The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1903, Page 4

4 AEVEALS BAUTAL |LETTER AROUSES |°™ PLOT T0 MURDER Accomplice of Devan Tells Astounding Story. Wealthy Samuel Lewis Not the Only Man Marked for Death. Special Dispatch to The Call. ZW YORK, Nov. 19.—An astound- y of depravity and criminality aled before Recorder Goff this N ing was re ste morn when Prosecuting Witness Oliver Nelson told of Edgar Devan’s plot to murder Samuel Lewis, the wealthy manufacturer. All that Devan expected (o reap as the reward of his crime was about $50 which it was hoped Lewis would have in his pockets, his ring, which was va d at about $150, and a diamond pin worth $100. But, according to Nel- affairs of the an had in mind, ult and robbery the Standard Ofl Com- revious in which he inent part there ther son were had taken a pre During the proceedings there lay on the d Assistant District Attorney Nott a piece of lead pipe and two bot- tles, one containing chloral hydrate and er chloroform, which the id were to have been brought sition should they be needed. said he had been employed as | detective and had met De- was working in the same ca- wit into req Nel a van, who He said that on October 23 had asked him to aid in the of Lewis, whose habit of re- his office late at night had ed to him by a girl whom gh a flirtation. Devan f drugs to the witness in ¥S be necessary to us can use the the drugs just as went to a hardware store on where he bought a piece into which he placed a , and said to Nelson, for the job.’ when everything y for the assault on weakened and re- plot to the police. AL BANKS GLOSED Comptroller of Currency | Directs Examiners | to Take Charge. [ ELKHART, Ind., Nov. 19.—The In- diana National Bank of this city has been closed by the Comptroller of the Currency and National Bank Examiner | H. Bosworth has been directed to | take charge. The closing of the bank | was the result a steady ruh for sev- eral weeks. President Brodrick sald that the depositors would be fully pro- tected. He was unable to approximate the deposits | WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The Farm- | ers’ National Bank of Henrietta, Tex., has beeh closed by direction of the Comptroller of the Currenry. Miller w National Bank Examiner, has been appointed temporary recelver, TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 19.—A re-| ceiver was appointed to-day for the | Brigantine Transportation Company. | The application was made by the Con- | | | | G tinental Trust Company of New York to foreclose 2 mortgage securing a bond of $75,000. The company has a capital of $250,000, but, according to the bill, | has never earned operating expenses. | CEDAR FALLS, Jowa, Nov. 19.—The | Cedar Falls Hub Clothing Company, one of the largest clothing firms in this | city, was to-day plaeed in the hands | of a receiver on the request of credi- tors in Chicago. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 19.—T. 8. B. Sotham, the Hereford breeder, of Chil- | licothe, Mo.. to-day filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy in the United | States District Court here. He placed his liabilities at $128,318, assets $196,269. MARINERS HAVE FEAR | THAT VESSEL WAS LOST Steamer Discovery, Once Reported to | Have Reached Skagway, Still | Is Missing. { SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 19.—The | Nome steamer Discovery has not reach- | ed Sitka. The dispatch from Skagway | last week making that announcement | was an error and marine men familiar with the Discovery’s voyage believe she | never reach port. The steamer | reached Sitka to-day, cover- | route between Valdes and the | capital that xc ing the the Discovery | ! taken had she ridden out | rms she encouhtered. The offi- cers of the Excelsior reported having | seen an empty life raft belonging to ry, but found no other trace While the life raft might have been washed overboard during a storm, it is believed now to indicate that the Dis- | covery has gone down. She was last sighted off Yakutat by the steamer Ex- celsior on October 28. The Discovery left Nome October 14, carrying thirty-one passengers, in com- mand of Captain J, H. McGrath of Port Townsend. —_——————— Dr. Henry E. Winslow Dead. - *ZLAND. Nov. 19—News has just been received from the Philippine Is- lands of the death of Dr. Henry E. Winslow of this city, who was con- nected with the Philippine Constabu- lary Department, U. 8. A. Dr. Wins- | Jow was one Of the first members of the boys' choir of St. John's Church. He leaves a wjdowed mother, who re- sides at 876 Wood street, and several sisters. