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THE SENATOR AND
THE FLOWER GIRL.
James G. Fair's Rumored In
fatuation for a Los An
geles Beauty.
BOUGHT HER BOUTONNIERES.
Herbert Clark, Valet of the
Late Senator, Discredits /
Miss Gamble's Story.
The story from Los Angeles that the late
Senator James G. Fair was in love with
Sallie Gamble, the pretty flower-girl
at the Nadeau Hotel, is only an
other of the many romances in con
nection with the life of the multi-mil
lionaire which have never found confirma
tion or denial. It is a fact, however, that
the Senator knew the girl. This much
Herbert Clark, who for twelve years served
the late Senator as traveling companion,
corresponding clerk and valet, admitted to
a reporter yesterday.
Mr. Clark has not been out of ths city
Herbert Clark, Valet of the Late ex-
Senator James G-. Fair.
[From a photograph by Tfwrs.]
lately. He furnished himself in evidence
yesterday to refute the telographic state
ment from Los Angeles to the effect that
he was there hunting up evidence to be
used by the contestants in the will case to
prove that the late miner and capitalist
was of unsound mind. Clark is now a
junior clerk in the office of the late Senator,
who beqeeathed him $2000, and it is appar
ently to his interest to stand with the op
position.
Clark is a young Englishman, a bright,
active fellow, easy of manner and pleas
ing in his address. He was not given to a
discussion of the late Senator Fair's ru
mored infatuation for the Los Angeles
Dower-girl when seen by a reporter at the
Montgomery-street office yesterday, but
he stated that while the Senator knew the
girl he did not think there was any at
tempt at lore-making on his side.
"She was as sweet and pretty as the
flowers she sold," said Clark, with a smile,
"and most men about the Nadeau found
time to exchange the compliments of the
hour with her. We never stopped more
than a day or two at a time at Los
Angeles on our way back and forth to
Arizona, where the Senator had large in
terests. Therefore the meetings with Miss
(.amble were few and far between.
"She says that the Senator was in love
with her and wanted to marry her. If so,
I knew nothing of it, and, more than that,
never saw anything to lead me to believe
that the Senator took more than a passing
notice of her. He patronized her flower
booth, paid her liberally, as he did every
body, and that was all that I saw pass be
tween them."
Miss Gamble told the southern corre
spondent that the late Senator was an
awfully nice old gentleman; that he paid
her $1 each for her boutonnieres; that he
slipped a piece of silver into her hand as
she pinned on the flower; that he lounged
about her counter and grew very confiden
tial; that he whispered in her ear the pa
thetic tales of an old man's domestic lone
liness; that he finally told her of an
aching void in his heart which she alone
could fill, and offered her $10,000 for the
service. She declined and thus spoiled the
romance.
Herbert Clark said that he had not been
to Los Angeles since the death of his late
employer and that he had not seen Miss
Gamble relative to having her testify in
the will contest.
MIS 3 GAMBLE'S DENIAL.
She Says the Senator Was Old Enough to Be
Her Grandfather.
Los Angeles, March 4. The story re
garding a love affair of the late million
iare, James G. Fair, in which Miss Sarah
Gamble was mentioned, was, according to
the young lady herself, somewhat over
drawn. Miss Gamble is a very handsome
young woman still in her teens, and she
sells flowers at the Nadeau Hotel, at which
Mr. Fair stopped when he visited this city.
Miss Gamble said to-day: "Mr. Fair was
old enough to be my grandfather. He was
like other guests in the house and used to
talk to me frequently as he bought flowers,
but never said anything about marriage.
The idea of old Mr. Fair wanting to marry
me would be funny if it was not so serious.
Wouldn't it?" And the young miss
laughed at the idea.
A dainty maid likes a dainty cake. She
can always have it by using Dr. Price*.
Baking Powder. %' r. '"-T
LEFT FOR THE EAST.
Departure of the Wife and Daughter
of Captain linger.
