The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 13, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1901, UNITED STATES MARSHAL ASSUMES CUSTODY.OF WALTER N. DIMMICK Prisoner’s Bonds Are Fixed at $37,000 and He Is at Once Taken to the County Jail---Another Comp laint to Be Filed, ————e e Juber HEACOC READ THE COMPLAINTS To Dimmice = time to time to ask that the dates be re- Deated so that Je might jot them down. The proceedings were conducted on be- half of the Government by United States Attorney Woodworth, but there was not much to do beyond turning over the pris- oner to the United States Marshal. Dim- mick appeared perfectly cool and self- possessed during all the proceedings ex- cept toward the close, when his hands were observed to tremble. Chief Hazen sat in front of the prisoner, his eyes burn- ing holes in Dimmick’s, all the time seem- ing to ask, “Where is that money?’ Mr. Burns of Washington, D. C., in a natty blue suit with low cut patent leather shoes and striped stockings, sat behind Dimmick and his eves were burning holes in the back of the prisoner’s head, asking the same cuestion. Dimmick could not see him, but he could hear his audible | clothes and feel his scorching eyes. On motion of Mr. Woodworth ball was | Dirmicc i AT THE BEG SFET NN NiNG PROCEEDINGS. x. DIMMICK was ‘nited States Heacock yes- ternoon by United Agents handed ed States Mar- arrant of ar- Marshal Far- Dimmick was not represented by coun- the four complaints against erately carefully, after read the com- amick interrupting him from SHVES CULPRIT TROM LYNCHERS and Heacock Stays Vengeance of Miners. REDDING Aug. here last even- en guarded the pre- ) expressed a prefer- ng rather allow the residents of w I McGraw, son Guich. ing, on Satu: e e m i= accentuated by his claims 1 which the Harrison camp of y 1000 inhabitants is located. The s portion of the town was recently Sherk then set up his claim to nd on which the town rests. His the slleged rights had never before been sus- pected Thurman & McGraw, saloon men, were Sherk for- bade them to unload their lumber. A com- the first to start to rebuild. mittee of fifty citizens promptly helped the saloon men erect their structure and prevented Sherk interfering. rights prevailed ig the burned district any resort Vo law. Residents and occupants of land retained Attorney C. H. Braynard of this city, who is establishing te for them. at of Sherk’s scheme is said to on_his mind and 3 aid McGraw, the an to oppose his plans, and beat 2d with a stick of stove McGraw lives in a semi-conscious condition, with almost a certainty of 1 ing the sight of one eve. Sherk was caught in the act of beating his victim upon the head after he had fallen stunned to_the ground. News of the brutal attack flew rapidly > town. The populace became word was passed to attend hing. Constable Lowell Snive- ley swore in three deputies to help him guard the priscner and announced that he would kill the first person who at- tempted to take away his man. His de- cided stand carried the day. Although gry mutterings were heard throughout 1e night, no attempt was made to carry t the projected hing end Sherk was anded in the Cou Jail here last night. Beaten by an Insane Man. SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 12.—Charles Lin- @ prisoner in the County Jail, was erely beaten last night by an insane man named Soldavini, whom he was watching. ~Soldavini wrenched a post from his bed and struck Lingat several times upon the head with it before help arrived. Dr. W. J. Wickman was called &nd put a dozen stitches into the injured man's scalp. % oottt e Squatters’ | X3 DIMMICK TAKES NcTES WHILE THE JubgEe. CHARGES Hm WITH THeE THEEY... . WALTER N. DIMMICK HEARS COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM READ IN COURT. | | SHALL KER CHOKES | in an Orchard Near ‘[ Healdsburg. ! e Special Dispatch to The Calil, HEALDSBURG, Aug. 1.—R. A. Castle, brother of ex-Congr man Castle of Mer- ced, was found dead last evening in a peach orchard a quarter of a mile from | his home common pocket handker- | chief was knotted about his neck and sus- pended from a twig no larger than a man’s thumb, while the knees and left hand of the unfortunate man rested firm- | Iy on the ground. Charles Williams, a half-breed Indian., had gone to the river | a swim and was attracted to the place | > the body hung by the barking of | s dogs. He reported the facts to Mar-| shal Ingalls. who brought the body to an | undertaker’s office in Healdsburg. | Coroner Plerce of Santa Rosa held an | inquest this morning and the jury re-| turned a verdict of death with suicidal | intent. The family, however, deni that there has been anything in the re nt life | Ir. Castle to prompt the deed. HL“; relatives hold to the theory that his deati | was the result of an experiment. Only a week ago the suicide of young Poulson was reported, and Mr. Castle discussed the circumstances with his family, ex- | pressing the opinion that suicide by hang- |Ing was at best a bungling way of quit- | | | | ting life. On Sunday morning he planned | his work for the week. He