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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

In the dismal public cemetery near
the ocean beach a tiny living baby was
found yesterday. Swathed in wooden
bandages it lay in the section called
the potter's field. Not a scrap of pa
per nor any mark of Identification was
near it. In grim incongruity the aban-
doned living, newly born, was placed
beside the abandoned dead.
How long it had lain in the grew
some company Of the white-washed
headstones of the paupers nobody
knows 1t is now safe in the San
Francisco Founding Asylum. There
it was given name in the same man
ner that Oliver Twist received his. The
custom at the asylum is to give a
child name as soon as it reaches the
place. Myrell Alfred Wallace they
called this one. and it is probably the
one he Will always bear.
The startling discovery of the baby
in the cemetery was made by A.
Paget and James II. Kline. They were
strolling through the place on their
way to the beach when they saw the
basket through the mist that envel-
oped the dismal potter's field.
One of them carelesslv tipped back
the cover of the basket with a stick
Something bundled in a roll of cloth
squirmed and feeble wall arose The
waif was uttering it's early complaints
at the pain of existence. Quickly the
two men ran to the nearest house, the
home of Miss Minna Ketel. 400 Thirty
fifth avenue, and notified her of the
discovery
Miss Ketel gathered the pitiful little
bundle of humanity into her arms and
carried it to the house. The baby was
placed near a warm fire, for the chilly
fog had penetrated it's wraps. and it
was nearly dead from exposure.
Everything that wrapped the child
was faultlessly neat. The clothing
found in the basket indicated that pow
erty was not the motive of abandoning
the child. The basket contained a hot
water bottle, little. blue dress, a pink
one, two silk shirts and wooden wrap.
All these were of the finest material.
J But nothing else was found in the
basket.
At Miss Keters suggestion the baby
was taken to the San Francisco Found
who found 1t. They placed it in charge
| of Matron Motion and with her thor
| oughly searched the basket in hope of
| finding some clew to the child's identi-
| ty. Not line was found. The cloth
ing had been newly purchased and
there were no marks of any description
/ upon it.
The men were about to leave the
/ hospital when the matron said, Wait
you cannot leave baby here unless
you give it a name
Paget and Kline decided that they
must comply with the rule. After a
short consultation they decided upon
Myrell Alfred Wallace. That name
hastily given, will stay with the child
through life unless its unfortunate
mother can at some time claim it.
From the baby's appearance and the
garments on it those who have seen
them are certain that the baby is not
child of the slums. They are certain
that if the parents of the waif of the
cemetery were found some one OF
wealth would be implicated.
| But at present there is no clew to
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
WONDERFUL CURE
OF SORE HANDS
BY cuticura After The
Most Awful Suffering
Ever Experienced.
EIGHT DOCTORS
And Many Remedies FAILED
to do a Cents Worth
Of Good.

about i've years ago was troublsd
with sore hands, so sore that when
would put them in water the pain would
very nearly set me crazy, the skin would
peel of and the flesh would get hard
and break. There would be blood aow.
ing from at least fifty places on each
hand. Words could never tell the suf-
fering 1 endured for three years. I
tried everything that I was told to use
for fully three years, but could get no
relief I tried at least eight different
doctors, but none of them seemed to do
me any good, as my hands we're as bad
when 1 got through doctoring as when
/ first began. I also tried many rene
dies, but none Of them ever did me one
cents worth of good. was discour-
aged and heart-sOre. would feel so
bad mornings when got up, 10 think
/ had to go to work and stand the pain
for ten hours, and 1 often felt like Civ
Ing up my position. Before started
to work mornings / would have to
wrap every finger up separately, so
as to try and keep them soft and then
wear gloves over the rags to keep
the grease from getting on my work.
At night I would have to wear gloves
In bed. In fact, had to wear gloves
all the time. But thanks to Cuticura,
the greatest of all great skin cures.
After doctoring for three years, and
spending much money, q soc. box OF
Cuticura Ointment ended all my suffer
ings. It's been two years since used
any and / don't know what sore hands
are now, and never lost a days work
while using Cuticura Ointment"
THOMAS A. CLANCY,
80 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N j.
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The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
SHOWERS ARE FREQUENT
ALL ALONG THE COAST
Forecaster McAdie Says Weather Con-
ditions Indicate More Rain in
Northern California TO-Dav


