The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 11, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. '1903. THREE DESPONDENT WOMEN VOLUNTARILY LEAVE WORLD i | Miss Isabella Clark Eads { Life in Hospital by [ Means of Gas. 1 | o OUNG WOMEN WHO, BECOMING DESPOND: NT BECAUSE UED ILL } S YESTERDAY, . £ IN OAKLAND AND TWO IN THIS CITY. . - e ES ' - - i deline Waldorf by | Mrs. Kate Willi Hurls '§ Miss Adeline | - illiams Hurls Carbolic Acid Finds i Herself in Front of | | s ax Surcease. 1 Train. ‘ i 2 | | DELINE WALDORF, - AKLAND, Sept. 10—With her mind | uated kindergarten teac! awry from melancholia, Mrs. years old, committed suicide 3 Kate Willlams, 28 years of age, el wife of Joseph H. Willlams, a c acid. She Southern Pacific brakeman, com- | fering from melancholia and nervous | mitted suicide this morning by throwing . |prostration for some time. | herself in front of the 9:45 o'clock Ala- \fk‘ yesteréay morning the | meda local train at First and Peralta . v s ,’\W' sl reported to the | streets Engineer Horace Hammond e & ; R \(_‘I"o;*u w Mrs. Willlams at the side of the P Y O iceonan . 3. | track on which his train was whizzing dett went to the place indicated and | through the railroad yards, but he had Miss Waldorf, almost unconscious, | 10t the slightest opportunity to check T AWM v va gl gl er feet | the sveed before the deranged woman OF WAREHOUSE CONTENTE |’ | iolic acid. He called to his assist |25 it reached the spot where she had $ - g e | been standing. R S s ance a paper carrier named A. J.-Lyle | Péen standing een. T nd Dollars the Loss | CUCe mey took her in his cart to the Park | The body was mangled and torn. The a Fierce Blaze at Emergency Hospital, where the young | WOman's hcad was scalped and her in-| Ukiah. woman died about half an hour later, | JuUrles Were such that death was instan- KIAH, § never having recovered consciousness. | ";:“S‘fj;m PR tion (“ra):s:ur:d‘t e e e i o ] By e Y e remains, | 5 The body was identified at the Morgue | 200 the € B Tonalilen ok oty & D atte oF iy aalGort's father. | Less than an hour before she ended her | ! He stated that for the last six months | :“5" “.I)’f"d“”““"fs, h“d,h““""d from her | =3 she had been a victim of nervous prostra- | 70 Children, hove W °ms"he e €, 32 on and melancholia and that she had | P27 i g B s v been sent to the country to recuperate, | (N home, 1639 Fifth street. She kissed Fheks » 1500 cases of | Shen Sent 19 the country to recuperdts. | the children and left them, only to go ea belonging to | = e Teturred a few weeks ago but lttle} ¢, Geath that apparently was delib- B n tons oats; | imProved in health, and two weeks ago | o o CIE S M B {\‘I‘ . Willlemeoe e & Paxion. twenty tons of hay, ten | She Went to take care of two children for i e B R one ng killed Mrs e weeks ago. ADVERTISEMENTS. RREWSTER'S MILLIONS =jS= FOR SALE In Book Form =AT=== ALL ROOK STORES " BUY IT TO-DAY Your grocer is willing enough to sell good goods—Schilling'’s Best proves that—the difficulty is to get them. Moneyback. | d on Pe Long avenue, not far from milikman. e she “was found by While there she compla unable to sleep and ther T that the loss of sleep produced insanity Miss Waldorf was a native of Virginia Cit Nev. L e e 2 i e ] SWIMS IN A RIVER AND LOSES HIS LIFE Young San Franciscan Drowned While Spending a Holiday at Sherman Island. ANTIOCH, Sept. 10.—Carl years of age, wi drowne near Sherman Island yeste: He the Poppe, in the river afternoon, co pay his who farm land on Sherman Isl- and, a visit and in the afternoon started in a rowboat to have a swim. He was alone and when ke did not return his rela- tives were alarmed. Upon making a 4 search they found the boat ticd .to the bank and in it were his clothes. They used grappling irons and found the body close by. It is surmised that he struck his head on one of the numerous stumps in the river. What supports this theory is the fact that the face was badly bruised. The young man had worked for Till- mann & Bendle in San Francisco for the past six vears and was one of the most trusted and valued employes. ——————— MASKED ROBBERS MAKE RICH HAUL IN TACOMA Five Desperadoes Hold Up a Saloon Crowd and Carry Away $1600. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 10.—Five mask- ed men entered the barroom of the Hotel Oheit at South Twenty-first street and Pacific avenue shortly after 12 o'clock ast night, held up five men, including the | bartender and proprietor, robbed the till | behind the bar and forced the proprietor to open the safe in the office adjoining the barroom. . The robbers secured $1600 in cash, a considerable amount of jewelry and sev- eral gold nuggets. After dividing their plunder the men walked out. —_—— Horse Kills an Aged Man. VACAVILLE, Sept. 10.