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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
PUTS NEPHEW IN
CHARGE OF COBURN

REDWOOD CITY, March 26.-with
face white with anger. Loren Co
burn. the aged millionaire of Pesea-
dero. listened to the final words of
Judge Duck in the incompetency pro-
ceedings brought against him by his
nephew, AFRO Coburn of Holyoke, Mass.
At the appointment of Carl Coburn
as the guardian OF his person and es-
tate under a bond of $4,000. Loren
Coburn seemed scarcely able to con-
tain himself as he learned that he no
longer would have control of the vast
fortune that he has gathered during
his life time. but must turn il over to
the nephew whom he had denounced
as an migrate during the trial.
Coburn's attorneys fought hard to
have a trust company or one of the
millionaire's friends appointed as guar
dian. Judge Buck appointed eX-Super-
visor Coburn as the guardian. after
some discussion. The only concession
gained from the court by the attorneys
for the millionaire was in the bond.
which was placed at $4,000. although
the attorneys for the petitioner con-
tended for one of s25,000.
In view of the appointment of Carl
Coburn as guardian we certainly shall
appeal the case without delay. and
meantime we shall endeavor to tie his
hands in the management OF the es-
tate said Archer Kincaid. attorney
for the millionaire, in discussing future
legal moves in Loren Coburn's behalf
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
.sI2e,731.00

The sanitation fund was given an
other big boost yesterday when sew
eral large contributions sent the total
TO $129.7S1. Money is coming in daily
in large amounts and the collection will
be continued for some time.
DR.. Bruce Ffoulkes, in charge of the
Seventh and Harrison streets, has dis
covered several rat infested establish
ments in the district and has con-
demned some of them. Dr. Ffoulkes
found that the board walks erected by
the city had become the breeding places
for hor6es of rodents and has ordered
the structures destroyed.
DR.. Charles Levison, who was de-
tailed to inspect the warehouses OF the
city, made a report yesterday to the
citizens health executive committee.
Dr. Levison said that he found some of
the warehouses free of rats, but others
oVerrun with rodents. A meeting Of
the warehousemen has been called for
next Thursday. April 2, at which the
question OF ratprooflng the structures
and providing funds for sanitation pur
poses will be discussed.
The stable and carriage owners con-
ferred yesterday with the citizens COM
mittee and arrangements were made
for committee of inspection, which
will visit all the stables in the city.
The milk dealers association has
taken steps to aid in the work of san
ftation. A special committee Will visit
the dairies and assist in collecting
funds.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
PUT ON
TRIAL FOR GRAFT
Evidence Is Given in Cases of
Behan and Sergeant
Noting
Owing to Missing Saloon Keep
er, Prosecution Fails to
Make Strong Case

Maurice Behan. the policeman who
is charged with having collected money
from J. d. Samuelson, proprietor OF the
kearny house at 712 Kearny street
the night of March Il. was put on trial
last night at a meeting Of the police
commissioners. Owing to the absence
of Samuelson, who disappeared from
the city last Sunday Chief Of Police
Biggy, the prosecuting officer, was un-
able to make out strong case against
the patrolman. At the conclusion or
the hearing Attorney Joseph G. Dunn
moved that the charge be dismissed on
the grounds that it had not been shown
that money had been collected or had
been received for a corrupt purpose. or
that the Kearny street house was con-
Quoted IN an illegal manner.
Commissioner Hugo ID. Ken did not
sit with the commission, as he was
the one who Matched the plan to un-
cover the alleged graft, and conse-
quently was to act as a witness.
Acting Captain Eugene Wall read the
allegation Keil recited the history Of
the capture and the charge. Chief of
Police Biggy told of the arrest of ehe
policeman with the marked money on
him. and on cross examination it was
brought out that the chief refused
Beglan and Evatt the privilege of
making a statement imm mediately after
their suspension.
Patrolnan Al Holmes was put on the
stand by the defense TO show the char
acter of Samuelson. Holmes is one of
those charged with accepting money
from Samuelson. 1t was shown that
at the time he is alleged TO have col
Iected money from Samuelson, that is
June "a, 1907. Holmes was not on the
Kearny street beat, but was connected
with the carpenter shop OF the depart
ment and remained there until Sep
tember, 1907 Sergeant James Dono-
van, Detectives Tom Ryan and Ed
ODay were also put on the stand to
show the alleged general bad char
acter Of Samuelson.
During the examination of ken by
the defense it was brought out that the
department had hired two private de-
tectives to aid the commissioners in
their efforts to hunt down graft Keil
refused to divulge their names. The
case was continued for further hearing
to Saturday at 1880 p. m
In the hearing OF the case against
Sergeant Antoine J. S. Noting, who is
also charged with collecting money
from Samuelson, Raymond Wesley, the
partner of Samuelson in the proprietor
ship OF the Wesley hotel, "A Turk street,
declined to say whether he had ever
given money to any policeman.
The books of the Wesley hotel We're
placed in evidence. in which were sew
eral accounts of small amounts in
which the payments were not specified
Wesley said that these matters had
nothing 10 do with either himself or
the hotel The Noting case also went
over to Saturday.
The resignation of Captain John
Martin, formerly in charge of the cen
trail station. was accepted. and he was
placed on half nav
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
HENS UNDER UNION RULES

