The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1904, Page 4

THE ‘SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY' 4 1904. 0 SAILORS ARE WOUNDED Pasquale Canivette and Alfred | Le Rivere Are the Vietims of | Most Peculiar Shooting Affray R ‘WOUNDS MAY PROVE FATAL Assailant Flees After Commis-| sion of Tragedy, but Is Cap- | tured Later by Police Officers | g As the result of a shooting affray on | East near Vallejo, night | about o'clock, Pasquale Canivette, street 11 a sailor on the French ship Jean, and Alfred Le Rivere of the ship Ernest Iying at the Harbor Hos- sly wounded Sprengel, last who did ting, was captured by Officers and and Esola and locked up Harbor station. Sprengel is the master of the schooner Neptune, lying off rt-street wh He says that five renchmen lowed him and one of them knocked h's hat off. feared for s life, he said, and self-defense. From account of Fred Parrott, an i shooting, the two smpany with three the way to their vessel, Filbert-street wharf. When ne of Vallejo street Parrott says he saw Sprengel flourish a corner revolver at 1 quintet and order them to turn back. Suddenly he com= menced firing and two of the bullets found lodgment n the bodies of Cani- Le Rivene 'ts were f to Crow ed, and Sprengel boathouse and arged cartridges from his revolver threw them into a cuspidor. He then departed, going toward Market street. Jim McA in charge of Crow- ley’s boath states that he was startled by shots, and just as he was going ¢ o inyestigate Spren- gel rushe: e office floruishing a ran withdrawing the disct ew, however, him, and there- cartridges from his revolver into ‘a cuspidor. He then ked out of the office, but was ar and Patrolman mmoned and had Le oved to the Harbor Hos- was found that a bul- the left breast. Can- red before the arrival and was found some the fo'castle of the ship He was also taken to the hos- i it was found upon examina- bullet had struck him on ne It is feared th penetrated a vital or- bullet inflicted an rm. Both of the rious condition. e e BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH A RIFLE the ile abrasio s le men 3 prec While Hunting Squirrels Woodmansee Sends Bullet His Own Body. Charles Into OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—Charles Wood- mansee, a ld lad living at in shot himself accidentally with a 22 1 1 the y and mother's es his to he was, in order to | istance. in company with | alked out toward try his favorite a small rifle, upon| hat can be found in every The lad was very proud of the new weapon, and he was anxious | me some trophies of his abil- old story of trying to drag th hrough brush with the hen the trig- muzzle rd him | ger caught the netrated the | right breast, a serious and | painful wound The boy = ¢ fortitude, for B ¥ ward as rapid he could not find e to faint or cry long walk, an i was painful and he lost not a lit slood, but he maintained his courage to the last. D; J. H. Callan was called and dressed the wound. The doctor serious results are feared, the young hunter will remain in bed for a while. —_——— MEINER ALLSEITS HAS CHANCE OF s that while no Operation of Friday Night Proves Successful and Wounded Man May Be Restored. OAKLAND, Jan. 3—Meiner Allseits | has just a chance for life, and Otto Simons, who shot at him at Lorin on | Ngw Year's morning, may vet escape a charge of murder, for Simons will not be charged with any crime uniess All- seits dies. | The operation that was performed by Dr. O. D. Hamlin Friday night has proved successful, and if the wounded | man does not suffer a relapss in the next few days he will recover. Still the wound is a serious one. There is a bad | puncture of the liver through the body | of that organ and not through the out- side, and the bullet has lodged in the muscles of the back, where it can be extracted at any time. The physicians | do not deem it wise to attempt any- thing of the kind now, in order that the system may be given as much rest as| possible. The greatest danger is from the serious character of the puncmre! of the liver. —_—— FATHER McSWEENEY : ABOUT ONCE MORE | Able to Be Out Again After Three Weeks of Confinement to Home and. Bed. OAKLAND, Jan. 3.—Rev. Father MecSweeney, who has been confined to | his bed for the last three weeks, is able to be out again, much to the gratification of friends and parishion- ers. The reverend gentleman caught - @ severe cold some time ago, which finally developed symptoms of pheu- monia, and he was summarily ordered to bed by his physician, Dr. D. D. Crowley. - % Father™ McSweeney is much im- RECOVERY | | ernment is the best in the world, the govern. proved and hopes to be entirely well ‘n a'few days. S BRUTAL NECRO SLASHES WOMAN Ethel Carney Is the Vietim of a Dastardly Assault Near Entrance to the Presidio e RUFFIAN AVOIDS ARREST o When Spurned as an Escort Colored Soldier Seeks Re- venge by Attempting Murder A brutal negro soldier, supposed to be | 2 mentber of the Ninth Cavalry Regi- ment, now