly
TO do his best. The usurping Duke, Wa.-
lace Shaw was without color, life or
spirit, and his lack of decision prevented
Rosalinds reproving speech from being
what it should be-angry sarcasm, and
delivered as such
There was no good note of human fell
lowship struck in the forest, for the BAN
without heart or conviction. Jacques, Mr.:
Reynolds, looked too comfortable and
happy to suggest the libertine, sick of the
worlds pleasures and full of false moral
moods, and so the Duke had little to cope
with. Touchstone. Mr. Armory, was un-
evenly good, and Celia, Miss Van Buren,,
too demonstrative. They all seemed sub
merged in their parts, not by any single,
definite limitation, but rather because
they have not been schooled in the legit-
mate and the rehearsals have been in
adequate.
Weighted thus Miss Bates and Mr..
Hickman did surprisingly good work.
Never have / seen more charming PIC
boy. She was plainly very nervous at
first, so that her roguish martial air In
tentions were somewhat defeated and the
colloquia wit did not exert its full infu-
ment she spoke the words, woo me. WOO
me-" she seemed to lose herself in the
part and became very charming. In ac-
ton and portraiture she suggested Ada
Rehan. but in delivery she struck the key
Of winsome maidenliness. The rollicking
spirit will come with experience in the
part, which now has what many another
has lacked-a high-bred bearing and
charming archness. The befooling Of her
lover was not done well, but this. too,
may have been the result of nervousness.
Mr. Hickman made a graceful entrace in
the front scene. delivered his lines sim
ply and earnestly. and thus won my sym
pathies at the start. He gave most
conscientious performance of the part
and though physically handicapped. i'm
bued himself SO with the sentiment Of the
character that Rosalinds love for him
seemed a most natural consequence. Miss
Mould was too crisply dressed as Phoebe
and rather strident in her delivery. Mrs.
Bates made a very good Audrey. almost
losing her identity, so clever was her
makeup. The Forest Of Arden was so
prettily set that it should have inspired
the characters to better work. AS You
Like 1t" is the most exacting of Shake
speare's comedies, and two people, how
ever great cannot carry the action on to
success. CHARLOTTE THOMPSON.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
OUR BLANCHE
in THE ROLE
OF ROSHLIND
& 6 107 S YOU LIKE IT." presented

sc S07 YOU LIKE IT" presented
II " at the California Theater last
~ night, was not altogether as
u like it. For the demands
Of Shakespeare's pastoral
comedy the Frawley Company has prov
en- itself inadequate. The real spirit Of
the play, so familiar to the old theater-
goer, was almost lacking and an epidemic
Of recitation seemed to have seized upon
the cast, not to be shaken.
The first act tests the strength of the
company as a whole, and here the per-
formance awoke but little interest, sug-
gesting strongly as it did the fumbling
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
Engineers Elect officers.

At meeting of the California Associa-
ton of Civil Engineers held last evening
the following officers were elected to serve
during the ensuing year: M. M. O'Shaugh-
ident; Lyman Bridges, F. T. Newberry, 8.
Harrison Smith, Charles E. Moore and H.
K. Muller, directors. Otto Van Gelden was
treasurer was given to F. r. Newberry.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
Bay Excursions G

On the Ukiah are always ENJOYABLE.
Everybody asked for tickets on her for
the volunteers bay parade. It is Just the
same Sundays on the Ell Campo excursions.
Follow the crowd four times a day and
you board the Ukiah bound for the beau
tiful bay resort. The old grow young
there and the young grow healthy. Only
few Sundays moro this season.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

Patriotic Music.
Every evening at the Zinkand the soldier boys
are greeted with patriotic music
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
SAILOR KNIFE WIELDER.
Carlos Valdez Stabbed in the
Back by Francisco
Garcia.

There was a cutting affray on the Pa
ciflc Mail Company's steamer Barracouta
yesterday morning that will probably
prove fatal. Francisco Garcia, a Mexican,
and Carlos Valdez a Peruvian, got into
an alteration over pair of shoes in the
forecastle of the vessel. From words they
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

DR.. T. E. Shumate has returned from
Europe and moved his office to 794 Sutter.'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
FLAG COMMITTEES DINNER.
Greenville Banquet Will Be Held
December I9.