Union rules for barnyard fowls are
the latest thing in the Mission. Ever
since the sanitation committees have
been patrolling the entire district the
hen has been obliged TO confine her
cluclxing, pecking and wandering with
in time limits. At other times she is
shut in a sanitary cement lined, de-
odorized wire inclosed, ratproof poultry
house.
DR.. Howard, who has charge of the
Mission district, under DR.. Blue, told
the women of the Corona club yester-
day all about it, THE rumor that we
intend to take your hens away from
you is untrue said DIR. Howard; I'VE
are only stfpulating that you keep
them properly. They must be shut up
early in the eyening and let out late
in the morning. In fact, they must
keep union hours. I am sure union
hours are quite enough to exact of any
little hen"
DR.. Hurley gave the members and
guests of the club brief account of
the plague as it has appeared in other
countries and outlined the chief needs
in the city.
DR. Minora Kibbe drew attention to
the recent milk Investigations, and
asked the women to take up the mat
ter for themselves. A short talk from
Mrs. Jean Sinclair about sanitary con-
ditions in England finished the pro-
gram.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
THREATEN
LIFE OF A DETECTIVE
Draw Picture of Coffin With
Charcoal and Avow They
Will Have Rocca'S Blood

Three Of the four alleged anarchists
who were arrested Wednesday night
by Detective Rocca will, the detec-
tive says, be charged with threats
against life. They are Joseph Tumatti,
August Nocchi and Carlo Daboni Rocca
says he has two witnesses who will
prove that the trio drew the picture
of coffin with charcoal sticks on the
sidewalk in Broadway near Montgom-
cry avenue Wednesday morning. and
were heard to declare while standing
on the coffin, that they would have
Rocca's blood. They and Carlo Angiori
will be taken before the immigration
commissioner this afternoon for ex-
animation.
Paul Bignani, the alleged leader of
the band of anarchists, denied yester-
day that he had ever given utterance
to words that would lead to the impli-
cation that he desired the wholesale
destruction of President Roosevelt,
members of the government. judges or
any others, nor did he ever hint that
he would like to see the Atlantic feet
blown to pieces. He does not deny that
he is an anarchist, but asserts that he
is not a bloodthirsty one. He had vol
UNFAIRLY joined the Italian navy and
had served for five years before coming
to this country
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
JEROME ON TRIAL FOR
SERVING TROLLEY TRUST
Attorney Accuses Him of Seek
ing TO Shield Bribed
Jurvman

NEW YORK. March 26.-WiIliam H.
E1llinghast the confessed bribe-taking
suror in the interests Of the Metropoli-
tan street railway company, was the
chief witness al the hearing which was
begun today on the chargees Of neglect
of duty preferred with the governor
against District Attorney Jerome by a
committee OF stockholders of the rail
way company. Jerome conducted his
own defense.
The first OF the 20 allegations taken
Up was that accusing Jerome of neglect
81 the prosecution of the Tillinghast
and other cases of alleged jury bribery
by the company in 1900-1902 in personal
sn5ury cases in the city courts and
other cases in the supreme court
when William II. Tillinghast ad-
mitted that he received $40 from the
Metropolitan in payment for his labor
ss a Juror, from the beginning to the
end Of the whole transaction. Mr.
Jerome appeared more in the capacity
OF attorney for the railroad company,
seeing that indictments were not
found." said Attorney Franklin Pierce.
AT the trial he appeared as counsel,
st seems. and began to cross examine
the witness to show that he was a
man OF bad character"
Witness Tillinghast went over in de-
fail his part in the Metropolitan
bribery cases in which he received
money, he said. from Stanley Bogg and
other agents of the Metropolitan for
his services on juries.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
CONTRACTOR INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Rear End Collision in Ocean
Boulevard May Prove Fatal
to One Victim

