The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1899, Page 1

ESDAY, MAY 3, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VL,\A{Xi\'——NO. 154. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDN VOLUME TRIES T0 | 4 | FT (1L, THREE F T ACCUSED O REASON 1 ~ FOR ANOTHER LEADS 71 | ASHINGTON, May 2. — The|@-eé-e o eoeo-eded 46+ 0 0 00¢ . oeostsoeoe® I M 4 Postm r General has direct-! ? i I i 4 | ut of the mails for ’ i e ‘ ! nphlets issued by | | & | -0 &0 & O o ] v e S el +|Triple Murder Attempted by ®***°*° SEOARROERaRnT e 4 s t f the Anti-Impe 5 ® S * amphle by @ i P LN ! i . .| Lad. B i[‘ 93 Phe : soldiers tated |4 s ~ \ T @ o} L i ; SHOOTS AT CHILDREN 4 \ t . SRS, W / il 3 or no circur nee | + .l e | @ ® be forwarded by mail to | # ? o ih f + 1 s 3 3 | Vietims of the Depraved Youth's o ® X ni g ';‘ Race Wounded by a Charge |t | ; Mrs Virgine Hassell Mur- National | ® ¢ of Brdshot. [i%: ¢ ders Mrs. Wm. Hickman 3 e | 2 and Commits Suicide il e Sl L e e s at Stockton. M A : 3¢ | May 2.—Another of those | ¢ ) q, a young boy utterly de- ave | + | praved either by natural tendencies or | + b | by social contact tries to vent his ani- | & : ¢ | mosity toward companions came to| ¢ ? | light in this city to-day. A lad onl & > ? | fourteen years old deliberately at-| ¢ ) 0 ¢ | tempted to murder three younger play- | & )¢ ¢ | mates by discharging the contents of | ¢ R @ | a shotgun at them, because they 6 g ¢ | fused to humor him in some childish | ¢ stir @ | fancy. The would-be murderer has | 4 s * | been arrested It S i | Louie Ragio. the fourteen-year-old 1 ¢+ | son of a prominent 8 yof| { y incit ¢ | Santa Rita, a little vill -veral miles 3 4 | north of this city, was playing oh Sun- : ° & | day with several companions, ! = fot [0 ¢ | whom were David Prader, . i & | Thomas and Pearl Thomas. The latter . ¢ | three had been forbidden to associate | | 8 5 / & | with young Ragio, who was their elder J 3 EDWARD ATKINSON. S o e i D+ 0000000000004 PER TR AT ge laimed in the com-| ¢ munity boys that his influence ov the other | © s demoralizing. Ragio insisted | ¢ on being allowed to join them. The 5 boys objected to his presence, giving | ¢ P . . | s S k S = e e BripeIpals 1 Stockiton s Sen Ragio rushed off to his home, not far | ¢ away, and soon returned with a shot- | 4 SClthl')Cll Double Trqgedy gur Coming within a short dist B of the lads he m marks and then gun and fired at theém. “.“ THE DOCUMENTS ' ATKINSON SENT S TO THE SOLDIERS -0 OUO OO0+ +0-+-0+0601406-104-0 two years' service to shot. The small shot took effect about Philippine slands. 1 ~.V‘ e dea the face and body of each. Ragio was not the least nervous or repentant over PRA the result of his act, but calmly told entr d into en army or the volur ics, it will only ed by the circ he woman had & ere to er 1t will become plain e way to avoid the im- 00ps is fo 1stances surro sh people ver sought territorial accession except to the benefit | it of the peoples that came with it. The |k declared Alger the best ecretary of War the world has ever seen. nta Rita, the gio trying to ady ha to proc Cong 1 aggression s to W P it into possession | the boys he would teach them a les- . e 3, over Mr. Atkinson's signature: ~ | he would return in short order with a | Hadsell o CEDE e 5 I ho o SYoungten (af the Unftel SEalen] chargp of bile and “fix them. ! woman, murder rs. William ) The name of humanity are mow being | The three wounded boys were taken ETROIT, May 2.—The Michigan | were fought and victories won, unnnm bt il s compelied to serve in the ‘forcible annex- | to their homes. The would-be murderer | Society, Sons of the American | the lo: f a gun or a color. | then ended her own 1 2 ation, \\h\A‘r ! 1d not )‘;-; n vl:xr‘h,m {\’f,,l‘:; | boastfully told of how he tried to kill | Revolution, entertained the vis- | Continuing, he said | Mrs. Hassell was known “The 1ok 110 take part in a campaigh of | his companions, and only to-day, it is iting delegates, officials of the| Supposing they had a little beef spolled. | (ountess.” and Mrs. Hickman is said to : which he then sald ‘that by our | asgerted, changed his story by saying order and distinguished guests | what of it? If they had had b A P SRR morality would be criminal ag- | o Asctdontl TF. BOe Tialvoanei by 4 dmie A testure ;\1\]()\;3 ‘:\‘;_‘”“ Hawa :Ml.;'m.l.n. B on- | ction. . They = iiskoctistt] nob | deny this statement and assert | Which was of 1 interest was a | °ral e i "l locked in each 1ate a h Turde a r spee ) Genera Vesle Merritt, = % lit fi next n',‘unil e Ragio tried to murder them.. The | Speech of neralsviesIs e The people of the United States are an | SPonsibility f ( | 2 1ted conside ement | warmly defending Secretary Alger. He |1 | | f this nation has been hoisted over is plain to se while friends of the ded boys wer r own sub- 1t