The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1897. H‘h————_————d PREPARED 0 D CUBA Last Session of the Mass- Meeting Commitee To-Night. MEMBERS HAVE WORKED FAITHFULLY. The Final Arrangemests for the Big Demonstration to Be Made. OUTPOURING SURE TO BE A GREAT ONE. Success of the Movement Now Cer- tain—A Full Attendance of Members Exp cted. At California Hall this evening will be beld & meeting of the committee of fifty- eight appointed by Mayor Phelan to ar- range for a mass-meeting and demonstra- tion in favor of the cause of the Cuban | patriots. As this will probably be the last meet- ing of the commitee previous to the mass- meeting, which bas been arranged for Metropolitan Hall on the evening of Sat- urday, March 20, a full meeting of those who have been honored by being asked to serve is expected, and the final and im- portant details will no doubt be settled. The committee is composed of the follow- ing well-known citizens: Adolth Professor Brown James Lezgett George T. Gaden haries M. Shortridge J. Frank Pierce Thomas H, Caswell hares L. Patten M Wil > K. L George Peck A. D. Jones H. H. Lundstrom W: H. L. Barne: William M. Bunker James H. Sarry Fisher Ames H. K. Hig H. Mills Daniel A. E. R Garber H. B. Masiers ¥rederick Stande Gavin b Ose John Edwin W. ] o W, Nelson Frank McGowan W. = Seott R. P. Clem . W. Hutton F. W. Vun Revnegom W. T. Doolittle Henry B. Livinsston Colonel C. L. Tayior James W. Orndorft G. C. Groezinger Chairman Charles M. Snortridee has been confined to - is home by il/ness, but it ixexpected that he will be suficiently re- covered by this evening to attend. The sub-committees of five and fifteen that were intrusted with the work of securing a place o gathering and speakers will reucer their final reports, and noth- ing wili then remain but to wait for the evening on which San Francisco shall ex= press in no uncertain terms her senti menis regarding the feeling in this City | toward the struggling patriots in the “Gem of the Antilles.” The sub-committees have labored earn- estly and faithfully o see thatnothing was left undone to render the gathering a bie suceess, and their efforts have been more productive of good resul ts than they aniicipated That there will be a spontaneous oul- pouring of the people at the mass-meetin 10 listen to :he eloquent speakers who will plead for Cuba there seems to be no rea- son to doubt. Almost without rezard to nationality hundreds of citizens have offered their aid and moral support to the Cuban League and the com- mittee appointe! by the Mayor, and those who have come forward openly rep- resent but a small fraction of the throng that is eager to give some token of its fueling. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD. The Body of William Freese in Golden Gate Park. The body of a man, supposed to be that of William Freese, was found lying near the Six h-avenue entrance to Goiden Gate Park by Louis Dresch, who resides at 2930 Fuiton street, last evening. A bullet wound in the right temple surrounded by black powder burns and a revolver lyi ne:r ihe body told the story of a suicide. The Coroner’s office was notified and Deputy Coroners Tyrrell and McInnis re- moved the body to the Morgue. When it was searched a key-ring bearing the name William Freese, corner of O'Farrell and Taylor streets, and a watch were found. No paper or document that would tend to throw any light on the life of the de- ceased or the motive that prompted him 10 take his own life was found. It is pre- sumed. however, judging irom the condi- tion of the deceased’s wearing apparel, that poverty was the cause of this suicide. —_————— From McAuley’s Mission. To-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock 8. H. Had- ley of the Jerry McAuley Mission, New York City, will address a mass-meeting of ladies and gentlemen at Y. M. C. A. Hall, Meson and Ellls strects. By speciai request Mr. Hadley il tell the stoxy of his life, which is said to be exceedingly inicresting and thrilling. mission in the Wi Found er street district, New York, which he represents, is the largest and most successful of the kind in the world. — e = A New Endeavor Weckly. The Golden Gate News, a two-column, four- page weekly paper, the organ of Golden Gate Union of Christisn Endesvor, has made its appearance. It is handsomely printed on fine paper of a sligntly yellow tint, and 1s devoted 10 the news of the Endeavorers Lester B.Smith iseditor. Of the four pages, three are filied with the doings of members of the Society of Christian Endeavor. HAND Itching, scaly, bleeding