The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRAXNCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902. MAY HAVE TAKEN | DR, PARDEE GOES SIL WTH HIM Frank Parks Wanted on a Charge of Child Stealing. O—— . Draws Money From Bank and Leaves His Wife Destitute. Twenty-segond Fire Malechi Norton, 3021 street, who is connected with Department as driver, of engine €0 2 warrant from Police Judge yesterday for the ar on the charge of stealing his daughter, Tessie, a school girl 15 vears of age. Parks and the girl are believed to be in Stockton and Captain of Detectives Mar- tin has wired to the police authorities there to arrest him and hold the girl. Tessfe attenied the Horace Mann Gram- the mmar School and was in the habit of visit- | shoe store on Foisom street, | ing Park near Twenty-second Parks, who about 38 years of age, sold out about a week ago and he and his wife, who was @ waitress in a restaurant, took rooms at 132 Sixth street, intending to St. Louls, Mo., next week. Tuesday af- terpoon Mrs. Parks, who had been shop-, ping, discovered on returning to their rooms that her husband’'s new trunk, which contained all his personal effect hed disappeared and her suspicions we! aroused when she saw evidence of the fact that he had shaved off his mustache. She hastened to the neighborhood of “Twenty-second and Folsom streets and firally called at the Norton home. Tes- sle had not returned from school to her lunch that day\gnd the family was alarm- ef because it was long after school clo ing time and she had not made her ap- pearance. Mrs. Parks spoke of the die- aypearance of her it dawned upon them that he and Tessiz might have left the city together. The police were notified and Detective Coleman was detailed on the case. Thurs- dey he found that Parks' trunk had been taken from 132 Sixth street to the ferry on Tuesday afternoon to be shipped on the Sa Fe train. He had given the mame of Martin to the expressman. Cole- men learned at the Santa Fe waliting room that a man answering Parks’ de- scription and a young girl had been there the previous afternoon and had left on the ferry boat for Point Richmond. The trunk had been checked to Stockton. Mrs. Parks informed the police Thurs- Gay meney, amounting to about $2000, out of the bank Tuesday morning and had left her here.almost without a cent. Tessigls parents informed Coleman that she wa¢ very fond of horses and she used 1o tell them that Parks had asked her to &0 with him and his wife to Texas, where she could have her own horse and buggy, but they thought he was only humoring her. He seemed fond of her and gave her occasionally a quarter of a dollar for yocket money that he had evil designs upon the child. Cornoisseurs of perfect goods appreciate “Jesse Moore” Whisky for its purity ani de- lightful flavor. It is without a peer. . ———— TRIES TO END' HIS LIFE.—Daniel Meyer, a soldier from the Presidio, tried 1o end his life by turning on the gas in a room at 113 Stockion street early yesterday morning. He was removed 1o the Emergency Hosoital ani £00n_restored to consciousness ADVERTISEMENTS. | ARSI, Curtaz ESTABLISHED Half a Century CHICKERING MASON & HAMLIN VOSE STERLING CURTAZ HAINES PIANOS We can sell a better Piano for less money (quality considered) 1o responsible parties than any house on the coast. CURTAZ BUILDING 16 to 20, O'FARRELL ST. AN FRANCISCO FOR BARBERS, BaA. BRUSHE kers, bootblacks, baii- bouses, billiard tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy- , canners, dyers. flour mills, foundries, laundries. paper- hangers. printers, painters, shoe 1. stableman, tar-rgofers, tanners, tailors, etc. bLChANAN BROS., Ammunition, Hunting and Eporting Goods. Largest siock Lowest prices. Send for cataiogue. Brush Manufacturers, 609 Sacramento St SHREVE & BARBER CO., 59 Murket st. and 511 BUNS =55 DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Ciialcgues and Price Lists Mallay on Applieation COAL. COKE ANL PIG TRON. elephone Main 1864 FRESH AND SALT MEATS JAS. BOYES &0 - B 5252 " ois. BgEmicATING OILE EESNARD. SE0e PRINTER, $11 Bsusome i, 8. F. E C. LUGHES, - HOUSE HUNTING «Gofrernor - Blect Unable to Find Euitable ! Residence. Is Willing to Have State Erect Home for Him at Capitol. est of Frank Parks | leave for | husband’s trunk and | that her husband had drawn all his | but it was never dreamed | | enormous rent for his place of abode. | USED — Governor-elect Pardee is in a quandary. Within the month it will be necessary for himself and family to move to Sacramento and reside there for the next four years. Since his election the doctor and his ! wife bave been engaged in the unpleasant occupation of house hunting. They have encountered many obstacles in their ef- | forts to secure a dwelling suitable for the Governor's\ Mansion.” While there are | many handsome homes in the capital each | owner is reluctant to surrender his, even though it will be horiored by the Gov- erncr's presence.. The doctor has been in’ communication with . people . in Sac- | ramento with a view toward obtaining a | suitable residence, but thus far his efforts have been futile. It is absolutely