The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 11, 1905, Page 9

THE SAN F ANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1905 SUOUTS FRIEND FOR INSTRANCE Marshal as Though From Vietim Telling of Suicide BULLET DOES NOT KILIL John Fleteher Charges John Branton With Attempted Murder in State of Oregon r”TAnF GROVE, Or., March 10.— t nail of the City Marshal of this | e yesterday was a letter purport- to be written by John Fietcher, ting that the writer was tired of lite | 2d decided to commit suicide and | & the marshal where to find the | Fletcher was found, as indicat- | e, ‘with & bullet wound in his head, | subsequent developments show | he was shot by John Branton, | it is seid, wrote the letter, the crime being for the purpou. it is al- leged, of getting life insurance 33000, payable to Branton at Fletcher's death. ) Branton, while walking along the | road, it is claimed, borrowed flstcher’n revolver on the pretext of wanting to kil a wild animal. He then, noco!d-l ing to Fletcher’'s sworn statement, | turned the weapon on the latter. After | having shot Fletcher Branton tried to induce the wounded man to say that| he had shot himself. This Fletcher | refused to do and later swore to an affidavit charging Branton with the shooting. THOUSANDS WITHO | WORK AT PATRBANKS Northern Camp Overrun by Mjneru‘ Attracted by Stories of Rich Strikes. .—*“Keep out of is my advice to persons anxious to go to that camp,” M. Krupp, a Nome merchant, ved here yesterday. He says ks greatly overrun, that re 2000 men out of work at and that the place has a pop- of 6000, which is being in- ct is a good one,” Krupp the claims discovered do ¥ a camp of more than 1200. trip de the from Nome to Valdez, e of 1200 miles, with a dog ret between 600 and 3000 going over the trail There Fairbanks out instances re- su; posed Eldorado. ny MAN WITH HOOK HAND MANGLES HIS ADVERSARY Nearly Severs Jugular Vein of tagonist During Fight in the Town of Salinas. NAS, March 10. — Sherman un ‘rr arrest here, (hirg?d sault on W An- mang One of Star- mputated and One blow ular and Gilsen ith only by prompt he attack was that Starkey e of liquor. uble with the Cmndq -fxn\'= —_—————— BiDS FOR OF TRANSPORTATION LUMBER TO ISLANDS Two Seattle Firms Offer to Carry | Shipment From Portland to Philippines. firms of 00 feet of to the vernment, were quartermaster’s That of the Company for $10 rd measure was ected that the by tele- | >m Washing- | EESSION OF ADJOURNS IN “TLL()\\Q Delegates From All Lodges in North- ern Part of State at the Gathering. | March 10.—The Dis-! of Woodmen of the its labors last night banquet to the visiting dele- The convention has been in | | days and was at- | ates from all the WILLOWS, ior of the MILL IN WASHI Damage to Extent of Forty Thousand Dollars Done at Hasting’s Plant. Wash., March 10.—The g shingle mill was burned to- y. In addition to the plant 5,300,- 000 ngles were destroyed. The loss is placed at $40,000, with small in- SUMAS, s l EASY CHANGE When Coffee Is Doing Harm. A lady writes from the land of cotton | of the results of four years’ use of the food beverage—hot Postum Coffee: “Bver since I can remember we had 1sed coffee three times a day. It had more or less Injurious effect upon us and 1 myself suffered almost death n indigestion and nervousness used by . I know it was that, be- se- when I would leave it off for a days 1 would feel better. But it was hard to give it up, even though I realized how harmful it was to me. “At last I found a perfectly easy way | make the change. Four years ago | I abandoned the coffee habit and began drink Postum, and I also influenced the rest of the family to do the same. Even the children are allowed to drink t freely as they do water. And it has done us all great good. I no longer suffer from indigestion, and my nerves are in admirable tone since I began to use Postum Coffee. We never use the o0l coffee any more. + We appreciate Postum as a delightful and healthful beverage, which not only invigorates but supplies the best of nourishment as Name given by Postum Co., Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in each pkg. | wiidly. { forming NEVADA IS O TO ALL GAM PEN Given Free Hand by Solons BLERS| LK NEW ELECTRIC S PLANNED TAKES STAND AGAINST JAPS One Will Run From Monte- | Labor Council Wfll Make a rey to Salinas and Later Up| Fight to Bar the Little| Noted Entomologist to Hollister and Fresno Men Elected on Reform Ticket Vote to En-{T0 HASTEN THE WORK throne Goddess of Chance in the State. RENO, March 1).