The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAB&H 27 ~ , 1901, CHANCE REUNITES |GOVERNOR NAMES KIRKPATRICK SON MOTHER MD After Forty - Six . Years| John Beck Finds His | g e Relatives. ACRAMENTO, March %.—J. C. — | Kirkpatrick, manager of the Pal- | ace Hotel in San Francisco, has Family Heas Mourned Him as One| been appointed to the State Board of Harbor Commissioners to suc- ceed Maior P. Harney, whose term of office expired last Saturday. Officlal an- nouncement of the appointment is hourly Dead Since He Left His San Francisco Home Nearly a Half Century Ago. expected. g | There were many applicants for the The Call | prize and the names of a half dozen con- | fident aspirants we frequently men- 2%.—After be- | tioned. Early in the field was ex-Surveyor d after a lapse | General Brown, but he became convinced ars John Beck, | several months ago that his prospects of farm Napa ar Sacramento coun- 1}!1: ce: were not bright mong the con- » > T nducted into fhe ! fide seekers of the 1 were ex-Super- f nis sister, Mrs. J. E. Woot- | visors Ed Smith and E. I Aigeltinger and row brother and sister | Frank Leavitt and Sig. - San Juan, San Benito Francisco merchants x 0ld mother | cfield Baker and Isaac the front in the favor hat either one might ommission to serve r front of San Kirkpatrick was not by any of the to her heart, after al- had separated them 5 littie John Beck mother and step- sco and set himseif . rtion ing his own g | pr 1wn1<1-( the announce- ment of his ction will create surprise. co,” said he | "ry "Governor also made other sgpolm- cramento and ob- various State institutions. The n‘(‘.\1r3 1 _stayed cluded A w. oster of Marin a r of years. Then I regent of ihe State University, met the usual luck mself; George M. Hawley and G. broke w, Harbor Commissioners at San d_tried vice Norman H. Cockran and ank H. Dixon: C. H. Davis, Port War- San Diego, reappointed; E. J. Rice Dockweller, Trustees San Diego al School; Clifford Coggins, Trustee ) Normal School; F. C. Jacobs, Trus- t 1 Jose Normal School: H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, Trustee San Francisco Nor- rying_to Wootten that | | bl between versation told t could be * ‘ Harney’s Place on the State Board. TO BE HARBOR COMMISSIONER 'Manager of the Palace Hotel Is Appointed to Major —— e | | [ | : i k whole { ’ home Beut- | ; s con- | | g AR Zaca PR PO § JOHN C. KIRKPATRICK, THE NEW OHHHHHHHHIHHNO | | | MEMBER OF THE STATE HAR- i | BOR COMMISSION. KNIFE-WIELDER|| Deputy Sheriff Norris-Kills| | Wesley Dollarhide at | Klamathon. [ | | ! | mal School; Charles Prager of Los An- a | geles, Trustee Whittier School; Frank W Klamathon, here, Wesley about 25 years | 1 Jled by Deputy | s this afternoon. Dol- | Norris, a brother of | »d in a street szt SENORITA'S WILES caimzes INCITE MURDER —At ch took effect, and | are serious, but | r. His brother, | once to Yreka, the | himself up to the | Two Men Plot and Encom- pass the Death of Their Rival. Dispatch to The Cail. Reception to Veterans. UMA 2.—Antietam Re- to-day celebrated with a banquet and R, veterans were the The corps is in a flour- The Relief Corps and g to take a n encamp- Special TUCSON, Ariz. was the victim March 26.—Jose Lopez f a sensational shooting in San Pedro Valley last night. The af- fair was the result cf jealousy over a | senorita. Leandro Castillo and Gregorio Martinez planned to Kkill Lopez. They got him drunk and the conspirators took enough liquor to avold arousing suspicion as to their purpose. When they thought Lopez was in a proper state of intoxica- tion the two men brought up the name of B. KATSCHINSKI, PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. 10 THIRD ST., San Francisco. the girl, and a lively argument arose. Leandro Castillo drew a six-shooter and illed Lopez. K | Castillo fled, accompanied by Martinez, with officers in pursuit. Castillo, while mounting his horse, sorained his ankle and had to surrender. A man who came | in from Mills' ranch to-Gay brought word | that Castillo was on the ranch and was ready to surrender to the officers. | There is great excitement among the | vaqueros in San Pedrc County over the | affair, and it is believea that cowboys will attempt to punish Castillo before officers | can arrive at the ranch, CUTS THE PRICE OF PRUNES FOR EXPORT California Cured Fruit Association | Acts Without Consulting the Packers. | SBAN JOSE, March 26.