The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 14, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1903. ILLS MOTHER | JCCIDENTALLY Conductor Shoots Her While Cleaning Revolver. | | uthorities Exonerate Him From Blame for the Sad Tragedy. | mil Bross, a shot g ard and he | v and began nt of him, | "Bross was open- | h his finger igger. He evi-| nough to discharge | Bross just un- | entirely through and pitched for- carried her to A.D\ EBTI..EMEI\ TS. ONLY A SUGGESTION. Proven of Interest and | ue to Thousands. | But It Has Ve e greater part of the ghly digested, at- BEERS Guaranteed Pure. None So Good. Sold Everywhere, | s % DT R DR siT DR. JORDAN'S arear() marue OF Aumuw :W‘n every esse r Book, PEILOSOPAY of :n-mu.l.. MAILED FREE. (A ne has more e than has ever package Co.. pro- | il. Mass BAJA CALIFORNlA Damxana Bltters UNTIMELY DEATH OF “WIN” MERCER and snap- | | VENTURAS ol RIVE FOR THE GHILD Divorced Wife's Appli- cation Comes Up in Des Moines. { ENDS CAREER OF GREAT PROMISE ‘Brilliant Young Baseball Player and Manager Leaves Many Friends to Mourn His Passing. His Accounts Show He Was True to His Trust - Evidence Includes Affidavits From Many Persons of Note. Professor Renews Allegations of In- discreet Conduct on the Part of His Former Spouse. It i Special Dispatch to The Call DES MOINES, Ia., Jan. 13.—A stack of affidavits nearly a foot high was depos- ited on the desk of Judge McVey in the ! Mrs. Jeannette Conrad for the possession of Lilian Ventura, a pretty Miss of 9 years, technically in the custody of her | father, Professor Louls D. Ventura of | ‘San Francisco, but actually in that of | | Mrs. Conrad, formerly Mrs. Ventura. | The affidavits submitted to Judge McVey include the signatures and sworn state- ments of Governor Cummins of lowa, | Willilam Dean Howells, the novelist; Temasse Saivini, the tragedian; Mrs. | Phoebe Hearst, the California philan- | not to mention numerous others of almost equal note. Ventura is a professor of languages, formerly ‘of Des Moines and Minneapolis, | now of Leland Stanford Jr. University and the Mount Tamalpais Military Acad: emy of San Rafael, Cal. He and Mrs. Ventura have alwa traveled in the most | exclusive soclety and hence have been { enabled to obtain the affidavits mentioned | | relative to the merits'of the controversy. ALLEGATIONS OF VENTURA. | fifty voted for James H. Hawley of Boisg. The { thropist, and David Starr Jordan, presi-| 22 dent of. Leland Stanford Jr. University, | met in this city to-night and agreed to Ventura alleges that shortly after his marriage to the plaintiff, Miss Milford of | Minneapolis, he discovered that she had | | been guilty of indiscreet conduct with Otis Colburn, a Milwaukee editor, | Willtam Aretander, a prominent Minne- | HE tragio suicide of Winfleld B. | and | Mer told exclusively in The | Py gl e other | Call yesterday, shocked all who i | incidents subsequent to their marriage ever came in contact Wwith the | nd mentlons A. E. Conrad, her present | clever baseball player. It cast a husband, in this connection. His former | wife denied these charges, but said they were used to timidate her into consent- ing to give up the custody of her child | when the divorce was granted to her. is comrades which c and caused them to ng their season with the pres- | — | Last summer she vigited California and ds can ac kidnaped little Lilian, and to prevent her | . SRl B Mo NOTED BASEBALL PLAYER | | former husband recovering possession she derangement. He was | WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE br\n"s(hf \h"*‘ 1"" sent s t“ % Fiial - g > “ v > - i entura. N te estimony, allege forty-eight hours & | INTHE OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. | | 43¢ Mrs.' Conrad went to California as seemed gloom > M & —3+ | & delegate to the National Federation of | way to this c the | ¢ | Women’s Clubs and sought to effect a t Las Vegas, N. M. Here | yory team, returning to the Washington | reconciliation with him, representing 4o who is af team in 189 and agaln signing with New | him that she had been divorced from | v his visit York in 1898, With this team he played | Conrad. He said, however, that Conrad ) :Rimse. o eafily until the spring of 1992, when'he joined | wrote to him warning him that she | was afrald he was the Detroit Americans, remaining with | merely