The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1901, MURDERERS SEAL LIPS OF WITNES Kate De Witt Poisoned | by Two Men in Hollister. Pays Penalty for Threatening | to Expose Slayers of Baker Christ. Dispatch to The Call. ISTER, July 16.—Kate de Witt, a.; f the half-world, was found by | ss companion in a dying condition | cck yesterday morning. She afterward, despite the ans to restore her. To- Coroner's. jury returned a verdict he woman came to her death from | poison administered by per- Spectal s tragedy there is & mystery | develop one of the great- fons of the decade in who are investigating ng on the theory that dered becausc she ywledge that would have sent perpetrators of an- vas committed in this g0 a baker named Christ It was said that in the company of some rbary Coast. Christ had money on his person and into 2 low resort, where he was fter a dose of chloral hydrate had ministered to him in a glass of - was said to have been | d interred in a | depot arose in this saloon charged that Christ the place. Kate de knew who killed | threatened to expcse the | was the woman's death sen- | s D beheve that when they learn stered the fatal drug to Kate will have feund the murder- h te de Witt left her home Sun- ni went to a saloon uptown best of spirits. Shc was | } nd was accompanied She was found dying ey left her. re murdered woman a chemist in San Fran- The body was taken ment, the woman hav- | re whom she supported. enic w e poison used. SAW LEE LOOK FIRE AT PROSTRATE VICTIM | Policeman Hughes Gives Strong Tes- timony Against the San Jose Highbinder. | 16.—The selecting of a | Lee Look for the murder of Lee was completed in Judge Lori- afternoon and the taking commenced. J. Lemon, F. M. Comer and K. C. Phelps N JOS' t this g his testimony there ber of spectators pres- occurred almost in {ront d he was an evewitness ighbinders. He said ackson street “hinese on the cor- ked him, firing a toward Fourth, s in the street and Lee Wing fell at all and the police- | fire at the others. had got away in the mean- Lee Look was standing over the body of Lee Wing, shooting appeared on the d engaged In the mped from_the n away. Both fired at him and he ugh the shoulder. He 4-caliber revolver was Hughes was positive >k shoot Lee Wing. cted to a severe « 1 by Attorney Oneal, y was not altered. Rives will follow His testimony will | PASO ROBLES HOTEL | GUEST UNDER ARREST Charles T. E. Samuels Accused of | Neglect to Pay His Board | Bill. | July 16.—Charles T. E. | en one of the very | t Paso Robles Hotel for | was arrested at Salinas to- fraudi inn- bail was The charge is les Hotel man- of about $200 is known of him | ed to a brother in | none have yet ar- — e | Accused of Dynamiting Trout. | REDDING, Jul W. A. Scott and | H of Dunsmuir, were > County Jail hers to | harge of dynamiting to River, just south | burned Castle Crag | s preferred by | who makes his with Commis- ale. | | The two were close together, going in the | robbery is a deep canyon heavily wooded | | and broken. | Oakland’s | tooning. JIAGE ROBBER HAS BUGY DAY Hold Up Two Coaches on the Ukiah-Lake- port Road. Summer Resort Visitors Are Relieved of Four Hun- dred Dollars. Special Dispatch to The Call | UKIAH, July 16—Two stages that left | this city at 2 o’clock this afiernoon weie held up by a lone highwayman between here and Lakeport and the passengers robbed of their money. One stage, driven by Burt Bucknell, was bound for Blue Lakes, Laurel Dell, Saratoga and Upper Lake, while the other, driven by Ray- mond Hill, was en route to Potter Valley. same direction, when at a point about one | mile beyond a wayside saloon called Fort | Brown, at“a turn of the road on an up | grade, the disguised highwayman sud- | denly stepped out, presented a revolver and crdered the drivers to stop. They obeyed and the passengers, twenty in | number, were ordered to get out and line up. Then they were commanded to throw their purses on the ground and turn their pockels out. No resistance was offered. The passengers were outing tourists, on their way to surrounding resorts. The highwayman was a jolly fellow and had | considerable fun with his victims while they were engaged in emptying their ockets. About $400 was deposited in a eap at the roadside before the drivers | were ordered to whip up. The passengers | were warned that if they valued their personal safety they should refrain from looking back. The stages then proceeded | to their destinations. One of the passengers, who had $200 in gold in his pocket, dropped the coin in the road while the attention of the robber was distracted and covered it with dust. He went to Potter and then returned, and is now hunting for this money. As soon as news of the robbery reached here Sheriff Smith left this city in pursuit of the highwayman. The scene of the It affords excellent oppor- tunities for the escape of the bandit. | Sherift Smith and Depfity Archie Lay- | ton returned late to-night from the scene of the hold-up. No clew has been discov- | ered, nor have the officers obtained any | description that will aid them in their in-{ vestigation. A few half dollars _were found on the road where the Blue Lakes stage was stopped, evidently having been dropped by the passengers as they were waiting to be relieved of their coin. Dep- uty Sheriff Ornbaum is still on the ground. STREIB MAKES A HIT | IN MATRIMONIAL GAME Clever Baseball Player | Weds a Winsome Santa Cruz Miss. | SANTA CRUZ, July 16.