stationed at the Presidio, slashed Miss Ethel Carney across the face with a razor last night shortly | before midnight at the corner of Baker and Greenwich streets, which is near the Presidio entrance. The attack on the young woman was entirely unwar- | ranted, and the burly black, after sev- eral attempts to cut the throat of the young woman, slunk away in the dark- ness and escaved. Miss Carney, in company with Mrs. J. W. Knight, was returning to their | home, 2588 Lombard street, on a Union-street car. Seated near them | were five negro soldiers, dressed in| cavalry uniforms. As soon as the two women entered the car the negroes | | | made several attempts to speak to | them, but were ignored. They continued their tactics and finally became abusive and insulting. | The women appealed to the conductor | of the car, but he was powerless to make the blacks cease their insults | and the women became thoroughly frightened When the car reached the corner | of Baker and Greenwich streets Miss | Carney and Mrs. Knight alighted and started to walk to their home. They 1 that one of the colored men got off the same corner, and ob- serving this the women hurried their | footsteps and sought to avoid the man. | not He overtook them before they had | | gone far and approaching them, said: | 8 going to walk along with you, | girl The two women, now thor- oughly armed, started to run, and ne moment the negro, with an oath, pulled a razor out ef his| pocket and started after them. | rertook Miss Carney and | He soon u L hed her with the blade. It buried itself in her neck, just missing the jugular vein. He made a second slash | at the helpless young woman and in- flicted anotheh cut,laying open her jaw. In the meantime Mrs. Knight called loudly for help. Her cries were an- swered by Patrolman Nye of the North End police station. soon as the negro saw the policeman he took to his heels and ran along Baker street and was soon lost in the darkness. The pa- trolman gave chase, but failed to cap- ture the brut Miss C: was hurriedly removed to the ergency Hospital, where Dr. Millar treated her wounds. She was weak from the loss of blood ‘and her nerves were wrecked by the awful shock. Her wounds are not serious, though had the blade of the gone an inch lower her jugular vein would have been severed and she would have bled to death. The police say that they have an idea who the assailant of Miss Carney is and expect to capture him. CIVES 4 DIARY OF LST TEAR Rev. Clarence Reed Reviews Happenings of a Political, So-. cial and Philanthropic Nature —_—— i “A Diary of 1903 was the subject of | | a sermon delivered by the Rev. Clar- ence Reed at the California-street Meth- odist Episcopal Church last night. Mr. | | Reed said in part: t year cannot be said to have been ripe of great events, but it has been more a car of preparation. The revolution in Panama the recognition of the republic by the States and England and its bearing on truction of the canal are matters of year which are of paramount importance. in, the settlement of the Alaskan boundary e betwen America and Canada is pro- of the time when all international con- versies will be settled by arbitration | mong those things which in the last vear The lasf 1 regret the prejudice that exists against | the Jews ir. Christian countries. FACTOR OF TROUBLE. | The jealousics between the great powers of pe made possible the Macedonian disturb- s and were a factor of the trouble. Such | a condition I to be deplored. As for the threat- ! ened Russo-Japanese .war, the clouds of which darken the horizon, I cannot resist giving to the Japanese nation the eulogy it merits. We ¢ overiook Japan's wonderful history and her id advancement to the front rank of the great nations of the world. Were not the a eee soldiers noted for their bravery in the of Peking? And was not their exem- | y conduct after the relief of the city In | ked contrast with the pillaging practiced some European soldiers? { The past vear has not been without its sad | death record in the ranks of men and women | 7f hote and world wide distinction and philan- Topy. | The death of Herbert Spencer and the call ing away of Consul Booth-Tucker were two of | the very regrettable losses. | PRAISE FOR SPENCER. _stnr‘er had been called an agnostic by Christian ministers and papers, but I would call bim the greatest seeker after truth of our generation. His influence on education and his development of the science of soclology were of enormous benefit to the world. Consul | Booth-Tucker's death' must be felt keenly by | all with whom she came In contact, for her | l‘l;"‘hl:'lte 'Wll mlld indeed. Spencer was the nker of truth and Consul - thinker of truth Booth-Tucker was | The conduct of civic affairs of the land is t« be deplored and especially deplorable ‘was lh: overwhelming victory of the mmany forces in New York City, While our National Gon ernment of many Ame crmment ¥ American cities is notoriously In this respect I urge young men of g tion and character o fit themeelves for oo litical life. and while at first they may fafl 10 bring about better and clean and pure goy- er:merm. g@m\nlly it must come. s for the religious life of the Mist religious sentiment as expreseed in wctal’ set. tiements and philanthropic associat! been more marked than ever before "0 a8 ——————— Cardinal Gibbons’ BALTIMORE, Jan. mass in the cathedral to-day and at the conclusion of the service held his second New Year's reception at the 3—A d archepiscopal residence. Fifteen hun- | ceived at the Navy Department m&u". dred persons attended the mass and m By remained. to shake hands with the | er La: 3 i N s Cardinal. 