The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 23, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII—-NO. 115. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1902. WOMAN AT1ACKS FIREBUG Finds Him Entering Window of Her Dwelling. Thrusts Him Back and Calls for As- sistance. Culprit Escapes After Fight With Her Husband. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 22—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Muller have seen San Rafael's no- torious firebug at close quarters. This in- cendiary, to whom nearly thirty fires have been charged in the past year and who‘ has layghed at the efforts of the police to capturd him, entered the Muller home at 1 o'clock this morning, in an attempt to @estroy the dwelling, with its sleeping in- mates. He was discovered by plucky Mrs, Muller, who thrust him back through a window which he was entering, and before he could escape from the yard her hus- band had leaped through the window and grappled with him. Muller was unable to hold the incendiary, but he and his wife have given to the police a description of the culprit which, it is believed, will lead to his early capture. In his fiight the criminal left behind a sack of powder, and piled against the outside of the building was found a stack of shavings, saturated with cofl oil Mrs. Muller was the first to catch a glimpse of the firebug. She saw him as he was entering the window of her sit- ting room. He was half way through the aperture n the brave woman entered the room. Rushing at the intruder, she the window and scream- Her husband responded im- and a fierce struggle with the man In the yard followed. When the fel- low got free Muller pursued him for two blocks, bu! lost trace of the fugi- tive. MULLER’S STORY OF COMBAT. Mr. Muller gives the following accoumt of his experience with the intruder: “Late last night Mrs. Muller and Mrs. er sister, went up town to take busband his midnight ter's y dce factory as night engineer. d home at 11 o'clock. I had retired my wife soon followed. At 1 o’clock morning Mrs. Muller was awakened by in an adjoining room. Arousing me, she sald she believed sume one was trying to enter the house. I scoffed at the idea, but she arose to in- vestigate. “As soon as she entered the adjoining v & man half way through this & noise room the window. rushed at the intruder, screaming as she* @id so. I ran to, her aid and found that | While. the man had dropped from the window | Eiling, aill to the ground below. I went through the window after Mim. The fellow was evidently dazed by the unexpected inter- ruption and ran against the gate, but couid not open it FIREBUG MAKES HIS ESCAPE. “He then attempted to jump the fence and jus £ he was going over I caught hold of coat. We struggled for awhile, but I could not retain my grip and the fellow ran down D street. While giving chase 1 shoot. At this he crouched down and ran in a zigzag course. I followed as far as Third st but there lost track of him. Being clad only d home ering my house and lighting 2 lamp I found a small sack containing gunpowder on the floor, dropped there by the marauder in his hasty flight. ‘This morning & search of the yard was made. It was discovered that a quantity of shav- ings had been piled up against the house and that this material was saturated with coal oil. “I would give two years of my life if I only = pistol last night. It just hap- that I had no firearms in the housec. had any I should have saved the au- ties the trouble of capturing the fire- could have killed him easily. He ung man, and wore a sack suit r hat. He had a small mus- welghed about 150 pounds and was proportioned, I should not tall—well Judge MRS. MULLER NOT SCARED. Mre. Muller corroborated her husband’s description of the man. She vehemently asserted she, too, wished she had had some weapon at the time she first saw him half through the window. 0, I was not frightened at all,” said Mrs. Muller. “I only wish Henry could have caught the fellow.” fuller was for a long time a guard in Quentin prison and is known to be expert shot. The Mulier home is just back of the Donohue house, which was destroyed by fire this afternoon from un- known causes. i INCENDIARY KEEPS BUSY. Adds Another San Rafael Dwelling to His Account. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 2.—The residence of Mrs, Rose Donohue on E street was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The alarm was turned in at 4 o’'clock and the department responded quickly, but the flames had gained such headway that the contents of the building could not be saved. Mrs. Donohue was absent, and no one was in the residence at the time the fire was discovered. It is believed that this dwelling is another to be added to the long list of bulldings destroyed by the San Rafael incendlary. e belng employed at the Marin | led to him to stop or I would | in my night clothing, I ADMITS WOMAN’S MURDER Capture of Slayer of Mrs. Anna Nelson Pulitzer-. Wm. Hooper Young Confesses Awful Crime. Derby Suspect Turns Out to Be Gotham Assassin. DERBY, Conn, Sept. 22.