—Thomas Atkin. son, an old and prominent resident, was thrown from a bucking Qorse yesterday and had his collar bone broken. He suf- fered greatly for an hour before his death. He was 75 years of age to the railroad tracks only a few blocks from the school and there waited for the | train, | ® | This morning when Mrs. Williams arose | he complained of illness, but went about her domestic labors as usual and arous- ed no suspicion among the family that' all was not right. But a despondent fit | of melancholy seized the mother and that | is ascribed as the cause for her deed. | | , Willlams was not at home to-day, be- | |ing out on his run on the ‘“peanut freight, between Oakland and San Jose. ! Conductor Robert Buchanan was in | charge of the Alameda train. | liams was a native of Ireland. | BEACHING OF EXCELSIOR | NECESSITATED BY FIRE | Alaskan Steamship Only Slightly | | Damaged and Passengers Are | | Sent to Valdes. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 10.—The fol- lowing statement has been authorized by | the officers of the steamer Excelsior, re- | ported ashore in Wrangel Narrows: | | “To save his ship from destruction by ship Exgelsior beached her last Sunday on Midway Island near the south end of Wrangel Narrows. During the voyage | north to Valdes it was discovered that the coal cargo in the bunkers was on fire. Captain Moore headed the vessel for the | sandy beach, the sea cocks were opened | and the fire was extinguished. The pas- | sengers on the Excelsior, about fifty in number, were taken to Juneau on the steamship Dolphin and thence to Valdes on the Bertha. The Excelsior was slight- ly damaged.” —_————— Safe Too Heavy for Robbers. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 10.—Robbers broke into the bank of Downs, last night and blew the doors off the safe, which is saild to have contained about $5000. The explosion was so great that the heavy safe fell forward, the front downward on the floor. The robbers were unable to raise it to get at its contents and left without their booty. —————— The Great Valley. Seen in the light of Indlan summer it will bo a memorable sight. The excursion Septem- ber 17, via Southern Pacific, goes in by Inspira. tion Point and comes out by Glacler Point. The rate, $48 50, covers all necessary expenses for ve. trip, both ways, including rallroad, Pullman and stage tickets, hotels, drive in va) ley, saddle horses and guides and all day at Marivosa Big Trees. L4 Y {on fire and stopped | time to keep | Hill grade and had nearly reached | heavy | ning " slowly. | gone over and on approaching the last | ed, | fled. | dered out a wrecking train. Mrs. Wu-| ‘ | | fire Captain F. 8. Moore of the steam- ENGINEER SEES TRESTLE ABLAZE Disaster on North Shore‘ Line Is Narrowly _Averted. Emp'y Train Is Stopped Be- fore Reaching Point of Danger. —p———— Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 10.—As the result of the, burning of a portion of trestle No. 20 on the North Shore Rallroad all San Ansclmo Junction was cut off for many hours to-day. Had it not been for the watchfulness pany would have to record another dis- astrous wreck. Canady, In making his up-country run with ten cars ‘‘dead heading” to Cazadero, noticed the bridge the train just in it from plunging into a ravine fifty feet below. The fire was discovered about 9:30 o'clock. The regular down-country ex- press train from Cazadero and a pienic train with 1500 excursionists from Camp Taylor had passed o > bridge but a short time before the blaze became no- ticeable, Canady's train was the summit. That portion of the road is very ecircuitous and on account of the incline the locomotive was run- Five trestles have to be noticed a light below the hing the bridge he could see it was on fire. He immediately back- notified Conductor de Sella and the traln crew went to the scene. One of the crew crossed the bridge the tunnel and on to White Hill telegraph station, a distance of ator Walter Sharp w rallroad officials in Superintendent one Canady track. On r iwakened and the ito were noti- Fisher at once or The fire was y feet of the extinguished after about f le had been consumed. ause of the fire is not known, but cribe it to incendiarigm. —_— e BELGRADE, Servia t. 10.