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The San Francisco call., 1899-01-29

side guard; Charles n. sigeI, outside
Joseph, trustees; DR.. Albert S. Adler
physician At the close of the ceremosiv
DR.. Adler, who has been the society's
physician since the organization, was pre.
sented with a fine gold watch in recoe-
milton of his attention to and interest in
the membership. ~ iil
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4 it would quit its Job. No statutory
q enactment that ever crept be-
\ tween the leaves or a work of law
Q has been the subject of more
wrangling and the genius Of the
y city is at variance as to it's in
o tent, its meaning, its effect and
r. its legality. Mrs. Botkin, whose
Q crime has no precedent. and Dis
trict Attorney Murphy thanks God
that it is so, was up again before
o Judge Cook yesterday, but the
4 center of attack and censure was
Q directed, not at the criminal who
sat smiling at her counsel, but at
= puzzling section o. and the end is
o not yet. Yesterdays meeting in
+ Judge Cooks court was occasioned
o by desire on the part of defend
y ants counsel to argue the matter
o of jurisdiction. Judge Angellotti
y of Marin occupied the bench with
= Judge Cook and next Saturday
they will decide whether or not
= the woman whom twelve men with
4 naught but justice in mind have
O determined should pass her re-
= naming days in prison for an ap-
= palling crime shall suffer for her
X free, amenable to no law yet
o framed.
Mrs. Botkin was represented by
George A. Knight and Frank Nc
= Sowan, while District Attorney
= Murphy and John A. Hosmer, who
= prosecuted the prisoner, and Chief
= Lees represented the forces of the
State.
Q Mr.. Knight first took the floor,
a aftar roma rEiOP that the
Q court had an associate he would
+ go more fully into the details of the
o crime charged, proceeded to give
y a history of the case from the
+ the death of it's partakers, duty
q which District Attorney Murphy
/ also performed when his time for
O argument came. Concluding the
l. history of the case knight
y launched out into the matter of
l. Jurisdiction. When the matter of
q extradition was argued Knight
and associate counsel contended
that the State of Delaware had
= nothing to do with the case at bar
Y and admitted that the case could
be tried in this State.
The District Attorney contend
= ed that the prisoner could not be
= tried in this State, but urged her
extradition. The status of the case
is now reversed Knight holding
= that the courts OF TINS state nave
no Jurisdiction, the District Attor-
y ney contending that they have.
Knight won in the first instance
= and it is the consensus of opinion
that he will win in the matter of
jurisdiction. The law is peculiar
= and Knight proceeded to take ad-
= vantage of it's peculiarlties.
= knight, when he entered into his
= peroration on jurisdiction, took an
Y opening shot at the District At
torney.
y The representative of the peo-
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses have been issued follows:
Thomas Mcfarland and Catherine Smith. .55-35
Harry Houston and Isabel NJ. Jallison. 22-24
Thomas Raines Jr. and Anna Barry. 2S-2l
Charles L. Heller and Rose Kronberg. .... 1924
Emelio l.. Demartni and Lily a. Gorla. .24-21
Herman GOets and Sophie Kruse. 21-20
Simone Paulina and Tonza Cristich. 4l-41
John J. Casey and Maggie Kely............23- 1920
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In the Line of the Panhandle.

R. Nichols is the first property owner
In the line of the proposed panhandle TO
respond. to the request for price on his
on the south side of Fell street, east Of
Scott. and is valued at $4,000. with $4,000 ad-
ditional for the improvements
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And in accordance with law and an order
of the Board of Directors, made on the 18th day
of December, 1898, many shares of each
parcel of such stock as may be necessary will
be sold at public auction. at the office of
the company. No. 927 Market street San Fran
cisco, California, on FRIDAY, the Sd day of
February 1899. at the hour Of o'clock p m.
OF said day. to pay said delinquent assessment
thereon, together with costs of advertising and
expenses of the sale.
CHARLES A. HUG. Secretary.
ct Co cal
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HENRY d. GALLAGHER CO.,

(successors 10 Flanagan Gallagherl.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ENBAL- ERA
% Fifth ST.. opposite Lincoln school
Telephone South 50.
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Builders, Contracts.

Carl Johnson (owner) with Reit & Ahlgren
(contractors), architect owner-All work for a
two-story and basement frame building on E
line of Mississippi street, 175 OF Nineteenth
Butte), S % by E 100.
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DELINQUENT NOTICES.