necessary for the Gov- ernor of the State to have a commodious residence, as it is incumbent on him to entertain distinguished visitors. In other | States the Governors are provided with mansions and are not bothered with the details of house furnishing or house hunt- ing. In 1599 Assemblyman Knights introduced a bill in the lower house appropriating $50,000 for the erection and equipment of a residence for the Governor. It passed the Heuse and was sent to Governor Gage on February 22 for approval. As the Gov- error took no action in the matter the bill became a law on March 8§, 1899. MONEY IS ON HAND. On Junuary 24 Senator. Lukens introduc- | ed an act to repeal the act providing for | the construction and furnishing of a res- idence for the Governor, but subsequently withdrew it. On the same day Senator Lukens introduced an act to authorize and direct- the transfer from the general fund | to the university fund of the sum of $i8,- 758, the balance remaining in the general fund of the appropriation made by the act introduced by Assemblyman Knights at the previous session. This bill was also withdrawn. Seven days later Senator Devlin intro- duced an act amending the Knights act, which became a law under constitutional | provision without the Governor's appro- val in March, 1899, The amendment passed both houses and was sent to Governor Gage on March 15 and was “pocketed.” There is, therefore, a large sum of money in the general fund to be used for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a home for the Chief Executive. Dr. Par- dee’s friends are advising him to have the | work started the day he is inaugurated. The Governor-elect is perfectly willing to | | accept the home, but is reluctant to issue | the order. In speaking about the matter last even- | ing Dr. Pardee stated that if it was the | rule in other States for the State to fur- | nish its chief executive with an abiding | place, he was perfectly willing to see| | California get in line. | | GOVERNOR HEAVILY TAXED. ! Close to the Agricultural Building at Sacramento and within a block of the State Capitol is the State Printing Office. This structure was erected for Governor Booth in 1871, but that distinguished of- | ficeholder was a bachelor and had no use for such a palatial residence. He cared more for his bachelor apartments. The Governors who succeeded Booth did not care for the building, and uncomfortable, and in course of time | a State Printing Office, and is being used for that purpose at the present timfe. Although the Governor of this State | gets a smaller salary than the Assessor | | of San Francisco he is compelled under | the present state of things to pay heavy | campaign expenses in order to insure his | | election and, if successful, must pay an | | ; the one-time mansion was converted into | | ™HE HOTELS. Whije the Governor-elect may, after a | long search, find a house at the capital, | there might not be accommodations for his horses and carriages on:the lot with it. The absolute necessity of the Gov-| ernor having an official residence was never more strongly evidenced than in the late Spanish war. It will be remem- bered that the Governors of the various | States in the Union came here in person, | or sent distinguished representatives to | take a farewell of the vclunteers from their respective States. Not having a proper place to entertain the visitors, the Governor was compelled to invite them to a leading hotel, registering. them, and informing his guests that all bills at been paid. This proved very embar- sing to the host as well as the infvited guests, s The citizens of this State, and particu- larly of Sacramento,- have frequently found fault with the Chief Executive be- cause he did not stay more at the capi- tal. The fault has not been at all times with the Governor. He always found it impossible to entertain, as his rented | house was usually too small for that pur- pose. Then, again, he finds it very diffi- cult to keep up his own home and the temporary residence in Sacramento out of a salary of $500 a month, especially so when rents rise fully 100 per cent as soon ADVERTISEMENTS. | DRR0RBRE ORHOBEY SPECIAL SALE - OF... ORIENTAL GOODS We offer our entire line of rare &nd medium price ORIENTAL RUGS, CURTAINS and NOVELTIES, at 25 % DISCOUNT from regular prices. Gus. M. PLUM & CO, + Cor. Ninth znd Market Sts. HOLIDAY, . QLI PRESENTS. TERARHIX | o Georgs near Seventh. George Mayerie's Germa: et water, 50c; phane South $12, P 1 as it was too large | | | sale, 900 Dolores st.; retail, 9 Guerrero st. MILK-WAGON DRIVER SLAIN B LIVE WIRE Herman Kerns' Terrible Death Early This Morning. Fatal Accident Occurs at the Corner of Gough and Geary Streets. A milk-wagon driver named Herman Kerns, 27 years old, lin the employ of the Green Valley Dairy, was instantly killed by coming in contact |with a live wire at the cor- ner of Gough and Geary streets at 2:45 o’clock this morning. ! The fatal accident occurred while he was trying to be of assistance to Peter A. Smith, | a driver for the Merced Dairy, whose horse had. been knocked down by coming in | contact