The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 10, 1904, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904. ARMY ( IS A LNATIC —_—— Festive Lieutenant L. CHARGES OF FORGERY Goes to the Madhouse and Escapes the Penitentiary That Was Awaiting Him BT SRS Lieutenant Lewis C. miltc A., disgraced and hope- has been adjudged insaneand com- the yiun United States District Marshall B. Woodworth was advised of this fact, and by Att y General beentered qui the United States vesterday, whereupon against Hamilton was in merly second lieu- Artillery Corps. He n n, D. C, in art of August, 1903, charged ccount of Lieu- gham of the Sec- Corps For this Washington. y on Febru- in He resigne ary 4, 1904 d his pay accounts fc d December to Louis Silverman of New York, he presentec licates to the paymaster at Manila and drew the money on them. He also drew from Colonel Dodge the money called for by a forged of Lieutenant W. ! The forged was sold by H. Morrell, a earst building. At time Lieutenant Hamil- rge bill at the Occi- barroom annex, d off upon the proprietor therefor the pay account Eoass E o | e ot -t the| District Attorney. Will In- | ay. A duplicate of the same et 2 | ‘ T s 6o dajor| Yestigate Tvl_lol_'oughl‘} ‘the Payson at the Presidio and received (\dse ()f “ llllam I\rlske the money on it. | At the outbreak of the Spanish- b s ra 1 war Hamilton enlisted as a Paul Loudick, alias Paul Rudeck, ne of the New York volun- He was assigned for Signal Corps and was at to a corporal. He nk of sergeant when he was 899, he enlisted as a private in nth Infantry. ents. ted be regular pany E. He s made a poral of the nal Corps until he received his commission as lieutenant on July 1, 1901 y Excursion to Rio Vista. H. J. Corcoraam Sunday, end Ferry baild- 7:30 p. m. Fare d-trip to Vallejo onally conducted permitted For nsworth Estate. for Far tio letters of administra- tate of Mrs. Minnie died on gust 8, | w by her ughter, orth, who istra t er, David L. Farns- worth, who died August 28, 1900. Farnsworth was a drayman and when tered his estate it more than $250,000 He sble parcels of realty and his wife and daughter. —_—————— Ladies, Don’t Be Misled. Suit House next to ecialty. loak 5 Geary st suits a good — e ——— Compiles Gems From Talmud. bbi Isidore Myers has returned from New York, where he arranged for the publication of his new book, A Thousand and One Gems From the Talmud. Rabbi Myers attended numerous public ns while in the East and was one of the prominent speakers at the Theodor Herzl memo- rial service held in Carnegie Hall, New York. —_———— Juror Becomes Il The trial of the case of the Raw- hide Gold Mining Company against the Tuolumne County Water Com- pany was interrupted yesterday in the United States Circuit Court by the fll- ness of Thomas H. Palache, one of the jurors. An adjournment was or- dered till 10 a. m. to-day. ADVERTISEMENTS. Chinchilla Cravat With Chenille Fringe Ends You'll save money by bringing those furs here to be remodeled. Hamilton, Light Artillery| career of dissipation ending in Washington authorities | | e see time table. | JFFICER SPLENDID RESULTS ARE ACHIEVED BY NOTABLE STAR-GAZERS IN CHILE Sad Ending of the Once After Syrmounting Great Difficulties in Installing the — TRY T0 HIDE THE WITNESS was convicted by a jury in Judge Law- lor's court yesterday afternoon on a charge of assault to murder. He was ordered to appear for sentence on Sat- urday. He stabbed Willilam Kriske in | the abdomen in a saloon on Broadway, | near Hinckley alley, | March 6. There are some peculiar features | connected with the case which the Dis- | trict Attorney will investigate. Kriske was held up by Loudick in Berkeley | last October. Loudick was arrested, but influence was brought to bear upon ; Kriske and he disappeared. As a re- | sult, the charge against Loudick was dismissed. It was owing to Kriske | having Loudick arrested that Loudick | stabbed him’last March. Kriske’s mother lives at 3539 Ells- worth street, Berkeley, and owns some property. Her daughter and son-in- law, named Hager, live with her. On Monday, August 1, Kriske, who is not in favor with his mother, called to see her. He rang the door bell and Hager opened an upper window and asked | him what he wanted. He replied that he wanted to see his mother and Ha- ger said she was not at home. Kriske | said he knew she was at home and he wrote a note to her which he shoved | under the door. He again rang the | | bell and sat on the front steps, deter- mined to see his mother. Hager went for Constable Howard and Kriske was arrested for disturbing the peace. The case was heard before Justice | of the Peace Quinn and Kriske was 1‘ convicted and sentenced to serve sixty | days in the County Jail. Detective | Silvey, who had charge of the case | against Loudick, could not find Kriske | | to subpena him as a witness at the | | trial and after investigation discovered | that he was in jail. He laid the facts | | before Captain Martin and, acting on | | the captain’s instructions, Silvey went | to the Oakland prison on Monday night and brought Kriske to the city prison here. Kriske testified yesterday. Detective Silvey says that Mrs. Kriske is applying for a divorce from | her husband and that the lawyer who represents her told him he had per- sonally seen Justice Quinn before the trial of Kriske and had urged that the young man get the limit. Silvey says | it looks to him as'if there had been a | conspiracy to keep Kriske from testify- ing against Loudick. When the Dis- trict Attorney was informed of the facts yesterday he said he would make a thorough investigation. —————— Looks for Missing Girl. A Mrs. Wolf of room 233, Golden ‘West Hotel, called at the Morgue last night and asked if a girl named Car- rie Runyan had committed suicide. She said that the girl lived in Madera and that she thought she had com- mitted suicide. The woman gave no reason for her belief. The Morgue officials know nothing about a Carrie Runyan. —e—— Ye Olde English Inn, 144 Mason st Best things to eat an drink at Babs & Jules'. —— Hoodlums Attack a Chinese. | A gang of hoodlums assaulted Gow y Hop, a Chinese, on Lombard street | yesterday afternoon. Hop was coming |into town with vegetables and when {he neared Steiner street the crowd pounced upon him. One of the ruf- fians struck him on the face with a piece of gas pipe, inflicting a severe laceration. He was treated at the Central Emergency Hospital. ——————————— on the night of Those who are worn out, rheumatic and fee- ble should use Parker's Ginger Tonic. | Parker's Hair Balsam will save your hair. * —_—————— | Ackerman Took Laudanum. | Chief Chemist Bothe has reported {to Coroner Leland that he found jaudanum in the stomach of Carl ! Ackerman, the pilot, who committed suicide in the Golden West Hotel on July 26. A bottle containing lauda- num was found in the room near the dead man. —_———— Burnett’s Extract of Vanilla—Used exclusively by all leading hotels and clubs. ¢ Gigantic Instruments Near Santiago the Mills Expedi- tion Presents Fruit of Work With the Spectroscope | = R I { | | i | i | | OBSERVATORY OF THE D. O | MILLS EXPEDITION at SANTI- AGO, CHILE. + BY. W. W. CAMPBELL. LICK OBSERVATORY, Aug. 8.—The accompanying illustrations are from photographs of the ubserving station of the D. O. Mills expedition from the Lick Observatory to the southern hem- isphere. The thirty-foot steel dome contains the thirty-six-and-one-half- inch reflecting telescope, to which is attached a powerful spectroscope. The purpose of the expedition, which Mr. Mills has generously financed, is to de- termine, by means of the spectroscope, the motions of the naked-eye stars in the one-fourth of the sky surrounding the south pole of the heavens, which is invisible from Mount Hamilton. A determination of the motion of the stars in the northern three-fourths of the sky has been in progress at Mount Hamilton continuously since 1896 by means of a large spectroscope attached to the thirty-six-inch equatorial. The problem which it is proposed to solve by means of these observations is that of the motion of our solar _system through space, its direction and speed. The Mount Hamilton observations already secured have enabled us to make an approximate solution of the problem, but perfectly satisfactory re- sults cannot be obtained until observa~ tions have been made for the brighter stars- distributed. over the entire sky. It is expected-titat the Mills expedition to the southern hemisphere will have secured the necessary observations at the end of the year 1905. EXPEDITION. The observing station is situated on the summit bf Mount San Cristobal, a mountain 1000 feet