The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1904, Page 2

2 ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1904. NELL MURDER IS RECALLED AREID IR F Man Who Declared Himself to Be Fugitive Assassin' Wilds of ;\Iaskaj Dies in CONFESSES TO A MINER Weary of Fleeing From the Law and Haunted by His Crime He Welcomes End ! oo CTORIA, B C., June 1—If the (IVIL ACTION RECALLS CRIME | Mulattress Involved in Mur- der of Andrew Green Sued for Money and Realty et e MAN PLAINTIFF | AGED John R. Platt Says Woman Pretended to Love Him in Order to Secure His Wealth NEW YORK, May 3L—The murder claration of a dying man |several months ago of Andrew H. yelieved, finis has been written Green, known as the “father of Greater historic Snell tragedy of fif- | New York,” and one of New York's teen years ago and Tascott, the long prominent public men, was recalled to- self identified, now | day when suit was brought by John e in the heart ospector and g man's con- oly and ft the Klon- 3 last fall in nd for the new placer He reached a a desolate n, when the for- dog surprised him. a half-starved shep- ] Fol- tson was ed cabin con- reg Robertsen, ‘“‘and ‘come in.’ nside and there fire. 1 caught sight ¢ on the table, which then advanced to where "u feeble effort he turned and r r a full minut I said e a B’ at to do It HIS CRIME. e going and again The man's hair his face had a d like death, wi roiling tle more than a world that I'm going to nce agaip .and p came over rs passed and he sud- with a shriek and then from a good See here, boy I'm ott. I'm T g. They wolf for years. . I'm getiing paid I know I'm dyi 'l go Tell the k that I'm Tas- tell the world, too, has hunted me a long wher id DEATH COMES SUDDENLY. A t « k in the morning I heur e man expelling all I rushed over &= the man's_pulse his partners got back what happened. They t fellows I've ever did not .even ith their dead. n ask me to join them but they buried _the ling up their things in , started across coun- on of the Koyukuk. one of them came to See here,” he said, ‘you've heard what you've heard. anything by talking and that's all ore 1 could ask him anything struck the trail and that was I saw of him. I have never this until now, but that *d me to make his story I do so. I believe tortured to death by that he was always the object of pur- and 1 surely believe that he truth in saying he was Tas- is my opinion that his part- ew it, toe.” - y -I Liver and Kidneys It ghly important that these or- properly perform thelr is gans fu Sons. 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IRVING INSTITUTE. ing and day schoo! tor yoang . 2126 Cafifornic stree., T00mS; new fire- electric lights, there is, anything | did not say | g of his own life and the belief | R. Platt, against Hannah Elias, a ! mulattress, to recover certain real es- tate and money in bank, heid in her name. Green’s murderer, a Degro named Williams, said his victim had interfered to separate him (Williams) and Hannah Elias. Williams was de- clared insane and sent to an asylum. He had annoyed Green for some time and Green had said he never saw the woman Williams referred to. It devel- oped after the murder that Mrs. Elias had become wealthy and occupied a costly residence in Central Park West. At the offices of the plaintiff's at- torney all information as to the iden- tity of Platt was refused. In the papers filed Platt says that he is upward of 83 years old, a retired merchant, in feeble health and a wid- ower. He says that he first met Han- nah Ellas prior tp January, 1896, that she represented herself to be a single woman of Southern blood, but that he discovered afterward that she was the wife of one Matthew C. Davis. The papers go on to say that soon after Platt formed her acquaintance he told him that he had gained her ove. Platt says that these protesta- tions of love were a scheme on her | part to enable her to coerce and black- { mail him into giving her large sums of ! money. $ According to the papers filed, Mrs. | Elias’ husband was a negro and her | husband threatened .to do the plain- | tiff bodily harm and expose him. The | plaintift tes that he paid Mrs. | Elias $68,000 3t different times be- tween the vears 1396 and 1904. It is further alleged that Mrs. Elias told the plaintiff that she could not obtain. a divorce unless her husband received $6000 and that as a result of threats nade by her he paid that sum of noney and she obtained