The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1900, Page 8

s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1900. VANDERBILT TAKES A JOG TO BOSTON Makes the Trip From Newport With His Automobile in a Little Over Two Hours. Special Dispatch to The Call. c 20.—Willle X. Vanderbilt peid Boston a call to-day in the the speed of which has carried so many Newport people 3t jts. The youthful mifllionaire remained town just an £ hour. He got here at 8:30, having left Newport a little after 6. The time oc- * . king the trip was 2 hours and 18 minutes, the distance being f -3 se ty-two T he roads. He came only with an assista a 8 . r . however, ran the machine himself. It is the ¢ & bile in the world, and can make more than sixty miles y r t the smooth, hard roadbed of [ 4 put on a little sy and it is 2 - tance at the moderate little jog - G e + . A sald Mr. Vanderbilt. “T can do it in two hours §& - While waiting for the vehicle to be made ready for ¢ . G played his democratic proclivities by cross- gy B 1 »ment restaurant I ¢ of oo Iy sent his assis ¢ o The young millionaire tele- & . he would be at home by dinner- $ g tim , he t once more. 3 & ur i R e e netehene N Be e N et BeNs R RN G COLMA MURD SUSPECTS HELD O STAND TR Web Closing Around the Men Accused of Double Murder of Negroes. o B Attorneys Squabble While Mrs. An- | tonia Imsand Refuses to Tes- tify on Important Points, Fearing Incrimination. Samt T VIKG W BE ] i OF TESTIMONY {BGUT POWERS Witnesses Tell of His Threats to Take Life of Goebel. ‘ —_——— st When the Latter Had T Dec¥ared Been Killed the Party Could Not Be Held.To- Spectal Dispatch to The Call XEDWOOD CITY, Jul The prelimi- ; exam of the s in the | murder he here o-day re- 1ts being held over Superior s r of Eliza- o e Mitchell. s o v the court . e shooting sever 3 - T at they | made the following remarks: ne. and 1t was | The court has noti Mding of - ” 7 e eedin t ity was ¥ what had a came i ter-Berrs with Lemascher the night before the words out of Walker spraug g of Mr: g Mitchell advosed 1 have her, as at law witness to refuse to testify, or answer any ques- in any way tend to ct her to punish- ¢ an absolute right 10 answer any such question; k the court to so instruct her.” mination then proceeded as v er they reached im and n, Mr. Walker, that conversa- to keep Chad- tary comps wore citizens® r them at the newspaper th h to say about it put me In trou Dixon and r objection i, Imsand, ou should answer tend round that if are afraid that it might ate you? Widow Fears Incrimination. I told you that I declined to answer the ques- 1 HEAVY FALL OF RAIN IN ARIZONA | ve told you already. me again. fear that it puts me In trouble, Now, did you, on the morning of July at Colma 3, se in Colma, give r. F twenty-doliar gold piece w purchase two rifles? to answer. same ground and for the same rea- ed word to-day that a | ling this morning along 1900, at your house at Colma, tell Mr. betwes Frank Lemfascher to take twenty doll rchase a rifle for himself and for Mr. cline to answer that. r the same reason? te a heay This closed the examination of Mrs Im- s mnd water i) sand. Prior to this the widow had r tion ®|turned vague @nd unsat to all important question actory irrigi When asked — - SUBSCRIPTION PLANNED. Committee Will Seek to Raise $100,- I don’t know.” The witness statea lied hat ‘on the night of July 4 she had slept 000 for Admiral Philip’s Widow. on her return from San Francisco with - WORK. Tuly 58 has been de. | MS. Tassi, as she had been warned by K. . - | them to go near “the ‘nigger,’ who ¥ t to raise $100,000 as a memorial to | w Admiral John W. Philip. Naval |ers.” Francis T. Bowles of the How She Heard First News. 1d Commander Delehanty, aflors’ Snug Harbor, are i | Mrs. Imsand claimed to have first heard of the movement, and will in a day | Of the shooting from a Mrs, sina’s brother-in-law, who knocked on the wounce the names of the @om- ) raise subscriptions. ™" | window of her bedrom at 1 o'clock on the uly. probable morning of the 5th o ProbiEble Ch) Dear ARmical Albert |2 rhat 218 he way k" aaked Builick: shooti a of firecrack- ng a rifie instea 8 ¥ who succeeded Rear Admiral Y cBarge of the New York ?;?,{)‘ | phitzpatrick atiacked this question and ¥ »e the chairman. lock wi Inew 12, 2 be on the committee. It 15 the | Mitchell was an interested spectator of 3 plan 1o invest the $100,00 when | the proceedings. ~The courtroom was o ted by ,.:buc &ubscpr;pldon. the in- ;{:":' ,‘“od”:",',‘f,‘ people from Colma and the come ®0 be pald t . 