palme, shapelesd. nails, and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch- ing, scaly scalps, ail yield quickly to warm baths with CoTicuRa S0P, and gentle snointings with COTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. The | (uticura tthe world. PorrEs DEUG AxD CHEM. ce Boft, White Hands,” free. (ATCHING HUMORS “usictu, Baiimuas” CoTIOURA SAN FRANCISCO, March 11, 1897. Mr. You are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the Cuban Committee of Fifty-eight, at California Hall on Bush street, be- tween Powell and Stockton, on Saturday evening, [arch 13, at8 o’clock. This will be the last meeting of the committee prior to the mass-meeting, which will be held at Metropolitan Temple on the 20th inst. By order of CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Chairman, JOHN H. JONES, Secretary. LIFE AND DEATH OF GUSTAV SUTRO Brief Sketch of a Prominent Pioneer Just Passed Away. Was the Originator of the Streetcar Transfer System. “he Firm of Which He Was Presi- :nt Dealt Extensively in Municipal Securities. The kindly face of Gustav Sutro, the banker and linguist, will never again be seen by his many friends on Montgomery street. He died at hisresidence, 1718 Pine street, on Thursday night. The deceased was well known in San Francisco, where he had resided almost continuously since 1853, at which time he started a cigar-store on Montgomery street, education in the High Echool of his na- tive city and became very proficient in his studies. When only 16 years of age he could speak, read and write German, French, Spanish and English. The funeral will be beld from his late residence to-mmorrow afternoon at hall- past 1 0’clock. BILLIARD TOURNANENT. The Amateur George Heinicke Suc- cumbed to Stage Fright Last Night. George Heinicke, the only man in the amateur class in this State who is said to be the equal of A. Mitchell at the 14-inch- balk-line billiards, made his debut last night in the 1ournament now in progress at the Occidental Hotel. The audience was a critical one, but more than anything else it was a tre- mendous one and Heiricke suffered great- Iy from stage fright. The first game of the evening wasin. teresting in the extreme. Frank Moroney and John J. Roggen, both 20C-point play- ers, came together. From :he spot shot Moroney ran up against the hardest kind of luck and it followed him through the game. His anxiety to bring the trophy back to the Olympic Club unnerved him, and Roggen left him behind as if he was at a standstill. * Captain Williams, who is to present the winners with the cuesand other parapher- nalia at the close of the tournamentin behalf of the donors, the Brunswick- Balke-Collender Company, is an intimate friend oi Moroney’s and he had wagered ro less than five hats that he would make the largest run in the game, Roggen's best was 21 points, topping Moroney by ten points until the last GUSTAVE SUTRO, Banker and Broker, Who Died Thursday Night. in front of the then well-known saloon of Barry & Patton, with his cousin, Adolph Butro, the ex-Mayor of this City. Leaving there, he went to Victoria, B. C., and engaged, in a similar business with his brother, the late Emil Sutro, Returning again to San Francisco, he formed a co- partnership with his brother, Charles Sutro, in the banking and brokerage busi- ness at 418 Montgomery street, where he remained until his death. In this business the firm dealt exten- sively 1n municipal bonds, and in the handling of such securities he became an expert and authority. This valuable knowledge camie to him from early train- ing, for after leaving school heentered the banking-house founded by his father 1n AEx-ll»Ch:fi)eHn in the early partof the century. He wasthere thoroughly trained for the line of business he chose in afier lite. In addition to his banking and broker- age business he was identified in other pursuits which tended to develop the City, especially in the ontside districts. In the seventies he purchased a control- ling interest in the old Omnibus Raiiroad Company, then a horsecar and be- came 11s president. Under his manage- ment the Omnibus Cable Company was organized and the system converted into a cable line, which soon became the most extensive in this City. The deceased will aiways beremembered with gratitude by the public of this City, for under his management of the Omnibus the system of general transiers on the streetcar lines of this City was originated. In fact, he forced the Market-street Rail- road and the other raiiroad companies to adopt that system. Mr. Sutro continued president of the Omnibus Cable Company until it was consolidated with the Market- street and