The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY,. APRIL 22, 1899. MUTILATED BODY |ON THE TRAIL 0 OUND 1N A WELL CHINESE ASSASSINS Miss Jane Brunot Slaln|Clew Given by a Niles by Her Nephew. Liveryman. ROBBERY WAS THE OBJECT HIGHBINDERS HIRED A TEAM| ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME, THE HAVE NOT YET RETURNED THE CULPRIT CONFESSES. OUTFIT. €] How He Shot Down His 1t Is Beligved These Are the Men Relative and Carted Who Committed the Recent r Body Away in a | Murders at San Jose Wheelbarrow. and Fresno. spatch to The Call. April 21.—Last Saturday. at ening, a Chinaman hbinders at San Wednesday night a bloody ace at Fresno, as detailed ghbinders killing three at 4 o'clock four Two of them conducted by J. alked down the directi a two-horse by the men. not suspicious when y did not ex-ect to be v, and let them have off, and at the other two Chi- not, a wea nna, Ind.,, was found buried 1 well on a farm of } The track At in the stable rig was hired Barnard w. told him th K before Sund team. They ge picked up ve the They left Niles at 4:30 o'clock and just had time to get to e when the murder was committe 5 day came and went, but the t ot be returned. On Monday Barn- ard drove to San Jose to trace them. He found a trace of them at Milpi and learned that the four men had an Jos They were los in the maze of the San Jose Chinatown. Constable Roderick h been hunting them to get the rig b but with no success. The supposition is that the four men committed the San Jose murder and n went on to Fresno. which had ample time to r to as il e day of st in the murders there. Offiter S ing laid our | Roderick left this morning for the I south to try and get some clew of hem This »romises to be an important the ad to the arrest of the Barnard has given a very cription of the men to the and has sent country in the hope caught. > Chinese’ A Chinese SN WONG DUCK CLEARED. Swears Himself Killed Leong Tung. April 21.—At the Corone morning over the bodi amen, Hi Rapelji that he had killed Leong Tung that Wong Duck, who is charged is innocent. Rapelji is the Chine companies as watchman to guard their . His evidence was not a sup- e to the District Attorney as Ra- elji, although he had arrested Wong ck himself and claimed on the night t hooting that Wong Duck had deliberately shot Leong Tung, y: 2d the killing. The C n who were expected to testify that Hop Lee had killed one man did not terialize. Outside of Rapelji's testi- ony nothing new was brought out. The inquest was completed at 1 o'clock. Hop Lee, who, it is alleged, leader of the local highbinders, w: dumpec a Hi Rapelji NO, this RE inquest Swore d 3 a d McIntvre, sed from jail last night on | itila s found under | honds, Since Hop Lee has been liber- | : n the Flat-| ated a number of merchants in China- town have left here for San Francisco | or other points for fear of another out- break. S At a meeting of the Chinese compa- nt such action. | njes, held last night, it was decided to ask the City Marshal to increase the police force in Chinatown as a protec- FUNERAL SERVICES tion against the detachment of hatchet- OVER HILBORN’S REMAINS | men who they claim are on the way from San Francisco. ATTACHED THEIR NAMES TO WORTHLESS DRAFTS TACOMA, Apri! 21.—British Vice Con- Alexander and other business men e been defranded of hundreds of A lynching s strong guard of militia Dr Newman Officiated at the h and Masonic Ceremonies ere Held at the Vault. funeral | ex-Repr » held First : . 8 the shady transactions of = 5 7 Smith and ( s Gl 2 hers. hese men ned promi- tn i : ae Eagle City, Alaska, last fall & Y 1 townsite boom schemes and & sted to leave on short notice h town. They came miners of that Sou 1 February. that ise In Tacoma they could the sunken to make large rprise. On the ation they ran up der indorsed one of T $400, w h was cashed al nk and sent thenc It w. s drawn by 134 First 1 s not known Samue real or a fic- Mr. Alexander will make »d. but he cannot pro- hers and Smith " be- worthless drafts is inder the laws of Mrs. The I m, a prominent diver, who arge of the raising of the nother draft drawn ashea at the was uels for Al rers I Hotel, but Sorenson will staj iney Per- 2 Loy Stand '1; y )l °T- | the loss. Among other victims of Smith ichborn, | and Carruthers were the Donnelly Hotel here and th ous Seattie. Smith Siare ror ported to be Kauffmann charge by corted the where the s Al service. taken who e ek C. en i Irish Poet Passes Away. LONDON, April 22.