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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

thought she had his watch and would not
return 1t to him, and almost without
warning fired bullet into her brain.
The old lady fell TO the floor and the
murderer slipped the instrument of death
into his pocket and started to walk away
As he was leaving the basement Police
man Frank w. Smith met him and asked
him who fired the shot.
1t was a simple, pitiful story. No begin
ming, no plot-but an ending.
81 did, replied the murderer, "because
she had my watch and would not give it
back to me-"
Ducy was taken to the Southern station
whence he was removed to the CEN
tral station in the City Hall. He did not
seem conscious of his crime and spoke
freely of the shooting to the policemen by
whom he was surrounded.
'tShe had my watch and would not give
it back" seemed 10 be the dominanU
thought in his mind and he kept repeat
ing it until the patrol wagon reached the
City prison.
Miss Kate McKeefer had kept the Iodg-
ing-house at 917 Howard street for nine
years. She was a woman of simple and
frugal habits. Ducy is the son of the
murdered woman's sister, and was in the
habit OF visiting her whenever he returned
to the City after his trips to the country
IN search of work. Up TO about six years
ago he was IN the employ of the Omnibus
Railway Company as hostler. Beyond
that little is known of him.
The story of the bloody deed as told by
the other inmates of the house confirms
the first guilty admission of the assassin
when he was confronted by the officer of
the law.
Mrs. Annie Ross, who with her husband
and three small children occupy portion
of the second floor, heard Ducy quarreing
with his aunt. 1t was about ten minutes
before o'clock. She heard him say:
II will ask you once more, do you want
me to blow out your brains?"
After that high words, though indis-
tlnguishable, were heard, and then came
the shot.
Mrs. Nellie O'Connor, who has rooms
with her husband on the upper floor, saw
Ducy Tuesday afternoon. She talked with
the murdered woman yesterday, and the
latter told her that Pete was mad because
he thought she had his watch and had
gone out TO get a search-warrant. That
was an hour or so before the murder was
committed.
A few minutes later she met Miss Nc
Keefer and asked her in q jocular way
where her nephew was with the search
warrant.
Peter McKeefer the brother of the MUIR
dered woman, lives with his wife and
family at 204 Fifth street. Mr.. McKeefer
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
THE WOODEN MILLS SOLD.
Disposed OF at Auction for a Merely
Nominal Price.

Disposed OF at Auction for a Merely
Nominal Price.
1t is seldom that there is seen such a
gathering of men in this City represent
ing as much capital as did the crowd that
attended the auction sale yesterday of the
Pioneer Wooden Mills, held at the sales
rooms of Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. A
gentleman made an estimate of the wealth
represented, and he claimed to speak with
authority in stating that $3.50. .000, 900 was
represented by the crowd. Included in
the number present were many old resi-
dents, who have grown rich through the
growth of the City and State by having in
vested here when values were low.
The attendance of these pioneers and
capitalists at the sale, however. must have
been merely out of curiosity, and was evil
IDENTIFY not prompted by desire to bid in
the property at a reasonable figure. and by
SO doing demonstrate the same faith IN
the future growth of the City that they did
when making investments in years gone
by:
The bidding was of des1ltory charac-
ter, and the five fifty-varas on which the
wooden mills buildings are located was
knocked down to Fontana Il Co. for the
low price of $50 500. The improvements
alone cost $145, 600 to erect, and while some
seemed to regard their presence on the
land as a detriment rather than an advan-
tage, yet, admitting this to be the case,
the price was all out of proportion to the
actual value of the premises.
Fontana & Co. can be congratulated on
having secured bargain, and many who
were present at the sale will doubtless see
the time when they will regret not having
bid in the place at higher price. The
new owners intend to remove the fruit
packing business to the buildings on the
lots, and it will no doubt prove to be a
most excellent location for them. The
machinery now in the building was not
included in the sale. The two 50-vara lots
at the northwest corner of Beach and Polk
! streets, opposite the mills, were also pur-
chased by Fontana & Co. for $500. The
title to the latter is not quite clear, hence
the low price
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