other lines. He was also one of the founders of the California Electric Light Company, which under his management grew into the powerful Edison Light and Power Com- pany, which was lately consolidated into the 8an Krancisco G nd Electric Com- pany. He was also prominently identified with the powder manufacturing interesis of this coast. He was president of the oid Safety Nitro Powder Company ana brought about its consolidation with the Giant Powaer Company. He was alsoa charter member of the Stock and Bond Exchange of San Francisco, holding his seat up to the time of his death, The deceased was a brother of Charles and Albert Butro of this City and of El- vira Gradwodhl of Albany, N. Y, and a brother-in-law of Herman Zadig, the stockbroker of this City, whose sister he married in Hamburg, Germany, in Octo- ber, 1864. Mr. Sutro was a man of polish and cul- ture, as everything about his late resi- dence indicates. He received & goud 1 1ana, Mary! inning, when Moroney com pleted a clever run of 41 points in cushion-carom shots. His average was 3.70 with a score of 166. Roggen, ths winner, averaged 4.44 with a score of 200. POISON LURKS N FUNGI Professor W. A, Setchell Lec- tures on Mushrooms and Toadstools. How a Distinciion May Bs Drawn Between the Edible and Poison- ous Varieties. The sad triple tragedy which occurred in the Pastine family but a few weeks ago as the result of a mistake in the useof fungi, promptea the reading of an es- | pecially interestinz and 1nstructive paper on “Toadstools and Mushrooms,” by Dr. W. A. Setchell, professor of botany in the University of California, at the Calilornia State Floral Sociey yesterday afternoon. Afier some introductory remarks, the professor addressed himself directly to the question of how to distinguish a mush- room from a.toadstool. He said in part: A botanical cule which is fairly certain, is this: Avoid eating those species which have & volvs, a ring and white gills. The volva is an outer covering inclosing the whole toad- stool when young, but rupturing as the cap and stem expand and remaining at the base of the stem a: ort of sack. Tnere is no mis- taking this structure in‘‘Amanita phalloides,” butin a “muscaria,” however, the volva fits tightly to tbe bulbous base of the stem and is much less conspicuou: % A portion of this vol ’a may be seen at ma- turity stiil adhering to the upper surface of the cap in the form of scales. The ring is sit- uated upon the stem and is simply & portion left behind when the cap, which the younger stages is adberent to the stem, rup- tures and frees itseif from it. These struc- tures then, the ring and the volva, in con tion with the white gills, are the charact tics of the gpecies of amanita, which are all, with one exception, the most poisonous of aii the toadstools. ——————— Petitions Concerning Street Work. Petitions have been filled with the clerk of the Board of Supervisors as followe: BSol Getz & Bro. et al. for rescinding the recommenda- tion forsidewalksonI street, between Seventh and Twelfth avenues; of the Uuion Iron ‘Works and the Pacific Rolling-milis Company asking that grades be established on Twen- tieth street at the crossiugs « f Georgia. Louls- Delaware and Massachusetis. —_— JEWELRY 8 57 Third, removed to 303 Kearny, Large stock of diamonds, watches ,etc. EAPERTS AT ThE WATER, INQUIRY Colonel Mendell and J. S. Emery Gave Evidence Last Night. A Diminution Shcwa in the Cost of Construction of Works. Schussler Holds That This Is Smaller Than Stated—Investigation Nearly Over. 4 Supervisors did not continue the water rates investigation so long as usual last night, but adjourned soon after 10 o’clock. The expianation of this is that they bave torise betimes this morning in order to visit the plant of the Spring Valley Water Company in accordance with a previous arrangement. Those of the board who in- tend to make the trip will start from the depot at Third and Townsend streets at 8:15 o'clock. Before going into committee of the whole to pursue the investigation Super- visor Smity moved thay M. A. Gunst, Police Commissioner, be granted ten days’ leave of absence, commencing March 13. ‘The motion was carried unanimously. The board then resolved iiself intoa committee of the whole with Dr. Dodge in the chair. i Dr. Clinton asked the company’s repre- sentatives to give the amount of stock 1ssued and by whom held, and the amount of dividends paid during the yeer. Attorney Kellogg said that the com- pany bad already iurnished a reply to part of this question, but must reiuse to make public the names of the stock- holders. Dr. Clinton then moved that