The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 29, 1903, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.. 1903, ERWIN AWAITING HEAGOCK'S WORD Case Submitted After More Testimony and Argument. CHINESE DEMUR 10 A CITATION Presidents of Six Com- panies Deny Being in Contempt. | Knight Attacks tne Validityglnterpreters Give Different of the Washington Meaning to Offending Indictment. Placard. RN NS r two James W. E: e obilged to The presidents of the Chinese Six Com- panies and their secretary, Chin Leong Po, who were cited to appear before Po- e Judge Cabaniss to show cause why hould not be punished for contempt t, were present in court yesterda contempt consisted in posting a pla n of Chinatown making one, white or vellow, ist in the defense of Woo arged with complicity in the at Wo Sing's store, 726 Dupont 1 the night of May 30, 1902. were presemted by Attorney entered a demurrer claiming & had been shown prejudicial erests of the defendant or that nad been intimidated by the pla- : also said that the contents of ad an entirely different the interpretation given the defendant, H. McCloskey. s called and testified ich was prepared by Six Companies, was jers committing subor- he case and was in f justice. nese interpreter ederal service, and in the police at the alleged of- rd read: ‘‘Now cover or abet any who ng Po v placard, w Gardner tondn dbe @ \ freedom are really should be severely to law.’ nothing expressed contempt applied s Barnes and t there was inher- ry to punish for < : 1 the particular act was e the statute, and the - . | reserve his decision pu ck was transferred z's court and the pre- commence this will ——————— UNIQUE CEREMONY AT ST. STEPHEN'S Rev. Ernest Bradley Is Instituted as Rector of Parish by Bishop Nichols. service took place at St. nday morning, it the institution of urch on G as rector of the = ' " Willlam F. Nichols, s the institutor g the office of insti- F. Price, the senior warden, ys of the church to the new ging him as the priest arish. Bishop Nichols m a Bible, prayer book ons of the Episcopal church, d and discipline. the new rector pro- i celebrated at the dley was called to St. g to take the place of , and Sunday morning ution. In the after- church was crowded ess the confirmation °s, presented by Mr. the girl candidates of which appearance in white, urch, preceded by the Sunday-school. Master m a member of the class nger in St. Luke’s Church, sang ry solo in a very impressive JUDGE FAVORS MACHINE, it L FIRE BREAKS OUT IN BOAT-BUILDER’S SHOP A fire broke out at an early hour this ng at Granco’s boat-building estab- 9 Vallejo street, and rapldly to four of the adjoining buildings. the engines arrived the flimes t a good hold on the structures, which are several lodging-houses. ate to escape The fire department suc: rolling the blaze, with the the damage will not exceed that result e property belongs to the Fair estate. the time -of the outbreak the lodgers n the lodging quarters were all in bed, nd several narrowly escaped suffocation For a while the greatest excitement pre- ed and continued until it was ascer- tained that there were no fatalitles. — e Palo Alto’s Entertainment. did not The Palo Alto Social and Beneficial the Govern- | Club, formerly Palo Alto Circle of the ded. Mr. | ( nions of the Forest of America, 1 from portions of | gave its third annual entertainment and where set forth | dance in Golden Gate Hall last night. | corruptly and | The hall was filled with an interested au- | dience that was entertained with the fol- he would look | lowing programme: Piano duet, Sadie morning ana | Mendel nd Rittigstein; vocal | opinic P rgima, g Ada B. Cohn; song and dance, Reina Belasco, and barytone solo, Walter Buck- halter. After this there was presented a Welcomed Patron and Matron. farce entitled “Captain Impudence,” the Dr. W. A Atwood, patr nd characters being taken by M. Paul, Er- Lizzie Atwood, matron, of Olive nest Vane, Miss Minnie St. Clair and Miss chapter of of the Easter Ora Payne. The affair was under the di- rection of the following named commit- tees: who recen after an abse the chapter last since their r b from th Arrangements—Miss Tillie Stone, Miss Leah Elberg, Miss Ada Cohn, J. Ep- Hulda Bley, Willlam a Pechner. Hattle Hudson, Miss Ger- Iberg, Miss Mabel Roos, Miss Josie Cohn, Miss Evelyn Levy, Rita Altman, Miss Pearl Coleman, Miss Miss Hattie Harrls, Miss Ruby Altman, Reception—Mrs. trude Harris, Miss Dorothy de 3 e Levy, Sallinger. 