114 hil _— . fives e v P while she | ¥ pachman, the San Francisco gunsmith, |and Lemascher, who purchased the rifles of him the day before the shooting, both —_——— }ldpmlfir-d the rifies with which the shoot- Q4444444444444 44 40044000 1 vas d v > ¢ Special Chinese edition of 3| eciiacnce. The ompainy ot ihe ored in ¢ the Sunday Call Art Maga- $+|¥ith the =uspects and thelr detention fs adverse o : zine Section will appear next t o Licoun Bt 241 . + Sunday and will give'the best +| Sunday, July 22, special excursion to { information and photographs -4 ka-h;{u for round trip. Leave Tiburon erry, foot of Market street. at £:30 a. m.; § O O SOL UL 3| leave Tidah 6 p. m. Tickets o sale B4+ 4444444444444 4+@ | guy o003 Thureday, Friday and Satur- - STRONG POINT what the conversation that it is her abso- | ) do this, 8o we the reporters ma hasn’'t anything | tary service. W, with it, it cannot injure yonu st keep six of my is not familiar with me. I went | our rule she has manif by Mrs. Imsand, on the morning of | and | answers | t time Lemascher returned to the | ranch on the night of July 3 she re- | Largomar- | ?—04—0—0—0-&0—04—0-0—0 AR o o e S e S S A SO S S S S SRS AP S SN D S S '® 4 UNSMUIR, July 20.—The celebrated | Tavern of Castle Crag is a smolder- | ing heap of ruins this morning, ! with only a tall column or pillar | here and there and a few chim- | | neys left to mark the site of | the highest and costliest structure in the | o Canyon. The fire started ia | house of the laundry bullding, | et about thirty feet back from the | tr e and was connected with it | Sacramen increased the current of air archway sucked the flames up to the main building, which was soon in a blaze. From there it sp last wall of whic! The mar ) d to the annex, the fell about 7:30 o’clock. 3. Pi and his e FAMOUS TAVERN OF CASTLE CRAG, WHICH }NAS DESTROYED B ployes worked heroically to save the building, but the fire apparatus was out of order and nothing could be done. The fire locomotive of the Southern Pacific | was sent down from Dunsmuir, but ar rived too late to be of any service. When | it was found that nothing could save the tavern the manager and employes turned | their attention to assisting the guests in | removing their clothing and other effects | to a place of safety. While thus engaged in looking after the property of thesguests a pumber of the employes lost nearly all theéir own clothing and personal effects. The guests lost very The_tavern | was constructed with wide v andas and numerous hallw: pe from the bullding w! G. W. Dearborn ier, removed all the books and rom the safe, One of the fine pianos which was carried forty feet from the or out and placed’ o | | % | | bullding and had 250 rooms and was fur- TAVERN OF CASTLE CRAG NOW A SMOLDERING RUIN Guests Escape From the Blazing Structure and Are Removed to Neighboring Resorts, Where Com- fortable Quarters Have Been Secured. Y FIRE |+ DPDEDeOPIIDIOETEIIIOIDIEOIDEDIDIOIDIDGD e | burning building caught fire from the n- tense heat and was destroyed. The tavern was a three-story brick nished in the most elegant and costiy | manner. The silver and china service alone was worth a fortune and none of | these were saved. It is not known how the fire originated. | as there had been no heat in the wash- | house, It is thought, however, that an | eiectric wire may have started the blaze. | There were about seventy-five guests in | the tavern. The tavern, which was the property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, was under the management of E. B. Pix- ley and has had an 5 successful | run this year. The gu ave scattered | to various neighboring resorts and a few | remain temporarily on the ground, their | comfort being loo! after by the man- ager. STATE GAINS N JESTER CASE |Evidence Shows That the Prisoner Was Known ‘ Under an Alias. et gl ERS Moreover, in Making an Application | | for a Pension, He Subscribed to Statements That Wers Untrue. RE ) LOUIS, July 20.