The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1896. SHIT HINSELF W K LAY, Frederick E. Luty Sends a Bullet Through His Head. The Suicide for Many Years Prominent in Mining and Business Circles. THEE OAUSE YET A MYSTERY. He Is Said to Have Recently Specu- | lated Heavily in Grain and Real Estate. to kill A mad dog. The animal had been thrown out of & passing cart, and had darted into the house, where he made great havoe, tearing the furniture, carpets and bed clothes, breaking crockery and attempting to devour a bathtub. There was much excitement in the neighborhood until the dog’s career was ended Dby a pistol shot. FOR THE CHARTER. List of Mass-Meetings to Be Held This Week in This City. The following mass-meetings in favor of the charter have been announced and arranged: Tuesday evening, October 6, at Judson’s Hall, Twenty-third and Douglass streets, under the suspices of the West of Castro-street Improvement Club. Thursday evening, October 8, at Academy of Science Hall, 819 Market street, under the auspices.of the Citizens’ Charter Association. Dr. Jerome A. Anderson, one of the freehold- ers who framed the charter, will be the princi- pal speaker. Friday evening. October 9, the Verein Ein- tracht &nd other German orgenizations of the City will hold a large charter mass-meeting at their hall, 237 Twelfth street. The hail will accommodate 2500 people, and it is expected that this will be an eventful meeting of the German residents of the City in behalf of the new charter. Saturday evening, October 10, a large mass- meeting will be held, under the auspices of the Mission Defense Union, in Turn Verein Hall, Eighteenth and Valencia streets. This will be & representative meeting of the resi- dents of the Mission. Wednesday evening, October 14, there will be a charter mass-meeting at the Potrero Opera - house, Eighteenth and Tennessee | streets, under the auspices of Court Americs, Frederick E. Luty, a well-known man in | mining ¢ircles, committed suicide yester- | day morning by blowing his brains out. The circumstances surrounding the terri- ble tragedy are as peculiar as they are mysterious, with the result that rumors | of an unpleasant character are floating | about the street. | About 10 o’clock yesterday the employes of John Rosenfeld’s Sons, with offices just F. of A Thursday evening, October 15, there will be & charter mass-meeting at Teutonia Hall, 1322 Howard street, between Ninth and Tenth, un- der the auspices of the Teutonia Gesellschait. Friday evening, October 16, a meeting will be held in Bethany Church, at the special re- quest of Rev. William C. Pond, of the members of hischureh, as well as residents in the neigh- borhood, tor the discussion of the charter. Other meetings in various parts of the City for the discussion of the charter will be held under the auspices of the Charter Association, and will be shortly an- nounced. It isexpected that there will ve FREDERICK E. LUTY, Who Committed Suicide Yesterday by Sending a Bullet Through His Brain. over the Anglo-Californian Bank, were startled by the sharp explosion of a pistol. As one man they rushed to the hallway and there discovered the body of Luty. From the surroundings it was apparent | that he had made careful preparations for | the rash act. Near the wall was perhaps | a score of mail sacks, some partially filled with letters and papers and awaiting | transportation. With great care the suicide had removed | some of the sacks, leaving just enough to | form agood support for his back. Mr. | Luty then carefully laid his silk hat to one | side and seating himself on the floor with | his back resting comiortably agamnst the mail sacks fired the fatal bullet into his | head. When the body was found it had ! fallen slightly forward, but was otherwise in a perfectly natural position. The weapon had been held in the left hand. Frederick Luty was one of the best- known stock operators in the City, and in | addition to this was largely interested in mining. He was secretary of several mining companies, among wWhich may be mentioned the following: The Albany. Gold Mining Company, Belmopt Mining Company, Bay State Mining and Develop- ing Company, Bristol Mining Company, Flat Creek Siiver Mining Company, Great | Western Minine Company, Comstock and the Brodie. So far as known the dead man’s accounts with these companies are | in good condition, though it is understood | that an investigation will be instituted | immediately. It is known that for several months past Mr. Luty has been speculating beavily in wheat and mining stocks. ‘Whether these ventures have proven suc- cessful can as yet only be guessed at. Shortly after the body was removed Thomas