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DECLARES HIS INNOCENCE.
O. W. Winthrop Charged With
the Murder of Mrs. Jennie
Mathews.
HE WAS VISIBLY AFFECTED.
Chief Crowley Given Permission to
Open Supreme Recorder
Linn's Letter.
O. W. Winthrop, assistant superinten
dent of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, was
formally booked at the City Prison yester
day afternoon on the charge of murdering
Mrs. Jennie Mathews, 502 Broderick street.
The complaint was sworn out in Judge
Joachinisen's court yesterday by Edwin
Stirling Mathews, the dead woman's hus
band.
Captain Lees personally served the war
rant upon Winthrop. He went to his cell
and read the warrant to him.
Winthrop was visibly affected. He
asked to see the warrant, and while he
glanced over it his hand shook and his
face twiched.
"Captain," said Winthrop, in a voice
that trembled with emotion, "is there no
redress for me?"
The captain said nothing, but shook his
head.
"This is the work of the Examiner," said
Winthrop, with an angry gleam in his
eyes. "That paper is trying to hound me
to death. My innocence of this charge
will yet be thoroughly established."
Winthrop was then taken from his cell
and the charge against him entered on the
prison register. He hastily penned notes
to Attorneys Kyle and Allen informing
them that he had been charged and re
questing to see them.
On Sunday Chief Crowley sent a dispatch
to Supreme Recorder Linn of Indianapolis
asking his permission, in the interests of
public justice, to open the letter addressed
to him which was found inWinthrop's
pocket when arrested.
Yesterday morning the Chief received
the following reply: "Open any letter ad
dressed to us. Consult Arnold, our repre
sentative, who has full power to act.
Original papers mailed."
The Cbief banded the dispatch to Cap
tain Lees, but despite the express permis
sion given to open the letter he will not do
so until he has been Mr. Arnold.
The original papers referred to in the
dispatch are the applications made by
Mrs. Mathews for membership in Olive
Branch, Order of Chosen Friends, and for
a relief fund certificate.
The inquest on the remains will be held
next Saturday at 9a. m. Coroner Hawkins
has postponed it from time to time at the
request of the police, but now Chief Crow
ley has signified his willingness that the
investigation should take place.
The analysis of the contents of the stom
ach and bladder is not yet completed, but
Chemist Morgan says his full report will
be ready long before the time set for the
inquest. Strychnine in considerable quan
tities has been found in the remains, but
the exact amount will not be known until
Saturday.
THE OHILD'B EBTATE.
Will Become an Object of Controversy in the
Probate Court.
Edward Sterling Mathews, by his attor
ney, G. Gnnzendorfer, yesterday petitioned
the Probate Court for letters of guardian
ship over his child Martha, commonly
caiied "Mattie."
•The petition recites that Mathews has
lived in the State for six years and that the
child is the offspring of himself and Jen
nie Mathews, his wife. He says that the
child's estate requires the care of a fit and
proper pereon. It consists principally of a
benefit policy for $'2000 in the Order of
Ch^serf Friends, which will not pay the
money until it can obtain a proper release.
The father is stated to be the natural guar
dian of his minor child.
Judge Coffey ordered the usual citation
to relatives to appear in his court on June
5 to show cause why the petitioner should
not be appointed guardian.
This is said by attorneys to be virtually an
initiation of a contest for the possession of
the money. Should the order refuse to
pay it to Mathews as legal guardian of the
child a suit would be instituted against the
order and the latter might come into court
and force Winthrop, as trustee of the child,
to interplead, so as to settle the claims of
guardianship.
BUTTER TO MAKE CHEESE
It Can Be Used by Dairymen
to the Extent of Three
Per Cent.
A Question Settled for the Dairy
Bureau by the Attorney-
General.
A law was passed some time ago making
it compulsory to make cheese out of either
pure milk or cream. In order that it
should be properly carried out the State
Dairy Bureau was organized and given
supervision of all the cheese factories in
the State.
Lately the question has arisen as to
whether it was a breach of the law to use
butter in the manufacture of cheese and
the bureau submitted the question to At
torney-General Fitzgerald for his decision.
The latter holds that "the law which re
quires cheese to be made out of pure milk
or cream is not violated by the addition of
not to exceed 3 per cent of butter made
from cream."
