The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 31, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO - CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897. SKAGUAY [ DECLARED THE BEST ROUTE A Captain Robinson Re-| ports on Merits of Trails. An Army Officer Could Easily Take Relief to Dawson. Montana Horses Recommended as the Proper Anima for the Journey. CANADA WILL ASSIST. Duties Will Not Be Collected on Food for Miners That Is to Be Sold at Cost. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Dec. 30. Secretary Alger has received two re- ports from Captain Robinson, the con- tract quart er at Seattle, touch- ing the r > meri the differ- ent trai from the seaboard into the K ke country. He made a thoroust uiry, at the direction of the T and in substance his conelusic ed after nference with Jac and other experts, is that the D: ail not well adapt- ed to the us-s of the Government ex- pedition d the winter, but that | the Shaszu route is prabably the best. The ain says ns has had an intervie th one man who claims to have 70 ) pounds of beef stored at Lake Bennett, which he is willing to seli at $1 per pound. The same man 000 pounds of corn and r thirty horses at the same th which he proposes to or- led train into Dawson. Cap- tain Ro n himself that his opinion it the difficulty of reach- ing Dawsor been very much rate d that a good army of- could make his way on with an fice expedition. used. Mr. Sifton, Canadian Minister of the Interior, caled at the War Depart- ment by aj sintment to-d: a long conf rence with Assi Se retary Meikiejohn, who is giving his attention t Klondike relief ex- i the iliness of Having secured the con- vernment to the ates troops to be Canadian terri- be dome is to £ the s n to the with- yment of duties, provided t sold for more than their they are actual ton says that the only prac- route to Dawson City is what s known as the White pass, or com- monly called the lake route, > on Lynn ing at ¢ ates that th ¥ eighty: me the territory and vect to have fif! more at S uay on before January 5 . Ehey » twenty tons of supplies now stor guay for transporta- tion over to which will be added ter 1ore within the next ten days portation over the Tt dian authorities have latter place twenty another post at ctween the latter point and intention of the Canadian t to have a detachment of Governm 250 men in the territory within the next thirty Ga Their detachment will be ready to leave Skaguay on the 15th prox., but the Minister has kindly con- 1d the expedition that they mpany the expedition of the tment, which will leave on v 1. The Government consented to grant escorts n, provided the co-op- consummated. or be has to our ex eration ca nment duties upon all sup- under military control will be waived by the Canadian Govern- ment. The Minister was over the pass in October st. He stated that the Governmen ould be very glad to i xpedition the use of their route and grant all other the MAYOR PHELAN WILL TOUCH THE ELECTRIC KEY. And Then the Flag of Greater New York Will Be Sent to the Masthead of the Seat of the Municipality. YORK, Dec. an Francis NEW Phelan of be ac- 10nor of touching the elec- of of will send the fiz Greater New York to the masthead the seat of the municipal g A direct wire has been arran tween the s office in the the Golden Gate and the roof New York City Hall, so that the me of . fr sage aternity and good will, traversing mountains, valleys, forests and plains between the Atlantic and Pacific, may s tach the new 1other tie to at- nd greater city to its sister municip, - awa: 3 v five 1 s before the mid- night hour Mayor Phelan will be be made with the o that the fi Eastern time, He will plaec his hand upon the button and the flag of Greater New York, re- leased by an electro-magnetic switch, a system of counterweights to the masthead atop of the dome of the City Hall. - PROVISIONAL AUSGL?L‘H EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR. atic attachment will lock'in Washington, st stroke of midnight, At Least Such an Imperial Decree Has Been Y Published by Austria in the Effort to Arrange Matters. VIENNA, Deec. 30.