The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 4, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1901. SAYS PATRICK WAS IMPATIENT Valet Jones Tells More About the Murder of Mil - lionaire Rice. With Marvelous Coolness He Recites Dread Details of the Plot to Obtain the Aged Man’s Fortune. — YORK April 3.—Charl t-secretary to William aire, yesterda; loroform testimony to- n the proceed- before J e me charging Al- bert T. Patrick with mur¢er. he s of the murder and conspiracy he to- wealth of detail and nerve which. under Imost overwheim- orv of the valet-sec- d drawn up the pg with whac for old man Rice to e Gesired to rebuiia dvancing $100,000 or ace the burned Pproperty “Patrick told me to use all my influence . Rice,’ Jones 10-day, “not to re- this would take out all » from the estate.” ted on advancing the orized a draft for $25,00) s_correspondents in Texas. rived and Jon. accordance with ct, told Pairick about it. It was but, according to the wvalet, ck felt thai he could not spare ev much out of the millions that he was ady counting as his own. Caution of the Conspirators. “He then sald,” testified Jones “that he would have to do something to get Rice 2 way before Monday, when the arrive.” more illustra: thoroughness of arried out by ve of the plot conceived these men was an- of Rice's estate in Texas—a man Cohen—was in the habit of send- monthly a check made out in me for his salary. Rice pald him by g the check and mailing it back to When one of these checks came after Rice had signed it and > Jones to mail he turned it over k in order that the latter might on the gignature. next check that came from Cohen was_signed with the forgery of Rice's name and sent along in order, by its pas- Eage ugh the banks of Texas, that it the merit of their forgery t was an entire success and ¢ confidence in the greater t to come e point to-day at which it expected ~ that _Jones would sign of emotion. It was eve that he might break wr when he was asked had made at suicide in expectation was again Valet’s Extraordinary Nerve. was on ss-examination that Jones rated that he was emoti Moore - went about a spirit of thoroug] e dismayed most me along the outlines of he satisfied himself to be gained by a - attempted to storm When spoke of the call murder and th he a it r in the mind of stand, who mly and quiet- “ s merely a perfunc- . as ssible to s testin the witness, Per- only point where the attorney P. ven appeared to shake the idence of Jones was when statement from him that present story o es- for murder. be a general d ealed in i until .4) w not t ne according to the defense, R conspirator, and Patrick tool of the valet. OCCIDENTAL MISSION BOARD HOLDS MEETING easing Entertainment Is Given by Pupils and Missionaries Make Addresses. The ladies of the Woman’s Occidental rd of Foreign Missions held the first ¥'s exercises of their twenty-eighth an- al three days’ meeting at the Presby Mission-house, 920 t, yesterday afternoon. A very entertaining address on “China snd the Missions” was made by Mrs. Dr. De Silv 0 has spent many years in religiou k in China. Rev. George B. Smyth, D. D., president of the China glo-Chinese College, Foo Chow, spoke on the general feeling among the native Chin toward the mission- aries. Mr. Smyth told many amusing stories of his experiences with the na- iives of Southern China and showed the hich his work had to com- right, the president, then puplis of the San Fran- M fon School. who sang C. 8. W e mgs and gave recitations. This part of programme was particularly well re- ceived by the audience and the work of these little C! e boys and girls re- flects great credit upon Miss Jessie Car- ruthers, who has had charge of thelr in- struction llowing the meeting a general re- tion was tendered the visiting dele- . —_—— WARRANT SECURED FOR SKILLMAN’S ARREST He Is Charged With Battery Upon the Sick Girl, Evangeline Curnier. Evangeline Curnier, the 13-year-old girl s evicted from her home at .84 street Tuesday by Brel Skillma: ied along wi‘h her little broth- sit on the doorsieps in the r s able to leave her mpanied by her of the Cali- tion of Cruel to the Hall of warrant in Judge €a- liman’s &rrest on the fety ani the girl's father to push ‘he charge agaix 10 the exceptional crueity Ithough she was tack of pneumonia. aggard yesterda ave been kept a* Skillman is osed that he GRAPE-NTTS. HELPS OVER THE HILL. . Got Lots of Brain Work? Use Grape ’ Nuts. I find Grave-Nu ry helpful to a t ed with the cares and worri- siness,” says Louis Fink Jr. of 8. ¥ street, Phi a. e I co using the received from the powerful in Grape-; se to use the food regularly think a breakfast complete food gives and vigor. proposition. 