THE SENATOR ANDTHE FLOWER GIRL.

James G. Fair's Rumored In-fatuation for a Los An-

geles Beauty.

BOUGHT HER BOUTONNIERES.

Herbert Clark, Valet of theLate Senator, Discredits /

Miss Gamble's Story.

The story from Los Angeles that the lateSenator James G. Fair was in love withSallie Gamble, the pretty flower-girlat the Nadeau Hotel, is only an-other of the many romances in con-nection with the life of the multi-mil-lionaire which have never found confirma-tion or denial. Itis a fact, however, thatthe Senator knew the girl. This muchHerbert Clark, who for twelve years servedthe late Senator as traveling companion,corresponding clerk and valet, admitted toa reporter yesterday.

Mr.Clark has not been out of ths city

lately. He furnished himself in evidenceyesterday to refute the telographic state-ment from Los Angeles to the effect thathe was there hunting up evidence to beused by the contestants in the willcase toprove that the late miner and capitalistwas of unsound mind. Clark is now ajunior clerk in the office of the late Senator,who beqeeathed him $2000, and itis appar-ently to his interest to stand with the op-position.

Clark is a young Englishman, a bright,active fellow, easy of manner and pleas-ing in his address. He was not given to adiscussion of the late Senator Fair's ru-mored infatuation for the Los AngelesDower-girl when seen by a reporter at theMontgomery-street office yesterday, buthe stated that while the Senator knew thegirlhe did not think there was any at-tempt at lore-making on his side.

"She was as sweet and pretty as theflowers she sold," said Clark, witha smile,"and most men about the Nadeau foundtime to exchange the compliments of thehour with her. We never stopped morethan a day or two at a time at LosAngeles on our way back and forth toArizona, where the Senator had large in-terests. Therefore the meetings withMiss(.amble were few and far between.

"She says that the Senator was in lovewith her and wanted to marry her. If so,Iknew nothing of it, and, more than that,never saw anything to lead me to believethat the Senator took more than a passingnotice of her. He patronized her flower-booth, paid her liberally, as he did every-body, and that was all that Isaw pass be-tween them."

Miss Gamble told the southern corre-spondent that the late Senator was anawfully nice old gentleman; that he paidher $1 each for her boutonnieres; that heslipped a piece of silver into her hand asshe pinned on the flower; that he loungedabout her counter and grew veryconfiden-tial; that he whispered in her ear the pa-thetic tales of an old man's domestic lone-liness; that he finally told her of anaching void in his heart which she alonecould fill, and offered her $10,000 for theservice. She declined and thus spoiled theromance.

Herbert Clark said that he had not beento Los Angeles since the death of his lateemployer and that he had not seen MissGamble relative to having her testify inthe willcontest.

MIS3GAMBLE'S DENIAL.

She Says the Senator Was Old Enough to BeHer Grandfather.

Los Angeles, March 4. The story re-garding a love affair of the late million-iare, James G. Fair, in which Miss SarahGamble was mentioned, was, according tothe young lady herself, somewhat over-drawn. Miss Gamble is a very handsomeyoung woman still in her teens, and shesells flowers at the Nadeau Hotel, at whichMr. Fair stopped when he visited this city.Miss Gamble said to-day: "Mr. Fair wasold enough to be my grandfather. He waslike other guests in the house and used totalk to me frequently as he bought flowers,but never said anything about marriage.The idea of old Mr. Fair wanting to marryme would be funny ifitwas not so serious.Wouldn't it?" And the young misslaughed at the idea.

A dainty maid likes a dainty cake. Shecan always have it by using Dr. Price*.Baking Powder. %' r. '"-T

Herbert Clark, Valet of the Late ex-Senator James G-. Fair.

[From a photograph by Tfwrs.]

LEFT FOR THE EAST.Departure of the Wife and Daughter

of Captain linger.

