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LSbbbbbbbbbbbhbbbbbbbbbHbbL Mi i nil TN BBBBBBBBBBBBBsHKIWrJ LMTXk bbEbVHbbbbbbbbMrMtI PKS Bank or LlYERM0R D0NANDWA3 NOT GOaOCS Wanted No Details of Mrs Cravens Odd Weaaipg PENCE BROTHERS AND THE LAW OF MARRIAGE THE PIAINTIFP GOT A OPJJTIOX BGVORE StlC WOKKD FOR THE JUSTICE f3 JCSpBgmvTf i PsaDio ON HEIGHTS More Tetlmonr Atjont the Operation of the ETldenco Factory prer the Saasallto Bhare on found Jyinsr in his bed the covers up of death a pistol that had always been over bJ head the pillow blotched With kept in a drawer at the bank convenient Drain ana Djpoa a Duuenoie exiena i mo vajuij lenerv lng front the back of hia mouth through the base of the skuli a heavy bullet under the head and close by a large old fashioned English bulldog revolver with one chamber empty As cashier of the bank Pitchers salary was J100Q a year as trustee of the Varpey estate he received 11200 a year as holder of one tenth of the banks etock and as owner of shares the Kennedy mloe he received dividends so The fact that Banker Pitcher had taken his own life was first discovered about 9 oclock In the morning by pEIans depositors by their presence time be had finished a light meal and departed with papers and books after having spoken about the Yarney litigation and having remarked that he was going to Oakland In the morning to attend the trial and put everything In a satisfactory light The news of Pitchers suicide spread rapidly through the little town of Idy ermore A run on tne pans was iramei dlately instituted and was continued steadily throughout the rest of the day though without apparent excitement or assemblage of more than fifty persons at the bank at any one time The two other trustees of the estate and the lawyers for them and those for the heirs arrived In Llverraore during the after noon and reassured some 01 ine local Borensentbe man of alt wqrk who wa the only other person who slept it the house Sorensen says that he arpBe at 5 oclock and went about his outdoor duties He was aware that his em player had Intended to depart for Oakland by the early train and when he learned that Pitcher had nofbeen seen at the station he entered the house to find out what the matter was He knocked at the door There was no An earlier demand had been made on the bank because of the suspicious developments in court Friday and Pitcher had wisely anticipated a demand and Increased his cash supply by J5000 Oakland banners broueht from bis Yesterday evening It was elven out that ST WJ the books of the bans would ne reieasea nia portion bought by his daughter tragedy The latest suit known as Var ney vs Varney brought on the climax In effect It was an effort by the heirs or beneficiaries under the will of Varney to get the major portion of their Inheritance now It was costing almost 15 000 a year to maintain the whote estate intact simply for the purpose of paying out of It annuities latterly amounting to but 3500 a year The bene flciarles wanted the major part of the property valued in all at nearly 500000 to be distributed to them and simnlv enough left to produce reasonable expenses and supply the funds needed for the payment of the annuities Put their demands necessitated an Investigation of the financial status of theestate and consequently a presentation In court of the books in which the records were kept by the three trustees who were also the executors of the estate II Pitcher cashier of the Bank of Liver moret John Taylor the San Francisco mining man and Thomas HB Varney the Ban Francisco cycle dealer and president of the Bank of Llvermore i When Banker Pitcher was on the wit ness stand last JTriday the attorney for the beneficiaries were able to prove by nia own aamissions inat me trustees were practically 140000 short on funds of the estate intrusted to themi Pitcher nad also to admit that J191000 of the trusttnoney had been put Into the Bank pf Llvermore and that po Interest had ever been paid on It He was forced further to admit that as trustees they had sold for the estate more than 16000 shares of Kennedy mine stock to themselves at the minimum price of 3 a share Just before the price suddenly went up to 1S a share and dividends of 0 cents a share were declared He floundered In a pool of conflicting statements while exptalnlng this and other peculiar transactions but he left the unmistakable impression that he sold the Kennedy stock for the estate because John Taylor advised it though John Taylor who personally owned something like JKKX shares of the same stock bung on to his purlng his explanations It became apparent that Trustees Taylor and Pitcher and Var pey had sold the stock nominally to their trusted friends and then bought It back for themselves privately Taylor having that hi aggregate income was probably between 000 and 110000 per annum