—Michael Hogan, the Irish poet who visited the United Stz about 18%0, is dead. United Giates NO COLORED MAN ATE WITH BRYAN The Chicago Platformm Democracy of New York Wants This Made Clear. NEW YORK, April 21.—In the account of the Jefferson dinner by the Chicago Platform Democrats in this city on the night of April 15, the statement was made and telegraphed that colored men were present. This, !t is stated, is evidently incorrect and that no colored man was seated at the dinner table. When the speaking commenced a colored n and his son appeared on the platform, and upon this fact was based the statement that colored people were present as guests of the dinner, which the managing committee of the banquet state is not the fact. ORONIRONCNO ARRISBURG, Pa., April 21.—Im- mediately on receipt of the news | that Mr. Quay was acquitted of | the charges against him Gover—i nor Stone appointed him United | States Senator to fill the vacancy until | | the next Legislature meets, and notified | | Vice President Hobart as follows: | | Sir: By virtue of the power vested in | | me as executive of the State of Penn- | sylvania under article 1, clause 2, section | 3, of the constitution of the United States | 1 hereby make temporary appointment | of the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay to be ! United States Senator from Pennsylvania | until the next meeting of the Pennsyl- | vania Legislature, to fill the vacancy now | existing in this State. Very respectfully, | WILLIAM A. STONE, | Governor of Pennsylvania. | Governor Stone said that in appolnt- | ing Senator Quay he felt that he had | done the fit and proper thing. He | thought it would make the issue and is | better done now than after waiting for ! weeks. The authority quoted by the Gover- | | nor says that the Governor of any State may make temporary appointments | during a recess to hold until the next | Legislature meets. WASHINGTON, April 21.—Opinions dif- | fer as to whether the Senate will admit Quay to a seat on the appointment of the Governor of Pennsylvania. It is in the power of each Senate to interpret the law | for itself, and a majority could seat | him. his might come about through a deal being made in connection with other vacancies. If precedents were overturned it would open the way for the filling of vacancies, which would give the Repub-| licans three Senators and the Democrats | one, which they otherwise would _not have. In view of this, political methods might obtain above the strict construc- | tion of the law and danger of endless complications in the future. It would | follow, too, that the Governor of Califor- nia and the Governor of Delaware might joint Senators who would be seated. On general grounds such a change of tion on the part of the Senate would involve complications in the future which it is believed a majority of the Senate would hesitate to fncur. It is pointed out, | furthermor: that in the case of Mr. Quay the constitution of Pennsylvania erects a barrifer in addition to that of the construction of the law by the Senate in several cases. The constitution of Penn ania prohibits the Governor from making_appointments to the Senate. The United States Senate In the cases of Mantle of Montana and others held to the theory that a Governor could not appoint when the Legislature, being in | sesjon after the vacancy had occurred, failed to elect. Mr. Quay was on of those who voted to sustain this theory The chances are that no serious effort will be made to seat Mr, Quay, on the trength of the Governor's appointment, sion of the Legis-, lature will be called and an effort be made | to elect him. His friends think this will succeed, now that he has been acquitted. FOUND NOT GUILTY OF THE CONSPIRACY ALLEGED but that an extra ses PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—Mathew Star Quay was declared by a jury of | his pee s to be not gullty of the charge of | piring to for his own unlawful d profit the funds of the State of deposited in the People’s | s'city. This verdict was an- | the foreman of the jury just | use ank of th nounced by as_the hands of the courtroom timepiece | pointed to 11 o’clock. a demonstration was the court office An ster: attempt at repressed by | OWENS PENTENT 0N THE ALLOWS Murderer Calmly Meets His Death. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. | SAN QUENTIN, April 21.