The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1904, Page 3

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1904. 3 POLICE AND CORONER FIGHT FOR WITNESSES |LETTER TELLS | IN THE BLAISE - SOEDER MURDER CASE L2z arrom” Marshal of an Indiana Town| Receives Missive From a Man NErEras, TERES T Lo waro | i TOFDERIS LEWDLADY. VW SOSDER Q¥ BiGHT QN IIOROER A770R3EY || Who Claims to Be a Murderer | ¥ R R i IS THOUGHT TO BE A HOAX' | Writes That He Is About to Drown Himself in a River, Having Killed Sarah B 5 BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 28.—Marshal | Russell to-day received from Louis- | ville the following letter: } ! “I killed Sarah Schaefer. I intend to kill myself. I will drown myse]f | at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon in | the river between Louisville and New | Albany. In my pockets will be found | ! letters from her that will explain all Marshal Russell at first was d clined to treat the letter seriously but on investigation and consultation | concluded that the writer may be the | slayer of Sarah Schaefer. He tele-| ! phoned to-night to Chief Ridge of | | Louisville, requesting the Louisville ! police to investigate this feature of | | the case. 1 Other letters of a similar nature | have been received and pronounced ! hoaxes by the police. At present the police say that they have no tangible ! - clew. ——————————— SCHOOLHOU IS LOST IN FIRE AT PORTLAND Several Men Are Slightly Injured Dur- | ing the Blaze, Which Required En- | tire Dcpnrnn(‘nt;s Efforts. ! i ‘ | | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28.—The Park | | street public school, the second most | | important public institution of learning | in Portland. was destroyed by fire to- night and about 100 children who were enrolled at the school will have to be| cared for in other schools of the city | pending better accommodation. The fire spread with' remarkable rap- | idity and in a short time the annex| was a mass of flames. Alarm aft alarm was sounded, the entire Fire De- partment of the city responding to the calls. Several mfi/l firemen were more or less San Jose This evening the ted from theé ¥ pils were gradu | | High School to-c TLrARTs injured. The loss will be in the neigh- SIEXTCRN borhood of $60,000. There was some in- | RESTRURAN T | surance on the property, but the ex- PropRiETREy | |act amount could not be learned to-| | night. | S { | High School Pupils Graduated. | SAN JOSE, Jan. 2 reteen pu- | | —= 4 {elass h its graduating exercises in 4 S the assembly hall. The place was| JJV'OEON % | with the friends and rela- tives of the pupiis. There was a fine musical and literary programme, with the class history, prophecy and poem ‘tions by the High School or- Diplomas were presented to Lowrs Amcioslur. \\ Y e s e e SR : ] |the following pupils by Principal E WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION IN THE SOEDER CASE AND SOME OF | R s e | WITH THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE AUTH( IES TO SOLVE THE Grace M. Bodl Rhoda Brennan, 2 RDER OF JOSEPH BLAIS Forrest L. Bru Emma E. Florence 1. Edwards, Irene M. Estes, Grace C. Farrell, Ella M. Gilmore, Ethel K. Hannon, Constance P. Jon- geneel, Teresa Kell, Agnes A. McKier- nan, Dora E. Powell, J. Stanley Rob- erts, Bessie M. nonds, Louise Mig- i Column 1. Continued From Page 1, sW that Soeder was|der had a black suit on the night he 1 the night in ques- | was at the restaurant. Henley asked ons he said | an whetl d talked to | r she ! nder the door and | / Campbell, one of Soeder's' non, Hester M. Van Valer and Alice 2 the room. He k neys, during the noon recess. She | 1. Volkers. he wopld not | ienied that she had. Gibson alleges | —_——— in had he ¢n- | that she v seen in ¢ versatio | = v 10:15 on the night [mmwa” . i b o “‘”‘E Insane Japanese Excites a Court. Yesterday he was ,,,.g.,! Her sister, Clothilde Vallarta, cor-| SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 28.