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Call, This Paper n°t to be taken from P ‘ the Library- 0 VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 25. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS RECEIVES HER ASHES BEFORE LEARNING OF HIS tt Buchman of of a Grewsome Present on ' Christm Matt tquor ex- bv. - S BO LINE FR Christmas Again Finds England in Glooml“” 1 H : ment in the Cudahy kidnapin Over South African Situation. b s e S i m—— | the lantern with which Mr. LONDON, Dec. 2%.—“We says | the correspondent of the Daily Mail at | Oulaty! " wak- apgend { ki | His t 't ¥ s of the | T Hague, Ir. Kruger has become | 2TiVe into the country last Wednesday Boe from the Cape istance h is almost en by Boer operation England of characterize 2 in ar, for ex- express regret Some r readers ny troops were twelve e ribbons attached, s Rot welcome | at The Hague: | whieh was used to “flag” Mr. Cudahy in 3 , T s roops will | ““We extend greetings and most urgent- | his drive. It was found by two sons of . 2 2 route | Iy request you to visit our city and meet | 5 farmer, on thetr way to school. They 1 K m more than 30,000 of your countrymen. | picked up the lantern, supposing it was Sinoce N ¥ flair,” says | “COMMON COUNCIL, Grand Rapids.” ;xen by “movers,’ who might have @ i oot =it X3 e o camped at that point over night. The NOTED SCOUT 17.—Frank P.| . T., Dec. Bennett, the well known American In- élan scout, committed suicide here by | shooting elf in the head last Thurs- | day evening, December 13. His suicide wed the death by poisoning of Miss Clara Schneider, a young woman with whom he had been much associated, and in tracing the connection between the two Geaths the D stumbled upon many circumsts g @s support of the theory that the death of the woman should be jaid at Bennett's door. Bennett was an ndian fighter of national reputation, be- | ng one of three survivors of the tamous‘ mpany of which Bu Bill is the best nown, and having taken a prominent t in running the Apache Geronimo to | arth Mies Schneider was a domestic in the | mily of Hon. Paul Neumann. She was nd dead In her room last Wednesday A post mortem examination c ® t moon. showed that her death had been due to morphine poisoning. 1 A note in her room the handwriting, it is said, of Benoett, t started the investigation on his traddy simply told of an appointment, appar- ently with the writer, which had not been kept | Other documents indicated that Bennett had borrowed $400 from her to look after | and invest, though she said that he was | paying seven per cent a month interest | and was soon to return it. She wanted | 10 g0 to her home in Seattle and spoke of | getting the money from him to do so. In the meantime Bennett seems to have been keeping company with another wo- man, younger and more pretty than Miss i caneider. Upon this companion he seems to have expended, in wine and amuse- RS SEVER RAIL | EXTENDS WELCOME TO KRUGER, | short talks with the suspect, while nego- | the freedom of the city. COMMITS SUICIDE AT HONOLULU | and she had no refreshments at home | all SISTER’S DEATH| Alameda Recipient as Eve. man a letter from his sister. It was the tidings of her death and that the e urn were all that remained of The letter had been delayed | 4 es hac ed first. In the told the brother that she at thought was her would be in his alive, on Chrismas day. t by saying that she | ith him in life Buchman does | as she could not have come if | on her deathbed. Inclosed sther from the first on earth " er mea tter was who state er dying wish d the ashes | al beside their Cemetery in San ck to me to receive death in that ! | afternoon. “I| | near death. ery year for r it has been her custom me a Christmas present. When | | I thought it saw not know what it | | p to my room after awhile nd tlere were the charred | | I was puzzled again and myseit, st be one of jokes Just think of my | | past ‘It m his mo: nstructions of | | s were taken to + baris OM CAPE TOWN 1] to the Culprits. OMAHA OFFICERS FIND | THE OUTFIT DISCARDED BY CUDAHY KIDNAPERS Pick Up the Lantern With Which the Lad’s Father Was Signaled and Discover Other Clews MAHA, Dec. 2.—The only develop- stiff-necked. He now scornfully rejects | DISht, carrying the §25.000 with which to Il private suggestions in the nature of | °Ptain the return of hiy son, and the dis- peace overtures.” | covery of other paraphernalia left by the CAPE TOWN, Dee. 24.—Lord Kitchener | TODDers in thetr hurry to depart. * This has arrived at De Aar, Cape Colony, and | C°NAirms again the story of the drive and is taking measures to crush the Boer in- “ “‘"]“' ‘d“‘; P"‘}"“b’“ d““"“‘! FuS Ty vasion. employed by the bandits. A man, the name of whom the police re- WANT CANADIAN TROOPERS. | fuce to reveal, identified Pat Crowe as the | light-complexioned individual who, in company with a woman, accosted him in the vicinity of the robbers’ rendezvous relative to the ownership of the house to which young Edward Cudahy was carried v kidnapers last Tuesday night. When shown a picture of Crowe taken from the rogues’ gzllery, this man stated | posttively that 1t was a perfect likeness of the man he saw at Thirty-sixth and Sflen militia Grover streets. Questioned