—A special to the London, Mo, | = | Post-Dispatch from New | -orge W. Roudebush, one of the special examiners of the Pension Bureau, was aced on the stand In the Jester trial to- | day. He identified the certificates and ap- sion made by Alexander Hill clerk i °d that | he knew the prisoner as W. A. Hill and | had assisted him in gett a pension and | also a divor | When first 0 D] Jester clalmed he was not Alaxander | Jester, who traveled through Kansas and tssouri with Gilbert W. Gate: he attorney for the prisoner made a | fight to keep out the pension papers, as they prov isively that Jester had been two names. The Judge >wn unde admitted the e and the letters t written to the Pension Depart- application he made. ied_victory for the State the ol T look v In the folloy r to the Pension Jester explains how he as- name of Hiil: own father's name, Jester tepfather's name. was ‘about one and one-half years old when my mother married Jester, andl went by the hame of Alexander Jester until after the | war closed, when I took up my own name. | Respecttully, W. A. HILL. Taken in connection with a divorce suit in ( homa, it appears from the pension | paper: d that Jester was married to lah Jester probably in the fifties. She went to ¥ s and died in 1575. However, on June 18, 1510, Jester swears he was mar- | ried in Texas to Julia Reynolds, who bore | him three children. ¥rom her he secured | a divorce at Norman, O. T., on November | 24, 1894. On 24, 1596, he was married aret E. Brown. a series of questions submitted to | | Jester by H. Clay Evans, the Commis- | Depariment had three children, while in fact he had at least eight at the time the statement was made. In the same series of ques- tions he made mention of only one wife, while the court records show him married three times at least. J. E. Ro W. 8. Bates of Denton, they knew Jester in T of W. A, Hill. Copp and Charles exas, testified that s under the name { AN EXCURSION TO | - CITY OF MEXICO Suthern P:cific Will Give One in November for $80. Passenger Agent Goodman stated yes- terday that the Southern Pacific had de- | cided to run an excursion to the City of | Mexico some time next fall, probably No- | vember 14, from this city, the round trip to cost only $80. The exdict details have not yet been definitely arranged, but will be in a few days and fully announced. William H. Menton, the company’s ex- cursion agent, who 'jlllgl?s fearlessly with the native tongue, {s to have charge, and will be found a great convenience ‘‘par- leyvooing” with the natives. This will be the first of the kind from this city, and the very reasonable rate should make it a popular occasion. - ‘Will Receive Victoria Cross. LONDON, July 20.—Victoria crosses have been gazetted for Captain Meikle- john and Sergeant Major Robinson, both of the Gordon Highlanders, for bravery in the battle of Elandslaagte, and Lieu- tenant Norwood of the fth Dragoon Guards for rescuing a fallen trooper at Ladysmith. = 4 J | County sioner of Pensions, Jester claimed that he | | date. MISS MORRISON HELD TO ANSHER URDER CHARGE Affecting Scene Between the Prisoner and Her Father in Court. — Young Woman Is Accused of Having Killed Mrs. Jastle for Love of the Latter’s Husband. e EL DORADO, Kans., July 20.—Miss Jes- sie Morrison, whose preliminary trial for the murder of Mrs, Olin Castle has been | in prog for several days, was this | evening held without bail to answer the charge of murder in the first degree before | the next term of the district court. Mi Morrison will be confined in the County Jall at Wichits the jail here is not provided with apartments for women. Just before the young prisoner was taken back to the jail she embraced her father and | both )t bitterly. The scene was most | | | ss I pathetic and there were few dry eves in the court ral times during the day Miss Morri- son broke down under the strain. When Attorney Brumback in his closing argument related the story of the tragedy and declared that in the heart of Olin | Castle, husband of the slain woman, there | was an utter absence of love for Miss Mor- | rison, the prisoner leaned her head on her brother’'s arm and wept. Again when At- torney Cramer, speaking for the defense, referred to the deep sympathy felt for the two afllicted families, Miss Morrison cov- | ered her face and cried. INFORMATION ASKED AS TO NUMRBER OF STATE TROOPS Adjutant General at Washington Re- quests Information, Stating It Is to Aid Him in Allotting Funds, SACRAMENTO, July 20.