The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 22, 1904, Page 1

- TEE it winds. WEATEER. Foreeast made at cisco for thirty hours nlfl,‘ midnight, January $2: San Francisco and wicizity— | Cioudy Frifday; lggt ,d'-zu A. G, MeADIE, District Forecaster. ! Saz Pran- THE SAN }*R\\CISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAY SOLVE WYSTERY OF THE DESERT Letter Found in Coat Worn by Vietim 0f Assassin. Is From a San Francisco Woman and Addressed J. B. Terry. e Is Expected to Lead to the Identification of Rich Land Buyer Murdered in Idaho, ———— f iooking ai some ed showing ‘hu ion passed through , and said that he a sheep ranch ORGANIZED GANG AT WORK. 3 B. Murpk L hr 3 hrough here to- case for & professional on he man esert and I alsc that organizéd gang getting pros- o their clutches he way he waistcoat o Shrih any other r think n was found a | ad !rc—ss. was LETTER. “Dear the most John” and fts that for Ik petticoat. Other- thing in the note that the identity of is dead man the clothin, e body it is evi » was well to do, or other val- k underwear | which he had worn with the initials “J. | worn a| stiff collar nen bore a dry mark that has not been de-| phered as yet. i WRITER OF LETTER ABSENT. Idaho cattie de- | the CONSPIRACY ) CHARGED COL[?R Curio Bluntly Accuses the Governor of New YOI'k Says a Gorporatlon‘s Stock| Was Distributed Among State Officials. Former Comptroller of the Metropolis Gives a Sensational Interwiew to the by State Senaton Stewart’s bill for a State vater commission, which he declared acy to betray New York he hands of Ramapo, Bird es Governor Odell utenants of being “grafters” u the Tweed ring. He fur- Ramapo stock had 1 and is now held by ne leaders from bot- emphasis the top. 100,000 back of me to ' said he, vigorously, over and over again during a conversation, I would ca h the public officials Ab: fore the Ramapo the approval of Fsl ma\r Board of there was a n a lawyer’s office. A num- extremely prominent politicians repres. es of the Ramapo company were present. Large blocks of Ramapo stock were then distrib- uted, and I know the names of the men who sat around that table. “Since then some of those politicians have divided their holdings with others whose support they wanted, and it is held pretty widely by both Demoecrats and Republicans. Why, Ramapo has got this city, bait, hook and sinker, and uniess the people wake up they will never be able to save themselves. If they knew the actual extent or mean- ing of this on" bill there would be a —_— EXCHEQUER OF BRITAIN IS RAPIDLY Chancellor Announces That Unless Revenue Returns Increase Expendi- tures Must Bc Economized. LONDOY, Jan. 21.—Chancellor of the Exvh-qun' Austen Chamberlain, repiy- to-night to .the toast, “His Maj- esty’'s Minist " at a banquet of the Carpenters’ Company. said that unless a great change occurred within the next few monthe in the revenue returns there would be little prospect of realiz- ing the budget anticipations, and that > was afraid he would not be able to propose a remission of taxes during this session of Parliament. He explain- | ed that the Somaliland campaign had | proved to be much more costly than had been anticipated and that the pur- DIMINISHING { cured in San Quentin, still live in the | with her apron full of her purchases, | chase of equipment of the two Chilean | battleships had been another unexpect- ed financial drain. not be necessary to increase the indebt- edness of the state, but said there would be special need for economy in years to come. —_———— MICHIGAN BOODLERS ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY Admit in Open Court That They Ac- cepted Bribes to Assist in Carry- out a Water Deal. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 21.— | Ex-Alderman James 0. McCool to- day a pting a bribe from Lant K. Sals- bury for aiding the water deal. His trial was to have been begun to-day, but it is said that as a result of yes- terday’s verdict of guilty in the EI-| len case MeCool decided to change pleaded guilty to the charge of | his plea to guilty. Soon after ex-City Mrs. Isabel Le Bourveau Now Visiting | Clerk Lamoreaux also changed his | Relatives in New Orleans. | plea of not : 1ity to guilty. He was el Le Bourveau is the | Charged with conspiracy in the water woman who wrote the | 2°A- mong the effects of the The court granted a motion for a ho mssmasins. Mrs Le| twenty-day stay of proceedings in the = connected with the La A L)en case. An appeal will be taken establishment at 73s| t° the