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The karat used in estimating the weight
of gems is a grain of Indian wheat.
There can be no Christian meeting with,
ou: Christ in the midst. fa n
Nothing is more profitable than prepa
ration. ! »-;:
LOS ANGELES. V3ct. 13.— Frank A.
Gibpon. cashier of the First Xatlonal
Bank and one of the best known bank
officials in Southern California, died to
day. • •
Frank A. Gibson.
At a meeting of the Veterans of the
Civil War Association held on Saturday
night It was decided to appoint a cam
paign committee of five to report at the
next meeting of the association the names
of such candidates as the association
would be likely to indorse. A- mass-meet
ing will be held before the. campaign is
over. ' ' . .\u25a0'/:\u25a0};\u25a0 :;';
Veterans to Select a 'Ticket.
Death of Imdwigr Altschul.
Ludwig Altschul, a pioneer of this
State/ oied at his residence, 2417 gutter
street, on Saturday, at the age of 67
years. He was formerly engaged in -the
wholesale liquor business, but of late
years has devoted his attention to his
real estate interests. His nephew
Charles, is manager of the London Paris
arti American Bank. Another nephew
aienard, is the cashier. His funeral wili
take place from the residence of Loui"
Falkenan. 2810 Clay street, at 3 o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
A runaway horse in Denver the : other
day finished his flight by landing in the
interior -of- a rapidly, moving -trolley car,
where he rode for nearly a block before
the vehicle could be stopped.
Court Ferrucio has arranged for an en
tertainment on the 20th inst. > ;
Foresters of America.
Court Barbarossa will give a ball on
the 3d of November to celebrate the ninth
anniversary of its institution. 7 *
; H. A. Gabriel and other grand : officers
will pay an official visit to. Court Sutro
Heights on the 14th. inst.
A new French court will soon be insti
tuted in'-. Oakland. It .was organized by
Past Chief Ranger Pedroid of Court Ver
bano. . . -•\u25a0."•.., >
Chinese Sign the Indemnity Bonds.
PEKING. Oct. 13.-The Chinese pleni-
Pctcntlaries to-day performed their last
- An investigation of the flues and valves
on the water supply, line shows that the
firemen had Jet the water get too low In
the' boiler and then fed in "cold water,
causing- the explosion. The ruined boiler
was the best in the battery.. ' - ;
CLIFTON. Ariz., Oct. 13.— "W. .W. Hor
gan, and F. A. Adamltz, firemen, were in
stantly killed and Harry Davidson. & con
verter engineer, and . Jose Antlvas, n
helper on the Allia engine, were painfully
injured this morning about 4 o'clock by an
explosion of the second boiler in the bat
tery of eight at the Detroit Copper Com
pany's smelter. \
Special Dispatch to The Call.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 13.— Lord Sholto
Douglas, his two children and a nurse
were the victims of a runaway accident
to-day. With them was a 4-year-old son
of. Mrs. T. James, of • Seattle,' who sus
tained severe injuries which will cause
his death. The James boy was caught
underneath the carriage when it turned
over and his skull was broken in several
places. Lord Douglas, his children and
the nurse were only slightly hurt by
bruises. ; .'- . -.:
On account, of the fine weather Lord
Douglas- took the three children out to
drive. He had a rplrited team which be
came frightened at a street car.. The
horses started on a run, but no harm
vvwmu have resulted had they not made
a sharp turn around the corner at-Divi
sion and South Tacoma avenues. Before
Lord Douglas could prevent they - had
turned so suddenly as' to upset the car
riage, throwing air of its occupants into
the street. - .
Lord and Lady Douglas have been Uv
in 7. here for several rronths..
Special Dispatch to The Call.
W. H. Tetart of Chicago, acting for
New'York men, who will finance the deal,
has procured- the options. The Interests
behind the combination are those of J.
Pierpont Morgan. It will -take not less
than $5,000,000 to finance the deal. „.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 13.— The Ohio
State Journal to-morrow will say: The
combination of the bituminous coal in
terests of the interstate field is being
consummated rapidly. Already Indiana
and Illinois have entered it and the mines
of Ohio are rapidly being optioned by the
men who are promoting the trust. The
latest Ohio field on which options have
been procured is that of "Jackson and
Weldon, one of the largest in the State.
Carelessness 'of Smelter
Employes Causes
Disaster.
Morgan Will Soon Con
trol the Interstate
: Field.
Young- Nobleman, Chil
dren and a" Nurse
Are Injured.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 13.— Mrs. E. D.
<jlllesple, the great-granddaughter of
Benjamin Franklin and one of the city's
znost prominent women, died at her home
here to-day, aged 80 years. Her father.
