The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1905, Page 3

WITNESSES TELL STORY OF BUNKERS’ DOWNFALL Testimony Against For as Given Before Legislature. mer Senator the Same 2 M <Famoue DISTRICT SATTORNE Y 1 | 1 | RI E SCO, WHO IS ON AND WELL KNO RA2 TRIAL AT SAC- { FOR THE PROSECUTION. N ATTORNEY WOOL BRINGS FANCY PRICE to The Cal KER CITY, April 19.—W. G. Ayre rkee, the Baker County sheep king and one of the few who did not s s spring clip of wool when con- tracts were being made six weeks ago 'd 15 cents, has sold his clip, at 150,000 pou , at 18 cents eved by commission m: to price ever paid for{§ool Ayre has a number of rge flocks now lamhing, with the expectation of 105 per t increase. ill begin about W 20. FUGITIVE OFFICIAL CAUGHT IN WASHINGTON Former Road Supervisor of Humboldt County, Accused of Peculation, Is Arrested Near Aberdeen. TACOMA, Wash., April 19.—George Spalding, formerly a road supervisor in H dt County, Cal.. was ar- rested to-day in a hunting lodge near Aberdeen. He is charged with hav- ing defrauded his county of several ousand dollars and is said to have run away with another man’s wife. —— e Wil Vote on Bond Issue. EANTA ROEA, April 19.—Clover- dale and Sebastopol are both prepar- ing to vote on the question of issuing bonds for nicipal improvements. Cloverdale proposes to expend $18,000 for ® and $12,000 for water. > will spend $50,000. So- 0 to soon begin the con- a new City Hall. Easy Money For Prompt Buyers. Make $150 in ten minutes by buying your Piano now— One dozen of your Neigh- bors did so yest.erday. ym bas: 2 is on seen the handsome new Mis- ial pianos which are just now creating such a stir? Pommer-Eilers are the only people in San Francisco car- rying a stock of them. We can them in a number of makes or 53“&3 have one made to your order. These, ag well as all other styles, are going at the lowest wholesale prices. F Remember, it is not a_matter of imme- diate profit with us. We will get our profit later. when we get into our new r business now is to place these where they will make us friends. w our planos, and we know that every one placed now will be a standing advertisement for us in the years to come. We have them in stock and we cannot dispose of them in the regular re- il way at retail prices because we have ho suitable retail store. We are there- fore using them in building for the fu- ture. This is your gain if you choose to take advantage of it, as your‘friends and nejghbors are doing. We have the best planos made—the gw-r-kvr. the Kimball, ‘the Hazelton, the lallet & Davis, the Lester, the Crown, etc., etc., not one of them but is known rnd valued wherever the American flag Hies. These are all going at discounts mmounting to almost 50 per cent For prices and terms see yesterday's papers, or better still, call at our tempo- salesrooms. POMMER-EILERS IC CO.. Temporary Salesrooms and ices, 514 Market Street, one block be- w znd across the street from the Pal- e Hotel [ ohnson, a Boston wool buyer, | SACRAMENTO, April 19.—The tak-' ing of testtmony in the case of the | people against Harry Bunkers., former | State Senator, charged with bribery, ' began before Judge Hart this morning. Clarence Grange, secretary of the! | Phoenix Building and Loan Association | | of San Francisco, - was the first witness. | He tesiified that January 21 last Joseph | Jordan called upon him and said that | the Bunkers Senatorial committee was | about to investigate the *“Big Four” | loan assoclations and had issued sub- | penas, and that something must be done or there would be trouble. | At this point the defense objected jthat as a conspiracy was charged, nothing that was said between Jordan and Grange in the absence of Bunker | was admissible until a conspiracy to do wrong had been established. The prosecution, urged that the pro- | posed testimony tended to establish the conspiracy and that subsequent re- citals would show the relation of the conversation to that conspiracy. After a lengthy argument the court ruled the statements proposed to be admissible with the understanding that if it developed that there was no con- nection between them and the allezed conspiracy the testimony should be stricken out. To that ruling the de- fendant excepted. | Grange then told the story of his connection with the exposure of the Senators. His testimony was practi- | cally the same as given by him before | | the legislative committee. | | W. H. Govan testified that he is| keeper of the State archives and to the | Identity of the journals of the Senate. | These showed the ¢omposition of the Committee on Commissions and Re- | trenchment and that Bunkers, French, ! Wright and Emmons were members of | that committee; that they were sworn | in as Senators; that the committee was | by resolution given power to issue sub- | penas and administer oaths; that | charges were preferred against Bunk- ers, Wright, Emtmons and French; that | a committee of investigation was ap- pointed; with that committee certain exhibits were