—Another victory was won by the wide-open element in the Nevada Legislature to-day when the bill compelling all gambling to be conducted on the second floor was re- pealed. The measure practically makes Nevada a State where gambling can be | carried on in any place, either on the street or in the house, so long as the gambler pays the license. Governor Sp-rh this afternoon stated he will sign the bill It is a strange condition in that at the recent election the majority of leg- islators were elected on what is known as the “reform ticket,” pledged to sup- press gambling and restrict the liquor interests. These legislators for the most part voted for the bill to-day, the measure carrying by a vote of 28 to 14 —_—————— WIFE OFFERS A REWARD FOR RETURN OF HUSBAND Spouse of Captain Tulloch of Alameda Advertises for Him and He Turns Up. SAN JOSE, March 10.—Captain W. K. Tulloch gf Alameda enjoys the dis- tinction of having been lost and found. From Sunday morning until last night his disappearance was a deep mystery. | So sure was Mrs. Tulloch that her | spouse had been lost that she inserted a notice in a San Jose paper, offering | & reward for his return. On Sunday morning about 10 o’clock | Tulloch lett his home in Alameda, stat- ing that he would be back by 2 o'clock to keep a business appointment. He went to Fruitvale and at about 1 o’'clock he telephoned Mrs. ‘f‘ulloch that he would not be home to dinner, but would go direct to San Francisco. That was the last heard of #ulloch until Wednesday morning, when his wife re- ceived a letter from him in this city, which was written at the St. James Hotel, telling of his presence here. The letter was rambling in its contents. The writer declared that he hardly knew what had happened since he left home, and he expressed the belief that he had been drugged. Mrs. Tulloch at once hastened to this city, and failing to find him reported the matter to the Sheriff’s office. This morning Under Sheriff Benson received a telegram from Mrs. Tulloch | that her husband had returned to his home last night. No other information was conveyed in the dispatch. Captain Tulloch is said to be wealthy mining man. He was form- erly in the employ of the Southern Pa- cific, but is at present engaged in pro- jecting large mining enterprises. THEET DRIVES WOMAN INSAN Conscience Laundry W 01'1&91 Wrecks Her Mind and She | Is Ordered to an Asylum| ORI, Epecial Dispatch to The Call SPOKANE, Wash., March James Furreys' consci so deeply for appropriating $160 be- longing to another that she turned over all the money except $35, which she had spent, vesterday. Then she lost her mind and to-day was sent to the insane asylum. Three weeks ago George Green, a young man living at Fairfield, pinned a pouch containing $160 to his undershirt. A few days later he sent the shirt to 2 laundry in Spokane where Mrs. Fur- reys, a widow, was employed. The woman found the pouch and took it. She quit her job In the laundry and began to spend the money. She now says that each day her conscience talked louder and louder, until she could bear it no longer. She finally went to the police station and turned over the remaining $125. In the meantime the police had been | notified by the Fairfield man and when | | the woman turned over the money she was held in custody, as she mlked To-day she b e v insane, imagining she was being secuted. She attempted suicide, but was prevented and was committed to an asylum. e e i SHASTA COUNTY OFFICERS OBJECT TO INCREASED PAY | Governor Not to Framed in Their Interest. REDDING, March 10. | county officers of Redd a telegram to Senator C. the Sign Bill Six of the to-day sent geins to ask him to use his influence in persuading | Governor Pardee to veto the bill intro- | duced by Assemblyman Creighton, | whigh