William John L»uane. was Secretary of the
Treasury under President Jackson and
was summarily removed by the President
for refusal to comply with his order to re
move the public funds from the Bank of
the United States.
Mrs. E. D. Gillespie.
' CLEVELAND, Oct.' 18.— George W.
Howe, aged C3 years, a well known busi
ness man, an army officer and former sec
retary of the Cleveland National League
Baseball Club, died to-day of kidney dis
ease. He had been decorated with the
jtrder^of Franz Josef by the present Em
pcrcr of Austria-Hungary. Howe was a
t^in of George Howe, the inventor of the
truss bridge, and a cousin of Ellas Howe,
the inventor of the sewing machine.
George W. Howe.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Oct. 13.-Lansing
Warren, editor and publisher of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, died to-day of typhoid
fever after an illness of about three
weeks. Warren had been actively engag
ed in newspaper work for more than
twenty years, and previous to his con
nection with the Sentinel had been as
sociated with the Chicago Inter Ocean
and the Chicago Daily News. From 1851
to 18SS he was managing editor of the
\u25a0Denver Evening- Times.
Lansing Warren.
PARIS, Oct, 13.— L« Francais publishes a
dispatch from Susa, Tunis, announcing that
a Turkish officer was recently arrested
there on a charge of swindling and that
an investigation disclosed the fact that
he had received instructions fro'm the Ot
toman Minister of War to organize a ris
ing of the Arabs in South Algeria in the
event of the rupture of diplomatic rela
tions between France and Turkey, result
ing: in a declaration of war. It was con
clusively proved that his presence there
was due to those instructions.
According to the same advices the in
criminated officer is only one of several
who were entrusted with the same mis-
Receives Instructions to Organize a
Rising of the Arabs in South
Algeria.
TUB.KISH OFFICER' SENT
TO RAISE A DISTURBANCE
. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 13.-M. Vine
vieff. Russian Kmba^sador to Turkey, hud
an audience with the Sultan Friday. The
conversation dealt with the deplorable sit
vatlon in the Mush district and the per
secutions and murders of Armenians. Th3
Embassador insisted that Turkey should
punish the guilty parties.
Demands Punishment of Murderers.
Wheat Crop Above the Average.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13.— The Depart
ment of Agriculture announces that the
most important three estimates of the
world? wheat crop of 1301 so far made
egret's that the crop La larger than that of
either of the preceding two years. The
estimates follow: Hungarian Ministry of
.Agriculture, ZJOUSBt/M bushels of 60
pounds; Betrbohm corn list of London.
2.711.6O0.O00 buthels of 60 pounds, and Bul
letin DeF Ha lies of Paris, 2,793,810,000 Win
chester bushels.
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Oct. 13.— Black
damp to-day caused the death of John
Gilleland, a miner aged 50 years, and his
two sons— James and Winfield. aged 11
and 15 — at the mines of the Juanita Coke
Company, near Juanitaville. The bodies
were rescued, but in the effort John Nich
olson, mine foreman and John Baker, a
fire boss, were overcome by the damp and
are in a precarious condition. James had
climbed to the top of some boards sur
rounding the pit, which had- been aban
doned, when he was overcome by a sud
den gust of the fumes and fell in. The
brother went to his rescue, and not re
turning the father entered the pit. All
three were overcome' immediately and
were dead long before it was possible to
send fresh air into the shaft and attempt
Fall Into a Pit and Die Before Fresh
Air Can B*j Sent Into the
Shaft.
MINER AND TWO SONS
XHXED BY BLACK DAMP
EAST LiyE, RPOOIj> oh j Of Qct 13 _ A
city reservoir, Containing ten million gal
i?Si^ *7 f? urst to - day and caused
$lo0,000 damages^ No Uves were lost but
two score of peo, ple nad narrw escapes.
The reservoir w ;as i oca ted 500 feet above
.the _pumpins 8tato on on the highest hill
in the city. It waL onl co fnpi eted a few
aays ago and waf ter was turned lnt(J lt
for the ftrat tune, this morning. The
lts utmost -capacity,
and resulted in the wall glV ing way sud-
A number of houtL- flr(3 innate* r»n tha
hillside 1£tween tRf'^ervoir^ind 1 ne
th y £ ? P n ' h t en th e wall collapsed
Sld 0 t 0 th a %ll n q ?^f- d fet J 0 ?r?i rae Wh to
save themselves. J?fJ£ty y o t chndren
were playing in a r{ o^ rl^ ire o , r tlv cn n ld^"
Ef h £rfcn n 0 / 1 ;^ 1 Though cSught
by a portion of the rl lsnin ™ W ater were
rescued before being growled '
A gang of laborers r w hn w«»t-<» tav»*o
pipes in a ditch near tlJJ™ a ,J*^f IC J a >"j.f
way miraculously eW^^^J** ° ave
Dozens of large tree£ were torn f
their roots and carr!edr d J" e t S r hn N?d2
with lightning rapidltyr 0^ 1 ?-" 18^" 1 ™?
