The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1898, Page 14

1% THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898 A MANIAC MURDERS IN JEALOUS RAGE Deliberately . Fatber of Shoots the His Sweet- heart. Frank Cheeseman a Homicidal Lover. HENRY BROOKE HIS VICTIM| PLANNED TO SLAY A WHOLE FAMILY. Killed One and Put a Bullet in the Thigh of Miss Payne, Then Shot at Her Mother. Some ookes lived at Elm- Back of the tragedy is a romance. months ago hurst. the Br Che e carpentering. He worked for a their m it was necessary for them to go for fresh water to the home stood that an engagement existed between them. Finally, news came to the mother and stepfather that Cheeseman was not the kind of man they desired for their daugh- ter. They heard he had been in an as lum on mere than one occ: advised their daughter to ce her lover's attentions. g ' accepting tage on Seventh street, and Etta, at the suggestion of her mother, wrote to Cheeseman and told him that she wanted no more to do with him. “Etta first met Frank Cheesema said OAKLAND, Aug. 8.—Frank Cheeseman, & painter, who has been several times in an asylum and whose residence is in Berkeley, murdered Henry Brooke this “‘evening, and jumping over the dying body of the 0ld man he rushed into the kichen and shot his victim's stepdaughter through the thigh. He then discharged & shot &t Rer mother, which passed harm- leasly through her dress. The cause of the trouble was the break- | N A JEALOUS RAGE. COMMITS MURDE gagement between ta Payne, the pretty r of the murdered man. before 9 o'clock to-night Frank nan called at the home of Brooke, et. The call was an-] Henry Brooke, and as soon as | swered b the door was opened Cheeseman fired right into his heart. Not a word was sald by either of the two men so far as known. The neighborhood is a dark one, and Brooke could not see that the visitor had a gun, 80 Cheeseman had everything in | his favor to aid him in carrying out his _ murderous intentions. Mrs. Brooke and her stepdaughter, Etta, | were in the rear room of the cottage and | heard the shot. It was followed by the | nofse made by the murderer running through the hall, and they at once sought shelter. Etta was first seen by the mur- | derer and he approached with his gun | ointed at her head and she hit it and | nocked it down so that when he fired thie bullet went into her thigh. The fiend then saw Mrs. Brooke, who was partly hidden by a closet door, and he fired at der at random, the ball making a hole :1in her skirt. :The murderer then ran out of the back of the house, jumped over the fence and was last seen in the neighbor's yard, | ‘whence he made his escape. Two hours later he was in the City Prison. * BABY COVERED 'SORES & SCALES Could Not Tell What She Looked Like. Got Worse with Doctor’s Medicine. Could Not Sleep From Intense Itching. FEURED IN ONE MONTH BY CUTICURA ‘When my baby was four months old her ekin broke out, and I thought it was ring- worm. I took her to a doctor and he sald it was Eczema. He gave me medicine to give her, but she kept getting worse all the time, and you could not tell what she looked like, her little face and hands were so covered with sores and large scales. It got under her littla @nger nails. She was the worstlooking sight feversaw. Iheard of CUTICURA REMEDIES, #o I thought I would try them. Before I tried them we got no rest at night. She could not : —gleep it itched so. After I gave her CUTICURA RESOLVENT, I saw d change in a week. It commenced to dry all up and she would sleep all night, and when it was drying up the skin all cracked open, so then I got CUTICURA (oint- ment) and CUTICURA SOAF, and in one month ~ she lad not one sore on her face, and I don't think it i8 any more than justice to let you know what it has done for my baby. She now . 18 fifteen months old and has got beautiful ‘gkin. She doesn’t even have a pimple of any . kind, 2nd she is as fat as pudding. * March7,1898. Mrs. MARY SANDERS, g 709 Spring St., Camden, N. J. “ CoTIcURA ReMEDIES cure every humor of the skin and © sealp of infancy end ehildhood, whether torturing. dis- _figuring, itching, burning, scaly, crusted, pimply, or blotchy, with loss of hair, and every impurity of the * blood, whether simple, scrofulous, or hereditary, when the best physicians and ail other remedies fall. * SemEny CuxE TREATMENT FOR TORTURING. DIsrioe wRixG Hosors, wiTh Loss oF HAIR.