Supreme Court. until four months ago, s 308 T 1 TS arted to accept a position Murder Suspected in Seattle, month ago she left SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—An autopsy to- ent to New Orleans on | day showed that Daniel E. Callahan, Mrs San F a vist uncle, H. C. Melbourne. | Who was found in the middle of the and his 1 The Valencia-street | car tracks in North Seattle yesterday store Is st nducted by Mrs. Mel- | morning, was murdered. There is evi- bffl;':’. mother of Mrs. Le Bourveau, dence of several blows on the head, and her tv ighters, Terese and Ce- | which did not fracture the skull but At the present time produced blood clots on the brain. T and Miss Cecile are in :Th- man was ye ¥ thought to be : s | E. B. Perry. P urned up to-day the information con- and said that he & Callahan had Melbou nly the m the city When tained in the foregoing Salt Lake dis- | been comparing ti ng time books and - patches both mother and daughter de- denully got them mixed. e mied any knowledge of Mrs. Le Bour- d veau's fri They say they kmow of | no one with whom the lady is on such l any one, as the contents of the letter friendly terms and no one of the ini- ; mentioned would indicate. She was tials “J. B. T married, but her husband has been “My sister left for Fresno some time | dead for some time. She alone can @go.” says Miss Cecile Melbourne, | tell who the dead man was, and may “and it may be that she met the gen- | be able to clear-his identity.” tieman there. I know most of her| A dispatch from Fresno says that no friends here in the city and am not | one named J. B, Terry is missing from aware that she received presents from | that city. He hoped it would | national expenditures for several | | threw her to the floor. | | t thoughts a man was grasping her by | the back steps of the flat and screamed. | eue. i black silk handkerchief, bound around us Crime Is | Committed in Daylight. Police Searching for Unknown Criminal. Mik%e Nolan and his gang, safely se- | | | //u i 7 ///,«/ WAL I HTL I T LTI ////»W/Ifl/’ %W/ fimr!fl ----------- - —— |BOLD ROBBER ENTERS HOME, LORAPS WOMAN IN CURTAIN AND TAKES ALL HER MONEY Y ’//'/’/ G1S L % // ’//A/////// i PGS - person of the adventurous robber that invaded the home of Mrs. Agnes Wil- son, at 100812 Guerrero street, at noon yesterday. The perpetrator of the dar- ing crime covered his tracks so com- pletely that it is douhtful whether the police will ever be able to secure him. | The robbery was both daring and un- precedented. After buying some vege- | tables from a Chinese peddler Mrs. Wilson climbed the steps to her apart- ments. As she entered the Kitchen, she notiéed that the room was darker than usual. Instinctively she drew back, but before she could collect her the threat and arm. She had no op- portunity to scream and was so fright- ened by the attack that she made no outery. The robber said he wanted all her money. She told him she had no money. He siapped her with an open hand on her cheek and said, “‘Give me all you have.” She pointed to aj drawer of a dresging-case, and from it the robber took a purse containing $10 65. He dumped the contents of the purse out on the dressdr and selected « l’!ly the money for his spoils. “You have more money than that,” said the robber and again grabbed the woman. She was too frightened to scream and was subjected to a desper- ate pressure on her arms, which now bear bruises. Then the robber tore open her wrapper and searched for hidden money. When he had finished his quest = pulled down a heavy Turkish curtain that separated the kitchen from the dining-room, wrapped it around the head of Mrs. Wilson and ‘When she re- covered from “her fright she went to Dozens of persons hastened to her res- But the robber had escaped. Doubtless he went down the front stairs and emerged at the front en- trance. = Mrs. Wilson is positive that this was the method of his escape, be- cause he passed her in the doorway connecting the kitchen and dining- room, after she had been wrapped in the curtain. An unfortunate circumstance, from a police standpoint, is the fact that Mrs. Wilson is utterly unable to identify her assailant. She said last night that the two points she noticed about him were that he was well built and wore a double-breasted square-cut coat -of | dark hue. She was unable to say whether the clothing was blue or black. She gained an impression that the trousers were lighter than the coat and waistcoat. Over his face, she said, he wore a the brows. She did