The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 4

B THE SA YOUNG VICTIM OF MURDEROUS TRAMP SUCCUMBS TO HIS TERRIBLE WOUNDS Little George- Allen, Who With Rancher Graves, His' Wife and a Hired Man Were "Left for Dead by Desperate Robber, Dies in Sanitarium -— Authorities Hold Lorenzo Sanfeliz on Suspicion & L IS * » A RANCHER A ING BETWE SALINAS VALLEY, WHERE A DESPERATE TRAMP MADE A MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON D THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, AND TWO OF THE VICTIMS WHO ARE NOW:HOV- N LIFE AND DEATH. Dec. 11.—The inhuman robter who Monday plundered and looted and maimed, and, now that little Georgie Allen is dead, murdered, home of Simeon Graves, is in all although Sheriff first shspect to fall within the hands of the officers. At a late hour this afternoon the sus- pected man, who was arrested late last night at g City, was taken to the sani- tarium for thé purpose of identifidation by Graves and his wife. Palé and frightened #nd knowing what his-certain fate must be, admitting that the groups of angry men everywhere about the streets al- lowed the law to take its course, he re- entered the sick room and ore the mutilated and suffering men and wife little higher and in the probal and the Sheriff and his deputy forced the trembling suspect close 10 the bedside. Graves raised on his elbow. The light seemed to hurt his-injured eves. He studied the man carefully and slowly with the determination-to be right. Then he lay, back en his pillow. . He was not the murderer. But Mrs, Graves was less certain. To be sure, she could only see with great difficulty, owing to the swollen condition of her eyes. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY MAN. Mrs. Graves' last word to the officers was Dot to turn the suspect loose until she could see him again. The arrested man gave his name to the Sheriff as Lo- renzo Senfeliz. - He appears to be an Italian and speaks with considerable ac- cent. The statements of Mr. and Mrs.' Graves and the hired man:made to Dis- trict?’Attorney Andresen shortly after they were found were to_the effect that their assajlant was an American and spoke with no aceént. Sheriff Keefe is disposeéd - to belieye the suspect is not the man wahted, though he is still holding him, awaktin further, developments. § . Word wag received here Jate this sven- ing that 3 man answering the,descfption of the murderer was.seen to.board 8 a north-bound freight le?vlng Gilroy this morning. A message from Gilroy was sent to the San Jose officials, and on the arrival of the freight there It was searched. Nobody but a hobo was found. He said he had seen a man answering the description of the fugitive secrete himself _— DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS. A CITIZEN DISCUSSES A Vital Question Fraught With In- terest to San Francisco People. When a citizen right here at makes a_public statement like the To lowing all room for doubt disappears and the most skeptical must be convinced. It's pretty hard for our readers to prove 2 statement made by a_ stranger living in some far-away point of the Union, but the indorsement of neighbors, friends and citizens i= the best of proof; no better evidence can be had. J. of 605 Broadway, el retired, says: “For a year or more my back wa: weak and ached continually; ’x’xo! se\‘eref ly enough to lay me up, but it certainly was very disagreeable. I knew the cause of my trouble ffom the action and con- dition of the kidney secretions, but what to do tp stop it was a mystery. I cam: to California in 1853, The Ereater pace oe my life has been spent in mining, an oc- cupation decidedly bard on the. constitu- tion, and when attacks of kidney com- plaint affect a man it is more difficult than ordinary to remove. Doan’s Kidney Pilis certainly stopped my backache. It is now some seven or eight months since 1 stopped the treatment and at the A ent time I have not & sign of anyihing wrong with my kidneys.