this part of the question be referred 1o the Water Committee, Supervisor Smith moved, as an amend- ment, that it be laid on the table. Hedid not think 'that this information concerned the public. Dr. Clinton withdrew his motion and seconded the amendment on the under- standing that the books of the company would be accessible to the members of the board. The amendment, however, was subse- quently withdrawn as unnecessary, nor was the original motion put. Dr. Clinton said he understood that the company claimed that all 1ts realty, of whatever nature, entered into the supply of water to the City. Z Engineer Schussier said that certain property which had been necessary 1n former years for this purpose was no long- er putto that use. He instanced the old Market street and Potrero reservoirs and land in Calav.ras Valley. In the last- named case, though this property was not directly utilized, it helped to guarzntee the purity of vhe watershed sources, and would subsequently be serviceable for reservoir purposes. There was also some property contaming springs in Marin County, from wbich the ships were sup- plied.” Finally there were a few lots at North Beach, A good deal of this prop- erty could be disposed of at a large ad- vance when the bonds matured. Replying to questions propounded by Dr. Kottanzi ard Dr. Clinton, Mr. Schus- sler said that evaporation and absorption reduced the possible supply from Cala- veras Valley below that obtainable from Alameda Creek. The land in the Calaveras Valley would be incidentally a good thing at some f ture date. The company paid about $200, 000 for 4200 acres of land in_that vicimty. They were obliged to purchase this prop- erty along with the Alameda water rights from the Alameda Water Company. The witness himself was instrumental in negotiating the deal, because he recog- nized that ths Calaveras property would ultimately furnish the key to the eneire situation. The Market and Brannan street lots were a necessary purchase at the time for the purpose of supply. The old pipe line, the Market-street property and the construction thereon counted in the company’s toial of cost. The property would be sod the moment the bonds watured in 1906. Meanwhile it was _continually inereasinz in value. The Market-street lot originally cost about $25,000. The old Market-street reservoir was constructed in 1856 or 1857, before his connection with the company. Ivwould be impossible for him to give the propor- tion of cost which this property bore to the entire property. Being pledged to the bondholders it was only rizht that it sbould be preserved for their security. Colonel George H. Men .ell, who in 1877 furnished the City with & report on tha sources of water supply in the Sierras, took the stand after being duly sworn. At the time he ‘made this report he was attached to the engineer corps of the United Statesarmy. He deposed that he still believed, as he did then, that a large supply of water could be procured from those sources. Mayor Phelan, quoting from the colonel’s report, said he must suppose that there was no question as to the abundance and superiority of tnat supply. The witness said that he did noi care to institute comparisons. He drank Spring Valley water and found it very good, though he admitted that he filtered it beforehand. “In 1877, id the Mayor, ‘‘you stated that 22,000,000 gatlons could be supplied at a cost of $18,999,000."” The witness said a part of the report had reference to the offer of the Blue Lukes company, and that estimate was some- thing less than his own. Buta pipe line to-day would certainly cost less than lor- merly. Iron cost 4 cents a pound in 1877, and was now less than 3 cents. Tnis meant a difference of §20a ton for every ton of iron used. For every redyction oi 1cent an inch in the price of iron, there would be a total reduction of $1, i tion of a plant. Labo: also much dearer then & “Then we may safely draw the conclu- sion,” queried the Mayor, “that if the City could be supplied for $18,000,000 then, it could be supplied for considerably less 10-day?"