The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1899. 3 IRFULDEEDS OF ABDUCTEDBY A * HIOTERS IN |N|]IA1 MERCERARY AUNT Fifty Vallages Looted | An lncombetent Youth‘ and Burned. ‘ Taken Away. | oty e VICTIMS H-CKED TO PIECES HIS FATHER IN PURSUIT AND THROWN INTO THE FLAMES | VAST FORTUNE INVOLVED IN OF BURNING HOUSES. THE SON'S ‘OSSESSION. i Ears of Opponents Are Cut Off In in Case of His Death the Aunt Is the Order That Earrings Might Be Beneficiary, and Berious Mo- Obtained Ly the Fiends tives Are Attributed to More Expeditiously. Her Bold Act. The Hu 28 FAlL REMEMBER k of con- in the other one lac UATION ng MLV ETTIISNOD CONS1 what has fatled. STOMACH l)()"’l()l\ S“’L.\\'Y The Cld Relicble Specialist. 22 Years’ thelr new meth- :t knife, truss <—a painless, Experience.) DISFASES OF RECTUM 10ids) In LG\lAbIOUS BLOO"I POISON and all diseases of the bl mptly and oroughly cured trace poison eradi the system forever, restor WOME - h and purity. Y323 1A fully deseribe your symptoms WRiTi ic and honest b ot .+ of charge Oftics Hours undays—10 A. M. to 12 M. ARY AND sigdion o | ESPIC'S GIGAHETTES ur POWDER Paris, J. ESPIC; New York, I FOUGERA & C0. EOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Kestores VITALITY LOST VIGOR, o AND MANHOOD | ures Impotency Night Emissons aod wasting [ diseases, all effects of sellabuse, or excess and 1] indiscretion. A nervedonic and blood-builder, | W Brings the pink glow to pale ‘heeks and res | stores the fire of youth. By mail 500 per | A, box 8 boxes for $2,50; wih o writen | N guarantee to cure or refund the money. © the Toard of Flection Commia- | Bemita Medical o., GHnton & Jackson sts., @hicags, | B L. Baldwin & Co., Druggists, § Market, 8. F. ELECTRIC; BELTS the aforesaid elec- d upon the Register of as an_elector of and inct wherein he claims Office open from 8 a. m. PPACHER, Reglstrar of Voters OOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOO o* PALACE **o BT P L SGRAND HOTELS ° A N G connected with SBAN “RANCISCO. L ° Connected by & coversd passageway. ° asticulars ° 1400 R00m=—900 v: h Zath At:ached. O R All Under One M ement. o Address O PIERCE ELECTRIC 00., 620 Market St., O EBurepeanPian.§1.00 per day snd upward O Opposfte Palace Hotel, S. F. American Plan. 80 per day and upward [+ Correspondance Solieited. [- [} o JOEH 0. KEIREPATRICK, Manager. QOOOOODOOOOOOOOOOO D NOTE TEE PRICES: Ohichester’s English Diamond Brand EHNYRGYAL PILLS A PERMANENT CURE of the most obstinate cases of Gonorrheea and Gleet, guaranteed in from 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. 7 S druggists “riel 1. 10,000 Trriimooinls. m&.‘.flwdmmuu. Madlson bq Nliyul Loce! Draggtsta. l‘llll AuA.") F DR. PIERCES ' GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY FOR THE BLOOD.LIVER.LUNGS: NEW wx-:s'nmu HOTEL, | | an pla i | uoto 5"-5‘2‘& & o §30 month. *Fres baths; hot | | &nd’cold water every room: firs grates in every | froom; elevator runs all nlth ’ | 4 W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIO AND ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Tenth Floor, Room 1015, Cllmuzrm‘.keh Bld. Telephone Brot Residence, $21 California st., below Powell, Ban Francisco. | elally teen feet from the anchor braces, { and | and then died. BALLOTING AT SAN ANDREAS FOR A GODDESS OF LIBERTY. D ERCRE SUB SR SO SO o Miss B R AR o e S S AN ANDREAS, June 20.—San Ar will celebrate the )mlnr th as never before. The Na- Parlor hes flnm)unckd festivity and from the ndications row v are going to out- do all expectatio . The bosiness houses will be decorated; Main street arches are reet. A mam Sons’ ¢ of 1wth pavilion and speakers’ stand is being constructed in Poplar Grove. A tug of war contest has been ar- PROTECTION TO | | NEUTRAL STATES Amendments Made by Canadian Outrages on Peace Delegates. - TEN CLAUSES ARE ADOPTED ENTIRE FLEET . SESSION OF GENEVA CONVEN- TION COMMITTEE. So Far as Arbitration Is Concerned Dominion Transportation Companies Case Is Dismissed After Their Story t Is Believeu All American Plans Wil: Be Defeated by Conference. — - ctal Dispatch to The Call. THE HAGUE, June 20.