—"Gentle- men, I will soon step to my everlasting home. I killed my wife, a woman that | I loved, and that love will go with me to the grave. I was not in my right | mind when I took my wife's life. I| was not responsible for it, and my God | in heaven knows it. Good-by.” George C. Owens, the Mcdesto wife- murderer, stood on the death trap at San Quentin Prison this morning and uttered these words slowly and in a firm tone. There was just the sus- picion of a tremor in the voice of the murderer after the word “gentiemen,” but he gathered himself together quick- Iy and went on. Five seconds after the | last word left his lips he hung at the | end of a rope and his mental agony was over. Owens' demeanor was a great sur- | prise to the prison officials. For the | last week the condemned man has done | little else than weep and it was be- | lieved that he would collapse on the | gallows. Under the religious ministra- | tion of Rev. Father Lagan of San Ra- | fael, Owens braced up wonderfully this | morning and he followed the priest upon the scaffold with a firm step. | Father Lagan informed the large num- ber of persons present that Owens de- sired to speak a few words, and after one brief glance at Hangman Arbogast, who stood by with the noose in his hand, the doomed man spoke the words given abov | Dr. Lawlor, the prison physician, said | Owens’ death was the quickest he had | ever witnessed. The drop fell at 10:34% and respiration ceased with the fall. There was not a pulse beat after the | first half of the third minute. The body was cut down in eleven and a half | minutes and taken to San Rafael for ! interment in the Catholic cemetery. The crime for which Owens paid the | death penalty was the murder of his | wife at Modesto, on December 13, 1897. | A few months previously they had trouble over the wife championing the cause of their daughter, who desired to marry a blacksmith named Tiede- mann. The wedding took place and then the wife went to live with her daughter and son-in-law. When the wife began divorce proceedings Owens grew infuriated, and, going to his daughter’'s house, shot Mrs. Owens twice and wounded his daughter. The fe died a few days later. Owens turned the revolver on himself after the commission of the crime, but wounded himself only slightly. He was ! found guilty of murder and. sentenced ! to be hanged. An appeal was taken to the State Supreme Court and the case dragged along for two years. The Su- preme Court finally affirmed the verdict | of the lower court. e LITTLE FOR CREDITORS. Appraisement of the Insolvent Estate of E. B. Howard.: SAN JOSE, April 21.—The appraisement | of the insolvent estate of E. B. Howard, | the fruit handler, whose fallure precipi- | tated the suspension of the Union Bank, | was flied to-day. The total appraised value of the property is only $56,625. e ides this there {s an estimate of $83,351 of ‘doubtful”’ accounts, while $38,979 is re- ported to be worthless. The appraisement will pay about 15 cents on .the dollas | . o s { @ . ® % * 2 @ Y 3 @ » + . ¢ : B¢ ‘ & . + ® @ . i & @ | Colonel W. [ i o e o o e e o ] [ L o e e R S e i o ] loud shouts of “Order!"” “Sflence!” effective in quieting those jubilant were spirits who wished to give vent to their satisfaction by cheering. The officers were unable, however, to keep back those who struggled to get at Senator Quay and congratulate him. Chairs were upset, table d aside and hats were smashed by on-rushing crowd. Sena- Quay, with a broad smile on his face, nded pleasantly to the greetings and itulations of those who crowded A few of his political friends nd these men were loud and cong around. were there, sincere in their expressions. Although the court officers prevented the cheering in the courtroom thelir juris- diction did not extend to the corridors of the City Hall, and the first group of men who left the courtroom sent up a mighty shout, which was taken up and repeated by the crowds gathered just out- side the “deadline” drawn by the watch- men, bevond which only pc ors of tickéts were allowed to pa As soon as Senator Quay could get away from those anxious to shake his hand and made his way, accom- unsel, to the elevator to treet from the sixth floor pleasant to him and crowds gathered near the elevator shaft on each floor to watch the car carrying the distinguisfied party as It descended to the street. The ave- nue surrounding the City Hall is wide and smooth and the neighborhood is the stamping ground for the politicians of the town. Here the enthusiasm was immense as the Senator emerzed from the door of