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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13

of these spoons Mcclure fashioned two
keys, one for each lock, securing the pat
terms it is believed from one of the patients
who had the run of the ward.
Had he desired Mcclure could have
opened all of the sixteen cells in the ward.
He unlocked the rooms of Quigley and
Perry and the three men secreted them
selves in the train-robber's room. After
having secured Carmody's keys it was an
easy matter for them to liberate Davis and
O'Donnell, and the five men left the build
ing through the chapel and attic.
The asylum authorities have no definite
clews to any of the other fugitives. Fully
thirty attendants are following up various
rumors of the mems flight.
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GETS TEN THOUSAND.
Compromise of Conductor Who Vas
In iired IN q Standard OIL Car.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 12.-Mike
Tierney, former freight conductor on the
Louisville and Nashville road, has effected
compromise with the Standard Oil Conn
pany in his suit for $4,000 damages.
Tierney had previously obtained two YER
diets in the lower court, the first being for
S25, 900 and the second for $40, 900. Each of
these verdicts was reversed by the Court of
Appeals, however. The Standard Oil Com
pany, through its attorneys, Messrs Hum
phrey and Davie, have now compromised
with Tierney for $4,000 A few months
ago Tierney, while a conductor, was blown
up in naphtha explosion. He entered
the car where the explosive material was
stored with lighted lantern, thinking the
car only contained oil. He was led to so
believe from label on the car. He was
seriously injured by the explosion, and
fingered between life and death for some
time. He has regained his health, but
will be disfgured for life.
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NOT DUE TO A CORNER.
Utter ImpoSSibility of Com
bine to Control
Meats.
PACKING MEN NOW EXPLAIN.
The Scarcity in Stock Said to Be
Owing Solely to Natural
Causes.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 12.-Referring to
the proposed investigation by Secretary
Morton P A. Armour said to-day: 1.-The
shortage in cattle supply at the four prin-
cipal Western markets thus far this year
amounts to nearly 10000 head compared
with year ago. The shortage in pounds
of dressed beef this year since the first OF
the year figures out about 175, 100000 or
nearly 100000 pounds per day. AT the
same time the price of live cattle has adj
vanced about two cents per pound"
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 12.-Representa-
tives of the large packing-houses at the
stockyards say the advance in the price OF
dressed beef is legitimate and caused by
the advance in cattle. They claim they
have been working at disadvantage dur
ing the past six months, as the price OF
cattle has advanced more rapidly than the
meat.
The cattle commission merchants say
that the high price of cattle is due to their
scarcity. Owing to the short crop of corn
native cattle have been cleaned up closer
than for many years. Texas had good
corn crop, but the prices have been so low
during the two previous years that it has
not been a profitable business to ranch
owners and they have turned their atten-
ton to raising other things making the
supply this year short.
NEW YORK, n. Y, April 1.-THE Ma
tional Provisioner, an organ of the meat
and provision trade, will say in its issue
tomorrow: mo more absurd theory has
been advanced for some time than the re-
cent attempts which have been made to
make the consuming public of this coun-
try believe that the shortage in cattle now
so apparent everywhere is due to any other
than natural causes. With a wisdom,
however, begotten of ignorance and in
ability or disinclination to accurately in
vestigate, false and erroneous news has
been trumpeted in every State in the Union
to such an extent that the greater portion
of the people of America are under the i'm
preston to-day that this great food product
is tied up in the vicious grasp of monop-
oily.
at is absurd and unjust to couple the
names of reputable business houses with
conditions for which they are in no way
responsible. 1t would be an absolute inn
possibility Cor a combination of men, NO
matter what the extent of their capital was
to corner the beef and cattle market, and
the money has not yet been minted that
can do it A little philosophic reasoning
and glance over the past history of an
attempt to corner meat products would
readily demonstrate to our friends of the
daily press how fallacious their arguments
are in this particular instance"
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SPREADS TO THEM ALL,
Western Roads Are Increasing
the Home-SeekerS'
Excursions.
From the Tennessee Midland Comes
a Cry for Release From a
Boycott.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 1.-THE propen-
sity for running home-seekers' excursions
has spread to all the Western roads. The
Iowa lines to-day came up with the re-
quest that the excursions be made to
points in Northwestern Iowa as well as to
Kansas, Nebraska and the Southwest The
request will undoubtedly be granted. The
Alton to-day announced it would make
its rate for home-seekers' excursions to all
points in Texas and other Southern points
one fare, plus 81. This is in conformity
with the rates adopted by the other West
ern lines to points in the Dakotas Wy
oming, Montana, Kansas and Nebraska.
G. W. Cook, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa road, has resigned. His successor is
S. S. Whitehead, who has been with the
Three rs" for long time. Mr.. White
heads appointment becomes effective
April 15
A cry has been sent up by the Tennessee
Midland. 1t desires relief from the boy
colt which the Western roads have main
tanned against it for nearly eighteen
months. During the Worlds Fair the
Tennessee Midland adopted methods OF
putting its tickets in the Western markets
which created not a little decentralization
among the Western lines. They protested
vigorously, but the Tennessee Midland was
obdurate. 1t kept up its work until the
Western lines refused to handle any tickets
of its issue. Now the offending road is
DESTROYS that business relations between it
and the Western lines be resumed, and has
promised that if the boycott is lifted it will
carefully abstain from violating any rules
governing the sale of tickets over the
Western roads
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MAY BREAK THE DEADLOCK.
Yet Some Hope of EIecting Senator In
DeIdIuare.

