The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1902, Page 7

THE SAN TRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1902. C TWD TRAINS COLLIDE AT HIGH SPEED Wrecked Coaches Roll Into an Erie Canal Feeder. Fireman Is Killed and the Injured Persons Num- ber Twenty. e S Passengers Imprisoned in the Water- Filled Coaches Have Marvelous Escape From Instant Death. R . Y., July 20.—Two Le- tranis running at a high rate lided head-on in the outskirts this evening. An engine and in one of the trains thrown from the track down an em- ment and into the Erie canal feedcr 1 were completely wrecked. The other | was demolished, but remained on One person, a fireman, was e others were more or two perhaps fatally. ROC! high V of spe: of the one city passenger coach ck PUTNAM, aged 36 fireman on the wi ley, Rochester, ubtful. agfellow, Rochester, badly in- evere contusions; will prob- injured inter- y wrenched ; will recover. Eochester, scalp | Mathews, N. Lima, Y., shoulder ma, wrist badly cut. ester, tace cut badly and Rochester, furrier, artery ed £ ngton, shoulder, arms sed, probably internal in- 4, Rochester, badly cut, bly internal injuries. Rochester, - shoulder uries feared. € Mrs. Tyler, se- ‘burt about head face; not serious. oth legs hurt at badly bruised. y, cuts and | engineer incom- njured. baggage master | Rochester, affected. FIREMAN FAILS TO JUMP. T oming train, which consisted of a smoker and baggage car and was due in this city at a few minutes late. consisting of a com- Vergne, conductor, h, le y on time at 6:3 o'clock. The two trains came together terrific force on a straight line of one-half mile south of the Clarissa- t , near Hope Hospital. Just he crew of each engine e exception of Fireman Putnam incoming train jumped and escaped juries. Putnam was caught e of his engine and horri- in the wrec] bly mangied, death resuiting instantly. On the east scene side of the track at the f the wreck is the Erie canal feed- le on the west side is the Genesee The force of the collision was so at both engines rebounded fifty he eng { the incoming train | thrown to the west on its side and | o scrap iron. The combination d baggage foilowing, the tracks to the east siae, | by the engine, turned on its side and fell with a crash into the canal feed- er. The day coach, following the com- ination, zlso jumped to the eastward | and bured its forward end in the feeder. | The remaining coach of the incoming in remained on the roadbed. WATER INVADES THE CARS. | From the combination car and day | which went into the feeder all of | t The uninjured | ‘ | 1 { were ken. v rushed to the res- they were handicapped by the of water, which in the briefest most filled the cars. Most of ruised and bleeding and cry y for assistance, were found | in the water inside of the | With much difficulty they rough the windows ef the or dragged through holes weck. It is miraculous ere not drowned. It is be- v landed. of the south-bound traln the west and lies on its ete wreck, on the . river e was injured on the south- except Conductor Frank de ho has an ugly scalp wound. to-night by the crew ming train that they had re- ers 10 meet the outgoing traln at Mount Hope siding, which is'a sh ! ort gr’r!ian” soutt Scene of the wreck. They ; habitually met the , the order to meet it at Mount Hope siding was forgor. 3 ten until to ————— ECHOOLTEACHER RESCUES MAN FROM A DEEP WELL | Foul Air Overcomes Him and He| Wounld Have Died but for Her Timely Aid. PHOENIX, A. T., July 2.—At Cave| Creek. twenty-five miles north of Phoe- | nix, Willam and Frank Linville were engaged In cleaning out a well seventy- five feet deep. Frank was overcome by bad al became uncofisclous and was taken with cramps. There were no other men on the ranch and Miss Susie Corp- etein, the district school teacher, went down the dark hole, struggied with the unconscious man till she got him in the bucket and lashed him to the rope. Both were then drawn to the surface, the girl | exhausted and the man all but dead. He was revived with difficulty and will re- cover. — - INEXPERIENCED SWIMMER | DROWNS WHILE BATHING | Meyer Myers, an Accountant, Loses | His Life in the Sacramento River. REDDING, July 20.—Meyer Myers, head accountant for the Trinity Copper Company, was drowned in a swimming | pool in the Sacramento River near Ken- | net this morning. Myers was 2 years of | age, and a brother of Rabbi Myers of San Francisco. He went to the pool this | morning to learn to swim, going alone. | At 4 o'clock this afternoon his clothes | were found on the bank by some friends, had become alarmed at his absence. They dived into the hole and foud My- ers’ body. He had been dead several hours. A telegram was sent to his brother nforming him of the accident. White Wife Accompanies Tscheng. W YORK, July 20.