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FATAL GRIEF
OF BALLINGTON
BOOTH'S WIFE
The Talented Woman
Is Dying From a
Broken Heart.
Worry Over Troubles
Causes the Rupture of
a Blood Vessel.
Shocks Incident to Estrange
ment Between Her Hus
band and His Father.
GETS ANONYMOUS LETTERS
Evidences of Hostility That Have
Broken Down the Noted
Christian Worker.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK, Doc. 23.— Mrs. Maud
B. Booth, wife of Commander Balling
ton Booth of the American Volun
unteers, is said to be growing weaker
CAPTAIN DAVID L. BRAINARD, Who Will Command the
Klondike Relief Expedition.
hourly and there is but little hope of
her recovery. Mrs. Booth is said to be
dying of a broken heart. Nor is this
statement a figure of speech, if the
story is correct, as t "ld by Mrs. Booth's
most intimate friends. It is to the ef
fect that a rupture of a blood vessel
of the heart, as the doctors diagnose
Mrs. Booth's case, was caused by in
tense grief and shock incident to the
miunderstanding between Ballington
Booth and his father, which resulted
in Ballinpton Booth's withdrawal from
the Salvation Army and their subse
quent persecution- It was in January.
1896, that General Booth ordered his
son and daughter-in-law from Ameri
c;i. The next month they withdrew
from the army. Since th<'n. the volun
teers say, Mrs. Booth has bt-f-n the vic
tim of most malignant personal at
tacks. On top of this, her friends say,
every mail brought to Mrs. Booth
anonymous letters — pome of the most
Violent nature— telling her that she
was responsible for estranging her
husband from his family and that she
'had shortened the life of General
Booth, commander-in-chiif of the
Salvation Army, by her actions. These
letters and other evidences of hostility
have been taken greatly to heart by
Mrs. Booth.
Commander Booth - Tucker of the
Salvation Army has issued the follow
ing statement in reference to the atti
tude of the Salvation Army regarding
Mrs. Booth's illness:
"While realizing that this is not the
moment to enter into any argument,
controversy or defense, yet in case our
position should be misunderstood, and
in view of the statement made by the
press, I am constrained, on behalf of
our people all over the world, to say
that there is but one feeling in our
hearts regarding the illness of Mrs.
li<;oth, and the consequent sorrow and
anxiety through which Commander
Ballington Booth is passing. That
feeling is love, which would find ex
pression in unceasing prayer.
Consul Mrs. Booth-Tucker has been
In constant communication with the
hospital and with Commander Bal-
Jington Booth, expressing her sym
pathy and proffering assistance within
her power, while General Booth has
cabled from London the assurances of
• his prayers/"
The Yale-Cornell Controversy.
ITHACA, N. V., \)c<-. S',.— The delay
in bringing about an agreement be-
tween Cornell and Yale for a race be
tween the crews of these two univer
sities is: creating a feeling here that
after all there may be no race. Even
the most conservative members of the
council are becoming antagonistic to
Yale. It is believed that another con
ference should be held immediately
and the matter .settled at once, so that
a feeling so dangerous to the most im
portant negotiations may be nipped in
the bud.
KLONDIKERS
RETURN TO
VICTORIA
Both Food and Work
Are Scarce at
Dawson.
The Call's Advices Reit
erated by the Latest
Arrivals.
Nearly Every Man Coming Out
Has Worthless Claims for
Sale.
WARNINGTO THE PUBLIC.
Drastic Provisions of the New Mining
Law — Property Will Be Easily
Forfeited.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 23.— Dawsnn
City advices up to November 1 were
brought here to-day by passengers on
the steamer City of Seattle from
Alaska. John Lindsay of Olympia,
who left Dawson on November 2, al
leges that provisions and employment
both are scarce, and adds: "Worthless
claims are offered for sale in great
numbers.. Nearly every man coming
out has one or two to dispose of to the
gullible public, which should be fully
warned against these wildcat
schemes."
