The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1901, Page 7

GHENT BRIBERY SCANDAL SFTED High Officials Heard by | %Grand Jury at Hon- olulu. s R Y HOUSE McKINLEY LIVED IN Relic Hunters, With AccustomedfiEnergy, Have Started to Take Everything in Sight and Reach in a Wild Endeavor to Secure Something That Might Have Come Under the Presidential Ey : — * FTER the sunshine comes the shadow, and often night and L. A. Thurston in Contempt ! and Walter G. Smith In- dicted for Perjury. HONOLULU, May 2.—The special) Grand Jury called to Investigate the arges of bribery in the Legislature ha: the biggest sensation Honolulu has since the days of revolutions and agi- n for annexation. It has had as wit- nesses Governor Dol Attorney General Dole, Secretary of the Territory Cooper and other high officials. and on the re- fusals of some of them to answer ques- tions they have been brought into court to show cause why they should not tes- tify. In the absence of Governor §. B. Dole, who is ‘ndisposed, Cooper is acting Governor. e jury began its investigations on a ter from the overnor to the Legis- d lature, refust extend the session be- caus¢ he had Inf ation that bribery was taking place. All of the Government fMcials were call Governor Dole ap- y and, it is said, told was on the eve of Secre- perintend- iless and Works Me( were sum efused to tell what that the information nature of a “privi- * having been given t officials. I evidence in Guestion was ting of the f departments. Contempt. jury as to st created a ad- . ourt for a writ of 4 wes released on $5%0 Walter G. Smith Indicted. rs by bailiffs of th he High Sherif wit members of the "nor 16 resist pro- in cases wherc hos also of an order adjudging high n eontempt has sed muct om - In the Legislature. HONOLULU, T. H, May 22.-The ex- tra session of the lcgisiatuge for cons n of appropriations has not resulted definite actio: far. The Home nave not vet ugreed upon any plan or and in botk houses miscellaneous f ralaries and other appropriations rave been much discussed. The House has taken an adjournment of three days to ¢ its committees time to work. and the Eenste I8 in session considering various alls of governmei: expenses. The pros- t5 are for quite a lengthy session ———— Territorial Franks Discarded. HONOLULU, May 2L—An order has ed by the postal authorities ting the further use of terri- i It has been the envelopes in the malls, as 16 Government, when Hawall | hud fts own postoffice system. The order from Washington instructs the postal au- | thorities here to refuse such letters here- | after and accept oniy the Federal franked s . | i S ———— | FAKE HAIR PREPARATIONS | Do Heir No Good, but Often Cause | It to Fall Out. preparations are “fake” be- are merely scalp irritants. cause a dryness, making the | | | A | through which he ! the nothingness, and in the same way the Scott house on Laguna street, after being the soclal and political center of the country and en- joying the middle of the stage and the full-powered limelight, is in danger of be- ing lifted plecemeal from the residence section, for the relic hunters are after it. A relic hunter has nelther bowels nor | consclence; he is all eye and finger. and the only tools he knows are a jack-knife and a hamme:. He is indiscriminate in his likes and dislikes, and he has been reveling in the path of the President from Washington to San Francisco, but in no place has_the field been so prolific as the Scott house. It is what Henry T. Scott is paying for being the Presidential pronoun for two weeks, but a house, and perhaps the lot as well, is somewhat of a price to pay for having loaned the President a temporary habitation and suffered the in- justice of having been suspected a mo- nopolizing entertainer. So the Chlef of Police has been called into caucus and three of his undyed men take turns at holding down what is left of where the President stayed There were flowers in the garden which were looked upce by the President. and they have flown. There was a door mat which had felt the tread of Prasidential feet and detective minds reel at the fear of