The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1899, Page 1

- The 83. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, PRICE FIVE CENTS. ORLEANS NOW PREPARING TO ENTER FRANCE @+ 0090099090904 90 40404040 +0+>+t+0+3+Q ¢ B B e B B S o S = ¥ > R R S PRINCE HENRI ~ PR D Will Make His Play for the Throne! on the Day e et e ® OF ORLEANS. R WY of Faure’s Funeral. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. sudder CEL. gay, though it is reported he is day of M. Faure’s funeral. He French detectives. of the Duc d’Orleans’ arrival. some secret plan. HWHO4DHER+ O4040404040404H ~Figaro publishes | with Prince Henrl Orleans on the subject of the | for him on Saturday: vy I was a candi- tedly gives me pleas- s worked simply for | country, ng before the govern- t given to it by the national will years ago. present things are greatly | I think there a disa- | t between the Government and ng of the people. That is what last election has clearly shown. of humiliation abroad ance at home through s just passed shows the for a change in the constitu- 1 of government which rights and needs of de- nocracy with the exigencies of a great power that has nelghbors can be had by the confidence of all in some one who will give satisfaction to the de- mands of the people, to the interests of threatened trade and industry and.to the feeling of honor and justice which we bear.” “Would you consent to be the head »f such a Government?” | “I am always at the disposal of my tountry.” e FAURE TO HAVE A PUBLIC FUNERAL Even Respect for the Dead Fails to Restrain a French Socialist. PARIS, Feb. 20.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Premier, M. Dupuy, isked for a credit of 160,000 francs to jefray the expenses of the obsequies of | ‘he late President Faure. i M.- Jeante, Soclalist, asked that the | sbsequies be purely civil. { This drew forth murmurs and pro- jests from the Rightists and Centris ¥ho threatened to leave the chamber. | {he President of the Chamber of Depu- 3:s, M. Deschanel, interrupted M. de | &ante several times, calling upon him 0 respect the stricken family of the léceased. i. de Jeante's motion was rejected by ‘a vote of 444 to 68, and the credit| xas adopted by a vote of 463 to 42. | The Chamber unanimously decided to | ittend the departure of the body from | ‘fie Elysee Palgce on Thursday, al- though the procession will really only »e formed after leaving the Cathedral | if Notre Dame. A large multitude de- jled before the coffin of the dead Presi- {ent to-day. In view of the decision of the Cham- bar of Deputles it has now been ar- “eb. 20.—The Duc d’Orleans arrived rom Turin, with a single orderly offi- He spent the evening at a theater and appeared very with the intent to enter France and risk something on the Prince Victor Napoleon appeared annoyed on learning waiting for some Paris friends is closely watched by private He believes the Duke has ranged that the entire funeral cortege shall form at the Elysee Palace, in- stead of at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, as was previously intended. Considerable comment has been caused by the fact that a priest was | summoned to M. Faure's bedside, al- though the President was a staunch Free Mason. M. de Jeante, Soclalist, raised the subject to-day in the Cham- ber of Deputies. M. Legall, the Pre: dent's private secretary, when ques- tioned, declared that M. Faure, while | conscious, twice asked that a priest be brought. The strictest measures have been taken to maintain order in the streets to-night, the police, among other things, having been instructed to ar- rest immediately any person uttering cries hostile to Presldent Loubet. According to the "best authority, President Loubet’s message to Parlia- ment will not be a lengthy document. After returning thanks for his election, afirming his respect for'the constitu- tion and pledging himself to uphold it faithfully, both in spirit and letter the President will appeal warmly for paci- fication and concord, and .will eulogize the'army and express the hope that the country will, in.its attachment to the army and its respect for justice, speed- ily witness the restoration of harmony and the solution of questions that are agitating the nation. The President will then recall the fact that he has always devoted him- self to the study of labor and social questions, industrial matters,, financial economy and the organization of indus- try, and he will insist upon Parliament | dealing with these questions in a faith- ful and practical manner. Regarding foreign affairs, the mess- age will say that In her relations with torefzn nations France will pursue a polic; which will remain faithful to friendships formed, and that by its cor- rectness and disinterestedness will con- form to the traditions of her history. This policy will be the surest guarantee of peace and best ealculated to main- tain the place which France now occu pies in the world. RUMORS OF A RI‘SI'N’G. Guerra May Be Plofting Against the Venezuelan Government. Epecial Cable to The Call and the New Y. Herald. Copyright 899, by James Gon?c”x: GARACAS, Feb. 20—There were rumors | | on Friday at Calabozo that President Guarra o merly War Minister under President Crespo, was organizing a rising against the Government. o Epidemic of Burglaries. WOQDLAND, Feb. 20.