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MAN-HUNTING
NEAR VISALIA
Sheriff Merritt and Posse
Pursuing the Johnson
Brothers.
ANTICIPATE A FIGHT.
The Twin Desperadoes Not Likely
to Be Captured Without
a Battle.
WANTED FOR MANY CHIMES.
Stolen Property Found in Their Wid
owed Mother's Home— She Is
Under Arrest.
VISALIA, Cat.., Feb. 17.— Sheriff Mer
ritt to-day sent Frank Hafley and a posse
to the mountains to capture Dudley and
Ben Johnson, twin brothers, charged with
robbing the Farmersville store and post
office on December 11 and Rankin's store
at Lindsay on February 6. It is believed
that the men also robbed the Porterville
nostofficc last September of several hun
dred dollars in money and stamps, and
several holdups of belated travelers are
laid at their door.
Constable Harry Bernstein of Hanford
was informed last Tuesday that the thieves
had stolen eight sacks of barley from the
Cressy ranch, south of Hanford, and a
set of harness from a Spaniard near there.
He and the Spaniard started out early
and soon found the trail and followed it
twenty-eight miles to the home of the
Johnsons. When they, arrived there the
mother of the twins said that Dudley was
at Yisalia and Ben was away. Disbeliev
ing her, Bernstein shouted Johnson's
name and immediately Dudley Johnson
came out of the house and asked, '"What
do you want?" On being informed that.
Ben- had a warrant he seized a Win
chester and leveled it at the officer and de
clared the warrant would not be served.
Bernstein was forced to beat a retreat.
The Constable went to Hanford. secured
Sheriff Buckner and Constables Goodrich
and Collins and then returned to the
ranch. They found the boys gone, but a
search of the house resulted in tho recov
ery of a quantity of plunder.
The widowed mother disclaimed all
knowledge of her sons' acts, but she was
arrested and placed in jail. Her eight
year-old grandson could not be left alone
and he was jailed witn his grandmother.
The posse searching for the Johnsons is
now in the foothill. It is believed that the
two desperadoes will not be taken withont
a fight.
TULARE, Cm., Feb. 17.— Johnson
brothers doubled on th ■ posse and are now
heading for Tehachapi Mountain. Han
ley's men are about four hours behind
them.
ON THE STANFORD COURT.
Co-Eds of Castilleja Hall and the
University Will Play
Basket-Ball.
A Contest Between Athletic Bloomer i
Girls Which Promises to Be
Very Exciting.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Feb.
17. — The "co-eds" have at last arranged a
game of basket-ball with a team from a
young ladies' boarding-school at Palo
Alto— the Castilleja Hall team. Miss
Stella A. McCray is the captain of the
Stanford "co-eds,'.' and a remarkably dash
ing player herself. She is also high up in
the lists as a tennis-player and is a recog
nized athlete among tbe women. She
asserts that her "men" are not as quick as
the Castilleja players; but they are going
in to win their first match of this semester
and, if successful, the Berkeley young
ladies will be challenged to play a game.
Basket-ball has lone been "a favorite
game among the co-eds here, and the
Stanford team has, almost to a game, de
feated all comers. Tbe game itself is in
tensely exciting to participants as well as
to spectators. Nine is the number con
stituting a team, and the game is played
with an inflated, round, leather ball.
much like a football, but smaller.
The object of each side is to throw the
ball through an iron hoop on the opposite
side of the field. These hoops are ele
vated some feet above the ground and the
ball must be thrown so as to fall through
as it descends. The players are clad in
bloomers, and as the contestants scramble
and scrimmage a iter :he ball the effect is
amusing.
President Chris Henne of the class of
'97 has appointed the committee which is
to have charge of the junior day exercises,
as to the arrangement of the programme,
etc. The committee includes J. M. Ross,
chairman; Miss Alice E. Wheeler, Sherriil
B. Osborne, F. V. T. Lee, C. L. Thompson,
Chester A. Thomas, Chris Henne, D.
Brown, F. W. Lake and Mr. Holbrook.
The schedule of interciass games has at
last been arranged and the matches will
undoubtedly cause considerable interest
here. The latent class rivalry needs but
slight provocation.- The games will take
place as follows:
'96 vs. '99— Thursday. February 20.