its disappearance. There was a door knob touched by Presidential fingers and visions of cowboy marauders affright — | | | | 1 | THE REAL i M KINLE { ALUCHED | A Buo day, and pleces of that are worth at least two splinters from the sidewalk which he stepped upon. The latch he touched is worth thirty days for malicious mischief. The flags of the walk which had they been soft would have held the print of the Presidentlal tread are just as good, like an old master badly faded, as if they did have the footprint, but ‘men with crow- bars are not welcomed at the house, and the police on dquty have ahout counteract- ed with thelr ample soles the glamour of the President’s passage. Inside small articies have had to be put out of sight or tied down, for there Is no telilng what the President or Mrs. McKin- ley has admired or handled, and so all are relics_in the truest sense. Like the San Jose Mayor's bed, that is nearly as good ' as if the President had slept in it, what e L CopPPED" THE DooR MAT UPoMN \WHICH MSKINLEY DAILY “~IPED HI> TRILHES o . NTLEMAN (5 Te ROPE THE i DooR-kmNoB THAT \was - BASEER isier el | ! +* police proteetors. There was a gate L TWENTY DOLLARG Sie How Part of ane HourlAssessor Gives Reasonsi Was Bought From “Tom” Brown.” ———— There are twenty minules of this week that Tom Brown, cashier of the Bank of California, has dropped out of his cal- r. for he sold them and bimself with 1 tc u promoter. He was very busy morning when n. ame futc his office and asked for Mr., Brown. i am Mr Erown.” ald the cashier. i am a promotes sald the visitor b, way of lntroduction, “‘and 1 want to speal with you about a little matter T have In, hand.” Brown is a man who has his own trou- bles and he does not have Lo borrow any m promoters, so courteously but firmly hegan to explain that he wasf very usy and could not attend to any busi- ness but his own for at least a year. He suggested that the caller might drop in again next November, or perhaps the April after. But the promoter said he thought he had something —some- thing the cnfldren were crying for—and if ank would go in with him it would have to get more vault room Inside of & month and a half; they could use $50 bilis to stop draughts with and $20 pleges for paper welghts, and the two of them could live for three months of the year on Cali- fornia street among the dollar signs. Even this did not lure the cashier to talkativeness, however, for he had seen promoters before and had heard the gen- tle sigh of their air cast) 80 he got snappy and brought matters to a business basis. “My time s very valuable,” he gald #hcrtly. “and I cannot allow you to take up any more of it “How valuable?"’ ed the promoter, “A dollar a minute,” ar. gir of dismissal as he turned to h deskc and rustied the papers in a farewell- you sort of way. Then I'll take twenty minutes,” sald the promoter as he lald a large ‘Plu‘e of glitter on the banker's desk and pulled out all his stops. He took the full time, without deduc- | tions for punctuation marks or pauses for replies. He rattled along until he had guite finished, and he devoted his last few seconds ti an earnest promise to call again. ‘Then the cashier sat back in his chair and wondered on which side he should enter his twenty. = Valley Lodge’s Officers., At a meeting of Valley Lodge of the An- cient Order of Workmen, held Wednesday night, the following officers were élected for the ensuing term: Dr. F. W, Harrls, master workman; 1.-W. Miller, foreman; halr brittie, and, finally, lifeless. Dandruft %‘ qldm)wm: S Hé Lord, roemcr s the cause of all trouble with hair. It is | (re-elected); L SAD, o germ diseans. The germ makes cuticle | (re-clected J, W MoCurthy, recelver scales as It digs to the root of the halr, | Fiaridge inside and O. Erickso where It Mstroys the bair's vitality, caus- | watchmen; Drs. W, D. Cla ing the hair to fall out. To cure dan-| n.:\nlnn. H. Cameron and F. ? “*Destr eieians. o e e troy | P i the outset there was a contest for the cause, you remove the effect.” New- bro’s Herpicide is the only halir prepara- tion that kills the dandruff germ, thereby