—A communi- cation has been received at the office of the Adjutant General from the Adjutant General at Washington as follows: “To guide the Secretary of War in mak- llctment cf funds for the militia of several States it is desired that you furnish_this office with a certificate, over your official signature, showing the num- ber of companies, troops, batteries and regiments regularly organized, uniformed d in_the service of the State at this You should also include the number | of troops in actual attendance at drills | and parades during the year for ench' or- ganization, H. C. CORBIN. IS A . INTERESTS THE COAST. Army Orders,PenEoixs Granted, Post- masters Appointed, Postal Changes. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, .July: 2).—Postmasters appointed: California—Original, Glenn County, T. G. Perry, vice Robert Cham- berlain, resigned. Pensions issued to-day: California—Ad- ditional—Rowland T. Mitchell, Sactamen- to, $8. Increase—Edward Cox, Los An- geles, §10. Original widow—Frank O. De- witt, Los Angeles, $8. Mexican war sur- vivors—Increase—Albert W. Brush, Selma, Washington—War with Spain—Jesse N. Morgan, Aberdeen, $16. Army ‘orders—Captain John A. Perry, Thirteenth Infantry, now in this city, has been ordered to San Francisco for tem-| porary duty with the recruits. Captain Charles Wilcox and First Lieutenant M. M. Cloud, assistant surgeons, have been ordered to San Francisco for duty with the cavalry en route to the Philippines. v el Strike May Become General. DALLAS, Texas, July 20.—It has been informally decided by the Trades Associa- tion and American Federation of Labor that unless the strike troubles on the Con- solidated Street Railway lines are settled by next Sunday there will be a general walkout of the trades for the purpose of showing sympgthy and through a general | bo}'(‘ott and suspension of business com- pel a settlement. There are men in the trades who will respond, it 1s said. in; | an interview says | year. | ductions from their assessments of such FRUIT CROP I THE SOUTH VERY SHORT Yield Is Small and Ship-| ments to the East Will | Be Light. Conditions_Due Chiefly to Climatic| Changes Leave Many Growess With Absolutely Noth- ing to Sell. N LOS ANGELES, July 20.—There will be no peaches or prunes exported from this | part of the State this year, according to the statements of deciduous fruit growers. | President A. R. Sprague of the Southern | California Deciduous Fruit Exchange, ln’ “There will be very little dried fruit in | this section this year except that which | comes from the north. There will be no | shipments of peaches or prines, he apricot crop also is very short; | here and there is there a locality in | which the apricot crop approaches the average, | “This shortage, for the most part, Is| caused by most unseasonably warm | weather in January, followed by cold, but | not frosty, weather. The same weather | conditions exist in Arizona also, | ““This condition of the deciduous fruit trous to the Southern because many of them | ¢ nothing to sell this | But the trees are now leafing out and getting their usual appearance, that with a good rainfall during the com- | ing season, we may hope for full crops | another year, except in such orchards as | have been killed or seriously injured by three years of drought.” MONEY LOANED ON GRM IS TAXABLE Decision of Yolo County Supervisors Sitting as a Board of Equalization. WOODLAND, July 20.—A question of much importance affecting the taxation of money loaned on grain was to-day de- cided by the Yolo County Supervisors, sit- ting as a Board of Equalization, in effect that such money is assessable. The Bank of Woodland was cited to ap- pear and show cause why It should not be assessed for about $100,000 on promis- sory notes fecured by warehouse receipts for grain. It was contended that such notes are not taxable, for the reason that by virtue of the provisions of section 4, ar- ticle XIII, constitution of the State of Cal- ifornia, the notes in question are obliga- tions by which a debt is secured, and for the purpose of taxation deemed an interest in property given as security for their payment. and should not be separately taxed. The Deputy