—The California | Cured Fruit Assoclation has cut the | prices of prunes for export one-half cent @ pound. This is for the sizes from 40-50's to %0-100’s, inclusive. The packers' com- pany this afternoon notified the jobbers of America and Europe of the reduction. This action of the Cured Fruit Assocla tion was taken without the advice of the | packers. While the latter may not seri- | Gusly oppose the reduction it is said that in view of the fact that the cut is made not so much to meet competition s to vnload an oversupply the American deal- | ers should also have had the benefit of the reduction. On the other hand, tife association peo- ple say, that the cut would be of no ma- terial benefit to the American trade, but i= absolutely necessary if California | prunes are to be sold in_Germany, where the prune of Europe is selling for less money than the California product can be sold for there on a 2i-cent basis. The new basis—2 cents—puts the exporter on an equal footing with the jobber of Bu- ropean prunes. ———— Decides a Water Suit. VISALIA, March 26.—Judge W. B. Wal- lace to-day rendered a decision in the case of the Hubbs and Miner Ditch Company vs. the Ploneer Water Company. This was a suit to restrain the diversion of water Ready for Spring OUH F!HS_T:.SPEBIAL. people bet- where. educated them that to continue this city; for NING, SRRS e § . new coin toes turned soles ¥ Tieels, sold for Eizes 3 to 8 widths A Foing are t shoes in OFPE & VICT m. on week days Saturday, and will at those hours pro- hoe stores do the same. loria $3.50 Shoes. We close at € p. and 71 p. m. -on continue to clos: vided all other Agents for PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO, from Tule River. Judge Wallace gives both plaintiff d defendant th t -t 10 THIRD ST.. San Francisto. [} boch plaintim and getendant the Fight to between them the costs of the trial. Leavitt. Henry Pierce, John H. Grindley and John G. Mattos Jr., Directors Ala- School for Deaf and Dumb W. Van Arsdale, Fish Com- Gould. and Blind; W. W. missioner, vice Charl POLITICS OF THE APPOINTEE. Has Affiliated With Democracy and Silver Republicans. Colonel John C. Kirkpatrick is well known In this city as the manager of the hotel interest of the Sharon estate. He is a capable, energetic business man. In the management of ranch properties of the Sharon estate in Kern County he dis- VICTORIN'S FRIEND DES I ASYLUM Out Within the Walls of Highland. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. BAN BERNARDINO, March 26.—The death of Richard Caton, aged 838 and a native of England, is reported from the Southern California Hospital for the In- sane at Highland, where he was com- mitted on February 1 % Caton was for many yvears a prominent merchant in England. Having accum- ulated a comfortable fortune, he retired from active life. After his wife dled seven years ago he became discontented and childish. Acting upon the suggestion of his physicians, he sought the mild climate of Southern California and, accompanied by his daughter, located at Pomona. There they were surrounded by all the comforts of life. Last year Caton visited his wife’s grave in England and ever since that time his mind has gradually falled. Soon after his return to Pomona in Jan- uary he made an unsuccessful attempt to kill his daughter because of an imaginary wrong. His arrest for insanity and com- mitment to the asylum followed. Caton had the personal friendship of England’s Queen, and during the dlamond jubilee he was shown unusual recognition by Victoria. His only surviving heir is his daughter, who wili inherit his wealth. His remains will be taken to England for interment. KOYUKUK CLAIMS ARE RICH IN YELLOW METAL Stewart Menzies Reaches Dawson ‘With Glowing Reports of the New District. SEATTLE, March 26.—The steamship Humboldt, from Skaguay, arrived In port this morning. Reports from Dawson show that everything is quiet there. Work is progressing right along and the coming season is expected to be the best in the history of the distriet. Special dispatches from Dawson, dated March 21, report the arrival there from St. Michael of Stewart Menzies, auditor of the Alaska Commercial Company. He says he heard very flattering reports from the Koyukuk country during his trip. The Emma Gold Bench and Middle Park Creek claims are promising big returns and are causing great excitement. One hundred dollars was shoveled to the man from Emma Gold Bench last fall, and ex- tensive preparations are now being made to open up operations as soon as the ‘weather will permit. Mr. Menzies says that the late epidemic of disease among the I at Holy Cross Mission and all pofuts along the lower Yukon River is ended. Those who have been {ll are rapidly recovering. He stopped at a number ot villages and found the natives fairly well supplied with pro- visions. Y The heavieSt snow ever recorded is now in the Yukon