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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
COMMANDER SWITZERLAND
CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

WASHINGTON. Oct 26.-The Navy De-
partment has selected Lieutenant COM
mander Switzerland to succeed Captain
C, C. Todd as chief photographer of the
ing him from the command of the Dol
phin.
Commander Switzerland has come to
work. He made the most definite survey
vet had of the mouth of the Amazon, and,
although the work was conducted from
the Dolphin with great difficulty owing
to the lack OF suitable appliances ami
the constant heavy swell on the bar, that
obstacle to navigation was successfully
and accurately charted, a work of much
value to commerce. While in command
of the Dolphin since that vessel has been
laid up at Boston for repairs Commander
Switzerland has been serving, in the Navy
Department as naval aid to Secretary y
Long Lieutenant Commander Albert
Gleaves has been ordered to the command
of the Dolphin.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
MRS, GEBHARDT
GIVEN DECREE
Cross-C Complaint Secures
for Her an Early
Divorce.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Oct. 26-Judge
Jones to-day dissolved the marriage ex-
listing between Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Geo-
hardt, granting a divorce to the wife on
her crossbill of complaint. Both parties
are given liberty to remarry and Mrs.
Gebhardt is awarded $1,000 for costs and
attorney fees
iGebhardt filed a suit for divorce from
his wife, formerly Miss Morris of Balti-
more, ON September 80 last. He alleged
that she willfully deserted him in Sep
temher, 1899. Mrs. Gebhardt arrived here
to-day and immediately filed crossbill
in which she denied the alleged desertion
and asserted that her husband. in 1893
sent her away from his home to the home
of his niece at Newport and that he had
then taken up his residence at the Wal
dorf-Astoria in New York, where he re-
mained until his removal to South Da-
kota-
At the hearing to-day Mrs. Gebhardts
allegations were corroborated by the tes-
timony of her mother and brother: Judge
Jones decided that Mrs. Gebhardt s
charges were sustained and granted the
decree accordingly.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
BATES ILLNESS
CAUSES SOME ALARM
Expected Change for the Better in
Her Condition Has Not
Occurred,

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 26-The condi-
ton of Miss Blanche Bates, who has been
i'll with typhoid-malaria at Grace Hospi-
tai in this city since she came here as the
star in ''Under Two Flags" a month ago.
is such as to cause alarm She suffered
a relapse last Wednesday,. and has not
rallied from its effect as her physicians
expected she would The fever has sap
ped her strength to such an extent that
she can recover only after a long hard
struggle.
DIR. w. r. McLarn, who has charge Of
the case, said tonight that Miss Bates
was resting comfortably, and he hopes
that tomorrow will bring a change for
the better in her condition Miss Bates
mother has not left her bedside since she
was taken sick
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Concord to Relieve Iowa.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2e.-The Navy De-
partment has decided to send the gunboat
Concord instead of the cruiser Philadel-
phia to Panama TO reileVe the battleshlp
Iowa. so that the last named vessel may
proceed down to the Chilean coast and
dock for necessary repairs. When the
Philadelphia returned to the Mare Island
yard from her recent cruise along the Pa
cific Coast she was found to be in need
of immediate repairs. which 1t would take
some time to complete. Repair work on
the Concord at the same yard is being
hurried and she will be ready to sail for
Panama on November 2.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Lay Claim to Adams Estate.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 26.-Johann Hubert
Wisner and his sister, Mrs. Andrew F.
Faschian, of San Francisco, have laid
claim to the 100000 estate Of DIR. Charles
Adams, a pioneer physician, who. they as
sert, was their lf-brother. Adams died
in August, 1899, leaving no will, and so far
as known no blood relations. Various
claims we're filed. against the estate, but
none of the claimants until now has al
legged kinship.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Fntombed by a Cave-In.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct, Pa bad
cave-in occurred in the Highland Boy
mine. near here last night, in which four
miners were entombed. After working
for twelve hours rescuers succeeded in
reaching and getting two of the men out
alive. The other two miners are still en-
tombed They are still alive, however, for
their signals can be heard quite distinctly
by the rescuers. who are bending every
effort TO reach their comrades
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
If You Live in a nen

That is decorated with pictures framed
in our newest effects in holdings you will
be enamored of your surroundings. We
have received some new shipments of the
bone ebonies, gifts, light and dark oaks
and cherry, green and brown birches, with
matboards in every tint and color to suit
your fancy. Sanborn, Vail g. Co.. 7l1 Mar
ket street.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Court Denies the Application.

