The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1904, Page 2

(8] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL FRIDAY, TAN UARY 15, 1904. DB xn.!(xn's SWAD ROOT. THOUSANDS HAVE ~ KONEY TROUBLE AND DONT KNOW 1T | comvimmr xee PRILMERSCE. To Prove what Swamp-Roo t, the Great Kidney Remedy, Will Do for YOU. Every Reader of “The Call” May | Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail 'CHAIN OF EVIDENCE TO WARRANT MU AGAINST RDER CHARGE LEON S. SOEDER Continued From Page 1, Column 4. not b that the man was given any drug, and if he was it must have | been a hypnotic of especially slow ac- tion. “he man could not have been given chioral or knockout drops at his meal because the drug would have |rcnd(red him unconscious before he eve could have reached the lonely spot on the ride of Russian Hill. The way to | the cut in the hilt where the dead body was found is so steep that it would have been utterly impossible to have dragged an unconscious man to the place where Blaise vas found mur- dered. “To chloroform a person, that person has to be cognizant of the fact that he is being given an anesthetic, or be in such a condition as to not know that he is being placed under the influence of a drug. If Blaise was in such a con- dition, what would have Leen the use of giving him chloroform.”* Soede- claims that he arrived at his room on Jackson street about half-past 6 last Sunday evening and that Blaise went out for a walk about fifteen min- {utes later, and that he (Soeder) re- | mained in the room until Monday 1! morning. Agalnst this statement of Soeder’s is ‘th positive assertion of the proprietor | and employes of the Mexican restau- rant at 721 Broadway that Soeder and | Blaise did not leave the restaurant un- i til 7:20 p. m. | Not alone is Soeder contradicted in his statement that he returned to his {room at 5:30 last Sunday evening, but proof was forthcoming yesterday to | show that he did not spend the evening in his lodgings. Mrs. J. Niblaus, landlady at 827 Jack- !nn street, stated yesterday that not | only is she positive the Soeder was not | in his own room when she retired last Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness Sunday night at 10:30, but that she had and suffering than any other disecasc -thercfore, when, through proof on Monday morning neglect or other causecs, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, fatal rcsults are sure to follow. 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In writing. be sure to say that San Francisco Da Call SUFFERER FROM INSOMNIA DROWNS HERSELF IN LAKE| Leaves a Letter Announcing That she Had Decided That Death Was Preferable to Sickness. MORA. Minn., Jan. 14—With one end of a rope tied around the waist and the other end the ice, the body of Mrs. J. C. Pope, wife of an attorney, was dragged to- day from Lake Mora. Mrs. Pope had bee sufferer from insomaia and left | a mi ir— er saying that she had deter- to enrd her sufferings. ot pasihe ut on the ice to where an open had been made by cutters. a lon the ic pe to a scantling imbedded in nd with the other end coiled securely about the waist had plunged | into the lake. Mrs. Pope was a society leader a. it sl Cattle Man J¥s Assassinated. DALLA Tex., Jan. 14.—Word has been received from Roby, Tex., that Colonel Millsop, one of the most prom- ine) assinated to-night by some un- known man, who fired through a win- dow of the Lacy Hotel and riddled his body with buckshot. The assassin es- caped. ADVERTISEMENTS. @he Fuh Chas. Keilus & Co. B . ¢ Y. 0wl vn.» High-Grade C!othlers No Branch Stores. No Agents. Properly Balanced And Correctly Styled Are Prominent Features That Mark Our Ciothes. The Brainiest Designers Do the Thinking For Us. We Fit With Science. eck ice | There she had tied one end of | attie men of Western Texas, was | Lit] HERMAN BREAKS OCT OF PRISON :1'i<2mcod Inspormr of Con- | stabulary, Who Was Confined | at (ebu Manages to Get Away | 4 to'a post’imbedded in | | 14—George Herman, time chief inspector of con- | stabulary, who, in company with C. J. Johnson, constabulary supply officer when both were stationed at Misamis, Mindanao, robbed the Government and then started on a vessel they stole, has } MANILA, Jan. at one | escaped from confinement at Cebu and | |is still at large. When Herman was finally captured off Bayanan Johnson | was found dead in the abandoned boat, having been shot the day before by constables in a fight during which Her- man shot and killed four men, escap- ing for the time being. The Government has decided to file | additional charges against W. D. Bal- | lentine, former