The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1902, Page 27

Besss44440 L S T SO STS 20es 27 1030 B e e e e e e e S desrliess s @reesreres [ O O e R e ] Pages 27 10 30 B e e Vererreet s SAN FRANCISCO, Y, JULY 13, 1902. GIGANTIC HAND OF BEEF TRUST REACHES OUT FROM THE EAST AND MAY SECURE CONTROL OF MARKET ON THE PACIFIC . WATERS GIVE UP REMAINS Body of Captain Ward of Rio de Janeiro Comes Ashore. Gold Tim\epiece Is the Means of Iden- tification. Seafaring Men Think Wreck Is Break- ptering the six score ge. > DISPLAYED TEE WATCH. Wa removed a resented the were the aced in a pending wo: el, who took WRECE BREAKING TUP. now almost 2 year and a half since 0 sank be- the Golden Gate, has never | ed the ser- | t Japanese t the Rio { nths, the sea | nfortunate the Rio om, he was seen 8O- n after the vessel struck wreck 1s now breaking up and e body of Captain Ward was re- from its tomb and was carried by | currents to the surface an. cast ashore | tion among seafaring men | | 1 watch is belng maintained | bay, as other bodies of the | Rio de Janeiro disaster | \ay be up by the sea. WOMAN VIEWS BODY. SAN RAFAEL, July 12—To-day a mys- i o tall, stately, well dressed, and alone, came jover to sought the Coroner’s office e body at the Morgue of Captain Ward. questions and gave 'rs, particularly as to A the visitor of was badly decom- were no hands left erted that she had d she would re- nt at the in- Monday afternoon uest. In the mean- d testimonial entertainment and | be tendered to John E. Cooley, | misfortune to break his leg six months ago, and who | Ip himself. The en- e he.u at kintracht Hall Ju 9. Professor Club, Professor G. or Manlioyd, Mrs. and Mrs. Miller, lit- Lo Hess, Kenneth ell, Miss Tessie iranger will aid. ——t——— San Francisco Man Honored. C. Wright this city has t for the third successive t ted to read a paper at e Trens-Mississippi Commercial Con- me, been requ deceased, who re- | 8¢ which is to convene at St Paul, on August 18. The subject as- is “Beet Sugar.” Minn,, slgned ! 3 | | | | [ 1 { | R DAN KEVANE'S DREAM OF WAR IN THE COURT OF JUDGE SLOSS. | BOY BURGLAR IS CAUGHT BY A WATCHMAN)| Fritz Banks Is Overpowered After Trying to Use a Wrench. Fritz Banks, 13 years of age, is as inno- cent-looking a youngster as could be found anywhere, but according to Mrs. Semenott, wife of a contractor living at 1517 Fillmore street, he is a burglar and bas been stealing money from her for the last two years. About a week ago Mrs. Semenott had $65 stolen from a roll of bills amounting to $900, and she determined to set a watch upon the house when she had occasion to leave it. She employed Thomas Mc- Clusky, an old man, as watchman. Mc- | Clusky was sitting in a small room off the kitchen yesterday afternoon when the boy entered by opening the front door with a picklock. McClusky watched the boy as he saw him ransacking the front room. The boy found nothing there to suit him and entered the kitchen. The boy took a teapot from the cupboard, which contained $5% and some jewelry, | and was walking away with it when Mc- Clusky grabbed hold of him. Theyboy had a monkey wrench in his band and tried to knock McClusky down with it, but McClusky clung to him and succeeded in _throwing him to the floor. The boy got desperate and bit a plece out of the back of MecClusky’s hand. Mrs. Semenott saw H. Meyers of 1689 « cary street passing and called to him that there was a burglar in the house. ] ran into the house and helped McClusky o overpower the young desperado. They tied his hands with a rope and then tied him to a chair, while Mrs. Semenott tele- phoned to police headquarters and Detec- tive T. B. Gibson went to the house. He found the boy tied to the chair and re- leased him and took him to the City Prison, where he was booked on a charge of burglary. The boy’s mother is a widow and lives at 1208 Fillmore street. He says he had teen doing odd jobs for Mrs. Semenott for two years and occasionally took a little money, but said it would not amount al- tigether to more than $25. He denied taking the $65, but Detective Gibson said he admitted to him that he had taken the money. The boy said he spent the money at the Sutro Baths and in buying shoes and other things for himself. His mother, he