The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1904, Page 7

AN FRANCISCO CALL WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1904. PLAN T0 BLOW [P A THEATER FOR EXPLOSION, ALL FIXING BLAME HANNA GIVES T0 FAMILY Quantity of Dynamite Is Found | Coroner's Jury Hears the Evi- Widow Is Granted One-Third in a Playhouse at Park City, dence in the Case of the Jack- of Estate, Which Is Valued Utah, Ready for Exploding! son Point Disaster in L'tah; at Three Million Dollars e — | R TIME MECHANISM IS USED LITTLE LIGHT IS GIVEN ARE NO PUBLIC BEQUESTS s Managers Believe That Scheme Was Arranged to Wreck the Place During a Performance ecial Diepatch to T Utah, Feb rite, suffl Sing ient to de- in the Theater at At- ve was a time ar- was 1o Dewe vesterda rnoon. was who went nd in the er a large 1 that the a bundle. ackage up- to contain and the clock- The explosive had nd other- mission. fied and matter The of- ve dis- plot to blow up e was arrests its deadly election essional Di B. M having ckran Demo- lel- s IR —————— England’'s B ADVERTISEMENTS. ihe Popular Vote of 1904 s Unanimously in Favor of Stuart’s Lyspepsia Tablets—They Are the Nation’s Favorite. e on the market, whatever it was al success unless it ailing merit. cles 254 | Authorities Have Difficulty in Placing Responsibility for the Fatal Accident LR e OGDEN, Utah, Feb. 23.—As per ad- journment the Coroner’s inquest over the remains of those killed in the ex plosion at Jackson Point last Frid | met in Ogden at 1:30 p. m. to-day ccntinued hearing the testimony witnesses. on Justice William Horsley, who er of Box Elder County, nt to the hospital to get the of the injured, who are under t there. The Greeks were un- able understand English, so John McCart and Arthur Mitchell, two | Americanized Greeks, were sworn in az interpreters. It was a rather slow { proceeding and not much information concerning the accident could be elic- treatme ited from the Greeke. these Greeks the testimony of the d Cc Sam tney, the conductor water train, was taken. Courtney was injured about the hips and back and badly shaken up. He was questioned as to the rules of the road in the make- a car s not of up of trains in which there is of powder and as to whether it wz against the rules to place a powder so near the engine. Courtney was d as to who, his opinion, was the person responsiblc for the make-up of the train and for the accident, but he refused to make | any statement. When asked if he had any opinion in the matter he said that he had, but did not care to state it at present. George Vosberg, being sworn, testi- fied that he brakeman on the ater train, g He was riding the engine u that the air did not work and Engineer Luna whistled for brakes. He then got out cars and three brakes and jumped off when he saw they could not top in time to prevent the accident five minutes after the He thought r the car as! saw on set accident, witness, toid about the same story. The jury then irned day at 2 p. m when they y 3righam Ci ar of WOMEN ALMOST IO BLOWS Miss Groover and Widow of Percy Calhoun Have Altercation at Grave of Latter’s Husband. LOS ANGELES, Feb. —Because the young woman in whose presence Percy alhoun biew oput his brains demsanded that the coffin be opened and she be permitted to take a last look at the dead man, and because she tried to place a floral wreath upon his coffin, there was almost a general fight at Calhoun’s funeral to-day. The deceased was married, but he had been associat- COM AT FUNERAL sh f me if their iDE With Miss Pearl Groover. Yester- s - . icient clever day at the inquest the dead man's Halne: bt thetr i dow swore that the Groover girl was Y fr + and their the cause of her separation from her reg \ husband. To-day at Evergreen Ceme- tery Miss Groov r appeared just befor the coffin was lowered into the grave h endure. . phenomenal | and demanded that she be permitted to - 58 s Tablets | Jook at Calhoun’s body. Mrs. Calhoun = not u stepped forward and refused the re- due di- Quest, at which Miss Grover turned > and phen- | upon the widow, and but for the inter- n ultiplied dyspey sh-spes ots is d can un- nothing r work- vention of others near by have been a ha there would »ulling match. it v the young woman struggled toreach the widow, but the latter stood her ground. Then the girl demanded that a floral offering she had brought be placed upon the coffin, but the flowe: were hurled across the lot by a mem- ber of the funeral party. Miss Groover was finally g up the induced to leave and the k¢ o stomach | funeral service proceeded. d as the stomach did when —_——— 1 strong and able. They BIG FIRE RAGES NEAR digest the food and do it thor- ™M I GAS TANKS letely and independently, the weak and weary n opportunity to renew and its wasted strength. You for- at you have a stomach just as d when you were a healthy boy and nature restores and heals and makes it well and Louis business man says: “I confirmed dyspeptic for years. had to be forced down and soured or lay like lead in Firemen Fight Flames Successfully | and Prevent Disaster at Their Own Peril. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—In constant danger of an explosion of three im- mense gas tanks, each containing 11,600,000 cubic feet of illuminating gas, across the street, New York fire- ! men to-day fought a fire in a six-story block on West Fifty-ninth street, be- tween Tenth and Eleventh avenues, which was damaged to the extent of h and did me no good. I|s100 000, The = 4 / ; gas remained in the et ""; m:::’ :;m;‘e l?r:;:‘l:\d tanks throughout the fire, owing to morose and irritable. My natural dis- | S5 0y in fidiag {the proper officials to position, which was cheerful and pleasant, left me and I was alienating all my friends. The doctors did me no good. 1 got so I hated the sight or me of a doctor. My wife finally yrried me into buying a box of s Dyspepsia Tablets, which I taking under protest, as I had n anything or anybody. I sore on creation. 1 had not taken a third of that box efore I noticed a decided and most | > change. I could enjoy a good ) and feel no bad effects following 1 my stomach and had a forgot nk about something else. 1 with my business in ease Six boxes of Stuart’s a Tablets at a total outlay of | red me completely and I have | suffered a pain from dyspepsia for Ik e an appetite like a boy. I wish every one s from dyspepsia could | a change this great remedy for two yea €-year-o suffer vho w ade tuart spepsia Tablets are for le by druggists everywhere at 50 cents a box. All druggists carry them 1d the best doctors are prescribing them. You need not fear that you will cver be unable to get them; for, be- cause of the good they have done mankind and the suffering they have relieved and the happiness they have caused, the fame and the success and the popularity of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets from generation unto genera- tion will endure. order it withdrawn, and a large part of the apparatus called out by four alarms was employed in drenching the sides of the steaming reservoirs. The fire had gained great headway before the alarm was sent in and the tall building was all ablaze when the | firemen arrived, endangering not only |the gas tanks, but adjoining tene- ments and a business block, but the | damage was confined to the one build- ing. The front and rear walls of the building fell simultaneously, several firemen having narrow escapes. ——— HAWAIIAN GRAND JURY | RETURNS INDICTMENTS | —_—— Heavy Life Insurance Is Not to Be Considered in Set- tlement of Senator’'s Wealth L ths S CLEVELAND, Feb. 23—By the will of the late Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, probated to-day, an estate valued at about $3,000,000 is left to the farmily. There are no public bequests. The principal beneficlaries are the widow, Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Hanna; the son, Daniel Rhodes'"Hanna; the two 1 , Mabel Augusta Hanna Par- Mrs. Ruth McCormick, wife of Medill McCormick of Chicago. A sister, an C. Hanna Baldwin, is given $10,000. “An aunt, Mrs. Helen is given $1000, and each of the ildren $5000. widow is given the homestead prog all its furnishings, the stable: and the library in jieu of one year's rty, support. Several years ago Senator Hanna took out considerable life insuranc for the benefit of his shree children. e will provides that these gifts ave | not to be taken into consideration in the settlement of the estate. The estate in the main is to be di- vided into three equal parts. The first third was left to Mrs. Hanna, to re- main as her own during her natural life, and r death to be disposed of by the trustees The remaining o-thirds is then to be divided into three equal parts among the three chil share and share alike, the = to be held in ist for the by the trustees who will ¢ the affairs of each| and give to them the income from each part. In the event of the death of the two | daughters and that they have no chil- dren, then th their shares is to be given to their husbands and the | remaining three-fourths are to revert back to Mrs. H 1a or her son, Daniel Hanna | The executors, Daniel Hanna, Mrs. Hanna and L. C. Hanna, are not asked to give b LE-DEFENSE WOOD'S PLEN That and Declares First Then Rogers That He Compelled to —_— WOODLAND, Shoot b. 23.