"98 vs. '97— Tuesday February^ 25.
The winners in these matches are
to meet Friday, February 23, to decide the
championship.
SECRETS TOLD IN FRESNO
Ex-Senator Goucher's Story of an
Alliance Between Budd
and Daggett.
Political Partnership Having for Its
Object the Securing of Senator
White's Toga.
FRESNO, Cal.', Feb. 17.-Ex-Senator
Goucher, a gentleman prominent iv the
councils of the Democratic party of Cali
fornia and chief editor of the Fresno
Watchman, has just made public a politi
cal secret through the medium of his
newspaper. It is decidedly in the 'nature
of "inside history," mit the ex-Senator
seems to have no compunction of con
-
science for what might be regarded in
some quarters as a breach of confidence.
The statesman-editor, without circumlo
cution or apology, says:
"About a year ago a prominent Demo
cratic politician told the writer that he
knew that John Daggett of the United
States Mint at San Francisco and Governor
Budd had combined to 'do polities', to
gether. The ultimate result was stated
to be that one or the other could be sent
to the United States Senate in place of
Steve White, provided, of course, that a
Democratic Legislature could be oppor
tunely secured.
"In" this connection it will be remem
bered that Governor Budd's time as Gov
ernor will be out about a week or two
before Senator White's successor will have
to be chosen by the Legislature. This will
avoid the State constitution's inhibition
against a Governor's eligibility to become
a United States Senator during his in
cumbency of the great State office. Dag
gett's time as mint superintendent will be
out in time to look out for the senator
ship, too.
"The only feature of the story confirmed
by facts is that the Governor has appointed
some of Daggett's friends to State positions
and that Daggett has reciprocated in the
usual manner by recognizing some of
Budd's friends. There is another circum
stance giving color to the story, and that
is that Daggett could not be induced to ap
point one of Senator White's sisters to a
position in the Mint.
"It is certain that Daggett has no use for
White or White's friends, but if Daggett
and Budd really are in close political alli
ance the reason of the attraction between
them is not apparent unless Daggett wants
to be Governor or Budd wants to succeed
himself, and the senatorship has been ac
cordingly arranged. We prefer to believe
that Budd will let such a proposed combi
nation alone. If Daggett wants to make a
fight against White let him have an unin
terrupted chance to "do so, and then the
people of California will easily decide the
question without exposing the Governor's
political hand."
THE WILLOWS TRIAL.
Twelve Men Sworn to Weigh the Evidence
Against Editor Sehom.
WILLOWS. Cal., Feb. Twelve men
have been sworn to try Editor W. A. Se
horn for the killing of Druggist Putnam
last October. The taking of testimony
will begin to-morrow.
The court, lawyers and spectators were
surprised alike when at 4:20 o'clock, after
examining the four remaining talesmen in
the venire, only one was excused, and
within a few minutes the twelfth was ac
cepted and the jury sworn to try the case.
Attorney Swinford asked the court to take
a recess until to-morrow morning, which
was granted. The men who will listen to
the testimony and render a verdict are:
John Price, John Squires, S. L. Ballard, A.
Cottrell, M. Campbell, Charles Strawn, S.
M. Silver, Ed Poullott, George Vanderford,
G. W. M unlock, L. L. Thurston and H. D.
Barber.
SHORBS STATION WRECK
Two Passenger Trains on the
Southern Pacific Crash
Together.
Both of the Engines Are Demolished and
Three Persons Receive Slight
Injuries.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 17.— A head
end collision occurred at Shorbs station on
the Southern Pacific Railroad this morn
ing at 10 o'clock between two passenger
trains, one a local train from Los Angeles
eastward bound, and the other the incom
ing flyer. At this point the double track
from Los Angeles ends. The local train
was moving along slowly toward the
switch leading onto the single track.
There is a sharp curve, making it impos
sible for the engineer of the train bound
west to observe the condition of the switch.
The flyer had the right of way and was
coming at a high rate of speed. The switch
had been thrown open, and before the
engineer of the flyer was aware of the
fact his engine was onto the switch. Both
himself and the fireman jumped, as did
also the engineer and fireman of the local,
when they saw that a collision was un
avoidable.