leaving the hair uriantly. the financial offices, but after James M. Camp was re-elected by a vote of 108 agalnst 62 for his opponent, the tion 10 the receiver was withdrawn and he was elected unanimously. On motion of the defeated candidate for financier, the tion of Camp was made unanimou: 1506 Market Street. At the Bankrupt Sale of Shoes you can get your ladfes’ shoes that are worth $1.00 for B0c a pair. Mind yots, only this week, and every pair will be gone at the Lank- rupt Bhoe Sale of the California Shoe Co., Market Bt., above City Hall ave, W, F. Pipber, Recelver. . « genial gentleman | ENTY MINUTES, CH the ! wte ek he might have seen ranks next to what ANGES MADE IN VALUATIONG S g H for Reappraisement : of Property. T R Assessor Washington Dodge has issued | & stulement showing the changes and re- | ductions madc in the assessment roll for | this year and the reasons for the changes. | The statement in full reuds: | A_complets reappralsement of (he valuo of | each lot and of the building thereon has been made In about one-haif of the city, including Mission, Horner's Addition and ‘the Home- | #. It was impossiblc to extend this re- | of values 1o include the entire city (0 lack of sufficient help. Next sear, Il probably be completed. | visi owing however. the work en made 1a values in was found 10 be over- #t reductions were made which were he gri in the case of dwelling houses, bullt years ago, and which In mony instances were found to be assessed for as much to-day as they were when first erected ten, and In some Instances thirty years such cases the assessment has been wenty In eatly reduced. The aggregate of such reductions on dwellings amounts to between 000 ,000.000 and affecty nt least 10,000 taxpay That bulldings have heen unreasonabl tn Ban Fran is shown by Prof Carl Plehn of the University of California in his work entitled ““The General Property Tax in California.”” He shows that fn 1896 bul ing were assessed close to thoir actual value, and after the raise of 20 per cent in valuations made by the State Board of Equalisation In that year, they were assessed at more than their ‘actual value, and this in spite of the fact that land was only assessed that year at 70 per cent of its actual value. Now, It is well-known fact that a on land I« by the land owner and cannot be shifted to another, but & high tax on rented buildl shifted in the way of .higher rents to ant, the one least able to bear t high tax on a dwelling occupled by the owner, it being unproductive and often the onl equally objectionable, As long, however, as we are compelled to work under the revenue system of this State which s the property tax theory, developed to i gree, we should so fix values &s not phasize the inequalities and injustice wystem, as is done when bulldi senned higher rate than is la It has been my aim, therefore, filled the office of Assesfor to :»':a‘ to such ‘JIX‘D“IY:‘H a8 are 'm cted these uctions, Until, however, sufficient had " been aincovered” and § property property of the owner, is to em. of this ings are sa- sinice T have to the eit r limit made manda- tory by the charter I did not think it wise to his revision. It has, however, been for years. Those 'taxpayers who have heretofore compiained to the Assessor as thelr bulldln’l grew. old have often ted reltef; those who made no complaint ave been penalized for their subfnission, With regard to the valuations on land the necessity for revision of values was equally great. Advlncl.vz.nllml in one part of the city, with the blishment of new localities for fashionable quarters, have caused values to o in older sections of the ol es in_certain sections m; market have been at wer assessed valuation of the property. tions have been revalued, as well as triets in the extreme subu The reductions #0 made reduce the assessment pleces of reaity. These red: with those on dwellings, will 000, In_ad florL the roll wil $2,000, y the exemption of churel and several millions further will be 8 > of large estates reductions, grea| and istribution s the ax they are, may prol will be finally ovm:"y the in- crease {n be