The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1903, Page 29

L e . Pages 200 4 > alls T N AN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1903. W@—o—o‘ — AING BURGLAR 5 1N CUSTODY Pays Visit to California Hotel Once Too Often. Se s Booty From Attorney apthaly and Is Seen Escaping. he v e and coolness of the Califor- ho has been & 1 and mal & o was arrested Pa ¥ TO CITY PRISON. er to Po- " Y N ; army he was a sailor boy, where He says knife . He occupled . rn House, where he Charles Wilson. e learned that Johnson els sited the room orf R. C. Robbins t F 1 and extracted there- op watch, four certi- | ng $500, a $20 gola id and $3 in silver. | i room 337 in the one of the fire of the room oc- month. The | rrom a pawn es and scraps of the | n's room were the me’ more crime to | & itute Officers. of the Me- ts annual meet. | ected the following | stees: Presi- e president, onding sec- recording sec- ng; ireasurer, of trustees | wes G. Spald- lphus Bull, Vaggoner and ‘ummings, the retains his position, the COrresponding ana record- s being honorary mmings is d for 5?5'"% of his duties for the instl g o Voluntary Increase in Wages. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 7.—Ten of the Elkhorn and Flat on the Norfolk and West- tiway, will be givenl a voluntary in- in wages of 10 cents on a ton, be- ginning April L eld seph ¢ WINGS AT THE BANK ]BAG OF GOLD TAKES \Ah Hop Cashes Check to Pay Chinese Em- pioyes of California Cap Company and Says Thief Took Sack Containing $800 i 4 CHINESE BAG OF WAS STOLEN F AGENT OF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, GOLD INTENDED FOR.USE WHO SAYS A ITS EMPLOYES | IN PAYING ROM HIM AT A BANK re dealer, 3 et, while he wa 2lifornia, Sa stree The e California Cap street Compary, ae 3 r the cap com- to the bank with"a check for the corporation. The ave been used to pay the s of the firm th month’'s by n clothes for every- ning Oriental raiment th At the put a bag and side pocket He put other bag Five in gold into Americ and e paying teller ie sack containing the $500 had been aken from his pocket. The bank offi- 1 Hop until he could summon on' the beat and to the »amar told his story. WEIGHT IN POCKET. Oriental was accompanied at the time one of his sons, Chong Hop, a keen lad of about 15 years, who speaks ntly. Chong seys he saw no the money from his fathers Some men were close to the latter at the paying teller’s window, the boy says, but he saw none of them make any movement of a nature to create sus- picio The fact that $800 in gold weighs more than three pounds and that the removal of such a weight from one's coat pocket would usually be felt at once, caused the police to be skeptical when the mat- ter was reported at the Hall of Justice. HEAVY The to pay off cannery em- rted complete loss by rob- fying the !aborers’ de- = of Ah Hop had a sim- police nestril always been thor- by the California Cap which he was foreman for and genuine tears rolled cheeks when he told the af- tale is that of a most clever rob- one that will give opportunity rk bery for skiliful detective w AH HOP TELLS HIS TALE. to “I went month, the bank as I do ever: , “to cash the compan check v its Chinese employ count put it into a sack and pu that into »ocket. Then I counted the remaining % and put that into an- other This I started to put into the sam ket and at that time fourd the larger sack was gome. I told the paying teller and he asked me to remain until he could call a policeman anc tell him of the robbery. “There was no other Chinaman preseat | excepting my son. 1 did not notic person following me. 1 did not pay par- ticular attention to the people around me and 1 did not feel the remo of th weight from my pocket, as I 5 t counting the balance of the money “I wasn’'t paying much attention Lo the people about my father,” said little Chong, “because I was watching him count the gold. Some of the men were pretty close to him. I don't know just how many there were. I know there werc as many as three. He was the only Chi- naman there. Nobody followed him that 1 noticed and I didn’t see any unusual ac- tions on the part of any of the men close to my father, but, as I sald, I was watch- ing his actions only.” Hop's wife, his little daughter and Chong all joined their father in weeping when the tale of the theft of gold was, told. The Hops were full of tears, their emotion being at variance with Lhe usnal Several “boss Chinamen” have started Chinese stolidity. L e B e e o e e B e e . 