District Attorney, A. C. Huston, to-day submitted a written opin- fon in fhe matter, in which he sald: 1f such notes are within the meaning of this sectlon, they are still, in my opinion, amsess- able, for the reason that It is provided by this section that when a debt, mortgage, deed of trust, contract or other obligation by which & debt 'is secured shall for purposes of taxation be deemed and treated as an interest In the property aftected thersby, the property affected by such moragage, deed of trust, contract or other obligation, léss the value of such secur- ity, shall be assessed and taxed to.the owner of the property and the value of such security shall be assessed and taxed to the owner thereof. This decision affects several hundred thousands of dollars In this county, as the other banks have filed applications for re- crop is most disa California growe: will have absolute property. . The, Trust Problem. To a thoughtful mind the trust problem fs one of serious import. It must be firmly grap- pled with, for it creeps upon soclety before you are aware of its existence, In this respect much resembling the various disorders which attack the stomach, such as constipation, indi- gestion, dyspersia, biliousness, liver and kid- ney troubles. ~Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the one reliable remedy for all such&liments. Be sure to give it a trial b £l . | sary. 0 VILLAGES ENGULFED BY VOLCANIC LAVA Mount Azuma in Japan Again Active and Hundreds of Lives Have Been Lost. ; tricts. G+O4T4T40+ CHO+0+04 040404040 40404040+ 0404040+ WL SHORTEN SICRAMENTO RIVER ROUTE Channel Planned by the State Board of Public Works. PAISAE > 3 A Rights of Way Have Been Secured, Surveys Made and Only the Sanc- tion of the War Department Is Now Awaited. A, Special Dispatch to The Caill BACRAMENTO, July 20.—As soon as the required sanction has been received from the War Department, the State Board of Public Works will complete a channel 1300 feet long about two miles above the mouth of the Feather River by which the river route of the Sacramento River will be shortened by over two and one half miles. Rights of way have been secured and surveys made. The project has been care- fully gone over by the Government engi- neers and only the formal consent from the Deganment at Washington is neces- When the plan of the Board of YORKOHAMA, July 19.—Mount Azuma, near Bandaisan, which was the scene of a volcano disaster in 1888, broke into eruption Tuesday, July 17. Two hundred persons wers killed or in- jured. Several villages were engulfed by the strength of the lava from Mount Azuma and great damage was done in adjacent dis- OO0 series of cutoffs. The present cut will be at what 1s ¢ lly known as Howlett Biif}‘ though more commonly as Shagg B Commissioner F. D. Ryan and Engineer M. A. Nurse have just returned {rog the Tisdale break, a few miles above Knights Larding, where they have options for a right of way for a wier to carry the water from the break back into the river chan- n_e!. This break has destroyed the reser- :fi!}:scapaclty of the river for over sixty CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MUST SHOW ITS BOOKS Hearing in the Case of the Gaymors and Greene, Charged With Conspiracy. NEW YORK, July %.—The hearing in the case of the Gaynors and Benjamin D. Greene, looking to thelr removal to Geor- {Ia_ for trial for alleged conspiracy wit “aptain Carter in connection with e struction in Savannah Harbor, was up before Commissioner Shields to-da: James Gallagher, former paymaster bookkeeper of the Atlantic Construction Company, was the first witness. District Attorney Erwin of Georgia, act- ing for the Government, sald befors tr witness was called that he would attempt to show by him that claims wére made on the Government for over $600,000 in certain cases where the actual cost was only about $75,000. Mr. Erwin asked the witness what was the total amount expended on certain Savannah harber contracts. Judga Kellogg objected and it was decided that the books showing the figures must be brought into court. 3 e SRESH To Save the Pavilion. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN, JOSE, July 2.