Miss'Bleahot Kelly Accidentally Killed
Wine Riding With Friends.
RIFLE IN HANDS OF BOY
DEALS DEATH TO A GIRL
NOTED XINGUIST. AND MAGAZINE WRITER, HIS FORMER WIFE AND
THE DAUGHTER- FOR THE CUSTODY OF WHOM THEY HAVE AP
PEALED TO THE IOWA COURTS.
saw smoke. Then the buggy stopped and
I heard one of the boy3 say,. 'Come on,
let's run,' and they started off as fast as
they could go. . I didn't see which way
they went after they turned around the
hill. I 'didn't know any one -had been' shot
until papa told me when he came home,
about an hour afterward,"
- Thielo Lendewig Sr. says he was stand
ing In the doorway of Rlley's Bungalow
saloon and saw the vehicle containing
.Miss Kelly coming up. the road. He heard
,tho shot fired and: saw sojtne boys on the
mountainside, near the roadway. He
, thought the shooting was- accidental.
"These hoodlums from town have been,
shooting my pigeons right along," said
he, "and I guess that in trying to kill
them^they killed this poor girl."
¦ Proprietor Green of the Five-Mil*
House believes the shooting was acci
dental from what he heard. Mrs. Green,
who was in the saloon when Kehoe and
the girls, came in for .water, said they
told stories about the affair which didn't
quite Jibe.' "At first the man said the
woman had beei/drinktng and had faint
ed,"- said she, "and then the' girls after
ward said she had- been shot."
• This, 'however, is explained by Katie's
statement that she did not know her sis
ter had been hurt until after she had
come 'out of the saloon and had tried to
raise her head.
The parents of the unfortunate young
woman are, greatly distressed over tho
shooting, as Is Miss Katie. She told, be
tween sobs, how she had heard the noise,
as of a clap of hands, and of her slater
falling over into her lap, and of the ef
forts to resuscitate her! » .>h. V
TROLLEY CAR ACCIDENT. \
NEARLY CAUSES : LYNCHING
Policemen Are Compelled to Draw
Revolvers to Protect Motor
man and Conductor.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 9.— A crowd " to r night
attempted, to lynch the motorman and
conductor of a trolley car that had struck
a wagon containing i twelve persona at
Jefferson avenue and Howard street, in
juring eight One. a girl, was injured in
ternally and was taken to a hospital. Tho
others "received severe bruises, but were
able to go to thelr.homes.. ' ,
¦ A. crowd soon ; collected around the
wagon and some one shouted, "Lynch
the 'car crew." Instantly a rush was
made for : the conductor and motorman.
Several policemen rushed to the rescue
and by, threats to shoot kept the crowd
back until a patrol wagon could be called.
The ' car . men were then taken to the po
lice station to save their lives.
, '."I ; would know -the boys if I ever, saw
them;/a'gain," . said ,Thlelo» "They have
been around here shooting papa's pigeons
several-times before., I saw them on the
mountain this morning, just - as the rigs
were coming, along.^arid. when the pigeons
¦flew; up one of the boys shot twice. I
think/ 1 Anyhow, I'm sure he shot once.
I looked in the direction of the shot and
Kehoe and Mooney were taken to Cap
tain-of-Detectives Martin's office, and
later _were released on their own recognlz
ance,'.the authorities being convinced that
there -w^s nothing to warrant the belief
that', the shooting was premeditated. A
search was begun for- the small boys, the
detectives .on the description
giyeVthem^by the little fellow who saw
the .sad affair. .
QUICKLY RUN AWAY.
Not knowing yet that Miss Kelly had
been shot and thinking she .had only
fainYed, Kehoe whipped up his horses. arid
drove at full -speed toward Green's Five-
Mile House, at the fork of the San Bruno
road. y. There the young woman was lifted
from V^he vehicle and carried . to a shed
adjoining: the saloon. Kehoe- ran inside
and "brought out a glass of ice water,
which he dashed into the prostrate girl's
face, hoping to revive her. Then Katie
and' Miss Cummlngs brought more water.
When' they returned - Katie placed her
hand under her sister's head to raise it.
She; was"; horrified at the sight of blood
flowing - from the wound in the head.
