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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
A Suspect Near Stockto,

STOCKTON, CAL, May 20. - Charles
Thompkins, who cooks for II. P Eldred's
hired men at his barns just east of the city,
reported to Sheriff Cunningham that
shortly after 10 O'Clock this morning. while
on the road, he was hailed by man riding
wheel who looked exactly like the pub
lished pictures of Blanther. The man
asked Thompkins the way to Milton, but
did not stop to catch the cooks answer as
he rode by. AT that time he was making
for the Linden road instead of toward
Milton.
He wore q suit of blue overalls over a
black suit, which confirms the story told
yesterday by j. RotschiId. Sheriff Cum
ningham at once telephoned to Milton
and then ordered his team, driving out
along the road the man was said by
Thompkins to have taken. The Sheriff
thought that if the man was not an ex-
pert rider he would be forced to stop along
the road and he could thus overtake him
before he got far.
The man stopped at the Occidental
Hotel in this city last night. The officers
are still looking for him.
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dinner. l took the dictionary and kept it, as
found that no one would give him more than
20 cents for it. gave him 81 80 and told him
had disposed Of it. He had given up writing
for the papers, he said it was use-that
they did not appreciate his work here.
When he found that he could not get any of
his work in the newspapers he said he would
do something that would get himself in the
newspapers, and said he would shoot himself
or shoot somebody else, and he said he would
give me a chance to write it up in the papers.
He SAID, You wait little and something will
happen and his conversation would con-
inually drift to that subject. Ny object in
going to his room so often was that | was
afraid he would do something desperate, as
Iebbs had warned me he had attempted to
shoot himself with pistol and that Tebbs had
taken the pistol away from him. Blanther
said he had been everywhere: had been South
and in India, and told me that he had seen
service; told me he fought in the Austrian
Turkish war; that he was either lieutenant
or captain his picture was taken as lieutenant
ofhussars. STAYED he had been in Denver and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
A WOMAN'S FEAR.
Mrs. Marks Believes That She, In
stead of Mrs. Langfeldt, Might
Have Been Murdered

Mrs. Marks, who. through the represen-
tations and forgery of Joseph Blanther.
has been placed in an unenviable and I'M
called for position, is very i'll woman.
She was Frustrated yesterday, but she
found strength enough to call at the office
of Captain Lees TO tell her story as to her
relations with the suspected murderer.
Blanther.
Mrs. Marks condition is not altogether
due to sorrow for the notoriety she has at
tanned. but is more the reaction brought
about by the thought that she, instead of
Mrs. Philippine Langfeldt, might have
been the victim of Blanther's or another's
murderous hand.
She, 100, had diamonds. and many of
them. True enough, she seldom wore
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
How Blanther Thought Out His Crime and
Planned Escape.

the murder being discovered until after
that hour that he might tran sact his bust
ness with him and get away.
He would leave the bolts on the doors
as they were; he would climb out of the
bay window and into the next window, q
thing easy to do, and into the hall by that
way.
He met Dodge, told him he had the dia-
monds Dodge fulfilled his contract, took
him 10 notebroker Lacy and secured a
check for s97, leaving two of the stones as
collateral.
They went to the bank and got the check
cashed and while the newspapers were
already putting in type the story of the
crime, they went carelesslY down to the
| ferry smoking their cigars.
| Yesterday Captain Lees gave out the
formal statement of George Dodge the
essential points of which were published
yesterday in THE CALL.
In an interview yesterday, Dodge told a
CALL reporter that the statements made to
the effect that Blanther did not shave
himself and did not have razor were not
true. 1t was his habit to shave himself
every morning. He had a white handled
razor.
Daniel Eisner, who knew BIanther in
Austria and was present at the time he
was decorated with the Iron Crown, has set
at rest all speculation as to the identity of
the man. Eisner did not know that
BIanther was in the City, but, looking al
his portrait, he says: "This is Blanther;
! this is the man l served with in the Aus
TRAN army"
But Eisner left the army years before
Blanther did and is unable to explain why
man of such promise should be an out
cast in foreign land. He had been sin
| gled out for distinction. 1 thought he
was major in the army by this time"
There must be some reason for his be-
ing here in destitute circumstances, he
said. ga man with those decorations, had
he wished to make himself known to the
proper people, would have been placed in
way of doing well anywhere in the
world"
| But Blanther is still at large. That is
the important circumstance that remains.
| Sheriff Cunningham is still chasing the
man on the wheel down by Stockton and
| Captain Lees men are watching every
{ avenue about the bay. But this man,
with manner, bearing and general appear
ance that would mark him anywhere in a
crowd, remains at large with the whole
country looking for him. The conclusion
is that he succeeded in getting far away
before the guards were we'll placed.
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ALAMEDA CITY A WINNER,
Judge Frick Dissolves the In.
junction Suit This After
noon.
The Woman'S Death Still Sbrouded
In Mystery and Unidenti.
fed.

