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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-28

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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

and Harold Courtenay, with his wife, de-
parted for Genoa, Italy. on the steamer
Fulda. On the voyage Mrs. Courtenay's s
old malady reasserted itself under tragic
circumstances. After two days had been
passed at sea passenger on the vessel
committed suicide by first slashing his
throat and then jumping overheard He
so closely resembled Courtenay that the
newly made bride believed that she had
witnessed her husbands death She I'M
mediately became violently insane and
when Courtenay appeared on deck she m
sisted that he was simply the spirit of
her husband. During the remainder of
the voyage she suffered such distraction
that she tore her husbands flesh with
her teeth, stabbed him with a pair Of
scissors. and struck him in the head with
a knife, causing an ugly scar over his
eye
Mrs Courtenay had to be placed in the
Sbertoli Asylum at Pistoja, Italy. She
has never regained her mental health and
later was removed to England by her
father. who prevented Courtenay from
even knowing Of her whereabouts. After
she had become separated from her hus-
band Cutting devoted the entire dowry
to his daughter The couple has not been
divorced and Courtenay will not give his
consent to any such proceeding. He says
he will acquiesce to a legal separation
providing Cutting will recompense him for
the mental anguish brought about by the
unfortunate union. He has secured the
services of Judge Hunt of this city, and
says that the public may expect a senSa-
tional legal battle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
LEBANON CHURCH BAZAAR.
Worthy Efforts to Pay Off the In
debtedness of a Popular
House of God,

The pretty little Lebanon Presbyterian
Church on the corner of Sanchez and
Twenty-third streets was made more at
tractive and interesting to its attnedants
Yesterday afternoon and evening by the
presence of a bazaar and entertainment
got up for the purpose OF paying OH its
debt and renovatlng It's interior ana eA-
terror.
The church, which is small and modest
in pretensions, has so increased in regu-
lar Sunday attendance since the advent OF
its new pastor, Rev. R. w. Reynolds, that
ii is probable additional room will be
REQUIRED soon Before this Is attempted,
however, the present small indebtedness
that the ladies have eXerted them
selves in collecting such fancy articles as
can be disposed of at a bazaar, together
with the giving of a real old-fashioned
New England dinner this afternoon be-
tween $50 and 7:30 o'clock. Previous to
the dinner hour there will be a musicale,
in which some of the best local talent OBJ
tainable in the Mission will participate.
In the Sabbath School and parlors of
Among the more prominent are: The
American BOOTH" in which Admiral
Dewey figures in the form of plaster
bust in a most conspicuous place. Over
this booth Mrs. Arthur Davis presides,
assisted by Mrs. E. Kohler. Mrs. L Nc
Clure and Mrs. E. Knapp. THE Scotch
presided M4 % eyer brown by Mrs be Jssseph
BOOTH in charge of Miss May Peterson,
assisted by Miss Nettie Moore; ''The
United States booth" in charge of the
Ladies Circle of the Kings Sons. and
"The Candy BOOTH" presided over by the
ladies of the Kings Daughters.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

For the first time in the history of the
port there was not a disengaged vessel on
the list yesterday. Everything has been
chartered and still there is not enough to
meet the demand The sugar fleet cannot
carry. all the merchandise destined for
Honolulu and lumber orders cannot be
filled for want of vessels. Yesterday the
bark Nicholas Thayer was hauled out of
Oakland Creek and will go in ballast to
Clipperton to load guano. The gasoline
schooner Bessie K will accompany the
Nicholas Thayer.
The big American ship Arthur SewalI
will take a most valuable cargo to Lon
don. Besides a. a quantity, of wheat, she
will carry 100000 cases of canned goods.
Some of the rivets in the bow of the
ship worked loose during the voyage to
San Francisco, and gang Of riveters has
been engaged in making good the defects
The Sewall goes on the drydock to be
cleaned and painted before beginning to
load.
An ex-weigher in the Custom House had
a narrow escape from drowning at Broad
way wharf yesterday. He missed his foot
ing and fell into the bay. Had it not been
for the prompt assistance of Customs In
spector Stevens and officer McGreevy he
would have been drowned. They got him
out of the water and sent him home In a
hoc
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magnitude that they deemed it best to
have the patient removed TO the CITY. 1t
was a sad party that arrived here A
delightful hunting tour was cut short by
the accident and the members of the
party were full of sympathy for the in
jured medical man. On their arrival their
patient was removed to the Waldeck An
attempt was made to save the foot but
II was found impossible. as the bullet
known as the Smooth -nosed" or "dum-
dunn" had spread when it struck the
bone and torn the igaments to pieces. An
operation was decided on Yesterday and
Drs. Fehleisen and Vowinckel and a num-
Der of other physicians participated The
patient was put under an anesthetic and
the leg was amputated at the knee. The
shock was too much for Dr. Robertson
and he, did not survive the operation.
The deceased leaves widow. a daueb
ter, Miss Page Robertson and two sion
sons, Carl and John Lehners, to mourn
his loss. He was a graduate of Conner
Medical College and had been practicing
in this city for the past seven Years Dr
Robertson was connected with the wal
deck Sanatorium and the Woman's Hos
pital. and enjoyed a large practice Ta
was an ardent sportsman and took every
opportunity to go into the country and
snoot big game. He was on his ANIMAL
vacation when he received the fatal
wound. S'i
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