sought to kidnap the,child and ! that the was still Conrad's wife. MOTHER GETS THE CHILD ggregation until his present trip to n can be cast upon his e | L | asurer of the baseball | ' The il 2 ] gl Sl "l“"m:”h,’,‘h’;":"r;’l’e‘“‘m; Ventura finally relented sufficiently to for his terrible deed assist her to obtain a -position as nurse for his ble d last evening in their rooms at the Lang- affairs even ex- f and governess and to permit her to se 1 ex- | ham Hotel for the purpose of declding | final summary of un- | upon the proper course to ba taken fol. | the child occasionally. This culminated | AISRntE WSER S e e ot et ot e Fellon | after a few weeks in the abduction, after he had finally | geols was re RECENES EVERY REPUBLICAN VOTE Judge Heyburn Elected | Senator From Idaho. James H. Hawley of Boise Is Honored by Demo- cratic -Minority. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 12.—The houses of the Legislature in separate session to-day elected Judge Weldon B. Heyburn of ‘Wallace United States Senator, to suc- ceed Henry Heitfeld. He recelved the votes of every Republican in both houses, in all. The seventeen Democrats feature of the session was the speech of Galloway of Washington (Democrat), who seconded Hawley's nomination. He sald the people of the State had expressed | their wish at the recent election for a Re- publican Senator. The Demotrats, he said, could not elect, and he therefore re- gretted he was denied the opportunity of voting for W. E. Borah, the defeated Re- | publican candidate, who, he said, was the | peer of any of the candidates of the op- District Court to-day and arguments were ; pesition party and whose interests were begun for and against the application of | | identical with those of Idaho. This indirect reference to the fact that Judge Heyburn maintains an -office in Spokane, Wash., was greeted with wild | applause. “o 2 RS o SIGN CALL FOR CAUCUS. | Members of Utah_Legislature Still Stand by Apostle Smoot. SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 13.—Thirty-five | members of the Legiglature who are sup- porting Apostle Reed Smoot in his candi- y for the United States Senatorship sign a call for a caucus to be held to- morrow evening. After the meeting it was sald that additional signatures will be’sécured for the call to bring the total up to forty-four. A majority of the en- ire Legislature is thirty~two. The gen- eral belief is that Smoot wil be nominat- ed on the first ballot. BT ITRESS | SENATOR MASON WITHDRAWS. Realizes That There Is No Possibility of His Re-election. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Jan. 13.—Senator Mason formally announced to-day his | withdrawal from the contest to be his own successor, admitting the impossibil- Representative Church of Chicago, the | father of the movement to elect a Chicago man to succeed Senator Mason, also lost all hope this evening of succeeding In the undertaking and Congressman A. J. Hopkins of Aurora probably will be chosen without opposition. | have their beginning in the disorder of | Kidney | during the day and obliges you to get up | ters received from men and women who owe their good health, DR. KILMER’'S SWAMP-ROOT. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never “Suspect It. To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-"oof, Will Do for YOU Every Reader of The Call May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail. Tt used to be considered that only uri- nary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science Dproves that nearly all diseases these most important organs. The Kidneys Riter and parity the blood— that is their work. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order you can understand how quickly your entire body is affected. and :’mw every organ seems to fail to do its uty. 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French Parliament Resumes Session. PARIS, Jan. | Hament resumed their after the extended holiday recess. sesslon of the Chamber of Deputies was calm and uneventful, in marked contrast to the turbulent scenes which were wit- nessed on the eve of the recess. M. Bur- sessions to-da of 414 votes cast, the oiher candidates withdrawing. 2 SRR - WASHINGTON, = Jan. 13.——Representative Jones of Virginia introduced a bill in the House to-day extending the coinage system of 13.