inspector at this port, | and John T. Miller, 2 former inspector | of immigration, both of whom were re- " |cently acquitted of a charge of con- | spiracy to import Chinese coolies into | the Philippines disguised as merchants and on false certificates. The act prohibiting the importation | of all silver coin which is not upon a »gold basis became a law to-day, and | the members of the commission were |loudly cheered for the promptitude in | meeting the demands of the mercan- | tile classes in this respect. Action ;upon the supnlemental act providing for a tax upon all written contracts | made payable in home or foreign coin net upon a gold basis has been post- | ponea for a weelk. . ——— : To Investigate Expulsion of Priest. PARIS, Jan. 14.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Desessart inter- | pellated the Government on the sub- Jject of the expulsion from French ter- ritory of the Alsatian priest, Father icolaus Delsor, a member of the German Reichstag. Premier Combes | asked for time in which to obtain in- | formation concerning the case. The request was granted after a somewhat heated debate, ——lr s Storm Is Raging on Belgian Coast. DRUSSELS, Jan. 14.—A terrible storm is raging on the Belgian coast. Much bavoc has been wrought both on land and sea. 5 i kidneys and | in both slight | that the room could have been uscd but for | @ short time on Sunday night last. | LAMP WAS BUT LITTLE USED. always fill the lamps in the house every morning.”” said Mrs. Niblaus. “The lamp in the room which Soeder and Blaise occupied was used but very little last Sunday evening. I filled the {lamp on Sunday morning, and if Soe- | der was in his room, as he claims, all Sunday evening the bulk of the oil ! must have been burned. When I at- tended to the lamp on Monday morn- ing 1 found it was nearly filled with | oil and I could only pour a small quan- tity into it. “I am positively certain that no one was in Soeder's room last Sunday night when my husband and myself retired. Our’ sleeping room_is next to the one occupied by Soeder and Blaise. We heard no sound in their room and there i was no sign of a light.” Another significant point on which | Soeder is flatly contradicted is his | statement made last Monday morning | to his landlord, Niblaus, that he feared harm had come to Blaise, who he as- serted had considerable money on his | person when he went out, as alleged, | on the Sunday evening. ! Mr. and Mrs. Niblaus stated yester- day that they had never seen Blaise | display a single penny, and that all i bills were paid by Soeder. | “When Soeder and Blaise came to our house,” said Niblaus, “Soeder paid for 'the room. The rent was $3 50 each week. The second week Soeder came to me and said he was short of money | and could not pay the rent, and I told | him not to worry but to take his time. Soeder paid for everything that they used. If they had some beer, or cheese, lor cakes, Soeder always took money | from his pocket and gave it to Blaise {xnd sent him to the corner grocery. I { felt sure that Blaise did not have any | money, for some days when Soeder L would remain away all day Blaise would stay in the room and eat up any provisions they had on hand. THOUGHT BLAISE PENNILESS. “I have been at home for the last { three weeks, painting and papering | rooms, and had a good opportunity of | observing the two men. I remarked to my wife one day that I did not be- [lieve that Blaise had a single cent and that he seemed dependent on Soe- der for his living. Blaise did not, as far as I saw, have a watch or any ! jewelry. The first time Soeder ever said anything to me about Blaise hav- ing money was last Monday morning. when he reported to my wife and my- self that Blaise had been away all night. He told us that Blaise had $90 in his pocket the previous night.” | At the Mexican restaurant, 721 Broad- | way, where Soeder and Blaise always had dinner, the proprietor and the at- taches state positively that Soeder paid for the meals and that Blaise was never seén to display any money. A RUSE OF THE MURDERER. The police now give credence to the theory that if Blaise had any money when he left his home in Germany he turned his funds over to Soeder to | take care of and disburse. Blaise could not speak English, he was not familiar withr American coinage, and it is now thought that when the, pockets of Blaise were turned inside out by his murderer it was done for the purpose of making the crime look like one with robbery as its motive. Miss Annie Melers, the young woman who met Soeder and Blaise on the steamer La Touraine when they were coming from