The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1903 CHEERS STRAINS OF “IGDLETTD" Audience at Tivoli Is Moved by Power of Verdi Opera. GOURT SCORES THE EXECUTOR Interesting Decision in San Jose Bollinger Case. andel Concerto Is Gem of | William and George Pullen | the Scheel Sympk [ i e ymphony | Entitled to Part of rcgramme. P roper.y. i 1 g per.y B et nche Partington. | SAN JOSE, Sept. 8.—Judge Iyland to- = 2 day filed his decision in the su f Mary | } - by A. L. Bollinger vs. George Y. Bollinger it : recovery of of at | 5 e 3, and « s ry opera Batiee’ vas apy cutor of the seeming to d » plaintiff, who is the widow, ties was vemt he ntral role side more par- the heirs George, 5, and were Wiiilam and court, orge urged him a large defeat any thereto, to property pru- ying his plain- property of the father's share and share lefendant for his e W nciples in man- o that he e cg t simply e Sl and, the v < has no interest in it whatever, . een separate property of the e : i nd she is not entitled to judg- » r fendants, William and George r tled to one-fifth of the 2 wngs y transferred to George, who will & . v s charged with the Quivey ranch, lot wer om several notes of . he will also be . of the action. - ormerly Sheriff | ‘ e s : A. N. Welander Grasps s Revolver Pointed at . ‘ . Him by Thief. Oakland Office San Francisco Call. ses his 18 Broadway, Sept. 8. to-night with a masked rob- s or-dealer, north- Adeline g killed s ¢ f business by a bullet from s Signor the possession of which the - and the masked Intruder » to cope with the desperado, We- ut of the place, calling for As soon as he departed, the coolly helped himself to the coin the barroom till, $24 35, and fled. He was traced as far a ghth and Magno- lia streets, where his trail was lost in a back yard. » . > The encounter occurred at 8:30 o'clock. Welander was in the front part of his which is separated by ‘a partition, in y is © He heard the ne-street door that 5, t e barroom and went | n his prospective customer. epped into the apartment d over the robber, who nd of the bar, ma d be- | & es with white handkerchief ed about his A d carrying a pistol that he aimed straight at the proprietor. : der, startled he was, did not ® resence of mind. He jumped at his " unwelcome guest and grabbed the pistol, to wrench it from the robber's - There was a hard struggle for the £ . weapon. During the fight a cartridge ex- < hy ploded, the bullet whizing so close to - v - Welander's head that it almost stunned e him | Unable to make heddway against his caller, Welander quit and ran through the ont of the store and out to Seventh reet, shouting for assistance. Left alone in the saloon, the robber ran the bar, emptied the cash reg king $24 ieft by the side door. He ri e street and turned west on Eighth. Near Magnolia street the fugitive disappeared in a back yard. Soon afterward three policemen ar- rived, but after searching the neighbor- . hood, got mo trace of the bold robber. ¢ B T w it went, too, | Welander described the man as tall, at thoug : th would have liked st six feet in height, and wearing a @ the agni glitter about the | dark suit of clothes. He had a fair r 3 first | glimpse of that part of the intruder's however face that was not covered by the hand- | kerchief. 3 A | o P o S S, he | Marriage Licenses. <R oy ©| OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—The following et o the i | marriage licenses were {ssued by the elf, in the lat-| coynty Clerk to-day: James A. Gunter, gets monoton- | 5geq 28 years, and Lillian F. Berwick, Here other Dvorak him precision sym a spreading out of his ma-| 5 poth of Oakland: Manuel Frates, 21, g _and of the| yaywards, and Martha Bowman, 17, Bue- feit that the flame-tipped | jop; Walter 1. Rilea, over 21, and Annie we have been useful | M. Harrower, over 18, both of Oakland; er Scheel soars in the Bee-| Thomas F. Duignan, 2, and Susie'l. An- Handel genre | derson, 21, both of Oakland; George C. ¥ Sylphs” was | Corpue, 32, and Rebecca Ball, 25, both of ar of the afternoon. This| Oakland; George H. Palmer, 35, Berke- . with its mystery and | ey, and Ellen Baker, 28, San Francisco; moor pipes o' Pan and white | Jesse Enos, 27, and