with terrific force, agaij^t !£! wal?s of
the Harker Pottery CmDanv^ Dlant
The main building of thi9°Sg n ?Vitf seVl
eral smaller structure| g pid w : a wlin h^yj
wrecked. Two larse kilns' - an d sheds were
dashed to pieces and $25,00<> a £^n of wlrl
ruined. The tracks of the. Cleveland a nrt
Pittsburg Railroad were wtth
thousands of tons of de^is and tmffir
is blocked. The streetcarVfj ""^"S™
parallel with the railroad. s«ff2red^BOTere
ly and traffic on a half mil^ the track
has been abandoned. The p D urnt>in~ \u25a0 *ta
tion. in the direct path of tS" 1 ".^? ta "
lilled with wrcekage and tlT® e b5ne/sS
badly damaged that they carrot | n used
Several houses were moved 1 "^^ "2^.
Icundations. I rrom thelr
TERRORIZE RESIDENTS
SOUTH OF MARKET STREET
Young Men Attempt to Rob a Stable -
man and One Is Subsequently
Captured.
George Fitzgerald, a florist. 30 years of
age. -was arrested yesterday by Police Of
ficers Small and Mitchell and chargetl
at the City Prison with attempted rob
bery. On Saturday night a crowd of men
about the same age went along 1 Howard
and Mission streets and the smaller
streets intervening, holding up a number
of people, who subsequently made com
plaint to the police.
Gus Rapp, a hostler employed In Un
daner's stable, on Howard street, between
Fifth and Sixth, was one of their victims.
He crossed the street in front of tha
stablea, and wa3 attacked by three men.
who fired several shots. Rapp was knock
ed down and his pockets were searched,
but nothing of value was obtained. Police
Officer Clark, who was notified soon aft
erward, found the gang later and gave
chase, but the men escaped. Rapp iden
tified Fitzgerald at the City Prison as one
of his assailants.
Three others, supposed to he members
of the same crowd, are under arreat, but
have not as yet been identified.
OVERTURNED CA3TDLE
v STARTS A BIG FIRE
In the Handball Cou r + S
Th handball games played y es terdav at
San Francisco Court resulted ' fo u ows:
J. Klrby and P. Talo.. 21 18 21 n '
E. Barry and D. Regan 13 j21 ji 5J ji
J. Scanlan and J. Conway , ~ .- „
G. Hutchinson and J. McDonald...'^ " JJ JJ yj
W. Williams and J.' Lawless j « -to 01
M. Joyce and M. McDonald £ l\ £ ji
p. McKinnon and H. RacouUIet...i 91 •„. „
M. McNeil and G. McDonald " j£ ij J5
T. Serres and J. Broyer... » »» „,
W. Johnson and G. Green '• £ i£ J£
E. J. Sweeney, and "W. H. Egan 21 14 ,. ., ,-
J. Ward and -W. Ward 17 21 ; jj Jj JJ
j. J. Kavanaugh and W. Walsh.. 21 K „ 91
H. H. Lissner and R. Longabach.. ll^i? 17 15
j. C- Nealon and J. Collins 1 ,,
W. Jlagulro and E. Curley /;;; \\ a =«
J. Collins, champion S1
j. C. Keaion •'• — « aces
*\u25a0-*\u25a0-* \u25a0 —^^— f
K. Curley ;.: t _„_
W. Stansbury J— % g£
The principal event at the <w, dent ,
Club Court was a 'game in whSp" 1 ! 1
Haynes and Al Collins beat ToS" ™~'
ents and W. Jacobs. The oth«, m iL 1^?:
resulted as follows: f r 6 a mes,
F. Quinn and W. Conovan „ .. „
V. Hayes and A. WoclbeL.' -\ J» jl
J. Horgan and D. Kelley L,
M. Duddy and XV. Murray =» j| =*
Dr- N. Wachhorat and C. Orr...... a . 1. „, „,
W. Rancell and C. J. Miller u *° ;t 21
.,. >i i'i n
G Kelley and W. Gatney. ..'.... 1!, _ «,
V. Holland and F. Holland 3 « jl
J. H. Kennealy and W. C. Reilly.. 21 19j „, „
J. Ennia and F. Howard 13 3? 21 21
. _ • . — — _ . 1 io 10
G. B. Hay wards and W. Fisher... 21 \L «. ..
J. D. .Mahoney and C. Barry ». j3 •{ \u25a0( «l
W. Collins and J. Walsh a '»
A. Hansen and F. Mullnux 16 , 21 21
Dtv R- Longerbache and J. Condon.. 7U
Ed Murphy and E. Antron 1? »ces
. "8 aces
F.:P. Hayne8 aud Al Collins 7I
T Clements and W. Jacobs """"jo aces
- \u25a0» \u25a0 " ac?3
Old Friends Announce Smokd-
The Society of Old Friends will L'
smoker to-morrow night at Old Fri
Hall, 14 "Third street.. President CK e ,
T. Conlan will preside and Harrp^? 3
roann will act as toastmaster. JNIe "
Barns in Butchertown Are Destroyed,
the Loss Amounting' to Several
,i?-*- Thousand Dollars.
An overturned candle In the barn of J.
Hall, corner of Kentucky street and First
avenue south, started a fire shortly after
midnight that for a time threatened, the
destruction of \Butchertown. Two alarms
were turned in from box 531 and as the
engines took up their stations on Butch
ers* bridge the -waters of tha bay gave
them plenty of material to cope with the
fire. v^i •: .v
Five large barns and a number of
smaller ones were destroyed.The principal
losers besides Hall were: J. D. Johnson
Poly, Heilbron & Co.; Merriman <fc davl
burg and B. Calles & Co. I* Sweeney
owner of one of the smaller barns, lost a
horse and buggy. As most of the ba-rs
were filled with hay the loss will reach
about 57000.
The firemen were greatly aided in their
work by the proximity of the bay, as
much of the burning hay was dumped
overboard. The scene of the fir© was a
dangerous one and only the most extra
ordinary efforts prevented its spread.
FIREMEN DIE
IN EXPLOSION
That Douglas contemplated a stern re
sistance to capture, only afterwards real
izing its futility, was shown when the of
ficers entered. Against the wall stood a
loaded double-barreled shotgun, with an
open box of shells beside it. In his hand
was a revolver, one shell discharged— the
ball that had pierced his brain. More
than fifty cartridges were in easy reach,
placed ready for rapid loading. The
pistol was not the same that had proven
so ineffectual in the hands of Aloha
Agnew. It was a late style, hammerless
weapon with an extra long barrel.
Drs. Van Dalsem and II. C. Brown are
attending the injured woman and child.
There are chances that both may recover.
Trepanning will be resorted to in order
to relieve the ' pressure upon Aloha's
brain. She was removed this afternoon
to the hospital and the operation will
take place to-morrow..
Crime of a Maniac.
That the crime was the act of a mad
man, temporarily Insane, is the most gen-
the city to cut off an escape by rail while
the balance took up the search of the
house and outbuildings.
v A locked carpenter shop was the last
place entered. • A window at the end gave
a fair view of the interior and several
times as the morning light increased the
place was surveyed from this point.
Deputy Bachc broke out a pane of glass
and attempted to force the window for
entrance, but found it impracticable and
sent to the Ridley house for the key to
tha door. Mr. Mason, one of the neigh
bors, secured the key and turned the
lock. As the door opened there was a
shot and Douglas fell from his place of
concealment to the floor, a bullet through
his temple. He had ended his crimes
with suicide.
LORD DOUGLAS
IN A DISASTER
"I have a statement to make," she said
t » the Sheriff, "but not till I am stronger.
Let this rest till then." Whe she became
aware of her husband's suicide, she said
"Thank God! He will never frighten me
again."
Mrs. Douglas refused to make any fur
ther statement to the Sheriff this evening,
but promised that later she would explain
matters fully. To one of the neighbors
she .said that she was awakened by her
husband- tightening a rope about her
neck and attempted to struggle. . He
struck her over the head with a heavy,
earthenware chamber and then beat her
with the bone. There are ten incisions,
some three inches long on her face, and
i her condition is critical.
crally accepted theory, although there
seems no evidence of any predilections to
insanity in Douglas He was a quiet man
and little is known of hi#; past." At the
inquest it was shown that his own ac
counts of his past are misleading and
mystifying. At different times he said he
came from Iowa, New York and Kansas,
and he told one witness three distinctly
separate stories of his past career. He
first came to Santa Clara County about
three years ago and married Mrs. Agnew
within a year. ...
