The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 22, 1897, Page 3

28, GENERAL RAIN THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER TELLOW JACK MURDER FIRST, 1897. 3 | | battered ola ship is the sign and symbol, | but we Americans were taught a great | works, sewerage and of municipal ~affairs capitals. His talk was the general conduct ago she iried to kill herself by cutting in the European her wrist. She had shuwn signs of an un- *LAUNGHED C A HONDREL TEARS A0 Exercisesto Commemo- | rate the Birth of the Constitution. | | tion DISTINGUISHED MEN | PARTICIPATE. Daughters of the Revolution Also Take Part in the Celebration. ed | | OLD IRONSIDES AS THE NAVY’S BEGINNING. 1 enator Lodge and Others Speak of the Lessons Taught by the War of 1812, Special Dispatch to THE CALL. Oct. 21.—Untoward weather erfered with the out-oi-door conditio: ercises to-c marking the centennial of the launching’ of the United States Constituti Rain feil through- oon, givir deco b a bedrazgled ap- ations in honor of ore the hour as- s to begin the his: was filled to i the Lon:z were many Daugh- n, whess organiza- n bringing celebration als and representat es, Mayors of New of Congress r and the North Atlantic Squadros. officers o Governor Wolcott acted as presiding : ivered the opening address, terms to the vess:| e anniyersary was n which marked of which t e patriot sovern or Wolcott introduced Theodore Assistant Secretary of the Na- moment of the ¢ tution nching was the beginning of our nav as we know it to It was fifteen years Constitution hat proud flag bumbl and which w menaced s during that peop! s w een years there were many who otjected to the maintaining of It was because we 1 he the war with icy contr the Constitution s that we came out of | 1d it is due toa pol- to that which prompted the introdu ssels that in recent years brou s to danger of the gravest nationa! dishonor.” At this point Major William H. Garland i Boston, who was a powder-boy on board ( ion in her famous battle with rriere, was presented to the audi- Governor Wolcott himself lea th:ee cheers for the veteran Mata sisie ship shiy tion of Professor J. W. Oliver ‘O d Ironsides.! Shurch- , Wendell se bistoric address of the red by Senator Henry Ca- Senator Lodge, after dwelling th the '} ship, ‘spoke par- which our small v of that day more | s weter the reverses | ation and a halt- | icy had invited on the land. | d Europe received valuable from the war of which this | and near by lay her 4-y | and under suspicion ot members of the | ate militia, representative United States | ncy of Loston then delivered | | addressed the audience story and vie- | | statement even more important now than then, for to-day wars are fought in a few months, while it takes vears to buil | modern ships and cast ritled guns. Weakness and de- fenselessness mean war. Readiness, prep- aration and courage mean honor and peace, Where we were unprepared in 1812 we suffered; where we weie prepared we prospered and vindicated our na- tional existence.” In the naval parade the marines and sailors from the vessels from the North Atlantic squadron in port, comprising the Massachusetts, the New Yori, Texas, in- diana and Brooklyn, were in line, accom- panied by the M enusetts Naval Vet crans, Kearsarze Naval Veterans’ Associa- nd survivors of the Eighth Mas<a- chuseits Volunteers. The parade was un- der thed:rection of Brigad er-General T. J. Carter. Inspector-General of Massachu- | setts, cnief marshal. Itstarted from the foot of State street at 2 o’clock. On reach- ing Constitution wharf a passing salute was fired. At the Charlestown Navy-yard | Governor Wolcott, with his siaff and 1in- vited guests, boarded the fimous old frigate, where a reception was held. The wharves were bedecked with bunting and to-nigh e Ma sachusetts and New York were illuminated. FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY. Father in Jail, Charged With the | Murder of His Wife and Child. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct 2.