—It is expected that the session of the Reichsrath will open in February, when the Govern- ment will make another attempt to arrange matters. An imperial decree extending the provisional ausgleich (compromise between Austria and Hungary) for a vear has been published, and other decrees will be published here and in Budapest to-morrow, thus settling whe auestion. g mtana horses should be | ke Bennett and another at | and two posts in- | 1 be signaled to him. | . B. HAGGIN EDS MISS | VOORHIES In Winter of Life the Turfman Takes a Wife. | i | | | | |The Bride a Niece of the First Spouse of the Multi-Millionaire. Her the Age Is 28, While Groom'’s Ranges From 68 to 74. | VERY QUIET CEREMONY. the Couple Witness the Tying of | | Only | Closest Relatives of the the Nuptial Knot. | Special Dispatch to The Call. J. B. HAGGIN, the Ag;d Multi-Millionaire, Who Was Married to Miss Voorhies, Niece of His Former Wife. VERSAILLES, Ky., Dec. 30. urrounded by only thei Very closest were married just after 2 o'clock this afternoon in the parlor of Mr. James P. Amsden’s handsome home on Rose Hill, | in this city. The Rev. G. H. Routt, D. D., performed the ceremony. The bride was dressed in a beautiful and simple | gown of blue cloth and white silk | trimmed with delicate point lace. | Luncheon was served at 3 o'clock to the bridal couple and relatives, and at 6:30 o'clock to-night Mr. and Mrs. Hag- | gln were driven to the Southern depot, | where Mr. Haggin's private car Salva- | tor was attached to the east-bound train to Lexington, where they will re- | main to-nfght. They will ieave for | New York to-morrow via Cincinnati. Mr. Haggin obtained his marriage li- | cense in the court house to-day, Mr. | Field McLeod, a young Versailles at- torney, becoming his bondsman. Although one of Mr. Haggin's closest friends gave his age last night as 74 | years, on the marriage register he i put down as 65 years. Miss Voorhies is 28 years old. | Hundreds of telegrams of congratu- lation for Mr. Haggin and his bride | were received to-day. Mrs. Haggin is the daughter of George Voorhies of { Denver, Col. Her mother was divorced from Mr. Voorhies and married James P. Amsden, a Versailles banker. The | bride was a niece of Mr. Haggin's first | wife, who was Miss Saunders of | Natchez, Miss. She is well known in New York, where she lived for several | | . Haggin has been a widower for | four years and has two married daugh- ters and one son, Lewis Haggin. His {other sun, Ben ANl Haggin, died sev eral years ago. SAYS THE JUDGE IS JORTGAGED v | | An Attorney of San Luis Obispo | Files a Sensational | Affidavit. | Charges That His Honor Is Unduly | Influenced—May Be Imprisoned for Contempt. | Spectal Dispaten to The caiL | SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 30.—There | was a sensation in the Superior Court | to-day when S. M. Swinnerton, a well- | known attorney of this city, who is a defendant in a pending case, filed an affidavit setting forth that it would be impossible for him to secure a ‘air trial before Superior Judge @. P. Un- angst. The affidavit sets forth the facts that the plaintiff, R. E. Jack, who is cashier of the county bank, holds a mortgage against Judge Un- angst, and goes on to state that the judge is governed in all his decisions by two attorneys, W. H. Spencer and McD. F. Venable, and does not decide a caus: until holding a consultation with them. The affidavit further states that every client of W. H. Spencer be- fore the court wins his case unless McD. R. Venable is the opposing coun- sel. The affidavit has created a decided sensation. It is said to-night that in all probability Attorney Swinnerton will be committed to jail in the morn- ing for contempt ofcourt. skl il MUST TEMPORARILY ABANDON THE STAGE. Admiral Skerrett's Daughter 0bliged Leave Her Proposed Career Owing to Her Mother’s lliness. NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Miss Edythe Wentworth Skerrett, daughter of late Rear Admiral Joseph S. Skerrett, U. S. N., who recently adopted the stage as a profession and joined the Em- pire Stock Company, has been obliged to abandon her proposed career for the present on account of the serious | illness of her mother. Miss Skerrett has been rehearsing with the Empire Company for the last fortnight and was to have made her first appearance in public in “The | Conqueror” next Tuesday night. Later on Miss Skerrett hopes to be able to carry out her original plans, and she | has Mr. Frohman’'s assurance that in that case she will find a place ready | for her in the company. { afir) i/l | TORTURED HIS BLACK [ MISTRESS TO DEATH. Sentence of a Belgian Agent in the Congo Free State to Two Years’ Imprison- ment for Murder. BRUSSELS, Dec. 30.—TheIndepend- ence Belge reports that a Belgian agent at Roma, Congo Free State, has been sentenced to two years’ impris- onment for the murder of his black mistress in the Aruwipi district. He tied his victim to a tree, smeared her with honey and sugar, and left her to the attack of bees. She died after three days’ horrible torture. e e New South Wales' Wheat Yield. SYDNEY, N. S. W, Dec. 30—The official estimate of the wheat yield is 9,750,000 bushels, but there will be a smali surplus available for expaort, fo relatives, Mr. James B. Haggin, the | | wealthy turfman of New York and | California, and Miss Pearl Voorhies | | POLITICS AT LOS ANGELES Opening of the New Year Will Start a Hot Campaign. Democratic Factions Grinding Their Tomahawks for the Warpath. | Some Dissensions Among Republi- cans Over the United States Senatorship. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.—Tt looks as if the New Year and politics would open up about the same time in Los Angeles. In both parties here there are factions, and all sides are sharpening their hatchets and mixing their war paint. The two factions in the Demo- cratic party have been sleeping since the great Patton-Rose Congressional fight of last year, and it was believed that these factions would come to- gether and work in harmony during the coming campaign. This hope, how- ever, has been well nigh destroyed by a late action of a small section of the County Central Committee. This com- mittee contains statesmen who are not content with mismanaging the affairs of their party in this county, but must perforce put a finger into the Demo- cratic pie wherever it may be cooking. Last week nine of the committee met and resolved that the Judases, ers of the Democratic party were try- ing to get control of San Franci and called loudly upon the inte cohorts to rush to the succor of Sulli- | van and Phelan. These resolutions have aroused a storm of indignation. Of course, every Democrat is opposed to bossism unless his own bo: is on top, but they claim that the action of the County Central Committee was im- pertinent, uncalled for and intended to stir up strife. It is recalled that the bitter fight of last year was started by just such an attempt to buldoze the Los Angeles members of the State Central Commit- tee, and the rancor then engendered grew until it culminated in the defeat of George S. Patton. His real friends here are alarmed at the prospect of the old fight being reopened. All is not smooth with the Republi- cans and the storm is gathering around the United States Senatorship. We have two candidates here in Hon. R. M. Bulla and Hon. Henry T. Gage. Clubs have been started in the inter- ests of these two candidates. The Re- publican League is behind Bulla, while the Columbia Club, shouts for Gage. The former club seems to have been the most successful and to have taken the leading position. It Is claimed that the membership of the Columbia €lub has of late been pouring into the league and will on Thursday night, when election of officers is held, try to capture the works and turn the league into a Gage Club. In consequence, the next meeting of the league is expected to be a warm function . C. F. Montgomery is down here boom C. F. Montgomery is down here booming Railroad Commissioner H. M. La Rue for the Democratic nomination for Governor. His argument is that the single tax is about to fasten its tentacles upon the State and the only salvation is to elect Farmer La Rue Governor. Al Lindley of -Sacramento, while spending the holidays here, is not let- ting any chance to boom L. H. Brown for Governor escape him. As a result of this work Brown will undoubtedly receive a fair proportion of the Los Angeles delegation in the Republican State convention. S sl THE WEBB INVESTIGATION CONTINUED FOR A WEEK. Los Angeles People Disposed to Let the In- quiry Drop With the Exposure of Axtell and Adams. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.—The inves- tigation of Walter L. Webb by the school board has been continued for one week. There is a disposition upon the part of the people who started the school board investigation to let it drop and rest content with the exposure of the corruption of Axtell and Adams. There have, however, been so many statements made by the press here of the mass of rottenness not yet reveal- ed, that the people demand a further and fuller investigation. There will be no let up in this matter now until everything is uncovered and the guilty parties punished as the law directs. To-day the city council by a strict party vote, elected Mr. C. J. Kubach, (Rep.) as school director from the Sev- enth Ward in place of Perjurer Adams, resigned. the | character assassins and the highbind- | DREARY WASTE OF WATER Desolation Reigns in All Parts of Western Washington. Bridges Torn Away and Trains at a Standstill Aiong Every Line. Great Havoc in the Chehalis Valley, ‘W here the Flood Is the Highest Ever Known. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, Dec. 30.