The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 5, 1904, Page 5

THE i SA FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. MARCH .5, 1904. SARTORIS WILL WED A BEAUTY General Grant’s Grandson Goes to France to Claim Paris Belle as a Bride MARRIAGE IN JUNE et Comes of Splendid and Brother Is Government Service Fiance¢ mily is have author- 1t of the engage- to on Captain of sailed f of PHOTOGRAPHING PHASES h 4—M..and e.Germaine Methodist granddaughter Halle, a dis- ish war he . the FROM | | TRADE MOVES IREEELLARLY Business in Iron and Steel | { l | oF A calLFoRNIA wWINTER | 1S Active, but General Con- | Southern Pacific Company to Exhibte| ditions Are Backward, Moti P res at the St. Louis B icaore Expositon {, March 4.—Bradstreet's | f t say: | DEMONSTRATES SUCCESS OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Naillen Explains Appar- atus and Pleads for Use of A Va der Marconi’s System. of the arcor e f € aphy Tre ustry are still Irregular, | in favored bu!‘ hampered in others by the prolongation | of winter weather, | being active sections, with its concomi- | tants tages c Among the i ed transportation, car ds. | es reports indicate the iron the coke whole a and a record breaking acreage will go into ecotton. gs reflect the most u weather in man: 20 per cent in s representing a r cent. Febru- no better. The od settled weat repair the backwardness s and be particularly ing and other lines which operations are a standstill. Collections itions have checked sale trade, and retail ckward turers are buying wool only a while stocks posed to purchase ng to meet their views. ctivity in lumbe manufacturer: for spring goods backw e, but leather is strong in price. | t (including flour) xports for the week end March aggregate 1,643,086 bushe against 2,091,488 .bush- els last week and 3,491,456 bushels this week last year Business failures in the United States number 195, against 200 last week and n 1903, and 19 in Canada, against 17 week and 24 last year. NEW YORK, M 4—R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade to-morrow ng forms co- ple and re- the hall re pres- in the and jts cannot to neglect ADVERTISEMENTS. HREVE & CO. STATIONERY. The |-advantages of a complete equip- ment in the work-rooms of Shreve & Co.'s Stationery De- || partment are available for the {{ prompt and intelligent execu- tion of orders for Wedding Stationery, Visiting and Recep- tion Cards, and the Stamping of Correspondence Papers. POST & MARKET STS. Business continues to improve despite the difficulty of low temperature and higher prices. Weather conditions have been singularly unpropitious, deep snow retarding distr n of m chandise an cold delaying the opening of ing trade and struc- tural work tailers are making extensive preparations, and plans are submitted for numerous building opera- tions. Prospects have improved on the Pa- cific Coast, where much-needed rain hag fallen. Railway ecarnings for ruary were 2.2 per cent less than last year, bad weather restricting traffic. It may be sald with some degree of assurance that the iron and steel in- dustry has made further progress in the right direction, and the prospect is brighter than it has been at any time during the winter. Domestic hides are weaker than is ex- plained by the seasonable deterforation | in quality. Failures for the week in the United States were 236, against 240 last week, | 287 the previous week and 229 last year. Failures irf Canada number 27, against 22 last week, 20 the preceding week and 16 last year. —_—————————— JURORS PROBE i MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS | GRANP The Grand Jury held a brief session | | yesterday afternoon, at which some minor complaints were heard and mat- | ters of public interest discussed. No | final action was taken. | The greater portion of _the session was devoted to a consideration of the | | methods in vogue in the police courts. It has been repeatedly alleged that the | judges are not attending to business and that the number of convictions is hopelessly at variance with the num- ber of complaints flied. The alleged misconduct of affairs at the Alms- house was also talen up, but no wit- nesses were called. The investigation is practically ended and it is expected that by pext week & report will be ready. { prepared the ! denly they abandoned that idea of es- + John D. O’Brien Shot in Left Thigh by Thief. Loot of Tailor Found in Room of Crooks. John D. O'Brien, a reporter for The Call and one of the best known news- paper men of the narrowly es- caped a fatal wound at an early hour vester city, ¥ morning in a chivalrous effort to prevent a vicious thief from killing a policeman. Fortunately the missile missed a v spot and only in- flicted a flesh wound in O'Brien’s left | thigh. The thief whose murderous attempt was balked by O'Brien is known as Charles H. Wright. In company with another thief, who gives his name as Robert Wedin, he attempted to burglar- ize a room at 405 Kearny street. The lodger awoke and made an outery suf- ficient to