provides for a raise in the salaties of the Shasta County officers. It is belicved that some of these of- ficers had something to do with the of the bill, but when they found that the people were so indig- nant about it they took this step to keep in the good graces of the voters. The bill passed both houses and is! now in the hands of the Governor. The officers that serf in the remon- strance are County Recorder A. L. Webb, County Treasurer L. M. Den- nis, Sheriff James L. Richardson, County Assessor Richard Collins, County Clerk W. O. Blodgett and Su- perintendent of Schools Kate A. Brin- card. PUBLIC PHONE LINE WILL JOIN REDDING AND KENNETT Sunset Company Purchases the Pri- vate System of the Trinity Copper Company. REDDING, March 10.—Within the next month Redding and Kennett will be connected by a public telephone line. The only telephone line now be- tween the two places is a private line that belonged to the Trinity Copper Company. This line, however, has changed hands. The Sunset Tele- phone Company has purchased it and will remodel and improve it for pub- lle use. ——e————— The fastest train in Europe is run between Leeds, England, and Edin- burgh, Scotland. The distance is 230 miles and is covered in four hours and’ nineteen minutes—an average of near- 1y a mile a minute. wl 10.—Mrs. | e smote her | to the police of Spokane | WILL SEARCH FOR PLATINDM. Government Will Carry on, Investigations in Both Shasta and Trinity County Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, March 10—The United States Geological Survey has set aside $26,000 for the purpose of making & thorough and systematic investigation and. exploration of the platinum de- poeits that are known to exist in Shas- will be begun at once. Governor Pardee was requested some time ago to obtain the co-operation of | the Washington authorities in the u-l tempt to make a systematic effort to locate the deposits. The Governor communicated with Senator Perkins, from whom he received a letter yester- day informing him that the Geological Survey had set aside the sum of $25,000 | for making a proper inquiry into the subject. Josephimite, another metal found in very few places, also will be looked for under the appropriation just made. e it RETURY, FROM SOUTH PACIFIC Scientists Back From Long Trip Made for Purpose of Studying Marine Life | Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, March 10.—Early this | tion to a fifty-foot ta and Trinity counties and the work - | and Orland. Another Project May Result in Trolley Service for Willows in Glenn County sAuNAs ‘March 10.—A contract has by M. V. Quigg, president ot the Monterey Colmty Gas and Elec- tric Company, in which he agrees to build, equip and put in operation an electric road for passengers and freight traffic between Monterey and Salinas, which will ultimately be extended to | Holllster ana later into the San Joa- ,quin Valley and Fresno. He asks a bonus of $60,000 of the county ir addt- ht of way, the meney to be invested in rails. ‘Work on the road, which is to cost $800,000, will be commenced within four months after the right of way and bonus have been provided for. It is planned to have the road in operation by January, 1806. ‘WILLOWS, March 10.—Accompanied his sttorney, V. W. Brown, Captain . T. Forsman, the promoter of the California Navigation and Electric Company, appeared before the Board of Supervisors yesterday and petitioned for a franchise granting the proposed Chico a right of way through Glenn County. The Supervisors esire a branch line connecting with Willows The representative of the company was not prepared to say whether both these lines would be bullt and until some promise can be ob- tained on this question the board does not wish to grant.the franchise. It is thought that the company will ‘be willing to build the Willows branch, it not both, and this will give the county seat electric communication with all the larger towns of this part of the State. SR RS SALE OF BIG TIMBER TRACT One Hundred Thousand Acres in Washington Se- i | | morning the Fish Commission steam- | ship Albatross arrived in port, com- pleting a voyage of more than 15,000 