—The Brussels confe e sul mmittee of the interna- tional peace ¢ renee convened to-day, r de \I artens of Russian dele- siding. The drafting commit- was amended in regard to ater protection to mneutral states, defining the rights of civil popula- tions to organize for resistance and tie as toward armed civil- ] es of the report wers ted report of the sub-committee will sented to the conferen r d that nearly all the po: new articles z armies wh now be p is beli adopt th structions for field T ention committee aeld a =) Ma- Geneva conv plenary port ¢ to consider the Captain day han of delegation Irew attention to mission of an defining the ex atus of wounded 1ling into the »d up by neutrals also proposed three additional articles, which were referred tc drafting committee. v { delegat Persian Mini cked me tle z , Dr. Mirza R! ter to R Kha moved to change the Red Cross emblem to a white flag with a red sun The ple c conference - met to adopt these ulh 1 articles and appointed a general act em- Geneva conven- first definite re- to draw up ort of the This is the of the conference, 1INGTON, June vi ved_here from a high authority he effect that the conference at The Hague probably will be redeemed nom: tnally from failure through on the ay committer hodving the tion section. sul agd- rw.n\ framed s row the field of mat | common talk | the hand | being put forward at the instance of the duced to seize the go before the arbit 4 make it_little more than arbitration name. The attitude of Germany is said to be only a little in advance of that of some of the others in opposi the plans submitted, and the dis: is | more general than it appears on the sur- face. As for the other projects that were espe- desired by the Americans, such as of individual property from sea, they have all been irre- lost, according to this report. protection selzure at deemably PLANTATION OVERSEER IS FATALLY INJURED Herbert W. Dickey Dies From Wounds Received While Putting in a Cane Trolley. HONOLULU, | June 13.—Herbert Dickey, an overseer on the Haiku Maul plantation, met with a frightful accident on the 7th inst. and did not recover from injurfes. The Halku Sugar Compan 1e trolley had just been completed being put to use that day. The end of the wire cable was anchored to two pieces of 6x6 scantling, six feet long laid about two feet deep, upon which w a strain of over four tons, being the ten- sion of about a_half mile of the cable. Herbert Dickey had charge of the anui part of the plantation and wa with H. A. Baldwin, the manager, to see t all went well. " About 11 o'clock_he was sitting on some cane trash. with Mr. Baldwin standing beside him, about fit- while me Portuguese were trying to draw the little tighter. Look out!"” one of the beams flew out of its trench and struck Herbert Dickey square in the face, crushing it in a frightful manner and knocking him senseless. The young man lingered for ten hours He was but 24 years of x\g and was born in this country. Senes g il FEDERATION IN AUSTRALIA. le Suddenly some one cried Voters Favor the Establishment of the Proposed scheme. SYDNEY, N. 8. W., June 20.—The refer- endum on the federation question has re- sulted in 11,045 votes in favor, as against 10,551 opposition, in the city of SVdney. In the suburbs the voting was 24,458 in favor and 25,048 opposed, and in the coun- try districts the returns, now practically complete, show 65,697 for federation as against 44,015 F osed, The result has been received with great enthusiasm gnd the federation leaders are applauded and eulogized on all hands. W | the earth gave way | | | | being registered ana, 255|E D.WESSON - 1 > B D D DD DD PO BB O - > D +1zed hetween Mokelumne Hill strong n y8 and the San Andreas glants. The contegt for Goddesa ¢ Liberty has waxed arm, o candidate's frionds are golng down Into thefr pock- ets and buying votes. Ladies from varlous parts of the county have been Vuud for, and the three young ladies who now head the list are: Miss Annie M \u']\} 4. Mliss Maggle Casey, 297; M e Wesson, Miss McSorley is a s ster of District POLICE T0 SEiZt RIVER STEAMERS the Yukon. G IS DOOMED o—i SCBEME TO CRUSH AMERICAN COMPETITION. o Retaliating for the Recent Cut in the Rates to the Klondilke. g Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., June 20.