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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07

DIV IS EhG
After the sweating the ex-butler
and the pale little maid hurried out of
the Hall of Justice and down Kearny
street. Beverly was flushed and
nervous, and Miss Richmond was pale
as death. The pair have promised to
report at police headquarters to-day,
when they will again be questioned.
The ex-butler and ex-maid were pho
tographed by the prison photographer
When asked the reason of this action,
Captain Burnett said, I'VE may want
the photographs for reference"
Following is Miss Richmond's story
in full:
It has always been customary for Mrs. STAN
ford TO have a bottle of Poland water or
bottle Of some other still mineral water in her
room TO drink at her pleasure. She generally
lunch and another about hour before din
ner- 1t was always my duty and my custom
to see that a bottle of water was in readiness
for her whenever she wanted it. Sometimes
she drank another. In this instance for
change, she wanted a case of Poland water
and ii was therefore ordered and placed in the
buffers pantry.
ing up the water 10 Mrs Stanfords room. On
Friday night, January 13-the night preceding
the poisoningI went TO the buffers pantry
and the butler took two bottles from the case
and pulled out the coriks, putting each cork
partly back again. ] then placed one bottle
on the stairway for Nora to take up to Miss
Berner's room and 1 carried the other bottle
into Mrs. Stanfords and put 1t in the
customary place on the washstand. l noticed
as | did so that the bottle which I had pre-
viousy placed there had been partially emp
tied This was about $3.50 In the evening The
next morning, which Saturday some
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WORLDS Deepest Mine.

The deepest mining shaft has been
sunk to a little more than a mile in
Cape Colony, and the deepest bore hole
has reached the same depth in Snesia
1t is said that there should be no in
surmountable difficulties in carrying a
shaft down twelve miles. An approx
mate estimate has shown that to reach
a depth of two miles the cost would be
81, 500. .0O0 Ten years would be re-
quired and q rock temperature of 122
degrees Fahrenheit would be found;
while to penetrate twelve miles would
cost $25. 600. 900 and wcuid take eighty
five years. the rock temperature ex-
pected being 272 degrees Fahrenheit
Pittsburg Press.
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LELAND LArHRoP CONTENT.

sees fit to do will be of interest, but
will not directly concern u.s.
LELAND LATHROP CONTENT.
Quite different in expression is Le-
land Lathrop. He is the son of Charles
G. Lathrop and like all the nephews
and nieces shared in the will of SEN
ator Stanford, receiving 500, 900. This,
he says, he Is satisfied with and in re-
sponse to the question whether he
would contest the will said, ''I feel, and
our family feels, that Senator Stanford
generously provided for us and we
have always understood that the
money left by him to Mrs. Stanford
was her own. We have regarded it as
hers to do with as she liked
Il personally feel no chagrin nor dis
satisfaction over the fact that l was
not remembered. / have always been
very friendly with Mrs. Stanford, but
there were other members of the fam
lily who were even closer and were not
remembered.
Senator Stanford had a brother in
Australia whom Mrs. Stanford visited
frequently and with whom she was on
friendly terms, and yet no mention is
made of him. She knew him better
than any other member of the Stan
ford branch of the family, with the
possible exception Of Josiah Stanford,
to whose son, her nephew, she failed
to leave anything.
THAT any one should be dissatisfied
with the will seems to me to be a trifie
ungrateful, as the Senator generously
remembered all his kin. AS to Mrs.
Stanford, 1 suppose she thought-of
course, / don't, know positively what
she thought-but 1 have reason to be-
lieve that she thought the generous
provision made by Senator Stanford
forsnephews and nieces was ample.
When Senator Stanford died he left
1000, 900 to each Of his three brothers.
in-law, Charles G. Lathrop, Ariel La
throp and Daniel Lathrop, now de-
ceased. The income of the million left
to Daniel Lathrop was evenly appor-
toned between his three daughters,
Mrs. George p. Lawton, Mrs. Amy
Hanson and Mrs. Christine Cunning,
now deceased. The two children of
Mrs. Cunning draw the income Of one
third of the million left to their grand
father, Daniel Lathrop, by Senator
Stanford
Mrs. e. r. Taylor, nee Stanford, a
daughter of Josiah Stanford and sister
of Josiah Stanford Jr.. does not share
in the dissatisfaction expressed by her
cousin, Jerome Stanford. To her was
left $150,000 at the death Of Senator
Stanford, and is perfectly satisfied with
that. She declared positively last night
that she would not contest the will.
Mrs. Taylor Is the wife of DR.. E. r.
Taylor, dean of the Hastings Law
School, and an eminent attorney.
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FORMER MAID
Is ONCE MORE
ON THE GRILL
Miss Richmond Relates
Conflicting Tales
to Police.
Butler Also Examined Aga1u

