The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 20, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1899, WALL STREET BEARS | SCURRY TO COVER New York B;ni(sgtay the Panic on "Change by Unloosing a Golden Stream. e was | | a com- Wa the nes s on the immensa . this morn- adequate to | and great ns of men approache: and op and the scramb floor of the ex- xtricable con- m tio brokers one. the le the level is h very sub- re made of veste . The day's advan way from two to twelve the prominent, active stocks. 'FAILURE OF LONDON AND NORTHERN BANK e directors g the’ failu sertions regarc press e di- litles. rise discount > 8 market terday’s that rate icrease of the will the tions on the Stock Exchan marked by a serfous amount There was a buyers many thora of hard to °s were such an of actual will pl were t . 1 In pric parts . cely dfs: b v have 1 vhich ment: At , mmittee of ¢ . Herr Kock, 1l situa- ank had diminis han in ing the it had rease in 186, » 1 in the bar NATIONAL BANK OF rate PORT JARVIS SUSPENDED WASHI —I‘M: —~Word has the office of the Comp- rency that the National COLUMBIAN IRON WORKS IN A RECEIVER'S HANDS Unable to Meet Obligations Aggre- gating Four Hundred Thousand Dollars. BALTIMORE, Dec. 15.—Judge Phelps in ty Circuit Court to-day, by consent, ed Harry A. Parr receiver for th HOW WOMEN mbian Iron Works and Drydock Com- Mr. Parr gave bonds for $100,000. wh Parr, the has sub- to many obligations, now tween $375 nd $400.000, 3 % cluding about $172.00 in promissory notes = the clutches | hold by Baltimore banks indorsed indi- £ o of ¢ by former Mayor Willlam T. ent of the company, by Vries ogeler the president of ‘the Company, which as- nd by the petitloncr. 000, indorsed by the d and by Charles M, already matured and others are about to becuuse DY AN ¢ The cash to meet Its mj has no avalla »bligation: ie butlds up not | “'he company’s answer says that it has e clalm against the Federal Govern- e tsm. but | ment for work done by it in constructing he entiré sys- | vessels. and if suficient time be allowed tem as well. | to finish the work under existing contracts and some method be devised by which 1t acquire the money necessary to com- its work it will be able to pa tions. It therefore consented to a fver. rec | M. MARCEL-HABERT | IS UNDER ARREST Seized When He Appeared as a Wit- | ness Before the Chamber of relieves all Deputies. | pain and dis- tress,"a%a| PARIS, Dec. 19—M. Marcel-Habert, | quickly b member of the Chamber of Deputles for the HUDYAN aliays | Ramboulllet, who 1s one of the defend- strength 1o | Ui in the conspiracy trial now in prog- headaches (1), | ress before the Senate now sitting as a under eyes (2. | high court, made his first appearance be- Jitation of heart | fore that tribunal to-day. He was imme- digestion (5), dlately placed under arrest and impris- ther complica: | oned. B { | i BERI-BERI ON'A BARK. | nic uterine and ovar- i back, nau AUD- o wirge. """ Three Deaths Occur Aboard the Alex- druktst. 500 a | ander Lawrence. | 2 e - et A, I | LONDON, Dec. 19.—A dispatch has been | rect 1o the HUDY A >Y CO., cor. 8 recelved stating that the Norwegian bark | ton, and Ma an Francisco, C: Alexander Lawrence, Captain Dahl, from | Ship Jsland September 14 for Montevideo, | CONEULT HUDYAN DOCTORS ABOUT | has arrived at her destination with, beri: YOUR CASE FREE OF CHARGE. CALL OR | beri on board, and that the mate, a sea- WRITE | man and a boy are dead. yne of Philadelphia, it is said, ‘are by banking institutions in the Quaker | City. Of these notes about $2,00 have N0 WOUNDS 0N LORRANES BODY Officers Certain That He Was Murdered. SAN Taylor. 19.—~When Sh i1 and Cora Dej Eden reached Carson Canyon to-day they found the body of Peter Lorraine, the old woodchopper, who disappeared on May 1 last, lying in & clearing on the hillside, with one hand raised toward heaven, as it mutely Invoking ve ce from the powers above on the head of his s g the body lain for el long while £ parties have 1t . Now that tl 1 the man be- disap- forced to has peared, and the admit that the chances of his apprehen- sion are ind slight. ] discovery of the remains was made Pedro Sals, an Indian who went to 2nos, the fore camp, last Su v Sals was given ‘ormerly occupied by Dier and rench Pete” and t to work in the vicinity of where the was found. He returned and in- os of what he had seen, where- foreman repaired to the s: wo Swedes. Verify the Indian' . Enos returned to his house and shortly afterward went to San Geronimo riff Taylor. f the body to-day signs of violence ex- by been made with a rifle or a club. The faflure to discover any signs of how the man was killed shows nothin; as only the bones