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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
WEALTHY MANS SON
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Resident of Oak Park in Chic ago
Charged With Torturing and
StrangIing Woman

CHICAGO. Oct. 10.-Luman c. Mann,
% years old, the son of a wealthy bust
nessman residing in Oak Park, was ar
rested today on a warrant charging
him with the murder of Mrs Fannie
Thompson, who was found strangled
in rooming house at 1871 Michigan
avenue July 3. Mann was arrested in
Phillipsburg, Pa. whore he had been
sent as travelling salesman for q
Chicago firm.
Mrs. Thompson had resided at the
Michigan avenue house for two days
with a man, the couple registering as
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond. When her
body was found the hands and feet
were securely tied and a cord had been
drawn about her throat There were
indications that the woman had been
tortured TO death.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
CLEVER AMATEURS
TO PRESENT PLAY
COnfraternity Dramatic Club of
ST. Johns Church viii
Offer Comedy

John Brag. Deceased" an interest
ing four act farce comedy. will be pre-
sented in the Sixteenth street theater
Thursday evening. October Is, by the
members of the Confraterhity Dramatic
club of St. Johns parish.
Clever thespians who have become
prominent in the amateur theatrical
world of San Francisco will participate
in the comedy, among them being Miss
Pearl Leonard. Miss Aurelia Brophy,
Miss Wellie Kingston. Miss Elizabeth
Clark. Miss Mary Sullivan and Tom
Flately The cast also includes Henry
p. Bushey, Martin Rust, Paul Wien
holz, Frank Barrett, Ave Arrlenao and
Phil Huling.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
BOUTS FOR RELIANCE CLUB

Robert Emmett have been matched TO
furnish the main event at thu Reliance
athletic clubs boxing show Thursday
evening. Both are heavy weights ana
are in good shape for the bout.
Another bout on the card is a six
round go between Fred Ward and sam
Nelson. the latter being known because
of his hurricane fights with Kid .Harrt-
son, Otto Fitch and young Turner will
go six rounds Turner accidentally
fouled Fitch last month bringing the
bout to an unsatisfactory fnish. Three
foAr round preliminaries will be held.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
FOUNDER OF ORPHANAGE
DIES AT HER HOME
Mrs. Emma G. Finch Passes
Away in Her Eighty
fourth Year

OAKLAND. Oct. 10.--Mrs Emma c..
Finch, who with her husband, the late
d. b. Finch. founded the Fred Finch
orphanage in Fruitvale, died today at
noon at her home, 1858 Webster street
Mrs. Finch, before her marriage, was
Emma Emma =. dllperi' sne was born 81 In
came to California in 1853 Her hus-
band was one of the pioneer steamboat
men on the Pacific coast. The death
of Fred Finch. the only. child of Mr.,
and Mrs. Finch. was the inspiration for
the founding of the orphanage which
bears the boys name. The institution
was established 16 years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
OFFICER WILL WE'D
POPULAR MATRON
Captain Charles j. Dutreanx and
Mrs. Celia Hildebrand
Will Marry

Mrs. Celia Hildebrand, daughter Of
Commodore Peter III. Mass, and Captain
Charles ]. Dutreaux of Phelps squad
ron, No. II. United States veteran navy.
will be married at the home of the
bride in Larkin street on Wednesday,
October II. The couple will spend their
honeymoon in the southern portion OF
the state, and then return to the city
to make their home.
Captain Dutreaux served with Ad-
miral Dewey on board the Olympia
during the Spanish American war.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
BEATEN AND ROBBED

Bleeding profusely from serious
wounds and with his skull fractured
william Smith. a recent arrival in this
city from Minneapolis. staggered into
the central police station last night and
reported that he had been held up by
two armed men in Sixteenth street near
Howard and robbed of $14. He was
taken to the central emergency hos
pitaI. where 1t was found that his skull
had been fractured.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
PROF.. STEPHENS OPERATED UPON

BERKELEY. Oct. s.-Prof. Henry
Morse Stephens OF the department OF
history Of the university was operated
upon Thursday at the East Bay sani-
sarium, Oakland. for an abscess OF the
hack. DR.. George 4. Reinhardt. head OF
the students infrmary OF the uniVer-
eitv. who performed the operation. de-
clared that Professor stephens VIII be
bic to meet his classes within week
A course Of lectures. which ne Was 10
hsve delivered in Stockton, has been
Cancelled.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
BIRDS ARE GIANTS

