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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
JAMES SAUL THE
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
HIS PECULIAR DEATH INVESTI-
- GATED BY THE CORONER.
Testimony Adduced That Medical Aid
-. in the First Instance Would
d: Have Awaited Nothing.

:: OAKLAND Feb. u.-Coroner Mehrman
and a Jury tonight inquired into the
death OF James Saul who died yesterday
afternoon under circumstances peculiar
as we'll as pathetic. According to the tes-
tlnIony the deceased, in company with
Frank La Rue, drove in a coal wagon to
the home of John McDopald. at Twenty
fifth street and Thirteenth avenue, last
: Thursday night to discuss some private
affairs. While throwing a blanket on his
horses Saul fell from his seat, striking
on his head.
- McDonald and La Rue picked him up
and drove to the home of Mrs. Jennie
Saul, sister-in-law of the deceased, and
when she was advised that her relative
was injured, she suggested he be taken
to. the Receiving Hospital or his fathers
coal yard The latter suggestion was ac-
.cepfed. Everybody concerned seems to
have 1abored under the impression that
the. deceased was more intoxicated than
hurt. and at the coal yard, 567 East Four
feeiith street, the elder Saul and La Rue
covered the deceased with some coal
sacks and allowed him to remain in the
. wagon all night, removing him yesterday
morning to one of the horse stalls. where
he breathed his last at about o'clock in
the afternoon. To these facts young La
Rue +: Mcdonald and Peter Saul. father
Of deceased, and Mrs. Jennie Saul testt-
fed at the inquest.
Ut. j. r. Ounn, WHO COHuuSleu Inc au-
topsy. testified that he found fracture
of the skull extending from one and d
half inches above the right ear on line
Directly downward and inward to the op-
.posite' side and through the base of the
skull The concussion caused hemor-
:rhage on the opposite side, the clot of
which extended to the left side of the
brain. DR. Dunn said that in his opinion
medical aid at the time Saups injury nrst
became known would have availed moth
ing; that the injury was necessarily fatal.
d: The jury brought in verdict OF acci.
dental death Deceased was a native OF
East Oakland, aged 81 years and ufmar-
ried<.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
THE NOTE FRANCOEUR
HELD is DISH0N0RED
JURY GIVES MRS. JONES A YER
DICT BUT NO DAMAGES.
Fraud and Conspiracy Was Charged
by Defense-Plaintiff Will Ap-
peal to Supreme Court.
Oakland once San Francisco Gail.


90S Broadway, Feb. IL.
After celebrating over four hours the
jury in the sensational suit of George H.
Francoeur against Mrs. Gertrude K.
Jones and her divorced husband, e. Nor
wood Jones, brought in a verdict this aft
ernoon in favor Of defendants. The trial
occupied eleven days.
The suit, brought for the recovery Of
$500 claimed on a promissory note, was
commenced last May. Since that time
the case has been attended with many
sensational features. Joseph Hutchinson.
brother of Mrs. Jones, acting as her at
torney, had filed an answer in the note
suit containing allegations on which
Francoeur and H. NJ. Beatty based pro-
ceedings for his disbarment. After a
hearing teeming with bitter invectives
Hutchinson won out before Judge Hall.
Since the beginning of the suit, too, e.
Norwood Jones has been arrested for for
gerry In the East and Is now serving time
in a Tennessee penitentiary.
The present suit has been fought bitter
ly. Plaintiff was represented by, Attor-
ney Beatty and A. l.. Frick, while Mrs
Jones interests were looked after by
George de Cola, ]. Hutchinson and Frank
Otis. The defense set up fraud and con-
spfracy by Beatty, Francoeur and Jones
to. secure money from Mrs. Jones, to be
used In supporting evidence at the trial
of Jack Howard for the murder of Annie
Johnson, IL Delng lntlmated that Jones
was implicated
In a cross complaint Mrs. Jones claimed
$4,000 damages from Francoeur. The YER
dict rendered to-day also covers this
covers nothing. The jury was polled and
1t was found the verdict had been unani-
nous.
Judge Ellsworth, before whom the case
was tried, decreed that the cost of jury,
court reporter and mileage be paid out Of
the money deposited by defendants, 1t
being the rule for the prevailing party
to pay this. These costs amount to $425
A stay of execution for thirty days has
been granted and the case will be ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court
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Brandes May Testify.

