The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1903, Page 3

PRESIDENT '3 HIS IRONED Constable McCracken, Who Wounded Murderer McKinney During Pursuit Near Kernville, Ar- rives in‘Bakersfield With Suspect David Ingram THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, WARY OUTLAW-TRACKER LANDS CAPTIVE IN JAIL | - PIRK OUTINE 51T I TND. Interesting Diary of the! | Past Two Weeks’ | Events Thrilling Escapes and Amus- ing Incidents Among Its Featu-es . | — Executive Spends Hours in g the Habits of the witope's Wild Ani- myls and Birds. > g N April 23 —President s at an end. He r his party and a " f persons at the ¥ in Yellow- rk lo and to-morrow he will e hi§ tour, wt s to end B Special Dispatch to The Call AKERSFIELD, April 23— s stable McCracken arrived he from Kernville this evening wit who was arrested Dave Ingram the order connection with the pursuit of Mec' McCraeken es with his pris- nd brought him down handcuffed, | to the Isabella saloon-keeper's of Sheriff K took no chan oner a5 gust Ingram placed under arrest at Isa- | a and he offered no resistance when that he was wanted in Bakersfield. behind the bars and will be o a rigid examination as to his with the outlaw, and his sus- n the shooting here o McCracken is mountaineer. fearless man and the way followed McKinney at the e fully sustains the r It was his bullet th He is now S GAME. JDIES THE PARK’ k the of the £ s nney's flesh in the fight a s s s but for the fact that the! v b ® armed only with a six- aw would probably have areer ended there. McCracken rding the road night after that McKinney would om the desert, but he is coming through the am has nothing say. He is a who talks but little at any time | 10w he is very surly and morose, re- | a word about the matter for | im He ne before | lic pr in January last | sen he shot illed Ramon Ramirez, | a young Mexican at his place of business | on the 224 f the ground of self-defense a fight, but was acquitted | Ramirez struck him ¢ r th ad with a beer bot- to ely to rave and misstep meant death or se-| President remained | and guided Bonaparte safely | DAY OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. | phe. SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES. " k aitd r| The longest walk enjoyed by the Presi- | sheep and | dent taken on Easter Sunday. He out alone in the morning, de n- - offer of other members of the | e > accompany him. He spent the mbing mountains and Is. He covered fully twenty walking i | i not return to camp until 313 the evening. When Majc r found the President was deter 1 i to go by himself he induced him take a revolver, =o that he could sig- . in case of accid Pres The first three days in camp the weath- ' er was extremely cold and the President was compelled to break the fce in his | < bucket before performing his morning ab- Major Pitcher kept a diary while nd the following extracts from | will give an idea of how the President whle his Troop B m. and arrived | the surest Yellowstone River about ywed a large camp fire v e ident's tent, and after - 4 ound it and told hunt This almost a 1y 3 April 10—Be i re starting eut the President . ced that he under no circumstances S hot , even if ' a moun lion Up a tree, lest he ¥ nd for criticism. Rode | s Hell Roaring. Saw and elk and als, saw an eag! of elk. #ad lunch Heli consisting of hardtack and sar- JCHN J. FULTON CO. r miles and | ut twenty le among A of nearly 2000 k. One | vap ollowed the party for over a mile. | . April 12—As this was Sunday, the tiesident | cided he would take a walk alone. Tic | S Rl s twenty miles and spent the time amon The Revered Founder of the To’and zNCofiNTEBS MUCH SNOW. I College a Very Imoortant | api 13—startea or camp Bireaic . Rode slowly and watched th Much Factor in the Incidents That Led | =ov» was encountered and Slew K was entirely frozen over, so could do no fishing. 