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  • ASSASSIN SLAYS GIRL SAVES HER THINK MURDERER HARRY … · BEREA, Ky., Jan. 12.— John F. Fee, founder ofBerea College, a famous Abo-litionist, died last night. Mr. Fee was born InBracken
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Hangs Himself With Necktie. Victor Schoberg, a German porter, re- siding at 371 Mission street, was found dead in his room last night, having com- mitted suicide by hanging himself. from the gas bracket, using his necktie for the purpose. Heavy drinking and loss of property are supposed to be the two causes which drove the man to seek his life. He -was icing-Ie and about 55 yearn old. When found he had been dead about twenty- four hours. The body was taken to the Morgue. New Officers of the Oakland Chapter Assume the Duties of Their Positions. MASONS BANQUET AT ' THEIR INSTALLATION OAKLAND, Jan. 12.—At the recent in- stallation of new officers by, the Oakland Chapter No. 36, R. ¦ A. M. , an entertain- ment and banquet were provided for 15) guests in the banauet room of the chap- ter. Musical selections ¦ were rendered and presentation ¦ ceremonies ¦ formed ¦•, a feature of the evening's enjoyment. . W. F. Williamson, retiring high priest, received a diamond ringi and Dr. W. H. Craig. a diamond searfpln. _ . The- list "of new officers follow: High priest, F. R. Woolsey: king. F. D. Voor-. hies; scribe, Welles Whittemore: treasur- er, F. H. Brooks; secretary. G.H. Smith: captain. of the host. A: B. -Webster; prin- cipal- sojourner, ¦ A. ¦ C.-- Jackson;- royal arch captain. T. I. Miller;master of third vail, W. A. Gompertz :master l of second vail.'J. W. Scott: master of first vail. A. K.Corder: guard, C. E. GUlett: organlst,- W. B. Ingersoll; installing, officer, W. - fl\ Williamson. P. H. P.; marshal, P. H. E/O'Donnell, P. H.,P. Benefit for Branstedt A dramatic and musical entertainment followed by a ball was given yesterday evening at Turn Verein- Hall on Turk street for the benefit of A. F. Branstedt, who recently met with an accident In which one of his legs was severely in- jured. The feature of the programme, which had been voluntarily got up by the friends of the injured man, was a comedy entitled "Hiksdagsmannen's Son," which had been composed for the occasion by Rranstedt himself. The other numbers of the programme were: Overture, orchestra: porn <Z*phyrinus), G. Johnson; solo, selection. Fritz Wahlin: recita- tion. "Fra Glacamo," L. II. Haas; duet for guitar. "Ondina" (G. C. Santisteban), Mr. and Mrs. FrMJohnson; soprano solo, selected. Miss Minnie Bchultzberi?: Professor William Wentln. the man with one hundrnd faces; Al Hazzard, the \-cntri:o<jaist ; remark*. M. Olsson. In Cincinnati there Is talk of automobllar lines to compete with the street cars. / Colonel Hartzell VeryHI. VALLEJO. Jan. 12.— Colonel J. W. Hart- »ell. manager of the Carter Land and De- velopment Company, was stricken by paralysis yesterday and is critically ill. tie was one of the builders of the San Mateo electric road and has done much *npinecring work all over the United States. He is a brother of Bishop Hart- tell. Methodist Episcopal Bishop of Af- ri«~»». Publishing Company Not Insolvent. The Insolvency proceedings against the San Jose Publishing Company were dis- missed yesterday by United States Dis- trict Judge de Haven upon a petition filed by J. H. Henry. W. E. Crossman, Jonathan Bweigert and J. G. Scott, credi- tors of the company for $3373. alleging that the company was not Insolvent at the time of the filing of the petition in ln- vcluntary insolvency. The proceedings In involuntary In- solvency were begun several weeks ago upon a petition filed by H. Lv -Miller. L. Lion & Sons' Company and James H. Mor- rison. Since then the affairs of the pub- lishing company have been adjusted to the satisfaction of both sets of creditors and there was no opposition to • the dis- missal of the proceedings. PLEASANTON ODD FELLOWS INSTALL Which Elaborate Services Were Held Large Gathering of the Order, at PLEASANTON. Jan. 12.—Pleasanton Lodjre No. 255. I. O. O. F.. and Pleasanton. Rebekah Lodge No. 138 Installed the fol- lowing officers Wednesday evening. Dis- trict Deputy Grand Slaster James P. Clark of Niles officiating for the Odd Fel- lows and District Deputy President Daisy E. RIghter and Grand Marshal Mrs. Jo- seph Kofi man of Uvermore acting for th* Rebekah desree: Pleasanton Lodge No. 2S— Xoble grand, Joha P. Powell; vice grand. William Lawrence; re- cording »*«T«tary. J- H. Ncal: treasurer. T. H. Silver; warden, John F. Kupfer; conductor. Percy Madsen; I. G., Georg« Mitchell; Ft. S. N G.. J. R. Palmer; I*8. >T. G., H. Therkel- sen; R. S. V. G., J. P. Rosa; L. S. V. G.. C. XV. Dall: K. S. S., J. Jflssen; L. 3. 3.. Paul Baeo. Rebekah No. 19S— Xoble Brand. Mrs. Letltl* Lteman; V. C, Miss Annie Harms; recording necretary. Miss Mary Cope; treasurer. Mrs, Kate Geyser: financial Bscirtary. Mrs. P. Mad- sen: warden. Mr*. H. A. Sinclair; conductor. Miss MincSe Harms: R. 8. N. O.. F. M. Kroae; L. g. JC. Q.. Mrs. Dr. Cop«: K. 3. V. O.. H. A. Sinclair; L. S. V. G., Miss Paulina Kru»e; O. O.. John Kupfer; I. G.. P. Madsen; chap- lain. Miss Llllie Harriii. National Union Installation. After the Installation last night of the> new officers for Golden Gate Council of the National Union by J. W. Cuthberth, president of the San Francisco Cabinet, Norman R. Arter. ex-president of the council and of the cabinet, presented to W. W. Healey, the retiring president, a beautiful National Union button, having in the renter a solitaire diamond. This was given as a token of the members' appreciation of the able manner in which the recipient conducted the affairs of the council during his term of office. The re- ports read during the evening showed that since the council has been in exist- ence it has had claims upon it for $42,00) from the beneficiaries of the members who passed away, which were all met; that there Is on hand a good amount In the fund for entertainments and good of the order purposes, and that the mem- bership now ls.3S3. TRAINS COME TOGETHER WITH FATAL RESULTS A Head-End Collision in Montana Causes Death of Two People and Others Are Injured. KALISPELL. Mont., Jan. 12.-A head- end collision between two freight trains on the Great Xorthern at Essex, Mont., resulted In the death of two people and the probable fatal injury of a third man. One. of tho de.id is Harry Fritz, who has relatives living in Spokane. The other, Albert Warner, is from Hope, Mich., where his parents live. Superintendent Kennedy left for the scene of the wreck at once. He was ac- companied by physicians, and his private car contained all necessary medicines and appliances for taking care of the injured, of whom it is believed there are four or five. John F. Fee. BEREA, Ky., Jan. 12.— John F. Fee, founder of Berea College, a famous Abo- litionist, died last night. Mr. Fee was born In Bracken County, Kentucky, on September 9, 1816. His father was a slave- owner. He studied in Augusta (Ky.) College and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and entered the Lane Theological Seminary in 1S42. Here he became an ex- ponent of abolition, the result of prayer, as he tells in his autobiography. He de- cided th?n upon his life work. Fee's early vears wire tempestuous. His stanche^t friend was Cassius M. Clay. He was more than once assaulted. Finally, in 1853, he came to Berea and formed a church, the land being acquired of General Clay. Then comes a story of mobs, of entreaties to leave and his decision to hold on. Fi- nally there was born Berea College, open alike to black and white, where people have since been educated regardless of color. . David Center. HONOLULU, Jan. 6.—David Center, one of the best known and most expert sugar planters in the islands, died in the Queen's Hospital last Wednesday. January 2. He was a native of Scotland, aged 43 years, and came here many years ago in the employ of Claus Spreckels. He worked himself to be the assistant manager of the big Spreckelsvllle plantation and was known to all sugar men here as an authority on plantation matters. Liver complaint was the cause of death. P. B. Schmidt. CAL1STOGA, Jan. 12.— P. B. Schmidt, a grape grower and wine maker, died at his home near CaHatoga to-day of acute pleurisy after only a week's illness. Pre- vious to his twelve years' residence hero he was an architect in San Francisco. Schmidt was a native of Germany, aged C8 years, and leaves a widow and three grown children. Ills body wili be sent to tha Odd Fellows' crematory on Mon- day f er cremation. — , ¦? — Miss Delia Wente.. SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 12.—Miss Delia Wente, who died last night in Woodland, was a member of the graduating class of the Santa Cruz High School In 1896. While the class was being posed for a photograph .the platform on which the members stood broke and they received injuries from which she never recovered. Rev. John Schneider. CHICAGO. Jan.; 12.—The : Rev, John Schneider, for sixteen years the presid- ing elder of the Evangelical Association of North ;America, died last night at his residence in this city. He: was born In Bavaria in 1S22 and came to this country in 1831. - Hon. Frederick Wickham. NORWALK, Ohio, Jan^ 12.—Hon. Fred- erick Wickham of the Norwalk; Reflector, the oldest editor in Ohio, died this morn- ing after a long illness. He was SO years of age. • General Dubarry. WASHINGTON," Jan.- 12.-GeneraliBeek- man Dubarry, IT. S. A.; retired, died at his residence in this city to-day- Druids Who Dance. Olympic Grove No. 119, United Ancient Order of Druids, gave a ball last evening in the Druid Temple at Fourteenth and Folsom streets. The attendance was large, the programme of dances well ar- ranged, and all spent an enjoyable even- ing. Guy Sawtelle was the floor man- ager and he was assisted by Herbert G. Armstrong, J. J. Noonan, Henry Drewes, Frank Robinson and M. A. Wolford. Oriental Encampment Installs. Oriental Encampment No. 57, I. O. O. F., installed the followingnamed officers Sat- urday evening-, January 5: W. S. llat- thews. chief patriarch: George W. Le- mont, high priest; C H. Kornbeck, senior warden; N. M. Peterson, Junior war- den: A. H. K<?!ton, treasurer; George Wilson, financial scribe; A. Hovey, re- cording scribe: J. Wilipton, guide; J. R. Frazier, first watch; F. "VV. Derby, second watch: R. W. Jones, third watch; W. F. Crepe, fourth watch: W. F. Webb, first guard of tent; F. S. Williams, sec- ond guard of tent: F. M. Carson, inside sentinel: H. Rogers, outside sentinel: J. J. Edwards, organist: and Miles Luke, custodian. They were duly Installed by C. F. Phillips, district deputy grand mas- ter, assisted by a delegation of Grand En- campment officers and San Francisco Canton No. 5, after which a banquet was partaken of. Letter Probably a Hoax. A letter was received at the Coroner's office yesterday purporting to have been written by "a heartbroken girl," In which she declares her intention of going to the Cliff House and throwing herself into the ocean because her lover does not care f&r her any more. The letter is written in lead pencil on four pages of note paper and has a faint odor of alcohol. The Morgue deputies believe it to be a fake. . IMPORTANT CATTLE DEAL AT SALT LAKE M. K Parsons Purchases One Thou- sand Hsad of One and Two Year Olds From CHNeil Bros* SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 12.— Another Important cattle trade was made here to- day. M. K. Parsons of the Utah-Color- ado Cattle and Improvement Company- purchased of O'Neil Brothers of Wells. New, 1000 head of one and two year old high-bred cattle. The price is said to be $22 for th© yearlings and $39 for the two- year-olds. Quite a number of prominent cattle men have already arrived to attend the convention which opens next week, and the Livestock Association's effice was one of the busiest places in the city to- day. The Chicago delegation will arrive to- morrow morning. Shot From Ambush. MEMPHIS. Jan. 12.