—The Hon, C. K. heng, secretary to the Chinese Lega- tion at Weshington who arrived at quar- antine yesterday on the Umbria, came up to the city to-day. The secreqtary brought with him his wife, who formerly was Miss Burnett of London, England. Mre. Tscheng said she would spend the winter in Washington with friends. She was dressed in ordinary garb but her husband had on his national dress. { C. Kegan Paul. LONDON, July 20.—The death is an- nounced of C. Kegan Paul, the publisher. He was born in 1828 | He Has Wealthyinjelatives Living in {too hard a citizen to be at large and | | declined to aid him, 1 | Residents of Marysville Certain That | ! B. Theobald, b. Reynolds BELIEVE TRAGY ROBBED A HOUGE Theft of Provisions Is Charged to Fugitive Outlaw. Oregon Rancher Is of Opinion That Murderer Is Hiding Near Enumclaw. Special Dispatch to The Call. ENUMCLAW, Wash., July 20.—Charles Coombs, a rancher living three and a half miles east of here, believes that Tracy was in this immediate neighbor- | hood very recently. Mrs. Evans, a sister | of Coombs, has a ranch half a mile south of his farm, and as she is alone with | several small children she has not been | staying at her own house since the out- | law has been reported in this part of | Mrs. Evans was at her home | last, and again Saturday | During her absence some one | her kitchen and took quite a | entered quantitiy of plunder of one kind and an- other, including half of a twenty-pound ham, some bread, canned fruit and a small frying pan. The kitchen part of | the house was not locked, so there was nothing to prevent any one entering at | pleasure. | After ransacking the kitchen the main | part of the house was entered by prying open one of the windows. In this part of the home the robber secured a lady's goid | watch, but did not disturb anything. He left several small pieces of jewelry whici were lying with the watch on a dresser. | The Coombs ranch is situated a full half | a mile from the main road between 1n- | | umclaw and Cumberland and the Evans home is a quarter of a mile further from the rod in the foothills of the Cascades. Coombs states there are several deserted cabins or shacks scattered through the woods near the ranch. He is of the opin- ion that the murderer has not been tar | from here for the last week or ten days. This afternoon Coombs drove to Cumberland on business and states that | about midway between his place and Cum- berland he saw a glass fruit jar lying near the road. Having his sister’s loss in mind, | he stopped and examined the jar, which, | he says, answers the description of those | taken from her home. He also found two | pieces of ham near by and he strongly | believes that the thief who left these ar- ticles was the one who entered Mrs. Ev- | ans’ home. | The Coombs ranch is situated about | three miles east of here and about three- | quarters of a mile south of the Northern | Pacific track, just at the base of the Cas. | cade range. Although there are several | prosperous ranchers in the near neigh- borhood it is an admirable hiding place, and at the same time the necessities of life can be secured without the use of fire- arms. L s FANDIT TRACY IDENTIFIED. Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. ST. PAUL, Minn.,, July 20.—Harry Tracy, the Oregon bandit, has been iden- tified. He is Harry Tracy Sverens of Grand Rapids, Wis. He 1s the grandson of J. L. Sverens, an old and respected citizen of Grand Rapids. Wis. Harry Tracy Sverens was born and reared in Pittsfield, Wis.,, but his criminal career began after he left for the West. When in the penitentiary at Portland, Or., he | wrote home to his grandfather asking | him to undertake to get a pardon for him, but the old gentleman thought him | J. L. Sverens is a wealthy man and dur- | ing the past few months has been an invalid. The news of the depredatfons | of his grandson have been kept from him. | After Harry Tracy Sverens. left Wiscon- sin, he went to Cokato, Minn., where he learned to shoot the rifle, He seemed eager to become a Westerner and went to+ Helena, Mont., where he soon became notorious as a crack shot. SURVEYORS ARE AT WORK ALONG THE FEATHER RIVER a New Railroad Line Is Projected. MARYSVILLE, July 20.