—A special from Everett, Wash., to the Ledger says no Eastern mail has been received there since last Sunday. It is almost impos- upper Skyhomish valley. The wires are reported to be down and the con- dition of the wagon roads, which are flooded on the bottom lands, with some of the bridges gone, has prevented any one from coming out of the valley. It is understood that one span of the railroad bridge at Sultan has been car- ried aw: and that many of the fills recently made in repairing the damage by the November floods have been more or less washed away. The bridge over the Stilliguamish river at Arlington, on the Seattle and International, has been carried away. Monte Cristo at Lowell has been under breaks. Sunday the to Snohomish are numerous the first time since e | Whatcom to-day. The Chehalis valley is a dreary waste of water. That is all that confronts ye every direction. Farms and of water and men ge from one point to another in boats. Fish Commissioner Little, when he left the fish hatchery | on the Chehalis rive rowed across farms and up the county road, now buried under ten feet of water. Mr. Little arrived from the flooded district to-day on the first train that had suc- ceeded in getting through. He says the loss will not be very extensive, but the prospect is mot at all encouraging. Some of the farmers will lose a large part of their grain and hay- stored on the farm and others may lose some stock. The floods are the highest ever known in the valley. The smaller streams, many of them tributary to the Chehalis, are out of their banks, and the usually placid creeks have be- come raging torrents. The Saohet is | | | and the Wynooche is over the railroad tracks. At Oakville the branch line is under three feet of water. KILLS THE COON, THEN FALLS DEAD HIMSELF. Strange Death of an Aged Frenchman Near -Forbestown While Capturing a Chicken-Thief. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 30.—An aged Frenchman named D. Lague, residing in this county near Forbestown, close to the Butte County line, met death last evening under peculiar circum- stances. | bad been troubled by a coon that made frequent visits to his hennery. AMon- day evening he surprised the varmint and promptly treed him. He then rushed into the house and procured his rifle, intent on dispatching the intruder. In order to have his aim uninterrupted, Lague mounted a log beneath the tree and then raised the gun to his shoul- der and fired. The wexr instant the lifeless body of the coon fell out of the tree and at the same moment Lague toppled forward on his face and lay motionless on the ground. ‘When his son Charles, who kad wit- nessed the killing of the coon, hastenad to Lague's side, he was horror-stricken to find that the old man was dead. The excitement attendant on the cap- ture of the coon proved too much for the old man, who was subject to heart failure, and thus the spark of lite went out. A Coroner's jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. i UBER'S LYNCHERS WARN STATE SENATOR HAINES. Advised by the "L‘om‘mime of Thirteen” to Let Up on the Douglas County Assassins. CARSON, Nev., Dec. 30.—Yesterday Senator Haines received note from the “Committee of Thirteen,” warning him to say less against the lynchers of Douglas. He announced that he was a freeborn American, and that nothing he knew of in Douglas would close his mouth. sible to get any definite news from the | The track of the Great Northern and | water for three days, and from Lowell | line train ran from Seattle to | like are under several feet | four feet higher than it has ever been | For some time past Lague | BURGLAR ROUP THE THIRD MAN Missing Link in an Attempted Train Robbery. Partner of Schlagel and Williams in Jail at Napa. Sheriff Cunningham Recog- nizes Him Through a Call Picture. TELLS A MUDDLED STORY. The Prisoner Has Many Aliases and His Field of Operations Has Been Extensive. Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, Dec. 30.—The picture of James Roup, the desperate burglar captured in Napa Tuesday night, which was printed exclusively in The Call of ‘Wednesday, had the effect of disclosing him as a professional criminal well known in this State. The Call had scarcely reached Stockton, San Jose and Oakland before telegrams began pouring in on Sheriff McKenzie re- questing that official to hold his pris- oner for crimes previously committed at those places. The Call's picture was a splendid likeness of the man, and by it he was recognized in a moment. Sheriff Cunningham, of Stockton, was expected here this morning to lay claim to Roup as the third man implicated in the attempted train wreck near Stock- ton last September, but he did not ar- rive till this evening. Schlagel and Williams, it will