The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900. DE WITT CLINTON’S NEMESIS ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE Angelina M. Abbott Swallows Carbolic Acid in the City Prison—She Tells the Story of Her Infatuation for the Handsome Actor. o0t s o - + b + . * + & . ps - é Pe P . boi eded - *o-0-4 ‘o wn_Dupont- t the prison o help her in 21 years of age. ADVERTISEMENTS. AN The Crippic Who is cn'gpled by accident or deformity | hardly understands the meaning of the word "crippled ” as compared with the victim of rheumatism. He is not only bent and twisted, but also racked with in so cruel, that he envies the crip- ple who stumps along on a wooden leg, whistling as be s. Rheu- matism is known to-day as a blood disease. It can only e cured through the blood. That powerful blood-purifying med- jcine, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- covery, cleanses the %i00d of the acid poisons which cause rheumatism. When the blood is cleansed the rheumatism is cured. There is no alcohol in "Golden Medical Discovery” and it is absolutely free from um, cocaine, and 1 other marcotics. M Cades, illiamebarg of County, §. C. writes *I had been troubled with rheumatism for twelve years. so bad ot times Icould mot leave my bed. I was badly crippled. Tried many , and two of them gave me up to die. Nome of them did me any g pains in my back. hij and legs {and at _times in my ), woul nearly kill me. My appetite was bad. Everybody who saw me said 1 must die. I took five bottles of ‘Golden Medical Dhum and four vials of * Pellets.” and to-day my b is good, after suffering twelve years matism ® The sluggish liver can be cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, e S 9 D* WITT , CLINTON L] B “ . > & . s s To AVENGE HER WRONG: LEADING CHARACTERS IN A MELODRAMA IN REAL LIFE. QP+ 9+ 0+0-0090-00-+9 Clinton has turned to deadly hate and her only regret is that she did not succeed in killing him. Clinton has portrayed the villain in melodrama with realism ccording to Angelina Abbott he h. 1 more successful in that character real life than he ever has been on the stage < ® she sald yesterday after- oon ars ago next October. I ed with him for a time and then inter- | mittently till last February. While he | B { his | babbling in French of Louis Philippe was King. His half cen- wa k in Omaha 1 nursed him and paid bi Since then I have been send- oney rr-p\llarl_\Kand I have his t in my trunk in Kansas City for | proof of that fact. I bave written a girl friend to send them on to me. I have sent beo>ed e ebed ettt 00000000 DHE SENT HIM MONEY: O R S I S o S i S C C SRCAR S SECEY SCR SRR SO S ) D O S S S e - d to $15 at aif- sent him was “The Girl From o aying about four old me the reason he to help him ing from $50 ) now playing in ies. ver saw her, but her photograph. from her, but they living apart. He never actually promised to marry me. but I was infatuated with him. When I Miss called three times upon me and once " 15 not in hi He denied that Ismere, but night o marry ast houge determined to learn the truth for myself, and when he met we had some 1 was satisfied that he had lied to words to me then kill mvself. He is am sorry T did not kill him The girl admits that she has not led a good life she wae 18 years of age. She says she sent Clinton all the money she ned except what was necessary to ep her in food and clothing. She was in Los Angeles 21 vears ago, her ng a Spanish woman. She lived - before golng East. She is be- medium height, petite and not some ton is’ resting comfortably at the Miss Ellsmere. 127 Shotwell street, watching over him and antic- & his every want. He persistently nies the girl's story that she sent money o him or that he ever lived with her. He admits that he knew her and that like many other young girls she might have become infatuated with him, as is usual with leading men in the theatrical pro- fession. His marriage to Miss Ellsmere as set for next winter, but her sympa- thies for him in his present afiliction may hasten the ceremony. However, it wiil first be necessary to get a divorce from his present wife. A d determined kill him and villain and I mother b PAUL LOUIS AUBERT RECOVERS HIS REASON Decidss to Forego His Visit to France and Will Return to San Francisco. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, June 15.