—A mob made a great demorstration night _against the newspapers which have defended the army officers recently arrested. The crowd attempt- fon, but persons ed to_proceed to the was dispersed by the were slightly injured. walked through | | rafl communication with points north of | | of Engineer Canady last night the com- | 1 ascending White | 2 mile, where Oper- | MINISTERS AGREE |TRAGEDY ENDG 10 HEAR CHARGES Trial of Dr. Hammond Will Proceed at Pa- cific Grove. Court to Consist of Fifteen Clergymen at the Con- ference.: B o L PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. 10.—The Cali- fornia Methodist Episcopal Conference met in executive session this afternoon to consider the charges of improper con- duct preferred against Dr. J. D. Ham- mond. The exact nature of these charges, which it Is understood were signed by Drs. E. P. Dennett, E. R. Dille, J. N. Beard and A. H. Briggs, has not yet been made public, but it is known that they relate. mainly to business transactlons in connection with the administration of the San Francisco branch of the Meth- odist Book Concern. The question whether the conference should entertain the charges and the method of procedure if they were en- tertained occupled the greater part of the afternoon. It was recognized that due notice of the charges had not been given, but after a full consideration and with the consent of Dr. Hammond sufficlency of notice was waived. It was decided to entertain the charges and they were or- dered to trial. A committee consisting of Drs. E. D. McCreary, W. C. Gray and Rev. J. W. Ross was’ selected by a vote of the con- ference to nominate a select number of fifteen members of the conference, who shall constitute a court to try the case. Dr. A. C. Bane and Dr. J. N. Beard were elected counsel to represent the church in the trial. The names of Dr. Ham- mond’s counsel have not yet been an- nounced. The conference will meet at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning in executive session to elect the members of the trial com- mittee, against any one of which Dr. Hammond has the right of challenge. It is planned to have the trial go on at on d complete it before the confer- ence adjourns. The sittings of the trial committee will be held behind closed doors, as is the custom In such cases. The lay electoral conference will meet to- morrow morning to elect delegates to the general conference, which meets in Los Angeles next May. —_—e——————— There are necarly 650,000 women dress- makers in the United Kingdom. A LOVE AFFAIR A Murderous Japanese Succeeds in Murder and Suicide. Slayer of a Woman Tries to Burn a House to Hide His Crime. P SRR Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Sept. 10.—Murder, suicide and arson formed the culmination of a Japanese love affair in this city this forenoon. The murder may be double, for one of the victims of the impetuous lover is at the point of death. The Japanese boarding-house of S. Tahnchi and wife, at 49 Cleveland avenue, was the scene of the crime. Mrs. T. Tahnchi, on whom the murderous lover tried to force his at- tention, and J. Kudow, the murderer and sulcide, occupy slabs in the morgue. Tahnchi, the woman’s Husband,,is in the Red Cross Sanitarium, where the doctors are trying to save his life, The crime was committed shortly be- fore 10 o'clock. Tahnchi and his wife had conducted a Japanese boarding-house in the Sixth-street Chinatown for years. They were quiet, respectable people, and had accumulated considerable money. A trip to their former home in Japan was to be made shortly and they had pre- pared for the journey by purchasing large quantities of the finest clothing. Kudow is believed to have been a Jap- anese laborer, although but little is known of him. He had made frequent trips to this city and came here again last night. He was smitten with Mrs. Tahnchi and proposed to her that she leave her husband and elope with him The woman refused and then it was that the man planned the double murder and suicide. Kudow called at the house this morn- ing. Just what occurred is not known, but from the position of the bodles it is believed - he called Mrs. Tahnchi out into the hall. She was shot twice and her body was found in the hall. The husband of the woman at the.beginning of the shooting had evidently ran into the back yard to get help. Kudow followed him and shot him !n the center of the back | just - as he reached the yard. He was found unconscious there. The murderer then entered one of the bedrooms. He set fire to the bed, intending that arson DAIRY INDUSTRY 1o PROSPEROUS California Creamery Op- erators Meet at Sac- ramento. Association Will Strive to Widen the Scope of Its Work. — Special Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 10.