—Julius M. | Stretb, right fielder of the Oakland base- | ball team, and Miss Grace Owens were married here to-day. The wedding was | solemnized at 11 o'clock this morning at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Owens, on High street. It was a pretty affair and many relatives were present. The heme had been elaborately | decorated. The parlor, where the service | was read, was ‘iz green and white. In one corner was a lovely bower and under the | gracefully curved arch of ferns and bridesroses the couple stood while Rev. James B. Orr of the Congregational | (‘h{url‘h pronounced them husband and | wife. The bridesmaid was Miss Adams, a cousin of the bride, groomsman, the bride. After hearty congratulations all repair- | ed to the dining room, which showed the | decorator’s skill in jts green and red fes- | A wedding breakfast was | Blanche and the | Clark Owens, a brother of | served. The bride is one of Santa Cruz' fairest | r!ia\i\gh\ers and is a sweet and winsome | r! & Among the presents was an oak table and onyx clock from the county officials, Mr. Streib having been for several years | deputy tax collector. FIFTEEN FQ:EIGHT CARS WRECKED ON SANTA FE| Hot Box Causes Disaster to a Train and Starts a Grain Fire. VISALIA, July 16.—A disastrous smash- | up occurred at Le Grande, eighty-two | miles north of this city, Sunday night at | 6:15 o'clock. A north-bound Santa Fe freight traln was wrecked and flfteen{ loaded freight cars were piled into a| shapeless mass. The train contafned | about sixty cars. The accident was caused by 2 hot box, which had become so heated that when the air brakes were applied | the end of the axle was twisted off. The | train was going about fifty miles an hour. The wreckage was a sight to behold. Rubber-tired buggles, bicycles, eggs, pelts, | crackers, cheese, groceries, canned goods, | etc.,, were crushed into a conglomerate mass. When the hot box was torn from its gearing it fell into a ripened grain | field by the roadside and started a fire, | but not much damage resulted. | P s~y Summer School Opens. | SANTA CRUZ, July 16.—The summer | school at the Christian Church Tabernacle in Garfield Park opened to-day with a | good attendance. Hiram Van Kirk, dean | and professor of biblical and historical theology, is in charge. Miss Wickersham’s Bond Approved. SANTA ROSA, July 16.—Judge Burnett to-day approved the $300,000 bond of Miss Lizzle Wickersham, who has been ap- | pointed to administer upon her mother’s | estate since the death of Fred A. Wicker- sham. OFFICERS HIDE SUSPECT KELSO UNDER TRUNKS IN BAGGAGE CAR Extraordinary Precautions Are Taken to Prevent a Lynching While the Alleged Murderer of Young Harry Blochman Is Taken by Train From San Luis Obispo to Santa Barb ara i ANTA BARBARA, July 16.—Sheriff Nat Stewart of this county and Constable Blosser arrived from San Luis Obispo this morning with William Kelso in custody. They feared an attempt might be made by the enraged populace to take him from them while passing through the Santa Maria Valley and he was concealed under twenty drummers’ trunks in the baggage car. However, there was no demonstration. In an interview with Kelso this after- noon he said that he had not seen the ac- | counts of the crime with which he was charged. He declared that he left Santa Maria on July 3, the day before Harry Blochman was mur- dered, and that he was scarcely ac- quainted with the boy. He admitted that he knew Harry Blochman by sight. Kelso | said he had been working at Santa Maria two but could give no reason for having left so soon. He sald that he left that place at about 6 o'clock in the even- ing; but Kincaid, his companion, who is confined there, says that he could not have departed that early. Both had been drinking and Kelso was intoxicated early in the evening, but later became scber again. Kelso says Harry Blochman did not give him 50 cents on the evening of July 3. but witnesses will swear that he al B aid. While searching for the murderer Sheriff Stewart learned that Kelso's father is a harness-maker in Tulare, and he has two sisters, one a bookkeeper at Santa Cruz and the other a school teacher somewhere | near that city. Kelso has a criminal cast of counte- MARIA, FOR WHOSE LIFE AN o+ — SUPPOSED MURDERER OF YOUNG HARRY BLOCHMAN OF SANTA ANGRY POPULACE HAS BEEN CLAMORING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS. but when he belleves he is not watched . tioner. He is being kept in close confine- nance. He will not look one in the eye, he turns a malignant gaze upon his ques- ment in a dark cell. © il oo e oot fenfee oo fenfeffenfe o POLIGE GUARD VALLEJD MILL Settlement Soon Fol- lows Walk-Out of Men. Specfal Dispatch to The Call VALLEJO, July 16.