miles. On board are a party of emi- i nent scientists, headed by Professor | AleXander Agassiz. Others of ihe party are Professor Kofoid of the University ' | of California, Professor Bigelow of Harvard University. Professor Cham- | berlain and Mr. Westerberge, an artist. The expedition was conduected for the purpose of thoroug! investigating | the maring life in th€ South Seas. | While nothing of a startling nature | was discovered in the marine lfe in | the Pacific Ocean along the coast of | South America, many spebimens of great value to scientists and much use- ful information were gained. catest depth at which dredging was | carried was 3000 fathoms. The | cruise extended as far south as Valpa- | raiso, Chile, and from there -across to t islands of the South Pacific. Good weather prevailed during the entire; trip. Professor Kofoid will leave for Ber- keley to-morrow morning and Profes- sor Agassiz will leave in a day or two for Washington, D. C. The Albatross days before going to San Franecisco. ————— The San Francisco News Letter. The San Francisco News Letter thid week suggests a startiing opinion in regard to the | Stanford mystery, The employment of Japaness by the clergy | is also made the subject of an editorial as | well as the position taken In regard to the racetrack. A ticle called “Higher Education and discloses the conditions in the So- in Berkeley, fors of a Knocker,” by John ngs' continues to be a feature, gular departments of the News Letter | usually interestine . ————————— MRS. MILBURN’'S RELATIVES OFFER REWARD OF $1000 ’“III Pay for T = the nformation Leading m Discovery of the Murderer. ~ LOS ANGELES | tives of Mrs. N. J. Milburn, the Los | Angeles woman who was mysteriously | murdered here ten days ago, have de- cided to offer o reward of $1000 for | information leading to the discovery | of the murderer. It is now thejr be- | lief that Mrs. Milburn was mufdered in Los Angeles and her body taken to | Ocean Park and thrown into the sea, | where it was discovered some days Robbery appears to be the only later. possible motive, and if such was the case but a small sum was secured. LN e | WOMAN TAKES HER LIFE i BECAUSE OF ILL HEAUTH Mrs. C. C. Thayer of Sonora Shoots Herself With a Twenty-Two | Caliber Rifle, | SONORA, March 10.—Early this | afternoon Mrs. C. C. Thayer, the ycungest daughter of M. Baer, a prom- ‘(rpnt clothing merchant of this city, | ghot herself through the head with a | 22 rifle with suicidal intent. She died instantly. Despondency over continued ill health caused her to take her life. ————————— The interfor of a gold-bearing rock was inspected in an Oregon town by means of the Roentgen rays, and veins | of gold were as plainly visible as if they had been on the surface. ADVERTISEMENTS. ane Pears’ famous English complexion !dllnmtium@l. s will remain here for a week or ‘ten| March 10.—Rela- | soap. Established 1789. | cured for Lumber Concern Special Diepatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 10.—John J. Demp- sey, a rich Mich.,, and his sons have purchased more than 100,060 acres of Washington timber lands, making them the third largest owners of timber lands in the Pacific Northwest. The Dempsey fam- | ily is worth $8,600,000, thus transferring | from Michigan to Puget Sound one of the largest lumber concerns in the country. Negotiations were concluded last night. whereby they acquired a site of forty acres of Tacoma tide lands for a mill. They will start Qt once sawmills equaling in size thode“of the St. Paul and Tacoma Company, now the largest | in the State. The Northern Pacific will | build tracks inside of Tacoma harbor | for the first time to accommodate the | Dempsey mills, thereby opening up a large area of water frontage for fac- tory and mill sites. It will require | nearly a year+o build the mills and get them in operation. The Dempseys will | employ 500 men. —— | Search out all impurities and expel | them from the system through the nat- Al ural channels by using Lash’'s Bitters. * | A e e ki A SOON TO BEGIN WORK ON THE SPOKANE ROAD | | Entire Bond Issae¢ Subscribed for Connecting Line in the Northwest. SPOKANE, Wash.,, March 10.