The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 13, 1897, Page 12

24 P4 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1897. DANIEL, MARKHAN AND MOSES How M. A. Gunst Was Ap- pointed to the Office of Police Commissioner. BURNS WAGERED AND LOST. Large Sums of Money Hazarded That Estee Would Be Elected Governor of California. REPENTANCE ~ AND RESIGNATION. The Ex-Governor Reluctantly Con- sented to Appoint for Burns a Democratic Sport. Moses Gunst, Police Commissioner, has caused the statement to be corrected so far as General Barnes is involved that he called the turn as to counsel to defend Figel as soon as he heard that Lees was in- terested in the case. It wiil not be neces- sary, therefore, for the general to hire Me- tropolitar Hall to review the history of Gunst’s appointment to the office of Po- lice Commissioner. No doubt a large audience would assem- ble to listen to a discourse on that topic, as tne public of ornia was surprised and siunned when Governor Markham appointed Gunst to succeed D. M. Burns. Indeed the selection of Burns for the office was a stunner, but that was accounted for on:the ground that Burns was in some nager of Markham’s political fortunes. en Burns resigned and com- pelled the Governor to apjoint a Dcmo- cratic sport to the office, the people and the politicians of San Francisco were dumfounded. The mystery of the transaction has never been revealed. No light has yet penetrated the darkness of the secret. Common rumor accredits Maurice Schmit t and Christopher Buckley, as two men out- side of the principals, who know the true history of the d-al. Itis well known that Markoam hesitated, but linally yielded to the impor ities of Burns and made the appointment. The question was times: “Where di 3 asked a thousand d Gunst get his influ- ence with Burns?’ There is a story to the effect that Burns, shortly afier the nomination of Estee for Governor, placed in the hands of Gunst $30,000 ro wager that Estee would be eclecied. The sum was increased when a combination of Democrats was formed to down Budd in San Francisco. The combine decided to down Burns by defeating Estee, and so Colonel Burns was left in a hole to make good his obligations to Gunst, According tu the story Gunst consented to a settlement satisiactory to Burns pro- vided the latter wouid rTesign the office of Police Commissioner and induce Mark- nam to appoint Gunst to fill the vacancy. Markam hesit Objections to_Gunst ! grounds had nothing to do with tation; but Markham was a Re- d as men go a fairly good nce be did not want to 3 1 career by the appoint- ment of known Democrat to an imyportant place. Burns found some way to overcome the Governor’s scruples, and Gunst hims:li helped a little by saying that he hau renounced his allegiance to | the Democratic party. According to the story told by one who claims to have the truth from the inside that is the way got on the Board of Police Commissio DOINGS OF PUGILISTS, Choynski Will Soon Be Here—Ziegler’s Opinion of Lavigne and Walcott. Some of Joe Choynski’s friends expected 1o see the great fighter last evening, but according to latest intelligence from the East the California heavy-weight wili not arrive until to-morrow evening. There is talk of matching him against Goddard, as the people who patronize fistic sport have no desire to see Sharkey in the ring again. Owen Ziegler, who is matched to fight George Green next month, will train at San Rafael. Spe ng of Lavigne, Ziegler says that he is of the opinion that La- vigne can whip any man in the world at 133 pounds and that he will have his money on him when he fichts Walcott. “'Isaw the Lavigne and Walcott fight at Mespeth,” said Ziegler, “and Lavigne made the black fellow quit, and that's no lie. The men weizhed 133 pounds, and not 13134 poungs, as was stated in the papers. 1 was looking at them when they weighed in. IfI am successful in my fight with Green I will challenge Lavigne to fight at the light-weight limit. 