The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1902, Page 2

2 ~¢ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1902. / WESTERN STATES LOSE NO QUARREL OVER 1 HAT ENDS N - S0 TRAGEDY Painter Kills Brother-in- Law and Wounds His Sister. ¥ Completes Terrible Crime by Shooting Himself Through the Head. Attending Physician Says the Death of the Woman Is a Question of Only a Few Fiaa Hours. PR T Epecial Dispatch to The Call —One of the most in- mes ever com- 2 Seattle took place at midnight muel H. Lake, aged 37 and a consump- brother David three bullets into g the spinal cord on of her death v hours. She is still king. Then, cool- o an adjoining room, Lake loaded his revolver, Te- rtment where he had his hands in blood, of the revolver in his 1 the barrel pointing upward, tive, killed Thomas, d his sister's bo and fired. dgment in Lake’s brain came above the right temple. Lake e floor from the shock of the e SC d made by his fall was people roomjng in the house a rush wes made for the scene of Before the door was reached, e feebly raised himself on , placing’ the muzzle of the t- his right temple, pulled crime. revolve the trigger, and fell back dead. DISCOVERY OF THE CRIME. agai The shooting took place 'in’the Fredo- nia lodging-house, and W. M, Stringham, proprietor, was the first to enter the room after the murder and suicide had taken place. A glance was sufficient to 1 the story in all its awfulness. Hur- d , Stringham notified the 'ne, and Officer Stewart bedroom, Stewart per- dled in the cor- in the right alongside and.. ians every- for the wounded ed the cause of the , though her ected and punctu- ic th g, ' language wes discon ated by m CAUSE Of THE SHOOTING. iy hus] my brother and I went downtown 1c ht to do some shoppi * she sai i bought some provisi ited to purchase me iet him. I thought My brother was e let my hus he felt so inclined e home. My broti nc very mean to me, but my always good. When we el followed on ac- to let David buy v brother got the re He shot my h walked out of My husband a rreled before. cause of the trou- s the who ted that her husband t he had worked for coal mines at Frank, to S e about f Franl but did not bout two weeks d have been in x years. She has two . Harry Smith and Mrs. John at McGrath, Alberta. They poken to her since her mar- riage to Thomas, she said, though she ex- pressed the des t night that they be sént for. The s of her parents she gave as 1 Dawles Terrace, York street, ‘Wignan, La: gland. DIGGER INDIAN CHIEF A VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY He Is Attacked From Behind and Fatally Stabbed by Some Un- known Assailant. NEVADA CITY, July head of the Digger indian tribe here, the victim of a foul attempt at murder at the h 2 rival Indian near New- town 3 from behin and body sev Charley was attacked and stabbed about the head ral times. No hope is-eén- tertained for his recovery. The Indians are all silent, which makes it probabile that the would-be murderer will nevér be apprehended. Charley is one of the most intelligent the tribe in Nevada Coun- and was never to @ His growing popularity his fellow Indians is thought (o been the cause of the attempted 1 the tribe noticed s gradually diminish- ef Charle; - v the would- rrel. and in followed stabbed his as b be murderer provoked & g th siruggle that chief and left h! et A il SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF Tungry and Despondent in New York, Frederick Allen Gashes 1S seventeen years o consider life worth and thoroughly cast he tried to-day te kil him- two sturdy boatmen and the evue Hospjtal to thank’ self physician that h llen y New York about twp He had been working om a arm, but came here to seek his fortune. Dey after day ought employment in vain. What money he had dw days he had und hisa way into Ea: street to-day and going int, the of the \\'omr-é' .\'hrlsnes‘3 Training , opposite Bellevue Hos- pital, he took a penknife from his pocke and Slashed his wrist. Two young. women nurses found Ailen, Who arose and dashed > the pier at the foot of th. A was about to throw river he wa ized by John and Robert White. He fought but was finall Bellevue Ho: 1 conscious, but lat and for seve H o it Desmond desperately, powered and taken ig . Where he became un- er recovered. James J. Kelly. BOETON, July 20.