The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1901, Page 12

12 LITTLE BIRL FATALLY SHOT BY A BRUTE An Ezx-Police Officer Is Charged With an Awful Crime. Maggie Hartwell Lies Dying With Bullet Wound in Stomach. Robert Wilson Is Identified by Her as Her Assailant, But Denies That He Is Guilty. ¥ Maggie Hartwell, an 1ll-year-old girl, was shot in the abdomen and probably fatally wounded last night on Shipley street, near Fifth. | The girl was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital, where she made a statement in which she accused Robert Wilson, an ex-police officer, of having willfully fired the shot that injured her. In relating the story the little one said THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1901, CALVARY CHURCH'S CORNERSTONE IS LAID ON COUNTRY’S NATAL DAY Patriotism Mingles With Deep Piety of Clergy and Congregation in Ceremony That Marks New Era of a Religious Body That Has Long Been Center of Influence-Making for the Higher Life flock deserves Christian companionship with the richest, then there will come disaster to Presbyterianism. Address by the Moderator. Rey. Dr. Henry C. Minton, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, was the next speaker. He said in part: There is a fitness in the laying of this cor- nerstone on the Fourth of July, for we have always taken pride in the fact that the Pres- byterian church has been an important factor in the defense of the liberties of our people. This removal signalizes the fact of the progress of Calvary Church. It is a twentieth century movement. Those of us who have been here for the past seventeen years are able to recount evidences of progress of the church here in California. Calvary Church has been a center of influence for morality and higher life and Christian truth. San Francisco to-day occuples a larger tract in the vision of the East than any other city of the country. This new Calvary Church al- most overlooks Golden Gate, and you will not | be true to your traditions if you do not catch the spirit of the new cenmtury and join heart and soul in the missionary movement. The_hand of man lays the cornerstone, but men have gone before with pick and shovel, getting down to hard rock. When men put up | a bullding they must first dig down to the virgin cornerstone laid by the Almighty. So in the edifice of faith, we must lay the cor- nerstone on that which God has already laid. 1 have ng apprehensions for Calvary Church as long as Dr. Hemphill shall continue to stand in its pupilt, for his ringing voice will. ever preach the gospel of the redemption of man, | last three months. FIND NO CLEW T0 MINT THIEF Suspected Employes Are Being Watched by Officials. Public Statement Is Made by General Director Roberts. Nothing new developed yesterday in the matter of the theft of $30,000 in gold coin from the cashier's vault of the United States Mint in this city. George E. Rob- erts, United States Director General of the Mint, and Superintendent Leach ad- | mit that a theft has been committed by one or more of the local branch Mint em- ployes. | The Mint was closed yesterday, owing to the day being a legal holiday, but Se- cret Service Agent Hazen was busily en- gaged in working on the case and a watch | was kept on certain suspected persons. | Director Roberts gave out a public statement in which he says that when | the shortage was first discovered it was hoped that an error in bookkeeping would account for the missing $30,000, but that a ! careful rechecking of the accounts show- ed that the books were correct, and that six sacks, containing $5000 each, had been abstracted from the cashier’s vault in the | The statement con- | tains the following: The hooks show that there should be $104. ADVERTISEMENTS. The Talk of The Town! Trouser VYalues... Raphael’'shave on sale the smartest of 432,397 45 on hand in the Mint in coin, In | ! addition to considerable bullion. The builion is all right, but the coin is short $30,000. The shortage was discovered in the last vault i"| counted, which is the cashier's vault, used | | gdaily for business purposes. This vauit should have contained $25,457,197 43, but there was a | discrepancy of’ $30,000. The ‘shortage was i double eagles. There should have been | bags of double eagles, containing §5000 ea | The vault only ‘contained 1509 bags. The administration of Superintendent Leach has been most succeesful, aside from this ac- that some boys were firing crackers near Wilson's house and that one was thrown on his porch. Wilson, she sald, came from his house