1 think ‘Scaldy Bill' Quinn can whip any man of his weight in the country.” Ziegler may be a great fighter, but he krows he cannot fight strong at Lavigne's fighting weight, so a challenge to Lavigne sounds foolish on the part of Ziegler. Manager Gibbs of the National Club is feeling sore on account of his dismissal from the customs service. It was unex- pected, and pe attributes his discharge to the enmity of some alleged friends. He will, however, manage the affairs of the National Club, and expects to *pull off” a great contest next month. Joe Goddard is expected to arrive on Thursdav evening. ers. REL ROUGH HANDS Itching, scaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nails, a0d painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads, oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch- ing, scaly £calps, all yield quickly to warm baths with COTICURA SoaP, and gentle anointings with CUTICURA (ointment), the great skin cure. (Uticura 14 thmukhmfl!hg ':Jflfl. Porres DRuG AxD CHEM. v Boston . o to Froduce Soft, White Hands,” free. ITCHING HUMORS *@itins Rekiias?” BARLE GOT MONEY FOR MESSAGES Coined Money From the Occult Warblings From the Skies. MEDIUMS DEVELOPED TO ORDER. Charles Webber Was Made to; Believe That Spirits Hovered O’er Him, SLATES BRING KLOYDIKE PRICES. How a Spurious Medium Cultivated a “Harvest Roll" and Departed With Gold. If all reports in spiritualistic circles are | true Edward K. Earle, “Independent |that one of his best customers was Specia | of shadows were embellished with oil portraits of Indian chieftains. It was nearly always some of the noble red men who spoke to tne lady through Earie's mediumship. Another anxious inquirer was Charles ‘Webbver, a thrifty cigar-deaier of good re- | put: who lived at 1525); Mission street. Karle soon learned tha. Webber's great ambition in life was to be a good medium, s0 he agreed { man all the secrets and iniricacies of the | craft, assuring the victim that there was ! a band of spirits around him at ail times. Earle assured Webber that Indian chiefs novered o'er him during the busy hours | of the day and through the silent watches of the night. sons at so much per lesson. Karle re- | ported progress, but feared there would | be a collision between the spiritual forces, hostite bands of which fonght for suprem- acy, some hovering over Webber, some {over Karle. To avoid hostilities it was finally agreed that Webber was to have a | fair opportunity to coach his band alone. | Earle vacaled the rooms, saving he was going to the races. His confederates and | Webber made an afternoon of it. | The confederatesjtfiled in during the aiternoon, pretencing to be farmers in search of spiritual light. Webver pro- duced structed him to do, placd it on a stool | ments. There was a painful delay, during | which the visitor expressed great iear that the performance was a fraud. In a few minutes, however, he got a me-saze from his grandmother, opened his eyes with surprise, paid a fee of §10 and sent other visitors, wno in turn had satisfactory sit- tings. This was a great surprise to the new medium, wko now began to feel his power. Karle soon got his fee ot $300 for developing the new medium. ltissaid that Webber only !ately discovered that his visitors were all s'eizht-of-hard men and that the wouderful mess:ges | their dsad ancestors were writien | themselves at Earle’s suggestion. There are rumors that Weboer loaned Earle nearly $2000 before he went to Klon- | dike, part of which the medium agreed to invest for bis pupil in such places as the Indians should suggest. One of the g eat advertising dodees of the medium was to use the fact that em- inent veople visited him. He reported by 1o teach the ambitious cigar | The cigar man soon began to take les- a clean slate, as Earie had in-| { under the table and awaited develop- | from | - JAFE-CRACKERY ‘Lewis Gilson and Thomas | Burns Begin a Career | of Crime. | Arrested While Operating in a Mission-Street Hay and Grain Office, ‘Thay Had a Complete Set of Tools | and a Copy of the “Life of Jesse I James,” the Bandit. | ! Lewis Gilson and Thomas Burns two boys living on West Mission sireet, asa | result of reading dime-novel literature are | now in the City Prison with two charges of burglary against them. The attention of Poiiceman Porter was attracted about 2 o’clock yesterday morn- | ing by an unusual noise in the hay and grain barn of N. Bullerdick, 1650 Mission street. He proceeded to make an 1nvesti- gation and his suspicions that something was wrong were strengthened when he saw tne office door open and two candle lights burning in tie office. Gilson was standing in front of the safe, ihe outer door of which had been forced open with'a crowbar that lay at his feet. Gilson was attempting to force open the MRS. RENEE PERRIER AND SOME OF MEDIUM EARLE'S MESSAGES FROM BEULAH-LAND Y run 5 7 Ve Cn —£ Lia ~vonveslogaLrs’ vw([—? L oz ¥ LR 9 hatl he | i e a B Lt Nond Sacuss Vrrvandid ~ w9 : | Vi ant S 2 Q},,/{/MJ Aeount, c—uz,, { Asrp v Goun fpnTGaak / el (e Aionaths, I~ da ST 24 slate-writer and platform test medium,” whose meteoric career recently terminated | in