Australia, the land Of oddities. ani-
NAL. vegetable and mineral. has few
more curious creatures than the giant
cranes-ofteD I'VE aud six feet In
age-which are called native cornpan
ions. These huge birds mate for life.
touchingly devoted to one another.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
KIamath Fails Excursio..

via Southern Pacific daily. October -
to IS inclusive. See the great Klamath
County fair and exhibition of Butte
valley and Klamath region products
and enjoy some excellent fishing and
duck hunting. Round trip ST. Re-
turn by November 10. Leave on sec
D. IN. boat. Ticket Offices. SS4 Mar
ket street IA Powell street, Market
street ferry depot. and Thirteenth and
Franklin streets, Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
CHIcKENs TWO FoR FIVE

of Nagapatam, living is so cheap that
beef costs only 3 cents pound, NUT
ton cents chickens from to 5 cents
apiece. eggs cents q dozen. butter 5
cents pound, and fruit and vegetables
in the same proportion-as. for In
stance, pineapple 10 cents a dozen and
new potatoes cents a peck.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
Thirty Leading Owners
of American Turf
With Luck az EmeryViHe Hid
refH May WreSf Third Place
From Belmont
By J. x. Jefery

The relative positions OF the leading
owners Of the American turf are al
ready virtually decided. The first five
ia the list are: James r. Keene. John
z Madden, August Belmont, S. c. Hill
dreth and Barney Schneider. With a
little luck In California, during No
vember and December Hildreth may
wrest third place from Belmont. Here
Is the list of the 30 leaders to date:
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
GIFT FOR LOCAL :. p. C. A. socIET,

A check for $500, covering the amount
of bequest made by Ms. Rosalie
COlombat. was received yesterday by
Secretary McCurrie of the San Fran
cisco Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty 10 Animals. Mrs. Colombat had
been an active and deeply interested
member of the local society for many
years and on her death recently in
compliance with a frequently expressed
wish portion of her estate was do
mated to the society by her relatives.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
THE OLDEST JUDGE

Charles Field. who is believed to be
the oldest Judge in the United States
now presiding. has just eelegrated his
ninety third birthday by holding a ses-
sion of the district court at his home
In Athol. Mass.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
WORSE THAN A BATTLE

SCHENECTADY, N Y. Oct 1e-A
sanguinary record for the football sea
son was established here today by the
teams of Union and Wesleyan colleges.
II players being rendered unconscious
during the game and five of them be-
ing so seriously hurt that they were
removed to the hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

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The river having the most rapid now
of all the streams in the world is the
Sutleg of British India, which has a de-
scent of ZOO feet In $50 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11


hees- the distinguished cripple of the A b.
Spreckels string viii win a race or two be
FORE the Elneryrille meeting is far advanced.
Voorhees, would have been q first class horse
but for faulty underpnning- IN his year
old form ne repeatedly triumphed the best
az his age In training on the New York tracks.
and bis victories since then have been achieved
IN spite ~ repeated breakdoEns. The horses
legs appear he IN better shape just now
than for time. and Nisbard Is hopeful
that be viii continue 70 go along nicely. Noor-
hees runs well IN mud, and the soft deep 90
ing that viii prevail at EnieryviIle in January
and February should suit Lin well
There Is considerable speculation among local
turfmen as 10 The chances for Reinstatement Of
SANDY three Of the best known Jockeys
pended during the recent meeting at Seattle
Judge Hopper and his associates Ia The stand
gave importuning friends OF these boys no
hope that they would again be permitted 10
ride McIntyre and Sandy are both exercising
horses al the EmeryviIie track. but Kelly has
gone 10 his home al Albany. \. y, 10 await
developments. With the opening OF the local
racing season it Is likely that efforts VIII be
renewed 10 obtain the restoration Of these rid
ers 70 coed standing So Far - can he learned
however. IL VIII not be an easy matter 10 con
vIssblc.
Keene castod that cut more than re-
spectacle figure in the seattle racing season lasi
summer was the chestnut colt NoX Populi. For
keene he ran third 20 DE Mund and Arctic in
the United States Hotel stake at Saratoga IN
1900 and second 10 FoBntainbieu IN the Part
ridge stake At Sheepsbead Bay He was then sold
20 T. = Chllds for whom lac Won purse ~
fhe Belmont Park fall meeting. defeating
other maiden year olds at tlree quarters
~ a mile in 1916 over heavy track.
brought 10 Oakland be three purse races
fo- f'hilds early in 1907. but bad forelees Mill
tated against his further success This year be
seemed 4, recover from his indrmities 20 such
an extent that BE was able 10 do some excel
lent racine and proved himself one of the fast-
~ horses IN training On tho coast Among
other notable displays Of extreme speed by HIN
81 seattle were winning ~ mile IA J 81 5-.l
ana st q mile and - yards in i:fo 50 III
l,e remains m 10 rsce and retains his good Sc
effle FORM Nox Poruli should be frequent
winner over the California tracks the com
fna winter and horse 10 be fcsred IN any
f,sanpanv His record is follows:
vor Populi. ch. C. dso4l, BY vOter-porset Flower
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