—Near Friars Point, Miss., Deputy Sheriff James Lucas was shot from ambush and instantly killed by Andrew Caylor. for whose arrest on tho charge of selling illicit whisky the officer had a warrant. Caylor was captured and a mob organized to lynch him, but the of- ficers concealed him. Kruger's Health Restored. THE HAGUE, Jan. 12.—Drs. Vlnkhuj*sen and Coest eay Mr. Krager Is completely restored to health. Divine services to- morrow -will, however, be held at his ho- tel, as he does not wish to venture out in the cold weather. ? ¦¦ - Vote Upon Amendments. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12. — Twelve amend- ments to the city charter were submitted to the people to-day. The vote was light. All the amendments carried except one. authorizing the Mayor to appoint tha Police Judge^ //~^l AKL.AND ¦ Jan. 12.— For more than ft ll a y ear and a lialf Olive Middleton II 1 1 and William Watt, members of the most exclusive society circle .of Oakland, have kept their mar- riage a secret. So well concealed was the romantic attachment that when the news was broken last evening in ; the respect- ive families the surprise and astonish- ment was complete. The engagement of the couple was announced in February, 1900. Eight months before that Miss Ml'l- dleton and Mr. Watt became husband and wife, the wedding having been celebrated at Napa June 24, 1899, Rev. William B. Thorn, rector of St. Ann's Episcopal Church of that city, officiating. The bride in this pretty romance is th/j daughter ' of Jonathan Middleton, the pioneer ship chandler of San Francisco. The Middleton residence Is at Twenty- third avenue and East Twenty-seventh street. It has been the scene of many of the important social functions of this city, in which the fair bride has taken a most active part. The groom is a sen of Robert Watt, vice president of the Valley Railroad and president of Langley & Michaels, th.j wholesale drug Vorporation of San Fran- cisco. Young Mr. Watt has been long as- sociated with that firm. • The story of the secret irarriage which has set social Oakland agog opens • with an acquaintanceship which began sev- eral years ago. The young couple were thrown Jnto each other's company at the Fortnightly and the Deux . Temps cotil- lons. It was not a surprise that the en- gagement should havt been announced, but long before that Cupid had settled the score. Why Miss Middleton and her fiance decided to take the sudden and secret step VAWTEE'S RESIGNATION- WAS WRUNG FROM HIM Appointment of F. K. Richards as Marshal of Alaska Brings to Light Sensational Story. WASHINGTON, Jari. 12,-The appoint- ir.ent of F. K. Richards of Washington as United States Marshal of Alaska In place of C. L. Vawter of Montana uncov-" ers rather a sensational story. " . ¦* Vawter was appointed about a year ago on the recommendation of Senator Carter. From affidavits filed in the office of the Attorney General, It appears that last summer he called on Judge Noyes of the United States District Court at Nome and said that friends had authorized him to offer Noyes $20,000 In gold dust as a con- sideration for the, removal of Alexander McKenzie, who had been appointed re- ceiver of certain mining properties then in disDute and In charge of the court. Judge IS'oyes called In the District Attor- ney and O. K. Wheeler of Minneapolis, his private secretary, and required Vaw- ter to repeat his- proposition in their pres- ence. Vawter attempted to crawl out of the scrape, but finally agreed to. place hla rtsignatlon as United States Marshal in the hands of Judge Noyes if the latter would let the matter drop. Judge Noyes agreed to do so. and forwarded the resig- nation by. mail to Senator Carter, on whose recommendation Vawter had been appointed, with a detailed explanation of the circumstances. Senator Carter held back the resignation until he was pre- pared to recommend a successor, and then filed it with *he Attorney General. ¦ ?_ DISPUTED QUESTIONS A»E STILL LEFT OPEN House Committee Completes the Rou- tine Portions of the Postofiice Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The House Commute on Postoffices and Post Roads has completed .the routine portions of tne Postofiice appropriation bill, leaving the disputed questions still open, viz., pneu- matic tubes, special mall facilities and rurnl free delivery. The routine portions of the bill are practically duplications of the bill for the current year. The three matters still open will be decided early next week, and the bill is expected to be ready for the House by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. Prune Growers Mset. . SANTA ROSA, Jan. 12.—At a meeting of prune growers in this city this afternoon. Director W. E. Woolsey of the associa- tion was present and explained the work the directors were doing. The discussion which followed was participated in by M. IX McDonald. O. L. Soules. C. C. Farmer, E. D. Sweetser and G. R. Campe. All urged the necessity of standing by the as- sociation and maintaining prices. C. C. Farmer offered a resolution declaring thij confidence of the growers present in the directors of the State Association and the belief that by-laws should be amended so as jo give them authority ' thoroughly to advertise prunes and their advantages^as an article of food throughout the country. The resolution was adopted by a unani- mous vote. . Wreck Victim Identified. f SANTA BARBARA. Jan. 12.—A Coro- ner's Jury sat this morning in the cases of *the two men killed yesterday in an ac- cident on the coast lhie. I No new facts were developed save that a man identified provisionally last night as a laborer named Meyers was found to be W. J. Meyers, probably of San Francisco. That name was found in the front of a small notebook, in such a place that there was no- doubt of it having been written thert to Indicate the name of the owner. The verdicts in both cases were accidental deaths. Purchase Valuable Patents. NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The Electrical Review to-day announces the purchase by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Cthe parent Bell Company) of the patents of Dr. M. I. Pupin of Colum- bia College, which, it states, cover the art of . ocean telephony and which enable telephone messages to be sent over any length of land lines.- It further states that the sum of $200,000 has been paid to Dr. Pupin for the invention, with an an- nual salary to him during the life of the patents of $7500. Amendment to Hawaiian Act WASHINGTON, Jan., 12.— Senator War- ren of- Wyoming^ to-day Introduced a bill amending the act establishing a govern- ment for Hawaii - by i providing for a Dis- trict Court in Hawaii, the District Judge, the District Attorney and the Marshal to be appointed by the President, and to hold office. for six years. In addition to the ordinary Jurisdiction of a District Court the amendment; privilege Is that it shall have jurisdiction In all- cases cognizable in a Circuit Court of the United States. James Heffner Acquitted. LOSANGELES,' Jan. 12.—James Heff- ner, charged with highway robbery, was acquitted by the Jury to-day after a de- liberation of -three hours. . Heffner.and a man -named': Trumbull , were accused of having knocked down and robbed William Eviston, an old soldier of Tempe, Artzona, last' September ¦ on San ; Pedro ; street. The booty i alleged . to , ha ve been ; taken was ¦ a watch . and some money. Aged -.Chief -'Dies. FENDER. Neb.. Jan. 12.— Word was brought to Pender to-day that on Monday last No Knife,* the last chief of. the Oma- ha- Indian -tribe,-: died at the ; home • of his son,' Matthew.Tyndals, on the reservation, at the advanced age of, 115 years.: He was believed 'to .be; the oldest 1 resident' of Ne- braska. Jv He ;fcnd never been ill— at least within. the memory, of any living relative or acquaintance. ;'.;.-"¦•- Goelet's Personal Property. ", NEW.YORK, Jan. 12.— The report of.the appraiser/: appointed !" by ,' t the -Surrogate to:establish the valuation'ofiOgden^Goe- let's; personal' property t, was > made ' public to-day, ¦¦¦¦'¦ and -< shows *' that * it - was worth nearly . $7,000,000, Instead < of? a't trifle ? over $400,000. the estimate furnished by the fam- ily. Into matrimony, is a secret they are no* disclosing. The young folks not only di't decide to cast conventionality to th-» winds, but proceede-1 it once to carry their decision into effect. By carefully arranged plans they met at Napa on June 24, 1899. The matter of a license was easily fixed, and so well was that official necessity guarded against publicity that the record was burled deep- ly enough to hide the secret all these months. The witnesses to the marriage were Mrs. Thorn, wife of the officiating rector and W. J. Collins, the County Clerk of Napa County, who Issued the license. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. watt returned to Oakland by sepa- rate routes and resumed their accustomed places in society. Mrs. Watt went to her parents' residence In Kast Oakland and kept her own counsel. Her husband re- mained with his parents at their Madison- street home, and nothing occurred that would give families or friends the slight- est inkMng of The momentous event. Indue time the young people announced their engagement. Time rolled on, and nearly a year had passed from the date of that ensagemnt. t When the couple began to consider that society would be soon expecting the wed- ding it is surmised that they decided to forestall any Inquiry by quietly announc- ing that there would be no further wed- ding ceremony necessary. Last night they told the story of the Napa wedding to their respective families. To-day Harold Middleton. a brother of- the bride, made the public statement for his sister and brother-in-law. He said: "Mr. and Mrs. Watt have given no rea- son for the secret marriage. They made it known last evening. There would have been absolutely no objection to the mar- riage. That is' evident, of course, from the fact that they did announce their engagement a year ago." Mr. and Mrs. Watt left this evening for San Jose. Their future home will be in San Krancisco. NASH WILL NA1O3 NEW BATTLESHIP Bottle to Be Broken Over the Bow of the Ohio by Mrs. Worthing- ton, Babcock. TOLEDO. Ohio, Jaji. 12.-The Times w'll say to-morrow: It has' been generally thought that when President McKinley accepted the Invitation to be present at the launching of the battleship Ohio at San Francisco on May 18 the chief ex- ecutive would have the honor of naming the battleship, but the Times is officially Informed that Governor -Nash Is the ma.i who ha3 been given that honor, and also that the Governor's stepdaughter, Mrs. Worthington Babcock, will break the bot- tle on the bow of the battleship. President McKlnley's party will prob- ably include besides Mrs. McKInley almost every member of the Cabinet. According to the schedule the party will leave Wash- ington on May 1 in a special train pro- vided by the Southern Pacific. It is ex- pected that the, party will reach San Francisco on the evening of May 13. LARGE LUMBER^ PLANT FOR MENDOCINO COUNTY ern Company Back of the Project. Officials of the California Northwest- SANTA ROSA. Jan. 12.— President A. "vv*. Foster and his associates of the California Northwestern Railroad are preparing to erect a large lumber mill at a point about two miles above Willelts. in Mendoclno Countv. on the line of the extension of the road. A gang of men Is already at work preparing a site and the indications are that the mill will be one of the biggest concerns of its kind in the northern part of the State. The new road taps a mag- nificent body of redwood timber and the mill will be situated just about the center of the tract. Tributary logging lines are to be constructed in different directions as feeders. &gKg&i ASTORIA PASSENGER TRAIN IS DERAILED Killed. Engine Runs Into a Landslide and Engineer Scott Reported ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 12.—A brief tele- graphic message from Clifton, twenty- five miles east of this city, conveys the information that the Astoria passenger train from Portland has been derailed. The engine ran into a slide and Engineer Scott Is reported killed. This is the first fatality that has occurred on the Astoria road. Forgery Charged. PARAGOULD, Ark.. Jan. 12.