the buflding. A group of enthusiasts rushed forward and attempted to hoist him onto their shoulders, but the Sena- tor waved them back, saying, “‘Oh, no; oh, no: I'm too old a man for that.” Quay walked with his friends one block down Broad street to the office of his counsel, where he made his escape from the surging crowd. It is understood that he will at_once join his family in- Wash- ington and will probably go away for a long rest. Political friends of Senator Quay are ing him to bring criminal prosecutions u against those enemles who they claim re behind the pri cution, but the Sena- tor will not indicate what his course in | be. S WANAMAKER TALKS OF this respect m QUAY’S ALLEGED MISDEEDS PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—John Wan- | the acquittal amaker made relative to the following of statement ex-Senator municipal _building. Here the | nes in the courtroom were repeated. erybody wanted to say something MATT QUAY ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY AND APPOINTED UNITED STATES SENATOR Quay and the latter's appointment by the Governor as United States Senator: The acquittal of Senator Quay will be a dis- appointment to every lover of justice and every friend of good government " throughout the United States. It records with emphasis the difficulty of convicting potent _politicians charged with public crime, no matter how clear, convincing and overwhelming the evi- dence may be. The story of the corrupt use and speculation in public money in Pennsylvania is an old one and has been a matter of notorious accusation against a long line of State Treas- urers and political bosses for many years. Mr. Quay himself has been again and again accused of participation in treasury jobbing by the newspapers of this and other States. Hereto- fore, however, the basls of these accusations largely consisted of oral testimony and of alle- gations by political opponents. Phe case which terminated to-day, unlike previous accusations, was founded exclusively upon documentary proof in his own handwriting and that of his friends and confederates. The evidence of the guilt did not depend upon the veracity of any man or men, but was supported exclusively by his own letters and by written entries and statements recorded by his trusted friends and supporters. From the day the prosecution against him was instituted until the verdict was recorded he has sought by every device'to delay and -obstruct the efforts of the common- weaith's officers to produce the written evi- dence of his misdoing and to bring him to trial for his offenses, The removal of the case from the lower court on the eve of the day when it was first set down for trial by an extraordinary writ issued by the Supreme Court, which that court subsequently dis- missed, was successful in taking the prosecu- tion away from the management of former District Attorney Graham, whose ability, zeal monstrated by eighteen years of service. The same effort to prevent a full exposition of his acts as a public official and his connection with the private use of public money marked avery step in the extraordinary line of defense which his skillful attorneys adopted during his trial in resisting the zealous and able efforts of District Attorney Rothermel to introduce all the inculpating evidence in possession of the commonwealth. By technical objection he ex- cluded the evidence offered to show that dur- ing his term as State Treasurer he was paid in- terest on State deposits and also the receipt of interest by subsequent Treasurers charged in the bill of indictments as being. conspirators with him in crime, and finally failed to take the stand in his own defense .nd submit him- story of treasury corruptions, was overwhelm- corroborated and its verity established by the testimony and admission of his friend, | McKee, and by the signature of his friend and | co-defendant, B, J. Haywood. Notwithstand- ing all this proof, emanating exclusively fron the lips and pens of himself and his closest | friends, and in the face of his own silence and failure to testify to his innocence, he was ac- quitted. This is a new chapter of shame for Pennsyl- vania, a new record of fallure in the admin- istration of justice that will do much to en- | courage corruptionists and public plunderers | generally throughout the country. —The first | shout of deflant exultation over his acquittal has proceeded from the Governor of the com- monwealth, who has promptly appointed