Frances Lechandra, k f feet, was delightfully | 21, both of Oakland: Charles J. Tolton, 27, San Francisco, and Joan Corcoran, 23, Sacramento; Theodore E. Bennett, over 21, Los Angeles, and Ellen L. Stewart, over 18, Oakland; Fred B. Goldman, 31, New York, and Bonina Ben-Hayon, 21, San Francisco; George G. Winchester, 33, Oakland, and Alma Berglund, 27, San | Francisco; Samuel Redmond, 30, Knight- sen, and Pearl E. Middleton, 20, Byron. ———————————— Late Shipping Intelligence. OUTSIDE, BOUND IN, 12 MIDNIGHT. of long established ry, though, was ness obtained. New, jents and Moderns™ It was not, however, eful enough and obvious assive aiser March™ of d in a stately manner, and overture completed the ex- programme cellent The use and attendance Were| g, Roderick Dhu und schr O M Kellogs. st encouraging sort. The SAILED. te, after the Handel, . Tuesday, September 8. Bollinger No- and | require | rs to the greatest audl- Handel throughout ed and the Berlioz had whole concert again and wonderful growth of spirit in the orchestra. there is to be the Brahms the “Midsummer Night's ropriately in accord with of New York— of the Parsifal The alas! no nearer— music will be given Stmr Argo, Dunham, Port Kenyon and Eel River points. Stmr Prentiss, Ahlstrom, 1 Stmr Aurelia, Peterson, Portland. DOMESTIC PORTS. WESTPORT—Sailed Sept S—Stmr Newsboy, for San Francisco. MENDOCINO—Sailed Sept S—Stmr Phoenix, —8ailed Sept 8—Br ship for San Francise PORT BLAKE! King David, for Valparaiso. ISLAND PORT. HONOLULU—Arrived Sept $—Schr W H Marston, hence Aug 23. WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN OF SACRAMENTO DEAD |Homer Buckman, Who for Many Years Was One of the Most Prominent Men Passes Away in Placer County After Long Illaess in the Capital, < WHO DIED COUNTY, AFT oF R i | < PROMINENT CITIZEN OF THE STATE CAPITAL FOR MANY YEARS CONSUMPTION A LINGERING AND SEVERE ILLNESS. AT CHICAGO PARK, PLACER ACRAMENTO, B Sept. 8.—Homer okman, one of the best known men of Sacramento, died sumption at Chicago Park, Cou near Colfax, last Buckman married a dashin le, Miss Ora Runyon, who lived on the Sacramento River with her parents near Courtland, a dozen miles be- low Sacramento. Miss Runyon was worth a quarter of a million dollars in her own 2 0 2 ACGIDENT MAR SHAM BATTLE Grand Stand Colldpses | on Fort Leavenworth i Reservation. years ago LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Sept. 8.—The grandstand erected on a knoll on the Fort Leavenworth reservation close to the city limits gave way this afternoon, injuring | twenty-three persons. All those injured are alive but 1t is feared that three will die. The fatally injured: MRS. JOHN MOURDANT, Leaven- worth, left hip broken and back injured. MRS. CHARLES NORBY, Leaven- worth, back hurt and left leg fractured. MRS. C. H. NOBLE, Leavenworth, in- jured internally. Seriously injured: Mrs. L. C. Slack, back hurt: Miss Mae Slack, ankle frac- tured; Mrs. Mary Martin, leg fractured; Oliver Shelly, head injured; Mrs. J. France, both legs injured; Mrs. Robert McGregor, back and hip injured: Mr: George Morton, Injured internally; Mis Inez Mathony, Clark, shoulder and right arm injured— all of Leavenworth: Mrs. Bonnell, W ton, Mo., left leg broken; Miss Eliza Lip- son, left ankle fractured; G. Wright, Kansas City, Kans., ankle fractured; George Dawson, Omaha, leg injured; Frank W. Graham, Lansing, Kans., back injured; Mrs. J. T. Burns, Muscotah, | Kans., right leg_ fractured and injured | internally; Mrs. J. W. Simpson, Weston, Mo,, back and hip injured; Mrs. D. W. Chambers, Soldiers’ Home, Leavenworth, left leg fractured; Mr. Reitz, Kansas City, Kans., right leg fractured; J. E. Geb- hardt, Atchison, Kans., back injured; Miss Carrie Gebhardt, Atchison, arm and neck injured. The stand was put up this morning and fully 1500 people crowded on it. Just about the time the sham battle was con- cluded the grandstand broke down. There was a heavy artillery duel with siege guns. Three battalions of infantry were using black powder and some one announced that the cavalry were emerg- ing from a ravine to charge. People on the grandstand stood up. to see them through the smoke and the entire stand went down with a crash. The utmost confusion followed, accompanied by shrieks of the victims. It was found that many were pinned down under the de- bris. Hundreds who were walking on the ground rushed to the grandstand look- ing for relatives. The confusion was great until the regular soldiers formed a line | and ket all back. The battle which was proceeding on the other side of the road was called off and the soldiers began taking care of the in- jured. Ambulances were used to convey the people to the city hospitals and within an hour after the accident the injured | had been removed. —————— Killed by “Rough on Rats.” OAKLAND, Sept. 8.