not think there were any eyeholes in the handkermhief, although it is inconceivable that one could perform the actions that the rob- ber went through without use of the eyes. Mrs Wilson is positive that the handkerchief covered the face above the eyes and frankly acknowledges that if the man were arrested ahel would not be able to identify him by| his face. She remembers that he had ! dark hair and that he was well dressed. Other than that she has no description. ' Mrs. Wilson and her husband came to this city from New York two months ago and have occupied the premises at 1008% Guerrero street since the second day of their arrival. The husband is employed in a wholesale house on San- some street ‘as an accountant. De(eeuve Tim Bailey was detailed on the case as quickly as it was reported and last night Detective Jack Fitzger- ald was sent out in the hope that his wide knowledge of the Mission crimi- o+ APPEAR IN UNIFORNS White House Recep- tion a Brilliant Affair. ——— Special Dispatch to. The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET. N, W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.— President Roosevelt’s reception to the | Judiciary Committee to-night was all that any stickler for etiquette could have desired. The Embassadors and all members of the diplomatic corps appeared in their court dress, in re- sponse to the State Department’s re- quest. The reception, was full of pomp and circumstance. Medals, brass buttons and gold lace glittered under the bril- Hant light of the candelabras. There were 1766 guests present. The diplomatic corps, headed by the dean, Count Cassini, the Russian Embassa- dor, attended in a body. All of the diplomats, in accordance with the spe- cial request made through Count Cas- sini, wore full uniform. The diplomatic corps preceded the rest of the guests, the judiciary immediately following. Many members of both houses of Con- gress and of the army and navy, the latter in full uniferm, were in the re- ception party in the blue room. Beyond the banking of flowers in the corners of the parlors and corridors, there was no attempt at floral decdra- tions. The Marine Band played dur- ing the evening. ——— Arrest Supposed Porch Climber. William Hoom was arrested early yesterday morning and booked on the detinue book at the City Prison by Patrolmen Hurd and Pearl. Shortly after midnight C. Hansen of 503 Ma- son street was startled to see a man cautiously raise his window and step into the room from the sécond-story porch. He gave the alarm and the porch climber fled, leaving his over- coat behind. The officers found Hoom in the vicinity, and, deeming his ac- tions suspicious, placed him under ar- rest. The overcoat found in the Ma- son-street house fits Hoom perfectly. 25 & B n;hml;hth‘dtoflmdflecflono(flt robber. So far as known the police have no clew whatever. "4 I | | l ! | | | |t H ' | | B | | | i | H Z VA e | i W ‘ ,,I//// /////I//// aack boan <= B | s it s e e w0 S i b r////,.”.»r/,///, | /i SYPESSIIIASS | /’///{ 74 / | //1;// Z ‘/| | il | i jd 14 11 ' j | {1 MRS. AGNES WILSON AND THE i ‘ SCENE OF HER ENCOUNTER WITH THE MASKED BURGLAR. i 2 * CE-CLAD MEN FIGHT THE FLAMES » Tremendous Fire Oc 1 curs in Frozen Dawson. SREs i Special Dispatch to The Call. | DAWSON, Jan. 21.—Damage to prop- | erty amounting to $120,000 was done by | a fire early this morning. The entire | Klondike capital was threatened for an | hour, and it was twice that time before | the fire was got under control. Two warehouses, those of the Jouph, Ladue Company and the Ames Mer- cantile Company, were burned to the| ground. Other buildings were near by | and it was only by the hardest kind of work in the coldest of weather that| . p.: for American enterprises, and | examination as to his sanity. they were saved. The thermometer registered 42 de-| grees below zefo when the firemen hurried out in answer to the general alarm. It was so excessively cold that time and again the firemen had their clothes frozen solid, and their garments had to be broken with the blades oh axes before they could be pulled off | to be replaced by others. Spectators of ‘the fire who stood as close as they | dared had their ears frozen. Besides a large line of general mer- | chandise that was ruined, there was a | stored supply of sixty tons of hams im- | ported last season. This was the largest | part of the Dawson supply for the winter, and it is probable that there| will now be a famine in this particular ! line before spring. i —_—— Aged Woman Struck by Train. STOCKTON, Jan. 21.. — Mrs. D. C. Matteson, a pioneer resident of this|al] deck works and %killing Captain wildest excitement city, was struck by a Southern Pacific| Carrington and Golley. train this evening as it was crossing | Durant had a leg broken. Sacramento street. and had her left hand and foot so badly crushed that the foot had to be amputated above the ADEN, Arabia, Jan. 21.