The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1898, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXXV, NO. 19, FRANC CO. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1898. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. APPEALED FOR AID NLY WHEN HUNGER LURED DEATH ON miss in a Starving People Hesitated Long Known Their Need. Reports of Th now the to appeal to t big Milpitas rar tle and only W will be found in a uare. It i to the home ranc ven there is y one further These people have al- y the struggle and unless aches them they, like the 1 lie down and die. most aid RELIEE COMMITTEE'S SPLENDID WORK IN PROVIDING FOOD Several Carloads of Supplies Distributed Among Fami- lies Sadly in Need. SALINAS, Dec. 18.—During the early potion of last July letters were re- ceived by W. J. Hill and others calling | attention to the awful state of affairs in the southern portion of Monterey and the northern part of San Luis Obis- A commiittee, consisting of prominen ttorneys, doctors and min- isters, was formed on July 28, and steps taken to work on the suggestion of Dr. Miller of San Lucas that something be done and done promptly. Letters were sent out, and soon several carloads of supplies were dispatched, and on Octo- ver 30 the committee reported it had helped eleven families near San Lucas, eleven near San Ardo, and twenty-six po counties. ir Deplorable Condition Have Not| Been Exaggerated— ‘ Be Taken Immediately. ' HUNGRY BECAUSE | went | Brazing purposes and proposed to sup- around Bradley, including 154 children. of Lockwood Before Making | Relief Measures to ded for The ans and | | only eleven | ittee reported | Soledad, San The re- | stributed to | boxes ap- wish to live children’s t present. God and humanity sake “In the > us,” people here of all classes, a few who believe the the co or their | are not half | ty. One morning | truth of the report n Francisco papers. living on short, is surely or for a ion of the that has preve 1 making the local rtunate imittee will | g to devise Merch pread de r Christmas are in- all s the Board O One ople in this State must not | Cultivated and exclusive circles v Orleans, where she or. A elf and friends took place at Macau- of the young men in the par ieutenant Hobson TflEY PRE,.ER IT ley's Theater, ; treet, Louisville, on Saturday made ar tempt to emphasize h ng to Miss Quar- r y night ‘leulv‘ ant Hobson, who had opped over - in rier by offering to kiss her, which v v marked civility SAYS BRU\W‘ER Louisville while en route for San Frazcisco and Manila she declined. and drawing promptly a- -y from him. left NI to visit somefriends, made one of a v who occupied the box. ‘ Occurring as it did in full view of the audience Banker Thinks the Starving| People Should Have Lo- | cated Elsewhere. public unt County. ble Monterey Brunner tra through that section = l\‘nf». ‘hgl‘fl‘)Te :LO? ndm:l-];; “il;né::l h;‘.hJI finished many persons' in' the audience asked to be introduced to quite frequentl turned there- A line of policemen .Ar{ oL TS ‘Atn_l_'s in front of the stage to see that there was no undue crowding. Per- | mounting the platform shook hands with the lieutenant and passed on.’ There: was no atteript at Kkissing until | 1 said he, “that | ion and hunger among the Lockwood district. | ever, I should say that all told » are not over 200 who are in need tance. eat measure it is the fault of these people that they are in their pres- | ywle of North Carolina, passed. he bent his head and kissed them. people her soundly upon the lips. Club and guests. salute with a hearty hug. REFUSED TO KISS THE HERO OF THE MERRIMAC Douglass Quarrier of Louisville Would Not Participate in the Osculatory Exercise Proposed by Hobson. MISS DOUGLASS QUARRIER. sSupervisors 3 Tenerous- 2 f6 i nie uals have ren-| Miss Quarrier is the daughter of one of the highest offi- city. 35 . but much | clals of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and is one storm of of the most popular ‘and charming of Loui s well as the has man; hich has given her a pr« Macauley's prior to attending a banquet giver in his honor at the Louisville Hotel as the guest of ‘the . Thomas McDermott Knight and Miss Mary most of New connections which he did. with calls from one of which M It seems that nce very laughter. HOBSON'S KISSING BEE AT CHICAGO. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—A Chicago’ sp ng records to-night when he , want to be kissed, but being in a .k material was exhausted. al to the Herald says 1 163 girls-and married ki sing mood, Hobson lee Fowle, . and k ent condition. The trouble is that they | the incident created a good deal of comment and some istant Naval Constructor Hobson broke all women. the hero of the Merrimac treated all alike, and kept it up tured on the sinking of the Merrimae, under the auspices of of 3016 Groveland avenue, They are distant cousins -of Hobson. and. Then the kissing fever seized other In fact, he seemed to like it, and as each woman came up, It was rare fun for the The fun at last grew hilarious. he spled a pretty girl near he would reach.forward, draw’ her to him upon the reiationship being announced, wome he grasped her hand, drew her toward him and smacked onlookers, the stage belng filled with members of the Press Hoebson did not always wait: for His appearance in:the theater was a signal fcr a | applause, which was continued between the acts, | until he consented to address .he audience from the stage, | On his return to his box he was honored | various'parties of young people present, | Quarrier was a member. at the instigation or suggestion of one All of them did not, to all ‘appear- daughters of . former . Governor . and Hobson made no, resistance. the women in line. Whenever iss her, very often accompanying the » & stock raising country and settled on hilly land that is fit only for | port families on 160 acres of land. They are not over-industrious and as they | depend on natural feed for dairying lN they have be left without any re- sources whatever. The expenditure of a few hum]red‘ dollars would provide the temporary V: food requirements. There should EW YORK, Dec. 18.—A Wash- beans, potatoes, flour and salt meats ington special to the Herald sent; also h says: Assurances have been stock alive, right | siven to President McKinley and away to ent further suffering. In | Secretary of the Navy Long by mbers of the Naval Committee of 1:"‘uel'!gress that the ship building = pro- gramme which they rEL‘Ommend. will -be adopted. This means that Congress will pledge the Government to the ex- penditure of almost $60,000,000 for in- creasing the navy. An immediate appropriation of such a large sum will not, of course, be necessary. It will be spread over a period of at least four years. "In-the forthcoming naval appropriation bill the expenditure of only $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 will be authorized. It is proposed to distribute the money among fifteen vessels, three of which will be sea-going, sheathed, coppered, battle ships of 13,500 tons, to have a | speed of about eighteen’ knots, if pos- sible; three sheathed and coppered 'ar- this connection, however, I want to say | that this should not be done with the | idea of enabling these people to estab- | lish hcmes in that part of the Stat. Such an effort is u: s for the reason that those lands a ot calculated for 1 holdings. And it not right that these people, by of their bad | judgment and shif; should cir- culate the report tha ustnuus‘ farmer in California starving to | death. | “It will be a highly proper act to send | food to them as soon as possible. from this the most charitable can be done on behalf of the ters is to give them transport: sections of the country where t have opportunities to obtain support them x ork and ves and families. There is no other sensible thing to do unless Continued on Second Page. | one protected cruiser, sixteen SIXTY MILLIONS TO BE SPENT INCREASING THE NAVY _— mored cruisers of about 13,000 tons ‘and at least twenty-two knots speed; three sheathed and coppered protected crui; ers of 6000 tons; and six sheathed and coppered cruisers of 2500 tons. Strange as it may seem, some oppo- sition has developed from ship builders of the country who may try to secure a reduction of the number of ships au- thorized, or, if Congress be willing, to obtain ships, contracts for a certain number of which are to be placed yearly until the entire programme has been: exe- cuted. The opposition of the ship-builders arises from the:fact that their plants | are not large enough to accommodate the entire construction, especially when, this Government aiready. has under way eight battle ships, four monitors, torpedo boat destroyers, twenty-two - torpedo boats, one training vessel for the naval academy and one--submarine . torpedo’ the authorization of * fiftéen | | boat, and is awaiting the close of nego- | tiations of the Anglo-American High | Commission to place a contract with a | lake ship builder for the construction of a'gun boat. Apprehension is also felt by the ship builders that Congress may direct the construction of some of the Vessels at the navy yards, and this it is desired to prevent if possible. There is reason to believe, however, that Secretary Long will seriously con- sider the advisability of recommending | to Congress that three vessels, probably of the 6000-ton class, be constructed in | Brooklyn, Norfolk and . Mare Island navy yards. Some of the officials of the department believe it would be a part! of wisdom to.take such action, especi- ally in view of the alleged congestion of | the ship-building yards. Other officials may oppose’ the proposition and point | robe. The relatives of the young man be- | afternoon to as | ing. | to find her brother lying in the tub. | cian came but found the young man dead. | His relatives at once instituted an inquiry | to the place at which he was found, in DEATH COMES STRANGE IN GUISE TO A YOUNG SOLDIER Lockwood Josselyn Found Lying Fuily Dressed at His in a Bathtub Home. The Coroner Will Hold an Autopsy on the Body, fot the Man's Relatives Believe Him the Yictim of Foul Play. YSTERY shrouds the death of! Lockwood H. Josselyn, son