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903. FRESNO CITIZENG Dried Fruit Display for St. Louis Causes a Rumpus. Commissioner Filcher’s Or- ders Makes a Deal of Displeasura. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Nov. 19.—A letter Fresno St. Louis Fair committee’s ses- sion to-night that aroused the greatest | indignation. Dried fruit is onc of the county’s most important productions, but the commissioner wrote “I want to say to you that since the State is making an imposing dried fruit display counties will have to restrict themselves in this feature to creditable samples as showing that pack dried frujt, as it will be impossible to give them room for large showings of dried fruit, and besides it wouid not be advisable.” The committee decided to Filcher that there must be some im- mediate understanding as to the allot- ment of space and no dictation as to | what is to be put in it or not one cent of the county appropriation of $7000 would be spent and no exhibit would | be made at all. The collecting agent of the Chamber of Commerce exposition, R. D. Chittenden, said: “If we are to be stood up in this way we might as well quit.” @ simimieimimiimi il @ LAGK OF DIRECT PROOF AGQUITS Colonel R. R. Thornton of Point Richmond Is Free. POINT RICHMOND, Nov. 19.—Col- onel R. R. Thornton of this place was acquitted to-day at Martinez on a charge of shooting Frank Purcell at Point Richmond several months ago. The jury went out last night and gave its verdict at 1 o'cl this afternoon. The testimony was wholly circumstan- tial. At the time of the shooting Purcell, an expressman, was driving by Colonel Thornton’s office and was struck in the back with a rifle bullet. A hole had been cut in the fence along Thornton's property. It was the theory of the prosecution that Thornton had laid In wait behind the fence and from his hid- | ing place shot Purcell, with whom he had quarreled a few days before. cell recovered. Pur- It was claimed that Thornton, who 1s | a fiery Southerner, ueed that means to sat his outraged dignity. But the jury concluded after many ballots to acquit the aged defendant on the ground that the evidence was not con- | clusive enough to prove guilt. —_——————— | CLAIMS TO BE LAST OF THE MONTEZUMAS “Prince” Nanzeta Says His Dominion Lies Somewhere in Southern Mexico. “Prince” Nanzeta Montezuma, who claims that the blood of the ancient Montezumas courses through his veins | and makes other assertions that would cause many to suspect that he has a right to lay claim of relationship to the late Ananias, dropped into the city yes- terday and is registered at the Lick. The “Prince,” who says his domain is located on the southern border of Mex- ico and is known as the Sacred City, | is accompanied by his wife, an attrace tive young woman, whom, he says, was formerly a Miss Posey of this city. He claims to have married her in Kansas City about three months ago. In Denver several days ago the young descendant of the Aztecs made the statement to the papers that he was on his way to San Francisco to marry the daughter of a former candi- date for Mayor and showed no hesi- tancy in discussing the proposed matri- momial venture. Last night, however, he denied this Interview and attributed | the fagt that he did not acknowledge his wife in Denver to a desire to con- ceal for *‘personal reasons” his mar- riage. For several months “Prince” Nan- | zeta Montezuma has attracted atten- tion in the Eastern cities by his stories of his duels in Mexico and his many other adventures, which apparently have all occurred in a very short space of time, for he is only 28 years of age and would look much younger if shorn of his long, raven black hair. Accord- ing to his story he is the only lineal descendant of the Montezumas and says the killing of a rival for the hand of a | Mexican maiden resulted in a price be- ing placed on his head in Mexico. He |seems to be- possessed of plenty of ready cash and indignantly denies the stories published in the East that he is a faker and that he was in trouble there over the issuance of a bad check. The “Prince” claims that he and his wife have come to California to spend the winter. —_———— PRESIDENT SUMMONS SUMMERS TO WASHINGTON United States District Attorney at Omaha Is Called in the Diet- rich Case. OMAHA, Nebr., Nov. 19.