I. Atkinson, a grain broker at 337 Pine street, addressed the following note to the Coroner: F. E. Luty did trade with me some little—not sl on his 6wn account. He was careful, pru- dent and conservative. His account shows a small profit, and when there was a loss it was not all hix ows ATKINSON. After writing this Mr. Atkinson disap- peared from his accustomed haunts. At the office of Mr. Luty, 330 Pine street, there is not much disposition to talk about the dead man or his affairs. A. Gardner, who acted as Luty’s secretary, said: “Asfarasl know his accounts are perfectly straight, and I should think he ‘was worth between ,000 and $60,000. It is true that he did specunlate somewhat, but he was always so careful and con- servative that if he lost it would not af- fect his general business. Mr. Luty had been complaining for some .days past of severe pains in the head, and I believe that his rash act was the result of tem- | porary insanity. When he left the office yesterday he appeared in good spirits. He might have been short, but I do not be- iieve it. Nothing can be said definitely on that point until his affairs are thoroughly investigated.” J. H. Tibbils, a mining enginser, who has had a desk in the office of Mr. Luty for several years, also expressed the be- lief that the suicide was the resuit of tem- porary insanity. He was equally confi- dent that this derangement had not been brought about by any financial embar- rassment. Mr. Luty was a member of the Pacific Stock Board and has had his office at 330 Pine street for more than fifteen years. It has been his custom to reach his place of business about © A. M., but yesterday | morning he was a few minutes late. The eievator boy said he appeared very much werried, failing even to utter his accus- tomed *‘Good morning.”” Mr. Luty re- mained in his office about twenty minutes and then went directly to the place where his body was found. The deceased was born in Tennessee fifty-one years ago, coming to California when still & young man. He settled in Oakland when ne, later, married, sixy children—four boys and two girls—result- ing from the union. About six weeks ago Mr. Luty, with his family, moved to 2295 Sacramento street, this City. . It was learned last night that in addi- tion to his grain and stock speculations Mr. Luty has lately invested heavily in real estate. It is thought that this turned out badly and that he saw no way out of the difficulty except to take his own ife. End of a Mad Dog. Officer McCurrie of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals was summoued yesterday morning to 9155 Hayes street at least one charter mass-meeting held every evening until the day of election. BHOPS AT 4 PN, Episcopalian Prelates Enjoy an | Outing to Mount Ta- malpais. A New Christian Church Will Be Dedicated at Anaheim To-Day. The Coming Synods. The visiting Episcopal Bishops and s | | HAVE DESERTED THE LINLITHGOW England and the United States Cannot Rescue Her. Neither Has a War Vessel in the Pacific for the Purpose. STATUS OF TWO FLEETS. Meanwhile the Broken-Down Steamer With Her Valuable Cargo Is Driiting. The British tramp steamer Linlithgow is drifting helplessly in the ocean, and neither the English nor United States Government has a ship in the Pacific available for the disabled vessel’s rescue. The luckless tramp, which left this port | July 31 with a cargo of wheat bound for England, broke her shaft and since that time has been at the mercy of wind and wave, The propeller jammed aft hard up against the rudder-post and haungs in that position in danger of going to the bottom of the ocean. When it does the ship will begin to make water and may follow the propeller down below. By Captain Petrie’s letter, brouzht from Acapulco by the San Blas, it was learned that the Linlithgow was at the writing in the vicinity of latitude 6 deg. 12 min. north, longitude 108 deg. 27 min. west. He stated that it was impossible to make any repairs and all they could do was to keep the water out of the slu}). The sea was so rough that the crew could not even secure the propeller banging under her counter and could only wait to be picked up by some rescuing vessel and be towed either south to Callao or north- ward into some Mexican port. The com- munication was conveyed from the steamer to Acapulco, a_distance of 840 miles, by Chief Officer Yell in a smail boat with five men. Upon reaching the port the owners of the Linlithzow were advised of her pre- dicament and the British Government asked to send one of the British cruisers now imthe Pacific to ber rescue. The request came at an untortunate time, as the fleet on the station is small and two of the vessels are ashore them- selves—Pheasant