pany of this city. The story the English
man will tell later in the courts of this
city is almost as strange as fiction and
parallels in detail some of the events
written by Hugh Conway in Called
Back" The principal accusation Courte-
nay Will make against his father-in-law,
Cutting is that the latter arranged
marriage between himself and Miss Isa
bella Cutting when he knew his daughter
to be OF unsound mind, and that since
the union the womans condition has been
such as to cause her confinement in an
asylum and her separation from her hus-
band.
Cutting brought about this marriage, so
COurtenaV claims, in the hope that mari
tai felicity would lift the cloud from his
daughters mind, and he chose the mem
bel of the English nobility as medium
through which this might be accom-
plshed, introducing the girl to her pros
pective husband in one of her temporarily
lucid periods and afterward Fastening the
marriage ceremony. Before the marriage
took place Cutting offered an induCement
TO Courtenay by settling an amount an
nually upon himself and wife When the
couple were Iorced 70 part TINS dlloWdilce
was withdrawn, although no divorce has
yet been sought for. For all Of these
things Courtenay asks damages to the ex
tent of about $4,000 If Cutting settles
should he dispute the claim a damage suit
will be flied in the courts Of this city.
On the last day Of the year 1892 COurte-
nay married Miss Isabella Cutting in
New York City. The wedding was a brill
liant society event, and its details had
been perfected by Francis Cutting,
Of two years previous to this event the
young lady had been insane and had been
confined in a private Sanitarium in War
wick, Narragansett Bay. She recovered
was after her release that Harold COurte-
nay. member of an old English family
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
NEWS OF STORM
TOSSED SHIPS
IS COMING IN
he Bertha in a Gale
Off Unalaska.
ALOHA LOST HER DECKLOAD
SCHOONER LIBBY ToWED INTO
PORT BY THE PHEASANT.
ALOHA LOST HER DECKLOAD
Transport Senator Due Here Next
Tuesday-Not a Disengaged
Vessel in Port-Sewall to
Garry Canned Goods.