ALBANY, n. 2, Oct. 26-Justicel d.
Cady Herrick. of the Supreme Court, to-
day denied the application of the Ameri-
can Ice Company and Charles w. Morse,
its president, for writs of absolute pro-
hibition to restrain the Attorney General
from continuing the proceedings against
the American Ice Company to ascertain
if II has violated the State antitrust law
The decision Of Judge Herrick will be ap-
pealed to the. Appellate Division and ito
the Court of Appeals
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Masons Visit the President.

: WASHINGTON, Oct 26-About fifty
members of the Supreme Council of the
Scottish Rite Masons, in biennial session
here called on President Roosevelt to-da y
They were introduced individually by Rep
recently elected sovereign grand COM
mander. The President had a few words
to say to each of them, and to some Of
the Western members referred to his
hunting trips in their States.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Italian Shoots Three Men.

DENVER, Oct. .26--Mike Vftle, an
italian. tonight shot John HELM. Oscar
Hill and w. j. Freeman In quarrel over
the ownership of saloon at Nineteenth
and New Haven streets. HELM will die
and the others are seriously. wounded
Vit1e was arrested. He claims the men
were trying to swindle him.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Recruits Needed at Manila.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga cablegram
has been received at the War Department
from General Chaffee, asking that 600 re-
cruits be sent at once to Manila to fill
vacancies in several regiments. General
Chaffee reports that the effective strength
of the army in Northern Luzon is 5000 less
now than on January /.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Deserves a Medal of Honor.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-General Chat
fee has recommended to the War Depart
naent that Lieutenant Russell T. Hazard,
First Cavalry. commanding the Macabebe
Scouts, be given Va medal of honor for
entering the camp Of the insurgents with
e few scouts at night in order to effect
the capture Of a deserter, which he ac-
complished.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Pres,dent,s Birthday To-Dav.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 - President
Roosevelt will be 43 years old Tomorrow.
According to the custom of the family
the event will be celebrated with a dinner,
in which the children will participate.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Marouis Ito Sails FOR HoIIand

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-Marquis Ito. Dr.;
T. Koyoma 8. Tokioka and H. Furuya
will sail on the. Ryndam to-day for Hol-
land.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-27
Price, $4,000

Golden Oak Colonial Buffet of exceptional
beauty. Measures IS inches high, 81 inches wide
and IS inches deep The china closet portion in
center IS Is by Is inches and mirror back and lat
tice front doors. Two small silverware drawers
and large linen drawer
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
DEATH OF A CHILD. I

The angel of death invaded the home
of DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Gwynn yesterday
morning and robbed them of the
sweetest flower of the home circle,
their infant child.
Little William Perkins Gwynn had
been i'll for some time, suffering from
spinal meningitis. AS early as Satur-
day and Sunday it was realized that
life hung by a slender thread.
The best medical attendance, the
most expert trained nursing and, in
fact, everything that human skill could
suggest was done to save him, but
nothing could stay the ravages Of the
disease.
The funeral will occur to-day. In
their affection the heartbroken parents
have the profoundest sympathies of
the entire community.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28

The British occupied Philadelphia and
New York during great part of the
Revolution, and later, after we had
won our independence and had it rec
ognized by all the civilized powers,
Washington was, in the War of 1912,
seized by the British and subjected to
a brutal vandalism such as England is
practicing now in South Africa. If the
European courts had then accepted En-
gland as the de facto government; sent
hither their official representatives ac-
credited to England, and generally
united in ignoring the American re-
public; denied our national existence,
and admitted only England to their
commercial and political scheme in
North America; suppose, in brief, that
the treatment now proposed for the
Beers by a United States admin
istration had then been accorded
us by foreign goVernments-what
would have been our predicament?
1t certainly seems that something
more than a mere denial is required
from Representative Mudd, of Mary
land, who is charged with completely
in the census frauds. in his district
When Abel, the dishonest enumeratOr,
was first arrested, he talked very free
ly of the whole affair, volunteering the
statement that he understood the law
to direct the enrolment of men who
had been dead not more than year
and to leave to the enumerators judg-
ment the enrolment of men who had
been dead a longer period. When asked
by whom the law had been explained,
he said, unhesitatingly: my cousin,
Enoch Abel, the clerk of the Circuit
Court of Leonardtown; Jack Ching, a
lawyer down there, and Mr.. Mudd." E"
This was said more than once, and
with APPARENT confidence. When. Mr..
Mudd appeared at police headquarters
however, Abell's recollection changed.
He expressed his readiness to deny
that Mr. Mudd had had any part in his
instructions, though admitting every
other detail of that interview. Again,
when Mr.. Mudd announced that he had
not known Abel before his appoint
ment to the local police force, Abel
took that position also, although on
the day of his arrest he declared he
had seen the representative often and
talked with him on political subjects
at Leonardtown and elsewhere. Abell's
earlier statements can be-and will
be sworn to by a dozen witnesses.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.