The Dewey Flag and Pole Committee
of Greenville met Saturday night at CO.
lumbia Hall to wind up the committees
affairs and arrange for a dinner to be
held in celebration of the successful ter
mination of the project.
Treasurer William C. Collins presented
the statement of total receipts and dis
bursements. The total receipts were
S712.n and the total expenses $700.45.
The Entertainment Committee met and
decided to hold the celebration dinner,
Tuesday evening, December 10. at Column
bia Hall, Ocean and Gator avenues
Mayor Hoos, the Rev. Cornelius Brett
D. D.. the Rev. DR.. Mcdowell Edward
Wilson of Red Bank, N. T., and the ten
members of the Eastern Division, New
Jersey Naval Reserves, all of whom par
ticipated in the flag raising ceremony,
will be the guests of honor. 1t was de-
cided not to limit the tickets for the
event. Tickets will cost s1.5O and can be
purchased from any member of the COM
mittee. An informal musical entertain
ment will form a feature of the event
The subcommittee in charge is:-Wiliam
C. Collins, William e. Reed, William
Charlock, A. A. LANCER and Joseph Muir
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
MRS. CAYNOR DEAD.
She Seemed Perfectly Wei
When Her Husband
Left Her.

Policeman Michael Gaynor, Of the
Gregory street station, is bereaved OF ms
wife, Mrs Margaret Gaynor, who died
about twelve O'Clock yesterday morning.
at,their home, No ZIG Washington street
Mrs. Gaynor was in excellent health.
About eleven O'Clock Saturday night, Mrs.
Gaynor awakened her husband, so that ne
might report for duty at midnight. he
left the house about 11:45 o'clock, after
partaking of a supper prepared for MIN
by his wife.
Gaynor had left the station and was
patrofing his post, when word was re-
ceived at Police Headquarters, that ms
wife was very III. Gaynor was immediate
ly told to report at the station. He was
there informed of his wife's illness, but
before he reached home she had died. Dr.
Rector, the family physician, was called
to the house shortly after Mrs Gaynor
was taken i'll. burt he saw at a glance
there was no hope. He remained at the
house until Mrs. Gaynor died, about 10
minutes later. Death was attributed to
heart failure.
The funeral services will take place TO-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
FINED FOR SHOOTING BOY.
Sohmidt's Loss of Temper Cost Him
Fifteen Dollars.

A crowd of boys gathered in vacant
lot, in Kearny, to play a game of ball, on
Saturday afternoon, August 5. While wait
ing for the opposing team to arrive the
Kearny boys amused themselves in
various ways, George Schmidt, an excft-
able German, whose house adjoins the
vacant lot, was annoyed by the noise and
lost his temper Finally William Smith,
one of the boys, began to play Home
Sweet Home" on a tin whistle.
That was too much for Schmidt. Selling
an old muzzle loading shot gun he had in
the house he rushed out to the back stoop
and fired at the crowd of boys One of
the pieces of shot struck Reuben Lawrence
in the palm of his right hand. infiicting a
painful wound.
Schmidt was tried in the General Ses-
sions Court, this morning, for atrocious
assault and battery. The testimony
showed that Schmidt had not warned the
boys and that his wife tried TO restrain
him from shooting. Schmidt said that the
boys were annoying him by throwing
stones at the house. He was convicted
and Judge Blair fined his SIS and costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
Mr.. CASEY LOSES.
The Vice Chancellor Further Re-
strains His Dynamite Explosion.

Mr.. jeremiah Casey, of Cliffside, N. j.,
lost the first round in his fight in the
Court of Chancery with the Cliffside Land
Company. Mr.. Casey owns a tract of
land along the Hudson River at Cliffside.
The land company built a flight of steps
from the land along the river to the top
of the Palisades. Mr.. Casey claims that
his wife in whose name the title to the
land stands, owns ninety-eight feet west
of the brow of the Palisades, and that the
steps and sewer are on his property. Mr.
Casey accordingly after, as he alleges
several Attempts to get the company to
take the steps and sewer from his wife's
land. threatened to blow them up with
dynamite. The lard company then ap-
piled to the Chancellor and obtained an
order to show cause why Casey should net
be restrained from interfering with the
steps and sewer.
When the case came up two weeks ago
Vice Chancellor Emery suggested that
the eomplainant's bill be amended SO as to
petition for the quieting of Mrs. Casey S
title to the 98 feet on the top of the Pali-
sades. Ex-Judge John Garrick, who ap-
peared for the land company, submitted
an amended bill today and several affi-
davits of people showing that the west
ern boundary line of the Casey property
was at the foot of the Palisades Mr..
Casey read long, rambling joint affidavit
of himself and wife, in which the claim to
the 9S feet was reiterated.
The Vice Chancellor extended the re-
straining order until the final hearing of
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
new SPITE FENCE
Mr.. Schwartz Of Greenville
Erects One to Anger
Mrs. Miller.
DISPUTE OVER DIRT
She Refused to Let Him Have
the Soil Clinging to
His Plants.

Greenville is the possessor of a new
spite fence, the work Of one Of its re-
vengeful citizens. Louis Schwartz. of No.
81 Stevens avenue, is the designer and
builder. The fence was erected a few
days ago and is the result of a neighbors
quarrel.
The Schwartz family has resided on
Stevens avenue for ten years. About four
years ago a family named Bolte rented
No. 27 Stevens avenue, which is separted
from the Schwartz home by lot. The
Bolte family recently decided to move.
Having a number of plants In the flower
garden, which the Boltes were unable to
take they decided to give them to Mr..
Schwartz. providing he thought it worth
while to dig them up and transplant them.
Mr. Schwartz gladly received the gifts,
and proceeded at once to remove the
plants.
Mrs. Joseph Miller, the owner of the
house No. 27, appeared on the scene and
demanded what right he had to take her
property. The property in question was
the soil clinging to the roots of the plants.
Mr.. Schwartz endeavored to explain. He
told her that she could have three or four
barrels of dirt from his yard in place of
the soil taken from her property.
She refused the offer, saying that his
soil was no good and that anyhow some
of her neighbors were getting too
fresh" She went home and Schwartz
completed the job
The following day he was surprised to
receive a communication from law firm
in this city, to the effect that if he did
not refrain from frasnassinp on fIe
property of Mrs Miller. suit for dam
ages would be instituted. Mr.. Schwartz
waxed wrath and Immediately cast about
him for proper mode of revenge. There
is one window on the west side of the
house overlooking Schwartz's yard. This
was his opportunity. He at once began
constructing a spite fence. When COM
pleted it was about twenty feet high and
six feet wide, and so placed as to COM
pletely obstruct the view from the win
dow.
He then nailed black tar paper on the
surface of the fence. greatly adding to
the hideousness of the unsightly structure.
Mr.. Schwartz said, last evening, that he
could be as mean as Mrs. Miller, and that
ii she attempted to cut out new windows,
he would erect more spite fences.
The house is now empty and it will
doubtless be hard to obtain tenant un-
der the existing conditions. This fact is a
source of keen relish to Mr.. Schwartz,
who, said he hopes ''that she would never
be able to let the house."
Mrs Miller was seen by News" re-
porter, but she refused to make a state
ment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-04
DOUGLASS TWO WIVES.
Tale Of Eigaznist Told in the Court
of Chancery.

Ex-Asseublyman Timothy Kelly, OF
Elizabeth. applied to Vice Chancellor
Emery this morning for an order OF REFER
ence in the case of Rosa Lapp agalnst
Robert A. Douglass. The suit is brought
by the girl to have annulled her marriage
to Douglass on the ground that he mad
wife living when he married her. In ner
petition the girl uses her maiden name,
and as she is still minor she brings suit
by her next friend, Verena Lapp- DOUG
lass went to Elizabeth from Philadelphia
in the early part of 1898 and obtained the
position of engineer in a large factory
He was a good looking young man,
dressed well and soon became favorlte
with the young ladies of Elizabethport
Soon after his arrival he met Rosa Lapp
the daughter of a wealthy contractor, and
paid her marked attention. In the sum-
mer they were married and settled down
to housekeeping. The war fever was then
running pretty high in New Jersey and
Douglass, being attacked. joined Company
e of the Third Regiment, New Jersey
Volunteers His regiment was sent to
Pompton Plains, and while Douglass was
there his wife heard rumors that he had
another wife living in Philadelphia. The
Elizabeth wife wrote to Douglass and
asked him what these rumors meant. He
replied that he did have wife in Phila-
delphia, but was divorced from her.
Somehow or other his reply did not
entirely satisfy the Elizabeth wife's fam
ily and they caused a search of the records
to be made in Philadelphia and discovered
that Kate Douglass began a suit for
divorce against her husband, Robert A.
Douglass. in June, 1887. The matter was
referred to a referee, who has not yet
made any report. and Douglass is still
married.
In her petition the Elizabeth wife says
that when Douglass regiment was mus
tered out he did not return with it and
she has not seen him since She under
stands he is in Philadelphia.
The Vice Chancellor granted Mr.. Kelly s
motion.