The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1904, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL ATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1904. SMOOT WINS IN PRIMARIES Mormon Senator Unopposed | and “Will Name Republi- can - National - Delegates KEARNS FACTION SILENT Will Come Later at Convertion to Be Held to slative Ticket Contest hoose a e AL S Rl COUNSEL IN BURTON CASH NOT READY T0 PROCEED Appli for Rehearing Cannot. Be Heard B Scpiember Term 1 Co of. Anpeals. Ria ; & Mean i SANTA FE WILL STICK 'O OPEN SHOP RULE Men Say Fhey Are Not Dis- Railway turbed by Fheearened Strike of Machiists PEKA, - Kan -General grie e of nists hak . fréir: wages. - They are Ppaving - thein as The en’ be - give s e fused to dc t rfchinists « and T th they will; we sh fil theéir = &t omce, regard) whether ey _are uniogimen or A mieeting has been he Conn., to urge the f a° suitable be meémor FEED the babies and 'chudm_\ on Scott’s Emulsion You will see an improve- little thin They can take it when they even refuse their mothers’ milk. It is essentially a babies’ ment in their bodies at once. food, surpfising in its re.’ sults. Always the same, DefendantSpends a Day on the Stand. Rigorously Cross- Examined by Byington. veil and either _Botkin . occupied ay in_her al witne with no features or Under le of innocence. Re- ] g g the box of: poisoned v this tity .which caused the i i rs. John P. Dunning and | Mre, J D. Deane at Dover, Del.; Mis. -Botkin prot 4 her innocence | o such-an impressive manner that even the jury showed signs of belief. She the only witness called by he d se yesterday. When District Attorney Byington had concluded a rig- orous cross-examination of.’the defend- rney - Knight made a motion urnment until Monday "morn- was combatéd strenu v by jsecution,. which insisted on an ate showing by the defense. Judge titled to a hearing nti postponement, and fur- of the Monday -morning. on’.of one hour, as Judge Ce nvariably- refuses to- hold court aturday, and«<he adjournment, con- { trary to the wish of the prosecution, cannct affect the case from -a time standpoi EXCELLENT ally speaking, Mrs. WITNESS. Botkin was excellent ‘witness ar in her own behalf She was thoroughly cool during the trying ordeal and for the most part he gave I ony in a clear voice on the stand she ist &nd Attorney I\‘mzh‘ er to speak so.that > jury hear and to-talk to the J'lr-m#r she raised her voice f hér testimony was deliv as ‘metailically as the sound heard out- side of a silversmi*h’s shop in Tokio, Often she rajsed he: .great brown-gras to the jury box with an appea eves then wrriedly. ‘The observation-cf.th the defendant was particular- ed ¢ ng e -direct examina- and have been -due to- the nition of .her regarding ng the jury, “On the cross-ex- h\‘ the District Attorney she at him and never once may counsel glance toward the ‘men in | —"—— — - judgment resis the balance of | | ~WOMAN 015 BEING mv¥iction or acquittal ) o BE WHOM THE \'s expectéd-appearance on | § stand in her ‘own defense | % £ an-uhusual crowd to collect in |'c Frank- McGowan; ‘one of ndeavor 16 gain admission to the | hér' aitormsys. Atterney George. A.| courtroom.. . As early as.7 o'clock im [ Knight ‘at far end.-of the tabref the morning‘a mass of men.-and wo-. |‘calmiy ‘studie jurymen until -the was congregated outside .of the |arrival of-Byington. There was a’ pre- Hall of Justice. Admission to the build- | liminary motien by ‘the prosecution fér ng was- denied to all-who could mot |‘the admission of the gment roll of ow a jegitimate busimess reason for | the I, which was ‘objected to{ rance. Long before the doers were | by Knight,- but - which was opened @ line 6f éxpectant ones fringed | finally; .admitted " in ' evidence ‘by "the the cortjders and. fought for places in | court.” Then Knight arosé and, howing- ye _line. . Of these not ‘half - were | to the defendant, said 2 admitted: - Considerable favoritism was | “‘Please -take the. stand, Mrs, Bot- shown in the-matter of admittance and | kin A E the . private -door to the courtroom ! MRS. BOTKIN TESFIFIES.. h-Judge Cook’s chambers poured | "Knight held open the gdte as the de- a ‘stream’ of -wéjl gowned women into the ‘couriréom. - They filled -all the va- varit seats. inside the bar and two rows chairs ‘outside. The under Sheriffs d that these women were friends of Judge Cook, but. the latter declared that ‘he ‘did not' know them. ..He said « he. had not. given a