tragedy proved great shock to the sister
in-law.
Ducey was seen in the City Prison last
night after he had been charged with
murder. He is stout little man, and the
most prominent feature of his face is his
crooked nose. He has small, shifty eyes,
and last night there was a glare in them
that made him rese m BILE hunted animal
at bay. He looked as if he had been suf-
fering from the effects of heavy debauch.
To all questions he gave the one answer,
"1t was an accident"
He was asked to be more explicit; to
explain if he had been showing his aunt
has revolver, or how it exploded, but he
stubbornly refused to say more than "It
was an accident"
Didn't you have quarrel with your
aunt about your watch, which you blamed
her for taking from You2"
u did not. There was no quarrel be-
tween as and nothing was said about nv
watch. L decline to make any statement
just now, and that's an end of it.'
He consented to talk little more freely
about himself. He said: 81 used to work
at the Fourth-street car stables when they
were run nnlng the horsecars. l left there
about two years ago and have been doing
odd jobs since
''For the past three months have been
working for the San Joaquin Railroad
Company at Tracy. l came to the City by
the Stockton boat yesterday and last night
L slept at 772% Harrison street. l went to
see my aunt this morning and remained
with her till about o'clock in the after
noon. Then l went around the tender
loin district with some friends and re-
turned to my aunt's house about 6 O'Clock.
l intended leaving the City tonight to go
back to work at Tracy"
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

SUICIDE OR CANARD?
Conductor s. j. Robinson Tells a Pecu-
liar Tale Which investigation Fails
to Substantiate.


AS ATT of the Jackson-street line was
on its way toward Central avenue yester-
day afternoon, the conductor, S. j. Robin
son, regaled two or three of his male
passengers with thrilling story OF how a
woman had attempted to commit suicide
few hours before.
Il was sitting in the same apartment
with the woman, who was young. and
beautiful" said Robinson, ''when, as the
train neared Lands End, she jumped off.
Though the train was running at nearly
full speed, she escaped unharmed, and
Immediately began to Chamber down the
declivitv.
81 signaled the engineer to stop and ran
back. The woman had already waded out
into the water for some distance, and 1
followed and pulled her out. We took her
Immediately to her home on Golden Gate
avenue.
Later / went around and saw her when
she expressed penitence for her action and
said II she ever tried it again she would
choose some spot where the water IA
warmer. She gave as her motive marital
infelicity, saying she was the wife of a
commercial traveller. She asked me TO
keep the matter quiet and promised to
do So.
When seen later in the evening, Robin
son admitted the main facts of the above.
but refused to give the woman's name.
There are several facts which throw dis
credit on his story, the main one being the
statement of an employe of the streetcar
company at the carhouse on the corner of
Sacramento street and Central avenue.
that Robinson had been working all day
and cons ,quently could not have been near
Lands End. Again, if he were working.
he could not have seen the woman at her
residence on Golden Gate avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
Judge and Attorney.

Judge Conlan and Attorney Mack had some
words yesterday over the case of Edward Kelly,
arrested for battery upon Kitty Stanway, dive
waitress, which Mack wanted transferred to
another court. Mack wanted the case brought
to trial yesterday, but it was continued He
insinuated that Kelly had 'pulp with the
court, as he could not get warrant for his
arrest for threats to kill
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

heard the news on his return from work.
He could say nothing more than confirm
the relationship.
Mrs. McKeefer received a call from
Ducy during the afternoon and they ate
two dishes of strawberries together. She
thought he had been drinking and spoke
to him about it. Ducy passed it off
lightly, saying he had slipped couple of
glasses of beer. Nothing was ssid about
the dead woman and the news of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
KILLS HIS AUNT
FOR HIS WATCH.
HeartleSS Murder in a
Howard-Street Lodg-
ing-HouSe.
KATE M'KEEFER SHOT.
Peter Ducy, the Assassin, Cap.
tured When Leaving the
Scene.
HE CONFEsSEs HIS CRIME.
Fired Bullet Into the Old Lady's
Brain and Quietly Started to
Walk Off.

Miss Kate McKeefer was murdered in
cold blood at her home, 917 Howard street.
last night.
The victim was single woman. so years
of age. The slayer was her nephew.
Peter Ducy, the nephew. aged 81 years,
quarreled with his aunt because he
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28

A year ago Henry Giuso of Pennfield,
who gave up the use of liquor or tobacco
on April 13 will be permanently cured of
the habits. As many as twenty men cut
off their LIQUOR and tobacco on the day
mentioned, and they say they haveno de-
sire to resume the habits.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-28
CosNnoPonrrAN,

Opposite U. 5. Mint, 100 and 102 Fifth ST., san
francisco, CaL-The most select family hotel in
Lne city Board and room. 81, 81 70 and 81 90 per
day, according Id room. Meals 25c. Rooms o0a
and 100 day. Free coach to and from the hotel.
LOOK for the coach bearing tbs name of the Goa.
mopolitan Hotel. VIM FAHEY, Proprietor
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1896-01-28
ciie her sln;eigen