—The Board of Trades is gofhg to make a strong effort to save the Rose Carnival pavilion, which _just now is threatened with being torn down and removed by Patrick olehan, who Public Works has been fully carried out | recently obtained possession of it by fore- in other particulars the river will be | closure of a mortgage. The Indebtedness ADVERTISEMENTS. 3 GIANT AIR COMPRESSORS «ssAND... GIANT ROCK DRILLS, STEAM ENGINES AND BOJLERS. IPUMPS STEAM and CENTRIFUGAL. Our reputation among contractors and miners 1s evidence of our responsibility. WM. A. HEWITT. COMP Estimates furnished upon application. P. H. REARDON. RESSED AIR MACHINERY CO., 11 to 13 FIRST STREET, San Franeisco, Cal. STATEMENT ——~OF THE— | STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS!CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— WILHELMA INSURANCE COMPANY F MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, ON THE 3ist day of December, A. D. 1899, and fot the year ending on th: as made to the Insurarce Commissioner of the State of Califor- nia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Cash Real Estate owned by Loans on Bonds and ash Market Value and Bonds owned by Co h in Company’s Offics h in Banks. Interest due Stocks and Loans.. Premiums In due Cour and accrued v for Fire and Marine Risks Due from other Co tes ingurance ..... Total As: $87,577 25 32,940 12 w . 79,363 79 Liability under other Branche: 9,450,484 20 Cash dividends remalning unpald 97 50 Due for re-insurance......... 9.450 59 39,669,203 45 Total Liabllities ....g... INCOME. Net cagh actually received for Ma- rine Premiums. ............. T a2 o0s Recefved for interest on Bonds and Mortgages .. . S92 27 Received for_interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from 211 other ‘sources............ 44,298 43 Recelved from all other sources..... 2,193,127 4 Total Income . 3,112,110 13 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Marine Losses (ncluding losses of previous years) p Dividends to Stockholders. ‘,‘.,!;_3,,?2 S,‘, Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage ... B Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.... Paid for State, National and Local 9,934 85 24,008 26 taxes . All other pay 43, - 2,014,965 42 nd expenditures Total Expenditures . Marime Losces incurred during the vear “Risks and Premiums. |Mar. Risks. Premium: | Net amount of Risks| written during the| year | $230,267, $643, Net amount of Rlsle m] b expired during the year .| 228,260,410 809,446 49 Net amount in force| December 31, 1899.. 9,243,598 | 112,303 91 TH. DAMMANN, Manager. Subscribed and sworn to befors me, this May day of Tth, 1900. EMIL ALY, Notary Public. GUTTE & FRANK, GENERAL AGENTS, 803 CALIFORNIA STREET, BAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 2,678 95 | 81 39, | | [ Loans o ——OF THE— MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, ON ons of seetions §10 11 of the Political Code, condensed as per furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. blank Amount of Cash .. ETS. Real Estate owned by Company. Bonds and Mortgages. ash in Interest due and ocks and Loans. ums in due C Tom other Compa surance ...... crued on all ¢ Collect for Re- rse of nies Total Assets .. LIABILITIES. in process of Adjustment or & ense ....... - $653.030 04 Toss premiums on Fire Ri ning one year or less, $—— surance 50 per cent..... 1,698,513 29 Gross premiums on Fire Risks, run. ning more than one yeap, $— re-insurance pro rata... Cash dividends remaining un All other demands against t pany .... Total Liabilities INCOME. Net cash actually received for Fire premiu e siane ...$4,002,308 15 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortgages ... - 47,401 64 Recelved for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other sources..... P . Received from all other sources. Total Income . EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire*Losses (in- Tud 34 91 losses Stockholders. . 312,500 00 wed for Commission or Paid for Salaries and other charges for ks, ete... Paid for Statd, Total Expenditures H. VATKE, President. RUDOLF BERNDT, Vice President. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Tth day of April, 1900. g GEORGE H. MURPHY, U. S. Vice Consul at Magdeburg. GUTTE & FRANK, Managers, Pacifie Coast Department, 303 CALIFORNIA STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. s, THE WEEKLY CALL Enlarged to i6 Pages $1 per Year.