—An important development in connection with the in- dictment last Monday by the Federal Grand Jury of United States Senator turing livestock on public lands included Hastings for conspiracy and bribery was the sudden summons late to-day ot United States District Attorney Summers to Washington. The summons, it is said, came from President and it was instantly obeyed. ——— e SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19.—The remains Dr. Charles E. Decker, for many yufi the Marine Hospital surgeon at this rt, who died in this city on the 22d of t month. were taken the receiv- ing vault to-day and shipped to the old Lome in Battle Creek, urfll. from | Commissioner Filcher was read at the | write to | for the | LDISH FINGERS FASHION PRETTY THINGS FOR BOOTH Little Members of Sunshine o+ | OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—A reception and bazaar will be given to-morrow afternoon at the King's Daughters’ Home for Incurables, on Thirty-ninth | street and Broadway. The home is | pleasantly situated, and the large re- ception and dining rooms are well ar- ranged for such an affair as the ladies have planned. One pretty feature will be the little booth in charge of the Sunshine Club, which consists of five small girls, whose busy fingers have made all the articles which will be sold at their table. They are Adele Scott, Grace Vespér, Marguerite Dewing, Marian Miller and Edith Armes. Other pretty articles, suitable for Christmas gifts will be sold, also home- made jellies and candies. Music will add to the afternoon's pleasure, among the numbers promised being mandolin and guitar selections byt the Misses Sherwood and songs by Miss Edith Carlson, a graduate of the Lindsborg, Kans., Conservatory of Mu- sic. Mrs. R./C. Craft is chairman of the committee of arrangements, and she has been ably assisted by Mrs. J. W. Scott, Mrs. O. M. Vesper, Mrs. Della | Hilderbrand and Mrs. Joseph A. Span- gle. VOLGAND SHOWS CGREAT AGTITY |Stromboli Is Emitting | Smoke, Ashesand Red Hot Stones. | ROME, Nov. 19.—For some time the volcano of Stromboli has been showing signs of increased activity, emitting considerable quantities of smoke, ashes and redhot stones, accompanied by loud | detonations. The opening of a new crater was sig- nalized by a tremendous report. L The eruption continues, but it is at present impossible to judge of its vol- ume or its consequences because of a | thick cloud of smoke and ashes. L R e e e e o FRENCH DEPUTY - PREDIGTS PEAGE | | | Says Republic Does Not Intend to Make War on Morocco. —_— PARIS, Nov. 19.—In the presence of a crowded Chamber to-day Deputy Des- | chanel, Republican, formerly president | of the Chamber, began the discussion of the Foreign Office budget. The key- | note of Deschanel’s speech was the far- reaching effects of the improved rela- tions between France and England. | He pointed out that England’s great commercial rivals to-day were the United States and Germany. Adverting to Morocco Deschanel said France had no intention, to make war upon that country. France wished neither military adventure nor the par- tition of Morocco and she had no desire to conquer Siam. There existed no question which could not be settled by diplomacy or arbitration. The Deputy further declared that those who were responsible for armed peace were those ‘wha refused to discuss the proposal for disarmament. It wouid be a crime, he added, to seek to raise issues between Great Britain and France. The rela- tions between France and Italy were friendly, but the alliance with Russia must be the cornerstone of French policy. Deschanel said that the pos- sibility of a conflict in Central Asia was likely to produce trouble, as the Gov- ernments of the United States and Great Britain were counseling Japan to prudence. The Senate to-day rejected by a vote of 198 to 69 the committee scheme for the state monopoly of educational in- stitutions, thus leaving Govern- ment’s project alone under considera- tion. ———————— § The woman who wishes for sympathy will always find more trouble than solace. ’ diminiehing, and even Korea was not | Club Work Energetically to Add Their Mite Toward Success of Reception and Bazaar to Be Given at King’s Daughters’ Home for Incurables|Oakland and Berkeley erAcE vESRER IARCUEXITE DZHING ARSI ATLLERS i LITTLE FOLK WHO ARE IN- TERESTED IN THE BENEFIT BAZAAR. UNIVERSITY WA FELS THE LiH College Hditor Exposes Faculity Member's Conduct. Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Nov. 19. Under the caption “Academic Con- sistency” Richard O’Connor, editor of the Daily Californian, the college paper, prints this morning a sensational story ' charging a member of the faculty of | the University of California with drunkenness. The name of the offend- ing professor, who is described as being a member of the students’ affairs cofn- mittee, is withheld. The editorial is the talk of the campus, and the general opinion is that the scandal will result in the dismissal of somebody from the university, though Editor O'Connor says he has no fear of a faculty inves- tigation. Here is what Editor O'Con- nor says in his editorial: It is not only the undergraduates of a university who have in their keeping the sacred honor of the institution. A few months ago, in a great univer- | sity not more than a thousand miles | from Berkeley, several students were | tried by a faculty committee on a charge | of alding and abetting a serious infrac- tion of the college rules. In the case of one of the students it sought to prove that he was intoxicated. A particular member of the committee, a faculty man of prominence, urged this point especial- ly against the unlucky student on trial. The student was convicted and was told that he had behaved like a rowdy. Within the last week the particular student who was convicted of drunken- ness happened to be riding on a street car in the university town. On the car he saw his accuser of the faculty com- mittee. The learned scholar was behav- ing in a peculiar manner. He seemed to | have been stricken with paralysis, a pa- ralysis that had especially attacked his | legs and his tongue. At a curve kind | strangers caught the professor and kept | him from being thrown off into the mud. | Besides the student who had been con- | victed of ungentlemanly behavior there | were ten people on the car who knew the | professor well. Many more saw him on the boat and on the train. Great is academic consistency. The “infraction of the college rules” to which Editor O'Connor alludes was the last charter day rush, which re- sulted in the dismissal of three sen- iors from the university. y Editor O'Connor refused to give the name of the man he accused in his edi- torial, though he intimated it would putting two and two together it would be easy to deduce the name of the of- fender. “I have said all I intend to say in that editorial,” said O'Connor. “I did not write it with the intention of pick- ing on one man and satisfying any ! personal feelings I may have. I will| not divulge the name because I think the editorial will accomplish its pur- pose just as well if the professor re- mains nameless. - I simply wish to make it understood that the faculty of this university cannot practice these inconsistencies—canpot punish the stu- ! treaty of a CTIS ARRANGE FOR ARBOR DA Will Plant Trees Together. —— . Three Committees of Leading People Meet and Discuss the Plans. —_—— Berkel®y Office San Francisco Call, 2148 Center Street, Nov. 19. The cities of Oakland and Berkeley will join in celebrating Arbor day on | December 1. The public spirited citi- | zens of the two cities will gather and carry out a programme for tree plant- Ing that will have for its aim the beau- tifying of all the avenues. This was decided at a meeting this morning of committees representing Doth cities at the residence of Mrs. A. J. Ralston of 26i6.Channing way. Pro- fessor A. B. Lemmon and A. G. Bell represented the Oakland City Council, Mrs. Gorrill and Mrs. Borland the Wo- men's Civie Improvement Club of Oak- land, and the following named ladies the tree planting committee of the Town and n Club: Mrs. Ralston, chairman; Mrs. Allan G. Freeman, Dr. | Mary B. Ritter, Mrs. D. B. Hunter, Mrs. Charles Palmer, Mrs. Thomas Ad- dison, Mrs. E. J. Wickson, Mrs. Benja- min Bangs, Mrs. John Hinkle, Mrs. J. | C. Lynch, Mrs. F. H. Payne and Mrs. | G. A. Easton. The meeting decided to plant trees | on Grove street, College