The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRTDAY, SEPT MBER 24, 1897. AGAIN AFTER THE BARBARIAN United States Cruiser San Francisco at Morocco. Calling the Sultan, as of Old to Account for llI-Treating American Citizens. Presence of the Formldable Vessel Has Brought That Ruler to Terms. TANGIERS, United States craiser San Fr opean squadron, rived here on Tuesd and obtain redres the promise rmer claims of the States against Morocco, lef day. Itisstated he he United States a a reasonable time a squ States war ves-eis v hi ttled within on ot United to Morocco. = several ill be s corps to re- cent acts of WASHIN F t. viral Selfridge raltar from the Navy probably dly in til she reached the cosst nitive m he str: di‘erran 1 1 view when she f she had any te The to in the ceble d the mal- treatm ts of t 1 from Morocco. naer the provisions of the extraterritorial law which governs in n barb: arous it ropeans are privileged rotection of their na- nber of native ser- ge has been con- en to thus en- vants, and this sirued to permit b gage traders h f the clerks of g a town near Tangier: beaten an robbed money and goods. ore the resi- dence )nary of the place. > the Moroc- | can Gover ates Consul- General but without effec He nereupon notified the Treasury Depart- instance the United igh was sent to t upon the Sultan caused the arrest of t ve been the promised The Ral- the coast of and in his ie Department Con- i that her pres- the natives long cablegzram the Navy Depart- 18 possible that It contained 1 Selfri h oppoxition in tion for Awmer- TREPANKING FOR INSANITY, Piece of the Skull of a Would-Be| Suicide Cut Away to Relieve Nerve Pressure. CHICAGO, Irr, —A delicate and dangerous ope: of trepanning has been performed on Mrs. C. H. Krause, the divorced wife of C. H. Krause, man- r of the Ti Opera-house, San cisco, to overcome her suicidal nia, and the patient is doing wel d to recovery. About s ag . Krause, who gave her e as Millie McDo the name she o; e sang in the attempted to kill herself 2 of her garter and lacer- 1 the attempt. At the al, to which she was se from time to time suddenly morose, and she physician that at such s ol when would grow confessed to a times her whole mind was possessed with a more or less uncontroliable desire to b or maim herself wiin a sharp instru- t of some kind. Sue was tried for ber sanity and the jury decided that she was mentally un- balanced, but Dr. Elvert C. Fortner, phy sician at the hospital, became interested in the case and called upon Dr. Thomas A. Davis to consult with him, and an op- eration was decided upon and executed. A depression in her sk ed the doctors 10 believe the mania was the result of irri- tation of the brain through pressure on it by & blow. A circular trap door was cut around the scar, the arteries tiea and pieces of both plates of the skull cut out. Iodoform tissue was laid in the place that was uncovered as a cushion, the “button” of skull replaced and the scalp sewed up. The patient bore the overation, which ~as performed while she was uniter the influence of ether, remarkably well, e DEATH OF JUDGE KILGOKE, Close of the Career of the Well-Known Jurist and Statesman. ARDMORE, Ixp. T., Sept. 23.—United States Judze Kiigore, ex-Congressman from Texas, died here at 1:10 this afier- noon, after a short illness. He began sinking this morning. He regained con- sciousness at noon, and after calling his wife and children to his bedside and kiss- ing them died almost immediately. The funeral will take place to-morrow. The remains will be taken to Texas for burial. Mr. Kilgore was born in Newman, Ga.. February 20, 1835, In 1846 he removed with his paren's to Rusk County, lex., where he received a common school edu- cation. He served in the Confederate army first as a private, and by successive promotions reached the grade of adjutant- general, serving as such in Ector's bri- gade, army of the Tennessee. He wa- Sounded at Chica.nauga. Judge Kilgore was admitted to the bar after the war, and in 1875 was a member of the Texns consu- tutional convention. He wasa Presiden- tial elector in 1880 on the Hancock and English ticket, and in 1884 was elected to ihe State Senate for four years and in the following year was chosen president of that body for two years. He was elected to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses as a Democrat. i S Pacific Const Penrions. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 23.