attract the attention of Po- liceman Daniel J. Keohane on Pine street and Policeman O’'Connor, rushed down from Dupont street. O’Brien was talking to Keohane the corner of Pine and Kearny streets when the outcry came. Both men saw the two thieves bolt from the lodging- house at 405 K Pine street up the chas who O’Brien and Keohane took and followed the burglars into the or House, a notorious resort on Pine street. O'Brien followed Keo- hane up the sta , and in a narrow niche off the hallway discovered the two burglars. Wright drew a revolver, with the evident intention of shooting Keohane, who had missed his quarry| in the porter rush upstairs. The plucky re- grappled with the intending er and wrestled with him for the revolver. Bafled in his original intention, Wright turned his gun on O'Brien and sought in every way to take his life. He managed to explode the weapon onee, the bullet taking effect in O'Brien’s leg. Notwithstanding the wound the reporter continued to strug- gle with the burglar and finally suc- ceeded in wresting the revolver from Wright, but not before he had checked the fall of the hammer with his finger and received a painful bruise. Policeman Keohane came to O'Brien’'s assistance as quickly as possible, but the fighting was in such close quarters that it was impossible to rescue the re- porter from h peril until the weapon had been wrested from Wright and he was powerless to do further harm. Keohane grabbed Wedin, the other burglar, and threw him downstairs into the waiting arms of Policeman O'Con- nor, the thiev O’'Brien after taking the revoiver away from Wright passed it back to Keohane and managed to hold the thief until the policeman came to his aid. Wright and Wedin for more week past have occupied a room at 405 Kearny street. In attempting to loot the room of a fellow lodger they were discovered. First, they attempt- ed to escape by stringing a line of bed- clothes from a rear window. Wright stood at the head of the stairs with a drawn revolver while his companion improvised rope. Sud- than a cape and dashed down the stairs into Kearny street. Pursued closely by O’Brien and the policemen, they sought the shelter of the Astor House, where Wright made a losing fight for freedom, even to the point of attempted mur- der. ‘Wright was sullen and combative | after he had been overpowered, and Wedin was smilingly ‘non-committal. Both denied knowing one another, but in Wright's possession was found a photograph of the two men, taken to- gether last September. After the two men had been taken to the Central station, Detective Jerry Dinan and Policemen McShane, McGee and Groat made a search of the bur- glar’s room and discovered nineteen waisteoats, fourteen coats, seven pairs of trousers and a bolt of cloth, "all of Shop| leaden | at| | carny street and rush up | who was mounting in pursuit of| TWO BURGLARS, OFFICERS \ WHO CAPTURED THEM, REPORTER, AND SUSPECT. i i which had been stolen from the tailor- | ing shop of T. W. Williams at 5% I Kearny street, which had been entered by the thieves through a rear door. | Wright is 25 years of-age and Wedin is 22. Six months ago the latter served, | a three months’ term in the County ]Jall for petty larceny. The original | charge was grand larceny, but it was | reduced. Wright has also served a sentence for vagran Both men were arraigned on a charge of burglary yesterday before Judge Mo- | gan. An additional charge of assault with intent to Kkill was lodged against Wright for his murderous assault on O'Brien. | YOUNG BURGLAR IS CAUGHT. | Louis Whitekead Is Arrested in House | With Loot in His Possession. Louis Whitehead, youthfu] burg- lar, was captured yesterday afternoon by Officer E. E. Gable as he was in | the act of ransacking _.the house of | Mrs. H. L. Ditjen at 7061% Fell street. He 5 taken to the City Prison and his name placed on the detinue book. Whitehead gained access to the Ditjen home through a window and | had secured pair of gold-handled opera-glasses when caught. The po- lice believe that they can connect him with numerous other burglaries that have occurred in the neighborhood | during the last month and will defer | charging him until the connection has | been established. - " —_————————— | STRANGERS TO CITY ARE ! GIVEN HEARTY WELCOME l}llenry W. Davis and B. B. Wilcox Greeted at Y. M. C. A. by Repre- | sentative Men and Women. | People representing many of the | city churches, together with the cler- gy, prominent, professional and busi- | ness men and members of the Young Men’s Christian Association, assem- | bled in the association parlers last night to extend a welcome to Henry W. Davis of Indiana, the association's new religious work director, and B. B. Wilcox of Chicago, who has just assumed the position of State secre- tary of the association of California. The reception was given under the auspices of the board of management and the woman's auxiliary, of which Mrs. E. E. Kelly is chairman. Rolla V. Watt presided and Dr. F. M. Larkin made the address of wel- come and was followed by the