the divorce. | This amount, he alleges, never was !paid to the husband and’ during the vesr 1897 he was coerced into paying the husband, who in the meantime had been divorced, the sum of $16,000 not to press a threatened suit. Platt demands an accounting of all the moneys which he alleges Mrs. Elias has wrongfully obtained; that the real estate and bank accounts be |impressed; that the defendants be re- ained from disposing of the prop- and a receiver be appointed to collect the rent of the property, and it any other relief that the court decree proper be afforded. There are thirty-four .trust com- pan twenty-six savings banks and | sixty-nine national banks and other | banks that are’ made codefendants | with Mrs. Eliss. The action agiinst | the banks is nominal and is taken to f]\TP\'Pnl them paying any money to | Mrs. Elias. ————— | TRAFFIC IS DISTCRBED | BY LIGHTNING | n Y STROKE | Electric Plants Are Disabled and Panic Occurs in Masic Hall Dur- ing a Storm: NEW YORK, May 31.—A flash of lightning that passed into the motor |in ‘the power-house of the | Electric Light and Power Company, | which supplies power for the lights at Bellevue Hospital, threw the great es-| { tablishment into darkness for nearly | three hours. Fortunately no opera- tions were in progress and no damage was done. The flash was followed by a fearful thinder clap and the dark- ness following immediately after caused some uneasiness among the patients and hospital staff. = At Mount Vernon lightning struck |the power-house of the Connecticut Traction Company and all traffic was crippled for the night. A small panic occurred in the Tro- cadero Music Hall at Fort George when lightning struck the building. Nearly 2000 persons, many of them | women who had entered to escape the storm, were wildly excited for a few | | moments. Several fainted, but no one was seriously injured. Many of the hotels were affected by | | the storm, their lighting plants being | temporarily put out of business. | —_— . | SON BORN TO PRINCESS [ OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS | Child That Would Have Been an Heir | to the Throne Christened With | Honors. HONOLULU, May 25.—David Kala- kaua II came into existence on Sun- day, May 22, the occasion being the christening by that name of the in- fant son of Prince and Princess Ka- | wananakoa. In the natural line of succession to the throne of Hawali, were the monarchy still in existence, the young Prince would be heir to the crown and scepter after his father, Prince David Kawananakoa. The ceremony was a very pretty one and attended by a large gathering of triends of the family at St. Augustine Chapel at Waikiki. —_—— SENTENCE 1S COMMUTE., BY ACTING GOVERNOR Murderer in Hawail Will Go to Prison for Life Instead of the Gallows. HONOLULU, May 25.—One of the first official acts of Acting Governor A. L. D. Atkinson was to commute the sentence of Murderer Kimura to im- prisonment for life. Kimura was un- der sentence to be hanged for mur- dering a woman at Waialua nearly two years ago. He cut her throat un- die together, but the wound inflicted upon himself did not prove fatal There were mitigating circumstances which led to the executive clemency. — e—————— CASHIER HAYS ENTERS - PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Motion to Dismiss the Indictments ! LOS ANGELES, May 3L—H. T. xlln.'-. torzier cashier of the Orange $ Growers® Nationai EBank of fiverside, {Cal, under indictment ror violation of the natlonal banking lav: in tezations in the to-da; Y counts © b :::wu“u“i tl_-e- ba;-‘ll‘. Dlea, gulity . to the i) | LmledT Nineteen Troopers at Fort Riley Rebel der an agreement that both should | i Wit CLERK FLEES; - (OIN MISSING ' Trusted Employe Causes Sus- pension of Firm in the New York Cotton Trade IS $125,000 | | | ' SHORTAGE | jOne of the Oldest Houses in | Metropolis Embarrassed by | Bookkeeper’s Peculations | | NEW YORK, May 31.