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It's time to prepare your indoor winter garden of Dutch bulbs. Learn about them and see a ciever drawing" in color m THE SUNDAY CALL. VOLUME C— NO. 158. Jeweler's Assailants the Bank Murderers SPRING VALLEY IN ON WATER DEAL Report That Supervisors Intend to Purchase It as Well as the Bay Cities MAYOR AND RUEF INVEST IN STOCK Circumstances May Enable the Present Monopoly to Make a Good Bargain The charges and counter charges regardling the proposed purchase of the Bay Cities Water Company by the city have brought to light the fact that the transaction was in no way blended a$ a blow at the Spring Valley Com pany. In fact it is stated that part of the plan was to acquire the Spring Valley as well as the Bay Cities plant To just what end the negotiations will eventually come is mere conjecture at this tin:. Th; Bay Cities plant in itself would hi cf little ust to the city. To give San Francisco a first-class water sup ply it v.culd be necessary to acquire the Spring Valley system as an auxil iary. It is stated that the Supervisors had this in rrind when they placed Ihe.-nrcl-.e5 en record as in favcr of lhe Tens corporation. While the Bay C:t:;s has a gcod supply and has ex pended large sums fcr reservoirs and ihc like, it has no pipe line system which could fill the requirements ci a city thz size ci Sar. Francisco. This would be a mere waste for the city to parallel the Spring Valley's pipes and render the corporation's conduits value less. Instead the purchase by the city of the Spring Valley property would be mace to appear the part of reason. RIEF AND SCHMITZ IX VEST. After the purchase of the Bay Cities l'.z.r.: it is dear that the Spring Valley tvo-jld be la a position to name Its own terms or force the city to act through the courts. Whether an understand ing has b<?«n reached between the Coßtlaned on Pnsr 3. Bottom Colnmn 2. CHURCH PROPERTY SET ON FIRE. OAKLAND, Nov. 4. — "What. appears to have been an incendiary cttempt to burn the Parochial School buildings of £t. Marys parish at Seventh and Jef ferson streets -was discovered late to r.'ght by the Rev. Robert Sesnon. a»- Eistant pastor oJ the church, in time to prevent the burning of the structures "which occupy the block bounded by Seventh. Eighth, Jefferson and Grove streets. A quantity cf chips of wood and ether combustibles, well soaked •with coal oil, was piled along the base of one of the school buildings and ignited. The *ames from the pile attacked the woodwork of the structure and were flowly eating their -way into the build •r.g trher. Father Sesncn was attracted by the crackling of the flre. Ke rushed from fcis room, which overlooks the rchool yard, and soon got the flames PThe police were notified and an In stigation made confirmed the priest's tn*ory of incendiarism. The detectives J-eiieve the fire was started by boys. BUFFALO BILL IS TO TALK TO UTES. PPEOAL DISPATCH TO THE CAIX. CODT. TVyo.. *Soy. 4.— Buffalo BUI left here today for Sheridan, where he expeevs to hold a conference with the L'tes before they begin their overland march to Fort Meade. Since his re turn from his big bear hunt Colonel Cody has been kept closely advised of the negotiations with the Utes. and he fears that in spite of the agreement reached yesterday there is danger of a general uprising of northern mdians. Ilunneni have been going about be tween the different tribes with the pur pose of inciting a revolt and it is the opinion of the famous scout that the work of these runners should be coun teracted i:t once by the Government. \u25a0 I/", will communicate with the military »a his arrival at Sheridan on the exact jcuree to be pursued. The San Francisco Call. INDEX OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S NEWS TODAY. TELEPHONE TEMPORARY SC MONDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1906. WEATHER