basin. There is considera- ble fear that Dawson may be inundated and thousands of dollars’ worth of dam- age done there when the snow meits Richard Caton’s Life Goes . evinced such marked facility for acquiring PRPPPPRER EwE) et ool el Sl i@ | i played so many excellent qualities and | knowledge in detail, that the managers of the estate invited him to come®to San neisco and manage the Palace and | Grand hotels. He applied himself dili- gently to the work assigned to him anl achieved for his employers a larger meas- ure of success than they anticipated. Colonel Kirkpatrick is one of the Com- missioners to manage Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove. He was appointed by Governor Budd, and in the State Blue Book of 189 is classed as a Democrat. Before his appointment he was known as a Silver Republican. His term as Yosemite Valley Commissioner ends Januar; 503, No doubt Colonel Kirkpatrick will bring to the service of the State on the Board of Harbor Commissiggers the splendid business abilities whith have made him successful in other fields of activity. ————— FRANK P. FLINT'S SUCCESSOR. L. H. Valentine Will Be Southern California’s District Attorney. LOS ANGELES, March 2.—United States Senator Bard announced to-day that L. H. Valentine will succeed Frank P. Flint as District Attorney for the Southern District of California. Mr. Flint purposes to resign some time in Decem- er. GIALS SET HRE 10 SCHOOLHOUSE Make Two Attempts to Burn Dayton’s Fountain of Learning, Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 2.—During February two attempts were made to burn the Cen- tral school bullding of Dayton. The first was made on February 7, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. A second attempt to de- stroy the structure qccurred on the even- ing of February, 23, at the early hour of 7. Yesterday a sensation was created by the arrest of three girls—Lizzie Besquie, Pearl Evans and Gladys Cunningham. The for- mer two were charged with the second attempt to burn the building and Gladys Cunningham was accused of the first, The County Commissioners offered a re- ward of $250 for the arrest of the gullty persons, ard the arrests were due to one of the girls telling the story. The three were tried before Justice Holman and Wwere witnesses against one another. Miss Besquie claimed that in the first aftempt Gladys Cunningham carried oil in an olive bottle to the school building at the noon hour, poured the ofl on some kindling un- der the central stairway and after school was dismissed in the afternoon set fire to it. Gladys testified that Lizzie was the guilty one, and that Gladys had taken no part in the crime other thgn belng an eye witness. The court decided that Gladys Cunning- ham -was not guilty and the case against her was dismissed, Lizzie Besqule was bound over ta the Superior Court. In the case growing out of the second attempt to burn the schoolhouse, Lizzie Besquie testified that Pearl Evans accom- panied her to the schoolhouse on the even- ing of February 23. Lizzle Besquie and Pearl Evans were bound over to the Su- perior Court. the attorneys recommending that they be sent to the reform school. The girls are aged 13, 14 and 15, Lizale being the eldest and Gladys the youngest of the trio. None of them seem to realize the enormity of their crime., In extenua- tion the girls say they thought Dayton should have a new schoolhouse. They had heard older persons say that if the old bullding burned a new one would be erect- ed. To bring about this result was their chief object. ASSEMBLYMAN FELIZ UNEARTHS A FOSSIL Finds Portions of & Whale’s Verts- brae on a Mountain in Mon- terey County. MONTEREY, March 2.—A curious spec- imen of the fossil remains of a bygone age has been discovered by Assemblyman F. P. Feliz of this city in the mountains about eight miles south of Monterey, It is a portion of the vertebrae of a small whale, apparently about three articula- tions, but disconnected and thrown out of their usual position. The vertebrae are embedded in sandstone rock and are quite perfect in their petrifaction. The fossil was found at an élevation of 1100 fect above sga level. JEALOUSY REAPS RICHER HARVEST Clarence Crawford’s Second Victjm Expires at Compton. o s TR Woman Widow=d by the Murderer Tells of His Insane Profession of Love and an Offer to _ Elocpe. it St Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 26.