The wife and daughter of Captain Hun
ger of the revenue-cutter Corwin left for
the East last Thursday, on which day the
Corwin sailed for Alaska. .-***
The ladies will be missed from society
circles, where they have been great favor
ites during their stay of two years on the
coast. Last year Miss Munger, who isa
vivacious and charming young lady, was
the belle of the Bering Sea fleet. She
went north with her father, and was queen
of all the festive gatherings at the rendez
vous. Her accomplishments and gracious
manners won her many friends among the
naval officers, and their regrets' and good
wishes will follow* her to Galveston, where
she and her mother will spend the sum
mer.
COAST WORK COMPLIMENTED.
High Official Approval of the Olym
pia.
A copy of the official report of the Naval
Board appointed to inspect the United
States steamer Olympia was yesterday re
ceived by the Union Iron Works and reads
as follows;
The board congratulates the department on
■be addition of the Olympia to the navy of the
United States, which with its great lighting
power, speed and elegant appearance, is a
jredit to the navy and American mechanical
iliill. "It is with great pleasure that the board
calls the attention of the department to the ex
cellent work done by the Union Iron Works,
their care in all the details of construction, and
the clean and finished condition of the vessel.
Very respectfully, J. J. Rend, captain, U. S. N.,
senior member; Joseph Trillev, chief engineer,
U. S. J*., member; F. M. Symonds, lieutenant
commander, U. S. X., member; C. E. Clark,
commander, U.S. N., member; F. P. ("..more,
lieutenant-commander, U. S. N., member;
Elliot Snow, assistant naval constructor,
U. S. »., member. . ■ - •
Harry George, ensign, U. S. N., recorder.
To the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Depart
ment, Washington, D. C.
Secretary Herbert accepted the report
and the ship, and caused copies of the re
port to be sent to the builders.
Irving M. Scott, with regard to the
report, said: "If that does not show that
warships can be successfully built in San
Francisco I cannot imagine what proof
would be considered satisfactory."
WILLIAM KEELING'S ESTATE.
It Is Valued by Appraisement at
•181,250.
The report of the appraisers of the estate
of William Kreling has been filed in the
Probate Court. It shows that the deceased
left an estate valued at $181,250. The prop
erty is both personal and real, in the
former class being the interest of tbe de
ceased in the Tivoli property, and in the
latter several valuable lots in this city.
The total valuation of the Tivoli property,
so far as the appraisement sets it forth, is
$7650. This does not. however, include the
goodwill of the theater, which the ap
praisers state they do not value. The item
of rent at $650 a month from September 1,
1893, amounts to 15000; orchestration,
books, scores, librettos, etc., $1000; bar and
bar fixtures, $750; scenery, properties, etc.,
$500; chairs, benches and the fittings of
the house, $1000.
In real estate the principal items are a
lot on Guerrero street, near Fifteenth,
$60,000; lot on Glasgow street, near Eddy,
$30,000. Kreling's two-third interest in the
firm of F. W. Kreling & Sons is valued at
$51,000. ' '
THE EVENT OP THE SEASON.
Crowds of Ladies Attend O'Brien's
Spring Opening.-
Yesterday was the first day of J. J.
O'Brien & Co.'s spring opening, and to
say it was a success conveys but a slight
idea of the multitude of ladies that turned
out in response to the firm's mammoth
half-page announcement in Sunday's Call.
When the writer visited the store in the
afternoon the crowd was something enor
mous and it was difficult to make one's
way through the broad aisles, any one of
which is equal in area to an ordinary retail
store; but all thought of personal discom
fort seemed lost sight of by the ladies in
their admiration of the limitless wealth of
new and beautiful styles that greeted the
eye on every side.
And the ladies did not confine themselves
to admiration alone, but showed by their
liberal purchases that the values as well as
the styles were right and that they fully
appreciated the advantages of an early
choice from the vast assortments dis
played.
CAPTAIN CLAKKSON OBJECTS.
He Does Not Want Dying Vagrants Sent
to Jail.