this city, reaped a rich harvest during his sojourn. | operations in this district Earle said ne was going to Klondike. Some who have been figuring on what be ‘‘panned out”’ by drifting into the ex- | chequers of the credulous in San Fran- | cisco say he had a bonanza here. Though Earle advertised that *‘all mani- festations were in full caslight on an open stage’” several of his transactions are just now beginning to come to light, for it is said that for ways that were dark and tricks that were vain Earle was on the crest of the wave every time. The money-making medium's advent in San Francisco was announced by the following advertisement, which appeared in the newspapers some months ago: AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR. THE GREAT EARLE, Independent Slate-Writer and Platform Test Medium. All Manifestations in Full Gaslight on an Open Stage. Address 330 Eliis street, San Francisco. After entbusing the multitude at his public meetings it was Earle’s custom to invite the faithful few to his l.dgings. Here the mysteries of the occult were said 1o be unveiled in such a manner as to con vince all that millions of spiritual cre tures walk the earth. Thin-s ne: dreamed of in the philosop v of Horati P were said 1o materialize at 330 Eilis street. Ana the sequel shows tonat the medium did cause h.s visitors to produce for his use a large quantity of the yellow metal. It is said that when Earle came to San Francisco ¢ e had in his possession a book known as “'The Harvest Register,” which contained the names of several hundred persons of both sexes who were known to be eager to hear from their grand-parents and other deceased relatives. People with such desires, who also have money and who believe in mediums who can call spirits from the vasty deep, are known to spurious mediums as members of the “'barvestroll.” It was in the society of such good citizens that Earle is said to bave achieved his snccess. One of the fair women among many who suffered and who still tarry on this side of Jordan 10 mourn over their losses is Mrs, Renee Perrier, who purchased a number of slates covered with messages alleged to from Inaians whose wigwams and camp-fires lie beyond the stars. The extent of the lady’s losses is vari. ously estimated by different adjusters at from $500 to $5000.° Mrs. Perrier says she is not eneaged in issuing bulietins as to her losses. One of the many who knew Erie well says he sold the lady more than 500 slates at an average of about $5 per slate. The hilhe!-prmd‘ messages from the land Treasury Agent Moore, who, he said, had received from the spirit world many valu- able points regarding various smuggling The story of Moore’s visits was often told by the me- dium, and he used all the facts bearing upon the visits in such a way as to impress the listencr with the gravily of that per- sonage’s sittines, During e Franco-German war the French lost about 24,000 men from small- POX. inner door of the safe when Porter’s foot- steps made him desist. Gilson was premptly handcuffed and Porter went in search of Burns. He found bim hiding behind a bale of hay, and he was soon handcuff-d to Gilson. The boys had a miscelianeous collec- tion of tools and other articles for their operations. They had two crowbars, a batcher, hammer, monkey-wrench, saw, tile and “jimmy,” which Porter possession of. When searched at the Seventeenth- street station a dime novel, “The Life of Jesse James,” the notorious bandit, was found in Gilson’s pocket, and he admitted having read a number of similar perni- cious book-. J. Schulken, hay and grain dealer, 1630 Mission street, "discovered yesterday morning that his office had been entered | during the night by forcing off the pad- | iock from the rear door. The doors of the safe had b-en forced open with a | crowbar, but there was, fortunately, no money for the robbers. The telephona- | box, smashed into pieces, lay on the fioor. Schuiken accompanied Policeman Por- ter 1o the City Prison and the boys ad- mitted that they had visited his place be- fore going to Bullerdick’s and intended to carry on their operations nightly and ul- timately branch out into higher lines, emulating their hero, Jesse James. Their first venture was made Sunday night, when they broke iuto a vacant house at 7 Bona street and stole a quan- 1 f lead nipe. son is 16 years of age and Burns 1s a | year vounger. Gilson bas a bad reputa- tion and the police say he escaped irom jone of the public institutions. He has been rec-nily going around with a ped- | dler. Burnsisa quiet-looking boy. Kor