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VOL. XXXII, NO. iig-
ALLEGES TANGLE
IN BAKER ESTATE
NEPHEW SUES WIDOW OF THE
- SUPPOSED MILLIONAIRE
SAYS WEALTH WAS HIDDEN
Mr*. Arcadia tie Baker and Her Agent
Are Accused of Failure to Ac
count for Certain
Funds
A cas<o which bids fair to become
famous In the civil procedure of Call
' fornia was filed yesterday In the su
perior court by William H. Baker
against his deceased uncle's widow,
Mrs. Arcadia B, de Baker, owner of thw
Baker block on North Mdln' street and
reputed to be worth millions.
In bringing the suit Baker charges
his relative with having knowingly,
systematically and fraudulently, by her
own acts, covered and concealed the
property belonging to the estate of
Robert S. Baker, who died Interstate in
May, 1894. '
. As the nephew and heir at law of the
deceased, Baker says he was entitled to
receive one thirty-sixth part .of the
' estate, which prior to the death of
Robert S. Baker was commonly sup
, posed to be Valued at many millions.
In this suit the name of the wealthy
Mrs. Arcadia tie Baker doea not alone
( appear. The name of Charles H.
Forbes, who died in Los Angeles on
September, 1900, and who during the
life of Baker acted as his confidential
agent and manager of his property, en
ters in the suit, and at the trial of the
case Forbes' conduct and business re
lations with the parties involved in the
suit will be a question of inquiry.
Agent in Charge
The complaint says that after Baker's
demise his widow waived her right to
administer upon his estate In favor of
Forbes, who at.that time acted In the
capacity of ' confidential agent to the
deceased.
-Forbes was appointed administrator
, of the estate June 19, 1894, and Mrs.
1 Baker became surety on his bond. ■
'In the inventory filed by Forbes as
administrator of the estate he fixed the
.total.valuation of the estate at ?65,000,
save and 2143 shares of stock^ln
the California Oil Works company of
Sari Francisco." , \
\ It was asserted In the inventory filed
by Forbes that this stock was held In
trust by the deceased for the benefit of
j his wife, who, it was claimed, legally
owned the stock. ■ '
.William H. Baker, the plaintiff in
this action, claiming that the stock was
the separate property of his deceased
uncle, contested Mrs. Baker's claim,
and there being no evidence of any
trust in favor of the defendant, the
stock, by order of the court, was in
cluded in the assets of the estate and
was distributed to the heirs at law.
Estate Appears Small
Baker says that after the final de
cree of distribution was entered he was
surprised at the paucity of his uncle's
estate, the deceased having been gen
erally reputed at the time bf his death
to be a multi-millionaire.
' He says in his complaint that in the
month of February, 1902, at San Fran
cisco, a man named Crum said to him:
"You are worth thousands upon thou
sands of dollars and don't know It."
Baker declares he then commenced
-.Investigation with a view of obtaining
: evidence'touching the property belong
' ing to his deceased uncle, which he al
leges had not been accounted for In the
inventory filed by the administrator or
;the estate. ' ■
H Again Baker says that Attorney J.
Houx of San Francisco said that no
> one, except possibly the defendant and
Forbes, knew how much property the
deceased really left at the time of his
I death, and from this statement, Baker
asserts, he understood that property
belonging to the estate had been con
cealed • and • not accounted for by the
administrator and'his aunt. - ,
Says Papers Were Burned
Within a period of three months from
I the filing of the 'suit the complaint, al
leges that Frank Freeman, the husband
of the defendant's niece, informed him
that prior to his death Forbes burned
and destroyed all his books of account
and other documents relating to his
acts as agent.
J lie charges that this was done at the
Instigation of his aunt for thw purpose
' of covering and concealing property.
The plaintiff declares that'his uncle
erected the Baker block on North Main
street at a cost of $250,000, and that this
Bum waa paid out of his separate
estate. ..."■"■'%
! He now asks thw court to order Mrs.
Arcadia de Baker to puy this sum into
the estate for distribution among the
heirs at law,
. £ Baker's conversations with other men
appear to be numerous, and to a man
I who 1b described In the complaint as
*i'uriknown," the following conversation
*is attributed: j
I ./'You humiliated yourself by borrow
;' Ing money In my presence of Charles
Prbe a man who was robbing
ncle'a estate continually."