OAKLAND, Feb. lit is given out
that 1t is the intention of the defense in
the Brandes murder trial to place the
accused man on the witness stand
in his own defense. This will be done
to give Brandes an opportunity of giving
his version of the beating described by
Mrs. M. Godfrey yesterday and to which
numer9us others Will testify It VIII be
after his arrest Brandes stated that his
wife had beaten Lillian with a stick. In
fact, he denied, at that time, that he had
ever handled the girl roughly.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
CUPID IS STILL
MISS ROCKIES
FAITHFUL ALLY
A Discarded Lover
Her Evil Genius.
TWO RIVALS FOR HER HAND
ROMANCE REVEALED BY THA
LADY's BETRoTHAL.
TWO RIVALS FOR HER HAND
Relatives Claim That DR.. Alfred
Sander Sought Her Love and
Failing SeekG to Prevent
Her Wedding.
Alameda ONCE San Francisco Call,


Hidden behind the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Amanda Roebke of
College avenue and DR.. J. S. Green, which
declaration was fatty denied by the
young mans mother, Mrs. S. S. Green of
623 Santa Clara avenue, is a story with
which the name of another dashing doc
tor of this city is connected. Like all love
affairs, Miss Rockies seems to have its
romantic side. The young lady's sister is
responsible for the statement that DR.. AL
fred Sander once had a warm place in his
heart for Miss Amanda, and that because
she transferred her affections from him to
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
LAW
TAKES A HAND
IN POLITICS
He Tries to Defeat a
Republican.
A JOKER IN AN ARTICLE
WHY MR.. ROWE LEFT THE AD-
VENT CHURCH.
An Incident in Episcopalian Circles
That May Figure During
the City Cam
paign.
WHY MR.. ROWE LEFT THE AD-
VENT CHURCH.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

.OO GU
The rector of the Church of the Advent,
Rev. V. Marshall Law, has gone into
politics, and has brought down upon him
self much severe criticism. This is the
church of which John ]. Valentine is
senior warden, and there is some curios-
ity being expressed as to whether the rec
tors utterance in the church magazine
has anything to do with the president Of
the great express corporation.
In the Choir and Nave, to be issued to
the parishioners tomorrow, appears the
following:
Don't fail to be in church next Sunday
morning, the 18th Inst, to hear John j.
Nalentine. the senior warden, on I'm
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
ADVERTISEMENTS.
His Rupture Cured.
G. & N. W. Engineer Restored by the Won
dsrful Rice Method.
Member of Waseca, Division No. 8, Tells
How he Was Cured.

One Of the old timers on the C. and N. W.
having been in their employ over % years.
relates some very interesting facts about how
he cured himself Of rupture by the wel-known
Rice method. His name is H. A. Read, a
member in good standing of Waseca, Division
No. g. B. L. z. so what he says for the bene-
fit of other railroad men who are ruptured
can be relied upon as truthful and Of value.
Mr. Read says: II had as bad a rupture as
you will run across in many months. but the
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
calaveras Supervisor Dead.

SAN ANDREAS, Feb. u.-John r.
Smith, chairman of the Board of Super
Point to-day of heart failure. He was
well known throughout this section and
had just entered upon the second term
in the office he held. He leaves a widow
and a large family. He was 81 years old.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
E. w. JONES FOR SENATOR.
Choice of Colusa Republicans to Sue
ceed the Late John Boggs.

COLUSA, Feb 1.-THE Republican
County Committee to-day named the fol-
lowing delegates to meet in Senatorial
convention of the Eighth District at the
Palace Hotel In San Francisco on Monday
next to nominate candidate for Senator
Senator John Boggs: William Ash, z.
Weyand, G. A. Ware and j. L. Allison.
The committee unanimously indorsed ex-
Sheriff E. w. Jones for the position.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

DR.. Rice Truss and Lymphol cured me- It
was hard rupture to hold, as 1 had to iurnD
on and off my engine often, the spring and
other kind OF trusses l wore would shift and
let the rupture out. But the Rice truss fitted
me exactly, and after the first night 1 wore Il
1 knew it would cure me. I went to sleep
feeling like new man the truss held my
rupture no matter what did or the way
moved about never lost one hour from
work and as I railroad engineer il means
considerable to be laid up with a rupture.
have saved a hundred dollars already in the
time l have made up, and l shall always
recommend the Rice cure with a grateful
heart" Sincerely, H. A. READ Waseca
Mimi
The Rice method is perfect fitting truss.
the only one known, and a marvellous healing
lotion that securely knits and binds the broken
muscles together making the cure complete and
permanent. Every ruptured railroader should
write to- Dr.. w. S. Rice, 41S K Main street.
Adams N. Y, and he will send complete
and illustrated series of pamphlets showing
conclusively that his method cannot fail TO
cure. 1t is home treatment at small costs.
without pain, danger, operation or an hours
detention from work. Do not fail to write for
either yourself some one you know to be
ruptured.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