Running at terrific speed down the
Ocean boulevard, an automobile driven
by a man supposed to have been John
Mcleod. a contractor of 1881 Fifth ave-
nue.. at / o'clock this morning struck
the rear end of another machine in
which were Charles Bowman, the chauf-
feur; a man giving his name as John
Laurens, another man and two women.
Mcleod was probably fatally injured.
The first intimation those in the sec
ond machine had of the impending ac-
cident was when Mcleod crashed into
them. McLeods automobile was rolled
over and over and he was thrown to
the beach three blocks from the Break
ers.
The two women and one of the men
in Bowman's automobile were unin-
jured when their own machine was
ditched. They disappeared before the
police could learn their names. No
body in the second machine was badly
hurt
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
ALLEGED AFFINITY
SUED FOR $4,000

Not content with merely asking for
divorce, Mrs. Matte Meyer, wife of
Dan John Meyer. filed an extra suit
yesterday in which she seeks $4,000
damages from Mrs. Anna A. Christein,
whom Mrs. Meyer charges with having
enticed her husband away from her
Married in Illinois in 1901, Meyer and
his wife lived together happily until
last October, the irate wife asserts. At
this time Mrs. Christein appeared on
the scene. and "by her acts. blandish
ments and seductions," continues the
complaint, alienated the love and affec-
tion of Meyer for his wife and de-
stroyed her happiness and the happi-
ness of their home. This Mrs. Chris
tein continues to do, according to the
charges.
Mrs Christein enticed Meyer to leave
his wife, and that ever since they have
been living together-first at 424 Third
avenue and later in the rear of dell
catessen store at 1851 Eddy street.
Since December 81, Mrs. Meyer COM
plains. she has been wholly without
the support or company or society of
her husband. Meyer was formerly a
car conductor, but now assists Mrs.
Christein In conducting the delicates-
sen store. Mrs. Christein is stated to
own real estate worth $4,000.
Arthur G. Hamilton, vice president
and Pacific coast manager of the Trans
continental freight company, obtained
q divorce from his wife Martha on the
ground of desertion in Judge Hunts s
court yesterday. The couple were mar
ried in Nashville, Tenn. in 1898. and
Hamilton stated that his wife left him
in August, 1905. He had endeavored
to induce her to return to him. send
ing his friends to her with oyertures
but she had refused to come back,
Hamilton testified Mrs. Hamilton is
believed to be living in Oakland
Matilda Burrowes, who obtained a
divorce from Robert H. Burrowes in
Judge Mogan's court yesterday, testi-
fed that after she married she dis
covered that her husband was con-
firmed criminal, having served several
terms in eastern jails. including IT
years in Sing Sing for bank robbery.
The woman stated that Burrowes is
now fugitive from Justice, having
decamped from another state when
charged with crime. Mrs. Burrowes
said her husband had threatened to kill
her If she divulged these facts The
divorce was granted on the ground of
cruelty.
Other divorces granted yesterday
were BY Judge Sturtevant-Mary A.
Luhrs from Harry w. Luhrs, desertion;
w. E. Houghton from Pauline Hough-
ton, habitual intemperance.
The following new suits for divorce
were fled yesterday: Ellen ODonnell
against John O'Donnell, habitual in
temperance; Jennie A. Crowley against
John c. Crowley, desertion: Cecilia
Taylor against Wallace T. Taylor, fall
ure to provide: Lena Nolan against r.
j. Nolan, failure to provide
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
GENERAL BAILY BURIED
WITH MILITARY HONORS
Departed Soldier Laid to Rest
in National Cemetery at
PresidiO

Brigadier General Elisha I Baily
was laid to rest yesterday in the Ma
tional cemetery at the Presidio.
The funeral ceremonies were of an
imposing nature. The procession was
headed by the Third band, artillery
corps, then followed IL companies of
the coast artillery in command of
Colonel Frederick Marsh, then came
two platoons of field artillery, then one
troop of cavalry In command of Lieu
tenant Zane; then followed the caisson
bearing the casket, drawn by six jet
black horses.
The services at the grave were very
simple and included a short informal
address delivered by Major William
Sherman, lifelong friend of General
Baily Following were the pail bear
ers: Colonel George III. Torney, Major
James M. Kennedy. Captain Louis C.
Duncan. Lieutenant Ernest G.. Bing-
ham, Lieutenant W. A. wickline and
Lieutenant H. c. Gibner.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
FORMER WEALTHY
HOT[LMAN ACCUSED

