The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, QUIET RESTORED AT ANGELS CAMP Wife -~ Murderer Arnett| Spared by the Angry Mountaineers. He Is Near to Death and They[ Await the Result of His Wounds. The Young Victim of His Jealous Rage Wil Be Interred at Altaville Toe-Day. CAL, May 17.—The Camp alept but little last a late hour aid the b moun:aineers who were he life of Harry Arnett, the & would-be suicide, break g the excitement had d, and the authorities 4 that the threat of a ed into effect for the tt is already close to ewhat sub: ill alive and his surgeon says | Tne man who has for over six weeks power. It is centering its guns on the offices of Mayor and Superintendent of Streets, and if successful will have control of the Board of Public Works and the Police and Fire Commissioners. - SOCN 70 LEAVE MARIN'S JAIL Colonel Finnegan's Application to Be De- clared an Insolvent Will He Hsard on Wednesday. SAN RAFAEL, CiL, May 17.—Next Wednesday Colonel Peter A. Finne- be released from the Marin | County jail—a pauper in the eyes of the { been a prisoner for not paving $750 to his wife, Mrs, Emily B. Finne_an,who s suing him for a divorce—the man who has ap- pealed to Superior Judge Angelotti to ad- judge him an insolvent debtor—will on | that day bave his accounts adjusted, and the $750 will be paid from the assets of his | estate. In his affidavit, filed with County Clerk ThomasBonneau. Colonel Finnegan swears that he has not the sum of $759, nor has he had any amount of money in excess of | $50 at any time since February 23, when | he was ordered confined in jail for con- | tempt of court. Colonel Finnegan alleges that he has no money or means of support or maintenance; that he has not the | ability to raise or borrow $750, or any sum whatever. All the proverty of the colonel | has been turned over to Sheriff Henry | Harrison, and he further asserts that he has not concealed or in any way disposed of any property with designs to delay, hinder or defraud_any of his creditors. | Finnegan asks to be discharged from the | custody of the Sheriff and from the County | ail. Colonel Finnegan had lived with his two daughters at the Hotel Rafael, and after fhrough the night he may one bullet passed through his confinement in the }jail be was served | with French dinners from the Parisian == Qox 00009 o o, 00 ©00pp 000" MRS. HARRY ARNETT, the Young Victim of a Jealous Husband’s Murderous Rage at Angels Camp. his right lung and internal bleeding may e death at any moment. He is very k, but is rational when not under the uence of opiate: ne murdered girl-wife will be interred e cemetery at Altaviile to-morrow. ettis in the hands of the constabl but o 10 bis condition no effort will be made to hold a preliminary examina- tion even if he recovers until he improves £0 t the strain and excitement incident o will not endanger his life, THE CASTRGVILLE TRAGEDY. Coroner’s Jury Charges Joseph Cole With the Murder of Mary Perez. S, Car., May 17.—The inquest Perez, who went . Cole of Santa last night and returned a corpse, was ay, and a verdict charging Cole rder was returned. A strong network of evidence had been woven d tbe accused man, and it is certain | e will be held to answer for the he testimony given at the inguest con- story of the tragedy as pub- e CaLL to-day. 5 2y at 1:30 o’clock the roadside about a mile One pers ng in the vehicle and another was ing again<t it. The additional testi- ony of E.Z. Brokaw was adduced by e Coroner. He swore that he was re- from Castroville, and as he th L in the road previously irling, he saw a horse and nding by the roadside. :30 o’clock in the morning. The moon was unobscured and he had a !air view. When near the vehicle he saw a light form on the ground, with another clad in darker garb standing over it. When he got within twenty feet of them he saw that the person on the ground was a woman, who lay in a motioniess hean. He passed on and looked back occasion- aily, expecting to see the prostrate form rise from the ground, but it did not. Drs. Barry and Stafford had prepared a careful and thorough siatement of the re- sult of the autopsy. They agreed that death did not result from natural causes. It was the result of external violence, and strangulation was themod - resorted 1o by the murderer. Internal conditions pointed to this—tke congested lungs, the trachea congested and filled with frotb. The biuises on the chin was found to reach the bone, while the tissues of the neck showed slight signs of violence. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, May 17.