—Twenty road surveyors who have been at work | on the North Fork of the Feather River | for several weeks have broken camp. | Eight of them are moving up to Big Rock Creek and the balance are work- ing down the stream from Big Bar to Big | rail- | and carying Bridemald roses, WELL-KNOWN COUPLE OF OAKLAND WED BENEAl H RICH FLORAL BELL Nuptials of Miss Alma Kempe and Fred Pillot Celebrated in Presence of Friends---Political Equality Club Meets. AKLAND, July 20.—The home of Mrs. Bertha Freudenberg was the scene of a pretty wedding Satur- day evening, when her daughter, Miss Alma Kempe, was united in marriage to Fred Pillot of this city. The residence was tastefully decorated and during the ceremony the bridal party stood beneath a large white wedding bell, which was suspended from a floral arch of pink and green flowers. Rev. J. H. Theiss of the First Lutheran Church was the officiating clergyman. About seventy- five guests were present. The bride’s gown was of white organdie, prettily trimmed with white ribbon and chiffon and she carried white carnations. Mies Bonita Kempe, attired in a dalinty gown of pink organdie, lace and ribbons attended her sister as maid of honor. The groom was supported by Bertram'Reynolds. An elaborate supper was served. The newly married couple will spend their honeymoon in Pacific Grove and on their return will reside in Oakland. Mr. and Mys. Pillot have both-been con- nected with the telephone company for ‘some time, the bride having been chief operator in the local office and the groom being an employe of the electrical depart- ment. As a mark of their esteem the manager of the company and the groom’s fellow employes presented the happy cou- ple with a beautiful oak sldeboard. The bride’s girl associates in the office gave her an exquisite bit of bric-a-brac in the form of a large Roman pitcher of ebony and gold. S it Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wood of Alameda ave a pleasant and unique entertainment %‘rlday evening in honor of Miss Vida Golistein. The early part of the evening was devoted to music and games, the prize in_a literary contest being carried off by the guest of honor. A clever im- g — YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE UNITED AT PRETTY HOME WEDDING. * = + Opera’ was'given by Miss Elizabeth Mur- — ay. The garden was lighted with Japanese lanterns and at the close of the pro- gramme indoors a dainty luncheon was i i H — | | ed with green branches. Lunch was serv-| ed in picnic baskets and the whole affair was delightfully informal. e e The meeting of the Political Equality Club last Thursday evening was a very interesting one, a feature of the evening being an entertaining talk on_‘‘The Im- portance of the Humane in Education’ by Mrs. Elizabeth Dearforf. Miss Vida Goldstein, the well-known lecturer from Auetralia, was a guest of the club. The next meeting of the club will be at Dr. Susan Fenton's on August 2L Nerer, The Touraine Whist Club had a pleas- ant gathering last Monday evening in the arlors of the hotel and several interest- ng - games were enjoyed. It was the regular prize meeting and the trophies for the highest scores were awarded to Miss Isabelle Richards and J. E. Flem- ing. oo L Miss May Corgan has returned from a delightful sojourn of several weeks at Los Gatos and Rowx:rdezmar:. Miss May Myers and Miss Maud Myers are at home again after a two weeks’ stay._at_Ben Lomond. e Mr. and Mrs. James Agler have gone to Catalina for a_few weeks. They are acccmpanied by Miss Maud Agler and Miss Alice Bragley} A jolly party of Oaklanders, compris- ing Mr. and Mrs. John Ronald, Norman Ronald, Mrs. N. Nelson, Miss Sara Nel- son, Mrs. Harrington and the Misses Harrington, Miss F. McKeon, Miss Laura Mcrroe, Miss Gladys Morgan, Messrs. Dave and Charles Morgan, Mr. G. Upton and James Snow are summering at the Fred Finch ranch in St. Helena. e Mrs. Dora Murray has returned home from a trip through the Eastern States. During her absence Mrs. Murray visited g g ey 8 served in a large marquee, which had been Washington, New York, Niagara Falls e ot T e ety G BY 18 Mot | Dersonation of “Aunt Sophronia at the erected on the lawn and prettily decorat- and other Dlaces at the East. is evident. . .. . ., . k3 = The surveys follow the water level of | @ siwiiisiuieimiirfrivirininiiviririniiduiririnirinirinieuininiieiminie] i fefeiufoieimnfeferieefe el el el the stream as nearly as possible, but the | roughness of the country compels the | trail diggers to pick their ground. When the present trails are finished