— Warm baths with . CuTicURA B0AP, gentleanointings with CUTICURA, purest of emollient skin cures, and mild doses of CUTICURA ResoLvexT, grestest of blood puriflers and humor cures, 5 csfl'ld%olan thout li!lo"or'}d- Porrer DevG AND CHEX. ot Brope.. Bostan. - 8@ wiowto Glre Bsby's Torturing Skin Diseeses,"fres. | take quite a liking to each other. RIN | husband there, and Mrs. Brooke to-night at the Recelving Hospital, “when we were 1f hurst. At that time Frank was working as a carpenter upon a building on a lot adjoining ours. As there was no water in the vi - of the building upon which corking he used to visit our well, s while on a trip to the well that he first met Etta. His conduct toward her at that time s, from all appear- ances, gentlemanly, and they seemed to Upon visited the theater several occasions they ——— N ~ aaATT ) FRANK CHEESEMAN. in Oakland together. We soon moved to Oakland, as busl s interests called my it was soon after moving to Oakland that we learned of the character of Mr. Cheeseman. We heard that upon several occasions he had been arrested, and was as a whole not a per- son for my daughter to assoclate with. Etta, upon learning of his dissolute char- acter, wrote him a very polite note, say- ing that she did not care for his company any longer. A few days after receiving the note he met Etta and told Rer that | if he ever saw her in the future in the | company of any other fellow he would kill her. This statement he made only last Saturday night, at which time I ad- vised Etta to have him arrested to pro- tect herself. Thinking he was not In earnest about his threats to kill, we both finally let the mater drop.” Miss Etta Payne, the indirect cause of the tragedy, is only slightly wounded. She is a very attractive girl, about 20 years of age, With a wealth of black halr and nicely turned features. “I met Frank last May,” she sald, “and thought he was a ve nice fellow at first. We went out a few times, and in return to his repeated desire 1 consented that our friendship should take the na- ture of an engagement. This continued some time, and then we commenced to hear little stories that did not please us. Then we learned that he had been in an asylum and that he had made over half a dozen attempts to commit suicide, and I decided that he was not the kind of man I should llke for a husband. Last Baturday I wrote to him and told him I was anxious _that our acquaintance ghould ceage. I asked him not to call on me any more. He did call at the house and told me that if ever he saw me on the street with another man he would kill me. I told him he would do nothing so silly, but he persisted, and I was making fun of his threat wnen he went away."” “To-night we were situng at dinner when the doorbell rang. Father and I both went, but he was a little ahead of me. As soon as the door was opened, and before I had time to seewho it was, there was a shot and my father fell. I then saw Cheeseman enter. I thought of his threat and at once ran back. Cheeseman followed with the gun in his hand. ne forced me into a corner of the kitchen and pointed the revolver at my head. I struggled with him and knocked it down and the shot entered my thigh. He then turned toward my mother and_ fired at her, as he ran out of the back door. He spoke but a few words all the timeé and acted more like a drunken man than a mad man. He seemed to be very deter- mined, and when I struggled with him he did not show any such strength as might be expected from a maniac. He came to the house, I firmly believe, intending to kill us all. After T was shot and Cheese- man had run off, I went with my mother to the hall and we found my father sull breathing, but he died in a few minutes.” About two hours after the murder little re- istance, though he talked like a drunken man. The patrol wagon was waiting out- gide and the prisoner was hurried to the City Prison. Belng handeuffed, the prisoner begged to be relieved of these, threatening if this was refused he would coni\m(t sulcide. “I am not as crazy as you 8 think,™ leeringly remarked Cheesemai‘,ly“nnd you Just walt and see if T am.” On being searched the 44-callber re- volver was found on him. Every pocket contalned cigarettes and tobacco, and on the inside coat pocket the officers found a bunch of letters and a faked marriage certificate. One of the letters had evident- ly been written by Etta Payne. It was in a ting, dated ‘*‘Oakland, Cal., 163 Seventh street, July 25, 18%8,” and ran as follows: eman was then engaged to | tor named Batten, and when they | of the Brookes. In this manner Cheese- man became ainted with Itta Payne, - of Mrs. Brooke by a acquaintance was | kept up for a few months and Cheeseman | frequently brought the young lady into | Oakland and took her to the theater. The | acquaintance deepened and it was under- | on, and they | Recently the Brookes moved to the cot- | ing at Elm-| \ Dear Frank: Your letter was just recelved | this eve, so I will endeavor to ans it at once. I was pained very much to learn what you had concluded to do, but I cannot blame you much whatever you do. Frank, I am very sorry I disappointed you so badly yesterday, but I guess you will not believe this. Words fail me to express how badiy