Widow Accused ,
urther declares that Forbes dur.
s life time, an agent for the de
it, collected rents and' Issues of
tata from the estate of Robert 8.
which-passed into the posses*
s,
iCaaUwMd ou i'»t* Xwo.i
Los Angeles Herald.
JURY INDICTS
HAYS AND DISS
MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
. IS CHARGED
SHERIFF OUT WITH WARRANTS
Wife' of the Former Bank Cashier
Asserts That Her Husband, Is All \
Right, Notwithstanding the
Latest Developments
By a report of the Riverside grand
Jury yesterday afternoon H. T. Hays
of Ocean Pnrk Is Indicted on six dif
ferent counts, three of which allege
embezzlement from the Orange drow
ers' bank of Riverside and three chaw
him with obtaining money under false
pretenses from the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake railroad. '
As an alleged confederate of Hays In
cbtainlng money under fnlse pretensea
Col. J, W. F. Diss is also Indicted by
the grand Jury on three different counts.
Bench warrants for the arrest of the
two men were placed In the hands of
Sheriff Coburn of Riverside, who came
at once to Los Ansreles to serve the
warrants, but up to a late hour lust
night he had not found either Hays or
Diss. .
Hays, who is charged with wrecking
the Orange Growers' bank of Riverside.
Is out on $25.000 bonds, but this la the
first time that in an ofnclnlway he has
been brought. into connection with the
alleged defrauding of the Salt Lake
road. v.
His trial on the former charge will
take place In the Los Angeles federal
court on February 9. His alleged de
falcations under the three indictments
made out .against him yesterday
amount to $11,000.
Diss in Ventura
J. W. Dlss last night was reported
to be in Ventura on business for the
Equitable Life Insurance company, of
which he Is the traveling representa
tive. ' I
, When Mrs. Hays at Ocean Park was
asked over the long distance telephone
whether Mr. Hays wits at home, she
said Jje r had.spejat--the.day. l in .Los An
geles'and had iiot yet returned. ' This
was at 9 o'clock.
"Did you know, there was another In
dictment out against Mr. Hays?" she
was asked.';
"Is there?" she replied. "There may
be hundreds of them perhaps, but he
is all right," and then she hung up the
receiver.
Hays has protested his innocence of
being connected with any defrauding
of the Salt Lake road, and asserts that
if he had any part in such a swindle
it was unknowingly.
Fourteen months ago Diss was right
of way agent for the Salt Lake road.
Acting as the local representative for
Riverside and taking instructions from
Col. Dlss was H. T. Hays.
Misappropriation Charged
When the Salt Lake road had pur
chased as much of a right of way as
it was possible for It to do without con
demning property, its management as
serts that it discovered the road had
been paying more for the property
purchased than the original owners had
received from the right of way agent.
Officials assert that various tracts of
land were purchased for smaller sums
than Col. Dlss had mentioned in his
accounts, and that the difference went
Into the Disa treasury. This dis
crepancy ran all the way from $100 up
to $1600.
Dlss was discharged from the em
ploy, of the road In November, 1903.
at which time Hays had already fin
ished his work for the company.
"Mr. Hays has asserted to us. his In
nocence," said T. E. Gibbon, third vice
president and general counsel for the
Salt Lake road, last night, "but it seems
the' grand Jury has found sufficient evi
dence to hold him as a ' confederate of
J. W. Diss, now under a similar charge.
There is nothing more to be said until
the case comes ■to trial." ■• . .
Cardinal Satolli Better
By Associated l-n-en.
ROME, Jan. 27.— Cardinal Satolll,
who Is Buffering from an Illness which
may develop Into pneumonia, Is better
today, hts temperature being 100. The
pope Inquires twice dally about SatoN
It's condition and all the cardinals
have called at the sick prelate's resi
dence. , .
HERALD'S CIRCULATION
-v IN LOS ANGELES
Attention of the public Is called
to the fact •.♦sit the circulation of
The Herald in the city of Los An.
gelet Is g -eater than that of the
Examiner and second only to that
of the Times. This circulation is
permanent, delivered at the homes
and not thrown about ac specimen
copies or swept Into the gutters.
The Herald, as the eldest morn.
Ing newspaper In Lot Angeles, Is
more widely read than most of Its
contemporaries! and Its value at
an advertising medium li corre
spondingly greater. JKO
LOS ANGELES, CAL., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY aB, 1905.
