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SOME OF THOSE INTERESTED IN
THE EXPOSE OF THE COUNTT
CLERK'S PECULJAJl METHODS.
Continued ; on Page - 2, Column - 4.
' ROME, April 9.— The Pope is again ill.
He." Is- suffering' from extreme feebleness
ind -.shortness of breath. . The Cardinals
are : anxious ; over the' increasing lassitude
of the Pontiff.
POPE LEO IS . AGAIN ILL •
AND EXTREMELY FEEBLE
Condition of the Aged Pontiff Gives
/ the Cardinals Much
NEW YORK. April 9.— Official .' an
nouncement, was made to-day ,.of the dls
sclutlon of the , Southern Pacific pool
which" has. been' engineered by Keerie and
the flrnv of- Talbot'J.. Taylor & Co. ; Tay
lor made the"announcement.VHesald also
that the .stock in the pool had been dis
tributed. . .. " • •: . » .. t ,
Taylor confirmed the repoat that Keene
is to take a trip to Europe. . ¦¦ ¦
SOUTHERN. PACIFIC POOL
RETURNS STOCK TO 'i OWNERS
ness trip to Eureka. She was 23 years old.
Atthe'tlme of the marriage the brother
.declared he woyld block any. attempt the
unwelcome husband might make to get
control of the young woman's Inheritance.
. SOFIA, April. 9.— A conflict, lasting four
days has taken place between the irisur
gents and Turkish troops in the district of
Melsho. The village of Berovo was sur
rounded, and burned. Another fight oc
curred near Opela.
Insurgents and Turkish Troops Bat
" .tie in Melsho.
FIGHT LASTS FOUR DAYS.
Not a week before the Reno wedding the
first Mrs. Friedlander obtained a divorce.
The husband, freed from the legal chains,
lost no time in gaining the consent of Miss
Hcrold to a speedy marriage. In the
minds of the unfortunate girl's relatives,
the fact that she had lately come into a
fortune of $40,000 by bequest /from her
father, is credited with having been a po
tent force In hastening Friedlander to woo
tind win the young heiress.
At anv rate, Miss Hcrold disappeared
Mr.«. Fi inlander was Miss Bessie
llerold of Kingston. N. Y., who, during a
r'.x months* visit with her brother, Isaac
II. HrroSd. a Jeweler, residing at !317
Thirteenth avenue, became acquainted
With Friedlander in San Francisco. He
vas at that lime married, and employed
•of a travrMnsr salesman by Kohler &
<.'h?se In San Francisco.
OAKLAND. April 3. -The suicide of
ZIrs. liarry Krif>clandf r is a sad finale to
a Hero murrJage which took place March
26 aga'nst ihe strongest opposition of the
young woman's relatives In East Oak
land.
Young Woman's Marriage.
JLelativcs Strongly Objected to
WEDDIUG WAS OPPOSED.
There .was. a large gathering of court,
diplomatic and officials present,
Including Embassador Storer ¦ and Mrs.
Storer. Second Secretary Rives, j Military
Attache- Harris, the British Embassarlor,
Sir Frederick Plunkett. -and I^adv Plun
kett and, the Duchess of Marlborough. ¦
VIENNA, April 9.— Emperor Francis Jo
seph, assisted by eleven Archdukes, in the
Hof burg to-day ' performed the ancient
Holy Thursday ceremony of washing the
feet of twelve, aged men. Their ages
ranged from 92 to 99, aggregating 1032
years. The Emperor, first placed .llshes
of food before each man, which tho Arch
dukes removed immediately afterward,
the viands being sent later to the men's
homes. The • ceremony ended with the
Emperor hanging a, bag containing thirty
pieces of silver around each tnan's neck.
The Emperor appeared to be in excellent
health. ' . . '
Performs the Ancient Holy Thursday
Ceremony Before Gathering of
Court Officials.