Mrs. Douglas was the widow of Harry
Agnew, a. well-known breeder of fine
horses and at nis death she inherited a
r.:nch worth over $50,000 besides other
property. Douglas' first introduction to
the widow was in the capacity of a pur
chaser for some of the valuable horses on
lue ranch. The courtship was of only a
few weeks' duration and to-day Mrs.
Douglas said that she knew no more of
his past than the neighbors. She could
not tell his nativity nor give any inform
ation about him prior to the marriage.
OGDEN, Utah, Oct. 13.— Professor "Will
iam Robinson, formerly leader of the
Tivoli Orchestra, San Francisco, who
died suddenly here Tuesday, was buried
to-day from the Methodist Church. The
Pioneers of the Pacific conducted th»
services. The funeral was largely at
tended. The remains were escorted to
the grave in the City Cemetery by the
Ogdcn Military Band.
.Professor Robinson died practically
penniless, but he received respectable
interment through the kindness of friends
and the lodge of Pioneers of the Pacific,
of which he was a member.
Former Leader of the Tivoli Orches
tra Dies Almost Penniless
at Ogden.
PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC
BURY PROFESSOR ROBINSON
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 33.— Another riot
occurred to-day In connection with the
streetcar strike, but again there -were
no very serious results. A big crowd as
sembled at the lower end of the South
Side line during: the afternoon and began
piling obstructions on the track. As cars
halted they were greeted with a fusil
lade of stones. A passenger, Mrs. Sam
uel Jones, and an Italian trackman were
cut by flyins glass. The arrival of a
squad of police put the mob to fight
The strikers issued a letter to the public
to-night appealing to their sympathizers
to refrain from all acts of violence and
content themselves with keeping off the
cars.
Squad of Police Puts Mob to Flight
Before There Is Any Serious
Damage Done.
SMAIX RIOT CATJSED
BY STREETCAR STRIKE
Considine made a statement to-night
to the effect that Sherman had threat
ened them before the shot was fired, but
as he was running at the time he could
not say how the shooting was done.
Mr. Sherman and his family were pre
paring to go a.broad, expecting to leave
to-morrow.
LEADV1LLE, Colo., Oct. 13.— The town
Is wild with excitement to-night -over tne
killing of one boy and the fatally wound
ing of two others this afternoon by Jesse
Sherman, a prominent ranchman residing
near Leadville, and who is among the
most respected residents of the place. He
caught a crowd of boys supposedly
poaching on his rabbit preserve, and
jumping from his buggy started after
them with a heavily loaded shotgun in
his hand. Sherman claims it was acci
dentally discharged while he was run
ning. Ed Dorringten, 16 years of age,
was instantly killed; Earl King, 17, was
shot through the right lung and is dying,
and James Considine, 14 years of age, was
fchot through the back and hips.
Sherman immediately brought the
wounded boys to town and then gave
himself up. He has been arrested on a
charge of murder. All of the boys were
running at the time of the shooting urvl
can give no account of it excepting to say
that he ordered them to halt.
There is considerable criticism here of
the recent statement? of Congressman
Weeks cf Michigan regarding Filipino
character and possibilties. Members of
the commission refer to his remarks as
"loo sweeping," and as "based upon too
fchort an experience."
The native press condemns the conclu
sions of Weeks as "unjust and viciously
false."
There is intense feeling among the na
tive's in San Fernando, province of Pam
panga. over the killing of a native by a
soldier. Strong patrols are out In both
San Fernando and Bacalor to prevent
hostile demonstrations.
Major Braganza. the insurgent officer
who ordered the execution of 103 Spanish
prisoners and personallv superintended
ihe carrying out of the order, has been
sentenced to he hanged.
MANILA. Oct. 13.— The military au
thorities have received word that General
Miguel Malvar, the Insurgent leader, is
believed to have left the province of
Batangas, Luzon, and to be planning en
operation in the province of Bulacan,
where insurgent conscription . has been
progressing rapidly. The country there is
mountainous and well adapted to guer
rilla warfare.
Captain Pitcher has practically stamped
uut insurrection in the island of Mindoro.
The police force at Banana, province of
Batangas, has been disarmed and. tiie
Ch\ef of Police and several others have
been placed under arrest on charges of
belonging to an insurgent society and us
ing their official positions to obtain in
iorraation for the insurgents.
Batangas Officers Are
Accused of Aiding
Insurgents. . .
tally Wounds Two
Others.
Kills One Lad and Pa-
Ten pillion Gallons Set
Free * by Bursting of
% a \ Reservoir.
