The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 21, i898. LASTRATD OF BLACK JACK'S IE Nine Border Outlaws Theodore G. Eilers of| Slain by Mormon | Sacramento a | Vigilantes. Criminal. NAMEOF IS OWN FATHER | | | Ambushed and Shot to SquanderedaFortune and Death on Mexican Then Robbed His Soil. Parent. = % | “Avenging Angels” of Casas|Belief That His Employers | Grandes Hunt Down' { Also Are Among His Vietims. the Gang. | NOT A MEMBER ESCAPES. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING History of the Band Which Has | Disastrous Speculations Thought to | Long Terrorized Arizona and sed the Young Man’s Have Ca New Mexico. Downfall 1al Dispatch to The Call. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. CRAMENTO, March 20.—Theodore business EL PASO, Texas, March 20.—The no- torfous Black Jack gang G. Eilers, a prominent young terrorized the New Mex man and native son, has gone wrong. zona border , is a Eil was a peculiar young man amor He was so exem- plary in respect gality that he was regarded as extremely parsimoni- ng, which | gus. He had none of the evil habits that pursue the shiftless or the ga: But Theodore Eilers spent money it were water that he was pouring out quench the thirsty earth. How he ent it nobody seems to know exactly, but it is suspected that he has been secretly engaging in disastrous specu- lation in the pool room in the wheat pit of San Francisco or in other vent- ures that open themselves invitingly to the speculatively disposed. ilers lost about all that he possessed in his own right without confiding to anybody the secret of its disposal. All | the while he maintained his outward habit of economy and neither his fa- ther, D. W. Eilers, nor his business as- sociates suspected that he was treading the path that has led so many to ruin and disgrace. His own fortune exhausted, Theo- dore looked about for a chance to re- trieve himself. He was engaged in a prosperous business and could not ask for financial accommodation without betraying the secret that was weighing him down. First he drew a few hun- dred dollars on his father's name, which he forged. That sum went along with the re and another check was forged and another and so on. It is ald that this continued until the bank t to D. W. Eilers notice that his h balance was running low. The father went to the bank, examined the and at once pronounced them t Mexico. have the to on 1d, at 1bers of the gang n, chopring her itchet and then community, as the vigi- after keeping located the head- | the the scene the ded the camp of light began ment, not he gang, nine Their bodies y a party after- aons the | ught the Morm 1d up t Grant forger For the first time he realized it was repo the terrible truth. He had been robbed sout $30,000. it The bank was paid in full and Theo- dore was th ved from the peniten- tiary. It is reported that checks were not the only instruments utilized toralse - | money on the forged signature of the various points | father, but that notes were realized attributed to upon. who were the bold- | “'The firm of Neale, Eilers & Co. 1s not the most successful operating | yet gble to say whether or not Theo- Southwest in recent years.|jore appropriated any of its funds. ‘hard pressed the gang alwavs | on investigation is being made. ceeded in making its escape 8Cross | ™ N, one feels authorized to give an e border and hiding in the Slerra | timate of the total of the young man's Madre Mountains, which until recenly | piiferings, but it is stated that $3000 had never bee d by whites. | would hardly cover the known short- ENGLAND BUYING ALL e THE COAL IN SIGHT. | to know ai hing of his future p! | Even Sends Vessels to Intercept Col- | | hen oceup if he has any. It is likely that he will be brought back to stand trial. liers Off the Eastern Coast of Asia. PASTURAGE OPEN TO TACOMA, March 20.—Officers of tha‘ STARVING STOCK Northéfn Pacific steamship Victorla, | gerds of Cattle May Be Driven Into which arrived last night from China : i Japan, report that the British Gov- the Public ;‘5;“*&“0715 and arks. {s massing a very powerful STOCKTON, March 20.—In view of the of warships in Chinese waters and the British are buying ail the coal | reported distress of herds in various parts O e thelr men. | of the State, a statement by J. Walter T o X Ousels 0 sca and there | Smith, Teglster of the United States Land Office at this point, is of general interest. Mr. Smith says: Considering the dry season and the lack of feed for stock, it might be well for owners of cattle to remember that under an order issued in 1834 the Govern- ment allows the pasturing of any stock except sheep in t State, on the public reservations, including parks. There are about 5,000,000 acres of land in these reser- nd bargain for their car- | edged prices if neces- | sary. The sh are said to be buying all the available coal from the Suez ca- nal to the northern coast of Siberfa, as they do mot want to use Japanese coal. Purser McDonald says there are now thirty-five or forty British war ships on the China station, and the fleet has augmented during halt co! goes, D been considerably X of | t A hs. “Athons the latest | vations in’ California. :3;:1-.;1; was ‘fnek big arine . fighter | he M““({nf;(lv]k 'lir'»', local men }':mv- > one of ¢ ng large stock interests, expect to have Powerful, one of the most destructive | 10&, [ATES BOCR B rros. o eir stock, as | as their pasturage south of the San Joa- | quin is giving out. Yellow Fever on Board. vessels afloat. e, Skaguay Epidemic Abating. ASTORIA, Or., March 2.