WITTRAM PROPELLER COMPANY-Iooo
tion of principal place OF business, San Fran-
cisco. California.
Notice-There are delinquent upon the follow
ing described stock, on account Of assessnep,
No. 8, levied on the 18th day OF December ISac
the several amounts set opposite the names 70
the respective Shareholders. follows; u
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woman should escape, and the
District Attorney demanded the
trial of this woman whom he
the crime charged, is not amena-
Knight then addressed the
court and asked If a man should
purchase a gun in this State and
go to Nevada and then murder
tried under section 27 of the Penal
Code, which provides that "a per-
son is punishable in this State for
any crime committed in whole or
in part in this State?" This is the
only law the District Attorney can
find to authorize him to try the ac-
cused. and he has clutched at 1t
to appease the clamor of the hor-
rified public" Mr.. Knight then be-
gan the citation of authorities.
The case of Stewart VS.. Jessup;
reported in the nineteenth volume
of the American Reports, was
cited. Stewart was arrested and
confined in Pennsylvania for OBJ
tanning property Ga carload of
horses) in New York under false
pretenses. The Pennsylvania
court released the prisoner, how
ever, holding that Stewart could
not be punished in one State for
CIIlllc COHlpleleQ III dnOIner. In
Its opinion in this case the court
said that ait may be assumed, as
general proposition, that the
criminal laws of q State do not
bind and cannot affect those out
Of the territorial limits of the
State"
If it is the law that the crimi-
nal laws of one State cannot bind
those out of its territorial limits,
then this prisoner should go free,
he said, for the authorities of ages
agree that in the crime of mur-
der the crime is completed where
the blow was struck, and the blow
in this case was struck in Della
ware, not in California. Citation
followed citation. but that most
directly bearing on the case was
taken from Horton on Criminal
Law, which holds that where
poison administered in one juris-
diction operates in another the lat
ter jurisdiction is that of the
trial" Other citations proved that
1t has long been held that where
injury was inflicted In one coun-
ty and had its effect In another
the latter was the proper place for
trial as is the case when a mur-
der is committed across the boun-
dary line of State and when lot
terry tickets are mailed from one
country to the other. A quotation
from an Ohio case which reads,
''The overt act of poisoning is not
merely the prescription and fur
nishing the same. but its conse-
quences. So. where poison is pre-
scribed and furnished in one coun-
ty and the victim takes it in an
other. and there dies, the latter
county is the place where the
crime is consummated and the iur-
isdiction for trial rests" Knight
fortified his position well with
such citations and then said: "If
the court does not see fit to grant
the defendant new trial which
will result in her ultimate acquit-
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

Birth, marriage and death notices sent by
mail will not be inserted. They must be handed
in at either of the publication Offices and be
indorsed with the name and residence of per-
sons authorized TO have the same published.
BORN.
CAMERON-In this city. January 10, 1899. TO
the wife of D. Foster Cameron formerly May
Egan). daughter.
DEMPSEY-In this city January u, 1899, to
the wife of Timothy Dempsey, a. son.
HEANEY-In this city, January 81, 1899, to the
wife of James w. Heaney. a son.
lie CLAIR-In Oakland, January %. 1899. to
the wife of Louis lie Clair (nee Fava),
daughter.
McELROY-In this city. January H. 1S99 to
the wife of George s. McEroy, daughter.
MAGUIRE-In this city. January H. 1899 to
the wife of Charles Mcguire, a daughter.
SIDLOWSKI-In this city, January g. 1899, to
the wife OF D. Sdiowski daughter.
SMITH-In this city. January l6. 1S99 to the
wife of Joseph d. Smith, son.
WILLFS-In this city, January TO- 1899 to the
wife of J. c. Willis, a son.
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pie would not have dared to sug-
gest that this court had jurisdic-
tion," he said, had there been
no popular clamor, no outcry. But
the people raised their hands in
horror at the thought that this
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FATE OF CORDELIA BOTKIN
HANGS IN THE BALANCE
The Matter Of the Courts Juris
diction Has Been Argued
and Submitted.

