The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL UESDAY, JULY 28, 1903. GAING VOICE BY HER FALL DOWNSTAIRS Sudden Recovery of Pas- | Eqward Calls Prosperity of| adena Woman Puz- 2les Doctors. | Slight Accident Enables a Cripple to Walk and Talk =7 Pains Disappear and Vocal Powers | Are Bestored in a Most Mysteri- ous Fashion at the Southern California Town. Bpecis PASADENA had al- ot restored by a s last struck She had at pains he steps | was elat ROYALTY PAY BELFAST A VI3 People of Ulster Wel- come King and Queen Enthusiastically. Ireland One of His High- est Aims. BELFAST, July dra at the capital of Ulster was marked by | the same enthusiasm which has followed The city | decorated and thronged and the streets were lined by 10,000 troops, 2000 bluejackets and 5000 police. The Lord their progress through Ireland ately Mayor and Corporation awaited thelr | Majesties at the railroad station and pre- | sented them with an address. Upward of | fifty other addresses were presented. The | King in reply said his highest ambition | was 1o in the footsteps of his! mother make the well-being of his | . the prosperity of Ireland and the | enance constant aim. The royal procession | was then formed and traversed the| eets to the City Hall, where the King | tue erected in honor of | veiling their Majesties Lord Mayor and visited | | how at Balmoral. Lfller\ the went to Bangor, where their recep- \ was most demonstrative. About 1400 | the national anthem. The | et saluted as their Majesties oceed to Londonderry. subsequently driving al carriage. d falling between ~Funny, hen I come in. 1 come in.—London Tit-Bits. are sti ils can their orders hardly keep Desks ‘ for business— desk 1 e ause pe be esk w th low h low Same desk weath nches long, $47.5 Same desk in weath $40.00. Same desk in weath inches long, for $37.50. led workmanship. te assurance that it is not going to r-sawed shown. we guarantee them represents high-class cabinet You can buy a desk vou all sorts of annoyance. | will probably interest you most. oak, roll top desk, 6o d with modern conveniences, >, but the details or finish, of roll top, 55 inches long, $45.00. roll top, 60 inches long, $47.50. ered oak, with low roll top, 60 ered oak, 50 inches long, for ered oak, with low roll top, 50 A golden oak roll top desk, 42 inches long, for $18.50. A golden quarter - sawed inches long, for $21.50. Three-day specials i s week, Sale began tabouret for $1.25. rdseye top, for $1.80. table for $2065. A for $11.75. | a fifiWL_O‘ | (Successors to California Furniture Co.) 957 to 977 Market Street, Opp. Golden Gate Avenye. Wednesday night. Chiffoniers, dining tables and tabou- rets. A $35.00 mahoganized birch chiffonier for $22.75. A 0o golden oak chiffonier for $9.5 oak, flat top desk, 37 n three lines of furniture again Monday morning and ends 55. A $2.00 golden A $3.00 maple tabouret, with | A $35.00 round, 6-foot exten- $20.00 square, 6-foot extension | Makers and merchants have too little faith in good goods. Schil‘ling‘s Best is beginning " to show them the way. = Lectures on Florence. H. Digby Johnson delivered a most in- teresting and instructive lecture on Flor- ence last night at the California-street Methodist Church. P. W. Pray presided and introduced the lecturer to the select audience. Mr. Johnson's descriptions of scenery, bulldings and other delightful characteristics of the place were cleverly and vividly colored, so that the hearers soon became acquainted with Florence. A hearty vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Johnson for the pleasure his lecture gave. The welcome ex- tended to King Edward and Queen Alexan- | of the peace of all nations | n the royal yacht Victoria and | i sus accident occurred while their | | er to| | ital, which they opened | | woman succeeded in| | of troops and rushed | She was the | Iy injured. She was taken | | but you are al-| | The Victim— | | | growing so fast | uwp! | || that the girl wa | | | @ HOUx HRIEKING in terror, clad only in | a kimona and struggling with all | her waning strength to free her-| self, Ethel Reibenstein, a pretty ! 2-year-old girl of Stockton, was dragged from the flat at 1127 O'Farrell street about 1:30 o'clock yesterday morn- ing by Harry Hewlett, also of Stockton, who compelled the terrified!girl to ac- company him to his apartments across the street and was there kept prisoner until 6 o'clock, when she managed to make her escape and return to the rooms of the woman friend with whom she had been staying. | This almost incredible story of the abused girl is borne out by other resi- \dents in the flat at 1127 O'Farrell street and people living in neighboring houses, who were awakened by her screams. For two hours the fashionable section was in a turmoil. Women stood at the windo' and screamed “murder,” and many gath- ered on the street below and watched in terror the abortive attempts to