—Advices cari, on Revuelto Creek. ankle and two fingers had to be re- fmm&vmlil-nduyflutl(mng:soJ ‘moved. She is 75 years of age and may | mali Mounted Infantry surprised {annual meeting of the American Pr | tective Tariff League was held to-day. i’l‘he report of the secretary showed a | membership of 878 in twenty-two dif- | ferent States. | President, | phy, New Jersey; David L. | by an organization dedicated to | cause of protection than an'indivi | can depart from the line of rectitude iff League adopted on January 15, 1803, | rience. NOUNCES ECIPROCITY AY FAILUR E R ' American Protecive Tariff League’s Protest. | by Blaine Is Unfair | and Pernicious. ———— | | | Strict Adherence to the Old-Time Re- publican Principles Urged in an Address to the Public. ‘ NEW YORK, Jan. 2L.—The nineteenth The electicn ' of officers resulted: Charles A. Moore, New York; first vice president, Colonel G. Payne, New York; second vies pres :dem‘ Joseph E. Thropp. Massachusetts: treasurer and general secretary, | bur F. Wakeman, New York. Wil- In the board of managers D. M. Ferry | of Michigan succeeds Senator Francls | E. Warren of Wyoming. The followigg executive was elected: William Barbour, New Jersey, chairman: Frank M. Cheney, Connecticut: Governor Franklin Mur- Einstein, New York, and William F. Draper, Massachusetts. LEAGUE ISSUES The Tariff League unanimously adopted an address “‘to the protection- committee ADDRESS. | | ists of the United States.” The address says: “It may be that censiderations of sentimenit of “evéh ST Party cxpediency | Seem to party managers wiser guides in some particular emergency than | rigid adherence ‘to the national policy of protection. It may be that a party | organization can take that view and | act on it without injury to itseif; but | such a course can no more be pursued the in order to benefit others. “Wjith imports of a billion dollars for 11903, being $26.000,000 above the highest | mark previously reached, and with ex- ports amounting to $1,484,668.127, nearly $20,000,000 greater than the total for any previous year, we are unable to per-| eive the necessity for the abandon- ment of protection in order that our foreign trade may be increased. With a foreign trade aggregating two and a half billions of dollars, and steadily growing, it would seem that we are already getting a fair share of world traffic. But it must not be forgotten that our internal trade reaches thirty billions of dcilars yeariy. To this care ! and preservation of the great home market. with its trade of thirty bil- Monn, protection stands especially com- | mitted. OPPOSED TO RECIPROCITY. “In annual meeting assembled, we | reaffirm the position taken by the Tar- and declare: “That reciprocity in competitive pro- | ducts is unsound in principle, pernicious in practice and condemned by expe- It is contrary alike to the na tional policy of protection, to the fair | treatment of domestic producers and to friendly relations with foreign coun- | tnn‘ “It is neither ethical nor economical. since it seeks to benefit some industries | by the sacrifice of others. Reciprocity in competitive preducts is the policy | of favoritism. It tends to array indus- | try against industry, section against | section at home and to foment com- | mercial retaliation and plant antagon- ism abroad. The true Ametican policy | is the protection of all the opp(mnm« ties and possibilities of the American | sideration. lto the ROOSEVELT THIS YEAR, THEN HANNA Friend Reveals As- pirations of Ohio Senator. | Declares Pohcy Originated He Will Not Stand in Way 0f Renomination of the President. Expects to Make the Race Four Years Eence to Head the Republican National Ticket. atch to The Call SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 23— Mark Hanna is not a candidate r the Presi 2l nomination this ye You can say this as an absolute fact. Hanna will be a candidate for the nom- ination in 1%08; this is also a fact Sen- ator Hanra will under no circum- stances allow his name to go before the Republican convention this year. Neither can they ‘Roose ' him, and if any such attempt is made he will balk and he will