and Telegraph | avenues in both cities on Arbor day. Joint exercises will be held in the open air, weather permitting, to consist mainly of addresses by well known speakers. Elm trees will be planted on the streets named and bids will be called for from the leading florists. The committee will meet again within a | week to decide more fully upon the ex- ercises for the day and to consider the | bids submitted. Professor A. V. Stubenrauch of the University of Californta will address the tree planting section of the Wo- men’s Civic Improvement Club of Oak- land to-morrow afternoon at 3:39 o'clock in Mayor Olney’s reception- room in the City Hall of Oakland. His subject will be tree planting. —_——————— Fire Renders Hundreds Homeless. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 19.—The fire at Vera Cruz yesterday destroyed sev- en block of dwellings, leaving 1500 poor persons homeless. The commercial in- terests of Vera Cruz were not harmed. The loss will not be great, as most of the buildings were huts. A gale con- tinues, forcing steamers to come into port. ——————— Mayor Collins Is Renominated. | BOSTON, ‘Nov. 19.—Mayor Patrick Collins, Democrat, to-day was nom- inated by primary vote for re-election. | The Republicans nominated George N. | Swallow and the Socialists nominated G. W. Allin. . I TELEGRAPH NEWS. RIS, Nov. 19.—The funeral o Edwin L.PQ\'ecks, the American artist, in the Amertran Church in the Rue Berri to- day was attended by tre leading Ameri- cen artists resident of raris. ROME: Nov. 19.—The Patria an-| nounces that there will soon be signed a | rbitration between France and | Italy similar to that recently concluded between France and Great Britain. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19.—A constitu- tional bill providing for the creation of| a vice presidency has been sent by Min- ister of the Interior Corall to Congress. In all probability it will be adopted. ROME, Nov. 19.—Pletro Saccardo, the | architect who restored St. Mark's, at Venice, is dead. His death is said to be due to the shock caused by the collapse of the campanile of St. Mark's on June 14, 1902. P : VALLEJO, Nov. 19. rders were is- sued yesterday for the distiller ship Iris to be put out of commission as soon as possible. Work on the turning in of stores and stripping the vessel has al- | ready been started. i BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 19.—Patrick Cahill, a switchman employed by the Southern Pacific here, was run over and | killed about 6 o'clock this morning, while | coupling cars in the yards. He leaves al famlily at Delhart, Tegas. i OGDEN, Utah, Noy. 19.—By the arrest | to-day of Georges Wells the police se- | cured, one of the ringleaders of a gang o highwaymen and murderers who have been terrorizing the country between Og- | den and Reno with a series of crimes. ’ LONDON, Nov. 19.—Joseph Chamber- | lain displays incessant activity in his fis- | cal campalgn. In a letter to the Tariff | Reform_ League to-day he invites public | subscriptions toward the raising of $500. 000 for the purpose of carrying on the propaganda. 1 SEATTLE, Nov. 19.—A special to the| Post-Intelligencer from Dawson rays that | the office of the Yukon Sun was wrecked by an explosion of gasoline in the base- | ment this evening. Fire consumed the] building and destroyed the plant. The| loss was $25,000. | TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 19.—About 1000 men in the Northern Pacific shops in Ta- coma have begun working ten hours per | day again. The usual winter time of nine | the corner of Twenty-ninth and Wals- | hours a day went into effect a month | ago, but 'thz work demanding attention compels a return to ten hours. UKIAH, Nov. 19.—At 2:30 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the tailor shop of A. Leger & Co., on State street. All the stock was lost. It was valued at about $5000. C. E. Owen’s shoeshop and the real estate offices of William Peery were in the same building and were | damaged. lVVASI-HNG’[‘ON, Nov. 19.—Representa- | tive Willlams of Mississippi introduced a bill reducing by 20 per cent the duties on | all articles, the growth or product of | such countries as do now or may here-| after admit natural products of the| United States to their markets free of | import duties. | %OASHINGTON. Nov. 19.