* The witness replied affirmatively. He added that this particular report was made for the purpose of comparing various projects of supply, so that the City could see which was the most advantageous. Its value, therefore, was really in the way of comparison. There was no doubt that any particular piece of work mentioned in this report could be done more cheaply to- day than twenty yearsago. A high pres- sare, he said, was indispensable to furcish supply from those sources. A highly technical dialogue ensued be- tween the Mayor und the witness relative to pressure, pumping, syphons, levels, etc., at the conclusion of which the wit- ness gave sore interesting details con- cerping the water-sheds below San Jose which he had recently visited. The area which might possibly be con- trolled at Laguna Seca, for example, was about 200 square mil In the eventof this control being obtained 25,000,000 gal- lons of water might be drawn from those sources. He was unable to answer a question pro- pounded by -Dr. Clinton, as to the addi- tionsal cost above $18,000,000 that would be involved in case the possible supply from the Sierras was increased from 22,000,000 to 50.000,500. 5 J. 8. Emery, ex-president of the Blue Lakes Water Company, was next sworn. He could not tell, he said, why the Super- visors formerly refused to entertain his company’s offer to supply the City, The company now supplied the mines in the Blue Lakes neizhborhood and was con- sidering a proposition to supply Stockton. He corroborated Colonel Mendell's evi- dence, that water could be supplied more cheaply to-day than formerly. Hiscom- pany would have no difficully in supply- ing “the City of San Francisco with 50,000,000 gallons a day if necessary. He could'not say how the Blue Lakes water compared with that of the Spring Valley Water Works. His company’s main source of supply was melted suow. Mayor Phelan referred to the fact that the city of Manchester, England, was sup- plied by an aqueduct ninety-five miles lowg, carrying water from Thirlmere at a cost of $17,000,000. The witness said that there was no trouble in carrying water more than 100 miles. The Mayor asked it the witness would care to make the board' an offer to supply the City with wafer, and Colonel Mendeil replied that he could not do so without consulting the directors. Continuing he stated that the diminution in the cost of material since 1877 was almost 50 per cent. Dr. Clinton—Then if the cost of con- struction was $19,000,000 twenty years ago similar work coulda be done to-day for $14,000,000? The witness said he could not under- take to answer such a question without studying the relative cost of each class of material. Mr. Schussler resumed his familiar seat and was asked if he knew anything about the sources of supply below San Jose. Replying io this question he affirmed that the utilization of those sources would necessitate pumping and the con- struction of reservoirs at different eleva- tions. Before the committee rose he made a voluntary statement avropos of Mr. Emery's testimony. The members, he said, had.contrived to create an impres- sion' during their examination of Mr. Emery that the lower price of steel twenty years ago had encrmously reduced the cost of construction of these mountain schemes. But in the first place the price of labor had not gone down since then, nor was the orice of metal the greatest part of the cost of a pipe Ime. It was only one of the many items. There were the metal, rivets, the con- struction, transportation, digging of trenches and the covering of the same. The cost of rights of way had increased considerably. Twenty years ago the cost of the completed metal construction would be between 814 and 9 cents a pound on the ground; now it was bstween 6 and 6} cents. These mountain schemes were ail right, when needed, but there was plenty of good water near the City, and why not utilize it, especially when, as Colonel Mendell had stated, the utilization of the Sierra sources would necessitate resorvoirs to tide over the dry seasons. The committee then rose and reported progress. : Dr. Clinton said he believed that another Bession would comquxe the investigation. The commtttee will meet again on Friday evening next. An error 1n the last report of the water rates investigation made the advertising expenses of th water company read $51 000 instead of $5000, which is, of course, the correct amount, OPL WY BE ELEASED Footes Opinion to the Treas- ury Department on the Subj=ct. Special Agents Wiil Make a Desperate Effort to Have the Drug Held in Bend. The special treasury agents who have been working up the evidence against the $200,000 worth of opium that was recently tied up in the bonded warehouses by Col- lector of the Port Wise were very much chagrined yesterday when United States Dstrict Attorney Foote reported ad- versely on the case. The District Attorney’s action took the form of a telegram to the Secretary of the Treasury, in which he stated that, in his opinion, condemnation proceedings would fail, and that therefore¢ he would advise that the opium be releasea. This a month’s work on the part of t agents, unless