—An epidemic of burglaries seems to have broken out fn Yolo Ceunty. They are reported from all parts of the county, and in most instances the character of the jobs indicate that they are the work of novices, who, under | ordinary | circumstances, would not com- mit a criminal act. There never was a time when more people were out of em- ployment In this county than at presert. \ \ D R S R S T SO SRU SRS SO W S WP SOy U SN S the new State of Guarico, for- | AGUINALDO'S Dusky Demons in Arms MAKING WAR ON Those Who Aid the Wounded. THE RED CROSS FLAG Whenever Shown on the Field of Battle IS SURELY MADE THE TARGET By Men Who Have No Respect for | Usages of Civilization 'FOR STORMS OF MAUSER BULLETS | | disgrace. | and brought Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, son’s left. | ¢ Q G G o S e e e e e S o o S S SR S S I S @erei e bedebeieie@ D e e ) Characters Who Figure in San Francisco’s Latest Murder Mystery. HAWLEY'S MURDER IS A TRAGEDY OF TWO LIVES Alma E. Burton Story of Her deem a Drunkard, Sad End to a Romance of the Slums—Paul Mamogni Saw the Crime and Says He Can Identify the Murderer. In his downfall and death Charles M. | Hawley dragged Miss Alma E. Burton to dishonor. The man was murdered, and his murder has been quickly fol- lowed by the expose of the woman's This latest story of a local crime is of unusual pathos. Hawley | gave up family, friends, position and life for his inordinate love of drink. Miss Burton has sacrificed her name | shame to her family | through her devotion to a self-imposed | duty to go into the dregs of soclety and | among its outcasts to rescue those who | had fallen from drink. | Hawley received his death blow on | F o o i e et ] + (3 Feb. 21.—Early] this morning the insurgents, with 4 shout and bugle call, opened fire ¢ at long range on General :\nder»g The sharpshooters ¢ | across the river made the head-’:> R R S . | quarters at San Pedro Macate a hot place, but there was no one | wounded. | The enemy is concentrating | near the water works and in front | of King's brigade. A sharp fight |is expected. | The declaration of Aguinaldo | that he has made humane war is | another fabrication. 1In the past | few weeks the Red Cross has been like a red flag to the insurgents. | Chaplain Pjerce of MacArthur’s | staff testifies that he has been shot | at by sharpshooters fifty times in the provisional hospital, and not an ambulance or litter came in which was not the signal for a shower of bullets. | The surgeons of the hospital corps, who were giving aid to Filipinos as well as to the Ameri- can wounded, were the target for | sharpshooters. A wounded man, who was be- |ing carried from the field, was killed by insurgents concealed in the trees. All the Red Cross peo- ple are now armed. : The enemy was concentrating all day near the water works and in front of King’s brigade. They finally became so nagging in | front of King’s posmon'thar the | general sent two companies of the First Washington Infantry over | the Pasig River. They swept the country for two miles and then the description of the murderer, as giv- swung over to the river bank op- Continued on Fifth Page. Sunday night on Grant avenue, near Geary street. He lingered, without re- gaining consciousness, until 1:30 o’clock vesterday afternoon, when he died. It was at first supposed that Hawley might have met his death by accident. This theory has been destroyed, how- ever, by the facts. Four people, a man and three boys, saw Hawley killed, and en by one of the witnesses, is sufficient to afford the police a clew strong enough upon which to.work. The most important of the four wit- nesses is Paul Mamogni, who stood within ten fet of Hawley when the blow was struck. It was almost 9 o'clock in the evening when Hawley walked, slightly staggering, up Grant avenue from Geary. Not noticing where he was going Hawley jostled into a young fellow coming toward him. The stranger pushed Hawley away. The assailed man reeled toward the curb, then stood smiling in maud- lin good nature at his assailant. The stranger rushed toward him and struck him viciously behind the neck. Haw-: ley tumbled face down upon the stone walk and the stranger ran down Grant avenue to Geary where he disappeared from the view of those who had seen the murder. This is the scene, as Paul Mamogni describes it. Mamogni says that he feels confident that he could identify the murderer if he ever saw him again. The stranger, Mamogni says, was shorter than Haw- ley, slight of build, smooth shaven, light complexioned and light haired. He wore a dark sack suit of clothes and a dark derby hat. Mamogni, who is employed by business men in the down- town district and is familiar with faces and scenes of the tenderloin, feels sure that he has seen the murderer before as one of the depraved creatures who haunt the resorts of Grant avenue after