Yesterdays storm extended along
the coast from San Luis Obispo to
Vancouver. The rainfall was rather
light and intermittent. Weather con-
ditions throughout the country were
unsettled.
Snow was reported from most of the
Northern and Central States The
temperature was moderate in Cali
fornia and very low east of the
Rockies.
The winds were unusually high on
the Pacific Coast, and vessels at sea
are probably having a rough time of
it. The wind was strong from the
northwest IN Northern California,
and from the north south of the Te-
hachapi.
Professor McAdie of the Weather
Bureau says that showers will be fire.
quent to-day in the northern part Of
the State.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
MRS. .MONNIER
ON THE RACK
Young Wife Is Made to Tell
OF Her Quarrels With Her
Husband After Marriage
ATTEMPT TO END SUIT
Contestants Counsel Fails
to Prove Wine Merchants
Widow Guilty of Contempt

Mrs. Violet Monnier, wife of George
Monnier, who is fighting for portion
of the estate left by the late wine
merchant, George Monnier Sr., to his
wife, Anna Monnier, spent an un-
comfortable hour on the witness
stand yesterday under the sharp
cross-examination of George D. Col
Inns. counsel for the proponent of the
will.
The morning session in Judge
Graham's S. court opened with an at
tempt by Matt Sullivan and Theodore
j. Roche, counsel for the contestant, to
show that Mrs. Monnier Sr. was gull
ty of contempt of court by amending
and correcting her deposition, taken
before notary, and changing ques-
uons as well as her answers to them.
1t subsequently developed that Mrs.
Monnier made the corrections before
she signed the deposition, and Judge
Graham overruled the petition.
The cross-examination of Violet
Monnier was continued from Thurs
day afternoon, and yesterday she went
on telling of her relation with the
her and her admission into the Mon
nier home to live. During the cross
examination Collins held in his hand
copy of the witness testimony at
the time of her defense in divorce
suit brought by her husband. in
Which she swore that young Monnier
had obtained money from his father
and spent it in saloons.
Plaintiffs attorneys objected to the
use Of the witness testimony in her
divorce trial, and a lively tilt oc-
CURED between counsel. The young
wife was also forced to admit that
none of the quarrels between herself
and the Monniers occurred before the
signing of the will and that they
could have had no effect on that docu-
ment. Collins will to-day attempt to
alone that led to his fathers disin-
heriting him.
T. ]. Curtis, the policeman who was
called in at the time of the Monnier
Quarrels, testified that the elder Mrs.
Monnier had threatened to poison
Violet and the two grandchildren. and
that DIonrier Sr. attempted to quiet
her. John T. Harmes. who for many
years had business dealings with the
late winemaker identified Monnier's
signature on the baptismal record of
the French church. Receipts given
the witness by Monnier were admitted
as evidence. The case will continue
this morning
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tion of which is, GO to it and relate
your story"
But instead of complying the lady
glared at Mr.. Becsey and exclaimed,
"Phwat diz We name? Dye take me for
Dootch?"
Mr.. Becsey fled, and Mrs. Kelleher's
tale was told in English as she is
spoken where the Shannon rolls. 1t ap-
peared that Mr.. Walsh had broken a
window in the Kelleher home and his
assurance that the damage would be
repaired at his expense resulted in dis
missal of the case.
Captain T. P. Reynolds. attached to
the medical department of the Presidio,
hired colored valet in the person of
Harry Redd, and Harry stole about $179
worth of the captains clothing, de-
camped and was captured, but the
plunder remains hidden. When the cap
tain engaged Harry he did not know
much about the mans character, which
is blackened by a previous arrest for
robbery. Testimony will be heard next
Thursday by Judge Mogan.
Henry Miller's eloquent pleading
resulted in a. gradual diminution of
his prescribed Imprisonment from
three months to fifteen days. He was
convicted of vagrancy before Judge
Cabaniss. and when the three-months'
sentence was pronounced he raised
his voice in earnest promises to re-
form until his Honor reduced it to
, two months, then to one month. then
to twenty days, then to fifteen days.
and might have wiped it out entirely
if Bailiff Carmichael had not abrupt
" removed the orator.
John Johns, vagrant, spent last
Friday night reclining on a gridiron
Of telegraph wires high above the sur
face of Rincon Hill. Saturday night
in detached water main, and Sunday
night in the basement of No. engine
house. at Harrison and Main streets,
where he was so indiscreet as to make
blaze and thus endanger destruction
of the firehouse. He spent last night
in the City Prison, and Judge Mogan
may decide to order that he be kept
there several more nights.
1t having been proved that John
Carter was peacemaker instead of a
disturber at the glassblowers' ball last
Saturday night in Eintracht Hall, the
charge of disorderly behavior against
him was dismissed by Judge Mogan
The man who inaugurated the rough
house" proceedings, it was explained
is under repair in the Receiving Hos
pital and will be conveyed to court as
soon as his condition permits his safe
removal. He it was. several witnesses
testified, who "joshed" the young
! lady. who complained of his impu-
dence to the floor manager. and John
Carter's endeavor in the ensuing fight
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
LASS FROM SCOTIA
DENIES HAVING
SOLD BEER.
Tells HoaO Three Policemen
Luyed Her TO Supply Drink
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