—Minute de- tails of the terrible tragedy enacted at Compton last night confirm the early story of the killing of Ward C. Stratton and Ralph Mulherron and the sensational suicide of their slayer, Clarence S. Craw- ford, in the dooryard of Stratton’s home, as being the deed of an Insane man. Mul- herron died at 4 o’clock this morning. He was the first person on whom Crawford attempted to wreak summary vengeance for imaginary wrgngs. Mulherron was called from a bunkhouse and shot down in cold blood by the man whofir he lieved to be his friend. Compton had not recovered from the ex- citement of last night's tragedy when the Coroner appeared on the scene this morn- ing. Little by listle the story was wrung from witnesses before the Coroner’s jur. until the chapter of terrible events wai rendered complete. That Stratton was killed because Crawford imagined the rancher had heapea wrongs upon him there is no doubt. Mulherron was killed because Crawford believed he had circu- lated stories in the nelghborhood sderoga- | tory to Crawford's cnaracter and which had caused him to iose the friendship of Mrs. Stratton. There is no doubt that | Crawford had deifberately planned to | murder Mr, and Mrs. Stratton and theu end his own career. Confession of Jealousy. The body of the murderer and suicide was searched by tie Coroner. Among other articles founl was a passbook is- sued to Crawford by the local lodge of the Fraternal Aid Assoclation of Comp- ton. A single sentence that had evidently been penciled on a page of this book a short time prior to the tragedy told the story of Crawford's awful crime. It was: “Jealousy is hell.” Nineteen cartridges were coat pocket of the youth. After viewing Crawiord’s body members of the jury were driven to the ranch of Daniel Hathron, where an inquest was held over the body of Ralph Mulherron, who was the firat victim of Crawford's From Hathron's place the jury went to the ranch of Mason Brothers, where Stratton had lived for the last six years. After the body of Ward C. Strat- ton had been viewed the evidence of Mrs. Stratton was given. She had suffered a severe shock from (hc awful tragedy and was able to leave Ler bed scarcely long enough to tell her stery. Told Her of His Love. “My husband had some trouble with Crawford last August,” she sald, between sobs. * “Crawford quit his employ and a few days later wanted to be taken back. When Mr. Strattan refused to give him employment longer he threatened to ‘get even’ ‘with him. I do not know that Mr. Stratton feared him, but I had taken the {)recaunon to warn my husband against bim.” “Did Crawford ever propose to you that vou should leave your husband and elope with him?”" Coroner Holland asked Mrs. Stratton. “Yes, he did.” she replied, after some hesitation. ‘‘About thgee weeks before he quit my husband's employ he approached me one day and told me that he could not live without me. He wanted me to elope with him and I refused to go. I repulsed Lis attentions, and during the eight months that he was here 1 never gave him occasion to speak of love to me.” The jury found that Crawford had mur- dered Stratton and Mulherron and killed himself while temporariiy insane. Xmu;s THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST Patents Issued to Inventors, Post- office Changes and New Pensions. WASHINGTON, March 26.—The follow- ing patents were issued to-day: Califor- nia—Charles W. Arrosmith, Courtland. fruit packing device; Thomas Barnett, San Franclsco, starting gate; Francis C. Bates, assignor of one-half to W. G. Haw- ley, ‘San Jose, rural signal device; Edgar A. Beck, Los Angeles, electric arc lamp; ‘Warren F. Davls, assignor to Pacific Sheet Metal Works, San Francisco, double seaming device: John A. Duffy, Pomona, sink; Willls H. Fisher and C. Brouse, San Erancisco, wall construction; Otto Heyl- mann, Fallbrook, bicycle brake; Edward B. Hoegemann, Oakland, shoe lacing clasp; Augustus Newell, Pasadena, as- signor to the Perfect Sliding Door Com: pany, Los Angeles, sliding door hange: Ole Olsen, Oakland, airship; Wilson Ross, Benicla, acetylene gas generator; Moses L. Rosovsky, 8an Francisco, por- table steam or vapor bath apparatu: Henry B. Ruggles, Redlands, fruit brush- er; Willlam F. Schatz, South San Diego, harness attachment for poles and shaft; Louis R.' Tulloch, Angels Camp, stamp mill attachment: Warner L. Vestal, San Bernardino, letter box; Howar: Val- found in a d F. Wa lace, Los Angeles, eye glasses; Frank S. Weatherly, Los Angeles, power transmit- ting device. Oregon—David F. Baker, Mount Tabor, shingle machine; James W. Barnes, Bea: erton, animal trap; John K. Mount, as- signor of one-half to A. G. Wolford, Sil- verton, hop drier and curer; Willlam H. Sliger, assignor of one-half to 8. A. Man- ning, McMinnville, hydraulic telescopic fire escape. ‘Washington—Archie M. 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