death. s Mrs The speakers chose the kman was - g0ty I e crision | as desirous that the culprit should be | jects, there being nc set responses to set Porto '“wl-'”"l'rh' P(hihwmf» in| through the left temple, and the m K1 0 AR of the Philippir s and without| o> ¢ : lands whose people have for centuries! geress. the Bed ok i \TKINSCN’S PAMPHLETS mak their ts citizens by | Punished. topics, Sndeamhossmeonley Siiaic | ezessithentenal 1 her own life with a OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS brin them under the jurisdiction ot{ The District Attorney placed'a charge| gecretary Alger began his speech with| Whatever else may.be, Seuted | Do o o onsn T A lemp) = AL v to save the against Ragio to-day and the prelim- | 5 reference to the struggles of ‘the Pil- | that as it has been raised in Porto Rico| The scene of t urder was now hearing will come up on Satur-| grim Fathers to secure “eq rights | and the Philippines thére it will remain. | the Leffer room 16 South H E : B o RCE, X —_— -- and religious freedom to all,” and al-| One of th: ands we hold in trust; the Su‘mr sirw"nl > Mrs. Has- 1 thos ST U L | luded to the heroic deeds of the revalu- | othersare o “The strife that brought | sell made her macy be- qtrenel Wil - : i stors of the so. | WPon this country the war with Spain | tween Mrs x Hassell an i The County | tionary patriots, ancestors the sc ;i et S D b : il = ey v batklos A toonight's enter. | Was not of our own seeking; the force of | had been a comment in cer- A beace c to-day decided to| ciety which furnished to-night's enter- | J55 A% B, A ne A N sodcen Shu S ! & the 1d to make a test ca w allowing fees | tainment, but he soon turned the at-| .niiv called for our aid. No human| : X s : in the tropics by lo township Justices. The Auditor was | (ention of his auditors to the more re- | mind could stop 1t It was to be. Mrs. Hi « woman with two r et i [t G e e T nat e ot et Lon et War with {Spain’ The . Secretary | ‘THers fs'not a Heartiin thaibysast of any | Childten: ajdaughts J. Smith and s { the way will be found for the K which was purposely allowed by the | spoke at some length of the trials of his | true American to-night whose puls s | related through marriage to one of the I S > | volunte 1a again will to | board, From this refusal it will be takes | jepartment in cquipping the great|do not quicken with pride ov leading f: Stockton. Of late et the f u | service |to the courts, which will determine | QCPaT g A RO achievements of our 2 and nz kma and relatives f : AN ir own after | whether the bills shall be paid according | aTMY SO hurriedly, and expressed hi hl,\ n: nt !r’ m» q‘r!’n, ”1” x‘u‘ T Mr Hickman's 1 and rr\,,..\rw 8 ) | to the law of '93 or '%. | gratification that ultimately “battles | volunteers and the regulars in the Philip-| have been makir uous efferts to : i i iy es have won for themselves the na-|keep the women apart. Mr Ir. | s R R S S e S R ] s crown. | All honor to them, and I| jover an opportur I | @ | hope and trust that Congressional action e s locu ¢ | shall give such recognition of their serv-| Lunt he Eshheniontipvind o | ic s shall show to them and to the | the ro - Durine the T world our apprectation of their valor. The | Week the r f Mrs. Hickman ping ; nation mourns for the families who will | Were congr themselves * that never again hear the footf: oss the | the p ere becoming less i tuated threshold of those they loved; but that is | with each other : e © | the sacrifice they offered, the sacrifice| Yesterday afternoon the two met, and : ¢ | they have made. : Mrs. Hassell said she had just received ; &| We are to-day, we hope, nearing the| o~ LN SO S s t o | end of the conflict and nearing the dawn ‘ ea et back hom B 1 L T | of peace in the Philippines, and upon | tended U b = e | e . . ! : ® | every lip is daily, yes, hourly, expressed: | IN& She wanted Mrs. Hickman to S <R in|® : : £ + | “What of the future od in his infinite | Spend her last night in Stockton with o] et v 00,000 : wisdom can only answi question, | her. She also went to the Smith home * emp, and | | and he has guided us t . and as his | ;nq made the same statement, with the sroducts | @ hand has been so_plainly. seen in the his- | * 2 ; g 1 the wred its | ¢ tory of the p twelve months we can | Tesult that the two started the t be- | & feel assured that as he rules, what is | private lodging house. The English ¢ t of the | ¥ right will be | woman was seen to mail some letters at £i8 ¢ : et Major General Merritt was the nmext | about 11 o'clock, and also purchased pa Y “call at XK speaker. Said he | some bananas at a stand at the same b mil n pa ti- | When we went to the Philippines there | time I 1 it un- | was only one course for us to pursue, viz il of the InmAtes of 15a o ¥ ans” turn | ¢ the course that has been taken up to