—The warehouse men at the Port Costa flour mills struck at noon to-day. All of the men in the mill walked out. A half hour later the secretary of the Bay Countles’ Warehouse Mer’s Protective Association of Crockett was sent for and came to Vallejo in a sailboat. After a conference with the men | and a long talk with Superintendent Kim- per of the flour mill, he ordered all the men back to work, pending a settlement of grievances. The trouble arose over Superintendent Himper calling the men together and say- ing that if there were any there in sym- pathy with the union they should be men erough to step forward and say so. Some of the men stepped aside and he ordered them out of the mill. A few minutes later the mill men, hearing of the discharge of their fellow workmen, left their posts. No Women Should Seek R elief. The it rtien of women who suffer never make a serious effort to benefit lhmudyu VP&NWTM most of them go on paying no attention to their little menstrual disorders, believing they will eventually wear off. But menstrual troubles don’t wear off. They grow worse and worse every day. At the period of menstruation 2 woman is peculiarly susceptible to cold and other external influences and it is also the most faverable time for the development of hidden disease germs which may be lurking in the system. Any physician knows that disordered menstruation, falling of the womb and leucorrhoea are blighting lives in almost every home. No woman should neglect herself a moment after she sees indications of female disease. Almost instant relief can be secured by the use of Mrs. Beigler and thousands of other druggists sell $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. 100 a\klsbufid. Fflm.&n‘.fi mrd‘:" 1900&. Cardul has done 2 world of good ¢ 1 have five e and one e Lo origy v Privog gl apheste Lty plb st o Attt R of of Thedford’s Black-Draught. my sister in her. | was In a very bad feel like 2 new woman | would be very to write any poor woman and tell her Toledo, who did not menstruate as she ought. She was sixteen It will relieve you right in your own home. Will you accept the testimony of and really seek relief to-day? All of age and nothing else helped years myself before | used your medicines, but | found relief in three days. And now | which I could not do my housework and washin 1 suffered before before | took the Wine of Cardui. 1 used Wine of Cardui. Mrs. C. P. BEIGLER. 4 literature, add vin) ms, “The Ladies’ Advisory ress, giving sympto: " The ooga Medicine Company, Chattenoogs, Tenn. demand had been made upon the flour company by the employes up to the time they were ordered out of the mill The men congregated about 100 yards away from the mill and the superintend- ent, fearing trouble, called on the Chief of Police for protection. The Chief left for the scene with his entire force and surrounded the mill. The secretary arrived on the scene at this moment” and inquired into the trouble. The men informed him of the circum- stance that brought them out. The su- perintendent of the mill drove up while the secretary was talking to the men and asked them to return to work. This they refused to @o unless there would be an increase in wages. The secretary of the Warehousemen's Union held a long con- ference with the superintendent and a proposition was made as to an increase in wages and no disérimination against union men. Superintendent Kimper asked for ten minutes to confer with the pro- prietor of the mill, who ordered him to reach an agreement pending the drawing up of a schedule. The secretary ordered | all of the men back to work. The sched- ule will be presented before the expira- tion of this week and an amicable settle- ment is looked for. | KATLS FROM EUREKA TO OUTSIDE WORLD Eel River Line to Connect With the California and Northwestern Extension. EUREKA, July 16.—This city is already beginning to reap the benefits of the set- tlement of railroad litigation, which has retarded its advancement for the past i three years. It was announced to-day that the Bel River and Bureka Railroad Company would soon begin to extend its road south from 1ts terminus at Burnells to a distance of fifteen miles. From this poin: Colone! Draper will make a survey to ccnnect with the California and North- western extension at Willits. It is be- lieved here that this move means that Eureka is soon to be connected by rail with the outside world.. The California and Northwestern road, which is an ex- tension of the Fel River and Eureka Rall- road on the morth, will be completed to é\n:au. a distance of eight miles, In sixty ays. - Runaway Boys Captured. SANTA ROSA, July 17.—Sheriff Grace and Deputies Pool and Garnier to-day captured ten boys who were trying to escape from the Boys and Girls’ Aid So- ciety’s camp in Cazadero. _The boys were swimming in a pool in Pocket Canyon when Deputies Pool and Garnier swooped down, cutting off their escape by secur- ing the clothes of all. The boys were taken to the jail in Guerneville pending the arrival of the society’s officers from Cazadero. b Salgoli e High Price for Grapes. LOS ANGELES, July 16.