CONDITIONS. YESTERDAY — Coucj;. soothweit wind. M" i=:ua teajperitur*. CO; : silatcuia temperature, I'X)EECAST FOB TODAY — Cleudj. with *bc»ers; fr- t- south H"fcjd. Ptie 11 GRAFT SC.iXDAL. ' Report that Saperrisor* Intend to pcrcbaa* Spring Vtlley TVttrr Cocpaax es Til t» tie Ber CiUes. P**M 1 *sd S S-jperrUer* and Eaef boH m three-tour*' secret caacta »t EUmiltca ll**.;. Paxs 3 Police are cocSdect that thsr* wbo assaulted Jeweler Cehread coauclrted tfce zanrder and robbery at iLe J*;>asest Back. liu!d* Voa Hofen admit* being tie wife of Kanaka ti eoarict Sirauca. but say« she wu forced to Kerr*" Ida at j*>l2T of revolver. Pt*e« 1 and 2 FreU l'iotler. •Uteen-yeir-old youth. r">&»fc l r izii.V.r wcsa«!ed by corcpasioas irfclle im-pect fcur a riSc. ***« » Man acclientiily sbools friend while demoa e:r»tlsc how to co^e with cispi?* thugs. Ttga 9 £as Francisco members of tbe National Guard unefc!e to fiad a r*£?e for target practice. ?aje 11 L"pbc'steT«T sars he nu attacked by thug. aud that policeman wodd not aid tin Page 2 Lctbena clergyman ssv* Japanese children stonld be placed in te^artte schools. P*se 14 Mary Kelly toids ber cottage acainft relief coasailttee ejuflcves aad de£es tfcein to remove her. .P*C« » I'Blted Railroads officials atlsolt to New Yorker* ttat the local eysteffi Is netting bis profits. Pa^« 11 SIBURBA.V Iscec diary attempt Is made to bom tie j parochial tcLool buiMlsgs connected wlti St. ; Msry'» CucrclJ at Seventh tad Jeffer»<«i streets, i OiVJand. Pare I 1\u25a0: ilscder plays good saxaaritac. and Is ; re*. 1-J br ? iri plckjwiet. Pare 4 Palo Alto tuouiE? Is result c* new electric \u25a0 Hues. Pa^s 4 Her. Ciarlee Brown delivers first of series cf lectures on Christ and Christianity. Pare 4 Cities across bay hating bl; bciMin? Leader of Theosephlsts probably fatally lc iTcsident heats three days for tnrkey* E3J taißj ehoois coe. Pare 11 Collier's Weekly tlleped to be in posses»it>n I cf etiieoce a^ai2*t Tobacco Tnist which prOT«» 1 - :r :;:.:. is Masncbcsetts I>^is!atcre. Pare 3 Pc£Ta2o Bill will hold conference with Cte*. \ He fears a petierai uprlsic;:. Pare 1 DowUr's successor *s bead cf 'Christian Catij . elic Oiurch aaaoscces his tctectioa of building : a new'Zloa. P*r« 5 Hodles bcried in Portiasd cemetery foend to ' LaTe turned to ctone. Tare 3 Scientist will cctabllah weather bureao», utll : Izlng ctracge plant, which predict* storms and 1 earthquake*. \u25a0 Fare 3 EeserTolr barats at Rousd Mocstain. and ; ; flast cf a Ismber cctDpasy l\ swept away. Page 3 Passenger trtin is wrecked and two of crew • are scalded. :,• . Pare 11 Sacramento clergyman pay* trlirute to tie mea »"t;o are Sghtlng so rescue San Francisco from the clutches of the grafters. Pare 14 SPORTS. AotemoblZists object to the closing cf the \u25a0 park roads to the motor cars. Pare 6 In the Cbarxtpioa stake at Ingleslde Coursln; \u25a0 Park Renegade Apache is winner. Pare 7 Oakland rictortous orer San Francisco fes the i-.'i'. game of baseball season. Page 7 George Janes win* the bay counties tennis ' championship. Pare 7 San Francisco Bey* 1 Athletic League has [ : been organized. Fare 6 Bosebea In great chape for race despite story cf lajsry. Page 6 Berkeley stcdents hard at work practicing yells for football game. Pare 7 Owsip of tnrf indicates presence of track stars at coining meet. Pare 6 San Francisco* defeat Vampire* and HcmeU ; beat A!b!'»E« at Association footbalL Pare 6 Jack Mcnroe to meet Marrin Hart In New York this month. Pare 6 Jim JeCries smpires last Leagne game of season at Los Angeles, which is won by j Seattle. ':£?