balk hard. I make these assertions from my own persomal l\l’lfl\\l#(]gr‘ and, you can quote me as saving so." This was the declaration to-night made by J. H. Shievely, chairman of the Republican State Committee of Washington and Insurance Commis- ner of that State. Shievely Is here United States Sena- tor John Mitchell of Oregon. Shievely is an intimate friend of Semator Hanna and he is deemed to be in the Ohio man's confidence. With Hanna and Foraker, Shievely stumped the State of Ohio for McKinley at the request of the National Republican Committee some years ago. He is regarded as one of the few men who Shars the full con- fldence of the Ohio Senator. Shievely said: -\fl this talk about vnatnr Hanna being a candidate for the Presidency this year is nomsense. I know this to be a fact. Hanna would not accept the nomination this time under any comn- He realizes that Rooseveit is the logical candidate and he would be the last man on earth to oppose the choice of the rank and file of the publican party. Hanna has the Presi- dential ambition, however, beyond a doubt. He is ready and willing to make the race for his party when the oppor- tunity seems ripe. That will be in 1908 and not before. The fact that he has allowed a few of his intimate friends to know of this has gi rise to the story that he is seeking quietly the nomination this year—a story that reaily has no foundation and is untrue. “I repeat: Hanna would not accept the nomination to succeed Rooseveit this time. In 1908 the third term fradi- tion will bar Roosevelt and Hanna will | be a candidate.” BRI o Floridans Favor Rooseveit. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Delegates National Republican conven- tion selected yesterday in Florida are 2 unit for President Roosevelt. In each district resolutions of instruc- tion for the President were adopted. e Senator Hanna Has a Cold. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Senator Hanna was confined to bed to-day by a severe cold. A physician said that Hanna must have rest, although the attack was not serious. —_———— SAYS MYSTIC INFLUENCES BADE HIM KILL PRESIDENT New York Banker Is Committed to Bellevue Hospital Pending Ex- amination as to His Samity. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—E. A. Early, a banker, who says that mystic in- fluences were at work on him through the agency of his stomach, bidding him kill the President, was commit- ted to Bellevue Hospital to-day for Early, fair, equal trade treatment for all other | who was arrested after writing a lons. countries.” | rambling letter to Police Commission- S A S er McAdoo, greeting the officers as CAPTAIN AND SEAMAN “eliverers from his bondage.” said KILLED IN A msasn-m} he felt the mysterious pains ever in | their presence and that the clock was Collision of \esath Off the Coast of | affected by the spell. Australia Causes thc Death | “They are after me so bad now.” of Two Men. ! he said, “that they want r:er‘u: ni: VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 21.—Ad-) the Pre;idenl._ I have wonderful wi vices from Sydney by the steamer/ DOWer and have stood “"mh‘m "; tar, | Aorangi, which arrived to-day, gel! but they are going at me through my of a marine disaster, in which Captain | stomach and I don’'t know what will Carrington of the steamer Coogee and | P2PPen-" Frank Golley, a seaman, were killed. | DISCOVERY OF FREE GOLD The Italian ship Fortunato Figaro, & bound from Melbourne for Newcastle. CAUSES GREAT EXCITEMENT collided with the steamer Coogeg} e \n—t from Launeston for Melbourne. Italian ship crashed into the steamer and Hurrying to the Fields on Revuelto Creek. at the forward bow and the jibboom | of the Italian vessel swept the steam- SANTA FE. N. M., Jan. 21.—Owing er's beam, splintering the bridge and ! ' to an unexpected discovery of gold the -prevaiis around Second Mate | Tucumecari. on the Rock Island Rail- way. Business men have closed their stores and are flocking to the placer - fields -eighteen miles east of Tucum- Three hun- dred men are on the grounds. The a | formation is black sand and nuggets ——— O —— Wervish Force Is Routed. not recover from the shock. Her hus- | body of the Mullah's forces on Janu- | are found everywhere as big as wheat ‘band is lying at ‘the result of a ! eases. the point of death as|/ary 17 in the vicinity of Kilinaad, grains. Gold is found in every pan. complication of dis- | killing fifty spearmen and capturing | Gold had never before been found in and thousands of" sheep. ! that section