and stealthily approaching the group of boys pulled his pistol and fired pointblank at the crowd. One of the boys saw the little girl fall, and as he picked her up she told him that she had been shot in the stomach. | | The ambulance was sent for and the wounded girl was taken to the Recelving worsted trousers—- $5.00 Values-—Special $2.75 currence. The output of the Mint for the past T year has broken all records and the percentage An examination showed that the bullet of wastage on the metal coined nas been very b - a small. I congratulated Mr. Leach and e ;t‘g ]ps» 1 IL r;ugl: B ;lsh;) Mi wnd same to Cashier Cole and their various assist- 3 Dol Besanll the ot buk Fanon 5o %0r ants when 1 was engaged last Saturday in ur examining the affairs of the Mint. That rec- ord stands as testimony to competent services. That was before the shortage was dlscx)\‘erell by Mr. Leach himself in checking up the cashier’s vault. The rule of the Mint was that the cashier's vault should be checked up each night. This was done regularly by Chief Clerk Dimmick. | The vau!t had become so crowded with sacks of gold that it was impossible at times to see and count every bag at night. No violence | was used on_ the cashier's vault when this | money was abstracted. The thief must have been an employe of the Mint. How or when | the money was taken it is impossible to say. The cashier's office closes each day at 3 p. m. and the vault Is closed and locked by its com- bination. The time lock does not besin to operate until 5 p. m. Between 3 and 5 p. m. the combination would cpen the vault, but how could the money have been taken from tead probed the wound, but failed to lo- cate the bullet. Maggie Identifies Wilson. Wilson was arrested by Officers R. H. Beamer and E. Eskew and brought The little girl identified s her assaflant denied the accusation against and declared that the girl was mis- He s: to the officers at the hos- 1at he had fired no shot and de- t he had a pistol. officers returned to his house rch located a 38-caliber oyal Blue erge Suit| ——— at--_ of the weapon contained | | , and it was evident that | | n chambe n, Wilson ac- the carefully guarded building? There s but vas his and said that one entrance and that is always watched by from it during the our guards. The money was certainly not taken in a lump sum. It would not have been | possible for six sacks of gold to have been taken out of the building without the watch- men noticing the same, near fence as by a powerful man and re of age. He was a member ,Jcars of Gge. "He was o member Director Roberts. and Superintendent il police force for Leach have certain suspicions, but they e e girl's mother, lives hey "Suspect el furiher cvidence. s 2 e they suspect until further evidence is | her two sons, forthcoming. Superintendent Leach and | Cashier Cole, who are under bonds, will be held civilly liable to the Government for the loss of the gold coin »oting there were Infant Accidénta]ly Smothered. Yy « dren playing in the e of them saw the man fire Cynthia May Vezina, the two-months- | 1 the little girl was struck old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Ve- fully 12 feet from Wil- 1 the fireworks which were setting off. Mr: who lives directly oppo Wilson's residence, saw the flash revolver, although she could not e man who fired it because | | zina, residing at 28 De Long avenue, w: | accidentally smothered by her mother yes- AND Inconpona¥Ep UMON SQUARE Ave. terday morning. Mrs. Vezina awoke dur- Send for Qur New Catalojce of Ssmmer Fashions for Man, Boy and Child. ing the night to nurse the infant, and fell | asleep with the babe on her breast. When | — she awoke the child was dead. The case , it is said, = ed his hatred f th ighborhood. On the 14th of bruary he is accused of having brutalls n a little boy about with a loaded cane for playing joke. He is known to have al- carried ol, and frequently he for the chil the of the vicinity by g it in a threatening manner. afternoon he exhibited his < an_a neighbor, re- ¥ street. Wilson is | e people residing in the | residence as extremely | e victim, is d an_ extremely rly attended the > street. | DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT E. RANDOLPH RESIGNS | Huntington Appoints Him Genersl Manager of the Los Angeles Electric Car System. dolph, division superintendent at 0 accept the he Los Angele signation tak ext month. Ran- most capable railroad es will be missed by | 1 take Ran- but an appoint- | few days. | the Mnes in Oregon system will be fic system in the | s be done