—There were new developments in the Green County Bank defalcation case to-day. Last night the Sheriff nerved a warrant on W. H. Ritter, late cashier, charging him with forgery. Mr. Ritter gave bond in tho sum of $4000. The - affidavit was trade by T. B. Kltchlns, late president of the bank, and charges that the cashier raised a statement of deposits in the Merchants' Laclede National Bank of St. Louis from $1066 to $11,066. with the felon- ious intent to defraud the Green County Bank of $10,000. Mr. Kltchina also filed an affidavit charging Ritter with grand larceny and embezzlement In the sum of $28,000. No warrant will be Issued on this affidavit, however. Advertising Refused. WASHINGTON. Jan. . 11.— In* compliance with special instructions from the State Department, Consul General Mason at Berlin has submitted a report setting forth the restrictions placed upon the pub- lication of advertisements for certain American products by trade journals in Germany. The movement, states the Con- sul General, dates back to 1806. when the growing competition of American bicycles began to alarm the uerman makers to a considerable extent. Under pressure most. If not all. of the German^Jicycle publica- tions refused to accept; American adver- tisements and still maintain their restric- tion. • • Provisions of Canal Bill. BERLIN, Jan. 12.—The enlarged canal bill Introduced In the lower house of the rMet to-day provided for the midland canal 260,000.000 marks; for the Berlin- Stettin canal, 47,000,000 marks; improve- ment of the Wartz and a connection with the Vistula, 23.000,0*10 marks: for the Oder tide water canal, 41,000,000 marks, and for the Haveland-Spree canal, 19,000,000 mafks. a total of SS4.000.000 marks. The Finance Miniser . is empowered to sell bonds "to raise the , necessarv funds. Alexander Opens the Assembly. NISCH. Servia. Jan. 12.— The Narodna- Skupschina vNational Assembly) was opened to-day, by King Alexander. In the speech from the throne, his Majesty de- clared his marriage had set the seal on his life's happiness. He emphasized the split with his father, former King Milan, saying Milan had left the . Issue forever, therefore he hoped for better service from the- present Ministry: than the former King. Assets of Chos?n Friends. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 12.— Receiver Clark of the Chosen Friends has pub- lished an inventory and appraisement of the assets of the onicr. Including money and other assets not yet reduced to pos- session. The total appraisement is J55.S61. The court to-day ordered the receivers to sell all the articles of personal property ln the home office. Godfrey Held for Trial. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12— W.G. Godfrey, a. retired sea captain, was held for trial to-day in the ; Superior -Court." charged with en assault upon Mrs. J. S. Busby, a colored woman. Convention of Baptists. , SAN JOSE,->Jan. 12.— The Bay District Convention' of the Baptist church will meet. Mn, : annual :sesion 'at the Central Chlrstian ' Church here on* Monday. The seesions will last two days.- A large num- ber of delegates are expected.- • Oakland Office. San Francisco Call, HIS Broadway, Jan. 12. The efforts of the Sheriff. Deputy Coro- ners and other offlceis engaged in inves- tigating the murder of aged Jess Broder- sen near Alvarado Thursday night have not availed to dispel the mystery sur- rounding the old man's death. Twenty-four hours ekipsed after the find- ing of the body and the time when Sher- iff Rogers learned that a crime had been committed' within, his bailiwick. As soon as possible he sent otficers out to,.Al- varado to examine the scene of the kill- ing and to co-operate with the local offi- cers in tracing out my theory 'which might offer a solution of the mystery. Deputy Sheriff George Wales was select- ed on account of his thorough familiarity with the locality in which the crime was committed. „'<•. 7 Wales and Deputy Coroner Francis of Alvarado made a minute examination of the premises occupied by Brodersen.. but found nothing to point to the identity of the murderer. * About twelve feet from where the body was found is a' bush ¦ behind which a man might have hidden while his victim was being lured from, the house. The charge of shot which killed Brodersen apparently came from about the distance named. A circumstance Indicating a probable motive for the crime is the fact, weli known in the neighborhood, that the old man was in the habit of coming to Oak- land every Thursday and disposing of a large amount of produce for cash. It is known that on last Thursday . night he had considerable monev with him. '* He displayed this at the Half Way House, a saloon on the Alvarado road, when he stopped there at 5 o'clock that afternoon to return a loan of $3 advance! him by the landlady a few days before. It is the theory of the officers that the murder was committed by some one fa- miliar with Brodersen's customary time of marketing. ¦ Another circumstance directs suspicion against a hard character, whose name and location is known to the officers. Broder- sen told one of his neighbors recently, that he was roused from sleep a few nights previously by a disturbance among his chickens. He said that he took his candle and went to the coop and found there was some one inside evidently mak- ing way with some of his fowls. When the Intruder was challenged, he attempted to scare the old man. and threatened to kill him if he attempted any interference. Brodersen -was not frightened and went after the fellow with both fists. When the thief saw that he was getting the worst of the fight he begged off. and said that he was compelled to steal to support his invalid mother. Brodersen let him off on his promise to keep away and commit no further depredations on those prem- ises. Now that Thursday night's tragedy is being discussed, the Incident has been recalled and the story is in the hands of the officers. . Mrs. Sarah Knutsen of 568 Twelfth street, a cousin of Brodersen. spent the day at Alvarado trying to find something •definite regarding her kinsman's fate. She said: "It seems as if no one could have I had anything against my .cousin. The I neighbors down there all assured me that he had the best of reputations for peace- ableness. and they all said they would stand by me in attempting to, bring his murderers to Justice. - «. , "This talk about my cousin's poverty is all nonsense. He was well' off, and I know that he had a good .deal of money wtth him when he started home Thursday afternoon. He was here that day. He often came in for a visit. I am his only living relative. He has lived alone out at Alvarado for about twenty-four years. "My cousin was a fine shot- and very fond of hunting. That explains his hav- ing so many weapons in the house. But the murder was not committed with one of these. We examined them all. "It is too bad that the officers, or who- ever is to blame, neglected to notify the Sheriff for so long after the body was found. The murderer has such a long start now that it seems doubtful whether they can ever find him." Deputy Sheriff George Wales said: "Brodernen was murdered for the money his assassin believed he would find on the dead body. That much is settled. Every point we uncovered leads to that theory as the correct one. The pockets were all turned out, and I am satisfied the murderer laid in wait knowing Brod- ersen would return home with money. The. old msri's habits must have been well known to the mysterious murderer. It was easy enough to hide behind the tangle of bushes near the house and in a line with the spot where the body was found. Brodersen was shot from a distance of not more than twelve feet from where he fell. That is my estimate based upon my knowledge of the effect of birdshot such as killed the old man. "So far as ditect clews are concerned we have none. . Any footprints which might have been left by the assassin were obliterated by the rain. There are a'Jot of stories about the old man's ability as a fighter, and the suspicion that, he may have quarreled with some one is? ta< the air. But the murder was not one. tor, revenge. It was cold-blooded robbery/-' 1 "His nearest neighbor was a quarter of a mile distant. John Jensen, who lives half- a mile away, says he heard a shot about 6 o'clock Thursday night, but paid no special attention to i it because there had been so much, duck shooting . there- abouts. Brodersen, so far as we can learn, was on good terms with all of his neighbors and bore an excellent reputa- tion. There is no evidence that the mur- derer - ransacked the house or disturbed anything: but the old man's clothing in his search for money." Dr.de Pue of Alvarado commenced an autopsy this afternoon. Coroner Mehr- tnann will hold an innuest at Centervllle on Wednesday. The Sheriff has directed his men to keen closely to the case un- til every possible avenue of investigation has been covered. ' Brodersen . was a na- tive of Denmark. He • had been in this country thirty years, all except five of which he had spent at Alvarado. • They Are Firmly Convinced Slaying Was Done in Cold Blood for , , the Purpose of Bob- Mystery About Killing - of Broiersen. Officers Fail to Clear Up THINK MURDERER SHOT FROM BRUSH Sj>eciaJ Dispatch to Tb* C* 11 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.— Mystery sur- rounds the death of Dr. John F. tspade. whose lifeless body was found in bed In his room on the second i!oor of the Max- well Lodging-house, Hal Maple avenue, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Under the left eye was a gunshot wound, surrounded by pewder barr.s, and that it was not a case of suicide the absence cf a weapon proved limply. The discovery was made by Mrs. T. M. Clark, the landlady of the Maxwell House. In trying to open the door she found that It was unlocked, and, believ- ing that the doctor was absent from his room, she entered to make up the bed. Her lodger was lying upon his back in bed. his body tucked under the bedclothes a« if asleep. There was a wound under his left eye, from which biood had flowed hours before. The terrified woman hur- riedly left the room In search of her hus- band and told him what she had seen. Nothing In Dr. Spade's room had been touched on the Coroner's arrival. Th^ro was no sign of a struggle anywhere. Tiie Coroner found the «iead doctor dredged in Ms nightclothes. The t.edelothir.g covered hid to the shoulders. One arm was fold- ed over the body and tnc other hung over The edte of the bed. On a chair clc>te by ¦was the clothing which the deceased had worn. In a pocket at his vest was hi.-* ¦watch, still running, CMd in one of the pockets of his trousers was J2 in small change. Xo pistol cou-id be found in the room. Dr. Spade slept In a rcom facing on the west side of Maple avenue, on the sec- ond floor. This floor is surrounded by a porch. The room has two windows. Or.e of these was unlocked, although closed: the other was lowered three inches at the top and raised three inches at the bot- tom, the lower part being protected by a ecreen. No fingermarks were visible upon the windows, such as might have been left by some one seeking entrance to the room from the porch. The door of the room was unlocked and Dr. Spade's keys ¦were on the lr.side in the keyhole. H>* was not in the habit of iockinc his door ¦when retiring: and had followed his usu:.l custom when he went to his last sleep. The only clew that could be eiven the detective?