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$: The San Francisco Call.alternately by;griet;and ian-^ ger/jMr.» andiMrs.% Ball,[who are:aald,t&. have ' vainly \u25a0 tried;.to have • their/daughter desert 'her husband and return$
PRICE FIVE CENTS.,SANv:FR^N6IS^

OmttßM« Jjm\PMf.T*lColiiSiliJSTOHY -OF TRAGEDY COXTIXVED*_OIf.'PAGE 8."

AYAQUIU\u25a0VjEcuado r,i;Jan.' t•«31.1—

;EarthQuake": «hock« jltd^dajr,?'tw«r«ii%felt

throughout £ the republic"3*andgreat damage in the!northern pro vincc».At!.Tuquerre»,' in'the •province :of Cauca;Colombia, fsareral house« :collapsed,; - ;

EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTH AMERICA

;/*Jan.* • ai'-rPrivate tr advicesreceivedIherej'ffom.Qaitagehla ;.are jto*

theeffect • that £'GeneraliGonzalea 1'

fofmer*|Pre3ldeht£of :Colombia, and-Gen{

eral*Nelospinal haVe *sta>te\i fa;revolutipnln^the province Hot -/Antioquia' againstPresldentf Reyes.*"-' 1

•

|§/rh^b"areage|ofjt*eêômll|lnfantrjg•M^well^slthatôfJthe^reldFArtiri[the:Swondj Infan tjyâs'deßtroyed^hejh^JjW^Bjfloodedtbyjten^ngin^fiwKi^'inii^wate^frgDßMhe^ b'ay"lsatfanfearlyihour ;this .morning,,and -the -,flr«^W»i

IvFlre^brok"ejbut^j^;i:..re^f6rw^d|hVild"of|the'.Un lted\S taj^âj^ny^jînspoiptMeade,^ly|ngTaJ^

?thelFoJsVni^treetfd6ck'"Feady^to [sall|to£day| for!ManIlaWabout"m^Jffh^^jsfm^lneiaKdJ^Meadl^||yneB^c^^^^^^âth,^fj«ejjeroj^«rand :>:>en"dangered ? the]lives Toffmanyj'flre^1

Tjvo1ilieaSers :in%êp\it)lic-to OreftlirdmGeii-

mr;GM£SMMio&mm^

'ÂJfter,the • flames'^were ;subdued J severalb^le¥|ojC|tho*e*; wholfell tims £to"jboth

1.1 ".I|^Cjip*tain|^Ml^fpakl£}of^^*^ne^;(^m^pany49|was 'ûndjidrowned^ In(theI*,hold'and lhlVibpdy|recoyereA . His vheinMtliiru'wenffloatingônu'top of' the \u25a0 waters by.Ttnesearching ifiremen, and -' in:a

"few.minutes

theyjcamejjiicro«Blh^body:-!t There

era!'mêTflremeaJy djeomeôf the iaaUî.

were tovercome- by;the asmoke, and were"drowned s without )being able to!get«onto

.alternately by;griet;andian-^ger/jMr.» andiMrs. %Ball,[who are:aald ,t&.have

'vainly \u25a0 tried ;.to have •their/daughter

desert 'her husband and return to them.aTe now speeding for Southern California,where. th«y will paaa • tho winter^ _- .

. NEW YORK. Jan. »L-Miss Grace Ball,

member of an exclusive social (circle "and:the /only •-

of/Thomas -,R. •Ball,whose iis > reckoned

-:as* close f'to'"|4,000,000,^has> eloped ;'with het

*father's

former .;chauffeur.- •.John 4 Sehringr.. Thisdellcateiyoun^g woman.' whose' every wanthas *ibeen* .anticipated •' * from - babyhood;whose )life{.up* to now

'ha 3<been :a";dream

'ofiluxury."Is;livingwith her husband inJwo? small ;i«oms;in'>East "Orange, whereshe] has \u25a0' been exploring 'the mysteries ofllght;housekeeping.

"'•.the imarriage took place on

Christmas )and*

couple announced *,itto;the -parents a week later Itwasi not,tilllj.to~clay J that -society; learned ': ot ''thisromance In real life. ;

GJEVOLUTIbNjBREAKS ,\ ; OUTiON^GOLOMBIA

Special DUpatcU to The Can.