—P. Izuma, a could 1 Rorated 4 testivanny 4 was ! Japanese who killed a fellow-country. A 1 hed by | man near Watsonville by severing I She | head with an ax, furnished consider- | 1ony given by her a point for the de as the police have been trying able excitement this morning when he | attempted to hang himself by making a rope of blankets. He was discov-| - s room s haer Wore a gray siit]ered by Deputy Sheriff Alzina, who > | p i the restaurant with |'cyt him down. While the trial was | - in the Superior Court he P ke 1 King, the woman from the ! .3 0 Tne Sheri g d (o b By loon dance hall, acine | suddenly attacked Under Sheriff Hor- hing, ton and Alzing The officers t who was sitting near. w him to the floor and ified that she had met Soe- | part of November last, COAT IN COURT. handcuffed him. Alzina received a - The gray s 2 scratch on the neck. Many Japanese iight [ f5e uml|Wwho were in the courtroom made for the door, fearing the infuriated pris- oner would attack them. This after- noon Izuma was examined by five phy- sicians and declared insane. ————— ber 12, he United States Hotel. | 1e King wo 2id she intro-{ 1k Cannon to Soeder, on his request for some o to do a little de- e - ggepe registered that mc d it as that he rented th worn Soeder on th The suit w | | i | = i d Si""‘\b- tective wor This introduction, she Puchlo Militia Will Be Paid. pe P was He told of e ed St path or Oth of | PUEBLO, Colo., Jan. 28.—The case | e TRt wver the Goor of Bie st . ",j"qoe,}f,r’:I"‘.dd{:";l’\‘,““fi:‘;‘or the men of Company G, Colorado | . A leading from the hall, and said that | did he have Blaise with him. She{ \ational Guard, who announced yes- | | every time the front door or the door |jdentified Blaise by photograph. | terday that they would hcld the State | sy 5 3 = | Armory in this city until the State re- | with Soeder she said was the 13th on | Munerated them for services in Crip- | 18th of December. ple Creek. looked serious for a time 5 v S22 g | to-day, when Adjutant General Sher- | WANTED HOUSE D. | man Bell sent word to Pueblo to have She told of the that .warrants sworn out against each of ! Soeder made to follow | the men. Later, however, a telephone | Miss Flatley and try to regain the|message was received from Governo je and also of his offer of $10 | Peabody announcing that Paymaste: to Cannon to burn down the young 'Gross would be in Pueblo at noon to- | woman’s house. Miss King stated that, morrow to pay all the Pueblo men of | Soeder also asked her if she ' Companies B and G whp were on duty | _{leading from the hall into Soeder’s | room was opened he would be able to detect it by the shaking of the tran- er his Goor. “The whole ho said Neiblas, “whenever a | s opened or any one walks on s. The folding bed also makes a lot of noise, as it has to be turned | around before it can be opened.” At this stage Neiblas became excited and insisted on bringing his wife into the testimony, and seemed hurt when BUR proposition Cannon to would was told to relate only what he|burn the house down for $10. ‘during the strike. | self kne Judge Cabaniss inter- o'clock, or a few minutes be- | S 5 N R | ceded and said that the witness should ! the King woman, on the pjre Sweeps End of Tonawanda Island. | ion because he was of January 10, Soeder came | NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y, Jan. who could | into the saloon and stood for a mo-f O S e s e neither rea ment under the archway _that leads|28.—Half a square mile of glowing em- : DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS. | When Attorney Salomon was trying | IF loon to the dance hall. I|bers was all that remained to-day of AT e Sateliinit Aiwer %, T m and he returned the|one of the largest lumber yards in i o \ tracks in the garden, N Then he left the place. That | North Tonawanda. All of the north, 8 & ¥ gt angry at being asked to repeat | Was the last I saw of him.” Miss King end of Tonawanda lIsland was swept 4 i ) - & 4 newer. Attorney Salomon insisted | S2id that she knew the time because . by the flames and between 12,000,000 and . —— £ him the question three times, looked at the clotk a fow ‘min={ib 0NN Shat oty IRINEL, Valuad st W%l Oflen Help You Greatly—Read cut short by Judge Cabaniss. after Soeder ha«(l Ioft( lrl\r‘ saloon, | q‘uarte&" ol:n;: T‘:Ll;otits d{"::llg'rs; wasdd‘e. h atod in sl ¥ <. | as she was anxious to get home, not | stroyed. e los overed by Wkat & Saz rmcuc? Citizen Says. Ju:lr.