RANCHER SHOOTS
YOUNG POACHERS
COMBINING ALL
COAL INTERESTS
c^.-S. few m «n«tes after 4 o'clock the
Sheriff s office received the telephone
message and a posse consisting of Sheriff
Langford, Deputies Bache, Starbird and
Arthur Langford went to the scene of
the crime. A hurried search was made of
the premises, but a near neighbor had
seen a horse and buggy answering the
description of Douglas, driving towards
San Jose, and consequently the posse was
divided. Two deputies hurried back to
Before the Sheriff's posse arrived Mrs
Douglas staggered, into the Ridleys' a
mass of blood, dragging her three-year-old
girl. Erma Agnew. A five-months babv
the child of her second husband, she had
been unable to bring, and it was still
peacefully sleeping in its cradle when the
Sheriff arrived.
Ridley and another neighbor hastened to
the nearest telephone, three miles away
to notify the Sheriff. As they left the
house, Aloha, wrote: "Let me know as
soon as you can if mamma is all right."
She has not spoken since the blow was
struck. Her tongue and the side of her
face are paralyzed, the fractured bones
of the skull having been forced upon the
brain.
*'l am afraid mamma is dying.. I am
afraid he will get away before we get-
Hurry. He knows 1 am up and gone.
!'l am afraid I am going to die before
I see mamma. I am afraid mamma is
dead. Get over before he gets away."
Summons for Officers.
"Mamma all cut with bone. Hurry up.
I started run and he made me set back
to bed. Mamma saw
Aloha, as soon as she knew the maniac
had gone, managed to get upon her feet
and somehow made her way to the near
est house, the Ridleys', an * eighth of a
mile away. When she fell against their
door she could not talk and was gasping
for breath. The rope was still tied about
her neck and had to be cut away. She
motioned for pencil and paper and while
still striving for breath, wrote in short,
broken sentences an outline of the horri
ble story. These memoranda are stained
with the blood from her wound.
Douglas \u25a0 used the great bone upon her,
striking such a blow that his weapon was
broken and splintered. The girl fell
to v the floor and the madman,
picking up a rope, pulled it about
her throat. Twice he wound it
around her neck, then knotted it, drawing
the ends so tightly that she could barely
breathe. She struggled to crawl away
but he forced her to the bed where his
battered wife lay. Then he left the room.
Early this morning Charles Douglas, a
rancher living about seven miles south
east of San Jose, entered his wife's room
and struck her with a large bone, the
femur of an ox or a horse. Blow after
blow was struck," Mrs. Douglas struggling
to escape from the pinioning bed clothes.
In the next room, Aloha, the daughter
of Mrs. Douglas by her first husband,
heard the crash and cries and rushed to
her mother's help. She knew where a re
volver lay, and she seized the heavy 43
caliber weapon. At the door she pointed
the weapon at her stepfather and pulled
the trigger three times, but it failed to ex
plode. Then she'srappled with the man,
so insanely bent on murder. She is not
a big child nor strong for her age, but
she fought like a ' tiger cub tor her
mother's life. \
SAN JOSE, Oct. 13.— Aloha Agnew,
fifteen years old. will be the he
roine of Santa Clara County, if
she lives: fdf she has made a fight
at the risk of her life to save her
mother from murder at the hands
of an insane man.
Special Dispatch to Tlie Call,
Bulgarian Authorities Move Against
Leaders of the Macedonian
I Committee.
LONDON, Oct. 13.— The Daily Tele
graph has the following dispatch from
Sofia, dated Sunday: "United States
Consul General Dickinson has received no
Instructions to pay the ransom for Miss
Stone. He is afraid a dangerous prece
dent would be created by payment. As
he is now fully convinced that the brig
ands' were merely instruments, acting
"under the instigation of the late members
of the Macedonian committee, he has
made strong representations to the Bul
garian Government, asking for the ar
rest of these instigators. Should this be
done, he says. Miss Stone would, doubt
less be released on payment of a mod
erate indemnity and assurance of free
dom from her captors. Some Macedonians
have, already been arrested here."
The Reuter Telegram Company has re
ceived the following dispatch from Con
stantinople, dated October IS:
There have been no further developments In
the case of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the abducted
American missionary.
It is rumored that Spencer Eddy, secretary
of the yntted States Legation in Constanti
nople, received a dispatch from Wash
ington advising him that a sum of money
which should suffice for the ransom would be
forthcoming.
The text of Reuter' s advice is axnbigu-
OUS.
ARRESTING INSTIGATORS
OF KIDNAPING PLOT
REDDING, Oct. 13.— News reached Red
ding to-night that an elderly man named
Mason is dying at Delamar from a pistol
j wound under the heart. He was shot by
| Jack Radley. At a dance last night Ma
son's wife danced with Radley against the
husband's wishes. A quarrel between the
men followed, culminating in Radley fa
tally shooting Mason. Radley is under ar
rest.