nightfall. The testimony of three boys, Fred Racik, Patrick Dougherty and George Doran, may be added to that of Ma- mogni and then the evidence thus far secured to reveal the perpetrator of the crime is complete. The three boys were on Grant avenue within a few feet from where Hawley received his death blow. They saw the encounter, heard the murderer apply a vile epithet to his vic- tim and then strike at him viclously. B e o e e e e Tells a Pathetic Effort to Re- They agreed with Mamogni that the assailant was a comparatively small man, light of feature and of hair and dressed in black. The police have discovered nothing more with which to expose the mur- derer and less with which to explain a motive for the crime. The strange relations between the murdered man and his contract wife, Miss Alma E. Burton, may give an explanation per- haps in the jealousy of some besotted, degraded outcast, who took murderous revenge for the attentions that were given to another and not to him. A chance encounter may clear away the B O S S S R R e S R R R S o ) mystery, but it is to the relationship between Hawley and Miss Burton that tragic interest attaches. The story of this association as it was | revealed yesterday in the gloomy re- sorts of outcasts, in tenderloin lodging houses, Salvation Army headquarters and the offices of the police is of great sadness. Hawley went from a place of honor and trust into the dregs. Three years ago he was a prosperous clerk of recognized ability and excel- lent family connections. Gradually he began to drink and occasionally to be unreliable in his duties to his employ« ers. His lapses became more frequent until they ended In his dismissal. He still had friends and credit won by lav- ish generosity on “the line.” It was not long before friends and credit dis- appeared and he found his last check before suicide in the wretched home of the Salvation Army at Salt Lake City. He was all but nominally a drunken pauper existing on the charity of a be- neficent organization that tries to keep body and soul together in an effort to redeem both. Even the officers of the Salvation Army at Salt Lake could do'no more with Hawley, but they were not ready to abandon him and sent him practical- ly as a ward to the Salvation Army of this city. He came here a physical and mental wreck, despondent and dis- couraged, in the fall of 1897. The offi- cers of the Workingmen’s Institute at 158 New Montgomery street took him in, fed him and housed him. They have but poor fare and lodging. but to many it is better than the humiliation of pauperism. Hawley looked for work, but could not find it. He was sent to the Salva- tion Army farm in Alameda and re- turned. In his efforts to recover him- self to sobriety he frequented the Peniel Missicn on Montgomery avenue and Kearny street. This mission is con- ducted by a local branch of a national society for the single purpose of re- deeming drunkards and of aiding them to regain their feet in their strugsgle. At the local mission Hawley met Miss Alma E. Burton, one of the directing gpirits of the place. Miss Burton is 2 woman with a mis- sion. She lives with her widowed mother and brothers at 225 Fifth ave- nue in this city. Miss Burton believed that her duty called her into the dregs of the Barbary Coast, among the be- sotted, degraded beings who haunt the alleys in search of liquor. Miss Burton believed that some of these outcasts might be redeemed and she went among them to counsel with them, advise them and suggest to them an avenue through which they could return to decent liv- ing. She began one of the two man- agers of the mission. A few months ago she met Hawley, who, she says, impressed her as a man of more than ordinary intelligence and | were resisted by the manly and loyal Continued on Third Page. ANOTHER WEAK CLAIM OF TOUTS EXPLODED Currier Will Not ample of Follow the Ex- Simpson. ENGLISH AND MEXICANS TO THE FRONT. Queer Backing of the Man Who Went Back On His Constituents While Under the “Influence” of the Mexican. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 20.—The claim put for- ward by the touts that Senator Currier intended to follow the example of Simp- son and change from Bulla to Burns is exploded by the following telegram re- ceived to-day: LEMON, Cal., Feb. 20, 1899. Senator R. N. Bulla, Sacramento: Am in bed with ip and threatened with pneumonia. et me excused by the Sen- ate. Regret not being there to vote for you for Senator. A. T. CURRIER. It seems to be the opinion that Sena- | tor Currier will not return to Sacra- mento unless the session is unduly pro- longed by reason of the Senatortal strife. | Senator Simpson passed two hours to- | day in writing explanatory letters to his constituents. According to all ac- counts the men in the south who are bracing up Simpson are a queer crowd. | One of the letters in the Record-Union purports to be from John 8. Cox of Pasadena. Cox is not a resident of Pasadena, but lives in Los Angeles. Moreover, he is a “‘bloomin’ Britisher,” who cannot vote becaase he is not nat- uralized. Another letter is from Frank Dominguez, a