The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1901, Page 3

SUGAR MAKERS SEEK RELIEF Appeal to Secretary Gage io Rescind His Former Action. ornian Delegation Takes Up the Matter and Careful Consideration and Early Ruling Are Promised nal dele- s from all business in make an ef- f the Treasury g of last ection of coun- Rus; sented that tervailing duties A great deal of Rus. tne United States, owever, coming through the ipt of the telegrams, Rep- 4 the Califor- ecretary, and came to is- said that if tly, up- that the t the Govern- > le su- h it ity may be paid sugar combina- to a bounty ‘!\TG;ZB;S*EI,'%FI::BA ON SNOWBOUND TRAINS ildren and Pleasure-Seekers hout Food in Southwest- ern Russia. ely school home for the st a Teacher. A decision was ren- > on Again tion of the o ADVERTISEMENTS. 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SAN FRANCISCAN ENDS Body of a Sacramento LIFE WITH A BULLET Suicide Is Identified as That of **Jack’ Robinson. i i1 WOMAN'S PORTRAIT FOUND ID NATE YOUNG MAN'S CLOTHING : “JACK" ROBINSON, THE SACRAMENTO SUICIDE, AND THE YOUNG + A POCKET OF THE UNFORTU- ACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.—San Fran- | ciscans who arrived to-night iden- tified the body of a young man who committed suicide on the rivef bank south of the ciuy this morning as that of “Jack” Robinson. He was recent- | 1y emploved in the Russ House. Robin- son came from the East not long ago and was employved by railroad ticket agent McCord of Market street. He disappeared about two weeks ago. The cause of his act is not known, except he was out of money. BETROTHAL AFTER MANY ADVENTURES ‘Lovo Match of Miss Mary Condit Smith and Rich- ard Stewart Hooker. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—"The cards an- nouncing the engagement between Miss Mary Condit Smith and myself are being | printed,” sald Richard Stewart Hooker, in | an interview. ““We are to be married n February,” he continued. *I belleve the | President and Secretary Long are to be present. I would prefer a quieter wed- ding, I think, as I'm rather bashful. It| was my love of army and navy life that | 1ed me to enlist in the marines. Altogether the story of the love match is lively in detail. The young people have known each other since childhood. Ser- geant Hooker is the son of Mrs. Bessie Stewart Hooker and grandson of Senator Stewart of Nevada. In 1897, when the Klondike gold fever started the marine | went to the Klondike, where he remained | for about a year. Disposing of his outfit | and claim to advantage he came back to lization just at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, and it wasn't long | before he succeeded, with his grandfath. er's influence, in getting an appointment | ear ago that Miss | Condit Smith, in response to an Invitation from her sister, wife of Lieutenant Keyes of the navy, then stationed in Yokohama, determined to leave this country and | travel in the Orient. It was after a visit | to Lieutenant and Mrs. Keves that she ac- | companied Mr. and Mrs. Squires to] Peking. She stayed with them at the ola | temple on the great wall of China, fifteen | miles distant from Peking, from which place the two women were rescued just in time to save them from the Boxers and conveyed to the British legation in Peking ‘As soon as they were rescued Miss Condit Smith started for her home in Washingtoa and arrived less than a fortnight ago, be- | ing met in New York by Sergeant Hooker. | Big Sales of Coffee. | At the annual meeting of the New Yorlk ‘('nfl'ce Exchange President Taylor report. marked impro transacted upon the exchange. recorded sales amounted to 7,442,250 bags, or over 3,000,000 bags more than in the pre- Vious vear. This is the largest business recorded since 1891 It is further reported that a movement that meets with general | favor is the decision of the board of man- agers to abolish the present system of separate sets of Rio and Santos standards | and to establish in their place single ex- change standards from numbers 1 to 9, upon which all eoffee deliverable upon the exchange shall be graded. e first tea call of the exchange will be held on Janu- ary 21 | Foreign Trade of New York. | _Offictal statistics of the foreign trade of | the port of New York for the calendar year of 1900 show an increase in the ag- | #regate movement of merchandise to the | extent of over $67,000,000. The increase in 1898 over 15898 was about $17,000,000. Imports | of merchandise were $19.459,801, and ex- | ports $541,064,544. Specie imports were $29,- ‘., A4 specic exports $102.043,891, the Al being a material gain o last year. Californians in New York. | The following Californians are in New York: San Francisco—Miss L. Bancroft, Mrs. H. H. Bancroft, at Westminster; J. F. Engiish, Miss M. B. English, at | Denis; F. M. Farrar, at Netherland, | Abbott. at Broadway Central: A. H. Steel, at Holland; Miss Blake, at St. Denis; D. Libby Jr., at Astor; G. Homage, Stockton, at Normandie. St. G. | OREGON’S SENATORIAL | FIGHT VDBAWING NEAR | Ex-Benator W. H. Corbett in the Con- ! test as Senator McBride’s 1 Opponent. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 1.—The regular biennial session of the Oregon Legislature | will convene at Salem on Monday next. | The most _important' matter to come be- | fore the Legislature will be the election of a United States Senator to succeed | George W. McBride. The Legislature, which is overwhelmingly Republican in | both houses, will begin balloting for Sen- ator in separate session one week from Tuesday, provided an organization be ef- fected before next Tuesday. Senator McBride is on the ground con- ducting his own canvass for re-election. Ex-S8enator W. H. Corbett has also pub- licly announced his candidacy. Neither claims to have a sufficlent number of votes to elect, and the indications at pres- ent are for a protracted struggle. A call | for a caucus is being circulated, but up to | this time less than thirty members have signed it. It requires forty-six to elect, and unless that number of signatures is obhal;l"d the caucus probably will not be called. ——e—— For a Cold in the Head Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabiets. i Special Dispatch to The Call. Robinson’s body was found this morn- ing on the river bank, opposite George Quint’s place, ¢ e Riverside road. By its side lay a aliber revolver with a shell exploded. A ragged hole in the young man's right temple told the story of suicide. . In one of clothing was young girl wh the pockets of Robinson's found the portrait of a se features resemble those of the suicide. The photograph was taken by Fowser at 337 Haves street, San Fran- cisco. There was aiso a lock of auburn d a pool ticket bought at Harry place. ISTORS FUNCTION Brilliant Ball at Cliveden| on the Banks of the Thames. LONDON, Jan. 11L.—Willam Waldorf | Astor gave a ball last night at Cliveden, | his magnificent country place on the banks of the Thames, twenty-five miles from London. There were 200 guests. | This ball was the formal introduction Into | society of Miss Pauline Astor and Wal- dorf Astor Jr., who recently became of | age. Miss Astor acted as hostess and re- celved the guests, with her father on one side and her brother on the other. The entertainment was noticeable for | the absence of the great leaders of so- | clety who in former vears flocked to Mr. Astor’s musicales in Carlton House Ter- race and to the summer house parties at Cliveden. Most of the great leaders of Society are at Chatsworth, the Duke of Devonshire's country house, this week, where the Prince of .Wales Is the guest of honor, and amateur theatricals, with ty _men and women in the leadin will be given. One hundred and fifty of Mr. Astor's guests came from the country around Cliveden, Taplow, Mar- lowe and Maidenhead, where many of the so-called aristocratic country families live. Mr. Astor's nearest neighbor is W. H. Gregfell, whose family are warm per- sonal friends of rovalty. They were his leading guests. Fifty persons went down from London in a special train and thirty of them remain as guests at Cliveden. Astor's house is guarded more than a prince’'s. The entire week he has been de- voted to preparing the house to make the scene as brilllant as possible. Every one of the ninety-five rooms has been touched up and many entirely rerurnished. The decorator's art was lavished chiefly on the great hall, which is Mr. Astor's pride. Supper was served at 11 o'clock and the dancing continued until 2, Followed the Prince of Wales. The basis of a report of an attempted assassination of the frince of Wales turns out to be that a harmless forelgn musician followed the Prince Wednesday. when he was returning from shooting on the Duke of Devonshire's estate. The tranger ran when detectives went to- ward him. He eluded them, but was iden- tifled later. Sale of Danish West Indies. A Copenhagen special say8: The nego- tiations for the sale of the Danish Wist Indies to the United States are seemingly approaching a settlement. The matter has been placed in the hands of the Finance Committee of the Rigsdag, with the view of arranging the difference in the price asked and offered. The King and Ministry are in favor of the sale, but final action may be delayed by powerful opposition both in the islands anfhere. | Imposing Obsequies. A Weimar special says: The obsequl to-day of the Grand Duke Chur?e:ex‘llee! ander of Saxe-Welmar, who died January 5, were imposing. The ceremonies were | attended by representatives of Emperor | William, the foreign courts and numerous military and other deputations, Steamer Ethiopia Floated. The Anchor line steamship Ethiopia, Captain McKenzie, from Glasgow for New Yor« via Moville, which went ashore on Holy Island, in the Firth of Clyde, has been floated and returned to Glasgow, ‘Will Not Aid Insurgents. MANILA, Jan. 11.