The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1902, Page 1

~ ». s T all. VOLUME XCII-NO. 54. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEWPORTS SOCIAL COLONY WILL TO-DAY WITNESS THE OELRICHS-MARTIN WEDDING Elaborate Preparations Are Made Both at the Church Where the Ceremony Will Take Place and at the Home of the Bride’s Father--Rehearsal Held Under Direction of Rev. Father Deady Miss Lz CEURIcs i Spectal Dispatch to The Call. July 2.— summer | to- | EWPORT, R. L, Newport’s entire colony will be present morrow at the marriage of | ss Lily Oelrichs to Peter | rtin of San Francisco. The most elaborate preparations have | been made h at St. Joseph’s Church, | where ceremony will take place, and | t the home of the bride’s father, Charles | M. Oelric | were véry much Increas- | e coming of those in- | Colonel and Mrs, Arri ng. g and are guests | Pembroke Jones. Miss ier in the day, her pre: for the re-| at the church, one of the bridesmaids, rers coming this evening were necessary as she wil Among c Bradish Johnson, who is stopping with Alfred G. Vanderbilt, at Pinard Cottages, | L ss Kathleen Neilson, who is with her mother, Mrs. Frederick Neflson, at | Margaret AT THE REHEARSAL. | The rehearsal of the ceremony took | at 5 o'clock this afternoon, under rection of Rev. Father Deady, and pied about half an hour. Meanwhile florists were busy with roses and lil- 1 greens, transforming the church. Hermann Oelrichs, beautiful and | happy as the youngest girl there, was thé good angel of the scene. She has devoted herself with energy to forwarding the happiness of her niece. It is she who pro- vides the priceless Venetian point lace the bride will wear and it is her carriage that Mrs | moved, will carry Miss Oelrichs to the church. Miss Oelrichs took a lively part in the jollity. Presently she requested Father Deady to have the candelabra on the altar as golden candlesticks had been provided. Then she surveyed the prie dieus, and with her own hands moved them six or elght feet further into the chancel. By and by Count Guardibassl, | the friend of the family who is to sing at the wedding, arrived and wanted to use the time before the rehearsal in practic- ing, but there was no one to play for him. 1t was nearly 6 o'clock when Mrs. Charles | M. Oelrichs arrived. The young folks, | meanwhile, had formed a procession & the door. | Mrs. Oelrichs was in a long black gown of the style she affects, and that made her | jook ke a Rossetti model. Mr. N in striped flannels and can ed in the chancel. There being no music, | Philip Lydig and Livingston Beckman started to sing the Lohengrin march and the other men joined in, The effect was | not bad, Charles Oeirfchs and Frank | Carolan, who led the ushers, started down | the aisle, laughing, and took their places. | “I am more nervous than anybody ever wa said Miss Oelrichs, but it was c\'l-\ dent she knew perfectly well how she | wished the rehearsal conducted. A second | and third time the procession moved down | the aisle, some one having been found | meanwhile who could play the organ after | a fashion. Little Miss Blanche Oelrichs, just as she | had come from the tennis court, looked as pretty as she will to-morrow. Miss | Oelrichs ranged the bridesmaids on her left and on her right the matrons of | honor, Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer and Mrs. | Cameron McR. Winslow, her cousins. COUPLE WHOSE MARRIAGE AT NEWPORT TO-DAY WILL BE SO- CIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON. . EX Then she took a look at the grouping and aitered it a little. She directed her father how to m nage her train, which learned after blushing. he tried an usher on this and finally assigned the | duty to Miss Ja honor. THE WEDDING CEREMONY. The wedding ceremony will be begun at 12:30. The Rev. L. J. Deady, rector of St. Joseph's, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. W. A, Doran and P. F. McCabe. By special dispensation there will be no nup- tial mass. The music at the church will be by the Casino orchestra. One hundred and forty guests are expected at the wedding break- , her cousin and maid of fast. Forty-four will sit at the bridal table. Besides this there will be twelve tables seating eight each. The menu will be: Cantaloupe candlenne frappes. Consomme Frold Bellevue, Oeuts a la reine. fhis de veau bussy. Petits pols a la franc Poulets de grain. Jambon de Virginie, Slade Victoria. Moct and Chandon brut imperial, Apollinaris, Mouse aux Beches. Marrons Glaces. Brandied cherrles. Gateaux Assortls. Bonbons. Cafe noir. This evening Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs gave a dinner at Rosecliff for the bridal party, at which Francesca Maria Guarda- bassi sang. Among the guests at Mrs. Oelrichs’ were Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke | Jones, Henry F. Eldridge, Mrs. Eleanor | Martin, Henry Martin, Captain and Mrs. Philip M. Ly Mrs. Stuyve: ry Le! dig, R. Livingsten Beekman, nt Fish, Mr. and Mrs. Hen- Lawrence McCreery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carolan, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Havemeyer Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry O, Havemeyer Jr. and Lieutenant Com- | mander and Mrs. Cameron McR. Winslow, Florists were engaged all night at the church, as the decoration there is to be very elaborate, in order to relieve the in- terior of the edifice of its barrenness. Much green will be used, and many white roses and lilies and numerous palms and other foliage plants will be arranged at the Oclrichs residence in Kay street, as well as at the church. MAGNIFICENT PRESENTS. Some of .the many wedding presents that have been arriving for some days are almost priceless. Mr. Martin's gift to the bride is a diamond tiara which cost $50,000. he | CAPTIVE WARRIORS ARE SHOT Thirty Yaqui Braves Are Executed in Sonora. | Become Targets for a Squad of Mexican Riflemen. American Witness Describes Whole- sale Slaughter. Special Dispateh to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz., July 23.