—Mary E. West, a white woman, residing at 1708 Pacific street, died at midnight from the effect of Rough on Rats, which she claimed to have put into soup by mistake for pep- per. the case. Coroner Mehrmann took charge of ankle fractured; Arthur | right and Buckman was the proprietor of the most popular saloon in Sacramento, clearing from $1000 to $3000 a month. | About a year ago his health failed and he sought the mountains, hoping for re- lief. About a month » Mrs. Buckman left for a tour through Yellowstone Park, where now is. she The deceased wns 43 years of age and a n of Virginia. His sister, Mrs. William Chenoweth of San Francisco, at his bedside when he died. Gt e e e ol EOMNS THE DECSIE STEP Ask Courts to Submit Franchises Question to People. i Oakland Office San Francisco Call 1118 Broadway, Sept. 8. Those citizens of Alameda that oppose the Southern Pacific Company’s demands for a fifty-year franchise have carried their canuse to the courts. They would have the City Trustees enjoined from granting away their rights. H. Rosenthal, H. A. Thompson, J. K. Houck snd T. F. Baird, through their attorney, Thomas K. Kase, were to-day granted an alternative writ of mandate by Judge Hall. It comman Forderer, H. M. Pond, C, J. B. C. Combs and William M. Bowers constituting the Board of Trustees, to appear before Judge Greene on October 2 and show cause why they shonld not submit the proposition of granting the franchises petitioned for to the popular \'1315!( (;f the {wu]n]e_ heir petition recites that u; - strained the Board of Trustees \:?:lel!:'r;r:t the franchises in violation of an ordinance passed by a Board of Trustees in March 189%, known as ordinance No. 270, which states that “‘whenever 10 per cent of the legal voters of the city of Alameda shall petition in writing therefor the Board of Trustees shall submit to said voters such proposition of local interest as may be specified in said petition, sald submission to be made for the purpose of enabling the sald voters to express their approval or Hammond, upon.” The petition states that ther a petition of 10 per cent of the :::ab;fi: residents of the.city presented to the Board of Trustees asking, in accordance with the ordinance No. 270, that the prop- osition of granting the franchises be sub- mitted to a vote of the people. This they claim will not be done unless the court take action in the matter, and the case was set by. Judge Hall to be hearq be- fore Judge Greene on October 2, Acting on an opinion render, Attorney M. W. Stmpson. who. dheblg Erl.:’: the referendum ordinance was inyalld the Alameda City Trustees by a vote of four to one decided to-night to instruct the City Attorney to go into court anq invalidate the ordinance if possiple, President J. F. Forderer of the munict pal legislators was not in favor of fect ing the question whether the referendum enactment was legal or mandatory, bef satisfled to allow the voters an ol;por:f nity to pass on the matter of the dl_gpo: sition of the franchises before final ac- tion is taken by the Alameda governing board. City Trustees Charles J. Ham: mond and B. E. Combs, who were gen- erally belleyed to be willing to submjt the franchise queéstion to the voters, created surprise by voting to have g fight made against the legality of the referendum. City Trustees Lr. H. M Pond and W. M. Bowers voted with them. To avold any possibility of being in contempt of court the City Trustees agreed not to touch upon the matter of the franchises in any way until the Su- perior Court has disposed of the wrlt of | mandate proceedings. b Joseph F. | disapproval of the question to be voted | MYSTERY VEILS DUELIST'S DEATH Tuolumne Man Was Not Killed by His An- tagonist. Bullet Wound in the Back Shows That a Third Per- son Fired. g iy TUOLUMNE, Sept. 8.