Coroner Hawkins held three inquests
yesterday. In the case of Peter J. Cal'frey,
the lawyer's clerk whose body was found
in the bay, the jury returned a verdict of ac
cidental drowning. In th case of Joseph
Dale, who poisoned hims. If at the Ameri
can Exchange saloon the verdict was
suicide, and died from "-"opium poisoning
was that in the case of .lames Conlon, who
died in the branch County Jail.
Captain P. Clarkson of the jail scored the
Police Judges for sending dying vagrants
to the old House of Correction. He testi
fied that Clarkson was in a dying condi
tion when he received him a month ago.
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TEIEVES ON THE SEAWALL.
Wagon-Loads of Grain Stolen
and Sold at Sacrifice
Prices.
Two of the Receivers in Prison.
Warrants Out for/the
Others.
Grainmen and mill-owners have suffered
considerable loss by the depredations of
thieves, who have been stealing wagon
loads of grain from the seawall.
Yesterday morning A. F. Hinz of the
firm of Hinz & Piageman, proprietors of
the Yolo mills, 120 Mission street, swore
out warrants in Judge Joachimsen's court
for the arrest of Amos Cole on three charges
of grand larceny, and Luigi, John and
Phillip Cadarella, provision-dealers, 102
Second street, on three charges of receiving
stolen goods. The three brothers are in
partnership.
Cole works around the seawall, and has
been taking advantage of his position to
cart away loads of grain and sell it for
whatever he could get. The particular
charges against him arose out of recent
stealings. Last Thursday he hired an ex
press wagon and stole two loads of oats,
seventy-live sacks altogether, worth $80.
He sold them to the Cadarella brothers,
who in turn disposed of them at consider
able profit to different expressmen.
On Friday last Cole stole twenty-five
sacks of wheat, worth $35, and sold them
to the Cadarella Bros, for $11. The
Cadarellas sold the wheat the same day to
the Del Monte mills on Brannan street,
near Second, for $27 30. The wheat and
oats belonged to Hinz & Piageman.
Detectives Dillon, Crockett and Smith
arrested John, and Phillip Cadarella yes
terday afternoon and booked, them at "the
; City "Prison. They have not yet found
Luigi or Cole, but expect to have" them be
hind the bars very soon.
The detectives say that the Cadarellas
also bought twelve sacks of corn stolen by
Cole from the seawall, which they sold to
the Del Monte mills. They are looking
for the owner of the corn. They have re
covered fifteen sacks of the oats stolen
from an expressman and expect to be able
to recover several more sacks.
When does one grow weary of Dr. Price's
Cream Baking Powder? Not while one is
able to enjoy food cooked perfectly.
LETTERS GO ASTRAY.
Press Club Invitations Fail to Reach
Their Destinations.
The complaints from the Western Addi
tion as to the failure— accidental or
intentional of mail-carriers' to properly
attend to their duties appear to be applica
ble to other portions of the city as well.
A few days ago the Call published the
statement of a prominent attorney to the
effect that at a social function given by his
wife about a third of the invitations were
never delivered, although properly mailed
and addressed. The gentleman also men
tioned several other instances which had
occurred in the same locality of exactly the
same nature. 7-
Now* the officers of the Press Club are the
complainants. Last Saturday evening an
entertainment was given in the rooms of
the club, at which the members of the
Bohemian Club were the guests. In that
organization are over 600 members, to
every one of whom an invitation was
properly addressed and mailed, but figur
ing upon the proportion already heard
from only about 200 of the entire number
were fortunate enough to receive the same.
Unspeakably Miserable
Is the man or woman troubled with dyspepsia.
Heart palpitations, sour stomach, heartburn, un
easiness of the nerves, oppression or a sense of
emptiness at the pit of the stomach, are among its
symptoms, Hosteller's omach Bitters eradicates
it, and j entirely overcomes constipation,: bilious
ness, rheumatic, kidney and malarial complaints.
Use this thorough remedy, systematically and It
will achieve permanent results.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1895.
A PRIVATE OF
MILITARY FAME.