2 razor | * ! women, who fled to neighbors’ houses | after the firemen had broken into the | canoes report that !shore during a southwest gale and 8.—Cardinal |5torm she stopped and blew her Gibbons preached the sermon at high | Whistle several times. The Indians say NOTABLE RECEPTION TO BE HELD IN HONOR OF WOODMEN’'S CONSUL F. A. Falkenburg, Chief Officer of Order, Will, Upon Occasion of Visit to Camps in and About Oakland, Be Guest at Function of Magnitude Open to Public by Invitation From Members [ —— FIRE FICHTERS " RESCEE WOMEN Mother and Her Daughter Are Aroused While Sound Asleep | in a Building 'All Aflame ! — Gakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 8. A: Holmes and her daughter, | Mrs. TS5 . L AU P, ToSRE - Miss Lizgie H. Holmes, occupying| j & rooms in the rear under Golden West Hall, Peralta street, near Thirty-fourth, OAKLAND RESIDENTS WHO had a narrow escape early this morn- WILL ENTERTAIN AT THE ing from suffogation in the burning WOODMEN'S RECEPTION. building. Firemen chopped their way | &. & i XN into the place and aroused the sleeping in their night robes, after the invading firefighters had alarmed the slumber- ers. Policeman Fahey saw the fire burn- ing briskly in the upper part of the two-story structure. An alarm was sounded from box 15 at o’'clock. When the firemen arrived the hall, roof and sides were all ablaze. Mrs. Holmes and her daughter did not awake until 930 unoccupied store on the iower floor, back of which were the family's living rooms. Smoke clouded the apartments and the wonder is that the two wom- en were not overcome. The fire started in an annex to the | main hall, which was used as a banquet hall, but had not been in service for some time. An ironworkers’ uaion held a meeting in the hall last night. Miss Holmes said she went upstairs at 11:30 o'clock and turned out the lights. Three hours later the building was in flames. Chief "Engineer Ball of ths Fire De- partment and Fire Warden George Mch Donald made a thorough examination of the place after the flames were sub- dued, but could find no cause for the fire. * They thought that a smoldering cigar end might have dropped Into a corner and started the fire, but this was only a theory. Mrs. Holmes said she owned the building, which carried $3200 insurance. The loss is $1500 to $2000. Boiling over of fat that was being fried out on a gas stove caused a fire this afternoon in the residence of Mrs. F. M. Kanable, 1202 Fourteentn street. Richard Scott owner. The damage was $200. —_———————— INDIANS CONVEY NEWS OF A NORTHERN WRECK Schooner Is Reported to Have Gone Down and a Collier Has Diffi- culty in Storm. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 3.-—Indians coming from Ozette to Neah Bay in a small two- masted schooner was wWwrecked near Ozette 1Island about 1 o'clock last Tuesday morning. They say 'the schooner went down about'a mile from that when they left the masts were sticking out of the water. 3 The schooners Alice, Captain Frank, and the Surf Duck, Captain Hgnks, left Neah Bay Sunday night loaded with supplies for the oil fields south ‘| hag’ 25,000 members in this State. Barytone solo—‘Toreador Love Song”.... A féw moments OAKLAND, Jan. 4—The Woodmen of the World'are going to give Head Consul. F. A. Falkenburg a reception that is warthy of the order to-morrow evening at the First Presbyterian Church. The head consul wil at that time make the first official visit to the camps In and ebout Oakland that he has made for near two years, and the camps are going to show the head con- sul what they can do in the way of turn-out and a reception. The meeting will be open to the public but only upon invitation, and cards of admission can be secured from members of the order. Superior Judge F. B. Ogden, who is past consul commander of ©Oakland Camp No. 94, and who was one of the early and hardest working members of the order, will preside during the even- ing, and Rev. E. E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will de- liver an address in introducing Mr. Falkenburg. There will be an excellent programme of music. Head Consul Falkenburg will leave for Los Angeles in a few days, and | from there will go to Denver, the head- quarters of the Pacific jurisdiction of the order, and it will be some time be- fore the people of California will have another opportunity to hear him. The arrangements for this affair are in the hands of a committee composed of J. J. McConnell and Charles Krytser of Ozkland Camp and 8. T. Dodson, who is.acting organizer for the State in the place of W. L. Temple, who was killed in the Byron, wreck. Mr. Falkenburg says that the order The head consul has still seventy-five visits to make before leaving California. In September he takes charge of the Na- tional Fraternal Congress to be held at the St. Louis Exposition,” and to be participated in by sixty-one fraternal organizations, having 5,000,000 members and paying out $1,225,000 in death ben- efits. . 