The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1901, Page 1

T VOLUME" LXXXIX—NO. 89. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. BOER GENERAL SAID TO BE BOTHA ‘ ARRANGING ‘ TERMS FOR SURRENDER OPRES STEYN Cme EN AND CHILDRE‘\ \\ ATCH A NEGRO fron dcors or Lawrence he head k a crowd a ajn attacked of the keys m. A piece of e feet long and sed as a battering pened and He realized i be expected from the ght with 1! = desperation of from ted to his neck and ts victim toward resistance he blow with the the savage nion that the negro fore the scene of the hanging e rope was thrown o r beams and the body been swinging in that s short time when some one zeste rning. Immediately a fire e bank of the river near bridge the fire the body, bear- signs of life, was thrown, and fag- were upon it. The feet pro- fr fire on one side, the head hardly been started when a a can of turpentine, upon the flames. = ‘hie olls seemed to flow toward the fire, wiille the body of the derer was rapidly consumed, After | and the | mpt at_disguise on | the:r m. The ks, reaffirmed ad not given the ving way in the ndment objecting: s speech BURNED BY A man from the a toe from the uresome youth . made a kly amputated As the bones apart the frag- the fire and car- | vears ‘old He c and leaves a here two rcieville, The one time in an 1 by the widow. e in 1859 for lar- ce WHITE MAN IS LYNCHED. Mississippi szens Tnke John Knox Fiom Jail and Hang Him. Fel SCRANTON, Knox ~John . a white man, was lynched here to- night for the murder of Don Davis The miob was made up of about 19 men, fully armed. They caugh bound the Sheriff and his deputies and battered soon securing their down the prisone Krox was strung up a fusillade fired at his body. Knox e no protest on the way out of the was sat repeating. “I did not mean to Knox was a Canadian and a strong drinker A month ago he married Mrs, Davie, a widow many years his senfor, | who conducted a boarding #ouse. Yes- | he quarreled with his wife, -and | in his anger ran forward with a rifle in his hands and shot down his 12-year-old ., Don Davis TRAINS ON COAST LINE. Passenger Schedule Will Be Put Into | Foree= by March 24. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 26.—It s of- | ficlally stated here to-night that_trains | will be running on the new Southern Pa- | cific coast line betwz2en Banta Barbara | and San Francisco by March 24 The schedule Includes {wo passenger trairs each way dally, | trix of thi | baving the right of line. TWO CHINESE ARE PUBLICLY DECAPITATED (Guilty Officials Are Executed in Street of Peking. One Meets Death Bravely and Declares He Is a Patriot, PEKING, F Secr 1ih Siu, former and Hsu Cheng. Yo. son of the notor} beheaded to-day. The street in which the was guarded by 1 and American troops. emned offictals were taken to tho r‘. in carts, escorted by a company of Japanese infantry. Chih Sfu met his death fate in a dignified manner, e cart calmly and fearlessl g Yo was stupefied with opium. They essed in their Chinese offi- the insignia of grou s, without & were recently anese to the board was on of the e put to death dur- A embled to witness the ex- for favoring foreigners. executioner did his work, 1 e Shiba, military » of the Japanese legation, visited and treated them to 1d to him: I have done to f death, but if be- make foreign troops evac- v Emperor return I make me de heading me wi serving I will die a patriot.” g of the Ministers was Rockhill, the acting r, agaln precipitated the n of seizing private property for of various legations, and he vig- protested against any such seiz- unless the property was pald for. VESSEL IS WRECKED, BUT SAILOBS ARE SA¥E Schooner Acme Loses Her Rudder in a Storm and Is Driven on the Rocks. Feb. 25.—Captain Willlam his crew of three men were port this morning by the . Captain Osterhauf. They by the Ellen at where their schooner, s wrecked on the 5th of the present month. Anderson had been gath- ering guano on the lower coast and had taken on about half a cargo at St. Mar- tins and Geronimo. On the morning of the-5th the Acme started sall from Geron- SAN DIEGO, Anderson and d up . imo Island. The rudder broke and was carried away. The sails were up and the ST w drove the schooner on the rocks befcre the gnchor could be dropped. is a total loss SENATOR WHITE'S WILL IS FILED FOR PROBATE Was Written Only Four Days Before His Death on a Flyleaf Torn From a Book. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2.—Written four da: before his death on a fly leaf torn from a book, will of the late Stephen M. for probate to-day. s follows: Feb. 17 to my beloved wife, my olograp brief will LOS ANGELE! devise ard bequ: 01.—1 hereby will, Hor- I appoint her execu- last will, without bomds. 1 recognize my children—Willlam, Hortense, Estelle and Gerald G. I revoke all wills here- tofore made by me STEPHEN M. WHITE. The petition shows that the deceased left an estate valued at about $118,000. all my VETERANS WILL NOT PARADE FOR M’KINLEY Grand Army Men Declare That They Were Not Given Proper Posi- tion in the Line. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—General Dan- fel E. Sickles, who was appointed marshal of the fourth division of the inaugural parade, which was to consist of the Grand Army of the Republic and other veteran organizations, declared to-night that he had no-eémmand, because the used to parade. The reason’ for their withdrawal is that they are displeased with the position as- signed them in line. They insisted on be- ing efther the escort to the President or President Mc Kinley will be escorted by the Army and Navy Cadets and Troop A of Cleveland, Ohio. veterans —_—-——— BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED BY AFRICANS Punitive Expedition Moets With Dis- aster and Seventszen Men Are Lost in Desperate Battle. MOMBASSA, East Coast of Africa, Feb. 26.—A British expedition of 500 men, after making an elghty-day march of 114 miles into the Somall country to punish the natives for killing Sub-Commissioner Jen- | ner, was attacked February 19, at Banas- | sa, twenty-nine milea from Affmadu, and lost seventeon mcn killed, including Lieu- tenant Colonel Meitiand, The Bomalis wero beaten off with the loss of 130 men itlied, - The eatile cap- tured on the march were stampeded and lost. The &xpedition had returned to Affmadu, | | | | 1 | isu Tung, were publicly | Ske | and much scratched, the | The | LURED BY CLLAUDE MELNOTTE TALES PRETTY YOUNG GIRL OF CROCKETT GOODS AT THE V\{HITE HOouUsE & RETTY Noraine Pearl Schneider was hurriedly married last Sat- urday night at Crockett to Ernest Moore Chadwick. This simple announcement marks the culmin- ation of a village romance in which sup- posititious fortunes, tiaras of diamonds, costly gowns, bank drafts, the love of a little country malden, the scheming of an adventurer and dreams such as Claude Melnotte might have inspired mingle. Less than six weeks ago Ernest Moore Chadwick appeared for the first time at Crockett. He was seemingly without | money or friends. He accepted a position as waliter in a hotel, so the story goes. | Hardly a week had passed before he saw | pretty Nora Schneider. From tbat mo- ‘ ment, seemingly, dated his purpose to woo \ and win her. He is educated and is a phy- | sictan, and fraternal soctety membership gave him the chance to rise and resume the position of a professional man. In a isting in the practice of a Port Costa phys Directly there- | atter he posed as a capitalist, as the pos- | sessor of money in hand and the heir to | the large estate of an aunt in England. Then he felt qualified to pay his addresses to pretty Nora, and as many another girl has done, she listened to his ardent words and looked upon him as a desirable suitor. Chadwick was not slow to see his ad- vantage. Like Claude Melnotte, he prom- ised jewels, costly apparel, a handsome home, luxury. In due time the parents sent out notices of the engagement of their daughter to Chadwick. Then followed a certain momentous visit to San Francisco, when Chadwick took Nora, as she Is called, and her mother to the White House, there to select the girl's fortnight he was cian. trousseau. None but the costliest fabrics