was emploved by a neighbor at budding trees. Last | evening -at_sundown his body was found | |in the orchard, where he was to have | | gone to work to-day. There was a pmun- |ing knife in his pocket. Castle was al- | {ways investigating, experimenting and | | trying to solve problems outside the com- mon reach of men. Those who knew him | | best, including Coroner Pierce, incline to | | the theory that his mind was on the | | death of Poulson as he wandered through | the orchard; that he experimented with { his handkerchief to learn its effect. The end in which the knot was tied was pass- |ed over the twig and the pressure upon the carotid artery produced insensibility and finally death. R. A. Castle was Born in Galesburg, TIl. He served three vears in the Civil War | and was a member of a Grand Army post | |in his pative State. He came to Califor- nia in 1889 and to Healdsburg eighteen months ago. Besides a wife and son, he had two brothers residing in_this State, | Dr. C. C. Castle, a dentist of Merced, and | C. H. Castle, formerly Congressman from | California. Los Angeles’ Bond Election. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12—The City Council adopted an ordinance this after- noon fixing August 28 as the date for I e e e T HIEF HEAT DETHRONES TRAGEDY ENDS QUTLIFE' WOMAN'S REASON Constable’s Bold Stand R. A. Castle Found Dead Indio Wife Disappears-‘ | Angeles for treatment when she escaped at $30,000 on one charge. $5000 on the and $1000 each on the third and a tota! of $37,000. secon feurth By request of the prisoner the time for the prelimi; next Monday ¢ examination was set for 10 a. m., by which time the prisoner said he would have secured an attornev to defend him. After the close of the proceedings he was taken to the County J. Mr. Woodworth will file an additional complaint'to-day charging the® prisoner with having collected money from the ! Mint for lead pipe furnished by the Selby Works and withholding the same. The sum is less than $1009. wefend $omieet | With Her Infant Child. I | $3000 per mile. { son and Colorado was given a boost from | N T 0 0 S 2 e RAILROAD GETS THE INJUNCTION Court. Decides Against the Assessors of N e\vad;a.. At Fault in Their Method of Arbitrarily Fixing Valuations. CARSON, Nev., Aug. 12.—Judge Hawley this morning rendered a decision in faver of the Southern Pacific Company, granting an injunction against the Assessors of the State of Nevada to vre- vent their taxing the company on a valu- ation of $20,000 per mile, an increase of The opinion states that the injunction is granted because the Assess- ors failed to properly classify raiiroad | property. Regarding the State law it says: It is a mooted question upon which there is ample room for a wide difference of opinion as to whether or not it will accomplish the ben- eficial purposes expressed In the title for a more uniform valuation and assessment of | property in this State. It does not re- quire the valuation of all property un-| der fts provision, or of any particular species of - property, but leaves these matters to the discretion of the State Board | of Assessors. The provisions of section 1 re- cognize the fact that there is pro this State which cannot be d classes of property, and hence valued by the State board. Who is to determine this matter? TIs it not left to the board at its option to decide this question? It may divide one or more species of Property into classes of property and be of the opinion that the other property will not admit of & uniform value if divided into classes. Its power in this respect is unlimited. The act contemplates that the board may do this, and in section 5 provides this: ‘‘The Assessors of the several counties of this State shall fix the value on all property not so designated at said meeting in the manner now provided by law.’ It will thus be seen that the present act, in- stead of closing the gates against injustice, leaves the door wide open for all sorts of dis- crimination. Railroads are of a more complex character than the other species of property above named, and it is argued by complainant that they cannot be divided into “‘classes of property” under the present act. But be that as it may, it is apparent that the attempted valuation in this case cannot, either upon reason or zuthority, be sustained, because the action taken by the State Board of Assessois in valuing the Central Pacific Railroad by name without making any class of property of railroads was not within the power granted by the act under consideration, and upon that ground alone, without pessing upon the other oints, ray conclusion is that complaint is en- titled to the injunction prayed for. Formerly the railroads in the State of Nevada were assessed by the officer of each county In which they owned prop- erty, and each one of these assessments | was’ a county affair and independent of | each other. Some time ago the Legisla- ture appointed a hoard of assessors. com- posed of the Assessors of the different counties acting together. and this board proceeded to tax the different roads op- erating in the State, basing their