3 The programme for to-morrow even- ing is as follows: Organ prelude—' Fanfare' ++..Lemmens Miss Mabel Hill. Song—'“When the Corn is Waving''...... Buck jckerbocker Quartet (Herbert Williams, first tenor; D. B. Crane, first bass; Dr. R. W. Smith, second tenor; L. A. Larsen, sec- ‘ond’ bass.) "Kern R. E. J. Hynes. ittee) . . Selected b M. D. (By special requestlof thé commi Miss Jessie Falkenbure. “'Song of the Vikings’ Mrs. N. C. Neflsen, ten, cdhtralto; John W, Gwilt, te of Hoh River and the Indians think it E. J. Kern, i was one of these schooners that went'|Temr soloiidll for Your,..;...D"Ardelant down. The Indians also report that a | mtroductory addre ¥ 1:?:":"& Falkenburg large steamer that looked like a col- lier appeared to be in distress that morning. She was headed south and when' she struck the brunt of the she finally turned back and made for the entrance to the strdits. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. the trainis says the torpedo bbat o which was rammed by the ol at Key. West, is not Mrs. N. Ci Nellson, . E. B. Baker. John W. Gwil Kerns, it RE Y FOR OAKLAND Prominent Dealers in . Realty Report Magket Conditions Better Than Ever Before Oakland Office San Francisco Call. 1118 Broadway, Jan. 3. “The best year in the history of the city.” This is the opinion expressed by nearly all the local real estate dealers, who agree that a larger amount of property has.changed hands.and more buildings have been erected than ever before during a single year. The year 1903 has witnessed the demolition of the old market building at Elevénth and Washington streets, and the erec- tion of a substantial business block in its place. During the last year the Produce Exchange has been erected, af- fording a commodious place of business for local commission men; a large new theater building is in coufse of con- struction on Broadway, near Four- teenth street, and before many months of the present year have passed Oak- land's first skyscraper, the magnificent eleven-story office building, which will will have been ccmpleted. Following are estimates of the in- crease in business given by well-known dealers in realt W. J. Laymance: “Ishould say, juds- ing from the business done by our firm, and from the reports of other dealers, that the value of real estate that has changed hands during the last year will aggregate $10,000.000. More ‘than $3,000,000 has been invested in the erec- tion of residences. cottages and flats, and the value of manufacturing struc- tures and business blocks erected dur- ing 1903 will exeeed $2,000,000. VALUES INCREASING. “In March, 1903, the assessed value of Oakland real estate was $49,000,000, an increase since 1902 of $5,000,000. The population of the city in 1890 was 48,632, In 1900 it was 66,960, and I should say that at present the population is about 93,000. I should estimate the trade pop- ulation of Oakland and its suburbs at 150,000, and by 1910 I believe that it will exceed 250,000.” J. H. Macdonald: *“Our ‘sales vear amounted to more than, $1,350,000, which is far in advance of the business done by us in any previous year. The ['prosperity of 1903 is largely due to the work of the Oaklands Board of Trade in advertising the city and interesting Eastern people in its rapid develop- ment and splendid location for a com- mercial center. “One of the great needs of Oakland at present is one or two first-class cen- trally located commercial hotels, and at least one large tourist hotel to ac- commodate the increased number of business men and summer visitors. And more than anything else we need stores —modern, well appointed stores. Dur- ing the last year the rents of stores twenty to fifty per cent ard it is al- most impossible to secure large stores at any pride. Places on San Pablo and Telegraph avenues which formerly rented for $50 and $60 now bring from $100 to $150, and even at these prices few are to be had.” “PROGRESS IS GREAT. H. P. Bancroft: “Oakland has made greater progress in the last year than ever before. More building has been done, more outside capital invested, and there is a greater demand for busi- ness locations than ever before during the history of the city. Suburban resi- dence property has been in great de- mand, especially in the northern part of the city. In short, more real estate has changed