—Both branches of Par- he | -elected President by 326 out | —_—_———— SIR BACHE CUNARD GETS B che Cunard, w inherited a large JUDGMENT FOR $1,657,700 tune from his father, Sir Edward Cum- drll | At that time Sir Bache Cunard com- PP s e | plained that Francklyn had converted fuie O nged. Nithetw Xeans A | | large sums to his own use. He therefore in London Is Hn.lly Settled brought suit to recover $3.000,000 after by Default. a long ltigation Francklyn agreed t« IDON. 3.—Sir B pore compromise the case for $1.250,000. This LONDON, Jan. 13.—S8ir Bache Cunard, | De THOND. 1o B e the: Seeait o president of the Cunard line of steamers, | recovered a judgment to-day in the Su-; preme Court for $1.657,709 against his first | cousin, Charles G. Francklyn. Franc m:nfl ALT LAKE, Utan, fifteen years ago, was In charge of ti rt Line Railroad ¢ ich was not defended, was brought for 0,000 with interest. - Jan. 13.—The Oregon pany has completed the United States to the Philippine Islands. property n this country belonging to Skrw n- plan for a pemsion system for its employes. er Norris O'Nelll and K r ket ot Teattuslde rejected all overtures at | Thomn by the members In the matter, | ® reconciliation, resulting in- her circu- | ham Hotel where the | It manimously decided & game | |31ing disparaging stories concern him. . located, | she be played in this city on next ays that followng the kidnaping of Mercer regisiered at the Occidental at 9 | Sunday as a benefit {o Mrs, Mércer, the | the child he sought to obtain a f"fl"ls'“u"" o'clock Monday evening under the name | mother of Winfield B. Mercer, the de- | UPOn the Govemnor of Minnesota for Mrs. f George Murr adelphia a ceased member of the club. Conrad’s arrest, but falled | morning Henry « Corbett and Bill Lange have prom- | The afidavits by President Jordan, Mrs. | 3 3 <t ottt 65 Hearst, Willlam Dean Howells and Sal- For the purpose of necessary practice certify to the charming disposition iy g le R g d on | and good conduct of Ventura; also to his | & man Iying dead | Thursaay Frday and Satarday of this | 2DUItY to provide for the child and to the | ay £ S | fact that he was giving her a good edu- AR | cation. N ok I B oapeiod & e | remains of Mercer will be em-| ‘Governor Cummins, Rev. J. E. Cathel | 4 a & | balmed. Richard Harley, who was a fel- | and other prominent men of Des Moines tube with the gas jet and held | 5 player on the Detroit baseball team |and Minneapolis testify similarly of Mrs. in his clenel His cl with Mercer, will accompany the remains | Ventura and allege that her husband was - *{ to his former home in ILiverpool, | of a cruel disposition. adiy vapor. o2y HIS LAST MESSAGES } table were found th leaving this city Thursday morning. | Monday morning the teams will disband he members will return to their re- The little girl makes an affidavit which she says she prefers to live with her mothe! | anad despondent young spective homes. Maggie Mercer ts will be sold for the benefit game | ONE HUNDRED WIDOWS Liverpool, 0., he had arry Corbett’s and a number of TO HELP HIM CELEBRATE e following riing Mother fareweil: I do not w n afraid 1 wi am about to e right thing, forgive me, Women me, but I forgive gh they are my downfall. ¢ ar mother, 1 must say g ominent hotels and cigar stores in the city. @ e i @ ' |RECKLESS THIEF SEEN 1 BREAKING INTO HOUSE Persuasion From His Birth- day Party. SYRACUSE, Jan. 13.—A. A. Howlett, a d Jack Welch, Former Soldier, Robs widow whose husband Howlett had rested ye: I known. has been asked. ' Howlett says: Porter, also of st | tion, was erday afternoon by g prominent people. We won't have a man in the house. I am going to have a ladles’ orchestra, a woman caterer, women wal- tresses, and T am looking after & woman to take care of the furnace.” Howlett will banish his son and grand- | sou from the house. LIEUTENANT OF GERMAN CRUISER KILLS HIMSELF Commits Suicide While Returning Home From a Lengthy Sojourn in the Tropics. BERLIN, Jan. 13.