Fatal Shooting at Dslamar.
BISBEE, A. T., Oct. 13.— A telegram
from. Burt Mossir.an, captain of the
rangers, to a member of the company of
this county camped at Naeo, says a fight
has occurred between a ranger force and
outlaws on Black River, Graham County.
One ranger was killed and another
wounded. The outlaws escaped, coming
south. Four rangers left Naco last night
to intercept them.
Rangers Fight With Outlaws.
RUSHING WATERS
INUNDATE HOMES
VIENNA, Oct. 13.— The consent of Em
peror Francis Joseph having been ob
tained, announcement was made to-day of
the betrothal of Archduchess Elizabeth,
daughter of the late Crown Prince Ru
dolph, to Prince Otto Windish-Graetz. His
Majesty, whose permission was only se
cured after much persuasion, will for
mally announce the engagement to-mor-i
row at a family dinner at Schoenbrunn
Prince Otto is a lieutenant of Uhlans
fe belongs to an ancient but poor family
ld while the marriage will not be re
irded as morganatic, the Archduchess
ill certainly wed beneath her. Their ac
quaintance was made at a court ball two
y^rars ago. It is quite a love match. The
Arjchduchess, who refused to marry any
a^A J^c 1114111 of ner choice, is beautiful.
5?«JJ 8 years of age. Prince Otto is ten
yeai>3 older.
Emperor Francis Joseph, After. Much
Persuasion, Gives His Consent
» to the Marriage.
ABCHDTJCHESS TO MARBY
A LIEUTENANT OF- UHLANS
DISARM POLICE
FOR DISLOYALTY
William Fuller will pay the costs of the
suit and a cash sum besides and Landis
\u25a0will deliver the note to him. Fuller ac
knowledges that he believes the note to
be £-enuine.
The recent trial in Oroville created in
tense excitement on account of its strik
ing features. Dr. Landis. a prominent
practitioner. presented the note to Alfred
Fuller's executors and it was rejected on
the ground that it was a rank forgery.
During the Fubseouent suit several ex
perts swore that the Fuller signature was
forged. The jury found a verdict against
Landis. who obtained a r.cw trial.
REDDING, Oct. 13.— The famous suit of
Dr. A. J. Landis of Chieo against the es
tate of the late Alfred Fuller, the Butte
County pioneer, for recovery on a note
for fla.ODO. alleged to have been given by
Fuller, has been finally settled. William
Fuller, the half-breed son of the pioneer,
buys the note from Landis for a secret
consideration and all proceedings are dis
missed. - "
Takes Up Ncte Which Estate's Ex
ecutors Alleged "Was a
Forgery.
ALFRED FULLER'S HEIR
SETTLES WITH LANDIS
The wreck of the Manchester apparent
ly, occurred during ihe season when it
doesn't rain and water is unobtainable on
many small islands. It is "believed that
Captain* Clemens/ his' wife and crew
pushed off again on being unable to find
water on Bikar Island and were lost be
fore reaching an inhabited island, as
nothing' has bsen heard of . them. The
body oftone sailor was found in some
bushes near the shore of Bikar Island.
A small schooner engaged in trading
among the Marshall Islands came across
wreckage on Bikar Island, a small, unin
habited-bit of land, which proves that the
Manchester was. wrecked in that vicinity.
Parts of doors, : wreckage bearing the
ship's name and many cases of kerosene
were scattered along the beach. : - -
There were also unmistakable signs that
the island had been visited by Captain
Clemens, his wife, children and crew.
These signs included footprints and. marks
of the keels of rowboats in the sand. The
footprints of a woman and two children
were plainly marked. . There were also
found bodies of blrd3 which had been
sucked for their blood, evidently to allay
thirst. .
TACOMA, Oct. 13.— The steamship.Glen
roy, which arrived to-day, brings news
from Hongkonsr of the British ship.Man
chester,, which sailed from New York last
year for Yokohama with kerosene and
was not again heard of.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
Gangs of men have been at work since
ecrly morning back-firing and fighting it
in every way in an endeavor to keep it
from the house, and now since the wind
of the afternoon has died down their
efforts are more successful. The flames
are within half a mile of the town itself
now, and if the wind rises during the
night the consequences may be very seri
ous. The nre to-day destroyed a large
area of timber land on both the Jacka
and \u25a0 Doud - tracts, and the loss will be
very greats Last night a new fire started
on the . Pacific. Improvement Company's
saventeen-rnile drive reservation. It was
caused by the dropping and rolling of
burning pine cones and burned over a
large territory, evrn reaching : the main
gate at the town of Carmel Hill. It wa3
controlled before crossing the drive.ihow
ever, and has done little injury to the ap
pearance of this famous roadway. The
fire is now fairly under control on the
company's property except in one place,
about two miles back of Pacific Grove,
and there it has jumped on to the hill
top on the Gomez ranch and near the
ranch house. The danger is great, since
the hill is covered with timber and brush
and a fair wind is driving cinders in the
direction of the town. The flames are
running rapidly down the hill and many
believe they will reach the lodge gate at
the entrance of the seventeen-mile drive
before morning.