OAKLAND. March 26.-John Higgins.
San Francisco hotelman, who was
wealthy before the fire of April Is.
1905. was held to answer before the
superior court today on a charge of
having issued fictitious checks Hig-
gins is accused by w. +. Brasher. a
saloonman in Washington street near
Eleventh, of having passed a bogus
check for SIS.
In the course of the preliminary eN-
animation in police court this morning
Higgins history was divuIged. He was
once proprietor of the Higgins house
In OFarrell street. Sap Francisco, and
held lease on another hotel The
earthquake killed his wife and soon
after Higgins received $4,000 in in
surance. which is said to have been
spent in gambling. Higgins bond was
fixed at $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
APPEAL FOR TROOPS
FOR TREADWELL MINES

TACOMA. March 26.--Acting Gov
ernOr Dustin of Alaska appealed to
Washington last night through the de-
partment of the Columbia at Vancouver
for federal troops TO maintain order at
the TreadwelI mines. The governor re-
quested that soldiers be sent at once
from Fort William I'll. Seward near
Skagway-
1t is reported that the vice president
of the miners union gave notice yes
terday that if the TreadwelI mines
were not shut down altogether he
would lead 500 men now out on strike
and compel the 200 men still employed
TO quit work A deputy United States
marshal is unable to maintain order.
Trouble is expected Friday. when the
management will try to land two boat
loads of nonunion men on Douglas
island
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
LENDS EERIE VOICE
TO" "HEDDA GABLER"
Mrs. Campbell IIIumines Dark
Depths of Ibsen as Best
She May
Holds Audience With Wonderful
Power of POrtraying
Emotion
CAST OF CHARACTERS
IN IBSEN's DRAMA,
"Hedda GabIer"
By Waiter Anthony

Befogged mysticism. uncertainty
drawn characters of half mad people,
- book full Of words and the rest that
s4Dsen managed 10 name 'Hedda Cab
iler" was Mrs. Patrick Campbeu's me-
Adium last night at the Novelty theater;
and as far as it lay IN the power of
eone woman to flash genius into dark
places she made the occasion brilliant
1t would be pitiful. though. II any one
present need the 50 to get healthy. re-
assuring recreation. Her audience was
brilliant with diamonds and for the
most part departed il automobiles, so
It may reasonably be hoped that no.
body win want for the price OF can
OF gasoline on account Of the rather
expensive entertainment
Mrs. Fisk has done Hedda. so has
Nance O'NeiI and Florence Roberts. If
the role were at all comprehensive it
might be possible to compare Mrs. Pat
rick Csmpbells delineation with those
OF others we have seen That task is
easier resigned that attacked, for
Hedda might be done any way and be
consistent The ordinary rules of be-
haviOr, the accepted standards derived
from observation OF normal woman
hood. do not apply to Hedda, who is so
proper a type Of degeneracy that Ibsen
surely should have had her In Ghosts" ="
The gallery OF his abnormals Is not
complete without Hedda
SEEMS WASTE OF TALENTS
How Mrs. Campbell can consent to
waste an evening Of her high talents
sn depicting the Hedda-ill bred, vicious
and miserable slayer OF her unborn
babe, wanton destroyer of a former
lovers nfe-may only be explained on
the basis OF managerial interference
and the morbid desire of theater goers
10 see what they do not understand.
The suggestion that one of the con-
tributing causes OF a womans suicide
IS the fact that she is soon to be a
mother. II she does not Kill herself is
not, after all, pleasant nor reasonable
suggestion for the average mind TO con-
template Other episodes would be Of
1ensive if they did not have the ad-
vantage Of being funny
HOLDS HER AUDIENCE
But anyway. and no matter how she
did it, Mrs. Campbell managed to hold
most Of her audience until the final
curtain. Il is not easy to leave that
eerie voice OF hers, so singular and so
rich in variety and delicacy of nuance!
II is not easy. either to go as long as
there is a chance 70 witness her Won
oerful power Of portraying emotion.
The conviction is Irresistible that if
there ever could be a Hedda GabIer in
the world. Mrs. Campbell IS the only
woman who could depict her in all her
Ettleness and irascible puerile tempes-
tuoUsness-
OF her support little need be said
Edgar Kent as the booky professor and
impossible bridegroom did some fair
things, and Ben Webster was better
than he was IN the TenQueray play
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
MINER SUCCUMBS TO
MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS
Registers at Hotel and Dies in
Hour, After Complaining
of Severe Pain

The police are investigating mys-
terious circumstances surrounding the
death Of Z. II. Stiles, a miner from
Rawhide, who registered at the Ho-
tel Irving. 447 Eddy street, yesterday
morning and died an hour later
Stiles was in such pain that he
could hardly walk when he came into
the hotel and asked for a room, say
ing that he had been seized with acute
illness three days before. A doctor
was called but Stiles was dead when
he arrived. Autopsy surgeon A. r.
Clark examined the dead mans body
last night and then sent the stomach
to the city chemist for analysis.
Tt is thought by the police that
Stiles may have been suffering from
a slow poison. In his effects were
found a note for $1,000 on Seattle
bank and letters to a brother in Brit
ish Columbia, who was notified of
his death. He had $50 in money.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
BURGLAR POSING AS
HUSBAND ROBS WOMAN
She Sees Him Pick Up VAL
uabIes and Walk Away
With Them