made in the vhluation of land in certain favorably 1 business districts, and her by the additi iscovered she poll, Igu h some dls- of the city, ate §2, r England has one clergyman to ev people; Ireland one to every 1210, v % L 3 SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE LOOT- ING THE ERSTWHILE HOME OF | MERINLEY * — o+ borne the Presidential presence had it been in the parlor instead of in_the attic is not barred from the nv"du of the relic hunter just because McKinley confined himself to the iower floor. They are after | b, anything that Is not ven to them, for they follow the mental processes of the farmer's son, who stesls bis neighbor's apples. . 'he three policemen take eight-hour watches, and they will continue on duty until the weather has washed awey the effects of the President’s visit or the relic hunters find some new place to ravage or | Of are all in jall There has been glory enough, however, in_having furnished the President's roof steppink inat is small in comparison. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, IPOLICE ARE HOLDING DOWN | Wednesday evenin, | him. | Lukherath, was too intoxicated at e 901, MAY 81, 1 HISLOP MYSTERY STILL UNGOLVED Lukherath, the Suspect, " Will Probably Be Ljberated. a5 A N Police Work on Many Olews but Without Success- ful Result. —— The mystery surrounding the brutal murder of little Robble Hislop last Satur- day night remains as dark as ever, and the work of the police yesterday threw no light upon tie crime that has shocked the entire community. Herman Lukherath, the suspect, is still held in custody, but the detectives are losing faith in the theory that the young Norweglan butchered the schoolboy. The only matter of any importance dis- covered by the detectives yesterday was positive proof that Lukherath lied when he stated he did not know Robble Hislop and that he had not been on the streets with the lad at any time. Mrs. Carl Seibt, whose husband keeps a fruit and candy store at 184 Market streei, has stated that Lukherath and Robble Hislop were in the store on the precedipg the mur- der. Mrs. Seibt informed the police that Lukherath had purchased some caudy for the boy ana that he tried to write his ad- dress on a card so that the boy might bring him any letters that were dellvered Mrs. Seibt declared that Lukherath was too infoxicated to write his name an address on one of her husband's business fiud 3 r | at_the Hisiop house for him nd that she had written the ad- 162 Ninth street,” on the card for Card Found in Dead Boy’s Clothes. Lukherath's persistent denials of this event were upset yesterday when Captain Seymour sent Detective Ed Gibson to search the clothes of the murdered lad in the hope that some clew might be fur- nished. Detective Gibson found in one of the boy's pockets the identical gard on which Lukherath’s address had béen writ- ten when he, with Robbie Hislop, were in Belbt's fruit store. Lukherath maintains a stolid d nor and said )'!llfll‘dl{ that he did mot re- member_a single incldent of being with Robbje Hislop in the Seibt store on any occasion. He claimed that he might have been there, but that if any of the events occurred as stated by Mrs. Seibt lhhe e time to remember anything. ‘The suspected man, however, has ad- mitted that he went to the Hislop house on the Wednesday night preceding the murder 10 see if there were any letters for him, but says he could not get into the residence. The theory that Thomas Lopez, who com~ mitted sulcide in the jail at Redwood City on Wednesday night might be the murderer was exploded yesterday. Lopes when arre t Redwood City for intox- leation raved In his cell and declared that e had been arrested for a murder. Later on when the officers discovered his life- less body they assumed that Logel might have been the murderer of Robbie His- lop, and communicated with Captain Detectiv ymour. Investigation showed that Lopez was in hix home at 523 Vallejo street last Satur- day from 3 p. m. untll p. m., when called into the icer Duane house | to_arrest him. ‘Yesterday Mrs. Lopez jcalled on Captain Beymour and etated uwhiie