7 ¢ F. Jones, ‘ ew York on | the caution | tance related by Jones. The man- | aged 31: John Kendrick of San Francisco, - | aged 38, to marry Josie Sears of Oakland, aged 27; William W. Bruner of Oakland, | uts was indeed | RESIDENTS FEEL LIGHTNING'S JAR !Electrical Storm’ Besets a Portion of Nevada County. | Bolt Cuts a Massive Tree in Twain and Several Persons Are Tem- porarily Prostrated by the Shock. | —_— to The Call Spectal Dispat. GRASS VALLEY, April 3.—This section of Nevada County was visited this even- | ing betwen 6 and 7 o'clock by a heavy 6 7 | thunderstorm, with an accompaniment of | lightning. Electric bolts toyed with the wires of the electric light and telephone | companies and in the Grass Valley and Nevada City offices of the Sunset Com- | pany hundreds of fuses were burned out. For about an hour telephonic communica- tion with Marysville was cut off and for the same length of time the incandescent dimly that kerosene lamps had to be into play In business houses and svada City lightning struck a tree t in height. The tree was cut in wo halves folded like a pair of shears. The branches of the top were embedded in the ground several feet by the force of the fall, with the result that the two sec- tions stand side by side, held together by only a few splinters at the top. Mr. and Mrs. Flo; 100 yards from the ee, felt the force of | the” shock. They were considerably | shaken, but soon recovered from the ef- fects. ~A. R. Morris, who was passing near the tree at the time the bolt de- | scended, was hurled violently to the ground and was for a time dazed and | helpl; Others in the vicinity had similar experiences. | “SAM JOSE, April 3.—The cold north rain of vesterday and to-day, with the frosty mornings of the past week, has v affected the fruit crop, particu- | pricots. In the Los Gatos section | thé vield will be light; in other parts of | the county from fair to heavy. The con- sensus of opinion among the orchardists necessity of later thinning. Generally | speaking, the outiook for fruit in the val- | ley this season was never more promising. | The rainfall for the storm to date is .45 5 of an inch; for the season 2159 inches. | . BANTA CRUZ, Apri —Showers fell here to-day. There is snow on Loma Prieta Mountain. | TENDER A RECEPTION TO THE GRAND OFFICERS Ladies of the Auxiliary Danish So- ciety Valborg Are Hostesses at Haywards Opera-House. | OAKLAND, April 3—The ladies of the Society Valborg, the auxiliary to the So- ciety Dania, were the hostesses this even- ing at a reception given at the opera- house, Haywards, to the grand officers and .delegates to the Grand Lodge and the members of Thyra Lodge of Hayward: The ladies’ committee of arrangemen had converted the auditorium into a fairy bower, resplendent with fiags, banners zay flowers. The exercises were di- sified with res. including dances and tableaus by e_young people. W. P. Nielsen was the presiding officer, and he was assisted by the ladies of the society. Miss Edna Ni sen rendered £ en and Miss Kate Jen- 0 overture, which was tistic vocal Solo by Mr: 3 Eight children, garbed i the Danish national colors, white and red, ty flag drill. The participants ina Hansen, Gruda Asmussen, Sophia Madsen, Chester | Asmussen, Charles Soren- | bert Nieisen. The directress 3 Madsen. M. Madsen gave Schubert's “Sere- | and Mr. Beck rendered a vocal solo, ' which was followed by a recitation | by Miss I. Asmussen. The tableau,.*Val- s_portrayed by . Sorensen, Mis Miss C. Thorup, Madsen, Miss | P. Madsen, Miss M. Madsen, Miss Emma Sandholdt and Miss 8. Nor. | After the entertainment the delegates were guests at a collation served in Na- tive Sons' Hall, at which President S. | Madsen of Thyra Lodge was toastmas- ter. | “The officers committees of the la- dies’ clety ar | | | _ President, Mrs Thorup; vice president, | Mrs.'P. Jonnson; secretary, Mrs. S. Madsen financial secretary, Mrs. ' J. J. Sandholdt treasurer, Mrs P. Nielsen; marshal, Miss M. Madsch; guard, Miss P. Madsen; trustees, Mrs. G. Jurgens P. "Johnson' and H. | Thorup:” committee on arrangements and re on, Mre Madsen, Mrs. G. Jurgensen, C. Christensen, Miss A. Madsen, Miss A. | | Sorensen and Miss E. Sandholdt. At this afternoon’s session of the Dania Grand Lodge Grand President Sandholdt made his annual report, which showed a constantly . increasing -membership and a | flourishing financial condition of the or- der. During the year $7578 was paid out | in sick benefits and $1200 for funeral bene- Sacramento | | fits. The treasurer showed cash on hand { $41.619 54, an increase over a year ago of | $4953. The membership is 1536 in sixteen | lodges in California and two in Nevada. | | "The following committees were ap-| | pointea: Auditing, J. C. Hansen, Martin Hansen, C. | M. Henningsen; finance, M. Salomon, N. J. | Nielsen, H. _P. Mathiesen; _constitutional | | amendments, H. P. Vogensen, C. W, Hansen | | and J. Molgaard | L e o e e o e e % «An Eastern Easter” is the $ title of one of the quaintest conceits in the way of a short story that that well-known author, Charles Battell Loomis, has ever written. Out in the | special edition of The Call next Sunday. Oakland Marriage Licenses | OAKLAND, April 3—The folldwing { marriage licenses were issued at the | County Clerk’s office to-day: Walter J. | Hamilton of San Francisco, aged 32, to Alice Adams of San Francisco, Leverne Pearl of MounY Vernon, ged 2, to marry Rose Hatch of an ,_aged 2i{; Wentworth H. Wall of Oakland. aged 29, to marry Laura | H. Fusch of Oakland, aged 21; Frank B. Clayton of San Francisco, aged 32, to marry Laura A. Hartis of San Francisco, | aged 3. to marry Jes land, aged 21 o T Salmon Nets Confiscated. Deputy Figh Commissioner John H. Davis and a number of assistants cap- tured two valuable mets belonging to salmon fishermen, who, contrary to law, had them spread out in Suisun Bay be- sunrise of Saturdayeand sunset of y evening. One of the nets was | 2400 feet long and is valued at $600. If the | owner does mot,come forward and claim his property ihe Fish Commissioners will | enter proceedings in the Superior Court of Contra Costa County to have the court adjudge the property forfeited and order the mets destroyed. ' In the event the owner comes forward the Fish Commis- sioners will prosecute him for illegal fish- ing and if convicted the culprit will be fined 8200 for the offense, which is the minimum penalty. —— Ends Life With Acid. Gracie Morris, a woman 35 years of age, swallowed a dose of carbolic acid last | night in a saloon 2t 715% Howard street and died a few hours after being taken to the Receiving Hospital. She was the pro- prietress of a smail cigar stand on How- | ard street. —————— | Kidder Is Fast Sinking. | GRASS VALLEY, April 3.—The life of | John F. Kidder, State Debris Commis- | sioner, is fast drawing to a close. Each sinking spell ‘leaves him weaker than be- e B. Crow of Oak- I3 5 a 1 | | lights here and in Nevada City burned so | v feet from the ground and the | living in a house | number of charming fea- | NEW BARYTONE JOINS - ' THE TIVOLI FORCES Tobasco in “The | in town to-day is that the cold snap will | not do euy material damage, the cropping of fruit tuds simply doing away with the 1 Arthur Cunningham Cast as Don Pablo Idol’'s Eye,” Which Will Be Put on Saturday Night EXT Saturday evening, with the | first performance of “The Idol's | Eye” this season, a new bary- | | tone will make his appearance at | the Tivoli Opera-house in the per- | son of Arthur Cunnirgham, who is cast | | as Don Pablo Tobasco, the Cuban planter. | Mr. Cunningham will be remembered as | the Father O'Flynn in “Shamus O'Brien.”” ich was produced some years ago at the Tivoll. The said occasion was Mr. Cun- | ningham'’s first appea~ance on the operatic | stage, by the way, and he had the honor of being chosen for his part by the com- poser of the opera, Dr. Stanford. The Tivoli's latest acouisition received | his musical education in England and the | trend of his musical taste seemed at first in the direction of concert and oratorio work. He sang in most of the large cities | of England in oratorio and was the solo | barytone for some time in Holy Trinity Chiurch, London. He afterward saig the name part of “Shamus O'Brien” in Ire-| iand and in the Eas After coming to this country Mr. Cun- ningham joined the Castle Square com- pany in New York, playing with thera | such roles as the Escamiilo in “Carmen.” | arts, jn all of which ne was well heard. | e has also sung under the Hammerstein | directicn, with De Wolf Hopper in *“The | Charlatan,” with “The Runaway Girl” | company and.also with Lillian Russell in “Erminie.” The singer, besides his finc | voice, is a clever actor and has a pictur- | esque physique and will doubtless pro: a valuable addition o the Tivoli forces: ““The Idol's Eve” will be given first on Saturday evening next. In consequence of the eiaborate prepar: | tions for the producdon of *“The Ido Eye"” Saturday night tacre will be no %_f%’t e urday matinee of the week's bill, Wedding Da The engagement of “The Little Minis ter” at the Columbia Theater will come to | a close Sunday night. Next Monday even- g comes Blanche Waish in a big scenic | production of Emile Bergerat's play of | | “More Than Queen.” As Josephine Miss | Walsh is said to be a briiliant succes: the singing of “More Than Qucen” is said | to be elaborate in the extreme. All the special scenery, costumes, furniture, dra- peries and other stage paraphernalia wil be brought here for the presentation. B et The California is dark for this week and | the week following and will open up again | on Sunday, April 14, with Nelll urgess in “The County Fair.” A < re The Central is making good this week with its essay into the heavy legitimate with Robert Downing in ““The Gladiator."” Next week the management wiil present “Ingomar,” with Mr. Downing as, the picturesque barbarian and Miss At¥vood as the Grecian maiden, Parthenia, with costumes and staging fally up to the ex- cellent standard of last week. o i YTennessee’s Pardner” is proving a pop- ular bill at the Alcazar this week., It s a drama of early days in the West as seen | by the romanticist” Bret Harte and has | therefore a guasi-historical interest. Next week “A Coat of Many Colors,” a four- act comedy by Madeline Lucette Ryley, will be put on. The Grand Opera-house is closed for the week, but will open a new season on Sat- and | | AUTHOR OF OBJECTIONABLE | LETTER GOES SCOT FREE John Johnson, a seafaring man, was on trial yesterday in the United States. Dis- trict Court on a charge of having mailed an indecent letter addressed to Miss Louisa Janson at 775 Folsom street. Paul Wiegand testified that at Johh- son’s reguest he had written the letter, Sopying fi from one that Johnson had fur- nished him, Johnson wishing to have the letter written in a more legible hand. Miss Janson testified that she knew Johnson only casually, having seen him around the boarding house and saloon kept by her father, and _that she had never kept company with him. She said also that she had never had any trouble with Johnson. To the surprise of the prosecution the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. It was suggested that the jury was unwill- ing to punish Johnson so long as Wie- gand, who confessed to writing the letter, was not prosecuted. Johnson had testi- fied that he had not written or mailed the letter and that he had not furnished the copy to Wiegand. —_———— Maud Blevin Acquitted. Maude Blevin, hairdresser on Geary street, was tried before a jury in Judge Fritz's court vesterday afternoon on charge of battery uvon Leo1 Navle* saloon-keeper. Mason and Geary street. March 20. After Naviet testified to the as. sault the defendant tovk the stand and in a dramatic manner recited how Navlet had thrown her to the floor face down- ward, struck her repeatedly on the back of the head with his clenched fist and tore her jacket. The jury was out about a minute and returned a verdict of not guilty. This was the fourth time within a vear that Miss Blevin had been arrested 1 fore and it is believed that his death is now only a question of hours. on complaint of Naviet. She wants him to marry her and he declizies the honor . THE BARYTONE WHO WILL SING- AT THE TIVOLI NEXT WEEK. £ = turday night with a spectacular produc- tion of “Cinderella” by a new stock com- pany imported from the East. More than | a hundred ~people wjll appear on the stage, and features of the entertainment will be a “Beil Ballet,” a fairy coach drawn by Walter Morosco's tiny Shetland ponies and a beautiful transformation scene entitled “The Fairies' Retreat Among the Coral.” Blanche Warren, | Mona Carrington, Emmett Shackelford i Mephistopheles in “Faust” and alsolighter | and Frederick Hartley are names in the new stock company . Marie Wainwright and her company in “Josephine and Napoleon' are the Or- pheum’s chief attraction of the week. A clever animal act, Tschernoff's dogs; Ful- ler, Moller and Burke; “A Girl of Qual- Hamiiton Hill, Burt Shepard, Calla- han ‘and Mack, Scott and Wilson and bio- graph showing Queen Victoria's funeral arfi other entertainers on the excellent bill. P William McDonald, Kelcey sisters, Ma- bel Martin, De Camp and Murdock, the | Malvern family, Tom Mack and Hin- | rich: hestra are the names of the week at Fischer's Concert House. Will- iam McDonald, the basso profundo, is still leading favorite in the bill. Roscoe and Sims, Clinton’ Montgomery, the Kochers and Querita Vincent are at the Olympia this week. .. . Barnes' dog