ALAMEDA, CAL, May 20.-This morn
ing the last official act of Judge Frick as a
bachelor was to dissolve the notoriou. in
junction suit against the city, 80 allowing
1t to complete its electric-light works. A
carload OF machinery, including the dy-
namo, EXETER and other electrical appa-
ratus, arrived last night from Pittsfield,
Mass. 1t will be unloaded at once and set
In position by the contractors, John Mar
tin q Co. of San Francisco.
The City Morgue's Dead.
ALAMEDA, CAL, May 20.-The mys-
terry deepens surrounding the unfortunate
woman who met her death some time near
midnight last Sunday and whose body
was discovered on the beach On Monday
water-sogged.
-. w, Johnson, the skipper of the Ann
Eliza, accompanied by his wife and step
daughter, bright Young lady of eighteen
sum mers, viewed the body this evening.
IL was unknown to any of them.
No action has yet been taken to subpoena
any OF the Columbus crew for the inquest
tomorrow and the question arises was
tnere scow In ahead of the Ann Eliza
and Columbus that left before the Ann
Eliza got in
The body of the man lying at the morgue
was Identified late last night by his sister
ln-iaW as Patrick Cahill. Mrs. Edward
Oahill lives at 32l6 San Pablo avenue, Oak
iano. she says he was eccentric and subject
10 apopiectlc seizures. He had formerly
daobied In stocks and lost his all OF late
years he had acted as hotel waiter and
porter. An inquest will be held to-mor-
row.
Education Board.
ALA MEDIA, CAL, May 20.-Only three
members were in attendance at the Edu-
cation Boards meeting last night The SUI
perntendent reported that the net pro-
ceeos from the late entertainment in Ar
mory Hall given by the High School wer e
Sze 20. DR.. Scott, the principal, was au-
tnorized to expend the same in the pur-
library.
Attention was also drawn to the fact that
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Snored q?

as conversationalist and did not object
to his calling upon me at my home.
HE always behaved in a most proper
manner and he allowed me to gain the
impression that he was a man of means.
AFTER awhile his talk on theosophy and
the reincarnation of the departed began to
brighten me. He spoke of suicide as if it
were nothing but sudden change from
this sphere to meet friends in Jupiter.
81 did not like this and / suggested in a
mild but firm way that he oesist calling.
That is all know of Mr.. Blanther. His
last regular visit to me was on May l..
l have not seen him since"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
CONFESSION OF A MURDERER"
BY BLANTHER AND DODGE


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nor cent of the children of school s,s >,

26 per cent of the children of school age do
not attend the public schools. Superinten.
dent Sullivan said that the education act
of 1874, page 351, made attendance at school
between the ages of 8 and ID compulsory
for two-thirds of each school year, and
entailed fines for non-com pliance.
Society it was decided to grant half hoJi-
day on the afternoon of Friday, May %.
County Superintendent Garlick reported
be had set aside $66O1 80 for the Alameda
school department.
The Democrats Bestir Themselves.
ALAMEDA, CAL, May 20.-The Demo
Gratis have announced that the roll will be
omen from to-day till June l at 1919 Park
street, and that primary will be held at
fuckers Hall OH Friday, June 5.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
Child of Misfortune Killed by a
Freight Train.

child OF Misfortune killed. by a
Freight Train.
OAKLAND, CAL, May 20.-Frank Coax
lev. lad Is years of age, was run over by
a freightcar this afternoon and died to-
night at the Receiving Hospital.
The boy was crossing the foot OF Chest
mt street ard had waited for the San Jose
local to pass. After it had gone by Coax
lev ran around the rear of the train and
was struck by single car that had been
shunted off by q yard engine. Coakley
did not see it till too late to stop. and was
caught by the wheels and dragged long
distance He was fearfully crushed and
never regained consciousness.
Coakley is a child of misfortune. When
he was il years of age he was cruelty
treated. and was cared for by Agent Theo-
bald of the Humane Society. Prosecution
followed, and since then the boy has had
good treatment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21