assess- | ment on a valuation of all the property | owned in the State computed in one lot | as distinct from county lots. As this resulted in_an increased assess- ment in the case of all but one of the roads doing business in Nevada, the mat- | ter was at once taken Into court, with the | above mentioned result. As the United | States Circuit Court never passes on the‘: constitutionality of State laws, Judge Hawley has confined himself in his de- | cision to passing on the legality of (hel action of the board and not on the consti- | tutlonality of the Legislature in creat- ing it. This decision will. mean much to the rallroads affected by it, as will be seen | from the following schedule of raised as- | sessments which they would have been | compelled to pay had the victory gone to | the other side: The assessment of the | Central Pacific was faised from $11442 t4 | $20.000 and from $000 to $7000 on its sid-| ings. The Virginia and Truckee road was | shoved up from $1000 to $10.000. The Car- cannot be $1700 to $2500, and the Nevada-California- Oregon’s tax was increased from $2000 to $30W. The only road whose assessment was allowed to stand at the old figures was the Eureka, Palisades and New Cen- tral, which is assessed at $1960. Telephone War Ends. SPOKANE, Aug. 12.—Spokane's tele- phone war ended to-day with the dis- missal of the suit of the Spokane and British Columbia Telephone Company against the International Telephone Company, now the Pacific States Com- pany, for $205000 damages for an alleged repudiated connection contract. The suit as settled for less than $15.000. W. H. d. who holds a mortgage on the | Columbia system, asked the courts | to enjoin the dismissal of the suit, but | he was five minutes too late. el iniein @ SN OF POKEA Cinnabar Man Attempts Murder and Loses His Life. RIVERSIDE, Aug. 12—C. §. Hughes of Indio was here to-day looking for his | wife, who wandered away from the Ar- cade depot in Los Angeles on Frida August and of whom no trace has been found as yet. Mrs. Hughes was affected by the heat during the hot speil recently, and her husband was taking her to Los | from him. The missing woman is 2% years of age, weighs 140 pounds and is of dark com- exion, with dark hair and brown eves. he was dressed in a bilue skirt, white shirt waist and white golf hat. She had with her a baby girl 12 months of age, dressed ir white. Mr. Hughes fears that she has committed suicide. He is making a_thorough search of the fowns in this vicinity. pl St —_— FORMING A COMBINE OF GRAIN WAREHOUSES Cne Company Acquiring Control of Wheat Exports From Upper Coast Points. TACOMA, Aug. 12.—Balfour, Guthrie & Co., wheat exporters of San Fran- cisco and Tacoma, have incorporated the Interior Warehouse Company. which will bandle the great wheat business in East- ern Washington and at the North Pacific terminals of Tacoma, Portland and Seat- tle. To this company has been trans- ferred the warehouse system of Aaron Kuhn, in the Palouse country, which was purchased last week by Balfour, Guthrie Co. The mnew company will also operate the warehouses formerly owned by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., making a” total of forty-eight grain warehouses in Eastern Washington and Oregon in the consolidation. 1t is proposed to ac- guire and consolidate still further ware- house interests. Mr. Kuhn will remain in charge of the company’s business in the Palouse district. . —— Train Conductor Killed. STOCKTON, Aug. 12—8im Akins, con- ductor of a Southern Pacific gravel train, was run over this morning on Van Buren street, sustaining injuries which resulted in his' death an hour and a half later at St. Joseph's Hospital. Akins was leaning over the end of a car to set the airbrake when the train slackened suddenly, caus- ing him to fall to the track. One wheel caught him at the waist, forcing him along the track several feet before ths train stopped. He was badly mangled. i of cheating, and the game broke up in a | the weapon. { all took a drink and the affair seemed to POPE LEO SAYS PRAYER FOR THE SOUL OF CRISPI Will of the Dead St OME, Aug. 12.—The Pope was in- formed of the death of Signor Crispl this morning. He ex- claimed, “Providence has evi- dently really decreed that I shall be the last of my generation to go. Well, Crispl was a good fighter.” A few momeuts later the Pope was on his knees at his prie dieu praying for the soul of his anclent enemy. NAPLES, Aug. 12.—Signora Crispl has i received ‘a telegram of condolence from King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena saying: “Your husband was a venerable and vallant patriot, and he will always be remembered as one of the founders of Italian unity.” The funeral will take place August 15 and the interment will probably be in the pantheon of San Domenciclo, in Palermo. The body of Signor Crispi was removed to-night from the death chamber to the drawing-room, which had been converted MARRIES HIS WIFE AS DEATH APPROACHES IANTA ROSA, Aug. 12.