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General Barnes, One of California's Oreat=
est Lawyers and Pu b lie Speakers,
Succumbs to Cancer of the Throat
DEATH FOREVER STILLS
VOICE OF NOTED ORATOR
FAMOUS ORATOR AND AT
TORNEY WHO HAS BEEN
CALLED BY' DEATH.
LONDON, July 22.— Cabling from Rome,
the correspondent of the ' Daily .Chronicle
says he learns that It is the Pope's in
tention to protest, probably by an •hcy
clical, against the French Government's
campaign ~ against ' religious associations.
Pope to Make a Protest.
LONDONT July 21.— The final survey of
the Irish census returns has been present
ed to Parliament. It shows that during
a half century more than 3,000,000 persons
have emigrated from Ireland and that 80
per cent of these emigrants have gone to
the United States.
Heavy Emigration From Ireland.
BRUSSELS, July 21.— A telegram from,
Acheen, Sumatra, reports that the Dutch
columns operating there were .surprised
by the enemy, with the result that Lieu
tenant Bruyn and eleven soldiers were
killed and two officers wounded. . The
enemy, the dispatch says, had twenty
four killed.
Dutch Troops Surprised by Enemy.
back. Passengers screamed and the car
was stopped. _ — -
¦ I attributed his mental trouble entirely to th*
loss of the contract with the Southern Pacific
Company. He aeemed never to have overcome
the chanje, and from day to day lie b»cam»
more and more despondent until I found It nec
essary to retain an attendant, who. was in
structed ne-ver ,to leave' him. • "We missed htm
for a while from his room, of which we thought
nothing-, as he waa in the habit of going from
one room to the other, but when he was not to
be seen for fifteen minutes or so I had a search
made for him. I have no Idea where he got
the carbolic acid. He must have purchased If
some time and secreted It in the basement.
He had an idea not. only that his sight was
leaving him, but also that he was going deaf.
Of course there were no grounds for such con
clusions, but he would have It so. and himself
said that It was all owing to a diseased brain.
The loss of that contract, his association wlt>
a company for so many years and the bfea««
ing of the association has had all to do with It.
Barry Coleman was deeply affected as
he spoke of v the change that had ~ome
so suddenly over his brother. He said:
Evan J. Coleman was a -well-known
member of the' Pacific and Bohemiaa
clubs and a frequent visitor to Monterey
during the summer season. The news of
his death caused the most profound sor
row in club circles, and -many of th.3
prominent business .men of the city has
tened to the Sacramento-street residence
to offer the bereaved brother consolation
In" the sorrow'that has come to him.
DEATH CAUSES SORROW.
- Mrs. Coleman died several months ago,
and deceased felt -his -loss- keenly. He was
a brother of the late. Captain Thomas C.
Coleman of LouisVille. who died In De
cember. 1901. a,nd who was for many year3'
connected with the steamboat traffic, be
ing associated with the New Orleans and
Cincinnati packet lines. •
to Louisville, where he studied for some
little while and was then sent to the Uni-
Lwftrtty * oX™PewB5ytramia.r ~Hjj! ¦-¦Tread ¦ law
under. Benjamin Cerrard:. In 186-t he went
to Europe but returned and finished a
law course . at Harvard, after which he
went to Paris, where he married Miss
Lucy Gwin, daughter of Senator Gwlr.,
and came back to America with his bride
in the year .1869 and cast his fortune in
San Francisco. Then it was that . , he
joined Dr. Gwln in • the management or
the \ Gwln mine and held the position
of manager for several years. On
ljts -: resigning the management of
the-mme-he and J.. Henley. Smith, became
.proprietors of the Pacific Transfer Com
pany, with which he was connected until
May 1 last.
PROMINENT CLUBMAN AND
CAPITALIST WHO CO3IMIT
"TED SUICIDE "YESTERDAY.
Continued on Page Threa.
NEW YORK,- July- 21.— Russell Sage
narrowly escaped serious injury to-day
while attempting, to board a. Broadway
car. Happening so soon after his recent
illness, his friends feared that the shock
might have a lasting effect, but Mr. Sage
attended a directors' meeting and appear
ed at his office later, showing no signs of
his mishap^ Mr. Sage was on his way
from his office to the Western Union
building about 1 o'clock when the accident
occurred. Accompanied by his secretary,
Mr., Henges, . he reached the corner of
Broadway and Cedar, street as a north
bound car stopped, to take on passengers.
Mr. Sage was near the rear end of the
car and had just mounted the step when
the rnoiorman turned on the Dower. The
car started so suddenly that Mr. Sage was
hurled to the aground. He, clung to the
hand rail and was dragged about ten feet
¦before J he let 3 so. and rolled over on his
His Back.
