The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1897. 3 TELLTALE LETTER SENT BY NOLTING San Jose Councilman Entrapped by Himself. A ) Admits Partnerships He Formerly Said Did Not Exist. Informs a Correspondent That He Is Associated With Sullivan. IS ALSO A MERCHANT. Member of a Firm Which Is Profited SAN JOSE, Dec. 28.—Councilman Nolting's partnerships, or rather busi- ness relationships, offer a subject for much interesting conjecture and dis- cussion. This is due to the fact that he is one of the city’'s legislators, and that he is also reputed to be the part- ner of John W. Sullivan in the law business and the partner of Edward Ford in the grocery and provision busines: That he is a Councilman Nolting, of course, does not deny, but he does not admit that he is Interested in business with ther Sullivan or Ford. This diffidence is not, as some may infer, due entirely to modesty on the part of Councilman Nolting. Sullivan occasionally has claims to prosecute before the Council, and Ford is a continuous creditor of the city, selling to the various departments of Selling Supplies to the City. Special Dispatch to The Call. the city government supplies of gro- ceries, provisions and also whisky. As a Councilman Nolting should have no intere: in common with either of these gentlemen. This is what the new charter has to say on this sub- Ject: “No member of the Common Council, or of any board, and no officer or em- ploye of said city while in office, shall be become, directly or indirectly, in any contract, work or sale of any article the ns , or consideration of which is pa: frof the treasury, nor shall any of them receive any gra- tuity or advantage from any con- tractor or person furnishing labor or material for the same. any provision of this e a forfeiture of his shall be forever de- disqualified from being ted or employed in the e city.” ts ‘that he was at one in the present firm of or but states that he artnership by ex- - to Edward Ford 1ting’s) interest in January year and of thi time place he has simply been employed in ince that transaction took the business of Ford & Nolting as business manager. Attorney John W. Sullivan in a communication to The Call, published last Tuesday, denied the partnership between Nolti nd himself in the following langu “William T. Nolting and T are not partners and n have beeie He and 1 are associz gether only that we rooms together in the Ry- 1 act as individuals, and transacting it in nes: ual n; our individ ames.” Many people are of the opinion that the .following type-written, mimeo- ular letter sent out by Mr. the 26th of October 3 le light on the of Mr. Nolting: and that at the present | | disease. | | | ISacriflcax His Life in an Attempt to Save last | | them explained the origin of the fire. | | lamp and started for the well to get a | been drinking; but when the boy un- dertook to arouse him he found his father was dead. On Saturday Fleld got on a spree, and his spirits were so high that he concluded to whip his wife, in lfeu of other amusement. The children de- fended their mother, and Field was pretty well thumped. Then he drank more, and to-day went home to sleep off its effects. Whether he died from the effects of liquor or from the beat- ing he had received, or from both, re- mains to be determined. —-—— HERMIT PERISHES IN HIS BURNING CABIN. Near His Charred Bones Is Found the Gold He Had Hoarded for Many Years. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 26.—Conrad Dinnean, an aged hermit who lived in & cabin near Cleveland, XKlickitat County, Washington, was burned to death in his dwelling yesterday. The charred ruins of the cabin were found this morning and blackened bones of its solitary occupant lay in the center of them. Dinnean lived in the cabin for many years and had hoarded con- siderable money. He was very old and crabbed and was generally avoided by his neighbors, many of whom be- lieved him crazy. Lately he had been confined to his cabin by rheumatism. Last night the residents of the vicin- ity saw a blaze in the direction of Din- nean's cabin, but, thinking it was a brush fire, paid no attention to it. This morning Con Waltenberger of Bickle- ton passed the place and, seeing it in ruins, investigated. He found the her- mit's bones among the heap of charred timbers. A pile of fused gold coins probably of the value of $1000 were found among the hoops of what had been an iron-bound chest. How the fire started no one knows. - ENWRAPPED BY FLAMES WHILE BEASTLY DRUNK. Los Gatos Woodchopper Falls With a Lamp and Is Roasted by Burning oil. SAN JOSE, Dec. 26.