The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904. RUINS MAY ! DE BODY OF WOMAN Remains of Mrs. Bertha A. Calhoun Supposed to Be| in Ashes of Her Home on the Berkeley NEIGHBORS HEAR ;' SHOTS AT NIGHT Mystery Veils Her Recent Movements and Relatives Fear Self - Destruction or a Possible Murder B Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, June 3 Bertha 2148 Center Street, The charred remains of Mrs. A. Calh lie beneath the debris of a house t was burned to the ground at an e hour this morning. She lived alone in the house, num- bered 2518 Te ph avenue. Two pis- ut just before the fire Mrs. Calhoun's neigh- bors to believe t she committed sui- cide after firing the house. A search of the r failed to reveal any tol shots rang and this has le »osed victim. a coal shed on ng Mrs. Cal- ng to E. P. Ring, who was sleeping the two shots and This was 2:30 rning. Mrs. John Irwin, f Mrs. Calhoun’s, thought d the cries of a woman She told the firemen e firemen could see in the flames. man Hllls‘\ Beaten With BULLETS FAIL 10 STOP HIM Man Wanted for Murderous| Assault on a Contractor| Escapes From Detective | SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED Vietim of Attack Is Badly a Hammer | to Die and Is Likely L Y S Special Dispatch to The Cail | SACRAMENTO, June 3.—The police are gearching the city to-night Tor a man named John Evans, who is wanted for a brutal and probably fatal assault commi®™ed this Wynn, a well-known tractor. Detective George K. Naghel located Evans in an outlying portion of the city this evening and sought to arrest him. Evans ran and Naghel fired several shots at him. He finally succeeded in capturing Evans and boarded a street car with him, bound for the police sta- tion. While on the way there Evans jumped from the car and viciously as- saulted Naghel when the latter at-| tempted to recapture him. Naghel fired several more shots at Evans, but he escaped through a neighboring house and the police have been looking for him ever since. The assault upon Wynn took pluce at 1 o'clock this afternoon. He was en- gaged in constructing a building with the aid of non-union help on an open- shop basis. A man said by the police to have been Evans approached two of the workmen and began to ask them some questions. Wynn objected to the stranger’s actions, whereupon the latter seized a hammer and hitting Wynn with it ran away. The hammer struck Wynn over the right eye, making a wound about an inch deep and shatter- ing the bone. It is feared Wynn' may building. con- afternoon upon Henry [ r alhoun’s movements lately | 1€ [ e B ey e o Ve ER AT TNSTHIN | hat had been her BY FALL FROM A LADDER | nat it is not looked S i why she should at- | Smoke Overcomes Him While He Is | oM 4 Attempting to Reach the Roof | Mo .on " found to-day who of a Burning Building. mees Calhoun within | SAN JOSE, June 3.—“The Erkson,"“ i : as spread *o-day | a fashionable boarding-house at the | est ned. where- T W where corner of Third and Julian was nearly destroyed.by fire at noon to-day. Mrs. Laura A. Erkson owned and conducted the place. Dinner was being served at the time the fire broke streets, | ! s going for twolgyut A defective flue in a second- | ere on Thursda¥. | story bedroom caused the fire. st of her tin Fireman Michael Zimmer, while at- | gave elocution | tempting to reach the roof during the s her headquarters at | ,ropress of the fire, was overcome by She was not &t |gmove and fell from a Iadder into the s was malde | jower hallway. Unless internal in- o juries were received he will be about r Berkeley was not in a day or two. The entire upper s it. She seldom | aoor of the house was burned and the =pok ¥ ome except Mrs Irwin.