—While on his d€ath bed yesterday .Gustav Hegmann was married to the wife with whom he has been living for many years. No rea- sons have been given out, but it is be- lieved the action was taken to remove some cloud resting over their former union. They have a daughter 12 years | old. Mr. and Mrs. Hegmann came from West Hoboken, N. J., to_this city in February, shop: They made a large circle of friends here, and their death bed marriage has created no small amount of gossip. On Saturday night a license was issued to them and at 7:30 yesterday morning Jus- tice John Brown was called and per- formed the ceremony. An operation for appendicitis was performed at noon, and Hegmann died last evening. —_——— New Plant for Mare Island. VALLEJO, Aug. 12.—Plans for an exten- sive modern plant for the steam engineer- ing department have arrived and bids for construction will be advertised for. The buildings_will be located near the new stone doc e Perseverance will not do everything, but it certalnly works wonders. atesman Shows That He Feared Dying in -Debt, Having Lost His Patrimony During the Campaign for Sicily. { of the trust funds of the association. The 1900, and opened a bicycle store and repair | | to the members ont of the funds in hand. into a chapel ardente. It lies enveloped in the flag of Garibaldi. A guard of veterans is in attendance, and the roads leading to the residence are guarded by troops to prevent the ap- proach of the crowds. The entire garri- son of Naples will participate in the fun- eral procession. The body will be borne on a gun carriage and the highest mili- tary honors will be rendered. In his will Crispi requests that he be buried without a religious ceremony, and he declares that his patrimony and sav- ings were lost during the-campaign for liberation in Sicily and in the service of his country. Signor Crispi, therefore, feared he would die in debt. He named Signora Crispi as his sole hefress, subject to a small an- nuity to Rosalie Montemasson, to whom he is said to have been married in 1854. He leaves two volumes of memoirs, the | first of which is complete, and he ap- points Signor Damiana to examine his pa- pers and supervise their publication. SUIT AGAINST CURED & FRUIT ASSOCIATION | SAN JOSE, Aug. 12.—Joshua Newby, a | member of the California Cured Fruit As- | soclation, brought suit to-day against the association and the California Packers’ | Company to restrain the association from | erecting the warehouse at Santa Clara, on | the ground that the work, if permitted to | £0 on, would result in a useless expendi- | ture of money and the misappropriation complainant further prays that the rights and obligations of the packers’ company be determined and the Cured Fruit Asso- clation be required to render a full ac- count of its acts and also pay a dividend Newby charges many irregularities in the proceedings of the directors of the asso- ciation. A temporary injunction has been issued by Judge Lorigan and the hearing set for Friday, Aug. 23. e o Run Down by a Wagon. SAN JOSE, Aug. 12—George R. Balle, a septuagenarian, was run over by an ex- press wagon on El Dorado street this af- ternoon and died this evening. _The | wagon Was on its way to a fire and Balla attempted to cross the street in fromt | of it. CHINESE FLOCK AGROS5 BORDER Coming by Scores From Canada to Puget Sound. Are Attracted by the High ‘Wages Offered by the Canneries. PR Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 12—Chinese cannery workers are flocking to the American side, where they are receiving double pay. They are encountering no great trouble in entering the United States. Labor has become so scarce among the Puget Sound canneries that the latter are glad to employ Chimese. There | 1s still a tremendous run of salmon all over the coast, and, according to actual com- putation, there are a smaller number of Chinese cannery employes in Puget Sound establishments thag for three years. There are many mére fish caught in ths traps than can be handled, so the demand for expert cannery labor has increased threefold in twice as many days. The Chinese do all the fish cutting, cieaning and cooking in the canneries along the coast and there is a tremendous demand, with a limited supply, for the work. It is said that more than 100 Orientals have crossed the line during the last two weeks, attracted by the higher wages of. fered on the American side. U States Immigration Commissioner ley's office has made inquiries and re ceived the same reports of Chinese cross ing the line, but it still has no official in- formation on the subject. Five Chinese went south from West- minster in one party yesterday afternoon. An officer in Blaine had been warned of their coming, but he took no action and the Celestials have since started to work in the Blaine canneries. Churchmen Give Liberally. PACIFIC GROVE. Aug. 12.—At the morning service of the M. E. chupch in this city yesterday the sum of was raised by voluntary subscription of those present. The money was raised by Bishop Henry W. Warren of Denver, who deliv- ered the sermon, and by Dr. W. C. Gray, pastor of the church, and will be used in paying off the indebtedness of $3000 now resting on the assembly hall. wagzs, awaiting purchasers. coming. We must sell re the prices- REDDING, Aug. 12.