DESPERATE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE VICINITY OF MUKDEN
MOTHER COMES
FOR CHILDREN
MRS. WARREN SECURES .WRIT
OF HABEAS CORPUS; ■ I
Former College Professor Must Bring
the Little Ones Into Court To
day—Woman Is ■■' Frantic
With Anxiety .. ; ]
, That , more trouble Is In . store for
Horatio Warren, the former college
professor and more recently employed
as a porter in the'^arroom attached to
the new Southern hotel, was made
evident shortly,' before 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, when Judge Wilbur
In the superior court signed a writ of
habeas corpus at the instance of War
ren's, wife. Mrs. Paula Warren, who
arrived in Los Angeles from her Con
necticut home yesterday afternoon.
Two weeks ago Sheriff White re
ceived the following telegram from
Mrs. Warren, the ' mqther of the chil
dren, who was then at Hartford,
Conn.: '. . . •
"Do what you can to save my chil
dren. Hold them In' custody until
further Instructions."
The arrest of Warren on the charge
of assault followed this telegram, and
on January 18, before' Justice Young
In the township court,' he pleaded not
guilty to the charge.
The charge against him -was sworn
to by Mrs. H. C. Alken of Troplco, in
whose care Warren left his children.
The assault grew out of Warren's act
in removing the children from the
Alken home.
The ! district attorney! was not in
clined to hold Warren In Jail from the
facts which had been brought to his
attention, , and the court allowed him
to go on his own recognizance.'
In the meantime Warren had again
concealed the children, somewhere
near San Pedro, it is said, and inqui
ries made fulled to bring to light their
whereabouts. ' \
Wife Arrives
The arrival of Jtrs. Paula Warren
in Los Angeles yesterday came as a
surprise to the district attorney's
office, as nothing had been heard froni
her since the receipt of the telegram
two weeks ago.
Upon her arrival here Mrs. Warren
broke down when she found that her
children were not In the custody of the
officers, and it is possible that War
ren, upon learning of his wife's arri
val In Callfprnla, has left for a place
of safety with his children, of whom
he'uppears to be exceedingly fond.
Warren Is a graduate of Harvard
university and was formerly a collego
professor at Dayton, <> but for nearly
a year past had been employed us
porter In a Los Angeles barroom.
Warren is a nun of culture and
refinement, and through his Inability
to secure work in his profession and
for the suke of his children he applied
at the Southern hotel for work.
In September, 1903, Mn. Warren
made an effort to secure the custody
of the children. Warren's rightful
custody of the children was satisfac
torily established in the mind of the
district attorney when he produced
the itecinlon Of Judge* O. It. ' Hfi-kwlth
of i Hi a court ■of -probate at ' Canton,
iCoutlaucd vu I'M* XwoJ
PRIEST TRAVELS
LIKE POTENTATE
CROSSES SEA IN SOLITARY
, : ;
New York Divine Has Whole of the
Steamer's Luxurious Cabin to
Himself During Voyage ,
From Genoa ; ,
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.— Seldom haa a
great potentate in these latter days
traveled In greater state than did Rev.
Paschal Robinson of St. Francis'
Roman Catholic church" of this city
during his voyage from Genoa, which
ended today with the arrival of the big
liner Prlnz Oskar.
At his disposal was a suite consist
ing of practically all the first-class ac
commodation of the fine ship. A dozen
or more stewards stood ready to answer
his beck and call. What he should eat
was the care and concern of the chef
and a large force of assistant* b
Three times a, day the band played
for his entertainment, , and had he so
chosen he could have slept in a differ
ent room each night and then had
many others to spare. < All this was
due to the fact that Tather Robinson
was practically the only ■ flrst-clas*
cabin passenger- on the steamer all the
way from Naples. There was another
man on - the , list, but he had . many
friends in the steerage and among them
he passed .his.: time,, so that all '.the
luxury and state of first-class travel
had to be borne by Father. Robinson. ,
WHITTIER TO GET '
* CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Special to The Herald.
, WHITTIER, V Jan.* 27.— A' ( general
mass meeting of all citizens'of'Whlt
tler is called by' the 'board'of trade for
next Monday, evening, at- Odd < Fellows
hall, to discuss a location if or. the new
Carnegie library, building. .r. r :
.., Mr. Carnegie > has ,writen ,„ to the J li
brary -trustees stating' that .he .will
give $10,000 for. the erection of a public
library building in J Whlttler. The • of
fer was received about three' weeks
ago, but the trustees made no public
announcement ..then, hoping to have
the amount doubled. '' . .