Representing himself as her hus-
band, a resourceful burglar walked into
the kitchen of Mrs. Edward j. Winters
at. 1912 Fourth avenue yesterday af-
ternoon and before her eyes picked up
a gold watch worth $125. a revolver
and $50 In money. Mrs. Winters saw
him from the porch and called.
ITS only me- said the burglar.
who calmly continued in his work and
walked out.
Two gold watches, a diamond pin.
with other jewelry, were, stolen from
the room of Mrs. c. W. Lynch at S19
Eddy street Clothing worth $40 was
taken from the room of John Kuenn at
800 O'Farrell street.
Mrs. Mary =. Wilson of 2217B' SUIT
ter street forgot her hand satchel.
containing $3.50. diamond pin. dia-
mond earrings valued at $3.50 and legal
papers, when she got of train from
Niles.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
FORGER'S WIFE, FREE,
is LEFT PENNILESS

Mrs H. Mortimer Wilson. who was
arrested with her husband at the ST.
Francis hotel March II. was released
from the city prison yesterday srorn.
ing. as she is not wanted in Philadel-
phia. She is penniless, and as she is
desirous of returning to her friends
efforts are being made to procure her
enough money for transportation. The
police say that she threatens to sue the
ST Francis hotel managers for false
imprisonment, although some of the
silver spoons of the hotel were found
among other souvenirs in her baggage
Detective Mclean, who arrived here
from Philadelphia Wednesday with
papers for Wilson's extradition on a
charge of forgery, will leave with his
prisoner Sunday evening. Mrs Wilson
was held here because OF a dispatch
from Chief Donahy of Philadelphia.
Wilson forged the name of Curtis
Guild Jr.. governor of Massachusetts,
TO a check which he passed on the St
James hotel. He is also wanted in
Denver. Boston, Chicago and Cedar
Rapids. Ia.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
SAVINGS BANKS REPORT
Little Change Since December
in Condition of Business

savings banks of the city pursuant to
the call issued by the bank commission
show total resources to the amount of
s155,S $3.50 The statements repre-
sent the condition of the banks at the
close Of business on March -. Little
change is noted from the December
statements. although the effects of the
recent disturbance in the money market
are still apparent in the totals. De-
posits reach the sum OF sIz1, 753,345.45.
The resources and liabilities of the II
savings banks are given in the follow
-
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
SEARCH THROUGH EAST
FOR MAX JAGERHUBER
Army Officers Hope to Catch
Young Deserter and Bring
Him to the Coast

After they had failed to discover
any traces of him in this city, army
officers at the Presidio decided yes
terday that they would make no fur
ther efforts in this locality to capture
Max Jagerhuber Jr., prodigal son OF
New York millionaire. whose latest
in long list of sensational episodes
was his desertion Tuesday from the
army post. where he had enlisted as
private soldier kilograms were
sent however, to army posts in the
east, where the deserter IL supposed
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27

to have fed. asking to have every ef-
fort made to find him and return him
for court martial.
Young Jagerhuber's representations
that he was a blood relative of Chief
Justice Fuller of the United States su-
preme court, Judge O'Gorman of New
York or a United States senator have
been denied by his father, who says
that many specialists have examined
his son and found him mentally ire
sponsible. The boy ran away from
home when he was only Is years of
age,
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
FAIL TO INSTRUCT

PROVIDENCE, r. L, March 2e.-The
first republican state convention in the
eastern part of the United States to
elect delegates to the national conven-
tion met here today. The delegates
were not instructed in the matter of
a presidential candidate.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
sI75 New zealand First Class

Round Trip. S237. 50 from San Francfseo.)
The land of c0ntentment and without
Strikes S. s. Marposa Of the Oceanic line
sails for Tahiti April II making connection
with Union 5. s. line for Auckland Short.
oujck and scenic line 70 New Zealand. Low I'd
and Sd fS77. .5ol class passage. Call. write OF
telcgrsph, Oceanic line, 673 Market ST.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-27
DoNAGHEY WINS IN PRIMARIES

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 2s.-Re-
turns from yesterdays democratic pri-
maries indicate that John d. Donaghey
of Faulkner county has been nomi-
mated for governor over w. F. Kirby
and John H Hinemon.