Governor Jeniings has made the fol-
lowing civil appointments:
R. W. Bennett Of Jacksonville, to be
notary public fGF the State at large.
Hugh B. Sutton of Pensacola, to be
notary public for the State at large.
John Raymond of Dade City, to be
notary public for the State at large.
C. E. Allen of LeCanto, to be notary
public for the State at large.
J.E. Chavous of Old Town, to be SUI
pervisor of registration for Lafayette
county.
Thomas Pollard of Jacksonville, to-
be notary public for the State at Large.
]. Whiting Hyer of Pensacola, to be
notary public for the State at large.
w. Irving Porter of Dade City, to be
notary public for the State at large.
Ed. A. Eshe of Jacksonville, to be
notary public for the State at large.
Isaac A. Stewart of DeLand, to be
notary public for the State at large.
William Hunter of Tampa, to be
notary public for the State at large.
Lawrence Horn OF Pensacola, to be
notary public for the State at large.
P. B. Bedford of Jacksonville, to be
notary public for the State at large.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
would like to havea the evidence pro-
duced for exhibition at this OfHee.
BUILDING NOTES.

Mr.. James T. PeEsnns, one of Levy
Bros. very efficient Falesmen, has pur-
chased the Cureton place, between Mr.
Chesley's and Mr.. 4cD0ugall's, in the
northeast part of toNn. and will add to
the building at oncs making it very
attractive as well as comfortable resi-
dence for himself and family. They
will move in as sOsn as the house is
finished.
Mr.. Harry D. Ha&tt, the Tallahassee
furniture man, is having the Gilmore
& Davis Company nSlt thirty-foot ad-
dition to the rear end of his already
very gefurniture emporium When it
is completed he wil have more floor
space under one Roof than any other
business man in tallahassee it
will, every inch Of lit, be packed with
desirable goods.
Just north of tha Presbyterian par
sonage Contractors Taylor & Child are
erecting very pretty little cottage for
Mr.. Wallace S. Guarterman,, book
keeper for the Fist National Bank.
Madam Rumor says that when it is
finished he will be ready to move in
not to keep bachelors hall, either.
Prof. Murphree'ss cottage, one block
west of the Capitol, is nearing COM
pletion. 1t will be 5ne of the most at
tractive residences in that neighbor-
hood of pretty homes, and will be en-
closed, as soon as i has time to grow,
with pretty green privet hedge.
Otner new cottages completed within
the two or three weeks last past, are
one belonging to Mrs. Wilson, on the
lot adjoining Prot. Murphree; one be,
longing to Mr.. A. p. Tully, on the cor.
ner back of Mrs. Nellie Bassett, anG
still another belonging to Mrs. B. A
Meginniss. on the opposite side of the
street south from Mr.Tully's.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
THE REUNION.

