The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 190 “REAL SANTA GLAUS IS BILLED TO COME DOWN A REAL CHIMNEY INTO CHURCH Unitarian Sunday-School of Qakland Preparing for an Elaborate Entertainment in Celebration of Christmas, at Which “Nonsen .—The 8 and will h app: have borate the fifty occasi have been a by attendant ta Claus at unday cele ropria , and interest- been pre- urches for to- being that ar- First U The entertainment afternoon and will be t chil- have been Clau; on ni- will will POISONED FOOD se Rhymes” Will Be Given by Glee Club i i | ¥ THREE MEMBERS OF THE WILL TAKE PART IN GIVE | ST UNITARIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO | CHRISTMAS SURPRISE ! AFTERNOON, WITH A REAL PARTY,” TO BE A CLAUS PRESENT. AD . | crawled through the jail roof, scrambled { down the vents for thirty feet to the| ard and then clambered over a fifteen- | foot wall. ““Case is a desperate man sald Sherift | oW IRON BARG AND BREAK JAIL Kelly Secure Their Freedom. Mystery Surrounds Manner in Which Escapes Se- cured Tools. R E Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 26. With a possibility of a life in prison in mind Frank Case, who was awaliting trial on a charge of robbery, sawed his way out of the Alameda County Jail and escaped to-day. With him went Willam Kelly, who was being held pending trial for burglary. The disappearance of the two | prisoners was not noted by the jailers un- Ul late this afternoon. As soon as. their absence was observed Chief Jailer Louls Schoenau and Deputy George Taylor sum- moned Sheriff- Oscar Rogers and the trio went about to investigate. They found that two half-inch fron'k bars across the top of the south or Grand Jury corridor had been cut in half and removed. Through the aperture Case and Kelly had easily climbed, reaching the roof. 'T'hen th pulied away a couple of shingles and were outside the jail, | Tracing the tugilives down the outside | of the jail corrigor by way of tall vent pipes the Sheriff and his deputies foliowed the trail through the jail yard to the south wall facing Fourth street, near Washing- ton. On the outside was stretched a long ladder-like contrivance made of broken | mop handles and sirips of cloth. It hung over the edge of the wall, dangling by an | iron hook made from a section of a stove poker. This explained the way the men got away, but the puzzle {o the jailers is, Where did the implements come from that the prisoners used to cut the bars? Escaped in Daylight. The escape was accomplished, according to the Sheriff's theory, between 7 and 9 o'clock this morning. ' Case occupled a cell with Charles Merrill, who was jointly | charged with his cellmate with the rob- bery of a Chinese laundryman on Eighth- street bridge in Octuber. Kelly had a cell near that of Case. The cells open on_the corridor, which is barred overhead. The bars are the only obstacle to easy access to the jail roof. Where Case got the saws and when he cut the two bars is a mystery. It is sus- pected he did the cutilng vesterday af- ternoocn while Christmas services were being held on the main jail floor. The singing would have drowned the noise of the saw on the iron. When Case and Kelly were released from their cells this morning at 7 o'clock, thinks the Sheriff, they quickly removed the bars which only needed a_tap to free them, Then they climbed through and replaced the broken piedes with dummy bars of wood. Only by testing each over- head bar was the change discovered. As quickly the deceptive blocks were found the way of departure as exposed. The men took desperate chances for it must have been daylight when they | { term for robbery — — -t & us, by him- Willard, Cecil o Mills. the Winds. exander Rattray, Cut McGlenigal Frani Washburn, Harold Cu ljer, Jol Kiernan, mer Quayle, Walt teed and Sam- | k=on. First Methodist Ire- Recitati A play WILL BE BURIED FRON FRUITIALE College Men Become Ill| Walter Morosco’'s Fu- After Christmas Dinner. . 26.—Two stud t of eatl for the person joke, with crimi is not known. R. Hall, two Club red a ple which the; t the clubhouse on th late dinner yes absence. and the heir bachel - had gone vacation. f the p tc The pie wa them at the tim: | ents of | ing em 1 nal in- mem- at 2511 Dwight y had eir re- terday young lor T > thelr ie, an fterward. He rapid carly hour th o was not so ill as his »ned medical aid. ed to a friend’s house this morning, and i it of danger. Hal! ved. Neither They have been an a part of some one Robbed the Mail. was with having He al Eme night seen tal from the 6 o'clc fterwa the street street hetween He w ket by Officers who sent the lean to the th arrested was poi- tten last robbed dis- rgency and king a e of a mail box ant avenue