I feel after promising you so much, but you say Yourself that I am easlly led; perhaps 1 am by love. Frank, I have told you a great deal about myself because I trusted you, and now if it will help you to betray that trust go ahead, but it will not do you any good. As for Mr. G., 1 haven’t seen him since that even- ing you met us, and do not know or care when I see him again. Frank, I want to be honest with you, for you have been good to me and helped me lots of times and your kindness will never be forgot- | ten. What I wish to tell you, dear, is this. I cannot ever marry you, as I never intend | to marry any man. I will be your friend, al- | ways help you it you come to me. When' you are downhearted “or_reel badly I wil do all T can for you. You do not trust me and think 1 am always deceiving you, but you are mistaken, or was, dear. Let the'past be forgotten; you will run across some girl some day that will make you happy. I am sure I never could. I cannot forget you, but if you wish to come to me sometimes and be friends after you have thought of all this all right, and we can be happy that way, Frank. Well, T must close, hoping vou will forgive me all the heartaches and pain 1 have caused sou. 1 forgive you evervthing; I hold nothing arainst you. Please answer If you wish. Well, good by. ETTA. Another letter among the bunch was one from Clara B. Payne, dated ‘‘Sams Valley, July 25, *9," asking how he and Etta are getting along, and concludes, *'I am your loving sister-in-law, Clara’ B. Payne. 1 send love and kisses.” In another pocket was found a mar- riage certificate of Frank H. Cheeseman and Eva Lambert, recorded September 30, 1891. Judge Low is supposed to have officiated, and the marriage took place in San Francisco. Cheeseman’s age is given as 24 and the girl’s as 19 years. In this certificate the consent of the girl's mother is expressed. The witnes: Lambert of San Franci: Cramer of Lorin. The bert had been obliterated and the name Etta Payne inserted in its stead, but Cheeseman had forgotten to tamper with the sentence ‘‘the mother of Eva Lam- bert gives her consent.” The date had also been changed in a bungling manner to May ®9, 1898, Cheeseman was placed in cell No. 1 and two guards were placed over mim. When & Call reporter approached him and asked “Cheeseman, what did you kill the old man for?' the prisoner said: “Is he dead? ~He is, eh? Well, I am — — —of it! Is the girl dead. She ain’t! Well, I am — — — sorry she | ain’t. The old man had a grudge against | think I'm crazy. Well, me, and they I'll show them if I'm you wait and see. crazy or not. “I am glad I killed him and I am only sorry she is not dead,” and then he ut- tered vile oaths betraying hatred and the lowest contempt for his victims. “Give me a cigarette and I'll tell you all about it,”” continued the wretch. “You fellows had me written up several times before; said I jumped from a building; that's a lle. What did the Brookes ever do to me? Why nothing. Oh, that's all right. You just walt and they’ll see how crazy I am. They'll get fooled. Did I mean to kill the old man? Why, of course, and I am glad of it.” While thus rambling in his talk the prisoner moved about much after the fashion of a drunken tough. Finally he said: “Oh, I'll_hang for this, and I ex- ect to hang, but I am glad I've killed him. “I sent a letter and my picture to the Chief of Police telling him that I had killed them. I sent the letter before I did _it.”" There seemed to be little doubt but that Cheeseman was drunk. Nelghbors of the Brooke family say that Cheeseman has been hanging about the house for the past month, and that he has been on a spree the past four days. He had just come from the Time Card saloon, Seventh and Webster streets, and went almost directly to the house of Etta Payne. Brooke formerly resided at Eimhurst and while there was disgusted with the attentions shown by Cheeseman to his stepdaughter, and on one occasion about slx months ago he had Cheeseman ar- rested for disturbing his peace. Brooke had ordered him away time and again and told him not to call at his home. About a year ago Etta Payne and an- other girl disappeared for several days, claiming on their return that they had rone to the country looking for work. "i‘hr\ girls worked at Hickman's cannery. side from this the girl has never shown a wayward disposition. After Etta Payne had been wounded she ran from the house and was about to fall on the sidewalk when Thomas Dolan, C. Isaacs and WIll Stoitz caught her and carried the wounded girl across the street to Thomas Dolan’s house, whence she was removed to the Receiving Hospital. While | being carried over she murmured, between her groans of pain: “Oh, go and get FranE Morgan, quick, quick, I am shot.” Morgan is_a young man working at the | Piedmont Bakery, and he