ROCHESTER WIEs-Omsbs. Oct. 10.--The
National Rural letter Carriers association ad-
ioaYrned last night after having selected Rorli-
ester n. Y. the next meeting place. Port
land ore, wanted IL
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

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d | S e a S G you
must find the
cause and re-
move it. II IL
is caused by a
lack of electric
energy restore
that force where
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

Oct. Io.-Georgc 4 kilmer. convicted OF mis-
tIemea nor aInbezzloment today sentenced bv
Justice OF the Peace T. r. Johnson to pay nne
of SEQ or serve 80 days in the county JAIL Kill
aacr y IS unable TO pay the fine and went 10 JAIL
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11

James P. Sex, grand president of the
Young Mems Institute, Pacific jurisdic-
tion. has announced the following list
of appointments and official visits:
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-11
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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
School Improvement at Fair River.

On Friday, Nov 27, the ladies of
Fair River community met at the
school house and proceeded to or
ganize a School Improvement Asso-
citation. Mrs, W. H. Wood was
appointed as presiding officer, and
Miss Mae Moore as secretary pro
tenn.
Miss Ruth Mckee, of Brookhav-
ien, was elected president; Mrs
Strahan, vice-president; Miss Mae
Moore, secretary and treasurer.
The organization was opened for
membership, when thirty-one were
enrolled as charter members. All
the members pledged themselves to
do some one thing for the benefit
Of improvement of the school prop
erty.
We believe that the organization
will be an honor to the neighbor-
hood, as well as the benefit which
it will render to the school; there
fore we, as members, resolve to dc
everything possible to encourage
membership to those who came out
and started the good work
COMMITTEE.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON'S SON.
The Only Living Son Warns the Public
Against ImpOsters Claiming
This Relationship.

The editor of The Leader has re-
ceived from Major Hugh H. Cor
don, of Biscayne, Florida. son of
the late Gen. Jno. B. Gordon, the
following communication. which
explains itself. Major Gordon
writes from Washington, D. c.:
Washington, D. c., Nov. 80, 1908.
Editor Semi Weekly Leader:
For reasons that are obvious, /
ask the privilege of making,
through the columns of your paper,
the following statement, with the
request that it be copied by other
papers in Mississippi.
Within the past few months,
there have come from your State
numerous letters addressed to me
and to other members Of our FAM
lily, and also to the newspapers of
Atlanta, making inquiries as to the
names and addresses of the children
of my father. the late General Jno.
B. Gordon, of Georgia.
For some time, the significance
of these inquiries was a complete
mystery to us; but their meaning
has at last been made clear through
q letter received by me from a
leading citizen Of Brookhaven,
Mississippi, informing me that
there was in Brookhaven a man
who claimed to be a son of Gen.
Jno. B. Gordon, and that at a
meeting in that city of the Bankers
Association, this man had been
publicly introduced as a son of Gen
eral Gordon. The writer of that
letter also stated that many people
were disposed to question the claim
of this man, and I was asked for
information in regard thereto.
In my reply to that letter, l stat
ed, and now repeat, that if this
party claims to be a son of Gen.
Jno. B. Gordon of Georgia, he is a
fraud and should be publicly expos
ed.
General Gordon had only three
sons. Two are dead, and | am
now the only living son
HUGH H. GORDON.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
THE $4,000 DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST
BROOKHAvEN LOST.
Sam Stepney, COlOred Placed on Trial
for Murder Yesterday.
A List Of Other Cases Passed on by
the Court.