—The sensational tragedy here last night has a new mys tery added. Walter J. Brown lies in the Morgue and a post mortem examination showed that the bullet which caused his death was fired from the rear, striking him in the back. Eugene Godat, the other principal, is in the hospital with a bullet in his head, and he may die. The Coroner's jury to-day began its ses- sion, but oniy a little testimony has been | heard so far. Charles Connelly, an eye- witness, said that the shot which killed Brown was not fired by. Godat, but by a ceased. Godat and Brown were facing each, other when they exchanged shots. Godat's pistol cannot be found. Neither of the two bullets he fired lodged in Brown's body, but they made flesh wounds. The fatal bullet was from a 41- caliber Distol. shot Godat Mrs. Godat shot him from be- hind and then secured Godat's pistol. This seems unreasonable, however, as Brown and Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Gddat were to gether all day and Mrs. Godat's friendly relations with Brown were really at the bottom of the tragedy. Yet it is learned that District Attorney Dedrick has in his f | | | | | i | in which Brown said he would kill Godat on sight. Mrs. Brown herself testified that her husband fired first. by the Miners' and Lumbermen’s unions, and occurred while a big driliing contest was in progress. Godat was formerly president of the Miners’ Union in this county, but arrived from Arizona only this week. It is reported that he tele- phoned from Sonora to his wife asking hung up the phone when she learned who was calling. Mrs. Brown says Godat told her on the day of the tragedy that he was going to try and smooth things over with Brown. Mrs. Ed Russell, a bystander, who was | shot in the leg, was not seriously wound |ed. Brown has relatives in New Alme | den and San Jose. L S e o S e S o e ol CUT TELEPHONE * WIRES N HONES % Apparatus ‘Rendered | Useless by Bogus Inspectors. PEVE S Y Oakland Office San Francisco Call, { 1118 Broadway, Sept. 8. In the guise of an Inspector for the tele- phone company a man gained entrance to the residence of Oscar J. Backus on Linda Vista terrace a day or so ago, was given cut the inside wires in such a way as to | put the instrument completely out of ser- vice. jdid his work with evident knowledge of the apparatus. Detectives | are trying to locate the mischief maker. Telephone company officials numerous complaints of similar actions have been received since the company put linemen and repair men at work to take the places of strikers. In the Backus case the circumstances { point to deliberate effort to injure and destroy use of telephones. The phone at the residence had been out of order and a complaint was sent to the telephone company's offices. From ploye went to the house and regulated | dition. parted another man called at the house | ine the phone. “But & man has just been here and | fixed the phone,” explained Mr. Backus. “Oh, I know that,’ replied the caller, “but I am an inspector for the company and must pass upon the work done.” | Upon that showing tne caller was ad- { mitted. He worked about the box for {a short time and then left the house. | Shortly afterward the phone falled to work and word was again sent to the | company. Another repairer reported and he found the cut wire. Backus believes that the wire cutter had been trailing the first workman and followed him up | to get a chance to do his mischief. | COWBOYS ENTERTAIN VISITING NEWSPAPER MEN One Partaken Of by Presi- dent Roosevelt. DENVER, Sept. 8.