Charcoal Sketch Of C. C. Tebbs
Drawn by His Chum and Roommate,
Henry Raschen. for the Overland
Monthly" Joseph BIanther, the Accuse ed
Murderer of Mrs. LangfeIdt. Borrowed
Tebbs' S125 Camera and Pawned 1t for
S21 Short Time Ago. The Police Have
Been in Daily Attendance on Mr.. Tebbs
Domicile and Have Not Yet Been Able
to Find Him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
The statement of Lacy the money-lende
nArrA hAratas nadtra z :. L. IL

The statement of Lacy the lender,
corroborates Dodge. 1t is is as follows:
SAN Francisco, May 20, 1896.
Captain Lees, City: To the best of my recollec-
ton the particulars of my transaction with
Mr.. Dodge (whom have known several years)
are as follows: On the 14th of May Dodge called
on me and asked me whether would lend
some money TO a lady on her diamonds and /
replied that objected to such loans as being
out of my line of business. On the 18th he
called again, and after much persuasion l
agreed TO make a loan provided that he would
property authorizing him to make the loan.
On the 10th he came, bringing q letter
signed by a Mrs. Marks of l think 5I5 Gearv
now IN your possession. Yours truly,
ii. Lacy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
WILL YOU BE
STRONG WHEN
YOU ARE OLD?

AS you would protect your
house against the wearing of
the storm so that it will be pre-
served and suitable to shelter
you when you grow old, so you
ought to guard your physical
body against the inroads of
disease, so that it will be healthy
and well preserved when you
are an old man.
When you are young and the
forces of nature active you can
often smother these light pains
and weaknesses that trouble
you, but in doing so you have
to call up your reserve vitality.
That is a nail in your coffin, for
it wastes your reserve force,
which should be saved till you
grow old. 1t is this reserve
force which keeps up the health
in old men-when they are
healthy.
Every man wastes this force
more or less. Sometimes he
wastes all of it, and instead of
finding his weakness when he is
old it comes on him while he is
still a young man.
His life from that time is
miserable-devoid of the power
of manhood, ruined nerve
power, and finally lost memory
and mental imbecility-he be-
comes a wreck.
This is a pitiable state of
human waste. Thousands of
young men have sown the seeds
for it by excuses and other
causes, but it can all be cured if
good Judgment is used in time.
AS the power lost is of the
nerves-nerve force-it can be
replaced by Electricity, the life
of the nerves.
81 could dance with Joy when
[ consider that | have been
saved from the necessity of hv-
ing the rest of my life in that
miserable state," says ]. A. J.
Morse, Los Gatos, Cal, after
using DR.. Sanden's Electric
Belt one month.
Have you not noticed how
many people speak well of DR..
Sanden's Electric Belt ? sT
have heard a great many people
recommend your Belt" says
recent letter.
1t is the modern cure. It ia
the only cure for weak men, for
medicine has long ago proven
its worthlessness. DR.. Sanden's
Belt gives new life, drugs sim
ply benumb the crying nerves.
If you want life get DIR. San
den's Belt at once. 1t will not
fail you. The little book,
"Three Glasses of Men," is worth
800 to any weak man. 1t will
be sent free by mail, sealed
closely, upon application.
SANDEN ELECTRIC CO.,
$50 Market Street, San Francisco,
Opposite Palace Hotel Office hours; 8 A. N. to
$3.50 P. NJ; Sundays, 10 to l.
OFFICES AT:
Los ANGELES, CAL. PORTLAND. Or,
204 South Broadway. 25Y Washington street
MNfA DEWEY g co, NM
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How Lacy Lent the Money.

home from Alameda, and went to my home
San Francisco,
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