they can con Treasury Department that they have a case against the drug. The agents received information that Chinese tirms of this City were violating the laws and the treaty with China in im- porting opium -into "this country and thinly concealing their onerations by baving the opium consigned to an em- ploye of a local branch of a foreign bank. ‘They worked on the case for a time and claimed to have dis: overed a contract by which the bank clerk acted as the agent of Quong Fong Tai & Co., the Chinese opium-dealers of Chinatown. They con- sulted the District Attorney, and he ex- pressed an opinion, without baving looked closely into the matter, that the opium conid be condemned. On the stren-th of this Collector Wise was asked to order that the last big im- portation be kept in the warehouses pend- ing the settlement of the matter. This was done, and the agents also seized a portion of the shipment that had been taken to Chinatown and placed it in the Appraiser’s store. , Then the agents placed the facts in the hands of the Coliector officially, and that individual, after looking them over care- '““v'efhud the case officially before the United States District Attorney, request- ing him if the.facts warranted to file an intormation against the opium. After going exhaustively into the sub- ject, Mr. Foote decided that the evidence was not sufficient to render a condemn; gion reasonably sure, and so wired the Secretary of the Treasury. The opium has not vet been released, but wall doubtless by freed soon,. unless further inst'uctions to hold it are received from Washington. Itis understood that the special agents will make desperate efforts to prevent the opinm from leaving the warehouses until the question of the legality of its imporiation is settled in court. ATTON'S STURDY NERVE. Pre-empted a Wagon and Argued His Rights With the Owner. Frederick Atton, a young laborer, came to sudden, though not very serious, grief last evening through taking too many liberties with other people’s property. Max Ludwig, a driver for the Modern Laundry, left his wagon at the corner of California street and Central avenue yes- terday aiternoon while he visited a neigh- poring house. On his return he saw his vehicie disappearing in the distance with a stranger on the seat. He hailed the driver and asked him where he was going. The man in tem- porary charge of the icle, Frederick Alton, replied that he was going home with his ng. Ludwig denied Atton’s ownership, and on the usurper ipsisting Ludwig jumped up and knocked him to the ground. Attou fell heavily and was rendered uncenscious, He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, wnere he soon re- vived. His injuries consisted of scalp wounds. et e THEY are peers fu their profession—binding or printing. The Mysell-Rollins Co., 22 Clay.* bt o Tt o A wealtuy gentleman in Paris, whose wife cou.d not resist the desire to gamble, has secured a legal separation from her. In six mont! he had lost 435,000 francs. FFW TO-DAY—DRY GOOD= EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS I« We close A MOST SUCCESSFUL WEEK’S SELLING OF NEW SPRING GOODS with a great special offering of the following bargains FOR TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT! LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS! LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS (slightly 1mperfect), regular price 20c each, will be offered at LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular price 25¢ each, will be offered at 10¢ 12i¢ LADIES' WHITE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED SHEER LAWN HAND- KERCHIEFS (slightly imperfect), regular price 30c each, will be offered at 15¢ EMBROIDERIES! EMBROIDERIES! CHAMBRAY ALL-OVER EMBROIDERY. in blue, navy and red, embroid- ered with white, 2L inches wide, regular price $1, 125 and $130 a yard, O, will be offered a RIBBONS! RIBBONS! 500 pleces No. 4033 INCH ALL-SILK (assorted colors), SATIN AND GROS- |56 GRAIN RIBBONS, value 25c a yard, will be offered at S 300 pieces No. 60 4-TNCH ALL-SILK, SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBONS, assorted colors, value 35c a yard, will be offered at 150 pieces No. 60 4-INCH SHADED TAFFETA RIBBONS, in assorted colors, 306 4 value 50c a yard, will be offered at 20e MEN’S OVERSHIRTS! 175 dozen MEN’S NEGLIGEE OVERSHIRTS, made with yoked backs, banded collars and in a variety of shirtings, extra value for 50c each, will 250 be placed on sale at........... GLOVE DEPARTMENT! 