has, of late, | been keeping company with the girl. If is belleved by some that Cheeseman’s jealousy of Morgan was the cause of to- night's tragedy. Cheeseman was married to Eva Lam- bert in September, 1891, at Berkeley. Prior to their marriage. Cheeseman had fre- quently threatened to kiill Eva if she did not marry him. His threats resulted in their marriage, but they did not live happily together, and Cheeseman frequently threatened to kill her and has himself tried to end his unsavory career some elght times. It is very evident that the murder was | premeditated from the fact that about three-quarters of an hour before the shooting occurred Anthony Salvador, a member of the Eighth Regiment, met Frank Cheeseman in a saloon at Seventh and Webster streets, upon which occa- sion Cheeseman made threats to kill the whole Brooke family. “I was standing in the saloon engaged in conversation with a friend,” sald Sal- vador, *“‘when Cheeseman entered and slapped me on the back, saving, ‘I sup- ose you know the Brookes. Having Boown them for years I sald yes, they were friends of .mine, and also told him that I was about to call upon them this evening. When Cheeseman learned of my intentions to call he seemed excited and told me that it was useless to call as they were not_at home, having all gone up town to Broadway for a walk. He then became profane, cursing the ~girl, her father and her mother, and said that some day he would kill the whole crowa. “Soon after he left the saloon, but I re- mained with friends. It was not long after he left that I heard a pistol shot, followed by others. In an instant it flashed through my mind that Cheeseman had carried out this threat.* The victim of Cheeseman’s wild desire for revenge was a native of Bngland, aged about 45 years. He was of slight frame and rather of a nervous disposi- tion. He was a painter and paper-hanger by occupation, and had resided at 163 Seventh street about two months, but in that time he and his family made a fa- vorable impression on the neighborhood. Dropped Dead In the Hospital. While the doctors were extracting the bullet from Miss Etta Payne's thigh, an old man named Charles Gaunt was brought to the hospital in the patrol wagon. As soon as he entered the door he dropped’ dead. juibaite 0 SN S Notice. The firm of Wing On Lung & Co., sit- uated at 806 Dupont street, in the city and county of San Francisco, State of Cali- fornia. The store was closed more than a year &io; ever since engaged in_col- lecting debts, but not yet finished. Hop- ing our debtors will settle them at the earliest date possible. Our firm does not owe anybody, nor Is security on any loan. However, the real estate which we occupled was not sold or bargained for any money. If any money fs borrowed on gfls building it is a fraudulent trans%e- on. —_——— Divorce Suits Filed. Nanita Tulles has applied for a divorce from Charles H. Tulles on the ground of desertion. DEATH CLAIMS ADOLPH SUTRO, PHILANTHROPIST TELEPHONE WAR TAX SHIRKED BY A TRICK There Was but a Gradual Tran-| Tenderfoot Patrons Co_mpelled by Soapy Smith Tactics to Pay for All sition From Sleep to the Great Beyond. At 2:30 o'clock vesterday morning the | life of Adolph Sutro, millionaire, builder | of the Sutro tunnel and ex-Mayor of San Francisco, ended. Standing by his | bedside when the last spark flickered out | were his children and the nurses and | | physiclan who have cared for him during | the many weeks he has been helple: nd | oblivious s his surroundings. From sleep to death was only a slight transition, there was no resistance to the call of the | grim reaper, no regrets for work left un- done. The dying man had been uncon- scious for many days and his children | knew the end was approaching. | Adolph Sutro’s death was immeasurably | s more peaceful than his life. For over forty years his life was a constant tur- moil and struggle— against poverty and latterly against his commercial and | political enemies. His active life on(lt-di with his term as Mayor of San Francisco, and it may be said that he was practi ally a dead man when his tenure of of- fice expired. Worn out by the strife and | annoyances of public life, together with the burden of husbanding his immense properties, his mind weakened long before | his. marvelous physical powers decayed. His children saw the mental collapse ap- proaching a year ago, but he was 1 dulged and permitted to manage his a fairs until his mind became a hopeless | blank. Then, by order_of the court, his daughter, Dr. Emma Merritt, was ap- | pointed his guardian. | | The unfortunate episode of his removal from his beautiful home on the cliff over- Memel, and but for the upheaval of Euro- pean business, which followed the break- ing out of the Prussian rebellion in 1848, | the great financier might never have set foot