—D. C. Corbin, eof Spokane, who has { financed and built several Northwest- | ern railroads, announces that the en- tire bond issue of $4,000,000 for build- | ‘lng the Spokane Intemanunal to a ! connection with the Canadian Pacific at the boundary has been subscribed | | and that construction work will be | started within three days. UL . ot e St USED ROUND THE WORLD Established ;80 DORCHESTER, Mass. 4SEUIWPE HIGHEST AWARDS IN electric line connecting Colusa and lumberman of Manistee, | ‘| Free Delivery Routes Are Established Brown lten From Country TROUBLE YET PENDING Between Milk i Difficulty Drivers and Corporation Referred to a Committee > The Labor Council met last night and began a preliminary move to bar all Japanese from entering this country. | The council instructed the law and leg- islative committee to prepare a decla- ration against the immigration of the | little brown men into this country. This declaration will be spread broad- cast throughout the entire country. | The Labor Council will make an effort to bring the matter before Congress and have action taken by the Ilower house. The existing difficulties between the milk wagon drivers and the Co-opera- tive Milk Company was not settled last night as hoped. The matter was re- ferred to the executive committee, and | it is expected that a decision will be | rendered within a few days. The long fight between the members of the Boxmakers’ Union and the Co- lumbia Box Factory was settled last night. The firm has agreed to take back all the discharged union men and pay them regular union wages. The following board of directors was elected by the Labor Council to man- age the Labor Clarion: Richard Cor- nelius, John Kean, H. M. Alexander, D. McLennon and H. L. White. The first two will hold office for one year, while the latter pair will be in power for six months. The following has been received by | The Call: San Francisco, March 10, 1908. Editor of The Call: Will you pmu ngect | the inclosed statement from Marine Beneflclal Assocfation No. 35, ln mrc | article published {n your paper March | page 11, column 7, under the heading: ““Sends appeal to Washington. Communica- tion sent by Herbert George to the Secretary of_Commerce and Labor.”” ‘We positively deny the part t con- tained, viz: “‘Marine Eugineers' Union by { mffiliation and federation with unions of fire- men, stevedores, marine cooks and waiters and | saflors is able to completely deny employment to skillful duly licensed marine engineers not of its membership."” The above statement Is false. We, as rine cngineers, are not atfillatéd or federated | with gny of the above named unions, so there- | fore the statement in said communication, vi “If such licensed engineer being a non-me | ber of tuis union secures employment on | ship, firemen, cooks, waiters and sailors re- | fuse’ thelr duty, and stevedores and longshore- | | men’s unions refuse to handle her cargo” is also false. If such an action was ever taken it was not | | gone owing to the fact of the Marine Engi. | | neers’ Assoclation being affiiated or federated | | the above named bodies or unions. We also deny the assertion that the members of the Marine Engineers’ Association under any | systém ot atfiliated unions refuse duty when enjoined to do o by his union's rules re- | specting & sympathetic strike. i Members of the Marine Engineers’ Asso- | eclation fully aware of the law in respect to core cy and will not attempt to retard commerce, leaving themselves llable to pun- ishment. ' Hoping that -you will insert this matement as goon &s convenient and thank- ng vou for the same, we remaln yours re- wecmm), MARINE ENGINBERS BENEFICIAL AS- SOCIATION. ot MNP STRS MO TRY THE SUSPECTS i IN HEMPHILL MURDER | Two Mexicans to Be Taken From S-n| Bernardino to Bakers- field. WIFE NEGLECTED FOR INSECTS. A Is Sued for a Divorce. —_— Gompere Spend His Time in Hunt for Bugs. —_— Special Diwpatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, March 10.