Germany, when ques- tioned yesterday as to whether Blaise had a watch, jewelry or money in his possession since the time she met him up to the day ‘of his last visit to her uncle’s place at 4800 Mission street, said: "I never noticed whether Blaise | had a watch. I do not think that he did, for I never saw it. Neither did he have any jewelry that he wore. I do not know how much money he had, or whether he had any, never having been in a position to ascertain this.” In the rest 6f the conversation Miss Meters merely told .of the frequent visits of Blaise and Soeder to her un- cle’'s home and of Soeder's appearing twice at their house on the day the dead man's body was found. She was unable to give anything new that woulc be of interest to the police in the gath- ering of evidence against Soeder. FIND POISON IN TRUNK. One of ihe most important pieces of evidence in the possesSion of the po- lice, which has been -kept absolutely secret by them, even to the point of denial, was found in Soeder’s trunk last Tuesday afternoon. The police learned that hefore going to Germany Soeder had left a trunk at the home S | of Miss Geralfiine Flatley, 300 Marshall street. Three days before Blaise was mur- dered, Soeder went with an expressman named Carter to Miss Flatley's home. He asked for and was given the trunk and conveyed it to the Five Mile House at 4280 Mission street, kept by Michael Risso. Soeder told Risso that he de- sired to leave the trunk and might call for it in three or four days. If he did not call for the trunk, Soeder informed Risso that he might destroy it. On Tuesday last the trunk was traced and located by the detectives and was taken to the Hall of Justice, where it was opened. In it the de- tectives were startled to find two bot- tles of hydrocyanic acid. There was nothing in the trunk but an old pair of shoes. Hydrocyanic acid is the most deadly poison known to science. When it is considered that onme drop | of bydrocyanic acid is an instantly fatal dose, the possession of the deadly | poison in a large quantity by Soeder is looked upon by the police as the most important evidence so far obtained h)'f them. Soeder also had a bottle of chloroform and one of carbolic acid in | his room on Jackson street. They 'were found there Monday last by Detective Gibson. SEEK HABEAS CORPUS WRIT. The statement of . Miss Catherine Flatley that Soeder désired to marry her and recently informed her that he expected to receive $7000 from Germany, which was published exclusivelygin The | Call yesterday, is regarded by the po- lice as another important link in the chain of evidence against the suspect- ed man. Chief Wittman was so im-| pressed by the statement made to him last Wednesday by Miss Flatley that | j he instructed the detectives working on the case to thoroughly interview her and secure further information, at the same time binding her to secrecy. The attorneys for Soeder, Salomon | & Campbell, yesterday applied for a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Car- roll Cook, who informed them that his calendar would not permit of a hearing for a few days. The attorneys then went to Presiding Judge Kerrigan, who issued the writ on behalf of Soeder, making it returnable before Judge Frank Dunne at 2 o'clock this after- noon. The writ was served on Chief Witt- man last evening and he will produce Soeder in court as ordered. The state- ment was made last night by the po-| lice that before Soeder is brought into | court this afternoon a charge of mur-| der will be placed against him. The detectives working on the case visited Soeder’s room yesterday and conveyed all his property and that of Blaise to the Hall of Justice, including two large butcher knives and a meat saw, which Soeder had used in his oc- cupation as a cook. Strange to say, the officers left be- hind them a dark blue overcoat, the property of Soeder. A careful exam- ination of this overcoat made last even- ing showed that it was slightly specked with red soil, similar to that which is to be found’at the foot of Russian Hill, where Blaise was murdered. FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH TOWN Entire Business Section of Havre in Northern Part of Montana Is Reduced to Ashes i Ny 1 HELENA, Mont.,, Jan. 14—As a re- sult of a fire which started shortly after midnight Wednesday at Havre, in the northern part of the State, the entire business portion of the town has been wiped out, entajling a financial loss of $350,000. The fire started from some unkngwn cause in an alley between a saloon and a business house on the main business street. In the immedi- ate vicinity