The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 11, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VISS MARY HOFFMAN AND REV. J. LE BARON JOHNSON LEFT MONTREAL TOGETHER Picture Published in The C.all. Leads to the Positive Identification of the Missing San Francisco Girl Who Fled From New York With the Minister.‘ f | | | | | | | TURE OF MARY CALL JANT'ARY 3. LED TO HER N IN AT MC V. JA 2 BARON JOHNSON, THE MISSI) MINIS- REPROD! OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM PUBLISHED ON THIS COAST. | Special Dispatch to The Call < RE. Que., J t with him all ay long | m g He went out immed ely and \ ‘ e ta d of nothing at her | the next thing known of him is that ty and how he loved her. | went to the n Steamship Line office AVA . kind of t there | and engaged passage for two on the Tuni- = - E wr because married | sian, which was to sail on the 15th from S < , who have been married as long as | Halifax e 2 said .they had, act very different. I| He loft Miss Gleeson’s h an early 3 s N i telli a great desz about them | hour on the following morning and at 12:20 than I because there might be | o’clock drove to her door in a sleigh, her pec g to board here and panied by “Mrs. Ruggles.” They 3 be frighter » 1 luncheon in the parlor. , 3 > it The day was spent In shopping, as it S I re a pretty traveling gray | was explained to Miss Gleeson that ““Mrs. . = ess.’ Ruggles” had left home in a hurry and - a - about the relatives of Mr. | did not have proper traveling clothes. o . ' ad been there making in-| They took dinner 5 o'clock and . see the r leeson said thz of | drove to the Intercolonial train, which TR i that he was sure that | left that night for Halifax face be- s Hoffman. Joh | This afternoon after ong search the river n the 9th and stayed at the | correspondent found the cabman who “x He evidently expected the lady | drove them to the depot and he imme- i at ha t an she came, as he regis- | diately recognized The Call's picture as Montgomery, Ken- | that of the lady in his cab and a picture - several telegrams dur- | of Johnson as that of the man. He sald e SI ATTACKS MADE BY THE BOERS Republicans Beaten Off After Prolonged Fighting. Kitchener neous at by the fons be- t along the Lourenzo Mar- g to reports the after prolonged ext of the dispatch ener: R 9-On the night of made simultaneous 2 cks on all of our posts f Wonderfonte! Noodegacht tein. Intense fog prevailed of the cover it af- | from ¥ both sides | | cooped up in the forecastle since yester- | now that communication with the Russic s were able to creep up » our ition. A heav fire con- d ur 2:40 a. m., when the Boers irfven off. One officer was Kkilled P ree were wounded, while twenty | mer. were killed and fifty-nine wounded. The loss o e Boers was heavy, twenty- four dead being counted. ” “A convoy taking supplies to Gordon's brigade, north of Krugersdorp, was at- tacked by Beyer's commando yesterday | the small craft was !ost, but it finally got (Tuesday). The Boers were driven off, leaving eleven dead on the field. Our cas ualties were four elightly wounded = yward evening a ed for ouse. He was finally ari Gleeson's, which is one of »nable in the city He en- parlor and a bedroom, ‘Mr. Ruggle »ming very soon. to know just when she ¢ and worried considerably un- name his wife w was he was prepared to swear to it. At the Windsos Hotel the chief clerk also recognized the picture of Johnson, but, of course, said it was that of Mr. Montgomery. The cabman was requested to drive to the house where he got the ¥ of the nd he made no stop until he reached Miss Gleeson's. ! A private dispatch some days ago to this HOSTILITY T0 AMERICAN COVERNNENT [Foreien Attacks May - Be Inspired by Kaiser Anxious tTSiut Out the United States From the Concert. William of Germany Angered by Rea- son 0! the Defeat of H s Plan of Slzughter in China. | he Call and New York Her- 1561, by the Herald Pub- ILONDON, Jan. 10.