—Joseph 8. Cole, under arrestat Salinas on a charge of the murder of his wile’s sister, was ar> rested here by Constable Joe Harveston Jast Thursday and turned over to Consta- ble J. W. Chuich of Salinas, whither be was taken upon & charge of failure to pro- vide for his child. Cole was a teamster, whose record in the service of Grover & Co. was of a character to keep him always employed when he wantea work. He was unruly when drinking, but attentive to bLis duties when at work. He was work- ing for Seth K der when arrested, and the news of his arrest for murder wasa sar- prise to his employer. o Stockton’s Municipal Campaiqn. STOCKTON, CAL, May 17.—To-mor- row's municipal election is creating in- tense interest. The principal thorough- fares were filled to-night with knots of men, all urging the claims of their favorite candidates. The issue is a clean-cut one. It is between the fusion candidates put up by Republicans and Democrats and the A. P. A ticket, which was christened tho Citizens’ ticket. .The American Protec- tive Association has had control of the city government for two years, and is making a desperate effort to resain its This | Hotel. Now he swears that he is indebted | in the sum of over $16,000, and he hasa | little over $20,000 with which to settle. | The Hotel Rafael is owed $1000 for board | | and lodging, and this sum is secured bv a | predge of personal property. C. T. Mc- ermott of Oakland is owed $2060 ona | promissory note, A. B. Spreckels $5000 on | | anote and Willlam Lange Jr. $50 on an | opea loan. None of these amounts is secured. Mrs. Emily B. Finnegan is a ! creditor to the sum of $1050, alimony, | costs, etc., and this is unsecured. C. C. | Bemis' notes for $7000 are secured by | | mortgages on the colonel’s interest in | race track proverty and the Maloney | | mine. Total, $16,16). The assets consist | of property amounting to about $30,000, with incumbrances to the sum of $7000. | There is money sufficient to pav the order of court, and this will be setiled Wednes- day. So the man whoa few years azo was | “rolling 1n wealth,” visiting foreign lands and passing the days in pleasure |and sight-seeing is no longer rich. | Colonel Finnegan is still in the County | Jail in the basement of the Marin County | Courthouse, wnile his daughters are | occupying the best apartments in Hotel Rafael. The wine dinnersand tbe best | | food that the Parisian hotel can furnish are still the prisoner’s fare, and the signs { of economy that one looks for in an insol- vent debtor are not visible. The trial of the divorcs svit, with its sensational details, will be commenced in a short time. | ey 4 Practical Jokers in Jail. SE, CAL., May 17.—Fred Brown and C. Carlock, two young men who re- side in East San Jose, attempted to per- petrate a practical joke last evening by | taking a rig belonging to Webb Fisher and enjoying a ride. As a result they | were arrested on charges of grand larceny | to-day. Ficher had called to see a young lady residing on McLaughlin avenue, and while he was in the house the bovs took | iths rig. They returned the outfit this mor They were arraigned before | Justice Kirkpatrick and their examina- tion set for Wednesdny morning. They were released on $50 bail each. - Collided With a Train. SAN JOSE, CaL, May 17.—Tim Sulli- van, driver of a Wells-Fargo Express wagon, was badly hurt about 3 o’clock this afternoon on Fourth street by his wagon colliding with a passenger train, Bullivan was delivering some goods, and | on the approach of the train his horse be- | came frightened. He jumped in the back | | of the wagon and tried to turn the animal | around 5o as to avold the train, but the engine struck the rear part of the wagon. | The horse and vehicle were viled in a heap. Sullivan received severe scalp | wounds and was picked up unconscious. —— 4U Is Quier at Tone. IONE, CAL., May 17.—The danger of trouble at the Preston School seems to have passed, and there is no longer fear of an outbreak. These officers who have not already sent in their resignations will remain. Timothy Lee, the new assistant superintendent, arrived last night and is now gathering information astothe work- |ings of the school. Ex-Superintendent Bank and Secretary Bernard have jus: ar- rived from San Francisco. Dr. O'Brien, the new superintendent, is expected to arrive and take charge of the institution 10-RIOTTOW. g W Murder at enator Mining Camp, SAN DIEGO, Car. May 17.