half Mexican. Within the last ten days Senator Bulla received a letter from Dominguez in which the | latter pledged his fidelity to the Sena- | tor. Irving M. Scott arrived from San Francisco this evening and reopened his headquarters in the Golden Eagle Hotel. Bhortly after his arrival he was greeted by his supporters—Senators Davis and Assemblyman Dunlap. Mr. Scott comes to stay until the deadlock is broken or the Legislature adjourns. His friends advised him of the situa- tion here, explaining that Burns was the only Senatorial candidate in the field who had refused tb sacrifice his own candidacy to secure the election of a Republican United States Senator. It was shown that Grant, Barneés and Buila were willing to make any sacri- fice. demanded in order that the field | might be cleared for the election of a Senator. ‘When the situation is carefully stud- ied with reference to the future of the Republican party in this State, it is ad- mitted by leading Republicans that it would be better for the Legislature to adjourn without electing a Senator than to elect Dan Burns. Failing to elect, the party could go before the peopie two years henge and say that the orders of the machine and railroad Republicans of the Legislature, and the people would commend the act. Should Burns, however, be chosen Senator, the party would be disrupted. A Democratic Legislature would be the result and the apportionment for ten years on Democratic lines would leave the Republicans at the mercy of their political adversaries. An adjournment without electing Burns would be a no- tice served on Burns and the machine that the Republican party respected the will of the people and would be governed by the voice of the people. On account of sickness General Barnes remained at the Sutter Club for a few hours one day last week. The touts, observing his absence, spread a report that he had closed headquarters and given up the contest. His support- ers say that if there is any candidate in this contest prepared to stay to the finish of the session and accept the re- sult whatever it may be that candidate is General Barnes. They aiso say that there is not the color of truth in the rumor that he intends to draw out, but there is to-night an exceedingly bright propect that he will win out. Facts are now coming to light re- garding the secret effort in San Joaquin County to have the county committee direct Assemblyman Muenter to sup- port the Dan Burns caucus scheme. It appears that the Republicans of Stock- ton were not advised of the meeting or informed that a petition was in circu- lation asking Assemblymen Dunlap and Muenter to get in and do the work of the touts. It is a well-known fact that the Republicans of San Joaquin are op- posed to Burns and do not want the Legislature to elect him to the United States Senate, yet there is an effort in secret to set aside the will of the peo- ple and practically instruct the San Joaquin delegation to vote for Burns. Mr. Muenter and Mr. Dunlap are well advised as to the sentiments of their constituents, and they are altogether too bright and enterprising to be de- ceived by any one-sided petition circu- lated in secret by the agents of the “organization.” = The touts are endeavoring to work the Simpson game on another member of the Legislature. The game wag overplayed Sunday night and the spec. tacle observed by many members of the Jjoint convention to-day did not ‘call out compliments for the tactics of the touts. The thought of debasing a man with liquor and low associations until his moral sense is so blunted that he cannot distinguish right from wrong is so repulsive to high minded men In the Legislature that steps may be taken to denounce on the floor of the joint convention the latest and lowest method of controlling votes for the of- fice of United States Senator. The forces of Burns continue the as- sault on Grant's column, but the San Diego candidate seems undisturbed. He does not hear of any defections. Many of the rumors of contemplated desertion have been investigated and found to be false. There are no indi- cations that Burns is making headway In his efforts to secure a caucus and it {8 by no means certain that he can win with a caucus, but there is an ab- solute certainty that he cannot win ( Without one. The Burns plan of cam- paign is clearly unfolded. He desires first of all to break the Grant camp and scatter the forces of that fold to various candidates possessing local fa- vor and in the end gather in for his own support the scattered members. Grant is fully and promptly advised of every step taken by the Candelaria candidate. There is an apprehension that Burns in his desperation will re- sort to open bribery, hence a remarkae bly close watch is maintained in this respect. There is a strong undercurrent in General Barnes’ favor, and it is a sig- nificant fact that the General has ad- vanced In the pools until he ranks next to Burns. It wovrld be no surprise to well informed men if he should be in the lead before the week ends. He is known to be the second choice of a large number of the