3 ¥ Flogr—William_Altman, manager; assistant, 1 there was & programme | y 3. Liberman; Emjl Kahn, Joe Goldstone, M. which included a pi- | L. ‘Rapheld, Sol Eiberg, Mark Lafee, Ig Levy nbach; vocal solo, | and J. Epstein. Mrs. Celina | A RINE T Y ST “arrie Blumberg: | Push your goods by means of good printing. wocal selections, Miss E. Roeckel, and a | Qur printing sells goods. Mysell-Rollins, 22 vecal solo by Reginald G. Keéne, Then | C}2¥: the up-to-date printers. Phone Main 5051 followed the pre ation to Mrs. Atwood | of a bunch of costly roses from the chap- Architects Give Exhibition. ter and another from Mr. and Mrs. Gold- smith. After t a supper was served 1o all who desired to partake of the hospi- tality of the chapter. It was a very pleas- | nd in the nature of a surprise 1o those for whom it was got up, 3 —_——— The second annual loan. exhibition by | the San Francisco Architectural Club was opened last night at the Mechanics’ In- stitute, and will continue until October 2. There are numerous clever colored draw- ings and also competitive designs for the | contemplated new German Hospital. Accept Opponents’ Offer. There are designs of handsome dwellings The petition for the revocation of the | #°d public buildings, some already erect- probate proceedings of the will of the late | ©d and others to be built, both in the city Honora Hagerty was dismissed yesterday, | and other parts of the State. The de- The petitioners, Joanna Hagerty and |®!gns should prove of valuable interest to Catherine Malloy, accepted the compro- | those who are contemplating additions to mise offered by Sullivan & Sullivan, at- | the city’s structures. torneys for the executors of the disputed Find Clerks Guilty. will, The Board of Civil Service Commission- ers held a meeting last night and found E. W. Hawley, clerk in the Tax Collect- or's office, guilty of negligence of duty. The Commissioners llli found Charles F. | Bennett, employed by the Board of Pub- lic Works, guilty of performing unsatis- factory work. In both cases sentence was postponed. —— e e More Coolies Arrested. Fifty-seven Chinese were arrested ves- terday for being illegally In the country. They were taken off the Alaska fishing fleet, now arriving. —_————— Take Piso's Cure for Consumption. ture your cough. 25c. By all druggists. It will . | | i SERVANT SAYS HER FORMER HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO MURDER HER WITH GAS YOUNG DOMESTIC WHO CLAIMS SHE WAS BOUND AND GAGGED BY LAWRENCE MONDRAGON, HER FORMER ROOM TO DIE OF GAS ASPHYX LOCKED IN H |Abbie Hassell Found Locked in Bedroom With Her Hands Tied BBIE HASSELL, a servant em- ployed by Mrs. I. McNab at 1279 Waller street, was the victim of an unusval assault yesterday morning in the house at which | she was employed. Lawrence Mondra- gon, her former husband, gained entrance to the place by means of the back stalrs, bound and gagged her and forced her into a bedroom off the hall, where he left her, after locking the door. Beyond this he does not seem to have attempted to do her any injury, although the woman avows that before he quited the room he turned on the gas and left her to be asphyxiated. At the time of the assault Mrs. McNab was not at home. i The servant's story is not borne out by the statemients of the others who ar- rived on the scene immediately after the assault and while the man was still in the house. Mrs. Delagois and her little daughter live In the flat below and their attention was attracted by the scuffle overhead. About the same time a | grocery delivery clerk came up the stair- way to deliver some goods. They told him of the disturbance and he went up to the third flat by way of the back stairs, followed by Mrs. Delagois and her daughter. They heard the smothered screams of | the woman inside the bedroom and tried | the door. It was locked and the little girl procured a hatchet, with which the door was forced oven. They found the | unfortunate woman lying on the bed with her hands bound behind her with a plece of clothes line and a cloth tied across her mouth. Mondragon re- mained in the kitchen all this time and when one of the women asked him for a knife with which to cut‘the bonds he furnished it. When they went to return the ‘knife to him he had disappeared. 