The wife and daughter of Captain Hun-ger of the revenue-cutter Corwin left forthe East last Thursday, on which day theCorwin sailed for Alaska. .-***

The ladies will be missed from societycircles, where they have been great favor-ites during their stay of two years on thecoast. Last year Miss Munger, who isavivacious and charming young lady, wasthe belle of the Bering Sea fleet. Shewentnorth with her father, and was queenof all the festive gatherings at the rendez-vous. Her accomplishments and graciousmanners won her many friends among thenaval officers, and their regrets' and goodwishes will follow* her to Galveston, whereshe and her mother will spend the sum-mer.

COAST WORK COMPLIMENTED.High Official Approval of the Olym-

pia.

A copy ofthe officialreport of the NavalBoard appointed to inspect the UnitedStates steamer Olympia was yesterday re-ceived by the Union Iron Works and readsas follows;

The board congratulates the department on\u25a0be addition of the Olympia to the navy of theUnited States, which with its great lightingpower, speed and elegant appearance, is ajredit to the navy and American mechanicaliliill."Itis with great pleasure that the board

calls the attention of the department to the ex-cellent work done by the Union Iron Works,their care inall the details ofconstruction, andthe clean and finished condition of the vessel.

Very respectfully, J. J.Rend, captain, U. S. N.,senior member; Joseph Trillev,chief engineer,U. S. J*., member; F.M.Symonds, lieutenant-commander, U. S. X., member; C. E. Clark,commander, U.S. N., member; F. P. ("..more,lieutenant-commander, U. S. N., member;Elliot Snow, assistant naval constructor,U. S. »., member. . \u25a0

- •Harry George, ensign, U.S. N., recorder.To the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Depart-

ment, Washington, D.C.Secretary Herbert accepted the report

and the ship, and caused copies of the re-port to be sent to the builders.

Irving M. Scott, with regard to thereport, said: "Ifthat does not show thatwarships can be successfully built in SanFrancisco Icannot imagine what proofwould be considered satisfactory."

WILLIAM KEELING'S ESTATE.It Is Valued by Appraisement at

•181,250.The report of the appraisers of the estate

of William Kreling has been filed in theProbate Court. Itshows that the deceasedleft an estate valued at $181,250. The prop-erty is both personal and real, in theformer class being the interest of tbe de-ceased in the Tivoli property, and in thelatter several valuable lots in this city.

The total valuation of the Tivoliproperty,so far as the appraisement sets itforth, is$7650. This does not. however, include thegoodwill of the theater, which the ap-praisers state they do not value. The itemof rent at$650 a month from September 1,1893, amounts to 15000; orchestration,books, scores, librettos, etc., $1000; bar andbar fixtures, $750; scenery, properties, etc.,$500; chairs, benches and the fittings ofthe house, $1000.

Inreal estate the principal items are alot on Guerrero street, near Fifteenth,$60,000; lot on Glasgow street, near Eddy,$30,000. Kreling's two-third interest in thefirm of F. W. Kreling &Sons is valued at$51,000. ' '

THE EVENT OP THE SEASON.Crowds of Ladies Attend O'Brien's

Spring Opening.-Yesterday was the first day of J. J.

O'Brien & Co.'s spring opening, and tosay it was a success conveys but a slightidea of the multitude of ladies that turnedout in response to the firm's mammothhalf-page announcement inSunday's Call.

When the writer visited the store in theafternoon the crowd was something enor-mous and it was difficult to make one'sway through the broad aisles, any one ofwhich is equal in area to an ordinary retailstore; but all thought of personal discom-fort seemed lost sight of by the ladies intheir admiration of the limitless wealth ofnew and beautiful styles that greeted theeye on every side.

And the ladies didnot confine themselvesto admiration alone, but showed by theirliberal purchases that the values as well asthe styles were right and that they fullyappreciated the advantages of an earlychoice from the vast assortments dis-played.