. A final letter was received fronv Mr.
Carnegie's secretary today, stating that
according to the rules governing- the
library fund, the amount could not be
Increased. ;* v'it!'*
The trustees • had hoped that •by
reason of the liberal Buiiport N given
the library here by. the city council
and citizens in general, in addition a
free building site, they might prevail
upon the great philanthropist to In
crease, his offer.
Two free sites have been offered for
the building: one by C. W. Harvey
at the corner of dreenleaf avenue and
Hadley street, the other by Washing
ton Hadley near the corner of Col
lege street and Painter avenue. Noth
er being centrally, located, a question
has arisen as to whether either shall
be accepted or an entirely new site se
lected. Numerous offers have been re
ceived for down town, site*, ami the
niiiHb meeting of Monday. night will
have for Us object the nettling, of this
Important o,ue«tlQ{ ,•" . : . ,V
KILLS THREE MEN;
TAKES OWN LIFE
GAMBLER SLAYS COMPANIONS
WARNING^
Ferdinand Walters, at Nogales, Fires
Four Shots, Each One With
Deadly Effect — Known in
California
Special to The Herald.
NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 27.— Without
warning, Impelled by fancied griev
ance against men who had been his
friends and against whom he held no
apparent score, Ferdinand Walters, a
gambler, shot and killed this morning
at 3:45 o'clock In the Palace saloon
M. M. Conn, the proprietor, J. J. John
son, a gambler, and Modesta Olivas,
a Mexican inoute dealer, and then
turned the revolver and sent a bullet
crashing into his own brain.
Walters, who was known in Southern
California as the "Catallna Kid," was
engaged by Conn, the proprietor of the
Palace saloon, some weeks ago, to run
a stud poker game. From attaches of
the resort it is learned that Walters
was accused of doing crooked .work,
using marked cards. George, Ho ward,
a factotum of the Palace saloon, in
formed Walters, that crooked work was
prohibited by Conn and requested Wal
ters, to turn over the game to another
employe. Walters did so and William
Abel took charge of the game Wed
nesday night and. also last night dealt
In Walters' place. ■
• Abel states that - late Wednesday
night Walters remarked casually to
him that 'there would: be. a few dead
men before sunrise, 'but did not name
his- intended victims. Walters Btrolled
toward the bar and stopped for an In
stant a" few feet south of the center.
Johnson', who Is known by. the sobri
quet "of Cowboy Johnson, stood leaning
■against the southern end" of the bar..
.Without uttering a word Walters
drew a '45-caliber Colt's revolver and
fired point blank 'at j Johnson j at j four
feet The missile struck Johnson in
the forehead, almost squarely between
the eyes. Walking quickly toward the
middle door of the Palace, Walters fired
the next shot at Conn, - striking him
Just back of the left ear, the bullet
passing through the ! head. | The mur
derer turned slightly to the right' and
fired at George Spindle, : who sat next
to Olives, the monte dealer, and , the
bullet passed through the rim of Spin
dle's hat and struck Ollvas In the left
side. Walters then walked to the
swinging doora which open into Mor
ley avenue and. stepping over the
prostrate and bleeding form of Conn,
which partly blocked the entrance,
went as far as the middle of the street.
Reaching this point the murderer
pressed the muwle of his revolver to his
forehead and fired the fourth Bhot.
Every shot had taken a life. The mur
derer had done hts deadly work thor
oughly. Conn lingered a few minutes
and Johnson lived until nearly.day
break, while Ollvas and the murderer
showed signs of life only for a few
minutes.
Walters was 28 years old and had
traveled all over the . United .. States.
In. 1897 he was a member of the no
torloua "Soapy Smith" .gang at
*CobUbb«4 vb ••«• Tw«Jt
PRICE: DAILY, BY CARRIER, 65 CTS. PER MONTH
POLISH SITUATION
BECOMES SERIOUS
STRIKERS AND SOLDIERS IN
CLASH AT, WARSAW , <;
Russian Authorities : Said 'to Be in
More Perturbed State Than at
.;■:-,/ ; Any Time Since Begin.. .
ning of Revolt . '
Special Cable to The Herald.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27.— The
authorities are more perturbed to
night than at any time since the be
ginning of the strike or revolution.