—Willlam Hooper Young, for whom the police of New York have been searching in connec- tion with the murder of Mrs. Anna Nel- son Pulitzer, has been found and is also sald to have made a confession regarding the killing of Mrs. Pulitzer. In the guise of & tramp he had been wandering about the country for several { days and was arrested last evening by the Derby police on suspicion. Although his description corresponds closely with that sent out by the New York officers, the prisoner at first stoutly denied any connection with the murder, and even when he was confronted with a man who was formerly a fellow workman he still denied his identity. But this evening, upon the arrival of 2 man with whom he was Intimately acquainted, the prisoner acknowledged that he is Willlam Hooper Young. He consented to go back to New York without the formality of requisition papers and will be taken there probably to-morrow morning. It was to Mac Levy, a phyrical culture !nstructor of Brooklyn, and Detective Ser- geant Edward Hughes of New York that the prisoner admitted his identity. IMPLICATES AN ACCOMPLICE. During the interview with the officers which followed Young’s admission of his | identity he is said to have made a confes- sion regarding the crime. The exact na- ture of this confession was not made pub- lic to-night. It was said that Young had spoken of an accomplice, but one of the officers, when questioned about this, re- plied: .If_you say simply that &' confession has been made you will tell the whole story.” From another reliable source, however, came the information that Young did say that he had an accomplice. Shortly before 9 o'clock the officers withdrew from the prisoner’s cell and left him for the night, the announcement be- ing made that the man would not be taken to New York until to-morrow even- ing. X"oung is reported to have made a con- fession, in which he claims that an ac- complice actually committed the murder. *Young is said to have told Mac Levy that he and one Charles Simpson Eiling of Without hesitation she | Bridgeport, Conn., lured the woman to Young’s flat, where Young left them for a On his return Young says that that he had killed the woman by giving her a dose of chloral hydrate in a glass of beer. Anxious to save his friend, Young said, he attempted to dismember the body, but his nerve falled him and he subsequently removed it in a trunk. No such men as Eiling s known in Bridgeport, and the police regard the con- fession as a clumsy effort on the part of Young to shield himself. Eiling is the name to which Young addressed the trunk to Chicago. Young says that he expected Efling to go to Chicago and claim the trunk. QUEST OF POLICE ENDS. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The quest for | the supposed murderer of Mrs. Anna Pu- litzer was ended to-night when news | reached police headquarters in this city that the man claiming himself to be Bert Edwards, who was arrested last night near Derby, Conn., had admitted that he was Willlam Hooper Young after he had been positively identified by Mac Lievy, a professor of physical culture, in whose establishment in Brooklyn Young was at one time employed. The police announce that Young will be brought to this city to-morrow morning, his counsel in this city having sald that he would waive ex- tradition proceedings, which might delay his surrender to the New York authorities for a day or two. ELDERS ARE EXONERATED. The articles of feminine apparel found in the trunk brought back from Chicago were positively identified as belonging to his wife by Joseph Pulitzer, who was deeply affected when shown the little bag of cakes his wife had bought for him when she went out on Tuesday night last. The trunk was also positively identified’ ty Alfred Dolby, the hall boy, as the one which he had helped Young carry out of his flat. Captain Schmittberger held a conference to-day with the Mormon elders who lived |. in the house where the murder was com- mitted. The captain afterward said he was satisfied the Mormon elders were in no way connected with the crime. ————— YOUNG IS ALSO A FORGER. Crooked Career of the New York Murderer at Seattle. SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—W. Hooper Young is wanted in Seattle on a charge of forg- ery. His former wife, who secured a ai- yorce from him+n the King County Su- perior Court, is living here at the pres- ent time. Young was in Seattle sixteen months ago and went from here to San Francisco. These facts were established by Detective Lane of the Seattle police force. Lane not only found that ke knew the man while he lived in Seattle, that he had seen him several times about the streets. who immediately fled, told him | but-| KING LEOPOLD'S WRATH DRIVES DAUGHTER AWAY), < Princess' Stephanie Talks About Message 4 Received at Mother’s Bier. RUSSELS, Sept. 22.—The scan- dal arising from the revival of the family ‘quarrel between King Leopold and his daugh- ter, the Princess Stephanie (Countess of Lonyaya) beside the bier of the late Queen Marie Hen- riette at Spa yesterday is agitating all classes. Popular sympathy on all sides is expressed for the Princess, who though deeply affected by the incident makes no complaint. The Princess herself has given out a simple statement of the facts, as follows: “The precise facts .are these: I was praying at the bler of the Queen when some one catne about 4 o'clock to tell me the King would not receive me., I imme- diately left the death chamber. I had no interview with his Majesty. “I was at Cromer, England, when I learned of the death of the Queen. Like a loving daughter and a patriot. I hurried to Spa to render the last honors to my mother. g ‘“‘As the King has