—Lagora Molina, oodchopper employed on G. B. Ma- s ranch two miles from Los Gatos, met with a horrible death last night. He with three other woodchoppers had purchased two gallons of wine and taken it to Molina’s cabin to celebrate Christmas. The men became intoxi- cated and retired. During the night the others missed Molina, but thought he had merely gone out for a few min- utes. This morning his charred re- mains were found a short distance from the cabin, and a broken lamp beside a The man had evidently taken the | drink of water. He had tripped and fell, and being too drunk to arise his clothes caught fire from the oil of the broken lamp. The clothes were burned from the body and the chest and lower limbs were a mass of charred and roasted flesh. y Molina was a Chilean and 69 years of age. —_——— STRICKEN BY HEART DISEASE. Capitalist S. A. Hofstra Passes Away Sud- denly at Los Gatos. SAN JOSE, Dec. 26.—S. A. Hofstra, a well-known capitalist, died suddenly | at Los Gatos this morning of heart He had been in ill' health for | some time, but had not been confined to his bed. He was a native of Hol- land and €6 years of age. The deceased came to California from Chicago eleven years ago and invested in San Jose and Los Gatos property. His e: tate 1s worth about $100.000. A widow and two children survive him. —_— Coursing at Los Angeles. | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—The larg- est coursing match ever held in this part of the State took place at Ag: cultural Park in this city to-day. Fif- | ty-six dogs were entered. Romeo won | the championship, Trip second and Trilby third. —_————— Glenbrook Wins a Stake. | SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26. — The weather to-day was like that of spring and the coursing drew a good crowd. Glenbrook won first money, Mission | Boy second, Electricity third and E V | fourth. TROLLEY CAR CONDUCTOR SLAIN BY HIGHWAYMEN. the Money in His Possession. NORRISTOWN, Pa., Dec. 26.—A trol- John W. Sulllvan, @ttorney-at-Law, Rooms 30-3! Ryland Bldg. San Jose, Cal., October 26, 1897. Dear Sir: I take thismeans of informingmy friends that for the past seven months I have been ac- tively engaged in the practice of law, having law offices at rooms 30 and 3I Ryland builiing, N. E. corner of First and San Fernando streets, In January I was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Cali- fornia, and, though I am still interested in mercantile pursuits, I am now devoting my time| and attention to the profession of the law, am at the present time associated with John W. Mr. Sullivan was born and educated in San Jose and was called to the bar in 1886. For several years he practiced in Southern California, returning here three years ago. Mr. Sullivan and I are transacting a general law business, and endeavoring to conduct all matters entrusted to us with care and dispatch. Should you require the services of attorneys I respectfully request your consideration. Yours very respectfully, San Jose, Cal. Sullivan. 1 Wm. T. Nolting, Attorney-at.Law, | Rooms 30-3! Ryland Bldg. I William T. Nolting. Here are some of the sentences in this communication that people would like to see explained: “I am still interested in mercantile pursuits.” “I am at the present time asso- ciated with John W. Sullivan.” “Mr. Sullivan and T are transacting a-general law business and endeavor- ing to conduct all matters intrusted to us with care and dispatch.” DEATH ENDS HIS SPREE. Michael Field ot Sacramento Passes Away Unattended. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26.—When Mi- chael Field's son went upstairs this evening to call him to supper the boy found his father lying on the floor with a quilt over him and his coat under his head. He did not think anything stragea of this, however, as Fleld hld | off, ley car on the Schuylkill Valley Trac- tion Company’s line was held up by four highwaymen at Swedenland, near here, about 10 o'clock to-night. Con- | ductor Charles Galloway of Norris- town refused to give up his money and was shot dead. After rifling the body of the conductor of money and a gold watch the robbers escaped. There were four women passengers on the car. The highwaymen covered | them with their weapons, but made no attempt to rob them. Three shots were fired at Motorman Matthias, but none took effect. The men looked like tramps and escaped in the direction of Philadelphia. e Declares the Fight Off. J NEW YORK, Dec. 26. — Tom O’Rourke manager for the Long Island City Athletic Club, announces that the Yank Kenny-Bob Armstrong fight, scheduled for March 30, at the club, is l | mother. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN IS CELL Inmate of Quiney’s Jail Seeks to End His Life. Slashes Himself With a Razor and His Recov- ery Is in Doubt. Wished to Die Slowly so His Mother Could Be Sum- moned to His Side. ACCUSES HIS JAILERS. Says That They Bribed Him Into | Giving Thern Part of His Stolen Treasure. Special Dispatch to The Call. QUINCY, Dec. 26.—Lowell Maxwell, who had been convicted on two charges of burglary, one of which was entering Wells, Fargo & Co.’s local office and abstracting a sack containing $3600, | this morning asked Sheriff Bransford | for a razor with which to shave him- self. The razor having been procured, the Sheriff left the prisoner’s ceil. As | soon as he was out of sight Maxwell made a gash with the razor in the lower part of his abdomen, over five inches in length, severing' the intes- tines. To-night his death is hourly ex- pected. Having inflicted the wound, Maxwell gave the alarm to persons in the Sheriff's office, calling upon them to bring his mother, as he wished to see her before he died. Word was sent to the family and a surgeon summoned. He dressed the wound, but gave slight encouragement to Maxwell’s relatives. Maxwell was to have received sen- tence on both convictions to-morrow. He gave to the editor of the Indepen- dent as his reason for the attempt at suicide that the officers had held out fnducements to him to give up his stolen treasure, promising that his sentence would be thereby much light- ened, but yesterday, after he had com- plied with their request, they informed him that in view of a previous felony conviction against him no leniency might be expected, as probably his punishment would be equivalent to life imprisonment. He preferred to die, but slashed himself in the abdomen instead of the throat in order that he might live long enough to again meet his GRANT IS NOT THEIR CHOICE Committeeman Cole, the Silver Republican, Denies a Rumor. Says His Party Is Not Pledged to Support the San Diegan for the Senate. Spectai Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—Nathan Cole Jr.,, National Committeeman for the Silver Republican party of Califor- nia, this evening gave to the press a letter, in which he positively denies the | stetements which have been published to the effect that the Siiver Republi- cans under his leadership were en- deavoring to secure the election of U. 8. Grant Jr. as the successor of Stephen M. White in the United States Senate. Cole’s letter is addressed to the editor of the Times, which paper first gave circulation to the story, which was to the effect that Jesse Grant and U. S. Grant Jr. had a meeting in this city during the week and that an arrange- | ment was made whereby Cole pledged the Silver Republicans to support Grant’s candidacy for the Senate. In his letter Cole absolutely denies that there ever was such meeting, anl | adds that never in his life has he met either of the Grant boys, save once in St. Louis. Continuing, Mr. Cole siates that as a Silver Republican he is, first, last and all the time, for Stephen M. ‘White for Senator, and if that gentle- man declines to be a candidate to suc- ceed himself, he is then in favor of sending some other good Democrat. The letter of Cole and. the very pro- nounced stand he takes In favor of Senator White will have the effect of setting at rest all rumors that have been current about a scheme on the part of the Silver Republicans to force one of thelr own men upon the Demo- crats-as a successor to White, in the event that they were in a position to do so In the Legislature of 1899. il dias MONTEREY COUNTY TO HAVE A MODEL ROAD. Highway From the OId State Capital to Salinas to Be Placed in Fine Condition. MONTEREY, Dec. 26.—What has Jong been known as the worst road in Monterey County and one of the worst in the States—that running between the old State capital and the present county seat—is now being prepared to rank as one of the best in the State and to become an interesting portion of the overland stage route from Paso Robles and Santa Barbara to Monterey and Del Monte. The numerous accidents, some of which have caused death and the con- stant disgust of tourists, who, coming up from the south under the mistaken impression that the -road between Salinas and Monterey was a part of the famous seventeen-mile drive, dis- embarked from the train at Salinas to drive to Monterey, have at last brought the county supervisors to a recognition of the condition of the road, and re- pairs of a