taken Winzler and Clark, into What Shall We Have for Dessert? question arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-0, adelicious and healthful dessert. pared in t > baking ! c00l. Wlavors:—Lemon, Orange, perry and Strawberry. Get a st your grocers to-day. 1o cts. Pre- wo minutes, No boiling! no add boiling water and set to Rasp- are in a seri- | a neral to Take Place on Sunday Next. - Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Dec. 26. The funeral of Walter Morosco, as the late Walter Melville Bishop was known to the public, will be held at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Services will be.con- ducted in the Fruitvale Congregational Chapel, Fruitvale avenue, corner of East Sixteenth street, by the Rev. Henry Mow- bray. Mountain View Cemetery. When Walter Morosco died the children of Fruitvale and the little inmates of the West Oakland Home lost a good friend, and there will be many a little mourner at the funeral. Among men Walter Morosco was ex- tremeiy reserved. With the children he was different, and he was never happler e interment will take plage in | | could. nistering to the enjoyment of youngsters to whom he period turned his house, grounds and Shetland po Shortly before reti night he went to considerable trouble to find out | whether his Christmas arrangements for the West Oakland Home had been (.m-ilc ried out. farry Morosco, decedent’s son, said to- day that he intended to treats to children out of which his father | got 50 much pleasure. Walter Morosco was 52 vears old. He Jeaves one son. Harry. and two grandchil- dren 1sie Melville shop, aged 3% years and g Lester Bishop, 2 rs old. Walter Morosco ran away from home when 17 years of age to become an acro- hat 4n a circ He remained in the show business until a short time ago. when he disposed of his interests to the Grand Opéra-house Company, of which concern Harry Morosco is now manager. Morosco has acted in a managerial ca- pacity ever since 1878, when he toured the Southern and Central States with a cir- cus. His last circus experience was with the Sherman show, which he took to Hon- | olulu shortly before opening Unlon Hall in San Francisco. This was in 1886, His late home in Upper Fruitvale is one of the most beautiful residences in the State. Sailors Must Pay Head Tax. The Commissioner General of Immigra- tion has decided that all alien seamen who have signed shipping articles at for- eign ports and are landed at the port of arrival in the United States shall be sub- ject to the law regulating immigrants, fncluding the payment of the head tax of 8i. The dectsion was handed down in the matter of the appeal of Alexander Cen- ter, general agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, from the action of United States immigration Commissioner H. H. North, imposing the head tax upon 124 members of the crews of vessels of that company. be to-morro T evening their teache "he r children will have a nd a general good time in the afte About 150 entertalned | expected to be present. Mrs. W. A. Web- is the chairman of the committce in | rge, and her assistants are Miss Ev “ulton, Miss Edith Lark Miss Cla Norman, Minnie Smith, Miss Ida Isey. Larkey and Miss I a Ke! In the evening t will enjoy a Christmas f gramme of mus Hill has the even! embers of the First Presbyi jan school will also entert t in to-mor- programme i re will be an alphabetical number presented by twenty-six liftle OMAN SHOOTS AT MASKED MAN Sends Five Bullets After Thief as He Flees for Safety. ’ ALAMEDA, Dec. —Mre. George W. Allinger of 1530 Court street greeted a masked robber with a bombardment from a pistol early yesterday morning. On Christmas eve the members of the A.lllngcr family were up until after 12 o'clock. While Mrs. Allinger was making her way from a rear to a front room in the residence she looked through a win- dow and saw a man outside who was try- ing to force an entrance into the house. Mrs. Allinger secured a revolver, went to the front door and opened it just as the man was passing along to the gate open. ing to the sidewalk. “Throw up your hands!” woman behind the gun, Up went the supposed burglar's hands, but while they were erect he kept back- ing toward the gate and suddenly broke and ran. Mrs. Allinger pulled the trigger of the pistol five times as rapidly as she C The fleeing man did not heed the fusillade and lengthened his strides until he got out of sight. “T was first afrald that one of the bul- ts hit the man,” sald Mrs. Allinger to- day, “and now I am glad that he got ordered the aoniinme. the | away without being killed.” INDIANS ARE STRICKEN WITH DEAILLY SMALLPOX TACOMA, Dec. 26.