—Cy Wood, who shot and killed his neighbor, Verne | Rogers, near Capay last Saturday, is in | the Co ¥y Jail charged with murder. Wood was brought down from Capa Valley last night. According to his story the shooting was done in self-de- fense. He declares that Rogers rst, and the subsequent statements of cause of the trouble, support this ver- sion. Wood in his story says that he re-| turned toshis home from Woodland last Saturday afternoon and was told by the men in his employ that his wife had sent for Rogers, who lives about a mile st. Wood that he knew of an infatuation existing between his wife and Rogers and he was aware they had planned to elope. Taking his rifle he started to follow his wife, and soon came upon her and Rogers sitting on the edge of some bushes. As Wood appeared his wife exclaimed, “There he is now; you had best run.” Rogers, however, remained seated, but Mrs. Wood arose and ran. Wood said that he was wacthing his wife; but some- thing drew his attention toward Rog- {ers. As he was turning he heard the re- | port of a rifle and felt a sting in his | right side. It was only & flesh wound, inflicted by the bullet from Rogers’ rifie. Wood then fired and the bullet entered Rogers’ face close beside the | bridge of the nose, causing instant | death. It was late Monday afternoon—two | days later—before any one other than members of the family knew of the af- fair. Wood remained at his home, leav- ing the body of the dead man lying | where it had fallen in the brush. His brother, John C..Wood, had occasion Monday afternoon to visit the ranch, | and when apprised of the facts advised | that the officers be immediately noti- fled. Wood was brought to the County | Jail in this city about midnight Mon- day. The Coroner left this morning to held an inquest. Later developments tend to compli- cate matters. There is little doubt that | Rogers was shot from behind. In the back of the head just behind the ear is | & small bullet hole, while the front of that the bullet entered behind. | Deputy Sheriff Ernest Griffin said to- | night that Mrs. Wood is in Sacramento, whither she had gone from Brooks, Capay Valley, and had promised to | come to Woodland. _——e————— | Will Expedite Handling of Traffic. | SALT LAKE, Feb. 23.—Commenc- |ing March 1 the Oregon Short Line Fired | Was | fired | irs. Wood, who seems to have been the | | the face is horribly mangled, showing | HONOLULU, Feb. 23.—The Territo- | wiil run trains through to Green Riv- rial Grand Jury, in Judge Robinson's|er, Wyo., where connections will be department of the Circuit Court, to-day | made with the Union Pacific, instead returned indictments for conspiracy in | of at Granger, as heretofore. The in- the first degree against Representative | clusion of this section of Union Pa- Jonah Kaunalae, a member of the Fin- | cific trackage in the Short Line sys- ance Committee of the lower house of | tem is expected to expedite the hand- the Legislature, and Attorney Enoch |ling of both freight and passenger Johnson. They are charged with de-!trnnscontinenta] traffic. frauding the Territory of $312, that —_— e amount having been ordered paid by Kishenev Rioter Is Convicted. the House committee to Johnson for KISHENEYV, Russia, Feb. 23.—At services which were not performed.|the resumption to-day of the second Clerk of the House S. Mehula is also | trial of Kurban and Rotar, accused of accused of grossly cheating the Gov- ernment by securing $450 for twenty copies of the legal codes, which were not supplied to the House., The indicted men were released on their own re- cognizances murdering Abram Kogan during the recent massacres here, Rotar was ac- quitted, but Kurban was condemned to a year's imprisonment for partici- pation .in the riots,. The damage suit was dismissed. BULLET ENDS LIFE'S BATTLE | Leroy E. Mosher, Well-Known | Newspaper Man, Kills Him- self on Beach at Santa Monica | LEAVES PATHETIC NOTES TN A Wife’s Sickness and Reverses in Business Affairs Cause i Him to Become Despondent| . | | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.—Ruined | in health, his fortune depleted, his | wife slowly dying of an incurable dis- ease, Leroy K. Mosher, for many | | years connected with the Los Angeles | | Times and once ‘its managing editor, | ended the struggle of years this after- noon by placing the muzzle of a re- volver in his mouth and blowing out his brains. The deed was committed | | on the beach half a mile north of the’l at Santa Monica. No per- | | bathhouse i son witnessed it. A woman, whose | | identity is not known, was walking {along the beach and came upon the body, which was lying propped up | against a broad cement walk. She | gave the alarm and Dr. Fisher re- onded, but death had ensued at least ten minutes before. H In Mosher’s lifeless hand was a re- volver and in his pocket a number of | notes, the text of which indicated that | suicide had long been premeditated. Most of them were written to relatives | {and others to intimate friends, but the | | tenor of all of them is the same. They | ;:m- the last written effort of a man |who for years had been a forceful | writer and there is about their text a | | touching pathos. He considered life | |a failure, said that there was no fur- | ther use of his struggling, referred to | { the popular disapproval of self-de- struction, but excused his action by ying that greater men than he had | ever hoped to be had taken their own | | lives. | He had nothing but kind words for | | | this friends and did not refer to his enemies. Throughout the communica- {tions there is a strain