Washington furnished the Presl- | * dent and the city furished the rest, and | when in his cups. the loes of a doorstep or a sWutter or & | handkerchief found by that her busband made a practice of cut- ting out newspaper stories of murders The ‘‘blood-stained the officers of ut Redwood City turnseout to be nothini sides, now that pntlcsecgrmecunn haz made | more than a handkerchlef marked wit n apeclaity of the city treasury, where the three in blue will be paid the price of thelr vigil. There is nothing more in the committee funds with passed gevera! {lmes & he did see. and 4 chalr that might have which 14 pay them, R i i e s i o a a o ) ENTIGES A GIRL FROM HER HOME Pretty Sophie Finegold Held Prisoner at Eureka. ———— Aggle Keily, a well dressed woman of 21 years, was arrested yesterday by De- teetd Coleman and - Anthony and charged with enticing pretty ib-year-old Sop! Finegold of 1108 Brvant street away from her home. The unfortunate #irl was first plied with liguor and shipped | to Eureka, where she supposed that was to be given eruployment in a theater at a salary of $16 a week. After reaching | theory of burglary and robbe: by a nolorlmu, f the crime Eurcka she wag met woman, who Is known to the police Eveline Miller, who took her to a dis- reputable house, where she was held a prisorer for two weeks. Through the of- forts of a sympathetic servant who 1s employed in the house the unfortunate girl managed to get word to & police ofi- cer apprising him that she wes being held in the house against her will. The officer lost no time in going to the house, and after listening to the story of tho deluded girl he promptly tele- graphed to her brother, who lives In this city. Botermined to rescue his sister and incl- dentally women w 0 werg responsible for her dis- ately went to Bureka. oing to the house where sister was held a prisoner Finegold demanded Lo sce her. He wasdold that she returned to Ban Francisco, but becoming suspicious he forced his way into the house. ked in a room with a regulsive looking woman to guard her, Flne%olfl found his sister. 8hc was crying bitterly and pleaded with her brother to take her away. Taking her by the arm Finegold led her from the house despite th nuous ob- the woman in ch . Yest da; the young man and his ter arrived here, and going to policé head- & ers swore to a warrant charging the elly woman with felony. 8he was fo in a saloon ity Hall avenue and Turns on Gas in Her Room in Hotel, Early yesterday morning a woman su posed to be Mrs, Emma Leberoth of 1N¢ Ninth street, Oukland, was found almost suftocated b 3 tion ts prom Uon n Tk - :fi{'rmfi conat 'n'n had bun' ‘rlnu m?.? w"fl:&: b! her hus 5 .P. de na 30 her 3 e r de g‘.ru inten- hus! 8¢l now Cheaper Than at Home, 30, includipg berth and meals, for & 5 day»’ trip on the Cor- Iro ek e Koty Jai ot Bavil, st points, &l LT i tt residence, noth- | ing more will te taken except from the | { | | i COLUMBIA flluminating s in the| ed nfc“"n%%‘fi?&‘“wfifiz fruit stains. Kitchen Door Was Bolted. Captair of Detectives Seymour ridicules the story of & morning paper that two men wers Imgllc‘lod in the murder and that one of them was seen to leave the Hislop house by the rear stairs. r. and islop are most positive that when they returned to their home last Satur- day night and found their son dying the kitchen door was bolted and that Mrs. Hislop after- ward opened the door to admit a neigh- T, Chief of Detectives Beymour stated yes- terday that the most xuullns fact in con- nection with the murder was that no one had come forward to claim the hatchet found In the vaca jop house. That the hatchet was the in- strument used to butcher Robble Hislop is onlv heory. The statement of Mrs. Houston that she saw a man with a white hat on attempt- ing to ehter the house at 24 Oc! street on the night of the murder was shown yesterday to be true. but It was also }ound that the man had nothing to do with the crime. The detectives yesterday REC MBRR BESASR B MATINEF TO-¥OREOW and Sunday. | ro.x16HT and saturday and Sunday Bvengs. | FAREWELL PERFORMANCES. LAST THREE NIGHTS & “THE FIRST BORN” | THHE