The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1899, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL AUGUST 20, 1899 BLOWS DEALT BY McCONNELL KILLED FRANEY O R S e e S e o The Coroner's Jury Blames the Fighter. SHOCK FROM BEATING FATAL DEPRECATES GRANTING OF LI- ES FOR CONTESTS. - SNS Jerdict Also Protests Against Officers for Protection of Exhibitions in the Future. 1 at the said James Fra- 1 27, nativity Ireland, occu- n pugilist, residence 210 Clara in this city and county, came ney, patic street, death at the City Receiving | al on the 17th of August, . from shock following injury, we do further find that the in- which death resulted by Frank McConnell ht conducted under the the National Athletic AUSPIcC of Associatic This jury also strongly deprecates the g » of licenses by the Board g\.pP"\‘&O‘s for such contests con- pecuniary profit. also protest against loaning rs to the protection of hts, the evidence in this case at thirty out of the thirty- five patrolmen in the Mission district were required at the fight at which this man was killed, thus leaving the e Mission district perfectly un- protected for five hours. Ro V. Watt (foreman), Daniel Meyer, Leon Blum, B. J. 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Mr. Watt s given by the victor, red to him. ived the the National the floor was i padded pillows ¥ ” asked Mr. W ;x\. o oot nw'. eir duties were 2 d . Ta I\r'l[ ep the man by a the sles r, another that was a_ doctor, another a lawyer, an- Judge, i so on. There were rolmen in the Mission dis- y of these were on-duty at Danny Need- Jordan I Hiram ainers wer told the jury \\‘v\r he had the organs in good conditiol that there pleuritic adhesior probably would not have been d on a su- ficial examination, an examin- he fight, insisted was nothing the matter with d that he was in perfect condi- | tion Herbert Choynski tended the inquest of the club Arthur Mack at for the di- — c————— Ocean Water Tub Baths. 101 Seventh street, corner Mission. Salt water direct from the ocean. SEEKS AFRICAN KINGSHIP. A San Francisco Negro Lays Claim to a Throne in Portuguese West Africa. James Jackson of 16 Scott place thinks he is the rightful King of the district of Kabinda, in e of Congo, West petitioned the King ce him on the throne g Jackson's xwtlllun That_he the District of Kabinda, In the State of Congo, West Africa, of -the age of 40 years; that he is the only son of the late King Jackson of Kabinda, West Africa, and as such is entitled to succeed ) the throne of Kabi English vessel, and Lagos, Africa, ish Bros. of nester, ~ England captain, and later succeeded by one Russe t your petitioner ved in Francisco and has lived here Jackson is now dead, and your petitioner Is entitled to relgn in his st f sks the intervention of your roy nent to the end that he s lawful rights and forthwith holding such na’ sovereignty of is well informed of and alified to perform the high nctions incident to the crows spectfully submitted, b JAMES (X) JACKSON. mark. f Kabind TH REE. MHNUTES NAB: 823 Market streef, 5. F. ALES & BRUNE, Agents. F.—(Send for Circular.) > | posed branch lines of the MAY HAVE ONE MORE LINE OF OrientNot Beyond the Santa Fe. e RIPLEY CAME TO INSPECT THE VALLEY ROAD PROPERTY. e | The Head of a Great Railroad System Discusses Matters of Vital In- terest to the People of This State. i~ | PRESIDENT A distinguished party of Santa Fe of- terday from tour of n- after making a over the Valley road. It consisls P. Ripley, A. F. > board of directors, who i in this city some days ago from a pleasure trip to Honolulu and went down the road as far as Bakersfield to mect President Ripley and ompany him ba M. Barr, third vice president; W. zes, purchasing agent; John Play- er of superintendent of machin- A“i..u 8 n, general manager of the A Ford Harvey of vice president o; Bissell, superintend Valley road, their noted guests m to this cit hen y in the offices of | the Vall dent Ripley said that the gener of his visit to the| coast w r the property which his road had acquired when it orbed the Vall - and see for him- elf th neral state in which the new tment_was to be found. Not only | was this his object in coming here, but | he wished to acquaint himself by perSonal | inspection with everything connected with the Santa Fe as well, In regard to the often mooted propos tion that the Valle road acquire a ; 1al point in Oakland, Mr. Riple | that it was altogether too early to di { All the cnergy of t , for the present, direct- smpletion of the plans of the Valley road branch as far as they are now laid out, and secing that that Toad gets into San Fran anuary. What may happen after