The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1902, Page 1

T VOLUME XCI.—NO. 97. SAN FRANCI 30, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ULTIMATE OBJECT OF PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON IS TO SECURE A FOOTHOLD ON CONTINENT FOR GERMAN SHIPS WORDS OF INCENDIARY’S VICTIM - ADD MYSTERY TO THE HORROR OF THE R ficant state- by Mrs. Walsh, t who per- n the inc destroyed home here ressed to remark was s m end of Mrs. Walsh and w . fdered at the time 7 with the positive crime of arson, the indic sery and the probabi T was committed in the house be- fore began its destruction, i: hs material of sensatio; port FOLICE OFFICIALS ACTIVE. The police authorities have been busy 2 search for the murderer, who, it believed, is 2 member of bugs and burglars that section of the county The officers bave 80 GED VICTIM OF LIFE TINGUISHED, unsuccessful, and their investi- of the premises has afforded them g very tangible in the nature of a The fire was discovered half an hour | before midni with all and an alarm was given but not early encugh to e the department to save the light wooden dwelling. The woman's bedroom was entered, however, but she was not found there. Subsequently her partly burned body was located near the rear gdoor, through which she had evi- <ently endeavored to escape. EVIDENCE OF ROBBERY. The Coroner of Marin County made an exzmination of the premises early this fucrning: Between the mattresses on titude, A ON WEDNESDAY NIGi SAN RAFAEL . TRAGEDY Mrs.Mary Walsh Tells Friends About Enemies. Seme Evidence Found That Points to Robbery., Special Dispatch to The Call. Mrs. Waish's bed ‘he found mall -cloth £240 in gold coin of smail denomination scattered about on | bureau, and on the floor of the room was an empty sack similar in size and appearance to that fouhd under the mat- It is-thought that this latter sack may have been emptied by some intruder, who afterward fired the building to de- stroy evidence of his crime. | a purse an Kk containing altogether | There were a few coins a tress. The bed clothing was In disorder, indi- | cating that Mrs. Walsh had retired some time after her attendance at the Catho-, lic church early in the evening. On one | of the chairs was a brass dinner bell and police e, articles which seem to nal color to the theory that | woman had doubts about her safety. re were many papers in the 100m, but they contain nothing of im- portance to aid the police. SHERIFF ON A TRAIL. At an early hour this morning Sheriff | "aylor mounted a fast horse and started ! ride which may have a result in ‘the | of the incendiary. heriff did not make known the c a lend add tre elderly w T on a The apprehension hiz sudden departure, but it is conjectured that he is in possession of important information as to the identity whereabouts ‘of the miscreant who mmitted the double crime. The husband of Mrs. Walsh was a sailor, wno with his wife came here many years ago and purchased a house on Trainor street, paying part cash and taking a mortgage for the balance. Walsh was a young man then, and proposed to | quit the sea and reside here permanently. He obtained employment and worked consclentiously for a short time. Then came a morning, but Walsh didn’t come with it. His employers wait- ed, and then went to see Mrs. Walsh. She marveled as much as they did, for she had not seen her husband for a couple of da; i | contrived to pay | parative comfort” | jubniee. | autggraph letters from the heads of the | llam | liam and his Catholic subjects. Husband’s Strange Passing. Walsh never reappeared, and the deso- late wife firmly believed up to the time of her sad death that he had met with foul play. When he left the little home he | carried with him a considerable sum of money with which to pay part of .the mortgage. Mrs. Walsh worked hard after the mysterious passing of her husband and off the debt on her home and to maintain herself in com- There have been suggestions that woman was murdered before the blaze started, but this can hardly be deter- mined unless a fracture of the skull is discovered by the autopsy surgeon, this being about the only portion in the re- mains not charred beyond recognition. The inquest will be hejd te-morrow. POPE LEO RECEIVES GIFT FROM EMPEROR WILLIAM ROME, March 6.—The Pope ‘to-day re- ceived a number of extraordinary mis- sions sent to congratulate him on his They brought costly gifts and the states they represented. Emperor Wil- t in porcelain clock. His in thanking the German envoy, to the friéndship existing be- v Germany and the Vatican, and £ald he congratulated himself on the good relaticns existing between Emperor Wil- se a Holiness, veferred cen TEDERAL TROOPS FIGHT FORCES OF CHIEF LEON MERIDA, Yucatan, March 6.—An en- gagement of Federal troops and the still warlike Mayas, commanded by Chief Leon, is reported, in which the rebels lost eighty killed and 150 wounded. The en- counter took place on the road to Guate- wmala, near Santa Cruz and Peten. | entertained. | America. i performed by the H | bure | which is the subject of pending n SEEKING COALING STATION Kaiser Desfres Base for Assembling Fileet. Change in the Policy Very Recently Expressed. The United States Will Never Consent to Scheme. Special Dispatch to The Call. BERLIN, March 6.