—Captain Joseph P. O'Nefl of .the Twenty-fifth Infantry re- ports that he had a conference at San Antonio with leading citizens of the prov- ince of Zambeles, at the conclusion of which the citizens uranimously resolved to send an ultimatum to the Insurgents notifying them that owing to the strict observance by the American army of the provisions of General MacArthur's proc- | lamation they woull give no further as- sistance to the insurgents. ————— Monster Blast Touched Off. SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 11.—The con- tractors on the San Pedro harbor im- provements fired a blast of ten tons of dynamite to-day at the Declez quarries, twelve miles from this city, the concus. sion_being felt here. Two hundred thous sand tons of rock was broken ready for loading on the cars. Trains on the South- ern Pacific road were stopped ten miles | away from the explosion for fear of dam- age. Latimer Gets an Office. MARTINEZ, Jan. 1.—The Board of Su- pervisors of Contra Costa County to-day appointed R. H. Latimer District Attor- ney, as successor to the late C. Y. Brown. —_———————— Ready-Framed Pictures. We have the prettiest lot of ready framed pictures in Flemish, old- Dutch, ebony and gold that we have ever shown. ' Also’ fine lamps, brass tables and statu- ary. ces reasonable. Sanborn, Vall & | Co., 741 Market street. oo | commerce, | peace protocol the President, he said, has | | Porto Rican act establishing the rates of CONGRESS' HIGHT T0 LEWY TANES Griggs and Carlisle Ex- press Opinions on the Subject. | Attorney General Says Victory for Plaintiffs in Porto Rican Cases ‘Would Hamver Govern- ment. BITE O WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—Attorney Gen- | eral Griggs resumed his argument before | the United States Supreme Court to-day, | of the Government as to the rule of uni- formity in tariff and internal revenue | taxes. He insisted that the application | of the Internal revenue laws to Porto Rico would be unwise and in many places un- | profitable. A rule of uniformity in inter- 1 nal revenue taxes, he said, could be estab- lished when to be applied to contiguous | States, as the States were governed by milar laws and similar conditions. when it came to applying these taxes to | widely separated territories inhabited by | polyglot races, a wide discretion was nec- | essary and to endeavor to apply a system | of internal taxes would be rather apply- {ing a straitjacket than a constitution. | 8o, he sald, the correct rule required us to consider the uniformity of the States, | but diversity was the necessary rule as to Territories because of diversity as to | geography and raclal characteristics ob- servable in the Territories. The Attorney General concluded by in- sisting that no private right would be con- ‘ served, but that the rights of the Govern- | ment would be hampered, by the success of the contention of the plaintiffs. | Hon. John G. Carlisle, chief attorney for | the plalntiffs, followed Mr. Griggs. He | continuing his statement of the position | | | began by.saying that he would not discuss | | questions of policy, as they belonged to | another forum. The questions were to be | settled only on the constitution. He said he had been as yet unable to form an | opinion as to the exact contention of the | Government. First, however, he believed | the contention was that the island of | Porto Rico did not become a part of the | Unyfed States either on the signing of the protocol or the ratification of the treaty of | Paris; that there was a condition existing | which placed the Islands under the gen- | eral protection and jurisdiction —of “the | United States, subject to certain limita- tions; that during a period between the acquisition of the Territory and the pas- sage of laws by Congress the island might be governed b the President, subject to the laws of war, and that the island did not become a part of the United States until admitted by Congress, and unti! such 1 E Congress may legislate for the From this it is argued, he said, | that, the islands not being a part of the { United States, Congress has a right to say | what taxes may be levied and collected. Mr. Carlisle first took up the conditions which led to the taking of the island and read from proclamations of Generals Miles and Wilson to show that the occupation was meant to be permanent. The cession of the island by Spain, he sald, was com- plete and had been acknowledged by all consent of the treaty-making power, but Mr. Carlisle sald he was arguing that peace obtained after the signing of the protocol, that there was then no war, and that the President could only create a de facto government and have it gov- erned. While the constitution imposed the duty upon Congress of regulating vet since the signing of the exercised the powers of assessing duties and carrying gress. Mr. Carlisle sald, the real ques tion was not whether the constitution ex- tended to the inhabitants of Porto Rico, but whether it extends over the Con- | i | ) | of the army nations. Justice White asked if the President might acquire territory without the | JENNIE M. GRAHAM WILL MARRY IN SUMMER TIME Frederick F. Runyon Is the Man Who Has Won the Heart