members of the Legislature. The unfair report circu- lated last week that he intended to stay in San Francisco when he went home for his Sunday visit has not injured his cause. The deadlock could be broken to- morrow if Burns would consent to the election of any one but himself. Other candidates are willing to sacrifice their personal preferences and ambitions to preserve the party unity and secure | the election of a Senator, but Burns alone stands out, declarine that he must be vindicated, and that if he can- not be Senator no one else ghall be. Judge Dibble is not satisfied with his prerogative of cracking the whip over the Assembly, but is ambitious to ex- tend his leadership over the party. He clings to the doctrine of Burns for Sen- ator or nobody. Members of the As- sembly may conclude to take the man- agement of legislative affairs out of the hands of Judge Dibble. AN EARLY CLOSE OF THE LEGISLATURE AUGURED CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 20.—Assemblyman Valen- tine of Los Angeles, who is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, expects to have the general appropriation bill on the floor of the Assembly to-morrow. If he carries out his intention it augurs an early finish to this session. As a general thing the promulgation of the general ap- priation bill is thelast and most important task that falls to the lot of the Ways and Means Committee and it is invariably the precursor of adjournment sine die. Apropos of adjournment to-day was the last day of the session on which bills might be introduced, but even so there was scarcely more than a dozen and few of them such as one experienced of Legislatures expects to see rushed in at :’heheleyegth hour. The ‘“cinch bill” of ishonored history was not n y botor ot Bl umerously Crowder of San Diego was the author of two of them. One of them establishes the maximum rate for rallroad transportation at 3 cents per mile first-class and 25 cents per mile second-class. It also makes the rate for children under 12 years of age 1 cent per mile, and requires that first and second class tickets shall be sold at every station and for all trains. His other bill provides a whole section for the traveler who has bought but one $2 50 berth in a sleeper. It requires that Wwhen only the lower berth of a section is sold the upper berth must not be let down until it, too, is disposed of. As it is, it is the delight of the ubiquitous por- ter to rush frantically down the car and with a rattle of chains let down the up- per berth just after the man who has not left up the usual dollar has gotten com- fortably asleep. Mr. Crowder proposes to sleep without paying an aggregate of 33 50 for his bed when he goes back to San Diego from this Legislature, and he as- signs no other reason for his proposed en- actment. Mr. Caminetti’s anti-treat bill passed with liftle in the way of opposition. It rovides that no candidate for office shall iquefy his campaign with any intoxicat- ing or temperance drinks. He shall not buy for nor give to any one, whether for his vote or not, any beverage of any de- scription. It was strongly backed by Grove L. Johnson, who told the history of his life and his record on prohibition.” It was also backed by Judge Dibble, who said he had not spent a cent in riotous living during }hebh:is[ election because he had been sick n_bed. Lawrence Hoey of San Francisco op- posed the measure on the broad principle that it was so general and withal vague in its provisions that it could be easily evaded. He said, too, that he thought it was his good American privilege to treat when he could afford It and he denied any man's right to curtail it. Assemblyman Raw of El Dorado fought the bill when it came up in 1893 and he fought it again to-day. He ridiculed what he called an attempt to infringe upon the personal rights of an American citizen, and spoke forcefully against the meas- ure and its general tenor. Brown of San Mateo added his voice to the chorus against the measure, but it was all of no avail, the vote showed few supporters r?rdthe opposition and the measure car- i od. Senator Dickinson's Senate bill 359, which provides for the ‘“inspection of dairfes and factorfes for the making of dulrfi products and of dairy products as to the sanitary condition and as to the health of stock and to prevent the sale of milk drawn from diseased animals,” was passed after several speeches of indorse- ment had been made In its favor. Atherton of Marin spoke strongly for it. Le Barron of Sonoma said his people strongly indorsed it, and all of the other Cow County Representatives swelled the chorus. The clalm of Lawrence Dunnigan for $5000 Fave rige to a good bit of what As- semblyman Charlie Kenneally calls ‘“‘per- siflag.”” During the strike of 94 Mr. Dun- nigan was shot through both knees and the ball that did the work killed a man who was standing near him. Dunnigan was left crippled for life and the widow of the man who was killed got $5000 by .the generosity of the last Legislature. Rickard argued that Dunnigan. who-also has 2 family, should In justice be given