DOVER, DEL, April 12.-There is a
probability that the deadlock for United
States Senator to succeed Anthony J. Hig-
gins will be broken within few days.
The ground for this prophecy is the state
ment made to-day by Senator Handy, the
leader of the Addicks faction, that the next
United States Senator would be George
Massey, and that he would be chosen with
in the next three weeks.
Since the death of the late Governor
Manvil there has been a disposition on the
part of Higgins and Addicks' followers to
unite on some one favorable to both fac
tons. The statement of Senator Handy
that Massey would eventually be elected
looks as if the Addicks people were weak
ening, as it had been known all along that
Addicks was very bitter against Massey
because he allowed his name to go before
the caucus. The hundred and ninth bal
lot taken to-day resulted as follows: Hig-
gins 9, Addicks 5, Massey 4, Pennewill 2,
Ridgely 9, Bayard l.
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LANDS FOR COLONIsTS.
One Hundred Thousand Acres to Be Pur
chased in GeorUiu,

One Hundred Thousand Acres to Be Pur-
chased in Georgia.
SAVANNAH, GA, April IL. V. Cur
rim and R. w. Randall, representing a
Chicago syndicate, are here negotiating for
100000 acres of land in Montgomery
County, in which colonists from the West
are to be settled.
The sale probably will be consummated
tomorrow. 1t is proposed to locate many
ex-Federal soldiers and their families
there. The syndicate represents subscrip-
tons of half million dollars.
Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota
and Iowa are to furnish the colonists. Ex-
Governor Northen of Georgia is one of the
prime movers in the sale.
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MADGE TORKE,S MURDER.
Actor Gentry Fails to Testify at tn
Iuuuest,

Actor Gentry Fats to Testify at the
Inquest.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 12.-Dep-
uty Coroner Dugan at noon to-day began
an official inquiry into the death of Mar
garet Winifred Drysdale (Madge Yorke),
the young actress who was shot and killed
by Actor James B. Gentry on the night of
February II last.
The delay in holding the inquest was
caused by Gentry's illness in consequence
of injuries sustained by him in his leap
from the rear ire-escape of the hotel and
his subsequent attempt to commit suicide.
The only eyewitness of the crime, Miss
Ida Clarke of the Baggage Check Com
pany, was not present, but her deposition,
already published, was read.
Gentry's sallow face was pale and bag
gard and his deep, black hair fell in a mass
over his brow. The events preceding and
following the crime were told by a num-
Der of witnesses.
Detective Crawford said the pistol used
by Gentry belonged to member of the
Hoss and Hoss Company named Heckert.
The deposition of Charles Edward Magee
was read.
He said he was % years old had known
Gentry ten years; met Miss Drysdale for
the first time last January.
He was introduced to her by Gentry as
his betrothed. Never had any words
about her. 1t was Magee's opinion that
Gentry had been ''guyed" about Madge by
"alleged friends" until he had become
frenzied. Under the advice of his counsel
Gentry did not testify.
The jury rendered verdict that ''Mar-
garet w. Drysdale came to her death by
gunshot wounds received at the hands of
James B. Gentry"
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MILLIONS IN THE POOL.
One Sensation Sprung In reference to
Irsrin's Concern.