of the Maid. TAKE PLACE IN THE SUMMER. PROMINENT YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL SET ‘.VHO HAVE | PLIGHTED THEIR TROTH AND ANNOUNCE THEIR WEDDING TO MONG the most important mar- riages to take place this comins summer will be that of Miss Jen- nie M. Graham and Frederick F. Runyon, both of whom are favor- ites in the younger social set of this city and Marin County. The engagement of the young couple was recently announced and their many friends have overwhelmed them with congratulation: Miss Graham, who i beautiful and talented girl, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Graham of 1716 Vallejo street, BICON ATTACKS THE ARMY BLL Says It Places Dangerous Power in the Hands of the President. —_— WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—To-day a vig- orous attack was made upon that portion regrganization bill which confers upon the President discretionary power to increase the strength of the army to the maximum limit fixed by the bill. Bacon be of Connecticut, replying maintained that discretionary power ought to be conferred upon the President, and expressed aston- ishment that anybody should entertain a | fear that the power ever would be abused. | Bacon declared he would rather see his out all the duties of Con- | { hands of the President. party condemned to universal and never- ending banishment from political power 1aan to see such authority placed in the An amendment the appointment opening the way to | of volunteer officers to grades as high as | gress, the President and the Cabinet, The | | contention s that the constitution’ pro- tects every person in the land in his per- sonal and property rights of the citizen. When a Government takes from one man more than it should, it s not taxatfon, but it is taking his property without due pro- cess of law and giving him no compen- sation for it On the point that the Territories were not a part of the United States, Mr. Car- lisle read a history of the framing of the constitution, showing that first it was the intention that *“all acts and treaties’ should be the supreme law of the land. This was before the word ‘‘constitution” had been introduced, and he took it to mean that it was the intention to have the constitution apply to all parts of the country, whether in the States or simply in_territorv belonging to them. Mr. Carlisle argued that the constitution must be interpreted as a whole and must enable the Gove the purposes for which it was framed. It must be considered as an entirety, to which all the agents of the Government must look for power. International law, he sald, could not govern any agent of this Government, but the court could look to means. There would be two constitu- tions, he said, in the interpretation of the unsel on the other side, one for the States and defining the powers and caring for the rights of citizens, and the other for the Territories, giving no rights. Upon the constitution there has been construct- ed a comprehepsive system of laws gov- erning all the States and Territories. and from the first Congress has made uniform ment to accomplish all | it for defining what the constitution | | | | | | | laws for traffic between States and Ter- | ritorfes, as well as extradition, bank- ruptey and naturalization laws. latter point he said that in the interpreta- tion of the Government there were sitting courts outside the United States in a Ter- ritory granting citizenship in the United States to a resident upon five yvears' In- habitation of a Territory outside the United States. Mr. Carlisle undertook to show that both direct and indirect taxes had been lald upon States and Territories alike, and duties had been lald upon imports into Territories as well as States. Under the contention of the Government that Terri- torles were not part of the United States it might be taken that goods could go free from Porto Rico to Alaska; but this was not the case, for the same duties are charged on gooas from a_Territory going to_Porto Rico as from a State. That the tax levied is a local tax was denfed, but it was denominated a tax for local purposes. g Mr. Carlisle read the portions of the duty and disposition of the moneys coli lected as a basis fof his complete argu- ment, and sald the court would see that on all goods from the United States to Porto Rico there should be levied 15 per cent of duties on foreign goods, with the internal revenue of Porto Rico added, and that goods from Porto Rico to the Uhited | States enter upon the payment of 15 per cent of custome, with Internal revenue | only added when the goods are of Porto | Rican manufacture, while_ goods from | other countries paying the Porto Rico in- ternal revenue may come into this coun- try without any internal revenue tax, “We insist,” he added, ‘‘that this is not the import duty. We object to the form | under which the Government seized our | goods and held them on their arrival at orto Rico until we pald them tribute in the form of a tax.” | . An import is something, he