and pony show and Leah May, the giantess, still remain popular at- tractions at the Chutes and Zoo. To- night the amateurs. will appear in spe- clalties. A ' S Next Saturday afternoon a benefit con- cert to Miss Oriska M. Green will be glven at Sherman-Clay Hall by the following artists: Ritzaw's American Ladies’ Orchestra—Miss Ophelia Hili, violinist: Miss Blanche Reynolds, trombonist; 'Miss Forde, contralto: Miss Lily Roeder, soprano; Miss Lia Politini, contraito; Maurice Montague, tenor; Mr. Ellls, tenor, and Mr. Wuertsch, ’cello. The affair will be in charge of Louis Ritzau. A concert will be given this evening at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art at the closing ceremonies of the spring exhibi- tion. - It will be under the direction . of Henry Heyman, and the following mu- sicians will take part in the programme: Mrs. Mary Carpaneto Mead, soprano; Miss Stella R. Schwabacher, soprano: Miss' Elsie Arden, contralto; Herbert Williams, tenos Miss ‘Bthek Grant, violinist; Miss Julla Tharp, vocal accompanist; Zmil Cruells, ganist and accompanist. or- 2 e e e e T ) SCHOOLTEACHERS MEET TO ARRANGE FESTIVAL A meeting of the principals of the local public chools for the purpose of consider- ing matters relating to the annual school festival, was held at the City Hall yes- terday afternoon. The proceeds of the festival will be devoted to the interests of the Annuity Association, which now has thirteen pensioners. The festival was very successful last year, netting $3000, and it is expected that with the addition of many new and desirable features there will be still greater proceeds from this year's entertainment. The affair will be held at Glen Park on May Day. The programme will con- sist of a parade and competitive drill by the members of the different schools, a balloon ascension, an automobile parade and sports and games. Booths will'be ¢on- ducted by ladies of the school depart- ment and refreshments will be -served to such of the picnickers as do not come otherwise prepared. The teachers of all the prominent schools have promised hearty support and there is little doubt but that the affair will be most successful. The personnel of the various committees has not been fully decided upon as yet, but the board of directors who have chargt of the pre- liminary arrangements are as follows:. L. A. Jordan, Deputy Superintendent, resident; A. L. Mann, principal of the enman_ School, vice-president; Mrs. E. M. North, Irving Scott School, corre- sponding secretary; Mrs. L. Fowler, finan- cial secretary: L.' H. McCarthy, 'acting principal of the Washington School, treas- urer; Mr. S. Sturges, vice-principal of the Everett School: Miss E. E. Stincen, principal of the Whittier School; Miss T. WARSHIPS WAIT NEAR VENEZUELK North Atlantic Squadron in Readiness to Prevent Overt Acts. Gunboat Scorpion Will Proceed ta Memphis After Minister Loomis Has Been Landed at San Juan. el Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April 3.—While re- lieved of the presence of an American gunboat in her waters Venezuela will be within easy reach of the North Atlantic squadren, which is only forty-eight hours’ distant. Orders were: cabled by Secretary Long to-day to the Scorpion, directing that ves- self after conveying Minister Loomis to San Juan to proceed. to Memphis to rep- resent the United States navy at the Con- federate veterans’ reunion to be held in that city. . Should the American Charge d'Affaires | in Caracas deem the presence of an Amer- ican man-of-war desirable, Rear Admiral | Farquhar can easily direct one of the ves- sels of his command ,to proceed to La Guayra. Officials of the State Department admit | that the relations between Minister Loo- mis_and President Castro of Venezuela kave not been friendly, and to this ex- tent Mr. Loomis is persona non grata. | Officially no representation on the sub- ject of Mr. Loomis’ acceptability as an| American representative has been made | by the Venezuelan Government. | @ bbbl @ BOTH SHOOTS PEACE ERVOY President de Kock of the Burgher Committee Is ing that President de Kock of the Bur- gher Peace Committee and one of the founders of that organization took a message from the British at’ Belfast, un- der a white flag, to General Botha in January. When he arrived at General | Botha's camp he was arrested and tried cn a charge of treason at Roossenkal. He was found guilty, sentenced to death and shot on February 12. | BOSTON, April 3.