high, lying in the northeastern suburbs of the city of Santiago, Chile. " The plain on which the city is built is 1800 feet above the sea level. The altitude of the observa- tory is, therefore, 2800 feet. This expedition, in charge of Astron- omer Willlam H. Wright, assisted by Dr. H. K. Palmer, sailed from San Francisco in February, 1903. . The ob- servatory instruments and bulildings, together with an electric power line running from the valley to the sum- mit, were installed in October, 1903. The scientific work of the expedition has been vigorously prosecuted since that date. . The great reflector and the spectro- scope have the efficiency which was originally planned for them and re- sults of great importance have been secured very rapidly. Up to June 1, 1904, more than 300 photographs of stel- lar spectra have been obtained and many of them have been measured and reduced. The first consignment of photographs from Chile was received at Mount Hamilton a few weeks ago. It is planned to have them measured in the near future. NEW STARS. As by-products of these investiga- tions, Professor Wright has already detected a number of spectroscopic binary stars and other facts of especial interest: The binary stars referred to are those which appear to be single stars even when viewed through the most powerful telescopes, but the spec- troscopic observations of their motions prove that they are attended by mas- sive invisible companions. ¢ The invisible companions are large enough to compel the brighter com- ponents of the systems to revolve in el- liptic orbits, very much as the earth DACCHTERS FILE WILL CONTEST Yoell’'s Bequests Are Not I Satisfactory to Three Chil- dren of His First Wife Three children of J. Alexander Yoell's | first wife have filed a contest against |his will, which left the bulk of his 1 $200,000 estate to his daughter, Mrs. Evaline A. Levy. The contestants are Gertrude Ellen Yoell, Beatrice Ethel Yoell and Mrs. Emily F. Dunn. attorney is John H. Yoell. Yoell was a Santa Clara County pio- neer. He died last month at Highland Springs. He had maried twice and upon separating from his second wife, Emily, he deeded half of his estate to her. In his will he said that Mrs. Levy, a daughter by the first wife, had given him more attention and comfort than all his other children put to- gether. : Yoell was the father of two families of children, who numbered ten in all. property he considered that she would be able to provide for her own chil- dren. to Mrs. Dunn nor to John H. Yoell, who is attorney for the contestants. In the case of John, the father said that his son had received money greatly in excess of what he might expect from the estate. The daughters Gertrude and Beatrice each received bequests of $5000, but with this they are not satis- fied and state in their contest that at the time of making his will, which was dated January 27, 1904, their father was not of sound mind and not com- petent to execute a ‘will. —_————————— A NEW RATE TO PORTLAND. $23 Firs¢ Class, With One Day’s Board and Lodging at Shasta Springs. The Soutbern Pacific has put into effect the new rate @bove noted, which s good going either way between San Francisco and Port- land. Half rate is §12 75. More than one day may be spent at Shasta Springs by paying the regular rates for the additional accom- modation. though the entire trip must be com- pleted within seven days. Any agent will give full particulars, or ask at Southern Pacific office, 613 Market street. . Runaway Boy Caught. Grover C. Felkel was arrested last night and held at the City Prison pending advices from his father. The lad ran away from his home in St. Louls. S ———dy and our moon compel each other to re- volve in elliptic orbits around their common center of mass. For the most part, these revolutions are completed in the course of a few days. Series of observations of the speeds of ‘the bright components enable us to deter- mine the forms of their orbits. Verv considerable difficulties were encountered by Professor Wright in the erection of the observatory. He arrived in Chile just a few days be- fore the outbreak of very serious labor troubles and, for reasons which could not be avoided, just at the beginning of the local rainv season. Skilled la- bor was not available for the erection of, the steel dome and the