The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1903 BELIEVES WOLFF ALIVE AND IN NORTHERN LANDS | i ~awyer Representing Men Whom He Defrauded | Says He Has Witnesses to Prove That Defaulter Is a Fugitive in Wilds of the Dawson Region| TROOPS FALL IN A SERIES | 11 { ¢ | | | | & | | - ;A MISSING LIQUOR MERCHANT, THE REPORT OF WHOSE DEATH IS DENIED. Wolff is now executrix me the dsmen who were made to pay for the ance of the man = for whom they had pledged themselves as ¥ s now intend to co! the case - e und th is being that the man who cost them y is still alive and therefore the invalidated. Attorney Oatman divulge the source of his in- esterday. He sal positive information WOLFF A DEFAULTER. hom he that de- r the sum of | Wolff was seen in the Dawson district t 7. Pear | after the time when he was supposed to & ex Charles 8. | have committed suicide in Seattle. We vesterday will bring witnesses into court to prove Beyond that 1 will not widow 1 the attorney for Mrs. at something behind the of Wolff which will not sound pleasant to his former assoclates in business when it is brought up in court, £s he promised that it surely will. He said last night: T have proof that Wolff was practica frozen out of the firm of which he was president by a combination of the stock- holders acting against him. When he disappeared the firm was reorganized un- f mystery in rela- ff's pre > on aims to have in his agle, the at- atens to drag asant business what he terms OF BATTLES | | Very - Fierce Fighting by Large Forces at | - Venezuelan Towns. |Many Hundreds of Castro’s Scldiers and Revolu- tionists Ki.led. General Rolando, Commander of the Rebel Army, Reported to Have Suffered Severely in Several Recent Engagements. s | HI vernment army rebels April 11.—The med the offensive r General Rolando, against the un Gener tos’ entative, ten days ago. marched on the camp of the revolutio who numbered 3000, near Guatiro. Gereral Rolando retreated to Capaya, and later to Tacarigua. He was ant of the fact that F ent Castro dent Gomez with s port with orders had sent First Vice Pre 1800 men by sea k him in the rear. The advance guard of General Rolando’s forces was surprised and after a fght lasting fourt, hours the rebels left in the hands of the Government troops 600 men killed, wounded or prisoner The Government tro also lost heav The following morning Vice President Gomez captured er cartridges landed at Rio some before tor the revolutionists by the Dutch schooner Veloce m Trinidad. The reb- els, finding the Government troops in their rear, tried to escape by the road to Guapo and Alta Garcia, but were intercepted by 1000 Government troops and after a four hours' fight the Government captured 200 men, forty officers and 80,000 cartridges Among the prisoners were General Or- toga Martinez, formerly a Minister under President Crespo, and Dr. Belancourt, rly Secretary of ex-President An- Found among the killed was Gen- Ramon Guzman, brother of Pablo :zman, the revolutionary general. In congequence of the combined action of the Government forces the position of General Rolando is considered as lost and hie may be captured at any minute. The Government troops attacked revolutionary forces under General Ri- eria near C The battle, which lasted {two Qays tve. The town of La Vela de Coro occupied by the rebels f but was recap- | tured by the Government last Friday morning. | The e, even the Venezuelan soldiers suffer- ing from it. KERN RIVER COMPANY IS MADE DEFENDANT | Suit Is Brought at Bakersfield to De- termine Ripariap Interests of Irrigation Companies. BAKERSFIELD, April 17.—A suit was filed in the Superior Court to-day which may result. in delaying the work' being carried on at Kernville in the construc. ticn of the great dam, canal and power plant on Kern River to supply electric power to Los Angeles and Southern Cali- fornia by the Kern River Company, In which the Huntington and Hellman people are interested. The plaintiffs in the case are Miller & Lux, the Kern County Land Cempany and twelve minor canal and ir- rigation companie corporated, m- ing each a riparian interest in the waters of Kern River, which they claim are to be diverted by the defendants to thefr irreparable loss and damage. They ask for an injunction restraining the defer ants, the Kern River Company and twelve | other corporations and individuals, from the construction of- their dam and canal {at Kernviile or elsewhere on the river or the use of any of the waters of the | stream. | LOS ANGELES, April 17.