caused an intimation to be conveyed to me that he does not desire my presence, I am going to Calais, where my husband will meet me. Thence 1 shall probably return to England. There was no scene between the King and my- self at Spa.” RUPTURE NOT HEALED. It was hoped by the public, which ap- plauded Princess Stephanie’s match with the Count Lonyaya, that the death of the Queen would lead to healing the rupture, but the incident at Spa is taken to dem- onstrate that the King is as irreconcili- able as ever to what he openly has des- ignated as a mesalliance, even after the approval of the Austrian Emperor Fran- cis Joseph. During the whole railroad journey from Spa to this city the Princess was shaken with sobs, and arrived here nearly pros- trated. This morning she attended a spe- cial requiem mass ordered by herself. On leaving the church she was sympathetic- ally greeted by the assembled crowd. The Princess will not be present at her mother’'s funeral. Princess Stephanie started for Calais this afternoon. She was accorded a most enthusiastic greet- ing by large crowds at the railroad sta- tlon, while cries of “Viva la Comtesse!” were raised, to which she replied, “I thank you with all my heart.” Then, apparently overcome by the pop- ular demonstration, the Princess burst into tears. i (R PEIFF ) QUEEN MARIE'S FUNERAL. The funeral services preparatory to the removal of the remains of Queen Marie Henriette to Brussels were held this morning in a church at Spa. The coffin later was placed in a car and was com- pletely hidden by flowers. King Leopold, leaning on the arm of Prince Albert of Flanders, the heir presumptive to the throne, followed on foot, the Ministers, generals and other distinguished persons SECOND AND THIRD DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE UNHAPPY QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. +* Unable to Attend the Funeral of the Late Queen. bringing up the rear. The route of the funeral procession was lined with troops and crowded with people. After the requiem mass the cortege proceeded to the rallroad station, the King, Prince Al- bert and the Princess Clementine and the Ministers accompanying the body to the train. The funeral train arrived at Laeken at 8:40 p. m. The engine was draped with a " crape-covered flag. The King and the other members of the royal family de- scended and gathered in the walting- room, to which the coffin was removed. The procession afterward started for a neighboring church, the Grenadiers’ band playing a funeral march. The coffin was borne Into the church, where the Arch- bishop pronounced the absolution, after which the coffin, followed by the King and other notabilities, was taken to the crypt. The remains later will be placed in the mausoleum. Very large crowds of people lined the route from the railroad station to the church, and all the streets in the vicin- ity were*draped with black. The interior of the church was hung with black. s i SORROWS OF T QUEEN. It. Is Asserted That She Died From a Broken Heart. BERLIN, Sept. 22.—Baron Guillemant, a former officlal of the Belgian court, now residing in Berlin, has published a pamphlet with the purpose of proving that Marie Henriette, Queen of the Bel- glans, died of a broken heart. Her sor- rows were due to the misconduct of her husband and her eldest daughter, Louise, and to the matrimonial unhappiness of her second daughter, Stephanie. Baron Gulllemant introduces letters showing that the Queen was fully determined sev- eral years ago to separate from King Leopold, and that great efforts were necessary to prevent a widespread Eu- ropean scandal. L e e e 2 e a2 2 ) LOSES TEN RELATIVES IN THE FOREST FIRES Olympia Woman Learns the Awful Fate of an Entire Camp- ing Party. TACOMA, Sept. 22.—Mrs. George Hart- sock of Olympla has received details of the death in the forest fires of last week of ten of her relatives. Her brother, his wife and child, her two sisters and their husbands and families were proceeding up Lewis River, in Clarke County, for an outing, when the flames overtook them. Their charred remains have been found. Four of the smaller children of the three families were left behind with their grand- parents and thus were saved. J. A. Ray, of Ray’s Mill, near Elma, who lost heavily in the recent forest fires, says he is able to fix responsibility for the fires in the Grays Harbor country. Two neighbors living to the east of him burned their “slaghings,” in violation of a law that forbids their being burned before DEEP PLOT IS LAID TO KILL THE CZAR Rails Are Removed on Two Railroad Lines, but Nicholas Es- it capes Disaster. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 22.—It is learned here that a plot was laid to Il the Czar while returning from the maneu- vers at Kursk last week. The plotters expected that the Czar would return by either the Nicholas or Warsaw railway, and the rails were removed on both Iines. In one case the tampering was discovered and an accident averted, but in the other case the express was wrecked. The Czar, however, returned home safely. L e e e e e BT ) the 15th of September. Not only that, but they also were guilty of criminal care- lessness in paying no attention to the fire when it went beyond their farms and be- yond. their control. Ray may prosecute. them. * # VOLCANO OF SOUFRIERE IS AGAIN IN ERUPTION Steamer Newington, Engaged in Re- pairing Broken Cable, Narrowly . Escapes Being Destroyed. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, Sept. 22.—The cable steamer Newington secured the St. Lucia end of the St. Vincent cable Sat- urday, four and a half miles from Sou- friere, and just finished buoying it when there was a sudden and violent eruption of the volcano. The steamer thereupon headed away from the land, followed by dense clouds of smoke. She had a narrow escape, and it is considered dnadvisable for her to engage in further operations there, especially as the cable was found to be greatly damaged. The Newington 'will proceed to St. Thomas for a cable to complete the repair of the St. Lucia- A violent eruption of the Soufriere was observed Sunday night from St. Lucla. REBELS ON THE RETREAT Railway Traffic on the Isthmus Is Again Clear. Colombian Legation (dets Encouraging / Reports. Belief That American Marines Will Stay on Railway. e WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The follow- ing important dispatch was received at the Colombian legation to-night from Governor Salazar of the Department of Panama: “PANAMA, Sept. 22.—Rebels have re- treated to Agua Dulce. Railway traffic perfectly free. Interior of Colombia com- pletely pacified. To-day additional rein- forcements reached Colon from Barran- quilla. Rebels admit hopelessness of their cause.” THe legation officlals assert that the retreat of the rebels to Agua Dulce marks practically ‘the collapse of the rebellion. For a long time the only complete revo- lutionary movement, they say, has been in the Department of Panama. Agua Dulce is elght days’ hard march from Panama. The large number of troops be- ing concentrated in and around Panama and Colon, the legation reports say, will forestall the probability of any attack by the rebels even should they rally their forces at Agua Dulce. The opinion is ex- pressed at the legation that the latter either will be forced across the boundary line into Costa Rica, or they will be dis- armed, or attempt to reach Corinto, Nic- aragua. AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. A late dispatch received at the Navy Department to-day from Commander Me- Lean of the Cincinnati contained an en- couraging report of- the condition of af- fairs at the isthmus. It was to the ef- fect that rallway traffic now was per- fectly free and was being conducted with- out any obstruction. The Navy Department is in receipt of the following cablegram from Commander MecLean of the crulser Cineinnati: “COLON, Sept. 20.—Secretary of the Navy, Washington: The United States guards and guarantees traffic and the line of transit. To-day I permitted the ex- change of Colombian troops from Pan- ama to Colon, about 1000 each way, the troops without arms, in train guarded by American naval force in the same man- ner as other passengers, arms and am- munition in separate train guarded also by naval force in the same manner as other freight. McLEAN.” PREDICT DISAPPROVAL. Officials of the Colombian legation here predict that a storm of disapproval will arise in Colombia as a result of Com- mander McLean’s action in disarming the Colombian troops before their pas- sage across the isthmus. It is stated here that Colombia’s agreement with the Pan- ama Railroad Company specifically pro- vides for the transportation of Colombian soldiers by the railroad when occasion arises, and the commander’s action is re- garded at the legatfon here as a direct infringement of Colombia’s sovereignty over the isthmus. Commander McLean, in having the troops transported in a separate train from their arms, is acting apparently in accordance with his construction of that part of Secretary Moody's instructions, cabled on Saturday, which read: “Any transportation of Government troops not in viplation of treaty and which would not endanger transit or pro- voke hostilities may not be objection- able. The department must rely upon your judgment to decide such questions as conditions may arise from day to day.” Naval officers say the commander evi- dently jbelieved the transportation of the troops, rifles in hand and cartridge belts full, might “provoke hostilities” while en route across the isthmus and create an interruption of traffic. WILL STOP HOSTILITIES. A beliet which has grown so strong that it no longer can be disregarded is held in Central and South American diplomatic quarters® here in regard to this latest, and, in point of numbers, almost unpre- cedented dispatch of naval forces to the isthmus. This belief (and it should be stated that the impression prevails in spite of emphatic expressions of high of- ficlals of the United States Government to the contrary) is that the large naval force which has been sent to keep traffic open across the isthmus will prevent, by its very presence, the continuation of hos- tilities along the raiflroad on any ex- tensive scale and soon bring them to a halt altogether; that the force has been sent there in anticipation of an early sig- nature of the Panama canal treaty, and that it will be kept there to maintain or- der and quiet along the trip from Pan- ama to Colon, which, by the terms of the prospective treaty, the United States ig to control. PANAMA, Sept. 22.—Government sol- diers who were captured by General Her- rera at Agua Dulce and who were com- pelled to join his army and. who suc- ceeded In escaping, arrived here to-day. They confirm the report that the whole revolutiondry army has abandoned its camp *near Chorrera and is retreating toward Agua Dulce. COLON, Colombia, Sept. 22.