Miss Bonnie Earl, a gude-lookin'
bit lassie no lang frae tn Clydeside,
Indignantly denied Parolman McMan-
US assertion that she voluntarily and
unlawfuIly sold to him one bottle of
beer in her apartments at 139 Taylor
street.
"Hoot, mon!" she exclaimed, em-
phasizing the expletive by humping
Police Judge Conlan's bench with a
clenched fist. "Ut's a pack O. lees"
McManus was in disguise and ac-
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
MINING MAN DIES
SUDDENLY IN HOTEL

Eugene Burdick, well to do min
ing man about 20 years old, died sud-
denly yesterday morning in the Grand
Hotel. An autopsy at the Morgue re-
vealed the cause of death as heart
disease, from which Burdick had long
been a sufferer. He had been in the
hotel about a month and drank heav-
lily during the whole of that period.
AT 8 o'clock yesterday morning he
was assisted to his room by Charles
J. Lindgren and j. McGrath, both
mining men. When they arrived at
the head of the stairs Burdick COM
planned of pains and collapsed His
companions laid him on the floor in
his room with a pillow under his head
and a blanket over him, after remov-
ing his coat and vest. Lindgren noti-
fed Night Watchman Elmer Field and
then retired. Burdiek was found dead
at half-past 7 in the morning.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
ELECTION OF DELEGATES
NOT To BE RESTRICTED
Representative TO American Fedora
tiOn of Labor Convention Can
Belong to Several Unions.

The seamen's convention at yester-
days session defeated a resolution
providing that in the election Of dele
gates TO the American Federation of
Labor convention no more than two
shall be chosen from any one affiliated
body. II was decided not to restrict
themselves in that way. but remain
free to choose the four best men, re-
gardless Of whether they belong to
one organization or more.
A resolution was adopted providing
that crews shipped on American yes
sells under contract 10 carry foreign
mail shall be signed in the offices of
The United States Shipping Commits
siOners in order that the requirements
Of existing law in regard to citizen
ship Of the crews Of such vessels may
be enforced.
A resolution to establish a perma-
nent Office Of a secretary-treasurer to
the international union was discussed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
LEGAL Test Nav Be Made.

question of interest to all manufac-
turers is the liability of retailers who
substitute bulk goods when special
brands are demanded.
j. A. Folger & Co. have recently
learned that some grocers are offering
to supply Golden Gate Coffee in bulk.
and are said to contemplate testing
their rights in the courts.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