Co. B of the First Will Fire a
Volley Over William
Unger's Grave. '
ONE OF THE CRACK SHOTS.
He Was an Old Guardsman With
a Honolulu Military
Record.
■
The death of William Unger, which oc
curred at about 1 __. if. yesterday, has re
moved from the National Guard one of the ,
best known and best liked men among its
rank and tile.
The deceased was a member of Company |
B, First Regiment, and he was one of the
very oldest members in that organization.
He joined it over twenty years ago when it
was known as the City Guard and has be
longed to it ever since with the exception
of the period he spent in civil and military
life in Honolulu. While he had a wide ac
quaintance and popularity in the guard
through personal qualities that made him
socially liked and respected, hi*, reputation
rested on his being one of the crack shots
\ in the militia.
This reputation he has upheld in num
berless contests and his gold sharpshooters'
bars and his other trophies were many.
: One year he won the second of the three
State decorations given yearly after a spe
cial contest among officers and privates
who attain a certain high percentage. Dur
ing recent years his company has been one
of the four or five crack companies in rifle-
William linger, Formerly Captain of
Company B, Honolulu Rifles.
[From a photograph.]
shooting and he has participated in all its
matches, including the big tournament at
Sacramento a year or so ago, and the late
match with the Carson City Guards. Dur
ing the last three or four years he kept out
of his company contests for special prizes
to give the others a better chance, but
acted as coach to the rifle team, and to his
work the record of his company is largely
due.
The deceased was a carriage-finisher by
trade. In 1879 he went to Honolulu and
until his return to San Francisco in 1883
he was captain of Company Bof the Hono
lulu Rifles. He was a personal friend of
the late King Kalakaua and he was a
much bigger man in the military affairs of
the little kingdom then than his official
rank indicated. He was active in the revo
lution of 1887, when his house was for a
season military headquarters. Atthe time
he received from the King a gold medal
for producing the best drilled company in
the battalion, and when he left a hand
some diamond souvenir attested the regard
of his associates.
It has not before been known that his
military record there led to an invitation
from the present republican Government
last September to return and assume an
important military command. The offer
was accepted and his passage arranged
when tne advice of a physician that he
would not long survive in that climate
caused him to give up the plan.
Bright's disease, contracted in Honolulu,
was the cause of death. The deceased
turned out with his company during the
strike last July and the exposure he en
dured et Sacramento caused a rapid de
cline and hastened his death.
Mrs. Unger, who survives him and who
is known here as an artist, was married to
him in Honolulu. . His family is an old
Californian one, several members of which
have been well known here. A sister,
once known as "Kittie" Unger, was an
opera singer, and died about two years ago
in New ork. His brother, Frank Unger,
is now traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gillig. *
The funeral will take place to-day from
the residence, 114% Oak street. Company
B and a firing squad will attend.
Where is there an article of human con
sumption which for an instant can equal
Dr. Price's Baking Powder?
END OF THE LICK TRUST.
Fair's Death Delayed It, but
All Is Now Ready for
Winding Up.
With a Transfer of Some Money
che Trust Will Soon Be
No More.
The Lick trustees are at last ready and
waiting to disband, In a few weeks at
most they will ask the Superior Court to
approve their accounts and discharge them.
When that is done there will be no Lick
trust any more, and after having had one to
criticize for nineteen long years the public
may feel a slight sense of goneness.
The trust would probably have been dis
solved by this time if James G. Fair had
not died. Fair bought the Lick House of
the trustees for $1,250,000, giving mortgages
for a large part of the price. The trustees
were satisfied with the mortgage, and when
ever they wanted money {hey got it of
Fair. Just before Fair's death they wanted
about $100,000, which he agreed to let
them have. They wanted to hand over to
the trustees of the Lich School of Mechan
ical Arts the balance of their $540,000,
amounting to $74,500, and then they would
have been through with all the many
benevolent and monumental enterprises
that James Lick entrusted to their care.