—The Land | Office has withdrawn from all forms of disposal four sections of land in the Boise, Idaho, land district for use in con- nection with the Dubois irrigation pro- ect. Thirty sections of the Blackfoot, daho, land district also have been with- drawn from disposal for a reservoir site O AMSINGTON, Nov. 19— Secret E ov. . cretas n;&:%zml transmitted to Si er Can. non to-day the draft of a bill to control .grazing in forest reserves. The bill pro- vides & maximum fine ot $1000 or impris- dents for the very things they do themselves.” President Wheeler, to whom the edi- torial was referred, refused to discuss it in any way. —_—————— Illinois Society to Meet. B S ois Soc will - fornia Hall to—::mw mhmc‘fl. range for the banguets at the annual meeting, which will be held in this Friday, December 18. short Fiominary ‘meeting "at. which g at which the Rev. ‘A. Drahams, Chaplain of San Quentin Prison, will give reminiscences of life in Illinois, and Miss Hoo' of San Francisco will recite - A SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19.—The San ity | Portiry and pet Stock Asssciation e pro- for thy ond s Dre- | o4 onment not to exceed one year for pas- Dietrich and Postmaster Jacob Fisher of forest es without a permit Ko‘.‘.‘.’“m: merx:;v of the !nteflur?e TACOMA, Wash., Noyv. 19.—President n Tacoma. To-morrow morning meet a committee of the Pa- liot of the Northern Pacific and part lpztl o‘:lc‘l).usb: looked over the tg!.'mi): | nal facilities Mr. Elliot will go out to the ,Mpnhn" i Tacoma. In the after- noon he eific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso- ‘maki: it tions for the sec- lnn“u.:l“ mlho‘. ‘which is to be d MnA L\lflhl th; WM“'“:] of next mon! nu entries Sauld be exhinited in the old show Fooms used Py the club have already been cel ‘and a committee has been pointed to look up new quarters, re- ap- | college comic paper, (o} PLAYS GARDEN HOSE ON W Patient Sues Cold Water Cure Doctor for Damages. Says She Feels Worse Now Than Before Taking Treatment. P R ALAMEDA, Nov. 19.~Damages in the sum of $150 are demanded, by Mn.ryi Holden from Franz Wischnéwiski for being “hosed down with cold water.” She allowed the hose wielder to play a stream on her on his guarantee that| the frigid water treatment would cure | her of an ailment with which she was afflicted. Since Wischnewiski per- formed the operation the woman as- serts that she has felt worse than she | did before, and to-day began an action | against the water-cure man in the City Justice's Court to recover the amount sued for, alleging that she has Leen injured physically and mentally to that extent. In her complaint the woman avers | that she was employed by Wischnew- iski, and that when she became ill he represented to her that he was a regu- lar medical practitioner and prescribed for her a shower bath with a garden hose. She submitted to the treatment and finding that the water cure did not end her trouble, but on the contrary | increased its severity, dispensed with the hose-wielder’'s services. It is also alleged by the plaintiff that Wichnew- iski “was never a qualified medical practitioner, but practiced fraudu- lently upon her for the purpose of de- celving and injuring her.” UNIVERSITY EVENTS BERKELEY, Nov. 19.—Dr. Thomas Walker Page will assume his duties as instructor in medieval history at the be- ginning of the next term. Dr. Page is now professor of political science at'the University of Texas. He was formerly connected with the university as instrue- tor in history, having served from 1898 until 1902, The new dramatic club for the co-eds | has been permanently organized by the adoption of a constitution. The follow- ing are the charter members: lulah Le Conte, Miss Edouardo Howard, Miss Edith Reynolds, Miss Pauline Ack- erman, Miss Beatrice M. Snow, Miss Thatcher and Winifred Osborne. The university song book that was re- | cently compiled by a committee of the faculty and students is about to come from the press. All the songs are those written exclusively by students, alumni or members of the faculty. The expense of publication will be borne by the Asso- ciated Students. The students in the short course in dairying at the Agricultural College have begun to make cheese under the in- struction' of the faculty. These practical tests are carried on with cream derived from the college dairy. Another