—The steam- | FORGEITRE - {Me e R ot Little Uda Waldrop of Visalia Ex- cels Great Artists, Though He | = Uses No Notes. 1 years ago. keys. 5 years old. excelled by few adults. was almost faultless. city. heard Uda sing and play. chinery. strain conv cation in music. Northwestern States, gi that he was a wonder. harmony even with the not year, played without any inherited. either vocally or instrumentally. ceptible confusion. Uda has n his favorite. And he can play open. other, and has never taken a to Healdsburg, in this State, Baptist preacher. of the ordinary. 0 NN RBRBRE 255 % EXHIBIT SPAC [S IN DEMAND Thirty-Five States Will | Make Displays at Omaha. -¥. | !Many Buildings on the Expo- ship Oregon arrived this evening from | ‘W YORK, March 20.—The steamer | i i Dyea and Skaguay, making the passage | Strabo, Captain Jardine, which s sition Grounds Nearing five days. She brings fourteen passen- | here to-day from Rio Janeiro, lost one | Completion. gers. The passengers report that the ep-|of her crew from vellow fever during {Gernic of spinal meningitis in guay is | the voy to this port. When the T o o, deaths having occurred for | Strabo arrived in port the Health Offi- | sev. ral days. The Oregon will leave for ordered a strict quarantine of the | Poriland to-morrow morning. | vessel. Plans for Additional Structures — ——— — - fi_‘ Are Being Received ADVERTISEMENTS. | Daily. mmwmmmmnnmmm%mmmmmmmivmmmrm WEAK KIDNEYS! Those Dull, Aggravating Pains Can Be Cured by Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt. anm 2 Wb Don’t doctor for weak kid- — | neys, for back pains; the or- =g gans need strength. They =9 | can't throw off disease be- —® | cause they are weak; they —= | must have vitality. Over 10,- — | 000 cures have been reported =g | during the last three years by — | DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT. 5 | They are cures of men who =g had exhausted the skill of the —8 best physicians in the ithout benefit. “After twelve i AL s of terrible ack and kid- Varicocele, your Dr. I have re- and = says —= 508 El- i) lis street, San Francisco. It Cures All Weakness in Men. makes men of physical wrecks. It restores book, “Three Classes of Men,” sent IALAAHRRNSMAV UM AL AMANALAN AT AN AL Al It gives strength, which the old vim and energy. Read the sealed, free, upon application. SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., Office hours, 8 . to 8 p. m.; Sundays, 10 to 1. Branches at Los Angeles, Cal, 204% South Broadw. Portland, Or., 253 Washington street; Denver, Colo., $31 Sixteent street; Dallas, Tex., 285 Main street. ‘NOTH-—Make no mistake in the number—632 Market street. U I 632 Market St., Opposite Palace Hotel, San Francisco. AR %m RUAANANAN | similar lines of unhewn logs. Special Dispatch to The Call. OMAHA, Neb., March 20.—The plans for State buildings at the Trans-Missis- sippi Exposition are coming in rapidly. The ' department of publicity has just received the architects’ drawings of the | Minnesota building, the Montana build- ing, the Arkansas building, the Denver building and the Missouri bujlding. The plans for the proposed Iowa build- ing meet the hearty approval of the exposition authorities. The Illinois building is nearly completed. The Wis- consin building is well under way. The Nebraska building is practically com- pleted. The plans for the Denver or Colorado building have been accepted and the contract will be let in a day or two. Plans for the Georgia pine palace have been submitted. It will be a handsome structure, built wholly of pine donated by the people of Georgia. The Minne- sota building will be constructed on Plans for the Oregon building are now being drawn and will be submitted next week. Other States send assurances that plans for their State buildings will be forth- coming within a short time. It is highly probable that the States of New York and New Jersey will construct handsome buildings. Thirty-five States have to date de- cided to participate in the exposition. In thirty of these commissions have been appointed and reports from agents in the field are to the effect that at least five more States will be organized within the next few days. VISALIA, March 19.