liberate ; the imprisoned girl | | PROMINENT IN STOCKTON. | Hewlett is cashier of the First National {! Bank at Stockton, and has been in this | o city for the last week on a v tion. Miss Relbenstein, who is the daughter of O. 8. Reibenstein, Assistant Superintendent of | Streets of Stockton, came down from | Stockton Saturday and was visiting with | her friend, Mrs. Benham, at 1127 O'Farrell street. James L. Dutton, landlord of the flat, and Leopold Jordan, a newspaper man residing there, were aroused by the woman’s screams and the resulting com motion, ham th | pied by Hewlett at 1124 O'Farrell street and demanded the release of Miss Relben- stein. d Through the closed doors Hewlett as- | sertedgthat the girl was there of her own volition, and according to her &tory Hewlett choked her into an acquiescence in this statement. Mrs. Benham insisted being detained there by force, and the men started to leave to call the police. As Jordan turned tp walk | down the steps Hewlett threw open the door and struck him two cowardly blows on the back, which, however, did no in-| jury. A telephone message was sent to the | City Hall and half a dozen policemen were sent to the scene. They demanded | admittance to the room, but were refused by Hewlett. Again, according to the girl, | Hewlett choked her and forced her to tell | the patrolmen that she was in his apart- | ments of her own free will. Under the | circumstances all the policemen except Tierney and Cashin withdrew. They re- mained, and under the urgings of the ex- | cited neighbors, who feared that Hewlett might kill the girl, telephoned to head- quarters and recelved orders to break open the door if they thought the woman was a prisoner. | Despite the assurances of all those | present that Miss Refbenstein had been | forced to accompany Hewlett against her will these policemen concluded it was not a case for thelr interference, drove everybody away from the house and left the girl to her fate. MAKES HER ESCAPE. Several hours afterward, when her cap- | tor had fallen asleep, Miss Relbenstein | managed to make her escape and re- turned to Mrs. Benham’s apartments in an almost fainting condition. - There were heavy bruises on her throat and neck, bearing out her statement that she had been choked into submission by Hew- lett. She could scarcely speak and her tongue was swollen to twice its natural size, due, she said, to the fact that he | had forced his fingers into her mouth to | stiffie ber screams. Upon her statement the police were again communicated with and Policeman Paul Butier was sent to Hewlett's apart- ments and took him to the Hall of Jus- tice. At first he was held in detinue, but later Miss Reibenstein swore out a com- | plaint against him on the charge of as- sault with intent to do great bodily harm, and Jordan swore to another complaint accusing him of battery. On these two charges he was booked and later released on cash bail of $100 in each of the cases. YOUNG WOMAN’S STORY. Miss Reibenstein gave a full account of her experiences during the ordeal through which she went with the drink-crazed man. She said: With Mrs. Benham T attended the Tivoli Theater last night. When we came out we were met by Mr. Hewlett. with whom I hava | through " the alley to the rear entrance of his ‘Harry Hewlett Charged by Ethel Forcing Her to Accompany Him to His Apart- ments, Where She Claims He Abused Her Cruelly LET T D @ HOME AT WHIGH MRS psfa‘é‘é;’?’ 7 Wa. S VESITING—. Vi /A PROMINENT STOCKTON BUSINESS MAN RESTS UNDER UNUSUAL ACCUSATION Reibenstein With P -~ —~ PRETTY - STOCKTON GIRL AND THE YOUNG BANKER WHO SHE ALLEGES FORCED HER TO ACCOMPANY HIM TO HIS APART- MENTS, HER TEMPORARY LODGINGS AND HER ALLEGED PRISON. been acquainted a number of years. He had an automobile and he asked us to accompany him on a ride. He was very much under the influence of liquor at the time. We refused his invitation and he then became abusive both to me and Mrs. Benham. We were fright- his behavior and ran along Mason where we caught the car and enec at street to Ellis, preparing for bed when the tele- enced to ring and I surmised that Mr Hewlett was calling me up. 1d not answer at first, but finally concluded to do | 0, in order that the ringing might stop and not disturb the other lodgers in the flat. He | sai] something about it being all over with us and 1 answered that I was glad of it and hung up the phone. Fifteen minutes later the doorbell rang and 1 answered It. opening the door f1om the top of the stairway. Ticfore 1 could realize it, Mr. Hewlett had | dashed up the stairway and = grasped me around the body and was pulling me down the stairs. I cried out time and again. hop- ing some one would come to my assistance. 