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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
JUANITA COAD on Dress Parade und in Camping
Costume With Her Friend DOC" Brown.
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Brown, is the son of the late capitalist,
Mac Brown, and the wife belongs to the
old Button family, also prominent in the
social and commercial life OF the town
ship. The unhappy couple have been mar
ried for seven years, and little son. Al
len. aged years, is the sole result OF the
union. According to the wl1e, the nIst
three years of the marriage were ideally
happy ones. Then the husbands love
began slowly but surely to wane and fre-
quent business trips to this city were
found to be urgent and necessary. Mrs.
Brown declares she has no harsh feelings
toward the woman who has wrecked her
conjugal happiness, and only wakes wroth
when she tells how she found the picture
of her little son in the room of her nus
bands mistress"
Mrs. Coad. on the other hand, has no
charitable feelings straying In the dlrec-
ton of the lady from Petaluma. She
threatens to bring suit for damages and
to make Mrs Brown prove every word
she may utter to her (Mrs. Coad's) dlsad-
vantage
manner plainly show that she is not a
woman to be trifled with. Though petite
and dainty. with winning manners and
pleasant smile, she has way of setting
her teeth and knotting her brows, While
her black eyes flash in manner that
BODIES all sorts of danger to the one who
istakinCly crosses the Coad path.
Mrs, Coad is about % years or age and
has been welded for more than seven
years to a man who must be at least forty
badge of her plighted troth on her thumb,
and addresses her lord and master as
'.Duckie' and Dear"
That, however, is as far as the outward
form of Juanita's affection goes The
uuerulous interrogations of the aged
spouse are treated with healthy deter
mined THAT is my affair. l will explain
to you later.
Mrs. Code has reigiously kept diary,
in which she has carefully noted every
circumstance of her life during the past
four years. This the lady regards as
most fortunate circumstance and expects
with the aid of this precious document to
be able to refute any and all the charges
Mrs Brown may bring against her.
Mrs. Coad spoke freely OF her relations
with doc" Brown and expressed no sur
prise that she should be named as CO.
respondent in the divorce suit.
i've been expecting it." she said, "but
I am prepared and am not afraid of any
thing Mrs Brown may say against me.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
BULGARIA
IS LOST IN A
HURRICANE
One More Tale Of Horror
Comes From the
Sea.

BREMEN Feb 18-The British steamer Koordistan,
Captain Simpson, from Savannah January for this port
has arrived here and reports that February latitude
north and longitude a west she sighted the Hamburg
American line steamer Bulgaria which signaling that
she in of immediate assistance and sinking.
The British oil tank steamer WeehaWken and another
standing by the Bu gara at the time lhe
steering gear of the latter broken and her rdder
beating violently from side side The Bulgaria also hada
heavy list port her deck being level with the water the
port side Her port boats had been carried away.
The boats of the Koordistan vany tried to reach the
Bulgaria, but unable to do owing the heavy
weather prevailing The Koordstan stood beside the dis
abled vessel for twenyegh hours but lost sight of her dur
ing hurricane, which accompanied by hail, Feb
ruary g.
1t evident to those board the Koordistan that
the machinery Of the Bulgaria disabled but they added
that everything quiet board her and there was no
panic, while every lifebelt
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
JAY T, HUNTER
FATALLY SHOT
Wounded by a Bill Col
leCtOr.
BLOWS REPAID WITH LEAD
THREE BULLETS FIND THEIR
MARK.
Los Angeles Attorney Canes Man
Who Dunned Him, and in
Return Receives Mortal
Wounds.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1S-Jay E.
Hunter, one of the best known attor-
neys of Los Angeles, a prominent soci-
ETY. man and a leading member of the
California Club, was fatally shot be-
tween and o'clock this afternoon
by William Afford. The shooting took
place in Hunters office at 437 Stmson
block.
A few weeks ago William Afford. who
is a pattern maker in the employ of
Llewellyn Bros, obtained a small iudg-
ment against Hunter. 1t is not known
whether Afford was trying to collect
the judgment, but it is supposed he
went to Hunters office for that pur-
pose.
Hunter evidently became angry at
being dunned for the small amount and
attacked Afford with his big silver
headed mahogany cane, the head of
which weighs three pounds. With one
blow of the cane he felled Afford to the
floor Quick as a flash Afford whipped
out his revolver and fired four shots at
Hunter, who was standing above him
in a threatening attitude. One of the
shots pierced Hunters abdomen, in
fiicting a fatal wound.
Hunter rushed from his room to es-
cape any further shots that the now
frenzied man might fire. He fled across
the hallway to the office of Borden &
Carhardt and first met F. A. Stephen
son, who occupies an office with Bor-
den & Carhardt. Hunter burst into
the room, followed closely by the en-
ragged Afford, who had murder in his
heart and seemed determined to kill, if
possible, the unfortunate lawyer
Stephenson took in the situation,
grabbed Afford and took the smoking
revolver from him. Afford was trying
his utmost to get final shot at Hunter
The shooting attracted the attention
of many persons in the building, who
rushed to see what had happened. Of
ficers took Alforf into custody. An
ambulance took Hurter to the Califor-
MIA Hospital, where he is now resting.
There is little question that the trou-
BILE had arisen between Afford and
Hunter about the judgment. On the
floor of Hunters office a pamphlet
covered by blood, was found. 1t reads
as follows:
For sale-A small judgment against Jay
e. Hunter in Justice Morrison's court
room.
Afford was bleeding profusely when
he reached the police station. Blood
oozed from a wound in his scalp in
ficted by Hunters big mahogany cane
Afford was composed, ana when asked
for his statement calmly replied:
II absolutely refuse to discuss the
matter"
An operation has been performed on
Hunter. The physicians tlnu one oulir.
pierced the abdomen below the navel
one entered above the right groin and
another tore the flesh from the left
thigh. The viscera was cut five times.
This has been cut apart and sewsd in
the hope of saving the victim. But lit
tie hope is entertained for Hunters re-
poverv
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