—Paul Louis Au- bert will not revisit France, his native country, the soll of which his feet have not touched for half a century. The jour- ney is long and sixty-five years weigh ily upon Aubert. He will return to home in San Francisco and there spend the rest of his days, which, he says, are few. He was brought to the Bellevue Hos- pital vesterday from the Grand Central Station by the conductor of the train from which Aubert had come from San Francisco. Dr. Moore found the old man the days when tury in the United States was a blank. Under the care of physiclans Aubert's memory came back to him, and to-day there was little trace of the excitement and aphasia which were shown on the previous day. He could not understand why he had been detained. He was taken to the Yorkville Police Court vesterday afternoon, where for more than two hours he sat in the pen with burglars and thieves. When he was finally brought be- fore Magistrate Olmstead he was able to glive a clear account of himself. He said fhat on June 9 he had left his home in San Francisco to visit Paris and the exposi- tion, but had become {il on the way. He was excited because he was going back to France which he had known as a boy. He told the magistrate that he had de- cided not to go to Paris, for the way was too long. He was discharged from cus- tody. [ — DIES ON THE SCAFFOLD. E. R. Clevenger, Who Killed His Cousin, Calmly Meets Death. LIBERTY, Mo., June 15.—Ernest R. Clevenger was hanged this merning in the courtyard. He ate a hearty breakfast and ealmiv smoked a cigar. As the first strap was put on Clevenger sald: “God will save me. ‘When asked if he had anything to say Clevenger replied: “1 wish to say farewell to you all and hope you will find out some ‘day that I ain’t worthy of the death I am dying.” Clevenger was enamored of his cousin, Della Clevenger, and jealous of George Allen’s attentions to her. He followed them to a camp meeting near Missour{ City in 1897, lay In wait till they emerged from the tent, and shot both.\ Clevenger was drunk at the time. Later Clevenger escaped from the Liberty jail but was soon recaptured. He was 2 years old. — Rain Falls in India. CALCUTTA, June 15.—Rain fell continu- ously in the Darjeeling district for;three days, ceasing at 4 o'clock this morning. Several slight landslides occurred and a number of water pipes were broken. As the rallway revetments are unfinished trains have ceased running. —_— HAVANA, June 15.—Yellow fever has broken out at Quemados, eight miles from Havana, where United States troops are stationed. Thus far there have been four cases, three of which proved fatal. : FUNSTON PUTS TO ROUT AN INSURGENT FORCE ; 4 left his card, say- | F I went to the Grand Opera- | | sought after. HUNTIRGTON 1 NOW SOLE OWNER OFTHE COMPANY Buys Hopkins-Searles Inter- ests and Advances His Nephew. - Henry E. Huntington Is Made First Vice President and General Thomas H. Hubbard Steps Out. g At a mceting of the Southern Pacific Company directors held in New York City Thursday afternoon General T. H. Hub- bard, first vice president of the company, who represented the Searies interests, re- signed his position and H. E. Huntington, the nephew of the president, was elected in his place. This is the logical, natural outcome of the trend of events beginning with the purchase by the elder Hunting- ton of the Crocker and Stanford interests. The resignation of General Hubbard and the election of Henry E. Huntington to the first vice presidency is the sequence of the third great purchase made by Collis P. Huntington, the entire Hopkins-Searles interests having been transferred to him. He is now_virtually the e owner of the Southern Pacific Company. For some months Huntington, the chief, had an option on the Hopkins-Searles stock. which agsregates 260,000 shares. This last deal was conducted by Hunting- ton's financial agents, Speyer & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., two big banking firms of New York City. What was pald for this vast bulk of stock can only be con- jectured, but it is generally agreed that it was in the neighborhood of $10,000,000. As first vice president Henry Hunting- ton will not only be at the head of the Southern Pacifié¢ Company but he will be unbampered in his control and manage- ment of the great rallroad property. As the direct representative of his uncle, who has made New York his home, he will have entire charge of affairs on this coast. The day of warring factions and adverse claims by Interested parties owning stock in the Southern Pacific has passed. It is now on the face and in fact all Hunting- tonfan. H. E. Huntington, who is now in Los An- geles, confirmed the report last night of his eiection as first vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. When asked about the policy he would pursue in his management of the raflroad prop- ertfes Mr. Huntington said: “There will be no change either in the policy heretofore in effect or in the man- agement of the road. I shall continue the policy now in vogue, continuing to give the people of California the verv best ser- vie known in railroad circles.” Mr. Huntington will be in Los Angeles and vicinity for several days inspecting electric and steam railroad properties in | are interested. which the Huntingto RAILROAD MAN IS CLAIMED BY DEATH | | William G. Curtis of the Southern Pacific Is No More. O +6+600+0+0+000+0 e e e THE LATE WILLIAM G. CURTIS. ; @Ot OO0+ 0-+0+@Q ILLIAM G. CURTIS, the head of the maintenance of way depart- ment of the Southern Pacific Rallroad, died at Highland Springs, Lake County, yesterday aftef- noon. For the past two years he had been suffering constantly from Bright's disease and despite the skill of attending physicians he was unable to shake off the grip of the malady that held him in- its clutches. He was 51 years old and leaves a wife. Mr, Curtis Is one of the most popular employes of the Southern Pacific. Both in his profession, that of civil engineer, and out he has won the respect and esteem of all who know him. On several occa- Slons he has been honored for his sclen- tific work. He was a prominent member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and from time to time has contributed ar- ticles to the leading engineering maga- Zines and papers in this country. In the World Mr. Curtis was always sought Quiet and reserved of man- ner at all times, he was nevertheless a man of great affability and geniality. As a story-teller around the tabie at his club, the Bohemian, he was particularly apt. "'he career of Mr. Curtis in the Central and Southern Pacific railroads began when he was a mere boy, working as a iracklayer. From that position he has risen until at the present time he has the entire supervision of miles of track, the Southern Pacific system from Duns- muir on the north to El Paso and Ogden on the south eand east. His first big po- sition was the superintendency of the Stockton and Copperopolis road, a branch of the Central Pacific. He then went to Tucson, where he nad charge of that di- vision. Soan after he was brought into the general office under the old title of superintendent of tracks. In 1892 he was made assistant to General Manager A. N. Towne. After his return from an inspection tour to E] Paso six weeks ago Mr. Curtis was stricken with almost entire biindness, but e recovered from this in_time to attend the Huntington dinner. During the last two weeks he was with his wife In Lake County visiting the various springs in the hope of recovering his health. RANDSBURG, June 15.—Sam Barnum shot 8. C. Gann three times this morning, none of the wounds being dangerous. The trouble arose over Gann's inttmacy with Barnum's wife. Barnum took to the hills. ool R Bl Special Dispatch to The Call. MANILA, June 15.—Major Wheeler, who commands the American force at Penaranda, telegraphed to General Funston yesterday that General Lucenas, the insurgent leader, with 300 men, was four miles from Penaranda, preparing to attack the American garrison, which numbered fifty men. Lieutenant Admire and G Troop, Fourth Cavalry, and marched by way of Penaranda against the rebels. fifty men were added to the force as it passed through Penaranda. Lucenas seized a position two miles from town, threw up entrenchments and awaited the attack. Funston blocked the roads 8o no aid could reach Lucenas and made a vigorous attack on the entrenchments. The Filipinos made a brave but futile attempt to hold the position. The rebels were completely routed and chased four miles. The Americans found twenty-two bodies and more dead are hidden in the brush. One American was killed and eleven wounded. ©OOOO O ivtiivtoniimioelnioftelofoteifodods et s b ffofoofofotolfofodnfefofefomlmfofortefriiefef el deo - @@@O@@ | Free Deltvery In Town and Across the Bay. General Funston gathered the scouts commanded by ) ° + . R B A O I S L e e S USRI S e SaUs iU SRCHR i e S i SeCi SRR o 87 JJOHN M- (il CHRETIEN | i ? % Chretien or any ons else shall negotiate for the sale of posi- while I am at the head of the de- tective force. Notwithstanding the fact that the Grand Jury refused to indict him I have determined that he shall not go unpunished. I have consulted with the District Attorney and expect that a warrant will bs issued for Mr. Chretien’s arrest in a few days.” Captain of Detectives Sey determined to prosecute “Jack” Chretien, the well-known attorney and clubman, for the police force to Edward Darcy, a grip- man in the employ of the Market-street Railway Company. Darcy to become a policeman, and as he lacked see Chretien, who was represented as the friend and legal adviser of Commissioners. Dare; tory of subsequent events, as told by hims Seymour and the official | the department, is as follows: Statement of Darcy. “Several weeks prior to October 25, 1599, | Officer Hickey, who is doorkeeper at the | City Prison, introduced me to a man | named Kelly, whose first name I do not | know. The negotiating for the sale of a position on | the necessary influence he was adyvised to | °| e fl DISPUTED SIGNAT SCALIFORNIA SAVE DEPOSITSTRUST (o, CAPITAL PULLY PAID UP $1000.000 Lawyer Chretien and the Agreement