CAPTAIN CLAKKSON OBJECTS.He Does Not Want Dying Vagrants Sent

to Jail.Coroner Hawkins held three inquests

yesterday. In the case ofPeter J. Cal'frey,the lawyer's clerk whose body was foundin the bay, the juryreturned a verdict of ac-cidental drowning. Inth case of JosephDale, who poisoned hims. Ifat the Ameri-can Exchange saloon the verdict wassuicide, and died from "-"opium poisoningwas that in the case of .lames Conlon, whodied in the branch County Jail.

Captain P. Clarkson of the jail scored thePolice Judges for sending dying vagrantsto the old House of Correction. He testi-fied that Clarkson was ina dying condi-tion when he received him a month ago.°

TEIEVES ON THE SEAWALL.Wagon-Loads of Grain Stolen

and Sold at SacrificePrices.

Two of the Receivers in Prison.Warrants Out for/the

Others.

Grainmen and mill-owners have sufferedconsiderable loss by the depredations ofthieves, who have been stealing wagon-loads of grain from the seawall.

Yesterday morning A. F. Hinz of thefirmof Hinz & Piageman, proprietors ofthe Yolo mills, 120 Mission street, sworeout warrants in Judge Joachimsen's courtfor the arrest of Amos Cole on three chargesof grand larceny, and Luigi, John andPhillip Cadarella, provision-dealers, 102Second street, on three charges of receivingstolen goods. The three brothers are inpartnership.

Cole works around the seawall, and hasbeen taking advantage of his position tocart away loads of grain and sell it forwhatever he could get. The particularcharges against him arose out of recentstealings. Last Thursday he hired an ex-press wagon and stole two loads of oats,seventy-live sacks altogether, worth $80.He sold them to the Cadarella brothers,who in turn disposed of them at consider-able profit to different expressmen.

On Friday last Cole stole twenty-fivesacks of wheat, worth $35, and sold themto the Cadarella Bros, for $11. TheCadarellas sold the wheat the same day tothe Del Monte mills on Brannan street,near Second, for $27 30. The wheat andoats belonged to Hinz &Piageman.

Detectives Dillon, Crockett and Smitharrested John, and Phillip Cadarella yes-terday afternoon and booked, them at "the;City "Prison. They have not yet foundLuigior Cole, but expect to have" them be-hind the bars very soon.

The detectives say that the Cadarellasalso bought twelve sacks of corn stolen byCole from the seawall, which they sold tothe Del Monte mills. They are lookingfor the owner of the corn. They have re-covered fifteen sacks of the oats stolenfrom an expressman and expect to be ableto recover several more sacks.

When does one grow weary of Dr.Price'sCream Baking Powder? Not while one isable to enjoy food cooked perfectly.

LETTERS GO ASTRAY.Press Club Invitations Fail to Reach

Their Destinations.The complaints from the Western Addi-

tion as to the failure— accidental orintentional of mail-carriers' to properlyattend to their duties appear to be applica-ble to other portions of the city as well.

A few days ago the Call published thestatement of a prominent attorney to theeffect that at a social function given by hiswife about a third of the invitations werenever delivered, although properly mailedand addressed. The gentleman also men-tioned several other instances which hadoccurred in the same locality of exactly thesame nature. 7-

Now* the officers ofthe Press Club are thecomplainants. Last Saturday evening anentertainment was given in the rooms ofthe club, at which the members of theBohemian Club were the guests. In thatorganization are over 600 members, toevery one of whom an invitation wasproperly addressed and mailed, but figur-ing upon the proportion already heardfrom only about 200 of the entire numberwere fortunate enough to receive the same.

Unspeakably MiserableIs the man or woman troubled with dyspepsia.Heart palpitations, sour stomach, heartburn, un-easiness of the nerves, oppression or a sense ofemptiness at the pitof the stomach, are among itssymptoms, Hosteller's omach Bitters eradicatesit, and jentirely overcomes constipation,: bilious-ness, rheumatic, kidney and malarial complaints.Use this thorough remedy, systematically and Itwillachieve permanent results.

A PRIVATE OFMILITARYFAME.

Co. B of the First WillFire aVolley Over William

Unger's Grave.'

ONE OF THE CRACK SHOTS.