The Pacific has been belying It's name of
late From all quarters come tales of
storms, and In many instances vessels
have suffered. The Empress Of India was
caught in a typhoon off the Japanese
coast, and as the Senator, with the Iowa
boys, sailed eight hours ahead of her, she
must have caught it also. The Senator is
as stout ship as ever left this port how
ever, and there is no doubt that she
has weathered the storm in safety. The
worst that can be expected is a little de-
lay. On her last run from Yokohama to
San Francisco, the Senator took sixteen
days. On this occasion she will probably
take seventeen days, and that would
make her due here next Tuesday
OF the other transports on the way here,
the City of Puebla sailed from Kobe,
Japan, on the 17th inst; the City of Sgd
ney is twenty-three days out from Manila;
the Ohio, with the Tennessee boys abroad,
sailed from Hongkong on the I'd inst. and
the st. Paul sailed from Nagasaki on Oc-
tober 49,
In the north vessels bound for Cape
Nome have been badly buffeted The
load, the Bertha had her cabins flooded.
windows broken and doors smashed in,
while the schooner Libby had her rudder
head and main boom carried away and
was towed into Unalaska by the British
man-ofwar Pheasant.
The Bertha arrived at Unalaska from
san francisco on september ~, ana IOur
days later she sailed again for St.
Michael. The Portland arrived at I'm
alaska from St. Michaels on September
rs, and on October 3 sailed for Cape Nome
with a cargo of coal The schooner Pearl
left Unalaska for St. Michaels on Septem-
Der 20, and the steamer Horner,, from
San Francisco, arrived at Unalaska on
October l. All these vessels had a hard
time of it in the North Pacific
Another message from the steamer Peli-
can was received at the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday. 1t was written on a
piece of paper torn from a memorandum
book. and after being placed in a bottle
was thrown overheard. 1t was picked up
on the extreme end of the Aleutian ISL
ands. The message read: Steamer Peli-
can-Ship is sinking; ten minutes more
and all will be lost" Once before a mes
sage from the steamer was washed
ashore. 1t was from Mate Patterson and
was to the same effect as the above. The
Pelican left Puget Sound nearly year
ago with a general cargo for the Orient.
A thorough search was made for the
remains of VIII A. Snow, the marine re-
porter of the Chronicle who lost his life
off Black Point a week ago. The tug
Governor Perkins, with Chancellor Snow,
father of the dead man, and a representa-
tive of the Chronicle, was out for several
hours, while Petersons launch Sybil was
out from morning till night. AlcatraZ,
Angel Island, Sausalito Fort Point the
marine shore and way up the bay as far
as Hunters Point the boats cruised, but
not a trace of the body could be found.
A number of Whitehall boats were also
out. The search will be continued to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
FORFEITED HIS
LIFE BECAUSE
OF HIS TONGUE
Burch Was Murdered
to Keep Him Silent.
STORY TOLD BY JOHN KNECHT
THE DECEASED FEARFUL OF AN
ARMED ATTACK.
Mcbride III as the Result of His Icy
Bath but Refuses to Take any
Medicine for His Bet
ternent.
STORY TOLD BY JOHN KNECHT
THE DECEASED FEARFUL OF AN
ARMED ATTACK.

John Knecht, a waiter employed in the
restaurant of the ferry boat Sausalito
furnished information yesterday throwing
considerable light on the murder of Vim
cent Burch by Manuel Mcbride, the cook
who had to jump into the bay in order to
save himself from being lynched by the
infuriated passengers and deck hands
According to Knecht, whose story is told
with the confidence of one who is sure
whereof he speaks. the name Of Miss Nell
lie Athron has been dragged into the trag-
edy in an unwarranted manner, as it was
the relationship existing between her
mother and the murderous cook that led
10 the homicide.
"Burch's people knew the relatives OF
Mr.. Nield and Mrs. Athron in England" ."
said hneCht, and he brought letters of
introduction to them when they lived in
Alameda He lived with them there for a
good while and then went away. coming
hack TO them only a few days before ne
met his death. He had been on the boat
perhaps an hour or two when he told me
that he could see the cook and Mrs.
Athron We're pretty thick.
A day later he told me that he had a
talk with the cook, Mcbride. and threat
ened If his conduct were not more circum-
SpeCr to report the matter 10 his friend.
Mr. Nield. He said Mcbride had acted in
an ugly manner, and he was afraid the
fellow would try to do him injury, but If
Mcbride did attack him he would make
things Interesting. 1t is probable that this
led To the murder, because the cook was
afraid Burch would speak 10 Nield That
the cook and Mrs. Athron were very
friendly all Of US could see plainly, and I
never had much use for her from the day
that / heard her plead with her brother
So plaintively for MCBride's reinstatement
after he had been discharged for striking
his employer"
The case of Manuel Mcbride, cook in
the restaurant Of the ferry steamer Saus-
alto, who murdered Vincent Burch a
waiter Wednesday evening, has been as
signed to Judge Treadwels court. 1t
was called yesterday morning, but as Nc
Bride was unable 10 appear it was con-
tinued till tomorrow.
Mcbride is suffering from a very severe
cold through his plunge into the icy
waters Of the bay, and about O'Clock
yesterday morning he tainted in his cell
I'm the prison. He soon recovered and re-
fused 70 have medical attendance. He IS
in high fever from the cold and his
lungs seem to be affected, but everything
is being done to restore his health.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
Roudh on the Bay.