1 NO GAS TURNED ON. | At this time nome of those present | noticed the smell of gas and all were | positive that they did not turn off any of | the keys in the room. Detective Cody | arrived on the scene.half an hour after | the assault and was foliowed a few min- utes later by Detective Wren, but neither of them could find anybody who had turned off the "gas or noticed the odor when_ entrance was forced to the | bedroom where Miss Hassell was con- fined. ¥ | "The police were telephoned. to’ fmme- | aiately and took charge of the case. Ser- geant Blank, who lives in’the lower flat |at 1275 Waller street, after ascertaining | the circumstances surrounding the case, summoned. Dr. Quigley,' who: found the servant suffering from a severe nervous shock, but failed to find any_ evidences of gas asphyxiation. . He had.her put to bed and as soon as she could control herself she made a statement to Detec- tive Cody. She told him that at 11:30 o’clock she heard steps behind her in the kitchen, where she was at work, and turning she recognized the features of Mondragon, to. in binding her hands behind her ‘and tying a dishcloth around her face. Then he forced her into the bedroom and threw her on the bed. As he turned to go he reached up and opened both gas jets. Locking the door, he left her there to die. Later in the day Miss Hassell was re- moved to the home of her mother at 241 Dore street, and there she made a state- ADVERTISEMENTS. BIG SALE TO-DAY Wo'n'fien’s Flannelette V!rappers Very neat; made up in_ dark colored Flannel- ette, brightened with Sell for pretty figured duignal.' Yokes trimmed wit 80 Ofher Days”) L5 ' whtie i, —_— These pretty Flannel- ette Wrappersare mkade with square yokes, Wrappars brete//e: over should- Sell for ers, comfortable turn $1.00 Other Days| over collars and deep flounces nicely trim- med with braid. To-Day's 75¢ Wrappers. To-Day's 85¢ Indeed they are bar- gains!! Made of a splendid grade of Flan- nelette in a host of cheerful colors and de- signs. A two - inch ruffle headed with fancy braid forms front and back yoke. —_— Exceedingly neat and Tn-lhy'sSi.!E graceful; {in. quality Wrappers - | Flannelette in ever so many charming colors. Sell for Double shoulder _bre- telles and round yoki outlined in pretty brai. —_— These are beaut To-Day's $1.50 made of the prettiest Flannelette we've ever seen—standard quality too. Three-inch ruffie forms deep yoke front and back, graceful twelve-inch flounce. OUR EIDERDOWN ROBES HAVE ARRIVED!! Of course you want one; styles are dbarminxl this season, - prices very reasonable — $3.50, - $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and upward. _All sizes; colors , Gray and Blue. " Trading Stamps given with every purchase. Send for our Fall and Winter Catalog. MARKS BROS. whom she had been married and whom she left seven months ago. He seized {her and despite her struggles succeeded 1220, 1222, 1224 Market St. BET. TAYLOR AND JONES. -+ | | HUSBAND, AND LEFT ATION. [ 3 ment which was somewhat at variance with that given to Detective Cody. She | sald that in the summer of 1902 she ran away from her mother's home and took up her abode with a Mrs. Marittie at 35 { Clarence place. One day shortly there- after she met Mondragon at a picnic and after a short court »d him in the month of July of that vear. She said | she only 'lived with him for two months |and then left him because he did not provide a home for her. In September of the same year she claims the mar- riage was annuiled on the petition of her mother because she was not of age, being only 17 years 6 months old at the time, | | Since then she claimed she had seen her | former husband only once, when she was | working at the International Hotel, on | Kearny street. She said that he passed there one day and saw her inside. He | | loitered on the sidewalk ior some time, | but went away without attempting m‘ speak to her. | When he sought her out yesterday | | morning she said that she heard his foot- steps, but thought it was the grocer's boy untll she was grasped from behind by Mondragon, who told her that she would have to come with him. This was all the conversation she could recall. POSITIVE ABOUT GAS. ’ | ‘When she began to struggle he reached