Rev. William Kirk Guthrie and H. J. Mc- Coy, both of whom made appropriate speeches. Miss Hussey and Mrs. Part- ington rendered vocal selections and Miss Cleveland gave a recitation, and Messrs. Davis and Wilcox acknowledg- ed the high compliment-which the as- sociation and the woman’s auxiliary had paild them in assembling in such large numbers to bid them welcome to the city. N —_——— Mrs. Frey Gets Realty Back. The deeds made by Mrs. Rosa Frey giving to her two children, Jullus D. Frey and Millie Lindauer, realty worth $10,400 were set aside by Judge Seawell yesterday on complaint of Mrs. Frey. She made the deeds two years ago, in- tending that they should not go into effect until after her death. Unfortu- nately, she was ignorant of the law and had them recorded, thus making them immediately effective. She did not learn of her mistake until the property men- tioned in the deed to her son was at- tached by the Mutual Label and Litho- graphing Company for debt. | +| [ | | | | WELL-KNOWN NEWSPAPER MAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE DEATH AT HANDS OF A CORNERED BURGLAR e Blacksmith and Fire| Laddie Charged | With Crime. | | Held in $2000 Bonds for Entering a | Meat Shop. . —— Policeman McHugh made what he considered an important capture of two burglars yesterday morning. One | s Thomas H. Commins, a blacksmith at 3208 Mission street, and the other | William Murphy, a fireman attached to engine 18, who is looked upon as the champion jumper of th depart- ment. McHugh, in his report to the Chief of Police, says he saw two men act- ing suspiclously about 3 o'clock ye terday morning on Mission street, be- tween Twenty-eighth and Twenty- ninth. Then he saw them enter the blacksmith shop of Thomas H. Commins and come out in a few min- | utes. He saw them walk to the butcher shop of Charles Fritz, 3204 Mission street, and break open the deor with a hammer and chisel. McHugh thought it was time to act and boldly entered the butcher shop. He found Murphy hiding under the stairway and prompt- ly arrested him on a charge of bur- | glary. Commins was not found till about §$ o'clock and he was also charged with burglary. The two defendants appeared before | Police Judge Conlan and after bv!ng‘ instructed as to their rights the cases | were continued till Monday. About an hour later they were both released on $2000 bonds accepted by Judge Conlan. Fritz, the proprietor of the butcher | shop, called upon Captain Martin yes- terday afternoon and said that Mur- phy and Commins had his permission | to enter his shop at any time to get | a supply of tallow to use on the legs | of their horses. He was satisfied they | had no felonious fntent and said he would not prosecute them. He hinted that whisky had much to do with their | foolish act. SWEDISH SERVANT TAKES | QUARREL TOO SERIOUSLY | After a Disagreement With Her Mis- tress, Lena Johnson Deliberately Kills Herself. After having had a quarrel with her | employer last Thursday, Miss Lena Johnson, a Swedish servant, 42 years old, deliberately killed herself by al- | lowing gas to escape from a bracket in her room. Miss Johnson had been employed for | some time in the family of Mrs. J. E. Miller, 2644 Howard stteet. The un- fortunate young woman visited Sophie Olson, her sister, at 52 Converse street last Thursday night and tcld her that she had had a quarrel with Mrs. Miller | and that she intended to commit sui- | cide. At a quarter before 7 o'clock yesterday morning C. T. Lynd, one of the roomers in the house, detected the | odor of illuminating gas in the vicinity | of Miss Johnson's room. An entrance | was ferced and she was found dead in | her bed. Gas was escaping from an | open burner in the room and the key- | hole and the sides of the window were | plugged with rags. { Her relatives declare that she was demented because of sickness. | ————————— i SCRUTINIZING BIDS FOR { CONSTRUCTION OF Cl'T-OFF; Seven bids, ranging from $2,000,000 to | £2,500.000, for grading and tunnel work | on the proposed bay shore cut-off, have | been received by the Southern Pacific | Company and are now being considered in New York at the conference between President Harriman, General Manager Kruttschnitt and other officials of the Harriman lines. It was stated at the offices of the| company vesterday that the awarding of contracts for the work will be made ‘within the next six weeks. The work of tunneling will be the principal ex- pense of constructing the cut-off, for there are to be five {“innels through the Potrero hills. The bidders for the boring of these are among the largest contracting firms throughout the country. I e | members of a gang organized to burn | plots. | Severe Earthquake Occurs in Lima. | F i BURN HOUSES FOR INSURANCE Salt Lake Police Round Up| | a Gang That Has Made]| | Arson a Means of Profit| SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 4.