14—Out Jooking for game. Found large | 0 the Discovery of the Cure for | of elk and the President took Mr. Bur- | i i i a nem. Arriv ver Creel Disease and Diabetes. i s “’rxr]\pn:‘n, m mun ed at Tower Cr k‘ April 15—Presidgnt took long walk alone | . + in cases | @00 faw some mountain sheep. i April 16—Broke camp at Tower Falls and | Fort Yellowstoné. Much game | wstone for Norris | ax ate the horses were aban- doned for slelghs and though the snow was | o for that | four or five feet deep. the trip was inade 12 nt best | Without trouble opped for the night at n great | Norris Hotel - N e of hu- April 18—Breakfast at 6 o'clock and a start miles distant now very deep. the made for the foun! | Arrived there at 1 President spent oon among Bey- | . sers - April 19—Sunday—Visited Upper Geyser ba- sin and saw Old Fajthful pley. truth April 20—Rode to orris. The April 21--Started for Canyon at 7 o'clock ght's | a. m. Snow very deep and soft in places, but irable | got through with little difficulty. Visited can- live | yon on skis. President showed skill on snow Burroughs proved himself an hoes and Ir. Apr] —Breakfast 4 a. m. Left at 5 a. m_ for Post, which was reached at 1 p. m, From the foregoing it will be seen that the President has pretty thoroughly trav- ersed and explored Yellowstone Park, Consumptive Ends His Life. SAN BERNARDINO, April 2.—H. C. Whetstone, whose home was in Clarks- ton, Wash., was found dead late this afternoon in the Lytle Creek, 100 yards south of the Southern Pacific bridge. There was a bullet hole in his temvle and a revolver clutched in his right hand, which told the story of sui- cide. He was a victim of consumption. — and were cured, and the numi. - business men of this city saw th uy the Compounds and are now announc. s 10 the world the discovery at last of the ght cure for Bright's Disease and Dia. s now thirty-five years since Dr. Toland's but J. J. Fulton, now in his eighty- r. is hale and hearty and downtown who have recovered and owe incidents above number thou- he belief of some of the incor. the Fulton Compounds have the known world they should | but there are 100 many poor | PHOENIX, Ariz., April 23.—A posse of fi{- and their necessities were con. | teen men was ready to leave by a special traln mpound for Bright's | 10-day for the relief of C. H. Utting, Deputy ney Diseases was put at $1 and the | United States Marshal, gupposed o hev 50. The Jno. J. Fulton Co., 40y | killed by outlaws, when a message st San Francisco, is the sole | celved from Gila Hend announcing his safe Pamphlet free. Analysis free. | return from Gunsight | the new cases are reported by Dr. R. L. —$ RIFF TIBBET, | | e the officers and to indulge in maud- | alk, in which he claims to see horrible | visions of men pursuing and torturing | him. To-day he talked in a mysterious | way about a secret tunnel from the joss | | | i house and declared he had been there last ight and people there were going to kill n But that tunnel was blown up with dynamite,” said a reporter who was present i “I don't care. I know I was there just e,” persisted the prisoner. continual hints about secret tun ined the officers to make a thorough rch of the place to ascer tain if any really cxist. The bullding is | under constant guard and no one is al- lowed to enter. Four Chinese are now in jail charged with aiding in the harbor- ing of McKinng¢y. or held as witnesses The County Labor Council to-night adopted resolutions of sympathy with the families of the deceased officers and call- ing for the immediate suppression of the dives. J. W. Tucker, whose father con- duets a livery stable here, and who 1s sald to have been a friend of McKinney, was arrested to-night by Marshal Tibbet on | suspicion that he had something to do with the outlaw’s presence in the city. 00K TOPPE UPON CONVETS | San Quentin Quarry the. Scene of Serious Accident. Speclal Dispatch to The Call, SAN RAFAEL, April 23.—A serious ac- cident occurred at the guarry at San | Quentin to-day and came very near caus- | Ing loss of life. Several men were badly injured and Curtis Peacock, a cnn\‘lct,J serving one year for grand larceny in | | Alameda, will probably die. | The men were working in the quarry and a blast was set off which loosened the rockrand earth, but did not let it drop. After the explosion the men and | teams were in the quarry to commence | excavation when many tons of debris | caved in upon them. Peacock, who was | on a cart at the time, was buried beneath | the debr He was extricated after great | | difficulty and was found badly mangled. | Dr. C the prison physician, said to-night 2 acock was the only one that in a precarious condition. —_— EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID CONTINUES AT STANFORD New Cases Reported, but Physicians Believe Period of Great Dan- ger Is Over, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 23.