They quickly carried the unconscious girl
to Rlley's Bungalow saloon, only a few
paces -/away, and called Dr. Todd, who
came over from Fourteenth and Railroad
avenues.. .Making a hasty examination,
he found that the young woman had been
shot and directed that she be taken to the
hospltaj." !¦¦—•. ''..¦
"i'AtUhe"' hospital . Drs. Blake and Mc-
Elroy found that the bullet had entered
the' brain and that the chances of the vic
tim's recovery were remote. After 'giving
their statements the young woman's com
panions departed and the police were im
mediately \ /notified.' Detectives ; .Cody.
Braig, Ryan and Graham and one or two
officers from the Mission station were de
tailed 'on Jhe case. ..They visited the peo
ple In the neighborhood f of the shooting
and; after getting their testimony, con
cluded it was a case of accidental shoot
ing. / : V^ - \ -
Miss Kelly fell over. At first her com
panions thought she had fainted, although
Katie said she heard a sharp noise like
¦the clap of a hand. Theilo says the boys
turned and ran a3 soon as the buggy
stopped. • ¦'"".¦
" 'YOUNG .WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH YESTERDAY, PRESXJM
; . ABLY BY A LAD WHO WAS* H1JNTING PIGEONS, HER SISTER
• ." | i AND THE MAN WHO EXPLAINS HOW TRAGEDY OCCURRED.
Three . boys, ' each; about ; 14 or # 15 f years
of • age. ' two ' in 'knickerbockers and 4 the
other in long trousers, .were .coming jdown
the .mountain ') side. | All \ hadr guns. • As
the Vehicle rattled along- ;it' scared a flock
of > pigeons from Lendewig's'roof arid they
flew; up. According to\Ttieilo,,orie of 5 the
boys ' raised ; his gun arid" fired. - Instantly
BOY v FIRES .: AT ' i PIGEONS.
: A 'little way from , the Kelly, home the
party, met Thomas . Bryant and Richard
Mooney, two friends, seated in a go-cart.
The ' six persons started down ; Railroad
avenue, .their /destination 1 being a j farm
house -on trie' San ; Bruno, road, : where ;: a
clambake had : been' arranged. ' Mooney
and ; Bryant, in jtheir. cart, ;led' tlie:'way,
Kehoe^ahd the. three girls .following in
the'two-seated vehicle.: Down the avenue
they 1 jogged until they: came | to '.within^ a
stone's r : throw of 'the I San ToaJ,
where' they' saw little' Th'eifo playing 'in
front of his father's. house. , J ..,", *
FALLS INTO SISTER'S LAP.
Miss Kelly, who had '.just, passed; her
eighteenth" year, was' th*e" • daughter, of
James Keliy, a foreman working for Con :
tractor .Hogan. She -lived/ with* her sister
Katie and her parents Nin a. neat little
dwelling at '•' ' 1729' Eighteenth' ayenu>.
South, v According . tor'prearrangement,
Robert Kehoe, a • young man whom.-lhe
Kelly .girls had known a long while,
drove up to their home shortly before. 10
o'clock yesterday morning ' with . Miss
Flora.Cummings.'one of their chums, and
after the lunch, baskets had been loaded
in the girls took seats back of Kehoe and
Miss Cummlngs and .'the little party of
merrymakers started 'down the road In
pleasurable anticipation- of a happy ( hol-
Iday.' .'¦¦•?' ' ¦¦ : < W-y,'-. ¦•.:;:'.„ . : '- .';
that before, /lightfall, 'her life
less form would lie ,'on- a slab at the C/ity
Morgue. Miss ¦Kelly.- was shot to death
by a stray bullet f ronu a .Winchester car
ried by an unknown small boy who stood'
on the mountainside trying to pick off- a
farmer's pigeons.'" The "bullet 'pierced the
cover of the vehicle -in -which the girl
rode and entered " Jier,'head' about ah . inch
above the. tip of the left ear, passing
through- to the-braln" where -it Vested -In
its fatal flight.- The girl : fell forward. into
the lap of her sister^Katie, who sat be
side' her, .blood oozing, from, the wound.