|furpiture was badly damaged by | s. Calhoun was greatly embittered, | ywater. The loss will amount to about | remarriage of Ler|g000. | > Ihoun, from whom e B e R B Ll had ced after twenty | FAIR PLAINTIFF WINS Two sons were nion, both of whom are in Arizona. almost sure I heard Mrs. C g for help,” said Mrs. Irwin n. “I thought it sounded Fire’ I did not hear the | shots.” | to the Kings through the | to about $2000. The was worth about $2000. ad recently mortgaged An Excellent Opportunity the World's Fair to see ed rates to New York n eities are now in ef- Pennsylvania Lines, Chicago or St Louis. w York and Philadelpt \\'us*‘nr‘vrn allowing al. Stopovers M. Pom- street, San Red ——— | important manufac- ath America because coal nowhere to be found in ommercial quantities. All factured goods have to be Im- My work is popular all over the Coast because it is all right in all re- spects, because it saves the amateur's time and money. Here are a few figures DEVELOPING: ! Roll of 6..... 10c | Roll of 12....16¢ {! PRINTING: Bolio finish...3¢-5¢ | Velox finish. 30-80 SEEND IN A TRIAL ORDER NOW. Cameras of %1l kinds repaired at moderate rates. DAYLIGET LOADING PILMS of all popular sizes at popular prices. Mail orders promptly filled. THAT MAN PITTS ¥. W. PITTS, the Stationer. 1008 Market Streect, above Pow=ll. Sound business practice is as important, here, as the wealth of nature. Schilling’s Best is the basis of it in el haking powder rice flavoring extracts soda at your grocer’s and money- back. | It was the second trial of the case. | Burnett to-day | finances four years ago cannot | Intends to Engage in the Manufacture | BRE. CH OF PROMISE SUIT | Portland Jury Decrees That Oregon Rancher Must Pay Miss Birdie McCarty $10,000 Damages. PORTLAND, Or., June 3.—Ter thousand dollars’ damages was award- ed this afternoon by a jury in the Di trict Court to Miss Birdie McCarty, the Michigan school teacher, who sued J. D. Heryford, a Southern Oregon ranch- er for breach of promise of marriage. | | | Miss McCarty sued for $75,000 dam- ages. After a sensational trial the jury gave her a verdict for $23,000. The ver- dict was held to be excessive by Judge Bellinger and he granted a new trial. It is believed that the case is now set- tled. —_———— SELF-CONFESSED THIEF OFFERS A NOVEL EXCUSE Says That He Suffered Sunstroke and Since That Time He Is Not Ac- countable for His Actions. SANTA ROSA, June 3.—John Alex- ander Thorn pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny before Judge and will be sentenced | on Monday. He stole a bicycle and a | savings bank from Douglass Badger, his employer, and _disposed of the wheel in Petaluma. In extenuation | of his crime he told Judge Burnett| that he had suffered sunstroke in the | East several years ago and that he was not accountable for his actions. | His parents are sald to be well-to-do | residents of Yonkers, N. Y., from which place Thorn came to this city recently. —_—— mEME\‘ NOT ENTITLED l TO THEIR BACK SALARIES | Members of San Jose Department Can- not Recover Amounts Waived Dur- ing Financial Shortage. SAN JOSE, June 3.—The San Jose who waived their salaries for two months rather than accept a reduction during a shortage of city re- cover from the city. A decision to that effect was rendered by Judge| Tuttle this morning In the suit of H. R. Bates and others to compel the| Police and Fire Commissioners and | the city to pay the claims. Much in-| terest centered in the case, as all members of the Fire Department were involved in it. ——— DISTILLING COMPANY ENLARGES ITS PLANT of Alcohol From the Refuse of the Beet Sugar Factories. T SAN JOSE, June 3.—The Union Distilling Company, which has a large plant at Lick Mills, near Ag- news, is making additipns and aiter- ations to the works that will cost in the neighborhood of $200,000. Alcohol from the refuse of beet sugar fac- tories is manufactured by the com- pany. The material is brought from the Spreckels sugar factory at Salinas. With the improvements now unda‘( way the plant will have a capacity of 3000 galions a day. The new still which is being set up was constructed in France. 