%', Pare"; Bcier Joe Thomas can t*Te his pick of ser ! eral big matches. Pare 6 ;FOREIG\. American troops are ordered to make ex ; tenslre practice marches throughout Cuba, In , the hope of restoring confidence among the I people. P*r» 3 j POLITICAL. ] Tasraany Sealers !'i»e Hearst ta lsrch, and | will work solely to wla local ticket. Pare 1 lzS.ii cf new Toters* make* forecast cf Ala ' meda election impossible. Pare 14 GUlert will close his remarkasle canrals for ; Gorernor of California tonight with three ad dresses dellTered in different parts of the ! city. Par* 14 j SHIPPING. Siip Rhoddan Castle, from Antwerp, battles with terrible gales, and encounters great fields of Ice when rounding Cape Hem. Page 11 j MIXING. New leasing company arranges to reopen tsl nable Toaopas-Goldneld properties. Page 9 j THE CALL'S BRANCH OFFICES Subscriptions and Advertise- ments will be received in San Francisco at following offices: 1851 FILLMORE STREET Open until 10 o'clock every night. 81S VAX XESS AVEXUE Parent's Stationery Store, FERRY DEPOT Adjoining S. P. ticket oflce, foot cf Market Street. M 2 TURK STREET At the Sign of the Lamp. SIXTEENTH AND MARKET STS. Jackson's Branch. SSS HAIGHT STREET Stationery Store. 1CO« VALENCIA STREET Rothchlld's Branch. 1531 CHURCH STREET George Prewltfs Branch.- 2200 FILLMORE STREET Woodward's Branca. SAX FRANCISCO, MONDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 5, 1906. HEARST SENTIMENT ON THE WANE IN NEW YORK Eleventh Hour Reports" Show Great Increase in Es timates Favoring Hughes ; TAMMANY WORKING * FOR CITY TICKET Independence League Men Said to Have Given Up All Pretense of Making Fight SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. NEW YORK, .\ov. 4. — Sirzdr trains for HuKbm nere reported In an el«v- j enth-hour canvass of the cities lodav. , Buffalo, Utica, UochcMer and other; places increased the estimates sent la; earlier in the campaign* the speech of \u25a0 Secretary Taft at Vtlca last Thursday j nlsht having caused a tremendoos j Mvln~ to the support of the insurance • investigator. In no place rras nnj . SrroTrth of Hearst sentiment reported, ) and in man?- plsces It was declared that - the Independence League, men had \u25a0 TWO CAPTURED GAS-PIPE THTTG 5, I.VXOCEXT WIFE OF OXE OF - THEM AXD WEAPOZSS THEY TSED. : ffiven up all pretense of making a i fight. With all the spirit gone oat of their ; campaign for W. R. Hearst, Tammany workers today set all their machinery going for the election of their Judiciary and legislative ticket, about vrhich, since the canvass, Charles F. 3lorphy nnd his lieutenants have been seriously alarmed. They feel that only desperate vrork will save the local tickets, Mind on these depends Murphy's immediate | fate. Should he lose the judiciary ticket | and a majority of the Assembly, Senate and Congress nominees, there would be nothing left for him but to step down ! as leader of Tammany. Realizing this,! his friends are working heartily for ! him, but Hearst does not figure in their calculations. AIR OF GLOOM DEEPEXS. Tammany's air of gloom, which set in after the executive committee met on Saturday, was deepened today, when It was learned that supplementary, can vasses made in some of the alleged Hearst strongholds; showed even a greater slump in Hearst sentiment than had been revealed on Saturday. Murphy, with a few of his advisers, ; spent a few hours reading the reports i of these canvassers. He would make no j prediction other than that made early jlast week, when he said Hearst would get a plurality of 50,000 in < New York! City. He would not discuss the lead-. ers' reports. He will make no further i prediction, but it Is known that-he; has] practically abandoned ' hope of : seeing i Hearst elected and hopes only for the! [success of his local, ticket-- -I i ; At the. prediction of William J. Con- ] Continued on Page . 5, Colum* * 1« CURE that they have the Japanese bank murderers in the persons of Louis Dabner and the kanaka, Siemsen, who, it devel- ops, is married to Hulda yon Hofen, the police are endeavoring to run do T .vn the third man who figured in the assault and rob- Police Declare They Are Sure of Guilt of Dabner and Siemsen. "I believe that Louis V.