him a United States Senator without authority and | in violation of the law and In deflancé of the will of the people as expressed by the votes of the Legislature. It is fitting in every way that the capstone should have thus been put upon the ediffee of boss rule and machine job- | bery by the Quay representative in the Gov | ernor’s chair. ~ We will thus see more clearly, | it is to be hoped, the reckless disregard of right | and decency, of public morality and political | | purity that Ccharacterizes the Quay machine now intrenched in office in Pennsyl But friends of good government despair. There are other {ndictments to be d | posed of still hanging over Quay, and whatever may be their fate, even though it should be a technical acquittal, the contest against degrading forces, practices and principles which Quay and his machine represent will be carried on until justice and right, morality and honesty, chall triumph. The friends of good government will enlist in this warfare to-day and must continue unremitt! and unflinch- wronhgdoers in any party and in all pa gardless of temporary setbacks or defeats, un- til_the treasury jobbers shall be driven from official power in the commonwealth. To-day's verdict settles nothing but the fate of the OLIVER BELMONT IND BRYAN TALK Democratic Powwow at Buffalo. Special Dispatch to The Call. BUFFALO, April 2L.—Fully 3000 people crowded Music Hall to-night to listen to J. Bryan. Among those in the boxes were Mayor Conrad Diehl and Vicar General Connery of the dio- cese of Buffalo. Colonel Bryan appeared on the stage at 5 o'clock, accompanied by a large com- pany. He was enthusiastically received, the crowd rising and cheering for some time. Among, those on the platform were Frank L. Bapst, chairman of the Demo- cratic committee; Norman E. Mack, Su- preme Court Justice Robert G. Titus and Uliver H. P. Beimont. Justice Titus presided. He spoke against territorial expansion and urged the Democratic party to piant itself squarely in opposition o that heresy. 'L'ne chairman thed introduced Mr. Belmont, who was received with hearty applause. He said in part: The Democratic party holds a great responsi- bility toward the people. It remaims witn it to decide whether existing conditions shall con- tinue or not. The party has never been given greater opportunity to vindicate its claim that it is the party thut stands for government by the people and for the peopie, with equal rights to ail and special privileges to none. The responsibility of the Democratic party is doubled irom the fact that if it tails to oust the enemy in 10 it will by so doing give it a long lease for the seat of government and allow it to intrench its position by the intricate system of patronage. 1 am a believer in Democratic principles, and I believe that the minority should acquiesce in the decision of the mafority, but I believe that the interest of any city, State or section of the country should be used in framiug a na- tional policy. The city of New York is Demo- cratic, and I can say the State,. though we were beaten in the last election, is ‘also Democratic, and its vote will be essential in the election of_1900. I deem it therefore, urgent that evesy Democrat of New York should rally to his party and give assurance of his support to the next national platform, whether it will be that of 18 pure and simple, or whether it will be that of 159 modified or added to. The Republicans, as expressed by this admin- istration, stand for trusts, monopolies and con- centrated wealth and imperialism, and to all of_these things 1 hold Democracy Is opposed. I am not opposed to wealth—no onme would believe me if 1 pretended to be—but I am op- posed to trusts and monopolies, because 1 con- sider they interfere with individual effort, which has made the American citizen what he is—a free and independent man. I deny In avery way the idea that the Democratic party is opposed to wealth, as our Republican friends pretend. Wealth {s as safe in Democratic hands as it is in Republican hands, but the right of the individual to secure wealth will be safer under a Democratic administration. Justice Titus paid a high tribute to Colonel Bryan, who was received with tre- mendous cheering. Mr. Bryan sald he had been accused of not having worldly goods sufficlent to make him a safe custodian of property, but he was glad that the one who preced- ed him (Mr. Belmont) had enough worldly possessions to take him out of the ranks of the anarchists at least. Continuing, Mr. Bryan spoke against expansion, against the taxing of the peo- ple to maintain a large standing army and agalnst the manner of raising the war revenue, and closed with an argument for bimetallism. His speech was largely a_repetition of his address dellvereg in New York at the “dollar dinner.” Hobart Gains Slowly. WASHINGTON, April 21.