The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 9, 1902, Page 4

MURDERED MAN'S WIDOW ENDS LIFE Sl N of Poison in Los Angoeles. Tragedy Adds to Mysteryi1 Surrounding Husband’s Death. Suicide Leaves Letters Giving as Cause of Her Act the Suspicion Under Which She Rested. IN SUSPICION'S SHADOW Sacramento Pol}ce Suspected Mrs S,En'th of Withholding Facts. AMENT( De for severa F. M. Smith of f the murder of her hus- t This suspicion e straightfor i, and it seemed t circumstances hose their fishing 1 were stopped f the robber she ran screaming down the path. When she re- turned with ass * Smith was found dead, with his right hand tightly clasping the fishing rods, and his hip bckets robbed of 2n Indian purse containing $90. The path was no sense a thor- oughfare and was place which, 1he on of the a highwaym: wouid a robbery. Yet the story of the woman impressed the officers with the belief t she was teiling the truth, e ———————— DRE. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. | | in @ ittt Il'i«-li.' | | BLOW 15 AIMED AT THE TRUSTS Senator Nelson Suggests Amendment to the Constitution. Strengthen ths Sher- man Law. e WASHINGTON., Dec. §--Senator Nc!son ay introduced a joint resolution for amendment to the constitution so 0 as to give Congress power to control tru @ bill to amend the b erman an more stringent provisions for an amendment to the n was as follows law The prov P hall hate power (0 defice. Teguiate. ssolve truets nopolies or com binstions, whether exisiing in the form Congress shall a 1 all mprisonment ach person i INSURANCE COMPANY MUST PAY THE POLICY United States Supreme Court De- cides That Suicide Shall Not Be 2 Defense VASHINGTON, I Mrmed Appea nights Templar and M Rosa ompany e of Missour id Missour art su Ha regard ontat the pollc ntar the sw and held the comparny decision mo nt of the poliey that the polics the invalidation of ide. ‘whether Iy as nothing hem in ques- iing her narrative was subsequently learned that Smith ut a life In: ance policy and had made it out in her name. carped also that Mrs. Smith had once left sband and gone away with another 2and that 2 few days before the ¢ had. against her husband's sited a young man at his rooms man, the police claim, sud- wn a few hours after the d has not since been locate. :ccompanied los Angeles she had d. deemed it strange on Smith's face wi ndicate that the pist when discharged ned his hoid on t hat although did not attempt t obey mmand to hold up his hands ing was found st the scene of be gedy to throw light upon it the officers were obliged to accept Smith’s siatement although they per the theory that there was some k of it ali which had not been ught to the surface. Those who in terviewed Mrs. Smith were impressed wth the idea that she told the truth about the occurrence. It was only when they con- sidered the attemdant circumstances that they began to express doubt: but it was argued that there was mot the slightest evidepce upon which to base an accusi ticn, either against Mrs. Smith or any other person. . Smith, up to the time of his death, was sisted employed at his trade in a local barber | thop. Mre. Smith also was a barber by trade, and the couple once conducted a sbop in Nevada City. SEND ULTIMATUM T VENETUELA| _— Continued From Page 1, Column 6. here are urging the French Government to send warships to participate in the naval demonstration against Venezuela, pointing out the extent of the French interests in that country. It Is sald at the Foreign Office, however, that the Gov-| erriment will adhere to its purpose to hold aloof from the movement, as the pro- tocol signed by France and Venezuela as- sures a satisfactory settlement of the French claims. Mr. Weiner, who recently made a tour of South America in behailf of French in- | dustries, will be the French Minister at Caracas. He 1s now here arranging to €0 to his post and restore the interrupted diplomatic intercourse between France and Venezuela as soon as the Venezuelan Minister arrives here. The Temps to-day devotes a column to the Venezuglan situation, concluding with the statement that the British- German demonstration does not consti- tute 2 menace to the Monroe doctrine, in w of President Roosevelt's recent mes- age to Congress. Ry st EXPECT QUICK SUBMISSION. Comment of the British Press Con- cerning the Ultimatum. LONDON, Dec. $—The London papers this morning comment approvingly on the ultimatum to Venezuela. They show no further concern regarding the attitude of the United States, which it ¥ taken for granted will be one of friendly neutrality, but the papers are concerned as to the exact extent to which Germany and Great Britain are acting in unison. Premier Balfour's rather evasive reply to the ques- tion whether the ultimatum was joint or jdentical, together with the fact that the German official statement, unlike that of Balfour, did not mention Great Britain as acting in conjunction with Germany and. in fact, hardly mentioned Great Britain at all, is considered curious, to say the least. Some complaint also Is made in the press that the Government is not pre- pared to lay papers dealing with the question before Parliament, but on the whole it is considered that there will not be any necessity to employ fo I is assumed that, once Venezuela is con- vinced that she has no hope of sup- port from the United States, she will find means to satisfy the Anglo-German de- mends THE SAN FRAN i CO CALL. TUE<DAY, DECEMBER 9, 1902.