—The Call's corre- spondent is informed from a trustworthy source that the ultimate object of Prince Henry's visit to Washington is to bring about an agreement by which Germany will be permitted to maintain large a a fleet in Caribbean waters to serve for the | protection of German scttlers and prop- | erty rights imperiled by frequent revolu- tions fu South American republics. In offi 1 cor spondence the fleet of Ger- man warships assembled at La Guayra is styled as that of an American sta- tion. Captain Siege received the tit be commander of the South fleet, henceforth flying his own ensign. of the Vineta has just Although the ileet was sent to Vene- zuela only for the enforcement of the | rights guaranteed to German capital ana interests, it already consists of five ves- | sels, and it is intended o steadily increase | this number. | A difficult issue is the acquisition of a | repair dock tion. The hope is entertained here that no objection | ¢ill be le to the maintenance of the | | fleet in the West indies because it is in-1 tended to be entirely for defensive pur- | poses and not to acquire territory. i NO COVERT DESIGNS. i laimed that the representations | Henry and Embagsador. 1t of F i ince Vashington that no covert designs —are | Prote fs desired espc- cially because the Berlin Government nosw undertakes the task of directing the Ger- ian migration movement to South Heretofore the work had been seatic League and tion | Colontal. sections. he bureau is at the home office, of which Count von Bulow is the ex-officio presiding officer. It Iz mainly intended to induce German emi: srants to settle in German colonies, or if they cannot be induced to go there, to] re still preserved. The director of this u was for many years @ Consul General in South America, and was «spe- cially cl n for this task. It 18 stated that the German financ who constructed the Venezuelan rail ot a- tions and President Castro’s Government, anxious to dis- of their property to American inves between Germany are pose tors, Thes » financiers are represented in New York by Kuhn, Locb & Co. The claim is | made that Germany 8 not in a position to offer adequate protection to German | capital and investment In South America and that the Great Northern Venezuclai Raflw might fare better In the hands of United States capitalists, CHANGE IN GERMAN POLICY. WASHINGTON, D. C. March 6.—No objection will be made by this Govern- ment to the maintenance by Germany of the fleet 1 American waters, but th | would be decided opposition to ac- quisition of a coaling and repair siation in the Western Hemisphere. If the ultimate object of Prince Hen- ry's visit be the acquisition of a.coaling station in American waters, then therc has been officially a distinct change in the policy of the German Government. When Embassador von Holleben returned last November from his visit to Berlin he called upon President Roosevelt and gave him the most positive assurances that Emperor William had no intention of extending German sovereignty over a portion ‘of the Western Hemisphere. After his call upon President Roosevelt the Embassador made a statement to The Call correspondent, in the course of which he said: “I desire to state emphatically that Germany has never for an instant enter- tained the idea of establishing her sov- ereignty over any territory in this hem- isphere, and the attitude of my Govern- ment establishes that no such design wil ever be contemplated.” At the same time the United States au- thorities have never lost sight of the pos- sibility of German acquisition of a naval station in American waters. It was {o prevent any embarrassments arising tha( the Unitgd States purchased the Danish West Indies. HARVARD UNIVERSITY HONORS PRINCE HENRY Confers the Degree of Doctor of Laws and Receives Gifts From the Emperor. BOSTON, March 6—Prince Henry of Trussia was the guest of Boston to-day and his welcome to the city was a cordial one. Governor Crane and Mayor Collins acting for the State‘and the city, ex- tended the official courtesies to him, and when the Prince ceremoniously received thelr calls he went to Cambridge to de- > of commodore, and will | American | yon, | | Holleben Have convinced the officials at | settle in South America, wnere home tics | 7o | AUD FALK STRANGLER AWAITING VICTIMS "IN SHADOWS OF TWIN PEAKS ATTEMPTS TO THROTTLE GIRL FrightensWomanand Attacks Child of Fourteen. TR | Thought to Be Man | Who Assailed Miss { Downes. 3 1, 4075 Seventecnth street,’ was ar-old gt who live: at ed Saturday night at ! Eighteenth and Noe streefs by an unknown man, whose actions in that vicinity had. already aroused suspicion. The ruffian sprang from the shadow of a buflding and d the child by the throat. She twisted from his g and gave a plerc- Ing scream as she turned to run. Her sprang after her and’ reached for ber hat instead, which came off iri his cluteh. The girl's little brother and a lit- tle fellow who makes his home with the Falkenbergs added their screams (o thoss of the terrified girl and the stranger fled along Eighteenth street, tossing the #irl's hat into a vacant 1ot as he ran. There is every reason to belleve that the man was also the assallant of Miss | Molly Downes, the telephone. girl, who was | attacked by