massive tel- | escope, and Messrs. Wright and Pal- mer were obliged to depend very large- 1y upon their own efforts and the few i common laborers which could be se- cured. It is a pleasure to say that the af- fairs of the expedition have been ably managed by the astronomer.in charge and that the Government officials and scientific men of Chile have been con- stant in their efforts to promote its plans. Their | After giving his last wife half of hls; For that reason he left nothing | HEARSE, HOLDS FAST T0 FINDS Friends of the League Vain-; ly Request Transfer of Cash Remaining Unspent MONEY IS LYING IDLE | Examiner Appoints an Ad- visory Committee and Then Brazenly Ignores It By Laura Bride Powers. The California Historic Landmarks | League is preparing to issue circular | letters to its friends for sufficient funds | to complete the restoration of the beau- | tiful old Mission of San Antonio de Padua in Monterey County, whose an- | cient walls are now completely rebuilt, although naught but the blue sky stetches above them—naught save a lit- ! tle patch of shakes laid last fall before | work was suspended. It had been secretly hoped by many of the lovers of the old Missions—both in and out of the Landmarks League— that the appeal for funds could be | avoided, conscious that $1300 of the : landmarks fund raised in May of 1903 by the Examiner remains unexpended ;in the safe. And as there is no proba- bility of any further purchases of his- toric buildings in Monterey, principally because there are no more worth pur- ' chasing and perpetuating at public ex- pense, it was hoped that the money lying idle in the Examiner’'s safe could be obtained for the important work of restoration being carried on at Mission San Antonio—of which, by the way, the league holds a ten-year lease, with the promise of renewal at its expiration. HOPES BADLY JARRED. But unhappily the hopes of the opti- mists received a hard jolt when it was announced a few days ago by Dent Robert, managing editor of the Exam- iner, that such disposition of the idle landmarks fund does not meet the ap- proval of William Randolph Hearst— and that settles it. Now, this announcement has given something of a shock to the Cheerful Workers, for they well remember the circumstances under which the land- marks fund was raised. And it all happened thus: H The Landmarks League, organized in June, 1902, had begun an active cam- P n that the historic structures of the IS ate be not permitted to fall to decay. | and although twenty years too late to save some of the lesser old missions— | the oldest structures in all the West— |the work prospered, principally | through the generosity of the Native | Sons of the Golden West, who presented to the league a lump sum of $1100. Then came the Examiner into the | field with the patriotic purpose of do- ing just what the league had set out | to do. Promptly and gratefully the ! officers of the league accepted the help | offered by the Examiner and there was not a member of the board of direct- | ors that didn't “work overtime and | | Sundays” to help build up that fund— | | even to contributing $1000 gleaned at ! the school children’s festival at the | | Chutes in May. L | Some days previous to this affair Mr. | Robert conferred with the officers of | the league and requested that an. ad- | visory committee be formed from | among us, whose business it would be | | to designate from a long list which buildings and sites should be pur-| chased. Some of the buildings on this list, by the way, were of such a fic- | titious value—historically and com- mercially—as to preclude serious con- | sideration. | MATTER OF RECORD. The following (dated May 1, 1903) is | a verbatim copy of the Examiner’'s proclamation of the appointment of the | | advisory committee and its utilities | | and will explain the shock some of the members have sustained by Mr. Hearst's refusal to pass over that fund which is not working—while they lie awake nights trying to find a way to put a roof on the old San Antonio: An advisory committee, composed of the principal officers of the California Landmarks League and the Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West and the Grand Presi- dent of the Native Daughters of the Golden | West, bhas been chosen to co-operate with the Examiner in carrying out the details