The law further requires that all cheese
made in part or in whole from any other
substance than milk or cream shall be
stamped "Substitute for cheese." On this
point the Attorney-General holds that
cheese made from "milk and batter does
not require to be so stamped. Both of
these decisions will be read with a great
degree of interest by dairymen and cheese
makers, as they have been afraid to use
butter in the making of cheese for fear of
an infraction of the law. The Attorney-
General will forward his opinion to the
chairman of the State Dairy Bureau. to-day,
and it will set all doubts at rest on the
point.
THE OLSEN DISPUTE.
Tueir Differences Brought Into the Su
perior Court.
Dorothy Olsen, by her attorney, A. T.
Barrett, "has filed suit against Peter 0.
Olsen, otherwise known as P. 0. Olsen, to
have the conveyance of certain property in
Alameda County set aside as fraudulent.
This is only a continuance of the Olsen
family disputes in Oakland.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff
is an "old and decrepit German woman
more than 66 years of age, of weak and
wandering mind, illiterate and having
scarcely any understanding of the English
language," and that the defendant "is a
young man of dissolute habits, but with an
acute understanding." It recites that they
intermarried November 14, 1891, and were
divorced on February 19, 1895; that de
fendant used to beat his wife and refuse to
work, while urging her to transfer her
property to him ; that one day in March
he prevailed upon her to sign a mortgage
for $300 upon her Alameda property, but
thai sne did not understand the transac
tion or would not have signed. The same
procedure, she says, took place on March
30, 1895, when she made a deed of gift of
her Alameda County property to her hus
band. When she understood the transac
tion she demanded its undoing, but says
that her husband refused and now
threatens to drive her from her home.
BEALE STREET'S GEADE,
Kx-Supervlgor Dundon Is Looking Up
Some Law to Enable Him to
Lower It.
Ex-Supervisor . Dundon is very much
chagrined over the action of the Street
Committee of the Board of Supervisors in
deciding to report against the proposition
to lower the grade of Beale street twenty
feet at its crossing with Harrison.
'I am not so sure that the Supervisors
have the right to ignore the petition of a
majority of the property-owners in a mat
ter of this kind," said he. "Our proposi
tion entails no expense on the City. We
simply want the right to make the im
provement—and improvement it certainly
is. Why, this thing has been talked over
for the last thirty years, and the Super
visors have always favored it, but some
technicality has stood in the way until
now. The whole manufacturing and
merchandising end of town is in favor of
it, for it gives an outlet from the water
front to the upper business part of town
for heavy draying.
"I am going to look into the law of the
matter, and if the majority have any legal
rights in such a matter we shall apply
them."
BUNKOED BY A STRANGER
Dr. R. E. Williams Was Hum
bugged by a Bogus
Indian.
The Physician's Experience In Fish-
Ing and Hunting Near
Tacoma.
When a City man leaves for a vacation in
the northwest country, tempted thither
ward by the glowing reports the natives
circulate when they sojourn here, he
usually considers that he must load up
with the weapons of the chase and abun
dance of tackle for the brook. This opinion
took possession of Dr. R. E. Williams
when he departed for Tacoma some ten
days ago. Of rifles and shotguns the medi
cal tourist had an ample outfit, and there
was a bait-hook or a fly in every bag he
pacKed, independent of the spacious trunk
devoted solely to the storage of those de
structive lures.
Dr. Williams has written a long and
elaborate description of his adventures by
wood and stream. When he arrived at Ta- ;
coma he was received with much attention .
and respect. That city is not as lively now I
as formerly, and a San Francisco visitor j
with an unusual quantity of baggage is re
ceived as a special gift. The riiles and
rods were stowed away in a spare room,
and the doctor started out to canvas the
town regarding the shooting and fishing
possibilities of the suburbs. He found a
dozen of natives willing to afford him
reams of information. Tfiey told him of a
stream called the Skookum Chuch which
was literally stiff with trout. Another an- j
cient inhabitant related of a wood where !
the deer were jostling one another like
cows in a corral. To these tales did the ex
police surgeon incline an attentive ear,
and dispensed with a liberal hand the hos
pitalities of Tacoma, willingly reversing
the duties of host and guest.
The next morning, according to the doc
tor's narrative, he proceeded to the stream
of the Indian name. He found a 6iwa&h
on the banks, who grunted Indian fashion
and accepted a big American dollar just
like a white man. Williams thought there
was something familiar about trie man's
figure, bat he put his rod to
gether and began to fish. Morning wore
to noon and noon to evening, but not a fish
did the doctor pouch. At last, execrating
the siwash who had grunted ''plenty fish,
plenty lish," he drove back to Tacoma.