Several Men Succumb to Flames andWater and Many, Others: Suffocated, i

crew^who ;|are,' Nels ",;Gregorßen *Frederick \u25a0

>Bouchifr,^ Marcus7?Nelsen?"Jo-i

seph' M.lShuto^'Ajc«H;Holmqulat Tand^ZiewislJ: •Johnsonrj besides J-fafsilver \u25a0

xnedal are each -awarded a; 1500.'. :\u25a0--'

, This iwas jthe Iquickest ,actlîn~f taken :bythelCarnegiejhero|fundrcommi6sion 1since'its|incepUori.*!S Captain 1

"Ca»to3beside*s ire-1

'ceivingi a*?gojd| medal, *a is",.awarded ¥ |1500

for t the -:purposefof |liquidating" thefmort-gage 'on;J hisTiproperty /at|Pleasantvllle 1NX

'J."?j*Five 'thousand \lsltbjbeTse t'

aside-asâTspeclallfund^forithefeducatioh 1

ofIMark <Jaeob_4 Caato^the-'nine-year-oldison, of

'Captain; Ga*io.'T'?:'HH' !:*/V"'';'ir-:-:ir

-:-:

J%;PITTSBURGH Jan.^ 3i;^Cap tainiMark C\u25a0Casto »', of flshlng^schoprierÂlberta'|and"his'crj^^fj^xjmim^whorotfânuary,!l^lin'\aVnerbe|glêTrescuediforty-twoTandJêifâisengers^fr^Clydejllner^Cherokee.^îlch lfan^^faground'on's Brlgantlne£B^6als tjaear'ÂtlanticTcity/iN.fJ.;\:while? on f:thi*t,way^from|'San fDo^-1mingo/to\Ne_w|.york^were^tb;dayJmadelbeneflclaries|"of^the"SCarneglel ihe rosfund'for^theirJherolsni^BesjdesJmedals'ltdJithe!captain 'and 'crew': a1a 1s'utnTajfgregatingj $9600wag .'* awarde d. '-'-^ •.;.",',' /!.V'':'.;;-;V-v,T-..";--fv,;-^v .'

DEADLY FIRE IN HOLDOF TRANSPORT MEADEHeroismJin Saving;

DISINHERITEDFOR ELOPING

WITH MAHOUT

tIN*THEr AWVXJUtTRAGEDY%ENACTRD \u25a0:!\u25a0BENEATH'*

LOTTA'B'

i: •••;i;:FOUNTAINtIÂST'EVENINGKWHIIÊ-THEiMAKKET-STKEET^:CROWD J.WA3, ; ,HOMEWARD BOUND:.! TWOOI*,*THESFOUR^MOTHERL.ESBi CHILDRJEN. -

CARNEGIE FUNDAWARDS GIVEN

BRAVE SEAMEN-At .Flagstaff » the canals^ have been

studied 'now ;for .two 'decades .with.a fln,a'twenty-fpur-lnch telescope. ;

jThe, accomplishment oi' the^feat."twhlchculminated, last May at^FlagsticfC^j heldby/astronomers !to mar trtiTdistinct .epochin the 'study of'3Jîr«.

'placing,".as it does.'beyond, a douK -what has hitherto \u25a0 beenknown "onlyfori the testimony ot very ex-*pert;observers. ,For ma*hy;years* after thecanals

•were {first ;noted: by .Prof esaor,Schlaparelli,"* the -Italian observer." a"greatmany ''astronomers doubted their exist-ence. .'

\u25a0« BOSTON,', Jan. of thecanals on the ;planet* Mars,'* the t first

'ever

taken, are on exhibition In the Massachu-setts*. Institute •of•Technology. They afothe'work of Carl Otto Lampland.ron© ofProfessor \u25a0 Perclval •Lowell's assistants .atthe '.latter's

"observatory* at Flagstaff.

Ep«dal Dispatch to The Call.:-TOKIO.'jJanr^3l.^-At" a'meeting*>f *the

•Budget Committee fto-day^MtOishi; leader,

of ; the^Proirressive ,fparty/» interpellated

CeneraKTereauchi.'iMinister of War, aa

to whether; the^Goverriment, fas the'result

of theVAnglo^Japahes'eâlliance.'Mhtendedto urge • theißritish?. Government Jto reformits \u25a0armyôrganiz"atipn.

