The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901. MODOC COUNTY GRAND JURY BEGINS SEEMINGLY HOPELESS INVESTIGATION Every Man in Lookout Is Summoned to Testify Regarding the Lynching and Others From Points as Far Distant as Fall River Valley Are Called as Witnesses, but All Profess Ignofance of Shocking Traged LTURAS, June 7.—Alturas is once more in a state of excitement that has been equaled only by the me just- following the lynching of the Halls and Yantis. The town is full of people from all over the un of Modoc and from the adjoining 1d every one is talking of the ie affair, but no one is saying any- t the officers on track of the can make the least use of. Every one knows just how the deed was done and just where it happened, but 'l-n\:l those who did it there is mot a morning at 9 o'clock the Grand met and commenced its investiga- It has more than one hundred wit- es that have been summoned and it a long time to find out what not know of the affair, for even distance jury has progressed iry has sufficed to show that , practically the en- f the Bieber vicinity and 1 River Valley, in all by themselves, but Assistant Attorney has arrived from th him has come t of San Francisco. resent the State of the assistance t the perpetrators To make their assistance TWO OF TH TION IN' LYNCHING S WHO ARE CONDUCTING. THE INVESTIGA- OF CALVIN HALL, HIS THREE SONS | . YANTIS IN MODOC COUNTY. | vigor, but it = — have both been ap- will probably lead nothing. Several District Attorney witnesses were examined to-da but been in from their testimony it is not likely that even enough for a theor: m the whole number to swear under an will be obtained very one is will- number_of oaths he kn of/mo one who could by any possibility have knowledge of it or be in any way connected with it or was any. where in the vicinity when it occurred. Under the circumstances great results, or even any, great or small, are not ex- that he knows nothing of the affair, that | ricnces in the Inner- most America Who Rides a Steer in Prefer- ‘encetoa Horse (=T 0o0c000000000] 00000000000000 ©0000000000000 000 o000 ©0 oo co o | PAGE OF INTENSE IN- TEREST TO EVERY Y. 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The ( a policy will take more than a amination and the i Grand Jury to break it B SS-eX- of the N0 IMPROVEMENT | Condition of Presfdent’s| | Wife Remains Un- i changed. | WASHINGTON, June 7.—Mrs. McKin- | ley’s physicians were in consultation over an hour this forenoon and at 11:45 o'clock | the following statement was issued: | “Mrs. McKinley's physiclans state that | her condition is about the same as re- | ported yesterday. There has been no ma- | change in the past twenty-four | of Mrs. McKiniey's blood, which has been made under the di- rection of the attending physiciuns, showed no negative results, there being | no evidence of blood poison. | one of varfous examinations that are be- ing made by the physicians to determine Kinley. The blood was taken from her arm lust Tuesday. Dr. Rixey at 10:30 o'clock to-night made this statement as he left the White House: % “Mrs. McKinley is now resting com- fortably. Her condition shows no change as compared with the situation announced in_this morning’s bulletin. She has not lost any ground, nor, on the bther hand, has there been any perceptible improve- ment. She is just the same as when we saw her this mogning.” r. Rixey, when asked regarding the the patient's blood, said he had nothing to say on the subject, and that if any- thing was given out it would be after a consultation of the three physicians. He said there had been no unfavorable devel- opments during the day. Some apprehen- sion has been felt as to the possible un- favorable effect of the warm weather, but a heavy rain fell to-day and brought lower temperature, and much satisfaction was expressed at the White House at the temporary _relief. rs. -McKinley ~or- dinarily suffers little from the heat of the summer at Washington, but the possible effect of it at this t'me, in view of her low vitality and the necessity for guarding against anything in the nature of a sink- ing spell or a drain upon her strength, caused some anxiety, The complaint from which Mrs. McKin- ley suffered in San Francisco is not en- tirely checked, but it is sald to be under better control. ~Despite some_ reports ta the contrary, it is stated emphatically at the White House that Mrs. McKinley has not grown any worse. The President saw no callers this evening. At 4 o'clock this afternoon he went out unaccompanied on the customary drive, but returned sud- denly after being out less than twenty minutes. —_— Chief Justice Fuller in Chicago. CHICAGO, June 7.