1 was nearly without clothing. He carried me | through the doorway and out into the street. Then he cragged me along O'Farrell street to Franklin. At the corner I fell to the sidewalk and he stumbled over me. 1 was screaming all the time and I could see win- dows going up in the neighborhood and hear other women crying out. He forced me agalnst an iron fence on Franklin street and hurt my back terribly. Then he took me He locked | apartments and forced me inside. ! it I did the door and threatened to kill me not quit screaming. BRUTAL ABUSE. In order to stop my cries, he shoved his fingers down my throat, causing me the most intense agony. After awhile I heard volces outside demanding admittance. He told them that I was in his rooms voluntarily and when 1 denied his assertion he caught me around the throat and choked me until he forced me to corroborate his statement. This happened repeatedly during the time he held me prison- er. He was much intoxicated and acted like a madman, I do not remember clearly all that happened during those terrible hours, but firally the liquor overcame him and he went to_sleep. 1 arose, unlocked the door. and more dead than allve, managed to reach Mrs, Benham's rooms. She and the rest of the household were waiting for me and I told them my story, Mr. Hewlett is an acquaintance of many years' standing. He has repeatedly declared his love for me and wanted me to marry him, but my family objected to his attentions and denied him the privilege of visiting me be- cause of his dissipated habits. Hewlett promptly released himself by depositing $200 cash on the two charges against him. He was seen at the offices of his attorney, Charles A. Low, and talked readily about the matter. He sald he had known Miss Reibenstein many years, but had never proposed mar- riage to her or expressed any great af- fection for her. He said she came down to the city from Stockton to meet him. He denled using abusive language to- ward her or her companion in front of the theater. { SLURS HIS VICTIM. He sald he called her up by telephone and asked her if she did not want to say good-night and that she replied in the af- firmative. Accordingly, he says, he rang the bell at 1127 O'Farrell stret and she opened the door and came down stairs to meet him. He says he asked her to come to his room sand she did so willingly. He did not use any force on her and she made no outcry or protest. Her replies to those who sought admission, he said. were entirely voluntary and were not even suggested by him. When asked to explain the marks on the young woman's throat and arms he could not and was finaliy forced to admit that he was much intoxicated. “But it is impossible that I would use any force toward her or any other woman,” he said. He concluded his denials “with a slur on the character of the girl he had treated so cruelly and Intimated that she would | rested twice suffer no hurt to her reputation by being in his apartments at such unusual hours. The apartments where Miss Reiben- | stein was confined belong to A. F. Schleicher, who is at present absent from the city and who turned them over lol Hewlett during his stay in San Francisco. | The Stockton cashier has been going a! merry pace while here and has been ar- during the last, week for driving his automobile at unlawful speed. FATHER IS FURIOUS. 0. R. Reibenstein, father of the young woman, arrived from Stockton last night. He iIs a brother of R. R. Reibenstein, who was at one time Mayor of Stockton, and both men have held many important po- litical positions in that 3 Speaking of the treatment which his daughter was subjected to at the hands of Hewlett, he sald: | The thought of what that brute did to my ligtle girl almest drives me crazy. She is only afl innocent child, as all who know her will | testify, and I cannot imagine what prompted | this man to treat her as he did. The disgr: of the affair has nearly driven us all franti and I purpose to see that the outrage Is pun- ished if there be such a thing as justice. 1 Hewlett recently fell heir to $20,000 by the death of his uncle, H. H. Hewlett, and it is said that he has been traveling a rapid pace since the acquirement of the money. SENSATION IN STOCKTON. Hewlett’s Disgraceful Conduct Re- gretted in His Home City. STOCKTON, July 27.—The news of the arrest of Harry H. Hewlett, and the sen- sational allegations leading up to it, created a profound sensation here. Hew- lett is a nephew of the late Millionaire H. H, Hewlett, and has been in the First National Bank, one of his uncle’s proger- ties, since he was a mere youth. Ycung Hewlett is a high roller and has set the pace for the younger sports of the city. He is an enthusiastic automobilist and has generally followed the fads of fash- fon. He has been accounted considera- ble of a “ladies’ man,” but this is the first instance where his relations have been made the subject of press reports. He has never, apparentiy, been at a loss for money. Hewlett has been raised here and despite his propensity to hit the high places he is accredited with good business