One Sensation Sprung In Reference to
Irsrin's Concern.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 12.-John D.
Bailey, receiver for George W. Twins pool
concern, to-day sprung sensation by an
nouncing that the books which Mr.. Irwin
turned over to him contain no record of
the transactions in the Chicago Board of
Trade, in which the funds of the pool are
supposed to have been lost.
Receiver Bailey believes there is another
set of books and has served notice on
Irwin to produce the other books inside of
thirty-six hours. Mr.. Irwin will appeal to
the court tomorrow. The books now in
the hands of the receiver show that in
four months Irwin deposited in the Lin
coin National Bank over $1,000,0O0. The
books also show that the total amount of
money put into this pool by depositors
was 81, 100000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13

Bros. and A. NJ. Palmer restraining Nellie
G. Anthony from producing scenes from
''Trilby" at the Eden Musee. Harper Bros.
own the copyright for Trilby in the United
States, and they have leased the right to
A. NJ. Palmer, who will produce the play
at the Garden Theater on Monday or Fri
day. The lawyers will appear before
Judge Lacombe and ask that permanent
injunction be granted
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WAS A NOTED DIPLOMAT.
Death of James III. Campbell, en- Ministe,
to Norway and S,Ceden.

~ -'oTWuD NTtu otCPuehs
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 12.-James
H. Campbell, formerly Minister to Sweden
and Norway, died suddenly at his home in
Wayne, Delaware County, this State, to.
day, aged rs years.
Early in life he began to take an active
part in politics and in 1843 was one of the
delegates from this State to the Wing
National Convention at Baltimore. In 1874
he was made the Wing candidate for Con-
gress from the Eleventh District and was
elected.
In 1858 and again in 1860. by which time
he was thoroughly affiliated with the Re-
publican party, he was reelected to Con-
gress. In 1864 he was appointed by Presi-
dent Lincoln Minister Resident to Sweden
and Norway, post he filled until Novem
Der, 1866.
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Smallpox IN Illinois.

PADUCAH, KY, April 12-News to-day
from Shawneetown, H., is that there are
thirty-n.ne cases of smallpox there. There
IS said to be great excitement and MANY
citizens have left the town temporarily.
One case was discovered in Paducah to-
day, a negro being the victim.
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ONE OF THE ESCAPES CAUGHT.
He Tells Hotc the Criminals Got AsUay
From the asylum.


From the asylum.
FISHKILL, N. Y, April IL. - John
Quigley, one of the five men who on
Wednesday night broke out in the Matte
wan Asylum for the Criminal Insane, was
caught at New Hamburg. ten miles above
Mattewan, this afternoon. He made no
resistance.
According to his story it was Mcclure
who let all of the men out. He had a
skeleton key. There was no collision of
any Kind with anybody connected with the
asylum.
Quigley's story shows that the escape
was due to the violation on the part of the
attendants of the institution and also to
careiessness in the manner of locking the
wards.
Some days ago Mcclure managed to re-
tain two metal spoons, though it was the
duty of the attendants to count in and
count out the utensils at every meal. Out
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Rather Rerolting Suicide of a Man aud a



ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 12-At 8 o'clock
this afternoon the dead bodies of man
and woman were found lying side by side
on Jacob Duffy's farm, few miles west of
the city, on the Walton road. Their Threats
were cut and their faces stained with blood
In the mans right hand was revolver
At the foot of the bodies was box labeled
RAT poison" The woman's hat, crushed
and broken, was on the ground. Pinned
to ribbon was this note:
April Eve have both decided to die to-
gether, and If one or the other should happen
to recover the other shall not be held response
bic for the deed. We both going to take
poison, and I will do the shooting. We are not
doing this on account of any love affair, but
simply because we do not want to live any
longer. This is al we have to say, and hope there
will be no trouble. We remain, as ever, yours
truly, Mr.. LOUIS FRANK,
1914 Cherokee street.
Miss KATE KoLB.
Frank was carpenter and Miss Kolb
was a country girl. They had been en-
gagged for over year. They had taken no
chance of surviving. After swallowing the
poison they had gashed their Threats with
the sharp blade of large clasp-knife, and
then the man had clinched the act by firing
a bullet into the girls breast.
He ended his own life in the same man.
ner. Kate Kolb lived at 1887 Cherokee
street. She and Frank left home together
last Wednesday. The girl left note say
ing they were going to kill themselves and
ascribed love as the cause.
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WAS VEIL "M4DE UP"
a Wife Who Misrepresented Her Age Sued
for % DIUOrce.

PERRY, o. T., April 12.-Alfred Chess, a
wealthy German, has begun suit for di-
vorce from his wife, Pauline. He declares
that they were married in Petersburg, Ger
many.
He charges that his wife misrepresented
her age to him before marriage, and also
stated to him that she was of rich parent
age. In fact she was old, having made
herself look young by face powders, and
never loved him
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FINANCES OF CHICAGO.
The City Controller Explains a SensG-
tionGL Statement.

tiO1lGI Statement.
CHICAGO, ILL, April 12.-City Control
Ter Wetherell denies sensational state
ment credited to him that the city finances
are about Sc, 900, 600 short. The Controller
says the floating debt of the city is about
100000, an amount no larger than usual
for some time past at this season of the
year. The tax in process of collection is
ample to much more than meet it. Each
year for several administrations the city
had run behind and perhaps no more the
past year than any previous ones. As a
result of the improved method under the
new administration of Mayor Swift, now
beginning, it is expected that this will be
rectified and the floating debt be nearly if
not altogether wiped out.
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Rushing the Returns.

CINCINNATI, OHIO, April IL. = Al
though Good Friday was generally OBJ
served and many business men were not
downtown there were over 5000 income re-
turns made to Collector Downing.
Tomorrow and Monday the rush will
continue. Since the recent decision OF the
Supreme Court many insist on making
their returns in person, and the clerical
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13
STRUCK WITH A BBTCK.
Mysterious and Fatal Assault Upon
WenLthn Cattle Dealer.


CHICAGO, ILL, April Re. r. Hunter,
a wealthy cattle dealer at the Union Stock
Yards, was the victim of an assault while
sitting in his office tonight, which will
probably result in his death.
Hunter was alone in his Office and the
first known of the affair was when he came
staggering out of the office and said to the
janitor of the building who met him in the
hall: did you see him?"
After asking the question he fell to the
floor unconscious and is now lying at the
point of death.
His assailant dealt him a blow with a
brick, which made fearful wound on the
temple, fracturing the skull. Nobody saw
the assailant enter or leave the building.
Hunter had no enemies as far as known,
and he had with him gold watch and a
large sum of money, and no attempt was
made to take them away from him.
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Enthusiastic SiIrer Men.

NEW YORK, n. Y, April 12.-Ex-sena.
tor Warner Miller has recently been III
Chicago. He discovered that there are
many free silver advocates in that part OF
the country. He says: THE prairie
seems to be on fire with sentiment in favor
of free coinage. L believe the feeling per-
meates many Western States.1
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force of the Collectors Office is kept
blockaded.
CRIMES OF A FTEND.
He Seriously Shoots a Girl and Tries tt
XIII Himself.

CHEYENNE, WYo., April 12.-Jacob
Late, aged %, a section-hand on the Bur
lington Railway, at Alger, made an I'M
successful attempt to criminally assault
Barbara Walker, the 16-year-old daughter
of the section foreman, Monday.
He then shot the girl twice with re-
volver, one ball entering her right ear and
lodging in the tissue of the brain, the
other inhicting terrible wound in the
abdomen.
LATE next shot himself, one ball entering
the breast, another inficting a scalr
wound, while the third he fired into his
mouth, killing him instantly. The girl is
still living, but her recovery is impossible
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13
To Ertend The Pood

DENVER, Colo, April 12.-Frank Trum-
bell, the receiver of the Gulf road, has Just
sold 100000 worth of receivers certificates
to Denver parties for the purpose of build
: ing the road from Trinidad to Walsenburg
as directed by the United States court.
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Suicide of ON Inrentor.