—Chief Justice Mel- | ville Fuller of the United States Supreme ! Court arrived in Chicago to-day from Washington. He declined to discuss for | publication any ‘of the national affairs | now occupying public attention. No Smallpox in Dunsmuir. DUNSMUIR, June 7.—Dr. C. L. Gregory of Yecha, who was avvointed by State Health Officer Nutting to investigate sup- posed smallpox cases here, has reported that there is no smalipox in Dunsmuir. ! All-Night Saloons Pgrmitted. MONTEREY, June 7.—The midnight sa- loon closing ordinance, which has been in effect in this city for the past six months, was repealed last night by the City Council. y\. | into' practice the spirit of brotherhood it This {s only | the character of the illness of Mrs. Me- | result of the microscopic examination of’| FREE-LOVE SECT PLANG A GOLONY Alice Wolverton Eyre to Carry Out Idea of Dr. Berron. Says Spirits Direct” Her to Form a Brotherhood Near San Jose. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, June 7.—A colony which is to be devoted to a higher spiritual life and free association of the sexes is to be established near this city. The promoter is Miss Alice Wolverton Eyre, a reflned, educated and stylish® young woman, who recently arrived here, and who declares her life work and plan, together with the'| selection of a site, was revealed to her in a vision from the higher spirits. She Is an advocate of the unrestricted marriage theory lately put into practice by Profes- sor Herron, to the scandal of all who be- lieve in the family tie and its responsi- bilities. The colony is to propagate and practice the principles of the higher life as taught by her and others. % Miss Eyre declares that through the guidance of these higher spirits, and with- out her special volition, she was sent hither and that she will remain until the colony is fully organized. She expects to carry out her project with the aid of sub- scriptions from converts. Many in other places who have already attained this higher life will join her and they will put inculcates. Eventually it is hoped the en- tire world avill reach the status of un- selfish brotherbood and there will be no more private ownership of anything. No one shall receive more than another of the necessitles and pleasures of life and there shall be no legal or church restric- tions upon the natural selections of the sexes, A circular sets forth the following plans of the colony: The property of the community of whatever nature sball be for the common use of all. Each person will be required to work two hours a day and the product of such labor shall be Placed in c-mmon storehouses, from which each | shall drew according to his need. The dwellings shall be circular and shail be conducted on the co-operative or individual | plan, according to the desire of those entering into the experiment. There will be a circular temple which shall typify the perfected individual. The outer cir- | cle will revresent the body; the second will represent the mind; the inner circle, which will be a chamber of silence, will typify the spirit. The object of those who will meet in this tem- { ple will to bring perfect harmony between the | subjective and objective spheres. Persons from all parts of the world Who belfeve in the uni- versal communism of love will meet in_this temple for the purpose of devising methods of | bringing into universal objectivity a civillza- | tion in which all men will;work for the com- mon good, & saciety in Whiéh, in structure and organisth, the kingdom of heaven will be real- ized. The colony shall be governed by the law of love alone. It will be a realm in which | “there will be neithe ‘mine’ nor ‘thine’; a | realm beyond the reach of welghts and meas- | ures, morals and laws, In which there is nei- | ther’ wage nor interest, neither price nor bar- | | gain, servant nor master: a realm in which ‘therr is no more question about how much one | shall have over and above another than there | 1s question about a_division of the air for in- | dividual breathinz.” | Miss Eyre says she has associated with {her as directors in the proposed colony | Mrs. Fannie E. Carey of Benton Harbor, Mich., Ernest Benninghaven of Seward, é;br” ard Mrs. Elsle Braun of Denver, “olo. Dnomm i TO RESCUE BROTHER Body of a Second Larsson Boy Found | in a2 Pond Near Wood- 1 land. & WOODLAND, June 7.