Since last report the court has
concluded the case of Sam Portera
VS.. City of Brookhaven, wherein
the plaintiff asked for damages in
the sum of $40, 200 for injuries re-
sulting in the loss of his hand and
other injuries, caused by coming in
contact with fallen live electric
lamp and light wire on South jack
son street. The jury was given the
case Wednesday night and on
Thursday morning brought in the
following verdict: "We, the Jury,
find for the defendant. -
The defense was that the plaint-
iff, though mere child of eleven
years old, was. however, of suffi-
cient average intelligence to appre-
ciate the danger lurking in fallen
electic lamp and light wire and
that he was guilty of contributory
negligence in voluntarily taking
hold of the fallen wire. The fact
that the defendant is an Italian, or
'Dago," was mentioned many
times during the trial. The jury
adopted the theory Of the defense,
and the city deserves congratula-
tions on the successful outcome of
the case.
Luther Manship, Jr., VS.. G. w.
Ard and Mrs. G. w. Ard. Judg-
ment by default against defendants
for $3.50 "a and costs.
Sartin & Chandler Bros. VS.. j..
A. Thompson. Judgment by de-
fault for $543. .88 and $50 attorneys S
fee.
Louis Walters, VS.. Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Co. Plaintiff failed
to answer and his suit was dismiss
ed.
Cedar Rapids National Bank VS..
Auburn Mercantile Co. ct al.
Judgment by default in favor of
plaintiff for $240 and cost.
Geo. 7. Douglass ct al VS.. F. B.
Smith ct al. Compromised and
dismissed.
Mamie Jackson VS.. Western I'm
ion Tel. Co. Jury and verdict in
favor of plaintiff for $3.50.
J. G. Cannon VS.. Pearl River
Lumber Co. Compromised and
dismissed.
AS this report goes in the court
has taken up the case of the State
VS.. Sam Stepney, colored, charged
with the murder of his wife, Min
ME Stepney, near Red Star.
Hon Clem V. Ratcliff, of Sum-
NIT, was in attendance at court
Thursday, and Hon. J. B. Harris,
of jackson, on Friday.
The last week of the term will
open next Monday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05

The Earlville, Ill. Leader is emf
nently correct when it asserts that !:
1t is no discredit to any man to
have enemies and opposition.
Many men hesitate to adopt any
course that will call for opposition
by any person, because they do not
want enemies. The world is full
of envious people. Some hate a
man because he is successful in
business or occupies prominent
place in the community. The
world has no animosity toward the
quiet citizen who offends no one
gets in no ones way. 1t is the live
man, the man of push and energy,
who incurs enmity. Every man
who is fearless in the discharge OF
his obligation in any station of life
has enemies.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
FIRE THURSDAY NIGHT.
Car Inspectors Car Destroyed at the
Railroad Tank.

The volunteer firemen were call
ed out by an alarm at 10 o'clock
Thursday night, caused by the
burning of the Illinois Central
Railroad Inspectors car on switch
track at the tank just north of the
/. C. Depot. This car was used by
Inspector Otis Hughes, of the l. C.
and was filled with tools, oil, waste
etc., and the fire, which started on
the inside among the infiamable
material, was well under way
when discovered The nearest fire
hydrant proved to be a little too
far for the hose to reach close up
to the car, and hence the firemen
could not play on the flames until
all the destructible matter on the
inside and the car itself were practi-
cally destroyed.
The occupants of the car believe
it was set on fire. The loss
amounted to several hundred dol
lars.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05

The North Mississippi Conference
Is in session at Water Valley,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05

A local correspondent of the
Yazoo Sentinel complains bitterly
of some Of the street railroad cross
ings in that city, and declares that
when a gentleman takes a lady
driving and happens to cross either
one of these tracks, he has to hold
the lady tight to keep her from
being shaken out of the buggy. "
Those kind Of crossings would be
just to the liking Of some of our
Brookhaven boys when out buggy
riding with their best girls.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
City Election Next Tuesday.