When the school gets its money all re
maining to be done worth considering will
be to hand over to the residuary legatees,
the Pioneers and the Academy of Sciences,
what is left. The trustees want to get
money on a- mortgage from the Fair ex
ecutors, and when that is done the books
of the Lick trust will be closed at last.
There is no promise of any formalities or
any celebration when the end comes. The
three remaining trustees, C. M. Plum, E.
B. Mastick and' George Schonewald are
none of them just now well enough to en
joy even a real big dinner. -
The trust now has on hand $1000 in cash,
a mortgage on the Lick House for $280,000,
a mortgage from William Banning for
$93,348, and smaller mortgages for $11,000.
The trustees also hold a mortgage for $400,.
000, given by the Academy of Sciences, and
one of $300,000 from the Pioneers, but these
represent advances out of the residue which
would go to these societies in the end, and
these accounts are mere matters of book
keeping. ,
The trustees are ready to hand over to
the Lick Observatory just $68 16, which is
all of the $700,000 given for the telescope
not yet paid out. The trustees of the Lick
school have received a mortgage on the
Bidwell ranch for $350,000 and will get
$74,554 87 as soon as possible. Taxes and
the costs of final settlement are all else re
maining to be paid until the residuary
legatees are told to take what is left. * This
residue will be considerably over $1,000,000,
and will be divided equally between the
two societies. One has received in ad
vance $100,000 and the other $300,000. It is
figured out that the Pioneers will soon
receive $212,526. and the Academy of Sci
ences $91,348.
When James Lick's son was compro
mised with for $535,000 in 1878 the trustees
estimated that the estate would fail to
carry out all the legacies by $500,000.
Accumulated interest and increase of
values during so many years have provided
money for every bequest and left a surplus
of over $1,000,000.
HE KNEW THE CUSTOM.
Smart Trick Played Upon a Saloon-
Keeper's Wife.
A smart trick was played upon John
Muirhead, proprietor of a saloon under the
St. Nicholas Hotel, yesterday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead have apartments
in the St. Nicholas. It is the custom of
the night bartender after closing up to take
a sack containing the night's receipts to
their rooms, and the day bartender before
opening each morning calls for it.
Yesterday morning there was a knock on
the door of Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead's bed
room. She got out of bed, took the sack,
which contained $55, opened the door
slightly and handed it out, immediately
retiring to bed again. ■
She was just dozing off to sleep when
there was another knock on the bedroom
door. "Who's there?" she asked. "It's
me," replied the day bartender. "Well,
what do you want now?" asked Mrs. Muir
head. "I want the sack," came to her the
unexpected reply. Explanations followed
and the trick was discovered.
Some one had become cognizant of the
custom and had personated the bartender.
The police were notified, and every effort
will be made to discover the perpetrator of
the trick.
EAILEOAD PEINTED BOOKS.
Business Publications for Gratuitous
Distribution Not Free of Duty.
G. W. Black, customs agent of the Grand
Trunk Railway lines west of St. Clair Tun
nel, imported at Port Huron, Mich., a lot
of railroad pamphlets, time-tables,
schedules of fares and other advertising
matter descriptive of the railroad he repre
sents. The Collector at Port Huron as
sessed duty at 25 percent under the general
term, "Printed matter," as provide*! in the
new tariff.
Mr. Black claims the articles were for
free distribution and therefore entitled to
entry free of duty under the free list of the
new tariff as "publications of individuals
for gratuitous private circulation." and
accordingly appealed the case to the Board
of United States General Appraisers.
The board has decided against Mr. Black
and holds that publications by business
concerns, imported by corporations for use
of employes, do not fall within the terms
of the above provision of the free list.
IT MAY AGAIN BE' OPENED.
The New Owner of the Maison
Doree Is Looking After
a Manager.
How Money Was Made and Lost
in the Once Popular
Resort.
That old haunt of the epicures, the Mai
son Doree, on Kearny street, may soon be
opened again and once more the place be
hind the counter be occupied by a smiling
boniface, instead of the Sheriff's keeper
and the representatives of the lawyer who
came into ownership on a chattel mort
gage.