He Was an Old Guardsman WithaHonolulu Military

Record.

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The death of William Unger, which oc-curred at about 1__. if. yesterday, has re-moved from the National Guard one of the ,best known and best liked men among itsrank and tile.

The deceased was a member of Company |B, First Regiment, and he was one of thevery oldest members in that organization.He joined itover twenty years ago when itwas known as the City Guard and has be-longed to itever since with the exceptionof the period he spent in civiland militarylifein Honolulu. While he had a wide ac-quaintance and popularity in the guardthrough personal qualities that made himsocially liked and respected, hi*,reputationrested on his being one of the crack shots

\ in the militia.This reputation he has upheld in num-

berless contests and his gold sharpshooters'bars and his other trophies were many.:One year he won the second of the threeState decorations given yearly after a spe-cial contest among officers and privateswho attain a certain high percentage. Dur-ing recent years his company has been oneof the four or fivecrack companies inrifle-

shooting and he has participated in all itsmatches, including the big tournament atSacramento a year or so ago, and the latematch with the Carson City Guards. Dur-ing the last three or four years he kept outof his company contests for special prizesto give the others a better chance, butacted as coach to the rifle team, and to hiswork the record of his company is largelydue.

The deceased was a carriage-finisher bytrade. In 1879 he went to Honolulu anduntil his return to San Francisco in 1883he was captain of Company Bof the Hono-lulu Rifles. He was a personal friend ofthe late King Kalakaua and he was amuch bigger man in the military affairs ofthe little kingdom then than his officialrank indicated. He was active in the revo-lution of 1887, when his house was for aseason militaryheadquarters. Atthe timehe received from the Kinga gold medalfor producing the best drilled company inthe battalion, and when he left a hand-some diamond souvenir attested the regardof his associates.It has not before been known that his

military record there led to an invitationfrom the present republican Governmentlast September to return and assume animportant military command. The offerwas accepted and his passage arrangedwhen tne advice of a physician that hewould not long survive in that climatecaused him to give up the plan.

Bright's disease, contracted inHonolulu,was the cause of death. The deceasedturned out withhis company during thestrike last July and the exposure he en-dured et Sacramento caused a rapid de-cline and hastened his death.

Mrs. Unger, who survives him and whois known here as an artist, was married tohim in Honolulu. .His family is an oldCalifornian one, several members of whichhave been well known here. A sister,once known as "Kittie" Unger, was anopera singer, and died about two years agoin New ork. His brother, Frank Unger,is now traveling with Mr.and Mrs. HarryGillig. *

The funeral willtake place to-day fromthe residence, 114% Oak street. CompanyBand a firingsquad willattend.

Where is there an article of human con-sumption which for an instant can equalDr. Price's Baking Powder?

William linger, Formerly Captain ofCompany B, Honolulu Rifles.

[From a photograph.]

END OF THE LICK TRUST.Fair's Death Delayed It,but

AllIs Now Ready forWinding Up.

With a Transfer of Some Money

che Trust WillSoon BeNo More.

The Lick trustees are at last ready andwaiting to disband, In a few weeks atmost they will ask the Superior Court toapprove their accounts and discharge them.When that is done there will be no Licktrust any more, and after having had one tocriticize for nineteen long years the publicmay feel a slight sense of goneness.

The trust would probably have been dis-solved by this time if James G. Fair hadnot died. Fair bought the Lick House ofthe trustees for$1,250,000, givingmortgagesfor a large part of the price. The trusteeswere satisfied withthe mortgage, and when-ever they wanted money {hey got it ofFair. Just before Fair's death they wantedabout $100,000, which he agreed to letthem have. They wanted to hand over tothe trustees of the Lich School of Mechan-ical Arts the balance of their $540,000,amounting to $74,500, and then they wouldhave been through with all the manybenevolent and monumental enterprisesthat James Lick entrusted to their care.