it is t Manager Fill- be extended to Koehler will re- s rum e Southern with th, ho that risdiction d a Man: will - for Chicago ice of traffic k Harriman accompanied to the McCormick, who goes to meeting a W Chicago on bus General Young to Review Troops. Major General S. M. B. Young, accom- panied by his will review at 11 o'clock to-day al oldiers who are sta- tioned at the Presidio. The troops will maneuver on the lower parade ground * mear the beach. will be under the command of Colon B. Rawles, post commander. | ——— Opium Smokers Captured. Six Chinamen were captured yesterday | afternoon by the police Chinatown squad | visiting an opium joint, at £36 Washington street. TS were released cn ADVERTISEMENTS. With Sensible People Nalt Breakfast Food Is Justly Popular Because of Its| Many Health Advantages. | In summer time it s wise to avoid ce- real foods that have a tendency to heat the blood, irritate the stomach and bring om digestive derangements. If you would go forth to the duties of the day with a full measure of health and vigor, use de- | liclous and appetizing Mait Breakfast Food, easy to digest and unequaled as a £ystem nourisher. It requires the use of but one package ofMalt Breakfast Food | to convince sensible people of its great | superiority over all other known grain 'oods. At all grocers and general stores, | edifice IETY and patriotism mingled in the ceremony of laying the cor- nerstone- of the new Calva Presbyterian Church, at the c ner of Jackson and Fillmore streets, yesterday afternoon. The staunch. unswerving Presbyterians of that congre- gation did not forget in the triumph and exultation of the occasion the significance of the day to the country at large, i tributes to political liberty and prayers that the nation might endure were heard as frequently as reference to church achievements and appeal for divine guid- ance and for divine vor for the mew dedicated so auspiclously to worship of the Lord. The exercises were held upon a platfcrm elevated seven or eight feet, to the hel of the foundation stones upon which huge sandstone block, the cornerstone of the magnificent new edifice, was to res!, From staffs nailed to the platform and to the top of the hoisting derrick towerin: in the midst of the beginnings of -wall of brick and stone, there fluttered man; flags. The sharp explosion of firecracks punctuated the addresses of eminent di- o , and the roar of the city celebrating s a fit accompaniment to jubilant Prot- estant hymns of praise. Representatives of the clergy of eve Protestant denomination in the city were present on the platform. The remaining chairs were occupied by prominent lay- men of the Calvary and other congrega- tions. Hundreds of men and women stood within the boundaries of the church foun- dations, gathering as closely about the platform as possible. An organ was placed at the base of the hoisting derrick and the church choir, grouped about it, led the singing. Bishop Hamilton Speaks. The Rev. Dr. William A. Alexander of the San Anselmo Theological Seminary opened the exercises with an invocation. A hy: “Sing to the Lord with Cheerful Voice,” ‘was read by Rabbi Jaeob Niéto, after which it was sung by the audience. A responsive reading of Psalm cxxii was led by the Rev. George G. Eldredge, pastor of St. John’s Presbyterian Church After another hymn was sung— Where Are Kings and Empires Now? the Rev. Dr. George C. Adams, pastor of the First Congregational Church, read “Solomon’s Prayer.” The opening address was made by B! op J. W. Hamilton of the Methodist Ep} copal Church, who spoke in part as fol- h- PEACEFUL DEATH OF WELL-ENOWN PIONEER Andrew Jackson Coghill, an 0ld Resident of This City, Passes Away at His Home. With the coming of last evening death called Andrew Jackson Coghill, one of the men of ", who spent the best years of his life_with the growth of San Fran- cisco. He died at his home, 1614 Union street. Mr. Coghill was born in Lloyd. Va., in 1828, He came to California and to San Francisco in 1850, and until 1883 was a prominent figure 'in the business life of the growing city. He was a member of the Vigilance Committee, and while he never held public office he was well known in both business and social life. He had a turn for the pen and he contributed more than one bit of prose and verse to the papers of the early days, besides arti- cles of much literary value, In 1883 he went to Healdsburg, where he had purchased a farm, and for several years he lived in the country. Then he returned to San Francisco and here he lived until his end. He