On the evening of that day he dropped
in to get some refreshment at a saloon and
there was a man leaning on the bar whose
appearance suggested the mendacious in
formant of the morning.
The second day of the doctor's visit was
put in deer-shooting. With his best rille
he drove to the forest where deer were sup
posed to be numerous. His guide had not
taken him a dozen steps from the hitching
up place when they met an Indian.
"Better give him a piece, doctor," sug
gestec the guide; "he Knows all about the
country."
Willingly the hunter complied and the
Biwash led them up a mountain and down
a mountain, over streams and through
brush and bid them to keep a sharp look
out. Tnen he left them. Williams hunted
all day, but never a deer saw he. He was
footsore and weary when he got back
to Tacoma, and after his bath and
dinner he wandered about the streets.
A snug little saloon reminded him
that he was thirty, and he entered. As he
was about to push aside the swinging doors
he heard a voice that seemed familiar to
niiu. He listened. It was the bogus si
wash relating how lie had made $8 out of
a fellow from San Francisco who thought
he could carry off all the lish and deer in
the county, now he had put him on a
stream where there were nothing but
suckers and steered him to a wood where
there wasn't even a gray squirrel. He
himself was a barber out of a job and, at
tracted by the doctor's appearance, had
taken this ingenious method of earning an
honest living.
Doctor Williams did not quench his
thirst at that saloon and next morning lit
out for Victoria.
"The strength of Royal Baking Powder
is shown to be 23 per cent greater than any
other.
"Asa result of my investigations I find
the Royal Baking Powder far superior to
any others. It is pure and contains none
but wholesome ingredients.
"F. X. Valade, M.D.,"
Public Analyst, Ontario.
SUSIE KOKFENBACH MISSING.
She Has Xot Keen Heard of for Over
Three Weeks.
Susie Kolfenbach, 15 years of age,
daughter of Henry Kolfenbach, 321 Green
street, is missing, and detectives who have
been on the case have been unable to
solve the mystery.
She had been in the employment of Dr.
Holland, 1318 Washington street, until the
end of April. On May 3 she told her
parents that she had procured a situation
in a restaurant at 829 Fourth street. She
left her father's house that day, but since
then nothing has been seen or heard of
her. She is tall for her age, has dark hair
and eyes, and wore a dark-blue dress, dark
jacket and brown straw hat.
Secretary McComb of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children was a
few days ago asked by Mr. Kolfenbach to
find hie daughter. "Officer Frank Hol
brook was detailed on the case, and yester
day he reported that he had a clew of her
whereabouts, but it required careful hand
ling; that there is no such number as 829
Fourth street; what would be the 800 block
is where the bridge is; the girl had either
willfully deceived hor parents or she had
been deceived and is now being kept in
some secret place by her abductors.
Nothing Succeeds lake Success.
The successes achieved by men and things are
not a.w ays based upon merit. But a success well
merited and unprecedented In the annals of pro
prietary medicine, should these ever come to be
written, is Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, v botanic
medicine, discovered nearly half a century ago,
..nd the leading remedy for and preventive of
malarial, rheumatic and kidney complaints, dys
pepsia, constipation and biliousness.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1595.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Market -Street Railway Given
More Time to Fix Its
Fenders.
MONEY FOR CLEAN STREETS.
The Delinquent Tax Collector Ap
pointed—Other Important Bus
iness Transacted.
The meeting of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday was quiet, orderly and business
like — businesslike especially according to
the 8 to 4 rule. Routine business went
through swimmingly, and as for the rest it
went through quite as quietly with a vote
of 8 to 4.
Mr. Clement, upon motion of Morgen
stern, was allowed to address the board in
behalf of the Pacific Marine Supply Com
pany and their bid for furnishing supplies
to the jails. He denied that the Supply
Company had bid two years ago 24.50 for
each prisoner, a considerable increase over
former bids, because the schedule of sup
plies required at their hands had been in
creased. Last year, because of the depres
sion, they had cut down their bid to 19.95
and had lost over $7000. In spite of this
the firm had been furnishing supplies right
along during the recent dark days without
regard to whether money was in sight or
not. They had submitted their bid of
24.77 (the schedule having been still
further increased). It was the lowest of
some half-dozen, and it would be unfair to
require them to bid against themselves.
Benjamin spoke in behalf of the con
tractors, saying that he thought their bid
was all right. He moved to reconsider the
action of the board of last week in ordering
the rejection of the bid and readvertising.
The motion carried, Hirsch, Dimond, Tay
lor, Spreckels and Hobbs, a minority of
live, voting against it.