—W. G. Kerck- | hoff, president of the Kern River Power y | Company, denies that the suit will result in_a tieup of his> company's enterprise. “The suit is not brought to prevent fur- ther work,” said Kerckhoff, “and I do not understand that there will be any the | at now prevalling is most exces- | ADVERTISEMENTS. { i 1] FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ATTRACTIONS At the Big Kearny-Street Store Out of the Ordinary THETOURIST SUIT In Scotches, awfully pretty, awfully swell, trousers lined and the jacket box plaited, not a sewed on plait, and you know this is the most ex- fensive way of making a TOURIST SUIT. Ages 4 to 12 years. patterns. minute in point of style. Bright, handsome Right up to thz Good $5.00 values, will be Friday and Saturday $2.95 about as jaunty a little exaggeration. but the $1.98 Opposite is one of our ages of 4 and 14 years BLUE SER and RED grade of sarge. Saturday at at Kearayst.€ < 7 Will be SPECIAL Friday and o~ THAT SUIT In the picture opposite is affair in BLUE with many styles of braiding as it has ever been our good fortune to offer you, to fit bright little hopefuls between the ages of 3 and 8. We won’t tell you the former price, as it might sound like price Friday and Saturday will be sweet styles for girls between the in GE Just as you see it pictureds no exaggeration; many different colorings in braiding; the col- lars and cuffs are beautifully finished; made of the highest tomer. MOTHERS” FRIERD SHIRTWAISTS THE 50c GRADE And only a limited number to each and every cus- Representing all the newest ide. plaited and plain; everything that’s smart in PERCALES, will be Friday and Saturday APHARILS [ Union Square Ave. N\ i T ), s = S - A PROSPE — CT OF ANOTHER FIGHT FOR THE FAIR MILLIONS - _ s der the name of Wreden, Kohimoos & C and all of Woiff's shares in the business were absorbed on the preiext of his fall- ure to pay assessments. To-day I made | 2 demand on behalf of my client for the injunction prayed for. It is strictly a friendly suit by which the rights of the varijous interests involved will be defined and future disagreement as to the distri- bution of the waters of Kern River pre- ground. Undoubtedly his death was due Fair, the representatives of the latter to concussion of the brain. His skull bas | have quietly had photographs of the dead no fractures nor does it in any way sus- |man and woman taken. | gest that death was instantaneous. The coffins were opened and the muti- “As regards my connection with lated faces and heads of the bodies ex- ter's personal property, consisting mainly l..f clothes, jewelry and trinkets, but these | articles were never turned over to th family for the reason that Mrs. Nelson en move toward breaking the com- s of the other Continued From Page 1, Column 5. the nature determining the Fair property, | a suit to set aside the settiement of a_suit for the purpose of | but sim 1 ff & Wreden, it strect. As executor dein, = the made @rah Pearson he was | shares which had belonged to Wolff. I vented.” by Mrs. Nelson and her relatives With|autopsy held here a few hours after the posed to a camera's lens. These nega- | promise prevented a final distribution of , of the sum of $9237, of | will bring the firm's books into court to —_——— Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelri bodies of the Fairs arrived here from the | tive productions are now in the custody | the estate of her deceased daughter. | only possible chance Mrs. Nelson has for | | bringing a_suit in this city is after she red map | has paid back to Mrs. Vanderbilt and | Robson and Mrs. prove that crooked work has Been done.” irs. 1n the month of | g s stttetedutntutofufutatuiutefuiiniiode @ | of Charles Fair's attorneys, but will never be revealed to the view of the curious, East,” said Dr. Gallwey, “The Call has | published about all that can be said in that connection. For me to enter into a | Roosevelt’s Trip. The Pennsylvania Rallway | Former Congressman A. S. McClure. dropped | s affairs | FASHIONABLE WEDDING TAKES PLACE IN RENO Miss Gertrude Martin Becomes the t of the estate of which he exe r ting executor was under a outlining President Roosevelt's 11_00(Lmlle1 | journey would indicate that he wants to | | spend most of his time on the line along | which he ranched and hunted during the earller if not more strenuous years of his he received Mrs. Oelrichs all the money ttlement. Then as a consideration for a she would be In the same position was before the beginning of the negoti tions, and could come to California and | fight out the question as to be | whether | discussion of any of the details of the autopsy wonld be a violation of profes- sional ethics and certainly an unpardon- able act upon my patt. Dr. Willlamson and myself were engaged to perform the nor in the presence of Judge or jury un- less the circumstances absolutely demand | it. They are respected by the lawyers as the latter respected their clients. | CARE ONLY FOR MONEY. | WOOSTER, Ohio, April 17. | Bressman A. S. McClure died suddenly to- | day from heart disease. Former Con- ADVERTISEMENTS. o 5 . Wi S istri life. The itinerary shows the Presis 'g | Charles Fair or his wife died first. | 2 % | g e w35, W Woeten. Wife of District Attorney Greg- | ', T 1R e N. B R, for 1600 tiee | _“But If the mother of Mrs. Falr ever un- | . and we did €0, making a full re- | _Aslde from these important matte; | William Biest miles, | £ d g “ the | d¢tail a renewal of the fight on the p: m Biest ory of Solano. | Which is the greatest mileage on any one | dertakes such a_proceeding she will be| port. , Just who has these reports at the | 3y & \FRS, D8 ) oG G Sotes prom- - hn W. Machead, David B.| puxno Nev, April 1.—T. C. Gregory, |108d. Like thousands of his countrymen | confronted by the laws of the State, | present time I cannot say. 1In the IN-|jseq (o bring out some strange clrcum- ¥ Walker and August Pet-| ° %"~ " o P E 4 Dicerio: | his objective point seems to be Nationalwhich specifically provide for questioas | terest of justice I would be pleased 10| stances, that will plainl suggest that | sureties. On April 11 fol- | Well known in San Francisco and District | Yellowstone Park, the playground of the] of this sort, and she will stand defeated | pave the entire facts made public, but | the relatives of the late Mrs, Fair wers | - rance the heirs| Attorney of Solano County, was married | people. where he will spend fourteen days, | before her action has actually been heard. | ;o0 "0 o inonts to do so.” not so deeply Interested in her welfare on againet the | last evening to Miss Gertrude Martin, |¢0ing the park probably on snowshoes.| You can rest assured t the two v si: before her death as they were in the d T s e | ; ! Lieutenant ‘Bchwatka and Haynes, park | Frenchmen who testified in New York| Dr. Willlamson made a similar state-| before her death as they were ir the 45 4 aplece and were | daughter of the late W. O. H. Martin, | ‘hotographer, tried this in . 138, "pus | Inst week will never dare to comie to Cal- | ment and refused to be interviewed fur- | {ributlon of her estate after it was real| Cformenthe [ had great tronblowith my stomach ed the sar the ssuperior Court. | who lived many years in San Francisco. | Sc watka abandoned it at Norrls Geyser | ifornia and repeat thelr statements on clo | ther. Attending the settiement the selfishness of 5, actualiy as groon as grass iny Broatis baving RS Basin. Haynes made the tour, v s stan. ere, for they would be eme shnes ad odor. Two weoks 865 ‘] next chapt be tamgied story | bave many - g | e Government will thi: s ot | 8 hat they were arrested i s o8 ¥ Ny y was so v d el 1 cured me. e mew sulcide oOf tbe do.