1t was blowing a southeast gale at the
Heads yesterday afternoon and in cor
sequence a number of vessels that were
to have sailed remained in port. The
Walla Walla was due from Victoria, B.
c., early in the morning, but ran into a
southeast storm directly she passed out
of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and it
must have stayed with her all the way
down the coast, as she was not in sight
at sundown.
The Townsend was to have sailed for st.
Georges Island after the cargo of tho
wrecked Laurada, but her departure was
delayed until to-day.
Vessels moored at the southerly end Of
the water front suffered from the gale
The City of Peking chafed a little at the
Mail dock, and the City Of Papeete had
a lively time of 1t at Hathaway's. An
attempt was made to get her out into the
stream, but it failed. She will dock at
Vallejo street to-day A number of lum-
ber schooners discharging at Main and
Little Main had to move out into the
stream, and some of the colliers at Beale
street followed suit.
The captains Of the transports spent an
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
YOUTHS DIRECTORY FAIR.
Father Crowley Announces Its Close
on SATURDAY. Night.

The announcement was made last night
by Father Crowley that the Youths Di-
rectory fair viii positively close to-mor-
row night This consequently will give
but two more opportunities for the chari-
ta5iy inclined to contribute to the pay
meut of the debt on the institution for
homeless waits. There is plenty to inter
est at the fair and numerous costly arti-
cles may still be obtained.
Among the visitors last night were
Father ?. J. Connolly of st. Paul's
Church, Father James Melvin of St. The
resa's, Father John McGinty of Holy
Cross and Father Morgan Of New York
Miss Kittie Black and David Manlloyd
entertained the guests with some fine vo-
cal selections.
In the contest for the. most popular
training school for nurses the following is
the score up TO date: Mount Zion Hos
pital, 400 votes; st. Luke's Hospital, 53S;
City and County Hospital, 1855; German
Hospital. 153; French Hospital 81.
This evening the drawing for some Of
the prizes which are TO be rafled off Will
take place. as tomorrow night 1t is ex-
pected will be extremely busy one.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
WOMEN PHYSICIANS.
California Club Wants Them Ap-
pointed in Insane Hospitals.

The California Club. through its presi-
dent, Mrs. Lowell White, addressed a com
munication yesterday morning to the
Board of Supervisors, asking for the sup
port and earnest consideration of certain
resolutions regarding the appointment of
an assistant woman physician in each of
the State Hospitals for the Insane. The
resolutions were adopted at a recent meet
ing of the club and are as follows:
Resolved. That in the opinion of the Cali
fornia Club ii is essential to the proper care
of the woman patients in the several State hos
pitals for the treatment of the insane that one
of the assistants in each hospital should be a
woman, and IT is respectfully urged upon those
having the authority that they appoint a wo-
man physician as assistant in each State hos
initial for the insana-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
FooTE CHARGES BLACKMAn

The proceedings in the Hite case yes
terday were enlivened by torrid rema -ks
between Attorney Foote and Attorney
John A. Wall, who was called as a wit
ness to testify to what he knew of Lucy
Hite. He did not know much, and what
he did know he said he had received
principally from a newspaper reporter
the information he had so obtained TO
break into the case, but the incident ended
in talk.
The only other witness of the day was
John X Hfte. whose presence on the
stand was used as a means for the va
rious attorneys to find out what fees the
others were getting. The case will go On
again to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

secrecy was maintained by the young
lady's family with regard to her mental
condition. He was permitted to see her
only at certain intervals, and then her
every action was guarded by a chaperone.
He suspected nothing, attributing the
parents watchfulness to a sense of deli
cacy. and persisted in his courtship.
After time, he claims. Cutting offered
to him the hand of his daughter in mar
riage and settled upon her fifty bonds Of
the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad Com
pany of Arizona, Out of the interest and
Courtenays were to receive $2500 annually.
providing the marriage should take place
and as long as they lived in amicable re-
latiOns with each other.
The marriage ceremony was performed,
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

suit of a gunshot wound in the foot. ac-
cidentally inflicted by the discharge of
the doctors gun while hunting in the
mountains of Siskiyou three days ago.
The deceased in company with Dr. F.
w. Vowinckel, Drs. Carpenter and Fish
and Game Warden H. w. Keller were in
quest of bear when the accident occurred
The party had killed a number of deer
and other game and had reached camp.
DR.. Robertson was putting his hammer
less gun in its place when without warn
ing it was discharged and the bullet
struck him in the foot and inflicted a bad
wound. His fellow physicians immedi-
ately set about to relieve the wounded
man, but they found the wound of such
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

anxious afternoon and night. The vessels
were banked two deep between Folsom
and 2, and any change in the wind meant
a considerable amount of chafing, to say
the least The Westminster was moved
out into the stream during the afternoon,
and arrangements were made to nave the
syIvania moved away from the wharf at
the Slightest appearance of danger.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