closely as to - & R e | the man's conduct, dress, manner and 'm,,.z;‘ rh: o "‘f f;;:d} h:“,r:fsC:;; | general description, he gave a detailed Town, with tree transporiation from Can. | Ceiement Which convinced the authorites ada to South Africa. | The informant says that during his Colonial Office Offers Inducements to Militiamen. OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 24—The Colontal Office is anxiot get as many Cana- dians as possible to join Baden-Powell's Transvaal mounted police. If 1000 (‘ana-‘ d olunteer for this service it is the | tention of the Imperial Government to offer ten captaincies and fifteen lieuten- les in the force to qualified officers of ? ) tiations were pending for the renting of Besolution Adopted by the Grand|(he house, he made sufficient note of his Rdpids Council. l\p:.ryonal appearance to be absolutely cer- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 24.—The | tain as to the identification. Common Council of this city unanimously | At a point seven and one-half miles west adopted a resolution to-night extending | of Omaha, on Center street, about a quar- President Kruger an officlal welcome fo | ter of a mile west of Craddock Grove, ty. In accordance | on the south side of the road, was found with this action, the City Clerk sent the | on Thursday morning the lantern, with follo g cablegram to President Kruger, | the white and black lantern was, placed in possession of a Constable, who brought it to Omaha this afternoon. To-day (wo trousers legs and an undershirt sleeve were found buried be- neath the snow near the fence adjoining the road. The finding of the lantern set- tles beyond all question the exact location as to the point where the kipnapers re- celved their ransom. It also gives the authorities an important clew. The trousers legs were intended for treasure bags. They are of black Clay worsted and had been patched. The trou- sers legs were cut off midway between the knee and the hips. When the lantern was picked up it was filled with oil, and the wick showed that it had recently been used. Near where the lantern was found were a number of ears of corn, a part of the kernels yet remaining on the cobs, indi- cating that a horse had been fed there very recently. Tracks were observable in the soft earth, showing that a horse had been tied neap where the lantern was found. On the wire fence was a plece of common white wrapping twine, which had evidently held the lantern in place while being used as a signal to Mr. Cudahy. PAT CROWE'S CAREER. The Man as the Pinkertons Have EKnown Him for Fifteen Years. For fifteen years Pat Crowe has spent his time escaping from the consequences of one felony, planning another or wast- ing his days in the penitentiary. He has always been a thief, but a bold one, and . some of the most sensational erimes that have startled communities have been traced to him. He is an origi- nal criminal, too, and his crimes have generally borne his mark. For this rea- son Willlam Pinkerton, who knows Pat Crowe perhaps better than any one in the ments, the money which the unfortunate servant girl gave up to him. She never knew of the other woman's existence. On the night before Miss Schnelder's death she left her home, it is sald, for the purpose of meeting Bennett. She did not come home till early the next morn- ing and was not seen alive again, except for a few unconscious moments at the last. The post mortem indicated that the morphine had been taken with some food, after returning. It is not known whether ehe met Bennett this night or not, but she had said that she was going to see him and get her money. Bennett shot himself the day after the girl’s death, though his body was not found until three days later, when the police were looking for him to ask him about Miss Schneider. Bennett left two notes, one addressed to the men employed under him at Camp McKinley, where he was chief teamster. It simply expressed his kind feelings for them and wished them well. The other note was to th ding um;‘or. Colonel Ennis. e "1 never thought to go this way) said, “but a woman is the cause of ;: Have worked for the Government since 67 and have always bofne a goo1 reputation, as my papers will show. Have faced death for the Government often and honorably, and expected ,to die facing an enemy of the country I loved. I don't know where 1 am going, but think it is the hardest trail I ever started on.”” —_——— Roland Reed Better. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Roland Reed, the actor, was removed to-day from St country, says he had no hand in the kid- naping of Eddie Cudahy of Omaha. ““There is but one thing about the case,” Luke's Hospital to his home on One Hun- dred and Twenty-second street. He has improved very much. e i PAT CROWE, SUSPECTED OF THE OMAHA KIDNAPING, AND E. A. CUDAHY JR., THE MILLIONAIRE PACKER'S SON, WHO WAS CAR- | RIED AWAY AND HELD FOR RANSOM. e = sald Willlam Pinkerton last “that suggests Crowe in the Omaha kid- naping, and that is the letter; but I don’t think he had any hand in it. I think he was a grateful man, as well as an unscrupulous crook, and I know he always took pride in the friendship of Edward Cudahy. I think it will be found that some one else was the moving spirit of the gang.” Pinkerton and Crowe haye had a long acquaintance, although a strictly profes- | sional one. One has chased and the other has fled through half the States of the Union, and more than once has Crowe yielded to the long arms of the Pinker- tons and spent his years in jail as a result of the encounter. . Crowe first appeared as a star in crimi- nal circles fourteen years ago. It was in Omaha. He operated with a lot of sneak thieves and pickpockets. He was a “snatcher,” but the boldest one of them all. For two years he was a leader in the sneak thief line and then he branched out. One evening he rang the bell of a well- known house on South Park street in Chi- cago, kept by a woman named Carrie Watson. The housekeeper was a woman known as Diamond Annie, because she wore at all times a'profusion of diamonds of considerable value. She used to open the door, and Crowe knew it, for as soon as she responded to his ring he stepped into the hall, grabbed the woman by the throat and stripped the necklace from her shoulders, a brooch from her breast, a bracelet from her arm and one ear ring. He was reaching for the other when a colored portor, hearing her eries, came to her rescue. Crowe shot at him twice, hit- ting him once, and escaped. The next day a pawnbroker named Moe, who kept a shop on the corner of Adams and South Clarke streets, notified the police that a man answering to the description given by the woman had come into his shop that morning with some jewels to sell and some to mend. He agreed to put a signal in the window when he called again. Two policemen watched, and at the signal rushed in to take their man. He drew his revolver and shot them both; then he rah out into the street, shooting at every one who attempted to stop him, but he was finally tripped up by a newsboy in front of the Grand Cen- tral Hotel, overpowered and captured. He was sent to Joliet for fourteen years for that job, but four years after, through the Influence of his brother, Steve Crowe, a saloon-keeper and politician of Omaha, he was pardoned out. He was next heard from in Minneapolis, A negro woman was walking down the street, wearing in her ears two big dia- monds. Crowe came quletly up behind her, caught both earrings and tore them off. He escaped without trouble. Then in Denver he appeared again in a jewelry store and asked to see some dia- mond rings. When he was handed the full of rings he put it under his coat and made off with it, shooting at any one evening, | Who attempted to stop him. He slipped | and fell a block from the store and was | captured. His brother appeared on the scene again and induced a man named | Mark Waterous t6 go on his bond for $3000 | and then Crowe disappeared. | He appeared next in Atlantie, Ta., where he held up a man and was sentenced to five years, but he broke jail and started | again. Five years ago he was arrested in Mil- waukee on suspiclon of being one of the | principals n a hold-up. His picture was sent to the Pinkertons, and they identi- fled him as the man from Denver, and they sent word there about his arrest. In | the meantime he was sentenced to three months In the Milwaukee workhouse to | keep him safe while action wasawaited on the part of the Denver authorities. Just before his arrest there had been a train robbery on the Burlington road near St, Joe, Mo. Crowe wrote to the attor-| neys for the road and told them that he and three others had held up the train. | The story was told to William Pinkerton and he said Crowe was a liar, ‘and was trying some scheme to escape from the.! Milwaukee jail before the Denver matter could be brought against him. He was taken to St. Joe, however, and, under per- snasion, Pinkerton went to Denver to con- sult with the authoritles there, but while he was in Denver news came that Crowe had sawed through the bars of the St. Joe jall and had released himself and all the other prisoners as well. After he was out he wrote to Pinkerton to tell him that the story that he and three others had robbed the train was false, and got up for the purpose of obtaining a transfer to the 8t. Joe jail. Nevertheless, when Pinker- ton heard of him in Cincinnat! he went after Crowe and caught him. He was taken to St. Joe and on his own confes- sion he was sentenced to several years in the penitentiary. Then, after his release, he was arrested for palming jewelry In a store in St. Louls, and after that he was arrested for robbing a train on the Chicago and North- western Rallway, but In this last scrape he proved his innocence. Since then he has been around Chicago and Omaha. Fe went to the mines near Butte for a while, but tiring of life there he started back to Chicago. He became stranded in Omaha and applled to Mr. Cudahy for assistance. Cudahy gave him a ticket to Chicago and then, seeing the shivering condition of the man, he gave him an overcoat as well. Since then he has worked for Cudahy, and he has al- ‘ways felt proud of the patronage of the Omaha capitalist. “‘He has a bad name,” sald William Pin- kerton last night, “and everything that goes wrong In Omaha is charged to him when the police cannot find any one else to hold responsible. But I don't think he is the man in this case—and I'll tell you why. “‘Some years ago a man in a Massachu- setts penitentiary wrote to me to come Continued on Page Two. | hibit at the recent Paris exposition, were | POPE WILL BEGIN NEW CENTURY BY ADVOCATING CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY Urges Employers to Deal More Gener- ously With Employed, and to Better Their Condition. EW YORK, Dec. 24.