| Bishop W. H. Moreland of the Episcopal | ot Gesitner the Northirs ‘eaion erect | gurprised, that they pEraroeat @ ‘““ From other sources yesterday it Was | prought a feellng of shame to many of | {herstorsles yew fpow thas 1 shell recommend Seattle. The remains of a man | church came up from Sacramento to per- | minus on the park boundary, where tha| When pressed for a statement as to the | learned that when Drs. Gallwey and Wil- | the friends of the dead woman who Were | Chas. H. Halpun, 199 Riviogton 8t., New York, N. t 1 | | P me into the morgue as the | form the ccremony. The bride was at- | President’s specfal train will be held for | report of the autopsy surgeons Attorney | llamson entered upon the work of the | Ma it. SR | self-destruction were identified I tended by her sisters, Misses Anna Mar- | ', a beautiful stone arch that will mark | }lgg!rrlv sald he could not give out | autopsy the latter, after carefully exam-| Under L“E provisions of Mrs. Fair's wi o0 3 Wolff. He left behind | tin and Clara Martin, Miss Wehner of | {he ‘;’({;‘l‘,‘};r“"’,;’,?k“Cfe;‘“anm’:xg%rad"lland- | information. He finally admitted, how- | ining the crushed skull of Mrs. Fair, re- | :‘fi;“;;r'ee;‘;n‘;"‘:r“c‘f;;:s:;'?e:‘;é::i ;’:;‘, policies he e Wi i 8 ol oo of the p -al assoc < s \ jes in th San Jose, Miss Winifred Morgan of Oak- | Jiwe T 30 Seprember 15, OM | ever, that the conditions of the s marked to hig medical associate and the | [N® asreement 8¢ compromise “Rtered intg | {1and and Miss Field of Reno. The groom was supported by William Knowles of gan Francisco. other German together with iy, comprise which, | STRIKE SITUATION | Fair and his wife were such as to e lish beyond any possibility of a doubt that the testimony given in New York in attendants: “Lightning could not have killed this woman any quicker than this | terrible fall.” Both surgeons were not made aware of it. | Mrs. Oélrichs gave her $125,000 more in | cash, of which she gave each member | of her family $10,000, making their share REMAINS UNCHANGED | behalf of Mrs. Nelson's. effort to prove | slow in agreeing that the woman died | ach $20,000. So eager were they to zat | = that her daughter had survived Charles | first, for, as stated before, they could | gnel S0 S fhey — Willlnz“;u] ADVERTISEMENTS. Owners of the Several Mines In-|Fair was rank perjury and would be | find no evidence of any great injury to | giolf WOREY T00 FUEH WERE Yoo B, (0 RO ol o ot R P S I o SESSS IS volesd Matntali o Mrme-ana treated as such if repeated on the stand | the intact skull of €harles Fair, other | §S% e Comprorvee Fepers (he S0or 2107 United Front. s 18is Aty ol ;’;:'(’,‘c??{'del::;:;:;:{vh‘r‘;’;‘:"mfimm the | Gould have departed for their home had | JACKSON, April 17.—The strike situa- MRS. FAIR DIED FIRST. The skulls of the dead man and woman | the money been forthcoming without at- | Floassn atable. Potent, Taste Good, Do Good, " “ % > 7 - e . ~ . 4 tion is practically unchanged. The gwn-| “We have.” sald he, “the strongest kind | are to figure most prominently in the | LC0AINE the last ceremonies over the Te- | yoiiffybuife" Tie gonine tabier stamped ¢ 0 G ® | ers maintain a firm and united front. A |of evidence to show that Mrs. Fair could | case which Mrs. Nelson is expected to fl:fl{flslflf(; e e, It e oy | Susemtoed fo enre v yeur mouey beck- [ mceting of citizens unidentified with | Dot Possibly have survived her husband. | bring. The greatest care is belng taken | g Ats “Fair, who suggested the | SRG Sntr i« St ar S g CHICAGO | Cither eontending faction was announced | While I am not to be guoted as the orlg- | that_they shall not be molested in the | frends of Bre: O W ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLINM RAXFS Goldsgths Silversmiths and Jewelers Importers of Diamonds Precious Stones for to-night, but it was afterward indei- initely postponed as there seemed no pros- pect of alding a settlement by mediation. All the strikers have been pald in fuil up date of the strike. An effort wil! be made to continue keeping the mines free | say that 1 have heard or learned from others who were present when the exami- { nation of the bodies was made in this | eity, that Mrs. Fair's skull is so badly crushed as to make identity almost im- inal authority for thevstatement, T may | { vault in which they repose and no one is permitted to visit the latter without being accompanied by the attorneys and a sufficient guard to guarantee protec- tion against any possible trickery. Attending. the probability of the case Facts such as these will be brought out at the trial in an effort to prove the mer- | cenary object of the mother and it Is ex- | pected that one of Mrs. Fair's brothers, | who halls from Colorado, if he puts ir an appearance at the trial, will be scored | & e VRV VDD DT visir DR. JORDAN'S arear HUSEUR OF ANATOHY | The strikers kept very qujet | Possible. In fact, my information is that | coming to trial in the courts of this city 1081 MABZET 6T bet. SRATD, 0.7 | "The various elements ‘of wiiey | her head, when the coffins were opened, | there is a possibility of a more grewsome | Vithout mercy. Itls charged that he wes | R i At .