Benjamin then moved that the contract
| be granted to the Pacific Marine Supply
| Company, but this was defeated as Scully
I joined the minority of five as named, and
j the majority was no longer a majority, the
vote standing six to six.
Bids which had been received under the
new advertisement were read as follows:
S. Foster & Co., 22.87; Warren & Malley,
23 cents; Hugo Goldsmith, 19.94; Mali,
Sadler & Co., 23.45.
The bids were refused to the Finance
Committee.
The matter of the fish and game warden
ship, bo often postponed, came up agftin,
and King moved the adoption of the reso
lution appointing Joseph A. Morgan to the
office. Dirnond amended, throwing the
matter open for nominations. This was de
feated, and Taylor, who had been called to
the chair upon the retirement of Mayor
Sutro, gave notice that he would move to
reconsider next meeting. King called for
the question on the resolution, but the
chairman ruled that his notice to recon
sider stopped all proceedings in the mat
ter and the matter went over again.
The Mayor's veto of the order making it
unlawful "to keep a horse and vehicle in
front of any property within the city with
out the owner's consent was sustained.
Eefore the vote was taken Mr. Snreckels
said he thought the veto should be sus
tained, as the Chief had advised it, and
that he (Snreckels) had an order covering
the case, but which was free from the ob
jections urged in the veto.
The resolution appointing ex-Assembly
man Frank H. Powers collector of delin
quent taxes was defeated by a vote of 7 to 5.
Subsequently a resolution appointing
Walter M. Willett collector was adopted
unanimously.
A resolution was passed approving the
action of Superintendent W eaver of the
Almshouse in purchasing thirty barrels of
flour from another than the contractor, the
Del Monte Milling Company, who refused
to supply it.
A resolution that the heads of all depart
ments of the City and County be requested
to report to the board on or before the 15th
day of July the condition of their depart
ments during the fiscal year, embracing all
their operations, receipts and expendi
tures, presented by Chairman Taylor, was
passed.
The communication from the Chief En
gineer of the Fire Department requesting
that certain streets be put in good order
and repair on account of their importance
to the department when moving their en
gines to fires was referred to the Street
Superintendent withinstiuctiunsto recom
mend that the work be done.
Hughes introduced a resolution grant
ing the Market- street Railway Com
pany an extension of sixty days' time lor
choosing and equipping their cars with
safety fenders or guards.
Dimond thought this time was certainly
too long. He said it was true that the
Supervisors had been out to witness an
alleged test of a fender, an alleged fender,
offered by the company, but tbut it was an
insult to their intelligence. The fact was
that the contrivance did not need a test to
show that it was of no use. The company
had really done nothing in the several
months that they had been given to pro
vide a fender. If they were acting in good
faith they could secure an effective fender
and equip their cars with it in thirty days.
If they needed more time it could be given
when" it wa3 seen they were making an
honest effort.
Hughes said he thought it would be im
possible for the company to equip its cars
in the time stated. He called for the
question, and the resolution passed by the
old vote of 8 to 4.
A new theater and circus license was
introduced by Mr. Wagner, chairman of the
License Committee, requiring theaters to
pay licenses according to seating capacity ;
those seating 975 persous §301 per
annum, $101 for three months, $51 per
month or $5 per day; those seating less
than 975 persons shall pay $201 per year,
$76 for three months, $41 for one month, $.5
for one day.
No license shall be required for exhibi
tions or entertainments given for the
benefit of churches or schools, or for any
charitable entertainment by an amateur
association or literary society.
Every owner or lessee of a circus shall
pay a license for each day an exhibition is
given the sum of $25, and for each side show
in connection therewith a license of $5
shall be required. Every owner or lessee
of any exhibition of performance given
under* a canvas or enclosure shall pay a
license of $5 per day.
It took the regular course. The order,
Mr. Wagner explained, is the same as that
ia force for theaters. The only changes are
in regard to circuses and their sideshows.
A resolution approving the recommen
dations of the Mayor calling for a proper
observance of Memorial day, the lowering
of Hags and general joining in the cere
monies was adopted.
Resolutions authorizing the Finance
Committee to make provision in the next
tax leyy for $150,000 for street sweeping, it
being desired thai the streets be kept in
the same good form that they have been
kept by the Merchants' Association during
the past seven months, if not better, was
passed. The report of the Street Commit
tee set forth that the Merchants' Associa
tion would prepare specifications for the
work, as also for the sprinkling.