* was that on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock a man dressed in a llg-ht over- coat called upon Dr. Spade. He went up- etairs and shortly afterward the doctor and his visitor went out toaether. This was the Jast seen of the deceased. It is presumed that I>r. Spade was Fhot about <> o'clock in the morninc. At that hour Mr. and Mrs. Clark were in their own bedroom. They heard a sound which might have been the report of a, pistol shot, .but they thought it came from the basf-mrnt. where the furnaceman was li?htin£ the fire. Henry and Palmer Tucker, who occupy a room next to Dr. Spade's, also heard a noise that appeared to them to be the re- jwrt of a pistol. They jumped out of bed and looked out in the hall, but, seeing no fine and hearing: nothing more, they re- entered their apartment. The Xurnace- man in the cellar remembored havinp heard something like the muffled report of a small firearm. Dr. fipade had resided at the Maxwell for a number of month?. The landlady t=aid to-night that he had come to live at the Maxwell In April of last year. He was a magnetic healer, but had no up- town office. At times he was much de- pitssrd. He was considerably behind on rent and la-mented his inability to satisfy her claim. Among his effect? wax found a letter with a San Francisco date line, written abcut Christmas, but bearing no address. It was sijrned. "Your loving- daughter, Elma." The letter was written in a hope- ful vein and expressed the wish that next Chrlstmu would pee the whole family re- united s?nd prosperous. An autopsy was held to-night- The phyr!<-ian found that death had ensued Instantly from a wound inflicted with a S2-caiiber bullet, which had entered the Fkull below the l<*?t eye. pierced the brain end flattened itself apainst the back of the «kull. crushing 1 Its ba.«e. The missile had traveled downward and to the right. After flattening itsolf apainst the skull the bullet, smashed out of shape, glanced back into the brain, where it was found. Dr. John Frederick Spade was formerly & mspnftic healer at fi29 Grove street, in this city, where his wife and three chil- dren now reside. He went to Los Angeles last March hoping to better his condition. His wife received letters from him regu- larly, but evidently he was meeting poor success; in a financial way. The last let- ter camo a few riays agn. The doctor had no enr-mies so far as his family knows. Bnaoe was a native of Germany, 50 years old. His eldest boy Is a telegraph line- man. One daughter supports herself, and Mrs. Sya/ie has had a hard time providing for herself and the two younger children. Ppade had lived in San Francisco about rine months. Bullet Wound Under the Left Eys and the Absence of a Weapon Point Clearly to Murder. Dr. John F. Spade of Los Angelas Is Found Dead in His Bed. ASSASSIN SLAYS A SLEEPING MAN SECRETLY HARRY BUT SAY NOT WHY Olive Middleton and "William Watt Long Since One. OAKLAXD, Jan. 12.—But for the prompt and heroic action of a young girl Mrs. J. "W. Lucas of Fruitvale would have been burned to death in the presence of her in- valid husband last night. Mr. Lucas, who Is a well-known San Francisco busi- ness man, has been confined to his bed for a year. When he saw the flames from an open fireplace ignite his wife's clothing and heard her cries of fear and pain he Ftrusgled desperately to reach her, but could not rise from his ted. Miss A. Martin, a niece of Mrs. Lucas, who was in an adjoining room, heard' her aunt's screams and rushed to her assistance. Seizing a blanket from the bed she threw it about the trrrilied woman's body and bepan to lx-at out the flames with her naked hands. Uoth the girl and her aunt were envt-lr.ped by the fire, which had by this time burned Mrs. Lucas* clothing al- most tntirely from her body. Miss Mar- tin'? elothine took fire several times dur- ing- the conflict with the flames, but. en- couraged by the agonized pleadings of her Uncle, the L>ra\e girl kept on until the last spark was extinguished. When the strain of the frightful accident was over she fainted from the pain of the burns about her face and hands. The Invalid husband collapsed under the nervous «h;>ck. which he endured in helplessly watchingr the slrugxle with death, and has been in a orecarious condition since the accident occurred. Dr. J. H. Cailen. who was summoned to attend the vict.ms of the unfortunate af- Failure to Pay Former "Wife Alimony. ATTACHMENT ISSUES FOR EUGENE DEUPRET'S ARREST Is Guilty of Contempt" of Court for An attachment for the arrest of As- sistant District Attorney Eugene N. Deu- prey for contempt of court for failure to pay his former wife. Florence L. Deuprey. alimony in the sum of $100 a month wa^ issued yesterday oat or the Superior Court. Deuprey has usfd every technicality of law and every subterfuge in an effort to defeat his former wife's claim to main- tenance at his hands. During the trial of the Hoff case he was ordered to jail for contempt of court, but as this would have delayed the trial :i suspension of judg- ment was ordered. In the interim Dcu- prey filed affidavits j.leading poverty and appealed to the Supreme Court for relief on the ground that Ijeing an officer of the Superior Court he could not be found guilty of contempt thereof. His efforts to evade the consequences of his violation of the court's order have not availed him, however, and the turn- key awaits his coming in the custody of a Deputy Sheriff. GIRL SAVES HER AUNT FROM FIRE Kxeiting Scene Takes Place Be- fore Invalid Husband. It was suspected that Fitzgerald had taken some kind of poison with suicidal Intent. He has of late been somewhat de- spondent, but his friends scout the idea ol his having made away with himself. "William J. Fitzgerald, who. was at one time a special officer but who for the last two years has lived off the earnings of a woman who acted as waitress in Myer's saloon, fell dead in that resort last night, and a suspicion of suicide has entered into the case. — ' Fitzgerald walked into, the saloon last night, and after greeting one or two friends walked to the bar'and ordered a drink. He had drained the glass and set it down when his head was ?een to drop to one side. Before assistance could reach him he lay on the floor. The police were called and Fitzgerald was taken to the Harbor Hospital, but on arrival there he was found to be dead. Officer, Is Speedily Taken Off in Saloon. William J. Fitzgerald, Ones Special Mrs. Lucas says that she was passing in front of the fireplace, which is Inth*« room where her husband's bed had been placed, when a spark snapped out from the fire, lodging in her skirt. The garment was made of cotton fabric .and the flames had enveloped her in an instant's time. She was about to ~ive up the unequal contest with the fire when Miss Martin came to her rescue. CALLS FOR DRINK AND DRINKING FAT.T.S DEAD "Both ladies are badly burned, but I do not expect sericus results in the case of either of them." 'As it is. I expect the most serious re- sults from the nervous shock to Mr. Lu- cas. He has been confined to his bed-' for a year with ulcers on the lower- limbs. His malady has so sapped his vitality that it is impossible for him to stand alone. When he saw what hnd happened he struggled up to a sitting posture, a thing ho had been unable to do for months, and tried to go to his wife's help. He was un- able to get any farther than the edge of the bed, and the torture he endured in seeing her clothing afire has completely unstrung his nerves. fair, paid: "It was admirably done. Mrs. Lucas owes her life to her niece's brave and intelligent action. The latter was by far the greater sufferer.- She managed to prevent her aunt from being seriously burned, but was herself severely scorched about the hands, arms and*, face. Mrs. Lucas' outer dress was entirely burned off. The young lady in going to her as- sistance chose a woolen blanket with which to smother the flames. Otherwise she could not have prevented a fatal out- come of the accident. LONDON. Jan. 12.— The Foreign Office here declares the report of the cession of the Newchwang-Shan Hal Kuan Railroad to Russia by Lord Salisbury, as an- nounced by the DallyChronicle this morn- ing, is unfounded. It points out that Great Britain has no power to cede- It. aa the railroad is Chinese property. More- over, it i.s stipulated that it shall not be mortgaged to any foreign Government or company. There have been reports that Russian agents are endeavoring to buy out tho British interest, but the British Govern- ment is not connected therewith. Repre- sentations have been made to Russia. In behalf of the English bondholders, as the action of the Russian officials is consid- ered to have exceeded the military re- quirements, and the question of compen- sation will come up when the line Is re- stored to its owners. A convention on thi3 subject is now under discussion. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.— In view of a published dl3patch frjm Pekinr crlticU- Ing the course of Minister Conger for hav- ing signed the joint demands of the pow- ers after he is alleged to have been aware that the State Department disapproved of the use of the word ''irrevocable '* it is said at the State Dcpcitmeat in justice to Mr. Conger that the criticism Is basedonly on a partial knowledge of the facets ami that as a matter of fact Mr. Conger sub- sequently was authorized to sigm the "Ir- revocable" demands aim that he did sign with a reservation wnich he had been di- rected to attach. The matter Is looked upon as a closed incident and there is no disposition to hold Mr. Conger culpable under the circumstances. State Department Justifies the Recent Action, of Conger and the In- cident Is Now Regarded as Closed. Chinese Prcpsrty and Could Not Be Turned Over to Russia. RAILWAY HIS NOT BEER CEDED THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1901. OAKLAND. Jan. ; 12.— Judge Hall to-day issued a decree 1 of.divorce to Mrs. Helen C. : Klnsner, separating -her- from -J.iM. Kinsner. - The - complaint ? was made .:- on the ground of extreme cruelty. - Divorce Gran Jed: . The apple of the eye is rather visionary fruit. -- Costly^ Curio. ;: BERKELEY. ; Jan. •¦ 12.-While -watching a Sheriff's jsale, in curiosity shop Roy Holt. 'i a! local ! printer '; picked up an old brass Mexican spur and put It Into his pocket. He was arrested, by Deputy Mar- shal Kerns and fined $20 by Justice Edgar." ' The Columbian Banking . Company yesterday elected the following directors: t. J. Truman. W. S. Miller. Colonel J. O. Currier, C. O. Perry, F. L. Turpin, John Coop and R. L. Lilienthal. I. J. Truman was elected president, W. S. Miller vice president. Colonel J. C. Cur- rier secretary, F. L. Holland cashier, and C. A. Smith assistant cashier. The usual semi-annual dividend at the rate of 6 per cent per annum or. the capital stock was declared. Banking Company Elects Officers. Personal. Judge S. L.. Carter of Fresno la at tha Lick. Senator J. C. Sims is a late arrival at the Lick. , Dr. J. E. M»ad of Detroit 1b a late ar- rival at the Palace. Dr. M. M. Shearer of Santa Rosa Is registered at the Lick. Dr. B. R. : Ward of the United States army is at the California, Baron Leo von Roeenbersr is back at the Palace after an extended . trip East. 25 THE DAY'S DEAD. &$ ADVERTISEMENTS. J , -£. Prof. Laborde's Wonderful French Preparation "CALTHOS" Restores Lost Manhood. 5 DAYS' TRIAL TREATMENT Absolutely FREE by Sealed MaiL No C. O. D. or DEPOSIT SCHEME. "*! "CALTIIOS* la pnt before yon on it*merits alone. Try it and pnt it to the teat. Try1% Fwe. There is no security required— no C. O. D. schem». bend us your name and address, and w« will tend , yon enough *• CALTHOS" to last fl»» days. It will be sent Ina sealed package by mall. In the quiet of your home yon can try It and se* I "All corr^poudenc© relating to the CA1THOS department of our business is strictly confidential. We neither publish nor furnish te«S'«n«> n '*j3;__ „ "The inarrelnas French remedy "CVaVTHOS." recently introduced in this country by the Von Mohl Co.. of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of tha largest, richert and mout responsible business flrnw in th« united State*, haa attracted the attention of -tho entire medical profusion because of the -wonderful cures it has effected. If yon suffer from Lost Manhood. Varicocele. Weakness of any nature in the Sexual Orgnn* or Nerfea. (no matter how caiued), or if tha parts are mxinTelop"! or have shrunken or wasted mwar "CAtTIIOS" will rentore yon. 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Page 1: ASSASSIN SLAYS GIRL SAVES HER THINK MURDERER HARRY … · BEREA, Ky., Jan. 12.— John F. Fee, founder ofBerea College, a famous Abo-litionist, died last night. Mr. Fee was born InBracken