The follwing order has been issued
and sert to the various newspapers
throughout the South, with a request
for publication for the benefit of Con-
fsderate Veterans: i
New Orleans, March 16, 1901. To All
Commanders, Camps and Comrades i
The general Commanding calls attSn-
ton to the fact that the same custom
which has heretofore existed in regard
to the appointment of sponsors and
maids OF honor in the past will apply
to the Memphis reunion.
: AS the veterans are fast passing away
and soon viii be too few to hold re-
nnions egen-handed justice demands
that these honors should be broadened
and extended so as to reach, now while
the oppOrtnnity offers, every one iOf
young women, even to the
humb1esfs as they are all active work
ers for ours and their beloved cause
1t is a beautiful custom, and is in
keeping with a chivalrous spirit Of The
old soldiers OF the South, is eleVatIpg
and ennObling, and is right from every
standpoint, that all the headquarters
in the association should have spSn-
sOr and as many maids Of honor Jas
desired This applies to general, de-
Ipartment, idivision and brigade hea
quarters and to all the camps.
Nearly every dollar of money Which
is required for help for the living, fnd
for care Of the graves and monuments
for "Our Dead" is raised by the sur
vivors of the glorious women of Ehe
Confederaey and their descendab pts
these noble young women. Nedrly
every act sof mercy, and nearly every
good deed!which is done can be traced
to their loving and devoted hands
The general commanding, therefore
feels that as they are called upo1 tc
fill the posts of duty, they should $lsC
be given the posts of honor.
Therefore, he desires the Original
custom adhered to of the appointment
Of a sponsor by the general, depart.
ment, division and brigade command.
ers and by every camp, with as m hny
maids Of honor as desired, there being
no limit to the number, but with THE
distinct understanding that the ire.
union committee at Memphis will only
entertain and provide for one Sponsor
and one maid of honor from general
department and division headQtar'
ters, as the expense for the entert4 in
ment of large number would be stoC
great for the reunion committees tt
bear, neither would there be room y POI
platforms, etc., for any large mum per
but it is earnestly hoped and requet ter
that all the rest will attend and g4ac'
the Memphis reunion with their PIES
ence.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
SHOT ON STREET
A Man Killed Here Last Sat-
urday Might
WAS NO APPARENT CAUSE
flen Had Been HaEing a Good Time
Together at a Saloon All Day.

Saturday night, jpst after s O'Clock,
a pistol shot on MG.nroe street, in the
very centre of the business portion Of
the city, attracted considerable atten-
tion. Chief of Police Braswelll was
near at hand, and rushed across the
street to the st. J; ;mes Hotel, where
the shot was fred and arrested the
only man standing, around who could
have fired it.
About this time AIr. E. F. Duke, of
the st. James, cSme out and dis
covered man lying on the ground
1t was so dark the.chief had not seen
him. The man arrested, well-borer
by the name of Bid, from Live Oak,
was then locked up, smoking pistol
being taken from his pocket, and
physicians called ts the wounded man.
The latter proved to be a furniture
drummer from Jacksonville named
Breck. The would proved to be
fatal one, having eatered the corner Of
the left eye and Penetrated the brain,
and in about an bOur he was dead.
Bird was then trned over to Sheriff
John A. Pearce and put in the county
Jail. Sunday mokning Judge Whit
field summoned IA. coroner's jury and
held an inquest, Eaf which, by order Of
the jury, DR.. Pbilbrick made a post
mOrtem examination. The latter de-
VelOped that the Histol ball had COM
pletely severed tfle brain from the
spinal chord at isSintersectionw with the
former, and thS Elry rendered a YER
dict in accordance with the facts.
1t seems tha Breck, Bird and
another drummfp named VonKamp
had been having { convivial day of it,
and the former I'D latter were trying
to escape from iElrd and go to their
respective hotels 4 VonKamp had got
ten away, but kEhen Breck left the
saloon Bird fo6 6&~ed, holding on to
his arm. JUST Is they reached the
| opposite side O&tae street, at the en-
trance to the Stt Ames Hotel, the shot
, was fired. IA
Both men h4d kbeen drinking, but
were not VeryS dunk. and the only
plausible theorS advanced is that they
| had been throwing dice. Bird had lost
pretty heavily. and perhaps thought
Breck had his money. The latter wai
| not true, however, as Breck had Nc
money on him snd had only deposited
$500 and a pisf fOl at the saloon.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
LAID TO REST,

The body of Council Ashley did not
arrive here until Sunday afternoon. 1t
was taken at once to the undertaking
parlors of S. P. Rozier & Co., where it
was kept until yesterday afternoon.
While it was in charge of the under
taker many people called to take a last
look at the dead soldier, but were dis
appointed, the casket being hermetic-
ally sealed, and having no glass over
the face as is usually the case.
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the Governors Guards, of which COM
pany Ashley was member prior to his
enlistment for the Cuban war, assem-
bled at the armory and marched down
Monroe street to Rozear & Co.'S under
taking establishment, where they
formed an escort to the funeral process
sion, which slowly wended its way to
the cemetery. .
Rev. A. C. Woodward conducted the
funeral services and the following gen.
tlemen acted as pall-bearers: l.. ]. Van,
John H. Horton, Bascom Dickey, Geo
Cook, Herbert Handley and Ernest
Moon.
A salute was fired by the Guards al
the conclusion of the services and the
former comrades of the deceased, hav-
ing performed their last sad duty
marched back to the armory.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
DISCRIMINATION CHARGED.