with the wire. Smith | had turned into Geary street | from Gough when his horse {struck the wire and fell as | though shot. Just then Kerns came up {and Smith called to him to {help him get up the horse, |warning him at the same itime of the dangling iive wire. Kerns was walking for- ward when suddenly he jemitted a terrible cry of agony and fell. He was in- stantly killed. The body was removed to the Morgue. SANTA ANA OFFICIAL DIES SUDDENLY AT/ HOTEL W. A. Beckett of Santa Ana, Cal., died suddenly of natural causes at the Hotel | Royal yesterday afternoon. He was the | County Clerk of Orange County and came | to this city last Sunday to be treated for diabetes. About 1:40 p. m. yesterday he fell unconscious to the floor of the hotel | office and was carried to his Yoom, while | Dr. A. D. McLean was called fn to at- tend him. Beckett was already beyond recovery, however, and dléd in a few minates. The deceased Wwas about 35 vears of age and leaves a widow in Santa Ana. There is also a brother living in Berkeley, who took charge of the remains last evening. Papers found among the possessions of | the deceased show him to have been a member of the Order of Maccabees and also a Mason. e Remember Log Cabin Bread; buy it. ‘Whol @ it @ as the Governor makes application for a house. . The State of California’ not only pays the Wardens of the State prisons a hand- some salary, but provides them homes and servants and sufficient money for main- tenance. It is well known that large | sums of money have been spent at the different State prisons for the entertain- ment of the Warden's friends. Then, why should not the Governor, the highest offi- cer in the State, receive as much consid- eration as the men he appoints to office? | He is deserving of .it. His high office de- mands it and the people of California ought to have sufficient pride to ald the Governor in keeping up the dignity cf his office and extending that hospitality for which California is famed. o CAND TRUNK T0 BEACH 00T Frank W. Morse, third vice president of the Grand Trunk Railway, announces that the extension of his road to the Pa- cific Coast will be an accomplished fact by 1907. Mr. Morse and Controller Wain- wright arrived in San Francisco yester- day for a short visit before returning to Montreal. James Dunsmuir, a prominent Canadian capitalist and a political power in British Columbia, Is also in the dity, and it was rumored that a big railroad deal was to be arranged between them. This, however, is emphatically denied by all three of the gentlemen. “It is quite true that Mr. Wainwright | and myself came West to take the first | step in the proposed extension of the Grand Trunk,” said Mr. Morse last even- ing, “‘but that preliminary work was ac- complished before we lert British Colum- bia. We do not know Mr. Dunsmuir and have no business with him of any nature whatsoever. Our visit here is purely one of pleasure. “In order to carry out fts plans, the company I represent must first secure permission from the Government of Brit- ish Columbia to make surveys and ac- quire right of way., My business was to prepare a bill for this purpose and ar- range for its presentation at the next session of the Legislature in January. The measure seems to meet with general approval and undoubtedly will be passed. “‘When this is done the work of survey- ing and selecting a route will begin at once. We will have to build more than 2400 miles of road from our present ter- minus in Western Ontario to a point near Port Simpson on the Gulf of Georgia. The cost of this constfuction will reach nearly $100,000,000. There is no intention of buying the Esquimalt and Nanalmo road, as our proposed route, lies many miles north of it. The Grand Trunk guarantees to have the new transconti- nental dine in operation within five years after the permission is granted by the British Columbia Legislature. The plans also include a connection with a line of Pacific Ocean passenger steamships to Japan and China, as well as to San Fran- cisco.” p /ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN RETURNS FROM EUROPE | | | i | | State Limited, was | owing to a wreck near Kansas City, In Splendid Heal th, He Reaches Los Angeles on His Homeward Trip, Happy to be Once More in California and With His People L3 . — NOTED PRELATE WHO HAS REACHED LOS ANGELES ON HIS RE- TURN FROM HIS FAMOUS TRIUMPH IN THE PIOUS FUND ARBI- TRATION BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT AT THE HAGUE. Archbishop Riordan arrived here this evening from Chicago, ac- companied by the Rev. Father Ramm. His train, the Golden many hours late, in which both he and Father Ramm for- tunately escaped without injury. The Archbishop was met ap the road by Bishop Montgomery, and during his short stay in this city, he will be his guest at the cathedral residence. He will leave to- morrow evening on the “Owl” train for San Francisco and will attend the 11 o’clock mass at St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday morning. His Grace is in splendid health, his trip to Europe apparently having been very beneficial to him. “What good words nave you for the people of San Francisce?” he was asked. “I think that the victory we won in ref- erence to the pious fund has already been published in the papers,” he replied. “There is nothing to be added. We were successful in our demands.” “Do you carry with you the official ap- pointment of Bishop Montgomery as your Coadjutor?” he was asked. “No, no, I do not,” he replied; “there js e : OS ANGELES, Dec. 11.