The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1902, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1902. WONAN'S LETTER THE ONLY GLEW' OF YOUNG GHILD]wy o supe John Merrill Cushman Kills Himself for Cause Unknown. Love Missive of Opera Singer Found in the Dead Man's Pocket. —_—— John Merrill Cushman, who was & book- keeper for George W. McNear, and 32 years of age, shot himself in the mouth with a 38-caliber revolver last might at 0 Sutter street, the home | of E. L. Heath, a retired capitalist. He left no expianation of his rash deed. His | o ign no reason for the sui- | cide, but it is thought that a love affair | and the effects of alcoholic stimulants, | which he indulged in freely up to a short | time ago, are responsible. Cushman had been a hard drinker for several years, and three months ago took Since that time, his friends say, ad not been drinking and had not espondent. t about 8:30 o'clock Charles Rhodes, a civil engineer in the em- of the Southern Pacific Company, path, who is paralyzed. to Miss Alice Mor- Heath’s nurse, in the dining- ratory to leaving, when they the shot. Rhodes, 1n telling of the his room at trages ushman's room, after hearing | the door, which was haif | san lying ‘on the fioor in & the pistol tightly grasped the shot, of b his right ver kmew him to be despondent and can- | why he d take his own life. I ight in the dining-room y @ll right for a time, but t room, as if him. He acted | he left we heard the corpse had to be removed quietly, it was feare e shock might prove | tal to Mr. Heath if he heard of the heard the shot and was toid | outside. und in the | possibly have It was N. pondent. om Berlin, M. Bautle The Cushman corre- an opera com- In the letter | rry Cushman had for- rther said: | r 1 shall write you, forgotten me. I 2 little less could forget at 507 Pleasant street, | I could visit San Fran- | H., of Miss Butler's ion and altogether 1 that the singer was very friend- Cushman—probably engaged to when, as a the Bostonians here in 1898 His room 1 of pictures of her and -letters was known to his employer as man. His accounts were far as known last night He tter street for about a y in good spirits. was hing among his effects to who his parents were. Numerous were found in his trunk. One from | cousin, Miss Emma Ham, 92 Union ast, Me., indicates that his home was in M He was called in to at- deceased, but was too late to stopped work uilding at Stan- | tled, n a will 1.—Special crop | nce that thwest of last wheat | Manitoba and the as e outp —_———— Mrs. Elizabeth Perry. CRUZ, Oct. 1—Mrs. Elizabeth | morning. She was & | native of Massachuseus‘ ploneer. { 3 age end a Califor ja di STRANGE DEATH Attending Physicians Ask , Coroner For Investigation. TSI ¥ Relatives of the Baby Do Not Agree as to the-Cause of Iliness. — There is considerable mystery as to the cause of the death of little Mildred Town, aged 4 years, and the physicians at the California.. General Hospital have asked Coroner Leland to make en investigation, The child ‘had been in the hospital for 1wvo weeks, but Dr. Lottie Day and Dr. Powers, who attended her, were unable to learn the mature of her sickness. Just prior to the death of the child the grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Town, told Dr. Fowers that Mildred had been injured. The parents, who live at 1135 Minna street, now deny that the child was in- jured. They took her, they say, as she was ailing from some unknown cause, to the clinic at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, On the advice of the doc- tors there she was removed to the Cali- fornia General Hospital. Mrs. Town, the grandmother, could not be found last night to ascertain on what grounds she based her assertion that the child had been injured. Louis James’ Mother Dies. KANSAS CITY, Qct. 1—Mrs. B. F. James, mother of Lofiis James, the trage- dian, s dead at her home at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., according to a telegram re- cefved in this city. Louis James now is at Vancouver, B. C. Russian Consul Murdered. LONDON, Oct. 1—In a dispatch from Vienna in which he refers to the Mace- donian revolt, the correspondent of the Daily Express reports that Albanians ve murdered the Russian Consul at kub, European Turkey. ® GOMBINE L03ES NEW BATTLESHIP Newport News Company Underbids the Syn- dicate. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1L—Bids for the construction of the battleship Louisiana were opened at the Navy Department to- day. The lowest bid*was that of the Newport News Ship-building and Dry- dock Company of Newport News, Va., which offered to build the battleship with- in forty-one months f‘rom date of con- tract for $3,990,000. The Union Iron Works, San Francisco, bid $4,150,000 within forty-two months from date of contract. 