—These dispatches drew attention on Monday to tHe suspici- ous similarity in the tendency existing be- tween the officlal views ‘emanating from | Vienna and thé disp lish correspondents in the United State: Anocther striking instance has occurred within the last couple of days. As usual, a unanimity of views is manifested in the of hostiiity to the Amerlcan ment. ches cabled by En sentiment Goverr ment’s proposal to refer certain points of the would meet at \Washington or else- vheie furnishes a pretext for attacking. Times' * New York correspondent the proposal in the malevolent habitual with him. The Dail s at manrner Tele ‘nna how the suggestion has aroused the fr» of Austrian diplomats against the United States, and even the Herald's corresponi- ent in_ V! Iy under the spell of Anglomania that nfluences Austria’s foreign policy, repeats with an air of believing in the Daily Telegraph's state- ment that the United States may be asked to leave the concert of the powers in China This nounc touching unammity unn-~ticed, is too pro- a and too un- to pass varyingly anti-American to be due to an: thing save abedien e to a.mot d'ordre. If 1 to the bottom the This time the State Depart- | Chinese negotiations to a commission | correspondent tells | ‘ | | i tssuer of that mot @ ordre Would probably | prove to be the Kaizer, who as head of the triple alliance and the only member of the Angio-German alilance whose hands are unfettered—England being kept bus in the Tran al—is in a posiiton to die- tate w His M is more concerned in shui- ting the United States out of the concert 1 any one, for it is United States that thwarted his little scheme of wholesale slaughter which was to leave China imbued with tesror of the Germa n Empire, while the otier powers were & be thrust into the packground as of no account. As a matter of fact, however, there i& no concert of the powers now. Russia has virtually withdrawn from ‘t of her own free will, vreferring to maka spendent treaty with China an i YIELDS TO"IHE OPPOSITION. | | sidered rather wild. | closely America Withdraws Plan for Sepa- | rating Demands on China. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The opposition of the European powers will prevent the consideration of the question of indemnity and revision of commercial treatles with China by an international commission, as =uggested by President McKinley. In urging that these matters be discussed by | the wvowers direct. Minister Conger in- formed the State Department that they be settled by the Ministers in | Peking only with the greatest difficulty. The disinciination of the powers to accept the proposition for the appointment of a ommission has caused the President to | withdraw it and the Ministers In Peking could en he ed up and | city states e two seilec when he brightened up and | city states thai the two seiled on the | wij) be directed to make @n effort to reach his wife would arrive in the | Tunisian as intended | an agreement. It is explained that the feefeefesfoeferferfenfenfenfe sfecfeecfocfocfosfoesfode sfoferfocirioriloniodlodelodale el tese deferfeferdei=lo@ | proy an submitted by the President to FISHERMEN GET | A LINE TO THE | STRANDED SHIP| Heroie Men Make the Work of Reseue Possible. Jan. 10.—A message 1 8 that in spite of th heavy sea still running a lfeboat suc- ceeded in reaching the French steamship | Russie, and attached a line to her, by which food can be furnished to the pas- and crew, who had all been raman s sengers day evening, when the vessel stranded, | and were famishing. There are sanguine hopes that the res- cue of the endangered persons is possibls | is established. | The life line connecied with the Russie £till holds good, in sipte of the tremendous seas running, but it has not yet been pos- sible to take off the passengers. An at- tempt was about to be made to rescue them when the last dispatch from Fara- | man was received. The attachment of the line was due to | the heroic efforts of twenty fishermen, who attempted what appeared to be & foolhardy task. Their flat-bottomed eraft | was tassed about ilke a straw on the | waves. The spectators watched it with | bated breath. Several uimes they thought into a current, which carried the boat to the starboard side of the Russie’s bow. A line was then thrown -m board the wreck. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BRIBE BISHOP POTTER Envoy of a C(andidate Makes a Peculiar Offer. SRS, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10.—During his speech at the Academy of Music last night Bishop Potter said: “About a vear ago there came into my study in New York some one whom I | had never seen, a stranger, whose name upon his card I did not recognize and whose-errand 1 could not divine. “*Sir,’ he sa ‘I am from such and such a part of the country. In that part of the country a fierce political cam- paign is now in progress. One of your clergy (it was in a “erritory and not in a city) is attacking from the pulpit the | moral character and nioral standard of a gentleman who is a candidate there for a very big office, whom I represent.’ “I said: ‘I have not any clergymen out in that part of the world. I have no more jurisdiction there than you have.’ He said: ‘Perhaps not in the sense you mean, but it is one of your men." ““What do you want me to do? sald I. “‘I want you to stop it,” said he,, ‘and T am authorized by the distinguished gentleman whom I repiesent to say that if vou will stop it he will make it worth | your while.” “I felt like saying, ‘It will come high.’ 1 got up and walked to the door. T opened it and stood - there., He looked there g moment in some perpiexity. I sald, ‘Does it not occur to you, sir, that this inter- view is at an end? He went out” | transfer the negotiations of indemnity anad commerclal treaties to some other place | than Peking was designed to facllitate the | eoncluston of negotiations as a whole by separating those still requiring consider- able deliberation from those already de- termined. Some of the powers did not look with favor upon this separation and others hesitated to decide the question. Desiring above all else to avold delay in the progress of negotiations, the President has directed Mr. Conger to urge their early completion at Peking. The other governments also have been’ urgently re~ quested to avold all unnecessary delay in | completing a settlement of the Chinese question. e R TO HONOR PRINCE CHUN. Germans to Hold a Review Before t Empsror's Brother. PEKING, Jan. 10.—The Germans will hold a review in honor of Prince Chun, the brother of the Emperor, who s at present in Peking. Prince Chun says he does not represent the court officially, but knows his brother's sentiments. SHANGHAL Jan. 10.—It is reliably re- ported that Prince Ching and ILi Hung Chang have telegraphed the newly ap- pointed Treasurer of the province of Chili, Chung Yu Shan, to hasten to Pe- king to assist in the negotiations. Universal Suffrage in Cuba. HAVANA, Jan. 10.—The Cuban Consti- tutional Convention to-day decided by a practically unanimous vote to insert a clause providing for universal suffrage in the future republic. Onfly one vote, it {s said, was cast against the proposal. Steamship Ethiopia Ashore. LONDON, Jan. 11, 4;50 8. m.—The An- chor line steamship Ethiopia, Captain Mc- Kenzie, which left Glasgow to-day for New York via Movllle, s ashore on Holy 1sland, in the Firth of Clyde. She isin a bad position. MURDERS HIS DAUGHTER, - SETS FIRE TO HIS HOME - AND COMMITS SUICIDE Robert B. Stolle, an Unnatural Father, Fearing Ex- posure, Ends the Wrecked Life of His Daugh- ter and Blows Out His Brains at San Jos € o Special ‘Dispatch to The Call AN JOSE, Jan. 10.—Murder, arson and suicide were the means adopt- ed by Robert B. Stolle. a laborer, to escape threatened prosecution for a. eriminal relation with own daughter. The tragedy was enacted in a poor, little whitewashed home or North Julian street, adjoining the Covote Creek. The father, Robert B. Stolle, and his daughter Bertha, aged 15 years, occupy slabs in the morgue. The murder of Mrs. Annie *Stolle, the wife and mother, had been also contemplated, but fear of such threats drove her from her home Tuesday and she escaped the fate. Stolle, who has been a resident of this city for many years, owned a little home on Jullan street. This was occupled by the | man, his wife and his daughter Bertha. a | The reputation of | pretty Httle mizs of 1 the family has not been the best in the neighborhond, and the daughter was con- A short time ago Mrs. Stolle became convinced that ter were not natural, and she accused her husband. The proof was so convincing that Stolle could not deny the matter. swore that If she ever reported the to the District Attorney or police would kill the entire family and himself. Stolle watched his wife and daughter and whenever they went out he followed them on a bicycle. Last Monday Mrs. Stolle stole away and in company with Mrs. H. Garvey, who lives at 1122 North Tenth street, calied on Distric Attorney Campbell and laid the matter before him. She was advised that it would be better to obtain more evidence, and it was not believed that Stolle would carry out his