An important G Sse was argued before
the Railroad Commission on Monday
last between the Tampa Steamship
Company versus the Seaboard Air
Line Railway and the Plant System.
The charge being discrimination in
freight rates at Ttmpa. Mr.. F. C. Boyer
of Tampa appeared for the Steamship
Company and pr. w. A. Carter OF
Tampa for the Pant System, and Mr.
JnO. Ward Henderson of our local bar
for the Seaboard Air Line. A great dea
of testimony was.taken and argument:
were heard.
The Commission reserved its decis
ion, taking the matter under advise
ment.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
ANAxAGoREAN SOCIETY.

The AnaxagOrean Literary Society
met in regular session at the Seminary
West of the Suwannee Tuesday after
noon, the regular meeting day being
changed from Thursday to Tuesday.
The question for debate was, ~Re-
solved that intemperance is a greater
evil than war" After spirited debate
the judges decided unanimously in fa-
vor of the affirmative. In the irregular
debate the house also decided that in
temperance was a greater evil :han
war
The first annual banquet Of The
Society has been called of for this year
and a picnic to Lake Hall will be bad
in it's place. The picnic will be on
Monday of commencement week.
On the grounds will be erected
speakers stand and appropriate ad-
dresses will be made both by the ac-
tive and the honorary members.
At this meeting of the Society it
was decided and a resolution was
passed to the effect that the Society
will never have more than six honor
ary members. By this means it will be
seen that more honor will be attached
| to this Office than has heretofore been
in other Society of like nature where
there are many such members. In case
of the death, resignation or removal
of an honorary member his place is
then filed by election and an enlarged
picture of the deceased member will
be hung in the society hall. The Anax-
agoreans think they are pursuing a
good policy in this matter, and as more
honor and dignity is attached to the
Office they are very careful in the selec-
ton of the first six. Only four Of the
six have been selected so far, as fol-
lows: William D. Bloxham, ex-Gover'
nor; William s. Jennings, Governor;
William B. Lamar, Attorney-General
Albert A. Murphree, President Of the
West Florida Seminary.
Arrangements were made at the las
meeting for the commencement de
bate of the society and it will be helt
on Tuesday night Of commencement
week. The society have elected debat
lbrs at follows: William BlOxhan
Crawford, William Munroe Mcintosh
James Wescott Edmonson and Adrial
Dexter Wentworth. These young mel
are among the best debators in tn
society, and a good treat is promise
those who attend the exercises. Tn
question for debate and the sides t
be chosen have been left to the debat
, ors to decide.
!, At the next meeting Of the societ
9 there will be an impromptu debat
|. three members arguing each side. tt
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28

question to be discussed and the debat-
ors who are to take part will not be
named until the debate is ready to be
opened. The young ladies of the insti-
tuition and the faculty will be the
guests of the society at this meeting.
An impromptu debate always creates
a great amount of interest and it goes
without saying that the society hall
will be packed.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
FIRE ALARM BOX REMOVED.

To the public:
The repeated turning in of false
alarms Of fire from district box No.
26-fOur false alarms having been
turned in in the last ninety days-the
fire committee has ordered the tele-
phone company to remove alarm box
No. rs from its present position and
place same in the front yard of Mr..
Harry A, Fish, one block south of its
present position.
2. A standing reward of SO is Of
fered to anyone furnishing to the fire
committee. information that will lead
to the conviction Of the party or par
ties turning in false alarms.
8. The telephone company have
notified the ire>committee that, before
alarm box No. 26 can be placed in its
new position, it will be necessary tc
secure suitable wire. This will take
about ten days, and during that time
any fires starting in district No. 26 car
be sent in by telephone from eithel
depot, the ice factory, cotton oil mills
or DR.. Lewis's residence, as the boz
will be removed at once, to preyen
other false alarms being sent in.
It is hoped by the committee tha
some attempt will be made by citizen
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-28
ADoUBL3 WEDDING.

Sunday, the 17tp instant. there was
a double wedding near this city in
which a great aany of our young
people took considerable interest. We
refer to the marriage of Miss Claude
Hartsfield to Mrk Jackson Gray and
Miss Clara Haftsheld to Mr.. E.
Langston. All tie parties to this i'm
portant event ars residents of Leon
county, except M Langston,. who re-
sides at Smith sCreek, in Wakulla
county. !
The brides are both the daughters Of
School Commissioner Gilbert Harris
field, and their popularity was attested
by the attendance at the wedding OF
a very large crowd from this city. =