that, he he did not know, i steps had been taken toward that might be construed into an attempt an Oakland terminal. °Mr. Ripley had practically the same au- swers for questions pertaining to the pro- Valley road to- ward Sacramento and to tap the fruit raising country in the vicinity of Winte It was altogether too early in the game ! for any definite plans in these directions to have been formed, though what time might bring forth he not prepared to The Santa Fe system was out for aid, and would certainly g0 0 be found. Even if it apparent that another line of trans c steamers would be a pay- ing investment the Orient would not be considered too far for the Santa Fe peo- ple to stretch from this port. say where The freight line that the Santa Fe al- runs from San | ready owns, and which | Diego to China | veritable mine that the suc that has attended this venture may tempt its owners to compete | with the Pacific Mail for flw freight and | passenger business out of Francisco, particuiarly since the acq n of the | Philippines by the United States has | opened up such a new and extensive fieid of commercial research. e line to the Grand Canyon is being shed with the utmost vigor, and though work on it is not being done by the yet they with its owners e R people, inte agreement which promise them a very fair slice of the busi- | ness it 18 expected to do. Mr. Ripley will probably visit Point mond to-morrow and inspect the work that has been accomplished there, | p'\rliculJrly that on the big Franklin tun- nel. He will then return to the city, and | after a day or two devoted to general | matters he will return to his home In the | Bast. THE WOMAN IN BLACK. rs. Ray Mills Is Held to Answer on a Charge of Burglary. Mrs. Ray Mills, “the woman in black,” who is charged with systematically steal- fng from rooms in hotels to satisfy her craving for morphine, had her prelim- inary examination before Judge Graham day on the charge of burglary for ng into the room of Mrs. C. M. Gorham_ in the Hotel Stewart August § and stealing a purs The witnesses examined for the prose- ir. and Mrs. Gorham, Mrs. Stewart; Isabel Donnegan, steward- ess at the hotel; Charles A. Stewart and Policeman Joy. Mrs. Gorham described the coins in her purse, which was found on the defendant when searched, and Stewart testified to finding the deféndant in the reading room and keeping her there till Policeman Joy arrived. Miss Donne- gan, the stewardess, testified that she thoroughly_cleaned out the reading room two days before the burglary, including the fireplace, and no Keys were in the fireplace then. Six skeleton keys were found in the fireplace after the defend- ant's arrest. Policeman Joy, who arrested the de- fendant, testified that on the way to the City Prison she offered him $10 to let her g0 and increased the offer to $2) before they reached the prison. Reel B, Terry, who appeared for the de- fendant, did not offer any evidence and the Judge held her to answer before the Superior Court, fixing her bonds in $2000.' here is another charge of burglary llgainst ber yet to be heard for breaking R OCEAN STEAMERS HERE| Walker, | Kansas | went | have entered | ROWDIES ON THE FERRY STEAMERS 10 BE ARRESTED Warrants for Forty of Them. 3T GrROOM. FIANAGER oF Tue (NATIONAL ATHLETIC i/ ’«//// o MAIL STEAMERS REACH PORT PERU FROM CENTRAL AMERICA WAS QUARANTINED. C—— | Dr. Kinyoun Refused to Allow Officer Cohn Aboard—Manuel Lopez Coor Stood Up and Robbed by Uro Footpads. REFEREED 3 The harbor police are trying hard to break up a gang of hoodlums that is en- dangering life and property on the ferry steamers. The gang is composed of about fifty or sixty young men who work on this side of the bay and whose hom are in Oakland, Berkeley and Alamed. They meet every night on the 6 o'clock [ boat and as soon as they are aboard be- | #in their devilment. Many of them work in the foundries and their pockets are always filled with nails and bolt heads. These they throw into the crowd and numbers of people are hurt every night. Another favorite trick of theirs is to throw ripe tomatoes among the people, and still_another is baiting the Chinese pns*eng(‘r% Two or three times a week they cut the line that keeps the passen- gers back while the apron is being low- D R S | into the room of Mrs. A. M. Buisley, Ho- e ] Yty ot | éred _and then rush ashore before the e, - s avnt steamer Is tled up. Friday night they knocked two little boys down In their rush and the crowd following on behind nearly trampled the lads to death before they were rescued. ‘Warrants are out for all the ringleaders and yesterday Tony . Caster, an iro worker, and Rob Wiiliams, who