CHICAGO, ILL, April 12.-Peter Wins,
a Swiss inventor, shot himself fatally last
night. Financial troubles caused the sui
eide. Wins invented several fishing tackle
devices, some of which he exhibited at the
California Midwinter Fair, receiving a
diplom a.
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Cubam buildings Burned.

HAVANA, CUBA, April II. = Mirets
Bros. warehouse and two other CONNER
cial buildings at Matanzas, seaport fifty
two miles east OF this city, burned last
night. The loss is over 100000.
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MN Support a Police Chief.

OMAHA, NEB., April 12.-The Police
Commissioners to night accepted the resig-
nation of Chief Seavey, to take effect May
20. His successor will be appointed then.
st. Louis or Chicago will probably furnish
the new chief. A nonresident is consid-
cred desirable in order to avoid sectional
strife.
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1hefts of a County Treo,ur.r.

PERRY, o. T., April 12.-Carl Shaw,
treasurer of Blaine County, is in Jail for
ENLIGHTENMENT. His shortage is over $1,000,
while his bond is 5000. He has been in
dicted by the Grand Jury on five counts.
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W,,rde, OF a Chi,ese Merohant.

NOGALES, N. NJ, April 12.-Quong Sing
Lung, a Chinese merchant of Nogales, Mex
leo, was murdered last night in his store
by unknown parties. His jugular vein
was cut. A string of Irvine tied around his
neck finished the work
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13
Boys Easter Suits.

Boys Atwood Knee Pants Suits, double
knees seats and elbows, So so each. You pe
Gents Nobby Double-breasted Sack Suits. in
cheviots, tweeds and silk-Inixed cassimeres
So 80 TO S12. L. V. Merle, the old | X L. f;I6
TO 62G Kearny street, corner Commercial.
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GROSS ELECTION FRAUDS.
Another Batch of Indictments Filled u,
Kansas City.


Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 1.-THE
special Grand Jury to-day returned four
additional indictments for election frauds.
Two of the indictments are against
Charles A. Miltman, ex-State Representa-
tive, and who was candidate for Justice
of the Peace in the fall election, and charge
him with voting in a precinct in which he
did not live, and for drugging Judge of
election, F. D. Fenton.
Another true bill returned an omnibus
indictment against John May, Alderman
John Moran, ex-Recorder of Voters
Owsley, Justice Kruger, Harry G. Bris-
tow, j. Pearce and r. l.. Kruger.
1t charges them with having entered into
conspiracy to commit the various frauds
and crimes committed in the Second Ward.
All of them have been indicted for separate
otfenses previous to this report.
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Sentence of Murderers.

SANTA FEE, N. Mex, April 12.-Judge
Laughlin to-day sentenced Robert Friday
found guilty of the murder of Zeni Raca,
and Jose Villparda and Meliciano Chavez,
found guilty of the murder of Thomas
Martinez, to be hanged on May 6.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13
Dorcnester !s,rept bu Fire.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, April 12.-Dor-
chester, small town on the Wisconsin
Central Railroad, in Clark County, was
/ swept by fire yesterday and nearly half of
the business portion destroyed. The loss
Is $4,000, partly insured.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13

Pearls OF the seal Gems of the ocean
The lightest breakfast gems spring to the
call of Prices Baking Powder.
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"I1l have no bigger: this doth fit the time
And gentlewomen wear such caps these
Protests bonny Kate to mocking Petruchio.
So does Prices Cream Baking Powder fit
our troublous times; gentlewomen will
have none other.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13

The impending crisis in European affairs
awakens universal alarm. DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the most pacific
mediator always.
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4 MTrilbu,, Ini,snctio,,

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 12.-United
States Circuit Court Judge Lacombe to-day
granted temporary injunction to Harper
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13

Strict observance of hygienic laws in
sures healthy vigor of brain and body.
Prices Cream Baking Powder as an aid is
indispensable.
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The higher education of women is in
complete unless she understands baking
with Dr. Prices Baking Powder.