said, did not know that he had been stealmg and she never got any of the money from him. He said he attended the Durant Primary School on Turk street. It was said that he had been reading dime novels, but this he dented. A piece of telephone wire was also found in ‘his pocket, which the police think he xg-nght have used in opening telephone 0Xes., MINER FROM NEVADA CLEVERLY BUNKOED R. E. Tait, the “Sheeney Kid,” Ar- rested on Charge of Grand Larceny. R. E. Tait, alias Robert Jackson, but better known as ‘“‘the Sheeney Kid,” was arrested yesterday and booked at the City Prison by Detectives Crockett, Riordan and Hamill on a charge of grand larceny. The cumfilainmg witness against him is k. L. Rickard, a miner from Winnemucca, Nev, Rickard's statement to the police was that he was standing on the corner of Ellis and Powell streets Friday, when Tait approached him and asked him about the cars on Ellis street, pretend- ing that he was a stockman from Colo- rado and a stranger in the city. That started a conversation and they had a few drinks in a saloon. Rickard was in- duced to go to a room at 102 Ellis street, where two other bunko men were sitting at a table playing poker. Rickard held out for some time, but was finally persuaded to take a hand, and in a very short time he had lost $95, a. ..e money he had with him, and $430 more, for which he gave notes. After thinking over the matter he came to the conclu- sion that he had been tricked by bunko men and notified the police, who are now searching for Tait's two companions. Notice to Passengers. Round trip transfer tickets now on sale at any of our offices. One trunk (round trip) 50 cents. Morton Special Delivery, 408 Taylor street, 650 Market street and Oakland ferry depot. $ ¢ HASTILY FLEES TO AVOID BONDS OF MATRIMONY Alleged Deceiver of Elsie Voight Departs for the East. Miss Elsie Voight, the pretty girl who swore to a complaint Friday charging Roderick McNeill, son of Stephen Mec- Neill, - contractor, 688 San Jose avenue, ‘with betrayal under promise of marriage, called at police headquarters with her sister, Mrs. Christian Olsen, yesterday and informed Captain Martin that she had learned the young man had left last Mon- | day by the Northern Pacific Railroad | route for Jersey City, where he has an aunt. A friend of the McNeill family, who is connected with Gullixon Bros'. carpet house, called upon Mrs. Olsen yesterday morning and said thought it right to tell what he knew. He sald that young McNeil] induced him last Monday morning to purchase the ticket for him to Jersey City and explain to the Tailroad people that the reason he had not applied himself was that he was sick. He had done so and had handed the ticket to young McNeill. His statements have been confirmed and Miss Voight has asked that an effort be made to have McNeill arrested in_Jersey City and extradited. Atto: took an interest in the case &nd saw the District Attorney, who approved of the proposed proceeding. Chief Wittman was seen and said he had no money in the con- tingent fund to pay for the cost of bring- ing McNeill back and Shortall made up his mind to make an application to the Governor. Masury Held for Forgery. ‘William Masury was held to answer be- fore the Superior Court by Judge Fritz {eo-tg on a charge of forgery in $2000 nds. e was accused of lorilnt name of Charles Robinson and his i 3 that after reading the | facts in connection with the case he | to a deed of trust to property on Dia-, mond street, on which he was negotiat- ing a loan with the Eureka uilding a"»di Loan Association. Robinson is Masury's | father-in-law. Masury was arrested as | he was leaving San Quentin prison, after serving a term for burglary. ————— WIFE OF RAILROAD CLERK | FILES SUIT FOR SUPPORT With Cutting Off Her Supplies. Tda Jones, wife of Harry Jones. a clerk in the freight auditor's department of tfie Southern Pacific, for maintenance against her husband yes- | terday, alieging that he deserted her on ! the 11th inst. She charges that before | leaving his home at 51 Elgin Park ave- nue Jones instructed the butcher and grocer and other tradespeople with whom | she had been dealing not to give his wife eredit, thereby depriving her of the only means she had of procuring the necessa- | rles