in America. When the clash ,of arms resounded throughout his colintry, manufacturing ceased, the millhands went to the war and the Sutro family was ruined. In 1850 the mother and eleven children came to America and settled in Baltimore. Youn Adolph contracted the gold craze an started for California in a sailing vessel, arriving here November 21, 1851. ~ Almost penniless and without acquaintances or friends the young man began a desperate battle against long odds, which continued for a decade before he conquered fate and 2 firm foothold on the ladder to Sutro began life in San Fran- S s a peddler of cigars and trinkets along the water front. But he was en- 1 with indomitable fortitude and energy, and these with his prac- mind_insured him against _failure a large fortune. of the wonder- ful mineral wealth of Nevada filled the air. Sutro had more than an ordinary or superficial kpowledge of mineralogy, and he sold out” his merchandise business, mounted a_mule, went to Washoe and lo- cated at Virginia City. He became a mining broker and deait in merchandise and soon was one of the substantial men of the camp. The story of his tunnel is the typical story of his life. In 1863 the great bonanzas in the Com- stock lode were being exploited and the rage for deeper workings was maddening. The only man who had a practical plan for_deep mining was Sutro. He proposed to drive a tunnel from a point in the flank tical and enabled him to ama About this time stori; 2 PASSING OF A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. P22 RGP EX-MAY Morning at His Daught Avenue. Perhaps the shade of the lamented | \'ostr;rdafi' “&"fflffi"-\h";uim pine “{‘_im»‘{llg “Soapy” Smith has not assumed the di- | i the Reart Wk Srom heart di rection of the Telephone Company. Ye the third tim l!;:ll‘i ’h(:- Lz B, itution as a patient. were “Soapy” in the flesh and at the 1 that if he were ever head of the concern he probably would re again he would kill him lend to its present tactics his warmest | ceif. = oner's jury returned af ver- approval. The Telephone Company is | dict of "{pr‘_g!}(;‘:u;;;;l was a n running a quiet confidence layout, the | tive of 42 years : tenderfoot being the chosen victim. Of course the war tax is at the bottom of it, for nothing but a war tax in- spires a corporation to such thrifty trickery. To go back a few days, the Telephone All Deaths Must Be Reportad. Officer Gallwey issued an order - directing that the deaths of all be at once reported at the Health veral instances no_report of hs was made to the Health De- If any of those who died and | part: t. Company announced with great eclat | ere. not reported at the H _,1,‘:‘1“\‘? I that it would pay its share of the bur- | carried insurance ir relatives mas den imposed. It did this with a strange | xn—x-lomI considerable trouble in collecting i g 7 5 8€ | the pol air of saying: “Look at us. Aren’t we 5 virtuous and patriotic?” People looked, ADVERTISEMENTS. but espied neither virtue nor patriot- PSP SRS ism, because the fact leaked out jus R 2 2--2-8-R--2=8-3=] f=Rag=R=1 in time to spoil the play that the tele- phone crowd had not made the conce: sion until the fact had become ap- parent that there was no escape. had to come down and wise to toot a horn as they came. They | thought it | But | there has been some thinking done and | % One price, marked in plain figures. & f=3 £ S o o £ a new way to beat the intent of the law | & by beating the patron has been devised. | This is about the style of it: | When a person who is a regular cus- | & tomer sends a message to an out-of- | g ¥ town point nothing is said about the | i b necessary revenue stamp, nor is the LA regular rate raised. But let a stranger, | & a transient, come in, and ne is charged | & 5 or 10 cents more than the regular | rate. He doesn’t know the difference, | \ unconsciously makes good the tax on | i his own message and that upon the | message of the man who was too foxy | to be taken in, besides leaving a neat | balance for the corporation. It is a | great scheme and is understood to have | & the hearty Indorsement of President | » Sabin and a majority of the director: o At least they have not been observed in | & o any endeavor to put a stop to it. =3 AUl b= But while the telephone concern has | b been making hay the Wells-Fargo out- b fit has been equally shrewd. From the | T o first Bresident Valentine has considered | & P A L[]R FJBN & the war tax a punishment grt-g.t than | & he could bear. What! Contribute to- | SEhS S S ward sharing the burden of war. O, | & Flave havoe with 1t We are doing f Lf dear, no. The thought was actually re- [ & 50 50 = 00 0 abito it Sem o pellant. So he gave out the informa- | & fyon. e e v tion that the stamp which the Govern- | 5 g o ot £ha. 2% ment intended Wells-Fargo to pay for Rcats must be