which shows | that he had long been struggling against just what he did; struggling ain what he had lost and at last growing weary had in an instant ended the whole matter. L. E. Mosher was a native of New | York State and was 55 years of age. v in life he moved to Kansas and hen but a boy he served throughout e Civil War as a member of a Kan- sas cavalry regiment. After the war he | became a telegraph operator and when he came to California he entered the to | | | employ of the Southern Pacific, ris- | ing through the various steps until at | one time he was tant general freight agent. Fortunate land inve ments in this section brought him acon- siderable fortune. He acquired an in- | terest in the Los Angeles Times and | several years ago greatly increased his holdings in that corporation and be- | came an active factor in the manage- ment of the paper, beth in the editor- | ial and business departments. When during the war with Spain General H. G. Otis went to the Philippines, Mosher | was made managing editor of the pa- per. Subsequently he went to New York, where he embarked in an as- phaltum business, which was financial- | 1y unfortunate, and there he left most ' | of his fortune. Then kLe returned to | Los Angeles and engaged in the plas- ter busine: but that was not very | successful. A few months ago his wife became ill of cancer, from which | a surgical operation gave only tem- porary relief. On one occasion to a | former associate on the Times, he had threatened to commit suicide, saying that his troubles were greater than he | >uld stand. The remains will be | brought to this city for burial to-mor- | row. | ——— WANTS HIS DA(‘GHTEI.{ { MARRIAGE ANM CLLEDi Petaluma Man Decjres That She Was | Only Sixteen When She Be- 1 came a Wife, | SANTA ROSA, Feb. 23.—James H. | | Williams began an action in the Su- perior Court here to-day to have the! marriage of his daughter, Maude, to Edward Martin Kidd annulled. The complaint recites that when the cere- money was performed the girl was| only 16 years of age, and that the| consent of her parents was necessary | to a legal wedding. This not having | been obtained, the groom perjured himself when he swore that his bride | was 18. The action is brought by the father against his son-in-law, and it is probable it will not be contested. | The couple were married on July 30, 1903, in this city, and resided here for several months. Later they went to Petaluma, the home of the bride's parents. . YE SIGN OF YE PEACOCK IS NOW UNDER YE BAN Police Commissioners Decide That Ordinance Regulating Sale of Liguors Is \‘inlatqi. The license of the restaurant at 229 Geary street owned by J. G. Kennedy | and known as Ye Sign of Ye Peacock was revoked by the Police Commis- sioners last night. The place had { merely a restaurant license, but fre- quent complaints were made that a retail liquor business was being car- ried on. Officer Reade was detailed to investigate and had no difficulty | in procuring cocktails when he rep- resented that he was waiting for a mythical “Mr. Johnson.” John P. Dwyer, who claimed that his saloon on Seventh street was held up on the morning of the 12th, was also called before the board to show cause why his license should not be revoked. Two police officers testi- fied that on the morning in question he was hopelessiy intoxicated and his place was wide open. He was given two weeks further time in which to prove he is fit to have a license. Officer John Crowley, charged with reporting late and filing a false re- port, was fined $5. Peter Doherty, accused of neglect of duty, must also forfeit $5 of his salary. Michael Whelton was found guilty of unof- ficerlike conduct and reprimanded. James McMahon was appointed ex- tra patrol driver and Robert S. Cun- ningham a special. - The Commission- ers, sitting as a pension board, placed' Augustus M. Caylt, who has been in| ill health, on the retired list, POLICE SPOIL dena and brought to the Los Angeles | jail. She confessed her guilt, but claims| OAKLAND, Feb. 23.—Leonard C that what she did was dome without| ., o 2 " " L T and Love is a son guilty knowledge of Anderson’s inten-| - S8 e 2 i gy - tions. Sbe was married on Sunday to|l0dged in jail on a charge of bigamy. | =0 & s, R E. W. Allen, a wealthy ofl man of Pas-|The charge was preferred by G. W.