THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , AUGUST ! ) ] , 1898. 0
HAREM VANITY SAT DPON
The Mailed Tiat of Abdul Bmitca
Transparent Veils ,
EDICT OF A HORRID OLD TYRANT
Attempt of Turkish Women to Show
Their Fncc In Public Meet * TvltU
n Ilornl ItcbnlT Feminine
Hope Squelched.
When I was In Constontlnoplo a few
months ago , I found an odd ntnto of attains
existing In regard to the dresa of Turkish
women , notably In regard to the covering of
their faces. I am referring now to Turkish
women of the better class , those who belong
to the more Important harems
, and are able
to clothe themselves In the richest stuffs.
From tlmo Immemorial , It has been the cus
tom of the land , than which no law Is
stronger , for such women to appear upon
the streets or In their caiques on the Dos-
phorus , or In the queer bullock wagons that
take them for Friday afternoon picnics on
the hills of Scutari , wearing the feradjl and
the yasmak , the former a sort of capo with
sleeves under It , the latter an arrangement
ot gauze veiling that covers everything ol
the face except tbo eyes.
Thus clad , the women went about freely
5n the streets of 'Stamboul , driving sharp
bargains at the bazars with men of. their
own race , or , crossing the Galata bridge ,
mode their way to Pera , the European
quarter , and went shopping on the European
plan at the Don Marche. Sometimes they
went on foot , sometimes In carriages , and
were nearly always accompanied by a dis
creet female slave , for already the old days
of Jealous guardianship by ferocious eunuchs
with scimitars werrf in the past.
It Is to be presumed that this greater
freedom accorded to Turkish women came to
them as a sweet privilege and stirred la
their breasts that desire for admiration
which " Is strong injill daughter3gfEye. fto\y
that "European fn'lluences"had"ponnitted them
to step from behind , the heavy walls and
latlced windows that used to guard them ,
why should they not got that thrill of pleas
ure which comes from the homage of men ,
even strangers. Why should they not , those
of them who wcro fair , lot the world see ,
as they passed by , not only the langorous
glow of their dark eyes , but the red of theli
lips and. ( ho smoothness of their brows ,
nnd their perfect teeth ? Plainly , there -was
only the yasmak with Ha whlto folds to
prevent such a revelation , and this obstacle
might bo done away with by making tbo
gauze thin enough , BO thin as to bo almost
transparent. And the new fashion spread
from ono harem to another until It came
to pass , a tow years ago , that the real beau
ties of Constantinople wcro offering their
faces to the practically unobstructed gaze ot
whoever cared to look , the only women who
clung to the thicker yasmak of old being
those who had no beauty to reveal ,
The Sultan' * ) Dlacovery.
And all went merrily In the Turkish cap
ital , with many smiles through the flimsy
folds and many looks that seemed to say ,
to some dashing Turkish officer or elegant
European : "I am glad you think mo beauti
ful ; " but ono day the sultan , strolling about
in his rose garden , passed near some Turk
ish women who ha4 como to visit the women
of hts palace. Atid ono of the visitors who
was exceedingly tfalr and knew It , instead of
withdrawing modestly , and casting down her
eyes as' usage commanded , stood before
Abdul Ilaruld unblushlngly uncovered ; or at
least veiled with BO , flpe a gauze that It
might as well have been nothing. And the
eultan , on Investigating the matter and
learning how the now fashion was threaten
ing Turkish notions of modesty , Issued a
proclamation thrit the women of Constantl-
well disguised a * If eho were at a mfts-
quorado ball.
A Virtue of
And It was exactly hero that the sultan
overreached himself. True , ho made the
women put away the alluring yasmak and
hide their faces , but ho could not make
them ( Indeed , what sovereign could 7 } aban
don the ways of coquetry. The lessons
from the west had been taken all too welt
to heart nnd the fascination of conjugating
the verb "to flirt" had become too generally
understood. So , with Oriental flnesso the
Constantinople women proceeded to make
a virtue of necessity nnd to put the very
weapon that had been used against them
that Is , mode the chorchaff further their
little affairs of the heart far better than
the yasmak had ever done. For now
nothing was easier than to elude the vig
ilance of any prying eye , thanks to an
outer garment which made Katlma different
in no respect from Ncgdar or Zahra or
Sophia or any other charming woman who
might bo going about the city for purposes
of her own. .