they will connect with eighteen miles of road bullt by the Deling Mining Company, and by August 1 it is expected that the way will be open along the north fork from Big Bar to Prattville. This vast prepara- tory work is a costly undertaking in it- self and can only mean that plenty of money is behind the enterprise. That the development of this rich but little known section has been definitely declded upon is now regarded as certain. —————————— CRICKET MATCH A DRAW. Lack of Time Prevents Completion of Game Between Veterans and the Pacifics. The cricket match at Alameda yester- day between the Veterans and the Pa- cifics resulted in a draw owing to lack | of time. The Veterans went to the bat vice, scoring in all 178 runs. The Pa- cifics in one inning ran up a score of 66. The official score: VETERANS. First inning— H. Ward, b. Jamieson A. E. Acklom, run out .. W. H. McNaughton, ¢. Lannowe,b. Ja: A B F ds, b. Lannowe G. Floman, b. Jamieson. Marsh-Browne, . W. Tetley, not out . Theobald, 1. b, w., b. Jamieson. H. Harbour, b. Jamlieson . Aitken, b. Jamieson C. Banner, b. Jamieson . Wilding (captain), run ou Extras c. Hopkenson, b. Sollom. | Total Total for second inni PACIFT E. H. M. Lannowe, L. b. A. W. Wilding, run out . 2l avowtnliunnon &3] onnonoBuunian b. Reynolds. o . Tiedemann, b. Harl W. E. Rooker, run out F. Benni, b. Banner . D. Jamieson, c. Tetley, b. Sloman. T. Hopkins, 'st. H. G. Theobald, b. Sloman. E. 0. Chandler, b. Sloman . V. P. Sollom, b. Sloman . Stratton, b. Reynolds McZallum, not out e South Bay Yacht Club Regatta. SAN JOSE, July 20.—The annual regatta of the South Bay Yacht Club was held | to-day. Captain S. G. Smith’s Papoose | won by two minutes. The Cisne, owned by Captain Moody «nd sailed by Curtis M. Barker, was second and the Wander- er, Captain Donnickson, third. The Fol- let, Captain Eaton, and the Pereus, Cap- tain Bassett, also started. Every availa- ble boat of the South Bay Yacht Club was out on the bay and each was crowd- ed with pleasure seekers. S Militia Out to Save Negro. TYLER, Tex., July 20.—Two companies of militia have been ordered by special train to Rusk to protect a 70-year-old ne- gro, charged with an attack upon the daughter of a planter. The victim is high- 1y connected and her relatives and friends are so highly incensed that trouble is ex- pected. ‘Woman Smashes Cycle Records. NEW YORK, July 20.—At the Manhat- tan Beach track to-day Lottie Brandon, paced by single motors, rode 31% miles in one hour. Lizette's old record for women was 25 miles 125 yards. | man 42, 39, 38, 37; Dr. MEETS DEATH - IN THE SURF Charles T. Stahl or Oak- land Is Drowned in Oregon. SEASIDE, Or., July 20.—Charles T. Stahl, a carpenter, was swept out to sea and drowned at noon to-day, in full view of several hundred bathers and specta- tors who thronged the beach. Nach Grant, well known as a powerful swimmer, had gone out through the surf and was about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Stahl was tempted beyond the line of safety by the sight of Grant and followed him out. After a quarter of an hour both Grant and Stahl started in. Grant finally reached a point in the break- ers where he could touch bottom. Then he heard a call from Stahl, who was still about 100 feet out. Grant at once re- turned to Stahl and tried to aid him to get in, but it was no use. ‘Never mind,"” said Stahl, and Grant then set out io save himself. Stahl kept himself on the surface for perhaps a quarter of an hour and then was seen no more. Meanwhile Grant had reached the beach and told the story of his parting with Stahl and the carpenter’s certain death. Charles T. Stahl was a sén of Dr. B. F. Stahl of Oakland. Columbia Club Shooting. The shooting at the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club range, Harbor View, yester- day resulted as follows: Rifle, 200 yards, three-shot match—Captain Fred Kuhnle 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20, 22, 23; F. 0. Young 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 18, 18, 20, H. Kroeckel 19, 26. Ten-shot rifle match—F. ©O. Young 53, A. H. Cody 67. Military and repeating rifie match, Creedmoor count—A. H. Pape 47, P. A. Becker 46, 45, 43; F. Knost- Hunsaker 43, 43; D. Thompson 5. Fifty-yard range, pistol—Ed Hovey 39, 43; F. O. Young 53, 53; R. Schnelder 55, 61, 63, 67; G. Barley 57; Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 64, 66, 69, 78; P. Becker 59; J .R. Trego 67, 68, 70, 74, 76; Miss Magner 129; Mrs. Magnin'133. Revolver match—L. Hinkel 59: F. O. Young 62. 