—Pen- sions have been granted as follows: Cali- fornia: Original—Daniel S. Gallatin Gold- e‘:: Gate; Thomas Reed, Vailejo; Dallas Poston, Middletown; Jonn G. Burns, San Francisco; Charlie H. Lee, Santa Ana; Wiltiam W. Boyd, Petaluma. % Oregon: Original— Marcus H. White, Portland. —The | y concealed WITNESSES AID THE DEFENSE They Claimto Have Seen Mrs. Luetgert Alive May 3 and 4. This Is After the Time She Is Said to Have Been Killed. Attorney Vincent Charges the Po- lice With Attempting to Intimli- date Witnesses. CHICAGO, IrL, Sept. 23.—Viewed from arious standpoints, to-day’s proceedings in the Luetgert murder trial were the most remarkable that have occurred | within three weeks, In the face of the circumstantial evidence that to prove that Mrs. met death in her h factory on May 1 three testified to-d that they saw ive on nd 4. One of those witnesses talked to her and believes om a description and a photograph of Mrs. Luetgert that the woman he saw was Mrs. Luetgert. This witness was Matt J. Sholey, a barkeeper at the Hotel Maple, Kenosha, Wis. He said he saw a sirange woman at the Hotél Maple ‘on the even- z of May He talked with her nearly minutes, She a:ked to be directed 1o the farm of one Muelle in the neizhbor- hood, but as no one seemed to know of such a person the woman leit. The fol- lowing day Sholey again saw the woman. | He described her general appearance and er clothing and identified a photograph f Luetgert as the woman. On cross-examination by State’s Attor- ney Deneen, the wiinessat first placed her weight at 130 er 140 pounds. Then he hesitated—said he had got mixed up— and remarked that the woman weighed 115 to 118 pounds, which was about Mrs. Luetgert’s weig This hesitation and correction was made much of by the prosecution, which intimated that it in- dicated that Sholey had forgotten the weight that had been probably told him at first, Policeman Henry Feldshaw of Keno- sha, Wis., testified thathe saw a strange woman in the police station of his town sensational |i May 3. The witness said he afterward saw the woman at the Hotel Maple, and | the following day at the ri y station. He described the woman as a blonde, and <aid sne wore a sailor hat and slippers. One of the siippers she bad worn was found in the police station after she had left, The witness identified the picture of Mrs. Luetgert as closely resembling the woman he saw. William Gunsten, a clerk in the Grant Hotel, Kenosn identitied the photo- yman he saw as the pictu N 1d remained (en minutes He described the woman ana ed the evience of the other wit- nesses. imma Schimpke came to the courtroom in the alternoon to hear Rose Gleich im- peach her evidence given on Wednesday. She was fizhting mad when she heard herself made out a falsifier. Attorney Paalen discovered her presence in the room and called her to the witness-stand. When asked if she had told Rosa Gleich she had lied on the witnes<-stand the wi:- ness replieq, *'I don’t remember.” “Did you not tell Harry Fiedler you lied when you said you saw Mr. and Mrs, Luetgert May 1?7 “I don’t remember.”” “Did you not teil Rosa Gleich you did see Mr. and Mrs. Luetgert the night of May 17 = ay have said so.” | Mrs. Mattie Scherrer, the last witness of | thz day, testified positively that Emma Schimpke told her that the testimony she herself had given on the witness- stand was untrue. Toe trial opened to-day with a sensa- tional statement from ex-Judge Vincent that the police were intimidating the wit- nesses for the defense. Vincent askea that the jury be exclu, while he made a statement. After the jury had retired Vincent, with indignation 1n his tones and iorce in his declaration, said: +1f the cour: please, there is strong rea- son to believe that the police are interfer- ing with witnesses for the defense and try- ing to intimidate them. Ido not know absolutely that this is true, but the indi- cations point almost directly to that con- clusion. I desire an order of court pro- hibiting such action on the part of the e or the prosecution.” Why not make the injunction cover both sides?’” suggested State’s Attorney Deneen. “The court does not requireinstruc- tions from any of the attorneys engaged,” shaply responded Judge Tuihill. “I will make the charge that witnesses for the defense have b en interfered with and harassed by the police,” said Attor- ney Phalen of the defense. “If thatis true there should be an in- vestigation,” remarket State’s Attorney Deneen. “If any witness for the defense has been intimidated it has been done without the knowledge of the State and we do not approve of 1..” “1 will say now, for the benefit of the olice,” said Judge Tuthill, with severity n his tones, ““that it I hear of any inter- ference with witnesses on either side in this case I will deal with the offender, and my dealing will not be gentle. This de- fendant has rignts here and they will be protected.’” “Why not order an_investigation?’ ueried State’s Attorney Deneen. Mr. Deneen, this court w:ll make the order it deems proper. That will do.”” When the jury was recalled Roda Gleich was placed on the witness-stand for cross- examination. FIRE NEAR CLOVERDALE, D. W. Hal’s Handsome Fesidence Is Tatally Destroyed. CLOVERDALE, CaL., Sept. 23.—The ity home oi D. W. Hall, a two-story frame building sitnated two miles east of town, was completely destroyed by fire this morning wita all its contents, in- cluding miuch valuable furniture, a piano and about $500 in money. Miss Lizzie Hall, the daughter, was badly though not daugerously burned in her fruitless endeavor to save a few articles. With Ler motber, who is quite advanced in years she was the only one on the scene. The explosion of a quantity of turpentine 100 near tie stove caused the conflagra- tion. The total loss will foot up to about $4000. L PORTLAND LA YER MISSING, Friends of Henry G. Reid Fear Murder or Suicide, PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 23.—Henry G. Reid, a lawyer, who recently came here from Kansas City, 13 missing and his iriends fear that he has either committed suicide or been murdered. He had been drinking heavily and went to the Good Samaritan Hospital to undergo treatment about ten days ago. In a few days he re- covered sufficiently to take a room down- town, but since Tuesday he has not ap- peared at his lodgings ana the police have no trace of him. LYNDON PLANS A TRIP T0 MEXICO Has Faith in Reports as to Dunham’s Where- abouts. How Measures Under Way for the Murderer’s Capture Leaked Out. On a Tip From the Governor a Fake Story Appears In a San Francisco Paper. SAN JOSE, CAL., Sept. 23.—1t is believed that James C. Danham, the murderer of the McGtincys at Campbell, isin the vicin- ity of Hermosillo, Mex. Sheriff Lyndon maintains a mysterious reticence and re- fuses to aflirm or deny the report, but it is known that he contemplates a trip to the State of Sonora, Mex., in the near future, in search of the fugitive. From time to time word has been re- ceived that Dunham wasin the v.cinity of Hermosilio. On Wednesday informa- tion was received of such a character as to warrant immediate action. It was in plain corrovoration of the stories told by John Bartoni and others to the effect that Dunham had been seen and that conver- sations had been held with him in the State of Sonora, Mex. The latest advices placed him in the near vicinity of Hermo- sillo. He was engaged in mining, or pre- tended to be, and lived in & cakin in the hills, though he made frequent visits to the neighboring cities and towns, Acting upon the information, which seemed so reliable, and yet, like other stories, may have no foundation in fact, Sheriff Lyndon on Wednesday evening saw District Attorney Herrington, and ter imposing upon him the seai of secrecy unbosomed himself of the alleged facts in his po-session, and asked that such pro- ceedings be taken as would enable the offi- cers to go to Mexico for the purpose both ot identifying the suspect and of brirging him back to San Jose in case he should prove to be the long-sought murderer. District Attorney Herrington took the necessary steps in the line suggesied by telegraphing to Governor Budd. The chief executive of the State was leaky, and the fact that measures were under way to permit the officers of Caiifornia to operate in Mexico became known to arep- resentative of a San Francisco paper, and an article, half truth and half fake, was published vesterday morning. It is not true, as stated in the San Fran- cisco paper, that Dunham Das been ar- rested, and it is believed that he 1s in Sonora. If he is, he stands a chance of being arrested, District Attorney Herrington has this to say about his connection with the af- fair: “'Sheriff Lyndon came to me with a story that Dunham was probably in M and that the co-operation of the Me authorities was necessary 1o secure the murderer’s identification and arrest., Ac- cordingly I wired Governor Budd asking him to communicate with the State De- partment st Washington and with Presi- dent Diaz at the City of Mexico, with a view of e1ving the Sheriff a chance to go down into Mexico, identify and if neces- sary make the arrest. I have nothing to say about the information which the Sher- ff received, but 1am afraia that the