—James J. Kelly, an old-time minstrel, died at his home in this city to-day. He was 69 years of age. d upward, but instead | | so worked in urifig some supposed, dead. | Sudden Death Was Not Ex- pected. Relatives at Dying Man’s Bedside. Continued From Page One. as exacting an employer as he was faith- ful when serving. He had rigid rules of life, and he never forgot them. And his various small enterprises usually pros- ered. p’I‘here were no very great fortunes on the coast then, but this man was soon reckoned a solid man. Failure seldom at- tended hims. Amnd it -was an odd thing that in a place and time when so much was accredited to luck Mackay was seldom spoken of as “lucky.”” It seemed to be understood even by the most care- less that his returns were the result.of better forethought tnan most men used; better .management, better command: of the details which went to make up the whole of his industry. He was a master | of detail. . He knew mining and he knew it_well In 1860 Mackay, with the money savel during his arduous work in the placer gings,. turned toward Nevada, where here appeared to be promise of .more profitable occupation. 'He reached: Vir- ginia City without notable: incident, and with several parthers started a tunnel on the old Union. ground, north of the fa- mous Ophir mine. | _The tunnel enterprise was a failure and | Mackay, d, no doubt, but not in the Jeast discou timber in the Mexican mine at $4 a day. Mackay st clung to the notlon that | there was money in the mines, and in 1853 experienced a moderate success in one investment. At Gold Hill, in Nevada, he made what proved to be an undesirable investment, but he continued to work, ever imbued with a feeling that he was nearing the precious metal. STRIKE OF THE LODE. Chance directed Mackay's attention to what has since been known as the Com- stock lode, and_he began to work the northern end of it, sinking a shaft at Union ground. He was hampered by lack of means, however, and for the purpose of procuring necessary capital he formed | 2 partnership with Flood and O'Brien, the two young men who had come out with him and who had been making money in speculation in San Francisco. James C. Walker, a practical miner, ater taken into the firm and from emerged the famous Waiker severed his | | | v James G. Fair. es Mackay owned this being double the share of s partners. Mackay was always irit in the firm's operations. s judgment that caused the de- of the earlier profits to the ac- | on of contiguous claims, and it was | isted on going down to deeper ilr-\c!. than any practical miner had be- fore dreamed of. MILLIONS IN A MINE 1573 the great silver vein was opened T from one mine alone Mackay and air, who were then the practical min- ing members of the firm, took out $150.- 000,000 in silver and gold. During the | active yield of these mines Mackay per- lsnnally superintended them, working in their lower levels as an ordinary miner. In the meantime Mackay had married the widow of Dr. Bryant, whom he met in this State. She had one child, as the ue of the first marriage, in 1885, who Princess of Colonna Calatro, her husband, Don Fernando di Colonna, | Prince of Galatro, having wooed and won | her in Paris while Mrs. Mackay was there votion In , with Flood and Fair, Mackay | founded the Nevada Bank in this city. | in 1884, in partnership with James Gordon Bennett, Mackay laid two cables across the Atlantic from the United States to ingland and France., These cables came er a system known now as the Com- ial Cable ‘Company, although the ate property of Mackay and Bennett. ackay was offered the nomination as Tnited States Senator from Nevada in | 1885, with the certainty of election, but he declined the honor. Through all his uent years he had been generous with > enormous wealth his energy, toil and | ness sagacity had brought him. He | was a Roman Catholic in religion and | gave most generously to the charitable institutions of that denomination. His | 8ood works, however, were not confined to am single creed and thousands of have reason to remember his y gifts. In appearance Mackay was called 'Amec- i Rather slight of build, with strong res, a close-knit frame, quick move- that told of the vitality within him, an eve that looked through pretense 1o the living character beneath, he was a €004 type of the best in his countrymen, In habit he was abstemious. In spite of his wealth and the royal appointments of his home his personal needs were small. He was plain in dress, unassum- ing among his associates, unostentatious all t time. A Californian who has been h nd from the beginning said once: ckay is one of the few rich men I d like to know if he were poor.” perhaps a better thing was never said of a rich man. Mackay had two sons, one of whom, John W. Mackay Jr., was killed in Octo- ber, 1895, in Paris, by being thrown against a tree by a horse he was riding: Clarence Mackay, the younger son, mar- Katherine A. Duer in May, 1898, de’s home on West Twenty-first street, New York. The wedding was one of the greatest of social events in the Eastern metr: 1 WEDS WIDOW AND IS HERO OF ROMANCE YORK, July 20.