7 | ever crops are profitable. | that all California needs is to get her| { horned toads and bad men,’ Is wiping | work, | and Libring manifold returns, or that a full |N. | of the educational exhibits. SANTA CLARA AND FRESNO COUNTIES ARE ACTIVE AT THE ST. LOUIS FAIR Wiil Demonstrate the Productiveness and Versatility of the Soil by Exhibiting Their Fruits and Cooked and’ Prepared for Serving at the Tatle ’Energetic Commissioners Cereals MEMORIAL GIFT FROM NEBRASKA Historical Society Sends a Bronze Tablet in Honor of Tate Secretary Morton LS T -+ Writes Letter Expressing His Appreciation of the “Work of Deceased Official e e Special Dispatch to The Call. deep interest taken in forestry by the late J. Sterling Morton, first Secretary jof Agriculture, the Historical Soclety {affixed to one of the big trees of Cali- | fornia. While here on a visit recently | the secretary of the historical society W. W. Cox, selected a tree in the Fre- | mont Big Tree grove upon which the (lblet is to be placed. The tablet, | Which is of bronze, was formally pre- sented to-day, and approvriate services will be held by the pupils of the public schools. The following letter from Pres- ‘ ident Roosevelt was read: WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON I think the late Secretary J. Sterling Mor- |ton was emphatically one of those men wh deserve well of the republic. His fearlessness {and probity in public office and the zeal and efficlency of his work for the betterment of jour country out of office, especially the way | he promoted tree-planting and_forestry, en- | titled him to the sincere and hearty respect | of all good citizens. Falithfully yo THEODORE ELT. Letters from Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson and Governor Mickey of Nebraska expressing their deep appre- late Secretary were also read. The following programme was ren- | dered: senior class; invocation, recitation, Miss Myrtle | Chandler; Dresentation of Morton memorlal tablet on behalf of Nebraska State Historical Society, by Allan Robertson; acceptance by Mayor D. C.~Clark, principal of the public (‘nlumh\u K. Ba ONE OF A MOST INTER UTHWESTERN TERRITORY IS A MODEST BUT UNIQ. E STRUCTURE DESIGNED IN THE SPAN- AIN ESTING DISPLAY OF MINERALS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PRE- THE BEST ATTRACTIONS. schools of Santa Cruz; reading of letter from President Roosevelt, Earl Hazzard: read- ing of letter from James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Miss Alice McIntyre; from former Governor Crane of Nebraska, Miss Edith CALL BUR U, WORLD'S FAIB.," ST. LOUIS, June 3.—A direct campaign to secure customers and good prices for | what they already produce, as well as | new settlers, is to be made by two of California’s most important counties, Santa Clara and Fresno. These coun-: ties will not rest satisfied with showing their products as a lure to prospective | homeseekers, but will try to increase | their prosperity through the palates of World's Fair visitors. Charles F. Myer,} who represents Fresno, and Mr. Childs, who acts in a like capacity for Santa Clara, are turning their strongest ef-; forts toward increasing the demand for | products. As yet the counties they rep- resent are not prepared to carry on| operations in 2 manner fully in conson- | ance with their plans, but in a few| days visitors to the California section | will"be sampling Santa Clara prunes, | freshly cooked, and Fresno ralsins, and | the other products of tree and vine in these two counties. PRACTICAL COMMISSIONERS. Myer and Childs are practical men and are fully posted on all matters per- | | taining to the task intrusted to them. | They believe that the development of | markets is the most important work to | be done—that settlers will come wher- | They say | products well before the world to teach | the world’s people their excellence, and when the demand is great and prices assured population will come fast. Arizona Territory, which up to a few years ago was noted principally for her out every slander attached to her name by tenderfeet by her representation at the fair. With her Territorial univer- sity, two normal schools and many grammar schools showing in the edu- cational section the most advanced with agricultural and horticui- tural displays that bring compliments from Eastern visitors and a mineral exhibit that is one of the meccas of| practical mining men at the exposition, | Arizona has no fear that the money labor expended