—At a special meeting of Southern California vineyard- ists to-day an offer of $25 per ton for 2500 tons of grapes was received and accepted. The offer came from a New York firm. For twenty years past the prevailing rice has been in the neighborhood of 16 50 per ton and the best offer this year from Jocal wineries was $18 per ton. The vines hereabouts are in excellent condition and a crop of about 3500 tons is expected. el i g ‘Wearies of Domestic Woes. DOWNIEVILLE, July 16.—Mrs. Charles P. Willing, wife of a merchant at Sierra City, attempted suicide there this after- noon by shooting herself over the heart. Bhe will die. Domestic trouble was the cause. i, Woodland to Have a Park. WOODLAND, July 16.—At a public meeting last night it was decided to es- JUBILEE ITE IV NOTRE DAME Two Hundred Sisters Attend Reunion at San Jose. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, July 16.—Two hundred mem- bers of the Sisters of Notre Dame joined in the celebration of a solemn pontifical mass at the College of Notre Dame this morning, when a religlous ceremony com- memorating the semi-centennial of the founding of the school was held. The -| gathering of two hundred Sisters of Notre Dame was the largest of the kind ever re- corded in the West. There are eight schools of the order in the State—the academies at Santa Clara, Watsonville, Alameda, Redwood City, San Francisco and Marys- ville and the Notre Dame Institute and Notre Dame College of this city. The superiors of all these institutions ahd most of the faculties were present. In the num- ber were three of the original five Sisters who founded the Notre Dame School here in 1851—Sisters Mary, Aloysius and Cather- ine. Sister Mary was the one who picked out the site for the San Jose school. All three are still connected with the school they aided in establishing. Twenty-five prominent clergymen from various parts of the State were present. These included the Most Rev. P. W. Ri ordan, Archbishop of San Francisco: the Right' Rev. George Montgomery, Bishop of Los Angeles, and Fathers Gleason of this city, Kenna of Santa Clara, Jacoby of Los Gatos, Hassett of Watsonville, Raggio of Santa Clara, Calzila of San Francisco, Melchers of San Jose, and Vui- bert of Menlo Park. High potifical mass was celebrated in the college chapel, at which Bishop Mont- gomery officiated. Rev. Father P. E. Mul- ligan of San Francisco was master of ceremonies. Archbishop Riordan delivered a congratulatory address. Rev. Joseph Sasia of St. Joseph's of this city reviewed the fifty years' existence of the school. Father Gleason also spoke. The visiting Sisters of Notre Dame have been guests at the school for about ten days, and they will be here several days longer. The first eight days were spent in retreat. Commencing to-morrow a re- union of the faculties of the various schools of the State will be held, at which the course of study will be discussed. Special Epworth League Excursion to Los Angeles and Return, $15.00. Thursday, July 2. Good going on any train, either Coast line or via Fresno. Return limit August 31. Stopovers. Fare for Epworth Leaguers and friends only $15 round trip. Offices of Southern Pa- cific, 613 Market street and Mechanics’ Pavilion. —————— v San Mateo Votes for Bonds. SAN MATEO, July 16.—San Mateo has taken a great stride toward the front rank of suburhan residence districts by deciding, by an overwhelming majority in an election, to bond the city for $27.500 to build four new bridges across San Ma- teo Creek. The structures will be con- crete arches. The vote on the bond ques- tion stood: For the bonds, 304; against, 19. The city trustees will proceed at once with the kpreparations for commencing the work. D S — tablish a public park and the necessary committees to promote the enterprise were appointed. PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM of Rall- ways. Office—30 Montgom.ery street, * | the assassin TORU'S ASSISN ) WA F OARK Iba Sotaro the Sla.yer1 of the Japanese | Statesman. Says He Has Struck a Blow | in Interest of Sound Education. LRI 1 Special Dispatch to The Call | VICTORIA, B. C., July 16.—Details were | received by the Empress of India to-day | of the assassination of Hoshi Toru, the | Japanese statesman, in the City Hall of | Tokio. He was stabbed to death by a | fencer named Iba Sotaro. There appears | to have been no desire on the part of | 0 hide the motive for his | act. The murderer is a man of influence | and high aims and apparently has been | a well-to-do citizen, From accounts published in the Japan- | ese papers it seems that Mr. Hoshi had | been attending a meeting of the Alder- | men. The meeting was held in private and the discussion was concluded at | about 8 o'clock. Mr. Hoshi and the | Mayor were having a soctal chat when the assassin entered the room. The man | was well dressed. He gave his name and said he was a member of the Educational Committee of Yotsuya Ku. No one sus- pected that he was bent upon murder and consequently little attention was paid to him. He walked behind Mr. Hoshi and drew a dagger, instantly