—Mackay’s riage, a peculiarly happy one, was romantic. Mrs. Mackay was the daughter of Colonel Hunger- ! ford, a veteran of the Mexican | War. ‘A native of New York, the latter had emigrated to San Francisco with the Argonauts, His daughter married Dr. | Bryant, a physiclan, and moved to Ne- vada City, where the doctor died soon af- terward, leaving one daughter, Eva. He was a poor man and left his wife and child in straitened circumstances. Mackay heard of this some months later and started a subscription for the wid- ow’s benefit, heading it with a neat little contribution of his own. This so touched the widow’s heart that she called to thank him for his kindness. She was pret- ty, bright, well educated and attractive, In brief, he fell in love with and married her. At that time Mackay was the super- intendent of 4 mine and only moderately well off. Though the young couple established themselves in a rough cabin, they had many comforts. Their fortunes steadily improved. Then Mrs. Mackay fell ill of nervous affection. She was advised by a physician to consult a famous speclalist in Paris. While she was away her hus- band uncovered wealth in the California and Consolidated Virginia mines and sud- denly found himself a millionaire. Mrs. Mackay became an acknowledged social leader among Americans in Paris, where she remained until 1891, when she removed permanently to London and es- tablished herself in the famous Carlton House, at No. 6 Carlton Terrace. Mackay, | & cosmopolite in all the great capitals of the world, paid her periodical visits, but the greater part of his time was spent in | the United States. > The most noted episode of the Mackays residence in Paris, was that which con- nected them with Meissonier, ‘the great French artist, Who was commissioned by Mackay to paint a portrait of his wife for the sum of 7,000 francs. When it was | delivered Mackay decided that it was an. EW | o tirely unworthy of the subject and of the painter. *“I wanted a Meissonier,” he said, “‘not a Messonier painting, a slovenly painting of a cabinet.” This criticism was indorsed by some art- ists who had seen the picture. It was said that the French artist, deeming any- thing to be good enough for Nevada, took no pains with the work, that he had pro- duced it after an insufficient number of sittings and_had painted in_ the hands m_one of his models. Furthermore, older than its subject. Many French artists, however, indors- ed the work. His friends gave Meisson- ler a dinner as a vindication and the French press and public were for a time clamorously indignant. The indignation rose to a climax when it was reported that Mrs. Mackay had thrown the picture into the fire. is was: not true. It was hung in a small room with its face to the wall. To-day it has an abiding place in Carlton House. Among her many distinguished friend- ships, she especially valued that of Pope Pius IX, who on his deathbed sent her the episcopal blessing and his miniature set in pearls. It was, indeed, through her that news of the Pontiff’s death was first cami=omic~ind to the Archhishop of Parls. Mrs. Mackay on returning from the grand an official te.egram announc- ness’ death. he at once re- entered her carriage and in full evening dress went to the Archbishop's house to deliver her private wire in person. Mrs. Mackay s one of only five persons sim- ilarly distinguished, who received at the hands of Pio Nono the decoration of the Order of the Cross. VAST FORTUNE IS LEFT FOR RELATIVES OHN W. MACKAY was very fond of San Francisco. He called this place home, although his vast in- terests in New York required his J Varying estimates as to vajue are placed on the Mackay estate. Men who are fa- miliar in a general sense with his in- vestments calculate that he was worth $15,000,000. There is always a tendency Lo overrate the riches of the rich, and some of the figures place the Mackay wealth at $50,000,600. Mackay never hoarded his money. He invested it freely, andstrusted to his busi- ness sagacity for good returns. Itis said that he got much dGeeper into the tele- graph business than he had any notion of when he started to put money into the cable enterprise. The early investments had to be sustalned by subsequent contri- butions to protect himself. The profits, when they did come, were liberal, and fully justified his faith in_the venture, At one time some of his friends feared that his great fortune accumulated on the Comstock would be