Yfclle Ger lH5ef9 en-
Jsesr Scl Der 5naIte per T;atr sIsNR
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srfgua! Is Ssat5.
s.irotbs.une eyobss.aHSstssuatt sprata.a
rbns Spru6 sL0o
au,siasu bic bsm 0sifts ser tlts. lir9s ilrl
hsr iinb, ituesI tsiae auHabms
Inseieen ieuoe man ipdtu
items am lllontd9 1llor.
gen ein.
Sctz9lrbciten aller 9trt prptun dRb 6iuia
Gtsgeiiibrt.
Efnee Der ,,0aSstte".
Ode Der sstsitsI uaa JswdasaIa
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1896-01-28
ING %. Subnque, Soma, Sieutag bcu 28 Saunr 1885,

,pabribeinli1 tcot iino. alaubt man
ben iiinftsn, Gsinbaro Wiillsr, retten
su t0nnen. Die permeintlib tootsn
periDnen lino: Capt. 8lanuille. sSamss
Hbooop, Milton 9urleps, s. Staun=
ton. 9luberoem lit Sires im Spital
aeltorben.
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9 uo=N frita.

SOn IN, ~. sSan.
Seute ipuroe amtllb betannt aemabt
oaB Gumailie. Die SGuptltaot Don
9libantl. am per0anNenen 6reltaa. ben
IL. Sanuar, pbue 9Sioerltano bon Den
britll1en GrpeoitlOnstruppen IN SeliB
9enommen iuuros.
Gumaiiie, libanti. IL. San.
Sie ein0sbOrsnen 5ruppen i'm SienIte
Der Gnlldnoer, luaren Die erltsu, ,lpelbe
in 6umaiiis sinmali1irten; lie ianoen
tsiuen g8ipsritauo. Soni9 prempeb
bat ppu Cir 6rancis Scott, oem yes
ieblsbabsr Der britiiden Expeditions.
truppen. ben YeIebl erbalten. lia bsuts
9iaamItta8 bel ibm sinsuIinosu.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1896-01-28
9fefp q ort, 10. San.

Gin on Der Gde Don Yart gluenue
uno AZ. StraBe beleSenes sluciltOflSes
SteinAebIuoe. luelbes GOmptOirSwefen
oient. lit beuts abaebrannt. Der 8e-
iammtibaosn betrd9t 500. 900; Dsrielbe
1T gum Sbsil our9 Yeriibsrung 9es
npft
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Seriep 6 itp U. ..
10 ~Snn

Gin spsiiiOfiass 8ebduos an Nemari
9lpe.. in wsltsm iib Die 2onoon &
&lusrppol Glotbina SO. uno Die Su-
neleniirma garoline q @jroB beIin.
Den, ,uuroe bsute 2lbenO uOn 6euer Sers
fort. Ger Gerlut betrd9t $4,000
uno 1T SrObtentbeils oura Ysriiberuns
9eoett.
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geoar &apios, Sa.,
%. sSan.

Sm aansen 0itlihen Sbsile oes
Staates bat es beute 9eibneit uno
beute 9lbeno liegt Der S6nee iilnf 3ou
bob. IS ibnsit INNER nod lutl9
weiter. SGs SbermOmeter Sei9t 20
bis 80 Grub iiber ylul. glm &alteIien
1T es in YlpeltOne, Wtinn., namll9 2
Grab unter HuQ.
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S t a | ten.
9 ono on, 81. San

Son D on, Il. Jan.
Cine Sepeihe aus &Om oil Die
.Gailp Melus" lautet wie iOlat: So.
Mig Sumbert uno feline Wlnllter bile.
ben Die sanSe 9tu6t auf, oa iie 9taa.
ribten Don Der @innabme ees Sorts
Vtatulleu erluarteten. Die beutiaen
9taari6ten paren mebr berrbl9eno.
@suerdl Saratleri miro aus DER Sers
s6aerun0 SNrtbsil ilebeu. aber I6lleBllb
Die Srieoenspra!imluarleu oes &onlYs
Wtenslet Surildpellen.
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u u 5 lamb.