—Missionary Carl, who is living among the Hoonah (Alaska) Indians, has appealed to Governor Brady and the citizens of Juneau and Sitka for aid in stamping out malignant smallpox prevalent among that tribe. He states that unless active measures are taken to cradicate the disease it will also become epidemic amonj the whites. Governor Brady and Mayor Forrest of Juneau were resent at a meeting of Juneau citizens eld last week. It was declded that im- mediate relief should be afforded, as the Hoonah Indians are wandering from camp to camp and are liable to spread the smallpox. Governor Brady has since sent the revenue cutter Rush to Hoonah with everything necessary to disinfect the w}:ole Vil afe. =~ f uneau s ralsin, unds. Brady’s talk revenle‘d the In?tovet‘;:,:tr though the Alaska Indians are the only ones in the United States or her colonies that are of no expense to the Govern- ment, there ig not a cent avallable for :Elelr welfare insuch an emergency as ——— Stole Horse and Buggy. Ed Horan, a boller-maker,' was arrested last night by Officers Brown and Percival and charged with burglary. He was ac- cused of having taken a horse and buggy from the stables of L. Sweltzer at Tenth and Harrison streets. i | lite i | made their way “He has served one and 1f convicted on the in danger of suffering | I am satisfied that | v were in the plot, be cellmate, could have | not. He knew some- but he sald to-day en had fled that he | Rogers to-night. pending ch: impr aft did Second Jail ielivery. “The job was a good one, and the es- | cape was clean enough. was made in | precisely the same way that four men got | out Guring Sheriff White's administration. | am conducting as clcse an investlgu- tion as possible. We bave no idea now | where the saws came from. All of our| cfforts are at present centered upon re- capture of the men."” The jailers have not found any of the tools that were used to cut the bars. | The pleces of iron that were removed | were left behind. The Sheriff con- gratulating himself that there was not a | general jail delive He said it would | have been easy for all of the twenty 1 occupants of the corridor cells to out had they kpown wi and Kelly had in hand. The Sherif | Ca has wired descriptions of the escaped | prisoners throughout the bay countie Kell 27 years old, and at thé Tacetrack when he was arr i | on a charge of stealing saddles and blan- kets from bles the He had been in | jail since Novembher 11, Case had been confined since October 2. He is about years old. i TELEGRAPH NEWS, MADRID, Dec. 26.—The Order of the Golden Fleece hus been bestowed upon Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch of Russia ROME, Dec. 26.—The River Arno nhas over- ! flowed its banks and the waters have caused considerable damage at Florence and at Pisa. MANILA, Dec, 26.—It was publicly an- nounced to-day that the ratio for the first quar- ter of 1902 will be §2 10 Mexican sliver to one | American gold dollar. MEMPHIS, Tenn. G Hattiesburs, says the town was prac- | tically destroved b: v, TLoss, about | $100,000; probably one-third insured. | GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 26.—Simon Owens, | aged 102, was burnéd to a crisp in his cabin | in this city to-day. He was born a slave on General Andrew Jackson's plantation. ROME, Dec. 26.—A tornado swept over Naples fo-day, causing considerable damage. | A woman was killed and thirty-six persons Were injured. Many buildings were demoiished. FLUSHING, Mich., Dec. 26.—The Colby House in New Lothrop was destroyed by fie to-day and John MeCartney, a farmer who was spending the night in the Rotel, was cre- | mated. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Three men were killed | and four injured by the falling of a steel crane at the American Bridge Works this afternoon. The Killed were: John Swan, John Traver and | Albert Rock. MADRID, Dec. 26.—The Chamber of Depu- tles adjouried without having adopted the bill for the payment of the customs duties on grain, coal ofl, petroleum, dfled fish and other speci- fled products in goid. BUFFALO, N. Y. Dec. 26.—Mayor Diehl formally removed City Treasury Philip Gerst to-day after concluding the investigation of the charges of misconduct and misappropriat- ing funas of the city. CHICAGO, Dec, 26.—Fire to-night destroyed the grain eclevator of A. F. Mueller at Fifty- fifth strect and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Aracks, The loss on machin- ery and grain is $200,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 26..—A new record prics for a ceat on the New York Stock Fxchange was established to-day by a sale at $80,000. Last Saturday a seat sold for $75,000, whicit was the record up to that time. DETROIT, Dec. 26.