If a black-shrouded figure passed through
eomo little door and into a particular house.
who could know or say whether it belonged
thcro or in some other bouse ? And at the
holiday Gatherings on the Sweet Waters of
Asia , when the whole winding stream with
Its shading cypress trees swarmed with
caiques , in which eat laughing women , who
A TURKISH PICNIC PAKTV.
fiople , when they went abroad , should wear
the yasmak no longer , but another garment ,
called a charOiaff , a great shawl enveloping
the body irom'Wd to foot with a piece at
the front falling down over the face llko a
mask.
As the charchaff Is made of satin or silk ,
there was DO longer any possibility ot the
women gratifying their vanity ; Indeed ,
when you see a Turkish woman thus attired
you see nothing at r.ll , no more than If a
black bag waa , movlug by with a rather un
graceful mvayag ( or waddling. Sometimes
the black bag carries in Its arms a baby era
a parasol.
On several occasions , I amused myielt by
mapping plenum of these women wearing
the charchaff aql one of them Is herewith
reproduced ; It e ows a number ot Turkish
yemen of the letter class disembarking
from a Bl iihorui\ ferryboat , each one looka
THE CHARCHAFF.
were to decide whether the" amiable Turk
in the stern beside this woman , or that
woman was there by rigbt of proprietor
ship or by no right at-nil snvo that which
lovers toke to themselves ? For it must be
borne In mind that no one'lnTurkey / , neither
soldier nor officer of the law , would think of
la ) ing hand" upon a woman or bidding her
show here , since a .woman's person is
sacred throughout the sultan's realm , except
to her husband.
No doubt the harem beauty who flirted
thus ran a certain risk ; ehe might wake
up eomo morning and find herself neatly
sewn in a bos at the bottom of the Bos-
phorus , far Turkish husbands do not trifle
with these matters. But when , pray , did
woman let the thought of danger quell
the promptings of her heart ?
After about a year of the charchaff
regime the pashas and men of Influence de
cided that things were going badly In their
harems , that the women were no longer
content to alt there all day putting henna
on their finger nails and stuffing themselves
with sweetmeats , and waiting resignedly for
their lord and master to favor one of them
with word or look. Rebellion was brewing
among them and the heresy of European
cottons was working sad havoc. They did
not even believe any longer that they were
born to bo men's slaves and created to servo
men's pleasure , And the charchaff , wes
'
offering them practical immunity' very
different purposes.
'Emancipation. '
So , from one side and another , appeal was
made to the sultan that tbo women might
bo allowed or rompellod to put aside the dis
simulating chorchaff and go back to the yas
mak , which at least made It possible to tell
who was who , and was now regarded as by
far the lesser of two evils. What consulta
tions and discussions went on In the big
white Ylldlz Krosque no one knows , but at
last , less than a year ago , a new proclama- ! <
tton was Issued , which was so quecrly '
worded that It practically gave women the' '
choice of dressing as they pleased , so long' '
as they made some pretense ot covering their j I ,
face. Which meant , ot course , that even In I
Turkey women were beginning to got their I
own way.
About this time I made the acquaintance
In Constantinople ot an Amarlcan dentist
who has the honor ot looking after the sul
tan's teeth and In consequence has many
patients , both men and women , among the
highest classes. Ho has spent hours in vari
ous harems and has thus been nble to make
the acquaintance ot many Turkish womea
At bis earlier visits the thief eunuch would
remain In the room whllo he did his work ,
but afterwards he would bo left frco from
surveillance and could chat with the women
as ho pleased. He assured mo that they are
llko a lot of school girls , except that they
have far less Instruction than the average
European school girl , and that they would
worry his Ufa out with questions about the
women of America. Endless is their curi
osity to know how our women dress , down
to the smallest detail , how they spend their
time , and especially what use they make of
the wonderful freedom given them by Amer
ican men. Already many of them -In the
house wear European dress , the veils and
charctmlTs being put on only when they go
out of doors. Many of them , too , are study
ing French and English , with native gov
ernesses to teach them , and are reading
with a great thirst for knowledge such
books In those languages as come Into their
hands.