Broadway Car and Rolls on
Noted Millionaire Is Dragged hj a
RUSSELL SAGE BARELY 1-
ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY
I William Henry Llnow. Barnes was a
j native of the State of New York, having
been born at West Point, where his father
occupied a chair i'J the United States
Military Academy, February. 11, 1836.
Most of/ his youth -was spent at Spring
field, Mass., where he attended school un
til he was ready for college. He chose
Yale for his alma, mater and was grau
j uated with the class of 1S55 with high
-honors, especially in belle's lettres and
history, for whichhehad an early* liking.
On leaving Yale'he studied law with the
eminent ' jurist" Reuben ""H. " Chapman,
afterward Chief Justice of Massachusetts.
He was admitted to the bar In. 1857 and
soon after moved to. New. York City,
where he became "associated in the prac
tlce ; of his profession with the law ¦ firm
of O'Conor & Fullerton and With Joseph
H. Choate. '. ,
".On the outbreak- of the Civil' War the
BORN IN NEW YORK.
George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army of
the Republic, with A. D. Cutler command
ing; the Loyal Legion and numerous fra
ternal societies of which the general was
a member will also attend.
, At a late hour last evening it'had not
been decided whether, the body would be
buried in the National Cemetery at the
Presidio or cremated. •
Artillery Battalion and Troop A, Cavalry,
all of that organization.
While , his . services could command
larger fees from wealthy clients, they
were often given in their fullest and best
measure where not a cent was to come
in return," a notable instance, of which
generosity was in the case ; of Walter
Rosser, defended by General -Barnes on
.the charge of the murder of young H1I
debrand.in 1S98. After the trial "and ac
quittal of the: son the aged father,; whu
had mortgaged his home and little farm
General Barnes assisted in framing the
present constitution of California. He was
one of the flfty-twjr non-partisan, dele
gates chosen to represent the State at
large. .The delegates assembled in Sac
ramento In December, 1878, and completed
their work in March.' 1S79. Among his
associates in this notable convention were
ex-Senators Hager and Casscrly, Joseph
Hoge, David S. Terry, Samuel M. Wilson,
M. M. Estee, Volney E. Howard, General
John F. Miller, Judge McFarland, Henry
Edgerton, Thomas .11. Laine, Joseph W.
Winans.and many other public men of
superior attainments.'
In 1863 General Barr<e3 came out to San
Francisco, where he has ever since, re
sided, and engaged in{the practice of law.
His eloquence and forensic ability soon
commanded for him a leading place
among the many legal lights at the bar of
the State and with It a very lucrative
practice. lie hajs been engaged in many
of the most important cases that ever
came before our courts— among which
were the celebrated Horace Hawes will
case and the Hill-Sharon suit— and h<3
was, as a rule, on the victory side.
young barrister laid aside his books and
briefs and shouldered a musket, enlisting
in the famous Seventh Regiment, New
York Volunteers, "and hurrying with .it to
the. defense of the national capital. After
some, months' .service he was promoted
sergeant and sent to New York to recruit
for; the Seventy-sixth Regiment, New
York Volunteers, the famous "Ironsides,"
with which he again served In the field.
believe that ' he was . in as good healt*
as -he ever, was, and his attendant took
him on the cars for dally outings with
instruction^ to. make the unfortunate
man's life as cheerful as possible so that
he might forget- his Imaginary sufferings.
Yesterday '' morning Moore accompanied'
Mr. Coleman on>a car ride, and again In
the . afternoon.^'returning to the house,
1490 Sacramento - street, ¦ at 6:30 o'clock.
Deceased ..went straight to his room, and
Barry Colerrfan called Moore to his room
and asked how his -brother had been dur
ing .the " outing, being anxious ' to know
whether there was any Improvement in
his condition. J About five ' minutes later
Moore went to the deceased's room but
found that he Vas not. there and went
back .to . Barry Coleman.' They thought
nothing ' about Evan absenting ¦ himself
from "his room, since; it was his habit
to wander from one room to another, but
when a- quarter of an hour or thereabouts
had , gone by 'without any sign of him.
they made a search of the house.
DEAD IN BASEMENT.
In the "basement the demented man's
lifeless body . was ! found lying near a
table on: which 'stood a bottle,' which'
from the odor they determined had un
mistakably j contained carbolic acid. >
Dr. David Barger of- Bush street, who
had attended the ' deceased for ten "years,
was Instantly summoned but his services
were not needed. '
Deceased. was born October 3, 18tt, near
Cincinnati and at an early age was taken
The funeral will take place on Thursday,
and at the express wish of the deceased's
wife, will be of a military nature. Ad
jutant General Stcne. on behalf of the Na
tional Guard, will order out as an escort
the First Regiment of Infantry, the First
General Barnes leaves two brothers,
John S. Barnes, a capitalist, who Is at
present residing at his summer home at
Lenox, Mass., and James Barnes of Hart
ford, Conn., and one sister, Mrs. Henry
M. Baker, of New York.
In the afternoon about 4 o'clock General
Barnes appeared to rally somewhat and
knowing that his life was fast ebbing, he
sent for his son. W. S. Barnes, and
warmly grasping his hand, bade him an
affectionate farewell. Those gathered
round his bedside at the end were, besides
his wife and two sons, Dr. Rosenstirn,
D. A. Ryan, who had been General
Barnes' confidential clerk for many years,
and Miss Vincent, his stenographer, who
had also been employed In the general's
office for some time.