some time he was a cashboy at the Em- porium. Youthful Safe-Crackers Who Burglarizing Were Arrested in the Act of a Grain Barn, took | TWO YOUTHPOL | PACIFIC-ONION WILL NOT MOVE The Club Resolves to Re- main in the House Near Union Square. Van Ness Avenue Scheme Re- scinded and Postponed at a Meeting Last Night. Numerous Resignations and Signs of a Great Revolt Caused Such Aoction to Be Taken. After all the talk by the progressive members of the Pacific- Union Club about moving out to Van Ness avenue and building a modern clubLouse of great ar- chitectural beauty and interior conven- ience the club, at a special meeting Jast evening, re:cinded all that had been done in the advancement of the enterprise and indefinitely postroned the whole subject. The indications are that the club will extend the lease of the premises on Union square now occupied and endeavor to render the o!d home agreeable to all the members of the fold. The course which the club last night in- dorsed was caused in a measure by numer- ous resignations and signs that the de- sertions would be still more formidable if the Van Ness avenue scheme was carried out. The meeting last night was attended by about one hundred members. It was called on a petition presented to the board oft rustees by members who believea that the club had made a mistake in deciding to move. A. Chesebrough, the president of the institution, presided. Afier the session Le said that there was no discus- sion on the propo-ition to rescind. The sentiment of the club was at once ex- pressed in favor of postponing for an in- definite time the whole subject matter. In the expectation of jpurchasing land and building a commodious structure bonds of the club to the amount of $250,000 had been au horized and subscribed for by members. Two sites were open for purchase—one at the corner of Bush street and Van Ness avenue and the other at the corner ot Sutter strect and the avenue. The price demandea for the land was not excessive. The influence which caused the rescind- ing was exerted by men who wete in favo: of a downtown location. They gave notice in effect that they would establith an- other club if the avenue measure was forced, hence the advocates of the so- called progress ve scheme decided to yield for the sake of maintaining the full strength of the organization. It is ex- pected that several of the old members who recently resigned will now ask to be reinstated as the danger of moving is past. HE BEFRIENDED A WIDOW. E. R. Ormnsby, a Printer, Arrested for Threats Against L. H. Cos- per’s Life. E. R. Ormsby, a printer, occupied a cell in the California-street station last night, having been arrested at the instance of L. H. Cosper, who charges him with having wade threats against his life. There is a little story back of the arrest in which a pretty, flaxen-haired widow, the former wife of Cosper, and another woman who is Mrs. Cosper No. 2 fizure. Ormsby, who is the friend of the pretty widow, claims that he is the victim of a conspiracy on the part of Mr. Cosper and hissecond wife, because of his (Ormsby’s) friendship for the widow. The widow is a young woman who is something of a beauty. She was divorced from Cosper several years ago, since which time she has assumed her ma:den name of Daisy E. Dewey. At the time of her di- vorce sue was given the custody of her little girl and Cosper was oraered to pay her $15 a monthasalimony. Cosper failed to pay, and there is now $260 of it unpaid. Cosper remarried a short ume ago and appeared 10 be moredetermined than ever not to pay his first wife any alimony, so claims the widow. A week ago she got an order from Judge Belshaw directing Cosper to pay the money. The widow gave the paper to ner friend Ormsby to serve and this is supposed to be the reason why the war- rant was sworn out against him, as he de- clares that he never had a word with Cosper. The widow stated last night that she was jumped upon a few nights ago by Mrs. Cosper and her two sisters when she went to Cosper’s house to serve the paper on him. A Deputy Sheriff was with her, but he seems to have been unable to pre- venta fight. Yesterday Mrs. Cosper swore 1o a com- plaint charging Daisy Dewey with bat- tery. Cosper was out of town, so that his story of the family row could not be learned. ———— FROM PORTLAND TO JAPAN. Four Steamshi to Constitut Travs-Pacific Service. Beginning Sunday, October 31, a new steamship service will be inaugurated from Portland, Or., to Yokohama and Kobe, Japan; and Shanghai and Hong- kong, China. The line will be run in