—When Mrs. | A.J. Lynch entered the residence of C. W. Kessler late this afternoon a shocking | scene was presented. Mrs. Kessler was dead from a ghastly wound in the throat, ear-old son with bullet through his neck. The husband nd father is in the city pri-on half insane having killed his He protests his inno- that his wife killea Phys and child. , and claim ild and committed suicide. | think the child will recover. ORTIFICATIONS AN HARBOR IHPROVEEN? ians | 1 | Estimates Made in the Report of the Chief of En~ gineers. Wiison Says That a Vast Sum Must Ba Expended for Coast Defenses. General | Special Dispatch to TaE C WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—General Wil- son, chief of engineers of the army, has made his annual report to the Secretary ot War. It isdevotea 1o the fortifications and river and harbor improvements of the count The estimates for coast defenses for the years 1898 99 are as foliows: Gun and mortar batteres, $5,000,000; surchase of land for fortilications, $500,- 000; protection, preservation and repair of fortifications, $100,000; preparation of ptans for fortifications, $5000; seawalls and embankments, $50.000; torpedoes for rbor de’enses, the purchase of subma- ne mines and necessary appliances to r | support them, for closing channels lead- 1g 10 our principal sea ports, for needful emates, cubles, ete., to render it pos. sible to operate submarine mines, $150,000. Total, $5 810.000. General Wiison says tbar during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, there was expended on river and harbor smprove- ments $13.461.639 | ing June 30, 1899, bis estimates are: Con- tinuons work authorized by Congiess, $18,876,007 : other work not provided for | by continuing contracts, $28,452,15: | “California: Oakland harbor, $168,500; | San Lnis Obispo, §150,000; San Diego har- bor, $184,400; Humbolat harbor, $100,000. | Coguiile River, $115,000: Up- | Joquille River, ,000; Coos Bay, §600,000; nslow Ry $100.000: Tilla- mook Bay. $§52,000; Columbia River, below Tongue Poin'. $71,550; Coiumbia River and Lower Willametie River, $300,000; canal ut Cascades, $334, Washington: Gravs Harbor, $430,000; Puzet Sound, $25,000: Everett $150,000; Swintomish slough, $47,000. a sy Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTOX Oct. 2L — To-day’s of the condition of the asury shows: Available cash balance 0,449,589; gold reserve, $151,411,148. t For the fiscal year end- | tarbor, | | ;The Fever Situation Is Improving at New Orleans. | One of the Two Victims of a Day Is Sister Sylvester of St. Joseph’s Asylum. There Has Been Some Frost, and | With Cooler Weather the Disease Wil Be Stampad Out. | | | pecial Dispatch to THE CALL NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 21.—The | fever situation improved to some extent | hete to-day. Where yesterday there had | been some thirty cases by 1 o’clock, at7 | | o’clock there were only thirty, and at § o’'clock to-night the number was forty- three. Yesterday afternvon’s record was sixdeaths. To-dav at nightfall there had | been but two fatalities reported to the | | Board of Health. Among the deaths Is that of Sister Syl- vester of St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum. She was reported 1o the Board of Health yesterday and the best of attendance | given to her, but she seemed to have con- tracted a very bad case of yellow fever, | complicated with other distresses, and | | there was little chance of saving her life after her case had been brougnt to the at- tention of the board. | The weather this morning was cool, and | | reporis below New Orleans are to the ef- | | fect that there wasa light frost last night. | Colonel I. D. Eliis of Governor Fos er’s | | staff said to a representative of the Asso- | ciated Press this evening that he received advices that there had been irostin St Bernard parish and on the outskirisof | the city last night. The deposit, however, was slight, and possibly not suflicient to stamp out the disease hare. It is poss.ble, however, that the fever cases here this evening are a result traceabie to the| e in the temperature. It does not | now seem at ail likely that the fever will ue here for any length of time. ness is greatly depressed, but it is confidently beiieved “that with the ap- proach of cold weather the fever will die « nd New Orleans recover some of the | trade she has lost through the fright of | the past few weeks. To-dav’s deaths were: Patrick Doyle. SUDDEN DEATH AT SONOMA. Henry Winkle, a Pioneer Resident, Well Known in San Francisco, Found Dead in Bed. SONOMA, Oct. 21.