The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1900, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXVII—NO. 43. @all SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. YOUNG ANGULES AVENGES INSULT TO HIS SISTER Decoys Her Traducer Into a Trap and Puts a Bullet Through His Body. Disguised in the Girl’s Clothes the Boy Entices Joseph Rogers Soares to a Fatal Evenin Oekland Office San Francisco Call %08 Broadway, Jan. 1L ISGUISED in sister's clothes Joseph Angules, aged 18 shot Joseph Rogers Boares at Ce »ung Angules was th to the story that Soares, but young act and was The south- ination of a he injured about th . £ | I had made a date with Minnie for him. - : that she was waiting on - im. Then I hurried home, | ¢ ' v sister's skirt and drew the = shawl around my shoulders and, with the Angules revolver that have always kept in s the house, sat on the porch waiting for ” Y | Soares to come along 1 | *He came all right about 8:30, and I got & . up and stood on the porch. I tried to | tke a girl, but he saw my big shoes, Boares 1 guess, and sald he didn’t want to ses ¥ me, but' my sister Minnie. Then he made ave you come around boy and quickly don- he procured a re- coming of Soares. ived he was met on gules domicile by the Soares penetrated immediately, and aln made a ge at young Angule €14 so the boy threw up the r ™ trigger e bullet struck & €t breast, and he turned ely agl- | g Tryst. |and ran to his home, dropping to the fioor unconecious as he entered the housa. Several doctors were called and found the bullet had lodged in the muscles ., next to the spine. Soares was sink- ing rapidly to-night and but little hope for his recovery s entertained. Joe Angules, when seen at the County 1 to-night, at first declared emphatical- hat he would ke no statement, be e his attorne Mr. Michels, and le Joe Rodriguez had told him his mouth shut.” nored their advice i talked . I shot Soares,” said Angules, “and | although I am sorry for it now, I did not do anvthing but wh ny man would | | have done for his sisters. Soares has been a mneighbor of ours for the past ten or ago he has been teasing met me on the road. He would pinch me and then tell me to ask my twin sisters if they would not meet him, and that he liked Minnie. He kept this up until I could stand it no longer “Last Sunday he met pinching me again he had nine horses me and began Then he told me that to attend to. d after that he would like to meet my sisters. asked him, not me hing wrong, why I couldn’t m = daughter and he said if ever he saw one of his in my company he would shoot me. Ha d differenc Annie and Minnie, was a tion. 1 knew what he ered it an Insult such as efore. ] asked Minnle to lend me clothes. I I was go! to disguise Minnie, and I told g to fool some one, but I t 1k Minnle knew what I was real- Iy £ ing to do. “Then 1 rode on my wheel to town Soares. As I jumped off my {\h‘rh(-“. me again and asked if d met wheel he a leap at me and I raised my pistol and shot him. He ran away toward his house as fast as possible, leaving his h »ot him there shoot him I couldn’t stand becaus outside, bu t any don’t blame me a bit. k . and any man wouid do that. the people thought An de did the d ris | their par | Some of shooting, because they all knew she was | agaipst him. “Of course, I am afrald I'll get the worst of it, because I have no money for lawyers, but I was not ol story if 1 didn’t want to. REIECTED AT THE ALTA Abrupt Ending of a Pretty| Romance at Santa Barbara. CARILLO T00 SPORTY Miss Lucy Ruiz Believed Simply to Have Yielded to Importuni- ties of Relatives and Friends. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. ANTA BARBARA, Jan. 11.—A wed- ding that was to take place here night between Michael Car- lo and Miss Lucy Ruiz termi- | ated In a most unexpected man- ner, as the bride refused to con- pent to the marriage after all necessary srrangements had been made. The pa- rents of the young lady had objected stror to the match, claiming that Mr. C lilo was not her equal; that he was inclined to be sporty, and they looked for & much better future for her—yet, with all thelr protests, she was determined to bhave her way in the matter, although she was forbidden to speak to him and a eontin watch kept over her to prevent any p of a runaway marriage. ¥or seve they have been kept in close communication by a system of motes delivered by a cousin of the pros- pective bride, and everything seemed to ght for the time when they nd and wife. ¥ a marriage license was rrangements made for a se. that night; a scheme was reby she might escape the yes of her relatives and when the deed had been done return and seek forgiveness of the plan worked excellently until they reached the residence of the Rev. Father Stockman, who, as ill luck would have it, been called to Loe Angeles, and with- his ‘consent the wedding could not place; the young couple were to return to their homes and forced to divulge the nature of from home. She then came asserted that she would marry r regardiess of the wishes of the and, though a strong Catholic, d to have the ceremony per- by a Justice of the Peace. Seeing no other way out of the matter, the pa- rente finally consented to the wedding. All day yesterday she was kept locked in a room and no one was allowed to see ber. Her spiritual adviser