—The suspen- sion of S. Munn, Son & Co. was an- nounced on the Cotton Exchange to- day. The firm is one of the oldest in the cotton trade in this city. The head ' bookkeeper and cashier disap- peared about ten days ago, and the firm believes that as soon as its ac- counts are straightened out it will be aldle to resume business. At the office of the firm it was said dgrt Clarence F. Cameron, the office manager and head clerk, had been ab- sent for about a week. An examina- tion of the books so far made, it was added, showed apparent discrepancies amounting to about $125,000. The Munn firm is one of the most conservative and respected in the cot- ton business. It is composed of Sam- ! uel G. Munn and H. T. Munn and the estate of- A. Gwynn Munn Jr. The firm had a Coffee Exchange membership, but had few open accounts there. The following announcement from the firm was read on the Cotton Exchange: “We hercby annource to the mem- bers of the Cotton Exchange that, through the absence of our head and | trusted clerk, who "has left his books in an involved condition, we are obliged to suspend. We trust this suspension will only be temporary. We weuld request all members of the exchange having open contracts with our firm to present the same to us, with ac- counts, at once.” e { Avgust H. Skillin, the legal sentative ef the firm, said Chicago Board of Trade accounts of the suspended firm were badly tangled. A week ago last Saturday, it was said, Cameron left the office, saying he was going to Brooklyn, where his baby was {ll. Mrs. Cameron called at the firm's offices to-day and told the offi- cials of the company that she had not seen her husband since that day. Cam- eron had been in the employ of the company for fifteen yvears. ———————— 5 HONOLULU BEING RID OF BAD CHARACTERS Police of Island City Are Shipping Of- fenders to Other Parts of the - ‘World. HONOLULU, May +~—Many unde- sirable characters are being shipped away from here d@nd most of them are bound to San Francisco, the police do- ing an active business in supplying sailors for vessels. The presence of | several young men having become ob- noxious, they are induced to work their way to the coast in preference to a term on the reef. Men who have been “up” on charges of vagrancy and agsauly and battery will help out on the Alameda leaving to-day with a very large passenger list. Another, who has faced a charge of soliciting, repre- | has entered the Federal service in | Uncle Sam’s navy. One who has had sentence suspended on a charge of gross cheat and a Porto Rican who { was charged with larceny in the sec- | ond degree are now anxiously await- | ing a departing coaster. { )anDIFAHS DEFY ORDER | FOR A DRESS PARADE and Police Assist in Subdu- ing Them. JUNCTION CITY, Kans, May 31— Nineteen soldiers in Troop K, Eighth Cavalry, at Fort Riley rebelled at noon to-day on account of an inspection that was ordered for 2 o'clock this afternoon. . They came to Junction City and paraded an the streets in defiance of the non-commissioned officers . who were sent to take them back to the post. ' A detail of men was sentfrom the post to assist in the capture of the ! mutineers. With the aid of the local police agencies all but four of the mu- tineers are in custody to-night. Only seven of the men resisted the patrol and it is probable that they will be charged with mutiny when they go be- fore court-martial for trial. —_—— AMERICAN TROOPS ARE HUNTING DATTO ALE General Wood Organizes Expedition | to Search for Slayers of Gover- ment Employes. MANILA; May 8L—Major Genéral Leonard Wood has returned from he has been organizi pedition dispatched l’ipumuu of the Datto Ali and his band of Moros from the Rio Grande, who, on the 12th inst., surprised and massacred fifty-three | Filipinos, men, women and children, | employes of the Government at Camp | Overton. United States troops are now | a punitive ex- trailing Ali, determined to either eap- ture or destroy him and his followers, ——ee————— FALLS FROM PLACE OF PRAYER AND IS DROWNED Pennsylvanian Loses Life While Giv- ing Memorial Day Tribute to Lost Relative, . WILKESBARRE, Pa, May 3L— ‘While kneeling on the Plymouth bridge to pray for a relative who was drowned five years ago, George Shepla fell into the Susquehanna and was drowned. He was a foreigner, but knowing the American custom of services for the dead on Memorial day he decided to | go to the bridge and pray, thinking it | appropriate to 4o so because the body of his relative was never recovered and the river was the only grave it knew. —_———————— | STRIKE-BREAKER JAILED ON CHARGE OF MURDER Nineteen-Year-Old Lad, Who Killed One Man and Wounded Others, Admits His Crime, LEADVILLE, Colo., May 31.