—Dr. Fraser, a special | commissioner of the British Government, | was in this city to-day making inquiries | as to the facllities for shipp this port a consignment of $0) Canadian | horses for the British army on the South | African fronti- VICTIMS OF THE PLAGUE | FOUND IN THE STREET | Cape Town Residents Conceal the Fact That They Come in Con- tact With Sufferers. CAPE TOWN, Apsii 3.—Several plague | corpses haye been found in the streets and | houses, indicating efforts to conceal con- | tact with the disease. The total number | of deaths from the plague is 107, including 22 Buropeans. There have been 315 cases of the plagus | MISS MARY HOFFMAN RETURNS TO NEW YORK Bellevue Nurses Say the Young Lady Has Been in the City Ten Days. ! NEW YORK, April 3.—The World to- | morrow will say: Miss Mary Hoffman of | San Francisco, who disappeared mysteri- | ously from this city lasc December, has as | mysteriously. returned. Accordizg to the statement of her former fellow-students at the Nurses' Training Schoo! at Belle- | vue Hospital, where she formerly studied. she has been in this city for about ten ARYS. oy M BULLETS FOR RIOTERS IN BRAZIL’S CAPITAL Garrison Ordered Out to Disperse | Mobs and Five of the Dis- turbers Are Killed. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, April 3.—Serious riots are reported from Para as the re- sult of friction between political parties. Fighting in the streets became so severe that the police were compelled to ask for the aid of soldiers. The garrison was or- dered out and finally the soldiers were compelled to fire upon the mobs in the streets. As a result five persons were killed and many wounded. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS. SMUGGLED OPIUM SEIZED. Customs Searcher C. A. Walker found five i-tael tins of smuggled opium hidden under a_ pile of blankets in the forecastle of the Hongkong Maru yesterday morning and confiscated the sume. ’ MORE NEW SPANISH-AMERICAN CON- | SULS.—Collector Stratton has been advised by | the Secretary of the Treasury of the rece 1 tion of Luis Felix Lastreto as Consul Gen®ral of Nicaragua and Felipe Galicla as Consul for.| Bolivia, both at this port. 1 PETITIONS IN INSOLVENCY.—Petitions in insolvency were flled yesterday in_the United States District Court as follows: Benjamin C. Rergen, laborer, Oakland, liabilities $1577 60, assets nome; D. R. Nason, clerk, Dunnigan, Yolo County, liabilities $973 0, no assets. EMBEZZLED FIVE NUGGETS.—J. T. Rob- irson of the Mineral Mountain Mlnlg Com- pany secured a warrant from Judge Dantss yesterday for the arrest of N. F. Ashton on the charge of felony embezzlement for having disposed of five gold nuggets valued at $36, which were iIntrusted to him on March 10. SUDDEN DEATH OF JOHN A. MOSHER.— chn A. Mosher, a rodman In the engineers’ department of the Southern Pacific Company, was found dead In bed early yesterday morn- | ing at his residence, 1457 ‘alencia street. | Autop: Surgeon Louis D. Bacigalupi found | that valvular disease of the heart was the | caus : CUNANE CONVICTED.—The jury in the Tnited States District Court, in the case of | Frank Peter Joseph Cunane, yesterdav re- | turned a verdict of guilty on one colint of the | indictment, that of stealing a $ gold plece from a letter while he was employed as postal clerk at Station D. He will be sentenced on Saturday. .DRIVER JOHN MATTERS CENSURED.— | Inquests were held yesterday by Coroner Le- | land in the cases of Isador Strub and Frank Drought. Verdicts were rendered to the ef- | tect that Strub was accidentally asphyxiated by illuminating gas and that Drought died :of fracture of the skull, caused by a runaway horse, ‘‘sald horse having been carelessly un- tied and handled by John Matters.”" HAYDEN OUT OF JAIL—Edwin Hayden, president of the Hayden Packing Company, | who was recently sent to jail by Judge Ker- rigan for contempt of court for refusing to pay his wife, Josephine Hayden, $100 alimony | as ordered by the court, decided yesterday | that he had remained long enough in jail. | Consequently he paid the $100 and was forth- with ordered released from custody by Judge Kerrigan. ing from | i GLAZE GETS HIS MONEY.