He Entered Into With Edward Darey. IDUPUDPNDUP DD DI SAD DA PP I U WD WD DU SO W U0 MDD DS S S SR S0 S SIS AH 4+ 92 4 4 DO not intend that Attorney |he @ tions in the Police Department | i | | | S [ W&C LAWYER CHRETIEN SAVED BY DARCY’'S POOR MEMORY Could Not Say Whether or Not He Had Indorsed That Certificate of Deposit That Lay So Long in a Safe-Deposit, Box. Q@O+ O¢>-o@ posit for 5509, the sum to belong to me or my threatened investigation by the Grand order if he 15 appointed on the police force of | Jury, cent returned the & | the city and county of San Franeisco. In the pmoo t€00 estigation | event of his failure to be appointed then the & 1 D “stricken Said cartificate o be retarncd to him on de. | Was held Da ricken mand ond on presentation of this receipt with a defective mem mid et JOHN M. CHRETIEN lv!l]'}!u‘(hr-r or not b : certificate of deposit, n “T gave Chretlen the certificate of de- oot tively posit for the $500,”" continued Darcy, “and | Seymour that the sig +oeiroeg * @ . . 4 . L 4 . > . > . s es et esebes et ot e b a2 ey w 22 5 SaN FRANCISCO Co A VN ——t S TG S B R R S R & 2 =2 cheS ed e * e eposited it in his box in the Safe De- | gery. He was then asked to write his sig- nature on a plece of paper, which he did. posit in the presence of Doran and my- ! self. Before the certificate was deposited | A compa o signature In Chretien's safe deposit box it was | showed that ed to the cei rank forgery whether or not placed in an envelope and the envelope | tificate of d sealed. Chretien, Doran and 1 affixed our | As Darcy re signatures to the envelope before it was | he had indorsed the certificate of deposit placed in the safe deposit box. | the Grand Jury could take no action and “The certificate of deposit was to be | the matter was dropped. left in Chretien's box until I received my | Chretien to Be Prosscuted. appointment as a police officer, afier | which it was to become the property of | Captain Seymour does not intend that shall escape being punished if the attorne; | Chretien “I have seen Chretien several times |he can help it. Darcy’'s lamentably weak since October 25 e assured me | effort to shield the attorney has convinced that everything was all right and that I un other circumstances he would receive the appointment as soon oreed to tell the truth s there was a vacancy in the police | s to make out a case agalnst | force. The last time I saw him was four | Chretien he internds to prosecute him on or five weeks ago. I bave seen Kelly ther charge growing out of a sin once since October %. I have since | transaction. The name of the vietim ur seems | was anxious | the Police | It in the presence of Captain | 1 stenographer of | ect of the introduction was | | to make me acquainted with some one who had sufficlent influence to get me a place on the police force. Hickey knew | that T had some money which I was will- ing to give for the privilege of wearing a | star. d would willingly give it to any one of the Police Department. On October 25, 1869, by a previous agreement with Keily I met him in a saloon on Summer street, a lane that runs off the west side of Mont- | nia. The saloon is on the north side of | Summer street. | Doran, a friend of m E;Oemm the 'saloon. My object in taking him with me was to have him as a wit- ness to the transaction. Introduced to Chretien. “When we reached the saloon both Kelly i and Chretien were there. Kelly introduced | me to Chretien, who, he said, was the | proper man to see to get a place in the 'gollce Department. Kelly at that time | sald that it would require money to get the position, and that Chretien was just | the man to fix it. Hickey was not present at the meeting. After Kelly Introduced ! me to Chretien he walked away after | promising to return and talk the matter over with us. “I had $%wW with me—the amount 1 was to put up for being made a police- man, I drew the sum out of the Hiber- nia Bank. As an evidence of good faith I went to the Bank of California, where I deposited the money. recelving | a certificate_of deposit for the amount. i My friend Doran was with me at the time. We returned to the saloon shortly | afterward and met Kelly and Chretien. “After a short conversation Chretien, Doran and 1 _went to the Safe Deposit building at California and Montgomery streets.” “There Darcy sald, <the following agreement was drawn up: The Agreement. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 25, 1899. Received of Edward Darcy certificate of de- il 000000 | | ‘Wheeler's Kelly was also aware that I had $500 | who would have me appointed a member | l | gomery street, between Pine and Califor- | |~ “The object of the meeting was to have | | Kelly introduce me to John M. Chretien. | ine. accompanied | Jearned that he had to leave the city as | the ¢ Seymour refuses to_divuige at he feared being arrested for cheating an | the present time. He is an old man, and, Italian out of a milk ranch. being anxious to make his son a police | man, he was advised to see Chretien, who The Certificate Disappears. | was ‘supposed to have a II"" with the “I aid not indorse the certificate of de- | Folice Commissioners. Seymour says that posit_nor did 1 authorize Chretien to do | Chretien got 3400 from him on the promise so. During the month of March I called have the son appointed a at the Bank of California to see about the | member of the police force. certificate. 1 told the clerk to stop pay-| Although this was some time ago, the ment on it as I had lost it. The clerk in- | son is still without a star, and the old man Tormed me that the moneéy could not be | continues to mourn for the hard-earned drawn by any one but myself, as it was | money that he paid to Chretien. indorsed by me, and I went away satis-| To-day an effort will be made to locate fled. Kelly, one of the arch-conspirators in the “My object in telling the clerk that the | Darcy case. It is belleved that if he sees he is up against it he will make a com- plete confession. Officer Hickey, whose name is mentioned In connection with the transaction, 's one of the most trusted members of the force. Captain Seymour is satisfiled that he was innocent of any wrongdoing when he Introduced Darcy to Kelly. | INSURGENT GENERAL MACABULOS YIELDS Important Capture of Filipino Officers and Men Reported by Mac- Arthur. WASHINGTON, June 15.—An important capture of Filipino insurgents was report- ed to the War Department this morning by General MacArthur in the following cablegram: General Macabulos, with efght officers, ed men and 124 rifles ne! H. Liscum, of the Ninth Infagtry, Tarlac this morning. Macabulos is the most important last insurgent leader in Tarlac_and Pangasenan. MACARTHUR. PRS2 TIFFIN, O.. June 15.—The big plant of the certificate had been lost was a ruse to find out whether the amount had been drawn or not. A short time afterward I re- turned to the bank to demand payment on | the certificate of deposit. The reason I was so anxious to get the money was that I had been told that when I became a member of the force I would have to swear that I had not paid for the posi- tion, and I did not want to swear to a He. 'I have frequently told Chretien that the plan to get me on the force was a fail- ure and that I wanted to drop it. He, however, assured me that everything was all right and that my appointment had béen agreed upon by the Police Commis- sfoners. Afterward I learned that Chre- tien had drawn the money, but he has made the amount good since then.” Seymour Takes Action. On hearing Darey's statement Seymour went to the Bank of California and se- cured the certificate of deposit. The name of Dggcy was indorsed on the back, not- withaanding that the deluded gripman de- clared that he had not attached his signa- ture to the paper. Convinced that the crime of forgery had been committed, Sey- mour lost no tima in placing the matter in the hands of the District Attorney. After a consultation they decided to ask the Grand Jury to make a thorough investiga- tion. Tiffin Bent Wood and Lumber Company was Evidently, scenting trouble, Chretien, | destroyed by fire early this morning. Loss, had $30,000; insurance, $38,000. who in some way learned of the FULL OF CHAFF! The world is full of chaff, in conversation, in business ventures, in unreliable advertising and offers that vanish out of sight. We are trying to build on a safe rock-—to handle good, reliable goods that will give satisfaction and prove a help to buyer and seller. You can make comparisons of prices. GOODS ADVERTISED ARE FLAINLY IN SIGHT AND PLAINLY MARKED. CANNED GOODS 5050 The o and now oig for 5 ta i per mont below prevalling prices, even below jobbing prices. Fruits from $c per dozen um KITCHEN THINGS Many articles for house use we are selling out at a mere fraction vi what others char; This includ Glassware, Lamps and Shades. Crockery. Brushes, tin’ ihings Cand artieles . of everyday use; all plainly marked. FANCY GooDSMany novelties for use kept on first floor and elsewhere; also fancy Groceries, Sauces, Syrups, Spices, Pickles. No store in town carries such a varfety; just now the price cuts no figure, they are to be sold high or low. Not only Temts, Burlap, Games, Bedding and things to CAMPING Goonsm in camp, but_things to eat and to wear—just what you need and what you are looking for. Why not get everything at one place, Where they know how to help you select, how to pack and how to ship? Fitting out campers, picnics, prospectors and traveling parties is a part of our business. SPECIALS THIS WEEK. SMITHS’ CASH STORE 26-27 Market St., 8. F. o T ts and C ‘men’'s and boys'.....10e, 25¢ Hen's Working Gloves, cut price....35c, 3¢