visited the house, but he was refused admittance, and was not even allowed to ask her in ber relatives’ presence if she had con- sented to become the wife of Mr. Car- rillo. Everything had been arranged for the eventful wedding and srrangements unsuspecting family. | | Svoce snans for them to meet at the church. The marriage was to take place at 8 o'clock. On arriving there the ‘b—rr-d the house and about the time the | ceremony was to begin Miss Rulz spoke | up and sata | “Tell him I will not become his wife | and for him to go home.” It was like a thunderclap, as no one was expecting anything of the kind. She was asked eat the words in his presenc she refused to do. is rumored that all of her best clothes were taken from her and burned, and that she was compelled to go to the church in mere rags. This is given as one of the excuses for her actions. s is without doubt young lady lian and a descen he oldest families in the uncle, with whom she lives, | ing druggist here, likewise the most ant of one State. Her the lead- roner and Public Administrator. and bitterly opposed to the match. While he regrets | greatly the publicity of the affair, he seems somewhat relieved. She will be remembered as the lady who has acted | as the Goddess of Liberty. Eureka and many other parts In floral festivals and | entertainments given in this city. She is | 22 years of age and of perfect form. Mr. Carrillo was born and raised In | Santa Barbara. He likewlse comes of a | good family, but is of a sporty disposi- | tion, & swell dresser and is known as one of the young men about town and is well liked. When seen to-day he sald that he | had enough. It was as close as he had | ever come to marriage, and he expected | to drop the matter where it now stands. He feels badly over the result of his first | venture, but he also is somewhat relieved from the anxiety of his first real ro- | mance. POISON FOUND IN MRS. ADAMS’ STOMACH i Very Strong Testimony Presented by Experts in the Molineux Mur- der Case. | NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The principal witnees to-day in the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the murder of Katherine J. Adams was Professor Rudolph H. Witt- | baus, the well-known chemist, who made | an analysls of Mrs. Adams’ stomach as | well as of various portions of Harry C. Bamnet's exhumed body and of the box containing an effervescent salt which it s sald Barnet took before his death. Dr. Witthaus sald that he found mer- | curlc cyanide in the contents of the Bar- net box and the common constituents of | kutnow powder. He found a small quan- tity of cyanide and mercury in Barnet's | ltver. In the kidneys he found mercury |and In the brain mercury. Witness then took up the Adams case. In the deadly bromo-seltzer bottle Profes- sor Witthaus sald all the constituents of the powder found by him were the regular constituents of bromo-seltzer except mer- cury and cynanogen. Mrs. Florence E. Rogers, daughter of Mrs. Adams, who was present at the time | of her mother’s death, described the poi- soning. Mrs. Rogers was very self-pos- sessed and showed no emotion. Her story | agreed with that told by Harry Cornish. A long cross-examination did not shake her testimony. o Professor Witthaus will go on the stand n to-morrow to testify as to his an- alysis of the contents of the glass from which Mrs. Adams drank the fatal | draught and as to his analysis of Mrs. Adams’ stomach. ———— run.:uml'r CALLED. LONDON, Jan. 11.—The Queen has pre. claimed the meeting of Parliament for January ¥ 4 of the | o However, he final- twelve vears, and ever since three months | me whenever, he | T tween his daughters | borrowed a skirt | It! in Santa Barbara, | A e e e e e e e e 4 D e R S R B e T R R S an g B % | T e e 5 L e s e % - b e, s ‘e ; @ s eb e e ebetese@® ONDON, Jan. 12.—Ter- rible losses on both sides are reported as the result of the fierce battle at Ladysmith on Saturday. While nothing official has been given out as to the British casualties, a sum- mary of them has been received in London in which it is stated that they amount to fourteen of- ficers killed and thirty-four wounded, and 800 men of the rank and file killed or wounded. That is a heavy percentage in a force which probably did not muster more than 8500 fit for | duty. The Boer losses are placed by | the same report at between two and three thousand. Manifestly | there must be a good deal of conjecture about the latter fig- ures, yet it must be remembered that the fighting lasted for seventeen hours and that the Boers were attackihg intrenched positions. If these figures are correct they show very clearly the determined nature of the fighting. No movement is reported in any direction in South Africa. All the columns are inactive and apparently waiting directions from the new commander-in- chief. Last night at the War Office was the quietest since the com- mencement of the campaign. At midnight it was announced that nothing would be issued be- fore morning. Day by day the flood of criti- cism of the War Office for its blindness, incapacity, favorit- ism in appointments and snob- bishness in refusing offers of volunteers, both home and colo- nial, is increasing. When the barriers are broken down whom will it sweep away? A number of rumors which which were absolutely lacking