—President E. H. Zimmerman of Watsonville rapped to order at the pavilion this afternoon the fourth annual convention of the Califor- nia Creamery Operators’ Assoclation. A large number of creamery oOperators, farmers and dairymen were in attend- ance, and an interesting discussion was had on subjects indicated by the name of the organization. The sessions will con- tinue to-morrow, when various papers will be read and discussed. In his address to-day President Zim- merman sald the executive meeting bad deemed it unwise to attempt another se- ries of butter contests, and had decided to reserve energy for the season of 1904, when it was hoped to secure the national convention for California. He urged the widening of the scope of the work of the assoclation so as to get all parts of the State interested in it. This will enable the association to gain recognition from the = Legislature, said President Zimmerman. He said the dairy industry in this State never looked more prosperous than at present. He said the assoclation must keep its eyes open for process butter and he hoped for the time when there would be manufactured in this State nothing but creamery butter of the highest grade. [ s s ] should hide hi mitted suicide stomach. A letter was found on the body of the murderer showing that the crime was the result of a love affair. It stated that the writer was enamored of the woman and had made a proposition to her to run away with him. His L was stronger than life and if he cou not bave the woman he intended to kill her and her husband and then commit sulcide. The sum of* $430 was found in the house belonging to Tahnchi ana his wife, and they are sald to have had considerable money in bank. crime, and then com- shooting himself in the | Long Overcoats for $10 As stated last Thursday, we have just received from our workshops a large shipment of long overcoats, which we called the “Tourist.” The garments are like the accompanying picture, which is shows just how the coat hangs and fits. 3 The coats have a removable back strap, are made in loose effect, from an all-wool cheviot, in different patterns, and the garment is fully 50 inches in length. We pronouncesit among the best values we ever offered in style, material, workmanship and other points of superiority we doubt if there is another coat in town at $135.00 that is one whit better. Our maker-to-wearer price is Our stock of trousers in fall patterns has been received and we were never before in a posi- tion to show you such a vast assortment as now. pattern suitable for trousers, and the prices range from $2.25 up to $8.00. If you want a low priced suit you had better see the kind we sell for $9.00. They are all wool, well made garments and we have seen suits like them sell in other stores for $12.50. $10.00 The stock spection garments. sketched overcoats. inciudes Boys’ Overcoats The overcoat question for boys and children is now occupying the minds of the mothers. *They are wondering what is the proper cut, what are the stylish colors and what are the correct fabrics. The overcoat question can best be answered by a visit to our jutenile department and an in- of our from life, and it Considering the material and every up-ta-date top The long coat in Scotch mix- tures is the swell garment for this fall; we show a beautiful line for children from 3 to 8 years at $3.50 and $5.00, and for boys from ¢ to 16 years for $6.00 For Friday and Saturday we have .just received a new line of youths’ trousers in neat stripes, which we will sell for $2.00 and $2.50. Special in Youths’ Suits for $5.45 We offer a special sale of youths’ suits in all-wool blue cheviots, in double- breasted style, for young men from 12 to 19 years; the picture shows the style of garment ; the special price will be $5.45. Latest shapes in boys’ soft hats, $1.30. Boys' automobile caps from 45¢ up. Latest golf caps, mixed colors, 45c. Big line of dollar Sweaters for boys just received, comprising fancy weaves in the following colors: Horizontal stripes—maroon and white; black and purple; Perpendicular stripes—red and green; green and pink; navy and white; gray and red. Price $1.00. gray and red; royal and green. School 740 Market Strect Buttons free to boys and girls for the asking. Mail Orders filled for any of above ad- vertised goods. Write for 64-page Catalogue.