She remained unconscious until she: died,
just before dusk in the : City and County
Hospital. • . \ ;;
Theilo Lendewig Jr., a bright little chap
of 10 years, .who was. out^ in the'roadway
"trying to lassoo papa's fence,", was the
only - witness to the shoqting and .his
statement to the police routed the theory
at ' first advanced -that- there -were cir
cumstance,s of mystery surrounding ' the
unfortunate affair. ' It was'sal'd a go-cart,
in which' two men were . riding, followed
in the rear of the vehicle occupied by the
girl who met her death, and -that ; they
took flight as soon as the shot was .fired.
Investigation' of this rumor soon j proved
its falsity. '.. ' ¦'•' -, ¦¦;1 ' ; ; : .:*^1? . ; ',!
-w- ITTLE did pretty Eleanor Kelly
¦ B ' know yesterday -morning when
m . ' she • left r her • - father's -. ' home",
J» light-he'arled.and^ gay,- to spend
JBLmm*tf tho Sabbath with companions,
PEKING. Nov. 9.-A rebellion . against
taxation to meet the indemnity China Is
to pay to the powers has broken out In the
southwestern part of Chili province.
Troops have been sent to suppress the dis
orders *"" ''* •' - ' -'•¦"¦.*¦. .i -. t : ! ¦ , ,
Chinese Rebel Against Taxation.
.: At the, start'.there: was some; difference
of. opinion' relative : to^ the ; desirability of
so,,Tadical. a 1 move, but when Miss? Jane
Addams.of Hull House expressed-her;:be
lief I In* the > wisdom'; 'of the.'plan. <'most. of
the"doubters, : were convincedand the vote
in" favor of. a petition ; for; admission' to
the federation ! was nearly _ unanimous;
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.— The Chicago Teach
ers' f Federation voted" to-day, to ! enter! the
ranks of union labor: and ; will '¦ask for
admission to rthe' Chicago Federation of
Labor.'.:, The .decision • was;reached after a
,foUr:hoursV- session^ in : the- Art Institute.
. , Labor, men say» that t the teachers will
be. welcomed into the central labor body.
Decide to Apply for Admission to
' the Lake City's Central v • -¦
: Federation.
CHICAGO ; TEACHERS VOTE
TO JOIN LABOR'S, RANKS
Prominent Physician Dies Suddenly.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9._Dr. Robert Newtpn
Tooker, one of the prominent physicians
of Chicago and president of the. Illinois
Homeopathic Medical Association, died
suddenly to-day of apoplexy. When a ser
vant found his-body lying on the floor in
tho bathroom the physician^ had appar
ently been dead several . hours. Dr.
Tooker. who was 61 years of age, was
well known as a writer on medical^ub-
From some mining centers it is reported
that some of the miners are likely to re
turn to work to-morrow In spite of the de
cision of the congress to the contrary.
A clash between strikers and gendarmes
and cavalry Is reported from Clermont
Ferrand (Puy de Dome). It was not.at
tended by serious results. ':. '..- .
HIAWATHA. Kans., Nov. 9.— A letter
written to "a' local paper announces that
an old man who recently died in Seattle
left an estate worth .$1,000,000. to Lizzie
Boyee of this county because ' she had
shown him kindness when he. was In sore
nfced years ago. ; The letter .was written
»to the .'paper, in the hope of finding the
young, woman. ¦ -_ = '•..;• ..¦•:.
/ Lizzie Boyce Is. the. 24-year-old daughter
of Elijah Boyce, a farmer, who lives near
Hiawatha. • Miss Boyce took the news of
her inheritance calmly, stating that --she
would believe it when she saw the money,
remembers the old man, or the one
she presumes Is, referred to, very well.