AUSTRIA'S' EMPEROR WASHES
FEET OF TWELVE AGED MJ3N
It is not difficult to discover traces here
of uneasiness with regard to the Russian
Government's real sentiments about the
outlook In the Balkans. A few more ut
terances t In the tone of those that have
appeared lately in the Novoe Vremya, the
Viedomostl and the Svet could easily
change that f uneasiness into suspicion.
Either the, summaries telegraphed to
Vienna of'. editorials published in the St.
Petersburg organs are inaccurate or Eu
ropean intervention in the Balkans is be
ing regarded in Russia as an increasing
probable contingency.
tate the most impossible thing in the
world, namely, a manifestation, by Aus
tria of independent Ideas. With regard to
her- foreign policy, Austria may follow
some other power, but it is almost ludi
crous to believe that she will ever lead
or try to. lead." '.
the morning of March 25. She went away
after telling her brother that she was go
ing on an outing in the country. Sus
picjon that all was not right was aroused
by Miss Herold's failure- to return in the
evening. Herold had known of the. rela
tions existing between Friedlander and
his sister, and he had tried . as best ¦ he
could to break off the engagement, but to
'no purpose. Convinced that his sister had
gone with the object of her infatuation to
be married, Herold "communicated with
Reno the day follow1ng,her departure, and
his suspicions .were confirmed.., ';•
After the couple returned - from Reno
they went to San Francisco to live.-Fried
lander had left with his 'wife on a busi-
If Russia has lost faith in the possibil
ity of a pacific solution of the crisis un
deniably existing in the Balkans,- it. will
be a disappointing blow, to this Govern
ment. Austria-Hungary has hoped against
hope that. the reform. plan would suffice
to believe the contrary would be, . in the
words of a very prominent member of the
Reichrath, who discussed . the situation
with me recently, "to prove oneself fatally
Ignorant of this country."
"Any move upon the part of Russia that
would complicate the situation In the Bal
kan peninsula." he added, "would necessl-
quietude and the impression that
European intervention . In; ,th« . Mace
donian question is not such a total impos
sibility as governmental declarations
¦would indicate have been accentuated
hero by recent comment of the Russian
press upon the situation.
It is argued, perhaps not unreasonably,
that If the well-known Severity of the
Russian censor's department allows such
indisputable pessimism to find Journalistic
utterance, it must be solely because that
pessimism Is shared In Government cir
cles. It is to be hoped that his reasoning
is incorrect. ;¦'•"; ~.
VIENNA, April 9.— News from the
Balkans Is as scarce a3 It. is gloomy.
Curiously enough, the feeling of dis-
v, -ipjj e general indications are
that the scandal is yetin its Infancy, and
that th'efe' has been not only carelessness
of the worst type but. willful crime. De-
Velopmenis "follow thick and fast upon
"each 'other.'" Charges Of a startling char
acter, nre beir.R heaped upon Mahony and
he ; Is "trembling; beneath their weight. A
.thorough, offlcjal .investigation' will be
made, and- the guilty, must answer. All
along the line the members of the "push"
af.e scurrying' to cover. -Not a -man steps
"forward 'td'deferfd the'accused'offlcial. He"
-isleft alone to face the' storrii. ' The tax
' payers fare beginning to t ask . questions
about the.- loose; methods of. the County
Clerk. ; The Grand Jury is to be given an
i 'opportunity' to ¦Investigate his manner of
public ¦ affairs. His -deputes
have 'resolved 'to make'a determined stand
against any '-'further . : Illegal assessments'.
And :Mahqpy. ia showing the awf u| strain.
His ,vz!n. hopes that: his misdeeds could
•be'-kept -froni- the public' eye -have van
ished.* -Her realizes- that justice isadvanc
ing relentles'sly • toward. 1 him._ The Call's
'exclusive acVbiint", of h;a "misdoings cre
ated intense /excitement in^ political cir
,cles.yesterday. The crowd that buys and
¦sells; votes*, on-, election .day.. !'flxes" cases
i-in-the'eourts' and*takes-a ''rake-off". f rom
the sajaries of public officials was- the
'most' interested 'and' alarmed. ' Now that
some of tthe .gigantic; frauds ; are /coming
1. into the'vlew of the people they" /ear lest
the,- whole rotten, structure of corruption
:fall .and' that good : government may . have
an' inning.- But -they dare not rally for a
.'battle;/'- ; ¦' ', ' '"'¦'
; 1TEW^ DISCOyERIES .ABE MADE.