When the school gets its money all re-maining to be done worth considering willbe to hand over to the residuary legatees,the Pioneers and the Academy of Sciences,what is left. The trustees want to getmoney on a- mortgage from the Fair ex-ecutors, and when that is done the booksof the Lick trust willbe closed at last.

There is no promise of any formalities orany celebration when the end comes. Thethree remaining trustees, C. M. Plum, E.

B. Mastick and' George Schonewald arenone of them just now well enough to en-joy even a real big dinner. -

The trust now has on hand $1000 in cash,a mortgage on the LickHouse for $280,000,a mortgage from William Banning for$93,348, and smaller mortgages for $11,000.The trustees also hold a mortgage for $400,.000, given by the Academy ofSciences, andone of $300,000 from the Pioneers, but theserepresent advances out of the residue whichwould go to these societies in the end, andthese accounts are mere matters of book-keeping. ,

The trustees are ready to hand over tothe Lick Observatory just $68 16, which isall of the $700,000 given for the telescopenot yet paid out. The trustees ofthe Lickschool have received a mortgage on theBidwell ranch for $350,000 and will get$74,554 87 as soon as possible. Taxes andthe costs of final settlement are all else re-maining to be paid until the residuarylegatees are told to take what is left.

* Thisresidue willbe considerably over $1,000,000,and will be divided equally between thetwo societies. One has received in ad-vance $100,000 and the other $300,000. Itis

figured out that the Pioneers willsoonreceive $212,526. and the Academy of Sci-ences $91,348.

When James Lick's son was compro-mised with for $535,000 in 1878 the trusteesestimated that the estate would fail tocarry out all the legacies by $500,000.Accumulated interest and increase ofvalues during so many years have providedmoney for every bequest and left a surplusof over $1,000,000.

HE KNEW THE CUSTOM.Smart Trick Played Upon a Saloon-

Keeper's Wife.

A smart trick was played upon JohnMuirhead, proprietor of a saloon under theSt. Nicholas Hotel, yesterday morning.Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead have apartmentsin the St. Nicholas. Itis the custom ofthe night bartender after closing up to takea sack containing the night's receipts totheir rooms, and the day bartender beforeopening each morning calls for it.

Yesterday morning there was a knock onthe door of Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead's bed-room. She got out of bed, took the sack,which contained $55, opened the doorslightly and handed it out, immediatelyretiring to bed again. \u25a0

She was just dozing off to sleep whenthere was another knock on the bedroomdoor. "Who's there?" she asked. "It'sme," replied the day bartender. "Well,what do you want now?" asked Mrs. Muir-head. "Iwant the sack," came to her theunexpected reply. Explanations followedand the trick was discovered.

Some one had become cognizant of thecustom and had personated the bartender.The police were notified, and every effortwillbe made to discover the perpetrator ofthe trick.

EAILEOAD PEINTED BOOKS.Business Publications for Gratuitous

Distribution Not Free of Duty.

G. W. Black, customs agent of the GrandTrunk Railway lines west of St. Clair Tun-nel, imported at Port Huron, Mich., a lotof railroad pamphlets, time-tables,schedules of fares and other advertisingmatter descriptive of the railroad he repre-sents. The Collector at Port Huron as-sessed duty at 25 percent under the generalterm, "Printed matter," as provide*! in thenew tariff.

Mr. Black claims the articles were forfree distribution and therefore entitled toentry free ofduty under the free list of thenew tariff as "publications of individualsfor gratuitous private circulation." andaccordingly appealed the case to the Boardof United States General Appraisers.

The board has decided against Mr. Blackand holds that publications by businessconcerns, imported by corporations for useof employes, do not fall within the termsof the above provision of the free list.

IT MAY AGAIN BE' OPENED.The New Owner of the Maison

Doree Is Looking Aftera Manager.

How Money Was Made and Lostin the Once Popular

Resort.

That old haunt of the epicures, the Mai-son Doree, on Kearny street, may soon beopened again and once more the place be-hind the counter be occupied by a smilingboniface, instead of the Sheriff's keeperand the representatives of the lawyer whocame into ownership on a chattel mort-gage.Itall depends on whether the owner

of the building can be brought to terms asto rent, and whether the right man can befound to manage the restaurant for DanielSuter, the owner, who is holding with theSheriff a sort of dual possession.