NJ and Catherine A. McCann to Edward A.
Mitchell lot on line OF Thirty-seventh avenue,
William and C. T. Nicol to Edward E. and Ed
ward Mitchell, same; $1O
f. A Mitchell to Jennie Richards on, lot on E
line of Thirty avenue 200 n of street,
so by f 1905 $500.
Same to James McHafie. lot on e line Of Thirty
5000 -'0 y = ''''e'' ~ ~ " 1. iNo'
Catherine Muloy to Mary French undivided "a
OF lots $50 and 69l, Gin Map 2; Undivided rs Of
Jacob and Anna E. A. Tepler to Mary A. Bar
Der, lot on NV line OF Sears street, 200 NE
of Sickles avenue, NE 76 by NV 100 block O.
West End Q; $40
Mary a. Barber to Susan Logue, lot on NV line
of Sears street, 200 n of Sckles avenue, NE 90
by NV 100, block g. West End 2; $40.
Jacob ana Lima Heyman 10 William II. Emery, lot
on NV line Of Laidley street, 113 n f of Roanoke,
James NJ. Moran to Adolphine M. Moran, lot on
Sc corner OF South Broderck and Fourteenth
streets, 1879, 5 12O, W 73:lOs4, ISL block
ID, PARK Hill Homestead
ALAMEDA COUNTY.
FL. G. and Josephine Z. CapweIl to ]. A Clover,
lot on line of Delger Twentieth street. 81 IS "a
w of Telegraph avenue W 81 IS by S SO, being the
land; So
d. F. and C. F. silveria to Laura L. Williams,
lot on f line of Lewis street. 125 of Railroad av-
land: $lO5O
Richard and Mary Langtry to Annie X Bsro-
teau, lot on line of Linden street. 1914 n OF Third.
80 by 125, being lots 15 and 10, block 4SO,
Adeline and Market streets Homestead, subject to
mortgage, Oakland: $40.
Builders Contracts.
Charles D. Cushing with H. H. Larsen, excava-
ton, grading, brick work and concrete work for a
street, 1926 n of Ieavenworth: ]. H. Little.
field. architect $l474
Charles s. Moves with Marcus & Rummell to
erec, hve-room cottage line of Eighteenth
street, 175 n of Castro; Marcus Il Remmel archi-
tees; $l71O.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-16

fering, to put the star of hope In the mid
night of despatr--this is true holiness. This
is the religion of science. The old creeds are
too narrow they are not for the world in
which. we live. The old dogmas lack
breadth and tenderness; they are too cruel,
too merciless, too savage. We are growing
erander and nobler.
The armament inlaia with suns is the
dome of the real cathedral The inter-
prefers Of nature are the true and only
priests. In the great creed are all the
truths that lips have uttered and in the real
litany will be found all the ecstasies and
aspirations of the soul. all dreams of joy,
all hopes for nobler. fuller life. The real
church, the real edifice. is adorned and
slorified with all that art has DONE In the
real choir Is all the thrilling music of the
world and in the starlit aisles have been,
and are, the grandest souls of every land
and cline.
There is no darkness but ignorance
LET us flood the world with intellectual
light, .......... -
When he concluded the applause was
loud and long continued, many Of those
in the foyer waving their handkerchiefs
and hats The congregation united in
singing "Blest Be The Tie That Binds
and with the pronouncing of the bene-
diction the unique service came to an
end.
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AWAITS A DEMAND.
Business Shows Little Signs of Improve
II 1s8 3 a-s ment. -

Business Shows Little Signs of Improve
~ a- ment. ss
New York, April 11.-R. 6. Dun & Co.
in their weekly review of trade say:
THE volume of business has not on the
whole increased, nor have prices appre-
ciably advanced since April l, when TIE
range for all commodities was the lowest
ever known. in this country. Breadstuffs
and iron products have risen slightly, but
some other articles have declined, and the
root Of the matter is that demand for con-
sumption is still below expecta ton The
injury done to winter wheat by storms and
frosts at the west would appear from re-
ports of state officers to have been consi3-
cradle. Remarkably low estimates of con-
dition are published by some state author:-
ties, and while there may be the customary
exaggerations, there has evidently bec!.
much actual loss, which tends at present
to lessen purchases of farmers and of
dealers in farming districts But the re-
PORTS are not more gloomy than year ago,
and the quantity of wheat which has
come from farms since Aug ust has been
16S, ISL 1914 bushels, against 1:9.075.45O to the
same date last year. "
Failures for the past week have been
209 in the United States, against POI last
year; and 80 in Canada. against u last
year."
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Rhode Island for Reed.

a,, Providence, r. l., April 1.-THE re-
publican state convention was held here
Friday and elected delegates at large
to the national convention at St. Louis.
While the delegates were not instructed,
the sentiment of the convention was
unanimously for the nomination of
Reed. The only platform adopted was a
resolution presented by the Providence
board OF. trade, which declares in favor
of gold as a monetary standard, in favor
Of q national board of arbitration, and
denounces the free coinage Of silver.
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, BILLIARDS. RAGE:
Storm Visits the Cripple Creek Region,
Causing Heavy Damage.

