The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 23, 1902, Page 29

v !mw#“ww“’ Pages 20 1o 40 GETIRETI 44440904040 00404404 Biisrns - 244144444 " @&u. ++8 @ tHitee FHEII+ 1 rr s Tr ISP FA RIS Pages 2010 40 % * - L4 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1902. e i O AR SRS SR SOR R et e LTS T R YALE FOOTBALL GIANTS DEFEAT HARVARD MEN CLEVERLY; - LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL WINS THE ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIP ATTEMPTS TO MURDER WOMAN |Outplay the Crimson THEN PLUNGES THREE STORIES| Heven at Al Emil Burness Makes Effort to Slay Clara Hasfings. A His Head Is Battered to Pulp and He Leaps to Pavement, Yet Lives. L 4 ACTORS IN A PROBABLY FATAL TRAGEDY ENACTED IN A MIS- SION-STREET LODGING-HOUSE. RIVEN t the refusa further su tions wh murderous frenzy by of Clara Hastings to n the unlawful rela- had existed betwecn them for four years past, Emil tried to kill the woman with a revolver in a lodging house at 1119 Mis- sion street yesterday afternoon. Willlam Bt Clare, a brother-in-law of thé woman, intervened to save her life and he, too, was made the target of the pistol, which | in both instances failed to explode. A terrible struggle resulted between the two men, both fighting desperately, one to save his own and the woman's life, and the other trying desperately to wreak his | vengeance on St. Clare, his wife and her sister, Miss Hastings. The struggie was finally ended by the cs- cape from the room of all the occupants except Burness, who roamed the hallway | searching for his victims, blood pouring | from a dozen wor s on his head. Finally he reached a window at the rear of the hall, and dazed from the blows he had re- ceived, either jumped or fell out, dropping a distance of three stories into the rear | yard. He was picked up in an unconcious | condition and taken to the Central Emer- | gency Hospital, where at first the paysi- | cians thought there were no hopes for his recovery. He was found to have a fraec- ture of the skull, and the back of his head had been beaten almost to a pulp. Last night Burness recovered concious- ness and showed such marked improve- ment that some hopes for his recovery are entertained. As soon as news of the desperate en- counter reached the police, detectives were sent to the scene. They found the apart- ment in which the fight occurred in a state of entire confusion, while the wails and floor were covered with blood. St. Clare, his wife and Miss Hastings, to- gether with a three-year-old child, the issue of Burness’ and Miss Hastings' re- | lations, were found in the room: washing | the blood from their persons-and doing hat they could to restore order. They were taken to the Central detective of- fice, where they were detained until an invests ion could be made. . ST. CLARE GIVES -VERSION. | Clare is a good appearing man about 0 year ¥ of age, who claims to be a tailor occupation, and be freely told his| on of the affair. Burncss came to-the lodging-house at Miss! street yasterday afternoon,” | be sald. “I Gid mot know he was therc 1118 until Miss Hastings, my sister-in-law, cuming to visit us with her baby, met A him in the hall. They had lived together for four years up to two months ago, when she left him. On meeting her in the hall he importuned her to return to him, but she refused and passed into our room. “Half an hour later Burness returned, carrying an album belonging to Miss Hastings and a bottle of wine. He ap- pcared to be in a perfectly amicable frame of mind and discussed the situation quietly. Miss Hastings persisted in her refusal to return to him, and he finally promised to give back her belongings. [ was busy at something with my head bent when I heard the snap of a revglver hammer. I looked up and saw Burness pressing a pistol to Miss Hastings’ breast, while she struggled to prevent him from discharging it. At once I grappled with him and he turned the weapon on me. My wife threw her arms around him and the hammer of the pistol descended on one of her hands, cutting a gash in it. “‘He was larger and more powerful than I and succeeded in breaking away from me and once more rushed at my sister- in-law. He seized her by the throat and threw her to the floor, and while he was on top of her I secured a carpenter's Lammer from the top of the stove and began beating him on the head. I do not know how many times I hit him, but my idea was-to make him desist from his at- tack om Miss Hastings. Finally he did quit and again attacked me. We strug- gled around the room, both holding the hammer and revolver. The two women and the baby had rushed screaming down the stairs and into the street. By. a su- preme effort 1 managed to wrest the weapons from him and ran down into the street looking for aid. A ATTACKS MRS. ST. CLARE. “I searched some time but could find no one willing to help secure the crazed man. In the meantime my wife