—The dispatch in | The Call to-day announcing the drowning jof Nels A, Larsson, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Larsson, gave in- formation of but half of the great afflic- | tion that has fallen upen the family. At the time it was sent another son, Myron E. Larsson, 9 vears of age, was missing, | but as his clothing was not found on the | bank of the pond and a rumor was cur- {rent that a boy had been seen running away from the pond, the generally ac- | | cepted theory was that he had witnessed | the drowning of his brother and that the | | tragic event had so frightened him that | { he had run away and was in hiding. One of the searching pa: concluded last night te sound the pond. The water is very shallow except in one small spot, where there is a hole six feet deep. In is hole the body was located and when it was brought to the surface it was dis- cn(\)'ereg thatdn wasflfully clothed. n the pond was floating an improvi raft, evidently made by the two goy!.lseldt was constructed by nailing some fence boards to two posts. The theory is that the youngest boy was riding on the raft, that he fell from it and when his brother went to his rescue grasped the latter in a manner that prevented him from swim- ming, and in the struggle. both were drowned. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Changes Made by.the Postoffice De- partment and Pensions Issued. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 7.—The | Postoffice Department to-day issued the | following: | Postoflices established--California—Cor- coran, Kings County, Hopkins T. Shirley, postmaster. Postmasters commissioned— @Galifornia—Daniel S. Compton, Plessant Grove; Mary H. Harris. Natividad. Ap- | pointed—Oregon—A. H. Hensor, Gales- ville, Douglass County, vice Grant Lev- | ens, resigned; Sarah Schloeman, Oak | Creek, Douglass County, vice August Schloleman, resigned. Washington—C. L. Barnet, Yakima, Yakima County, vice C. H. Barlett, resigned. These pensions were issued to-day: Cal- | | ifornia — Original — Thomas Chambers, Hanford, $8. Increase—Tandy C.' Chiles, Los Angeles, $8: William Burnett, Val- lefo, 38, “Original widows—Marie Werner, | Dimond, $8; Eliza E. Taylor, Vallejo, $8, Oregon—Original widows—Emily L. Johnson, Portland, $8; minor of Willlam H. Conner, Portland, 814, ‘Washington—Renewal—Martin O. Hol- ston, Spokane. $6. Increase—Michael Anderson, Bossburg, $10; James N. Still- well, Olympia, $8; Willilam T. Willls, Se- attle, $10. Relssue—George W. France, Hoquiam, $8. Original widows—Fannie Q. Freeburger, Montesano, $8. In army orders First Lieutenant Henry 8. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon, now in Philippines, is directed to proceed to Al- catraz Island, California, for duty. INCORPORATION PAPERS SWAMP SECRETARY CURRY TFees Accruing to the State Reach Far Into the Thousands of Dollars. SACRAMENTO. June 7.—To-morrow the penalty of $500 will lie against all for- eign corporations failing to comply with the requirements of the recent act re- lating to the manner of filing their arti- cles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Many of these corporations are complying with the law. Yesterday the receipts of the office of Secretary of State Curry from fees for new incorporations reached $4000. Most of these are oil land companies. The receipts of the office for May this year were $15,098. as against 33673 for May of last vear. The deputies age obliged to work far into the night to keep abreast of the increased business. L Pupil Wins High Honor. ST. HELENA, June 7.