Nep y OFT, l9. San.
Sem bieIiaen ,Seralo" sebt Die fol-
9enoe Eepeibe aus ct. petersburg su:
Sier ein9e9anaene Seridte lalien erten.
men. oaB in Sul9arien i4on mieoer cine
&rilis bepOritebt. Siirit Seroinano
iinoet einen ufenen Gsaner in Der Der.
ion oes Or. StoIloif uno nil oesbalb
@reto1 an ieiner Statt gum Premier.
miuiItsf fftahsu.
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DON, "A. San.
Surb cine 10 eben bier entosdte
ibeuBlihe Itorotbat, lit bon nercm
Gin @speis pDn Der iistsu 6rpBmutb
Sir Senrp Srpin9's an Die Ssiientlib-
tsit 0etommeu. Sas Spier mar Die
ShwisNsrtphter oes alteu Com 9bam-
bsrs. in oelien Sbeater in 2iucrpooi er
in isiuer Suaeno auitrut. Sbr Suite
iheint eln nibtsnubiaer Surihe 9ewe-
len I'll ieiu. Der lie nit lisDsn &inoern
i'm Stia lieB. Ssitosm bat Srping
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Sie gbica9o Sreipina Gompanp bat
bsute oes Preis oss Sieres halbirt.
3wliben ben bieli2en uno ausludrtIaen
Yrduereien tObt ein beItiger Gpncur=
ren3tampi. Seuts Ybeno 1T Der Yreis
oss Sieres aui SO per Barrel bers59e.
inuten uno allsm Anihelnc nah miro
Der braune StOn mOrSsn nod billiser
lper0eu.
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s maba, 9feb.. 90. San.

Mie Der .See" aus 2incOln telearas
pbiib 9emelost luiro, ilt bort Der YrOs
seB, al Dem Die GiB9erdlo & Wallpp
GOnltruction &c., Die Grben Spbn
SiBseralO's uno Die Wti1Ourl Yacifics
Yabn bstbeili9t lino. beute CUR erleoi'
9un9 getommen. Sus Streitobieit
bstrd9t 81. 600, 900. Die Sirma SlBs
gerald & Wtallop 50. perlanat oiele
&lsiniateit iur bic Grbauuna Der slnt-
lantic Yacliic-yahn. SblieBlih bat
lie lib nit $24O, QUO SuirieOen ssaeben.
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st. Spnis, Wto., 81. San.

(Spiter.) IS bat lib jeBt berauss
0cltsllt. oaB iiini 6euerluebrlente in
Den &uiuen bearaben iino; elmer lieSt
toot i'm Wercp.Soipital. Wdbreno
pier Der m osa &uIIen SsiiI0li4sI
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
Cnbans Again Apply the Torch
During the Progress in
Havana Province.
BUILDINGS LAID IN ASHES
Senator Morgan Champions the Cause
of the Patriots Who Struggle
for Freedom.
sFrom stan Correspondent of the United rress.)

HAVANA, CUBA, March 16-The Espana
battalion met 1000 insurgents under La
cret, near Ell Paine, east of Havana, and
an engagement took place that lasted two
hours.
1t is reported that the rebels left seven
dead on the field and carried other dead
and wounded off with them. The troops
had three wounded.
Insurgents have entered the town of
Guara, province of Havana. and sacked
and burned number of stores. Their
presence caused a panic.
There were no losses in the rebel attack
on the town of Batabano Saturday.
The insurgents burned the police head
quarters, the town hall, a church. num-
Der of stores, two coffee houses, FIVE resi-
dences and fifty-three frame buildings.
They practically reduced the town to
ashes. A gunboat in the harbor shelled
the rebels during the attack.
A rebel band has burned the buildings
on La Brinuo estate and residence on
La Vega estate, near Colon.
Antonio Maceo, the insurgent leader
with his forces has crossed the province of
Havana and entered the province of Pinar
del Rio. ]. FRANK CLARK.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17

how many places of habitation did the
Government of the United States and the
Continental Congress have during the
revolutionary war? They had no less than
nine capitals, and the British Government
could not chase them down to cover.
Where was the United States Government
when this Capitol was burned to the
ground? A fugitive in Virginia; and so
the complaint of Campos is only that the
insurgent Government has no fixed resi-
dence''
In conclusion Morgan referred to the
'alleged dispatch from the Premier of the
Spanish Government, which Hale read to
the Senate last week. HE read it at
length" said Morgan, with attentive,
respectful, almost religious presentation,
and after he had got it on the record and
passed his Judgment upon it in order to
show the magnanimity of the Spanish
Government and the grounds of its action
in Cuba and to show its relation to the
Government of the United States it now
comes out from the declaration of MIR.
Canoyas that he sent no such dispatch and
that he is not responsible for it. The
Senator from Maine was overreached. He
mistook the Spaniard. The Spaniard had
neither mercy nor consideration IN his
heart for the poor people of Cuba-for
those poor mulattoes, negroes and vaga-
bonds described by Minister de LONE
They have no recognition at the court of
Spain. They never had and never will
have
Without finishing his speech Morgan
yielded to motion to adjourn, and at $50
the Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
NOT AWED BY
THE BAYONE IS,
Kentucky Legislators Run
the Gauntlet of the
Militia.
BRADLEY IS DENOUNCED
Action of the Governor in Call.
ing Out the Troops Causes
Indignation.
NO VOTES CAST FOR SENATOR.
Plenty Of Pistols in Evidence, but the
Days Session Closes Without
Shooting.
NO VOTES CAST FOR SENATOR.