—Vice Presi- dent Hobart had a fairly good day, and was able to sit up several times. His rogress toward recovery is very tedious, gut the physicians are confident he is galning. —_——— CUP AND SAUCER DAY. Some articles cut 60 Jer cent. Some articles cut 50 ~ WILL ORDER HIS Gomez to Bring Peace to Cuba. Special Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, April 21.—General Max- imo Gomez is arranging to publish to- morrow a list of paymasters and as- sistant paymasters appointed ata meet- ing held this evening. He will say in connection therewith, that owing to the necessity of the establishment of a peaceful republic at the earliest pos- sible date, the only troops needed are those of the intervening power. with the assistance of the rural guards in isolated districts. Therefore he instruct soldiers of the Cuban army to disband and turn over their arms to their officers, who will deposit them in | a suitable rdceptacle or museum where | they will be guarded as relics of a glorious struggle. The men are then to go to work immediately. Officials close to Gomez say that if he were offered the Presidency he prob- ably would accept. La Discusion attacks him to-day saying he is not a representative of the army or the people and that he was | elected by only a.few generals, “who were forced to do so by the tyrannical Americans.” Gomez was subjected to an affront vesterday while he was returning in a launch after having said farewell to his two sons and his daughter, who sailed for San Domingo. General Gomez was hissed by some people who were stand- ing on the roof of a house that over- looked the harbor. They waved Span- ish flags, cried ‘‘Long live Weyler,” and “Long live Spain,” ‘‘Death to Gomez,” ‘“Death to the Americans,” and “Death to the Cubans.” The passengers and sailors on board the Alfonso XIIT re- peated the cries. Even the papers that oppose Gomez denounce the proceeding as an outrage. ESTERHAZY A SPY FOR THE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU PARIS, April 21.—The Figaro, continu- ing to-day its publication of the testimony given before the Court of Cassation in the Dreyfus revision inquiry, prints the _depositions of a host of experts on hand- writing, with conflicting opinions as to the authorship of the bordereau. Most of these are of little interest. M. Chincolle, a journalist, testified that during an adjournment of the Zola trial he overheard Esterhazy admit that he (Esterhazy) wrote the bordereau by or- der, adding: “General Billot's meanness is well known; and if he had given me (Esterhazy) 80,000 francs in the course of a twelvemonth it was not for nothing.” From this M. Chincolle concluded that Esterhazy had long rendered police ser- vices to the intelligence bureau. 5 CARLISTS ARE ACTIVE. Pretender’s Ageilti Are Canvassing Cuba for Soldiers. HAVANA, April 21.—The Carlists are moving throughout the island, and their agents are trying to secure men. They prefer the Cuban soldiers around Ha- vana. Yesterday one agent was openly offering $15 a month and a free passage to Spain as an inducement to join the army of Don Carlos. La Geceta Carlista, a Carlist organ re- cently established here, describes in its latest issue the munificence of Don Carlos esire to rebuild Spain as well as ate such men as Weyler.” ARMY T0 DISBAND will | and effectiveness as a provecutor had been de- | self to cross-examination upon the charge | made. The ‘red book” kept by his trusted friend, Mr. Hopkins, and which set out the m—— SAYS HE DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN Healer Schlatter Shows Up at Boston. TELLS A PECULIAR STORY | DESCRIBES A VISIT TO THE REALMS ABOVE. He Was Commissioned, He Declares, to Return to Earth and Utilize the Divine Power He Possessed. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, April 21.