TF section q OF the Penal Code
presumably the only barrier
that stands between the con-
demned murderess. Cordelia
Botkin, and liberty-had nerves
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Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal. j. Noonan, lo17- 1923 Mission
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

the trousers. 4 slit over each hip
reaches five inches on the right side
and as high on the left side as the pO-
sitiOn of the lower edge of the sword
belt. This coat is single breasted.
with fly front. fitted with plain, fiat
black gutta-percha buttons and a
standing collar, the collar, the edges
OF the coat. the side seams of the back
from the shoulder TO the lower edge
of the skirt, and the edges of the hip
Sits being trimmed with lustrOus black
mOhair braid. The admiral will wear
on his sleeves the same gold lace pre-
scribed for his full dress coats, and on
his collar, on each side. the four silver
stars and the two fouled anchors ar
ranged on his shoulder straps. The
white or duck version OF this coat will
be trimmed with white braid where the
blue cloth is trimmed with black mo-
hair. There will be no collar device. but
there will be shoulder marks as lately
prescribed. which will be of blue cloth.
lined with black silk. ~ TO 512 inches
long on the side. pa inches wide, with
a symmetrical triangular peak at the
top. extending ! inch beyond the par
allel sides. fastened at the center Of
the peak by small navy button. The
top Of these marks will be covered
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

admiral could be prevailed upon to
serve on a court of inquiry, he would
wear the frock coat, plain blue or white
trousers, blue cap with its band of oak
leaves III gold around the crown and
the vigor rim, the shoulder straps al
ready described-not epaulettes
sword and plain leather belt To be
more particular about the cap, it vii!
be Of dark blue cloth, with the present
slightly faring top, fitted with a visor
OF black patent leather lined with
green and covered with the blue cloth.
embroidered around the rim with gold
oak leaves. A small size navy button
viii be placed on each side above the
temples to which will be fastened a
chin strap of leather. faced with gold
lace. On the front there Will be a sill
yer shield. emblazoGed palewise, of
thirteen pieces, with a chief strewn
with stars. surmounted by silver
spread eagle, the whole being placed
upon two crossed fouled anchors en-
broidered in gold. When calling on
foreign officers other than command
when frock coats are appropriate, the
admiral will wear the foregoing
uniform with the exceptions Of sword
and belt On all service duty on board
ship. and at all times not provided for
by the regulations for the foregoing
uniforms. the admiral will wear the
service dress uniform. This consists
of blue or white coat, such as all of
his pictures taken about Manila show,
trousers and cap to match. The service
sword belt. with sword attached will
be worn on all duty with enlisted men
under arms, or when away from the
ship on ice-circumstances hardly
to be expected in the ordinary course Of
the admiral's career. The service coat
is made of dark navy blue cloth or
serge, shaped to the figure. and reach
ing down to the top of the inseam of
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Mistaken Sound.
%Aaszz sd|..:.l.f!;g 81 !:

Madame de Navarro has recorded IL
"A Few Memories" the greatest lesson
she ever received against too much
realism. In a certain drama. the hero
inc, under great excitement, suddenly
stops to gain composure, as she hears
the approaching carriages OF the
guests. "Hark," she says. Il hear
the wheels of their carriages" We
obtained the effects Of approaching
wheels. but. try as we would, the
stamping of the horses feet upon the
gravel before Clarisse's door we could
not manage. At last a brilliant idea
struck me, which the stage manager
promptly Endorsed 1t was that we
should have in donkey from COvent
Garden to trOt up and down behind the
scenes on the gravel especially laid for
him. We were decidedly nervous on
the first appearance of our fOur-fOOted
friend. whose role was to counterfeit
the housekeeping horses of the bril-
liant French court When his cue was
given, there was only an OminOus 81
lence / repeated the word in a louder
voice, when such a braying and scuf-
fling were heard as sent the audience
into rOars of laughter. Although IL
was one of the most serious situations
of the play, l could not help joining in
their mirth until the tears rolled down
my cheeks
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