5 Intense interest was felt in to-day’s hid- ding at the Navy Department, “fof the reason that it was desired to know just | how the recent combine of ship builders would affect the bidding for Government work. The Newport News Company, which is outside of the organization, heavily undercut the syndicate members in the bidding. Even in the case of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, which was belleved to have a very good chance to get the contract because of the law which allows Pacific Coast companiés erence not to exceed 4 per cent ds compared with the lowest bidder, it was found on an inspection of the figures that the bid of the Virginia corporation, af- ter allowing the California company 4 per cent advantage, was still $400 cheaper. in addition to this the Newport News Com- pany’s bid offered te.save -one month's time in the building-of the ship, equal, a¢c- cording to the departmént’s calculations, to about $9000, making an apparent net re- duction below the California "bid of $9460. Rear Admiral J. E. Jouett. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, U. 8. N., retired, died at his home, “The Anchorage,!: Silver Spring, Md., at an early hour this morn-~ ing. He was 74 years of age and.had a long and distinguished career. He was born in Kentucky and was appointed in the navy from that State. ‘He was retired | in 1890. NO EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN ACCUSATION OF CRI ME r Judge Cook's Court Decides, After a Brief Deliberation, to Pour No Balsam on the Castigated - S HE jury in the case of Fred Han- sted, charged with an assault to do grevious bodily injury upon Thomas Garrett on Post street, April 12, after being out for a short time yesterday, returned a verdict of 'not guilty. The jury consisted of the following well known citizens: James H. Gates, foreman, Bar- thold Meyer, Isaac R. D. Grubb, Ben C. Levy, James H. Follis, Peter Anthes, Willilam H. Pratt, W. H. Tilson, Walter Pilkington, Otto Willweber, Isadore Gans and Matthew Lally. When the case was called yesterday THOMAS GARRETT, WHOSE EFFORTS TO SECURE THE CONVICTION OF FRED HANSTED FOR AN ALLEGED DIRECTION AND MANAGE- MENT OF AN ASSAULT UPON THE GARRETT PERSON WERE RE- PUDIATED YESTERDAY BY A JURY. Garrett Person and Declines to Convict Fred Hansted 2 + mornfng Attorney Peter F. Dunne made the opening address for the prosecution. He was followed by Attorney George D. Collins for the defense, who took occa- sion to denounce the prosecution for be- ing guilty of a gross violation of the ethics of the profession in the conduct of the case. Assistant District Attorney Ashe made the closing argument for the prosecution and the Judge delivered his charge to the jury. The jury retired at noon and after a short deliberation were taken to lunch. They returned at 2 o’clock and twenty minutes later rendered the verdict of ac- quittal. e 23 3 e e S Y ) N THE INTEREST 0 FEras, Continued From Page 1, Column 7. George F. Baer of the Reading Rallway syetem and oné or two others. Baer's reply to the President’s suggestion was particularly gratifying to Roosevelt, as it was believed that-in all.probability his acceptance will insute favorable replies from other officials who were invited. Baer has acted as the spokesman for the operators in the various statements that have been put forth from time to time in reply to the miners’ representations. and it is realized that his influence will Le a potent factor in any conferences that may take place. The President is taking the keenest nterest in the coming gath- ering, and exprésses the sincere hope that it will result in steps that will bring about_ a conclusion of the strike. President Cassatt ‘of' the Pennsylvania <« Hello! I want some more.” ] who do. We change the - starch into digest- ible deliciousness in H-O; we are the only millers Starch is the only drawback to oatmeal. Steam cooking settles that, H-O-is the only steam-cooked kind. You have to pay five cents more on account of that.-- H-O keeps the in- tegrity of its grains after cooking. easy eating. It makes F PUBLIC WELFARE PRESIDENT CALLS A CONFER ENCE — Railroad is among those asked to join in Friday's conference. The President has the greatest respect for Cassatt's well known: business ability and good Jjudgment, and is anxious that he should give the conference the benefit of his cpinions. No reply had been recelved from him to-night, though it is not doubted that he will attend. MITCHELL GREATLY PLEASED. Chief of the Mine Workers Is Re- lieved by the Message. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 1—If the broad smile which President Mitchell | wore when he opened President Roose- velt’s telegram inviting him to the White | Hceuse conference at Washington on Fri- day was any indication, he was highly delighted with the President’s message. “Of course I shall aceept President Roosevelt's invitation,” he saild. “I have' just sent a reply to the President's tel- egram. I shall leave here to-morrow af- ternoon and be in Washington early Fri- day morning.” The recepit of the message from Pres- ident Roosevelt was a great rellef at Mitchell's headquarters, as the suspense for the forty-eight hours has been intense. The funeral of Joseph Gillis, the strik- er who was killed at Nanticoke by Coal and Iron Policeman Sweeny, took place to-day. All the executive officers of the United Mine Workers attended. Four thousand miners, all members of the Min- ers’ Union, followed the remains to the grave. The Coroner’'s jury returned a verdict this evening that Gillis came to his death from a bullet wound inflicted by James Sweeny, 20 L2 PSR MAYORS ARE INTERESTED. Approve the Plan for a National Coal Conference. DETROIT, Oct. l—Telegrams from Mayors of various cities continue to ar- rive in_the Mayor's office, in response to the invitations to send delegations to the proposed national conference on the coal situation here October 9. - Mayor Maybury of this city has re- quested Corporation Counsel Tarnsey to fcrmulate.a plan of action for presenta- tion to the conference. Governor Hill of Maine wired from Washington that he was fully in sym- pathy with any movement which would help to solve the present unfortunate sit- uvation. 5 Governor Cummins of Iowa wired from Des Moines: “The time between now and the 9th inst. is too short to get together a dele- fat‘lton for the proposed conference at De- roit.” Favorable replies were recelved late to- day from the Mayors of & number of small cities. L ) FACING A COAL FAMINE, Steps Taken to Relieve the Situation at New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—A plan is said to have been outlined at the meeting of the coal road presidents, just held in this eity, for the supplying of coal, first to the dwellers-in the tenement districts, second to the hospitals and third to the transpor- tation companies. Robert W. de Forrest, who-is Tenement House Commissioner, president of the Charity Society and general counsel of the Central Railway of New Jersey, rep- WEARY OF LIE THEY 0D DEATH Despondent Widows At- tempt to Commit Suicide. One E£wallows., Ghlo}oflorm and Anocther Turns on the Gas. . cide yesterday, one by inhaling gas; the other by “swalowing chioroform; | Mrsi} Ellen Trowbridge, a young widow, living at 307 Third street; swailowed twenty-five cents’ worth of chloroform and was dis- covered shortly after in an unconscious condition. Dr. John P. Hickey was sum- moned and worked over the unfortunate woman while an ambulance was being serft for to convey her to the Emergency Hospital. Dr. Maher treated Mrs. Trowbridge on her arrival at the hospital and during the day she recovered sufficiently to be able to explain why she tried to end her own life. She said that since the death of her husband she had been disconso- late and she desired to die that she might join him. ~She rallled toward evening and hopes are entertained for hegp ulti- mate recovery. The second case was that of Mrs. | Sara Sam, also a widow, residing at 1101% | McAllister street, who was found in her room in an unconscious condition at 6:30 | o’clock yesterday morning with three gas jets turned full on. Mrs. Sam, who is about 60 years of age, was taken to the Emergency Hospital in a precarious con- dition. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Sam has been dissipating, and to such an extent that her daughter Sadle had time and time again expressed her in- tention of leaving her unless she changed her mode of living. The threat of the daughter had no avail and on Tuesday night Miss Sam left the house to remain with a friend over night. ' Mrs. Sam then became despondent and sought death. e Y ] OFFIGERS FIND THE FUBITIVE Former St. Louis Dele- gate in. Custody of Police. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 1.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from South McAlester, I. T., says that Emile Hartmann, a former member of the House of Delegates, who has been a fugitive from justice since September 8, was arrested last night by a deputy marshal at the residence of his brother-in-law in that city. The prisoner is one of the six fugitives {indicted for bribery on the confession of John K. Murrell, another former Council- man under indictment, who recently came back from Mexico, whither he had fled, Hartmann is charged with bribery in the suburban: biH and the lighting bill affairs and with perjury by reason of his testi- mony before the Grand Jury last spring. The jury of twelve was completed and the State began the presentation of its case at 12:30 o'clock. Circuit Attorney Folk read the indictment and outlined the evidence to be Introduced by tne prosecu- tion to show that the defendant became interested in the Cenfral Traction bill Edward F. Goebel, the first witness, certified to the election of Uthoff and | his colleagues to the City Council in |1597. Thomas Quinn, Deputy Chief