had re- turned to the hallway under the impres- sion that I was still struggling with Burness. He met her in' the hall and choked and bit her, but she succeeded in escaping him before he injured her se- verely. “Within a few minutes we all returned upstairs and were told by the landlady <hat Burness had jumped out of the win- dow. That is all I know of this mat- ter.” Mrs. St. Clare and Miss Hastings cor- roborate St.. Clarc in their accounts of the diffculty. X>Miss Hastings says she went to Santa Rosa two months ags to escape Burness' importurities for a re- sumption .of their relations and only re- turped to the city Friday. She has had her child at the orphanage here and took her out yesterday to visit the St. Clares, Burness was once a seagoing man, but has had no regular occupation for several - vears outside of occasionally tending bar. He regained consciousness last night suf- ficiently to make a statement, which was as follows: “I went to the lodging house at 1190 Mission street for the purpose of induc- ing Miss Hastings to return to me. At first she refused, but afterward consent- ed and put on her things and took the baby. As I opened the door I was struck | on the head by a bottle and then with a hammer. I pulled my revolver to frighten the man'and two women who were beating me, but I knew it would not explode. Finally they pushed me to- ward the window and threw me out.” Burness talked rather incoherently and has not fully recovered the use of his faculties. After Burness made his state- | ment the two women were allowed to go home, but St. Clare was detained for the .night by the police. Mrs. Codec, who saw Burness plunge from the window, says he was absolutely alore "at the time. She Is not certain whether he fell or jumped purposely, but from appearances she inclines to think it was intentional. O ittt ook @ PERSONAL MENTION, M. Siminoff, the well-known merchant, leaves Wednesday morning for a three weeks’ business trip to New York. General. Passenger Traffic Manager E. O. McCormick of the Southern ;ac(fc Company left Friday evening for Chicago to have a conference with Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs. % Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Bestic of Far- g0, N. D., who chose the Golden Gate State as the destination of their honey. mcon trip, have departed for home after a week’s sojourn in San Francisco. Mr. Bestic was formerly & newspaper man, and while hehe was looked after by Press Clul: members. —_——— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Franclsco—W. Williamson, at the Manhattan; Mrs. Berthean, Mrs. L. Got- tig, Miss Gottig, at the Belvidere; W. D. Clark, W. A. Doyle, E. W. Hopkins, at the Holland: P. Duryea, at the Bartholdi; L. Escher, at the Cadillac. Los Angeles—L. G. Garnsey, Miss Sau- tean, Miss Sibert, at the Park Avenue; G. Mitchell, at the Savoy. San Jose—J. M. Pratt, G. W. Pratt and wife, J. C. Duff, at the Murray Hill. Sacramento—W. E. Loodal, at the Im- perial. Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON,, Nov. 22—The follow- ing - Californians have arrived at the hotels: St. James—G. 'P. Drew, J. O. Comer, Los Angeles; Mrs. B. M. Howard, Miss L. A. Howard, Miss T. L. Howard, San Jose. A ——— VICTORIA. B._C., Nov. 22.—Colonel B. G. Prior, the new Premier, is sald to have aj pointed . Dennis l(urrh}fi member for Yale- Cariboo, as Provincial Secretary, and ha prob- ably will be sworn in on Munday, Points. Halfback Metcall Runs Sey- enty-Three Yards to Touchdown. Only Twice During Game Has Harvard a Chance to Score, but Ya'e Secures Ball. N to-day by defeating Harvard in the annual game in unmistak- able style. When time was called in the darkness of early evening the score stood 23 to 0. Yale’'s shouting thousands over- whelmed their victorious heroes, while Harvard participants with cheer after cheer encouraged their defeated but plucky fighters. Nearly 30,000 spectators witnessed the great game under weather conditions that could not have been improved from the standpoint of the onlookers. It was a trifie too warm for the players, but the temperature did not cause the contestants 1o let up a moment during the game. It took the Yale men five minutes or more to get into their football stride. After that the outcome was never in doubt. The New Haven eollegians demon- strated it was Yale's day. In strength, in resources, in gemeralship and in 'versatil- ity the Yale men had a big advantage over their Harvard rivals. Four times Harvard’'s goal line was crossed for Yale touchdowns. Three of the touchdowns were converted into goals. Yale's effort was consistent throughout. YALE SCORES IN EACH HALF. The score was divided equally between the halves, two touchdowns coming in each period. The Yale victory was the result of straight football rather than of brilliancy. Three of the touchdowns came after heart-breaking plunges of the Yale men through Harvard's