By the resolution also the committee
was allowed to make provisions in the tax
levy for $80,000 lor paving Folsom street
with bituminous rock and for $10,000 for
improving Lafayette Park.
with regard to the latter Diniond gave
notice that he would move for a recon
sideration next week.
A resolution was adopted barring James
Gibner from eligibility as a bidder for City
work, as he had been with regard
to a sewer contract which was awurded to
him.
The order introduced by Mr. Spreckels
to take the place of that vetoed by the
Mayor, making it unlawful for vehicles to
stand in front of buildings in the more
settled parts of the City without the con
sent of owners, but exempting hackney
cabs and carriages, was defeated.
THE MISSING EXECUTOK.
Adolph Priuz Believed to Be the Man
Who Committed Suicide at
Salinas.
The man who committed suicide at Sa
linas, Monterey County, on Friday was, in
all probability, Adolph Prinz, barkeeper
for Albert Hillebrand, 1019 Market street.
In the pockets of the dead man's clothe 3
were found a number of papers and a card
bearing the adiress "49 Second street."
Prinz's father kept a wholesale liquor-store
at that address for several years until he
failed in business.
Adolph Prinz was the executor without
bonds of the estate of Charles Moegling, a
saloon-keeper, who died at the German
Hospital about a year ago. The estate
consisted of about 53000 in cash and realty
valued at $10,000. Prinz should have filed
his tirst and final account on Friday last,
but he could not be found and a continu
ance was granted till yesterday, when a
further continuance was granted till to
morrow.
The Sheriff of Monterey County notified
Chief Crowley yesterday that the man be
fore he died gave several names, and
among them was Adolph Prinz. Attorney
Hoeffer, who represents Prinz in the
Moegling estate, called upon Captain Lees
last night, and said from the description
he believed the deceased was his client.
He had last seen him on Wednesday, when
he said he was going to the country for a
day or two. lie had been suffering from
catarrh in the stomach and other com
plaints, and was hardly in his right mind.
He was not a defaulter to the estate.
There was between $200 and $300 unac
counted for yet, but he believed receipts
would be found to cover that amount.
TRYING C. VON TIEDEMANN
John H. Fidler, a Folsom Prison
Convict, Declines to
Testify.
The Defendant Implicated In An
other "Olile Hutchings"
Case.
The trial of Carl yon Tiedemann, accused
of forgery in connection with a real estate
swindle, was commenced yesterday in
Judge Belcher's court. Yon Tiedemann
had relations with Guy "NVhitcomb, Lin
coln Carr, R. 11. Fletcher and others who
were implicated in half-interest scandals.
Yon Tiedemann had an office at 957 Mar
ket street, with Carr, and on March 5,
IV.M,1 V .M, he took a woman to Notary Lee D.
Craig and introduced her as Harriet I\
Cristy, the owner of land on Lake and
Fifteenth avenue. She wished to acknowl
edge the transfer of the land to Horace G.
Pratt. Later Yon Tiedemann introduced
a man as Horace G. Pratt, who executed a
mortgage of the property to one Alonzo
Thayer, who is still missing. Upon the
attempted recording of the papers the
fraud was exposed. The woman personat
ing Mrs. Cristy is not known, but it is be
lieved that the defense will attempt to
show that it was a Mrs. Sarah R. Owen,
now in Little Rock, Ark., and that Yon
Tiedemann was victimized by her. The
case is similar to that of Wells and Pilger,
wiio induced one Ollie Hutchings to per
sonate Miss Emma Dick in a real estate
transfer.
it had been expected that the half-inter
est swindler, Fuller, who is serving a six
vear term in Folsom, would testify for
Yon Tiedemann yesterday in corroboration
of a confession of the "defendant's inno
cence alleged to have been secured from
him, but when called to the stand Fidler
was disappointing. After admitting that
he knew the defendant, he was asked
whether he had had any business dealings
with him.
"I decline to answer," replied Fidler in
a falterins voice.
"On what ground?" asked the Assistant
District Attorney.
"On the ground that an answer might
tend to incriminate me," was the low
reply.
This objection was sustained, the only
admission by the witness being that he
knew Yon Tiedemann two or three months
before March 5, 18!)4, when the alleged
fraudulent transaction took place.
Then as the assistant district attorney
asked that Fidler might be kept in reserve,
Yon Tiedemann's attorney, Campbell,
raised a storm by asking that the court in
struct the Sheriff that no one should com
municate with his prisoner on this case.