n m RS. JUANITA COAD, the we'll
N III known amateur singer and END
mi man" of the famed female
Fl minstrel organization, has been
named as correspondent in SEN
sational divorce suit that is
about to startle the aristocratic circles of
conservative Petaluma.
The parties to the suit are John McAllen
Brown and Ella Button Brown. The wife
in her complaint charges infidelity,
cruelty, failure to provide and desertion.
and prays the court to dissolve the union
that binds her to the man whose name
she bears.
The suit was filed secretly, and Peta-
luna is in blissful ignorance of the many
weli-spiced morsels the hearing, which is
set for the 23d, will bring forth
Juanita Coad, who is cast for the star
feminine part in the sensational suit, is
we'll and favorably known to all frequent
ers of popular entertainments" and
charity fetes. Mrs. Coad sings and plays,
and can with equal dexterity twirl the
tambourine or rattle the bones on the
end seat of a minstrel show. She has
been prominently identified with the many
literary and musical affairs that the
Native Daughters have given from time
to time and has always been a generous
contributor to all entertainments planned
in the cause of charity.
The Browns are among the best known
people in Petaluma. Mr.. Brown, familiar
ly known to his intimates as Doc"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
HINTON A SHREWD
ORGAN GRINDER
Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899. by James Gorion


Special Cable TO The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted 1S9s by James Gorion
Bennett
LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Viscount Hinton
- organ grinder. has no small amount
of humor in him and not little shrewd
ness. When he started his agitation for
the Poulet peerage he got column after
column about himself into the papers.
and public sentiment, at least that of the
masses, ran entirely with him. Now no.
BODY knows what he is doing nor where
ne is He is not at South Sea, where he
went to rest and escape press correspond
.nts He is not at Old House in Penton-
Vile, which by the way has been re-
,hristened by the more aristocratic name
IF Osborne Mansions.
The only information the viscount has
permitted to be published during the last
week is that he has had letters from
Wealthy gentlemen in the United States
(, md Canada, and even one from a Rus
ian gentleman in St. Petersburg, offer
ng funds to fight his claim. But the at
elnpts of press men, who have tried to
tscertain whether he is to accept any of
,hese funds and when he will commence
che fight in earnest. have proved use
ess. The viscount is not here to be
found.
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Mrs. Coad, now reconciled with her aged:
spouse, is living with him at 1884 Wash:
ington street.
Another phase of the suit that will prob
ably develop interestingly is the financial
accounting Mrs. Brown Will demand.
Brown inherited one-SeYenth of his faith
er's estate, $40 900. His family now hold
notes for $4,000 against him, and this
Mrs. Brown wants explained. At present
Winnemucca, New.
The marriage which is now about to be
wrecked upon the cruel shoals of divorce
was a notable event in the history of Pet
alumas society affairs. The young couple
were popularity known from one end
of Sonoma County to the other. and
the social dignity with which their
people had blessed them. After
Doc Brown began to exhibit a disre-
gard for his young and handsome. wife.
His one great object seemed to be 10
concerning his financial affairs. He
began to make repeated trips to the
city. staying away for days at a time.
to appease the suspicious of Mrs;
Brown. The months, dragged on and ana
affairs deepened with his increasing
tendency to make PROLONGED visits to
the city. According to Mrs. Brown;
household bills kept pouring in on her and
her husband made little effort to 'liqut-
date them. Mrs. Browns affection for her
husband waned. and in her despair she.
WTuilS the TeIiletIllIlS lONS lOi- AllAAi
her heart allowed her suspfcions of f:hiS
infidelity their full scope and set about to
gather evidence of his unfaithfulness,' :.
The heartbroken woman WHO. seven
years ago was Miss Ella Button. youTg,.
gay, educated and ravishingly beautI-
fui, had all Petalumas young, men 'wor-
Shipping at the shrine of her beauty and
popularity.