"About seven- years ago, early In the
fall,"- said rshe,> "an old man and woman
traveling. In a wagon | stopped near. 'our
house. ' \ I .went out to see them, and -found
the; old man ,moanlng Tjy the side," of ,his
wagon. : He was sick , v and I doctored " him
as best I 'could. He' thanked .me •pro
fusely t on' starting jj and"; took my name,
saying I should hear from "him 1 some
day." •" .'.;•', : . : '..,". ": ¦_ '¦ ' .T.-~-
DAUGHTER r 0F A FARMER /
FALLS; HEIR TO A FORTUNE
There are affidavits from Llewellyn
Christian, senior warden of St. Mark's
Church, Minneapolis, to refute the claim
of Mrs. Conrad that she is a regular at
tendant upon that. ch.urch, and from Fred
B. . Dodge, .a< Minneapolis lawyer, who
gives it as his opinion that the child has
been coached to make declarations in fa
vor of its mother. ,
Rev. C. Hitchcock, president. of Hitch
cock . Military ...Academy, San Ra
fael; William H. Atkinson, pastor
of the First Congregational Church,
San Rafael; John TJ Egan, rec
tor of St. Raphael's Catholic Church,
San .Rafael; S. ' M. Augustine, a
San Francisco banker: Hugh C Gorley.
a San Rafael merchant; George J. Buck
nail; a San Francisco doctor; P. A. Mor
bio, a San Francisco lawyer; F. M. An
gellottl, a. Justice-elect of the California
Supreme Court; A. ,W. FosW, president
of the California and Northwestern Rail
way; T. J. .Crowley, a San Francisco law
yer; David Starr Jordan, president of Le
land Stanford Jr." University, and a num
ber of other residents of San Francisco
and San Rafael testify that Ventura ' is
a man of good moral character and of
extraordinary accomplishment. - .
CALIFORNIA WITNESSES.
and was more worldly than spiritually
Inclined, and I would not have received
him into my household if he had called.
I advised Mrs. Ventura to attend to her
household duties and not follow the crowd
to the church of this reverend divine."
"I knew Dr. Cathell was of "a cqrivivial
disposition and was termed a lady's man
In another affidavit Ventura swears that
Mrs. Ventura, while" living in St. Paul,
annoyed him by flirting with' other men':
He charges that she was such a persist
ent flirt that at times she gave the child
narcotics so that it would sleep while he
was away from home and she could leave
the rooms to carry on her flirtations.. :
In reply to the affldavits.of Dr. Cathell.
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church,
Ventura says: •
TELLS OF FLIRTATIONS.
Ventura alleges that while he and his
wife were in St. Paul they "lived in the
Hotel "Barteaux, and that" while he was
absent on business he learned that E. A.
Conrad, the woman's present , husband
and who had. been one of r . her admirers
before her marriage, . had called . on Mrs.
Ventura in her rooms.. He says he cen
sured his wife for this. ' She became an
gry,' and taking their child went to the
home of a Mrs. Floyd, at 884 Ottawa ave
nue. West St. Paul, 1 where she. remained
for several days. ',• .' ,
Affiant says that Mrs. Floyd had shield
ed his wife- for a number of years, 'and
that it was at .her house that she had
first met Arctander before his marriage to
her.
marriage his : wife told, him I that j John
Alexander Arctander, a Minneapolis law
yer, had insured his life for her benefit.
Ventura says that he compelled his wife
to return the policy to Arctander.
Representative 'Llttlefield of Maine is
regarded j as the : anti-administration
leader in the House • on the subject -of
Cuban reciprocity. He has strong views
on the trust question, and, if he. had the
President behind* him, could /go into -the
House and make a winning flgh't. "'',
Representative 'Payne of New j York is
not regarded . as a strong candidate for
Speaker. < He insisted on , entering the
race, however, which probably will pre
vent ' Representative- Sherman of New
York "making, a canvass. It is believed
Sherman will at the proper time throw
his influence to Representative Cannon.
LITTLEFIELD'S CHANCES.
Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania
represents the ultra sky-^igh protection-^
ists. If is also believed that if Dalzell
should be elected Speaker the President's
policy • of . legislation , in regard to the
trusts would receive a setback, as Dal
zell's candidacy typifies the .trusts as well
as the prohibitive tariff. -
Representative Cannon of Illinois, who
is still the leading candidate for Speaker,
to a certain* extent, also represents the
"stand-pat" policy. But he. comes from
a district overwhelmingly in favor of the
President, and if he, did not* sustain
Roosevelt in everything the President
wanted it is ' doubtful if he could be
elected. . . . :. ~ •• . " "¦•"•* "• . :
The candidates for Speaker, so far as
the tariff issue is tjoncerned, embody all
of the different classes of protectionists.