The engines came together with a ter
rible crash, ana they were completely de
molished, the fronts being stove in. En
gine 1962, which was attached to the flyer,
was the pride of the officials of this end of
the iine, being considered one of the finest
and speediest locomotives owned by the
Southern Pacific Company. Engine 1300,
attached to the local, was also a very fine
piece of locomotive mechunism.
Brakeman Lemon of the flyer jumped
and one of his fingers was crushed. Bag
gageman Canniff, also of the flyer, was
thrown against the side of a car, receiving
a slight cut over the right eye. One pas
senger, who was leaning, on bis elbow
against the window, was thrown forward
against the casement of the window, re
ceiving a cut about two inches in length
over the right eye. All the seats in the
day coach were nearly wrenched from
their fastenings, and boxes / and parcels
went flying about from the racks like a
big hailstorm. Women screamed, and for a
time the greatest consternation prevailed,
but after the excitement had abated it
was found that, excepting the slight in
juries received' by Lemon, Canniff and the
passenger, occupants of the trains had
fortunately escaped.
MARE ISLAND MONUMENT.
A Tree to Be Planted in Soil From the
Grave of Dr.' Browne.
VALLEJO. Cal., Feb. 17.— An interest
ing ceremony will be performed in the
grounds adjacent to the Naval Hospital at
the navy yard on Thursday afternoon,
Major K. A. Sherman of Oakland will, with
due Masonic ceremonies, plant a black
acacia tree in commemoration of the late
Mcd ical Director John M. Browne, U. S. N..
a past grand master of the Grand Lodge of
F. and A. M. of California. The soil in
which the tree is to be planted was taken
from the grave of Dr. Browne at Arlington
Heights. Members cf Naval Lodge No. 87,
F. and A. If., of Vailejo, of which Medical
Director Browne was a member, will be
present and assist in the interesting cere
monies. While at the yard Major Sher
man will be the guest of Chaplain A. A
McAllister, U. S. N.
It was through the instrumentality of
Dr. Browne that tbe hospital building was
erected at the naval station, and it has
been deemed eminently fitting that the
tree should be planted to commemorate
his worth.
Attempted Hold- Up at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO,. Cal., Feb. 17.— Frank
Howerton, while on his way home from
the city early this evening, was stopped
by two masked men near the city limits.
Howerton had a pistol under the cushion
of his buggy seat, and when he went for
it the men sprang aside and escaped in the
darkness. They were armed, but did not
fire upon him. Howerton drove home,
got his Shotgun and came back and
searched for the men, but could - not '.. find
them.. .."-,;"■>-;";./•
Burglary at Biggs.
CHICO, Cal., Feb. 17.— George Miller's
saloon at Bigss • was entered by a burglar
last night. Nothing was taken but a
nictel-in-the-slot machine, from which the
miscreants secured $4.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1896.
SAN JOSE'S BIG
WILL CONTEST
Eva Rose Barron's Motion
for a New Trial Is
Granted.
ERRORS OF THE COURT.
Unsoundness of the Millionaire's
Mind Not Proved by the
Evidence.
REOPENS A BITTER FIGHT.
George Barron's Counsel Will Appeal
to the Supreme Court Against
a Rehearing.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 17.— Judges Lori
gan and . Reynolds, sitting in bane, this
morning handed down opinions granting
the motion"of Eva Rose Barron, the wid
ow, for a new trial in the contest brought
by George E. Barron, and which resulted
in the setting aside- of the will of his
father, Edward Barron, on the ground
that undue influence had been used and
that the deceased was of unsound mind at
the time the will was made.
Edward Barron died at Mayfield in 1893,
leaving an estate valued at $1,500,000. He
left a will dated Febuary 4, 1892, under
which George E. Barron, a son by his first
wife, was given a life interest in $100,000,
and his brother, William R. Barron, was
left $200,000. The residue of the estate,
with the exception of about $50,000 left to
charities, was left to the widow, Eva Rose
Barron, and her three minor children.
