The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 30, 1899, Page 1

The VOLL’)II} LXXXVI-NO. 91. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, OMMMM@@@@QQWMZ _CALL'S SUCCESS AROQUSES * INTERNATIONAL YACHT BRACE TO BE % < | S A EW YORK, Aug. 20. PN NEWS WILL BE GIVEN WHILE THE RACE IS BEING SAILED * joefesiooforforeoforiote . eofemtosforie: INTEREST IN THE EAST 1 S % % REPORTED BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Details of the Great Contest Will Be Flashed Through Space While the Rival English and American Craft Are Striving for Supremacy. -Encouraged by The Call’s great success in reporting the Sherman’s arrival by wireless teleg. raphy arrangements have been made by The Call and the Herald with those in charge of the ocean steamer Grande Duchesse of the Plant line to report from its decks by wireless telegraphy the international races between the yachts Columbia and Shamrock. commodious steamer to successfully carry it out are excellent. This is an event which attracts wide attention, not alone because it will be the means of obtaining earliest reports of the results of the cup races, but because it will be the first attempt to use the Marconi system in obtaining a report of The Grande Duchesse will be present at all the international races, and, in consequence of the important part she will take in the matter of their being quickly and accurately reported, will be conspicuous in the large accom- a great event. panying fleet. Experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of this work, and the facilities offered by the So many successful experiments have recently been made abroad and in this country by the Marconi system, which is to be used in reporting-the yacht races, that the purpose of The Call and the Herald will be appreciated throughout the world. Not only will the result of the yacht race be transmitted from the decks of the Grande Duchesse, but every |r;c1der)t of tbe races will be qulckly dispatched by w:reless telegraph ar)d forwarded to The Call over a special wire. CREETING OF NEVADANS T0 MR BRYAN : Receptions Tendered Demo- cratic Leader in the | Silver Sta'e TO CROWDS| Opposes Expansion and Trusts and | Stands by the Free Silver Plank in Chicago Platform. = / ;/ OPPOSES IMPERIALISM. Bryan Addresses a Large Audience d on any ity of the lists who | the never offer a home for our n. I P the people not less than $100,- P 00 » year, That money spent In reclaim- ¥ made g the arid lands of the West would frunish | Northeast - - RECEPTION PROGRANMME. Commlttee Decldes Not to Hold a Parade. Alvord, =t 30 =1 =X 3t Hon | - UNCLE SAW'S BATTLESHIPS : ‘Alabama Attains a Speed of Seventeen and a Quar- ter Knots. e Special Dispatch to The Call. HILADELPHIA, battles! turned hip this Alabama, Aug. which evening from 29.—The her builder's trial trip, made a record to-day as the |in the American navy, a speed of 17.23 knots. o the capes from Cramp's ‘ship 3 rd fastest battleship | having attained She ran down e | water which curled up over her bow, | but there was an almost total absence under natural draught In about seven | Early this morning she passed be- yond the capes and circled around for of the compass. " | west Lightship, off Five increase of | which was reached at 10:20 a. m. From An army of | that time until 3 o'clock between lightships. int it wiil \q long time while observations were be ing made of the sun for the correction | yoyrth leg her speed was run up to 17.25 The sky was clouded, runs the Southwest Fathoms Ba wer anc hours and there anchored for the night. | | ditions. | On the second round full force draught was wused, the revolutions " |being run up to 114%. On the | but the sun appeared reasonably | was 16.37 knots. On the return to the | bright. At 8:45 the vessel started from | Overfalls Lightship the revolutions the Overfalls Lightship to the South- | were purposely limited to 85 per min- Two complete lbmke high over the boat, spray dash- | inaries to a horse race, Chief Engineer | bon | course, re. | and showed beyond doubt that she af- 10 the Tronuois clubs tc o'clock to complete for welcoming Mr. B el el e el del el I 2ol et ] rounds were made. On the first 10314 revolutions per minute were attained, when an average speed of 15.25 knots were made, It was