—The closing ex- ercises of the St. Helena Union High School were held in Turfer Hall last ni; The graduates are: Ethel Henry Gutzwiller, Anna Gutz- willer, Rita Hampton, Mark Mitchell, Eva McCurdy, Paul Osborne, Mary Salmina. Rabbi Voorsanger of 8an Francisco dellv- ered a lecture on “How to Be Useful.” The closing exercises of the grammar school were held the first of the week. One of the graduates, Rosa Margaret Hager, received the highest standing of any pupil evet graduating from a public school in this county—100 per cent— being perfect in the fifteen studies com- prising the eighth and ninth years’ work. @ | to visit the campers and | eral days. ISTREETCAR FENDER SAVES LITTLE HARRY CURZONS FROM AWFUL FATE Five-Year-0ld Boy, While Crossing Folsom Street, Is Knocked Down, but Receives Only Few Bruises. His Third Escape From Almost Certain Death o V . { v \/‘ D 1Y f i o = IVE-year-old Harry Gladstone Curzons undoubtedly holds the record for miraculous escapes from death, in this city at least. The little chap is a son of Henry E. Curzons, a tailor, residing at 3380 Twentieth street. About a year ago the little boy was left alone in a room for a moment, where- upon he decided to climb out of the win- dow and play hide and seek on the out- side. He fell fifteen feet to the hard ce- ment sidewalk, but no bones were broken and he was up and around in a few days. | About a month ago he fell down a flight of stairs and ‘broke his collar bone, but, his latest adventure placed all previous escapes from death in the shade. Last Wednesday afternoon the little boy TRADE A GHILD FOR TWO ULE Stockton Couple Plead Poverty as Their * HExcuse. faBEta \ Special Dispatch to The. Call. STOCKTON, June 7.—Frank D. and An- nie L. Crafts traded their girl baby Mar- guerite and a house and lot here to-day for a span of mules and a camping outfit. Untll to-day Mr. and Mrs. Crafts lived on what is known as the Terminai tract, in the western part of the city, with their four children, tlie youngest of which was little Marguerite, born to them last No- vember. The Crafts were very poor. A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson came from Nevada to Stockton with a camping outfit and sought permission to camp near grnlt!'uhome. H%‘h% !g‘lfik‘limons hildrea. larguerite tod led over S5 T e s S povies straightway fell in love e e one. !She playfully told the Crafts how much she wanted little Marguerite, and was surprised when they expressed a willingness to let her have the child. Crafts finally offered to give Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson the child, together with his house and iot, for the camping outfit. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson accepted the of. Crafts explained the apparently i 1o pook. 8" property raise ai wife were too four children, und that they had rather part with thelr youngest than see it grow up in poverty. r. Dickinson engaged the services of Deputy District Attorney Norton to make ou? the papers of adoption and Judge Budd signed them, delivering over Mar- guerite g“nhs to her new legal guardian. WANDERS UNCLAD IN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS Crazed Redlands Young Man Cap- tured by Searching Party After Sharp Resistance. SAN BERNARDINO, June 7.—Frank Satello, a well known young man of Red- lands, was found lin the &md Bednmu fllm; mountains to-day in a nude an 'mos! starved condition by a searching party that had been huntlmf for him for a week. Satello had been drinking to excess and his mind became unbalanced. He wander- ed away eight days ago. en found to-day his body was blistered by the hot sun and scarred by contact with the brush covering the mountain side. Constable Koehler found it necessary to handcuff the efo; Soui Subdue him. Satello had been living on wild berries in the mountains for sev- 1 aiaridt £ . Redwood City Graduates. REDWOOD CITY, June 7.—The gradua- tion exercises of the class of 1301 of the Sequoia Union High School took place in the assembly hall of the High School this evening before a large audience. Diplomas were presented b on. George C. Ross, resident of the d of Trustees, to the ollowing: uvh “15 fihfl:&, Afi!&n‘: ).