single person per- mission to have.entrance to the court- room_ during the Botkin trial in ad- vante of. the ‘regular manner of admit- reons -to the hearing. INBE FORCED. TO WAIT. When -Judge Cook appeared on the bench punctually to the minute of the previous adjournment he found Dis- Attorney Byingion missing. Mrs. Botkinwas in her usyal seaf, flanked her tef’ on. qne side ‘and on the by standpoint | examination she never | Cook ruled. that -the defense was | case wil[ be con- | it was ! but every juror aveided her | MRS. CORDELIA BOTKIN ASSERTS HER INNOCENCE OF ANY CONNECTION WITH MRS. DUNNING S DEATH ATTORNEY GEORGE aorzr# - TIMB, FOR THE SORT MURDER OF MRS, JOHN:P. RD A\‘l THE TWO ATTORNEYS WHO ARE MAKING DUNNL fendant walkéd steadily to:the -witness chair. - The clerk swore her to tell the truth, and thére wds no trémor in her ! right- arm ss: she tosk the oath. .She | sat déwn ‘composedly, raised her veil and waited for the first -question from her counsel: - Durfng the examimation {'the color flared in her cheeks and ‘her | eves brighteried percvpnhl\ but in her | ready answers to the questions pro- pounded: there was not the slightest. in- herself against.a charge that might in< volve her life. ! During her’ trmusmxamlnahun ‘Knight ‘xurnad to the reporters' table and said: “Doesn’t. that kind.of testimony dem- onsirate her innocence? dication- that @ woman-was defending [ There is n& question about- the im- pression that Mrs. Bull'm made¢. durmg {the réndering Of her testimony.' Fven |- District - Attorney” Byington admitted that she made a ‘splendid . witness on| ['her own behalf. His hest claim was| | that he had involved her. in numerous contradictions against the evidence she gave at_her ldst-trial.- ‘Frequently this was s, but the defendant in every case pleaded. her lang. lmpnsonment as. an | excuse for her lapses of memory when the record. of her’ former- testimony w as | read "to. her. In all important ’ points.| | #he was v-u:inw as to (he accuratv of what ehe said. |7 . DENIES INTIMACY. : |" - Any criminal intimacy between her. | tivély -denied.. The witness ‘claimed | that the only intérest she had shown in. |-the husband of the woman she is ac-| [ cused of murdering was because hé| was a friennd of her son, Beverly. Both’ ,nam drunkards, Mrs.. Botkin said, | |'-and-whe assisted Dunhing flnnnc(-!lr' | for_a long -pertod -because ‘she pitied | him. x Her a(’quamtam‘e “llh Dunning, she stated, had exieted fomegaere than four vears before the alleged crime. They ariginally. met. #n Golden Gate Park,d | His visits to the McClure home in Ofk- lahd, she said, were mot in any way rlnndes(ine and were. per{eclly well knows to her sister, who aided hér in f -| ce: {self and John P. Dunning was posi-| on(enaminz hlm her, aceording ta the. defendant, tain’ financial from. prosecution for a defalcation he had committed while manager in -this city: of the local Associated Press. A" detailed staténient followed from the defendant régarding her changes of residence frof-that time. .It ‘Was not until: Mrs. Botkin moved to 927 Geary.| street that Dunning becamve it constant visitor. ““You ‘say ‘that he eame to you n.rs( undsr necessity: - What. were. his ne- ities?!’ asked Knight. G “Financial embezzlemem Associatéd Press.” Dunnihg “called on to ob- with the “What" were {he* t-ondmon of ‘his clothies?” : : “Then 'quite. pdor, - but later”in ab- ject poverty.” “How was he.for shnel ““Oh yes, we Have supphed him n!th .both? “At who:fi instance and requnst did you supply him with shoes?”. . “First ‘through my som.’ “Who?" ¥ son; Beverly.” : “He wad made. known Dumnngs warits to yéu?” ‘“Yes, " sir. “Barefooted, . was he?” . “Well, ali btit.” . During this permd of her’ anqua(m- | | which he secursd personally.- assistance fo save.him, —————— Says Her Former Sweetheart Was an Idler. Declares That Her Own ,Lif_e_ Is: | Blameless. IWILL 0PPOSE { WILL < 2 Ll | o+ B | i ,unce with Dunning, the witness tésti- | fied that he came daily in Search of food, confessing that he had spent the night on a couch at the Press Club. | | «The witness claimed that when he | went to Salt Lake she provided him with funds_ outside of transportation, While he | was in Salt Lake and in receipt of $25 | | a week she had an appeal from Dun- |- | ning and sent him $50. Mrs. Corbally, who has been prom:- inently mentioned by the defense here- | tofore, was involyed by the defendant’s testimony. When the question of food | was