° FERRYBOAT PIEDMONT NARROWLY 'ESCAPES DISASTER IN A DENSE FOG While Going at Full Speed She Dodges the Ship Godiva by a INSANE PAUPERS Miracle, Passes so Close to the Tug Relief That Deckhand|Dr, Brown@ives Commit- Touches Steamer’s Guard, and Throws Passengers Into a Pani c| tee Some Startling Figures. " —— — ferry steamer Piedmont es- ped collision yesterday morning b the British ship Godiva and tugboat Rellef by less than o feet, and the Piedmont’s pas. ved a scare which threw & wild panic. Had the ferry- owded, as is the case with boats from Oakland, nothing prevented serious results. A thick fog overhung the bay. but the Piedmont was making her w to the full speed. She left Oakland at nd .was beyond Goat Island when ers received the fright that ture keep many of them off in foggy weather. The tugs Relief and Réliance were tak- ing to Oakla the British ship Godiva It nad been clear when they left this side, but a heavy fog closed in on them, and the fog whistie of the Reilance toot- ould ha ed a reguiar warning of the approach of the lime-juicer, sandwiched in be- tween the two tugs. The Pledmo: fog whistle was also going, and this Captain John Shovich of the Relief heard. Sud- denly, and on a Godiva's course heading for the bow, the Pledmont loom- port Sttt FISHER KNOWN T0 THE GOUATS Dispateh to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. $.—A. B. Fisher, the property owner and bullder, who was arrested a few days ago for theft of lum- | ber with which to add a new house to the helf-dozen he owned, ‘to-night 'ac- knowledged having been in trouble De- Special ctective Gliroy of the Santa Fe, who here Investigating the burglary of the Harvey House, identified Fisher as the man who, under the name of Paul Fisher, was arrested at Barstow _four years ago under almost identical eircum- ' stances. While owning property and pos- irg as a well-to-do citizen Fisher, 1t 1s aileged, stole from his neighbors at night To-night for the first time since his ar- | rest Fisher consented to talk. He sald. #ét out of it by ‘spending a lot 6f money. | I'm not guilty of this charge. All the | things they found on my place I bought from others, and did not know where After this Fisher former reticence. All of the property has been identified | | and amounts in value to more than $10%0. | | Fisher's hearing is set for to-morrow. HEADS OF MUNICIPAL | GOVERNMENT TO MEET San Jose to Entertain Delegates u;‘ the Conference of the State League. S8AN JOSE, Dec. 8.—The League of Cal- ifornia Municipalities will meet in its fifth annual convention in this city on Wednes- day and remain in session three days. Delegates from all municipalities in the State will be present. The meetings wil be held in the Unitarian church. A re- ception committee composed of Mayor | Worswick and the entire city government will welcome the guests. Mayor Snydor of Los Angeles, president of the league, wili preside., Mayor Worswick will de- liver an address of welcome. Many ques- tions pertaining to municipal government will be discussed. On Wednesday afternoon Governor-elect Pardee will deliver an address on “The | Reiation of the State to the Municipali- tles.” Thursday will be taken up in dis- cussing municipal reform and Friday will be given over to the reading of papers. Entertainment consisting of drives ‘and a banquet will be accorded the delegates. Tue City Council will take them on an excursion to Alum Rock Park, and the town of Santa Clara will entertaln them one afternoon. Al e it . Roosevelt Will Attend the Dinner. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — President Roosevelt to-day announced his accept- ance of the Invitation to attend the din- ner to be given to-morrow night in honor of Justice Harlan of the United States Bupreme Court and to celebrate the twen- ty-fifth anniversary of his appointment as a member of the court. It Is expected that the President will deliver an ad- dress. Important, Beginning Monday, December 8, extra trains running on Seventh-street line to’] Oakland pler will run 15 minutes ahead of regular local trains and connect at (r).kmd pler with special boat for San ra s 8co. Extra trains will leave Oak street, com- mencing 6:20 a. m., and each 30 minutes thereafter until & m. | confirmed the following appointments to- | '8 | und Honduras; “It is true that I'am the man who was | in trouble in Barstow, but I managed o | they came from except the lumber, which | 1 got from the lumber yard.” g relapsed into his| + e CLOSE CALL FOR THE PIEDMONT IN YESTERDAY'S HEAVY FOG. +— 5.1 PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES ARE INDORSED BY SENATE Prompt and Favorable Action Is Taken on the List Submitted by Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—The Senate | duy: James F. Smith, member of the; Fhilippine Commission and secretary of | public instruction in the government of the Philippines; Willlam R. Merriam, di- rector of the census. | Ministers of the United State. Hardy, to Spain; Charles P. B Switzerland: Leslie Combs, to Guatemala John B. Jackson, to! Greece, Roumania and Servia; William B. | Sorsby, to Bolivia, David E. Thompson, | to Brazil. | Embassadors—Charlemagne Tower, to | Cérmany: Robert 8. McCormick, to Rus- | sla; Bellamy Storer, to Austria-Hungary. Secretaries of legation—Peter A. Jay, third secretary at Paris: R. R. 8. Hitt, wecond secretary at Berlin; H. Percival Dodge, secretary at Berlin, Cousul Generals—Edward S. Bragg, at Hongkohg: Alfred A. Winslow, Guate- |mala City; Whilam A. Rubjee, Havana. Consuls. ! ‘ | | { i \ Mexico, illam A. McKelllp, Magdburg, Germa . McNally, Liege, Bel- gium: E. 8. Hotchkiss, Brookville, On- tario: F. D. Hale, Coaticoue, Quebec. Ashley M. Gould, Associate Justice Su- preme Court, District of Columbla; G. W. Fay, District Judge, Northern District ot New York; Albert B. Anderson, United States Judge, District of Indiana. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The President to-day ment the following nomiations to the Benate: Albert B. Anderson, United States Judge for the District of Indiana; second secretary of the embassy at Rome, Leon- ard M. Thomas of Pennsylvania; meiter of the mint at Denver, Joseph Milsom; marine bospital service, to be assistant surgeon, Richard H. Creel, Missouri. Navy—Assistant paymaster, Donald W, Nesbit, Missouri; Henry de F. Mel, Cali- fornta. Revenue cutter service, California—C, McMillan and William L. Maxwell, both of Callfornia, second assistant engineers. e e BOY MURDERER LAUGHS IN THE GALLOWS SHADOW Nineteen-Year-Old Oscar Bradshaw Remains Incorrigible to the End. WALLA WALLA, Dec. 8.—The marvel- ous “nerve’” of Oscar Bradshaw, aged 19 years, who murdered Peter Nelson In a boxcar at Pasco last August and who has Just been convicted of murder in the first degree, is attracting general attention in Southeastern Washington. In spite of his extreme youth Bradshaw seems to have abeolutely no fear of death. When he heard the jury’s verdict and was remand- ed to his cell he danced a jig on the jail floor and threw up his hands, exclaiming: ‘“There's more fun coming, boys.” In the Walla Walla County jail he laughs and jokes constantly and is the happlest prisoner there incarcerated. Even the tears of his white-haired moth- er, who threw her arms around him and ‘wept over his pending fate, had no effect. Bradshaw was impervious. e e Fever-Stricken Marines Improving. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Commander Wilson of the U. 8. 8. Panther tele- graphed to the Navy Department from Hampton Roads to-day that Captains Potter and Lemley, Lieutenants Purcell and Freyer, Ensign Cdse, Sergeant Smith and thirty-five privatés had been trans- ferred from the Panther to the Naval Hospital at Norfolk. Secretary Moody’| gave out another dispatch from a medi- cal officer attached to the Panther, stat- Ing that all the officers and men reported sick were suffering with malarial fever and were convalescent, except one ma- rine, who continued dangerously ill. | damage to the engine and -coaches. John | the passengers and helped_to care for the Commissioner General Sar- gent Urges a Three-Dollar Head Tax. e | | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The Senate| ! Committee on Immigration to-day gave a | hearing to parties interested in the blll\ | to regulate the immigration of aliens into | | the United States. Those present were | L. F. Payson, representing the Southern Pacific Company; S. C. Nefle and Wil- | Hlam Haywood of Washington, D. C., rep- | | resenting the Hawailan Sugar Planters’ | | Association and the Honolulu Chamber of | | Commerce, Goodwin Brown and Dr. A | B. RicharMson of the New York State | Luracy Commission, S. J. Barrows of | New York, Commissioner General of Im- migration Sargent and Commissioner of | Immigration Willlams, stationed at New | York. | Dr. Brown said that in the State insane | hospitals in New York there were 24,000 |inmates, and that they were increasing at | about the number of 700 a year. Half of |this number, he declarcd, are foreign | born and should not have been permitted |to land. He offered a proposed amend- | ment to the bill, extending the time to [lwu