Allthe attachments of the creditors havebeen released, as they had no claim in faceof Suter's chattel mortgage, and he iswondering why the Sheriff has a manthere at all, unless itis for the sake of thefees. He says that it cannot be for thesake of the creditors of LuigiLoney, whois out at his house on Buchanan street, be-sieged by the horde of. cooks and waiter*-,who lost their places and some back pay.

Suit will be brought in a few days* tooust the Sheriff, some obstructions inthewayof technical underbrush is to be clearedaway, and then if the rent is arranged andthe right man found the Maison Doreewillagain be a resort of the jeunesse doree.

Butall the old-timers say that never willbe found again a Bertha Tschurr. Itwasshe who made the old Maison Doree whatit was, and she alone of all the proprietorssaved a fortune. . When her husband andLeon Dingeon opened the place in theearly seventies it was Dingeon who wasalways spoken of as the host, but she wasthe business head— the typical French busi-ness woman such as may be seen in anyof the Parisian restaurants. Dingeon wentinto stocks in the days when his bestpatrons were making fortunes in a dayduring the bonanza excitements, and lielost all, but remained for a time with therestaurant on a salary. Tschurr died, andin time Bertha, now wealthy, chose fromher many suitors handsome Flavian Ber-ton, the chef. In eight months she died,leaving him and her two children $140,000in equal shares'. V,

LuigiLoney became the proprietor, butthe management was not as of old and thePalace and California hotels began to drawaway the banquet business. Ludwig andothers cut into,the catering trade. JohnSomali opened the Maison Riche and raniton the same lines as the Maison Doree.Bad times came to Luigi Loney, and nowhe is worried to death by a horde of em-ployes clamoring for their pay, which hehas not to give them, and he says that theyshould show him some consideration—these men who lived on the best to be had,and were allowed to do much as theypleased with the Maison Doree.

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DOWN TOE EEPAIES.The Ferryboat Solano Towed From Port

Costa by the Rescue.The big ferryboat Solano was towed down

from Port Costa yesterday by the tug Res-cue and docked at Oakland long wharf forrepairs. The vessel has been plying be-tween Port Costa and Benieia for manyyears, carrying trains to and fro. and isperhaps one of the best-known craft of her_-md in the world. v

Last week one set of her engines brokedown completely, and she has been broughthere to be thoroughly renovated, over-hauled and repaired. How long this workwill take is not known. While the vesselis laid

'up the overland train will travel

over the Stockton .route, and passengersfrom the Suisun and Sacramento valleyswill come down 7by wav of Vallejo, therebeing no vessel on the.bay. fitted to takethe Solano's place.

THOMAS V. CATORAND HIS CHILDREN.

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His Neglect of Them the Causeof His Trouble With

Hervey.

.A FAMILYSKELETON EXPOSED

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The Would-Be Slayer's Politi-cal Ambition at the Bot-

tom of It.

Politician Thomas V. Cator's attemptto shoot AY. K. Hervey late Sunday nighthas brought to light a family skeleton.Hervey is a music-teacher, residing at 2432Jackson street. He is the husband ofCator's first wife, who secured a divorcefrom the politician eight years ago. AVithMr.and Mrs. Hervey are three children,the result of Cator's first marriage. Thesechildren were !the innocent cause of thetrouble between the two men.

The argument between Cator and Her-vey was over the payment of some billscontracted to maintain and educate thechildren.

Cator went to the Hervey residence Sun-day evening at a time when Mr.and Mrs.

Hervey'were at the California

-street

Methodist Episcopal Church. Hervey isdirector of the chorus choir, of which Mrs.Hervey is a member. Upon the return ofHervey and his wife from the church Catoraccused Hervey of being exceedingly an-tagonistic to him, and soon became verymuch excited. He drew his revolver andthreatened to shoot Hervey, who ran intoa rear room, and, .being chased by Cator,he ran downstairs and into the street with-out his hat.