paid for by the patron, where- | & 1y, own, made ado which caused Valentine at the patron, having troubles of his | ashed into i RO Died Early Yesterdau er’s Home on Van Ness ] looking the entrance to the Golden Gate, which he loved so dearly, is still fresh in the minds of the pubiic. Dr. Merritt, exercising her prerogative as guardian, decided to remove her father, who was helpless, to her home on Van N that she might give him more care and not be put to the inconv. of traveling to the House. f she was opposed by her brothers and sis- ter, particularly Miss Clara Sutro, who thought that the father's wish that he might die at his home by the sea ought to be respected. Dr. Merritt had made up her mind, however, and one evening she went with an ambulance to the house on the cliff to remove her father, Clara Sutro protested in vain, and failing to move her sister she rushed out of the house, seized the ambulance driver’s whip and lashed the horses causing them to run away. But the team was caught just outside the Sutro grounds and taken back. Dr. Merritt's plan was carried out and Adolph Sutro breathed his last in her home. 1 For over two score years Adolph Sutro has been {dentified with and he is in fact a part of the history of San Franclsco. His deeds of beneficence are only equaled by those of James Lick. His fame, however, like many other pioneers who have gone before, is builded on his achievements in the mining industry. But there is a difference in the life storles of Sutro and his mining contemporaries. What they acquired by luck or schemes he accomplished by indefatigable indus- try and tenacity of purpose. Opposition did not daunt him. The great Sutro tun- nel—the most stupendous engineering pro- ject ever successfully completed in the world—demonstrates the man’s character and energy. For twenty years he fought a bitter, unrelenting fight against terrific odds, but he won, and with his success came wealth and friends. But he never forgot the men who opposed him, and his hatred toward them never lessened. His Interest in the progress and wel- fare of San Francisco are too well known to require mention. The maintenance of Sutro Heights as a public park has been the delight and pleasure of count- Jess thousands, and the erection of the Sutro Baths—the finest In the world—are two noteworthy examples of his public spirit. Then the Sutro library of over half a million volumes of valuable works which he intended to give to the city § another monument to his generosity. The friendless German boy who began life as a peddler,on the streets of this city has spent illions for his fellow- men. Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was born April 29, 1830, at Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhen- ish Prussia, and was the eldest of eleven children—seven boys and four girls. The days of his boyhood were divided be- tween his father's cloth factory and the polytechnic school. Hiz mind was versa- tile and retentive, and he was practical far beyond his years. At the age of 16 his school days were over and he went to work in the mill. His father dying 2 year later, the management of the family estate, including the mills, fell upon the shoulders of the stripling. But Louis 8. Crackbon has sued Emily H. Crackbon for a divorce, alleging de- | sertion as a cause of complaint. he was equal to the emergency, though only a boy. He conducted the cloth mill suc lly, and established another at of Mount Davidson, 20,485 feet from the Savage shaft, so as to strike that shaft at a point 1645 feet below the surface of the earth. The plan was loudly applauded by Ralston, Sharon, Mills and the Bank of California. A tunnel company was formed in 1864, an act of Incorporation ob- tained from the Legislature of Nevada in 1865, and a bargain closed with the min- ing companies for the payment of a roy- alty to the tunnel company of $2 a ton on all the ore extracted after the opening of the tunnel. How he solved the problem in the face of apparently insuperable obstacles is a familiar tale. The expense of the under- taking had reached nearly $5,000,000. Once more Sutro was the man of the hour, After the completion of the great tun- nel Sutro’s inherent shrewdness and far- sightedness were again manifested. He sold out his stock and disposed of nearly all his Nevada property and returned to San Francisco. He invested the proceeds of his ‘“‘clean-up’—estimated at sgfaoo,ooo— in real estate, buying thausands of acres of sand dunes on the northern end of the peninsula. With the growth of the city his wealth increased and he improved his lands without hesitating at expense. The changes he has wrought in the vicinity of the CUff House are his best and most enduring monuments, and as long as the tides beat against the rocks of the Golden Gate the seas