plunging it info Mr. Hoshi's right side, penetrating the lung. The assassin dealt the blow before Mr. Hoshi could offer any resistance. Mr. Hirago, clerk of the City Assembly, was the first to see what had taken place, and he at once sprang upon the assassin | and held him. The others in the room then helped to secure Sotaro, which they succeeded in doing after a struggle. The police authorities arriving on the scene ghortly afterward, he was taken into custody. The wounds sustained by Mr. Hoshi were so serious that he fell dead without | uttering a word. The body was sent in a carriage to his house In Akasaka after an informal inquest. The assassin was taken to the Metropolitan Police Bureau, which stands close to the City Hall. He told the police authorities in a quiet com- posed manner that he had been watching for a chance to kill Mr. Hoshl, as he had resolved to sacrifice his property and his love for his wife and family in order to strike the man. He gave as a reason that it was necessary to strike a blow in the interest of sound education. He was bleeding freely from the forehead when arrested. The wounds received by Mr. Hoshi were five in all. All were deep and mortal. The assassin Iba is described as a man 51 years of age. He was originally a follower of the Tohugawa dynasty and was skilled in the art of fencing. He founded two schools after the reforma- tion of the Meiji era and has taken an active part in educational work among voung people. In 1892, he and others pro- moted the Japan Savings Bank in Tokio, of which institution he was elected presi- | dent. Buys Anacortes Cannery. | NEW WHATCOM, Wash., July 16.—The | biggest fish deal closed on the Pacific Coast since the formation of the Pacific American Fisheries Company two years ago was consummated to-day when the Alaska Packers' Association purchased the Anacortes Packing Company's prop- erty, consisting of the cannery at Ana- cortes, with fish traps and a number of steam vessels. It Is understood that the consideration was in the neighborhood of DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT. Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once eve%thru minutes. ¢ kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil- ter out the waste or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, achesandrheu- matism come from ex- cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteadz heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney- poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin- ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its | wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fifty- cent and one-dollar siz- es. You may have a sample bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. FIREBUES Tt 70 BURN TOWN Special Dispatch to The Call TACOMA, July 16.—Aberdeen, on Grays Harbor, is greatly excited over a system- atic attempt made on Sunday night to burn the town. Fires were set in six places in the rear of bulldings in the main business portion. All were started within half an hour. Fire first broke out in the rear of Hayes & Hayes' pank. The chemical engine put this out, but had not yet reached the fire station when calls came in. When one by one alarms came from va- rious boxes the citizens of Aberdeen real- ized that something was wrong. They turned out en masse and formed bucket brigades, which did _heroic work in uenching the flames. Determined efforts ailed to reveal the identity of the incen- diaries, though several clews are now being followed. The fires were extin- guished so speedily that only a few hun- dred dollars’ worth of damage was done. Shavings, dry kindlings, pitch and kero- sene had been used freely by the incen- diaries, The City Council met yesterday and au- thorized the organization of a vigilance committee, with plenary powers. = Upon the advice of this committee six new policemen were sworn in. They patrolled the streets of Aberdeen last night and will continue to do so this week. The business part of Aberdeen is com- actly built, and had wind been blowing unday night the greater portion of the city would have been destroyed. —_——— A penny saved may be a penny earned, but the one carried as a pocket piece doesn’t draw any interest. other also that made clothing a a minimum cost. Samples free—all yo 718 Market bought one of our tailor- made suits for $10.00 knows that it is full worth the price—knows than $10.00, taking the ordinary tailor- By careful buying of the material, and employing a labor-saving system of cutting and making, we have reduced the making to At present we are eclipsing our usual $10.00 values—lately we took some regular $12.50 and #15 0o goods. in light summer patterns, and put them in with the $r1o.00 suits. made up in the same careful manner. Order beforz the cloth of the higher-priced goods is all gone—save when you can. Suits for out-of-fown customers satisfactorily made through our self-measuring system—writs for samples. SNWOO0D 5 (D Cor. Powell and Eddy Streets. Any one who has ever it is really worth more S a basis. They will be u want. Street and