—A special to the Re- publican from Hugo, Colo., says the spe- clal train carrying the Washington cor- respondents crossed the Colorado State line shortly before 6 o'clock this evening and a short time afterward reached Hugo, | where a large number of cowboys con- gregated and gave a miniature wild West show, and a cowboy supper, similar to the one partaken of at Hugo by Roosevelt, was served. This was followed by a dance. The correspondents break- fasted at Hays City on prairie chicken, dined at Ellls and made brief stops at Oakley, Cheyenne Wells and other places. They are accompanied by officials of the Union Paclfic. A large number of Den- ver people met the special at Cheyenne ‘Wells and Hugo and will accompany it to Denver, where the correspondents will be banqueted to-morrow night by the Denver Real Estate Exchange. [ —— BARKEEPER FRUSTRATES A WOULD-BE ROBBER By the prompt action of Jack Heath, a barkeeper in the Lacey saloon at 739 Mar- ket street, a hold-up man was frustrated yesterday morning. The fellow entered the saloon with a handkerchief tied over his face and was on the point of order- ing Heath to throw up his hands when the latter quickly pulled a revolver from behind the bar and leveled it at the in- truder. Without stopping for explanations the robber fied through .he doer and disap- in the darkness before he could be apprehended —_—————————— Fighting for San Francisco. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8.—The Board of Equalization held a private session to- night, and when it was over the news got out that Mr. Alford had made a vigorous protest against any action looking to an increase in the assessment of San Fran- cisco. person in the crowd and behind the de-| One theory advanced is that after Brown | possession a letter given him by Godat | The tragedy was the ending of an other- | wise grand Labor day celebration given | her to make up with him, but that shc i access to the telephone and deliberately | The stranger, yet to be identified, | thorough | say that | there an em- | the telephone, putting it in working con- | Shorily after this employe de-| | and announced that he desired to exam-| | Give Them a Supper Similar to the | President | in an attempt to rob the place at 4 o'clock | GRONDS GREET THE PRESIDENT His Return to Oyster Bay Occasions a Big Demonstration. e N Delivers a Brief Speech on the Important Duties of Citizenship ———— NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—President Roose- i velt arrived at the Hoboken station the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Raliroad at 7:15 a. m. to-day on the spe- cial train which left Syracuse last night. When proceeding to board the tug Scran- ton he was heartily chebred by a crowd {in the ferry housd and on a departing ferryboat. He was evidently pleased rwith his reception, shouting, “Good | luck! Good luck! Thank you for your greeting!” The tug proceeded to Long | | Island City to place the President on the train for Oyster Bay. When the specia! train reached Rich- mond Hill all the Sunday-school children of the villages, each carrying an Ameri can flag; representatives of the Twenti- eth Century Cl Republican Club and a big gathering of tewnspeople joined in a welcome to th President. Flags, hats and handkerchief; were waved and the enthusiasm was tre- mendous. The President and Jacob Riis appeared on the rear platform of the last car, where Riis bade good-by to the President and then alighted from the car. Dr. Kimball, president of the Twentieth Cen- tury Club, made a short speech of wel- | come to the President | President Roosevelt responded as fol- | lows: Dr. Kimball and you men and children of Richmond Hill: I wish I could talk better t all of you, but I will ask you to have a little patience for one momemt while I thank ¥ | for having come ovt to greet me. I am gl to see all of you, and allow me to s am most glad to see those who carry er and ap Mr. Ri when 1 p 1 éan turn to him and ticed just what I have e.) n lies in the way in nd is applied in small lause.) “ | the reeson about decent think that he has pr been preaching. (Appl The worth of any s why tize to see them them to joy themselves, { belteve in 5 d tn the *av of living, but I do not believe i the | life that is nothing but play. I believe that you have a thousandfold more enjoyment if | work comes first, but make your time to play also. 1 believe in cheerfuiness, as well as | And in th man who can ause.) As you £ Jake Riis could never have been of in the Police Departme if he ha a vlution. Un- ‘ Sttt In him the fact_ that | count. 