Yesterday the family was warned that
the general's end was near. During the
twenty-four hours next preceding his
death he had no less than four hemorr
hages, the last one, at € o'clock last even
ing, being the most severe of all.
BIDS HIS SON GOOD-BY.
General Barnes died of cancer of the I
throat. He first complained to Dr.' Rosen- i
stirn last March of a ( malignant growth
that had forrne'd on" his tongue.' He had a
dread of both cancer and surgical opera
tions. He had only a year or so ago seen
his friend, Governor Booth, die of cancer'
and he would not accept the diagnosis of
his physician that he-had a cancer nor
would he allow an operation to be per
formed upon him. Gradually the growth '
crept from the sick man's tongue to his
throat, then to his lungs. Hemorrhages
set in and he bled to death.
Up to the last General Barnes retained
his mental faculties, and Dr. Julius
Ilosenstirn, who had beon in close attend
ance upon the sick man throughout his
iHnes?-, said that the general was fully
aware of everything that was taking
place up to within ten minutes of his
death. •
Barnes and Lieutenant J. w.
Barnrs, U. S. A., were gathered round the
bedside when tlie end came.
GENERAL W. II. L. BARNES,
the noted lawyer and orator,
died last evening at 7:15 o'clock
at the California Hotel. His
wife and' two eons, W. S.
, Pa wrr tickets calling for "JIOO.COO worth
of the missing gems have been . re
covered. - • • ••¦¦¦• '." '"'.¦¦¦
These let tora/ Friend said, are now in
the possession of Miss Yohe;' and she will
make them public if any attempt is '-made
to place upon her the blame for their,
alliance.: '-''if"
Attorney Friend is considering the ad
visability of publishing some of the cor
respondence that passed between Captain
Strong and May Yohe when' she was stiil
Lady Hope. She told Captain- Strong in
her' letters that it. was her. desire to make
Lord Hope a good' wife. In the.ends.ljc
to the- persuasions of Captain
Strong, who, time and again, assured her
that he would commit suicide if she did
not'glve herseli: to him.
Captain' Titus; said- to-night that ne be
lieved, he would have : little difficulty In
arresting. Ftror.g". ' ,. . ' : ¦
I • . .• ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : .; •'¦¦•• •-
Bradlee Strong, who is charged -with
grand larceny. Strong Is about 27 years
.old. 5 feet 9 Inches in height, Weighs
about 183 pounds; is of dark complexion.
! has dark wavy hair: is clean shaven;, has
I military bearing, and has an air oC lm
j rortanee in his walk."
TRIES TO DIVERT MIND.
Everything was done to cause him, to
: His brother knew differently, but in the
hope of dispelling the thought he had him
taken to an oculist; who assured ,!»ir.
Coleman that his sight 'was not in the
least impaired. He, however, was not
convinced. -. . .
Mr. Coleman had been deeply . affected
by his loss of the Pacific Transfer Com
pany's contract with the Southern Pacific
Railroad after leaving been connected
with that concern for so many years. He
brooded over the breaking off of a lflng
connection with a railroad which he had
believed j must be for all time. - In his
brooding over the change of affairs he
grew, morose and imaginative arid ulti
mately his • melancholia took the form of
hallucinations until he became, without
the slightest reason, certain that his sight
was leaving him and he was doomed to a
life of blindness.
For some days Mr. Coleman, had been
suffering from a mental depression that
caused his, brother and only living rela
tive in this city, Barry Coleman. to call in
Chester Moore, a medical student. ¦'.
princely, in manner to'all^who
had dealings 'with ,him;, died. last evening
from the effects of carbolic - acid swal
lowed by him: •
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w-rf VAX'VJ. •¦"COLEMAN,;' for
g •/•¦^.twenty-nine, years president of
• is the Pacific Transfer Company,
m . social favorite," man of great
J^^^^W. personal -..- magnetism ."¦.'¦;. and
At police headquarters Miss Yohe swore
out a complaint against Strong. Captain
Titus at once detailed detectives. He gave
instructions for a search of the' various re
sorts in tne tenderloin which Captain
Strong Is known to have visited. The fol
low'ing general police alarm was sent out
froni ¦ police" ; headquarters to-night:
'' "Look ' out ¦ for •¦ and arrest Putnam
SWEARS OUT WARRANT.