4 STAGE-STRUCK MAIDEN DESERTS HER FAMILY Rosie Weiner, Prominently Con- nected in New Orleans, to Be Sent Home. Rosie Weiner, a 16-year-old girl, whose mother is the widow of a wealthy manu- tacturer in New Orleans and whose guar- dlan s the son of a millionaire cotton broker, was taken into custody by Detec- tive Anthony last evening and will be re- turned to her home in the Gulf port. The girl says she has been stage struck fer ‘several years and fell in love with an actor. When he left New Orleans for this city she followed, having secured $200 fromgher mother’s bank. After her money was gone she claims the actor deserted Ler and for nearly two weeks she has had to shift for herself. She was located in the Queen lodging-house at 20 Mason street two days ago, but according to the | story of the police, was assisted to es- cape to Oakland by a night clerk. Whea she returned yesterday she was arrested @nd at the request of her mother will be returned home. v i Crew on Coptic. The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com- ¥'s c. which is due here on Monday from the Ordent, has on board nine of the sur- vivors of the crew of the American bark Alex- ander MeNelll, which was wrecked - Decémber 23 on Pratas Heef, in the China Sea. The men on the c reached tri & ship’s boat. left the ship in another boat, are thought a have been lost. PYTHIAN ENTERTAINMENT FOR CEMETERY MONUMENT Programme to Be Offered in Native Sons’ Hall Next Saturday by the Committee. The following is the programme that has been prepared for the entertainment that is to be given on Saturday evening aext in Native Sons’ Hall in aid of the fund for a monument to be erected in the Knights of Pythias burial plat to the memory of those who are gone before. The matter is being attended to by the officers of the Knights of Pythias Burial Assoclation, and these are being assistod by the local lodges of the order as well as by the officers and members of the lo- cal temples of the Rathbone Sisters, the ladies’ auxiliary of the order: Billy Flemen, toj v ; adonson, T plcasthg x:;‘ec!l\l‘:f:l‘:!::'hng:: gy Tell and his comical banjo: Miss Gladys Audrey, n soloist; Edward Scott, the fa- mous teno: he famous contortion dancer, M Nellle Kruce; two comedians, Carter and Mo 'This will be produced under the imme- diate direction of Andy Budbelini, as stage manager, and under the personal pervision of Archie Levy, a member of the order. All of the artists are star per- fomers of the American-European vaude- ville aggegation. After the performance there will be a grand ball that will be continued until a late hour. ROME, March 7.—The conditl Minister Prinetti, who ':l ree::ll;‘ lFt:ir:X.:: with paralysts, is improvine. any | MORRSON'S END NOT UNDESERVED Jury Finds Fritz Was Justified in Shooting His Partner. | ———— Recommendsan Investigation of Pseudo Realty and Brokerage Firms. “We, the jury, find that M. J. Morrison ame to his death at the hands of J. R. | Fritz and ‘we find that it was- justifiable | hemicide. -We recommend that the Grand | Jury be requested to investigate all half- | interest real estate and brokerage busl- | nesses in this city and that proper steps be taken to protect the public in order to | prevent the people from having'to take | the law into: thelr. own hands.” | This is the justification put forth yes- terday by the Coroner’s jury for the trag- ic termination of the partnership of Mor- rison & Fritz last Saturday by the pistol of the man who believed himself to be a dupe in a swindling scheme, The ashes of the murderer and suicide, J. R. Fritz, | ara thereby absolved from aM blame for | the speeding of the buliet which ended the | life