years for deporting an alien whe | has become a public charge, ‘and with the additional provision ‘“‘thar any allen who | becomes a public charge by reason of lu- | | nacy. 1diocy or epllepsy within two years | | iafter arrival will be presumed to have | ! become such from causes existing prior to landing, unless the contrary be affir- | | matively shown. | Answering Senator Lodge, Brown said | that in the course of ten years the for- eign-born insane in this ccuntry will cost the United States $50,000.00. He declared that the State of New York would be will- ing to pay the entire expense of deport- ing all who come to the State and who beccme insane within two years, as pro- vided in his amendment, should it be adopted The foreign insane, Brown said, an- swering Senator Lodge, were largely from | the pauper class | Sargent urged the retention of the pro- ed up, coming on at full speed. Silovich blew one whistle, which, he savs, the ferrvboat ignored. The Pledmont's wheel | was thrown hard a-port amd then hard a-starboard, and the vessels cleared As the Pledmont swept by the Relief | one of the towboat's deel put out | vision for a $3 head tax Many undesir- his hapd and touched ti) ferryboat's | able immigrants, he declared, would.mot guard. A collision was [ded by less come here if the tax was levied “These are the pefple.” be said, “who cause the most trouble in this country.’ To effectually carry out the law, Sargent said, will require increased expense and this, he argued, could be met by Increas- ing the tax to 8 Willlams suggested certain changes in| the bill, which had been deemed neces- sary after a conference of immigration | commissioners, to draw tightly the line of than two feet. On board the Piedmont all was confu- slon. The passengers scréamed and rush- ed to the side remote from the pending | smash-up. Many were not over their fright when the ferry landing was reach- ed, and it was an excited, nervous crowd of commuters that walked ashore when the Loat was made fast at her slip. Yesterday's fog caused considerable in- convenfence to shipping, and the Pied- | immigrants. There was much perjury at mont was not the only boat that nar- | Silis Island, Willlams stated. particularly rowly escaped disaster. The steamship | With respect to diseased immigrants and a term of imprisonment should be fixed in cases of that kind. He was emphatic in favoring the sale of liquors at immi- State of California. coming In from San Diego. ran very close to a British bark, and the Corona, outward bound, was in collision off Meiggs wharf with the 8rant stations, and insisted that t| Sec- | French bark Vincennes. The Vincennes | retary of the Treasury should have ;u-l was lying at anchor. Fortunately the |thority to eay what should be sold at these stations. | A. B. Richardson, Commissioner of Lu- | nacy of New York State, corroborated the | statements of Brown regarding the pro- { portion of fereign-born insane in Hospi- tals. In cases of suspects, Dr, Richard- son urged that the burdén of proof be put on the individual and not on the Govern- ment. Senators Mason and Clay thought it | would be a hardship to do this. The Senate to-day adopted all the com- | mittee amendments to the immigration bill, with the exception of one prescrib- ing an educational test, and also the ac- tion of the committee in striking out sec- tion 35, prohibiting the sale of Intoxicants | within the Capitol building, and then laid | aside the bill until to-morrow to pass a number of unobjected pension bills. The amendment fixing a three-dollar head tax on each immigrant eoming into the United States furnished the principal topic for debate. |® L 4 being derailed on an open switch, which the engine passed safely when the train was going at a high rate of speed. The Corona was traveling under a slow bell. and nelther vessel sustained any matertial damage. D i i i i TWO MEN PERISH N TAAIN WRECK KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. $.—The westbound California limited passenger train on the Santa Fe was wrecked at Rothville, Mo., shortly after noon "to- day, causing the death of Engineer Sam- uel Wise of Argentine, Kans., and Alex- ander Haevilin, his fireman, and great McKean of New York, who received slight bruises, was the only pasenger in- jured. A colored walter had his -arm i broken and two other walters were in-|train was almost demolished. Twenty- Jured. N three of the passengers were brought to Congressman-elect Loud of Michigan | this city on an accommodation train at a | ['late hour. to-night and most of them | resumed their journey westward. dead and injured were Madison, Iowa.- and Rabbi Hirsch of Chicago were, among injured. The wreck was caused by the coaches - SLOANE’S HOLIDAY GOODS Furnilure...... \ We hive many odd pieces espec’ally designed fo HOLIDAY GIFTS. 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