response He tried the knob It yield This would seem to have been ample He entered and saw Pitcher pre a nA Mii wn sumabiy asleep He called to him by the Oakland court thai they might be thoroughly Inspected by the State Bank Commissioners who are expected to arrive in Llvermore to day and take charge of the affairs of the concern pending a discovery oiine true siaiuB ti There was no answer He approached of the Institution VlVT vrL the bed and shook him gently Thecov Mrs pitcher and her two daughters left i Berkeley yesterday afternoon for Llvermore They wll remain there un more and in Berkeley of hUwlfcwho erlnc fell back a little and showed some wuTiiaiDK at od jUWJQt way iueirsxtneoiooamarKs wunout tarrying 1 twenty year old daughter Pearl Pit cher a student at the University of Call fomla and their sixteen year old daughter Hazel Pitcher a pupil of Miss Reads School But financial troubles drove him to take hfsown life Yesterday forenoon he was to have appeared on the witness stand in an Oakland court In the case of Varney JL Varney and prove he could by the books of the bank and by other documents that there was not a shortage of about UQ 000 and other Irregularities In the funds of the Varney estate of which he was practically the sole manager Just as he was the Pooh Bah of the Bankof Llvermore iii which according to his own ttamagtng admission on the witness stand last Friday be bad put something Sorensen ran to the home of DrWYS Taylor a block distant and summoned him When the family physician arrived he saw that Pitcher bad been dead for sometlme Sorensen was quite sure that the plstol must have been discharged after 5 oclock as he believed that he could not haye failed to have been aroused by the report If It1 had oc curred while he was yet in the house The position of the bedclothlng indicated however that the suicide had taken the precaution to stifle the sound as much as possible Deputy Coroner Horton was quickly notified and caused the body to be removed to local undertaking rooms A Coroners Jury was hastily Impaneled and taken to the scene of the tragedy A carefur examination of the room dis if rivTtioi nnn nt th trunt capital without closed nothing in the nature of an ante nvinrTnirt nn tt thPitati mortem statement There was not a That he originally Intended to produce the bookstand papers In court Is as apparent as that he afterward medl tated suicide In the chamber of death were found the documents that he had spent several hours collecting and preparing jit tne hank Sunday evening and there also was seen the instrument scrap of baper bearing a word purcest lng the cause for the bankers dreadful deed So far as could be learned Fred Mailey who keeps a saloon and restaurant til after the funeral which will proba bly be conducted by the Masonic order The other relatives of the deceased banker are a brother who is also called Henry Pitcher a sister who Is the wife of a Sacramento business man and another sister Mrs Amy Cecil of San Francisco Henry Pitcher was born In Sacramento forty nine years ago Inv his youth he was engaged With surveying parties for the Central Pacific Railroad across the Sierra Kevada mountains Then he became a clerk In a store In Sacramento Jn18f4 he came to San Francisco and became an employe of the Bank of California remaining with that Institution nearly eleven years He quit the Bank of California to become the mahagerof Thomas Varneys banking interests in the Llvermore valley and late in 1885 was mademanager of the Bank of Llvermore which was incorporated wlth 100000 of Varneys money AsaTesident of Llvermore Pitcher was at different times Town Trustee School Director a member of the public library board and a promt in the town was the last man to seei nent factor In the League of Progress Pitcher alive That was a few minutes The litigation leading up to the sul after 10 oclock Sunday night At thai clde is an Interesting preliminary to the But these were not all the remarkable revelations Pitcher was to have appeared In court with the books yesterday He preferred to blow bis brains out Van leys will was probated March 3 1S90 Varney had established the Bank of Llvermore He put into it JlOOOOOits entire capltalstock An attempt was recently made by Pitchers attorney SOoodfellow of this city to force Bishop and Treat out of the case at the start on the ground that Earl formerly of Oakland and once attorney for the beneficiaries was now of the firm of Bishop Wheeler Bishop believed that something was the matter with the guardians of the trust funds He proceeded on that supposition as the case progressed The admissions he got out of Banker Pitcher proved that his surmises were correct The suicide apparently indicates that more revelations might have been made There are about a dozen beneficiaries or heirs to receive the bulk of the Var ney property