1 he T b deeply touched I am at your coming out to greet me, and I want you to unde; you give me strength of heart when y o in this way. I u all. I am glad to see the grown-up people « hmond Hi 3 |1 am even more children. (Cheers and applause s i P SR OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE | OF THE PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Postoffice to | be discontinued September 14: Oregon— Fern, Benton County; mail goes to Cor- vallis. Fourth class Postmasters appoint- ed: Oregon—Charles D. Crane, Winona, Josephine County, vice E. R. Cochrane, resigned. Navy orders—Lieutenant W. R. Gher- | ardl is detached from the New York and ordered home to wait orders. Army orders—Captains John J. O'Con- nell and Englebert G. Ovenshine, Twenty eighth Infantry, and Second Lieutenan Clifton R. Norton and Joseph I. McMul- len, Fifteenth Cavalry, are assigned to duty in the Department of California, pending the arrival of their respective regiments. Lieutenant Colonel Willlam L. Pitcher, Twenty-eighth Infantry, now in the De- partment of Columbia, will join his regi- ment on its arrival at San Franeisco. The following patents were issued to- day: Califorrila—Alfred Bannister, Ala- meda, wooden stovepipe; Roy K. Belden, | San Francisco, filling teeth with porce- | lain; Benjamin W. Booker, Berkgley, de- | tachable life raft for ships; Fred L. Brown, Los Angeles, electro-vibratory | apparatus for therapeutical purpose; | James G. Camp, Sacramento, machine for | washing and cleaning gravel {n gold min- | ing; Joseph P. Conway, Los Angeles, tele- graphic transmitter; John B. Damas, So- nora, drilling engine: Willlam C. Dillon, assignor one-half to E. Lloyd, Los An- geles, gas generator; Anthony N. Effy San Francisco, machinist’'s try square; Edward G. Durant, Pasadena, flask fo molding building blocks or the | James T. Fulkerson, Oxnard, Espirion Hipolite, assignor to Hipolite the boring machine; Edward R. King, st Oakland, fountain blacking brush; Paul H. L. Klette, saw set: Rasmus H. Ras- musser, Integral miners’ candlestick; | Charles W. Sieveo, Los Angeles, oil burn- | er; 0. E. Waxel, Oakignd, power pro- ducer. Oregon—John A Rafting Compan: rick scows in raft construction: Elam Gilbert, Portland, attachment for phono- graphs; same, starting and stopping mechanism of phonographs; Fred R. Wal- ters, Salem, pipe coupling. rs, assignor to Oregon | pia, gold saving device; Fred W. ( | Seattle, saw shifter for gang edgers; E bert W. Hyght, Ballard, assignor to Washington Pulley Company, pulley fast- ening; William E. Johnson, Spokane, as- signor one-half to I L. Thomas Hatton, | non-refillable bottle; John J. McDonald, | Port Madison, winch for fish boats; | George D. Schioser, Sunny Side, harro {John A. Williams and L. B. Britton, Seattle, car fender. ——————— PRINCIPALS AGREE ON COURSE FOR HISTORY The principals of the grammar schools met yesterday at the City Hall to agree { on the revision of the course of study in connection with McMaster’s history, the new State textbook which will scon be ready. Superintendent of Schools Lang- don presided at the meeting and Philip Prior was secretary. It was decided to adopt Deputy Superin- tendent of Schools Suzzalo’s syllabus for the A sixth grade to comprise the “Dis- coveries. Explorations and First Settle- ments.”” The' pupils will be required to purchase the history as soon as it is is sued. The pupils of the B and A seventh and the A eighth grade will be instructed to purchase the history in January, 1%4. The adoption of the syllabus for those grades was postponed until some future date. —_———— 5 Is Denied New Trial. The Supreme Court yesterday denied a new trial to Fred Walker, who was con- victed of forgery in Tehama County dur- ing the first part of the year. The sum of money the defendant secured by com- mitting the crime was $24 3. | b and the Richmond Hill | Screen and Sash Company, Los Angeles, | . Portland, mooring der- | | | | " Washington—Philip H. Carlion, Olym- | ERN MEN N HENLY Metropolitan Layers of Odds Bombarded Mercilessly. WEst McChesney and Waterboy to Match Speed Next Monday. ‘} Special ‘Dispatch to The Call | CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—Metropolitan layers of odds have