—N recelved here to-day that the seizure of | the river steamer Kilburne by the North- | western police reported by those who ar- rived on the steamer Tees was but the | preliminary step to a far greater seizure. The whole fleet of the Upper Yukon gation Company to be seized launch, nd nine river steamers charge which the Kilburne w ssted that she was carrying s without being licensed - given for the seizure of the othe vessels, which are to be taken at the in stance of the Canadian customs by the police, is that they are plying moreover, they are American ves has been paid on them. story told by some of = in the Yukon transportation busi- there is something behind the pro- » of the Upper Yukon Com- 1y's fleet. As will be remembered, it was this company that initiated the rate war which brought the inbound fare down considerabl if the stories which ar t Bennett are to be believ the customs authorities is is on was The are con- traband, as and no dut nes: jected seizu of transportation lines, whe of the big Canadian fear the rivalry line The Upper s @ » company. Yukon Navigation Company d by A. F. H It cut s from $100 to zon Mr. Phelps was struck b Started the rate war which re- | riders and thrown to the ground sulted in the establishment of the ridic- | Stopped his horses and went to the ulously low rate of 310 to Dawson by the | ance of the injured man, helping him to dian Dev mpany. The | the wagon and taking him to his home ward raised by a combi- M thought that by using | lines, but the Upper bicyele riders could have | 1 out of the com- to again precipi- tate a r. To avert this, it is al- leged, toms people have been in- teamers. INDICTED FOR OFFERING A BRIBE TO A JUROR “Big Dan” Coughlin and William Armstrong Must Answer Serious Charges. CHICAGO, June 20.—To-night the Grand Jury voted indictments against “Big Dan’ Coughlin of Dr. Cronin notorfety, and Wiiliam Armstrong. Coughlin was Indicted on the charge of offering a bribe to Juror J. F. Taylor, who sat in a land condemnation case In which the Iilinois Central Rallroad was interest- ed. He was also indicted with William Armstrong, his bartender, on a charge of conspiracy to do an act prejudicial fo the administration of public justice. ‘The punishment prescribed by law upon the conviction of offering & bribe is a fine not exceeding $000. The punishment which may be Inflicted upon conviction of con- spiracy, as embodied in the pending case, is a term not to exceed five years in the penitentiary or a fine not to exceed $2000, or both. Coughlin. it {dentified to-day by Taylor and a ho: messages to Ta marked bills wh is stated, was Juror positively Taylor, Mrs. o had been sent with . and $45) in it is claimed, he paid to Taylor as hush money after he learned that the juror had spoken to Judge Tut- hill of the matter, was also produced in evidence. W lor's hous h, Loa TO GET OUT OF OHIO. Standard 0il Company Will Remove Its Headquarters. CLEVELAND, June 20.—The Standard Oil Company is preparing to get out of Ohio. Its headquarters will be removed from this city to New York and on the 1st of July its Ohio charter will be given up. The office here will be reduced from about sixty men to about a tenth of that number. The recent incorporation of the company in New Jersey, with a capital of $110,000,000, was the first step in the aban- donment of Ohlo. Virgil P, Kline, the at- torney of the company, stated in an inter- view to-day that there was no desire to escape litigation and he scouted the idea that Attorney General Monnett had driven the company; from the State. e Yellow Fever at Panama. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 159, by James Gor- don Bennett. PANAMA, June 20.—According to an of- ficial bulletin published here to-day there are only seven cases of fever under treat- ment at present. S an il n ai e ol S e e e Sl SR son s e i without | American-owned | LEGAL CONFLICT | OVER A CHILD |O. A. Lowe Gains Partial Victory. * e @ +|DIVORCE DECREE MODIFIED @ - - + FATHER GIVEN POSSESSION OF k3 LITTLE LUCILLE. ® Soogeed O (o . . . P Having Won This Victory, It Now ps Remains for Him to Wrest the @ | Girl From His Former ‘| Wife. @ i . 3 Special Dispatch to The Call. ¢ | WOODLAND, June 20.