substantial and first-class character are now in progress. Last year the road was graded and macad- amized from Monterey as far as the Saucito hill, and the present work is being commenced at the latter point. From the Saucito Hill to the Laguna Seca the road will be graveled with Pajaro gravel, and ten four-horse teams are now engaged in hauling it from the Monterey depot, where it has been brought on flatcars. Supervisor T. J. Fleld of Monterey is giving the work his especial atten- tion, and says when It is completed it will vie with any road in the State for it a part of the stage route from south that has lately become 80 pop- ular with tourists. e A MADE TO STANDBEFORE A RED-HOT STOVE. Brutal Punishment of Two Boys in a Massa- chusetts Public School. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—A New Bed- ford, Mass., special says: Philip H. | Crandon and Walter Bradford, two | residents of Long Plain, whose chil- “dren attend the Long.Plain gchool are indignant over the treatment which the boys report having received at the hands of Teacher J. B. Robertson. One day last week Frank, Mr. Cran- don’s 11 year oid son, came home with the left side of his face several shades redder than the other. He 'said he failed when asked to name the capital of Michigan, and as a punishment the teacher made him stand beside the stove while wood was piled in. The 11 year old son of Bradford was pun- ished In a similar way for asking to go out, and when finally the teacher per- mitted him to leave the room he faint- ed upon reaching the school yard and fell upon the door step. The stove in front of which the boys were obliged to stand is built to throw out heat, and when piled full of wood the heat radi- ation js something terrific. e CHARLES HARRISON'S DEATH. Radical Member of the English Parliament Passes Away. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Charles Harri- son, Radical member of Parliament for Plymouth since 1895, is dead. Charles Harrison was born August 1, 1835, and was educated at Kings col- lege, London. He succeeded Sir John Hutton as vice-chairman of the Lon- don county council when Sir John suc- ceeded Lord Rosebery as chairman of that body. In the first and second coun- cfls he was chairman of the parliamen- tary committee and became known prominently as the father of the mod- | ern application of the principle of bet- terment by public improvements. By | profession he was a solicitor. Freder- ick Harrison, the well-known essayist and president of the London Positivist committee, was his brother. RETURNS HOME Mining Expert Richardson Re- Jjoins His Relatives at Tacoma. Left Them Twenty-Two Years Ago to Roam the Earth in Quest of Wealth. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | TACOMA, Dec. 26.—There was a hap- | py reunion at South Tacoma six days ago when John Richardson called on his mother, brother and sisters, whom he had not seen in twenty-two years. He left them in Canada that long ago and has since lived in Victoria, San | Francisco, Honolulu, the Fiji Islands, Australia and South Africa. He re- turns now as a mining expert, employ- ed by rich operators in South Africa to examine properties in Northern Cali- fornia, Southern Oregon and the Klon- dike. | After visiting his mother for a week | Richardson will go south and report | on properties which his principals think of buying. Then he ‘will come here and prepare for the trip to Daw- son. Richardson has made money fast In mining and contracting at Johannes- | burg. He had smalipox there, which so changed his appearance that his mother did not know him when he ar- rived. He has devoted himself to tell- | ing tales of travel and adventure that would fill a book, for he has hunted | lions, giraffes, zebras and boa con- | strictors In Africa, as well as big game in Australia. On returning from the Klondike he will go back to South Af- rica, taking along a cargo of lumber for his contract work. St iy | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ACCUSED OF IMMORALITY. Christian Women Declare War on One of Maine's Most Eminent Jurists. BOSTON, Dec . 26.