Two of them1 Mrs Varney of San Franclscoi mother of Thomas Varney and Mrs Eliza Brownell of Llvermore reside in California The others live In the East and are either brothers and sisters of the testator or nephews and nieces Several of these beneflclarles are also annuitants so that there should have been no reasonable opposition to a speedy distribution of the estate and a saving of the bulk of the expense of fl 5000 a year Their re luctance to produce the books caused suspicion to fall upon the trustees MAY DAY FESTIVAL WILL BE A SUCCESS Teaeers Gettlnsr CordlafSapport tu TlieIr Preparations for the Sionster Benettt at Glett Park 2 Preparations are going merrily on for the great May day festival at Oleo Park for the benefit of the San Francisco Public 8choql Teachers Annuity Society Thrls friendhr rivalry between the teachers sndpupllsof each school which will swell tnereceros oeyona io nop the executive committee Secretary Jordan of the Board of Education gives up his office and other rooms are brougbUnto requisition every after Uoon for the meetings of the different committees havlngrtne big affair In hand Yesterday important session of the executive coimnUtee was held and reports showed that all branches of the work were na flourishing condition i toivif1 Ruth nil man of the athletic committee reported that there had been a cordial response to ni reyi slstance and that members of two the athletic clubs had offered their services fDrtneay This will add the 1Vtnf features of the circus ring vaulting and feats on the horlxontal bar i The commlttetdlscussed the advjsabll ttr of having two bands andTit decided fa vorably upon this important feature of the dMrs ONeill of Laguna Honda efaoL assisted by Faulkner of the Frank fc Grammar School will have charge at the Pavilion There will be four distinct entertainments during the day One will be as good a the other a ad all wJU have ivTRt the teachers Ur 7im nf that TUICI i enjoying every aa i miamma1 iTn PTnpniB wui iius SfJcH oTeich but in He aggreiate there will be a splendid sum for the cause Excellent reports are coming from the committee In cbarsre of the Programme Advertisements are belnrobtalned almost for the asking Merchants seem only too wlHtdo tEelr part and the teachers la retufn will give the programmes the wld eat emulation Work in this department to the category of admission tick tffKven the schools that have undertaken the responsibility of booths are seU teg adtsloD and soliciting advertise totntsv ThicYcs Worfcja Caere Gawe A stranger wboee acquaintance the police would like to make nbed Into the oflce of the PaclSc Reoftsg aad Paraftne CoMB7 on New Moalfomery and SSSKreetS oftjr jg Lf terdar and in aa oled fr in fjrmig the bookki spar rat athlef was and a partner of the stranger rushed In snatched up a cash box containing 77 84 and dashed out The police have not aa et obtained any clew to the Identity of he thieves I i i STRUCK THE COXDtCTOn Grant Israel Canaed a Brief Blockade on piarlcet Street Grant Israel sporting man and propri etor of an Eddy street saloon tied up thej Market street cable system for a lew minutes yesterday afternoon As he was about to leave a Valencia street car at Fifth and Market streetsbe turned and struck Patrick Dalton the conductor across the forehead with a carte Dalton bled profusly the car stopped and while the conductors wound was being dressed In a near by drug store there was a hfnritfuin of street cars Israel was ar rested on a charge of battery hut soon obtained his release on Dan Dalton declares that the assault was without provocation On the other hand Israel says that he had an argument with the conductor over a transfer and as he was stepping off the car at the transfer point Dalton tried to hurry him up bygiv Ins him shove and he retaliated by striking Dalton with a cane in i ii i Her Son Was Killed by Car The following Jury was chosen yesterday In Judge Dlngernelds court for the trial of the suit of Mrs Amelia Schneider Against the Market street Railway Company Gaffney James Power Hamburger TV French Schroeder Bowman A CJough Wobds Charles Levy John Eaton Zach arias and CJeary On the first trial the Jury disagreed Mrs Schneiders son Carl Richard Schneider waa killed on December fl 188 at Oclock In the even Inc when he was crossing the railway track at the corner of East and Pacific streets His skull was fractured It was atlesed that the car was running at a speed greater than the legal limit of eight miles an hour and that no aoijg was sounded aa the car approached the crossing as required by a city ordinance The mother has asked for tS50M damages Mtr attorney is William llerrln and General Wn 11 Barpes represents the company IT WILL A BIBS CH1MCK MONK snOUlD EVttt MI5J 30CBEAt AK OrPORTCVtTiL i It will Undoubtedly prove the greatest revelation to the people of San Francisco