Hangs Himself With Necktie.Victor Schoberg, a German porter, re-

siding at 371 Mission street, was founddead in his room last night, having com-mitted suicide by hanging himself. fromthe gas bracket, using his necktie for thepurpose.

Heavy drinkingand loss of property aresupposed to be the two causes whichdrove the man to seek his life. He -wasicing-Ie and about 55 yearn old. Whenfound he had been dead about twenty-four hours. The body was taken to theMorgue.

New Officers of the Oakland ChapterAssume the Duties of Their

Positions.

MASONS BANQUET AT'

THEIR INSTALLATION

OAKLAND,Jan. 12.—At the recent in-stallation of new officers by, the OaklandChapter No. 36, R. ¦ A. M., an entertain-ment and banquet were provided for 15)guests in the banauet room of the chap-ter. Musical selections ¦ were renderedand presentation ¦ ceremonies ¦ formed ¦•, afeature of the evening's enjoyment. .

W. F. Williamson, retiring high priest,received a diamond ringiand Dr. W. H.Craig. a diamond searfpln. _ .

The- list "of new officers follow: Highpriest, F. R. Woolsey: king. F. D. Voor-.hies; scribe, Welles Whittemore: treasur-er, F. H. Brooks; secretary. G.H. Smith:captain. of the host. A: B. -Webster; prin-cipal- sojourner, ¦A. ¦ C.-- Jackson;- royalarch captain. T.I.Miller;master of thirdvail, W. A. Gompertz :master lof secondvail.'J. W. Scott: master of first vail. A.K.Corder: guard, C. E. GUlett: organlst,-W. B. Ingersoll; installing,officer, W.

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Williamson. P. H. P.; marshal, P. H.E/O'Donnell, P. H.,P.

Benefit for BranstedtA dramatic and musical entertainment

followed by a ball was given yesterdayevening at Turn Verein- Hall on Turkstreet for the benefit of A. F. Branstedt,who recently met with an accident Inwhich one of his legs was severely in-jured. The feature of the programme,which had been voluntarily got up bythe friends of the injured man, was acomedy entitled "Hiksdagsmannen's Son,"which had been composed for the occasionby Rranstedt himself. The other numbersof the programme were:

Overture, orchestra: porn <Z*phyrinus), G.Johnson; solo, selection. Fritz Wahlin: recita-tion. "Fra Glacamo," L. II. Haas; duet forguitar. "Ondina" (G. C. Santisteban), Mr. andMrs. FrMJohnson; soprano solo, selected. MissMinnie Bchultzberi?: Professor William Wentln.the man with one hundrnd faces; Al Hazzard,the \-cntri:o<jaist;remark*. M. Olsson.

InCincinnati there Is talk of automobllarlines to compete with the street cars. /

Colonel Hartzell VeryHI.VALLEJO. Jan. 12.—Colonel J. W. Hart-

»ell. manager of the Carter Land and De-velopment Company, was stricken byparalysis yesterday and is critically ill.tie was one of the builders of the SanMateo electric road and has done much*npinecring work all over the UnitedStates. He is a brother of Bishop Hart-tell. Methodist Episcopal Bishop of Af-ri«~»».

Publishing Company Not Insolvent.The Insolvency proceedings against the

San Jose Publishing Company were dis-missed yesterday by United States Dis-trict Judge de Haven upon a petition filedby J. H. Henry. W. E. Crossman,

Jonathan Bweigert and J. G. Scott, credi-tors of the company for $3373. allegingthat the company was not Insolvent atthe time of the filingof the petition in ln-vcluntary insolvency.

The proceedings In involuntary In-solvency were begun several weeks agoupon a petition filed by H. Lv-Miller. L.Lion & Sons' Company and James H. Mor-rison. Since then the affairs of the pub-lishing company have been adjusted tothe satisfaction of both sets of creditorsand there was no opposition to•the dis-missal of the proceedings.

PLEASANTON ODDFELLOWS INSTALL

Which Elaborate ServicesWere Held

Large Gathering of the Order, at

PLEASANTON. Jan. 12.—PleasantonLodjre No. 255. I. O. O. F.. and Pleasanton.Rebekah Lodge No. 138 Installed the fol-lowing officers Wednesday evening. Dis-trict Deputy Grand Slaster James P.Clark of Niles officiating for the Odd Fel-lows and District Deputy President DaisyE. RIghter and Grand Marshal Mrs. Jo-seph Kofiman of Uvermore acting for th*Rebekah desree:

Pleasanton Lodge No. 2S— Xoble grand, JohaP. Powell; vice grand. William Lawrence; re-cording »*«T«tary. J- H. Ncal: treasurer. T.H.Silver; warden, John F. Kupfer; conductor.Percy Madsen; I. G., Georg« Mitchell; Ft. S.N G.. J. R. Palmer; I*8. >T. G., H. Therkel-sen; R. S. V. G., J. P. Rosa; L. S. V. G..C. XV. Dall: K.S. S., J. Jflssen; L.3. 3.. PaulBaeo.

Rebekah No. 19S— Xoble Brand. Mrs. Letltl*Lteman; V. C, Miss Annie Harms; recordingnecretary. Miss Mary Cope; treasurer. Mrs,Kate Geyser: financial Bscirtary. Mrs. P. Mad-sen: warden. Mr*. H. A. Sinclair; conductor.Miss MincSe Harms: R. 8. N. O.. F. M. Kroae;L. g. JC. Q.. Mrs. Dr. Cop«: K.3. V. O.. H.A. Sinclair; L. S. V. G., Miss Paulina Kru»e;O. O.. John Kupfer; I. G.. P. Madsen; chap-lain. Miss LlllieHarriii.

National Union Installation.After the Installation last night of the>

new officers for Golden Gate Council ofthe National Union by J. W. Cuthberth,president of the San Francisco Cabinet,

Norman R. Arter. ex-president of thecouncil and of the cabinet, presented toW. W. Healey, the retiring president, abeautiful National Union button, havingin the renter a solitaire diamond. Thiswas given as a token of the members'appreciation of the able manner in whichthe recipient conducted the affairs of thecouncil during his term of office. The re-ports read during the evening showedthat since the council has been in exist-ence ithas had claims upon it for $42,00)

from the beneficiaries of the memberswho passed away, which were all met;that there Is on hand a good amount

In the fund for entertainments and goodof the order purposes, and that the mem-bership now ls.3S3.

TRAINS COME TOGETHERWITH FATAL RESULTS

A Head-End Collision in MontanaCauses Death of Two People

and Others Are Injured.KALISPELL. Mont., Jan. 12.-A head-

end collision between two freight trainson the Great Xorthern at Essex, Mont.,resulted In the death of two people andthe probable fatal injury of a third man.One. of tho de.id is Harry Fritz, who hasrelatives living in Spokane. The other,Albert Warner, is from Hope, Mich.,where his parents live.

Superintendent Kennedy left for thescene of the wreck at once. He was ac-companied by physicians, and his privatecar contained allnecessary medicines andappliances for taking care of the injured,of whom it is believed there are four orfive.

John F. Fee.BEREA, Ky., Jan. 12.— John F. Fee,

founder of Berea College, a famous Abo-litionist, died last night. Mr. Fee wasborn In Bracken County, Kentucky, onSeptember 9, 1816. His father was a slave-owner. He studied in Augusta (Ky.)College and Miami University, Oxford,Ohio, and entered the Lane TheologicalSeminary in 1S42. Here he became an ex-ponent of abolition, the result of prayer,as he tells in his autobiography. He de-cided th?n upon his life work. Fee's earlyvears wire tempestuous. His stanche^tfriend was Cassius M. Clay. He was morethan once assaulted. Finally, in 1853, hecame to Berea and formed a church, theland being acquired of General Clay.

Then comes a story of mobs, of entreatiesto leave and his decision to hold on. Fi-nally there was born Berea College, openalike to black and white, where peoplehave since been educated regardless ofcolor. .

David Center.HONOLULU, Jan. 6.—David Center, one

of the best known and most expert sugar

planters in the islands, died in the Queen'sHospital last Wednesday. January 2. Hewas a native of Scotland, aged 43 years,and came here many years ago in theemploy of Claus Spreckels. He workedhimself to be the assistant manager ofthe big Spreckelsvllle plantation and wasknown to all sugar men here as anauthority on plantation matters. Livercomplaint was the cause of death.

P. B. Schmidt.CAL1STOGA, Jan. 12.—P. B. Schmidt,

a grape grower and wine maker, died athis home near CaHatoga to-day of acutepleurisy after only a week's illness. Pre-vious to his twelve years' residence herohe was an architect in San Francisco.Schmidt was a native of Germany, agedC8 years, and leaves a widow and threegrown children. Ills body wili be sentto tha Odd Fellows' crematory on Mon-day fer cremation.— , ¦?

—Miss Delia Wente..

SANTA CRUZ, Jan. 12.—Miss DeliaWente, who died last night in Woodland,

was a member of the graduating class ofthe Santa Cruz High School In 1896.While the class was being posed for aphotograph .the platform on which themembers stood broke and they receivedinjuries from which she never recovered.

Rev. John Schneider.CHICAGO. Jan.; 12.—The :Rev, John

Schneider, for sixteen years the presid-ingelder of the Evangelical Association ofNorth ;America, died last night at hisresidence in this city. He: was born InBavaria in 1S22 and came to this countryin 1831. -

Hon. Frederick Wickham.NORWALK, Ohio, Jan^ 12.—Hon. Fred-

erick Wickham of the Norwalk;Reflector,the oldest editor in Ohio, died this morn-ing after a long illness. He was SO yearsof age. •

General Dubarry.WASHINGTON," Jan.- 12.-GeneraliBeek-

man Dubarry, IT. S. A.; retired, died at hisresidence in this city to-day-

Druids Who Dance.Olympic Grove No. 119, United Ancient

Order of Druids, gave a ball last eveningin the Druid Temple at Fourteenth andFolsom streets. The attendance waslarge, the programme of dances well ar-ranged, and all spent an enjoyable even-ing. Guy Sawtelle was the floor man-ager and he was assisted by Herbert G.Armstrong, J. J. Noonan, Henry Drewes,Frank Robinson and M. A. Wolford.

Oriental Encampment Installs.Oriental Encampment No. 57, I.O. O. F.,

installed the followingnamed officers Sat-urday evening-, January 5: W. S. llat-thews. chief patriarch: George W. Le-mont, high priest; C H. Kornbeck, seniorwarden; N. M. Peterson, Junior war-den: A. H. K<?!ton, treasurer; GeorgeWilson, financial scribe; A. Hovey, re-cording scribe: J. Wilipton, guide; J.R. Frazier, first watch; F. "VV. Derby,second watch: R. W. Jones, third watch;W. F. Crepe, fourth watch: W. F. Webb,first guard of tent; F. S. Williams, sec-ond guard of tent: F. M. Carson, insidesentinel: H. Rogers, outside sentinel: J.J. Edwards, organist: and Miles Luke,

custodian. They were duly Installed byC. F. Phillips,district deputy grand mas-ter, assisted by a delegation of Grand En-campment officers and San FranciscoCanton No. 5, after which a banquet waspartaken of.

Letter Probably a Hoax.A letter was received at the Coroner's

office yesterday purporting to have beenwritten by "a heartbroken girl," Inwhich she declares her intention of goingto the Cliff House and throwing herselfinto the ocean because her lover does notcare f&r her any more. The letter iswritten in lead pencil on four pages ofnote paper and has a faint odor ofalcohol.The Morgue deputies believe it to be afake. .