learned to respect E. Smathers, the owner M » who won $50,000 m them on M lay Sma- thers made th at Sheepshead to-day. He plunged on his mare, Irene Lindsey, in | the second race, betting, it is said, $20,000 on herat 8 to 5. Then he went right back to The Picket, placing mount | on the American Derby | In addition Smathers, ‘ and John W. Gates se the ring on t jarred the trio took 1gs hum i betting ring a win John commissions into S The the ring on ¥ els. nearly 3 sney have de- » Omnium handicap in spite of the ex- by the Coney ir owners and clined the to be tra Western the local r. There was ral States who fairly 1id a wager s and At it Mon Western Waterboy price. ever seen on an local horse will agair " IFTHE MURDER Anna Ross Testifles Against Victor Walkirez. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Sept. 8 cution’'s main case against alkirez ended to-day with th testimony of Anna Ross, the chief wit- ness against the murderer of Elizabeth | Leroy, and the def. began by placing Dr. W. C. Chidester, United States army from the Presidio, on t and, who had certain records which ed that Walki- rez was discharged from the army as an | epllepti The woman w: the day and the s on the st most of by people anxious to hear recital of the crime. Her evidence in the main was much the same as her original confes- slon. The defense secured the admission from Ler on cross examination that Walkirez had been drinking heavily the | @, the murder was committed and also | that he had told her the next morning that he did not remember committing the | crime, and that she had thereupon re- lated to him an account of what he had done the night before. | In another part of her testimony the woman admitted having asked Walkirez w._ether he was not going crazy on ac- count of his peculiar actions shortly be- fore the commission of the There was considerable arguing of at- torneys over the admissibility of the rec- | ords in regard to Walkirez' discharge from the army, but Judge Ellsworth | finally alloweu them to be read to the jury. The was adjourned until | =~ arsday morning. | | e RECEIVES NEWS OF LOSS | OF THREE MORE VESSELS | British Captain Gets Le*ter Contain- | ing Further Details of Hurri- | cane at Grand Caymen. MOBILE, Ala., Sept. $.—Captain J. M. Scott of the British schooner Bartholdl received a letter to-day from Captain | Foster of the British schooner Emerald, telling of the loss of three additional ve: sels at Grand Caymen during the recent hurricane, which were not mentioned in | the other reports. The vessels are the schooners Georgiana, Active and Clyde. The first named vessel is owned by Cap- tain J. E. Scott & Co. The letter also stated that the British schooner Ocean Flower, owned by the | same firm, had been saved. This vessel | was previously reported lost. The letter | reports the loss of many small coasting | schooners. PO AP ——— TRADES UNION CONGRESS. Declares Against Suggested Changes 1 in British Fiscal Policy. LEICESTER, England, Sept. S.—At to- day’s session of the Trades Union Con- | gress President Hornbridge declared Co- lonial Secretary Chamberlain's suggested | changes in the British fiscal policy wyere | likely to be mest detrimental to the best ! interests of the nation. | “Dabbling with the principles of free trade,” he.asserted, “could do no good to the country at present. The land laws caused two-thirds of the national mis- ery.” He advocated Government old-age pen- sions. The following resolution was with only two dissenting votes: That this congress strongly condemns the uggested changes by Mr. Chamberlain in our ent flscal policy as most mischievous and dangerous to the best interests of the people { of the country, and hereby pledges itself and urges all other labor bodies to make every effort to prevent such a change being brought | about. The announcement of the vote was greeted with loud cheers. The resolution will be communicated to the Colonial Secretary. After a heated discussion an important resolution on labor was passed. The res. olution commits the Labor party to sup- porting neither of the dominant political parties and has increased the strained ) relations with the Liberals. | carried .