"Aro there many pretty ones , " I aukcd of
the dentist , "among these Turkish women ? "
"Of course there nro a few , " he said , "but
most of them are fat and coarse looking
and altocether uninteresting. You know a
Turk doesn't think a woman is beautiful
unless she has a figure llko a beer barrel. "
"Aro they Intelligent ? "
"Some of them are very , and no doubt
many would develop Into One women It they
had half a chance that Is , If they had
better Instruction and a decent religion. It
Is my opinion they are getting pretty sick
of being treated as animals without souls. "
I have no doubt the American dentist is
correct In this opinion , and these recent
revolutionary happenings with 'the ' yasmak
and the charchaff are significant of other
things to come they show the way the
wind is blowing. (
blowing.CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
A. HAWAIIAN HO3IAXCH.
Story of Ah Fontr mid Ills Deantlfnl
Family of Dnairhtcra.
There Is a dash of romance in the brief
announcement telegraphed from San Fran
cisco of the encasement of Dr. 'J. C.
Thompson , surgeon on the United States
steamer Mohican , now In Hawaiian waters ,
to Miss Alice Ah Fone of Honolulu. The
lady's name Indicates the curloua and some
times perplexing mingling of races in those
Islands.
The history of Ah Fong , the father of Dr.
Thompson's fiancee , is a most Interesting
one. He was a Chinaman who came from
his native land to Hawaii a generation ago ,
cither ns a contract laborer or as a small
merchant Ha was a man of more than
ordinary ability and Intelligence. It la said
ho bad left a. wife and children In China ,
but , according , to Chinese religion and
custom , this was no bar to his taking a
new wife in Hawaii. He married a beau
tiful half-caste Hawaiian girl and brought
up a largo family of daughters. So upright ,
honorable and just was Ah Fong in all his
dealings that ho won universal respect.
From a plantation band ho became a
planter , merchant and millionaire. On the
outskirts of Honolulu ho built a residence ,
which , with the tropical gardens surround
ing It , is described as a dream of loveliness
and beauty. His daughters were educated
in the United States and became the most
beautiful and accomplished young women
of the Hawaiian metropolis. To their loft
Polynesian beauty was added the brilliancy
of the Orient and the piquancy and chic
due to the admixture of the American blood ,
and their society waa sought by the most
aristocratic In the city. One of , the daugh
ters married Captain Whiting of the United
States navy ; another a judge of the circuit
court , and others Influential merchants of
Honolulu , the youngest , Miss Alice , now
being chosen by Dr , Thompson.
All this time Ah Fong continued to sup
port his wife and children In China. He
was never Christianized and always were
his Oriental garb. It waa a curloua sight
to see this full-blood Chinaman in his
magnificent home or driving out In the
family carriage with his troop of beautiful
daughters , almost as white as American
girls and dressed as such.
The departure of Ah Fong from Honolulu
was as romantic as his coming. About ten
years ago one of his grown-up sons in
China visited his father In the Islands and
Induced htm to return to his first wife ,
whom he had not seen for twenty-five
years. He told his Hawaiian family of his
intention to go home , never to return , and
made the mot liberal settlement of his
property upon his wife and children , so
that they were almost millionaires , whllo
Ah Fong went back to China almost as poor
as he came.
Dr. Thompson was formerly surgeon of
the monitor Monterey , but went to Honolulu
on the collier Brutus , being transferred
there to the Mohlctn. Now that the war
with Spain is over , Dr. Thompson expects
to resign from the nayy. njarry his young
flnoncee nnd settle down In Hpnolulu to
practice his profession.
Four Bllllloii of Quid Alionril.
CHICAGO , Aug. 30. Word was received
here today by the North Americuu Trans
portation company of the arrival at Seattle
of their steamer Roanoke from the Yukon
with Jl.000.000 m gold dust from the Klon
dike , The Hoanoke also carries a full list
tnattriuui fnf t1 4lfi T.awbi. 1111 Tta ixA- > - "
FIGURING UP THE WAR LOSSES
The Total Much Leas Than In a Single Battle
of the Rebellion ,
NCURRED CHIEFLY ABOUT SANTIAGO
The Army the Greatest Sufferer Only
One American nvnl Olllccr
Killed Casualties of
the
It Is now possible to reckon up with some
degree of accuracy the loss of lifo and limb
In the 114 days' war. The double total Is
probably less than that of single battles in
our civil war , relates the New York Times.