It all depends on whether the owner
of the building can be brought to terms as
to rent, and whether the right man can be
found to manage the restaurant for Daniel
Suter, the owner, who is holding with the
Sheriff a sort of dual possession.
All the attachments of the creditors have
been released, as they had no claim in face
of Suter's chattel mortgage, and he is
wondering why the Sheriff has a man
there at all, unless it is for the sake of the
fees. He says that it cannot be for the
sake of the creditors of Luigi Loney, who
is out at his house on Buchanan street, be
sieged by the horde of. cooks and waiter*-,
who lost their places and some back pay.
Suit will be brought in a few days* to
oust the Sheriff, some obstructions in the
way of technical underbrush is to be cleared
away, and then if the rent is arranged and
the right man found the Maison Doree
will again be a resort of the jeunesse doree.
But all the old-timers say that never will
be found again a Bertha Tschurr. It was
she who made the old Maison Doree what
it was, and she alone of all the proprietors
saved a fortune. . When her husband and
Leon Dingeon opened the place in the
early seventies it was Dingeon who was
always spoken of as the host, but she was
the business head— the typical French busi
ness woman such as may be seen in any
of the Parisian restaurants. Dingeon went
into stocks in the days when his best
patrons were making fortunes in a day
during the bonanza excitements, and lie
lost all, but remained for a time with the
restaurant on a salary. Tschurr died, and
in time Bertha, now wealthy, chose from
her many suitors handsome Flavian Ber
ton, the chef. In eight months she died,
leaving him and her two children $140,000
in equal shares'. V,
Luigi Loney became the proprietor, but
the management was not as of old and the
Palace and California hotels began to draw
away the banquet business. Ludwig and
others cut into , the catering trade. John
Somali opened the Maison Riche and ran
it on the same lines as the Maison Doree.
Bad times came to Luigi Loney, and now
he is worried to death by a horde of em
ployes clamoring for their pay, which he
has not to give them, and he says that they
should show him some consideration—
these men who lived on the best to be had,
and were allowed to do much as they
pleased with the Maison Doree.
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DOWN TOE EEPAIES.
The Ferryboat Solano Towed From Port
Costa by the Rescue.
The big ferryboat Solano was towed down
from Port Costa yesterday by the tug Res
cue and docked at Oakland long wharf for
repairs. The vessel has been plying be
tween Port Costa and Benieia for many
years, carrying trains to and fro. and is
perhaps one of the best-known craft of her
_-md in the world. v
Last week one set of her engines broke
down completely, and she has been brought
here to be thoroughly renovated, over
hauled and repaired. How long this work
will take is not known. While the vessel
is laid ' up the overland train will travel
over the Stockton . route, and passengers
from the Suisun and Sacramento valleys
will come down 7 by wav of Vallejo, there
being no vessel on the .bay. fitted to take
the Solano's place.
THOMAS V. CATOR
AND HIS CHILDREN.
: - . • ■-.- . •, ■
His Neglect of Them the Cause
of His Trouble With
Hervey.
.A FAMILY SKELETON EXPOSED
/:'*•: ■';-■■/;■- •':.••:
The Would-Be Slayer's Politi
cal Ambition at the Bot
tom of It.
Politician Thomas V. Cator's attempt
to shoot AY. K. Hervey late Sunday night
has brought to light a family skeleton.
Hervey is a music-teacher, residing at 2432
Jackson street. He is the husband of
Cator's first wife, who secured a divorce
from the politician eight years ago. AVith
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey are three children,
the result of Cator's first marriage. These
children were ! the innocent cause of the
trouble between the two men.
The argument between Cator and Her
vey was over the payment of some bills
contracted to maintain and educate the
children.
Cator went to the Hervey residence Sun
day evening at a time when Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas V. Cator.
[From a photograph.]
Hervey ' were at the California - street
Methodist Episcopal Church. Hervey is
director of the chorus choir, of which Mrs.