reached Knight branched off to another line 6f interrogation. ‘ “During the time you mention did you know of ‘Mr. Dunning’s being asso- ciated with any other woman?” ‘ “Oh. ves,” said Mrs: Botkin readily. “He spoke of being formerly associated with a woman by thie name of Corbally and stated that she had befriended him to the extent of 3300, with which money he_ sent his wife and daughter to Dover, | | Del.” According to the witness, the only. recompense asked by Mrs. Cor- bally was that Dunning keep up the iife insurance: policies of a husband from whom she was separated. Mrs: | Botkin claimed. that when . Dunning was short on the mattér of life insur- ance she frequently furnished him with the funds. g “When Dunning’s wife came td this city he used the money of the Asso- ted Press to furnish them a home,” declared . Botkin, “‘and for years the fear of exposure Byington forgot himself .and éred an exception to an overruled ., which was E rom the. verdict of the Jury. | Mre. Botkin® strenuously. denjed ‘the', allegations of the prosecution that ever in her life she had entertained an idea | that some ddy she would be united to Dunning. “In proof of this &tatement she declared that she had never con- mplatéd bringing divorce proceedings | against her husband, and.she stated | that Dunning had never suggested a divorce from his wife. © | DRAINED HER FINANCES Beverly . Botkin, son. of the -aéclsed | | woman, came-in for ‘a good, ‘hot roast during the cross-examination. . .Mrs. Botkin statéd that her son’s intemper- ance, 'together with that of -Dunning. and her \\lllfl"n?" th assist ¢ « blaced her'in severe strai , was d A s declara- tian her son, Béeverl in the back of ‘the courtroom and -was -apparently unmoved:by- the position’ of his miother. Some time before. she finished. her tes- tintany heé-drifted out, refusing to ex-- press #§ opinion regarding the guilt or irnocence: of* his mother: - Mrs.- Botkin made positive denials ‘of | Baving written -either - the -anonymous -latters,- the note. in' the' candy box or the: zdaress’ on- the .wrappér. - When | | thicsé were shown to her by the District | i Attorney she.snapped out negatives as to her authorshm of -the documents that left no: fiirther ground. for cross:| examination xegurdmg that ‘particular point. 5 : | Byhigton was |ns1st9nt an - other points, particularly regarding her re-| lations with’ Dunning. He traced the defendant through the. dinners, walks and visits to thé race track, which she adinits taking with Dunhing. ‘The ex- pense of thése expeditions, the: defend- ant claims, were. generally borne by her. - Sometimes; she said, Dunhing had | méney to pay -for- the .pleasures, buf . generally. “he. was withiout funds ‘and she gave him the money.. Mrs. Botkin will .b¢ further cross-examined on Mon--| day. morning régarding ~ her - reélations with Dunning, but no “new -develop- meénts may be expecte She_ has told ali- she cares to digclpse regarding the ca - | 1 | | " ALLON SHOCTS WIFEAT HER HOME —er Continyéd From Page 1, Column §, + o 2 min, said: “I guess I'm the guy you want 5 Officers Cook ™ and Krueger took »n to the city prison, where he was charged with murder. He seemed not 10 be affected at the enormity of the deed, and he jested with some. friends who came up 1o _see hitn. My wite wouldn’t live with me,” he said, 6.1 went to her house last night tosee iIf I couldn't get her to come back again.. She swore at me and then we had a scuffle. During the fight she tried | to grab my gun from my-pocket. Then I got mad and 'shot hel : The corpse was removed to the Morgue. The bullet that had peretrated her neck drove before it, in its flight, . a breastpin "which the dead woman wore in her iteckband. The point of the pin coutd be plainly seen. Any of the three bullets that penetrated her body would bheve .provem fatal Mrs. Falion was 35 years old and her hus- | band is 34. Falion was placed in a dark cell and the.body of his wife lay on a cold slab not 200 yards away. ———— | Bolivian Minister a Banker, WASHINGTON, April 1l--Ignacio Calderon, a well known statesman and banker of Bolivia, has been appointed Minister from that country to the United. States to succeed Fernando Guachalla. The latter has been ap- pointed envoy to Argentina, his spe- cial mission. being.in connection with & treaty between Bolivia and Peru set- tling a boundary dispute, of which ‘the : President of the Argentine republic will be the arbitrator. —_———————— Well-Enown Author Passes Away. NEW YORK, April 1.