was ill for sev- eral months before his death and was often in pain, but the end came peace- o | THE REV. DR. JOHN HEMPHILL LAYING THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EDIFICE AT THE CORNER OF JACKSON AND FILLMORE STREETS. | ¢ X - While we are often distinguished as sects, we are here to-day in 2 much more essential char- acter, to recognize a much more’ essential ele- ment in all our lives, one that will endear this hour to us all. A church is not a building intended so much for God as for man, yet it would be vain for man to build it if God were not to bless it with ‘his presence. So you have begun the erection of an edifice where man is to meet God face to face. The time has long passed when it was neces- sary to argue in favor of the erection of a new church. There 2 time, when San Fran- cisco was more a town than a city, when argu- ment was necessary, but the men who opposed church are mostly dead while the church lives on. Danger of Too Much Wealth. I am giad that I have come to congratulate a church that knows what it stands for, that puts into its cornerstone an unmistakable creed; that builds upon Jesus Christ, the cor- nerstone of all -churches. If we are to con- gratulate vou, you must continue to be good Presbyterians. “We do not want a Methodist church here, the location is not good for one. You want a church that will stay Presbyterian in pulpit and pew, strong and substantial as you have always been. When you get Arminian enough to-believe that man fs free we want you still to be Calvinistic enough to belleve that God is sovereign. I shall be sorry if this church s devoted more. to preaching about Christ than to preach- ing Christ. T beg of you to remember that we are at the dawn of a new century with the centuries of the history of the Christlan church behind us, and that as you are beginning the history of the new. century with that greatest of religlous movements, the missionary move- ment, you are beginning it also with that greatest of ‘doctrines—the brotherhood of man. There {s danger that we as churches will get too much money to be good, too much to be plous, too much to be Christlan. When you have forgotten that the poorest member of your fully and painlessly and while his' family were around him. | His wife was a Miss Rosina Gummer, | one of a family well known in California. | 8he survives him, and he leaves also two | daughters, Mrs, W. G. Rountree and Miss Ella’ Coghill, and two sons. William H, Coghill and Newton Booth Coghill, all of | whom reside in this city. —— el e “The Missouri Pacific Limited” The only route having through sleeping car service between San Francisco and St. Louis daily. Stop-overs allowed at Salt Lake City. For full information ask L. M. Fletcher, 212 California street. » —_————— | Park Emergency Hospital. The Park Commissioners will meet in conjunction with the Board of Health at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the Mills bulid- ing for the purpose of deciding definitely as to the location of the Park Emergency Hospital. The Board of Supervisors has set aside 35000 for,.the construction of park hospital in order that people injured in the park may be properly treated. The name is & guaranty of its purity—Jesse Moore Whiskey is always right, . 5 and Calvary Church will go on belleving in the word 1iving as well as the word written—in gh:-]ls& the pinnacle of every true ehurch of od. Pastor Lays Cornerstone. The Rev. Dr. John Hemphill, pastor of the church, made an address introductory to laying the cornerstone. His address was largely patriotic in character. Point- 1n%dto colors upon the lapel of his coat, he said: That is blue. It stands for plety, Presby- terian plety, Scotch Presbyterian piety. There is a touch of yellow in it—that stands for Dutch Presbyterlan piety. And intertwined with those symbols of plety are the Stars and Stripes, the symbol of our patriotism. A hun- dred and fifty vears from now, members of Calvary Church will say with pride that its cornerstone was laid on the first Fourth of July of the twentieth century. Directed by Dr. Hemphill. workmen hoisted the great block of Tinino sand- stone and made ready to lower it into its place. A box made of copper, containing a Bible, a Presbyterian Hymnal, an Invi- tation to the cornerstone laying ‘and a programme of the exercises, photographs of the two earller Calvary churches and a drawing of the new one, copies of The Call and other San Francisco newspapers and religious perfodicals, was placed with- in ‘the cornerstone. Dr. Hemphill