.* A- peculiar Juggling ' of the ' salary roll
-by which' John* J. -Cassldy, an ; employe
*of 'the United Railroads, was. benefited- to
the v extent -of ' %M was made known yes
terdayl \ ' Suspicious Irregularities " In the
handling of documents .in .probate were
JSI JET new and • a»toundingr
' /H /B facts 5n relation* to Albert
I vU Ha ' ' a * lon y"* 'conduct j of ' the
"I W ra County Clerk's ' office were
*jL ' f -'JA: • brought to light yesterday.
y™^0R some time I have been
Jr"< cognizant of ; the, fact that
. the County Clerk's office
was conducted, to say. the^ least,
in a .very'; deplorable ; manner.'
Shortly .after my induction 'into
office I. had .occasion | to. investi
gate some of the actions of -the
County Clerk; and;at that time
felt- that* I* should take- 'sdme
action in the-premises, but upon
my trying to do - so r - 1 was re
strained by Judge "Hebbard,
.who decided that^ the County
Clerk's office was a county office,
and, therefore, the' Mayor had
no jurisdlctiQn^o.yjer_it, notwith
standing the fact, that .the mu
nicipaiityof San' Francisco pays
his ; salary 1 and' the entire, ex- :
p'ense connected ¦* with ! the office.'
This' morning "I ''notified r the
Finance '. ' Committee, through
Supervisor 'Horace Wiispn,~ to
havo. its - experts .examine .the
condition , of .the accounts imme
diately. What action I will take
I '¦ am not ; prepared :. to ' state .at
th'o present time. . .' .< , -^ " - "^ .
The expose made by The. Call
this morning' cable' as: no sur
prise to me,'but.I am glad tojsea
that the condition of affairs, in
thafoffice has at last been- made
public. 'Had not Judge Hebbard
issued the restraining' order fdr^
bidding- me to interfere -with
the County Clerk, almost; a year
ago, the. bad condition' of affairs
ever since that time .would . not
have' existed. - • '¦ '¦ ' ;' ¦ I ¦;•/
I am' told" that the office "is
one year behind » in> its .work',
and the excusa given for. the
same that ; the County" Clerk
has not. enough.help to i_' carry, 'on'
the work.- . He upon, one occa
sion applied 'to 'me for'addition
al 'assistance) but after, investi
gation I, found that' the .-depu
ties he"' employed were incom
petents," did; not 'devote', more
than one-half -their. .time", to .the
duties 'of -the; office, and there
fore it was 'impossible for them
to keep ,up- with.their ,wofk.' .It
is no uncommon things also,' for
court documents to entirely dis
appear from the'omce," and liti
gants j are . , thus \ put r to ¦ ,the
trouble and | expense -of furnish
in g new* papers. ' ~ ' ' *y '/¦:';
V I . hope .within a few-days |. to
find .some means of .^correcting
this evil.— -Statement - by Mayor
Schmitz. ; ' . ' ' ', ¦•- •'- '¦; /
Austria Begins to Suspect Her Ally of an Inten
tion to Take a Hand in the Suppression
of Disorder.
KING FERDINAND OF BULGARIA, WHO IS CHARGED BY THE MIL
ITARY PARTY IN CONSTANTINOPLE WITH SECRETLY PREPAR
ING FOR ARMED CONFLICT WITH TURKEY.
MAYOR WILL
TAKE HAND
IN MATTER
W'her. it became obvious that the search
v,^s deEtlard to be a useless endeavor,
the vessel's head was turned northward
cpalr: and she steamed here, arriving
considerably after her schedule hour.
Cut one conclusion was to be drawn
from this distressing condition of things
an.J It tras thai the woman bad gone
overboard — accidentally, perhaps, ( but
mere probably with suicidal purpose.