the | NO& the dnmaies fof the Tl b em against the clusses who carry the | J present. Our navy had captured Manila | other than “Jack” Lawson, remember t the conkeript| 9 Bay and the army had to capture the city | having heard the shots when the which is eating out the heart of and we could not let go; and the prospe S5 e aen Hipes ; ® re now that the American flag will con-| (ra8edy was enacted. Lawson says 5 | ¢ | tinue to wave in the Far East that at about 4:30 o'clock he heard The army in the East. as I testified | two reports, a few secconds apart, but ! before the Investigating commission _in | qupnosor noise was on the stree 3 ¢ Washington, had everything the War De. | SUPPosed the noise was on the street s partment could furnish. We lived well and was a t of the Dewey celebra- ® and we did our duty, and we have no | tion. . apole ke or recriminations to i et ae ! | offe trageously abused ad. | 1ne discovery Srime Was 3 ne more for the army | to the une 3 irs. Hickman's ) . ¥ othe ninistration that ever | father over her having been away all ¢ 1 there were canned speeches ig] S, assell When e X i here to-night they would be better than NiSht with Mrs. Hassell. ~When th : some of the refrigerated speeches that we | daughter did not come to the store he . o have read. If I had a canned speech to | set out for the Hassell lodgings to in- 3 deliver. on this subject I assure you it| vestigate. He knocked on the door would not smell ; : : ® Arat e R and received no answer. The father 3 seneral Me rdvedd it Qadre | o S o 1 ] tary of War as the best Secretary of | 105t no time In breaking the door open & War the world has ever seen. He |and the sight terrified hi trely wiih the 3 added The bed was in the northw corner % be fexpeciid Porto | L cretary was ever more abused,|Of the room. Mrs. Hickman was on the l('ldl”qv! : It say ¢ Secretary h.\mmnn ood through his| the side next to the ing over e rightly nformea were abuse as the most fearless Secretary that ihaia it 0 Unitell Statesitioops at but | ever lived. We have now another Secre- e enn d toward : apparent ¢ e | & tary, who has made fewer mistakes and 1 left arm might take been more abused than any of his pred unde Hickman's head, capable 0 6 cessc He the confidence of all e % i i ? - aaas s Ia forcements were urgent . i 3 g cept a few malcontents. Through him | Caressingly, and Mrs. Hickman's left hich co d three regimel have L " : ” e < < ¢ | | has been attacked the President of the | hand w resting on Mrs. Hassell's r Hoar e L s e e I v { € | United States. He is almost sick at heart | bosom. Bos e United States.fo ent, to the 4 | at the weight of unjust obloquy that has o FE Tead ; for ppines are therefore now about| g & | been heaped upon him: but with no prom. | Mrs: Hassell's head tzown hack o0 '\' {-doutilb theindmbegioT b ugH ol eny sy « to make or platifudes to indulge in, | and her mouth was open. She was ly- sl peopenen | Mecempen e Snasemer e |2 Photograph Taken *After the Recent SEOrm @t f|wb oo i aiminisision: in on ner back. her Hght arm thrown hey think a government derives | making any allowance for the hotter and i % st el R don't think | gcross, near the face of her companion, ey ; cent of the | more pestilential conditions of the Phil- | 4 . * ¢ | Tt lever getiover it. I'm proud to belong | ‘s {1 iteor with which the double rs from the consent of the | {5rin . P&, nds “tne death rate In our | 4 IrKsSviiie (8] OWwWIin a ouse a AS | to thatpaitical taith. (s voice: “Youre | an glete s JuDe sot those ideas from th rces in the Philippines in the first year | ¢ ’ 29 | & Republican. but don't know it.”) But | tragedy had been committed had ap- the United State se | will be one-third, or about 5000 men,| ¢ . . { [T Hope‘the time will come when there Wi | LoScay st slipped from her 1t - matls Probably . large number will be seni | 4 Blown From Its Foundatlon and ( arrled | be no differences between Democrats and | BATENLIY Just Siipped from hor lifeless mpt o forbid free speech | home Invalide Republicans, at least_manifested against | fiNgers. a women Is to the people of this|, ' As these conditions must be known to | ¢ ¢4 | those whe rule the Government. 1 talk | was matted with clotted blood, and the nails to D 0 e T h oty e 10 | L T Bl k & |as a soldier. I don't commit myself to | pillo which they lay were satur- s been made, which I can- | through the records of the surgeon gen- | ¢ WO OC S. {|any complications that may ilead tg|PiLOWS on & pidms i ve, 1 think the people d al's office, the reason becomes plain | ¢+ | trouble with Germany. but I hug myself | ated. The doors and windows were all udc lhu, elves what to do about it. ‘ why volunteers enlisted for the Cuban or ' @-e—o—+ @ S R e -4 O 4O EO S TSSO+ 400040400 +0-¢0@ for being an American citizen, l securely locked showing that no one