of life and causing her great annoy- Jones has $1500 in bank and owns property from which he receives an income, that greatly increases the salary of $7 a { month he receives from the railroad | Jones sues for $40 a month and costs of action. The Joneses were married in this city Mdy 19, 1900. —_—————————— One Suit Cause of Another. John Quadt and J. P. Martin, who are defendants in a suit to quiet title to mines in Madera County brought by J. P. McFarland, commenced a suit for $10,000 | damages against McFarland and the | American Bonding and Trust Company | yesterday. They allege that through the \appointment of a receiver, as prayed for /in the suit to quiet title to the mines, | they have been unable to direct opera- | tions and have suffered great pecuniary loss. Low Excursion Rates—11 Days’ Trip. $40 first class, Including berth and meals, San Francisco to Seattle, Tacoma, Van- couver, Victoria, Everett, New Whatcom and return, allowing time to ashore and visit the various points of interest. For full information ly Pacific Coast Steamship Conn-.n.fi the wifs | ticket office, 4 New Montgomery street. Ida Jones chnrges—mr Husband | commenced an action | ance and misery. She alleges further that | BIGAMY CHARGE AGAINST WOMAN IS BEING HEARD |Clergyman and Wife Tes- tify in Case of Mrs. de /a Guerra. The preliminary examination of Mrs. | Francisca Maria de la Guerra on the charge of bigamy was commenced before Judge Mogan yesterday. The defendant appeared to'be very sick, as tue close | confinement and prison fare are not agreeing with her. Rev. Dr. Joseph Newton Boyd of the Boyle Heights Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, testified that the defendant on August 17. 1900, was married to Wallace A. Fitzgerald, the complaining witness, by him. They called® together and the defendant said they had been married be- | fore, but that she was a divorced woman {and’ they had discovered that the law | prohibited her from marrying again with- n a year. The year had elapsed and they wanted to be legally married. In the marriage license her name was given as Francisca M. Roller. He iaentified both the defendant and Fitzgerald. - Mrs. Louise M. Boyd, wife of the clergy- man, testified that she was present at the fiarflssa‘ :;‘tihihde!m&;nt :e.nd“ F};} erald and s e certifica ne g( the witnesses. She also identified the | defendant and Fitzgerald. Owing to the defendant’s sickness, a.continuance was granted till Wednesday morning. . — e A Gratifying Result. The manufacturers’ sale of clothing that started last Thursday was very satisfac- tory. To-morrow a special line of men’s all-wool suits will be. on sale. The price of 6 85 will prevail. They are by far the e e R R S oT 3 A of St. Louls make and worth T t, opposite Mason. . s o] COAST Agents of the CombineAre in City. Local Field Is Affected by the News. Packers Look for a Warm Fight. —— Not satisfled with the East as a basis of operations, the beef trust has cast its eye upon the Pacific Coast, and negotiations looking to a consolidation of the beef in- terests of this city and the coast gemer- ally are secretly pending. The managers of the gigantic deal are workiug very quietly, and while they have not yet stown their kand to any but the larger dealers thus far, it is known that the movement # well under way to form & combine which will absolutely control the beef market of the entire country, and that one of its principle offices will be in San Francisco at an early date. The enterprise had its origin in the combine recently perfected of the leading packing establishments of the East, with John D. Rockefeller as the chief financial backer. The Swift and Armour interests, which are the heaviest in the country, secured control of the other packing con- cerns located in various parts of the East, and were thus enabled to control the market absolutely and without interfer- ence. West of Chicago, which is the base of operations of the merged interests, there is a vast territory in which thc raising of cattle and livestock is the chief industry. The beef barons have had their eyes upon the output of this section for years past, but it required a consolida- tion of the character mentioned, with the Standard Oil king as backer, to