The weather vrza clear and the sea fairly
Eizooth !a the noonday sun. The Arctic
T7=s hove to Jast off Shelter Cove and aft
er*-:: r<5 she craised somewhat to the
ctmthward. Those aboard watched -the
walnr keenly for some object which might
prove to be a. woman's body, but nothing
rois encountered.: ."¦
Mr. Frif-diander, now thoroughly
alarmed. Insisted that a second and, jf
possible, a. aure complete search of the
ship be made. With the assistance of offi
cers and crew he probed into every nook
and corner of the craft, but the energies
nf all were expended fruitlessly. Mrs.
Frictliander was not on the ship.
CBTJISE FOR BODY.
rroxa the vacant stateroom of the
Friedlanders they proceeded to all other
Epanaer.ts on the passenger deck, but
the missing -Rife was nowhere in evi
dence. Then the lover deck was given
doss scrutiny and ihe noid iras peered
imo. but not a si?n of the woman could
tc round. Repealed calls of her name
fcrci^hi no response
The few otht-r passengers aboard were
lnToi-rotd of the matter and were asked
Tihtn thry had last seen Mrs. Fried-
Jar.dcr. Their statements served to little
purpose, for ;hc young bride h:id not been
observed by any of them for a consider
able time and they had not noted any
thirg uc'jsual on board.
The captain sought to calm the already
iiistractcd hiirband by the assurance that
Mrs. Fricdlander would be readily found
Jn gome part of ths ship unfamiliar to
lar.dstacn. The mo then started on a
search through the vessel.
SZA3CH OF VT2SSEL.
This »UiTtlii5g information was brought
to-ni£hf fcy the steamer Arctic, on which
JJr. ar.d Mrs. FriedLaader tjoli passage
Irozn Son Francisco yesierdar- When the
-. easci "»ts cSC Shelter' Covci a Jiimlet
about tiiirty smiles scath cf Cape llor.«2o
dna. at noon to-day. Mr. Friedlandcr
hurried to the bridge and excitedly in
formed Captain Reiner that his wife had
cmmlr&j disappeared.
ECBEKA. April it— The suie'de of the
bride in the tea off the Southern Hum
boJdi cofisi is believed to have been the
tragic tfenouenicnt oi the rapid love affair,
has;y Reno marriage, and brief honey
zn'jcn of Mrs. Hairy Friedlander. the rich
> uues ¦woTua.n who a few months ago
ck-h:c frcm New York to visit relatives in
East Oakland.
Dispatch to Ti- Cal!.
Shortly after Uhe lynching affair. Mc-
Daniel began to decline. lie gradually
wasted away and it was believed he had
consumption, but physicians could find no
trace of tuberculosis. Neither could they
determine what was the cause of the
wasting illness.
"When the dying man called his relatives
about his bed he was extremely weak, but
managed to tell a fragmentary story. ; It
was to the effect that he was one of the
mob that went out on a moonlight night
in April, two years ago, to string up the
flye men and boys whose presence the
mob considered a menace to the country.
"As we went to take the five away
from the place of their detention," the
dying man whispered to those gathered
about. him, Hall; one of the five,
dealtme a kick In the abdomen,* which
was ttio cause of my. fatal Illness."
McDaniel's participation in the " atro
rious crime two years ago had never even
been suspected. The trials of , the men
charged with the murders had long ago
been concluded, and the affair itself had
become little more than a malodorous
memory. But for these two years Mc-
Daniel had gripped tightly his llfe-de
stroylr.g secret and borne in flesperate
silence the agony of the wound one of his
victims inflicted. And finally, when death
was- near and silence for safety's sake
had become a mockery, the man spread
clear the truth and repentantly passed
from life.
McDaniel was of. a family prominent in
Modoc. His father owns 1000 acres of
land near Lookout. The son rode the
ranges after cattle and became a robust
young rancher. He stood six feet tall and
weighed over 200 pounds,
MYSTERY OF ILLNESS.
SUFFERS IN SILENCE.