| ¢ 455" 00" The son allege adena. Before that her name was|McGlophlen of Seattle, who alleges & /o 0% B0 T E8C Massey, and it was nly by learning that King married his daughter in|(ime in exce that a woman named Massey had been | that city a short time ago and brought | in r to locate her. } Recently, McGlophle says, he - According to the woman’s confession | made the discovery that King had mone Anderson came to her last September | previously been married and had a terthaiih. N thes and asked her to represent herself to|wife and child living in the East. He erest in the esta $3800 1 he said he was in a real estate deal. He [ and offered to pay her $15, and for that sum | force and after several | she went with him to the notary public, | located the couple in a signed a deed in the name of Mrs. Gris- | here. wold, made affidavit that she was Mrs. Griswold and acknowledged the execu- tion of the deed. he himself Omaha and sold the property of Mrs. | Griswold to a wealthy citizen. he went to Kansas City, and then | Chicago, selling the property at each of the places and sometimes to eral purchasers. cured was large and he returned here a night and confessed. PRAGERS. | PRAGERS Don’t Forg This Is the Last Wednes- | day of the Month. There Will Be | Something Doing at Prager’s To-Day DON'T_MISS IT — J Our Spring Wash Goods Have Just Been Opened. RE are Advance Showing of Silk Textures. HERE is more demand now for these pretty new silks than for anything we have shown this season. Be sure to share in these values. 60¢ a yard—Satin serrano, inches wide; very soft and clingy. Comes in all the evening shades, ck and cream. Suitable for waists and ev g cc 58e a yard- plain and fancy. The Very Newest, Styles in Women’s Garments. E are showing seme pretty suits and petticoats | are extraordinarily | A glance at them their bargain items departr equal three wash goags new be that good values. will satisfy you of qualities. hat ¢ price and q DANISH CLOTH 19 SUITS. $13.95, $18.50, 819.75 and $22.530—The newest spring suits in beautiful mixtures, plain blues, brown and blacks; eton or mili- tary jackets, handsomely trimmed with braid and gold buttons, latest style sleeves. Silk lined. They have the style and appearance of the finest made suits nf.the season. PETTICOATS. = ¥ inch pongee; The 1904 patterns are now being shown. This mate- rial washes and launders well black peau an extra qu this This is a regular S$r1.00 but owing to-the large ps chase we are enabled to sell sa at reduced pric nth, tterns and styles are are all biue F ot cardinal, the newes assured yrs cream, navy, 95¢ — Three hun- dred extra fine black sateen petticoats. Pret- tily made with neat rufle finished with narrow tucked bands, nicely trimmed Full sweep. Regular $1.50 value. Special this week. SHEETS. 49¢ ALWAYS RELIABLE 1238-1250 MARKET ST. .45 The policy of this store has not changed. will plead guilty in court. He confirms the statement of the woman that she did not participate with him in a di- | vision of the money he thus secured, | i but she had acknowledged that she | 7 a committed a felony and will be prose- | cuted. Her husband knew nothing of | [ —_——.— the transaction, and now threatens to sue for divorce at once. HER HONEYMOOY LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.—Charged | FEASRGTL S SRS Special Dispatch all | with having been associated with Carl| MARINE ENGINEER IS | PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 23 Anderson in the wholesale fraudulent ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY | F. Love charges his father . land deals, to which he has confessed, S Tk ik Nk ot sudnditiesds - Mrs. E. W. Allen, a bride of two days, [ L. C. King Accused by G. W. McGloph- | o0 10 e o petitior it askacd was taken into custody to-day in Pasa- | len of Having One More Wife - court asking that be ap- Than Law Allows. 1903 Fred D narried that the detectives were able | her to Oakland to live. If to this city with the assistance of the police days’ search, lodging-house King was promptly arrested |and will be sent back to Seattle for | carousing, returning h | trial and the girl will return home |month ago. It is alleged that he was | with her father. | prevailed upon by a woman to deed to ‘With this deed and copies of it which| King says he is a marine engineer | her a house and lot he owns on forged Anderson went to|by trade. fiie itel S fnlaalh W St ok e N E Ty | advantage of his weakness to o Then | Dewey Sails for West Indian Waters. | (no property without conside to| CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 23.—Ad- | He has only about $800 | miral Dewey, Rear Admiral Taylor. | maining, which the his staff of officers and Assistant Sec- | woman is also likely to obtain. retary of State Loomis sailed to-day | lon the dispatch-boat Mayflower for | West Indian waters, where they will He declares he | witness the fleet maneuvers. e Mrs. Mary A. Griswold, with whom | immediately hied himse than less agreeing to pay t $2000 ly borrowed. Immediat the father went spent all of the to San 38300 about a son avers sev- se- The amount he PARIS, secondars rich man, but was arrested Sunday ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Be sure you get the genuine. made on)L)""hly the Kpowlton Danderine Co., Chicago. 0 v o. WOW at all druggists in three sizes, 25¢, 50c and $1.00 pe e will d a large sample free by return mail to any one who FREE To show how quickly Danderine actsswe will sen 8! s Rt G e Sl For Sale and Guaranteed by REDINGTON & CO0., Wholesale Agents. and 10 cents in silver or stamps to pay postage.