defense. Prac- tically the only open play of the day was made when Metcalf, the Yale halfback, duplicated the work of Captain Chadwick at Princeton last week, and, leaping through a yawning gap-in Harvard's line, ran_seventy-three .yawds for the second touchdown of the ga e did nogfind a cleap field, but hgf“g civen Super inx terference until He was able to clear all the Harvard tacklers except Mills, whom he eluded by clever dodging." Yale's other three scores were made by Chadwick, Kinny and Hogan, all of whom were pushed over the line in mass plays direct- ed at the center of Harvard's line. Only twice during the game did Harvard hzve a chance to score. . Once by magnif- icent line bucking the Cambridge players forced Yale back from EIi's forty-yard line to a point within eight yards of the goal line. A fumble by Captain Kernan in a play that started viciously and gave promise of success was followed by a Yale stand, which took the ball from Har- vard on downs. In the second half Har- vard succeeded in reaching Yale's twen- ty-two-yard line, but Yale here developed a stone wall defense and a kick was Har- vard's only hope. Marshall tried for a goal from the field and missed by a yard. Otherwise the play was almost entirely in Harvard’s territory and the Yale ad- vance was consistent. Except at long intervais the Cambridge players were constantly on the defense. Now and then a crimson brace would come, and for the moment the Harvard enthusiasts wece encouraged, but the strength of Yale was too great and the spectators early began to discuss the probable size of Yale's score. CHANGES IN LINE-UP. Four changes took place in Yale's line- up, while Harvard sent five of her men to the side to be "replaced by fresher men. No one was seriously hurt, Goss, Yale's right guard, sustaining the most painful injury in the shape of an acci- dental kick on the hand. A summary of the play shows completely Yale outplayed Harvard in every department of the game. In the first half Yale tackled five times for a total distance of 149 yards,’ and in the sdcond half three times for a total of ninety-nine yards. One of the three kicks in the last half went out of bounds, for scarcely any gain, so that fhe two good kicks by Yale in this half averaged nearly fitty yards each. Harvard played a far stronger game in the first half than in the second. A7 time in the last half of the game was tue crimson team -inside of Yale's twenty- EW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 22.— Yale University established her supremacy on the football fleld how two-yard line. The line-up: Yale. Positions. H. Rafferty-Wilhelmi..Left end. e s Ki Y Left tackle. Shea-Wright L. guard.Barnard- T S ard-Whitwell §:l'l‘lt B ght tackl i Sneviin.. R °end..-Bowditen-Clothier I Rockwell. Quarterback. Marshall Chadwick (capt. L.'halfback. Kernan (cap.) Metcalf Bowman-Vanderpoe Farmer........-- Fullback.Graydon Harrison Umpire—Paul A. Dashiel of Lenigh 5 napoils, | Referec . Matthaw 4. Mcéfu‘nmfl fi. high. Linesmen—Talcott B. Hull of Yale, . H, Jones of Harvard. Timekeeper—i, . Ao, Cracken, University ‘of Penneyivanta. Touch: owns—Chadwick, Metcaif, Kinney and Goals—Bowman (2), Metcalt (1).> ¢ Hosan. On Other Gridirons. DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 22.—State Univer- sity 17, Ohlo Wesleyan 16. 24,3 CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Nov. 22.—Cornell Col- lege 35, Coe College 0. ROCK 1SLAND, Nov. 22.—Augustin, é lege 10, Monmouth Collexe 6. e Cob CLEVELAND, Nov. 22.—Case Scles School 40, Heldelberg 0. g 'SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22.—Notre 22, De Pauw 0. Rahe LAFAYETTE, Ind, University of Indiana 0. EASTON, Pa., Nov. 22.—Lafayette g high 0. . L i CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 22— west Virginia Universtly 17, Washington and Lee ¢ MANCHESTER, Nov. 22—Brown 12, Dart. mout! e R. haltback.Putnam-Hurley Nov. 22.—Purdue 87, Service Resumed Narrow Gauge Main Line. The Southern Pacific officials advise that regular service will be resumed on the Narrow Gauge main line to-day. Boats will leave San Francisco ferry (Narrow Gauge) via Creek route, cannecun‘ at d Alameda Point with trains from Oakla; (Fourteenth street) for all main line N: row Gauge points, as per re ule, commencing with the $:15 a. m. daily train for Boulder Creek. Santa Cruz and way stations. Me.QUESTEY L QTR A LINE BUEK Eleven From This Side of the Bay Outplays Its Old Rival for the Highest Honors and Scores a Touchdown and Goal. OWELL HIGH SCHOOL won the Academic Athletic .