— The typhold situation for the last twen- ty-four hours shows an increase of twelve new cases, five of which developed | among students this forenoon. Three of Wilbur, health officer in the university | »mpus, and nine by J. W. Roller, sec- retary of the Palo Alto Board of Health. The total number of cases up to noon to- day was thirty-five on the campus and cighty-three in Palo Alto. A few students are leaving the univer- sity ‘every day In accordance with re- quests from parents. Many others are re- ceiving similar requests, but are not com- piying with them because the source of the trouble seems to have been reached | znd any wide spread of the epidemic is not expected. e POWER COMPANY FILES INCORPORATION ARTICLES 23, NEVADA CITY, April 22.—Articles of incorporation of the Water and Power Company of Califgrnia were filed here last evening. The capital stock of the com- pany is $4,000,000. The purposes of the company are stated in the articles to be identical with those of the Bay Countles Company. The directors are well known California capitalists. All reside in San Francisco. It is undergtood that the com- pany intends to begin extensive work in the near future. Some time ago a force of surveyors operated in different sections of the county, but kept the work from public notice. It is thought here that the new company will soon have lines supplying power, water and light not only to Nevada County hut to many cities in | California | liberal | was seen the northern and central portions of the State, SHARP GHARGES AROUSE DOCTORS Santa Barbara Conven- tion Ends With a Brisk Debate. Medical Men in Favor of Strict Examinations the Victors. SANTA BARBARA, April 22—A con- test, in which considerable bitterness was | developed and plain words were used, arose to-day at the convention of the Medical Soclety when it wae undertaken to elect members of the State Board of Medical Examiners. The line was distinctly drawn between the fac- tlon interested In med!cal colleges and those favoring a more ond Vice President D. A. Hodghead of San Franclsco. Dr. Wilis and his follow- ers declared that there are too many col- could graduate after a brief instruction and the payment of s. The only way to remedy what was termed this criminal imposi- tlon upon the people was, he said, to elect members to the Board of Examiners ho would rigidly enforce the laws of the State. he Wills faction nominated Dr. Dudley practice course ¢ fe rait of San Francisco and Dr. 8. J. Buteau of Oakland, both of whom were | elected by an overwhelming vote. Gen- eral officersiof the society were elected as follows: H. Bert Ellis, Los Angeles, presi- dent; Willlam H. Santa Barbara, first vice president; George A. Hare, resno, second vice president; George H. Fvans, San Francisco, secretary; E. E. Kelly, treasurer. PATIENT ENDS LIFE IN DOCTOR’S ABSENCE German Farmhand TUses a Rope and a Doorknob for Suicide. Wash., April SPOKANE, 23.~While | Max Kraff, a young German farmhand, | was belng prescribed for by Dr. Whitney in the latter's office at Davenport, Wash., last night, a sudden call came for the physician. Telling the young German to walt, the doctor left hurrfedly. When he returned fifteen minutes later he found his patient hanging by his neck to a rope attached to the doorknob on the Inside. Efforts to revive the man failed. After the doctor left the office Kraff to go out of the buflding and pick up a small plece of old rope in the- alley and return to the room. He had evidently made a loop in the rope, at- tached the end to the 1oorknob and then | 1atd down to deliberately strangle himself Kraff was ba{ng treated for a | to death chronic disease. Electric Car Bandit Convicted. LOS ANGELES, April 2.