The Spanish casualties arc , of course , far
greater than ours , but are difficult to esti
mate because of conflicting reports. The
first defenders of Spanish honor to fall in
the war were undoubtedly killed at the
bombardment of Matanzas , on April 27 , the
war having been declared by congress to
have commenced on April 21.
Shortly after this the cruiser New York
fought Borne Spanish cavalry at Cabanas ,
thirty-eight miles west of Havana , without
sustaining loss , and on May 1 Dewey won
his world-famous victory otf Manila , after
stopping for breakfast when half way
through. The loss on the Spanish sldo- footed
up 400 killed nnd over COO Bounded. The
American casualties consisted of the wound
ing of six seamen.
Among the Spanish wounded were the
two commanders of the Caotllla and the
Don Antonio do Ulloa and the executive
officer of the Ilelna Crlstlna. The captain ,
chaplain , clerk nnd boatswain of the Ilelna
Crlstlna were killed. A few days later
Dewey captured Ihe gunboats Ley to nnd
Callao , and the Spaniards captured the
American bark Sarauac.
Only American Naval OJIlccr Kllloil.
The Vlcksburg and the cutter Morrlll en
gaged the Santa Clara batteries off Havana
on May 7 without sustaining Injury.
Four days later came the fight In Cardenas
harbor. In which the only American naval
officer to bo killed In the war mot his death.
The cruiser Wilmington , torpedo boat Winslow -
slow nnd gunboat Hudson had entered the
harbor to attack Eomo Spanish gunboats.
In the light a shell burst aboard the Winslow -
slow , killing Ensign Worth Bagley and four
others. The Spanish losses In Cardenas in
cluded one medical officer , thrco sailors ,
two women , three children killed ; wounded
unknown.
The day of this skirmish was also the day
on which the cruiser llarblchead , the gun
boat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser
Wlndom attacked some Spanish troops be
hind improvised breastworks at Cienfuegos.
One seaman was killed and another waa
so badly hurt that ho died later. Captain
Maynard and Lieutenant Cameron Winslow -
slow , both of the Nashville , wcro slightly ,
nnd Robert Volls of thp Nashville , Herman
W. Kuchnelsted , John Davis and John T.
Doran of the llarblehcad , and William
Lovery were seriously wounded. Many other
Americans received trifling wounds. The
Spaniards lost 300 killed and many hundreds
wounded.
Sampson's bombardment of San Juan de
Puerto Rico , an engagement satisfactory In
Its results , took place the next day , the
Iowa , Indiana , NQW York , Terror , Araphl-
trlto , Detroit , Montgomery , Warnpatuck
and Porter joining In < the attack. The
enemy responded wjth a heavy fire , killing
Frank Wldemark , a , seaman on the New
York , and the gunner's mate on the Am-
phltrUe , and wounijl g seven. The gulps
were uninjured. , ftjio Spanish governor
general reported thoitasualtles In tbo town
as eight killed and thirty-four wounded.
A second minor attack on Cardenas took
place In iwhlch eevon Spaniards were re
ported wounded , and on May 31 Commo
dore Schloy bombarded the 'Santiago forti
fications , firing on Morro CastleLa Zoca-
pa nnd Punta Oorda , Our forces were un
scathed and the Spanish loss was reported
heavy. ! On Juno 6 'Sampson took a turn -at
the forts , silencing them without sustaining
loss. On the Spanish side Colonel Ordonez ,
Captain Sanchez , Lieutenant Yrlzar and
Officers Perez and Garcia were wounded.
An ensign and five sailors were killed and
sixteen sailors wounded. Ono infantryman
waa killed and twenty wounded.
I.OMHON In the Marine Corps.
Fvo ( American ships bombarded Caiman-
era , la the bay of Guantanamo , on Juno
7 , and forty marines went ashore there from
the Oregon three days later. Then they
were joined by 600 more marines from the
troop ship Panther , Under Lieutenant Coio-
nel Huntlngton , and the Marbldhead , Vixen
and Dolphin ran up the bay to fire on the
Spanish earthworks The first baitlo of
the marines took place Juno 11 , when As
sistant Surgeon John Dlalr Glbbs of Richmond
mend , Va. , Sprgeont Charles H. Smlth , and.
two privates were killed. The Spanish loss
Is unknown. In the next two or three.
days' fighting , in which the marines did
gallant work , Sergeant Major Henry Gooclo
and Private Tauroan wcro Wiled and five
privates wounded. There were also some
Cuban casualties.