^Dabner and John Simpson, alias Siemsen, were the mur derers of the Japanese banker. "Every particle of eviderxce that we-have been able to ob tain points to the commission of that crime. I cannot say at present that we will even tually charge them with it, '.but I think from the statements that they have made and from the corroborative evidence that we hgve been able to obtain that they are guilty." In the foregoing statement by Chief of Police J. F. Dinan he has no hesitancy in declaring that the gaspipe murderers who attempted the life of Henry Behrend, the SteinerrStreet jeweler, are v the; same : that tried to kill the cashier and succeeded in killing the president of the Japanese bank at the corner of O'Farrell and Webster streets more than a month ago. Notwithstanding a reward of $5500 none of -the sleuths of the local department have been /able to find even a trace of the murderers until the murderers renewed under the same conditions with an attack upon a defenseless jeweler. It was the grit of that jeweler that enabled the police to at last arrest men whom the authorities are sure are the much wanted criminals. \Y. Behrend was assaulted when in his shop by three men, one of whom was caught red handed in the attack and the other who was captured at ter his .accomplice Had confessed, rl^ouis Dabner; a vybung man offgood. parentage, misled by : an experienced crook, believed that he/couldniakemoreimoney by wielding the gaspiper than he could by honest toil. To him was given the disagreeable : task of doing murder: -At no time an the many as saults ithat have! been made has he shown any disposition to shirk his part of the con tract. In the Friede, in the Pfitzner and the Japanese'murdersHt^Ayas --. he who probably struck 'the ! fatal : . blows:.. Even now,, with the shadow of the. gallows upon him. he has no Hesitancy •in admitting- his guilt. °THe Ghief of Police has convincing evidence that the prisojners and:the;man^ who was their companion were the;men tiiatkommitted ail three COXTIAUED OX " PAGE 2, COLI'MX 3. Many California "camera fiends' are interested in the amateur photo graphic salon now open in Mew York. Some of the best gems dis played will be shown in THE SUNDAY CALL. PRICE FIVE CENTS Says She Wed Kanaka Convict at Point of Revolver. Hulda Yon Hofen Tells Story of Marriage With Siemsen. Confessing- that John Siemsen, the leader of the gaspipe thugs who beat down and looted the safe of the jeweler Behrend, was her husband, Hulda yon Hofen yesterday tried to palliate her marriage with a full blooded Kanaka by telling a story., of; a . marriage forced upon her at the point of a* re volver " after - formal consent to %i their • engagement /had been obtained from their parents! Rev. J. H. Pierce of Oak land/the minister who mar ried the pair, admitted last evening that he was led to suspect miscegenation when called upon to join them, but | that he was careful to ques tion them and become* satis fied that there. was no valid objection to the union before he consented to perform the ceremony. Declaring that s he believed the storr of the brown man wicaia^ the white girl through threatening her with a weapon to be untrue, the clergyman added that he never saw a more elated bride than was the daughter of th» Union-street •watchmaker when sha took the Kanaka for her husband. PAREXTS HEAR OF WEDDIXG. Knowledge of the marriage of th* pair did not become known to th» girl's parents until yesterday mornia?, trhen it was in turn conveyed to ta« police.. That they had a brown son-in-law appeared to worry the Yon Hofens. al thourh both the mother and father of the girl admitted that they had given \u25a0their consent to the engagement of their daughter to him. • "The Yon Hof ens tell a story of th« Continued on Pase 2, Bottom Column t.