by her will not share of plaudits will not be hers. ENERGY OF ARIZONA. The Territory's plan of representa- tion is by a commission composed of A. J. Doran of “rescott, president; B. A. Packard, Bisbee, treasurer; H. B. St. Clair, Phoenix, secretary, and R. Leatherwood, Tucson, superintend- ent of exhibits. Ernest E. Ford of Phoenix is custodian of the mineral | exhibit, N. C. Bernard of Tucson of the agricultural, Monte Mansfeld of the horticultural and Mrs. Ernest E. Ford Mrs. John A. Black of Tucson and Miss Jessie L. Drace cf Prescott ‘will be the ladies at the Territorial buildii 7. Mr. Leatherwood is to be the resident commissioner. He is here now and has been for some time, superintending the installation of exhibits. Leatherwood is a happy representative of a com- munity that has just undergone the transition from a state of semi-law- lessness to that of up to date civiliza- tion. He bears about him the flavor of the old days of wild freedom and yet is possessed of that intelligence and energy which keeps men at the front in the movement towara the higher state. It is a safe bet that he doesn't feel comfortable in a dress sult and odds that he never had one on, but he represents the root and fiber of his home land and it is likely her interests are in good hands. He perhaps has never led a german and doesn't care to try, btit he is heart and soul for thé progress of Arizona and knows her every resource, her rich minerals, her fruits and her grains and can tell the inquirer all he may desire to know about them. STURDY REPRESENTATIVES. Leatherwood has been honored by Pimo County, which contains Tucson, with nearly every office in her gift, in- cluding that delicate and dangerous one of Sheriff. Leatherwood is not large of stature, but he is sure of his words, as he probably was of his aim when Sheriff, and he holds the atten- BY PAUL EDWARDS, Staft Correspondent of The ¥all at the World's Fair. tion of visitors from .the centers of population who wish to learn some- thing about the Territory. Arizopa's building was opened last Monday (May 31.) It is not large and looks like a baby among the bigger | State bulldings that rise about it, but it is pretty and handsomely furnished. It is of the Spanish style of architec- ture. The most noticeable thing it con- tains Is a large cabinet of Spanish and Indian curios loaned by Mrs. M. B. Aguirre of Tucson. Some of the arti- cles are of great value. There are un- -jwiexdy spurs and stirrups used by the soldiers of Cortez’s army in the mem- orable march upon the City of Mexico, | fragments of pottery made by the Az- | tecs before Cortez came, pestles, mor- tars and arrow heads. Some of these curios were found 200 feet underground by miners. In agriculture and horticulture Ari- zona shows wheat, barley, corn and al- falfa, oranges, lemons, olives, olive oil, dates and many other varieties of fruits. SPLENDID MINING DISPLAY. The Territory makes mining her principal display. It is to the rich- ness of her minerals that she looks mainly for her future advance, Com- missioner Leatherwood says., A min- eral exhibit calculated to atract capi- tal is made. Its principal features are gold, silver, copper and lead ores. September 22 will be Arizona day | and it is thought a great many citizens |of the Territory, including Governor Brady, will visit the fair on that date. Arizona's display will cost $30,000. The fact that the bonds issued to se- cure this sum brought $2000 premium speaks well for the credit of the Ter- ritory. B. C. Samuels, the San Francisco wine man, is here consylting Ferdi- nand Haber concerning the California wine display. This exhibit will be ready in a few days and will fulfill all expectations as to its beauty. Professor C. W. Childs of San Jose is here, accompanied by his wife. They are the parents of the commis- sioner from Santa Clara County. Among other Californians at the fair are Willlam L. Tupper, vice presi- dent of the Conservative Life Insur- ance Company of Los Angeles; A. H. Vail, the picture dealer of San Fran- cisco; E. L. Doheny, the millionaire oil man of Los