mat- ter will resolve itself in a wild-zoose chase. Still there is no hurm in investl- gating the matier under favorable au- spices.”” It is believed when word has been re- ceived from both Washington and Mex- ico that_the way will be clear for the prosecution of the work desired by Sher- iff Lyndon, and that he will leave for So- nora with either Byron Cottle or Fred Benson, special depaties, as his compan- ion. Both know Dunham, and either will be able to identify him SANTA ROSA /4R>ON CASE. Joseph B. Reed, a Wealthy Citizen, Is Charged With Attempting to Burn His Own Building. SANTA ROSA, Car, Sept. 2 An hon- ored citizen and a man of means, Joseph B. Reed, was arrested here this afternoon, charged with an attempt to commit arson. The complaint was sworn to by B. M. Me- Donald, who lives next door to the house in question. Reed exvressed great sur- prize at his arrest and claims to be inno- cent of the charge. The circumstances leading to the arrestare as follows: On Wednesday morning, about 8 o’clock, Melville Bonham and a boy named Cardi- net, who live near the corner of Cleveiand and College avenues, say they saw Mr. Reed drive up to the house with a box and gunny-sack in his buggy. About 9 o'clock C. N. Carrington, a real esiate man, took Mr. and Mrs. Robert Collins to the house with a ‘view of renting it to them. When they entered the house they detected the smell of kerosene. A few minutes later, on going to a room in the rear of the house, they discovered a lighted candle and at the base of the candle a lotof newspapers saturated with oil, beside which was a lot of inflammable stuff. The floor and walls of the room were saturated with coal oil, and the only window which furnished light to the room was darkened with a gunny-sack, which had been tacked over it. Tne real estate agent extinguished the burning candle, but did not disturb any- thing eise in the room. He observed that the windows in the connecting rooms were open, which indicated that the un- known firebug meant that his scheme should not fail for lack of draft. He called in a neighbor, Mrs. McDonald, to see the state of affairs, and leaving things as they had found them the party drove downtown and informed the City Mar- shal. An officer was placed on guard to watch for the guilty party shouid he return, but no one appeared Wednesday or Wednes- day night; but Thursday forenoon Mre. McDonald says she saw Reed drive up to the house with a ladder in his bugey. She says he took the ladder into the nouse and a few minutes after she suw him drive away. Immediately aiter he was gone she went to the house and saw that the candle had been taken away. This is the evidence upon which the warrant for Mr. Reed’s arrest was made. The house is a one-story cottage and was without a tenant. Itand the barn were insured for §700. Reed owned it, be- sides other property in the same part of town. He isrelated 10 some of the best people here and has always borne a zood reputation. His friends believe that un- less he is mentally unbalanced it does not seem possibie for him to have committed arson. He was released this evening on his own recogmzance. His preliminary examination will be held Friday morn- ing. S T oie Jival Water Works for Bakersfield. BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Sept. 23.—The Electric Water Company was incorporated here to-day with a capital stock of $500,- 000and $700 paid in. Theincorporators are W. 8. Tevis and six empioyes of the Kern County Land Company. The object of the company is to put rival water works in this town. Reefer Top Coats. | What a swell coat, in | imported blue serde, larde pearl buttons, a natty lit- | tle Overcoat. Double the price nearer right. T0-DA Y— $3.95. h?’/\ is WE PART Company with | those pretty swits,those pret- | ty Reefer Suwits, in broken| plaids. Those { swell rowgh| blue cheviots. | Never adain { to be sold at the price, $1.95. HOW CUTE Our tots look in these pretty Swits. How we do admire ’em, they’re so cunning. That pretty vest |0 elegantly embroidered. They’re the swellest little middy your eyes ever dazed upon. And the price to-day— $3.95. A Feast For your eyes are the Long Pants Suits for the big boys, ages” 12 to 19 years. ' Gaze in astonishment. The price to-day, $4.50. What Swell Suits Await you at the ice, what pretty in broken plaids, est Scotches. Special to-day, $6.00. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. OF THIS SALE. We intend they shall. Your Eyes Will TellYou So! A dlance into our bidg windows to-day will speak boldly what we mean by the FINAL DAYS The Values Will Startle You! We're known for price- cutters. This sale has been @ money-saver to you. The values to-day shall BE GREATER than ever. ' Your Own Eyes Will Tell You So. They Have Seen Better Prices, But They’re Broken Lots. May be your size in some pat- tern. QOuver 500 Swits and Over- coats, patterns and styles all up to date. Just 5 and 6 of a kind. They're choice picking. Your eyes will tell yow so. = To-day at DON'T TAKE Price into consideration. Don’t think of the price at all. One Sdlance at our big window tells their value. What Swell Overcoats. What Pretty Suwits. Nothing ails em at all. The lines are broken; some of ‘em are our $12lines. valwes shall surprise yow. eyes will tell yow so. Special to-day — Weintend that t hese Your MARVELOUS'! That’s it, for a house like ours, with swch a sterling reputation for carrying the finest srades of | fashionable clothing, to say to | yow ——-$10.00-—— est Suits and Overcoats—$16, \$17 and $18 values. Every- |thing that's new in fall and winter cloth is included. What swell Blue and Black Worsteds and Cheviots. Same goods in all those fancy color- ings, broken plaids and pretty silk mixtures. Suits for busi- ness wear, for dress wear. |The Overcoats Are as handsome as tailors’ art can make ‘em. Those Royal Blue and Black Endlish Mel- tons, lined with black Clay worsted serde, sleeves lined with silk. The swell topper in covert. We fairly ouwtdid ourselves in Siving youw these values, but our promises must be kept. YOUR EYES WILL TELL YOoU SO. Special To-Day O-11-15-15 KFARNY ST. $15 suits, some are owr | | | | | | For pick of owr choicest and fin- | | ] NEVER PAY DOUBLE PRICE FOR 4 HAT. We sell more hats than all the hatters. All the new Fall blocks in that pretty Fedora Hat, in black and brown, otter and pearl. Hatter's price $2. In owr big Hat Department to-day at - 950.— The new Fall Derby inall the latest and ne- est blocks. L. clusive hatters ask double the price, and our stock is much larser. Every hat Suaranteed, all colors. In owr big Hat Depart- ment to-day. Special, $1.50. All Eyes Are Upon Your Nunday Trousers. Some 600 pairs of very excellent Trou- sers, cleverly tailored ; bro- ken lines; 2, and J of a kind. e N | 2 51 Values wup to $3. Special, $1.50. The Finest Trousers your eyes ever beheld, in fine French and FEnglish worsteds, in swell stripes, $5 and §6 values, 5 and 6 pairs of a kind, 300 pairs in all. Special to-day, --$2.50.-- ASSEMBLYNAN BERIND BARS John Powers of Coyote Fame Is Jailed at San Rafael. Charged by Michael Murray With Keeping His Horse and Buggy. Spends a Night In Marin County Jall, Unable to Secure Bondsmen. SAN RAFAEL, CaL., Sept. 23.—Assem- blyman John Powers, the same man who during the last session oi the Legislature was charged with bribery in connection | with the coyote bill, spent last night be- hind the bars in the Marin County Jail. The Assemblyman is charged with hav- ing kept a horse and buggy owned by Michael Murray, a San Rafael liveryman. Murray swore to a complaint before Jus- | tice of the Peace George Rodden, and the Assemblyman was thrown into the cage of iron, where he has remained all day, with the exception of a shori time thathe had been allowed to go with a deputy to the telegraph office to send communica- tions to his friends. Both Murray, the complainant, and Powers, the defendant, tell stories substan- tially the same. Murray was seen at his stables to-day by THE CALL representative and asked to give his reasoms why he had had the Assem- biyman arrested. He stated that Powers came to his stabies on the 15th inst. and said he wished to hire a horse and buggy to take his partner and his wife out fora buggy ride. Powers, according to Murray, represented himself as a collector for a cigar-house. It was 11:20 A. M. when Pow- ers left the stable with the rig, which he had hired for half a day. When a aay or so bad passed and no Powers (he gave the name Ryan to the liveryman) had made his appearance, Murray thoughtit time to investigate, and he telephoned to Peta- luma and Santa Rosa to learn if his horse and buggy were there, but faiied tb locate them. Last Friday Murray received a telegram from Santa Rosa to the effect that Powers would bring the rig back the next morn- ing. However, the rig did nov come and that evening information reached the liv- ervman that Powers had inquired the way to Sausalito and when informed had left in that direction with Murray’s horse and buggy. 