WAR OF «“GLORIANA.” located Morris Dee, who lives at 24 Oc- tavia_street, and he informed the officers that he returned home on Saturday night 8t the hour mentioned by Mrs. Houston and that he wore a white hat at the time. Unless the polica can discover some im« portant testimony to link Lukherath with the murder of Robble Hislop th spect- od man will be set at llbcn{ to-day. The detectives are uetlvt y engaged ol the case, but each clew followed up fajls. That Robble Hislop was murdered for re- venge Is belleved. The police decry Y. A theory of ut forward yes- Robble - Hislop had terday was that | formed an attcchment for some schoolgirl | i and that he had supplanted another in the | girl's aftections. with the resuit) that he met death at the hands of a lad degen- erate by nature and cragzed by reading dime nove! AMUSEMENTS. MOROSCO'S 0 cause the arrest of the I'DI MATINEES TO-MORROW AND BUNDAY. Balance of This Weck, Tremendous Success of MELBOURNE MacDOWELL Supported, by FLORENCE STONE, In “CLEOPATRA.” One of the Most Elaborate Productions Ever Boen on Any Stage. NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. A Few Seats 75 Cents. Good Cents. | Matinees, 25 N ook M RLROURINE MacDOWELL . o] i Eox TORCA." o AN FRANSCO'S LEADING THEATRE EVERY NIGHT (EXCEPT SUNDAY). MATINEE SATURDAY, EfiI‘B"A 21‘-" Hl‘m e‘tln wll.l g con! ANOTHBR WEEK. HENRY MILLER > And wong Cast In OBCAR WILDE'S BRILLIANT COMEDY THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BARNEST. SEATS NOW SELLING FOR NEXT WEEK, BASEBALL, Séll IRANISCOvs LOS ANGELES. DAY AT 3:18 P. M. SATURDAY AT 3118 P. M, SUNDAY AT :i80 P. M. nncnz&w N PARK, SUTRO BATHS. OPEN l‘a HTS, N TBION 0t " m. 'fo“‘ B m i T ding to the rear stairs| ot opposite the His- | or thefi hel; | | l | Orchestra, e {ANOTHER BIG BILL. HENRY LEE, AL LEACH AND THE THREE ROSEBUDS, GRACE VAN GENARO AND BURTON AND AMERICAN Chairs and Box Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. ALL THIS WEEK. MR. JAMES THE WMMI “PHROSO."” ) A duwl:tu:ln :‘c &.m-u Hope's tam- u':m-.uy mu-n&-.-k ATIEES ““THURSDAY:.” 23¢ and 5Oe. qm:x__—'u COLONIAL BARGAIN M Next Sunday CHUTES AND Z0O Sipatm= THE FAMOUS FLYING J'fl,lbm TO-MORROW NIG o AH CHOY AND SUEY BIG s FISCHER’'S Al School days are danger days for American girls. Often physical 1 , and it takes years to ocover the &m&fiz?ms is never roeoverod.y . Perhaps she is not over-careful about keeping her feet dry ; through carelessness in this respect the monthly sick- ness is usually rendered Then begin ailments which should be removed at once, will produce constant suffering. ‘Headache, faint- ness, slight vertigo, pains in the back and loins, ity, loss of sfeep and appetite, a tendency to avoid the society of ?the‘m symptoms all indicating woman’s arch-enemy s & A This need not be so if mothers would baveathou‘ht for the physical condition of their daughters, and see to it thas they have proper assistance. & Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com many a young they have gone througi With its proper use the young girl is safe from the dangers of school years and prepared for hearty womanhood. Mre. Camp writes about her Daughter’s Health. SEATS NOW SELLING FOR NEXT WEEK. FLORENCE ROBERTS In Julla Marlowe's Success, “FOR BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE.” BIOGRAPH, FAREWELL WEEK OF JAMES O. BARROWS, JOHN LANCASTER AND COMPANTY. eserved Seats e; Balcony, 10c; Opers e lin'q S0c. very severe. irl over this critical period. their trials with courage and safety i Tt | | MATINEE TO-MORROW AND SUNDAY. Elaborate Production of the Powerful Melo- | _WEALTH, and Exel Climazes, etc. pvg oM, 15e. Be, We, e eeen e, 132, e Next Week—Mammoth production of the pa- :mumm-man-'wm'.'" «TIVOLI \ “IT'S CROWDING THE mh" EVENINGS AT & ANOTHER B!G TOY SCUVENIR MATINEE SATURDAY JUNE Ist. WITH & COUVENIN. 0¥ ATTENDING T0Y HAKER! RACING! RACING! first six rows, Tie. STUDDIFORD, BAILEY, LEW SULLTY. BROOKS, THE GREAT SPRING MEETING—Opening April 3 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. OAKLAND RACETRACK. NEILL &0N#ARv. S0c, TSe, 81, EWALK, aougale hgves