of L HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED IN RECENT FIGHT AT LADYSMITH It Is Reported That More Than Eight Hundred British Troops Were Killed or Wounded. War Oifice Withholds News. Bpecial Uable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1900, by James Gordan Bennett. Hauling a naval gun up the h sion of General Hildyard’s battl R e R S S confirmation were current last evening with reference to pro- ceedings at the front. It was stated at the West End and else- where that news of an important engagement, in which- General Buller was concerned, has been received. Reports about General Lord Methuen continue to reach Lon- don, but the war officials are very reticent about them. The latest story says that the in- juries which General Methuen sustained when he was wounded proved more serious than was at first apprehended. His charger, it is said, reared and threw him heavily, causing injuries which have led to a severe spinal trouble. Others state that since his defeat at Magersfontein the British commander has hardly been responsible for his actions. METHUEN'S STRANGE CONDUCT AND TELEGRAMS NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—A special to the Journal from London says: This is the true story of the battle of Magersfontein: General Lord Metheun's inexplicable con- duct of the campaign for the relief of Kimberley, culminating in the awtul blunder and bloodshed of that defeat, has caused endless gossip. Reports that Lord Metheun was insane have been current, but the English news- papers have printed only the most gar- bled allusions to them. Lord Methuen is not a strong man. He is an athlete, a good boxer and all-round gportsman, but is frall physically. Al- most immediately after he took command of the division in the West of Cape Col- ony he showed signs of breaking down. Then began coming to ‘War Office dispatches that did not seem to be those of & well man. As witness his THE LADYSMITH RELIEF COLUMN. | LONDON, Jan. 1L.—The Daily Mail says: We learn thatin the attack on Lady~ smith last Saturday, Janu- ary 6, the British losses were 14 ofiicers killed, 34 wounded and over 800 non- commissioned officers and men killed and wounded. The Boer losses, we hear, are estimated at between 2000 and 3000. eights of Beacon Hill on the occa- e with the Boers, November 26. ® L e e e o o o o e e e S . J | famous cablegram about the battle of Modder River, “Bloodiest battle of the century.” Another of these, received only a day or two ago, was “Darkness after dawn.” The Westminster Gazette says: ‘“There is no news from the Modder, if we except the news which has reached us in letters from troops with Methuen—letters which have thrown a very unpleasant light on the feelings of the men toward their com- mander and which explain several cir- cumstances hitherto Inexplicable which attended the rout of the Highland Bri- gade at the battle of Magersfontein. The impression among the men under him un- doubtedly seems to be that Methuen sent them forward to what proved a death trap In spite of the remonstrances of ‘Wauchope and the senior officers of his staff, “Even £ Methuen acted rashly and neg- lected ordinary military precautions he ‘would not be so much to blame as the authorities who placed him in a position of such great responsibility. If it can be shown that the commander In chief had reason to believe Methuen was not a skill- ful. cautious commander or that he was not in possession of a well balanced mind, but gave him the appointment from feeling of friendship or personal regard, then the commander in chief is far more ‘worthy of blame than the general whose actlons are now under discussion.” A Highland Brigade man’s letter in the Glasgow Herald says; “There is not the slightest doubt that Methuen has lost the confidence of every man in the Highland Brigade. I am not going too far in say- ing they are afrald to trust their lives to him.” BRITISH TROOPS TO USE EXPANDING BULLETS LONDON, Jan. 12, 4 a. m.—Lee-Metford cartridges are running short in the British magazines and according to a semi-official report the War Office purposes to fall back temporarily upon 100,000,000 “Mark IV" expanding bullets, most of which are already In storage in South Africa. The War Office, however, has issued a strict order to the volunteers that the fifty rounds of “Mark IV"” given them must be used in practice at home, nothing being taken to South Africa. After the public announcement that no such bullet would be used in this war its employment, the Daily Chronicle thinks, would be a serlous breach of faith, es- pecially as the British commanders have complained that the Boers occasionally use such projectiles. The newspapers were reconciled during A g e g R B hrd -0 070090 4t S A0t t-0 0 bt 05000004 00-0-405 DR. MAHE DIES BY HIS OWN ACT AT SIOUX CITY Former Well-Known San Francis- can Swallows Fatal Dose of Laudanum. Tragic End of a Physician Who Cruelly Deserted His Pretty Wife to Elope With Another Woman. R. GUSTAVE MAHE, the young physiclan whose desertion of his wife in this city and elopement with ther woman about two years ed Dame Grundy with a choice rung down the curtain on the D morsel, | final act of his own life and will fill a suicide’s grave. The news of the young physician's sad end reached this city last evening in a