George Barron at once commenced a con
test of the will, and after a lengthy trial in
this city the jury on March 7, 1895, ren
dered a verdict in favor of George Barron,
setting the will aside.
Eva Rose Barron, by her attorneys, then
filed a bill of exceptions and asked for a
new trial.
In his opinion Judge Lorigan discussed
the case, the assignments of error, etc., in
full. The court did not believe that any
undue influence was shown. As to the
soundness of mind the court said tbe evi
dence was conflicting. A new trial was
granted on the erroneous admission of tes
timony. The trial court has erred in al
lowing the introduction of testimony as
to the early poverty of Edward Barron
and his first wife and as to the value of
community property at the time they sep
arated.
Judge Reynolds concurred in the opin
ion of Judge Lorigan. He held that an
error had been committed by the court in
allowing D. M. Delma9 in his address to
the jury to comment upon the excluded
questions and answers in the testimony of
Mary A. Corbett in reference to the con
duct of the first Mrs. Barron toward her
husband and children up to the time they
separated, and also in regard to the con- ;
duct of Barron a short time prior to their
separation. He also held that the court
erred in allowing Attorney Bowden to re
fer to the separation of Barron and his
first wife in addressing the jury. All the
other statements of error were denied.
The matter of granting a new trial will
be taken to the Supreme Court by the at
torneys for the contestant, George Barron.
MISSING FROM HIS HOME.
The Proprietor of a Lodging-House
Mysteriously Disappears.
SAN JOSE,;CaI., Feb. 17— William H.
McCune, the proprietor of the Stanford
lodging-house at the corner of First and
San Antonio streets, has mysteriously dis
appeared. McCune was an engineer on
the Southern Pacific Railroad for years,
but went out in the strike of the American
Railway Union . nearly two years ago.
About a year ago he came to this city and
purchased the Stanford lodging-house.
McCune did not seem suited to an inac
tive life and has worried - a great deal of
late. It is feared that his mind was un
balanced. A week ago he left the house
while laboring under deep excitement. His
wife became alarmed at his actions and
followed him. After several blocks she
lost sight of him and he has not been seen
since.
BONDSMEN MUST PAY.
Absconder George Hughes' Sureties Or
dered to Settle His Shortages.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. Judges Rey
nolds and Lorigan, sitting in bane, to-day
rendered an opinion holding B. D. Murphy
and J. G. Enright, bondsmen of George
Hughes, the absconding notary public,
liable for the peculations of Hughes,
amounting to several thousand dollars'
which he had secured on forged promis
sory notes and mortgages. The court
held that the bondsmen were liable for the
official misdeeds of Hughes , and gave
judgment to P. Doerr for $700, with inter
est since January 24, 1892; Martha David- i
son et al., for $2000. with interest since
November 11, 1893, Frank Draves for $1200,
with interest since November, 1894, and S.
Kirk, as administrator of J. D. Guerraz,
for $1400 with interest from November'
1893.
TWO HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.
Road Agents Levy Tribute Upon East
San Jose Citizens. .-yW.'.-y
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 17.- S. N. Gru
wcll, an old man, was held up on Mc-
Laughlin avenue, in East San Jose, last
evening by William' Layman and relieved
of $6. Layman was armed with a large
knife and threatened to kill Gruwell un
less he produced some money. A warrant
has been issued for Layman.
John Nicora, while riding with two
young ladies in East San Jose last even
ing, was held up by two men and robbed
of $7. The description of one of the men
tallies with that of Layman.
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Alexander's Will Filed.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 17.— will of
Isador Alexander, who committed suicide
by hanging last Thursday night, was filed
for probate this afternoon. The estate
consists of real property in Oakland and is
valued at $12,500. The property is left to
the widow. ' -y
SACRAMENTO SENSATION.
Mayor Hubbard Prefers Serious Charges
Against Captain Anthony Green of
the Police Force.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 17.— Charges
of a serious nature have been filed against
Captain Anthony Green of the local police
force by Mayor Hubbard, who j has also
instructed Chief Drew to suspend the cap
tain from duty.