—S. N. Jacks, & prominent merchant of Forth Worth, who has mining interests on the Yaqui River, arrived in Tucson to-day, bringing details of the execution of thirty Yaquis at Torreon, Sonora, on Saturday. They were members of a band of Yaquis that had refused to accept the amnesty grant- ed by General Torres and had fled to the mountains and remained there in hiding until surprised and captured by a de- tachment of rurales and regulars from the army of General Torres. All were male warriors and among the most war- like of the tribe, and for this reason the authorities decided to execute them in- stead of deporting them, as has been done in most cases since the amnesty or- der was issued. The prisoners were guarded by such a small force that the Mexican officers feared a rising among them and an attack from the outside. The thirty prisoners were taken on Sat- urday to a point just outside of the town of Torreon, where they were lined up and shot. Many of the Mexican ranch | proprietors and American mining opera- tors in that vicinity revolted at the whole- sale execution, and did ail in their power to postpone it pending an appeal to Gen- eral Torres, but these efforts were of no avail. WARRIORS SHOW NO FEAR. Jacks, who was an eye-witness of the execution, says he hopes that he wiil never again see such a spectacle. The warriors met their death bravely and without flinching. Not until the march | to the outskirts d'd they realize that they were to be shot. The word was then wkispered quietly among them, but every mar held up his head and took his place in the line of those were to be sac- rificed The Yaquis were shqt down one at a time by five picked sharpshooters fromi the rurales. As one by one the warriors were killed those who remained waited | bravely for their turn and bared their breasts to receive the bullets from the Mausers In the hands of their execu- | tioners. When the deadly work was completed | they were buried in a common grave, | | which had been prepared for them. The | Mexican officers and men marched back to town, and that night the event was celebrated with feasting and carousing. FRIENDLY TOWARD AMERICANS While returning from the mining prop- erty on the Yukon River Mr. Jacks came upon a band of Yaquis who were on the warpath. His guide explained to the | leader of the band that Mr. Jack was an American and had no hostile feeling toward the Indians, but, on the contrary, was in sympathy with them. After being detained a short time in the Tndian camp Mr. Jacks was released and allowed to go on his y Mr. Jacks says that some of the leaders and instigators of the uprising were | among those shot at Torreon, and he be- | lieves that this was the r | son why the Mexican authorities ordered their execu- tion instead of deporting them. | Mrs. Eleanor Martin, mother of the pros- | pective grdom, sent a magnificent dia- | mona collar. | The bride wil wear no jewels nor orna- ments. She will carry a large bouquet | ef orchids and orange blossoms. The wed- | ding gown, one of the handsomest ever seen in this country, is of white satin under filmy silk chiffon. The waist is finished with pearl trimming, and the train, which is five yards in length, is trimmed with point lace flounces and crange blossoms, Miss Blanche Oelrichs, the sister of the bride, who will be the maid of honor, will be gowned in white mulle ornamented with dainty Valenciennes lace. Her pic- ture bat will be of white and she will | carry a basket of jessamine. The bridesmaids, Miss Eleanor daughter of Colonel Jay and cousin of Miss Oelrichs, and Miss Isabel May, @avghter of Henry May of Washington, will be dressed in white mousseline de soie trimmed in white lace, will wear {large white hats, white plumes, and carry bouquets of orchids. Jay, Appointed Domestic Prelate. ROME, July 23.—Rev. Thomas A.. Flynn, Vicar General of Diocese of Sioux Falls, | §. D., has been appointed a domestic pre- | late to the Pope. i ) £ | TWO HUNDRED | CHINESE DIE IN DISASTER HONGKONG, July 28. —A native steam- er has capsized in the West River and two hundred persons have | been drowned. | no time in lea MYSTERIOUS DEATH CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG CITIZENS OF POINT ARENA Victor Nargon Is Found Shot Through the Head in Home of Eva Bedford and Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict of Suicide==Two Women Are Arrested for Murder but Are Quickly Released vicTo= NARGON viCTm™M oF MYSTERIOUS =z — OR the past two weeks \con- siderable excitement has reigned throughout Mendo- cino County over the tragic death on the afternoon of July 7 of Victor Nargon, a popular young lumberman, who was found shot through the head in a small house in Point Arena kept by a woman of the red light district named Eva Bed- ford. The citizens of Point Arena and the entire county of Mendocino are divided in opinfon as to whether Nargon com- mitted suicide or met death at the hands of another. Along the wave-swept