be re- membered, were convicted of the crime and are now in San Quentin, but the third man, who was declared by Schlagel to have been Roup, alias Fred Hamilton, alias Sam Hall, was not ap- prehended. Roup is also wanted in San Jose and Oakland for burglaries, and Chief Lees, of San Francisco, tele- graphs concerning him. This morning at 10 o’clock the prison- er was arraigned before Justice Reed, of Napa, on a charge of burglary. He had no counsel and wanted none, say- ing he wished to waive time. His mo- tive for this was too apparent. His se- cret wish was to be hurried off for | simple burglary, knowing the previous crimes he had committed. District At- | torney Bell represented the people, and | after hearing testimony from Secord | and Allen, the shrewd capturers of the criminal, and from T. W. Mather, whose house was plundered, Justice teed bound Roup over to the Superior | Court in $2000 bail. As he was led back to jail Roup appeared dejected and re- ll}'lfBrktd that he was disgusted with ife perior Judge Ham, it is openly as- serted, will deal severely with Roup .;Il.luuld the matter of sentencing fall to | him. “I have no hesitancy in saying that to mymind thisfellowisone of themost desperate criminals in the State,” said | Sheriff McKenzie this morning. “I was satisfied of the fact from the moment of his arrest, and my suspicions are now confirmed by the results of the picture published in The Call.” Sheriff McKenzie visited Roup in his | cell this morning. The prisoner was in | good spirits, believing his identity to be unknown in Napa. He confessed that he robbed the Mather residence, and said he proposed to plead guilty. | When the Sheriff showed him a picture | bearing a convict number that had | just arrived from San Quentin, he turned pale. The picture and descrip- tion accompanying were exact, even to scars and tattooes. Roup had protest- ed that it was his first time in jail, and the situation was embarrassing. “Does that look like you?” queried the Sheriff. “Something, I guess,” was the reply. “But lots of people resemble me.” “How about the number on here?” | was asked. | “‘Oh, that's just some figures of the photographer.” “‘Come now, Roup,” remarked the of- | ficer, “open up and admit that you have been in San Quentin. That's a convict number and you know it.” “I am not required to incriminate myself,” replied Roup, but in a mo- ment he broke down. “Yes, I have been there and T admit it. I was sent from Salinas for ten vears in 1890 for grand larceny. I behaved well and was let out after six years and a half.” “Have you been in jail since or be- fore until now Roup turned around, and in a ner- vous voice said: “Listen, and I will tell my whole story. My name is James Roup. I was born in Philadel- phia in 1850. I came to California nine- teen years ago and followed an honest life for a time. I swear that this burg- lary and the crime committed at Sa- | linas are all of which I have ever been guilty. Last March I was arrested at San Jose for a burglary committed in nta Cruz, but I was innocent. After being held four days I was turned over to Chief Lloyd, of Oakland, who pho- tographed me. Then Kidwell, of San Jose, took charge of me again and gave me over to Sheriff Bessy, of Santa Cruz. I was kept forty-two days there anc then discharged, because the woman from whom I was accused of stealing = gold watch could not identify me. “In the early part of May I was In Napa and Calistoga and then went up to Oregon. I came back to California in August, and a while before this train robbery that they are trying to connect me with I fell in with Wil- liams and Schlagel. They induced me to take hold of an alleged patent coy graph machine and high pressure pow- der of theirs, and I deposited $10 with them for county rights. Then they suddenly disappeared and the attempt- ed holdup took place. Williams and Schlagel were run down and Schlagel turned State's evidence, implicating me, knowing me to have been in the tanks. He lied and Hume said that he lied. T then shipped to Oregon to get away from the blamed country, and a month or so ago returned to San Fran- cisco. Last Monday I came here from there on the steamer, and that's my story in full.” Some portions of Roup’s tale are, perhaps, correct, but in the main it is very fishy. He asked for a copy of The Call and it was given him. ‘When Sheriff Cunningham of Stock- ton and Officer Wilson of Oak- land arrived this evening Roup was brought before them in the Sheriff’s office. Both the officers recognized him at a glance and saluted him as Sam Hall. He nodded in return and hung his head. Sheriff Cunningham ques- tioned him for two