—The State of Maine is In the throes of the greatest scandal in her history. The ‘Women's Christian Temperance Union has sent a formal protest to the Gov- | ernor against the reappointment of Judge Enoch Foster of the Supreme | Bench, charging gross immorality, to- | gether with a confession of his sins, which caused his expulsion from the church. Judge Foster is one of the most emi- nent jurists in New England. He is an unusually cold, severe and dignified man, having no intimate male associ- ates, but in startling contrast to this is the romantic side of his life, which glves rise to the scandal. The woman in the case is the pretty daughter of the barber in his native town of Bethel. The Women’s Chris- tian Temperance Union asserts that it can provethathefrequented hotels with the girl when she was but 15 years of age. This is but the climax of many scandals. Even the wife of the Judge went so far as to appeal to his asso- ciates on the bench, and they formally made a protest to him, but he did not deign to notice it. The Judge now de- files the Women's Christian Temper- ance Unfon and will ask for a reap- pointment, daring the women to bring specific charges with proof. EE T COMTE LE MERCIER DEAD. Passing of the Senior Member of the French Chamber of Deputies. PARIS, Dec. 26.—Comte Anatole Le Mercler, senior member of the Cham= ber of Deputies, is dead. Comte Le Mercier was born June 25, 1820. He was one of the seven Depu- ties from Charente-inferieure, person- ally representing the first division of Saintes. He was a descendant of Le Mercler who figured in France during the revolution. His father was for many years a member of the Chamber. He received the decoration of the Le- volumes. Bull Fighter Almost Killed. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 26.—The last of the series of bull fights by Maz- zaltini was given this afternoon and was attended by 7000 people. Tomas Mazzaltini narrowly escaped with his and gored in the hand. Ten horses were killed and six bulls, the usual number. The fight was not up to the standard. Seniaes vy Mortally Wounded at a Dance. ROCKVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26.—Isaac Durrett was shot and mortally wound- ed at a dance here last night. His as- sailant is unknown. Durrett pitched for the Washington (Ind.) baseball .club the past season. WITH RICHES, life, being tossed by an infuriated bull | | | | { gion of Honor, and published several | § | while everybody was watching wheat. | of the contract grade. DANGER 0F A SQUEEZE Leiter Has the Oats Supply in Chicago Cornered. Worked in This Direction Under Cover of His Wheat Deals. Extent of His Coup Not Discov- ered Until It Was Too Late to Block It. HE WILL DICTATE PRICES. Farmers of the Country Benefited by the Young Speculator's Bold Manipulations. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Friday, which will witness the close of the great Leiter deal in wheat on the Board of Trade, bids fair to prove a memorable day in the trade. No great excitement is expected in the wheat pit, but in oats a squeeze of shorts may occur. “The wheat deal of my son has brought to the farmers of the United States 10 or 15 cents more for their wheat than if he had not gone into it,” | sald L. Z. Leiter to-day, in talking of the great battle between Joseph Leiter on the one side and the elevator com- panies on the other. “My son has been the benefactor of the agricultural industries of the coun- try to that extent. The seller is now dictating the price of his product, not the purchaser. Chicago makes t he market price of wheat, not Liverpool; and the local influences, which have been so long for constantly lower prices, have ceased to control the Chi- cago markets. g The first purchases of wheat by Joseph Leiter were made in July last, at 64 cents. The price for real wheat, such as the farmer sells, had been be- tween 99 cents and $1 for several days. This makes a total advance since July of about 35 cents. Leiter, Sr.,| gives the ordinary course of the mar- kets credit for between 20 and 25 cents of the rise. The remainder he attri- butes to the substantial support given to prices by Leiter, Jr., during the last six months. It is believed that Mr. Leiter has | been turning a trick on trade in oats For weeks the oats pit has been prac- tically deserted. Last week there was a disagreeable surprise to the men who had sold 6,000~ 000 bushels of oats for December deliv- ery when they learned no oats were being delivered. Then they awoke to the fact that in all the Chicago elevat-| ors oats measured but 950,000 bushels | It was Wednes- day when the discovery was made. The | price of December oats was then 20% | cents. On Friday the market closed at | 223 cents. A cent advance in oats is as | good as 4 or § cents in wheat. It is too late to rush in a supply to meet the calls which will be made for the grain at the close of business on Friday. Those who have not delivered the grain according to contract will be called upon to settle at the closing price. The situation has all the elements of a squeeze. UNIQUE SCHEME OF AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR. Sends a Check to President McKinley in Order to Get His Signa- ture. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: One of the most novel attempts In recent years to obtain the signature of the Presi- dent is that of an enterprising auto- graph collector residing in one of the small towns of Pennsylvania. He wrote a check for 40 cents and sent it to the ‘White House. To collect the money it would have been necessary for the President to have indorsed the check “William McKinley, President of the United States,” and when the checks were returned to the bank’s customer the collector would have been in pos- session of the prized signature written on the back of his check. Private Secretary Portér guessed the scheme and sent the check to the Treasury Department, where it was sent back to the collector, with the in- formation that If he thought himself indebted to the Government he should send the check to the Treasury Depart- ment, payable to the Treasurer of the United States. — - = Death of Andrew Carnegie's Aunt. PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Cather- dent was caused, so drew Carnegie, died this morning, the result of a stroke of paralysis. She had been in a semi-conscious state since December 10. Mrs. Hogan was born in Dumfarline, Scotland, 86 years ago and had been in this country 57 years. Her remains will be privately cremated on Tuesday. iy gpre BARGE LOST DURING A HEAVY SNOWSTORM. Now the Captain and Crew of Four Men and the Cargo of Coal Drift Helplessly. BOSTON, Dec. 26.—The tug C. B. Sanford, Captain Pierce, while coming around Cape Cod Saturday night tow- Ing barges Nay Aug and Canisteo, lost the last named barge, and up to a late hour to-night nothing had been heard of the missing vessel. The accl- Captain Pierce says, by a large four-masted schooner passing between the two barges, cut- ting the hawser and setting the Can- isteo adrift. The tug was unable to find the drifting barge, so Captain Plerce decided to tow the Nay Aug across the bay to Boston Light, where she was anchored and the Sanford then returned in search of .the Canis- teo. All day yesterday the tug steamed about in the vicinity of where she parted from the missing craft, but to no avail, and when the thick snow set in the Sanford returned to Boston. After taking on a fresh supply of coal they will resume the search. The Can- isteo is commanded by Captain Rausch of Hoboken, has a cargo of 1000 tons of coal and carries a crew of four men. MURDERS RESULT FROM A FEUD BEGUN IN ITALY. Boston - Police Unable to Clear Up the Mys- tery of the Hanover-Street Murders. BOSTON, Dec. 26.—There seems to be little information gleared by the | police to-day to clear up the mystery of a double murder in the morth end last night. The dead men are Joseph Catolari, a boarding house keeper of | Hanover street, and Savario Quar- | tario of Moon street, a boarder in the | house. The men under arrest, who will be | charged with the murder, are Savario Careli, who is in the hospital suffering from knife “wounds, and a friend named Cappoecino. It is sald that the trouble which ended In the Kkilling grew out of a feud originating in Italy. g TWO WHITE FARMERS SLAIN BY A NEGRO. Searching Parties will Lynch the Murderer if They Effect His Capture. GLENDORA, Miss., Dec. 26.—It is| Just learned that on Christmas day at the plantation store of Charles L. Tan- ner, three miles from Glendora, a ne- | gro named Joe Hopkins, alias “Snow- ball,” murdered John W. Luckie and Sam Eskridge, two prominent white | farmers, and robbed the store of a small amount. The negro brained Luckie with a shotgun, then fired two | charges into the body of Eskridge. Searching parties have been organized, and if he is caught he will in all prob- ability be lynched. | Rl i Coursing in Alameda County. NEWARK, Dec. 26.—The Alameda County Coursing Cluh held its first races | at Newark to-day. Twenty-four dogs were entered. The day was fine, the at- | tendance large and the hares ran strong and at times were hard to catch. The | summary follows: First ties—Coram’s True Bluebeat Doon & Wales' Fly: Leonard's Bendalong beat Fleld’s Santa Bella; Mullen's Babe | Murphy beat Nune's Menlo? Kelley's Kid | Lavigrie beat - McGraney's Yellow Girl; Kennedy's Tillie Wheeler beat Mathie- | sen’s Pete; Jerome's Lady beat Mathie- | sen’s Pete. Second ties—Bendalong beat True Blue; | Babe Muryp! beat Kid Lavigne; Lady beat Tillie Wheeler. | hird_ties—Babe Murphy beat Bend- | along; Lady beat Kid Lavigne in a bye. Final—Lady beat Babe Murphy. g H. Maitland Kersey Retires. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—H. Maitland | Kersey, who for the last five years has | represented the White Star Steamship | line in this city, has, according to a re- port to-day, actually severed his con- nection with that company. He sailed for Europe on Saturday one day after | his arrival in this city from London of | J. Bruce Ismay, son of Mr. Ismay, of the firm of Ismay, Imre & Co., general agents of the lin Young Mr. Ismay was, the predecessor of Kersey in the New York office. Just why Kersey is out is not known. Prior to sailing, he declined to discuss the matter, and Mr. Ismay said he would have nothing to say until to-morrow. Bryan at Mexico's Capital. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 26.—Mr. Bryan and wife arrived in Guadalajara this afternoon and were received by* the representatives of the State Gov- ernment of Jalisco, of which State that city is the capital, and by the Ameri- can residents. ——— Death of a Prominent Mason. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec.26—O. S. Long, Clerk of the State Supreme Court, and lieutenant grand com- mander of the Scottish Rite Masonry for the Southern jurisdiction of the United States died here to-night from dysentery, after a short illness. : - Had a Stormy Passage. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The American line steamer St. Paul arrived to-day from Southampton, after a very stormy passage of 6 days 22 hours 51 minutes. Among the passengers were Lieutenant R. E. Peary and Mrs. Peary. of manhood. It is KING only because of its merits. It is KIN'G because it has made name and honest fame for itself on two continents. “Hudyan” does It does more. ness. It makes of @ man what k> showld be. It places him this—it malke: man. on a level wi h the rest of the stand well in th> world. And his man remedio-treatment will give it HUDYAN CIRGULARS FREE. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts., San Francisco. The lion is the king of all animal ereation. “Hudyanr” is KING of any and all thingds that have ever been introdwuced in thiswide world for the cure liness—and by nothing else. life that you have been given. It is depleted. But that one And weakening or failing Iécwrss. It cures puni- world. Yow have a desire to by what is one judged? By Youw have abused the back to yow. Do yowwantit? VICTIMS OF A MURDERER Christmas Tragedy on a Pennsylvania Farm. Two Old People Shot by an Assassin in Their Home. Theii' Corpses Found by a Son Who Came to Pay a Holiday Call. MOTIVE IS NOT KNOWN. Neither Money Nor Valuables Taken by the Person Who Committed the Crime. Bpecigl Dispatch to The Call. ~ 2 ] INDIANA, Pa.,, Dec. 26.—Milton New and his aged wife were shot to death by an unknown assassin at their home near Jacksonville, nine miles southwest of here, some time during Christmas. Their bodies were found at 9 o'clock last night by their son, Harry, who was passing through and stopped to make & Christmas call on his parents. Neal was one of the most prominent and prosperous farmers in the vicinity in which he lived. Officers are to-day searching the country for the murderer, but as yet he has not been found. ‘When young Neal iried to enter his parents’ home, he found the door lock= ed. He forced his way in through the cellar, and on entering the sitting- room a horrible sight met him. In a chair near the window lay the form of his mother, her face entirely blown away. At her feet was all that re- mained of her husband and a ghastly hole in the side of his head told the tale of his murder. At his side lay a double-barreled shotgun, the imple- ment of death. All of the walls, ceil- ings and articles of furniture in the room were spattered with blood, and on the ceiling was a good sized dent, in which was imbedded a piece of a woman’s skull. For a time there was suspicion of suicide, but as the facts in the case de- veloped the murder theory gained strength. The woman was killed with birdshet, the husband with buckshot. There was no marks of powder on his face, something which, it is said, would have been impossible to avoid had he committed suicide with a shotgun. There is nothing to indicate that the crime was committed for plunder as in Mr. Neal’s pocket was a $10 bill and a $20 bill and some valuables lay on the top of a dresser. Friends say they have a clew which they will at once begin work on to trace down the mur- derer. 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