hands and larger single sales have been mgde in 1903 than ever before in a single year.” A. J. Snyder: “Our business during the last year has been greater than ever before. People who wish.to se- cure residence and business sproperty do not seem to be particular about the prices so long as they are suited in re- gard to location and style. The great- ‘modern cottages and houses of from C00D FORTUNE be the home of the Union Savings Bank, last | in good locations have increased from | MAIL DELAYED IN DELIVERY Complaints Pile Up in Post- offiee From Indignant Citi- zens in Outlying Distriets BAE T i, INVESTIGATION DEMANDED PRz Work of Lvoenlvomce Demor- alized Following Removal of Inspector James W. Erwin —_—— Postmaster Fisk will have a task dur- ing his first few weeks in office straightening out the tangle into which the free delivery service has become involved. Hundreds of complaints from residents of the Mission, the Western | Addition and all outlying districts of the city have béen accumulating dur- | ing the last three months, and no sys- tematic attempt to investigate them ap- parently has been made. This dedlorable state of affairs has existed ever since the removal of J. W. | Erwin, who had general supervision of | | free delivery on this coast. Erwin's place has not been filled from Wash- {-ington, but his former duties have been looked after by one of City Superin- tendent A. M. Cox’s assistants. But there is a very great difference. The postal inspectors under Erwin's | direction were prompt to investigate | complaints of .slow delivery of mail | | and suggest remedies. Since Erwin's | retirement, however, the complaints, | instead of being turned over to in- spectors to e investigated, have been | allowed to pile up. The result hMI | been a vast accumulation of com-| | plaints, while the inspectors are hav- | | ing an easy time and the uuff@rlng‘ public is compelled to endure the in- convenience of a poor service. The carriers admit that many of the complaints gre justified, but claim they are overworked and that addi-| tional help should be provided. The | | inspectors agree that more carriers| | are needed and it is probable that| some action to relieve the present un- | satisfactory conditions will be taken | soon. Superintendent of City Delivery Cox | says that there is nothing in the com- | plaints of carriers as to the cause of the delay in mail delivery, and when asked regarding this aspect of the mat- | ter he treated it lightly. | It is saia that Postmaster Fisk pro- | poses to make a thorough investigation | of the complaints and that .Superin- | tendent of City Delivery Cox may be disrated to a subordinate position if it | |is found that he is responsible for the | delay in the delivery of mail. It has also been stated on good au- | thority that Postmaster Fisk and the | local postal inspectors will request the | Government to increase the force of the | Postoffice in San Francisco by twenty- five or thirty extra men—this for the| | purpose of giving better service to the | resident sections of the city. An instance of the delay in the city | | delivery.of mail is shown by the state- ment. made yesterday by the manager | {of a well-known publishing firm i San Francisco. In speaking of the matter he said: | GREAT DELAY IN DELIVERY, | “We have a large city correspondence and send many letter daily. We have | been delayed fn our business and great annoyance has resulted by the non- delivery of letters for two and three days at a time. In two instances let- ters addressed to residents in this city and mailed at Station K at an early hour in the afterncon did not reach their destination in the Mission until the last delivery two ‘days later. “In c¢ne case, a letter mailed at | Fourth and Market streets on a Mon- | day evening at 7 o'clock did not reach | the person addressed, on Folsom and Twenty-third streets, until the follow- ing Wednesday afternoon. | “In another instance, manuscript mailed by us to printers on Tuesday | | evening did not reach them until the | following Thursday afternoon.” i Several letter-carriers, when their at- | tention was called to the delinquency, | | said that complaints have been numer- | ous. for months and have welcomed | | news that complaints would be made to the department. The inspectors and | the new Postmaster will take the mat- | { ter up 4t once. | | STRIKE BREWING AT HOMESTEAD Men Are Dissatisfied at Recent Reduection of Wages and a Walkout is Threatened i £ O FIVE DAYS' NOTICE GIVEN Trouble Will Probably Extend to Other Mills Owned by the Carnegie Steel Company Special Dispatch to The Call. PITTSBURG, Pa. 3.