— | Charged with arson and with ‘being | business property to secure insurance | money, August Wilmer, Alexander Jen- | nings, John H. Helliman and Frank | Wilson have been arrested by the po- lice of this city. J. E. Colter, a promi- | nent merchant of Lehi, Utah, is under | arrest there on a similar charge. He | is accused of being the financial backer | of the gang and having instigated the | Jennings and Wilson have (‘nn-i | fessed, implicating the others. Among other deeds, it is charged that the gang burned the creamery at Lehi in Sep- tember last and the boarding-hcuse at Murray owned by Wilmer. | —_———— LIMA, Peru, March 4—A tremendous earthquake which did much damage occurred here at 5:20 a. m. Nothing comparable with it has been expe- rienced during the last thirty y NEW YORK, March 4—Advices to lccal houses having connections at Lima state that, though the earthquake was the most severe in many years, no lives are reported to have been lost. PARIS, March 4.—Mail advices re- ceived at Madagascar from Mayotte, | Comora Islands, say that three craters | of the Great Comora Islands have been | in a state of continuous eruption- since | ebruary 25. There have been some victims among the natives. —_—— Count Von Waldersee Seriously Il | HANOVER, Prussia, March 4—The | condition of Field Marshal Count von | Waldersee causing anxiety among | his friends. He has been ill for some | days and is losing his strength. Harold is | against Secretary Stoddard. | that he can id ESCAPES CHARGE BY RESIGNING Isaac T. Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, Will Step Out on April 1 HARD FIGHT OVER FEES Efforts of the State Offi- cials to Curtail Perquisites Causes a Bitter Contest WASHINGTON, March 4—Isaac T Stoddard, Secretary of the Territory of Arizona, has resigned and his resigna- tion has been accepted, to take effect April 1. Some time ago charges were flled He was charged with promoting the incorpora- tion of companies in Arizona for which he récefved lucrative fees. In itself this was not contrary to the law, as the Secretary is entitled to the fees of his office; but when the Governor and Legislature of the Territory sought to curtall the Secretary’s fees and to put his office on a salary basis Stoddard objected and a discussion followed which has ended in him presenting his resignation. ——— e — . RAILROAD MAY CONDEMN FOR ITS RIGHT OF WAY The United States Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reversed the decree of the United States Circuit Court for the district of Washington, Western Division, and @irected the lower court to dismiss the bill in the case of the Black Hills and Northwestern Raflway Company, the Mason County Logging Company, Thomas Bordeaux, A. H. An- derson and Joseph Bordeaux vs. the Tacoma Mill Company The plaintiffs in error had petitioned the Superfor Court of Washington for the condemnation of a right of way across certain lands belonging to the Tacoma Mill Company for a line of rail- road in Thurston County on its way to a terminus on the Pacific Ocean. The Gefendant had refused to sell or convey the right of way. The lower court en- tered an interlocutory decree restrain- ing the railroad company from proceed- ing with the condemnation suit. Under the judgment of the Court of Appeals the condemnation proceedings may be prosecuted in the State courts. —_———— Lecture on Scotland. Wednesday evening at Lyric Hall Clan Fraser presented Dr. Ian Grant in an illustrated lecture on Scotland and the consensus of opinion as ex- pressed by the large and enthusiastic audience present was that it was the most interesting lecture ever presented n the on the subject. The illustra- tions were true to nature and the cloud eftects in the re on of the famous lochs were superb. The members of Clan Fraser escorted the lecturer from their hall on O'Farrell street to Lyric Hall, with pipes playing and plaids and bonnets in full force. e et Claims He Was Robbed. Louis Luft, a waiter employed at 865 Market street, reported to the po- lice last night that he had been as- saulted and robbed of $8 by tu voung men. Luft had been drinkir Thursday night in a saloon at the cor- ner of Montgomery and Vall when he met the men who he says robbed him. They had drinks together and when he P made acquaintances struck him on the head with a bh strument and went through h s. Luft say he culprits. ts. Bauer AND THE etrostyle Pianola Those who have heard the 1 consider the Panola is supe- rior In every way to all other planoforte-players and am con- vinced that no Instrument can be considered * complete unless equipped with the Metrostyle, One is amazed to find how close- ly it is possible for an absolute novice to approach the interp tations of a great artist by means of this invention. HAROLD BAUER. master. at an, portance. parted to the rolls of music a detailed guide in tempo and phrasing. So simple is the operation of the Metro- style that even an absolute novice in music can obtain the effects that echaracterize the rendition of the But the guide is not arbitrary and the player may moment infuse as mueh of his own individu- ality info the composition as he chooses. 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