REDDING, April 9.— Strangely and ter
ribly, as it were that an inscrutable,
avenging fate had pursued him unpity
ingly to his final retributive hour on
earth, William McBaniel, a ycung man
of Lookout, in Modoc County, died at his
home there a few days ago.
As . he was dying- MeDaniel confided to
his relatives for the 'first time that he
was a member of the band of merciless
outlaws who lynched five". men and boys
a£ Lockout in April, 1D&1. Then, for. the
flratrtim«tal«Op ho -sjcplained j to , i hem the,
ca-usa of his long-contiii'ue'd and. seemingly
mysterious/illness. -A' blow in the abda»
men. struck by one of the mob's vfctlms
during a 'struggle at the; bridge gallows,
had caused an injury which grew In se
riousness until it became; fatal. -.,-'-
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Young Woman Who Wedded
in Reno Believed to
Have Ended Life.
Blow From One of the Modoc
Victims the Cause of
Fatal Injury.
Young Rancher^ Tells
of a Terribie Re
tribution.
Death Ends Suffer
ing of Lookout
Lyncher.
RICH BRIDE
DISAPPEARS
IN THE SEA
«.
Iftrs. Harry Friedlander
Is Missed Off
Hurnboldt.
Tragic Occurrence
on the Steamer
Arctic.
CONFESSION
REVEALS HIS
GRIM SECRET
RUSSIA MAY LEAD THE WAY
FOR POWERS TO INTERFERE
IN THE BALKAN SITUATION
FESTERDAY -a-as productive of many new and startling facts in regard to the maladministration of Comity Clerk Albert' Mahony. His misdeeds-are coming to light almost hourly and the end seems not far distant. The Mayor
has ordered an investigation of his if nances and a complaint charging him with juggling public funds is about to be filed with the Grand Jury. Hisassociatcs-ltave fled to cover and, deserted and alone, he cringes before the terrific
storm ieliich hisiirongdoings have caused. The people have commenced asking Superior Judge Frank Dunne to explain how it was that he allowed his records to bekcpt.inihc disgraceful manner that they were, lie declares that
his clerks and the minutes of his court are no concern of his and that he is not responsible for the manipulation of entries. Lawyers cannot state whether there will be a jail delivery as a result of the exposures. The point is a new one
ai:d must be left to the courts. - * . ..;,.¦./.¦.:,;¦•, :¦..-.' ¦..-:',;', y.-- ¦..: ¦'.-'>' ¦¦¦'-..''¦¦
WHIRLWIND OF SCANDAL WHICH IS SWEEPING COUNTY CLERK'S
OFFICE CENTERS ITS VIOLENCE ON ALBERT MAHONY, BUT PUTS
JUDGE DUNNE IN A POSITION WHERE EXPLANATION IS NEEDED
7> HE Probate Department
cf the ¦ County Clerk's
office has generally been
accredited with being freer of
""cause for scandal than any
other under the regime off Al
bert B. ' Mahony, but even in
that there is . a system of
"graft," as was readily admit
ted yesterday by Edward J.
Casey, the daputy in charge of
the department, who is also a
brother-in-law of the County
Clerk.
Casey admitted that hia
clerks had been in the habit of
receiving from attorneys extra
f ees y for recording probate pro
ceedings in appeal cases and in
those /where a distribution of
the* estate was desired. They
also were allowed to make extra
money for attending to posting
notices and making affidavits of
the same, which is usually as
sessed at- $2 50. -It may be
readily inferred that- in cases
where fees were paid a prefer
ence was given them over those
which carried no premium.
• It is due Cassy to state that
attorneys who have business
with this . department acquit
him of having taken any fe»s
• in cases which he handled per
sonally, although he admits he
knew that his subordinates
were doing so. r * -'-'T^XX' *"'
The bulk of the probate busi
ness is more than three months
behind in recording, and there
i are many cases running as far
back as January, 1002, that are
still awaiting a place on tht
records.
i
FEES TAKEN
UNLAWFULLY
BY DEPUTIES
PRICE FITE CENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1903.
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