—His Grace ! nothing new in that matter.” e And he looked at Bishop Montgomery and nodded and smiled his approval. “Will Father Conaty of Washington, or Father Harnett, the present Vicar Gen- eral of Los Angeles, be appointed Bishop Montgomery’s successor?” "Qh. that is a matter that is a long way off,” his Grace replied. “It is a long way ol “I had a splendid trip,” the Archbishop continued. ‘““His Holiness the Pope was in splendid health when I had an audience with him, and did not seem to have aged a bit more than when I last had an audi- ence with him two years ago.” “I am glad to be back In California,” the Archbishop added, ard then, turning to a raflroad official, he asked with much interest concerning the time schedule of trains to San Francisco, being evidently impatient to get home. Although Bishop Montgomery’s appoint- ment as Coadjutor has not been offiéially announced, it is generally known that he will shortly receive his official appoint- ment from Rome. In Los Angeles the popular appointment of his successor would be Father Harnett, but whether he will be named is a conjecture. From reli- able Eastern advices comes word that Father Conaty, vice president of the Catholic University at Washington, will get the appointment. Which one will get the coveted office his Grace Archbishop Riordan refuses to divulge. MORE POLIGEMEN STAND ACGUSED Present €candal Involves Hitherto Unsuspected Fatrolmen. Snowball Is En Route East. Lulu Wilson Goes to Los Angsles. . Chief Wittman is determined to-rid the department of the men who have been accused of accepting bribes from fallen women and the keepers of opium joints. The present scandal, which has shaken the department to its very depths, has resulted in the Chief instituting a care- ful investigation of the charges preferred against a number of hitherto unsuspected patrolmen, and if they are found te be true the offenders will be summarily dis- missed. As the investigation proceeds many stories of how a number of blue- coated guardians compelled the unfor- turate women of the tenderloin and Bar- bary Coast to yield up coin are coming to light. Whether all the suspected bribe-takers will be caught in the Chief's dragnet remains to be seen. Despite the reticence of the head of the department, it is authoritatively said that in addition to Snowball and Alexander, who. are considered the chief offenders, many others who wear stars. will be shortly haled before the Police Commis- sloners and notified that their services are no longer needed. Snowball’s flight from the city on learn- ing of the arrest of his brother officer ‘was no doubt caused by-the fear that his “graft” had been discovered and that, like Alexander, he was to be criminally prosecuted. The fallen woman who basked in his smiles and who was recog- nized as the ‘“Queen of the Tenderloin” on account of the power in which she held Snowball, has disappeared from her haunts and the heads of the department are satisfiled that she has gone to join him. SNOWBALL WELL CONNECTED. Snowball prior to joining the force re- sided in Yolo County. He Is a son of Judge Snowball of Knights Landing. He married Miss Forsman of Woodland. His relatives, who are well-to-do, feel keenly his disgrace. A woman who is supposed to be Lulu Wilson, the star witness against Patrol- man Alexander, passed through Tracy yesterday en route to Los Angeles, where her parents reside. On the night that she exposed the grafting methods of Al- exander by handing him three marked coins she mysteriously disappeared, and it was belleved that she had been spir- ited away by some of Alexander’s friends in order to prevent her from testifying against the accused policeman. Yester- day, however, it was positively learned that on the morning after the expose that resulted in the present scandal she boarded a train bound for Sacramento. Presumably thinking that her where- abouts would be discovered, she left the capital city yesterday morning after tell- ing a friend that she was going to her home in Los Angeles. The woman who was seen on the train at Tracy, the po- lice “think, was Miss Wilson. | Chief Wittman intends to use every ef- fort in locating her in the southern city, as he is anxious to have her present at the trial of Alexander. SWEARS TO A COMPLAINT. Wittman yesterday swore out a com- plaint before Police Judge Conlan charg- ing Policeman Ernest Alexander with the felony of receiving a briba. The alleged offense was committed on the night of December 4. The warrant of arrest on the complaint was issued and Alexander was booked on the charge at the City Prison. THe argument on the application for a writ of habeas corpus for Alexander’s re- lease was heard before Judge