___i_:’: ) £ : ds they are composed are hard to handl ! resembled more a bag filled with loose sight being presented to the jurymen or once accus« y Mrs. Fair of having of- B et e poredos hES an ft Oo The first - L andle. | o) es than the head of a once beautiful | ¢y Mo th e aer | fered an unpardonable insult to ome of discase pamitivaly curied ny the oldast Tiie first arrest growing out of the striko | O the Judge to whom the case may be as- | jor gt P was ignored | e e P st ) 7 | was made to-day. W. Gardella, a union | WORan- | signed for judgment than would be fur- | JCF FEELIES QM L OCR, B N erote her Producers of Rich Jewelry and Silverware \We are showing many novelties in go!d_ and silver and art things, exclusive in pathizer, and Young Tucker disputed over the strike question and a fist fight | resulted Gardella pald a fine and was | discharged. At Oneida the demonstration |of the strikers late last night passed off | without trouble. The mine 1s operating under the protection of armed guards. “The terrible condition of her head, which the opening of the coffin reveaied, | was due to the fact that when she was thrown with her husband from the auto- mobile, she was shot through the air with terrific force against a tree with { which her head collided first. Charles i Fair's course through the air might have nished In the presentation of the skulls of the two unfortunates over whose mil- lions relatives are now fightlng. Since it was first intimated that a suit by Mrs, Nelson would be brought to establish as a fact that her daughter survived Charles L o o e e e e ] letters, but they were returned to him un- | opened. Despite this treatment, extend- ing over a period of years, the brother was one of the first to appear in this city to publicly mourn for his dead sister and incidentally to claim his share of her estate. 4 RDAN & CO.. 1051 Markot St.. 8. . (C)I DDA DD . be th me as that of hi. ife had Hardly had the relatives of the dead design—rare jewelryand gems—especially Boy Accidentally Shoots Brother. |y not been for the fact that at the mo- YOSEMITE VALLEY. woman returned to_thelr home before Those suffering from weak: 4 - PAKERSFIELD, April 17.—Frank B t of the accident his legs were astrid they began to complain of the =i nesses which sap pleasures suitable for bridal gifts. . ALK e astride| ganyg o Hag the Best Route. | ey DeBan 10 comD ol o freceived and | WU B @ o6 Tite should eke Juven Pille !lar, a b-year-old boy, was accidentally the guiding wheel of the machine and 1 test forms ' shot and probably fatally wounded he collided first with the bar that sup-| Those who plan to go to Yosemite should | it was not long before they had se: on 767 One bottle will tell a story of Special and ammc“h 2 : Corn::l: ;.':ndelfq.wry. :wome Martin, his half-brother, aged t:'s).' pzrled this wheel, which was broken l?y call on the E-nllhi‘c;e!'utr lcc(urlt. l‘nton:‘unn. &z'o; a project to tvlén;ul eh;_u—| n:r;::;:m mnr:elmu vkt:ihah‘l lmdum has more designs furn: The latter was shooting at some pigeons | the force and thus Fair's course through |The Santa Fe is the route running through th the sisters of arles Fair. es | Tedw 3 foree ever . «Suggestion Book” mailed on applicati [and the child got in the way somehow fthe alr was changed. This may actount | the BiE Tree Croves nod past maspificent.|the money allowed them under the agree- e A Our “Suggestion . e < [ ecived & charge of shot near thy | for the fact that he did not strike tho | S00ery. They publish o folder giving full in: | ment of compromise, the mother and sis- | “Myde vy T Hood Co. Spaulding & Co Jackson Blvd cor State St Chicago . spine. tree, but landed head foremost on the ! Market sireet. © ¢ {ers of Mrs. Fair were granted the lat- | pristors Hood's Sar Ly