‘a i:”,'f;nfh:'“,:“::fl feeling well. It was then just 10/insurance. The heaviest loser -is the may hesitate to listen to the ad Salonioh ook axceg. | O'clock. | firm of White, Rider & White, whose eofs E woman said she had seen Soe- | l0ss will amount to $225,000. The fire is d a pair of shoes as ! der have a revolver several times, and ; believed to have been of incendiary tried in the tracks in|that once he had vressed it to her origin. - ath Soeder's window. | stomach. It was not loaded, but Soe- | BT TR A AT ! es this e know whether the shoes be- | der carried the cariridges in his vest| Overdue Vessel Reaches Juneau. | wives S He identified a com- | pocket. | NCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 28.—Anx- | v, jety over the’ safety of the steamer Seaolin, twelve days overdue from | Wyndham Bay to Juneau, has been relieved by the arrival of the vessel er as the one n in Soeder's overcoat pocket murder. His identifica- by a speck cf rust on revol Frank Cannon took the stand and re- | hearsed the conversation between Soe- ! der and himself.- He says that he and Soeder were drunk when Soeder made 2 ‘~ “ndl’fl f,;'”l f the metal handle. the proposition to him. His testimony 4t Juneau. The cause of the dela.\‘{ " it Whe 5 mination by Attor-| was productive of nothing that hasnot yag the rough weather encountered. ! S he said he saw Soeder ready been published. | The Seaolin also broke her propeller | she and a moment later stated uel A. Levy, the pawnbroker of | blade. fous | that he saw him almost every d g R TR TR Bush street, to whom Soeder sold his tridges on the morn- discovery of the murder, icentified the receipt and identified Soe-~ der as the man who signed the name of Sam Normam to it. Levy was un- | WOMAN TS TESTIMONY. { vho with her sister Mexican restau- ! Jhe restaurant | whe in company with Soeder, g | took ] placed on the stand. Her testimony was the same as that given by her at the Ccroner’s in- quest on Tuesday he maintains that it was 0 when the two men came to supper and 6 or 6:30 o’clock when they left the restaurant. She said she thought that Soeder had a black suit on at the time he was in-her restau- rant and was sure that it was a dark one. Former Resident of Oakland Honored. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Professor J. L. | Magnes, professor of Hebrew in Union ' | College, Cincinnati, bmnd a native of | i i Oaklahd, Cal., has been called to the able to identify the pistol on account! s ; of its Belng a common looking one, | Pastarate of Temple Israel, Brooklyn. Attorney Saiomon objected to the in-! s - troduction of. the pistol and cartridges| 2s evidence, but was overruled. | said, could have been madeé by a blunt | Dr. Louis Bacigajupi,autopsy surgeon,’ instrument or by a fall. He said that testified that death in the case of Blaise , the wounds on the scalp and neck were} resulted from a deep incised wound of | inflicted by some sharp-edged instru the right side of the neck. The jugular | ment, probably a keen knife. Dr. Bac. vein and the carotid artery were sev-: igalupi repeated his statement as ty ered, causing the 10ss of a large amount : the probable time of the man’'s death, s, and take The only one of Schilling’s Best six She told of Soeder's visit to her|of blood. Bacigalupi said that death|as determined by an examination of | e Mlleaiaie ol place the day after the murder and |from such a wound as was found in! the stomach and intestines. He stated " said that he told her that Blaise was | Blaise’s neck would result within fif-! that the stomach was quite full of food eoffee flavoring extracts soca killed and that he hac $90 on his per- | teen minutes. He said there were no!'and that the intestines had nothing in | son when Soeder last saw him. Detective Gibson wanted to im- peach