1 J. J. Murray, the District Attorney’s sistant and a son of the liveryman, left last night after Powers and the riz. He found them in front of a saloon near West End station, in the western part of San Rafael, and brought them back. Powers was placed under arrest as Jonn Doe, as it was not at that time knowr who he really was. That he was the same man who figured in thelegislative scandal that disgraced the last session only developed to-day when he attempted to get bonds- men. Matthew Canavan, Marin’s representa- tive in the Assembly, was appealed to by Powers to-day to go on his bond, which Judge Rodden had placed at $50. Canavan said that he would do this, and ail day to- day Powers has peen seeking for some one else to go on the bond with Canavan, so that he can secure bis liberty. ‘When seen this afternoon in his cell in the County Jail at San Rgael, Powers was unwilling to. talk much about his escapade. He said the same thing might happen to any one and he wished to keep the affair as quiet as possible. I have done nothing,” said he, Tt is true that I hired the rig from Morray. 1 kept it out longer than I intended, but I don’t see as there is any crime in that. Murray wanted to charge me $20 for the time I bad kept the rig, but I thought that was too high and I wouldn’t pay it; besides, I dia not have thatamountabout my person.” Powers keenly feels his position and he paced up and down his cell, thinking in- tently and waiting for some relief. He said that when he hired the rig he did so for the purpose ot going out into the country collecting for the firm he was employed by. He refused to state the name of his employer. He says he can prove that he was collecting and deni s that he said he wanted the rig to take any one out riding. In regard tothe charge that when he got back to San Rafael, he asked the way to Bausalito, he says it is not true; that he was only on his way to Fairiax, a short distance away, and that he intended to come back to the stable with the horse and buggy. Murray, the stableman, says that as yet no pay for the rig has coma to light. The horse and bugey were in good condition when they were finallv returned. oftered to go on Powers’ bond because he hac met bim in Sacramento, but that he knew nothing about the Assemblyman’s trouble except what he had heard on the streets. Attorney Keioegh visited Powers in prison this afternoon and left for the pur- pose of getting bondsmen so that he would not be compelled to spend another night in the County Jail. GUN-TESIING AT MARE ISLAND. An Ill-Timed Experiment That Nearly Caused a Disaster. VALLEJO, Car., Sept. 23.—A four-inch cartridge was fired from a gun of the Marietta this afternoon to test the powder lagd new elecizic-firipg apparatus, The Matthew Canavan said to-day that he| discharge was very poorly timed, the ex- plosion taking place just as the Ellen was leaving her slip. At the time *here were three carriages on board, including that of the commandant, containing Mrs. Kirkland, wife of the admiral. The con- cussion was very great, the zun being pointed directly over the Elen, and caused a panic amorg the horse The windows in the pilot-nouse were cracked and Engineer Wiiliam Carlin, who had his head out of one of the ports 10 see if the boat was clear of the slip, was knocked to the floor of the engine-room unconscious. Captain Sharkey, wno was in the pilot-house, said the force of the discharge felt like fire in his face. — SUICIDE A1 HANSUNVILLE. In a Fit of Despondency Hanse J -linson Shoots Himeeif. MARYSVILLE, CAL., Sept About 1 o'clock this afternoon at Hansonville in this county a man who said bis name was Hans Johnson deliberately took his own life, by firing a bullet into his head from a pistol. The man had been at work in one of the several mining develop. ments near Hansonville ard claimed to reside in Napa where his wilc and one child now are. Johnson had complained of feeling badly and was not at work to-day. At the above mentioned hour he asked the lady with whom he was board- ing to bring him a drink of water. While she was at the well or spring getting water he fired a pistol ball into his head and expired in a few moments without giving any reason for the rash act. e Emery Upham’s Will Filed for Probate, WALLEJO, CaL., Sept. 23.—The will of the late Emery L Upham was filed for probate at Fairfield to-day. The value of the estate is $350,000 and the legacies in- ciude one to the Good Templary’ Home for Orphans amounting to $120,000. S S e Death of Ex-Stute denator fioy’, VALLEJO, CaL., Sept. 23.—J. B. Hoyt, ex-State Senator, died to-day at his home in Montezuma after a lingering illness.