—Matt miner, was killed on Friday Cinnabar, a2 mining camp northwest of Redding. by R. a laborer. Owing to the remoten the locality the particulars of the homi- | cide did not reach Redding until this aft- erncon. The tragedy was the sequel to a game | of cards. Young and another miner went | into a saloon to play poker, They agreed on R. W. Wallace as oversecer of the | game, or to ‘“keep cases” on it, as it 15 termed in gamblers’ parlance, All went well for several deals, until Wallace accused Young of misplacing the cut. This was virtually equal to a charge QA Young became enraged and ran to his home near by, declaring he would re- turn with a revolver and kil Wallace. His squaw wife would not let him hav He returned and, unarmed, clinched with Wallace. They were sepa- rated and somie quiet talk ensued, when have been settled. However, Young again went to his house and managed to carry away an ordinary butcher knife. With this weapon he rushed into the saloon and declared he would kill Wallace, Wallace, evidently expecting such a move on his opponent’s part, had backed his chair into a corner of the ‘building, where he could be approached only from the front. He showed no weapons, and Young. a& he advanced on him with the big_knife, said tauntingly: ““Now 1I've got yvou where I want you.” Wallace coolly warned Young to come no nearer. Young tried to close in, and three pistol shots rang out in quick suc- cession. Young fell dead. One bullet had entered his Jungs, another his throat and a third, possibly the first one discharged, sha‘llered the hand that had held the kni nife. Wallace is under afrest and is being taken to the jail in Weaverville. Fire Razes Old Buildings. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 12.—Fire early this morning, starting in a small barn adjoining the grocery store of F. Enos at Fourth and L streets, destroyed seven small frame buildings, some of them landmarks and among the oldest In the city. The buildings destroyed included Goddard’s .blacksmith-shop, the dwelling of Ed Welch, the frame building occupied as a dwelling-house and owned by Fred Glatz, the frame dwelling at 412 L’ street the cottage owned by Mrs. L. Hughes and holding the municipal water bond elec- tion. The deceased leaves a mother and brother in Oakland. No blame is attached to any ona- that of Frank A. Mannoni, and a one- story buflding, also owned by Mannoni. Boys and clgarettes were the cause, are seiling at $6.%5. can have his money bick. prove what we have sal $7.85 garments in first-ciass repair free for a year. tack” convinces every doubter. Suits Box Coats/ Pants The Facts ofj the Situation| Our sale comes at | an-opportune time Good up-to-date clothes | can be had now at far below their former prices ‘f The present labor controversy in San Francisco has seriously interfered wi h businsss all over the city. There\is We anticipated more than our usual big trade—ordered our workshops to increace their output, in order to supply our growing trade. winter goods have been arriving day after day and are piled high on our counters }| We must dispose of these goods, for other shipments are gard!ess of usual profi's. The be kKept up—store must be Kept busy. There 1s only one way to do this—reduce We have done <o _ Suits. which have been recen‘lv made up in our own workshops to sell for | $12 50 and $15.00 are going at $7T.83. Box overcoats, made up to sell at $10.00, Trousers worth $3.00 can be had at $1.88. chance to buy good, up-to-date c o:hing and make the dollars count. The reductions are as we claim. Any customer who is not satisfied that the clothes are worth their former prices (regardless of the present selling prices) If he is pleased with his purchase we will keep the We offer d and d-ne. The reductions $6.45 ends tor fronts and backs, 80¢ ea A glance at our windows will al- ways prove inter- esting, whether you need clothes, hats or furnishings. Sale of Odds and Ends in Boy Suits The children’s and boys’ department will continue to hold its sale of odds and ends coliected from different lines throughout the department. prise sailors, vestess, Norfolks, Russian blouses and two-piece suits, formerly seling from $400 to $800; we are closing out every suit in these odds and ~ $2.55 Bovs’ white unlaundered shikts, sizes 12 to 13} linen bosoms, reinforced ch. Elegant line of boys’ and children’s neckties, in many Boys’ and children’s straw hats, worth from 75c to $2.00; reduced to 48c each. Boys’ golf and sailor caps, 18¢ each, or 2 for 25c. 718 Market Street. Many wage earners, are now making every dollar count—thev buy only the necessities of life and spend as little as possible for ciothing. this is the situation—.t must be met. Make your dollars count. ! being deprived of their no use mincing matters— These fall and aggregate of sales must This is the these liberal privileges to are unusual, but “money i | $1.85 They com= vstyles, 28c¢ each. Out-of-town or- ders fllled — write o us for anything in " men’s orboys’ eloth- ing, furnishings or \, Dhats.