rem . Lorra might have bee 3! s or chok: a hown. Corone to_town and The inquest lor brought five men here to at the inquest to-morrow. e John Enos and_son, n Pasqual and John John- A dramatic scene occurred at the gue shortly after the remains were there. Charley chino, better French Charle an old man whom Lorraine at ma tried to kil an & asked to see the body. His d and hardly had he exclaime vou once tried to kill me, but I all now. Dier has done for you 1t, as 1 knew he would.” ing to the officers Machino ex- plained that he knew Dier and Lorraine had frequ quarreled, and that once Dier went to San Francisco and bought a revolver with the declared intention of “doing Pete up.” The old man was de- | tained as a wity PROVING THAT ROBERTS HAS A TRIO OF WIVES Many Utah Witnesses Give Testi-! mony Before the House Special Committee. pt a hole In the hat, which might have | roing at 10 | he threw up his hands | The place where the body was found l't) ab 1000 yards from the group of cabins | and 200 yards from Lorraine's cabin. It is only thirty. or forty feet from the sled road used in hauling wood out of the can- 3 As Dier was a Strong ma 1 Lor- raine weighed only about 135 pounds, it would ha easy feat for the sus- t to c# nch Pe! to the pla - to have dragged him there appeared in the m the weather w. £ fcials deem it a surprising » odor of the decomposing betray the presence of the fact and others have ¢ Dier may have actually he was not In 1558 appearcd, before th xplanations regard- cious circumstanc e County Jail he 108 knew more about the reabouts tha Paylor has beeh unable to lvery effort will be made to locate him, 1t is believed that if he should be con of the crime he might be able to sh the anuthorities with Informatfon ning the previous tragedies which given the canyon the name of the tlack Hole of Marin.” it is believed that Taylor and Eden now nce tendi clear two of which cannot be thor- ed without the knowl of facts Dier is now supposed to hav his possession. Ei theory by a persist 1 que il or to this refusal to answer saying that the Sheriff has tions, YDA ADDIS UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE Generally Believed That She Is the Author of a Number of Libel- ous Letters. anybody | { McDougall, NTA BARBARA, Dec. 19.—Yda Ad- is Storke, whose of attempting to murder was dismissed several days ago and who is now serving a year's sent in the County Jail again being car fully watched by the jailer and the Sher- ir's offic For some time complaints e been made to the Sheriff by per- sons who have received anonymous let- ters, charging them with the filthiest | things. Young girls have been accuse of intimacy with men of questionable character, while heads of familles hav 0 received pretenses of warnings. Al- most every one who has recei these letters was in some way directly or Indirectly with the ed one of connected libelous letter case. Mrs. Storke has been allowed to send 1d receive let at will and none en tampered with by the Sheriff's of- fice. She has also written letters to per- sons in this city, in which she accuses the jailer and Sheriff with gross and crim- inal negligence ing that the female prisoner ve been allowed to in the same cell, and other offenses reports reached the Sheriff's offic close watch has been kept on Mrs, > for some time, and it was in this it the officers were convinced that » was again sending out libelous let- ' DECKER ISLAND IS AWARDED TO HANSEN SUIST filed against Ross Hansen by Hugh Glas- sell was declded to-day by Judge Buck- les In favor of the defendant. The suit involved the possession of what 1s known 75 Decker Island in the Sacramento River. The Island has gradually been forming in the river since 1855. It IS near the west bauk, and the property on that side is owned by Glassell, the plaintiff in the case. He never took direct the island, although he occastonally pas tured some cattle on it and erected a few wire fences, The island gradually in- creased In size untii it finally reached the tern shore and became apparently portion of the plainti n 1877 the d w. to Hansen as swamp or o and for the last four or fiv regularly emplo; a s property. ¥ s he has d men _to improve it. On’ April 10 of this year Glassell filed an ouster and the case was bitterly fought in the courts, with the result that the deciston was rendered in favor of the de- fendant. The Island now consists of about seventy acres. PLEA FOR CHINESE SAILORS. Dewey Renews His Request That They Be Admitted. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — Admiral Dewey has renewed his request that the battle of Manila ma to enter the United States free of restric- tions. In his letter to Secretary Lon, which has been forwarded to C(ongri without comment, Admiral Dewey s that it is doubtful if more than a dozen of these Chinese would care to avail them- selves of the privilege, adding: “But it seems to me that it would be only com- mon justice to give it to them.” ————— Calendars for 1900. “Californ'a Voilets,”” “Golden Poppies™ and *“California Wild Flowers” are the most popular calendars for 1800; price 50c each.' Catalogues and price lst of all kinds of calendars furnished on applica- tion. Sanborn, Vall & Co., 741 Market st.' be given the right . Dec. 19.—The suit in ejectment | notorious | | LIVES LOST N NEMENT s {INGTON, from 1 day be- fore the committee of the House of Rep- resentatives which s Investigating the case of Polygamist Roberts. They includ- ed Mrs. L :lla Miles, a pract physician of Salt ke City; Mrs ugall, E. L. McDaniel and S. L. Salt Lake City Mr. esent and conducted the cross-ex- amination Mrs. Dr. Miles was the first witness. She gave her profession as that of a physician at Salt Lake City and a member of the Medical Society there. She gave the details of a call she made at the house of Mrs. Dr. Maggle Shipp Roberts on April 12, 1597, relative to some medical soclety affairs. She addressed Mrs. Shipp Roberts as “Dr. Shipp,” whereupon, the witness sald, she was interrupted with the remark “Doctor, you can call me Dr. Robert: Mrs. Roberts went on to explain, the witness said, that she had been married to Roberts for several years. She asked that the medical soclety mail sent hér in future be addressed to “Dr. Roberts,” not “Dr. Shipp.” Subsequently the witness called at the house, and after a time Roberts came in and was introduced. She could not recall whether there was a specific Introduction as husband or whether his entry was with such familiarity as to indicaté a marital status. When Roberts cross-examined the wit- ness she repeated the same story. After the witn had stepped aside Roberts submitted an objection to the ef- fect that this testimony related to 187, whereas the committee had no jurisdic- tion over him prior to his becoming a member of Congress. hen you contend,” sald Chairman Tayler, “that the testimou should be confined to polygamous practices subse- quent to March 4, 1sw? 1 do,” unswered Roberts. “The objection will be noted,” the chairman. Rev. S. k. Wishard was the next wit- n He gave his business as that of superintendent of the home missionary work of the Presbyterian Synod, embrac- ing Utah. He knew Roberts and Mrs. Dr. toberts and related his figst meeting with the latter in September,’ 189 Ths curred, he said, on the train at Manti, Utah. ' He was in the car with Roberts and spoke with him. A lady sat beside him and he beckoned to her and then in- troduced her, saying: “Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Wishard.” On_cross-cxaniination Roberts brought out Wis! sition te Mormonism and the “Was Robert roduction refe Not that 1 kn “Was he insan “I do not know."” “What pos Roberts, ting himself Ir who opposed him? The L responded i 1 reason, 1 Roberts have had for put- then,” as a position with one he could not explain reasons re] ted that the facts were as state Mr ria McDougall testified that on July 4, she was on a train and Rob- erts and Mrs. Dr. Roberts traveled on the sam his Mr: Ro ce I heard Mr. Roberts introduce anfon as ‘my wife, testified and repeatedly as “Mrs. com, erts Fdward McDaniels, former mana of the Salt Lake Herald, was examined at considerable length, mainly on the politics and convention affairs pertaining to Rob- erts' nomination to CONgress, while managing the Herald, h versation with Roberts, in the course which Roberts told him he had three fam- ilies. y, in 189, the witness 1entl another cony ting convention Koberts. The aid th the nomin: rumors against he thought this lin ot prove effective. as he would court an ttack as to the plurality of wives, On cross-examination McDaniels said he had opposed the n of Roberts. Roberts asked the rsation prior ative to ter said t T Did not Koberts state at these conver- sations that Dibble Roberts lived t of the State “I do not recall it,”” answered the wit- ness. “What Roberts did say,’ the witness continued, “was that he was not gullty | of the crime of polygamy, as that crime had been defined by the me Court In the taking of plural wives, thus making a i g m unlaw habitation.” aid his retirement from the Herald s because he did not efend Roberis while living in poly relations condu W 1 to mous the Gentile representative, ed the direct amination, L copy_of an editorial by Rob- New Era relating to polygamy its Biblical status Roberts presented a