Storm Visits the Cripple Creek Region,
Causing Heavy Damage.
Cripple Creek, COL, April 13.-The
Cripple Creek district was visited by
the severest and most destructive biz
zard ever known Sunday. An immense
amount of damage has been done, and in
ali proba bility some lives have been lost
in the hills, rumors to that effect being
in circulation, and general fear is enter
tanned for the prospectors. A light
snow started at II o'clock Saturday
night and about three in the morning
the storm was renewed and the velocity
Of the wind, which was from the north
east, increased and continued to blow
at the rate of GO miles an hour all day.
A score or more of buildings in this city
were blown down and tents, signs and
loose lumber were scattered over town.
All the telephone wires out of the camp
are down, and no trains arrived or de-
parted Sunday afternoon.
Denver, COL, April 13.-The 40 p. m.
train over the Florence & Cripple Creek
road was stalled between here and Ana
conda., One of the suburban trains from
Victor is stuck in the snow at Elkton.
On the Midland Terminal two passen-
gertrains are blockaded at Gillett.
Colorado City, Tex, April ia cy-
clone struck this town Saturday night,
doing considerable damage to property
and resulting in the death of James Sol
ONION, a 12-year-old boy. The Solomon
house was scattered all over the block.
Mr.. Solomon, wife and five children had
retired, and it is remarkable that any
of them escaped alive.
,s@ Dallas, Tex, April 13.-All that part
of the state west, southwest and north
west was visited by severe windstor1n
Saturday night. The wind came from
the west, and in many localities was al
most a tornado. At Fort Worth sash,
door and blind factory and the grand
stand at the baseball park were
wrecked. At Cresson, a, small town
below Fort Worth, the Fort Worth e
Rio Grande railway depot, the Meth
odist church and nine business houses
and residences were demolished.
At Bates, Denton county, the Meth
odist church was destroyed and other
buildings moved from their founda-
tions. Along the line of the Texas Cen
trail, from Cisco to Dublin, damage to
farmhouses and crops is reported The
wind was followed by a driving rain,
which added to the damage.
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LATER.

The Massachusetts legislature the
18th defeated the proposition to build
a $4,000 monument to Ben Butler.
Miss Mary Linnett, of Chicago, shot
and killed Elizabeth Trowbridge. at
Elgin, ILL.,, the 18th, and then killed
herself. Miss Linnett had recently
been discharged from the insane
asylum.
A train on the belt line to the Bed
ford (Ky.) quarries went through a
trestle the 18th, killing Charles Ogden,
conductor; Sherman Carpenter, fire.
man; Charles Davis and three others.
Engineer Menzer was probably fatally
injured.
The supreme court of South Dakota
the 18th decided that the Yankton city
ordinance licensing saloons was con-
stitutional and correct.
The president the 18th sent to the
senate the nomination of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, of Virginia, to be consul general
of the United States at Havana, Cuba,
vice Ramon o. Williams, resigned.
The extensive plans of the Omitted
States ex-slave owners registration
bureau" organized three weeks ago,
and having offices both in Washington
and Savannah, Ca, were interfered
with the 18th by the issuance Of fraud
order by the postoffice department..
Five men were probably fatally in
jured by an explosion of fire damp
during a fire in the Red Ash vein of the
Woodward mine at Willesbarre, Pa,
the 18th. They are: William Powell,
fire boss; John Evans, mine foreman;
James Lewis, miner; William D. Nor
gan, miner, and Arthur Golightly.
laborer. There is very little chance Of
recovery for the men, all of whom in
hailed gas.
Patrick Finnigan. farmer residing
in Colfax county, Nebraska, the 18th
killed his wife and then committed sui
eide. The trouble was caused by the
wife refusing to sign deeds to property
that her husband desired to sell.