render its mastery possible. Hence during the last week a couple of confidential agents of the trust arrived in the city with the backing of unlimted capital and instruc- tions to do all in their power to perfect a combination of the local beef interests and make them a part of the parent trust. DEMANDS OF TRUST. It was claimed yesterday that several of the larger dealers of San Francisco were told in peremptory language that they would have to enter the combine or suffer extinction in thel ttle against the trust. These were assured that if they did not join the trust canned and fresh beef would be rushed into this market and sold at prices with which the locai men could not compete. The statement also gained cuigency that one or two of the larger dealers had agreed to join the combine, but the identity of these was not disclosed. Others flatly refused to agree to any proposition which would piace the handling of their business In the hands of aliens, even tho they had the backing of kefeller nimself. The operations of the beef trust in the East have resultéd inan enormous advance in the price of meat. In New York choice mu!d‘ad‘i'lnced !o“u tlxl;llh as 38 cents pu’: poun this city the average price about 15 t;‘an':. Thus far the influence of the trust operations in the Eastern States has not been feit here, the result being an equable market, with prices within the reach of the poorest laborer. Conservative dealers declare that if the trust obtains control of the local and co:-;n markef ts the prices of the commodity their con- trol must of necessity advance 2 ‘While all the members of the mm‘um enjoy their share of the accruing the local men say they would be di of the divine privilege of thelr own business affairs, and this they are not willing to_tolerate iIf it can be avoided. Hence there Is mmmez ket position here to the project of the secure control of the local mar] LOCAL MEN ANXIOUS. Several of the meat market men g were seen last night said were officlally aware that the trust designed to force local packers and others identified with the meat industry to join the com- bine. One or two had heard rumors that effect, but as rumors are unreliable they paid little attention to the matter. None of those seen was to assert that the project was impractica) and all agreed that if the trust, backed as it was by hundreds of millions, made upits mind to control this market thers was nothing to stop the scheme. The local men agreed that if the trust once con- trolled the sources of supply here as it does in the East it must sweep all opposi- tion before it. What steps have been thus far taken to secure control of the sources °'1’1‘,' L Ll g Y-’cumo e operations of the have been watched with interest by local beef men and packers with interest, and none of them is surprised at the news that its tentacles are reaching to the shores of the Pacific. The developments of the next few weeks are likely to keep the local market in a state of unrest born of the uncertainty of the situation. The policy of the agents of the trust, as well as those who regard the combine with favor, will be to deny the existence of a scheme to consolidate and to maintain that stand until the project has been successfully carried through. Meanwhile the smaller dealers, whose business will be dependent upon the trust if the scheme is finally ac- complished, are wondering what attitude to assume in the premises. FORMER RESIDENTS OF NEBRASKA FORM CLUB Appoint Committee to Wait on Gov- ernor Savage Upon His Ar- rival Here. A number of the former residents of the State of Nebraska held a meeting yester- day afternoon at the Occidental Hotel and formed a society which will be known as the Nebraska Club of San Francisco. At th& meeting George J. Sternsdorff acted as chairman. He appointed a com- mittee, composed of Levi W. Martin and W. ernor Ezra_Savage upon this city. The committee was in: to ask the Governor of Nebraska to ap= | point a time when he will meet the mem= ers of the Nebraska Club in an informal reception. The idea of entertaining Qov- etnor Savage at a banquet has beem abas The new society will meet July 26 at the Occidental Hotel and form a permanent organization. Salesmen Wanted. -price sale at M. J. Keller