of the man by whom he considered | himseif wronged. The jury furthermore took official cog- nizance, for the first time, of the number- { less swindles daily perpetrated by pseudo speculation firms doing business merely for the purpose of wheedling the capital away from unsuspecting individuals. By | their findings the jury implies that Morri- | son was one of this class of operators and | that he received his just deserte. | The members of the jury could not have gained their impression from Miss Lou Yarnell, the stenographer of the now de- | funct firm, who I wounded at rher home, 459 Ge: reet. The juryme who were conducted to her bedside, were given a glowing tribute to the integrity and honesty of the senior partner of the firm of Morrison & Fritz. “Mr. Morrison was a saild Miss Yarnell. “He always trcated Fritz honorably. Even when Legan to show discontent with the s affairs of the firm Morrison o fered Kim the $600 which he had incorpe rated’in the firm if he desired to dissolve artnership, but the latter held out for %0 and Morri refused to give that amount., | Miss Yarnell further testified that Fritz | wanted all the profits and did not destre to share any of the expenses. She admit- ted that at this season of the vear the expe: usually were the only items | which entered into the books of the com- pany. There were no profits. The remainder of the testimony, which was taken at the Morgue, developed no | new features. i the story of the shockinz | aftair at 25 Montgomery street. Mrs. Mor- | rison and Mrs. Fritz, tie widows of the | principals in the tragedy, took the stand {and told -in faltering tapes, interrupted by sobbing, their knowlédge of the cir- ing. The jurors who brought in the verdict condemning Morrison are H. W. Streck- enbach, Willlam Roehr, 8. G. Robert: Piul Pitto, Charles Bioxham, J. Ander- son, 8. Wray, H. Birchoff and J. | mont. —_— WILL BUILD A ROAD FROM BADEN TO SAN BRUNO POINT | Company Is Formed to Operate a | Railway in South San Francisco. | Articles of incorporation of the South | San Francisco Rallroad and Power Com- pany were filed yesterday. The company, { which has a capital stock of $100,000, of | which $13500 is subscribed, has the fol- | lowing directors: W. J. Martin, W. M. Abbott, J. R. Sloan, C. P. Gale and J. H. Hunt. | The corporation is formed with the pur- pose, so the articles state, of building a failroad *thirteen and a half miles in length from a point commencing at the | square business him i | | cumstances surrounding the double shoot- | | | Nevrau- | WILL SEEK A BRIDE IN MASSACHUSEITTS Prominent Business Man of This City Will Soon Be Wedded to a Charming Eastern Girl Who Is Well Known and Liked Here | < | | returned from i | | YOUNG BUSINESS MAN OF THIS CITY AND MASSACHUSETTS BELLE WHOM HE WILL WED. i * | [ | : ; | =7 HARDIT G - “ BOIIELL . .. - PPOJD. ... terminus of the road formerly owned by | the San Francisco and San Mateo Elec tric Railfay Company, opposite Holy Cross Cemetery, along the Mission road to Baden and from thence to San Bruno Point. | Company was also incorporated yesterday wich a capital stock of $5.000,000. The di- rectors of this latter company, who have | subscribed $2100 of the capital stock, are K. H. Plate, I. Meyer, Donald H. Fry, J. 1. Honn and J. J ntyre. PR S TR T HENDERSON AND COURTNEY ARE NOT YET -SENTENCED First Named Gets a Month’s Post- ponement and Latter Asks for a New Trial. Willlam A. Henderson, alias ‘Jack” Fraser, who turned State’s evidence and pleaded guilty to participating.in the mur- der of Policeman Eugene C. Robinson’ at | Sixteenth and Valencla streets on Janu- Lary 21 of last year, will not know his fate for a month yet. When he was called up | for sentence before Judge Cook yesterday he again asked to have sentence passed upon him, but Attorney T. M. O'Connor requested a postponement and the Judge put the matter over for a month, ‘When the case of John Courtney, allas | “Leadville. Jimmie,” convicted of man- slaughter in. connection with Robinson's murder, was called, Attorney Schooler for the defendant made a motion