—Albert 8. Meade, who is wanted on the charge of murder, was arrested at Arkansas Junction to-day. Meade admitted hav- ing killed Samuel Ricker at Spring | Gulch, Colorado, last Saturday even- ing. Two_ other men were wounded, one probably fatally, in the fight in whish Ricker was killed. Meade is 19 years 7@ and came {o thic State from , Virg nia vitt a party of strike-break- ers, severa m nths ago. —————— h, Wit make: ant jeweler, 124 A i r ‘rs). Wateh Jewens Batier o 2 're). ana Ty reraic ) -xl‘uflulmll?r'h that the | Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, where | Lo wer> -ent to €pring Gulch | HOLDING FIRM ~ [HOTEL CLOSED ~|QUESTION DEAD [LOSS OF TROPAY IN DEADLOCK| ~ BY A STRIKE| MATOR'SWIDOW| STILL RANKLES Illinois Republican Sta Convention Resumes Work After Eleven Days’ Recess NO CHANGE IN RESULT Three Ballots Are Taken for Governor, but the Dele- gates Will Not Be Moved SPRINGFIELD, 11, May 31L—The Republican State Convention, after a session lasting an hour and a half| and after taking three ballots for Gov- | ernor, adjourned until 10 o'clock to-| | morrow morning without having }broken the deadlock. The convention, after an eleven! | days’ recess, reconvened at 2:12 this| afternoon. There was a manifest fall- | | ing off of enthusiasm. Governor Yates | was cheered as he entered a-few min- | utes before the convention®was called | to order, but the entry of the other | candidates was unobserved. Chairman Cannon opened the proceedings by hav- | 1 ing read the rule of the House of Rep- | resentatives _ which, among other things, prohibits smoking ‘“‘upon 'the fidor of the House.” ‘“‘Gentlemen,” said Chairman Cannon, “we have adopted that among other rules. The chair cannot enforce that | rule without the co-operation of the | delegates, and the chair desires to g}(now what the will of the convention 8.0 . s z He then put to question the | smoking rule.” | The affirmative vote was practically | unanimous and the chairman then| gave peremptory instructions to the| assistant sergeant-at-arms and the po- | | lice to see that all smoking in the hall | was prevented, delegates who do not cease when requested to be reported | | to the chair for the action of the con- vention and persons not delegates wk;)o e #ho persistently violate the rule to ejected from the hall. “How about chewing?” inquired a | delegate, amid laughter. Chairman | Cannon, who, while refraining from | smoking, has been chewing tobacco | pretty freely during the monotonous | | deadlock, answered gravely: “The | resolution is silent on chewing.” | | (Laughter.) | The roll was called for the fifty-ninth’ | ballot, which resulted: Yates, 487; Low- | { den, 396%; Deneen, 3%3%; Hamlin, 116; ‘Warner, 41; Sherman, 50; Pierce, 28. On the sixtieth ballot the changes | were slight. The ballot resulte | Yates, 484; Lowden, 398%; Deneen, | 383%; Hamlin, 113; Warner, 42; Sher-| { man, 53; Pierce, 28. The sixty-first ballot resulted about the same as the preceding one. At 3:45 the convention took a recess | until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. > MICHIGAN A FIGHT CENTER. Hearst and Conservatives Will Strive for Control. DETROIT, Mich., May 31.—The Dem- ocratic State Convention toselect dele- gates to the St. Louis convention will | convene here at noon to-morrow. It is | expected that there will be a fight to | the finish betwegn the so-called con- | servative and raffical wings of the par- ty. While National Committeeman Daniel J. Campau ig avowedly in favor | of Judge Parker of New York for the Presidential nomination, Campau and his supporters, who comprise the con- servative element, are demanding only an uninstructed delegation. The Campay following Is conceding two districts to the Hearst faction, which is led by Lewis G. Stevenson of Battle Creek and Charles S. Hampton of Detroit, secretary of the State Cen- tral Commitiee. conservatives claim the other ten. On the other hand Stevenson and Hamptop have been claiming seven districts for Hearst, and to-night impartial observers have been counting the three other districts as possible Hearst districts in addi- | tion to the two conceded. P 4 GOVERNOR ODELL IN PARIS. New York's Exccutive Says He Ts| Abroad for a Rest. PARIS, May 31.