Hervey is a member. Upon the return of
Hervey and his wife from the church Cator
accused Hervey of being exceedingly an
tagonistic to him, and soon became very
much excited. He drew his revolver and
threatened to shoot Hervey, who ran into
a rear room, and, . being chased by Cator,
he ran downstairs and into the street with
out his hat.
Hervey found Officer Langford, and
when the latter went upstairs he heard
Cator talking in a loud voice about what he
would do.
Langford searched the orator, and as he
took the revolver away Cator wept. Ser
geant Monahan and liervey went upstairs
and again Cator wept. He begged Hervey
not to file any charges against him. Her
vey was willing to grant the request, but
Sergeant Monahan would not acquiesce.
He piaced Cator under arrest.
fr Then came the peculiar scene of an in
tended victim rushing about to get bonds
to save his would-be slayer from spending
the night in jail. Cator was taken in the
patrol wagon to the Polk-street police sta
tion. Hervey accompanied him there.
Hervey found Clerk O'Brien of Judge
Campbell's court and O'Brien accepted the
proffered bond. Hervey could find no one
to go on the bond with him so he hastened
to his own residence, and in a few minutes
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey had furnished bail
for Cator.
When the case was called in Judge
Campbell's court yesterday morning Her
vey arose and stated that he did not desire
to prosecute Cator. Judge Campbell asked
if he had sworn to a complaint. Hervey
replied that he had not and that he would
not do so.
Cator then said: "Judge, this is simply
a jangle between two brothers-in-law over
business matters. I feel ashamed of what
I did, and for the sake of the family I be
lieve the least said the better."
Judge Campbell dismissed the case.
Cator and Hervey left the courtroom to
gether and Cator promised to settle the
bills and to never step inside the Hervey
residence again, even to see his children.
The causes which led up to the at
tempted shooting run back over a period
of more than ten years. Cator first became
known to fame in Jersey City in 1882, when
he received the nomination of the Anti-
Monopolists to run for the Assembly. He
ran on the Democratic ticket and sur
prised every one by defeating a strong
Republican railroad attorney in a
district in which the monopolists
were powerful. This secret was explained
when a vote was taken in the Assembly
on an important railroad question. Cator
voted with the railroad forces. His vote
would have carried or defeated the bill.
Two years later Cator was re-elected As
semblyman, running on the Republican
ticket. All this time Cator had been a
strong advocate of temperance. His wife
was pleased with that part of his course
until Cator began to go home after dallying
with the rosy god. ..In 1886 he secured the
nomination on the Republican ticket as
State. Senator, but was defeated. While
making his campaign his conduct became
obnoxious and his .wife left him, taking
with her the three children.
For a year or two Cator was unheard of.
He was iater discovered at Methodist camp
meetings, and he led such a blameless life
that the friends he had once betrayed be
lieved that he . had reformed. They de
cided to run him for office again. The Re
publicans nominated him in 188 S. By
political, manipulating he secured the in
dorsement of the Democrats, the Pro
hibitionists and even, of his old-time
friends the Anti-Monopolists. But the gen
eral public had no faith in Cator's refor
mation. They put up an. independent
candidate, and with all his nominations
Cator was beaten three to one. He then
left Jersey City and went to New York.
From there he came to San Francisco.
In the » meantime Mrs. Cator No. 1 se
cured a ■ divorce. She did not want any
public trial, so she resorted to a plan agree
able to Cator. She compromised by allow
ing him -to take $50,000 . worth of Jersey
City property. He allowed the divorce to
go by default. By the terms of the agree
ment Mrs. Cator was to have the children,
but Cator was to contribute to their sup
port. It is his failure to do this which
caused the trouble Sunday night. Cator
married again shortly after his divorce.
His divorced wife came to this city. She
knew how much property he had and how
well he could afford to contribute to the
support of the children. She watched his
political career here, and knowing what
expenses she had footed for him in . his
campaigns in Jersey City, she was patient.
Cator got into politics about as soon as
he landed here. He was first known to
the public by his Fourth of July oration in
1800. In the fall of , that year he ran for
Congress in the Fourth District. John T.