—Very quletly, and with no desire, evidently, to tread the courts of fame there lives in this to igy, a small boy by the name of Uda Waldrop. Uda was born at Berryville, near Ltitle Rock, Ark: He never saw a musical instrument until he was 3 age, when he chanced to be in a room containing a pi baby toddled up to the instrument, put his dimpled han and actually played a little, although he was not tall enous He began improvising little tunes of his own when he was about Even at that tender age he produced harmony that was & | He amazéd all who heard him. low all the modulations of every air he heard played, When the boy was between 5 and 6 years old his parents moved from Arkansas to Oregon, and while In his 6th year he acted as prin- cipal performer in a music booth in Portland for a lars: It was there that Liberatti, the noted Italian band leader, first He thought at first that the big pipe or- gan before which the tiny boy was seated was being operated by ma- He could hardly believe the child had created the wonderful of music to which he had listened. aced he offered Uda's father a tempting price for the boy's ser- vices on a continental tour as a soloist. with his boy, although Liberatti promised to give him a thorough edu- Scon after this the family spent about ing concerts in all the larger cities. times during this tour Uda gave pi and women eminent in the profession of mus They admitted they before them, yet this ¢ written music whatever. Perhaps the strangest feature of this boy’s talent is that it is not Neither his father nor his mother was musi power of reprodueing any musical selection he once heas. without the least apparent trouble in such keys as A 't Diflat and G flat, transposing even in the midst of a strain without the least per- He delights in playing “Cavalleria Rusticana,” *“The Holy City,” and various selections from Wagner, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Mozart, Beet- hoven and others of the great masters, producing harmony according to his own ideas in each selection, and nounced his harmony inferior to none. other important feature of his playing. ver accustomed himself to play in any speclal key. can make music on almost any kind of instrument, but the piano is s well blindfolded as with his eyes wide Yet this boy does not know one note of written music from an- lesson in music in his life. When Uda was about 10 years old his family moved from Oregon where His mother died not long ago, and he is now living with his sister, Mrs. Louis Beyer, In Visalia. unassuming, and does not seem to realize that his musical talent is out 8 wn a musical prod- as, thirteen 3 years of | no. The wee % | on the keys zh to see the He could fol- & | and his harmony & | 5 | e firm of that But* when he did become The father refused to part touring the Several no recitals in the presence of men , and they all declared not produce such 1, in his sixth two years could inclined, wonderful He plays ly He has always had competent critics have pro- & His counter melodies are an- He his father is still a prominent He is very modest and - DEALIN WHEAT San Francisco Firm Buys Seventy-Five Thou- sand Sacks. Purchase Price as $1 40 for a Portion of the Consignment. Other Extensive Sales Made at Stock- ton Within the Past Two Weeks. Special Dispatch to The Call, STOCKTON, March 20.—The biggest wheat sale of the season was consum- mated here yesterday, when Woods Bros., well-known island farmers, parted with about 75,000 sacks, the consideration aggregating $115 .000. There were several grades, and it is $1 37% to $1 40. The purchasers of this lot were Balfour, Guthr C6. The larger portion of the grain is in ware- | houses in this city, and has been stored | for sometime. . Negotiations for the sa wheat have been under way for some time. McNear and several big dsal- ers have been bidding on the lot. It is understood that a better offer was made ten days ago, but was not ac cepted, in hope of improved mark. conditions. Several big lots changed hands in the past two weeks, but no announce- ment was made until yesterday., The mills have been increasing their supply very quietly at daily quotations. They paid $1 45 for best milling yesterday, and had a particularly choice sample of milling wheat submitted for a fifty- ton lot, the owner of which would probably have realized $1 46% for it. Death of a Railroad Man. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March %.—Ste- phen Y. McNalr, secretary and ai e Cleyeland, Akron ‘& Contmnos Railroad, died last night, aged 62 years. Deceased was a brother of Admira] Mo. Nair, U. N. ——————————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ANl le of the drugglsts refund the money If 1 falls to cure. 2. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. High as| AMERICAN TROOPS MAY [NTERFERE Trouble Is Brewing on the Frontier of Alaska. Regulars May Be Sent to Escort Miners Over the Passes. British Invasion of American Soil Likely to Lead to a Clash. MILITARY AW AITS ORDERS Colonel Anderson Wishes to Delay Action Until the Maine Affair Is Settled. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. DYEA, March 14—(Via Seattle, March 20.)