were a number of flimsy structures. There was an inadequate water supply, and by daylight, when thé fire was thought to be out, the loss had reached $60,000, with half that amount covered by insurance. Five hours after it was thought the danger had passed a clerk in a drug- store opened a door in the sidewalk in front of his place of business, and was met by a sheet of flame. During the first fire sparks had dropped under the sidewalk and had smoldered for hours, bursting into a blaze when the door was opened. A high wind was blowing, and the fire soon spread from the drugstore to other buildings. The efforts made to stop the fire” were fruitless, and not until three blocks in the business part were burned out and a block and a half of residences consumed did there come a lull in the wind and a change in its direction. Then there was noth- ing left to be destroyed. Havre is a border town and a rail- road junction point and it has many transient hard cases. While the firc was at its height some of these men tried to loot the stores that were in the | path of the fire. The commanding of- | ficer at Fort Assiniboine was asked for | help and he sent a company of soldiers to the town to prevent looting. The soldiers are on guard duty to-night. A conservative cstimate places the loss at $350,000, with about $145,000 in- surance. Many people were rendered homeless, but there was no loss of life. Offers of assistance have been sent by other towns in the State. The principal losses in both fires were: Frank Chestnut, building and saloon stock, $10,000, insurance $6000; Stringfellow Drug Company, $18,000, insurance $5000; Sykes furniture house, $14,000, insurance $8000; Montana Sup- i ply Company, $45,000, insurance $21,000 First National Bank, fixtures, $640 Hotel Havre, $53,000, insurance $22,500; M. A. Burback & Son, $10,000, insur- ance $8000; Frank W. Sieber, bowling alley, $5000; Havre Wholesale Liquor Company, $20,000, no insurance; F. A. Buttrey, $26,000; Metropolitan Hotel, $1000. About a dozen saloons and a score of private residences were also destroyed. —————— To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take ative Bromo Quinine Zabists gl R R TR S o sroom and be greatly inconvenienced in | the complaint. | So they were compelled to remain at levery Son of Veteran and every| BONIFACE OF POLITI! IHANNA HOLDS CENTER ITICAL STAGE WOULD 0 T Republican Leaders Fmd Food ‘for Much Dis- cussion in the Delayed Issuance of a THE SINGER Patti’s Visit to Port- land Causes a Tempest. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or.,, Jan. 14.—Mme. Patti was virtually ordered out of the Portland Hotel in thig city to-day. Manager Bowers curtly told Marcus Mayer, Patti’'s business manager, that | if he was not satisfied with the accom- modations the whole party could get out. The order was hurled at Mr. Mayer, who is an ofd-time friend of Manager Bowers’ mother, a Baltimore actress, and was vigorously resented by hlm.l Twelve rooms had been engaged for the Patti party, but on their arrival it was found that most of the rooms had been rented to delegates of the; National Livestock Association now in session here. The Baroness and Baron and madame’s two companions were accommodated. Then it was learned | by Mme. Patti that her two friends were compelled to occupy the same many ways. She vigorously protested to Mr. Mayer, who went to Bowers with The hotel man was not in the best of temper. Hot words were exchanged, and Mayer threatened to clean up the office floor with Bowers. “If you don’t like what I give you in the way of accommodations, Patti and | her whole party can get out,” said Bowers. Baron Cederstrom and Mr. Mayer were both for going to the private car at once, for hotel accommodation was | not to be had. But Mme. Patti did not wish to do this, as the car is too | crowded to dress in conveniently and, was in a remote district of the city. the Portland uhtfl after dinner thiu‘ evening. | SOUTH MOURNS FAMED SOLDIER kit SRl Heroes gf Civil War and Dis- tinguished Citizens Attend Funeral of General Gordon | ! ————— "ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. l4—Attended by military heroes and with the hom- age of his State and the Southland, General John B. Gordon, soldier, states- man and citizen, and the South’s last great figure of the Civil War, was in- terred in “Oakland, Cemetery to-day. In the procession that escorted the; body of the famous cavalry leader to its last resting place was a battalion | of the Sixteenth Infantry, U. 8. A, Colonel Butler D. Price, now stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga., and