The new law which is designed to
prevent men from holding claims for
speculative purposes will go into ef
fect January 1. By the provisions of
this law no owner of a mine can leave
his claim during the working season
longer than seventy-two hours. If he
does so he forfeits his right to the
claim.
Mr. Lindsay reached Dawson on Oc
tober 15. With the Yukon piled full
of ice in great ridges many feet high,
Mr. Lindsay .says, travel over it is an
utter Impossibility. He says, how
ever, that 100 men in six weeks could
cut a roadway though the ice
ridges, beginning at the Hootalinqua,
where the rough ice commences. A
fine road will thus be made and sup
plies drawn by horses or dogs can be
put down in Dawson City in twenty
days from Skagway.
Mr. Lindsay met Major Walsh on
the trail, and the Canadian Commis
sioner said he did not expect to reach
Dawson before the Ist of February,
owing to the difficulties of travel. Ma
jor Walsh also confirmed the report
that in place of reserving alternate
claims the reservations will be in
blocks of ten.
REINDEER DRIVERS VOLUNTEER.
One Hundred Sturdy Men Would Aid the
Relief Expedition.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 23.— The follow
ing telegram, sent to-day, speaks for
itself:
To the Hon. R. A. Alger, Secretary
Of War, Washington, D. C: The As
toria Commercial Association has a list
of LOO resident Astorians, hardy natives
of Norway and Finland, who are ex
perienced reindeer drivers, and would
be glad of an opportunity t<> accom
pany the Government relief expedition
to Alaska. Astoria is the point of de
parture for a weekly line of steamers
for all Alaskan points, and the reindeer
drivers can leave here as soon as ar
rangements can be made.
ASTORIA PROGRESSIVE COMMER
CIAL ASSOCIATION.
ALBERT DI'NBAR. President.
E. J. SMITH, Secretary." .
KIRK IS BOUND FOR KLONDIKE.
" King of the Dudes" to Outfit a Big Party
in This City.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-A Herald spe
cial from Philadelphia says: J. Wal
dere Kirk, "King of the Dudes," who
recently figured in a New York police
court, and who has been named as co
respondent in the Mandelbaum divorce
case, was in Philadelphia last night
bound, he said, for the Klondike. lii
San Francisco he will make prepara
tions to take a large party of men to
THE SAX FR AXCTSCO CALL, FETD AY, DECEMBER 24, 1897.
Opposite we
/~2> picture to you
Qp a very dressy
f-^t-4. Overcoat it's
/\ V| \ one of those
I Ao. jutb i \ Kerseys, , in
\\ \ \ either blue,
I LJ brown or
I^^L ™2 black; noth-
|!l H^^. f! in town at
li^r\v $10 will hold
\l [^'"'W a candle to it.
U J \^ These are the
overcoats that
ive place be-
fore you to-day, and your
pick from a floor of 'em at
$9.85
You have a pick
from a floor of Over-
coats — the loveliest lot
of gentlemanly Over-
coats ever seen in this
dty; garments fairly
alive and revel in
high-class ta ilori n o\
Understand vs — a
pick from a floor of
Overcoats — more
Overcoats than con-
tained in all the other
stores in San Fran-
cisco combined.
This floor of Over-
coats at
$9.85
OPE.V TO-NIGHT
TILL 11.
f Opposite we
show you that
dressy Cut-
away made
fronv those
fine English
clay worsteds
in black; a
l a real swell
\I / dress-up gar-
l ment; can't
t touch its like
' \ I | in town un-
\P der $18.
This is the
hind of suits that are of-
fered to you to-day at
59.85
the gold fields. Kirk was in the sold
mining business out in Colorado sum.
years ago. Kirk told his friends that
he had found fifty persons in New York
who wanted to go to the Klondike, and
who ronsidered that in view of his min
ing experience he was the proper per
son to conduct them there. Each om
of the fifty, Kirk said, had paid him
which is to leave Ran Francisco about
S2OOO. He has already chartered a boat,
March 15.
CAUGHT PURLOINING
A POLICEMAN'S CHICKENS.