filed, and those docu- ments, said District Attorney Seymour, could not be found, but may be discov- ' ered before the close of the trial. Henry Hartling of San Francisco then testified to the alleged bribing of Bunkers by Jordan. His testimony was the same as given before the lexgisla- | tive committee. Hartling was subjected to a long and severe cross-examination, but he ad- hered to all his statements given in di- | rect examination. | The trial will be resumed Yo-morrow | morning. It is expected that the testi- | mony for the prosecution will be con- ' cluded to-morrow. For the defense it is understood that witnesses from dif- ferent parts of the State will be subpe- | need, and some of those from San ! Francisco will be called to testify to| the previous good reputation of Bunk- ers. e RETURNE FROM ORIENT TO DEFEND HIS WIFE Mrs. Blanche Tompkins, Accused of | Murder, Finds Champion‘in Hus. band Who Had Deserted Her. PORTLAND, Or., April 19.—Blanche Tompkins, under charge of murder- ing Nora Stone, declares she is a niece of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Walter Henry Tompkins, son of a wealthy Pitts-| burg, Pa., manufacturer, has come here from China to defend the woman he married one joyous night last fall. The morning after the ceremony when Tompkins discovered he was legally jmarried to Blanche he took ship for | the Orient and remained there until he heard of her arrest. He is about 25 years old and has plenty of money to spend in his wife’s defense. She is ten years his senlor. B J Faith cannot feed on fireworks. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905 POLICE SEARCH FOR HYPNOTIST Professor Anton ‘Weber Is| Accused *of Fleecing an Aged Couple Out pf $2000 TELL A STRANGE STORY Victims Assert That Fugi- tive Induced Them to Draw Money From Oakland Bank | | the trouble that affected them. | bring it to him. | Weber then sent the couple home and i | SAN JOSE, April 19.—Hypnotized | {and robbed of $2000 and with their | minds temporarily wrecked, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Drew, who recently |came to California from New Hamp- ;shire, have asked the police to ar- ; rest Professor Anton Weber, a clair- | voyant and mind reader, who for two ! weeks operated in this city. | Last Monday Drew and his wife | were taken from a house on 'St. John | street, raving mad. They had barri- | caded themselves behind doors and | said (they were the King and Queen | of Heaven. A night of detention and irest partially brought them to their senses and then they began unfolding ,a tale of robbery and control exer- | cised over them by Weber, to whom | they had gone a week before for ad- iv’"' Mrs. Drew has sworn to a com- | plaint charging Weber with grand lar- jceny, in that he has $2000 of her | money, and the police throughout the | State have been asked to arrest the clairvoyant and also take into cus- j tody his wife, who is supposed to be with him. Drew and his wife came here from Oakland about two weeks ago. They ' | had haq trouble there, and, seeing the glaring advertisements of Professor Weber, they consulted him. The clair- { voyant learned thev had considerable money and he suggested to them that he could aid them greatly in a finan- cial way if they had $2000 to invest in wheat, pork, lard or corn. He also suggested he could free them from Ac- cording to Mrs. Drew's story, Weber | clipped a lock of hair from the head of her husband and herself and a | small piece from the nail of each of | their forefingers. These he mixed with | a powder and ignited. the result was | a heavy incense, | them to inhale. which he ordered A tickling sensation and a sense of strangulation followed. DIRECTED TO GET MONEY. Weber then ordered Drew and his wife to go home and remain in the house without seeing any one. This was a week ago Monday. The next day Mrs. Weber went to the Drews’ home and treated the couple by pass- ing her hands over their foreheads, | evidently hypnotizing them. She visit- ed them the next day and on last | Thursday told the couple to accom- pany her to her husband’s office. The Drews obeyed and Professor Weber then directed them to go to Oakland and draw $2000 from the bank and re- | turn to San Jose. The Drews went to | Oakland, secured the money and re-| turned at once to Professor Weber's | office. The clairvovant told them to | § | | take the money home, place it under their pillows for the night and then This they did. told them to remain in the house until they had received a telegram from him directing them where to meet him in San Francisco. That was on last Saturday morning. HYPNOTIST DISAPPEARS. From last Thursday till last Monday the Drews had practically nothing to eat, for in their desire to obey the clairvoyant they did not dare to go outdoors. When arrested they had wrecked nearly everything in the house. Weber and his wife left the city last Sunday morning. When the police went to the Angelus, where they had rooms, last night to interview the pro- fessor and