with the sold lace markings of the
admiral. White braid equivalents will
take the place on the sleeves OF the
three bands of gold worn on the other
coats. Two uniforms are set for even
ing wear, and are described as a and
b A viii be worn in the evening,
on occasions of ceremony to which the
admiral may be invited in his official
capacity, and b Will be worn on So
cial occasions to which he may also be
invited in his official capacity. "A"
uniform consists of an evening dress
coat and waistcoat, laced trousers,
cooked hat, epaulettes, sword and full
dress belt worn under the waistcoat,
while "B" is the same with plain trouS-
erS and blue coat.
In addition to the foregoing ward
robe, the admiral will have To provide
himself with a uniform oyen Oat, a
cloak and a regulation macintosh. in
addition to no end of special Scarfs.
cravats end gloves, and by the time he
has provided himself with ali these
adornments. which an admiring gov
ernment prescribes. he will have part
ed with fully $4,000 of hard-Ton pay.
1t is not likely. however. that ne Will
ever wear half of these suits and it is
quite probable that a century hence
most of these will be sacred heirlooms
of the latest generations of Deweys.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Oy R0BlN

down, down-hopelesSly down. Lady
Mildred knew that it was she who was
expected to retrieve the family for
tunes. and it was this fact which just
now weighed upon her mind. for she
had been so foolish as TO fal, in love
with her mothers cousin, Valdane
Martineau.
Valdane was what Lord Umfraville
would have superciliously called an
impossible" person. So secure had he
been OF the 'impossibility" of this
young man that he invited him each
year to Clarindale, feeling confident
that no daughter of his would think Of
a young man who was a solicitor, and
only moderately we'll off. He ignored
the fact that the man had the manners
of an aristocrat, the bearing of a per-
feet gentleman. the experience of a
man of the world and the reputation of
being irresistible. To Lady Mildred
alas, he was irresstible, She had
succumbed TO his influence before she
knew it. Now it seemed as if she
could not break free
Accustomed as she was to admira-
ton, she never doubted that he more
than reciprocated this Partially. II
had. therefore. been a decided surprise
when her father received a letter from
Valdane, saying that he could not get
away for the first, and begging to be
allowed to leave the date of his ar
rival at Clarisdale uncertain for a few
days. The letter was cordiality itself.
but it left Mildred sore and wounded.
She was astonished to find how keen
was her disappointment. and how fiat
and dull the first had seemed without
his accustomed presence. That even
ing her father took her aside
Mildred" he said, do you remem-
Der that young Sizzling who was at
Oriel with Laurie-that very handsome
young fellow who was so attentive to
us when We went up to Commemora-
ton? Would you believe Through
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

sword and full-dress sword belt. The
coat sleeves will be adorned with two
two-inch stripes of gold lace with a
single one-inch stripe between and all
surmounted by single star. 1t Is IN
this star that the distinctive marks
differ from Admiral FarraSutS, his
star bearing small frigate emDrOl-
dered IN silver in the center, while Ad-
miral Dewey'S is plain There VIII be
a broad band of gold lace around the
collar His epaulettes, like his shCul-
der straps, will bear four silver stars OF
five points each. the outer two being
superposed upon gold fOuled anchors,
the anchors being the distinctive marks
for an admiral as compared with the
four plain stars OF a general. There
are two rows of nine buttons each
down the front of the coat. and the
belt rests Just above the bottom two.
The cooked hat is of black silk beaver,
and is from 1G to Is inches long from
peak to peak, and from 8 To 5l2 inches
high on the left fan and ali inch lower
on the right one. The fans are deco
rated with "A strip of tWO-lnch gold lace
laid on fat aud passing around their
outer rims and under the peaks. The
admiral will wear the sword voted him
ny congress, which is to be given him
upon his arrival in Washington, and
his belt will he of dark navy blue cloth,
embroidered on the top and the bottom
edges with gold stripe half an inch
wide in the center-a reduced version
of his sleeve stripes. The sword Sing
straps will be of the same style, only
smaller. The full dress uniform is to
be worn on all other occasions OF cere-
mony, such. for instance, as in making
the first visit to other officers of flag
rank and on social occasions to which
officers are invited in their official ca
pacity. The coat of this uniform is
like the evening dress of the civilian.
and, with the exception of the collar
and the buttons down the front, is
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

he fingered simply because he could
not tear himself away. though he could
see in every dropping movement that
she was exhausted and unhappy. and
wished to be alone.
lie would have bartered all his pros
poets for the privilege of taking her in
his arms and soothing her-of holding
Ter to his heart. and telling her that
henceforth nothing should ever grieve
E-r re held out his hand at last re-
luctantly.
Is there nothing more that l can
Go for you?' he asked
No, there is nothing" she replied.
shaking her head and smiling. You
ere 50 kind, don't know how to thank
you sufficiently for your kindness"
1t seemed a painful wrench when he
loosed the little fingers from his own
"By-the-by. Mr.. Martineau"- fol-
followed him to the door, left my
left my wedding ring on your table
| nearly forgot to mention it to you
Did YOU see it?'
Il did" he stammered. at is quite
safe-you shall have il: have it safe, y
he reiterated in confusion; but
can; give it to you now"
How could he, when it was hung
from his neck by a slender cord2
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