—Mrs. Amy Gompere is about to be granted a divorce from George Gompere, the en- tomologist, who has made a world-wide reputation. Theé evidence of desertion was heard to-day and only a minor technicality prevented the issuance of a decree. The Gomperes were married fifteen years ago and have one child Mrs. Gompere alleges that her husband left her in 1808 and has since been bug- hunting in the Pacific isles, Australia and other countries. He has become noted through the colonies of insects forwarded to California and which | have in a large measure combated the ravages of the pests. Mr. and Mrs. Gompere arranged their property inter- ests amicably. NAPA, March 10.—S. Paole, a work- man employed at the cement works at Napa Junction, met with a serious ac- cident at the plant this afternoon, which resulted in the loss of his right leg and will probably prove fatal Paole was working in a tunnel be- tween two buildings when his right leg e —rY WOMAN ROBBED BY HER ESCORT —_— S Under Pretense of Taking Girl to Theater Bakers- field Thug Grabs Purse —_— BAKERSFIELD, March 10.—A dar- ing and brutal robbery came to light to-day, when " Lizzie McFarland, a young woman living at Twentieth and F streets, swore out a warrant for the llh lu'u-l.nd says that on Tues- evening Whitney asked her to attend the Union Theater with him and ——e OHIO SOCIETY mcm—'n- ot directors of the Ofilo Society of C#lifornia met last night at the Untam League Club and elected the following officers to serve the en-— suing year: President, Willlam H. Jordar: first flc. Mel\l. E. L. Baldwin; second v! was caught in a large screw of a con- nur-ln.m.‘“lt' ‘.3:?5...}"‘"‘" secretary, veyor and torn off at the knee. Maule. ADVERTISEMENTS. The { BAKERSFIELD, March 10. —Sher-i iff Kelly and District Attorney Laird | have decided to have the two Mes : cans who are noy held in San Ber-| nardino on suspicion of having been, implicated in the murder of Southern | Pacific Brakeman James Hemphill | ! last September brought at once to this \vily to stand trial. | The officials are afraid that the wit | nesses now at hand will leave the vi-| cmuy if there is any further delay. — GIIA RIVER CAUSES \ DAMAGE TO BRIDGE‘ For Sixth Time This Year the Mari- | copa and Phoenix Structure Suffers. | PHOENIX, March 10.—The Gila | River began rising again last night ‘and is now higher than ever before. Fifteen bents of the Maricopa and | Phoenix railroad bridge have been j carried away and traffic will again be | tied up for an indefinite length of time. This is the sixth time this| | bridge has been partly carried away | this year. S ee— BEAUTIFUL HOME SOLD NEAR GRASS VALLEY Omhnrd Springs Purchased by a Nebraskan for Eighteen Thou- sand Dollars. | GRASS VALLEY, March 10.—Or- | chard Springs, the most beautiful i ,coumry home in this county, was sold | | to-day to a wealthy Nebraska man, ,wha will take up his residence there. The price paid was $18,000. It Is situ- ated a few miles Xouth of here on the way to Colfax. s e OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST s in Fresno and King Counties, This State. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The following California rural fee deliv- ery routes have heen established: Kingsburg, Fresno County, one addi- tional route, le; twenty-five milles, &o‘pulauon served 309; Lemoore, ngs County, one additional route, length twenty-six miles, population served 295. Two city letter carriers authorized for San Jose, Cal., from April 12. Postoffice established at Venice, - Los Angeles County, Robert McGranger postmaster. Henry C. - has been commissioned fourth clasg ‘postmaster at Vina, Cal. The Commercial National Bank of JLos .Angeles has heeqrtpbolnted re- serve agent for the 'First National Bank of San Pedro. WILL PAY $2,726,500 FOR PHILIPPINE BONDS Mercantile Trust Company of St Louis Is Highest Bidder for i $2,500,000 Issue. v | * WASHINGTON, March 10.—The {Mernpmu Company of St . the highest bidder to-day |lor tlw 8300.000 issue of 10-30 4 per cent Philippine public work bon ds. { Tts bid for the entire issue was ' I:z ,726,500, or at the rate of $109 06. Cnm and general commercial printing, int. Co. prints anything. 419 Sacto.* child can have access to it for monumental work. "clopzdia to best advantage. 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