Representative Joseph W. > Babcock of
Wisconsin undoubtedly stands as the
most rational of all exponents of a pro
tective tariff. He' believes it is essential
to continued Republican success that. the
party should get away from certain
schedules that are now prohibitive and
modify, duties so as to reduce the price
of the articles to the consumer. . '
There are some, who would make it ap
pear that .this t contest ! for '• the speaker
ship involves' nothing \. else than 'the am
bition of , a half-dozen > men, more or : less,
.tb'**Jlil* Speaker: Henderson's^ shoes. -v But
'the^^Wstri^
that," since { It is "peirf ectly*; well-i kn^wn
that; it will be the , policy ; of r the admin
istration: to meet the trust question with
legislation; to give Cuba reciprocity/and,
possibly, also! to remedy some" of the
defects of the present ; tariff, where
schedules are prohibitive instead of pro
tective. . No "stand pat" candidate could
afford to favor any of these things.
¦ President Roosevelt is not taking any
part in the fight for Speaker. He will
telPall of the candidates that they are
equally his friends. All of the candi
dates in turn are declaring they are
Roosevelt men and a point, that proba
bly will have weight as a determining
factor In the struggle will be: Which of
these candidates for Speaker will be of
the most help . to the administration in
putting the party, into shape for the
great Presidential battle of 1904? ';¦¦-[
VIEWS OF THE ASPIRANTS.
POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT.
CALL BUREAU, . 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-iUnder cov
er of the 'contest for the speakershlp of
the \ FIf tVfelghth ; Congress, the ~ great
struggle over r the .'trusts' and :the tariff
that threatens the autonomy of the Re
publican party is now under way. i-
Whether legislation .-; shall be passed
curbing the trusts -and providing for the
publicity ¦ of great corporations, j and
whether.an amendment;. to 'the constitu
tion centralizing Federal power . over
State corporations shall fbe started on its
long' and> difficult career, may* depend
upon the outcome of the contest now un- :
der way\between six or seven ambitious
Representatives. .
So, too, may the- question as to whether
the tariff /shall 'be "disturbed ,and modi
fied to meet the demands made by both
the East and the West depend' upon the
outcome of this Speakership fight. If one
of -a certain class of candidates should
¦win it undoubtedly would be regarded as
a triumph for the Americn ; Protective
Tariff League and for the "let-well
enbugh-alone" embodied in Senator Han
na's advice to - "stand pat;" i
Special : Dispatch to The Call,
LittlefieldpRegarded as an
Anti-Administration
:; Leader. (
President Will Take
No Hand in the
/_¦ ;•;¦•. Contest. ;i
Strength of the
Factions.
Result; Will Show
PARIS, Nov. 9.— The Government is
taking precautions to handle another out
break on the part of the striking miners
should the decision readied last night
to continue the strike be followed by
violence. Troops were active in the min
ing regions throughout the day, but no
serious disorders have as yet been re
ported. The authorities believe that the
crisis in the strike is near and that the
next twenty-four hours will settle the
Question whether the men bold their de
cision to continue the movement or strag
gle back to the mines. . • • y
Following: the decision of the miners*
congress to continue the strike there were
disorderly occurrences in Lens (Pas dc
Calais) last night. The cavalry charged
repeatedly a crowd of 15,000 riotous miners .
, and succeeded in preventing them advanc- :
-*'-;?. Considerable minor damage was
*cne.
At Courrleres (Pas de Calais) houses of
non-strikers were sacked and a number
of coal wagons were burned. * '£? . .
CRISIS DRAWING NEAR
. IN THE FRENCH STRIKE
Professor Ventura has filed his answer,
but access to it was not had until yester
day, owing to an effort to permanently
suppress it. In this answer he alleges
that his wife is unfit to care for the child,
for the rea.scn that her conduct tras •im
proper In the extreme prior to nis maiv:
riage and subsequent thereto. Ho asserts
that a number of prominent society men
of Minneapolis and elsewhere, whose
names he mentions, were the gay compan
ions o' his wife. He says it was his agree
ment to suppress these facts that induced
his •wife to grant him the custody of the
child at the time of the divorce and that
lie states them with reluctance now, only
because he wants their little girl.