Cutting was »he Republican nominee, Rob
ert Ferral : the Democratic, and Cator rep
resented the Reform Democracy and the
American party. It was believed Cator ran
in order to take votes from Ferral. The
local Democracy did not encourage Cator
much, so he became a Populist, and in 1892
announced himself in favor of Maguire for
Congress until C. 0. Alexander was put up
by the Republicans, when Cator switched
from Maguire and put a People's party
candidate to take votes from Maguire. The
plan failed.
In the past campaign Cator hoped that
by securing the indorsement of the Popu
lists for United States Senate he might
control the balance of power to his own
benefit. The plan failed. With the elec
tion over, and Cator's chances for replen
ishing his pocket-book gone, his ex-wife
began to press her claims. Hervey, her
present husband, also took part in the
pressing. He remembered how friendly
Cator had been at the time of the mar
riage of Hervey and Mrs Cator No. 1, as
Cator went so* far as to attend the wed
ding. So he believed he might have the
right to remind Cator of his obligations.
He was mistaken, however, as Cator went
to the Hervey residence with a revolver
with the intent to punish the importuners.
YOUNG MEN'S MEETING.
Services at Association llall Yesterday
Afternoon.
At the young men's meeting at Asso
ciation Hall yesterday afternoon Dr. B. G.
Northrup of Brooklyn, N. V., and B. F.
Faris of Clinton, Mo., were the speakers.
The subject under consideration was the
entire consecration of a Christian's life to
the service of God, and the gentlemen
mentioned occupied their allotted time in
explaining how, with the Apostle Paul,
they might "Whether ye eat or drink or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of the
Lord Jesus."
A male quartet of considerable excel
lence furnished the music for the occasion
and will do so each Sunday throughout the
month. Next Sunday General Howard
will occupy the platform.
FOYERTY STOPS THE COUNT.
Allen's Attorney Says the Ex
pense Is Too Much for
His Client.
Over Half Glynn's Lead Ab
sorbed in About Hal?*the
Precincts.
The contest of James B. Allen for th 3
position of Recorder nearly flickered out
yesterday morning, and unless the con
testant finds financial backing by the time
court is called to-day, the case will be
dropped entirely. Allen has not the money
to proceed, as he stated to the court yester
day, and lacking their fees, of course the
officials of the recount cannot continue
their work.
It was somewhat of a surprise to all con
cerned when E. S. Salomon, who repre
sents Mr. Allen, addressed the court as
soon as it convened, and announced that
his client was compelled to withdraw.
However much Mr. Allen might wish to
continue with the case, counsel said, he
could not stand the expense of $25 a day
which it entailed, and he would therefore
have to surrender his case. "Victory is
almost within our grasp," continued "Mr.
Salomon, "for already we have gained
much more than half what is needed to seat
Mr. Allen, and there is still nearly half the
city to be gone over. lam satisfied that if
we pursue the case to the end the result
would be the placing of Mr. Allen in the
position which Mr. Glynn now holds."
In speaking as he did Salomon dis
claimed any intention of accusing Glynn
of complicity in the ffhuds which he said
had robbed his client of the office to which
he had fairly been elected.
Mr. Burke, who represents Glynn in the
contest, expressed himself as being anx
ious to continue the count to a finish, for,
he said, if there were any more frauds to
be unearthed, it was just as much to
Glynn's interest to have them unearthed
as to the interests of Allen. He did not
think, however, that the recount would
change the result a particle.
Judge Murphy was not quite willing to
have the matter dropped in view of the
statement made by Salomon, for, said he,
it is bad enough to have the frauds going
on without having a victorious man beaten
by them when he has it almost within his
power to overthrow them. He suggested
that Allen's counsel consider the matter
a little more and he offered to continue
the count until the morning to give them
time. This suggestion was acted upon
and so this morning will decide the matter
one way or the other whether Allen will
continue on to the end or whether he will
forego the .possibilities contained in the
uncounted precincts and abandon the fight
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