Cadiz Correspondence Chicago Rec
ord. The late ex-president of Spain,
Emilio CASTELAR,, was a newspaper man
all MS life. and after he had practi-
callv retired from political life his
literary labors kept him alive in the
esteem of his cOuntrymen. Yet his
conspicuous work as a journalist, no
loss than as man of affairs, was done
during the third quarter of a century.
In the COS, when Castelar, had become
famous by his share in the meeting OF
the Seatro Real, where Gonzales Bravo,
the master Of Oratory, marked him as
the rising leader of the young democ-
racy, he wrote his first article for Ell
Tribune. He dissolved his connection
with that journal when it sought to
brand him as monarchist. La So
berania Nacional. on the other hand
he abandoned because it was too radi-
cal. Then he joined the staff of Dis
cussion, resigning his position in 1864
to found the short-lived Democratic,
which he published and edited for two
wears
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

the death OF an old woman-his god
mother-no relation at all, they say
he has just come into a fortune Of
what do you think? Twenty thousand
a year, All the papers are full of it.
Now Mildred, my darling. every girl
OF your acquaintance will be after that
young man. But if you gave your
mind to it / am sure you could-eh?
Think, my pet, what it would be for
us all! Twenty thousand a year! And
what's your beauty for. Millie, if not to
draw YOU a prize-eh?"
Had such course of action been
proposed two days earlier it would
have met with his daughters un0uali-
fled disapprOval, but at that moment
Der one desire was to punish Valdane.
so she only smiled her slow, sweet
smile and asked
rs he coming here?"
This evening. my darling
Il remember said Mildred, that
he was very handsome"
He was-and most distinguished-
looking. What will You wear tonight.
Millie? asked Lord UmfravilIe casual
~, inwardly rejoicing at his success.
Leave that to me-" Mildred an
swered calmly. 81 will wear-you will
see what" and her father left her
with blissful feeling that all was go
ing just as he wished
When Bernard arrived that evening,
Lady Mildred received him alone 1t
was chilly and she had a fire kindled
In the drawing-roOm. She sat on a
very low chair. a red glow over her
crimson Gfaperies and golden hair.
She greeted the young man with a
pretty mixture of cordiality and shy
ness. She made him sit opposite to
her IN chair which was the ideal of
comfort, and apologized prettily for the
fact that none of the men were in yet
and all the girls were dressing. She
gave him a cup of tea from a tiny table
near, and insisted that he was hungry
after his long journey, and must eat
some tea-cake, which she lifted from
the marble fender with a dainty pink
| handkerchief between her delicate
hands and the hot porcelain. There
was no light save from branded clus-
ter Of wax candles on the tea table
and the warm glow of the fire. The
| corners of the tastefully furnished
room were in darkness.
Bernard began to realize what life
might be, now that whatever he lOnged
for was within his reach. In his
| house-the great house he meant to
| buy-he thought his drawing-room
should be just like this. The man
looked at Lady Mildred-at her per-
feet toilette, ner delicate skin, the turn
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Something About the Uniforms to Be
Worn by the Hero of Manila Bay.

AS soon as Admiral Dewey arrives
home his measure will be taken for the
various articles of clothing that are
designed for his rank. 1t will cost him
in the neighborhoOd of $4,000 to COM
plete his outfit. According TO the reg
ulations of the navy department this is
what he will require:
The accompanying cut shows the un-
form, in which the admiral shall ap-
pear when he calls on the president in
semi-ofIicial capacity Such visits
shall be made at least once a month,
generally the first Sunday of each
month. This of course. applies to pc
RODS when the admiral is free from
sea duty. This suit is the SWEETEST out
fit in the list and consists of a double
breasted coat with tails. which is lined
throughout with white silk serge;
trousers, also of navy blue broadclOth.
with gold lace down the outer seams,
a gold-banded cooked hat, epaulettes,