;

'>The*tMlnister^re^plied.that the1Government", would dorso atsome '.futureldate. 'X>* -

LONDON,^Febrjl.—The .cablegram ;from\u25baTokloi ahnounoihg' thatt the* leader "of-'thei^rogressiye/party.- of"jJapan j,interpellated

'the % Ministerjof"War ras \u25a0 to ,>. whether *.theJapanese «:Governm«nt, r

f-Inj'vyiew.qt- therAnglo-Japan'ese'alliahce, .to]urgaiuponjthe 'British reformof •*its''arnny.^6rganlxatldni;> to*'which:the!Minister £ replied rt

*nat *?:hl?'Government

[would'doiso:at some future.date.",la likely

,to *cause ;r;r& sensation I.throughout % Great

!Britain.' \u25a0\u2666, For the :"moment^. most •;of f.thepapers .refrain ) from"icommeht; /under <the

ideas that "a^wrong.impressionmlght have.beenlconvey cd'through? a"close ;telegraphic

suminaryTor 'by \u25a0aj telegraphic /error... :• r.The l

"Daily/ Mail says /ItsisIreluctany to

believe that!the ',common' rules" of|lnterna-'tibnalicourtesy^have^beenilntehtionally'disregarded.' -

ilt expressedtthe]belief ',that

the 'statemehtrof lGeneral ;Tereauchl ;wUI

result hv''diplomatic r

ThelDaily.5*5*News/i in' an \editorial, says

"that Vitvla^notTan'agreeable^piU^ forâproud.pebpl.*'to'swallow,'/,' and >poinU withdramatic « emphasis ?t tos the|extraordinary

atoryiof1 the>last '^twenty* years ;since t theGilbert and

'Sullivan'opera 1Of!'The \u25a0\u25a0 Mlka-I

"do" represented |,"ourjnotiona7 o'âPar^" i

.The" papers adds 'that;"if/this miracle hajnIpenedvin'i twenty" years.S what*may? nothappen* in*-flftyj-years?" j4j

4

Accomplished byan Astronomer at

Flagstaff.

:15^ Request Reforms: in^Ke^ntish(&my;;:;

• ;Oânization.; /

JAPAN STIRSUP WRATH OFPROUD ALBION

PHOTOGRAPHSTHE CANALS ON

PLANET MARS

Three weeks ago David Hanby of 631 Mission a?friend of Arr«-w-iibridge since her childhood, walked with herâlong Market:street. «"waibrM~:«-«U,c pair.tomhor. Thcnwt morning he waited :\u25a0? for,jHanby.ât;his ModirtiiS'a^flbeat him up. t:xcjalminsi-"you must not run with-ray, wife!*v OnCTuesW^ h«waicbed Oi<? rooms. of his former wife all tlay.' \u25a0 In the afternoon he law.twolm?S'leave the. hotel, and a moment -later- she {followed.^ He 'stohpedt her at >th'e?£>££2

of Pine and Kcarny, streets and there, told; her that- he-would kill1her 'Shf-.-ritiout that she had not seen the.two men and*he;iet "her sro.with.a warning' «Jh« ;said, before she left him at the corner, that she would: have fhlnv arrested andhe told her In reply that he would kill:her ahe, moment. he was released"Yesterday was the day he had marked; for, the. death bfuhemTboth" ajid,vM

'terday he set out to find her.- She was, not at.. her lodgings. 'He1walked I*dowri1

*do wri

=Kearny. street. He, metiher at Geary.-. He /spoke. to •her. fShe replied anwilv"Then the murder, and the, surging of the frightened .crowd. -:The "crime ff

,,. ,»•'complished. The calendar had not -lied;

"On; WalbrMge's body were! found two bank books, r He > had accounts -in *Vh«-

Swiss-Awerlcan ;Bank and the Jlibernia Bank- amounting to a'r total Jofi $000* ul-

had given bis former wife $60 in December, for; the care' of'the child-

He had recently;'drawn* out!s2oo. , . vernon.The'parents of Mrs. Walbridge resld e in Hanford: Her.brother. Benjamin

'

Heath. Ss the postmaster, there.-; She hasia sister, Julia Thompson,; who lives inBerkeley.- ,:""