said as .the stone was lowered into place: As a temporary. representative of this church and of this cosmopolitan community I declare this cornerstone well lald. We lay it in the hope and confidence that Calvary Church is to continue in progress and achievement. We lay it in the mame of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost—the one God. Amen! The audience sang ‘‘My Country 'Tis of Thee,” and the benediction completed the impressive ceremony YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL IS LANDED IN PRISON Walter Sailing, Who Raised a Five- Dollar chef;k, Brought Back From Chicago. Walter Sailing, the 17-year-old boy who raised a$5 check to $500 and who was ap- prehended in Chicago, was brought back last evening by Detective Ross Whit- aker and locked up in the City Prison. Sailing was employed by W. M. Du Val & Co., and after being given a $ check in payment for a week's work, he raised it 0 '$500. He then went to Chicago. where he succeeded in having the worthless pa- per cashed. After spending nearfy all the money realized on the raised check he was ar- rested and held pending the arrival of an officer from this city. Salling admits raising the ‘eheck, but leads ‘in extenuation that he did not now that he was committing any crime. —_—————— - Verus cures piles or $50 reward. All up- to-date druggists sell and guarantee it. * —_———— The negro in the woodpile may*be a creature of the !mm:lm:tlupn. o | York World and is | vesterday was taken in charge by Coroner Leland and an inquest will be held. — e Married Twenty-Five Years. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Flinn of 1004 Bush | street celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver- | sary of their wedding and the hirthday of their son, Edmund F. Flinn. at Deimoni- | co’s last eveming. Edmund F. Flinn is | connected with the art staff of the New | visiting this city on his | vacation. Mr. Flinn Sr. is a member of | the real estate firm of Flinn, Sanderson | & Ca. i AR s e Japanese Student Drowned. A Japanese student named Frank Ki- mura fell into the water while fishing | from Point Lobos Rock near Fort Point | and was drowned. His hnrly; Wwas recovered by Captain Hodson of the life-saving _crew and turned over to the | Coroner. Kimura was 25 years of age and | lived at 1010 Pine street. S A oS Bob Gai Was Not Wisc. Bob Gai, a well known Chinese sport, was arrested yesterday afternoon at 611 Dupont street, by Officer Ingham, for in- terfering with an officer in the d rge | of his duty. Ingham was arresting | | a Chinaman at_the address mentioned and Gai interfered Cheap at $1.00. 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Payne, who represents an Ea:t- ern syndicate, deposited the sum of $20,000 on July 2 as an option on the purchase of the combined plants, the total amount involved in the transaction being a-little more than $1,000,000. The option has ninety days to run and will undoubtedly be taken up by the syndicate at 1ne appointed time. Under the terms of the sale sharehold- ers of the Equitable Gas Light Compan: will receive $6 30 for their stock; stoc holders of the Equitable pool $4 09 a share and those of the Central Light and Power Company $5. Frank Pauson. treasurer of the Equit- able Company, last night denied the ru- and the San Francisca Gas_Light Company were be- hind the deal. Pauson says that the in- tended purchasers of the properties are Eastern capitalists who intend to enlarge the plant after it comes into their posses- sion. For that purpose at least another $1,000,000 will be spent. “*With superior facilities for the manu- facture of gas.” said Pauson, “the new concern will be prepared to furnish gas at 75 cents a thousand, thus establishing effective competition with rival compa- nies. Mr. Payne entered into negotiations with us several months ago, but only de- cided last Tuesday to bind the bargain.” The present officers of the Equitable Company are as follows: Charles L. Ack- erman, president; Dr. J. W. Chisholm, vice president; S. H. Tracy, secretary, and Frank Pauson, treasurer. The main plant is at North-Beach, where it was erected several years ago. It was intended to manufacture gas by a new precess and furnish it for $1 per thousand cubic feet. Mains have been laid in many streets but the gas has.not peen in as generai use as the projectors of the enter- prise expected. Nevertheless the company has made some inroads into the business of the c¢lder company. Hesperian Parlor Holds Picnic. 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