for a new trial. The Judge continued the matter for two weeks for argument on the motion. Courtney stands in the same position as William Kennedy, alias “Yellow,” who ! bas been granted a new trial A s A T DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK G. W. LEE IS SUSPENDED Mahoney’s Ax Also Severs the Polit- ical Neck of Adolph Mayer for “Getting Too Busy.” Deputy County Clerk George W. Lee was suspended yesterday for an indefinite time by Chief Deputy County Clerk John MecGrath. The last named Tefuses to give his reason for suspending Lee, who was clerking in'Judge Mogan’s courtroom and who is rated as an excellent deputy. Adolph Mayer, Judge Murasky’s clerk, also felt the ax. In Mayer's case the sus- pension is equal to a discharge, this be- ing the third time he has been lald off. That he got “too busy” with affairs that did not concern him is the reason as- signed for his removal. OPEN NEW CLUBROOMS.—The Norwegian Club “‘Fram’’ o] its new ' quarters last night at 1237% Market street. e officers elected e T Ferem, president; K. Dahl, vice ;r-adm 5 Py . P. Lund, O. Aune, second vice idnt; H. secretary’ J. Mflhmlw- The California Power and Development i N interesting engagement in | soclal and fraternal clrcles is ~ that of Miss Helen Maud Lit- tle of Holyoke, *Mass., and Ralph J. Harding of this city. | The . bride-elect has many | friends in this city, having spent last summer In San Francisco, where she was | extensively entertained. | “The groom-elect is a successful young business man in this city. He is, prom- inently identified with the Plymouth Con- gregational Ckurch, is-a member of the | Ohio Society of Californians and a pop- ular brother'of Harmony Chapter of the - Eastern Star order. Preparations are being made for the wedding, which will occur_on May 6 at the home of the bride’'s parents in Mas- sachusetts. After a honeymoon in the Eastern cities the happy couple will come to California to reside July 1. R e The Twentieth Century Club had an in- teresting concert yesterday afternoon at Steinway Hall. All of the members who | are still in town, the assoclate‘members and a few friends were present and were delightfully entertained. The programme was given by.a number of the most tal- ented members of the club and their mus- ical selections were warmly received. Among those invited were Mrs. Gordon Blanding, Truxtun Beale, Miss Borel, Mrs. Henry. Crocker, Mrs. Horace Chase, ‘Willlam Denman, Miss Flood, Mrs. Ed Eyre, Robert Eyre, Mrs. Charles Eells, Miss Carrie Taylor, Mrs." Frank Carolan, Mrs. James Follis, Mrs. George Gibbs, Fred Greenwood, Mrs. Downey Harvey, the Misses Hager, Mrs. Walter Dean, Miss Helen Dean, Mrs. Walter McGavin, Mrs. George Riddell, Miss Harrington, Mrs. Willlam.Somers, Mrs. Belcher, Mrs. Jack Casserly, Mrs. I. W. Irwin, Miss . Kratz Is Brought Back. Detective Tom Gibson returned from Kansas City last evening with William M. Kratz, the vice president of the Do- nandt-Kratz Company, who, it is al- leged, fled from this city with $16,000 belonging to the firm. He was-bookea at the City Prison on a charge of fc.ony ‘embezzlement and immediately released on.$5000- cash bail, furnished by Mrs. R. M. White. e e e Injured by a Runaway Horse. Frank Smith and William Curran, two bricklayers, were driving along Twenty- third street yesterday and when nearing Dolores street erossing the horse took fright at some imaginary object and ran away, capsizing the cart. The men were removed to St. Luke's Hospital, where Smith was treated for a broken leg and Curran for a ‘fractured rib. R \ * Marion Huntington, Mrs. Mrs. Walter Martin, Mrs. Eleanor Mar- tin, Mrs. Fred McNear, Mrs. B. J. Mec- Cutchen, Mrs. Horace Pillsbury, Mrs. E. F. Preston, Mrs. Redmond P: ‘Worthington Ames, Mrs. B. G. Miss Cora Smedbe: Miss Bessle Miss Linda Cadwallader, Mrs. Henry L. Wagner, Miss Bessie McNear, Miss Maud PBourn, Miss Breeze, Miss Harrlet Allen, Mrs. Willard Drown, Miss Livermore, George Miss Pear] Landers, Miss Herrin, Harry | Holbrook, George Newhall, James Phelan, Horace Platt and Mrs. Sam Buckbee. Mrs. Horace Davis gave a pretty lun- cheon on Friday at her home, where a number of friends were hospitably enter- tained. Among those present were: Mrs. Block, Mrs. Mrs. Marcus, Mrs. Frank Symme: W R. Smedberg, Mrs. Willlam Ashburner, Mrs. Rosalle Kaufman, Mrs. Louis Lisser, Mrs. Maris Norris, Mrs. Fritz King and Mrs. Bessle Ashton. Russell J. Wilson will entertain at lun- cheon on Thursday next; complimentary to Mrs. Laurance Scott, who leaves within a fortnight for Europe, accom- panied by her husband. 