22 and 25 rifie match—H. Kroeckel 1, 1, 2, 021, 1, A, 1.4 18,30 /a1 29 199 Ja. ‘a5 28; Dr. 3. F. Twist 21, 23, 28, 23, 25, 28, 2s; Dr. Hunsaker 85, 85; Mrs. C. F. Waltham 38, 41. ————— California Club Shoot. The bullseve shoot of the California Schuetzen Club at San Rafael range yes- terday resulted as follows: A. von Weyl 149, G. Tammeyer 275, C.Meyer 443, J. Bachman 531, L. Rinck 537, E. Winne 561, H. Eckman 547, O. Burmelster 695, A. Bertelson, 733, F. Sufter 747, C. Sagehorn 824, F. E. Mason 830, John Horstman 875, R. Fink- ing 898, A. Utschig 936, O. Bremer 978, R. Langer 992, A. Strecker 1003, A. Jungblut 1069, p. B. Faktor 1137, Captain Kuhls 1192, G. Richmuller Sr., 1224, A. Hamfell 1256, D. Sohl- mann 1277, Joseph Straub 1361. BRYAN FACTION DESERTS SILVER Will Attempt to Stem the David B, Hill Movement. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 20.—Alarmed and angered by the growing power of Grover Cleveland, David B. Hill and other gold Democrats over the Democratic organi- zations in New York, New Jersey, Con- necticut, Massachusetts and other East- ern States, Willlam J. Bryan's friends are going to drop silver, declare that the money question is settled and form a new party out of the patches of some old organizations. The announcement of this was made by foimer Senator Pettigrew of South Da- | kota, after a long conference in the Orien- tal Hotel, Manhattan Beach, this after- noen, in which ¥. E. Dubois, United | States Senator from Idaho, Professor Garrett Droppers of North Dakota, George Shibley of Washington, D. C., and some’ other Western Democrats took part. Bryan's recent letter to the Tilden Club denouncing Cleveland was the first blast of the bugle. During his forthcoming tour of the Eastern States, he will con- tinue his attacks at every opportunity ard endeavor to hold as many of the State organizations as possible. Pettigrew, Dubois and Shibley are the advance heralds of the new movement. Their meeting was said to have been mairly for the purpose of approving some literature which is to be scattered along Bryan's path, ANIMAL SPECIMENS FOR OAKLAND ELKS Mounted Buck, Doe and Fawn Ob- tained for the Clubrooms of the Lodge. OAKLAND, July 20.—Three splendid specimens of the elk family, a buck, doe and fawn, have been received by the local Elks' lodge and will occupy a place of honor in the lodgeroom of the proposed new building of the organization. The animals were taken at Centralla, Wash., killed, mounted and shipped to this city. Before the buck became an inanimatc ornament he weighed %0 pounds. From the tips of his hoofs to the top of his antlers is ten feet, Fred Baumgarten, George Daniels, A. C. Hodges, Clay Haw- backer, H. Matthews and Dr. Halsey of the Elks' lodge composed the commut- tee that was instrumental in securing tho specimens for the lodge. —_—————— Death of Frank L. Potter. OAKLAND, July 20—Frank L. Potter, aged 30 years, died at his residence, 534 Thirty-fourth_street, last evening of tu- berculosis. He had resided in this city for the last twenty-six years and was & chemist by occupation SHERIFF FOILS ANGRY GITIZEN Captures Man They Con- templated Stringing Up to a Tree. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, July 20.—Two hundred an- gry citizens of Trinity County spent all of last night and half of to-day in a search for A. Olson, who last evening dragged Miss Eugenia Wilson from her riding horse on the road between Lewis- ton and Lowdon’'s ranch. The girl carried the mail between the two places. Olson was employed as a laborer at Lewiston and had frequently seen her. Las he followed and attacked her. e A search was immediately instituted when the attack was reported by the girl, and by midnight 200 armed citizens vgere scouring the woods. Sheriff Bergin of out. Had O citizens he would have been. strung .up to the nearest tree. At noon to-day Sher- iff Bergin overtook Olson, who was made a prisoner after a short and feeble fight. He s now locked safely in the Trinity County jail. He offers no statement. The cople are Indignant and woul & ChATR.E0 Tanch B e SAURIANS UNEARTHED IN SHASTA FOSSIL BEDS BERKELEY, July 20.