Warsaw, the third largest city In the
empire and the headquarters of the
Polish revolutionists, has followed St.
Petersburg and Moscow, and all day
the strikers have been fighting the
police and the soldiers In the streets.
Radum. sixty-five miles from War
saw, has been aflame with rebellion
for days, and the strike at Lodz, the
third of the great triangle of Polish
Industrial centers, has done its part In
the general uprising..
Poland has been kept in. subjection
only by the presence of an overwhelm
ing garrison, and with the drain of the
war. with Japan and . the > calls for
troops all over the empire. It has been
Impossible toy keep the . Warsaw and
Kraga . garrisons ,up .to the strength
which Is demanded by the situation.
The strikers at Warsaw by the thou
sands ' poured j out toward | the Vistula
bridges and on Lezno street came Into
collision with . troops, , who attempted
to turn them \ back. .. Instead of . obey
ing, the strikers rushed the soldiers,
who Immediately, fired.-. There was a
bitter, fight before; the strikers ■ were
dispersed.. ,-,. .... ■', . . ';•
All day after that the Polish capital
has been in a turmoil. .Strikers to the
number of 30,000 have been parading
and singing-, the prohibited .song of
their fatherland. They have been re
peated encounters between them | and
the soldiers and the city is in a state
of terror. Shops are ■ closed • and the
wildest excitement ; prevails. • ■
GOVERNMENT WILL FORCE
MASTERS TO ACCEPT THE
TERMB OF THE FOKMER
By Associated Press. ' ' , . '
. ST. PETERSBURG}, .' Jan. - 27.— The
strike ! situation, generally 'Is ' Im
proving. In ■ St. Petersburg there
Is-, no longer 1 any doubt ' that the
strike Is broken. Fourteen establish
ments, including the Franco-Russian,
Aboukoff, Baltic, Russo-Amerlcan Rub
ber company and the American re
finery, already have resumed, and an
entire starting up of factories seems
to be assured for next Monday.
The men who are returning to work
are not ' asking conditions of the em
ployers. They have seemingly turned
their backs on political agitators and
accepted the government's promises In
the matter of shorter hours and an
equitable adjustment of their griev
ances at their face value.
That the government proposes to
compel the masters to settle upon the
government's terms Is , plainly - evi
denced by Finance Minister Kokovo
■toft's response ! yesterday to a deputa
tion of masters to whom he announced
the. government's decision, uft<*r an
(Cvutluued w l'»*o Two.).
KUROPATKIN IS
SEEKING TERMS
NEGOTIATIONS WITH OYAMA
ARE REPORTED
RUSSIANS REPORT VICTORIES
Czar Notified of Defeat of Japanese.
Llttla Brown Man Resume Ac.
.. tlvity Along Their En
tire Front I
Special to Tha H«raliL
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.— A Sun spec
lal cable from St. Petersburg says:
The censorship has allowed the news* .
papers to print a brief dispatch report-, f
Ing that Gen. Kuropatkln has opened \.
negotiations with Field Marshal Oya«
ma,
RUSSIAN VICTORY REPORTED
KuYopatkin Reports Taking of Towns -
From Japanese _
ny Amoclated Pres*.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27.— Gen.y
Kuropatkin reports that Russian troops:/
at 7 p. m. on January 26, after a des-';
perate ■ fight, occupied the 'village >of
Sandepas, which had been strongly, for. •.
tilled by thy Japanese. .
'Gen. Kuropatkln, under date of Jan-
vary 25, telegraphed us follows to Era*-"
peror*Nlcholas:
"The advance has commenced of our ,
right flank against the enemy. >V*'
have occupied Khailatosa and Khei- .
goutaya," .
. Gen. Kuropatkin adds:
i"No details have been received of the;. ,
losses at Khailatosa and Kheigoutaya.
which are seven versts . southwest ! of '•;.'
Sandepas. : We occupied IChallatosa ,
without firing; the . Japanese . being, .
bayoneted. Kheigoutya was . bravely,;; •
defended, but we finally occupied: it at.