sald, coming from a forelgn country. Porto Rico can- not be a foreign country, for its courts send appeals to this uodfl. This is, there- fore, not an im tax, but an export tax upon goods sent out of these States, and | there are two specifications against sucn export duties. Opinions of the court were read to show that the tribunal had heid that no duty might be paid from one State to another, as to a forelgn country. Argument was made that the tax was an | export tax and as such in direct violation of the constitution of the United States. This tax, Mr. Carlisle said, which under this law is just as general as a tariff law s said to be a local tax. It is collected everywhere, In every State and Territory. How can it be called local? Is the fact that the proceeds of this tax are to be used for certain purpuses of that conse- quence that the tax is laid first and ap- ropriated afterward proof that this s a local tax? More than half the gen- eral dutles are, he said, collected at New York, vet it is not a local tax, but a tax the proceeds of which may be used every. where. “We deny,” he went on, “that C 68y has any rlsfn to impose any such tax up- on the trade between the States and Ter- ritories. Congress may regulate com- merce and may govern the territory, but under the guise of governing that terri- tory may not govern the States of New York or Pennsylvania. 'When it places a tax upon the goods taken to Porto Rico it is governing the State. The limitation On the | captain In the rerular army was adopted. Carter of Montana called up the Dbill apportioning the Representatives of the United States among the several States. | Without debate, it was passed precisely as it came from tne House. It now goes to the President for his signature. Only seventeen Senators a?e”ed on the fioor at the opening of to-day's session. The prevailing epidemic of the grip and the inclement weather accounted for the absence of many. Carter, chairman of the Committee on Census, reported favorably the bill passed by the House making an apportionment of Representatives in the House among the States of the Union. The Senate com- mittee had made no amendments to the bill as passed by iue House. In view of the importance of the measure, Carter asked for immediate consideration of it. Hawley, fearing tuat its consideration might interfere with the army reorgan- ization bill, was inclined to object, but was prevailed upon to withhold his ob- Jection. At the conclusion of the reading of the measure, Pettus of Alabama objected to its further consideration, and it went over. The resolution offered by Teller of Colo- rado providing for the printing of the Fil- ipino appeal, presented vesterday, was by consent lald over until next Monday. Consideration then was resumed of the army reorganization bill. Hawley, chair- man of the Committee on Military Affairs, withdrew the committee amendment to section 31 of the new bill, providing for the retirement of officers on the active 1ist of the army. Senator Teller also withdrew his amend- ment to that section. Hoar of Massachu- setts formally offered the amendment of which he had heretofore glven notice, pro- viding that no further military force shall be used in the Philippines, except such as may be necessary to keep order in places in the peaceable occupation of the United es, etc. S @i ter moved that the amendment be laid on the table. The motion prevailed, 0 19. mf'lgttlgrew's amendment providing that one-third of the appointments to commis- sioned rank in the regular army should be made from officers of the volunteer army—the amendment which was under discussion when the Senate adjoirned last vening—was defeated, 33 to 1. 7 °‘1§§'co{ moved to strike out the provision ber of corporals in an: IoreaS? tavaliy Lo cight and the number In response to a question by Berry of Arkansas Platt said he feared the pending authority to increase the army from 58,000 to 100,000 at any time. That power, esident. e X thought an army of 100,000 at pres- formidable than he was made by an lmnmy of 25,000 when that limit was fixed. 3 as a menace, as that number, in his judgment, was far within the limit of domestic authorized the President to reduce the number of the army still lower, but on he would have to vote against the The army bill was then laid aside and the e o Senate then at 4:55 p. m. went into must follow every power.” be subject to all the iimitations of the itution. involved,” Mr. Carlisle said In con- aa:lon, ‘“‘there would have been no dis- case. Now we have a case with tke ne- gro eliminated. We have a case wher> territory of the Uniled States, but 1n which there is no_conflicting point like Then the unlimited power of Congress was ur; by the advocates of slavery; that the President in his discretion may of privates to seventy-six. bill did not confer upon the President the he thought, ought to be conferred upon ent would not make the executive more did not regard an army of 100,000 safety to liberty. The bill, in addition, account of the use to be mada of the army reapportionment bill passed without ob- executive session and soon adjourned. The power of Conj 5 to legislate must Had it not been that African slavery sent from the decision in the Dred Scott citizens are taking their property into the slavery. The conditions are ~ changed. now it is urged by the advocates of free- dom. If it is true that there lles this ar- bitr: power in the constitution, we should be delighted that it was not ais- covered for more than 100 years, untll we had a great country made up of free States and filled with free pscgle.