telegram to a friend from Sioux City, Iowa. The only facts given were that he had been found dead in his office early in the evening. Although no cause for the act could be learned it was suspected that | he had taken his own Iife, a half emptied bottie of laudanum lay on th side, along with a graduate table by hi: s, still containing a small quan drug. The dispatch further stated that Dr. Mahe came to Sfoux City from New York a short while ago with his wife, who is prostrated by the shock. Previous to their arrival in New York the couple had been abroad for two years. The story of the young physiclan's elopement is still fresh in the minds of the public and created a sensation in this city at the time. His domestic relations apparently had been happy and no motive could be 'magined for his sudden disap- pearance until it was learned that he had fallen a worshiper at the shrine of an- other woman and had departed in order to enjoy her smiles in a broader sphere. For some time Mrs. Mahe lay i1l on ac count of the shock causing nervous pros- tration. Nothing was heard of the palr .| after they left this city until last night. Dr. Mahe was an exceedingly handsome man and of a magnetic personality. He was born in California and was the son of the president of the old French Bank, located on Bush street, opposite wher the California Theater now stands. Many years ago the bank fafled and the father, unable to bear the strain of financial mis- fortune, took his own life in a fit of despondency. For a Ic time the son was a clerk in goods store, but his ambition was not satisfied with that station In life and he went to medical college, graduat- ing with honors. He.set up an office at 640 Clay street and gradually worked up a good practice. He removed from there about four years ago and took an office on Kearny street, over Dahlenberg’s drugstore. There he made many friends | and grew to be a favorite In his profes- ston. | Shortly after being admitted to the | practice of medicine Dr. Mahe married a | Miss Mosgrove, the daughter of a mer- chant who was formerly engaged in busi- | ness on Kearny street. His wife was | pretty and accomplished and a favorite | In soctety. The young physician seemed devoted to her nothing marred their marital bliss until the unhappy events fol- lowing sudden good fortune A little more than t | Mahe received notifie: | relative haa died sa ago Dr a wealthy | hetr to an immense fortun He departed for the Cont t and was gone two months. During his absence Mrs. Mahe spent the time with relatives and friends in the Santa Clara Valley When the physiclan returned he took n Sutter street above Powell and d them in palatial s He lived with his wife during this period, | so far as is known, and whether he fou pleasure at times in the soclety of others | of the fair sex nobody knows. | It was during a visit of the wife in the | Santa Clara Valley, shortly after | band’s return from the Continent, ths elopement occurred which brought sorrow | offices | furnish happily | and aisgrace into the fly and set tongue of scandal wagging. Mrs. Ma arrived home to discover her husba: gone and not a line to indicate his where- abouts. From anxiety her mind was af- flicted with agonizing fears that h i | accidentally met with death or been mur- | dered. and her grief is described by | friends of the physician as having been something pitiable. In time she learned | that the man whom she had loved was | unworthy of her trust and affection, and when the wounds had healed she procured | a divorce. | From that day to this nothing was heard of the eloping pair until the briet telegram was received last night stating | the fact that he had committed suicide at | Sioux City. It is not even known whet | the woman mentioned in the i been married to him since the granted his wife or not Ac George Dahlenber; of the physicia | time to time and inquir abouts. The suppositio gone either to St but_aeeording to the dispateh it would seem that he had spent the entire period abroad since his departure. the early days of the war to cable censor- ship, taking it for granted that full narra- tives sent by mail would supply all defi- ciencies. For some weeks, however, even the mail correspondence that has arrived in London has shown signs of habitual scissoring by the censor. Pages are.re- numbered without chronological or logical connection, leaving the happenings de- scribed quite unintelligible in many cases. The editors, acting possibly in concert. are laying this fact before the public and insisting that they be permitted to know | and print the facts. The Daily Mail formally accuses the War Office of “‘doctoring” in editing offi- cial dispatches before their issuance and cites particulars. The Daily Chronicle avers that there seems to be an official conspiracy against letting the truth be known. SRR e SEIZURE OF A SHIP WITH CARGO OF SULPHUR [Spectal Cable to the New York Herald. Copy- right, 1900, by James Gordon Bennett. publication of this dispatch is prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, Jan. 12.