—Private ad- | vices from Rome received here | to-day state that Pope Leo XIII, | is to mark the opening of the new century by the promulga- tion of an encyclical on the'subject of Christian democracy, in which he will take anotber advanced step as a sequel to his former pronouncements on the Chris- tian constitution of states, the condition of the working classes and the programme of duties affecting national and clvil rights. Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, N. Y., who had a long audience with the Pope early this month, said that his Holi- ness appeared vigorous in mind and body with every evidence of ability to car out his present line of policy. The new encyclical, of which this forecast comes from most rellable sources, has been ready for some time, but has been held back so that the Pope could examine every avallabl: source of information. It is especially intended to proclaim that Christian democracy is a legitimate Cath- olic aspiration, and to explain away the differencés of opinion that have arisen in Catholic ranks over the socfal policy ad- vecated in two former encyclicals. He urges that greater interest be taken in the work of Christian democracy and the raising of workingmen to a higher level of comfort. Employers are reminded that those they engage to toil must be paid | falr wages, and that to defraud any one of wages is a crime crying to heaven for vengeance, but to oppress the indigent | and destitute for the sake of gain is con- trary to law, divine and human, and that capitalists should refrain from cutting down workingmen's wages with all the greater reason because Jhe workingman is unable to protect himself. Gavernments, statesmen and all have a prominent part in public life should give favorable consideration to whatever is conducive to the welfare of workers, so that they may have a proper share In the benefits which they so large- Iy contribute to the advantage of the com- munity. g As men have the natural right to enter into societles, the encyclical continues, thé State is bound to protect these rights and requests and countenade assoctations tending to benefit the condition of wage- earrers. It is fitting that the people should have a share in the work of law- making and administration, and that whatever in the state was of avall for the common welfare the church should prompt, promote and guard as well as whatever had been usefully established to curb the license of rulers who opposed the true interests of the people. This will be the gospel of progress and an invitation to higher morality, it is stated, that the Pope will expound in his message to Christendom. who @ bl e e e e el @ FRENCH RAILWAY HOLDS UP THE AMERICAN EXHIBIT Action That Calls Forth a Formal Protest by Embassador Porter. ARSIt 5 PARIS, Dec. 24.—Thirty cars, forming part of the United States Government ex- suddenly laid under embargo to-day at Havre, the railroad company declining to surrender them, pending payment of a | claim of %70 francs. This extraordinary | action, serfously delaying the departure | of the United States auxillary eruiser Prairie, from Havre for New York, with the Government exhibits, was made the | subject of a formal protest to the French | Government by United States Embassa- dor Porter. The company bases its claim on demur- rage charges on freight in the cars when | the goods were brought to the exposition | for installation. Some time ago the claim | was submitted, and Major Brackett, sec- retary of the American Commission, in- | vestigated it and concluded that it had | no foundation, as some of the cars charged against the American Govern- ment never contained officlal exhibits, while the others were cars utllized by pri- | vate exhibitors and not therefore charge- able to the United States. Major Brackett thereupon endeavored o obtain a settlement, but without avail. | The matter dragged along through the | summer, - the secretary of the American | Commission repeatedly expressing his| willingness to settle any just claim | against the United States. The company left the case in an unsatisfactory condi- | tion, and finally embargoed the cars. When Major Brackett was informed by | the United States agent at Havre he | wired him instructions to pay to the com- pany 500 francs in the presence of the | legal authorities and at the same time | to enter a claim against the company for 10,000 francs as damages for obstruction | and delay. “Last summer the company submitted | a bill of 32,782 francs for freight charges | against the commission,” he saild to-day, | “and pressed for payment. Pending an | explanation of certain items I paid 25,000 | francs on account, at the same time ask- | ing for detalls. When these were fur-| nished I discovered that the commlsslon’ had been charged with 4193 francs which should have been