“ He did not belleve that the of the constitution ever meant to give to Congress unlimited power over the lives and property of the people. ‘When Mr. Carlisle concluded, Senator Lindsay of Kentucky the argument for the plaintiff in the next of the Porto Rican cases, those of Huas versus the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company. et The case is one involving uestion gf whether or not Congress had the rignt to make the trade with the island coast- ing trade or foreign trade. | | close vote of 24 to 22. and the young lady's charming dispost tion has endeared her to all who know her. The gentleman to whom Miss Graham has pllgh(ed her troth is a well-known young business man and is connected witn the firm of Blake, Moffitt & Towne. He is a brother of Charles F. Runyon, sec- retary of the Goodyear Rubber Company and Vice president of the Western Ex- panded Metal Works. When the engaged couple start on life's journey together they will do so with the well wishes of hosts of friend e e e e e 2 ¥ DANIEL SCORES SIGNAL VICTORY His Amendment to Army Bill Adopted by Close Vote. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—One of the surprises of the day in the Senate was the adoption of an amendment proposed by Senator Daniel of Virginia, #hich permits gan the attack and Platt | the designation of officers of the volun- teer service with the rank of captain for appointment to the regular army. Under a previous deal between the Re- ublican leaders in the Senate and certain Democratic Senators, who were inclined to oppose the bill on 'general principles, was agreed that officers of the voluwteer army might enter the regular army at the rank of first and second lieutenants. That concession was very gratifying to a num- ber of Democratic Senators and it was be- lleved that it was satisfactory all around, Senator Daniel's amendment makes it possible for officers of tne volunteer ser- vice to be admitted to the regular army with the rank of captain. There was » somewhat feeble opposition to the Daniel’s amendment and it was adopted by the very Those who are ex- perts in detecting legislative jugglery as- sert that the Daniel amendment was per- mitted to go into the bill without serious contention with an understanding among the Republican leaders that it shall be knocked out in conference. Certain changes and increases in the Signal Corps furnished a text for the ob- structionists and they proceeded to make the most of the opportunity. All efforts and propositions looking to an agreement to take a final vote on the bill this week have failed and the army bill will prob- ably occupy the time of the Senate during the greater part of next week. JOHN R. MOTT TALKS TO STANFORD STUDENTS Says College Men Are Subject to Greater Temptations Than Any Other Class. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan. 11 John R. Mott, secretary of the World" Student Christian Federation, addressed the men of Stanford University to-night in the Assembly Hall on “The Battle Ground of Student Life.” Dr. Jordan pre- sided and .ntroduced Mr. Mott. that he had know; man and had ho Stanford man. Mr. Mott said that college men were subject to greater temptations than any other class. The habits formed by a man [“hile in college made or marred his after . Mr. Mott as a Cornell — %} CHEATS STOLLE OF N VICTIM Wife of San Jose Murderer Refuses to Be Enticed Home. Daughter Is Xept a Prisoner for Two Days Before Her Unnat- ural Parent Ends Her Life. P v r Spectal Dispatch to The Call SAN JOSE, Jan. 1.—That Robert Stofle, | Who yesterday killed his daughter and | himself, contemplated murdering his en- tire family is evidenced by statements he | made to friends around the city. In the | last couple of weeks he has declared sev- | eral times he would kill himseif and his | family. Several weeks ago he attempted ‘lo kill Mrs. Stolle because she refused to give him some money. At that time he |fired a shot at her in the house, but | missed. Before he could use his revolver | again the woman rushed from the build- |Ing and remained away from home for | several days. { Mrs. Stolle, who was prostrated by the [ news of the tragedy yesterday, said to-day in an interview that she hada be 3 | stant fear for the lives of el!; (‘ulu\ daughter for several weeks. “inreats against our lives,” sald Mrs. | Stolle, “were of almost daily occurrence. For )me time my husband had been making frequent demands upon me for | money. He would ask for sums of $£0 and | more, and insisted on having them s | penaity of shooting me and Killing o daughter. 