—Judge Gaddis @ has rendered a decision modifying the ¢ | decree of divorce in the case of Lowe @ vs. Lowe. The domestic infelicities of 4 | 0. A. Lowe and his divorced wife, Hat- @ te E. Lowe, have been described in The % The case has become notorious © | on account of the prominence of the ¢ | principals and the sensational flight of “ Lowe from the United States, in . - to id the processes of the & | court. * In November, 1895, judgment was en- o | tered in the Superior Court of Yolo + County in favor of Mrs. Lowe upon L |her cross-complaint to Mr. Lowe's omplaint for divore It ordered ¥ at Lucille Lowe, a minor child, be o | awarded to her father with the proviso TS, times and should be Another “that in the that Lowe, at certain unc ain circumstances entitled to enjoy condition of the McSorle 2 and her many 1n San Andr as and Mokelumr Siohave =0 far kept her In the lead lievent of the marriage of Mr. Lowe 5o Caooy 5t : Sedai much of the dec as ated to the Casey of San And e has many | mueh of i = < o promise to S their | tody of the child hould be null and ed ¢ e co = e o s aicdionathelcoyet After one of these stipulated monthly visits Mrs. L tinely left the United State th her the Hon. Frank is to be presi- e r after the dent ahd Judge R. C. Rust orator of S 5 Dt el The Metropolitan Quartet will ,‘,.',’,’,,“I,{ grofuin. ,,’.I,,"‘l.“l.“:.':, BHEh Ononal o ition, but the Attorney General of did not encour- gaining posses- islands of r ndwish method child. months Mr Lowe and { the child again disappeared and all trace of them was lost until 18! hen ‘ Mrs. Lowe was located in DBriti Co- lumbic She wa ered under the ‘ name of M Simpson and later the tlull w found in a convent school in | Spokane under the same name | In the meantime a writ was issued from the Sup v Court of this ity | Men Who Ran Down Mr |citing Mrs. Lowe to appear and show | [ why s should not be adjudged | Phelps Go Free. gullty of contempt of court. After | much difficulty this writ was served | e During the latter part of ythe writ w ser d cit- EVIDENCE NOT CONCLUSIVE appear and bring with her motion was granted B notice served upon her attor- JONES, SAMPSON AND KENNETT neys and the clerk of the court, she re- siding out of tie State. ARRAIGNED. d to obey the citation and B S ddis rendered the decision h refe 1 to. The modification of the decree has 3 not yet been prepared, but it will pro- | O R PemGl s S @ vide that Mr. Lowe shall have absolute | los Is Told to the control of the child. Just what proceed- ings will then be taken in order to re- Court. | cover the child has not yet developed, | ——— | but it is probable that Mr. Lowe, | | ! through his attorney, C. W. Thomas, Special Dispatch to The Call. of habe Il apply for a wr REDWOOD CITY, the June 20.—Justice of | Hannon this mor ge of manslaughte Jones, Sampson S i e G b th of Timothy Guy On the morning of that vas run down by a tan- > ridden by Jones Sampson Peace Jame ed the ¢ arlos. Kennett had passed Mr. Phelps without accident, but the tandem | struck him in the back, causing him to all and strike on his head, from the ef- fects of which he died on the morning of June 11. The young men surrendered themselves to the authorities of San Fran- cisco as soon as they learned the result of the accident, and were brought to this place for examination. They obtained release on bail last «d_in court this mc took the |\l other than the Im—lrhl Aumlm\ the !t:ll- 1 themselves. He testified t y'clock on the morning of Ma on his w; to the ranch of Mr. Tor whom he was working, he met Ar’ | Phelps near San Carlos coming south along _the county -road. Coming _in | the same dir on as Mr. Phelps, and a | short_distance behind him, the tan- | n ridden by Jones and Sampson. ibout opposite the rear wheel of M When without danger, the | tly wide at that place. | nes and Sampson testified in_their own | f. They said they left San Fran- | cisco between 5 and 6 o'clock that morn- Ing for Los Gatos. They met Mr. Phely T San Carlos '\m! could easily ha passed between him and the milk wagon that they met at the same place had he | kept a straight course. Just as they were about to pass he stepped toward the cen- | ter of the road and immediately in front | of their wheel, rendering the accident un- | avoidable. They had no intention of in- | juring him and in fact slowed up their Wwheel before reaching him. | Frederick Kennett testified that he wa riding a single wheel in advance of th tandem and that he passed between Mr. | Phelps and the wagon. As he passed he | called to him to look out, meaning to glve warning that another wheel was coming behind. He said the tandem had a bell which he thought could have been | heard above the noise of the milk wagon. | The defendants had witnesses present to testify to their good characters, but the court thought it unnecessary. The Dis- trict Attorney believed the evidenc would not warrant the holding of the de- fendants for trial, and the court dis missed the charge. SAN MATEO COUNTY’S ‘ BICYCLE ORDINANCE == The Rigid Regulations Designed to Pre- | vent Accidents Because of i $l 2 §o frock suits Carelessness. | REDWOOD CITY, June 20.