It is stated that for some time a close
watch has been kept upon the actions of
Captain Green by an agent of the Board of
Trustees, and it has been found, it is
claimed, that he spent most of his time
in the pool rooms, and that he was
a frequent visitor during the midnight
hours at the residence of a man for whom,
oyer a : year ago, he had procured a posi
tion as night barkeeper at a prominent
downtown hotel. The charges in full are
as follows:
First— Violating the rules of the Police De
partment. •>. • ■ -
Second— Neglect of duty as an officer.
Third— Conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman.
Fourth— That lor some time past in the city of
Sacramento, and while acting in the capacity
of captain of police, said Anthony Green has
frequented gambling and pool-selling rooms,
and has contributed to the support of gaming;
that he has continually and willfully vio
lated rule 17 of the police regulations of this
city by frequenting gambling rooms, etc., and
has failed to make a written or any other re-
Eortof the same; that for some time past he
as often violated rule 3 of police regulations
of Sacramento by drinking intoxicating
liquors on duty. V'^'!??f***H%'fi?'-'%%
Fifth— That said Anthony Green has often
neglected his duties as chief of the night force,
and has retired and left the station and police
force without a commanding officer, the duty
of said officer being to look after and regulate
the night detail of the police department.
Sixth— said Captain Antnony Green
did on the night of February 14 neglect his
duties as said Captain of Police, and went to
the noma of one R. \V. Donnca at 1013 Q street
at about midnight, and remained there sev
eral hours thereafter: that said Captain
Anthony Green has often absented himself
from his office at the police station during the
night and retired to the above-mentioned
house and remained there during the night;
that the neglect of the said Captain Green has
demoralized the police force and is working
great injury to the department. Wherefore
complainant asks that said Anthony Green
may be cited to appear and show cause, If he
nave any, why he should not be dismissed
from the police force of said city.
.:..;•->. . C. H. Hubbard.
HEALDSttURG'S WINERIES.
Prominent Growers Make a Tour of In-
spection of the District.
HEALDSBURG, Cal., Feb. 17.— "1 have
just returned from a tour of the wine
cellars of the Cloverdale and Healdsburg
districts," said B. W. Paxton to a Call
representative to-day. "I accompanied
H. Lachman of the association, who sam
pled the vintage of '05. ,'-''<'
"We found the wine pretty fair, but high
in acid— sound wine, however. The ex
cess of acid is due to the grape-grower
picking the crop too early.
"The grape-grower can be an important
factor in causing the winemaker to manu
facture inferior wine unless he exercise
proper care in the delivery of his product.
Leaves, rotten or unripe grapes are not
calculated to make a salable, palatable
wine, and hence the reputation of the dis
trict suffers. lam happy to inform you,
however, that Mr. Lachman did not find a
gallon of wine to be condemned. This is
certainly a matter for congratulation.
"Prospects are bright for our industry.
If the producer will assist the manufac
turer in an effort to put on the market
sound wines the dark days of viticulture
are past in this country."
LOS ANGELES ROMANCE
Mrs. Bella Lovett Claims That
Her Mother-in-Law Caused
Her Unhappiness.
Sues the Parents of Her Husband for
Damages for Alienating His
Affections.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 17.— A sen
sational suit has been filed by Mrs. Bella
F. Lovett against Mrs. Harriet Lovett and
Henry F. Lovett, in which the plaintiff
asks $25,000 damages for the alleged alien
ation of her husband's affection by the
defendants, who are his father and
mother.
Bella F. Lorett, in her complaint, sets
forth that her husband, Albert H. Lovett,
has, by the influence and persuasions of
his mother, Mrs. Harriet Lovett, treated
her outrageously. The old folks are
wealthy and objected to the marriage of
their only son to Bella. She alleges that
she got along nicely with her husband up
to May, 1895, but from that time on her
mother-in-law interfered. She claims
that her mother-in-law has always had her
husband very much under her control and
that the marriage made no difference;
she ruled her son with a rod of iron just
the same. "-.'.-.;'„
Albert, the wife alleges, was a very duti
ful son, and always obeyed his mother.