works at ST e U LB i e Two-Headed Calf. Two important additions have been made to the zoological collection at | Glen Park—a double-headed calf and a big baboon, one of the largest of its | Shreve's, were arrested. They were kind in the country. In the free |charged with disturbing the peace. Every theater at Glen Park to-morrow the bill | night for the next month two police of- will consist of the following_ artists: | ficers will travel on the 6 p. m. boat and equilibrist; Waldo and Elliott on the | (a8 8T8 Ok SH0 & ¥ ¢ TR double flying trapeze; Miss Ada| The steamer Peru, from meamn, and Sweeney in popular ballads; Hugh Ro- | the Aztec, from the Orient, reached port maine, the celebrated tenor; Edward | yesterday. The Peru was quarantined, as Olcott, the clown contortionist and one of the passengers had a mild casé of acrobat, and Little Rosie Bennet, the | Yellow fever. The ship was fumigated child wonder. and about 4 p. m. went to the Mail dock. She was twenty-one days from Panama | ana way ports and brought up twelve Foresight. siecrage passengers and the following in “Doctor, I want my bill before I'm | the cabin: e alle 3 ‘August Frahm, Mrs. B. M. Caral, Le- perfectly well. nora Ode Rivera, Adela Rivera nk “Any special reason?” Yes. You know how it hurts to pay | for a pair of shoes after you've worn them out.”—Chicago Record. , Charles A. Reno, W. P. Mc s, Otto Rhemolat, Jesus Escobar, resa Rivera, Maximo_ Rivera, D. Alzeuta, H. B. Turner, Mrs. M. E. Felton, B. M. 0- Alteration Sale The reputation, of never disappointing the public has been particularly valuable upon this occasion, for never in the history of San Francisco has any similar sale been such a success as this one. During the coming week we shall give just as great bargains in every department as we have in the past four days; therefore, it will pay those who have not supplied their wants to come and see what bargains are beingoffered, Ladies’ kid Gloves odd sizes and colors Made by Maggioni and Trefousse in glace” and suede, button or mousquetaire; fitted if desired and guarnteed; former prices $1.50, $2 and $2.25, now on sale at 75 C a pair Dress Silks Checks, stripes, plaids and brocades, all good shades and desirable patterns; worth $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75, now on sale at 75C a yard Chiffon and net robes for street and evening wear, reduced Ladies’ combination suigs, cot- ton and wool mixed, all sizes in black, natural and white, a bar- | from $45to $22.50; from §35 gain at to $19 50; from $25 to $1.50 a suit $14.50 Ladies’ black lisle ribbed hose with double heels and toes in white, worth goc, for 25¢ a pair Hungarian cloth in many dif- ferent designs and colors; 32 and 36 inch, formerly sold for 12} and 15¢, now on sale at 9c a yard Ladies’ alpaca skirts in colors and black, reduced from $3.75 tog3to . $1.50 each Baby’s caps in lawns and silk, well made of good material; during the sale reduced to half-price 3o S 125 to 131 Kearny St. Don’t hurt a bit! Try it! Electricity. EVENINGS until 9. Sundays all day. 113 ”” s n- VAN VROOM painicss extractions 997 Market St., Corner Slxth GEO. W. KLEISER, D.D Without Specialty. We give gas. ADVERTISEMENTS. HIGH NOVELTY BLACK FABRICS! We beg to announce the opening this week of our NOVELTY BLACK DRESS GOODS for Fall, 1899, and call special attention to our ELE- GANT WINDOW DISPLAY of EX- CLUSIVE EREREH NOVELTY DRESS PATTERNS. We -have also opened up an im- mense stock of BLACK ENGLISH, FRENCH and SCOTCH CHEVIOTS and SERGES, from the best manu- facturers, the prices of which are a0c, 75c, $1.00, $1.75 per yard. $1.25, $1.50 and 1892 13, 1s, 1T, 19, @a%%%% 121 POST STREET. Caral, Antonio Rivera, D. Erb, Allan T. Shadden. United States Quarantine Officer Kin- Wolfskill, youn and State Quarantine Officer Cohn had a clash again over the Peru. When Dr. Kinyoun found there was a case of fever on the vessel he pos to allow Dr. Cohn aboard. The latter vowed he would quarantine the ship for fourteen days, but she docked neverthe- in under charter to aisha and brought over ut no passengers. led for Manila | 8517 tons of cargo, The transport Siam with a load of mules and horses for the Government. The trip will be made as quickly as possible, as the Government wants her to take down another .oad be- fore her contract expires, The transport City of Puebla will be ready to sail for Manila this week. Cap- | tain Thomas of the City of Topeka will g0 out in command of her. Captain Olsen | of the Orizaba will take Captain Thomas’ place on the City of Topeka. Captain Harry Goodall will resume command of the State of California on her next trip. There is some lively betting among the pilots as to who will bring in the Sherman with the California boys aboard. Captains F. W. Jordan, Swanson, Murphy and Ty- son each thinks he will be he lucky man. Their chances are about equal, as ali will_be on_the outside station. 