—Dr, Howard Longyear, cne of the surgeons attending General R. A. Alger, said to-night that the critical period in the general's iliness bad passed and that his recovery was practically certain. LANSING, Mich., Dee. 26,—Mrs. Kugene Mills and her daughter Hulda of Okemos, were struck and killed by the westbound Grand Trunk express while‘driving across the raflroad track near the Agricultural College to-day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The monthly statement of the collections of internal rev- enue shows that the_ total collections for No- vember, 1901. were $23.178.951, compared with November, 1900, of $2,165 PUEBLO, Colo., Dec. 26.—Judge Coulter, in the County Court, to-day decided that Mrs, Della J. Hobson, widow of the late George H. Hobson, and Mr. Hobson's posthumous dsughter, Georgla, were entitled to the $250,000 estate. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 26.—The Cabinet differ- ences have beén arranged, owing largely, it is understood, to the telegraphic |ntervention of the Marquis Tto. Tt is believed that the : Government's financial programme wlill pass the Diet. BRIDGEWATER, N. €, Dec. 28.—Four boys who went skating on La Havre River yesterday broke through the lce and were drowned. ‘They were Jerry and Mervill Rho- denhauser, brothers, 1+ and 12 vears old; Curry Hubley, aged 12, and Ceorge Bachman, aged 10, WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Assistant Secre- tary Darling has received a’ dispatch from Commarder Seatan Schroeder, naval Governor of Guam, acknowledging the receipt of officlal notice of the death of President McKinley and enclosing a letter of condolence signed by the lending citizens of Guam. 7 FILCHER PREPARES TO RAISE CORN HAVING STALKS HIGH AS HOUSE TOPS Frank Case and William|By Using Seed Brought From the Olden Land of the Incas the Way Is Thrown Open to California People for the Accomplishment of a Series of Very Striking Results — l ‘ f ST(RETARY ). A FILLHER oF "T (ORN- STALK, DOFS Yo' "’ 1L WANTS ALL AN THE 3TATE BOARD OF TRADE “WwiiL TAKE A FEW OF HIS Big CORNSTALKS To THE worLps FAIR 7 THE"RUBES" AL HA BE "I‘AT(‘;;LT;'N N “SAY! AINT DESE DE MOs" su EST EVERI SOME OF THE VERY QUEER THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN WHEN THE {1 P TIO e — SKY CLIMBING BLADES FROM SOUTH AMERICA GET A FIRM GRIP UPON THE FRUITFUL SOIL AND STIMULATING ATMOSPHERE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. LS ENATOR J. A. FILCHER, secre- tary of the State Board of Trade, is prepared to introduce to the farmers of Californid corn that is guaranteed to grow as high as an ordinary building. In Peru, from which country, via the Buffalo Exposition, came the seed, this cereal has the record of reaching an altitude of twenty-eight feet. Senator Filcher is satisfied that the cil: mate of California has latent possibiliti that will surprise the agriculturists who T 2 i e e S e . Dying in a Foreign Land. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Joel A. Fithian is dying in Paris, France. Such 1s the news told in a cablegram re- ceived here to-day by Joel R. Fithian. ‘The message, which was sent by Fithian's brother, R. Barrett Fithian, states that their mother is suffering from a clot on the brain and there is no hope for recov- ery, as the malady will develop into aralysis of the brain. Mrs. Fithian, with Ker son Barrett, left this city a few weeks ago in the very best of health. Mrs, Tithian is wealthy and prominent in so- cial affairs, both in this city and in Paris, The family have large real estate holdings in this city. il Of Interest to People of the Coast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Postmasters appointed. _ Washington—Gertrude Me- Clintock, Burton, ing County, vice ' Miles F. Hatch, removed. e pensions were granted: Califor- nl’:legr(gxl)fialt James C. Crawford, Vet- erans’ Home, Napa, $12: Jacob Bartman, French Camp. War with Spain George W. Thompson, Santa.Clara, $12 Tncrease: Hiram J, Gruwell' Elsinore, $8; Harvey A. Bonham, Soldlers’ Home, Los Anfilcs‘ $10; Dayvid Brown, Los An- Collis, Joseph eles, $10. e gOregnn—lncl‘ea;vz: Daniel Soldiers’ Home, Roseburg, $ 1. Aldrich, Newberg, $2. . .. ‘Washington—Original: -~ Elsy Pickering, Clear Lake, $8. Increase: Kl J. Altizer, Monroe, $10. it ol Accidental Tragedy Unnerves Him. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 26.—J. W. Gil- bert, the man who accidentally shot and killed his friend, J. W. Lacey. at Wasco, came into Bakersfield Tuesday night in a state of complete prostration. He was at first taken to the County Hospital, but subsequently went to a hotel, where he is now under medical treatment. Lacey was at the target where the men were prac- ticing with their guns. Just as Gilbert fired Lacey leaned over to see the effect of a former shot. The bullet went through the head. 01d Prospector Found Dead. REDDING, Dec. 26.