will chant his requiem. The CIiff House, the Sutro Baths and the magnificent Sutro library are ever- lasting testimonials to his public spirit and generosity. His last gift to the pub- lic was a site for the Afliliated Colleges of the University of California, consisting of twenty-six acres at the entrance to Golden Gate Park. The two greatest misfortunes in the life of the dead millionaire were his estrange- ment from his wife and his election to the Mayoralty of this city. He married in 1856, when hé was struggling against pov- erty, and during all those bitter, disap- pointing days and nights his falthful wife was his only friend. She encouraged when others reproached and derided him. ‘When she died, in 1893, he said in a public address: “But for her I should have lost heart altogether. My wife never repined, never reproached me for the poverty with which we struggled, and she never wavered in her devotion.” Shortly before her death Mrs. Sutro and her husband were reconciled. The deceased leaves six children to share his millions. They are: Dr. Emma Merritt, Mrs. Morbid, Mrs. Neusbaum, Clara, Edgar and Charles Sutro. A short time ago Mrs. Clara Kluge of this city declared that she was the wife of the ex-Mayor, but the status of her claim is not known. Whether or not | there will be a contest over the estate will not be known until the provisions of the will, if the deceased made one, are known to the interested heirs. Yesterday morning the body of the de- ceased was taken to his beloved home on the heights which bear his name. The family wish it understood that the funeral will be private. —————— Don’t be swindled by others. Call on us. Qur pain and seemed to him unreasonable. | There. is ‘always Now Wells-Fargo has also gone into | & the bunko business on a scale as dig- | & nified and deliberate as the telephone scheme. Here it is: A man goes into the express office with a package which he desires sent away. The clerk receives it, but - re- marks affably: “The revenue stamp will cost you a cent.” “Not on your life,” responds the man, not having been born yesterday. “The compuny inust put thc etamp an.” | Then the clerk sizes him up, and if | he is a well-known citizen whose good will is worth cultivating, responds with | the alr of a martyr: “Well, rather | than have any trouble with you, I'll put on the stamp myself, but the cost comes out of my own pocket.” “Rats!” (or something equivalent) re- torts the man, and goes his way, know- | ing the package will be duly forward- | ed, and that the clerk, who may be a very decent fellow, won't be out a cent. 1f the shipment comes from a busi- ness house the programme is the same, except that the clerk says he will sup- | ply the stamps, and send around a bill for them. The interesting part of the transaction will be when there is an at- tempt to collect such bill, provided the bluff go so far. Now the question is as to which of these wealthy corporations is running the more effective skin game. WENT TO THE BOTTOM GOLD HU‘.NTERS DROWNED IN AN ALASKA STORM. Twelve Members of the Columbia Exploring Company Lost in the Kuskokvin River. The members of the Columbia Explor- ing Company, twelve in number, and the Rev. E. Weber, wife and child, are sup- posed to have been drowned In the Kus- kokvin River. The following is an extract from a letter to the Alaska Commercial Company, dated Unalaska, July 28: “We wish to call your special attention to the following: Rev. E. Weber, one of the Moravian missionaries bound for Kuskokvin, was asked by some prospect- ing parties on board the steamer Lakme, alsz”Pound for the Kuskokvin River, to go along with them, acting as pilot and interpreter with the Indians, which he agreed to do, taking his wife and child along. The Lakme went into Goodnews Bay, off the mouth of Kuskokvin, on June 22. It seems that the party he was with had a fifty-foot steamer and two barges. On June 27, so the natives say, the steamer, with the two barges in tow, left. Goodnews Bay to proceed up the river. Soon after their departure the wind increased in violence and was blow- ing a gale for two days from the south- east, making a nasty sea for the mouth of the river. Nothing has been seen of the party since, neither along the coast nor the river, although communications were Kkept up all around. A few days later the natives reported a stranded barge ashore on one of the bars on the north side of Kuskokvin River, loaded with fiour, canned goods and also cloth- ing, all of which was appropriated by the natives. Later on a craft of lumber was seen drifting, also having some other ar- ticles on the top. It is now safe to sup- pose that the whole party, consisting of twelve prospectors, \Ve%er, wife and child and two native pilots, were lost. 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