—Professor H. C. Merriam, head of the department of palaentology at the Unliversity of Cali- fornia, returned to-day from an geological trip in The Bhaats. toseu’lll‘ efi’:«fg Although disappointed in the hope of find- ing remains of prehistoric man in the caves of the McCloud River, Professor Merriam’s trip was fruitful of fossil re- mains of giant reptilians. Besides finding many valuable gpeci- mens of invertebrates, Professor Mer- riam’s party succeeded in unearthing sev- eral fragmentary remains of saurians similar to the shastosaurus found in that region five years ago, about which Pro- fessor Merriam recently published an im- portant scientific bulletin. Vance C. Osmont, an assistant in geol- oy at the universn{s and Bustace Fur- long, who were of Professor Merriam's party, have remained on the ground to make further investigations. ey will return about August 1. “I regard the fragmentary remains of saurians we unearthed as the most im- portant find of our trip.” sald Professor erriam. ‘“‘Some of the bones are thoss of the shastosaurus, and complete to a nicety to several of the missing portions of the skeleton of the shastosaurus se- cured five years ago. | against the estate. | house in San Francisco he always ‘Weaverville, with a large posse, started | 1son been captured by the | LEAVES JEROME'S CHILD PENNILESS Attorney Secures Pos- session of Her En- tire Patrimony. Frederick E. Whitney Rests Under Odiom of Grave Accusation. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 20. Frederick E. Whitney, a well-known at- torney and former court commissioner of this county, is accused of committing sharp practice in connection with the set- | tling of the ‘estate of the late Edwin B Jerome—practice so sharp that it is ai- | leged to have netted him $40%0 in cash and réndered absolutely penniless a young | girl who was wholly dependent upon the | integrity of ner father’s friend that she might live upon her small patrimony. The disclosure of Whitney’s alleged cu- pidity is about to be followed by steps for | his punishment. Should he fail to refund | the money he may be prosecuted in the courts, and in_any case proceedings | will be instituted against him to disbar | him from the practice of his profession in ! the courts. District Attorney Allen has already been informed of the nature of Whitney’'s aileged acts, and he is under- stood to have delayed action in order to glve the attorney a chance. Several | friends of the family of the jate ‘Pop” | Jerome—for that is the name he was fa- miliarly known by—also constituted them- selves a committee to wait upon Whit- | ney for an explanation, but he had an in- different one to offer, and now he is threatened with disbarment. | When “Pop” died he left an estate | worth not more than $8000, consisting of | the family home at 1331 Chestnutstreet | | and $4000 in life insurance. The home was encumbered for all its value, and fore- closure proceedings are soon to be begun | So that the entire | estate may be said to consist of merely | the $4000 life insurance. During “Pop” | Jerome's connection with the Custom- re- ceived a good salary, but his liberality and charitable dispesition never permited him to accumulate a fortune. I DAUGHTER GETS ALL. | Of his estate Mr. Jerome left the en-| tire sum to his daughter, Miss Ethel Je- | rome, a frail girl who has just crossed | the line that divides girlhood from wo- | manhood. She was named as executrix | iand left the custody of her eight-year- | old brother, whom she was charged by | her father to care for, the deceased hav- | ing confidence that she would rear him | tenderly. An older brother was disin-; herited. Frederick E. Whitney and Mr. Jerome | had been close friends, and when _the | father died Miss Jerome engaged Whit- ney to assist her in closing up the estate. The proceedings in the probate court ! went along amicably, and a short time ! ago the estate was ready for distribution. | After proving the death of Mr. Jerome, | Whitney is alleged to have secured the | $4000 from the insurance company on the representation that he was the trustee. | This money, Miss Jerome informs her | friends, she mever saw. She i§ unfamiliar ! with business methods, and alleges Whit- ney made her believe she had the money when she innocently accepted from him what purported to-be a receipt for $4000. Not until some time afterward did Miss Jerome discover that she had in reality accepted a promissory note gigned by | Whitney for the $4000. She exhibited the paper to some friends. The story of the alleged deception was carried to other friends of the Jerome family, who imme- | diately took steps to care for the girl, | now left without money. Some of these friends were old associates of Mr. Je- | Fome in the Custom-house, and some were | influential friends of the deceased, two of | whom were John A. Britton, president of | the Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Com- | pany, and Chris Unger. ¥ WHITNEY IS ACCUSED These men waited upon Whitney at his office and accused him of the grave of- fense of betraying his trust as an attor- ney. Whitney is said to have made no denial of the charge, but offered security for the note, and assured the committee that Miss Jerome would not suffer. He volunteered to the committee the infor- mation that he had used the money in paying doctor’s bills. The committee was not satisfled with ‘Whitney's security, and made an investi- gation, only to find, they say, that it was absolutely worthless. This discovery sat- isfied the committee that Whitney did not intend to repay Miss Jerome, and she was advised to lay the matter before the District_Attorney. In comglny with At. torney W. M. Pierson of San Francisco, a relative, she called upon the District | Attorney, who advised them to wait the result of pressure that he would bring ugon ‘Whitney. If the District Attorney’s | efforts bring no results then it is pro- posed to bring a criminal charge against ‘Whitney. So far there has been no re- sult. District Attorney Allen was asked this afternoon what action he proposed to take in regard to Whitney, but he said that nothing had been decided upon yet. He admitted having had a conference with Miss Jerome, but was not willing to ad- mit what transpired. “T have been informed of Miss Jerome's | difficulty,” he said, “but I really know | very little about the whole story of the | transaction yet. I will do nothing un-| til after a thorough investigation of the | matter is made.” Miss Jerome refuses to talk about her troubles, and has left the matter entirely in the hands of her relative, Attorney Pierson. Several efforts were e to see Attorney Whitney, but without result. W eather Report. (120th Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 20—5 p. m. THE COAST RECORD. 2 B U 2 9 B2 B g o STATIONS. g; 8878 8% § grd to hoE g g iR H gitde : y fa . 68 56 W Pt Cldy .00 Baker 84 56 NW Pt Cldy .00 Carson 20 52 W Clear <00 Eureka . B 58 54 N Cloudy .0L Fresno . . 104 66 W Clear .00 Flagstaft 84 44 NE Pt Cldy .00 Pocatello ... 90 54 W Clear .00 Los Angeles.. 78 60 W Clear .00 Phoenix ... 18 8 W Clear .00 ear . Fon Biat 102 66 SE Clear .00 83 56 N Clear <00 90 56 S Clear <00 88 58 NW Clear .00 58 52 SW Cloudy .00 74 54 W_ Clear .00 68 64 NW Clear .00 82 5 NW Cl ‘00 94 58 NE 66 46 SW 70 SW 98 54 SI 108 71 S WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL FORECAST. The weather is fair over the Pacific Slope except partly cloudy over the Plateau region and foggy along the Northern California coast. Rain is reported from El Paso. The pressure has risen over the Western rtions of Washington and Oregon and ex- Treme Northern California and fallen over the Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions. An area of high pressure is central off the Wash- ington coast while the lowest pressure is re- ported from Southern Arizona. The temperature has fallen over Western Washington_and Northwestern Oregon and risen over Idaho and Northern Utah. The femperature Is generally above the norma. throughout the interior and below along the immediate coast. In the great valleys of Cali- fornia the maximum temperatures approxi- mate about 100 degrees. Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty hours ending midnight July 21, 1902: ‘Northern California—Falir Monday, except cloudy and foxgy along the coast; light vari- able winds in the interior, brisk westerly along coast. ‘hgollthern California—Fair Monday, except foggy along the coast in the morning; fresh —_—— CHICAGO. July 20.—There will not be a renewal of the freight handlers’ strike in Chis cago. This decision was reached at a Iml"." of the Freight Handlers Vnion to- wind. wefl"evtdu—i‘lfl' Monday; cooler in north por- tion. San Francisco and vicinity—Gens or fogay Monday; fresh na Jrit!