—The resident: of this place were shocked this morning on bearing of the sudden death of Hen:y Winkle, a pioneer resident of this valley and San Francisco. Mr. Winkle nad re- turned last night from San Franci co on the evening train, and retired at the| usual hour in good spirits and heslth. Not appzaring at the breakfast hour his ster, Miss A. Witkle, went to his bed- room and called bim. Receiving no re- | sponse she entered the room and was horrified to find him cold in death. He | had evidently passed aw; veral hours | before. The cause of his sudden desth was due to heart failure, from which he had suffered for many months. In addition to his extensive vineyards near this place Mr. Winkle was also the | owner of Winkle’s bakery on the corner of | Vallejo and Battery streets, San Fran- sco, which was establisned in 1851. He | wasa generous, whole-souled gentleman, | and bis sudden demise will be keenly felt by a large number of friends in Sonoma and San Francis Deceased was a native | of Germany, aged 52 years. He leaves a young wiie and two small children, a brother and two sisters, one of the latter | being Mrs. Adler of this place. The re- | | mains will be taken to San Francisco to- morrow, where the funeral will be held. B Watsonville’s Busy Sugar Faclory. | { WATSONVILLE, Oct. 21.—Up to 6 A. M., Octoter 19, the Watsonville sugar | factory had run 118) hours, had sliced | 50.249 tons of beets, and had produced | 2 tons of sugar. The crop is over one- ): third harvested. Sister Sylvester, | A Tragedy in Low Life Has Shocked Tacoma. Mrs. Frank Aylwin Decoys Her Recreant Lover to His Doom. Thinking She Has Killed Him She Goes to a Hospltal and Shoo.s Herself. &pecial Dispatch to THE CALL. TACOMA, Wasm., Oct. 2L.—Love, jeal- ousy and remorse ure responsible for a sensational murder and suicide. Mrs. Frank Aylwin,shot Pcte Sweeney, with whom she is alleged to bave been inti- mate, last night, and later killed hersell. It was not until thisevering that Sweeney was found lying unconscious and nearly dead on the second floor of an unoccupied building on J street. He met Mrs, Aylwin on K street, apparently by appointmen-, | about 8 o’clock last evening and walked | A | damage will result to the few late varie- down to the vacant building with her. violent discussion ensued after they e tered and ended with Mrs. Aylwin firing one shot at the man whose love she is believed to have coveted. right side, and is still embedded there. Mrs. Aylwin left him for dead and stree. Sweeney tried for some time to open the door and failed, relapsing then into unconsciousness. He remainea there twenty hours, being found thisafternoon by a prospective tenant of the -building. About 10 o'clock last nizht Mrs. Aylwin appeared at St. Joseph’s Hospital and asked that Dr. Brown be called. When he answered that he was ill and could not come Mrs. Aylwin said th2 wouid stay all night and asked the nurse to give her morphine to allay pains, As morphine had benefited her before it was given her. Thedrug evidently had no effect or else she was kept awake by remorse. She had not slept nurse visited her bedside at o’clock. At that hour she asked for a rubber blanket | and wrapped herself in its folds, arawing the covers about her. She apparently spent the next three hours summoning courage for the fatal shot. 5 o’clock a pistol shot was heard room, and when the attendants entered they found the bedclothing on fire. When this was extinguished it was discovered | cent immense shipments of table grapes | The bullet | | entered his skull above the ear on the [ locked the door when she returned to the | Just after in her that her breast had been burned and that a builet had penetrated her left lung, pass- ing through her back. Mr. Ayiwin isnight icon, the Roxbury. bartender at his His wife had fre- v }.bsence caused no alarm on his return at midnight. Th's morning he found on their bureau a letter from her, which was probabiy written between the time she ~hot Sweeney and her departure for the hospitai. Tue letter stated tiat shein- tended to die by morphine and bade good- by to ber husband ' ana wigit-year-old daughter. place the chiid ina boarding-school, asked for a private funeral and requested that her remains be not exposed to public view. Shestated that a burial robe would be found in a bureau drawer. The shroud was neatly folded, and pinned to it was a paper bearing ihe words, “Bury me in this.” After bis removal to St. Joseph Hospi- tal this evening Sweaney told his brother and Dr. Brown how Mrs Avlwin shot him. He had left his wite at his brother’s last evening und gone to a grocery-store on an errand when he met her. The rela- tions between Sweeney and Mrs. Aylwin | have been the subiect of whispered gossip | Mrs. Aylwin’s attendance | at dances and parties without her husband | for some time. furnished an oprnortunity for their meet- ntly been out late io parties, and her Sbe directed her husband to | | the severe rawnstorm of last night and this | morning upon the grape crop of this | section when tze | 2b0ut 15 per cent of the yield has been | has done bu Too Late to Materially Injure the Grape Crop. Slight Damage Will Result to a Few of the Late Varisties. Lodl Packin Establishments WIll €uspsand, but the Season Is Nearly Over. Special Dispatch to THE CALL SACRAMENTO, Oc:. 