Angeles; C. A. Canfleld and wife of Los Angeles and E. C. Southworth, Southern Pacific agent at Sanger, Fresno County. VISITORS ARE INQUISITIVE. Commissioners Filcher and Wiggins are greatly bothered by visitors, ma from California, who insist that there are exhibits in the State building. There-are no exhibits in that building. The misconception is caused by an erroneous statement in the first guide book issued by the exposition com- pany to the effect that an exhibit was made in the State structure. The error will be corrected in the new guide book. The Woman's Club of Alaska has sent to the building of that Territory an exhibit of all the berries grown within its borders. There are fifteen varieties, some of them new and all luscious. Cereals and feed grasses have also arrived. HKed clover, four feet high, and timothy, six feet high, is shown. Many varieties of wheat, oats, barley and rye are displa; also hemp. Some fine specimens of vegetables F Ame S B STEEL SCISSORS FREE TO CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS. IN SUNDAY EDITION. g Like Our Circulation, These Premiums Are High-Class. The SUNDAY CALL has over 85,000 circulation, principally in the homes; a QUANTITY and QUALITY that ASSURES ACTUAL RESULTS. Gifts given to-day for Sunday WANT ADS. Blinn; address on forestry, Rev. J. R. Knodell | of the Congresational church; song, *‘Amer- | fca.” —— | BIG OUTPUT OF GOLD have also arrived. These are said to IN KLONDIKE DISTRICT have been grown in Governor Brady's | PRESIDENT INTERESTED SANTA CRUZ, June 3.—Owing to the | of Nebraska deemed it fitting that a | memorial tablet in his honor should be | ciation of the work performed by lhei back yard at Sitka, but it is also stated | that they do not represent the year’s entire crop, several sackfuls having been retained for home consumption. | BRSO S BUILDINGS DEDICATED. Missouri and Indiana Structures Are | 11,000 ounces were taken out in a slm-l Formally Opened. ST. LOUIS, June 3. — Two State bulldings were dedicated to-day at the World’s Fair, those of Missourl and Indiana. Missouri being the hostess son special to the Post-Intelligencer say: Since sluicing began in the Klondike on May 8 a royalty has been paid on 55,753 ounces of gold. This is the largest amount ever produced up to June 1 in this districte Last year only ilar period. AR L L | Alleged Infanticide Held for Trial. | MARYSVILLE, June 3.—The prelimi- charged with the murder of her infant SEATTLE, Wash., June 3.—A Daw- | nary examination of Leah Coverdill, | State of the fair, the dedicatory cere- monies were open to the public, an invitation having been extended to everybody from everywhere, The Missouri building is the largest | State pavilion on the grounds, but daughter the latter part of May, was held to-day and resulted in her being | held to answer to the Superior Court. | Her bonds were fixed at $2000. GALE DAMAGES COAST SHIPPING Sailing Schooner Brothers Is Driven Ashore on the Rocks at Empire Landing WHARF WASHED AWAY { Floating Wreckage Serious- | 1y Menaces Small Craft and Warnings Are Sent Out R it LOS ANGELES, June 3.—Reports of slight damage to floating craft and docking facilities come from several | port towns along the Southern Cali- fornia coast as the result of the high winds of Wednesday night and Thurs- day. At Gaviota the wharf was washed | away and carried to sea. The wreck- age is considered a serious menace to | coast vessels and warnings have been sent out to navigators to be on the i“-atch for it. At Santa Catalina Island the sailing ! schooner Brothers, owned by the Wile ‘ mington Transportation Company, was | artven ashore at Empire randing, her | hull caved in on the rocks and her jhold filled with water. The launch Elsie, which left San Pedro on Wed- | nesday night féor Santa Barbara, re- | turned to the former port early this morning after a perilous trip. She was { caught in the storm befere reaching | Santa Barbara and was driven south- | ward before the gale. Reports of minor damage come from other ports. el s 1 RUNS INTO A SQUALL. British Ship Speke Is Badly Dame aged Off Point Conception. | LOS ANGELES, June 3.