up and tore down a clothes line in the kitchen, with which he bound her hands | behind her. Then he picked up a dlsh-i cloth and tied it about her face, muffling | her screams. She is positive that before | he locked the bedroom door he turned on | both gas jets. She sald that he sat her i a chalr after taking her into the bed- | room and that when she attempted to arise after he had left the room she fell unconscious. She did not remember any more until she found herself in bed. The police are inclined to attach little importance to the case and regard it merely as a crazy freak on the part of the ex-husband. They are not making much of an effort to apprehend him, but if he is found he will be taken Into custody. He has been employed as a bootblack at a barber shop at 116 Sutter street, but did not work yesterday, nor had he been seen there. He has a mother at Redwood City and the police believe it is possible that he may have gone there. Miss Hassell was entirely recovered from her experience yesterday afternoon. She sald she had no desire to prosecute her former husband, but wanted to be protected from any further assaults by him. —_———— Orientals Mix Up in Fight. Wong Kee and Kasabura Adkata, ser- vants at a boarding-house at 901 Devisa- dero street, had a desperate fight yester- qay, when it is claimed by Wong Kee, who is a Chinese, that Adkata, who is a Japanese, cut him with a knife. Wong was taken to the Park Emergency Hos- pital, where Dr. Harvey dressed the wounds on his face and Adkata was ar- rested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. ————— Engineer and Foreman Fight. James V. Owens, an engineer for the San Francisco Gas Company, and Rich- ard R. Malone, a foreman of the same company, had a dispute yesterday which resulted in a fight. Malone’s head was damaged and he swore out a warrant for the arrest of Owens, Who, he claims, | struck him with a monkey-wrench. Owens | was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. ————— The San Francisco Eye Is almost constantly irritated by wind and mineral-laden dust; inflammation, redness, itching and burning, followed by ranul; eyelids, are the results. URINE EYE REMEDY lief, Dossn’t smart; soothes eye pain: makes weak eyes strong. rug; or opticlan selis Murine at 30 centa S5e" R SAN JOSE, Sept. 28.—Charles H. Youtz, son of a pioneer Sherift of this county, was to-day sentenced to two years in San Quentin for grand larceny, consisting in the theft of 2 horse and bugsy. Youtz is a paralytic. ves quick re- |a | claim 50 per cent of the estate, and with FINDS O°KEEFE LEFT 51,300,000 | Attorney Hartridge Re- turns From Trip to Carolines. Says King of Yap's Estate Is Very Valuable and Productive. WMo 'W. C. Hartridge, who went to the Caro- | line Islands last May in the interests of | Mrs. Catherine O'Keefe, widow of David D. O'Keefe, was among the passengers arriving on the Doric last night. O'Keefe was known as the King of Yap. He left his wif¢*and daughter in Savannah in the early seventies and started for the islands, but was wrecked on the island of Yap. He was the first white man the natives | had ever seen, and he impressed them to such an extent that they treated him with the greatest possible reverence and finally called him King, by which title he was known throughout his adopted home. O’'Keefe rapidly buflt up a big fortune, principally by trading in copra, and made investments both in the island of Yap and also in Hongkong. Early in May he visited the latter place and started to return to his island home on one of his own sailing ships. Thdt was the last ever heard of him Neither O'Keefe nor his vessel ever turned up. In June, 1900, he sent his wife in Savannah $1500. which was the final remittance she recelved from him. although préviously he had kept her well supplied with funds. This spring his widow decided to look into her interests, and Lawyer Hartridge went out there to see how matters stood. He found that O'Keefe, during his resi- dence in the Carolines, had taken unto himself two native wives, the result of these unions being eight children. Hart- ridge stated that O'Keefe's estate somewhere in the vicinit the property all being pr O'Keefe had made a will which was de- posited in Hongkong. In it he left quite large amount to his daughter, Mrs. James F. Butler, in