-x .m%":&‘l GAGE MEN KEEP IN THEIR HOLES There Are Two Counties Up North Where They Dare Not Brag. El Dorado and Placer Strong for Thomas Flint's Candidacy. —_———— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 20. This is not the season for Gage men up in El Dorado and Placer counties, and they are about as scaArce just now as fish in a dry creek bed. t least that is what State Senator W. B. Lardner of the Third District says, and he knows enough about the ground up there to know what he's | talking about. Senator Lardner was among those pres- ent yesterday on the streets of Oakland. | He came down from Auburn on a busi- ness trip, but he was willing to mix a lit- tle politics with his visit, and before re- turning to his law practice he looked over the ground some and talked some, too. “It's pretty much Flint up our way,” he said, “with Pardee next and Edson next, with Gage nowhere. They never did like Gage in my district, which takes n El Dorado and Placer, but since these dis- closures about San Quentin and the Gov- ernor’s insistence on the trial of the two editors at San Pedro they dislike him more than ever. The two counties will give the anti-Gage forces their en- tire vote in the convention. Of course, there are a few Gage men around, but they are mostly staying in the brush. Senator Lardner never gets real bitter against anybody, so that his prognostica- tions carry weight. He's not particularly opposed to Gage, and will only oppose him because he loves Gage less and the other fellows more. ADVISES CALIFORNIANS TO SAVE THE FORESTS Professor Fernow, the Noted Expert, Lectures at the University Summer School. BERKELEY, July 20.—The third uni- versity meeting of the summer session at the University of California was held this afternoon in the Harmon gymnaslum. Professor Bernard E. Fernow of Cornell and Professor Fred N. Scott of the Uni- vesity of Michigan were the speakers for the occasion. Professor Fernow, who is head of the forestry department of Cornell and who has been giving a course of lectures osn the subject of forestry at the summer session, dwelt upon the need of concerted | national action toward the preservation of the forests. “When I came to this country in 1876," said the speaker, ‘“‘the term forestry was not in your dictionaries. Only very re- cently have the American people begun to realize that if they would insure the material prosperity of this country one hundred years from now they must cave the forests. Nothing short of a national | sentiment will effect this end.” Professor Scott gave a talk on “Choos- ing One’s World.” Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED, Sunday, July 20. Fr bark Brenn, Brette, 196 days from New- castle, England. Schr_Corinthian, Olsen, 4% days from Co- quille River. Schr James Roloh, Olsen, 31 days from Eleele. MEMORANDUM. Per schr James Rolph—July 8. lat 37 30 N long 151 W, was in company with a four-mast- ed Br ship with all yards rigged down to the mizzen; also mizzen topgallant mast; all sails set on fore,main and jigger masts; bound for San Francisco; all well. DOMESTIC PORTS. ASTORIA—Sailed July 20—Schr_ Fred J Wood, for schr Webfoot, for San Fran- ADVERTISEMENTS. STATEMENT —oOF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— Fidelity and Casualty COMPANY F NEW YORK, IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the ilst day of December, A. D. 1901, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of ‘the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Com- missioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in Cash $250,000 00 e ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company.. $567,818 73 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned ggflcomuny. 3,283,980 00 ce. Cash in Compan 24,521 43 Cash in Banks. . 183,382 28 Interest due 1 Stocks and Loans. 2,731 91 Premiums in due Course of Col- lection . . ceven 530 Agents’ bal 6,242 91 Rents due and accrued. 612 Reserve reinsurance deposit (cash in Company’s T DR - 21,034 50 Total AssetS......cceceesoeer. 34,412,923 30 LIABILITIES. Losses in process of Adjustment or $244,825 92 Losses resisted, ng expenses, 572,320 T4 Gross premiums on Risks runnin; one year or les: reinsurance per cent . 1,741,405 10 Gross premiums on Risks running more than one year; reinsurance pro rata ..... 248,982 27 Contingent fund . 250,000 00 Due and accrued for salarh rent, ete. INCOME. Net cash actually recetved for pre- miums . $3,768,515 60 Received f on Bonds, Stocks, from all other sources . Received for Rents... o Received from all other soufces. Total Incoms ...... Net amount paid for Losses Dividends to Stockholders. 250 Pald_or_allowed for or Brokerage ......... 984,934 T4 Paid for Salaries, Fees, and other charges for officers, clerks, ete.. 272,794 68 Paid for State, National and Local . 78,377 19 payments and expendi- 43 eeeeevrasacaaes SIBIML TO .$3,674.688 32 GEO. F. SEWARD, Prest. ROBT. J. HILLAS, Secy. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of Febroary, 1902. W. L. KERR, Notary Public. CHAS. J. BOSWORTH, General Agent, No. 318 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.