a would-be strangler an hour | later on ,the same stormy night at Eighteenth street and San Carlos avenue, only five blockd away. Intended Victim. Mrs. Falkenberg had sent Maud to a bakery run by Mrs. Mary Thompson at Eightebnth and Noe streets about § o'clock. The little boys went with her. Mrs. Thompson cautioned her to hurry home, as she had seen a man who had been in the bakery half an hour before still loitering on the other side of the street. In a few moments the child came back, hatless and weeping hysterically and said that the man had tried to choke her and had chased her down the street. She had run at first to the grocery of G. liver the gifts of his brother, Kaiser Wil- )iam, to the German museum and receive from Harvard the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Prince Henry's first act at Harvard Union shortly after he received the de- | gree was to propose and lead three cheers for President Roosevelt, who is a Har- rd alumnus. The Prince received a cablegram from the Emperor congratu- lating him on his newest honor. To-night the Prince was given a din- uer by the city of Boston and sat at a table with more than 200 representative citizens of the commonwealth. resume his journey early in the morning, {he United States Military Academy at he will reach Friday evening. {he streets and avenues were ‘thronged. The special train which carried the Prince He will | and to-morrow he will visit Albany and | West Point en route to New York, which | Bright sunlight favored the day and | T T e e s ’ LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AT [ WHILE RETURNING HOM NIGHT AR TWIN PEAKS. 2 747D CKED FROM FALAZNBERG BY A MY AN ERRAND STRANGER | SATURDAY P. Courtney, half a block up Eighteenth strest, and had told of the attack there Her father, a carpenter, employed by Ma- honey Bros., was in a nearby barber shop, He was sent for and went back -toward the bakery with Maud to look for the aseailant, but the fellow had made good his escape. The bruises left on the girl's neck by the ruffian’s fingers are still visible. Mrs. Thompson is able to give a fairly good - deseription of the. man and would be able to recognize him if he should be arrested.. About 7:30 o'clock he came into the bakery and said he wanted to tele- phone. Mrs. Thompson, who was alone, went about her work in a rear room, but became alarmed when she did not hear the stranger talking. Fearing that he might be bent on robbery, she stepped into the front room and the stranger came out of the telephone booth and said the line was busy. Mrs. Thompson's story of what subsequently happened fol- lows: | Frightens Woman. Coming toward me with a leer, he asked, D s L e e was rot delayed by flood or storm and, made the time planned for it by the rall- | way men. It halted for a few moments | at Springfield, but not at Worcester. Bos- ton was reached at 9:35 o'clock, and as soon as the special halted in South sta- | 1on Mayor Collins and a delegation of | city officials boarded the train and were | introduced to the Prince by Embassador von Holleben. There was an exchange | of greetings, and the Prince, his staff and the members of the American escort | were shown to carriages awalting at the | driveway of the station. Escorted by cavalrymen and naval militiamen, the party was driven to the Hotel Somerset. Royal Salute Is Fired. The people were packed in behind _the | volice lines and every building was crowd- cd. Flags and streamers hung over the heads of the thousands. The Prince wore his naval uniform and acknowledged the greetings with his by, his manner and pushed a bottle of soc water toward him, heping he ake it leave. He asked, “‘Where is yours?' 1 eaid, ‘Why, I-don’t.care for any.” and a look of anger came into his that was flendisn Just _then a girl came into the bakery and the stranger drank the soda wat and left. Presently I saw him standing acr e street by Ryan's and I became very uneasy though I was no longer alone. When the Falkenberg girl was leaving, I said, “Maud, i @& stranger tries to speak to you on t home, hurry along or stop in some don’t have anything to do with him." Mrs. Thompson describes the large and rather heavily built, dark, sailow complexion and dark us- tache. He wore a light colored ovescoat and a derby hat. Mrs. Thompson is suie he didn't have a cast in one eye. The attack was not reported to the polize till yesterday, when Courtney, the grocer, telephoned to police headquarters about it. from the bottl choicest salute, ‘When the reached the common a royal salute fired. At the Somerset the Prince, surrounded by his staff in full uniform, received Gov- ernor Crane, who came with an uaily brilliant staff, and when the was ended the Prince started at once for ths State House to return the courtesy. Thera was another demonstration on that jour- néy. After he had paid his respects t» Governor Crane he entered the House of Representatives,where the Legislature was in session, and was presented from the forum by President Soule of the Senate. Leaving the chamber he was shown the battle flags carried by the regiments of the State in the Civil War. After that he re-entered his carriage and was driven to the public library, where he returned the call of Mayor Collins. = Cunflnnoa on Page Two.