Sampson's next bombardment of Santiago
resulted In the killing of an officer and thrco
men and the wounding of an officer and
twenty men. On Juno 13 the Yankee fought
a Spanish gunboat off Cienfuegos , and Solon
P. Kennedy of New York was wounded.
Three days later the Spanish general , Joval ,
was killed in a naval attack on Santiago. A
gunner was killed at target practice on the
Yankee by nn exploding shell.
Then Shatter effected a landing In Cuba
and moved upon Slboney , and the army
took up Us share of suffering and danger.
The daring and famous charge of the Rough
Riders and the Tenth cavalry and the First
cavalry gn Bevllla Heights , near SIbonoy ,
when 1,000 Americans fought twice their
number , took place on June 24. The killed
deluded Captain Allyn K. Capron , Sergeant
Hamilton Fish , Sergeant Marcus D. Russell ,
all of the Rough Riders ; Captain Maxlmll-
lane , Corporal White of the Tenth cavalry ,
Corporal Doherty and ten privates ; Major
3row. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander- .
Brodie , Captain McCllntock and Lieutenant
Thomas of the Rough Riders and Major Cell.
Captain Knox and Lieutenant Dyram of the
First cavalry were wounded and forty-six
other soldiers. The Spanish lost 285 killed
and wounded.
The Texas shelled the Santiago batteries
on June 22 , when a six-Inch shell killed
Apprentice Frank E. Blakely and wounded
seven seamen.
CanualtlcH at Suiitlimo.
In the advance on Santiago of July 1 , 2
and 3 there were killed twenty-one officers ,
205 enlisted men , and sevcnty-nven officers
and 1,197 enlisted men Were wounded. At
this time eighty-four enlisted men , of whom
many have since been found , were reported
missing.
In the destruction of Cervera's fleet on
July 3 Chief Yeoman George H. Ellis of the
Brooklyn was the only American killed. ,
Three were slightly wounded on the Texas.
The Spanish loss has been estimated at
350 killed and ICO wounded , including Ad
miral Cervora himself and Captain Eulate.
Besides this , in the sinking of the Spanish
cruiser Ilelna Mercedes , Captain Acoata , five
seamen and twenty-one marines wcro killed
and a lieutenant and oleveu men wounded.
In the subsequent mutiny of Spanish pris
oners on the Harvard six of them were
killed and fifteen wounded. The loss with
the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII Is unknown.
General Miles , after effecting his landing
la Porto Rico , at Guantca , has bad such n
gratifying time of It that there were prac-
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One Spaniard was killed and t\\o wounded.
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The last battle of the war , at Manila ,
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of fifteen killed and forty wounded.
The last casualty In the navy was the
death of Emanuel Konlourls , a coal passer
on the gunboat Bancroft , who was killed
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Cortes bay.
Corporal Swanson v.as killed by a shell
In General Wilson's advance In Porto Klco.
Captain Lee and Lieutenant Malnes and
three privates were wounded. The Spanish
loss has not been reported.
Total IjOHnpii In Ilolli Ariiilci.
General Vara del Key of the Spanish forces
was one of thoie killed at HI Caney. Gen
eral Toral declined to estimate the total
Spanish losses there. It is safe to say that
their loss In killed in battle on land and
sea Is several times our loss In dead. Ac
cording to the estimate at hand , the nav >
has lost : Killed , 1 olilccr and 18 men ( in
cluding Cadet Doardman , accidentally shot
at Cape San Juan , August 10) ) ; wounded , I
3 olllcers and 40 men. The army has lost-
Kllleri , 23 officers and 216 men ; wouuilpil , \
87 ofilcers and 1,350 men. Total American I
loss , 24 officers and 264 men killed ; 90 offi
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The estimating of the number ot Ameri
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sickness in the war Is a more dl'Hcuk mat
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.Strike Near Illx Uiul.
Martin Irons , tbo noted 'leader of the Mis
souri Pacific strike , la now lying ill of
typhoid fever Jn a Little nock hospital and
| s not expected to recover.