—Frank Metz- ger, one of the men who on February 1 leld up a Pasadena electric car and rob bed thirty more passengers, was con- victed to-night of robbery after.a three days’ trial. He will not be sentenced un- til his companion in erime, James Burke, who has confessed, has been convicted. It is believed that both will receive life sentences, igid examination | | of applicants for certificates to practice | medicine. | The college faction was headed by Sec- | C s eoon as I recefved it | passed through my experience of the o ot know whether 1 shail resign. 1 have | past few davs.” not given the matter a bit of thought. At his home to-night he sald: Word has been brought to me that some of enemies have threatened me with physical APRIL 24, 1903. LEE WEARIES OF HIS EXILE AND WILL EXPOSE BOODLERS Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor Returns Affer a Brief Flight and Is Ready to Testify Against Officials Accused of Having Accepted Bribes leges where men desiring certificates to | | \ ! i 1 | | LIEUT. | N GOVERNOR 1 SO MN | | i | | | ~ AEE ‘ L | MISSOURI OFFICIAL WHO FLED FROM THE STATE TO A\'Ollj GIV- | z ING TESTIMONY AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, I | WHO ARE ACCUSED OF HAVING ACCEPTED BRIBES. | | | = | I am done with politics forever. I swear that I have not made a cent out of legislation this session. While some of the Senators are being proved to have big accounts, 1 have only $40 to my credit in the bank. It is sutficfent for me to say that the evidence against Sena- tors Farris, Matthews and Smith was supplied | by me. I know nothing of Sulli¥an getting any money. 1 notice that mome of the Senators in the business have told of recelving money for votes. They can curse me all they please, but | I notice that not one of them has the courage to | chow up the real crookedness of the proceed- ngs. 1 gave the Kelly check to Attorney General T. LOUIS, April 23—Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, who left Kansas City last Thursday night and arrived In Chicago on Friday ‘ morning, returned to St. Louis to- night, accompanied by Mrs. Lee, who a few days ago went to Chicago to see her husband. “I am done with politics forever,” as- serted Governor Lee to-night. "I am a sick man and I need rest. Any one who says that I am not a sick man unever at a private boarding- e stay in Chicago and nearly 1 have been ng the newspepers and have been mis- | harm —feel it. ‘When Circuit I am prepared for them. Moreover, it is not all. Attorney Folk was See this cane in- | rea ivo( esented. I have not been a guinme from | formed of the arrival of Lieutenant Gov- justice and have had no idea of being ome. I|ernor Lee, he stated that Lee would be am not afraid to come back and tell all I know. 1 needed rest, and thought a trip to Chicago would be the best way to get it. | @it PHILADELPHI April 23.—The board of, LOS ANGELES, April 23.—E. W. Benedict directors of the Willlam Cramp Ship and En<| of Topeka, Kans., the victim of an automobile | 3 Bullding Company met to-day d ap- | aceident in this city last Saturday, died this proved the plan to secure a loan of §5,000,000 | afternoon from the injurles he sustained at to meet the present need. that time. | given an opportunity to appear before the grand jury immediately. | er here and conducts the | has lost its glory | | change the scene of ope | fruits and meat pass | hundreds | 2 balance to the State SUES FOR GO IN LED OF LoV Ukiah Woman Said Cap- italist Broke Promise to Wed. Fifteen Thousand Dollars Damages Demanded of John Brown. UKIAH, April 232.—John L. Brown, a prominent capitalist of this city, has been sued by Mrs. Flora Bail for alleged breach of promise. The suit was filed { in the local Superior Court this morning. Mrs. Bailey alleges that on January 5, 1899, Browan proposed to her, was accepted. and that the promise has been renewed from time to time, even during the pres- ent year. The plaintiff alleges that her hopes were shattered when on the 12th of last month Brown-married Miss Ida Harris, a popular young lady of this city. Damages in the amount of $15,000 are asked. John L. Brown is a large property own- local flour miil Both parties to the suit are well toward 0 years old. | RAILROAD ICE STATION IS MOVED TO TRUCKEE Transportation Companies Decide to Abandon Boca, Long Famous for Refrigerators. NEVADA CITY, Apr 23.