the new enterprise of the Boston Bhoe nnmnanv which will open Us doors tojhe public to morrow morning and taeugarale a new departure with Us wonrtut bargain sales beginning at A notearr fier with the saoo atoca or rooiwear uurchased Irom ewerniw the doiUr Every pair oC thoee shoes the great majority of which are aa flag I a SfriK Vh besttn the market wtfl se dtepoeed of at exact purchase price These bargalna are offered to gain popt uir favor and bring purchaser ta the new premises 7 Market street DIED IN SOLITUDE AS SHE HAD LIVED Skeleton of an Eccentric Woman I Fonnd In Jler Cottage After She Ila4 Disappeared From Sight The body of Kate Muljer was found yesterday forenoon lying on a bed in her cottage out near h6 Blx Mfle House by Henry Miller a brother in law to the dead wortanv Nobody In the neighborhood recollects having seen Miss Muller since March 1st It 1s believed by the officials of the Coroners ofSce that she was stricken with some sudden Illness about the time of her disappearance and died soon after There was little more left than the skeleton Miss rMuller was eccentric and did not live on the best of terms with her neighbors She and Miller lived in adjacent bouses and although Miller is married to the womans sister she never allowed either of them to enter her house The dead woman owned the property In which she died and is supposed to have left some money The fact that people living next door to her house did not take any notice of her prolonged absence is accounted for by the womans secluded life she having frequently retired Into her cottage and stayed behind locked doors and Windows for days at a time Among her effects was fcund a power of attorney executed by Joseph Muller of Yolo and Margaret Muller resumed to be the wife of Henry Miller which the mother of the signers was authorised to dispose of some reat property belonging to them in Switzerland Miss Muller bad lived alone In her cottage for about two years An inquest will be held SECHKT SERVICB CHANGE On April 1st the following notice by Health OfflcerOBrlen was posted there Occupants of this basement are hereby notified that the Board of Health has decided that hereafter no persons will be permitted to sleep in underground lodgings You must therefore move out rof this place within ten days Judge MurasKy granted tha plaintiffs a temporary injunction STRUCK A CRIPPLE Robert 8 Broirn Returns Here From ZOSAngeles Robert 9 Brown late United States Secret Service Agent at Los Angeles has been transferred to JLhls city He will act as assistant to George Hazen head of the local office vice John Cronin trans ferred to Los Angeles Brown was formerly head Of the local office and IS re gardedas one of the most efficient officers in the secret service Chinese Enjoin Health Gfitcaa A suit was lnstltutedoresterday against the Board of Health andMhe Health Officer to prevent them from disturbing the Chinese occupants oUhe basement at Th6 womanfwal given stlmulantsy the Louie ODip and HongShe fils wife They have nve children ageaf rem a tpu years Theicomplalnt states that Jhey have been living for six years In the basement which is described as healthy and comfortable and containing more than the 59 cubic lctrequirea upaerinetuwa uitauiuruw forfaca person sleeping Jp an apartment Brauhray Theodore Rlsto Is Convicted otBat tery on a Kevrsboy Theodore Rlsfo a man 40 years of age was convicted yesterday In Police Judge Conians court of battery on Eugene Hamwell a thirteen year old newsboy Rlsto has been selling papers at Market and Kearny streets where Eugene Harnr well and Robert Hamwell his twelve year old brother were engaged In the same occupation Robert Hamwell Is a cripple but Rlsto struck him and tried to drive him away from the corner Eugene flew to his brothers aid and was Also struck by Rlsto i Policeman Harris inter posed and arrested Rlsto for battery In deciding the case Judge Confan rebuked Rlsto for his brutality The pai ing of sentence on the offender was set for this morning i i i Robbed of Bank Checks Koda a Japanese residing In Sonoma county reported to the harbor police yesterday morning that while coming to the city on the steamer Sonoma he had been robbed of J5000 in checks on the Sped Bank of Yokohama of this city Koda said that he and his son had been unable to secure a stateroom on the steamer oh account of the large number of passengers and had occupied the sa loon Yesterday morning while be was washing having left the valise containing the checks with his son the boy fell asleep and when the father returned the checks and valise were missing The captain of the Sonoma made an investigation but could discover no clew to the thief The knk upon which the checks were drawn was notified and will not honor the checks which lacked indorsement Womans Narrovr Escape A Well dressed woman who declined to