would do. Nora, the pretty country girl, must be garbed like a queen to suit the esthetic taste of this princely purchaser. $700 was ordered. On Nora's engagement finger already glittered a $250 diamond ring, the gift of Chadwick. Already he had ordered for her a dlamond tiara to cost $1500 and diamond earrings to cost $400. Was ever a young and innocent coun- try girl given a better opportunity to be dazzled? Furniture galore was ordered. A fine settlement should Nora have— $20,000 at the least. Charles W. Ashford, an attorney of this city, was Instructed to draw up In triplicate, engrossing the same instead of typewriting them, a pre- nuptial settlement, giving Nora $20,000 in her own right. Ashford was also in- structed to find a location in Oakland upon which to erect a mansion., At the same time, to provide for the present emergenci pending the payment of the coming $155,000, the amount of the legacy from the deceased aunt, Ashford drew by instruction papers to effect the transfer of the lucrative practice of a certain thriving country physiclan to Chadwick, Shows 0ld Folks the Document, So far the course of love had run smothly for Nera, As an assurance of the reality of his coming wealth Chad- wiek presented te his prospective father and mother in *aw & document which bore a glit seal and several official loaking stamps, That document read as follows; A bill of goods amounting to more than " i — The High Court of Chancery in its probate Jurisdiction: The estate of the late Eliza Adelalde Chadwick, widow, deceased—All to whom these presents ~shall come, greeting: Whereas, on the 24th day of November, in the year 190, at Stockwell Park road, London, E. C., Eliza Adelalde Chadwick died, and, by virtue of an instrument in writing executed by her, the said Eliza Adelaide Chadwick, opened and read by Edward Patrick Hayden, a barrister of Grays butlding, Strand, London, and Mrs. Edith Adelaide Oliver, now of Stock- well road. London, E. C., executors of the aforementioned instrument, Ernest Moore Chadwick, a physiclan and surgeon of San Francisco, California, United States of Amer- ica, was named as heir at law In the sald instrument, the sald instrument being the last will - and testament. The oforesaid FErnest Moore Chadwick was bequeathed the sum of thirty-ono thousand pounds sterling (£31,000) in good and lawful coln of Great Britain. Take notice, that on the 14th day of January, in the. year of our Lord 1901, application was made by the aforenamed executors before this High Court of Chancery, “In fts Probate Jur- tsdiction,” for leave to administer’ the said estate, and it has been decreed by his honor, the Prestding Judge, that the petition of satd executors shall be granted and a final dlstri- bution of the said estate be made on the 1st day of March, 1902, These are, therefore, to command you, the £aid Ernest Moore Chadwick, to be and ap- pear in your own proper person, or by your attorney or. counsel, before this honorable court on or before the lst day of March, 1392, at eleven (1) of the clock in the forenoon, and so from day to day as may be required of you, and then and there recelve from said executors the sald sum of thirty-ons thousand pounds sterling (£81,000), this sum being your full share of the sald estate, by virtue of the aforesaid will, Given, under my hand and seal, at Somer- sot House, London, B, C, this 15th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1021, JAMES A. BOWMAN, Probate Judge, . “Why," asked Nora's mother of the im- petuous Chadwick, “are you in such haste to marry my girl? You have known her only two weeks.” A flood of the most ardent declarations of affection formed the answer, Nora’s Parents Become Suspicious. But Mr. and Mrs. Schneider, having kept a hotel at Vallejo Junction some years, had some natural suspicion that all might not.be right after all, They came to San Francisco and sought the services of Attorney C, F, Humphrey, who ad- vied that cablegrams of inquiry be sent to London. The result did not disprove Lis judgment. Three cablegrams were dls- patched. The first answer