—Guy Wetmore | Carryl, the author,. died here to-day. | He was born tn this city March 4, 1873. CONCERY LOSES - FOUR MILLIONS Afiun\ of - the Imematlonal to Be in- Bad Londmon e . CHICAGO, Apn'l 1.—A’ motlon' for -lhe withdrawal of a bill chdrging. more than $1,000.000 of the assets of the ! Intermational _Packipg - Company had been “gambied away'” by the com- pany's directors was granted to-day by Judge Edward F: Dunne. i John McPhersop; receiver-of the cam. pany, was discharged, and Williarn H. Henkle; secrefary .of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, ‘was-made recei under foreclosure proceedings sta: International (ompany‘u pmpeny'ln the stock yards. - It was intimated to ann Dunne that a .deal ‘will soon ‘be completed whereby .all the company’s assets, amounting to $5,000,000, ‘will be sold to a powerful stock yard interest.. The closing of the deal, it is said, will wind up the twelve years' operations of the .a loss. of more than $4,000,000. —_———— Portrait Painter Dies. ALAMEDA, April 1.—Horace Dues- bury, a portrait painter, passed away last evening at his home 1010 Rafl- road avenue, from heart disease. He was a.native of England, aged 53 iyears and had lived in California for he spent in this city. Deceased is sur- vived by a wife, Elizabeth, and four children, Ettie,. Edith, Stanley and Aubrey Duesbury, . - Packing: (ompa.m Found | that, r [ shot herself and attempted his lifé, an#l {by the bank to get poasession of the ! International Packing Company wnhl thirty years, the last eight of which | TRIES T0 KILLIWOMAN WHO LEFT N ——— Continned From Page ¥, Calamn - this time Tobelmann and his wife were sitting on-the bed: Harrub went into the ‘kitchen, and in a .moment there were five shots, one of the bullets’ com+ ing through the wall and mjssing him. Th the excitement Tobel- "mann -escaped and went to his broth- 'S, - |'stréet,-where he left the pistol. Céngral Emergency Hospital; ‘where it | was found that four bullets had taken effect, - After the wounded woman had |'been n'wrated on Tobelmann came to | the hospital to agcertain the extent of his murderous work and also desired to’ see his victim. - Chief Surgeon Brackett sént {8t the. police, and Pa- ‘trolman. Nohman placed the criminal undelj arregt. He- said his wife had exhibited a powder burn on the temple. In her dying statement Mrs. Tobel- mann -declares that her husband ‘shot her without provocation. Hig name is .placed oh the detinue book at the cny Prison. . . & —-— . THE PERFECT CAN OPEN- ER FREE TO WANT ADVER- TISERS IN NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL. THE “PERFECT CAN OPENER?” is the latest and best || opener on the market'and THE CALL, in offering its want ad- vertisers an oppnmnlty to le- cure this up-to-date and wuseful household utensil wlthfl-c cost, is certainly doing them a service that should be appre- ciated. Be sure to bring your want ad. to THE CALL. Full particulars of this offer appear in the “Want Ad.” columns of © to-day's CALIL. ————— g narrowly | Neumanfa Tobelmann, - 18 Hayes Mrs, Tobelmann was femoved to the ADMITS MURDER OF BENEFACTORS, ystery of Wag-rafishnlm. Mo, Cleared by the Coi-| fession of William-Church | ST.| LOUIS, April, 1. — Willigm Church confessed to-day -to "having murdered Mr. and -Mrs: . Yeater, his benefdctors, at” Warrens- burg, Mo., last Adgust. 2y cut théir throats -with my razo‘ while they were asleep,” he Said. Chuyrch then calmly . relnted the de- tails and told. how he éscaped from the country,- -“It ,dpésn't “keep .me awake at night,” he continued. ‘“Now and then I wish ¥ had not doneit." .I'11" ‘take what I get wlthout nukmg for mefey.” The couple hnd adopted th when he was a baby. He had believed: the Yeaters had made a will leaving their propesty té a stepson and this so in- censed him’ that he decided to kill them. £ ——r e - Death of Noted Church Worker. -BUFFALO,. April 1.—Mrs. Anha Fisher Beiler, wife of th¢ Rev. Samuel L. Beiler, pastor of the Richmond-avg- nue Methodist Episcopal’Church, died to-day. Mrs. Beiler was for many | wears propiinent in conference and mis- sionary work and was secretary of the Bureau of Alaska.and the Workihg- woman's Home Mission of the .Metho- dist church. 5 B — We are sole agents for Fountain Pens that will fit your hand. do not feak and will write without coaxing. Price. $1.00 o $5.00. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Mar- [ WELL: Henry. W..