—Frank Cunning- ham, a pioneer, who mined and prospected here since 1849, without acquiring a for- tune, was found dead this morning. o body was in an outbuilding and the hands and face were burned. Evidently he re- ceived the injuries while trying to save meflefl‘ec(s in his cabin from destruction by fire. * % IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL the very latest color process. Eight pages in - beautiful col- ors that are pleasing to the eye. B — dwell in the vicinity of the Andes. There is an old verse that Senator | Filcher hummed yesterday as he made the | | first plantation of Peruvian eorn in Cali- | fornia. The conclusion of the rhymes de- scribing the gigantic size and extraordin- | ary uses to which South American corn | can be devoted was as follows: “The | | stalks we use for our house logs; the ears we use for iumbe: Senator Filcher de- fed, blushingly, that he is the author of he bucolic poem from which this is an | extract, but intimated that there would Steam Lighters for Manila. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Within two weeks there will sail from this port for Manila a steamship owned by the Philip- pine Transportation and Construction Company of New York, which will carry the first installment of American steam | iighters with which it is proposed to revo- lutionize the conditions of commerce in the Philippine Islands. The company has built nineteen of these lighters. Lighter- | age charges at Manila are now about | $450 (Mexican) per hundred tons. With | the new lighters the company promises | to reduce the charges to 17 cents (Mexi- | can). The company will establish a huse | monthly steamer from New York to Ma- nila, beginning next month. 0il Fields Will Be Sold. SANTA BARBARA, Dec. 26—8S. W. Knapp, a prominent oil . man of Summer- | land, returned to-day from New York, | where he spent the past five months swinging a gigantic deal for the sale of the Summerland oil fleld. Knapp will re- turn to New York in a few days, when the transfer will be completed. The prop- erty is being bought by a large New York syndicate. — Troops Coming to This City. LOS ANGELES, Dec, 26.—The Santa Fe announced to-day that two special trains bearing soldiers en route to the Philip- pines left Albuquerque this morning and will pass through Los Angeles some time to-morrow. The specials carry 500 offl- cers and men and are due in San Fran- cisco Saturday. \ | Italy and Russia Sign a Treaty. ROME, Dec. 26.—The draft of a trealy of commeree between Italy and Russia has been signed at St. Petersburg. It will require ratification by the Italian Cham- ber of Deputies. { Maso Gives Up the Campaign. HAVANA, Dec. 26.—General Bartolome Maso, candidate of the Democratic party for the Presidency of Cuba. left here this morning for his home at Manzanillo. He has given up the campaign. Killed by an Electric Car. RIVERSIDE, Dec. 2%.—E. B. Richard- son, an old and well-known citizen of Riverside, was_killed. last evening by an electrie car. He attempted to pass m front of it ——————— Licensed to Marry. | QAKLAND, Dec. %.—Licenses to marry | were issued to-day to Edmund C. San- ford, aged 42, Worcester, Mass., and Flor- ence Bartling. 41, Oakland; Fred D. Ame: 2, Omaha, and 'Nona G. Hyde, 20, Oak- land; Tom E. Dickson, 23, San Francisco, | and Catherine Gleson, 23, Oakland; James | L. Ames, 21, Napa, and Grace E. Dohbins, | 1%, Berkeley. 2 SMBNURAENS < be corn that is corn to look at in Califor- nia after awhile. The first plantation in this State is in & shallow tin dish in the west window of the ferry building on the third floor. Some kernels, as large as lima beans, were placed in_water, and in an hour or two ;tl;‘ey had burst open and shoots were vis- e. ““Ha,"” said the Senator, “we’ll show them what California can do.” Later in the day he explained that he now wishes to have skilled corn growers of this State who have land suitable for the best results to try the seed, which he will furnish to them free, and produce record-breaking stalks that will do te show at the coming exposition at St. Louis. He is satisfied that California can beat the world with the Peruvian seed. His-estimate is that thirty feet is a possi- ble height of the stalk. This is as high as the tops of most resi- dences in the city. To pick such corn would take a fire extension ladder, but Senator Filcher faces such consequences, and all other queer happenings that may result, with the equanimity of a philoso~ pher or scientist, who cannot be diverted from his ultimate aim by trifles. 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