—Governor Odell of New York arrived late this afternoon |and went to the Hotel Ritz. Owing to | | the lateness of his arrival he did not call at the embassy or elsewhere. Gov- {ernor Odell's coming is attracting {much interest because of the publish- | | ed report that one of the purposes of | his visit is to induce Embassador Por- | ter to accept the nomination for Gov- | ernor of New York. 5 i ‘When a press correspondent asked » Governor Odell about the report he | replied that he had come abroad for a short rest, intending to remain a week and then return to New York in time to attend the Republican Nation- al Convention. He would see Em- bassador Porter to-morrow. As they | were both from New York and greatly interested in New York affairs, it ‘would be natural that they should dis- cuss conditions there. Beyond this the Governor did not desire to make a | statement. 3 PRSI B | BRYAN TO BE SUPREME. Nebraskan Convention Will Be Dom- inated by Silver Champion. OMAHA, Neb., May 3lL—Democratic leaders from different parfs of the State began arriving to-day for the Democratic State Convention, which will be held in this city Wednesday. Indications now are that Willlam J. Bryan's friends will completely domi- nate the convention, the county con- vention in Douglas (Omaha) County last Saturday having eliminated the last hope of the ‘‘reorganizers” to se- cure recognition. i FOLK MAY PRESIDE. ST. LOUIS, May 31.—A movement to make Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk tempo; chairman at the Democratic National Convention is gaining ground. ' A conference be- tween him and Norman E. Mack to that end was held to-day. Committee- men Campa, Mack, Johnson and others have declared in the past that Folk would make a temporary chair- man. It is understood that he will ac- cept the honor if it falls to him. AR T SR Hearst Not Sure of Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 81. The Oklahoma Democratic Convention to elect delegates to the Territorial convention will be held at Anadarko to-morrow. A fight will be made against instructions which the Hearst men are seeking to have adopted and the result pro.rises to be close It is claimed to-nighi that {netenesions will be defoatcd. S Anti-Meayse Delegates Chosen, TOLEDO, May 81.—The Ninthj Onto_District Congressiondl Convene Heiret delegates Wore selecied th the ele Batonal conveRtions ¢ ¥l e L f i il Guests of a New York Hos- “telry Forced to Go Else- where for Their Dinner KITCHEN CREW QUITS Wiits Until the Meal Hour Before Presenting Ultima- tum to the Propietor Special Dispatch to The Cail. NEW YORK, May 31.—When the patrons of Hotel Wrightworth moved toward the dining-room at 6 o'clock this evening, they stopped in amaze- | ment to gaze at the strange company which appeared marching in close or- der from the rear of the main floor toward the office of Manhager Wright, wearing bakers’ square caps and carv- ers’ aprons. “We want our wages up to date or we don’t get any dinner for anybody,” was the ultimatum of the spokesman; “and if we don't work in that kitchen no one else will.” g Mr. Wright remonstrated in vain. The restaurant was closed, the Kitchen was dark and the patrons went else- where for dinner. The hotel will be closed. o 7 A R, AMENDMENTS DISCUSSED. Miners Devote Day to. Consideration of Changes in Constitution. DENVER, May 31.—A lengthy dis- cussion on the various amendments pro- posed for the constitution of the West- ern Federation of Miners constituted practically the entire work of the con- vention to-day. Emma F. Langdon, whose recent publication of “The Labor Strike in Cripple Creek” brqught her into favor with the federation, addressed the convention. ESCASLRORE TN Chicago Machinists on Strike. CHICAGO, May 3L—The 3000 ma- chinists emploved by the companies that compose the Metal Trades Associ- ation, went on a strike to-night as a protest against the ten hour day, and practically all of the 115 shops repre- sented in the associat®bn will be closed to-morrow. — Big Strike in Nova Scotia. - SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, May 31.— What promises to be the greatest labor struggle in the history of Nova Secotia was launched at midnight last night, when the employes of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company rejected the offer of the directors to arbitrate the wage question and declared a strike. Altogether there are 2000 men em- ployed in the plant. % f Eimen o g8t Strike Outlook In France Is Gryve. BREST, France, May 31.—The strike of the dock laborers is becom- ing more grave. During the night a crowd of strikers had a serious affray with a large forc¢e of milifary.. Sev- eral on both sides were injured. —_——— FABULOUS PRICE PAID FOR A PEARL NECKLACE Princess Mathilde’'s Jewels Bring - $171,000 at a Sale Held in Paris. PARIS, June 1.