Reg- istrar, followed with similar testimony. The defense then moved to discharge the jury on the ground that Juror Ander- son had asked preliminary to the testi- mony whether the jury would have to fix the penalty In cése of conviction, con- tending that the jury could not try the case fairly. ' The jury was sent from the courtroom and an argument on the point raised by the defense occupied an hour. trial proceeded. ernoon was taken up with arguments by | the defense against the *“North and | South” Traction bill being mentioned to the jury or anything regarding that bill being admitted as evidence. B e e e e o ) resented to the officials the dwellers’ weather, and there was-not one of the dozen present who did *not agree that| something must be done. The plan pro-| posed was, in effect, that the companies should unite in forwarding to the city| enough coal to serve the desired purpose. Then the sales agents were to have their men, horses and carts ready, and for each cart a route through the lowliest sections of the city would be mapped out. In this way the business of the coal dealers would not be affected, as their sales are not made in these locations. The coal will be sold by the pail or the basket at a rate proportionate to the wholesale price, to which .the cost of freightage has been added. This will in- sure to the purchaser, who now pays 25 cents for a pail of poor coal, or 75 cents for a bushel, good coal at a less cost than he had to pay before the strike began and when coal was at its normal price. With these wants filled the diminishing bing of the various hospitals will be re- plenished and the street railways will be supplied. Following the receipt of the President’s invitation, the coal presidents in the city | held a brief conference, but no word was obtainable as to what passed between | them. J. P. Morgan said: “I have heard of the President’s invitation to the coal presi- dents and I think it is an admirable thing. As to results, we can tell better when the operators come back.’” John Markle, one of the leading inde- pendent operators, was also invited by | President Roosevelt to attend the Wash- |lnm‘.en conference. Mr. Markle's invita- tion awaited him at Morgan & Co.'s office, where he called late this afternoon. Markle said he would certainly go. He, too, declined to prophesy what results, if | any, might be reached as the result of a talk with the President. The coal situation in New York is no better to-day. The supplies of hard coal in the tenement districts are now at such a low ebb that dealers are charging their customers a trifle over 1 cent a pound for this article. tenement ers said to-day that they were unable to get over a ton of coal at a time, paying $2%5 a ton. The gas companies are begin- ning to refuse more contracts, owing to the great demand for gas as a fuel, and it is sald that oil stove dealers cannot be- last month. oo ———— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All! refund the money If it fails to cure. ‘ drugglsts | E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. Two women, attempted to ‘commit sui- | and bribed Delegate Uthoff to vote for it. | The motion to discharge the jury was | finally overruled by Judge Ryan and the | The balance of the aft- | | side of tne horse and remarked, “I can | crying need of coal in cold| g, g norse, and I want to ride this one.” | A committee of flat and tenement own- | gin to fill the orders received during the | ADVERTISEMENTS. “I AM A WELL WOMAN ONCE MORE,” So Say Thou i . \ RICHARDS. Mrs. E. E. Richards, 243 W. 10th St., N. Y. City, writes: “It is certainly a pleasurs to rec- ommend so reliable a medicine as Peruna. Last year my heaith was broken down, and it took all my cour- age and nerva fores to drag around. ““My husband bought a bottle of Pe- runa for me to try, and | bless the day he did so, for my recovery started from the first dose, and be- fore a month had passed | felt like a different woman, as | was well and strong.””—Mrs. E. E. Richards. Peruna seems so admirably adapted to catarrhal troubles of women . that it rarely fails to instantly relieve and promptly cure. No sooner does a woman begin to take P‘el;'unn than she feels that a cure is in sight. ometimes it Is necessary to take it for weeks and even months, but the gvod effect becomes apparent at once and gradually continues until a cure Is per- fected. sands of Women Who Have Been Cured of Female Weakness by Pe-ru-na. Mrs. Mary Miller, 17 Old Shield Block, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: ] ““Peruna is a splendid medicirs. was troubled for five years with fre- quent headache, dizziness and shoot- ing pains. | grew thin and pals. The doctors tried in vain to benefit me, but nothing seemed to do me anmy good until I tried Peruna. Eleven bottles made me a well woman once more. | am now enjoying perfect health, my appetite is good, my head clear and / am entirely without pain, thanks to Peruna.””