} Krof . Kuc E: Rt attia N. Nobs, Frederick W bs, Eva A. Rockwell, Elliott E. Selzer ‘I;I;‘zd 'Chuleu M. Taylor. Last night the senfor cllut efgr{:e, "hl-lamle!. IST t‘o“lglte.; ‘was presel In e assembly ane ‘was: pent!:’u:ludculy received by a crowded house. * THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HAD A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE 1 FROM DEATH. & stole out of the house while his mother | was_busy and eventually found himself on Folsom street. He wanted to cross the street and cautiously waited near the | street car tracks until a west-bound elec- | tric car had passed. The boy then started ! to_cross the street, not noticing that an- other car was approaching rapidly from the opposite direction. Before he could realize his danger the | car was on top of him. Fortunatelv the fender worked successfully and the boy was scooped up in the device and landed on his head in the street after he had been carried some distance. He was pick- ed up immediately by willing hands and carried to his home. Upon examination it was found that he had quite a severe bruise in gthe back df his head. Dr. Gallwey, Harry on the two previous occasions, was called in and made an examination, look- | ing for a possible fracture, but he found that the little boy had escaped with a few bruises. i Yesterday afternoon Harry was up and | around. but his mother is so frightened that she declares that she will never again let her boy out of her sight for a | single moment. PRUNE-GROWERS RE-ELECT BOND Sustain His Administra- tion of Cured Fruit Association. — Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, June 7.—President Bond and his administration of affairs of the Cali- fornia Cured Fruit Association have been sustained by a vote of more than two to | one of the prune men participating in the annual election. J. H. Henry, who was the first vice president of the combine, but resigned because of what he termed the one-man power of President Bond, was the leader of the opposition ticket and received but 613 votes. ‘When the adjourned meeting was called to order to-day, after two ournments had been caused by lack of a quorum, it was found that 1907 votes had been cast, 62 more than a quorum. The counting of the ballots then commenced and resulted as follows: H. G. Bondg Santa Clara, 1229; first vice presi- dent and director, H. W. M San Lorenzo, 1330; directors—L. F. Graham, Jose. 1170; Willlam P. Cragin, Campbell, §8; F. N. Woods, Cupertino, 194; A. B. Fietcher, Campbell, 1083; J. O. Hayes, Jose, 1263; J. B. de Jarnatt, Colu: 1297; Charles Forman, Los les, 1246; Jacob, Visalla, 1205; W. E. Wool- ey, Fuiton. Opposition ticket—President and dl; : H. Henry, 618; first vice president and director, Jullus Koeblg, San Jose, 3%; directors ‘W. Turney, —=W. P. Lyon, Eden ; W, bell, 438;' H. F. Lord, §32: W cott,’ Cupertino, 749: F. H. Babb, San Jose, J. L. Pendleton, Saratoga, 661; H. L. vens, East Side, 428; W. W. Montague, Francisco, 462; E. W. Knapp, Mount View, The eleven amendments to_the bylaws were _defeated. There were 1233 votes for and 88 against, but they lacked the two- thirds vote of the entire association re- quired for their adoption. The fact that more than 1750 members of the association falled to take part in the annual election is predicted by the opposition to mean that these will not deliver their fruit the coming year and will break away from the association. San 881 THIRD SET OF TEETH FOR AN OCTOGENARIAN Aged Mrs. Woods of Vallejo Is Equipped With a New Masti- catory Outfit. < VALLEJO, June 7.—Mrs. Woods, widow of the late Thomas Woods, is at the age of 80 years cutting her third set of teeth. During the last few months the old lady discovered that some new teeth were com- ing through the gums and she was foreced to call upon a local dentist to pull out the old teeth to-make room for the f which she has a goodly number, ‘with more ¢coming. Mrs. Woods has chil- dren, dchildren and great-grandchil- dren, all proud of her new teeth. Four Men Drowned. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 7.—The steamer -Amur arrived to-night from Skaguay bringing news of the drowning on June 1 of four unknown men in the Yukon River at Five Finger Rapids. The :en m trying tto -te:r th ‘the :sx*: r e current, but struck a rocl the ?w water and itated into Yy were cal under ‘wash and were all lost. WARRANTS 0U -~ FOR VIGILANTES Prominent Kern County Men Marked for Arrest. Charged With Complicity in Attack on Superior Sun- set Company. Special Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, June 7.