Affiant then tells of his occupation in
San Francisco as a teacher of modern
languages: says that he has had the child
with him: had provided her with a good
home: had been educating her in the Do
minican College and had afforded the
child's mother opportunities of visiting
her there. He says he received a letter
from E. A. Conrad, Mrs. Ventura's sec
ond husband, stating that he did not
want his wife to see the child and did not
want the cbild under his roof. Ventura
makes this letter an exhibit in the case.
SAYS SHE MALIGNED HIM.®
Continuing, he says that Mrs. Conrad
came to California in July and that, he
encouraged companionship between her
and their daughter,' and that Mrs. Conrad
abducted the child. He charges that she
circulated defamatory reports among his
pupils in San Rafael and tried to destroy
his reputation there.
Ventura asserts that E. A. Conrad is a
man of only moderate resources, and that
Mrs. Conrad's father, H. C. Mulford, is
a shirt manufacturer of but moderate
means and not able to afford a home for
the child. He says that Mulford has
written to him eaying he is desirous that
he (Ventura) should have the custody of
the child, and this letter is also set out
as an exhibit.
Continuing, Ventura recites the contents
of a letter from Conrad, saying that if
Mrs. Conrad -visited California she could
remain there and not return to his home.
In a second affidavit Ventura swears
that while he and his wife were sojourn
ing at Neenah, Wis., he intercepted a
letter directed to her from Otis Colburn,
who was then the editor of a Milwaukee
newspaper, in which Colburn deplored
her marriage to Ventura. Ventura testi
fies that he replied to this letter. In re
eponse Colburn wrote a letter of apology.
MAXES MANY ALLEGATIONS.
Ventura testified that soon after their
VENTURA MAKES ANSWER.
The incident was forgotten locally until
several months" ago. when press dis
patches announced that Mrs. Conrad had
kidnaped her child In San Rafael, eluded
California officers cleverly and succeeded
in reaching Minneapolis with the child,
where she was safe from pursuit because
California's Governor refused to Issue
requisition papers for her arrest.
The next move occurred two weeks ago,
when Mrs. Ventura filed application In
the local court for a modification of the
decree of divorce, granting her custody
of the child. She supported her applica
tion with affidavits from Governor Cum
mins, the Rev. J. Everist Cathell, a cler
gyman prominent in Des Moines, two ex-
Justices of the Supreme Court and a
dozen prominent bankers and club men,
all certifying to her excellent character
and her fitness and ability to have the
care of the child. Leading Minneapolis
churchmen and business men swore to
similar statements.
WIFE BEOPENS THE CASE.
Hf V. ES MOIXES, Nov. 9.— The
B ft names of Governor A. B.
» fir Cummins, President Jordan
ff > # of Leland Stanford Univer
™ ' Bl ty, Justice-elect Angellottl
of the California Supreme
Court and many others of almost equal
note appear as witnesses testifying u> the
good character of a father In a sensa
tional suit for the custody of a pretty
nine-year-old miss, -whose father Is Pro
fessor Louis D. Ventura, an eminent lin
guist of San Rafael. Cal.. and whose
mother, a famous beauty, is now Mrs. E.
¦A- Corraa wife of a retired business man
of Minneapolis.
The Venturas, after having achieved
the pinnacle of social prominence In this
city four years ago, suddenly startled so
ciety folk by mutually seeking a divorce.
They were supposed to be supremely hap
py and had an abundance of this world's
eoods. An extraordinary feature of the
divorce, which was granted to the wife on
the ground of cruel and Inhuman treat
ment, without contest, was that the cus
tody of the child was awarded the father.
The latter went to San Francisco and the
mother to Minneapolis, where she soon
married.
SPEAKERSHIP
FIGHT OPENS
TARIFF WAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS, i
VOLUME XCII— NO. 163.
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, NO^BMBBKi 10,. 1902.1
Many Prominent Californiaris Appear as
Witnesses in the Casei
VENTURAS REOPEN LEGAL
STRIFE FOR THEIR CHILD
The San Francisco Call.