To-day she is careworn from her sad
experience, but a mellow sweetness still
CLEANS in her beautiful eyes and fingers
in her musical tones. living relics. as 1T
were of happy girlhood days; In the.
dark desnair of her matrimonial troubles
She sees one bearaing beacon to. light her.
future pathway. -
have nv boy Allan to live for. and God
grant that in him 1 will give to tho
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
RIOTERS CROWD THE
STREETS OF PARIS
a Demonstration Against
the President at the Funeral
Of Fdure.

at
with
In opposition to the cries of Panama the supporters of the P-
on of mounted appeared and cleared
in
appeared.
Aievoye a NJ.
is siny retur on
o
judges of the criminal section the
with and long
live 0
and the
making mar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

Special Gable. to The Call. and the New York
70: Herald. copyrighted, 1893, by James Gordon
-. Bennett. - -'' -.--
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

r. ARIS, Feb. 1S.-For once prophe- E.
l. cies made before the event were
+ right. Before luncheon this
morning at Versailles every
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Continued on Third Page;
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

II ARIS, Feb. 18.-For once prophe-
cies made before the event were
- right. Before luncheon this
morning at Versailles every
-: body said NJ. :Loubet was certain
to be elected as successor to M. Felix
Faure.. In the afternoon he was made
President of the French republic by,
majority of seventy votes, having re-
ceiyed 4S3 out of a possible -824.
AS. a matter of fact, it did not need
:superhuman acuteness to come to the
conclusion that an almost unopposed
candidate might win the Presidential
battle. NJ. Loubet virtually had things
In his own hands to-day at the Palace
Of Versailles. With the exception of
himself, pretty nearly. every prominent
public man in France, who under hap
vujer circumstances might have stood
=. some chance of occupying the Palace
of EIysee for a term, has been more or
:. less affected by the Dreyfus affair,
which is a sort. OF two-edged sword
that wounds friend and foe alike.
NJ. :Meline, M: Loubets most serious
: opponent. openly declared that he was
not in the field and promenaded very
. prominently about the Galerie des
.Tanbeaux his afternoon displaying
voting bulletin bearing the name Of
" Eopbet. ::
M. Dupuy with touching unanimity
also declined to. oppose the President
of the Senate both as personal friend
and as. a. Republican" which as a Gym
.icaI Deputy remarked, was bit Of self
sacrifice that cost him but little, as his
prospects of being elected even had he
allowed his name to be put forward
for: the Presidency, were anything bat
bright:
Presumably by virtue of article VII
of. the; constitution, which states that in
case OF: a vacancy by death or from any
other cause, another President shall be
ELECTED. Immediately" no speeches are
allowed. AS. soon then as M. Loubet
ad:declared that the National Assem-
bly, was regularly constituted for the
election off, President of the Repub-
" lie; preparations for voting were begun
Some curiosity was. expressed to know
whether NJ: :Loubet would announce his
own: election. If successful. He was
compelled to open the Assembly. being
President of the Senate. AS one of the
most witty members of the French
press. observed, it-would be amusing to
see. N. Loubet ascend the tribune after
THE. votes had. been counted and to hear
;: him 3gravely announce: Il have the
honor to declare that NJ Emile Loubet
is elected President of the French re-
;. pub1fc.'f: and he added, Immediately.
::'fwill he then shake himself by the
hand However. this pleasing pros
:pect was not realized. as after the vot-
ing urns had been emptied, NJ. Loubet
!: descended from the Presidential fam
.teilii, and when. the Assembly was
called together again: to hear the re-
suit it was. occupied by NJ. Frank Chau-
YEAH, Vice President of the Senate.
- . All is ready. "A sort of gigantic pack
of:cards each one bearing a single let
Ter of the alphabet. is spread out so as
: tE>:face. downward to one of the officials.
He. draws at random and turns it up so
that everybody can: see 1t. 1t is letter
d.. There seems a sort of fatality
about this little detail. "Dreyfus' is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19

the coming of Sir Henry Irving to America
next autumn the season is to have an
other dramatic feature in the reappear-
ance here of Nine. Eleonore Duse. 1t was
rumored that the serious state of her
health would prevent her again being seen
on the local stage, and even that her pro-
fessional career was about closing, poss1-
bly, forever. But Inc distinguished Italian
actress has been fully restored to heaith.
ested in her affairs it has been settled
that she is to appear in New York next
October The tour will open In New YORK,
last six months and extend as far as San
Francisco. where Nine. Duse will play
four weeks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-19
NINE. DUSE TO APPEAR
IN SAN FRANCISCO

NEW YORK. Feb. BIN addition to-,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21

D. W. Locke of Bucyrus. O., has a
horse which, in addition to being
record as a goer. is something
CT n rat terrier. Mr. Locke caught
several rats in wire trap and they
were to be let out for the dog to catch.
While the dog was busy with one rat
the horse was an interested spectator,
and seemed to be as enthusiastic as
any one. In some way the second rat
got out of the trap, and as the dog was
busy with the first rat the other would
have escaped had not the horse taken
hand in the game. Seeing the rat
making a Decline for a hole under the
barn, the horse gave chase and plant
ed its hoof upon the rat and thus held
it captive until the dog had finished
the first rat when the horse turned
over the second one to him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
He Had the letter.

A hawk had been troublesome to
the gamekeepers on IN English estate,
and. heing watched to its nest. was
shot and the nest talten. when II was
noticed that n piece of paper was
woven into the nest The nest was
pulled TO pieces ard letter was
found, closed. but without a stamp.
1t had been written by the guard OF
a train to friend on the railway, and
had probably been blown out of n
passing train, but how the hawk came
to make use of it cannot be explained,
as the nearest railway line is three
miles away. Inquiries were made for
the man to whom the letter was di-
rected, and it was found that he was
dead, a strange coincidence being that
his name was Hawke
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
TIE LAND OF PRETTY sooN=

rnow a land where the streets are
paved
with the things which we meant to
achieve.
u ia walled with the money we meant
TO have saved
And the pleasures for which we
grieve.
The kind words unspoken, the promises
broken
And many a coveted boon,
Are slowed away there In that land
somewhere
The land of pretty Soon"
There are uncut jewels Of possible
fame
living about in the dust,
And many a noble and lofty aim
covered with mold and rust.
And oh! this place, while ii seems SO
near,
ts farther away than the moon.
Tboiegh our purpose is fair, yet we
never get there
The land OF Pretty Soon"
The road that leads to that mystic
land
Is strewn with pitifui wrecks.
And the ships that have sailed for
it's shining strand
Rear skeletons on their decks.
II is farther at noon than it was at
dawn,
And farther at night than at noon;
4 Oh. let us beware of that land down
there
THE land of pretty Soon"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21

G. NJ. Wysong. who lives near Lin
coin Court Hous' W. Va. has had n
queer experience with English spar
rows. At the norh end of his house
he had built a stone. chimney. The
stone was rather soft, and tie En-
glish sparrows hundreds of which
IRE found in that vicinity, soon began
an attack upon 1t. The birds would
light upon the top or sides. sometimes
by hundreds. and peck away at the
stone, until they finally succeeded in
picking 1t to pieces so badly that 1t
crumhled and fell Why they did so
Mr.. Wysong can explain only on the
theory that the birds used the grains
pecked from the rock for digestive
purposes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
New Way of Driving Piles.