Savannah, but his first wife was entirely ignored In the will George P. Lamnert was ap- pointed executor, and at the present time Charles Elvy, formerly of San Francisc is isting in the management of the v ried interests. According to the German law, a man must be missing and unheard qf for a pe- riod of three years before he can be con- sidered dead, and before his estate can be administered upon. No settlement or di- vision can, therefore, take place until May 10, 1904, that date being three years from the time O'Keefe was last seen alive. The Savannah widow expects to that object in view Hartridge will again proceed to the islands early next year to protect his client's interests. —_——— MANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR YOSEMITE PARK charge of they had anything to do w to answer before t Police charge of forg: representative died suddenly oMYa THREE MEN TOOK HI3 WATCH H. F.Plothow,Machinist, Has Encounter With Footpads. Glassworkers Are Arrested and Booked for Robbery. RIS N ol H. F. Plothow, a machinist, 709 Shotwell street, was held up robbed by three men early t morning on Folsom street and men were later arrested by Polic Reardon and Burke and booked a City Prison on a ck are Willam H stre John Lynch | Leonard Grosscup, 9 all glassworkers. Plothow, out midnight, \ William Engel's saloon at : street to have a drink o defendar Th they must up the s The fo and after they block Plothow grabbed [ round to ask wh another seized I the third grasped b one who had hold of his on the eye, dering him Wh P the t discovere his gold wat valued at $55, had been notifled the two polt had r fled by —_———— Held on Forgery Charge. Archie Beveridge, was held Judge Mog Escapes From Hospital. William Muline: being detained on an asky. Mullney was e apinetansil Sudden Death of C. R. Merriam. C.R. M riam o Broadway, coast a patent gas heater, sterday afternoon whila visiting the office of the Philippine Goidl Mining and Development Company n t Parrott buflding. Heart disease is sup- Commissioners Planning New Water | posed to have been the cause of death. Supply and a Telephone Service for the Valley. | The Yosemite Valley Commissioners held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which there were a number of women, headed by Mrs. J. C a protest agalnst what they termed the indiscriminate cutting of the underbrush and small trees in the valley. It was explained to them by the members of the board that this work is being done under the direction of experts in forestry for the preservation of the larger trees. The guardian of the park was instructed to make an investigation into the feas bility of creating a new water supply by tapping a stream near Glacier Point. The board also decided to build a bridge | across the Merced River near the Lick house and to adopt a system for renam- | iny all the big trees. i The plan is to name them after States and Territories and persons who have gained national fame. As the State Board of Examiners refused to audit cer- tain bills of the commission incurred for the entertalnment of the Presidential party during Its recent visit to the park, the members of the commission voted to contribute pro rata toward the settlement of the indebtedness. State Highway Com- | missioner Ellery made a report to the| board relative to the oiling of the park | roads and on his suggestion it was de-, clded to experiment with oil on two quar- ter-mile sections of road in different parts | of the valley with a view of determining whether it will pay to use ofl on all the | roadways | As the lease on the hotel in the valley | | expires in a few months, the Commission- | ers decided to ask for blds for a new | lease at a meeting to be held on October | 15. All bidders will be required to be | present in person, as it is the desire of | the board to inquire of them just how they purpose to serve the public. Plans | are under way for a new telephone sys- | tem in the park. \ iy | | SROUFE RETIRES FROM SERVICE OF RAILROAD Will Be Succeeded as Superintendent | at Tucson by T. R. Jones of | Sacramento Division. A circular was issued from the office of Manager James A. Agler of the Southern Pacific Company yesterday announcing | the resignation of C. C, Sroufe as super- | intendent of the Tucson division of the road, which position he held for