near Vancouver and tbe Wild S8wan near Catlao. Consquem.ly the answer was that there were no British gunboats available for that purpose. Out | of England’s vast fleet not a vessel for the | rescue of an English ship and crew, and so | the Linlitagow drifs helplessly wita her { two or three thousand tons of cargo on the | ocean. Yesterday the San Francisco Chamber | of Commerce telegraphed the following request to Washington: | To H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy: British steamer Linlithgow heace to Europe is broken down in latitude 6 deg. 13 min. north, longi- tude 108 deg. 27 min. west. Can you on basis or humanity and international courtesy send Government vessel to tow her to Acapulco? HuGH CRAIG, ‘President Chamber of Commerce. The Navy Department answered | promptly as follows: ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3, 1896. To President Craig, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco: Department regre'ts that no vessel is available for purpose required. WiLLiaM McADoo, Acting Secretary Navy. 8o Uncle Sam is short of ships also in the Pacific. ‘There are_a number of ves- sels repairing at Mare Island, and the rest of the Pacific Coast fleet, with the excep- tion of the Ranger, somewhere in Central America, and the Adams at Honolulu, are | up north. The Monadnock is at Eureka | attending the fair and the Philadeiphia is at Portiand. They are all expected home number of the loca! Episcopal clerey and | 4oon jor repairs. The Thetis is at the laity had a pleasant basket picnic at Mount Tamalpais yesterday. To-diy Bishop Nichols will bold a con- firmation at St. James mission in the Richmond district, and will afterward lay the foundation stone of the new Maria Kipp orphanage, the site for which is near the mission. St. Brendan’s branch of the League of the Cross will hold its regular quarterly | rally at 8t. Brendan’s Hall, Fremont and Harrison streets, next Wednesday even- ing. The Baptist pastors will be busy this week with the annuai session of the Cen- tral Baptist Association, which is to open in the First Churcb, Oakiand, on Tuesday. Major Caygill, who is in charge of the Salvation Army track operations in the United States, will shortly visit San Fran- sisco. The presbytery has not yet decided whether to appoint a pastor for the North Beach work, to replace Rev. G. Vinai, or not. It will probably be December before a definite conclusion is arrived at, but in the meantime the Sunday-school in Ber- saglieri Hall bas been reopened, and a large number of pupils are stated to be in attendance. The Oregon Presbyterian Synod will open at Union Seminary next Thursday and the Caltfornia Synod will open a week later in this City at Calvary Church. It is hoped that the Monday evening in the sessions of the synod can be left free for social pur- poses, and the Union Seminary alumni expect to hold a reunion at that time. A Congregational Sunday-school was or- ganized last SBunday at China Flat, a val- ley in the very heart of the mountains, on the line between Humboldt and Trinity counties, There were forty-two people present, only one of whom (the school- teacher) had attended Sunday-school for years. But twelve of those present haa ever read a chavpter in the Bibl-. A new Christian church will be dedi- cated at Anaheim to-day. Rev. O. C. Keith will deliver the morning address, Rev. G. W. Pearl will speak in the after- noon and H. E. Ward is tospeak at night. Rabbi Fryer, who has resigned from the pastorate of the Bush-street Temple, leaves to-morrow for Cleveland, and after a long- needed rest will assume rabbinical charge of a large Eastern congre, on. FELL ON A HOT BAR. Antone Murray, Employed at the Pacific Lolling Mills, Badly Hurt. Antone Murray, an employe at the Pacific Rolling-mills, met with a serious accident about 3 o’cloek yesterday morn- ing. He was working on the night shift, and while taking a bar of iron, which was at white heat, out of the furnace it slipped from the tongs and fell to the floor. Murray attempted to get out of the way, but missed his footing and fell across the redhot bar. He threw himself off the baras quickly as possible, and several other employes ran to his assistance. He was driven to the Receiving. Hospital, where it was found that he was badly burned on the body, face, hands and neck. His burns were dressed, and at his request he was taken to his home, 708 Twenty-second street, in the ambulance. e Piles! Piles! Mac’s lnfallible Pile Cure. Cures all cases of blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Price 50c. A. Mcflo;le & Co., druggists, Washington street. navy-yard, but she is probably booked for | repairs. The