Hervey found Officer Langford, andwhen the latter went upstairs he heardCator talkingina loud voice about what hewould do.

Langford searched the orator, and as hetook the revolver away Cator wept. Ser-geant Monahan and liervey went upstairsand again Cator wept. He begged Herveynot to fileany charges against him. Her-vey was willing to grant the request, butSergeant Monahan would not acquiesce.He piaced Cator under arrest.fr Then came the peculiar scene of an in-tended victim rushing about to get bondsto save his would-be slayer from spendingthe night in jail. Cator was taken in thepatrol wagon to the Polk-street police sta-tion. Hervey accompanied him there.Hervey found Clerk O'Brien of JudgeCampbell's court and O'Brien accepted theproffered bond. Hervey could findno oneto go on the bond with him so he hastenedto his own residence, and ina few minutesMr. and Mrs. Hervey had furnished bailfor Cator.

When the case was called in JudgeCampbell's court yesterday morning Her-vey arose and stated that he did not desireto prosecute Cator. Judge Campbell askedifhe had sworn to a complaint. Herveyreplied that he had not and that he wouldnot do so.

Cator then said: "Judge, this is simplya jangle between two brothers-in-law overbusiness matters. Ifeel ashamed of whatIdid, and for the sake of the familyIbe-lieve the least said the better."

Judge Campbell dismissed the case.Cator and Hervey left the courtroom to-

gether and Cator promised to settle thebills and to never step inside the Herveyresidence again, even to see his children.

The causes which led up to the at-tempted shooting run back over a periodof more than ten years. Cator first becameknown to fame inJersey City in1882, whenhe received the nomination of the Anti-Monopolists to run for the Assembly. Heran on the Democratic ticket and sur-prised every one by defeating a strongRepublican railroad attorney in adistrict in which the monopolistswere powerful. This secret was explainedwhen a vote was taken in the Assemblyon an important railroad question. Catorvoted with the railroad forces. His votewould have carried or defeated the bill.Two years later Cator was re-elected As-semblyman, running on the Republicanticket. All this time Cator had been astrong advocate of temperance. His wifewas pleased with that part of his courseuntil Cator began to go home after dallyingwith the rosy god...In 1886 he secured thenomination on the Republican ticket asState. Senator, but was defeated. Whilemaking his campaign his conduct becameobnoxious and his .wife left him, takingwithher the three children.

For a year or twoCator was unheard of.He was iater discovered at Methodist campmeetings, and he led such a blameless lifethat the friends he had once betrayed be-lieved that he . had reformed. They de-cided to run him for office again. The Re-publicans nominated him in 188S. Bypolitical, manipulating he secured the in-dorsement of the Democrats, the Pro-hibitionists and even, of his old-timefriends the Anti-Monopolists. But the gen-eral public had no faith inCator's refor-mation. They put up an. independentcandidate, and with all his nominationsCator was beaten three to one. He thenleft Jersey City and went to New York.From there he came to San Francisco.

In the » meantime Mrs. Cator No. 1 se-cured a \u25a0 divorce. She did not want anypublic trial, so she resorted toa plan agree-able to Cator. She compromised by allow-ing him -to take $50,000.worth of JerseyCity property. He allowed the divorce togo by default. By the terms of the agree-ment Mrs. Cator was to have the children,but Cator was to contribute to their sup-port. Itis his failure to do this whichcaused the trouble Sunday night. Catormarried again shortly after his divorce.

His divorced wife came to this city. Sheknew how much property he had and howwellhe could afford to contribute to thesupport of the children. She watched hispolitical career here, and knowing whatexpenses she had footed for him in.hiscampaigns inJersey City, she was patient.