DAVIS THIRD TRIAL.-The third trial OF
Thomas Davis on charge Of feloniously as
sauiting Mrs A. II. Ames in her stateroon on
board the steamer Alliance in October 1907
vas begun yesterday in the United States Cir
cult Court before United States District Judge
De Haven sitting Circuit Judge The case
viii go 70 the jury this morning. The two for
mer Juries disagreed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

CHAMPION CONFESsES GUILT.
Champion a machinist employed by Sherman
Clay & Co. was arrested yesterday on a war
rant from Police Judge Cabaniss' court charx-
ing him with petty larceny. The complainine
witness Is l.. r. Geissler, secretary Of the
been stealing articles from the store for a
lcng time. Stolen articles were found at bis
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

the mystery. An effort to solve it will
probably be made by the police. The
baby is now at the Founding Asylum,
where the attaches pronounce it a
marvel of health and beauty.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

OAKLAND. Dec. 1.-THE first
performance of William H. Ginette's
popular comedy. "All the Comforts of
Home" was given at the Liberty
Theater this evening. The comedy
is full Of action and is well
staged, the management of the Lib
erty having provided special scenery
for the production. A large audience
greeted the performance tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

ACCIDENTAL GAS SUFFOCATION
Feionini. painter. 81 years old was snfvo-
Gated by gas last Sunday night in his room aSr
Broadway He had gone home very much M
turned the gas on after having turned n an
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
Letchcr Decision Postponed.

Argument on the application for a
writ of habeas corpus for the dis
charge from custody of George E.
Letcher, the San Jose capitalist, who
is wanted in Ohio for arson alleged to
have been committed in 1884, was
heard before Judge Cook yesterday
The Governor has issued his warrant
of extradition. but it is contended that
Letcher is not fugitive from justice
and that the affidavits on which the
Governors warrant was issued are in
sufficient. The Judge will render his
decision to-day.
Don't Neglect n Cough. Take Pisos
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

was to aid in restoring decorum,
which could only be accomplished by
eiecting the "iosher." That's how
John and the ''iosher," the latter
pretty badly battered, came to be
found in a deadlock by Patrolman
F'urman.
G. w. Ingersoll signaled the dis
tress sign" of a certain fraternal or
der to Charles Calson. dealer in paints
at eli Vermont street, who promptly
responded by inviting the putative
brother to dine with him. an invita-
ton which was promptly accepted.
Mr.. Calson was carrying a borrowed
shotgun with which he intended to
go duck shooting, and G. w. Ingersoll
insisted on carrying the weapon in
order to show brotherly gratitude for
the prospective meal. G.. w. Inger-
soil, however, embraced the earliest
opportunity to slip away from his
benefactor's side. taking the gun with
him, and he was arrested while trying
to sell it to Harry Strocks of $50
Fourth street, the very man from
whom Mr.. Calson had borrowed it just
prior to his meeting with G.. w. Inger-
soil. subsequently it was discovered
that G.. w. Ingersoll had never held
membership in the organization whose
signal of distress he had begged, bor-
rowed or stolen. Judge Mogan will
sentence him for petty larceny.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

Weak Eyes cured by Murine Cures
pink Eye and all infiamed conditions
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

companied by two aids when he
played 1t low DOWN on Miss Earl.
She testified that the trio obtained
admittance to her reception-room by
alleging they were bearers of a mes
sage to her from a long lost mascu-
line admirer, whose name they de-
clined to disclose, however, until they
had simultaneously refreshed their
inner man and toasted her with malt
liquor. Eager to ascertain what they
had to communicate, she hastened
forth and soon returned with a bottle
of beer, of which all present imbibed.
Then she requested McManus to de-
liver his message, but he refused to
do so unless she permitted him to re-
imburse her for the pecuniary outlay
and trouble to which she had gone in
providing the beverage. Twas thus,
she averred, he inveigled her into ac-
cepting half a dollar after she had
repeatedly said. Keep yer siller. mon,
an gle us tn bit message
McManus' contradiction of that part
of the defense provoked Miss Earl to
thump the bench and she walloped it
yet more vigorously when he cast re-
fiection on her fair fame.
Mon, mon," she shouted. "hae ye
nae shame tae say sic things aboot
a lady? Ut's a Draw pack O. lees yer
tellin. Aft ut's my carakteer his
wairshup wants I'll bring a wheen O.
witnesses tae tell him mair aboot ut
than We e'er kenned."
Her witnesses will be heard this
morning.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
Popular Comedy at the Liberty.