—First Lieutenant von | Lengerke of the German cruiser Vineta, whose death on board the passenger steamer Hispania, before her arrival at Bremerhaven, was reported last Satur- day, committed suicide. According to the official report, he shot himself. It is sald he was returning home after being se- 5 D opics. A rumor - Excelsior Circle of the Companions of | Flously Ill in the troplcs A et o | rent that he lost official favor because he the Forest of America will entertain its| coni “the Venesuelan vessels capturod at members and friends in the social hall 3 > of the Alcazar building to-morrow night | '+ Guaira and that he was ordered home with a fancy dress masied ball. The com. [ °0 that account. am about to commit is sim- I cannot belp it, dearie. 1 lse, %0 1 am going to many other wrong from it $10 in cash and a lot of lace and ribbon. Welch was seen breaking into the house by Con McCauliff and Henry Boom of 2t Beach street, and they notified the police. 4 When Welch was searched at the prison ; | the lace and ribbon were found on his person, but the money was missing. —_———— Seabury Would Not Prosecute. When the case of H. Rolfs, bartender at the Grand Opera-house bar, charged with battery upon Forrest Seabury, actor d long-distance diver, last Monday at Leavenworth street, was called before Patice Judge Cabaniss yesterday Seabury refused to prosecute and the case was dismissed. Seabury and Rolfs had a con- sultation in the courtroom a few minutes before the case was called. ————— Fancy Dress Ball. ve me, dear Martha. I love ¥ou to if 1 could only kiss | ‘Norris O'Neill, the manager of the All- an team, was the last of Mercer's ons to receive a final word. cad his letter: Notr Americ + Please pardon me for the act God cnly knows that 1 I think it best that I Beware of women and with tears in my forever. 1 wanted to do dear old friend. of money in' the Mercer appeare ball star when a member ’ 0 mittee in charge will award prizes to the Ty of the Washington Natlonal League Club | hest dressed lady and gentleman and for | DAY WILL BE ELEVATED in 1583. The next year he joined the the most original costumes. TO THE SUPREME BENCH Former' Smmry_ of State to Succeed Associate Justice Shiras. WASHINGTON, "Jan. 13.—Former Sec- retary of State William R. Day of Can- ton, Ohio, at present Judge of the Sixth United States Judicial Circuit, will be ap- pointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to succeed George Shiras Jr. of Pennsylvania, who will re- tire in a few weeks. In selecting Judge Day for this honor, had in mind the well known intention of President McKinley to give Judge Daj this promotion when an opportunity should occur. Established 1823. WILSON YHISKEY. That's Alll —_— e The gangway seems to be the path that leads to political gl THE A WILSON DISTILLING CO. Baltmore, Md. ory. Syracuse Octogenarian Bars the Male | Prestdent Roosevelt | in | veteran bank president and business man, | orgive me, dear mothe e you all am sorry to leave | Colored Women of Money BX]d has issued invitations to about 100 wid- good-by to mother, Howard, Goods. ows, who are to help him celebrate his Hazel, Robert and ail my dear P e i snlered eighty-second birthday, which falls on'! and cousins, From ¢ . X 2 vill be there. E WINNIE. as a teamster at e fresidio Reserva- i At S 1 o he sweetheart which | Detectives Ryan and Taylor and charged behind him, the follow- | at the City Prison with burglary. “Widows are too often left out of so- was left: Monday afternoon, it is alleged, There’ll be widows from New York, | . from my eyes 1 pen h_broke into the residence of Miss | Chicago, Duluth, Oswego and other places 10, Jou. the dearest and sweetest | Dora Davis at 2329 Beach street, and, | ¢ the celebration, and they'll all be | vsing an ax, opened a trunk, stealing \ | A suit like this made to your measure We picture a two button square cut sack suit which is one of the six styles of clothes we are making to order for $13.50. This style of garment is quite a favorite now. Walk along the street and you will see a number of them to one block. Exclusive tailors are getting big prices for these suits because they are popular. We will makesyou one” of the suits from an all-wool tweed or cheviot and the garment will be correct as to style and fit and satis- factory as to wear. The price will be a saving of at least $5.00. Samples of material can be had for the asking—come in to-day. Remember our guarantee—you don’t have to take the clothes even after they are made up if you are displeased. Surts satisfactorily made to order for out- oi-town customers thr ugh our seif-measuring sy-lem— write for blank and samples. sNWo0oD's 7i8 Market Street and Cor. Powell and Eddy Sts.