The complainant charges that Mrs. Har
riet Lovett told stories about Mrs. Bella
Lovett to her husband, saying that she was
not a true wife and had no affection for
him; that she had married him solely for
his prospective inheritance of great wealth
as an only son. She continued circulating
these reports until the heart of the husband
was steeled against his wife. It is alleged
that Albert was told that unless be de
serted his wife he would be disinherited,
and, being faint-hearted, he acceded to the
wishes of his mother and went to Boston
with her, leaving the plaintiff in a desti
tute condition. -^ -J y v^
CUT IN WATER RATES.
Horizontal Reduction of SO Per Cent Or
dered in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 17.— City
Council to-day adopted an ordinance mak
ing a horizontal reduction of 50 cent
in the water rates charged consumers by
the Los Angeles Water Company. The
ordinance received the votes of every one
ofthe nine Councilraen. If the rates are
enforced the income of the water company
will be reduced $200,000 per 'annum.
The fact that the council committee on
water supply recommended a reduction of
only 33J4 per cent, and that this cut was
increased to 50 per cent and adopted by a
unanimous vote, has caused . the impres
sion to arise that there is a string oh the
cut somewhere that will enable the water
company to prevent the enforcement of tne
reduced rates.
Assassinated at Santa Ana,
SANTA ANA, Cal., Feb. 17.— Jose Sepnl
veda, a young man, was shot through the
head here this evening by an unknown
person and killed. Sepulveda was on his
way to a dance when tbe assassin shot him
down. He was found lying on, the side
walk, with a bullet hole under his left eye.
CORRIGAN IN THE BAHAMAS.
The Archbishop Stiff From Exposure
During ills Mission.
NEW YORK, N. V., Fob. 17.-A letter
was received «.y. the Rev. M. J. Lavelle,
rector of the cathedral, on Saturday to the
effect that Archbishop Corrigan is suffer
ing from a severe cold in the Bahamas,
which may result in a postponement of his
return to this city, father Lavelle at
once sent a dispatch to the Archbishop ad
vising him not to endanger his health by a
return while not in good physical condi- j
tion. j
The Archbishop has been in the Baha
mas for several weeks, going from place to
place administering the sacrament of con
firmation to children in; different: and re
mote parts of the islands. It was during
his peregrinations that he caught cold. It
was his intention to visit all the churches
on the- west side on successive Sundays to
help to raise the $300,000 necessary to com
plete the new seminary at Troy. .
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The Oceanic Arrives.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 17.— The : disabled
steamer Oceanio, from Sunderland Janu
ary 20 for Baltimore, arrived at anchorage
below Boston light to-night in tow of the
W ilson line steamer Galilee. ;
MRS, CODY NOT
AT STOCKTON.
Hopes of Her Relatives Are
Again Dashed to the
Ground.
A WOMAN OF MYSTERY.
The Missing Wife's Double Walks
to the City and Applies
for Assistance.
DETAINED BY THE , OFFICERS.
Tacoma's Chief of Police Is Summoned,
Only to Announce Another
Disappointment.
STOCKTON, Cal., Feb. 17.— elation
of the local officials and the joy of the
relatives of Mrs. Arthur B. Cody, the miss
ing Chicago woman for whom scores of
men, spurred on by magnificent rewards,
have been searching for weeks, ended in
hopeless dejection to-night when Chief of
Police Smith of » Tacoma failed to identify
a woman under espionage here as the un
fortunate Mrs. Cody. The depressing
news was at once telegraphed to Mr. Cody,
and almost the last straw at which the
husband could grasp had disappeared.
A few days ago a woman applied at the
kitchen door of a California-street resi
dence for food. She was in a fainting con
dition, and her sad plight bo excited the
sympathy of the lady of the house that she
was taken in and cared for. The woman
stated that she had walked from Auburn j
ana expected to continue to Los Angeles
the next day, at which place she claimed
to have relatives.
The matter was reported to the authori
ties, but it was passed as a case of a female
tramp, and nothing more was thought of
it. The woman did not leave town, how
ever, and shortly afterward Chief Kings
bury received a description of Mrs. Grace
Goodrich Cody, the woman who disap
peared so mysteriously from Tacoma on
December 31. .
The striking resemblance the woma n
bore to the picture of the missing Mrs.