Our good printing works wonders. Try SOM
Edward Knowles Company. - Second street
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13
morning

Lawrence o. d. Alexander, the car
conductor who obtained a licenes to
wed Miss Edith Heyde after he had
married Miss Madge T. O'Callahan,
was sent by Judge Mogan to answer
in the Superior Court the perjury
charge sworn to by the former lady.
1t was not Miss Heyde's fault that the
defendant failed of dismissal, for af-
ter placing him in prison she relented
and worked earnestly to obtain his re-
lease, which she might have succeeded
in doing if the other woman had not
jumped into the breach and clinched
the commitment. Miss Heyde, who is
cashier in a Fourth-street candy
store, visited Alexander at the
Jail twice a day until the prosecution
had the tete-a-tete stopped and then
sent him coffee and angel cake until
that attention was also prohibited by
an unsentimenta1 District Attorney.
Deprived of the girls words of cheer
and the offerings of food, the prisoner
became despondent and wrote letters
to her, which were duly intercepted
by the jailers. On December 7 he
wrote:
DaIhhs 1iII- near you cannot come
up here and see me no more as the Judge
has left word not TO let you see me no more
Ny God. what will I do this will finish me
1 know It, Edith II any one asks YOU ii
you have ring Of mine tell them no
never gave you one or did ] ever intend to
but put II away and show il TO no one. as
they are trying TO find this out so keep n
out OF sight until I am free. may not ge,
10 see you again for some time but try and
see me this evening about o'cloek. Come
down and try. Don't let them know who
you are. Edith, my God keep your
word. as they are all trying to part US. but
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-13

Don't Neglect n Cough. Take Piso's
Cure for Consumption in time. 25c.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-04
HEARN AS A REPORTER.
How the Author Made His First Strike
on a Murder Case.


The late Lafcadlo Hearn. the well
known author. was "a slip 81 a man,
dark and not unlike the Japanese. whom
he chose for bis own aud among whom
his life went out says the New York
World. His genius was never question
ed from the night in Cincinnati when
by chance he happened to have thrown
az him IN the Cincinnati Enquirer Office
the assignment TO do the Rufus Schlll-
ing tragedy Hearn had drifted into
the office ana was considered little bet
ter than d tramp, ana he got the as
signment because the rest Of the stan
was busy
Tbe murder had been committed III
the Cincinnati gas works The murder
en- had hacked his victim to pieces and
burned the body Ia furnace at the
gas works The deed was discovered
Immediately afterward, and the half
cooked remains We're recovered Mr.
Hearn. who first visited the scene,
seemed 20 steep himself Id the awful
horror. He felt Of the crisp and black
ened flesh, ne smelled rs sickening
odor, be took the unrecognizable head
in his hands and ran bis fingers into
the empty eve sockets. he felt the keen
edge Of the weapon With which the
murder was committed, and ais he did
SO the gray hair OF tile dead man, cIot-
ted with blood aud brains. stuck to bis
hands Asking j half dozen questions
Of the holqifed bystanaers, he bounded
away and disappeared as suddenly as
BE came
Heafns story took up three pages of
the Enquirer the next morning, and ii
has been said that II ever there was
4 classic printed III 4 newspaper it was
Hearns story Of the rexolting murder
Hearn went from Cincinnati to New
Orleans, ana there he DEVELOPED III his
dreamy sort Of way. lie was Il good
writer, but had absolutely no regard
FOR facts, Before he left Cincinnati lie
got steeple jack 10 carry him to Il
dizzy height on his shoulders When
he came down from tile spire 81 tie
cathedfal lie wrote OF the city as bic
Aad beheld 1t. II was 4 gem Of descrip-
tive writing.
Genins breathed III every line Of ii
but the joke was thar Iiearn was SO
nearsighted that he couldn't see
thing i've feet away from him