formal objection to timony on general lines alreac The commitiee then took a recess, At the afternoon session T. J. Brandon, a resident of Centerville, Utah, where he had been Postmaster and Probate Judge, at he had known B. H. Roberts Smith Roberts and He knew the chil- dren of Louisa Smith Roberts—five or six in number. Celia Dibble Roberts also had ix children, if he remembered correctly. He knew that on the morning of August 11, 1897, it was currently reported about Cén e that B. IH. Roberts had twins born to him by Celia Dibble Roberts. He had seen them frequently since then. He also gave circumstantial detalls of other children of Ci Roberts, who, he said, were recognized in the town as the children of B. H. Roberts and called for the mail of Della Roberts Dibble nd occasionally for B. H. Roberts while the witness was Postmaster. On « examination the witness said he knew nothing bey 1 general repute; n introduced never called at attended a t made h saying h Roberts, as he was the “whitest” man of the two sides. He had voluntarily Sepa- rated himself from the Mormon faith On redi t examination Brandon told had not b and had said he ha to Celia Roberts the house. He wn meeting and would_vote for of a_funeral in the family of Celia Dib- ble Roberts. B. H. Roberts was present | at_the funeral. Afterward he saw the | tombstone at the grave of this child, | which read: | ., “Lena, danghter of Cella and Brigham H. Roberts,” in reply to Chairman Tayler Brandon Jossession of | surveyed and sold erflowed land, | |p sald_Cella Dibble Roberts now occupied the house formerly occupled by Louisa Smish Roberts, who had moved it o new house built by B. H. Roberts. B H. Roberts owned both buildings, according to gen: repute. While Postmaster, wheh one of 'tho Hoberts children calied or mail_for “father" he deliver : mail of B. H. Roberts. e Ray Brandon, son of the former witness, knew Roberts, Toulsa Smith Roberts, Go- of lia Dibble Roberts and most, if not ail the children. He sald it wax generally ed that the twins were born to Celfa and B. H. Roberts, and he had and talked with them. He ad seen Roberts about the Celix Roberts house, just as husband and father would be about, working around the house and barn. A short time ago. the witness s he was passing the Celia Roberts hou: when one of Roberts’ nicces presented the twins and said they were the twins of B. H. Roberts. He had seen Roberts with his coat off around the Cella Dibble house, He was personally acquainted with the il-year-old boy of Celia Dibble Roberts, | a alke ith as to p Chinese who scrved with him during the | AF i ped et The. ehimray oihe Dirth of the twins. The children Roberts -1 Celia Dibble Roberts ‘aunt.” The usual custom when such re- lations existed was for the children of one wife to call the other wife “aunt.” On cross-examination Roberts . brought out that the witness was absent at school for considerable periods, including the summer of last year, and his observations did not cover those periods. He had no personal knowledge of the marital rela. tlons existing beyond ~common repuie. When Roberts asked If the witness was not a %.mhu-r he answered in the negas tive. The witness, in response to ques- tions, sald he had been Aned twice for minor assaults. Schroeder stated that this closed the evidence on hand, and would be all unless of Louisa | the committee wished for further testl- of opposition would | Seven Charred Bodies Taken Out. Special Dispatch al. t | { | | | The | YORK, Dec -house sulted in the ueath 19.—Two early morn- s in this city re f ut least seven | | sons to-day. The greater loss of I mony. There were two other gentlemen | Sulted from a fire in the Mentor apart who' could testify, - if committee | ment house, at the corner of Third aven and One Hundred where five persons and nearly a doze destred more direct testimony it could be had orly by summoning the women re- puted to be the wives of Roberts. irman Tayler asked Roberts what nd Second stre were burned to death n more or less serfously Ch e sired to follow. He sald he kad | D3t ne. of, sullocation by s, but he had sc ment- | Smoke he wished to ,and he | PATR BARRETT, 3 of age. 0 Id arrive to-mc MRS. PATRICK BARR ears of Do you expect to | e stand as & witness? 