4 Miss Grace Garoutte’s engagement to Richard H. Hovey has been announced. The bride-elect is the daughter of Judge Garoutte and Mr. Hovey is the son of Chester L. Hovey, one of the largest tim- ber merchants of California. Miss Gar- outte will be an autumn bride. . s o Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunphy have taken one of the new Avery McCarthy apartments at 2179 Pacific avenue, near Buchanan street, and will move in as soon as completely finished. Mr. McCar- thy has taken the flat at 2177 Pacific ave- nue for himself. Aty Miss Edythe Gibson of New York City is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bour- dette at their country home, wood,” in Belmont. Miss Gibson’s stay in California is indefinite. . s e Captain and Mrs. Adams Dodd announce the engagement of their daughter, Bessle Jean, to Thomas Mayhew of Los Angeles. The wedding will take place March 12. R Mrs. Ella Arndt of Stockton announces the engagement of her daughter Nellie to Isidore Mielziner of New York. S5 % 8 J. E. Seaver. accompanied by his wifs and a party of friends, is in this city. Mr Seaver Is identified with the grain interest of Kansas City and is interested in many Kansas and Missouri elevators. B e e B ] Cash Crosby Again in Trouble. Cash Crosby was found in a room at the Helvetia Hotel, 431 Pine street, early yes- terday morning by Julius Rigli, who noti- fled Policeman McShane. Crosby was ar- rested and booked at the City Prison on a charge of burglary. He did not have | time to steal anything. Crosby made him- self famous by escaping from the patrol wagon about four years ago while being | conveyed with other prisoners to the City | Hall. -He was arrested some months ago by Policeman Nelson for breaking into a French boarding-house on Jackson street. He attempted to stab Nelson. He was tried on a charge of burglary and ac- quitted. VICKSBURG, Miss., March 7.—The Memphis and Vickburg Packet Company’s steamer Delta struck an ol ction near Marysville, about forty miles north of here, at 10 o'clock to-night and sank. No lives were lost. Lent, | ne, Mrs. | Lathrop, | Ames, | “Laurel- | MANAGER AGLER GALLS MEETING | Trainmen Asked to Con- fer With Official To-Morrow. { | Will Attempt to Decide the Demand for an Advance in Their Wages. To-morrow the long looked for meeting between Manager Agler of the Southern Pacific Company and the Railway Tram- men, who are se & an increase of wages, will be held in the office of the former. The trainmen’s committes has been awaiting this conference for several was rewarded Manager Agler, alk with Gen- has just i himself weeks and their patle yesterday morning when immediately after a long eral Manager Krutts the in communicatic cials of the Or and the Railway Tral vited to be present morning. way office to-morrow The only contention between the South- ern Paclfic a mployes is the ques- tion of an ad wages, for which a demand was forma de last Decem- They asked per cent ad- ployes Chicago and S isco. The first road which demand was made was uri, Kansas and Texas, con- trolled by Gould, and it was the first to make a concession allowing an ad- vance of 15 per cent for freight trainmen and 12 per cent for passenger train em- ployes. though the trainmen of the Southern aeiflc Company have asked for a raise of 20 per cent, the majority of them do not expect more than the 15 per cent and | 12 per cent advance granted by the other Western ro It is gener: understood that the de- mands of the men were thoroughly dis- cussed by President Harriman and Gen- eral Manager Kruttschnitt during the lat- recent