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn_Co., Buffalo, N, Y.,"sole for the United Btates. ber the name, Doan’s, and take e The curtain was raised a | in one of the coal bunkers. The freight was by this time on the way to San Francisco. On its arrival there it was again searched, but without avail. To-nignc the cruelly maimed and beaten little George Allen died in the sanitarium. o hope was extended from the first to his grief-stricken parents, who traveled so many hundred miles to comfort their dying child. LIVES HANG IN BALANCE. The condition of Graves and his wife re- mains about the same. Mrs. Graves will recover, but the life of her husband still hangs in the balance. Owing to his weak- ened condition no attempt has been made to remove the bullets from his lung. He alsp received.a bullet wound through his hand, breaking two of his fingers, while his other hand is badly cut and mashed | by blows from the murderer's axe. The | hired man, Albright, is at the county hos- pital. His condition s grave, as his skull ‘ is severely fractured. He rested easily all | day and the physician in charge enter- tains hopes for his recovery. The assault on the Graves family has ‘aroused the people of this community to the danger of the raving bands of hobos who infest this valley during the winter. Hither:o they have confined their depre- dations to intimidation of-housewives and robbing vacant houses. The feeling of the people is now thoroughly aroused and if found red handed in the future that ele- ment will receive quick punishment. TELLS CONFLICTING STORIES. When suspect Sanfeliz was brought to Salinas this morning a large crowd had assembled at the depot to catch a glimpse of the accused. He was at once taken to the Geunty Jall, where in the presence of the Sheriff and reporters he told a rather TWO TRAINS ARE BURNED ON THE POMONA GRADE Runaway Cars Wreck a Freight and 0il in Tanks Causes.Fierce Conflagration. BAKERSFIELD, : Dec.. 1.—Early this morning a héavy. fieight “train, while climbing the Pomona grade near Lios An- geles, broke injtwo at the steepest grade end sixtéen heavily loaded.cars started down the"Hill at full speed. While going at the rate of sixty milés an hour they met a second train coming ‘mp the grade and a collision followed. The engineer and fireman saved themselves by jumping and escaped with slight injuries. Six of the runaway cars were loaded with oil.. The engine was a new oil burner and the whole mass caught fire, destroy- ing the two trains. The track was torn up for 200 feet. Sheep-Stealing in Shasta County. GRIDLEY, Dec. 11.—Wholesale sheep- stealing 18 reported from the Gallatin ranch in Shasta County. Bell & Moore dipped end counted their sheep a short time ago and found that some 200 head were missing. Search was made in the neighborhood, but no trace of the missing animals was found. ettt A Brakeman Is Badly Injured. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 11.—B. F. In- gram, a brakeman on the Southern Pa- cific, was brushed off from a freight car while passing through one of the tunnels on the Ctesta Mountain this afternoon. :'ll:ulnjurles are severe, but will not prove atal. ——— Em] r Tower ‘Reaches Berlin. BERLIN; Dec. 11.—Embassador Tower, Mrs. Tower and their two little daughters arrived here to-day. As Emperor Willlam 1s in Potsdam, possibly two or three days will elapse before Mr. Tower is presented 40 his. Majesty. b RS, e 7 disconnected story. He said that he origi- nally came from Chicago, then went to St. Louis and other places and finally Mexico, where his father lived. He said he soon gharreled with his parent and went to San Francisco, where he worked at 314 Fremont street. He says he was in Gilroy Sunday, but is unable to remember where he spent Monday except that toward evening he was in this city. He was uncertain as to his movements after that until he was ar- rested at King City. He was very ner- vous during the examination, crying, laughing and pleading at times. His story was contradicted by Parker Rouse of Prunedale, who claims to have seen him at that place Saturday night. W. Lang says he gave him a ride from Castroville to near the Graves house Monday. A. FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 I’'S GOVERNOR MAKES SELECTIONS FOR TERRIEQRIAL PROMISE IS (VR BY ROOT Port May Retain the Transport E}ge_t. Proposal Submitied to the War Sec- retary. Strong Argument Is Made by Commercial Men in Washington. S syl ECRETARY OF WAR ROOT yesterday prom- ised a delegation repre- senting commerecial inter- ests of this city to con- sider carefully a proposi- tion made for the reten- tion of the transport serv- ice at this port by arrange- ment with the Pacific Mail Company or by the Gov- 'ernment itself. — L Speeial Dispatch to The Call. ASHINGTON, Dec. 11. As a result of a hearing before Secretary Root to- day the Californian dele- gation and representatives of San Francisco commercial interests, who are protesting against the transfer of the Philippine trans- portation business from that port to Seattle, are more hopeful than