where about 10 o'clock. was In MIS-. stan aaI
fords room and l noticed that the partially
filed bottle of the night before mao Deei ar,,nL
moved and that a quantity had been druhk
from the bottle had placed there frioaS
night. .
Mrs Stanford spent nearly all Saturday
downstairs and 1 do not think drank any OF
the Poland water from that bottle during tnst
day. Saturday night at 6:3O. as was my usual
custom, I took up a bottle from the putier
pantry and placed it beside the bottle that l
had taken up the previous evening. This latter
bottle was think nearly or Psob PaIeiisd bad been
standing in her room all day. that Mrs
Stanford drank that night and which ,as has
since, by Wakelee's report. proved 10 nave
had strychnine in IL.
WATER WAS BITTER.
At o'clock Saturday Mrs. Stanford came
rushing to the sewing-room adjoining, wneTe
was sitting. and called: Richmond, Ricn-
mond come ana see & wnas Is 0us rne anS If nearly
choked me- 1t burned me that l ran my
fingers down my throat and threw It all up.
across the room and poured some of the water
into the glass and as I was doing s 50 Mrs.
taste it," I took a mouthful. and it so
bitter I at once spat it out. then ran up
TO to,d Miss s bna sns IN and
jumped out of bed and together we ran to
Mrs stanford's room. Mrs. Stanford said !:
Taste :. the Poland water Bertha; something
Miss Berner put It to her lips and said:
"Oh, 1t is bitteri What is the matter with
itr' / then said MRS. Stanford, you drank
some of the water out of the bottle this morn
ing as l noticed some was gone when
came in the room at 10 O'clock Mrs. Stan
ford replied: mo. did not drink any Poland
water to-day. The first / drank was just a
few minutes ago.
We all looked in amazement at an
other. That bottle OF Poland water in
Mrs. Stanford's room wit hthe cork partially
removed any one could remove It, from
Friday night at $3.50 until 8 o'clock Satur-
day night when Mrs. Stanford drank it.
Those are the facts OF the case.
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NEWsBOYS MOURN BENEFACTOR
Mrs. StanfOrd's Death Causes Grief
Among Street Gamins.

That Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford's
tragic death Is mourned by people in
all walks of life is shown by the sor-
row felt by the newsboys. Every
Christmas she gave a dinner to hun
dreds of little ragged gamins. The grief
of her friends in higher walks of life
and the sorrow of the students of the
Stanford University is sincere, but not
bit more sincere than the grief of
these little proteges Of the philan-
thropic woman.
She always thought of us. It
amt losing no dinner that makes us
sorry" said one of the boys who had
known of her bounty, but she did
not forget us. That's a whole lot
There's ,millionaires and millionaires,
but she was an angel, she was
The street gamins have no halls or
temples to hold memorial services In.
But among themselves they say, "She
did not forget us; we do not forget
her" This is as high a tribute as
they can pay
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SAY THEY BORE NO I'LL WILL.
Ex-Butler and Former Maid Stoutly
Assert Their Innocence.

Assert Their Innocence.
SAN MATEO. March 6.-According
to accounts, Miss Richmond, who was
Mrs. Stanford's maid at the time of the
first poisoning in San Francisco, and
who left her service shortly after, has
been connected with the best families
of both continents.
She came to California with excel
lent references, for Mrs Stanford was
very particular as to whom she took
into her employ. For long time Miss
Richmond lived in England and there
served the nobility Then she came to
America, and not being of very
robust nature she sought the mild
climate of California.
Albert Beverly. Mrs. Stanford's old
butler, first came to the coast with
Lily Langtry, having charge Of her
private car. Mrs. Beverly was also
in the service of this famous actress.
Their last service was with Mrs. STAN
ford. The pretty little cottage of the
Beverlys on the outskirts of San
Mateo is scene Of great unrest and
anxiety. Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly and
Miss Richmond, who is living with
them, have all the time plainly asserted
their innocence of even harboring any
Ill Will toward Mrs. Stanford, but the
knowledge that they are being con-
stantly watched weighs heavily on
them. All show in their drawn faces
the loss Of sleep and the want Of
appetite.
Down at the Berner house just back
of the Stanford stock farm Mrs Ber-
ner, the aged mother of Mrs. Stanford's $
secretary, lies very i'll with nervous
collapse. She is rs years old, and the
thought of her daughter so far away
and in trouble has completely un-
nerved her. She has a terrible fear
that Miss Berner herself may be the
victim Of poisoning before she returns
to her Palo Alto home.
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Ship Canal : with Long Tunnel. !.