—This dispatch, from its special correspondent, is published by | the Daily Mall: PORT ELIZABETH, Sunday, Jan. 7— Her Majesty's ship Fearless has seized the bark Maria L, which arrived on Saturday from Argentine with sulphur. s LADYSMITH HAS PLENTY OF RATIONS LONDON, Jan. 12—A dispatch to the | Daily Matl from Pletermaritzburg, dated January 8, says: “Private advices from Ladysmith, dated January 2, say that rations of bread and | meat are plentiful and the garrison has not touched the ‘bully’ beef and biscult supplies. Luxuries are scarce in Lady- | smith, but the hospitals are well supplied with milk and the horses are in good con- dition.” i e LARGE CAMP OF BOERS NEAR COLENSO| LONDON, Jan. 12—The Standard has| the following dispatch, dated Monday, from Frere Camp: “Qur patrols have searched both flanks of the Boer position. They found a large camp five miles east of Colenso, evidently in anticipation of a British attempt at a turning movement.™ CHOATE CABLES THE ANSWER OF ENGLAND WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The answer ?( the British Government to Mr. Choate’s representations respecting the seizure of American flour and other goods on the three vessels, Beatrice, Mashona and Ma- ria, has been received. Just as the offi- clals of the State Department expected, it amounted to a partial answer, very satis- factory as far as it goes, disposing of the character of some of the goods seized, but not finally deciding whether or not food- stuffs are to be regarded as contraband. The British Government adopts precisely the point v view regarding the seized goods that was assumed by the State De- partment and embodied by Mr. Choate In his note on the subject addressed to the British Forelgn Office. In brief, Mr. Choate reports as follows: That the answer is highly satisfactory: that it is on broad and liberal terms. The position assumed by the British Govern- ment is that foodstuffs in transit to a hos- tile destination can be regarded as con- traband of war only when they are sup- plies for the enemy's forces. It is not suf- ficlent that they are capable of being used Re- | | for the benefit of the enemy. It must be shown that they are so in fact by their | destination at the time of seizure. The British Government does not claim that any of the American goods on the Dutch bark Marfa and the British bark Ma- shona were contraband of war. The Brit- ish Government is Investigating the facts in connection with the goods seized on Lae third vessel, the Beatrice. Mr. Choate’s message embodled suc- cinctly the authorities relied upon by the British Government to sustain its pos! and as the position, as already stated, & one of those already assumed by State Department, of course they regare ed it as convincing. For this reason Mr Choate’s message is long and it was nearly noon before it could be deciphered and | placed in Secretary Hay's hands. Later in the day the following official statement was given out by the State De- partment: “A telegram has been recefved from Em- | bassador Choate reporting an interview | bad by him with the Marquls of Salisbury | on the afternoon of tt th inst. re- gard to the American shipments of flour and provisions on the detained British vessels Beatrice and Mashona and the Dutch bark Maria. The British posi- tion as to foodstuffs and hostile destina- | tion is that they can only be considered contraband of war if supplied for thae enemy’s forces, it not being sufficient that they are capable of being so used, but It must be shown that this was their destin- ation at the time of seizure. This quali- fication virtually concedes the American contention that the goods were not sub- Ject to seizure and practically disavows the seizure, it not being claimed that there is any evidence of hostile destina- tion.” The next step will be the collection of data by the State Department and by the | British Foreign Office to fully establish the character of the goods on the Beat- rice and it Is not expected that there will meantime be any further deliveries by the British Government upon the general sub- Ject of the contraband character of food- stuffs. i TO BE AMICABLY SETTLED. BERLIN, Jan. 11.—It is asserted that the German cruisers Schwalbe and Con- dor, which were ordered to Delagoa Bay, have been Instructed to proceed instead to Cape Town. This indicates a belief in German official circles that the contra- band controversy will be amicably set- tled. WAITING FOR ROBERTS. LONDON, Jan. 12.—The Cape Town cor- respondent of the Dally Mail, telegraph- ing Monday, says: “The vanguard of the sixth division is walting at Table Bay until the arrival of Lord Roberts.” MR R STOPPED ON THE FRONTIER. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Jan. 11.—Sev- eral Portuguese who were on the way to join the Boers have been intercepted by the frontier police. Nobody in future will be allowed to pass the border without a permit from the Governor. gy < cocn 8 RUMORED DEFEAT OF BULLER. LONDON, Jan. 11.—On the street to-day Kaffir securities were weak owing to a rumeor from Paris that General Buller had met with another defeat. —_— Another Present for Dewey. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Treasurer Roberts and Assistant Secretary Allen this afternoon presented to .idmiral Dewey the beautiful volumes, recently prepared. containing the names of tho contributors to the Dewey home, together with a histery of the efforts to raise the money for the home. The presentation was made at the admiral's home and was without ceremony. his gratitude for the present.