21.—The rain will co little if any damage to the grape crop of Sacramento County. The raisin crops are in the main harvested, while the re- to the East have about cleaned up that variely. Wine grapes are the only ones out, and they are in no way affected. CLOVERDALE, Oct 21.—The storm did very small damage to grapes. Grape crushing commences here one or two weeks earlier than in most sections of the State and is about finished. Only slight ties not yet picked. The skies are per- fectly clear to-night. Thisisa phenome- nal grape year, All the wineries have much increased their cooperage, yet they | are filled almost to overflowing. WOODLAND, Oct. 21.—Steady rain com- menced falling in this city about 8 o’clock this morning and did not cease until 3 o’clock this afternoon, when the precipita- tion amounted to a trifle over half an inct. Reports from all points in the county have been received, and they indi- cate that the orchardists and vineyardis\s havs not sustained serious losses. All of the grape crop has been cared for, except- ing in the vicinity of Blacks and Davis- ville. At these places a great portion of | the second crop of raisin grapes will be | ruined if the storm continues. SANTA ROSA, Oct. 21.—The effects of will not pe material. All but gathered, and as tke unpicked remainder consists almost entirely of the hardy Mis- sion variety, grape men are not worrying 1 much SONOMA, Oct. 2L.—A storm prevailed in this val lastnight and this morning, the first heavy rain of the season, and gave the farmers who bad grapeson the vines a scare. The vintage season in So- noma Valley is nearing a close, and con- sequently but about a third of the entire | Yie.d 1s on the vines, but these will receive but little damage, owing to the fact that they are far adyanced in ripeness, and in- | dications are for favorable weather. Those | that will suffer most will be Tokay | 'NAPA, Oct. 2L.—Though the rain has | been quiie severe in this county it hasnot had an injurious effact on the grapes, most of which ‘1n this section have been gath- | ered. In the upper end of the county | »bout two-thirds have been gathered, the Zinfandel perhavs suffering slightly, 'The adications are that warm and clear, so that the damage will amount to little, if any. LODI, Oect. —The rainstorm has played havoc with the table-grape crop and will cause the shutdown of ai pack- ing establ.shments here; but as the sea- son is nearing the close’ it 13 thought no large amount will be lost thereby. Wine grapes are not so badly injured. All pack- ing zrapes will now be picked and shipped to the wineries. They do not bring the regular wine-grape price, so the owners willlose on <uch a deal. N JO. Oct. 21.—The present storm little damage to grapes. The wine grapes are nearly all harvested. A good many table grapes are still on the vines, but the damage to these will be slight unless the storm should continue. SACRAMENTO KEPUBLICAMNS, William Land’s Interssting Talk to the Ihtrd Ward Club. to-morrow will be | | | { 1 is president, and | the roll show= a membershiy X of 107 good, sound, active Republicans, % 2 —_——— SUICIDE AT WHITE RIVEER, | Miss Sallie Tucker, While Demented, Jumps Inio a Well. VISALIA, Oct. 21.—M ss Sallie Tucker, a maider lady of foriy-five years, com. | mitted suicide at White River, in the | | | ! southern part of this county, last night. She lived with her sister in a small bouse close to Mitchell’s store and some time during the night she went out and jumped intoa well. Her body was found soon | after daylight this morning. A few days | ceal more. We learned thut weak de- | i SE IntgVenith c 5 MRS | balznced mind o | as instructive. Captain Young, the prasent ness ¥ s . s Y R aine, the c¢ i | = quiet. Tt fa well 1o note. that the leston Trustee from the Thira, ttony. Pr250t | Sonoma’s Sheriff Punishes @ Deretiction of wise preparation taught by the war of | | The club ¢ e - R of Duty. 1812 and always worth remembering is : the. mii‘r:. ;vc‘ofitniifjfl of young men in | SANTA ROSA, Oct. 21.