| League football championship yesterday, defeating Berke- ley High School, by a score of 6 to 0. The 1fiemory of the tie game of last year spurred the players on, although Lowell did not score until six minutes before the game ended. e S - [ 4 HE Lowell High School football team defeated the Berkeley High Schaol eleven yesterday after- noon at the Presidio athletic grounds for the Academic Ath- letic League championship match. Lowell scored a touchdown and a goal against the college town players, while they suc- cessfully defended their own goal. The score of 6 to 0 does not properly j‘-rm;eu Lowell's superiority, for in every [epartment of the game they outclassed their ‘opponents, this, too, in spite of the fact that Berkeley High was supposed to have the stronger team and to be prac- tically sure of a victory. Though Lowell had the best of it from the kick-off it was not until near the end o2 the second half, with only six minutes left to play, that the great line-bucking geme of Lowell reaped its reward and the goal line of the opponents was crossed. Three times, before Lowell had come down the field hammer and tongs style, with Middleton, Barthels and Hamilton plunging through the line for five-and ten yard gains, only to lose the ball when a touchdown seemed certain. Early in the game, after four minutes of play, Lowell fumbléd on the eight-yard line. Early in the second half Lowell had the ball on the ten-yard lme and lost {t as a penalty for holding in the line. Five min- utes before the touchdown Lowell had reached the tensvard line, only to lose the ball on a fumble of a double pass. BERKELEY TAKES A BRACE. After Lowell's touchdown Berkeley took a surprising brace and by some splendid plunges and end runs by Foster and Pat- ton carried the ball thirty yards, but on the fifteen-yard line Lowell heid and took the ball on downs. Once earlier in the gzme Berkeley got the ball from Loweil for holding in the lne, and from the thirty-five-yard line Dugan essayed a place kick for a field goal, but missed. Those two times were all that Lowell's goal was ever menaced. Large numbers of High School boys and giiis wefle in attendance, each side cheer- ing its team on to their best efforts. Captain Middieton of Lowell won' the toss and chose the kick-off,. which. per- SHORTRIDGE STRIVES TO SAVE DILLARD Coufisel Attacks Fcréew Indictment as Being Unintelligible and of No Avail. Samuel M. Shortridge appeared yester- day afternoon before United States Dis- trict Judge de Haven and moved to quash the' indictment ‘against William H. Dil- lard for forgery. Dillard was present in court with his wife. He was for several years messenger and clerk in the office of the, United States Internal Revenue Col- lectors O. M. Welburn and John C. Lynch. When Welburn was tried for em- bezzling Government funds Dillard was the principal witness for the Government. The indictment against Dillard contains twenty-eight counts, fourteen for forgery and fourteen for uttering fraudulent Chi- nese certificates ~of registration. Mr. Shortridge contended that each count of the indictment charged two. separate of- fenses, and that the indictment was therefore void; also that the counts were unintelligible and were afflicted with in- numerable incurable legal diseases. Assistant United States Attorney Ben- jamin L. McKinley replied on behalf of the Government and contended that the indictment was an ideal construction of legal architecture, and that to remove one plank or to' change one brick in the edifice would be to destroy its harmo- nious proportions. £ Between two such flerce fires of oppos- ing opinion Judge de Haven halted and tcok the matter under advisement. —_————————— Yosemite Club Preliminaries. The preliminaries to the Britt-Erne fight Wednesday night will be an eight- round bout between Tommy Snailham of San Francisco and Louis Gassagne of Redding. They will box at catch-weights. The star preliminary will be by “Toothpick” Kelly and Fred Cralg. weighs 19 and Kelly 220. They are scheduled to go ten rounds. L —_———————— Accidentally Shot by Own Gun. . Daniel Pletro, 19 years of age, while, e: amining a gun at his father's residence; . INCIDENTS OF THE DECISIVE GAME FOR THE FOOTBALL CHAM- PIONSHIP OF THE ACADEMIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE PLAYED YES- | TERDAY AT PRESIDIO ATHLETIC GROUNDS. mitted McQuesten for Berkeley to choose to defend the south goal. A strong wind was blowing to the norih, and in conse- quence of Middleton's mistake Hamil- tow’s excellent punts against the wind were offiset by McQuesten's punts with the wind. - McQuesten punted whenever the opportunity offered, and Lowell was kept at a disadvantage throughout the first half. Lowell's touchdown was scored after carrying the ball from the middle of the field. Middleton, plunged through leit tackle, for fifteen yards. - Hamilton smashed into center for five and then for seven yards. McFadden made a cross- buck and gained four yards. Off-side gave Lowell five yards. Middleton and Barthels alternated in galns through lhe line until Middleton placed the ball with- in ‘a few inches of the goal Hne. He then recejved an injury to his shoulder that compelled him to give way to a substi- tute. ‘On the net play Barthels carried the ball over