charged to the Com- pagnie Generale Transatlantique, while 4110 francs should have been charged to private exhibitors. The company is there- tore obliged to make a rebate. To-morrow being a holiday there will be no loading of the Prairie. The cars will be released by the payment of 30 francs. Should Wednesday not bring a satisfact- ory solution Major Brackett will probably pay the rest of the claim under protest in order not to delay further the sailing of the Prairie. At the same time he will enter an additional clalm for damages. Some trouble also arose with Philip Lazies, the contractor who bullt the na- tional pavilion. He wrote to the Ameri- can Commission on December 18, saying that the last letter from Commissioner General Peck was not satisfactory and askipg when the building would be turned over to him for demolition. Two days later he notified the commission that he intended to take possession and begin destruction immediately. He In turn was informed that the building would be placed under his control December 20, and at a formal meeting he wcs notifled that the commission would remove certain furnishings not supplied by him, a propo- sition to which his representative did not | object. On Saturday night, while the American custodian of the building, assisted gby two workmen, was removing material be- longing to the United States a force of police arrived and arrested all three on the ground that they were taking goods which did not belong to them. It is said that M. Lazies brought about the arres Major Brackett obtained their release to-day. M. Lazies served him with a legal notice that he would not aceept the pavilion in its pres shape and. would demand damages for delay. The French man will now be held to the strict terms of the contract, which includes demoli- tion, and a counter claim will be entered of a forfeit of 200 francs daily from March 15, the date when the contract called for completion, to June 23, together with a claim of 2000 francs for defective con- struction, as the roof leaked and certain furnishings were ruined. More than this, there will be a special clalm of 2000 francs if it can be proved that M. Lagles brought about the arrests, making a total of 26,500 francs. Another bone of contention may be the settlement of the restaurant concession in the American pavilion, which has not been paid for. @it e COLORADO GIRL’S FUTILE STRUGGLE WITH ABDUCTOR PUEBLO, Colo., Dec. 24.—Maggie Hoel has been missing since 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and it is feared that she has been murdered. The girl, who was about 18 years old, lived with her sister, Mrs. Charles Beatty, in a lonely spot about three miles west of the city. On Sunday Mrs. Beatty left Magsgie in charge of her little child at her home. Upon her re- turn, two hours later, her sister was gone and the baby was alone in the house. Indications about the premises led to the suspicion that the girl had been taken from home by force. There were evidences of a struggle, and m the yard were found the footprints of a man, evidently of large size. The footprints led to the direction of the Arkansas River, and at some places along the trail appeared the prints of smaller shoes such as Maggle Hoel wore. At other places the trail indicate! that the girl was dragged or carried along by her captor. Near the river bank, where the ground is harder, all traces were lost. A large number of men have been search- ing, but the girl has not been found. At Mrs. Beatty’s home Maggie's hat and the wraps which she ordinarily wore out of doors were found undisturbed. In the immediate vicinity a large force of men have been working on reservoirs now under construction. It has been iearned that some time yes- terday morning a carriage drawn by white horses was.in the vicinity, and a richly dressed lady got out of it and seemed to be searching for something. It has been impossible thus far to find such a car- riage. The girl had a guardian in Mis- souri, and a young man here was her lover. The latter is grief-stricken, and does all he can to aid in solving the mys- tery. REORGANIZATION IS NOW FULLY CONCLUDED PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24—The Press will to-morrow say: It is understood thas the long pending negotiations for the reorganization of the Pennsylvania Steel Company have been concluded. Accord- ing to good authority, there will be a new company formed with a capital of $50,000,~ 000 to take over the old property and cor- duct its business in the future. The char- ter which was issued by the State of New Jersey Is sald to be liberal, and will af. ford an opportunity to take up all the lines of business in which it s necessary for a modern fron and steel plant to en- gage. The capital stock of $50,000,000 will con- sist of $25,000,000 common and 325,000,000 preferred stock, for which the present holders of Pennsylvania steel shares will bave an opportunity to subscribe on a basis which it is expected will yield a profit. There will be a large amount of this stock retained in the treasury of the com- pany for the various purposes. The stock will be fully pald up aad will not be assessable.

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