number of the Pelican, the will be issued be- fore the term closes. The staff has been reorganized and each editor assigned to a speetal department of humor. The Glee Club will take in a larger territory than ever before in its next singing tour. At present its scope will extend to Reno, Nevada, and it may pos- sibly be enlarged so that it will include Salt Lake. In an address delivered before the stu- dents taking the short course in agricul- ture yesterday Professor E. W. Hilgard, dean of the Agricultural College, said that the education of the country youth is lacking in nature study, and he advo- cated the introduction into the schools of courses in that subject. To-morrow is the last day remaining for paying the Blue and Gold assess- ments and having photographs taken. The freshman-sophomore debate will be held in Stiles Hall at 7:45 o'clock Saturday evening, when the following question will be discussed: “Resolved, That a democratic form of government is adapted to the French people.” The affirmative will be sustained by the fol- lowing sophomores: W. S. Andrews, W. E. Moroney and J. P. Griffiths; the nega- tive by the following freshmen: N. H. | Eisner, E. M. Peixotto and T. H. Buck- ingham. e e REMAINS OF AGED MAN FOUND IN LAKE MERRITT Body of Hugh Mulholland, Who Dis- appeared Last Friday, Is Re- covered From Water. OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—The body of Hugh Mulholland, who disappeared from his hvme on Friday last, was found in Lake Merritt at the foot of Twenty-third street this afternoon. It had evidentaly been in the water several days. (Whether death was caused by suicide or accident is uncer- tain. Mulholland was 66 years of age, and a trusted employe wof the Oakland Street Department. He leaves a son and several married daughters. There Miss Tal- | | | | | | PORGH-CLIMBERS OMAN| NAKE B A Lakeside Residences Are Rifled of Valuable Jewelry. Clever Crime Is Committed in the Crellin and the Bannan Homes. PR Sl S Oakland Office San Fran: 1118 Broadway, Nov. Daring porch-climbers invaded the Likeside district to-night and rifled residences of watches, diamonds, rings, brooches and pins valued at more than $1500. Those who suffered by the clever work were the family Thomas Crel- lin, president of the Central Bank, re- siding at 1394 Alice street, and William Bannan, a San Francisco broker, re- siding at 1437 Harrison street. The op= erations were identical in method and equally successful, as not a vestige of valuables remained in the apartments visited after the bold and nimble thieves completed the jobs. The families were dining downstairs while the catlike climbers went up the convenient porch-covering stanchions, entered by windows and deftly and speedily overhauled the sleeping apart- ments, gathering together everything that looked like jewelry in their hur- ried but comprehensive search for plunder. POLICE ARE NOTIFIED. Reports from the two residences were sent to police headquarters almost sim- ultaneously, the thefts having been dis- covered about 7:30 o'clock at each home. Detectives were dispatched to the Crellin and Bannan homes, but the best that could be uncovered from the conditions was the very evident fact that a man or men exceptionally tal- ented in their pecullar line of thievery had accomplished the crimes. It was between 6:30 and 7:30 o’clock this evening fhat the Crellin residence was entered. The family was at din- ner, and all of the house servants were on the main floor attending to various domestic duties. The porch-climber made his way undisturbed to a point within reach of a bedroom window, which was quickly opened. He first visited Mrs. Thomas Crellin’s apart- ments, and evidently was well supplied with burglar's keys and picklocks, for he opened chiffonier drawers, escri- toires and jewel boxes with a facility that indicated the use of a first-class Kit of tools. Watches, rings, pins and anything else that caught the burglar's discriminating eyes vanished. Then Miss Mona Crellin’s boudoir was vis- | ited, and an equally complete ciean-up | | | | more than $1000 worth occurred there. Apparently satisfied with his even- ing’s expedition, the busy thief depart- ed by the way he arrived, leaving only empty jewel boxes littered about the chambers, muddy footprints on carpets and window casings and disorder as