his wife they found a notice on the door that the parties were out of town and would not return until next Saturday. An investigation of | the rooms to-day shows, that every- thing had been removed by the ‘Webers and that they did not intend to return. Every effort will be made to capture them. The Drews are from Milford, N. H., and evidently people of means. At the house they occupied were found bank books showing that they had many thousands of dollars on devosit in Eastern banks: Drew was formerly engaged in the marble and stone busi- ness, but retired a few yvears ago. Drew and his wife are at a sanitarium and it is believed they will be all right in a few days. —_———— ) \ | 4 | ing the term was 1266 and the amount to. Every parlor of Native Sons in the L % |so paid aggregated $2,397,150, or an county was represented at the meet- FOR FREEDOM VALLEJO, April 19.—A general court-martial prisoner named Robert- son escaped from the marine guard at the navy yard yesterday afternoon and in the effort to retake him several hundred men of the Marine Corps and many employes of the navy yard took part. Robertson slipped away from a sentry, who was guarding several prisoners, who were cleaning up around the magazines at the lower end of Mare Island. His absence was soon discovered and a general alarm sounded. Robertson was seen running along the roadroad tracks near the magazine wharf and when command- ed to halt he jumped into the bay and ‘was rapidly being carried to the main- land when overtaken in a boat by Chief Gunner Ward and Gunner Brice. | Robertson was taken from the water without a struggle, but on nearing the ! wharf again jumped into the bay. A ! second boat went to the assistance of the first and the now thoroughly drenched prisoner was carried ashore and landed in the barracks prison. —_——— MACHINERY IS BOUGHT FOR HYDRAULIC FLUSHER Navy Officials Hope to Soon Settle the Question of Getting Deep Water at Mare Island. VALLEJO, April 19.—Material has been ordered and the machinery pur- chased in the East for the big hy- draulic flusher which is to be con- structed at Mare Island Navy Yard for the purpose of cleaning out the debris from the bottom of the Mare Island Straits. It is believed that by the use of the flusher and the seven longitudinal dykes, which are now un- der construction, the question of get- ting deep water at Mare Island Navy Yard will be settled. NEW YORK, 1 10.—H. Rider Haggard, the novelist, salled for Liverpool to-day '."mc,mé. for b5 My on the MEDICOS ENJOY SOUTHERN TRIP Delegates to Amma.l Con- vention of State Society Visit the Orange Groves GUESTS OF RIVERSIDE Long Programme Arranged for an Tinportant Session, Which They Hold To-Day RIVERSIDE, April 19.—The second day's session of the annual convention of the California State Medical Soci- ety opened with an address by Presi- dent Frank L. Adams of Oakland. He congratulated the society on the work that had been accomplished and urged that the showing made should be an incentive to greater efforts. The principal address of the morn- ing session was delivered by N. K. Foster, secretary of the State Board of Health. His subject was *“The Hopes, Disappointments and Successes of the State Board of Health.” The paper was a history of the State Board and a general outline of the work accomplished by it.* The convention adjourned at noon to give the delegates an opportunity to enjoy the hospitality of the River- side Society. The visitors were taken in automobiles through the orange groves. The ride was followed by a polo game in honqgt of the physicians at Chemawa Park. This evening there was a smoker at the Victoria Club. An important session of the con- vention will occur to-morrow, for which a long programme has been prepared. SRS KNIGHTS OF ROYAL ARCH. Grand Lodge of Organization Holds Annual Election of Officers. SACRAMENTO, April 18.—The Grand Lodge of the Knights of the Royal Arch to-day elected the following offi- cers: Grand valiant,commander, The- odore Gier of Oakland; grand lieuten- ant commander, J. L. Herget of San Francisco; grand treasurer, Frank Cheek of San Jose; grand crator, Al ‘Woodward of Fresno; grand recorder, F. G. Roney of San Francisco; grand master. of ceremonies, David Becker of San Francisco: grand captain of the guard, M. E. Wilson of Stockton; gragd tyler, Frank Baldwin ¢f Eureka; grand attorney, Louis Oneil of San Jose; grand board of trustees—Frank Ruh- staller of Sacramento, Theodore Lun- stedt and Charles Mitchell of San Francisco, Henry Lonjers of Stockton, C. Barr of Woodland, C. F. A. Last of Los Angeles and R. K. Nabbe of Oak- land. The next Grand Lodge will be held in San Jose. HOODMEY HEAR TEAR' REPORTS LOS ANGELES, April 19.