Exciting Chase and Capture at Night of a
Well-Known Young Man of
Eureka.
EUREKA. Cal., Dec. 23.— 8. McGar
raghan, a well known young man of this
city, was arrested at an early hour
this morning by Policeman Frank
liarnum and locked up on a charge of
burglary. McGarraghan was caught
in the act of stealing the policeman's
chickens, but an accomplice escaped.
The officer chased McGarraghan sev
eral blocks, clad only in his under
shirt and firing as he ran before get
ting his man.
In the police court to-day the case
against McGarraghan was continued
until to-morrow, and he was released
on bali. Late this afternoon Harry
Rask, a barkeeper, was arrested as
McGarraghan'n accamplice and also
charged with burglary. The raids
were the outcome of an organization
known as the "One Night Club," com
posed of well known young men of
the city, who found robbing hen roosts
a great source of amusement.
Blazing Sugar Plantation.
LONDON. Dec. 23.— A dispatch re
ceived here from Havana late this
evening says that the flames of a large
sugar plantation, ignited by the insur
gents, are plainly visible from the
city.
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
I .ill IS IN THE EATING. I I
FPi^i a force numbering almost an army, with
additions made daily, with a trained corps of men
able to cope with large crowds — even with (til this
have we yet been unable to cope with the throngs of
mankind that kept filing in our big house— on our
Overcoat Floor, on our Suit Floor.
They have come, they have seen, they have pur-
chased — they have taken advantage of our high-
class offer of Suits and Overcoat s t equal to any-
thing in town at $18 and $20, at
a m m m m a
41A fJFFi^fbA^T^L 9*l H3 "15
FOULLT SLAIN
BY JAPANESE
Fate of Two Americans
in the Port of Na
gasaki.
One of the Marines Displayed
a Roll of Bank Notes
While Ashore.
Commander Stockton Tells of the
Crime and His Efforts to Find
the Assassin.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
NEWPORT, R. 1., Dec. 23.—Com
mander C. H. Stockton. U. S. N., who
commanded the Yorktown at the time
when the two sailors, Frank Epp of
New York and Seaman Montgomery,
attached to the Asiatic fleet, were
killed by Japanese at Nagasaki, has*
just returned to his home here. Com
mander Stockton said to an Associated
Press representative that Montgom
ery was a landsman on the Yorktown.
He was the boat's deck cook, and had
been restricted to the ship on account
of drunkenness. Commander Stockton
NEW TO-DAY.
from memory then recited these inci
dents of Montgomery's death as fol
lows:
Last August, in company with a ma
rine, Montgomery left the Yorktown
without permission, while the ship was
in the harbor of Nagasaki, Japan. The
men swam to the shore. Two days
later Montgomery's body was found
by Japanese boatmen in the water, and
it was taken to the police station.
Commander Stockton was notified and
he sent a petty officer ashore to iden
tify the body, accompanied by the sur
geon of the ship. Finding marks of
violence upon the body. Commander
Stockton ordered a board of officers to
hold an inquest.
From Investigation of the case and
from all evidence obtainable, the of
ficers came to the conclusion that
Montgomery had died not from drown
ing, but by violence at the hands of
some person or persons unknown.
Commander Stockton reported the
case to the United States Consul at
Nagasaki, to the police authorities on
shore and to the Navy Department,
through the admiral of the Asiatic
squadron, and also held an interview
with the Chief of Police of the district
and disabused his mind of the idea that
Montgomery had died from accidental
drowning.
The evidence given by the marine
who accompanied Montgomery shows
that the latter had not drunk to ex
cess ar.d was seen at 11 o'clock the
night of the murder with a roll of
Japanese bank notes wrapped in can
vas in his hand, and displaying his
money to his shipmates. No trace of
Montgomery's murderers was found up
to the time the Yorktown left Naga
saki on September 15 last, the vessel
then being under orders to sail for
home.
Montgomery's body was found In a
shallow part of the harbor, and the
circumstantial evidence showed that
hf was knocked on the head ana
thrown overboard.