evidence of his call. DISCOVERS HER LOSS. After supper Mrs. Crellin went up- stairs, only to discover tc her dismay the loss that had been sustained. After an inventory of the missing jewelry the police gave out the statement that of gems had of the been stolen, and not a trace thief's identity in sight. ‘When the detectives visited the Ban- nan resjdence they met the same state of affairs. The Bannans had been at dinner when their unwelcome and un- bidden caller made his hasty entrance and exit by climbing Into the house by way of the front porch and a bedroom window. Without disturbing a soul in the house the thief speedily made the rounds of the sleeping apartments, gathering in-all of the jewelry he could find and using the same methods as were employed at the Crellin residence. The value placed by the police upon the list of stolen gems reported by Bannan is $500. Police investigation caused the detec- tives to accept the theory that the same man was guilty of both thefts. It is conceded at police headquarters that the thief or thieves are bright and par- ticular stars, and the detectives fear that the cases will be extremely diffi- cult to handle in view of the character of the operations. —e—— DIVORCE IS GRANTED TO MRS. IDA FIEST Mrs. N. Landon Sues for Custody of Children—Mrs Annie Colbert ‘Wants Separation. OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—Mrs. Ida Flest, mother of the child in the famous baby selling case, was granted a divorce to- day from Clay H. Fiest, a San Fran- elsco motorman, who charged her with having sold their infant child for $100 is no record of his movements since | Judge Hall, in summing up the evidence last Friday, when he left his home at worth streets. DOMINICAN INSURGENTS LOSE HEAVIL ATTACK Capital o1 the Republic Holds Out Against Their Artillery On- slaught. SAN DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Domingo, Wednesday, Nov. 18.—Yester- day at noon another severe attack was made on the city, without effect. rebels had many killed and wounded, but the Government losses were small. firing continued during the night, the in- surgents using heavy cannon. The situation here is desperate. poor are suffering for necessities and prices of provisions are rising. The san- itary conditions of the city, however, are good. L ——————— TURKISH GRAND VIZIER QUITS DIFFICULT POST Harassed by Russia and Austria on the One Hand and a Court Clique on the Other. VIENNA, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to the Neue Frele Presse from Constantinople | reports that the Grand Vizier has re- | signed on account of the efforts of the palace clique to prevent the acceptance of the Russo-Austrian reform scheme and confirms the announcement that the Turkish Foreign Office has been notified * that if the programme is not accepted this week Baron von Kalice, the Austro- Hungarian Embassador, and M. Zino- Viefr, the Russian Embassador, will per- sonally present the Sultan with copies thereof and hold him responsible for the consequences of its non-acceptance. —_—————————— All men are born equal, but with differ- ent quality spoons in the mouth. The | The | The | | | t given In the case to-day, stated that from the testimony Mrs. Fiest evident- ly believed that her child was being adopted by people who would give it a good home. Judge Hall awarded Mrs. Flest $15 a month alimony for the port of the child and §75 att ees. Mrs., N. v Landon sued out a writ of habeas corpus this afternoon to have her two children produced in court. She says her husband, Bert Landon, has taken the two children, one 2% and the other 1% years old, to the home of his parents on Cypress street, and that she is unable to obtain possession of them. She wants her husband to show cause why she should not have the custody of the children. The writ was issued by Judge Ellsworth and Is made return- able before him at 10 a. m. to-morrow. The Landons live at Point Richmond. Mrs. Annie Colbert, the wife of Jobn Colbert, who was arrested a few days ago om a charge of beating her, filed a suit for divorce this afternoon through Attorney J. L. McVey. ————e————— OAKLAND, Nov. 19.—The sata in the Tesla Coal Compary's offices, First and Madison streets, was opened lamt night by a thief. who stole 315 from the edin box. 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