—Boca, for vears the icing statlo refrigerator card consigned from ( fornia to the | East and where more ice has been used other place In the world The frult transporta- this week decided to ations to Truckee all cars loaded with g over the South- to the East than at any tion companies and from now on ern Pacific Company will be iced at the latter place. The plants, icehouses and boarding-hou are now being moved to Truckee. This action means much for Truckee The icing industry gives employment to of men in the summer. Dur- ing the winter many are kept busy stor- ice from nearby ponds. At the time an average of eigh cars per This will increase to ent day are iced there. 200 when the frult season begins. LTI i SMALL BALANCE IS LEFT BY BARBER EXAMINERS SACRAMENTO, April 23.—The late Leg- islature abolished the State Board of Barber Examiners, which had been cre- ated In 1901 T returns made to the State Controller show that during its ex- istence the commission collected $11,407 and its expenses were 31130232, leaving of $104 8. The Barbers’ Board of Examiners settled with the State Controller to-day. —_—————— Beautiful Flowers for Spring Hats on the Ukiah Excursion. On the excursion to Ukiah next Sunday take with you a straw hat and decorate 1t with wild flowers, which are more than numerous this season. No milllner can duplicate Its beauty. Fare for the roun trip will be $2 and each ticket sold insur: a seat. Leave Tiburon ferry 8:30 a. m. O the rcturn leave Ukiah 5 p. m. Ticke now on sale at the company's offices, 630 Market st. (Chronicle building) and at i Tiburon ferry. SAPTEURD FROM LIF £ Boys’ khaki suits, made of the same material as used by norfolk coat and long pants; U. S. Government soldier sizes 4 to 14 years; sale price $1.3 Canvas leggings, ages 4 to 14 years, 40€ and 50e. Boys’ crash hats 45¢.and $1.00. Boys' yacht and sailor caps 45¢ and 75e. Mail Orders Out-of-town orders filled for Men's or Boys’ Clothing, Hats or Furnishings. “The Whistler” is a new March and T and composed especially for us. copies, one of which will be given with the amount. wo-Step, copyrighted 1903, We have published a few thousand every purchase, whatever The marchis full of vimand go—it’s catchy and 1s bound to become popular. It surely has merit, as it is being ¢ played this week by the magnificent orchestras in Techau Tavern, Cafe Zinkand and the Louvre. Come in any time and hear “The Whi store—take elevator to Reception Room on stler” being played in our second floor. This is to be a great season for top coats. Whe they are tailored correctly they make very dre garments. summer evening wear in San Francisco. Our night are cool but not enough to require a heavy coat— top coat is a “gobetween” no overcoat and a heav n v Furthermore they are just the coats for s a y overcoat. We are showing aswell line of top coats at $10.00 They come in tan, olive, slate and brown coverts, black thibets and fancy mixtures. Such coats wi cost you $12.50 elsewbhére. from the makers at a big saving. At $8.50 we are showing an elegant line of sac 1 Here you buy direct k suits, in summer weights, serges and mixed pat- terns. tailored. us in our union workshops. Why, don’t you se The garments are fashionably cut and well They are strictly all wool, and made by v e what there is in this maker-direct-to wearer idea of ours? You might as well save 25 per cent in you purchases. Men’s flannel outing pants, turned up bottoms, regular $5.00 pants for $2.95. r Boys’ Sailor Suits, $3.00 Here is another one of those chances by whic you can buy your boy a neat little suit at a pric that prompts you buying at once because of th saving. h e e Sailor suits of summer weight navy blue serge, the price—$3.00—means a saving to you. Suits lik these are selling for $4.50 about town. like to see you make. comparisons. maker-to-wearer plan of selling clothes. 00D 718 Market Street neatly trimmed with harmonious braid trimmings of white, black and blue ; the ages are 3 to 10 years ; (3 We would : v Then you wiil realize that there is a saving for you involved in our