LAKEPORT IN A
STATE OF TERROR
Two Incendiai Fires Occur in
the Town in One
Night.
Citizens Are Aroused and a Crusade
Will Be Made Against Worth
less Characters.
Special Dlspatoh to The Call.
LAKEPORT, Dec. ?2.--The flrobug
made his appearance last niajht, aa^,
as a consequence, this usually quiet
town is all excitemfnt.
Yesterday notices bearing a skull
and crossbones, with the words "to
night" underneath were posted in
four places — Brown's store, Allen's
saloon, the fire engine-house and the
window of a vacant store in the Levy
block. As soon as they were dis
covered the more timid anticipated
trouble, while others thought it was
a joke, but the events of last night
prove that an attempt was made to
burn down a portion of the business
houses on Main street.
The fire was first discovered in a
vacant storeroom two doors north of
the Lakeview Hotel. As soon as no
ticed an alarm was given, and Mar- ;
Hhal Mitchell, with the assistance of j
Howard Williams, rushed in and ex
tinguished it. They found a pile of
old newspapers saturated with coal
oil and covered with dry-goods boxes.
The building is an old, unsightly af
fair, and is so situated that if a fire j
once got a good start in it all those j
in the block would be destroyed, as [
Opposite we <*
fpictur c «■«
very swell 8
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// l\ those tan 8
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|/| / n,o^ s<? dupli- 8
i| f I cateel in this S
W^ IX town under S
Your pick «
from an entire floor of 8
high-class Overcoats at S
SQ.SS §
The suits are all of
the dressy sort. Our
big corner* window is
filled with 'cm — suits
that you can't dupli-
cate in this town un-
der $18 to $20.
These are the sort
that are offered to
you to-day at
$9.85
OPEN TO-NIGHT
TILL 11.
: | s£& l j Our picture
' \J^ m /Sffc j brings toy our
y&. ' t^ i notice a very
; /.fwf/A f as hio nable
•jJ * I \jy\j 1 'Y single- breast-
: J I>i[ i\ i ) e^ Sack Suit
: ' 111 F 1 £ \/ ' with double-
'•^JMmt jj breasted vest,
■^]f' / ) in those high-
: |] ill class Worsted
\ j j j Cheviots,very
| I j dressy, very
4— .-[ y swell, abso-
""^s^^* lutely correct;
nothing in town at $18
will hold a candle to 'em.
These are the kind of
[ Suits offered you to-day at
59.85
s* - 1 1 - 15-1 i SU-AKYrrl^?* 8^
they are all ancient frame structures,
with the exception of the Lakeview
Hotel and Mantz's store, and the
water supply is of little use in such an
extremity.
Several hours after the first excite
ment had subsided another lire start
ed in the same building-, and was also
put out before getting under head
way.
The hoodlum element has been car
rying things with a high hand lately,
and vigorous measures will now be
taken to suppress it, as the law-abid
ing citizens have banded themselves
together and raised a purse, which
will be given to the person furnish
ing information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the miscreants
FRUITLESS EXPLOIT OF
SAN JOSE FOOTPADS.
Attempt to Rob a San Franciscan Is Baf
fled by His Screams and
Sprinting.
SAN JOSE, Dec. 23.-An attempt was
hold up Mr. D. J. Jones of 511 Golden
Gate avenue, San Francisco, who is
visiting here. He was passing through
the Normal School grounds when two
men leveled a pistol at him and or
dered "Hands up." Jones raised a
mighty scream and dashed off like a
fleeing deer, continuing his screams
and flight until safely landed at the
central station, where he told his
story. No trace of the men could be
found, as they had evidently given up
pursuit in disgust.
Petaluma Child Scalded to Death.
PETAL.UMA, Dec. 23.— Marie Paula,
aged two years, died here to-day after
suffering greatly from a scalding re
ceived while playing with companions
at her home. A large vat of boiling
water was placed in the yard and cov
ered with planks. The child climbed
on the boards, which became dis
placed. She died in terrible agony.
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