4ulaI 20 4o
This united action on the part of the
prunemen of Santa Clara County is signfi-
can't in that it means the prune product
will be properly handled hereafter.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with
or without removal. ]. Noonan. l017-1023 Mission.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
ADMIRAL WATSON WILL
SAIL NEXT TUESDAY

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Admiral
Watson will sail from San Francisco
next Tuesday as a passenger on one
of the regular Pacific Mail steamships.
but cannot possibly reach Manila be-
fore the middle of June. Orders have
been issued placing Captain A S. Bar
ker in command of the Asiatic SQUAD
ron after Admiral Dewey's departure
until relieved by Rear Admiral Wat
son.
Captain Barker is now in command
of the battleship Oregon, the pride Of
the navy and next to Admiral Dewey
Is the senior officer on the station. He
is an officer of ability and discretion
and may be depended on to take good
care of the interests of the United
States He was assistant chief of the
Bureau of Navigation during Admiral
Ramsey's term of office and member
of the naval war or strategy board
during the Spanish war. AT the close
of the war he relieved Captain Clark
of command of the battleship Oregon
and took that magnificent warship
from New York around the Horn
to Callao, Peru, and thence by
way of Honolulu to Manila. where she
arrived several weeks ago. AS soon as
relieved of the command Of the Asiatic
squadron by Rear Admiral Watson.
about the middle of June, Captain Bar
ker will start for home under leave
of absence granted few days ago.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
SUITS AGAINST UNION
BANK STOCKHOLDERS
Seventy-Seven Persons Made Defend
ants in Actions Begun by the
Depositors.

SAN JOSE, May 12.-The first of series
of suits to be brought against the stock
holders of the defunct Union Savings
Bank was filed to-day in Justice Wallace's
court by Attorney j. r. Welch, who rep
resents the organized depositors of that
institution 1t is brought in the names
of c. W. Childs, B. G. Hurlburt, Luis
Argues, H. r. Besse and F. F. Britton.
The plaintiffs are Elizabeth Angus, How
ard A Alexander, w. 7. Adel and sew
enty-four others.
The complaint is undoubtedly the larg-
est ever filed in a Justice Court in this
State. 1t consists of ninety-four pages
of closely printed matter containing
about I25OO0 words. There are 366 dis
tinct counts, with amounts ranging from
$50 to $4,000. The defendants hold less than
twenty shares of bank stock each and
they are asked to pay SIG so per share the
pro rata of their liability to the deposit
ors In all about $4,000 is demanded.
Attorney Welch will also bring two
other actions against the stockholders in
the Superior Court in the next ten days.
The first will contain ninety-four defend
ants all stockholders owning over twenty
shares The liability of the stockholders
in this action will be the same as in the
other-$16 so per share.
The third suit will be against 125 stock
holders who acquired their stock within
the last three years In all three suits
it is sought to recover $l60 900 due de-
DOSitOrS.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
EAGER TO LEAVE
KOTzEBUE SOUND
Sad Experience of Gold
Seekers.