of Dr. ! Joseph"H. Josselyn, who was found in his bath tub yesterday morning fully dresséd‘and with his military over- coat wrapped dround him like lieve he was the victim of foul play, and await with anxiety the result of the | autopsy which Coroner W, J. Hawkins as ordered for this morning. Young Jos- vn recefved a week's pay shortly after midnight Saturday. When found his pockets had been emptied of their con- tents far as known he was last seen alive by his employer, A. W ‘urst of the Cine- ograph arlor, Market street, opposite Grant avenue. Mr. Furst paid off his em- 5: the last to go. handed $8 50 in silver half dolla asked to call at the office the following t in mounting a skele- | in the exhibition. Before he left the place he made an appointment with a | fellow employe to go driving in the morn- | They separated and the friend called for him at 8 o'clock, the appointed time. He arrived to find him being lifted from his bath tub, dead. The youngest sister of the dead man walked into the bath room attached to the rooms occupied by the Josselyn family, 441 Geary street, and was starlted His military overcoat was tucked carefully under the lower portion of his body. The coat also covered his head, the sleéves being tied in a knot at the back of the head. The young woman summoned as- sistance and was joined by a brother and sister. They first gave him a drink and he opened his eyes partly. They then took him to his bedroom across the hall and at once summoned a physician. The physi- to trace his movements from the time he left his place of employment until he was found in the bath tub, but they were unable to do so. His money was all gone and there were marks on the throat and head that indicated a/possibility of his LOCKWOOD 'H. a” burial 2 | rated two |-the young man being | sible ' JOSSELYN, Strange Death Is to Be Investigated. lars, being attached to the Hospital Corps of the Second Division, Fourth Army Corps. . He returned here on a furlough and was:to have joined his corps again early in January. He gained some un- nt notori in this city last Sep- tember, he being arrested at the in- |'stance of his wife, who charged him with d to chloroform her The couple sepa- ears sinc» and were divorced after the alleged asfault. The charges against him were nof pressed. All indications are :galnst the death of from natural causes, but it will require an autopsy this morn- ing to determine the exact cause. Owing to the picions of his relatives, Coroner Hawkins will not be satisfied 1 ntil he has proved beyond a doubt what was respon- for his untimely death. Josselyn was of a happy disposition and his rela- having first attempt and then shot at her tives scc at the idea of his taking his own life. There were no signs of his having been drinking, which makes it doubly hard to explain the absence of his money. Mr. Furst, his employer, speaks kindly of him as being steady and sober and a clever workman. He had taken a liking to him and was to send him out on the road with a cineograph show. This may prove another tragedy which Whose having been deait with in a violent man- ner. He had seen his mother late on Satur- day and had told her he would have some money for her that night, as it was pay day. He had not been complaining of any iliness which would be likely to carry him off so suddenly. To reach the bath room he would, of necessity, have to pass his own room, the door of which was always unlocked. His sister, who says she is a light sleeper, was in a room separated from the bath room by only a thin parti- tion, and yet she did not hear him enter. The family lives two flights up and one has to make many turns to reach the upper landing. The gas is turned off at the meter by an economical landlord, so that ‘the dead man reached, or was taken tter darkness. Young Josselyn was a native of this city and was entering upon his twenty- to. the difficulties of Government con struction, as shown in the cases of ves: sels'now'in the service, - 1 fourth year. He left here last May and went to New York, where he enlisted in the volunteer service. He was mustered out of this and cast his lot with the regu- will be added to the long list. the police have been unable to solve in recent years. REMARKABLE FEAT OF BRIDGE MOVING ‘MILWAUKEE, Dec. 18.—A remarkable feat of bridge moving was accomplished to-day by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, under direction of J. S. Robinson, division \superintendent of the engineers of that road. The bridge was a single-irack draw weighing 215 tons and was removed a distance of 250 feet to a new foundation in the quick time of two hours and fifty-five minutes. The structure was floated on two SCOws, one on either side of the center, which were sunk with 90,000 gallons of water. ‘With the scows in proper position the water was pumped out and the bridge radually lifted from its foundation, and t was towed to its new resting place by two tugs. The bridge had rendered ser- vice since 1880 and is still in good condi- tion, being removed to make way for a ?ouble-uack structure of the latest pat- ern.