visit to New York, and it is jeved that President Harriman has agreed to go as far as any of the other roads, well realizing the possibility of a by strike in the event of a refusal. At to-morrow’'s meeting the trainmen will be represented by Conductor Wilker- son, chief of thelr association, and the Order of Raflway Conductors by their as- sistant chief conductor, Garrettson. Con- ductor Stafford, cha! an of the commit- tee on wages, appointed at the convention of the tralnmen held in Kansas C eral months ago, will also attend | row’s conference as a representative of | both organmizations. The railroad com- pany’s_decision in the matter will affect about 5000 men employed on all the main lines and branches of the Southern Pa- { | eific Company. | LABOR LEADERS DENOUNCE | PROPOSED ORGANIC LAWS Resolution Is Adopted Pointing Out Salient Defects in the New Constitution. At a special meeting of the San Fran- cisco Labor Council held last night the proposed constution for th | Labor Council was vigo by Andrew Furusetk TUnion of the Pacifl er Macarthur, editor of the Coast 's Journal; W. W. Copeland of the Allled Printing Trades; H. B. Benham, e Labc Counetl, and others of t leaders of the labor movement city. The principal objections to the constitu n tion are that it will produ body which will have arbitrary power | over the individual union; that the unions will not have ¢ or adequate rep sentation; that the righ appe: 1] be destroyed, and provision fs made for affiliatic he American Federation of Labor. A resolution introduced by Walter Mac- a number of ha arthur, which pol most glaring defe | gante laws, was |to 7. -Coples of | distributed among pas this the | with the Labor Coun ! | committee to work against the ad of the constitution was appointed drew Furuseth, Walter Maearthw W. Copeland, Richard Cornelius, O withy, J. J. O'Nell, J. K. Jones ] | Benham, M. J. Sullivan and D. M. Me- Lenan. WEDDING IN YERBA BUENA PARLOR, NATIVE DAUGHTERS The Members Will Have an Evening of Recreation, Then a Dark- town Bridal Feast. There will be fun in Yerba Buena Par- lor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West after the meeting on next Thursday night. President Belle O'Brien, who dur- ing business hours is a stickler to busi- ness methods, but believes that the mem- bers after the close of the session should | have an evening of entertalnment, has | appointed a social committee that is to arrange for after-meeting attractions. The first of these will be on the night named, when there will be “A Coon Wed- ding.” Miss Annis Worth, the tallest member, will be the Darktown bride: Miss Alice Ticoulet, “the slimest in the bunch,” will be the groom, and Mrs. Mag- gle Crefghton, the heavywelght, is to act as minister. There will be in addition to the wedding the “Sadie girls” and Mrs. Adele Lignon Walsh wiil personate Anna Held. Mrs. Adele Levy Brower is chair man of the committee. After the fun is over there will be a Darktown wedding feast and witty responses will have to be given by each guest called upon to speak to a witty toast, under penalty of a fine. —_——————— To-Morrow Morning | At 9 o'clock the great shoe sale will start. The public is Invited to attend. Eve hody is ent'tled to either men's or I | dies’ $3.50 shoes for $1.55 a pair; 20,000 pairs will be on sale. The management woald | scomer sell 1000 pair on that day than have any one dissatisfied. There will be shoes | for everybody. Can any one afford to miss this? No. Shoes inade of vici kid, box | and velour calf. patent and enamel leath- er, stylish and up-to-date. $1.55 will be | the price, notwithstanding that they were | made to be sold_for $3.30 a pair. Don't | buy them unless you are satisfled that | your saving of $1.% can be done at the shoe sale of the Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 Market street, near Third. - L1 Three Overdues Arrive. Three of the long list of overdue Adflllfle ‘hed their destinations and wers taken off the board yesterday. They wers:the Inchmarlo, the Persiana and the Eirion. There Were no other changes. Y }