—District Attorney Sweet to-night received a tele- gram from Constable M. Ortez at Yuma, stating that Manuel Chanez had murdered a Mexican womun at Senator mining camp, sixty miles up the Colorado River, two days ago, and that he had been cap' tured and was held by the authorities at Picacho Camp. Deputy District Attorney Kirby will leave in the morning to inves- WOODSMEN STRIKE IN LUMBER CAMPS Five Hundred Mendo- cino Laborers Re- fuse to Work. Demand That They Be Paid in Cash Instead of Sixty- Day Orders. The Trouble Glves Promise of Ex- tending to Every Mill on the Coast. TUKIAH, CAL, May 17.—A strike of the woodsmen in the Fort Bragg and Caspar woods, on the coast of this county, Is re- ported to-day. On BSaturday a man de- manded cash in payment for his labor, re- fusing to accept -sixty-day orders. The Union Lumber Company and the Caspar Lumber Company asked until to-day to consider the matter. To-day they refused to concede to the demands of their men, and 500 of the lumbermen walked out. The corporations claim it is impossible for them to pay in cash, as their returns ave received in ninety-day paper, and they say that if the men do not return to work the mills will be shut and over 1000 men thrown out of employment, C. R. Johnson, vice-president of the Union Lumber Company, passed through Ukiah this morning en route to San Fran- cisco from Fort Bragg, where he had been engaged in an attempt to settle the trou- ble between his company and the strikers. He made but little progress. It is ciaimed by the m1ll managers that the mills have been run at almost a loss for some time past and that only a desire to keep their men in employment induced them to continue operations. They intend to fight the Santord law to the end. Assoon as this measure, which provides that work- men shall be paid in cash, went into effect the men demanded cash payments under its provisions. After a consuita- tion among the managers of the lumber and mill companies it was decided that tiey could not afford to comply with the demand. If all the mills are closed be- tween 4000 and 5000 men will be thrown out of employment. The attorneys of the mill companies de- clare the bill requiring a monthly cash payment is unconstitutional, inasmuch as it provides for such payment by incor- porated concerns only, and has no bear- ing on private companies or other busi- ness firms or partnerships. The law upon which the strikers base their demand for cash wages, and which the corporations will attempt to have de- clared unconstitutional, provides as fol- lows: Section 1. Eyery corporation doing bnsiness in this State shall pay, at least once a month, each aud every employe employed by such cor- poration in transacting or carrying on its business or in the performance of labor for it the wages earned by such employe during the preceding month; provided, however, thatifat ine time of payment any emplose shall be ab- sent or not engaged in his usual employment he shall be entitled tosaid payment at any time thereafter upon demand. The act further provides that a violation of this law shall entitle the employes to a lien upon the property o1 the corporation for the amount of wages due, and that such a lien shatl take precedence over all other liens except duly recorded mort- gages or deeds of trust. No assignment of future wages shall be made to a cor- poration by the employes for the purpose of evading the provisions of this law. For a violation of this law a corpoération is subject to a fine of not over $100 or less than $50 for each offense. | CONTROL OF EDEN VALLEY LANDS. Mendocino’s Public Administrator Given Charge of the Jsram Colony’s Estate. UKIAH, CAL, May 17.—Judge Mannon to-day rendered his Gecision in the matter of the petition for letters of administra- tion, and the opposition thereto, on the estate of Peter J. Jeram, deceased, Let- ters were ordered issued to J. H. Barker, the Public Administrator of this county. Jeram was the Catholic priest who about a year ago founded a colony at Eden Valiey, in the northern part of this | county, and built the town now known as Jeramville. Since it was founded, at which | time 500 colonists from all partsof the | Union were brought to Eden Valley, the colony has collapsed and nearly all of the settlers have left the country. At the time of the purchase of the land on behalf of the colonists deeds for the real estate and bills of sale for the personal property were taken in the name of Father Jeram, and at the time of his death the property of the entire colony was owned, as far as the records were concerned, by him, al- though the money 1o purchase it was sup- plied by the settlers whom he brought to California. While en route to Round Valley from Eden Valley o attend a stock rodeo on May 4, Father Jeram, in company with