The ship canal intended to connect
the city of Marseilles directly with the
Rhone has not advanced beyond it's
initial stages. 1t is now presumed that
work will actually begin before jan
uary, 1906. The law puts the total cost
at S13, 100000. The difficult work in
connection with this enterprise will be
the piercing of the tunnel of Rove.
This tunnel will be 4.35 miles long and
is expected to cost $6,37S. .457 1t is not
expected that the canal will be open to
navigation within ten years.-Consular
Report
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POISON TRAGEDY
IN HONOLULU.
STANFORD INQUEST G0E0 ON
Doctors Find Strychnine IS
Sole Cause of Death.
Continued From Page /, Column 3.

him as various witnesses told their
stories The jurymen, in the
graceful neglige Of the tropics, sat
about the inner room in attitudes
suggestive rather of personal de
sire for their comfort than of any
deep sense of gravity of the duty
that called them there.
The inquest began with the ex-
animation Of Miss Berner, who
had been the secretary, companion
and, If is whispered now, spir-
itualisic medium of Mrs. Stan
ford, and who had prepared for
her the fatal dose of bicarbonate
of soda which, it has been said,
caused her death. There is, Of
course, no suspicion that Miss
Berner knew there was poison in
the bottle. Her preparation OF the
dose, from her own evidence and
from all attending circumstances,
was innocent enough. She told
her story IN a level, even voice, be-
traying no excitement beyond a
strained attention to detail which
caused her to weigh carefully
every answer that she made to
every question, even. the most
trivial She listened with grave
attention to each question that was
put to her and returned no answer
until she was very sure that the
Deputy Sheriff had completed his
query, and she volunteered moth
ing. If she had been schooled for
the stand she could not have
done better, and there can be no
question that she has schooled her
self carefully during the time
that has elapsed since the death
Of her patroness. Miss Berner had
not left her OWN room until to-
day since the tragedy occurred.
She IS well on to middle life
one who might have been called
TO meet many grave crises before
this one confronted her and who
would know how to prepare to
meet them. She wore a dress to-
day all white, with openwork
front the sleeves long and full,
the collar fitting closely. Her grav.
hair was conbed in a rather wide
pompadour, and she held her
somewhat long and thin white
hands, upon which shone several
rich rings, clasped closely together
in her lap while she talked.
Following Miss Berner. the
afternoon session closed with the
examination of Drs. Day and
Wood.
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Adjourn ont of Resnect.

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
adjourned out of respect to the MEM
ory of the late Mrs. Jane L. Stanford
on motion of Supervisor Eggers, who
eulogized the deceased philanthropfst.
The Mayor appointed Eggers, Booth.
Gallagher and D'Ancona to draw nm
resolutions of respect to the memory
of Mrs. Stanford.
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% csble 70 - pres.A

HONOLULU, March s.-The inouest
into the cause of the death of Mr..
Jane Lathrop Stanford, widow of the
late United States Senator Leland
Stanford, who died here on the night Of
February % under circumstances re-
garded by the authorities as pointing
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
Reciprocftv in Trade

What is your load of hay worth ?''
asked the coal dealer.
Come, now" said the honest agri-
culturist- When I buy a load of coal
frcm you I don't ask what it's worth.
| ask you what your price is and pay
it. This load of hay will cost you $10.''
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07

Germany exported 34,717 tons Of
toys, valued at s2,7S6,274. in 1908.
says the London Board of Trade Jour
nal.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07

Weak solutions may be all right in
chemistry. but they don't go in poll
tics.
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DOCTORS SAY DEATH
WAS BY sTRYCHNINE
AND NOTHING Else

autopsy and Analysis Confirm First
Report of TragicaI Ending
of Noble Life.
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To Cure a Cold In One Nav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure
E. w. Groves signature is on each box 25cs
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A Guuranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT falls to cure you in to IA DAYS. 50c.s
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DIFFICULT
FOR SUIT
TO VAIL
Law of Succession Would
Operate in Favor of Those
Whom Mrs. Stanford Made
Beneficiaries in the VIII
SAID NOT TO HAVE
KEPT HER PROMISE
Agreement With the Senator
Is Alleged to Have Existed
That Survivor Should Pro-
vide for the Others Kin
Continued From Page 1, Column 5.