Cody excited the attention of the officers,
and Detective Marshall instituted a search
for the woman. She was not found then,
however, but yesterday the officers were
surprised to see the woman they had been
looking for enter the office of the registrar
of Associated Charities. To Registrar Eck
strom she repeated the story of her long
walk from Auburn and asked aid in order
that she might be sent to Los Angeles,
saying she was too weak to continue her
journey.
Reporters immediately began question
ing her, but she refused to give the names
of the friends with whom she claims to,
have stopped while in Auburn. J She said
her name was Curtiss and told very. dis
connected stories concerning her life. One
very weird narrative was concerning a
shipwreck in which she claimed that her
entire family was lost. , "'./:,,,
The woman had a veil drawn across her
face, but removed it during the conversa
tion, revealing features which bore every
evidence of refinement and good breeding.
She was well dressed, but her clothes were
travel-stained. Her description answered
in many particulars the one sent out by
the Tacoma authorities, except as. to her
age. She claimed to be 60 years old, but
was apparently not over 35, and had the
appearance of one who bad undergone
some sickness or who was laboring under
mental derangement. Her story regard
ing relatives at Los Angeles corresponded
with the fact that Mrs. Cody's children are
at present visiting their grandfather, Judge
Cody of Pasadena, and it was believed the
mother had started to join them after the
sudden derangement of her reason at
Tacoma. o ?; :; ..;-,'?
Chief of Police Smith of Tacoma arrived
in this city this evening in response to the
telegram from Chief of , Police Kingsbury,
and was taken to the hotel where the sup
posed . Mrs. Cody was being detained.
Chief Smith was surprised at her striking
resemblance to Mrs. Cody, but could not
satisfy himself that she was the woman
wanted. The woman told a very rambling
story, but all questions asked with the in
tention of connecting her with the Chicago
lawyer's wife proved unsuccessful. Chief
Smith concluded that he would not take
her back, and wired to Mr. Cody at Chi
cago that the hopes that he had enter
tained that the missing wife had been
found were, in all probability, doomed to
disappointment. ; . „
This does not clear up the mystery, how
ever, as to whom the woman actually is,
and the police are inclined to believe that
there is something about her that she has
not divulged in the course of her conversa
tions. yyVW
HISTORY OF THE AZTECS.
Sources of Information Detailed
Before the Academy of
V Sciences.
An Ancient and Rare Codex Exhibited
and Interpreted by E. J.
Molera.
At the meeting of the members of the
Academy of Sciences last evening Professor
Rufus L. Green of Stanford University and
Rabbi Vobrsahger of this City were elected
to membership. The event of the evening
was the lecture by E. J. Molera on the his
tory of the Aztecs and the latest discov
ered Aztec codex.
'•All the information we have regarding
the Aztecs," said the speaker, "of an au
thentic character is very scant.
"Of all the nations of the continent of
North America none can compare with
them in intelligence, i propose to-night
to show where most .of our information
concerning their history is obtained."
He stated that the earliest arrivals of
Christian priests, in a mistaken spirit, de
stroyed many valuable writings of the na
tives of the present country of Mexico.
"The first document treating of the his
tory of the Aztecs was a painting on a
specially prepared paper, and the facts
were portrayed in hieroglyphics. Another I
similar one was subsequently i found, and
these two gave the history of the Aztecs
for 100 years after their arrival and settle
ment in Mexico. There are two other such
paintings— one known as the Codex Diaz,
i named after the President of Mexico, and
the other the Codex Fernandez, after the
Secretary of \ Public Works of " Mexico. '
Tbe last mentioned was displayed on the
desk at the side of the speaker,, for the in
spection of the audience.
Other codices were then described to the
extent of showing the character of the sub
jects treated of and the periods covered by
each. t'"V^
"The next thing to consider in connec
tion with the history of the Aztecs," Mr.
Molera continued, "are the monuments
and villages built by the Aztecs during
their peregrinations and the temples con
structed by tnem after settling in Mexico.
"Now we have to consider the character
of the information derived from the na
tives by the first invaders of the country
of the Aztecs, also the writings of those
who first came into contact with those in
teresting people.. After the writings of
the conquerors we must depend upon the
writings of the missionaries." Various
works of these kinds were then reviewed
in detail. Mr. Molera next referred to
modern works on the Aztecs, compiled
from the codices that had been success
fully deciphered and which also incorpo
rated the facts described by the hiero
glyphics found on the monuments of Az
tec origin.