not time to make the runs un- der forced draught. Down in the en- gine room the oilers went over the ma- ments chinery by giving various parts baths of Oil. The stokers who were keeping steam up during the run were replaced by fresh men and while waiting for steam to be got up to high pressure, the bat- tleship described a number of circles and showed herself a very easy ship to | handle, her turning circle being re- markably small for a vessel of her class and disp After ary jockeying around the post for all the world reminding one of the prelim- Tone finally sent word up that he was | ready fer the trial. Pointing her big| | buff “nose into the teeth of the wind | again, the Alabama passed the light | with a rush, carrying a tremendous in her teeth. As in the previous her steadiness was remarkable forded a good gun platform. On she rushed, the propellers beating a devil's tattoo in the green waterwhich was hurled back at the stern as though shot out of a gigantic gun. Her for- ward deck was continually wetted by of the pitch which one might have ex- pected under prevailing weather con- knots and an average for the round te. A strong northeast wind was blowing, veraging thirty miles an hour and ‘hen the ship was facing it waves | boilers steamed e bridge forty feet ab . vessel, too, was light armored and She be- ver, ;md delight- Cramps, but the representatives cers were inter- e much pleased with the performa developed only a few minor faults. Mr. Cramp 's that there is no doubt the v will make 17 knots on her | trial trip. The contract calls for 16 knots and there is no premium for an excess. The Alabama will prob- ably be taken to Philadelphia before noon to-morrow SAYS AGUINALDO WAS SLAIN BY DEL PILAR HAMILTON, Ohio, Aug. 29.—F. O. Maya | and Z. Tang, Japanese tea merchants of | this city, A ay received a copy of the Shinko, 2 newspaper printed in 2, which contains a that has not yet be- come pablic in America. Under the head- ing “New Philippine Information” the paper prints the following: In the latter part of June, near San Fer- nando, Aguinaldo was killed by General Plo del Pilar. Pilar visited him to inquire about the death of General Luna and Aguinaldo answered that he never knew anything about this case and told Pilar to mind his own busi- ness. Plar then called Aguinaldo a llar and pulling a pistol shot Aguinaldo in the fore- head, killing him instantly. of the ship. The | vy and the engines | . F. TURNER SHOT | DEAD BY A VICTIM Famous Swindler Drops by the Pistol of a Man He Duped---A Life Replete With Fraudulent Practices and a Record Unequaled as a Confidence Man. fire. Four shots took effect, two of which were lodged in the back of the dead man after having r through the heart and liver. One shot gi ! the right shoulder, and another through the second finger of the rig hand, boring a hole in the lodging in the wrist. Frenr was certainly well done, for Tmnnr fell face downward, a bunch of deeds which he held in his hand dropping be- eide him as an index of his life acts which brought him to such an un- timely end. The documents were in a circular cardboard frame, and this well as the papers was perforated by the bullet shot. Almarin B. Paul, a mining engineer in the same office with Charles E. Greg- ory, was in a room on one of the cor- ridors leading off the main vestiblilar shots were hall-way. After the five fired he rushed out and | Frenna, who was standing distance from the supine b murdered man. “Who did t Paul of Frenna, as the | directions ,began tea s to the sc ways and who were ready to risk a lit- tle to gain much or a great deal to gain more. There are names on his books that would startle the modern money- lender into a waking nightmare at the bare thought of the possibllity of a botiin fraud being practiced upon them. In | ready answer of so much was this man great for he out- | him to come into h witted some of the shrewdest, keenest | harber did, withe s .. The and cloverest brokers that ever plied © was lgcked behind them and Paul thelr vocations in this city. | advised the slayer of Turner to deliver The man who cut short Turner's ill- | himself to the police as soon they savored career is now in the City |arrived. Frenna agreed to do so and as Prison, booked on a charge of murder. | soon