—Robert E. Glaze, accompanied by his wife and son, ap- peared before Judge Kerrigan yesterday that the matter. of settlement of his interest in the Windsor Hotel might be effected. Mrs. Trew- hella, widow of William Trewhella, whom Glaze killed some months ago. was also in court, heavily velled. The court settled the commissions of the receiver and ordered the attorneys paid. Mrs. Trewhella then left with friends, while Glaze w: returned to prison. C. Stohr, Fremont School; Mrs. M. Prag, @Girls’ High School. - The residue of the sale ordered distributed to Glaze and Mrs. Trewhella. lustily shouted for helv. housebreaker Mrs. Benson visited police of the fellow to Chiaf Sullivan. ticles have been stoien from Mrs. Ben- son’s house and she is inclined to believe struggle is responsible for the thefts. atrical manager in town. vesterday on the Mariposa with his com- pany from Honolulu, where they played a | Miss Florence Roberts in lin the performance of * | were selling at a pramium of $. Belasco, | ager asked us to return at some future date. make semi-annual visits. quite an honor, as she had not attended what more could a4 theatrical manager want?” San Francisco and Ben Hart of Stockton fought a twenty-round draw before the Stockton Athletic Club to-night. outpointed his opponent and was the ag- gressor throughout the fight. of the best fights ever seen here. ‘“Bobby’" Martin and George Curtin fought a ten- round draw. but finished the go. this city. to-night for Saratoga, where he will prepare’himself for match with Peter Maher, to be decided Maher does not sign either Sharkey oc Jeffries will be acceptable. WOMAN ATTACKS A HOUSEBREAKER Finds Him Leaving Her Home and Vainly Tries to Stop Him. Mrs. Charles Benson Gives Battle to Burglar Whom She Catches Ransacking Her Apart- ments. Mrs. Charles Benscn, who conducts a boarding-house at 217 Broadway, had an exciting struggle with a burglar yester- day afternoon. Shortly after 2 o'clock she saw a tall, poorly clad individual leavidg the room of one of her boarders. He carried under his arm a portion of a blanket, which he had stolen from the room. Mrs. Benson, without waiting to ask him for an ex- planation, seized I by the arm and With an cath the burglar hurled her to one side and after aiming a vicious blow at her head ran downstairs, pursued by the plucky woman. After a short chase she overtook him xnd grabbed him by the coat collar. Again the fellow threw her off and started down the street at full speed. Realizing the folly of further pursuit Mrs. Benson returned to her house and found that the burgiar had entered the room he was seen to leave by prying ope the door, presumabiy with a “jimmy. He had cut a blanket in two, evidently intending to use the portion he took in carrying away any booty he might find. Shortly after ner struggle with the Leadquarters and gave a good description During the past week a number of ar- that the man wita whom she had the HONOLULU RESIDENTS LIKE TO SEE “SAPHO” Belasco-Thall Company Returns on the Mariposa After a Most Successful Season. Frederick Belasco !s the happlest the- He arrived here turned away. On tae following night the company played to equaily as good busi- | “Richelieu” and tickets Faust,” in speaking of his trip last night, sald: ““We were received royally. Every per- formance was packed and for the first time in the history of the house the man- We did so well that I declded to ““The Shriners are having a very good time down at the islands. They begged us to_give a special performance the night | before we left. The steamship company | consented to allow as to haul our scenery | to the ship the day she sailed so we gave the performanece. 1X-Princess Kiaulani attended several performances, which was a theater since she has been in mourning. “We had lots of fun, made money and —_———— Muller and Hart Draw. STOCKTON, April 3—Fred Muller of Muller | It was one Martin had a rib broken, | s ARG | McCoy Starts His Training. NEW YORK, Aprli 3—Kid McCoy left the proposed n Louisville April 20. McCoy states if Cup Defender . Named Constitution. NEW YORK, April 3—Captain Duncan, manager of the syndicate’s cup defender now being built “at Bristol, R. I., an- nounce the name of the boat will be the Constitution. ©0000000000U000000000000 0! 000000000000000066000000G00000 00000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000 2000000000000 5600000000000 5000000000000 000000006000000000000000060000 060000000000000000,00000000000 ©0000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000609% and Sunday. is as follows: vs. Silver Clou Fide: Rollicking Airs vs. Governor Mac; Snapshot vs. Olita; West; Royal Union vs. Tyrone Prince; Master Lawrence vs. Lawrence vs. Roman Athlete: Log Boy inger Henderson a houses north of the Ar given the South End and Arfel elubs. ard, Elsa F. Menicken, Harold Menicken, Giseile Menicken, Rosa Perez, Jocata Chicopete, Carl Schults, W. e e e e s GRAND EASTER FICTION NUMBER. FIRES BLINDLY INTO A CROWD Frenzied Sailer Kills One Man and Wounds Two-Others. SIS