—Collector Ivey yesterday called upon Colonel Anderson, who is in command of the four companies of infantry here, and a:’ d if the com- mand could,support him by sending troops with bonded goods across the summit as far as Lake Bennett. He explained that when a convoy was sent out by the Skaguay Inspector of Cus- toms with goods bonded through | American territory, the convoy's papers read to Lake Bennett, but at the sum- mit of the White Pass the convoy was told by the Canadian customs officers that he could not proceed further as convoy, &ut might go on to Lake Ben- | nett, if he wished, “'for the fun of the thing.” Colonel Anderson believes the Ameri- can Government would take action in regard to the encroachment of the Canadians were it not so engrossed with the Maine affair,-and under those circumstances he is averse to precipi- tating trouble L- hasty action. Colonel Anderson, as commander of the dis- trict, has been given large discretion- ary powers, and is the sort of man who is likely to use and is capable of using them. He to-day issued a notice to the peo- ple of Dyea and Skaguay that they must observe certain health conditions he set forth. He said that although he did not wish to interfere in such mat- ters where it could be avoided he should take care that his suggestions were enforced. This is_in reality a warning that this has been made a military district and military law will be put into force at any time at the discretion of the commander. Three men have been arrested for the shooting of Samuel Roberts, whose real name is Samuel Ross, the gambler. A half-hour after the shooting a man named Corbett went to a doctor to have a bullet extracted. This led to his ar- rest. Then a man named Kelly went to the Marshal and said he shot Corbett. He also was arrested. Two partners at Sheep Camp quar- reled this morning over the division of their outfit and one, Gottlieb Schneider, shot Frank Clements of Hillsboro, Or., through the body. Clements is not | likely to recover. It is rumored that John U. Smith, United States Commissioner, has re- signed. Many charges had been made against him. i |MINER AT SKAGUAY KILLED BY A WOMAN. Attacks a Negress in Her Cabin and Receives a Fatal Bullet ‘Wound. SEATTLE, March 20.—Two steam- ships—the Al-Ki and the Hueneme— arrived to-day from Skaguay. On the afternoon of the 12th, on the up-trip, Captain McIntosh reports fire broke out in the hold of the Hueneme. The ves- sel had just docked at Fort Wrangel when flames were seen to shoot out. The officers were unable to'get into the forward hold on account of the heat and smoke. Water was turned on, but without success. Finally the fire was | extinguished by turning steam into the hold. There was no excitement among the passengers and all speak highly of the prompt and eflicient work of the officers and crew. Very little damage was done to the steamship, but outfits were damaged to the value of nearly $6000. The fire originated through the igniting of some matches among the outfits. The officers of the Al-Ki report the fourth fatal shooting at Skaguay with- in two weeks. On Sunday evening a prospective miner, whose name is not remembered, visited a colored woman'’s cabin and after leaving found that his watch had disappeared. He returned and accused the woman of having stolen it. She denied the charge and he used abusive language to such an ex- tent that she fled from her cabin. The miner pursued her and was in the act of choking her when a white woman came upon the scene with a gun in her hand. The miner was induced to depart, but said that he would get his revolver and then there would be some fun. He s0on returned to the colored woman'’s cabin and resumed the quarrel. Finally the woman drew a revolver and shot her assallant. He died before morning. She claims that she killed him in self- Jefense. Federal officers took her in charge, but when the AI-Ki left the general opinion prevailed that the wo- man would easily be cleared of any in- tent to do injury. e ALMOST A LYNCHING AT SHEEP CAMP. Maryland Argonaut Barely Escapes a Mob After Slaying His Partner. DYEA, Alaska (via Astoria, Or.), March 20.—Frank Clement of Hills- boro, Oregon, was shot and killed at Sheep Camp this morning by Gottlieb Schneider of “Howard County, Mary- land. A lynching was averted only by the prompt action of the officers in getting the murderer out of the way. He is now in jail at this place. Clement lived several hours, but failed to give an account of the quarrel. Schneider’s story is as follows: “I met Clement coming up on the steamship Elder in February and saw him once here and in Dyea after- ward. Several days after we got here Clement came to me and said that his partner had decided to go back and he wanted me to buy the outfit and go to Dawson with him. T told him that I had nothing with which to buy it. He then told me he had enough money to buy out his partper, and if I would go along with him he would sell the outfit and let me pay for it after we got to Dawson. I finally agreed to this and we drew up an agreement in German and each took a copy. In the first two weeks we got some of stuff up to Sheep Camp and some to Scales. By that time I found out that Clement would start a quarrel every chance he had. We were camped at Sheep Camp, a short distance below the power-house. and it was snowing so fast we could not see. Clement wanted me to but- ton up his coat, but I could not see to do_it. He became very mad and cursed me and again that night, after we retired in the tent, he cursed me. The next morning, as I was getting breakfast, he told me to get out. I told him I would do so if he would | pay me for what packing I had done. Yesterday we had another quarrel and in the evening I was sleeping in the tent, when Clement came in and yelled the | NEGRO BATTLES WITH A MOB | Himself and His White “One day, the weather was very bad | at mo ““Stop that snoring, or I'll cut your| throat.’ “I sald nothing, sleep, being afraid he would carry out his threat. This morning I was cook- ing breakfast, when he came in and said he was going to divide some of the flour we had bought together and then sell the other outfit. I told him he had already sold it to me, but he sald, ‘Yes, when you have paid for it.’ I told him I wanted what was fair for my work. He said, ‘To — with your work.” I grabbed him and he reached around and got a knife and d he would cut my heart out. I reached for my revolver and cocked i and holding my thumb so that the ham- mer, which would not stay up alone, would not drop. Clement hit my hand and knocked my thumb off, which dis- charged the gun. He ran outside, crying that he had been shot, and I went out and gave myself up to the officers.” Schneider was surrounded by the mob and threats were made of hang- ing him, but he was gotten away b fore the threat was put into execu- tion. CANADIAN CUSTOMS RULES. WASHINGTON, March 20.—The De- partment of State is informed by the United States Consul-General at Ot- tawa, Ont.,, that the same duties are imposed on goods destined for the Klondike region as are imposed on goods imported into any other part of Canada. The instructions to the Can- adian customs offi are as follows: Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles and similar personal effects of persons arriving in Canada, to be passed free, without en- try at customs as traveler's baggage, under the provision of the customs tariff; but this provision shall include only such articles as actually accom- pany and are in the use of and neces- sary and appropriate for the immediate purpose of the journey and present but did not go to| comfort and convenience and shall not | be held to apply to merchandise or ar- ticles intended for other persons or for sale. In the absence of rulings by the board of customs as to articles included in the foregoing regulation, customs officers at the port of entry are to decide the class and quantity of the wearing ap- parel and like articles in use entitled to pass free under the foregoing pro- vision, having due regard to the length | gathering this of the journey and to the reasonable | requirements of the traveler for his comfort and convenience of the jour- ney. however, may be held to include watch and the jewelry ordinarily use by the traveler. one in Articles of personal adornment, | Wife Murdered in Their Home. One of the Attacking Party Found Dead Near the Scene. Three Lives Ssacrificed to an Okla= homa Prejudice Against Miscegenation. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ™ MUSKOGEE, I. T., March 20.—A das- tardly outrage was committed last night near the town of Wybark, five miles north of here, resulting in the death of two men and a woman. The house of Ed Chalmers, a negro who recently married a white woman, was attacked during the night by six white men, who had evidently determined to murder both the negro and his wifq both of whom had been threatened by white men who disliked the union. A door of their cabin was broken in and both the negro and his wife were shot down, but not before Chalmers had put up a good fight against his assailants. The woman was killed outright, and aithough Chalmers succeeded in driv- ing off the attacking party, they left him mortally wounded and he died be- fore daylight. This morning the body of Matthews, an aged white man who lived at Gib- son station, was found near the Chalmers cabin pierced by a bullet. Matthews answers the description given by Chalmers before he died of one of his assailants. There were evi- dences that Matthews’' body had been dragged from Chalmers’ house to the place where it was found. A gun lay beside the body, evidently put there to give the impression that the dead man had murdered the negro and his wife. Deputy United States Marshals are investigating the killing, and it is be- lieved that the murderers will be brought to justice. ENTER THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Class of Two Hundred Confirmed at Stockton. STOCKTON, March 20.—St. Mary's Catholic Church was the Scene of a vast afternoon, when Arch- bishop Riordan administered the rite of confirmation to a class of néfirly 200. The Archbishop was_attended by local and visiting clergy. He delivered an eloquent sermon, in which he urged parents to raise children in the faith, impressing upon them their responsibility in the rear- ing of their offspring. Towing a Disabled Steamer. A . S., March 20.—Two big steamships, one of them disabled and in tow of the other, are making for Halifax harbor from the t. The dis- abled steamship is the Osborne from London. She is being towed by the tank steamship Duffield. TWEEDS, They are following our suggestion pointing out to hus- band and sons and brothers the way to be well paying extravagantly for it. EVERY GARMENT ALL WOOL-IN CHEVIOTS AND CASSIMERES. KEPT IN REPAIR ONE YEAR FREE. We Carry a Fine Line of Men's Furnishing Goods and Hats. S.N.W00D: ¢ 718 MARKET STREET, S. F. Mathers and Sisters Approve! and are dressed without Our $10 Suits Reduced from §15, Correct in style, perfect in fit and workmanship, are good business suits and wonderful bargains to even the most exact- ing dressers. DO0000000C0CO0CC0000000C00J0000C0C0C0C0C00000000