sKAGUAY, May (via Seattle, May
12.)-Fah Fysh and w. Williams
reached Dawson on April Is on foot
from Kotzebue Sound. Fysh and Will
liams formed two of party of eight
cen who left Iowa last summer and
joined the big rush which landed 1000
people on the various rivers of Kotze
bue Sound. The party established win
ter quarters 300 miles up the Kowak
River. After untold hardships and Ia
Dor, they decided that there was no
gold in the country. On February 19
Fysh and Williams struck out over the
divide to Koyukuk, thence to Dawson,
a distance of 1900 miles
Mr.. Fysh reports that Kotzebue
Sound is thickly peopled with an intelli-
gent race of Indians closely resembling
the japanese in habits and physique.
The principal diet heretofore has been
dried salmon, but the abundance of
white mans food last summer was the
cause of laying away less than half
crop of salmon. The result this winter
was that the lily nourished natives
have been dying off like sheep. He
says the opening of the Bering Sea
will see the exodus of the last white
man and only scattering of cabins
will mark the scene of one of the most
disastrous gold hunting expeditions
since Cortes landed on the coast of
Florida.
W. /. Siegel United States mail car
rier, arrived from Dawson to-day with
165 pounds of mail matter from points
on the American side of the Yukon.
commencing at st. Michael.
Captain Wallace Langley returned
from Victoria to-day with grant for
the construction of the Atlin Short
Line Railway and Navigation Com
pany, a narrow gauge road of two and
a quarter miles to connect steamboat
navigation between Lake Bennett and
Atlin.
Thomas c. Bennett, purser of the
steamer Nora who killed James Cowie
at White Horse Rapids last August,
has been acquitted of the charge of
murder.
John Nelson of San Diego, Cal, died
at Dawson from scurvy on April 13.
E. D. Stratford, special agent of the
United States Land Office is here to
make a selection of sites for public
building From here he goes to Sitka.
The Skaguay Chamber of Commerce
last night sent official invitations to
President Mckinley, the Secretary Of
of the High Joint Commission to visit
Skaguay this summer to study the
boundary question and the need of
some sort of government.
Norman Rant, eX-Gold Commissioner
of the Atlin district, who arrived from
Victoria to-day, brings an order from
Minister of Mines Humes to the effect
that the opening of the mining season
is to be extended from June 1 to July l.
He also brings word that Humes would
come up before the end of the month
with a commission Of arbitration, be-
fore which all controversies about
ownership of claims in Atlin district
are to be settled.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13

Every nervous person drags down the
health Of the other members of the fam
ny-nervousness is contagious.
This season of the year finds women
tired beyond belief.
Their nerves have suffered They are
neither good company for themselves nor
for their friends.
Those who are wise are taking the most
responsible of all spring remedies, are get
ting back their nervous vigor, their proper
weight, and healthy color. Following the
advice of eminent physicians everywhere
they are taking Paine's celery compound.
I'VE are never without Paine's celery
compound in our home says Mrs. Robert
Osborn, who figures more prominently
perhaps, than any other woman in the
social world of New York City to-day
I'VE believe it to be the most wonderful
nerve invigorator obtainable. 1 especially
recommend it to society women, fatigued
by the many demands of the social sea-
son just closed, and to tired and nervous
professional men and women who have
yet many weeks Of labor before their va
cations. I am convinced that Paine's eel
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13

scriptions would be s25OOoO Half of this
should 90 to the erection of residence
for the admiral in whatever place in the
United States he might prefer to put it,
and the other half for his personal use.
As matter of fact we believe that
more than the number of periodicals we
have named would be willing and eager
10 be included in the project. There is no
reason why the aggregate should not be
correspondingly increased with the rig
orous limitation of each individual sub
scription to $500, so that there should be
no taint of self-seeking or of advertising
in the affair. This would be truly a ma
tional and popular subscription. The admi-
raj would not be at liberty to refuse it,
since it would not be the creation of an
obligation on his part, but only the rec
ognition of an obligation on the part of
the nation. He would not be able to re-
fuse ii if the whole amount were depos-
tied, as it could and should be deposited,
subject to his order. before his arrival
upon his native shores.
The President of the United States, the
Secretary of State and the Secretary Of
the Treasury would be appropriate Gus
todians of the fund and their willingness
to assume its custody may be taken for
granted,
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13

cry compound is by far the best spring
remedy Woodworking person can take. .
Mrs. Osborn has always been distin-
guished in society for the beauty Of her
costumes. No one knows the opinions and
habits of women of ample means and op-
portunities better than she. She says that
her friends who always insist on having
the best, will have nothing to do with any
remedy but Paine's celery compound. And
this is not surprising when one stops to
consider the thousands of letters that are
constantly being received by the proprie-
tors of this great remedy, and by news
papers and medical journals, as well as
from men and women in every walk Of
life, all telling one experience; the imme
date relief and perfect cure effected by it.
TIL best physicians openly indorse and
recommend Paine's celery compound,
authorizing the public use of their state
ments that Paine's celery compound, in
case after case, cures rheumatism and
kindred diseases, purifies the blood. regu-
lates the stomach, liver, bowels and kid
neys, and rejuvenates the fagged-out or
diseased nervous system when everything
else fails.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
GARDNER AND FLAHERTY
FIGHT TO A DRAW
Though Badly Handicapped, the
"Omaha Kid" Makes the Bet