the witness, but Prosecuting Attorney Henley thought it better to let her go. Gibson says the woman has been approached by friends of Soeder's and told to swear that Soe- broken bones or contusions on the body them, showing that the food had not | other than the wounds found on the ! heen digested in the stomach or it scalp and neck, and two minor contu-| would have passed into the intestines. sions, one directly in back of the pinnd ! He stated that Blaise was a man well of the right ear and one on the point | built, who weighed 152 pounds and was of the right elbow. five feet six inches high. The body was Either of the contusions, the surgeon ' in excellent condition. in which you have no ad- vantage is soda; no loss in that. A& your grocer’s ; meneybas, 1 i i I | state ias one of the slogans BRYAN'S CHOICE Nebraska Democratie Organi- zation in His Contrel In- dorses the Editor’s Candidacy PLAN OF THE LINCOLN SAGE Aetion Is Interpreted tol Mean That He Will Deliver a Solid State Delegation ol e Special Dispatch to The Call, | OMAHA, Jan. 28 —The Douglas Coun- ty Democracy, one of the chief Bryan| organizations of the State, to-night| adopted resolutions indorsing the can- | didacy of W. R. Hearst for President. The resolution recites his work for the | party and instructs members to nnendi the convention in a body to vote for| Hearst. The action is interpreted as due to inspiration from Bryan and an indica- tion of what similar Demeocratic organ- | izations in the State will do. | DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 28.—A. | E. Jackson, chairman of the Demo-‘ cratic State Central Commiittee, to-day | issued a call for a meeting of the Central Committee to be held in Des Moines on February 10 to fix the time and place for the State con- [ vention to select delegates to the na- tional convention. A meeting was held to-day by men opposed to Hearst | It was decided to bend every effort to | instructed delegation. Delegates Instructed for Roosevelt. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28.—The Repub- | lican convention of the Fifth Missouri Congressional District to-day elected | two delegates and two alternates to the national econvention at Chicago and | instructed them to “vote and use all| honorable means to secure the nomina- | tion of Theodore Roosevelt for Presi- dent; also to support C. bridge of St. Louis for Vice President. —_—— Judge Gray Lauded for Presidency. | WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 28.—Ne- | gro disenfranchisement was suggested for the next | Democratic campaign and Judge Gray was lauded as a candidate for the | Presidential nomination at the dinner | secure an uni | of the League of Delaware to-night. | photographs —_——————— PARIS, Jan, 28.—Rumors of the intention of Finance Minister Rouvier to resign his portiolio have arisen as the result of differ- ences between Rouvier and Marine Minister Pelletan in regard to the proposal that the Government purchase the State raiircads. | encounters. The pecple of the city were | SERIOUS RIOT [JIMINEZ WANTS OF A TRAGEDY IS W. R HEARST AT CIENFUEGOS|” ANOTHER FICHT Trouble Begins in a Cafe|Defeated Revolutionary Gen- During Election Excitement| eral Is Planning to Re- and Several Men Are Injured, turn to Santo Domingo —_—— ! — PICKS AND FISTS USED GUNBOAT INVITES TROUBLE SENTS OF H SRRl Sl Political Feeling Runs High, | Will Attempt to Prevent a and Residents of the City| German Steamship Entering Bar Their Doors and Windows | the Port of Monte Cristi i i o | 3 AR TR A CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Jan. 23.7,\2 CAPE HAYTIEN, Jan. 28.—The Do- riot in which four men were seriously | minican gunboat Presidente arrived injured and a dozen others slightly st Tuesday and the captain asked the Haytian Government for munitions of war. President Nord made no re< sponse. After the installation of the new Dominican Consul here the Presi- dente left for Monte Cristi to attempt to prevent the German steamship Schamburg entering Monte Cristi, it is | saia Word has been received from General Deschamps, a partisan of General Jim- inez, who was taken to Guantanamo, Cuba, by the United States cruiser Hartford, of the shipping of munitions of war and that he and numerous fol- lowers of Jiminez will soon return to | Santo Domingo. Leopold Espallat, form Minister | of War. has arrived at Monte Cristl to | help Jiminez. SHINGTON, Jan > ., whom the Morale: HAVANA, Jan. 28.