At the Sturtevant House Miss Yohe be
came almost hysterical. She felt the hu
miliation that had been put upon her even
more keenly than she did the loss of her
jewels.' :?; ; ;?r
little time was wasted alter the loss
was. discovered. Miss Yohe went at once
to her mother, who required only a glance
of her daughter's face to learn that her
worst fears had been realized. The older
woman began to weep silently and was
cheered by her daughter, who supported
her with an encircling .arm-, and assured
her that they would get along somehow,
and that they would not suffer in spite of
the theft of their fortune. ,
Frankel informed Friend that he' did
•not .believe that the family would con
sent to advance any such sum and that
he, would certainly advise against their
doing so. . ¦ :,.
Thpre was a hurried and whispered con
sultation between Friend, as counsel for
Mis3 Yohe, and Frankel, counsel of . the
mother of Captain Strong. It had been
understood that if it was found that only
the jewels had been taken which werfe
known to have been pawned in thi3 city,
the relatives would make good the amount
of money required to redeem them; but
when it became known that he had taken
fully $150,000 worth of jewelry, in addition
to the stuff pawned, negotiations were
broken off. ; . ' ¦
She sank back and would have fallen
had not Mr. Frankel extended a support
ing arm. Her weakness was only for a
moment, then she recovered herself, and
as long as she was in the office- of the!
trust company she made no show of in
tense emotion. •
Miss 'Yohe took. a single glance at the
remnants of her collection of jewels and
exclaimed. "My God. ho has taken every
thing. I am utterly ruined."
FAMILY WILL NOT PAY.
An official of the safety deposit com
pany opened the box and brought' into
view two fans which were purchased by
Miss Yohe in I/ondon as curiosities! cost
ing her ?47. Underneath the fans was a
quantity of jewelers' cotton, then a cheap
watch, an imitation pearl necklace; a
plain gold bracelet and plain gold ring.
All told these articles were worth not to
exceed $50 and of "the lot only the ring
had any sentimental value to Us owner.
It was a present to her from Lord Hope
and was inscribed on the inside with the
sentiment: "The world is broken; but
hf-pe is not." Commenting on this latttr,
Mi3s Yohe paraphrased it, "The world So
broken and so am I."
: 1^ was a moment of intense dramatic
interest when the search of the. safety
deposit box ,was made. Much difficulty
had been experienced in gaining permis
fclon for an investigation of the box which
had been leased by Captain Strong In the
name of Putnam Bradley. Finally the
officials of the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany decided to permit a search* to be
made under certain safeguards. This per
mission was not obtained until Albert B.
Sfcattuck, brother-in-latf- to Captain
Strong, announced that the family, would
interpose no objection.
mother of Captatn Strong.
Miss Yohe expressed intense bitterness
toward the man who took her from her
husband, and asserted with great vehe
mence that no circumstances can arise
which will reconcile her to him. She said
that he found her with an Independent
fortune of not less than half a million dol
lars and that he had left her without
MEnoufcft'to'pay next monk's rent. In her
aVrgVT J JJlsS Yo fifl- "TbuYfit/ \ixne~ to^ CJCpf «S3
sympathy; and sorrow for 'the heartbroken
LEAVES HER PENNILESS.
In an interview Miss Yohe revealed the
secrets of her life with Captain Strong
during the last year. She asserted that
he had lived, off her .bounty ' ever since
she left her husband. Lord Hope, and that
hs had made it necessary oh various oc
casions for her to make good his gambling
debts.
Emanuel Friend, counsel for May Yohe,
announced that he would offer a reward
of $1000 for the arrest of Captain Strong.
When she realized her loss' Miss Yohe
reeled and fainted, but recovering herself
quickly, refused assistance that was prof
fered her by those who stood near by.
A little later she went to police headquar
ters, where she made complaint charging
Captain Strong with grand larceny. - An
order for his arrest was Immediately sent
to every police station In New York.
The articles stolen are believed to be
worth fully $250,000,- much inoro than that
amount having been bald for them.'
NEW YORK, July 21.— Search was made
late this afternoon of the .safety deposit
box In which all of -the. jewels: and valu
ables belonging to May Yohe were placed
last April by Putnam BraUlee Strong. The
box was found to be empty,' except for
two fans and a few-trinkets of insignifi
cant value. ... i
Special Dispatch to The Call...
Swears Out Warrant
for Arrest of the
Captain,
Former Lady Hope Is
Relieved of Half
a Million.
None of May Yohe's
Jewelry Found
in Vaitit
STRONG
STEALS
IT ALL
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Loss of Transfer Contract With Southern
Pacific Company Affects His Mind and
He Swallows Draught of Carbolic Acid
EVAN J. COLEMAN KILLS
HIMSELF AT HIS HOME
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1902.
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