and Hamilton kicked a goal. Berkeley protested. the touchdown on the claim that the field was not rectan- gular, but was short at the point where the touchdown was made. The officlals Booths Park, Mission road, yesterday, had his hand seriously injured by th. sudden discharge of the weapon. Pletro was sent to St. Luke's Hospital. It was found that the shot went through the wrist and so badly was the flesh lacer- ated that it may be found necessary to amputate the hand. ————————— Run Over by His Cart. Patrick Kenney, a teamster residing at 261 Folsom street, was leading his horse, attached to a cart laden with pig iron, froin the Beale-street wharf yesterday, when he suddenly fell, the wheel of his cart passing over his left leg. He was re- moved to the Harbor Emergency Hospital, where it was found that the leg was . broken. Later Kenney was removed to the Central Emergency Hospital, where Doctors Bunneil and Weyer amputated | the injured leg above the ankle. e A Thanksgiving Present. A good thing to give for Thanksgiving is a nice men's and boys’ suit and over- coat. The Lyceum just now offers great bargains on account of the assignee sale. Everybody should see the 318 suits or overcoats at $9.65. Boys' all-wool suits, $3.50 style. $1.95. This is the stock of the Boston store sacrificed at the Lyceum, 915 Market street, near Fifth. P. C. Kelly, assignee. » ——————— Sherman Indians Are Victors. RIVERSIDE, Nov. 22.—The Sherman Institute Indians and tre University of Southern California elevens contested on ihe local .gridiron this afternoon for the championship of Southern California. The game went to the Indians by a score of 28 to 0. The varsity eleven could make no headway against the Indians, who went their- way almost at will. Leshuza for the Indians made an eighty-yard run from the Kkick-off and Magee for two sixty-yard runs. In the second hailf the 1ndians played several of their second eleven to save their first for the Berke- ley game on Thanksgiving day. CHICAGO, Nov.” 22.—The Government case against the so-called ““Beef Trust’” was to-day set for hearing in the United States Court on ‘December 16 before Judge Grosscup. —_— decided against them, allowing the touch- down. MIDDLETON A WONDER. Middleton. played a game seldpm seen outside of college matches, his line buck- ing and end running being superb. Mec- Questen, who played end on defense, was utterly unable to stop him. Barthels on guardback plays was always sure of a g2in. Hamilton's punting was_far be- yond that of the Berkeley captain. McQuesten used good judgment in hand- ling his team and was at times a brilliant ground-gainer. Patton and Foster showed great strength in line bucking in Berke- ley's final spurt. The line-up was as follows: Lowell. Position, Berkeley. Heron-McDermott..L.— Solinsky-Grant Cralg. Du Barthels Middleton-Jones McFadden Hamilton. Officials—Referee, pire, “Johnny* More: timekeepers, Middleton and A. McKeown. William PIONEER RESTAURANT KEEPER DIES IN CITY Charles Schroth Passes Away After a Long Life of Useful- ness. Charles Schroth, retired restaurant keeper and a resident of the State since 1843, died at his home on Geary street vesterday. Schroth’ started in business in this city in. 1852, and eighteen years later became a. partner in the well-knowh firm of Westerfeld & Schroth on Kearny street. - The - firm . discontinued business fourteen years ago, after which Schroth retired to private life, living off a neat fortune he managed to accumulate by éint of industry, honest thrift and care- ful investment. Schroth was born in Germany in 153, He came to the coast with Colonel Ste- venson's First Regiment of Mexican val- unteers in 1848, and when the regiment disbanded at Los Angeles took up his residence in this city, where he married Miss Martha Tillman In 1857. Eight chil- dren survive him—Mrs. J. C. B. Hebbard, Mrs. Byron Mauzy, Mrs. H. H. Young, Miszes Alice and Florenee G. Schroth and John F., Willlam ' J. and Charles A. Schroth. He was a member of the Call- fornia Society of Pioneers. —_—— ' Thanksgiving Service. The Thanksgiving service of the local councils of the Junior Ovder of United American Mechanics and Daughters of Liberty will be held this evening in Leb- anon Presbyterian Church, at Twenty- third and Sanchez streets. The following is the programme of service: Organ voluntary. doxology, invocation. sing- ing of “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name, responsive reading. Lord's prayer, anthem. “Rock of Ages,” by the choir; announcement anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads,” choir; se mon by Logan; prayer: solo, ‘“Star-Spangled Banmer,” Mrs. Collins Knapp Ofton: benedictlon. The councils that are to participate are Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Starr King and Alexan@ier Hamilton of the Junior Order and California, Martha Washington and Golden 'Gate councils of thé Daugh-, ters.