Martin Irons was born In Dundee , Scot
land , October 7 , 1832. Ho emigrated to the
United States with hts parents at 14 years
of ago and was placed as apprentice In a
machine shop In Now York City. Hero he
volunteered his small means to enable sew
ing girls to recover wages that were ille
gally withheld. That marked the begin
ning of what has been more than a halt
century's devotion to organized labor. Ho
subsequently worked at his trade In Carrollton -
rollton , La. Then he opened a grocery
store , but , failing in business , again be
came a mechanic and headed a strike for
ten hours labor a day In machine ehoas at
Lexington , Ky. Ho joined the Grangers ,
became .roaster of the largest grange in the
state and established a wagon factory. Ho
embarked again In business without success
and returned to Kansas City and again
found work as a machinist.
Removing to Sedalla , Mo , , ho became a
member of the Knights of Labor. In 16SC ,
as chairman of the executive board , district
assembly No. 101 , comprising Arkannfl * ,
Kansas , Texas , MIseourl and the Indian
Territory , ho sought to adjust the grlev-
nnccs of employes against the Missouri ,
Kansas & Texas railroad , and falling In
that , ordered a strike , which spread to nil
railroad employes ot the southwest , causing
misery In thousands of families and dis
turbance of business throughout the coun
try."I
"I am getting too old for active work In
labor movements , " said ho the other day
to a reporter. "I will get out ot this soon ,
thanks to the splendid nursing and excellent - ,
lent accommodations. I have several ap
pointments awaiting me , but I do not think
I shall over fill them. I have spent my
life In tbo work \\ltli llttlo compensation
and now have nothing to ahow for It , Or
ganized labor suffers from the presence ( n
Its ranks ( it a dishonest clement which
pushes honesty to the rear , In Arkansas
the Knights of Labor baa been ruined bjr
trickery , ireacbery { and dishonest method * ,
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TlirllllnK Scene In thu Field Iloiipltal
at Giiii liiiii .
There Is ono incident of the day , writes
Edward Marshall in Scrlbncr'a , which
shines out in my memory above all others
now aa I lie in a Now York hospital writIng - .
Ing , It occurred at the field hospital.
About a dozen of us were lying there. A
continual chorus of moans rose through the
tree branches overhead. The surgeons , with
hands and bared arms dripping , and clothed
literally saturated , with blood , were strain
ing every nerve to prepare the wounded for
the Journey down to SIbonoy. Behind me
lay Captain McCllntock with his lower log
bones literally ground to powder. He bore
his pain as gallantly as ho had led his men ,
and that Is saying much. I think Major
Drodlo was also .there. . It was a doleful
group. Amputation and death stared Its
members In their gloomy faces.
Suddenly a voice started softly :
"My country , 'tis of thee ,
Sweet land of liberty.
Of theo I Bine. "
Other voices took it up :
"Land where my fathers died ,
Land of the Pilgrims' pride "
The quivering , quavering chorus , punctu
ated by groans , and made spasmodic by pain ,
trembled up from that llttlo group ot
wounded Americans In tbo midst of the
Cuban solitude tbo pluckiest , most heart
felt Bong that human beings ever sang.
There was ono volco that did not qulta
keep up with tbo others. It was BO weak
that I did not hear It until all the rest had
finished will the line ,
"Let Freedom ring , "
Then halting , struggling , faint , It repeated
Blowjy ,
"Land-of-the Pilgrims' pride ,
Let Freedom "
The last word was a woeful cry. One
more son had died as died the fathers.
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Content the Sutro AVI1I.
SAN FRANCISCO" , Aug. 30. The Exam
iner Bays : Tour heirs of the Adolph Sutro
estate have begun a contest of the will on
tbo ground that the ex-mayor was mentally
Incompetent to execute a valid Instrument
at the date mentioned In the document.
Those who challenge the probate of their
fathor'o } \ 111 are Mrs. R. V. Morblo1 , Mm. 1C ,
Ncusbaum , Kdgar Sutro and Miss Clara
Sutro , Their attorneys will attack the will
on the Iceal ground * allowed by the statutes
ot California. Tno of the heirs , Mrs. Or.
Emma Merrltt and Charlts Eutro , have not
joined In the contest. The matter will