—After hav- ‘mg rounded the Horn, weathered trop- ucal storms and escaped damage in all |of them, the British ship Speke (Cap- tain Stott) from Antwerp to Port Ange- les with a cargo of railroad iron, ran into a squall off PointConception a few days ago which deprived her of most of her rigging and strained that which re- mained to such an extent that she will have to be refitted. The vessel is now at Port Los Angeles and a survey of the damage has just been completed. It was’found that she will have to have new masts throughout, new spars and braces and a full equipment of new canvas. To-day a contract was award- ed to the Llewellyn Iron Works of this city to make these repairs, the contract price being $15,000. The vessel will re- main at Port Los Angeles for two months or more. She is the first deep | water vessel to be refitted there. It was found impossible to take her to San Francisco unless she was towed there and the cost of towing is so high that her owners decided to have her re- | paired where she lies. —_—————— ' \ A 100-ton electric traveling crane | 1ifts an eighty-ton locomotive in the | repair shops of the Lake Shore Rail- road at Collinwood, Ohlo, said to be the largest locomotive repair shops in the world. only a small portion of the throngs who visited it could gain admittance at any one time. President H. T. Davis of the Missouri Commission tendered the building to Governor | Dockery, who accepted it on behalf of the State. —_— FIRE IN BAKERSFIELD CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE Flames Sweep Through a Business | Block, Destroying Several Stores and Large Livery Stable. BAKERSFIELD, June 3.—The entire | block on the south side of Nlneteenth' street from K to L street was de- | stroyed by fire to-day, and the large livery stable and blacksmith shop of H. H. Fish, Mayor of Bakersfield; a small fruit store, a barber shop, Roberts & Graves’ meat market, the Q. T. saloon, | the California restaurant and several other small establishments went up in| smoke. | The fire also spread to the Palace Hotel, but it was soon got under con- trol. All the horses and buggies in the| livery stable were saved. The loss is estimated at $25,000, cov- | ered by $18,000 insurance. The damage to the Palace Hotel will amount to $1000. —_——— SLEEPING MEN NARROWLY ESCAPE BEING DROWNED TACOMA, Wash., June 3.—High wa- ter and ice jams caused the Pelly River to overflow three weeks ago and nearly resulted in the drowning of stage drivers and passengers who were spending the night at Whelan's roadhouse, Seven horses belong- ing to the Whlte Pm stage line were drowned. rs Burwash and Haddock, toseth-r wl John Lott and another passenger, escaped in a cdnoe. The river rose so unexpectedly that the water was lapping the bunks in the roadhouse where the men were asleep before they knew what had happened. Securing a canoe, they hurried to the stables to release the horses. One ani- mal was already dead and the others were drowned in the Pelly. ——— e Graduates Receive Their Diplomas. SANTA ROSA, June 3.—Two So- noma County high schools held their graduating exercises Thursday even- ing—one at Cloverdale and the other at Sonoma. There was only one grad- uate at Cloverdale, Hiram E. Casey, who was left an orphan at an early age and had to work his way through school. At Sonoma the graduates were: Robert S. Prusshia, Miss A. Alberta Weaver, Miss Ruth A. Poppe, Reoul Emparen, John Lawler Jr., Miss Hazel Switzer, Miss Emma C. Campbell and Jildo Bacigalupi. g —_— Declares War on Slot Machines. NAPA, June 3.—War is to be waged against slot machines in Napa County. District Attorney Benjamin is notify- ing the owners and operators of ma- chines in the county that within thirty days they must remove the ma- chines from their places of business. If .the order is not complied with suits will be brought and the ma- chines confiscated or destroyed. has snap—is correct In comfort. KHAKI price this week, very best for Outing Shirts—Negligee Belts—all styles. . Canvas Leggings. 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