hours and is con- vinced that he was the third man in the San Joaquin train robbery. Roup admitted his acquaintance and com- panionship with Schlagel and Williams, but only prior to the robbery. He de- nied emphatically his complicity in the | crime. Close questioning brought the admission that he had served three terms in State prisons, twice at San Quentin and cnce at Folsom, and that he once escaped and was recap- tured at Bakersfield. Sheriff Cunning- ham states that he has served four terms. Roup says that he stopped at the ‘Winchester - House, also at the Bo- nanza lodging house, both in San Fran- cisco, a few weeks agv and registered as C. Davis and C. Parker. The Sher- iff showed him an order given by George Williams, the 1st of December last, to the clerk of the Grand Central Hotel in Stockton, securing payment | on board for Roup. The latter reluct- | antly acknowledged that he recognized the order. He said he was in Stockton two days before Thanksgiving and was much rattled when asked why, if inno- cent, he did not make known his pres- ence. He denied wearing a beard at a time when looking for work in Santa Rosa two months ago. Officer Wilson knows the prisoner as having frequently been in the Oak- land jail, and at one time escaping. Sheriff Cunningham has agreed to take the accused back to Stockton for trial for robbery, but the Napa authori- ties are hardly disposed to consent to it. They look upon it as useless, inas- much as the man, considering the pre- vious crimes against him, can be sen- tenced from this court to life imprison- ment. e WHAT SHERIFP CUNNINGHAM SAYS. Has Worked Hard and Long to Secure the Prisoner’s Capture. Sheriff Cunningham of Stockton passed through the city yesterday on his way to Napa to ask the authori- ties to surrender the prisoner to him. “I have worked hard and long to get the third man in the attempted ‘hold up’ of the train below Lathrop,” said he, “and I now have him. When the sketch of Burglar Roup was published | in The Call Wednesday I recognized the prisoner as the man who has evaded us for months. He is a clever and desperate criminal and I am sur- prised that he was taken without a fight. “Roup, as he now calls himself, is an old offender. He has served two terms in San Quentin and two in Folsom prison. At times he has traveled un- der the names of Harry Hall, Freder- ick Hamilton, H. 8. Burnett and Charles Parker, and now he turns up as James Roup. He is better known to the authcrities, however, as ‘Brock the plumber’ He is a plumber by trade, but I don't know where he got the name of Brock. “There were two attempts made to hold up the Southern Pacific trains be- low Lathrop last September. The first attempt was made on the night of Sep- tember 4. The robbers were George Williams and George F. Schlagel. They placed a lot of straw on the track and set fire to it when the train was ap- proaching the switch at Morrano,about six miles south of Lathrop. The en- gineer pulled up the train, but Wi liams and Schlagel were afraid to a tempt the job alone. They then took Roup or whatever his name is into their confidence, and four nights later the south-bound train was again stop- ped. About a dozen shots were fired by the robbers and a tramp who was stealing a ride was shot. “We caught Willlams and Schlagel a few days later, and they pleaded guilty in, the hope of escaping with light sen- tences. They were sentenced, how- ever, to life imprisonment. Before be- ing sentenced they told that Roup or ‘Brock the plumber’ was in the job with them, and that it was a bullet | from his revolver which struck the tramp. We have since been looking | for ‘Brock the plumber,” and I can as- sure you we were all relieved when The Call published the news that he was in Napa jail. | We have a strong case against him, and if his confederates should now go | back on their former statements we | have sufficient evidence to warrant him in securing a life cell behind prison walls.” A S e BT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ON THE STEAMER VICTORIA. Overcome With Remorse a Dissolute Eng- lishman Cuts His Throat, but His Life Is Saved. | TACOMA, Dec. 30.—The steamer Victoria, which arrived to-day from the Orient, brought the news of an attempt of an English naval officer to take his life aboard the ship. The of- ficer, Lieutenant White, was going from Hongkong to Shanghai on the | Victoria as a passenger. From stories | to be gathered from those on the ves- sel here, the officer had become dis- solute, and while on the way to Shanghai was overcome with remorse and attempted to cut his throat. 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