recelved was as follows: LONDON, Chaawick: Feb. 22, 101 No such case PROBATE R —Eliza Adelatd the Registry. GISTRY, London. Mr. and Mrs. Schnelder, sorry to dash the hopes of their daughter, but unwill~ ing to have an engagement to marry con- tiue under circumstances, gave Nora to understand that her dream was over. The same night she returned her diamond engagement ring and other gifts these Neverthel she. was married to Chad- wick the succeeding night. which was last Saturday, Now Mr. an Mrs. MARRIES ADVENTURER AND DEPARTS they ate breakfast at Dr. Riley Port Costa. Dr. as a partner. ‘s house at Riley had taken him in Since them I have been lecking for him." Yeste: ¥ more cablegrar ved from knowledge was yperat name Edw: either barrister or solicitor, ctory.” Another cablegram simply sald that tho Chancery Register had no knowledge of ase. According t bank Chadwic ago. on New York. He was allowed to depo this and recefved a passbook Andrews for a diamo=d paid. Since tinual ‘succession of to whom they then thers were giv jul MRS. CHAD WICK FORMERLY = | MISS NomAINE pE’ARL SCHNEIDER — ¢ R A SOME OF THE PEOPL.E CONCERNED IN THE ROMANCE THAT IS SUP- PLYING CROCKETT GOSSIPS WITH MATERIAL AND WHEREIN A | 1 MODERN CLAUDE MELNOTTE WINS A MAIDEN FAIR. . ! T Schnelder are searching for Chadwick and his bride. Concerning the wedding and the events immediately preceding it, Mrs. Schneider tells the following story: My husband and I came down to the city last Saturday and went to see our at- torney, Mr. Humphrey. Chadwick came on the same train and entered the build- ing just before we did. He met us and told me that there was a mistake; that Mr. Humphrey had telegraphed to the ‘wrong court and that he (Chadwick) would send a cablegram and get an answer showing that it was all right and as he had represented. "We were together some during the day after that. He said that he wanted the diamond ring. which he had left in Crockett, for something and he would go up there and get it and return on the next train. “After he had gone I felt uneasy and went down to the foot of Market street to meet him when he returned. The train he should have come on was late and When 1t came in I found that he was not there and in the meantime my train to Crockett had gone. Chadwick Uses Forged Telegram. “Chadwick married my girl in this way; He took a forged telegram, which he signed with my name, to Nora, telling her that I wished her to marry Chadwick at once. At that she was very happy. She kissed her grandmother and her two sisters and went out with Chadwick and was married that night by Rev. Mr. Travis in Crockett. The next morning ey Some were for goods, some for money. A number came from Crockett; others from San Francisco. In the aggregate they have amounted to thousands of dollars The bank has refused to pay any of them. A letter was received from Crockett yes- terday which contains a long list of names of persons who are supposed to have re- cefved checks from Chadwick. The list includes A. A. Paul, Dr. W. C. Yates. Mr. McMahon, manager of the Hotel Crockett; Ed Freund, bookkeeper for Eppinger & Co.: W. G. Hawes, editor of the Crockett newspaper: J. M. Golobeck of the Starr Hotel: J. W. Broder, dry goods merchant; Rube Curry, liveryman; Dr. J. 8 Riley, and F. J. Jordan, furni ture agent. Last evening Mrs. Schnelder was in great distress. She feared that Chadwick would do her daughter harm, as he had threatened to shoot Nora and himself if any one came between them. He hadl constantly carried a pistol at Crockeit to use, if molested, agamst a young man of Crockett, who was fond of the girl. Mrs. Schneider wept as she told her piti- ful story. Chadwick is about 35 years old. Ha Wears a Prince Albert coat and usually dresses in black. His hair and mustache are black. He has the manners of an ed- ucated man. Nora Schreider, when she left home, wore a black silk skirt, a green valve: waist figured with white, a green hat wizh light green tips and some yellow feathers in front, tan shoes and- black leggings. She is a brunette, plump, not very tali and is 17 years old,