give her name faulted on the railroad tracks at the crossing near Twenty fourth and Shotwell streets yesterday afternoon and but for the timely interference of a bystander would have probably been run over and killed The Incoming train from Tanforan race track was only a few hundred feet from the woman when she fell Edward Lahey an employe at the City and County Hospital dragged her from the rails just oeiore me train reached her The woman was given stimulants hv gatekeeper at the crossing and revived sufficiently to be taken In charge by a woman friend who removed her to her home located near Twenty sixth and Church streets I OtiUnd branch otlee of lie Taronirte fer rcceiring a4rertte meats ua soferiptUatMO i Mrs Cravens lawyers devoted their energies yesterday tft accentuating the claim made by the heirs and the executors of the estate of James Fatr that the action brought by the alleged widow was conceived In conspiracy and petered by bribery and forgery It was known to the defense that In July 1899 while Mrs Craven was occupylng4of flees with Pence Pence this firm prepared a brief to show how prlorjo 1895 1 tt State without a license The paper It supposed to be the result of a special effort by Charles Pence Yesterday Lafe Pence in his desire to show that Witness Louis Dunand was an attorney for Mrs Craven placed this docu ment or a copy of it in the bands of the Court thereby adding another strong link to the chain that being forged bythe defense Is it not a fact1 asked Pence that when Mrs Fair was at your houseln San Rafael In July and you were discussing the marriage in Sausallto she showed you a brief showing that prior to 1895 a marriage In this State without WMKV VfWQt Dunand denied that be had seen anyr such document but a copy was sub mitted by Pence for Identification It was also admitted that a similar carbon copy had been Bent to Wi Foote It Is included In the claims of the defense that this opinion wblch now forms a part of the records of the case sets forth all the forms that were re quired prior to 1895 to constitute a legal marriage without a license With this opinion which admittedly was prepared about the middle of July the Craven conspirators proceeded It is alleged to prepare their case Chinese fashion by providing testimony and evidence to meet the requirements of the law It is In testimony that Mrs Craven went to San Rafael soon after this opinion was rendered staying first at jjupana nome ana wen ai a uoiei Two weeks later she was Introduced by Dlinand to syivajin turn she met justice Of the Peace Slmpton Who was to testify that he performed the ceremony In course of time Slmpton made an affidavit as to the ceremony which be gave to Lawyer Foote Then a contract for 30000 for services was drawn by Dunand for the benefit of Sylva artO measurably of Slmpton and Dunand The i Pence opinion showing how to legalize marriage without a license was floated bet wen July 10th and 15th or before August 12th About a month later the Justice of the Peace had been found his affidavit drawn a contract of fXOOOO as compensation for services executed and Mrs Craven had revived the litigation by which she sought to recover a contract Widows allowance out of the Fair estate When the case was railed yesterday forenoon Dunand resumed the witness stand for further cross examination at the hands of Laf Pence i Can you fix the date when you first met Mrs Fair in San Rafael last July asked Pence I cannot About how many days was it prior to your trip to Sausallto to meet Sylva 4 Probably less than two weeks When did you first bear that she claimed that there was a solemnized marriage 1 As we reached the sidewalk after leaving the boat at Sausallto she said I havent told you yet that I was married to Senator Fair by Slmpton In 1892 That was the first time and I am sure of it The witness declared that at no time prior to this had Mrs Craven and be discussed the marriage ceremony He explained that be bad distinctly told the lady that he wished to hear as little as possible for there wereeo many attorneys In the case that if anything leaked out he did not wish to be held responsible The witness denied that he had read with Mrs Craven ascrapbeok of testimony In the deed case The scrap book wrapped In a newspaper had been left at his office by the lady and placed by him In an unlocked drawer T6 whom he gave it he did not recollect It might have been to Pence him self He delivered it he recalled on a written order from Mrs Craven He would try to find that paper The witness was unable to recall having had any communication with Sylva about fees after leaving the latters offlce in Sausallto He said there had been no such communication JThe following letter which establishes etlll mpre firmly the fact that Sylva was engaged byMrs Craven with a small retainer and that the 30000 contract must