connection with the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany. Three steamsbips will constitute the service—the Braemar, the Mogul and the Pelican. They will leave Portland in the order named approximately every three weeks, beginning with the last day of the month. On Sepiember 21 the Braemer sailed from Hongkong, and is expected at Port- land about the 21st inst. These steamers will call at Shanghai only when inducement offers, and during the tea season—from May until Decem- ber—they will stop at Amoy and at Foo- chow coming this way, but only when sufficient freight is offered to make it profitaple. Although a time-table has just been issued its reservations of changes and postponements are so general that at this time the agency in this city at 630 Market street does not care to announce itself for fear of being prematurely besieged for rates and further information, whic: at presert cannot be furnished here. By name tne new trans-Pacific service is the Northern Pacific Steamship Com- pany, Portiand line. The general agents are Dowdell, Carlile & Co. at Portland, Or.; Tacoma, Wash.; Victoria, B. C. o- kobama and Kobe, Japan; Shanghai, Foo- chow and hongkong, China; Colombo, Ceylon, and London, England. -~ Sacramento Land Company. Articles of incorporation of the Sacramento County Lana Company of the City and County of San Francisco were filed in the office of the County Cle k yesterday. The capital stock is fixed at $25,000, of which $1000 has been sutscribed by each of the following-named gentiemen: Jobn W. Butler, J. D. McKee, L. R. Dempster, H. Z. Burkhart und E. R. 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The above goods are especially suited for the present season, and the attention of our customers is directed to SEE OUR WINDOW DISFPLAY. i1, 113, 113, 117, 119, 121 POST STkt ) THAT IONE SCHOOL ROW, Trustee Tyrrell Says Superin- | tendent O'Brien Wants to Be a Czar, And Got the Secretary of State to Be His Phonograph for Complaints. Dr. Fred D. Tyrrell of Sacramento, one of the three trustees of the Ione Indus- trial School, the management and condi- tion of whici have very recently been atrongly condemned by Secretary of State Brown, arrived in the city yesterday and is staying at the Grana Hotel He declares that the Secretary of State went up to Ione, was there one day, lent his ear tothecomplaining superintendent and came back to Sacramento as his pho- | nograph, giving vent to the superintend- | ide of the story, which is founded mainly cn_ the plea that he cannot run the 1astitution properly because he is pow- erless to discharge incompetent or insub- ordinate employes maintained in their po- sitions by the trustees. “Q'Brien, the superintenaent,” said Dr. Tyrrell when interviewed vesterday, ‘is ab olutely free to discharge whom he | pleases. On!y six of some forcy em- ployes were put there the trustees, and the others are all O'Brien’s friends. Mr. | Maddox of Modesto h:s three appcintees | there and I have three. But I told O’Brien that if the men 1 put there were not satisfactory to him to remove them. One of them is this Captain Hawk, over whom the trouble arose. O’Brien told me that Hawk was the finest disciplinarian in the institution and the right man for the place. “The trouble is O’Brien allowed the | boys of the school to dictate to him whom he should discharge. *‘One of the formerinmates of the school came to me on the street a short time ago and told me that Captain Hawk was to be discharged because he could give some in- formation very derogatory to the school. Hawk bad, under Superintendent O'Brien’s personal instruction and obser- vation, severely flogged a boy until, to | avoid turther punishment, be coniessed to stealing a waich that had really been stolen by another boy. “When I heard of the contemplatod dis- | charge of Captain Hawk for improper conduct I telephoned 1o O'Brien and sug- gested that he re'ain the man in some capacity until an investigation could be made, and then, as he did not seem in- clined to heed my advice, I communicated with Mr. Maddox and he sent word to O'Brien suggesting that Hawk be not al- lowed to depart until an investigation could be had, Then O'Brien, with two- thirds of the board suggesting such a course, followed the advice. “The emploves are not trying to get O’Brien oat, but they cannot get along with him. They compigin that he is a man of ungovernable tamper, and that he wishes to rule as a czar. *It was my vote that put O'Brien in the position he now holds. 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