coast of the county and in the remote logging camps the death of Nargon has been 1is- cussed from early morn till late at night. A Coroner's jiry investigated the case, and after a long session returned a ver- dict - of suicide. Constable Fred Slack afterward arrested Eva Bedford and her companion, May O'Connor, who were with Nargon at the time of his death. The women were charged with murder and given a preliminary examination by Justice of the Peace Frank Ainslie and District Attorney W. G. Poage of Ukiah. Three witnesses were called at the inves- tigation, and after they were examined the charge of murder against the women was dismissed. BURIED IN LONELY GRAVE. | Eva Bedford and May O'Connor lost ving Point Arena for the outer world. Nargon's body was buried in a grave in the little cemetery of Point Arena overlooking the sea, and nis friends and companions now take sides as to the manner of his demise, News travels siowly from. Point Arena to the busy cities of the State. Three small steamers: leave Point Arena for San Francisco weekly, while every day but Sunday a lumbering stage starts out and conveys passengers over hill and dale B . railroad connection is had with this cily. through dense forests to Cazadero, where ( CoNMSTARLE S acx | the logging camp and went to Point Arena. He cashed a check for $5 and went to the house kept by Eva Bedford in a lonely gulch on the outskirts of the town. He 1s known to have spent money with a free hand, and though he partook of considerable liquor his friends say that he did not drink more than he ordinarily imbibed. On the evening of Sunday, July §, Nar- gon was visited by his chum, Olaf Olson, who remained with him until 2:30 p. m. on the following day. Olson testified at the inquest that on Sunday night Nargon told him that he was afraid of Eva Bedford, and feared PISTICT INSTANT o i TRAGED Y, as DESCRIBED aay THE WomenN YW HO erEwmE * o 4 SOME OF THE PERSONS WHO FIGURED IN POINT ARENA TRAGEDY. E2 + The facts connected with the death of | Yictor Nargon are not likely to be for- gotten in Mendocino County for a long time to come, and feeling runs high in | the logging camps, where Nargon's! friends toll from sunrise to sunset. The facts surrounding Nargon's death show that he had lited in Mendocino County for more than ten years. He was a Swede by birth, and was known | far and wide as a jovial, whole-souled fellow, never given to moody thoughts | or despondency. Hundreds of men in Mendocino Courty are willing to stake all thelr possessions that Nargon did not die by his own hand. They believe that he was the vietim of an assassin. Who the assassin is can only be conjectured. For the past three years Nargon worked steadily at the lumber camp of the L. E. White Lumber Company, a few miles out from Point Arena. He was :n receipt of good pay, and wherever there was any fun Nargon was the life of the gathering. On the evening of July 3 Nargon left AT TORMEY Foace —t she would kill him. John Brenback, an- other friend of the dead man, corrobo- rated this testimony. The evidence of Olson was that when he left Nargon on Monday afternoon, July 7, about 2:30 o'clock, Nargon was in a jolly frame of mind and was singing and dancing. Fifteen minutes after Nargon bid Olson good day and arranged to meet him at work in the morning, a shot rang through the house where Nargon, Eva Bedford and May O’'Connor were. Eva Bedford claimed at the Investiga- tlon that she was in the barroom when she heard the shot fired in her bedroom. May O’Connor claimed that she was in the kitchen when the shot was fired and ran to the door and met Eva Bedford com- ing from behind the bar. PISTOL BELONGED TO WOMAN. The womey further testified that they ran into the bedroom and there found Nargon lying face downward on the floor with a bullet wound in his skull. Eva Bedford admitted that the 38-cali- ber revolver subsequently found near Nar- gon’s body belonged to her and that she always kept it under her pillow. Nar- gon’s friends say that he never carried a revolver and that he was never heard to threaten self-destruction. Eva Bedford further testified that Nar- gon had threatened to kill her if she left Point Arena and left him behind, though she subsequently admitted that she had arranged to go to San Francisco and that Nargon was to be in her company. After the shot was fired that ended Nargon’s life, May O’Connor ran out of the house and on the road met a woman named’ Lille Blake, who formerly owned the resort kept by Eva Bedford. It is claimed by many people in Point Arena that May O’Connor cried out to Lilie Blake, “Eva has shot Vie, go for a doctor.” Lilie Blake declared that nothing of the kind was sald, and Charley Dok, a Chi- nese who keeps a small store near Eva Bedford's house, figures at this point n connection with what was said by one woman to another. ASSERTIONS ARE DENIED. Lilie Blake ran to the Chinaman’s store and told him to go for a doctor. It was stated in Point Arena after the shooting of Nargon that the message given to the Chinese by Lille Blake was, “Go for a doctor, Eva has shot Vie.” The claim was made that the Chinese -passed this news to some men who saw him run- ring up the street and who asked him what was the trouble. On these varied assertions, dexled later o0n, however, by the parties to whom they ‘were attributed, Co ble Slack procured warrants for the arrest of Eva Bedford O'Connor, charging them with the murder of Nargon. 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