Monterey, which was run into by a Seattle steamer and had one of | her plates dented, is underpoing extensive | repairs, The Corwin is in port, but as revenue cutters do much work and sel- dom need repairs, she mizht be dispatched to the relief of the helpless Liniithgow, | dnifting in latitude 6 north and longitude 108 west, her propeller threatening to drop away and her pumps keeping the vessel clear of water. SUFFRAGIST SPEAKERS. Migs Shaw and Mrs. Chapman-Catt Are to Lecturs Every Evening Dur- ing the Week. Miss Mary Mann, the well-known con- tralto, and the voca! quartet from the Ha- waiian band, who sang in this City dur- ing the Midwinter Fair, are to be among the attractions at the Woman Suffrage campaign concert Tuesday evening in Metropolitan Temple. Tickets for the af- fair are selling at a great rate. The ladies of the Woman Suffrage Bu- reau extend a cordial invitation to all per- sons interested in the movement to visit the Parrott building at any time during the day. Those who have not yet called are specially invited. Miss Anna Shaw'’s appointments for the present week are as follows: To-day she preaches at Santa Cruz; to-morrow she is booked to lecture at Alnmeda; Tuesday at S8an Jose: Wednesday at San Mateo; Thursday at Westside, Santa Clara | County; Friaay at Santa Clara; Saturday | afternoon at an open-air meeting on the piaza at Stockton, and Saturday evening at the Republican rally in the same town. Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Oatt speaks to- morrow_at Marysville, Tuesdag at Oro- ville, Wednesday at Auburn, Thursday before the Ebell Society of Oakland, Fri- day at the Republican rally in this City at the Auditorium and on Saturday at Mar- tinez. To-morrow night Miss Susan B. An- thony and Miss Shaw will be the guests of honor and principal speakers at the grand raily of the Alameda Political Equality Club in Armory Hall, Alameda. A women’s brass band will furnish the in- strumental music, and campaign songs, bonfires, rockets and fine speeches wiil all contribute to make up an interesting pro- gramme. e ‘A THEOSOPHICAL CHANGE Dr. Jerome A. Anderson to Lecture at Academy of Sciences Hall. ‘What is looked upon in many quarters as a most important and quite significant event is the removal of the Theosophical Society of 8an Francisco from its present quarters in the Flood building and its lec- ture-room in Golden Gate Hall to the Academy of Sciences building on Market street. When the idea of the theosophists be- coming tenanis of the Academy of Sci- ences was first considered it was feared that there existed a prejudice on the part of the directors of the academy against the theosophists and their objects. It ia not many years ago that theosophy was tabooed and derided by modern science, but since that time such men as Camille Flammarion, Huxley, Crooks and the great electrician, Edison, have not only recognized theosophy as a science, but have actually become members and active workers in the society, and now the San Francisco branch of the society is to share the same lecture hali and occupy office and library rooms in a building dedicated strictly to scientific pursuits. The removal of the library and office will not occur until the middle of the month, but the society’s regular Sunday evening lecture will hereafter be held in the academy’s handsome and commodi- ous hall on the ground floor. Dr. Jerome A. Anderson will lecture there this even- ing at 8 o’clock. —————————— At least 75 per cent of the trained teach- ers of the London School Board have come from Church of England colleges. CAST ADRIFT. A Young Girl Shipped From Switzer- land as a Pauper and Left to ‘Wander Homeless. Rosa Anselmi, a Swiss-Italian girl of 12 years, was sent yesterday by Secretary ‘Welch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to the Boys’' and Girls’ Aid Bociety. Antonio Baccla of Sonoms, who took | V! the girl to the society’s office, said she was born out of wedlock, and when her mother married the child was turned over to the authorities of her native town. In com- pany with several other waifs the girl was shipped by the authorities to this City. For about three months she has been knocking about among the families of her nationality in and around the City. Ac- cording to Baccla’s statement, cases of the sort are not of infrequent occurrence. | CONLIN’S HEAVY LOSS. The Supreme Court Decides That He Has No Claim to $61,000. Among the decisions hanaed down esterday by the Supreme Court was one involving the tidy sum of $61,577. The case was the oft-tried one of John J. Conlin against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 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