| b ' CARRY OUT. PEAN OF Gn«neral C ‘mu eral Proposluon. E 'ST. PAUE, Minn.,. April. 1,—C. . 'W. Bunn, general. counsel for the :North ern Pacific Railtoad, has returned from Néw.: Yoik, where-he wént to consult:! | with ‘Messrs. Hill. and. Morgan relative to the aflalrs ‘of : the securures ‘comi~ |.pany. |- Bunin says that the'plan for closing { up the affdirs of .the merger- company - | as_outlinéd in. Hiil's eircular. to share- { holde will“be unquestronably carrted out. . As to- the report. that’ Hnrriman | would” refuse the . basis. of settiemént | ana’ wauld nét accept ‘a’ portion of his’ | interests - in ~Great 'Northeen stock, | Bunn said: “I'think Harrnmsn will, xccem ‘There | Wwould appeer ‘to be no other way put | of the matter. He sold. his :Northern | Pacidic stoek outright, ‘has been paid | for it, and 'he seems to have no fur-| ther claim upon the.identical stotk.” - | ——— e Will Stop Mail Frauds. . i WASHINGTON, April’ 1.—Represen- | tative Van Duzer introduced a resolu- tion requesting.the Secretary of Com-- merce and Labor to. investigate the’ methods of mining companies’ in ‘float- ing stock through the use of the maiis as advertising mediums. The resolu-- tion declares that pecple havi fraudec in this manner. L —————— Millions Coined. in- the Mints. = WASHINGTON, April 1.—The- coin- age- executed at the mints of:the Uni- ‘ted States during March aggregated 15,028,503 piéces and $65,262,168 in value, . as follows: Gold; $63,605,970; silver, $1,491,508; nrinor coins, $164,870. In ad- dition, 3469 pieces were coined for the Philippine Government. 1 ———————— The gain of love is lost by the lov. o!'xam. % | Panama canal, .ries in ‘order that M m;m-:n Dlssou*no..\' been de- % CANAL TRANSFER Bonaparte Wyse Denounces the Surrender of French Rights as Monstrous Crime PRE I S SR CONTINTE SUITS 0ld Company Will Proceed to Carry Out the Plans Without Remml to Appeals PARIS, .April 1L.—Bonaparte Wy | the’ original = concessionaire of - in an interview. to-day criticizing the Pandma canal decisi gaid he has been moved by the loftiest motives, mainly to the new company from absorbing three-quar- ters of the payment to be made and thus depriving the old company of its just share. - He also has fought to pre- vent carrying out what he designates as a. “monstrous crime” in the aban- donment of the canal as a French en- terprise, and declares the decision of the court yesterday was technical and dfd not reach the merits of the case M. Wyse adds: prevent But all is not finished. = Suits will g0 on. We will seek the support of the public and press in a-eampaign of public. purification.” The Panama Canal Company | paring to carry out the transfer w out referénce to appeals; as the pany is advised that the decision the court reaffirms fts prima-.fa rights. b i DECISION IS SATISFACTORY. Action of French Court - Simplifies Transfer Procecdings. WASHINGTON, -April 1.—A consid- erable part of to-day's ses of the Cabinet was deve to discussion of the situation relative ta the Panama canal. Satisfaction the French court b thé Colombian G it possible for close negeti Canal Comps propert try ment had made eral a meeting- of canal com Apr wi transfer of th United States When th been complied w y 1o the ant Attorney ( who are in Paris this Govern be in a position to pany the $40,009,00 erty. At the same time $19, be paid to the repuhl.n of or are on the order maining § the curr funds While the receipts of thé . Gove each manth new are gxceeding th penditur it just possible that S retarf Shaw.may issue an additional ¢all upon the mational bank depest the Treasw y meet the payment the 060,800 without drawing t eavily upen: the funds now in the Treasury. et SUITS FILED AGAINST CHICAGO RAILROADS . -informing the “the ecass: 00 depe af Eight Specific . Claims. . Made Charg- , ing Violation of the Anti- Trust Law. CHICAGO, " April 1.—Eight specific charges, each one pointéd out as a vio- | lation ‘of the Shérman 'anti-trust law, are. brought 'against the - twenty-six leading -rdilroads running into Chicage in’ a bill repared for thé Chicago Coal Shippers’ ~ Association- to. be - fifed. in the United States. Circuit Court. -The action-is an attemipt by the coal men ta -put the Chicago. Car Service Asso- | ciation out of business on the greund that. it is an . jliegal -combination of rajlroads: ———— Righteousnéss is the only -recom- mendation that goes in heaven. DR. PIERCE’'S REMEDIES. smmws STRONG: