New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-13
In the vote for the other candidates on the So
cialist ticket

In the vote for the other candidates on the So
cialist ticket
Two alleged defalcations in federal offces here
have come to light this week. One is a supposed
shortage of $500 in the accounts OF George a.
Wright, chief deputy In international Revehuo
Collector Lynch's Office. Another alleged en-
bezzler is Cress Unger, seizure clerk at the
Custom House. He is brother OF Frank
Unger OF New-York. Unger. 1t is charged mas
stolen 81 800 in small amounts On the death
Of Chief Clerk Jerome. two years ago. Unger
was appointed to that position but the discovery
OF supposed shortages in his accounts as seizure
clerk led to his disrating. He is said to nave
made the shortages good, and was restored to
his old position.
The Dolbeer Will case Is running here stimuli
taneously with proceedings in New-York Miss
Bertha Dobeer the principal heiress of the
large estate of her father. wealthy lumber
man. She inherited over 81 100000 in securities
and real estate. Her only close associate was
Miss Eta Warren. who had served as her COM
panion for years They travelled together, and
many who met them fancied that Miss Warren
exerted peculiar influence over her. In New
York after her return from Europe. Miss Dol
beer threw herself from window in the Wal
dorf-Astoria and was dashed to death on the
pavement below. Her will left the bulk of her
estate to Miss Warren. Adolph Schander.
uncle of Miss Dolbeer contests the will the
ground of the girls alleged insanity and of un-
due influence on the part of Miss Warren.
A J. Pillsbury, for many years Editor of The
Tulare Register" and lately editorial writer for
The Oakland Herald will be appointed secrs-
tary of the State Board OF Examiners. to succeed
Walter s. Melick. Of Pasadena. The salary is
1886 a year
George Edward Morse. clerk of the United
States District Court. died this week of typhoid
fever after short Illness. Morse married
niece of President Mckinley
cable message received here Of the
death at Yokohama of Captain Frank H Arm
strong. of the Occidental and Oriental steamer
Coptfc. He was taken III just before the steamer
sailed. and forced to put the vessel in
charge Of Chief officer Lobez. Armstrong was
we'll known to shipping and travellers, hav-
ing served five years as chief officer Of the
Belgic
A new theatre for vaudeville will be built next
year on the site of the present Orpheum The
atre, which has probably made moro money
than any other playhouse In San Francisco.
The present Orpheum building is old. yet 1t is
crowded nearly every night In the week and at
Aoui 1I4dtlHeeS IL Is tfle main mouse the Or
pheum vaudeville circuit. which has a continu-
string of theatres extending from this city
to New-Yorl.
Judge Dean. OF Florence, Ariz, this week gave
the Southern Pacific Company the right of way
through narrow canyon of the ella River. from
Kelvin 10 Dudleyvile, q distance OF eighteen
miles. The Importance Of this decision is that
it grants to the Southern Pacific the best route
the freight Of several big copper mines Both
the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe claimed this
right of way. but Judge Dean decided for the
Southern Pacific because it's maps were filed in
the Tucson Land Ofice two hours before those
of the Santa Fe.