—The vigi- lantes who made the midnight attack upon the camp of the Superior Sunset ,Oil Company in Midway a few weeks ago are to be prosecuted to the full extent of the Jaw. One arrest has been made and a bianket warrant is now out for the ar- rest of many prominent men who are supposed to have been implicated in the assault in which George Walker was seri- ously wounded and George P. Cornell made a cripple for life. . Claude Donley, a brothier of Milton J. Donley, who is one of the heaviest own- ers in the Mount Diablo Company, which is supposed to hava incited the assault, was the first man arrested. He was tak- en into custody by Deputy United States Marshal Radke at Midway, where he is employed as assistant superintendent of the Midway Oil Company, which pur- chased the land from the Superior Sunset Company after the shooting. He was ar- raigned here before Judge Millard this :;)E;rnoon and gave bail in the sum of Other persons named in the warrant of arrdt include those prominent in_busi- ness and professional circles. Among them are J. A. Chanslor, the millionaire | oil magnate; Dr. A. F. Shaffer, County Physician for the county of Kern; J. W. Jameson, the well-known attorney and oil man; H. P. Andersen of tthe whele- sale liquor house of Andersen & Ross; E. J. Boust, ex-Deputy United States Mar- shal; Willlam Hendrick, F. T. Hall, W. C. Furtig and others whose names cannot be learned. John Does and Richard Roes cover those whose connection with the as- sault has not yet been, established. The warrant is sworn to by J. W. Cros- land, ex-County Recorder and president | of the Superior Sunset Oil Company, who { was present on the disputed land on the night of the battle. A Pinkerton man, Tiechnor by name, has been working in Bakersfleld, Sunset and Midway since the shooting. He has, it is said, considerable | damaging evidence against the accused men. He came here at the instigation of Cornell's father, who is a prominent min- ing man of Plumas County. onley emphatically denies that he téok any part in the affair and says that he can readily establish an alibi. More arrests are expected to-morrow. DIFFICULT NAVIGATION ON SACRAMENTO RIVER ! Absence of a m?xon Imperils the Season’s Grain-Hauling Traffic. SACRAMENTO, June 7.—Congress having failed this year to make provision for the operation of the Government snagboat Seizer on the Sacramento River, thé duty-has fallen upon the Commission of Public Works and the transportation companies to supply the funds necessary. State Commissioner Frank D. Ryan and Engineer George Randle returned to-day from an inspection trip up the river. They say that above Colusa the river is but four feet above low-water mark, and that difficult navigation is already being experienced. The opinion is expressed that unless something be done to remove the sandbars and snags above Colusa it will be impossible to carry on the grain- hauling traffic on the river this summer. : The cost of operating the snagboat will | piece of pie. | would mean 4 ' trouble? Not at Administration ticket—President and director, 3 who had attended little | be $4000, of which the State will be asked to pay $3000. The commission will con- sider the report next Monday. ADVERTISEMENTS. Eal and Run. There isn’t a man who wonld be seen running through the street munching a Why not? Because it and stomach ; .but because it wouldn’t look well. As a matter,of fact many a business man snatches a lunch in such a hurry that he might as well take it on the run. That is one reason- for the prevailing ‘‘stomach trouble™ among men of business. There is a certain remedy for diseases of the stomach and other orgams of digestion and nutrition. It is Doctor ! Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The worst cases of dyspepsia and catarrh of the stomach bave been cured by this medicine. It cures where all other means have failed to cure. <1 took two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Goldem Medical Discovery for stomach trouble,” writes Clarence Carnes, Esq., ufzcnhylomown. Loudoun Co., Va. *It did me so much good that I didn’t take any more. 1 can eat ythi . 1am so weli pleased with it I hardly know how to thank you for your kind information. " I tried a whole lot of things before 1 wrot: They stimulate the ’h(gzg“h liver, and cleanse Sys- should always be used wi "“Golden Medical Discov- ! ery ” when there is néed of a laxative. DR, MEYERS &CO, Specialists. ease and Weakness of men. Estab lished 1851. Consul tation and private book free, at office or by mail. Cures guaranteed. 7T31 Market street (ele- vator_entrance), San cisco. DR. CROSSMAN’S SPECIFIC MIXTURE F or the Price 31 a bottle. For sale by druggisis