—On account | of the many accidents that have occurred | in San Mateo County through the care- lessness of bicycle riders, the Board of Superisors has passed an ordinance that | went into effect to-day. It provides: No person shall ride or drive a bicycle, bi- cycle tandem or other vehicle or machine of a | similar character upon or along any public street or highway within the county of San | Mateo unless the feet of the person so using or driving said machine shall be kept on the | pedals o the machine when in motion; the practice of coasting or scorching being hereby inhibited; nor without a warning bell, whi onust ile ounled whileapproaching cr ‘pass- ing over a street crossing or intersec when approaching pedestrians or vehicles or | horses or other bicycles or other vehitles or machines of a similar character. No person while riding a bicycle, bicycle tan- \ dem or other vehicle or machine of a similar | character upon or along any public highway | £ within sald county of San Mateo shall have fastened to or drag behind said machine any | bush, log, stick, post or any other thing that shall trail or drag along or upon the public | highway. The ordinance makes it compulsory | to carry a lantern or lamp with a light burn- | ing therein of at least one candle power, be- | tween the hours of sunset and sunrise of the following morning, and bicyclists shall keep to the right of the roadway when approaching and passing teams. For violation of the pro- visions a fine of not exceeding $500 will be im) or {mprisonment for not more. than |§ have to sell them at one-th Suit kept in repair The frock suits are all-wool| || made dressy suits. $12, fall—now $7.75. J six montl $15.00 sack suits for . S FOR REALTY WORTH A MILLION Major Pico Claims Part of San Jose. L et LAND WAS SOLD FOR TAXES Ll BELONGED TO THE LATE GOV- ERNOR PICO. Soags Residents of a Thickly Settled Dis- trict Styled ‘“Squatters” in Legal Documents Soon to Be Filed. e Special Dispatch to The ¢ JOSE, June 20.—Major Jose Ramon son of the late Governor Pico, will shortly try to recover $1,000,00 worth of the best business in this city, which he by squatters pared, and it ed within two weeks. 1se of this city is one etained by Pico. The suit will cause ed Papers is said suit will ternation among the property-owners it is doubtful if the majo! enough to en- joy th for a long and determir must be fought rers will band together and move, and Some express ¢ land ¢an be recovered, to the e W ernando nee south with Antonio, thence to City' Hall plaz: M: TR rth § a rnando to Fourth, 1ikes in much valuable 1 f F' property. past and west s t Tate o oh da under lawy his land will be deeme One is the violation of > contract which had been made 1 for the care « the pro the payment of taxes. g had been rented P. O. Minor i A peric y vears at a rental of a mon t T for the property and pay axes. | Minor paid rent months ¢ then abandoned it. Majo then in the service of the (1 The, which the ( con- tested. y for a site for was never other the city's right Armor Plate Tested. ASHINGTOY There hnlm!‘ ended was & plate tapered inches in th nter ar: or-pierc feet, penetrated the second, a_Holtzer a velocity of 1800 feet, he plate was not cracked plate £% inc nor-piercer, with ated 9 Ir nd t > test ADVERTISEMENTS < Those “carried-over” suits : that we have had in the store since last fall are money savers for you. We ird less than usual prices to hurry the sale—we need the room they now occupy—our new stock is coming. “carried-overs” are : $7.75 ..89.75 TOL oo+ We will protect you on these suits : Money returned if you want it; or free for one year. Sack suits are all-wool Scotch cheviots in blue and black. Wellicheviots and tweeds in brown 50 last|and gray mixtures; single and |double breast ; $ 15last fall—now $9.75. Out-of-town orders filled—write us.