Paul, in whose aid the fair is being held.
The following ladies assisted in receiving
the guests last evening: Mrs CervelIi,
Miss r. Denegri. Miss Katie Campodo-
nico, Miss Ida Ginocchio, Miss L. Buero,
Miss A. Solari, Miss S. F1letti, Miss c.
Forno, Miss J. Marni, Miss A. Pinaglia
and Miss E. GRANDMA
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
ITALIAN CHURCH FAIR.
Children Of Mary Entertain the
Visitors.

The children of Mary booth had a night
at home last night at the italian church
fair in Washington-squar Hall, and a
large number of visitors were agreeably
entertained. The following programme,
which had been specially prepared for the
occasion, elected unstinted applause:
Comic song, Miss Nora Regan; fancy
dance, Miss Judith Rusch specialties,
Miss Rosie Bennett: comicalities, Miss
Rosie Steveler.
The Children of Mary booth is presided
over by the members of the sodallty con-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20

and son of a prominent London physician.
met and WoOed her. Miss Cutting was
raised in Oakland, but was sent to the
East about ten years ago when signs or
mental alteration first made themselves
apparent.
Courtenay maintains that the strictest
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
DIR, ROBERTSON
SUCCUMBED To
AN OPERATION
Well Known Physi-
clan Passes AWay.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF
WAS HUNTING IN SISKIYoU
WHEN 1T OCCURRED.
Sad Ending of a Weeks Outing in
Search of Big Game in the
Mountains - How It
Happened.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF
WAS HUNTING IN SIsKIYoU
WHEN IT OCCURRED.

DR.. H. D. Robertson, a we'll known
practitioner of medicine Of this city, sue
cumbed to an operation performed on his
foot ar the Waldeck Sanatorium yester-
day afternoon. Death was the direct re-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
St, Brendan's Fair Closes.

The fair IN aid Of st. Brendans Church,
corner Of Fremont and Harrison streets,
had a successful closing last night, and
the parishioners turned out in full force
10 help the worthy cause
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
Harold Courtenay's Story Is
Stranger Than Fiction.
Accuses Millionaire Fruit Packer Cutting
Of Inducing Him to Wed an
Insane Daughter.

2 g AROLD COURTENAY of the
- house of Courtenay, at the head
II of which rules the Earl of De-
j Won. arrived in San Francisco
from London a few days ago to
eek restitution of Francis Cutting. presi-
ent of the Cutting Fruit Packing Com
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-20
MlaM1E<He;,.e

benefits the ill., the convalescent and tba ,val,
The fact that it is prepared by the Anheuser
Busch Brewing Assn guarantees its superio,
merit.
The Portland daily press., 1899-06-21
CLASS DAY AT BOWDOIN.
Commencement Week Begius I'm Aus
picious Manner.

Brunswick, June 2o.--A -eoodiy. num-
ber Of the alumni of Bowdoin college
were here today to- participate in the
commencement exercises. This was class
day which begins oonmencement work.
Brunswick wore gala appearance and
q large crowd gathered at Memorial hall
and under the fhorndike oak. The pro-
gramme was Of unusual interest.
The exercises began at 10 O'Clock with
music, followed by prayer by Carl voss
Woodbury.. Then followed the oration
by Lotion Drew Jennings, and the poem
by Arthur Huntington Mason. The ex-
or cises under Thorndike oak ware held
ut 8 p, m. Francis Lewis 4 avsster de-
livered the opening address. The class
history was by Clarence Eesssnden Dana.
and the prophecy by Roy Leon Marston.
Fred X. Morse delivered the parting ad :
dress.
The ceremony OF smoking the pipe Of
peace was followed by the class cd g,
written by II. 3. Mason. Then the class
marched through the grounds cheering
the buildings and faculty.