10 o'clock at night. Our, cavalry- pur-'. '.'
sued two regiments of Japanese : dra- ■_
goons, which fled southeastward. .. :"'•/,;'■■■
"On our left flank a detachment re-V
pulsed the Japanese " and , occupied £ a'; t
defile between . Khandlensan ■; and'-Ex>\ :.
pansan. Another : detachment ": sent *>
against the enemy's flank near ' Hind- >':
kecheng forced the Japanese <to'-.re-'i'
tire and captured 200 cattle."
■' Supplementing! the .^foregoing, ,Gen- '.;;,■
eretl Kuropatkin' says: „ .*"
■ "From -' latei\ .'reports it appears that'
In capturing, these" positions 'we made -•;
prisoners of 100 Japanese. '..We'also /'
occupied ; the ' village: of ;TVeheitailse, !•
on the Hun ; river, ■'. losing fifty ■; men. V: '
On January ' 26 . our . troops . continued
the offensive '. against Sandepas. .« The
Japanese- attacked our position near <
(Continued on Tag* Two.)
THE 'DAIS NEWS
FORECAST
Southern California: Fair Sat
urday; ' light west wind. Maximum
temperature in Los Angeles yes
terday," 69 degrees; minimum, 50
degrees.
I—Tangle1 — Tangle In Baker estate.
2 — Judge Swayne asks for time.
3 — Revival begins throughout city,
A — Southern California news. . :
6 — Strange tale of cruelty.
6— Editorial.
7 — Struck down by thugs.
8-9— -Classified advertisements.
11— Markets.
12— Seeks relief in death.
' EASTERN
Judge Swayne's counsel appear In aenat*
and ask time In which to answer charges. -
Cruiser Maryland exceeds required time oa ?
her trial trip.
New York dlvlno travels from Genoa a soil
tary cabin passenger, with host of , servant*
to wait on him and orchestra to play. «
FOREIGN*
Premier Rouvler of ]<Vunue presides - oral 1
Orst meeting of new ministry. •<»>»■ im*>— iS
Kuropatkln reported negotiating with FUI4 ,
Marshal Oyama.
Emperor William of Germany celebrates hla I
birthday and reviews Imperial guard.
- '/■■:''■ COAST,, - .j
Arizona gambler kills three men and com- :
mlta suicide.
Question of recession of Tosemita . valley to '
federal government Is transferred to assembly.
Entomologists of University of California de
clare war on cherry slug and corn worm.
LOCAL
Evangelists followed by chain of accidents
to hotel elevators. . . .■./.-•• ■ . .-. .- ,'
Great revival Is begun throughout the city.
11. T. Hays and Col. J. F. Dlss indicted by '
Riverside grand Jury. U MMSjafl
Mrs. Paula Warren of Hartford, Conn., ar
rlves tn J.os Angeles and applies for writ of
habeas corpus In her efforts to regain ; con* -
troi of her children.. ,
De Baker case, Involving millions, will go to
trial In the superior court. • ■
Now developments come to light in ; forged
deed swindle.
Husband spends his odd moments In break* I
Ing bones In wife's body and divorce suit N*l
suits. ■ .-■■•■■ ■-. '■■■"■;■;
Antonio Fells, onoe governor of Ix>wer Call
fornla, found guilty In United Htaten court and I
sentenced to serve four months In county Jail. V
"Pat". Bheedy, the man who broke the bank I
at • Monte » <jarlo, tiles suit to ■ recover ■ large
sum on promissory note of wealthy Callfor- s
Highland Park Kliell divided by liquor buga>'
buu. ■ MjsW'U'sViWJiflUl'fcl'i #t\fljSjrtiT^Cl i""isrT^|
Visitor struck down and severely injured
by highwaymen within a block of the polio*
station early Friday morning, : and collapses
as result of terrible experience. _
Italian found in boarding house with bullet
wound In law, says friend shot . htm after
an afternoon of dining and enjoyment.
Bon of leading merchant of 8»n Dlmus oom
mlta suicide , by , shooting himself In the head
after I brooding u«-«r permanent Injuries re»
oeived In a railroad accident. ' .
Contest for outfall sewer brick contract
grows bitter. ■
Trial of charges • before • olvll service com
mission to be held today. »4«t*>WNu|SJCM
Mayor MoAleer refvrs letter - from one at
his correspondents . to postal authorities. - >
U«*ld<*nt» on Seventh street i a*k council to >
offer railway franchise for vale. ,
California Arrow to sutsT airship comp»U*
Uou. la Bi-usmU.