as Officers Tracy and Ros He was apprehended soon after the |7 peared they found their m deed was done and was immediately | them. The body of Tur put under arrest. His first day in jail | moved to the morgue, where ar was perhaps the most unique of any | Was held by Drs. Zabala s prisoner charged with the most awful | after which it was taken to the parlors of crimes. Men who had never heard | ©f the California Undertaking 4 “om- the name of Frenna, but who had met v, where the inquest be h“.rl to- Turner some time in their business ca- by & jury selected from the follow- called and with outstretched | IN§ names: hands offered the barber any assistance L. Klau, enna. Paul then told room, which the reers of the firm of Haas Bros.: he might ask of them. Lawyers, mer- | Ferdinand Smith, money broker, chants and friends alike went through | Montgomery stree M. Lehi !'the discomfiture of a visit to the City | cific Telephone Company A. T. Spotts, { Prison to let Frenna know that they | California_Title and Insurance Com- sympathized with him and would do all | pany; T. E. Atkinson, accoun 419 F. TURNEL s dead: he will | in their power to alleviate his present | California street; W. H. Arm ;windle no more. After run- | unfortunate position. architect, 212 Sansome street: Gus ARG SHosmore. o A 2 2 | Sutro, capitalist, 324 Montgome | | ning a course of forty-eight The murder was not seen by a single % 3 S rodk - vears, twenty of which were | eye-witness, although as soon as it street; H. ss‘ Crocker, stationer, | vears, y Bush street; Samuel Th was consummated a group gathered | about the murderer and the dead man: | 321 Montgome Frenna claims that he shot Turner to | iRing man, death in self-defense, fearing that un- | R- Church, less he acted quickly his own life would | Street; E. H. Ladd, be put in jeopardy. The shooting oc- | Kearney street; M. E curred on the third floor of.the Crock- | Saler, 125 Sansome street. er building in the corridor directly in| Joseph P. Frenna is one of the many front of the elevator. Turner had just | names that J. F. Turner has entered left the office of his attorney, George |in his book of dupes. The barber first D. Collins, ‘and was waiting for the | met tke skillful manipulator of spe- down elevator. Frenna was on his | cious land deals in 1891, and then be- way to the office of Charles E. Greg- | gan a series of real estate operations ory, a short distance down the corri- | in which both men were inv: , with dor. | the result that Frenna is minus some According to the story of the bar- | $18,000 and Turner is no more. In May, | employed in wrecking the happiness of others, he met his death ‘\eslardn) morning at the hands of Joseph P. Frenna, a barber on Polk street, near Sutter, who has suffered | from the evil and crafty designs of a swindler, the subtlest and shrewdest that ever operated nefarious business schemes in San Francisco. Turner was shot down in the Crocker | building shortly after 8:30 o'clock yes- | terday morning. An hour after the news ran a riotous course down Mont- | gomery and up Market strect and there | was not a man who knew him that had Henry L. Prn(, Seymour street Pine importer, one single word of good to say. The | .. ag he was about to pass Turner | 1895, Frenna and Turner showed signs “nothing but good of the dead” Was | ihe jatter reached for his hip pocket, | of disagreement, and the latter was | ignored in the reminiscences of a life | ang thinking that he intended to draw | arrested on two indictments by the | that disclosed a history tinctured With | 5 pistol Frenna whipped his own gun | Grand Jury—one for forgery and the fraud and redolent with shady, criminal | oyt of his pocket and began firing its | other for grand larceny, both being | transactions. contents into the body of the arch- | caused by Frenna’s information before Turner did not practice upon the | swindler. Five shots were heard in | that body. The grand larceny charge was founded on the allegations of Frenna, who claimed that Turner had stolen deeds belonging to him. and an rapid succession. In fact each report was 80 hard upon its predecessor that it sounded like the rattle of musketry credulity of the foolhardy or the inex- perienced. His game was the men who had money, who knew of the world’s