—The United States auxiliary cruiser Panther, from the League Island Navy Yard, with a battalion of marines on board, has just arrived here. Efforts are being made to secure suitable quarters here for the American marines. l PRICE FIVE CENTS. CASTRO NOW HAS NEW FOE Venezuela and Great Britain on Verge of Rupture. Affairs of Caracas Government in a Muddle. Seizing of Goose Is= land Increases Friction. LONDON, Sept. 22.—The Associated Press is in a position to announce that diplomatic relations between Great Brit- ain and Venezuela are on the verge of being severed. Any day, almost any hour, may bring the announcement that the British Minister at Caracas has been given his passports, with corresponding actlon toward the Venezuelan represen- tative in London. The cause of the crisis seems not to be conflned to any particu- lar instance, but consists in various dif- ferences which have culminated in Ven- ezyela assuming such an angry attitude as to leave Downing street fully im- pressed with the belief that the Ven- ezuelan Government intends to force mat- ters to a crucial issue. That a diplomatic rupture would result in hostilitles Is a contingency thus far scarcely contem- plated. RELATIONS BADLY STRAINED. The present diplomatic relations are so strained that, to quote a responsible British official, it would make really very little difference if the fact became publie property by the absence of the diplomatic representatives from Caracas and Lon- don. Tke view of the Foreign Office is that affairs have reached a stage where it I3 impossible to deal satisfactorilv with ‘Venezuela in any matter which may come up. In proof of this contention the For- eign Office instances the report of the United States Minister at Caracas, Her- bert W. Bowen, announcing that the Ven- ezuelan Government had protested against the British flag being raised over Patos (or 'Goose) Island, over which the Venezuelan Government claimed sov- ercignty. According to the British Gov- ernment’s understanding Patos Island be- longs to Great Britain just as mueh as Trinidad and so far as known no question as to its ownership has ever arisen. In- habitants of the island have recently been shot or otherwise endangered through the action of Venezuelans, whether Govern- ment or revolutionary partisans is not known. For purposes of protection the local West Indian authorities ordered the British flag to be prominently displayed on the island, hence the protest, which the Foreign Office says is only one of many. HOPELESSLY MUDDLED. An exceptionally prominent official said to a representative of the Associated Press this evening: “Affairs in Venezuela are so hopelessly muddled that we can get nothing done. There is no concealing the fact that the Venezuelan Government has made heated protests to our Minister. The chief griev- ance appears to be the allegation that the British Government Iis aiding the revolutionary army. It is needless to say this is perfectly baseless. We only wish the United States would take over the whole country and then perhaps we could get some peace. Of all the disturbances of the iast decade the present seems to be the worst. This, combined with the nominal Government, makes us somewhat indifferent to any action which may take place. The Venezuelans appear inclined to be rather reckless, thanks chiefly to what I presume is the mistaken notion that Washington will protect them from the results of their own folly, however inimical that might be to the lives and property of British subjects and those of other Europeans. As we understand Monroeism, Venezuela is quite mistaken in this matter, though apparently the impression has much to do with her pres- ent action.” GOOSE ISLAND AFFAIR. ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—No notice of a strain of the diplomatic relations be- tween Great Britain and Venezuela has reached the Department of State. If such is the case, however, the department of- ficials would have no hesitation in ascrib- ing the cause of the threatened rupture to the dispute which has been revived between the two countries over the ow- nership of Patos, or Goose Island, lying in the Dragon's Mouth, between Trinidad and the Venezuelan coast. Minister Bowen last week Informed the depart- ment that the dispute had taken an acute phase through the assertion of British sovereignty over the little island, and as he at the same time said that Venezuela had protested against the hoisting of the British flag it is not doubted that to this incident must be traced any serious dif- ference between the two countries. STARTS IN HIS BALLOON TO CROSS MEDITERRANEAN PARIS, Sept. 22.—Count de la Vaulx has made a second attempt to cross the Med- iterranean in his balloon Mediterranean. He made a favorable start from Palavas, on the coast of France, this morning. His destination is Alglers. Five aeronauts accompany the Count, and this afternoon the balloon was reported twenty-five miles to the southward. A later unconfirmed report from Mont- peller says the balloon got out of order and fell near Beziers. VIENNA, Sept. 2.—The Allgemeine Zeitung reports the explosion of a bal- loon at Reichenberg, Bohemia, by which thirty persons were injured, several se- verely. bt f i g~