—Mrs. Mary Miller. Pe-ru-na Effects Marvelous Cures in Female Diseases. If all the praise that is given Peruna by the women could be gathered into one chorus, what a volume of thanksgiving it would make. Never was a remedy so sincerely praised by so many thousand before, in all the histury of medicine. All those women who drag around and yet not take to the bed, all those women who have weakening drains, ' but who manage to keep on their feet, all those women who ache, tremble and throb but will not give up and become bedridden, all those women who stagger under their burdens with dizzy head and hot flashes, but bravely attend to their household duties as if they were not sick, all of those women whose nerves are on a keen edge, who struggie aiong with headache and backache, palpita- tion of the heart, derangement of diges- tion—all of this vast multitude of women are immediately restored by Pe- runa. It is very rare, indeed, that the cure falls far short of the magical The first dose begins to make. them feel better. The first day IS a révélation to them. This goes on day after day, week after week, until they are entirely emancipated from the tnraldom of dis- ease. Pe-ru-na a Boon to Female Suffersrs. Peruna eradicates the whole system of catarrh. This explains why it so quickly and promptly cures catarrhal complaints so peculiar to the female sex. If you do not derive prompt and sati factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratls. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman, Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. _— MYSTERIOUS YOUNG WOMAN IS INJURED IN THE PARK She Refuses to Give Her Name or Address to the Hospital Attendants. A neatly dressed young woman at- tempted to steal a ride on an officer's horse in the park yesterday morning, and now lies at the Park Emergency Hoaz- pital seriously injured. Mounted Policemen Norton, Merchant, | Harrington and ‘Thomson were proceed- | ing up the main drive of the park yes- | terday morning, when Thomson noticed | that the cinch on his saddle was loose. Dropping back he dismounted and was | tightening the cinch when a young | woman approached from the opposite | | She then placed her foot in the sllrrup: and sprang into the saddle. The horse | dashed up the main drive with the girl, and Thompson made a heroic attempt to stop the animal. He was dragged about thirty feet before the horse succeeded in wrenching itself from-his grasp. The next instant the girl was dashed to the ground. Thomson went to the assistance of the young woman and found her in an un- consclous condition. He had her removed | to the Park Emergency Hospital, ‘where an examination failed to show any | broken bones or bruises. Some time later | she regained consciousness, but™ she is | still in a stupor and may be suffering | days on2 gunboat of Colombia d from internal injuries. Many attempts made to get the woman | to give her name and address failed. She | gave a dozen different names and ad- | dresses, but none of them were correct. ' GOVERNOR OF PANAMA WILL CALL ON McLEAN American Commander Anmounces That Gunboats Cannot Battle in the Bay. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. — Seeretary Moody has received the following cable- gram from Commander McLean of the Cincinnati, dated Colon, September'30: At a friendly meeting with the Gevermor of Panama Sunday there was a tacit agreement in regard to American protection of the .tramsit The Governor will make a visit to me on this ship within a few days. He has accepted tl offer of a complimentary escort of a company of the naval force wl will be in addition w the usual train gua ‘Within the last few playing a flag of truce aitempied to communicate with th. revolutionary force at a place about twelve miles from Panama, but was fired upon from the shore and returned the fire. One man wounded of the Colombian force. J have an- nounced that action of the gunboats of either of the parties will not be permittel in the bay of Panama, Colombia within gunshot of the line of the tramsit of the Isthmus, includ- ing wharves and anchorage of vessels connected with traffic on the isthmus. —_—_———— HOTEL ARRIVALS. NEW WESTERN HOTEL. Edmd Spread, El Paso, WM McCam H Reld, Los Angeles Miss HCCID“!;. g‘l‘l Chas MaGee, L A | Mrs McCann, Cal F Campbeil, Halfmoon | Jag Parcell, Haywards J Carr, Sausalito { Dp'd 3 Wilson, Cal Robt Machee, St Loufs' Mrs Louise Burns, Cal A H Mason Oakland Mrs Eaura Dillon, Cal H D Sullivan, Oakld |Jno D. Barrett, Cal B GQ;:::O(GI’. NY S Walkerson, Mt Eden JIno ht, Goldrun |R Peterson, Mt Eden Jas Kane, Willets Jas R Rawlings, Badem Albert Leve; IBilly Murphy, Cal Jno Lowe, | Miss 8 Campbell, Oakd Mrs Lane. & fam, Cal | Geo Lewiston, Oakld D Brown & fam, Cal |L Morri Antolné¢ Weinberg, Cal' Geo R. 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