"I am afraid of inducements being made
to him to testify," said Campbell, addinjr,
"I know such inducements have been
made all day."
This brought Peixotto to his feet with a
hot denial, and it was with difficulty that
lie was prevailed upon to sit down while
the witness-prisoner was removed to the
dock by the deputy sheriff, who was given
no special instructions.
Alter that live witnesses testified that as
far as they knew Yon Tiedemann's charac
ter was good, but that they did not know
much about him. Thirteen other witnesses
who were to testify as to character were
not called, the assistant district attorney
admitting that that testimony would be of
the same value as that of the others.
Then Julia Pullen testified that she had
put some property in Yon Tiedemann's
Lands for sale, and that Carr and others
had wanted her to personate Mrs. Cristy,
but that she had indignantly refused. Yon
Tredemann did not have anything to do
with the offer. They had told her there
was $5000 in it for her.
Under cross-examination she admitted
that she had told the conspirators that it
was no use her going to \on Tiedemann
as Mrs. Cristy, since he would recognize
her. Yon Tiedemann had been talking
with her constantly in the past six week?.
Mrs. Pullen's cross-examination had not
concluded when the court adjourned until
this morning.
FAST TIME FOE FREIGHT.
Seven Haudred New Ventilated Cars
Coming for the Orchard Prod
ucts of California.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
is preparing to handle a large quantity of
California fruit this year. A. N. Towne,
the general manager, is confident that the
equipment of the road will be equal to the
demands of the traffic.
The seven hundred ventilated cars or
dered some time ago, in anticipation of
increased shipments in this line, are nearly
ready for use. In fact some of the cars arts
coming west now.
The rush of business in handling Califor
nia fruit will not begin before the middle
of June. For six weeks after that date the
powerful engines on the mountain division
will be tested to their full capacity in
hauliug the fruit over the hills j on* fast
time.
A few carloads of cherries have gone for
ward from Sacramento in refrigerator-cars
attached to passenger trains. The cost of
this rapid transportation is $2 25 per 100
pounds, exclusive of charges for refrige
rator.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is
doing a fair business in fruit shipments.
H. C. Bush, general freight agent of the
company in San Francisco, figures that the
traffic will be good when the peaches come.
The Atlantic and Pacific can take fruit
through from Los Angeles to Chicago in
six days. _
The Royal Baking Powder is the purest
and strongest baking powder made, and
has received the highest award at all the
great international and State fairs wher
ever exhibited in competition with others.
W. W. STOW'S BIG ESTATE
Appraisement of Over Half a
Million Dollars' Worth
of Property.
PRIVATE PROMISSORY NOTES.
Particulars of Realty and Personal
Effects in Several
Counties.
The appraisers of the estate of W. W.
Stow, the well-known politician and Park
Commissioner, filed their report yesterday,
throwing some interesting light on the
private financial transactions of the
deceased.
The estate has been valued at $576,402 34,
distributed as follows: $412,153 29, property
in Ban Francisco; $146,850, in Butte
County; $15,899 in San Luis Obispo and
$1500 in Nevada County.
The San Francisco property is repre
sented as follows: Money, $17,573 43; 825
shares of the stock of the Market-street
Railway Company, $30,525; 200 shares of
the Edison Light and Power Company,
$19,600; 334 shares of the Spring Valley
Water Works, $32,899; 100 shares of the
Nevada Bank, $10,000; 175 shares of the
Bank of California, $38,500; 162>4 shares of
the San Bernardino National Bank, $18,
--687 50; 100 shares of the Fireman's Fund
Insurance Company, $15,000. An item of
9900 shares of the stock of the West
Harmony Gravel Mining Company is re
turned as of no value.
Among the promissory notes are the
following: Sherman P. Stow, $19,800; F.
H. Whelan, $5000; Marcus and L. T. Katz,
$5000; R. M. Shackelfonl, $'-'779 55; Dan
Kathburn, $5000; L. D. McKissick, $150; J.
A. Waymire, as indorser for J. M. Merrill,
$500; Thomas Day & Co., $9500; C. P.
Buckley, $735; Byron Waters, $500; John
and Alex McCurd, $2750. There were
other small notes, including: D. M.
Frazer, $100; Charles P. Whitcomb, $150;
John C. Quinn, $100; Solon Pattee, $1000;
R. H. Sinton, $130; W. E. Dargie, $1000;
James E. Murphy, $300; J. A. McCall,
$800; Hush M. BurKo, $10U: C. J. Beer
stecher, $500; John H. Hollister, $3300;
George C. Gorham, $500; William M.