Cator got into politics about as soon ashe landed here. He was first known tothe public by his Fourth of July oration in1800. In the fall of,that year he ran forCongress in the Fourth District. John T.Cutting was »he Republican nominee, Rob-ert Ferral :the Democratic, and Cator rep-resented the Reform Democracy and theAmerican party. Itwas believed Cator ran

inorder to take votes from Ferral. Thelocal Democracy did not encourage Catormuch, so he became a Populist, and in 1892announced himself in favor of Maguire forCongress untilC. 0. Alexander was put upby the Republicans, when Cator switchedfrom Maguire and put a People's partycandidate to take votes from Maguire. Theplan failed.

Inthe past campaign Cator hoped thatby securing the indorsement of the Popu-lists for United States Senate he mightcontrol the balance of power to his ownbenefit. The plan failed. With the elec-tion over, and Cator's chances for replen-ishing his pocket-book gone, his ex-wifebegan to press her claims. Hervey, herpresent husband, also took part in thepressing. He remembered how friendlyCator had been at the time of the mar-riage of Hervey and Mrs Cator No. 1,asCator went so* far as to attend the wed-ding. So he believed he might have theright to remind Cator of his obligations.He was mistaken, however, as Cator wentto the Hervey residence witha revolverwith the intent to punish the importuners.

Thomas V.Cator.[From a photograph.]

YOUNG MEN'S MEETING.Services at Association llall Yesterday

Afternoon.At the young men's meeting at Asso-

ciation Hall yesterday afternoon Dr. B.G.Northrup of Brooklyn, N. V., and B. F.Faris of Clinton, Mo., were the speakers.The subject under consideration was theentire consecration of a Christian's life tothe service of God, and the gentlemenmentioned occupied their allotted time inexplaining how, with the Apostle Paul,they might "Whether ye eat or drink orwhatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of theLord Jesus."

Amale quartet of considerable excel-lence furnished the music for the occasionand willdo so each Sunday throughout themonth. Next Sunday General Howardwilloccupy the platform.

FOYERTY STOPS THE COUNT.Allen's Attorney Says the Ex-

pense Is Too Much forHis Client.

Over Half Glynn's Lead Ab-sorbed in About Hal?*the

Precincts.

The contest of James B. Allen for th3position of Recorder nearly flickered outyesterday morning, and unless the con-testant finds financial backing by the timecourt is called to-day, the case will bedropped entirely. Allenhas not the moneyto proceed, as he stated to the court yester-day, and lacking their fees, of course theofficials of the recount cannot continuetheir work.Itwas somewhat of a surprise to all con-

cerned when E. S. Salomon, who repre-sents Mr. Allen, addressed the court assoon as it convened, and announced thathis client was compelled to withdraw.However much Mr. Allen might wish tocontinue with the case, counsel said, hecould not stand the expense of $25 a daywhich it entailed, and he would thereforehave to surrender his case. "Victory isalmost within our grasp," continued "Mr.Salomon, "for already we have gainedmuch more than half what is needed to seatMr.Allen, and there is stillnearly half thecity to be gone over. lam satisfied that ifwepursue the case to the end the resultwould be the placing of Mr. Allenin theposition which Mr. Glynn now holds."

In speaking as he did Salomon dis-claimed any intention of accusing Glynnof complicity in the ffhuds which he saidhad robbed his client of the office to whichhe had fairly been elected.

Mr. Burke, who represents Glynn in thecontest, expressed himself as being anx-ious to continue the count to a finish, for,he said, if there were any more frauds tobe unearthed, it was just as much toGlynn's interest to have them unearthedas to the interests of Allen. He did notthink, however, that the recount wouldchange the result a particle.

Judge Murphy was not quite willing tohave the matter dropped in view of thestatement made by Salomon, for, said he,itis bad enough to have the frauds goingon without having a victorious man beatenby them when he has italmost within hispower to overthrow them. He suggestedthat Allen's counsel consider the mattera little more and he offered to continuethe count until the morning to give themtime. This suggestion was acted uponand so this morning willdecide the matterone way or the other whether Allen willcontinue on to the end or whether he willforego the .possibilities contained in theuncounted precincts and abandon the fightwhen he has itmore than half won.

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