of the work for the preservation of the State’s land- | marks. The members are: { . Representing the . California Landmarks League—Serator Joseph R. Knowland, presi- | dent; Mrs. Laura Bride Powers, secretary; J. . Lermen, Frank H. Powers, W. M. Abbott, Representing_the Native Sons of the Golden ‘West—Grand President H. R. McNoble. Representing the Native Daughters of the Golden West—Grand President Eliza D, Keith. The committee will act as an advisory board in_regard to the use of the funds now being subscribed by the people of the State. If less than $25,000 be obtained, the com- mittee will say which bulldings should be pre- served, and if the amount be over $25,000 it will advise as to what other buildings be included in the list. Then, again, on May 10, the same ! journal says: “The advisory committee | to co-operate with the Ezaminer in re- | gard to the use of the landmarks fund | is composed as follows": (Personnel as above.” COMMITTEE MAKES SELECTIONS. ‘With the discretion thus reposed in our august body, we selected the old Mission San Francisco Solano (So- noma), the landing-place in Monterey of Sebastian Viscaino (1602) and Juni- | pero Serra (1770), and the old Russian fort in Sonoma County—old Fort Ross. = ,000 1 should ‘Worth of the FRESHEST AND BEST | COFFEE PDISTRIBUTED FREE BY THE CALL TO ITS WANT AD PATRONS. A pound can of | J. A. FOLGER'S GOLDEN { GATE COFFEE ! 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The dollars dribbled slowly and then stopped short, leaving in the Hearst safe an unused $1300. | This is the cash the committee wants— but can’t get—to finish the league’s work. Now, wouldn't that jar you, after reflecting upon that statement of May 9: ‘The advisorv committee to co- operate with the Examiner in regard to the use of the landmarks fund is composed,” etc.? MR. HEARST'S EXCUSE. To be sure, Mr. Robert is ready with an explanation of ‘Mr. Hearst's refusal to keep faith with the advisory com- mittee. He says that Mr. Hearst be- lieves that if sufficient effort be put forth by the Examiner the $1300 could be raised to $3000—the sum needed to buy the old theater in Monterey. Now, here is a proposition to something that nobody wants. absolutely no historic value Lind, who is reputed to have there, never saw it) and at §3 it is rated at about a dollar per 'dobe. Now, granted that the money could be raised, the Legislature could never be induced to take it over as State proper- ty, as it is not a sane proposition. The three properties purchased last year now stand in the name of Mr buy Hearst, as trustee for California, pend- | ing the session of the Legislature, al- though it was explicitly stated at the time that the temporary title would be vested in the league. Since the purchase, no work of pres- ervation has been done at the mission at Sonoma, which is fast falling to ruin. Jast Admission day to roof several feet of the old corridor. ‘And the old oak in Monterey—the blessed old oak, under which the Car- | melite friars chanted the mass in 1602, eighteen years before the Pilgrims Clsl'ne to Plymouth Rock, is dead, and it died during the last year from wan- ton carelessness and neglect. But its death lies at the doors of the people of Monterey, and to their shame let it be said. All this, however, merely goes to show the evanescent nature of hopes, | and that the league must get busy and | hustle for the $1000 it needs to put the roof on old San Antonio. ——— —— Hynes Makes a Move. Public Administrator M. J. Hynes yesterday obtained special letters of administration upon the estate of Jackson McKenty, who died in,France Hynes represented that might suffer through delay in its set- tlement. A will of McKenty's was filed for probate by his brother-in-law, | M. H. Messchert, and it was contested by McKenty's widow, who filed an- The estate is worth more than $200,000 and the contest prom- | ises to be long. ————— Foresters Will Picnic. The members of Court James G. Blaine, Foresters of America, have or- ganized ‘as Chib James G. Blaine a will give their first outing and pienic at Sunset Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains next Sunday. The affair will be under the supervision of W. J. Boradori, E. S. Harding, W. A. Mc- Covert LES SPECIAL 111 to 121 POST STREET. 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