—1. I Boak | of Denver, head clerk of the Woodmen's organization of the Pacific States, will in all probability be elected head con- | ! sul for this jurisdiction at the meeting the acreage large, but the yield will be; to-morrow morning, in succession to Acting Head Consul Foley of Los An- geles. This seemed <o be the drift of sentiment among the delegates to- night, and Boak's friends are elaiming his election as a certainty on the first ballot. | The day was taken up in hearing re- | ports of Head Consul Foley, Head | Clerk Boak, Head Banker Cooper and | Head Physiclan Hughes. That of Head | Consul Foley was exhaustive, and after an appropriate tribute to his prede~ cessor made a large number of recom- mendations for the welfare of the or- der, touching hazardous vocations, dis- I trict conventions, appeals, trials, per capita tax, rates, delegates to Head Camp, fraternal spirit, suspensions, or- ' ganizers, uniform. rank, graded certifi- | cates, Woodmen publications, etc. After the convening of the afternoon session Head Clerk L. I. Boak read his report, showing the increase in mem- bership in the jurisdiction for the past term to have been 762, the total num- ber of original applications received be- ing 32,597, of which California leads with 19,899. The head physician reject- ed 1500 applicants. Counting the fra- ternal members and the increase would give a total for the term of 34,139. The number of death claims paid dur- average monthly payment of $1894 27 each. WILL PROTECT THE CANDIDATES STOCKTON, April 19.—The Republi- can and Democratic City Committees held a joint session this morning and organized one general committee for both parties for the purpose of arrang- ing all campaign matters that are com- mon to the two parties. S. B. Coates was elected chairman of the general committee and Harry T. Fee was elect- ed secretary. It was decided that all campaign expenses must be sanctioned by the general committee. Advertis- ing, rental of halls and hire of bands. etc., will be expenses that the general committee will have full charge of. Resolutions were passed to that effect. | The idea is to save the candidates from needless and useless expense and an- noyance. B RSy HEALDSBURG POSTOFFICE EMPLOYE UNDER ARREST L Cameron Stoffall Is Taken Into Cus- tody on Charge of Having Tam- pered With Letters. SANTA ROSA, April 19.—Cameron Stoffall, an employe of the Healds- burg postoffice, was arrested at that | place to-day by a Deputy United States | Marshal, charged with tampering with | letters, The case will come up in’ Judge de Haven's court at San Fran- cisco next Tuesday. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ANDERSON STARTS EAST —_— \ Will Visit the Larger Citles in the Interest of the California Fruit Distributors. SUISUN, April 19.—Lieutenant Gov- ernor Alden Anderson, who is man- ager of the California Fruit Dis- tributors, left for the East to-day. He will visit the principal Eastern cities in the interests of that organization. . M. Free of Mountain View were pres- confirmed to-day. The price is stated to be $2.000,000. ALBANY, N. Y., - sirs tomight signed (b, stock transter BN I B2%bRE Ve of alt corporacion stock sseuriion ensures the commen . N 1 NING STROKE If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy tion of the well formed, and as a reason- able amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one’s improvement in cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches, etc. It is all-important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one ot known quality and excellence, like the ever pleas- ant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system ect- ually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, * simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating, or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manu- facture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth con- siderifig in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP ©OR RIGS is a remedy of known quality physicians that has led to its and excellence, and approved b use by so many millions of we informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable dn.ggis's and that full name of the company— California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, soc per bottle. LARGE WHEAT |TIMBER FRAUD |JURY ACQUITS (ROP EXPECTED Special Dispateh to The Call. SAN DIEGO, April 19.—Present pros- pects point to an immense grain crop being harvested in Lower California. With the promise of plenty of water much ground was planted. The Lower | California Development Company has about 27,000 acres, Manager J. H. Pack- ard has about 14,000 acres and there are at least 5000 acres outside of these two holdings. The grain looks fine and | there seems now no danger save from rust, and that is remote. Not only isi large-per acre, and the company mills will be kept busy for the entire year making it into flour. The crop from the desert side will also be large. It will be brought around through this | country in bond for Ensenada. P COSEATL TS T S BIG INITIATION OF NATIVE SONS Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, April 19.