Stewart, $1000, on a note to S. T. Gage, in
dosed by Page to Stow; Paul Neumann,
$1000, in tw© noies: John B. Harmon,
$500; W. W. Banker, $100; David B. Hunt,
$250; Adolph Berg, $300; M. D. Boruck, a
note of $400, on which $220 has been paid ;
L. C. Cox, $SOO. Of these the appraisers
say they have not ascertained the value.
Two notes of R. E. Culbreth for $200 are
appraised as of absolutely no value.
Among the most valuable realty of the
estate are: North Beach water-block 0,
bounded by Jefferson, Powell, Beach and
Mason streets, $85,000; lot and improve
ments 1013 Pine street, $30,000; lot and im
provements 1410 Larkin, $11,000.
The country property includes: Gold
Bank mine in Butte County, appraised at
$100,000, and machinery, etc., 545,000; realty
at San Luis Obispo, houses, etc., valued at
$15,899 06: Tiptop and Yerba Buena placer
mines in Nevada, valued at $1000 and $500
respectively. The appraisers of the San
Francisco property were: Edward W.
Gunther, John Patteson and G. W. Lane;
of the Butte County property : Matt Waite,
L. B. Johnson and E. W. Herrin; of the
San Luis Obispo County property: N. W.
Palmer, W. A. Harlam and Henry Benotti ;
of the Nevada County property: It. C.
Walrath, J. T. Morgan and F. E. Brown.
The will of the late W. W. Stow be
queathed to the widow the residence on
Pine street, property to the value of
$100,000 and the policy of insurance on his
life; to bis son, Sherman P., several pieces
of jewelry and a presentation cane by way
of remembrance; to trustees the residue
of the estate to establish trusts for the
other children, viz. : for a daughter, Lena,
of her children, $o0.000; for a son, Vander
lynn, $15,000; for a daughter, Nellie, $50,000;
for a son, Henry P. ,"540,000; for a son,
William W., $10,000 and the San Luis
Obispo ranch. Several of the children, it
was stated, had received portions of their
interest in the estate, and for that reason
the amounts apportioned in the trust
varied.
Kangaroos are often hunted with dogs
huge, powerful creatures, obtained by a
crfiss between a mastiff and a greyhound.
When driven to bay in a creek or river the
kangaroo has often been known to seize
one of these half-breeds and drown it by
holding its head under water.
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NEW TO-DAT-DRY GOODS.
FOR BUYERS
GREAT FORCING-OUT SALE
SURPLUS STOCK!
The PRODIGIOUS REDUCTIONS with which we continue our
great sale THIS WEEK will make EVERY DAY A RED LETTER
DAY FOR BUYERS of /he following or the many other lines em-
braced in our vast stock, for every particle of goods offered is of
THE NEWEST AND MOST STYLISH PRODUCTION, which, owing
to our VAST OVERSTOCK, we are compelled to place on sale at
CDTS THAT WILL FORCE A SPEEDY REDUCTION !
HOUSE-FURHISHIHGS M WASH FABRICS !
SPECIAL PALE INGRAIN ART CARPET SQUARES, in full line new colorings, at
nearly half value, viz. : Size 3x5 feet, 75c ; 6x9 feet, $2 50 each; 7*^x9 feet, 983)
ouch; 9x9 feet, $3 75 each ; 9xlo}^ feet, $4 50 each ; 9x12 feet, $5 each; 9xl3}£ feet,
$5 75 each.
SPECIAL SALE BEST-GRADE SMYRNA RUGS, all new, rich colorings— lBx36
inches, $1 each ; 21x46 inches, $1 50; 26x54 inches, $2 each ; 30x60 inches, $250 each;
M6x72 inches, $3 75 each.
SPECIAL SALE IRISH POINT CURTAINS (from the great sale of E. S. Jaffray
& Co. ), best values ever we offered.
At 568.75 a Pair.
FINELY WORKED IRISH POINT CURTAINS, d] 4 yards long, would be cheap at
$4 a pair. $T$S
At *4t.50 a Fair.
IRISH POINT CURTAINS, heavily worked, and stylish in designs, value for $7 50.
At. 4P.25 a Pair.
NEAT ALL-CHENILLE PORTIERES, in eight different colorings, fringed and
dadoed on top and bottom, worth $3 50.
.At IS Cents a Yard,
WHITE DOTTED SWISS, 36 inches wide, value for 25c a yard.
A*. 5O Cents a Yard.