—In the sale of Princess Mathilde’'s jewels a pearl necklace, formerly the property of Queen Sophie of Holland, brought $171,000. It is said that the buyer represented the German Empress. —_——e———— PARKER H/ A MAJORITY Result of a Poll of Uninstructed Dem- ocratic Delegates. NEW YORK, May 31.—To ascer- tain the sentiment of uninstructed Democratic delegates, the World ask- ed such delegates to wire their prefer- ence. The result follows: Total num- ber of uninstructed delegates polled, 56. For Parker 31, Hearst 7, Cleve- land 2, Olney 1, Kilbourne 1, Miles 1, Harris' 1, Francis 1, Gray 1, un- decided 10. - ——— Died Ffom Natural Causes. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 31 —Miss Ellen Oleson, who was.found dead in the Mariposa lodging-house in Palo Alto Monday, was employed in the department of botany in Stanford University, where her brother is an instructor. She was a graduate of the University of Helsinffords, Sweden. At the Coroner’s inquest this morning the cause of death was found to be valvu- lar heart trouble. ‘talks with her, but the interviews re- . bribery, and sentenced to five years Baltimore’s Coroner and|Question as to Fairness of ~ Captain of Detectives Seek | Vietory of American Rifle- the Reason for His Suicide| men Last Year Is Revived CAUSE STILL IN DOUBT|MATTER IS EXPLAINED of | English Not Inelined to Be- lieve That the Rules Were Not Purposely Violated Republican Suceessor the Late Executive Takes the ~Oath of Office e g i Special Dispatch to The Call. BALTIMORE, May 31.—The cause of Mayor McLane’s suicide was a greater mystery to-day than when he sent a bullet through his brain yesterday. Al- though it is an accepted fact that criticism of his public acts and worry over the opposition to his recent mar- riage combined. to wreck his health, it is believed that domestic troubles caused him to end his career. Rumors were circulated -about the City Hall to-day that Mrsy McLane might be able to cast some light upon the subject. Coroner Hayden and Cap- tain of Detectives Humphrey have had LONDON, May 31.—At the spring meeting of the National Rifle Associa- tion held in London to-day Lord Chey- lemore, the president, referred to the correspondence between the National RifleAssociation and theAmerican Rifle Assoclation relative to the allegations that the American team which won the Palma trophy in 1903 did not use the national arms of the United States and therefore did not conform to the com- dition of.the contest. He regarded the incldent as being most regrettable and said it was very unfortunate that it ever occurred. The object of the coun- cil in sifting the matter was not to seek to reverse the result of the match or arouse any bitterness, but simply to clear up the serious question which had been publicly raised. Replying to the communjcation from the National Rifle Association General B. A. Spencer admits the general truth of the allegation, but he denies that the Americans wilfully contravened the rules of the contest. He says they brought two patterns of rifles and as no objection was raised to the pattern selected they thought they were en- titled to use it. General Spencer points out that it was well known to every- body that these rifles were to be used and no secret was made of the charac- ter of the rifles. The Times, in a long article summar- izing the Palma trophy correspond- ence, and commenting upon it, will say to-morrow that the trophy is likely to remain in the United States forever if a challenge is waited for from this country or perhaps from any other. “The scene after the ceading of Gen- eral Spencer’s letter,” the Times will say, “was one of dramatic and very significant silence. When Lord Cheyle- more asked if any members desired to say anything there was a silence of scorn or of sadness or of both. There was really nothing to be said except that conduct of that sort, combined with the complete absence of shame in confessing to it, rendgred further com- petition for the trophy Impossible for honorable men.” vealed nothing. That there was any trouble between the couple is denied by Mrs. McLane’s brother-in-law, Dr. Claude Van Bibber. President E. Clay Timanus of the second branch of the City Council took the oath of office as Mayor of Balti- more to-day. Timanus is a Republi- can, but it is not believed that he will undertake to undo the appointments of his predecessor, who was a Demo- crat. H. B. McAVOY JOINS SILENT MULTITUDE i