absorbed in spec- to his wealth in later years. During his recent sojourn on the coast he put money freely into mining properties of Nevada and Arizona. John W. Mackay was a member of the Pacific Union Club of San Francisco. His son, Clarence Mackay, is a member of the Bohemian. The senfor ackay grieved deeply over the loss of his son, who was accidentally killed in Europe a few years ago. Among John Mackay's social companions in San Franclsco Rich- ard V. Dey, Horace G. Platt, Raphael ‘Weill, Joseph D. Redding and Hermann Oelrichs were of the favored. The early newspaper men on the Comstock had a staunch friend in the great miner. One of Mackay's chief characteristics was_his straightforward simplicity. He — the portrait showed the woman ten years | presence in that city for most of the time. | ulative investments, but he really added | EX BONANZA KINGS WHO RULED 3 «IN FAMOUS DAYS OF CALI- } FORNIA. (From photos in, possession of Ernest Hagquette.) a5 - | was ‘approachable. He was generous, but never ostentatious in his generosity. J. | D. Redding, who knew him well, and. who was many times the guest of the Mackay i family in'New York and London, rexarks | that Mackay was always doing acts of kindness for his fellow men, and always | taking care to keep the knowledge of | the kind deeds from the public. | ity | 'FRIENDS TELL | | OF KIND WORK | FOR THE POOR S pecially the few remaining pio- neers who were associated with him when he was struggling to make his fortune in the mines of Nevada, feel his loss most deeply. Unlike most men who | began life poor and amassed great for- tunes, he left no enemies. The acquire- ment of wealth did not change the good | qualities of his nature, and his friends say that he was just as approachable and just as affable after he had become a millionaire as he was when he was cut- ting timber for the mines. The friends who were nearest to his heart E:y that he ‘was very charitable and wi never known to reiuse aid to a poor family that he knew to be worthy of assistance. Richard V. Dey, who knew him for forty- two years and who was in his employ most of that time, was almost prostrated last night by the news of his death. In speaking about Mackay's good deeds he said: “Mackay was the most charitable man in the world. His pensioners if assembled at one place would make a small-sized army. Iach year he dispensed an enor- mous sum in charity, but he was modest and_unassuming and would never let his kind acts become known to the public. He never forgot any of the friends of his early days, and he was always ready to assist any of those friends who had not been as fortunate as he in making a strike. “I met John W. Mackay forty-two | years ago in Virginia City. At that time | he was not a wealthy man. He was just commencing his career. He came to this country from Ireland as a boy, and for a time lived in Park Row,-New York. He was always fond of athletic sports, and in those early days he was acquainted with all the prominent athletes of this country. When gold was discovered in California he came to this State, and made his first attempt at mining near Downleville. Fortune, however, did nct smile on his work in the placers. “In_December of '59 or January of 60 he and Jack O'Brien shouldered their biankets and walked to Virginia. O'Brien had just 50 cents, and that was the total capital -of the two men who were sub- INCERE sorrow was expressed in this city over the death of Mackay. Those who knew him best, and es- TABLE CHARACTER |Kindly Acts F— % sequently to become millionaires. When they reached the head of the Six-Mile Canyon O’Brien said_to Mackay: ““ ‘I will fling this 50 cents to the wind and we will walk into Virginia City like gentlemen.” ‘‘He suited his action to the words, flung the money away and he and Mackay entered the city where their , fortunes ‘were to be made without a penny in their pockets. ‘‘Mackay was a very skillful workman. He did not acquire his wealth by mere luck but had the brains and energetic perseverance sufficient to win his way to the front. He was considered the most skillful timberer of mines about Virginia City. He could brace the walls of a tunnel better than any one else. While other timberers were receiving but $ a day for their work he was paid $6.. He did not have to be taught but he learned as if by intuition. ‘‘Mackay commeneed his work at Vir- ginia City by sinking a tunnel on the Union ground north of the famous Ophir mine. This tunnel, however, did not prove profitable. He gave it up and cut timber for the Mexican mine, investing his earn- ings in the Kentuck. These investments returned him considerable profit and he became interested in the Petaluma, Chol- lar ard Kentuck mines. At this time he became associated with J. M. Walker, and subsequently James C. Flood, James G. Falr and William S. O’Brien were admit- ted Into the company. In the early seven- tles Walker sold out to Mackay and went Bast. The acquisition of Walker's share of the stock gave Mackay three-fifths of the interests of the ‘Big Four.' “‘Although Mackay was born in Ireland he was a typlcal American, and sincerely loved his adopted country. He was so radically an American that it is said he sometimes gave offense to his friends by his opposition to that which was not American. He was true to the interests of California and to San Franeisco, which he always thought should be one of the greatest cities of the world. ‘‘Mackay was a devout Catholic. One of his most intimate friends was the late Bishop Monogue of Virginia City. Arch- bishop Riordan was also one of his friends. He was a man that had deter- mination and energy stamped in his very nature. He won his way by straight- forward and honest treatment of others. There was not a bit of craft of diplomacy in his composition. You_ could depend implicitly on his word. In his loss this country has lost one of its greatest citi- zens.” CHARITABLE, BUT WITHOUT OSTENTATION AN RAFAEL, July 2.—James E. ‘Walsh, secretary of the Flood e: tate and an intimate acquaintance of John W. Mackay, when seen at his residence at 401 Belle avenue, this city, to-night, said: “The death of John W. Mackay is a less to San Francisco and California. It came as a great shock to me and I know it wili be to all of his many friends and thousands of employes where his vast interests are. I have known Mackay for over twenty-six years and in fact ever since I was a mere boy. I have been connected with the Flood estate for fif- teen years and transacted Mackay’s busi- ness on this coast since that time. I hold his power of attorney for various trans- actions of his interests in San Francisco, but mostly in business where he and the Floods are interested. Of eourse there is no direct partnmership between Mackay and the Floods, but there always has ggeél a mutual understanding since Flood ied. “The first intimation I had of Mackay’'s illness was about a week ago when we L. ried on the same as usual. Mr. o W. STORROR, Superintendent of the Postal Telegraph-Cable C ompany, announced yester- day afternoon that the death of John W. Mackay would not cause any changes in the prear- ranged plans of the company. This announcement was made after Mr. Storrorhad held sultation with Herman Oelrichs and Richard Dey. It was decided that all work that had been planned should be completed without any alterations, and that the bysiness of the company should be car- for laying the Pacific Cable had al- ready been let and- that the work would not be delayed. A B L Storror stated that the contract MAGNATE'S DEATH WILL NOT | DISTURB COMPANY’S PLANS —— a con- IN THEIR in a Long Career. Praise Comes From Many .~ Friends. received a cablegram that he was sick. Subsequently we received word that he ‘was much better. To-day we got a cable that he was dead. He had been ailing for some time from heart trouble. I saw him last May just before he started on his Eurr.xzenn trip. We left San Fran- cisco and went up to Grass Valley to- gether on business after which he started for New York. I went as far_as Colfax with him. He remained in New York City until June 6, then sailing for Lon- don. “The sudden death of John W. Mackay Jr. about five years ago affected the father very much-and I don’t believe he ever got over it. I noticed soon after the shock that Mackay was never in the same good spirit and grew quite morose at times after referring to his son. Mackay was a resident of Virginia City, Nev., and always claimed that as his resi- dence place. Of course he lived in San Franclsco and London and a great part of his time he stayed in. New York City, but never relinquished allegiance to Vir- & Mackay was a very generous man and an_exceedingly ‘good man. His phil- arthropy was far reaching but at all times was unheard of. He helped hun- dreds of families in more ways than by giving money to them. One very noble trait in the man was his ever good will toward his thousands of employes. He usvally knew them by name and at all times greeted them whenever he saw them. I believe he could call any one of the many employes on this coast by name. He also always took a great in- terest in all details of his business here. “‘Another thing I often noticed about him was his utter lack of ostentation. His vast wealth never deterred him from s_peak!ng to an old friend of the early days. remember oftentimes walking along the street with him when he would spy some old fellow poorly clad, would invariably go to him, shake his hand warmly, call him by name and talk for some time while I waited for him. When he returned to where I was he would say, ‘That’s old Bill so and so, an old stage driver that I have not seen in years. I was very glad to see the old fellow again.’ ““Mackay never refused to help any one and did a great deal for the old miners and their families up in the mining dis- tricts. His greatest bequests were never made public as he was at all times par- ticularly averse to making them known. His interests are vast and his estate a very valuable one, running away up in the milllons. I could not ever approxi- mate the value. His widow and surviv- ing son will be very comfortably fixed. His wife was with him at the time of his demise and his son, Clarence H., left New York City yesterday for London.” NOTED ACTORS RECIPIENTS OF HIS BOUNTY SALT LAKE, Utah, July 20.—One of Mackay’s most intimate friends. during the bonanza days of the Comstock was €. C. Goodwin, formerly editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. Speaking of Maékay's generosity Judge Goodwin to-night sald: “After the fire in Virginia City, every- thing having been swept away, Mackay said to Father Monogue, the Catholic riest, ‘You take charge and draw on me 'or what you want.’ During the next four months Father Monogue drew $450,- 000 on Mackay’s personal account. “‘Barrett and McCullough, the actors, came through there one year and were stranded. They had not a penny to get out of town on. Mackay suggested that a benefit be given them and said he would take some tickets. He took three (K:kets from_the seller and paid $1000 for them. 3 “Mackay was sitting in his office one pay day when the men were passing through and getting their money, wheu an old Irish woman came up to the rail- ng. ‘ “What is it?" he asked. ’;f ;]We’re very poor down home,” she re- plied. » “That's as far as she got. Mackay reached over and taking up three piles of twenties—$1200—poured them into her apron. ““One of the most pathetic stories I cver heard of him was when a famous Austra- Han actor named Adams was stranded and dying of consumption. Mackay vis- ited him one day, and upon the pretense of .fixing up his pillows left a letter un- der one of them, which was found by an old colored nurse. It ran something like this: ‘Dear Adams—I am greatly your debtor. By your magnificent acting you have often caused me to forget my trou- bles, and I hope you won't take offense See inclosed check.’” The check was for $2000.™ driven insane by broodiug over a lost fortune, made an attempt on Mackay's life in this city February 24, 1893. He lowed him from Sutter street into Lick alley, a small thoroughfare in the rear of the Lick House, and shot him in the back. The shooting was a cowardly act. The sixth and seventh ribs, but did noj pene- trate deeply. The injured man was re- moved to a physician's office and subse- quently to his rooms in the Palace Ho- kay suffered no serious consequences from the wound, which heeled very rapidly. Rippey’s attempt on the millionaire’s life-produced great excitement. It occur- the streets were filled with people. After shooting Mackay, Rippey tsrned the re- volver on himself and inflicted a serious wound above his heart. The bullet pene- tense suffering. Rippey, it was said, was at one lime a man of wealth, but he lost his money and became insane. He be- lieved that he had been cheated out of sent several threatening letters. The po- lice kept watch of him and did not allow him to make any attack on Flood's life. He was in no way acquainted with Mac- if I begin to pay you a little on account. ESLEY C. RIPPEY, who was lay in walit for "the millionaire and fol- bullet struck near the spine, between the tel, where the bullet was extracted. Mac- red shortly after the noon hour, when trated his left lung and caused him in- his fortune by J, C. Flood, to whom he kay. X Exposition Building Burned. DALLAS, Tex., July 20.—Fire that broke out at 3 o'clock this morning at the ex- position grounds at East Dallas destroy- ed the main exposition building, one of the largest structures in the country, in thirty minutes’ time, togetner with the hall annex, which seated 6000; the poultry bufldlrg‘ and the 81’1\!‘!0 bufldlnss of the J. I, Case Plow Company. the Southern Rock Island Plow Company and the Par- lin-Orendorft Company; loss estimated at $150,000. The exposition buildings contain- ed many thousands of dollars worth of property that was to have been used in the fair and exposition to be held in Oc- tober and November. The tion_of- ficials place their loss at $100,000, with $30,- 00 insurance. S METROPOLIS, T, July 20.