Continued From Page 1, Column 5.
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SORE AND BLEEDING GUMS

Soft and spongy gums are made healthy
by the mildly alkaline and astringent prop
critics of SOZODONT II Is the most
fragrant deodorizer and antisepuc dentifrics
known to the world.
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Continued From Page 1, Column Z

grill for nearly an hour and subjected
to relentless questioning.
BEVERLY is FLUSHED.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07

husband of our daughter and what he
sees fit to do will be of interest, but
will not directly concern u.s.
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ATE SOUP ONLY.

Miss Berner repeated the statement
already made to the Associated Press
correspondent and mentioned in these
dispatches that when the SOUP was
served Mrs. Stanford told the waiter IL
would be sufficient, as she was not
hungry, having lunched heartily.
After retiring to her room Mrs. Stan
ford asked Miss Berner to prepare her
medicine. and the witness first placed
on the table a glass of the mineral
water desired by her employer and aft
erward placed half teaspoonfuI of
bicarbonate of soda and one laxative
tablet beside it. The witness then left
Mrs. Stanford for the night. This was
at S:1s o'clock.
The last time Mrs. Stanford used
bicarbonate Of soda from the same bot
tie. to my knowledge" said Miss Ber-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
Saved by Dynamite.

Sometimes a flaming city is saved
by dynamiting space that the fire
can't cross. Sometimes, cough
hangs on so long, you feel as ifnoth
ing but dynamite would cure it.
=. !. Gray. of Calhoun, Ca, writes:
My wife had a very aggravated
cough, which kept her awake nights.
Two physicians could not help her.
SO she took DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for consumption, coughs and
colds, which eased her cough gave.
her sleep, and finally cured her,
Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis.
and la grippe. At E. F, Whitney's
drug store, price Soc anb $l.OGs
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
Joliet, ILL.,, Man Claims 17,7O8 Acres
! Located in the State Of
!: California.

Joliet, Ill.-A fight for the posses.
sion of mining lands in California, es.
timated to be worth millions of dol
lars and running back since the days
of President Lincoln, is to be renewed
in congressional and court channels.
Nicholas Stanton, one Of the pioneer
Irish residents of Joliet, man 81
years of age, yet full of vigor, is the
claimant.
Stanton is the only surviving rela-
tive of the late William McGarrahan,
who purchased the mining tracts from
I Mexican by the name of Gomez.
The property is situated in Fresno and
San Bernito counties. There were
l7,7O8 acres in the original tract.
About 1000 acres were sold by the
United States government, among the
large purchasers being the New Idria
Mining company, which has taken
millions of dollars out Of the mines.
McGarrahan was an old man when
squatters settled on the tract, and at
tempted to take it from him. He car
ried the fight to Washington after he
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
OPIUM SMOKING AS A CURE
Specialist Says 1.the Pipe Will Check
Cancer, Nervousness, and Many
Other Affections.

London.-Visions of opium dens and
Cinnamon are called up by the an
nouncement that pyrolithic institute
has been opened, whose method of cure
is ..the opium pipe"
The institute, however, which is in
Red Lion square, Holborn, is opened
for medical purposes only. It is under
the direction of a well-known medical
specialist, who yesterday stated that
he believes opium can stop laryngeal
cough; that it can stop the pseudo
asthmatic attacks of patients afflicted
with chronic emphysema more imme-
diately than can chloroform or ether,
and that it can counteract idiopathic
nervous sleeplessness, benefcially af-
feet spasmodic and convulsive affec-
lions Of the nervous system, as well as
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
HOBO IDLE 104 YEARS
OLDEST TRAMP ON EARTH RE-
TURNS TO GOTHAM.
"old sinon," Pious Wanderer, Find
ing Jerusalem Too Slow to Die
In, Comes Back to New York
with Proud Boast.