3 nember ot the adiomities: JULIA BARR thelr six-year-old “I do not,” replied Roberts. | daugh RICHARD NICKERSO} mechan! of Cincinnatl, An unknown woman, about Delia At the request of Representative Mor- rls, Brandon Sr. returned to the stand and was asked by Morris as to the marital | repute of Roberts and Cella and Louisa | years ¢ years old ell Roberts The injured are: O'Co “There *h a general repute.” the | Kate Farley, %; Susan Mcadee, 60 witness replied. “It is that Celia Dibble | Barrett, 9, Mamie Scary, 23, Kate Roberts is recognized by the antire com- | "X 26. munity as B. H. Roberts’ second wife. few hours earller & deadly fire at- dealt with by the Mormon church | tacked the five-story tenement on Tenth second wife.” avenue, burning to death Mrs. Martin Fox and her child_George, two years | six_months old. The charred remains of both were found after the fire. Mr. Fox is a hackman and was not at home. The fire at One Hundred and Second street and Third avenue is supposed to e started in the c The bullding was oc w about Loulsa Roberts?" “She is recognized as his first wife." Brandon sald that the third reputed wife, Marguerite Shipp Roberts, had come there once to attend the funerai al- ready referred to. | The records of these marriages, the wit- ness sald, were in the Temple, which was upied by a liquor the only ‘Gepository of plural marriages, | Store on the first floor and on the upper He sald it was generally understood that | 0ors by families. When the fire ‘wus Roberts was in the employ of and paid | discovered by a man named Ward the by the church 5 | flames were coming out of the hallway This brought about quite a sharp ex- | The man could not enter the hallway, but threw o ge between the witness and Roberrs, | he ran into the street and “Do you not know,’ asked Roberss,|at the building. There was “that the Mormon church does not pay |in the front of the bnlhli.m; those ministering for 1t?"” Ward saw at the fourth floor winde “I know,” replied Brandon, “that the | Woman hanging on the ledge, the fire rank and file are not paid, but the higher [ ready having invaded her rooms ones are pald.” | proved to be Delia O'Connel “And is not B. H. Roberts in the rank | Was also climblng out of the window and file?"” | she had alrea been severely burned a “No, sir; you are considered as one of | half suffocated by smoke al- She 1. Her sister and 1d the influential ones, and at the time you | Both women were hanging from ' the were call)d down If was stated that you | Window when a hook and ladder truck received $1% per month from the church.” | came up. ‘The men at once put up 8¢ “Did not Roberts deny It." |and extension ladders ana e “T know,' sald the witness. the | At the fourth floor “that Bishop says he sends a part of the tithing | Mrs. Susan McAdee, 60 ¥ up there (Centerville) to pay you.” | 1 partly burned and dazed “Do you not know that none of the titn- | $moke, hanging out of a window | firemen tied a rope around Mrs. Mc. and let her safely down Three firemen caught the O'C women_in their arms, not an ins Both were badly burned ing is &ent there “I only know what the Bishop says.” Ray Brandon was recalled to gi evi- dence of general repute along the same By lines as his father. The committee de- |£00N. 2 clded to hear arguments in the case on | time many men and women were fournd January 4. In the meantime, during the | at the windows, having been driven out | of their rooms by the flame ho v recess a sub-committee consisting of all those in the city will hear other | A few of the people the rear, wi who may come on from Utsh, | Where there were fire Their coming s indefinite and no time is | Hook and TLadder Turpenny fixed for the hearing. scaled a ladder to the top floor, and found little Mary Barrett holding o | the window ledge. of flame A sh, GERMAN FLAG HOISTED e o tather. raat e stsies were burned to death. doctors say she cannot v May Seary | upper floor windows crouching in a cor- | ner, too suffocated by smoke and too | much burned to be able to help herselt. OVER APIA COURTHOUSE With the Transfer of Samoan Islands Comes News of Strife Among 3 en irst floor Dec. 15).—The German flag was hoisted | ment and tirst floor hallway. a over the Courthouse to-day as an official | that it was impossible to enter. notification of the annexation of the is- families on th per part of the v _agreement, to Germany. The | house fled to the roof, whence they easly Consul, on board the Cormo reached the street. The firemen on going interviewed by the Samoan ch through the house after the fire had been They informed the Consul that Mataafa | subdued, found two bodies at the foot o would be selected. Having declared their | the stairs on the third floor. The pesi- government established, the Mataafaites | tions showed that the woman had been are driving the Malietoans out of the |trying to carry her child up the stairs. villas. Trouble appears imminent. | "The damage to the building by the fire | was comparatively small. ol o~ i Earl of Tankerville Dead. 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