FINE PINHEAD DOTTED SWISS, 44 inches wide (for dresses, etc.), value for 75c.
At. 1 8% Cents a Yard.
2500 pieces BEST GRADE YARD-WIDE PERCALES, in 100 different patterns; the
grandest line ever shown in this city.
At 1 &}A Cents a Yard. -
Large line FINE PRINTED CRAPE CLOTHS, in cream, pink, lavender, etc., grounds,
nice figures, value for 20c. — '
AX. TVa Cf=*nt=» a. Yard.
50,000 yards PALMER, Etc., FINE GRADE SEERSUCKERS; a great line.
At 1O Cents a "Yard.
NICE LINE DUCK SUITING, in a full line of coloring. Better grades at 12'^c and
15c a yard, just opened.
At 1O Cents a Yard.
. 500 pieces CREPON WASH SUITING, crinkle effects, in a grand variety of colorings,
serviceable and strong; value for 15c.
At B*4 Cents a Yard.
70 pieces CHECKED AND STRIPED NAINSOOKS, in a good variety of patterns;
good value for 10c. , ;, '.
At S5 Cents a. Yard. •
2 cases BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 56 inches wide, in a good line of new floral
designs; value for 40c. BKSB „f:J'; -•.'7.
At QV4 Cents a. Yard.
5 cases BLEACHED IRISH LINEN TWILLED CRASH, 18 inches wide, value for
12Kc.
GREAT VALUE!
500 pieces CREPE EFFECT VIENNA CLOTH, in plain black, light blue, rose pink
and fancy printing, to be closed out at 6»^c a yard ; value for 12>£c.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT!
LADIES' CAPES AND JACKETS.
AX 51.75.
50 LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES, made of a very fine cloth, velvet collar, tan, navy blue
and black, worth $3 50, reduced to $1 75 each.
At 52.50.
LADIES' FINE BROADCLOTH CAPES, double or single, handsomely braided, collar
prettily trimmed, finished with ribbon bow, also Snort Military Cape, scalloped
all around and embroidered with silk, fancy collar, finished with large ribbon bow,
. navy and black, worth $5 and $6, will bo offered at $2 50 each. ,
LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES of tan, black, navy and scarlet broadcloth, edged all round
Swith band of cloth, high rolling collar of velvet, fastened with fancy clasp, worth
$6, will be offered at $3 50 each. •
At 55.00,
75 LADIES' CAPES, double and single, handsomely embroidered or braided, or pret-
tily perforated in fancy patterns, finished at neck with full pleated ribbon or stand-
ing velvet collar, bow of ribbon or pretty clasp, worth $10 and $8 50, reduced to $5
each. j"3 *'S"£ :
//..-.. At $5;OO,
LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black, tan and navy Cheviots, triple-
stitched seams, large bone buttons, worth $7 50, will be offered at 'ss each.
LADIES' SUITS AND SKIRTS.
At
LADIES' SUITS, made of serge in black and navy, jacket one-button cutaway, .with
• rounded corner and pointed shawl collar, full skirt, worth $7 50, will be placed on
sale at $5 each. ■."•;-
At $7.50.
LADIES' SUITS, made of Cheviot in shades of tan, navy, gray, black and bronze
brown, one-button Blazer Jacket, with notched collar and plaited leg-o'-mntton
sleeves, tailor pockets, worth $10 50, will be placed on sale at $7 50 each.
LADIES' DRESS SKIRTS, made of black and colored materials, lined throughout
and stylishly made; the materials used are covert cloth, plain and twilled cheviot,
crepon and fancy figured black goods, varying in price from $3 50 to $15 each. We
have also a fine line of plain and figured Satin and Silk Skirts, varying in price
from $8 50 to $22 50 each.
CHILDREN'S JACKETS.
At and $a.50.
CHILDRENS' JACKETS, made of all wool tan-mixed cloaking, very large sleeves,
double breasted, worth $4 and $4 50, will be offered at $2 and $2 50 each.
At $a.50 and. $3.00.
CHILDREN'S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, in gray and tan checks and mot-
tled effects, with velvet notched collar, bone buttons, ■ neatly finished, varying in
size from 6 to 14 years, worth $5 and $6, will be offered at $2 50 and $3 each*
. Kg- Our New Illustrated Catalogue is now ready for distribution to oar
COUNTRY patrons, to -whom it Trill be mailed free on receipt of address.
m Mg fjfft'&*2*^ L3Tcrm?Ersr sttUjDHtg^ j$
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At 33. 50.
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