have been drawn as compensation was Introduced by Pence SAK FRANCISCO Cal Louis Dun orA Vtn Tttnr Rlr Having been re tained by Mrs Nettie Fair as counsel and attorney ner suu against ine air estate I think that a demand of 250 Is A reasonable amount as a retainer in as much as I may have toexpend a greater nart of that money In the securing of such testimony as may be necessary la the proper presentation of the case on behalf of the plaintiff Hoping that Mrs Fair will agree with my views in the premises I remain yours very truly 8 Wnat purported to be the signature to this paper was uiegjDie except as to th AandS the remainder being a scrawl that rlgbt pass for Chinese or Dunand Identified the hieroglyphics as Sylvas signature but still declared that he had no recollection of receiving the letter He said that he had probably done bo but thinking mat the matter re tti retalnerdiad been settled when Lairs Craven gave the S00 check at Sau sallto he paid no attention to it hand lna the letter over to the petitioner Are you not positive that there was CO cneCK given ajiupureceijjwwisen af Sylvas house I am not At Sylvas house Bhe gave htm a checkfor 800 and he gave her a receipt written upon a sheet of paper from a Manila pad At the afternoon session under cross examination by Pence Dunand saJdh had drawn the fMOOO contract Without Inquiring what service Sylva was to nerferm foe iti Dunand declared that he simply acted as stakeholder in the The fact that Dunand had allowed his 3 BBBBBBBBk IbBBbI 1 ji i sV St BBBia 4 i ji 99 it 4V bESI kBBBBBBBBBBaaB MBaPl BslHiBBBBBBBBBBBatl jC9aBBBBBBBl ttl EaK 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl LaBl BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBaW 1 I 1 la ff SL II BsUBBI Iwlj 1 3 8or 5 agsayesaH jraigygTrf jr ii aftM jsBimimirn rgiLrl i 1 fl From designs by Edward uwainj TASTY addition to the Presldiai Heights section will be the residence for Harry Goodall on the north of whipgton street oetween Locust and Spruce streetsvverK has oeen commencea on uw which will be constructed on designs uy Eawara owain bp about 30000 One of the features of the interior plan WU ue the location Of the kitchen In the mlddleof the east side of the house In order to reserve the rear withes view of the Prtsldlo and tbe bay for the dining room In that portion oUhe building For a like reason the tlttlng room pn the second story win be on the north side of thehouspravlslon has also been made on the principal floor fora reception room a large tatr hU and the dlntng roopu The flrstof these will decorated in enamei sthe halt will be lndark green oak and the dlningTrbom in mahogany On the second floor will be three large sleeping apartments with bath and dressing rooms and palpted In accord ance with the color scne me tor ttou rouu rOfO40i 0OiO4HfrO I lr TsfKtvi yw sjH Ji an A ll name as an attorney to be used by a man pot admitted to the bar which act is a cause for disbarment opened up a line for questioning by Pence Dunand declared that Pence was sim ply throwing mud He denied that he had ever sought to have the petitioner give blm a contract He declared that he had been unable to find a receipt for Mr Cravens scran book but If Pence said he gave it to blm wlthouta receipt wftiild admit that tobe the fact Dld you pot say tolluef a week ago Saturday asked Pence Why didnt she deny the existence of the contract then we would pave said nothing abou it Most emphatically no That is some more mud throwlne Just before adjournment McEnerney asked the Pencet If they hadjn their posseeslon or if their client naa ucaer her control the receipt for the 200 retainer which she testlfiedSylVa handed her as an acknowledgment of the money Under the advice of the pensive Pence Laie of that name declined to answer until after he had further examined Sylva Adjournment was taken until this morning when Dunand and Sylva will be further cross examined ISO MARITAL BMSS FOB THEM Husbands and Wives Tell of Tltelr Unhapplncss The answer and cross complaint otHl ram Goldstein who has been sued by Elisabeth Goldstein for divorce for cru Ity wete filed yesterday He denies her charges that he assaulted her last November la th fltat sis Hyde street where she Is stilt resjding and beat her so that she waaconfinea to bed for several days He accuses her of Intemperance violence of temper and misbehavior with other men He says that he Is unable to pay her the alimony that she has demanded as his only Income is a pension of per month as a Civil War veteran Sihce February 1st he has been an extra deputy in the Tax Collectors office but he does not know how soon he will be discharged by order of tne Civil Service Commission He states that she hat two grown sans oya rormer marriage who contribute to her support and that she Is receiving 50 per month foe rent of rooms In Jer flat on Hyde