—Schlatter, the “di- vine healer,” is in Boston. He says he has come to make the blind see, the lame | walk and the sick recover. Schlatter is not the “healer’s” real name, nor does he g0 by that appellation. He is the Rev. Charles McLean, M. D., who, according to his own lips, is the Schlatter of fame. Schlatter is the German for “sleeper,’” and the name was given him, he says, by the Germans of Denver, Colo. In every detail “does he tally with the description of the famous “healer” who went into a Western desert in 189, after several fail- ures to continue his wonderful cures. From the day when Schlatter dropped from sight, to bury himself for forty days, people have disputed his death and “resurrection.”” The bones of a man sup- posed to be Schlatter were found on a ‘Western desert, but Dr. McLean, in an interview yesterday, sald that when he buried himself his soul visited God. His body was ‘“under the earth of the barren soi the spot he. will not reveal. The soul, he says, was “Instructed by God to come back to earth, join the waiting body, for both to rise up, go the path formerly trod, and on the way utilize di- vine powers for the benefit of mankind.” | Schlatter has consulted certain city au- thorities as to his desire to bury himself for forty days in this city with the per- mission of the Board of Health, his grave to be watched by persons in authority and members of the press and others who | may join. He does not stipulate how deep | he wa the | g1y ingly the strife against all wrongdoing and | single bill of indictment upon which Quay was | tried. | I had thirty fallures in one d: | he shall be burfed, but says sixty feet is agreeable to him. His sole purpose is to convince the unbelieving that he is “a chosen representative of God alive.” He makes the claim that by his powers Rudyard Kipling was saved when every one else gave him up. While the eyes of the world were watching for bulle of the author’'s death and the docto labored without hope, Dr. McLean says. called upon by an intimtae friend Kipling. was implored by this woman,” he told a reporter, “to save Mr. Kipling if it were 4n my power. I ked God to grant the woman the request as she had faith in my powers. Mra. Kipling, I wi told, knew of the other woman's reque: The world knows that Kipling was if by hand stretched out by God’s hand, in truth, that saved him. “This knowledge,” he continued, “‘was not intended for the public. Up to a few years ago 1 never used the extraordinary powers God gave me to any extent. You all know of my cures in Denver and the crowds that visited me. One day I found my power to cure the sick and make the blind see and the lame walk had left me. ay he- lieved 1,had offended God in some way and I said to him, ‘I will do penance.” T went into the desert to bury myself and fast for forty days. I did so, and when I lay buried for a few hours God command- ed my soul to_come to him. I saw God of Mr: 47 and told him I felt that I had offended | him. He said this was not so, but that | “You shall go | he desired I should rest. back again and continue your work,’ he said.” The reporter asked how heaven looked. “That is sealed on my lips,” he swered. ““God will not allow me to say what I saw or what he told me. I am| like Paul—'T saw, but cannot tell.” I stayed in heaven for forty days and got thoroughly rested. Then God commanded me to return. My, soul joined my body in the desert grave. I rose up and started on_my renewed mission. western plain, near Denver?” ‘Yes, but they were the bones of some unfortunate.” “How does God look ‘“He s not in form or shape, and is visi- ble to the senses only.” “To what influence do you ascribe your wonderful powers?"” “That T do not know. God selected me as his disciple on earth and told me to go and give aid to the deserving.” “What were the most wonderful cures you have made : “‘Bringing two persons to life. In 1886 I was in London. Behind Dr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle a man named James Gibson lay in a trance, but he was in reality dead, physicians and medical men failing to bring him to life. I succeeded by lay- ing my hands on him and praying. The other case was of a woman named Helen McColl—a Scotch woman. She was dead forda.”day. the death certificate being is- sued. “I have been offered $1,000,000 by Armour to build a temple with. Andrew Carnegie has made a similar offer, and so have nu- merous other rich men. They all had some selfish purpose. They wanted the temple named after them, or in some other way they were to gain distinction by thelr gifts. Because of this I refused. Andrew Carnegie is an example of this money-giving class. They must reap some benefit.” While in New York the divine healer cured Richard Croker of two diseases that had baffled the skill of the best New York physicians. Croker, he says, admits -this. The cure was performed at the request of Mrs. Croker. Mr. Croker gave him $5000, the use of Tammany Hall, and Tam- many Hall gave $10,000. GHOULISH COMPETITION OF THE UNDERTAKERS Death of J. D. Brooks at Los Angeles Closes a Disgusting Incident. LOS ANGELES, April 21.