ability. He has moved In the best of so- clety and has been particularly prominent in theatricals. Ethel Relbenstein is a daughter of O. B. Reibenstein, an old-time resident of this city, and has very prominent connec- tions. She Is accomplished and popular. For a time she was employed in a fash- jonable art gallery and during that time was the subject of some of the photogra- pher's best art. It is stated here that she and Hewlett have been much in each other's company. She went to San Francisco last week. Mr. Hewlett has been spending his vaca- tion there. Miss Reibenstein's many friends are much chagrined at the unen- viable notoriety her adventure has braught upen her. She is a niece of for- mer Mayor Relbenstein. ————— Oaklander Resigng Honolulu Job. HONOLULU, July 21.—Marston Camp- bell, formerly of Oakland, has resigned from the Department of Public Works and is about to leave for the coast on a vacation. There was a bitter fight against Campbell in the lower house of the Leg- islature, ending finally in the appropria- tion for the position he filled being strick- en out. He was retained as an employe, however, and it is understood that he is to re-enter the department on returning from his vacation. i ADVERTISEMENTS. A CHICAGO BUSINESS MAN sesoes Cured by Pe-ru-na of Catarrh of the Stomach After Doctors Failed. Wm. N. Seliz, a well known business man of Chicago, Ill., in a recent letter from 43 Peck Court, Chicago, Ill., says: ““After having used several reme- | dies for indigestion without beneficial results, | was induced by a friend of mine to try Peruna, and | gladly say fl"ff it effected a positive cure. s 1 have lately recommended it to several of my acquaintances as | fm’/{ 'éo/icn it is all that is claimed or it. In catarrh of the stomach, as well as catarrh of any part of the body, Peruna is the remedy. As has been often said, if Peruna will cure catarrh of one part it will cure catarrh of any other part of the body. Catarrh is catarrh wherever located, and the remedy that will cure it anywhere will cure it everywhere. 4 The following letter from Congressman Botkin speaks for itself: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C. Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: My Dear Dctor—It gives me pleasure to certify to the excellent curative quali- sesoeeteceseses tens of your medicines — Pe- runa and Mana- lin. I have been affiicted more or less for a quar- ter of a century with catarrh of the stomach and D R R constipation. A WM. residence in i -8 sEUG. Washington has | e eeeeeeeese ooooe increased these troubles. A few It stands to reason that a man of wealth bottles of your| and influence, like a Congressman of the medicine have| great United States, has left no ordi- given me al-| nary means untried and no stone unturned most complete | to find a cure. relief, and I am sure that a con- ¢ tinuation of If such cures as these do not verify the claim not only that dyspepsia is due to catarrh of the stomach, but also that Peruna will cure catarrh of the stomach, it is impossible to Imagine how any evi- dence could do so. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohie. J. D. Botkin. |seeeeeeesesssses them will effect a permanent cure. Peruna is surely a | wonderful remedy for catarrhal affec- tions."—J. D. Botkin. This is a case of catarrh of the stomach which had run for twenty-five vears, ac- cording to his statement. and Peruna has at-once come to his relief promptly ac- | complishing for him more benefit than he had been able to find in all other reme- dies during a quarter of a century. RELIANGE WILL DEFEND THE CUP Challenge Committee Makes Its Final Of- ficial Selection. HEAVY PUNISHMENT FOR FIVE ST. LOUIS BOODLERS Judge Ryan Passes Sentence on For- mer Members of the House of Delegates. ST. LOUIS, July ZI.—Judge Ryan to-day passed sentence on five former members of the House of Delegates, four of whom were convicted of bribery and one of per- jury in connection with municipal fran- chise deals. Those sentenced were: John A. Sheri- dan, bribery in connection with the Sub- urban Street Railway deal, five years; T. Edward Albright, bribery, Suburban deal, five years; Jerry Hannigan, bribery, Sub- urban deal, five years; James Docker, per- jury, Suburban deal, four yefirs; Emil NEWPORT, R. L, July ZT.