FRANKFORT, KY. March 16.-With
more than 400 militiamen of Kentucky in
possession of the Capitol square, keeping
from entrance all who had not q constitu-
tional right or business relations to be in
the State House, the balloting for United
States Senator proceeded to-day without
disorder and without result.
= Only one vote was cast, that of Speed for
Boyle. Democrats and Republicans re-
fused to vote and the understanding is
there will be another ballot before final ad-
journment to- o-morrow.
But the day of martial law was full OF
sensational incidents in the city and in the
Senate chamber. There was wrathful
denunciation of the Republican Governor
by the Democratic Senate for ordering the
militia to the Capitol. Senators Bronston
and Fulton introduced resolutions accus-
ing the Governor of faerant usurpation OF
power and the Senate adopted that of Mr..
Fulton, appointing him and five others a
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
FORTY PERSONS KILLED.
An Explosion Of Gunpowder
Destroyed the British
Steamer Matadi.
A Disaster at Bona in the Congo
Free State in Which Very
Few Escape Death.

LONDON, ENG, March 16.-A dispatch
from Bona, in the Congo Free State. says
the British steamer Matadi. which sailed
from Liverpool January % and Sierra
Leone February s. has been destroyed at
Bona by an explosion of gunpowder.
Twenty-Five passengers were killed. The
vessel had on board twelve tons of gum
powder, all of which ignited.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, March 16.-A
dispatch received here states the explosion
occurred on March T. Twenty-Five Eu-
ropeans and sixteen negroes were killed.
Among the dead are a missionary named
Hawk and his wife.
LIVERPOOL, ENG, March 16-Advices
received here from Bona state that fully
forty persons lost their lives by the ex-
plosion on the Matadi. The captain and
four afficers are the only survivors.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17

eral franchise to taxation. The company
is corporation of California made up of
two California corporations consolidated by
articles of association entered into under
the laws of California and recognized as a
California corporation by acts of Congress.
"California authorized the company to
construct, maintain and operate railroad
and telegraph line in territory lying in the
State with the usual incidental rights,
privileges and powers: also vesting in the
company rights, franchises and powers
granted by Congress with the express res.
ervation that the company should be sub
ject to all the laws E ih.s State CONCERNING
the railroad and telegraph lines, except
tnat messages and proper ty of the United
State. and this State and of the said COM
pany shall have priority of transportation
and transmission over said lines of rail-
road and telegraph.
"But it is not contended that the COM
pany ever became. a corporation of the
United States or that it is other than
State corporation. Even in respect to rail-
way corporations created by act of Con-
gress the claim of an exemption of prop
erty from State taxation has been repeat
euiy OcLlcus
whether plaintiff in error now operates
its road under franchise derived from the
United States or from the State of Califor-
MIA is lmmaterial..
'sThe right to operate railroad is vaIua-
BILE, whether it be exercised or not, and the
question, we repeat, relates to the exist
ence OF a franchise, and not the extent of
its value. When we consider that the
plaintiff in error returned it's franchise
after the assessment and declined to resort
to the remedy afforded by the States laws
for correction of assessment as made, if
dissatisfied Herewith, or to pay its
tax and bring suit to recover back whole
or any part of the tax which it claimed to
be illegal, we think its position is not one
entitled to favorable consideration of the
court, but without regard to what we hold.
for reasons given the State courts rightly
decided that the company had not valid
defense to the causes of action proceeded
on The Judgment is affirmed
A similar case brought against the
Southern Pacific was affirmed by Justice
Fuller. This was writ of error to the
judgment of the Supreme Court of Cali
fornia affirming the judgment of the Su-
perior Court of the City and County
of San Francisco. The Superior
Court denied a new trial in the suit
brought in the name OF the people
of California against the Southern