A J. H. Cordes, Stopped in Pursuit of Kitty Eisel, Uses Revolver F: tally in a Pacific-street Saloon. L0 Y Determined to kill a woman named Kitty BEisel, with whom he had quarreled, J. H. Cordes, a sailor of Alameda County used his revolver with terrible result i crowded saloon at 430 Pacific street early this morning. ‘When the shooter's smoking revolver was wrenched from him three men lay on the floor, one dying, while two others were wounded, one of them perhaps fatally. The dying man was taken to the Har- bor Hospital, where he expired. His name was John Carlson. The injured ones are E. J. Shamley and Peter Sjogren. They are at the Central Receiving Hospital. The woman escaped uninjured. Cordes and Kitty Eisel lived together for seven years. Then they separated, the woman going to the saloon where the iragedy happened. Cordes visited her last night, and after a wordy dispute pulled his revolver and tried to kill her. The woman ran and the crowd of men in the saloon tried to seize Cordes. He blindly fifed six shots at them and nearly every bullet took effect. Cordes liyes on Snell avenue between Haywards and San Leandro, where he has a small farm. OPEN STAKE FOR END OF THE WEEK COURSING A. fine open Sl;Ke of 112 entries will be run at Union Coursing Park on Saturday The draw held last night Open stake, 112 entries—Master Workman v, Kibosh; Master Buck vs. King Cotton; Warco Laurence; Shadow vs. Black Flush: Thelma Random Aim vs. St. Helen: most successful theatrical season, sup- | 0 K Capitol vs. Le Ro)‘.‘nH.xl’{r:lma ‘1’1 Jewe:. i 4 - | For Glory vs. Homer Boy; The' Levite vs. § Roported Exeouted. | vorting aiss Floreme Roberts in & rep- | For i, Hmer oy, Tog Lein 1, 3 —_— i Warship; Lilac vs. Belle Rocket; Representa- The company. whick left here in Feb- | five ve. Spiteful: Risky Atempe ve. Sir Pasna: ruary, did the biggest business that was | Lottle M vs. Wedgewood; McKinley vs. Round- Busial lanajen. to The, Call ever done n the drzmatic line in the isl. | About; Headwater va. Lady Claire; Mot va. BLOEMFONTEIN, April 8.—A story is | 3845, In the opemng production of | Cevajer Loyehnengh, va, Furksts, {ok Tort printed by the Bloemfontein Post assert- Sapho several hundred people were cags Boy va. Firm Fellow; Hot Haste vs. Bona Beacon: Liberator vs. Briar Root ness in “Nell Gwynn.” At the Wednesday | vs, Lundin Links; Concord vs. Littie Fuller- matinee in the production of “The Coun- | ton: Aeneas vs. Brass Button: Freedom's Ban- try Girl” althougn the prices remained | ner vs. Tiburon; May Hempstead vs. Sleety the same—$1 50—the performance was the | Mist: Royal Flush vs. Charta; Ceell M vs. largest attended matinee in the history of | Flora McDonald; J. Greenhall vs. The Graf- the house. On the Saturday night of the | ter; Rural Artist vs. Mamie Pleasant; Mose same week “Carmen” was produced and | vs.'Athena; Scattish Chief vs. Hurricane: Colo- played to a crowded house. Mme. Trebeili | nel Lovez ve, Santonin: Hagper B and was warmly received. o . - Ly cissus In the hird and lost week, when Lewis | S2i0°n Sagier 1o, Retior, Loy 15 areiins: Morrison appeared in conjunction Wit | Siringbock vs. Flery Face; Brutus vs. Wine asio; War Eagle vs. Bowery Boy vs. Game Boy: Recording_Angel; Sir Twin City Girl; The Chiaf vs. . Amadie. Harbor Commissioners Meet. There was no change in the personnel of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners at the meeting yesterday. patrick, the Commissioner succeed Major Harney, 1s out of town. A special meeting of the board will be heli Saturday at 2 p. m., at whick Mr patrick will take his seat and Major Har- ney will retire. John C. Kirk- appointed to Kirk- On the recommendation of Chief Whart- location for boat- ic Ofl Works was rowing Plans and specifications for the extend- ing of Washington and Mission street wharves 200 feet were adopted and bids for the work will be advertised. e . e Pentaur Arrives From Hamburg. The Kosmos Steamship Company’s Pen- taur (ex-Volumnia) arrived early yester- day morning from Hamburg via South and Central American ports. Among her cargo is 550 tons of nitrate, 4800 bags of sugar and %000 bags of coffee. tons of freight all told for this port. Tha following cabin passengers came up on the Pentaur: mer. Juan Opstaels, Johm B. Buckingham, She brings 160 Emil Hoffman, Alfred Stett- Mary L. Buckingham, Charles A. Leou- i Valy "Menicken, H. Fritz. e — WANTED IN DAVISVILLE.—Fred Smith, who is wanted in Davisville for burglary for breaking into the store of A. 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