NEW YORK, May 12-Oscar Gardner,
the Omaha Kid" and Martin Flaherty
of Lowell, Mass. fought a 25-round draw
at the New Broadway Athletic Club to-
night in the presence of a crowd that
packed the auditorium and held overflow
meetings in the aisles and entries. 1t was
an unsatisfactory fight from the stand
point of the spectators, for there was a
sameness about the tactics of the men
throughout and flashes of brilliancy were
infrequent. Gardner was the cleverer
man of the two and outboXed his oppo-
nent at every stage of the game. He was
handicapped, however, in that he had an
unhealed cut over his left eye and came
into the ring with a big bandage around
his head In action the bandage slipped
down and until he took it off he was at
times playing blindman's buff. Later in
the contest the cut was reopened and bled
so freely that his left eye was at times
blinded He also seemed to show the eff
feet of too much fighting of late, for he
lacked the dash and vim that have
brought him so many victories.
Flaherty had the advantage of height,
weight and reach and made the pace in
most of the rounds, but his work was in
effective He constantly over-reached and
looked wild alongside of the little man,
who was generally inside his punches or
under them. He displayed a very dan
gerous left hand, but lacked judgment of
distance to make 1t useful
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
THIEF BRUTALLY
BEATS A WOMAN
San Clemente Rancher'S
Wife Attacked.
KNOCKED DOWN BY ASSAILANT
TWICE HURLED FROM A PORCH
TO THE GROUND.
Should the Criminal Be Captured the
Citizens May Take His Pun
ishment Into Their Own
Hands.
KNOCKED DOWN BY ASSAILANT
TWICE HURLED FROM A PORCH
TO THE GROUND.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, May 12.-Mrs. Joseph
Silvera, the wife of a prosperous dairy
man living near San Clemente, was at
tackled last evening by an unknown
man, for whom the authorities are now
diligently searching. The unfortunate
woman was seriously injured and will
not recover from the effects Of her
rough treatment for many days.
Early in the evening a stranger
walked into the house and asked for
something to eat. He was we'll dressed
and at first his appearance aroused no
apprehension. AS soon as he had fin
ished eating he arose and demanded
that Mrs. Silvera produce all the money
and jewels on the premises. A refusal
infuriated the rufffan, who sprang upon
Mrs Silvera and choked her. She was
then dragged out the front door and
hurled from the porch to the ground.
Despite her bruises, the plucky woman
ran back into the house after her as
sailant, who was opening the drawers
of a bureau. With an oath he struck
her on the face, telling her to the floor.
She was again dragged into the yard
and left lying unconscious
When Silvera returned home thirty
minutes later he found his wife hardly
able to move on account of her bruised
condition, while her cheek was discol-
ored from the blow. A physician was
summoned and the authorities notified,
but so far no trace of the malefactor
has been discovered 1t is believed that
he is an eX-convict who has been plant
ing opium along the line of the new
Tiburon boulevard, as his description
tallies with that of the man seen skulk-
ing in the brush near San Clemente the
day Captain Birlem's men detected two
convicts attempting to smuggle the
drug into San Quentin Prison The in
dignation aroused by the assault and
attempted robbery is so strong that If
the criminal is captured he will be in
danger of summary punishment.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
JUST SAVEl, HIMSELF.
David Jacks Owes His Life to His
Presence of Mind.

MONTEREY, May 12-The Monterey
capitalist, David Jacks, narrowly escaped
death at Salinas while trying to board
the detached caboose of freight train
to-day. He found the steps of the caboose
and began climbing over the BUMPER on on
the front end of the caboose. Just then
the train backed some disconnected cars
down TO the caboose, and he would
have been crushed to atoms only he real
lied his dangerous position and threw
himself backward off the track. He
fell on the ground just as the train came
a few bruises, and is now quite recovered
from the shock.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
CLOSING ARGUMENTS
IN MURDOCH CASE
Lawyer Cannon Reviews the Evidence
Sustaining Plaintiffs
Contention

WILLOWS. May 12-Argument in the
Murdock note case commenced this morn
ing, Attorney w. M Cannon making the
opening statement to the jury. He said
that the strongest three points claimed
by the plaintiff were the direct evidence
of Mrs. Murdock, who saw the note
signed; the two declarations by William
Murdoch that the note was genuine, and
the evidence of those who saw the note
prior to 1890, the year in which the de-
Tense claims it was forged.
Cannon was particularly bitter toward
Expert Carl Eisenschimel, who, he said
when. engaged by him to examine the
to the attorneys for the other side, re-
turning later and saying he believed the
signature was a forgery.