murderous threat. The husband evidently suspected some- thing, for that night he demanded $125 from his wife on which to leave the coun- try. She refused to comply, but offered him $50 if he would confess the crime to her and leave for good. Stolle declined the offer and repeated his threats to kill all three. Tuesday morning Mrs. Stolle became so frightened of her husband that she went to the home of Mrs. Garvey, where she has since remained. Stolle and his daughter remained at the | house. Smoke, as If acting as a beacon to at- tract attention to the horrible crime com- mitted, was seen issuing from the house shortly after 7 o'clock by Louis Magginl, the keeper of a saloon actess the creek. No attention was pald to it, as the smoke was thought to come from the stove. Some time after a Mr. Elmer told Mag- | gini the house must be on.fire. The two went over to investigate. The partitions and front of the house were ablaze, and on opening the front door the bodies of the father and daughter were seen lying in pools of blood on the floor of an ad- joining bedroom. An alarm of fire was turned in and. the police and Sheriff's office notified of the tragedy. ;l'he depart- ment soon checked the flames and an in- vestigation was begun. In the room were two beds and between them a narrow aisle running to the door. Here lay the body of the girl in her night clothes, partly under the bed, with the head iIn the alsle, face downward. To- | ward the rear of the room was the father. his | the relations between her husband and daugh- | He | matter | he | | { 1] | ok P | TWO VICTITMS OF THE SAN JOSE TRAGEDY AND THE | STOLLE HOME. | — e -»z- if he had fallen face ng a in a position as downward while kne fering a ¥ yer to hiz Maker for forgive- ness for his horrible deed. On the floor d on the bed clothes were great pools of blood. Bertha, the daughter. had been shot three times. One bullet entered her chin just below the mouth and passed upward, lodging near the base of the brain. Two teeth were knocked out. The second shot entered the right breast and came out | near the shoulder blade. Another bullet | had entered the fleshy part of the left hand. | The disorder of the room and the | scattering of blood upon the bed are | thought to be evidence of a desperate struggle between the girl and her father. A theory advanced. is' that when Stolle got his revolver and announced his inten- | tion of killing his daughter and himself she grappled with him. The bullet in the | hand was undoubtedly the first fired. | | Around the room they fought for poss ston of the weapon. The tearing and | staining of the bed clothes with blood bears this out. Finally the brute strength of the father prevailed and un- doubtedly with the shot in the breast the @nughter fell. Then leaning over her. he made certain of his brutal crime by plac- ing the revolver to her mouth and firing. Stolle | then deliberately set about his own destruction and that of the lttle home, hoping that fire would wipe out all trace of his deed. Securing a vlece of piiper. he wrote a | note telling of his crime. In order that this would not be burned, he pinned it on | the door of a henhouse, some distance | | away. Here Chief Kidward found the | note, which is as follows: “Dear Friends: T done this because I was darove to it by my wife Annie. to the house myself before I shot myself. | 1 wanted $125, for T wanted to go away, as she offered me $0 or arrest. Before arrest I committed murder, suicide and | arson. Please let Mrs. Annie von Gote, | T set fire | North Platte, Nebr., know of this affair. “ROBERT B. STOLLE.” Having completed the note and pinned it where it would be conspicuous, Stolle returned to the house. The bedclothes and mattresses were piled in the doorway | of the partition and the contents of a coal | oil lamp dashed over them. He then walked to the rear of the room, and, lean- | ing on the bed, placed the 3S-caliber re- o entered to the left of the nose and plowed its way upward into the brain. Deafh must have been instantaneous. The fire which had been kindled burned slowly, as if an avenging fate were de- the facts of the crime should be Stolle could be located for some time and it was thought she, too, had been killed and the body made away with. She was finally found at Mrs. Gar- ! vey's After her excitement had some- what subdued she made the following