T. J. Chase, a range riderin his employ, attempted to ford Esl River, and the priest was drowned. - Subsequently a peti- tion for letters of administration on his estate was filed by Public Administrator Barker of this county, and two days later a similar petition was filed on behalf of A. C. Freese, Public Administrator of the City and County of Ban Francisco, botn being set for hearing to-day, the former at this place and the latter at San Francisco. In the meantime special letters had been granted to the petitioners by the respec- tive courts in Wwhich_their petitions had been filed, and both Freese’s deputy and Barker repaired to Eden Valley to take charge of the property. At the hearing before Judge Mannon this morning testimony was introduced by the petitioner tending to show that Jeram was at the time of his death a no- tary public in aund ‘for this county, as weil as Deputy County Clerk. The regis- ter of the Palace Hotel was introduced 1n eviaence, Jeram having on May 2 regis- tered his name and given his residence as Eden Valley. Evidence of his occupation of aroom in the Eden Valley Hotel was also introduced. Although the opvosition introduced no evidence at the hearing, owing to the fact that it claimed it was entitled to a con- tinuance, it is said that the ground of the opposition is that after the collapse of the colony scheme Father Jeram was called to fill the position of chaplain of the Sacred Heart College at San Francisco in February t, and that he subsequently changed his residence to that City. Administrator Barker left Valley this afternoon to tuke full charge of the estate, which at this time consists of about 10,000 acres ot land, 1200 cattle, 50 horses, a large number of hogs and other property, the value of the whole being estimated at $50,000. I e Demand for Washington Cattle. TACOMA, Wasn., May 17.—It is esti- mated that four-fifths of the bee! cattle in ‘Washington, 1daho and Oregon have been shipped to Chicago, the corn States and the ranges in Wyvoming, Montana and the Dakotas since January 1. Buyers from ugate, the corn States have been eagerly pur- chasing cattle to eat up their surplus for Eden | corn, and have taken advantage of the necessities of the raisers. who have beer short of feed after a hard winter. Local buyers are now unable to get cattle, ex- cept in small herds. It will take this State tive vears to reach its former pres- tige as a cattle producer. Prices of beef have gone very high, and cattle and hay are being imported by steamer from Cali- fornia. _— SUISUN MERCHANT'S DEATH. Moses Dinkelspie/, One of California’s Furst Settlers, Pasces to the Beyond. SUISUN, CAL, May 17.—After a painful illness lasting a little over two weeks, Moses Dinkelspiel, one of the earliest set- tlers and most influential citizens ot this county, passed away at 5:30 o’clock: this morning. The immediate cause of his death was erysipelas, but he had been in declining health for some time, and in consequence his system was in no condi- tion to withstand the ravages of the disease. 2 The deceased was a native of Gem- mingen, Germany, and was born on Oct- toter 1, 1826. He came to America in 1848. In 1852 he came to California and embarked in business with Bernard Sweitzer, of the firm of Sweitzer & Co., of San Francisco, at Campo Seco, which was then a busuing mining camp. In 11857 he sold out and went to San Fran- cisco, remaining there nearly a year, and tlen came to Suisun and in company with Jacob Fraux started a general merchandise business. For nearly forty years heresided here and was prominently identified with every public enterprise and improvement in the vicinity. Poli- tically he was one of the Republican leaders of Solano County, which he rep- resented several times in State Conven- tion, During the '80’s he served two terms as Supervisor of Solano County and promulgated a system of road building which has been followed to great advan- tage to the county up to the present time. 1n the selection of a non-partisan board of trustees for the State Normal School at San Jose Mr. Dinkelspiel was appointed by Governor Budd, which position he held up to the time of his death. Among other positions of trust which he held was that of vice-president and director of the Bank of Suisun and director of the Suisun City Hotel Company. He was one of the organizers and chartered mem bers of Suisun Lodge No. 78, I. 0. O. F., in which he retained his membership as well as that in Suisun Lodge No. 55 F. and A. M. The deceased leaves 8 widow and six children to mourn his ioss. Among the Jatter are ex-Assemblyman H. G. W. Dinkelspiel of San Francisco and E. Din- Kkelspiel, editor of the Solano Republican. The remains will be taken to San Fran- cisco to-morrow morning for interment, and the funeral will be held under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of Suisun. g NOT *TWIXT DEVIL AND DEEP SEA. This Oregon Man Found Himself Between a Mad Bull and Two Wildcats, but He Still Lives. 