—A joint initia- tion by San Jose, Palo Alto and Obser- vatory parlors of this city and Santa Clara Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, was held this evening in Eagles’ Hall. Fifty-eight candidates were initiated. The work was put on by a team made up from the different lodges. Grand Trustee Daniel Ryan of San Francisco, State Organizer Mocker of San Francisco and District Deputy A. ent. A banquet followed the Initiation. at which many toasts were responded It was the largest initia- ing to-night. in this tion of the order ever held county. DYLIER HOLDS APPOINTHENT SACRAMENTO, April 19.—It has been repeatedly reported that Thomas B. Dozier, District Attorney for Shasta County, has declined his appointment by the Governor to the new created Superior Judgeship of that county be- cause he wished to keep the office he held from falling to a Democrat. who would be appointed by the Supervisors. Governor Pardee said to-day that Dozier has not yet communicated with him regarding his acceptance or rejec- tion of the position 6f Superior Judge. So far as the Governor is concerned Dozer is the new Superior Judge. FATAL FIGHT OVER A MINE GREENVILLE, April 19.—Fred Scott of Seneca, this county, was Kkilled to- day by blows from a pick handle wield- ed by W. H. Ryan, with whom he had quarreled over the lease of a mine held by Ryan. Ryan claims to have acted in self-defense. Scott was an old resi- dent of Plumas County, He leaves a —_————— REDDING, April 19.—The sale of the La Grange hydraulic mine in Trinity Courty, said to be the greatest hydraulic property in the world, was (ASES CALLED PORTLAND, Or., April 19.—Former District Attorney John H. Hall figured as the chief actor in the land fraud proceedings in the Federal court this morning. It was agreed that District Attorney Heney should file a brief in support of his demurrer to Hall's plea | in abatement; that Hall should have ten days in which to answer and that instead of arguing the matter orally the questions involved should be sub- mitted to the court entirely in brief form. Hall is charged in the indictment with having conspired with five others in an attempt to impede justice by be- smirching the character of Heney. It was also agreed that the cases of Rev. Stephen W. Turnell, a Rose- burg minister; Receiver J. H. Booth of the Roseburg Land Office; his brother-in-law, Frank E. Singleton, and Frank E. Alley, a Roseburg ab- stracter, should be combined and the same course pursued with them as in the Hall matter, each of the defend- ants having filed pleas in abatement, which were demurred to by Heney. —_—— Earthquake at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, April 19.—A sharp earthquake shock was felt here at an early hour this morning. A heavy fall of rain followed the temblor. —_——— Throws Himself in Front of Train. REDDING, April 19. — Frank Mooney, a miner employed at the Af- terthought mine, hurled himself in front of a northbound passenger train this evening and was rescued by Jas- &?r Bidwell and Alexander Leiter. hile being carried away another train came along and Mooney made a second attempt to kill himself. ACCUSED MINER Special Dispatch to The Call. NAPA, April 19.—The trial of John Clemensg, a miner at Oat Hill, charged with inciting a strike at a mine and threatening violence, was held to-day at Calistoga before Judge Ashton. The testimony showed that about April 8 Clemens and thirty other men were on strike at the mine, that they induced forty others to leave work by persua- sion and threats and that the mine was in a state of siege. Clemens and the other men became angry at the op- pressive acts of Assistant Mine Super- intendent Henderson, and it was al- leged threatened to drive him from the mine and also threatened the life of Superintendent B. M. Newcomb. Clem- ens and four companions were arrested by Sheriff Dunlap and deputies and brought to the County Jail at Napa. After being out two hours this after- noon the jury held that Clemens was justified in his acts and brought in a verdict of acquittal. pnih i —— New Lodge of Good Templars. SANTA CRUZ, April 19.— A new lodge of Good Templars was organized here last night and the following offi- cers elected: Chief templar, Ernest Cleary; vice templar, Miss Sadie Mc- Fadden: superintendent of juvenile work, Mrs. Alice Corey: chaplain, Rev. James Vance; recording secretary, Charles W. Cleary; assistant secre- tary, Miss Decimer Monahan; finan- cial secretary, Mrs. W. P. Netherton: treasurer, Miss Hattie Fitch; lodge deputy, C. A. Wood; marshal, Roscoe Baldwin; assistant marshal, Miss Net- tie Buckman; guard, Mrs. Kittie Ca- hoon; sentinel, Charles Park. —_—_———— BERLIN, Apeil 19.—General von Trompa tel- egraphs from Kubub, German Southwest Af- rica, that in-fighting with rebels the Germans lost two officers and several men killed. ADVERTISEMENTS. Boys’ Easter Suits Sailors Etons Russian Blouses * Norfolks * Two Piece Suits “Satisfaction in Every Stitch” A Full Line of Confirmation Suits Knee Pants Suits, $5.00 to $10.00 Long Trouser Suits, $10.00 up Easter Eggs for Every Child ‘Whether you purchase or not ROOS Kearny BROS. ¢ Post — N