Lawlor. As the complaint had been sworn to the only point argued was the alleged exces- sive bail of $10,000 bonds or $000 cash. The Judge declined to change the bail fixed by Judge Conlan and dismissed the application, remanding the prisoner into the custody of the police. Attorney Archie Campbell and Arthur Mack, who represented Alexander, intimated that the matter would be taken before the Su- preme Court, but during the afternoon o FITZGERALD ~ WAS MURDERED Acapulco’s Officers Bring Details of Tragedy at Guatemala. They Think Young Hunter Will Escape Without Punishment. According to the officers of the steam- ship Acapulco, the killing of William A. Fitzgerald at Guatemala City by W. God- frey Hunter Jr., son of the United States Minister to Guatemala, was a premeditat- ed, cold-blooded assassination, from the consequences of which, however, the ac- cused is more than likely to escape. The story of the killing of Fitzgerald, as told by the Acapulco's officers, is by them vouched for as the true version of an occurrenge which has aroused against the Hupters the ill feeling of every Amer- ican in Guatemala City. The Hunters they say, have never been popular among their own countrymen and this act, in spite of the fact that Fitzgerald was a Government spy, a gun fighter and not of much account, has made them absolutely unpopular. The story brought up by the Acapulco is as follows: Fitzgerald was @ man that talked a great deal. and_shortly before his death referred to Minister Hunter in _uncomplimentary _terms. He criticized the Minister in the presence of his son, Godfrey, but the last named showed no_particular resentment at the time. he shooting occurred a few days later on the plaza in front of the American Legation. Fitzgerald appeared on the scene and was met by Secretary of the Legation Bailey. Bailey engaged Fitzgerald in conversation and as they talked young Hunter came up behind and fired four shots into Fitzgerald's back. When the news of Fitzgerald's death got abroad with the story of how it had been encompassed, feeling in Guatemala ran_high and in deference to public opinion young Hunt- er was arrested and placed in jail, whers he was detained just ten minutes. Although unpopular with resident Americans, the Hunters are said to stand In high favor with President Cabrera and his Government. Godfrey Hunter will be tried, but, so the story goes, the trial will be a farce, from which the prisoner will walk forth a free man; —_— L A TO CURE A COUGH IN ONE DAY, Use Adams’ Irish Moss Covgh Balsam. Prescribed by the best physicians for Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles.’ 25c, vc. At all druggists. « —_—— General Meade' Post. General George G. Meade Post of the Grand Army of the Republic has selected the following named as its officers for tha current term: General John F. Sheehan, commander; Robert F. Graham, senior vice commander; John C. Scott, junior vice commander; Willlam F. Howe, quar- termaster; -Dr. Joseph Washington, geon; Horatio 8. Rambaugh, chapl M. Cashin, officer of the day; W. 8. Small, officer of the guard; Phil N. Belton and H. S. Rambaugh, delegates to the State encampment; John F. Deemer and Joseph Washington, alternates. The elec- tion was followed by an old-time campfire and smoker. There were present D. M. Cashin, organizer of the post, and M. J. Acton, A. Leavitt and S. M. Parsons, charter members. @ iriminiiiiii i @ changed their minds and said that every effort would be made to furnish the $5000 cash bail. UNABLE TO FURNISH BAIL. Alexander still languishes in the City Prison, being unable to procure the neces- sary bail. All day his friends tried to raise the required amount, but they were unable to do so. One of his relatives had $2500 to put up for his release, but the other half was not forthcoming. Last night Alexander said he expected to be released on bail this morning, as a friend had promised to furnish the re- mainder of the amount necessary for his temporary freedom. The majority of the fallen women who — thrived in the tenderloin under the pro- tection of Alexander and other wearers of stars have disappeared. Realizing that efforts would be made to force them to tell about the “graft” in the redlight dis- trict, rather than incriminate the meny who are now charged with protecting them they have packed their trunks and left for parts unknown. As soon as they are located it is the in- tention of the heads of the department to bave them brought back and force them under oath to tell the truth. San Franclsco Agents Rocers, PEET & COMPANY, BROKAW BROTHERS. Do Ready Made Suits Fit? If a suit is made by such ‘makers as Rogers, Peet & Co. or Brokaw Bros., it fits better than the best - productions of the average tailor. We can prove that fact if you'll drop in and try ‘on a 'suit ‘or two. They range in price from $22.50 to $37.00. " Many of the best dressed men of New York are wearing the clothing * made by these two firms. Suppose v o u come in xo-dn}(? L Roos Bros. Kearny at Post San Francisco Agents RoGERS, PEET & COMPANY, BROKAW BROTHERS. 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