—The official ac-|pment has appointed Dominican Minister counts of the rioting at Cienfuegos i, the United States, had a long talk glven out at the palace here minimize | with acting Secretary Loomis to-day the occur The Mayor of Cien-| Tpe substance of what the Minist fuegos has telegraphed that the trouble | nag to say was that his Government was promotetd by detectives dressed in | wag prepared to execute all demands citizens' clothes, and a telegram has !¢ this country regarding pending been r claims and to stand by all agreements POV | this Government had made with pre- of | vious Dominican administrations. Min- ister Powell has practically recognized hurt took place here last night as a re- | sult of baa feeling engendered by the | election campalgn. The trouble began in the Central Cafe when Francisco Canellos and Vie- tor Zegreran, Republicans, who were entertaining some Colombian friends, | were attacked by several Liberal N tionalists. The cafe was transformed into a battletield, and a large and ex- | cited crowd surged back and forth in the streets. The principal fight occurred in front of the City Hall. Many revolver shots were fired, but nobody was shot, the Anjuries s 1 resulting from stick and fist alarmed and barred their doors and indows and closed all the stores. The tuation is calmer to-day, but politi cal feeling runs high. ceived from the Governor of the | sayirg that Colonel Campillo yas a Clara stabbed three tim The repor ued by the Gov- | ernment afe meager, but they relate{ipe Morales Government and no effo that some men styling themseives po- | il he made to recail this action unl lice agents ejected several Liberals| ne Morales fofces demonstrate the who we copying the lists of voters | inability to maintain order. It is said from the City Hall. These Liberals are | sy \inister Sanchez desires to raise reported to have torn down and de-|fungg here to put the Government on royed other election lists. The offi-|, arm basis. No date for his recep- cial repa also_say l‘l)xal one Liberal | ion"ana. in fact, very little of a defl- leader w: » badly clubbed at the rail- | . > ” i ry h nite ch: cter regardin his status d station that he had to be taken to o * $ hospital. — e What a pleasure it is to look at pretty Get a camera and take the photos yourself. We have cameras from | 80c up, and all camera supplies. San- born, Vail & Co. - | | has been decided upon. ——————— This ‘week 25 per cent reduction every heater in stock. San Francisco and Electric Company, 415 Post street. —_——————— PARIS, Jan. 23.—The president of ; 1 has appointed e on the Court Boyer for a S FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 28.—A notable fm- | provement has taken place in the health of Mrs. Samuel L. Clemens. ADVERTISEMENTS. 12.50 the The above tells the story ina nutshell, but perhaps you would like to know what the suits are Our 1903 stock broken assortments for our annual January sale. We reduced these new suits so as to have a special lot of values for the month of January, which is generally dull. The goods ‘are fancy cheviots, in such shades as golden brown, olive, green and black; also a few blue serges at the same price--$8.65. Our remaining stock of Tourist Overcoats--those long 50-inch coats with belts in back--which were formarly $10, have also been reduced to $8.63. bear our usual guarantee free of charge. Mail orders filled== write to-day Regardless of the low price, garments purchased at this sale will SNWOO0D value='8.65 the price and why the reduction was made. sold out so evenly that we found scarcely any . Repairing, sponging and pressing will be done In ordering by mail ad- A —— dress Dept. L 740 Market Street