IMPORTANT CATTLEDEAL AT SALT LAKE

M. K Parsons Purchases One Thou-sand Hsad of One and Two Year

Olds From CHNeil Bros*SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 12.—Another

Important cattle trade was made here to-day. M. K. Parsons of the Utah-Color-ado Cattle and Improvement Company-purchased of O'Neil Brothers of Wells.New, 1000 head of one and two year oldhigh-bred cattle. The price is said to be$22 for th© yearlings and $39 for the two-year-olds. Quite a number of prominentcattle men have already arrived to attendthe convention which opens next week,

and the Livestock Association's effice wasone of the busiest places in the city to-day.

The Chicago delegation will arrive to-morrow morning.

Shot From Ambush.MEMPHIS. Jan. 12.—Near Friars Point,

Miss., Deputy Sheriff James Lucas wasshot from ambush and instantly killed byAndrew Caylor. for whose arrest on thocharge of selling illicit whisky the officerhad a warrant. Caylor was captured anda mob organized to lynch him, but the of-ficers concealed him.

Kruger's Health Restored.THE HAGUE,Jan. 12.—Drs. Vlnkhuj*sen

and Coest eay Mr. Krager Is completelyrestored to health. Divine services to-morrow -will, however, be held at his ho-tel, as he does not wish to venture out inthe cold weather.

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-Vote Upon Amendments.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12.—

Twelve amend-

ments to the city charter were submittedto the people to-day. The vote was light.All the amendments carried except one.authorizing the Mayor to appoint thaPolice Judge^

//~^l AKL.AND¦ Jan. 12.— For more thanft lla year and a lialf Olive MiddletonII 11and William Watt, members of

the most exclusive society circle.of Oakland, have kept their mar-

riage a secret. So well concealed was theromantic attachment that when the newswas broken last evening in ;the respect-

ive families the surprise and astonish-ment was complete. The engagement ofthe couple was announced in February,

1900. Eight months before that Miss Ml'l-dleton and Mr. Watt became husband andwife, the wedding having been celebratedat Napa June 24, 1899, Rev. William B.Thorn, rector of St. Ann's EpiscopalChurch of that city, officiating.

The bride in this pretty romance is th/jdaughter

'of Jonathan Middleton, the

pioneer ship chandler of San Francisco.The Middleton residence Is at Twenty-third avenue and East Twenty-seventhstreet. Ithas been the scene of many ofthe important social functions of thiscity, in which the fair bride has taken amost active part.

The groom is a sen of Robert Watt,

vice president of the Valley Railroad andpresident of Langley & Michaels, th.j

wholesale drug Vorporation of San Fran-cisco. Young Mr.Watt has been long as-sociated with that firm. •

The story of the secret irarriage whichhas set social Oakland agog opens • withan acquaintanceship which began sev-eral years ago. The young couple werethrown Jnto each other's company at theFortnightly and the Deux. Temps cotil-lons. It was not a surprise that the en-gagement should havt been announced,but long before that Cupid had settledthe score.

Why Miss Middleton and her fiancedecided to take the sudden and secret step

VAWTEE'S RESIGNATION-WAS WRUNG FROM HIM

Appointment of F. K. Richards asMarshal of Alaska Brings to

Light Sensational Story.WASHINGTON, Jari. 12,-The appoint-

ir.ent of F. K. Richards of Washingtonas United States Marshal of Alaska Inplace of C. L. Vawter of Montana uncov-"ers rather a sensational story.

" .¦*Vawter was appointed about a year ago

on the recommendation of Senator Carter.From affidavits filed in the office of theAttorney General, It appears that lastsummer he called on Judge Noyes of theUnited States District Court at Nome andsaid that friends had authorized him tooffer Noyes $20,000 In gold dust as a con-sideration for the, removal of AlexanderMcKenzie, who had been appointed re-ceiver of certain mining properties thenin disDute and In charge of the court.Judge IS'oyes called In the District Attor-ney and O. K. Wheeler of Minneapolis,his private secretary, and required Vaw-ter to repeat his- proposition in their pres-ence. Vawter attempted to crawl out ofthe scrape, but finally agreed to. place hlartsignatlon as United States Marshal inthe hands of Judge Noyes if the latterwould let the matter drop. Judge Noyesagreed to do so. and forwarded the resig-nation by. mail to Senator Carter, onwhose recommendation Vawter had beenappointed, with a detailed explanation ofthe circumstances. Senator Carter heldback the resignation until he was pre-pared to recommend a successor, andthen filed itwith*he Attorney General.

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DISPUTED QUESTIONSA»E STILL LEFT OPEN

House Committee Completes the Rou-tine Portions of the Postofiice

Appropriation Bill.WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The House

Commute on Postoffices and Post Roadshas completed .the routine portions of tne

Postofiice appropriation bill, leaving thedisputed questions still open, viz., pneu-matic tubes, special mall facilities andrurnl free delivery. The routine portionsof the bill are practically duplications ofthe bill for the current year. The threematters still open will be decided earlynext week, and the bill is expected to beready for the House by Wednesday orThursday at the latest.

Prune Growers Mset.. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 12.—At a meeting ofprune growers in this city this afternoon.Director W. E. Woolsey of the associa-

tion was present and explained the workthe directors were doing. The discussionwhich followed was participated in by M.IX McDonald. O. L. Soules. C. C. Farmer,E. D. Sweetser and G. R. Campe. Allurged the necessity of standing by the as-sociation and maintaining prices. C. C.Farmer offered a resolution declaring thijconfidence of the growers present in thedirectors of the State Association and thebelief that by-laws should be amended soas jo give them authority

'thoroughly to

advertise prunes and their advantages^asan article of food throughout the country.The resolution was adopted by a unani-mous vote. .

Wreck Victim Identified.f SANTA BARBARA. Jan. 12.— A Coro-ner's Jury sat this morning in the casesof*the two men killed yesterday in an ac-cident on the coast lhie. INo new factswere developed save that a man identifiedprovisionally last night as a laborernamed Meyers was found to be W. J.Meyers, probably of San Francisco. Thatname was found in the front of a smallnotebook, in such a place that there wasno- doubt of it having been written thertto Indicate the name of the owner. Theverdicts in both cases were accidentaldeaths.

Purchase Valuable Patents.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The ElectricalReview to-day announces the purchase bythe American Telephone and TelegraphCompany Cthe parent Bell Company) ofthe patents of Dr. M. I.Pupin of Colum-bia College, which, it states, cover theart of.ocean telephony and which enabletelephone messages to be sent over anylength of land lines.- It further statesthat the sum of $200,000 has been paid toDr. Pupin for the invention, with an an-nual salary to him during the life of thepatents of $7500.

Amendment to Hawaiian Act

WASHINGTON, Jan., 12.— Senator War-ren of- Wyoming^ to-day Introduced a billamending the act establishing a govern-ment for Hawaii -by iproviding for a Dis-trict Court in Hawaii, the District Judge,the District Attorney and the Marshal tobe appointed by the President, and to holdoffice. for six years. In addition to theordinary Jurisdiction of a District Courtthe amendment; privilege Is that it shallhave jurisdiction In all- cases cognizablein a Circuit Court of the United States.

James Heffner Acquitted.LOSANGELES,' Jan. 12.—James Heff-

ner, charged with highway robbery, wasacquitted by the Jury to-day after a de-liberation of -three hours. . Heffner.and aman -named': Trumbull, were accused ofhaving knocked down and robbed WilliamEviston, an old soldier of Tempe, Artzona,last' September ¦on San ;Pedro ;street. Thebooty ialleged .to ,have been ;taken was ¦awatch . and some money.

Aged -.Chief -'Dies.FENDER. Neb.. Jan. 12.—Word was

brought to Pender to-day that on Mondaylast No Knife,* the last chief of.the Oma-ha- Indian -tribe,-: died at the ;home •of hisson,' Matthew.Tyndals, on the reservation,at the advanced age of,115 years.: He wasbelieved 'to .be; the oldest 1resident' of Ne-braska. Jv He ;fcnd never been ill—at leastwithin. the memory, of any living relativeor acquaintance. ;'.;.-"¦•-

Goelet's Personal Property.", NEW.YORK, Jan. 12.— The report of.theappraiser/: appointed !"by ,'

tthe -Surrogate

to:establish the valuation'ofiOgden^Goe-let's; personal' property t,was >made

'public

to-day, ¦¦¦¦'¦ and -<shows *'that*it

-was worth

nearly . $7,000,000, Instead < of? a't trifle ?over$400,000. the estimate furnished by the fam-ily.

Into matrimony, is a secret they are no*disclosing. The young folks not only di'tdecide to cast conventionality to th-»winds, but proceede-1 it once to carrytheir decision into effect.

By carefully arranged plans they metat Napa on June 24, 1899. The matter of alicense was easily fixed, and so well wasthat official necessity guarded againstpublicity that the record was burled deep-ly enough to hide the secret all thesemonths.

The witnesses to the marriage wereMrs. Thorn, wife of the officiating rectorand W. J. Collins, the County Clerk ofNapa County, who Issued the license.

Immediately after the ceremony Mr. andMrs. watt returned to Oakland by sepa-rate routes and resumed their accustomedplaces in society. Mrs. Watt went to herparents' residence In Kast Oakland andkept her own counsel. Her husband re-mained with his parents at their Madison-street home, and nothing occurred thatwould give families or friends the slight-est inkMng of The momentous event.

Indue time the young people announcedtheir engagement. Time rolled on, andnearly a year had passed from the dateof that ensagemnt. t

When the couple began to consider thatsociety would be soon expecting the wed-ding it is surmised that they decided toforestall any Inquiry by quietly announc-ing that there would be no further wed-ding ceremony necessary. Last night theytold the story of the Napa wedding totheir respective families. To-day HaroldMiddleton. a brother of-the bride, madethe public statement for his sister andbrother-in-law. He said:

"Mr.and Mrs. Watt have given no rea-son for the secret marriage. They madeit known last evening. There would havebeen absolutely no objection to the mar-riage. That is'evident, of course, fromthe fact that they did announce theirengagement a year ago."

Mr. and Mrs. Watt left this evening forSan Jose. Their future home will be inSan Krancisco.

NASH WILL NA1O3NEW BATTLESHIP

Bottle to Be Broken Over the Bow ofthe Ohio by Mrs. Worthing-

ton,Babcock.TOLEDO. Ohio, Jaji. 12.-The Times w'll

say to-morrow: It has' been generallythought that when President McKinleyaccepted the Invitation to be present atthe launching of the battleship Ohio atSan Francisco on May 18 the chief ex-ecutive would have the honor of namingthe battleship, but the Times is officiallyInformed that Governor -Nash Is the ma.iwho ha3 been given that honor, and alsothat the Governor's stepdaughter, Mrs.Worthington Babcock, will break the bot-tle on the bow of the battleship.

President McKlnley's party will prob-ably include besides Mrs.McKInley almostevery member of the Cabinet. Accordingto the schedule the party willleave Wash-ington on May 1 in a special train pro-vided by the Southern Pacific. Itis ex-pected that the, party will reach SanFrancisco on the evening of May 13.

LARGE LUMBER^PLANTFOR MENDOCINO COUNTY

ern Company Back of theProject.