A new and expeditions way of driv-
ing piles is described in the instruc-
tons for the Russian Engineer Corps.
On two sides of the pile to be driven
are made longitudinal grooves of sutfi-
cicnt width and depth to receive or
binary gas pipes of one inch diameter,
terminating in nozzleS turned toward
the point of the pile. The piles are held
in place by light staples, and to their
upper end are attached rubber tubes
connected with force pump. capable
of driving water under a pressure of
seventy-one pounds per square inch. 1t
is said the outflow of this water at the
point of the pile causes the latter to
sink three or four times more rapi''d v
than it would under the actio", of =
pile driver A few blows are given
when the pile has reached the desired
depth. to secure the Necessary consoli,
dation, when the gas pipes are with.
drawn.-The Engineer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21

On one occasion a resident of Turkey
ordered out from London some copies
of that pleasant book of our nursery
days, Sanford and Merton. All the
copies were confScated, although the
maddest of cenSors could not pretend
that the improving discourses of Mr..
Barlow to his two young pupils were
in the nature of political propaganda.
But the mere fact taat the pet dog in
he narrative was called "Turk" was
sufficient to prevent the sale of the
book in Turkey. For an equally absurd
reason the whole of ShakeSpeare's
works are forbidden there because of
the murder of the X ne in Hamlet
From travels and Politics." by W.
Miller
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21

\ valuable and peculiar product, es-
pccially in the color industry. is capa-
BILE of being produced from the SCOT of
the acetylcne flames. When such gas
is burned with smoking flame the re-
suit is the production of three or four
times as great a quantity of SCOT as in
the case with mineral oils. Moreover,
It is very light in weight and exhibits
an absolutely black color without a
tinge of brown, and has none of the
tany admiXtures or other substances
that characteristicaliy appear in lamp
black. The substance is likewise noted
for being very bulky, and is found to
be admirably adapted in India ink and
the color of fine inks for such litho-
graphic work as requires positive
black. 1t is now being manufactured
in France by patented process. al.
most absolute purity of color and tex,
ture being obtained at comparatively
small cost.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
STRANGE SNAKE STORY
Black Snake KilIr Rather in De-
Tense of Three-Year-Old Child.


Mrs. Warren w. Jessup, residing
near Conklin Forks, New York. was
the hysterical witness of an exciting
battle between two snakes. the prize
they were after beirg her three-year
old child. Last summer the JeSsup
farmhouse was infested with rats and
mice. Every effort to remove the YER
min proved Intellectual. Suddenly
they began to disappear, and when
Ill had left the premises Farmer Jes-
sup found the cause to be Il black
snake that had taken up its residence
under the kitchen porch. He gave
orders the reptile should not be in
Iured, and even set Il pan of milk out
for it occasionally.
The snake became quite tame. and
grew to be the pet of threeyear-old
Margery, who fed it daily, The snake
got to know the little one. and showed
no fear when She was near. Last
week Margery was playing about the
ward when the mother. hearing Il
strange whirring sound, looked up and
saw Il large RATHER coiled on stone in
the doorway ready to strike. She dare
not scream and precipitate the tragedy,
and was in frenzy of terror when
from under the porch the black snake
/ glided direct toward the foe. So quick
was the movement that the RATHER did
/ not see him until too late. He reared
! and struck forward toward the black
snake. but the latter, with lightning
! speed. coiled himself about his enc
my's throat. rendering his jaws harm
. loss In vain The RATHER tried &c
strike. Tighter and tighter drew the
! coils until the intruder fell beck linn
and dead. Then the blacksnake un
coilcd itself and retreated to the
porch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-21
Initiative Woman.

Entertainment managers are unani-
nous in declaring that no sooner does
a man perform a new and daring trick
of any kind than they Immediately re-
ceive offers from women to give the
same exhibition or Guido 1t. Nowadays
this is the invariable rule Strong wo-
men, female parachutists, high divers,
lion tanners and quick change artists
have sprung up in the immediate track
Of male opponents Of these various
forms Of variety stage talent. In many
cases the woman has equaled the man
and where skill, Eeatness and finish
are the chief characteristics of perfect
rendering the fair imitator usually out.
rivals the original performer.