a num- ber of years, and the appointment of his successor In the person of T. R. Jones, as- sistant superintendent of the Sacramento division. The latter place will be filled by W. R. Scott, who is at present with the Colorado and Southern Kailway. At the rallroad offices it was stated that Sroufe resigned to accept a position in another line of business. The appoint- ( ment of Superintendent Jones will meet | with general satisfaction among the Southern Pacific Company’s employes and | especially those at Sacramento, where | Jones has served the company for nearly | thirty years and was for several years as- | sistant to the late John B. Wright. The | changes will take effect on October 1. W. A. Bissell of the Santa Fe road de- | parted for Chicago last evening and will | be followed later in the week by other of- | ficials who have been ordered east to at- | tend an annual conference of the heads of the various departments of the company, | which will be held some time next week. Captain A. H. Payson, assistant to the president of the Santa Fe, and Chief En- | gineer Storey of the Santa Fe left yester- | day afternoon on a trip over the proposed | route of the new road to Eureka. | Ben Bohen in Dying Condition. Ex-Captain Ben Bohen, formerly of the | San Francisco detective force, is lying in | a critical condition at a sanitarium on Sutter street. His condition is such as| to almost preclude the possibility of his recovery. Bohen was connected with the police department for thirty-eight years. He was appointed patrolman in 181, and when promoted to the detective depart- ment worked in conjunction with the late Chief Lees and was connected with some of the biggest and most important crim- inal cases of the period in which he served the city. 1 | letters of @ and estate of lenstein Hutchinson, who submitted | competent property or himself. bt Son. 42 Would Be His Rrother's Keeper, Lewis Wallensteln applied yesterday for sardlanship over the person f his brother Be: He claims t} and unable Paul Strauss, Senator for Paris, who is one of the most practical authorities on municipal affairs, is about to propose that a compulsory sanitary record should be attached to every dwel r ADVERTISEMENTS. HORRIBLE EGZEMA Little Boy Three Months Old. Face Covered with Sores. Flesh was Raw. CURED BYCUTICURA “Qur little Boy was onmly thres months old when he was taken with eczema that broke out in the mast hor- rible state. His face was full of scabs and some parts of the flesh were raw. We used Cuticura Soap, and one box of the Cuticura Ointment, and in one week this boy was as good as ever, and we can say the child has been O.K. ever since. We are willing to recommend the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint- ment. You can publish this statement, for it is nothing but the truth.” Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Frezsz, 508 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Feb. 15, 1898. FIVE YEARS LATER Mrs. Freese Writes, March 2, 1903, That there is no Sign of Its Return. *“ There is not one sign of its return on our child. The disease was so bad that until we started to use the C curs Remedies we had friends cal the house to find out if it were so ‘we showed the boy to them. Not has it done him the world of ggod b myself had the eczema on my vody and the scales would peel off. I used the Cuticura Remedies and have not zot & speck of it on my body. So the only answer we can honestly give for the Cuticura Remedies is they are what you say they are. If any one would like to be convinced of ti¥ fact they can write me and I will only be too glad to answer the same.” Complete treatment for every hu- mour, consisting of Caticura Soap, to cleanse the skin, Caticura Ointment, to heal the skin, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood, may now be had for ous dollar. Asingle set is often sufficient%o cure the most tor- turing, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humours, eczemas, rashes and irritations, from infancy to age. Send for - How to Cure Every Humour.” Anti-Pain Pills (Dr. Miles’) prevent as well as cure headache. the commonest affliction of mankind Carry _\'o:rflpc;filzc:o er ‘ Mobriuter 4018 wnd. auaranteed Dy ail substitutes druggists 25 doses 5 ceats Never sold in k DR Mires Meoicar Co . Elkbart. lad