—An armadillo, the first spacimen of its species ever discov- ered in this part of the country, was captured here to-day at the ferry wharf by a steamboat rouster. Where it came from Is a mystery. "HISTORY DY HOPE THAEATENS VENGEANCE Will Prosecute Captain Strong for Theft of Diamonds. Declines to Play Part of Injured but Forgiving Woman. Man Who Deserted Her With Hints at Suicide Is Located in & Resort in New York City. Spectal Dispatck: to The Call NEW YORK, July 20.—Captain Bradlee Strong spent the greater part of to-day m a notorious resort in West Forty-sixtn street. If he ever sought death, as he informed his promised wife, May Yohe, and his mother that he intended to do. he has evidently changed his mind. So tar as could be learned, Strong has not been outside the tenderloin district since Le sent the tearful” notes to his mother and May Yohe, telling of his intention to end his life. He has been. with coll\l- vivial and congenial companions, and he has been a central figure in several r:< sorts of a disreputable nature. uh o has been depressed by remorse, he has succeeded well in hiding his emotions. He has scoffed at the woman who has been his close companion for a year and has boasted his intention to drive her ck to England. baLady Hope to-day denotmced Strong as a paltroon and cowurg. uplofn whom she vould fully revenge herself. “‘l( does };mt seem to me possible that Strong could so far forget himself as to live in a resort, as has been reported to me,” said Lady Hope. “He has treatea me in a shameful manner, betraying my confidence and taking from me property of great value, but he has never glven me a view of that phase of his character which he must possess to go_ into the resort which I am told he did. I am fully determined to forget hi but for the wrong he has done me he must scffer. 1 shall mllz;tX upt:‘ny his prosecu- ion on a charge or larceny. : “I believe the law_will regard his act as that of a thief. My counsel is of the same opinion. He has instructions to bring about the arrest of Strong and you may be sure I will not appear in the rolé of the injured, but forgiving ‘weman.”” Friends of Strong have made several attempts to get him to restrain himself and return to his family. Twice during the last week a friend has takenm him to the Royalton Hotel, in West Forty- third street, where he has recovered from the effects of the pace he has been travel- ing, but this was immediately followed by a return to his pursuit of pleasure, and he has not yst isplayed any inten- tion of calming down. It was late Saturdayjnl{ht wheg Strong, having appareniy just emerge: from‘n gambling house in West Thirty- fourth street, hailed a passing cab, the driver of which had often served him in the past. BStrong gave instrugtions that he should be driven to a redort a few doors west of Seventh avenue, in Forty- sixth street. - ‘When it became known that Strong was in_the resort, a reporter for the Herald called at the place and asked to see him. A servant replied that he had retired and could Inot be disturbed. Another attempt to obtain an interview with Strong was equally without result. The second visi- tor was told that Strong had been thera during the night, but had gone away with friends. Still later, the resort was called on the telephone and again the reply was given that the young man had retired and had left word not to be disturbed. Riot on the Ball Field. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb, July 20.— There was a riot at the baseball grounds here this afternoon when the Law and Order League attempted to prevent _the game. A warrant sworn our by members of the league was placed in the hands of Sheriff Brower for the arrest of the two teams. When Brower arrived on the grounds an angry crowd surrounded and disarmed him. He succeeded finally in arresting four players and took them to a Justice’s office, where they were placed under bonds. A number of ecity pastors were at the Justice's office, and when they left friends of the players threatened and _jostled _them. rock was thrown at Rev. C. M. Shepperd of the Methodist Church, striking a com- ganlon and knocking him down. Mr. hepperd was chased to his home. Later, alleging that his life had been threat- ened and the church property was in éanger, Mr. Shepperd applied to the Mayor for a police guard for himself and the church property. 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