'Captain Jordan took the boys out on the City of Peking and he says the job of bringing them In is his by right. says that he will bring them in because | luck is his way this month. Murphy and | Tyson are saying nothing, but each is confident that he will pilot the boys m through the Golden Gate. Manuel Lopez of 405 Pacific street was | treated at the Harbor Receiving Hospital | early yesterday morning for some bruises he received from two footpads while on his way home. The robbers accosted him at the corner of Jackson street and Mont- gomery avenue and wanted to know the time. ~As he took out his watch _they knocked him on the head and robbed him | while unconscious of $10, his go.d watch and a photograph of his wife. Lopez was formerly engaged as a stenographer for John Wanamaker and is going to Ma- nila to act in a similar capacity for the | Government. The police are on the trall | of the robbers. The committee h'l\!nf.’ in charge “the night on 'Frisco Bay"” is badly in need of a lot of oil and M barrels. The hulks that are to make the burning ship dis- ay have heen procured. but oil and tar AR AT e B up a good combustible cargo. Anybody who will donate any of the articles required will corfer a great favor by telephoning or writing to Chief Wharfinger Henderson | or Assistant Chief Wharfinger Dryden. ““A night on 'Frisco Bay” Is going to Le the biggest thing of its kind ever seen in | California. —_———— ELIZABETH FLOYD'S WILL. She Intentionally Disinherits Her Son, Thomas L. Floyd. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd, who died on the I5th inst., leaving an estate valued at $3000, was filed for probate yes- terday. Prior to making bequests, Mrs. Floyd says: “I direct that the pending | litigation to determine the validity of a deed allezed to have been made by me conveying my real estate to my son, Thomas L. Floyd. and his issue be prose- cuted to a finality. I bequeath unto my said son and his iSsue the sum of $1, share | and share alike, but otherwise intention- ally exclude him and them from partici- | pation In my estate.’ § " The bequests then follow, which are: To Mary Smith, a sister, her wearing ap- parel, household furniture and $500; to John Prior, a brother, 0 resides at éek, Nev., $l to James G. : t0 Mayd Phalalan’of Cherry 500; to the daughter of Henry Phalaian. $500; to Daniel Fitzgerald, $100, and to Mary Ann Rogers. $00. The re due of the éstate goes to Mary Smith, de- cedent's sister. —_————— Suicide of a Chinaman. Woo Scn, a Chinese domestic servant in a house on California street, committed suicide last Friday night by hanging him- self in the attic. He had been on a spree for several days and the reaction came in the form of remorse and melancholia. —_— e An 0dd Fellov- Injured. Norcross, &) A few evenings since W. F. past grand of Apollo Lodge, 1. O. i and fraternal journalist, while walking along O'Farrell street, near Mason, stum- bled over a piece of Tumber left on the walk by a careless employe of a con- tractor in such a manner as to be an ob- struction. Falling heavily to the walk, ively refused | the | Alec Swanson | Mr. Norcross was badly hurt about the head and face, ining 'a fracture of a splitting one of his lips and cutting h on the side of his head. | —_—e—e———— | Ladies’ tailor-made suits, fur capes, M. Rot 334 Post st cloaks. | Creatt. | ———— Followed Him From Russia. I mons for Judge Dunne 1 Abraham Nlinac a Russian cloak s issued a sum ich, | presser, ordering him to appear and show use why he should not be punished for | contempt of court having refused to | comply with an order of court and sup- | port his first wife. Mrs. Nlinadovich claims that her husband deserted her in | Russia some ve: e to this | country, procured a d fraudulent | means and married another wor he | followed him, located him in Chicago and then again in this city. She established her claim that she was his legal wife and | the court ordered him to pay her alimony. It seems that he has disobeyed the or and hence the p Baby’s turn now, but tor this week only. THE J. NOONAN FURNITURE COMPANY (Inc.), 10171023 MISSION STREET, above Sixth. Phone Bouth 14. 0pen Evenings, Always Good Tea Big Presents At | Grreat American [mporting Tea (o's Big Value Stores. STORES E YWHERE. 100 STORE: DR.TRAVERSE, Skin and Venereal Diseases, DONOHOE BUILDING, 1170 MARKET ST., COR. TAYLOR. Rooms 28.20, Hours 1to 4 p. m.