3 CATHLAMET, Or., May 17.—J. T. Lutes of Skamokawa, while going on a visi: to a | neighbor two days ago, was chased by amad bull. Lutes took to the woods at tke edge of the pasture and climbsd up an old broken tree. The bull came charg- ing forward and commenced to butt furi- ously againstthe tree-trunk. Lutes, sit- ting expectantly on adead branch, thought he heard sometning inside the tree. He climbed to the top of the stump, which was hollow, and, peering down, was con- fronted by the blazing eyes of a couple of wildcats. “I realized like a flash,”” said Lutes in relating his experience afterward, *‘that I was between #n infuriated bull and a brace of wilucats—liable to be gored to death by the ono or clawed to death by the other. 1 would have traded pasitions witt mostany one.” Suddenly Lutes remembered that he had a newspaper and some matches in bis pocket. To ignite the paper and thrust it down the hollow center of the tree was the work of an instant. The scheme worked like a charm. Territied by the smoke and flame, the wildcats beat a hasty retreatthrough a hole lower down, springing straight for the bull. Tne lat- nimal, half crazed n turn and bel- lowing furiously, dashed through the meadow, fone wildeat striking its claws into his bick, the other clinging to his hams. The fact thet his flambeau had set the. | tree on fire suddenly distracted Lutes’ gaze from the animals, and he descended and hastened homeward. —_—— Friends 4id a Portland Embezzler. PORTLAND, On., May 17.—Detective | 8am Simmons returned to-day from the East, whither he went in February to | capture C. F. Jewett, who a year ago swindled banks here out of $25,000. Sim- mons says that the report stating Jewelt | to be in the Grecian army was a canard circulated by the embezzler's wealthy friends_in Boston to put American detec- tives off bis track. Negotiations are now pending between Jewett's rortland vic- | tims and his Eastern iriends for a settle- ment. —_——— Small Catches of Seals. VICTORIA, B. C., May 17.—An unoffi- | cial report, which can differ very little from tha oflicial report of spring catches of schooners engaged in sealing on this coast, places the total catch at 4487, the { smallest in years. This is accounted for | by the rough weather encountered during the season. Three vessels were losi—ihe Mzud S and Sapphire, the best schconers of the fleer, and the Osprey.a smailer vessel. e Portland Damage Suit, PORTLAND, Or, May 17.—Marcus Wolf of San Francisco, of the wholesa'e clothing-house of H. Wolf & Bros. here, and who was recently acqnitted of the charge of setting fire 10 the store last July, to-day brought suit for $50,000 damages against all the insurance companies hold- ing risks on the burnt stock and others implicated in his prosecution. “Generosity isn’t business,” says one grocer. “Judicious gener- osity IS business” says another and supplies his cus- tomers with extra fine goods like “Trophy” Baking Powder and Till- mann’s Spices and Extracts. Tillmana & Bende], Mfrs. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. Waxer. | A e We regret sincerely that our Tariff Sale was brought to such an untimely end, but fire, over which no one can guard, broke out in the premises overhead, and our place was thereby damaged. Owing to the very heavy insurance we carried and the many companies it was divided into we had no difficulty in having the losses adjusted. Consequently we have decided to give this insurance money to you by reducing all clothing, no matter how slight the damage, in proportion to the amount of insurance received on same. WE WILL SACRIFICE | All-wool suits as low as - $2.85 .85 .65 Everything else in proportion. All-wool pants as low as - All-wool vests as low as - Now, do not come thinking you are going to get one dollar values for five cents or you will be disappointed. What we are going to give you is one dollar’s worth of clothing for about sixty-five, forty-five cents and thirty-five cents, according to amount of damage. First come, first servled—remiember. SNWOOD:Co (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 54l MARKETSTRERET DIRECTLY OPPOSITE SANSOME. OPEN EVENINGS TILL 8 O’CLOCK. . SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 10.