1 granted these requests o | of fear. ‘I am sorry 1 did not giv | the $125 he de: ded, for it might aved my daughter's life. W hen | daughter made to me and | confession of her learned that I b threatened to kill on fire.” he s all and set t Stolle tried to inveigle his wife back to her home on Tuesday afternoon. belleved he then had the tragedy and meant to get her b | telephoned to Mrs. Stolle se | and asked her to return to him. She re- ifuse!l to see him unless he gave up his weapon to friends. He then proposed that she come home and he w call _in friends and in her presence give them his revolver. Mrs. Stolle accused him of try- ing to deceive her and he became enraged and told her over the phone that if she did not come home he would cail at Mrs, Garvey's house and her. Mrs. Stolle believ that her husband held the girl a p ner in the house all Tuesd and Wi esda; “During Tuesday afternoon and even- ing,” said Mrs. Stolle to-day, some of my friends and I tried to telephone Bertha to beg her to escape if she possie bly could from her father. Her father was there, and when he knew we were talking to her he suddenly cut off the telephone communication. that he then had all the dc that she was a prisoner aw tence of death, scape impossible.”” The bodies of Stolle and his daughter are still at the morgue, and will be buried t10-morrow afternoon. They have been put into plain but g and lie side by side. smilax and liltes of y was placed on the d girl The girl's life was insured for $200. This policy was issned some months ago and was payable to her mother. I have no doubt locked and ing his sen- for her was INTERESTS THE COAST. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Postoffices dis- continued: California—Castle Crag. Shas- ta Countv: send mail to Castella. Gaviota, Santa Barbara County; send mail to Al- catraz Landing. Zostmasters commissioned: Washington —Lonville, L. Austin, Edmonds; George M. Hubbard, Crivtz. Pensions issued: California—Additional— George B. Chapman, San Diego, $5. In- crease—_Thomas S. Allen, Berkeley, 33; Emil Schmidt, Stockton, $10; George W Kelley, Veterans’ Home, Napa, $8; Ead- ward S. Butler, San Jose, $10; Albert J. Miiler, San D‘CYA $12; Willlam Happs, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $12. Mexican war survivors, increase—Reuben H. How- ser, Wheatland, $12. Oregon—Increase—Ebenezer N. Coleman, Klamath Falls, $12: George M. Wright, Ashland, $10. Original widows—Sarah J. McNutt, Forest Grove, $S. ‘ashington—Increase—Robert Dunson, Sumas, $10. . Naval orders—Lieutenant ' Commander A. P. Osborne (retired), services not re- uired in the hydrographic office at San Francisco. Ensign D. W. Todd to take examination for promotion at the Mare Island navy yard. Lieutenant Comman- der H. Allderdice, Asiatic station, de- tached from the Glacier to the Newark. DISASTER ON CANTON RIVER. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. I1.—According to advices received by the steamer Empress of Japan a passenger boat on the Canton River foundered on December 10, after He sald | striking a rock, and of the 500 Chinese on board 100 were drowned. The passengers s of knowing him as a | ran to one side of the boat, causing it to turn completely over. Saws Through Cell Bars. STOCKTON, Jan. 11.—The negro burglar Robinson, who was arrested here a few It is a well-known fact that Mr. Mott | days ago while leaving town with a lot was offered a professorship at Stanford. of stolen property, sawed through the He also has been offered professorships at | bars in his steel cell in the County Jail other universities and has been sought | this afternoon, and would for even the presidency in one of the large | during the night if he had not been Eastern universities, but he has declined | covered at his work. How he smu have esca; is- led all these offers for the sake of his larger | a saw into jail is bothering the jallers. work. Without doubt he wields a greater | Robinson was in court to-day, and it is influence upon college students than any | believed he man in the world to-day. carried the saw back witi him. 1 Why a Cold Kills At this season of the year coughs and colds are prevalent because of a lowered vitality. The cold does not yield and too often pneumonia supervenes. ‘““Even then,” says a high authority on this disease, monia does not ordinarily prove fatal except in the case of very old or very young people. The danger arisés when it is complicated by heart or Kidney disease. of the ravages of pneumonia. This is the secret If the body be strong and the blood pure an ordinary cold is immediately thrown off, but when the bodily vigor is weaKkened by excessive work, worry or grief and the blood is vitiated by acid (which the Kidneys ought to and will remove when healthy, the dread pneumonia too often claims its victim. 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