New York-"Old Simon," Sem Sem
Ike Hersh, or, as his American citizen
ship certificate records his name, ST.
mon Harris, the centenarian tramp and
most pious man in America, is back
in his old place in the Norfolk street
synagogue.
Until recently his friends supposed
that "Old Sim" was in Jerusalem,
whittier he went nearly two years ago
to die. He became tired of waiting to
attain the object of his pilgrimage,
and surprised his friend, L. Meier, 4
Atlantic avenue, and his daughter,
Mrs. Fred Brock, 70 Columbia street,
Brooklyn, by walking in upon them.
He had just arrived on the Philadel-
phia from Cherbourg.
By reason of his years, his piety and
the extent of his rambles, Simon Har-
ris known to everybody on the East
side, is the most remarkable tramp
down on the books.
He himself says he is 81, but the
records of the societies which have as
sisted him and the public records at
Bialystok, Russian Poland, where he
was born, show the patriarch to be 1O4
years old.
1t is one of his proudest boasts that
he never did days work in his life.
He was about 60 years old when he
walked from Bialystok to Hamburg
and induced the packet company to
give him passage to America. He be-
came religious tramp, starting penni-
less. BY way of Panama he reached
California, where he became, A years
ago, an American citizen. He came
back to New York afoot, and was three
years on the way.
He returned to Russia, where his
wife had died before he first sailed for
New York He brought back with him
his only child, Rachel, now Mrs. Brock.
He next made little jaunts into Central
America, Brazil, Chill and Peru, re-
turning through Central America, Mex
leo and Texas.
After spending about five years on
the East side, passing most of his time
in prayer in the synagogue, he started
for Palestine, sailing for Tripoli and
tramping through Africa, Egypt, ST.
IBERIA and China. He came back again
by way of Russia.
Always wearing his yarmenke, or
praying cap, "Old. Simon" spent many
a night in the synagogues praying that
the soul of some departed friend, over
whose body he kept vigil, should keep
on toward Heaven and that his grave
should be light. Two years ago he de-
cided to go again to Jerusalem, this
time to die in the Holy City. He start
ed with 5000, while the societies have
sent him ten francs a month.
"Old Simon" says he found Jerusa-
lem "slow," with little much" bust
ness doing there. He spent all his
time praying in the oldest synagogue
in the city a temple 1000 years old.
When he tired of the dead town.
the American consul, Selah Merrill,
gave him q letter, and he came back
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04

by way of Joppa, Marseilles, Paris and
Cherbourg. Early the other morning
he worshiped in private synagogue
at II Columbia street, Brooklyn. "Old
Simon's" voice is firm and his mental
faculties keen. He read without spec
tacles Hebrew newspaper
II was sick until was 40 years old, !"
said he "and then l began to get
strong. Palestine is too little good.
The United States is the best place.
Whisky like, not too much; little.
I am particular what eat when have
nothing. If have everything to eat
then l am not particular"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
Terrific Race With Death.

death was fast approaching,"
writes Ralph F. Fernandez, of
Tampa, Fla, describing his fearful
race with death, as result oliver
trouble and heart disease, which had
robbed me of sleep and of all inter-
est in life. I had tried many diff
ferent doctors and several medicines
but got no benefit, until I began to
use Electric Bitters. So wonderful
was their effect, that in three
days [ felt like a new man,
and today I am cured of
all my troubles.' Guaranteed at
E. F. Whitney's drug store; price
SOC.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1905-05-04
Butter, eggs and wool bought at,
PIHLsTRoM & LIMBS store.

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and Blemishes from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring Bone, Stiles Sprains, all
Swollen Threats, Coughs, etc. Save
500 by use of one bottle. Warrant
ed the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known. Sold by E. r. Whit
ney Druggist, Warren, Mimi
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Alma.

May |: Alfred Hokanson visited
Hanson's place Sunday.
Willie Nilsson visited Dist. No. 1s
last Sunday.
A dance was held at George N.
Jorgenson's place last Saturday
night. They all reported a good
time.
Peter Nygren made flying trip
to Warren Sunday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wallin atten-
ded our Sunday school last Sunday.
Willie Nelson, the hunter of Alma,
was out hunting Sunday.
Knute Brosdahl entertained a
number of friends last Sunday.
Louis Hedquist went on a business
trip to Warren Tuesday last.