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THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO 'THEM. *Three children were born to them. Clyde/ aged" U.years, 4a now on the,- ranch of Mrs. Walbridge's father. George, aged B.Is at Santa' Cruz ', Vernonaged 5, was sleeping in his. mother's room at the St Gailhard Hotei on Pine

street at the time of the tragedy. With film'Wai Clara,, a' child of a 'secondmarriage.Early after the pair were married Mrs. Walbridge complained of her hi.,"band b treatment. He was cruel and beat her much of the time Five yelrsaô

£o yearf^ter^ *"?"'***

T^ *"™ t̂}W^^+«)Eleven months after .the interlocutory decree of divorce wm

;rr»nt^ »*Walbridge and Edward T. Robblns of 917 Clay street Oakland bnlr* ?™'tugboat, steamed outside of the: heads and were I^^SSSSib^SS^Clara, was later born to them. Then came the dedsionlnf Uhe^courts SSSsuch marriages Illegal. Robbins rieft,the~woman^They^had??eenf IivSSS!gether In San Francisco. He went to Oakitnd.- This ,wa8 a yearâiro g?

Meanwhile Walbrid&e watrhed every/action of his. former. wife.^KotVlona-" a«i:he came to her room at the St. Gailhard and; found in her possossion^h.?nfi^'letters from George Peckham of Hanford.. professing hi*lo^f^'h^^K^f.hor v, nwrry Wir..The .letter, were typewritten and date from;MftytS November '3:\\,.^bridge bad thee letters In h!^ pocket when he shot his f?rme?Sf™fa«t '

nlphL Itis probable lhat they were the cause of his last aUack"of jealousy ?l "'\u25a0HAUNTED HER FOOTSTEPS^LIKE^DEMON.. 1

Back of yesterday's tragedy there 'ês the common'

\ story' of a man whotreated a woman so. cruelly that she left him suddenly, and •\u25a0 afterward got adivorce. He was a beast more than a man, ,buf he: loved the : woman Vof his"choice even when he was subjecting her to the mos^ terrible^ tortures, and. when* •Bhe later married again he- threatened to kill her.j ;He waiched her every,movement since the day that she left him five years, ago, his Jealousy increas-ing as time wore on. Then the woman took iup lodgings in this cityandmen,.came to 6ee her. Walbridge came to her rooms andithey quarreled. He cbri-:templated her death until he finally,infuriated \u25a0 himself into a demon.

Yesterday was the day that this man deliberately, mar-d as the day. ofher death. He also intended that he should die at the 'same time. ,He accom-plished his purpose, A great calendar; in the man's room at 681 Mission street '\u25a0'-Is a silent witness to the terrible fact that the murder and suicide -were vplanned with deliberation and the date set for yesterday. Across the "W ofJanuary the man had placed a,double ,cross. The 'date .was fingermarked <

On a scrap of paper he had written the words, "It shall, be the 31stl There"Is no-other way." He carried out his purpose. The mark on:the calendar 1wasno idle scratch of the pencil.

The story of Walbridge and his wife is a long one. He'ls a general'woVk--man and lived in Santa Cruz. It.was twelve

'years ago 1

that he met -Belle'Heath, then a Hanford girlof 18. the- streets of Santa Cruz. He loved \u25a0 her*'

from the first and a marriage quickly resulted.

TALE OF BRUTALITY IN BACKGROUND.

'.*Two*"members of the gjreat crowd were struck by the flying'bullets.

The fact that more were not killed makes the affair a.miracle. ;The firstbullet passed through.the body of.the. woman' and struck Geore^' B.'.Btangênberger, a priiulng solicliorVMn.- the",fight;fobc;ii^

"'^T/pV^rl.ra "<^p^^way through"nve of themand inflictlng/a" woun'd^'in thY-roof "of his mouUt.Both men' were treated -at,the" Central;Emergency Hospital, tand; werejableto go t<?l their homes. without. assistance.. '.'.;%'- v :'**"*!,*.•*,"•.--..

Yesterday's tragedy was one of the' most^ remarkable crimes ever com-mitted here. It was accomplished in the most central part of the city,under the very shadow of Lotta Fountain, and at a. time when the thou-sands of toilers were hurrying their weary way homeward. It was' a spec-tacular time for the committing of a spectacular crime.!