3000 pairs BLACK K1D GLOVES, 5 and 7 hook, regular price $1 25 a pair, will be placed on sale at. 2000 pairs BLACK AND COLORED KID GLOVES, four buttons, embroid- ered backs, regular price $1 30 a pair, will be offered at. and $150 550 $1.2 £®~ STORE OPEN SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL TEN 0’CLOCK. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Corner of Joneg Sean Francisco. BUTLERS LAST THROM He Begs Six Grains of Morphine to End His Life. CONFESSES THAT THE JiG Is TUP. He Prefers Death” to Facing Australian Legal Ven- geance. A NEWSPAPER MAN APPEALED TO FOR AID. The Murderer Repudiates His Con- versation, but Admits an Inten- tion to Commit Suicide. Through the tangle and confusion of legal forms and procedure the Ausiral'an muraerer is at last beginning to geta glimpse of the fate which aw. him. It is a disheartening prospect, and Butler apparently sees but one way to defeat it. He will fight death with death. Rather the deadly sleeping potion than the ruth- less hemp, and the murderer of Weller and Preston is scheming to accomplish bis own destruction. Among thoss who have been closest to Butler within the last week or two it has heen very apparent that his nerve was weakening, but it was not untit yesterday that it became known that he had made overt efforts to obtain the means of his own undoing. This knowledye came to the officers through Butler’s appeals to a newspaper man to furnish him with mor- phine. Among the representatives of the local papers wWho became acquainted with the Australian murderer in the course of num- €rous interviews was a representative of the Post, with whom Butler became quite friendly. This was, perhaps, largely due to the fact that the newspaper man, piiying the apparent hopelessness of the prison- er’s position, furnisbed him with news- papers and other little conveniences. Thursday afternoon Butler addressed a note tc tue Post editorial rooms request- ing that the reporter in question be sent tosee bim. This request was complied with and Butier voluntarily entered into along and confidential discussion of his situati)n. It was obvious that he was discouraged und he {ntimated that all was over with him. In the conrse of his con- versation he handed the newspaper man a document which he declared was his will, together with otherimportant papers. of CASTORIA. As hedid this he looked meaningly at his confidant and said: *Yon see, it’s this way. The jig is up. They've got me and they’ll take me back to Australis. But I know what will be done to me there, and I will not go. All I need is six grains of morphine. 1'll go to sleep and that will be the last of the Butler case.” The reporter, who'had accepted the document in a spirit of kindliness, was taken back at the implied request. With due regard for the confidence that had been reposed in him he considered it his duty to notify the officers of their prisoner's desperate intention, and he fich of the matter to Detectives Mc- attie and Roach. That is why a guard has been placed in Butler's cell, and every visitor from this on will be watched suspiciously. Itis this last feature of the disclosure that chafes the prisoner. He indignantly denied thut he had made any confidence to the Post man, or that he had spoken of committing suicide while here. I may have said in my conversation,” he admitted, *‘that if evervthing goes against me on the other side I may try to commit suicide. The publication of that story will mske me a watched man when zet there, and that is the reason it has given me a great deal of trouble.” He re- iterated emphatically that he gave the Post reporter no papers, nor in any way made a confidant of him. NOT MISS LAMONT'S SLAYER. Portl De- Story Sent From Portland, Or., scribed as a Fake. A dispatch received by Captain Lees from Portiand, Or., yesterday character- izes the story that there wasa man im- prisoned there who confessed to the mur- der of Blanche Lamont as a fake pure and simple. Stephen Cosiba, the name given as that of the imprisoned man, is that ofa young Italian naving many acquaintances in this City. They agres thal he wasin Los Angeles at the time of the Lamont wurder. NEW TO-DAY. ) $210825 —FOR— Electric Belts. We Guarantee our $25 Belt better than the Belt others are seiling for $40 to $50. 84 TO S25. GALVANIC OR FARADIC BATTERIES. ‘We are Agents for a Di ell Batter, that Is far ahoad Of ay In the marset. Call and see it. 78c for TRUSSES. We have an immense stock and guarantee a perfect fi.. $2.560 FACE STEAMERS For the complexion. Justarrived. See them in our window. One of Our Customers. | ! NO-PERCENTAGE PHARMACY }- 95838 Market Street, South side, bet. 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