—3heriff Sam L Alien to-day dismissed from serviceDeputy Sheriff William A. Dougherty on ‘account | of bisaction in connection with the case of | . T. Bacbelder, the San Francisco attoc- ney, who was yesterday sentenced to twenty-four hours in jail for contempt by | Judge Dougherty of the Superior Court. Sheriff Allen was absent at San Quentin when the order was made by the court commitung Bachelder to jail, and the prisoner was in consequence turned over to Deputy Sheriff Dougherty. Instead of taking his man to jail, Dougherty took him to the Grand Hotel for his dinner, and at night took him out for a pleasant wa.k around the streets of the city. S ——— NEW TO-DAY. and $15.00. »* such fine suits for the paltry sum of 89.25. It will cost you elsewhere $12 A WEEK’S WONDER OF WORLD BEATERS !! Such phenomenal success neaver atiended any previous sale in San Francisco. Crowds of ewmthusiastic and appreciative buyers thirong our stores. No wonder! It's just like patting money in the bank to get Satisfaction is the harbor your con= fidence will reach under our pilotage. We are competent mariners, und keep our ship in the eye of the wind. Entrust yourselves to our care and we | will not abuse your confidence. % *— Take a look at our workshop on the at work in full view. We control exclusive lines in Furnis“ing Goods and Hats. S. N. WOoD & C0., ColumbianWoolen Mills 718 and 722 Market Street, —AND— Corner Powell and Eddy. 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It is believed that she | determined to kill bira and then herself, | and that remorse caused her to toss <o | Testlessly ali mignt at thy hospital, fang istened to an address by William Sween has been a conductor on the ¥ cable line for years, being considered the | A2d, Who in part spoke of his observa- most popular ‘emplaye of the company. | tions during his travels abroad upon Mrs. Aylwin was 26 years old, a blonde | matters of public interest. A He spoke of the street pavements, water | SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2L.—The Third Ward Republican Ciub held a meeting in its hall at Fifth and O last night | of all the fire and vigor of man- hood. Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Is a grand remely for weak men. There is nothing so stiengthening, nothing so invigorating, nothing that builds up vital force and energy like Dr. Sanden’s E ectric Belt. Every day brings fresh proof of its power. If vou are suffering from weakness of whatever nature write for Dr. Sanden’s book “Three Classes of Men,’” which will be sent, sealed, free by mail to AT AR AN ALANAMANAVAL ) HARBOR IN JUNE, 1846. When the gale broke over the roadstead all the light spars were aloft, but in a short time everything was sent down, the jibboom and to lowered to the hammiock nettings. Four anchors were run out and “Old Ironsides” defied the tempest. A large number of vessels noble frigate rode it Sut in safety. The illustration pmast housed and the heavy yards went ashore in the gale, but the is from a sketch made by William F, Herrick of Oaklagd, who was a midshipman on the Constitution at the time. any address. Call or address Office Hours—8 A. M. 10 8:30 P. M.; street; 253 Washington street, Portiand, O: U ANANARN AL DR. A. T. SANDEN’ 632 Market Su:'- Sunaays, 10 to 1. NOTE.—Make no mistake in the number— Ly Ty Yy Ty ot, Opposite Palvce Hotel, San Francisco. MU UCADARTIR BTN BB LR LD OB b A Los Angeles, 232 West Second 935 Sixteenth street, Danver, Colo. 2 Markel stree.. Make note of it. Yy %mu ‘was gone, I went to the druggist and ever since, and very thankful I am to Ve o A washerwoman living in South Bend, Ind., had fora long time suffered from {dyspepsia, until one day she gave Ripans Tabules a trial. Her own statement of the result will be of interest to other dyspeptics: “From the very first day,” she said, ““I felt less misery in my stomach, and when the first supply 8ot more, and have been using them know about them, for I had tried co many things and herbs and doctors without getting any better. 1 had about given up getting anything to help me, but to-day I can eat quite a large meal and feel no distress, but before, if I took two or thres mouthfuls, I must wait 'tvo or three hours before eating more victuals, or suffer in agony.” A now TEN RIPANS TABULES ina paper carton (without glass) is now for sale at some ‘shoTes — YOR YTV CENTS. sort in Inbedea for tho poor anl 1he. One dosea Ovocent osrtons (1% tabules) can be had by mail by sending forty cigiit cents to the RIPANS CHENICAS . CoxraNT, No. 10 Spruce m!o&-wl?n‘umo::nw ‘will be sens for five cents, 1