MONTEREY, Oct. 13.— The forest flr»
that has been raging: in the hills back" of
this town and Pacific Grove for the past
few days has broken out afresh In sev
eral places, though practically under con
trol in others! and is now more dangerous
than ever. To-day it 4s burning fiercely
on the fJoud tract, back of Monterey, and
is very near the home of Artist Charles
Kollo Peters. . '
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13.— In well in
formed Catholic circles here it is believed
that the next consistory of the Catholic
church at Rome will be held In February,
when Pope Leo XIII attains the twenty
fifth year of his pontificate. It is thought
likely that this assembly will open the
jubilee to signalize the closing of the
quarter-century of Pope Leo's regime,
and that he w.'ii take advantage of It to
deliver an allocution, taking a strong po
sition on the question of assassination
among other tilings.
Cardinal Martinelli will remain In office
here until about the time for the consist
ory. It is quite likely that he will be as
signed in Home to the congregations of
the 1 holy omVe known as the "inquisi
tion." which watches the morals and dis
cipline of the church, and the propaganda,
which deals with the propagation of the
faith.
Cardinal Martinelli and two or three of
the newly created Cardinals will receive
the red hat at the coming consistory.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 13.— The Sun to-day
prints the following:
The Sun has been for some time in posses
sion of information gained from one in close
touch with the Vatican that no new Cardinals
will be created at the coming consistory; but if
any names are presented no prelate in the
United -States will be honors. This informa
tion is in harmony with what is said to be
the intention of Pope Leo that no other Amer
ic-an Cardinal will be created as long as Car
dinal Glbbcns lives.
According to the report brought by the
Manauense her officers were informed as
the steamer lay at the wharf at Dutch
Harbor that three sealers lying in the
stream and guarded by the cutters Bear.
Pathfinder. Wheeling and Seward had
been captured inside the_J.hree-mile limit.
The names of the vessels v.-ere not learn
<id. nor wa-s any detail of the capture ob
tained by those on the Manauense.
The first vessel of the Victoria sealing
lleet to reach por» is now on her way in.
She is the. Florence M. Smith, with twO
skins. She brings news of eleven other
schooners of the twenty-four vessels in
the Bering Sea fleet, ail of which have
lower catches. The vessels speken by
the Florence VL Smith and their catches
are as follows: Zillah May. 43S skins;
Geneva: 33G skins; Penelope. 450: Otto. 50*5;
Triumph. 40fi; Beatrice. 145: Sadie Turpcl.
1ST; Annie EL Paint. SCO: Victoria, 2V);
Enterprise. 2CC; Ainoka. 235.
VICTORIA. B. C, Oct. 13.-News was
brought to-day by the steamer Manauense
from Dutch Harbor of the seizure of
three British of the Victoria fleet
in the Bering Sea.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Steamer Manauense Brings
News of the Fleet in
the North.
Next Consistory of Catholic
Church in Rome to Be
Held in February.;
Light Is Shed on the Mystery
of a Ship's Disap
— - - pearance. -
A Vast Territory Furnishes
Costly Fuel for Fierce
Flames.
Will Take Strong Posi
tion on Question of
Assassination.
Renewed Alarm Caused
by Burning Brush
Near Monterey.
Evidence of Footprints of
Shipwrecked Persons
* on ah Island.
dealers in United States
Custody at Dutch
Harbor.
LEO TO DELIVER
AN ALLOCUTION
CUTTERS SEIZE
BRITISH SHIPS
SIGNS IN SAND
OF A TRAGEDY
FIRES ENCROACH
ON THE TOWN
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1901.
Maniac Rancher
Nearly Kills
Family.
WEAKENED BY CRUEL WOUNDS,
A CHILD TRAVELS AT NIGHT
TO SAVE HER MOTHER'S LIFE
SANTA CLARA COUNTY RANCHER, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE, THE
/ "WIFE HE ATTEMPTED TO MURDER AND THE HEROINE WHO
RAN TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE FOR 'ASSISTANCE.
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