—Indica~ tions point to a metdl strike at the Homestead mills of the Carnegle Steel Company. The men are not organized, but they have suddenly assumed an organized form within the plant and committees have been appointed to is- sue an ultimatum to the company. A. R. Hunt, the superintendent has recetved five days’ notice to meet the scale of wages formulated by the ton- nage men. Unless a compromise is agreed upon, the Homestead plant will be idle. Thers is no doubt that the strike will extend to the Duquesne mills, the Edgar Thompson plant in Braddock and other plants controlled by the Carnegie Stecl Company. All employes of the concern except some of the low- est wage earners have had their wages reduced. From the rallroad men up to the head rollers everybody is dis- gruntled. The trouble was started at the forty- inch mills in Homestead when threa crews, numbering about 450 men, stopped work on Saturday. The crews of every other mill held meetings and sent committees to A. R. Hunt with counter-propositions and advised him that the company’'s wages would not be accepted. Heaters and rollers who have been paid 32 72 for every one hundred tons in the big mills, have been cut to $1 74. The men agree to accept a reduction to $2 for every ona hundred tons. The unanimity with which the men have acted has surprised the company. The submissive manner in which the steel workers have accepted all the changes led the superintendents to be- lieve that all they had to do was to announce the wages that the company is willing to pay, and the men woula resume work. But the workmen are prosperous. They have had steady work during the last four years at good wages and can afford to remain idle several months without requiring as- sistance. Jan. g el L5 e STRIKERS BECOME RIOTOUS. Bloomington's Mayor Is Helpless and Militia May Be Ordered. BLOOMINGTON, I, Jan. 3.— Riotous scenes marked the street car strike to-day. Windows in six cars were smashed by missiles thrown by strike sympathizers who congregated several hundred strong at various points along the line. J. Knocks and G. R. Morris were dragged from their cars and severely beaten. The Mayor admits that he is not able to cope with the situation and President Demonge of the street car company announces that to-morrow he will request the Mayor to ask for militia. R Police Pension Board to Meet. The regular quarterly meeting of the Police Commissioners as a Pension Board will bé held to-day. The most important matter to be considered is the retirement of Captain Dunlevy of the Harbor district. It was under- stood that he was to hand in his resig- nation prior to ‘the meeting, to take effect on April 1, but he has not done so. What action the board will take is a matter of conjecture. —_———— Martial Law at Telluride. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 3.—Governon Peabody to-night declared a modified form of martial law in Telluride and that city will be placed under the same restrictions as now prevail at Crippla Creek. The object of the order is un< derstood to be to prevent the return of the men who were arrested and seny out of the district. KILLED BY AID OF HYPNOTIS) Paris Wrought Up Over Death\ "of a Rich Woman Who Was | Under Mesmeric Influence Pt RN T PARIS, Jan. 3.—Paris is deeply inter- | ested in the alleged hypnotic murder of a woman named Chappius, 61yearsold, | whose surviving relatives include Leon Gresse, an operatic conductor; Lieu- | tenant Giradot of the army and M. | Toutain, a bank official. The neighbors | of the Chappius woman were a family | named Martin, consisting of husband 1 and wife, who are spiritualists. It is | lie In state at | mcendiary fire | alleged that Mme. Martin obtained a ; commanding influence over Mme. Chap- pius with the result that Mme. Chap- pius made a will in her favor, cutting off her natural heirs. | Mme. Chappius died and was buried. On complaint of her relatives the body was exhumed, but no trace of poison was found in the stomach. Mme. Mar- tin has been arrested and witnesses | over the dead woman, but it is not be- [ lleved she will be prosecuted unless facts are developed showing that she physically brought about the death of Mme. Chapplus. s R R B RS T A six to ten rooms, ranging in price from $2500. to $5000. Rents have increased both for business and residence prop- erty, the former bringing from twenty to. twenty-five per cent more than in 1901 and 1902 and the latter about fif- | tegn per cent-more. -As to the amount of business we have during the year I cannot state the figures at present, but it is far in advance of auny previous year.” . - e, have testified to her alleged control | ————— ' | High Homors for Dead Confederate, GAINESVILLE, Ga., Jan. 3—The funeral of General James Longstreet will be held here Tuesday. All naval and military organizations of the city will attend in a body. The remains will the "courthouse until Wednesday morning. Interment will be with full military honors. —— NEW gYORK. Jan. 3.—The grea part of the building at the southwest corner way and Leonard . gl street was destroyed reach $135,000. The ouitdy was W 25,000, The s a number of firms. i SERRG. St His satanic majesty takes off hig hat every time he meets a hypocrite. ADVERTISEMENTS. . ADVERTIEMENTS. 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