The regular election for munich
pal officers will take place in Brook
haven, next Tuesday, Dec. 9Th.
AS candidates were nominated in
the white primary in August, this
election will be but the legal ratifi-
cation Of the candidates then chos-
en-, as there is no opposition to any
of the nominees. Every citizen
however, should go to the polls and
vote
Bogue Chitto, Norfield and Pearl
haven, the other incorporated muni-
cipalities of the county, will also
elect officers next Tuesday for the
ensuing two years.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05
The Climbers.

A more charming and entertain
ing meeting of The Climbers could
hardly have been held, than that
on Thursdy afternoon, Of which
Mrs. Robert Higdon was hostess.
Mrs. Higion's beautiful home al
ways breAthes a generous welcome
at the pening Of her hospitable
doors, and in the radiant presence
of the lovely and cultured hostess
all congenial spirits feel at once at
home whatever the occasion.
At this meeting of the club a
study Of Scottish history and litera-
ture, in various and delightful
phases, formed the interesting pro-
gram which was participated in
by Mrs, Larkin Baggett, who told
'How England is Governed" by
Miss Annie Burns in ''The Croft
ers" and descriptive study of the
Islands of Scotland; Mrs. David
Cohn, in a sketch of Charles Lamb
and reading of 'The Poor Rela-
tion;;" Mrs. Chas. Butterfeld,
piano solo, Banks and Braes of
Bonnie Doom" The Heart of Bruce,
Mrs. H. Flowers; The Art and
Music of Scotland, Miss Mary
Hobbs; Auld Lang Syne, Miss Mary
McNair; Round Table, The Revolu-
tionary Poets, directed by Mrs.
Emil Cohn, who, assisted by the
president, Mrs. Q. Newton, Mrs.
H. Flowers, Mrs. Sam Moreton and
Miss Emily Jones, developed inter
esting facts in the lives and charac-
ters of Byron, Keats, Shelley and
other poets of the times. A roll
call of Heroes of Scotland" fur
ther refreshed the minds of visitors
on half-forgotten lore, and showed
the club members familiarity with
the chosen subject for the evening.
Refreshments, dainty and delect-
able, were served in the pretty din
ing room where reaction from
literary effort expressed itself in a
charming social season, lasting un.
til reluctant adieux were spoken.
The Climbers. who began life
modestly, unfolding involuntarily
as flowers do, new gifts and graces,
as development quickened, and
unsuspected powers awakened
hearts and intellects, have tbuilded
better than they knew" and today
this organization stands among the
foremost literary clubs of the State
Federation, which it is preparing
to assist in entertaining in the
coming month Of May in this city.
How willingly each one bears the
others burden. is shown in the fact
that a per capita tax has been
unanimously conceded to be 'just
and equitable" as means of rails
ing funds necessary to a generous
entertainment of expected guests.
The Climbers are jealous of good
works; and in civics, domestic sci
ence and the cause of education are
awake to the demands of the hour.
When, through the activity of
California's club women, San Fran
cisco's condition was improved
along practical lines, and, in fact,
cleared if the rat nuisance(D, a
modern bard wrote:
Startled brothers, sons and hubs,
Have stopped their teasing and
their snubs,
For though they turn things in
side OUT
Life would be pretty dull without
The Women's Clubs!
/ And so, in Brookhaven, our or
ganizations of women are accorded
the most profound respect and adj
miration, and they have become a
part of US.
Guests of the afternoon were
Mrs. j. j. McGrath, of Canton,
Miss Beamon, of Yazoo City; Mrs.
II. Brady, Mrs. ]. H. johnson, Mrs.
Mex. Fulgham, Mrs. B. I. Hobbs.
and Miss Carrie Terry
/
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05

Prof. j. L. Williams, principal
Of the High School at Wesson, has
been indicted, charged with the Sc
duction of one of his 16 year-old
pupils. Prof. Williams is about
40 and man of family. There
are two school factions in Wesson,
and from what has been published
SO far about the charge, it looks
very much like the principal is be-
ing pursued by the opposing faction
and made the victim Of persecution.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-12-05

John D. the great oil magnate,
says Probably the most generous
people in the world are the very
poor and again, The novelty Of
being able to purchase anything
one wants soon passes. But how
we would like that kind of a Nov
city shower. 7" If our delinquents
will all pay up, we will take all the
risk Of its passing ever so quickly.