—The scandal- ous efforts of certain undertaking firms to secure a “shipping job” in the case of an Invalid tourist not yet dead were in- creased to-day, when J. D. Brooks, the unfortunate whose case was noted in previous dispatches, passed away. Mr. Brooks was for many years head clerk for the Carnegie Steel Company and was paid a large salary. It is said an ac- quaintance of the sufferer several days ago went to a firm of undertakers and promised them the job of embalming and preparing the remains for Eastern ship- ment when death should have come. The Carnegie firm a few days ago sent $200 here to defray the funeral expenses and the fare East of an acquaintance who intended to accompany the body. The local council of the Royal Arcanum, an order to which Mr. Brooks helonged, had, however, declded on other arrange- ments. When the Invalid died this morn- ing an officer of the lodge telephoned to an undertaking firm to take charge of the body. The firm immediately sent a wagon and representatives of twoother establish- ments who hoped toget the case passed up- stairs just as the corpse was being taken away. Wrath and disappointment were depicted on the faces of these enterpris- }nfi réersons when they saw they had been oiled. The remains of Brooks will be shipped East on Monday, and with their departure will close an incident in which ghoulish rapacity was the chief feature. Death of l;rs. G. W. Hamilton. HEALDSBURG, April 2L.—After a lin- gering illness Sarah Woodworth Hamil- ton, wife of George W. Hamilton of Stony Point, died last Sunday morning. Her husband, to whom she had been married forty-three years, and nine adult chil- dren were with her in her last illness. She was 58 years of age and a native of g&lfi,‘m came to Sonoma County, when a an- | s l:ew ifo and tone to the skin; besutitying DROWNS HIMSEL IN HORSE TROUGH Healdsburg Capitalist Ends His Life. {H. M. WILLSON’S SAD DEATH THE SUICIDE EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE. | Ties a Heavy Weight Around His Neck and Calmly Lies Down in a Receptacle Filled With Water. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. | SANTA ROSA, April 21.—H. M. Will- | son of Healdsburg, one of the county's oldest citizens, committed suicide at | his home near that city this afternoon. For some time Mr. Willson had been in a precarious state of health. Several years ago a cancer made its appearance upon his face, and this, together with his advanced age, is supposed to have ; brought on the despondency which i caused him to take his life. The method chosen was unusual in the extreme. Shortly after having fin- ished his luncheon Mr. Willson repaired to the barn yard in the rear of his resi- dence, removed the handle from a heavy iron sledge hammer, tied the huge piece of iron around his neck with a piece of bale rope and calmly lay down in a large horse trough filled with water. When found an hour or so later life was extinct. H. M. Willson was well known to al- most every resident of Healdsburg, and had In addition a lange circle of ac- quaintances throughcut the count For many years he was a director of the bank- of Healdsburg and he had long been prominent in business and financial circles. Of late years he had paid comparatively little attention to business, his eighty-four years weigh- ing too heavily upon him. He was well supplied with this world’s goods and leaves considerable valuable property. Two grandchildren are left to mourn his death. STOCKTON’'S PROTEST. Differentjal on Grain Objected To by i the Mill City. | STOCKTON, April 21.—Th men propose to take u the new freight sch warehouse was no meeting to-day to discusss the dif- 1 on grain between Stockton and ancisco, but there will be to-mor- row, when the committee to represent the Stockton ware pointed. This committee the Railroad Commissioners on Monday. The warehouse men at first hardly credit- ed the new deal with the yus import later _investigation brought out. T warehouse interests here are too hea to be put in jeopardy without a strong fight before the Railroad Commissioners. 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