When the first shot rang out the great crowd started in fright. Itcould not run; it was too big, too cumbersome. Women screamed,' notknowing the cause of their error, but seeming to realize the dreadful thingthat was taking place before their very eyes. .The. Impulse was to, shrinkaway from the Infuriated murderer with the smoking pistol. Those nearesthim seemed paralyzed with-their fear and could only press backward, theireyes staring at the man.. One' man in all that great crowd kept his senses;He was Policeman Speck, who caught the failing woman. He heard the firstshot fired, saw the woman fall and ran straight for the!murderer.. Walbridgesaw him coming and quickly shot himself.' It was probably due to thispoliceman's brave action that the lives -of- others were saved from-a sacri-fice at the hands of the demonized being whose soul was crying for blood.

TWO OF CROWD STRUCK^ BY BULLETS.

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Demonlzed by a jealous love for the woman who had once borne .hisname, but who had obtained a divorce from him years ago, William S. Wal-bridge met her on the street laic,yesterday afternoon. He had planned- tokillher and himsel* Before the' horrified tfio'usands -'of homegoers gathered

about Lotta Fountain ,he. raised, a. revolver -and shot her in the baclu' Shefell and rose again. Screaming inher. terror, she 'started to run from him."MyGod! He will killme! Help!" was her!cry.; In his fury.the man shother again

—this time through the heart. Crazily he looked about, him, then

fired once at. random. Then, 'before, the, paralyzed crowd could interfere,

the raging murderer pressed the smoking revolver to' his temple and endedhis own life with the fourth bullet. He fell forward dead upon the pave-ment. % '\u25a0, .;. .%"\u25a0-'->•»\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0*..':' \ -; ."/\u25a0'\u25a0',

In the few fearful seconds which' elapsed before the terrified' crowdpurged in toward the fountain Mrs. Walbridge staggered on a: few steps.

She collapsed in the arms of Policeman Joseph Speck, wlio was hastening!

to her rescue. A cab was right at hand, and with the.help > of Edward Da-vis, a bystander, the officer hurried the dying woman to the Central Emer-gency Hospital. She lived to be placed upon the receiving table, but diedan Instant later.

' .

Prompt Work of Officer Joseph SpeckProbably Saves Lives of Many.

NEITHER IS SERIOUSLY INJURED,

W. T. Pearl Struck in ¥eeth and G.E?Stangenberger* Wounded in Foot.

PmES CRAZILY INTO^ THE CROWD]

W. S. ]j/atbridge Commits v^M^rderân'd.Suicide When Demonizedbyßdge,

EVENING TRAGEDY IS WITNESSED BU THOUSANDS AROUND LOTTA FOUNTAIN

Under the-very shadow of Xotta* Fountain,:-. while';;the thousands '6f evening 'Homegoers were,; crowded cbout, William S. Walbridge shot 'and^kii led ;his^fprrner wife,' fired into*the crowd,then. committed suicide. Jealously prcmpted ;the ;deed;

v ;Tfo -/.\W.yli.;Pearl; and! George B. Stangenbergerhwere shot by stray, bullets,but:neither was severely wounded. The prorhpt:action of Officer Joseph Speckînlrunning;tbwardithe crazed murderer probably saved :the lives;6f many in the^dense crowd.about.

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GRAZED BRUTE KILLS FORMER WIFE AND HIMSELF IN MIDST OF A GREAT THRONG

VC*i :\THE. THEATERS: '

ALHAMBR.V-"Michael .Strogott."/ALCAZAR—"A=Strenuous LUel" .f<Ûroi&lA^'.'brt«nUlBur!«squers".>COLOMBIA—•'WoodJand. #2-[cHirres^-yaud«Tin«.; Matinee.,GRANI>^-"'VV«jr.Down'Ea*ti"•MAJESTTC^'

;Swe«t '". Nell of Old

.'\u25a0•\u25a0 Drury.",", Matinee.ORPHETXM—VaudarUic. '. '.MatineeTTVOLJ— '.The

-Brigands."The San Francisco Call.

; -Forecast for February 1, IDCC:

S.tn Francisco and vicinity—FairTh-unflay. with.]Increasing cloudiness;

ygW. cast irtid^% ' • \'

"""\u25a0*-'" G-

':MeADIE." V

\u0084 District Forecaster.

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