—After to- day’s race between Reliance, Constitution and Columbia, in which the former boat i >*" | Hartman, bribery, electric lighting bill, again' demonstrated her superiority OVeT | .y years. All filed appeal bonds in the the other two, the challenge committee of | sum of $10,000 each. the New York Yacht Club selected the e s SRR . That Curse Called Rumor. Between the Incendiary who fires his neighbor’'s barn in secret vengeance, and the Worthy who starts a “run” on a Bank with maliclous gossip, there is only a technical difference. Gossip-with-a-purpose has too often been used to stab character and to wreck fortunes, and it is a great pity the law cannot better reach those who employ such intangible and insidious methods to achieve their ends. Scarcely any enterprise, or individ- ual, no matter how deserving, is safe from the subtle dangers of the Gossip- monger, and human nature so loves a morsel of such “news” tnat it can be re- lied upon to “push along” a rumor when once it has been judiciously started. A vivid illustration of the gross injus- tice such a rumor can do is seen in the “Force” Food Company's advertisement of this date, where in a reward of $5000 | is offered for the conviction of the par- | ties who initiated the suggestion that “Force" was drugged. « A further offer of $5000 for evidence that a single package of the fifty million | sold contained anything except Wheat, | Barley“and Table Salt is, of course, a | complete refutation of the rumor, even if the State Supervision of Foods was not in_itself ample protection People who love fair play in busine: as well as in other matters, will reac with indignation that it has cost The “Force” Food Company over $50,000 to publish a refutation of this “rumor” in the newspapers of the United States and Canada, and, probably, as much more in loss of sales resulting from the baseless gossip which did the harm. The absurdity of the rumor is ap- parent when it i®"®¥6wn that the publie Reliance as the defender of the America’s cup. It was also decided to discontinue the trial races. Messrs. Morgan, of the Columbia, and Belmont, of the Constitution, were per- fectly satisfied with the Reliance’s choice | by the committee. They are both of the opinion that the Rellance is the fastest of the trio. From the showing of the three boats this season, the Rellance is fairly entitled to be the defending vessel. In any case, she has crossed the finish line ahead, and has lost but few events on time allow- ance. It is probable that the defender will proceed to Bristol for a thorough overhauling. The three yachts raced over a leeward | and windward course to-day. There was | a puffy northwester of fifteen miles’ | strength blowing when the starting sig- | nal was given at11:30. The Reliance was | first to cross the line. The Constitution crossed soon after, and the Columbia fol- lowed a couple of seconds behind the handicap gun, at 11:32 The Constitution ran by the Reliance shortly after the start and at 11:40, when the Columbia was almost on even terms with her, the Reliance set the spinnaker flying on the starboard hand. *The new boat felt the effect immediately and slow- Iy regained the stretch of water that separated her from the Constitution. A mile from the turn the Reliance got by the Constitution "and turned the mark just ahead of her.! Meantime, the Colum- bia had fallen away in the rear. The yachts turned the outer mark as | Reliance, 1:10:05; Constitution, | has consumed fifty million packages of Columbia, 1:14:38. Force” without a single instance of any Hauling sheets around the mark, the |ill effect upon any one of the users. I The “Force” Co. are evidently suffer- Reliance began eating oyt to the weather of the Constitution. They went about on the port tack about 2:10 and after the new boat drew ahead and to windward stead- ing the usual penalty for success. Cook Drowned in Napa River. o ily. The Columbia sailed a fast race to| NAPA, July 2.—An Itallan, whose windward and by a fortunate slant of [name is given as John Farrell, was wind close under the Newport shore | drowned here while swimming in the hauled up so much on the Constitution | Napa River back of the Vernon Mills this that the latter barely beat her across the LT afternoon. Farrell had been employed in nis y: . : the cockroom at the Napa cannery for gaats. Stf\rfbfif"ig};:’-”’:‘:?;?i about a week and before thet followed C:lu::'x‘tsiea. e oy the occupation of dishwasher. Monday afternoon he drank considerably and while in an intoxicated condition decided to go in swimming. The body has not been found. ——————— Constitution —_—— e eme———i ST PETERSBURG, July 27.—By order of the chlef prosecutor of the Holy Synod, the Rishop of Kishinev has Instructed the clergy of his diocese to exert their influence on the | WOODLAND, July 27.—The cannery re- members of the orthodox church by sermons in and there is promise of quite & the churches and personal admonition to allay | long run on peaches. The output for the sea= the anti-Semitic religious hatred. son will probably be 20,000 cases. ADVERTISEMENTS. R e e R NS $1000 Reward. A reward of One Thousand Dollars will be paid by the Pacific States Tele- phone and Telegraph Company for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man or men who maliciously cut and destroyed our main lead of thirty wires on the San Bruno Road, about one mile north of Sierra Point House, about | o’clock Monday morning, July 27, 1903. JNO. 1. SABIN, President.