Officials of the California Northwest-

SANTA ROSA. Jan. 12.—President A. "vv*.Foster and his associates of the CaliforniaNorthwestern Railroad are preparing toerect a large lumber mill at a point abouttwo miles above Willelts. in MendoclnoCountv. on the line of the extension ofthe road. A gang of men Is already atwork preparing a site and the indicationsare that the mill willbe one of the biggestconcerns of its kind in the northern partof the State. The new road taps a mag-nificent body of redwood timber and themill willbe situated just about the centerof the tract. Tributary logging lines areto be constructed in different directions asfeeders. &gKg&i

ASTORIA PASSENGERTRAIN IS DERAILED

Killed.

Engine Runs Into a Landslide andEngineer Scott Reported

ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 12.—A brief tele-graphic message from Clifton, twenty-

five miles east of this city, conveys theinformation that the Astoria passengertrain from Portland has been derailed.The engine ran into a slide and EngineerScott Is reported killed. This is the firstfatality that has occurred on the Astoriaroad.

Forgery Charged.PARAGOULD, Ark.. Jan. 12.—There

were new developments in the GreenCounty Bank defalcation case to-day.Last night the Sheriff nerved a warranton W. H. Ritter, late cashier, charging

him with forgery. Mr. Ritter gave bondin tho sum of $4000. The

-affidavit was

trade by T. B. Kltchlns, late president ofthe bank, and charges that the cashierraised a statement of deposits in theMerchants' Laclede National Bank of St.Louis from $1066 to $11,066. with the felon-ious intent to defraud the Green CountyBank of $10,000. Mr. Kltchina also filedan affidavit charging Ritter with grandlarceny and embezzlement In the sum of$28,000. No warrant willbe Issued on thisaffidavit, however.

Advertising Refused.WASHINGTON. Jan. .11.—In*compliance

with special instructions from the StateDepartment, Consul General Mason atBerlin has submitted a report settingforth the restrictions placed upon the pub-lication of advertisements for certainAmerican products by trade journals inGermany. The movement, states the Con-sul General, dates back to 1806. when thegrowing competition of American bicyclesbegan to alarm the uerman makers to aconsiderable extent. Under pressure most.Ifnot all. of the German^Jicycle publica-tions refused to accept; American adver-tisements and still maintain their restric-tion. • •

Provisions of Canal Bill.BERLIN, Jan. 12.—The enlarged canal

bill Introduced In the lower house of therMet to-day provided for the midlandcanal 260,000.000 marks; for the Berlin-Stettin canal, 47,000,000 marks; improve-ment of the Wartz and a connection withthe Vistula, 23.000,0*10 marks: for the Odertide water canal, 41,000,000 marks, and forthe Haveland-Spree canal, 19,000,000 mafks.a total of SS4.000.000 marks. The FinanceMiniser .is empowered to sell bonds "toraise the ,necessarv funds.

Alexander Opens the Assembly.NISCH. Servia. Jan. 12.—The Narodna-

Skupschina vNational Assembly) wasopened to-day, by KingAlexander. In thespeech from the throne, his Majesty de-clared his marriage had set the seal onhis life's happiness. He emphasized thesplit with his father, former KingMilan,saying Milan had left the .Issue forever,therefore he hoped for better service fromthe- present Ministry: than the formerKing.

Assets of Chos?n Friends.INDIANAPOLIS. Jan 12.—Receiver

Clark of the Chosen Friends has pub-lished an inventory and appraisement ofthe assets of the onicr. Including moneyand other assets not yet reduced to pos-session. The total appraisement is J55.S61.The court to-day ordered the receivers tosell all the articles of personal propertyln the home office.

Godfrey Held for Trial.SAN DIEGO, Jan. 12—W.G. Godfrey,

a. retired sea captain, was held for trialto-day in the ;Superior -Court." chargedwith en assault upon Mrs. J. S. Busby,a colored woman.

Convention of Baptists., SAN JOSE,->Jan. 12.—The Bay DistrictConvention' of the Baptist church willmeet. Mn,:annual :sesion 'at the CentralChlrstian

'Church here on*Monday. The

seesions willlast two days.- A large num-ber of delegates are expected.- •

Oakland Office. San Francisco Call,

HIS Broadway, Jan. 12.The efforts of the Sheriff. Deputy Coro-

ners and other offlceis engaged in inves-tigating the murder of aged Jess Broder-sen near Alvarado Thursday night havenot availed to dispel the mystery sur-rounding the old man's death.

Twenty-four hours ekipsed after the find-ing of the body and the time when Sher-iff Rogers learned that a crime had beencommitted' within,his bailiwick. As soonas possible he sent otficers out to,.Al-

varado to examine the scene of the kill-ing and to co-operate with the local offi-cers in tracing out my theory 'whichmight offer a solution of the mystery.Deputy Sheriff George Wales was select-ed on account of his thorough familiaritywith the locality in which the crime wascommitted. „'<•. 7

Wales and Deputy Coroner Francis ofAlvarado made a minute examination ofthe premises occupied by Brodersen.. butfound nothing to point to the identity ofthe murderer.

*About twelve feet from where the body

was found is a' bush ¦ behind which aman might have hidden while his victimwas being lured from, the house. Thecharge of shot which killed Brodersenapparently came from about the distancenamed.

A circumstance Indicating a probablemotive for the crime is the fact, weliknown in the neighborhood, that the oldman was in the habit of coming to Oak-land every Thursday and disposing of alarge amount of produce for cash. It isknown that on last Thursday .night hehad considerable monev with him. '*

He displayed this at the Half WayHouse, a saloon on the Alvarado road,when he stopped there at 5 o'clock thatafternoon to return a loan of $3 advance!him by the landlady a few days before.It is the theory of the officers that themurder was committed by some one fa-miliar with Brodersen's customary timeof marketing. ¦

Another circumstance directs suspicionagainst a hard character, whose name andlocation is known to the officers. Broder-sen told one of his neighbors recently,that he was roused from sleep a fewnights previously by a disturbance amonghis chickens. He said that he took hiscandle and went to the coop and foundthere was some one inside evidently mak-ing way with some of his fowls. Whenthe Intruder was challenged, he attemptedto scare the old man. and threatened tokillhim ifhe attempted any interference.Brodersen -was not frightened and wentafter the fellow with both fists. Whenthe thief saw that he was getting theworst of the fight he begged off. and saidthat he was compelled to steal to supporthis invalid mother. Brodersen let him offon his promise to keep away and commitno further depredations on those prem-ises. Now that Thursday night's tragedyis being discussed, the Incident has beenrecalled and the story is in the hands ofthe officers. .

Mrs. Sarah Knutsen of 568 Twelfthstreet, a cousin of Brodersen. spent theday at Alvarado trying to find something

•definite regarding her kinsman's fate. Shesaid: "It seems as ifno one could have

Ihad anything against my .cousin. TheIneighbors down there all assured me thathe had the best of reputations for peace-ableness. and they all said they wouldstand by me in attempting to,bring hismurderers to Justice.

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"This talk about my cousin's povertyis all nonsense. He was well' off, and Iknow that he had a good .deal of moneywtth him when he started home Thursdayafternoon. He was here that day. Heoften came in for a visit. Iam his onlyliving relative. He has lived alone outat Alvarado for about twenty-four years.

"My cousin was a fine shot- and veryfond of hunting. That explains his hav-ing so many weapons in the house. Butthe murder was not committed with oneof these. We examined them all.

"It is too bad that the officers, or who-ever is to blame, neglected to notify theSheriff for so long after the body wasfound. The murderer has such a longstart now that it seems doubtful whetherthey can ever find him."

Deputy Sheriff George Wales said:"Brodernen was murdered for the moneyhis assassin believed he would find onthe dead body. That much is settled.Every point we uncovered leads to thattheory as the correct one. The pocketswere all turned out, and Iam satisfiedthe murderer laid in wait knowing Brod-ersen would return home with money. The.old msri's habits must have been wellknown to the mysterious murderer. Itwas easy enough to hide behind the tangleof bushes near the house and in a linewith the spot where the body was found.Brodersen was shot from a distance ofnot more than twelve feet from where hefell. That is my estimate based upon myknowledge of the effect of birdshot suchas killed the old man.

"So far as ditect clews are concernedwe have none. . Any footprints whichmight have been left by the assassin wereobliterated by the rain. There are a'Jotof stories about the old man's abilityas a fighter, and the suspicion that, hemay have quarreled with some one is? ta<the air. But the murder was not one. tor,revenge. Itwas cold-blooded robbery/-'1

"His nearest neighbor was a quarterof a mile distant. John Jensen, who liveshalf- a mile away, says he heard a shotabout 6 o'clock Thursday night, but paidno special attention to iit because therehad been so much, duck shooting . there-abouts. Brodersen, so far as we canlearn, was on good terms with all of hisneighbors and bore an excellent reputa-tion. There is no evidence that the mur-derer

-ransacked the house or disturbed

anything: but the old man's clothing inhis search for money."

Dr.de Pue of Alvarado commenced anautopsy this afternoon. Coroner Mehr-tnann will hold an innuest at Centervllleon Wednesday. The Sheriff has directedhis men to keen closely to the case un-til every possible avenue of investigationhas been covered. 'Brodersen . was a na-tive of Denmark. He •had been in thiscountry thirty years, all except five ofwhich he had spent at Alvarado.

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They Are Firmly Convinced SlayingWas Done in Cold Blood for, , the Purpose of Bob-

Mystery About Killing-of Broiersen.

Officers Fail to Clear Up

THINK MURDERERSHOT FROM BRUSH

Sj>eciaJ Dispatch to Tb*C*11

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.— Mystery sur-rounds the death of Dr. John F. tspade.whose lifeless body was found in bed Inhis room on the second i!oor of the Max-well Lodging-house, Hal Maple avenue, at2 o'clock this afternoon. Under the lefteye was a gunshot wound, surrounded bypewder barr.s, and that it was not a caseof suicide the absence cf a weapon provedlimply.

The discovery was made by Mrs. T.M.Clark, the landlady of the MaxwellHouse. In trying to open the door shefound that It was unlocked, and, believ-ing that the doctor was absent from hisroom, she entered to make up the bed.Her lodger was lying upon his back inbed. his body tucked under the bedclothesa« if asleep. There was a wound underhis left eye, from which biood had flowedhours before. The terrified woman hur-riedly left the room In search of her hus-band and told him what she had seen.

Nothing In Dr. Spade's room had beentouched on the Coroner's arrival. Th^rowas no sign of a struggle anywhere. TiieCoroner found the «iead doctor dredged inMs nightclothes. The t.edelothir.g coveredhid to the shoulders. One arm was fold-ed over the body and tnc other hung overThe edte of the bed. On a chair clc>te by¦was the clothing which the deceased hadworn. In a pocket at his vest was hi.-*¦watch, still running, CMd in one of thepockets of his trousers was J2 in smallchange. Xo pistol cou-id be found in theroom.