statement: 'Some time ago I discovered, through a confession from my daughter, that my husband had been guilty of an awful of- fense, of which the girl was a vietim. [ informed him of my discovery and told him that I would have him arrested. Ha became enraged and kept my daughter and myself confined in the house, allowing us to have no intercour: with any of the | neighbors. ““Several times he had flourished a pistol and threatened to kill us both. He was very much afraid that we would inform the officers, and when either of us left the house he would follow us on his bi- eyele. For the two weeks he had not done any work, but had been busy keeping track of his daughter and myself. Monday afternoon 1 went to the Dis- trict Attorney with Mrs. Garvey. To him I told my story and he outlined the course ]d pursue. On Tuesday morning I to Mrs residence and I have remained there ever since. last I sho went Garvey's Jefore I left home my husband re- peated his threats that he would kill the whole family. “He told me that if T would give him $125 he would go away. T offered him $50, but he would not After T left the house I sent Mr. White, the awning man. to endeavor to get the pistol away from him. Yesterday I rang my husband up on the telephone and repeated my of- accept fer of %0. That is all I knew about it until you came here. “We nad been married for sixteen years and had been having trouble for a long time. My daught d have been 15 years old on March Stolle was a_native of Germany. about 47 years of age. He had lived here for many years, having been employed on street work and at odd jobs of gardening. He was a hard working and frugal man He owned the house where the crime was committed and a bank book found in the house showed Mrs. Stolle had 3265 on deposit in a local bani. An inquest was held this evening upon the remains of Stolle and his daughter. Nothing material was brought out. Mrs. | Stolle was too ill to appear, and her phy- siclan said she was in bed suffering from the shock. A number of witnesses stated that Mrs. Stolle was constantly receiving a great many gentlemen visitors and she was given a hard reputation. it was stated that it was rumored last summer that Mrs. Stolle during a row had taken a couple of shots at her husband, but none of the witnesses knew it for a fact. In the case of the father the Coroner's jury returned a verdict that death re- sulted from a pistol shot inflicted by his own hand, and in the girl's case that her death was the result of a pistol shot fired His feet were under one bed and his head | volver to his head and fired. The bullet | by her father, Robert B. Stolle. L I a a R i B s, SHAFTER WILL BE RETIRED AS MAJOR GENERAL ——— Lee and Wilson Also Favored by Action of Senate. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Briga- dler Generals Fitzhugh Lee and James M. ‘Wilson of the volunteer service are to be transferred to the regular army and put on the retired list, and General Shafte’, who is now a brigadier general, retired, in the regular army and major general in ) the volunteer service, is to be given the | rank of major general on the retired list. | These changes are made possible by an | amendment to the army reorganization bill adopted by the Senaté this afternoon. When the bill was before the House of Representatives an effort was made to adopt this provision, but it was unsuccess- ful. Tt i=s not doubted. however, that the nouse wul accept the Senate amendment, which had the support of the administra- tion. LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRENCH SOON TO START WESTWARD CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—Lieutenant Colone! and Mrs. George French of the Salva- tion Army will bid farewell to thelr Chi- cago followe) next Monday evening. They have received “marching orders” from general headquarters of the army and are to go to California to assume charge of the BSalvation Army in that State. SPECULATORS AND BROKERS REPAY MONEY ————— Men Who Caused the Collapse of Firms Disgorge. ———iee Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 10.—8ix brokers and outside speculators who engineered the recent collapse of Lake Views, and the consequent downfall of sixteen firms, have been compelled to pay over £300,000 for the benefit of the Injured firms, under threat, it is reported, of an exposure for Questionable transactions.