At the conclusion of his lecture proper
Mr. Molera submitted two fragments from
one of the codices he had described to tha
spectators. These were in frames and de
picted scenes during the period of the
wanderings of the Aztecs.
The most interesting portion of the
evening's programme to many were the
illustrations by means of the steropticon
of the scenes of one of the wanderings of
this people. In explanation of what was
to come a specially orepared map of Mex
ico, showing the peregrinations of these
Indians before their final settlement in
Mexico, was shown.
In tracing the route of their migration
the lecturer explained that the hiero
glyphics in the various codices showed
that they began their movement south
ward from a lake. He added that accord
ing to the best authorities the Aztecs
came originally from a point in California
or Utah— possibly Lake Tulare or the
Great Salt Lake.
Then came reflections in color of a
codex portraying the advance of the
Aztecs into Mexico for a period of 200
years. In the course of his remarks Mr.
Molera made lucid explanations of the
system of counting in vogue with the
Aztecs, and also made some interesting
interpretations of- the hieroglyphics dis
played. :
> Among other things the composition of
the calendar wheel and the use of the
sacrificial stones were described as they
were presented to the view of the audi
ence. An impressive feature was the ex
hibition of the Lord's Prayer in Aztec
hieroglyphics and its clear interpretation
by the speaker.
OLD BLIND ANNIE DEAD.
Was One of the Historical Char
acters of the Pacific
Coast.
A Chinese Woman at Whose Levees
Favored Tourists Have Been
in Attendance.
Old "Blind Annie" is dead. She was as
much of a landmark in the recollections of
tourists who have visited Chinatown in
the last quarter of a century as are the
Seal Rocks and the Cliff House on the
shores of the Pacific-
She is the Chinese woman who has lived
in a basement room on Jackson street,
near Kearny, surrounded by a score of
cats, her pets, the only comfort she had in
this world.
.People who have been to see her will re
member her abode. The visitor had to
walk along a narrow corridor, and then de
scend into a courtyard, on which "Blind
"Annie's" apartment opened.
.. It made no difference to her that there
were no windows or that the sun never
shone upon her, for she had been blind for
twenty-eight years. People called on her
just the same, as if she had been in the
most sumptuous rooms of a fashionable
hotel. In fact, one of her most recent
callers was Paderewski, who it is said will
not give over ten minutes of his time and
talent to the upper tendom for less than
$2-500. . .
As the world-renowned pianist stepped
out of the ill-smelling den of the old
woman he tossed her ass piece and, feel
ing delighted with his visit, he carried his
j cambric handkerchief to his nose and
walked away delighted at the new experi
ence. , . ■¥■■■.•■.•. .\r.-~j
" Sergeant Helms of the California-street
station has known old Annie for a score of
years, and yesterday, when he found the
crowd gathering about the dying bed, he
detailed Officer Jennings to watch the old
woman and protect her from the crush of
the morbidly inclined throng.
In speaking of the old woman the ser
geant said: "While she has been blind for
twenty-eight years she has been able to
make a livings uch as the Chinese might en
joy. She has lived for twenty-lour years
in the den in which she died, and many
thousands of dollars have been given her
in dimes and dollars.
"The only comfort the woman had was a
perfect school of cats. I really believe she
has twenty or more in the room with her
now. She knew them each and all by
some particular name in Chinese, and she
never made a mistake when she petted
them as they came around her in their
purring way."
"Blind Annie" was the wife of a white
miner in 1853. when women were very
scarce in this country. By him she had
two daughters, who left her at the time
she became blind and went Esst.
The miner left her likewise, and she took
up with a one-eyed old Chinaman, with
whom she lived until his death a few years
ago. Jcoia
All in all, the old Chinese woman whose
remains are now at the Morgue represent
but a bit of dust or decay from the histori
cal features of San Francisco's pioneer
days. j
Mrs Anna M. Sickles, who died the
other day in Kingston, N. V., left 77 living
descendants. vu, *
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