Dr. Spade slept Ina rcom facing on thewest side of Maple avenue, on the sec-ond floor. This floor is surrounded by aporch. The room has two windows. Or.eof these was unlocked, although closed:the other was lowered three inches at thetop and raised three inches at the bot-tom, the lower part being protected by aecreen. No fingermarks were visible uponthe windows, such as might have beenleft by some one seeking entrance to theroom from the porch. The door of theroom was unlocked and Dr. Spade's keys¦were on the lr.side in the keyhole. H>*was not in the habit of iockinc his door¦when retiring: and had followed his usu:.lcustom when he went to his last sleep.

The only clew that could be eiven thedetective?* was that on Friday evening at7:30 o'clock a man dressed ina llg-ht over-coat called upon Dr. Spade. He went up-etairs and shortly afterward the doctorand his visitor went out toaether. Thiswas the Jast seen of the deceased.It is presumed that I>r.Spade was Fhot

about <> o'clock in the morninc. At thathour Mr. and Mrs. Clark were in theirown bedroom. They heard a sound whichmight have been the report of a, pistolshot, .but they thought it came from thebasf-mrnt. where the furnaceman wasli?htin£ the fire.

Henry and Palmer Tucker, who occupya room next to Dr. Spade's, also heard anoise that appeared to them to be the re-jwrtof a pistol. They jumped out of bedand looked out in the hall, but, seeing nofine and hearing: nothing more, they re-entered their apartment. The Xurnace-man in the cellar remembored havinp

heard something like the muffled report ofa small firearm.

Dr. fipade had resided at the Maxwellfor a number of month?. The landladyt=aid to-night that he had come to live atthe Maxwell In April of last year. Hewas a magnetic healer, but had no up-town office. At times he was much de-pitssrd. He was considerably behind onrent and la-mented his inability to satisfyher claim.

Among his effect? wax found a letterwith a San Francisco date line, writtenabcut Christmas, but bearing no address.It was sijrned. "Your loving- daughter,Elma." The letter was written in a hope-ful vein and expressed the wish that nextChrlstmu would pee the whole family re-united s?nd prosperous.

An autopsy was held to-night- Thephyr!<-ian found that death had ensuedInstantly from a wound inflicted with aS2-caiiber bullet, which had entered theFkull below the l<*?t eye. pierced the brainend flattened itself apainst the back ofthe «kull. crushing 1Its ba.«e. The missilehad traveled downward and to the right.After flattening itsolf apainst the skullthe bullet, smashed out of shape, glancedback into the brain, where it was found.

Dr. John Frederick Spade was formerly& mspnftic healer at fi29 Grove street, inthis city, where his wife and three chil-dren now reside. He went to Los Angeleslast March hoping to better his condition.His wife received letters from him regu-larly, but evidently he was meeting poorsuccess; in a financial way. The last let-ter camo a few riays agn. The doctor hadno enr-mies so far as his family knows.Bnaoe was a native of Germany, 50 yearsold. His eldest boy Is a telegraph line-man. One daughter supports herself, andMrs. Sya/ie has had a hard time providingfor herself and the two younger children.Ppade had lived in San Francisco aboutrine months.

Bullet Wound Under the Left Eysand the Absence of a Weapon

Point Clearly to

Murder.

Dr. John F. Spade of LosAngelas Is Found Dead

in His Bed.

ASSASSIN SLAYSA SLEEPING MAN

SECRETLY HARRYBUT SAY NOT WHY

Olive Middleton and "WilliamWatt Long Since One.

OAKLAXD,Jan. 12.—But for the promptand heroic action of a young girl Mrs. J."W. Lucas of Fruitvale would have beenburned to death in the presence of her in-valid husband last night. Mr. Lucas,who Is a well-known San Francisco busi-ness man, has been confined to his bed fora year. When he saw the flames froman open fireplace ignite his wife's clothingand heard her cries of fear and pain heFtrusgled desperately to reach her, butcould not rise from his ted. Miss A.Martin, a niece of Mrs. Lucas, who wasin an adjoining room, heard' her aunt'sscreams and rushed to her assistance.Seizing a blanket from the bed she threwit about the trrrilied woman's body andbepan to lx-at out the flames with hernaked hands. Uoth the girland her auntwere envt-lr.ped by the fire, which had bythis time burned Mrs. Lucas* clothing al-most tntirely from her body. Miss Mar-tin'? elothine took fire several times dur-ing- the conflict with the flames, but. en-couraged by the agonized pleadings of herUncle, the L>ra\e girl kept on until thelast spark was extinguished. When thestrain of the frightful accident was overshe fainted from the pain of the burnsabout her face and hands. The Invalidhusband collapsed under the nervous«h;>ck. which he endured in helplesslywatchingr the slrugxle with death, andhas been in a orecarious condition sincethe accident occurred.

Dr. J. H. Cailen. who was summoned toattend the vict.ms of the unfortunate af-

Failure to Pay Former "WifeAlimony.

ATTACHMENT ISSUES FOREUGENE DEUPRET'S ARREST

Is Guilty of Contempt" of Court for

An attachment for the arrest of As-sistant District Attorney Eugene N. Deu-prey for contempt of court for failure topay his former wife. Florence L.Deuprey.alimony in the sum of $100 a month wa^

issued yesterday oat or the SuperiorCourt.

Deuprey has usfd every technicality oflaw and every subterfuge in an effort todefeat his former wife's claim to main-tenance at his hands. During the trial ofthe Hoff case he was ordered to jail forcontempt of court, but as this would havedelayed the trial :i suspension of judg-ment was ordered. In the interim Dcu-prey filed affidavits j.leading poverty andappealed to the Supreme Court for reliefon the ground that Ijeing an officer of theSuperior Court he could not be foundguiltyof contempt thereof.

His efforts to evade the consequencesof his violation of the court's order havenot availed him, however, and the turn-key awaits his coming in the custody of aDeputy Sheriff.

GIRL SAVES HERAUNT FROM FIRE

Kxeiting Scene Takes Place Be-fore Invalid Husband.

Itwas suspected that Fitzgerald hadtaken some kind of poison with suicidalIntent. He has of late been somewhat de-spondent, but his friends scout the ideaol his having made away with himself.

"William J. Fitzgerald, who.was at onetime a special officer but who for the lasttwo years has lived off the earnings of awoman who acted as waitress in Myer'ssaloon, fell dead in that resort last night,and a suspicion ofsuicide has entered intothe case.

—'Fitzgerald walked into, the saloon last

night, and after greeting one or twofriends walked to the bar'and ordered adrink. He had drained the glass and setit down when his head was ?een to dropto one side. Before assistance couldreach him he lay on the floor. The policewere called and Fitzgerald was taken tothe Harbor Hospital, but on arrival therehe was found to be dead.

Officer, Is Speedily Taken Offin Saloon.

William J. Fitzgerald, Ones Special

Mrs. Lucas says that she was passing infront of the fireplace, which is Inth*« roomwhere her husband's bed had been placed,when a spark snapped out from the fire,lodging in her skirt. The garment wasmade of cotton fabric .and the flames hadenveloped her in an instant's time. Shewas about to ~ive up the unequal contestwith the fire when Miss Martin came toher rescue.

CALLS FOR DRINK ANDDRINKING FAT.T.S DEAD

"Both ladies are badly burned, but Idonot expect sericus results in the case ofeither of them."

'As it is. Iexpect the most serious re-sults from the nervous shock to Mr. Lu-cas. He has been confined to his bed-' fora year with ulcers on the lower- limbs.His malady has so sapped his vitality thatit is impossible for him to stand alone.When he saw what hnd happened hestruggled up to a sitting posture, a thingho had been unable to do for months, andtried to go to his wife's help. He was un-able to get any farther than the edge ofthe bed, and the torture he endured inseeing her clothing afire has completelyunstrung his nerves.

fair, paid: "Itwas admirably done. Mrs.Lucas owes her life to her niece's braveand intelligent action. The latter was byfar the greater sufferer.- She managed toprevent her aunt from being seriouslyburned, but was herself severely scorchedabout the hands, arms and*, face. Mrs.Lucas' outer dress was entirely burnedoff. The young lady in going to her as-sistance chose a woolen blanket withwhich to smother the flames. Otherwiseshe could not have prevented a fatal out-come of the accident. LONDON. Jan. 12.— The Foreign Office

here declares the report of the cession ofthe Newchwang-Shan Hal Kuan Railroadto Russia by Lord Salisbury, as an-nounced by the DallyChronicle this morn-ing, is unfounded. It points out thatGreat Britain has no power to cede- It.aathe railroad is Chinese property. More-over, it i.s stipulated that it shall not bemortgaged to any foreign Government orcompany.

There have been reports that Russianagents are endeavoring to buy out thoBritish interest, but the British Govern-ment is not connected therewith. Repre-sentations have been made to Russia. Inbehalf of the English bondholders, as theaction of the Russian officials is consid-ered to have exceeded the military re-quirements, and the question of compen-sation willcome up when the line Is re-stored to its owners. A convention onthi3 subject is now under discussion.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.—In view of apublished dl3patch frjm Pekinr crlticU-Ing the course of Minister Conger for hav-ingsigned the joint demands of the pow-ers after he is alleged to have been awarethat the State Department disapproved ofthe use of the word ''irrevocable

'*it is

said at the State Dcpcitmeat in justice toMr. Conger that the criticism Is basedonlyon a partial knowledge of the facets amithat as a matter of fact Mr. Conger sub-sequently was authorized to sigm the "Ir-revocable" demands aim that he did signwith a reservation wnich he had been di-rected to attach. The matter Is lookedupon as a closed incident and there is nodisposition to hold Mr. Conger culpableunder the circumstances.

State Department Justifies the RecentAction, of Conger and the In-

cident Is Now Regardedas Closed.

Chinese Prcpsrty and CouldNot Be Turned Over

to Russia.

RAILWAY HISNOT BEER CEDED

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1901.

OAKLAND.Jan. ;12.—Judge Hall to-dayissued a decree 1of.divorce to Mrs. HelenC. :Klnsner, separating -her- from -J.iM.Kinsner.

-The

-complaint ? was made .:- on

the ground of extreme cruelty.-

Divorce Gran Jed:

. The apple of the eye is rather visionaryfruit.

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Costly^ Curio.;: BERKELEY.;Jan. •¦12.-While -watchinga Sheriff's jsale, in curiosity shopRoy Holt.'ia!local !printer ';picked up anold brass Mexican spur and put ItInto hispocket. He was arrested, by Deputy Mar-shal Kerns and fined $20 by Justice Edgar."

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The Columbian Banking .Companyyesterday elected the following directors:t. J. Truman. W. S. Miller. Colonel J. O.Currier, C. O. Perry, F. L. Turpin,John Coop and R. L. Lilienthal. I.J.Truman was elected president, W. S.Miller vice president. Colonel J. C. Cur-rier secretary, F. L. Holland cashier, andC. A. Smith assistant cashier. The usualsemi-annual dividend at the rate of 6 percent per annum or. the capital stock wasdeclared.

Banking Company Elects Officers.

Personal.Judge S. L.. Carter of Fresno la at tha

Lick.Senator J. C. Sims is a late arrival at

the Lick.,Dr. J. E. M»ad of Detroit 1b a late ar-

rival at the Palace.Dr. M. M. Shearer of Santa Rosa Is

registered at the Lick.Dr. B. R. :Ward of the United States

army is at the California,

Baron Leo von Roeenbersr is back atthe Palace after an extended .trip East.

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