nearly every foot of ground traversed by the long line of troops and carriages on its way from the church to Oakland Cemetery was of the highest historic interest. The memorial exercises, which were | conducted at the State Capitol, were | attended by thousands. A salute of | seventeen guns was fired during the day, the courts and schools were closed, and many of the business places sus- pended during the hours of the fu- nergl. The memorial exercises were begun at 10 o'clock and were presided over by Governor Terrell. Among the speakers were General Stephen D. Lee, commander in chief of the U. C. V.; General Clement A. Evans, command- er of the Department of Tennessee, U. C. V.; Governor Howard of South Carolina, Governor Jehnings of Flor- ida, General Bennett E. Young of Ken- tucky and John Temple Grave of Geor- gia. Following the memorial exercises, Wwhich were concluded at noon, the body was carried across the street to the Central Presbyterian Church, where the religious services were conducted. They were of the simplest order. During the funeral the different or- ganizations of military veterans and civic bodies were formed outside the church. Five thousand men were in line. The services at the cemetery were simple, fonsisting of a salute by | companies and the sounding of “taps.” The body was placed in a' vault. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Jan. 14.—By request of Major J. W. Campbell, com- manding, every Confederate Veteran, | | Daughter of the Confederacy in Bell County ceased work and bowed head | at 10 o’clock this morning in honor of’| General John B. Gordon. e t— Runaway Cow Drags a Boy. REDDING, Jan. 14—FRoy McGorsh tried to lead a cow to-cay-and tied the rope round his waist. The animal ran and dragged the boy several hundred yards through brush axd over stumps and boulders. When -escued he was found to have a badly gashed head, a broken arm and numerous bruises. His condition is serious. e et . Explosion Kills Thirty Turks. SALONICA, Macedonia, Jan. 14.—A Turkish powder magazine in the Ku- manova district, sixteen miles from TUskub, has been blown up by Bulga- ridns. Thirty Turks were killed. A sharp engagement is reported to have occurred near Dinmshirassir, forty- five miles from Salonica. e Minister of Land Revenue Resigns. OPTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 14.—M. E. Bettiner, Minister of Land Revenue, has resigned. He will be succeeded by L. P. Brodur, Speaker of the House of Commons. P. R. Emerson, M. P., will be sworn in as Minister of " Railwaps to-morrow. | control of the national convention. i F | week. ‘Summons for the National Convention Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—That in- teresting question: “Will Hanna fish or cut bait?"” has been quite overshadowed here to-day by the discussion of the @elay in the issuance of the call for the Republican National Cenvention and Senator Hanna's purpose in per- mitting the delay. It is believed here the delay is due to a contemplated new departure in | the manner of electing delegates, which may have a very important bearing on President Roosevelt's future and the The nationial committee, In.its call, defines the manner in which delegates shall be elected and the time when primaries and conventions ghall be held. Usually | delegates at large are directed to be| chosen in the manner of State officials | and two delegates from each Congres- sional district are elected in the man- ner in which Representatives in Con- gress are placed in nomination. It is one of the rules of the Republican na- tional committee that the call shall be issued six months in advance of Lhe holding of the convention and that the last deiegate shall be elected forty days prior to the assembling of the conven- tion. TIME LIMIT HAS EXPIRED. The assertion is made that this six months’ clause has already been vio- lated and that it will be impossible now for the call to be issued six months before the national convention, as the convention will meet on June 21 It is believed here that a sub-com- mittee of the national committee 1s looking up precedents which will per- mit the national committee to issue a call providing that all delegates in each | State shall be elected at the State con- vention instead of the delegates at large being elected at the State conm- vention and district delegates being selected by Congressional districts. The aim of the Republicans who are now opposing President Roosevelt in the absence of having any candidate to run against him is to have as many delegates as possible uninstructed. That is what Senator Hanna's