H. B. McAvoy, a well-known under- taker of this city, died at Anderson Springs on Sunday night. Deceased was a native of Pennsylvania, 51 years of age. His funeral will be held to- morrow, morning at 9 o'clock from the famyly residence at No. 1 Broderick street. < McAvoy came to this coast in the days of his boyhood and settled in Con- tra Costa County. Upon the death of his father a large estate that involved considerable litigation was distributed among ten surviving sons and daugh- ters, and H. B. McAvoy was appointed manager of the entire holdings for his brothers and sisters. McAvoy recelved his education in St. Mary's College, and some years ago married Miss Ellen Parkiuson, daugh- ter of a.Nevada newspaper editor, who, with four children, survives him. Me- Avoy was formerly with the undertak- ing firm of McAvoy & Gallagher, but had recently conducted the business alone. He was well known in fraternal eircles, having been a member of the Woodmen of the World, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Young Men's In- stitute and Ancient Order of Hiberni- ans. Deceased was highly respected and leaves a host of friends to mourn his loss. Pioneer Resident Passes Away. MARYSVILLE, May 31.—Mrs. E. B. Langdon, a pioneer of California, and one of the most respected resi- dents of Wheatland, died at her home early this morning at the age of 62 years. She came across the plains by ox team in the early days, settling in Placer County, near Sheridan. A hus- band, two sons and two daughters survive her. e SENTENCE OF ST. LOUIS BRIBERS IRREGULAR State Supreme Court Remands the Cases on a Flaw in the Informations. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 31.— The Missouri Supreme Court to-day reversed and remanded the cases of T. Edward Albright, Jerry J. Hannigan and John A. Sheridan, former mem- bers of the St. Louis Municipal "As- sembly, convicted on the charge of FIFTY SPECIAL CARS CARRYING YEARLINGS to New York. NEW YORK, May 31.—The thorough- bred yearlings from James B. Haggin's Rancho del Paso stud are now on the way from California to New Yopk. It is expected they will arrive at Sheeps- head Bay on Friday and wiil be on exhibition at the sales paddocks there until Suburban day, when the first of the lot will be offered for sale. Two hundred and twenty-six head are catalogued for this sale and fifty special horse cars are required to bring the shipment from the famous nursery. They come by special train, personally eonducted by the veteran manager of Rancho del Paso, John Mackey. ———— BANKER ROTHCHILD GOES TO SING SING Prisoner Prepares for His Nine Years’ Sentence by Closing Up His Affairs. NEW YORK, May 31.—David Roth~ child, founder and alleged wrecker of the Federal Bank of this city, was taken to Sing Sing prison to-day on the term of nine years' imprisonment, imposed on him by Recorder Goff after his conviction on the charge of having appropriated to his own use the proceeds of a promissory note for $10,000 made by a depositor. Rothchild prepared for his long sentence by closing up all his private business affairs and holding a tearful interview with his wife. The latter assured the ex-banker that she was fully confldent of his innocence and ‘would make her home near the prison in order to see him as often as.the rules of the institution would permit. PR — Oxford Will Honor W. D. Howells, LONDON, May 31.—Oxford Univer- sity has decided to confer the degree of doctor of letters on Willlam Dean Howells, the American author. ach in the penitentiary. The cases were reversed on the brief of the Attorney General that the informa- tions were not verified by affidavits as required by law. ROME, May 31.—Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the American College presented to the Pope to-day the graduating class of 1004, consist- ing of ten students, who have just been or- dained. Srprrirriaiene dpsiastecty | £ shebepsirepeopshheho e efrel ki £ ki + * L * my nevoue to sieep ‘at do for o lohg tigie. Kidney Pills.”, . H £ e ¥ ¥ ® i * ® ¥ + % medicine from physicians an ‘grew worse in place of better e Doan’s Kidney Pills when I first commenced their use, but after 3 few days of the fteatment they must have acted on system as well as the kidneys, for I was able ght peacefully—something I had been unable to 1. most heartily - recommend -Doan’s “ N SAN FRANCISCO Mrs. C. Demell, wife of C. 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