ever that the Governmerlt trans- port service at San Francisco will be continued. Soon after the return of Secre- tary Root from New York to-day he was waited upon by a delega- tion consisting of Senator Per- kins, Representative Metcalf, former Mayor Phelan of San Francisco and R. P. Schwerin, 1902. HAWA ‘OF MEN Mark Robinson Now Favored for ’ Sec- retary’s Position Special Correspondence of The Call. ONOLULU, Dec. 5—There has been a delay in the nomination by Governor Dole of persons tc the vacant Territorial offices owing to a desire to offer one of them to a native Hawaiian. The position of Treasurer will be of- fered this morning to Judge A. N. Kepoi- kai of Maui, and Senator Baldwin of the Spfeckelsville plantation on Maul went there last night on the United States tug Iroquols to tender the place on behalf of the Governor. Judge Kepoikai is highly esteemed by both whites and natives. He is a good lawyer but has had no special tralning for the position of Treasurer. It is reported that George R. Carter, the President’s choice for the position of Becretary of the Territory, is averse to- accepting the office and has retired to favor of Mark Robinson, who will be in- dorsed by both Governor Dole and the Republican Territorial Committee. Robin- son is a Hawaifan lawyer in good prac- tice and of considerable means. He is a director, in the First National Bank of Hawall, is associate@ with many other large business corporations and is held In high esteem by all classes of citizens. Of ccurse, the first Intimation of this ap- pointment will come from Washington, L e e e el which in his judgment preciuded them from handling the Government business properly, Mr. Schwerin advocated a con- tinuance of the transport service from San Francisco, either by the Government itself or by purchase or charter of the transports by the Pacific Mail Company. If this company were either to buy or charter the fleet the said company wouid make satisfactory arrangements with the Government for carrying supplies and troops to the Philippines. He stood ready to submit a bid for the business if the matter were reopened, and declated his company would make as low rates as those given by any other concern. He suggested that if new bids were to be asked for they be submitted for next, and not for the remainder of the present fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1903. Mr. Schwerin pointed out the advantage of the North- ern Pacific Railroad as a bond-aided road in establishing rates, but he declared that the roads he represented would meet this by an equalization of rates satisfacory to the department. Secretary Root’s desire to hold the transports for the department’s use in emergencies was met by the proposition from Mr. Schwerin that if they were sold or chartered to his company it would be with the understanding that they were to be at the disposal of the Government in time of war or other emergency. FOLLY IN BUSINESS. During the discussion which followed Mr, Schwerin's statement Senator Per- kins and other members of the delegation brought out the point that it would be especially advantageous to the Govern- ment to keep its Philippine transporta- tion business at San Francisco, the nat- ural_and obvious point for vessels from the Pacific Coast. It was shown that the Government had expended vast sums in establishing facilities for handling the business there—hospitals; reservations, storehouses, gtc.—and that to abandon the present plant would be the height of business folly. Mr. Schwerin refterated his willingness PRESIDENT OF HAWAII, WHO MAY BE THE NEXT TERRI- TORIAL SECRETARY. X3 to undertake to handle all or any part of the Government business. Secretary Root said the bid of the Boston Steamship Company had not yet been accepted be cause that company demanded three- fourths of all the Government business on the Pacific. President Winsor of that company was here to-day and informed Secretary Root that w ver proposal San _Francisco people were to make his company would more than meet. Mr. Root has taken the whole matter under advisement and will give the San Francisco proposition most careful consideration before giving his final decision. The immediate outcome of the matter seems most likely to be the retention, at least until next July, of the present transport service. Appointments Confirmed. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Confirmations by the Senate: Registers of land offices—H. J. Sims, Boise, Idaho; N. J. Sharp, Halley, Idaho. Receivers of public moneys—C. H. Gar- by, Lewiston, Idaho. Consuls—George H. Bridgeman, Kings- ton, Jamaica; Willlam F. Doty, Tahiti, Society Tslands. George W. Lovie, postmaster at Red- wood City, Cal. Cholera Imperils the Moros. MANILA, Dec. 11.—Cholera is spreading among the lake Moros. It is believed the epidemic will-prove serious. OFFICES Be Of- Native Wil fered the Dignity of Treasurer —p and it may be that President Roosevelt will decline to agree to Carter’s retire- ent. mThe Senate committe¢ that examined into the affairs of the Public Lands De- partment finds a very obsolete and cum- bersome system of keeping accoun Radical changes are suggested, and t committee’s investigations will be con- tinued during the recess so as to make a thorough report when the Legislature meets next February. Complaints have been made of favoritism and delay in is- suing patents after the laws have been complied with. Alexander D. Thompson, former deputy tax assessor, has been acquitted on the second charge of embezzlement against him, and there will be no prosecution of three other cases that were pending. Lewis G. Martin, representing the Oko- pite Company, which has the contract for laying the underground wires of thew, Pacific Commereial Cable Company, 19 here and will quickly lay the cebles, that are now here. The work will be finished in two weeks, before the arrival of the cable steamship Silvertown. The long voyage of the ship Dirigo from this port to Delaware Breakwater en- riched the owners of her sugar cargo by nearly $50,000 more than if she had made a quick trip. The Dirigo was out 166 days and had been posted as missing. The ad- vance in the sugar market during the past few weeks meant a good deal to the Hawalian shippers. @ iirinim i ek @ DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS OCCASION BIG SURPRISE Wife of Wealthy Citizen of San Diego Brings Suit on Ground of Cruelty. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11.—Behind closed doors in one of the Superior Courts this afternoon a motion for alimony and at- torney’s fees was heard in the case of Lucille Gay against John H. Gay. The proceeding occasioned surprise because of the fact that very few people had any idea that there was a divorce pending be- tween the Gays, who are prominet in so- clety and business circles of this city and who reside in a most imposing mansion on Florence Heights. The -papers were served several weeks ago. The motlon was called up to-day by H. H. Valentine, attorney for the plaintiff, on a motion for alimony. The complaint is said to contain many counts in which various acts of cruelty are specified. Gay is aeccounted one of the richest of San Diego’s citizens, and it is surmised that neither the alimony asked nor the attorney’s fees desired is small.. A decision on the motion will be rendered Monday. S Sl AR WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT JAMESTOWN, Degc. 11.—Mrs. A. Langen of the Hotel Willow was severely burned about the left hand and foot this evening in a peculiar manner. With her hands wet she passed from the kitchen to the cellar and turned on an electric lght. Immediately afterward shrieks of agony attracted persons. to the cellar and she was: dragged free from contact “with the lamp. The lamp was defective and the ground upon which she was standing damp. This made a circuit” and caused the current to pass through her body into the ground. vice president and general man- ager of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company, who appeared in opposition to the proposed plan of the War Department to dis- | Frolli says he gave him a ride to the outskirts of the town and he was seen around town Monday evening late by sev- eral parties. e S THINKS HE SAW MURDERER.: Man Answering Description of Rob- ber Passes Through San Jose. SAN JOSE, Dec. 1.—A man answering the description of the Salinas assassin and robber passed through this city last night or the 9:20 train, bound for San Francisco. He got on the pilot of the engine at Gil- roy, was discovered at Coyote and put off. He sneaked back again and found a hid- ing and riding place on the tender. He ‘was seen on the top‘of the tender at the depot in this city by a man shoveling coal, who, knowing nothing of the crime or the search for the perpetrator, said nothing until this. morning. B e e e i e i e e S S R R R RO A RAIN FALLS IN TORRENTS AND RIVER IS RISING In the South, Los Angeles and San Diego Get Steady Showers During Night. MARYSVILLE, Dec. 11.—A heavy rain- storm burst upon this city this afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock, the precipitation being torrential. During the past three days much rain has fallen and the streams are running full. The Sacramento Is re- ‘ported from Meridian as rising: Total rainfall for the season i¥ 7.32 inches. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.—Rain began falling here at 6:30 o'clock last evening and fell gently for several hours, the total precipitation being .50 of an inch. North- ward the rainfall was heavier. Total pre- cipitation thus far for the season 2.98 inches. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11.—Rain began fall- ing here at micnight and increased to a heavy downfall at § o’clock this morning. Thirteen-hundredths of an inch was the precipitation, ML ST Big Deal in Timber Land. PORTLAND, Dec. 1L.—A heavy deal in timber land has been consummated in the purchase of the Brock logging camps and timber lands in Cowlitz County, Wash.; by the Bastern and Western Lumber Company of Birly. The deal includes more than 100,000,000 feet of standing tim- ber. The consideration was $115,000. 2 Goes to Navy Yard for Repairs. SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—The revenue cutter Bear, which has spent the summer in Alaskan waters, has been ordered to Pu- Bet Sound Navy Yard for’ repairs. The rcvenue cutter Manning, nmow at San Francisco, has been ordered here. St A Burned While Playing With Matches continue the transport service at San Francisco and give the busi- ness over to a private concern at Seattle, whose bid for the work had already been filed with the Secretary of War. TALK WITH ROOSEVELT. The delegation was accompa- nied by Maxwell Evarts, the well-known attorney of New York. They first called at the White House and explained the object of their visit to President Roosevelt, who suggested that they confer with Secretary Root, who not only has immediate su- pervision of the matter, but who has looked into the situation fully and is familiar with all its phases. When the delegation reached the War Department Mr. Schwerin at once laid before Mr. Root with much force and frank- ness the situation as far as San Francisco was concerned in the matter. He spoke as a represen- tative of all steamship and rail- road lines centering at San Fran- cisco. He declared that the com- mercial organizations of that city and the railroad and steamship companies had not been unmind- ful of its interests in failing to bid for the Philippine transportation business. He said that if they had made any such bid it would have been worthless, for the reason that the ships of the most im- portant fleet on the Pacific, the company which he represented, were utterly inade- quate for the successful handling of the Government - business. He further de- clared that the'same conditions existed with respect to the Boston Steamship Company of Seattle, whose bid was being considered by the department, and that if tkis bid were accepted it would take sev- eral months for that company to put its vessels in shape for carrying passengers and freight to the Philippines. Even then he doubted whether that company’s ships BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 1.—The 5-year- old son of C. E. Salston was seriously burned this afternoon while playing with matches. I thought he will recover. ‘would be able to perform the service sat- ‘isfactorily. In view of this condition existing in the established steamship lines on the We sell long overcoats like this for The accompanying picture, sketched from life, gives you a correct idea of the style of the garment, but you will have to call and try it on to see how well we can fit you in your size, and show you the all-wool material, the durable lin- ings and trimmings and the good tail- oring. Then only will you appreciate the advantage of buying direct from the makers. You will find the overcoat equal to most $r2 garments. The materials are blue and black ker- seys and cheviots, in all sizes. And sack suits also. for §9 The advantage in buying our low- priced goods now is twofold. First, you will save money~in buying direct from the maker; second, you appre- ciate a saving now, just before Christ- mas, when your money has so many other demands. Our $9 sack suits come in blue serges and mixed cheviots, tweeds and worsteds. Elegant line of smoking jackets from $4 to $15. Qut-of-town ordsrs filled— write for catalogue, “Attire for Man and Boy. Open cvenings until Christmas. 718 Market Street.