friends in Ohio have been working for, and the news came from Indiana to-day that prominent Republicans in the Hoosier State would seek to have its delegates uninstructed. It is surmised that the anti-Roose- velt Republicans might be able to con- trol the State conventions in Ohio, Il fiois and Indiana and send all dele- gates without instyuctions, whereas it would be almost impossible to prevent instructions in any very large number of Congressional districts. WOULD STIR UP OPPOSITION. If the national committee should is- sue a call providing for the election of all delegates by State conventions it would be opposed by the friends of President Roosevelt with great vigor but the chairman of the national epm- mittee is the court of last resort, and it is doubtful if their protests would do much good. Senator Hanna's friends say he is being much maligned and that when all the facts' are known it will have been discovered that he has been act- ing for the best interests of the Repub- Mcan party. A Senatorial friend of Hanna said to-day that he believed Senator Hanna's only reason for with- holding the call was that he, in com- mon with other patriotic RepubMcans, wished to be thoroughly convineed that Mr. Roosevelt was the strongest can- didate. AR S Deserts Roosevelt for Hanna. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.—The Star, an influential afternoon paper, hitherto an ardent champion of President Roosevelt, to-day flopped. to Senator Hanna. In an editorial it says there is a feeling among the thoughtful, con- servative people of the country that Mr. Roosevelt, on acount of his im- petuous nature, is not entirely safe for the position of chief executive of this nation. B Governor Cummins Favors, Reciprocity DES MOINES, lowa, Jan. 14.—Gen- eral Albert B. Cummins was to-day in- augurated Governor of Iowa for the second time. In his inaugural address Governor Cummins was outspoken in his advocacy of reciprocity. TWO WOMEN WANDER ASTRAY IN A STORM | Residents of Red Bluff Lose the Trails in the Snow, but Are Rescued. RENO, Nev., Jan. 14.—Lost for twd days in a blinding snowstorm in the | high Sierra in Siskiyou County was | the thrilling experience of two young | ladies of Red Bluff, Cal, early this| #Had it not been for a party | of Western Pacific surveyors, who found them on the second day of their wanderings, they would probably have perished. ! The Misses Guam, one of whom is | a school teacher in Red Bluff, drove from the latter town into the wilds of Siskiyou Mountains, where they took up a couple of timber claims. They then started for Susanville to register the claims. As they proceed- ed it began snowing. The night was spent in a narrow defile and next morning they were rescued and| brought to Reno, whence they were | sent to Red Bluff. —_———— Criticism Prompts a Suicide. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Jan. 14.— Because a Baltimore newspaper had | adversely criticized his writings Pro- fessor Lyman Elliott Smith of Mays Lick shot and killed himself last night at Glenwood Inn, Kenova. He sald he had devoted his life to the study of literature and that he could not endure criticism which he deemed cruel and unfair. WOUND TELLS OF A MURDER Mendocino County Offieers Are Mystified by the Diseovery of a Corpse in a River AR UKIAH, Jan. 14.—The body of Alex Shuhart was found in the Gualala Riv- er last Sunday by Deputy SHeriff F inson of Point Arena. Officers here say it is a plain case of murder. Shuhart had ridden over from Healdsburg and sold his horse and sad- dle in Point Arena. He had lost money at cards and had had a quarr He had cut a stick, and when found was standing upright in the water with the stick grasped in onme hand. His pistol was in his pocket, but showed no sign of having been recently dis- charged. It contained no empty shells. A bullet wound in the head from a 32-caliber pistol indicated that a mur- der had been committed. A bullet had entered the left temple and was cut out over the right eve. Doctors de- clared that death must have been in- stantaneous. ——————————— A girl's idea of how to keep her feet warm is to wear a fur boa, a picture hat or a pearl necklace. COTTOLENE. that surround it in the Cottolene comes in three sizes of is securely sealed. There's no for the product to absorb the odor yvurhflmt Natures Git Trom e Senay. South ottolene ‘Sris your food - Lorehens your pafls—small, medium, large—branded udmwnhora—thnpflmwhlumt.hndl;bnlmdbmd. In the cen- ter of the label is our trade-mark—a steer’s head in cotfon plant wreath. All good grocers sell Cottolene—the perfect shortening.