Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-20
A DETERMINED Suicide
"A San Francisco Bookkeeper
Shoots Himself Because
He is in Love
Pacific Mail Companys Mana
ager Goes to Tacoma to
Arrange a Terminal
George Francis Train on His
Road to Tacoma by
Special Train

SAN FRANCISCO, NAV l9-The govern
ment appointed rs commissioners to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, representing
California, VI. II. DE Young. Of San Fran
cisco, and Col. William Forsvthe. of
Fresno. The allernates are George llalle-
ton aud William NJ. Bunker, Of san Fran
cisco. Bunker has declined ON the ground
that he was not consulted with reference
to the appointment.
The cause of the suicide of Otto Back
stram, kookkeeper for the San Francisco
Savings Union, ON ferry boat last night.
became known today. Backstram at
tended private picnic. one of the party
being Lilly Lundstrom, Of whom he had
been paving court. After taking lunch
he asked the girl TO take walk with
him, and when he got some distance from
the party asked her To marry him. She
told him that she could not become his
wife, as she did not love him. Whereupon
he drew his revolver and exclaimed
well. we will both die together" She
tearfully pleaded with him to spare her
life and take better view of her refusal
TO become his wife. After time he
quieted down aud put the pistol away
The girl told her two brothers who were
with the party. of the affair, and when
the boat was reached ON the return home
she was concealed Backstram walked
about the boat searching for the girl. il /,
believed to kill her Failing to find hei
he took a seat. and when the boat wa,
near the city, placed revolver to hi'
breast and shot himself.
Traffic Manager George II. Rice, of tn,
Pacific Mail company, has gone 10 Ia
coma and IL Is expected he will remain
there for week or ten days. Rice's triI
Is made TO enable him to Inspect the ter
minal facilities offered by that city for a
line Of China steamers. The people hay,
raised a subsidy as am inducement to th'
company To make their city one of th,
terminals and have supplemented theil
offer with another handsome sum. Henry
Willard Is desirous To have line of steam
ers connecting her railway system will
the orient Rice's visit to Tacoma at thii
iuncture. when Willard and Huntington
: Step to the fore is regarded as highly sig
nilicant IL is taken To mean that th'
company will not only maintain its Sal
Francisco service to the highest notch
but will give the Canadian Pacific a iigh
for the lucrative trade which has latell
been builtup between Puget Sound. Chin
and Japan.
A dispatch from Rcdondo Beach TO tn
Merchants Exchange today. SAYS that th
steamer Santa Maria got of all righ
without injury and sailed FOR san Diego
A telegram has been received by th
: Vanderbilt office In this city stating tina
George Fraacis Train. accompanied %
=. ". Wall. editor of the Tacoma Ledge
: John A. Hay. assistant editor Of the Me-
, York sun. and Daniel i. Kellogg. one {
{ the leading reporters Of the New lor
2 sun. will leave New York tonight for Ia
Z coma by special train over the Me-
E York Central, Lake Shore, Northwestern
Union Pacific and Oregon short Linz
! making the best time ever made bctwce
!, New York and Tacoma.
David Christie Murray. the famou
!, English novelist. is mysterionsly missin
aud is supposed to have arrived In IN
. city some months ago from Australl;
: Letters were received here from Me
= bourne ON the Australian steamer ao
y dressed to a local detective agency mai
ing inquiries about Murray's where
abouts.
/, Custom officers last night found sac
: containing $50 cigars which had he,
!. thrown oil the steamer Newbert. III
dITlNfu NhNulhdA ~
Mexican ports, and this morning wh'
searchers began work on the vess'
/ about 2. 100 cigars were found IN the II
!. room. No owners have been found.
d The steamer Karluk arrived In po
!, this morning from Kodiak. The steam
- brought information that the bark Core
y Captain Wheeler, had gone ashore
Is Cooks inlet, Alaska, and was a total los
At a meeting Of the directors Of q
chamber of commerce, board OF trad
"a produce exchange and manufactures
- association this afternoon, presidet oN
u by the mayor, IL was decided to inVi
X each local industrial and commercial @
"a Qanization to send delegates To meetll
: 10 be held week from tomorrow whl'
e will formulate plan on which the may
u shonld issue a call for a general cOnve
re- tion TO discuss how san Francisco shou
% be represented at the Worlds Fair.
ii Quartermaster c. Smith, Of the steam
~ Zealandia, was discovered by custol
m officer last night attempting To smugglt
box containing 1900 cigars ashore ana
was arrested. lle claims the cigars belo
TO First Mate Preble and the latter h
also been arrested.
=, The trial OF A. ;. Mendoza. a you
~ barber who shot and killed his vile, I
W W tober iith, last year, for running aw
~ with another man, was commenced todi