street He avers that he had to leave her on ac AAimt vvf hp nriiftitv tnhlrn The following divorces weregranted yesterday Ellen Plche from Christian PeterElche for cruelty and Jda Donovan from Charles Donovan for cruelty Mrs Donovan being granted the personal property and the custody of the two children Arthur Martin who has sued ICather Ine A Martin for divorce for cruelty has been enjoined by Judge Rahrs from drawing the money that he has on deposit in a bank until the Court basses onMrs MartinsMartins application for alimony and counsel fees He is a traveling salesman and she says that he earns from 10 to M0 per day Rose Hunt who has sued Franklin James Hunt an architect for divorce for cruelty has applied for alimony saying mat ne is weuaoie 10 pay uer per month and 1300 for costs of court and counsel fees She Is now being supported by her parents Adelaide Colllngs has asked that Francis JCoUlngs a waiter at the Occidental Ho tel pay her alimony She has sued him for divorce for neglect She says that he Is paid 40 rper month and his beard George Hllllard in his answer to the complaint of Bertha LHIillardt denies her charges of cruelty He Says that he did not tell her to takeher thltigsand go nordld he curse and revile their Infant chiia PENSION FUND EXHAUSTED ha been ground to a razor edge was found in his coat pocket ana as narni had Intimated his purpose to open an artery wlth thls weapon It waa aeetneu best to place him In a strait Jacket and de tain him at the hospital It believed that his fellow prisoners had so worked upon the boyfs mind with their conjectures as to the length of his sentence If convicted had made up his mind to commit suicide VERDfCT FOR MnS MVfcLEB iut 11 She Fell Down an Elevator Shaft tar Mrs Hales Ilatldino A verdlct for 0000 damageswas rendered favor of the plaintiff In Judge Hunts court yesterday In the suit of Mrs Carrie Muller against Mrs Ansls EU Hale Mrs Muller having been injured by falling down the elevator shaft In Mrs Hale building at McAllister andEArklh streets When an attempt to compromise the case was made out of court Mrs Muller refused to accept less than 5000 One of her legs was broken and testimony that she was crippled for life was given An employe of the American District Tele graph Company was fixing a line in the elevator shaft and had the door on the ground floor open when Mrs Muller stepped In supposing that the lineman inside the doorway was the elevator boyi The elevator was overheads A rnon sutt was granted by Judge Hunt as to the company which had been made a defendant George Rogers who was the elevator attendant at the time testified that he did not leave the door open but Du ran the telegraph companys employe testified that the elevator boy did leays the door open for his convenience AttorneysAttorneys Van it Paterson and Charles VT Slack prosecuted the caae and Peter uunne ana Attorney neyes represented the defendant When Mrs Muller Was In the hospital her divorced husband paid her expenses i villa Taken a Vacation Dr Williamson president Of the Board of Health left last night for Portland on business connected with the medical department of the University of California Dr Williamson has been suffering with affection of the eyes scd thinks a rst will benefit him He wUi be away about week JIISCELLANEOV3 i Xo More Honey on Hand 6 Fay Ren tired Policemen For the first time since its establishment the police relief and pension fund has become exhausted This fund allows the retirement on half pay of disabled and over age policemen It was established by thit Htate Letrlatature Ori 1na1lV in 1889 land the city charter provides forlt by a section wntcn oirecis tne supervisors rrualiy to apportion ttf It all fines otaem hers of the farce proceeds of sale of unclaimed property and percentages from the money obtained from various licenses and Police Court flees and 2 to be deducts ett from each policemans monthly salary Owlhg to the large number of recent rer lirements in the force the City Treasurer received demands yesterday or about 2300 more than he had on hand These demands were credited to be paid later More will come In To day tit2 be received from the contributions Item salaV rfes and 175 from fines of strotnfn Oyer ti 1000 jiaaalreadybetn paw Glen arfc SaleWe MeHied The suicide whose body Was retrod Bun day afternoon on alhHUearHeeFaric was James Boyle Aged years a native of New York and a recent arrtvat In this oityvi His sister Mis May toy and George Clifford of 4tt BarUeU Btjwetldan tlfled thebody Boyle caasefreip the least three weeks ago and wetksd for a time in the Eureka Laundry A tetter ho left for his sister indicates that despondency caused him to cow salt suicide 1 i Threatened to Camatft tjstaisie Waynell Harris Utemeseannr boK chargedWrth tb mttdT of Aamw 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